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

Yes, a good weight.

(SNIFFS) And it smells.

- (HORN HONKS) - VO: Oop, steady!

Behind the wheel of a classic car.

Good morning, my lady.

Good morning, Parker.

And a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

- Whoopsie!

- Come on!

The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction.

- (GASPS) - But it's no mean feat.

- (LAUGHS) - There'll be worthy winners... - (CHEERS) - ..and valiant losers.

(SOBS) Will it be the high road to glory...

It's about winning.

- ..or the low road to disaster?

- Whoa!

Pothole!

This is the Antiques Road Trip!

Yee-ha!

Today a brand new Road Trip pairing prepares to take the plunge.

Whoa!

Pothole!

Oh-ho-ho!

That's Catherine Southon at the wheel, plus wingman Tim Medhurst.

- Hey!

You ready for this, Tim?

- I am.

- Oh crikey, where's third?

- (GEARS GRIND) Not forgetting their rather unusual means of transport for this outing.

I tell you - this is not a car, this is a tank.

(HE CHUCKLES) Yup - no sporty roadster for those two.

Just a safari-style beige boneshaker!

What is older - this car, or moi?

- Well, obviously, the car.

- Be kind.

Well, actually, we are the same age.

- Are you?

- We are both 1973.

Wow!

I don't think the 1991 classics exist yet, do they?

Thank you for making me feel so old.

VO: Ahem!

Tim from Dorset is clearly no gentleman... Mm.

..but he is an auctioneer and an expert on rare coins, while Kentish Catherine, also is an auctioneer... Yay!

..loves scientific instruments and hates Land Rover gearboxes.

(GEARS GRIND) So are you a Tim, or are you Timmy?

- I don't know many Tims.

- Tim... Timbo, Timotei... VO: Well, it is a very nice name - however you say it.

Ha!

Our twosome have some £200 each with which to sally forth and round up antiques.

You're a bit like Dora the Explorer, I think.

Driving your little safari wagon around.

I feel like I'm going to have a herd of wildebeests running in front of me any minute now.

VO: Unlikely in East Sussex, though!

Ha-ha!

Our swinging safari sets out from the town of Lewes, and sees an awful lot of the south of England.

It then works its way up to the Midlands and ventures over towards Wales before tip-toeing through the Cotswolds to end up in Wiltshire at Devizes.

Here we go, one, two, three... Go!

Hey!

Today's destination is in Dorset, at Christchurch, but we start out in the aforementioned Lewes.

Tucked into a gap in the South Downs, this town is noted for its bonfires, its breweries and also one battle, back in 1264.

Sure to be an antique or two here, you might think.

- Right, here we are.

- This is us, Emporium.

- We're going in.

- It looks very smart.

We are going in.

VO: Good luck, everyone.

- Ready for this?

- Yes, absolutely.

- Let's do it.

- After you, madam.

Thank you.

VO: Lovely couple, aren't they?

It always starts out nice enough, though.

Mind your head.

VO: What is he up to down there?

Look at that.

Now, this you can immediately tell is by Charlotte Rhead.

Charlotte Rhead was a great designer and artist.

Most active in the 1920s and 1930s.

And she designed quite a lot of things for Crown Ducal, and if we turn it over on the back we've got the Charlotte Rhead signature here, the number there is a pattern.

And actually, do you know what?

That is a great design.

I've just spotted here sadly that it's got a hairline crack.

Which is a shame, but... price is only £28.

I was getting really excited, cos that's really cheap for a Charlotte Rhead charger, but with the damage it holds it back.

And I've seen here, 25% sale.

Crikey, do you know what?

Even with a bit of damage, that's a really good bit of decorative art.

For what?

Just over 20 quid with 25% off.

VO: Meanwhile, above stairs... CATHERINE: What I like about this jug is just the way that it's been really finely inlaid with silver.

The detail is really quite stunning.

And it's just so intricate.

All these pretty patterns and swirls.

I could see it doing about £100, £150 maybe.

(LAUGHS) Won't be buying that, then!

£295!

OK.

Put it back!

VO: Not going quite so well, do we think?

Oh, what's in there I've spotted?

Look at that - this is right up my street.

It's a little bit of early English porcelain and by the looks of, it's by Spode or Flight Barr Worcester.

This dates to around 1810, 1815, that sort of period, and it's just so pretty.

Look at these tiny little feathers, all hand-painted on here.

Nowadays quite a lot of it is just printed, and mass-produced, but back then each one of these would have been hand-finished.

And it just adds a huge amount of quality to it.

And this one, look at that - £45 for a 200-year-old vase in lovely condition.

VO: It's his lucky day today.

What's that, as well?

I like this cabinet.

Look at that.

It's a Wedgwood majolica plate, little cake plate, and it's got a crane decorated in the middle here, and this is real esthetic movement, 1870s, 1880s, and nice to have the Wedgwood stamp on the back.

VO: "Art for art's sake" was the slogan of the esthetic movement.

Price £40.

Got two wonderful periods here - we've got the Regency period, lavish parties, and brightly decorated porcelain, or we've got the esthetic movement, which was influenced by the Orient and all of these beautiful decorations here.

Which period do I go for?

Or do I go for them both?

I don't know.

VO: I don't know.

It's what you call a dilemma!

Esthetic movement, and Regency period.

He could be some time.

I don't know.

VO: I don't know!

Crikey!

Catherine, elsewhere in the shop, has enlisted dealer Lisle.

I've never seen a tape measure in the form of a banjo before.

It's made from celluloid and it's probably a souvenir, and then you pull out the little tape measure there.

It's quite sweet.

I probably wouldn't make much money on it, though, would I?

Not at £58 you wouldn't, but well I'll be able to sell it to you for... What would you be able to sell it to me for?

- 35.

- Would you?

VO: Much nicer.

She's certainly done well with her sewing paraphernalia before, too.

That, though, seems to be a Mauchline Ware clamp.

Does it look like the top of it's been taken off?

Am I being very partic... Am I being very... - Yes!

- (LAUGHS) VO: Well said, Lisle!

Ha-ha!

I'm being very picky.

Oh, for £12 I am being picky.

I didn't even see the price on it.

- Yeah, it's... - And what have you called it?

A cotton clamp.

VO: They're getting there.

The last time we saw Tim he was pondering vase or plate, vase or plate?

Anything else?

This is a really sweet heart-shaped timepiece.

And looking at the little hallmark on the front, it's assayed in Birmingham and the date letter H for 1907.

I love these decorations around here, with the ivy leaves, and look at the back.

£30.

I don't think that's expensive at all.

What's this, as well?

VO: Not more surely?

When you pick a little silver enameled brooch like this, what you're hoping to see is the maker's mark for Charles Horner.

If we turn it over, there is a hallmark.

Sadly the maker isn't Charles Horner, but it's got a hallmark, and dated 1909.

Which is the same period as this - it's only a couple of years later.

So it makes quite a nice little lot, doesn't it?

Edwardian, art nouveau, and what's the price?

£25.

I'm gonna go and see if we can do a deal on them both.

VO: Crikey, this lad can certainly shop!

Ha!

Steady now!

Michele, Michele, Michele.

Hello, hello, hello.

I have been rummaging around your wonderful shop.

- Good.

- And found some real goodies.

Hmm.

Let me just put them all down and we can have a little chat.

- Mm-hm.

- So I found this, and there was a ticket downstairs saying there was 25% off, so I'm going to take that.

VO: £21, then.

Now these two, they're both from the same dealer - what do you reckon the best price on those two would be?

Er, would 45 be OK?

I think £45 is a reasonable amount.

Now these two...

I might haggle a bit harder on.

OK. What do you think price-wise they could be?

Erm, now that could be 30, and that one could be 35.

VO: Here we go!

I don't know what to do, really.

VO: Pull your finger out, Tim!

I mean, we haven't got all day, have we?

VO: Quite.

What about 28 for this one?

What do you think?

Yeah, that'll be OK. Yeah?

VO: Bingo!

Making a total of... - 94.

- £100.

There we are.

What a haul, eh!

Time to go.

You've done awfully well.

Ha-ha!

Now, wither Catherine's sewing stuff?

Excuse me, Lisle?

May I ask you a quick question about your items?

For the both of these, it's £42.

It be 30, and that can be 10.

So it can be 40 for the two.

£40 for the two.

OK. - OK?

- Yeah.

VO: Thanks, Lisle.

Anything else take your fancy, Catherine?

OK. Silver plate, not terribly exciting, but the top of it is a champagne cork, which is lovely.

So it's interesting in that form, and it's by WMF, and it's actually a pepper mill.

So it's a pepper mill in the form of a champagne cork.

WMF being the German factory who were producing from late 19th century, a lot of art-nouveau items.

Price, £45.

And... - (GRINDING) - ..it's working.

Cos it's still got pepper in it.

Look.

Smells good.

VO: Not to be sneezed at.

Over to Michele.

You've got £45 on it.

- Mm.

- What can you do?

Special today, price today 35.

35.

Couldn't do 30?

Yeah, that'd be OK. VO: Plus £40 for the sewing stuff makes 70.

Now back on the road.

She's going it alone for now... ..while we catch up with her fellow tripper enjoying a wee cultural detour down by the seaside in nearby Brighton, where he's come to find out about a now almost forgotten Regency entrepreneur - the man they once called Dr Brighton.

- Hello.

- Hello.

- You must be Bert.

- I am, welcome.

Hello, Tim.

Nice to meet you.

Bert, who is this distinguished gentleman in this portrait here?

Dean Mahomed.

He was a combat soldier in the Bengal army, which was part of the British army.

And in 1784 he moved to Ireland, where he fell in love with a young lady called Jane Daly.

And you can see the image of her down there.

And he asked to be married and she said yes, but the family was against it, so he eloped.

VO: The couple fled to London where Dean Mahomed, who was clearly not your average soldier, having already written a successful book about his travels, decided to establish his own restaurant - the Hindoostane Coffee House.

And he was serving the elites, people who came back from India and they wanted to have the same tastes in cuisine as they had in India.

So Dean Mahomed was the man that brought curry to Britain?

He did, yes.

VO: But it was the former trainee army surgeon's next scheme, The Indian Medicated Vapor Baths, which finally brought him to Brighton.

BERT: They weren't very popular at first, so he went to the hospital and asked for patients who were suffering with fatigue and muscle ailments to be referred to him, and many of them reported back that they were cured.

And that was the start of his success.

VO: The baths - its most famous customer none other than Brighton's great patron King George IV himself - once stood on this site.

But Dean Mahomed's most enduring legacy is to British hair.

BERT: Up to the 19th century, Brits only washed their hair in water.

What Mahomed did, which was common in India, was to introduce oils and herbs in the scalp itself, and on the neck.

And he would massage it in, and that would relax the person itself.

This oil that he introduced into England was called "champo" - it's where the word shampoo, we believe, comes from.

So he introduced the word shampoo into England.

Ah!

Soon Mahomed became known as the shampooing surgeon, by appointment to His Majesty the King, who even had a special bath constructed at the Pavilion for his treatments.

Bert, how popular did Dean Mahomed actually become?

Oh, he was like a mega-star, really... - Was he?

- ..when you think of it.

People were coming from all over Europe to be treated by him.

He was so popular that people used to watch what he's doing, and how often he goes to the Pavilion, to know when the king is coming.

Ah!

It was like a king barometer.

He was, yeah.

He was.

VO: Ha-ha-ha!

Dean Mahomed passed away in 1851, leaving quite a dynasty.

One of his grandsons became the vicar of Hove.

Ah, the glorious Downs.

Catherine should be round here somewhere.

Thar she blows!

I wonder how the old panzer's shaping up.

Ooh!

Straight into a field!

VO: That's the ticket, girl!

Changing gear and everything now.

Ha-ha!

I feel like I am queen of the road sitting up here.

And actually I am a bit like the Queen, aren't I?

Doesn't she drive round Sandringham in something like this?

VO: Country gal and wild rover are en route to their next shop, beside the South Downs Way in Storrington, once popular with storks apparently.

That's where all the stalkers come from round there.

- Hello, Ian.

- Hello Catherine.

- So what have you got?

- Two floors, so I'm sure you'll find something that takes your fancy.

I will.

VO: And full disclosure - Catherine has £130 left in the kitty to spend in Stable Antiques.

I should think in the 1950s, '60s, every child had something like this.

I certainly did, didn't you?

No, I didn't really, but they are lovely, aren't they?

Well loved.

What's on it?

Er... 39.

Well, as a general rule we do 10% discount, so...

Right.

And we might be able to stretch it a little bit further.

I would like to buy something like that at about 25.

I can only try the stallholder and see what they say.

That would be lovely.

Actually, he'd be brilliant in the back of the Land Rover.

(THEY CHUCKLE) - He'd love it there.

- Mm.

He could be my new pet.

VO: Although there are other four-wheeled critters in this stable!

He is completely adorable, this little pull-along toy.

So he would have had some sort of rope or something going in here, and you can just imagine a little three-year-old perhaps seeing this at Christmas or something, going downstairs and just being completely overjoyed by that lovable face.

And pulling it all around the house.

And he's been through it - he's really been through the wars.

But, I mean, they've called him vintage.

I think he's probably '50s, and I think I'd call her Alice.

# Alice the camel has # Two humps!

# (CHUCKLES) And also known as a Bactrian.

I love your pull-along toy, in the form of a camel.

But he has got a whacking great crack down his hump.

£30 is on it.

I'm going to make you an offer, because it's completely broken.

DEALER: But that's all part of his charm and age.

Can I offer you £15?

Ooh!

Let me give her a ring.

VO: Well, Alice is sure to be cheaper than Bonzo, because he can only be had for £32.

- The very best on the camel... - Mm-hm.

..and she's had it a long time, is £20.

OK. £20.

- Alice.

- Alice!

VO: She's all yours, Catherine.

Time to load up your livestock, and catch up with Tim.

(CATHERINE LAUGHS) - Can I have a lift?

- Oh, go on then.

Ugh... Where are you heading?

Wherever you are.

Good day?

Yeah.

VO: Night-night, you two.

Next day, it's someone else's turn to handle the Landy.

It's how I'd imagine the cockpit of a digger is like.

There's so many different controls.

You're not driving it very smoothly, though, Tim.

- Is it a bit jolty?

- Er... VO: Young Tim was awfully busy yesterday, acquiring a clock, a brooch, a Charlotte Rhead charger and a majolica plate...

I like this cabinet.

Look at that.

..leaving him with £106 to spend today, while Catherine picked up a novelty tape measure, a sewing clamp, a pepper mill, and an even-toed ungulate on wheels.

TIM: That is brilliant!

Look at his cute little ears.

VO: HER ears!

Ha!

So Catherine still has £110 left.

Have you named him yet?

- No he's not a him, he's a her.

- Oh, it's a her!

- It's Alice.

- Alice.

Do you remember?

# Alice the camel has # Two humps.

# Er... - No, I don't.

- (LAUGHS) VO: Later they'll be Dorset bound, for an auction in Christchurch.

But the first stop today is in the Surrey village of Compton... ..where they have the magnificent GF Watts Chapel in the cemetery.

And opposite the church, The Old Barn.

Tim's on his own here, having already dropped Catherine off.

In a hurry too!

- Hello.

- Hello.

- Hello, I'm Tim.

- I'm Chloe.

Lovely to meet you.

I love the look of your little shop.

- Yes it's good, isn't it?

- Fantastic.

Stuffed with stuff.

VO: It certainly is.

Let's just hope the lad's in a bit more of a decisive mood today.

Now, I wonder...

This would possibly go quite nicely with the little Edwardian mixed lot of silver that I've got going.

This is a silver christening mug or tankard, and it's engraved here with the date 1905.

And it's got lovely bright-cut scrolled decoration.

And here it's got the full silver hallmark, Birmingham, 1904.

It's just a nice quality little thing.

And what's the price?

40 quid.

Hmm.

Chloe?

- Hello.

- Hello.

I found this delightful little christening mug.

Isn't it sweet?

- It is.

- It's got a price of £40, which is reasonable already but... - Yes.

- I'm going through this issue where I'm struggling to make decisions over the last few days... - 36.

- 36.

It does make deciding a lot easier, doesn't it?

- It does.

Sounds much better.

- OK. Do you know what I'll do?

I'm going to put it back here.

if I don't spot anything else - I might go for it.

- Right.

VO: Well, it was the first thing, I suppose.

I really like the look of this.

And straightaway I can see that it's to do with the Sun Fire Office, to do with insurance against fire.

They started off in the early 18th century.

If you had a lead plaque on your wall, the Sun Fire Office would be able to distinguish where your house was, and you would pay a subscription, basically, to have your fire put out.

VO: Because each insurance company maintained its own fire brigade.

TIM: And this is... an original certificate dated 1778.

I've never seen one before - it's in lovely condition.

Here you've got his name, and where he lived.

And then the cost of his insurance, which was three shillings.

And he was insured for the sum of £100, which was a lot of money in the 18th century.

Now, this is something that is right up my street.

I love this, but it all comes down to a price, doesn't it?

So... Oh £32.

That's affordable.

I'm quite tempted with that.

I might just go and see if Chloe can do me a little deal on that.

Cos I think in auction, it's decorative, and it has a chance.

No dithering there, then.

- Chloe.

- Yes.

I have found this amazing Sun Fire Office... - Right... - ..certificate, which I'm... - Yes, it is lovely.

- ..absolutely in love with.

- It is lovely.

- On the back it's got the price £32.

What do you think the very, very best price would be?

28, do you think?

28...

It's a deal.

Thank you very much.

- Right.

Jolly good.

- Lovely stuff.

I'm still thinking about that silver cup.

- Yeah.

- 36 you said it was, wasn't it?

- Yes.

- I'll take that tankard.

It's a deal, thank you.

I think you've got a bargain there, you know.

VO: That's told him, then.

£64 please.

And he's back on the road in no time.

Now, let's find out what Catherine's up to, in a West Sussex wood.

She's taking a brief break from the shopping near Fernhurst... ..which, 400 years ago, was part of Britain's industrial heartland.

- Hi, Jeremy.

- Hello there.

I'm Catherine.

Fascinating.

Not what I was expecting to see.

No.

And I believe that you're the gentleman to tell me all about it.

That's right.

Shall we go over here?

VO: Jeremy Hodgkinson is an authority on iron production in the Weald, the large part of south-east England which lies between the North and South Downs.

JEREMY: In the rocks under the Weald, there's iron ore.

This became one of the main iron-producing areas in the country... because of the abundance of ore, and because of the woodland which provided the fuel.

Mm.

And the fact that there was lots of streams, which provided water power.

CATHERINE: When did it start?

From the end of the 15th century, a new technology was introduced.

And from then on, the Weald became the most productive area for iron making in the country.

For two and a half, three centuries.

VO: Back then this area looked very different, as much of the forest was felled to provide charcoal for fuel.

And there would have been mines everywhere.

And that's what iron ore looks like.

It's, er... Can I hold it?

Yeah, hold it.

You'll notice the first thing about it is it's heavy.

After this natural state, after it's been dug up, what happens next?

The ore has to be processed, before it's then fed into a furnace to be smelted.

VO: It was the invention of the blast furnace which brought about the transformation of the Weald, making, amongst other things, cannon for the British navy.

And when production began at this site in 1614, there were already as many as 15 other furnaces hereabouts.

JEREMY: This water channel here is actually over there, and you can see the water channel.

CATHERINE: Oh you can see that!

That's how it survived, like that.

How wonderful.

It comprised a stone tower, which you can see in this model.

They put iron ore and charcoal into the top of it, and they pumped air into the bottom to bring up the temperature, and then you had molten iron which came out of the furnace and went into molds to make the sows, or pigs, of iron.

They were ingots.

That iron was then taken to an iron mill, Pophole Forge.

There the iron pigs were re-melted to get rid of the carbon, and to make the iron softer and more easily worked.

It was known as wrought iron.

VO: As to the many uses of wrought iron?

Well, over to blacksmith Robert.

So what are we going to do, Robert?

We're going to make one of these medieval-style knives.

VO: Oh yes, good!

Mind your fingers, Catherine.

You need to hammer down here, all the way down here.

- OK. - Hard.

That's it.

Good, that's it.

This is brilliant, I love this!

That's it, lovely.

That's perfect.

Phew!

Exhausting work!

Aw!

That is actually very soothing.

Look at that!

I think that's brilliant.

What an incredible way to make history come alive.

Genius!

VO: And talking of ancient technology, here comes Tim and the tank!

I do hope he's not in a hurry.

It's quite slow and plodding, but you can feel the power.

Do you know, I've got a real urge just to turn off into the woods, and just go for a little ramble.

VO: I think we've all seen enough of the woods today, thanks.

So let's stick her in overdrive!

Get up to 20 and ramble on to Petworth before the shops close.

Ah, should be fine.

A little over £40 left in his pocket.

Just as well he likes to spend the lot.

There are over 40 dealers displaying their wares at Petworth Antiques Market.

I love these.

This is a Noah's ark.

If you imagine Victorian England in the 19th century, what were children allowed to play with on a Sunday?

They were allowed to play with a biblical toy and in this case, a Noah's ark.

Well, this one, the label says that it was made in Germany, around 1860.

So, essentially, this to me looks like the lid.

It would have sat on a larger base and you would keep all the animals inside.

And here we've got all of the animals as well.

Look - there's a leopard, there's chickens, cats.

Oh, look!

There's Alice.

Alice the camel.

Ah, bless her.

This camel's probably not quite as charming as Alice, erm, also Alice has two humps.

VO: All together now, children!

This has only got one hump, so I don't know what we'll call you.

Beatrice?

VO: Well, that won't scan!

Price ticket, £595 the set.

Yeah, I'd like to buy it, but I'm going to have to put it back.

I'll wait until Sunday, and get my Noah's ark out.

VO: And with that delightful thought, let's see where Catherine's got to.

Guessed it?

Take a bow if you spotted Alton in Hampshire, home of the Tiny Shop.

Breathe in.

- Hello, Rob, how you doing?

- Alright, you?

Yeah, I remember coming here quite a few years ago now.

Yeah, about three years, I think.

Yeah.

I think the shop's grown in size.

Hmm, no, I've got thinner.

You've got thinner?

Oh, OK!

It is a tiny shop, but it is packed.

I'll come back to you very soon if that's alright.

VO: I don't think you'll ever be too far apart, Catherine.

£110 left, then.

I am instantly drawn towards this clock, which is just mesmerizing.

You've got the hand, the minute hand, which is going round, but right at the top of it, there's a jet, which is kind of flying round.

And then you've got a moving hand at the bottom, at sort of four o'clock.

Is this anyone in particular?

- The chap here?

- No.

Oh.

With the hand moving backwards and forwards.

No, I just think he's one of the party workers, and he's waving the Little Red Book, which is I think to do with the rules of the Chinese Communist Party.

VO: More of a collection of the sayings of Chairman Mao, actually.

The book was first published in 1964.

My Chinese political history is not terribly good.

I don't know how yours is, but I like it cos it's fun.

- Yeah.

- How much is on it?

£80.

VO: Well I'm sure the good chairman would have advised against plumping for the very first thing you see.

- Can I have a look in here?

- Yes.

- Do you like this?

- Do I?

Yes.

(HE LAUGHS) Oh!

VO: What is it?

This is a Curta calculator.

So it's an early type of calculator, basically predates the electronic calculators.

But you turn it round and you see the brand, the brand Curta on it, and you open it up.

So it's got this handle that you turn around, will operate the mechanism which adds up the numerals.

VO: Sometimes known as a maths grenade.

Curtas were very popular with rally drivers.

Hugely, hugely, desirable.

I thought it said £95, and I thought I was home and dry, and I was going to win this Road Trip.

And it is £950.

Oh, no!

(SOBS) VO: Oh dear.

Let's give her a moment to recover, and pop over to Petworth.

It's locked.

Kathryn?

- Hello, hi.

- Hi.

Yes.

I'd love to have a look at your little doggy in the window there.

- Oh, sure.

- Thank you.

- Let me open it up for you.

- He's really sweet, isn't he?

- Thank you very much.

- You're welcome.

- Great stuff.

- I'm at the counter - if you need me.

- Oh, thank you.

Now, this little pooch - this is purporting to be Essex crystal, which got its name from William Essex, the famous 19th-century enamelist, one of Queen Victoria's favorites.

You'd have a piece of rock crystal, it would be polished down, and then carved from the back into a shape, and then it would be very finely painted or enameled, so it gave it a sort of 3-D look, and if you look at this dog you can see from all sides he looks like a... Well, he's not quite a real dog.

He's like a cartoon dog.

And I think that this was probably some kind of silk-scarf toggle, or something similar to that.

I mean, with the price, £55... That's not bad.

I've only got £42 left.

Might go and see if Kathryn can, er... (INHALES SHARPLY) ..help me out.

VO: OK. Great object.

Gird your loins.

Kathryn...

I've fallen in love with your doggy in the window.

- Oh yes!

- Now, I have a problem.

I've only got £42.

Now, I know it's priced up at £55, and I know £42 is probably more discount.

23%.

VO: She's good!

This is the £42 question - will £42 buy this brooch?

If there was a way, to be fair to you, and fair to the dealer, I would do it.

- But it's a no, I'm afraid.

- No, OK. VO: Not exactly going swimmingly at the moment, is it?

Come on, Tim!

Dear, oh dear.

Hmm.

Ooh!

It's a navigation chart rule.

And I just think these are really nicely made.

So, basically, you'd be on your ship, and you're trying to work out your charts, and you'd have one of these, which is a lovely lacquered brass rule.

And these wheels turn, so basically you can move the rule along the chart without crumpling up the paper.

On here we can see the date, 1942.

MK2.

So it's a Second World War military chart rule.

And it's got a maker's mark as well.

And I just love it, cos it's in its original box.

And it's in really nice condition, as well.

What's the price?

22 quid.

That doesn't seem expensive.

VO: Yeah, plus, you do have enough cash.

I found this lovely navigational chart rule.

And, guess what - it's within my budget.

- Phew!

- (THEY CHUCKLE) The price on the bottom says £22.

- Yes.

- I still want to win, so... what do you reckon your best price would be on that?

Well, I could certainly sell it to you for 20.

Fantastic.

It's a deal.

- Thank you.

- I love it.

BOTH: Thank you very much.

VO: Everyone's happy.

- Thanks ever so much.

- Really good luck.

So, with Tim's shopping complete, here's hoping that Catherine's luck has turned, in Alton.

It is arts and crafts.

The more I look at it I think, definitely this design.

- It is beautiful.

- Mm.

It's one of those things that you see from a distance, and you think, "Oh yeah, that's nice."

But as you look at it, you really see the beauty and the quality.

VO: It's a blotter.

Priced at £90.

110 left, remember.

This morning I was hand-making a knife, like a blacksmith, and I appreciate the craftsmanship, the work that goes into something like that, and then to look at something like this, which is just stunning... VO: Blotter parked.

Anything else ma'am?

I do like a set of weights, and there should always be eight.

And there's eight there.

Looking at these, if you look at the handle on these bigger ones, they don't match, do they?

And they're a different color.

So it's what we call a... harlequin set.

- Oh right.

- So it's not quite a set.

- No.

- But it's nearly there.

- Yes.

- (SHE CHUCKLES) Like us all, we're nearly there.

VO: Are we, though?

CATHERINE: So how much is on those?

60.

Can something be done on those?

Erm, yep, yep.

£70.

- For?

- For the two.

- For this and this?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I think that seems very reasonable.

I'm going to do it.

I'm going to do it!

VO: She's going to do it!

£30 for the blotter and £40 for the weights.

Bye-bye.

VO: The long wait is over.

Now from Alton to auction!

We're going to Dorset.

We are, we're going to my patch.

You can literally go down to the beach and pick up fossils off the ground.

It's phenomenal.

VO: Did we mention Tim has a thing about fossils?

Anyway, shuteye comes first.

Night-night.

They have a very nice harbor here, where the Avon meets the Stour.

After kicking off back in Lewes, our pair of treasure seekers have shuffled out west, towards Dorset and Christchurch, to visit Bulstrodes Auction Rooms, with internet bidding!

Park-and-ride too, by the look of it.

TIM: Final stop, Bulstrodes.

- Are you ready for this?

- I am ready.

- Are you ready?

- I can't get out!

Are you alright there?

Do you want a hand?

VO: No rush, you two!

Ha!

Catherine parted with £160 for five auction lots.

What does Tim think?

Giving him the hump?

Oh, these are absolutely hideous.

I'm sorry, but... what is that?

I do like little sewing accessories, but these are just...

I just hate them.

VO: I don't think she heard that.

Tim meanwhile, spent £178, also on five auction lots, including his three Edwardian items.

OK, what do I think of this?

It's a little bit boring, to be honest with you.

But to find it in its original box, and in really quite nice condition, there's certainly a profit there.

I'm starting to worry about him.

VO: Oh dear!

210, 220.

Time for the impartial thoughts of auctioneer Kate Howe.

Sell it now at 40.

The item that I'm most worried about would be the fire certificate, cos I just don't see the appeal in it, personally.

When we first saw the camel I did think, "Really?"

But actually every time someone picks him up they smile, so I think he'll do fine.

VO: But he is a she!

Never mind.

We're about to begin.

(TIM SIGHS) VO: Nice settee.

Ooh!

Exciting, exciting.

- You're so excited, aren't you?

- I am.

I love auctions.

VO: Me too!

Catherine's little sewing bits are up first.

£20 those two, 20.

Two, 24, 26.

£26.

28.

- Oh hang on!

- There's people in the room.

30, five.

And 40.

£40, sell to the room... - One more, come on.

- Come on, one more.

..at £40.

- (GAVEL) - Ah.

That's OK.

I'm alright with that.

Cos you really hated...

I would be ecstatic if that was me.

(LAUGHS) VO: Ooh, he's a cheeky monkey, isn't he?

I think you got out of trouble there.

Tim's first offering, then - that nice, but cracked, Charlotte Rhead charger.

Start me at 20 for it, somebody.

Straight in on the net first, sir, 20.

Two, 22.

24, 26, - 28... - Come on, keep going.

Yes?

Room this side at 30.

- Cracked!

It's cracked.

- At £30.

- Sh!

- It's cracked.

Keep going, come on.

Somebody else.

At £30, then.

We'll sell to the room at 30.

(GAVEL) - That's good, though.

- Yes.

- Happy?

- Erm...

I am happy.

I thought it might make a little bit more.

- You're greedy.

- I'm greedy.

VO: It's not a bad start.

I think that's good.

VO: Time for a bit of spice - Catherine's novelty pepper grinder.

Let's start it at £20, please.

- I paid 30.

- 20.

22 over that side.

24, 26, 28... Keep going.

Come on, keep going.

30.

It's over here at 30.

- Oh no.

- It's at 30.

- Oh, new bidder.

- Five here, fresh bidder.

40 that side.

45, back of the room it is.. - Well done.

- ..at £45 then.

And we shall sell it... CATHERINE: Come on!

..at 45.

(GAVEL) - Thank you.

- Sold.

That's not bad, is it?

- No.

- £15, that's alright.

VO: Not a champagne moment exactly, but a profit.

- Very good.

- Not bad.

VO: Now, the auctioneer really wasn't keen on Tim's certificate.

£20 for it, somebody.

20 on the internet.

Thank you.

20, two.

- 24.

- Come on, keep going.

26, 28, 30, five.

- It's at £35.

- Oh come on, - it's worth more than that.

- Internet bids only.

Any more then?

- Somebody, come on.

- Be happy!

At £35.

We're going to sell it... at £35.

(GAVEL) Tim, that's quite boring, though.

That's not boring.

That is a cracking bit of history.

(SHE CHUCKLES) VO: You're right Tim.

Plus, it did make money.

- I can say it now.

- You know how to rub me up the wrong way, don't you?

VO: Catherine's art-deco blotter now.

Looks shiny.

£10.

£10 for the desk blotter.

- Come on.

- No!

This is my favorite thing.

12, we're creeping along.

12, 14, 16, 18, 20.

This side at 20.

- £20, 22 on the internet.

- Oh, no!

24 back in the room.

£24.

It's in the room, then, and we shall sell.

- Oh!

- I thought it'd make so much!

£24.

- (GAVEL) - Thank you.

That...

I am sorry about that.

Yeah.

That was my favorite thing!

VO: Behave yourself, Tim.

Never mind.

We move on.

VO: Quite.

Time for Tim's lovingly assembled Edwardian silver collection.

Let's start at £40 for it.

45.

That's no money, come on.

50.

Five.

£55... That's so cheap!

The little silver bits, at 55.

60.

Five, and 70.

Five.

£75 the silvery bits.

- What?!

- Oh, come on.

- At 75.

- No!

At £75, then.

(GAVEL) (CATHERINE GROANS) VO: Now, they've both had a bit of a setback.

Chin up, Tim.

Catherine's eight weights.

Also good for a pun.

Do you think it was worth the wait... to see what the worth of your weights were?

- No.

- Oh.

£20.

20, two.

24 at the back.

- 24.

- Oh, come on.

- 26.

- Keep going.

Keep going.

28.

£28.

- Come on!

- 30 on the internet.

30, five in the room.

- Imagine posting those.

- 35.

- 35.

- Poor postman.

- Any more then?

It's at 35.

- Keep going!

40 on the net, thank you.

- You're saved by the net.

- £40.

Internet bid holds, all out in the room.

And we sell to the net at 40.

- (GAVEL) - (SHE GROANS) Broken even.

VO: There's been a fair bit of breaking even today.

I was hoping a great weight was going to be lifted off your shoulders but... (LAUGHS) VO: Moving on... Tim's parallel ruler - bought very cheaply.

Collectable thing.

Let's start the bidding at £30, please.

30, five.

And 40, five.

50, five.

60, five.

70 is bid.

- That's just not right!

- £70.

Five on the internet.

- What?!

- Internet.

Come in at £75.

Back in the room now at 80, back in the room at 80.

I'm just so happy!

I've gone all warm.

We'll sell it now at 80... - (GAVEL) - That's a shock.

I know, it's a surprise, isn't it?

VO: Well, I think we're finally off and running!

Well done.

So.

sweet.

Now I don't know about weight on shoulders, but Catherine's fortunes are now resting squarely on those two humps.

£20 for the little camel, please.

£20, 20.

- Yes!

Straight in at 20.

- Two in the room.

22.

At 22, 24, 26.

28, 30.

Five.

40.

- £40, this side.

- She's not worth that much.

- Well done madam!

- In the room, the buyer at 40.

- At 40.

- Come on!

- (GAVEL) - Thank you.

Yay!

That was amazing!

VO: The lucky charm doubled her money.

I'm happy now.

VO: Final lot - Tim's bit of majolica.

£20, please.

20 on the side, 20.

Two.

24, 26, 28, 30, five.

- And he's going as well.

- 35.

40, five.

And 50.

50.

- Worth a little more than that.

- The internet's out at 50.

- (GAVEL) - Well done!

Bit of a profit.

Well done!

Ah, good.

VO: Yes it's been a splendid day... for some.

I think overall, it did rather well, didn't it?

Ish.

(LAUGHS) Better for you, I think.

I don't know.

Let's go and find out.

VO: Do let's!

Catherine started out with £200 and, after auction costs, made a teensy-weensy loss.

So she now has just over £5 less... while Tim, who began with the same sum, came away with a tidy profit - also after costs - so he's sitting pretty on £243.40.

Well done.

Ooh!

- First auction done!

- I know, exciting!

No money left.

Oh, OK.

So, minus money... - Minus money!

Just a... - ..for you, unfortunately.

Just a little bit.

Don't laugh, Tim!

- Sorry!

Sorry, sorry.

- That's not kind.

So you haven't got money for the bus?

No money for the bus.

- Oh.

Let's walk.

- Walk.

Next on Antiques Road Trip... - Oh!

- Oh!

..off road.

- We're practically in the sea.

- There's literally boats there.

..off the shelf...

I used to love comics.

..and off-putting.

It's a bloodletting instrument.

It's a fleam.

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