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: Wahey!

It's leg two of this week's adventure for top auctioneers Charles Hanson and James Braxton.

JAMES: Where are we, Fife?

We are north of the Fife of Forfar.

Is that right?

JAMES: Forfar four, East Fife five.

Yeah.

No, we are north of the Firth of Forfar.

VO: Eh, I think you'll find it's the Firth of Forth, old bean.

While geography clearly isn't Charles's strong point, thankfully sniffing out hidden antique treasures is.

Give me a high five.

Thanks a lot.

Done.

VO: His rival on this road trip is his old mate James.

Risks equal rewards.

Or sometimes abject failure.

VO: Well, taking a risk proved profitable for James on the last leg.

After starting with £200 some good results at auction saw him finish with £260.34.

Brilliant.

VO: Charles also kicked off with the £200 and he too pulled in a profit, pushing him into the lead with £266.40.

Hardly a sheet of Bronco between them.

On this trip our boys are traveling in a forerunner of the modern Audi - a 1964 DKW 1000 Coupe.

It was manufactured before seatbelts were mandatory.

Got it?

I think the way to do a Scottish accent is always speak very low.

(CHARLES CHUCKLES) JAMES: Low.

And sort of very guttural.

It's a very manly, manly... VO: Aye, you're right laddie.

After beginning their epic trip in the Highlands, Charles and James are journeying all over bonnie Scotland, taking in the northeast and central belt, before finishing over the border in Berwick-upon-Tweed.

This leg will kick-off in Inverkeithing, before ending up in Dundee for auction.

Inverkeithing has ancient origins, which some claim go back over 1,900 years so hopefully there will be lots of really old antiques on offer at Charles's first shop.

I can't see any antiques sign, there, James.

JAMES: New beds... Antiques and furniture.

Antiques and furniture.

There we are.

That's like a green light to you, Charles.

Yes, a green light.

Go, go, go.

Have a good day!

It's a new day.

Bye.

VO: Charles has arrived at The Inverkeithing Bargain Centre.

CHARLES: Good morning.

GAEL: Good morning.

CHARLES: How are you?

GAEL: I'm fine.

How are you?

I'm Charles Hanson.

Good to see you.

What an amazingly, big antiques center.

It certainly is, yeah.

Plenty for you to look at.

VO: And there's some antiques and collectables.

Will Gael have a hidden gem for Charles to uncover?

You live a dream that that piece of Faberge will wink at you, or that lost Rembrandt will smile at you.

VO: Dreaming big, eh?

I like it.

But, what tickles your fancy then?

I like the old cannonball down here.

On the bottom shelf.

And often when you see these early cannonballs you hope on the back of the card there might be some indication as to where it was found.

Has this cannonball got some romantic Scottish history?

And sometimes it's that romance behind an object which creates a sentiment and an emotion which can suddenly give it extra ammunition at auction.

VO: Time for a closer look.

I love social history, Gael, and just on the bottom shelf here is a cannonball.

I think if I was ever to go to a gym rather than a dumbbell I would rather use an old antique cannonball.

Really feel the history whilst doing some good for my weightlifting as well.

Yeah.

Now, what's its history?

Well, the trader actually bought it from a gentleman at a fair in Ingliston Yes.

And he said at the time when he asked where it was from, he was told that it was found in Stirling.

Whether it could be connected to Bannockburn, we're not too sure.

VO: It might not be that old, but it's a lovely find nonetheless.

CHARLES: It's priced, Gael... GAEL: Mm-hm.

..at a fairly... ..heavy £25.

Ah-ha.

So what would you like to offer me?

Well, I like it, Gael.

I think it's full of Scottish history and I would like to offer, if it met to your approval, £15.

Yes, Charles, I will give you it for £15.

CHARLES: Would you really?

GAEL: Yes, certainly.

Well, Gael, you know what...

Us Fifers aren't that bad.

I'll take it, Gael, thanks ever so much.

I'm going to leave it on this settee for the time being.

I'll carry on wandering and I'm delighted.

VO: No messing about here then.

£15 buys Charles the Scottish cannonball.

Right, anything else catch your beady eye old boy?

It's quite a pretty little... Little what you might call octagonal, fluted dish and here's a galleon beautifully enameled with these billowing sails on this gorgeous, oily, luster ground.

I love how the seagulls are picked out.

What's nice is you've got the original label from the manufacturer and that's Crown Devon.

And Crown Devon were renowned in the 1930s for creating these iridescent, oily, luster glazes.

VO: Ticket price is £14.

Will Gael be open for another deal?

Well seeing as you are such a charmer... Get outta here!

I'm no bonnie prince.

How much would you like to offer on the plate?

Give me your biggest and best price and at least then you call that shot.

Right.

And be as kind as you would like to be.

So what if we do it for 12.50?

Would you do it for... £10?

Well, seeing as it's you.

VO: You smoothie, Charles.

That's two lots bought in his first shop.

Great stuff.

Take care.

Bye, Charlie.

Bye bye.

See you.

GAEL: Bye bye.

CHARLES: Bye!

Oops!

VO: Show-off.

I've played cricket, can you tell?

See you.

VO: James, meanwhile, has motored 10 minutes up the coast to Aberdour.

VO: This picturesque seaside town is home to James's first shop, Blake's Vintage and Collectables.

Looks nice.

DEBBI: Hello.

(JAMES CHUCKLES) Hello, James.

Welcome.

JAMES: Hello.

DEBBI: I'm Debbi.

Hello, Debbi.

James.

Welcome to my shop.

Oh, thank you very much indeed.

I like your suitcase outside.

It's a very stylish open sign.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I have a thing about suitcases and telephones.

What, travel?

VO: As well as suitcases and telephones, there's plenty of vintage goodies and antiques on offer.

Now, OK, so I'm after sort of smallish things JAMES: probably, silvery things.

DEBBI: OK. Have you got any silver?

I think I've got a silver ashtray here... VO: Oh, looks like you're in luck James.

I think that's... Oh, as in a silver case.

It's got a good weight to it, hasn't it?

Yeah.

God, the old eyes are deteriorating, Debbi.

Do you wear glasses?

I have about seven pairs of glasses because I can't be without my glasses.

(HE CHUCKLES) And then I've got about 15 pairs of sunglasses.

VO: 15!

I didn't realize Scotland was so sunny!

It's funny, isn't it?

Cigarette cases, they saved many lives in world wars, didn't they?

People used to have their cigarette cases there and there's quite a few cases where bullets, they've saved themselves from a bullet.

It's probably about 1920s I would have thought.

Do you know, I haven't sold a cigarette case for years because, of course, they went out and nobody's really found a workable application for them but it's quite a nice one.

Let's have a think about it.

It's only the first thing I've seen, Debbi, isn't it?

Yes.

VO: Debbie's silver cigarette case is priced at £38.

One to think about.

Anything else?

DEBBI: These are lovely.

Yeah.

So abalone, rather like mother-of-pearl but slightly more oily, aren't they?

They've got a richer look to them.

So opera glasses.

You know, like all opera glasses they don't actually work, do they?

VO: Moving on then.

I think I'm slightly too big for this shop.

(HE CHUCKLES) I think...

I think I might need this.

I've spotted something and, as all the best hagglers do, you do need the fez to get you in the mood.

OK. (WHISPERS) So I'll wear this for the big haggle.

VO: Brace yourself, Debbi.

Oh, James, you do suit that.

Do I?

You look very, very... Now this is in preparation... Casablanca.

Watch out, this is in preparation for a major haggle.

I like, Debbi, the cigarette case.

Right.

What can we do on this?

Erm...

There's a bit of damage, but essentially it's all there, but, I've got to take it to auction.

Go on, make my day.

How about 15, Debbi?

So what have we got it for again?

We've got it for... No clues, no clues.

38.

No clues.

15.

Won't do 15, we'll do 12.

VO: 12?!

JAMES: Come on, give me a kiss.

VO: What happened there?

Thank you.

That's very kind, thank you.

VO: (AS TOMMY COOPER) Just like that!

Well, that fez worked wonders and James is off to a flying start with a huge £26 discount.

Well done that man.

Thank you, Debbi.

VO: In the meanwhile Charles has made his way to Falkland.

VO: This picturesque village became Scotland's first conservation area in 1970.

A wonderful part of the world.

Charles has arrived at The Violin Shop, with over £240 in his pocket.

Not, I hope, for a violin though.

How are you?

Bob Beveridge is the name.

Bob, I'm Charles Hanson.

Well, welcome to the ancient and historic Royal Borough of Falkland.

It's so beautiful.

There's such character here and, Bob, you have character.

Aw, thank you.

Full of flamboyance.

Full of flair.

Aw, he's trying to get stuff cheap, eh.

VO: He's onto you Charles!

Right, Bob's shop is jam-packed with great antiques.

Let the hunt begin.

There's got to be something, Bob, that jumps out at me.

Just over there, that piece of stained glass.

That's not for sale.

It's part of the building.

Oh, is it?

I'm sorry.

VO: Oh dear.

Thankfully it looks like Charles has spotted something that he CAN buy.

We are going to Dundee...

It's got all these lovely old etchings of Dundee.

..and I've never handled such a heavy book.

Lamb's Dundee.

VO: Ah-ha, it's a lovely limited edition on Dundee, with a hefty ticket price of £300.

Look at this, limited edition.

This is number 118 of 357 copies.

We've got a date here of 1895.

Dundee - Its Quaint and Historic Buildings by A C Lamb.

I'm going to Dundee.

Aye.

If I put this in my car and it broke my suspension, I might have to take it back.

Just out of interest, what would be your best price on this book on Dundee?

Well, I'm going to tell you what I would give you it for.

I would give you for my purchasing price, and I brought that for £200.

Oh, don't say that.

And I would let it go at that.

It could do very well... ..but it's almost all my money tied up in one investment.

Oh, you've got deep pouches, you people from England.

No, I wish I did.

Eh?

The road trip is only in first gear at the moment.

I'm far from day five or Friday and fifth.

I've got a long way to go.

VO: So the book's set aside to be mulled over.

Anything else grab you?

How much is that, Bob?

I could do that for about £80.

Yeah.

Actually, Bob, it says £60 down there.

The price tag says 60, Bob says 80.

I'll have to put my glasses on!

I like your style.

(THEY CHUCKLE) I can see we're going to have some trouble squeezing some money out of your pockets this afternoon anyway.

I can tell you that.

No, no, I'm a...

I'm not spend thrifty, it's just as you say, I believe the art of buying antiques is to buy with love and buying with love is when you feel the heart flutter because it's something a bit special.

VO: And it looks like there's one object in particular that's giving Charles that fluttery feeling.

The book on Dundee... ..best price?

I bought it with other books.

I've since sold the other books at a profit, so while I would be selling it to you for much less than my original asking price, I could still let it go for £150 and that would be the absolute minimum on it.

VO: That's half price.

Charles?

For £150...

..I'm tempted to shake your hand and say I shall learn from the master.

So is that a deal then?

It is indeed.

VO: And with that very generous discount from Bob, Charles has bagged himself the book.

Bravo.

See you, Bob.

Bye.

CHARLES: All the best to you.

BOB: All the best.

VO: James meanwhile is still in Aberdour.

Back during World War I, this small fishing town was home to a top secret naval research station, set up to discover a way to defeat German U-boats sent to attack the British Navy.

James has come to Hawkcraig Cottage to meet local historian and author Diana Maxwell to find out more.

Diana, why are we here nextdoor to the sea?

Well, we're here because in the First World War, between 1915 and 1918, this was a hub of activity.

Erm, the U-boat had become a very severe threat to Britain.

That's the German submarine, isn't it?

Yes, that's right.

It was actually shooting down one in three of the merchant fleet and the Germans were boasting.. Yeah.

..that they were actually going to defeat Britain that way.

So they had to find a way of detecting U-boats.

VO: The U-boats were not only sinking British warships, they were also attacking the Merchant Navy.

It was feared Britain would become starved of food and materials.

The government had to do something, and fast.

There was a very clever chap called Cyril Ryan.

He was in the navy and then left to work with Marconi and he was called up because he was working with wireless and radio... Yeah.

..erm, inventions and he had invented a microphone that could detect sound underwater.

VO: Situated on the Firth of Forth, the government chose Hawkcraig Point, in the sleepy village of Aberdour, as the ideal location for Captain Ryan and his crack team of naval and public scientists to set up a base.

It was here that some of the best brains in Britain developed the hydrophone, an underwater listening device that would change the course of the war.

It looked a little bit like a bed pan but it was in a waterproof container... OK. ..and it had two diaphragms and that's the way it worked.

When a sound wave hit the diaphragms they would vibrate and they would be changed into an electrical signal that would go to a chap that was listening and he would be able to detect the noise.

VO: With all vessels making different noises, like the difference between a car and a motorbike, they were able to determine whether they were listening to friend or foe, up to four miles away.

JAMES: Soundwave travels across water very well.

DIANA: Well, it travels across water very well, but it travels even better underwater.

They worked out here it traveled four-and-a-half times faster underwater... JAMES: Ah... DIANA: ..than over water, which they hadn't known about before.

All the British marine fleet were fitted with these hydrophones.

Eventually they were able to detect boats at 12 miles.

And did that happen quite rapidly?

Very rapidly, because they had all the chief scientists of the day here working on it.

Was the hydrophone successful?

Yes, it was very successful.

They proved to pick up at least 54 U-boats so that saved a lot of lives.

JAMES: Yeah.

DIANA: It was responsible for sinking four U-boats.

JAMES: Really?

Really?

DIANA: Yes.

You know, I grew up in Aberdour knowing people that were alive at that time.

Nobody mentioned what was going on.

JAMES: Really?

DIANA: They just didn't mention anything about it.

Of course, they'd signed the Secrecy Act.

JAMES: I see.

DIANA: And... Well, as we know, Diana, loose talk costs lives.

Don't we?

VO: Major technological advances were achieved at the top secret base at Hawkcraig, but it will forever be remembered for the crucial work done with the hydrophone, which made such an impact on Britain's fight against the German U-boats.

VO: And so ends a busy day for our boys.

Night-night chaps.

VO: It's a new day and our experts are up and at 'em early.

I look at you, and I feel like this morning, you're like the baddie, in that hat.

And I'm the goodie.

Do you think so?

You look a baddie.

JAMES: I am the villain.

CHARLES: No, you do.

You look a baddie.

Are you intimidated by my villainous beret?

I am.

VO: So far Charles has secured himself three lots - the Scottish cannonball, the Crown Devon maritime dish and the late 19th century rare book about Dundee.

He still has £91.40 in his pocket.

James has only bought the silver cigarette case so far, leaving him a huge £248.34 available to spend today.

This morning our esteemed auctioneers have made their way to Abernyte, in Perthshire.

They've decided to start the day with a spot of shopping together at the Scottish Antiques and Art Centre.

Here we are, James.

Look at the size of this antiques shop.

I know.

It is.

It's amazing, isn't it?

Right, first one in.

Do you know, I almost feel like you are the king and I'm your chauffeur, James.

JAMES: First one to the bargains.

VO: With a huge selection of antiques and collectables, there's plenty on offer for both our experts.

Breathe in the antique.

Hello.

Breathe in the antique.

Look at it.

CHARLES: Gordon Bennett!

JAMES: I know.

Just goes on, doesn't it?

VO: It's big!

I think if I go that way, you go that way and I might see you halfway round.

Thank you.

CHARLES: Do you agree?

JAMES: Do you think so?

Yeah, I think so.

Dig deep.

JAMES: Dig deep.

CHARLES: For the great cause.

JAMES: Good luck.

CHARLES: May the best man win.

VO: And they're off!

I've never been, I think in all my time on the Antiques Road Trip, in such a massive antiques center.

It's almost tactics.

How do you play?

How do you work a big antiques center?

And the way you work it is to either run and panic... ..or zone in and keep calm.

VO: Come on then, chaps.

This is the sort of stand that you might find a bargain on.

This is quite nice.

This has a real French, rustic feel.

God, there's stuff all over the place.

VO: Even in a shop this size, they're still stumbling over one another.

Why have you been drawn to this stand, Charles?

I heard your voice.

I heard your voice and business.

Have you bought anything yet, James?

No.

Have you?

It's... don't you find it's quite odd how when you're in such a massive center, you just can't actually radar in?

You focus in.

And what you're doing, Charles, is you're listening out for my dulcet tones, aren't you?

CHARLES: Yes.

I am.

JAMES: You're slightly panicky, "Is he onto something?"

It's the patter of your feet and I just like to follow your lead sometimes.

(THEY LAUGH) VO: Enough of that.

Back to the task in hand, please.

I quite like this object in here, actually.

What's that?

What's that?

There's a very nice...

Which?

I'm not talking to you now.

(THEY LAUGH) Which object is that?

I like the little antique Toleware candlestick.

Oh, that's got age, hasn't it?

On an original base, yeah.

That's got history.

Can you do me a favor?

Can you go and speak to the lady and get me a key for this cabinet please, James?

No.

Please.

Can you be my agent?

Can you go and speak to the lady for the key?

No, no.

That's aiding and abetting.

I don't want to improve your chance of success here.

VO: Without the help of James, Charles manages to get his hands on the Toleware candlestick for a closer inspection.

I think it has had some minor restoration.

You can see some scratching around the almost nozzle of the base.

It just has a wonderful feel of age and I do believe that when we look at antiques we need to be cautious.

Has it been made up?

And I believe the base does belong to this section.

It's late 18th, early 19th century and it just has a favorable luck for I hope that rustic Dundee home and at £45, I don't think it's bad value either.

Talk about overselling an item.

Listen, I'm upright.

I'm upright.

Talk about overselling an item.

Look, just believe in passion.

Close your eyes and imagine you were back in time with this.

Are you going to buy it?

Are you going to buy it?

Lights out.

Lights out.

All out, mate.

VO: Charles has one lot he likes - what about you, James?

JAMES: Right.

I spotted this out of the corner of my eye.

It's rather fun, isn't it?

It's exactly what it says on the cover, it's table billiards.

So this is the transformation of your dining room table, or your kitchen table, into billiard table.

So what you do is this would be the edge of the table.

You'd attach your pockets like that.

It looks as though it's got absolutely everything here bar the cues.

We've got lots of balls here.

Rather nice.

I like that.

It's fun.

VO: Ticket price is £49.

Time to find dealer Margaret.

What could that be, Margaret?

Make my day.

The best price on that would be 44.

44?

Margaret, thank you, I'll take it.

MARGARET: Well done.

JAMES: That's very kind.

MARGARET: No, delighted.

Yeah.

JAMES?

Done.

VO: And just like that, the deal's done.

Top notch.

Charles meanwhile is with dealer Martin, checking out more candlesticks, brass ones this time.

What I like about these sticks is you can see how over the years, through fairly, I suppose, honest, loving polishing... Yeah, it's started to... We've got holes in the actual cast stick just on here.

Look at that split there and you can see my finger right through, can't you?

Mm-hm.

Yep.

Because let's not forget, these are probably almost 300 years old.

VO: So with a ticket price of £45 on the brass candlesticks and another 45 for the Toleware one, is there a deal to be done?

If they were on their own, you know, I'd be saying... 45.

I'd be saying, probably, best price on that... MARTIN: ..would be 42.

CHARLES: Yeah.

Probably the same there.

That's 45, that's 90.

The best price that we would probably be able to do on that would be... ..80 for the two.

I love them, Martin, and I'm burning inside to buy them... CHARLES ..so I'm very happy... MARTIN: OK. CHARLES: ..to pay £80 for them.

MARTIN: Right.

VO: Those two lots mean Charles has almost blown his entire budget and is all shopped up.

So he's having the afternoon off and taking the scenic route to the ancient town of St Andrews on the east coast of Fife.

VO: He's come to the University of St Andrews' Bell Pettigrew Museum of Natural History - try and say that quickly - to find out all about its namesake, Professor James Bell Pettigrew.

He was a renowned surgeon, anatomist and naturalist who developed a passion for human-powered flight.

Charles is meeting Pettigrew researcher, Bianca Packham.

Great names.

Bianca, who was this man, James Bell Pettigrew?

He was a medicine man and while he was studying at Edinburgh and Glasgow universities he showed a keen interest in natural history and I think he kind of kept that interest throughout his life.

So while he was studying the heart in particular, he was also studying animals and he was watching them move.

In particular flight, I think, because he was interested in being one of the first men to achieve controlled flight.

It hadn't been achieved by the time we were getting to the end of the 19th century and the race was becoming quite intense.

VO: An expert in animal locomotion, Pettigrew believed the natural world would reveal the secret to achieving successful human flight.

He came up with a figure of eight theory that he's largely credited with discovering.

There were a couple of people around the same time that were also looking at this theory and he was supposedly the first to publish on it, so he was able to claim ownership over that.

How's a figure of eight?

How's that... to do with flying?

Well, I think if we...

I can show you an illustration here.

Yes.

If you have a look here you can see that birds... Well birds do this, don't they?

Not quite.

They actually do two shapes - they do a forward loop and a backward loop and together they make a figure of eight.

So I think the best way to describe it is coming down.

Yes.

BIANCA: And around.

CHARLES: Yes.

And back again.

So down.

So down.

That's my eight.

Round... Down and around and back again.

OK. Got you, wow.

And the reason why that's very important is because when the wing goes up, it creates a bit of a current while it goes up, and the underside of the wing forms a sort of kite, and when the wing does the downward stroke, it creates a current again and the other side of the wing becomes the kite.

So Pettigrew described this as birds flying on a whirlwind of their own making, so it's quite a nice idea.

It's a very efficient way of flying.

Was this his book?

That's correct.

Wow.

Published in 1873, this book was supposedly the book that the Wright brothers read when they were doing their early research in animal locomotion.

VO: It's believed this book helped inspire Wilbur and Orville Wright, the famous American brothers who are considered the fathers of modern aviation.

We do hear in some of the resources that they corresponded, but it's not quite sure exactly on what and I think perhaps during that race for the skies there was a lot of communication between rivals and ultimately I think he did have an impact on their early research and it's really interesting because almost everybody was looking at birds at that time.

This was 1873.

Correct.

How long later did he then come up with maybe a contraption to fly in, or to fly with?

Well we speculate between 1900 and 1903, which is just before the Wrights had their successful flight, that he gave it a shot himself.

He built something that we would call an ornithopter today.

And if we look here we can see it's quite an expanse.

And the reason why is he was quite determined that by having such a long wing expanse it wouldn't need to flap as quickly and the reason for this is he had witnessed how hawks and eagles fly, and they didn't have to flap their wings very often... Yeah, correct.

..to achieve flight.

So he felt that the larger wing expanse here would maybe be suitable.

VO: Although there are no official records, legend has it that Pettigrew flew the machine down a slope in St Andrews for a distance of 60 feet before crashing, with the then 70-year-old professor breaking his hip in the accident.

He felt that having a rigid, fixed plane wingspan was not the answer for flights and unfortunately we know today with the planes that we have that that is the most successful way to achieve human flight, so I don't think that he was successful but I think his idea was really interesting because he was looking for something efficient, designed by nature.

VO: Shortly after Pettigrew's unsuccessful and painful flight, the Wright brothers went on to achieve the first powered, sustained and controlled flight of an aeroplane in 1903.

James Bell Pettigrew died in 1908 but his research on animal locomotion and his passion for flight is not forgotten.

I think he showed us how keen attention to detail and looking at these animals very closely could reveal secrets that even today, if we look at aeronautics and how things are developing, and our race for the skies continues onwards and upwards into space, that there's still many secrets to behold in the natural world around us.

Bianca, it's been wonderful to see how this great man, Bell Pettigrew, achieved what he did.

I've really enjoyed it and thank you for an education.

VO: James still has some serious shopping to do, so has made his way to Rait, in Perthshire.

He's come to Rait Antiques Centre.

There's an eclectic mix of antiques and vintage items and James still has over £200 available to spend.

Dundee.

Our next stop.

VO: Hang on!

(CHUCKLES) It's another copy of Charles's so-called rare book.

Oh, dear.

What does it say here?

VO: Right, James, with dealer David at your side, what can you find?

That's got a good top, hasn't it?

DAVID: Hm, is that a marble top?

JAMES: Yeah.

DAVID: Chinese.

It's got a simplified look about it, hasn't it?

We've got some Chinese character marks on it.

The only problem is it's got a slight crack through it.

VO: The dealer who owns this rosewood table is asking £150.

Wow.

That is going out on a limb, isn't it?

150 for that.

David, it would be helpful if you... You know, if I get it nearer the hundred, but you know, it's worth a call, isn't it?

VO: Yeah, sure is.

It's Chinese.

What's he said then?

Tony would accept 100 on it because he needs to clear his stock.

Oh, well done.

I think I'll buy it.

DAVID: Excellent.

JAMES: Thank you very much.

DAVID: Good.

JAMES: Thank you.

VO: Cor, with £50 knocked off, James has picked up the marble topped hua huang li table.

Right, what's next?

This is quite fun, isn't it?

I remember no home was without a cradle, wasn't it?

Everybody had a cradle on their landing.

I believe this is a Scottish one and you can imagine sitting in a chair using your foot to rock the cradle.

Yeah, it's rather nice, isn't it?

What's the best that could be?

What price is on it at the moment?

It's on at 95.

Is that the sort of thing that could be sort of 40 or 50?

50 would be possible.

JAMES: 50 would be... DAVID: It's certainly possible.

We've also got this and I don't know if that would make a lot with it.

It's a child's woven cradle and the two perhaps would make a lot together.

This one's only on at £18 but... Are you offering to throw that in, then, David?

Erm, an extra tenner would be fine.

(THEY LAUGH) VO: (LAUGHS) Nice try, Braxton.

Would you do that one for £4?

So making 54?

DAVID: Yes, we would.

JAMES: You would?

DAVID: Yes, that would... JAMES: I'll buy that.

DAVID: Thank you very much.

JAMES: For the two.

That's super.

VO: Another kind discount and another lot bought.

But it doesn't look like James is done just yet.

What are these woods here?

They look rather nice.

Are they anything to do with you?

No, they're not, but they are beautiful.

They're lignum vitae, beautiful condition actually.

Bowling balls.

G O MacKay of Edinburgh.

They're beautiful objects, aren't they?

VO: The dealer has a ticket price of £69 on these bowls.

I haven't got £69.

I have got 50.

Do you think they might do 50?

I think it's very close to the mark.

Would you like me to contact them and ask?

My only tolerance is 34p above.

£50.34 is your... (JAMES LAUGHS) I'll go and see if they'll...

I think...

I'm willing to give them the 34p.

VO: Another quick call and David's back.

What news, David?

You're in luck.

£50.50 will do it.

I haven't got 50p.

I've got 34.

That will do fine.

Good.

Phew!

I'd hate 16p to be the breaking point.

VO: With every last penny spent, James walks away with the table, the two rocking cradles, the set of woods, which he adds to his earlier purchases, the silver cigarette case and the Victorian table billiards set, giving him a total of five lots to take to auction.

VO: Charles has also bought five lots - the Scottish cannonball, the Crown Devon maritime dish, the late 19th century rare book on Dundee.

Well, they say rare.

The pair of brass candlesticks and the Toleware candle stick.

He spent a total of £255.

So what do they think of each other's lots?

Not a lot, I suspect.

My great dapper man, and he is dapper, he's bought a really interesting, dapper array of objects.

I love his Chinese table.

That really has potential Eastern promise to create worldwide news and could be the headliner at the auction.

Charles has steamed in with the big tactical buy, a very large bible of Dundee.

Some great plates in there.

£150.

It's good, fresh condition.

Who knows?

Love his cigarette case.

It was inexpensive, it was heavy, it was solid silver.

Fantastic gauge.

If it doesn't make £50 I'd be very, very surprised.

Early candlesticks used to make big money, but they're no more.

I don't know.

Would I swap or not?

I think I'll stick with mine.

VO: There's no time to change.

James has been reunited with Charles and they're now en route to auction in the city of Dundee.

The place with the rare books.

James, hold tight.

We are going over the River Tay bridge.

JAMES: Tay.

CHARLES: Look at this.

VO: Today's auction will take place at Curr and Dewar auctioneers in the heart of city where they know about rare books.

CHARLES: What a beautiful day.

What could go wrong, Charles?

Exactly.

Exactly.

What could possibly go wrong?

You know, sometimes you feel James, a city is on your side.

Do you?

I feel Dundee could be right for us.

VO: Hm, Charles is hopeful.

Could be to do with rare books.

But what will the man with the gavel today, auctioneer Steven Dewar, think of our experts' lots?

One of the lots today is a Lamb's Dundee as they call them locally.

A big leather bound book of Dundee properties and Dundee as the old city.

They usually sell quite well.

They're quite collectable in the local area.

The rocking cradle is quite nice.

It's nicely painted.

Er, value-wise I would be looking at around £50 to £80 on the cradle.

VO: The room's filling up, and the boys are seated and raring to go.

Do you know, I think we could be smiling on our departure from Dundee?

JAMES: Really?

CHARLES: If we get lucky.

VO: Yeah.

Well, time will soon tell, as we're off.

First up are James's two rocking cradles.

STEVEN: 30?

JAMES: 30.

STEVEN: 30 is bid.

JAMES: Oh!

At £30 it is, front left.

£30, the bid anywhere?

At £30, 35, 40, 45, 50.

JAMES: Wow.

STEVEN: £50 is front.

JAMES: Yeah.

STEVEN: £50 front right.

At 50 and selling, all done?

VO: Ah, that's a shame, but it's only a little loss.

Unlucky.

Doesn't matter.

It's...

It's a start.

VO: That it is, Charles.

Up next, your brass candlesticks.

£60 now, opening bidder.

At £60 are you sure?

CHARLES: Come on.

STEVEN: On commission at £60.

JAMES: Go on, put it down.

STEVEN: Are you sure?

There's legs in them, there's legs in them.

There's legs.

There's legs.

STEVEN: Last chance.

JAMES: Put it down.

Thank you.

VO: Cor, cheap enough?

A maiden bid there sees Charles kick-off with a profit.

One small Dundee step.

VO: Right, James, you're playing catch up with your lignum vitae woods.

Commission starts me at £20.

JAMES: Oh, God.

CHARLES: Got to move.

Four woods at £20.

Any advance now at £20?

All done then.

VO: Another maiden bid, but this time producing a loss.

You bought with your heart and you bought with passion... and those bowls were cheap and that's life.

That's life, isn't it?

VO: Charles's next lot is up now.

Will his Toleware candlestick attract much attention?

15 bid.

At £15.

Aw, £15!

I thought 50.

STEVEN: £15... CHARLES: Come on.

CHARLES: It's too cheap.

At £15, any advance, at 15.

STEVEN: 20.

25.

CHARLES: Come on, let's go.

£25, any advance, at £25.

CHARLES: Surely one more?

STEVEN: All done then?

VO: Ah, they're certainly proving a tough crowd here today.

Bad luck.

I don't believe it.

That's... Now that's what I call a result.

Hello?

Is anyone here?

VO: Don't get too smug James, your pricey purchase is up next, the hua huang li marble-topped table.

At 75, 80, five, 90, five, 100, five, 110.

CHARLES: Good man.

STEVEN: 110 with the porter.

Any advance on 110?

Are you all done?

JAMES: It's a loss.

STEVEN: At £110.

Come on, come on.

VO: Oh, James, after auction house costs that will be another small loss.

JAMES: £10 loss.

CHARLES: It doesn't matter.

It was worth a gamble.

VO: Time now to find out if the Scottish cannonball will make Charles a profit.

I'll open it up at £30 on commission.

Come on.

At £30, two commission buyers, 35.

Come on, surely one more?

40, five, 50, five.

Come on.

Commission buyers at 55, 60 anywhere?

Come on, any more?

At £55.

Any more?

STEVEN: Any advance, at 55?

JAMES: Well done.

Well done.

VO: Fantastic profit there for Charles.

Well done.

Thank you, Scotland.

I'll come again.

VO: How will the crowd take to James's table billiard set?

£25 is bid.

At £25 for a lot there at £25.

CHARLES: Come on.

STEVEN: 30, five.

40.

CHARLES: Good lad.

CHARLES: 40.

JAMES: Five.. 40 on my right.

At £40.

Any advance at 40?

Are you bidding?

At £40 on my right.

It's your last chance.

Needs one more for a profit.

One more, come on.

Here you are.

STEVEN: 45.

JAMES: Well done, sir.

50, £50 on my right.

CHARLES: That's good.

JAMES: 50.

CHARLES: Profit.

STEVEN: £50, all done then... CHARLES: Good man.

STEVEN: ..at 50.

I'm selling.

Thank you.

VO: That's more like it.

Well done.

It's good.

Got away with it.

It's good.

You know, chin down.

Slightly washing the face.

Bit of that.

VO: Next up it's Charles's Crown Devon dish.

Oo-arr.

£20 for it.

10?

Oh, I say.

STEVEN: 10 is the way.

CHARLES: Come on.

STEVEN: 15, ma'am.

CHARLES: Come on.

20, five, 30, five.

STEVEN: £35.

CHARLES: Good thing.

Come on.

At 35 now, any advance at £35?

STEVEN: Are you bidding?

CHARLES: I'm stuck in my chair.

At £35.

VO: Nicely done, good news for Charles.

Happy?

I'm not happy.

You may be happy.

VO: Will James's final lot, his silver cigarette case put a smile on his face?

At £20, five.

30, five.

40, five.

STEVEN: 45, doorway.

CHARLES: Told you, £45 for it.

JAMES: Almost... CHARLES: There you go.

50, £50 at the bed.

£50.

Any advance at £50?

CHARLES: Amazing, James.

JAMES: Isn't it?

CHARLES: Yeah.

STEVEN: £50.

Now you have to be pleased with that.

That's a good margin.

That's my first purchase and my last sale.

And that gives you a nice, big step forward.

VO: Right time to get serious, Charles, it's the biggie - your 19th century limited edition book on Dundee.

£80 there is for Lamb's Dundee.

CHARLES: Let's go.

JAMES: 80.

CHARLES: Let's go.

STEVEN: 100.

Come on.

Let's go.

STEVEN: 120.

CHARLES: Let's go.

130, 140.

CHARLES: Come on.

STEVEN: 150, 160.

STEVEN: 170.

CHARLES: Fantastic.

I'm out now.

170 is there.

STEVEN: Anybody else in?

CHARLES: Surely.

£170.

VO: It was a risky punt and it's paid off.

Marvelous.

Shall we hit the road?

Good to go, jacket on.

I think we should go.

VO: Auction done, it's time to talk figures.

James started this leg with £260.34.

Unfortunately he made a little loss of £30.74 after auction costs, but this still leaves him with a healthy £229.60.

Oh, yes.

VO: Charles began with £266.40 and he managed to make a profit, gaining £27.90 after auction costs, giving him £294.30 which means he wins again and goes into the next leg in the lead.

How do you feel?

Ba...

Battered.

Both battered and bruised.

I truly feel you were unlucky today.

Do you?

And you were lucky of course?

CHARLES: Exactly.

JAMES: Smelling of roses again.

Name of the game, James.

Hold tight, James.

OK. Give our great friends a wave.

A royal wave from Dundee.

Well done.

VO: Toodle-pip road trippers.

Next time, the Scottish road trip continues.

(SNEEZES) VO: Bless you.

As the boys hunt down top antiques and each other.

Charles, you great berk!

How's it going?

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