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 penultimate leg of the road trip for fancy pants David Harper and wily wee Anita Manning.

DAVID: Oh, Anita, does it get any more beautiful than this?

Seriously.

It becomes more and more beautiful the further north you go.

Listen, we're not in Scotland yet.

This is Northumberland.

It is glorious.

ANITA: It's marvelous.

VO: Speaking of glorious, auctioneer Anita Manning might have decades of antiquing behind her, but she has still got a spring in her step.

MUSIC: "The Road to Dundee" My first boyfriend used to sing that to me.

BERYL: Did he?

ANITA: That's true.

Well, I never!

I hope he's not watching.

(THEY LAUGH) VO: Ha!

David always cuts a dash, and is determined to pass on his expertise not just in antiques but fashion prowess to Anita for the right price of course.

And if it's really cheap I'll buy it for her.

It's 40 quid.

She's not worth 40 quid.

VO: Aw, poor Anita!

Our fanatic antiquing foragers are drawing their way up north in their beloved moggy Minor.

DAVID: You know what, I am so pleased as well that you're becoming reasonably fashionable with your yellow trousers again.

David, we are color-coordinated.

But we do like a bit like a bunch of bananas.

(DAVID LAUGHS) VO: Our fruity fashionistas are currently neck and neck in the competition, with just over £10 between them.

They start of the trip with £200 each, Anita now has £409.49 to spend this time.

VO: David might have come in second at the last auction but he's still in the overall lead with £422.60 to spend today.

DAVID: Well I am absolutely willing to blow every pound if I see a chance of a profit.

Would you do the same?

I don't know, I am a bit more canny than you are.

You are canny, you are canny.

But I like your style, sir.

Do you?

VO: Apparently so as you appear to have borrowed a pair of his trousers.

VO: David and Anita are travelling over 700 miles, from Ramsbottom, Lancashire, snaking their way up through Yorkshire, all the way to bonny Scotland and the town of Paisley.

Today's journey commences in Powburn in Northumberland, and ends in Scotland at an auction in the village of Kinbuck near Dunblane.

Here we are, David, antiques Tea Room and Emporium.

Oh, thanks.

Coffees and teas all round.

Life couldn't get any better!

Well, it couldn't.

Not with you, Anita.

Not with you around.

VO: David and Anita are at Hedgeley services this morning in Powburn, shopping at two neighboring establishments.

If you need any help, David, give me a shout.

OK.

Put the kettle on.

VO: He is visiting Hedgeley Antiques Centre and David's such a fan of oriental artifacts, it doesn't take him long to find something right up his street.

DAVID: It's a wooden writing slope.

South Chinese, Cantonese, probably, during our Victorian period.

Very symbolic.

There we have right on the front some chickens.

The most important creature is the cockerel.

Now, it might just look decorative, but the cockerel is incredibly symbolic in Chinese culture and he represents strength, vitality, masculinity, everything that's strong and powerful about the male.

Folds down, no doubt.

A satinwood finish to the interior, black velvet, which is probably original.

It's an absolute stonker and I need Jane.

VO: Yeah, don't we all?!

Its ticket price is £95.

Is Jane prepared to do a deal?

Right, Jane, I'm gonna talk to you about this dreadful Chinese writing slope.

Uh-huh.

DAVID: I hate it!

JANE: Right, yes.

DAVID: What could it be?

I would love to pay 30.

(LAUGHS) I don't think so.

I think we need a little bit more than that.

How much is a bit more than 30?

Um... 50?

40.

(GASPS) Em... Em... Can we do somewhere in the middle, 45?

I could not say no to that.

Excellent.

VO: Cor, David was quick off the mark there.

Anita is in the Village Tea Room and Emporium next door, and has also found a couple of items she's keen on.

Dealer Beryl is on hand to assist.

What I am seeing here...

Yes?

..are the perfect accompaniments, to the Antiques Road Trip.

I have my picnic set for when we stop by the side of a wee loch and have a lovely picnic and we have a picnic gramophone where we could... With records.

..have a dance.

VO: I can see where this is going!

MUSIC: "The Road to Dundee" My first boyfriend used to sing that to me.

BERYL: Did he?

ANITA: That's true.

Well I never.

I hope he's not watching.

(THEY LAUGH) He'd see a big difference.

I know.

# ..to Dundee # Marv... That was wonderful.

But you're better looking than David Harper.

VO: I think that's a compliment but is she actually going to buy anything?

The gramophone is £55 and the picnic set 38.

ANITA: The picnic set isn't of the finest quality.

We don't have the container for the champagne, but it is quite nice and it's got a lovely period, vintage look about it.

Windup gramophones are always great fun.

I'm going to have another look around, but I might just go for them.

Holiday time!

VO: Not quite ready to commit, Anita carries on browsing.

David meanwhile has found another interesting object.

Pretty naff kind of early 20th century, maybe 1930s, even 40s, ashtray.

But I'm interested in actually what's underneath the glass base.

And it's described as a glass and jade ashtray.

There's your jade on the bottom, hardly detailed at all, but actually that's a good sign, because with jade being a hard stone it's incredibly difficult to carve.

VO: Green jade is the most common type of jadeite, but there are various colors, such as lavender, red, yellow, black and white.

It's priced at £6.50 so another one to think about.

Now back with Anita.

What is she up to now?

Sight going?

I've come outside to have a closer look at this wee posy holder.

It was in a cabinet.

It would have had two glass tubes coming out of these funnels here.

Now, it's priced at £10.

If I can find a hallmark, if it is silver, at £10 it's a bargain.

VO: The £10 ticket price suggests the item has been valued as silver plated.

A hallmark would mean it is silver, and therefore more valuable.

Oh yes.

People often miss it.

Now, it's almost indiscernible, but it is there.

VO: This could be a real find.

Anita is also still interested in the picnic hamper and the gramophone but is Beryl the peril willing to negotiate?

Now, if I'm buying three things...

Yes?

I was wondering if I could have a deal...

Right?

..on the three things.

VO: Their combined ticket price is £103.

But what I'd like to pay for the ensemble is between 45 and £55 for the ensemble.

VO: Using a French word isn't going to make that offer any less cheeky Anita.

Merci.

How about 60?

60 for the three?

For the three pieces.

Let's... Let's go for it.

Let's go for it.

I think you'll be alright, yes.

I think, I'm fine and I love the items.

VO: That's nearly a 50% discount working out at 30 for the gramophone, 20 for the picnic set and 10 for silver flower holder.

Tres bien Anita, cheri!

Shall I include that Road to Dundee for you?

Oh yes, oh yes.

That would be great.

Then you can play that, or they can play it at the auction.

We can play that, yeah.

I can kid on he was one of my old boyfriends.

MUSIC: "Road to Dundee" VO: David meanwhile, unsuspecting of being dumped for Callum Kennedy is in shopping heaven!

One of my biggest weaknesses in life is cars.

Now this thing, car horn, dates way back to the early days of the car.

A bit like my lamps that I bought not very long ago, which did a bit of a bomber.

VO: Ah yes.

Come on.

VO: That was their first auction.

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

Charming!

It's not exactly any old iron, but for Anita it will certainly fall into that category.

She will hate this with a passion, which makes me love it even more.

So, it's a brass horn made for a vintage car, early 20th century.

I don't know, probably Edwardian.

Something like that, with its, I think, original little rubber squeezer, whatever you call it, but it feels really dry and brittle.

VO: There's quite a bit of damage on the rubber but David seems undeterred, perhaps because it's priced at just £10.

Now then.

We have...an ashtray... Uh-huh?

..with a bit of old jade.

Right?

And a bit of old iron/brass.

Once part of a vintage car.

Mm-hm.

I want them both very desperately.

VO: That's right David, keep your cards close to your chest.

The combined ticket price of the two items is £16.50.

Well, what about rounding it to 15?

I'm absolutely delighted.

Excellent.

Thank you.

(THEY LAUGH) Three things on my account very quickly.

Oh, very good.

VO: Very quick indeed, so that's £6.50 for the ashtray and £8.50 for the car horn, bringing David's total spend in this shop, with the Chinese writing box, to £60.

VO: Our duo are now heading around 30 miles north to the beautiful walled town of Berwick-Upon-Tweed just a few miles south of the Scottish border.

VO: In the medieval period, the town was captured and sacked 13 times passing between English and Scottish rule until eventually falling under control of England in 1482.

VO: Its great walls were originally created to keep out invading Scots.

Ironically the town is still home to the barracks and museum of the King's Own Scottish Borderers.

I can't wait to get inside and for you to show me around.

Come on, let's go.

VO: Anita is meeting with the hugely enthusiastic Colonel Colin Hogg, to learn about the important role that Scottish pipers have played in this regiment's history.

During this time, these brave men were on the frontline, leading the troops armed with nothing but their pipes, into hundreds of bloody battles.

ANITA: So, formed in the 17th century but I believe the regiment has been involved in all major conflicts since that time.

Yes, ever since really the battle of Killiecrankie, through to Culloden and then the Boer War, the First World War, Second World War, and indeed Afghanistan of late.

ANITA: Uh-huh, so still a major force?

COLIN: Yes.

ANITA: I believe that pipers have played a major part in this regiment.

What did the piper do?

Why was the piper there?

COLIN: On through history there were pipers, what were they there for?

Well they certainly made you get up and go.

# BAGPIPES ANITA: I find that there is nothing more stirring than the sound of the pipes.

VO: Their music was like a war cry, rallying the troops into battle.

It served to boost morale but also to intimidate the enemy.

COLIN: There are stories of Germans saying what is it, these devils in kilts... ANITA: Is that what they were called?

Putting my hands up.

(BOTH LAUGH) COLIN: But there weren't enough of them always to be there and always to be in the frontline, where they could be picked off very easily, so they were quite often used as stretcher bearers, runners, medics in the wider sense of the word or indeed riflemen themselves.

VO: Possibly one of the bloodiest conflicts the pipers had to endure was at the start of the 20th century.

ANITA: What would it have been like to be a piper in the First World War?

I think it must have been terrifying.

I mean, to get up, over the trench parapet and blow and you are an easy target.

I don't know how they did it.

VO: With just their bagpipes, the weaponless pipers would lead the charge into battle.

With no means of defending themselves, their death rate was extremely high.

During the First World War over 1,000 pipers were killed, not helped by the introduction of poisonous gas.

ANITA: There would have been fire, open fire going on.

Open fire, gas, there's the piper.

He would have to take his gas mask off and play, while the others in the trenches probably kept theirs on.

VO: Such incredible bravery resulted in the pipers being awarded over 100 of the most revered medals during the First World War.

One of the most famous pipers was Daniel Laidlaw of the 7th Battalion.

During the battle of Loos in 1915, morale was at rock bottom.

Under heavy fire and witnessing the heavy smog of poisonous gas for the first time, the troops were hanging back from going over the top.

In spite of the dangers, Laidlaw was ordered out of the trenches.

COLIN: Lt Young, platoon commander, turned to Laidlaw and said "for God's sake, Laidlaw, pipe them forward."

And Laidlaw got out of his trenches, took his gas mask off and started playing and he started playing a regimental march Blue Bonnets O'er the Border.

# BAGPIPES And the Jocks stirred and something said inside them "I'm going over" and up they got and forward they went.

VO: Whilst the battle of Loos was considered a German victory, Laidlaw's music spurred his regiment out of the trenches, subsequently gaining valuable ground.

Laidlaw was shot in both legs during the conflict but miraculously survived and became known as the Piper of Loos.

Although wounded, he recovered and was to be awarded the Victoria Cross that day.

He was also awarded the Croix de Guerre, with palm, and he was also promoted from piper to corporal.

VO: The history of the Laidlaw pipers did not stop there, as Daniel's nephew Jock Laidlaw is believed to be the last ever army piper to lead British troops into battle in 1945.

Although the days of the pipers on the frontline are now in the past, and their role is strictly ceremonial, the memory of their bravery is proudly preserved by the King's Own Scottish Borderers.

VO: David is just across the river in Tweedmouth.

He still has just over £360 left to spend and is visiting Berwick Antiques Centre.

Good on him.

Steve, David Harper.

Pleased to meet you.

Great to meet you.

What a day, what a place.

So, what have we got here?

STEVE: Right, we have a cafe.

Yep.

If you spend more than £10 you get a free cup of coffee.

Very good.

OK. VO: Not that David ever needs any encouragement to spend.

I love this building, it just... Can you hear it?

It just creaks.

It's like being on an old boat.

It's got such an atmosphere.

Just love it.

Now these are the kind of places that you could find anything.

VO: And speaking of anything.

DAVID: See, I absolutely love that.

Have you any idea what you think this could be?

So, it's bronze.

Fantastically detailed.

It's obviously oriental.

It's made mainly for a female even though it's very heavy, and it is, you may be surprised to hear, a mirror.

That's it.

The bronze would be highly polished, and that is your reflective mirror.

VO: Mirrors today form part of our everyday lives but historically they were rare and expensive commodities, and the bronze mirror is not the only thing to catch David's eye.

DAVID: So, what have we got there?

Well, we've got a mahogany Georgian style chair.

But I love the tapestry seat.

That's not period to it, I don't think, but it's got age.

VO: But is it actually a Georgian chair?

But the biggest telltale really for a period chair are the internal blocks, so we have the handcut rounded blocks that keep the chair together, so I can tell you categorically that this chair is a period George III chair, made in about 1770 from solid mahogany.

What's it worth?

£24.

£24 for a period Georgian mahogany chair is absolutely bonkers beyond belief.

I've got to buy that chair.

VO: That would be dealer Stephen's cue.

I mean, to be honest with you, I've priced it because I wasn't sure about it.

If you think it's the genuine article, I probably think it's worth more than £24, but I'll do it for 20.

Well, and I obviously get a massive cup of coffee.

You can have a mug.

Do I get a bit of cake as well?

Slice of cake.

Perfect.

Done deal.

Deal done.

Thank you very much, Steve, you're a delight.

VO: Pushing your luck a bit there David.

And there's still one more item to discuss.

This actually came out of the Hermitage at Hexham, which was two old ladies that had lived in this house for about 100 years.

It was a family house, so that's its provenance.

It probably is from that sort of an era, so...

I think it's got a great history and I totally believe it and it makes me feel confident that I could describe it as early 20th century.

VO: Its ticket price is £140 - much more than David would like to pay.

DAVID: I would want that to owe me 40 or £50 to stand a chance of it taking off.

£70 and I can do a deal.

Let's see, if it polishes up alright and if it does I'll have it for 60, how's that?

OK. Worrr.

VO: Time for a bit of spit and polish.

DAVID: Are you ready to see yourself?

No thanks.

Reflected in a Japanese bronze geisha girl's mirror.

Are you ready for it?

I'm ready.

You are gonna look stunning.

That'll be a first.

(LAUGHS) VO: Absolutely gorgeous, Stephen!

It wasn't a mirror before.

I think you've got a bargain.

Now it's a mirror.

Well done.

£60, thank you very much.

VO: David's spent a total of £80 on two items in this center and got his free cake and coffee.

Not a bad way to make a living.

VO: And that marks the end of a day's rip-roaring adventure from our daring duo.

Nighty night!

VO: Morning has broken, it's a new day and a whole new country - we think!

Anita, I think you'd better announce where we are.

I think we might be in Scotland now.

Well come on, show a bit of enthusiasm.

We've been working our way up here.

I thought you'd be absolutely celebrating and going wild.

Well, I mean, I know we must be in Scotland but there are no border patrols.

VO: Lucky for you because those outfits are just criminal!

In spite of Anita's confusion, we have indeed crossed the border.

Yesterday in England, nice hat Anita, she bought three themed items; a portable picnic gramophone with record, a vintage picnic set and a silver flower holder.

Today she has just under £350 left to spend.

VO: David meanwhile bought five lots; a 19th century Chinese writing box, a Chinese jade plaque made into an ashtray, an early brass car motor horn, a George III mahogany chair and a Japanese bronze hand mirror.

He has just over £280 left to spend today.

David and Anita have travelled inland to Duns.

Believed to be the birthplace of 13th century religious philosopher John Duns Scotus, from whom the word dunce was derived.

During the reformation Protestants declared that to follow his Catholic beliefs and old fashioned theories, was simply foolish.

OK, little antiques center, both of us together.

Don't be following me about.

DAVID: Happy days!

VO: David and Anita are sharing the shop floor this morning.

David, you go that way.

As far as I can.

As far as you can go.

For miles?

For miles.

For miles.

OK.

But good luck, darling.

Yeah, right!

Right, well I'm pretty safe really.

I've got five cracking objects, but the idea here is to scan this place and see if I can find something to add to one of my lots to make it much more appealing and desirable.

VO: Anita meanwhile only has three lots but there's something that's already piqued her interest!

This is rather a nice wee thing.

It's a wee treen snuffbox.

But what makes it special is the horseshoe motif.

VO: One to think about.

Across the shop David is buttering up dealer John.

Now, listen, I've got a bit of a cunning plan here.

Right?

I've got this lovely Chinese writing box.

Right, uh-huh?

It doesn't have any inkwells in it but...

Right?

I might be looking for something like an inkwell, just something to flash it up a little bit.

VO: Lucky for David, John's got just the ticket or inkwell if you like.

Right, David, just come through.

Right.

OK. Em...

I think... Oh.

This is the one I was thinking of.

OK, let's have a look.

That's a nice little one.

OK.

So, we have a little, probably early 20th century...

The old charmer.

He doesn't just chat up the birds, he chats up the guys as well.

Listen, listen.

Honestly take no notice of her, John.

How're you doing, darling?

Not so bad.

Well, I was doing alright until you said something.

(ANITA LAUGHS) VO: Anyway back to the inkwell.

Its ticket price is £8.

How much is it to me?

Is it a pound or two?

Well, normally we don't really do much of a discount below 10, but we could do four.

Would that?

He's a right charmer.

Three to you.

Three.

Three, three.

It's getting better.

It's getting better.

I'll just pause a bit longer.

He's gonna buy something for £3.

Two then.

DAVID: Oh!

ANITA: £2!

That's it.

I can't say no to that, thank you very much.

No problem.

Thank you very much.

VO: So another item in the old bag for David, leaving John free to give his full attention to Anita.

There's a wee snuffbox in here.

Oh, yeah.

That's lovely, that.

Which I liked, uh-huh.

Yes, it is nice.

It's like a hard wood, almost a rosewood, but what I like about it is the little horseshoes and the little whip there.

Yeah.

The little crop.

I think that's quite nice.

Yes, that's, it is.

Is there a very, very, very good deal that you could do me on that little snuffbox?

I'm sure I could do something.

I'm used to these Glaswegian persuasive powers.

My wife's from Glasgow so I know... Oh, right.

VO: Wise man.

Its ticket price is £45.

I mean, I'm looking for it in the region of kind of 18, £18.

Ooh.

18 pou... Oh, I don't know if I could do 18.

Um...

I was thinking more maybe 28.

Could you come to 20?

I think we could, yes.

Could you do that?

Yes, I could... ANITA: Give us a hand.

JOHN: Give you a help.

ANITA: That's lovely.

Thank you.

JOHN: That's lovely.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

And I like that.

It's a nice wee thing.

It's lovely, isn't it, yes.

Nice wee thing.

So all we need is a snuff taking horseman.

VO: It might happen, Anita.

So for just £20 John's come through again with a cracking discount and that's Anita's fourth item done and dusted.

VO: David has travelled 30 miles north, to Dunbar, a seaside town on the south east coast of Scotland.

Dunbar is the birthplace of one of the founding fathers of the environmental movement, world renowned conservationist John Muir.

In his autobiography, he describes with great affection his childhood pursuits here in the 1840s.

VO: It's not hard to see how this spectacular coastline and beautiful countryside inspired his passion in nature.

To find out more about this remarkable man, David is taking a stroll along a stretch of land named in his honor with Jo Moulin, museum officer of John Muir's birthplace.

JO: David.

DAVID: Jo.

Welcome to Dunbar.

Well, thank you very much.

My gosh, what a view.

JO: Well, this is perfect for exploring John Muir's playgrounds.

He spent the first 10 years of his life in Dunbar.

DAVID: But you can see, can't you, that this environment would also stimulate an amazing imagination.

JO: Oh, the imagination but also his passion for the nature and wildlife around him.

Him and his boyhood friends would talk about the birds' nests that they could find and they would have competitions to see who knew the most birds, who knew the most nests.

VO: Another major influence in John Muir's life was his grandfather who not only taught him about nature but also helped to educate him.

JO: His grandfather taught him his letters and numbers from walks on the high street, and they would go down the street looking at the shop signs and the numbers on the clock tower at the town house and that is how he learnt his first numbers and letters before he went off to school at the age of three.

VO: John's education however ended abruptly aged 10 when his father decided to move to Wisconsin in America and he was forced to work on the family farm.

John was set to the plough.

His life was hard work on the labor, but he still had this passion to learn, but father was a devout religious man and father believed the only book you should have in the house was the Bible.

VO: Self educated, John eventually gained a place at university where his gift for inventions resulted in him procuring employment in factories.

While he was working in one of those factories he had an accident that was to change the course of his life.

He was using a file to tension a belt and it slipped and pierced his eye.

VO: Blinded for several weeks, this accident made him re-evaluate his life.

He decided to devote his time to exploring nature rather than the man made creations he'd been focusing on.

He set off on 1,000 mile walk from Indiana to the Gulf of Mexico by the wildest, leafiest route that he could find.

VO: After this epic journey, he travelled to the west coast where he fell in love with the Sierra Nevada and Yosemite and became devoted to protecting it.

His ability to see how everything in the universe is hitched together, he could see that if you clear felled forest on a steep slope, you would then have problems with soil stability.

You would get erosion which would have an impact on water quality further downstream, which would have knock-on effect elsewhere.

Somebody way ahead of his time.

Oh, definitely.

VO: John became famous in the States through his writing.

In 1890 he wrote two articles published in Century magazine pushing for national park status for Yosemite, and that same year it was granted.

He realized very early on that what was crucially important was to make other people or help other people become as passionate about wild places as he was.

VO: In 1892 he founded the Sierra Club, the world's largest grass root environmental organization, of which he was president for life.

His passion was so contagious that in 1903 fellow nature lover President Roosevelt wrote to him requesting a camping trip in Yosemite.

JO: John and the president set out on a camping trip with no other support.

No security, no media, none of the things you would expect today of a presidential visit and they went off and John took him into the back country of Yosemite to experience it firsthand.

As a result of that camping trip, there was a bill passed that put in place the protection that was needed for Yosemite National Park.

Quite as seal of approval there.

Oh, definitely.

VO: Whilst Yellowstone was in fact the first national park, the bill Roosevelt went on to pass afforded Yosemite even greater protection.

National parks now exist all over the world with 15 in the UK.

Hard to believe that from such humble but beautiful origins came perhaps the greatest pioneering conservationist of modern times.

VO: Anita has made her way to the beautiful riverside town of Jedburgh where Mary Queen of Scots resided in 1566.

She's got just under £330 left to spend, and is meeting dealer Mary in Bygone Days Antiques.

The sun is shining, so why are you eyeing up some snowshoes, old girl?

I can't stop looking at these snowshoes.

(THEY LAUGH) Because they're, they're so quirky.

They are so quirky.

A wee bit of damage on them.

MARY: Yes, on the toe.

VO: An old attached ticket says Snow Shoe Club, Montreal, 1889.

Is it something that sells well?

(THEY LAUGH) In Jedburgh?

Sorry.

Have you had them for a wee while?

I have, yes.

You have.

Would you like a look at them?

VO: It's certainly a change from Anita's normal choice of jewelry.

Oh, careful!

It's beginning to be tempting.

They're a wee bit quirky.

That's why I'm drawn to them.

And who knows the price of them?

VO: Mary probably.

Ticket price is £100.

ANITA: Could I make you a daft offer?

MARY: Oh, you can try me.

Could these be bought for £25?

VO: Is Mary going to throw her out of the shop?

OK, then, yeah.

Are you going to go for it?

I will, yes.

Thank you very much.

VO: Yeah, crikey.

Mary is obviously feeling generous.

And for just a quarter of their original price, Anita is now the proud owner of a pair of Victorian snow shoes.

This now joins her gramophone with record, vintage picnic set, silver flower holder and treen snuffbox.

She's spent just £105.

VO: David has erred on the frugal side, spending just £142.

For this he's bought a 19th century lacquer writing slope with inkwell now, a jade 20th century ashtray, a motor car horn, a George III mahogany chair and a Japanese bronze mirror.

Oh, I say!

Fantastic.

VO: If you say so David!

It's the end of another shopping spree but what are their thoughts?

The highest profit I think is probably going to come from the old silver apern, very late 19th century.

It is missing its glass bits but for a tenner she's going to make some money.

ANITA: Ashtrays are not popular.

Smoking is not PC.

So that type of item isn't great in this market but the addition of the, some people call it jade, that might attract people to it.

VO: It's that all important auction day and this morning we're in the village of Kinbuck just four miles north of the Scottish cathedral town of Dunblane but sadly due to a family emergency, David will be missing today's auction.

David isn't with us today but I'll be rooting for his items, cheering them on, but not too much cuz I want to win.

VO: Yes!

Today's auction is taking place at Robertsons Auctioneers and our auctioneer today is Struan Robertson.

STRUAN: The vintage picnic set, I think this is really nice.

It's complete.

You could take it straight out and have a picnic with it if you wanted.

I would say the oriental bronze mirror with the polished front, I think that's my favorite today.

Something a bit different.

I think that might make the highest out of the lot today.

VO: David and Anita have just over £10 between them in this competition so there's everything to play for today.

The room is packed.

VO: Let the auction commence!

First up, it's Anita's gramophone with record.

This is a really nice piece here and you've even got the record there, you can go straight out onto the grass and have a wee listen.

OK. And if you really want, OK, I'll take Jamie with it and Jamie can serenade you as you're sitting having your picnic listening to your music, OK?

£30?

30 bid, any advance on 30?

Started at 30, that's good.

34?

36?

38?

40?

45?

50?

Yes!

Any advance on 50?

55?

60.

Advance on 60?

Advance on £60?

All out on 60 then?

That's good, £60.

I'm happy with that.

VO: That's the sweet sweet sound of a profit, bravo Anita!

Next it's David's 20th century brass car horn.

£15?

£10?

Not dropping, come on, £10?

£10.

10, we're started, he's in profit already.

Advance on 10?

12?

14.

16.

18.

Advance on 18?

Still cheap, guys, any advance on 18?

All out on 18 then.

£18, that's not bad.

I'm sure David would be pleased.

VO: Not sure he will be, but he's doubled his money there!

Will Anita's vintage picnic set fare any better though?

Now, if you bought the picnic gramophone earlier, OK, what a lovely wee accompaniment.

OK?

And again, you'll have Jamie with you, he'll sing along and he'll actually feed you grapes as well.

OK?

So, you've got all that there, OK?

25 then, £25?

£25.

£25.

30?

32?

£32.

Any advance on 32?

34?

36?

£36.

Any advance on 36?

Still cheap.

38.

£38, 40.

Advance on 40?

Next is five.

Advance on 45?

50, any advance on 50?

Advance on £50?

Advance on 50.

Keep that open there, Jamie.

Come on, keep enticing them.

Advance on 50?

Advance on £50?

Jamie's with it.

All out at 50 then?

£50, that's not bad.

VO: It's no picnic making profits at auction, that's another good buy for Anita though!

Now for something with significantly more age - David's George III mahogany chair.

I'll start the bidding off at 30.

Any advance on 30?

In at 30.

Advance on 30?

Advance on £30?

All out on 30 then?

Last chance on 30.

Maiden bid at £30.

That's not too bad at all.

VO: Quite right.

Who says brown furniture is not that popular at the moment, cuz that's actually quite a decent profit.

Something both experts thought was a great find, though, was Anita's silver flower holder.

That's my best item and I'm really interested to see how far it'll go.

I'm hoping for great things on this little one.

And I'll start the bidding off at 80.

Any advance on 80?

Yes!

85?

90.

Yes!

95, one.

110 with you.

Advance on 110?

Advance on £110?

All out at 110 then?

Last chance on 110.

110.

120.

120.

Advance on 120?

130.

Advance on 130?

Advance on £130?

140.

140.

Advance on 140?

Advance on £140?

All out at 140 then?

(GAVEL) 140, what a result!

VO: Yes.

That's an amazing profit, and a great find.

Well done, Anita.

ANITA: Lesson there, look for the hallmarks.

They can be underneath a piece of embossed work.

VO: Will David's jade based ashtray do as well?

Paid very little for it, it's gonna do well.

A tenner, I'm not dropping, come on guys, it's got to be worth that.

10 bid, any advance on 10?

It's started.

Advance on £10?

Come on guys.

Bid up now.

Advance on 10?

12.

£12.

14.

£14.

14, it's climbing.

Advance on 14?

Advance on £14?

All out on 14 then?

£14, well it's still profit.

VO: Another small profit there, David needs a big win to catch up.

Next it's Anita's treen snuffbox.

25 starts it then.

25 bid.

25.

28, 30, 32, £32.

34.

We are in profit.

Advance on 34?

Advance on £34?

All out on 34, then?

I'm happy enough with that, £34 - that was probably just about the right price for it.

VO: If you're happy then I'm happy too Anita.

I'm soaring ahead at the moment but David has his two best items to go.

Speaking of which, it's David's writing box with the inkwell.

50 bid, any advance on 50?

50 bid, 50 bid.

Advance on £50?

55, 60, 65, 70, £70.

Any advance on 70?

Advance on £70?

All out on 70 then?

Not a bad profit.

VO: Not bad indeed.

David will be sad to be missing the excitement.

Time for Anita's snow shoes.

I will start the bidding off then at £20.

Any advance on 20?

22, 24, 26.

There's a wee bit of interest in these.

30, £30, 32, 34, £34.

Any advance on 34?

Advance on £34?

Still cheap, guys.

Nice pair.

At £34, all out on 34 then?

(GAVEL) That is good enough, I'm happy with that.

VO: Anita's having a great day today.

David's biggest spend and most quirky item, his Japanese bronze mirror is up next.

Stand by.

This could be a flyer.

£40?

£30 then, come on.

£30, guys.

30 bid.

Any advance on 30?

32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 45.

Any advance on 45?

50.

Yes, come on.

Advance on 50?

Advance on £50?

Advance on 50.

All out on 50 then?

Oh, £50.

Didn't quite make it.

VO: In fact you could call it a sad reflection.

He'd be disappointed with that.

Better luck next time.

Onwards and upwards.

VO: David started today with £422.60.

He's made a small profit of £7.24 after auction costs.

He takes forward £429.84.

VO: Anita however has had a great auction today.

She started with £409.49 and, after costs, she made a profit of £155.76 meaning she takes the lead from David with £565.25 to spend on their final adventure!

That auction went terrifically well for me and I am absolutely delighted.

VO: David might be lagging behind but he's still got a healthy budget going forward.

Safe home Anita and hurry back David!

VO: Next time on their final leg of the road trip Anita takes a Titanic sized risk.

Well, I hope my purchases will keep my profit afloat.

VO: But who will come out victorious?

Don't sell 'em.

Oh no!

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