VOICEOVER (VO): It's the nation's favorite antiques experts... Alright, fair enough.

It's a really cute subject.

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

NATASHA: Make it so.

MARGIE: Here we go.

VO: And a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

Frankly terrifying.

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

But it's no mean feat.

I've lost money!

VO: There'll be worthy winners... Get in there!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

Could have been worse.

VO: Will it be the high road to glory?

Ooh.

VO: Or the slow road to disaster?

Ugh!

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

Top dollar!

VO: It's the sound of a new Road Trip.

Time to slip back in the G plan, tune up your G strings and play along with two cool dudes.

Well, use your imaginations.

Antiques guru, auctioneer Phil Serrell and coin expert Tim Medhurst are our new friends in the north.

(THEY LAUGH) Do you know what?

I feel so lucky to be on the road with a legend of Road Trip.

Two young, vibrant, happy, smiley, cheerful... men in our prime.

PHIL: Millennials.

TIM: Yeah.

Yeah.

What did you say?

PHIL: Men in their what?

TIM: Prime.

Oh, right, OK. No one's ever said that about me.

Old before your time.

Is that a fair comment?

Well, I have been told that I was born 42.

I was born in 1942.

TIM: Were you?

PHIL: No.

No!

Tim, please!

Sorry.

Sorry.

That could have been the end of a beautiful friendship before we'd even started.

VO: They'll be rivals soon enough.

With £200 apiece, Phil and Tim will be attacking the antiques emporia of Northumberland.

They will head north, before hotfooting it back down south and finishing their trip at auction in Nottingham.

On this trip, their sights are set on auction in the Scottish capital.

PHIL: Do you know what?

I'm not sure this car's gonna make it to Scotland.

Do you not?

Well, Triumph, you know, it is the oldest make of motorcar.

PHIL: Biblical.

TIM: Is it really?

Yeah, because if you read the Bible, it says Moses came down the hill in his Triumph.

(TIM LAUGHS) VO: Ha!

Oh dear.

Glad I'm along for the ride.

This stylish mustard Triumph Herald convertible was built in 1971.

Are we sitting comfortably?

I had one of those, in white.

PHIL: In the middle of the driver's seat, there's a rather protruding spring.

Oh...

But I won't tell you where it protrudes to.

That sounds uncomfortable.

But a lot of people would pay jolly good money for it.

(TIM LAUGHS) VO: Oh, dear.

Very '70s.

It is very, very 1970s, though, this car, isn't it?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It makes you realize how much you appreciate power steering, ABS brakes, a roof, a heater that works.

VO: And no whine!

You, Phil, not the car.

It's gonna be fun!

VO: Northumbria is a land of big seascapes, beautiful beaches, fairytale castles and dramatic lighthouses to soak up in the sunshine.

And first stop today is the pretty harbor village of Amble.

Oh, look, this is my first shop.

PHIL: And actually, we could do with some fuel.

TIM: We could, couldn't we?

I might leave you to do the hard work.

I'm gonna do the fun bit.

Right.

See you later, Phil.

Good luck.

VO: Yeah, while Phil struggles to get out of the car, and put a tiger in his tank... PHIL: There we go.

VO: ..Tim's off to prowl round the delightful Circa Cafe, which serves up an interesting selection of antiques and vintage, along with a nice slice of cake.

Hm, maybe later.

Yummy!

TIM: Now, I think Phil and I need one of these for the car.

Look at that.

This road map is 1920s, printed during the reign of George V. Basically, 100 years ago.

"Ordnance Survey Road Map of Harrogate, Leeds and Bradford."

I think our first auction is in Scotland, so probably not the best place to take a map from somewhere else.

VO: Indeed.

Keep looking.

Do you know who that reminds me of is, erm...Philip Celery.

Philip Celery.

VO: Ha ha.

Talking of Phil Celery, let's catch up with our favorite crispy, tasty vegetable.

He's heading a few miles north, to the ancient market town of Alnwick, dominated by its fantastic castle, where the Dukes of Northumberland once rallied their forces for fighting Scottish border lords.

Today, it's famous as the setting for Harry Potter's fictional battles with his arch enemy, Voldemort.

Having parked the broomstick, Phil's off to The Beehive, presided over today by owner Mark.

11 dealers sell their antique and vintage stock here, and, oh, yes, they love bees.

Time to get busy!

I was in Devon last week and I bumped into a Dalek, and I said, "Where are you from?"

And he said, "Exeter, mate.

Exeter, mate."

I thought that was funny.

VO: (LAUGHS) I'll poke him with my sonic screwdriver, I will!

PHIL: I quite like this.

I mean, this says it's an oak ear trumpet.

I don't think that's an ear trumpet, do you?

Hello?

So I think this is probably something like a speaker, off a kind of Edison Gen record player, or it might even be off a ship, something like that, but I think that would make...be great.

Block that on a bit of wood, put a speaker in there, Bluetooth your smartphone to it.

What a really cool speaker that is.

I'd play all the current stuff on there, like Bill Haley, and that young up-and-coming band, The Rolling Stones.

VO: A possibility, then, at £30.

Any more for any more?

They're shot puts.

Now, what you do with your shot put, you put it there, like that, under the chin like that, and that leg has to go out like that.

You chasse across the ring, then you throw it as far as you can, which, these days, actually, is not very far.

But these are 15 quid, and a lot of people think they're cannonballs, but they're not, they're shot puts.

I taught PE and geography, would you believe?

So I did shot put, I did 400 meters, 100 meters.

Erm...I was at college the same time as a chap called Sebastian Coe.

VO: No.

Phil, I think you'll find HE was at college with YOU.

Ha.

Let's leave our former PE teacher to ponder, and see whether Tim is any further forward in Amble.

TIM: He's a funny chap.

Oh, dear.

I always think that if something makes you laugh, then it's probably worth buying, and I really, really like this.

You can see here, he's a little golfer, he's got his little golfing club here.

And what it is, is a vesta slash ashtray, and his hat here, you'd put your matches, and then on the front is a striker, where you would strike your matches, and then that's for the ash there from your cigarette.

He's missing an eye, though, which is a shame.

On his left leg, here, is a registration mark.

So it says RDM, and then there's a number there, which you could look up and date it to exactly when it was patented.

I would imagine, during the Edwardian period, maybe even around 1910.

It's had a lot of use, because once upon a time, this would have been completely plated in a nickel silver, and it's just been worn and used and used until his eye's fallen out.

But it leaves just quite a fun little ornament.

There's a few different collecting fields for this.

There's golf memorabilia and there's people that collect vestas, and just interesting early 20th-century metalware.

So I just think he's fun, and the price is £10.

I'm in.

I'm gonna buy that.

I love it.

VO: And owner Nicola will surely be glad to sell it to you.

Let me give you the money for it.

TIM: £10.

NICOLA: Lovely.

I've got that in my pocket.

There we are.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Right, I think that's a hole-in-one.

VO: And having parted with a modest £10 for the first purchase of the trip, he's away.

Now, nine miles up the road, Phil seems to be making his way to the counter.

That's a relief.

Actually, those are quite fun in there, aren't they?

Can we get those out?

Yeah, yeah, that's open.

Just pull it open.

So these, are they lead or tin?

I suspect they're probably tin.

And what are they, like, Romans or something?

I think they're maybe Gauls.

VO: It's a box of German vintage soldiers made in Kiel, priced at £40.

I've actually seen sets of these.

Have you?

Yeah, and they did circus animals, they did farmyard scenes, they did all sorts of things.

What would be the best price for these here, the shot puts and the speaker?

I'll go 35 on those.

OK. £35.

You're an absolute gentleman.

VO: Very sporting prices, 15 each for the shot puts, and the painted figures, and five for the horn.

Methinks Mr Serrell played a bit of a blinder here.

I'm really pleased, cos I...

I've got the horn.

VO: Ah, isn't he sweet when he's happy?

Meanwhile, Tim's headed north to the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, the northernmost town in England.

Northumberland's extensive coalfields powered the Industrial Revolution, and entire communities depended on the hard and dangerous work down the mines for their living.

Tim has come to this long-established Berwick bakery to discover more about a lost recipe that helped to power the miners themselves.

Hello.

You must be Jim.

Hello, Tim.

Hi, how are you?

JIM: Nice to meet you.

TIM: Nice to meet you.

Welcome to Berwick.

I've heard there's a local delicacy around here... and you're the man to show it to me.

JIM: Yes, there certainly is.

It's the singing hinny.

It's basically like a scone... Oh, right.

..but the way it's done is totally different.

It's not cooked in an oven, it's cooked on a griddle.

And so you've got a hot plate, and then you turn it over.

Right.

It also allegedly sings, when you... As soon as you flip it over, all the fat rushes back down again, and it starts squeaking, and it starts sizzling.

VO: The high lard content had them 'singing' since at least 1825, when they were described in a glossary of North Country words.

But enlighten a ninny why it's called a hinny.

JIM: It's a slang.

This was back in the day, and the kids were wanting fed, so they were... "Mum, is tea ready?

Is tea ready?"

And it'd be, she'd shout back, "Tea will not be ready till they're singing, hinny".

And hinny's just honey.

Yeah.

VO: Jim Ford's grandparents have been making hinnies here since opening the family bakery in 1949, but today they're made with the addition of sugar, and without the traditional lard.

The fat content in the old singing hinny is almost identical to the flour, you know, so you'd get almost the same ratio.

Mm-hm.

That would keep you probably alive in the Arctic.

Why were they first made?

What was the purpose of them?

If you're a miner, you know, that'd be a real tough job, actually.

You know, a real tough job, and you could carry that, you know, down the mine with you, so it's totally portable.

And if you're hungry, one of those would keep you going... Keep you going.

..keep you going all day, just about, you know?

VO: 'They are very buttery and must never be absent from the table of a genuine pitman,' wrote German travel writer Johann Georg Kohl in 1844.

Using the old family secrets of Jim's granddad's traditional recipe, it's time for our Tim to recreate this mighty, working-class stodge-fest.

So stand by your defibrillator!

So, one lard and two butter?

Yeah, yeah.

And how many do you think that would make?

I would say it would make maybe about 10.

So, every... Every one, you're approximately eating a third of one of those?

Yeah.

I don't think the apron would fit.

VO: Jim makes a moat with his crumb mixture of fat and flour.

Just a little bit at a time.

VO: Milk in the middle.

Serious wrist action required for the dough.

Remember the currants.

It's like those fly ribbons.

(JIM LAUGHS) VO: And shape into patties.

Yeah, just flatten it out now.

Right, Jim, shall we put one on the, er... Yeah.

You want me to go first, or...?

Yeah, go on, you go first.

Show me how it's done.

I'll learn from the master.

(JIM LAUGHS) VO: Right, now the singing part.

Oh, look at that.

Listen for Pavarotti.

VO: Not a peep.

I can hear a pigeon.

(JIM LAUGHS) Come on, sing.

Sing to me.

JIM: You want to just go for it?

VO: Maybe lard was louder in the past.

The collieries are all closed now, an industry which employed thousands and a way of life fading into the past.

Along with them, the hinny of Jim's granddad's day has all but disappeared.

But Little Red Riding Hood is taking the basketful he's made to a local tea room that serves modern-style hinnies to see what folk make of the old lard-based recipe.

I was just wondering, would you like to try one of the hinnies I made?

Are you a fan of the hinny?

Oh, yes, we like the hinnies.

WOMAN: Yes.

TIM: You do?

Yeah.

Thank you.

TIM: Digging straight in.

MAN: Oh, my word.

Very nice.

Is it?

Very nice.

You couldn't eat more than half a dozen at a time.

No, definitely not.

No, it's not bad.

I quite like that.

Well, you can have...

I've got a whole basket I made here, you can have them for a pound each.

A pound each?

Thank you.

(SHE LAUGHS) VO: Hopefully, he'll make more from his antiques.

Right, let's see what the big bad wolf is up to.

I very much hope that the spring is not giving him too much trouble.

Isn't this just the best view ever?

I mean, just look at that.

Absolutely fantastic.

Boy, are we ever lucky to do this?

VO: Yep, and is he getting the measure of his new companion?

I really, really like working with Tim.

The only thing that bothers me a little bit is that I've got socks older than him.

VO: It's Granddad's last chance today to use the experience of all those extra decades to snap up something a callow youth can only envy.

Phil is off to the foot of the Cheviots and the bonny town of Wooler.

At Borders Architectural Antiques, owner Gordon Jell is at the ready.

This place is stuffed with impressive statues, grand furniture and quality paintings.

Not sure how far his £165 will go.

PHIL: There's just really cool things in this place.

You've got everything from lumps of stone to mirrors.

But this is a slightly different mirror, because this is a Masonic mirror, and if you look at this, you've got the square and compasses, which are Masonic emblems.

And down here, you've got the plumb rule, and the two columns are surmounted by celestial and terrestrial globes, and so you've got all this symbolism within a mirror.

So this isn't gonna have a value just cos it's a mirror, it's gonna have a value because it's a Masonic mirror.

Gordon, I think this is really interesting.

How much is this, please?

It's £200, Phil.

£200?

VO: Ouch!

Phil will have to reflect on his budget.

Looks like he'll have to turn his gaze elsewhere.

PHIL: Yeah, I saw another mirror there.

How much is that mirror, please?

GORDON: 195.

1810.

Can I borrow a pound, please?

So if you want to judge an old bit of glass, stick a coin on it, like that.

And if it's an old piece of glass, the depth between the reflection and the actual coin will be much deeper than a modern piece of glass.

So there is a bit of a tip, and on a mirror, I think it's actually...

I suppose you want this back?

Right, OK.

Thank you.

So, 1810 is Regency period and you can tell that's Regency by, A, those sort of half round cluster columns either side of it and above it, and also the molding in the corner is sometimes termed a bell push, isn't it?

That's right.

I quite like that.

Could that come for a tickle under 100?

A tickle.

Gordon, I'm pleased with that.

Thank you very much.

VO: And a tickle under £100 means £95.

Gentlemen, your day is done, and it's time to head for the hills.

Thoughts are already turning to the Full Scottish.

PHIL: Square sausage.

TIM: Square sausage.

PHIL: Yeah.

TIM: With a fry-up... they have extra bits, don't they?

Do you honestly think, looking at my...

I'm a fry-up man?

I mean, please... TIM: No, not at all.

PHIL: This is a temple.

You're a yoghurt and fruit man.

I've got the body of a God.

Buddha.

Yeah.

(TIM LAUGHS) VO: Black pudding for me, every time.

Nighty night.

VO: Good morning, Scotland!

PHIL: That is really, really gorgeous, isn't it?

It's not the Severn or the Thames, is it?

I don't think it's the Thames.

No.

It doesn't come this far north, does it, the Thames?

TIM: No.

VO: No, it's the Tweed.

Glad I never had him for geography.

I could turn that into a coffee table.

You could.

That's a bit of you there.

That is a coffee table, if ever I saw a coffee table in waiting, that is it.

That's a big old coffee table.

It is, isn't it?

Maybe we should pop in and see if you can buy one.

VO: Yesterday, Tim bought an Edwardian vesta ashtray sporting a golfing figure...

I always think that if something makes you laugh, then it's probably worth buying.

VO: ..and sets out today with £190 to spend.

While Phil splurged on a fancy Regency mirror.

I'd have this at home, cos I think it's a really cool mirror.

VO: And after throwing money at two shot puts, some German painted figures and a metal horn speaker, he's left with £70.

PHIL: Up periscope.

Oh, it's an ear trumpet.

Yeah, it's a horn.

TIM: Pardon?

PHIL: It's a horn.

Well, the horn wasn't working.

The horn doesn't work, so I thought I ought to buy a horn.

What do you think to that?

We could go canvasing, couldn't we?

We could.

ECHOING: Vote Medhurst!

Vote Medhurst!

Your ticket for the future!

VO: After ditching his election agent, ha, Tim's traveling through Walter Scott country, inching ever closer to Edinburgh.

He's in the Tweed Valley, where St Ronan is said to have sailed his coracle upstream in the year 737 to found the town of Innerleithen.

ABK Antiques, presided over by owner Brian, is a treasure trove that might yield some fine loot.

I've just found quite a nice Japanese pot, and it's called a koro, which was mainly for burning incense.

This one would date to around the late 19th century, maybe even the early 20th century at the end of the Meiji period.

And it's got a little turned wood cover as well, which is quite sweet.

And when you think that was made over 100 years ago, and the skill involved in firing cloisonne enamel.

The very top quality pieces were made with gold.

This one looks to be on a base metal, like brass, but still a beautiful, quality thing and would have taken a lot of effort to make.

But I've just felt with my fingers around the back, and it has got a nasty bash, one side, which is a real shame.

I think, in perfect condition, in an auction, you might be looking at maybe around the £100-150 mark.

But with that damage, it's going to be nearer the £30-50 mark.

And it's priced up at £30, so, maybe with a bit of negotiating, it could stand a chance.

Maybe something to put down and think about, cos I've only just got here and there is stuff hidden everywhere, so I'm quite excited just to have a look around.

VO: I'm a bit flushed myself.

What else may get his pulse racing?

TIM: Now, I like that a lot.

It's a Victorian barometer, but it looks like it's a bit of church furniture.

It's got this beautiful Gothic arch, it's made of oak, nicely carved with these two roses.

I would imagine dates to around 1850 to 1870, that sort of period.

And if you have an interest in Gothic architecture, this is the perfect little barometer to have.

Money-wise, we are looking at £42.

I think, in an auction, that stands a chance, cos I think it will be a fair auction, with stormy bidding.

VO: Can't wait!

I'm definitely gonna take it, but I'm gonna pop it up there, cos there's so much to see.

VO: Is there more, then?

This is a really nice knife strop or knife board, and you can imagine this hanging in a Victorian kitchen or butcher's over 100 years ago.

And you could sharpen your knives quite easily, on a daily basis, and it's just built up, over a long time, a really nice patination.

Also, I do like, that up here, it's got the arms of Glasgow.

The auction is in Edinburgh, not a million miles away, and the price is...£22.

I think that has got to be a buy.

Time to go and chat to Brian.

Let's see what we can do.

Brian, how are you doing?

How do you do?

Nice to see you.

There's the knife strop and that's priced at 22, and there's the Gothic barometer, that's priced up at 42.

And there's a little Japanese koro, £30, that's priced up at.

£94.

94, that's good maths.

If I took all three off your hands, what sort of price do you think we'd be talking?

What price would you...?

TIM: Ideally... BRIAN: Uh-huh.

..in an ideal world...£60.

£60.

£60 sounds reasonable.

Are you sure?

Yeah, sure.

It's a deal.

Thank you so much.

60.

There we are.

VO: £20 each for those three, and I suspect Mr Medhurst is right to look pleased with himself.

Nice work.

VO: Phil, meanwhile is out and about in the rolling hills of the borders of Ancrum, near Jedburgh.

Like most of Britain, lowland Scotland is crisscrossed with thousands of miles of hedgerows, which depend for their upkeep and conservation on the traditional skills of hedge layers like Graham Walker.

How are you?

Good to see you, mate.

Oh, I love a man with a dog.

That's Hamish.

Yeah.

He's half deaf, fully blind, and about 107 year old.

Yeah, I'm familiar with two of those bits.

Yeah!

And these are all your old tools?

These are all hedge laying tools, Phil, yeah.

I'm just about to start doing a bit of traditional hedge laying on a field boundary just behind us, down the hill.

VO: Hedgerows have been marking field boundaries since the enclosures of common land began in the Middle Ages.

For centuries, farm labor was plentiful and cheap, and maintaining hedges was part of the job.

But 20th century mechanization brought a decline in traditional skills like hedge laying.

Post-war, there was a great move to pulling them all out, but recently, the past few decades, that folly has been fully understood.

Why do you say folly?

Because basically, the hedgerow is so important, particularly in an arable landscape, like this, where it's really the only sanctuary for wildlife, as well as performing the traditional functions of being a stock-proof barrier.

It is essentially a living fence, if it's laid in the traditional fashion.

It also acts as a permeable barrier to water, so you slow down the transit of water, particularly in flood-prone areas.

VO: Thankfully, there were those who recognized what was being lost.

In the '70s, people were concerned that it was going to disappear completely, and an organization called the National Hedge Laying Society...

Right, yeah.

..was set up to try and preserve the craft for the future and to teach youngsters how to lay hedges.

And it's burgeoned since then, and now we're planting miles and miles of new hedgerow every year, so we're getting back to somewhere along the way of where we were before.

VO: So, let's see what a hedge which hasn't been maintained looks like.

GRAHAM: What we've got here, Phil, is exactly what you're gonna find throughout the UK is a typical post-war hedge that's not been managed properly since then.

All that's happened to it, it's been continually flailed by a machine.

PHIL: The top's been thrashed off it.

That's it.

You can see that here.

This one's recently been done, and at the top, it just becomes this knitted mass, but nothing will grow at the bottom there.

You won't get any thickening at the bottom.

It just gaps out to this extent that it's now no longer useful as a stock-proof barrier, cos sheep can just pass straight through there.

It's not shelter-proof, so it doesn't give any windbreak, and there's no habitat, there's no cover for the small mammals, the low-nesting birds, the ground-nesting birds.

Do you notice the wildlife is coming back into hedgerows that you've done?

You do, and it's almost instant.

As soon as I start to lay a hedge, I notice the wee birds popping in, and looking, cos there's a whole different environment being created, and they're interested, and they want to get in about it.

That must be hugely satisfying.

Oh, greatly, yeah, yeah.

Particularly when you come back later on, and you see the growth in the next season, and then season two and three, and it's just blooming.

VO: Time to get to work on a hedge that Graham's already started laying.

Right, Phil, you'll need that.

Ah, I was gonna take the other one.

Oh, you're gonna have the other one?

OK. Yeah.

No, I want that one.

You want the Yorkshire one?

Is that yours?

Yeah.

There you go.

That's a Yorkshire two-handed billhook.

PHIL: Billhook.

One for you, Phil.

Really?

Yeah.

Save your eyes, and you'll probably want that as well.

We are playing baseball, then?

Yeah, hedge layer's mitt.

VO: Mr Serrell, with that billhook, should be something to behold.

GRAHAM: We'll lay this stem here, so we'll do what's called pleaching it, and then... Pleach?

We'll pleach it, which is to cut it partially through and then you can have a go at doing the next one.

PHIL: Does that not kill it all?

No.

What happens here is, this one's already been pleached, as you can see.

Yeah.

This is still attached and that's a living hinge.

And that'll grow?

That will grow, yeah, but most of the growth will come off this stump here.

It'll start to bud all the way round there, and grow up vertically, like that, and then along this pleacher.

We now call this a pleacher, once it has been pleached... Yeah.

..it will start to bud here, and bud there, and bud there.

And the whole thing will knit together, become very thick, very vigorous, and a really healthy hedge.

OK, let me at it.

Stand back.

Stand back.

That goes on there.

That goes there.

There?

That's it.

You're almost there.

GRAHAM: That's it.

PHIL: And that goes down.

We can put that one in there, like that, and then your one... And then mine comes the other side?

The other side.

Exactly.

So what comes next, then?

You need to get a stake.

And you just welt that in there, do you?

Yeah, so that will go down, through there, between these two stems.

Then you whack that in?

You whack that in with the mallet.

So you then get this thing here?

The binder.

Will that go like that?

That would be going in underneath that one there.

And then over there like that?

That's it, over that one there, and then inside that side there, and now we repeat that process all the way down.

That's really cool, isn't it?

I'm gonna pack in auctioneering and all this antique stuff.

PHIL: I'm up for this, now.

GRAHAM: Aye, you've got skills.

Sorry, could you just say that one more time.

You've got the skills.

On that note, thank you and good night.

This is Philip Serrell, from the borders of Scotland, hedge laying.

VO: While Phil's been auditioning as a presenter for Countryfile, ha, Tim's been getting ahead in the race southwest to their last shop in Hawick.

Reiving may have been over in these parts for centuries, but there's still scope for getting one over your rival.

The Borders Antiques & Decorative Interior Centre houses a fantastic selection of wares displayed in style.

I hope they don't mind having their drawers sniffed.

I spy a lesser-spotted Serrell, and I think Tim must've spotted him as well, because he's now browsing like a man possessed.

Can't keep up.

Let's follow Uncle Phil.

PHIL: This is a lovely little table.

This is made out of satinwood.

It's kind of Edwardian Sheraton Revival period.

So this is all meant to look like it's inlaid, but it's painted.

And in the middle, we've got this central medallion and then we've got these swathes and ribbons of foliage.

And then, if you look around here, you've got this wonderful painted frieze and you've got harebells running down their legs.

Now, the first thing you want to look for with something like this is damage because, unlike me, this has got really fine, delicate legs and these are prone to breaking.

But if you have a close look, there isn't any damage there.

I think that's a really nice thing.

There isn't a price ticket on it, so I've got to go and have a word with the dealer in a minute and see where we can go.

But I want to have another look round before.

If I can find something else, that would be ideal.

VO: So it would.

Meanwhile, has Tim slowed down long enough to spot anything yet?

This is a death medallion and it was given to the next of kin of any serviceman or woman that died during World War I.

And this one was awarded to a man called Alfred Samuel Foster.

The original design for these was a competition.

People had to submit a design.

And one man, Edward Carter Preston, won the competition and he had the commission of designing this medal.

And down here, we've got the lion of Britain devouring the eagle of Germany.

And around the edge, we've got, "He died for freedom and honour".

It's a price of £35, which is very, very reasonable for one of these.

There's a certain profit there, I think, so I'd be wrong to turn it down.

Maurice, how are you?

Well, thank you.

Good to see you.

This is priced at 35.

Mm-hm.

And I'm just gonna say, what's your best price?

30.

It's a deal.

Quick deal.

£30.

Thank you very much.

Ta.

VO: And that seems to be Tim all set for sale in Edinburgh.

But what about Uncle Phil?

PHIL: These are cool, look.

Ceremonial truncheons.

I just love these.

19th century.

You would've made it out of turned wood.

If you look here, you've got the crown and you've got VR, which is for Victoria.

The problem is there's a lot of rubbing there.

There's no price on them.

But we go a lot by weight in this business, and you can't feel it at home, but this one, which is much better quality, is actually a lot heavier.

These weren't meant to be used to bash people on the old beanie.

They're ceremonial.

They're not bonce-bashers.

VO: Bonce-bashers?!

That's a Road Trip first.

Time to talk to Maurice.

How much are those, please?

They're £60, the pair.

And how much is that, please?

75.

Well, I'm gonna play this slightly differently.

I'm gonna tell you what I've got left.

20...40, 60.

There's £70, right?

Mm-hm.

I'd really like, if I could, to buy a table and a truncheon.

Go on, then.

I'll shake your hand really quickly.

Are you sure?

Yeah, go on.

You're an absolute stoller.

Thank you.

There's that.

There's that.

There's that.

Thank you very much.

I am so pleased with that.

Only cos it's you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Bye now.

Oh, Tim, it's gonna rain.

Hurry up!

Quick.

Timbo, Timbo.

VO: Next stop, Auld Reekie, after some shuteye.

The ancient crags and ramparts of the Scottish capital are glowering impressively this morning.

But the sun may come out later for the tourists thronging the Royal Mile, and fortune may shine on our foot soldiers as they arrive with high hopes of victory at the auction house of Ramsay Cornish.

I wonder how my golfer's gonna do.

I'm quite excited about that.

Yeah, absolutely.

Are you gonna end up in the bunker?

Or perhaps even get an eagle with it.

Hm.

As long as I don't get a bogey.

Or a double bogey would be even worse, wouldn't it?

VO: Watch your swing, gentlemen.

The buyers are duly assembled and the game is about to tee off.

Phil emptied his pockets completely of his £200 on five lots.

Phil is really appealing to the decorative market with this one.

I love this.

A Regency mirror - we're talking early 19th century, 200 years old.

And it looks like it's got its original gilding and the molding is in good condition as well.

I really like that.

VO: Mm, me too.

Our canny man divested himself of but half his budget - £100 on his five lots.

PHIL: If you want to sell a bit of golfing kit, bring it to Scotland.

So I think this is a really clever buy of Tim's.

Hi, Phil, you like my golfer?

Yeah, I do.

He's making you laugh as well.

He just makes you smile, doesn't he?

It's a very sophisticated piece of shed art, almost.

Don't be rude about him.

No, I'm not.

He's not made in a shed.

PHIL: How much was he?

TIM: A whole £10 note.

PHIL: I think, Master Timothy, that you are gonna do really well with that.

Thanks, Uncle Phil.

75.

At 75... £50.

VO: Let's ask auctioneer Martin Cornish what he fancies will do well today.

MARTIN: A nice death plaque.

It's in good condition, which helps as well.

It'd be useful to have the medals with it, but it's not essential.

I think it'll do well.

For collectors out there, the little tiny figures are really, really nice.

And we've found, over the last year, anything to do with militaria or small figures seems to do really well.

VO: Let the skirmish begin!

With bidding online, by phone and in the room, time to take up positions.

I got there.

I got there, I got there.

I just trampled over that poor lady up there.

Is she alright?

She's fine.

I think the medics will sort her out.

VO: Ha!

He's a blunt instrument, that Phil.

Talking of which, his Victorian truncheon is up first.

I think it's wonderful how much pride they took in their equipment... Oh, yeah.

..with the painted decoration.

Yeah, yeah.

Would've meant an awful lot, wouldn't it?

Mm-hm.

20.

20, I'm bid.

25.

30.

Five.

40.

Five.

At 45.

50.

At £50.

New bidder on my right at £50, at 50... VO: He's doubled his money.

You can't argue with that.

He's got it.

Well done.

That's profit, isn't it?

Not bad.

Yeah, absolutely right.

Yeah.

VO: The knives will be out soon.

Time for a strop.

PHIL: Where does the expression come from?

I don't know, actually.

PHIL: Well, you've got a strop.

TIM: I had.

Yeah, you've got a strop.

Hopefully, I won't have a strop.

Not for much longer though!

If it goes for a tenner, I'll have a strop.

Or you could get stroppy, couldn't you?

20.

20, I'm bid.

25.

30.

Five.

40.

Five.

50.

Five.

At 55.

Lady's bid against you all at 55, and I'm selling... VO: A tidy profit to keep Tim happy.

I'm not gonna have a strop after that.

No.

VO: I should think not.

Under the hammer next, it's Phil's tiny painted figures.

Invading Gauls and Romans, they are.

I quite like them.

They're charming, aren't they?

PHIL: Yeah.

TIM: I like the little box.

Yeah, they're sweet enough.

I'm just looking to see if there's any Romans or Gauls in here.

20.

20, I'm bid.

Oh, profit.

30.

Five.

40.

At £40.

On commission at 40... VO: Uncle Phil's ancient wee army romped home.

That'll do nicely.

Wrap it up, I'll take it.

That was a nice figure.

Oh, yeah.

For the figures.

VO: Staying with soldiers, time now for Tim's First World War death plaque.

I love death plaques.

They're probably the most poignant thing about First World War memorabilia, aren't they?

PHIL: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So, so personal.

And the story behind them, how they came into being and all that sort of stuff.

Yeah, definitely.

At £40 with me.

45, 50.

55, 60.

There's a gentleman with his hand up.

70.

75.

At 75 in front now.

Well done, you, matey.

Nobody else?

Going at 75... VO: It's another profit.

They are clocking them up so far.

Good stuff.

That is a top result, isn't it?

Not bad not at all.

VO: I'll say.

The next lot is a pairing of Phil's shot puts and the Edwardian speaker.

(ECHO) I said, Phil's Edwardian speaker!

I've always thought that anything rusty you touch, it just turns to gold.

Who, me?

Yeah, you have a bit of a knack for finding...finding things amongst... PHIL: Tat... TIM: Yeah.

..is what you're trying to say nicely, isn't it?

Thanks.

My new best friend.

20 for them.

20, I'm bid for the unusual lot.

Come on, keep going.

24.

26.

28.

30.

Come on, do me proud.

Keep going.

You're in profit.

At £30 for the unusual lot, and I'm selling at 30... VO: Not bad.

(ECHO) I said... Oh, never mind.

That was an unusual lot.

Yeah.

I've got to stop buying things like that!

Really, I've got to stop buying things like that.

VO: No, you don't.

Now, has Tim's Japanese incense burner got the sweet smell of success?

I love the little lid as well.

Yeah, but it's replaced, though, isn't it?

Yeah, but it's still nice, though, isn't it?

30 for it.

30, I'm bid.

35 in commission.

40.

45.

I think you've just swam up the Channel, my friend.

And I'm selling, last call at 50... VO: Thank you and sayonara.

That's not your mum, is it, back there?

VO: Oh, you cheeky thing, Phil!

How could you suggest it?

Now, let's see how the good folk of Edinburgh fancy Phil's Edwardian satinwood table.

Now, that is a sweet piece of furniture, isn't it?

Yeah.

And it cost me £45.

It's just mad, isn't it?

It is, yeah.

That furniture can be that reasonable to buy.

50.

50, I'm bid.

At £50 I'm bid.

It's started.

Come on.

55.

60.

65.

70.

75.

At 75.

Nobody else, and I'm selling it.

Last call at 75... VO: They're both on a winning streak.

Quality work, eh?

TIM: You can go to an auction or an antique shop and buy a really nice piece of usable furniture for a lot less than new furniture.

Absolutely right.

VO: So true.

Will the wind change now on Tim's luck?

His Gothic-style barometer is up next.

Do you think that your barometer is set to fair or stormy?

I'm hoping it makes a fair price, with some stormy bidding.

(PHIL LAUGHS) £30, I'm bid for that.

35 here, though, the lady.

40.

Thank you, madam.

50.

55, 60.

At £60... Don't stop there.

Keep going, keep going.

New bidder at 65.

And I'm selling, last call... VO: It says fair.

And it was.

I wouldn't have been surprised if that had made £100, £150.

I think so.

I think he got a bargain.

Yeah.

But I got a bargain as well, so I'm not too disappointed because I made a good profit.

Yeah.

VO: Under the hammer now, the fine Regency mirror Phil has gambled almost half his money on.

I'm a bit anxious about this mirror because it cost £95, so 120 quid, I'm just standing still.

You'll be absolutely fine.

Don't fret, Phil.

I'm gonna nick Fretting Phil.

Fretting Phil.

Fretting Phil.

You've got to be very careful how you say that.

£80.

80, I'm bid.

At £80.

85.

90.

Five.

100.

And 10.

120.

130.

I said it would do it.

Standing at 130, and I'm selling... VO: And that £35 means Phil has made a profit on all his lots.

Well, it could've gone the other way, so I'm sort of relieved.

That was gonna be the thing that might've lost you money, and you've got out of it OK. Yeah, I have.

I could've lost 60 quid on that.

Phew!

Well done.

And relax.

VO: Not you, Tim.

Deep breath.

Can the Edwardian vesta ashtray with the wee golfing figure give him a birdie?

I think this might be my favorite purchase that I've ever had on Road Trip.

Really?

It's just made me laugh every time I've looked at it.

It does make you smile.

And I like that you crack up about it as well.

And on commissions, I have to start the bidding with me at £50.

Straight in at 50 quid.

At 55.

60.

Five.

70.

Five.

80.

Five.

90.

At £90.

Still with me now, and I'm selling.

Last call at 90...

I think that's really good.

But do you know what?

If it had made 190, I wouldn't have been surprised.

No.

But it was sort of in the middle, wasn't it?

Yeah.

So I'm really pleased.

I mean, for a tenner... VO: Yep, 80 smackeroos definitely lands Tim at the 19th hole.

Come on.

VO: Phil spent every bean of his £200 and romped through the auction with a string of profits totaling, after auction-room fees, of £266.50.

Amazing.

But Tim parted with a more cautious £100 and drove it straight down the fairway to a fantastic score, after auction costs, of £374.70.

He is our Open champion today.

Oh, wow, what an event that was.

That was a top day at the races, wasn't it?

Incredible.

Did we have 10 profits there?

Yeah.

We had a clean sheet.

10 profits.

PHIL: Every lot?

TIM: Amazing, wasn't it?

Yeah, you've done really, really well.

TIM: Cause for celebration.

PHIL: Come on, matey.

You've done well, too.

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