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: It's the penultimate leg of our jaunt in a little 1964 MG with Jonathan Pratt and Anita Manning.

It's been quite a thriller... ANITA: Jonathan, gonna be very careful here, we're very near the edge, and that's a long way down!

JONATHAN (JP): This is not Monte Carlo.

I'm getting vertigo.

En garde!

VO: Auctioneer Anita - let's just call her Miss Moneypenny... Brrm brrm!

Brrm brrm!

VO: ..has been setting the pace all week.

With her auction man rival, the slightly clumsy Johnny English... ..who's shaken but rarely stirred.

Yes, you do look lovely.

VO: But although diamonds are forever, in this business you're only as good as your last assignment.

ANITA: You bought the boring old brown furniture, and I bought a lot of rubbish!

JP: Yeah, that's true.

ANITA: And we both lost.

VO: OK, yesterday was bad.

But they're heading in the right direction.

Jonathan began with £200 and he's so far managed to turn that into £370.39.

That's not bad.

Anita, who also started out with £200, now has an even more respectable £420.41.

ANITA: Oh no!

It's raining again.

You've got your hood up now, Jonny.

JP: Oh yeah.

ANITA: Haha.

The thing about hats is it causes your hair to fall in a certain pattern for the rest of the day.

You're a big sissy!

Yeah, I know.

VO: Anita and Jonathan are traveling over 400 miles through Scotland, England and Wales, from Glasgow all the way to Llangefni on the Isle of Anglesey.

Today we're starting out at Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire, heading for an auction at Mold in Flintshire, North Wales.

Hebden Bridge is a lovely old town in the valley and was once full of mills weaving the wool from the hills around and about.

It was known as "trouser town".

In the past few years it's become something of a magnet for artists, and you'll be relieved to know they still make clogs here.

ANITA: Now Jonny, we're both in the same place this morning, but I don't want you following me around.

Oh!

You'll be following me around.

You'll be following me around.

VO: Jonathan can sometimes be a little uneasy about sharing, but this huge establishment should give them plenty of elbow room.

There's even a pile of the sort of rugs Jonathan's usually keen on.

But today he seems more focused on cabinets.

JP: After the bad result I had last time, I'm gonna try and go for jewelry and silver a little objects.

VO: Mmm, interesting.

Upstairs Anita seems to have an entirely different tactic.

ANITA: I quite like this.

It's from the 1930s, magazine rack, and it's got this lovely curved handle here, and the curved sections.

Now, that is so reminiscent of the art deco period, where you have these circular, sympathetic shapes.

It's functional, so people will like that, and it's got a dog there.

I know that people do like dogs, so we've got three sort of good elements there.

VO: I doubt she'll be so enthusiastic about it in front of the dealer Steve though!

The ticket price is £22.

Stand by.

ANITA: It's not the greatest of quality, I think this is just plywood here.

STEVE: I think it is, yes.

But quite a nice, clean, wee functional item that would appeal to dog owners.

Do you think that is a Welsh wolfhound?

I'm not too up on dogs, but probably.

You're a great salesman!

VO: Yeah.

Looks more like an unusually vicious Labrador to me.

ANITA: I'd be looking to pay in the region of £10-12.

Well, we could do it for £12.

ANITA: £12?

STEVE: Yes.

I think that that's a good buy for 12.

I think you've a chance.

It's a deal, that's lovely.

Do you think I'll make a profit on it?

I'm sure there will be, definitely.

Come on, Fido.

VO: Now how's our jewelry hound?

Is he on the scent yet?

JP: This is a gold and zircon ring.

This is the problem with jewelry.

It takes absolutely forever to be sure what you're looking it.

Zircon's a natural stone, but it's very very obvious what it is on a big stone, but on a small stone, it's much harder to tell.

VO: Zircon can occur in a variety of shades, and the colorless stones can be good, cheaper substitute for diamonds.

JP: You've got nine carat gold ring with a cluster of zircons, this is worth a punt, because it's quite a pretty little cluster ring.

The price on the box is.. £32.

VO: Anything else?

JP: This little gold stick here, that could be rolled gold.

Quite pretty though, little squirrel.

And he's got a little nut in his hand, which is a little sea pearl.

Off to the squirrel, what ho, old bean?

It's rather cute isn't it, don't you think?

VO: If you say so, JP.

Maybe not.

VO: I wonder if dealer Trish will be impressed.

So I was wondering if you'd do the two together, perhaps for £30?

So it's a total of 40, 32 and eight.

The two of them for 32 would be alright.

Nice and easy.

I'll take that.

Thank you very much.

You're welcome.

Very happy with that.

VO: I'm not surprised.

But Anita likes jewelry too and I think she may be growing restless up there.

Jonathan!

Oh, hi, Anita.

ANITA: How are you getting on?

Do you know, there's so much to see, isn't there?

Will we have a wee swapsie?

I've got one thing I want to look at.

Uh-huh.

Which will be five minutes.

Yep.

VO: Five minutes?

You'd better get a move on then, lad.

You can't keep the lady waiting.

I rather like this little chap here.

It's just a nice little Victorian wheelbarrow that's a late 19th century silver plated novelty and it probably is a salt cellar, it probably started off life with a glass liner perhaps, and the quality of the detail, I think the little screwheads are a nice little touch.

You can see the lines are nice and dark, which is where the silver coating has tarnished and it's been left sort of buried in the corners, and you can't fake that, it's not something that can be done just like that, so it certainly gives it the edge.

I like that a lot.

VO: Huh.

At £55 it's over to you, Trish.

I think that's really cute.

Got a bit of style about it, and if it was silver, it'd be hundreds of pounds.

I think it's a one off.

What's the best on that?

Would you do 40?

Erm, 40 is a little bit low for me.

Erm... 42?

Yeah, let's stick with the twos.

42.

OK. Och, I've been on fire this morning, £42.

VO: Oh lordy.

Are you really?

Thank you very much.

You can take that.

Cuz now Anita's chomping at the bit.

VO: Well, he's certainly come over all decisive today.

Tactical too, it seems.

I'm gonna stick to small things, and quite simply buy five objects that I can fit into my pockets.

I mean, you would be able to do my reveal under a hanky!

VO: Really?

Ah, it looks like Anita's finally got her hands on some smalls.

Ha!

Is this your cabinet?

It is, yes.

This little pencil here, this little propelling pencil, and the lead is still there.

VO: Now, that would fit in a pocket.

Nine carat.

It's quite plain and it's quite straight forward.

I also like the fact that it's made by Sampson Mordan & Company.

VO: Sampson Mordan filed the first patent for a mechanical pencil in 1822, and the family company continued to manufacture highly collectable items until 1941, when their London factory was destroyed in the Blitz.

ANITA: It's got 56, can you come down a bit from there?

STEVE: What were you thinking of?

In the region of 30?

45.

45?

45.

(CLOCK TICKING) VO: Hmm.

That's 10 seconds.

On we go.

(CLOCK TICKING) Oh lordy.

This is a tactic.

It's tempting!

(LAUGH) VO: How are things going after all this silence?

Is 45 the very best that you can do?

I can go to 40.

Could you go to 40?

Are you happy with that?

40'd be the best, yes.

OK, thank you very much.

VO: Cor, I'm not sure what the pause-to-discount ratio was there, but it's a relief it's all over.

Now, hang on.

Is Jonathan changing his tune?

(PLAYS 'CAMPFIRE'S BURNING') VO: No, it's much worse.

ANITA: And we have no...

Tune, talent.

Do you think we should stick to antiques?

I think so.

VO: Yeah, I agree.

No need to rush into a musical career, either of you.

But your next performance certainly awaits.

They're traveling from Hebden Bridge across the border to Burnley in Lancashire.

The two mill towns, just 15 miles apart, have quite a lot in common.

In fact they were once both linked by a packhorse route, although nowadays most people prefer the A646.

Burnley was a cotton town which, at its peak, boasted 99,000 power looms.

Wow!

Time for Jonathan to go solo.

ANITA: Have a nice time.

JP: Have fun too.

ANITA: Spend lots.

JP: Thank you.

VO: Well, with some 9,000 square feet of space, they certainly think big round here.

Who on earth would buy that?

VO: How about Phil Serrell?

But Jonathan of course is thinking small today.

So what can he find that's pocket sized?

(RINGING) VO: Careful.

Huh!

Gosh.

Scared the life out of me.

VO: Let's briefly draw a veil over Jonathan's struggle to add to his tiny collection and see what Anita's been up to.

She's motoring just outside of Burnley to visit Gawthorpe Hall.

Once described as an Elizabethan gem in the heart of industrial Lancashire.

Hello.

Rachel, I'm Anita.

Hi, Anita.

Do you know, it's so lovely to be here, and this is wonderful, what a wonderful house.

I mean, how old is it?

The house was finished in 1605.

What does the motto say at the top?

It says "prudentia et iustitia" which is "prudence and justice", that was the Shuttleworth family motto from when the hall was built.

Yeah.

VO: It was the last of the Shuttleworth family to actually live here who really put Gawthorpe on the map.

Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth had a passion for textiles and was a great collector until her death in 1967.

ANITA: This is one of the largest collections outside the V&A?

RACHEL: Yes, that's right, there's over 30,000 pieces altogether.

We've got over 500 on display here in these rooms for the public to come in and look at.

VO: Rachel traveled the world, gathering many pieces, and amongst the many rare and valuable items on display is the baby gown of Tsar Nicholas II.

Gosh.

ANITA: So this is the lady that was responsible for this wonderful collection?

Yes, that's right, this is a portrait of Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth herself, and really textiles were her absolute passion, as you can see in this portrait.

Yeah.

She's got a thimble on her finger.

She has, yes.

VO: Down in the library, Anita's come to meet the director of the collection... Hi, Jenny, lovely to meet you.

VO: ..and take a closer look at a few special pieces.

ANITA: What do we have here?

Right, OK, well this is a votive piece, this is a really unique piece of embroidery which is actually embroidered on two sides, and it's embroidered on parchment paper, so it's extremely delicate.

It's embroidered on paper?

And it's how many hundred years old?

That's from 1708.

1708?

Yeah.

This is a very precious piece.

It is, it is.

Very precious.

But my eye was caught by this beautiful piece of material.

JENNY: This is made in the Elizabethan period and it is a herb pillow.

And this is 500 years old?

Yeah.

It's one of the oldest objects in the collection.

VO: But the collector was quite a seamstress herself.

JENNY: Now, Miss Rachel was heavily involved with the inception of the Girl Guides and this sampler was designed by Miss Rachel in 1923.

Each Guide and each Brownie would have contributed at least one stitch.

It's wonderful.

Look at the wee tents there, and the campfire!

JENNY: There's sort of music coming out the fire, and lyrics and words that are embroidered into the smoke.

And in the middle we've got Miss Rachel.

VO: Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth believed that craft can help improve people's quality of life, and the remarkable pieces she collected now both educate and inspire.

VO: Meanwhile back in town, Jonathan's still hunting hard for something, um, "pocket-sized".

Sewing, eh?

Now there's a coincidence.

This is the perfect fit form-o-matic dress form.

VO: Hey.

I should probably watch where I put my hands, actually.

VO: Steady.

This is quite fun, actually, I quite like this.

Yeah, do you like it?

I suppose this is for dresses and things?

Yeah, yeah, you're right.

What you do is you just pull these pins out, and they twist from behind, like so.

And then you can adjust it accordingly.

It's unusual, I can't say I've come across one before.

It is quirky, it conjures up the nostalgia of the 1950s.

VO: Hang on you'll never get that in your pocket, lad.

It was not really what I was looking to put my money into, it's £65.

Does seem a little steep for me.

And so what would you sell this for?

Mm, for you, special customer, £40.

£40?

That's a real bargain, trust me.

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

Oh yeah?

Depends how you like your ladies!

VO: I think he's smitten.

Who wouldn't be?

How about £30?

32.

How's that for you?

Do we have a deal, Jonathan?

Come on, you know you want to.

£32.

Do you know what?

Why not, OK, it's a bit of a...

Thank you very much.

It's fair, it's yours.

Thank you.

VO: Don't they make a lovely couple?

JP: # I've got chills, they're multiplying # And I'm losing control... # ANITA: Jonathan, stop mucking about!

# The power you're supplying... # VO: On that note, night night.

VO: Next morning, resolutions are made.

ANITA: No brown furniture, Jonny.

JP: No brown furniture so far.

ANITA: Oh!

So you're not saying never?

Well... VO: And he's not fibbing.

Yesterday Jonathan plumped for a ring, a tie pin, a tiny wheelbarrow and a lady's dress mannequin for a total cost of £106...

It's not really what I was looking to put my money into.

VO: ..leaving him with almost £265 to spend today.

While Anita lavished a mere £52 of her small fortune on a gold mechanical pencil and a magazine rack.

Woof.

ANITA: Do you think that is a Welsh wolfhound?

Probably.

VO: Hey!

Leaving her with almost £370 to spend today.

They're making for an auction at Mold in north Wales.

But their next stop is Darwen, Lancashire.

Just like the other Lancashire towns they visited, Darwen had its key role to play in the industrial revolution.

In fact Samuel Crompton, the inventor of the spinning mule machine, once lived here, and the town's motto is "nothing without labor", speaking of which... Er, Jonny, just in here to the right.

Aladdin's Cave.

Aladdin's Cave.

Is he a lad in a cave?

Is that what he is?

Well, he's a bit of a lad.

Is he a genie?

Ah, he's a genie.

ANITA: Interesting, yes?

(HONKS HORN) JP: It's interesting, yeah.

Ah, hi!

Hi, Stephen!

I had such a good time the last time that I thought I'd bring Jonny along.

That's great, nice to meet you.

VO: Ah, old chums, eh?

This could be interesting.

Well the name of this place certainly fits.

Although I have seen caves arranged with a little more care and attention.

Yesterday Jonathan hogged a whole shop floor, but today Anita's getting her revenge.

She's grabbed dealer Stephen first... Come on, you help me to get a bargain.

You help me to get a bargain.

VO: ..and is hoping to make familiarity count.

ANITA: How much is your G-Plan?

VO: Hey, that's a cheeky question.

50?

50.

Does that include all the mold?

It does!

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Meanwhile upstairs, size has become a big thing for Jonathan.

JP: We have a sign or something like that, and it's got a bit of age as well, painted onto wood.

Sort of point of sale advertising.

Whay.

I would say it's got to be from the 1950s, possibly the 60s, and it could even just be a one-off.

VO: The curious name of this spirit derives from 1882, when the distiller William Sanderson prepared 100 casks of blended whisky and asked a panel of experts to choose their favorite one.

And the winner was... JP: Vat 69.

And it's finely painted.

This coat of arms up here, the royal coat of arms, is really well done.

A little bit of damage, you've got splits running down the sides, but that's liveable.

And I absolutely love it and I'm hoping it's within my budget.

VO: Well actually it's a whopping £250, almost all you've got left, so you'd better have a chat with Stephen.

He's got his hands full though at the moment.

Literally.

ANITA: I think that's so sweet.

It's a little country... ANITA: ..cot.

STEPHEN: Pine.

A little rocker.

Nice old paint inside.

Yeah, that's original stuff, isn't it?

I think it is, yeah.

Yeah.

STEPHEN: A nice color as well.

How old do we think this is?

Well, I'd think about 1870, 1880, I don't know, what do you think?

Uh-huh, probably made by the...

The father, I think the father would have made it when the mother gave birth, for the baby, yeah.

Uh-huh.

A big baby, that's a big baby!

Tall baby, plenty of room to grow!

Plenty of room to grow, yeah.

I like this, I like this, Stephen.

I would hope that it'd be the type of thing that would appeal within a rural community.

I mean, not that you'd put a baby in it these days, but you could put some plants or teddies or whatever.

So how much is this, Stephen?

Well, I'd like about 110.

Right.

What's the very best that you can do on that?

Erm... Oh, I'd better sit down.

90.

Will I hold your hand?

90.

90.

What's the very, very, very, very death on it?

75.

75?

75.

It's a deal on that, OK?

VO: So Anita's the proud owner of some brown furniture, and Jonathan found himself a cabinet.

JP: L-E-T-T-E-R. You'd really want it to say "toast", that's the thing!

People don't really have letter racks any more, do they?

How old is it?

Not very, probably.

You'd like to think it was early 20th century.

The quality's there.

VO: But is it silver?

It's almost like it is silver.

Can't be.

It's too stiff.

VO: The ticket price is £59.

Probably worth a punt.

VO: Well you'd better go and grab hold of Stephen then.

Vintage iron board, Stephen?

It is, yeah, it is.

ANITA: How much is that?

STEPHEN: £10.

JP: Hi.

ANITA: Hello, Jonathan.

Hello.

Any chance I could pinch Stephen for a minute?

He's my personal shopper!

I thought he might be!

I thought we haven't got long here, and I can see you hanging on to him to the end.

OK. Don't give him anything cheap!

(JONATHAN LAUGHS) That little chap.

It almost has a homemade feel about it.

Yeah, I thought that, but it's quite an interesting piece.

A bit of fun.

"Letter" for a letter rack.

Yeah, I mean it might be 60 years old.

40?

I was thinking more like 20.

I'll split the difference with you, 30.

OK, right, so 30 quid, that's your very best?

STEPHEN: Uh, we'll come to some agreement.

VO: Sounds encouraging.

But what about the bottle?

You could have probably sold this a million times actually, cuz it's there in front of you.

Yeah.

It's a fabulous piece, I think.

It's hand painted, and I think it's...

It's on wood.

Yeah, it is.

A lot of people wanted that over the years.

I've had it a few years now.

It's a smart thing.

I took that home, I refused to sell it when it first came in cuz I liked it myself so much.

But the wife's decided she wanted it to come back.

Oh, your wife's like mine!

I buy stuff, funnily enough, and it seems to go back to the saleroom.

VO: Get on with it, then!

200 for that.

Don't step backwards, by the way.

Yeah, yeah, that would be TV gold, wouldn't it?

VO: (LOW WHISTLE) That was close, Jonathan.

Now what's Anita up to?

Branching out?

Ah, sometimes you can find something in the darkest corner.

VO: You'd know, Anita.

And sometimes they're there for a very good reason.

I love this big piece of gnarled wood, it's a wonderful piece of natural art.

Look at this!

Look at the sweeps, look at the ins and outs.

Found art, somebody's found that somewhere.

And I just absolutely love it.

And if you were looking for something functional for it to do, you could hang your coat on there, hang your hat on there.

What kind of price can you put on something like that?

I've always got a bargaining point, in that no one else in the world is mad enough to buy it, except me!

VO: Perhaps not the best reason to take something to auction though.

How are the giant bottle negotiations progressing?

JP: I really like it.

You wouldn't take 150 for it, would you?

Go on.

Right, OK. Grieves me much, but...

I'm going to shake your hand on that one.

I really like that piece, I think it's fantastic.

Thanks.

You'll do well with that.

JP: Brilliant.

VO: Now, what about a little chaser?

The letter rack, you say you'd do it for what?

30.

OK.

I'll go for that, so, brilliant, and then I'm absolutely finished shopping.

I may as well pay you now.

Yeah, please!

JP: "And clear off!"

VO: Well he's certainly got a lot of bottle.

You're free to go and try and fleece Anita now, see if you can get as much as you can out of her.

I'll do that, OK, right.

Thank you very much.

ANITA: Stephen?

VO: Was that a cry for assistance?

Stephen!

STEPHEN: Hello, Anita!

VO: Stephen, Stephen wherefore art thou?

I've found something up here which you might be dying to get rid of.

I hope so.

I'll come up now.

I've found this big dod of gnarled wood.

STEPHEN: It's a root.

ANITA: It's a root?

STEPHEN: Yeah.

ANITA: It's a root, uh-huh.

So it's taking an enormous amount of space up...

Yes.

..in your warehouse.

Yes, but I have had it a while.

You've had it for years?

Er, a couple of years, perhaps.

I am willing and happy to take it off your hands... Oh, that's great.

..for a tenner.

Oh!

I couldn't, I couldn't.

You couldn't do a tenner?

I'll sell it for a huge loss for 40.

Every day it's sitting here, it's costing you money.

It was a twig when it first got there!

(BOTH LAUGH) And I'm willing to take it off your hands for a tenner!

No!

VO: It's a bit like chopping away at a tree, this.

40, that's a good price, really.

40?!

40.

Stephen, it might not even get a bid.

25 then.

ANITA: Will you let me take it off your hands for £10?

VO: Could this be "timber!"?

Why not?

Oh, let's go, thank you very much!

Are you happy that I'm taking it off your hands?

Mixed feelings, really.

ANITA: Bye bye, Aladdin's Cave!

VO: That was a fruitful bit of shopping.

Now it's time for Jonathan to leave Darwen and get down to St Helens.

VO: The fortunes of this town were built upon coal and on the heavy industry that needed that fuel.

Nowadays the talk in St Helens is all about regeneration, and this giant sculpture stands on the site of the last colliery.

But the town still makes glass and has done for almost 300 years.

JP: This is an amazing building, isn't it?

Hi Jonathan, I'm Hannah, the curator, welcome to the World of Glass.

VO: The entrance of the World of Glass museum is a replica of the huge furnace located elsewhere on the site.

It was constructed by William Windle Pilkington for the around-the-clock manufacture of glass.

Pilkington based its HQ here in St Helens back in 1826 because of the raw materials and skills located here.

But as the exhibits show, the story of glass is much, much older.

HANNAH: This is the glass roots gallery, the Pilkington collection.

3,000 years' worth of glass.

JP: I mean, I know that they discovered glass when lightning hit sand, and it actually melts the... And you get little what they call angel's tears or something, and it's little globules of sort of natural glass.

It's a natural formation, yeah.

JOP: And then they took it all from there.

HANNAH: This is a Roman piece.

Isn't that fab?

The Romans invented glass blowing in the 1st century AD.

Yep.

That's wonderful.

2,000 years old, or thereabouts?

Yeah.

VO: Also in the collection are hugely valuable pieces by the some of the great glass designers, like Rene Lalique and this cameo glass by the British manufacturer Thomas Webb & Sons.

JP: I mean, I absolutely adore that, I think that is such an amazing piece.

HANNAH: It is a nice piece.

JP: Absolutely skilled work.

VO: Although designers like George Woodall took etching and carving through fused layers of glass to new heights, it was essentially a Roman technique.

Pilkington pioneered the industrialization of glass manufacture, but the basic method remains roughly the same and in the hot glass studio you can see the ancient craft in action.

JP: That's so clever, I've never seen it done before.

Oh, right.

OK, and it happened instantly.

Oh my word!

Centrifugal force is pulling it down.

Wow, that's amazing.

You quite simply just bring it out, spin it, and let gravity do its work.

HANNAH: There you go.

JP: Magnificent.

Very clever.

That's lovely, isn't that lovely?

Would you like to have a go?

JP: What, me?

HANNAH: Yeah.

I can try!

Alright.

Oh I see, right.

So do you want to blow?

Just blow gently down there.

VO: Don't suck, whatever you do Jonathan!

Oh.

Stop there.

Wow.

Oh, it's a lightbulb.

I've invented the lightbulb!

VO: Not bad, but I don't think they'll be displaying your work alongside the greats just yet.

But while Jonathan's been getting all creative, Anita's anxious to finish off her shopping... and is making her way from Darwen over to Ormskirk.

Legend has it that the original Orme was a Viking who settled here and founded this very kirk.

It's one of only three in England to have both a tower and a spire.

They say that Orme's two sisters wanted one each.

Sadly that bit's almost certainly made up.

ANITA: Hello Alan, I'm Anita.

ALAN: Hello.

ANITA: It's lovely to be here.

Nice to see you.

ANITA: Beautiful furniture.

Oh, thank you very much.

ANITA: All in perfect condition.

ALAN: That's very kind of you.

VO: Alan doesn't just sell and restore furniture though.

He makes it.

Although whether Anita will be tempted to buy some of his very fine work is uncertain.

Typically Anita has her eye on something very buyable, although hardly a classic.

ANITA: It's rather a strange wee box.

Yes, it's been made in the far east, within the last five or six years.

We have these little geometric squares here.

I like the fact that it's been hand done.

Yes, it has, with a chisel.

You can use it as a little stationery box, or a sewing box...

Yes.

And, er, got a little lock on that, you could use it for your love letters.

Yes!

Good.

I mean, you've got £15 on it.

ALAN: Yes.

ANITA: It's not a lot of money.

No.

Can you take something off of that?

Can we make it 14?

VO: Nice work Alan, I think she was speechless there!

I like your style.

I think I could probably do 12.

£12 on that.

Do you think it'll make me £12 at auction?

What do you think it'll get at auction?

It should do.

What would your estimate be?

Well, I would certainly think you'd get in excess of £15.

I would hope so, at least.

I have to pay commission as well.

Of course you do, yes.

Yeah.

I would like to be buying it for in the region of 10, is that at all possible?

Let's do a deal for 10.

OK, that's lovely, thank you very much, Alan, thank you.

You're welcome.

It was a pleasure doing business.

VO: Right time for that show and tell moment.

ANITA: Shall I go first?

Go on, you go on, please, please, please, please, please.

Well, I'll start calmly, and then... ANITA: Is that something that could grow on you?

Well, I don't know.

What is it?

It's a piece of natural sculpture, my friend.

Are you laughing at me?

No, no, no, I'm not laughing at you, no, no.

But the question is, how much money did you spend on it?

£10.

Oh, really?

Is that all?

You're winding me up.

Oh, that's alright for £10, goodness me.

JP: Even for kindling, there's £10 worth of kindling there, isn't there?

That's right.

VO: What about her pricier bit of wood?

ANITA: I fell in love with it.

But I paid quite a lot of money for it, £75, so... Yeah.

..I might have been carried away by this one.

VO: This one though might just make him a little envious.

JP: Is this gold?

It's gold, it's nine... Hallmarked nine carat gold.

JP: Guaranteed profit, Anita.

I don't like to say it!

VO: Careful, they may bite!

ANITA: People like animals, so I think this might be... Do you get Welsh wolfhounds?

Um...

I'm not familiar with that breed, no.

VO: Not surprised - it doesn't exist.

Now, his turn.

JP: Here we go.

VO: First the smalls... Then the biggie.

Ah yes.

Ah, yeah.

A perfect form-o-matic dress form.

I just like everything about it.

VO: That's a shapely thing too.

Oh, that's a stoater.

Absolutely wonderful.

JP: Do you think it's silver?

ANITA: Look at that, look at that.

JP: I think it is, you know.

Nickel silver wouldn't bend like that.

No, exactly.

ANITA: That's a good buy.

JP: Thank you.

You bought some jewelry.

I bought some jewelry, yeah.

Those two are together, so that's one lot there.

ANITA: That's a great buy.

And I thought about splitting them up... One, two, three, four.

I've got one other piece.

ANITA: That is absolutely fabulous.

Isn't it brilliant?

There is a good market for advertising stuff.

How much did I pay for it, Anita?

I think I would go to about 140, 150.

£150.

I think that's great.

We should now nip off and have a wee dram.

There we go.

VO: Yes, but what did they really think?

The Sampson Mordan gold pen is an absolute steal and she is going to double her money on that, for sure.

But she's bought a tree, totally out of character.

She might get £15, but how many people are going to be willing to pay it?

ANITA: I love Jonathan's items, I think he's let his feminine side lead him this time.

Apart from the big bottle of whisky, of course.

All my stuff's all brown stuff, now how did I manage that?

I think he might beat me this time.

VO: After starting out in the Pennines at Hebden Bridge, this leg of our journey concludes in north Wales at an auction in Mold.

This lovely market town was the place where, in 1833, workmen dug up a spectacular bronze age golden cape.

It eventually found its way to the British Museum and became number 19 in its "History of the World in 100 Objects".

ANITA: Is this going to be your day, Jonny?

Are you going to win today?

Oh look Anita, I like to think so, but who knows?

Who knows?

Hello!

VO: I wonder if anything sold at Dodds today will end up at the British Museum?

I think we can probably rule out what our two have bought though, don't you?

But let's get the opinion of the local auctioneer, Anthony Parry.

He's a lovely man.

ANTHONY: The Sampson Mordan propelling pencil in gold is probably one of the best things you've bought, and the price of gold as it is at the moment, it'll easily sell.

The Vat 69 advertising jar, that's unusual.

It could appeal to a publican or restaurant.

The piece of driftwood, I think whoever bought it would have assumed we've got a lot of interior designers round here.

Well, we haven't.

VO: Ha-ha!

That wasn't very encouraging was it?

Anita started out with £420.41 and she's spent £147 of it on five auction lots.

Jonathan began with £370.39 and he's spent £286 also on five auction lots.

Right.

Are you nervous, Jonny?

Yes, I am nervous.

VO: Pull yourself together then.

You're up first.

Starting off we have Jonathan's silvery letter rack.

10 I've got, £10.

10.

15.

15.

20.

25.

25 is up the room, 25, can't we have 30 anywhere else?

MAN: 26.

26.

28.

32.

JP: Come on, come on.

ANTHONY: £32.

It washed its face, as they say.

It washed its face, yeah.

VO: Well, I say actually, but a loss after commission.

What will Mold make of his wheelbarrow?

This is a rural area.

People love their gardens.

Yeah, they've got lots of wheelbarrows, these guys.

But none that small.

£10, 10.

10.

£10.

12.

14.

16.

18.

20.

22.

Well, you heard him say one more, so he won't go another.

22.

24.

24, there you are, he said no.

24.

25.

25.

Go on!

25, are you having 26?

Oh, dear me, 26 over here.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

30.

No more for the wheelbarrow then?

VO: Oh dear, Jonathan's "quality" plan's not off to a good start.

JP: You're a mean bunch.

I did think that that was one that might struggle.

VO: Anita's gold pencil.

Everyone seems to agree it's a belter.

ANTHONY: This is rather a nice lot.

30 I've got, £30, £35.

£40, £45.

£45, 45.

£50.

£55.

£60.

65.

70.

Five.

80.

85.

90.

Are you having 92.50, sir?

92.50.

£100, thank you.

It's gone then at £100.

JP: Oh, shut up.

ANITA: Yes!

VO: Quite a contrast - she's straight out of the blocks.

That was a good start.

VO: Certainly was.

Now for Jonathan's ring and pin.

Nice nails.

£20 I've got to start.

£30.

£40.

Yes!

£50.

ANITA: Yes!

ANTHONY: £60.

65.

70.

70.

75, where's 80?

75.

Any more?

Are we all done at £75?

WOMAN: 77.

Oh yes!

All done at £77 then?

JP: Oh, OK, clawing back.

Smashing.

Clawing back.

VO: Yes, a bit of recovery from an awful start.

ANITA: That's more than we thought.

Oh, thank goodness for that.

VO: OK who's ready for some sculpture?

Don't laugh.

Nobody knows how much that thing's worth.

JP: Most people would walk past it on a dog walk, their dog would stop, lift its leg, and then they carry on walking!

Right, what shall we say for it?

£5?

ANITA: Thank you, sir.

Well, there we go.

£10.

£20.

JP: Oh, what?

£30.

£40.

45. Who's going to have 50?

46.

46!

47.

48.

48.

£50.

Yes!

Are we quite sure we can't get any more money?

You can ask outside.

Ask outside, ask around, John!

(LAUGHTER) £50, this lady is winning this.

All done at 50 then.

Yes!

VO: Oh lordy.

ANITA: Whahey!

You're mad, all of you.

You're mad!

VO: Well she hoped to find people of like mind.

You are amazing, Anita.

VO: What about her doggie magazine rack?

Might it have its day?

£10 note.

£10.

15.

20.

25.

27.

All done at 27 then?

27.

Very good.

Happy enough with that.

VO: I'm sure she is.

Now for Jonathan's big one.

20.

30.

40.

50.

60.

70.

80.

80's there.

90.

90, it should double this, easily.

90's here.

90.

100.

And 10.

115.

120.

120.

All done at £120 then?

Quite sure?

I knew it.

Oh, man.

VO: Oh dear.

It's enough to drive you to drink, Jonathan.

Well, I'm bitterly disappointed with that.

VO: Can his shapely friend help out?

£20.

20.

£25.

ANITA: Yes.

ANTHONY: £30.

35.

40.

42.50.

42.50!

45.

£50, all done at £50 then?

Well done, well done.

Thank you.

Wasn't that excellent?

18 quid.

VO: Not bad, but probably not enough either.

Now for Anita's brown box.

10 I've got, 12 I've got.

14.

16.

Oh, God.

Here we go.

18.

20.

£20.

22.

24.

26.

28, thank you.

Unbelievable.

30's coming back.

32 at the back.

34.

No more?

All done at £34 then, you quite sure?

Goodness me!

They like the brown stuff in this auction.

They do.

VO: Yeah, Anita's in tune again.

My last item is coming up, it's the pine rocking cradle, that really was the item that I was worried about.

JP: I think it's only fair, if you make a profit on it, then you have to sing "she wears red feathers and a hula-hula skirt".

ANTHONY: £10... ANITA: Oh, Jonny!

£15.

Oh, fif..!

£20.

£25.

£30.

No?

All done at £30 then?

Thank goodness for that!

VO: Well at least we won't have to put up with Anita's singing.

And to tell you the truth, Jonathan, I deserved to lose about 40 quid on it because it was a bad buy.

It was a bad buy, but you've done terribly, terribly well.

VO: She certainly has.

Despite that little wrong note, Anita's easily the winner today.

Jonathan began with £370.39 and after paying auction costs, he made a loss of £32.62, leaving him with £337.77 to spend on the next leg.

Anita however, started with £420.41 and after paying costs made a profit of £50.62, giving her £471.03 and a substantial lead.

Well done that girl!

Very well done, Anita.

I'm a bit disappointed about that cradle, actually.

The opportunity to hear your dulcet tones... ANITA: # She wears red feathers and a huly-huly skirt.

# She wears red feathers and a huly-huly skirt... # VO: Next time on the Antiques Road Trip... Anita and Jonathan should really get a satnav.

ANITA: How did we manage to go the wrong way, Jonathan?

It's your blethering, your blethering has put me off.

VO: Tut tut.

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