antiques experts... Let the Road Trip begin!

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

IZZIE: Ooh!

DAVID: You hit the roof then!

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

Pump yourself up... with antiques.

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

But it's no mean feat.

That's a top job, isn't it?

VO: There'll be worthy winners... AUCTIONEER: £400.

RAJ: Fantastic!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

I'm screaming on the inside.

VO: Will it be the high road to glory...

The gloves are off.

VO: ..or the slow road to disaster?

The gearbox has gone!

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

Oh, yeah!

VO: Greetings from Lancashire, where our intrepid pair of antiquarians, Steven Moore and Roo Irvine, are in the countryside in their Rolls-Royce Corniche.

Have an open-top car, they said.

It'll be fun, they said.

Oof, oh, absolutely not.

Well, that's certainly cleared my nasal passages.

VO: Eau de mouton!

Ha-ha!

Lovely.

I hate to talk about money because it's so vulgar, but you're quite a bit behind me, aren't you?

Ever so modest, Mr Moore.

VO: Isn't he?

It's the final leg of their northern tour... Boomf!

VO: ..and this trip has been quite the fashion affair.

You just ooze style.

Darling, it comes out of all the pores.

VO: At the start, it looked like Roo was on track for her first win...

Selling at 260.

Yes!

Hooray!

VO: ..but the latter part of the trip hasn't gone her way.

VO: Final warning at 40.

Oh, my goodness.

VO: After a shaky start, Steven was counting the pennies... £29, and I can't afford it!

VO: ..but managed to steer his way back into the lead.

There's a good chance this might make money.

Oh!

At the end of the day, it's the taking part, not the winning.

ROO: Exactly.

And do you know... STEVEN: (MOUTHS) ROO: I've loved this road trip with you.

STEVEN: Sorry?

(CHUCKLES) VO: Oi-oi!

Roo started out with £200, and after her roller-coaster week, she's currently got £206.50.

Steven started out with the same amount, and has managed to establish a sizable lead of £447.42.

Well, hinny, this is the end.

ROO: It is.

Well, this is the end... (CRASH) ROO: ..for you driving...

Thank goodness!

That was almost the end of us both.

VO: Steady!

VO: They started their trip in the North East before heading to Yorkshire, on to Lancashire, and will end further south in Leicestershire.

Their items will go under the hammer at an auction in Lincoln.

This final fling starts in the area of Carnforth, famous for the setting of the 1945 film Brief Encounter, where Roo has a rendezvous at Dales Antiques & Interiors.

ROO: Door-to-door service, I like that.

To the door!

I know.

Thank you very much.

Don't have too good a day without me!

Well, I'll try my best.

Will you miss me?

I will miss you very much, my friend.

Oh, I'm missing you already.

STEVEN: Bye.

ROO: See you.

VO: Filled with an assortment of treasures, antique oak and pottery, there's no time for barking up the wrong tree.

Hello, what's this?

Now, this has immediately caught my eye.

VO: A pair of Victorian salt pots.

The first thing I do is you check for silver hallmarks, which there aren't any.

It's EP, so it's electroplated.

But look how beautifully it's made!

What makes this different from other salts are these little feet.

They're called ball and claw, and you often find them on furniture, so you'll find them on beautiful chairs and tables, and it tends to be either a lion's foot or an eagle's foot and the talons are just grasping the ball, ready to take flight.

And it's quite unusual for a salt to have them.

I just think they're really beautifully made, but because there's no price, I'm going to have a look around.

I've just started, and that's definitely one to think about if the price is right.

VO: Good thinking.

Now, Steven's shaking the leg over to the other side of Carnforth, and to Lords Antiques & Salvage.

With 75 stallholders, this place is brimming with antiques and that's just the inside.

It's also got a large salvage yard, so this nobleman has plenty to rummage through.

He's quick off the mark.

See, lots to choose from.

Now, time to pop outside to enjoy the sun and inspect his haul.

Meanwhile, on the other side of Carnforth, Roo is taking things a little slower.

What else will catch her eye?

Now, I love these.

I'm automatically drawn to anything that looks exotic, or like it's from beautiful eastern lands.

And these, I believe them to be little perfume or scent bottles.

It's got a tiny little stopper.

It wouldn't have much in there, but it reminds me of the Egyptian scent bottles from 2,000 years ago, which were made of glass, and they were tiny little vials, which would have an elixir in there, that a lady would just dab on herself to smell beautiful.

But the thing I love most about this is this pearlescent material, mother-of-pearl.

I would say they're probably late Victorian, because in the Victorian times, you would get little mother-of-pearl purses, binoculars, opera binoculars.

So it was quite a common material to use back in the late 1800s.

VO: No price tag again.

I'm hoping they're affordable because if they are, I think a collector for perfume and scent bottles, and also anything mother-of-pearl, would probably snap them up because they're absolutely beautiful.

VO: Well, let's see what owner Leonard has to say.

And don't forget your salts.

ROO: Leonard... DEALER: Hi.

..there's a couple of things I've spotted.

It's a little pair of perfume bottles... Mm-hm.

..and also your silver-plate salts.

Now, there's no price on them, so I'm just going to be brave because I'm nearing the end of the road trip.

Could the salts be £20?

The salts are 30.

25's the best on those.

The absolute best, OK. And these - could they be... £20?

I've got £40 on them.

The very best on those is going to be 30.

So I could have both for 55?

DEALER: Yes.

ROO: Alright.

ROO: Thank you very much.

DEALER: Thank you.

I will give you some money, then.

VO: Starting well.

Two buys down.

Roo's got just over £150 left.

Back to the Lords Antiques & Salvage.

Steven makes hay while the sun shines.

Venice, glass.

So these are... ..canes of glass, which are long canes made from lots and lots of little glass rods.

What they do, they chop them up, they blow the vase and then they lay the pattern on a metal table.

And while the glass is still molten, they actually roll it on.

VO: These colorful glass floral canes are known as millefiori, which in Italian means, "a thousand flowers".

This handle has been off.

Look, there's the glue there.

That's annoying, that, but we've still got more treasures.

Stick around.

VO: I intend to.

This... is a tyg.

So a tyg's what we call a three-handled vessel.

It was so you could pass it around, and each time you could take a drink from it, and then you could pass it on.

Now, this looks like it's Chinese porcelain, but it's not.

It's from Paris.

Samson.

Edme Samson was a maker whose business was to copy pieces, so he copied English porcelain, he copied French porcelain, he copied Chinese porcelain.

But it is all in a very distinctive style.

It is this very hard, slightly blue hard-paste French porcelain.

So this is priced at £45, and I don't think that's bad.

So what else have we got to show you?

Well... look at this!

So from fake Chinese to real Chinese, this is Chinese enamelware, probably made in Peking.

Late 19th, early 20th century.

And this seems to be in amazing condition.

It's £48 as well, so that is going back in the basket.

It's time to do a deal, isn't it?

VO: You said it.

Bretten, Bretten!

VO: You just sit there, Steven.

Hello.

Where have you been hiding?

Take a seat.

Take the cares of the world off your mind, and sit down and give me a good deal.

Now... ..this and this, both belong to the same chap.

DEALER: Yes.

STEVEN: They're both £48.

However, this is damaged and I didn't realize till I got it outside.

The handle's been broken off.

Well, I hadn't realized.

I was gonna say, for the two, £80...

Right.

..but because you're saying about the handles being glued back on, we can do £70 on the two.

For the two.

And then if you buy that one on its own, DEALER: I'll do that for 40.

STEVEN: This one's 40.

So that can't be 30?

No, I'm afraid not.

No.

This is 45.

DEALER: Yeah.

STEVEN: What can that be?

Yeah, 30 on that is our best.

VO: Right.

Well, I won't quibble with that.

That is definitely coming with me.

Right.

But... leave that.

Back in the basket.

But this... ..and this.

So that's 70.

Yeah.

Do you want some money?

VO: Course he does.

Deal done.

Steven walks away with £377.42 left in his pocket.

Roo's crossed the border and has headed to the fells of Cumbria, to Grange-over-Sands.

She's come to learn the story of how this country's last top predator became extinct.

Local historian Richard Sanderson is on hand to tell her more.

Hi, Richard.

Hi, Roo.

What an amazing location!

This is stunning.

Yeah, well welcome to Humphrey Head.

Fabulous limestone escarpments.

Pointing out there into Morecambe Bay, right on the edge of one of the most beautiful bays in Britain.

This place also has another interesting aspect to it.

It is supposed to be, by legend, the place that the last wolf in England was killed.

VO: Wolves are thought to have arrived at the end of the last Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago.

They lived in the forests and rural areas of Britain.

Hunting deer and other grazing animals, they became part of the ecosystem, as top-level predators.

However, in the late 13th century, King Edward I ordered the extermination of all wolves across the kingdom.

It was to protect the forest lands, and the forest lands were the traditional hunting lands of the kings and royalty.

Of course.

And we have forest lands over there in the Forest of Bowland.

And no doubt the wolves were killed first in the south, and then gradually moved north.

VO: Causing too much trouble with the kingdom's livestock, wolves across the country were gradually killed off.

Folklore has it that the last wolf descended the fells after it was chased from a nearby village, after hunting their flock of sheep.

Here, it met its death.

So what actually happened here at Humphrey's Head?

Someone called Sir John Lowe had a secret lover called Adelia, and Adelia, who only lived locally, was out on a pleasant stroll.

And this wolf cornered her, and Sir John came to her rescue and chased it right to the end of the cliff with a spear and sword in his hand.

And the dramatic death would have taken place over there, at the very edge, as the wolf plummeted down the cliff into the Morecambe Bay below.

Oh, he had no choice, really, did he?

No, he didn't have a choice at all.

He had to kill the wolf, it had to die.

It was that or his lover was going to be lost.

And the legend says a passing priest, probably from Cartmel Priory, married them on the spot, tied the nuptial knot, as it's described in the legends.

So are these legends true?

Certainly the places mentioned are true.

The people mentioned are true.

So, yes, there's a lot of truth in it.

But, actually, you can go to different places in England, particularly in the north, where they suggest they killed the last wolf.

VO: Although wild wolves have long been extinct in Britain, predator experts Dee and her husband Daniel offer people the chance to get close to their two wolf hybrids, which are a controlled species in the UK.

Well, this is Maska and Kajika.

And they're a pure wolf, crossed with a wolf dog.

But how do these guys differ from pure wolves?

Well, having a little bit of dog content means they're just a little bit more forgiving, and a little bit easier to work with, with public.

And they are as close to a pure wolf as we're allowed to get in this country, and still let people interact and walk them.

Fantastic.

Can I meet them?

Yes, of course.

What we'd like you to do, because wolves naturally greet each other by holding each other's heads and necks in each other's mouths, and obviously, that's not really very human.

As you do.

Well...

So we're going to do a more human, socially-acceptable version.

So what I'd like you to do is quite confidently walk up, and put your hand on the back of the truck, and then they can have a lick and a sniff and an introduction from you.

Hello, my darlings.

Hello.

VO: Now, acquainted, it's time for Roo to take a walk.

Why did you go for this wolf hybrid?

Well we work on a basis of conservation by connection, so we wanted a hybrid so that people could bond with them.

It helps them be ambassadors for their species, and teaches people that they can learn to live with our foxes and our badgers and the other predators we have left, and how important they are in an ecostructure, and how they fall apart when they don't have them.

How else can I bond with them?

I know that I put my hand up and they sniffed and licked my hand, but what else can I do to show them that I'm family?

You can howl with them.

Can I?

Yes.

OK, well, show me.

The one that we do the most is a family bonding howl.

This helps to strengthen pack ties, and bring a sense of unity to that social group.

What should a family howl sound like?

Well, it's gonna be perfect because it's almost an "ah-roo."

ROO: Roo?!

DEE: Ah-roo.

I'm a Roo, too!

So start with a low ah, and then go a high roo.

OK. Ah-roo!

VO: She's the leader of the pack!

(THEY HOWL) VO: Today, these hybrid wolves are as close as we can get to their ancestors, allowing us to see up close the beauty of these creatures that were once our top predator.

(HOWLING CONTINUES) VO: Now, to another lone wolf.

Ha!

Oop!

Fashion emergency.

VO: Deary me.

Our very own John Wayne has also crossed the blustery borders to Cumbria's Grange-over-Sands.

And to Yew Tree Barn, a 19th century traditional Westmoreland barn.

You going to come, too?

Come on, show me where the antiques are.

Where's the antiques?

Are they up there?

Come on.

VO: Our very own Dr Doolittle.

Come.

Suit yourself.

VO: Maybe not.

Ha!

Better stick to the antiques.

And there's plenty here to choose from.

Pretty box.

Checkerboard on the top, decoration on the outside.

Open it up, and inside are these little draughts.

So these are the original pieces to the box.

There probably would have been chess pieces as well.

This is Chinese.

It's about 1830, 1840, so this would have been made, probably, in Canton, exported for the West.

And these games compendiums, you can imagine - a weekend in a country house, it's pouring with rain, there's no telly to watch, you've read the latest Jane Austen.

"Oh, let's have a game of chess!"

This is the online streaming service of 1830s Britain.

So, "chess set - £48".

That's one for the pile.

VO: Check!

He's not playing games today.

Oh, but he is playing dress-up.

Can I get away with the princess look?

It's a bit small, really.

No.

But, hang on... that's more me.

So what on Earth is it?

Well, it's French, late 19th century, maybe 1880, 1890.

These were very smart, very chic flower vases.

And you would have this with a lovely arrangement of flowers coming out, like the horn of plenty.

VO: Cornucopia vase, also known as the horn of plenty, are a symbol of abundance and nourishment.

They would have sometimes come as a pair, but people love to have a collection of these, of different sizes and full of flowers, they look smashing.

Smashing's not a good word to say around glass.

And I've noticed it says "AF", which is a dealer's way of saying, "as found", ie damaged.

Now, what is wrong?

Well, it's been glued back in.

Well, that's fair enough.

Ah, hang on.

There we are.

Yeah, a couple of little chips.

Like somebody's had a nibble at it.

But at £48, I don't think that's expensive, and I can tickle that down... to maybe 30 or less.

It's coming on the pile.

VO: What a busy day, eh?

Time to parlay with owner Clive.

Clive!

Steven.

Ah, Clive.

Take a seat.

I had a rummage.

Yeah.

And I've...there must have been a £48 table because these are both £48.

What can they be?

Double or drop.

What we'd do, I'd happily put them both down at £40 each.

What if they were 35 each, so 70?

Of course.

Very happy.

STEVEN: £70.

DEALER: Very happy.

STEVEN: Sure?

DEALER: Yes.

Yes.

The wallet is coming out.

VO: Good man, Clive.

Thanks very much.

Take care.

DEALER: Bye-bye.

Thank you.

STEVEN: Bye-bye.

Steven ends the day still holding a healthy sum of just over £300.

Time to collect his compadre, Roo.

It's our last night, we've got to make it special.

A little mani-pedi.

ROO: Let's mani-pedi away.

Well, you know, this glamour just doesn't appear, you know.

It has to be...

It's maintenance.

Oh, absolutely.

We didn't wake up like this.

STEVEN: Well, I did!

ROO: (CHUCKLES) VO: Oh, lordy!

Nighty-night.

VO: Day two, and they're ready to rumble.

ROO: Last chance saloon.

(HORN HONKS) The last chance saloon, it was a wake-up call.

It's a war cry.

A come to battle.

A Roo roar!

A Roo roar!

Exactly.

Last day, come on!

VO: Yesterday, Roo picked up a pair of Victorian salts and mother-of-pearl scent bottles.

They're absolutely beautiful.

VO: And she's got £150 left to shell out.

However, there was no stopping Steven as he snapped up a Ming-style enamel vase, a Samson porcelain tyg, a Chinese gaming compendium, and a cornucopia vase...

It's like somebody's had a nibble at it.

VO: ..and still has just over £300 left.

Do you think you can hold your head up high with what you've bought?

Oh, yes.

Bring me the Faberge, bring me the gold.

Bring me the diamonds.

So you're a man with a stride in your step and jam in your sarnie.

Jam in my sar... VO: That's one way of putting it.

Roo's dropped off Steven and has headed to Cartmel... nestled on the edge of the Lake District.

She's ducking into Cartmel Village Vintage.

There's owner Denise, and guard dog Ted.

This store is right up Roo's street with fashion, furnishings, and plenty of curios.

I think that's Edwardian, early 1900s, and this is a travel writing slope.

It's got a little handle.

You can take it with you, but let's just get into the bones of it.

It's got leather... A leather pouch there, for all your papers.

You've got slots there for your pens and it's beautifully decorated in the Victorian style.

My favorite part is it's actually got the maker on there, JJ Wheat of Sheffield, and that instantly gives it a bit more gravitas and a bit more class.

Now, it looks like the key might be missing... ..but you would literally pick this up, lock it, carry that with you, and then you've got all your correspondence.

And, at £68, it's not a bad price, but it would need to be a lot tastier for me to actually make a profit at auction, but it's one to think about.

I don't usually go brown, but I'm quite charmed by that.

VO: Perhaps one to write home about.

Ha!

This is something you rarely see in an antique shop, and actually you would look at it and say, "What is it?"

It looks like it's made of very, very old leather.

Some brass details on there, but what does it actually do?

Well, if you open it up, you will see it's a tiny little purse, but it's not for keeping your money in.

I believe this is actually a tinder purse.

You would use this in bushcraft when you're living out in the wilderness.

You would actually strike any flint across there to make a fire.

I'm thinking this is probably Tibetan.

Now, what is the price on this?

£59.

You don't see many examples out there, so that could be a very good price.

VO: All fired up, what else can she spot?

A little bit of silver always jumps out at me.

Instantly, these look like very ornate Georgian silver sugar nips, which basically is what it says.

That's how you would pick up your little sugar cubes to put into your tea.

Now, the Georgian ones are far more valuable than the Victorian ones, because Victorian ones are 10 a penny.

But let's have a look inside for some marks.

And that's what we're looking for.

So you've got the Lion Rampant there, which says it is British silver, 92.5%, but this little... it looks like a Z.

But I think it's actually George's head.

So, for the Georgian era, sometimes it would actually have the portrait of King George.

If you look at it, it's slightly wonky.

So I think they have been snapped at some point, which is a real shame because when it comes to silver, or selling antiques, condition is absolutely key.

That can half the value of an item.

And what does it say here?

"Georgian silver.

Repaired.

£68."

I love them, but it might be one repair too far.

VO: Let's see what Ted and, of course, Denise, have to say.

Denise.

Hello.

Can I say, your shop is so beautiful.

Oh, thank you.

You've got two items at £68 each.

OK. That is your writing case.

Could that be round about the sort of 35 mark?

I think I could do 38.

38.

OK. And also the Georgian silver sugar nips.

OK.

But they've had quite a bit of repair on them.

DEALER: Yes.

ROO: It's a shame.

They're beautiful.

Could they be 35 as well?

Er, yes.

I think we could do them at 35.

OK. And at £59, a sweet little Tibetan... DEALER: Oh, I love that.

ROO: ..tinder purse.

Yeah.

Could that be round about 30?

Yeah, I can do that for 30.

If I took all three, could they be 90?

Wow!

Go on, then.

Thank you, Denise.

You're an absolute angel.

VO: Thanks, Denise... and Ted.

What stars!

After that savvy purchase, Roo's spent 35 on the writing case, 25 on the silver sugar nips, and 30 on the Tibetan tinder purse, leaving her with £60 spare.

VO: Steven has traveled to Barrow-in-Furness on the dramatic Cumbrian coastline.

It's here some of the most classified work of our Royal Navy takes place, constructing nuclear-powered submarines... ..built on the legacy of one man, Sir James Ramsden.

Sabine Skae, a museum coordinator, is here to tell Steven Moore more.

I've seen him before.

He's in the square.

That's right.

He is.

This is Ramsden?

This is.

And this is a little statuette that was made for Lady Ramsden, his wife.

VO: Sir James Ramsden is thought to have been born in Bolton, Lancashire, and was one of several children of William Ramsden, an engineer.

Before moving to Barrow in 1846, which was then a small farming village, he served an apprenticeship with a Liverpudlian steam locomotive firm.

Came to Barrow, aged just 24, as the locomotive superintendent.

Very soon, he was appointed as the managing director of the railway, and things just grew and grew.

VO: At the height of the Industrial Revolution, with cities such as Liverpool thriving, Ramsden saw the potential of Barrow's rich iron ore. And together with William Cavendish, the 7th Duke of Devonshire, set out to create profitable enterprises.

With the Duke of Devonshire's money, er, the docks system was created in Barrow, and he also was instrumental in the setting up of other businesses as well, like the steelworks, which at one point was one of the biggest in the world.

VO: Opening the docks took two years, but in 1867, Devonshire Dock opened.

They really had the market sewn up in Barrow, to the point where investors from outside the area didn't want to come in, so they had to really channel the investment themselves.

They were almost in a virtuous cycle where they'd invest in the docks.

Well, that meant that, really, you needed a shipyard to help fully exploit all that massive capital investment, and nobody else wanted to invest in it.

So, again, this is another industry that was started by Ramsden.

VO: The first vessel launched by the shipyard was a passenger cargo ship, in 1873, named the Duke of Devonshire.

Because of Ramsden's vision, Barrow was an expanding town.

It had gone from an estimated population of 150 people in 1840 to around 56,000 by 1901.

There was a problem in Barrow, in that there wasn't enough housing for it.

At one point...

Yes, where did they all live?

Well, that's it.

At one point, a house was being built every day in Barrow.

Did he get to be the mayor?

This looks like mayor's robes.

Yes, he did.

He was the town's first mayor in the 1860s, and he was a mayor for five years.

He came from a relatively modest background, and this is a fantastic Victorian success story.

We'd call him an entrepreneur today, wouldn't we?

Yes, you would definitely call him an entrepreneur.

VO: Having created a hugely successful steelworks and shipping yard, Ramsden pushed Barrow to become one of the top industrial towns in Britain in the 19th century.

After his death, Barrow continued to expand, and they made some of the most advanced vessels of the day.

This is riveting.

Yes, this is our riveters' hearth.

We're trying to give people an idea of what it was like working in really quite cramped conditions on a ship, riveting metal together.

And so you can see that the rivets are getting heated up and then they get thrown to these men, who would have to hammer in quite fast, while it was still hot, and then the metal would keep the sheets together.

Funnily enough, my grandfather was a foreman riveter, so...

He's not with us any more, but there is a connection, so... VO: Barrow is rightly proud of its founding father, Sir James, and the shipbuilding he brought to the town.

Today, the most talented scientists and engineers come to build the next generation of British submarines that protect our country from international threats.

Barrow owes a lot to its founding father, Sir James Ramsden.

Back in the Rolls, Roo's coming up with her own battle plan.

I really, really want to win, and the worst thing is I was so close in the beginning.

This really is my last chance now to try and beat Steven, but I'm hoping he buys some duds so that I can still come out and win my first road trip.

VO: She's come to the market town of Kendal, renowned for its historical sites, such as Kendal Castle.

Roo's visiting the family-run business The Antiques Emporium.

With £60 in her pocket, she's not got much left to splurge.

And not too far behind is her buddy Steven, who's still got a whopping £300.

Ooh, I've been busy!

With a saw?

Yeah, well, you know how you love the Rolls-Royce?

Yes.

Well, I've got you a souvenir.

What have you done?

Something you'll never forget this week for.

The steering wheel?

(CHUCKLES) (GASPS) You took that off my Rolls?!

Our Rolls!

No, it was in a cabinet, really, but... (CHUCKLES) VO: Cheeky!

Now, time to both get in gear and get searching.

Ooh, look what this bonny lass has found!

A wee piece of home.

But how Scottish and beautiful is that?

Nothing represents Scotland more than the thistle.

It is a majestic emblem.

It's beautiful.

And most importantly, it's popular and collectable.

And people all over the world pay good money for anything with a thistle on it, especially in America.

And I love the fact this is for your pepper.

That would be for your salt, and that would be for your mustard, with a thistle-shaped spoon.

This would go beautifully with my silver-plated salts.

I would say, in terms of age, these are probably early 1900s.

They don't have a huge amount of age to them, but it says here on the tag, "Silver plate..." Of course, it's not going to be silver.

"..thistle cruet set.

£55."

It's quite steep.

It's a nice backup, but I don't want to spend that much.

VO: Moving on, then.

What's Steven got an eye on?

Now, these are really nice.

They're Victorian, and in... sort of 1870, 1880, there was a bit of a revival in the neoclassical style.

Companies like Samuel Alcock, people like that, made these very brightly colored, browns, oranges, black sometimes, with neoclassical figures on.

And they're quite popular today, and the reason they're popular, especially as this is a pair, they often get turned into lamps, so antique dealers like them because they're kind of bright and colorful, they're neoclassical in style, they look great on furniture, and do you know how much these are, for the pair?

£15!

One-five pounds!

I'd be a fool not to buy these, really, wouldn't I?

VO: Best see one of the owners, then.

Chris, sorry to... DEALER: Hello.

STEVEN: ..incommode you.

STEVEN: I found these.

DEALER: That's OK.

I think they're really nice, mid-19th century neoclassical classical vases, and they're only £15.

A bargain!

You're right.

They actually are.

So I'm not going to quibble.

I'm going to pay for them.

VO: With that straightforward deal, Steven completes his shopping.

STEVEN: Thank you so much.

DEALER: You're welcome.

STEVEN: Nice to meet you.

Bye.

DEALER: And you.

Bye-bye.

VO: Now, how's Roo faring?

Now, this is definitely Steven's style.

If we approach this table, I'm drawn to this, he is drawn to those Imari Oriental colors.

So we've got here salts, which I've already bought a pair of, and I have to say, I'm in love with my salts.

They're so elegant.

These ones, tiniest little bit of silver, some nibbles around the top.

But that's because it's such a soft metal and it's so delicate that they used the thinnest little sheet here.

So there's not a huge amount of value of silver in it, but it is British hallmarked.

£20.

That's not a bad price, but this is definitely the nicer item.

Look at the shape of that!

It's almost quite art deco.

This is silver, and, oh, surprise, surprise, it's Birmingham.

VO: Made in the Edwardian era.

But look at the way the light reflects off that cut glass!

£30.

Not a bad price, but if that could be round about the 20 mark...

..I think that would go nicer with the Georgian silver sugar tongs.

There's two possible buys here.

I don't think I'm going to get stuck.

VO: Time to cut a price with Chris.

Chris... Hello.

Oh, hello.

I found a few things in your lovely shop.

This lovely chap is £30 for the silver-topped bud vase, and this pair is 20.

Now, that price is absolutely fine.

Then, this vase, er... could it be round about the 20-ish mark?

22?

Make it 21, and I'll have it?

DEALER: To you, yes.

ROO: Thank you.

Seeing as you asked so nicely.

VO: That's a thumbs-up for the vase.

And with that, Roo's all shopped up.

End of the day, and it's time to wind down.

I think we should find a lovely cashmere blanket... Ooh.

Get some smoked salmon, some fine cheeses, a nice little bottle and head up to the top of the Lake District and watch the moon come out and the sunset.

VO: Room for a little one?

Nighty-night.

Drum roll!

It's auction day.

ROO: Here we are.

STEVEN: Here we are.

ROO: Door-to-door service, my lovely.

STEVEN: Absolutely gorgeous.

After cruising and perusing around Lancashire and Cumbria, our pair have headed to Loughborough and to Watton House, an English country estate... ROO: Ooh, you are a man on a mission.

Jacket's off.

Oh, really?

Sleeves rolled up.

VO: ..while their purchases have been deposited in Lincoln, at Unique Auctions, auctioneers and valuers.

Today's auctioneer is Terry Woodcock.

VO: Roo spent £166 on her five lots.

Thoughts, Terry?

This is a lovely little writing carrying case.

Very nice.

When you open it up, all the slopes, they all open.

It is all complete.

It's very, very good.

VO: Steven spent a similar amount on his five items, £155.

We have a nice cornucopia vase.

Now, it would have been originally, probably, one of a pair.

The condition is OK.

There is a few nibbles round the edge.

One of the lots in the auction that could make a lot of money.

We'll have to see what that makes.

VO: Today's auction is open on the phone, on the net and in the room.

And our pair will be watching it remotely, through the magic of technology.

Well, the auction's about to start.

ROO: (GASPS) STEVEN: There's no going back.

Nope, this is it.

ROO: Last chance saloon.

STEVEN: No regrets.

Exactly.

ROO: Right.

STEVEN: OK, let's go.

VO: First, Roo's pair of mother-of-pearl scent bottles.

We're up to 35 now.

Ooh!

Fabulous.

At £40.

I've got 45 now, we've got in the saleroom.

At 45.

Not bad.

Come on.

Little bit more.

Selling at £45.

VO: The sweet smell of success.

I think they could have went either way.

VO: It's Steven's Chinese games compendium next.

Well start me at 20, surely, it's well worth £20.

Come on, start me at 10, then.

(GASPS) It's worth more than that!

Come on, you.

Start me, then.

Start me at £2, then.

STEVEN: £2?!

ROO: No way!

TERRY: Two, I've got.

BIDDER: Three.

TERRY: Three.

STEVEN: (SPLUTTERS) Seven.

Eight.

STEVEN: Each one.

You might still creep towards break even.

Slowly, on your knees.

TERRY: 12.

STEVEN: Ooh, 12!

14, I've got, the lady.

I've got the lady at 14, there.

VO: Not the start he was hoping for.

£14?!

Oh, Steven, I'm sorry.

STEVEN: I was robbed.

Robbed!

ROO: I'm sorry.

That sounds like a beautiful thing.

STEVEN: It was.

ROO: £14!

VO: Let's see if Roo's 19th-century writing case can do better.

55, straight in.

Fabulous!

At 55 now, I'm looking for 60.

Straight in, but we need someone else to want it.

One bid only.

At 55, saleroom, it's not moving at all.

At £55.

We're all out in the room.

VO: Hoorah!

Another profit for Roo.

Watch out, Steven!

I'll take that profit.

I'm happy with that.

Well, exactly.

Can't be sniffed at.

VO: Now to Steven's Samson tyg.

10, I've got, the lady.

At £10 now.

At 10.

I'm only £20 away from a profit.

The gentleman, 12.

See, it's creeping up.

16, 18.

20.

Thank you.

£20.

Fresh bidder, 20.

No, at £20 it goes, at £20 now.

TERRY: I can't believe this.

ROO: Ooh!

TERRY: At 20.

VO: Today is not going his way.

You want to buy it back now, don't you?

I know.

Pity it wasn't me bidding!

You've probably got 20 tygs at home.

Um, 24, I think.

Oh my goodness!

(CHUCKLES) Not far off.

VO: Can Roo's Tibetan tinder purse continue her winning streak?

20 I've got.

At £20.

ROO: Slow start.

TERRY: £20 now.

22, and four.

Hmm.

At 24, and fresh bid.

26.

28.

At 28, I've got.

30, I've got.

Come on, someone, take two.

£30.

Two, I'll take it.

At 32.

35, you're out.

At 35.

Now I'll take... We're in the profit.

At 35.

This is probably 200 years old.

I've got it at £38.

Have you all done?

VO: Bagging another profit.

Bravo!

£8 profit.

It's one of those risks that could go either way, but I'm glad it paid off.

VO: Right, time for Steven's cornucopia vase.

12, straight in.

STEVEN: Straight in.

ROO: Fabulous.

And 14 I've got there.

There's interest.

18.

20.

I think this will be an easy profit.

At 22.

And four, and six.

It's running towards a profit.

It is.

At 30.

30, new bid.

BIDDER: 35.

TERRY: 35.

At 35, 36.

At £36.

VO: That's what we like to see.

I made a profit.

Hurrah!

Absolutely.

You... Well done.

VO: Will the sugar nips and dressing table vase keep the profits rolling in for Roo?

Start me at 20 to get on, then.

I've got it at £20.

At £20.

At £20, 22, four, six, eight.

At 28 now.

Ooh, that's low.

STEVEN: Down, down!

ROO: That's low.

At 32, 35.

At 35, commission's still in.

At least get me to 40.

At 35, have you all done?

VO: Agh, bad luck.

ROO: Oh... Oh, darling!

ROO: Could have been worse.

STEVEN: Just fan you.

I'll get you some peeled grapes.

VO: Time for Steven's Ming-style enamel vase.

30.

I've got the vase now at £30.

TERRY: 35 now.

BIDDER: Five!

Someone's shouting at the back.

40.

At £40 now.

At £40.

45, I've got now.

At 45.

50.

At £50 now.

ROO: Nice profit.

TERRY: At 50, still commission.

At £50.

You're all out in the room?

At £50.

And it goes... VO: Things are looking up.

£10 profit is a £10 profit.

ROO: Well done.

STEVEN: I'm not complaining.

For a small vase, that's a good profit.

VO: Can Roo's pair of Victorian salts shake things up?

Start me on this one.

Should be about 14.

I've got 15.

I've got 16.

I've got 18, I've got 18.

I've got £20 now.

Small increments.

At £20.

ROO: Come on, it's got to make a profit.

At £20.

Have you all done?

Two.

At 22?

I'll take 24 now.

At 22.

At £22.

(GAVEL) VO: Ah, that's a shame.

Aw!

Not bad for silver plate.

VO: Finally, Steven's bargain pair of neoclassical vases.

20, I've got bid.

I'm in profit already.

At 20.

At 25.

And 30.

At £30.

ROO: Fabulous.

STEVEN: Doubled up.

TERRY: At £30...

BIDDER: 40!

40, we're up to.

At £40.

That same voice from the back!

Helped us along.

45.

Thank you.

At 45.

You all done at £45?

(GAVEL) Sun is definitely shining on you.

Mm, I know.

Well done.

VO: Indeed.

Now, time to count those pennies.

Regardless of profits or losses, I've had the best time buying antiques with you and being in that Rolls-Royce.

It's been fun, hasn't it?

Would we have swapped it for anything?

No.

Nah.

VO: Aw!

Roo started the leg with just over £206.

Today, after auction costs, she sadly made a loss, and ends on £200.40.

Steven started with just over £447 and, after auction costs, also has made a loss but still has an impressive final sum of £427.72, crowning him the winner.

All profits go to Children In Need.

VO: This week's been a hoot!

(HORN HONKS) Ooh!

We haven't done that for a while.

(HORN HONKS) I feel like I'm being... attacked by antiques.

Bomph!

VO: They fished out some treasures...

Caught a live one here.

VO: ..and both had to eat humble pie.

Selling at 15.

Final warning at 40.

Oh, my goodness!

VO: But in a race to victory...

Round the bench 10 times, please.

STEVEN: Oh no, not 10 times!

ROO: 10 times.

VO: ..there was one clear winner.

STEVEN: Wahey!

ROO: Bye-bye!

Bye!

VO: And that's all, folks!

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