antiques experts... Let the Road Trip begin!

VO: ..behind the wheel of a classic car.

IZZIE: Ooh!

DAVID: You hit the roof then!

VO: And a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.

Pump yourself up... with antiques.

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

But it's no mean feat.

That's a top job, isn't it?

VO: There'll be worthy winners... AUCTIONEER: £400.

RAJ: Fantastic!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

I'm screaming on the inside.

VO: Will it be the high road to glory...

The gloves are off.

VO: ..or the slow road to disaster?

The gearbox has gone!

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

What fun.

VO: Caledonia... why don't you?

That's the thinking of our two companions, asking the big Scottish questions.

Is it PERTH-shire or Perth-SHIRE?

Oh, I don't know.

Is it a bit like that town in England?

Shrows-bury, Shrewsbury?

Shrows-bury, Shrewsbury, what is it?

I think I interchange.

VO: Shrewd move, or should that be shroud?!

Ha.

Never mind.

They're currently in Fife.

Rhymes with life.

DAVID: It's nice, isn't it?

It is lovely.

And I feel like, David, we really are starting to get to the Highlands now, aren't we?

We're heading in that direction.

VO: Oh, we are!

And driver David Harper, plus his wingwoman Izzie Balmer have even dressed to match the Mini that's taking them there.

Do you like my stripy top?

I do.

That is very nice.

DAVID: That's funky.

IZZIE: Thank you.

What do you think of my vintage coat?

Well, I love the color.

Anyway, it's nice to see you wearing your old-school parka jacket.

(CHUCKLES) VO: Cheeky!

VO: Auctioneer Izzie, from Bristol, is happy to get hammering on just about anything...

But that ain't in tune.

VO: ..while David, a dealer from Barnard Castle, and equally calibrated in the senses department.

This is the sound of circa 1935.

VO: And at the last auction, the third of their trip, it was he who seemingly had the Midas touch.

£130.

Get in there!

VO: Not that he's likely to mention it... much.

Do you know that I'm absolutely miles ahead of you in the money stakes?

You do know that?

IZZIE: Yeah.

DAVID: Good.

VO: Well, let's just dot the I's, shall we?

Izzie started out with £200, and after three auction adventures, she has increased that to £283.26... ..while David, who began with the same sum, has accumulated quite a bit more - £438.98.

You're good at making money and I knew that.

Oh.

Thank you very much.

IZZIE: (CHUCKLES) VO: Good grief.

Their Scottish sojourn kicked off in Moffat and has thus far seen lots of the more populous parts of the country.

After today's East Coast experience, they'll be heading up around the Highlands, before coming back down for a final showdown at South Queensferry.

And let me tell you something else, I never worry about looking stupid.

VO: Oh, good.

Today is all about the Firth of Tay, getting started in Guardbridge.

Named after this fine 15th-century crossing over the River Eden, where having been deposited by her chum, Izzie has first dibs... ..with almost £300 to spend in Malcolm Antiques.

When in Scotland... VO: Quite.

Shall we flag up an item or two, then?

I was really excited when I saw this, and now I'm really disappointed.

So, this is probably a tobacco jar, although you could use it as a tea caddy or a biscuit barrel.

And we've got this Humpty Dumpty type figure on the top, smoking a pipe and holding a mug there.

And then, it's got this lovely silver rim.

So it's London 1920, and... we have here the Royal Doulton stamp.

Now, the reason I was excited is firstly... absolutely flipping love that color.

Isn't it stunning?

But mostly because, actually, I haven't ever seen a Doulton tobacco jar quite like this.

Now, the disappointment comes because... immediately, I can see Humpty Dumpty has been off the top of this.

It's obviously been dropped and smashed and it's just such a shame, because probably in pristine condition, quite a good rare item.

VO: Ironic, though, isn't it, considering Mr Dumpty's checkered past?

It's priced at £145.

Now, everything is telling me that that is too much money for this, being a broken item, but there's just something about it and I'm just hoping that someone else thinks the same, too.

VO: Yeah, so he's stowed safely back in the cabinet for now.

And speaking of shaven-headed gents, let's hear from David - just leaving Luthrie, by the look of it.

You know, I do love Izzie, right?

She's fabulous, and she generally leaves me something to eat.

So here is the taste of an empire biscuit.

Oh!

That is gorgeous and will fire me up for my shopping because I've got to go and spend some more money.

VO: Yes, please.

That's what we like to see.

He's off towards the village of Glencarse.

And a genuinely-antique antique shop.

Looks like a very nice place to spend his money.

£438.98 last time we counted.

VO: So what will it be, money bags?

Take a look at this.

Bulwark fine desk piece made in 1820-ish - it's regency - and then sat next to it is the thing that actually I prefer completely.

And it was made in Africa.

You probably know what it is.

It's a stool, just simply for sitting on.

West Africa.

The Ashanti people are very well known for making stools like this out of hardwood.

And they're very detailed and very, very sought after.

It's a proper thing.

It's 40 quid.

It's no money.

I think it's worth more and... it's coming on the trip with me.

VO: Not exactly big bucks, but it's early yet, I suppose.

Meanwhile, over in Guardbridge, Izzie's thinking of splashing out an awful lot more on Humpty.

But would Madam like anything else to go with it?

Hm.

Well, given that we're near St Andrews, I guess it's not a surprise that there is a golf ball corkscrew.

Now, this one...

The golf ball itself is quite cracked, but it's just ceramic and painted, so it's actually got some age to it.

Now, it's only priced at £14 and in some ways it's maybe not that interesting to have a corkscrew.

VO: Unless you urgently need to remove a cork.

But St Andrews is famous for its golf course, and I still think that there are going to be people out there that like the idea of a golf corkscrew.

Well, I think I'm ready to tee off, so I'm going to go and see what sort of deal can be done.

Fore!

VO: That'll be down to Becks, busy filing the vinyl 45s.

He's 145, remember?

Heya, Becks.

Hi!

I have found two items.

OK.

So there's this corkscrew priced at £14.

BECKS: Yes.

IZZIE: Then there's the Royal Doulton tobacco jar, priced at 145.

So if I took the two of them, what can you do on that?

The best I could do for you today is 100 for both.

Would that be OK?

I'm going to say yes, please.

That's £100 for two.

VO: Thanks, Becks.

90 for Humpty and 10 for the corkscrew.

I'll grab the tobacco jar on my way out.

BECKS: Fantastic.

Thank you.

IZZIE: Thank you.

Bye-bye!

VO: And while Izzie takes her booty and departs with £183 left, we'll get back to Glencarse, where Michael Young is the boss.

And big spender David may be about to buy an Ashanti stool.

But what else has he got on his plate?

Great big cracking meat dish.

So, you know, proper antique, 180 years old, but standard decoration.

This is the one that I think is absolutely delectable.

You're probably thinking it's Chinese because it's inspired by the Chinese design, but it is completely not Chinese.

This is absolutely English and it is positively transferware - printed, not painted.

But what's unusual here is the decoration.

The scene is gorgeous because it's a fantasy Chinese scene with Chinese characters.

And that, believe it or believe it not, is an elephant.

It looks more like a dwarf hairy pig with tiny little ears.

But I promise you, this is what people in Britain thought an elephant looks like.

And priced at 20 quid as a standard transfer dish.

Even from this period, it's worth only 20 quid.

But I think because of the elephant that gives it much more interest and therefore value in auction.

So I think I've got to take furry elephant with me on the road trip.

VO: Over to Michael.

Now, Michael, I've got two really interesting things here.

So 20 on the transfer, 40 on the stool.

That's fine.

So I owe you 60.

VO: At least David is paying full price.

Fabulous to see you.

Thank you very much.

DEALER: Thank you, now.

Goodbye.

DAVID: Bye-bye.

VO: And with that, he's off to his next shop with £378 in hand... ..while we find out where Izzie's got to.

Taking a break from the buying, close to the village of Lindores, where our recently converted Scotch whisky fan has come on a bit of a pilgrimage to this distillery, built just a few years ago in the ruins of the medieval abbey, which was the birthplace of one of the country's greatest inventions, distillery boss Drew McKenzie.

Hiya, Drew!

Hi, Izzie.

Welcome to Lindores Abbey, the spiritual home of Scotch whisky.

Thank you.

VO: The monks of Lindores owe their special place in Scottish distilling history to the very first written reference to the manufacture of whisky's predecessor, aqua vitae, in 1494.

Really, it's down to the exchequer rolls, the King's tax records.

And the exchequer roll of 1494, which still exists in a museum in Edinburgh, it's a manuscript.

So what it says - in Latin - this one line.

It's to Friar John Cor.

"Eight balls of malt "wherewith to make aqua vitae for the King."

And aqua vitae became whisky.

And the historians have worked it out, that eight balls of malt would have produced the equivalent of about 1,500 bottles of today's whisky.

So... That's some serious whisky making.

It was.

VO: Aha.

The brothers were Benedictines from France, who arrived here at the beginning of the 12th century.

And although their records were lost when the abbey was sacked 450 years later, there's every reason to believe they had been first brewing beer and then distilling alcohol for most of that time.

Beer was the baby, if you like, and then the aqua vitae appeared after that.

And aqua vitae was used in all sorts of walks of life.

It was drunk, it was medicinal, but also it could be used with explosions.

VO: What we now call whisky dates to the 18th century, when they began aging the spirit in casks to help create its unique flavor.

It takes a minimum of three years and a day to make whisky, but only a fortnight to make its forerunner, aqueous solution of ethanol.

DREW: Don't forget, there's also aquavit, which is a Scandinavian drink - eau de vie.

They're all water of life.

They all started the same way.

My theory is you had a dozen people in a room, be they monks or not, and they had something that smelt sort of alcoholic.

One of them would have definitely tried drinking it.

His more enlightened friend would have said, "Well, if we're going to drink it, "let's make it taste nice."

So at Lindores they used plants that grew around the monastery.

So that's how it evolved, introducing dates and raisins and making it sweeter.

You said this is a make-your-own kit.

Mm-hm.

Can I have a go?

Of course.

We've got three bottles of spice, sweet and herb.

IZZIE: Ooh!

And so, we have a mixture of the three.

You can have it exactly as you like.

I feel like I'm back in chemistry class at school.

VO: Izzie's own unique aqua vitae blend.

DREW: It's not an exact science.

(CHUCKLES) Mm!

It's quite nice.

No, this is really, really very nice.

Oh, thank you very much.

Can I get a job here, please?

VO: I think we'd all quite like one of those.

Ha!

DREW: Yes.

(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: Now, how do you solve a problem like David's rather large pile of cash?

He's only parted with £60 today.

So what's the plan?

So, I need to just get myself out of my comfort zones... ..and into something that I don't fully understand.

That might sound absolutely bonkers beyond comprehension, but if I don't understand them then maybe other people won't understand them.

And they are the items that can make big money in auction.

VO: I know what you mean, girls.

Clear as mud.

(COW MOOS) VO: Exactly.

He'll be trying out his hare-brained scheme in Perth.

Known as "The Fair City" after Sir Walter Scott's 1828 novel, The Fair Maid Of Perth.

There he goes!

At Vectran Vintage.

A vectran is also a fiber spun from a liquid crystal polymer.

Now we're all out of our comfort zones!

Gordon, hello!

David.

Welcome.

Oh, and hello to those trousers, Gordon!

Now these trousers are in tribute to you, David.

Well, you have completely outdone me.

They're fabulous.

VO: And if that's not a fair omen, I don't know what is.

Let's try to leave Gordon with a chunk of that £378, shall we?

DAVID: Ah!

Nice, pretty, little ladies' watch.

This is its original box.

Can you read what that says?

It's faded and it's rubbed.

It says Tudor by Rolex.

Magic words.

So Tudor is a sister firm of Rolex, but they're cheaper.

Both new and second-hand.

It's just a few levels down, but that is a little beauty.

Now, take a look at that and tell me, how old do you think it is?

Just shout out loud.

VO: I thought he was busy avoiding what he knows a lot about.

I think this is likely to be 1980, 1982, so it's still a good vintage.

Cocktail ladies' Tudor watch.

So... 70 quid, Tudor - great brand.

Size is tiny, which is negative, but it's just got quality and it has its original box.

So I'm going to put that in my pocket for now, so nobody else buys it.

Gordon will think I'm pinching it if he sees this.

And I'll just continue looking.

VO: Hey, please don't try that yourselves, viewers.

Now, what else can he find?

I mentioned about getting out of my comfort zone, so I know what it is.

It's some kind of stage light.

You know, camera, lights, action, all of that.

But I don't know nearly as much as I should.

So, Gordon, can I pick your brains a bit?

Of course you can, David.

Tell me something I don't know, because I don't know very much about this lamp.

Yeah, it's an original 1950s spotlight.

Designed by Strand Electric, pattern 123.

Wow!

First mass-produced theater spotlight in the world.

Really?

They're just absolutely iconic and a designer's delight.

OK, erm... to be cheeky, then, 60 quid... Can we get it a little bit... lower than that?

We could probably do it for 50.

50.

Bang on.

Wonderful.

I'm going to have that.

Ah, talking of doing deals... At 70 quid, can we trim a tenner off it?

Yeah, we could do that, David.

VO: Very convivial.

£110 paid.

OK, thanks again.

VO: Leaving £268 in reserve... ..and his young buddy Balmer to be collected.

IZZIE: Oh, David.

Shall we have a shoe up?

Cuz, look, we've both got nice, smart, tan shoes on today.

Yeah, but yours are better.

Hey, actually, I'll tell you a little secret.

Oh!

Go on.

I don't polish my shoes, and I take them home to my dad to polish my shoes for me.

VO: And with that footnote - ha-ha!

- nighty-night.

Next day, they're going Dutch.

There's a loch in the distance.

If anyone ever asks you how to pronounce "Van Go", "Van Goff", you say it's not that - it's "Van Goch".

There you go, DAVID: there's a loch.

IZZIE: Van Goch.

There's Van Goch.

Where?!

(CHUCKLES) VO: David did post an impressive amount of shopping yesterday, acquiring an Ashanti stool, a stage lamp, a vintage watch and a pachyderm plate...

I've got to take furry elephant with me on the road trip.

which still leaves him with almost £269 at his disposal.

While Izzie plumped for a Humpty Dumpty tobacco jar and a novelty corkscrew... Fore!

..which means she has 183 when she tees off today.

A golf ball?

Yeah!

(CHUCKLES) And what's that hole?

What's all that about?

Well... it's old.

VO: Good answer.

Today's travels are very much on the top side of the Tay, with their first shop in the bonny village of Rait.

Not that they'll be rating the weather very highly.

In this together!

After braving the storm.

IZZIE: Ooh, I'm going to make a dash for it!

DAVID: Yeah, I'll run this way, then.

VO: Good luck, everyone!

The good news is they won't be fighting over the same thing because it's enormous in here!

Once they've dried off, of course.

Don't tell David about this log burner.

I'm not sharing it.

VO: There he goes, blissfully unaware.

Too excited, I shouldn't wonder.

That is not a horse.

It is a velocipede.

The velocipede is the beginnings of the bicycle as we know it.

VO: Invented by a German, Karl von Drais.

He called it a Laufmaschine, or running machine.

So can you imagine basically a log on wheels going at 20mph down a hill?

Velocipedes were known to be highly dangerous.

Well, I can tell you it's a rarity, and it would cost you £850.

That's how unusual and rare that velocipede is.

VO: Huh.

It would certainly keep you fit!

Now, how's the warmed up Izzie getting on?

Hmm.

This looks like a fairly plain leather box, doesn't it?

But what we have inside is not one, but two sets of really rather lovely playing cards.

I mean, to be honest with you, I'm absolutely enamored with the backs of them.

How lovely are they?

So we have here, on the front of them, the covering card, and they're by De la Rue and Co.

But what's really lovely about these is it says down here, "By His Majesty's Royal Letters Patent."

So these predate Queen Victoria.

Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837, so we know that these are pre-1837.

VO: And Thomas de la Rue only produced his first playing cards in 1832, meaning just five possible years for those.

So here we have not just one, but two sets of cards dating to that period and in their original case.

I just can't believe that, in nearly 200 years, these have lasted.

Now, the sticking point here is that they are £115, and that would eat a fair chunk of my money.

Am I a gambling woman?

No.

Am I going to take a gamble on these?

Probably.

VO: How exciting!

What's David got there?

Green glass.

It screams art nouveau.

That's what it screams.

Late 19th century, circa 1900.

So it's a hand-blown piece of crackle-glazed glass, and then it's overlaid with hand-cut sheet pewter in the form of flowers.

VO: Hmm.

Ticket price £120.

Give it the ring test.

(CLEAR RINGING) It's still ringing.

Rings like a church bell.

The bowl is absolutely perfect, it's like a musical instrument.

So, yeah, it's the money, but it's the kind of thing, because it's so nice, could make 200.

So I think at 120...

If I can get it for 100 quid, it's either going to make me my money back or it could double bubble.

VO: Here we go.

Hilary's the person to talk to.

Hilary?

I am desperate to do a deal on this rather nice bowl.

How desperate?

Very desperate.

But I need you to be very kind.

Here we go.

So, a lovely looking thing.

Yes, it's gorgeous.

Can I get it for 100?

Only cuz you're wearing bright yellow trousers and I like them, yes.

DAVID: (CHUCKLES) You're a woman of taste, Hilary.

Thank you very much.

VO: Well, who'd have thunk it?

100 paid and 168 and change left.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Bye.

VO: Izzie, meanwhile, might be about to bet on her cards.

Not about to plump for a pooch as well, is she?

So this little cutie here is what one would call Staffordshire pottery, and it depicts this very, very cute greyhound here.

Look how elegant he is, and he's just sat there, waiting for his master or his mistress.

VO: Or is he?

Ha!

He certainly looks keen.

Now, it says on here he's 1870.

I would have thought he's a little bit earlier, if I'm honest.

And he is ticketed at £56, so that is definitely not going to make me any money.

But because the American market are big into these, I just need two American buyers to fall in love with him as much as I've fallen in love with him.

You never know, maybe it's a profit.

I mean, just look at those eyes!

Look at that face!

Oh, my goodness me.

Are you going to make me lose money, you, hey?

Because I'm too much of a softie?

VO: Woof, woof!

Time to fetch the cards and consult Megan.

IZZIE: Hey, Megan!

MEGAN: Hi.

I've found two items I'm really rather fond of, particularly this little greyhound dog.

So the dog is priced at £56 and the playing cards are priced at £150.

I'm hoping we can do a deal whereby you can give me lots of discount on them, please.

Well, for the dog, I could take it down to 40.

40 for the dog?

Yeah.

And the playing cards, 85.

So if I were to buy the two together, can there be any more off the price at all?

Them together will be coming to 125, but I could take it down to 120.

Do you know what?

Well, I always like to benefit from a bulk buy.

So, yes, please, I'll say yes to the two.

VO: Thanks, Megan.

It's a gamble, alright.

85 for the cards and 35 for the hound... ..leaving £63.26 for her final shop.

Bye-bye, Izzie!

Hello, David.

Yes, it's raining with him too, in the somewhat soggy woods outside the village of Meigle... ..where, shopping completed, he's come to the Belmont Centre, the most northerly of 36 educational camps, built in 1939 and still going strong.

Educator Dave Spence.

Argh!

Lovely weather, Dave.

Hello.

How are you?

Hello, David.

Good for ducks, eh?

Ha-ha!

Yeah!

Welcome to Belmont Education Centre.

Thank you.

VO: This establishment, and many others like it around the country, owe their existence to the 1939 Camps Act, an inspired piece of legislation which created children's educational holiday centers, with the aim of getting city kids out into the open air.

NARRATOR: Here's geography, the camp school way.

Many of the children have never experienced life in the country before and natural history takes on a new aspect.

VO: It was a radical idea which, in many respects, anticipated the sweeping reforms of the postwar Labor government.

I think the plan always was that they would be an education experiment to do something fabulous and change the direction of education.

One MP said that, "As we look to the stresses and strains "of the forthcoming European war, we might look back on this "as the best thing that we ever did."

Probably as important as making schooling compulsory.

Wow, that's a big statement, isn't it?

DAVE: So they knew what they were about.

But I think they also anticipated that there would be a need for evacuation centers.

Don't forget, at that time, there was a lot of talk about invasion.

So they were concerned about young people and getting them out of those areas that would be targeted.

VO: Education took a bit of a back seat to evacuation during the war, with first local children and then those from mainland Europe seeking refuge in the camps.

Have you ever met any of the refugees that came across in later life?

Yes, I've been fortunate to meet Mr Heijkoop.

He was here as a young man, and we were talking to him about his experience.

He was at home in his kitchen when the Nazis banged on the door, looking for his father to take him away, while his father was hiding in the loft upstairs.

NARRATOR: Used during the war as evacuation centers, with the coming of peace, they became the basis of a new experiment in living and learning.

VO: During the decades that followed, the National Camp Corporation sold most of their assets to local education authorities for use as schools.

And thanks to the Canadian cedar construction, they remain remarkably sound over 80 years later.

Are these, Dave, off-the-peg sheds or are they specifically designed?

They were designed by Thomas Tait, who was a famous modernist architect.

And what about this building, then?

What was it used for?

Well, this is the hub of the experience for young people, and here, this is where they come in the evening.

They might be doing ballroom dancing.

They might be playing games.

They might be putting on performances on the stage.

It's lovely to imagine that that's been going on for so long.

We've had over a million young people through our centers in that time, and we still use these spaces for that experience.

Yes, learning and getting healthy in the camp school is good fun.

VO: Time now for young David to participate in one of those character-building activities.

Luckily for him, the storm seems to have abated.

That's Jonny Channon in charge.

DAVID: Jonny?

JONNY: Hello.

I don't know whether I'm nervous or excited.

Well, hopefully a bit of both.

VO: Quite.

I've never seen him as the outdoors type.

JONNY: What do I do now?

Climb up?

Just start climbing.

OK. Any particular method?

Er, one hand over the other.

DAVID: (CHUCKLES) VO: He's soon got the hang of it.

Wowser.

It's a bit tight, this, mind, isn't it?

VO: Don't look down.

JONNY: When you're ready... DAVID: Whoa.

JONNY: ..go for it.

OK. On toes, hup.

Ay-ay!

Wahey!

Excellent.

Hey, that was good fun.

I like that.

VO: Now, while he comes back to Earth...

Thank you very much!

..we'll find out what the mood in the Mini is.

IZZIE: I'm really enjoying being in Perthshire.

I wouldn't say I'm enjoying the rain, but I'm fairly indifferent to the rain, which is very odd because I don't normally like getting wet at all.

VO: Yeah, not quite singing in this stuff, but almost.

Ha!

She has one more shop left to rummage in as well, in Dundee.

Home city of legendary 1980s Scottish pop duo The Associates, not to mention Cleppington Antiques and Collectables.

And strangely enough, in their very first hit, the band did sing about smashing cups.

Not something that would be encouraged in here, methinks.

VO: Steady on!

Ooh!

She has £63.26 left to spend, remember?

IZZIE: It's always nice to look at menus, partly because I absolutely love food.

So we have here a menu from the Waldorf restaurant, and it's very cheap.

Fried fish and chips - one shilling.

Ham, egg and chips.

Now there's an iconic British Friday night dinner.

Homemade brawn.

I've heard of brawn.

I'm not sure what it is.

VO: Also known as head cheese, usually pig.

Let's move on to pudding - probably on safer ground with the pudding here.

Stewed apples and cream, stewed figs and cream, stewed prunes and cream.

It's all going to keep you regular.

IZZIE: Stewed fruit.

VO: (CLEARS THROAT) IZZIE: (CHUCKLES) Well, it is!

VO: I think we've had enough menus.

How about a peek in one of those cabinets?

These are Victorian costume jewelry.

They've got glass, which back then you'd refer to it as paste, in Pinchbeck, and Pinchbeck is a gold lookalike.

VO: An alloy of copper and zinc.

No price on these.

Now, Pinchbeck jewelry has a collector's market all on its own, and it can command some pretty strong prices.

That being said, it is costume jewelry.

I think they've got the right look.

I would wear these.

I think these are really wearable today, and yet they're Victorian.

VO: No-brainer.

I'll go and find out a price.

VO: Derek's the man to ask.

Derek.

Hiya.

Now, I have had a good look around all eight rooms that you have.

I have actually found something that I'm really quite taken with.

Ta-da!

DAVID: Oh, very nice.

Well, those suit you.

Well, that's what I thought!

However, they're not ticketed.

No, they're normally £10.

OK. £10.

But... as it's your first time here, you can have them for a fiver.

(GASPS) Really, would you?

Yeah.

VO: What a nice man!

£5 paid... IZZIE: Thank you so much for having me.

OK, no problem.

..meaning she's finished shopping with £58 left over, which just leaves one fellow tripper to round up.

I also bought a giant bag of sweeties!

(CHUCKLES) They're going everywhere!

VO: And after the sweeties, the shuteye.

Auction viewing day dawns in the foothills of the Grampians.

DAVID: Oh, very glam.

Look at this.

VO: That'll be the late 18th-century MacArthur Manor.

Very nice.

Look at the turrets.

Beautiful.

Yeah, very Scottish.

And a griffin on the top there.

Yeah, yeah.

VO: After setting out back in Guardbridge and seeing a lot of the Firth of Tay, our hopeful treasure hunters have newly arrived in Blairgowrie, while their purchases have been dispatched towards Somerset and Clevedon Salerooms, for sale in the room, on the net and on the phone.

Today's auctioneer is Mark Huddleston.

45... VO: Izzie parted with £225 for her five auction lots.

MARK: Well, the Royal Doulton is one of the more interesting things that's been bought.

It's 1920.

It's silver-mounted.

And I hope there are collectors out there that will want the piece, despite its condition.

VO: David spent £270, also on five lots.

The electric lamp is an interesting one, because a couple of decades ago, I would have struggled to sell a thing like that, but we have high hopes for that one.

VO: Meanwhile, back at the manor, excitement mounts.

Right, OK?

IZZIE: Yeah.

DAVID: Go.

VO: First up is David's nice bit of art nouveau.

£80.

85 will be next.

It's not too far off.

No.

MARK: 85.

90, then.

DAVID: Go on.

95, commissions are out.

Oh!

Need the internet.

And I will sell... quickly, if you're coming in.

Otherwise, I sell to the room at 95.

IZZIE: David, do you know what?

That is disappointing because it was a very attractive item.

It was, wasn't it?

VO: And still is, for one lucky bidder.

I really like that.

It's a loss, though, isn't it?

VO: Izzy's turn now.

Has she played her cards, right?

£20 to start.

£20 here, who's got two?

22.

25 already online.

28, and 30's next.

Go on, sell them at 28.

20.

Oh, OK. 28 would be marvelous.

Online bidders at £28 and selling.

Are we all done in the room?

I'll sell to the net at £28.

DAVID: Oh, I am... IZZIE: Quite disastrous.

..devastated for you!

VO: Not much of a poker player, is he?

Actually, that's a shame.

DAVID: Genuine shame.

IZZIE: That's a shame.

Hmm.

VO: David next.

And we've a certain critter in the room.

DAVID: I think it's Georgia...

There's a wee little elephant!

Exactly.

You've spotted the rarity.

£15 here with me, asking 18.

18, we've got.

Looking for 20.

At £18.

Go on!

That's 20 now.

At £18... Uh-oh.

It's the money, isn't it?

I'm disappointed for you cuz I think it's really lovely.

Are we all done, then?

A room bid at £18... You know what?

I'm not even worried about it.

I just thought it was a lovely thing to see and to own and to talk about and to handle.

VO: We could do with a profit soon enough.

Surely, Izzie's golf-ball corkscrew can supply it.

Straight in on commission at £15, 18 will be your next.

That will be enough.

15 is the commission bid.

At £15, I will sell.

DAVID: Go on!

MARK: On the book, then, and selling.

Are we all done at £15?

See, that's a shame cuz he has a commission bid.

My mind is thinking, where could that have gone?

How much was that commission bid?

VO: Never mind - a profit is a profit.

50% margin, it's not bad if you make a 50% margin on anything.

Well, that's true.

VO: Watch time now.

David's vintage find, but is it big enough?

Straight in at £40.

DAVID: Oh!

MARK: £40 here with me.

Come on.

MARK: 45, the internet.

50 here with me.

55, I have.

60 here with me.

My bid at 60, who has five?

MARK: I'm looking for 65.

DAVID: Izzie.

IZZIE: David.

DAVID: Bad!

IZZIE: Good.

DAVID: Bad!

IZZIE: Good.

DAVID: Bad!

At £60, and I sell.

Well, that's not double bubble!

That's a real shame.

I'm trying very hard not to smile.

Let me rearrange my mouth.

Go on, try that again.

Oh, Izzie, it didn't double bubble.

That's a real crying shame.

I can't do it.

VO: Come on, Izzie, compose yourself.

It's not looking good for your opponent, though.

OK, I've got this.

I can support you now.

That's a real shame, David!

Thanks, Izzie!

VO: She needs profits herself, of course.

Can her Staffordshire greyhound help?

Not an exotic new breed, by the way.

I can start at £30 here.

35 is next.

Good start.

£30 my bid.

35, 40.

And five.

DAVID: Yeah.

MARK: 50.

And five?

IZZIE: Good.

DAVID: Yeah.

55, thank you.

60, 65 with me.

70 to stay in.

DAVID: Go on.

IZZIE: Come on!

MARK: I've got 75.

IZZIE: Yay!

DAVID: Well done.

MARK: Looking for £80.

DAVID: Well done, Izzie.

IZZIE: Yeah, let's have an 80.

I've got 85.

And 90's here.

Oh, I'm very pleased.

95 will be next.

95, the internet.

I've got 100, looking for 110.

£100, my bid, do I see any more?

As I'm selling to the book at £100, final call... IZZIE: Yay!

(GAVEL) I might call him David.

Oh, would you?

No.

VO: You could almost call him Double Bubble.

Seriously, well found - a lovely thing.

Thank you.

VO: Back to David.

Surely his African stool can get him back to winning ways.

Interest here with me at £30.

35, we have, looking for 40.

Room bid.

Oh, Izzie!

I need 40 now to stay in.

At 35, I have.

40 just in time.

And five, sir?

DAVID: Go on, sir.

Go on!

MARK: 45, if you wish.

45.

Thank you.

At 45, I'm going to sell.

Seated bidder at 45... Well, it's not an embarrassment.

IZZIE: No.

DAVID: It's 45 quid.

It's the money.

Who knows?

VO: Sit on it, as The Fonz used to say.

I'm struggling here, Izzie.

I'm struggling to squeeze any profits at all.

VO: Whereas Izzie's on a bit of a roll.

Her very cheaply acquired earrings.

Lots of interest on commission.

I can start at £50.

DAVID: Oh, no!

MARK: 55.

IZZIE: Oh, come on.

Five, thank you.

At 60.

And five?

70.

IZZIE: Good.

MARK: And five is bid, at 75.

Izzie Balmer, stop it!

You're on fire, baby.

MARK: Are we all sure and done?

It's a commission bid, then, at 75, and I sell.

No.

I mean, seriously, well found.

Thank you.

I'm chuffed with those, really pleased.

VO: She's really catching him up now.

I never would have spotted them, because I wouldn't have been drawn to them.

IZZIE: Mm.

DAVID: So well done, you.

IZZIE: Thank you.

DAVID: Crikey!

VO: Lights, camera, action.

Or should that be camera, action, lights?

It's David's last chance to impress.

The auctioneer rates it.

Three commission bids, but they've already been blown out the water.

MARK: It's at £95 to start.

IZZIE: Yes!

110.

120 will be next.

Yes!

Come on, baby!

It's double bubbled!

MARK: 120 in the room.

DAVID: Yes!

DAVID: Go on.

IZZIE: It's flying.

Room bidder at £120.

No.

Bit more.

Are we all done, then?

A room bid at 120.

IZZIE: Well done, you.

DAVID: Isn't that bizarre?

The thing I knew less about made the most money.

There's a lesson there, somewhere.

VO: Well, whatever the philosophical ramifications, it's a much-needed profit.

Finally, Humpty.

Will his rarity count, or will the damage prove too much?

Humpty Dumpty with a silver rim?

IZZIE: Yeah.

DAVID: That's really rare.

At 35.

£40.

45 is your next.

IZZIE: Hmm.

DAVID: Hmm.

45, the room.

Thank you.

50, internet, to stay in.

50, they're going.

Five for you, sir?

Five, seated.

55.

60 for you?

60, thank you.

65, the internet.

And 70?

70 is bid.

MARK: 75.

DAVID: Mm, interesting.

Oh, come on!

£80 online.

85 is bid.

Online at 90.

95 is next.

Come on.

Come on, come on.

Come on.

90 is the bid.

DAVID: Wow!

MARK: 95 - still going.

DAVID: OK. IZZIE: We need more.

£100.

110.

120.

Still climbing at £120.

130, still going.

DAVID: Wow!

IZZIE: Good.

OK. MARK: 150 next.

DAVID: Izzie...

Try 160.

At £160.

Gamble paid off.

Very good, very good.

Oh!

It's all online.

180.

Still going slowly.

190.

Round it off at 200, if you will.

200 is bid.

220 will be your next.

220?!

£200 bid.

220.

240 is bid.

At £240, I will sell.

Are we all done?

At £240, gavel's up.

Fair warning.

DAVID: (CLAPS) IZZIE: I'm really pleased.

DAVID: Izzie, amazing.

DAVID: A really good find.

IZZIE: Thank you.

VO: Hurray for Humpty!

No falls for him this time round.

I quite like being in your position.

DAVID: Ah!

IZZIE: These profits, quite a nice feeling.

VO: David started out with £438.98, and after auction costs, he made a small profit which leaves him with £446.14.

While Izzie began with £283.26, and also after costs, she made much, much more.

So she now has £433.82, just over a tenner behind.

(ENGINE REVS) IZZIE: Whoo!

(CHUCKLES) Oh, you cheeky monkey!

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