VOICEOVER (VO): It's the nation's favorite antiques experts...

I don't know what to do.

VO: ..with £200 each, a classic car, and a goal: to scour Britain for antiques.

What a little diamond.

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

Back in the game.

Charlie!

VO: There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

Oh!

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

Oh!

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip.

VO: Yeah.

VO: Today marks the start of a brand spanking new road trip with a couple of our old favorites David Harper and Anita Manning.

Well, David here we are in Lancashire at the beginning of a big adventure.

You have no idea what's going to happen.

I think part of the excitement of the trip is meeting all the characters.

It draws in the eccentric, doesn't it?

Look at us.

Exactly.

VO: You're telling me.

Take a seasoned auctioneer - Anita for example - she's certainly got an eye for a bargain but does have a tendency to get distracted.

A hula hoop.

It's all the hip action.

It is.

One, two, three.

Woo!

(LAUGHS) VO: Cor, what a mover.

Her partner in crime is wheeler dealer David Harper, he takes a more serious approach to his shopping.

Is it a twizzly wizzly?

ROGER: It's a twizzly wizzly.

Look at that twizzly wizzly.

Normally... ahem, sorry about that, Roger.

VO: Hm.

VO: Our lovable oddballs are starting this journey with £200 each.

Their mode of transport is an old favorite of Anita's - the 1965 Morris Minor convertible.

I am enjoying driving this little Morris, I think she's just a little beauty.

I tell you what, this is like a glove to you.

It just fits you perfectly, doesn't it?

Aw, thank you, darling.

Thank you.

I think I am more Morris 1,000 than Maserati.

VO: Oh, I don't know, Anita's known for being a bit racy.

ANITA: I've got on a Marks & Spencer's silk vest.

DAVID: Ooh, hello.

VO: Too much detail I'd say.

VO: OK, this week David and Anita will be travelling over 700 miles starting in Ramsbottom, Lancashire before snaking through Yorkshire all the way up to the town of Paisley in bonnie Scotland.

VO: Today, they begin in the market town of Ramsbottom and head towards an auction in Knutsford.

VO: Ramsbottom is actually believed to mean valley of the ram as opposed to well, you know...

Bottoms up, eh.

(RAM BAAS) VO: Ah... speaking of which... DAVID: I am raring to go, Anita.

Positively raring to go.

ANITA: I will drop you here, David and I want you on our first day to have lots and lots and lots of fun.

DAVID: Off we go.

ANITA: Have a lovely time.

DAVID: Thank you.

Bye.

VO: David's first shop is Memories Antiques & Collectors where he is meeting dealer, John.

Hello, you must be John.

JOHN: I am.

Hello, John, David Harper.

JOHN: Hello, David.

DAVID: Very lovely to meet you.

Lovely to meet you.

What a gorgeous sunny day.

It is.

DAVID: Are you in a sunny mood?

JOHN: I am.

Marvelous, is that good for me?

Possibly.

VO: I like you John.

JOHN: OK. VO: Right, David, let's get going.

VO: Nice box.

Look at this thing, it is completely unfashionable but 15 or 20 years ago, everybody wanted one.

It's a mid 19th century walnut brass bound writing slope.

It is absolutely - to my mind - drop dead gorgeous but in the market, nobody wants it and that's why it's languishing now in an antique center at £68 when years ago that would have been two or three or even £400.

It's an absolute stonker.

I've found fantastic love letters in things like this, hidden away in secret compartments.

VO: What an old romantic.

One to think about perhaps.

What else catches your eye in here then?

DAVID: This better be good this man cave, John.

You'll love it.

DAVID: Really?

JOHN: You will.

I'll let you know.

Oh.

JOHN: Do you know what that is?

Without reading the label.

DAVID: Oh no, no, no, doesn't that sink into the ground?

JOHN: That's right, yeah.

It's a boot scraper.

DAVID: I like that.

JOHN: Yeah, it's very nice.

DAVID: I like that.

VO: It is indeed a 20th century blacksmith made wrought iron boot pull and scrape.

That's a bit of a tongue twister.

That sinks in to about that level, yeah?

Yeah.

So it's nice and secure.

Scrape your boot on there and you can... is this... you can remove your boot.

That's right, yeah.

That's very good.

Wrought iron.

Yeah.

This is a proper man's cave object isn't it?

VO: Ticket price is £65.

What sort of money could that be?

Uh... 45.

OK. That's knocking the... DAVID: That's fine, that's OK. That's OK.

I think we'll have to say yes, don't you?

I hope so.

OK, we've done a deal.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

VO: That generous discount gives David his first item.

VO: Meanwhile, Anita is heading just eight miles down the road where she is on the hunt for a bargain in Bolton.

VO: She is visiting Bolton Antique Centre for a good old scout round.

Rosemary, I'm always drawn to jewelry, I always like jewelry and I noticed that you had a couple of Robert Allison pieces.

I have.

I like his work.

VO: Robert Allison is a renowned Glasgow silversmith and Anita is a right sucker for jewelry especially with a Celtic theme.

Both of these brooches are absolutely lovely, they are Scottish brooches, why have I been drawn to Scottish brooches?

VO: I can't imagine, Anita.

I am finding these sort of irresistible, Rosemary.

Right.

Sort of irresistible.

Yes.

VO: The brooches have a combined price of £150.

Quite a lot to blow so early on, Anita.

This one, I like it because it has the Celtic knot motifs.

Yes.

I am trying not to spend too much money because this is my very first buy.

I understand.

I understand.

My very first buy.

VO: The Celtic cross brooch is cheaper and priced at £65.

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

28.

28?

28.

Let's go for it.

That's absolutely wonderful.

Brilliant, thank you.

I am so pleased about that.

ROSEMARY: Thank you.

I've got a Scottish thing, my very first buy.

ROSEMARY: Excellent.

VO: That's a whopping £37 discount.

Off to a strong start here, girl.

Thank you so much.

So, I have got one thing.

Yes.

There was another thing I was looking at here which was a little pin with a wee diamond and pearl on it, like a freshwater pearl.

Oh, the gold.

Uh-huh.

We think that's possibly a south sea pearl.

I don't know whether... ANITA: Have you got it hallmarked?

ROSEMARY: I don't think it is actually.

VO: Anita's eye has been caught by another piece of jewelry - a diamond and pearl set stick pin.

It's referred to as yellow metal rather than gold as it's got no hallmark.

Ticket price is £95.

What is the best that you could do on that?

Erm... 60.

If it was hallmarked, I would be more encouraged to go with it.

OK.

But I still think it's a bonnie thing.

Would 45 help?

I am really so tempted.

VO: That's another great discount of over 50%.

She's on a roll with Rosemary.

ANITA: You see these little horses here.

Oh yes.

Nice actually.

Little knife rests would you say?

They are, yes.

Little set of four.

They're just white metal.

ANITA: I think they are quite kind of fun.

Yes.

Let me see.

Put them there.

The only thing I worry a wee bit about is the age of them.

ROSEMARY: I really don't know.

I've got a dilemma here.

OK. Little pearl pin... Mm.

..Set of leaping crazy horses.

What's the best you can do on them?

VO: They're priced at £36.

Is 25 too much?

Could I buy the two for 50?

55 I'd be happy.

55.

52?

Go on, we'll do 52.

Will we do 52?

52.

And thank you very much.

ROSEMARY: Pleasure.

ANITA: Great.

VO: So that's the knife rests for £12 and the stick pin for 40.

Added to the earlier purchase of her brooch, Anita's already parted with almost half her budget.

VO: Back in Ramsbottom, David's search for a deal continues with John.

Car badges, car related stuff is good.

Yeah.

If you like car related stuff...

I do, I do.

Then gas headlights.

Ah.

Interesting objects.

They are from a very early vintage car aren't they?

Ah, right.

OK. JOHN: Gas ones.

So... DAVID: I think that would date them Edwardian 1905, 1910.

Right.

Are these yours?

These are not mine, these are another dealer's who is not here today.

VO: In the early 20th century, cars were luxury items that only the very rich could afford so quality and durability were paramount.

DAVID: Can we have a look?

JOHN: Of course you can.

Right, get your eyes over these babies.

I am looking for a maker's mark.

There is nothing shouting out, there's no plaques.

These were made what, 110-115 years ago and I bet you if you plumbed them in to a vintage car, they will work.

Yeah.

Look at the lenses, look at that glass.

You can see actually that's hand blown glass, can't you?

Yeah.

VO: David's smitten but with a ticket price of £120, John needs to speak to the owner.

David's bid is £60.

He can have them for £60.

Right, thanks, John.

Bye.

DAVID: Have you done it?

JOHN: You've done the deal.

Marvelous.

Put it there.

JOHN: Very good.

DAVID: Fantastic.

Two purchases down, that's not bad going is it, first shop.

That's very good.

VO: Not bad at all but there's still one more item on his mind or heart I should say.

So Gina, the 19th century writing box, any price on that?

Think we've had a chat haven't we, 55.

55.

Oh!

It's devastating.

GINA: What were you thinking?

I love it, I love it, 30 I'd have a go but I've still got a chance of... it could make 60, it could make 10 quid.

What about 35 and we'll give you £1 back for luck?

Eh... Go on then, whose hand do I shake?

Gina, I am going to shake your hand as well.

So £35 and a pound back for luck.

This is old school trading, isn't it?

OK, come on then mathematician.

How much do I owe you?

VO: £139 by my count.

45 for the boot pull and scrape, 60 for the gas headlamps and 34 on the writing slope.

He's also parted with quite a chunk of his budget.

VO: It's been a productive morning and now Anita is on her way to Rochdale, a town that rose to prominence during the industrial revolution.

VO: While this new era in the 19th century brought great wealth to factory owners, it forced many skilled laborers into poverty but a group of local men challenged these social inequalities by pioneering a cooperative movement that has gone on to improve the lives of millions of people worldwide.

Hi, I'm Anita.

Welcome to the Rochdale Pioneers Museum.

I'm Gillian.

Was this one of the original co-operative shops?

It's the one that set the model by which all co-operatives after work.

So they put all the ideas together into a really workable model.

Mm-hm.

That's what makes the Rochdale Pioneers so important.

Between the 1820s and the 1840s, textile wages for skilled workers had actually halved.

They were moving from woolen weaving and to cotton weaving.

Throughout that period, food prices were going up and up so there was a lot of poverty around the place.

VO: A group of 28 skilled laborers who became known as the Rochdale society of equitable pioneers decided to come together and form a co-operative.

They opened a shop selling fresh and fair priced food, a rare turn of events in those times.

ANITA: There was a money box here... GILLIAN: Yes, yes.

And... And they're scales.

Very important to the Rochdale Pioneers that they put the scales on open show so everybody could see that they were getting fair weights and measures.

A lot of private traders at the time were a bit dodgy on their weights and measures.

Uh-huh, but this is where they sold, this is the counter and these are the items that they sold.

Yes.

There doesn't seem to be a lot on the shelves.

No, they did not have very much money.

There were 28 of them originally and they put together £28.

A lot of it went on renting the building.

The commodities that they sold, they looked at the things people wanted, people needed to eat so they chose butter, sugar, flour and oatmeal.

Those four things, staples of life.

So there was a basic desire for decency and fair trade.

Yes.

VO: And also, fair distribution of profit.

All members had to buy into the co-op with any earnings shared equally based on each person's input.

The principles of their co-operative were established at their weekly meetings.

So this is the original minute book of the Rochdale Pioneers and it dates from their first ever meeting, which was 11 August 1844.

So this is the very first meeting?

Yes, it is.

ANITA: And these were guys that were coming in after doing 10 hours work.

GILLIAN: Yes, there's a time when the building had been open for about a year when they decided they needed to do a stock take so they chose the date 25 December because it was the one day that everybody was available to do work in the society.

Christmas Day.

Yes.

VO: The co-operative was not a new idea in the UK but few were as successful as the Rochdale Pioneers and many turned to copy their principles.

As the movement grew, so did their wealth, providing new premises and more importantly the promotion of education.

GILLIAN: One of the first things they did when they got a building was to start discussion groups, getting together to learn from each other.

Then they started bringing in university lecturers to give talks and set up their own libraries as well.

So the range of educational activities that people could have through their co-operative society was amazing.

ANITA: So they were able to provide children and grownups educational facilities that the state wasn't able to provide them with?

Yes.

Yes.

You could learn anything.

VO: They also used funds to create better housing stock for their members.

GILLIAN: The big objective that they had was to arrange the powers of production, distribution, education and government.

They felt if those four things were done through co-operation, the world would be a better place.

They really wanted to change the world.

VO: And they truly did.

As the Pioneers' fame went global, their movement also gathered pace.

Many of their principles surrounding education, fair trade and housing are now enshrined in common law around the world.

VO: Out on the open road, David is heading to the picturesque town of Todmorden.

VO: He's visiting Picture House Antiques clutching his remaining 61 smackers.

Wey-hey!

Gosh, quite a contemporary feel, don't you think?

If you look around, nicely spread out big red walls, modern things, well modern, 60s, 70s vintage retro mixed with 18th century furniture.

It just works.

Now, you must be Roger?

Yes, how are you, David?

The thing I am interested in... Yeah.

..is a real antique but it's got a contemporary feel about it... Uh-huh.

..and that's the copper art nouveau arts and crafts dish.

I mean it's pretty standard fare isn't it but because it's reasonably plain... ROGER: Yeah.

DAVID: It's got a bit of a mod look about it, hasn't it.

ROGER: Yeah.

DAVID: I think that's circa 1900s bang on.

Yeah.

It's got the arts and crafts quality as in it's handmade, hand beaten and it's got the art nouveau decoration.

I'd have it for 20 quid.

I would say yes and shake your hand right now.

Let me just consult with Pamela because she knows this person.

OK. VO: Quite right, that would be 50% off the ticket price.

So let's hope Pamela's feeling generous.

Can I then, Roger, Pamela buy it for 20?

Don't look but say yes.

Can I?

Yes.

Marvelous, thank you very much.

Lovely to meet you, and Roger, thank you for that one.

VO: A cracking deal, eh?

Anything else that would suit his meager budget?

Yeah.

The trick I think, you know, Roger... How much have you got left?

I've got £41 left.

Yeah?

After I've bought this.

Give me £41, you can have that piano stool, which sells for £100.

I haven't seen the piano stool.

It's an American one, here.

Oh, we are off somewhere else.

Right.

That.

Oh yeah.

I bought for a lot of money.

OK.

But with a lot of other things.

Is it a twizzly wizzly?

ROGER: It's a twizzly wizzly.

Look at that twizzly wizzly.

VO: Oh, lordy.

DAVID: That is marvelous.

VO: Oh yes.

You had him at twizzly wizzly, Roger.

I brought back several of these because I brought a container, 40 foot container of antiques back from America.

Normally... ROGER: That's alright, it does that.

DAVID: Ahem!

Sorry about that, Roger.

VO: Careful, David eh!

Yeah, I thought I was spinning it in the correct direction.

It's alright, that's what it does.

VO: The label reads Holtzman & Sons, Columbus, Ohio who were in their heyday one of the largest manufacturers of piano stools and covers in the US.

Such a maker's mark could add value to this piece at auction.

This is probably not far off American Civil War.

No, it's good though.

1865-ish.

Yeah.

1880 maybe.

Sometimes they are a mixture of things.

Don't you find that amazing when you handle an object that you know was either in existence during the American Civil War... Yeah.

..or used by people who were there during the Civil War.

And how much is it?

£41.

VO: Roger that.

OK and that's all my money gone.

VO: David has now bought a late 19th century piano stool for £41, an art nouveau copper dish for £20.

A brave move spending all his money on day one.

VO: Back together again and it's time for our duo to rest up in preparation for another busy day.

Well, for Anita anyway.

So nighty night.

VO: It's a dreary old morning but there is no dampening the spirits of our intrepid adventurers.

Isn't this wonderful, we are in New Brighton, we have the sea over here, we have palm trees back there.

DAVID: We do not have palm trees.

We could be in Monte Carlo.

VO: Well, the Wirrel is not quite the French Riviera but I suppose they do have a promenade.

DAVID: Don't let anyone ever tell you that I don't take you to glamorous locations, right.

ANITA: Well, I'm sitting here in a little fast car.

Sorry.

With a glamorous sort of guy... Oh yeah, now you're right, yeah.

..with designer stubble.

What is that all about?

Did you sleep in?

I'd like to say it was intentional, it's just that I forgot to shave.

Oh dear, dear, dear.

Do you like the look?

You can have a feel if you like.

ANITA: No thanks.

DAVID: Go on.

No thank you, no thank you.

DAVID: Make your day.

VO: He may not be Carey Grant but David did shop boldly yesterday.

He bought the early 20th century boot pull and scrape, the motorcar headlamps, a walnut writing slope, a piano stool and art nouveau copper dish, spending all of his £200 budget.

VO: Anita on the other hand was more prudent.

She bought three lots for £80.

A Celtic brooch, four white metal knife rests and a diamond and pearl set stick pin, leaving her with £120 to play with today.

(HONKS HORN) (SHE LAUGHS) VO: David and Anita have raced along to Wallasey and Anita's first shop.

VO: In late 19th century, Wallasey was a popular seaside resort and is currently undergoing regeneration.

Anita is meeting Tina at the aptly named Tina's Treasures.

Fingers crossed she finds some.

And without further ado, she's off just like a kid in a toyshop.

I like hats, I really like hats.

VO: Hm and toys too apparently.

Ah!

(LAUGHS) What a lovely smiley doll.

This doll, she's so sweet.

Hi, you're bringing a smile to my face.

Tina, could you tell me a bit about this doll here, it's a Norah Wellings Islander.

Yeah, she made this range around the 1930s, originally I think it may have had feet... Uh-huh.

Because I haven't found one quite the same.

Right.

But, it's just beautiful features isn't it and really sweet.

VO: Norah Wellings was a highly esteemed soft doll maker.

She designed all of her dolls herself.

Her motto was "quality not quantity", which obviously worked as they are still very collectable today.

Plenty more to see though or play with in Anita's case.

(BLOWS INSTRUMENT) I'm no good at that, no.

It's not one of my talents, playing the didgeridoo.

VO: That is an understatement.

But enough Tomfoolery.

Time for... A hula-hoop.

VO: Brace yourselves.

OK, it's all the hip action.

TINA: It is, isn't it.

ANITA: Ready, and... TINA: Go.

(THEY LAUGH) VO: Were you actually going to buy anything, Anita?

ANITA: Tina?

TINA: Yes.

I am very tempted.

Go on, make me an offer.

I'm very tempted with this doll and it's because she is such a cheery doll.

VO: The doll's priced at £55.

Time for some serious haggling.

What I would do, I would probably put say 15 to 20 on it.

What about 25?

Is it possible to say 20 on her?

TINA: I'll do 20.

ANITA: Will we do 20?

That'll give you a chance then.

That'll give me a chance.

Look, she's smiling.

She is.

ANITA: You've got a new mummy.

TINA: And she's going to have a new home.

She's going to have a new home.

Tina, thank you very very much.

No problem, you're most welcome.

I like her, I think she's great fun.

I have enjoyed playing with all these toys.

TINA: I'm so glad you have.

ANITA: This is a great morning.

TINA: Yeah.

ANITA: It's terrific.

VO: So that's a Norah Wellings doll purchased for the bargain price of £20.

VO: David meanwhile is journeying across the Mersey.

Well, under it actually.

Awwww!

Even a moggie minor sounds throaty going through this tunnel.

VO: Much of Liverpool's economic growth came from the Mersey and its maritime trade.

VO: Sadly and less well known is the fact that the cornerstone of this wealth was derived from its transatlantic slave trade.

But one unsung hero fought for equality and justice.

VO: Edward Rushton was a poet and revolutionary.

After losing his sight in his late teens, Rushton introduced facilities for the blind and played an important role in the abolition of slavery even taking on the president of the United States.

So, Alex who exactly was Edward Rushton?

Well, Edward Rushton was the man who dared to take on George Washington.

This is him here?

ALEX: This is a portrait by Moses Haughton.

He was a boy who was at sea at the age of 10.

His father apprenticed him to a slaving company and Liverpool in the 1770s was the capital of the slave trade.

VO: During this time, Edward witnessed first hand the cruelty the slaves were forced to endure.

ALEX: He made a good friend in an African, a boy called Quamina who he taught to read.

Quamina and he were in a boat that capsized and Quamina actually saved his life.

But in doing so, he lost his own.

VO: Greatly moved by his friend's sacrifice, Rushton devoted his life to championing all oppression, in particular the abolitionist cause.

During one particular journey, he discovered many slaves well locked below deck due to a contagious eye infection that led to blindness.

Appalled by their suffering, he insisted on taking them food.

As a grim consequence, he too succumbed to infection and lost his own sight.

ALEX: As a result of this, he came home to Liverpool, a blind man, impoverished.

At what age?

At what age?

At only just 19.

VO: Despite his disability and with little assistance, Rushton took on various jobs including editor of a paper.

He continued to campaign against slavery through his poetry and more famously a letter he sent to the first president of the United States.

ALEX: In 1796, he writes a letter to George Washington... DAVID: Right.

..lambasting him for being a personal owner of slaves and for failing to free the enslaved people when he beat the English and set up the American state.

Well, of course he'd just fought the war of independence, hadn't he?

Giving freedom to all Americans apart from quite obviously the slaves.

Huge contradiction, how does he go about this letter?

ALEX: This is what he says: "Shame, shame that man should be deemed the property of man or that the name of Washington should be found among the list of such proprietors."

DAVID: Does George Washington respond to this?

ALEX: George Washington sent the letter back apparently with no word of reply.

VO: Not to be deterred, Rushton published the letter both in the UK and the States.

It went on to play an important part in the abolitionist campaigns, particularly in the US.

DAVID: You know, I think the irony is marvelous because the insult was sent back but he takes the opportunity to use that letter and reignite the abolition movement.

VO: The abolition of slavery was not the only movement Rushton was involved in.

A passionate and outspoken revolutionary, he couldn't help but rail against the injustices he encountered and there was none more close to home than the plight of the visually impaired.

Now, Rushton blind in the late 18th century, that would have made life pretty difficult.

VO: At this time, there were no facilities in the UK to help the blind.

Knowing just how difficult it was to support oneself with his impairment, Rushton campaigned to build a groundbreaking school.

ALEX: This was to open in January 1791 and the idea was that the people who would attend the school would be trained to be self supporting.

And was this the first school of its type in Liverpool?

It was, it was the first school of its type in the country.

My gosh.

And it's still going.

VO: King George IV was later to become a patron of the school and the number of students steadily grew.

This school had 45 students within two yea.. three years and by the end of the century, they were having to build because they had 80 people on the waiting list.

Rushton may have been forgotten for 200 years but he was remembered in the blind school and that is his legacy.

VO: Rushton dedicated his life to battling oppression whenever he encountered it and remained politically active until his death in 1814.

His school still exists today, a testament to its little known founder and his incredible achievements.

VO: Anita has now hotfooted it to Liverpool and is heading into Wayne Colquhoun Antiques.

She's still go £100 left to spend.

Hello, I'm Anita.

How are you?

I'm great and I love 20th century design.

WAYNE: Same here.

Wayne, there's a rather pretty mirror here in a box.

I know which one, that's the expensive one.

Is it?

Yeah, yeah.

I've got good taste.

That's good taste that, yeah, that's beautiful.

It's a French one, that's several hundred pounds that.

Several hundred, uh-huh.

VO: A tad on the pricey side.

The hunt continues, Anita.

What about something as simple as a cocktail shaker?

Oh yeah, yeah.

Full of fingerprints.

ANITA: Oh yeah.

Yeah, when that's shined up and it's clean and silver, bright, it sums up the age.

People would sit around and make their martinis and things.

Uh-huh.

You do that at home now yourself.

Saturday night.

Saturday night, my cocktails.

Have a little shake.

Yeah, is it...

It's empty.

(LAUGHS) VO: A bit early, Anita.

ANITA: It makes me think of Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, all those fabulous frocks and so on.

VO: I think she means she likes it.

Ticket price is £20.

Could that be bought for a tenner?

Not quite a tenner because it's a good one that.

It's a good thick plate on that.

Mm-hm.

Let's do 15 but I couldn't go much below 15.

You couldn't go below?

Could you go to 12?

Don't if you don't want to.

Erm... Go on, seeing as it's you I'll do £12.

I knew I was in for a rough ride.

Oh, thank you so much, thank you so much.

VO: Bottoms up, chaps.

VO: So for £12, Anita has bought her final item - an art deco cocktail shaker, which along with her Celtic brooch, leaping horses knife rests, diamond and pearl set pin, and Norah Wellings doll, cost her a total of £112.

VO: David went all out and spent his full £200 on day one, picking up a 20th century boot pull and scrape, some vintage motorcar headlamps, a mid 19th century writing slope, a piano stool and an art nouveau copper dish.

But what do they think of each other's purchases?

Let's start from the top, boring, the stick pin.

I mean, I have seen millions of those things and I don't dream about them.

David has a mixed bag of items there.

Some of which I like and some of which I think are weird.

Then we move on to the quite atrocious, let's be honest, knife rests.

They were probably made on Wednesday of last week I would guess and a bit on the horrid side.

VO: Only time will tell who has bought best as our experts travel the final 30 miles to their first auction at Knutsford Fine Art Auctioneers.

Now, are you a wee bit worried, David or do you feel confident that you're going to blast forward?

I'm... No, I'm not confident.

No, I'm not.

I was trying to pull myself up there but no, actually, I'm not.

DAVID: Here we are.

ANITA: Just in here, David.

DAVID: Getting you right to the door, madam.

Auction today, hello.

How very exciting.

VO: Our auctioneer today is Rachel Houston Holland who has had a look over our experts' lots.

The Holtzman adjustable piano stool is rather interesting, really unusual glass bowl feet so hopefully that should do really well.

VO: And what of Anita's knife rests?

Little bit of a gamble.

If they were silver, they'd be fantastic but unfortunately they're not.

Yeah, hope too much wasn't paid for those.

VO: Hm.

Mixed reviews then there.

Let the auction commence.

VO: First up is David's art nouveau copper dish.

ANITA: Are you nervous?

DAVID: Yes!

ANITA: Are you nervous, David?

DAVID: Are you nervous?

ANITA: No.

DAVID: "No."

I am.

£20 to start, £10 if it helps, 10 I have, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, at £18 on my left... Come on!

..going now at £18, at £18, selling at 18.

I want to shout, Anita.

Oh!

£2 down.

VO: Yes, but it's a very small loss.

Next are Anita's leaping horse knife rests.

£10, £10 for them surely, £10... Come on.

£10, come on, £10, thank you, madam, £10, lady's bid now at £10 and 12, 15, 18, 20... Oh, oh!

..22, 25...

Yes!

..28, 30, at £28, gentleman's bid now... Oooh.

..at £28, are we all done now?

Selling at 28.

(GAVEL) Yes.

VO: They may not have been silver but Anita has more than doubled her money there.

Well done, well done, very good start.

VO: Let's see if she can continue to stir things up with her self polished art deco cocktail shaker.

£10 for it, £10 I have, 12, 15, 18, 20, £18 on my left, now £18 are we all done?

Selling £18.

(GAVEL) Checked it.

Well done, well done.

£18.

VO: Another profit for Anita.

Cheers to that.

You're on fire, missus, you're on fire.

VO: Back with David and his tongue twister of a boot pull and scrape.

£20, £20, thank you sir, someone knows what he's doing there, 20, 22, 25, 28.

A long way to go.

£25, are we all done?

Surely at £25.

No!

(GAVEL) Anita!

VO: That's another loss for David I'm afraid.

Aw, aw.

(LAUGHS) VO: Fingers crossed his walnut writing slope will put him back in the game.

I must start the bidding with me now at £30 commission.

Yes!

Come on!

£30 commission bid now, 32, 35, £38... Come on.

£38 in the room, out 40, 42, 45, 48, 50, 50 anyone else... Come on!

£48 on my left, selling, 50 fresh bidder, 55, 60...

Yes, good!

Come on!

No, at £55 on my left, selling now, are we all done?

60 back in, 65, it's £60.

He's got taste, this fella.

Gentleman's bid at 60.

(GAVEL) Marvelous.

VO: Marvelous indeed, David followed his heart and with that one, it paid off.

ANITA: Are you happy now?

DAVID: I'm delighted.

ANITA: Aw!

DAVID: I'm delighted.

That's good, that's good.

Back on an even keel now aren't I?

You are.

So that's good.

Excellent.

VO: Now it's David's late 19th century piano stool.

A twizzly wizzly if memory serves.

£40 surely to start, come on, £40, 20, you're all on it now for £20, you sir right at the back, at 20, 22, 25, 28, 30, 32, 35, 35 anywhere else, 35 thank you, 38... Come on!

40... Come on, come on!

42, 45, no?

It's at £42.

The gentleman, fresh bidder at 45, 48, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70.

(DAVID GROANS) At £65 on my left now.

Nice lot, £65.

It's nice.

(GAVEL) Good.

Well done.

Well done, David.

VO: After a shaky start, that's a second good profit for David.

Now, are you happy?

I'm happy, I'm happy.

I've been happy all day.

Oh right.

(LAUGHS) OK, Mr Happy.

VO: Back to Anita now as her Norah Wellings doll is up next.

£30, 20 then if it helps, £20 at the back and 22 where?

Come on, it seems cheap at £20, are we all done?

22, 25, 28, 30.

No, it's at £28.

On my left now at £28.

Are we all done?

Surely at £28.

(DAVID LAUGHS) (GAVEL) VO: Anita has secured a profit on every item so far.

David's final and most expensive item, the gas powered car lamps were a bit of a gamble.

£20 I have, at £20, standing now, are we all done?

22, 25, at 28, 30, at £30 in the room now, at £30, 32, 32, 35, 38, at £35, standing now, are we all done at £35?

Come on, guys!

(GAVEL) Light the match, Anita.

Say goodbye.

To tell you the truth, I'm surprised they went that far.

Oh, charming!

(THEY LAUGH) VO: Oh, bad luck, David.

They could have fetched a good price for the collector had this auction been online.

But let's see if Anita's pin will keep up her run of profits.

I call gentleman's jewelry gentleman's furniture.

Do you?

Why?

I don't know.

(LAUGHS) I've got commission interest.

Yes!

Commission bids!

I've got the bids at £28 to start, £28 to start... Oh!

30, 32, 35, at £35 on my left, now at 35... Come on, come on!

£35, are we all done?

Selling at 35.

(GAVEL) 35.

Hmm.

Nearly made it, nearly made it.

Nearly.

VO: Anita's first loss of the day but it's a small one.

That was a big diamond, well it was a little diamond.

No, but you bigged it up.

That was good.

VO: It's their final item of the day, Anita's Robert Allison brooch.

Last one.

£20, £20... No bids on it.

Come on, £10 then, 10 I have, 12, 15, 18, 20, at £18 at the back of the room now, at £18, are we all done?

Selling now at £18.

(GAVEL) My two jewelry pieces brought me down there.

Yeah, interesting.

VO: That's disappointing.

Anita normally does well with jewelry.

This is a very complicated sum.

That's why I'm leaving it to you.

What are you going to do?

Go have a cup of tea.

Oh, I'm going to come with you.

Come on then.

VO: Good idea.

And the numbers are in.

VO: Our two competitors started this road trip with £200 each.

After paying auction costs, David made a loss of £33.54, leaving him with £166.46 to carry forward.

VO: Anita made a smaller loss of just £7.86 and emerges victorious with £192.14 for the next adventure.

ANITA: Onward, Macduff.

(LAUGHS) McHarper.

(DAVID LAUGHS) VO: Bon voyage, chaps.

VO: Next time, Anita and David go deep undercover.

It'll pop on your head.

Really?

Very Queen Mother.

(LAUGHS) VO: With some royally good results.

DAVID: Whoa!

ANITA: Yes, yes!

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