VOICEOVER (VO): It's the nation's favorite antiques experts with £200 each...

I love that.

VO: ..a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

Yippee!

My heart's slightly racing.

VO: The aim?

To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.

There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

Evening all!

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

ANITA: Jonny, are we going to end up in a dead end?

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

VO: Yeah!

VO: This week we have a brand new pair of experts packing their suitcases for a road trip adventure - Anita Manning and Jonathan Pratt.

(BAGPIPES PLAY) VO: They're kicking off north of the border in bonnie Scotland - och aye the noo!

JONATHAN (JP): I do like seeing the rolling hills and I do like the grass and the smell of the, you know, the cow poo.

(ANITA LAUGHS) JP: And all that sort of stuff.

VO: Sorry Jonathan, it's not the country we're starting in - it's the biggest city in Scotland.

VO: Anita Manning belongs to Glasgow and was the first female auctioneer in Scotland and she knows what she likes.

Of course, I love art nouveau.

VO: And she knows how to make grown men wince.

Could these be bought for five?

Five pounds?

Mm-hm.

(SQUEAKILY) Mmm... VO: This is Jonathan Pratt.

He's also an auctioneer and he's also very, very, very decisive.

I don't know what to do!

VO: And he's rather an astute fellow.

I guess stuffed heads is off the menu though.

VO: Our couple of darling antiques experts will begin their adventure with £200 each.

Their chariot of choice is the stylish 1964 MG. JP: I'm quite nervous about this, actually.

ANITA: Why?

Just because I did so badly in the last two.

Aw, forget about that.

We're here just to have a nice time, Jonathan!

No, no, I'm on holiday... VO: Oh dear - has Jonathan got a bout of the old nerves?

Hmm.

Wonder why they're stopping in the middle of the road too.

VO: Anita and Jonathan are traveling over 400 miles from the city of Glasgow all the way to Llangefni on the island of Anglesey.

The first pin on the map is the bustling city of Glasgow and they will auction in the Renfrewshire town of Paisley.

ANITA: We're coming up to George Square with the City Chambers here.

JP: Who's this chap here?

ANITA: That's Robert Peel there.

I think that chap's Queen Victoria.

JP: Oh.

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Glasgow is renowned for its strong shipbuilding history and wondrous architecture.

During the Victorian and Edwardian times it was known as the second city of the British Empire.

But oh dear - they've arrived and they've run into a spot of bother.

ANITA: This is the pride of Glasgow Police!

POLICE OFFICER: Haud on till I get on it!

VO: Anita loves a man in uniform.

Well, several of them actually.

And with the help of our boys in blue, they've managed to get to safety.

But the thing is we're not going to get very far with that thing.

We've got a long, long way to go.

VO: Ah, a road trip wouldn't be a road trip without a good old breakdown, hey?

I think that we should have a wee walk in Glasgow and our first shops are not too far away, they're just up there.

JP: OK. ANITA: Shall we do that?

You're a local, you can show me around.

Yeah, I'll take you round.

VO: Good job Anita knows the city like the back of her hand.

She knows exactly where the antique shops are.

Well Jonathan, your shop's just down there.

You've got 200 quid.

Good luck, Jonny.

Thank you very much!

And you, take care.

See you later.

VO: Let's follow Anita.

Her first shop of the day is Vintage & Retro, owned by John.

JOHN: Anita!

ANITA: Hello!

VO: Hello John.

JOHN: Hello, hello.

ANITA: Lovely to see you!

And you.

It's lovely to see you, aw!

VO: Big kisses at this time of the day?

Well, I suppose she knows everyone round here.

This is a lovely piece, absolutely lovely.

It's a little biscuit barrel.

The glass is acid etched here with this art nouveau pattern, and it's sitting on this wonderful WMF mount.

I love it to bits.

VO: This biscuit barrel was made by the highly prized German WMF factory.

WMF - or W rttembergische Metallwarenfabrik - that's easy for me to say - was a highly prized German factory that became strongly influenced by art nouveau at the turn of the century.

This delightful object has a ticket price of £105.

I'd like to be buying it in the region of £50.

VO: Oh gosh.

ANITA: Is that possible?

That's a lot less than I paid for it, Anita.

Is it?

That's a lot less than I paid for it.

Right, well we don't want you to be...

Losing money.

No.

No, no.

No, we can't have that.

VO: No, no, no, we can't have that.

ANITA: Could you go to 60?

63.

63?

Yes.

Let's do it, it's a deal John.

That's great.

OK.

Thank you so much, it's been great.

I hope you do well with it.

Uh-huh.

VO: What a stylish first buy and John's found something else to tantalize Anita.

JOHN: The Scandinavian silver coffee spoons.

ANITA: These are lovely.

The design is good.

I like this sort of...

This naturalistic handle here, I think that's just very, very sweet.

JOHN: It's very typical of Scandinavian art nouveau, isn't it?

ANITA: Yeah.

Are they expensive, John?

25.

25?

JOHN: And that would include a damn good clean.

Do you do a cleaning service?

Have you got a pair of marigolds?!

A polish, a polish.

Could you do them for 20?

You do them for 20?

Go on.

Aw right, OK, that's a double deal!

Another deal.

Aw, that's wonderful.

VO: While Anita's been splashing the cash, Jonathan's having a stroll to his first shop in Glasgow town.

Ah, morning.

Hello, good morning.

How are you?

Very very good, you?

VO: Jonathan's usually a bit nervy, but perhaps even more so now that we're on Anita's home turf.

It's hardly fair, is it?

In past road trips, young Jonathan has gained a reputation as a ditherer.

Thankfully, owner Marco points him in the right direction.

You're saying £55 each?

Yep.

Each pair.

They're 55 each but I come and go with you no problem.

JP: I walked straight past these too because this shape is just so...

It just doesn't look like a typical Georgian chair.

MARCO: Yep.

Ah, they're terribly unfashionable though, these chairs nowadays.

You know, you've got a nice pair of bedroom chairs...

I'd give you £30 the pair.

That's the best you can do?

You know, have a think, or... what would you say?

I can sell that to you.

Can you?

That's no problem.

(HE LAUGHS) I am now the proud owner of a pair of chairs!

You're happy about it!

VO: Blimey - has Jonathan turned over a new leaf?

JP: 40, there you go.

VO: Look at this!

Well, that's one down.

I'm on a roll, I'm on fire!

VO: Don't get too big for your boots though, JP.

Anyway, Marco has another shop a hop and a skip and a jump away and he selects a little silver something for Jonathan.

MARCO: It's quite an interesting piece.

It's a bit of a weight, isn't it?

OK, so it was a cigar lighter.

Although that doesn't sit right, why would that have gone in like that?

I don't think that actually belongs to this one.

No, I think...

It's more like somebody actually put that one on top of this.

It's from circa 1900.

This piece is actually original.

That goes...

But that isn't, so that starts with that, OK, so that's fine for that, so what would have sat... Would something have sat in there?

That to me is a cigar lighter, sits there like a little Roman candle sort of thing, like a lantern.

MARCO: That's right, yeah.

The price for that one, you can have it for maybe 85?

JP: £85... You can have them for 85, yeah.

VO: Nothing like plonking it down, Jonathan.

How about... ..60 for the two?

If you can give me £70 you can have it.

60 and I'll walk away.

OK, I'll do that for you, 60.

OK?

Well done.

I can probably...

I can knock off now!

VO: What a smarty pants, but I'm quite liking the new look, tough-talking Jonathan, don't you?

And he's even finished ahead of Anita.

Oh great - the motor's back.

ANITA: Hey Jonathan!

JP: Ahh... ANITA: Did you have a good time?

Here it is, look.

Aw, well done, did you fix that yourself?

Oh yeah, of course I did.

I know a lot about cars, you see.

Right.

Did you have a big key to wind it up?

(LAUGH) VO: Don't joke yet Anita!

Young Jonathan is kindly dropping Anita off at Glasgow's much loved Grand Central Hotel.

JP: There we go.

Oh well, I'm looking forward to this - a bit of luxury!

VO: Since its opening in 1883, this hotel has been a renowned Glasgow landmark.

In 1879, the main train hub of Glasgow was opened by Caledonian Railways and the neighboring Central Hotel just four years later.

Designed by Scottish architect Robert Rowand Anderson, he adapted the Queen Anne style, which incorporates picturesque details, intricate gables and multi-paneled windows.

Sadly, to make way for the building of the hotel and railway, the village of Grahamston had to be cleared, and 600 villagers watched as their homes and businesses were flattened.

In the halcyon days of railway travel, the poshest hotel in town was often attached to the railway station, where the good and the great would stay.

Anita is meeting with authors of a recently published book on the history of this glorious hotel, Bill Hicks and Jill Scott.

ANITA: Wow, this is quite splendid.

Now, I mean, why did Glasgow need a hotel like this?

You know, I suppose it would be the equivalent of the Ritz or the Dorchester in London.

Did Glasgow need something like this?

Oh, without doubt, and the Caledonian Railway Company knew that because when they made this building, it had 390 bedrooms and room for 250 servants.

This city was just so bustling and vibrant with industry.

This was the nearest hotel to the Broomielaw.

You could sail from the Broomielaw to Hong Kong, Singapore.

ANITA: So this was really the hub of commerce, and when we look at this ballroom we can see that it was a place for great events and dinners and dances and so on.

JILL: Yes.

VO: And as the hotel grew in splendor and majesty, it was the number one location for many a famous face.

BILL: Laurel and Hardy, Charlton Heston, Bob Hope.

ANITA: So we were talking about Hollywood royalty.

BILL: Hollywood, yes.

I heard a story that Roy Rogers stayed here... and Trigger stayed, and Trigger's suite was more fancy than Roy Rogers'!

Oh, well, some of that is true!

BILL: That's a myth, that's a myth.

Trigger didn't actually stay in the hotel.

He was stabled outside.

But he was photographed walking up the main staircase.

VO: The hotel also took part in a historic first in 1927.

BILL: John Logie Baird... ANITA: Television.

..had some of his first pictures transmitted to the hotel.

The transmission was made from London to a room on the fourth floor in the hotel.

ANITA: And that was the very, very first television pictures?

JILL: Yes it was indeed.

BILL: Over a distance, yes, uh huh.

Why did he choose this hotel?

Well, it was really just because...

It was because of its situation, because if you can imagine that they had a lot of equipment and they had this equipment coming up from London on the train, so they didn't want to lug it about all over Glasgow.

There's the hotel, it's right on the doorstep, take it off the train, into the hotel, up to the fourth floor.

VO: Another memorable feature was the Grand's Malmaison restaurant, which attracted those with a discerning palate for nearly 60 years.

Feeling peckish?

Well, in 1959 one could start off with Marmite soup for four shillings, move on to spag bol for five and sixpence, and round off with a delectable crème caramel for three shillings - a grand total of 12 and sixpence - that's 62½p in today's money.

A glass of vino, of course, would be extra.

Sadly, we must leave the glitz and glamour of the Grand Central Hotel behind and catch up with Jonathan, who's on a jaunt for more antiques - and looking stylish.

He's taking the high road to the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.

(BAGPIPES PLAY) VO: Ah, isn't it lovely?

Loch Lomond has much beauty to offer and luckily for Jonathan, an antiques center too.

What do you call this?

Is this a Tam O'Shanter?

Yeah, it's right up Anita's street this, isn't it?

It's probably her head size as well.

VO: Oh lordy.

Perfect.

VO: Stop monkeying about, Jonathan, and get stuck in.

JP: Och aye.

VO: Hmm...

He has a rather bird-like approach when he's searching for treasures, but owner Brian has uncovered something for Jonathan's inspection.

Gosh, it's heavy, isn't it?

Is that bronze?

If so, it's been cleaned to an inch of its life.

Japanese mark on the bottom, which I can't read.

VO: Ha!

Can't even work out which way up it's meant to go!

VO: Oh gosh.

The base is loose on the bottom, it's coming out, it's splitting.

And you can see, if you look inside, you can actually see daylight anyway, if you look inside.

Can you see through?

VO: Oh yes, look.

JP: I'm going to ask the chap anyway I think.

Price on it is 145.

145.

JP: I've only got £110 left.

And I don't think I'd even want to put that on it, to be honest.

BRIAN: We could call it 90.

Oh dear.

I don't really want to blow all my money on the first day!

Like that!

Oh, go on then.

Go on then.

VO: Well, he's certainly changeable.

Go on then.

Thank you.

Alright, alright, alright.

VO: That's enough roamin' in the gloamin' for one day.

Watch out for the van!

Oof - nighty night.

VO: Our gal and our guy are enjoying the morning sunshine as they begin a brand new day.

So how are you finding Glasgow?

Have you understood the Glasgow accent?

JP: Huh?

(ANITA LAUGHS) VO: So far Anita has spent £83 on two lots - the art nouveau biscuit box and the set of art nouveau Danish silver teaspoons, leaving a sum of £117 for the day ahead.

And Jonathan has spent £180 on three lots - the pair of 18th century walnut chairs, the silver lot comprising the cigar lighter and the silver ewer, and the Japanese bronze vase.

Yikes!

He's only got £20 left.

They're still in the delightful city of Glasgow and Anita is dropping Jonathan off on the banks of the Clyde - well, not literally.

JP: Have to make sure my sea legs are working today.

Aye, don't get seasick Jonathan!

Aw wow, isn't that wonderful?

JP: That is amazing.

Maybe I could get up to the crow's nest.

That'd be cool, wouldn't it?

Well... OK?

Thank you very much for the lift.

Have a lovely day.

Morning, at least.

Happy shopping.

VO: We'll catch up with Jonathan and his nautical adventure later, but for now, like most girls, Anita's keen to get shopping.

She's starting her buying spree in Ruthven Mews in the heart of Glasgow's west end.

Anita finds co-owner Derek to get down to business.

DEREK: The gold one here?

ANITA: Uh-huh.

It's got a modernist look about it which I quite like.

DEREK: It certainly has.

But it's probably, I would say, sort of 1950s, 1960s.

DEREK: It's very hard to sell brooches generally these days.

VO: Don't tell her that, Derek!

It's two-tone as well, which means it's a little bit interesting.

Two-tone, that's right.

It has this sort of satin finish.

DEREK: I think it was bought in Wales, if that's any help.

Oh right.

Maybe it's Welsh gold!

I wondered about...

I just wondered... Got the right color though!

I'm selling in Paisley though!

Oh right!

Oh!

Is there a possibility of buying that in the region of £20?

Mmm... Well... Can we make it more sort of, hmm, 28?

28?

Mm-hm.

Could you go to 25?

Hmm... oh, you're a hard lady!

VO: Listen, she hasn't even started yet!

ANITA: But at 25 I think that I've got a chance with that.

OK, we'll do a deal at 25.

ANITA: Can we do that?

DEREK: Yeah, yeah.

OK, that's lovely.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Wish me luck!

Yes, indeed!

VO: Trust Anita - she's got a big penchant for jewelry.

She's spied some Charles Rennie Mackintosh-style earrings too.

Mackintosh was born in Glasgow and was a prolific architect and designer who was a figurehead of the arts and crafts movement.

ANITA: Could these be bought for five?

Five pounds?

ANITA: Mm-hm.

(SQUEAKILY) Mmm... Um, I would rather double that, actually.

I think they should be £10.

ANITA: You've got 10 on it.

DEREK: Yeah.

It's just they are modern, people can buy them in the shops.

They are modern, that's right.

Uh-huh.

But they won't buy them for £10, that's the thing.

Yeah.

And £10 is a very good price for them.

Could you go to five on those?

Mmm... six, even.

Six?

Six, that would be the lowest I'll go for it.

Will we go for six?

We'll go for six.

We'll compromise at six.

Let's compromise at six, that's fine.

OK. That's fine, six then.

That's great.

VO: Anita certainly loves her art nouveau - that's a total of four items bagged.

VO: Back to young Jonathan - he's off on a boy's own adventure.

Jonathan is stepping aboard the Glenlee, the only large Clyde-built sailing ship still afloat in the UK.

She's moored alongside the Riverside Museum, which was opened in 2011.

Built in 1896, she has a colorful history - she has sailed completely round the world four times, surviving many storms, and has braved the notorious Cape Horn 15 times.

The ship's mainmast is as high as 10 double-decker buses placed one on top of another.

In 1993, the Glenlee returned to the Clyde to be restored by the Clyde Maritime Trust and was opened to the public as a museum ship six years later.

Good morning Jonathan.

Welcome aboard the Glenlee.

VO: Jonathan is meeting with Dr Christopher Mason, the president of the trust.

DR MASON: She was a bulk cargo ship.

JP: What's a bulk cargo ship?

Well, she'd carry things like coal, rice, wool, crude oil, timber.

So where would she be heading to, to get all that?

She'd be bringing that back to Europe, so she'd take a general cargo out and then, in Australia say, she'd pick up a cargo of coal, take it to the west coast of South America, and there she'd pick up a cargo of nitrates and take them back to the chemical industry on the Rhine, and then she'd go to London and do it all over again.

Whereabouts on the river would she have actually been built?

Well she was built about 10 miles downriver from here at the Bay yard in Port Glasgow.

She took six months to build and she was launched fully rigged on 3 December, and 10 days later she sailed away to Liverpool and she never came back to the Clyde until she was towed up here in June 1993.

Wonderful.

Do you think we could have a look around?

Yes, do you want to go down below, or - no, you want to look at this first, maybe.

Are we supposed to jump down there by the looks of it?

No, you're not supposed to jump down here, absolutely not supposed to jump down here.

VO: No horsing around now Jonathan, Dr Mason doesn't stand any nonsense.

This is the main cargo hatch.

Yes.

So all the cargo coming on board or coming off would go down here, lowered down by cranes.

The packing of the cargo, the stowing of the cargo, was the principal job of the mate, and it was very much a science-based task, and every cargo had to be treated differently.

For example, if you pack wet coal tight together, in too much mass, it ignites spontaneously.

Oh really?

Many ships have been lost.

It's the toilets, is it?

At the front end!

VO: Jonathan's itching to go below, where working conditions would have been tough.

DR MASON: Now when they were loading guano, which is bird droppings, which was used for fertilizer and also for making chemicals, it would just be tipped down from the top and gather here in heaps, and men had to come down to rake it out.

Now the amount of ammonia and other nasties coming off that was so strong they would wrap wet cloths round their faces, but they would also have a rope passed round their chests under their arms so that if they passed out they could be hauled out, and it was a terrible, terrible job.

I've smelt chicken poo, I mean, that's smelly enough!

VO: At the end of the 19th century, when steam powered ships were in their ascendance, there had to be a good reason to build a sailing ship.

DR MASON: They built a sailing ship for two reasons, mainly.

One was that a sailing ship had range.

She didn't run out of coal and so she could sail on for 100 days.

Now if you're sailing from the west coast of South America to Europe, a sailing ship can do it without stopping.

A steamer in those days would definitely need to stop and refuel, which is expensive.

The second reason why they built sailing ships is this business of the engines being the masts, so everything down here earns money and that increased the earning capacity of a given space of hull by about 30%.

It wasn't a piece of sentimentality, these ships were built to make profits and they did make profits.

JP: Oh!

VO: And Jonathan can't leave the ship without a bit of derring-do.

I hope he's got a head for heights.

Mind your head.

Oh my word.

Thank you.

I wouldn't say I'm nervous, but I'm thinking I might end up with a rather dirty pair of chinos.

VO: Blimey, that's enough to make your eyes water.

I'm in safe hands.

Yup.

Pull yourself up.

Agh!

OK.

Put your right hook on.

VO: Is that really the best choice of footwear, Jonathan?

JP: Right.

Oh!

Here goes.

Woah!

VO: What a brave young man!

Mark you, every Englishman has a drop of salt in his blood.

I think I can see Anita just coming up the road now!

VO: Somehow, I don't think so.

Now, while Jonathan's been finding his sea legs, where's the delectable Anita?

She is traveling 30 miles away to Kilwinning in North Ayrshire.

From the hustle and bustle of the city to the lush green countryside, Anita has still got the shopping bug.

(GONG RINGS) Anita finds owner Shane to have a bit of a haggle.

ANITA: I quite like this wee silver plated gong.

I like the sort of, it's like a rustic bamboo support.

SHANE: It is, it's very pretty.

It's a pretty piece.

Showing the Chinese or the Oriental influence.

And... (GONG RINGS) SHANE: Sounds beautiful.

It's working perfectly.

Is that possible to do in the region of 20, 25?

I would do it for £20, Anita.

ANITA: £20?

SHANE: £20.

I think that's nice, I like it.

VO: From a ticket price of £50 down to £20?

Well done, Anita.

(GONG RINGS) VO: Now, where's our young lad?

Jonathan's traveling just over 20 miles away to Kilbirnie in North Ayrshire.

Jonathan's visiting the Stirrup Cup, owned by Greta.

GRETA: Greta Logan.

I had a rather busy day yesterday and I've spent quite a lot of money and I'm going to be totally frank with you now I've arrived.

I have, left on me, £20.

Ouch.

OK.

I thought I might take the novel approach of saying "what can you sell me for £20?"

And you're just taking the wind out of my sails, because what have I got for £20?!

You know... That's kind of it.

Yes.

VO: Well, you've got to appreciate his honesty.

Greta gives Jonathan the tour.

GRETA: Here we are.

This is quite fun actually, if you think about it, this... Oh, my poster?

JP: Yes, of the heart and arteries.

GRETA: Yeah.

It's, um, probably turn of the century.

It was made for Edinburgh university.

JP: So it's printed Scotland... GRETA: Yeah, I think it's got Edinburgh... JP: "Published by W & AK Johnston Limited of Edinburgh".

Is there a price on this one?

Em, that one could be round about the 20... "Round about" is...

Round about is 20 or no sale.

Well there you go, you're not even allowed to give me £2 out of your own pocket.

VO: No Greta, he's not allowed.

Well done Jonathan, that £20 purchase means you've blown every single penny of your £200.

Good boy.

GRETA: Bye bye.

JP: Bye.

VO: It's time for Anita and Jonathan to have a nosey at one another's treasures.

Jonathan, did you have a good buy in Scotland?

I had a great time actually, I had a really, really good time.

You enjoyed it?

I thought you might have the advantage, but I'm not sure now.

We'll soon see.

Let me reveal mine first.

JP: Oh crikey, lots of little small things.

Yeah.

Of all the things, that strikes me the first, I do like this actually, I think the style of it's very, very good.

JP: Is it WMF?

ANITA: It's WMF.

VO: WMF?

I'm not saying that in German again.

I think it's very bonnie, very art nouveau, modern looking, would fit in any house, functional...

Expensive?

I'm hoping!

Yeah, well it wasn't cheap.

It was £63.

That's OK.

So it's not too bad, not too bad.

And I like this too, I think of all the things.

I'm assuming these might be silver at the front?

They're kind of Jensenesque or something, actually.

ANITA: Uh-huh, Danish silver.

They are Danish silver, oh right, OK, good for you.

Uh-huh.

And my brooch is gold.

It's hallmarked.

.375.

JP: OK. Nine carat.

Nine carat, so, um, I didn't pay a lot of money for it and I'm hoping it'll be worth twice its weight in gold.

JP: Wow.

ANIA: But listen to this, this is what I love.

(GONG RINGS) That will get the children running, won't it?

Hopefully towards the kitchen.

Yes.

Actually I might buy that myself, it would be quite useful!

For your kids?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

How different to what I've bought!

(LAUGHS) Show me what you've got, Jonathan.

OK, right.

I've got to be careful what I do here.

Actually can't remember what I've bought now.

There we go.

I got those, very different, and... Oh Jonathan, I love that.

Isn't it cool?

That is absolutely fabulous, that's wonderful.

Well it's funny that you like that, that's the cheapest thing of the whole lot!

I know, but that's the sort of thing that'll capture people's imagination.

I like him, and he's got a lovely smile!

JP: He has, yeah.

VO: He could do with a good feed though.

But these are rather nice Jonathan, tell me about these.

JP: OK, what you've got here is a little cigar lighter.

Right.

You know, table lighter, 1901, London, by William Comyns.

But this is a Glasgow piece of silver.

I've called it a little miniature ewer, and collectively they cost me £60.

Right, OK.

I do like that.

Might be a wee bit of problem because they're not compatible and they're not complete.

What about this?

More... oh!

Nice and heavy, isn't he?

It is, uh-huh.

Do you think it's quite good quality?

Yeah, well what I like to see are the character marks on the base here.

JP: I think of its type it's pretty good.

Uh-huh.

The downside is, and you'll notice, is that it's been cleaned within an inch of its life.

Yeah.

But I paid... £90 for it.

Right.

VO: Right.

And what did you pay for these?

These two chairs, well, I was in kind of a quandary about these.

I thought they were such a strange shape and there was essentially elements that I thought were 18th century.

ANITA: Jonny, I don't think these screws are 18th century.

No, standing here, standing here, I've noticed the one on this side as well, yeah.

But I paid £30 for the pair.

Well, I mean, when you think of it, £30 for two chairs... With screws in the side.

It's for noth... We'll see what happens on the day.

But I think we've had a good first two days and hopefully we'll both make profits.

It's going to be interesting.

VO: But let's hear what they really think.

Well Jonathan's been very brave on this first leg.

He's spent all his money and I like to see that.

It means that I've got a bigger chance of winning!

I like the WMF the most I'd say.

I can see the style in that and I can see it's Anita's taste.

That's the thing I would say I like the most.

On the whole, they're all very similar.

VO: Let's hit the road and head to auction.

VO: We've had an exciting first leg, starting in the city of Glasgow then journeying via Loch Lomond, Kilwinning, Kilbirnie and finally to the Renfrewshire town of Paisley.

VO: By the 19th century, Paisley had established itself as the epicenter of the weaving industry, giving its name to the paisley pattern and paisley shawl, which became very fashionable after a young Victoria took a liking to the design.

ANITA: Paisley is also very famous for its Coats thread mill, and talking of threads, Jonathan, you're looking pretty smart today.

I'm glad to see you're getting all dressed up to come out with Mrs Manning.

JP: Well this jacket you see, this jacket, I bought at auction, and it was worn by Warren Beatty in a film called "The Only Game In Town".

ANITA: I don't believe that.

JP: Absolutely.

Oh, that's fabulous.

Nice blue wool sports jacket.

VO: Our very own road trip stars arrive at the auction house.

Collins & Paterson have been established in the town since 1848.

Don't suppose you could get any closer Anita, could you?

JP: Ah, brilliant.

VO: Ooh, it is a nice jacket, Jonathan.

Well Jonathan, first auction.

Are you excited?

I'm very excited and a little nervous.

How about you?

Don't be nervous, come on.

Oh, come...

I'll hold your hand the whole time.

Thank you.

VO: And taking to the rostrum today is auctioneer Stephen Maxwell.

What does he think about Anita and Jonathan's lots?

Interest at £25?

I would think the WMF box, the biscuit box, there's been a lot of interest in that, I think it'll fetch a good price.

Also, the silver cigar lighter with the miniature ewer is a nice wee lot.

Again, a fair bit of interest, good age to it, nicely made pieces.

I think they'll do well.

VO: Anita Manning started today with £200 and spent £134 on five auction lots.

While Jonathan Pratt blew every single penny of his £200 starter pack on four lots.

Today's auction will also be open to bidders on the internet.

First up, it's Anita's gold brooch.

Conflicting commission bids, I'll come straight in here and start at £45.

JP: Oh, well done.

STEPHEN: £45 I have.

For the brooch at 45.

Do we have £48?

48, thank you.

£50?

No, you're out.

With me at £50, 55.

£60.

65.

Yes!

The gentleman, it's your bid sir, we're selling then to the room, fair warning, at £65...

Yes!

Well done Anita.

That's a great start.

VO: Indeed.

She's off the starting block.

I've still got four to go, right enough.

VO: Right, it's Jonathan next, with the silver lot of the cigar lighter and the ewer.

Deep breaths.

Pants.

Pants.

Why pants?!

What's that going to help me with?!

A wee bit of interest again, the two items here, so I will come straight in here and start the bidding at £60.

JP: OK, it's what I paid.

ANITA: Come on, come on.

65 online, £70.

75.

JP: Brilliant.

ANITA: Good, good.

At 90.

95.

JP: Keep going.

Yes!

Bid against the net at £100, the bid's on commission, and it seems like we're selling then.

Fair warning to you now, selling at £100... Oh, brilliant.

Well done Jonathan.

That's a relief, that's a relief.

Isn't that good?

JP: I'm starting off... ANITA: Are you happy?

JP: I'm very, very happy.

ANITA: Aw, excellent.

VO: I'm glad you're happy too, Jonathan.

Oh, that makes you neck and neck with Anita.

Now it's Anita's turn with the Rennie Mackintosh style earrings.

£5 surely?

£5?

Come on, come on, come on!

That's for the two of them.

We'll throw in the box.

Honestly, we will.

£2, come on, £2?

The silver earrings at £2?

Cannae go much lower.

I'm bid £2 by a gentleman, it's your bid sir at £2.

Thank you sir!

Going there.

One born every minute.

What's your number Michael?

60, thank you.

VO: Onwards and upwards, Anita - Jonathan's in the lead.

Maybe that's all they were worth!

VO: Next, it's Anita's art nouveau biscuit barrel - the one she managed to get a big discount on.

The dealer came down quite a bit on the deal.

Did he?

You had him in a half nelson, I take it.

No!

A big smile sometimes works.

£85 to get started, £85 on commission.

At 85 here for the WMF piece.

We have 90 online, 95.

Ha!

95's against, the net at £95.

£100, £100.

Oh!

110, against the net at 110.

120 now is on the net.

120!

130.

150 now, it's £150 online, at £150.

ANITA: 150!

You bidding madam?

160 back in the room, 170's online.

No, you're out.

The bid's still on the net at 170, we all done at 170?

Yes!

Fair warning to you, £170... Gone there, six three...

Very well done, Anita.

Oh, that's a good result.

How am I gonna compete against that?

Oh, that's a good result.

VO: Big smiles really do work, Anita - excellent result, and that puts you ahead.

What was it you were saying about you were wanting to win?

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Jonathan's turn now with the big budget buy of the bronze vase.

I need to see it make £150 for me to feel confident.

Darling, I love you for your courage.

Well... Is it called courage?

Wee bit of interest again here, we'll start straight in here at £45 I have, £45 there... ..for the Japanese vase at £45 I have, 48's online.

At £50.

55.

At 60.

Five.

At 70.

Five.

At 80.

And five.

The bid's now online at £85.

Come on, keep going, please.

85, are we all done at 85?

No, you're not!

STEPHEN: We're selling then.

JP!

No!

Fair warning now, at £85... Gone there... OK. ANITA: Oh.

JP: Amazing.

VO: Uh-oh - not the figure Jonathan was hoping for.

VO: It's Anita again now, this time with the Danish spoons.

£15?

The six at 15 - thank you sir, I'm bid £15 by a gentleman, 15 is in the room.

That's what we need, internet now.

It's against the net, it's with a gentleman at £15, do we have 18?

18's below.

At £20.

And two.

25.

28.

30.

No?

With the gentleman in the room, we're selling then.

Fair warning now.

At £30...

Yes.

There you go.

I'm happy with that.

VO: Still pushing ahead there, Anita.

Right then Jonathan, can you plan Operation Comeback with the anatomy chart?

Remember, you're behind.

So let's get straight to the heart of the matter, can we get £20 please?

To get started here at £20?

£20 there, for your anatomy chart at 20.

Oh no, really?

Don't be shy now, start me at 10 then surely, £10, I'm bid 10 here, £12.

15.

18.

20.

Two.

Both on the floor.

The bid's to my right with the gentleman in the room.

We're selling then, fair warning.

Come on internet!

STEPHEN: At £22... JP: No!

Gone to number... Oh man!

VO: Oh dear, a disappointing result.

Next it's Anita with her silver gong and beater.

Can we start straight in at £20, surely?

£20?

The 20 for the dinner gong there, 20 we have online, £20, 22 with the lady, 25, 28.

For 30.

You're out.

35 now, still online at 35.

At 35, we're still online now, to 40.

Still online here at £40 there for the dinner gong, on £40, it seems to have settled at 40, I think we're all done.

We're selling then, fair warning to you, at £40... Gone... JP: Very good, very good.

Uh-huh.

It doubled its money, just about.

VO: Just about.

It didn't drum up huge interest though, but it still gives her a slight profit.

Jonathan's walnut dining chairs are the final lot of the day.

What can we say, £50 for the pair?

£50, thank you.

Yes!

Oh, brilliant, brilliant.

55's online.

At 60.

The bid's in the room at 60.

65.

At 70.

Wow.

At 80.

Still with the gentleman... ANITA: Yes!

..bid in the room sir, 80 has it.

We all done?

We're selling then, fair warning to you now, at £80... Gone, and the number is 24... Oh, brilliant.

What a result.

Fantastic.

Well done Jonathan, well done!

Are you happy now darling?

Yes, I am now!

Good, good, good.

Saved by the wood.

VO: That's more like it Jonathan, well done.

Come on, let's go.

Go and have some lunch.

VO: But who is today's jubilant winner?

Jonathan started today's show with £200 and after paying auction costs, made a small profit of £35.34, giving him a modest £235.34 to carry forward.

Anita also began with £200 and made a respectable profit of £117.74, so that makes Anita today's winner and gives her £317.74 to start the next leg.

Wasn't that good, Jonathan?

That was exciting, very exciting.

And what about your chairs?

Oh!

Well, I knew I knew something about them.

I couldn't put my finger on it, but anyway, there we go.

Well done on that, but I think we're both happy.

We should be.

We're both in the money, you know.

We're going in the right direction, Anita, we're going in the right direction.

VO: And let's hope that direction leads you to lots and lots and lots of lovely profits.

Next time on the Antiques Road Trip... Have you been thrown out of many antiques shops on this series?

VO: Anita makes friends.

Ehhhhh... VO: And Jonathan makes up his mind... ..eventually.

Well done.

My heart's slightly racing!

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