VOICEOVER (VO): It's the nation's favorite antiques experts.

This is beautiful.

That's the way to do this.

VO: With £200 each, a classic car and a goal to scour for antiques.

Joy.

Hello.

VO: The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.

But it's no mean feat.

(LAUGHS) (GAVEL) VO: There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.

Sorry, sorry!

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

The handbrake's on.

VO: This is Antiques Road Trip!

Yeah.

Today, the road trip continues for our two auctioneers, Anita Manning and Philip Serrell.

Phil, the beginning of our next buy leg.

Aye.

I can hardly wait.

Are you not raring to go?

Well I've got some catching up to do, haven't I?

You completely drilled me yesterday.

ANITA: I know.

VO: Anita won the first leg and is prepared to fight to keep her lead.

You've got to be careful when Phil Serrell is about.

VO: Indeed.

But our Philip can find a use for anything.

That would make a fantastic bog-roll holder.

That's what we have at home.

VO: They're taking to the road in this classic Italian micro-car, the 1970 Fiat 500.

ANITA: Oh!

(CHUCKLES) Try to keep your eye on the road, Phil.

Oh no.

VO: Our experts both began their trip with £200.

One auction down, and Philip has already gone backwards, leaving him with £196.40.

VO: Anita took the early lead, giving her £242.43 to spend today.

This week, they started in Windermere in the Lake District and will travel over 1,200 miles around the north of England and Scotland before finishing up in Crooklands, Cumbria.

Today's leg begins in Barnard Castle, County Durham, and ends at auction in Driffield in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

PHIL: I love this part of the world.

ANITA: Oh yeah.

PHIL: Barnard Castle.

Yeah, oh, it's a wonderful place.

Up around the north of the Yorkshire Dales, I think it's absolutely glorious.

I really do.

VO: Is there a plan today, then?

Tell me about your tactics.

That's simple.

Beat you.

ANITA: (LAUGHS) Do you think you're going to beat me?

No.

No, I'd like to try.

VO: Good luck with that.

The spectacular market town of Barnard Castle, or Barney to its friends, takes its name from the 12th-century castle around which the town grew.

It's also an antiques shopping Mecca.

PHIL: Here we are.

ANITA: Perfect.

Perfect.

PHIL: Job's a good 'un.

VO: It's the perfect place for both our shoppers to start this leg's shopping together.

Now, Phil, I don't want you following me around.

Get out of here.

VO: Opened six years ago, Mission Hall is located in the heart of the town's antiques district.

Dale Robson is the man to meet.

ANITA: Hi.

DALE: Hiya.

I'm Anita.

Hello, Anita, you alright?

ANITA: This is Philip Serrell.

PHIL: Hi, Philip.

Hello, Philip, alright?

You've got some good things in here.

Yeah, a lot to look at.

PHIL: See that already.

DALE: Have a good wander round.

We'll have a good wander round.

Right, see you in a bit.

I'm going to the sparkly cabinet.

Get out of here.

VO: Plenty of choice.

And Phil's quick to spot something.

I come hundreds of miles away from home and all the stuff here was made about 50 yards from my office in Worcester.

This is all Worcester porcelain and this is by the Stinton family.

They all painted at the Worcester porcelain factory in various guises.

The worst thing is, it's all out of my price range.

But it's really, really lovely.

VO: Anita is having a little more luck with one of the other cabinets.

I rather like this little inkwell and pen tray.

It's in the art-nouveau style, decorated and embossed with flowers.

I love items which have to do with writing.

It takes you back to a time when people wrote letters.

And I love the art-nouveau period, so I'm going to have a closer look at that.

VO: Dale's your man, then.

It's made of a...

It's some sort of base metal, I would imagine.

Yeah, Britannia metal or something.

Britannia metal.

I think it would be something for a lady's writing desk.

DALE: Oh, it's very pretty, yes.

It's pretty.

Orphea.

Don't know anything about it but I like to see something which has a maker's name on it.

Yeah, it's nice to see.

It puts it in a certain place.

It's 26 on it.

Which I think it's not too bad.

Very reasonable.

It's very reasonable.

You might not need a discount.

I might not need a discount!

I might not... (CHUCKLES) Could it be bought, sort of, somewhere between 15 and 18?

I could do it for 20.

You could do it for 20?

20.

Oh!

I'm going to go for that.

Yeah?

OK, that's good.

I like it.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Alright.

You haven't been suckered in already, have you?

Succumbed to the Manning charm.

Och away and buy one of your big, eh... have you found anything big and crazy yet?

Yeah.

Yeah, and here it is.

PHIL: (LAUGHS) ANITA: Have you found... VO: (CHUCKLES) Behave, Phil.

He's onto something, though.

Look.

Dale, I've just seen these, look.

Oh, right.

They're quite nice, aren't they?

Yeah.

Little tankards, measures.

They're measures, aren't they?

Yeah.

You've got half pint and a pint.

You can have the half, I'll have the pint.

What could be the best on those, do you think?

They are 40 quid the two currently.

Maybe 30 quid.

Could they be 20 quid?

They couldn't be 20, no.

See, Dale just said that and there was no hint of compassion.

DALE: No.

VO: One to think about, then.

Whatever you do, don't let that Anita Manning anywhere near 'em.

DEALER: I'll do my best.

VO: Speak of the little devil.

Wouldn't it be nice to have a lovely pen to go with my little inkwell and pen holder.

And I've noticed a Conway Stewart fountain pen here and pens are very collectable in today's markets so I'm going to have a look at that.

It's £35, a wee bit dear, ANITA: But if it's a gold nib... PHIL: Anita, Anita, Anita... ..then I'll be happy... What is it?

Could you just do me a favor?

What?

Just hold that a second for me.

Aw for heaven's sake!

Hold it, hold it.

Hold it.

Thank you very much.

VO: Cheeky boy.

Fortunately he knows it's a dummy.

What else has he found?

Just a little turned wooden box, isn't it?

Yeah.

Looks like rosewood or a hardwood.

What I particularly like about it is the price.

So we might be having little lot here.

What else can we find?

DALE: Right.

How much are those little sets... Those little shelves there?

Country made miniature chest of drawers.

£80.

How much movement is there on price on that?

£80, they'd have to be about 70.

Really, sort of maybe 65.

Couldn't come any lower?

I can't really do any lower on those.

PHIL: 50 quid is my limit on that.

Mm-hm.

I couldn't do it for 50.

Could you do £80 for the two bell tankards and that?

Yes, we could do that.

OK.

I need to have a think.

Mm-hm.

VO: Good idea.

Anita's been pawing over the fountain pen.

Dale has certainly been busy today.

ANITA: The condition is good.

This wonderful mottled effect, that's what the buyers like.

It's a nice bright color.

It's marked at 35, but what I'd like to be paying really is around about £20.

I mean I could maybe go to 25?

Could you go to 22?

I don't think I can do 22, no.

No.

Could you go to 23?

23?

Och, let's go for 23.

23.

Aw, thank you very much.

OK. VO: Anita is making herself a little theme there.

Meanwhile, it looks like Phil's made a decision.

Wow!

PHIL: Dale.

DALE: Hello.

I think you've been more than fair with me.

So these two for 80, yeah?

Yes.

We can do that.

And that is a handshake, cuz you, sir, have been an absolute gentleman.

Thank you.

Alright.

I'll be back.

You've got some really lovely things.

Thanks for the business.

Alright.

VO: £80 for the pair of bell metal tankards and a 19th-century miniature chest of drawers.

Now, how is Anita getting on?

What I like most about this bronze is this fantastical fish.

Important, though, in bronzes - name, foundry, any details that you can get, and if we look underneath we see C and F Smith, Birmingham.

So I think that's a super item.

Another bronze that I like in here... ..is this fantastic stylized cat.

Now, this has a modernist look about it but it could be from the 1920s or 1930s.

There is no foundry, there is no maker's name, but I think that that is wonderful.

VO: Dale?

This one's got 68 on it.

Right.

And this one has got... ..60.

Aha.

But what one do you think you could give me the best deal on?

I mean, that one would be about 60 and the other one would be about 50.

This is the one that my heart's going with and I think I'll go with that.

Is there any other movement on it?

It would have to be that £60.

60.

Let's just go for that.

DALE: We'll do that.

ANITA: Thank you very much.

DEALER: Lovely.

Thank you.

ANITA: I'm delighted.

DEALER: And it's a good thing.

ANITA: Yeah.

VO: Along with the bronze cat for £60, Anita has found herself a French art nouveau inkwell and pen tray for 20 and a Conway Stewart fountain pen for £23.

That's £103 altogether.

I'm really happy with all my terrific treasures.

VO: Philip's traveled towards Durham, a stunning city known for its Norman castle and cathedral and just outside the city is the town of Bishop Auckland.

Once home to a unique seat of power that was pivotal in the history of England and Scotland.

Philip's meeting Chris Ferguson to hear more.

Chris, how are you?

CHRIS: Very nice to meet you.

It's good to see you as well.

So this is Auckland Castle?

It is indeed.

You're very welcome to join us here.

VO: In the 11th century, County Durham became a bloody battleground.

William the Conqueror was defending northeast England from the king of Scotland at a time when the border between the two countries was ever-changing.

To cement his authority in the area, William granted the bishop of Durham unprecedented powers.

He was to be responsible for protecting England's interests in the north and given the title of prince bishop.

They could raise their own army, they had their own taxes, they had their own mint, they had their own legal system.

PHIL: If you think of a bishop today, and he is very much an ecclesiastical figure, isn't he?

But in those days, they were wealthy men... Yeah.

I mean, all the way through from the medieval period right through to the 19th century bishops are wealthy men, they're diplomats, they're military leaders, they are corrupt, some of them, some of them are quite into gambling, wine, women and song.

VO: There were 53 prince bishops in total.

The first was William Walker in 1075 and the last, William Van Mildert, served until 1836.

Auckland Castle was the center of all this power.

After the king, they were like the second most important people in the land.

They are.

Second most powerful people in the country, often standing up to the king, rebelling, some of them, and really trying to promote their own authority and power.

VO: This unparalleled rule included control over local agriculture and mining.

These were taxed and the money was used in whatever way they saw fit - to fund a life of luxury, control territory or create a grand palace fit for the king of the north.

CHRIS: They were really competing with the king, so this building is built with two great halls, it's built with a double-story chapel and those things are copying, out competing what the king's building at Westminster or Windsor.

This is a palace complex to compete with royalty.

VO: Over the centuries, the prince bishops were involved in thwarting the Scots' attempts to invade northern England.

In the 13th century, the notorious Prince Bishop Beck helped defeat William Wallace, leaving Scotland in the hands of the king of England.

At times, prince bishops chose to side with whoever was most powerful, even if that meant allegiance with the Scots against the English king who'd appointed them.

Do you ever get a state where the bishop tried to sort of outflank or outrank the king?

They do.

At times they try to have this sort of idea of this independent buffer state of Durham between England and Scotland, so Durham at that time, being Durham, Northumberland, Cumbria is a buffer state between warring kingdoms of England and Scotland.

VO: After the two countries merged politically in the 17th century, the role of prince bishop became less about military dominance and more about maintaining local law and order, often enjoying the perks of their position.

PHIL: I know that you look at... ..in my world... ..sort of old oil paintings of bishops and you can see they are having a bit of a ball really, large cigars, wine, fine wines, brandy.

CHRIS: Oh especially if you look at the 18th century pictures, they're feasting all the time, they are having huge, huge banquets.

And this building, what's now the chapel, were built as a banqueting halls to entertain in.

VO: The reign of the prince bishops continued into the 1830s, when it was replaced with the bishop of Durham in the traditional religious role that continues today.

But without this extraordinary position, set up as a stronghold for English royalty, the borders of England and Scotland could now be very different.

Anita has also made her way to Bishop Auckland.

She's heading for Antiques on the Green, run by Alistair Donaldson.

Hello.

I'm Anita.

Ah, nice to see you.

Lovely to be here.

I see you've got the champagne out.

Well, you know, just in case.

Just in case.

You know, yeah, we can pop one later.

VO: Yes.

Bit of shopping to do first, though.

Now this is interesting.

Boxes of stuff underneath a table.

Alistair might have got these from a house clearance, and they haven't been opened yet.

And don't worry about getting your hands dirty.

There could be treasure in here and sometimes where there's muck there's brass.

VO: Not in there, though.

Wow!

That's the kind of thing that Phil Serrell would love.

He would love that.

Huge big bellows.

VO: She's not wrong there.

Now, what do we have here?

ANITA: (LAUGHS) I wonder if I could give Phil Serrell a hammering with that!

And beat out a profit from it.

I like that.

It's £65 which is quite a lot of money.

But it's a good item and it's a fun item.

VO: Alistair, you're needed.

I usually buy lovely gentle... DEALER: Brooches.

Yes.

ANITA: ..feminine items.

But my eye was drawn to this big hammer.

Right.

Can you tell me, Alistair, what on Earth this is used for?

To be frank, I don't actually know what it would have been used for.

Right.

But it's wood, obviously, so you could hit metal like brass with it and it wouldn't damage it.

Obviously we've got a massive chunk out of it but that's its history.

But I like that.

Oh, it's great.

I'm an auctioneer and if this came into my auction, I would estimate that around about £20.

DEALER: (INHALES SHARPLY) It might get more than that, I don't know, because who knows the price of a big hammer?

Well if it's Mr Serrell that you are trying to beat up then I don't think I've got any option really than allowing you to have that for £20.

I think we'll do a deal on £20.

Is that alright?

Put your hand there.

BOTH: Thank you very much.

VO: A very generous discount lands Anita the rather large early 20th century hammer.

OK.

Put it over my shoulder?

Yeah.

Watch out Mr Serrell.

VO: And on that note - ha!

- it's probably best to call it a day.

So, nighty night.

VO: What a glorious morning.

PHIL: How did you get on yesterday?

Great.

I had a great time.

That's just what I want to hear.

I loved it, I enjoyed myself.

I loved the dealers.

I thought they were lovely.

So how much have you spent?

I don't know.

100 odd quid.

You spent... You bought four items for £100?

PHIL: Four?

ANITA: Ah, that's not to the... Aye, aye... PHIL: Been a wee bit careful.

ANITA: Not to the exact penny.

PHIL, AS ANITA: I wouldnae suppose you'd take 50p for it.

ANITA: (LAUGHS) VO: Yesterday, Anita bagged herself an art-nouveau inkwell and pen tray, a fountain pen, a bronze cat and an early 20th century hammer, all for £123, leaving her just under £120 to spend today.

VO: Phil bought a pair of bell metal tankards and a 19th century miniature chest of drawers for £80.

He still has £106.40 for today's shopping.

Do you know, I have to say, if I was going to buy a classic car, I'm not sure that I would buy one of these.

Ah, stop moaning, it's a lovely wee thing.

VO: Well said, Anita.

They are heading for the magnificent spa town of Harrogate, often voted... one of the happiest places to live in Britain, despite its Royal Pump Room housing the strongest sulfur well in Europe.

Harrogate is beautiful, isn't it?

I know.

It's the jewel of the north, isn't it?

I think it's really, really lovely.

And well known for so many things.

I mean it's crammed with really good quality antique shops, isn't it?

Yep.

And I'll tell you something else, you get a great cup of tea in this town.

VO: First to shop this morning is Phil.

Door-to-door delivery.

It looks as if there's plenty of lovely things there.

I'm going to go and give it a really good go.

Yeah.

If I can get out of this thing.

VO: Located in the trendy Montpellier Quarter, Montpellier Mews antique market has been trading for over 25 years.

Dealer David Wallace is looking after Phil today.

Hi, I'm Philip.

And you are?

How are you doing?

PHIL: David, is it?

DAVID: David.

VO: You're playing catch-up, Phil.

So what's going to appeal to you in here?

If they were going to give anything away in this center...

..I would take this Pilkington's Lancastrian vase away with me, which I think is just a beautiful, beautiful thing.

It's designed by a man called Mycock.

It's priced at £1,995... ..which is roughly £1,900 more than I currently have to spend.

VO: Ha!

Moving on.

Can I perhaps have a look at these... You can indeed.

..snuffboxes please?

Right.

So this is a papier-mâché snuffbox.

And it's got this little miniature on the cover here.

VO: It's priced at £25 but David says he can do it for 18.

For me, the golden age of papier-mâché is from about 1850 to 1880.

Erm... ..but the problem is this damage here because you can't really repair papier-mâché.

Could you do that for 15 quid?

Makes the sums...

I'll stick my neck out and say yes.

You're a gentleman.

I'll take that.

PHIL: Thanks very much indeed.

DAVID: My pleasure.

I better give you some money now, hadn't I?

VO: So, that's £15 for the 19th century papier-mâché snuffbox.

VO: Out on the open road, Anita's traveled to the village of Ripley.

VO: She's visiting Ripley Castle.

This was once home to an extraordinary woman who took on the most powerful man in the country in an astounding act of bravery.

VO: Anita's meeting Sir Thomas and Lady Emma Ingleby who are the 26th generation to live here.

Hello, welcome to Ripley Castle.

Hello, very nice to meet you.

What a wonderful place.

Well, we call it home and we have for 700 years.

THOMAS: We're still paying off the mortgage, THOMAS: so we can't lose it.

ANITA: (LAUGHS) VO: The Inglebys' home was once at the center of one of the most tumultuous periods of British history.

VO: In the 17th century, the English Civil War broke out, with parliament on one side, led by Oliver Cromwell, and King Charles I on the other defending the absolute power of the monarchy.

The battle between royalists and parliamentarians raged for nine years, resulting in Charles I being beheaded and Cromwell establishing Britain as a republic with himself as leader.

The Inglebys at Ripley Castle were involved from the beginning.

Sir William Ingleby and his sister Jane were fierce royalists.

In July 1644 they became embroiled in what was one of the bloodiest battles in English history.

Lady Emma's taking Anita to the knights' chamber to tell her more.

William Ingleby went to fight and was followed by his sister, Jane Ingleby.

Now this is very unusual for a lady to go and fight in a battle.

So it was an amazing situation, that a fine born lady, coming from the castle, should be there in the battle, in armor, fighting for the king.

Yeah, well, they must have believed truly in their cause.

VO: Over 4,000 died in the battle of Marston Moor, the vast majority of them royalists.

Oliver Cromwell and the parliamentarians were victorious.

William and Jane retreated back to Ripley Castle but as known royalists, Cromwell's soldiers were hot on their heels.

VO: Trapped in the castle, William had no choice but to hide, supposedly in a secret hole at the top of a tower.

ANITA: So he was cramped in this hole here.

He would have been literally making himself a small as possible in there, fearful of his life.

ANITA: Yeah.

EMMA: When they used to search, they would go through the paneling with their swords, because they were aware that there might be hiding places.

It's a claustrophobic space.

Yeah.

Just enough room for your Bible, your candle and an air hole.

VO: The fate of the family was in Jane's hands.

Cromwell's army hammered at the gates.

It's said that Jane changed out of her battle clothes and armed with two pistols courageously went to face her enemy and the country's future leader.

Jane decides to allow him in and almost negotiate.

He was the victor, they were the vanquished.

Why didn't he just chop her head off?

Well, because from that moment onwards he has to live with these people for his republic to work.

VO: Cromwell insisted on staying the night to recover from battle.

His army took to an outbuilding with the royalist prisoners in tow.

Cromwell demanded to sleep inside.

Jane kept the mighty general at gunpoint in the armchair while William was hiding in the priest hole upstairs.

This bravery earned her the name Trooper Jane.

They would sit down, warm themselves by the fire.

She might have offered him refreshments.

What do you think Cromwell thought of Trooper Jane?

Of course, she reputedly was carrying pistols, so I think he probably thought, "Mm, do you know I might just sleep."

If she had the pistols, and he was asleep... Could have changed the course of history.

Could have done.

VO: After winning one of the greatest victories of his career, and then being held hostage by a woman, Cromwell left the next morning.

He may have spared Jane's life and, without realizing it, her brother's too, but many of the royalist prisoners were shot at the castle on Cromwell's orders.

This is literally the marks of the bullet holes against the wall.

So, the Inglebys may have got away scot free but many people died that night.

VO: Although the country was in turmoil for another seven years, thanks to Trooper Jane's heroic efforts, the Ingleby family were safe.

Once they realized Sir William survived, the parliamentarians ordered him to pay a fine equivalent to £2.5 million, which he did, over several years.

Jane died of natural causes soon after, aged 51, but she will always be remembered for her incredible bravery.

VO: Back in Harrogate, Phil has ventured further into antiques territory.

The antique business is a really, really small world and there are shops there and here that I've done business with for a long, long time but this guy, picture dealer, he's got some serious stock.

VO: This is a little different for Phil, who is known for turning up at old farms.

Hm!

PHIL: Gary.

Lovely to see you.

GARY: Hello.

How you doing?

How's tricks?

Busy?

OK, yeah, yeah.

VO: Family-run Sutcliffe's Galleries specialize in fine paintings from the 18th century to the present day.

Hirt.

34... that would hurt as well, £34,000.

John Wilson Carmichael.

£25,000.

I was thinking I might buy something off you but I think at £25,000, it might just stretch my budget a little bit.

Really?

You wouldn't take a Fiat 500 in part exchange, would you?

Even for you, no.

VO: Philip's got just over £100 to spend.

That won't get him anything from the gallery but fortunately Gary has a cellar.

Well you know they say buying blind, Hell's bells.

VO: What is he up to?

These are things that are not for us, really.

There you are, you see?

PHIL: Horse.

GARY: That's modern.

That might go, mightn't it?

Beautifully framed, that.

That's beautifully framed.

And this is painted, what?

Within the last 50 years, isn't it?

Yes.

That's painted in the last five years.

PHIL: I've got to pay commission at auction.

If they estimate that at 40 to 60 quid, which is probably what they'd estimate it at isn't it?

I'm going to give you 30 quid for it.

Done?

Done.

You're a gentleman.

I better get some money out.

VO: That's £30 for the equestrian painting in an early 19th century style.

Lovely to see you, my friend.

Thank you.

See you soon.

Take care, bye bye.

Bye bye.

VO: Anita's hot on Phil's heels in Harrogate, heading just south of the town to Crimple Hall Antiques, to meet Phil Cannell.

PHIL: Hi Anita.

ANITA: Hello.

How are you?

Nice to see you.

ANITA: I'm Anita.

PHIL: Nice to see you.

ANITA: Such a... Looks fabulous.

PHIL: It's a great place.

ANITA: Looks fabulous.

PHIL: Great place.

VO: This antiques and vintage showroom has over 50 stalls and cabinets.

Hoping that I have a nose for a bargain.

VO: I see what you did there, Anita.

We have a pair of French art nouveau table lamps.

Two beautiful young nymphs.

They're priced at... mm, over £500.

But... you're getting a lot for your money for these two fabulous figures.

VO: Maybe so, but with just under £120 to spend, it's best you move on.

But what has drawn me to this little piece - it is a Japanese piece, not a Chinese piece - is the quality of the painting.

Look at those wonderful peacocks.

I really, really like this little piece and I see that the foot has been off... ..and it's been stuck on again, which is a great shame and it is a 19th century piece.

Tempted with the quality but I'm put off by the damage.

It will all depend on how much I can get it for.

VO: Phil's your man.

I've picked up this little piece, and I've fallen in love with it.

Right.

I think that it's absolutely lovely.

I've gone over it with a fine-tooth comb and... this foot has been off.

Has been off.

Yeah.

She's got 75 on it.

Right, OK.

So it may be that she hasn't noticed the foot, and when you speak to her you can maybe say to her, "Look, there is damage on that."

OK, fine.

Yeah, yeah, that's absolutely fine.

I'd be liking to buy that for £30.

See what you can do for me, Phil.

I'll go and have a word with her.

I'll be back in second.

OK. VO: This Kutani pot is named after the small village in western Japan where this style of decoration has been made on ceramics since the mid-17th century.

How did we get on, Phil?

She needs a little bit more.

A wee bit more?

A wee bit more.

ANITA: Aha.

PHIL: 35.

Oh, I think I've got to go for it.

PHIL: I think you have.

ANITA: That's great.

ANITA: I'm delighted with that.

PHIL: Good.

Deal done.

Right, can I pay you?

VO: So that's £35 for the Kutani koro and cover.

Phil meanwhile has made his way west to Skipton.

The town's name means "sheep town" which is celebrated with their annual sheep day.

Hi, I'm Philip.

Hello, I'm June.

June, how are you, my love, alright?

Yeah, OK. Hopefully, if there's owt you want, I can sort it out.

Owt I want?

I'm sure there'll be owt I want in here.

VO: There are 30 dealers on over three floors, so best get hunting.

Millefiori.

A thousand flowers.

Just a sweet little thing.

You've got the... All these are separate little glass canes in there, and you've got the maker's cane, Whitefriars, there we go.

Yeah.

That's a nice quality thing.

Let me see, what's she got on it?

Well, it wants to be 20, 25 quid and it's £68.

So... Er... you haven't a hope.

VO: Well, that's clear at least.

A good Georgian bureau used to be six, eight, nine, perhaps £1,000.

This one... is as rustic as they come.

Always have a look where the lock is because people are forever losing the keys, and so they then have to cut a piece out to get into it.

So you've got a pretty horrible patch just there.

VO: This pine and oak bureau is priced at £100 and is owned by dealer Steve Pickering.

Go, Steve.

I think it's got quite a look.

If it was an ordinary oak one, I wouldn't go anywhere near it.

But I think the bottom line for me is that at auction is gonna make 60 to 90 quid.

Is 50 quid any good to you?

No.

OK. Can you do 55 on it?

STEVE: No.

PHIL: What can you do?

70 quid.

I can't give you 70 quid for it.

STEVE: You can't?

PHIL: No, I can't.

But I can give you 60 quid.

Have a deal with me.

Go on, I'll take your money.

You're a gentleman.

Thank you very much.

VO: So that's £60 for the late Georgian pine and oak Yorkshire bureau.

Wow!

And that's shopping done.

Let's take a gander at their goodies.

Along with the bureau, Phil bought a pair of bell metal tankards, a miniature chest of drawers, a papier-mâché snuffbox and a horse painting for £185.

VO: Anita splashed out £158 on a bronze cat, a fountain pen, an art-nouveau inkwell, a large early 20th century hammer and a Japanese koro and cover.

Thoughts, please?

He deserves to double his money on that bureau, but in today's market, he probably won't.

There are certain things in life that come along and you just don't understand them.

A £60 bronze cat?

I don't understand it.

I'm ahead at the moment, but I think that Phil Serrell is snapping at my heels with his group of items, so, who knows?

All I need is a bit of luck and that's good luck, not bad luck.

VO: Barnard Castle in County Durham was the departure point on this leg.

And now, Phil and Anita are nearing the auction in Driffield, in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

I've got a feeling we're going the wrong direction... ANITA: (SIGHS) And I'm so upset they've split up.

Wrong Direction.

Did you like them?

VO: Ha!

Does anyone know what he's on about?

Well I do, just.

How are you going to do today?

Well, I kind of think you might have the advantage on me today.

Ha-ha ha!

You heard it here first, folks.

VO: Well, we'll soon find out about that.

VO: Each year, the town of Driffield boasts one of the largest one-day agricultural shows in the country.

This looks a really good sale, doesn't it?

Look at this.

Yeah.

Are you excited, Phil?

Oh, another adventure.

Who's going to win this time?

Slightly nervous.

Go on, get in there, you.

VO: Dee Atkinson and Harrison were established in 1885 and regularly hold sales of antiques, art and furniture.

Auctioneer Graham Paddison has assessed our experts' finds.

The mallet.

I don't quite know what to make of it.

Someone will buy it as a novelty item.

The little circular snuffbox, because it's nice quality and it's very collectable, it's going to create the most interest.

But the bureau, I think it could struggle a bit.

VO: Let the auction commence.

Starting with Anita's inkwell and pen tray.

What's it worth?

£30 for it.

This is mine.

30 bid at the corner, at 30 bid, £30 bid, at 35, 40, five, 50, five.

55 then.

Bid seated here, all done and finished 55.

VO: What an incredible start.

Anita's almost tripled her money.

ANITA: I'm happy.

PHIL: I think you should be.

ANITA: Are you happy for me?

PHIL: No.

VO: He's hiding it well, though.

Ha!

VO: Next up, it's Phil's pair of bell metal tankards.

£30 for them.

30, £20 start then, off we go, 20 bid in the middle here, at 20, a £20 bid, at 20, £20 bid at 20.

At £20.

Look what I do here.

At 20.

Seems very cheap to me, but at £20, maiden bid.

Not taking it.

I'm going to sell it.

Down it goes.

Two, that's away, 25.

ANITA: Last minute.

GRAHAM: 28, sir?

Yes!

28, 30, five, at 35.

Bid is third row here, at 35 then, everybody finally down I think, at £35.

VO: A decent profit for Phil to start, too.

Gets your heart going.

Nearly stopped it.

I don't know about getting it going.

VO: Back to Anita now, with her rather large hammer.

£30 for it.

30, for the wooden mallet here, 30 bid this side at 30, five, 40, five, 50, five, 60, five, 70, five, 80, five, 90.

I'm getting absolutely trounced here.

£90 then.

All done, finished, bid's at the front, £90.

VO: That's over four times what she paid for it.

Amazing.

I think I'm going to go and quietly hang myself somewhere.

VO: It's Phil's chance now to score big with his tiny chest of drawers.

GRAHAM: £50 for it.

ANITA: Come on.

50.

40 bid, this corner, bid at 40, at £40, at 40, at 40.

At 45 at the front, 50, five, 60, five, 70, £70 in the corner, all done and finished at £70?

VO: Another solid profit for Philip.

I think it's got the right price for today in this saleroom, and you made a profit, so I don't want to hear any moaning.

VO: Philip, moan?

VO: Ha!

We're sticking with Phil now for his 19th-century papier-mâché snuffbox.

It's auctioneer Graham's top pick.

£40 for it.

40 bid.

40, straight in at 40.

Straight in.

40 bid, at 40.

At £40, the bid standing this side.

45, 50, five, 60, at £60.

All done?

Selling, away it goes, £60.

VO: Phil's quadrupled his money on that one.

There's a wee smile playing on your lovely face.

PHIL: No, it's trapped wind.

(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: Keep that to yourself.

Next it's Anita's Japanese Kutani koro and cover.

It's got a damaged foot but will that put anyone off?

£30 for it?

30, nice quality here.

20 then.

20 bid at the back, at 20, £20, 25, 30.

Oh dear.

You've just stopped quickly.

At 30 bid, 35, fresh bidder.

40, five, fif... 45.

At £45.

50, fresh bidder, at 50, lady's bid now, both gentlemen out.

50.

At £50 then, all done?

And finished?

Goes away at £50.

VO: Another good profit for Anita.

Och, I think it deserved it.

I think it deserved it.

Yeah, I'm just really pleased for you.

ANITA: (CHUCKLES) VO: We can tell that.

Now it's Phil's priciest purchase, the pine and oak bureau.

This could make all the difference to today's victor.

100?

£50 start then.

Come on, a lot of age to it.

£50?

BIDDER: 20.

GRAHAM: 20.

Oh, ouch.

At £20 bid, at 20, at 20, at 20.

At £20.

Look what I do here.

20.

At £20.

I'll take a fiver if you like.

We'll have a laugh now.

That's really funny.

At £20.

Five, do I see anywhere?

£20 then.

All done and finished away?

Can't do any better than £20.

VO: Not the result Phil was after.

Do you think that's worth £20?

As firewood it's worth £20.

That's a handcrafted... period... PHIL: Hmm.

ANITA: ..antique bureau.

VO: Back with Anita now.

It's her modernist bronze cat, and auctioneer John Atkinson has taken over the rostrum.

20.

£20 bid, five, 25, at £25 bid.

30, five, 40.

Selling away, going then at £40.

(GAVEL) VO: That loss gives Phil chance to close the gap.

I would never be one to wish ill on anybody.

But in this instance, needs must...

I've made you very happy.

Needs must when the devil drives.

VO: Could Anita's final item, the Conway Stewart fountain pen, help her stay in the lead?

£30, 30, 20?

10?

10 I'm bid, at 10, 15, 20, five, 30, five, sitting down.

That's top price for that.

JOHN: Going at £35.

(GAVEL) VO: A good strong profit.

PHIL: Will you do me a favor?

ANITA: Yeah.

Will you just wipe that smile off your face?

(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: But Phil's final item, the equestrian painting, could make all the difference.

£70.

70?

50 then.

30?

£30 bid, we're at 30 bid.

PHIL: I'll settle for that.

ANITA: 30 bid.

No, I'm happy.

50 on the net.

At £50 bid, at 50 bid.

At £50 bid, selling away.

Oh, it's gone, is it?

VO: The internet bidder has disappeared.

Oh, Phil.

So's everybody else.

That's the story of my day.

I've even lost my internet bids.

35.

Selling away, going at £35.

VO: So close, but it's still a small profit.

In the end, it's OK, cuz you made a little bit of profit.

PHIL: Can we go now?

ANITA: Aha.

VO: Philip began with £196.40.

After paying auction costs, he lost £4.60, so has £191.80 to spend next time.

VO: Anita started with £242.43.

After costs she made a profit of £64.63, cementing her lead with £307.06.

So, go girl.

PHIL: All that effort, I think I'm back where I started.

But don't worry, it was a bit of a rollercoaster today, wasn't it?

You just get in and rollercoaster me out of here.

Yeah.

But very good fun anyway.

Oh, yeah, terrific.

VO: Next time on Antiques Road Trip... ANITA: Where are we going?

VO: Things get a bit silly.

I think I look like one of those 1960s lamps.

(AS TOMMY COOPER) Just like that.

Just like that.

Not like that, like that.

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