0:00:02 > 0:00:05It's the nation's favourite antiques experts with £200 each...
0:00:05 > 0:00:06I love that!
0:00:06 > 0:00:11..a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- Yipee!- My heart's slightly racing.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27So will it be the high road to glory, or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Johnny, are we going to end up in a dead end?
0:00:30 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:39 > 0:00:43It's the second leg of our trip in a little 1964 MG
0:00:43 > 0:00:47with Jonathan Pratt and Anita Manning.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51- I think we're both going to the same shop.- Are we?
0:00:51 > 0:00:54- What, shopping at the same time in the same shop?- I think so.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Jonathan is an auctioneer and a former porter.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01He grew up watching Lovejoy and likes to live dangerously.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05If he could just make his mind up.
0:01:05 > 0:01:10Anita turned her childhood love of art and antiques into a career as an auctioneer.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13She also has a fondness for puppetry.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Isn't that great fun?
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Anita had Jonathan in the palm of her hand at the auction in Glasgow.
0:01:20 > 0:01:21Yes!
0:01:21 > 0:01:27But today, in the beautiful Scottish Borders, her rival's finding his feet.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29- Ecclefechan?- Ecclefechan.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- SCOTS ACCENT: Ecclefechan. - Oh, that's a great accent!
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Eh! We've just come past Ecclefechan.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Jonathan started out with £200.
0:01:39 > 0:01:45And he's, so far, managed to turn that into £235.34. Well done, boy!
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Anita, who also began with £200,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52now has £317.74.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Great!
0:01:55 > 0:01:56Oh!
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Whoa! Oh, hope that's not a sign of things to come.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Oh!
0:02:01 > 0:02:02LAUGHTER
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Anita and Jonathan are travelling over 400 miles,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07through Scotland, England and Wales,
0:02:07 > 0:02:12from Glasgow, all the way to Llangefni on the island of Anglesey.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Today, we're starting out in the south-west of Scotland at Lockerbie,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20and heading over the border to an auction in Darlington, County Durham.
0:02:22 > 0:02:28Lockerbie is a Norse name, apparently, and the town has a long and venerable history,
0:02:28 > 0:02:32especially since Thomas Telford supplied the Carlisle-Glasgow road
0:02:32 > 0:02:34in the early 19th century.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Ah, just outside there. Wonderful!
0:02:38 > 0:02:42- Jonathan, look at that!- What...? JONATHAN LAUGHS
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- Hello.- Hello.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48So as to avoid unnecessary toe treading,
0:02:48 > 0:02:52Jonathan does the decent thing and allows Anita first peek into the cabinets.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56Whilst he and Irene take a brief tour of the furniture.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Well, how about that?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Anita already has something.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- Is it all right if I take it outside into the light?- Oh yes, that's fine.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- That's fine.- Thank you.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12I wonder what she's spotted?
0:03:12 > 0:03:15What I'm looking for now are hallmarks.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19They can be quite tiny, so often it's better to come out into the daylight.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Now let's look at the bracelet.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27It's gold-plated. The bracelet is not solid gold, but I didn't expect that.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31But I could see this yellowy metal.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33But let me look at the backplate.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Er, treasure!
0:03:35 > 0:03:38That's what I'm looking for.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42So this little watch case is 18-carat gold.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46It's got £20 on it.
0:03:46 > 0:03:47That's cheap.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51Looks like you've got there a bit too late, Jonathan.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54I was looking at this wee vintage watch.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I think it's probably from the 1950s, '60s.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- I would say it's the '50s.- 1950s.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Now, there's only one problem with this negotiation.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06There are three people in it.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09I'm looking to buy it for less.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- I hope you're not listening to this, Jonathan.- No, not in the slightest.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16OK, close your eyes. Close your eyes.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20The poor lad's blushing. No wonder he was a little nervous about sharing.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22He's a lovely boy.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Now, where were we?
0:04:24 > 0:04:29It's at £20. I'm looking to buy it for less, if I can.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33What's the very, very, very best that you can do on that?
0:04:33 > 0:04:37- Erm, what about 12?- 12?
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Well, she said that 20 was cheap.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Let's go for 12. That's lovely.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45- Thank you.- Thank you very much. That is smashing. I'm pleased with that.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49- It looks a lot better than mine. - It does.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54On that note, let's see what Jonathan's been up to with his eyes open!
0:04:54 > 0:04:55DING!
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Quite like that. Chinese porcelain bowl.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01You've got a firing crack in the star crack in the bottom.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05It's not a break. It's the body drying out and cracking in the kiln.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10This enamel decoration painted over the glaze is a little worn in places.
0:05:10 > 0:05:16It's in remarkably good condition when you consider it's between 150 and 180 years old.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19You have £60 on it.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21And you might take an offer of...?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- 35.- Oh, OK.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28OK, we're moving in the right direction. That's a very busy bowl!
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Crikey!
0:05:30 > 0:05:33That's rather a smart thing.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37There's a dragon, picked out in gilt, with four toes.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40The four-clawed dragon on porcelain
0:05:40 > 0:05:44was usually for imperial nobility and high-ranking officials.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49Those items with five-clawed dragons were reserved for the Emperor himself.
0:05:49 > 0:05:55Improper use of claw numbers was punishable by execution, once upon a time.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Very nice decoration though, but what about the damage?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02What a shame! What a shame!
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Touch of the Frankensteins about it, isn't there?
0:06:06 > 0:06:10This is a 19th-century repair. Basically, they had to drill holes in
0:06:10 > 0:06:12and then put these staples in and glue them in.
0:06:12 > 0:06:18Though sometimes you can move the two pieces independently. It's like a brace.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20It's still a very nice piece though.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24- How much is he?- £15.- £15?- Yes.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Go on, Jonathan, get your wallet out!
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Er...
0:06:28 > 0:06:30- And the other one would be 35?- Yes.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33You can do it.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40£35... You wouldn't do the two for £40?
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Erm... Yes, go on. I will.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- The two bowls for £40?- Yes. - I'll have those.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Thank you very much. Lovely.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51At last, JP! Well done.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Now, I think Anita might have designs on the tableware.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57These are highly collectable.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01They're Homemaker plates. 20th-century design.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04And I love 20th-century design.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Homemaker was created by Enid Seeney
0:07:08 > 0:07:14and includes such quintessential 1950s motifs as a Robin Day chair
0:07:14 > 0:07:17and a Sigvard Bernadotte sofa.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20It was once very popular in Woolworth's.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25People were getting away from pre-war styles. They wanted something modern.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29They wanted something new. 20, 30, 40.
0:07:29 > 0:07:35£70. In an auction in London, that's not dear,
0:07:35 > 0:07:38but they're going to an auction in Darlington.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42I'm going to have a think about those. Definitely have a think.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Well, these two experts do seem to have uncannily similar tastes today.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Gent's Longines automatic.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Now he's after a watch!
0:07:50 > 0:07:53From about the '60s. I quite like that.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- It's a nice watch. - It's quite wearable today still.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00And the market for... Sorry, I hear footsteps coming this way.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05It's all gone quiet, while Anita has got a bit too close.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09The market for gentlemen's automatics, and certainly mechanical watches,
0:08:09 > 0:08:13is reasonably buoyant, you know?
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- It's gold-plated... - Yes, it's gold-plated.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21I think that one would have 60 on it, so I would take 35.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- ANITA IN THE DISTANCE: - It's a nice thing, a nice thing.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- I was looking at the Homemaker plates here.- Oh, yes.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I'm interested in those.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Give you 30.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Hello. Hello.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Yes, watch out! Or should that be, watch in? Ha!
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- What's she looking at now? - Let's have a look.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Well, she's grabbed Jean actually. I wonder what she can come up with?
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- 60, 64. That's 68.- Yeah.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53I'm kind of looking for a price around about £25.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- 30 would be fine.- 30?
0:08:56 > 0:08:59I think I'll go for that and just take the chance on it.
0:08:59 > 0:09:05So Anita's splashed a very reasonable £42 on those, plus the gold watch.
0:09:05 > 0:09:06BEEP-BEEP!
0:09:06 > 0:09:10And Jonathan's certainly sounding pleased with himself.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11BEEP-BEEP!
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Oh, do calm down!
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Patience! Patience, Jonathan. Patience.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- Do you like what you bought? - Well, I... Who knows, who knows?
0:09:19 > 0:09:23You don't want to tell me anything! Drive on, Macduff!
0:09:23 > 0:09:25It's "Jonathan" actually!
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Time to edge a wee bit closer to that border,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32travelling south from Lockerbie to the village of Ruthwell.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Deep in the heart of the countryside,
0:09:36 > 0:09:39where, apparently, Jonathan's off to...the bank.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46This is Ruthwell Kirk, where they keep the famous Anglo-Saxon cross.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53This elaborate sculpture was destroyed and lay in pieces for about 150 years,
0:09:53 > 0:09:57until it was put back together by the minister in the early 19th century.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02But restoring the cross was only one of Dr Henry Duncan's many achievements.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Because as well as being a journalist, a publisher and a geologist,
0:10:06 > 0:10:12he opened, in this tiny village, the world's first savings bank.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- Hello.- Hi. Nice to meet you. Jonathan Pratt.- I'm Mhairi Hastings.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- This actually was a bank?- Yes, it was a bank aimed at the poor.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24That was the big difference about this bank.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- Shall we find out a bit more? - Come on in.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31200 years ago, workers could do little more than scrape by on meagre wages,
0:10:31 > 0:10:35while banks were only for the rich, but Dr Duncan realised
0:10:35 > 0:10:39to help escape the poverty trap, a new kind of bank was needed.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42So this is where the clerk would have sat himself?
0:10:42 > 0:10:47Yes, Henry Duncan would have sat in this original chair, behind his desk here.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50And he would have taken the money off the poor people.
0:10:50 > 0:10:56Henry Duncan's big idea was an account which required a deposit of only sixpence,
0:10:56 > 0:11:01while other banks demanded £10, the equivalent of over £650 today.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05It meant that working people could now save, and earn interest, too.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10He took the money and he put it into a commercial bank up in Dumfries.
0:11:10 > 0:11:16It was a new concept in Scotland for the industrious poor to be asked to hand over their life savings.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20So they needed slightly more faith that the system could work.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24So Henry Duncan commissioned this box and it had three padlocks on it.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28If you were a saver here at Ruthwell, you voted for your trustees
0:11:28 > 0:11:32and three of your trustees would be given a separate key.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34So it meant no ONE person could run off with this little box
0:11:34 > 0:11:37and open it without the other two being present.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41Duncan's bank became the Trustees Savings Bank
0:11:41 > 0:11:47and, although the Ruthwell branch closed in 1875, the savings bank lived on.
0:11:47 > 0:11:52The museum's collection shows just how far the idea spread.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55It's estimated that by 2002,
0:11:55 > 0:12:00there were 109 savings banks organisations in 92 countries.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05He wrote a set of rules on how to run a savings bank.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09He would send out copies of that rule book to anybody that asked
0:12:09 > 0:12:11and help them to set up their own savings bank.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Crikey, the man should have been knighted.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17- Absolutely. - That's quite phenomenal, actually!
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25The good doctor, for all his achievements, died a poor man
0:12:25 > 0:12:28and is buried here in an unmarked grave.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33But while Jonathan's been learning all about thrift,
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Anita's intent on doing just a little more spending,
0:12:37 > 0:12:41making her way north from Ruthwell to the outskirts of Dumfries.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49This is the Dumfries and Galloway Air Museum.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53The restored control tower of the old World War II airfield
0:12:53 > 0:12:59is now a listed building and below there's an ever-expanding aircraft collection.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03No, she's not going to fly one of these, silly!
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Even the streets around here have famous names!
0:13:06 > 0:13:11And on the site of the old barracks, there are a few bargains worth scrambling for.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- Hello! Hi. I'm Anita. - I'm Douglas. Pleased to meet you.
0:13:15 > 0:13:21- It's lovely to be here. Is it "Dougie"?- I was just being polite though!
0:13:21 > 0:13:22OK!
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Well, those two seem to have hit it off straight away.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28There's plenty to admire here, too, not least the pictures.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Not too bad a hand.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Paintings can be a bit tricky at a general auction though.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36I was looking at this little stool here.
0:13:36 > 0:13:42Now that would be perfect for lolling about on and admiring one's art collection.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46It's not old. It's all dressed up and pretending to be
0:13:46 > 0:13:52something older and something more luxurious than it actually is.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54There is a French look about that.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57A sort of hint of luxury there, which I do like.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01- £65. It's got the look.- Yeah.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04And I don't mind the fact that it's metal.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08- Yeah.- I would like to buy that round about 20.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- If you could make it 30. - If I could make it 30?
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- Make it 30 and I'd let it go at 30. - I'm not sure I could make a profit on that.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Can I make you an offer of £24?
0:14:18 > 0:14:22- You know, I might get away with it at 24.- Make it 25.- 25?
0:14:22 > 0:14:26I've got to take it. OK, thanks. Great.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29But Anita's not putting her feet up just yet. Oh, no!
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Time to step out into the garden.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47An old cast-iron fire place.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Edwardian.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58This one's new, brand new, made of plaster.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01But look at that one!
0:15:01 > 0:15:05That is absolutely beautiful!
0:15:05 > 0:15:08That is absolutely beautiful.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11And that's the type of cast-iron fireplace
0:15:11 > 0:15:16that you would find in a Glasgow tenement building. Glasgow loved Art Nouveau.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Mmm. But is it the right thing for a general sale in Darlington?
0:15:20 > 0:15:26Look at these sinuous tendrils which are coming up to this heart-shaped affair here.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30This is just absolutely lovely.
0:15:30 > 0:15:35If I got it really, really cheaply, I would go for it.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38- Is that quite heavy?- Erm...
0:15:38 > 0:15:40It's not too bad.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Er, it's made in Falkirk.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- Probably the Carron ironworks. - Probably.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50It's odd to think that in the days before central heating,
0:15:50 > 0:15:53fireplaces were functional items,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55rather than a decorative focal point.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57This one's priced at just £30.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01Now, who's going to make the first offer this time?
0:16:01 > 0:16:07I like it. Erm, it needs stripping down. It needs work on it.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Can it be bought cheaply to get it out your road?
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- To get it out your road? - Make me an offer.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- OK. Can I make you an offer?- Yes.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24£20 for that. I'd like to be paying £20.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- Give me 25 and it's yours.- 25?- 25.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- Are you dying to get rid of that? - No.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34Just a sense of... No, I'll give you it for 25.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38You'll give me it for 25. Dougie, it's a deal.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43That is a popular figure. I wonder if these two would always, somehow,
0:16:43 > 0:16:45arrive at £25?
0:16:45 > 0:16:49A thrifty end to another thrifty day for Anita, but what about Jonathan?
0:16:49 > 0:16:53Has your visit to the bank made you a new man?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Let's not go too far.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Well, we'll see. Night, night!
0:17:04 > 0:17:08Next morning, they're hard at work, trying to find England.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12- This is someone's driveway, I think, we're going down.- Someone's drive...
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- Yeah, it is. Yeah! Yes!- Johnny, are we going to end up in a dead end?
0:17:16 > 0:17:20I think you might have taken the wrong turning, Anita.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Yesterday, Jonathan bought an automatic Swiss watch
0:17:23 > 0:17:26and two Chinese porcelain bowls for £70.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28That's rather a smart thing.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Leaving him with just over £165 to spend today.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36While Anita plumped for a gold watch,
0:17:36 > 0:17:42some '50s dinnerware, a foot stool and a cast-iron fireplace, all for £92...
0:17:42 > 0:17:44..To get it out your road!
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Leaving her with over £225 at her disposal.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52It's time now to leave Dumfries behind
0:17:52 > 0:17:57and head south across the Scottish border to Carlisle in Cumbria.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Now, do they know where they are?
0:18:01 > 0:18:06Eden Bridge. Was it Eden Bridge it says? I thought that was in Kent!
0:18:06 > 0:18:08No, definitely Carlisle.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10There's the Antiques Centre for a start.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15- Now that looks interesting. - Can smell the bargains already! - Oh, excellent! That's my boy!
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- Have a great morning.- OK, bye-bye.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- Hello!- Crikey! What a place this is! - Hello, Jonathan.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27- Nice to see you. - And welcome to Carlisle.- Thank you!
0:18:27 > 0:18:32- Do I need a map? I could get lost quite easily in here. - Maybe start in the first one.
0:18:32 > 0:18:38I know what you mean, Jonathan. This place does seem like a whole street full of antique shops,
0:18:38 > 0:18:40tastefully rearranged.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42We could be here some time.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45HE WHISTLES
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Do we call this a whistle-stop tour then, Jonathan?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53# We are... #
0:18:53 > 0:18:55- Oh, hello!- Hello.
0:18:55 > 0:19:00HE LAUGHS Didn't expect an open hatch there!
0:19:00 > 0:19:02HE WHISTLES
0:19:02 > 0:19:07This is kind of fun, little transfer-printed plate from the middle part of the 19th century.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09"Yorkshire Relish" on there, which is quite cool.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12I think the auction's in Yorkshire. Darlington's in Yorkshire, isn't it?
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Well, County Durham, actually.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Anyway, I think that's rather fun, actually.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21It's not chipped. It's not cracked. They're only asking £7!
0:19:21 > 0:19:23HE LAUGHS
0:19:23 > 0:19:27If I'm going to be frugal... £7 is frugal, isn't it?
0:19:27 > 0:19:30I think Anita would approve of that, too, but where's she got to?
0:19:31 > 0:19:37One of the oldest parts of Carlisle, apparently, and, surely, one of the town's smallest shops.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41- Hi, folks. Hello. I'm Anita. - Pleased to meet you.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- I'm John.- This is Julie. - Ah, John and Julie!
0:19:43 > 0:19:48- It's very small here, you know. - Well, I'm only small as well.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50ANITA LAUGHS
0:19:50 > 0:19:55Just about everything in this shop is on the trim side, too, especially their coins.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Highly collectable, but hardly Anita's thing -
0:19:58 > 0:20:01a bit like the rocks and fossils.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06I wonder if you can show me that piece there, please?
0:20:06 > 0:20:10And there's a piece of amethyst at the top.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11There you are.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14I suppose they are antiques, in a way,
0:20:14 > 0:20:17but she seems determined to break new ground here. Huh!
0:20:17 > 0:20:22I know what that is, but I don't know what that is. Tell me about that.
0:20:22 > 0:20:28This is a fossil and it's an early form of squid.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32- Squid?- Yes. And it's called an orthoceras.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36And... And it swam along through the water.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Are you following this, Anita?
0:20:38 > 0:20:44Eventually, they curled up and we ended up with a fully curled ammonite.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48- Has that come out of the sea then? - Well, millions of years ago.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- It's been fossilised, become part of the rock.- Right.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54And all that's happened, it's been cut in half and polished.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56I was just thinking...
0:20:56 > 0:20:59These would make a great pair of earrings!
0:20:59 > 0:21:00LAUGHTER
0:21:00 > 0:21:05So while Anita grapples with the coming together of jewellery and natural selection,
0:21:05 > 0:21:09what's Jonathan unearthed? Not Whistler's are they?
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Oh, they're nice as well.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16You've got sort of a flower seller and this lady here who has a...
0:21:16 > 0:21:22I suppose she's the same really. Almost Romanian, or that sort of area.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Pretty girls always sell, that's the thing.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Ideally, with as little clothing on as possible, but you know...
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Beggars can't be choosers.
0:21:30 > 0:21:331881. It's a German name.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37"A H Weigall". W-E-I-G-A-L-L.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42Arthur Howe Weigall, 1836-1894, was an English painter,
0:21:42 > 0:21:44about whom very little is known.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49But the somewhat tatty condition of these two only adds to their authenticity in a way.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52You can see if you look closely... You don't need to look closely, to be honest!
0:21:52 > 0:21:55You've got a hole here and a hole here.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Almost like sticky plasters on the back.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01So it's not without problems and it does need work.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04A picture dealer won't complain about that too much. They know they can get it restored.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07I've sold pictures where they've made silly money with holes in,
0:22:07 > 0:22:11because it makes it feel like it's fresh to the market.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15There's no price on these, but they almost certainly won't be cheap.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18I don't really want to go blowing over £100 on one item.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22And if those pictures come in at that, then I'll...
0:22:22 > 0:22:27then I'll stand around staring at them for 20 minutes, thinking about it!
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Time for some decisive action.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- Are you open to offers?- I am, yes.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35- Er...- Just steady myself.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39TICK-TOCK, TICK-TOCK
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Lordy!
0:22:40 > 0:22:45Instead making me an offer, I'll tell you want I want. I'm getting frightened watching your face!
0:22:45 > 0:22:47- Yeah, go on then.- Go on then. Right. I will...
0:22:47 > 0:22:51The pair - and it might be a nice surprise for you - 125.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58The figure in my mind was... Crikey! ..even at the most was £100.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00So how about 110?
0:23:00 > 0:23:05- Er, come back to that in a second. - Yes.- This is not a big, big buy. This little chap here.- Oh, yes.
0:23:05 > 0:23:11You've got £7 on it. Actually, it's not great leverage on a pair of pictures like that, is it?
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Not quite, but it all helps.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17So we'll knock a few pounds off, how about that? For good measure.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Get on with it, boy!
0:23:20 > 0:23:23I'll go £7 on that and pay the full asking price,
0:23:23 > 0:23:28- and you give me those for 100. - Oh, it's just a bit tight that.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29HE LAUGHS
0:23:29 > 0:23:33I'll do that at six and I'll do those at 105, how about that?
0:23:33 > 0:23:36105? That's 111. Er...
0:23:36 > 0:23:38TICK-TOCK, TICK-TOCK
0:23:38 > 0:23:41- I'm not a fan of odd numbers. - Shall we knock the one off then?
0:23:41 > 0:23:45- So we're looking at 110 for the two. - 110.- Fiver for this, 105 for those two.- Yes.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48- And I hope you do well with them. - It's real gamble.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Hand on brow. Could we be close?
0:23:50 > 0:23:52No.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55TICK-TOCK, TICK...
0:23:55 > 0:23:57- OK.- OK?
0:23:57 > 0:23:59- Well done.- Thank you. I'll go for those two.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00At last!
0:24:00 > 0:24:02My heart's slightly racing.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05More of a heart ache for us!
0:24:05 > 0:24:06..Four, five...
0:24:06 > 0:24:12Well, he did end up spending over £100, but those things could fly.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14He's still whistling, anyway.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Now, what about Anita? She has been busy.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22So the citrine, the amethyst and the agate,
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- and this little chap here... - A geode.- Geode.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30These are all natural minerals and I have my ammonite.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33- And my...- Orthoceras.- Orthoceras.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38- And if I put these together... - They come to 53.50.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43I would like to be paying something in the region of £20, £25.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46That was her favourite offer yesterday as well!
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Have you been thrown out of many antique shops?
0:24:49 > 0:24:52ANITA LAUGHS
0:24:52 > 0:24:57- It would have to be in the 30s. - But is it possible...at 30?
0:24:57 > 0:25:02- I know that's a long way down. - What do you think?
0:25:02 > 0:25:06The most important thing in this negotiation...
0:25:06 > 0:25:09- Yeah.- ..Is for you to be happy. - I would be happy at 30.
0:25:09 > 0:25:15- Yeah, I think, as you've shown so much appreciation of them. - Thank you very much, Julie.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19I just hope Anita can remember what they're all called for the auction. Hm!
0:25:19 > 0:25:23So citrine, agate, amethyst and a little geode.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28- And we have...- Orthoceras. ANITA LAUGHS
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Ah, well! Time for our two to get motoring,
0:25:34 > 0:25:39leaving Carlisle and heading east to the nearby market town of Brampton.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44- I'll drop you off here, Jonathan. - Ah, lovely.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47- So last shop, darling.- Yes!
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Might find that thing which will change your life.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Or I might just stay in my frugal mind.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57OK. Good luck, Johnny!
0:25:58 > 0:26:02Well, he's got just £55.34 to play with here,
0:26:02 > 0:26:06so he'll certainly have to choose wisely.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11- Hiya.- Hi. Steve.- Hi. Jonathan. - Hi, Jonathan.- It's like a Tardis, isn't it?
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Yes! But it's a bit more comfy, actually, and stuffed with nice
0:26:15 > 0:26:18and, very possibly, expensive things.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Let's hope he's not distracted.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22# You don't know what
0:26:22 > 0:26:24# We can find!
0:26:24 > 0:26:27# Why don't you come with me, little girl
0:26:27 > 0:26:28# On a magic carpet ride? #
0:26:28 > 0:26:31It's quite a lot more than I can afford. I quite like it though.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33# ..We can find
0:26:33 > 0:26:35# Why don't you come with me, little girl
0:26:35 > 0:26:37# On a magic carpet ride? #
0:26:37 > 0:26:43It might be simpler if I just asked you what you can sell me for what I've got!
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Not a bad plan, Jonathan.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50- That can be £65. - Yeah? I've only got 55, so...
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Plus he's already bought some pictures.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Best to spread the risk a little, eh?
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Ah, a letter seal.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03What do you think? It's a fabulous piece of amber.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- It's a big lump of amber. - It's lovely, isn't it?
0:27:08 > 0:27:11It's continental, so it's probably... 800, possibly German or something.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Jonathan and Anita seem to be thinking alike.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Yesterday watches. Today fossils and natural products.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Because amber is a resin, often from the Baltic,
0:27:22 > 0:27:25thanks to the many forests that grow there.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28The price though is a bit beyond his budget.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32- I've got 55 quid. That's all I have. - That's fine.- That is all I, isn't it?
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Yeah, that's all you've got, mate.
0:27:34 > 0:27:39- We'll turn you upside-down and shake you!- So that for 55? - That'll be fine.- Fair enough.- Deal.
0:27:39 > 0:27:45That little deal nicely wraps up Jonathan's purchases and empties his pockets of all but 34p.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- We're done!- Cheers! All the best.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51So much for saving money then, eh?
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Unlike Anita, who's still sitting on almost £200.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59She's finished shopping, too, and is heading back north
0:27:59 > 0:28:03from Brampton across the Scottish border to the village of Gretna Green.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Is she going to marry?
0:28:06 > 0:28:10# I'm on my way to Gretna Green
0:28:11 > 0:28:14# Where the prettiest gal you've ever seen... #
0:28:14 > 0:28:20Gretna's been firmly on the runway marriage map since the middle of the 18th century -
0:28:20 > 0:28:25the very word spelling "ruin" from Jane Austen right up to EastEnders.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28But Anita's here to find out exactly why.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32Hello, Anita. Welcome to Gretna Green and the famous blacksmith's shop.
0:28:32 > 0:28:38Oh, Gretna Green! One of the most romantic destinations in the world!
0:28:38 > 0:28:42- Would you like to come through and see a little more of it? - I'd love to. Lead on, Jim!
0:28:42 > 0:28:46# I've got to get to Gretna Green
0:28:46 > 0:28:48# Cos the Pa is mad and the Ma is mean... #
0:28:50 > 0:28:54It was a change in English law, plus Gretna's location,
0:28:54 > 0:29:00slap bang on the border, that transformed the village into a sort of Scottish Las Vegas,
0:29:00 > 0:29:04at the centre of which has always been the unlikely figure of the blacksmith.
0:29:04 > 0:29:09- So this is the actual blacksmith's shop. This is where it all took place?- Yes.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13This building would have been the first building those young couples
0:29:13 > 0:29:17running away from angry parents down in England would have found.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21- Why did they come to Scotland? - Young ladies, like yourself and others,
0:29:21 > 0:29:25were marrying the wrong sort of people. They might have been marrying beneath themselves,
0:29:25 > 0:29:27or someone the family didn't approve of.
0:29:27 > 0:29:32The English passed a law saying no longer will you be allowed to marry in England
0:29:32 > 0:29:37if you were under 21, unless your parents agree with your choice of husband or wife.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41The Scots, when asked by the English to pass the same law, declined.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45They said, "We don't need a law like that. We have our own customs and conventions,
0:29:45 > 0:29:49"and one of those conventions is that you may marry at 15.
0:29:49 > 0:29:54"You need no-one's permission. On your own head be it if you get it wrong." That was your business.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57I love that!
0:29:57 > 0:30:01Because the blacksmith on the border was a highly respectable craftsman,
0:30:01 > 0:30:06he landed the part-time job of conducting irregular marriages.
0:30:06 > 0:30:12Gretna became synonymous with anvil priests and angry parents.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14- ANITA LAUGHS - Complete...- I love this, here.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18"Filial affection or a trip to Gretna Green".
0:30:18 > 0:30:22And this was an effect of the new Marriage Act.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Filial affection doesn't usually extend to whips and guns, but...
0:30:25 > 0:30:28ANITA LAUGHS
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Long before the Scottish and English laws harmonised,
0:30:33 > 0:30:37the village was one of the marriage capitals of the world.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40Nowadays, they come for the romance alone
0:30:40 > 0:30:44and there are over 5,000 weddings in the area every year.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Anvils are usually involved.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48- Anita, you and your hus... - LAUGHTER
0:30:48 > 0:30:52I strike the anvil, symbolic of joining two hearts,
0:30:52 > 0:30:57just as I join two pieces of iron and steel with the heat of the fire in the anvil
0:30:57 > 0:31:00never to be separated. So now, you two, are joined.
0:31:00 > 0:31:05I'm feeling quite emotional now! Does that mean that we're married?
0:31:05 > 0:31:07- Whatever you want to think, dear. - Come on!
0:31:07 > 0:31:11It will never last, you know.
0:31:11 > 0:31:16Now, keen-eyed viewers will no doubt recognise the River Eden once again.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19So it's a good spot to see what our experts have bought.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21- Ready?- Yes.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24- Right!- Ah, Jonathan!
0:31:24 > 0:31:29- I love these.- Late 19th century. Both are signed. One or two holes.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34- But my biggest investment yet. - A-ha. These are smashing.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36How about his smallest?
0:31:36 > 0:31:41This little object here, which is a 19th-century, transfer-decorated dish, cost me a fiver!
0:31:41 > 0:31:44So I was really working hard for the frugal.
0:31:44 > 0:31:49- It came hand in hand with £105's worth of painting.- Ah! Great buys.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52I think he's rather chuffed with his porcelain, too.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55This, I like the decoration of it enormously,
0:31:55 > 0:31:57but it's been split in half and stapled.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00- But I got the two together at £40. - Oh, that's good buy.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04Jonathan, I'm very, very happy with you, darling.
0:32:04 > 0:32:09- Very happy with you.- I'm pretty pleased, but I haven't seen your lot.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13Mine's a bit of a mixed bag here, Jonathan.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Oh, my word!
0:32:16 > 0:32:18What about her design classic then?
0:32:18 > 0:32:211950s, designed by Enid Seeney.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25- Sold in Woolworth's for sixpence, really, but they're collectable now. - Very fashionable.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30- Ladies wristwatch, but 18-carat case.- Is it?!
0:32:30 > 0:32:33- Yes.- So how much was it?- £12.- What?!
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Are you kidding me?
0:32:36 > 0:32:37HE LAUGHS
0:32:37 > 0:32:41- That's not a bad buy at all. - But this is my favourite piece.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44Yeah, absolutely. Brilliant. This could serve you rather well.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47- I think this is a good example of its type.- Yeah.
0:32:47 > 0:32:53- And then you've got some fossils in there as well.- Yeah. It looks nice. I don't know what it will get.
0:32:53 > 0:32:58He seems a little lost for words over Anita's natural collection.
0:32:58 > 0:33:03- So you've bought five lots for little over 100 quid?- Yeah. - Crikey! That's good!
0:33:03 > 0:33:07- That's very good.- A-ha. If I... - So, again, it's a different tactic!
0:33:07 > 0:33:12No, cos I blew the lot, every single penny, down to the last thing, again.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14Yeah, but what do they really think?
0:33:14 > 0:33:17The little amber seal.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21I'm not sure how old it is and I'm not sure it is amber.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23I think he might have slipped up on that, but you never know.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27Very clever lot of purchases. Guaranteed profit with the watch.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31Guaranteed profit with the Homemaker, but I've bought a great pair of paintings,
0:33:31 > 0:33:36and I honestly think I could make losses on the rest and still thrash her at this auction.
0:33:36 > 0:33:41Well, after starting out in the Scottish Borders at Lockerbie, this leg of our trip
0:33:41 > 0:33:44will conclude at an auction in Darlington.
0:33:44 > 0:33:49Although it's very far north, should we call it your stomping ground, Jonathan?
0:33:49 > 0:33:52Yes, I suppose the North and the Midlands is very much where the Pratts came from.
0:33:52 > 0:33:58- Really?- Yes. Here. Only there are Pratts everywhere, I know that!
0:33:58 > 0:34:02Quite, but it's the Pease family who are better known in Darlington.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06Quakers and industrialists, as well as anti-slavery campaigners,
0:34:06 > 0:34:10the Peases were also railway pioneers.
0:34:10 > 0:34:15The 1825 Stockton to Darlington Railway was largely thanks to them.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21- Looking forward to this, dear boy. - Me, too! Me, too!
0:34:21 > 0:34:27Thomas Watson's have been holding auctions at this very saleroom since 1840.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31So I'm sure they can shift whatever Anita and Jonathan have bought.
0:34:31 > 0:34:36Well, we hope so! Let's hear what auctioneer Peter Robinson thinks of their lots.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41The pair of paintings are quite attractive, so I think they'll be interest in those.
0:34:41 > 0:34:47We've got a basket of fossils, which are great for educating your kids,
0:34:47 > 0:34:52but I think all the kids are away on holiday at the moment, so I'm a little bit worried about those.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Not the most encouraging opinion!
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Anita started out with £317.74
0:34:58 > 0:35:02and she spent just £122 of it on five auction lots.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Jonathan began with £235.34
0:35:07 > 0:35:12and he spent everything, apart from the pennies, on his five auction lots.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16Now, normally, at this point, I'd try to whip things up a little,
0:35:16 > 0:35:19but Jonathan, it seems, is already a bag of nerves.
0:35:19 > 0:35:24- Are you nervous? Are you worried? - I am nervous. I am always nervous before the sale.
0:35:24 > 0:35:29- And I start to feel jittery. - That's the coffee.- Yeah!
0:35:29 > 0:35:33Oh, dear! Relax. It's Anita's tableware first.
0:35:33 > 0:35:34Here we are.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38£30 bid. To start at £30. I have 5. 40. 5.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42- 50. 5. £55 on my right.- I'm happy.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45- £55. Selling... I have 60! 5. - Up in the Gods.
0:35:45 > 0:35:5070, sir? Seven pieces? £65 downstairs on my right.
0:35:50 > 0:35:55£65! Being sold now at £65 for the lot.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- Yes!- Very good! - Yes! I'm happy with that.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00- So is that £35 profit?- Yeah!
0:36:00 > 0:36:02Yes, it's a good start, Anita!
0:36:02 > 0:36:05- Oh, game on! Game on!- Game on!
0:36:05 > 0:36:08This could be interesting.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10The auctioneer wasn't at all keen.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14I've got some of this at home. I can't stand it!
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Clare's grandmother had it.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19£15. At £15. 20 for the collection. 20 I'm bid.
0:36:19 > 0:36:2325 can I have? 25. 30. 5.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25- 40.- Yes!- 5. 50.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28- 5. 60.- What?!- Yes!- Yes, sir.
0:36:28 > 0:36:3060, gentleman to my right. At £60.
0:36:30 > 0:36:35Selling now to my right at £60. All finished? £60 for the lot? All done?
0:36:35 > 0:36:40- Yes! Ah!- That's amazing! - I know, it is.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42- You've doubled your money already. - I know.
0:36:42 > 0:36:48Bodes well for the day. Next, the Chinese porcelain, with crack.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52Can we start at £20? For the two pieces together. 20 I'd bid.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56Thank you. 5. 30. 5. 40. £35.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00- Lady's bid. 40. 5.- Internet's going. - 60. 5.
0:37:00 > 0:37:0270. £65. 70.
0:37:02 > 0:37:055. £70 to my... 5. 80.
0:37:07 > 0:37:1085 I'm bid on the net now. 85. 100.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14- At £95. The bid's up with the net. - Keep going! Round it up!
0:37:14 > 0:37:18You're all out in the room. At £95. Being sold now at £95. All done.
0:37:18 > 0:37:23- Get in there.- Well done, darling. That's a good start.- A great start.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- Are you ecstatic?- Yes! Relieved.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29I think it could be one of those days.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Now, is Jonathan's amber a gamble?
0:37:32 > 0:37:37Can I have £25 bid? £25 for it, little seal. At £25.
0:37:37 > 0:37:4030 on the net. 35. 40.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44At £35. It's in the book at £35.
0:37:44 > 0:37:4840 in the room, on my right. £40. 45. 50.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52- 55.- Here we go!- 60. 65.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56- 70. 75. 80.- I think you've being lucky here, Johnny boy!- 90.
0:37:56 > 0:38:0095. £90 and shaking the head on the left.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04At £90. On my right then at £90. 95 anywhere else?
0:38:04 > 0:38:07At £90. The bid's to my right at £90 for the lot.
0:38:07 > 0:38:12- Aw, I think you were a bit lucky there.- A BIT lucky?
0:38:12 > 0:38:13But that was good.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Yes, it almost got a bit stuck.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Now it's time for Anita's foot stool.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22- Louis quinze...- Style!- Style. - THEY LAUGH
0:38:22 > 0:38:26At £50 bid. At £50. 55 I have.
0:38:26 > 0:38:2860. 65. 70.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32£70 that I'm bid. £70. Are we all finished? At £70.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35All done? Bid's in the book. £70 for this lot.
0:38:35 > 0:38:40- 75.- 75!- In the balcony. £75 now. In the balcony.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43At £75. All finished at £75? All done?
0:38:43 > 0:38:46GAVEL BANGS DOWN
0:38:46 > 0:38:49- Yes!- Anita, you are amazing!
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Well, it's worth its weight in...cast iron.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57More of Anita's metal and Art Nouveau this time.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Isn't that beautiful?
0:38:59 > 0:39:03£20, can I say to start me off? 20 I have.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06- £20.- Nearly there.- 25.- There you go.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09- At £20. 25.- Here we go!- 30. 35.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- 35. 40.- Profit.- £40 for the lot.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14GAVEL BANGS DOWN
0:39:14 > 0:39:16I would have liked it to get more.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Someone's got a bit of a bargain.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- So far, no losses. - All right. Fingers crossed, Johnny.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25Next up, Jonathan's cheapest purchase yet.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27- This is my favourite object.- Is it?
0:39:27 > 0:39:29£20 bid. At £20.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32- Really?- At £20. 25 can I say?- Yeah!
0:39:32 > 0:39:34- At £20.- Get in there!- 5 can I say?
0:39:34 > 0:39:3725, front row. 30. 35, madam?
0:39:37 > 0:39:4035. 40. 45, madam?
0:39:40 > 0:39:44At £40. The bid's with me at £40. Sure?
0:39:44 > 0:39:48- 45. £40 then. The bid's with me at £40.- One more!
0:39:48 > 0:39:51It's being sold at £40. All done?
0:39:51 > 0:39:53Very good. I'm very pleased.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55- I'm happier about that than anything else so far.- Ah!
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Ha! And we're not even in Yorkshire.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01- It's the battle of the watches. - That's right!
0:40:01 > 0:40:05What can Anita's little gold bargain job do?
0:40:05 > 0:40:08- 30 bid.- 35 on the internet.
0:40:08 > 0:40:1040. At £35.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13At £35 on the net. 40.
0:40:13 > 0:40:145.
0:40:15 > 0:40:1945 in the room. 18-carat gold. 18-carat gold.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22£40. The room bid I have at £40. 45.
0:40:22 > 0:40:2650, sir? Yep. 50. 55. 60?
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Yep? 60.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32- 65.- Gosh!- On my left at £60.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36Gentleman on my left under the balcony. 65! 70, sir?
0:40:36 > 0:40:38No. At £65.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42A great find, Anita and a solid golden profit!
0:40:42 > 0:40:44JONATHAN SIGHS
0:40:44 > 0:40:47A hard act for Jonathan's watch to follow. Watch out!
0:40:47 > 0:40:51£35 to start. 40. At £40. 45.
0:40:51 > 0:40:5345 in the balcony. 50.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56The bidding's coming in quickly.
0:40:56 > 0:40:5860 now. At £55.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02- The bid's in the balcony at £55. - Don't stop!- 60 anywhere. Being sold.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06At £55. Top left-hand side of the balcony. £55.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08There we go!
0:41:08 > 0:41:11A bit disappointing that. Anita's won the watch fight.
0:41:11 > 0:41:16But this frantic adding up shows that Jonathan's still in with a chance.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20Now for his paintings. If they live up to Jonathan's expectations,
0:41:20 > 0:41:23he might just pip Anita today.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27This is your important lot. This is your important lot!
0:41:27 > 0:41:30We have £50 bid for the pair of paintings.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32At £50. At £50. 5.
0:41:32 > 0:41:3660. 5. 70. 5. 80. 5. 90.
0:41:36 > 0:41:405. £95 bid. 100. And 10.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43- 20. 130.- You've got a phone bid. - ..150. 160.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45- Phone bid.- 150 I'm bid. At 160.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49- 170. 180.- There's a lot of interest in the room.- 200.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51220. 240. No?
0:41:51 > 0:41:55- 220 in the doorway.- Keep going! It's got to be worth more.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58At £220. No? Shaking our heads here. We have 240.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01260. No? 240 then.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04Another bidder. You'll have it now at £240.
0:42:04 > 0:42:09Lady seated to my right at £240. Are we all finished at 240?
0:42:09 > 0:42:13You've doubled your money, so well spotted.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16- And well done, my darling. - Thank you very much.- Good!
0:42:16 > 0:42:19So with that mighty profit, Jonathan is crowned
0:42:19 > 0:42:21today's winner!
0:42:21 > 0:42:24He began with £235.34.
0:42:24 > 0:42:30And after paying auction costs, made a profit of £191.40,
0:42:30 > 0:42:35leaving him with a respectable £426.74 to spend tomorrow.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41However, Anita started out with £317.74
0:42:41 > 0:42:46and, although she made a smaller profit of £128.10 after costs,
0:42:46 > 0:42:50her overall booty of £445.84
0:42:50 > 0:42:52gives her a narrow lead on her rival overall.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Well done, Jonathan.
0:42:54 > 0:43:00Since you've had to work so very, very hard to catch me up, I'll drive this time.
0:43:00 > 0:43:01What?!
0:43:03 > 0:43:06- Well, Johnny, one auction each.- Mm!
0:43:06 > 0:43:09- So it's really all to play for, darling.- It is all to play for.
0:43:09 > 0:43:13- Well, what's going to happen next? - We'll see.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17Well, let me tell you! Next time on the Antiques Road Trip...
0:43:17 > 0:43:20- Well, I'm going up there, I hope. - Right up to the top?
0:43:20 > 0:43:25Anita and Jonathan are heading to Middleham in Yorkshire,
0:43:25 > 0:43:29where Anita exercises some authority.
0:43:29 > 0:43:30Evening, all!
0:43:30 > 0:43:33And Jonathan gets his priorities right.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36- Well, I've got nice dry feet now. - Yeah.
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