VO: It's the nation's favorite antiques experts with £200 each...

I love that.

VO: ..a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

Yippee!

Have I just done a terrible thing?

VO: The aim?

To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.

There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

Am I gonna flip a coin?

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

I can't believe it, we're rubbish!

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

VO: Yeah!

VO: It's a brand new Road Trip and Catherine Southon and David Harper have £200 to spend and a seat in this 1983 convertible.

VO: Wow.

CATHERINE (CS): Oh.

DAVID: Hello.

CS: Hello.

(BOTH LAUGH) I have got to say Catherine, this is my dream come true.

CS: Really?

I'd like to say it was mine but it's not.

Thank you very much.

No, no I didn't mean you.

DAVID: I meant that as a compliment.

Oh thank you!

VO: Our Catherine has taken against the chosen mode of transport.

The brown, I mean look brown carpet, brown, brown!

I am hoping something might happen to it and we change it.

You're awful.

By the end of the trip you will be loving this car and wanting to take it home.

That's my prediction.

VO: But don't be fooled by the banter, these guys mean business.

DAVID: What are your tactics?

CS: I'd just like to make a bit of money.

DAVID: Yeah.

CS: That would be nice, David.

Are you feeling competitive?

I would love to win, of course.

VO: David Harper is an antique expert whose many years of experience have left him full of wisdom.

A good bit of advice is you should never really listen to your own advice.

VO: Catherine Southon is a maritime expert and auctioneer with an old-fashioned approach to communication.

David, you have not got a chance.

VO: This trip starts in Eccleston in Lancashire and makes a 350 mile journey - through Wales and the Forest of Dean to Seaton on England's south coast.

Catherine and David start today in Eccleston - heading for the first auction of the week in Liverpool.

And one thing you can be sure of is that they'll be meticulously prepared for the trip.

CS: Where are we?

I don't even know what county we are in.

We are in, I believe in Lancashire.

CS: Lancashire.

DAVID: Yeah.

Right.

VO: There you go.

And we are heading off to our first shop together by all accounts.

Oh I do like it when we're together.

I like it when we're together.

It's quite fun.

I'm very positive.

Well I'm very excited.

VO: I'm positive and excited too.

What could possibly go wrong?

I think we have got a bit of a flat tire here actually.

I don't want to panic you.

Where is it?

It's on your side.

I'm not suggesting that you're weighing it down or anything like that.

I should hope not David!

VO: Time for the RAC - the Royal Antique Corps - to jump into action.

Go on then David, do your stuff.

Have you ever blown a tire up?

Tell the truth.

No.

Gosh of course not.

DAVID: Never?

CS: No.

DAVID: Never?

CS: No.

Seriously?

That is what I have boyfriends and husbands for.

Well not all at the same time.

Boyfriends and husbands?

Actually, you should give me a lesson.

OK, you can tell that's a bit flat, isn't it?

Yup.

Yeah.

So this is where the air goes.

I know that!

I'm not that stupid.

That looks remarkably better, doesn't it?

Yup that's good.

Shall we go shopping?

CS: Let's go shopping.

DAVID: Let's go shopping.

Off we go.

VO: The first stop of this trip is in Eccleston, birth place of the 15th prime minister of New Zealand.

And look, Lancashire's best kept village as recently as 1987.

Now there's a claim to fame!

David and Catherine are both starting in the same shop - the labyrinthine collection of corridors and collectables that is...Bygone Times.

CS: This looks interesting.

A lot of ground to cover here David.

I'll see you later, good luck.

I know Mr Harper, he's a bit of a shrewd character, so I'm going to play him at his own game.

I'm going to buy four or five items, I'm not going to spend much money and let's see who comes up trumps.

VO: David has his own plan and it doesn't necessarily involve buying antiques.

See bizarrely I'm drawn to that.

And I know it's probably no more than 10 years old but it's got that design look that really works.

VO: Touch wood.

In fact, it's not wood, actually.

It's a resin.

Should be cheaper.

VO: David may be up and running, any progress with Catherine though?

I wondering if he's struggling as much as I am, there's absolutely nothing here.

VO: Meanwhile David has met owner Glenn and is on the verge of capturing a corner of the fake wood resin market.

DAVID: She's Roman-esque, Greek-esque, she's classical.

VO: She's fiberglass.

GLENN: She's very special.

VO: And she's certainly not cheap.

I did want £250 for her.

Ouch... Ouch.

80?

No, sorry, no, not 80.

100 and that really is end of.

VO: Half the budget on your first item?

Be careful.

GLENN: Got to be 100.

I'm going to have 100.

£100.

Thank you very much indeed.

OK. Absolute delight.

Thank you.

VO: Steady!

That's David on his way and it looks like Catherine has found an actual antique.

CS: Georgian writing slope.

Looks like it's oak, so would have had probably little glass inkwells on the top, open it up and drawer below for your pens and you would have kept all your stationery in here.

Fairy reasonably priced at £55.

If I could get it for 20... VO: Be careful how you pick it up or that drawer will... oh... fall out.

Oops.

VO: David's found another item, ticket price £38.50.

DAVID: It takes you back to a time of glamour and at the same time as wearing your smoking jacket - I have got one - you would wear your smoking cap.

Now that, I'm sure you'll agree, looks absolutely fantastic, particularly on me.

VO: Hmm... modesty becomes you.

This cap is also being sold by our new friend Glenn.

What do you think about this?

It's beautiful.

Date wise, what do you... Take a guess.

What do you think?

I don't know.

1920s, maybe earlier.

I think exactly that.

What's the best trade for me?

22.

20?

20 for you.

Marvelous.

Thank you.

Thank you very much indeed.

CS: Excuse me sir.

VO: Catherine has finally found the owner of the writing slope and is trying to get the £55 asking price down.

I really wouldn't want to go above 20.

VO: Way down.

(LAUGHS) 20?

Don't be shocked.

Go to 30.

If you do 22 you've got a deal.

22.

22.

OK. Have you got some change?

Em...

I haven't at the moment.

No.

We can call it 20 then if you want?

For your cheek?

Well no I just thought well if you haven't got change of 20.

I'll do 20.

Loving this.

Loving this.

Wonderful.

Thank you.

No problem.

VO: It took her a while to get warmed up but now she is hot for the task.

Amazing.

I do like a bit of kitchenalia.

Kitchenette, can you imagine having one of these?

VO: I am just imagining.

No, not getting anything.

But anyway, do carry on.

CS: These Bakelite handles, just wonderful, £160 they want for this, probably sell it as well.

I feel like the hostess with the mostest, how lovely.

Right, I am going to find the owner.

VO: And this is what it's all about, the chance to look someone in the eye and drive a hard bargain.

Hello.

Hi, I have got Heather on the phone, it's her item that you're interested in if to speak... Heather?

Heather.

Oh it is Heather, right.

Hello Heather... What is your bottom price on it, Heather, if you don't mind me asking... VO: The ticket price is £160 but the owner is willing to chat.

CS: Yeah, I just think 90 is a little bit too much.

Can I give you £80 for it?

VO: If she gets it for half the asking price, she'll be doing very well.

OK, so you'll be happy for £80?

Thank you Heather, thank you very much.

Thank you, bye bye.

I've just spent £80 on a kitchen cupboard.

VO: Yes you have, the dial-a-deal is done and she's confident that David won't be faring nearly as well.

DAVID: 10... GLENN: Thank you.

And 20.

Thanks very much.

CS: I haven't seen anything with David Harper's name written on.

I don't think he's bought anything yet.

So I don't need to worry.

There she is.

Hello gorgeous.

Hello.

How are you getting on?

No... um... it's not easy David.

Have you found... oh.

Oh... Is it easy for you?

Yes, but I'm now going on a very interesting visit.

I'll see you later.

Yeah, thanks very much.

Good luck.

CS: Bye.

DAVID: Bye.

I didn't think you'd bought anything.

VO: As David heads off for his visit in his "smugmobile", Catherine is worried that she hasn't made enough progress.

She's still hunting for bargains.

CS: Page turner.

Now this is what you would call poker work, decorative woodwork that was done in the Victorian era and this one's dated 1895.

These little patterns were actually decorated with hot pokers.

How much is on this?

£18.

I'm rather tempted at that.

Who owns this cabinet?

VO: Here we go again.

Is it half day closing here?

I'll just pop her on for you, just a sec.

Oh.

VO: Once more, with the posh telephone voice... Hello Andrew, how much do you want for it?

Would you do it for 10?

Would you?

You sound a lovely man.

VO: Ah silver tongue flattery.

Never fails.

So em... we are happy on £10 yeah?

Thank you very much, bye bye.

VO: That crisp tenner takes Catherine's spending up to £110.

Good morning's work that.

CS: Lovely.

Thank you.

Doing well here today aren't I?

Thank you very much indeed, thank you.

VO: While Catherine has been busy shopping, David has driven the 32 miles north from Eccleston to Blackpool.

You have to love this man's boyish enthusiasm.

DAVID: Oh my gosh, there it is.

There's the big Blackpool tower look.

Crikey.

VO: In Victorian times workers - with new-found leisure time and money in their pockets - would flock to Blackpool for their annual holiday.

David's come to find out about one of the ways they spent their hard-earned cash.

Oh yes, here we are.

Victorian old penny arcade.

Are you Martin?

Hello there David.

Nice to meet you.

My gosh, I am loving that outfit, that is fantastic.

I'm running a period arcade, I like to dress the part, it creates the atmosphere.

Would you like to wear this bowler hat to bring you a bit more into character?

I would love to wear the bowler hat, what's it all about?

It's fascinating.

What I'm trying to recreate here is just a brief period of history.

VO: The first coin-operated arcade machine dates from 1882 and arcades dedicated to them started appearing around that time.

Not everyone welcomed these developments and some of these amusements were seen as downright scandalous.

MARTIN: I'd like to introduce you to our oldest machine.

1897, a muter scope.

This one?

A muter scope.

Oh interesting, "What the butler didn't..." I thought it was always "What the butler did see".

Yes, variation on the theme.

Just one handle and you should be away.

The penny should drop.

Yeah?

Yeah, yeah.

Got a bit of thumb.

There is a few... Oh hello!

This is what the butler didn't see?

Hmm.

Wouldn't mind seeing what he did see.

Exactly.

Wow.

That is in all seriousness, incredibly clever.

In 1897 that would have been absolutely shocking.

You saw a lady's ankle...you had to go see the doctor.

Yeah exactly.

They would send you to be with some quiet pills for a few days.

VO: It's Martin Browne's job to keep these aging machines working.

There are over 200 of them - claimed to be the largest collection in the world.

MARTIN: They were so popular because they were things of beauty.

DAVID: What's all this about?

Nice little bit of fun.

Two fireman race up the ladder, see which is the fittest.

Brilliant, I am up for that.

Drop your coin.

Ready?

Yeah.

Go!

Yes!

Ah, there you go.

Marvelous.

That was brilliant.

I love that.

Really.

Oh yes!

Yes!

Look at that.

MARTIN: Most people that come in are absolutely amazed and they always thank me and smile and some even hug me and some of the woman kiss me and say, "you brought back so many memories.

Thank you so much."

And that is what makes the job worthwhile.

Fantastic.

And you have made my day, genuinely.

Good.

VO: Before he leaves, there's one machine that David can't resist...

Yes.

The fortune teller.

She's a good fortune teller?

Oh the best!

DAVID: Really?

MARTIN: Without a doubt.

VO: What can she tell David about his chances on road trip success?

MARTIN: ..smooth on her face there.

OK, you are not easily mislead and are shrewd to deal with.

You are apt to be too secretive about little things.

Ah!

That's actually very interesting.

VO: Shrewd and secretive eh?

A road trip natural.

Cheers Martin.

Bye.

VO: While David has fun in Blackpool, Catherine is making her own way to the next shop.

This isn't much of a road trip, I am doing most of this on foot.

VO: Well it is only across the road, love.

Now that's nice.

Victorian chimney piece.

You could put this in your garden.

You could have all your plants flowing out of the top.

You could have them coming out of these vents.

VO: Antico is a different type of shop to the one opposite.

CS: Hello.

MAN: Hello.

Hello, hello.

Hello.

VO: Smaller and more intimate, much more Catherine's type of thing.

CS: Hello pussycat.

You be purring.

VO: Meaow!

Oh!

Oh I am sorry.

I thought it was going to bite me then.

VO: Come on Dr Doolittle, back to the shopping especially as there's an actual owner to haggle with.

How about the chimney pot then?

CS: It's quite a lot going for it actually, hasn't it, it's a nice one.

Yes it is yeah.

Apart from the chip.

Quite a big chip actually.

Yeah well that's expected on something that age.

Right.

How much is on it?

£60.

I would need to do a bit less than that.

MAN: 55 then.

CS: £50?

It's got to be 55.

Oh come on 50.

No.

What's five between friends?

VO: They've reached a stalemate so Catherine tries an unconventional approach.

No.

45?

VO: But that's less than her last offer.

You've just offered me 50.

Go on then, I will sell you for £50.

£50?

Deal.

Wow, monstrous piece.

Yeah.

OK. That is impossible, how the hell do you move this?

VO: Now where's that David Harper with the car when you really need him?

Thanks a lot.

Bye.

CS: Wish me luck.

MAN: I will.

If I ever get there.

It's a long walk to Liverpool.

There's a bus coming shortly.

Oh good, I'll just wait for a bus.

VO: Every day's a school day Catherine.

You've learned how to pump up a tire and now how to be a porter.

Right, where's that bus?

VO: You'll sleep well tonight.

Nighty night.

VO: At the start of a new day, our duo are back together and intent on making mischief.

..pennies... DAVID: If we can blow the lot... CS: Oh I will.

I want to blow it.

Absolutely, you have to blow it, that's the challenge.

Do you know what, we should challenge each other.

Should we make a challenge or not?

Yep.

Are you up for it?

To attempt to blow the lot on every single trip.

OK. Everything.

OK, every single trip, I'm up for that.

DAVID: A pirate's seal.

CS: A pirate's seal.

DAVID: Right.

CS: Ooh argh!

DAVID: Ooh argh!

CS: Argh!

VO: So, we have a pirate pact - both Catherine and David will spend every penny they have on every leg of this week's road trip.

You better not let me down David Harper.

I won't.

And I will not let you down.

OK. OK, I will do it today and it's going to be tough.

And I'm going to do it today.

VO: They made a good start yesterday.

David spent £120 on two items including this fetching smoking hat.

That - I'm sure you will agree - looks absolutely fantastic.

VO: Catherine spent £160 on four items - with the big ticket item being the kitchen unit.

I do like a bit of kitchenalia.

VO: They're leaving Blackpool now and heading south to Liverpool - a city about which our pair obviously have a deep cultural understanding.

CS: Did you ever used to watch "The Liver Birds"?

Yes I did, do you remember... # La la la la la la la la.

# That's what Liverpool is all about.

It really is.

Well and The Beatles.

VO: Oh yeah, The Beatles, you probably should mention them.

David and Catherine head for the Edge Hill area and Catherine's first shop of the day.

CS: So this could be... DAVID: Oh ho!

..very interesting.

Bye.

Arrivederci.

Mwah.

Ciao!

VO: Catherine is hoping to spend her last £40 in the Tunnel Furniture Company.

But to start with, it all seems a bit much.

Just so much furniture all piled on top of one another.

I'm exhausted even looking at this.

Some people love this type of shop where you come in and you've really got to have a good rummage and look.

I think I just like people to bring me items.

VO: Your wish is shop owner Paul's command.

PAUL: What about that one?

What is it?

It's a shell.

Oh that's pretty.

Oh I like that.

There's a lot of work that's gone into that, isn't there?

How old do you think it is?

PAUL: 1880s, 1890s.

Do you really think so?

PAUL: Yep.

CS: I like that.

How much do you want for it?

I'll take £40 for that one.

I would be interested at 20.

Couldn't do it for 20.

Why couldn't you?

Because it cost more than that.

25 then?

I'll take 25 for it.

Alright.

Let me think on that, can you hold that for me?

I do like that.

VO: To be continued.

But Catherine still needs to find another item if she's going to keep the pirate pact.

They are quite interesting, ah.

Oh, OK, we've got some framed prints here of the America's Cup winners.

A very famous yacht race.

What are there?

Six... Six in total, £90 for them.

That seems an awful lot of money to me.

It would be nice if you could get these remounted and reframed.

But really I'd only want to spend about £20 on them and he's not going to go... VO: Is that a fly?

Oh gosh!

Oh no, I've lost my bracelet!

Oh no.

I was getting so excited about those prints that my bracelet's gone.

VO: Better find it quick before somebody buys it.

Paul!

Paul?

Where did it go?

Where did it go?

I wonder if it's round the other side?

No chance of ever finding that again.

I really like that bracelet.

Ugh, filthy.

I'm heartbroken.

Oh there it is!

Golf club.

Let's use this.

VO: I think I'd have gone for a nine iron.

CS: Yeah!

Success.

We have the bracelet.

And I am... filthy.

That is disgusting.

Right.

VO: Now, where are we?

Catherine loves the shell and quite likes the prints, is there a deal to be done?

£20 for those and £20 for the shell.

That's £40.

Yeah that's OK. Is that alright?

Is that alright?

Yeah?

That's fine.

VO: That's Catherine's shopping all done and £200 spent.

Thanks, bye.

Thanks for your time.

Bye.

VO: Across town, David is trying a risky strategy.

He's taking his remaining £80 to the chic and upmarket Holt's Arcade.

He's hoping shop owner, Wayne Colquhoun, can help him find a bargain.

I'm Wayne.

Wayne, good to meet you...

Very well thank you.

I will have a little look around and see what we've got.

What about this art nouveau box casket here?

Can it be bought for 40 quid?

No, I paid more than £80 for it.

VO: David could be struggling here.

DAVID: OK, I can safely say this is the first time I have ever handled a Jaeger barometer.

Now, because of the brand, you know it's quality.

Is it £30?

That's £65.

Would you let me have it at 35?

Call it £40.

£40 done.

Thank you very much.

OK. VO: Next, Wayne shows David something not to be sniffed at.

Is this how you go?

Is this what you do like?

WAYNE: That is what you do.

There you go.

Are they new then?

I made them.

You didn't!

Yeah, yeah, there's my little signature on.

Wow!

People love them.

Because they finally find a place for your glasses.

And it's a bit of art.

VO: But is it worth a £15 asking price?

Who 'nose'!?

Let's see what else we can do.

Nice and cheap and chancy.

WAYNE: Cigars cutter...with a hunting theme.

DAVID: Oh, now that is very interesting because it falls into a couple of camps doesn't it?

The cigar smoker, or Cheroot... That spring isn't working very well but I think more importantly it falls into this camp.

Yeah.

The shooter, the fisher... WAYNE: It's another camp as well - it's people who like animals, and dogs.

VO: That's three camps and counting.

It's like a scout jamboree in here.

Is that 15 quid?

That's not £15.

It has got a broken spring.

It's not 15... are you trying to tell me it's not £15?

£40.

Oh.

20 then?

It's got to be £40.

I can't, it's impossible.

Yeah.

I'll tell you what I could do - £40 and I will throw in the Salvador Dali-esque glasses holder.

Do it for 30 including your Dali-esque thingamajigmabobbers.

That leaves me with a tenner to go and buy one more object.

Done.

Good man, thank you very much indeed.

VO: Catherine meanwhile, is at Liverpool's Albert Dock.

It's a chance for her to pursue her interest in all things maritime.

And she meets up with senior curator of the Merseyside Maritime museum, Ian Murphy.

Would you like to come in and let me show you around?

Love to.

VO: Housed in the restored Albert Dock building since 1986 - the museum celebrates Liverpool's nautical history.

CS: So where are we going?

IAN: Well Titanic Lusitania and the forgotten Empress is an exhibition around three sort of Liverpool ships all sank within a few years of each other with a huge loss of life.

VO: All three of these ships were owned by the Liverpool-based "White Star Line".

The artefacts on display here - such as this ticket for the Titanic - tell the personal stories of those affected by the loss of these ships.

IAN: It's, really we think the only first class surviving passenger ticket boarding card.

Wow.

IAN: It's a bit of a one-off.

CS: That's incredible.

Do you know who it belonged to?

It belonged to a chap called the Reverend J Stuart Holden who was going through a sort of religious conference in New York with his wife.

She fell ill so they didn't travel and he kind of kept the ticket... Oh right so he didn't... he didn't go on...

They never went on board.

I have handled quite a lot of Titanic memorabilia but I have never seen anything like this.

Wow, that's incredible.

So this is the original builder's model for Titanic to give people an idea of what these new technological marvels would look like.

So this is produced at the time.

This is like a promotional piece to give the overall feel which is what you really get here, you know, a big wow factor and it is isn't it?

It is bigger than anything anyone had seen at the time.

The height of the ship, it would have been the equivalent of something like a four story building so it's quite a height on it.

And here you see the life-boats, obviously the first class very close to the life-boats and you think about the workers and you think about the third class down the bottom.

And that's where it all went sadly wrong.

Absolutely.

VO: The Titanic sank on the night of 14 April, 1912, with the loss of over 1,500 lives.

CS: So this is one of the life jackets?

IAN: It is.

It's a jacket that was worn by one of the survivors on the night.

That was all you had to protect you, this kind of cork and canvas jacket to help you survive amongst the wilds of the Atlantic on the night.

And that was given to the museum by a gentleman called Earnest Sinclair who was a waiter onboard Carpathia.

CS: The rescue ship?

IAN: Yeah.

He was involved in the efforts to kind of get people out of the lifeboats and onto the ship.

CS: So he was onboard the Carpathia and he picked up some of the souvenirs.

Can you call them souvenirs?

It's a terrible thing to say.

IAN: It's an odd...yeah it does seem odd in some respect.

They weren't collecting them in the same way as you kind of might imagine now.

It was more being part of an event they knew was an important and significant thing.

VO: Nevertheless, the trade in Titanic memorabilia has grown over the years.

In 2011, a set of plans for the Titanic sold at auction for £220,000.

CS: I have seen a lot of replicas of the jackets but I have never ever seen an original.

To see these originals is really, really something very special.

VO: Liverpool's maritime tradition saw goods from all over the world - including the Far East - arrive at its ports.

As Oriental antiques are David's specialty, he's come here to spend his last tenner.

DAVID: Hi there.

MAN: Hi.

I'm David.

Hello there.

And you obviously have an oriental eye, Chinese and Japanese pieces.

Chinese is our specialty, porcelain, lacquer, paintings.

Well me too.

This is absolutely right up my street and I have a certain amount of money left in my budget.

Well I hope you can find something that you can do something with, yes.

I could find something instantly.

Whether I am going to buy it with my 10 pound note is another story.

Mm hmm.

VO: That rules out the Ming vase then.

Is there anything here that David can afford?

This is a teapot stand...

Yes.

..that's painted in Mandarin palate.

It has been sitting there a while.

It was made around 1770-1780.

DAVID: Absolutely.

It has been in two.

If it was in perfect condition it would sell for about 200 quid these days.

Yeah.

The palate is gorgeous.

You have almost got the Japanese Imari palate colors in there with the oranges.

But you're right, it's definitely Chinese.

That is absolutely, totally and utterly delicious.

VO: Apart from the huge big crack.

I love it Trevor, it's beautiful.

It's right up my street.

TREVOR: If you can't actually make a profit in auction, I would be totally shocked.

OK, it is exactly why I'm in this business Trevor.

And if you will take my 10 pound note for that, I would be delighted to give it to you.

I would be glad to, that is fine.

DAVID: Thank you.. TREVOR: ..very charmed.

..very much indeed, very much indeed.

VO: Oh, if only they were all that easy I'd be home much quicker.

My knight in shining armor!

Wahey, look at you gorgeous.

Hello, about time too, I've been waiting ages for you.

DAVID: You haven't have you?

CS: I have.

Did you have a lovely time?

I've had a lovely time.

What about you?

It's been great.

VO: On behalf of the BBC, I would like to apologize for these atrocious attempts at Liverpool accents.

I am nowhere near as good as you.

You are brilliant.

I know I am quite good at that.

Now listen, one big question.

Have you spent all your money?

I have spent every last penny David!

CS: Yeah!

What about you?

DAVID: Yes, of course I have.

Yeah.

Blown the lot.

CS: Well done, we're in business.

VO: At the end of a hectic day, it's time to head to Liverpool's Sefton Park and the big reveal.

Are you ready?

Close your eyes.

Catherine, I would like you to meet Catherine.

I've named her.

Oh!

Hello.

Oh hello.

Oh.

Oh hello, she's quite nice.

How old is she?

DAVID: She's not old at all.

CS: No.

In fact she's probably...

Brand spanking.

It's a bit of a spanker.

You paid...?

£100.

Did you?

Oh.

But I think she might make two.

Do you?

I think she's got every possibility.

VO: She doesn't like it, does she?

DAVID: Da da da da da.

CS: Oh!

Well, this was my second item.

It is a gentlemen's... VO: Don't laugh, he's serious.

DAVID: It's a gentlemen's smoking cap.

Is it?

Yes.

What do you think?

Don't you love it like me?

Put the hat on her and it might look a bit better.

That's a bit cruel.

CS: There we are, much better.

That's nice, what is it?

DAVID: That is lovely.

It's a cigar cutter, or Cheroot cutter.

Oh I love that.

Isn't that good?

I love that.

I would have bought that.

It's lovely isn't it?

Yeah, absolutely love it.

Do you like that?

25 because I had bought that and this object.

30 quid for the two.

CS: Right.

Why did you buy that?

DAVID: Because it's wild and funky.

It's a glasses holder, you put your glasses on here.

Oh I see.

Oh right.

I like those both of those.

Alright and my final piece, would you have bought that?

No because I don't really understand it.

It's not my sort of thing.

DAVID: 18th century Chinese, export famille rose kettle stand.

How much would that make David?

What do you think I paid for it?

This was my last purchase.

I can see there was a little sticker of £20.

I need to remove that, don't I?

Because that is a sort of giveaway, we don't... we want it to be making more than that.

So knowing you, knowing how em... how you get these prices down, I would say probably about £10 or something.

Exactly, £10.

And what is it worth?

I think it's £20-30.

I think you have done very well.

Do you think so?

Yeah I do.

I do.

Are you ready for this?

One, two, three.

Wahey, that is funky.

Those things were getting thrown away not long ago.

I know.

Yeah, I paid £80 for it.

I think that's a very good purchase.

I love it, just like you love... some of your pieces.

I love them all.

Are you ready for this?

I am ready.

OK. Da nah!

DAVID: Right.

Oh I say, what's that then?

Poker work, what do you think?

It is very collected actually, isn't it?

Yeah.

I paid £10 for that.

It's absolutely great.

What do you think about this?

Yes, I've had these before.

Oh.

That is very... no, no, that's very clever.

So it's mother of pearl.

I think that is not Chinese and it's not Japanese, I think that's Thai.

Very intricately carved and such...skill.

Beautifully done.

In the meantime, just take it from you and put it over there.

VO: That's the nicey, nicies done with, what did they really think?

CS: I think he had a couple of nice bits, especially the cigar cutter.

But I wouldn't say there was anything outstanding.

If I saw that kettle stand, I wouldn't even pick it up, because it's cracked.

DAVID: The 50s kitchen cabinet could absolutely bomb and cost her the earth, bizarrely, but it could also fly.

VO: David and Catherine are staying in Liverpool to sell their items... CS: # La la la la la... # VO: ..just popping down the road to Cato Crane & Co as you do.

Come on then.

Come on then our lass.

Are you ready?

VO: Catherine is putting six lots up for sale - including the Georgian writing slope and the risky kitchenette.

CS: Silly gamble, silly gamble.

But could just pay off.

VO: David is also selling six lots - including an armless goddess and a pottery nose without a body.

I think I have got every possibility in the world of making some profit.

VO: But before we start, auctioneer John Crane has some bad news.

JOHN: The 1950s prestige kitchenette suffered a little bit of damage in transit.

One of the handles it is very, slightly fractured.

VO: And one of David's objects has also been damaged.

JOHN: The small 18th century Chinese bowl.

It was bought glued together, it has come apart in transit.

VO: It's not all bad news, however, the items are insured and the auctioneer's valuation guarantees a minimum payout.

JOHN: My estimate is that if it had been sold glued together, it would have brought £25.

VO: Not bad then.

That's more than twice what David paid for it.

What about Catherine's cabinet?

JOHN: My estimate, without the fractured handle, would be £80.

VO: So Catherine won't lose on the cabinet but both items will go under the hammer and she could still make money.

Right, let's get down to business.

JOHN: Here we go ladies and gentlemen.

CS: You're up first.

DAVID: Yeah.

VO: It's David's cigar cutter, which should appeal to many camps.

OK, what's it worth, 20 is bid.

20.

£20 is bid.

25, 25, £30 is bid, 30.

35, 40.

42 with you?

I'll squeeze you a bit.

Any further bid?

Any more?

Any more?

Any more?

Come on sir.

You see I am working hard for you.

44 is bid.

Sold at £44.

VO: So the doggy cigar cutter retrieves a nice little profit.

Nice.

It's a start.

Not as much as it should have done David.

No.

VO: Next, David's eyeglass holder, will someone have a nose for a bargain?

JOHN: A fun thing ladies and gentlemen, what is it worth?

£100.

Must be that.

Go on, give me 20 if you like.

£5 is bid.

Five, six anywhere?

Gentleman at the back, £6?

£6 is bid.

£7 here.

Eight anywhere else?

Is that the best we can do?

£7?

£8 at the back.

Yes!

That's better.

Nine again here.

Ten at the back.

Yeah.

12, 13, 14, 15.

DAVID: Go on!

15 then we got... £16.

CS: £16.

VO: The nose began to run there.

David's comedy item makes pretty profit.

Right, let's move onto your broken teapot stand.

Shall we?

Shall we?

VO: Yes, the one that's now in three pieces.

Nevertheless, I need £20 to start it off.

£20 is bid.

Anybody?

Yes.

22, 24, you know a good restorer, don't you?

24.

24, 26.

DAVID: Yes.

JOHN: £26.

£26 I'm going to sell it at £26 now.

All done at 26?

Thank you.

VO: That beats the insurance estimate and David more than doubles his money.

David you are really cooking on gas.

I am on a roll baby.

I'm on a roll.

You are doing well.

VO: The first of Catherine's items now.

Will the poker work page turner turn heads?

£10 is bid.

10, come on, I am selling at £10.

Gentleman at the back for £10.

No, no, no.

12, 14?

£14 is bid now, all done at £14?

Come on!

The best we can do?

It is being sold.

£14.

VO: Uh let's turn the page on the page turner and move on, eh?

DAVID: It's not a loss.

CS: No.

DAVID: It's not a loss.

It would have been nice to make 20 or 30.

I know, I know.

VO: Now, will Catherine's seashell sell?

JOHN: £10, 10 is bid there... CS: Come on.

15, 15 is bid.

20 sir, 20, 22, 24 now selling at £24, 23?

23 to you?

Come on, one more?

23 is bid, 23 is bid.

24 I'll take, is that the best we can do?

23.

24, the young lady in the center.

24.

25?

25.

24 is bid, 26 madam?

26.

27?

£26 then, in the center.

That is OK, you're in profit, you're in profit.

VO: Great, she sells the seashell.

DAVID: £6 profit.

It's not a great profit but it's a profit, isn't it?

VO: Next, Catherine's prints of the America's Cup yachts.

Ideal for a quick "sail", I'd say.

Ha!

We have started at £20.

Oh that is a bargain.

Come on, who is in at 20?

Thank you, £20.

Well done.

20, 20.

30, £30 is bid.

30, is that the best we can do?

No, come on, they're worth more than that.

Yes!

40 new bidder.

45.

£45 is bid.

All done then at £45.

Don't let me down.

All done at £45 now.

VO: Well, well Catherine more than doubles her money here.

DAVID: The best profit of the day.

Well done.

Catherine, be happy, be happy, that's profit, that's really...

I am happy at that.

VO: David wants big profits on the Greek goddess - but is that just naked greed?

CS: Really, honestly do not know which way it's going to go.

DAVID: It's just one of those objects that has a chance to go because nobody truly can value it.

CS: No.

DAVID: Nobody.

No.

Give me 30 to start you off.

£30.

30 is bid.

I've got to have 40.

50.

Come on David.

It has got to beat this, 60, 70, 80, 90... Come on.

..100 and 10 it can sell, I could do 105 then Mr B?

I could do 105?

DAVID: There's someone else in.

Now another gentleman has come into the bidding at 110 right in front of you here.

110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135 sir?

Oh no, come on.

£130 is your bid sir.

£130, now is there any further bid in the room?

Come on?

£130, I'll sell now.

All done?

Sold at £130, thank you.

I don't believe that.

Well, hats off to you David.

VO: David looks pleased with that and I think she is secretly.

Now it's time for Catherine's Georgian writing slope.

JOHN: £20 is bid for it right away, 25 is bid, 25, 30, 30, 35, it has got to go, at £35... 40 everybody wants it.

DAVID: Wow.

JOHN: £42 is bid.

Come on.

All done?

42.

44 a new bidder.

Oh!

Fresh blood.

That's the way it goes.

£45.

46?

£45 then, selling now at £45, all done and finished.

45, sir, thank you very much indeed.

Well done.

That is quite nice actually.

And there you go, that's one for the real antique.

VO: A proper antique and a proper profit.

Well done.

But Catherine has to start making money if she is to catch up David.

It's the damaged kitchen cabinet next.

£40, at 40, 50, 50, 60, 60, £60 only?

Come on.

Worth a lot more than that.

£60 is bid.

All done?

VO: That's £20 less than she paid.

But the insurance valuation takes it up to 80 so Catherine breaks even.

It's a shame because I would have loved it to really take off.

I know.

VO: Now Catherine's chimney has to go through the roof if she's going to catch David.

20, 20 is bid, 20, 30 thank you, 40, £40 is bid, 40.

Come on.

50, 50, 60 is bid now £60.

Selling at £60, all done and finished?

£60.

VO: Well there you are - smoke but no fire.

CS: That's OK, yeah, yeah, OK and it's your barometer next.

DAVID: My barometer.

VO: Now the pressure's mounting.

£20 somebody?

£20 is bid, 20, 20, 25, 30, 30, 30, £30 the best we can do?

£30?

£40.

DAVID: Good man.

CS: Oh!

He's got style.

He's got style.

Any further bid on £40?

Come on!

The bid of 40 there.

Any more anywhere, anybody?

Yes!

42 the lady.

44 sir.

46, it's nice.

46?

Where do you get another one?

All you need is a strap for your wrist, it's no problem.

48 sir?

Good man.

50.

Oh!

48 with you sir, thank you so much.

£48.

VO: So the barometer slowly rises to an £8 profit.

Gosh, it's like drawing teeth.

VO: And finally, David needs to sell his hat to keep ahead.

Am I the only person on the planet that sees this thing as an object of beauty?

VO: Yup, I think you are.

Ten is bid, ten, 12 thank you, 14... DAVID: Yes!

JOHN: 16, 18.

Yes.

20.

Come on £21.

DAVID: Yes!

£21.

Are you bidding 22?

Are you bidding £22?

23?

£22.

DAVID: A man of style.

(THEY APPLAUD) VO: The smoking cap smolders slowly to a £2 profit.

I'll have a kiss.

Oh go on then.

Oh well done.

Thank you.

Amazing.

Amazing.

Good start.

Oh!

VO: So no huge profits today, but a steady start.

Catherine began with £200.

After auction costs, she has taken that total to £221.40.

David did a little better.

After auction costs, he turned his £200 into £234.52, making him today's winner.

I think that was success all round actually.

Brilliant.

We both made money, I just pipped you by the skin of my teeth.

Well we both made... what are you doing woman?

Winner drives, winner drives David.

Crikey, she is wild this one.

Right.

CS: I actually really like this car now.

Oh I'm so pleased.

VO: Next time on the Antiques Road Trip... DAVID: I'll spin it, you call.

VO: David's up to some very odd tricks.

But Catherine bowls them over.

Done and dusted.

The champion.

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