antiques experts... RAJ: That's me.

PAUL: I like that.

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

TIM: Hold on!

IRITA: (SQUEALS) VO: And a goal, to scour Britain for antiques.

En garde!

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

But it's no mean feat.

I don't believe it!

VO: There'll be worthy winners... PAUL: Yes!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

I was robbed.

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

Right, come on, let's go.

VO: ..or the slow road to disaster?

DAVID: Oh, Roo!

Oh, Roo!

ROO: (SQUEALS) VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

Nice!

Here we go again.

We're in Caledonia.

NATASHA (NS): Well, it's nice to welcome you to Scotland.

STEVEN (SM): To bonny Scotland.

It's a pleasure to do that.

But we're not in my neck of the woods.

Ah, we're on the wrong coast?

East coast.

I mean, west coast best coast.

VO: Steady!

We continue the whirlwind adventure with auctioneer Natasha Raskin Sharp and dealer Steven Moore.

Do you like a whisky?

I prefer a brandy.

(SPLUTTERS) Natasha, are you even Scottish?

VO: Och aye, she is.

As they head into the land of tartan and Highland coos they've got the dreamy 1960s Rolls Royce to swank about in, made before seat belts were mandatory.

SM: Why are you driving so slowly?

Did you ever have a nickname?

I mean, Steve, Steg?

No, no.

Definitely not Steve.

Stegosaurus?

Not Stegosaurus.

NS: No?

SM: Stee-gosaurus.

VO: Natasha's starter pack of £200 has been reduced a little.

She begins today with £186.10.

While Steven is racing ahead with a glorious £290.76.

Steven, you are loaded.

I am weighed down with cash, cash money.

VO: Suits you!

Our pair began in North Yorkshire, meandering around the North East before crossing the border into Scotland, and will conclude in Perth.

Now what about a deep fried Mars bar?

Get out.

I will not tolerate the perpetual stereotype of a deep fried... No, it's delicious.

It's actually delicious.

I've had one and it's really good.

VO: Hm.

I'm not so sure.

For this Caledonian caper we will be selling at a saleroom in the capital.

Having dropped off Mr Moneybags, Natasha is off to West Linton in the Scottish Borders.

I feel sad to leave Steven for the day because, you know, it's such a shame.

He has all that money to spend.

I really feel for him.

Better spend some money, I'm telling you.

VO: Our city girl is getting a taste of rural by visiting Junk Shop antiques - he!

- based on a farm.

This paradise for treasure hunters has every inch packed with antiques, vintage to retro.

It's just a bedroom mirror.

A triptych mirror, a folding one.

But it's that little bit of pink among the gilding.

Imagine this in just a really plain bedroom, on a really plain dresser.

All of a sudden you're bringing the ballroom to the bedroom.

And I'm loving it.

£79.

I'm walking away.

VO: While Natasha tries to find something budget friendly in the countryside... ..Steven is a city gent this morning.

He's further north in the heart of Leith, in Edinburgh.

Ooh.

"Antiques."

VO: Thanks for that.

Edinburgh Antiques Centre is Steven's first foray into hunting for goodies.

Inside there's a mountain of delights to look at.

And with just under £300, Steven's got wodge to splodge.

This little figure of Julius Caesar, it's kind of a posh tourist souvenir, really.

It's a quality one, but at £80, that's a bit too rich for me.

Had that been 19th century, it would have been a good buy.

So always look.

Have the cabinet opened, have a look, you might find something.

VO: Yeah.

Now what we will fire his interest next?

Ooh.

Now, hang on.

This, it says it's a Liverpool teapot, circa 1780.

Made in Liverpool, probably Philip Christian's factory.

And it is a really nice, and to be honest quite rare, thing.

If you imagine a tea set, there's only one teapot.

Tea was very expensive in the 18th century.

Porcelain was very expensive in the 18th century.

Of course the other thing as well to bear in mind is these early British porcelains often, ridiculous as it may seem, couldn't take boiling water.

So teapots are rare survivors.

Now there is some restoration, but at £130...

I don't want to say it's a steal, but... that is definitely going on the maybe pile.

VO: Back on the shelf for now.

Meanwhile, over in West Linton what's Natasha up to?

So imagine you're on the estate, your horses are in the stables, and you need somewhere to put your saddles.

Well don't worry, on the estate you have your very own blacksmith, and he will make you a couple of saddle racks.

VO: Nice.

Right, OK, so it would be a bit silly not to take one down and have a look.

Here we go.

Solid, almost sort of ebonized.

And then you can see the iron that has been forged by the smith.

Yeah, I think that these are appealing in that country house sort of way.

Right, I happen to have picked up the saddle rack without the price on it.

"Antique saddle racks, a pair."

£49.

That seems quite fair, doesn't it?

VO: While Natasha weighs up the price, what's brewing in Leith?

Another teapot.

Now this, just as that Liverpool teapot's 200 years old, more than 200 years old...

This is less old but of a much more ancient type.

This is Chinese Yixing stoneware.

These are the original teapots we would be drinking from when tea first came to our country.

And at £120...

It's got a seal mark on the bottom.

Yeah, there's one on the lid as well which is always a good sign.

Chip as well.

(SIGHS) It's a teapot challenge, folks.

Which one should I go for?

VO: Maybe dealer Campbel can help you decide?

SM: Campbel?

DEALER: Yes Steven.

Can we have a look at these teapots?

I can't quite decide.

What can they be individually?

Let's have a look.

The Liverpool porcelain teapot for 100.

OK. And we can do the Chinese for 90.

OK. What about if I bought both of them?

Together I would have to probably still charge the same, DEALER: so 190 for the two.

SM: OK, right.

Could the Liverpool one be 90 on its own?

Go on then, we can do that.

We can do that for you.

Right, I will take the Liverpool one for £90.

DEALER: Perfect.

SM: Thank you very much.

DEALER: No worries.

VO: Deal done, leaving Steven with just a smidge over £200.

Meanwhile, over in West Linton, Natasha has the assistance of dealer Viki.

Is there anything that you would point out to me at this point?

I tell you one thing I would say, is if you're looking for quality... Of course.

..a little bit of a Scottish connection... Mm-hm.

..and I could probably do it as a good price for you... NS: Mm-hm.

DEALER: ..is that box.

Fantastic quality.

NS: So striking, isn't it?

DEALER: Yeah.

You still have a little bit of brass on the escutcheon, which is nice and smart.

And I love those marks as well where the key's been turned.

Yeah.

It's just so nice to think that someone did use this... DEALER: I know.

NS: ..to keep their possessions safe in there.

So... yeah, leather interior here, for your stationery and whatnot.

And then on the front you can see this little drawer here, but no way to get in.

Actually, you pop, and out it comes, and it is lined with velvet.

And what you put in there, whatever you want, your sovereigns.

Your florins.

Whatever you want, they're in there.

It's very classic Victorian.

It's lovely with that tooled leather inside.

I think it's cool, it has seen better days, so basically Viki, it all comes down to what you're looking for, price-wise.

The very best that I can do that box for you, £25.

NS: Really?

DEALER: Yeah.

Well I just... 25, for such a gorgeous material... Yeah.

..and, you know, yeah, I don't think I can quibble on that.

I am going to say that's a done deal.

NS: Thank you so much.

£25... DEALER: No problem.

..is great.

But before I settle up, behind you there were some saddle racks as I was walking in, which are very country.

The estate made ones?

NS: Estate made... DEALER: Yes.

..very country.

So I wonder what would be the best on those?

I would do them for £35 for the pair.

60 quid for the two.

I think that's really kind of you, thank you so much.

DEALER: No problem.

NS: I'm gonna go for that, NS: That's great.

VO: Spanking start.

Natasha now has just over £125 stashed in her purse.

(HORN TOOTS) Meanwhile Steven has trotted off to the sleepy village of Newstead in the Scottish Borders.

Deep beneath the rolling fields lies one of the most significant archaeological finds of the 20th century.

Trimontium, the largest Roman fortress in Scotland.

Dr John Reid, chairman of the Trimontium Trust, explains more.

We tend to think Hadrian's Wall is the end of the Roman Empire.

But that's not true, isn't it?

No.

They got up to Inverness, temporarily.

And they built forts all the way up to just south of Aberdeen.

VO: After the successful invasion of Britain in 43AD, the Romans had subdued England and Wales and were marching north.

They built this frontier post to house a 1,000 strong cavalry.

With civilians included too, Trimontium could have had a population as much as 5,000.

Well, they came here about 79AD, round about 80AD.

That's the same year that the Coliseum was opened in Rome, and it's the same year that Vesuvius flattens Pompeii.

VO: Their biggest garrison in the north would remain to be a site of vital importance for 100 years.

I suspect that the frontier was pretty unstable, and that they needed a frontier post, and the cavalry regiment was ideally placed to scout the area.

VO: The reason the Romans abandoned the site is still unknown, but archaeologists had long been on a quest for this mysterious fortress...

It is mentioned on the very first map of Britain by Roman geographer Ptolemy.

How did we discover it wasn't just a field?

Well, it really took shape whenever they put the Victorian railway line through.

Ah, of course!

And when the railway cutting went through, that's when they started finding a lot of material, and that was around about the 1860s.

And then they knew where Trimontium was.

VO: The biggest breakthrough would happen in 1905, when a local lawyer and newly graduated archaeologist James Curle would excavate the site.

So this was a major discovery?

It was, and it wasn't just because the fort was a new discovery.

It was because Curle came across 117 pits and wells on the site that the Romans had stuffed with material, whenever they abandoned it.

So what we had was a lot of absolutely pristine Roman material buried in these pits and wells.

And then when he excavated it, all this material suddenly came to light.

So in some ways, the fact it survived hidden away, in clear sight almost, has protected what's there.

Yeah, it has.

And also the site's never been built on.

A lot of big Roman forts have got towns and cities on top of them, like Lincoln, or York.

VO: Situated across from the magnificent Melrose Abbey, The Trimontium Trust is guardian to some of the spectacular finds from James Curle's excavations.

A paradise for Roman history sleuths.

And Steven is getting a chance to look at some of the exceptional Roman rarities.

SM: There's some amazing things here - what are they?

Can you take me through some of the treasures?

At the back here we've got one of the bronze facemasks.

That's amazing, isn't it?

JOHN: It's incredible.

SM: I want it.

It is, it's fantastic.

Can I take that to the auction?

VO: The precious facemasks are unlike anything ever found in Britain before.

It looked as if it was almost gold when it came out.

SM: When he found that he must have... cuz you're like looking the past in the face.

At a face, yes.

Yeah, it is incredible.

This is fabulous, where would that have been made?

This would have been made probably in France, or possibly even in North Africa.

But this is, this is beautifully preserved, and would have held wine, probably.

Wine would have come in large amphora, and then been decanted into these.

And this is for perfume, or oil?

This is...

This is a perfume bottle, probably again, coming from North Africa, the Middle East.

Beautiful patina on it.

This happens with very old glass, and it's absolutely intact.

Might have held perfume, might have held some other unguent... Oils for the bathhouse.

Exactly.

And possibly even for religious purposes.

VO: Over 4,000 objects have been discovered here, making Trimontium a landmark site of great academic interest.

So they were living in quite a cushy villa.

Why did they leave?

We don't know the answer to that.

We know that they probably left in a hurry.

These pits and wells are filled, remarkably, with so much stuff.

You don't usually find that.

What have we learnt from all these finds?

What's it taught us about this part of Britain, at the time?

Well I think it's taught us the reach of this empire.

I mean, it was a truly intercontinental superpower.

It's also taught me that there is so much still to be discovered.

We've simply scratched the surface...

It's all in that field we saw.

It's all in the field, and perhaps there's probably as much again to be found.

This is like Scotland's Pompeii, in some respects.

It's certainly the Roman Pompeii of Scotland.

I mean in terms of preserved material, this is as good as it gets.

VO: While Trimontium takes on its newest recruit, where is Natasha?

I have fallen below the original budget, which is, let's face it, it's a bit of a cringe.

No one likes it, sometimes you have to deal with it.

VO: Happens to the best of us.

VO: Natasha has motored southeast to the Borders town of Innerleithen.

This looks proper.

VO: ABK Antiques is the next place for a Natasha mooch.

Gosh!

I feel really sort of...giddy, because... you don't come to antique shops like this every day, where there are antiques everywhere.

And you're kind of afraid to move.

I-I have a nervous energy, because one false elbow... (CHUCKLES) And it could cost me a lot of money.

VO: Easy, there.

Plenty to eye up with your kitty of just over £126.

That is such a lovely thing.

You're aboard a ship, the waves are making you rock.

But you need your soup, and you've boiled it in this spirit kettle.

You pour it out.

And where's it going?

It's going into this matching lid that kept the same soup warm as it was heating.

That's ingen...

It's all about good design.

And I think that good design is always appreciated.

VO: Let's ask dealer Brian about price.

So what do you think?

First one you've ever seen, mid to late Victorian, ship's gimballed stove?

What's your price on it?

Is there no price on it?

There's no price on it!

Oh, probably about 45.

45, OK.

I like the word "probably", does that mean it's not...

Does that mean there's possibly a bit of negotiation?

OK. VO: That's one to consider.

What else?

I really like these earrings.

I'm just gonna take off the safety pin... ..and have a closer look.

The style is micro-mosaic.

So they come from Italy.

These were sold as souvenirs.

But the reason why they're sold specifically in Italy as souvenirs is because when you went off to Italy, and you were taking a European education, 100 or so years ago, you would have come across Roman micro-mosaics.

Which would of course have been on the wall, on the floor.

The Romans loved their mosaics.

I have sold many, and I mean many, micro-mosaic brooches.

Here you have one has a very similar design.

I think it would be quite smart to pair this with these, and create a suite of nice and early, late 19th, early 20th century micro-mosaic jewelry.

VO: Right Brian, here she comes.

Right Brian, I'm quite taken by the micro-mosaic jewelry.

I love it.

So altogether, it's 20 for the earrings, 18 for the brooch.

So 38 there, and then the gimballed stove.

I think you said 45, but with a little bit of wiggle room.

So think we're at 82.

VO: That's actually £83.

What say you?

Is there any room for negotiation?

We could do you for 70, how's that?

I think it's great, but would you curse me if I said 65?

DEALER: Yes.

NS: You would, right.

NS: So 70 it is!

DEALER: 70 it is.

That's really kind of you, thank you very much.

Right, let me just reach for the monies.

VO: That breaks down to 40 for the Victorian capital, and 30 for the micro-mosaic jewelry.

Chuffed!

VO: She's happy.

Together again, our pair are back in the Rolls.

Hold on, grab a map.

We're finding a chippy.

Haggis and chips, oh-ho!

Oh, we're coming for you, chippy, we're coming.

VO: Yum-yum.

Nighty-night.

VO: Our jig around the Scottish Borders continues.

SM: # Ally bally...

BOTH: # Ally bally bee... # Sitting on his mammy's knee... # Oh my days!

VO: Very apt.

This nursery rhyme was penned by a Borders weaver.

Ha!

Busy bee Natasha has blown £130 on the Victorian box, the pair of saddle racks, the Victoria brass kettle, and a suite of micro-mosaic jewelry.

I feel really sort of... giddy.

VO: Leaving Natasha with just a little over £55.

Meanwhile, Steven's dished out £90 of his dosh on the Liverpool teapot.

It is, to be honest, quite a rare thing.

VO: Leaving Steven just over 200 spondoolies play with.

Rolls Royce, probably not really made for this road.

The girl in the hotel said turn right after to the third sheep.

Oh right... VO: Sound directions.

After dropping off Natasha, Steven is in Hawick, the largest of the Border towns.

The town's history stretches back as far as the 12th century.

It's renowned for floristry and luxurious knitwear, and Steven loves a quality pullover.

He's going in here, Global Antiques.

This emporium is filled to capacity.

Steven has just over 200 smackeroonies to spend.

Now, sometimes these are known as swingers.

I always call them terrets and plumes.

And you might think, what on Earth is it for?

But if I give you a clue, if I was a heavy horse pulling a canal barge, this would be on my head and as I was kind of pulling the canal barge it would swing and ring the bell.

And of course that would keep the flies away.

When steam driven boats came in, and the heavy horses stopped working, they went from the horse onto the canal barge.

So they're real bits of British social history, and this is priced at £19.90.

I don't think that's expensive.

It's not cheap, but it's not expensive either.

It might ring out a sale, or there might be "neigh" profit.

I don't know.

The comedy just keeps coming and coming.

VO: Like fine wine, Steven.

There's a fascinating possible.

This is a nice vase.

It's glass.

It's made in Venice, on Murano.

I think it's by Filli Toso, Toso brothers in other words.

VO: One of the most famous glass makers in Murano, Fratelli Toso was founded in 1854.

Renowned for their exquisite creations, this could be a real find.

This is really incredible work.

It's called florial, dates to 1900, 1910.

79... 79.90, of course, everything is something-90 in this shop.

But 90p is the right sort of 90.

I'm tempted to that, because it's so...

I'm going too heavy on ceramics and glass?

It's going to go in the pile.

VO: It's make your mind up time.

Brace yourself, dealer Raj.

How much is this?

It's £95, please.

£95.

Does that include the umbrellas?

RAJ: No.

SM: (CHUCKLES) Well, God loves a trier, as they say.

It's about 1900, 1890, but it's a really nice piece of Japanese Imari.

This is a good thing, and you know, in some big Victorian villa this would have been a real object of desire.

But of course, over the years, everybody dumping their umbrella in, dumping their stick in, somehow it's got too heavy, it's come crashing over.

But they've loved it enough to put it back together again.

VO: Also included in the mix is the twin bell terret and plume at 19.90, and the Fratelli Toso vase at 79.90.

I'm definitely gonna take that.

I think that's quite cute.

VO: And the vase?

I'll do that for you for £50.

£50, OK. And what about the umbrella stand?

Because there's the damage, I'll do that for you, 40 quid for that one.

VO: Making a total of £109.90.

Would you go the three for 100?

105?

OK, right, that's a deal.

I'm getting my money out before you change your mind.

VO: That quirky mixed bag leaves our gentlemen dealer with just over £95.

Thanks so much, Raj.

Meanwhile, Natasha has also made her way to Hawick.

Back in the 18th century a canny merchant took advantage of the abundance of wool and the clean waters of the rivers Tweed and Teviot, and started a knitwear boom.

Natasha is at Borders Textile Towerhouse, which celebrates the region's 200-year-old link with the knitwear industry.

Shona Sinclair is on hand to tell Natasha more.

In 1771 John Hardie introduced this type of knitting frame to Hawick, and started making socks.

Stockings, they called it.

Which became known as hosier, hosiery.

So that's how the industry started.

VO: This was the first key movement into mechanization of textiles.

The frame imitated the actions of hand knitters, and is credited with the soaring success of the woolen industry.

Also the breeding of the thick fleeced Cheviot sheep meant an increased availability of good quality wool.

By the 1860s there would be 800 of these frames in Hawick, making stockings and later developing into undergarments.

VO: In fact, throughout the 19th century half of the knitting machines in Scotland were right here in Hawick.

This luxurious underwear would become known as Hawick Goods.

Top notch undies, to you and me.

The range of their goods was quite phenomenal.

So it wasn't just, you didn't just get thick wools or merino wools, they'd use silks, alpacas, cashmeres, finest quality.

These are investment pieces.

VO: The garments were fully fashioned, meaning that they were knitted to shape, and didn't have a thick, uncomfortable bulky seam.

This technique defined Hawick knitwear.

So what would it cost me to invest in a slip like this, say, in the early 20th century?

So you're talking about the equivalent of a week's wages, perhaps.

That set of combinations could have set you back £200... 150, £200 at the turn of the century.

Really?

So you're putting a substantial amount of money into your underwear at the time.

That's amazing.

VO: By the 1930s, luxurious underwear fell out of favor.

Hawick was quick to adapt.

I think one of the things that the Hawick manufacturers realized was the importance of design that was going to keep them going.

So they brought designers in, and it was really Pringle of Scotland that brought in the first knitwear designer.

And they started to create some beautiful quality cashmere knitwear, for ladies and gents.

Were people quick to snap up the new designer pieces by Pringle of Scotland?

Well, yeah, Pringle and the other manufacturers.

I mean Pringle in the '40s and '50s employed over 3,000 people.

It was a huge...

It was huge in the Scottish Borders, and in Hawick in particular.

VO: So huge that over a third of the entire workforce of the Borders were employed in the textile industry.

Modern-day fast fashion has dictated the decline of the mills here from 50 to five.

But Hawick's superior quality means it's the go-to textile for couturiers around the globe.

Everybody from Dior to Chanel, to Vivienne Westwood to Christopher Kane.

You'll still see the catwalks of today graced with Hawick knitwear.

There should be pride in the Scottish Borders, and pride in the towns like Hawick that they are still producing, you know, these garments of international repute, you know.

And they travel all over the world, you know.

And their reputation goes before them.

VO: And that incredible talent has been nurtured and honed in the nearby School of Textile and Design.

A center of excellence, exquisite design, and cutting-edge technology arms students with the best skills possible.

Natasha's meeting Dr Lisa Macintyre.

This type of machine's called a V-bed, this is a hand powered one, but the modern electronic V-beds that are used in the factories can produce a really wide range of patterning.

So you can get some beautiful textures and color patterns in your product.

So would you like to have a turn, Natasha?

Er... yes, but I am aware of the fact that most of these people have years of training.

Yes, and we won't do anything fancy.

So it's set up to do one of the simplest structures.

So really, all you have to do is take a deep breath, get a bit zen, a bit calm, and take the handles nice and gently.

OK, yeah.

And then just move your hands backwards and forwards.

Ha-ha!

Oh, wow, look at that.

OK, look how quickly it's coming together.

I'm feeling zen.

VO: Not sure what they're making there, but it's looking good.

The Borders knitwear boom may be a distant memory.

But this area remains a bastion of quality and excellence in the international fashion world.

Talking of fashionistas - ha!

- where's Steven?

Natasha brings out the silly Steven.

I don't know where it comes from, because normally I'm so serious and sensible.

Can't laugh at yourself... (HORN HONKS) That's all I say.

VO: Precisely!

Steven's motored north to the town of Melrose.

The great novelist Sir Walter Scott lived here.

Make way for our very own Ivanhoe.

Situated within a 120-year-old estate, this next shopping gallivant will take place in here, Old Melrose.

With £95 and pennies, what will mesmerize him in here?

Apart from himself, that is.

Ha!

SM: It's odd to say I'm attracted to shiny things, but actually, this is the really shiny thing.

What on Earth is it?

It's like a model of a skyscraper.

Shop display... Oh, go to the gym again.

Erm, I think...

I mean you could imagine ladies' evening gloves cascading down there, or maybe even a lovely baby cashmere jumper.

I think this is quite an unusual thing.

It's got a bit broken, but it dates from the 1920s, 1930s.

It's £35.

You know, I don't think that's expensive.

It's like Liberace's piano.

You can imagine him just sort of like this, and then... (JAUNTY PIANO TUNE) VO: It's just like Broadway.

Now... NS: Weather!

VO: ..look out, we have a visitor.

Oh!

Ha-ha.

Look who's here, getting all the bloomin' bargains.

Oh, there you are.

What are you running for?

It's the rain, it's horrific.

It's only a bit of wet, it's not going to hurt you.

I'm actually not interested in the weather.

Have you bought everything already?

We have our eye on a couple of things.

But the mum's the... Oh have we now?

..mum's the word.

So do you want to go in?

Ladies first.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

VO: Natasha has been spending like no tomorrow.

She's got just £55 left to spend.

I feel like the world is trying to tell me to buy this tin.

I mean, I'm a cat lady.

You heard it here.

I am obsessed.

And then you have the fact that these are by royal appointment, the sweets that lived inside this tin.

But also let's be real.

Imagine if I presented this to Steven.

I think he'd explode.

VO: Hopefully not.

As Natasha explores further, what's Steven up to?

Seen these?

VO: Not yet, but I'm sure you're going to show us.

They look a perfect accompaniment to your first glitzy find.

Let's take a look.

I call that a pair.

Does more add to the disco party?

Or does it take away?

There's no price on, they're priceless.

Maybe I can find out how much they're going to be, and let's make a deal.

VO: Let's see how much for the sparklies with dealer Tim.

Great name.

Tim, there you are.

Hi, Steven.

I'll pop this down.

Do you mind if I sit down a second?

No, not at all.

Erm...

I found these in a cabinet.

Yeah.

There's no price label on them.

But are they for sale?

Yeah, we can do a deal on those.

I think we were sort of thinking 15 each for the smaller ones.

OK. Did they come together?

They look like a set.

They didn't actually come in together, they were separate, but...

I can't make it work out what this is for us.

It's obviously for displaying something, but... We kind of thought jewelry, or scarves.

That sort of thing.

Yeah, ladies' scarves, it could well be for that.

So 30 for them?

Yeah.

This is priced at 35.

Could it be 60 for the three?

Yeah, that would be absolutely fine.

Right.

I think let's agree on that.

VO: That's Steven's shopping finito.

I'm off to the disco.

VO: Has Natasha found anything?

This is quite nice.

It harks back to a different era when tobacco jars were used.

You know, this would have been either in, I don't know, a drawing room, or in a gentleman's library or something like that.

This one was not for communal use, I don't think, but very much for... Ah!

Well we can see, for Lysander Maybury's home.

He was a police surgeon who won first prize for the half mile in 1873.

It's not wildly expensive.

But at 75 it's definitely all the money.

But...

I think there are enough markets that would be interested in this... to make it worth at least an ask.

At least an ask.

VO: And remember, you've only got £55.

Watch out, dealer Greg.

I have clocked a tobacco jar.

And I know that they're not on trend.

It's not like the world is screaming out for tobacco.

Sure.

£75 is the ticket price, and I don't even have £75 to my name at this point.

I think I might make a cheeky offer... DEALER: OK. NS: ..as opposed to ask you for your best price.

What would you say if I went in at... ..£40?

As it's you, Natasha, OK. Are you sure?

Sure.

Och, that's really kind of you.

Thank you so much.

VO: So that concludes the shopping.

Right let's get back in the Roller.

Well, I'm quite looking forward to the auction... Yeah.

..because, you know, he cannot fear it... Cattle grid.

..oh, hold on, cattle grid.

Ah-huh-huh!

Somehow a Rolls Royce and a cattle grid... No, they're not made for each other.

That does not seem quite right, does it?

No.

VO: The joys of country living.

Time to get some shuteye.

Good morning.

We're roaming in the gloaming in Scotland.

Isn't it spectacular?

Ha!

Our pair have traveled to Falkirk for a monumentally fabulous spot of online viewing.

It's rather splendid.

And matched to the car.

I like a bit of coordination, don't you?

Me too.

VO: The dramatic kelpies are not only the largest equine sculptures in the world, they are a monument to horse-powered heritage across Scotland.

NS: That is a canal by the by, so let's not end up in there.

Thank you for pointing that out.

I think that's perfectly parked, don't you?

Perfect, beneath the kelpies.

NS: What more could we ask for?

SM: Exactly.

Come on, let's do it.

Have no fear.

Have no fear.

The kelpies are here.

VO: While we limber up for the giddy heights of auction, our pair have sent their rammed bag of antiques to the city of Edinburgh, which will be sold in here at Ramsay Cornish - on the go for nearly 20 years.

Auctioneer Martin Cornish is the man at the helm today.

173 is S Townsend... VO: It's an online auction, and he has commission bids aplenty.

Let's see what he thinks of Natasha's five lots, costing £170.

The saddle racks are really nice.

Obviously, we've all been in stables and seen larger versions of them.

But these ones are really nice, and very practical actually.

VO: Steven spent £255 on five lots.

Any faves, Martin?

MARTIN: The Liverpool teapot's really nice.

You don't often see such early ceramics, and it's really nice to actually be able to handle one and see it.

The decoration is beautiful, all hand done.

There is a little bit of damage, but to be perfectly honest, the rarity of it outweighs the damage in my opinion.

VO: Thanks, Martin.

Now let's giddy-up and canter over to Falkirk.

How are you feeling about the auction?

We're gonna find out, aren't we, any moment now.

VO: First we have Natasha's natty Victorian brass kettle.

Oh it's got £5, £10 now.

£10?!

MARTIN: £10 I'm bid, 15... NS: (GASPS) But it's so unusual.

20 now, 25, 30.

At £30 with my bidder, 35 now.

At 35, 40.

At £40.

Fair warning.

Oh go on, no don't "fair warning" me.

And I'm selling at 40 with my bidder.

MARTIN: Sold at £40.

NS: No!

You can hold your head high - it's not a profit but it's not a loss.

VO: Precisely, Steven.

Plenty more to go.

Bloomin' soup pot - never seen the likes.

VO: A bargain for the lover of quirky.

Steven's turn next, with the Liverpool porcelain teapot.

It's at £50 on the internet.

55.

Oh, but it's gonna climb, it's gonna climb.

£50 on the internet.

Very early teapot.

Nobody else coming in?

At £50.

Och, it's not going to go for 50.

It bloomin' well is!

At 50... Sold.

NS: 50.

SM: (SIGHS) That's daft.

VO: Blimey, that's not what we were expecting.

Well, exactly.

You were love at first sight.

Ugh!

And then you were broken by that.

I was broken as the spout on that teapot.

Maybe it was that.

VO: There, there, Steven.

Natasha's suite of micro-mosaic jewelry is next.

At £20 I'm bid for the micro-mosaic jewelry.

Go on.

Does anybody else want to come in?

25, at £30.

35, now.

40.

At £40.

45.

NS: Oh!

SM: Oh!

Fair warning.

45.

That's not much for it.

At 45.

50 now, at £50.

That's better.

At £50.

Last call, and I'm going to sell at 50... Sold at £50.

That's not too shab'.

Not too shabby.

You must be chuffed with that.

VO: Not too shab' at all, Natasha.

First profit of the day.

It's quite good.

I'm so excited about that, actually.

So yeah, 30... Well it's nice when someone else sees what you've seen.

VO: Will they be inspired by your brass twin bell terret and plume?

I can start the bidding at £20, with my... SM: I'm 10 pence in profit!

NS: 10p!

At £20.

At 25.

SM: Oh.

NS: Oh, moving, moving.

At £30.

At £30.

At £30, at 30.

And I'm selling at 30... Sold.

That's alright.

A £10.10 profit.

I'm not going to complain.

VO: That's the spirit.

Another chime of a profit.

Natasha, that 10p might come in useful.

VO: Yeah.

Now, what fate beckons for Natasha's pair of saddle racks?

The bidding has started at £10, and I've got commissions on this.

It's at 15 now, it's at 20, 25, 30, 35.

Yay!

With me at 45, 50.

55 now.

At 55.

At 55, 60.

65, at 70.

MARTIN: At £70.

SM: £70!

Oh, 70's good.

At £70, nobody else coming in?

At 70, and I'm going to sell them at 70... Sold.

£70.

I think estate made.

Abso...

Yes, they definitely weren't from the knacker's yard.

VO: And Natasha's breaking into a gallop with the profits.

I'll take a...

I'll take a profit.

A profit is a profit.

VO: Next it's Steven's large but damaged Imari umbrella stand.

£10 I'm bid.

At £10 I'm bid, 15, 20 now.

NS: Ah.

MARTIN: It's at 30.

It's at £30.

It's fair warning.

I'm gonna sell it at £30, at 30... Sold.

I didn't see it, but I think it deserved more.

VO: Very gracious of you.

Still more to go, Steven.

Pfff.

VO: Moving on to Natasha's Victorian box.

Oh my goodness, it's at 45, it's at £50 now.

MARTIN: At £50.

SM: 50?

Oh is it?

MARTIN: Fair warning, at £50.

NS: Oh.

Last call.

50, and I'm selling... Sold, to the internet bidder at £50.

£50!

Was that the maiden bid?

Was it sort of one and done?

Just... No, it went up to 40, then into 50.

VO: Edinburgh's loving your lots, Natasha.

That's very exciting.

Well, I did... Genuinely that's on the shop owner Viki, because I walked straight past it.

VO: Surely the art-deco shop display collection will relight your fires of fortune, Steven.

I can start the bidding with my bidder at £10.

Oh right, OK. £10 I'm bid for the lovely MARTIN: mirrored stands.

NS: Go on.

SM: Come on.

MARTIN: Display stands at 10, 15.

At £15.

Oh, 15's bid.

At £20 for these.

At £20.

SM: Keep going.

At £20, at 20.

Last call... 20.

That's actually really disappointing, because NS: they were proper 1930s.

SM: Yeah.

SM: They were proper 1930s... NS: That's annoying.

..mirror glass, tile... deco display stands.

Where have you seen one?

VO: They didn't quite dazzle.

Lovely group, though.

SM: It's the auction I'm afraid.

NS: We're looking for antiques.

Yeah.

And you found cool antiques.

They just...

The world was not ignited No.

VO: Can Natasha roll another profit with the Victorian tobacco barrel?

It's at £30 now.

At £30.

No!

35, at 35, 40.

At £40, the biscuit barrel.

45.

At £45 now.

It's sticking a bit.

45, and I'm gonna sell at 45... Sold.

45.

Do you know what?

I'm so glad I stayed up all night researching that.

(THEY CHUCKLE) Well, you see, the Lysander Maybury fan club wasn't in town.

VO: Just think if they had been!

It didn't even have biscuits in it.

VO: It's a tobacco tin.

Ha-ha!

It's the final lot, Steven's Fratelli Toso vase.

And we've got already at 25, 30.

We've got three bidders at 45.

45 now, at 45.

50.

SM: Oh!

NS: Oh!

Profit.

Oh, it's flying.

At 95, 100.

Oh, 95!

It's just incredible.

It's at 110, 120.

120 now.

There's lots of people... 140.

140.

140.

Do you want to come in?

150, 160.

160, 170, 180, 180.

180.

190, 200.

At £200 for this work of art.

At 220, 240, 260.

It's all go.

It's at 260.

260!

At £260.

280, they're back in.

At 280.

Do you want to go 300?

Yes, you do.

300 I'm bid.

300 I'm bid.

Does he have 300?

He does.

He has 300!

And I'm gonna sell it to the internet bidder at 300.

Nobody else in the room, at 300 now.

And I'm selling it at 300... Sold.

(EXCLAIMS) Take a bow.

Have a dance.

SM: (SIGHS) NS: Do whatever you want.

I'm exhausted.

NS: That's amazing.

SM: £300!

VO: The gob is well and truly smacked!

He-he!

Astounding result, Steven.

In an antique shop you don't know what you're gonna find, down the back of some cupboard.

You're a marvel.

£300.10 waiting for you.

VO: Stupendous end to the auction.

Let's tot up the sums.

VO: After saleroom costs, Natasha made a profit of £39.10, giving her £225.20 for next time.

Without a shadow of doubt, Steven's today's ecstatic winner.

After all auction costs, he's made a profit of £97.60, bringing his grand total to £388 and 36 pennies.

Winner drives, as well.

Winner drives.

I think you're in the driving seat.

Figuratively and literally.

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