VOICEOVER (VO): It's the nation's favorite antiques experts... Let's get fancy.

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

I'm always in turbo.

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

Hot stuff!

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

IZZIE: (GASPS) VO: But it's no mean feat.

There'll be worthy winners... PHIL: Cha-ching.

MARK: Oh, my goodness!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

DAVID: Bonkers!

VO: Will it be the high road to glory... You are my ray of sunshine.

NATASHA: Oh, stop it!

VO: ..or the slow road VO: to disaster?

(GEARS CRUNCH) Sorry!

VO: This is Antiques Road Trip.

Yeah!

Welcome to South Lanarkshire.

PHIL (PS): This is the best.

NATASHA (NS): It's absolutely gorgeous.

Isn't it just?

Wow!

We're actually not far from my parents, shall we just pop in and see them?

Let's go and see Philip and Barbara.

Honestly, they've got lovely stuff in their house.

PS: We can have some of it!

NS: I think they would give us NS: a really good deal.

PS: Oh yeah.

NS: That's your inheritance, Tash!

It's the third leg with auctioneers about town, Philip Serrell and Natasha Raskin Sharp.

This is the crucial third leg.

Something always happens on the third leg, someone always makes a play.

So who's your money on?

PS: You.

NS: No, don't be so daft.

VO: Our best chums are zooming around in the 1972 MGB Roadster.

NS: Look at this gal.

PS: Yeah, that is definitely... And you know how you can tell?

NS: (LAUGHS) They've got the rubber gloves hanging down at the back end.

VO: (LAUGHS) So eloquently put, Phil.

So far, this pair are putting the jazz into pizzazz.

Chef's kiss, gorgeous, love it.

VO: Always dedicated to the world of antiques... Look at this action from the side, it's quite delightful.

A garden roller.

Look at his little eyes light up.

VO: ..but always bezzie mates.

If you had to choose, would it be the view or the car?

It would be you, lovely.

VO: Let the festival of fun continue.

The new trick is to lose money, with the style and the panache that we're doing.

Oh, so we're just setting a trend?

Oh, yeah.

VO: Natasha started with £200.

After her second sell, she has, well, quite a bit less.

Ha!

£126.84.

Philip also had a starter wodge of 200 smackers.

He also has a bit less, but a bit more than Tash, with the sum of £156.

PS: Oh, there's a nice cow.

NS: That was a nice... NS: That's a hairy cow.

PS: (LAUGHS) NS: Seeing as we're still in Scot... (THEY LAUGH) VO: Blimey, laughing again, Phil?

Are you feeling OK?

Their four nation tour began in the Lake District, crossed the border to Scotland, will jump over to Northern Ireland and conclude with an auction in Wrexham.

I know how loved you are in these parts.

PS: Oh, shut up.

NS: No, I'm serious!

VO: He's just fishing for compliments.

Our raring to go road trippers are in South Lanarkshire, shopping all the way to Paisley, in Renfrewshire.

First stop, the village of Rosebank.

Natasha has been dropped off by her pal Phil and is now at Clyde Valley Antiques Centre.

Inside, a vast ocean of antiques awaits for Captain Tash.

With a titch under £127, let's see which port she sails into first.

You're quite sweet.

Oh, they're quite cute.

So, traveling inkwell, definitely a genre in which I've dabbled in the past, but not encased in leather.

So, this one is marked for ink.

Morocco leather, I think you'd describe this.

They look to be turn of the century.

Could be late Victorian, could be Edwardian.

How good is that?

Spring action.

Still got it.

Still got it, after all these years.

You're speaking about the inkwell or yourself?

I can't decide if I'm more attracted to light.

Along with this matching vesta case for your matches, this little duo would have made an excellent traveling companion for the Edwardian gent, and would have been fitted in a case.

Black leather is really attractive.

Yes, it's not in the world's best condition.

There's a bit of a hole there.

That is reflected in the price, because the label has AF on it, so, as you find them, and I have found them, I like them.

But £30 is the price.

I like them.

Here we are traveling.

I could write Phil a letter, and then, when I realize it's filled with too much passion, set it on fire.

That's what I'm thinking.

NS: That's my plan.

VO: Steady yourself girl!

Now, where is our charming man?

# There's a spot in Glasgow city... # VO: Philip is in Glasgow's East End of London Road... ..at the world-famous Barras.

He's off to Randall's Antiques.

# And rascals by the score # # Everybody knows the Barras is the place # Did ye know St Peter lost the key... # VO: Phil has just over £156 to spend.

Just going to test my eyes, just to see how it comes out.

Ready?

O.

It's not very good, really, is it?

No wonder I keep losing money!

Ha-ha!

You could do with a new pair of Gregorys.

You see, there are certain things that are an absolute design statement.

And in 1929 or thereabouts, Mies van der Rohe designed some chairs which have become known as the Barcelona chairs.

New, those chairs would probably be £600 to £800 each.

You can have the three for £800 there.

But they are a real design statement, and they are out of my budget.

VO: Just a tad.

What else can we find?

Well, look at that.

I mean, that's a thing, isn't it?

If in doubt, revert to type.

So those are salt glazed feed troughs that have come off a farm somewhere or other.

Well, there's a price ticket that says £35.

I'm not sure whether that's each or for the pair, but I mean... ..you know, if I could buy one of those for a score.

I'm back feeling comfortable in my own territory.

VO: To sum up a Serrell ideal purchase, nothing says it quite like a big farm trough.

While he continues to snuffle around... ..Natasha is in full hunting mode over in the Clyde Valley.

NS: Now... never in my life have I knowingly been attracted to a paperweight, but this I can get on board with.

This is gorgeous.

OK, so I think we're in Italy, the style which is Sommerso, which is Italian for, simply, submerged.

So kind of submerging these colors and casing them in the clear glass.

VO: The Sommerso technique was originally developed in the 1930s, and is a Murano glass-making method.

I think it's '60s or '70s.

It's postwar anyway, but it's just such a pretty palette.

Something quite candy about it, and I just think, in this world of internet bidding, that would photograph so beautifully.

There are paperweight collectors out there.

I'm quite taken by it.

VO: It's priced at £28.

It was Philip Serrell, in the library, with the paperweight.

No, it was probably Colonel Mustard.

VO: Nah, defo Professor Plum.

Stand by dealer Alan.

Let's start with the paperweight.

What would be your best price?

ALAN: 15?

NS: Oh, really?!

NS: Great.

ALAN: Give you a hand, yeah.

ALAN: Could do that.

NS: I'm so grateful for that.

NS: £15.

ALAN: 15?

Let's do it.

VO: The Edwardian traveling ink and vesta cases are owned by another dealer.

Ticket price, £30.

I spoke to him.

He said he can be very, very nice to you.

£5, if it helps you beat Philip.

NS: £5?!

ALAN: £5, yeah.

Are you serious?!

ALAN: Seriously.

ALAN: That's what he said.

VO: Blimey, Alan!

Well, this is the best thing that's ever happened to me.

NS: That is so kind.

£20.

ALAN: That's OK.

Thank you.

I'm really grateful.

NS: Thank you so much.

ALAN: OK.

I'm so grateful.

Take care.

VO: Thank you, Alan, and that other dealer.

Most kind.

£20 for the mid 20th-century Sommerso paperweight and the Edwardian traveling ink and vesta cases.

Wow!

Tash now has a little over £106.

We'll catch up with Natasha later.

Back in Glasgow, dealer Jane is on hand to help Phil.

These, they're feed troughs, aren't they?

Yes, they would have been cattle feed troughs.

VO: The ticket price is £35.

Can I give you 20 quid for one of them?

DEALER: You can, yes.

PS: Really?

DEALER: Yes.

Yes.

PS: OK. You're an absolute angel.

That little kind of bohemian bottle up there...

It's lovely.

Unfortunately, it's seen better days.

Haven't we all?

It's had a really, really interesting repair on it, because... ..the stopper has been broken off inside the bottle, but as a decorative... How old do you think that is?

..it's lovely.

Well, I would think it's mid 1800s.

Well, what's the best you can do that for?

£10.

That's almost too good to walk past, isn't it?

VO: He's going for it.

PS: Twist.

DEALER: (CHUCKLES) PS: Go on.

PS: That's 30 for the two.

DEALER: Thank you.

PS: You're a star.

DEALER: Yeah.

VO: Amazing buy.

Thank you, Jane.

£20 for the late 19th-century salt-glazed trough... ..and £10 for the 19th-century glass decanter.

Philip now has £126.

That weighty trough will be sent onwards to auction.

Meanwhile, Natasha is on her very own stomping ground in the city of Glasgow.

She's in the West End... ..to discover the roots of the very first uniformed Christian youth movement in the world.

CEO and Battalion Secretary Jim McVean can tell us all about the Scottish Sunday school teacher that spawned a global movement - the Boys' Brigade.

In the early 19th century, Glasgow was an exceptional city of contrasts.

The spectacularly rich lived side-by-side with some of the deepest poverty in Britain.

A young Sunday school teacher, William Alexander Smith, was constantly battling with unruly teenagers in his class.

He sought for an answer.

He had a military background in the Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, and he thought he would try something different, and he got the boys to come along to what was effectively a club night, which became the Boys' Brigade, and it was based on drill, discipline, physical activities and an element of what they would call then Bible class, which was effectively a mid-week Sunday school activity.

It would have been very structured and very disciplined.

They quickly came up with an idea of a uniform.

So he came up with a white haversack, a belt and a pillbox hat.

That became the three main items of uniform.

VO: This uniform would give the boys a sense of belonging and items to take care of.

HOST: There would have been inspections.

The old uniforms would have had a brass buckle which had to be polished.

It would have a leather belt which had to be polished.

VO: The organization was formed during the British Empire and welcomed boys of all faiths.

Companies formed from the Far East to the United States of America.

In the 19th century, organized camping was brand-new and a huge attraction to boys and young men.

So, too, were the prizes and rewards.

What did you have to do to obtain a trophy like one of these?

Because these are magnificent early 20th-century trophies.

HOST: The Glasgow Battalion Knockout Cup football competition is one of the oldest football trophies in the world.

NS: Really?

Is that what I'm looking at?

HOST: We are still using it as the seniors' Knockout Cup competition, now in its, well, it would be 131 years.

That's amazing.

VO: In 1909, Sir William was knighted for all his energetic drive to better the lives of young men of all faiths.

Nearly 140 years later, Sir William's Boys' Brigade still has relevance to many.

The Boys' Brigade is church-based, it has a link to the church, but is an organization for young people of all faiths and none.

So we don't, you know, we don't discriminate who can attend.

I think that, for the point of view of young people having an organization that's got a structure, whether it's uniformed or not, is good, I think, for young people's physical and mental health.

VO: Physical exercise has always been a key element of the Boys' Brigade.

Let's go and join the fellas in action.

Is it OK if I join your team?

PLAYER: Of course.

NS: Right.

Here we go.

VO: After 140 years, the Boys' Brigade is still going strong with over 750,000 members in 60 countries.

Oh, it's coming in hot.

VO: And with the Girls' Association formed in 2008, Sir William Alexander Smith's vision has indeed stood the test of time.

Oh, look, there's Philip!

Do you know what?

I've reverted to type.

I bought a big lump of stone.

I wonder how that's going to do.

I don't know.

VO: Phil's hot on Tasha's tail and has also made his way to Glasgow's West End, ready to rock and roll.

He's pointed the MG to Ruthven Mews... # Quivers down my backbone... # VO: ..a gaggle of emporiums all under one roof.

With £126 in his wallet, let's see what he plumps for.

# Shakin' all over.

# Don't suppose you've got any cups and saucers, have you?

DEALER: No, they're hard to get.

VO: Liar!

Ha-ha!

Keep on rummaging.

That's an eclectic pair of scissors, isn't it?

So these are scissors or shears.

When I saw them, I thought the end had been broken off.

But they haven't, because that's the natural end of that scissor.

These are 19th-century.

And I actually think they're really cool things.

Just look at the way your hand fits in there.

It just works perfectly.

VO: Very ergonomic, Phil.

So these would have been used in a tailor's, possibly for cutting long rolls of material.

VO: Interesting thing.

Now, they don't have a price.

If I can buy those for 10 or 15 quid... You know, I've got to start putting myself gently on the road.

I can't take risks.

VO: Don't blame you.

It's the third leg, and Phil's cash reserves are dwindling.

Where's the Serrell nose taking him now?

Oh, no!

Actually, that might be an option.

So that's a 19th-century cast-iron feed trough.

VO: I detect a bit of a theme here, Phil.

I can put that with the trough that I've already bought and sell them as one lot.

Gordon Bennett!

That's heavy!

Just remember this.

Legs apart, lift together, um... and always keep your back straight.

VO: Noted.

No price on the trough either.

Stand by, Paul.

Paul, have you ever thought about stock-taking?

Yeah, all the time.

That's why I'm minimalistic.

VO: Let's kick off with the cast-iron trough, then.

Would that be 1890-1910?

Probably.

It's an old one.

But I've also seen these.

Oh, they're nice.

And there's no price on the sheet...

I don't have prices on anything.

You don't price on anything?

The shears and the feed trough...

..I'd like to offer you 40 quid for the two.

I cannae do that, Phil.

I tell you what I'm gonna do.

Because I started out with an odd sum of money, right?

Right.

There's 10, 20, 30, 40... 50.

Oh, you can keep going.

No, no, that's the end of that lot.

But what I have got here is a very odd thing.

JOHN: Show me.

PS: It's an odd pound.

JOHN: Oh, we've got a deal.

PS: Really?

JOHN: Yeah.

Top man.

Thank you very much indeed.

JOHN: Thanks, Phil.

VO: Thank you, Paul.

That breaks down to 35 for the cast-iron trough and £16 for the pair of 19th-century tailor's shears, leaving Phil with just £75.

That weighty trough will be sent on to auction.

NS: I do love a Highland cow.

PS: I do.

NS: There's a lovely term.

It's not a herd of cattle for Highland cattle.

PS: What is it?

What is it?

NS: I can't remember.

VO: It's a fold, Tash.

Huh!

Nighty-night.

Wakey-wakey, rise and shine!

I had a huge cup of tea this morning.

PS: Did you?

NS: Yeah.

That could lead to a Countdown moment, couldn't it?

What's that?

"I'll have the P, please, Bob."

(THEY LAUGH) VO: Alright, Phil, you've started early today.

Yesterday, Natasha was a bargainista... ..picking up a mid 20th-century Sommerso paperweight and a matching pair of Edwardian traveling ink and vesta cases... How good is that?

Spring action.

..leaving her with just over £100.

While Phil was also careful with his cash, he has a weighty combo lot of 19th-century troughs, a 19th-century bohemian glass decanter, and a pair of 19th-century brass tailor's shears.

If in doubt, revert to type.

VO: Philip has 75 smackers left.

So I bought this bottle decanter.

The stopper had broken, and the bottom of the stopper was wedged in it.

NS: Oh, that sounds good!

PS: And then I dropped it.

Oh, you break, you buy!

No, I've dropped it.

The buy was perfectly alright, but it knocked the stopper out.

NS: Oh!

PS: So how lucky is that?

VO: Yeah, incredibly.

OK, if you rub the bottle and a genie came out, what would be your three wishes?

Oh, Tash, do another Road Trip with you, hon.

VO: You soppy old goat!

Their Scottish sojourn today will be around the city of Glasgow and Renfrewshire.

With Philip dropped off elsewhere, Natasha begins in the Finnieston area of Glasgow... ..a hot spot for cool city hipsters.

So, only fitting Tash pays a visit.

Ha!

Stand by, Finnieston Antiques.

And what can Tash find in here with her remaining £106 and pennies?

Oh, that's nice.

I think the person who owned this probably used it very regularly.

When you hold it up to the light, you can see the two voids that are within.

So, one for scent, which would be this side, because this, nicely, has its little stopper.

VO: The other would have contained smelling salts.

Practical and pretty.

This... shall we say, Bristol Blue glass chamber?

It's that deep blue associated with the South West.

VO: Yes, two 18th century Bristolians, a potter and a chemist, mixed cobalt oxide with molten glass to create this incredible color we know today as Bristol Blue.

It's about 150 years old.

We're in the late 19th century.

Queen Victoria is on the throne.

Ladies are maintaining a certain sense of style when they carry with them scent bottles.

VO: It's priced at £45.

What else can we find?

Nice swing.

I'm obsessed with gimbals, and you'd think that...

They are, yeah.

Yeah.

I can...

I love these things.

I see them a mile off.

# Bom-bom-BOM.

# What say you?

OK.

Marked on the base, "etain", E-T-A-I-N. Etain is French for pewter, so they fall into antique territory, probably about 100, 110 years old.

I think we're in the 20th century.

I don't think we're in the late 19th, but if we are, all the better.

VO: A maritime must, the gimbal design ensures the candle stays upright through the motion of the sea.

And actually, I've just noticed as I've spun them around there, there is a little... Look, there's a little cut-out so that you can hang them on the wall.

So they are sconces and they are chamber sticks.

I am very keen on these.

£65.

I'm not scared, but I'm definitely here to haggle.

VO: Stand by, Mo.

Starting with the late Victorian Bristol Blue scent bottle.

I know that you have £45 on it, and I don't want to be too cheeky, Mo, for goodness' sake, I don't want to be too cheeky.

It's OK.

But I'm thinking, what would, like, the very best price be?

MO: To you, £25.

NS: 25?

MO: 25.

OK, let's go with that.

I'm grateful for that.

Thanks, Mo.

VO: And the pair of French gimballed chamber sticks.

MO: 65 on them?

NS: Yeah.

45?

Is that alright?

45, oh!

Mo... MO: £40.

NS: We could do 40?

MO: 40.

NS: And that's it?

MO: Yeah, I think it's... NS: £40.

£40 I think is... 40, 25.

65.

Call it 60, for you.

NS: Oh, are you sure?

MO: Yeah.

NS: 100%?

MO: 100%.

Oh, that's really kind of you.

OK. That's 40, 50, 60.

I'll just pop it down.

Oh, right.

Mo, you're a legend.

NS: Thanks ever so much.

MO: Take care.

Bye-bye.

NS: Bye-bye.

Bye!

MO: Bye-bye.

Thank you.

VO: Thank you, Mo!

£25 for the late Victorian Bristol Blue scent bottle, and 35 for the pair of French gimbal chambersticks.

Tash now has £46.84.

Meanwhile, Phil is also on the outskirts of the "No Mean City".

He's made it to Finnieston Quay... to visit a towering symbol of Glasgow's epic engineering and maritime heritage.

Built in 1921, the iconic Finnieston Crane dominates the city's skyline along the River Clyde.

Allan Wilson, from The Big Crane Company, is passionate about preserving one of the last surviving cantilever cranes in the world.

So would that have been one on its own or were there lots of those around here?

There was about 15 of them on the Clyde, but there's only about four, four left.

So why is that one left?

Well, it's been preserved as part of the city's heritage, sort of industrial and maritime heritage, and it represents Glasgow as a symbol.

VO: By the 19th century, Glasgow was the second city of the British Empire.

Shipbuilding was at the very heart of the industry here, with one fifth of the world's ships being built on the River Clyde.

Fully operational by 1922, Crane Number 7 cost nearly £70,000, the equivalent of £4.5 million today.

With a lifting capacity of 175 tons, the Finnieston Crane was vital for lifting heavy machinery and goods.

Was that kind of used in the building of ships or the unloading of ships?

Loading and unloading of ships.

There were many built across the world.

Its primary function was the link with the Caledonian engine works up in Springburn, and about 30,000 steam engines were constructed there, and of course, they were driven down here by horses or diesel trucks and they were then loaded by that crane on to the ships.

And if you go across the world, you'll still see trains and rails, that were constructed in this area, being used to this very day.

VO: It's estimated that 25% of all the world's locomotives were built in Glasgow.

So, back in the day, this must have been an absolute hive of activity.

ALLAN: Very much so, because, remember, it wasn't just the maritime traffic.

You had the whole shipbuilding industry up the Clyde, where thousands of people would have plied their trade.

VO: The peak of shipbuilding at the start of the 20th century would see 200 shipyards along the Clyde constructing ocean liners to warships.

PS: In its pomp, how many people would have worked here, do you think?

ALLAN: Oh, 70,000 people at its peak.

I mean, that's the population of a lot of towns PS: in those days, isn't it?

ALLAN: Very much so.

It was at the very center of the Industrial Revolution, and the local people worked in the yards and then the docks, and everything was linked to the Clyde.

PS: It's a special thing.

ALLAN: Very much so.

A special river, a special city.

VO: Postwar, competing international shipyards would see a gradual and deep decline along the River Clyde.

By the 1970s, this once engine room of the British Empire was no more.

Would you like to come up with me and have a look?

I'd absolutely love to, but I haven't got a high-vis jacket.

That's fortunate.

We've brought one with us, and a helmet as well.

You're talking to a man who's terrified of heights.

VO: I don't blame you, Phil!

Standing at 170 feet high, this is a mammoth construction.

And I feel such a wimp that this is actually high enough for me, cuz I really, really... No, I can't at all.

Oh, my life!

VO: You did well to even attempt it, Phil.

Right, Allan, onwards to the top, then.

Allan, how are you?

I'm fine, Phil.

It's a pity you couldnae join me up here.

It's almost like a massive dinosaur, isn't it?

But it's quite frail at the same time.

Yeah, it needs some TLC.

And of course, it's our objective to regenerate it, to paint it and make it once more a visitor attraction so that future generations can learn of the history of this part of Glasgow, what the function of the crane was, and of course, learn more about the general industrial and maritime heritage of the city.

Well, do give me a phone call when you've got that lift working, won't you?

I will do.

VO: A totemic representation of the city and its industrial maritime heritage.

Every success to Allan and his colleagues to help preserve and protect this giant superstructure for many years to come.

Now, where's our Glasgow gal?

Serrell's done a Serrell.

He's bought a farmyard feeder thing.

He's going to insist to the crowd that they turn it into a coffee table.

I don't know.

VO: You know him so well!

Natasha is pointing towards the town of Paisley in Renfrewshire.

At one point, the town was responsible for making 90% of the world's sewing thread.

Her last-stitch attempt... (CHUCKLES) ..at shopping is in here.

Interesting run, Tash!

With just a few bobbins to spend, just a titch over £45, what will she be drawn to?

48 hours ago, I might not have been so au fait with "sure and steadfast," but do I not know all about the Boys' Brigade now?

I do.

Do I want...?

What do you call these again?

A horse... horsey kind of situation.

Is this not a bit of a Philip Serrell ex-PE-teacher situation?

I think I should just leave it alone.

Definitely not going to take it to auction.

This is as athletic as I get.

You ready for it?

Sorry, down there.

(FANFARE) 10 points.

VO: Slightly overgenerous scoring, I'd say.

Downstairs, a Serrell is on the loose.

He has 75 smackers in his kitty.

How Andy Murray ever got good at tennis with rackets like this is just beyond me.

VO: It's a miracle, Phil!

Cor blimey!

His jokes, eh?

We have... not broken, chipped Clarice Cliff.

I think I can live with chipped, because if my eyes did not deceive me... Yeah, £10.

Look at the weight of the paint.

Look how it's been applied.

It's so evenly done.

The paint there, the weight of it differs to the paint here.

And what Clarice Cliff loved, and what she instructed her paintresses to do, was to show the brushstrokes.

She wanted people to know that these were hand-painted items - not transfer-printed - hand-painted.

So we can see the hand of the paintress, and you get three pieces.

Yes, one of them is chipped, arguably the most important piece, yes, it's chipped.

But £10.

I mean, Phil's not interested, but I am.

VO: Very nice they are, too.

Now, where's the wind-up merchant?

See, that's a nice, quite a nice little mirror, isn't it, really?

It's got the card frame of this running border all the way round, which looks like trailing vine, because you've got the vine leaves and you've got fruit there, grapes.

And what I like about it is that the border is continuous.

It's kind of got a bit of an arts-and-crafts look to it.

I suspect the mirror is probably a replacement.

It's a good little thing, that.

I like that.

VO: Me too.

And it doesn't have a ticket price.

Looks like Tash is ready for a deal.

Stand by, Ben.

I hope Phil's not causing you too much trouble.

BEN: A wee bit, but... NS: Just a wee bit?

..to be expected, I think.

Do you know what?

You took the words out my mouth.

It is to be expected with him.

I'm not going to cause you any trouble at all because I'm going to pay the full ticket price.

BEN: OK. NS: And it's a big 'un.

BEN: Is it big?

NS: It's £10.

BEN: Oh.

NS: It's the three bits of Clarice Cliff Biarritz.

BEN: Ah, very nice.

NS: A wee bit chipped.

A wee bit, but still nice.

Let me find my money and just give you £10.

Ben, it's a done deal.

BEN: Done.

NS: And do you know what?

We've all got homes to go to.

I'll tell Phil to hurry up.

BEN: Yes, please.

Thank you.

NS: See you in a bit.

BEN: Bye-bye.

Thanks.

NS: Thanks.

Phil!

Are you done?

VO: Tash is done and dusted.

That bargain buy leaves her with just over £35.

Great.

(WHISPERS) Pretend we're not here.

Anyway, this is an Edwardian mahogany gallery tray.

And this is called marquetry.

And marquetry is a design, a picture, for want of a better word, in the wood.

If it's just a geometric design, it's called parquetry.

VO: This little number doesn't have a price either.

Stand by, Ben.

You've got another customer.

I'd like to buy two things from you.

The mirror and the tray.

Could that be 40?

BEN: OK. PS: Alright?

I can just about stretch to that.

You're a gentleman.

PS: Thank you.

BEN: No problem.

So here's the money.

VO: £10 for the arts-and-crafts mirror, and £30 for the Edwardian marquetry tray.

Phil has £35 and change left - nearly the same as Tash.

Oh, Phil, it's miserable!

You brought the weather with you, Tash!

VO: With all purchases carefully stowed away in the boot, the shopping is now over.

Oh, there's another crow.

They're big around here.

Funnily enough, you do see lots of crows in the countryside.

City girl!

VO: Best get some shuteye, eh?

With a frenzy of excitement, we're limbering up for a watch of the third auction.

Oh, I've been here!

Oh, this is an amazing place.

Yeah.

The Scottish Maritime Museum is an A-listed former engine shop that was salvaged and relocated from Glasgow's Clyde in 1991.

It houses a spectacular collection of vessels nationally significant to Scotland.

Our Road Trip buddies have enjoyed a Scottish whirl and now find themselves in the town of Irvine in North Ayrshire, while their antiques have been dispatched to West Yorkshire, to Halifax Mill Auctioneers, for sale in the room, on the phone and the web.

The man in command is James Watson.

Room bidder's got this at 160.

VO: Natasha bought five items for the sum of £90.

Any faves?

JAMES: So this is a strong piece.

Lots of Murano does well, lots of Spanish and/or Italian glass, Mdina Glass.

Good example.

I think we'll see a good result.

VO: Phil collected five lots for £121.

Thoughts, please, James.

There's a lot of demand at the moment for haberdashery pieces, anything associated with sewing.

But at the end of the day, we are dealing with just a pair of scissors, so we'll have to see.

VO: Back to Irvine.

What I love - we've even got a crowd, look!

NS: (LAUGHS) I find them...

Thank you for coming.

NS: I know, the Captain's watching.

No pressure!

The bloomin' Captain's watching!

VO: Never mind about the Captain.

It's positively Arctic in here.

Hot tea at the ready while we watch via the tablet.

First up is Phil's Edwardian marquetry tray.

It almost looked like it was made yesterday.

PS: Yeah, it did.

NS: Amazing, what a survivor.

A tenner at the back of the room.

Oh, my life!

£10, in the room bidder, looking for 12.

12 on the internet.

14, sir.

14.

He's making sweet music.

16 in the room.

Thank you.

18.

The auctioneer is the conductor.

20, madam.

So, 20, 22.

24.

24, in the middle of the room.

26 to my right.

28, madam.

So, £26 with the room bidder.

JAMES: 28 now.

NS: Oh, a wee creeper!

30, sir?

So, £30 to my right.

NS: Yes, yes!

JAMES: £30.

JAMES: £30, then.

NS: Oh, come back in, net.

Selling to the room bidder for 30.

PS: (CHUCKLES) VO: Not sure I recognize a giggly Phil!

Turns out you know exactly what an inlaid tray is worth, NS: Philip Serrell.

Exactly.

PS: 30 quid, yeah.

VO: On to Natasha's matching pair of Edwardian traveling ink and vesta cases.

What you want here is the auction room to have a minimum bid policy of £10.

Of 10, that would be great.

Then you're just home and hosed, aren't you?

JAMES: 20 to start for these.

NS: Oh, go on.

20 to start for the pair.

Straight in on the internet.

JAMES: Maiden bid there, £20.

PS: Get in.

£20.

NS: Why?!

JAMES: Looking for 22.

Final warning, then.

22 at the back of the room.

PS: Oh, well done.

JAMES: Last-minute.

And that's selling at the back of the room for 22.

Oh, hello, hello!

VO: Nice.

The little bargain has paid off.

Well, that's good, isn't it?

Something to write home about, finally!

VO: I see what you did there.

Ha-ha!

Phil's big, weighty trough combo next.

Animal trough?

No, thank you.

PS: Yeah.

NS: Coffee table?

BOTH: Yes, please.

£20 bid.

22.

24.

JAMES: 26.

Now 28.

NS: Oh, we climb, we climb.

Looking for 30 for these.

£30 in the room.

32 in the middle.

34, sir.

Yeah?

34 to my right.

36.

38.

So, 38.

I love that you've started a room bidding war.

JAMES: 40... NS: Oh!

44, room bidder.

46 now.

They've woken up.

48 with the room bidder.

JAMES: Looking for 50.

NS: Phil, we're close.

48 with that room bidder.

Go on, mate.

Come on.

Selling, then, to the room.

50?

BIDDER: One more.

JAMES: One more, 55... NS: Make it 60.

JAMES: ..for 55.

So that's bang-on what it cost me again!

(THEY LAUGH) VO: Uncanny.

Just like your laughter.

People just do not have Serrell vision.

They just don't see it.

VO: Maybe they will with your mid 20th-century Sommerso paperweight, Tash.

I think I might have had Serrell vision on this.

Coffee table?

Well, no, but I think it might make exactly what I paid for it.

It's 20 to start.

NS: Yes!

JAMES: That'd be a good number.

So, 20 straight in on the internet.

NS: Profit.

JAMES: £20.

22 we've got in the room.

So, 22.

24.

£26.

Oh, it's gone wild.

30.

32.

So, £30 with a commission.

Sure?

So, £30 with a commission.

I like that.

JAMES: So, final warning, then.

NS: I'm so chuffed.

To the room, commission, for 30.

I did love it.

VO: As did the bidders.

Good result.

Looked a cool thing, actually.

Oh, it was so cool.

Yeah.

It was so cool.

Ooh!

Phil!

VO: The excitement mounts.

Now, can Phil's arts and crafts mirror reflect a biggie profit?

You can't lose money on this.

You said it.

JAMES: Straight in.

£10.

NS: Straight in.

PS: Oh, my life!

JAMES: Looking for 12.

Come on.

18 now.

Looking for 20.

NS: Well, excuse me!

PS: That's profit!

Room's quiet for this.

And that is selling, final warning, to the internet for just 18.

(GAVEL) And you'll take it.

You will take that profit.

Too right, I will.

VO: Not exactly a biggie, but a titchy return is better than nothing.

£8.

Ha!

Feel quite proud of myself now.

VO: Tash now with the Victorian Bristol Blue scent bottle.

JAMES: Commission interest... PS: Oh!

..and I can start us off at 26.

NS: Oh!

A pound!

(CHUCKLES) JAMES: So, £26 to start.

26.

28.

30 with us.

NS: (LAUGHS) JAMES: 32.

34 with us on the commission.

36.

Oh, Phil, relatively, this is wild.

42 with us.

At 46.

48 with us on the commission.

PS: Well done!

JAMES: 55 is taking it anyway.

I feel like I've won the lottery.

PS: That's 30 quid!

JAMES: Selling at £60 now.

65 now.

With 65, then, final warning, selling to the internet for 65.

(GAVEL) VO: Oh, the whiff of success, Tash!

Biggest profit so far.

You know when people talk about winning the lottery?

You've just done it.

I think this must be what it feels like.

Someone hand me a novelty check because that feels amazing.

VO: On to the 19th-century brass tailor's scissors from Phil.

It's difficult to tell from the image, but they look massive.

NS: Yeah.

PS: That big.

But they fit the hand.

JAMES: So, 22 straight in.

PS: Oh, get in!

Saleroom, 24 now.

Phil, this is it.

This is it.

26.

This is a shock.

Yeah, to you and me both, mate.

Yeah.

£30.

32 now.

I don't think the auctioneer's meant to say that!

He knows me!

(CHUCKLES) 34 at the back of the room.

34.

And that's selling to the room bidder for £34.

Yes, it does!

NS: Yes, it does.

PS: Kerching!

VO: Alright, Phil, you definitely cut a dash there, Serrell.

Ha!

What was the way you describe it?

The way it felt in the hands?

PS: Yeah, it fits the hand.

NS: That's what did it.

NS: It fits the hand.

PS: Fits the thumb.

VO: Onwards with Natasha's Clarice Cliff cup and matching saucers.

In the 1930s, this probably blew people's minds.

Absolutely.

"A rectangular saucer?!

What are they thinking?!"

So, £20.

Got to be worth that, surely.

Nobody at 20?

Just a tenner, then.

Just £10... NS: Oh, no!

JAMES: Worth that anyway.

PS: £20.

JAMES: £20 now.

NS: Oh, there is 20?!

JAMES: Looking for 22.

20 is where we are, though.

JAMES: Any more for any more?

NS: Oh, go on.

And that's selling to the internet for 20.

(GAVEL) £20.

VO: Lovely little set.

Lovely little profit.

But you're 100% up, aren't you?

Well, in percentage terms, it's a great profit.

In real terms, in real terms, it's a tiny profit.

No, listen, trust me, profit in any terms for us is great.

VO: The 19th-century green glass decanter from Phil is up next.

It doesn't scream, "Philip Serrell".

PS: No, it doesn't.

NS: But it does, to me, scream... "Potential for profit."

Big bid coming in straightaway, So, for this bohemian piece.

JAMES: £70.

NS: Are you joking?!

£80 now.

I knew it all the time.

I-I thought this might make 100, really.

And that one selling, then, for £80.

(GAVEL) NS: Are you so chuffed?

PS: I don't know about chuffed.

I'm relieved!

VO: Crikey!

Amazing result.

He's obviously in shock.

I just love it.

I love the story of that decanter.

It was in the Barras.

It was broken.

You dropped it.

You fixed it.

It made you, what, a £70 profit?

PS: Yeah.

NS: It's too good.

I'm going back to the Barras.

NS: Yeah.

PS: I'm now a Barras boy.

VO: It's the last lot of today - Natasha's pair of gimballed French chambersticks.

So, 20, 22 now.

£22 now.

Looking for 24.

Keep going.

24 now we've got, looking for 26.

It's got 26 now.

26 with the Internet.

Looking for 28.

28 now.

30 now.

30.

It's creeping up.

£30.

32 now.

32.

Looking for 34.

34.

Good bidding.

34.

"Good bidding."

36, heading in the right direction.

36 is where we are, and that's selling... 38 now.

PS: Go on.

JAMES: 38.

40 now.

It's carrying on.

40 is where we are.

Selling, then, for 40.

(GAVEL) VO: Well, a flicker of a profit there, Tash.

We might have just grafted our way back into a little bit of respectability.

PS: Do you think?

NS: Just a tiny bit!

VO: Let's tot up the figures, shall we?

Natasha began with £126.84, and after saleroom costs has made a lovely profit of £55 and 14 pennies.

She now has £181.98.

While Phil kicked off with £156.

After all auction costs, he's made an astonishingly similar profit of £56.94, giving him £212.94, giving Phil a hat-trick of auction wins!

(ENGINE REVS) Oh, oh, she's sounding good.

She is.

NS: She sounds like you.

PS: Really?

NS: Fired up and...

BOTH: Ready to go!

VO: Yep, Serrell's a wild one!

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