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!

This week, we're in a Beetle with Scotland's Anita Manning and England's James Lewis.

See if you can guess which one likes rugby.

ANITA (AM): You get points for trying?

JAMES (JL): Yeah.

AM: That sounds like an easy game!

JL: (CHUCKLES) VO: The rules of our own Calcutta Cup are much less arcane, but the auction scoreline so far reads England 4, Scotland 0.

At £320.

AM: Yee!

(LAUGHTER) VO: So, on the final day, will James make it a whitewash or could Anita stage a thrilling comeback?

AM: I'm never gonna catch you!

I'll have a blooming good try though.

VO: Actually, Anita's done not too badly at all.

She began with £200 and now has £496.72 to spend today.

But James Lewis, who also began with £200, is miles out in front, with £855.72 in his pocket.

JL: So tell me, strategy.

AM: I'm not telling YOU!

JL: Charming!

VO: This week's road trip starts out in Pateley Bridge and heads south, traveling via East Anglia to the West Country, and concluding in the Cirencester auction.

This leg kicks off in Bedfordshire at Woburn, and heads for that final auction in Cirencester.

VO: Woburn, sometimes pronounced Woe-burn, has been burned down and rebuilt three times, once by the Cavaliers during the Civil War.

The last fire was in 1724, so although it's over 1,000 years old, much of the village is Georgian.

So James, here we are, last leg.

Where's the shop?

Right in front of your eyes, James.

So here we go, you go in first.

VO: This is Woburn's old town hall, now full of antiques, and Anita has grabbed the dealer, Elvin, for a first peek in those cabinets.

In these little albums of photographs, the men are so solemn looking.

ELVIN: He's not too bad.

Well, he's not... ELVIN: You wouldn't have turned him down in your... AM: No, I don't think he's my type.

ELVIN: She's definitely not my type!

AM: (LAUGHS) AM: I quite like that.

ELVIN: Yeah?

Well we're asking £45 for that.

But what if I say 35?

Cuz I should say 40, but 35.

Aha.

What I'm looking to... What I would be looking to pay for that is nearer about 20.

ELVIN: No chance.

No chance.

AM: Is there no chance on that?

ELVIN: No chance.

I will go to £30 for it, cuz I'm feeling that... AM: Yeah.

Because I like it.

Yeah.

Well, I think at £30 you should make a few quid out of it.

There was another wee thing here which isn't a very expensive... VO: Anita's getting close.

Now, what's James up to in Elvin's cupboard?

JL: He said he'd bought some new bits and bobs.

That's an interesting thing.

That looks Chinese.

The massive market at the moment in silver is in China.

Chinese silver is so rare that it is making way above scrap.

Look at this little thing.

Anita bought one of these earlier on.

A little Georgian toothpick case.

Open it up, has a little mirror inside so you can see you haven't got spinach between your teeth, which I have to say is something I should probably use more often!

But there is the original Georgian... little silver toothpick, and what would you have on the other end of a toothpick but an ear spatula?

So you would delve that all the way down in your ear, and come out with a great big wodge of wax, and put it directly back in the box that you're gonna pick your teeth with later on!

I mean, really!

VO: The Georgians were also very fond of their ivory, but remember, the trade in ivory has been strictly controlled by the CITES international agreement of 1947.

Not sure whether that is actually copper or gold.

If you've got something that you're thinking might be gold or gold plated, if you rub it, the copper starts to smell, so... Oh, that smells of copper.

Unfortunately it's not gold.

It would have been nice.

But if in doubt, give it a rub.

VO: Let's leave him to it, shall we?

Because Anita's deal seems to have progressed.

Now, there's a page turner involved.

We've got 34 on the page turner.

Let's say 50 for the two?

50 for the two's not bad.

It's not bad at all, no.

They're nice things.

We don't have to apologize for them.

That's right.

And I like them.

I'm really tempted.

AM: (LAUGHS) I'm really tempted, I'm really tempted!

I'm like, "Go for them, Anita!"

I was trying to be modest!

Is there any... Is there any further movement?

Is there... ELVIN: I'm sorry Anita.

AM: ..a tweak of a movement?

I'm...

I'm... No, I'm very sorry, no, I'm going to be very hard, £50.

You're not being very hard, you're being very generous, and it's a deal.

ELVIN: Thank you very much.

AM: Thank you very much.

VO: Elvin, go and see what James is rubbing up in your cupboard.

I see you've found the bits and pieces I mentioned ELVIN: that were in here.

JL: Yeah, thank you.

Obviously Georgian, 18th century, nice thing.

How much could it be?

Well I really wanted £35 for it.

It's got a little bit of gold on it, of course.

Well I think it's brass, or copper rather, because I gave it a good old...

If you give it a rub, just smell that.

Yeah, it is actually, I know.

It is copper, isn't it?

It is copper!

I'll have to watch you!

Right.

I thought you might fall for it!

How much is the napkin ring?

Chinese one?

Yep.

£50.

Is it?

Is it that much?

It is Chinese, late 1930s, 20th century, isn't it?

And you know what the market is for that sort of thing.

What could you do on it?

I'll let you have it for 40.

40.

But no, I'm not going a penny less.

That's still a bit far for me.

VO: Something else?

Is he bulk buying here?

You can have that for a tenner.

A tenner.

VO: The silver pencil cover is £10.

Erm... what would that be?

Erm... 25 I would price at, you can have it for 20 if it helps you.

VO: And the silver match case is £20.

How much is the napkin ring?

Well it is a silver one, isn't it?

JL: It is, yeah.

ELVIN: Yeah.

A tenner.

VO: So, we've got a cheap napkin ring, a silver pencil holder and a match case, plus the Chinese napkin ring and the toothpick case - cor!

It comes to £105, the parcel.

All of that?

Yeah, £100 if you take them all.

Give you another fiver.

Cogs are whirring.

I'm thinking... how about 90 the lot?

It's against my better judgment, but OK. Yeah.

JL: You got a deal.

Thank you.

ELVIN: Thank you, thank you.

VO: (WHISTLES) That was quite something.

Now, time to find Anita and whisk her off.

Beetling from Woburn to nearby Buckingham, where Anita is heading directly to jail, without picking up 200.

Let's hope they don't keep me in too long!

JL: (LAUGHS) VO: Built in 1748 and later used as a police station, fire station and even an antiques shop, the Old Gaol has, since the '90s, been a museum.

AM: So Tony, these are the prison cells?

TONY: They're the original 12 cells.

And this chap here, would he have been the jailer?

TONY: He's an old fashioned peeler.

Right, right, a bobby?

Yes, in fact, this man was the superintendent.

VO: But Anita's here to see the exhibition dedicated to Flora Thompson, one of the area's finest chroniclers.

TONY: Flora Thompson wrote about her life as a child growing up in the North Oxfordshire countryside in the late 1800s in Juniper Hill, which is about nine miles from here.

Could Juniper Hill be Lark Rise?

Juniper Hill is Lark Rise.

VO: Thompson's semi-autobiographical Lark Rise To Candleford trilogy, which brilliantly evokes a now-vanished rural life, wasn't written until the 1940s, which is amazing.

In a way, it's a little bit of a miracle that a child from a poor, grindingly poor background could aspire to be one of our country's most celebrated local writers.

VO: Young Flora became an assistant postmistress, and with the help of the local library taught herself to be a writer.

In 1910, she won an essay competition in The Lady's Companion, and with the encouragement of her husband, soon began to earn a living with her stories, articles and poems.

Was it an idyllic look on rural life in Buckinghamshire?

It was a realistic look.

She wrote it as it was, without any embellishment.

VO: The fictional Candleford was partly based on Buckingham and also inspired by another local town, which is where James is heading now... ..traveling from Buckingham to Brackley.

But although Brackley has more than its fair share of splendid old buildings, James's next stop certainly isn't amongst them.

This antiques center has to be in the most unusual location of any antiques center I've ever been to.

I mean, it's actually in the basement of the supermarket, which is slightly weird, to say the least.

MAN: Hello.

JL: Hello.

Those are the most wonderful quality.

Hobnail cut, possibly Irish.

Got a pair of them.

So unusual to find a pair.

But... they've been drilled.

Some philistine has taken a drill... ..and drilled through the side of this decanter to make a lamp base out of it.

In perfect order with stoppers, £500-800.

Drilled, 12 quid.

And even at that, not worth buying.

VO: Fortunately for James, there are plenty of other things down here, and one cabinet he just can't take his eyes off.

Everything that's in here has got something about it.

Whoever owns this cabinet, I just love the taste, love his eye, love what he's picked.

That's a really good object.

It's silver topped, nicely hallmarked, we have the WC and the funny shaped cartouche for William Cummings, which is absolutely fantastic.

Bit of tortoiseshell in the top there known tortoiseshell pique, where the silver's inlaid into the tortoiseshell top.

It's got this great big deep cover, but the whole thing hinges back, then inside a ground stopper.

A lot of the time you see these called scent bottles, but they're not, they're for smelling salts.

When this was made, which was about, I should think about 1900, 1915, was a time when ladies wore very tight corsets, and of course the tight corsets meant they couldn't breathe very well.

When they were sort of feeling a little faint, they'd remove the smelling salts bottle and... (SNIFFS) ..take a bit of a whiff of that, and it would bring them round and give them a new vigor, but the other thing to say of course is that under the 1976 CITES legislation, trade in tortoiseshell, new tortoiseshell, is illegal, and rightly so.

This, though, it's been well gone for over 100 years.

What would that be, do you think?

I'll give him a call.

That's a...

Thank you.

Again, it needs to be... DEALER: A lot less.

JL: Yeah.

DEALER: Mm-hm.

This is a funny little object.

It's made from just stamped tin, as cheap as you can find, but it's marked "HRH Prince Albert's Cashew Aromatise", or Aroma-tease.

Isn't that great?

And there's a little sliding thing there that releases a hole, so I guess it's the equivalent of a 19th century Tic Tac box, and you would shake out a little mint to refresh your breath.

DEALER: Alright then.

Thank you, bye.

He can do that for 55.

55.

Think he'd take 45 for it?

We can try him.

Would you give him a go for me?

Yeah, sure.

JL: Thank you.

DEALER: OK.

If he could take 45 that would be - and just...

Ask him what that is?

Yeah, there doesn't seem to be any price with it.

Thank you.

£45 is fine for it.

I mean, it's worth the 55, but on a bad day it might make 60.

Righty-oh, 45.

OK. And he says you can HAVE that.

Really?

In the deal?

DEALER: Yes.

(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: Phew, that's enough to make anyone come over all faint!

A nice item at a good price, plus a free gift.

It's been a busy day, you two.

Good night.

VO: Day two, and we're no nearer an understanding of the rules of rugger.

AM: Kid on that England are winning, "Oh, that's another goal for England, hooray!"

JL: Try, conversion and penalty, you don't get goals.

AM: A dry conversion?

VO: Yesterday, Anita hit two home runs and no, that's not a bat, it's a page turner.

She also bought a photo album and spent just £50, leaving her with £446.72 to spend today.

Can I take you round there?

You can take me wherever you like, I'm yours for the day.

Aw!

VO: Whilst James kept the scorers very busy indeed, totting up a small pile of silver, a toothpick case with toothpick, a mint box and a smelling salt bottle.

That little lot cost him £105, leaving £720.72 to spend today.

It is copper, isn't it?

I'll have to watch you!

VO: They are heading for that auction in Cirencester, but starting out first in Woodstock.

Not to be confused with the site of the 1969 rock festival, Oxfordshire's Woodstock - the name means clearing in the woods - is an altogether different sort of place.

Although King Aethelred the Unready did apparently once hold an assembly here, no mention, ever, of any hippies, or old rockers like Anita.

DEALER: Copenhagen.

AM: Copenhagen.

DEALER: (HUMS) Now this is a sweet wee figure, and I always like this porcelain.

I love it because of the quality of the glaze, it's always highly glazed, and their figures are wonderful.

Now, what I'd like to look for buying it is... ..within a region of between.. £20-25.

You're not going to get it for £25.

I'm not going to get it for 25?

And I'm certainly not going to get it for 22?

AM: (LAUGHS) That's pretty logical Anita, you've worked that one out well!

I know, I know!

I've got to try, Mike, I've got to try.

I can do 35, which is pretty good, and I will, but that is it.

Don't come back and say 32.

If you could bring that down to maybe about 30, AM: it would be... DEALER: What did I say to you?

35, Anita, that...

Honestly, believe me, you and I know that is alright.

It is.

AM: If you are able to be persuaded to come... VO: Anita, you are shameless!

£32, that's it.

Alright?

I said I wouldn't go to 32, but I'm not... £32, there it is.

Look at you!

I'm tempted on it!

DEALER: I should think you are!

AM: Could you come to 30?

No!

32.

Should I take it?

Yeah, take it.

You'll be alright.

Take a punt?

OK, right, I'll take your advice.

You're a darling.

You're beautiful, thank you very much.

VO: But away from the heady delights of downtown Woodstock, James is still on the road, driving from Woodstock to Kingston Bagpuize.

JL: Whilst Anita's finding all the treasures of Oxfordshire, Kingston Bagpuize - there it is, a wonderful private home owned by Ginny.

Hopefully we're in for a treasure here.

VO: The place gets its curious name from the Bacquepuis family - Normans who lived here for over 200 years after the conquest - but the current house dates mostly from the early 18th century.

JL: Ginny.

GINNY: Very nice to meet you.

And you.

What a wonderful house!

How did your family come to get this?

1939, Grace Charlotte Raphael - Aunt Marlie to us... Aunt Marlie!

Lovely!

GINNY: ..purchased this house.

JL: '39?

Now '39's an incredible time to be buying a big house like this.

She moved in in June and the war started in September.

Gosh!

It was used.

We had evacuees from the London Blitz upstairs.

So it played its part in the war?

It played its part in the war, and she was a special constable.

That was partly so she had fuel for her Rolls Royce!

(CHUCKLES) Fantastic!

So, I mean, tell me about it.

Well it's this beautiful symmetry.

Each window is balanced.

This window here, you can see it's boarded up, because it's actually behind the staircase.

Really?

So they built the house, knowing that the staircase is going to block the window, but they put a window in there anyway.

Yes.

VO: The staircase, built in the 1720s, dominates the entrance hall, with a handsome polished handrail supported on a turned balustrade.

Oh, and what a staircase!

It's pretty impressive, isn't it?

It's worth blocking up a window for that staircase!

It is indeed, because of course this is where that window would be, just there, matching this one here.

It was painted until 1920, when it was stripped.

I mean, the idea of having all this wood stripped just leaves me... amazed, but that's what happened.

VO: Although the house is open to the public, it remains a family home, beautifully proportioned and furnished with some very fine pieces, quite a bit of it French.

Wow!

An amazing view.

GINNY: I know.

JL: Wonderful!

Goodness me.

So would this have been the first approach to the house?

Yes.

Until about 1860.

Wow!

VO: Hey, even the trees are symmetrical!

JL: That is amazing.

VO: In the dining room, there's a portrait of Ginny's Aunt Marlie when she was aged just three, and throughout the house there are reminders of her ownership.

In 1935, Marlie Raphael toured the Far East, and returned with a lifelong interest in all things Chinese, and one very practical item.

I have to say, I prefer my pillows feather!

Yes!

It is as early as it looks, isn't it?

Yes, depending on how early you think it is.

(CHUCKLES) It looks to be 14th century.

I think it's probably 13th.

13th, yeah.

I have to say, I've seen them in books I've never touched one.

(LAUGHS) VO: Meanwhile, back in Woodstock, Anita's taking a keen interest in some blue plates but they're not Chinese.

These are German, so they're pre-1914.

They're transfer printed, and they don't have huge quality.

It's the type of thing that, if you can get it for the right price, then it might do well in the saleroom.

And we've got a pair - that's important.

I love cabinets like this, and I love little figures, and I'm being immediately drawn to that sweet little clown.

Isn't he a wee darling?

He's a darling.

Quite nicely molded.

Good color, good condition - look at these toes here.

They are so vulnerable, but they're in perfect condition.

It's Rosenthal.

Good German make.

Probably from about the 1930s.

VO: Watch out Mike - Anita's coming back for more.

So we've got three items here.

Yep.

These - Victorian or Edwardian, no quality at all, churned out... DEALER: Yep, absolutely.

AM: ..transfer printed.

But we have got a pair there, and let me see this wee guy.

How's about... will you sell me him for a tenner?

MIKE: (CHUCKLES) Yeah, great, I was...

There I was, I was thinking, I'm gonna say yes to whatever you say Anita... AM: Oh right!

MIKE: ..cuz that's fair enough.

Er, a tenner?

AM: I know.

MIKE: For a Rosenthal clown?

But Rosenthal isn't a big deal.

And the other thing is, see these toes?

They're in perfect condition now.

If I buy these, I have to transport them to the auction.

These are so vulnerable, and they're vulnerable in there, with all these people going in and out of the cabinet.

I've heard it all now!

So I've got to be responsible for your transporting them?

I tell you what, I'll chuck in a load of bubble wrap and do his little toes up.

How about... You can have these two for a tenner.

There you are.

There's no damage on them, is there?

No no.

So you'll sell me them for a tenner?

I will indeed.

Will you give me the two of them for 20 quid?

Right, you're saying 20, and I'm saying 10...

Right, make it 25.

AM: Go on, do the both of them for 20.

20 quid?

Go on.

I can't be... Well done.

You're a darling.

It's only because it's my last buy!

Yeah, yeah, yeah... VO: Great stuff Anita.

Oh look - James is on his way, hoping to spend some of that pile of his.

I'm looking for the town hall.

Ah, is this it?

The town hall apparently has an antiques sale on.

VO: The great thing about antiques fairs is that many of the dealers you find there don't have shops, so their stock arrives fresh to the market and longing for a buyer - sometimes with a beard.

Could I see the mirror please?

Thank you.

This is a rococo revival easel dressing table mirror.

It's something I fell in love with, because, I mean, you just don't see mirrors on that scale.

What is it, 1900, 1910, something like that?

Um, 1903.

William Cummings.

William Cummings?

I've just bought a little smelling salts bottle...

Right.

..previously by William Cummings.

A good maker.

What could that be?

What would you...?

Well, I've got 695 on it, so I'd be looking for, erm... 500.

Gosh, £500.

VO: Is he about to take a huge gamble on the very, very last day?

What would be your rock bottom on it?

425?

Got little tiny bits of damage on the edge.

I'd be worried if there wasn't, to be honest.

Yeah, true, very good point - it's 100 years old, isn't it?

400, rock bottom.

VO: Go on - you've got over £700, James!

I'd be looking more around 320, something like that.

Couldn't do it James, sorry.

JL: No?

DEALER: No.

340 any good?

No, sorry, I couldn't.

There's... Can you move a little bit?

DEALER: No, four would... JL: Is the death.

I've moved... considerably, I think, on that.

OK. Of what I think it's... JL: I don't think we're gonna get there.

Shame, cuz I like it.

Yeah, so do I.

It's a big lump.

And the best maker you're likely to find as well.

Yeah.

It is.

There we go.

Alright.

Mm, it's too much for me.

DEALER: You'll regret it.

JL: (SIGHS) It's such a nice mirror.

Aw!

I love it, I really do.

Last offer - 380 quid.

Go on then.

380 quid - you've got a deal.

JL: My God, what HAVE I done?

VO: Well done.

Thank you very much.

I'm gonna go and have a swift gin and tonic!

Thank you.

VO: But before turning to drink, he's nipped into the shop that Anita almost emptied earlier.

What's left then James?

Now obviously they're silver.

They're obviously tortoiseshell.

They're hallmarked 1913.

JL: OK. DEALER: They've got a price on them of £65... ..and they could be yours at £30.

£30.

These little silver-mounted clothes brushes aren't going to make me a huge profit.

They're not gonna be anything that excites the auction room.

I've spent some whacking great money on that mirror, and I think I just need to play it a little bit safe with the last purchase.

For less than £30 they're worth buying.

You said 30 - would you do them at 20?

Silver's just come out of the cabinet, I've just checked them, they're warm.

I can do 25 and that is it.

There's not a lot of silver on them!

25, tortoiseshell and silver, they're going to be alright at that, aren't they?

22 quid and you've got a deal.

Oh go on, that's it.

You've got a deal.

Thank you very much.

Right, OK. Well done you.

VO: Now, it's been a bit of a rollercoaster really.

What DID they buy?

The first thing that I bought - you know, I rated it... (RATTLING) ..so much I didn't even wrap it.

(THEY CHUCKLE) Is it a load of old tin?

Not far off.

Right.

I mean, it's not sort of making my temperature rise.

No, nor mine.

(THEY CHUCKLE) What do you think they're worth?

The pencil, I thought... £10-15?

Mm, is that it?

Did you think more?

I thought maybe 20.

Sometimes I'm a wee bit conservative.

You're mean.

You're mean, that's what it is!

So anyway, there we go.

Well, I'll show you my first item.

I like photograph items, and I think this is a particularly nice one.

We have maybe 50 or 60 family photographs in there.

Ooh.

What did you pay?

£30.

Oh blimey.

Well, I think that's 15-love to you.

VO: OK, deja vu all over again.

AM: (CHUCKLES) That's a lovely wee thing!

(THEY CHUCKLE) That's absolutely gorgeous.

But I seem to remember that I lost money on mine.

That's 25 quid.

Oh James!

How did you get that for 25 quid?

I offered him £25 and he said "yes"!

(THEY LAUGH) VO: Sincerest form of flattery, they say.

What will he make of her page turner?

That's your art-nouveau inspiration?

That's your favorite period, isn't it?

I know.

But I think it's quite a sweet thing.

JL: How much was it?

AM: £20.

JL: That's fine.

Good, OK. AM: Yeah.

VO: How about James's smelly items?

Oh yes, that's lovely.

Tortoiseshell top, inlaid with silver.

JL: Yeah.

Condition is so important AM: in this type of item.

JL: Perfect.

Perfect.

I love that, and I would have that on my dressing table.

Well, that would grace anybody's dressing table or bijouterie cabinet, wouldn't it?

I mean, I really like that.

But it came with this.

Oh no, here he goes again!

Yep, that's what I did.

So what you gonna do with it?

I don't know.

It's Prince Albert's breath freshening mints.

Have you got something else you can put that with?

I mean, you might even be able to put it with your wee silver things, but that should be on its own.

VO: Sage advice Anita.

This wee cheeky chappie captured my imagination.

He's great, I like him.

You like him?

Yeah.

What did you pay?

£10.

You are joking.

Do you think that's a good price, James?

Do I think...?

You know that's a good price!

JL: Don't... AM: I'm only kidding you.

VO: Were those brushes a daft buy?

I like these.

I would like them better if they were in a case, but I think that these ones were probably part of a bigger set.

Yes.

Absolutely.

VO: Watch out James - more figurines.

Some more little Ladro?

No, it's Royal Copenhagen.

Pre-1950s, and I think the subject matter is charming.

The little child with her doll.

That's...

It doesn't... no?

It's not for you?

But I mean people will find that appealing and charming.

She'd have been much nicer holding a rabbit or something like that.

A rabbit?

Now wait for this.

James, that is a very impressive piece.

Do we have a maker?

It's William Cummings.

Right.

So again, it's a very good maker.

So, I blew £380 on this lot.

JL: (GULPS) It'll either... crash and you'll overtake me in the last lot, or...

Fingers crossed, fingers crossed!

Or it might just take me over £1,000 profit.

I don't know.

You like a wee gamble?

JL: Not normally, no!

(THEY CHUCKLE) OK, next item is a pair of blue and white wall plaques.

Oh right.

They're German, from before the First World War.

They're not bad, James.

JL: No.

AM: They're not great.

No, no, absolutely.

And blue and white has gone out of fashion a wee bit.

JL: How much were they?

AM: A tenner.

Oh!

They've got to be worth more than that!

It has been wonderful James, and I have loved it.

Give me a big kiss.

VO: How sweet.

Time to get the knives out!

Anita has done a classic Anita trick - she's been so careful.

There is no risk there whatsoever, and she's bought some nice little buys.

This is the last leg, and the last reveal has been very, very interesting.

It may show us that the show isn't over... ..until the fat lady sings.

VO: That sounds like a battle cry if ever I've heard one.

After starting out in Woburn, this final leg of our trip will conclude in Cirencester.

AM: Here we are James, our very last auction.

AM: I'm gonna miss you!

JL: I'm gonna miss you too, I feel really quite sad!

AM: You sentimental old fool!

VO: And so, while Cirencester folk take a closer look at the lots, let's hear what auctioneer Philip Horwood thinks of what Anita and James have bought.

Rosenthal clown, good-looking piece of art-deco-style porcelain.

I'd expect it to make £50-80, that sort of area, to a collector.

Then we come to the mirror, which is by far and away the best piece.

A good example, and I think I'd put £800-1200 on it.

Should be around that sort of level.

VO: Anita began with £496.72 and she spent a total of £102 on five auction lots.

Don't let my smiles make any difference to you!

I won't, they're 30 quid.

VO: James started out with £855.72 and he spent £537, also on five lots.

My God, what have I done?!

VO: Anita's hopes may be faint, but because James spent so much on that mirror, right now she has more cash.

So James, whitewash or Anita comeback?

Now, she's teeing off.

Righty-ho, here we go!

The German oval pottery wall plates there.

£30-40?

20 to get on, going to bid £20?

Come on, come on!

A tenner, £10, got to be £10 surely?

Anybody £10?

10 I'm bid there, the lady, at £10.

12 if you like now, 12, 15, 18, 20, 20, at £20.

At £20, right in front of me then still, at £20, you all sure?

20 it is.

All that adrenalin over 20 quid!

I know!

VO: Well, she won't topple James like that, I can tell you.

I was a wee bit worried when they started off.

So was I, blimey.

VO: Now, what will this little bottle do?

If it makes 80 I'm happy.

If it makes 120 I'm ecstatic.

And I can here on the book at £40 only, £40 I have here.

At £40 and five, 50, five, 60.

PHILIP: Five, 70, at 70 with me.

JL: Come on, keep going.

Five now, five, 80.

PHILIP: Five, 90, five.

JL: Go on.

Sell at 95, 100 now.

At 95 - 100, thank you.

Go on.

PHILIP: 110 you mean, sir?

JL: Go on.

Another, 110.

Am I gonna be ecstatic?

Yes!

120 to me now sir.

120.

That's it, go on!

130 if you like.

At 120.

On my left at 120, 130.

That's a good result.

140 now.

At £130.

Go on!

130 it is.

Ecstatic, James?

That's good, I'm pleased with that.

VO: Yup, that's a great result, putting him in the lead.

And next is... ..my favorite of yours.

The Rosenthal figure of a clown.

It's lovely.

And I can start you on the book here at £50 only, £50.

Five, 60, five, 70, five, 80.

At £80 with me, five, 90.

Go on!

PHILIP: Five, 100.

At £100 here.

JL: Go on.

In the back!

110, 120, the book's out at 120 on my right now.

130.

At £130, you all sure now then at 130?

JL: Yes!

Brilliant, well done.

Yeah.

Now that is a cracking result, isn't it?

VO: Yes!

Anita's back in the race!

Next lot is your mixed lot.

Yeah, I...

I don't know.

I know, you've blown it James!

I know!

VO: Well, possibly.

I see that thanks to Anita, the mint box has been included.

At £50 I have here, 55, 60, five, 70 with me.

At £70, five now, five.

80, five, 90, five.

JL: Go on!

PHILIP: 100.

And 10, at 110, 120 now?

Here on the book then at 110.

110.

JL: Knew it all along!

AM: I'll eat my words!

(THEY LAUGH) VO: James is narrowly in the lead.

I think you managed to squirm out of that one!

I'm good at squirming.

VO: Now for Anita's photo album Who'll start me?

50?

£20?

£20 bid there, five.

30, five.

40, five.

50, five.

At 55 on the left now, 55, 60 now.

At £55 on my left here then.

JL: Go on.

PHILIP: At £55.

You all sure?

AM: Aw!

JL: There was no JL: persuading them was there?

AM: Touch and go, touch and go.

That's alright, that's alright James.

VO: Nothing to get too excited about though.

No, I think it did well at 55, I'm happy.

VO: Next, the hygienic ear and tooth picking device.

Toothpick and ear spoon, there we go, a combination ear spoon!

(THEY LAUGH) At £30, bid there at 30.

Five if you like now, five.

40, five, 50, five, 60.

At £60, it's selling right in front of me here.

Five.

65, 70 anyone?

At 70.

JL: Ooh, go on.

PHILIP: Five.

At £75, how could you do without an ear spoon?

At £75, you all sure?

75.

He did well.

He did well.

That was the right price for it.

Yeah, it was, he did well there.

VO: Keeps him out in front.

Not a bad profit Mr Lewis.

No, absolutely, happy with that.

VO: Now, all the way from Copenhagen... Got to start you at 18 only, at 18 on the book here.

AM: Ah!

PHILIP: At 18, take 20 now.

At £18, 20, two, 25, on the books now at 25, 30 now, 30, five.

At 35 on my left here.

35, 40 anywhere?

At £35, it's on my left then at 35.

319.

JL: Told you - rabbit.

Rabbit.

AM: Aw, I... Would have been better with a rabbit.

VO: A loss after commission.

Stop rabbiting on!

VO: Will your brushes do much better James?

£30 to get on.

20 then, nice little pair of clothes brushes at £20.

There's no dog owners in here.

PHILIP: A tenner.

JL: Oh come on!

I agree with you!

£10!

At 10, thank you madam, 10, 12.

They're worth that!

18.

At £18, 20 if you like now.

20.

At £20, you all sure now?

Stop laughing!

25.

At 25.

Go on.

30 now sir.

Go on!

£25, you all done?

25.

AM: Aw!

25.

JL: Disaster!

They were a lot of junk!

JL: They were... (THEY CHUCKLE) VO: She has a point.

Going off you rapidly!

VO: Anita's back in it.

But could she thrash him with this?

Here it is, here it is.

20.

10 to get on, got to be a tenner.

£5 then, five I'm bid there.

Seven.

At seven, 10, 12, 15.

At 15 at the back now, 15, 18 if you like now.

At 15, 18.

Go on!

PHILIP: 20.

Two.

AM: Yes!

25.

28.

28, 30 now.

At 28, 30.

Five.

40.

At £40 it is, five.

At 45, on my right at 45.

50 now.

At £45, you all sure?

(GAVEL) PHILIP: 45 it is.

AM: That's a good result.

JL: Well done.

I think you helped it along as well James!

Well... that's double your money!

VO: A good turn, but will it be enough?

JL: Do you know, whatever happens, this road trip has been the best time ever.

I've...

I've loved it, you know.

Absolutely loved it.

It's been great fun.

You've got lipstick!

Don't care!

Really enjoyed it.

VO: That's enough of that canoodling, it's all down to James's biggest ever spend.

They're neck and neck, but even a modest return on the mirror will give him overall victory.

Start me five to get on.

PHILIP: £300 for the mirror.

AM: Come on, come on.

The William Cummings mirror there for £300 only.

200?

200 I'm bid, thank you.

At 200.

Jeez.

220 now if you like, 220.

Go on.

240 if you like, 240.

260.

At 260 here.

JL: Come on!

PHILIP: 260, 280.

At 280, 300 if you like now.

At 280, 300 now then.

At 280.

No way!

At two...

It's selling here, 280.

300.

320.

It's selling here at £320.

340.

360.

380.

400.

At 400.

Go on!

£400, it's selling though.

You all sure?

(GAVEL) PHILIP: 400 it is.

JL: Well, it's a loss.

VO: Yes, after commission.

Someone has got themselves a huge bargain.

Knew it was a gamble.

VO: James wins the war, but today's little battle goes to Anita.

After paying auction costs, Anita's made a profit of £131.17, so she has a very respectable final total of £628.42.

James, on the other hand, made, after auction costs, just £69.80 today, but he's finished up with an excellent £925.52 for the week.

And remember, all those profits go to Children In Need.

JL: The last auction, dear me.

AM: It's been great fun.

JL: I've enjoyed every minute, you know.

AM: Every single minute.

JL: Yeah.

VO: Aw.

What a lovely couple they make.

AM: A cup of tea now James?

Cup of tea?

I could do with a pint at the local!

AM: (LAUGHS) Aw well, I'll take you to the local hostelry darling.

JL: Come on then.

VO: What a week it's been.

The ever so cheeky James Lewis... Hello, darling!

VO: ..and the ever so crafty Anita Manning.

No!

Hello!

VO: They've had their ups... AM: Oh, wait a minute!

Squee-gee!

VO: ..and their downs, but have become firm friends.

JL: It's a lovely country, I've told you!

VO: Next time, the glory of Scotland.

CHARLIE: I can't see where we're going!

VO: Featuring Charlie Ross and James Braxton.

I've never had a better view of the Highlands, Brackers!

AUCTIONEER: 1,200 online.

1200, Brackers!

It's all over!

VO: It's quite a ride!

CHARLIE: Brackers, are you with me?

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