Voiceover (VO): It's the nation's favorite antiques experts... What about that!

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

Can I buy everything here?

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

But it's no mean feat.

Feeling a little saw!

This is going to be an epic battle.

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

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

The honeymoon is over.

I'm sorry!

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip.

Yeah!

We're in Liverpool today to start the last leg of this road trip and two of our top experts, Christina Trevanion and Philip Serrell are going out in a blaze of golden glory.

We hope.

PHIL (PS): Yay!

(BOTH LAUGH) CHRISTINA (CT): That is the most animated I think I have ever seen you.

PS: Trapped wind.

Is that... (BOTH LAUGH) Is that how you feel about leaving me, Philip?

PS: The liver buildings, look.

VO: Philip Serrell is an auctioneer from Worcestershire and is famous for his sunny disposition.

Not!

A lot of people sometimes think I am overoptimistic.

CT: Really?

PS: And too cheerful.

Really?

They think I should just sort of, you know...

Tone it down a bit.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, I can see that, I can see that.

VO: Christina Trevanion is an auctioneer and valuer from Shropshire, and is the perfect foil to our Phil.

Christina I am... Are you going to miss anything about me at all?

I am going to miss your bubbly, infectious personality.

It's warm here.

CT: No.

PS: It's quite tiring really.

(CHRISTINA LAUGHS) VO: Time to get some energy then Phil!

For the final time our competitive couple are hitting the road in the ravishing red 1964 MGB.

This is our last time we are going to be... Yeah.

..in a car together, first thing in the morning.

Yeah.

Enjoying each other's company.

It has been good fun hasn't it?

Yeah.

VO: It sure has!

Our two fun-loving professionals began the trip with £200 each and it's been some journey so far.

On the previous leg Phil's made a tidy profit so has secured himself an impressive £463.40 to start with today.

Christina lost the last auction, but thanks to her earlier victories is still starting today in the lead with an outstanding £533 to spend.

Both our intrepid auctioneers made a deal to part with all their money on this leg, so there's some serious shopping ahead, chaps!

CT: Philip!

It was a very loose agreement.

It was not a loose agreement.

It was very very loose.

You absolutely, 100%... No, it was loose.

We shook on it, and you said... No, that was just...

It was loose, it was loose.

Philip, Philip I can assure you, if you do not spend all your money... No, no.

..there will be dire consequences.

VO: Eh, That's fighting talk!

Our antique marathon mission on this trip covers over 1,000 miles, from the Scottish borders, down to the Lakes, the northeast, Lancashire, Yorkshire, and the northwest before finishing in Stoke on Trent.

The final leg kicks off in Liverpool, meanders around the Mersey, whirling around the Wirral and then striding on to Stoke for the auction.

Do you know, what do you think of when you come to Liverpool?

CT: Liver birds.

PS: The Beatles.

CT: Cilla.

PS: Really?

Yeah.

Priscilla White?

No, Cilla Black.

That is who her name was.

Oh, was it?

She was Priscilla White, and her stage name was Cilla Black.

AS CILLA: What's your name and where do you come from?

Oh, that sounds a bit Birmingham.

Actually that is more like, it is more like Halesowen, that is.

VO: First up, Phil's dropping Christina at the aptly-named Tunnel Antiques.

PS: Get out, get out.

Yeah, alright.

See you later.

Bye, hon.

Bye, have a lovely day.

Yeah, you too sweetie.

Good shopping.

Yeah, will do.

Make sure you spend lots of money.

No.

VO: The shop is run by our old friend.

Paul.

Hi, pleased to see you again.

Long time, no see.

How are you?

Fine.

Can't complain.

Good.

VO: Will it take long for Christina to spot a bargain in here?

Maybe not.

CT: I like this.

Make a good coffee table.

Oh.

My name is not Philip Serrell.

(LAUGHS) Thank the Lord!

VO: Indeed.

There are some weird and wonderful items in here.

Anything a bit less Philip and a bit more Christina though?

That jug is a bit more promising.

CT: What has that got on it?

24.

I do like that a lot.

You haven't got the bowl for it?

PAUL: No, I haven't got the bowl for it.

Because obviously it would have been part of a Victorian toilet set originally, wouldn't it, you would have had your jug, your bowl.

Obviously pre-bathroom you would have needed something to wash in or with, so your servant - ha ha don't have many of them - would have brought this up for you in order to wash, but it is quite unusual to have this...

It is nice having them fish on.

The fishes on it, isn't it?

Great color as well.

CT: Quite like that.

PAUL: OK. Oh, look, these are nice.

Where did these come from?

PAUL: They came off one of the houses in town.

VO: These chimney pots are from one of the city's many Victorian rooftops and are £45 a pop - sorry make that a pot.

OK. What if I bought two?

I'll take £80 quid for two.

£80 for two?

It's a bit of a...

It is a bit of a Philip Serrell lot, isn't it?

They are good interior design lots.

Good garden lots.

Well that's what I was thinking, because if you had two, they'd look quite nice and balanced, wouldn't they?

You could stick a plant in it or something, yeah.

I quite like those.

Em... How much is... What could you do on the jug?

Let's have a look.

£20 for the jug.

£20 for the jug.

And how much for those?

I tell you what I will do, to chimney pots, a jug, I'll take 90 quid for them.

VO: He's talking tough but can Christina work her magic on Paul here?

In order for me to make any form of profit whatsoever, I would be looking to pay probably £50 for the lot.

Couldn't do it.

What could be your absolute best?

I will take £75 and that is it.

You are having a little bargain.

I will do £70 for the jug and the two.

Go on, then.

£70?

PAUL: Yep.

CT: £60?

Can't do it.

£70.

That is it.

£70.

Thanks very much.

That is a deal.

Thank you very much.

VO: The immovable object has moved.

It's a deal for Christina.

£60 for the pots and 10 for the jug.

Hmm, fishy.

Now where has our Philip got to?

His ticket to ride has taken him across the city to check out the wares at 69A, run by the very clever Trevor.

Hi.

I'm Philip.

Hi, Philip.

PS: How are you?

TREVOR: Yeah.

God, You've got a fantastic shop full of stuff here, haven't you?

VO: Yeah.

You'd be spoiled for choice here in Trevor's fine emporium.

And if you are going to buy a name, Tiffany, Tiffany and Co, New York.

Those little silver goblets, they are quite fun.

VO: Trevor's here to help from behind his books.

I quite like these little Tiffany...

They are definitely silver are they?

TREVOR: They are definitely silver.

And you have got the art deco style.

Yeah.

I would say you'd be safe with something like that.

OK. Let's just... You have got lots of Chinese things, and I know nothing about Chinese pots, so you have got the two yellow ground vases there.

That vase on the right, is that one buyable?

TREVOR: Yes, I have got a price on the one on the right.

And how much is your ticket price on that?

TREVOR: Ticket price is 275.

But they actually cost me quite a bit more but it is time to... Time to move it on.

..To say goodbye at the moment.

PS: And that's perfect, is it?

TREVOR: It is.

Could we perhaps have a look at that, do you think?

VO: Steady as she goes Trev!

The Tiffany goblets have a ticket price of £125 for the pair.

But that vase needs closer inspection.

Ah, so that's the piece, Trevor, is it?

Mmm.

A bit bigger when it's down.

So, this is what they call Republican period.

Is that right?

TREVOR: That's correct, yes.

VO: Republican period is 20th century porcelain that came after the earlier Qing dynasty.

PS: So in a way... TREVOR: Yeah.

I've got two things the same age.

You have.

From different continents.

Mmm.

America, 1920s.

Mmhm.

And then we've got the other side of the world, China, 1920s, haven't we?

Yes.

Yes.

OK, so these are American silver.

Wouldn't be hallmarked?

They have sterling PS: They are marked still as sterling.

So for these two bits of Tiffany I'd like to offer you 44 and I was going to offer you 60 out of 100 for the two.

No.

120.

Would 110 buy the two?

115 Come on.

I'll have the two.

You're a gentleman.

Thank you very much.

You're welcome.

Thank you very much indeed.

VO: What an amazingly generous £285 off both ticket prices!

Broken down as £50 for the goblets and £65 for the Chinese vase.

He's off to a strong start here.

Christina has made the journey out of Merseyside and traveled 34 miles inland to Altrincham in Cheshire.

Christina's next stop is Squire's Antiques run by Valerie.

Hello!

Hello.

How nice to see you.

You must be Valerie.

VO: Squire's is small but perfectly formed.

CT: Those have caught my eye.

Can I have a look at those vases there?

Yes.

Where did they come from?

Well, they're a London, I say, 1902.

Hmm.

Those are very nice.

There's a nice clear hallmark on that one.

Those are lovely aren't they?

They are nice.

This style... you don't get in these vases.

I've never seen it before.

CT: Mmmm.

It's very arts and crafts isn't it, very contemporary with the period, 1902.

VALERIE: Well, you don't see, as I say, this thing in arts and crafts.

You see it in the Victorian... fancy.

CT: Just like that one?

VALERIE: Yes.

CT: That's very, very Victorian.

VO: The late 19th and early 20th arts and crafts movement came after the more ostentatious Classical styles of the Victorian era.

So what have we got on the... how negotiable are we on price Valerie?

It's £198 for the two, which is reasonable.

Right.

I'll do 178 for the two.

178.

See I would be wanting to pay about 150 for those really.

Would you consider that?

OK.

So at 150, you've got a deal.

Thank you very much.

Right.

I'll get them wrapped for you.

VO: £150 for the pair of vases.

Good work Christina!

Philip's next stop is one of Liverpool's most famous landmarks - its awe inspiring Anglican Cathedral.

Look at that!

This is the biggest cathedral in the UK and contains the highest and heaviest bells in the world.

It's made from a staggering 13 million bricks.

Phil's meeting head guide Roy Redman to learn about the man behind this magnificent building.

ROY: On behalf of the dean and chapter, welcome to Liverpool Cathedral.

Thank you very much.

The fifth largest cathedral in the world.

This is just fantastic.

It's just... ..like an aircraft hanger but slightly more glorious, isn't it?

ROY: It is.

VO: In 1902 a competition to build Liverpool's new cathedral began with designs being submitted anonymously.

22 year old Giles Gilbert Scott entered, as did famous names such as Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Although Scott's father and grandfather were both architects, and he'd had some experience of working in practice, the only thing he'd designed previously was a pipe rack!

Despite this Scott's design triumphed and now a man barely out his teens was in charge of building the country's biggest cathedral.

PS: That in a way must have counted against him.

The city is entrusting with him the design of their new cathedral and yet they give it to a 22 year old.

That's correct.

But the assessors of the design, they recorded that his design was the only design that... they couldn't ignore it.

VO: Not everyone was so enthusiastic and not just because of Scott's age.

When he went to the committee, the full cathedral committee, and they realized that a 22 year old had won the competition, and of course he was a Roman Catholic...

Right.

And this is an Anglican cathedral.

This is an Anglican cathedral so there was some friction but, as usual, a compromise was reached and they put with the 22 year old Giles Gilbert Scott, George Bodley, a very experienced architect.

VO: But the relationship between Bodley and Scott was far from harmonious.

Fed up with what he saw as Bodley's meddling Scott was on the verge of resigning when Bodley suddenly died in 1910.

Aged only 30, Scott embarked on a re-design and convinced the cathedral committee to back him.

He wanted to ensure all 3,000 people inside had a clear view of the alter.

Central to his new plan was to replace the two towers and their internal pillars, seen on the original model here, with a wider single tower that would create one huge uncluttered space.

So he really by going from this original design, losing these two pillars and putting one in the middle, which enabled the base, almost like a pyramid, to go much further out and that gave you that great feeling of space.

ROY: All the visitors that come to the cathedral, like you, they walk in here... PS: Wow!

...if it's the first time, they go, 'Wow!'

One thing.

We've lost two towers and we've got one in the middle... now I'm here I've got to have a look, haven't I?

ROY: Certainly.

PS: Let's go.

I'll take you up.

Thank you.

VO: Even though he hates heights Philip is going up to check out that extra wide central tower for himself.

PS: This is just cavernous, isn't it?

It's like, it reminds me of being in Cheddar Gorge almost.

You come through a small door and you've got this massive cavern.

We're 200 feet up in the air...

Yes.

And this is a very small proportion of the cathedral, isn't it, really?

It is.

Oh, yes.

It just gives you some idea of the scale of the whole thing, doesn't it?

VO: The tower was started in 1935 but four years later war broke out.

Scott however, was undeterred.

ROY: In 1942, he himself went up to the tower and put the last finial on in a howling gale.

He took his hat off and on the finial you will see his carved initials and the date, 1942.

PS: He's a braver man than me.

And that was known as the 'topping out' ceremony.

It would have been the falling out ceremony for me.

VO: Scott designed several other iconic structures - from Waterloo Bridge, and Battersea Power Station to the famous red telephone box.

The cathedral was finally completed in 1978.

Sadly Scott died in 1960 and never saw his masterpiece completed.

But it was his vision, as an untested 22 year old that gave Liverpool one of the most extraordinary religious buildings in the world.

The whole thing is like being inside a sculpture, isn't it?

It is indeed.

Fantastic.

Thank you very, very much indeed.

Thank you.

ROY: Thank you.

VO: That marks the end of the day of highs and buys in Liverpool for our pair.

Good night everyone!

VO: It's the start of a brand new day... CT: Ready, steady... wheeee!

Lord above.

(SHE LAUGHS) Will you just keep the thing straight, please?

Why?

VO: Christina and Phil are whirling their wheels through the Wirral.

It's lovely being by the seaside with you.

It's lovely being anywhere with you dear.

Awww.

VO: Oh pass the sick bucket, please!

VO: Yesterday Phil forked out £115 on two items, the Tiffany goblets and the Chinese vase.

Which means he has £348.40 available to spend.

While Christina's splashed her sizeable amount of cash on three items.

She's parted with £220 for two Victorian chimney pots, a glazed toilet jug and a pair of Edwardian posey vases.

That leaves her with £313.

But what about that deal they both struck to spend all their cash before the end of this leg?

CT: I have spent quite a lot of money.

I'm not sure I'm going to be able to spend all of it, I have to be honest.

Listen... Would you kill me if I didn't?

No, no, no, no.

Would you kill me?

No.

VO: Well that's a relief!

Our fab friends have made their way across the Mersey via Cheshire from Liverpool to the popular seaside town of West Kirby.

Phil is going to check out the excellently-named Desdemona Postlethwaite Antiques run by the more simply-named Bob.

Hi Bob.

Thinking I might quite like to buy a bit of jewelry.

Right.

There is a minor problem there.

Which is?

Well, I don't know much about anything, but I know less about jewelry and silver.

And I know less about jewelry than anything in the world.

VO: So with a little knowledge what can Philip find?

How about a lovely Edwardian peridot pearl necklace with a steep ticket price of £225?

There we go.

So this is... these are sea pearls, aren't they, Bob?

They are sea pearls, yeah.

And these are peridots, are they?

Peridot, it's a lovely fine example.

VO: Peridot, although often mistaken for emeralds, is a precious green gem stone in its own right.

BOB: It's particularly of the Edwardian period.

PS: Very often, these droppers are missing, aren't they?

Roughly, what might you be able to do that for?

I could do it for 125.

Let's just put this down here and that's a starting point for us, isn't it?

VO: Philip got a rub of the green with that discount but what other bargains might be in store?

PS: Those are interesting.

Can I have a look at those buttons please?

Buttons, yeah.

By all means.

These are 1903.

London.

It was a good year, wasn't it?

It was.

You remember it?

Hey, easy tiger.

VO: Philip's not that old - yet.

The button's have a ticket price of £185.

PS: These are Edwardian silver buttons.

BOB: They are.

We believe it's the original case.

Is there some movement in those do you think?

I can move a little bit.

Right.

Can I go and put those on t'table.

And then while you put them over there, I'm going to continue to have a look round if I might, see if there's anything else I can see.

Can I have a look at this?

So what have you got this down as?

An Edwardian cutlery box.

Yep.

You can tell it's Edwardian really because all of this carving is pure, sort of, 1905-1910, that sort of era.

Yeah.

Late Victorian, early Edwardian.

VO: This crafted box, priced at £95, would have held cutlery in its different compartments.

The baize lining's now missing but the rest of it has aged pretty well.

Phil has decided to go for the necklace, the buttons and the box with a whopping combined price of £502.

Can we do those at 250 do you think?

£250 is a special.

Alright, I'll tell you what, you're an absolute star.

Thank you very much indeed.

That's a pleasure, Phil.

I'd better pay you now, hadn't I?

Yes please.

VO: So, that's the necklace for 100, the buttons for 90 and the box for £60.

Phil spent big there but there's still a bit of cash left to blow.

VO: Christina meanwhile has made the trip nine miles across the Wirral Peninsula to New Brighton.

She's pulling up outside a local landmark with an unusual history.

Originally conceived to protect the second city of the Empire against the Napoleonic Navy, the 'Little Gibraltar of the Mersey' has stood guard over Liverpool Bay since 1829.

Fort Perch Rock is today owned by Doug Darroch.

His father bought the fort in 1997 to open it as a military museum.

So we've got the river coming in here haven't we?

That's Liverpool over there isn't it?

Yes, there you'll see the Liver Buildings.

Yeah!

And the Anglican Cathedral.

Fab view, isn't it?

Yeah, it is, very much so.

The fort was positioned because of that, the view down the river and the view over north Wales to Anglesey.

All to defend the river, yes.

CT: It was literally a great vantage point.

DOUG: Very much so.

CT: You can see everything coming in.

VO: But what was unusual about this was that Liverpool wasn't a naval port but a merchant port.

The local businessmen, worried that the city's wealth and lack of defenses made it venerable to attack, lobbied the government for a series of forts along the Mersey.

Fort Perch is the last to survive.

The merchant's fears proved to be unfounded as the city was never attacked by sea, and prior to its decommissioning in 1954 the fort's cannons had only ever fired in anger twice - in similar but unusual circumstances.

The first occasion was just half an hour into the First World War, when a Norwegian fishing smack, not realizing the war had started, sailed up the channel to the Fort.

It didn't respond to the signals from the colonel in command, so they fired a shot across its bows.

A warning shot?

A warning shot.

Unfortunately, that ricocheted off the water and landed on a resident's back garden in Crosby, which he wasn't too happy about.

I bet.

The irate house owner went to the local battery there and demanded to know what he was to do with this.

He took what to the local fort?

The shell, in a bucket.

Demanded to know what he was to do with this shell.

Excuse me, what are you doing firing cannons into my garden?

They, with much pleasure, then brought the shell round here and wrote on it, "a present from New Brighton".

Apparently it stood in the officers' mess for many years.

Oh, that's fantastic.

VO: The second occasion was on the day the Second World War was declared and again a fishing boat didn't respond to signals so, in a repeat of the First World War incident, a warning shot was fired.

The captain's excuse was rather familiar.

"Don't you know that war's been declared?"

Well, that was the excuse.

Well, that's what happened, really, yeah.

Oh, my goodness.

VO: There was an upside to being shot at from one of the cannons though.

DOUG: On the practice as well local fishermen would go out and recover the cannonballs, and bring them back and actually sell them to the fort.

Oh, a bit of recycling.

Recy... Yeah.

I like it.

VO: The fort may now operate as a museum but it still fires the odd shot.

Only these days they come from this replica cannon.

And great balls of fire, Doug is going to let Christina have a shot.

I can't really hear very much.

What?

OK?

Alright, let's do it.

How exciting!

Ready?

OK. Three, two, one... Wooh!

Oh, my God!

(SHE LAUGHS) Blimey, it's small but it's very loud.

It's very loud.

That's with the earmuffs.

That's ama...

I can't actually hear a word you're saying, but thank you ever so much.

It's been wonderful.

How exciting!

And you.

Thanks for coming.

VO: So before the residents of Crosby complain, it's time for Christina to shoot off out of here.

With Philip back on board our antique acquirers are heading four and a half miles down the road to Birkenhead.

(SCOUSE ACCENT) Birkenhead.

Birkenhead.

Birkenhead.

There we go.

That looks good.

PS: Amerini.

Oh my goodness.

Let's get inside quickly before it really starts raining.

Brrr.

VO: With the rain now on and the top down, they're seeking shelter in Amerini Antiques run by Carol and Lucy.

Hey, I hope someone's going to put that hood back up!

Hi, it's Lucy, isn't it?

Hi, Lucy, Christina.

VO: Christina is already getting down to brass tacks with Lucy.

Have you got anything... Can you point me in the direction of anything that's sort of fresh, that's just come in, anything new?

We've just had some silver, which isn't priced up yet, that I've just got.

Where abouts?

Just here.

Oh.

VO: Or should that be silver tacks.

There you go.

Ooh, this looks fun.

I mean, I just love a good job lot of silver.

You just can't beat it, can you?

So, it's all sort of early 20th century, late 19th century, sort of vesta case... VO: This little lot includes a silver Victorian jug, a silver match holder and a 19th century mustard spoon.

What are we thinking for the whole lot?

For the whole lot, I think it would have to be 180.

180?

OK.

Yes.

So, in all honesty, if I was buying this as a good job lot at auction, I would be looking to pay in the region of about £80-100 in order to stand making any sort of profit at auction whatsoever.

OK. What's your thoughts about that?

How does 120 sound?

100 would sound better.

As it's you and I want to give you a good chance for the auction, I'll agree 100.

You sure?

Yes, that's fine, yep.

Right, OK. And good luck with it.

I'm sure it'll do well.

CT: Might need it.

LUCY: Thank you.

Brilliant.

Thank you, Lucy, that's fab.

You're very welcome.

Right, but I've still got some more money to spend, shall we go and have a look round?

Yes, help yourself, yep.

Give me a shout if you need anything.

Will do, thank you.

VO: Christina's made a purchase but Phil needs a short and snappy bargain.

Can Carol help?

What have you got that you can... bit different?

Our window display is very different, and in the middle of that we've got a very nice crocodile.

You've got a crocodile?

Yes.

In fact I've got two, but the large one is particularly nice.

Let's have a look at the large one, then.

VO: OK, large and snappy purchase, please.

diddle-um, diddle-um, diddle-um, dum, dum, diddle-um, diddle-um, diddle-um dum dum.

Neigh, diddle-um, diddle-um... Who's gonna win the race?

Who's gonna win the race?

It's gonna be me.

VO: You might be riding on a horse, but he's wrestling with a crocodile.

Metaphorically of course.

CAROL: He's quite old.

He's turn of the century.

So, he's Victorian?

He's Victorian.

Yeah.

And is he a crocodile or an alligator?

CAROL: He's a crocodile.

PS: How do you know?

Eh, the lady that brought him in to sell him to me assured me he was a crocodile.

But I have done a little bit of research... PS: Come on, tell me what you know, because I know nothing.

Eh, just the shape of the mouth and the size of him, he's a crocodile.

So we know that he's Victorian...

Yes.

Em, old Dundee here, and just out of curiosity, I see you've got him priced up here initially at £220.

That's right.

VO: Can Phil get a bargain to sink his teeth into and splash the last of his cash?

PS: His feet are a little bit croc, really, well crook, crock, crook?

CAROL: Well, I suppose you might be a bit...

If I was 100 years old.

If you were 100 years old, yes.

Yeah.

And I've lost part of my tail, but... Would you take £98.40 for it?

Ooh.

We'll go for that.

Oh, you're an angel.

Thank you so much.

Woah.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

But you will look after him?

Oh, I shall treasure him.

Well, for the time that I've got him to the auction.

But I've got... VO: Phil, as it turns out, is a man of his word and has spent every last penny.

..40 pence.

And Dundee and I are about to leave the building.

You will look after him, won't you?

I'm gonna treasure him.

What on earth have I done here?

VO: See you later alligator!

I know - it's a crocodile.

Now it's Christina's turn to see if there is a deal she can sink her teeth into - literally.

Unfortunately it feels restored.

Oh, that's a shame.

Okey-dokey.

VO: Skip your lunch?

Oh, sorry, no, I'm not just hungry.

(LAUGHS) The way to tell a piece of restoration is when they restore something they put some sort of lactose skin or something over restoration, so if you touch it on your teeth it just feels a little bit spongier.

It's not got that same sort of very hard, or hardness, about it as the normal body, so that... That is quite soft and that's...

It's sort of an instant way of telling restoration or not.

VO: This vase is Moorcroft pottery, made in Stoke-on-Trent where the auction is being held.

A local item could sell well there.

The original ticket price was £295 but Carol hadn't realized it was restored.

Thanks to Christina's gnashers it's time for some downward revision of the price.

I genuinely thought it was...

It was a good piece, so... ..you could have that for the 95.

Oh, gosh.

Because that...

I mean it's got a lovely signature on there hasn't it?

Yeah.

And obviously that green wash.

I do like that.

I do like that.

The restoration is worrying me.

OK. Well, what if I said 80?

Give you a... a bit more of a chance with it.

£80.

But it means I haven't spent all my budget.

Philip's gonna be cross with me.

D'you know what, I'm just gonna do it.

I will face the wrath... Well, good luck with it.

..of Philip Serrell.

Hope it does well for you.

Thank you.

VO: £80 for the vase and £100 for the silver means Christina's ready for the auction.

With the shopping all wrapped up, what have they gone for on the last leg?

Philip has spent every last penny of the £463.40 he started with - bravo!

He bought a pair of Tiffany goblets that he's paired up with the Edwardian silver buttons, a Chinese vase, the peridot and pearl necklace, an Edwardian cutlery box and a stuffed crocodile.

Snappy purchase.

Christina didn't manage to blow all her cash but she did spend £525 on a pair of Victorian chimney pots... ..a glazed jug, a Moorcroft vase, a box of silver, and a pair of posey vases.

So what are their thoughts on each other's lots?

Go on, be honest.

The pink jug for me is the weakest part.

That should just wash its face.

The piece of Moorcroft, I think that's a very clever buy for the potteries, but those vases, I think they're the real star of the show.

I feel like I need a massive klaxon because frankly, newsflash, I really like what he's bought.

It's the first time this trip.

I love the buttons.

I mean he's gone all girly on me, hasn't he, and glitzy and silver and... And then he went and bought a taxidermy crocodile.

He's...

I think he just wants to be me.

VO: Hey.

It's time to get off down the road to the very last auction of this trip, 63 miles south, it's Stoke-on-Trent.

I have to say Philip that it doesn't look like we're driving through Stoke, does it, really?

No.

CT: But this is very beautiful.

Well, you've got the map.

You're in charge of directions.

I think I lost it a few miles back, I have to be honest.

Where is the map?

Have you got the map?

No.

No.

Have you got it?

Eh, no, but I have an amazing sense of direction.

Really, I do.

I'm sure it's this way.

Are you sure?

I'm sure, yeah, I'm sure.

How sure?

Em... PS: Here we are, here we are, here we are.

CT: A.S.H.

Auctions.

Shall I get in, very tight there?

VO: Our duo have finally found today's auction house.

It's at Cobridge Hall, home to ASH auctions, who've been in the area since 1994.

This is it.

Here we go.

The last one.

Final curtain, Philip.

Oh.

VO: One of the founders of the company, and the S in ASH, is today's auctioneer Mr Lee Sharrat.

What does he think of our duo's lots?

The best of the lots, I would imagine, would be the silver lots.

All three lots of silver we've had a lot of interest in.

So, those three lots I would think will do very well.

The crocodile, as...

Yes, a lot of interest, we should say, yes, on the crocodile.

It's quirky.

Quirky lots, quirky items do well.

VO: It's a full house.

The auction is also on the phone and has commission bids so let's get cracking!

This is the night that fame and fortune is made for us.

VO: Will fame and fortune come from Philip's beautifully carved Edwardian cutlery tray?

Oh, this is it, this is yours, this is yours.

Where do you want to start with that, 25?

24, 24 on commission, 24.

£24.

24, where's six now?

26, 26, 28.

At 26, in the room.

Commission's out.

At £26, I'm selling, at 26.

It's doing really well, isn't it?

In the room it goes.

£26.

Number 107.

Well, that's OK. Oh, yeah, it is for you.

Yeah, but bids.

VO: Not a great start really, but it's early days Phil.

Judging on that result, this could be very interesting.

VO: Can Christina do any better with her pink toilet jug?

£20, let's start the bidding, someone.

£20?

15?

Come on, where are we?

£10 then, someone, for £10.

£10, come on.

£10?

Five?

Five, no, £5.

Five's a bid... hey.

Was that you?

Come on.

£5, that's £5, no mistake.

Maiden bid of only £5.

Come on.

£5.

Doesn't take any prisoners, does he?

Rubbish.

VO: Small loss for Christina.

Things can only get better.

D'you know what I think we should do?

Yeah?

Form an escape committee very quickly.

Start digging.

Start tunneling here and get out under the wall.

VO: You won't get away that easily, Phil.

Let's see how your old china gets on.

£15 to go on then?

Ten?

At the back at 10.

At £10.

All over now, 12, 14?

14.

16?

16.

18?

18.

20?

£20 bid, where's two now?

22, 24, sir?

At the back then at 22.

24?

It's all going wonderfully well this, isn't it?

CT: Commission bids.

26, 28?

28.

30?

30.

32?

We've not got half way yet, though, have we?

Yes, we have.

See?

See?

38.

40?

Commission's out.

£38.

Your turn sir.

Shaking his head.

At £38.

Back of the room then, hammer's up at £38.

VO: Phil's second loss but there's still time to turn things around.

Perhaps Christina's chimney pots can pull in a profit.

What shall we say?

£40?

£40 I'm bid.

I've £40, where's 45?

Well, that's OK, that's, you know, two thirds of what I paid for them.

..five, 45, 50?

50.

Five?

55.

60?

60.

65?

It's a profit.

65.

70?

It's in the room.

Commission's are now out, at £65.

I'm selling at £65, the lot then.

That's not that bad.

That's a result, that's a result.

Let me tell you, I'd settle for that.

I'll take it.

I'll take it.

VO: Hooray a profit!

It won't leave much after expenses but hey, it's still a profit.

That's a real result.

D'you know what...

..I should've told them that Chinese vase was a chimney pot.

I'd have done a little better with it.

VO: Next Phil's lovely peridot and pearl necklace.

£65.

Commission buyers are in at 65.

I'll take 70 now.

This is a belter.

At £65.

It's a belter, you heard it here first.

At 65...

Carry on, on commissions.

70, 75, 80, 82.

We're up to £82 now.

Still on commission.

I'll take that.

84 anywhere?

If not I'm going to sell.

£82.

Hammer's up, then.

That's good, that's good.

No, it... How do you make that out to be good?

You said you thought it was going to make £40.

VO: It might be a result but it's a losing one.

Phil is struggling here a bit.

Don't look at me like that, please.

I'm just feeling quite sorry for you.

Oh, shut up!

VO: OK, here comes Christina's restored Moorcroft vase.

It's local but will it bring any profit home?

£100 then?

£50 to go on, somebody?

£50 on the aisle, 60?

60 bid now, 70?

70 bid now, 80?

80 bid now, 90?

At £80 with you.

At £80.

90, I've got bids everywhere.

VO: That's a bit more like it!

..110, 120, 130, 140, 150?

150.

160?

Right at the back at £150.

Anybody else now?

60, on the phone.

160.

170?

At 160.

On the telephone, against you, sir.

At £160.

My hammer's up at 160 then.

Blimey!

I think you just swam the Channel with that.

VO: A cracking profit on the restored vase for Christina which puts her well ahead.

Next it's the crocodile.

Philip needs the reptile to restore his reputation.

What shall we say for him?

Two telephone bids.

Several commission bids.

See?

See?

See?

I've got £40, commission bid, to start the bidding, where's 40... All over the place.

Look at the bids now.

45, 50, five... Five.

60, five... 65?

70?

In the room at 70.

Fresh bid, 70.

75?

75?

75.

80?

80.

85?

85.

90?

90, 95?

Top me up to 100.

I'm bid.

105.

110.

VO: Oh, the drama, this is getting exciting.

120?

No, he says...

I've now, currently, made £2.

Yay.

120 on the telephone.

120.

125?

125.

130?

125.

130?

130.

135?

135 is bid.

140?

135.

140?

140.

145?

145 is bid.

150?

145.

150?

VO: This is going well for Phil!

Can someone cut the phone lines?

At 155.

160?

160 is bid.

165, still with you.

At 165.

170 now?

At 165, again.

170.

175?

He's out.

Thank you very much, sir.

At £170, the bidder's on the telephone, on Chris's phone.

At 170.

No he isn't, he's back in.

Hang on, 175, back in the room, at 175.

180?

180.

He's still with you.

185?

185?

185, with you, Mark?

185?

I've got Mark's phone now.

185.

190 on Chris's phone.

190, against you, on Mark's phone?

Mark's phone is out.

You've stuck to the task on Chris's phone, at... You always do this, you pull it out of the bag right at the last minute.

Third and final time, at £190.

Telephone bidder.

D'you know what, I think that's just about got me back to where I started.

That's amazing!

VO: Wow, that took a while crocodile but Phil has more than doubled his money.

Are you feeling a bit more chipper now?

Oh, you are a blighter.

VO: Ear, ear - it's Christina's silver lot next.

I've heard they might just make a tidy profit.

52 I'm bid, we should have a riot.

We have got a riot.

54, 56?

56.

58?

58.

60?

60.

60 I'm bid, 62?

64?

66?

68?

70?

72?

74?

76?

78?

80?

82?, 84?

Still not... in profit.

92... You will be in a minute.

94?

96?

98?

100?

105?

110?

No, 105.

We haven't finished yet.

I've got 105.

By the side of you I have got 110.

110, 110?

115?

115?

115, fresh bid again, 120?

125?

130?

At £125.

That hammer is up at 125, then.

VO: That's not bad at all and enough to keep her in the lead.

It's Phil's last lot now- the buttons and Tiffany goblets.

He needs these to really shine.

£50?

£50 I am bid.

Looking for 55 now.

55 now, 55, 60?

Five?

On the commission at £60.

Five?

65.

70?

70 bid, 75?

72?

74?

At £72.

In the room, 74?

Come on, where are we?

Come on, bidders.

Come on, bidders.

Half price.

VO: Ouch, the silver didn't bring any brass for Phil there.

Now, the lot Phil, Christina and our auctioneer all thought would do well.

Our last lot of the trip is the arts and crafts posey vases.

Oh, I don't know if I can watch this.

What shall we say, £100 to save my voice?

80?

£80, they are on sale at £80.

You are halfway there.

He hasn't...

He hasn't got a bid.

Oh, he has got a bid!

95, 100?

105?

110?

115?

120?

125?

130?

135?

140?

I think you're home and hosed.

150?

155?

Home and hosed.

160?

165?

170?

It's still going!

At 170, on commissions at 170...

I don't that's dear.

Still haven't made a profit, but no.

At £170.

The hammer is up then.

Sold at 170.

Number eight.

I think those are really expensive.

VO: She's finished the trip how she started it - with a great profit.

Let's do the numbers shall we?

I think you've absolutely given me a ferocious spanking.

I've quite enjoyed it.

Get out of here!

Go on.

VO: Philip started this leg with £463.40 but after paying auction costs made a loss of £128.84, so finishes the trip with £334.56.

Christina started today with £533 and made a profit of £30.50 after costs.

So she's won this leg and the trip with a very impressive total of £563.50.

Congratulations Christina!

And all profits, of course, go to Children in Need.

Oh, it's dark.

How did that happen?

Oh, not dark enough in my book.

That, my love...

Yes?

Is a three-figure trouncing in any language.

I am not used to winning, that's amazing.

An absolute three-figure trouncing.

I think you have got yourself a chauffeur for life here.

Oh, brilliant.

Sounds like a plan.

I'll go and buy a peak...

I will go and buy a peaked cap with the little money I've got left.

Let's go.

You are clear, go!

VO: From Scotland to Stoke, this has been a fun-packed road trip - we've enjoyed Christina's highs.

Ah-ha-ha!

I feel quite hot and a bit sweaty.

Woohoo!

VO: And we've shared Phil's lows.

Do you like me?

VO: But above all we've seen a lot of love.

(SHE LAUGHS) (HE LAUGHS SARCASTICALLY) Fan me down, fan me down, fan me down.

You just bought a table.

VO: Cheerio!

Next on Antiques Road Trip... Natasha Raskin.

New to the Trip, and the road!

Oh, I love it.

VO: Versus Charlie Ross.

Seasoned campaigner... You're gonna need stamina when you're fighting with me, Chris.

VO: ..and serial charmer.

It'll be one of the most memorable weeks of your life.

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