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?

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

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

VO: Yeah!

VO: Today we're out on the road with a rather delightful pair of antiques experts, Anita Manning and Jonathan Pratt.

Jonny, it's a bit wet today.

Why have you not got a coat on?

Ah well, I'm sick of wearing... Look, it's that weather, it's like 19 degrees but it's just a bit wet, that's all.

So I don't want to get too hot.

Alright.

Especially when you're sitting next to me.

Oh yeah, well you're too hot already, you know.

VO: Oh lordy!

Anita Manning set up her own auction house in Glasgow 27 years ago.

She is one feisty lady.

Could you go to 25?

Hmn... Oh you're a hard lady, aren't you?

VO: But deep down, she's a real softie.

Are you happy?

I'm very, very happy.

Oh, excellent.

VO: This is Jonathan Pratt.

He's a respected auctioneer and he's really trying hard to be a right tough talker.

60, and I'll walk away.

VO: And he's a real daredevil.

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

VO: Jonathan had a disappointing first auction, but as the comeback kid was victorious second time round.

All finished at 240.

Are you ecstatic?

Yes!

VO: And Anita is enjoying steady progress and her love for jewelry is keeping her profits topped up.

£65.

VO: From his original £200 Jonathan has made some respectable gains.

He has a princely £426.74 to play with.

Although Anita didn't win the second leg, she is still ahead by a whisker.

She has £445.84 in her purse.

VO: Anita and Jonathan are traveling in the 1964 MG and oh dear, it doesn't have a roof.

It's chucking it down, isn't it, now?

Yeah, you stupid boy, you should have on your coat!

VO: You tell him, Anita.

Our experts are traveling over 400 miles from the city of Glasgow all the way to Llangefni on the island of Anglesey.

On today's show they're beginning in the Yorkshire town of Middleham and will auction in Luddenden Foot in Halifax.

Middleham Castle was the childhood home of Richard III and it was here that he learned the skills of knighthood in 1462.

We begin our shopping expedition with the scurrying Anita.

She's like a little caped crusader.

As a veteran roadtripper, Anita has met many antiques dealers.

ANITA: Angela?

ANGELA: Yes.

VO: Owner Angela is one of them.

Hello.

Hello, it's lovely to see you again.

It's lovely to see you again.

I've been before but you've got tons of new stock.

I know.

Absolutely lovely.

Now, I love these prints.

They're beautiful and decorative.

The images are so appealing.

The frames are new, so they've been recently done.

I'm hoping that the prints behind it are old but they are not of high quality, but they're just so lovely to look at and I think that these would be really appealing to the buyers.

They're lovely.

VO: Anita wants them for £40.

Angela calls the owner of the prints to see if a deal can be done.

ANITA: Angela, how are we doing?

She will let them go.

Oh she'll let them go!

She's reluctant because now I've got to find another pair.

Aw!

So 40 quid.

Yeah.

VO: And onwards we go.

Anita's still in the mood for buying.

I love this wee room, Angela.

There's always wee treasures in here.

ANGELA: Work in progress.

ANITA: Work in progress.

I was looking at these fans here.

Yeah, it just pulls out.

Let's have a look at that one first of all.

ANGELA: Yeah, it's got little roses on it and... That's very frou-frou.

It is very, isn't it?

Boudoir.

Do you think I suit it?

In a certain setting.

In a certain setting.

Oh look.

Yes, one of its legs is a bit loose.

And what is this, malibu?

Marabou or ostrich... Not Malibu.

Malibu's a big... No, marabou.

Malibu's a big...

Yes, a drink.

VO: That's right, Anita.

Just a slip of the tongue, love, I'm sure.

These lovely fluffy feathers on this fan, in a rather chi-chi style, were commonly used by burlesque dancers and showgirls to cover up their bits.

Now you're talking.

ANITA: What sort of age is that?

It's a bit difficult, you know, to define really.

I could say 1920s I would think.

Something like that or maybe a little bit earlier.

And these are more modern.

Mm, I don't know.

They do make a nice collection.

And of course it looks so nice with your kid gloves.

ANGELA: Yes, they are French kid gloves.

They just feel like the height of elegance.

Yes, just make you feel good, don't they?

VO: Anita decides she wants to go for a combo buy consisting of the kid gloves, some glove stretchers and the selection of four fans.

The original ticket price for the lot is £70.

What I would like to pay on that is probably £30.

Oh no, no.

No.

No way.

No.

It's not enough?

No, no, no, no.

45.

Could you possibly come to 35?

No.

No, 45 and that's it.

45?

Could you go 40?

Two.

It's a deal.

Oh you're a great woman!

You bargain like hell.

VO: Canny Scotswoman meets canny Yorkshirewoman.

Great deal, Anita.

She's definitely on a shopping spree this morning and she's found something else that's, well, unusual, I think you'll agree.

Angela.

This is one mad bird here.

Yes.

Talking to another mad bird.

Absolutely, yeah.

About an absolutely mad bird.

Absolutely, yes, yes.

VO: I'm not saying a word.

Will you sell that to me for a fiver?

Will you sell it to...

I can't do it for a fiver, I'm sorry.

I can't.

ANITA: You can't?

ANGELA: I paid more for it.

ANITA: You paid more?

ANGELA: It would have to be... Are you mad, paying more than a fiver for that?

No, cuz I love it.

Cuz it's a coconut in the middle.

But no, it would have to be a tenner.

VO: Hmn, I don't think this is what you'd call an antique, Anita.

Springy though.

Give me a better price on it.

Give me it for a fiver.

No I can't give you...

Eight.

It'll have to be eight.

So I can wipe my face.

Let's go for eight quid.

Thank you very much.

We're probably mad.

VO: That's a packet of antiques for Anita's first shop.

Now where's that young whippersnapper JP?

VO: He's braved the lashing rain to travel to the beautiful village of West Burton, within the Yorkshire Dales.

And right in the middle of the village lies the Old Smithy, an antiques shop owned by the delectable Elaine.

Just stopped raining.

Hi there.

Hello there.

How are you?

This is the Old Smithy.

It is, yes.

This is quite cute.

VO: This is rather unusual.

It's actually a rather decorative version of a child's potty.

ELAINE: Well I find it quite alarming that you would put a child on a pot...

It had a seat on there as well.

..and it rocks.

But there we go.

Yeah.

Well there also was a seat on there at some time as well.

And it would've had a restraining bar in there as well.

So you could sit them on it, because it's just basically a copy of daddy's lambing chair.

It is, yeah.

So dad would have one.

Often they had a drawer at the front as well.

Would you take £40 for it?

Ooh, you're a hard man.

Well I'm just going in on what I think.

Dearie me!

I know, I know.

It probably is 19th century but elements are slightly more modern.

I couldn't squeeze another tenner out of you could I?

(EXHALES) VO: Come on Jonathan.

It's not that difficult.

Make a decision.

A number one or a number two?

ELAINE: How about £50?

45?

OK. Yeah OK. VO: I think Elaine wants you out of the shop, mate.

But from a ticket price of £75 to £45, well done Jonathan.

And I'll tell you something.

Jonathan is a thoroughly polite chap.

He's picked Anita up to keep the wheels moving on our road trip adventure.

# You are my sunshine, my little sunshine, # You make me happy when skies are grey.

# VO: Turn the volume down, Anita.

Ooh.

ANITA: Oh, Jonny!

VO: What a scamp.

VO: Next stop for Jonathan is Masham in North Yorkshire.

ANITA: It's a good name, that's a good name.

JONATHAN (JP): Aura, it's got a good aura.

Good aura.

Well, you know what they say in Scotland.

Aura best!

Aura best!

Nicely put.

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Jonathan is going to continue his shopping quest here.

But for now let's join Anita as she takes over the wheel.

Stand by.

ANITA: OK darling.

JP: See you later.

ANITA: Have a good time.

JP: And you.

ANITA: And remember, aura best!

JP: Aura best!

VO: Anita is traveling to Ripon in North Yorkshire for an exquisite treat.

She's visiting the splendid historic mansion house of Newby Hall.

In the late 1600s, Sir Christopher Wren helped design this stunning property.

The present owners, the Compton family, are descended from William Weddell who, in 1748, bought Newby through a legacy from his uncle.

With the help of architects including Robert Adam, Weddell enlarged and redesigned the interior.

After recent restoration, the family home and gardens are open to the public.

Anita is meeting with Stuart Gill to find out more.

Hello.

I'm Anita.

Pleased to meet you, Anita, lovely to see you and welcome to Newby Hall.

It's lovely to be here.

What a wonderful entrance hall.

Designed by?

Robert Adam, yeah.

Of course.

And you can see lots of elements of his design that he's famous for, from the neoclassical designs to the Chippendale-made chairs to Robert Adam designs, and that pattern if you like reflected in the floor and then indeed that roundel reflected in the ceiling so the whole thing sort of hangs together as it were.

And all in perfect harmony.

Yes indeed, and that symmetry was something that he was very keen on.

And reflected in the whole house.

Absolutely.

There are treasures right the way through the house, not only Robert Adam, a lot of his work, but also some treasures collected by William Weddell so come on through and we'll see.

I'll show you a bit more.

VO: William Weddell embarked on a tour of Europe in 1766, commonly known as the Grand Tour.

This journey was popular with British nobility and wealthy landed classes and during this time, Weddell brought back some magnificent treasures and became a groundbreaking collector of antiquities.

Within the house lies one of the finest private collections of statuary in Britain.

That's sculpture to you and me.

Wow.

Welcome to the statue gallery.

Wow.

Were these the antiques of the 18th century?

Well you've absolutely hit the nail on the head there.

These are collected by those that were on the Grand Tour in that sort of 1760, 1770 period and they were antiques of the very collectible at that particular time, so times haven't really changed, have they?

People want their...

I know.

Did he wander round?

I mean how did he find these?

How were they sourced?

Yeah, there were dealers.

As these pieces were being dug up actually, they were being sort of rescued from the earth as it were, they would be taken by a dealer who would then restore them and these came from a dealer called Jenkins, so William Weddell befriended or found Jenkins.

Doesn't sound an Italian name.

No he was an English... he was an Englander as well over there who'd obviously seen a sort of opportunity if you like.

It's certainly very impressive, but Stuart, what is that?

What is that?

STUART: This is a Roman bath.

The story we've been told by the experts is that the lid is 18th century so this is a relatively modern addition to make it more saleable.

So the antique dealer has sort of made an addition to make it more sellable.

Exactly, make it more saleable.

That would never happen nowadays, would it?

I don't know about that!

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Within the collection is an extremely rare marble from Ancient Rome.

STUART: This is our oldest piece, this is 1st century.

She's 2,000 years old?

Exactly.

She looks well on it, doesn't she?

Yeah.

It's a beautiful image with this divine Venus and the little child holding on to the dolphin's head.

It's really quite beautiful.

I have a big flat in the west end of Glasgow and my passion is to collect paintings, but I'll tell you I could be doing with a couple of nice Roman statues.

Is that right?

Any chance?

No.

(BOTH LAUGH) They're here to stay.

VO: You'd be lucky, Anita!

The collection is absolutely priceless.

And with Anita's very own grand tour over for the day, what's her wee darling Jonathan up to?

Earlier, Anita dropped Jonathan in Masham to have a go at buying some more antiques.

It's always worth looking on the floor when you come into a place like this because sometimes the carpets are used as furnishing but they can sometimes have carpets which might be more valuable, one would hope.

This is an Afghan.

It's an Azari pattern.

VO: Oh yeah, maybe we should club together to get Jonathan a new pair of shoes, eh?

Because it's this golden color, they call it a golden Afghan, which is... it's a nice color.

You've got a hint of red in there which is washed out slightly, but that'd be quite fun.

I don't know, I'll ask about it.

I'll ask about it.

VO: The Afghan rug comes in many shapes and sizes but the most typical is that with the octagonal elephant's footprint known as a gul, which is what we see here in the design in the center.

I quite like these because they're just different and there's loads of decanters, you see lots of clear decanters and cut glass decanters but it's just got that sort of hint of lime in it which is I suppose you could say quite fashionable.

And they are late 19th century.

Bit of fun.

OK. VO: Well he's certainly got his eye on a few things and now he's found an 18th century plate rack.

As you do.

There's no price on this, which is always a good start.

He's obviously waiting for a dresser to go with it or maybe the dresser's being restored.

But these are sort of popular, useful in the kitchen.

Hmm.

Oh no!

I was doing so well.

VO: Honestly Jonathan, get a grip and go and strike a deal with owner Robert.

The total asking price for the rug, the decanters and the plate rack is £135.

Go boy, go.

How about if I bought the plate rack and the rug and the decanters, would you take 100 quid?

115.

105?

110.

Was that where I was aiming?

110 quid, that would be... VO: In your own time, Jonathan, eh?

Go on then.

That's three items bought...

Right.

I can go home now!

Thank you very much.

I can stop now.

VO: Finally, we make a decision and managed to shave a little off the ticket prices.

JP: Cheers, bye.

VO: Now, back together again, our intrepid travelers are ready to turn in for the evening.

Nighty night.

ANITA: My feet are wet.

VO: It's a new day and even though it's raining, our antiques duo are in high spirits.

# I'm just singing in the rain # What a glorious feeling, I'm hap-hap-happy again!

# ANITA: What's the next line?

JP: Oh I don't know, we'll find out.

Oh look, York Minster.

Oh is it really?

VO: So far, Jonathan has spent £155 on four lots - the child's potty chair, the Afghan rug, the 18th century oak plate rack and the pair of lime green glass decanters, leaving a meaty sum of £271.74 for the day ahead.

Anita meanwhile has spent £90 on three items - the pair of gilt framed prints, the ladies' lot with fans, kid gloves and glove stretchers and the, eh... (CLEARS THROAT) ..metal bird thing.

So that gives her a chunky wad of £355.84 to spend.

Today Anita and Jonathan have traveled to the ancient walled city of York.

Founded by the Romans in 71AD, the city has a rich heritage and also Dame Judi Dench was born here, don't ya know?

Blimey.

Anita's got her hands full with young Jonathan.

Look.

Oh, lordy.

You were trying to shove me in the puddle.

You're a bad boy.

..about an hour Jonathan, looking for it.

VO: They're sharing their first shop, right bang in the middle of the city.

Let's follow Anita first.

VO: Anita finds owner Claire to ask about something that's taken her fancy.

Evening all!

And do you think it suits me?

VO: Move along, madam.

You've got antiques to buy.

And before you know it, guess what she's asked to have a look at.

Anita simply loves jewelry.

It's not gold.

I was hoping that it was gold.

Oh right, yeah.

But I knew it wouldn't be, at £12.

But it is gold plated.

But I could see a wee bit of quality at the back.

It's not a sort of cheap piece.

CLAIRE: Purple's always a popular color, isn't it?

Yeah.

Faux amethyst.

Amethyst glass.

Yeah.

What I'd like to be paying for that is about £8.

Can that be done?

Um, what was it, 12 on the ticket?

12.

Well if I can meet you somewhere in between, maybe nine, would that be OK?

£9?

We'll just go for that?

Yeah.

Let's go for it.

That's smashing.

VO: Well, she just can't help herself.

I can imagine what her jewelry box will be like.

Purchase in hand, Anita's off to fetch her young charge, who is leaving empty handed.

Come on Jonny, get your shoes on, let's go.

Well I've got nice, dry feet now.

How about you?

Well my purse is empty, Jonny.

JP: Empty?

ANITA: Empty.

I don't believe it.

I don't believe it in the slightest.

VO: This pair are inseparable.

Anita's walking Jonathan to his next destination.

They simply can't bear to be apart.

Well I'm going up there, I hope.

Right up to the top?

I hope so.

If I see you I'll give you a wave.

Well have a lovely afternoon.

Good luck.

Bye.

VO: The iconic York Minster is the second largest gothic cathedral in northern Europe.

Work began on the building in 1220 and took two and a half centuries to complete.

Each of the three towers are 200 feet high.

Approximately two million individual pieces of glass make up the cathedral's 128 stained glass windows.

Due to the age and sheer magnitude of York Minster, there are over 50 people working on restoration projects connected with this wonderful building.

Jonathan is meeting with Rebecca Thompson, the lady in charge of them.

26 stonemasons are employed to carry out careful restoration work.

They train for four years to hone this exquisite craft.

A York Minster stonemason is regarded as one of the most skilled in the country.

The restoration work on the minster's great east window is the largest project and began in 2008.

The masonry is painstakingly cleaned and, where needed, restored or replaced.

I hope Jonathan's got a head for heights.

REBECCA: Well Jonathan, this is the tracery of the great east window.

We've cleaned the stone and we've identified where we need new stone putting in and that'll start to be fixed in the next week or two and then we are conserving and consolidating these original carvings around the window, the voussoir stones around the window and we've had to put new stones in.

The weathering stones that you can see to the side.

And they actually keep the water, the weather, the moisture off the stones but give it a fine balance.

It's quite amazing really that, I mean where we are, 30 meters in the air, that they were doing the same thing... ..600, 700 years ago and they'd have a wooden scaffold and they'd have to hand lift everything up here.

Well no, they didn't.

They did actually have lifting mechanisms.

They had like a hamster wheel mechanism, medieval masons.

JP: What, with the people running inside it?

REBECCA: Yeah, with the people running inside it, they did.

They must've been very intelligent to build a building like this.

It's incredible, the engineering.

JP: On some of these pieces of stoneware, there's very little detail.

I'm assuming that this is... some of it's made up.

You have no drawings to go from.

We do have drawings, we have sketches made... oh, from quite a number of years ago by various artists or people recording the building.

We've got a whole record of information in our library.

It is quite precise work.

And we do stick to the designs that show the design of the building.

JP: And all the stonework is produced on site...

It is.

..presumably?

Down here, right downstairs.

Right downstairs?

OK, let's go and have a look at it.

So this is where our stonemasons work, in the stonemasons' lodge, and you can see Nolan and Jamie just masoning some tracery stones at the moment.

OK, and this is sort of a reproduction also of a medieval... Yeah, yeah.

They would've worked in places like this, very close to the site of the restoration work that they were doing or the new build works that they were actually doing at the time.

These are all tracery stones that they're working on.

We're going to start fixing the tracery stones next week.

You can see on here, this is a stone that's nearly finished, this piece and next to it we've got a piece of shaft stone from the north choir restoration works.

It's part of these big pillars?

Yeah.

That's right, and you can see the moldings, so that's a slice through from the outside of the clerestory windows, and what we would like to do is give this to you to auction it off.

We have got a certificate of authenticity to show that it comes from the minster.

Oh right.

Wonderful.

VO: It's a tempting thought, but the good lad wants to make an offer.

So if I give you a tenner, that'll do right would it?

That's absolutely fine.

Brilliant, right there we go.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

VO: A tenner well spent, young man.

Interesting to see how it fares at auction.

Now, where's Anita?

VO: She's made her way to the village of Huntington, just a few miles from the city of York.

She's a chip off the old block.

She's on a mission to find some more antiques in the French House, and as you can guess, the wares have a distinct Gallic flavor.

C'est magnifique!

Ah, Hello, I'm Anita.

My name's Stephen.

Stephen.

What a fascinating place.

VO: And true to form, she's spotted the hats.

I can't resist hats.

I can't resist!

VO: But owner Stephen gets Anita back on track with her buying mission.

STEPHEN: That would fit in the corner of any room or hallway to take a vase, a lamp or whatever.

If you like them...

I do like them, with this sort of leaf shape here and little bead.

Sure.

All carved.

Uh-huh.

And the marble's in good condition as well.

Yeah.

All depends on the price, though, Stephen.

Absolute best would be £40 for the two.

I like those, Stephen.

I think those are great, and I think that at £40, you've got a deal.

Good.

Thank you so much.

Pleasure.

VO: With Anita's shopping completed for the day, it's time to meet up with Jonathan at the magnificent Middlethorpe Hall to have a nosey at one another's antiques goodies.

This is it, here we go.

Here we go.

Aww.

Right.

Aw, Jonathan, that is the most beautiful little chair.

It's basically a copy of dad's lambing chair for the child, and it would've been a potty training aid, but the seat's now gone.

But otherwise, color, patina, everything, it's all there.

I think it's a charming thing, I love it to bits.

How much did it cost you?

£45.

I think that's wonderful.

That's great.

I think that's wonderful too.

OK, and I liked these.

I liked these because although they're just late 19th century decanters, I just love the color.

I thought they were really cool.

What's that big thing there?

I've just been up York Minster.

Is that a bit of York Minster?

Yes it is.

It's not!

It is.

VO: He didn't nick it, honest.

This is part of the sort of like the facades of a column on the outside, and then they cut it into slices like this and they sell it on, and it comes with a certificate as well.

Oh right.

So a bit of York Minster.

And it's 19th century, it's mid 19th century.

It's not 12th century or 13th century sadly.

Maybe that's the thing that'll bring you the biggest profit.

Thanks a lot for that!

Now show me what tat you bought then, come on then.

Mines is a bit of a mixed bag and I hope it brings a smile to your face, my darling!

How funny.

It is a mixed bag, isn't it?

It is a mixed bag.

The first thing that I bought, a pair of prints.

Very decorative, very very bonny, and I thought that they were appealing.

Yeah they're pretty, and nice frames too.

Pretty.

So I bought them because I liked them.

And how much did they cost you?

They cost me £40 for the pair.

That's very good.

And what I've got is a wee sort of girly lot here and I hope that appeals to your feminine side.

Oh well, I'm used to pink.

Oh, you're used to pink, well...

So I've paid £42 on them and I worried a wee bit afterwards, so...

But the quality's there, really.

Yes, really in the French gloves and I bought this creature here.

Is this a coconut?

That's a coco and this is the nut.

I think you're right, look at that!

I think it was one mad bird fancied another mad bird.

I didn't pay a lot of money for it.

What's not a lot of money?

Eight quid.

Yeah.

VO: Let's hope it doesn't go 'cheep'!

So, I mean, how do you think we're going to do in auction?

Stuff that's out of fashion and a lot of rubbish?

On that note... Let's be off?

Let's go.

VO: Having seen each other's purchases, what do our experts really think?

My favorite piece is that big lump of York Minster and I think the certificate is worth even more than £10.

Well Anita's lots are barking mad, aren't they?

I mean, she came out with a coconut with a spring on its head for a head, but cheap.

VO: Let's get back on the road and head to auction.

VO: It's been a competitive third leg, starting in Middleham via West Burton, Masham, Ripon, York, Huntingdon, with the final destination in Luddenden Foot in Halifax on the horizon.

Luddenden Foot is a small village in the beautiful West Yorkshire countryside.

Calder Valley Auctioneers has been established here since 1996.

Ian Peace is our auctioneer for today.

Which items have really caught his eye?

I think the coconut is an absolute scream, but what it's doing in an antiques sale I do not know.

The Afghan rug, we can't fall out with that.

VO: Jonathan Pratt started today with £426.74 and spent £165 on five auction lots.

Anita Manning began with £445.84 and spent £139, also on five lots.

Not only do we have a packed saleroom, but we also have an audience live on the web.

All eyes to the front now.

The auction is about to begin.

First up, it's Anita's matching pair of prints.

Well you've got to make some money today because I'm snapping at your heels.

£10?

For the pair?

10.

10 I'm bid.

£12.50 anywhere?

£12.50.

15.

£17.50.

£20.

£22.50.

£22.50.

Aw, come on, come on!

25, you're back in, 25.750.

£30.

At 30, we're selling, at £30, all finished and at 2.50 there.

Oh, yes, great!

At 32.50 then, back of the room, are we all finished?

32.50.

Aww!

Oh dear.

VO: I think Anita finds that result more than a little painful.

Very disappointing.

That was my star lot.

VO: Next up it's Jonathan's hulking big plate rack.

£20.

Oh dear.

It's 18th century.

AUCTIONEER: I know it's 18th century.

Don't believe a word he says.

Come on, £15, that plate rack there.

£15.

Oh my word.

£10.

This could cause disappointment.

10 I'm bid at £10, at 10, £12.50 anywhere?

At 10.

£12.50.

15, sir?

15, we're going the right direction.

15.

Slowly.

At £15.

17.50, £20, at 20, at... £20 I'm bid, 2.50, well done, you're helping the cause, 22.50.

At 22.50.

Anybody else now?

At £22.50.

That's even worse than my prints.

Yeah, exactly.

VO: Nothing like rubbing it in, Anita.

Not a good start for either of our experts.

Next it's Anita's intriguing ladies' lot.

Lot 75, the French kid gloves, glove stretchers, ostrich feather etc.

Right where are you going to start me?

£20?

15.

15.

10 anywhere?

10 I'm bid.

At 10.

Wow.

And 12, 14, 16.

16 in the third row.

At 16.

Anybody else now, at £16?

Come on, come on!

We've come to a grinding halt at 16.

There we go.

Chuck 'em over there.

VO: Just goes to show that modeling the fans didn't help.

Another crushing loss, Anita.

We're not doing very well here, darling, are we?

You've just a loss on that one... VO: Never a truer word, Anita.

It's Jonathan's Afghan rug next.

£50.

40.

30.

It's a lovely rug.

Good size.

20 anywhere?

£20.

Come on ladies and gentlemen, £20.

It'll roll up and go in the car no problem.

20 I'm bid there, five do I see?

The Afghan rug at £20.

Put the dog on it.

I'm selling at £20.

134.

Hard luck, darling.

It's a tough crowd, isn't it?

Tough crowd today.

VO: Oh lordy.

Surely things have got to pick up.

Uh-oh.

I don't think I can look.

It's Anita's coconut bird with the springy neck next.

Jonathan, this bird is gonna fly!

That's confidence.

Yes!

Now, the star lot of the sale...

The star lot, beautiful!

(LAUGHS) It's been sculpted out of metal and a coconut.

Right, 20 anywhere, 20?

10?

£10?

Five.

Surely not.

Oh, come on!

Don't be embarrassed.

Thank you!

You can buy a carrier bag.

£5 I'm bid.

Five.

7.50 anywhere?

£5.

7.50?

7.50.

You can have a wonderful conversation piece at dinner parties.

£7.50.

10 anywhere?

10.

12.50.

Yes!

12.50.

Come on, 12.50.

It's worth more.

15.

£15.

15.

Don't lose it.

You won't see another one!

You won't want to, ever.

16!

No, we go in 2.50s.

Alright, 16.

And I'm desperate.

17.

Yes.

18.

19.

19, 19, keep it nodding.

£20, 21, 21, 22, keep it nodding, 22.

Anybody else now?

Has it run out of steam?

At £22.

159.

Yes!

(LAUGHTER) £22 Jonny boy!

VO: Well who would've thought our first profit of the day would belong to the nodding bird?

Yes, yes, make it go away now!

Boing.

That bird flew.

And it wasn't cheap!

VO: 'Scuse me, that's my joke, Anita.

Now it's Anita's brooch next.

Can she get another splurge of profit?

15 to open, £15.

£15?

Yes, come on!

12?

12 I'm bid.

At 12.

14.

Thank you, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30.

Aw yes!

32, 34, 36, 38, 40.

JP: What?!

AUCTIONEER: 42, 44, 46, 48, 50.

At £50 in the front row.

Anybody else now?

At £50 we're selling at £50, first and last time.

85.

VO: Anita certainly knows her jewelry.

Cor, what an excellent profit.

She is well and truly back in the game.

Gee whiz!

That was good.

You're in profit.

You're in overall profit at the moment.

VO: It's Jonathan's turn next with the pair of decanters.

Show us what you're made of, boy!

Open £15 then, 15 I'm bid.

At 15, 17.50, 20, 2.50, 25?

At £22.50 in the middle, anybody else now?

At 22.50.

25, 27.50 for the pair.

At 27.50.

27.50, at... £30 madam.

ANITA: Yes!

£30, 32.50, at £32.50.

They're flying.

At £32.50 for the pair.

32.50 then.

I can barely contain myself, Anita.

Well done, Jonathan, well done.

VO: Ah, bless him.

Jonathan has finally managed some profit.

Well I'm flying backwards at the moment.

No, you made a good profit there.

And you've got two other items to go.

Don't be downhearted, darling.

Have you ever thought of taking up counselling?

You're very good, very good at it.

Just call me auntie!

VO: Auntie Anita is very supportive, but will you need more counselling after this little number, the child's potty chair, sends you potty?

50, 40, 30, opening at £20.

£20.

Come on, at 20.

20 I'm bid.

At 20.

Yes!

Anybody else now?

22.50, 25, 7.50, £30, 32.50.

35.

Keep going, keep going.

Any further bids?

£35 then.

First and last time.

36.

That's another tenner down the old Swanee.

VO: It's not a good day for Jonathan.

Could've been worse, Jonny.

It could've been worse.

VO: Not much.

Anyway, now, it's Anita with her pair of marble corner shelves.

10 for the two, £10.

10 I'm bid, thank you, £10.

At 12 anywhere?

At 10.

It's not going to go there.

Any further hands?

And 12, madam, 12.

14, 16, 18, £18, all finished at £18 then?

Aw, that's a wee bit disappointing.

VO: Disappointing indeed, Anita.

I thought you were on a roll there.

Now for the final lot of the day, it's Jonathan's lump of stone from his visit to York Minster.

You're going to have to get about 300 quid for this big dod of York Minster.

£20.

15 please, £15.

Start me at 10.

£10.

Yes.

Well we've got £10.

Yeah, yeah.

At £10.

12.50.

12.50.

15, 17.50.

20, 2.50.

£22.50.

At 22.50.

Any further bids?

At 22.50.

VO: Well I don't think he can believe it.

Lovely York Minster has served up a respectable profit.

Shall we go away and try and work out quite what the losses are?

VO: Jonathan started today's show with £426.74 and after paying auction costs made a loss of £56.35, giving him £370.39 to carry forward.

Anita meanwhile started with £445.84 and after auction costs also made a loss of £25.43.

Despite this, Anita is today's winner and has £420.41 to take forward.

Well done girl.

Well, better luck next time, Jonny.

Still two auctions to go.

Yeah, well, who knows?

Who knows, it's a funny old game this.

VO: There's only £50 between their totals so it's all to play for!

Next time on the Antiques Road Trip... Could I buy that for a tenner?

Oh no!

120.

Oh!

120?

Well it's somewhere to start.

VO: In search of the very best price, or should that be the perfect figure?

I'll have to take her waist in a bit.

Depends how you like your ladies!

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