NARRATOR: It's the nation's favorite antiques experts.

Yes, a good weight.

And it smells.

NARRATOR: Steady.

Behind the wheel of a classic car.

Good morning, my lady.

Good morning, Parker.

NARRATOR: And a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

Whoopsie.

Come on!

The aim?

To make the biggest profit at auction.

But it's no mean feat.

There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

Will it be the high road to glory?

It's about winning.

Or the low road to disaster?

Pop off.

NARRATOR: This is the "Antiques Road Trip."

[MUSIC PLAYING] Yee haw!

Well, fancy seeing you here.

We're back on the road in Scotland, and it's feeling a little brisk.

I've got a jumper on, which means that I might freeze my bits off.

I'm just wearing knit.

I mean, I've got my mac in the car, but-- Your flashing mac.

[LAUGHING] NARRATOR: Oh, yeah.

Full of surprises are our expert Stephanie Connell and Philip Serrell, who can always stay warm with his signature scarves.

I've got about 60 of them.

60?

Yeah.

I've got one jacket, one pair of trousers, one pair of shoes, and about 60 scarves.

I like stripy scarves and colorful and vibrant scarves because I think it reflects my personality.

NARRATOR: You what?

On this trip, they'll be exploring Scotland from coast to coast in a very classy 1966 Jaguar Mark 2, if they can find their way around this neck of the woods.

Can you find it on the map?

That's upside down.

Didn't you used to teach geography.

Yeah, but not very often-- Largs.

I've got Largs.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: OK. [MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Steph started this trip with 200 pounds, and after three auctions, has 236 pounds and 38 pence in her kitty.

While front runner Phil set out with the same amount and has expanded his wallet to an impressive 422 pounds and 60 pence.

I want to create a lead.

You're already winning.

Well, I want to create a bigger lead.

I mean, I've gotta do something pretty miraculous to catch you.

This is about global domination.

NARRATOR: But it's not over until the fat lady sings, as they say, or at least until our pair's final auction.

They began this odyssey in Steph's homeland, Cumbria, before heading into Scotland, where they've been venturing around the south of the country.

Eventually, they'll head back across the border for a final auction in Darlington, County Durham.

Look at that map.

This time around, they have an auction to face in Dunfermline.

But they've started way out west in Ayrshire.

Right now, these two are slipping their anchor in Largs, site of an infamous battle between the Scots and the Vikings in the Middle Ages.

PHILIP SERRELL: You know what?

I think I've been here before.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: Have you?

PHILIP SERRELL: Well, I think so.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: I don't think there's an antique shop in the UK you haven't been to.

PHILIP SERRELL: Do you know I reckon I've been here before?

NARRATOR: First up is Narducci Antiques.

Doesn't sound Scandinavian.

Phil's got quite a long lead now.

He's way ahead.

So when I'm walking around anywhere, I'm thinking strategically.

I'm going to have to do something pretty amazing to catch the lead up, unless Phil has a disaster.

Who knows?

NARRATOR: Better watch out.

He's on fighting form this morning and already is taking aim.

PHILIP SERRELL: I like that.

It's like the top of a door or some-- Franco.

Phil.

How can I help?

This is just stunning, this.

FRANCO NARDUCCI: That's a lovely piece, isn't it?

'Tis a-- the top section of a door where to give additional light and to, maybe, the hallway.

So like over a door?

Over the top of the door.

PHILIP SERRELL: I got you.

I'll tell you what I'm going to do.

I'm never without a little torch.

Look at that.

See that sort of cherries and stylized flairs?

I want to buy that off you, Franco.

FRANCO NARDUCCI: OK. Would 100 pound buy it?

It certainly would not.

Would 150 pound buy it?

It certainly would not.

You want me to make life easier for you, Phil?

Go on.

How much is it?

I want 500 quid for that.

Thanks, Franco.

I'm not surprised.

It's a really good quality thing, isn't it?

FRANCO NARDUCCI: It's nicely painted.

Yeah.

But, my friend, it's just out of my pocket.

NARRATOR: It's a false start for Phil.

What's Steph dug out?

Now this is interesting.

Some sort of canoe oar.

Looks like it's an oak.

Now when I'm in a marine area, I like to find something to do with water, which obviously this is.

At the minute, people like unusual things for their homes, not necessarily what you would expect furniture wise.

Always looking for quirky things.

But doesn't have a price on.

It would have to be about 30 pounds for me to be interested in it, really.

But I do like it.

There's another one there, but I don't like that one as much.

And I think they're put together.

But they're not a pair because they don't match, and they have a slightly different design.

NARRATOR: One is possible.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Found anything on budget yet, Phil?

PHILIP SERRELL: That's quite a cool thing.

That's a ship's binnacle.

NARRATOR: You see a theme building here, folks.

Sits in a gimbal.

I think "gimbal's" a great word.

And basically, however choppy and stormy the seas are, the gimbal will maintain the compass.

Always stays flat and level.

Now these things get reproduced.

It doesn't look like it's an old repro.

NARRATOR: Ticket price, 45 pounds.

It's not repro.

It's cheap.

I'm going to try and buy that for 20 to 40 pounds, something like that.

Franco?

FRANCO NARDUCCI: Phil.

PHILIP SERRELL: I quite like that.

I'm going to make you a very mean offer.

You are?

Yeah.

That is mean, as well.

- Mm-hmm.

Don't be too mean.

It's like 25, 30 quid to me.

It's not 25.

To you, I'll do it for 40 quid.

I'll shake your hand at 35.

And that's me done.

- Go on.

PHILIP SERRELL: You're a gentleman.

Thank you very much.

I better pay you as well.

NARRATOR: And with that, Captain Serrell's shipshape, yeah, with his first purchase of the day, leaving Steph in his wake.

Speaking of whom?

I like that chair.

So what this is is a Victorian prie-dieu chair.

So it's for praying.

So what you would do is he would kneel down and use the back to pray.

And then I guess you could also use it as a chair.

Now the reason I like it is this because it's got this really nice, quality, Victorian Rosewood frame.

It's on casters.

I really like the embroidery work on it.

We're doing-- going into an auction in Scotland.

It has this Scottish figure in the center with a falcon, with a gun, wearing his kilt and his full Scottish regalia.

Looks to me the kind of thing that would have been in a Scottish country house.

And I really like quality antiques that are a little bit unusual, which this is.

So I think I'm going to find out how much it is because it has no price.

Let me see.

Hello.

Oh, hello.

Hi, I'm Steph.

Nice to meet you.

DREW: And I'm Drew.

Yeah.

Nice to meet you, Drew.

Now I've seen something that interested in the little prie-dieu chair.

It has no price on it.

DREW: I have a price for you.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: What is the price?

Well, we're pitching it at 100 pounds.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: At 100 pounds.

OK. Really like it.

I've also seen, outside near the front door, there's an oak canoe paddle.

Oh, yes.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: Yeah.

I only want the one.

DREW: All right, we have the pair.

Not the pair.

NARRATOR: Go on Steph.

Stick your oar in.

If I were to take the two items, would you be willing to take 85 for the pair?

How about if we come round up around 100?

A hundred?

All right.

Deal at 100 for the two.

Very good.

That's lovely.

Thanks very much.

NARRATOR: That makes it 65 pounds for the prie-dieu chair and 35 for the single paddle.

Let's just hope it doesn't send Steph round in circles at auction.

Ha!

[MUSIC PLAYING] In keeping with the nautical theme, Phil's come "doon the watter" to take a trip over to Millport on the Isle of Cumbrae.

Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde has been witness to a succession of invaders.

But at no time in its history has it faced a greater threat than today.

This day tripper is being kept in check by Scott Ferris, vice chair of the Isle of Cumbrae Tourist Association.

Well, I never did.

How lovely.

PHILIP SERRELL: I know I'm not the first foreigner to land on these shores, am I?

No, no, no.

For the first millennium, I believe, the Scandinavians were coming over to try and lay claim to their seat of Scotland.

And so they landed just here, did they?

Yeah, they did land here.

They had a fort on the island, which is where King Haakon-- PHILIP SERRELL: King Haakon.

Was he a good guy or a bad guy?

He was a bad guy.

He was one of the Vikings.

He'd set up over there to watch the Battle of Largs.

NARRATOR: By at the time he reached these waters in 1263, King Haakon has 120 ships and up to 20,000 men at his disposal.

Gosh.

But a storm battered his fleet.

The ensuing Battle of Largs saw no decisive victor.

But it was the last time a Norwegian king mounted a military assault on Scotland.

But they weren't the last visitors.

Oh, no.

An influx of smugglers in the 18th century is the very reason that Millport, the only town on the island of Cumbrae, exists.

Not a lot of people know that.

PHILIP SERRELL: This is a really imposing building, isn't it?

Yeah, it's a lovely building.

Yeah, the Garrison House.

What-- Garrison House?

Garrison House, yeah.

What would it-- what was the purpose of it?

SCOTT FERRIS: It was here, built to house, essentially, a crew for a cutter boats called the Royal George.

60 people would stay here to basically look after the waters and stop any smugglers built to your bay.

PHILIP SERRELL: So they'd be like the customs police.

Yeah, yeah.

It was for the excise.

PHILIP SERRELL: Was smuggling rife?

SCOTT FERRIS: It was very rife in those days, yes.

Very rife.

There must have been some belting stories.

Yeah, there was.

I mean, there's one about a communion on the island.

It was delayed just due to the fact that the wine that was to be delivered for the communion was running late because the smugglers couldn't get in.

NARRATOR: The next wave of invaders came in the 19th century when paddle steamers enabled city dwellers to visit the islands.

SCOTT FERRIS: Paddle steamers would set off from Glasgow with everybody coming down for their away day, trying to cram as much in as they could.

So before they even stepped onto the paddle steamers, they started drinking.

And when they stepped off on the pier over there, essentially, they stepped off as the term "steaming."

They were absolutely steaming.

Absolutely steaming.

I sort of love that.

That's where the term comes from.

PHILIP SERRELL: So this holiday thing, it's gone on to the present day, really.

Oh, yeah, very much so.

Doon the watter, as it's called.

What's that mean?

Well, it's a term to say-- a Scottish term, basically, for going down the water.

Doon the watter.

Basically coming from Glasgow or anywhere down the coast, Greenock and the sorts, down towards one of the islands down here.

But there's so much to do here, it's-- from community activities, right the way through to-- you've got beautiful beach, like we've got here.

You've got cycling, fishing, cracking 18-hole golf course.

- Really?

- Bowling club.

Yeah.

Now you're talking.

NARRATOR: Right, Phil.

Time for skipper Angus Fergusson from the National Watersports Center to help you find your sea legs, you old dog.

This is so cool, isn't it?

Yeah, we've got-- I feel like the 21st century King Haakon.

Although I won't be doing any invading.

We are in a sailing vessel, aren't we?

We ought.

- Yep, definitely.

We're in a sailing boat, so.

Right.

So I think it's time that we have a sort of bit of sail action.

Sounds good.

Do you want to brief your crew?

- Yeah, yeah.

Um.

Go on.

Sort it.

Go on.

On your way.

They need telling, these blokes, sometimes.

Definitely.

OK. And let's turn around into the wind.

OK.

Which one's that?

That one?

- That way.

That's it.

So bring around in towards the wind.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: These waters have seen warriors, smugglers, and revelers.

And it's not difficult to see why they continue to attract the hordes, including our very own Sailor Serrell.

Oh, yes.

Look at that.

Atlantic, next stop.

[MUSIC PLAYING] There goes the Jag, look.

All aboard.

Phil's not the only one taking to the water.

Oh, no.

Steph's cruising to Rothesay on the island of Bute, another fine Victorian seaside resort.

What a beaut.

It's absolutely beautiful.

I've never been to the Scottish islands before.

We've got the Isle of Bute just ahead of us.

And I can see Arran off in the distance.

It's such a nice day, as well.

NARRATOR: If you see Philip in a life jacket, do swing by and pick him up, won't you?

Ha!

[MUSIC PLAYING] Right.

Back on dry land and back to business.

She's headed to West Bay Homes and Antiques Emporium.

It'll have to be a big shop to fit that on the shop front.

[MUSIC PLAYING] STEPHANIE CONNELL: This is a great shop.

And there's loads of things everywhere, lots of which I could buy.

He's got fabulous pieces, especially clocks.

Now that's nice.

So what have we got here?

We have an arts and crafts brass wall light, basically.

Like a wall sconce with two candlesticks on to light your room.

And then this would, I guess, reflect the light back off it.

NARRATOR: Exactly right.

That's how you double a candle.

Most homes were lit with things like these in the old days.

Chances are that it may date from about 1900.

What's the ticket price?

Price on it-- let's have a look-- is 75.

NARRATOR: Gosh.

If it could be more like 50, then I think there's potentially a profit in that.

I think it's really, really nice.

Yeah.

That's definitely one to consider.

NARRATOR: So the heart-shaped sconce is giving Steph palpitations.

Anything else?

[MUSIC PLAYING] STEPHANIE CONNELL: Now this is interesting.

So what this is-- straight away, I know by the box what it is because of the shape of the box and the German label to the lid, that it's kind of an architect's building set that could either be used for children or adults, where you could build different structures from blocks.

Really, really nice.

It's ticketed at 75 pounds, which is very strongly priced for a building block set like this.

NARRATOR: Best get ready for some home haggling, then.

Any other contenders?

[MUSIC PLAYING] Well, I quite like that coffee pot.

"Coffee-- it's no lost when a freen gets."

It's interesting.

I'll ask Neville.

Neville?

NEVILLE: Yeah?

NARRATOR: He prefers "Nev," you know.

Oh, the Cumnock pot.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: Is that what it is?

A Cumnock pot?

Yeah, it's Cumnock Pottery.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: OK. Yeah it's very-- it's earthenware.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: Yeah.

NEVILLE: It started in about 1792.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: It's a shame about the little bit of damage, isn't it?

NEVILLE: Yeah, that's right.

But it was that sort of thing.

Easily damaged as earthenware often is.

Yeah.

There are three things that I like-- NEVILLE: OK. --coffee pot included, that I'd like to talk to you about price.

NEVILLE: OK.

The first thing is the arts and crafts brass-- NEVILLE: Yes.

- --wall light.

NEVILLE: Yeah, it's very nice.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: Now it's price-- it is nice.

- Yeah.

It's 75 pounds.

What is your best price on it?

NEVILLE: Let's say I could do it for 40.

- 40?

- Yeah.

Deal for that item.

40 pounds.

That's a deal.

OK. Now the next one is I guess the architect's blocks.

It's going to be between these two.

So how much could that be?

NEVILLE: I could do 55 on that.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: Well, I might park that then.

Because although I think it's really nice, it's probably a little bit strong for me.

NEVILLE: Right, OK.

Finally then, the coffee pot.

How much could the coffee pot be?

NEVILLE: Now what's the price on the coffee pot?

STEPHANIE CONNELL: It's 55 at the present time.

55.

I'd say 30.

So that's-- NEVILLE: That's 70 pounds.

70 altogether.

NEVILLE: Yeah, that's fine.

That's great.

NARRATOR: Job's done.

And what a productive day for Steph.

Adding the 30 pound Cumnock coffee pot and 40 pound sconce to this morning's two purchases, she's left with only 66 pounds for tomorrow.

Now she's got to find Phil in his Mae West.

[MUSIC PLAYING] You know, I love my cars.

If you were a car, what sort of car do you think you would be?

I'd like to think that I'd be like an Aston Martin.

But I think I'd probably be more like an old Ford Cortina.

No, I think you'd be a Rolls or a Bentley.

I think I'd be a knackered out, old Ford Popular.

No, you wouldn't be.

Don it up, parked on the side of the road with the AA man looking at the undercarriage.

NARRATOR: Dear, oh, dear.

It doesn't bear thinking about.

Anyway, nighty night, folks.

No nightmares.

Woo!

The sun's risen in Renfrewshire.

And this show's already on the road.

What's with the glove things?

How many pairs of gloves have you got?

Um, not millions.

But enough.

But enough.

PHILIP SERRELL: Yeah.

Not as many as the queen.

Well, it's like driving the queen around, actually.

NARRATOR: And Steph had a right royal shopping spree yesterday, oh, yes, picking up four purchases.

A prie-dieu chair, an oak paddle, a wall sconce, and the Cumnock coffee pot.

Always looking for quirky things.

NARRATOR: That means she's got a not-so-princely sum of 66 pounds left to spend.

You're right, mum?

I'm very well, thank you.

You can call me Philip.

Philip.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Philip only bought one item yesterday, the ship's binnacle.

That's quite a cool thing.

NARRATOR: He's still got a gargantuan 387 pounds.

What I'd like you to do is just sit there and go like this.

Like that?

That's the one.

Yep.

NARRATOR: Having dropped off his precious cargo, Philip's first shop today is in Paisley, home to Glasgow Salvage.

Not so swift.

Phil should be in his element here.

As the name suggests, this shop specializes in architectural salvage.

Time for a root around.

You see, I like that.

Now my daughter gives me stick because she thinks everything I look at, I try and turn into a table.

But I think that would make a wicked coffee table.

Because you've got a kind of industrial look base there.

Lord knows when it was originally used for.

But if you've got a massive piece of slate or a piece of polished steel on the top of that, I think you've got a wicked looking coffee table.

How cool is that?

My daughter thinks I need help.

NARRATOR: She might not be alone.

Do you know that one could be a little bit too much for some buyers?

So keep ferreting, Phil.

Now I quite like that.

In the late Victorian Edwardian era, you would have a glass pane or panel in the door.

And there'd be two ways of kind of decorating it, really.

You can either have leaded lights in there, like these two panels here.

Or you could paint it.

Now the leaded lights-- all these different colors would be divided by a piece of lead.

And then they would actually have different colored glass in each section, whereas this is a pane of glass that has, in fact, just been painted.

But I think what's unusual is that-- well, that it's intact.

But none of the paint has been scraped off.

NARRATOR: That's because it's not painted.

It's fired on.

PHILIP SERRELL: I really like that.

Don't know how much it is.

NARRATOR: Nothing here is priced, so Phil's negotiation skills will be put to the test later.

But there's still more to explore.

What on Earth is that?

NARRATOR: Brown.

You see, you kind of have to just think a little bit outside the box because everybody will tell you, the prime villager, no one wants it anymore.

I don't actually know what this is.

It looks like it's possibly a desk that's had the legs cut off it or something.

But this is a piece of mahogany.

It's probably mid-19th century.

This is quite a nice color.

But there's hinges here.

So whether these-- no, these open here.

So there are slide-out trays here.

It's quite lot.

Those are for, I don't know.

It's almost like you put plans or maps in there.

Scott?

- Hi.

Oh, hello.

I've been trying to work out what on Earth these are.

And it strikes me they're mahogany.

Yeah.

Mid-19th century?

Sounds right.

And they kind of look-- I've been wondering whether they've come out of an architect's office.

And this is for plans or something.

They actually came from a local museum, and they held some rather expensive books.

So I'm sure you've heard of Audubon's "Birds of America."

Rather expensive.

You're the master of understatement, aren't you?

Yeah.

NARRATOR: "Birds of America" by James Audubon is a rare series of ornithological colored prints in elephant folios of North American birds.

It's one of the most expensive books in the world.

A copy sold for the equivalent of 7 million pounds in 2013.

If the books were in there now, I think I probably offer you somewhere between two and four million pounds for them.

NARRATOR: I think you'd fall a bit short there, Phil.

PHILIP SERRELL: You've got a glass painted panel around the corner there.

SCOTT: Yeah.

And I wouldn't mind trying to put the two together.

OK. PHILIP SERRELL: If I were to bid you 90 quid for the two, what would you say?

It's a wee bit low, but it's here for sale.

I think I can probably do 120.

120.

PHILIP SERRELL: Shake me hand in.

120.

PHILIP SERRELL: Yeah.

Since you appreciate it.

Really?

120.

NARRATOR: What a generous man Scott is.

Phil's paying out 30 pounds for the glass panel and 90 for the mahogany cabinet, sadly, without his birds of America retirement fund inside.

Careful now.

I'd get a van for the cabinet.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Steph starting her day a wee jaunt away in Kilbarchan.

The village was once at the heart of Scotland's thriving textile industry.

The weavers here produced some of Scotland's finest tartan.

Cottage museum curator James Wallace picks up the story.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: Wow, a beautiful garden.

It's original size.

Really?

Yep.

The Weaver's Cottage in Kilbarchan have all got large gardens.

Lots have been donated here.

We have-- they grew plants for food.

They grew herbs.

They grew dye plants.

And they could use the space for bleaching linen.

NARRATOR: Kilbarchan's first cottage industry was the production of linen made from the flax plant.

It was used for clothing.

But the 17th century saw a boom in demand when an act of parliament dictated that the deceased must be buried in Scottish linen.

The climate and land fish are quite damp, so it's really good for working flax.

The seeds would be planted in April.

That's linseed.

And the plant would be allowed to bloom and then be harvested about August time.

Would then have to be soaked in water to rot off the outer coating, bashed with a wooden mallet, and then combed to take out the non-fibrous material and leave the fibers behind.

That would then be spun into linen thread and then woven into cloth.

NARRATOR: The cottage's gardens allowed plants to be grown to produce natural dyes.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: What colors could they have dyed the fabrics?

Quite a variety of colors from plants in the garden.

I've got a selection here of dyed naturally-- Wow.

Now this blue one, that's really nice.

What's that from?

JAMES WALLACE: It's from wood.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: It's almost like a tie dye.

JAMES WALLACE: Yeah.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: They feel lovely as well.

And the purple one, this-- That's log wood.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: They're really pretty, aren't they?

They're such nice colors.

NARRATOR: By the end of the 18th century, the linen industry had largely died out.

But Kilbarchan's story wasn't over.

The weavers were about to receive a boost from an unlikely hero, writer Sir Walter Scott.

In 1822, he stage managed the first visit of a reigning monarch to Scotland in 150 years.

King George IV came to Edinburgh, wearing a kilt paired with pink tights.

And tartan became de rigueur.

He loved dressing up.

JAMES WALLACE: After King George's visit, it took off.

Everybody wanted tartan.

And it became a really big business in Kilbarchan.

At that point, 1840, we had 800 hand looms in the parish.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: Would life here have been as idyllic as it looks?

JAMES WALLACE: I'm afraid not.

No, it was a hard life.

At the height of the industry, three families shared the cottage and the work.

So they would have their bedroom each for the whole family.

So it had been very crowded.

They had to work long hours.

It was quite physically demanding, as well.

And the whole family had to get involved.

And they all had to sleep and eat and what can in the place.

But when the market was good, they were earning decent money.

They were quite well off for working class people, much better than working in a factory.

NARRATOR: Despite the challenges of the lifestyle, the ability to choose their own hours and work in a home environment appealed to many of the weavers.

They also found the time to educate themselves on matters of the day.

They're very intelligent people and very cultured.

They enjoyed reading.

They worked together.

They formed friendly societies.

Produced the first running water in the village and looked after people who couldn't afford to be buried.

They'd provide coffins, things like that.

They were quite radical in their political views, as well.

They didn't take any nonsense from the lead or anybody else.

NARRATOR: Unlike in other parts of Renfrewshire, a mill to mechanize the process was never built in Kilbarchan, so weaving remained a cottage industry here until the last century.

This is our old loom.

It's 250 years old.

As you can see, it's set up to weave tartan.

There are 840 threads on this warp.

Each side would have to pass through one of these shafts.

And each one of the shafts got hundreds of heddles, as they're known.

It's like the eye of a needle in the middle there.

Would you like to try some weaving?

This is all set up, ready to go.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: I would love to.

All right.

Well, have a seat.

OK. Do I sit-in the middle?

Yes.

So I can pass down pedal number one right to the ground.

And then pass the shuttle through here.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: Here?

JAMES WALLACE: Yeah.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: In between the two.

JAMES WALLACE: Yeah.

And just pull the thread through.

Then pull this towards you, nice and hard.

All right.

Now you're going to press down pedal number two and pass the shuttle through this way.

Each time you place a foot pedal, a different combination of shafts go up and down.

And you can see what we're building up is a nice diagonal stripe in the cloth.

That's known as a twill weave.

The handling weavers are able to produce very high quality cloth.

But because the young people in the early 20th century were finding work outside the village, and they were no longer picking up the trade, and so it died out in the 1950s when the last of the weavers retired.

It's such a fascinating and interesting history.

Thank you very much.

It's been a real pleasure.

And looking at this, it's definitely our nine or 10 out of 10.

So you can get a job here anytime.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: Oh, brilliant.

Thank you very much.

NARRATOR: Whilst Steph ponders a new job offer, Phil's sticking to what he knows best and heading 20 minutes northeast to Clydebank.

So I've got roughly 270 pounds or thereabouts left.

What am I going to buy?

You know what, I've got no idea.

No idea.

You can only ever react to what you see in front of you.

But one of Paul Laidlaw's cameras would be really nice.

NARRATOR: Wouldn't it just, eh?

Well, his final shop is a haven for all things vintage and retro.

So you never know.

It's Kean On Antiques, where Phil's got just shy of 270 pounds left to spend.

[MUSIC PLAYING] That's heavy.

So this is an old metal trunk, probably late 19th century.

But if you look at this label here, it's made by a company called Josiah Cummings and Sons from Boston, Massachusetts.

So my imagination then starts to run right, you know.

Perhaps Billy the Kid had this, or perhaps this was on the back of the Wells Fargo stagecoach.

All that sort of stuff.

Because when you're buying this stuff, you're buying a huge chunk of history, as well.

NARRATOR: And he's considering it.

But there's more to be unearthed here.

That is obviously George Bernard Shaw.

And I mean, I know that that caricature is him because George Bernard Shaw was very involved with the modern theater where I come from.

And this is drawn by a man called Coia in 1984.

And Emilio Coia was a Scottish artist who died in, I don't know, the late 1990s.

And his work can make anywhere from like 10 pounds to 1,000 pounds.

And there's no rhyme or reason as to what makes 10 pounds and what makes a thousand pounds.

But that could be quite interesting.

There's a little bit of marking to the paper.

Just around here.

Look, there's a stain.

There's a stain there.

But it's all down to price.

Well, we'll see.

NARRATOR: Like the trunk, the Coia sketch doesn't have a ticket price.

Time to talk to the man in charge.

Right.

This man here.

Let's plunk him down there.

Emilio Coia.

Yeah.

PHILIP SERRELL: I quite like that.

The other thing I like is your trunk.

I'd like to know what your best is on that.

RYAN: Right.

What your best is on the trunk, and if I buy the two, what the best is.

Right.

OK?

Well, my best on the Coia would be 20.

Fine.

And the trunk would be 70.

And the two?

80.

PHILIP SERRELL: I'll definitely have that.

MAN: Not [INAUDIBLE].

And I'll think what else I'm going to see.

NARRATOR: You do that.

Now has Steph finished weaving me a scarf yet?

Indeed, she has.

She's headed 10 miles alongside the River Clyde to Glasgow.

Steph's final shot at shopping glory is at Emporium, owned by Hugh and Mary.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: Nice to meet you both.

Nice to meet you.

I'm Hugh.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: Nice to meet you, Hugh.

- Nice to meet you, Steph.

- I'm Mary.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: Nice to meet you, Mary.

There's things everywhere.

This is going to be a treasure hunt, I think.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Look.

Has our Cumbria girl found something close to home?

Now I've been going on about arts and crafts a lot this road trip.

And I really like this tray.

So they have attributed it to Keswick School of Industrial Art.

NARRATOR: Well, that's the one.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: Keswick School of Industrial Art was formed in the late 19th century in the Lake District by Canon Hardwick Rawnsley, who is famous because he was one of the initial founders of the National Trust.

It's typical to find their work in copper, often with folier decoration, leaves, things inspired by nature.

Very much what the arts and crafts is all about.

Getting back to craft, people being able to make things themselves and with natural materials.

Unfortunately it's just short of 200 pounds.

So it's going to be too much for my budget.

But I really like it, and had I had more money, I might have considered it.

NARRATOR: Well, I'm so glad you didn't because I'd never buy any of that stuff unless it's stamped.

In an antique shop like this, you've always got to have a good hunt.

What have we got down here?

That's nice.

That is nice.

So it's a mirror in brass.

But this is going arts and crafts, almost going into art deco.

So it could be kind of Glasgow School because it's very geometric.

Has no price.

Potential buy that is.

NARRATOR: Well, I hope you do.

While you mull it over, let's catch up with Phil back in Clydebank.

These are quite interesting.

Are they just decorative?

They're not wildly valuable Eastern carpets.

But the crucial thing is whether they got holes in them or not.

So I think I wouldn't mind taking these outside.

NARRATOR: Take your time, Phil, eh?

But almost at the final whistle.

Any progress, Steph?

And she's cleaning.

Hey, don't give it a spit and polish before you make an offer, Steph.

That'd be silly.

The mirror-- how much is that one?

So that one just came in, wasn't cleaned.

NARRATOR: It is now.

The price on it if it was cleaned and in good condition would be 75.

NARRATOR: Told you so.

For you, it could be 50 pounds.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: Do you know what?

I'm going to take the mirror because I really do like it.

Is that OK if I could take it for 50?

HUGH: Thank you.

- Lovely.

Thanks very much.

NARRATOR: Well, there you go, then.

50 pounds paid for the mirror, and Steph's all shopped out.

[MUSIC PLAYING] What of Philip and the magic carpets?

Well, he hasn't floated away yet.

[LAUGHING] Well, thankfully, they're not hole-y.

They've got their borders, and they're OK.

So time to go and see Ryan.

Ryan.

RYAN: Hello Good man.

I quite like those three little rugs.

Just hit me with your rock bottom price.

RYAN: 30.

- 30.

[INAUDIBLE] And 20 for that?

And 20 for that.

PHILIP SERRELL: I'm going to shake your hand, my friend.

- 50.

- There we go.

50 pounds.

- Deal.

Deal done.

NARRATOR: So there you have it.

Mr. Serrell's final purchases for this penultimate leg, the Coia sketch of George Bernard Shaw and the three Eastern rugs.

It's about time our two experts caught up, don't you think?

You know me, down there with the kids.

Yeah.

No, down with-- STEPHANIE CONNELL: Down with the kids.

Down with the kids.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: Down with the kids.

That's it, yeah.

In it?

- Yeah.

In it.

NARRATOR: All teenagers across the nation can cringe.

People say "fam" now.

What?

Fam.

Fam.

It means, like, "family."

People say "fam."

That's the thing to say.

So if I go in this, "aw, man.

That's really in it, fam."

Will I be down with the kids?

Maybe, yeah.

NARRATOR: Well, maybe not.

The education of Philip Serrell will have to continue another day.

It's time for some shut eye, innit?

Morning has broken in Fife, and our trippers have reached the old gray town of Dunfermline.

Phil should feel right at home here.

Our pair started out in Largs on the West coast of Scotland.

After setting sail across the Firth of Clyde, they winded their way back across the country.

It's here they're facing their penultimate auction at Bowler and Binnie.

Great name.

I am really looking forward to this.

Me, too.

I think it's going to be really good.

It's going to be a good sale.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Well, it's just about time to find out.

But first, a rundown of our expert's exploits.

Steph's strategy was to speculate, to accumulate.

She spent nearly all her money.

220 pounds on five lots, including the Cumnock coffee pot.

Steph has bought a stick of rock.

Well, not literally a stick of rock.

But these wares, probably dating from the mid 20th century, they were a memento of either where you went on a holiday.

So Torquay ware is very, very similar to this.

I just-- they're fun things.

And I don't know what Steph has paid for this item either, but I think they're undervalued.

NARRATOR: Phil, on the other hand, kept a tight hold on his purse strings, spending 205 pounds, less than half his stash, also on five lots.

Phil's bought this art nouveau window.

It is absolutely beautiful.

Gorgeous detail.

Floral and leaf motif.

It's perfect.

And it was 30 pounds, which is a bargain.

NARRATOR: Well, that both in a magnanimous mood.

Does our man at the helm, auctioneer William Binnie agree?

The prie-dieu chair, it's unique, will appeal to a lot of people.

I love the ton supports the barrel, ton supports are going down the sides.

And I feel it will do well on bidding on it.

The ship's binnacle, a lot of people collect this sort of memorabilia.

A lot of the military collectors, it'll appeal to them, as well.

And it should do fantastic today, as well.

NARRATOR: It's all happening here with bids in the room, on the web, and on the blower.

I've got you a present.

What of it?

Oh, a scarf!

STEPHANIE CONNELL: A scarf.

Goodness me.

I'm gonna have to wear this, aren't I?

Yeah?

Well, you don't have to.

Two scarves?

It's good.

It suits you.

I'm known as Two Scarves Serrell.

NARRATOR: Kicking things off is Steph's first lot.

Will it reflect a profit?

Real nice piece, this.

I can go straight in here at 40 pounds.

Bid here at 40.

At 40 bid here.

At 40.

OK. Well, that's awesome.

One more will take it.

35 with you.

35 in the room.

Here at 35.

It's still cheap.

60 now with internet.

Here at 60.

Someone on the internet bid at 60.

On the second internet.

Are we all finished?

Still cheap at 60.

60.

NARRATOR: That's cheap, especially after Steph's spit and polish.

- It isn't due, is it?

- No, it's cheap.

It's 60.

But it's a profit.

- Yeah.

A profit.

NARRATOR: Phil's starting with the Coia sketch of George Bernard Shaw.

Nice lot, this.

And I can start here 26 bid here.

At 26.

- 26.

WILLIAM BINNIE: 26 bid at [INAUDIBLE] 26 bed on the bookie with me at 26.

Any advances with me?

28.

At 30.

One more will take it.

It's 30 bid at [INAUDIBLE] 30.

It's with me at 30.

You're going?

It's 30 bid a hop.

We're all finished and selling at 30 pounds.

NARRATOR: Phil's first lot bags him a profit.

30 pounds.

There you go.

It's kind of just bang on-- [INTERPOSING VOICES] NARRATOR: Now it's Steph's Cumnock coffeepot.

12 bid at harbor.

12 in the first internet.

Then at 12.

14 now.

At 14.

And 14 on the second internet.

Then at 14.

We're slowly picking up-- Going on the internet this time.

That might be it, though.

- 16 now.

At 16.

At 16 bid a [INAUDIBLE] At 16.

18 now.

At 18.

At 18 bid here.

At 18.

Now at 20.

At 20 bid.

Come on, internet.

--second internet at 20 at [INAUDIBLE] 20.

Oh, 22 now.

Fresh bidder in the room here at 22.

You're coming back, internet.

And it is in the room here at 22.

The hammer is up and selling it 22 pounds.

NARRATOR: Oh, dear.

Although it's a loss, I'm happy with that, to be honest.

It could have been worse.

NARRATOR: Moving on, we're not too far from the coast.

Anyone for a ship's binnacle?

60 pounds for it.

Come on, folks.

That's-- 60 bid at harbor.

STEPHANIE CONNELL: What?

- 60 on bid.

- Well done, you are.

WILLIAM BINNIE: At 60 bid [INAUDIBLE] - I'm flabbergasted.

- At 65.

70.

75?

75?

Bids here at 75?

STEPHANIE CONNELL: Wow.

WILLIAM BINNIE: End of the room you have at 75.

PHILIP SERRELL: How does that work?

I don't know.

WILLIAM BINNIE: 75.

NARRATOR: Plenty of seafarers in Dunfermline, then.

Well done, Phil.

There's no justice, is there, in this world?

NARRATOR: Now Steph's oceanic offering.

Solid oak there.

It's 30 bid.

35, 40.

40 bid here.

At 40.

45, 50.

50 bid here.

At 50.

Go on.

Get in.

WILLIAM BINNIE: At 55 bid.

On the full note at 55.

55's all right.

I'm quite happy with that.

It's more than a third [INAUDIBLE] And selling at 55.

NARRATOR: That's really, really oar-some.

Ha!

- I'm really pleased with that.

You should've bought the other one.

I should've bought the other one.

NARRATOR: We're back on dry land with Phil's three Eastern rugs.

On the phone at 40.

Any advances?

It's 40 bid.

On the phone at 40.

Only bid there at 40.

Any advances?

And selling it 40 pounds.

BIDDER: 45.

45 online.

I preferred it each.

45 online.

WILLIAM BINNIE: 50 now.

On the phone at 50.

That's a good profit for you.

Yeah.

Hammer is up and selling at 50 pounds.

NARRATOR: Not bad, but they could have done with a dry clean first.

I think that's all right.

But it shows how cheap rug are at auction.

Absolutely, yeah.

You can pick up really nice ones for not very much.

NARRATOR: Will Steph need to pray for a miracle with her next lot?

50 pounds.

Bid here at 50.

At 50 bid [INAUDIBLE] 50 on the bookie with me.

At 50.

- [INAUDIBLE] 60.

One more will take it.

At 65 in the room.

At 65.

At 65 bid in the room.

Here at 65.

With you, sir, at 65.

70 now.

At 70 bid [INAUDIBLE] You coming?

75.

75 bid here.

At 75 bid here.

Come on.

Come on, internet.

The hammer is up and selling at 75.

NARRATOR: Well, it didn't bring her to her knees.

I can remember the days when those things with 250, 300 pounds.

It just shows how old I really am, doesn't it?

In fact, I might be as old as that chair.

NARRATOR: I'm saying nothing.

Phil's mahogany cabinet is next.

Real nice piece there.

And I can start here 120 bid there.

At 120.

At 120 bid here.

At 120.

130, 140.

150 bid on the phone.

At 150 bid.

At 150.

It's on the phone at 150.

Any advances?

The hammer is up and selling at 150.

NARRATOR: It's a good profit.

Whoever owns that is really lucky.

Yeah.

It's great.

NARRATOR: It's Steph's final lot now, the sconce.

Real nice piece, this.

And I can start here 30 bid to you.

At 30.

At 30 bid at [INAUDIBLE] 30.

At 30 bid.

Any advances?

Is that it?

At 45.

50.

55.

55, 60, 65.

65, 70.

70 bid here.

At 75.

Come on, it's worth more than that.

75 bid.

To 80.

Thank you, 80.

- That's really cheap.

Really cheap.

The hammer is up and selling at 80.

NARRATOR: She's left her best till last.

I've got to make 200 pounds.

I'm disappointed, yeah.

Tut, tut.

There's no pleasing some people.

Still, Phil is running away with it.

What can his final lot, the stained glass panel, do?

And I can start here at 100 bid there.

At 100.

Then you go straight off the bat.

100 pound, boom.

WILLIAM BINNIE: 110.

At 120 bid here.

At 120.

One more will take it.

At 130 bid there at the back of the room.

There at 130.

Bid there at 130.

I'm surprised.

You're surprised?

I'm not.

It's beautiful.

WILLIAM BINNIE: Stained glass here at 130 bid there.

At 130.

Are we all finished?

The hammer is up and selling at 130.

NARRATOR: The salvage man struck gold once again.

I've enjoyed your company.

Well, I've enjoyed Scotland and your company.

It's been jolly good, hasn't it?

- It has.

- Are we going to make a move?

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Let's see what it all adds up to.

Steph began this trip with just over 236 pounds.

After auction costs are taken into account, she's made a profit today of nearly 20 pounds.

She leaves Scotland with around 255 pounds.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Phil started with a healthy 422 pounds and change.

And today, after costs, he's increased his kitty by just over 150 pounds, leaving him with nearly 575 pounds for the final leg.

That is amazing.

Back to England.

Absolutely.

Well, it might not be rainy yet.

Hopefully a bit of dry weather.

Well, you never know.

[MUSIC PLAYING]