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

Which way are the bargains?

VO: ..behind the wheel of a classic car... Do you know where we are?

No.

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

Act one, scene one.

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

Ta-da!

VO: But it's no mean feat.

There'll be worthy winners...

Woo!

Happy dance!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

Heartbroken.

Close your ears.

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

It's just delightful, isn't it?

VO: ..or the slow road to disaster?

VO: This is Antiques Road Trip.

VO: Yeah!

VO: Well, hello Caledonia, and the second leg of our jaunt with Hettie and David, in which our experts meet, compete and get to know ya.

Hettie is, of course, is short for Henrietta.

It is, yeah.

What else do they call you apart from Hettie?

HETTIE: Hets.

DAVID: Hets?

HETTIE: Hetso.

DAVID: Hetso.

Yeah.

VO: Hetso and Harper?

Sounds like a right pair of comedians.

I know all of these things.

DAVID: Do you know why?

HETTIE: Do you?

Cuz my daughter is called Henrietta.

Oh, wow!

DAVID: And it's my favorite name of all time.

VO: That's David Harper, a veteran Road Tripper, and by his side our youthful prodigy, Hettie Jago... ..in a classic car, with another delightful female name, Mercedes.

Do you know what?

This car is almost 40 years old, Hettie.

It's older than me.

DAVID: That's a lot older than you.

HETTIE: Is it older than you?

DAVID: Oh, very amusing!

VO: Touché.

County Durham resident David is a dealer with a trained eye for saleable antiques.

Although sight isn't the only sense he employs.

It even smells delicious.

VO: Not that auctioneer Hettie from Nottingham is intimidated by her rival's prowess... HETTIE: David, you need to stop ringing me for advice!

VO: ..having plenty of knick knack knowhow herself... HETTIE: Oh!

VO: ..despite her tender years.

Although, it was David who triumphed at their first trip to the saleroom.

100 we have.

And 10.

DAVID: Get in there!

HETTIE: Well done!

Sold at 130.

VO: Our pair will have four more opportunities to compete for the most profit at the auctions they visit... £55.

Are we all done?

(GROANS) Oh, Hettie!

VO: ..so all is far from lost for Hettie... Because even though David currently has a 1-0 lead, she could easily equalize with some astute buys this time round.

VO: Remember, they started out with £1,500 each and David has 1,299 left in his kitty... ..while Hettie has a wee bit less, 1,246.

They both have to make it last, though, for the whole trip.

So we're heading to Glasgow, then?

We are heading to Glasgow.

DAVID: Have you been... HETTIE: Do you know the way?

Course I do.

VO: They began in Perthshire and will see quite a bit more of Scotland before exploring the northwest of England, ending up in lovely Lancashire.

DAVID: (LAUGHS) Oh, that little cheeky laugh of yours.

I know.

VO: Today's Greater Glasgow gadabout starts out in Rosebank in South Lanarkshire, beside the river Clyde in an antique center/garden center, where Hettie, having dropped off her chum, gets first dibs.

HETTIE: Hello Allan.

ALLAN: Hi, Hettie.

Gonna see what I can find!

Well, good luck... (CHUCKLES) VO: Yes, make yourself at home.

VO: I wonder if she'll try to acquire anything especially Scottish in here.

HETTIE: Pretty sure you're meant to have a ball.

Fore!

VO: Much safer this way, though.

I'm a big fan of fountain pens, and there's a really sweet Conway Stewart set in here.

I love Conway Stewart pens.

I have one myself.

My partner collects pens and he has this exact set, so I can't resist having a look at it.

They are the Dinkie set.

They're smaller than other Conway Stewart pens.

They're absolutely tiny.

Look at it compared to my hand.

VO: Allegedly named after a music hall duo.

HETTIE: It's a really sweet set.

These are 1950s pens, and at the time, they were very very affordable.

So there would've been a lot of them out there, but they are very collectable.

VO: Ticket price, £65.

Really like to buy useful objects, and these are very useful.

I use my Conway Stewart all the time.

Someone's gonna buy these and absolutely adore them, treasure them, keep them forever, hopefully.

But I'm going to leave them there for now, think about them, potentially come back to them.

VO: I think she's sorely tempted.

Ah, now, they're Scottish alright!

Oh, this is really sweet.

Look at these little Scottie dogs.

They're really lovely.

I think it's 1920s.

It's a...ashtray.

Obviously, smoking is not a very good habit, but this could be re-purposed, we could have it as a pin dish, you could put your keys in it.

But look at their faces!

I'm just always drawn to animals.

These are cold-painted, so basically the enamel paint is applied to them and they're not fired.

They're literally painted cold.

And I think these are made of spelter.

You can see a bit of the base metal coming through there.

VO: Yeah.

Spelter, an alloy of zinc and lead.

HETTIE: They're quite crudely painted, but I quite like that about them.

They've got £38 on the ticket, which I think is a bit too much.

But it's one to think about, so I'll leave them there.

VO: Stay!

HETTIE: Goodbye.

VO: For now.

But wither her Road Trip chum?

Currently to be found strolling through the Barras market, having made his way towards the nearby metropolis of Glasgow... ..and his first shop, in the city's east end.

DAVID: John!

Good morning.

JOHN: How are you doing, sir?

Nice to see you again.

And listen, I've got loads of money to spend and I'm gonna make your day.

VO: £1,299, actually, John, although he almost certainly won't spend it all at Randall's Antiques & Vintage.

Oh, wowzer...

Proper antiques.

This is the Antiques Road Trip.

So we've got two portraits - a lady and a gentleman.

The frames look original, but I think there's no doubt about it, they are a couple, man and wife.

Victorian oil paintings.

£220, the pair.

That is, in my opinion, bonkers beyond comprehension.

Why are they so cheap?

Looking deep into my eyes, and they're good portraits.

Now let's look at the backs.

VO: Sounds like he really might be splashing out, doesn't it?

But while he takes a closer look at the goods...we'll hasten back to Rosebank, where Hettie still has an entire antiques center at her disposal.

(EXHALES) Think I'll have to leave that.

VO: Well, almost.

And she's already got her pen set and a couple of wee doggies on her shortlist.

Anything else?

Oh, some lovely bits of silver in here.

And there is a silver locket, which is very much my kind of thing.

It's a Victorian locket.

You can tell it's got age to it.

It's beautifully made.

It's very much inspired by the aesthetic movement.

It's got flowers on it, it's got leaves on it.

VO: No price on it.

Huh.

And lockets were very popular in the Victorian times.

After Prince Albert died in 1861, Victoria wore a locket.

It's a lovely, quality piece and I think, why would you buy new jewelry when you can buy something that's over 120 years old?

VO: Quite.

Time to talk to the boss.

HETTIE: Allan, hello!

ALLAN: Hey, Hettie.

HETTIE: You alright?

ALLAN: Yeah.

There are three items that I'm interested in.

You've got your Conway Stewart Dinkie set.

Two together in a little box.

ALLAN: Right.

HETTIE: You've got 65 on the ticket on that one.

What's your best price?

ALLAN: I could do 40 for you.

HETTIE: OK, brilliant.

Also, you've got a Victorian white metal locket, as well, that doesn't have a ticket price on it.

What are you thinking on that one?

Could do £5 for you... HETTIE: £5.

ALLAN: ..for that one.

Fantastic.

You've also got a Scottie dog ashtray, which you have £38 on.

If I were to buy the three items together, what's your absolute best price you could do for me?

ALLAN: I could do 60 for you... HETTIE: OK. £60.

That's brilliant.

That sounds very fair.

Thanks very much.

I'll shake your hand at 60.

VO: Yes, thanks Allan.

So that all means the pens are 40 and the locket is still five.

I'll just grab my items and hit the road.

Thank you.

VO: And the doggie dish is 15.

I'm really happy with these.

VO: Oh good.

Now, what about David in the east end?

Last time we looked, he was manhandling this delightful couple, priced at £220.

But there's an awful lot to see, so what might join them in the boot?

Oh, would you look at that?

So this is majolica.

It's a heavy pottery, fantastically glazed with the most wild and eccentric colors.

But what is it as a thing?

Well, you can see it's got wheels on there, and they're not just for appearance.

It's even got castors on the base and it is designed to move along a table.

Now, you might think these containers here hold plants, maybe.

Well, you could do that if you wanted to, but it wasn't designed for that.

In fact, handily, I did spot something.

It's designed to hold wine bottles or liquor bottles.

So it's a table coaster designed to push down the table.

VO: All aboard!

DAVID: But look at the cherub on the top.

It's much more than a cherub.

And... (CHUCKLES) ..he's lost his arm, but he's got an arm here.

This is Bacchus.

This is the ancient Greco-Roman god of festivities and, crucially, wine.

So that proves what it is.

It's a wine coaster, 1860, and it's majolica.

And I've gotta tell you, it has been smashed to pieces and then later glued.

But, do you know what?

I actually don't give a monkey's!

It's so gorgeous, I can forgive it anything.

It is a cracking thing.

It's English.

If it was in immaculate condition it would be several hundreds of pounds.

But because it's smashed to smithereens... ..it's priced at 55, which I still think is no money.

But I do need glue.

DAVID: John?

John?

JOHN: Yep?

You wouldn't have any Superglue?

VO: Bacchus is getting surgery.

Ha!

DAVID: All good antique dealers carry glue.

Thank you very much.

You don't mind if I nick a bit?

JOHN: Not at all.

DAVID: OK. DAVID: So this is the uh... the arm with the grapes... ..feeding himself.

Just hold it for a few seconds...and hope.

(LOUDLY) Nobody touch Bacchus!

VO: He's stuck with it now!

Be back for you in a minute.

VO: Nae bother!

DAVID: Now, John, I'm gonna spend some big money with you.

Two things.

First of all, the majolica wine coaster priced at 55.

Would 50 buy it?

JOHN: 50 will buy it, yeah.

DAVID: Yeah?

OK. Next one, the pair of Victorian 1850 oil paintings priced at 220.

DAVID: Would 200 buy them?

JOHN: 200'll buy them.

Good man, keep it simple.

VO: £250 to pay... DAVID: You're a gentleman.

JOHN: Thank you.

VO: ..leaving him lighter, but happier.

Come on now.

Let's go for a wander.

VO: Meanwhile, on the other side of the city, Hettie's now headed for the university to learn about John Boyd Orr, the father of modern nutrition, in the company of archivist Clare Paterson.

CLARE: John Boyd Orr is someone who had a lifelong connection to the university.

He came to us as a student in 1900 and after graduation his first post is in a primary school in a deprived area of Glasgow.

So in that school, in his classroom, he sees children coming to school underfed and undernourished and that really profoundly affects him.

VO: Boyd Orr soon returned to full time study in both medicine and biological sciences in order to help those hungry children.

So what was his work at the university, then?

In the 1920s, he becomes involved in the first rigorous scientific research into the way in which milk is a key building block for human health.

And in 1927, proving the link between milk and human nutrition.

And that leads to government policy providing free milk in schools.

OK. VO: Despite the promises that were made after World War I, the welfare of working people soon became significantly worse.

Boyd Orr's research revealed the uncomfortable truth.

CLARE: Towards the end of the 1930s, we have this report, Food, Health and Income.

And in that, John Boyd Orr is looking at individuals' diet.

And what he's reporting on is that a third of the British population don't have enough money in order to feed themselves properly.

HETTIE: Wow.

CLARE: So he is really advocating the importance of nutrition in people's health.

VO: During World War II, Boyd Orr helped organize rationing in the UK, and then joined the newly formed United Nations as director general of the Food and Agriculture organization, trying to ensure that more was produced and that it was then equitably shared.

What was his overall aim?

I think, for me, really simply, he wanted to make the world a fairer place, and one of the ways he saw of doing that was by trying to eradicate hunger after the Second World War, on a world stage, talking to world leaders and politicians.

And in 1949, the Nobel Peace Prize really signifies the standing which he has on the global scale.

HETTIE: And that's just one of many of his medals.

CLARE: Yes, he is a highly decorated individual.

VO: But if the perils of the 20th century weren't bad enough, what about the existential threats our planet faces now?

Hettie's come to a dairy farm outside the city to talk to university scientist Emilie Combet.

How does John Boyd Orr relate to your research?

EMILIE: I think he really opened the door to a new way of thinking about food and health, and that's very much at the heart of everything we do at the University of Glasgow.

And what we're trying to understand is how to make sure that Scotland, the UK and globally, we produce food which is healthy for the people but also for the planet, and thinking about how we can make sure that everyone, regardless of whether rich or poor, has got access to nutritious, affordable, high-quality food.

VO: And just as the work continues in Boyd Orr's footsteps, so milk remains a big part of the picture as a source of protein and essential nutrients.

But interestingly, our Somerset-raised expert has never been quite so close to its producers.

Hettie, meet Daisy.

They're gonna let me have a go at some point.

I haven't done this before, so...we'll see what happens.

VO: I'm sure the girls won't mind a bit.

So how's the new helper working out, Jim?

Five in the morning, I'll just have a lie in, you can get on with it.

Yeah, I'll come back at five in the morning.

That'll do it.

VO: Yeah, right!

VO: But before all that, it's time to catch up with her buddy.

DAVID: Come on, Hettie, let's make the most of this.

HETTIE: I know, we deserve a rest... HETTIE: ..don't we?

DAVID: We do!

HETTIE: It's hard work.

DAVID: It is hard work.

Is this your first loch?

HETTIE: Yes it is.

DAVID: Is it really?

It's my second time ever in Scotland.

Right.

And I've never seen the landscape before.

So this is big for me.

This is the Scottish landscape at its finest.

It is!

Brilliant.

DAVID: Welcome to Scotland... HETTIE: Cheers!

..to the Antiques Road Trip.

Thank you.

I'm having the best time.

DAVID: Marvelous.

HETTIE: I'm really enjoying it.

You're a pleasure to be with.

Aw, bless you.

VO: Cheers.

Nighty night.

VO: New day, new anxieties... ..about what the other person has bought for the auction.

HETTIE: Did you have quite a successful day yesterday, then?

Did you buy some good things?

Goodness gracious me.

I had one of the most successful days I've ever had in my whole life.

HETTIE: Oh really?

No?

DAVID: No.

VO: Well, he really did spend quite a bit of his cash, on a pair of 19th century paintings and a majolica wine trolley, and managed a bit of restoring... (LOUDLY) Nobody touch Bacchus!

VO: ..meaning he now has £1,049... ..while Hettie was busy snapping up a Victorian white metal locket, a Scottie dog ashtray and some Dinkie fountain pens... HETTIE: Someone's gonna treasure them, keep them forever, hopefully.

VO: ..leaving her with 1,186 to be going on with... ..as they wind their way towards the English border.

Have you ever been to Dumfries and Galloway, then?

I have.

This whole road trip is gonna be really exciting for me.

I've never been anywhere.

VO: Day two of their lap around the Lowlands starts out close to the village of Kilbarchan.

VO: They're about to share nicely, as well.

(EXCLAIMS) Hello you!

Come here.

Hello!

VO: That's Brack, by the way.

Gonna come with me?

Let's go this way.

(CHUCKLES) Come on then.

Let's go this way.

VO: Hettie is quick off the mark.

David must still be parking the car.

Ah, there he is.

There's a lot of very nice things in here.

Let's see whether this works... No, is the answer to that.

VO: Well, they are old, I suppose.

DAVID: Gosh, incredible amount of stock.

VO: And don't forget, they still have £2,235 between them.

HETTIE: Ooh... DAVID: This is very good for a couple of reasons.

Let me explain.

First of all, it's good because of its style, arts and crafts, and it's actually in the period.

And arts and crafts is all about products, items, being one-off, handmade things.

It was a reaction to the Industrial Revolution.

And there's a small group of designers and craftsmen that really railed against that movement, and they wanted to go back to the old days of craftsmen, handmade things, almost to the medieval days.

And this is one of those things.

VO: A jardiniere or possibly an ice bucket.

DAVID: And look at the way that everything is hand beaten.

So it's dripping in style, lovely color and patination.

You just can't fake it.

It's gorgeous.

Oh, it's got a factory mark as well.

OK, that is nice.

And this is a company called William Soutter, so very well-known makers of the arts and crafts style objects.

VO: Based in Birmingham.

DAVID: So that is good.

So it's priced at 70 quid.

That's no money.

William Soutter, circa 1900... you're going to auction.

VO: 1-0.

Hettie?

Oh, this is quite nice.

I think it's a censer or an incense burner... ..and it looks oriental to me.

I think probably Japanese, but it's got dragons on it.

It has what look like dogs' heads.

It's definitely bronze.

VO: An alloy of copper and tin.

Sometimes it's quite difficult to tell whether something's bronze on initial inspection because of the patina, it hides that bronze color.

But when you turn it over you want to be looking for areas where it might've rubbed against another surface.

You can see the true color underneath it.

And you can also tell just from the weight.

When you pick something up, if it's really heavy, it's probably bronze.

And it only has £42 on the ticket price.

So I'm going to go and speak to dealer David and see what he can do for me.

VO: Both feeling decisive today, then.

Hello, David.

You alright?

Hello!

Very well, thank you.

What is the absolute best price you could do on this for me?

DAVID: Well, you're buying as trade, so it's 36.

36?

OK, that sounds fair.

Thank you very much.

I'll shake your hand at 36.

Thank you.

VO: Deal done.

HETTIE: Five, £6.

Brilliant, dead on.

Thank you very much indeed.

I'll take that with me and hit the road.

HETTIE: Thank you.

DAVID: Good luck with it.

VO: Just time for a quick selfie with her new chum... VO: ..which leaves David with the place to himself, not that it will probably take him long.

So the style of this kettle... on stand, with a burner on the base there, to fill with paraffin and literally to heat that kettle up.

Late 19th, early 20th century, arts and crafts and very much in the style of Christopher Dresser.

VO: The great Victorian designer.

The thing is, with objects like this in the last 20 or 30 years, lots of copies have come onto the market.

But it looks right.

The quality.

VO: So, possibly one of Dresser's designs.

But is it old?

DAVID: There's a maker's mark there.

So this is Daniel & Arter of Birmingham.

Now, they were known for making exactly things like this, silver and silver-plated objects in the Christopher Dresser fashionable style.

So this is in fact a genuine Christopher Dresser-inspired, designed kettle on stand with a burner made by a very well-known maker of the time known for making just that.

And it's priced at £120.

Isn't it lovely?

(SOFTLY) And it's coming with me.

VO: More decisiveness.

Right, David... DAVID GARDNER (DG): So... DAVID: Two objects.

DAVID: Very good things, and, strangely, from the same design period.

On the kettle here, 120.

DG: Yeah.

DAVID: What could that be?

DG: Uh, buying as a dealer, 105.

DAVID: 105, fine.

And on this jardiniere.

DG: Well, it's...it's 56.

56.

So what do I owe you?

DG: 161.

DAVID: That was very quick.

VO: But correct.

Thank you.

David, as ever, really good to see you.

DG: Absolutely.

Lovely things.

Good luck with them.

DAVID: Cheers.

Bye.

DG: Goodbye.

VO: But, now, while Brack awaits the inevitable photo request... ..Hettie's headed to this delightful town and her last shop of the day, several miles to the south, in Moffat, where Rabbie Burns used to take the waters at the local spa.

Let's go shopping.

VO: Oh, alright, then.

With £1,150 available to spend at Lothlorien Antiques & Collectables.

Aw, a whole cabinet full of teddy bears.

Let's have a little look at them.

So this is a Steiff bear, and Steiff were one of the first manufacturers in the early 20th century that made teddy bears like this with jointed limbs.

The original ones were actually created in 1902 in Germany, and you can identify them by the little button in their ear, and the tag saying Steiff, made in Germany.

VO: White, meaning a limited edition - they're normally yellow.

So this is a 1925 replica.

So as you can see here, the earlier teddy bears had longer noses.

They looked more like real bears.

And as we went through time, we sort of made them more cartoon and more cuddly.

And what I love about teddy bears is the nostalgia.

I still have my bears from childhood, and I don't want to get rid of them.

I love them.

These ones are £229, so a bit too much for me today.

But they're really, really sweet and they've got a special place in people's hearts.

VO: Bye bye, bears.

What else might catch her eye?

Absolutely in my element here.

So much jewelry.

This is an enameled necklace, and it's really pretty because it's got this guilloche enamel, which is essentially a texture put onto the silver.

Then you overlay with enamel.

So it just gives it a really nice base texture, makes it a bit more interesting.

It's very much in the style of Murrle Bennett.

VO: Victorian importers of Jugendstil, or art nouveau jewelry.

So it's got the guilloche enamel, it's got the art nouveau, arts and crafts-inspired style of drop on the pendant.

But it's not, it's a later example.

But I love it.

I appreciate it anyway.

It's got £89 on the ticket price and I don't think there's room for a profit on that.

But if it could be less, then it's definitely a potential option.

VO: And on that promising note, let's move away from Moffat for a bit and catch up with David, apparently without a care in the world.

DAVID: I love this part of Scotland, southwest Scotland, and I know it's raining and it's drizzly and it's a bit gray, but that's what makes this land so glorious, and I think it's just utterly beautiful.

VO: He's also heading for his last shop, even closer to the border in Dumfries, beside the river Nith at Anchor Antiques.

Ooh!

VO: Sounds like he likes what he sees, doesn't it?

Plus, he has £888 left to spend on anything he chooses.

Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!

Who fancies a gong bath?

Apparently it's all the rage.

What you need is a gong... ..ideally a Victorian one like this gong here.

And you need to whack the gong and bathe in the sound.

And whilst bathing in the sound you've gotta meditate.

VO: Go on then.

(GONG) Yeah, I think that would really help.

VO: So tell us about the gong now, David.

This is a very good gong.

It's last quarter of the 19th century, so 1875 to 1900.

It's made from oak, it's hand-carved and it's... Oh, it's a Scottish one.

Look at the...the striker.

You've got a carved thistle there representing Scotland.

So that's rather nice, isn't it?

Let's have a look at the details on it...

So typical of that period, very highly carved, high Victorian.

Big Corinthian-style columns.

This is interesting, I think it's a representation of the Green Man.

The Green Man is an ancient pagan symbol, a face with foliage, trees and branches and leaves, sprouting from all over the place.

And I'm just gonna show you the back of it.

So, can you see how it's all finished neatly on the back side as well?

A real good sign of quality, that.

(GONG) And as wonderful as it is, at £950, I think it's out of my budget.

VO: He's right, it is.

Back to Moffat, where Hettie's also found a gong.

(QUIET GONG) Oh, quite loud!

VO: You should hear David's.

Ha-ha!

And she has an enamel necklace under consideration.

Any more?

Let's see what's in here.

I'm seeing lots and lots of lovely jewelry in here.

Yesterday I bought that really beautiful white metal locket for only £5.

And I sort of want to put together a job lot, because sometimes when you mix items together, dealers will want to buy it as a lot and you can see it basically increase the price.

And that's what I'm aiming for here if I choose well.

VO: Certainly knows her way around a jewelry cabinet, that one.

VO: And Linda's the woman to consult about a deal.

HETTIE: This is quite nice because it's got a Scottish thistle on it and I wanted to buy things local to the area.

I think this is really sweet, I might add this to my potential job lot.

VO: Here we go.

HETTIE: Hello Linda!

LINDA: Hello!

HETTIE: I found some really nice things.

LINDA: Good.

What would be your best price on these four together?

I could do 35.

OK.

I might need to think about that one.

You've also got a really beautiful enameled art nouveau-style necklace.

What would be your best price on that one?

I could do that for 60.

OK, that sounds good.

And what if we did all of them together?

What could we do on those?

88?

Yeah.

OK. That sounds more than fair.

Thanks very much.

I'll shake your hand...

BOTH: Thank you.

VO: Very nicely done.

£28 for her collection, consisting mostly of a necklace and some Victorian brooches... ..and 60 for the enamel necklace, leaving 1,062 to spend over the next three legs.

VO: Let's get back to David in Dumfries, still on the lookout.

That's proprietor John, by the way.

Hi, John.

Well, I never.

What on earth is that?

Well, obviously it's a female... (HOLLOW KNOCK) Pottery.

Terracotta, probably.

With a little bit of a glaze on it, like a washed glaze.

Wow.

Hang on a minute.

Oh, she's a monster weight!

Hang on a minute.

Um... Now, on the Antiques Road Trip, it's always good to try and find things you've never seen before, and I've never seen this particular figure before.

I'm not saying I love her, but there's something about her.

VO: Ticket price £45.

She's not fabulously old but she's definitely a one off.

You can see she's been individually potted... ..and she is... (GROANS) ..a heavy beastie indeed.

Do you think she's got a bit of a Dutch kind of dress feel to her?

Bit of glazed, colored, all by hand.

Lace cape, certainly continental, probably more northern than anything else.

Date-wise... Gosh, she could be anything, couldn't she?

Signed, by whom we don't know.

And... (GROANS) ..fabulously heavy.

Is she going to auction?

I think she's going to auction.

Come on, you.

Let's go to auction.

VO: Don't forget your specs, David.

DAVID: Aha, John!

You busy?

JOHN: Ah!

Yes.

DAVID: Yeah?

JOHN: Quite busy, yeah.

I'm going to make you even busier.

That massive pottery figure.

JOHN: Yeah?

Uh-huh?

DAVID: A bird caller or bird... DAVID: ..charmer.

Probably Continental, priced at 45.

Can you shave a bit off?

Um...

The best I could do would be 40.

40.

John, you're done.

You have been.

Thank you very much.

JOHN: Thank you.

VO: Yeah, thanks, John.

848 left in his pocket now.

DAVID: Right.

Come on then.

We're gonna have a quick look at the boats and then you're off to auction, aren't you, eh?

Come on.

VO: Yep, it's that time once again.

What's the mood, then?

DAVID: So, heading out of Scotland, over the border.

HETTIE: Yeah.

DAVID: How are you feeling?

I'm feeling a little bit nervous about this one, to be honest.

HETTIE: I'm less confident now.

DAVID: Excellent.

Do you have full confidence in everything you've bought..?

DAVID: Absolutely.

VO: And if you believe that... VO: Next, shuteye!

VO: Welcome back to Wrexham, the city which will be the venue for their second saleroom showdown.

Remember, it's all about who wins the most, with David currently one ahead.

VO: After shopping around Scotland, from Glasgow towards the border, our experts will now find out if it's all been worthwhile at Wingetts, where they'll be selling in the room, on the net and on the phone... ..with Dyfed Griffiths the man in charge.

DYFED: Thank you.

DAVID: Are you going to be warm enough?

Well, it's gonna be heating up in the auction room, isn't it?

Oh, you are prepared, aren't you?

VO: Or will revenge be best served a little chilly?

Hettie parted with £184 for her five auction lots.

DYFED: The oriental censer, good heavy one as well.

Very collectable at the moment.

That sort of thing sells itself.

Dinkie pen set, it's got its original case, it's got everything going for it.

We'd expect that to go well today.

VO: David really splashed out this time with £451 spent, also on five lots.

Copper jardiniere, very nice thing, this.

Lots of interest in it as well.

There's a lot of people after this cuz of the name.

Good markings on it as well, that's going to be in its favor.

Nice piece, that.

Favorite lot will be the pair of oil paintings.

They're nice old ones and they should sell well today.

VO: Enter the gladiators.

It's almost time.

DAVID: Oh, Hettie, this is where you're gonna make the big comeback.

DAVID: I can sense it.

HETTIE: I know, this is it.

Yeah, I'm going to do well this time.

But I think you've got some brilliant things.

Thank you.

Yeah, and I've got some good stuff.

Gonna be a good auction, isn't it?

It's all to play for, then... DAVID: ..isn't it?

HETTIE: It is.

Game on.

VO: Starting out with Hettie's largely Victorian jewelry collection, including a locket and some brooches.

At £35.

It's against the room.

40 back in.

And five.

DAVID: There you go.

DYFED: Still cheap there.

At £40.

They're being sold.

Make no mistake.

45.

50 is it?

DAVID: Never lose hope.

HETTIE: I know.

I haven't.

DAVID: Keep the faith!

DYFED: Done with it?

DYFED: At £45 on the internet.

HETTIE: Oh dear.

I was hoping for a bit more than that.

I think it's worth more.

VO: Not on this occasion, Hettie.

But, as we often say... A profit's a profit.

It is!

That's the way to look at it.

HETTIE: Yeah.

DAVID: It really is.

VO: David's turn, his rather weighty figurine.

There's only one, Hettie, on the planet.

What's it worth?

Give me 50, somebody, come on.

Cor, straight in I'd imagine.

DYFED: Nobody want it?

£50?

HETTIE: I'm so surprised.

VO: Cheeky!

Ha-ha-ha!

Try 100.

Doesn't work that way, unfortunately.

£30.

I'm only bid at £30.

I'll take five anywhere else.

DAVID: Go on!

DYFED: Come on.

Help your local saleroom!

No.

£30, the bid's just there at £30.

DAVID: Oh dear.

DYFED: I'll take five... You've got 30, that's OK. Sold and away at 30, then...

Thank you.

VO: Ah well, a minor setback, I'm sure.

HETTIE: Are you OK?

DAVID: Yes, I'm used to this!

VO: Back to Hettie.

Her other jewelry lot, the art nouveau enamel necklace.

So I paid 60 for this.

Right, OK. HETTIE: I'm slightly nervous about it.

I think I might have overpaid a little bit.

Nicely done, this, give me £50 away on it... HETTIE: It's pretty, isn't it?

That is very pretty.

And it's screaming art nouveau.

35.

I'm out then.

40, is it, now?

In the room.

At £35 and being sold, make no mistake.

Room bidding, room bidding?

DYFED: No?

45, 50.

And five.

£50, the bid's behind me.

At £50.

I'll take five anywhere else now.

DAVID: It's very, very stylish.

HETTIE: I know.

I'd wear it.

Five anywhere?

All done with it?

With you, sir, at £50...

Thank you.

DAVID: Oh well.

HETTIE: Hey, I'll take that.

VO: Well done, Hettie.

Move on, eh?

Get ready for a very big spend.

VO: Yes, his biggest of the trip so far, that charming Victorian couple.

But what're they worth?

Well, what are they worth?

What do you think?

Well, I think it should be three, three to four... ..for the pair, I would've thought.

Yeah.

Hundred to start 'em.

Come on, we're not going lower than that.

£100 I got.

Thank you, Madam, to start me off.

110.

Bid 120.

130.

140.

150.

160.

170.

180.

190.

200.

DAVID: (SOFTLY) 220.

DYFED: 220 if you like.

240.

260.

280.

That's the way to go.

Keep going.

300, even better.

320, 340.

DAVID: Keep going... DYFED: 360.

380.

DYFED: 400.

And 20?

DAVID: We need five, come on.

Come on, Hettie, encourage them.

HETTIE: 420, David!

DAVID: That's it.

DAVID: They're proper antiques!

HETTIE: I know, I know.

This is the Antiques Road Trip!

£460.

We're on the internet.

Come on, they haven't been sold.

I'll take 480, a fresh bidder.

DYFED: 500.

550.

DAVID: Get in there!

HETTIE: David, this is amazing!

DYFED: 600.

DYFED: 650.

£700... DAVID: Let's make it a grand.

Take 750.

Anywhere else now?

At £700.

The bid's on the internet.

£750...

This is incredible.

I'm so happy for you.

This is amazing.

Anywhere else?

Your last chance.

Sold and away at £750 then... DAVID: Yes!

HETTIE: Wow.

DAVID: Thank you very much.

HETTIE: Well done!

VO: They look chuffed as well, don't they?

Thank you very much.

I'm pleased they've found a happy home.

VO: Hettie's Scotties are next, on an ashtray.

Filthy habit.

10 I got, thank you, to start me off.

Straight in at £10.

Who'll say 12 now?

12 I've got.

14.

That is for nothing there.

At £12.

The bid's on the internet, 14 bid.

16 bid.

18 is it now?

There you go, you're into profit.

DYFED: £16... HETTIE: A pound?

DAVID: Well... That's not the aim, is it?

Trying to encourage you here.

£16.

You finished?

Sold at 16... VO: They earned a tiny wee profit for their former mistress.

I'm feeling quite a lot of pain with that one.

Don't feel the pain.

Let the pain go.

Honestly, let it go.

There's your therapy lesson for the day.

Thank you.

Thank you.

VO: Now David's arts and crafts jardiniere.

DAVID: So I paid £56 for it.

HETTIE: OK.

It should make, I'm hoping, 80.

How much for it?

Give me 50 away on that, somebody.

85 is not a bad start.

There, straight in at £85.

Who'll say 90.

I'm bid.

And five.

95.

100.

110.

Just a bit of luck, Hettie.

130.

140?

130.

We're in the room currently.

You see, it's all about the name and the brand, I think.

DYFED: Seated against you all... DAVID: Go on!

£130.

I'll take 140 anywhere else now.

At 130.

You finished?

Lady's bid... VO: Another fine profit.

Well spotted.

You're doing so well.

Oh, well, what can I say?

VO: Modest as ever.

Hettie's Japanese censer is next.

DAVID: Right, here we go.

DYFED: 20 then.

No, that's a bargain at £30, isn't it?

That is for nothing, there.

At 25 bid.

There you go, it's off.

At 25, we're on the internet currently and being given away at 25.

HETTIE: Oh!

DYFED: 30 is it, now?

We're online at £25.

David, I'm not having much luck, am I?

Well, don't worry about it.

35.

40.

At £35.

You finished?

All done with it?

On the internet at £35, then.

Thank you, 669.

VO: She's now just lost the pound the doggies had picked up.

I really feel like that should've gone for more... Somebody's got a bargain... Well they have.

VO: David's Majolica table trolley coaster now, with repair.

Oh, here we go!

£40, not a bad start there.

Straight in at £40.

And who'll say five now?

DYFED: Maiden bid... DAVID: Come on.

45 bid.

50 bid.

And five.

60 bid.

And five.

70 bid.

And five.

80 bid.

And five.

80.

90 we've got.

And five is it now?

At 95.

100 bid.

110.

120.

130 if you want it.

140 bid.

150.

160.

170 if you like.

180.

190.

200.

240.

260.

280.

300.

320 bid.

340.

DAVID: There you go.

DYFED: 360.

380 now.

400 is bid.

DYFED: 420.

440.

480.

500.

550.

DAVID: (MUTTERS) DAVID: Is this the right object?

HETTIE: What is going on?!

(LAUGHS) At £500.

The bid's on the internet.

Currently at £500.

I'll take 550.

Anywhere else now?

At £500.

You finished?

One more!

You've had a good innings on this one!

CROWD: (LAUGHS) DYFED: Sold at 500... DAVID: Get in there!

Sorry... HETTIE: Aw, congratulations.

That was incredible.

VO: It certainly was.

Rules are meant to be broken, I suppose, or cracked, at least.

Surpassed your expectations?

DAVID: It did, it did, it did.

I thought it was worth that in mint condition.

DAVID: What can I say?

HETTIE: I know.

Unbelievable, fantastic.

You look very pleased now... DAVID: Very pleased.

HETTIE: ..very smug.

I do have a bit of a smug look.

I can't see myself but I can feel the smugness... DAVID: ..coming through.

HETTIE: Yeah!

VO: Eau de Smug!

Hettie's last lot is next, her Dinkie pens.

£30 I've got, thank you, to start me off.

Straight in at £30.

Who'll say five now?

Online at £30.

Yeah.

Should be 50, 60, 70... Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

At £30 and being sold.

Make no... DAVID: Oh!

DYFED: ..mistake.

At £30.

You finished?

DAVID: Ooh!

DYFED: Away at 30 then.

DAVID: Oh, it's a bit painful.

HETTIE: What is going on?

VO: A very good question.

Not her day today.

I'm still having a good time.

I'm enjoying your massive profits.

Well, I don't know whether you are, in truth, but anyway... VO: One more lot to go, David's Christopher Dresser-style kettle.

£30 I've got, thank you sir, to start me now.

You're a hard...

I think it's one of those things that's gonna get lost into the market.

35.

40... 40 bid.

And five.

No, there's someone on the internet wants it.

Currently at £40.

50, more like it.

And five.

DYFED: 60... DAVID: Go on.

We're in the room at £55.

60 if you want it now.

Online, or anywhere else for that matter.

DAVID: Yeah.

HETTIE: Oh David.

60, back in.

And five, sir.

DYFED: 65.

70.

DAVID: I'm...I'm...

I'm OK. Yeah, oh, you can definitely afford to lose... £65.

We're in the room, then, and being sold.

70.

Your very last chance.

You're out.

Sold at 65... VO: Well, that's made Hettie feel a bit better anyhow, but it's not taken the shine off a fabulous victory.

Wow.

Wow, wow.

What can I say?

David, I'm honestly so impressed with your buys.

Genuinely a shock to me as well!

HETTIE: That's always good.

DAVID: It really was!

VO: Hettie's going to have to wait for her first Road Trip victory I'm afraid, because after auction costs, she's ended up with a loss of £39 and 68p... VO: ..while David, also with saleroom fees deducted, made a whopping great profit of £758 and 50p.

Plenty of time for Hettie to come back, though, with three more auctions to go.

I think I need some fresh air.

HETTIE: Yes.

DAVID: How about you?

HETTIE: Yes, shall we go?

DAVID: You lead the way.

DAVID: (VICTORIOUSLY) Oh, oh, oh, oh!

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