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.

Dig that.

Hey, what's new, pussycats?

Once again, we're road tripping through The Green, Green Grass of Wales, where It's Not Unusual to find the Thunderball of energy Izzie Balmer and the - you know what I'm going to say next - Sex Bomb Tim Medhurst.

IZZIE: Have you done that spy name thing?

Like, do you know what your spy name would be?

How do you do that?

IZZIE: OK, so it's your middle name.

TIM: Yeah.

And the name of the street that you grew up on.

It would be James Waterhouse.

IZZIE: Hello there, Mr James Waterhouse.

TIM: What about you?

Mine is Dorothy Moorfield.

TIM: That's... IZZIE: Stop it!

That is brilliant!

VO: Well, I don't have a middle name and I wasn't born on a street.

Today's car is a 1960s Fiat 500.

TIM: Are you a camper?

No.

Are you?

Do you know what?

I actually quite like camping.

It's quite nice just being grubby for a couple of days.

Maybe we should do a camping road trip.

In a camper van?

No, in a tent.

Oh!

Why would you go camping in a camper van?

Well, because I don't like the idea of a tent.

VO: Last time, Tim from Dorset's super-sharp antique senses were all of a tingle.

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

(LID SLAMS) VO: While Izzie from Derbyshire was caught in a quandary about what to buy.

This is a Fumsup.

VO: But she spent her money wisely on this World War I good luck mascot.

Selling then at £800.

Thumbs up!

VO: She made a whopping £750 profit, leaving Tim trailing in her wake.

I can't believe I got so much money.

I'm just like... "I can't believe I've got so much money."

VO: Now, now, you two.

Behave.

"I've got so much money."

"You've got nothing."

(LAUGHTER) Hey, I did not say that.

VO: It'll be the naughty step for Tim if he keeps this up, oh, yes.

Both started with £200 in the bank.

Tim has topped up his piggy at the previous two auctions and his total is now £291.66.

VO: But Izzie is streaking ahead and has a whopping £869.

Her little piggy is fit to burst.

What are you going to do with it all?

Now, I can't be buying piddly little items, but it's quite scary.

You've got to spend the lot.

Yeah, that is a horrifying thought.

Well, at least you've got options and you can dip into that offshore account any time, can't you?

(LAUGHTER) VO: Our delectable double act are on an antiques shopping spree as they go on a grand tour of Wales.

Today's antiques adventure will end in Brynmawr, but we begin in Llandovery.

This ancient market town has a history which stretches back to the Norman conquest of Britain, so where better for Tim and Izzie to start their battle royal than the Llandovery Antiques Centre?

TIM: I'm looking forward to shopping with you.

Even though you've got £1 million, don't buy all the bargains.

Who can get out first, hey?

Wait for me.

Wait, wait for me!

Mrs Moneybags!

Oops!

VO: Tim's fallen at the first hurdle.

Inside are 2,500 square feet of antiques and collectables, the perfect place for Tim to begin his fight back against runaway leader, Izzie.

I'm um-ing and ah-ing over this.

It says it's a trench art lighter.

I suppose that could be a shell case.

Trench art would be items made by the men in the First World War when they were in the trenches and they typically would use old shell cases.

Making something in the form of a lighthouse isn't the most uncommon thing to do, but it's nice to see it as a lighter and have something usable.

It's £34, which is pretty cheap, so that's a maybe.

But I feel like because I've got so much money, I'd quite like to buy something a bit more expensive, so I'm going to park it for now and just see what else there is.

I like these.

Now I am big into my fossils, and you wouldn't think to look at that, that that's technically a fossil.

This is made of bog oak, which is basically wood that has sunk into a bog and then over thousands of years turns into fossilized wood.

That could be thousands of years old, carved in the late Victorian period, and it could sit at home in your cabinet for £25.

I'm quite tempted with that, so I'm going to pop in my pocket.

I better not forget it's there.

VO: Don't you worry, Tim, dear boy.

I'll not let you forget.

TIM: That's quite stylish, isn't it?

Look at that.

So, what we've got here is a Japanese copper teapot.

Every inch of this teapot is decorated with fish, swirling waves, and wherever you look on this teapot, there is another little bit of detail that you may not have spotted before.

Even the handle has got repousse decoration.

Repousse is where the decoration was hammered out from the inside.

And dating to the turn of the century, so nearing the end of the Meiji period in Japan.

It's priced at £65.

It might have a chance to make me a little profit in an auction.

Not that I need a little profit.

I need a big profit to catch up with that Izzie.

Where's Mrs Moneybags?

TIM: What's going on here?

Tim, I'm doing...

I'm rummaging.

You're... IZZIE: I'm rummaging.

TIM: Look at this!

Oh, no, what if yours is better than mine?

They're like treasure troves.

IZZIE: Stop it.

I don't... TIM: Look at this!

I think I picked the wrong one... Look at that slipware bowl.

IZZIE: Oh, that is gorgeous.

TIM: Isn't that lovely?

IZZIE: I love that.

TIM: I wonder how much that is.

IZZIE: I've got, erm... TIM: You've got some linen.

I've got some linen.

TIM: You've got a doily.

IZZIE: Yeah.

Right, Tim, I'm going to go see where else I can rummage because I don't think I'm on to any winners here.

TIM: I'm going to carry on rummaging.

VO: Carry On Rummaging.

That's my favorite of those movies.

Oh.

Do you know, I am always drawn to samplers.

But what I love about samplers is very often they were made by young girls and it's a way of showing off their skills that they've learnt in embroidery.

And the best samplers and most collectable are the Georgian samplers.

Now, this one is dated 1885, so it's about 100 years too late, so that is going to have an effect on the value and the price that it fetches at auction.

VO: Ah.

Perhaps one to come back to.

There's plenty more to explore.

This is a lighthouse that is a lighthouse thermometer, and it's made of carved agate.

And then you've got this little plastic panel here with the thermometer bit.

So it's a novelty desk thermometer.

Now, I have seen larger lighthouses make a fair bit of money at auction.

This one is priced at £25.

Do you know what?

I could put this with the lighthouse lighter and do a lighthouse lot.

VO: Yeah.

Jane's the lady on the till.

Can Izzie do a deal for her three favorite items?

So there's this sampler at 75, the desk thermometer at 25 and the lighter at 34.

JANE: That sounds like £134 to me.

I can do that for 120.

Oh, that'd be really generous.

Very kind.

Thank you very much.

Let me get you some money, then.

VO: Izzie's bought the embroidery sampler for £65 and the lighthouses for 55, leaving her with an impressive £749.

While she scarpers with her booty, Tim's up to his eyeballs in quirky curios.

Pair of Victorian spectacles, always useful.

What else have we got here?

Oops!

My spectacles have fallen off.

VO: Tim needs to set his sights higher than old glasses to catch Izzie.

Look at that.

It's a beautiful 19th century plate and the transfer printing here is just a scene from the past.

You've got these two young ladies and a young gentleman seated here, the ladies with their baskets.

But we've got a mill here and a church in the distance.

Quite quintessential, isn't it?

And if we look at the back, there's a maker's name - Dillwyn & Co, Swansea.

So it's a local manufacturer.

And it would date to the early 19th century, I would think, around 1820 to 1850.

It's priced here £45.

It'd be a shame to leave it in that cupboard, wouldn't it?

£45.

Let's see what it could be.

VO: Can Tim do a deal for the Japanese teapot, the bog oak Celtic cross and the Welsh plate with shop owner, Dave?

Hi, Dave.

All three come to £135 on the ticket.

Is there any movement, do you think?

120.

Can we get anywhere near the 100?

Can you do 100, do you think?

Can we make it 110?

Shall we split the difference at 105?

Is that a deal?

That'll be fine.

Yeah?

A deal.

Brilliant.

Thank you very much.

Right, I'll pop those down and get some cash out for you.

DAVE: Lovely, thank you.

VO: Tim's paid £30 for the plate, 50 for the copper teapot and 25 for the Celtic cross - steady - leaving Tim with £186.66.

Meanwhile, Izzie has traveled to the town of Tredegar to learn about the humble beginnings of a man who forever changed British health care, Aneurin "Nye" Bevan, the Labour health minister who spearheaded the establishment of the NHS in 1948.

VO: Izzie will later meet a proud family member, but first, local councilor, John Morgan.

Hi, John.

Hi, Izzie.

How are you?

I'm good, thank you.

What a beautiful building.

Yes.

This is Bedwellty House, which was the home of the former Tredegar Urban District Council.

I'd love to see inside.

Yeah.

Well, follow me.

IZZIE: Thank you.

VO: This building is where Nye began his career in politics, but his outlook and character were forged in the mines.

In the 18th century, Tredegar was one of the largest colliery towns in Wales.

The vast coal and iron works dwarfed the surrounding houses of the mineworkers.

The iron and coal industry made the colliery owners rich, which allowed them to build opulent buildings like this.

IZZIE: John, what a beautiful room.

VO: Tredegar was a divided community between the upper class and working class, like Nye.

JOHN: Nye was born in Tredegar in 1897.

He was one of 10 children.

He was the sixth born and four of his brothers and sisters actually died before they got to adulthood.

His mother was Phoebe, who was a seamstress.

His father was David Bevan, who was a local miner.

And actually, Nye left school at the age of 14.

Right.

JOHN: And Nye and his brother Billy both went down the pit to work with their father.

How did he get involved in politics?

JOHN: Nye was always interested in improving his knowledge.

He was a member of the local library, he continually read books and he joined the local South Wales Miners Federation.

And at the age of 19, he actually became the local chair.

VO: Nye rose up the ranks of the trade union, who paid for him to attend university in London, where he studied politics and economics.

When he returned to South Wales in 1920, together with similar-minded socialist young friends of Nye's, they formed a secret society which was called the Query Club.

VO: The club aimed to get its members onto the town council, which was controlled by the colliery owners.

Once elected, they hoped they could improve mineworkers' rights.

The first time that actually happened was in 1922 when Nye Bevan became a local town councilor here and actually sat in the chamber in the seat you're sitting in now.

Oh, wow.

And he was always fighting for the miners and for their rights.

VO: In 1925, Nye's father died of pneumoconiosis, known as miner's lung, a tragic death that spurred Nye on to improve health care for the community.

In this building, he led a medical aid fund dedicated to paying for miners' medical needs.

It started off where local miners and local steelworkers actually put 3p in the pound from their pay into a fund every week.

And then when they actually needed medical treatment, basically medical treatment there was free of charge.

The inspiration for the NHS, free at the point of contact, came from this building here.

VO: As Labour Minister for Health, Bevan devised the National Health Service, which launched in 1948, the first time anywhere in the world that free health care was available on the basis of citizenship rather than the payment of fees or insurance.

Izzie has arrived at a memorial erected to Nye to meet his great-niece, Jaselle Williams.

IZZIE: Jaselle.

JASELLE: Hello, there.

IZZIE: What a beautiful spot.

Yeah, it's quite stunning, isn't it?

And a great day for it.

So, this is the Aneurin Bevan memorial stones.

And this larger stone here represents Nye himself and then the three smaller stones around the outside represent towns in his parliamentary constituency, Tredegar, Ebbw Vale and Rhymney.

IZZIE: What can you tell me about Nye as a person?

One of the things he always told my grandfather, who was his nephew, was the importance of reading.

I mean, Nye was a self-taught man and that's how he spent his younger years, getting as much knowledge as he could from books.

It is absolutely incredible.

It's remarkable, everything that Nye Bevan achieved and each and every one of us has benefited from his values and his principles.

VO: Nye was inspired by the mining community he grew up in.

The values it instilled in him changed Britain, and he is now remembered as the father of the NHS.

VO: The daunting task of overhauling Izzie's nigh £600 lead is beginning to hit home for Tim.

TIM: She's so far ahead.

It's Izzie catch-up time.

Catch Izzie.

VO: That's the positive can-do attitude you'll need, Tim.

And as they say, go big or go home.

Or go to Aberdare, a small town in the Cynon Valley.

Located in the center of the town is Aberdare Indoor Market.

Here we are.

Time to spend some cash money.

VO: Inside, amongst the multitude of emporiums, is Market Antiques, owned by David.

I'm thinking I've only got a few more chances to find something that I can potentially have a chance of catching up with Izzie.

So, the pressure's on.

VO: Too true.

No one likes bringing up the rear.

But Tim's like a dog with a bone - he won't give up.

Look at that.

This is incredible, isn't it?

This is a letter, ink written and then signed by William Wilberforce himself, that famous 18th, 19th century politician, and was massive part of the abolition of slavery in the 19th century.

Looks like it's dated June 17th, 1828 and I just think what an amazing piece of history.

And down here, we've got the signed letter by William Wilberforce himself.

And then above it is a pop art version of a portrait of William Wilberforce.

And this is priced at £125.

Now, for a collector of autographs, I would say William Wilberforce is one that you would definitely want in your collection.

It doesn't seem like a great deal of money to me for something so historically important.

VO: Time for a word with the boss man.

Now, he's priced at £125.

Is there any wriggle room on price, do you think?

I could probably do him for 80.

80.

David, that's very generous.

I can't argue with that.

I don't think you can.

Such an important thing.

DAVID: Indeed, yes.

Right.

Let me get the money out for you.

VO: Tim's spending £80 on the historic letter, which leaves him with just over £106.

TIM: Here we go!

VO: The first day's antique shopping spree is at an end.

So then, Tim, are we wild camping tonight?

Yeah, I reckon.

It's the end of a hard day's shopping, we've got an open fire.

Yes.

TIM: What are we going to cook?

Do you reckon they deliver takeaway out into the Brecon Beacons?

That's a cop out.

That is a cop out.

VO: Rest up, mon amigos, for tomorrow is another busy day, eh?

Nighty night.

VO: Wakey-wakey, rise and shine.

Izzie and Tim are all revved up and ready for action.

Just try to keep on this side of the road.

I'm hugging, I'm hugging the left side of the road.

I'm trying also not to look down there.

It's very, very steep, Tim.

I can't look down there.

Not with your driving.

Whoa... TIM: Argh!

No, no.

Don't play about with me.

I can't handle it.

VO: Be brave, Tim!

Be brave!

Yesterday, Izzie splashed the cash on three items - the thermometer lighthouse, the trench art lighthouse and the embroidery sampler.

I think I might take a punt on this one because you just never know.

VO: Mrs Moneybags still has over £700 to spend.

Tim has just over £106 left after purchasing the impressive handwritten letter from William Wilberforce, the Celtic cross, Welsh plate, and a wonderfully intricate copper teapot.

TIM: That's quite stylish, isn't it?

Look at that.

I think you've got some interesting things, but after the last auction, I am a little bit nervous because I feel like I've been playing catch up here.

VO: Yeah, Tim's playing catch up, but Izzie means business.

VO: After dropping off Tim, Izzie is driving on to Merthyr Tydfil, home to Halfway Trading.

Do you know, there won't be a nook or cranny left unrummaged by the time Izzie is done.

There's just so much to see and it's so interesting.

She really does deserve a medal.

It's not often you see an OBE, an Order of the British Empire, in antiques shops, and when you do, they are usually very, very expensive.

There aren't any details as to who this was awarded to, but it does have George and Mary on the front, so that would imply it's probably sort of 1935.

It's just really lovely, I think, to see and to handle an item like this.

You know, someone has been awarded this for their work either in the arts or the sciences or their charitable work.

But it really is a good egg award.

An honor to handle.

VO: Perhaps one to come back to.

IZZIE: I've just spotted this enamel sign.

Now, I don't really know a huge amount about enamel signs, but I do know that condition is vital, particularly at auction.

Unfortunately, this one has got a really large area of corrosion here.

But what's lovely to see is that for the majority of it, the writing is really clear.

VO: Spratt's were a London company that patented the dog biscuit in 1861 and are still marketed today as Bonio.

IZZIE: There isn't a price on it, but it might be worth inquiring as to the price.

VO: Inquiries are always welcomed by shop owner, Kelly.

Hello, Kelly.

I could do that for 150.

That's 150.

And then, oh, the OBE in the cabinet.

125.

So that together would come to 275.

Is there any chance I can squeeze you for a little bit more?

Best price I could do is 250.

Oh, thank you.

That would be wonderful.

Oh, you're welcome.

VO: Izzie's spent £120 on the OBE medal and 130 on the enamel sign, leaving her with just under £500 to play with.

VO: Meanwhile, Tim is on his way to the Rhymney Valley in South Wales.

It's difficult to imagine now, but this green valley was covered in collieries belching black smoke into the blue sky as Welsh coal powered Britain's Industrial revolution.

While the mines may have all closed, heaps of coal waste, called spoil, still remain.

VO: Tim is at Parc Penallta, a country park which was once covered in mountains of coal spoil.

TIM: Ben, it's such a beautiful green, luscious landscape, isn't it?

BEN: It is.

It's fantastic now.

VO: He's here to meet park ranger Ben Sands to find out how the area was transformed from an industrial wasteland into a beautiful park.

Although it looks nice and lush and green today, this was once a big coal colliery site.

Where you're stood is right in the heart of the old spoil tip, and this would have been a very big black mountain of coal spoil.

TIM: We often forget about the environmental impact, don't we, of these industries?

Yes, we do.

The South Wales community is incredibly proud of its mining heritage.

But it did have a consequence on the environment.

And through kind of land reclamation schemes like this, we're able to take very desolate landscape and turn it into something green.

So that involved planting over 100,000 trees, digging ponds and commissioning artworks like the horse that we see in front of us.

VO: You might not see it from this angle, but take to the skies and you'll see one of the largest sculptures in the world, Sultan the Pit Pony.

This vast monument is over 15 meters high and 200 meters long, its legs outstretched as it gallops freely across the countryside.

It's a tribute to the pit ponies who once worked in the mines alongside the coal miners.

These hardy equines were first dispatched underground in the 1700s.

The ponies worked eight hours a day and spent their nights in subterranean stables.

In the early 20th century, there were over 70,000 pit ponies in Britain.

Good Lord!

TIM: So this is Sultan?

It's amazing.

BEN: He's great, isn't he?

He's absolutely massive.

All of the material used to make him was on site, so it's kind of a mixture of coal shale and stone and rubble with a thin layer of topsoil over the top that's had a wild flower mix incorporated into it.

At the moment, you can just see the yellow of the cowslips starting to come out.

But later in the year when they're in full bloom, he'll go a kind of patchwork of green and yellow, like a true piebald pony.

TIM: How did the horse come together, then?

The shape of it, the design?

So, originally the artist worked with a digger driver to kind of carve the shape from there.

And it would have been a case of left a bit, dig, left a bit, dig a bit more until they ended up with the amazing shape that you see before you today.

VO: While the idea of a pit pony living and working underground may seem like the distant past, the last of Wales's pit ponies retired in 1999.

BEN: It marks a moment in time and it holds a real significance to the local miners who would have been familiar with the pit ponies of Penallta Colliery, and that's where he gets his name.

We were told that their prize pit pony was called Sultan, so, since that day, the name has stuck.

VO: To get an all-encompassing view of Sultan, the High Point Observatory is a prime location.

TIM: Another amazing sculpture and an incredible 360 view.

BEN: It's absolutely beautiful up here, isn't it?

TIM: It really is.

BEN: And each of these legs of the structure points to a different local community.

And those communities were involved in the actual design of this, so on each of these rusted metal wings on the legs, they were the drawings that are carved into that were done by local schoolchildren.

TIM: Oh, that's lovely.

BEN: So the artist went into local schools and got the kids to create pictures that reflected the sort of mining heritage of the site, but also the future of the park.

So there's lots of wildlife and recreation and things like that.

Are there future plans for this park?

Yeah, we're always looking for ways in which we can improve the site for people.

The main one at the moment is we're hoping that before too long we'll have a brand-new visitor center which will act as a gateway into the wider countryside as part of the Valley's regional park.

Well, I look forward to coming back for an ice cream.

Fantastic.

Look forward to seeing you.

VO: Parc Penallta is a shining example of how Wales's past can be celebrated while looking to the future.

There's only one thing better than the incredible Welsh countryside in the sunshine, and that's the incredible Welsh countryside in the sunshine, and you have a picnic.

Very sweet.

I feel so chilled and relaxed.

I really should be getting to the next shop, but right now, I'm just very much enjoying this Welsh view.

I've still got lots of money in my pocket, but at the moment it doesn't really feel like much could go wrong.

VO: Famous last words.

I hope she brought enough snacks for everyone.

Sheep can turn vicious for a cream cracker.

Izzie - when she's finished her picnic - will be heading to Pontypool and the Ragamuffin Vintage Emporium.

Ah, here she is, covered in crumbs.

Oh, what a lovely enameled sign.

This would go really well with my enamel sign that I bought earlier.

Ah, not for sale.

Perhaps not then, but what a fabulous piece of local history and in such good condition.

VO: While Izzie continues searching Tim has traveled 10 miles north of her location to the market town of Brynmawr.

He's arrived at King Street Antiques with almost £107 burning a hole in his pocket.

Better get that spent before you ruin your trousers, Tim.

Oh, I'm loving this.

Look at that, how unusual.

It's a chocolate and cocoa specimen chest, basically.

And in here, there's all the different types of cocoa in their original forms, in little trays, all labeled, look.

Cocoa shells, eating chocolate, cocoa nibs and, look, there's cocoa essence as well, so like a powder of cocoa.

I wonder if you could make a hot chocolate with that.

Smells like chocolate.

Isn't that amazing?

That still smells like chocolate and this is probably 1920s.

But for me, the best thing about this whole box is that wonderful bit of artwork at the back, that great bit of advertising.

Now, what's it priced at?

£40.

I've never seen one of these before.

I think maybe that would be worth taking to an auction.

VO: My sweet-toothed chum is finding the chocolate box hard to resist.

Back in Pontypool, has anything caught Izzie's expert eye?

I quite like this.

It's... Well, at first glance, it looks like just an ordinary dressing table, brass with the glass here, but on the back, it's got the crow's foot, which is a military stamp, and then it's dated Feb 1972 and then there's a military reference number.

So presumably this probably would have been like an officer's mirror or something, but I always quite like a military item or anything that has a dual appeal.

You've got people that would want this for a mirror and then you've got people who would want this because it's got the military appeal to it and it's £38.

But I like it.

VO: Izzie likes it and she's got the money in her pocket to buy it.

IZZIE: Hello, Allun.

ALLUN: Hi.

I found the brass military dressing table mirror.

Oh, yes.

That's a nice piece, yes.

And with the military connection on the mirror, it's a really nice piece.

Priced at £38, so I've got you some money.

VO: Oh, my giddy aunt, and befuddled uncle.

Izzie's not even haggling!

Ha!

She may have a skip in her step, but wait till she realizes she's forgotten the mirror.

Ha-ha-ha!

In Brynmawr, Tim's still got some shopping to do.

TIM: Hello, mummy.

VO: Oh, Tim!

That's a terrible pun.

Try this one - tut, tut!

TIM: That's an interesting thing.

Look at that.

In this display case are loads of different items that this company would have manufactured out of cotton, and this was a showcase of what this company could do, and very proudly in the center is this napkin, printed with lots of different dates and awards as well, including the Grand Prize of Paris 1900.

This is quite important for them, and probably quite a rare survivor, as well.

But most importantly of all, and impressively, is all of this cotton hasn't just fallen apart and disappeared.

It's been preserved in this case.

I've fallen in love with this, but, um, there's no price.

VO: Shop owner, Sian, can help you with that.

How much is your rather lovely display case here?

£30.

I can do it for 20.

I'll take that.

Thank you very much.

And while I'm here, I've also spotted this chocolate display advertising box as well.

It's priced at 40.

Is there any movement on that, do you think?

SIAN: Yeah.

I'll do it for 30.

30.

OK, so £50 for two?

Yeah.

Right.

That is a deal.

I shall get my money out.

VO: Yeah, so, for £20, Tim's bought the cotton display case, and spent 30 on the chocolate box.

It's been an all-action antique buying extravaganza for this pair.

TIM: Well, that was quite a day, wasn't it?

IZZIE: Mm, definitely.

A good day.

And putting antiques, beautiful scenery and sunshine aside, the company's been fantastic.

Aw!

Thanks, Tim.

It's just a shame I can't say the same about you.

(LAUGHTER) VO: Cheeky!

They're best of friends, really.

VO: It's auction time, and Tim and Izzie have one more stop to make on today's road trip.

West Usk Lighthouse, in the coastal village of St Brides.

They are chomping at the bit with excitement.

IZZIE: Oh!

Izzie, I don't know anyone that would just sit there and nibble on a whole tomato.

I'm really hungry!

VO: You say tomato, I say edible berry of the Solanum lycopersicum plant, but let's not call the auction off, eh?

TIM: Well, this is a beautiful spot, isn't it?

It's beautiful!

VO: Izzie and Tim will be watching all the auction action unfold on their tablets.

VO: They have sent their antiques to Evesham in Worcestershire, where they go up for auction, online and over the phone, at Littleton Auctioneers.

Izzie spent a total of £408 on her five items.

Which lot does auctioneer Ben Homer think has the greatest profit potential?

And sold, at 250.

The Spratt's enamel sign, a lovely thing, good patina on it, and we always do well with enamel signs.

VO: Tim spent £235 on his lots.

Which one does Ben think is the best of his bunch?

The Fry and Sons cocoa specimen display box, probably one of my favorite items, we've had a lot of interest in it, and we've never seen anything like it, so it could really fly.

VO: Hmm, did he say fry or fly?

IZZIE: I've got the auction nerves, Tim.

TIM: Have you?

The pre-auction nerves.

Well, you had auction nerves last time, and look what happened.

Yes, but I don't think...

I think I very foolishly offered you, I seem to recall, my good luck, and now I'm rather regretting that I did that.

VO: Yeah.

First up, Tim's Celtic cross.

I quite like bog oak.

Yeah, it's nice.

Question is, though, bog oak versus jet?

I think I'd go for bog oak.

You would say that, cos you bought a cross!

Yeah, cos I bought one!

Yeah!

20 bid, thank you, with me on easy line... IZZIE: Ooh!

TIM: Good.

Online.

30 on easy line.

Ooh, Tim!

Cor, that was a jump, wasn't it?

AUCTIONEER (AA): At £35... IZZIE: 35!

TIM: Yes!

At £35, are we all in then?

Fair warning... Wa-hey!

AA: £35... Ahh!

VO: Tim's off to a great start.

Well done, you.

Every £10 helps at this stage, catching up with you!

VO: Time to take the temperature of the bidders with the thermometer and lighter.

I really like this buy of yours.

Yeah, well, I couldn't decide which lighthouse, and I thought, I've got so much money, let's just buy both!

Start me at £20 on these, please.

Ooh... £20 to start me, surely?

Low blow.

Oh, come on.

Somebody.

Go 10 for them, then.

Oh!

£10 to start me, surely?

Please don't go down to five.

At £12, then.

We've got quite a long climb here, haven't we?

Oh, no!

12, going twice... VO: Well, the little lighthouses failed to light up the auction.

That seems quite reasonable to me, for two lighthouses.

Quite reasonable?!

£12?!

A flipping steal!

VO: Next item, Tim's Welsh plate.

Do you like ceramics?

I do, yes.

And do you like this plate?

Yes.

Good.

It's got everything going for it.

I'm on the internet at 45.

I'm looking for 50 now.

Profit.

50 in the room.

Thank you.

I'm at £60, then, in the room.

Tim, this is amazing.

I've doubled my money.

At £70, then.

75.

Fair warning, at 75... VO: Tim's on a roll here.

That was a good, traditional old antique, that, so I'm glad it did well.

VO: Izzie's military mirror is next.

I haven't looked at it, cos it'll break, and then there'll be seven years' bad luck.

I wouldn't mind you having a bit of bad luck!

£40 for it, please.

Oh, is he straight in at 40?

I'm not sure if he's got it.

20 for it, then.

No.

No, he's not straight in at 40!

AA: Surely, 20 on this?

Come on.

No.

Any interest at 10?

£12.

18.

Oh, it's climbing.

AA: 30.

At 30.

Fair warning at 30.

35, just in time.

Ooh!

AA: At 35, looking for 40... Sneaked that in at the last minute.

I'll take anything right now.

Fair warning at 35... VO: Mirror, mirror, on the wall will the gavel ever fall on a profit for Izzie?

Could have been worse!

It could, it could have been worse!

VO: Tim's cotton display case is up next.

I'm hoping this might make £100 or so.

Well, I hope it does that for you.

Even more.

I hope it exceeds expectations... Not really.

Yeah, not really!

£100 to start me, please.

He likes it.

That's a good sign.

100 bid.

Thank you.

IZZIE: Yes!

Straight in!

TIM: Straight in at 100!

120 now, 130.

TIM: Wow.

AA: 160.

Well, it's already above your estimate.

AA: 180.

IZZIE: And it's still going!

190, 200, 230, 240... Ha-ha!

Look at your little face!

AA: £240.

Looking for 250 now.

Do you think it's going back home, it's going up north?

It might be going back to Lancashire.

IZZIE: Yeah.

AA: Looking for 320 now.

320?!

I can't believe it!

..at £300.

Going once... 300 going twice... IZZIE: Amazing.

VO: Tim's the comeback kid.

He's racking up profits.

Is that a... £280 profit?

Yes.

Sorry?

I didn't quite hear that!

Was that a £280 profit?

VO: Next lot, Izzie's enamel dog biscuit sign.

My only hesitation with this one is, there is a bit of damage, and I know that the condition is really important with enamel signs.

Well, they used to use them as airgun targets, didn't they?

Well, it's not that badly damaged!

80, 90, now.

£100, 110.

I'll be delighted if I wash my face with this.

£130.

150.

Have we got 150?

£150, looking for 160 now.

OK, so that's a break even, with commission, isn't it?

150 going twice.

150.

VO: Ha!

Well... that takes the biscuit.

Hoo!

IZZIE: Oh, Tim!

I think that was a really fun thing to buy.

VO: Next item, Tim's William Wilberforce letter.

It's quite incredible, isn't it, that connection you've got with such an important historical figure.

Yeah, definitely.

I think it's a beautiful, beautiful lot.

100 bid, thank you.

At £100... TIM: Straight in.

Profit!

Straight in!

That's a relief!

AA: 150.

IZZIE: It's still going.

See, you did give me your luck.

Can I have it back?

240.

250.

At 250... Is it going to stop?

It might just carry on forever.

Going twice at 250... VO: Ooh!

Timmy's picked winners today, look.

Eagle eyed Tim, that's what I'm going to start calling you.

Lucky, more like.

Your luck.

VO: Izzie's embroidery sampler is next.

It's quite a cute sample of a sampler.

I'm getting a bit distracted here, Tim, because you're calling it a "sarm-pler", and I'm calling it a "sam-pler"!

For 20, to start me.

10 bid.

Thank you.

That's 10... Oh, no!

At £10 in the room.

12... What did you pay?

65.

Oh, come on!

I'm at £30.

With me on the internet at 30, is it 35 anywhere?

Fair warned at 30.

VO: Understatement alert.

This isn't going well for Izzie.

IZZIE: I'm going to bow out now, before the humiliation gets worse!

VO: It's time for Tim's chocolate box of delights.

Do you think I paid too much, at £200?

Tim, I really liked you.

It's a good job I only paid 30.

Oh!

Start me at £200 on this, please.

He's going straight in at 200.

I'm not surprised.

AA: Straight in at 200 quid.

IZZIE: 200 quid?

TIM: He's bid 200 already?

IZZIE: 280!

TIM: No!

IZZIE: I think.

AA: At 280... IZZIE: 280!

TIM: 280!

AA: 300.

320, 360... IZZIE: Tim!

No!

Yes!

At £600 now, looking for 650.

IZZIE: This is amazing!

I'm at 700 now.

TIM: It's still going!

AA: £750... TIM: Oh, for goodness' sake!

At £750, then, going once... 750, going twice, the gavel's up...

Yes!

£750!

Well done, Mr Medhurst!

I can't believe that.

Ah!

VO: Incredible, Tim.

A fantastic spot.

Can the OBE medal finally earn Izzie a profit?

I mean, I would love to know who it belonged to.

Yeah, that would be lovely, wouldn't it?

£100, please.

What did you pay?

IZZIE: 120.

AA: 100 bid, thank you.

£100.

110 now, 120, 150.

Fair warned, £150... VO: £30 profit.

But it's too little, too late.

It's a profit, isn't it?

It is a profit.

Shouldn't sneeze at that, yeah!

VO: Now, Tim's last item, the copper teapot.

I rather fancy this will go well, too.

I think it's what we would call "speccy" - speculative.

It might...

Thank you for explaining "speccy" to me!

A lot of commission bids... A lot of commission bids.

IZZIE: Ooh!

AA: Start you off at £40.

Oh.

I thought he was about to say 400!

45, 55... Oh, he's got bidding!

AA: 65...

Still going... AA: 90 now.

At 110, 130.

It's going on, isn't it?

150 now.

£170... 170!

He's still going!

That's amazing!

AA: 210... You can't believe what you're seeing, can you?

£300 now.

Come on!

AA: 20 IZZIE: So good!

£420, then.

I'm going to call it, gavel's up... Wow.

VO: That is a fantastic result!

Huh!

It has been an auction day to remember for Tim.

IZZIE: I'm going to bow out.

I'm going to bow to you, the winner, the king of today!

VO: Izzie began with just under £870 in her piggy.

It's been a bad day at the auction.

She's lost almost £100.

After saleroom fees, her total is now £770.14.

Bad luck.

But what a day for Tim!

Ha!

He started this leg of the trip with just over £290, and after auction costs, his total is now up to a whopping £1,557.26.

I'm gobsmacked.

Well, that was an auction of some mega highs and some pretty low lows.

I've got to take my hat off to you.

You've done amazingly well.

I can't wait to see what we can pick up next.

Can you?

I can't.

Come on, let's go.

VO: Cheerio, chaps.

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