VO: The nation's favorite antiques experts, £200 each and one big challenge.

Well, duck, do I buy you or don't I?

VO: Who can make the most money, buying and selling antiques, as they scour the UK?

Sold.

VO: The aim is, trade up and hope that each antique turns a profit.

But it's not as easy as it looks, and dreams of glory can end in tatters.

VO: So will it be the fast lane to success or the slow road to bankruptcy?

That's the sweat over.

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip.

Yeah!

VO: This week on the road trip, it's England versus Scotland in a 1970s VW, as auctioneers James Lewis and Anita Manning slug it out in the auction rooms of Britain.

ANITA (AM): Well, we've had three auctions.

Yesterday's was a bit up and down, and totally unexpected.

JAMES (JL): I... You know, after yesterday, it's a mad world.

VO: Indeed.

It's been one of those weeks, actually, and it's seen Anita employing a very frugal approach.

Positively Scottish.

And I was wondering if you could give me it for a pound!

VO: Even so, she's taken a right hammering.

JL: (EXCLAIMS) £25.

BOTH: Aw.

55?

Aw, bit disappointed at that.

VO: Because, as she's quick to point out... Big James is a formidable opponent.

VO: Yes it's true - even though our wonder boy is making some rather strange choices...

I think to offer £200 for that lot might be slightly bonkers.

VO: ..he's absolutely cleaning up at auction.

AUCTIONEER: 90.

(GAVEL) (GAVEL) Thank you so much.

JL: Brilliant!

AM: That's not bad.

VO: To date, James has managed to transform his original £200 stake into, by hook or by crook, a fabulous £516.02.

VO: As for Anita, despite being as canny as canny can be, she still remains in second place with just £334.32.

AM: So, James, it's a beautiful morning and we're now in Suffolk.

JL: A county that I have never been to, ever.

VO: Our journey this week is taking us from Pateley Bridge in Yorkshire, and heading south, via East Anglia and on to the West Country, reaching its conclusion in Cirencester.

But right now we're en route to Needham Market in Suffolk, and we'll end this leg with an auction in Bedford.

Back in its day, Needham Market thrived thanks to wool, but the plague of 1663 put something of a spanner in the works, as the town was ultimately chained off, and two thirds of the population perished.

Oh dear.

Still, on a much happier note, it's also the hometown of actress June Brown, also known as Dot Cotton, off of EastEnders!

Ooh-ar.

AM: OK, darling.

I'm going on to the next town.

Have fun in there.

Oh!

I will.

And remember, James... spend, spend, spend.

Not a chance!

You spend if you want to.

Not me.

VO: So, as Anita struggles to see over the dashboard - ha!

- James is already looking for a profit.

JL: Hi.

DEALER: Hi, how are you?

JL: I'm James, nice to see you.

DEALER: Ellie.

Hi, Ellie, hi.

VO: ..and here in the Station Yard Emporium, there's a little something for everyone... even the perfect telephone for your very own playboy mansion.

Wow!

I've never seen anything quite so revolting in all my life.

VO: Well, that's nice!

What James does like though... That's a nice little thing.

Good, practical, useful box.

"Bridge" written across the front, little angles on it.

Even got the original playing cards and a drop down front.

But the great news is that bridge is as fashionable today as it was then.

VO: Meanwhile Anita's hurtling towards... ..the historic market town of Framlingham, or, as the locals like to call it, Fram.

This neck of the woods is also where, in 1553, Mary Tudor took refuge, and gathered supporters in order to campaign for her rightful place on England's throne.

And speaking of campaigns, Anita's is to finally out-buy and outfox that old rogue, James Lewis.

Hi, I'm Anita.

Hi, Anita.

VO: Which brings her to Witchball Antiques, a shop she's already just a little bit in love with.

It is literally the kind of shop you dream about.

VO: So, determined not to waste a single second, Anita's enlisting Gill's help in finding purchase number one.

What a clutter!

Wait a minute, I've got these.

Erm...

There's...

There's two prints there.

Oh, right.

The National Hun... Grand National.

VO: Nice choice... though these John Beer prints of the 1903 Grand National are priced at £145 the pair.

Er, Gill, we're in horsey country...

Yes, definitely, that's for sure.

We're going to an auction in Bedford, which is not too far, and surely they must be interested in horses there.

GILL: Absolutely.

AM: I do like them.

You do?

Do you ride?

I...

I had a wee burst of horse riding in my sort of 30s, when I realized that I was a big, grown up girl and I could get some lessons.

And I was so enthusiastic that I became sort of not bad quite quickly... Did you?

But, er... And I did some jumping as well, which was great, but what I really wanted was to gallop across the plains, you know.

On a golden palomino.

Erm...

So, it's just one of these things you sort of pick up and then let go again, but I love looking at horses.

VO: In that case, go on, make Gill an offer.

I dare you!

They're a wee bit dear for me.

Is there anything that we can do on price?

I'll get down to 60, but I can't do any better.

That is actually what I paid for them.

That's what you paid for them.

Aha, well you can't come any lower than that, Gill.

I don't want to take a loss.

Aha.

To tell you the truth, I can't resist them, so it's a deal.

It's a deal.

Thank you.

VO: Well done Anita, though back in Needham Market, James has found something else he likes.

To start with we've got the... the city, Worcester, 1902.

Obviously it... it tells you exactly what it is.

It's a plate made for the coronation of Edward, Queen Victoria's son.

But you often get these in Staffordshire pottery and they're fairly cheaply made most of the time But this one's a porcelain... VO: Turn it over, and it has the Royal Worcester mark.

Turn it back, and it has same price tag as the bridge box.

Well, the favorite price of £22.50.

I'll ask what their best is on that.

And I'll see if I can do a deal on that.

See how we go.

VO: And the woman to talk to is our Ellie.

What would be... What could you do that for?

Are they very flexible at the front there?

Erm... well, it would normally be 20... ..but 18?

18, OK.

The same for that one.

I think.

DEALER: 35 for the two?

JL: 35?

I think that would probably be the best.

OK... See, the only thing that's worrying me about that is the fact it's lost the tray inside.

Mm.

Should have a little tray in there.

DEALER: Yeah.

JL: Erm...

If they could be 30, I'd take them.

Yeah.

OK.

So, that's 30 on those.

That's a definite yes, then.

VO: Well, that was easy, wasn't it?

Now, how's Anita getting on?

This is a little miniature microscope.

I...

I like miniature things and they're very appealing to the buyers.

I think we're going into a collectors' sale, so this is the type of thing which might be of interest to the buyers there.

It's made of brass, this polished brass, and I think that it's probably... Yeah, I can see something at the bottom of it - a couple of eariwigs... so, it's in working order.

It would have, perhaps been used in, maybe turn of the century, beginning of the 20th century.

I quite like that.

I'm going to ask the price of it and see if I can get a deal on it.

VO: As for the ticket price... £45.

I'd like to be buying it in the region of... 15, 20.

Is that... Is it possible anywhere near that?

I think it would probably have to be about £30.

I can't...

I don't think I can do any better than that.

Right, aha.

I don't know if I'd be able to make a profit on that.

OK.

I'll continue looking.

There was another thing that I was looking at... the clock.

The brass clock.

VO: Hmm, not bad, and by the look of it, I think we're talking the arts-and-crafts period here.

AM: I like the shape, I like the embossed flowers here, But I was... And it's ticking away, obviously, your husband... DEALER: It does go... AM: ..has sorted that out.

Would I be able to buy that for round about 20?

Can I just have a look?

Maybe 25.

But I'd have... AM: ..to ask the boss?

DEALER: Yes.

I thought you were the boss.

(THEY LAUGH) VO: The thing is, the many clocks in this shop belong to Gill's husband, who repairs them for a living, so the final say on this goes to him.

DEALER: Anita?

AM: How did you get on?

He can do £30 on that for you, but the other piece, the little microscope, he can do 20.

He can do 20?

Yes.

So, does that help?

Aha.

It helps... well, what it's given me now is a dilemma - which one do I like the most?

Oh, I see.

Which one to buy?

Aha.

Yep.

If I take two of them, can you... can you knock another wee bit off?

Well how about 45 for the two?

AM: 45?

DEALER: Yes.

Will we go for it?

That's a deal.

Thank you so much.

VO: Extremely chuffed with the morning's shopping, Anita's next stop is what's considered to be... ..the birthplace of thoroughbred horse racing.

Where else, but Newmarket?

After all, they've been racing here as far back as 1622, and currently the town is home to more than 50 trainers, not to mention 3,000 race horses, making it of course the logical location of the National Horseracing Museum.

Alan, how lovely to meet you.

I'm so excited to be in this museum, because I am a girl who loves horses.

Excellent, because we've got some wonderful things to show you, Anita.

Lead on.

VO: Amongst the many exhibits there's everything from the skeleton of Hyperion - considered by some the greatest thoroughbred racer of the 20th century...

He was a small horse, only 15 hands, but he had a tremendous engine and a wonderful sort of stride.

VO: ..to the silks of some of the world's most acclaimed jockeys... such as local boy Francis Buckle - also known as the pocket Hercules - who first raced in 1783 weighing just three stone, 13 pounds.

Gosh!

And then there's the legendary Frankie Dettori, who in 1996 achieved the miraculous feat of winning seven races on a single day at Ascot.

I was there that day and as each race went on, it became more and more incredible.

"He can't surely win the next race," and he won the next race.

And it came to the seventh race and he was on this, er... sort of, a... not very fancied horse, but he managed to summon up something and he managed to just put this horse on the line to win.

VO: If only I'd had money on it.

Still, when it comes to racing legends, no-one quite compares to renowned tipster Prince Monalulu who, in the 1920s, charmed the punters with his catchphrase - I've got an 'orse...

He claimed to be a chief from a tribe in Abyssinia, but what we now know is he was actually born in the Dutch West Indies and he dressed up in the colorful jackets like this.

He used to stand in the center of the track and he used to wave his arms back and cry, "I've got a horse," and he used to hand out these little painted... these little slips of paper with a horse on.

These were his tips for the race?

These were his tips.

And people would pay for them?

They would pay modestly for them, I guess.

AM: I suppose that's what makes the world of horseracing so fascinating, because you have so many elements.

You have these wonderful creatures at the peak of perfection, you have the jockeys, you have the tipsters, you have the gambling involved in it and the thrill of the race itself.

VO: Speaking of which Anita, you're in for a right royal treat, love.

Next on our tour, the horse simulator which jockey Lester Piggott once trained on... say hello to Legless... Nice horsey.

(HORSE WHINNIES) ..who you're going to be riding... so saddle up, girl.

Get your leg over.

AM: Go for it, Legless.

Oh, yes!

Oh, wait a minute.

Hoo, hoh.

Getting the rhythm.

VO: What sort of a program is this?

Doesn't seem to be all that comfortable, that position.

# Champion the wonder horse.

# VO: And on that climactic note - which Anita didn't quite hit - it's time to ride off into the sunset.

Day two... and our experts are once again hitting the back roads and high streets.

JL: Time and time and time again, haven't we?

AM: James, we have both decided that the best thing to do is to spend little money.

JL: I know.

AM: And what have we done?

We've gone out and spent money that we shouldn't have.

VO: So far on this leg, James is off to the slowest of starts.

Despite a full day of shopping, he's spent just £30 on two auction lots.

Anita on the other hand has been throwing caution to the wind.

She's splashed out £105 on three auction lots.

Our first stop today, the village of Grundisburgh, which has stood on this very spot for at least 1,000 years.

VO: Mind you, we're just here for the darts - and when I say darts, I mean the private collection of Patrick Dee, who for the last 16 years has indulged a lifelong passion for the game, and even built his own museum... otherwise known, as the shed at the back of his garden, VO: Stuffed with his arrows.

D'you know, I'm really looking forward to seeing this collection of Patrick's because it's not something he's inherited, it's not something that's been built up over generations, with millions of pounds, it's just something that he's loved and he's passionate about.

That's often the best mark of a collector.

JL: Hello.

PATRICK: Hello.

Good to see you, good to see you.

Oh, the tie.

Look at that.

Oh my word.

VO: Actually, Patrick's choice in neckwear is just the tip of the iceberg.

His collection boasts every piece of memorabilia imaginable, taking our antiques expert into a world he knows almost nothing about... Bullseye.

JL: Oh my... Oh, wow!

That is incredible.

I've never seen anything like it.

Alright, so tell me, what are your star lots?

What have you got here?

Erm... Well, the older ones, these are from 1930s, made... shaft out of wood, with a turkey feather.

JL: They're not very heavy, are they?

PATRICK: No, they're ever so light.

And like that one there, the French dart... ..that's got the lead weight in the middle.

JL: That's far more sensible.

PATRICK: Yeah, give it PATRICK: a bit of weight.

JL: Isn't it?

VO: The origins of darts are subject to considerable debate - some believe it began as pub game where crossbows were fired at the end of a beer barrel, whilst others believe everything, from the ancient Greeks through to the Tudors.

JL: Tell me about the boards.

PATRICK: The oldest one is the plasticine one.

PATRICK: That one.

JL: Plasticine?

Yep.

And what they used to do, when you played on it, and when you used it a bit... cuz the plasticine used to be with the wooden darts, because if you used the tungsten there, you'll splatter it.

Yeah.

They used to have a roller, then they used to roll it out again.

Really?

A bit like putting the divots in in a polo match?

Yeah.

VO: The game gained popularity during the 1920s, thanks to a standardized dartboard... but what really changed the landscape was the introduction of a national competition in 1947.

When I was growing up the names that I remember, Eric Bristow, John Lowe, John Lowe, yeah.

Erm... ah... JL: Jocky Wilson.

PATRICK: Wilson, yeah.

JL: Ah, Bobby George.

PATRICK: George, yeah.

VO: Speaking of Bobby George, also known as the King of Bling, one of his famous capes is right here, though today Patrick can go one better.

Now, I've got a special guest for you to meet.

(THEY LAUGH) Where is he?

Bobby George.

BOBBY: Hi, James, how are you?

JL: Really good to meet you.

BOBBY: Hi, Pat.

PATRICK: Alright?

JL: How are you?

BOBBY: Lovely jubbly.

JL: Have you got a collection like this, or anything like it?

BOBBY: No.

I've got a few bits and pieces, but not like this.

This is way over the top.

(LAUGHTER) I'm not being nasty, but I don't think anyone's got anything like this.

PATRICK: No.

No.

BOBBY: It's unbelievable.

VO: Mind you, it turns out Bobby is a bit of a history buff.

BOBBY: These were called a French dart.

This comes from a crossbow.

Right.

Now, the bowmen of England used to... the longbowmen in between battles, used to have a game of darts, but use arrows.

That's where the word "arrows" comes from.

OK. And they used to cut them down to 14 inches and throw them at wooden targets.

But when they fought the French, course the bolts of the crossbow were shorter...

Right.

So, they used these.

And that's why it's called a French dart.

Really?

VO: ..and lesson number two, James... how to actually throw one.

BOBBY: When you throw a dart... JL: Yeah?

..put your arm straight out.

Look at the dartboard, look at the treble, now arm straight out.

JL: Oh.

A bit lower.

Come on James.

Oh, look at that.

Oh, I'm getting there.

Look at that.

You see, I've got the skill.

I've got the skill.

VO: Believe that - ha!

- and you'll believe anything!

As for Anita, she isn't wasting any time.

Currently she's en route to the city of Cambridge, home to one of Britain's most famous universities.

And it was established in the 13th century, after a group of scholars decided to flee the hostile townspeople of Oxford.

Why, we're not so sure, though thanks to them the likes of Francis Bacon, Sir Isaac Newton, and Charles Darwin all received their education right here.

Then, of course, there's the shopping.

Hi.

I'm Anita.

I'm David, very nice to meet you.

It's lovely to be in Cambridge.

VO: Now, while Gabor Cossa Antiques may not be the biggest shop in town, it's certainly packed to the gunwales.

And what a range, inspiring Anita to forget her of love of jewelry and glass and opt for something outside the box.

This is a lovely little box of dolls' clothing.

On the top here we have a selection of hats from various periods and various styles.

Now, look at this rather elaborate affair here, which would have probably been worn by a dowager duchess.

We have little hand-sewn nighties.

This lovely little lacework here, little pink bow.

And a pair of Victorian bloomers.

No girl should be without a pair.

I think I'll have a word with David about this little box.

VO: Because, after all, a price tag of £45 is just a little high for our Anita.

I have mixed feelings about this sort of thing.

I find dolls' things actually a little creepy.

AM: Really?

DEALER: But on the other hand, I'm quite attracted to it as well.

Not that I... want to dress up dollies, you know.

AM: Aha, yeah.

DEALER: I never did.

But there's something about little things.

AM: I thought that this would be fun to buy.

I think it'll be 35.

Mm-hm.

Would it be possible for you to come... ..to nearer the 25 on it?

I will take 27 if that's any good.

27?

That's absolutely great.

Not at all.

27.

I'm delighted with that and I think it's great fun and it's nice, really, to, er... to have something different.

VO: My thoughts exactly... which is probably why James is now headed back to Fram, into the very shop Anita did so well in yesterday... Oh my word!

Hello.

Hello James.

Lovely to see you.

Nice to see you.

What a shop!

VO: Though as you make your way around, don't forget the old proverb: "Lovely to look at, delightful to hold, "but if you should break it..." (CLANKING) JL: Oh.

Whoops!

VO: "..consider it sold... " DEALER: Don't worry.

JL: Cut that.

The other thing to consider is, with so many objects, how can James possibly decide on just one?

Hm.

It's, erm...

It's a tribal quiver, which would have been over the shoulder, with a... That should be tied on... Erm, with little steel barbed arrows... ..that are varying according to whatever you're trying to catch.

VO: And do you know what?

I'm thinking Amazon pygmy, circa 1895.

Funny old thing.

How much is it?

DEALER: £20.

JL: £20?

Yes.

Well, that's not going to break the bank.

VO: But will it make a profit?

And more importantly, is James ready to make a decision this soon after lunch?

Alright, so £20 for that.

That's something to think about.

VO: Righty-o then.

VO: Back in Cambridge, Anita's moved on to the local antiques center, where she's wasting no time... ...in tracking down her next bargain.

Stephen?

Yes, Anita?

There are a couple of Scottish items on this desk.

Well...

I did say we have a complete mixture of merchandise.

Although it's silver, made in Birmingham, I thought it was quite apt, where we had this lovely thistle with the amethyst glass stone atop.

VO: And in case you haven't guessed, it's a Charles Horner hatpin holder, early 1900s.

Very stylish, and right next to it, the item that made Charles Horner a household name - the hatpin.

I say buy them both.

I have to have a go at that, don't I?

AM: I have to have a go at that.

DEALER: Well, I think... AM: The Scottish connection... DEALER: I think you should.

Would it be possible to buy that... ..in the region of... in the 20s?

20, 25, would it be possible?

Certainly not 20.

Not 20?

Not 20, because I know what it owes me, so... You've paid... aha...

But I could certainly do it for 25.

25?

Mm-hm, which is nearly a 50% reduction.

It's very tempting.

Are you gonna throw that in with it?

I certainly am not!

AM: (LAUGHS) DEALER: My goodness gracious me.

VO: Hm.

Oh well, it was worth a try.

What if I said you can have them both for a £50 note?

That's got to tempt you.

It's certainly tempting me.

It's certainly tempting me.

It's certainly tempting me.

I've got to take that.

Well, OK.

I'll get them wrapped up.

It's a deal.

Thank you, and good luck with them.

Oh, thank you very much.

I mean, I'm very pleased at that.

Good.

VO: And so you should be, girl - that's an absolute bargain.

James, on the other hand, loves just about everything he sees.

How about the shells for a group, for the whole lot?

50, OK.

I like that.

I like that.

This is a good little group.

It's by a very well known factory called Royal Dux... ..based in Czechoslovakia.

And the raised pink triangle mark is the earlier mark.

Erm... and they were well known for doing this... ..known as a blush ivory glaze, which is quite matt, and then they would have a dusted gilt... VO: And in this shop, there's two pieces - one group of donkeys, very nice, and one goat pulling a cart.

DEALER: If you wanted two, I could do them for... 55.

How about that?

55.

OK. VO: Let's see now - there's the quiver for £20, the shells for 50, and the Royal Dux also 50... or - ha!

- 120 the lot.

What sort of deal could you do for all three?

DEALER: (LAUGHS) I could take another £10 off, but that's... That's it.

110.

Deal.

Thank you very much.

VO: And now James is done for the day, it's time to reunite our experts for a little show and tell.

I'm intrigued by what is under that cloth.

Show me your first buy.

OK.

Here we go.

Doesn't that look so beautiful, James?

There we go.

I must say, it's more esthetically pleasing than your old bag of bones.

Well, you can't get much worse, can you?

Price though, £50.

£50, that's not bad at all, James.

JL: It's not bad, is it?

AM: It's not bad.

So, my first lot is a pair of prints.

Now, these prints are of the Grand National, which is not in Newmarket, but it's another famous course.

I think it's Aintree.

So, it's a pair of nice horsey prints and I'm just hoping that Bedford isn't too far away from Newmarket.

That one's a particularly rare Australian print, I know.

That's right, it's upside down.

Yeah, incredible.

So, tell me, how much were they?

I paid £60 for the two.

Oh, that's fine.

Now, mine next.

What do you think to that?

It's in lovely condition.

1902, Worcester... Yep... Commemorative plate.

I've never, ever seen one of those.

So I thought it was really unusual.

JL: I don't know... AM: You don't know... ..whether it's worth £5 or... £100.

VO: Well, let's hope it's not the former.

My second item, James, is a little brass clock.

Ooh.

I love this lovely arched top here.

Sort of lancet shaped, isn't it?

AM: Yeah, it is.

JL: It's great.

Yes, it's arts and crafts, again, and it has this little detail of the embossed roses on it.

£25 I paid for that.

That's cheap.

Has to be cheap, doesn't it?

Yep.

I can see that doubling money.

Aha.

Let me see your next item.

And... there we are.

Oh, nice box, James, nice box.

JL: Number three.

It's got a fall down front, silver mounted, from about 1905, nicely inscribed "bridge" across the center.

I'm finding that any items associated with bridge are doing well, so a good tactical choice.

I like it.

VO: And for what it's worth...

I like it a lot.

AM: Er, my next item, James, is a little, er, lot, of dollies' clothes.

Oh, I've got little bunnets, Victorian bunnets, little frocks, little dresses and all sorts of little silly things, but they did amuse me.

JL: What did you pay?

AM: £27.

That is really cheap.

JL: They're rare.

AM: Aha.

I think you've done really well.

That's nice.

Royal Dux?

Mm.

Is he in perfect condition, James?

He's had an ear off... and glued back.

And it's absolutely charming and I think that people love donkeys... JL: Yeah... AM: And I th... You're buying a lot of animals.

VO: I'll say!

And there's still that old goat to come.

JL: What do you think to that?

AM: That's nice.

JL: Chip off the horn.

AM: Aw!

Other than that, it's in good order.

I like these enormously.

I really do like them, but I'm not sure about price on these because of the damage.

I wasn't sure, but I paid £50 for the two.

For the two.

I think at that price, James, you can't go far wrong.

I'm sure you'll make a profit.

I don't usually buy scientific instruments, but I couldn't resist this wee guy.

I think it's a nice little thing.

It's probably absolutely useless.

JL: What did you pay?

AM: I paid 20 for it.

I think that's absolutely fine.

Is that alright?

VO: As for today's most unusual lot... feast your eyes, Anita.

There we are.

Have to do this to show you.

The quiver is leather and hide, possibly South American.

My gut reaction is they are pygmy or bushman type arrows.

I thought it was a really interesting, funky, speculative lot.

How much?

Fiver?

10.

VO: In that case, I'm thinking profit, profit, profit, frankly.

My last lot, we have a little silver hatpin holder.

Again, we're looking at a lovely piece of art nouveau.

Very you.

In exactly the same way that that arrow thing is very me, that is very you.

What did you pay for this one?

50.

You've done alright there, haven't you?

AM: Yeah, aha.

I like those.

JL: Ha!

That...

I think there's another £80-£100 there.

Fingers crossed, James.

VO: Well, our experts had impeccable manners, as you would expect, but what do they really think?

The dolls' clothes really leave me totally cold, but I do know that there is a great market for them and textiles at the moment are doing really well.

But dolls aren't, so it's gonna be an interesting thing to see whether the doll buyers are still prepared to pay a lot of money for miniature textiles.

The quiver and arrows... Well, is that not a typical James Lewis item?

At 10 quid it's not going to make all that much difference.

Not something I would've bought, but there'll be somebody out there that wants them.

VO: Here's hoping.

After beginning this leg in Needham Market, Anita and James now end with an auction showdown in the town of Bedford.

VO: During World War Two, Bedfordshire effectively became the spy capital of Britain - possibly due to its central location - with everything from code-breaking to the training of secret agents taking place right here.

Though more importantly for us, it's also home to W&H Peacock, our auctioneers du jour.

Are you looking forward to it, James?

Do you know... what do you think the answer is to that one?

AM: We look forward... JL: No.

AM: ..to every auction.

I dread every auction, but you know, room's full.

They're flowing out the door.

JL: Come on.

AM: Oh, wow!

VO: Doing the honors on the podium today is David Fletcher... but what does he think of our experts' choices?

The bridge box - now that is a stylish lot, isn't it?

And there are a lot of bridge players out there, a lot of bridge players have a bit of dosh, And I hope they'll be looking to invest some of their money in something like that, which, you know, if you play the game, you play it in style if you've got something like that.

Now, the hatpin is my favorite lot.

Charles Horner is a big name, and this is a good example of him at his most stylish, really.

In the art-nouveau style.

It's great.

I like that very much.

VO: James started this leg with an impressive £516.02 and has gone on to spend £140 on five auction lots.

Anita, meanwhile, kicked off with £334.32, and has parted with £182, also for five auction lots.

So without further ado, let the auction begin.

First up, Anita's brass arts and crafts mantle clock.

This is gonna do well.

VO: Let's hope so.

£50, may I say?

AM: (WHISPERS) Come on, come on.

DAVID: 30?

30 I'm bid.

DAVID: Thank you sir.

JL: Straight in.

40 online.

Five, 50... DAVID: Five... at 55... AM: He's got three bidders.

Anita calm down, it's not you, you're not up there.

At 55, we're in the room at 60... JL: Stop it, stop it!

In the blue shirt, 65 it's you.

DAVID: 70 in the blue shirt.

JL: You can't resist it!

AM: I know.

DAVID: At £70.

We're out online and I sell now at £70.

Yes!

Well done, well done.

That is fantastic.

VO: Yes indeed.

That's a £45 profit pre-commission.

On to James's Edward VII commemorative plate.

10 for this?

10, 12, 15 sir?

No.

At £12.

15?

15 there.

At 15.

18.

20.

In the front row.

22.

25.

28.

Ah, it's creeping up, James.

35.

No?

At £35.

Back of the room, all done?

Huh, it's alright.

I hadn't got a clue what that was worth, so... AM: £25.

JL: 35.

AM: Oh, sorry, 35.

JL: (MUTTERS) Pinching a tenner off me?

VO: Nicely played James.

We're off to a cracking start.

And next, it's Anita's miniature microscope, in polished brass.

20 I'm bid, thank you, sir.

At £20.

DAVID: 22, 25... AM: Come on.

DAVID: 28, 30.

AM: Yes!

DAVID: At £30.

JL: Go on.

AM: Come on!

At £30?

Five we'll go, it's 35.

Go on.

At 35, 40, 45, 50... AM: Yes!

DAVID: At £50.

Go on!

You're about to make a young lady very happy.

(LAUGHTER) Middle of the room, at £50.

Yes!

Well done, well done.

Great auctioneer.

VO: Oh yes, that's your money doubled and then some.

But can our fabulous auctioneer sell James's sea shells from the sea shore?

Let's find out shall we?

£30?

Oh, come on.

35.

40.

Five.

50.

Five sir?

No.

At £50.

JL: Oh!

DAVID: 55.

All done?

Oh.

That's a wee bit of a disappointment.

VO: Never mind James, you'll just have to chalk this one up to experience.

VO: Moving on now to Anita's collection of dolls' clothes... a specialist lot to say the least, but how will it do in a general auction?

At 20.

22, 25, 28, 30... 35.

No?

At £35.

Lady's bid at 35.

All done?

(GAVEL) AM: Ah well.

JL: Oh.

AM: No, it's fine, James, it's fine.

VO: Oh, knickers!

So much for textiles.

Next!

VO: Ah, James's silver mounted bridge box, the very definition of style.

DAVID: 30?

JL: Oh, gawd.

30, five, 40, five, 50, five.

60, five, 70, five.

Eighty, five, 90, five, 100.

At £100.

110.

Oh, we've gone out now.

120.

At 120, top estimate, all done at 120?

JL: Thank you.

(LAUGHTER) Thank you.

VO: Bravo.

That's a £100 profit, pre-commission.

Let's hope there's some money left for Anita's Grand National prints by First World War artist John Beer.

At 30.

35.

40.

Five.

50, five.

At £55.

55, oh no.

AM: Come on, come on.

DAVID: At £55.

JL: It isn't... AM: Aw!

(GAVEL) AM: (CHUCKLES) Aw.

Well...

There was no... nobody even to look at to encourage, was there?

I know.

VO: It's our first loss of the day, I'm afraid, and it means James is galloping ahead.

VO: His next item - that cheeky South American quiver.

I've got £10 on the book.

Oh.

£10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 22.

At £22, 25, 28.

30.

35, 40, five, 50.

55, fresh bid.

No.

At 55.

All done, then, at 55?

(GAVEL) Aw well, that's OK, that's OK. JL: Yeah, absolutely fine.

AM: That's OK, James.

That's OK. VO: Though let's not forget, it did make a decent profit.

Looking to regain a little lost ground, Anita's last great hope is this charming Charles Horner hatpin and hatpin holder.

Best of luck, old girl.

At 50, five, 60, five, 70.

At £70... JL: Here.

75 online, 80 with me.

DAVID: At £80.

JL: Don't worry.

Come to you in a minute, come to you in a minute.

85.

(LAUGHTER) VO: Oh my... this is exciting!

100, 110... AM: Yes!

DAVID: 110 online.

JL: Here!

I'll take you now, 120.

See, I didn't forget you, 130.

BIDDER: Yes.

DAVID: 140.

150 may I say?

150, 160.

170?

170.

JL: Go on!

AM: Yes.

180.

At the back of the room, 180.

190.

Go on!

Round it up.

One more.

One more.

(THEY EXCLAIM) 210.

At 210.

I'm working jolly hard on this lot you know.

210, it's online.

All done?

JL: Sure?

AM: Aw!

JL: Have another go.

(GAVEL) Aw!

Well done.

Well done.

Brilliant.

Aw, that was good.

That is a fantastic result.

I know, but it was so exciting, wasn't it?

VO: And dare I say it, that figure gives Anita the lead in this auction.

But there's one item still to go - James's slightly damaged Royal Dux.

Mark you, there's no doubting the quality.

They've got everything going for them, apart from the fact that they're broken.

Now, start me for these, £200?

DAVID: Bid, thank you, at 200.

JL: 200?

DAVID: 210.

JL: What?!

AM: Och, no.

(LAUGHS) DAVID: At 210, 220.

230, 240, 250.

At £250.

VO: Good lord.

DAVID: 60, your go?

DAVID: 260 on the telephone.

DAVID: Go on!

DAVID: 270.

JL: Go on!

DAVID: 280.

JL: Go on!

DAVID: 290.

JL: Go on.

Keep going.

300.

320.

350?

(LAUGHTER) At 320, the bid's with me.

At £320.

Yeeee!

(APPLAUSE) Oh my word!

VO: James Lewis, you old dog, you've surprised yourself.

Pre-commission, that's a staggering profit of £270.

When he said 200, I thought he was asking for 200.

When he actually said 200 bid, I thought, "Oh, what?"

(THEY LAUGH) I...

I can't believe that.

I mean, that's a great result.

Really, really pleased.

VO: Well... what an auction!

Anita started with £334.32, and after commission made a profit of £162.40, giving her a grand total of £496.72 to spend tomorrow.

James meanwhile began with £516.02 and after making a massive £339.70, the lead is once again his, with £855.72 in the coffers.

AM: Where are we off to now?

JL: Oxfordshire.

AM: Let's go.

Onwards and upwards.

VO: Next on the Antiques Road Trip: Anita gets ruthless.

Would you sell me him for a tenner?

DEALER: (CHUCKLES) VO: James goes for broke.

My God!

What HAVE I done?

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