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: All this week, we have been with David Harper, Catherine Southon, and their little 1980s mini.

CATHERINE (CS): Oh!

(LAUGHS) VO: Oh lordy.

VO: For most of their journey, they have been heading south, a bit like their money.

CS: We are not going to make hundreds... DAVID: No.

..or thousands of pounds.

It's not going to happen.

VO: Because whatever they bought... That is impossible.

VO: Big or small, profits have been very hard to come by.

That is it, I am absolutely wiped out.

VO: So today, on our final leg, we are heading for a Somerset showdown.

This is it, last chance saloon.

I know.

And we're in Bath!

We've got no chance!

VO: David started out with £200.

And he somehow managed to reduce it to an embarrassing £149.24.

Catherine also began with £200 and she has the lead with a nothing-to-be-proud-of £185.94 but will she spend it all?

CS: The pirate pact.

DAVID: Oh baby, the pirate pack.

CS: It's definitely happening and this time I will spend every last little pence.

VO: Our trip began in Eccleston in Lancashire and headed south for about 350 miles - through Wales and the West Country heading for Seaton in Devon.

Today we're starting out in the city of Bath, and then making for a thrilling finale at an auction by the sea at Seaton.

Although the city has been famous for a very long time thanks to its healing waters, it was the Georgians who turned Bath into one of the country's most fashionable resorts.

No, this doesn't on the face of it seem like the ideal place to find a bargain but chin up.

CS: This is very familiar.

DAVID: Is it?

CS: I've been here before.

You've got no chance.

I know them, they are my...hoy!

Come on you.

You are a devil.

Now then, now then.

This is so familiar to me, it's, well, it's like I was here yesterday.

It's like being at home.

It's.

VO: Well I just hope she can remember her way around because even rabbits might find this shop a little bewildering.

Clearly, some very nice furniture though.

Good furniture but I'm not looking for furniture.

VO: No, not with your funds you're not.

David seems a little nervous today.

Perhaps he can hear Catherine getting re-acquainted?

Hello, I was here not so long ago.

Very nice to see you again Alex.

Do you mind if I mooch?

No, you have a look round.

And if I find something, you are the man to negotiate with?

You will see me and we will have a chat.

Lovely.

I like that, that's the sort of thing that would stand out at auction, people would be drawn towards it.

It's wooden.

My little boy would love that.

Isn't that gorgeous?

How much is on that?

Oh £170.

VO: Strangely enough the Thomas the Tank Engine stories were also inspired also by a 1940s toy.

The Reverend Awdry wrote them for his son Christopher.

This red one looks a bit more like James the engine, one of Thomas's co-workers.

British made toy, probably 40s I would say in date.

Maybe it's slightly earlier.

Probably 40s.

Isn't that lovely, it's got a lovely look about it, still got its original paintwork.

Nice little vintage toy, you can't go wrong with that.

Although you can at £170.

VO: I think she'll certainly have a word about that.

Meanwhile David it seems has decided to give up on the fancy stuff and buy with the auction in mind.

Not a bad idea Dave, see if you can churn it.

DAVID: We are going to a country sale and that's a provincial country item and it could be the right thing to go for the right sale.

VO: This is an oak butter churn, 19th century, although the functional design barely changed over the years.

It could go down a storm in Devon.

Let's see, if it's 50 quid it's cheap.

VO: Yes, but the ticket price of £140 would wipe you out.

Can I make you an offer on it?

You can.

OK. 50 quid Alex.

I'd get more than that in Devon.

DAVID: Not the way my journey is going.

VO: He's a bit desperate.

ALEX: 65.

I have got to be really hard Alex.

Under normal circumstances I would just say "yes".

VO: Oh yeah?

Short of getting down on hands and knees...

Please take my 50 quid.

Go on then.

50, magnificent, thank you very much.

That's very, very, very, good of you.

I know it is.

VO: What a start eh?

That certainly was a good churn.

Now, what's Catherine got there?

CS: That's a nice little set isn't it?

Are they all silver on the top?

They look to be.

ALEX: Yes.

Lovely leather case and what's nice is that it is in lovely condition.

ALEX: Still got the little tag.

CS: And I would say probably 30s.

ALEX: Yeah.

OK, nice original cap to that.

Is that one got the same one?

ALEX: Yeah.

All the hallmarks match perfectly.

That would have to be very cheap.

Ah, I thought it said 48 but it was 148.

ALEX: Well, we can talk about it a little bit.

ALEX: How about 80?

CS: Still a lot.

I know, it's as far as I can go down it.

I like the train, I do really like the train.

What about if we have the two?

ALEX: We can do that at 60 and the train at 90, how about that?

CS: That train is too expensive at 90.

I mean I am thinking more 50 to be honest.

No, can't do it.

Could you do 60 and I will have the two, 120?

Go on then.

OK, just before I shake your hand, I am just going to think, because that's blowing quite a lot of my money isn't it?

Alex, I am going to shake your hand on the... ALEX: Right... CS: ..train ..on the train.

CS: ..definitely at 60.

ALEX: ..and the bottles?

Hold fire on the bottles, I am definitely going for the train at 60 and I am probably, almost definitely going for the bottles as well.

VO: Tut tut Catherine, that's really naughty.

Alex agreed on the knocked-down price if you took them both.

Now what's she up to?

CS: Oh dear.

Do you see what I see?

It's got a whacking crack there.

What a shame.

That's disappointing.

It's a no, no.

Thanks very much, see you.

VO: So Catherine gets the train for just £60, but that was a very foxy deal young lady.

One purchase each and suddenly Bath seems like a very nice place to stay.

Now, this looks like an interesting shop.

This place must have once been a grocer's.

DAVID: Oh my gosh.

VO: I think David definitely prefers it this way though.

DAVID: What a shop.

There aren't many shops like this left in the country.

Treasure troves.

VO: Plus, there's Caroline the proprietor.

Cor, lovely outfit.

DAVID: Doesn't half keep you fit, thank you.

CAROLINE: You have to be a contortionist.

Thank you.

VO: Apparently related to another road tripper.

CAROLINE: Thomas Plant.

DAVID: Thomas Plant?

Mm.

Nephew in law.

VO: What, our Thomas?

DAVID: No.

CAROLINE: Yes.

Yes, Tom.

DAVID: You're Thomas Plant's auntie?

CAROLINE: Yes.

DAVID: Once or twice removed.

Yes, he's a great guy.

He is lovely.

Thomas and I, we're like that.

Oh really?

We are effectively brothers.

CAROLINE: Oh really?

DAVID: Yes, my gosh.

VO: Are you sure?

Yeah, yeah, me and Tom.

So... family discount.

CAROLINE: I can give you some green shield stamps.

VO: Worth a try I suppose David.

But I think they might be out of date.

VO: How low will he stoop?

She's no fool.

Oh well, perhaps if he finds the right object, kinship will kick in.

DAVID: That is quite nice isn't it?

Spinach jade there.

VO: Really?

You're kidding me.

Jade is amazingly hard as you can imagine and the way to test it's you take a coin or a pen knife and you go the base of something and you just scratch it.

And if it soaks down you will literally dig into it.

That is hard so it's either a jade or a jadeite but certainly would be described as a hard stone.

VO: For the Chinese, jade has the same sort of cachet as gold or diamonds in the West.

The imperial family used it to furnish their graves.

The price is on the up now thanks to China's great economic might.

DAVID: It has got a little fracture here.

Is she listening?

It would have to be really, really, cheap.

Caroline, were you listening to that?

No, I wasn't, I'm sorry.

I thought you were having a private conversation.

Well I do talk to myself.

VO: The ticket price is £35 but what can Caroline do?

CAROLINE: How about a fiver off?

DAVID: Oh my goodness me, I shouldn't have mentioned that we're related.

VO: Never mind, maybe Caroline can find him something a bit more suited for a country sale.

I bet you know what this is, don't you?

Hey, it looks a bit worrying to me that.

Ah, I do, something to do with a horse.

Yeah.

But a horse drawn...

Horse drawn carriage!

Could it be £5, just put it on my account?

No it can't be £5.

Go on, let's get trading.

£6.

No!

Seven.

No, no.

No.

No.

I'm going to stamp my foot.

VO: Quite right, well even the best of family sometimes have their differences.

I'm sorry for looking at everything.

Oh that's £100.

Now make me an offer.

You are terrible.

VO: No, I think it's a two-way thing.

This is therapy.

Oh, hear that?

CAROLINE: Yes.

Would £20 buy it?

I wish I hadn't shown it to you now.

Is that a yes?

No.

VO: It might not seem like it but I think they're making progress these two.

Of sorts.

No, keep looking.

DAVID: £10 on the chair.

CAROLINE: No.

OK. £18 on the jade cup?

Don't think so.

No, I can't.

Almost.

Oh dear.

If you made it 20... Go on then.

We've got a deal.

Ah!

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

We've done some business.

Smelling salts please!

VO: Congratulations, I love it when a family makes up.

Now, let's have a toast.

Ah, just the thing.

These rummers are quite nice, they have an early 19th century look to them, haven't they?

CAROLINE: They have got the right look, so they are sort of late Edwardian.

Yeah, hang on I think... (DING) Yeah, give them a ping.

The ring of confidence.

No, they're alright.

A nice bit of old grinding there.

Good wear.

Good wear on that.

CAROLINE: That's always a big sign.

VO: The ticket price on these is £46.

Em... what could they be to me do you think?

Could they oh...

I think it's time you left so I will give you a decent price, 35 for the pair.

Could they be possibly 20 for the pair?

I tell you what, £30 and that's it.

I can't.

Caroline, I can't.

DAVID: 20?

CAROLINE: 26.

Go on then.

You're an angel.

And now are you going?

VO: Don't worry Caroline, the prodigal is off.

He's almost spent his very limited funds anyway, with just £53.24 left.

Now what's Catherine up to?

VO: Motoring from Bath up to Gloucestershire and the village of Berkeley.

She's here to visit the museum dedicated to Edward Jenner, the physician and scientist who, as the pioneer of the smallpox vaccine, is said to have saved more lives than any other man.

Hi there, very nice to meet you.

I'm Helen, welcome to Dr Jenner's house.

VO: Edward Jenner was born in Berkeley in 1749 and later became the local doctor.

Whereupon he set about trying to eradicate smallpox, a disease which was then as deadly as cancer today.

CS: Now, we have all heard of smallpox but we don't really know very much more about it.

It stars off with fever, flu-like symptoms and as the disease progresses you come out in bumps and pustules all over your body and not only were they on your skin, but they were on your internal organs, on your retinas and in your ear cannels so even if you survived the small pox you were either left with horrific scaring on your skin but also deafness and blindness were absolutely rife.

So would you be literally be covered from head to toe?

Absolutely.

VO: In the 18th century the disease was untreatable and inoculation with the virus that causes smallpox was extremely dangerous.

So Jenner started experimenting with the much milder cowpox as a possible vaccine.

HELEN: Folklore stipulated that dairy maids didn't catch smallpox and they had beautiful skin so fair dairy maids, why do you have such beautiful skin and Jenner did actually ask a young lady that and she said, "well you should know, you're an apprentice doctor, you should know.

I've had cowpox."

VO: In 1796 Jenner tested his theory by inoculating his gardener's son with pus from the cowpox blisters of a local milkmaid.

The rest became history.

So I will show you that one.

Cow horn.

Right.

We believe it belonged to Blossom who was a cow that provided the first vaccine for Jenner's cowpox vaccination.

Ah that's very significant.

HELEN: Yeah.

VO: Jenner's cowpox experiments showed that the boy and several others patients were immune to the deadlier smallpox disease.

But the residents of Berkeley have yet more reason to be proud of their most famous son because at the end of his garden in this tiny summerhouse, Jenner vaccinated local people for free.

His friends named it "the temple of vaccinia".

Thousands of upon thousands of lives would have been saved in this room.

Yes, that's exactly right.

That's remarkable.

VO: In 1979 the World Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated from the human population.

No wonder they call Edward Jenner the Father of Immunity.

VO: Well, I don't know about you but I think I could do with a bit of a lie down after that lot.

Night night.

VO: The next morning begins with a miracle of engineering.

No, it's not the Mini.

CS: This is a lovely moment.

Going across Clifton suspension bridge.

VO: Yesterday David bought an oak butter churn, a so-called jade cup and some glass rummers for £96.

(DING) We have done some business.

Smelling salts please!

VO: Leaving him with mere £53.24 to spend today.

While Catherine bought just a toy train for £60, leaving her with almost £125.94 at her disposal.

VO: Soon they'll be setting off for that auction in Seaton but our next stop is the city of Bristol.

Famous for being sea faring and generally ship shape, Bristolians are also well known for adding an L to the end of words.

I'm fairly sure that Brunel already had one though, when he arrived to make his various fine contributions to the city.

DAVID: Brunel's Great Britain.

My God!

CS: Great Britain, that is very exciting.

Can we go and see that?

We haven't got time, we've got to go antique buying.

Argh!

VO: To the south of the city, there are a couple of very unusual shops.

Side by side, Owned by a father, Michael Beese, and his daughter, Rachel.

So you go see Michael and I'll go see Rachel.

CS: Good luck.

Hello.

MICHAEL: Hello.

Might you be Michael by any chance?

Hello Catherine.

Hello.

Oh, oh... oh you're a charmer.

I don't even need to charm you.

VO: Lord.

The red dress is always charming.

Oh, you and I are going to get on famously.

I hope so.

VO: Steady on you two, it's more or less day time.

Hello Rachel, I'm David.

Pleased to meet you David.

Nice to meet you.

I think Catherine has just met your dad... Oh!

..next door.

Why you laughing?

You went "oh", what is he going to do to her?

My dad's rather a character.

He is 71 going on 21.

# Strangers in the night exchanging glances # Wondering in the night, what were the chances # We'd be sharing love before the night was through.

# VO: What is going on?

And Michael's even got a brass section.

Now, they're nice, the weights.

See, they'd make nice little door stops, don't they?

Have you got a good, strong wrist?

Got it?

Yep.

(LAUGHS) Called bell weights.

Yep.

Cuz the shape of the bell.

VO: Weights like these were once used in all grocer's shops and in the butchers that was here before Michael arrived.

You see, you can still see the tiles around the walls.

MICHAEL: When I bought it, the weights were in the shop.

CS: People collect these now and they look lovely on a dresser.

How much are these then to me?

As we are getting on famously.

MICHAEL: Those would normally be about £100.

Yeah.

I'll do them for £60 and that is reasonable.

VO: Now, while she weighs these up, there's plenty more in this shop to grab her attention.

CS: I do like your green bus.

VO: Uh-oh.

Typical, you wait ages for a child sit-on transport type toy and then two arrive in two days.

CS: It's all tin plate isn't it?

MICHAEL: But the kids used to ride on them, sit on them, go along the floor on them, a proper toy to play with.

CS: Yeah, yeah, yeah it's pretty sturdy.

You can feel the weight of it.

It's nicely made.

It's pretty strong.

It's robust isn't it?

MICHAEL: It's made to be used, not to be looked at.

CS: No, no, no.

It would be lovely if there was a name of a make, it's tin plate that's for sure and it would be nice to know... What does this say on the wheels?

Oh, that's interesting.

VO: It's made by Triang.

A very good brand in British toys.

The name comes from the founding Lines family.

There were three brothers, or three Lines as in a triangle - hence Triang.

CS: So we're talking 40s here.

MICHAEL: I would say between 1939 and 1950.

VO: It may cost a little more now than it did then though.

MICHAEL: It'll be 65... CS: Oh!

MICHAEL: ..but it's to you... CS: 20?

Oh no, no, no, no, no.

£30.

The thing is with this is, it has been repainted.

Can we do 25?

Go on then, 25.

25?

MICHAEL: Yeah.

CS: Yeah.

And that's a bargain.

Are you sure you don't want to have a ride on it?

Huh?

Are you sure you don't want to sit down?

No, I do not want to sit on it!

No!

VO: They are awful aren't they?

So while she hitches a lift, let's take a peek next door.

I'm not really looking for furniture but I have to say I'm always drawn to anything with a sort of Chinese feel.

A little Chinese hardwood, probably rosewood, carved urn stand.

RACHEL: It's really pretty and it's quite small and I do find that quirky, small items sell very well.

DAVID: Could be a little wine table, could it?

With an inset piece of pink marble, late 19, early 20th century.

I mean, I have got 85 on that one.

OK. Because I do rate it as a nice piece.

Yeah, yeah.

I am open to negotiation to nice, young looking men, so unfortunately... Oh really, is there one in here?

You are horrible, you are absolutely horrible.

VO: It's all going along rather well isn't it?

Time for David to own up.

I will tell you what I have got, £54.24 but ideally I want to buy two things.

Really?

Yeah, what do you think about that?

You are going to be struggling then aren't you?

Right... VO: Actually, he's even worse off with only £53.24 to his name.

RACHEL: I can do something on that, but it would be the majority of what you have.

Oh!

So you wouldn't be left with a lot, so we might be able to come up with some...negotiation.

OK, that sounds interesting.

VO: Now, what about Catherine?

She's got the bus, and she quite likes the weights.

MICHAEL: I tell you what I'll do, if you fancy the two of them, I will do the two for 75.

VO: Good ideal as they might say in Bristol, but there is more... CS: What's the em... carved little coconut thing?

Ah!

So it is nicely hand carved... ..with leaves, decoration, lots of foliage, flowers but interestingly... ..there's a little carved scene here of two figures.

They look like they've got some sort of spear or something there.

He could have been the chief.

VO: Coconuts have been carved for centuries, but then just about every part of the coconut palm can be used.

In the Philippians, they call it the tree of life.

Now, these things are really collectable.

Yeah.

That's right, if you put that on there... And actually quite rare if in perfect condition.

And they can go for several hundred pounds.

The shell of the coconut, they have taken the hair off and polished.

But they've taken the coconut shell and it has all been...

The husk, I think it's the husk... VO: I think Michael's after Catherine's job.

Sorry, I'm interrupting.

No, no, no you're fine.

The problem is with this one is that it's broken in several places...which is such a shame but it's a lovely thing.

But they are very collectable now, very sought after, if perfect.

VO: Michael's ticket price is £25 but I think she may get it for quite a bit less.

Next door, David still wants that table, but Rachel may have a piece of jewelry to complete the deal.

RACHEL: I would probably put £35 that one piece, because that's art deco but obviously I know you only have a certain amount of money which isn't an awful... Stop laughing.

Is that definitely all you have?

Yes, I promise you.

You have nothing else?

Look, I will even show you, look, that and that.

I want you to have all of that money.

What do you think?

You thinking of giving me all of that?

No, no, no, no.

All of that and the Chinese table.

No, I'm thinking one item and the table.

No.

I thought you were going to say, "I'll give you the Chinese table and that little collection for all of that money."

I just thought that's what you were going to say.

VO: He is just trying his luck.

But will Rachel give in?

You drive such h... you're so lovely, it's really hard to say no to you.

I would be very happy to give you £54.24 for the Chinese table and that little collection.

VO: Shameless stuff.

OK. OK. You have had such a good deal.

You are gorgeous.

Thank you so much.

VO: So Rachel has agreed to sell the table for £33.24, ridiculous!

And all that jewelry for just £20.

DAVID: Take your money.

54.24.

53.24... 53.24?

Oh Rachel, I feel awful.

I've just fleeced you for another quid because I've... RACHEL: All of that extra and now another pound to add insult to injury.

VO: Seems there's a lot of that going on.

Now, has Catherine got a deal?

No, still looking.

CS: Oh that's nice isn't it?

And it's the correct lid, which is very unusual, they are always missing, people are replacing the corks.

Etched... CS: Meredith... MICHAEL: And Drew.

..and Drew.

MICHAEL: Meredith were biscuits.

VO: Merideth and Drew of Shadwell East London were founded in 1830 and made Ginger Nuts, Rob Roys and Forget Me Nots as well as several other varieties.

MICHAEL: That is £45.

CS: That is?

And you have only got a fiver left.

No, I haven't got a fiver left, I have got a bit more than that.

I will put it there.

CS: That's a possibility.

VO: So, what is she going to buy out of all this lot then?

So I have got the jars, the bus, and the weights, three items for £95, how does that sound?

I've gone all giddy now.

But I like the... £100 is a very, very nice round number.

But I tell you what I'll do for that £100.

£100?

For the £100 cash, I shall put the coconut in for you.

CS: Oh!

I should think that will make you a very good deal.

That sounds very, very kind.

You are very nice.

Well thank you very much.

I've had a lovely time in here.

Now I better pay you some cash for your goods.

20... VO: Cor!

Talk about going for a song.

CS: Bye bye.

MICHAEL: Bye bye.

VO: While Catherine's been serenaded, David's grabbed the Mini and motored on... ..traveling west back into Somerset and the village of Wraxall.

To visit Tyntesfield, possibly the most perfectly preserved Gothic revival mansion in Britain.

Amazing isn't?

The creation of the Gibbs family.

When the last owner died in 2001, the house and contents were about to be sold off - until a campaign and public appeal raised many millions to save Tyntesfield for the nation.

DAVID: Ruth?

RUTH: Hi there.

Hello, David Harper.

Welcome, welcome to Tyntesfield.

Thank you very much, what an entrance, it's fantastic.

RUTH: Come on in.

DAVID: Dying to see.

VO: The family fortune behind all this was accumulated by one William Gibbs.

DAVID: I say.

VO: William bought the house in 1843 and 20 years later set about creating the Victorian extravaganza we can see today.

DAVID: I mean it's high gothic revival.

Nothing like the refinement of the Georgian period.

No, no.

So he is a fashion monger isn't he?

RUTH: Yeah.

DAVID: He has got the fashionable architecture and probably a lot of the furnishings too.

VO: William came from a trading family but became one of the richest men in England thanks to a very unusual source of wealth.

RUTH: He made his money by importing bird droppings.

At the time farmers were trying to enrich their soil, you know, and encourage crops and guano proved to be the thing.

DAVID: And this was built... RUTH: On bird poo.

DAVID: On bird poo.

Excellent.

So this is William?

A real grafter, this is a first generation grafter.

RUTH: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

The second generation?

The second generation, that's Anthony.

And look at him, he is hunting, fishing, shooting, real money here.

Yeah, yep.

VO: When the guano was all gone, the Gibbs family became merchant bankers, and when Anthony inherited Tyntesfield, he kept up the home improvements.

He was the chap that introduced electricity into the house.

Oh.

And in fact you can see just by the fireplace there, hidden by the little wooden door, one of the original switches.

So he hid the switches away, that's very clever.

And when he first installed the electricity, he stayed in the house all by himself, just in case anything went wrong.

VO: But strangely the 20th century never really intruded here and Tyntesfield became stuck in a time warp.

This is William's grandson, George, who became an MP and then Barron Wraxall.

His son Richard kept things exactly they way they were.

But when he died without an heir, the house was almost lost.

Now though, thanks to the biggest restoration the National Trust has ever tackled, we can all enjoy Tyntesfield.

DADVID: You are almost the 5th generation now, aren't you Ruth?

I think we are.

Lay claim to it.

I think all of us are, we all are.

Yes, exactly.

A different type of... Staff and volunteers, we all are and we love it here.

VO: While David's been finding out exactly where guano comes from, Catherine's coasted to the coast and the Victorian resort of Clevedon.

John Betjeman described Clevedon pier as "the most beautiful in England" and the poet laureate was a supporter of the campaign to restore the structure after it collapsed under stress testing in 1970.

Thank goodness they succeeded because Clevedon without its landmark would be a sorry place.

CS: Last shop, last few pounds left.

This is my last chance.

(CLICKS TONGUE) CS: Hello.

JULIA: Hello.

Might you be Julia?

Yes that's right.

Hello Julia, across the pottery and glass, nice to meet you.

Hi.

Nice to meet you too.

Hi.

Wow, what a shop.

I come with pounds and pennies which is probably not what you want to hear... Down to pence.

..and I have to spend every last pence in your shop.

OK. VO: Well, I'm not sure the prospect of Catherine renewing her part of the pirate pact will quicken Julia's pulse much.

Especially as she actually has only £25.94 left.

Well there's a couple of pieces I'm drawn towards.

Firstly, this.

Now this is very sweet, an ashtray, a little pin tray, 1900-1910.

This is made from copper and it's been hammered to create this little pattern around here, like the bubbles.

What I would like to see when I turn this over... ..is Newlyn stamped on it.

But it's not.

But I think I would almost put money on it that this is Newlyn.

VO: In the late 19th century many Cornish fishermen seeking a more reliable form of employment, retrained to work in copper.

This chimed with the ideas of the arts and crafts movement and produced many desirable items.

It's got £69 on it.

I don't have £69.

Would that be anywhere near... Let me have a look.

I like that.

I would need 40 on that.

Oh!

Oh dear.

VO: That's a bit of a gap, keep looking Catherine.

Not those though.

CS: Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous.

Tudric Pewter vases.

VO: Put it back Catherine, you can't afford it love.

Art nouveau, wonderful, very stylized, very simple flower heads on the top.

All made from pewter.

Absolutely perfect.

VO: Tudric was the brand name for the art nouveau pewter designed for Liberty shop.

It was known as poor man's silver, but no more.

And I know I have nowhere near the funds to pay for these.

VO: Come on now, apply yourself.

Oh, she's back at the cabinet.

Jolly pretty.

VO: I think I see what's happening here.

It's pretty, it's very pretty and the problem is when you come into a shop and you see something you really like, everything else doesn't come up to that level.

Do you know what I mean?

JULIA: Well, I think that can probably be £25.94.

94p.

Could it?

Yes.

Well that would be jolly kind.

You're welcome.

It has been absolutely lovely VO: Phew!

Well done Julia for relieving Catherine of those last few pounds.

Now, let's get down to the pier and see what's on show.

Oh!

Yeah!

CS: Nice, yes.

DAVID: OK.

It's a butter churner.

DAVID: A butter churner, I'm loving it.

Super, super butter churner.

Thank you.

So well made and it just works beautifully.

CS: Love it.

DAVID: Country sale I'm thinking.

Country... oh yeah.

Devon.

Oh yeah country, got the good idea there.

VO: She's not keen on those glasses though.

They don't do it an awful lot for me, I'll be honest with you.

OK. VO: Cheers.

DAVID: I'm very excited about that.

CS: That's absolutely beautiful.

Love that sort of speckled finish, isn't that gorgeous?

VO: What about his little table?

DAVID: Staying with China... CS: Yeah.

DAVID: It's a wine table or a jardinière stand.

How much did you pay for that?

£33 and 24p.

You robbed her.

Do you think I did?

Yes.

Ten pieces of vintage costume jewelry in a nice old box.

There's no reason why that shouldn't do well.

This time you could make money.

Wahey, I'm liking it.

Let's move onto you.

Are you ready?

VO: No shoes Catherine?

Oh yes heels get stuck in the gaps I suppose.

DAVID: Oh!

Oooooh!

VO: Oooooh!

Now we do know he has a soft spot for a toy.

I've done very well in sale for clients before.

Have you?

Astonishingly well.

CS: So we have that, then we have... DAVID: Oh!

CS: This little bus.

I'm liking that.

I'm not in love with these, I have got to tell you.

Doesn't do anything for me.

Did that come for free?

CS: No!

DAVID: What?

VO: And they were getting on so well.

DAVID: Am I missing something here?

It's arts and crafts and it's in the style of Newlyn.

OK.

Sorry, it just looked like a bit of 1930s, 50s tat.

CS: Oh thank you so much.

It did though, it did.

But it doesn't now.

I hope I don't drop it and it... oh my gosh.

Oh!

If it had gone down there I would have killed you.

Oh, oh Catherine that would have been awful.

Right.

One question... have you got any money left?

No!

I spent it all, yeah!

Thank goodness for that, you are a pirate.

You are officially a pirate.

BOTH: Ooh argh!

VO: So, what do they really think?

DAVID: I love the tin bus but the coconut is potentially a flyer.

The only objects I don't like are the rather beastly, positively revolting weights.

CS: He's done himself proud.

He has bought brilliantly.

I love the butter churner, and I think that jade is delicious.

Well done David.

Not bad effort.

Let's go.

VO: After beginning in Bath, today's leg and indeed the whole trip, will finally be settled in Seaton, Devon.

BOTH: Ooh argh!

VO: Ah pirates of course.

DAVID: Well Catherine, I'm pleased to announce that I can now officially welcome you into the pirate brotherhood.

I feel that I'm worthy of my hat now.

You have earned the hat.

I have because I did follow the pirate pact.

You did.

Eventually.

VO: I'm pretty sure they've seen a bit of piracy on the south Devon coast over the centuries.

Smuggling certainly, before Seaton became a resort that is.

CS: Beautiful!

VO: It's a collector's sale at Lyme Bay auctions today which should suit the sort of things that Catherine and David have bought.

Let's hear what our auctioneer Kevin Frost thinks of them.

KEVIN: Particularly like the butter churn, I think that might do quite well.

And also the green tin bus, I think may also do quite well.

But the jade glass, the goblet, I've never seen anything like that before, very interesting item.

VO: Ha ha, David started out with just £149.24 and like a good pirate he's spent it all on five auction lots.

RACHEL: You've had such a good deal.

DAVID: You are gorgeous.

Ah ha!

VO: Catherine began with £185.94 and she's done the same, but on six auction lots.

# Before the night was through.

# Go steady my love.

VO: Eh?

Alright Seaton, the two of them are desperate.

Right, here we are, come on, come on everybody, get fired up, get excited.

VO: Oh, Lordy, not a chance here.

Kicking off with Catherine's biscuit jars look.

£10, I have at 10.

Come on Catherine.

12?

12.

£12, 14, 16.

£16.

VO: Crumbs.

Just a small loss really.

For us, that's brilliant.

We're good.

VO: How about James the engine?

Could he make Catherine a really useful profit?

10.

12, 14?

16?

18?

20?

20, 22?

25?

28?

£25.

Oh I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

VO: I think it's love.

Oh dear, that's forced Catherine off the rails.

That was such a lovely thing.

VO: Perhaps buses really can replace trains.

70?

60?

£40 anywhere?

Got to be worth £40 surely.

40?

Got to be worth £40.

Sorry, I'm on the phone OK. DAVID: On the phone.

Someone's on the phone.

WOMAN: Yes.

£40, in the room at 40.

45?

45, 50?

55?

55, 60?

65, 70?

75, 80?

85?

90?

£85, I have at 85.

90 anywhere?

£85.

VO: It looks like Catherine's back on the road.

Well done, well done.

You made some money!

That's brilliant, well done.

VO: Now for David's bargain pile of jewelry.

£30 for it then?

All over the place, 30, 32, 35, 38, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70.

Oh my lord.

£65.

DAVID: Brilliant.

CS: That was very good.

VO: A sparkling start.

Finally, we have profit.

How long has that taken?

About 700 miles.

Oh!

VO: Apparently this tray isn't really Newlyn, but it's nice.

20?

Thank you madam, £20.

£20 I have only, 22?

Thank you madam, 22.

25?

28?

DAVID: Come on.

..fetch a lot more than 28.

30?

32?

35?

35 anywhere?

35 anywhere?

I will sell it at £32... Come on Catherine.

Oh.

VO: It's still a profit.

Just.

CS: Well I'm glad people are getting bargains out of my lots, I'm really happy.

Really?

Genuinely yeah?

VO: Now, what will they make of her weights?

35.

In the room now at £35, 38 anywhere?

38 anywhere?

38.

40, 45, 50, 55... Oh Catherine.

Maybe they're not getting a bargain.

70?

£65 in the room at 65.

At £65.

Well done you, they were magnificent.

VO: Yes, the whiff of profit changes everything.

They were very good objects.

They must have been much... Oh shut up!

They were very good things Catherine.

Honestly.

VO: Now for David's rummers that Catherine was less than complimentary about.

£20 on the book.

22 anywhere?

22.

25, 28?

28.

30, 32, 35, 38?

£35 on the book at £35.

38 anywhere?

I will take a pound, 36 anywhere?

36.

At £36.

VO: These profits keep flowing.

DAVID: Profits all the way.

You are in this aren't you?

I'm in it.

VO: OK, now David's butter churn for the Devonians.

£50?

Straight in at 50.

£50 on commission at 50.

55 anywhere?

55 anywhere?

£50, we need 55.

Nobody?

I will sell it then to the opening bid of £50.

No!

Catherine no!

Oh... VO: Perhaps they've all gone.

And I genuinely thought that would make double its money.

VO: Cheer up, let's hope China's listening in.

£40 then?

20?

Tenner?

They all want it at 10.

12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 25, 28, 30, 32, 35, 38?

£35 in front.

At £35.

It's profit.

VO: Yeah but it's not what he hoped for and is it really jade?

I thought it would make £200-300.

VO: Now people, don't be shy!

Tenner?

10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20?

£18 I have in the center at 18.

20 anywhere?

20?

20.

22, 25, 28, sell at £28... Well done, that's really nice profit.

Would have been nice to do a bit more but...

I know.

VO: Not bad for a fiver though, was it?

I'm finished.

I'm finished.

One more item to go.

CS: I hope you go out on a high.

DAVID: It would be good.

VO: Catherine has a narrow lead, so now it's all down to David's table.

We have got bids on the book on this one, starting at £30.

£30 commission bid, straight in at 30.

35 and 40, 45 and 50, 55 and 60, 65 is now in the room at 65.

KEVIN: 70.

DAVID: Yes, yes.

75, 80, 85 and 90, 95, 100?

£95, in the room at £95... 100 anywhere?

100, 110, 120?

Getting all excited, 120?

Yeah, I want that.

He wants that!

150, 160?

£150 I have at 150.

160 anywhere?

160 anywhere?

I will sell at £150.

Wooo!

VO: That was exciting.

Well done.

Come on, let's go and get a cup of tea.

And get your heels off now.

VO: Well done to you both for finally having a very good auction.

Catherine began with £185.94 and after paying auction costs, she made a profit of £19.88 leaving her with a grand total of £205.82.

David started out with £149.24 and after costs made £126.28 giving him a grand total of £275.52 so making him this week's winner.

All profits our experts make will go to a Children in Need.

DAVID: Why are pirates called pirates?

CS: Dunno.

DAVID: Cause they arrrr!

Oh.

Been marvelous hasn't it this journey?

Absolutely marvelous.

CS: We've had fun haven't we?

DAVID: We've had a wonderful time.

VO: Oh well, the crew of the good ship Mini may not have amassed much actual treasure this week, but they do have a chest full of memories.

Keep going!

Keep going!

Call.

Heads.

Wish me luck.

I didn't mean to hold them... What are you doing?

# ..When she comes!

# Woo woo!

(RINGS CLEARLY) (CRASHING) Oops!

That's a compliment.

It's round the other side.

We're rubbish.

It's depressing.

That is good.

Oh yes!

I don't like it.

I know!

Ooooh!

Oh!

Five quid.

Oh there it is!

(BEAR GROWLS) # La la la.

# I am a dalek.

BOTH: Ooh argh!

Ooh argh!

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Next week on the Antiques Road Trip... experts Charles Hanson and Charlie Ross try some cheeky charm.

Shop!

I need a lady please.

VO: Hit the highways... You and me, experience and youth.

VO: And race for pole position.

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