VOICEOVER (VO): The nation's favorite antiques experts, one big challenge - who will make the most profit buying and selling antiques as they drive around the jolly old UK?

DEALER: £6.

PHIL: £5.

Done.

Is that your very best you can do?

VO: At the end of their trip, they should have made some big money.

But it's not as easy as it sounds.

And only one will be crowned champion at the final auction in London.

This is the Antiques Road Trip.

It's the third show on the road with antiques experts Anita Manning and David Barby.

Anita Manning is Scotland's first ever female auctioneer, living and working in Glasgow.

She has a passion for decorative arts and design.

ANITA (AM): That's lovely.

It's functional, it's beautiful and it's a good make.

VO: David Barby qualified with the Society of Valuers and Auctioneers at the very young age of 21, and is often referred to as "The Master" for his depth and breadth of antique knowledge.

DAVID (DB): This is what we term as a sort of arts and crafts, or Vienna secessionist influence.

VO: Anita and David began their journey with £200 each, and David has been surging ahead at auction so far.

Yes!

VO: Anita has been fighting her basic instinct, to let loose the purse strings.

AM: I love that color.

VO: At auction on yesterday's show, Anita staged a great comeback from near bankruptcy.

But she's still a long way behind, with £197.18 to start today's show.

Calm and cool.

Take your time, Anita.

Don't be Mrs Scattercash.

Look and try to get cheaply.

VO: Front-runner David has been in his own little world so far, looking for objects that he personally loves with that certain je ne sais quoi.

That, to me, has "wow" factor.

VO: David had a fantastic auction on yesterday's show and throws himself back into the world with £369.96.

But I've got over £350 to spend.

I don't want to lose it.

This road trip travels from Aberdeen in northeast Scotland to Leyburn in North Yorkshire.

Today, they're leaving Edinburgh and heading first to Glasgow on their way to the next auction in Ayr.

# Just the two of us # We can make it if we try # Just the two of us... # VO: Striking, historic Glasgow sits handsomely either side of the River Clyde.

The trade, industry and wealth brought to Glasgow by this arterial river has also been a stimulus for great revolutions in design.

And, of course, Glasgow is Anita Manning's home town.

She's a local girl, so she knows where to find the best antiques.

VO: Lurking beneath a cabinet, Anita finds a collection of mystic stones.

Andrew, what have we got here?

Here, Anita, we've got four rather bruised and battered curling stones.

Still functional?

Well, they could be, without too much effort, I think.

But we're missing one handle.

Right.

OK. VO: Curling is thought to have originated in Scotland in the late Middle Ages, and was played with flat-bottomed river boulders, before these sculpted granite jokers came into use.

AM: D'you know, these have probably been lying outside somebody's house.

Do you think so?

Oh, yes, people use them as garden ornaments and door stoppers.

Yeah.

VO: In the Victorian era, curling stones began to be thought of more ornamentally, and decorative versions were manufactured as doorstops, paperweights and inkwells amongst other things.

See, since they're in such rough nick... DEALER: Go on... VO: She will!

Could you give me them for 20 quid?

AM: Go on.

DEALER: I don't know... AM: It means they'll be... DEALER: ..if I can do 20.

They'll be out of your life.

They'll be out of your life and you won't have to move them!

They can be £30.

I'll make them £30.

30?

Andrew, could you go 25?

You know this isn't like me.

VO: Oh, I think it is!

DEALER: Why not?

AM: Shall we go for it?

DEALER: Yeah, give it a go.

AM: Andrew, it's a deal.

It's always a pleasure.

AM: They're awful heavy, Andrew.

Ach, I'll put them in the car for you.

(SHE CHUCKLES) So far, so good.

Anita is sticking with the game plan to buy cheaply.

And she's suggested David might visit a local Glasgow exhibition at the Kelvingrove Museum that he might just love.

The late Charles Rennie Mackintosh is an internationally renowned architect, artist and designer from the world famous Glasgow School of Art.

David meets Alison Brown, curator and Mackintosh expert.

He's equally associated in place with the art-nouveau and the arts-and-crafts movements.

He comes up through the middle.

He's the central icon of the Glasgow School of Art.

He studied there as an evening student.

They would be learning metalwork and enamel work.

It was the reassociations with the more traditional crafts and that of the country.

Mackintosh's style used these decorative paintings and patterns as well as strong, straight outlines, helping to define the art-nouveau style that swept through Europe in the 1900s.

One of his most significant commissions was to create entire interiors and table settings for a chain of stylish Glasgow tea rooms.

ALISON: The piece we're looking at here is part from the ladies' luncheon room of 1900 that Mackintosh designed.

We have a table setting here with medium height backed chairs and high up were these gesso panels.

DB: They are absolutely stunning.

ALISON: There's all sorts of hidden motifs in these.

ALISON: They're very textured.

Typical Glasgow style motifs - you've got hearts, you've got roses, you've got butterflies.

VO: Mackintosh's style was very popular in Austria and Germany, particularly with fellow art nouveau artist and designer Gustav Klimt.

Can I say thank you very much indeed.

ALISON: Thank you very much.

DB: I hope to come back.

ALISON: I hope you do.

DB: Thank you.

With all things art nouveau firmly in his heart, David sets off to finally - and I mean finally - get on with his shopping.

Meanwhile, Anita is on a roll and has found a pair of decorative Edwardian uplighters.

That way?

DEALER: No.

AM: That way?

VO: That's UP lighters, Anita!

AM: What do you do there?

DEALER: You hook that into these.

AM: Right.

DEALER: Like that there.

So, that looks to me as if it would be the type of thing that might be in a public building.

Is that a dear thing?

Don't tell me!

I probably can't afford it.

150 for the pair.

VO: Anita?

150, the pair, did you get that?

They're really nice, aren't they?

Yeah, I like them.

Could you sell them for 50 quid?

I'll sell them for 75... ..for the two.

VO: Anita?

We're on 75 now.

Got that?

Anita?

Oi!

60 quid, Kate?

Fine.

A deal.

That's a deal.

That's absolutely great.

I just think they're absolutely wonderful.

I've just done it.

I've done what I said I shouldn't - make an impulse buy.

I couldn't resist these things.

They're absolutely lovely.

Yeah, Anita is breaking her own rules already.

But at least she's started buying.

David Barby, meanwhile, has only just made his way to this wonderful antiques warehouse.

He's about to walk in there any time... now.

# They call me the seeker... # VO: And now he's here, time for some tactical play.

David calls ahead to the auction house in Ayr for a bit of inside info.

Naughty.

What's going to sell best in your saleroom?

Thank you very much for your advice.

I think I shall look for good quality ceramics.

This is what we term as a sort of arts and crafts.

Very much in the sort of Mackintosh design here.

Art nouveau is definitely catching David's eye now.

DB: This is very much in the art-nouveau style.

I love the concept of this female form, these flowing robes.

This is the new look, the comfort for women.

They weren't heavily corseted.

But at £145?

If this had been cheaper I'd have said, "Wow, let's go for it."

But it doesn't have that for me at this price.

I've got over £350 to spend.

I don't want to lose it.

There's the rub.

I really, really like this.

It's a Gray's pottery table lamp.

What's so nice about Gray's, it's a contemporary of Clarice Cliff.

It's all hand-painted, luster detail.

VO: Albert Edward Gray began making hand-painted decorative ceramics in the early 1900s and employed the prolific British designer Susie Cooper from 1923 to 1929.

She produced a vast array of their popular designs, including this little gem.

That, to me, has wow factor.

The price is £145.

For me, I'd want it half.

At the back of my mind, I've suspicions that Anita is probably doing better than I am.

She's already bought three items and I haven't bought anything!

I've reached that panic situation.

Well, it's never too early to start panicking, I suppose.

Let's see if Jean can help you.

Hello.

Well, I think we could come down a little there.

Shall we make it... Just a little?

Um, a little.

120?

Would you come down to about 80?

It's just a wee bit too low.

OK. VO: Jean's just not budging.

So David tries a new and ever so slightly cheeky tactic.

If I can't get the price I want from THE WIFE, I'll phone her husband.

Would you take £80 for it?

£80.

OK. That's absolutely super.

Do you want to confirm this with Jean?

Alright, OK.

Your husband says £60!

(THEY LAUGH) No, no, no!

Only joking.

Only joking!

VO: Having broken new ground in the field of price negotiation, David shuffles off to find the local girl.

The shutters are falling on the antiques emporiums of Glasgow and the day is drawing to an end.

I'm telling you absolutely nothing because I know if I give you any information you'll use it as part of your strategic plan.

How on Earth do you make that out?

You must have bought something.

Yeah.

There you are, you said, "Yes!"

Oh!

(LAUGHS) You've lost the game!

You've lost the game!

VO: A new day dawns and it's straight to work for Anita and David with perhaps a little pleasant scenery on the way.

The road trip moves on.

Leaving Glasgow behind, Anita and David head first to Kilbarchan on the road to Ayr.

Kilbarchan is a town of classic duos.

It has exactly two churches, two pubs and two antique shops and, now, a dynamic duo of a bargain-hungry road trippers.

Where do we go, have you been here before?

I haven't visited the shops but there are two dealers here and I think they sell very good quality.

I don't believe a word you say.

And neither should you!

Best of luck.

VO: So far, Anita has spent £85 on two items - the granite curling stones and the Edwardian uplighters.

She has £103.17 left rattling around in her purse.

Whilst cavalier David has shamelessly spent £80 on one item - the pretty Gray's pottery lamp.

David has £289.96 still tucked away in his lovely salmon-pink pocket.

# They call me the seeker.

# VO: So David gets straight to work and finds a stunning wall plaque, known as a charger.

This is a lovely piece of art nouveau repousse work.

Repousse means the design has been knocked out from the back.

Thinking in terms of Mackintosh and the art-nouveau movement it's all coming through here.

This gives me the wow factor.

VO: Yes, it's lovely, David.

But it's £300!

Am I going to make a profit on that at auction?

Don't think so.

Anita is very, very well known on this leg of the road trip as a local Glasgow auctioneer.

But will this earn her some favor and good quality knock-down bargains?

Billy!

All these years and I've never been in your shop.

It looks absolutely wonderful.

Anything that you've had lying about for years?

Yes, there is some stuff.

Is there any wee sort of back cupboard or something like that?

Not really.

Anita wants to delve in ALL the cupboards.

And David has turned up something from his rummaging.

Possibly a ladle, but where's it from?

The metal itself, I think, would be silver.

I think this is probably Scandinavian.

I think it's been made up about 1900 or so or just after.

The handle, I'd say, would be more of a Scottish ladle.

One would think probably of that connection with Scandinavia and the north of Scotland and you have this sort of trading between the two.

Absolutely.

You might have had a marriage somewhere along the line from Denmark or Finland or Norway come over to Scotland.

VO: And where are you going with this, David?

The whole thing has got a story to tell.

I'm going to commit myself and have that.

You have £68 on this.

Would you take 50?

Yes, I'd do that as a special for you.

Thank you very much indeed.

Thank you.

VO: Now, Anita is taking her bargain search to the next level.

AM: Enough of this chitchat, I've got to get down to business.

OK.

I always like a nice piece of porcelain here.

I think that's a lovely bit of Losol ware.

A nice piece of Losol ware, yes.

Yeah.

Is that a good seller?

That's a good seller.

Yes.

Losol ware is a range of pretty ceramics made by Staffordshire potters Keeling and Co from 1912 until the company's eventual closure in 1936.

BILLY: That can be £25.

In this game, Billy, you wouldn't believe but every pound counts.

Could you sell that to me for... £20?

BILLY: OK. AM: Will you do that?

BILLY: That'll be OK, yes.

AM: Is that a deal?

Yes.

It's a deal.

OK. That's wonderful.

Thanks very much, Billy.

You're a darling.

That's lovely.

It's functional, it's beautiful and it's a good make.

VO: Anita is happy with all of her items but how does she fancy David's chances?

We have to wait until the next auction to see what happens.

I hope he spends lots of money on one item and it bombs.

Oh, no, that's terrible.

Do you know what it's like when you have such a fixation in your head that you want... ..to buy something and you only think of one thing.

And it's this.

This is such an extraordinary piece.

If I can negotiate...

The actual price asking is £300.

I think I can get it for around about 260.

But here's the rub.

I've only got £233, so I'll negotiate.

VO: That's a big, big item, David.

Are you sure you want to risk so much?

I have a problem.

I have exactly £233 left after buying the other object.

That's all I've got.

Unfortunately, it's £260.

To be honest, I think it's a very fair price.

I can't do anything with it.

I only have £233 to spend.

I can't help you with that one, unfortunately.

Which is a shame but there you go.

You won't take 233?

Go on, you smiled well.

DB: Have I really?!

DEALER: Yes.

That was almost a scowl.

Thank you very much indeed.

Thank you.

Wow, there's a man who's willing to take a gamble.

Good on him.

Could Anita be getting her wish for a dangerous item?

The objects I've bought today intrigue ME.

The plaque, if there's somebody there that likes art nouveau, it could do exceedingly well.

It's time for our experts to finally let each other know what they've been up to.

David, enjoying a nice cup of tea.

I am indeed.

Your things arrived ahead of you.

Oh, yes.

Are you ready for this?

Close your eyes.

That is absolutely stunning!

I love those.

Well, for the four stones, three handles, £25.

You've done it again.

If you were going to ask me the price I would have said about 50 or £60 each.

That's absolutely beautiful.

I think this top section here is typically northern Scottish.

This, however, I think is possibly of continental origin.

Was this article found on a shipwreck on the north coast of Scotland?

I think you're going into the realms of fantasy now, darling.

Was it a marriage between someone from Scandinavia and Scotland?

Could be.

How much?

A lot.

£50.

David, I don't think that's a lot for that.

DB: Do you not?

AM: I really don't.

Second item.

Losol ware.

I like it.

It's lovely and fresh.

It's in good condition.

It's functional.

Do you like it?

Yes.

I think it's slightly old-fashioned.

Yes, aha, but I think it will still appeal to people.

£20.

That is very, very good.

AM: Gray's pottery, David.

DB: Yes.

Designed by...?

DB: Susie Cooper.

AM: Yes.

I think that's absolutely lovely.

DB: It's jazzy.

AM: I love Gray's.

A bit wild for your taste, I might have thought.

No, I like the '20s.

I think that's very good.

Er... AM: Price?

DB: I paid £80 for it.

I think it's absolutely lovely.

Oh.

Goodness me!

I have a pair of them.

How much did you pay for them?

£60 for the pair.

You've gone with your head in buying these objects and not necessarily your heart.

Yeah, aha.

You're a very practical woman.

Close your eyes.

AM: Hurry up, David.

DB: Open them.

Oh, David.

That's wonderful.

My love is for... DB: art nouveau.

AM: Arts and crafts.

DB: Arts and crafts.

It cost me £233.

With all the pieces I've bought, I wanted to buy quality.

And I think you may get a surprise with that.

I hope so.

VO: Well, OK.

But what do you really think?

The light fittings, I didn't like.

Susie Cooper.

Nice lamp base but it hasn't got that "wow" factor.

I'd have thought with the money that she had, she could have splashed out on something more exciting.

I feel that David's such a gentleman that he would wish me to do well as well.

VO: Well, I wouldn't be too sure!

Remember, this is a competition.

Back on the road, it's been a very scenic journey from Edinburgh.

They've shopped around Anita's home turf of Glasgow and on to lovely Kilbarchan.

Anita and David finally arrive in Ayr for a decisive auction day.

Ayr has a fascinating past, visited by historical celebrities from William Wallace to Oliver Cromwell to world-famous and universally loved Scots poet Robert Burns, who was born just down the road in Alloway.

OK, David, the auction's just up here.

Let's go!

VO: Callan's auction house first opened its doors in 1933, selling furniture and furnishings.

Profits from its first ever sale amounted to £22, five shillings and ninepence, and David and Anita could do with a bit more than that.

AM: David.

DB: Best of luck.

VO: Michael Callan, a descendant of the original Thomas R Callan, now runs the auctions here.

He has a few thoughts.

The one item that got all the attention yesterday was the arts-and-crafts charger.

Unfortunately, it hasn't got the maker's mark on it but I expect that to do really well, 120 or 150.

On a good day, up to £200.

VO: Oh, dear!

David paid £233 for it and he's got to pay commission on the sale.

What about Anita's curling stones?

They are very highly decorative for in and about homes.

People use them as doorstops on the steps for decorative items so I think they will do well.

Probably 10 or £15 for each stone.

I think David will just edge it if we can get a good price for that charger.

VO: Starting this leg with £197.18, Anita has cautiously spent just £105.

David started with £369.96 and, well, blew the budget.

He spent the lot.

Thank you.

VO: Hands moisten, eyes widen, stomachs rumble and buttocks clench... well, probably!

The auction is about to begin.

Oh, the anticipation!

First up, the auction house has split Anita's curling stones into two lots of two stones each.

Will someone get swept away by the first pair?

22.

24.

26.

28.

30.

32.

34.

AM: Yes!

MICHAEL: 36.

38.

40.

42...

Yes!

All finished then at £42?

Yes!

Not a bad start.

42.

That is good.

And it's only half the item.

Now the other set.

Will someone else see their ornamental potential?

MICHAEL: 20, I'm bid.

At 20.

22.

AM: Yes!

24.

26.

28.

30.

At 30.

All finished then at £30?

VO: A good profit from a wisely-purchased item.

Next up, David's first item.

It's that peculiar hybrid ladle.

£40 the punch ladle.

£40?

AM: Come on, come on.

MICHAEL: £40?

£20?

DB: I want to put my hand up!

MICHAEL: At 20.

22.

24.

26.

28.

At 28.

Any advance?

Oh, God!

32.

34.

36.

All finished then at £36.

That's terrible.

That is terrible!

VO: Uh-oh!

Not a great start for Mr Barby.

Anita got a perfect deal on this beautiful jardiniere.

Will her good luck continue today?

40.

45.

50.

Oh... At 50.

55.

MICHAEL: 60.

65.

AM: Yes!

Yes!

70.

75.

80.

I can't believe that.

All finished then at £85.

DB: Goodness me!

AM: Excellent!

VO: An amazing result for Anita.

Quadruple money and she's staging another fight back.

David saw this Susie Cooper painted lamp and fell in love with it.

He worked hard - hm, very hard - to get the price he wanted.

£60?

£40... (BLEEP) ..the Susie Cooper table lamp.

Er, language, David!

I can't believe this.

20, I'm bid.

At 20.

25.

30.

At least he's going up in fives.

40.

45.

50.

55.

60.

Any advance on 60?

Sell it then at £60.

That's a total wipe-out, isn't it?!

Oh, David.

Some lucky bidder just got a great deal on that lovely lamp.

This is mine.

There you are then.

Lovely pair.

AM: I like these.

MICHAEL: The upturners, then.

The ceiling bowls.

VO: Come on, uplighters!

Light up Anita's day!

60.

65.

70.

75.

80.

85.

90.

95.

100, new bidder.

105.

110.

115.

120.

125.

130.

AM: New bidder.

MICHAEL: 135.

Selling then at £135.

AM: Yeah!

DB: Anita, DB: you know your stuff.

AM: I know.

You know your stuff.

VO: Unbelievable!

From way behind, Anita Manning has just bolted into the lead.

MICHAEL: Lot 1-7, then.

The arts-and-crafts wall plaque.

It's devastating.

VO: No pressure here, David.

Well, actually, quite a lot of pressure.

You really, really need to turn a large profit on this one.

MICHAEL: £100.

50?

50 I'm bid.

At 50.

55.

60.

65.

70.

75.

80.

85.

90.

95.

100.

At £100.

A small price at £100.

VO: Oh, dear.

MICHAEL: All finished then at £100?

VO: Oh, dear!

Oh, that was cheap.

(ECHOING) I hope he spends lots of money on one item and bombs!

DB: (SIGHS) VO: Oh, dear!

Oh, dear!

Oh, dear, David!

Oh, dear!

Oh, dear!

That's devastating.

Absolutely devastating.

New bid at 70.

VO: Ah.

All done for today - all bar the shouting - and we have a new reigning Road Trip champion, a new angel of the auction.

Anita Manning has finally completed her comeback and pushed David into second place with a complete reversal of fortune.

Thank you, darling, but hard luck.

You know what it's like.

You're up, you're down and every buy is a potential snakes and ladders.

A potential loss.

VO: Anita started today's show with £197.18 and made a fine profit, after commission, of £136.63 and now she has a massive £333.81 to take forward.

46.

48.

50... VO: David began with £369.96, spent the lot and made a tragic loss, after commission, of £200.81.

David limps away with just £169.15.

Oh, never mind, David.

Don't worry.

You will bounce back.

DB: Oh!

AM: But it is sore, isn't it?

Sore, yes.

AM: I've been there.

DB: I know how you feel now.

Forward to the Borders, David.

# Just the two of us # We can make it if we try # Just the two of us... # VO: On the next Antiques Road Trip, Anita and David break for the Borders with all the pressure on David to stage his comeback.

David casts a glance at some saucy items.

It has a phallic head, which was always a symbol for good luck.

VO: Anita casts a leisurely line.

I'm totally exhausted, David.

It's been non-stop.

And they both cast their expert eyes over the beautiful scenery.

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