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

I just love it.

VO: Behind the wheel of a classic car.

(HORN TOOTS) LOUISE: It's fast.

CHARLES: It's a race.

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

PAUL: This could be tricky.

MARGIE: £38!

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

VO: But it's no mean feat.

ROO: High five!

There'll be worthy winners... CHRISTINA: Mind-blowing.

VO: ..and valiant losers.

Could have been worse.

Will it be the high road to glory...

Car!

..or the slow road to disaster?

CHRISTINA: Aaagh!

TIM: Oh my!

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip.

VO: Mm!

VO: Spring has sprung on this beautiful Lincolnshire morning.

It's the third outing of this trip for our antiquing duo, greenhorn Louise Gostelow and the ever-energetic Philip Serrell.

(HE SNORES) PHIL (PS): It's lovely this, it's a lovely day.

LOUISE (LG): It is.

Being driven around by lovely Lou.

As long as you don't nod off there, you know.

I know.

Can't have my co-pilot sleeping.

No, no, no.

I'm wide awake.

I'm part of the Wide Awake Club.

VO: You'd better be Philip, because Louise has proved she is no slouch when it comes to the shopping.

Come back for you in a minute m'laddo.

VO: While Philip, as usual, has been pushing the boundaries of taste.

Oh God, you want the bucket.

That's Colin's bucket.

It's nice here, taking in the sun.

Dunno.

I look across and you look half dead.

VO: Oh, cheeky!

Ha-ha!

Both our experts originally set out with £200.

At the last auction, Louise regained some funds, giving her £164 to spend on this trip.

While Philip's profitable streak continued, bringing his piggy to £328.22.

The silver fox.

Right, Lou.

If you weren't doing this today, what would we do?

I think I'd go and buy an ice cream.

Absolutely.

Well in that case I'm going to spend 320 quid on ice cream.

VO: Hey, couple of quid each, that's 150 of those jobbies.

That's quite flaky.

Anyway, this road trip set off from Norwich and explored Norfolk and Suffolk.

A brief visit to Lincolnshire precedes a stopover in East Sussex before a final auction in Brighton.

If you could have a dream buy today, what would you walk into a shop and find?

Something that's going to make me loads of money.

VO: That's fighting talk.

You need to up your game, Phil.

The antiques our pair purchase on this leg will end up in a Lincoln auction.

But first, time to visit the town of Boston.

VO: Look!

Boston Stump.

Nearly 300 feet tall, visible for miles across the Fens.

Philip's doing the first shop solo.

Have a good one, I'm gonna enjoy the walk.

VO: And Junktion Antiques is right up his street - large and unusual items aplenty.

Presiding over all these goodies is owner Jack, someone Phil's done business with on a previous road trip.

Yep, these two have history.

And this should be fun.

The trouble with Jack is I'm trying to buy £20 notes off him for a fiver, and he's trying to sell me £10 notes for 20 quid.

But one thing that Jack does have is a fantastic stock.

I'll have to go and try and prize a bit out of him.

Somewhere in here, Jack, there's got to be something you want to get rid of.

That's nice, Jack, innit?

Yeah.

Little trolley.

What's that for, then?

It's out of a bank, for carrying the cash.

How much is that?

Could be £200.

200 quid?

Let's just put it back there, cos that's too much money.

How about this panel?

PS: How much is that?

JACK: £100.

If it was smaller, I'd buy it cos it'd make a great bed headboard.

But £100, what the hell am I ever gonna do with that?

Well, you've got a big bed.

Oh, shut up Jack.

VO: They're getting on famously.

I tried to buy this off you last time I came here.

This'll test you.

How much is that?

120.

How much was it last time?

It was 50 quid last time I came.

Was it?

Yeah.

Sounds sensible.

How much is that?

150.

That is not 150.

It is.

No, it's not.

Lovely thing.

Yeah, you always make me laugh, Phil.

That's what I like about ya.

VO: Well, I think Philip may have met his match here.

How much is that?

350.

Now how much is that?

350.

Let's just try one last time.

How much is that?

290.

That'll be cheap.

That will... 225.

God's sake.

What about the two-humped camel?

£1,200.

Monty.

Monty.

See, I've got a good eye, haven't I?

Yeah, you're a man of fine taste.

Mean, but fine taste.

VO: Whilst Philip battles to find something affordable, Louise has made her way to the nearby town of Horncastle.

VO: Her destination?

Drill Hall Antiques Centre.

Attention!

On the double, quick browse.

VO: Ah, yes.

I went to pick this up and I got a surprise.

I was expecting it to be ceramic, but it's not.

It's a mold.

And it's a mold from this.

Now, first of all you think, OK, it's just an average jelly mold.

But it's so much more than an average jelly mold.

VO: This ceramic mold comes complete with display jelly.

It's possible this would've been used by retailers to give shoppers an indication of just how decadent their dessert could be.

I reckon this mold probably dates to the Victorian period.

Probably mid 19th century.

And the Victorians were great ones for dressing up their dinner table.

What better than to have a jelly or a blancmange mold formed as a royal dog?

Just one little thing.

£80.

That's nearly half my money.

That's the dilemma.

VO: While we leave Louise to mull over her mold, let's return to the battle of the bulge in Boston.

Here we are, Jack.

We could join a health club, couldn't we?

JACK: Yes.

PS: Yeah.

I've tried.

It's boring, innit?

How much is that?

65.

VO: That's the first ticket price under £100.

How much do you wanna give me?

Well, I'm gonna hang onto that.

I'm gonna put...

I've decided the way to deal with you... ..is to put two or three things together and then try and just fool you by deception.

Yeah.

I think that's the way forward.

I like things that are £60 each, 150 the two.

Yeah.

I'm just trying to work that out.

VO: Ha!

Jack drives a hard bargain.

Right, the medicine ball is a possible.

What else can Phil find?

D'you know what, Jack, I used to teach geography.

Did ya?

Yeah, not very well.

That's American, innit?

D'you know how I know that?

Cos it says here, look.

Made in America.

Yeah.

That always helps, doesn't it?

What's that, 50s?

I don't think you're the geographer.

Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast.

VO: I think what Jack's getting at is that Ghana only appeared on maps after 1957.

Which means this globe is definitely later.

I was trying to work out if these are mountain ranges or damp.

How much is that, Jack?

85.

VO: He-he-he!

Another sub-£100 item to think about.

PS: How much is this, Jack?

175.

Is it a toy?

It's a toy.

I'll do that for 130.

VO: In the early 20th century tin plate toys like this one were all the rage.

Most likely German, this is a working model of a stationary engine.

PS: You know those rare medicine balls?

There's another one over here.

That looks a rougher one, that does.

It's the same money.

Well played with.

Leather, not suede.

VO: The same money would make it £65.

So, Phil's got the two medicine balls, a globe and that tin-plate toy on the list.

I can sense the semblance of a deal coming on here.

VO: The ticket price for the lot is £390.

Stand by.

I really do wanna try and buy those bits over there.

But I've got to get it down, Jack.

What have you got to?

Well, it's got...

The globe, the two medicine balls and that other tin-plate, tin thing.

JACK: Yeah.

PS: £200 the lot.

Go on.

JACK: Give me another 20 quid.

PS: I can't!

JACK: Give me 20 quid, 220.

PS: I can't.

200.

220.

200 and done.

JB: 220.

PS: 200.

Split it with you?

Jack, shake my hand.

200.

200.

I've got to make a profit, Jack.

You will make a profit.

Shake my hand, Jack.

200.

No, 210.

PS: 200.

JACK: 210.

PS: 200.

JACK: 210.

Shake it, Jack.

JACK: 210.

PS: What's...?

Is it that?

JACK: 210.

PS: 200.

JACK: 210.

PS: 200.

210!

Go on then.

You're a ratbag, you are.

VO: That was exhausting.

Ha!

But quite the haul for Phil.

That's the medicine balls for 70, the globe for 40 and the tin-plate toy for £100.

40.

This might take some time.

VO: Let's leave them to it.

And see what Louise is up to in Horncastle.

This is an interesting little piece.

It's a top hat.

Let me show you.

Now, at first, you just think, "Hmm, OK. "It's a ceramic top hat."

But then when you take a closer look at it, there's so much more to this.

Inside, Lincoln and Bennett.

They were known for making top hats.

And on the top here, DL Davies, Swansea.

21st anniversary, 1914 - 1935.

It's an advertising piece.

It's got interest for people in Swansea.

It's got interest for people that collect top hats.

VO: Lincoln and Bennett manufactured hats between 1863 and 1966.

This ceramic promotional piece was most likely given to customers from the retailer DL Davies of Swansea.

I think it could appeal to people at auction.

£28.

It would need to be less than £28 but I think it's worth a go.

VO: That's the spirit, girl.

Right, time to talk cash.

The jelly mold and ceramic top hat have a combined ticket price of £108.

Gird ye loins, James.

Is there any chance it could be £80?

Um...

I'll have to ring the dealer.

Is that OK?

If you're happy to do so.

Yeah, I can do that.

VO: Hmm.

Reverse the charges then.

This is really nerve-racking.

He's disappeared behind the curtain.

I'm crossing everything.

VO: I wonder what's he doing in there.

VO: Oh!

Ta-da!

Go on.

Perfect.

I don't even know...

It's good news, isn't it?

Yeah, it's good news.

We can do the jelly mold for 65.

Right.

And we can do the top hat for 15.

Fantastic.

Which obviously comes to... Comes to my £80.

..your £80.

That is absolutely fantastic, James.

Thank you so much.

Thank you very much.

VO: That's two sensational ceramic items for lovely Lou.

VO: Ever the glutton for mutton, farmer's son Philip has gamboled his way into the countryside.

Lincolnshire was once famed for its sheep and wool.

And one breed in particular reigned above all others.

Phil's joining farmer Louise Fairburn to help tend to her very special flock.

PS: Hi, Louise.

LOUISE (LF): Hello.

PS: Phil.

LF: Hi.

Pleased to meet you.

They tell me locally that you're Miss Lincoln Longwool.

PS: Is that right?

LF: I've heard that said before.

What's all that about then?

Well, I chair the breed association for the Lincoln Longwools.

Sheep?

Yes, and I'm absolutely crazy about them.

Really?

Yeah.

Better go and show me some, hadn't you?

VO: The Lincoln Longwool is the largest native breed of sheep in Britain.

It was bred to produce the heaviest and longest fleece and its large size meant it's also a good source of mutton.

Don't worry, I'll walk!

VO: Ha-ha!

For centuries Longwools fed and clothed people the world over and were vital to the local economy.

Hello my darlings!

VO: Cor, they are big fellas, aren't they?

Geez.

And hungry.

After starting out with six ewes and one ram in 2004, Louise's flock has grown to 70 sheep.

God, it's a long time since I've done this.

LF: Come on then!

Hey, ewe.

What's this?

LF: Hello, girls.

PS: What's this?

LF: That'll be Peggy.

How the hell d'you know that that's Peggy?

And who's that?

That's Adele.

That's Adele?

VO: Get away.

The Longwool is now an at-risk rare breed, despite its notable history.

How far do they go back?

Well, they go back hundreds of years.

They're a real domesticated sheep and that's why we don't need a dog.

You know, you just, you shout their name and they come.

They were just so important.

If you had a breed of sheep, you know, in this county, it would've been a Lincoln Longwool.

It wouldn't have been anything else because they just provided you with a massive fleece.

And fleece was important, it was... Why?

Because it was the currency of the day for hundreds of years.

Everything was paid for with wool.

VO: In Medieval England there was an enormous demand for wool.

England's trade, its commerce and politics were all dependent on this versatile fiber.

If you were trying to sell me a Lincoln Longwool, what's the best selling points to it?

Cos I might be in the market for a sheep, I've got some money left.

They just produce something fabulous, which is a fiber, a luster wool with crimp and length and...

In their day, they needed it and we didn't have any other fibers so a long fiber was valuable.

And long wool had a real use.

You could make wigs with it, you got a fiber ready without spinning.

It was already long.

VO: The qualities of Lincoln Longwool were unique.

Its fleece valuable.

And Lincolnshire quickly became one of the economic power houses of the country.

Lincolnshire fortunes were made off the back of these sheep.

You know, the churches, all the historic buildings, Lincoln Cathedral that we can see on the horizon, are all really built on wool.

VO: The Lincoln Longwool was considered so successful that it was exported as far as New Zealand, Australia and America.

Demand was so great Lincolns could sell for as much as £100,000 in today's money.

Staggering!

And why aren't they popular now?

Well, once we started getting into the '60s and we started spinning nylon and creating manmade fibers, wool just fell out of fashion.

We're all guilty.

We don't wear wool.

VO: With wool out of vogue and lamb, not mutton, being the choice at the dinner table, slow-maturing breeds such as the Longwool went into decline.

Flocks, once so common, disappeared from the Lincolnshire countryside.

How many Lincoln Longwool are there in this country now?

We've got roughly about 800 breeding ewes left in the country.

That's small.

There's 20,000 polar bears out there, and everyone knows how rare they are.

I love these sheep, Phil.

Really?

I want these sheep to survive.

I want these to be around when I've gone.

VO: The Longwool was once at heart of not only Lincolnshire's economy but that of the entire country.

Today, rare breeds are preserved so their unique traits and heritage do not become extinct.

If you want a picture book lamb, Phil, these are your breed.

Oh, they're just lovely.

This is the future.

It is the future.

And you agree, don't you?

Louise, this has been fantastic.

I'm gonna shake you by the hand.

Thank you.

Really lovely.

Come on, mate, we're off.

Are you coming with me?

VO: I hope he's not going to keep that, try and sell it.

Toodle pip!

He-he-he!

VO: Let's see what's become of our Louise, shall we?

After motoring the Jag to Tealby, she's arrived at Jim's Yard, Antiques & Salvage.

VO: Lou's made a beeline for the antiques.

From a distance, I thought, "Wow!"

One of those moments where your heart stops and you think, "Is it?"

What I thought it could have been was a Georgian house caddy.

I've been lucky enough to see a couple of these in my time.

The Georgian ones, nicely decorated, good piece of folk art.

If this is a Georgian example, you'd be looking at £3,000 to £4,000 at auction.

Sadly, nothing Georgian about this.

VO: That's the thrill of the chase, Louise.

Keep looking!

Maybe, dare I say, some salvage.

Something rusty, maybe?

When I drove in, I spotted this.

Imagine you were in a field, you're harvesting potatoes, you've got a big sack.

What are you gonna do with your sack?

You put your sack on here and then you can harvest your potatoes, pop your potatoes into the sack.

And what's Lincolnshire famous for?

Apart from obviously sausages, which Phil had three of this morning for breakfast.

Potatoes.

The auction's in Lincolnshire, there are hundreds of potato farmers in Lincolnshire.

What could possibly go wrong?

VO: They'd prefer a shiny tractor to a rusty sack holder, surely.

This one most likely dates from the early 20th century.

It's priced at £30.

Let's call over owner Jim.

Jim?

Hiya.

Hello.

Right, I've spotted this.

Yeah.

But more importantly, I've spotted this.

This looks to me like it's a weathered price tag and you might have had it outside here for a while and be keen to get rid of it.

So what would you be happy selling this for?

JIM: I could do it for £20.

LG: £20?

I can't say fairer than that.

You've got a deal.

VO: Time to stow your sack holder and pick up Philip.

Is it nice to drive, are you enjoying it?

I love driving this car.

I feel an affinity with this car.

VO: How very zen of you, Louise.

Nighty-night, you two.

VO: Morning!

Sleep well?

We're still in Lincolnshire.

Not that Phil and Louise seem to know.

Have you got the map?

I thought you had the map.

No, I ain't got the map.

Which way's the sun?

Does it rise in the... Oh, it does something, doesn't it?

Dunno, but I think the sea's that direction.

What, that way?

That way.

I thought it was that way.

Have you got your bathers?

Have you got yours?

No chance.

You think I'm gonna unveil this lot to the British public?

People try and roll me back into the sea and harpoon me.

I'm not having that.

VO: The only thing that's getting harpooned on this trip should be bargains.

Yesterday, Philip landed a globe, a tin plate toy and two medicine balls, We could join a health club, couldn't we?

VO: ..leaving him with £118.22 to spend today.

While Louise bought on a hope and a prayer.

I'm crossing everything.

..picking up the ceramic top hat, the jelly cast and mold, and the potato sack holder.

Leaving her with £74 to play with today.

You can't beat a good fish and chips and some crispy batter.

Oh.

Which way did you say the sea was?

Dunno, but I think we should head that way.

VO: Well, you're both headed for the sea port town of Grimsby.

And after dropping off Louise... ..Phil's made his way to Vintage Lincs.

Stocking antique, retro and salvage.

This should keep Phil busy.

DEALER: Hello.

PS: I'm Philip.

How are you?

I'm Sarah, nice to meet you.

How are you doing, my love, alright?

I'm alright, thank you.

Are you?

Well, I'll tell you in about an hour's time.

You've got some stuff in here, haven't you?

Yeah.

Do you like it?

Yeah, I do, it's really cool.

The key to this job, I keep saying it, is how you present things.

Cos you don't sell an item any more, you sell a look.

It's got to be a lifestyle.

Yeah, it has.

VO: We all know the lifestyle Phil prefers.

Ha-ha!!

This is burr walnut.

And this would've been so fashionable about 1860, 1870.

And what's nice about it is that it hasn't been stripped clean.

A lot of these, people just take all the color out of them.

And it's a bit like patina.

It's the wrinkles on your face and it's the lines on your hand.

And this has got patina.

And if you take that off, you're actually...

In my view, you're completely destroying it.

Do I wanna buy that?

Well I don't really.

Because I think that it's a kinda...

I think it's yesterday's taste.

VO: But a nice thing nonetheless.

Sarah, is this an old table?

Or a new one?

No idea.

OK.

Your guess is as good as mine.

You're the expert.

What did you just call me?

I said you're the expert.

Don't you start using that sort of language.

Let's go and have a look in your coffee shop.

VO: Hey, it's a bit early for lunch.

Sarah, is everything for sale?

SARAH: Mm-hm.

I don't want the cups with this.

SARAH: Do you not?

PS: No.

It's kind of suddenly become trendy in a way, to buy pine furniture, cos it's light.

If that was oak, you wouldn't really want it, would you?

Because people don't want dark furniture.

In a big country house, this would've been part of the servants' quarters.

It's quite nice.

And I think it'd...

It's gonna be ideal in a children's bedroom or as a boot cupboard or whatever.

You want me to make you an offer?

Mm-hm.

It's like 20 or 25 quid's worth.

25?

Yeah, if you want to sell it for that, I'll happily buy it off you.

Sure?

Yeah.

You're an angel.

Thank you very much indeed.

VO: Job well done, Phil.

SARAH: Yeah.

PS: You're a star, my love.

VO: Meanwhile, across town Louise has made her way to the Fishing Heritage Centre.

She's here to find out how Grimsby was at the center of the nation's love affair with fish and chips.

Education officer David Ornsby is on hand to serve up the story.

It's impressive, isn't it?

She is.

Tell me about her.

Well she was built in Boston, in Lincolnshire.

And this is giving us a kind of idea of what fishing vessels were like in the earlier days of Grimsby's development.

VO: This ship, the Perseverance, is one of the few surviving of wooden trawlers that sailed from Grimsby.

Although Grimsby has been a port for centuries, it was the technological advancement of ships like this that allowed fishermen to increase their catches as never before.

DAVID (DO): If we look at this type of vessel, we can see these gaff rigs.

Which is this big bar off the top here that allows you to lift a huge sail.

So that gives the vessel the power through the wind to not only move the ship, but also drag its trawl.

This kind of technology allowed these vessels to move right from the channel, further north up the North Sea, to discover new fishing grounds.

The only problem was, if you're catching lots of fish there, you've got to bring it all the way back down south.

Because obviously Grimsby doesn't want all this fish.

It needs to come to London, Billingsgate, the big markets.

VO: The new ships meant more fish than ever could be caught and returned to shore.

But it wasn't until the railway arrived in 1848 that Grimsby exploded as a fishing town.

Fish landed at Grimsby in the morning could be on the plates of Londoners that evening.

When the fish got back to Grimsby, how did they keep it fresh?

There used to be ice barks, huge big sailing ships that brought tons and tons of ice from Norway.

So this was natural ice that was being imported on a huge scale, until they developed technology to create artificial ice, manmade ice.

VO: The arrival of the ice factory meant fresh fish could now travel greater distances on the railways.

Outside coastal towns and villages, fresh fish was once seen as a luxury item.

With ice and rail in Grimsby, fishing was possible on an industrial scale.

More fish than ever before was landed in the harbor.

But it wasn't without risk.

How did a boat like this cope with the conditions of the North Sea?

Although for their time, they were the best you could get, you can see just looking at this that there's no enclosed space at all, apart from in the cabin.

And of course, you can't be in there when you're working in the vessel in any kind of weather.

So you've got to have somebody working this tiller, you've got to have somebody ready on the sails, and you're completely exposed.

And in those days, of course, there was no radio or wireless communication.

So the only way that families would know is that they know that their husbands average a trip of so many days.

You would get to that time and then hope that they're home.

And it's just that horrible feeling that it's another day, it's another day, it's another day.

And eventually you just have to admit that you're not gonna see them again.

And of course, still today, according to the Royal National Mission of Deep See Fishermen, trawling is still the most dangerous peacetime occupation in the country.

If you think about in the Victorian era, there's thousands and thousands of people that died.

So it's always been a dangerous job.

That's the real price of our fish.

VO: Appetite for fish continued to increase.

By 1900 a tenth of the fish consumed in the UK was landed at Grimsby.

And until the 1950s, Grimsby could lay claim to the title of the pre-eminent fishing port in the world.

Trawler the Ross Tiger was sailing from Grimsby at that time.

The Ross Tiger now has come on really 100 years since those sail trawlers were popular.

Fish had changed now from this unknown luxury for the masses to become a daily necessity.

So we've not just got the wealthy that could afford nice fish, it was something that the whole population was relying on and enjoying.

And of course, we've got that national dish that everybody's got a hunger for, with fish and chips.

VO: By the 1930s there were over 35,000 fish-and-chip shops across the UK.

Their enduring success was an example of our love of a fish supper.

I think I'm getting the hang of this now!

VO: You'd better be.

Looks like Philip is hungry.

Hi there.

Can I have some fish and chips?

What are you doing here?

I suppose you want mushy peas with those as well, don't you?

I tell you what.

You wrap 'em, I'll wait for you outside.

I can't believe she's dressed like that.

Cor!

Come on, Lou!

I've got things to buy.

I know, I know.

You got my chips?

Yes, I have.

Open wide.

VO: Ooh!

Delicious.

Philip and Louise have made their way to the market town of Louth.

VO: Their final stop is the Old Coach House Antiques Centre.

You know, I've got to tell you, those chips were really good.

They really were top chips, weren't they?

Did they tell you that you'd be cooking chips for me on the Road Trip?

It's one of my many talents.

VO: Now, let's see if her talents stretch to finding a gem amongst all this stock.

This is a rambling expanse of a shop.

There are great bits and pieces but to be honest, in this little corner, I've spotted no end of things.

Like this.

Art deco teapot.

Initially I thought, "Ooh, it could be silver."

But no, it's only silver plate.

Nevertheless, it's silver plate by a good maker.

Mappin & Webb, everyone's heard of Mappin & Webb.

This is part of their Prince's Plate range.

Would have been made in the '30s, '40s, maybe up until the '50s.

But look at it.

It's got real geometric lines, concentric circles.

For someone who likes art deco but can't afford real silver, this is a brilliant example.

VO: Yep, it's a nice piece.

Now, where's Phil got to?

I quite like that.

And what makes it lovely is D Carter, Shaw Wallace, 4 Bankshall Street, Calcutta.

Very much a 20th century trunk.

I love the labels on it.

This is what I love about this.

Look, you've got this old label here.

It's the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

And old labels like that... Look at that.

What a great label that is as well.

The Anchor Line, Bombay.

I know I've got this obsession with coffee tables but I do think with a glass top on it, it would make a very cool coffee table.

VO: Right, time to call in the assistance of the shop assistant, Janet.

I like that.

Smart, isn't it?

VO: The trunk is priced at £85.

What's the best you could do that for, do you think?

Well...60?

Was that a question or an answer?

Go on, what's the very best you can do that for?

The very, very best is 60.

I think that's a good deal.

VO: I don't think its Janet's first time.

What are you thinking?

I think it's 40 pounds' worth.

Got to be meet in the middle at 50 then, hasn't it?

Can I have a think about it?

Yes, of course.

Hang onto it for a bit.

OK, will do.

Let me have a thunk about it.

Alright.

VO: Oh.

While Philip is stuck in a thunk, what's Louise laid her hands on?

It's not a bantam egg, it's not a hen's egg, it's not a duck egg.

It's an ostrich egg.

And it's not just any ostrich egg.

It's a painted ostrich egg.

It says here, a souvenir from South Africa.

HMS Africa.

Gives us a little bit of a clue as to when this might have been decorated.

We're looking around about World War I period.

How do we know that?

From the boat that's painted on it.

There is a collectable market for these.

It's got a little pillow and it's marked up at £49.

I've not got much money but there's a chance I might be able to stretch to somewhere in that region.

VO: You have £64, Louise.

This is certainly something to keep in mind.

Meanwhile, Philip's gone native.

(PHIL GROWLS) PS: What?

LG: Is he modeled on you?

Hmph.

VO: I can see a similarity.

Back to business, please.

You see, I just love these things.

I think these are really, really sort of emotional things.

This is a death plaque.

Someone who would have been killed in the First World War.

In this instance, Isaac Mather.

This would've sort of been presented to his family in recognition of him giving up his life.

But if you look at it, it says "he died for freedom and honor."

And I think halfway through these things being presented, ..they suddenly realized it wasn't just men who won them but it was ladies as well.

So they actually just squeezed in here an S. So it became "she died for freedom and honor."

And if you can find one of those, it stops becoming 50 to 150 and it's more like 500 to 1,500.

Because the ones that were awarded to ladies are much, much rarer.

Things like this really, really mean something, VO: ..and if you can find out who Private Isaac Mather is, wouldn't it be great if his family had it back?

I think it's really sad that these things go out of families.

VO: Indeed.

Deeper in the shop, Louise is still on the hunt.

Look at this.

Tin box.

Mayor of Hertford, November of 1902 to 1903.

It's got some age to it.

It's got a good lock.

Can't see a key but it's unlocked anyway.

It's a good bit of history about local office.

It could have a good tale to tell.

VO: Yeah.

Before the days of passwords and encryption, we had locks and keys.

Would you believe it?

This box would have securely stored important mayoral documents.

£49, there's a bit of theme developing here.

VO: Same price as the ostrich egg then.

But what's the best dealer Mike can do for the two?

Shall I be honest with you and tell you what I've got left?

I've got the grand sum of £64.

Is there any chance that you would be happy selling me those two items for £64?

To beat Phil, why not?

VO: Poor Philip!

The ostrich egg and the mayor's box brings Louise's shopping to an end.

Now, Phil negotiated a discount for that military trunk to £50.

Has he made any progress?

Janet, I quite like that.

Are you sure you're happy with £45?

Yeah, that's fine.

Come on, love, I'm gonna pay you.

PS: Thank you very much.

JANET: Thank you very much.

VO: And that's the end of that!

Go on.

Go on, my love.

Age before beauty.

Hark at this.

Hark at this.

How have you got on?

Well, shopping's done, isn't it?

Hey, I tell you what.

Lincoln, here we come.

VO: You're going to have to find it first.

Dear, oh dear.

Lincoln's got a cathedral, hasn't it?

Yeah.

And I think it's on a hill.

Is it?

Yep.

To the hill.

Can't be many of those in Lincolnshire.

VO: Best of luck, you two.

Try and get some shuteye.

VO: Gather up, gather up, it's auction time.

In the cathedral city of Lincoln.

Did you know that there's been a settlement here since at least the first century BC.

Auctions are a more recent addition.

It's a bit like walking the green mile, this, isn't it?

What, long?

Yeah, and very final.

VO: The walking will do you good, Philip.

These antiquers started this part of their journey in Boston, and have adventured around Lincolnshire.

The fruits of the labor to be sold here at Unique Auctions.

VO: Phil bought five lots for £280.

Lou, what do you think, girl?

What would you expect from a former geography teacher?

Might come in handy, though, on the road trip, given his navigational skills.

VO: Now that you mention it, he does look a little lost.

Louise spent all of her £164 on five lots.

This is Lou's top hat.

I think that's a really cool thing.

The name Lincoln in there, we're in Lincoln.

That can only help.

I like that.

VO: High praise indeed!

£30 then.

20, 20 I've got.

VO: The gavel basher today is Terry Woodcock.

What does he think of their lots?

TERRY (TW): The Victorian jelly mold is very, very nice.

It's nice to get the plaster mold with it because that, you never, ever see.

In nearly 50 years we've been doing this, I've never come across with the mold inside.

You never really know how they're going to turn out.

So it's nice to have the mold with it.

I love the medicine balls, it brings back memories.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if that probably wasn't going to be the record of the day.

VO: Well, we'll see.

Today Terry will be selling to buyers in the room, on the phone and online.

Time to take your seats.

PS: Roomful of people.

LG: Isn't it just?

Have you got any worries for today?

No, not really.

Just, just... really just the five bits I've bought.

VO: Well let's start today with one of Louise's lots, shall we?

Her ceramic top hat.

I really like this.

I'm glad you like it.

Yeah, I know.

Just hope they all don't like it.

Come on, very rare piece.

Who'll start me at £30 then?

20, 20 I've got the hand.

At £20, at £20, I'll take five now.

At 25, I've got at 25.

Ooh.

At £30, at £30.

35, I've got a 35.

LG: It's a profit.

PS: Yeah.

At 35, coming over here please.

At 35, I sell at 35.

VO: Well, what do you know, a great first profit!

That was a really good buy, that.

Well, I'm pleased with it.

£35, brilliant.

VO: Next up, Phil's globe.

You just think I'm making this up but honestly, I get really anxious about this.

£20 started on the internet, 22, 25.

At 25, I'm expecting more like 100.

At 25, 35, 35, 40 now.

At £40, five, thank you.

50 on the phone, at £50.

At £50 now.

See?

At £50, at 55.

Come on, it's worth more than this.

TW: 60 I've got.

BIDDER: Two.

At 62 now.

All finished at 62?

(GAVEL) 62 it is.

VO: Another profit.

They're both off to good starts.

I'm very pleased with that.

LG: Good.

PS: Very, very pleased.

VO: Let's see if we can keep the profits coming in with Louise's decorated ostrich egg.

It's got a naive charm, hasn't it?

You've got a naive charm, but, y'know.

I AM naive.

Who'll start me at £30 then?

Come on, I've got 30, £30.

I'll take five now.

At 30 and five, I've got at 35.

At 35, I'll take 40, and 40.

I'll take five now.

You'll never get another one of these.

Think of the pillow that's with it.

You all done at £45?

VO: It was the pillow what done it.

Ha!

That's profit number three.

It's a profit, Lou.

It's a profit, isn't it?

It's a small profit.

VO: Now we have Philip's fitness aid.

The pair of medicine balls.

I think, if I have a bad day, they're 30 or 40 quid.

If I have a good day, they're 100.

At £60, at £60.

65, come on, I expect it to make more than this.

At 65, the lady at the back.

And 70 I've got, at £70.

And five, at 75 at the back.

At 75, what a lovely pair to hold.

PS: Did he say that?

LG: Pff!

I think he just did.

At 75, the lady has them.

VO: Not quite what you were hoping for, Philip, but not bad.

There you go.

Not a lot.

LG: Well... yes.

PS: I'm...

I'm cool with that.

PS: I'm cool with that.

LG: Yeah.

VO: Now time to see if the mold and display jelly can continue this profitable run.

It's a rare, rare, rare, rare thing, isn't it?

You've never seen another one, have you?

PS: No.

LG: I've never seen another one.

VO: Fingers crossed then.

Start me at £10 then.

10 I've got then.

LG: No!

TW: £10, a £10, a 15 and £20 I've got.

At 25 and 35 and 45.

TW: Now 50 I'm looking for.

LG: Keep going.

At 45, 45.

Anybody in the room now?

It's on the internet, all internet?

At 45 I sell.

VO: Ah, that's the first loss.

Someone's got a real bargain.

I can feel your pain there, Lou.

Thanks.

CAN you feel my pain?

Yeah, I can.

VO: Right, let's see if Philip's tin-plate stationary engine can pump out a profit.

£100 I paid for this.

£100, OK. Come on, start me at 50 then.

20's come in.

PS: Ouch!

TW: 50 I've got there.

At £50.

It's a starting point.

At £60, 70 I've got.

At £70 now.

At £70, come on.

80 we're up to.

£80 now, you're out.

At £80, I'll take 90 now.

It's nerve-racking this, it really is nerve-racking.

90 I've got there.

Still going.

I'll take 100 straight in.

That's a big relief, that is.

100 it is.

(GAVEL) VO: And it's wiped its face - that's a relief.

Phew!

And relax.

Ooh!

VO: Now Louise's sack holder.

Any farmers in the house?

I can remember my dad, who grew taters, having one of these things.

And I had to fill the sack.

Start me at 30 on it.

Start me at 20 on it.

Start me at 10 on it.

No-one wants a sack to hold their potatoes.

Five I've got there.

10.

The internet's come in as well.

12.

She's got a farm, obviously.

14.

LG: She likes potatoes.

PS: Or she likes potatoes.

16 I've got, fresh bid.

18.

Joking apart, the beauty of something like this is you could use it, couldn't you?

You could, you could.

At £20 it goes.

VO: Well, it's made its money back.

Don't think I'm gonna be buying any more potato sack holders.

I think that's a bit of a niche market.

VO: Right, can Phil's pine cupboard turn a profit?

I think there's got to be a profit in this.

Course there has.

Come on, start me at 30.

30 I've got.

At £30, at £30, straight in at £30.

35's come in.

35, have you all finished?

35 it is.

VO: Right, a small profit for the little cupboard.

It's just a cupboard at the end of the day, isn't it?

Absolutely right.

But it's a cupboard that made a profit.

Yeah.

Shouldn't sniff at that.

VO: Right, time for Louise's last lot of the day, the mayoral deed box.

That's cool, that.

I like that.

It is, if you know someone who was the mayor of Hertford.

Or you are the mayor of Hertford.

Or you want to be.

25's on the internet.

Oh.

And 30, and 40, and five.

At 45.

At 45.

I'll take it, 48.

48!

50, at £50 now.

It's doing well, isn't it?

It's a profit.

(GAVEL) 50 it is.

VO: In the end it was just a small profit for the box.

I think that's really good.

Are you pleased with that?

I'm very pleased with that.

It's a profit.

What's not to be pleased about?

Correct.

VO: From a box to trunk.

Let's see if Philip's has any better luck.

I would buy it.

If I saw it, I would buy it.

Go and register to bid quickly, cos I don't mind.

That's fine by me.

Who'll start me on this one?

TW: Come on, surely.

PS: He calls everybody Shirley!

£50 on this one.

I'll take it.

TW: 20 I've got there.

PS: Ouch!

At 20, 40.

45, 50 I've got.

Every pound counts.

I'm selling quickly at 65.

65, you must be happy with that.

Come on, let's do a Serrell smile.

Thank you.

Right, go on.

VO: Keep smiling, Philip, that's a profit.

You do the maths.

Shall I go and do them now?

Do the maths.

PS: Come on then.

LG: Do the maths.

VO: Don't worry, I'm the one that does the maths.

VO: Despite some good profits, after auction costs Louise has made a small loss of just over £4.

Leaving her with £159.90.

VO: Philip also has also made a loss after auction costs.

Meaning his pot reduced by just under £4, leaving him with £324.56.

I think we should call that a score draw, don't you?

LG: Sounds like a good idea.

PS: Let's go.

Come on.

VO: Next time on Antiques Road Trip... ..Louise has a tight squeeze... Oh, crikey.

..Phil gets all shouty.

Oyez, oyez, oyez.

VO: And things get serious.

LG: Well... PS: This isn't a battle.

PS: This is war.

Get up there.

LG: Ha!

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