Episode 19 Antiques Road Trip

It's the nation's favourite antiques experts with £200 each...

I love that!

..a classic car and a goal, to scour Britain for antiques.

-Yipee!

-My heart's slightly racing.

The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.

There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

Evening all!

So will it be the high road to glory, or the slow road to disaster?

Johnny, are we going to end up in a dead end?

This is the Antiques Road Trip!

Yeah!

SKA VERSION OF BOND THEME PLAYS

It's the penultimate leg of our jaunt in a little 1964 MG

with Jonathan Pratt and Anita Manning.

It's been quite a thriller!

Jonathan, going to be very careful here. We're very near the edge.

-And it's a long way down!

-This is not Monte Carlo.

I'm getting vertigo.

En garde!

Auctioneer Anita, let's just call her Miss Moneypenny...

Broom! Broom! Broom-broom!

Has been setting the pace all week with her "auction man" rival,

the slightly clumsy Johnny English,

who's shaken but rarely stirred.

Yes, you look lovely!

But although diamonds are forever,

in this business, you're only as good as your last assignment.

You bought the boring old brown furniture and I bought a lot of rubbish.

-THEY BOTH LAUGH Yeah, that's true!

-And we both lost!

OK, yesterday WAS bad.

But they're heading in the right direction.

Jonathan began with £200

and he's so far managed to turn that into £370.39. That's not bad!

Anita, who also started out with £200,

now has an even more respectable £420.41.

Oh, no! It's raining again!

-You've got your hood up now, Johnny!

-Oh, yeah!

The thing about hats is, it causes your hair to fall in a certain pattern for the rest of the day.

-You're a big sissy!

-Yeah, I know.

Anita and Jonathan are travelling over 400 miles,

through Scotland, England and Wales,

From Glasgow all the way to Llangefni on the Isle of Anglesey.

Today, we're starting out at Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire,

heading for an auction at Mold in Flintshire, North Wales.

Hebden Bridge is a lovely old town in the valley

and was once full of mills, weaving the wool from the hills around and about.

It was known as Trouser Town.

In the past few years, it's become something of a magnet for artists.

And, you'll be relieved to know, they still make clogs here.

Johnny, we're both in the same place this morning.

-Mm.

-I don't want you following me around.

-Oh!

You'll be following me around.

Jonathan can sometimes be a little uneasy about sharing,

but this huge establishment should give them plenty of elbow room.

There's even a pile of the sort of rugs Jonathan's usually keen on.

But, today, he seems more focused on cabinets.

After the bad result I had last time,

I'm going to try and go for jewellery and silver and little objects.

Mm! Interesting. Upstairs, Anita seems to have an entirely different tactic.

I quite like this.

It's from the 1930s. Magazine rack.

And it's got this lovely carved handle here

and the carved sections.

Now, that's so reminiscent of the Art Deco period,

where you have these circular, sympathetic shapes.

It's functional. People will like that.

And it's got a dog there and I know that people do like dogs.

So I've got three sort of good elements there.

I doubt she'll be so enthusiastic about it in front of the dealer, Steve, though!

The ticket price is £22. Stand by.

-It's not the greatest of quality. I think this is just plywood.

-I think it is, yes.

-But quite a nice, clean, wee, functional item.

-Yes.

It would appeal to dog owners. Do you think that is a Welsh wolfhound?

I'm not too up on dogs, but, er, probably.

-ANITA LAUGHS

-You're a great salesman!

Yeah, looks more like an unusually vicious labrador to me.

I'd be looking to pay in the region of £10, £12.

Well, we could do it for £12.

-£12?

-Yes.

-I think that's a good buy for 12.

-It's a deal. Lovely! Do you think I'll make a profit?

-I'm sure there will be.

-Definitely.

-Come on, Fido.

Now how's our jewellery hound? Is he on the scent yet?

This is a gold and zircon ring.

This is the problem with jewellery -

it takes absolutely forever to be sure what you're looking at.

Zircon's a natural stone.

But it's very, very obvious what it is on a big stone.

But on a small stone, it's much harder to tell.

Zircon can occur in a variety of shades

and the colourless stones can be good, cheaper substitutes for diamonds.

And you've got a 9-carat gold ring with a cluster of zircons.

It's worth a punt because it's quite a pretty little cluster ring.

The price on the box is...

£32.

Anything else?

This is a gold stick pin.

It could be rolled gold. It's quite pretty.

A little squirrel.

He's got a little nut in his hand which is a little seed pearl.

On with the squirrel! What-ho, old bean!

It's rather cute, isn't it? Don't you think?

-If you say so, JP.

-Maybe not.

I wonder if dealer Trish will be impressed.

So I was wondering if you'd do the two together, perhaps for £20?

-So it's a total of 40.

-Mm.

-32 and 8.

The two of them for 32 would be all right.

-Nice and easy! I'll take that. Thank you very much.

-You're welcome.

Very happy with that.

I'm not surprised. But Anita likes jewellery, too,

and I think she may be growing restless up there.

-Jonathan!

-Oh! Hi, Anita.

-How are you getting on?

-There's so much to see, isn't there?

-Can we have a wee swopsy?

-I've got one thing I want to look at.

-A-ha.

-Which will be five minutes.

-Yeah.

Five minutes?

You'd better get a move on then, lad.

You can't keep the lady waiting.

I rather like this little chap here.

It's just a nice little Victorian wheelbarrow.

It's a late 19th-century, silver-plated,

novelty.

It probably is a salt cellar.

It probably started off life with a glass liner perhaps

and the quality of the details - I think the little screw heads are a nice little touch.

You can see the lines are nice and dark, which is where the silver coating has tarnished,

and it's been left buried in the corners.

You can't fake that. It can't be done just like that. It certainly gives it the age.

I like that a lot.

Ha! At £55, it's over to you, Trish.

-It's got style about it. If it was silver, it would be hundreds of pounds anyway.

-It's a one-off.

So what's the best on that? Would you do 40?

-Erm... I think 40's a little bit low for me.

-42?

-Yeah, let's stick with the twos and say 42.

-42.

OK. Och, I'm on fire this morning! £42!

-Oh, Lordy! Are you really?

-Thank you very much. You can take that.

Cos now Anita's chomping at the bit.

Well, he's certainly come over all decisive today.

Tactical, too, it seems!

I'm going to stick to small things and quite simply buy five objects that I could fit into my pockets.

You would be able to do my reveal under a hankie.

Really?! Oh, it looks like Anita's finally got her hands on some smalls! Ha!

-Is this your cabinet?

-It is, yes.

Look at this little pencil here.

This little propelling pencil and the lid is still there.

Now, that would fit in a pocket.

9-carat.

It's quite plain and it's quite straight forward.

I also like the fact that it's made by Sampson Mordan & Company.

Sampson Mordan filed the first patent for a mechanical pencil in 1822.

And the family company continued to manufacture highly collectable items

until 1941, when their London factory was destroyed in the Blitz.

-56. Can you come down a bit from there?

-What were you thinking of?

-In the region of 30.

-45.

-45?

-45.

TICK-TOCK

TICK-TOCK

TICK-TOCK

Mm.

That's ten seconds.

On we go!

TICK-TOCK, TICK-TOCK

Oh, Lordy! This is a tactic.

It's tempting.

How are things going after all this silence?

Is 45 the very best that you can do?

-I could go to 40.

-Could you go to 40?

-Are happy with that?

-40 would be the best, yes.

-OK, thank you.

Cor, I'm not sure what the pause-to-discount ratio was there,

but it's a relief it's all over!

Now, hang on. Is Jonathan changing his tune?

HE PLAYS LONDON'S BURNING

No, it's much worse!

# And we have no...

# Tune! Talent! #

-Do you think we should stick to antiques?

-I think so.

Yeah, I agree!

No need to rush into a musical career either of you.

But your next performance certainly awaits.

They're travelling from Hebden Bridge across the border to Burnley,

in Lancashire.

The two mill towns, just 15 miles apart, have quite a lot in common.

In fact, they were once both linked by a pack-horse route,

although, nowadays, most people prefer the A646.

Burnley was a cotton town, which, at its peak,

boasted 99,000 power looms. Wow!

Time for Jonathan to go solo.

-Have a nice time!

-Have fun, too.

-Spend lots.

-Thank you.

Well, with some 9,000 square feet of space, they certainly think big round here.

Who on earth would buy that? My word!

How about Phil Serrell?

But Jonathan, of course, is thinking small today.

So what can he find that's pocket-sized?

BELL RINGS

Careful!

Gosh!

Scared the life out of me.

Let's briefly draw a veil over Jonathan's struggle to add to his tiny collection

and see what Anita's been up to.

She's been motoring just outside of Burnley to visit Gawthorpe Hall,

once described as an Elizabethan gem in the heart of industrial Lancashire.

-Hello, Rachel. I'm Anita.

-Hello, Anita.

It's so lovely to be here and this is wonderful. What a wonderful house! I mean, how old is it?

-The house was finished in 1605.

-What does the motto say at the top?

It says "Prudentia et Justitia",

which is prudence and justice. That was the Shuttleworth family motto, from when the hall was built.

It was the last of the Shuttleworth family to actually live here

who really put Gawthorpe on the map.

Rachel K Shuttleworth had a passion for textiles

and was a great collector until her death in 1967.

-This is one of the largest collections outside the V&A?

-Yes.

That's right. There's over 30,000 pieces altogether.

We've got over 500 on display here in these rooms for the public to come in and look at.

Rachel travelled the world gathering many pieces.

And amongst the many rare and valuable items on display

is the baby gown of Tsar Nicholas II.

Gosh!

So this is the lady that was responsible for this wonderful collection?

Yes, that's right. This is a portrait of Rachel K Shuttleworth.

And, really, textiles were her absolute passion, as you can see in this portrait.

-Yeah. She's got a thimble on her finger.

-She has, yes.

Down in the library, Anita's come to meet the director of the collection...

Hi, Jenny. Lovely to meet you.

..and take a closer look at a few special pieces.

-What do we have here?

-Well, this is a really unique piece of embroidery,

which is actually embroidered on two sides.

And it's embroidered on parchment paper, so it's extremely delicate.

It's embroidered on paper and it's how many hundred years old?

-That's from 1708.

-1708?

-Yeah.

-This is a very precious piece?

-It is. It is.

-Very precious.

But my eye was caught by this beautiful piece of material.

This is made in the Elizabethan period and it is a herb pillow.

-And this is 500 years old?

-Yeah. It's one of the oldest objects in the collection.

But the collector was quite a seamstress herself.

Miss Rachel was heavily involved with the inception of the Girl Guides.

And this sampler was designed by Miss Rachel in 1923.

Each Guide and each Brownie would have contributed at least one stitch.

It's wonderful. Look at the wee tents there and the camp fire!

There's music coming out of the fire

and lyrics and words embroidered into the smoke.

In the middle, we've got Miss Rachel.

Rachel K Shuttleworth believed that craft

can help improve people's quality of life

and the remarkable pieces she collected now both educate and inspire.

Meanwhile, back in town, Jonathan's still hunting hard for something...

pocket-sized!

Sewing, eh? Now, there's a coincidence.

This is the Perfect Fit, Form-O-Matic Dress Form.

Eh!

I should watch where I put my hands, actually. Erm...

Steady!

-This is quite fun, actually. I quite like this.

-Do you like it?

-I suppose this is for dresses and things?

-Yeah, you're right!

You just pull these pins out and then twist from behind.

Like so.

And then you can adjust it accordingly.

It's unusual. I can't say I've come across one before. It's quirky.

It sort of conjures up the nostalgia of the 1950s.

Hang on! You'll never get THAT in your pocket, lad.

It was not really what I was looking to put my money into. £65.

It does seem a little steep for me. What would you sell this for?

-Mm, for you, special customer, £40.

-£40.

-That's a real bargain, trust me.

-I'll have to take her waist in a bit.

-Oh, yeah! Depends how you like your ladies!

I think he's smitten. Who wouldn't be?

-How about £30?

-32. How's that for you?

-Oooh...

Do we have a deal, Jonathan? Come on. You know you want to.

-£32. Do you know what? Why not? OK.

-OK.

-Thank you very much.

-It's yours.

-Thank you.

Ha! Don't they make a lovely couple?

HE HUMS

JONATHAN SINGS: # I've got chills, they're multiplying

# And I'm losing control... #

Jonathan, stop mucking about!

# Cos the power you're supplying... #

On that note, night-night.

Next morning, resolutions are made.

-No brown furniture, Johnny!

-No brown furniture so far.

-Ah! So you're not saying never?

-Well...

And he's not fibbing. Yesterday, Jonathan plumped for a ring,

a tie pin, a tiny wheelbarrow

and a ladies' dress manikin for a total cost of £106.

It was not really what I was looking to put my money into.

Leaving him with almost £265 to spend today.

While Anita lavished a mere £52 of her small fortune

on a gold mechanical pencil and a magazine rack. Woof!

Do you think that is a Welsh wolfhound?

Probably!

Hey! Leaving her with almost £370 to spend today.

They're making for an auction at Mold in North Wales,

but their next stop is Darwen, Lancashire.

Just like the other Lancashire towns they've visited,

Darwen had its key role to play in the Industrial Revolution.

In fact, Samuel Crompton, inventor of the spinning mule machine

once lived here and the town's motto is "nothing without labour". Speaking of which...

Er, Johnny, just in here to the right.

-Aladdin's Cave.

-Aladdin's Cave. Is he a lad in a cave?

-Is that what he is?

-Well, he's a bit of a lad!

-Is he a genie?

-Aye, he's a genie!

-THEY LAUGH

Interesting, yes?

-It's interesting, yes.

-Ah, hello!

-Hi, Steven. I had such a good time the last time that I brought Johnny along.

-Great. Nice to meet you.

Ah, old chums, eh? This could be interesting.

Well, the name of this place certainly fits,

although I have seen caves arranged with a little more care and attention.

Yesterday, Jonathan hogged a whole shop floor.

Today, Anita's getting her revenge. She's grabbed dealer Steven first...

Come on. You help me to get a bargain.

..and is hoping to make familiarity count.

How much is your G-Plan?

Hey, that's a cheeky question!

-50?

-50.

-Does that include all the mould?

-It does!

Meanwhile, upstairs, size has become a big thing for Jonathan.

We have a sign, or something like that.

It's got a bit of age, as well. Painted on to wood.

Sort of point-of-sale advertising.

I would say, it's got to the 1950s, possibly the '60s.

It could be a one-off.

The curious name of this spirit derives from 1882,

when the distiller, William Sanderson, prepared 100 casks of blended whisky,

and asked a panel of experts to choose their favourite one. And the winner was!

VAT 69 and it's finely painted.

This coat of arms up here, the Royal Court of Arms,

is really well done.

A little bit of damage. You've got splits running down the sides.

But that¹s liveable. And I absolutely love it!

And I'm hoping it's within my budget.

Well, actually, it's a whopping £250, almost all you've got left.

So you'd better have a chat with Steven.

He's got his hands full though at the moment, literally.

I think that's so sweet.

It's a little country...cot.

-A little rocker.

-Nice old paint inside.

-Yeah! That's the original stuff, isn't it?

-I think it is, yeah.

-Yeah.

-Nice colour as well.

-How old do we think this is?

-I think about 1870, 1880. I don't know. What do you think?

-A-ha.

-Probably made by the...?

-The father. I think the father would have made it

when the mother gave birth, for the baby.

-A big baby.

-Tall baby. Plenty of room to grow!

-Plenty of room to grow, yeah!

I like this. I like this, Steven.

I would hope it would be the type of thing that would appeal within a rural community.

Not that you'd put a baby in it these days, but you could put plants

or teddies or whatever.

-How much is this, Steven?

-I'd like about 110.

-Right.

What's the very best that you can do on that?

Erm...

-Oh, I'd better sit down, hadn't I?

-HE LAUGHS

-90!

-I'll hold your hand.

-90! 90!

What's the very, very, very, very def on it?

75.

-75?

-75.

-It's a deal on that.

So Anita's the proud owner of some brown furniture and Jonathan found himself a cabinet.

L-E-T-T-E-R.

You'd really want it to say "toast". That's the thing!

Cos people don't really have letter racks any more.

How old is it? Not very, probably.

You'd like to think it was early 20th century. The quality's there.

But is it silver?

It's almost like it's... It is silver. Can't be.

It's too stiff.

The ticket price is £59.

Could be worth a punt.

Well, you'd better go and grab hold of Steven then.

Vintage ironing board, Steven.

-How much is that?

-£10.

Hi!

-Hello, Jonathan!

-Hello. Any chance I could pinch Steven for a minute?

-He's my personal shopper.

-Yeah, I thought he might be!

-We haven't got long here and I can see you hanging on to him till the end.

-OK.

-Don't give him anything cheap!

-JONATHAN LAUGHS

That little chap. It almost has a homemade feel about it.

-Yeah, I thought that. It's an interesting piece.

-A bit of fun.

-"Letter" for a letter rack.

-Yeah. It might be 60 years old.

-40?

-I was thinking more like 20. STEVEN LAUGHS

-I'll split the difference with you. 30.

-OK, right.

30 quid, that's your very best?

Er... We'll come to some agreement.

That sounds encouraging, but what about the bottle?

-You could have probably sold this a million times, cos it's there in front of you.

-Yeah.

-It's a fabulous piece, I think. It's hand painted.

-It's on wood.

Yeah, a lot of people wanted that over the years. I've had it a few years now.

-It's a smart thing.

-I took it home. I refused to sell it at first, cos I liked it myself so much.

But the wife's decided she wanted it to come back.

Oh, your wife's like mine! I buy stuff and it seems to go back to the saleroom!

Get on with it then!

200 for that.

-Don't step backwards, by the way.

-Yeah! Yeah!

That would be TV gold, wouldn't it?

Phew! That was close, Jonathan.

Now what's Anita up to? Branching out?

Sometimes you can find something in the darkest corner.

You'd know, Anita. And sometimes they're there for a good reason.

I love this big piece of gnarled wood.

It's a wonderful piece of natural art.

Look at this! Look at the sweeps, look at the ins and outs.

It's found art. Somebody's found that somewhere.

And I just absolutely love it.

If you were looking for something functional for it to do,

you could hang your coat on there.

Hang your hat on there. What kind of price can you put on something like that?

I've also got a bargaining point in that no-one else in the world is mad enough to buy it, except me!

Perhaps not the best reason to take something to auction though.

How are the giant bottle negotiations progressing?

I really like it. You wouldn't take 150 for it, would you?

Go on! Right, OK.

-Grieves me much, but...

-I'm going to shake your hand on that one.

-I think it's fantastic. Thanks. You'll do well with that.

-Brilliant!

What about a little chaser?

-The letter rack, you'd do for what?

-30.

-OK.

I'll go for that. And then I'm absolutely finished shopping.

-I may as well pay you now.

-Yeah. please! And clear off!

Well, he's certainly got a lotta bottle.

You're free to go and try and fleece Anita now.

See if you can get as much as you can out of her. Thank you very much.

Steven!

Was that a cry for assistance?

-Steven!

-Hello, Anita!

Steven! Steven! Wherefore art thou?

-I've found something up here which you might be dying to get rid of.

-Oh, I hope so!

I'll come up now.

-I found this big dud of gnarled wood.

-It's a root.

-It's a root?

-Yeah.

-It's a root, a-ha.

-So it's taking an enormous amount of space up...

-Yes.

-..in your warehouse.

-But I have had it a while.

-You've had it for years?

-Er, a couple of years perhaps.

-ANITA LAUGHS

-I am willing and happy to take it off your hands...

-Oh, that's great.

-..for a tenner!

-Oh, oh! Oh, I couldn't.

-I couldn't.

-You couldn't do it for a tenner?

-I'll sell it, for a huge loss, for 40.

-Every day it's sitting here, it's costing you money.

-Yes.

It was a twig when it first got there!

LAUGHTER

-And I'm willing to take it off your hands for a tenner!

-Ooh!

It's a bit like chopping away at a tree this.

-40, that's a good price, really.

-40?!

-40!

-Steven, it might not even get a bid.

-25 then.

Will you let me take it off your hands for £10?

Could this be TIMBER!

-Why not?

-Oh!

Thank you very much. Are you happy that I'm taking if off your hands?

I have mixed feelings, really, mixed!

LAUGHTER

Bye-bye Aladdin's Cave!

That was a fruitful bit of shopping.

Now it's time for Jonathan to leave Darwen and get down to St Helens.

The fortunes of this town were built upon coal

and on the heavy industry that needed that fuel.

Nowadays, the talk in St Helens is all about regeneration

and this giant sculpture stands on the site of the last colliery.

But the town still makes glass and has done for almost 300 years.

-HE LAUGHS

-This is an amazing building.

Hi, Jonathan. I'm Hannah, the curator. Welcome to the World of Glass.

The entrance of the World of Glass museum is a replica of the huge furnace

located elsewhere on the site.

It was constructed by William Windle Pilkington

for the around-the-clock manufacture of glass.

Pilkington based its HQ here in St Helens back in 1826

because of the raw materials and skills located here.

But as the exhibits show, the story of glass is much, much older.

This is the Glass Roots gallery with the Pilkington collection.

3,000 years' worth of glass.

I know they discovered glass when lightning hit sand.

-And you get what they call angels' tears, or something.

-That's right.

And it's little globules of natural glass and they took it from that.

-This is a Roman piece.

-Isn't that fab?

-The Romans invented glass blowing in the 1st Century AD.

-Yep.

-That's wonderful. 2,000 years old, or thereabouts.

-Yes.

Also in the collection are hugely valuable pieces by some of the great glass designers,

like Rene Lalique and this cameo glass by the British manufacturer Thomas Webb and Sons.

I mean, I absolutely adore that. I think that is such an amazing piece. Absolute skilled work.

Although designers like George Woodall took etching and carving

through fused layers of glass to new heights,

it was, essentially, a Roman technique.

Pilkington pioneered the industrialisation of glass manufacture,

but the basic method remains roughly the same.

In the hot-glass studio, you can see the ancient craft in action.

-That's so clever. I've never seen it done before.

-Oh, right!

OK, and it happened instantly.

-So centrifugal force is pulling it down.

-Wow! That's amazing.

You quite simply just bring it out, spin it and let gravity do its work.

Magnificent.

Very clever.

-That's lovely. Isn't that lovely?

-Would you like to have a go?

-What me?!

-Yes!

-Oh, no! Er... I can try.

-Yes.

-All right.

Oh, I see. Right.

Just very gently breath down the end there.

Don't suck whatever you do, Jonathan!

-Wooh!

-Wow!

Oh, it's a light bulb. I've invented the light bulb.

Ha! Not bad, but I don't think they'll be displaying your work

alongside the greats just yet.

But while Jonathan's been getting all creative,

Anita's anxious to finish off her shopping

and is making her way from Darwen over to Ormskirk.

Legend has it, the original Orm was a Viking, who settled here and founded this very kirk.

It's one of only three in England to have both a tower and a spire.

They say that Orm's two sisters wanted one each. Sadly, that bit's almost certainly made up.

-Hello, Alan.

-Hello.

-I'm Anita. It's lovely to be here.

-Beautiful furniture.

-Oh, good! Thank you very much.

-All in perfect condition.

Alan doesn't just sell and restore furniture though. He makes it.

Although whether Anita will be tempted to buy some of his very fine work is uncertain.

Typically, Anita has her eye on something very buyable, although hardly a classic.

-It's rather a strange, wee box.

-Yes. It's been made in the Far East within the last five or six years.

We have these little geometric squares here.

-I like the fact that it's been hand done.

-Yes, it has, with a chisel.

-You can use it as a little stationery box or a sewing box.

-Yes.

Put a little lock on that, you could use it for your love letters.

Yes! Good!

You've got £15 on it. It's not a lot of money.

-Can you take something off of that?

-Can we make it 14?

Nice work, Alan! I think she was speechless there.

I like your style.

I think I could probably do 12.

£12 on that.

-Do you think it will make me £12 in auction?

-It should do.

What would your estimate be?

Well, I would certainly think you would get in excess of £15.

-I would hope so, at least.

-A-ha.

-I have to pay commission as well.

-Of course you do, yes.

I would like to be buying it for in the region of ten.

-Is that at all possible?

-Let's do a deal at ten.

-OK.

-That's lovely. Thank you very much, Alan.

-You're welcome.

It was a pleasure doing business.

Right, time for that show and tell moment.

-Shall I go first?

-Go on, please.

-I'll start quite calmly and then...

-SHE LAUGHS

Is that something that could grow on you?

Well, I don't know! What is it?

It's a piece of natural sculpture, my friend.

LAUGHTER

-Are you laughing at me?

-No, no, no!

But the question is, how much money did you spend on it?

-£10.

-Oh, really?! Is that all?

You're winding me up. Oh, that's all right for £10. Goodness me!

-Even for kindling. There's £10's worth of kindling there.

-That's right!

What about her pricier bit of wood?

I fell in love with it, but I paid quite a lot for it.

-£75. So...

-Yeah.

-..I might have been carried away by this one.

This one though might make him a little envious.

-Is this gold?

-It's gold. It's hallmarked 9-carat gold.

-Guaranteed profit, Anita!

I don't like to say it.

Careful! They may bite.

People like animals, so I think this might be... Do you get Welsh wolfhounds?

I'm not familiar with that breed, no.

Not surprised. It doesn't exist. Now, his turn!

First, the smalls, then the biggy. Oh, yes!

Ah, yeah! A Perfect Form-O-Matic Dress Form.

I just like everything about it.

It's a shapely thing, too.

-Oh, that's a stoater!

-THEY BOTH LAUGH

-Absolutely wonderful.

-Do you think it's silver? I think it is, you know.

-Nickel silver wouldn't bend like that.

-No. Exactly.

-That's a good buy, Jonathan.

-Thank you.

-You bought some jewellery.

Yeah. Those two are together. So that's one lot there.

-That's a great buy.

-And I thought about splitting them up...

-One, two, three, four.

I've got one other piece.

ANITA CHUCKLES

-That is absolutely fabulous!

-Isn't it brilliant?

There is a good market for advertising stuff.

-How much did I pay for it, Anita?

-I think I would go to about 140, 150.

£150.

I think that's great!

We should now nip off and have a wee dram. There we go.

Yes, but what did they really think?

The Sampson Mordan gold pen is an absolute steal.

She'll double her money that, for sure.

But she's bought a tree. Totally out of character!

She might get £15, but how many people will be willing to pay it?

I love Jonathan's items.

I think he's let his feminine side lead him this time. Apart from the big bottle of whisky, of course.

All my stuff's all brown stuff. How did I manage that?

I think he might beat me this time!

After starting out in the Pennines at Hebden Bridge,

this leg of our journey concludes in North Wales

at an auction in Mold.

This lovely market town was the place where, in 1833,

workmen dug up a spectacular Bronze Age golden cape.

It eventually found its way to the British museum

and became Number 19 in its History of the World in 100 Objects.

Is this going to be your day, Johnny? Are you going to win today?

Oh, I'd like to think so, but who knows, who knows?

Hello!

I wonder if anything sold at Dodds today will end up at the British Museum?

I think we can probably rule out what our two have bought though.

But let's get the opinion of the local auctioneer, Anthony Parry.

He's a lovely man.

The Sampson Mordan propelling pencil in gold is probably one of the best things you've brought.

With the price of gold as it is at the moment, it'll easily sell.

The VAT 69 advertising jar -

that's unusual. It could appeal to a publican or a restaurant.

The piece of driftwood - I think whoever bought it would have...

assumed we've got a lot of interior designers round here. Well, we haven't!

Ha-ha! That wasn't very encouraging, was it?

Anita started out with £420.41

and she spent £147 of it on five auction lots.

Jonathan began with £370.39

and he spent £286, also on five auction lots.

Oooh!

-Right.

-Are you nervous, Johnny?

-Yes, I am nervous.

Pull yourself together then. You're up first.

Starting off, we have Jonathan's silvery letter rack.

10 I've got. £10. 10. 15. 15.

20. 25. 25's up the room. 25.

-Do we have 30 anywhere else?

-26!

-26.

28.

32.

-Come on! Come on!

-All done at £32?

-It washed its face, as they say.

-It washed its face.

-Well,

-I

-say, actually, but a loss after commission.

What will Mold make of his wheelbarrow?

This is a rural area. People love their gardens.

They've got lots of wheelbarrows, these guys, but none that small!

£10. 10. 10. £10.

12. 14. 16.

18. 20.

22.

Well, you heard him say, "One more." So he won't go another!

22. 24.

24... There you are. He said, "No." 24. 25.

-25.

-Go on!

-25.

Are you having 26? Oh, dear me! 26 over here!

26. 27.

28.

29.

30.

30.

No more for the wheelbarrow then!

Oh, dear! Jonathan's quality plan's not off to a go start.

You mean bunch!

But I did think that was one that might struggle.

Anita's gold pencil. Everyone seems to agree it's a belter.

This is rather a nice lot. 30 I've got, £30. £35.

£40. £45.

£45. 45. £50.

£55. £60. 65.

70. 5.

80.

85.

-90. Are you having 92.50, sir?

-Go on.

92.50. £100! Thank you.

It's gone then at £100.

-Oh, shut up!

-Yes!

Quite a contrast. She's straight out of the blocks.

Good start.

Certainly was. Now for Jonathan's ring and pin. Nice nails!

£20 I've got to start. £30. £40.

-Yes!

-£50.

-Yes!

-£60.

-WOMAN: 65.

-65.

-70.

-WOMAN: 70!

75. Where's 80?

75. Any more?

Are we all done at £75?

-WOMAN: 77.

-Oh, yes!

-77.

And done at 77 then!

-Excellent.

-Ah, thank you.

-Excellent!

-Clawing back.

-Smashing!

Yes, a bit of recovery from an awful start.

-That's more than we thought.

-Thank goodness for that!

OK, who's ready for some sculpture? Don't laugh!

-Nobody knows how much that's worth.

-Most people would walk past it.

On a dog walk, their dog would stop, lift his leg and carry on walking!

What shall we say for it?

£5!

-Thank you, sir!

-Well, there we are. £10!

-Yes!

£20.

-What?!

-£30.

£40.

What?!

-WOMAN: 45.

-45.

-Who's going to have 50?

-46.

46.

-£46!

-47.

ANITA LAUGHS

48.

-£50.

-Yes!

Are we quite sure we can't get any more money?

-Do you want to ask outside?

-Ask outside! Ask around, John.

LAUGHTER

£50 and this lady is winning this. All done at 50 then?

-Yes!

-Oh, Lordy!

Yeaaah!

You're mad, all of you! You're mad!

Well, she hoped to find people of like mind.

-Oh!

-You are amazing, Anita.

What about her doggy magazine rack? Might it have its day?

£10 note. £10.

15. 20.

25.

27.

All done at 27 then?

-27.

-Very good.

-I'm happy enough with that.

I'm sure she is.

Now for Jonathan's big one.

20.

30.

40. 50.

60. 70.

80.

80's there. 90.

90. It should double this, easily.

£90's here. 90.

100. And 10. 115.

-Go on!

-120. 120.

All done at £120 then?

Are you quite sure?

I knew it. Oh, man!

Oh, dear! It's enough to drive you to drink, Jonathan.

Well, I¹m bitterly disappointed with that.

Can his shapely friend help out?

£20. 20. £25.

-Yes!

-£30.

35.

-£40. £42.50!

-42...!

45.

£50. All done at £50 then?

-Jonathan, well done!

-Thank you.

-Wasn't that excellent?

-18 quid!

Not bad! But probably not enough either.

Now for Anita's brown box.

10 I've got. 12 I've got. 14.

-16.

-Oh, God! Here we go!

20.

£20.

22.

24.

26.

28. Thank you.

-A loony bin!

-30 coming back. 32 at the back.

34?

No more? All done at £34 then. You're quite sure?

-Goodness me!

-They like the brown stuff in this auction.

-They do.

Yeah, Anita's in tune again.

My last item is coming up. It's the pine rocking cradle

that really was the item that I was worried about.

If you make a profit on it, then you have to sing

"She Wears Red Feathers And A Hula-Hula Skirt".

ANITA LAUGHS

£10. £15.

£20. £25.

£30.

No?

All done at £30 then?

Thank goodness for that!

Well, at least we won't have to put up with Anita's singing.

And to tell you the truth, Jonathan, I deserved to lose 40 quid on it,

-because it was a bad buy.

-It was a bad buy.

But you've done terribly, terribly well.

She certainly has. Despite that little wrong note,

Anita's easily the winner today.

Jonathan began with £370.39.

And after paying auction costs,

he made a loss of £32.62,

leaving him with £337.77 to spend on the next leg.

Anita, however, started with £420.41.

And after paying costs made a profit of £50.62,

giving her £471.03 and a substantial lead.

Well done, that girl!

Very well done, Anita. I'm a bit disappointed about that cradle actually.

The opportunity to hear your dulcet tones...

# She wears red feathers and a hooley-hooley skirt

# She wears red feathers and a hooley-hooley skirt... #

Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, Anita and Jonathan should really get a satnav!

How did we manage to go the wrong way, Jonathan?

It's your blathering, your blathering, has put me off.

Tut-tut!

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