0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts
0:00:04 > 0:00:06with £200 each, a classic car,
0:00:06 > 0:00:09and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10That hurts!
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Is it the right way up?
0:00:14 > 0:00:19The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction. But it's no mean feat.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23I look like the mad hatter!
0:00:23 > 0:00:26So will it be the high road to glory
0:00:26 > 0:00:27or slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:30I'm only in this programme to be Anita Manning's chauffeur!
0:00:30 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:40 > 0:00:44We're out enjoying the open road with Anita Manning and Philip Serrell
0:00:44 > 0:00:46in a '65 sky-blue Sunbeam Alpine.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51I love it because it goes with my boots.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56There are times in your life when you wish you'd got a bloke as your partner!
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Phil is an auctioneer from Worcester whose gruff exterior
0:01:00 > 0:01:03conceals the heart of a true romantic.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Does that give me a certain look?
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Phil, I love you because you're daft and dangerous!
0:01:09 > 0:01:14Anita is also an auctioneer and even though she hails from Glasgow,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16the two do have something else in common.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19This is going to surprise the nation here,
0:01:19 > 0:01:23- but you and I are both ex PE teachers!- That's right!
0:01:23 > 0:01:26I specialised in dance, not rugby!
0:01:26 > 0:01:31- Did you do the Bump, or whatever it was?- The Bump? - Wasn't that a dance craze?
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Come on, Anita. Who could forget the Bump?
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Both our road trippers have £200 each spending money.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Their Road Trip starts in Ford, in the far north of England,
0:01:44 > 0:01:48then ventures into Scotland before winding its way southwards
0:01:48 > 0:01:50and concluding in Yorkshire at Harrogate.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53On this leg, we kick off in Northumberland at Ford
0:01:53 > 0:01:57and head over the border to an auction in Edinburgh.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00The sleepy village of Ford
0:02:00 > 0:02:03takes its name from a crossing of the River Till
0:02:03 > 0:02:05which in Anglo-Saxon times
0:02:05 > 0:02:08was apparently popular with nuns and monks
0:02:08 > 0:02:13travelling between the holy places of Iona and Lindisfarne.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Once a humble dairy, this place is now THE destination
0:02:25 > 0:02:28for those seeking the unusual, the eclectic and the bizarre.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31You'll find just about anything here.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35I suppose these would have been the - what do you call them? -
0:02:35 > 0:02:38the pens that the cows are kept in.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Do they keep cows in a dairy?
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Have you ever seen an actual farm, Anita?
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Bread sauce! Bread sauce!
0:02:46 > 0:02:48He doesn't like me at all.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51What's Anita spotted?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54I'm quite interested in these prints.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58They are the fashion plates of the 1860s.
0:02:58 > 0:03:04They show us the type of dress that women wore at that time.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06It's a very sort of girlie thing to buy
0:03:06 > 0:03:11and I know that Phil will hate them and think I'm totally mad.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13They're only £9.50.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16I think it's £9.50 for one, so it's pretty cheap.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Time to consult Lynne.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Is it 9.50 for the pair?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23- Nice try, Anita!- 9.50 each.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28- They're 9.50 each.- But I could do the two for 15.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Could you do them for 12? Could you come to 12 on them?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Why not?
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- Will we do it?- We'll do it. - That's lovely. Thanks again.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40So, Anita has two pictures in the bag.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Looks like Phil's getting with the farmyard idea.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45I quite like these two.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49There's a sort of a chicken theme recurring here.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Not exactly antiques, though, are they, Phil?
0:03:51 > 0:03:55The thing is, will my plans come home to roost? Ha-ha!
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Dear me, that was a really bad "yolk"!
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Oh, please! What does Keith think?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02We've got them up at 20 each.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Yeah. Can you do £18 for the two?
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Call it 20. Then you've got one for nothing.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Go on, then. Is that the way it works?
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- Hark at this! But I like them, anyway.- All right.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Ah, I wonder what that was used for?
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- Can you tell me anything about this? - I know about that. Can you guess what it is?
0:04:21 > 0:04:27I thought it was the stretcher that they used to carry the drunks to jail on a Saturday night!
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- It's a coffin carrier.- Is it a coffin carrier?- A coffin carrier.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32How macabre!
0:04:32 > 0:04:36It's the type of thing you could take a chance on
0:04:36 > 0:04:38if it was, you know, a low price.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40I think it's quite a low price. Let me check.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Lynne's gone off to consult Keith,
0:04:43 > 0:04:45leaving Anita to ponder.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47I'd pay 20 quid for that.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Just to see the expression on Phil Serrell's face!
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Could this be bought for 20 quid?
0:04:54 > 0:04:58I mean, I'm playing a wild card here.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01It could go to auction and get a pound and I could lose 19 quid!
0:05:01 > 0:05:05I think we could let it go at 30.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09But that would be absolutely my bottom price.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Could you come to 25? Could you come halfway down?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Well, since it's you!
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Oh, thank you so much!
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Could it be a moment of madness?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Now, that is unusual.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Is Anita's strategy to beat Phil at his own game?
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I'm sure he'll rise to the challenge, though!
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Keith, I love all this architectural stuff.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33What's that?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35That's a ridge tile.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- Ridge tile?- A hump-back ridge tile.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40What would be the point of that?
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Just, I think, for decoration. Something different on a roof.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- That's glazed stoneware.- It is.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49What on earth would you do with that? How much is that?
0:05:49 > 0:05:5120 quid.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Do you, know, I think that's cheap. But...
0:05:57 > 0:05:59- I just don't know who would buy it? - Mm.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Yeah. Who?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03And 20 quid is the absolute finito?
0:06:03 > 0:06:08- I might tweak it a little bit. - Right.- I could manage a tenner for it.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Is he really going to buy that?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12He is, you know!
0:06:12 > 0:06:13Keith, thank you very much.
0:06:13 > 0:06:18- I'll put this in the back of the car before she sees me!- Thank you. - Thank you. Bye!- Bye!
0:06:20 > 0:06:23With some, er, unusual buys on board,
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Anita and Phil must now hurry up and motor
0:06:26 > 0:06:29from Ford to Berwick Upon Tweed.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Although it's been English since 1482,
0:06:35 > 0:06:39a recent poll suggested that 80% of residents
0:06:39 > 0:06:41would rather be under Scottish rule.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44And there are enough ramparts around here to remind us
0:06:44 > 0:06:47that you can never say never!
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Knowing Phil, he'll probably pick up a battlement going cheap!
0:06:53 > 0:06:56This place looks like a real mixed bag.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Part antique, part charity shop. But the man from Worcester
0:06:59 > 0:07:01is quick to spot something.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Hell's bells! 250?!
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Is that £2.50?
0:07:10 > 0:07:14I'm joking, man. I just wanted to see your face when you saw 250!
0:07:14 > 0:07:17I thought I did the jokes round here, Tom!
0:07:17 > 0:07:20If you pull that off, there's a proper price underneath.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Really. Is that your... 40 quid?
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- Cheap, isn't it? - Is that your shop price?- Too cheap.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28It's a piece of Royal Worcester.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30G 161.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32- That's the pattern number of it. - Right.
0:07:32 > 0:07:39If you look in the pattern book, it will tell you that 161 is a small, squat fluted vase
0:07:39 > 0:07:44and the G will tell you that originally it came from the Granges Factory.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47And then it's got there a little square.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51As if by magic, if you look just there,
0:07:51 > 0:07:53a square tells you that it was made in 1928.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Genius.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57I think he's done this before, you know.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59So, we know how old it is.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Who's it by, that's the question.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04- Do you know who it's by? - There's a name on it.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06James Stinton.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10The Stinton dynasty dates back as far as the early 19th century.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14For four generations, the various family members painted china
0:08:14 > 0:08:17with each specialising in particular scenes.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19For James, it was pheasants.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Their work is massively collectable.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24£40, I presume, is your best price.
0:08:26 > 0:08:27Yes!
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- I'm going to ask, because... - I thought it was cheap at 40.
0:08:32 > 0:08:3335.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35I'm going to buy it off you.
0:08:35 > 0:08:40Let me tell you, I think that's worth between £200 to £300.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42I think Tom might need to sit down, now.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45I'm really, really pleased. Thank you very much.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48So I'm going to buy that off you. That's 35.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50You've been so kind, it's not true.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52I love this, as well.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58This angling guide is by the Hardy family who started as gunsmiths
0:08:58 > 0:09:02in nearby Alnwick in 1872,
0:09:02 > 0:09:04but later made their name with fishing equipment.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08I think that's fantastic. What's the best you can do on that?
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Bearing in mind that you've just got a really cheap vase...
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- I have, I have, I have.- 40 quid.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Can I give you 35 quid for that?
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- Go on. - You're a gentleman.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26That was quick work. I think he's rather pleased with those.
0:09:28 > 0:09:34Back on road, the mood in the Sunbeam is best described as "mixed"!
0:09:34 > 0:09:38You're not giving me this smiley, cheery person the whole week, are you?
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- I can't help it!- It's going to wear me out! Absolutely wear me out.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Please don't be this happy all the time.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- My face isn't made for miserable. - True. And mine is!
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Our two are now in Scotland
0:09:51 > 0:09:53veering towards the auction in Edinburgh,
0:09:53 > 0:09:58with a few stops along the way and Innerleithen is one of them...
0:09:59 > 0:10:01- Cheers, Anita.- Bye-bye, darling.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06..where Phil's about to put shopping aside and take a trip back in time.
0:10:06 > 0:10:12Behind this unassuming shop front is a unique piece of industrial heritage.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17- Hi.- Hello!- I'm Philip. How are you? - I'm Jen. Nice to meet you.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20This is a fantastic building. This is Robert Smail's print works?
0:10:20 > 0:10:24- Yes, here in Innerleithen. - They set up in the 19th century?
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- 1866.- Never had much of a clear-out, did they?
0:10:26 > 0:10:30That's the lovely thing about the Smails. They never modernised, and never threw anything away.
0:10:32 > 0:10:39When, after 120 years, the family finally gave up the unequal struggle against new technology,
0:10:39 > 0:10:44the National Trust stepped in to create a working museum of printing.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- This is the type room, is it? - The case room.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51It's called that because it's where you store your cases of type.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53We've got 400 cases of type.
0:10:53 > 0:11:00- A case is a literal wooden case that contains letters of the alphabet. - Absolutely right.
0:11:00 > 0:11:05For each alphabet, you'd have two cases. The upper case, which sits on the upper part of the rack,
0:11:05 > 0:11:07that's for capital letters.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09- Your lower case... - It's as simple as that.- It is.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12It was really important that you put them back in the right case.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15The type, when it's cast, is cast in mirror image
0:11:15 > 0:11:18and apprentices were told to mind their p's and q's
0:11:18 > 0:11:20because a p would look like a q, and a q would look like a p.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24- So you'd have to put it in the right place.- I love expressions like that.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28So your p's and q's come from... There's a q.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- Yep.- I have to remember where I got this. There's a p.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35So if it looks like a p, it must be a q.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Tell you what, that is confusing!
0:11:38 > 0:11:43Downstairs in the machine room, Smails continues to print
0:11:43 > 0:11:47on ancient letter-press machines like the Arab clamshell platen,
0:11:47 > 0:11:52the Wharfedale Reliance and the original Heidelberg.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Miller and Richards in nearby Edinburgh were a major type foundry
0:11:59 > 0:12:02supplying type to the world.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06The archives of Smails reflects the importance of printing.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10They're a fascinating social history of the first industrial age.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13This one is quite interesting.
0:12:13 > 0:12:19It's a poster, again 1912, the coming of women's suffrage
0:12:19 > 0:12:21- to the town.- Really?
0:12:21 > 0:12:23They once printed a newspaper on these premises
0:12:23 > 0:12:28and acted as a shipping agency, booking passages to the New World.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Responsible work and the letter-press type setter
0:12:31 > 0:12:33was at the centre of it all.
0:12:33 > 0:12:38No wonder it took a seven-year apprenticeship. I wonder what Phil can learn in an hour?
0:12:38 > 0:12:43It's left to right. So you're setting it exactly the same way as you'd write it,
0:12:43 > 0:12:47but as the letters are a mirror image, you have to set them upside-down.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49I'm going to do my name, right?
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Wherever the little label is, it's the space below.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54That's the first mistake, then.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56I was just about to be "Hilip" Serrell, was I?
0:12:56 > 0:12:57- Yeah.- So that goes there.- Yes.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02Each letter has a little nick or groove on them.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05That helps you get them up the right way. So if you see...
0:13:05 > 0:13:07- You're a natural! Well done!- I know.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10But the only way to find out if it's right is to take a proof of it.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Apply the ink, grab some paper,
0:13:13 > 0:13:16get a hold of the mighty Eagle press
0:13:16 > 0:13:18and pull!
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Is that you, sir?
0:13:21 > 0:13:22Good Lord above! It is, as well!
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- I'm going to keep that!- Excellent.
0:13:25 > 0:13:30Well done, Phil. And to cap it all, you successfully spelt your own name!
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Meanwhile, Anita has, with equal aplomb,
0:13:35 > 0:13:39made her way from Innerleithen to Melrose.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Several well-known rugby players hail from Melrose.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48This looks like a very nice little shop.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51There's a real mix of glitz and glamour in here.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Although it's Anita's bag, she only has £163.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Hello, dog.
0:13:56 > 0:14:01But, as well as that puppy, it seems there's an elephant in this room.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Can I lift this up and have a good wee look at it?
0:14:05 > 0:14:06And another!
0:14:06 > 0:14:11I like those. It would be nice to get them at a reasonable price.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16- Are they the type of thing that the posh Edinburgh folk will buy?- Yes.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17Yes, actually.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Are they as sophisticated as the Glasgow crowd?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Differently!
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- Good answer, Sue! - What I'm doing here is
0:14:25 > 0:14:30I'm trying to avoid coming straight out and saying, "What sort of price?"
0:14:30 > 0:14:33It could be a way out of my price, and it might not.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Um...
0:14:36 > 0:14:38£90 the pair.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Hmm. Not exactly jumbo. But worth thinking about.
0:14:42 > 0:14:48Is there anything in here that you think is a good buy, or is it all too expensive for me?
0:14:48 > 0:14:51What I like is that lovely Art Deco ring there.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53That will be outwith my price range.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- It's not diamonds, Anita. - It's not diamonds?- No.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58It looks the part, doesn't it?
0:14:58 > 0:15:01But it's got to be £75.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03The design is lovely, isn't it?
0:15:03 > 0:15:05A good sparkle, as well!
0:15:05 > 0:15:09- When she showed me, I was, "Ooh!" - "£75? Yes, I'll take it right away!"
0:15:09 > 0:15:14Now, I think I've got to have a go at these elephant tables.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17I'd also like to have a go at the ring.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- Is there no negotiation on the ring at all?- No.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23- On the tables, I was thinking round about 50. Is that...- No.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27- No, they'd have to be more than 50. - Have to be more than 50?
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Can we come anywhere near that?
0:15:29 > 0:15:3065?
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Is 60 out of it altogether?
0:15:32 > 0:15:37- All right, 60.- Will we go to 60, uh-huh?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39That's great. That's lovely. Thank you very much.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43I'm so pleased, because I just fell in love with them.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46So, Anita's changed her mind and bought the ring
0:15:46 > 0:15:49as well as the elephant tables for £135.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Back together, Phil and Anita motor further north
0:15:55 > 0:15:58from Melrose to Danderhall.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Well, they started out in a dairy
0:16:04 > 0:16:07and now they've arrived at a couple of industrial units,
0:16:07 > 0:16:10ready to get their hands dirty and have a rummage.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16These are called Codd bottles and they're great fun.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20In the 19th century, you used to have a little wooden tool
0:16:20 > 0:16:24that you put on top and you bashed it and then it knocked that marble
0:16:24 > 0:16:26down to the bottom so you could drink out of it.
0:16:26 > 0:16:33Then kids used to smash these bottles and play marbles with the marble inside.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36They can be massively collectable,
0:16:36 > 0:16:39depending upon what it says on the front.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41This has got Manchester on it,
0:16:41 > 0:16:45which won't be a great deal of help in Edinburgh, I don't think!
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Now, they might appeal.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Murano glass. From the 1960s.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54They have bags of style.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Murano glass, famous for its colour,
0:16:56 > 0:16:58is from the Venetian island of the same name.
0:16:58 > 0:17:03The glass-makers were allegedly encouraged to move there from nearby Venice
0:17:03 > 0:17:06because of the fire hazards involved with their trade.
0:17:06 > 0:17:13One is marked up at £15, and the other is marked up at 25.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16So that's 40 quid for both of them.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Now, I don't want to pay £40 for both of them.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23I haven't got £40 to spend.
0:17:23 > 0:17:29Actually, Anita, you've only got £28, so you can't afford the asking price for that, either.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32It's a little oak table.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Art Deco in style.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39There's not a lot to it,
0:17:39 > 0:17:42but the simplicity is what people like today.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46It's solid oak. It's not veneered. It's a nice little thing.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50While Anita ponders spending her last few pounds,
0:17:50 > 0:17:52cash-rich Phil, who has £100 left,
0:17:52 > 0:17:56is busy once more with architectural salvage.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58That's going to be a mother to move, that is!
0:17:58 > 0:18:00But what on earth is it?
0:18:06 > 0:18:09What do you reckon it was? Was it like the keystone off a bridge?
0:18:09 > 0:18:13- Apparently.- Sort of set into the middle of the bridge.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17But while Phil wrestles with metal, Anita's moved on to the bargaining stage.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19It's lovely. It's a wee gem.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21You're looking in the region of £18?
0:18:21 > 0:18:25- That would be too little for me. - Does it come anywhere near that?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28It would have to be around 25.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- Around 25?- Couldn't be any less than 25.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36What about on the glass?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38If I wanted to go on the glass?
0:18:38 > 0:18:40I could do the two for 30.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Could you come to 25 on the two glasses?
0:18:42 > 0:18:4627 is the best on them.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51- OK, we'll take a chance and go on it. Thank you very much.- Thanks.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53So, two pieces of glass for £27.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Just one pound left, then.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Back to Phil and he's definitely plumped for the bit of bridge,
0:19:00 > 0:19:02but the dealer seems a bit shy!
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Can I give you 30 quid for it?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Get it out your way?
0:19:06 > 0:19:09There's another way of looking it. It can sit there forever.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12But this is a shop, not a museum!
0:19:12 > 0:19:15I'll give you 35 quid for that.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Are you going to lift it?
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Well, I'll get it lifted.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- When?- Soon.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- I'll give you 35 quid.- Have it for 30 quid if you lift it today.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28OK, you're on.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Away off these premises today.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- You're on.- 40 quid if you dinnae.
0:19:33 > 0:19:3530 quid, done deal. Got a tenner?
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Give us the 40 quid and I'll give you the tenner back when you lift it.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41- It'll be moved today, I promise. - Then you'll get the tenner back.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- 30 quid if it's moved today.- A tenner back if you move it today.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Thank you very much.
0:19:46 > 0:19:47Well done, Phil... I think!
0:19:47 > 0:19:51Plus a £10 discount if he can only shift it quick.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Phil's got some wheels already and his £10 change, too.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57I don't think I should have bought this.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00How far's he going to get with that, though? Not in the Sunbeam!
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Ah. Well done, Phil.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14If I'd have known that, I'd have bought the whole bridge!
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Huh, our experts are definitely shopped out.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23Anita began with £200. She's spent a total of £199
0:20:23 > 0:20:26on an early 20th-century coffin carrier,
0:20:26 > 0:20:30a pair of side tables, an Art Deco ring,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33two pieces of 1960s Murano glass
0:20:33 > 0:20:35and a pair of framed prints.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- I owe you some change. - For a cup of tea?
0:20:38 > 0:20:45Phil also started out with £200. He spent £130 on a large, wrought-iron metal plaque,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48a 1920s Royal Worcester vase,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50a late 19th-century tile,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52two art pottery bowls,
0:20:52 > 0:20:55and a 1920s Hardy's Angler's Guide.
0:20:55 > 0:21:00Now it's time to hear what our experts think of each other's shopping.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02I think Anita's done really well
0:21:02 > 0:21:04and I think her real ace is that ring
0:21:04 > 0:21:07cos if those are diamonds, that's surely going to be worth £300.
0:21:07 > 0:21:12This group of things that Philip has bought is so Philip Serrell.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Wonderful, delicate piece of Worcester
0:21:15 > 0:21:20and that big...cast-iron bridge thingy!
0:21:20 > 0:21:22The elephants, well, you know,
0:21:22 > 0:21:23I can't quite see those at all.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26At 60 quid, that seems like a pile of money.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31It's the day of the auction and they haven't got far to go.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Which way is north?
0:21:34 > 0:21:36That way.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- Is that just a...? - It's that way or that way.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- Where's the sun?- This is not... The sun?!
0:21:42 > 0:21:44We're in Scotland, what sun?!
0:21:44 > 0:21:48There's no sun at all, you silly woman! What sun?
0:21:48 > 0:21:53- It's raining, it's grey, there's no sun anywhere! - If we know where the sun is...
0:21:53 > 0:21:55After starting out in Ford,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58our experts are finally heading for lovely Edinburgh.
0:22:00 > 0:22:05Ah, as capital city and heart of the Scottish Enlightenment,
0:22:05 > 0:22:07dominated by the castle,
0:22:07 > 0:22:11Edinburgh has many famous and infamous buildings,
0:22:11 > 0:22:13like the expensive Parliament.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Anyone seen any salmon rising?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18I'm quite excited.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22I love the thrill of anticipation of a new auction.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- Well, it looks like a shop as well, doesn't it?- Yeah.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28This is Shapes Auctioneers, where they recently sold
0:22:28 > 0:22:32a pair of Sir Walter Scott's slippers for £3,000.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34OK.
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Almost ready.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Oh, dear! Something's happened to Phil's ridged tile.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42It really doesn't help when one of your own crew go and drop it!
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Oh, dear!
0:22:44 > 0:22:46So now it's up to auctioneer Gavin
0:22:46 > 0:22:49to estimate what it would have sold for.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53We had a 30 to 40 estimate, and the insurance will cover that.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57So I would say about £35 for something that's been damaged.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59It could be a good day for them!
0:22:59 > 0:23:02I've made 20 quid by breaking something. How cool is that?
0:23:02 > 0:23:06- Where's the sledgehammer?- I'm going to rip into everything now!
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Quick, let's get started before anything else gets bust!
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Lindsay Brown is in the rostrum.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- Ooh, I'm getting the wobbles. - I didn't know you were the nervous type.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17I'm like a coiled spring.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19First up, the Worcester vase.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Phil has high hopes for this one.
0:23:21 > 0:23:2350? I'll take 50.
0:23:23 > 0:23:2455. 60.
0:23:24 > 0:23:2665. 70.
0:23:26 > 0:23:3075. It's our bid.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32On my right at 75.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36I'll be surprised if that's all it sells for. It's ridiculously cheap.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38£80 online.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40£80 and he's out.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41It's £80 on the net, then.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43- Still for nothing.- £80.- Ouch!
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Selling at £80. £80.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48GROANS
0:23:48 > 0:23:51That was way short of the £200 he wanted.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54But with that and the broken tile,
0:23:54 > 0:23:58the wily old fox is off to a solid start.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00What can his chickens do?
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Anyone interested at 20 for the two items?
0:24:03 > 0:24:04Thank you, madam, I see you.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07- £20 seated.- I'm just losing money. - Looking for 25.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Selling, then, to the maiden bid at £20
0:24:10 > 0:24:13to the lady seated. Last chance.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17- All out at £20.- That just cost me three quid.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Yes, a loss after commission.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22But you're still in the lead here.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25You haven't sold anything yet!
0:24:26 > 0:24:27OK. Anita's first lot.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29The Murano glass.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32£10. Is there 15 going on? 15, I see you.
0:24:32 > 0:24:3420? Got to be worth it. You're getting two.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Go for it. £20. Do you want to bid?
0:24:37 > 0:24:40I have 20 online, so you're too late! There you go.
0:24:40 > 0:24:4220 online, and the lady is out also.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Selling online at £20.
0:24:44 > 0:24:4725. I see you. Thank you. 25 we have.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Seated in the middle at 25. Someone with some taste!
0:24:51 > 0:24:53There we go. 25. 25.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55It's good value for money.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58But I've still made a loss.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Don't fret. It's Anita's ring next.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02They're definitely not diamonds.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04But will it sparkle?
0:25:04 > 0:25:08- Where shall we say, ladies? £20 to start?- £20? For heaven's sake!
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Any interest at ten? Ten, I see you. I have 15 here. 20.
0:25:11 > 0:25:1325 with me.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16£30. £30 seated in the room.
0:25:16 > 0:25:1835. 40. 45.
0:25:18 > 0:25:2250. 55. It's very twinkly. You won't regret it.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Last call at 55. 55 and selling, then. At 55.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31- It could have been worse. - Another loss. What's next, Anita?
0:25:31 > 0:25:34So, we've got a coffin carrier!
0:25:34 > 0:25:36I love that.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38- A fun thing. I hope it doesn't bury you!- Fun?
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Yeah, he just wished he'd spotted it! OK.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Shift change. Gavin's now at the helm.
0:25:45 > 0:25:4730 we have, straight in. £30.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Anyone else? 30. 35.
0:25:50 > 0:25:5340. 45. 50.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55- It's going to make 80 quid, this. - 55.
0:25:55 > 0:25:5660.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- 65.- Come on!- 70.- Good girl.
0:25:59 > 0:26:0070 still, standing.
0:26:00 > 0:26:06£70. Anybody else? £70, this unusual lot. £70.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Maybe it was the type of item that Edinburgh would love.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11It wasn't a dead loss, was it?
0:26:11 > 0:26:13No, it carried off a few pounds instead!
0:26:14 > 0:26:18Philip, we're approaching the moment of truth.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22OK, Edinburgh. Are you ready for this?
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Hope you've got a strong boot and good muscles to move this one out!
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Who'll start me off at 20?
0:26:29 > 0:26:32I'll sell this for 20. 20 we have. £20
0:26:32 > 0:26:34against you all. 20, still seated.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Last chance. 25. New bidder.
0:26:36 > 0:26:3825. 30.
0:26:39 > 0:26:4135.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43£35. I will sell then.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45£35. Any last chance?
0:26:46 > 0:26:4735.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50So, someone actually wants the middle of a bridge!
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- It's your lot now, darling. - Sh, sh!
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Concentrate. It's in wonderful condition, isn't it?
0:26:58 > 0:26:59Wonderful condition.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03What will Phil's dog-eared book make?
0:27:03 > 0:27:05A copy of Hardy's Anglers' Guide.
0:27:05 > 0:27:0748th edition. Slightly used condition.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11- Whose side are you on?- We'll start it off at £20. £20 we have.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13£20 in the room.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16- £20 we have standing at the back. - Can I bid on this?
0:27:16 > 0:27:17- Anybody else?- Oh, no!
0:27:17 > 0:27:21£20. Still standing. I'm going to sell this at £20.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24On the maiden bid. First come, first served.
0:27:24 > 0:27:25That's just cost me 20 quid.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27- Oh, darling.- I've spent...
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Do you know, you're so insincere!
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Another one gets away!
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Watch out, heffalump's about!
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Go on, somebody! £30. Liven up your life.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44You can see someone's keen to move these! £20. Just £10 each.
0:27:44 > 0:27:45Oh, no!
0:27:45 > 0:27:48That's what we've got. £20 in the room. Come on, somebody!
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Bring the hammer down! Sell 'em!
0:27:51 > 0:27:53- 25.- Yes!
0:27:53 > 0:27:5425. 30.
0:27:54 > 0:27:5635.
0:27:56 > 0:27:5840. 45.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01- Anybody else?- The woman is deranged! - Against the internet.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05In the room. At £45. Last chance. Fair warning.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Can I just get this right?
0:28:07 > 0:28:10You are Glasgow's leading fine art and antique auctioneer,
0:28:10 > 0:28:13- and you've put your name to those? - Yeah, they're lovely!
0:28:13 > 0:28:15No stampede into profits, though!
0:28:16 > 0:28:21Finally, Anita's pictures. Bought cheaply, so there must be a profit here.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24£10?
0:28:24 > 0:28:26£10, surely?
0:28:26 > 0:28:28£10, anyone? A fiver for the two? Surely?
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Come on! £5. You can see it means something to somebody.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35£5 I have! £5. Anybody else?
0:28:35 > 0:28:37- £5. (Ten!)- £10 I have.- Yes!
0:28:37 > 0:28:40£10 there on the right. 15, thank you. £15.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42- There's just no justice at all! - 15 I have.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44- 15. Thank you.- Yes!
0:28:44 > 0:28:46£20 here. £20. £20.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Ready? It's yours at £20.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51They were robbed!
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Absolutely robbed!
0:28:53 > 0:28:57Oh, dear. Another measly profit after commission.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00That means Phil's our winner.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03He, at least, has more than he started out with.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05After paying auction costs,
0:29:05 > 0:29:10Anita's only got £177.30p to spend next time.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Phil, on the other hand, made a tiny profit,
0:29:13 > 0:29:16leaving £225.80p in his pocket.
0:29:17 > 0:29:22Cor, blimey! That didn't quite go according to plan, did it?
0:29:22 > 0:29:24We'll let the winner drive the limo.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27I'm only in this programme to be Anita Manning's chauffeur!
0:29:30 > 0:29:35Ha! So Jeeves - I mean Phil - is the designated driver, whilst Anita
0:29:35 > 0:29:40can sit back and relax in the delightful 1965 Sunbeam Alpine.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Groovy!
0:29:42 > 0:29:43It's a Sunday morning.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46- We should be going to church, shouldn't we, really?- Yes.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50- Especially you. Confess your sins. - We haven't got long enough!
0:29:51 > 0:29:55This road trip started out at Ford in Northumberland,
0:29:55 > 0:29:58and ventures into Scotland before winding its way southwards
0:29:58 > 0:30:01once more, concluding at Harrogate, in Yorkshire.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06On this leg, we kick off at Haltwhistle in Northumberland,
0:30:06 > 0:30:10and make for County Durham, with an auction at Barnard Castle.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14This is Hadrian's Wall,
0:30:14 > 0:30:18and nearby, the charming village of Haltwhistle claims to be
0:30:18 > 0:30:20the geographic centre of Britain.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Although it does have rivals to that title. Speaking of rivals...
0:30:24 > 0:30:29Us Sassenachs don't realise it is almost as far from Edinburgh
0:30:29 > 0:30:32to the north of Scotland as it is from London to Edinburgh.
0:30:32 > 0:30:33That's right.
0:30:34 > 0:30:39- There we are.- OK, darling. Well, have fun.- You take care.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41I'm going to enjoy the peace and quiet.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45While Phil tootles off, Anita gets shopping.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48- Hello.- Hello.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51- I'm Anita.- Lovely to meet you! I'm Susan.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53OK, Anita.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57You've got a decent £177.30 for this leg,
0:30:57 > 0:30:59but it needs to be spent wisely.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Perhaps Susan can recommend something she's had for a while.
0:31:03 > 0:31:09I've got a nice, quirky, very quirky I call it, 1930s duck down here.
0:31:09 > 0:31:15- Oh, right. Uh-huh.- It appeals to me because I'm a bit zany.- Oh, right.
0:31:15 > 0:31:16Oh, yeah. That's good.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18The Beswick Pottery in Stoke on Trent
0:31:18 > 0:31:22became famous for their animal figurines in the 1930s.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26But things really took off in 1948 when they secured
0:31:26 > 0:31:29the rights to reproduce several Beatrix Potter characters.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33- The first being Jemima Puddleduck. - Look at the expression on his face!
0:31:33 > 0:31:37- I know.- He's quite coy.- He is, yes.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41No sale on the duck, but can she resist something sparkly?
0:31:41 > 0:31:46I have some gold clip earrings, just very small ones.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48They are 1970s London.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Ticket price £25.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53These are nine carat. And they're rather pretty.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55They are cultured pearls, not real pearls.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59So, they wouldn't have been terrifically expensive
0:31:59 > 0:32:01when they were bought.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04What I'd be looking to pay on these is about £10.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08Ooh! Let me have a little look.
0:32:08 > 0:32:09Mmm.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18- I'll do them for 12.- You'd do them for 12. Let's go for 12, then.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21- That's absolutely fine. Thank you very much.- Great.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25She's off to a solid start. Phil, meanwhile, is hoping to cope alone.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29But it is awfully quiet in this car without her.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32I'm sort of missing her in the same way that you miss earache.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36Phil's motored just a few short miles along the A69,
0:32:36 > 0:32:39from Haltwhistle to Brampton.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41And there's that Hadrian again.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44I wonder if he ever came through here.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Bonnie Prince Charlie certainly did, and now Phil Serrell,
0:32:47 > 0:32:49in his sky-blue chariot.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53This antiques centre in a fine hall, just next to the church,
0:32:53 > 0:32:55is really something.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57This is just a wicked shop.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59I haven't even got in yet.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03The auction in Barnard Castle is a general sale,
0:33:03 > 0:33:08so Phil needs to keep that in mind when dishing out his £225.80
0:33:08 > 0:33:11spending money, and not get too carried away.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Maybe take advice from Steve.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16This is your shop. Which is the best bit?
0:33:16 > 0:33:19Point me in the direction of something I'll make a profit on.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22There's a little bargain for you. £14. The hinges are a bit loose.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26The feet are missing but it's a good £10 lot for you.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30- OK. I like that. - Rosewood tea caddy. 19th century.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Isn't it a sarcophagus shape tea caddy?
0:33:32 > 0:33:36This is from the days when they locked tea up, because the servants used to pinch it, wasn't it?
0:33:36 > 0:33:39That's fantastic. I like that. Really? Is that a tenner?
0:33:39 > 0:33:42You can have it for ten. It just came in yesterday.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46- Fresh off the press.- That's bought. - Well, that paid off.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49- Now, how about a bigger box? - This is a trunk.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53It probably dates to about 1890, 1910.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56This is a real servants' trunk.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58I think it's a really good thing.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01I like that. You know what?
0:34:01 > 0:34:04This place, it's like waking up on Christmas morning,
0:34:04 > 0:34:06there's presents everywhere.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09He's quite giddy, isn't he? Only £10 splashed so far.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11But I sense he's not finished yet.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13What's the best you can do it for?
0:34:13 > 0:34:15- £85.- Right.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Let me just have a wander round.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Then I'll give you a shout in a second.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23Meanwhile, back in Haltwhistle, centre of Britain...
0:34:23 > 0:34:25ENGLISHMAN SINGS VERY SLOWLY
0:34:25 > 0:34:28I can't understand this language.
0:34:28 > 0:34:33That's cos, girls, you're not playing it at the right speed.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Enough, Anita! You're here to shop.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39I noticed this little set here, Susan.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43- Yes. The pewter. - Ah, that's more like it.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46These were doing not too badly a wee while ago
0:34:46 > 0:34:50- but they've gone off the boil a wee bit.- I know they have - a little bit.- This is quite a nice one.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54- I've had it in quite a while. - You've had it a wee while?- Yeah.
0:34:54 > 0:34:59- A-ha.- I can do something on the price. Yes, it's 40.
0:34:59 > 0:35:00It's Arts and Crafts.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03- It has a slight medieval look about it.- It has.
0:35:03 > 0:35:09Probably 1920s, 1930s. Round about that period.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Hand-hammered with all these little dimples.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Somebody sat with a little hammer and tap, tap, tap.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17If that was coming in for sale,
0:35:17 > 0:35:21I would put an estimate of...
0:35:21 > 0:35:23in the region of 20.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25I know you've had it for quite a long time,
0:35:25 > 0:35:29so I was wondering if you'd maybe be able to do a deal on it.
0:35:29 > 0:35:33- I'm looking to pay round about £18 for it.- Yes.
0:35:33 > 0:35:38- So, we could go for that on that. - Yeah.- OK. That's wonderful.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42- That's wonderful, Susan. That's absolutely terrific. - You're very welcome.
0:35:42 > 0:35:48At last, Anita's finally splashed £30 on some keen bargains.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52Now, has Phil made his mind up yet?
0:35:52 > 0:35:56- Hang about. He's spotted even more stuff.- It's a cotton-reel holder.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59A lady would have used that for her sewing.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03There's little drawer underneath for perhaps needles, pins, all that sort of thing.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05- May I just have a look? - You certainly can.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08I just think that's a really lovely thing. Country made thing.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11It's a fabulous little thing. Really is nice.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13So, what's the very best on that?
0:36:13 > 0:36:17It's got £70 on the ticket but you can have it for 55,
0:36:17 > 0:36:18you can have it for.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21I love that! I love that! Let's have another look round.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25This could turn into an epic. Steve now says
0:36:25 > 0:36:29he has some Sheffield plate silver that Phil must see.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33- If these were period, they'd be what?- Fabulous!
0:36:33 > 0:36:36They'd be 1690, 1710, 1715.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39- And a few thousand pounds as well. - Yeah, lots of thousands of pounds.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43- They're Walker & Hall.- Walker & Hall were like Rolls-Royce, weren't they?
0:36:43 > 0:36:47Sheffield plate has thin layers of silver laid onto copper,
0:36:47 > 0:36:51enabling Sheffield manufacturers like Walker & Hall to make items
0:36:51 > 0:36:54looking like solid silver at a fraction of the cost.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56What's the best you can do on those?
0:36:56 > 0:37:01They are £75, you can have them for £65.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- I think I've made my mind up. - Smashing.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07Really, Phil, are you sure?
0:37:07 > 0:37:13- That was 55, wasn't it?- That was. - That was 65, I believe those were.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17- So that's 120 quid. - And that's a massive total of £10.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19You're a star. I'll pay for those now.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21You've been really, really kind to me, thank you.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26So, £130 for the candlesticks, the bobbin stand and the caddy.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- Thank you very much. - Thank you very much.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33It may have taken some time, but Phil's amassed quite a pile.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Together again, Anita and Phil
0:37:36 > 0:37:40must now make their way from Brampton to Carlisle.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43The county town of Cumberland has been here
0:37:43 > 0:37:46since before the Romans, but as you might have guessed,
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Hadrian did have quite an influence hereabouts.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Hi, hello, I'm Anita.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54- Lovely to be here. - Delighted to meet you.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56This place looks a bit like a film set
0:37:56 > 0:37:59designed to resemble a Victorian street.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01The only difference being that
0:38:01 > 0:38:04it's made up of stuff from a real bit of old Carlisle,
0:38:04 > 0:38:05one that was knocked down in the '80s
0:38:05 > 0:38:09to make way for a shopping centre. Oh, well, that's progress!
0:38:09 > 0:38:12The lovely Wendy has her own place here,
0:38:12 > 0:38:14as well as looking after the shops of other dealers.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18That's an interesting, a nice... I like that singing blue.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22- The ticket price is £45.- It's a nice thing, isn't it?- It's very pretty.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25- Is it a wee stamp box?- Yes. - Not silver?
0:38:27 > 0:38:28No.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32It's tempting, and I love its wee... It's glass, isn't it?
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Yes, it's pretty. Well, that can be very cheap.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37- Can that be very, very cheap? - Very, very cheap.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40I mean, how very, very, the bargain of the century could this be?
0:38:40 > 0:38:43- One offer,- 10. Done.- Right.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46So, with another one in the old bag,
0:38:46 > 0:38:50it's not long before Anita finds something a little more earthy.
0:38:50 > 0:38:55This one is from 1923.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Now, 1923, the world was quite a different place
0:38:58 > 0:39:00and collectors of globes
0:39:00 > 0:39:03liked to see how the world was at that particular time.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Yup, we'd only just got the USSR back then,
0:39:06 > 0:39:08plus Sri Lanka was Ceylon
0:39:08 > 0:39:11and belonged to something called the British Empire.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14- £145.- Oh, my!
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Step back, Anita, step back.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21Might able to do a deal, but should I be spending all that money?
0:39:21 > 0:39:24No. That is costing the Earth!
0:39:24 > 0:39:28This caught my eye. I have a weakness for a terrestrial globe.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31How much sort of movement could there be on that?
0:39:31 > 0:39:36Well, it's got 145 on that. Normally, around about the 10% mark,
0:39:36 > 0:39:40so you're talking about probably 120.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42I'm tempted, I'm tempted!
0:39:42 > 0:39:46Luckily, the dealer is having a cup of tea next door, so Anita should get an answer soon.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49How about 115?
0:39:49 > 0:39:52115, it's becoming tempting.
0:39:52 > 0:39:57Could you ask if they would sell that terrestrial globe for £80?
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Well, I hope he doesn't choke on a custard cream
0:40:00 > 0:40:03when he hears Anita's latest cheeky offer.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07Right, well, he was shocked!
0:40:07 > 0:40:11But he would like to do a deal, that's what it's all about.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14- So, 90 is his price, 90, that's coming down a lot.- It is.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17How about a compromise between the two,
0:40:17 > 0:40:21and I won't even ask him, I'll just tell him £85, it's a deal.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24- Let's try it. Let's go for it, let's go for it.- Well done, Anita.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27Oh, I've done it again! I've done it again!
0:40:27 > 0:40:32Back together, the pair are heading to the little Cumbrian hamlet
0:40:32 > 0:40:34of Temple Sowerby.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36There's a castle over there, look.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39- Where? Oh, right.- On the right, over there. Is that a castle?
0:40:39 > 0:40:42I think it's a ruin, a bit like yourself.
0:40:44 > 0:40:49Where Phil's about to find himself in a strangely clean farmyard.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54- Have a good day.- Right, remember, Philip - no big lumps of iron.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57The bigger the better. See you later, bye.
0:40:57 > 0:40:58Unlikely.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02This quirky place has been nominated one of Britain's best antique shops.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04It may only be a barn,
0:41:04 > 0:41:08but the shrewd mix of antiques and vintage is enough to inspire.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12However, Phil's only got about £100 on him.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15This market's really a retail environment, you know.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18I'm going to struggle to buy anything here
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Time for a word with Andy.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Is your storeroom, is it through there?
0:41:24 > 0:41:26It's my workshop usually,
0:41:26 > 0:41:29but we've just had a bric-a-brac clear-out sale this weekend.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32- Can I go and have a look? - Yeah, sure.- Thank you.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Now this is much more Chez Phil.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44I like it when a man says, "This is the stuff I want to get rid of."
0:41:44 > 0:41:46What we might find out in a minute is
0:41:46 > 0:41:48how badly he wants to get rid of it.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52- That's a bit traditional for you, isn't it?- Yeah, to be honest...
0:41:52 > 0:41:55- What will you do with that? - I've put a really low price on.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58If somebody wants a cheap chest of drawers, that's it?
0:41:58 > 0:41:59What's your best price on that?
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Er, make me an offer.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03I'd want to buy it for 40 or 50 quid,
0:42:03 > 0:42:07- because I tell you why, I think the top needs sorting.- Oh, yeah.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09It needs all this cock-beading doing down here.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11I'm going to give you 40 quid for it.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14- 40 quid? - I know I'm being really cheeky.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18No, you're not, because I use them for scrap, so it's a balance of what we can get.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21There's an element, the escutcheons and the locks are worth more to me
0:42:21 > 0:42:25- than it is as a piece of furniture. Are you going to take it now?- Yeah.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- Give us 40 quid. - Oh, you're a gentleman, thank you.
0:42:28 > 0:42:29Thank you very much indeed.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33Meanwhile, Anita has made her way
0:42:33 > 0:42:36from Temple Sowerby to Kirby Stephen.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43BELL
0:42:43 > 0:42:47Anita still wants to find one more item, but while downstairs
0:42:47 > 0:42:50a perfectly respectable selection of bric-a-brac awaits.
0:42:50 > 0:42:55Upstairs are hats, and Anita certainly does like a hat.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00# Mirror, mirror, mon amour
0:43:00 > 0:43:01# Send me what I'm waiting for
0:43:01 > 0:43:05# Pick me up an image so fine So fine... #
0:43:06 > 0:43:08Now I look like a dowager duck.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11A dowager duck! SHE LAUGHS
0:43:11 > 0:43:13I think it's terribly chic.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15Now, just calm down, Anita, and apply yourself.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17What about that clock?
0:43:17 > 0:43:19It has the look,
0:43:19 > 0:43:24it's got that Art Deco 1930s geometric shape and I like it.
0:43:24 > 0:43:28Whoops! You only have about £50 left.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31What I was looking at was this clock, Penny.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34It's Art Deco style, it's not from the 1930s,
0:43:34 > 0:43:37it's maybe a bit later than that, '50s.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40I know it had some pieces with it.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43That's right, yes, it would have had two side ornaments
0:43:43 > 0:43:46and the little back plate is missing.
0:43:46 > 0:43:52What I'd be looking to pay would be in the region of 30 to 35.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55I would have thought more £50.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58- It might be a wee bit dear for me at 50.- Right.
0:43:58 > 0:44:02Is there another wee bit of movement, maybe in the region of 40?
0:44:02 > 0:44:06- How's 45 sounding?- 45? - I think that really is the best.
0:44:06 > 0:44:1045, it's not a bad price and I probably have got a chance with that.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12- It's a deal.- Thank you very much.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15- I'll get that wrapped for you. - OK, thank you.
0:44:15 > 0:44:19With Anita now almost penniless, let's see what her rival can do.
0:44:20 > 0:44:22Because having grabbed the Sunbeam,
0:44:22 > 0:44:25and trundled north along to Appleby-in-Westmorland,
0:44:25 > 0:44:27Phil's looking for one more buy.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29It would be quite nice just to find
0:44:29 > 0:44:32one thing that I can go off piste on.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34I shudder to think what that might mean.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37Appleby's famous annual horse fair
0:44:37 > 0:44:41was first held as long ago as the 12th century.
0:44:42 > 0:44:44That does look an intriguing sign!
0:44:46 > 0:44:50Davina, meet Phil. He may not be your easiest customer.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53Has that label been on there a long time?
0:44:53 > 0:44:55Not that long, or else it would have smudged.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58- That's a blow. I was hoping... - It would smudged in the rain.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01SHE LAUGHS
0:45:01 > 0:45:04What would be the very, very best on that?
0:45:07 > 0:45:10- Very best.- 15.
0:45:10 > 0:45:13OK. Thank you. Put that one back.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15Hm, he's in a funny mood today.
0:45:15 > 0:45:18Just a touch out of my price range, unfortunately.
0:45:18 > 0:45:21Will I need my hanky box as I'm coming round with you?
0:45:21 > 0:45:23No, I might need mine.
0:45:23 > 0:45:25Ha! Now, have a proper look around, Phil.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28Actually, I've just seen something else. What's that?
0:45:28 > 0:45:32Sewing clamps, are they? That's a sewing clamp, isn't it?
0:45:32 > 0:45:34It sort of just slides onto there like that,
0:45:34 > 0:45:38and you just tighten him up and...
0:45:39 > 0:45:42That goes on there as well, you just tighten that up.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45That one, it's basically like a little pincushion.
0:45:45 > 0:45:47I think they're probably ivory.
0:45:47 > 0:45:51Under the 1947 CITES agreement, it's illegal to buy or sell
0:45:51 > 0:45:56any ivory objects unless they were made before June of that year.
0:45:56 > 0:46:00But as these are late Victorian or Edwardian, they'll be fine.
0:46:00 > 0:46:05What's your best on these? Your very, very best.
0:46:05 > 0:46:0935. You really are going to make a profit on that, I'm certain.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12I'm going to buy these two off you, my love.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14£35 sews up that little deal.
0:46:14 > 0:46:19Back in the lovely old town of Kirby Stephen, Anita's stopped shopping.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22In one of the town's many fine buildings,
0:46:22 > 0:46:26Anita's come to see an historic collection
0:46:26 > 0:46:28of one of her favourite things - frocks.
0:46:30 > 0:46:36Hello, Lynn. I have been so looking forward to coming here.
0:46:36 > 0:46:41I am a dedicated follower of fashion. How did it all start?
0:46:41 > 0:46:45I bought a blanket box full of linen, tablecloths and stuff
0:46:45 > 0:46:50and in the bottom of the box was a cape and that really set me off.
0:46:52 > 0:46:53That was over 30 years ago.
0:46:53 > 0:46:56Since then, Lynn has acquired
0:46:56 > 0:47:00over 400 vintage dresses of various ages and styles,
0:47:00 > 0:47:04many accessories too, but it all started with one little cape.
0:47:04 > 0:47:06It's 1870s, and we know that
0:47:06 > 0:47:09because it's got nice what we call "pagoda" sleeves
0:47:09 > 0:47:12and she would have had white ruff sleeves underneath
0:47:12 > 0:47:14that came up to the elbow.
0:47:14 > 0:47:19I just love it. It's responsible for me spending an awful lot of money.
0:47:19 > 0:47:23I would think my collection's worth over £100,000, if not more,
0:47:23 > 0:47:25but I don't care, I just love it.
0:47:25 > 0:47:29For many years, Lynn kept her amazing collection at home
0:47:29 > 0:47:32using it for fashion shows and talks.
0:47:32 > 0:47:36But now the public can view it every weekend for free.
0:47:36 > 0:47:39- Is this a ball dress or an evening dress?- It is a ball gown.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41Because of all the lace,
0:47:41 > 0:47:44this depicts that this lady had a lot of money.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46I mean, it's gorgeous.
0:47:46 > 0:47:50- They were prestige dressing. There were power dressing.- They were.
0:47:54 > 0:47:55For most modern women,
0:47:55 > 0:48:00the only equivalent of those fine frocks is their wedding dress
0:48:00 > 0:48:02and Lynn has over 100 of these.
0:48:02 > 0:48:05There's lace ones, there's satin ones,
0:48:05 > 0:48:09velvet ones and as you can see, they're all different.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12So everyone's got a story, everyone's had a happy bride?
0:48:12 > 0:48:14Most of them, yes, except this one.
0:48:14 > 0:48:18Now this one, it's had three owners.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21The person who originally made it was jilted,
0:48:21 > 0:48:23so she passed it on to a cousin.
0:48:23 > 0:48:27And unfortunately, she died, so she didn't wear it.
0:48:27 > 0:48:30And then the third owner is the lady I got it from,
0:48:30 > 0:48:33she was a missionary out in Africa somewhere
0:48:33 > 0:48:36and she put it on to get married
0:48:36 > 0:48:40and when she turned round just for the finishing touches,
0:48:40 > 0:48:43it was absolutely covered in creepy crawlies,
0:48:43 > 0:48:45so she took it off and got married
0:48:45 > 0:48:49in a little white frock belonging to one of the servant girls.
0:48:49 > 0:48:52Oh, that's so sad. Poor wee dress, it's never had a bride.
0:48:52 > 0:48:56- Do you think it might have in the future?- No.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58It's a little bit unlucky, isn't it, really?
0:48:58 > 0:49:02And who could resist a dress with such a tale?
0:49:02 > 0:49:04Certainly not our Anita.
0:49:06 > 0:49:08What do you think?
0:49:08 > 0:49:13Well, I think I've found myself another model for future shows.
0:49:13 > 0:49:15Great.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17All I need now is a man.
0:49:17 > 0:49:18Oh, no, it can't be.
0:49:18 > 0:49:22The curse strikes again. Not Blakey from On The Buses?!
0:49:22 > 0:49:23Don't do it!
0:49:25 > 0:49:29We'll leave Anita playing Mr and Mrs.
0:49:29 > 0:49:33Now, she began with £177.30 and spent £170
0:49:33 > 0:49:37on an early 20th century pewter tea and coffee service,
0:49:37 > 0:49:41a 1900s 12-inch globe, a marble mantel clock
0:49:41 > 0:49:45in the Art Deco taste, a 1900s stamp box
0:49:45 > 0:49:48and nine-carat gold earrings.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50Let's go for it.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53Phil started out with £225.80
0:49:53 > 0:49:58and spent £205 on a pair of 1900s silver-plated candlesticks,
0:49:58 > 0:50:01a bobbins stand, a 1900 tea caddy,
0:50:01 > 0:50:04two ivory sewing clamps
0:50:04 > 0:50:07and an early 19th century mahogany chest of drawers.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09Great buys.
0:50:09 > 0:50:13But let's find out what our experts really think of each other's lots.
0:50:13 > 0:50:16I can't see anywhere where there's a potential for big losses.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19I think the pewter service, that's profit,
0:50:19 > 0:50:20the earrings, profit,
0:50:20 > 0:50:23the dog... you can't lose too much there.
0:50:23 > 0:50:26I think they're a lovely little group of items.
0:50:26 > 0:50:30They're proper, regular antiques. I like them all,
0:50:30 > 0:50:33but I particularly like the little ivory sewing implements.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35I think they're beautiful.
0:50:35 > 0:50:39The globe, that's my real bit of green-eyed jealousy creeping in,
0:50:39 > 0:50:43because it's a really nice thing. I think she could do well with that.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46After starting out at Haltwhistle,
0:50:46 > 0:50:50Anita and Phil are now motoring to the auction at Barnard Castle,
0:50:50 > 0:50:54which locals fondly call Barney.
0:50:54 > 0:50:55Do you know what?
0:50:55 > 0:50:59I think these auctioneers will look after us well today.
0:50:59 > 0:51:00You're optimistic, then?
0:51:00 > 0:51:04No, I've sent them threatening letters if they don't!
0:51:04 > 0:51:08This is the auction house where they don't just sell the usual sort of thing.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11In fact, they once included a five-door family hatchback
0:51:11 > 0:51:13alongside antique furniture.
0:51:13 > 0:51:17This place is packed, and we're about to start.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20OK, Anita's dog and clock.
0:51:20 > 0:51:23Not a pub, but an Art Deco-style timepiece.
0:51:23 > 0:51:26With commission interest, I'll start straight in at 50.
0:51:26 > 0:51:2850 I'm bid, I'll take five next.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30£50 I'm bid...
0:51:30 > 0:51:32Five anywhere? 55... 60...
0:51:32 > 0:51:34Five in the room, 65 in the room.
0:51:34 > 0:51:37Let's see 70. 65. Can I see 70 anywhere?
0:51:37 > 0:51:40All done at 65.
0:51:40 > 0:51:41BANGS GAVEL
0:51:41 > 0:51:43- Well done you! - I'm happy with that. I'm happy.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46Quite right too. A very good start.
0:51:48 > 0:51:52More Anita. Hand-hammered and under the hammer.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56- Who'll start me at £50?- Come on...
0:51:56 > 0:51:5720 I'll go.
0:51:57 > 0:52:0020 bid. At 20. I'll take two.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02£20 I'm bid. 22 anywhere?
0:52:02 > 0:52:0422... 25...
0:52:04 > 0:52:0628, 30, 32,
0:52:06 > 0:52:07bid at 32...
0:52:07 > 0:52:0935 anywhere? 35...
0:52:09 > 0:52:13- 35 bid. 35.- 38... Yes! - Would you just stop?!
0:52:13 > 0:52:15- At 40 in front.- All done at 40...
0:52:15 > 0:52:18BANGS GAVEL Yes!
0:52:18 > 0:52:19Good!
0:52:19 > 0:52:22More profits. Anita's catching up.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24Just leave me alone!
0:52:24 > 0:52:26I don't want to leave you alone!
0:52:26 > 0:52:27Oh, God...
0:52:28 > 0:52:29Aww! Phil's turn.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31He loves those candlesticks.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34Set me away for these. 50 for them.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36Worth all of that. £50?
0:52:36 > 0:52:3830 then?
0:52:38 > 0:52:39£30 I'm bid.
0:52:39 > 0:52:42Back of the room at £30. 32? 32 on the net.
0:52:42 > 0:52:4632. 35. Two bidders on the net. 38.
0:52:46 > 0:52:4940. 40 bid. 42. 42 bid.
0:52:49 > 0:52:5042. 45.
0:52:50 > 0:52:5345 bid. 48 in the room.
0:52:53 > 0:52:5448 in the room. 50.
0:52:54 > 0:52:5750 bid. At 50 bid. £50 in the room.
0:52:57 > 0:52:59Across the room, 55.
0:52:59 > 0:53:01- 55.- 60. 60 bid.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04At £60 in the back then. All done at 60?
0:53:04 > 0:53:05BANGS GAVEL
0:53:05 > 0:53:07That's just cost me 15 quid.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10Yup, it'll be a much bigger loss after commission.
0:53:10 > 0:53:15- Now we're almost equal, as we speak. - Are you an auctioneer or a mathematician?
0:53:15 > 0:53:17You've got to be both. You know that.
0:53:17 > 0:53:19Next, Anita's globe.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22Will she be sitting on top of the world? Ha!
0:53:22 > 0:53:26- Nice thing. We have a telephone line.- Oh!- I'm at 38 bid.
0:53:26 > 0:53:2838 I'm bid. I'll take 40.
0:53:28 > 0:53:3142. 45. 48. 50.
0:53:31 > 0:53:35Five. 60. 60 bid. 60 bid. I'll take five.
0:53:35 > 0:53:3865. 70.
0:53:38 > 0:53:3975. 75 bid.
0:53:39 > 0:53:41- God.- 80. 80 bid.
0:53:41 > 0:53:4585. 90. 90 bid in the room.
0:53:45 > 0:53:4795 on the phone.
0:53:47 > 0:53:4995 on the phone. Let's see 100.
0:53:49 > 0:53:53- 100 now. 100 in the room.- Yes! - 100 bid.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55110 on the floor. 120 in the room.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57120 in the room. I'll take 130.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59- I love phone booths.- Yeah.
0:53:59 > 0:54:02130 on the phone. 140 if you like, sir.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04130 on the telephone.
0:54:04 > 0:54:06All done at 130? Selling at 130...
0:54:06 > 0:54:07BANGS GAVEL
0:54:07 > 0:54:11- Yes!- Well done you.- Come on!
0:54:11 > 0:54:12Everyone loved it.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15Another fine profit for Anita.
0:54:15 > 0:54:16Your little tea caddy.
0:54:16 > 0:54:19If that doesn't make a profit, I will pack up.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22Time for Phil to fight back
0:54:22 > 0:54:24with this battered caddy.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27With interest, I'll start you with 25 bid.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29That's a relief.
0:54:29 > 0:54:3228. 30. 32. 35.
0:54:32 > 0:54:35At 35 bid. 38 on the net. 38 on the net.
0:54:35 > 0:54:3740 with me.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39£40 to see 42. £40. 42.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41- Happy? - Yeah, I am, actually.
0:54:41 > 0:54:44At 48 bid. At 48. 50. I'm 50 bid now.
0:54:44 > 0:54:46At £50. All done at 50...
0:54:46 > 0:54:47BANGS GAVEL
0:54:47 > 0:54:51So good, are you happy? Let's see a wee smile.
0:54:51 > 0:54:54Steady on, Phil! Things are looking up, though.
0:54:54 > 0:54:56It's my lot next.
0:54:58 > 0:55:00He's right, you know.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02The cotton reel stand. Worth a packet or what?
0:55:02 > 0:55:06And with interest, I'm bid 35. 35 I'm bid.
0:55:06 > 0:55:0838. 40. 42.
0:55:08 > 0:55:1045. 48. 50.
0:55:10 > 0:55:1350 bid. Five. It's only another five pounds.
0:55:13 > 0:55:15Five. 60.
0:55:15 > 0:55:16Five anywhere? 65.
0:55:16 > 0:55:1870, madam. 75.
0:55:18 > 0:55:20Come on. 80.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23Five. 90? Round it up.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26I like zeroes. £85 in front of me.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28All done at £85.
0:55:28 > 0:55:29BANGS GAVEL
0:55:29 > 0:55:33- Tell you what, he worked really hard.- He worked hard, yeah.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35More profits for the man from Worcester.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40Next up, Anita's bargain stamp box.
0:55:40 > 0:55:44A continental white-metal mounted blue-banded agate stamp box.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46About 1900.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48With interest I'm at 38 bid.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50I thought it would do well.
0:55:50 > 0:55:54£38 I'm bid. 38. 40. 42. 45. 48.
0:55:54 > 0:55:5548 bid.
0:55:55 > 0:55:58At £48 bid. Do I see 50 anywhere?
0:55:58 > 0:56:00Internet's in at 50. At 50 bid on the net.
0:56:00 > 0:56:01All done at 50...
0:56:01 > 0:56:03BANGS GAVEL
0:56:03 > 0:56:07- £50.- I think it's a cracking thing. - Can't complain at that.
0:56:07 > 0:56:10Yup, we definitely approve of that one.
0:56:10 > 0:56:12What do you think your earrings will make?
0:56:12 > 0:56:15They should make in excess of £20.
0:56:15 > 0:56:19We'll see, Anita. You've certainly done well so far, darling.
0:56:19 > 0:56:22- Should kind of double up my money. - Yeah.
0:56:22 > 0:56:23With interest I'm at 18.
0:56:23 > 0:56:25There you are. You were spot on.
0:56:25 > 0:56:2920 bid. At £20 in the room. Do I see 22?
0:56:29 > 0:56:3122. 25. 28.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33At £28 bid. 30. 30 bid.
0:56:33 > 0:56:35At £30 in the corner then. All done at 30...
0:56:35 > 0:56:36BANGS GAVEL
0:56:36 > 0:56:40- That was a short and sweet 15 quid profit.- But that's spot on.
0:56:40 > 0:56:43They're neck and neck now.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46My profit's going to come out of my chest of drawers.
0:56:46 > 0:56:48How did you get that for 40 quid?
0:56:48 > 0:56:51Well, we can probably rule out charm!
0:56:51 > 0:56:54Nice chest of drawers. Good proportions.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56I'm bid £90 on it. 90 I'm bid.
0:56:56 > 0:56:57That's all right.
0:56:57 > 0:56:5995. 100.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01100 bid. 110. 120.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04120 bid. Don't leave it for ten.
0:57:04 > 0:57:06120 with me. 130 on the net.
0:57:06 > 0:57:07Let's see 140.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09It's an internet bid at 130.
0:57:09 > 0:57:12You're out still. Selling at 130...
0:57:12 > 0:57:13- BANGS GAVEL - 130.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18But I'm pleased, that's given me a leg up, hasn't it?
0:57:18 > 0:57:22A huge profit, actually, from a chest that was destined for scrap.
0:57:22 > 0:57:24Next lot's the old sewing bits then.
0:57:24 > 0:57:27- Internet's in at 38. - Are you getting excited?
0:57:27 > 0:57:30I think he is, Anita.
0:57:31 > 0:57:34Who'll start me at 50?
0:57:34 > 0:57:3640 then?
0:57:36 > 0:57:3740 I'm bid. £40 I'm bid.
0:57:37 > 0:57:40£40. At 40 bid. 42.
0:57:40 > 0:57:4145.
0:57:41 > 0:57:4348. 50. 50 bid.
0:57:43 > 0:57:46Five. 55. 60. 60 bid.
0:57:46 > 0:57:48At £60 then. 65.
0:57:48 > 0:57:4965. 70.
0:57:49 > 0:57:51At 70 bid then.
0:57:51 > 0:57:52At £70. All done at 70...
0:57:52 > 0:57:53BANGS GAVEL
0:57:53 > 0:57:56I've completely lost the plot of what I've done and haven't done.
0:57:56 > 0:57:59- Will I count it all up for you? - You count the money.
0:57:59 > 0:58:00Another good profit
0:58:00 > 0:58:05and Anita's adding up proves that Phil carries the day.
0:58:05 > 0:58:09- And as I'm in profit, I'll buy you a cup of tea.- You're a darling.
0:58:09 > 0:58:15After paying auction costs, Anita now has:
0:58:15 > 0:58:20Phil, on the other hand, is still way out in the lead with:
0:58:20 > 0:58:22Well done, boy!
0:58:22 > 0:58:26- That really wasn't too bad, was it? - It was absolutely great.
0:58:26 > 0:58:29- He did a good job, didn't he?- Yes!
0:58:29 > 0:58:31On to the next!