0:00:02 > 0:00:05- It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...- All right, viewers?
0:00:05 > 0:00:06..with £200 each,
0:00:06 > 0:00:09a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12I'm on fire! Yes!
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Sold. Going, going, gone.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction,
0:00:16 > 0:00:17but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:1850p!
0:00:18 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23You've had it a while, haven't you?
0:00:23 > 0:00:27So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29- Oh!- Oh, no!
0:00:29 > 0:00:32This is The Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Today sees the start of a brand-new road trip,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43and a battle of the sexes with some familiar faces.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45# Well, she's all you'd ever want
0:00:45 > 0:00:49# She's the kind I'd like to flaunt and take to dinner
0:00:49 > 0:00:50# She's a lady! #
0:00:50 > 0:00:55Glaswegian Anita Manning was one of the first female auctioneers in the country.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00Her auction house is the largest nonspecialist seller of paintings in Great Britain.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05She is well known for her good taste in art. But how about in men?
0:01:05 > 0:01:08He's lovely. He reminds me of one of my old boyfriends.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16Ha-ha! That dashing Road Trip veteran Lewis, James Lewis,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19started collecting antiques as a child of just five.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23He specialises in wooden objects and tribal art,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26and can often come up with another clever use for his purchases.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Do you know what this is? This is...
0:01:30 > 0:01:34..a really rare Indian musical machine.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Both experts have £200 to spend as they journey in this
0:01:40 > 0:01:43beautiful 1969 Volkswagen Beetle.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46James takes first turn in the driving seat
0:01:46 > 0:01:49while Anita quizzes him on tactics for the trip.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Tell me all your secrets.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53There aren't any.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57- I haven't got... - You've not got secrets from me?
0:01:57 > 0:01:59No secrets from Anita?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Do you have a theme, James?
0:02:01 > 0:02:04- A theme?- A-ha.- No.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Our experts will wind their way almost 800 miles from
0:02:13 > 0:02:15rural Oxfordshire to London,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17cross to the West Country
0:02:17 > 0:02:18and the South Coast
0:02:18 > 0:02:20before returning to London again.
0:02:20 > 0:02:21Wow!
0:02:21 > 0:02:24On this first leg, our team is starting out in Deddington,
0:02:24 > 0:02:28continuing through Oxfordshire, before crossing into Hertfordshire
0:02:28 > 0:02:30for their auction in St Albans.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Deddington is a pretty village on the edge of the Cotswolds.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38The market square was once home to the Pudding Pie Fair,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41when a plum pudding was especially baked
0:02:41 > 0:02:44and pigs, sheep and horses were all on sale.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48The first chance to buy in this battle of the sexes
0:02:48 > 0:02:51and Anita has a warning for James.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- We're going into the same shop. - Right.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58And I don't want you following me about, copying me.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Really? No following you? - And blocking my bargains.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Go on, I'm just following you.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04Shall we just enjoy ourselves?
0:03:04 > 0:03:06I should be carrying you across the threshold.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07Really, James?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- Come here.- No!
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- You'll drop me on my head. - All right, come on.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Come on.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16Lordy!
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Hello, Brenda!- Hello, Anita!
0:03:19 > 0:03:21- I'm Anita.- Who's your boyfriend?
0:03:21 > 0:03:26- This is my big pal Jamesy. - Your big pal, brilliant.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29It's a bit warm doing that.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32With four floors of goodies, Deddington Antiques Centre
0:03:32 > 0:03:35is owner Brenda's treasure trove.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38James is first off the buying blocks.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- Let's have that little pincushion. - OK.- Cheers.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- Something's happened, has it? - Fiddled about.- Oh, it's been...
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- Yeah.- Had a bash.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52This George V pincushion has a ticket price of £33.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56- What could that be? - This is somebody else's.- OK.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Um...
0:03:57 > 0:04:00I will do...
0:04:00 > 0:04:0125.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- I think it would make 20 to 25. - Right.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08I was going to offer you a cheeky 15.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Oh, cheeky indeed.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11Um...
0:04:11 > 0:04:13I should have started at ten.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15No, then I would've walked away.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18I know you would. I was just thinking, that was what I was...
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Give me 20.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23It's going to go for more than 20 - it's hallmarked silver.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Give me 20 and I'll be happy.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- Split the difference, you've got a deal.- What's the difference?
0:04:28 > 0:04:3017.50.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- That's ridiculous!- I know.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38James has quite a competitor in Brenda here.
0:04:38 > 0:04:3919.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Oh, that's even more ridiculous!
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- Well, you're being ridiculous, so I might as well be.- 18.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- 18.50.- Go on.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47- Well done.- You've got a deal.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Now, can Anita battle Brenda as well as James has?
0:04:51 > 0:04:56Brenda, could I see this green... The big tray?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Yeah. Look at that.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01- That is so...- I think that's quite pretty.- Very pretty.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04I like mermaids. I think I've got a thing about mermaids.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- I think they're gorgeous.- They're supposed to be magical, aren't they?
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Yeah. I wonder if this would be magical for me.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13- What have we got on it? - You've got 55.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16I'll tell you what I'd like to be paying for it - 22.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21Would you? I'd like you to pay...
0:05:21 > 0:05:2232.
0:05:22 > 0:05:2532. Could you let it go for 25?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Um...
0:05:27 > 0:05:32- 28.- 28?- 28?- It's a deal. - Thank you so much.- That's lovely.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35But Anita's not finished with Brenda yet.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Her sparkly stock is beckoning.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42These orange Art Deco beads have a ticket price of £18.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- These are kind of fun.- They're nice.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49- They're not amber, obviously.- No. - But they've got some age to them.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52OK, and they are not too dear. Can you give me a deal on that?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54- I can give you a deal. - Can you get me it for ten quid?
0:05:54 > 0:05:58- I'll give you it for ten quid. Deal.- You are a star.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Very nicely done, Anita.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Will these two Art Deco items - the necklace and tray -
0:06:05 > 0:06:07garner high profits for her, do you think?
0:06:10 > 0:06:13James is playing catch-up. Has anything else taken his fancy?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Do you have anything Chinese?
0:06:18 > 0:06:20That seems to be what is doing really well at auction
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- at the moment. - What about the brush pot?
0:06:22 > 0:06:26- Yeah, let's look at that. - Yeah? It's...
0:06:26 > 0:06:30Obviously, this has been turned after, but it is an old brush pot.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33With mother-of-pearl.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35It has got a few of the bits of mother of pearl.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38But somebody who wants a little restoration project, again,
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- there's not much to do, but... - There's a big split up there.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- Yeah, but that's all part of the charm of the item.- It's on the back.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Ha-ha, it is.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- I would put 40 to 60 on that.- Would you really?- Yeah. What could it be?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54It's a fairly expensive piece,
0:06:54 > 0:06:57but for a restoration project,
0:06:57 > 0:06:59if you gave me a £50 note...
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- OK.- ..I could live with that. Only just, but I could live with it.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08James isn't sure. And now he has spotted something else.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10The other thing I saw earlier...
0:07:10 > 0:07:12He's quite heavy.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14I'm not sure whether he's a base metal.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Oh, yes, he is. - He's a base metal, isn't he?
0:07:17 > 0:07:22This 19th century bronzed desk figure of St Peter
0:07:22 > 0:07:24has a ticket price of £28.50.
0:07:24 > 0:07:25What could he be?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29He could be... Make me an offer.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32I would say about a tenner.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35What about if I do it for 20?
0:07:35 > 0:07:36Mm...
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- I'd put 40 to 60 on the brush pot.- Mm.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41If you have them both...
0:07:41 > 0:07:43I'll do...
0:07:43 > 0:07:45£60 for them both.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49- I want to try and make a profit. - Mm-hm.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54If it made 40, I'd make a loss.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56If it made 60, I'd make a small profit, but not much.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00If I gave you 40 for that, a tenner for that - 50 the two -
0:08:00 > 0:08:01how about that?
0:08:01 > 0:08:04- Give me 55 and we've got a deal. - Ooh...
0:08:04 > 0:08:06- Fine, OK.- OK?- See how we go.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09You'll be all right, you've got a religious one on your side.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Hallelujah! But will St Alban of the auction house
0:08:13 > 0:08:16look more kindly on James's next lot
0:08:16 > 0:08:19or Anita's Deco buys?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21You better track down the competition
0:08:21 > 0:08:24and head out on the road again, James.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28Leaving Deddington, our duo are heading north to Banbury.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30In the nursery rhyme,
0:08:30 > 0:08:34Banbury Cross was where one could spot a fine lady on a white horse.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38This particular cross was erected in 1859 to commemorate
0:08:38 > 0:08:41the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, don't you know?
0:08:41 > 0:08:46Could Frogabilia be the shop where Anita will find rings for her
0:08:46 > 0:08:48fingers and bells for her toes?
0:08:48 > 0:08:52- Hello, I'm Anita. - Hi, nice to meet you.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- Welcome.- This is absolutely gorgeous, it's beautiful.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57It's like an exotic tent.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01Nancy Maroody's shop is packed full of unusual items that might
0:09:01 > 0:09:04just take Anita ahead of James in the shopping stakes.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Lordy.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10- Nancy, is it all right to have a look at the brass?- Of course, of course.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- There you are.- OK.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- Nice Arts and Crafts piece. - All right. That's lovely.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19That's lovely.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21- Let's take it over to the counter. - OK.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24I like Arts and Crafts.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26I like this.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30- It has a northern look about it, Nancy.- Mm.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32We've got Chinese scrolls there.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36This was a motif that was often used in the northern regions,
0:09:36 > 0:09:41where we have this. It is almost like a Viking longship.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46The ticket price on this solid brass jardiniere is £60.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Anita has spotted some objects that tribal art expert James
0:09:49 > 0:09:51might be interested in.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- And you can see through the eyes. - That's right.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Does my bum look big in this?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Now, I really wouldn't like to comment there, Anita.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Maybe leave the tribal art to James and back to what you know, eh?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06This caught my eye.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- It's a little oil.- Mm-hm.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12It was done in 1866,
0:10:12 > 0:10:15by a J Gordon, who apparently
0:10:15 > 0:10:18lived in Edinburgh.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22- A-ha!- Let's have a wee look at it out in the light, shall we?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27It's always a good idea to look at items in the best light available,
0:10:27 > 0:10:29especially if it's a painting like this
0:10:29 > 0:10:31that could really do with a good clean.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35It's... It's quite well done.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38The subject is sort of charming,
0:10:38 > 0:10:42you know, with the house here
0:10:42 > 0:10:43and the little duck pond.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46It has a little je ne sais quoi, right?
0:10:46 > 0:10:49I'm going to put that on the counter as well.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54This landscape, by little-known Scottish painter James Gordon,
0:10:54 > 0:10:56has a ticket price of £20.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Has Anita found an undiscovered masterpiece here?
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Maybe a bargain.
0:11:00 > 0:11:06On the pot... What sort of price could you do for me on the pot?
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Or can I make an offer on it?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- Yes, let's see what your offer would be.- Yeah.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15What I'd like to pay for it is probably
0:11:15 > 0:11:18in the region of £30.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22- Right.- In that region. Can you come anywhere near that?
0:11:22 > 0:11:24- 45?- 45...
0:11:26 > 0:11:29If you give me 45 for that, I will make you a very good deal for that.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32OK, how much will you give me on that?
0:11:32 > 0:11:36I'm going to give you this for £5.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42- That is a great deal. OK. - I think you can't lose there.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- Thank you very much, yes. - You can't lose.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Well done, Anita.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49I wonder if either of those will leave James's chances
0:11:49 > 0:11:50of victory scuttled.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Back in the beautiful blue Beetle,
0:11:55 > 0:11:59James is on his way to the home of Margaret and Peter Crumpton,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02who have a massive collection of Bodley ceramics.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Hello there.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07They've been collecting the items for almost a decade,
0:12:07 > 0:12:11after completing a book on their previous collection of toast racks.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14They have filled every room in their home with an impressive
0:12:14 > 0:12:18array of over 700 pieces, which may well be the world's largest
0:12:18 > 0:12:20collection of this particular maker.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26Bodley was a father-and-son team who operated three separate factories
0:12:26 > 0:12:28in the potteries area of Stoke-on-Trent
0:12:28 > 0:12:31between 1862 and 1892.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35James is a fan of fine porcelain but doesn't know
0:12:35 > 0:12:39so much about Bodley, so Margaret mentions a name that surprises him.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Thomas Moorcroft designed
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- a welcome home...- Moorcroft?
0:12:45 > 0:12:47What's Moorcroft got to do with it?
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Thomas Moorcroft was the father of the very much more famous William.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- He was the art director... - Of Bodley?- ..of Bodley.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57And I think he was what made Bodley famous, personally.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00So when was Thomas Moorcroft working at Bodley?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- He was working for Hill Pottery... - Yeah.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06..before Bodley took over.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08So he was working straight the way through from 1870
0:13:08 > 0:13:12or previously - 1860s - until he died in '85.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15So you have one of the most famous ceramic factories
0:13:15 > 0:13:18in the world, one of the big names,
0:13:18 > 0:13:20designing for this factory.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21- Yeah.- That's right.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25And one of the registered designs is this swan-handled cup.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Ah! Now that - that pink! That is so Minton, isn't it? That pink.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32I think it is so Bodley.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34So Bodley!
0:13:34 > 0:13:36But look at that!
0:13:36 > 0:13:38What an amazing design!
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Although they moved into fine porcelains, the company originally
0:13:43 > 0:13:48made earthenware and supplied 32 shipping lines with their tableware.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Oh, it's very different, isn't it?
0:13:50 > 0:13:55- This is probably, for us, the most important.- The Cunard Steam Ship.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58So with something like that...
0:13:58 > 0:14:00I mean, OK, I know you guys are interested
0:14:00 > 0:14:03in it because of the factory, but it can't have been cheap to buy.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07This is thought to be the very first ware that actually featured
0:14:07 > 0:14:08that Cunard lion.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12- Interesting.- Yes, fascinating.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15This was the predecessor of the shipping...
0:14:15 > 0:14:17So what is that?
0:14:17 > 0:14:22- The British and North American Royal Mail Company.- Mm.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27And in Boston Harbour, where the Cunard ships docked,
0:14:27 > 0:14:30when they dredged it, they found the equivalent
0:14:30 > 0:14:32of something like 300 dinner services.
0:14:32 > 0:14:37And something that I would say is typically Victorian...is that.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41Isn't that just the most ingenious idea
0:14:41 > 0:14:44to stop your moustache getting in your cup of tea?
0:14:44 > 0:14:48I think... It is a bit weird drinking from one of these.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Yeah, but they can be handy for those of us with a tache.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53You just wouldn't, would you?
0:14:53 > 0:14:56It is a typical Bodley pattern with the applied flowers.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58- Even James recognised that.- Yes.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00It's the one pattern I knew was Bodley.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02It's just the most incredible collection.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05I mean, look at these. I mean, just look at this.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07I mean, I'm sorry, but...
0:15:08 > 0:15:11..you do not get better painting
0:15:11 > 0:15:14on any porcelain than that.
0:15:14 > 0:15:19One of the first questions I was going to ask you guys is,
0:15:19 > 0:15:21"Bodley, what on earth...
0:15:21 > 0:15:24"Why on earth would you want to collect Bodley?"
0:15:24 > 0:15:27I have to say, I take the question back.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30I can see exactly why you'd want to collect Bodley.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32- I've learned a lot, thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35A new convert to Bodley?
0:15:35 > 0:15:38James collects Anita and they head off for some shuteye
0:15:38 > 0:15:40before battle week commences.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41Night-night.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45It's the second day of their road trip round the Shires
0:15:45 > 0:15:49and Anita is hoping to uncover how James is getting on.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53You've had one shop yesterday, that one that I was in with you?
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Yeah. The one where you hogged her completely.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- Did you buy?- Only after you finished.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01THEY LAUGH
0:16:01 > 0:16:07James, all is fair in love and war and The Antiques Road Trip.
0:16:07 > 0:16:12Yesterday James spent £73.50 on a Japanese brush pot,
0:16:12 > 0:16:16a silver pincushion and a small bronze effect figure of St Peter.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20That leaves him £126.50 to spend today.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Anita bought a moulded Deco glass tray,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26a set of beads, a pretty landscape in oils
0:16:26 > 0:16:29and a brass Arts and Crafts jardiniere.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34She spent £88 in total, leaving her £112 to spend today.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Later they'll head east to St Albans for the auction.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39But first stop of the day is Woodstock,
0:16:39 > 0:16:42where they'll swap driving seats before Anita heads off to Oxford.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45We're going to drop you off at Woodstock.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- Yeah.- Is that where they play the music, James?
0:16:48 > 0:16:52I suppose you find Charlie Brown... He was at Woodstock, wasn't he?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59The lovely Woodstock in rural Oxfordshire
0:16:59 > 0:17:03was established as a market town in the late 12th century.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Once famous for glove making,
0:17:05 > 0:17:08it now hosts visitors en route to Blenheim Palace.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Isn't this the loveliest little town?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14This is gorgeous.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Have a lovely time.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- You've got three antique shops here. - I know.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20- And loads of money.- Loads of money.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Hopefully not as much as I'll have by the time I'm finished.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- Bye.- Look after yourself.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- Have a lovely time.- Take care.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- Oh.- Oh, blimey.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Careful with the old girl... Car, I mean.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40James heads into Woodstock Antiques hoping to unearth that winning item.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43- Hi, Michael. How are you? - Hello, James.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- Good to see you. - Good to see you again.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Nice day. Welcome to Woodstock.
0:17:47 > 0:17:48Thank you very much.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Hope there's something there for you.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55James has already bought three good items - will he run true to form
0:17:55 > 0:17:59and buy quite a few more from Michael's cornucopia?
0:17:59 > 0:18:01He's spotted a commemorative tin
0:18:01 > 0:18:05bearing a portrait of the present queen's grandmother, Queen Mary.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10These tins were given to all of the troops in the First World War
0:18:10 > 0:18:14and she sent this tin, which was wrapped up, and inside the tin,
0:18:14 > 0:18:17as you open it, first thing was a Christmas card.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Take the Christmas card out and there were two packages.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23The tins contain a small block of chocolate,
0:18:23 > 0:18:25tobacco and a tiny pencil.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Got a few bits of tarnish marks.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30It's 100 years old next year.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Yeah, I think we'd all be a bit tarnished up
0:18:34 > 0:18:35after 100 years, don't you?
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Mind your head there, sir.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45What on earth is this doing here?
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Indian cheroot advertising.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54In the 1950s, say... You know, in those days,
0:18:54 > 0:18:59I guess, you know, the dangers of smoking were not as...
0:19:00 > 0:19:03..known as they are today.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06You don't get big smoking adverts any more,
0:19:06 > 0:19:08for obvious reasons, for right reasons.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11I've no idea what that's worth.
0:19:11 > 0:19:12Absolutely no idea.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14We'll see if Michael does.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16But first that brass tin.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19How about a tenner for the brass tin?
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Oh, yeah, that's all right.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Straight up.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25I got it for 50p, so that's fine.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29- THEY LAUGH - That's no problem.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31- That's great.- No problem at all.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- I'm happy with that.- No problem.
0:19:33 > 0:19:3550p!
0:19:35 > 0:19:38I think maybe Michael should be an expert on Road Trip
0:19:38 > 0:19:41if he can make profits like that.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43I'll make you a second cheeky offer.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Your sign that you said could be 30 quid.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49I didn't say it could be 30 - I said it could be 40.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50OK.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Oh, cheeky.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54How about 20, then?
0:19:54 > 0:19:5630, I'll do it.
0:19:56 > 0:19:57How about 25? You're a good bloke!
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Cheers. Thank you.
0:20:00 > 0:20:01OK.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04A tin sign and a brass tin.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07I think James should go and look for a scarecrow and a lion, don't you?
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Meanwhile, Anita is beetling along to Oxford,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16at the wheel for the first time.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20The city of dreaming spires, Oxford is home to 38 colleges.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Anita arrives in the very heart of Oxford to meet
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Stephen Johnston at the stunning Museum of the History of Science.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Originally built in the 17th century to house
0:20:31 > 0:20:34the vast collection of Elias Ashmole,
0:20:34 > 0:20:38it was one of the first purpose-built museums in the world.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Containing over 20,000 objects, it encompasses all branches of
0:20:42 > 0:20:47science from astronomy to chemistry and early photography.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Hello, I'm Anita.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Hello, Anita. I'm Stephen.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Stephen, it's very, very exciting to be here.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57The exhibits, they are a feast for the eyes.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59They look like pieces of sculpture.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03Yep, many of them are sculptural because many of them come from
0:21:03 > 0:21:07a period when our conventional distinction between the arts
0:21:07 > 0:21:09and the sciences didn't exist.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13So someone commissioned an object for astronomy or anything else
0:21:13 > 0:21:17and they expected not just functional and smart -
0:21:17 > 0:21:18it was beautiful.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24This conjunction of art and science is perfectly illustrated by
0:21:24 > 0:21:27the museum's fine collection of early plate and box cameras.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32This is a genuine black box.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35And a box full of glass vessels
0:21:35 > 0:21:39and bottles which were all used for early photography.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43All used by one person we now know of as Lewis Carroll.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47Who wrote, of course, the wonderful Adventures of Alice in Wonderland.
0:21:47 > 0:21:52Yes, and people often don't realise now that there was a real Alice -
0:21:52 > 0:21:55she was a real person, Alice Liddell.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56There's a family in Oxford.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00He would use this set to do photography
0:22:00 > 0:22:02and he did photography with the Liddell family
0:22:02 > 0:22:03and Alice Liddell herself.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07And he was so good at children's portrait photography
0:22:07 > 0:22:11because when he told them a story they would...
0:22:11 > 0:22:14They would stay still during the long exposure!
0:22:14 > 0:22:18They wouldn't fidget!
0:22:18 > 0:22:23The museum also contains the world's largest collection of astrolabes.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27These were instruments used for many purposes, including locating
0:22:27 > 0:22:29the positions of celestial objects,
0:22:29 > 0:22:33telling the time and even to write horoscopes.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37This astrolabe was originally bought for Queen Elizabeth I
0:22:37 > 0:22:40by a supposed suitor from the court - Robert Dudley,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42the future Earl of Leicester.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44This is the sky.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46It's all cut out.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48When you look up at night you see the stars moving.
0:22:50 > 0:22:51As I do that...
0:22:51 > 0:22:55that is the stars turning around us.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57You can measure time by stars.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59You can measure time by the sun.
0:22:59 > 0:23:04The stars are in one place here. As you turn that round, you see
0:23:04 > 0:23:07the track that the sun would make for that particular day.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11The museum has objects
0:23:11 > 0:23:14that come right up to the 20th and 21st centuries -
0:23:14 > 0:23:18and this unprepossessing piece of slate has quite a tale.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19Tell me about this.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23A blackboard. Why on earth would you keep a blackboard in a museum?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26We've kept it because it's Albert Einstein's blackboard.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31The one he used in Oxford lecturing, so that's his writing up there.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- And those are his equations?- Yes.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Obviously I could explain that to you in great length,
0:23:36 > 0:23:40but maybe I'll leave that with you to interpret by yourself.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43I'll come back and test you later.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- I'll work it out, Stephen. - Great, I'll leave that with you.
0:23:49 > 0:23:55Now I know that E=mc2.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57But I don't get that one.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00I think we'll just say it's all relative...
0:24:00 > 0:24:03..and leave it at that, shall we, Anita?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08While Anita is left stumped,
0:24:08 > 0:24:13James has also arrived in scholarly Oxford for his final stop.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Will Nora Brook's sparkling shop be an education for this
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Road Trip stalwart?
0:24:18 > 0:24:20- Hello there.- Hello.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21I'm James, nice to meet you.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23How do you do? I'm Nora.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25- What a shop.- Yeah.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- It's a...- Pandora's box.- Gosh, yes.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32I've got to try and find something that's going to give me
0:24:32 > 0:24:34a chance of making a profit at auction.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40If I have a browse around, if there's anything you think,
0:24:40 > 0:24:41"I've had it ages,"
0:24:41 > 0:24:45feel free just to point out and that will be great as well.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51What about the wonderful college oar -
0:24:51 > 0:24:55do you think you might be able to make a big profit with that?
0:24:55 > 0:24:59Certainly not your normal stock.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01How much could that be?
0:25:01 > 0:25:04I could take £25 for it.
0:25:04 > 0:25:05It is original.
0:25:05 > 0:25:06All of it is original.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08That chunk out the top.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11I know, there is a chunk out of the top.
0:25:11 > 0:25:12Oh, dear.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14An old oar with a chunk missing.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18I don't know how well that would do in a boat race.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19How about these?
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Oh, well, they're wonderful, aren't they? Silver-gilt.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25These pretty grape scissors catch James's eye.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29- I suppose I could take 75 for those. - 75?
0:25:29 > 0:25:32They're a lovely weight, aren't they?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Quite late, though.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36I think they're '30s.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Not too bad.
0:25:38 > 0:25:39This cabinet looks interesting.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43That cabinet has always got interesting things.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- Ah.- That's a whole set of stuff.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48It's all together in a box.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50All of those bits were together in one box.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52And the little velvet bag.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53Funny thing, that is.
0:25:53 > 0:25:5617th century.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Cloak or a cape.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02- They're interesting.- They are.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05That looks like it might have gone on top of a pole.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10That, I think, is the finial from a Chinese hat.
0:26:10 > 0:26:11Oh, right.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15- And so might that have been on the shoulder of a robe?- Perhaps.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16How much are these?
0:26:16 > 0:26:18I suppose I want £30 for them.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20- The lot.- Yeah.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22And those are...?
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Well, I thought 75.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29That's the thing of the best quality.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30It's the finest.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Will you take 80 for the three lots?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37How about 90?
0:26:37 > 0:26:39I can't quite remember how much I've got.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Oh, do keep track, James.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43You've got £91.50.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47Shall we say 85? That's absolutely my very best.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50It's very fair. Thank you very much.
0:26:50 > 0:26:51Thank you.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54James has done it again and bought quite a few items.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57I do wonder how he'll put his five lots together, though.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59- Thank you.- Thank you.- Bye. - Good luck.
0:27:01 > 0:27:06Now that Anita has escaped Einstein's head scratcher,
0:27:06 > 0:27:11maybe she'll come top of the class with her last shop of the trip - Antiques On High.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- Hi, I'm Anita.- Lovely to meet you, I'm Caroline.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- Welcome.- It's lovely to be here.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21I'm sure Anita can score high marks here with Caroline Henney
0:27:21 > 0:27:24helping her through the 25 dealers' wares.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26There's interesting things in this cabinet.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29And there's something that's caught my eye.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31I wonder if I could have a look at those...
0:27:33 > 0:27:35..chrome paws.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37OK.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41These 19th-century polished steel castors
0:27:41 > 0:27:45probably came off a table and have a ticket price of £55.
0:27:45 > 0:27:46Well...
0:27:46 > 0:27:48What've we got here?
0:27:48 > 0:27:52We've got four bits of furniture.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Yes. I think you need a settee.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Do we have the settee to go with it?
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Well, I don't think so any more.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- They're unusual.- They are.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06But I would like to buy them fairly cheaply.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09I can have a word with the dealer.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12I can let you know where I...
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Shall I sit down for this bit?
0:28:14 > 0:28:16I think you'll need to lie down.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19I would like to be paying in the region of £10 for those.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Oh, gosh.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Let me have a quick word and I'll see how the land lies for you.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Caroline has a chat with the camera shy dealer,
0:28:28 > 0:28:31but she's not sure Anita will like the news.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Anita, I think really the best we can do on them is £30.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37That's under a tenner each.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41But I really want to get four feet ahead of James.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45- Ten's obviously too low. - It's much too low.
0:28:45 > 0:28:51Do you think there would be the slightest possibility of, say, £20?
0:28:51 > 0:28:54I'll tell you what, Anita - if you beat James, yeah,
0:28:54 > 0:28:56we'll do them for 20.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Great. Four feet ahead.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01I like that.
0:29:01 > 0:29:02Your paws for profit.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04Oh, no!
0:29:04 > 0:29:07I hope you win or you won't have a leg to stand on!
0:29:08 > 0:29:11- The jokes are terrible, aren't they?- I know!
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Just as well this isn't the Joke Road Trip.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16- Bye-bye, then.- Bye-bye, thank you.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18That's the shopping over.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21It's time for our experts to find out what each other have bought.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25Who will get the A grades and who'll be sent to detention?
0:29:26 > 0:29:29- Here we go.- Mr Lewis first. - Here we go.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33Oh! An interesting wee lot, James.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Tell me about that. That looks rather nice.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38It's just basically a brush pot, bamboo brush pot,
0:29:38 > 0:29:41- but mother of pearl all over the place.- Uh-huh.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43- But look!- That's intriguing.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Tell me about it, James.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Chinese. Turn of the century, about 1880.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51That little piece has got a collector's label on it,
0:29:51 > 0:29:53probably from the same period.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56You've got two Oriental items.
0:29:56 > 0:29:57You're a clever boy!
0:29:57 > 0:30:00I think that little lot there, out of everything that I've bought,
0:30:00 > 0:30:02I think that's the best lot.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05- Tell me how much you paid for that.- 20 quid.
0:30:05 > 0:30:06- Oh, James!- Yeah.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08But James isn't finished.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11- Now, we're in Oxford.- Right.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13- Boat race.- A-ha.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16Oh, I love these. I love these!
0:30:16 > 0:30:18- And this is 1883?- Yeah.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20How much did you pay for that?
0:30:20 > 0:30:22- A tenner.- Oh, no!
0:30:22 > 0:30:24It was in a jeweller's shop and she hated it.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26But, anyway, there we are. It's a...
0:30:26 > 0:30:29You've bought a lot of stuff here, James.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33Indeed. But what will he make of Anita's goodies?
0:30:33 > 0:30:34Oh!
0:30:34 > 0:30:38- Tell me about the picture. - The picture is...
0:30:38 > 0:30:40It's rather a nice oil.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42A lovely dealer, Nancy,
0:30:42 > 0:30:45had bought it at a boot sale for £1.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48I can just predict what you're going to say next.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52- What?- And because she bought it from a car-boot sale for £1,
0:30:52 > 0:30:56I so generously offered her two.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- No, no.- Three?
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Well, she didn't tell me she only paid £1 for it
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- until after I'd bought it! - All right. What did that cost?
0:31:04 > 0:31:07- I paid £5 for that. - I wasn't far off, was I?
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- I'll tell you what it's got a wee bit of.- What?- Profit.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Well, that's what we're looking for.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15- All right. What next?- This I like.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19This is a piece that will appeal to Glasgow.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23We've got our Viking ship there. I paid £45 for it.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- Oh, so that wasn't a gift, then? - That wasn't a gift.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28But it's a reasonable buy, isn't it, at that?
0:31:28 > 0:31:29Yeah, and I liked it.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31I think there is one lot for you
0:31:31 > 0:31:34that I think is going to do way better than all the others -
0:31:34 > 0:31:35that's your profit, isn't it?
0:31:35 > 0:31:38But there we go. All down to the auction. Come on.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40- Do you think we deserve a wee cup of tea now?- I think so.
0:31:44 > 0:31:45Never mind a friendly cuppa -
0:31:45 > 0:31:47what did they really think?
0:31:47 > 0:31:50James Lewis has bought
0:31:50 > 0:31:51hundreds of things.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53He cannot help himself
0:31:53 > 0:31:54and he spent all his money
0:31:54 > 0:31:56because that's what he loves doing.
0:31:56 > 0:31:57But he's got all these items
0:31:57 > 0:31:59and he's grouped them together
0:31:59 > 0:32:00in quite a...
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Well, not a very logical way.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05He's so generous and he's so nice,
0:32:05 > 0:32:08he said that he thought my things were lovely.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Whether I believe him or not is another thing.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13By far Anita's best purchase and the best item
0:32:13 > 0:32:16is the oil painting, I think that's really quite good -
0:32:16 > 0:32:19You know, it's going to be touch and go.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21I think I might have blown a few chances
0:32:21 > 0:32:24by buying too much, but we'll see.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27We will indeed.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29After starting out in Deddington,
0:32:29 > 0:32:32our intrepid duo have wound their way through Oxfordshire,
0:32:32 > 0:32:35crossing over into Hertfordshire for the auction in St Albans.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37Just 22 miles from London,
0:32:37 > 0:32:40St Albans is a stunning cathedral city.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44The shrine of St Alban, the first Christian martyr in Britain,
0:32:44 > 0:32:46sits within the great cathedral,
0:32:46 > 0:32:48and is a site for pilgrimage.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52Anita and James are heading for Hertfordshire Auctions
0:32:52 > 0:32:54to see who will get today's gold star.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56How are you feeling?
0:32:56 > 0:32:58James, I'm feeling wonderful.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00I'm sure we're going to make lots and lots of profit.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Ha-ha! Come on.
0:33:02 > 0:33:03Well, one of us might!
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Auctioneer Chris Small got hooked on auctions
0:33:07 > 0:33:09when he was a young boy of 12
0:33:09 > 0:33:12and has lots of fresh faces in the auction house,
0:33:12 > 0:33:13including his son.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17But what does he think of the experts' items?
0:33:17 > 0:33:19I think it's an interesting mix of items.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21I like the painting - I think that could make anything,
0:33:21 > 0:33:22absolutely anything.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25I think the oar and the advertising sign,
0:33:25 > 0:33:28we certainly wouldn't normally put two items like that together.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32But the oar, a lot more interesting.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34So, yes, I like the oar one.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Anita Manning started today's leg with £200
0:33:38 > 0:33:41and spent £108 on five lots.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44James Lewis also started with £200
0:33:44 > 0:33:47and he has spent £193.50,
0:33:47 > 0:33:49also on five lots.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51This first auction of the Road Trip
0:33:51 > 0:33:53is also being held online,
0:33:53 > 0:33:55so might attract extra bidders.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57But who will come top of the class in St Albans?
0:33:59 > 0:34:01First up, it's James's bizarre lot
0:34:01 > 0:34:04of that tin sign and the oar.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Will it leave him up the creek?
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Starting at £20, who's in? 20 got.
0:34:08 > 0:34:1220 I'm bid on two on the net. 22, 25, and 30. 35.
0:34:12 > 0:34:1435's in the room, and 40.
0:34:14 > 0:34:1645.
0:34:16 > 0:34:1845, and 50. And 55.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21At 55, these two items at £55 I've got.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24Going to sell them. £55 I'm bid.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26- Last chance. Are you done with them? - GAVEL FALLS
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Not bad, James.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31A small profit on that strange combination.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34That's sort of all right for a daft lot.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38Next, it's Anita's first lot of that hidden masterpiece,
0:34:38 > 0:34:42bought for a measly fiver.
0:34:42 > 0:34:4520, I'm bid. And 25. At 30 I'm bid.
0:34:45 > 0:34:46Do you think this is cheap? I do!
0:34:46 > 0:34:49£30 I'm bid, going once.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51£30, and 35 bid.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53- In the room at 35.- Yes!- Yes!
0:34:53 > 0:34:55At 40. Straight back in at 40.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57At 45, he says.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01- Yes!- 45 got. And 50 on the net.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04At 50 I'm bid. This one. It's up to you.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07You're nodding the wrong way. Have a think about it.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11- It's an oil on board at £50.- Yes!
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Well done. Well done.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16£50, eh? But I don't know if James and Anita
0:35:16 > 0:35:18can handle the excitement.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22Next - James's St Peter figure
0:35:22 > 0:35:25and the World War I Christmas tin.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Starting at 20, who's in?
0:35:27 > 0:35:30(20...) Oh, come on!
0:35:30 > 0:35:3120, I've got.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33LAUGHTER
0:35:33 > 0:35:36Don't worry, James, they're there. I've seen it. £20 I've got.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38And 5, 30, and 35.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41And 35. Got to hurry you. 40.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43And 45 on the net.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45£45 going once...
0:35:45 > 0:35:48£45 twice.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50Third, final... Oh, and 50.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53Goodness me, the hammer nearly went down then, didn't it?
0:35:53 > 0:35:57Now, James, no manhandling the bidders now!
0:35:57 > 0:35:58And 5, on the net.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02Are we sure we're done now? At £55 I sell it.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Yes! Well done!
0:36:04 > 0:36:07Heavens above! Things are hotting up already.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10That was £30 on the purchase price there.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15James's turn again. It's the sharp little lot
0:36:15 > 0:36:17of the pincushion and the grape scissors.
0:36:17 > 0:36:18Start me at 20, who's in?
0:36:18 > 0:36:2120. 25. And 30.
0:36:21 > 0:36:2435. And 70 on the net,
0:36:24 > 0:36:27at £70 I've got. At 75, I'm bid.
0:36:27 > 0:36:3180 on the net bidder. £80 I'm bid now, and a 5 I'm bid.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33At 85, still with the net bidder at 85.
0:36:33 > 0:36:34Are we done? Going once.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36£85 then going twice.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40Third, final time at £85.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Oh, dear. After costs that's actually a small loss.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Now, James isn't happy at all.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48They could've made double that. Double that.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Well, he would say that, wouldn't he?
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Now, let's see whether Anita's castors will do any better.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Tell me your bids - what do you want to pay for 'em?
0:36:55 > 0:36:575 I've got. 8 I've got. At 8 I'm bid now.
0:36:57 > 0:37:0010, I've got. 12 I've got. And 15.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03- Got 15. In the yellow at 15. - Is that you bidding?
0:37:03 > 0:37:06- I'm just getting excited. - He said "in the yellow".
0:37:06 > 0:37:0815, I'm bid. 15. 18.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Got 18. 20.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12- No!- £20 I've got.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14£20. And 22 on the net bidder.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16They're joining in now.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19£22 I've got.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22£22 I've got now, at £22. Up to you.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24And 25 in the room.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26- I can't believe this!- £25 I've got.
0:37:26 > 0:37:31Going once. Going twice.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32Got 'em. 25.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- No wonder you're laughing. - Yes! Yes!
0:37:35 > 0:37:37But after costs, that's not much of a profit,
0:37:37 > 0:37:41but Anita's delighted, which is great.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43It's a very good set of castors. HE LAUGHS
0:37:43 > 0:37:47Well, it's time for his bamboo pot.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Can this lot give James a brush with victory?
0:37:49 > 0:37:54Start me at £20, who's in? £20 I've got. 25 got. 30.
0:37:54 > 0:37:5932 bid. £35 I've got. All these bids are on the net. At £35 I've got.
0:37:59 > 0:38:0238 in the room. And 40. 45 got.
0:38:02 > 0:38:0450. 55.
0:38:04 > 0:38:0560.
0:38:05 > 0:38:06Come on!
0:38:06 > 0:38:08And 5. And 70.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11And 5. And 80.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13At £80 for the Japanese.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17£85 is on the net. At £85 I'm bid.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20One more? Once then, £85.
0:38:20 > 0:38:2290. Thought you would.
0:38:22 > 0:38:2590's in the room now. At £90.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Third and final time, it's yours.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29- That was a sweat. - That was quite exciting.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33Phew! Well done. James is storming ahead of Anita now.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36It's her favourite lot,
0:38:36 > 0:38:39the brass Arts and Crafts jardiniere.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Start me at £20, who's in?
0:38:41 > 0:38:4220, thank you. 20, 22,
0:38:42 > 0:38:4425, 28.
0:38:44 > 0:38:4630, 32, 35,
0:38:46 > 0:38:4738, 40.
0:38:47 > 0:38:4942, 45.
0:38:49 > 0:38:5145. Got 48, 50.
0:38:51 > 0:38:5355, 60...
0:38:53 > 0:38:5665. 70.
0:38:56 > 0:38:5875, 80.
0:38:58 > 0:38:59£80.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02And 5. At £90. Do you want 5?
0:39:02 > 0:39:04£90. And 5.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06And 100. You're out?
0:39:06 > 0:39:10£100 then. I'll take 5 if it helps?
0:39:10 > 0:39:12- Go on.- 105.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14110. 110 I'll say.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17110 I'm bid. £110 going once.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Are you sure?
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Going twice?
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Marvellous, Anita.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Another lot more than doubling its purchase price.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29And she's just snuck into the lead.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31It all hangs on James's final lot.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35He's sure this gilt-metal hat finial clasps and bag
0:39:35 > 0:39:36were a good buy.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Start me at 20. Who's in? At 20 got.
0:39:39 > 0:39:40And 25, and 30.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42- And 35. And 40.- (Times it by 10.)
0:39:42 > 0:39:45- And 45. And 45 is to my right.- No way.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48- At £45 I'm bid.- Come on!
0:39:48 > 0:39:51And 50. 55.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53And 60. And 65.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55- £65 I'm bid.- No way!
0:39:55 > 0:39:58You're up, madam. It's there, once.
0:39:58 > 0:40:0065 going twice.
0:40:00 > 0:40:01Third, final time, then.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Oh, James isn't a happy bunny,
0:40:03 > 0:40:07even though he more than tripled the £20 purchase price.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10He thought he had a valuable lot there. Clearly not.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13If you found the Crown Jewels in the lake
0:40:13 > 0:40:16and it made a tenner and it was a tenner profit,
0:40:16 > 0:40:18- you wouldn't be happy, would you? - SHE LAUGHS
0:40:18 > 0:40:21Aw. Anita's moulded glass tray
0:40:21 > 0:40:23with the mermaid next.
0:40:23 > 0:40:24Will the bidders be wooed?
0:40:24 > 0:40:26£20. £20 I've got.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29- Straight in, £20 I've got. - You what?
0:40:29 > 0:40:30And 25. And 28. Any more?
0:40:30 > 0:40:34And 30. And 32. And 35.
0:40:34 > 0:40:3738, 38. 38 and 40.
0:40:37 > 0:40:3942, 45,
0:40:39 > 0:40:4048.
0:40:40 > 0:40:4250.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44- 52.- It's appealing.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46It's useful.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50- And 60.- You are pulling my fin.
0:40:50 > 0:40:51She's beaten the both of you.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55£55 I'm bid, coming right at the end there at £55.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58Are you done with it?
0:40:58 > 0:41:03Do you know, you're crowned queen of the castle.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Do you know something?
0:41:05 > 0:41:07- I'm going for a beer. - SHE LAUGHS
0:41:07 > 0:41:09We've got one more to go.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11- I don't care, I've given up! - LAUGHTER
0:41:11 > 0:41:14You're all mad!
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Takes one to know one! And he's off.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19I think it's just too much excitement for the poor boy.
0:41:19 > 0:41:20But you're winning, James.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23He's away in a huff.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25But Anita still has one lot to go.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Can the amber-effect beads be her Crown Jewels?
0:41:29 > 0:41:30£30 for those.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32How can he start those at £30?!
0:41:32 > 0:41:34A tenner. Who's in?
0:41:34 > 0:41:37- Yes!- 50p!
0:41:37 > 0:41:38Oh, do behave, James.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41James Lewis!
0:41:41 > 0:41:4318. 22. 25.
0:41:43 > 0:41:4528.
0:41:45 > 0:41:4730. 32, 35, 38,
0:41:47 > 0:41:51- 40.- £40.- Lady's bid £40.- What!
0:41:51 > 0:41:53£40 - I think she's done it.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55In the chair at £40.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Are you done with them?
0:41:57 > 0:42:01- £40.- Yes! James Lewis, did you see that?
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Yeah.
0:42:03 > 0:42:04By George, on the very last lot
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Anita has taken the lead and won the auction!
0:42:09 > 0:42:13That's better. Kiss and make up like good boys and girls now.
0:42:13 > 0:42:14Well done.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Right. Let's go.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20James began this first leg with £200.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22After paying auction costs,
0:42:22 > 0:42:25he made a respectable profit of £93.50,
0:42:25 > 0:42:28giving him £293.50
0:42:28 > 0:42:31to take into the next leg.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Anita also began with £200,
0:42:34 > 0:42:36but she has stormed ahead of James
0:42:36 > 0:42:39with an impressive profit of £121.60,
0:42:39 > 0:42:43winning this leg and giving her £321.60
0:42:43 > 0:42:46to play with on the next. Well done, girl.
0:42:46 > 0:42:47Well...
0:42:47 > 0:42:49I am the champion!
0:42:49 > 0:42:51You almost knocked me out. Blimey!
0:42:51 > 0:42:53What's it like to be a loser?
0:42:53 > 0:42:57Anita, it's been my life story.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Drive on, James. Drive on.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02So, off to London.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07On the next Antiques Road Trip,
0:43:07 > 0:43:09James cannot be serious!
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Now I'm in here, you're not getting me out!
0:43:12 > 0:43:14I've waited too long for this.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17While Anita has a strong backhand of her own.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19HE LAUGHS
0:43:19 > 0:43:20That was good!
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