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

I've got it, I've got it.

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

VO: ..and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

Argh!

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

But it's no mean feat.

Doubled up there!

VO: There'll be worthy winners... £1,700.

SERHAT: Yeah!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

Oh, no!

VO: Will it be the high road to glory... Loving it, loving it, loving it.

VO: ..or the slow road to disaster?

This is the Antiques Road Trip.

Ha ha!

(FUNKY MUSIC) VO: Howdy, folks!

We're back on the byroads of Wales.

The land of daffodils and dragons.

With the flame-haired and fiery Izzie Balmer and the endearingly daffy Tim Medhurst.

Look at the lambs!

Oh, they're so cute, aren't they?

Baaaaa!

IZZIE: Ha-ha-ha!

TIM: How does it go again, Izzie?

It goes... Baaaaaa!

VO: Do you know, they're as daffy as each other, actually.

They're road tripping in this vintage vroom-vroom, a 1960s Fiat 500, which they have affectionately nicknamed, "Bumblebee".

IZZIE: What's your cow like?

Mooooo!

Oh, that's quite good.

TIM: Is that good?

IZZIE: Yeah.

What about yours?

Mwuh... No!

TIM: Moo-ooo!

VO: Moo-ving on.

Last time, Izzie from Derbyshire got herself in a spin with a mid-century swivel chair.

Wheeeeee!

And now I'm a bit dizzy.

VO: You certainly are.

Dorset-based Tim has an eye for detail.

Always got to have a look at a nice bottom.

VO: Hey!

But it's Izzie who's set the mark at auction so far, with her £130 profit on the garden bench.

Selling online at 150.

Cha-ching!

I'm pleased with that.

TIM: Can you do a pig squeal?

IZZIE: Honk, honk.

TIM: Meee!

Meee!

What's that?

Is that a donkey?

No, that's a sheep.

Er, a pig.

TIM: (SQUEALS) Like a squealing p...pig.

I can't talk!

VO: Oink, oink!

Izzie and Tim's piggy banks were squealing with delight after the previous auction.

Tim made a nice little profit and now has £221.66 to spend.

But to the victor, the spoils.

As Izzie made over £100, she now has 308 smackers and 46p.

Bravo.

IZZIE: You've let me have the head start here, just to lull me into a false sense of security.

That's rubbish.

Absolute rubbish.

I think you're going to give me a right good thrashing.

(LAUGHTER) VO: Our dynamic duo are on an epic quest across Wales, beginning in the mountains of the north and ending in the valleys of the south.

Today, their journey takes them from Machynlleth to Rhayader.

VO: The market town of Machynlleth is the ancient capital of Wales, no less.

Tim has dropped off Izzie at The Emporium Antiques Centre, home to a cornucopia of dealers selling collectables and curios.

Cor, stone the crows!

Ha-ha.

Not literally, obviously.

Sorry.

Ha.

Moving on.

Ooh, this is what I need to keep all my money safe.

It's a French money bank, early 20th century.

What I really like about this is you've got the steps at the front and at the back.

And what you do, you insert your money either here at this end, or here at this end.

And it keeps it very safe for you, because to get it out, you have to completely dismantle the whole thing.

So, you can't just decide, "Oh, I want to go "and spend some of my pocket money "and buy some sweets, I'll tip a bit out."

You've got to really want those sweets to dismantle your money box.

Now, it's priced at £85.

But I'm going to keep looking, because whilst I do very much like it, that's quite a big chunk of my money to spend in one go, and there's so much to see in this shop first.

VO: Yeah, save it for later.

Quite right.

VO: Tim is motoring 10 miles south to Taliesin, home to Toad Hall Antiques and Salvage.

Inside the converted old schoolhouse are all sorts of goodies for Tim to get excited about.

How sweet is this?

It's a little Welsh country coffer, and it's a beautiful color wood.

And I just got a waft of lovely old smell coming out there.

It just smells delicious.

Just waft it a bit.

Mm.

VO: Look at him, he's as happy as a pig in muck!

TIM: These are quite interesting things.

Look at that.

What do you use that for?

Well, if you imagine, if you are a soldier in the late Victorian or even First World War period, imagine the conditions in a tent.

It would've been damp, cold, miserable.

The last thing you want is your nice coat getting chucked on the floor, getting damp and miserable and cold.

So, you would attach this leather strap to the center pole of the tent and you could hang your coat or your hat on this longer pole just to keep it off the ground and keep it dry.

So, interesting.

No price on it.

I could see that maybe making £50, £60 in an auction.

VO: Really?

Depending on the ticket price, then, it's got potential.

Back in Machynlleth, Izzie's still on the hunt.

Here's one for Tim and I, if we have a wild night in - Warne's Model Cookery and Housekeeping Book.

VO: Mm, that sounds exciting.

Can I come?

IZZIE: I suspect this is an African tribal container of some description.

They're really hard to date.

It could be... 20, 30 years old, it could be 100 years old.

But it's only priced at £12.

It's not really a lot to lose, is it?

Take a risk.

I've got all this money.

Take a risk.

I am certainly very tempted by it, but I would quite like to see everything in the shop first, before committing to anything.

VO: Oof!

Everything?!

We could be here quite a while, ladies and gents.

Ah... VO: He's a cheery looking fellow.

This is a Fumsup.

The word Fumsup comes from the word thumbs up.

So, sort of like, it's a good luck thing, you know, thumbs up, good luck.

And Fumsup was at its height of popularity during the First World War.

And it's often in the form of a small person with a wooden head, because of the good luck associated with touch wood.

It's priced at £65.

Now, if that was in good condition, I'd have been quite chuffed with that.

Disastrously, it's been repaired, and there's a pretty bad blob of, giant blob of solder there down at the bottom.

But, as I'm ever one to try and get a bargain, it does hopefully give me a bit of negotiation there.

Touch wood!

VO: Heh.

Time for a word with shop owner, Ian.

IZZIE: Oh!

VO: But Izzie is caught in a quandary.

I just don't know what to do.

VO: Which of the items should she buy?

The African container, the French money bank or the World War I Fumsup?

Ian, is there any movement on the price?

I'm sure there's a bit of movement.

Fantastic!

So, the money bank's 85.

OK.

So, 60.

OK.

The £12 is fine on the little woven container.

The Fumsup's 65.

That would have to be £50.

Can there be a group deal at all?

Yeah.

We could do 115.

Yes, please.

I'll definitely do that.

Thank you.

VO: Izzie's paid £12 for the African container, 50 for the Fumsup, and 53 for the money box - leaving her with just over £190.

I wonder how dearest Timothy's getting along.

Now, a big collecting field in antiques is pincushions.

It's made of pewter, and it looks like it's got its little original velvet cushion.

And this little pincushion has caught my eye because it's, first of all, a lion, which is slightly unusual.

But then also, the form is the lion that was the symbol of the Empire Exhibition of 1924, held in Wembley, London.

When there was souvenirs made to give out at the exhibition, or anything like that, this lion was generally portrayed on those objects, and I quite like this.

At £48, it might be a little bit of a risk, because Izzie is steaming ahead.

VO: Come on, Tim, be bold, be a lion!

Let me hear you roar!

TIM: Ian, I've found this little art deco pincushion.

IAN: Yeah.

You've got it priced at 48.

Is there any movement on that one?

Yeah.

How about 40?

40, OK. Also, I did see the tent pole hook as well.

How much is that?

There's no... IAN: That can be 45.

Can I make you an offer, Ian... Yeah.

..and take the two for 65?

Yeah, I don't see why not.

TIM: Yeah?

65 the two?

IAN: Yeah, brilliant.

TIM: Thank you very much.

OK, let me get you some money out.

You're a gent, thank you.

VO: And the deal is done, leaving Timbo with just under £160.

IAN: Brilliant.

Thanks a lot.

VO: He may not have a lion's roar, but he's wily like a fox.

TIM: Let's hit the road.

Oh!

VO: Wales is known as the Land of Song.

It has a long tradition of music.

Izzie has traveled to Aberystwyth to learn more about an instrument unique to the country from musician and leading exponent of traditional music, Cass Meurig.

# SOLEMN VIOLIN That was beautiful!

Thank you.

What tune were you playing?

So, it's called Cainc Gruffydd Rowland y Crythor, which means Gruffydd Rowland the crwth player's tune.

So, as the name suggests, it actually wouldn't have been played on the fiddle, as I was playing it now.

It would've been played on an instrument called a crwth.

VO: The crwth is a six-string medieval instrument only played in Wales.

It's first referred to in writings in the 12th century, and in the National Library of Wales is one of only three remaining.

CASS: So, this is one of the three surviving original crwths.

IZZIE: So, how old's this one?

CASS: This goes back to the 1700s.

Where would you have gone to hear a crwth being played?

Well, they were really the instruments of the aristocracy.

So, the crwth and the harp were the two instruments, really, of aristocratic Wales.

So, in the courts, in the great houses, they employed crwth players, as they employed poets and harp players.

VO: The crwth body is carved from solid wood and the strings from sheep guts.

It can be played like a harp or with a bow, like a violin.

Why did it lose its popularity?

Well, down to the violin, really.

So, the violin came into Wales in the 1600s, and it's just a much more flexible instrument.

You know, you can play all the dance tunes that were popular back in the day.

So, the violin won, really.

They coexisted for about, hmm, 100, 150 years.

But eventually, the fiddle won the day, really.

VO: By the 18th century, crwth playing was almost extinct.

But in the 1990s, a crwth playing revival began, led by Cass and a handful of enthusiasts, who resurrected and relearned the ancient instrument.

IZZIE: (APPLAUDS) CASS: Thank you.

That gave me goose bumps.

That was incredible.

So, is your instrument similar to an original crwth?

This is an exact replica of the one you've just seen.

So, this is what it would've looked like, what it would have sounded like.

Yeah.

Erm, gut strung, made the same way.

IZZIE: So, those are gut strings?

They really are, yes.

Sheep gut, yeah.

IZZIE: You just made it look so easy, the way you're sort of gliding the bow over the strings and making that stunning sound.

There's a line from a poem that says, "Chwe thant a gaed o fantais, ag yn llaw yn gan llais."

Which means there's six strings, but it sounds like 100 when you play them.

Yeah, it does.

It's so hauntingly incredible.

VO: There you have it - the crwth, six strings that sound like a symphony orchestra, the perfect instrument for the Land of Song.

Wow, perfect.

Back on the road, Tim is enjoying a little one-on-one time with Bumblebee.

I have found a new great friendship in Bumble.

It's like a little ray of sunshine, this car.

That last auction was quite something.

Izzie has now steamed ahead and I've got to find some interesting antiques to try and steal the lead.

VO: There'll be no stealing while I'm in charge, Tim.

It's a fair fight, mate.

Tim is driving to the sweeping Cardigan Bay, to join Izzie in Aberystwyth.

Located in the center of the Old Town is Coastal Antiques.

TIM: Antiques!

My favorite word.

VO: Spread out over two floors, there's plenty of items for Tim to cast his expert eye over, as he looks to slide into the lead.

To look at this tea bowl and saucer, you might think it looks rather ordinary.

On the face of it, and at a glance from a distance, you might think this was Chinese export porcelain, which was very fashionable in the 18th century.

But then, of course, we discovered how to make porcelain for ourselves.

And this tea bowl and saucer is an English copy of a Chinese cup and saucer.

So, to actually find a very pretty English tea bowl and saucer is quite unusual.

And this one's really sweet.

It's got flowers and an underglazed blue decoration, and it's what's known as clobbered.

That's not the condition, it is slightly clobbered!

But also, when something's over-decorated, that's known as clobbering.

So, the original decoration in blue was underglaze.

They would over-decorate with colors to make it a little bit more flamboyant, not just blue and white.

So they would pick out the flowers and paint over the top of the glaze with colors.

Now, the good news is, the actual tea bowl itself is in pretty good nick.

The saucer, however, has extensive damage, but I just wonder if that is really cheap.

I'm talking like £10, something like that.

I think a collector might pay £30 to £50 in an auction for that, but I'll put it down.

This place is packed with interesting things.

VO: Yeah, quite right.

Our Tim is wise enough to know not to jump at the first thing he sees.

Oh, ho, ho - not on your Nellie!

Now, that is the cutest doorstop I've ever seen.

Look at him.

There are a lot of doorstop collectors, but there's also a lot of people that love elephants.

Actually, I don't know anyone that doesn't like an elephant.

I love elephants.

VO: Mm.

I hear they don't get on well with mice.

Ha!

TIM: And look at him.

He's a cheeky one.

This doorstop, cast iron, would date to the sort of first half of the 20th century.

With the original paint as well, which does make a difference.

Now, I've found a soft spot for this doorstop, but it all depends on price, doesn't it?

£45.

Now, I am slightly pleasantly pleased, because I thought that might be a little bit more money.

And I think maybe if I took this to an auction, it might do quite well.

VO: Hm, time for a word with the boss man, John.

Well, I've found Nellie the Elephant.

Charming, isn't she?

Yes, she's got a great look.

But I'm just wondering what your best price would be.

The best I could do is 35.

OK. Also, upstairs, there's a teacup and saucer.

The saucer's got quite a bit of damage, but it's still a lovely old thing, isn't it?

JOHN: Yeah.

There's no ticket on that.

What's the price?

Best on that would be 10.

How about, John, would you take £40 for the two?

Mm, yeah, go on, then.

TIM: Yeah?

JOHN: Yeah.

Go on.

It's a deal.

Thank you very much.

Right, let me get you some money out.

VO: Tim's bought Nellie for £30 and the teacup and saucer for a tenner.

As the day draws to a close, it's time to get the gang back together.

IZZIE: Yo!

Oh hello, you.

How are you doing?

I'm good.

How are you?

Not bad.

How was your day shopping?

Really good.

How about you?

Not bad.

And I've got you a Welsh cake.

Ooh!

Do you know what?

I don't think I've ever had a Welsh cake.

Really?

Well, they're delicious.

Why are you laughing?

Have you put something in this that's going to sort of, like, put me off my A game tomorrow?

No!

Tim, they're a bit dry.

Have you got any butter?

No.

I suppose they've been in the car for a few days.

Maybe that's... (COUGHS, LAUGHS) Aw, Tim!

VO: Eat up!

You'll need all your energy for tomorrow's antique shopping spree.

Nighty night, you two.

VO: It's another glorious Welsh morning.

They say the grass is always greener on the other side.

Well...not in these parts.

TIM: Araf.

Pardon?

Araf!

What are you saying to me?

It means "slow" in Welsh.

Oh!

So you want to go faster?

Do you know what a microwave is called in Welsh?

No.

A "popty ping".

You're having me on.

TIM: No, it's a popty ping.

A popty ping?

Macaroni cheese, popty ping.

IZZIE: Oh, I like that.

IZZIE: Baaaaa!

(LAUGHTER) VO: Baaa yourself!

Yesterday, Izzie splashed the cash on three items - the French money box, the African container and the World War I good luck mascot, the Fumsup... Touch wood!

VO: ..leaving her with just over £190.

Mmm.

(LID THUD) VO: Tim has just over £115 left, after shelling out on the elephant doorstop, teacup and saucer, lion pincushion, and the military portable coat hook.

Interesting.

When you go into an antiques shop, are you a browser or a rummager?

I'd like to say I'm a rummager, but I'm really a browser... TIM: Are you?

..because I'm drawn to the cabinets.

TIM: Ah, interesting.

See, I am a rummager at heart, but I do a quick browse as well.

IZZIE: OK. VO: As my dear mama used to say, neither a browser or a rummager be.

After dropping off Tim, Izzie is driving on to the village of Llanon, home to Welsh Vernacular Antiques.

VO: It specializes in antique furniture and all things Welsh.

There's plenty in here for Izzie to browse, or perhaps... she'll have a rummage!

OK, so, I know we're in Wales, but I did not expect to see a traditional Welsh Victorian lady's outfit.

This is so, so rare.

VO: Two of Izzie's great passions combined - clothing and antiques.

This is really special, because you'd have your shawl, and this lovely Paisley shawl, and this is your better wear.

So you can see the difference in the quality of the materials.

This is thick, hard, wearing wool.

You would have worked in this, so you need it to last.

You need it to be heavy-duty.

And then you've got this lovely shawl that's much finer and it's decorative and it's beautiful.

And this is your Sunday best.

So you put your shawl on over your dress and you'd wear your hat all the time, really.

There are early photos of Welsh women out in the fields wearing their hats, but you would also wear it to church.

I mean, this is iconically Welsh and just so rare.

How do I look?

VO: Well, looking great, but there's no way you're getting into Bumblebee wearing that hat!

(LAUGHS) And with a ticket price of £950, you can't afford it either!

This is a candle box.

I would say it's probably a birch wood.

It dates to...it's George III.

And in that period there was a candle tax.

So, candles were very expensive.

So, to have a candle box, you would have to be a wealthy, affluent family.

This is really nice.

I really like the story behind candle boxes, but obviously got some damage and wear.

You know, it's sort of missing an end here and the hinges are broken and inside it's a little bit glued in places.

But this is over 200 years old.

It's going to have wear and tear.

And for me, that's all part of its charm.

It doesn't have a price on.

So, I have absolutely no idea if it's something I could afford.

VO: Well, let's ask the lady in the know - shop owner Yvonne.

IZZIE: Yvonne?

YVONNE: Yeah.

IZZIE: I've seen something I really love.

It's your Georgian candle box just over my shoulder.

I think the best price I could offer that to you would be 40.

That sounds amazing.

Yes, please.

Sold.

Deal!

VO: Shocker!

Izzie's not even negotiating!

She'll be hoping to light up the auction with that candle box.

Meanwhile, Tim has traveled deep into the Cambrian Mountains to the geographical center of Wales, the Cwmystwyth Valley.

This remote, hauntingly beautiful landscape is eerily quiet.

The ruins of buildings hint at its history, from boom town... to ghost town.

In the 19th century, this was a thriving mining community.

Men, women and children lived and worked in the mountains.

Tim is here to meet Ioan Lord, co-director of the Cambrian Mines Trust.

TIM: Ioan!

Hey, nice to meet you.

TIM: Oh, hey!

VO: He will be guiding the bold and intrepid Tim down into the mines.

TIM: I'm amazed at how beautiful it is here, cuz when I heard I was coming to a mine, I was thinking dark coal mine, sort of... Mm.

TIM: ..not so much the beautiful landscape that's here.

IOAN: It's a very dramatic spot.

TIM: You asked me to come in waders.

IOAN: Yes.

TIM: And there's a helmet.

I've given you a helmet as well.

So, what's going on?

I'm going to take you underground.

Wow, that's amazing.

IOAN: So, we'll head over that way and continue on our little trip.

TIM: Fantastic.

I'll follow you.

VO: The Cambrian Mountains were rich in metals such as copper and lead.

As Britain entered the industrial age, metals were needed to build the factories and machinery.

In the 1800s there would have been over 10,000 people working the region's mines to cope with demand.

Is that a tunnel?

Is that where the miners went in?

This is Level Fawr, which is Welsh for the Great Level, and this is the way that the miners would have walked into work every morning.

IOAN: Had we been standing here 150 years ago, say, we would have seen about 100 entrances like this all across the mountain.

So, it was a massive operation.

And one of the reasons why Cwmystwyth Mines are so important to Wales is that we have here some of the earliest metal mines in the whole of the UK, dating back to about 5,000 years ago.

TIM: Wow.

To the early bronze age.

Workings up near the top of this hill, near the brow of the hill, we've been able to date those to between 2,500 and 3,000 BC.

TIM: That's incredible, isn't it?

IOAN: Pretty cool.

VO: The mine Tim is exploring today dates back to the 1700s.

Ioan has specialist training, so Tim is in good hands.

Tim is following in the footsteps of the workers who toiled in the harsh pitch-black environment of the mines.

Cave-ins, explosions, toxic air and extreme temperatures are just some of the perilous hazards they faced.

IOAN: The most productive vein at the mine, the Comet Lode, is about a quarter of a mile away from us.

VO: Inside the mountain is a labyrinth, 20 miles of tunnel carved out by hand and pick, or blown open by gunpowder and later dynamite.

IOAN: And what we're walking along here is called an adit, which is basically a typical mine tunnel providing access to the area of the mine where they would actually be extracting the ore. Miners would start underground at the age of between seven and eight years old and they'd be working with their fathers or with other family members as groups underground.

VO: It was common for whole families to work together in the mines.

Children would be harnessed to the railway skips full of ore and they would drag them to the surface.

IOAN: So what we have here is a 19th century skip wagon.

But this would have been used for hauling rock and ore from the lowest levels up near vertical railways to get to this level, where children would have pushed them out to the surface.

VO: The life expectancy for mine workers was 32 years.

So if you have a look at that, what do you reckon that is?

TIM: It looks like the top of dynamite or something?

So, that's actually a nearly 200-year-old miner's candle.

This one in particular is called a watch candle.

And they were put on the wall in a sheltered spot like this, and they were designed to last one shift because the miners couldn't afford watches.

TIM: And how long was a shift?

IOAN: A shift was nine and a half hours.

Wow.

VO: A miner wouldn't see daylight till their shift finished.

They brought lunch with them and ate where they worked.

Now, this looks a bit more tricky.

So, this is crossing a hole in the floor where the vein was actually extracted from.

TIM: Wow.

IOAN: So we've made it now to the lode... OK. ..and we need to cross this nice little bridge here.

Alright.

That sounds exciting!

Are they all safe?

Yeah.

You can stand on any of those.

VO: Tim's turning from antiques expert to Indiana Jones!

Ooh!

IOAN: Well done.

# DRAMATIC MUSIC This is incredible.

I can see how you get obsessed with this.

Absolutely.

There you go.

Wow!

IOAN: We have workings above our heads going 700 feet up to the top of the mountain.

And this is where all of the lead, all the zinc, all the copper, all came out.

So, this was a massive vein.

IOAN: Correct.

Absolutely.

So, this was a massive vein of mineralization.

And all of that stuff has been stripped out by hand, by the sweat of the miner's brow, and all of it's been trammed out the way we walked in.

And right at the top, you can make out a wooden platform.

Is that a 19th century... IOAN: Yes.

That's called a stull.

And that's the sort of working platform that the miners would have had to stand on as they hacked away at the roof.

VO: By the 1900s, it was cheaper to import copper from outside Britain, and this mine was closed in 1920.

IOAN: One of the reasons I enjoy doing this so much is, being in here, it puts into perspective just how tough the lives of those people were, because men, women and children, generations of them, lived, worked and died here.

We should be able to celebrate and preserve that as an aspect of Welsh national identity and our culture.

VO: Only the ruins may remain of this mining community, but with people like Ioan around, its history will never be forgotten.

With the blue skies up above and the sun shining down, Izzie is full of the joys of life.

Oh, it's such a beautiful day!

Like, Wales is really spoiling me today.

I've got the sunroof open.

I'm getting a bit hot in all my layers, but very much enjoying the sunshine.

VO: Izzie and her sunny disposition... VO: ..are heading to Llanidloes, a small market town in the heart of Wales.

With time against Izzie to find her final item, she's come to the right place - Llanidloes Antiques, which specializes in clocks.

I'm trying Tim's technique of rummaging, but I've no idea if I'm any good at it, and all these clocks are reminding me that time is ticking and I still have no idea what I'm going to buy.

(CHIMES) VO: Whoops.

The alarm bells are starting to ring!

Hell's bells!

(DONG) VO: Tim has made his way 10 miles south of Izzie to Rhayader.

The town is home to Three Legged Duck Interiors.

It's a quirky name for a quirky shop which stocks vintage pieces and antiques.

It's always nice to take some time out in a busy day.

VO: Hey!

# How much is that Timmy in the window?

# VO: He's priceless!

One of my favorite periods is the art nouveau period, that amazing early 20th century period where people were moving away from maybe the darker Victorian period through to the Edwardian era, where everything got a bit more jolly and bright.

And this is a lovely little example of an art nouveau box.

And it's been decorated here with an ink pen and on the top the head of a poppy with the owner's initials.

You could use it as a little keepsake.

You could put little memories in that box and keep them nice and safe.

So, priced at... £35.

Maybe with a bit of negotiation that would do quite well in an auction.

VO: Tim will need to box clever with shop owner Clare.

I think I could go to 30 on it.

30.

£30 is a deal.

I'd love to take this to an auction.

I think it's pretty charming.

VO: Tim's keeping the keepsake box.

Brilliant!

Cheers.

VO: Back in Llanidloes, has Izzie clocked anything she fancies?

Do you know what, I've walked about three times all the way around this shop, and I've only just noticed this absolutely giant slate mantel clock.

It's Victorian, it's slate and a bit of marble, and it's very traditionally decorated in the classical style.

Screams Victorian.

It will be flipping heavy, I can assure you.

And there is a big crack on the side here.

Which is a bit of a shame, because if I'm really honest, slate mantel clocks are very much out of favor, out of fashion, and condition is very important therefore.

However, I haven't ever seen one this big.

And there doesn't appear to be a price on it, so I shall find out.

VO: Can a deal be done with shop owner, Chris?

The very, very, very, very best - you're going to be shocked at this now.

Oh, I'm expecting big things, small prices.

You can have that for 20 quid.

£20?

Cuz I'm sick of carrying it and it weighs a ton.

It does, doesn't it?

Yeah.

Do you know what?

I'm going to take it at £20.

CHRIS: I don't blame you.

I've never seen one that big and I think it's fantastic.

So £20 here, which leaves the question... will you help me carry it outside, please?

CHRIS: No.

IZZIE: Oh, OK.

Right.

Course you can.

IZZIE: Thank you!

VO: And with that, Izzie has her fifth and final item.

As the day draws to a close...

I wonder what our intrepid experts are discussing.

Oh, I love sheep.

Me too.

VO: Quelle surprise.

Do you know what, if I wasn't in the antique trade, I'd probably be a shepherd.

IZZIE: Would you?

TIM: Yeah.

Is this you being serious?

TIM: I can imagine myself herding and living in my little bothy with an open fire and some Welsh cakes.

I thought you said "living in my little body"!

I was, like, OK!

I could be a shepherd comfortable in my own body!

(LAUGHTER) VO: Rest up, my weary travelers, and sleep well.

VO: It's auction time, and there's one more stop on today's road trip.

Llancaiach Fawr Manor.

Wow, look at this manor.

It's beautiful, isn't it?

I can see you being lord of this manor, Tim.

A bit of me, I have to say.

IZZIE: It's very, very beautiful.

VO: Yeah, in the delightful walled garden Izzie and Tim will be watching all the auction action unfold on their gizmos.

They have sent their antiques to Winchcombe in Cheltenham, where they'll go up for auction online and over the phone at British Bespoke Auctions.

Izzie spent a total of £175 on her five items.

Which lot does auctioneer Nicholas Granger think will be her biggest money-maker?

Sold.

I think the World War I Tommy Fumsup mascot is probably the most interesting thing we've got in the sale.

Not many of them about - I've not seen one before.

That's good.

VO: Yeah.

Tim spent £135 on his five lots.

Which one does Nicholas think is the best of the bunch?

Pincushions come in lots of different shapes and sizes.

This is particularly interesting because it's a 1924 Great Exhibition model.

I think this is going to do really well.

Well, Izzie, are you excited for the auction?

Oh, I'm really excited.

How about you?

Well, I'm a little bit nervous, because in the last auction, it was quite a crushing defeat for me.

And also, I'm quite jealous of a few of your purchases, so... We can have a little swap.

I'd be more than happy to swap all of my things for yours.

But we'll see how they do, shall we?

OK, well, best of luck.

You too.

I think I'm going to need it.

VO: First up, Tim's flowery Edwardian box.

I kind of think maybe it was a keepsake box and maybe from the World War I period, hence the poppies.

Looking for £20 on this only.

At 20. Who'll bid 20?

25.

And 30.

Looking for five now.

At £35.

£40 we have on the net.

Yes!

£40.

Auctioneer (AA): Looking for five, looking for five.

At £40.

Do we have five?

At £40, that's 40 once.

40 twice, and selling at £40.

(GAVEL) IZZIE: Yes!

Yay!

(CLAPPING) That's a nice little profit.

£40.

And the auctioneer loved that as well, didn't he?

He did, you could tell, couldn't you?

VO: Tim's a happy chappy with £10 profit.

VO: Will Izzie's mantel clock tick tock the right boxes?

Lots of people now buy on the internet, and so therefore it needs to be postable, and it 100% isn't postable.

Imagine that landing on your foot.

Oof, ouch.

Starting bids.

Commission bid's at £20.

At £20.

Come on, let's have a profit.

Lots of value for money.

I don't want to wash my face.

I'd like a profit.

And brass.

At £20 bid, looking for five.

Come on.

It's so much for the money, isn't it?

AA: No one wants to collect it cos it's too heavy.

At £20.

We'll sell then, at £20.

Are we done?

IZZIE: Aw!

At £20.

Thank you.

(GAVEL) VO: Izzie's wishing she could turn back time on this purchase.

IZZIE: Oh, well.

We've now got time on our hands.

Sorry.

VO: Next item, Tim's military coat hook.

I feel like you're the sort of man that would not take your coat off and, like, discard it over the sofa.

You'd hang it up.

You haven't seen my floordrobe.

(LAUGHTER) Very unusual this.

Commission bid at 20 here.

At 20.

Asking for five now.

Straight in at 20.

AA: At £20, we're looking for five.

At £20, we have.

Do we have five?

I will sell at 20 if I don't get five.

No, please don't.

We've got to move on.

At 20.

Selling that at £20.

Are we sure?

VO: Oh, it failed to hook the buyers.

I won't be camping any time soon.

It is making me very nervous for the rest of my lots.

VO: Izzie's Georgian candle box is next.

We're talking over 200 years old, aren't we, here?

Yes.

Nice Georgian bit of country furniture.

IZZIE: Yes, hinges.

Dovetail joints.

Nice.

It's just lovely.

I just love it.

The commission bid's at 200.

Sorry!

At 200!

At £20 then.

No!

Take the naught off.

At £20 bid.

TIM: Oh.

25.

Asking for 25.

At £20.

It's only at 20.

We've got 20.

I'll... Oh, come on.

IZZIE: He's only got £20.

AA: Selling at £20.

TIM: Oh!

AA: Are we done at £20?

VO: Urgh!

That's another loss.

Moving swiftly on.

TIM: Ah!

IZZIE: That is such a disappointment.

We went from high to low there.

That is such a disappointment.

That is such a disappointment.

I think we're going to need a lay down after this.

VO: Put a pin in it, you two.

Can Tim turn a profit with his pincushion?

I have to admit I still take my sewing home for Mum to do.

Do you?

I save it all up for each visit home, and then sort of give her a pile of things that need mending.

At £30, British Exhibition... Oh.

Straight in.

That's what I paid for it.

Fantastic.

Five.

£30.

Do we have five?

Looking for five.

Looking for 35.

TIM: Trying hard.

IZZIE: Come on.

AA: Do we have five?

£30... Oh, no, it's staying there.

Can we get five?

At £30.

Are we done at £30?

VO: The lion that failed to roar.

Oh, Tim!

It sold for what I paid for it.

Oh, well.

Aw.

That was such a nice little thing.

VO: Izzie's banking on her next item being a money-maker.

I just liked it.

Nice sort of early 20th century.

Yeah.

Two holes to put the money in.

Everything you want in a money box.

Absolutely.

£55.

We're in at 55.

We're looking for 60 now.

Straight into profit.

Well done, you.

Looking for £60.

Come on!

Lot 36 in the form of a building, do we have 60?

Wait, Mr Auctioneer, get another one.

Aw, he can squeeze another little bid.

55.

Are we sure?

That's £55.

VO: Every little bid helps.

IZZIE: Well...

It's a £2 profit, so... All adds to the kitty, doesn't it?

It sure does.

VO: Tea time.

Tim's cup and saucer is next.

I sort of went away from my rule of not buying anything broken, but this was too nice.

Yeah.

Nice bit of history as well, there.

TIM: Yeah.

For a tenner.

Yeah.

So I'm hoping it makes more than £10.

We have a £20 commission bid.

At 20, then.

Looking at five.

£20.

Though you have got a profit.

£20.

AA: It's got a good age to it.

Looking for £25... 100% profit.

We'll sell at 20.

To the net, then.

VO: It's time for a tea party, a tenner profit.

Can't be unhappy after doubling your money, can you?

No, that's very well done, you.

VO: Next lot, Izzie's African container.

Best thing about it, I only paid £12 for it.

It's not a lot to lose, is it?

If it crashes and burns.

We do have a bid, ladies and gentlemen, on the system.

For £2.

Wow.

At £2.

I've never had a bid that low.

But we're taking the bid.

OK, not that special then.

AA: It's all money.

At £2.

We have £2.

TIM: £2.

Let's try and get four shall we?

We're looking for £4 on this.

I don't think I've had anything sell this low before.

Selling at £2, then.

VO: Oh, dear.

This is a tough auction for Izzie.

(LAUGHTER) I do not intend to repeat that £2 bid ever again.

VO: There's an elephant in the room, though - Tim's doorstop.

I love doorstops and I love elephants.

It's just got the charm and I hope somebody wants it in their house.

At £70.

Looking for five now.

At £70.

Tim!

Doorstop elephant.

I've doubled up.

Yes!

At 95.

And 100.

And 10.

Tim!

Tim, you're over £100.

Yes!

Must be worth 110.

Asking for 110.

At 100 once.

Are we sure?

At 100, twice... Oh... 110.

Looking for 120.

I don't know if that's very good for me.

At 140.

Looking for 150.

This is incredible.

I've broken £100 profit.

AA: Looking for 150.

I'm going to give fair and final warning at £140, then.

Selling, then, at £140 to the net.

VO: Well done, Tim.

A trunk full of cash!

IZZIE: Oh, what a...profit!

TIM: I'm chuffed with that.

I'm not surprised.

I'm so pleased for you.

IZZIE: Well done.

Thank you very much.

VO: But Izzie's not having such a good auction.

Can Fumsup bring her luck?

I'm quite nervous about this one.

Mm... For me.

For you...

I think this might be quite good.

Oh, we'll see.

We'll see.

At 90 with me, and looking for 95.

OK, I'm pleased.

TIM: You've doubled up.

IZZIE: I'm really pleased.

100, 110, 120 with me.

A commission bid.

IZZIE: Yeah, I'm... AA: That takes me out.

I'm playing it cool, but I'm really happy.

At 150 now.

160, asking 170, 180 please...

I'm not playing it cool at all anymore!

Probably.

190.

200.

220.

240.

Please.

240.

260.

280.

OK.

This is where I go into decibel level.

AA: Looking for £280.

280, 300.

No.

TIM: £300!

IZZIE: No!

£360.

Yes!

My lucky charm!

AA: 400, 420, please.

420, 440.

440.

440, 460.

Tim, this is my best profit.

Ever?

IZZIE: Yes.

Well you're not finished yet.

550 now.

And 600, 650.

700.

Well done, you.

Look at this.

AA: Show me another one.

750.

800.

I'm going to give fair warning, then, at 800.

No, don't.

Keep going.

Selling, then, at £800.

VO: That good luck charm has changed Izzie's fortunes, alright.

Spectacular.

Thumbs up!

(LAUGHTER) Congratula... £800!

Shall we go in the pond to cool off?

VO: Tim started this leg of the trip with just over £200.

After auction costs, his total is now up to £291.66.

Izzie began with almost 310 smackers in her pocket.

But after saleroom fees, her total now stands at a phenomenal £869.

Wow!

TIM: Well, I have to say, Izzie... Timothy... ..that was an incredible auction.

Well done, you.

Right.

I think we both need a drink, don't we?

I think we do.

Where's that coffee?

IZZIE: After you.

TIM: Thank you.

Come on.

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