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

That's cracking.

VO: With £200 each.

Wonderful.

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

That's exactly what I'm talking about.

I'm all over a shiver.

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

But it's no mean feat.

No brainer.

Going, going, gone.

VO: There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

So, will it be the high road to glory, Push!

VO: ..or the slow road to disaster?

How awfully, awfully nice.

VO: This is Antiques Road Trip.

Yeah.

VO: It's leg three of the Road Trip and two auctions down for antiques aficionados Anita Manning and Raj Bisram.

ANITA: So you didn't sleep, darling?

To be honest, when you're £3.59 down, it's hard to sleep.

(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: So far Raj has resisted the temptation to play dirty.

I wonder if I could maybe put Anita in these... VO: Ha.

And Anita has negotiated hard so far.

Could you come down even a wee bit more?

VO: Their faithful friend for the week has been the 1978 Triumph Spitfire.

Well, Raj, we're in the lovely county of Essex.

The sun's trying to get through the clouds.

It is.

The rain has stopped and we're happy again.

We certainly are.

VO: Good-o.

Our auctioneering duo started their road trip with £200 each and it's been nail-biting stuff ever since.

VO: Raj now has £428.24 to spend.

But Anita managed to swipe the lead, with a tidy £431.48.

So, there's less than £4 in it.

It's so close now.

I'm not sure what to do, whether to go all out for it, or play... ANITA: Play it cool?

RAJ: You know, play it cool.

You my friend, have to make your own mind up about that.

I know.

I'm a risk taker.

I know you are.

That's what I'm counting on, Raj.

VO: Us too.

After kicking off from Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, they took in the sights of Norfolk and are continuing through Essex and Suffolk, from where they'll then head south, to Kent, Surrey and East Sussex, before navigating north to Bolton in Lancashire, for their final auction.

Gosh.

Today's journey starts in Halstead, Essex, and comes full circle, back to auction in Rayleigh, also in Essex.

There's a town in Essex which is the oldest town in Britain, which is Colchester.

ANITA: I didn't know that.

RAJ: Yeah.

VO: That fella is a mine of information, but it's Halstead, not Colchester, where the pair are heading to first off.

Certainly looks like a big place.

Oh, there's going to be a lot of choice here.

ANITA: (LAUGHS) RAJ: Well, wish me luck.

Have fun, Raj.

I will.

And remember, be dangerous!

I will be.

Have a good day.

VO: Burning oil, huh.

Halstead Antiques is situated in a former corn mill, hence the size, and holds about 25,000 items over two floors.

Just a few things to choose from in here, then.

Motor memorabilia is really collectable.

If you can find original items, they are worth getting their hands on.

This is actually an original Wayne petrol pump.

It's been completely restored.

I love it.

It's way out of my price range, but it's great.

VO: At £650, it's staying right where it is.

RAJ: This is a nice decorative paddle.

A lot of people put these on their wall.

I'm always drawn to anything boating as well.

I quite like this.

This is quite nice.

Got another one here, 18.

VO: Well then, what are you thinking?

RAJ: They'd make quite a nice lot.

VO: With ticket prices of £29 and £18, Raj wants to see if he can get a deal for the two, from owner James.

There's not going to be a lot in it with these, but I like them.

25?

20, 25?

Yes.

20?

Can we shake hands?

JAMES: 25.

RAJ: 20?

25 sounded a lot better to me.

I'll tell you what, what about splitting it down the middle?

£22.50.

Yeah, OK. Yeah.

You'll take that?

Brilliant.

We have a deal.

Thank you very much, Raj.

Thank you, James.

I know there's a saying that goes something like, "Up..." What is it?

VO: Up the creek without a paddle.

Up the creek without a paddle.

Well, I have got two paddles, I should be OK. VO: Here's hoping.

So that's £22.50, for the early 20th century paddles.

Meanwhile, Anita has made her way a couple of miles west to the village of Gosfield, home to Gosfield Antiques Village.

10 years ago, this former working farm was developed into a shopping mecca and today it's run by Glenn.

GLENN: Welcome, Anita.

ANITA: Hello, GLENN: Welcome to Gosfield.

ANITA: It's lovely to be here.

I've had a walk through here.

It's wonderful.

So you've got this building here and you've got the building across the... GLENN: Across the courtyard.

ANITA: The road.

Lots of cabinets.

Is that the cabinet... (GASPS) I'm a terrible girl for the cabinets.

Could I go across?

Let's go this way.

Thank you.

VO: There are 168 cabinets, to be precise, Anita's idea of heaven, and they are stocked with all things small.

I'm spoiled for choice.

I've had a quick look round and now I'm going to be a wee bit more careful, ask to look at things, examine them, touch them, and ask the price.

VO: And she's got something in mind.

Time to bring back Glenn.

Found something?

Mm-hm.

Erm...

I quite like this little ornament here, the little antelope.

It's not a precious metal, it's not silver.

I think that is quite sweet and I love the malachite base.

I love those lovely natural stones.

It looks as if it's just...the malachite, they've just given it a knock and taken a chunk off of it, so it's a wee sort of artisan piece.

VO: It's got a ticket price of £38.

But something else has also caught Anita's eye.

This little silver snuffbox there, it's £22.

It doesn't seem a lot of money, it looks very pretty with the enameling, showing an exotic bird.

I'm looking for a hallmark here.

Er...

I can see a rather, er, roughly stippled 925.

It's if it's been done by an amateur with a screwdriver.

There is some discoloration there.

So, er, they've tested it.

I think it probably is silver.

VO: The snuffbox and the ornament, which I think is a ring holder, would total £50, so Anita's hoping to strike a deal.

If I bought both of them, I would be thinking in the region of... ..25, £30.

I think we could manage £30.

ANITA: You can manage 30?

Go for 30?

GLENN: Yes.

ANITA: Let's do it then.

Thank you very much, Glenn.

VO: That's £30 for the stylized ring holder and silver snuffbox.

Good-o.

Back with Raj, in Halsted now.

He's found himself another option.

I really like this William Russell Flint.

He was a Scottish artist and illustrator as well.

He had a great life.

He just painted beautiful women, and mostly naked.

I mean, this is quite unusual because they've got clothes on.

Obviously his originals are really what you want, but this is a nice signed print.

I would be interested around the £50 mark region.

VO: Like much of Russell Flint's work, his watercolor brush technique is superb which is why his originals are coveted by collectors.

The ticket price is £115 and Raj wants it for 50, so he's putting in a call to the off-site dealer.

Stand by.

Hello, Andrea, hello there.

Thank you so much indeed.

That's... That's really kind.

Lovely, thank you very much indeed, Andrea.

Great.

Fantastic.

She's agreed to that.

VO: That's £50 for the 1950s William Russell Flint print.

Raj has one more item he'd like to have a go at.

This is a little bit different.

It's turned into a bench, this "danger, electricity" sign.

I would want to pay £30 for it.

It would make a great garden seat.

VO: It's priced at £85, so what is the best James can do?

50?

I'm prepared to split the difference and I'll pay 40 for it... Ah... ..which is slightly more than I wanted.

JAMES: (MUTTERS) VO: He might be pushing it.

JAMES: Yes.

RAJ: Yes?

Yes.

We have a deal.

Thank you very much, James.

VO: Good man.

Let's hope it SPARKS some interest at auction.

Ha!

So that's £40 for the "danger, electricity" bench, 50 for the William Russell Flint print and £22.50 for the pair of paddles, totaling £112.50.

Thank you very much indeed, James.

It has been a pleasure to meet you and thank you for making me feel so welcome.

And you.

All the best.

VO: While Raj has been spending, Anita's headed south to Braintree.

VO: The town is responsible for producing some of the finest textiles in British history, favored by the royal family for over a century.

To tell Anita more is textile historian and author Mary Fraser.

Mary, it's lovely to be here.

It is lovely to have you here, Anita.

I love textiles and I can see all these wonderful cloths round about me.

VO: By the end of the 19th century, Essex had become a hub for silk production.

Benjamin Warner, an entrepreneur with a background in textiles, took over this Braintree mill in 1895.

At the time, it was one of Britain's largest mills for handwoven silk.

The contents of these drawers reveal over 100 years of ever-changing fashion and style, showing the fabric of British history.

That's a lovely line.

These early silks are so exquisite and they must have been so expensive to make.

Who were the people who were wearing these things?

Well, they were the wealthiest of all people, because silk is the most expensive fiber and so of course, many of the clients were aristocrats and members of the royalty.

VO: Warner's have dressed and furnished royal households for generations.

Samples of these priceless cloths make up just part of this collection of 100,000 items.

Mary, isn't that the most magnificent piece of fabric?

That gold is glowing, it's so wonderful.

Well, it is very special indeed.

We know that the pattern was used at Queen Victoria's coronation and this is cloth of gold, woven for the coronation of Edward VII and it is gold thread, woven into the cloth.

ANITA: That is amazing.

VO: In 1911, Warner's were called on again to weave their magic for the coronation of King Edward's son and daughter-in-law, who were to become King George V and Queen Mary.

MARY: This is one of two, hand-woven, hand-brocaded cloths made in 1911, for Queen Mary's coronation trousseau.

There was a close relationship between Princess May, as she was called, prior to being crowned.

Her wedding cloth, most famously, was woven by Warner's.

I think of Princess May as the first people's princess.

Alright.

She was the first, as far as I know, to actually come inside a factory and stand next to a worker with his coat off... ANITA: Right.

MARY: ..you know, and witness real work.

That must have been a huge thing at that time, because royalty just didn't pop down to their local factory.

No, no.

VO: Princess Mary was a big supporter of British industry, promoting the high-quality designs of English handwoven silk, a tradition that has continued through the royal family to today.

This one is very special.

It's a handwoven velvet.

ANITA: Ah, so beautiful.

I can almost taste that.

What would this have been used for?

Well, this was used for the chairs of state at the coronation of George V and Queen Mary and it's based on a 17th-century Genoese velvet design, but this was one of the cloths that Warner's, really by this time, were the only handweavers who could produce it.

Very, very special.

Very special.

That is not just a piece of fabric.

That is a work of art.

It is.

It is.

It's a piece of history.

VO: The archive holds 25,000 swatches, recording which weavers made them and when.

Even though the mill shut in 1971, some of Warner's classic designs are back in production today.

MARY: And this is... ANITA: Wow!

..taken from the original, from the 1930s.

Oh, that is fabulous.

And I thought you would love that.

I think I'll try it on.

ANITA: Shall I?

MARY: I think you should, I think you should.

Oh, there we go.

What do you think?

It really is perfect.

VO: Warner's success not only lives on through this magnificent archive, but their designs are still being used by high-end companies across the world, showing that this great British business will not be forgotten.

VO: Raj meanwhile, has got weaving his way north across the border into Suffolk, to the magnificent medieval market town of Claire, and to Market Hill Antiques, headed up by Robin.

RAJ: Hello there.

ROBIN: Good afternoon.

RAJ: Robin, isn't it?

ROBIN: That's correct.

RAJ: Hi, I'm Raj.

ROBIN: Hi Raj.

You've got some lovely little things I can see already.

My eyes are starting to sparkle.

Have a good look.

Yeah, I will do.

VO: Raj still has over £300 in his wallet, so get it dusted off.

You very rarely go into a shop where you see a rare piece of Royal Doulton and this is a Columbine figurine, which is a very rare piece and it's hand signed.

I can't see a price on it, but this is from 1931.

VO: At £700, it's more than twice Raj's remaining budget, so he'd better get on looking.

ROBIN: The buttons, they are interesting.

I've got 175 on them.

It's probably a bit much for auction.

Right, they have a ridge design which dates them to circa 1900.

They are silver, they've been tested.

But they are in the original retailer's box, which is West and Sons of Dublin.

Not only these a nice set of art-nouveau silver buttons, they're Irish and they're in their original box.

There's got to be a profit in these.

I would pay you £50 for those.

You'd pay that for them?

RAJ: Yep.

ROBIN: They're yours then, sir.

Brilliant.

We have a deal.

Thank you.

VO: A generous discount at £50 for the set of art-nouveau buttons and on that note, it's time to button up and call it a night.

So, nighty night.

VO: Good morning, antiquers and what a beautiful morning it is, to take the Triumph Spitfire out again for a spin.

Don't you think, Raj, it's just the joy of joys to be sitting in a wee flashy convertible... ..in the sunshine, with a good pal?

I'll tell you, I couldn't ask for anything better, Anita.

VO: Not sure where the sunshine is though, Anita.

So far, Anita has found herself two items, an enameled snuffbox and a stylized antelope, possible ring stand, leaving her with just over £400 still to spend.

Let's do it then, thank you very much, Glenn.

VO: Raj has four lots in the ol' bag, a pair of paddles, a William Russell Flint print, a "danger, electricity" concrete bench and a set of art-nouveau buttons, and he has just over £265 left to play with.

We have a deal.

You know, England is such a beautiful country with all these wonderful little villages and the changing landscape.

Well, Anita, you can see why Kent is known as the Garden of England.

VO: True, true.

And this morning they're heading to western Kent to the town of Otford, home to a former winner of Britain's Best Roundabout.

So, Raj, today we're going to share a shop and I don't want you following me around, trying to buy a nicer wee brooch than I am.

Well, I'm afraid Anita, all's fair in love and war.

VO: And antiques - and the shop in question is Otford Antique and Collectors Centre.

Well, we've both got money.

RAJ: Let's go shopping.

ANITA: On we go, baby!

(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: And helping Anita and Raj today are Barry and Alan.

Here we are.

Hello, hello.

Hi, guys.

Good morning.

How are you?

Lovely, lovely to meet you.

DEALER: How are you?

Alright?

RAJ: Hello there.

I'm Raj, nice to meet you.

RAJ: Smashing place you've got.

ANITA: I believe this is a skyscraper of an antiques shop.

Well, we've got about 30 different dealers, just over 30, I think.

35, I think.

ANITA: An upstairs, downstairs?

DEALERS: Yeah.

RAJ: Well, I'm going to go, but Anita, can you give me a 20 minute start?

No!

OK, fair enough.

See you later.

Good luck, Raj.

VO: Raj heads upstairs, while Anita tours the ground floor.

VO: Raj soon finds something that's calling him.

These old Bakelite telephones, the black ones, and the white ones as well, have become very, very collectable now.

As you can see, this one is from a town just down the road, in fact, Orpington.

This is a 1920s to 1940s one, with a price ticket of £120, so they have really gone up in value.

What's really interesting about these old phones though, is they can be converted.

VO: One to think about, eh?

How is Anita getting on?

When you come into a big shop like this with lots and lots of dealers, it can be a bit daunting at the beginning.

What I tend to do is to whizz round, have a look at everything first of all and then I try to go round more carefully.

VO: Meanwhile Raj has been hitting the cabinets and has roped in Alan to help.

I really like the look of this Lalique.

Yeah, that's a lovely piece of glass.

Yeah, it's lovely.

It's absolutely lovely.

These kind of items sell really, really well and there are a lot of collectors for them.

This is in really good condition.

VO: Rene Lalique originally worked in jewelry, but he's now synonymous worldwide with exquisite glass design which he began to do in the late 19th century.

This shell bowl dates from the 1930s.

Any idea what you think we could possibly get it for?

Er...

I've got 275, is on 10%.

RAJ: I'd happily pay 150 for it.

I don't think he would take that.

But Alan's going to get the dealer on the phone for Raj, to see what he can do.

Hello, Andrew?

Aha.

I mean, for me, it's going to be about 150, 160.

Yes, I'm going to take a chance.

Yes, I like it.

I like it.

I will definitely take it for 165, yes.

Thank you very much indeed, Andrew.

He's come down to 165.

Yeah, bye.

I think it might be a small loss there, but I just think it's a...

I love it.

I love Rene Lalique's work.

I love his glass.

It's a lovely bowl, isn't it?

It's a lovely bowl and it's actually quite a rare one, this one.

The shape of it and the design is slightly different to his normal ones.

VO: So that's £165 for the Lalique signed shell bowl.

Back with Anita now and after her initial whizz round, she's spotted a potential little gem in the window.

People say that brown furniture is not popular just now, but small pieces of furniture are still popular and this is a lovely wee functional thing that you can keep your favorite books in.

Victorian, mahogany, and it has this rather nice carved detail here.

I like that and I'm going to have a go at it.

VO: Oh, so Barry's putting it to one side, while Anita continues her search.

Hang on a minute.

What's she doing now?

(OPERATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ANITA: Raj!

VO: Oh no.

ANITA: Shall we dance?

Another one of my talents, I don't think.

Well, why don't I put this on as well?

ANITA: Oh, you look so handsome.

RAJ: Let's go.

Fred Astaire.

(THEY CHUCKLE) RAJ: I'm getting into this.

VO: I'm not sure he'll get a 10 from Len.

I'm afraid I still have some items to buy, so I think I'll have to, er, twirl off and I'll see you later.

Adios!

VO: With Raj's shopping finished, but his dancing career starting, Anita is searching high and low to find something to wow the auctiongoers of Essex.

There's some lovely 20th century items in here.

We've got some lovely Whitefriars here, some Daum glass and a piece of Troika.

VO: Troika pottery was only made for a short period and this wheel vase, so-called as it's round, looks to have been made by Louise Jinks who worked at Troika between 1976 and 1981.

I like it very, very much.

I love the modernist design.

I love the fact that it was made by an artist.

VO: It's priced at £145 and another option to go with miniature mahogany bookcase perhaps.

Let's see what Barry can do.

ANITA: I think that is a nice wee thing.

It's priced at £38, Barry.

BARRY: OK.

But there's a wee damage here, a little bit of the molding missing.

Right.

And I was wondering if there was a possibility of getting it nearer £20.

Oh my goodness.

ANITA: Is that too big a discount?

I would have thought it probably is.

VO: So Barry's going to let Anita talk to the dealer herself.

Hello Jackie, it's Anita here.

(LAUGHS) Hi.

Now, I fancied that nice wee, er... kind of miniature bookcase.

I was wanting to pay round about £20 for it, but, erm, Barry was saying that was a wee bit too much.

25 would be absolutely wonderful.

Thank you, Jackie.

Right, bye bye.

25, Barry.

Lovely.

VO: If you don't ask, you don't get and Anita is not done yet.

Barry is back on the phone to dealer Andrew, who sold the Lalique bowl to Raj.

Let's see if he's still feeling generous.

Hello Andrew.

I fancied the little wheel vase.

Now, you've got 145 on it.

Oh!

(LAUGHS) I love you too.

What's the very best that you can do, Andrew?

(LAUGHS) Oh, thank you so much.

That's absolutely fabulous.

OK, bye bye!

So, 90 for that.

He's come down for us.

That's terrific.

VO: So that's £115 all in, including the mahogany bookcase.

Gosh!

I love my lovely items.

Well done.

ANITA: OK, see you next time.

BARRY: Be lucky with them.

ANITA: Bye bye.

BARRY: Bye bye.

VO: Meanwhile, Raj has headed north to Bexleyheath, a town belonging to Kent until 1965, when it became part of Greater London boroughs.

Raj is here to find out about the birthplace of interior design at the former home of an iconic British artist.

National Trust house and gardens manager Robin Finnie is here to tell Raj more.

Guess whose house it was then, go on.

Hello.

Robin?

ROBIN: Hi, Raj.

RAJ: Hi, hi.

ROBIN: Welcome to Red House.

RAJ: Thank you very much indeed.

VO: Red House was built for William Morris in 1859, when he was just 25.

He went on to become one of the most influential designers of the 19th century, inspiring the arts-and-crafts movement.

So Robin, at the time, when he built this house, I mean, it was quite a way from central London.

I mean, it was about 12 miles and this was all countryside.

Yeah, so the house was all surrounded by orchards at the time.

RAJ: I mean, in Britain, we had the Industrial Revolution.

How did that shape his thoughts?

He was very much looking for an antidote for that, so you see this movement out into the country, this medieval way of living is him pushing back on that and that industrial way and brutalist way of life.

VO: As the only property to have been commissioned, created and lived in by Morris, the Red House gives a unique insight into his world.

Morris enlisted his friend, architect Philip Webb, to decide a dream home amongst this rural idyll, a palace of art where he and fellow guests could collaborate.

RAJ: So what did this house represent for him?

So, Morris had actually just got married to Janie Burden and this was really supposed to be their forever home, so where they would grow old, their children would be born.

VO: With that in mind, the garden also tied in with the style of the house both inside and out.

Many of the flowers planted here feature in Morris's famous designs.

But it's inside where you can see his work really come to life.

Having struggled to find furnishings beautiful enough for his new home, he and architect Webb decided to make their own.

This is an incredible piece of furniture, very typical of the arts-and-crafts movement.

Is this something he would have made himself?

Yeah, so everything in the house was either designed by Morris or his friends and this piece here was designed by Philip Webb and painted by Morris.

Everything had to be beautiful in its own right, which everyone knows that famous quote by Morris, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know "to be useful or believe to be beautiful" and that very much symbolizes that.

VO: Morris's palace of art dream came true, as the Red House became a creative hub of collaboration and the foundations of interior design were formed.

His friends and fellow artists, including Edward Burne-Jones and his wife, added their touch to this rural retreat during their regular visits, often staying for weeks at a time.

It led to in 1861, to the founding of the firm, which we now know as Morris and Co.

So these group of friends decided that actually these things they were creating, they were good enough to be sold to other people and a lot of things you will see in Red House today actually went into production for the firm.

VO: The company produced a range of domestic furnishings, aimed at making homes beautiful as well as practical.

Morris and Co was becoming really successful and he was commuting from Bexleyheath every day into London, which could be a struggle sometimes now, but then was a much bigger journey.

Plans were drawn up to extend the house and for the Burne-Joneses to move in, but due to some sad personal circumstances of theirs, that didn't happen and the decision was made to move.

Morris was completely heartbroken and said he would never be able to return to the house, because it would just be too heartbreaking.

Quite sad really, isn't it?

Really sad end, yeah.

VO: William Morris and his family moved out just five years after it was built, in 1865.

Morris is still regarded globally as one of the greatest designers of all time, who revolutionized the way people decorated their homes.

But this might not have been the case without the artistic hotbed of creativity he set up here that shaped both his life and work.

In the meantime, Anita's crossed the border into Surrey to the village of Godstone.

Its pretty pond was where horses were watered in ye olden days, before being stabled in what is now a different type of watering hole across the road.

Anita is here to try her luck at Godstone Emporium, run by Jacqui.

Oh, hi girls, hi.

I'm Anita.

Lovely to meet you.

Oh, it's great to be here, it's great to be here.

This looks lovely.

There's lots of treasures here to be found.

VO: That's what we like to hear, so what will Anita hunt out first?

What a lovely wee gem I've found here.

It's a little art nouveau shelving unit.

Dates about 1880 to 1910.

It's combining the curvilinear with the geometric and that can be quite typical of art-nouveau style, particularly Glasgow art-nouveau style.

VO: At £48.50, it's one to keep in mind.

Scotch corner.

(BAGPIPES PLAY) I wonder if they knew I was coming.

There is a selection here and I think today I would like to buy some agate jewelry.

We have the wonderful autumn colors here, but I like this one as well.

This is mounted in silver.

Let's have a look at the hallmark.

That's a Glasgow hallmark.

Got to buy that.

This central stone is called a Cairngorm and it has the color and hues of the peaty streams or burns of Scotland.

Around the outside, we have these citrines and the silver mount is engraved with leaves and flowers and it's quite a beautiful thing.

So if I pick out another two of them...

..I might be able to get a deal with the dealer.

VO: So, it's back to Jacqui to see what she can do.

Jacqui, I've found three little brooches in that Scotch corner you've got round here.

Right...

They're absolutely lovely.

What I thought I might do is if I could buy three... JACQUI: Mm.

..I could do a deal on the three.

Well, let's have a look at the prices.

58, 38 and 55.

151.

VO: The brooches belong to dealer Maria, who happens to be here today.

Could you come anywhere near £100 for the three of them?

Not, not that low, no.

Not that low?

What's the best you can do, Maria?

120.

Is that the very, very, very best that you can do on it?

Yeah... OK, let's go for that.

ANITA: Thank you very much.

MARIA: Thanks very much.

VO: She may be over 400 miles from home, but Anita's bought three Scottish brooches for £120.

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

JACQUI: Thank you.

ANITA: Bye!

VO: And with that, shopping's done.

Let's have a gander at their purchases.

Along with the three brooches, Anita found an enameled snuffbox, a stylized antelope ring stand, a miniature mahogany bookcase and a Troika wheel vase, all for £265.

Raj splashed £327.50 on two wooden paddles, a William Russell Flint print, a "danger, electricity" bench, a set of art-nouveau buttons and a Lalique shell bowl.

Thoughts, anyone?

The Troika wheel vase - this is a really lovely item.

There are a lot of collectors of Troika, it's going up in value all the time.

I love that coquille Lalique bowl.

That was an item of quality.

He should make a profit.

The little metal antelope figurine, I'm not sure about this one.

I think I'd better say nothing.

But his electric chair - is that gonna burn him out and stop him making huge profits?

Who knows?

VO: Who knows indeed.

After hitting the road from Halsted, Essex, and two successful shopping days, Anita and Raj are now on the approach to their third auction back in Essex again, in Rayleigh.

Raj, I hate to say this, but are we going round in circles here?

Well, to be honest Anita, I'm the driver, you're the navigator, OK?

So if we are, it's your fault.

No.

VO: Good point.

We've both won one auction each, we've both had a reasonable amount of money to spend.

I wonder what's gonna happen today.

VO: We'll soon find out as our experts' last stop of this leg is at family-run Stacey's Auctioneers.

ANITA: Here we are, Raj.

Well, here we go.

I'm looking forward to this one.

You never know.

ANITA: Right, third auction.

RAJ: Here we are.

OK. Are you confident, Raj?

Absolutely.

VO: Paul Stacey is in charge of the rostrum today.

The little silver snuffbox - very decorative, but it hasn't got a hallmark, so a bit of a risk there.

The large concrete sign - "danger, electric".

Limited market, I think.

Not particularly pretty, so I think that might struggle a little bit.

Star items for me - the Lalique bowl, I think will do very well, because it's an early piece of Lalique, made during the '40s, so I think that is going to do well.

The silver brooches, they're hallmarked, they're Scottish, I think they're going to do quite well, they're in good condition.

VO: Hang onto your hats, it's time to see what the Essex auctiongoers and phone and internet bidders think.

RAJ: (CHUCKLES) Well, here we are.

Yeah.

VO: First up is Anita's enameled snuffbox Shall we say about £10 to start?

Got to be worth that, surely.

RAJ: Yeah.

PAUL: 10 is bid, 12 now, 14, advance on 14 if you want it.

And 16 I've got, 16 in the room.

You're in profit, in profit, that's good.

At £16 now, any advances?

18, thank you.

20.

22.

25 on the internet now.

ANITA: (GASPS) Yes!

RAJ: Yes.

An internet bid at £25, then.

ANITA: Yes.

RAJ: Brilliant.

VO: Brilliant.

She starts as she'd like to go on, doubling her money.

It's a very, very good start.

ANITA: Well done.

RAJ: Thank you, darling.

VO: Over to Raj now with his two paddles.

Shall we say £10 to start?

10 I've got, thank you sir.

12 now.

Oh no.

These will probably go for about 100 quid.

£18, 20 now with you.

22.

25.

28 now.

We have gentleman standing at 28.

And we have now some internet activity at £30.

Oh no.

There we go.

32 now, back in the room.

35.

No.

At 35, £40 now.

All on the internet.

There we are.

Are we all done?

I'm about to sell at £40, then.

VO: And a decent profit to start, for Raj.

Just a small profit.

Well done, darling.

I should start to get worried now.

VO: We're back with Anita now for the antelope ring stand thingamajig.

£20 to start, surely.

20 we've got, straight in, thank you sir.

20 is bid.

22?

25, 28, 30.

Yes!

32, 35, 38.

At 38, now, 42 is bid online.

RAJ: I'm in trouble already.

PAUL: You're out in the room.

An online bid at £42, then.

ANITA: Yes!

PAUL: 42.

Brilliant, well done!

VO: Anita's made another healthy profit.

ANITA: Are you panicking?

RAJ: I am!

Are you worried?

Are you worried?

Nah, not me, not me, no.

VO: Well, we'll see if he should be as it's Raj's turn now, with the art-nouveau buttons.

Shall we say about £30 to start?

Surely.

30, I've got, 32, 35, 38.

Come on, come on.

40, 42, 45, 48, 50, five, 60, five, 70, five.

ANITA: Oh, profit!

Profit!

PAUL: 80.

85.

ANITA: Yes!

PAUL: 90 in a fresh place, at the far back of the room now.

Are you still with me?

PAUL: 95, thank you, 100.

ANITA: Yes!

RAJ: Ah, come on.

PAUL: Round it up.

110, if you like.

110.

ANITA: Yes!

Yes!

PAUL: No more.

At £110 is now bid.

For the last time, the hammer's up.

I'm selling at £110, then.

ANITA: Yes!

PAUL: 110, thank you.

Oh, give me a... VO: Well played, sir.

Raj has more than doubled his money.

My heart was beating.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

I should have been worrying.

VO: He is catching up, but it's Anita's Troika vase next.

Commission bid at 55.

Advance on that if you want it.

PAUL: At 55 now.

ANITA: Oh no.

Oh no.

£60.

65, 70 in the room now, with you, sir.

Commission bids are out.

Are we all done for the last time?

The hammer's up.

PAUL: I'm selling at £70, then.

ANITA: 70.

Oh no!

(GAVEL) VO: That's a blow for Anita.

What a job.

ANITA: Ah.

RAJ: A little loss.

Just a wee loss.

VO: We're back with Raj now for the William Russell Flint print.

£60 anywhere?

£60, I've got on the telephone.

Oh no!

ANITA: (GROANS) PAUL: 65 online against you.

£70.

75, 80, 85, 90 now.

On the telephone at £90.

PAUL: Any advances now?

RAJ: Bit more, a bit more.

I'm about to sell at £90, then.

VO: Another great profit for Raj.

Next it's Anita's priciest purchase, the three Scottish brooches.

40 anywhere?

Nice brooches at 40, surely.

PAUL: 40, I've got.

ANITA: Oh yes.

Thank you, 40 is bid on the telephone.

ANITA: I've got a telephone.

PAUL: 42.

Online against you.

45, 48, 50 on the telephone now.

55 back online.

ANITA: Oh yes, come on, come on.

PAUL: 60, if you like.

60 on the telephone, thank you.

65, 70, back on the telephone.

75 online.

£80 now, still on the telephone.

85.

90 now, still on the telephone.

95.

No.

ANITA: Aw!

PAUL: At £95 is bid.

At £95 then.

VO: Ouch!

That's the second loss for Anita.

Sell 'em in Scotland, girl.

That could have been a lot worse, darling.

Yeah.

VO: Don't hold back.

Raj's "danger, electricity" bench is up next.

Auctioneer Paul wasn't sure.

Do the bidders agree?

£30 anywhere?

£20?

Ah, there we are, some internet activity.

ANITA: Oh no!

PAUL: £22 is offered.

RAJ: Thank God for that.

PAUL: At £22.

25 now.

It's all online.

28, here we go.

PAUL: At 30, 32.

RAJ: Come on.

Last opportunity.

We don't give free delivery for this, sorry.

£32.

32.

Last opportunity at 32, then.

(GAVEL) VO: Unfortunately no one was on Raj's wavelength with that one.

My heart bleeds for you.

Said with feeling as well.

VO: It's now Anita's final lot, the miniature mahogany bookcase.

Commission bids.

Clear in at £50.

Commission bids.

RAJ: Oh, straight in.

ANITA: £50, straight in.

RAJ: There you go, there you go.

ANITA: 55.

Come on.

At 55 is the bid.

Any advances now?

£60.

65, 70.

Yes!

Yes!

At 70 on the telephone, is bid.

A telephone bid at £70, then.

(GAVEL) PAUL: £70.

ANITA: Yes!

RAJ: There you go.

ANITA: £70.

VO: Almost tripled her money.

Go girl!

Is that 300% profit?

VO: Not quite, but not far off.

Now it all comes down to Raj's final lot.

It's his gamble buy.

Will it pay off?

Quite a bit of interest in this, ladies and gentleman.

Good luck, darling.

I must start the bidding here with me at £100, then.

Let's advance on 100.

100, that's not a lot.

At £100 now.

120, all on the internet at the moment.

160 now.

170 is a commission bid against you.

180.

190 now.

PAUL: Still with me.

200.

ANITA: Come on, more.

220 is bid.

PAUL: 230 now.

ANITA: (GASPS) 240, 250, 260 now is bid.

ANITA: 260!

PAUL: At 260.

At £260 is the bid then.

Last opportunity now.

I'm about to sell at £260, then.

(GAVEL) Aw, that was wonderful.

ANITA: Congratulations.

RAJ: 260!

VO: An amazing profit for Raj.

ANITA: Well, that's all over.

RAJ: Well... what an auction.

What an auction!

I need a cup of tea.

Come on, let's go.

VO: Let's do the maths.

Anita began this leg with £431.48.

After auction costs, she is down £17.36, leaving her with £414.12.

VO: Raj set off with £428.24 and post costs, he's up by a decent £108.74, making him the midweek winner with £536.98, so congratulations old bean.

Oh Raj, that was so exciting.

That was an exciting one, wasn't it?

Well, listen, living dangerously and spending big money obviously works for you.

There you go!

Please.

Thank you, darling.

BOTH: Here we go.

(THEY CHEER) VO: See you again, folks.

Next time, our auctioneers head into battle for their fourth round.

Let's get the suit of armor.

Yes!

RAJ: And go to battle!

ANITA: Yes!

VO: Raj Bisram changes his approach.

As you can see, I'm working really hard.

VO: And Anita Manning gets a shock at the auction.

BOTH: Yes!

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