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: Yay!

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.

Oh yeah!

VO: We're nearing the end of the road on our east of England expedition with antiques aficionados Serhat Ahmet and Catherine Southon.

Oh!

Bumpy bump.

Oh, eh, whoa.

CATHERINE (CS): Good driving, Serhat.

Sorry about this, sorry about this.

VO: Lost somewhere in the lanes of Lincolnshire.

Now I told you I can't read maps.

CS: Oh gosh!

SERHAT: Oh!

VO: You just be careful in that Morris Million of yours.

Don't forget it was made in a time before seatbelts... and decent suspension.

Ha.

Other than that, it's all plain sailing thanks to the last auction.

I must say I'm really proud of us.

That was fantastic.

Luck was on our side I think.

VO: It was indeed.

After a run of slightly disappointing performances, the auction last time out was a bumper bonanza.

That's insane!

VO: There was a clean sweep of profits all round for our two.

That makes me very happy.

VO: And some of them were absolute whoppers.

I can't believe this.

Well, I bet you slept well with all that money in your pocket.

I slept with it under my pillow.

(BOTH LAUGH) Worried that I might sneak in at one point.

Exactly.

VO: You wouldn't put it past him.

Serhat started this trip with £200 to spend and thanks to that last auction, he's sitting pretty on a £345.94 stash.

Not bad.

But nowhere near what Catherine managed.

She started on the same amount, but her big win last time has increased that to £883.14.

Now, time to find out what surprises Lincolnshire has in store for them.

Oh!

Ooh!

Mind the puddle.

Nice bit of steering there, nice bit of driving.

VO: Ha, catlike reflexes, our Serhat.

Now, so far on this trip we've taken in Kent, some of the Midlands and a lot of East Anglia.

We're now heading towards their big finale, an auction in Nottingham.

But before that there's a lot of shopping to do, all the way to Matlock in Derbyshire.

But let's make a start in Lincolnshire and the village of Navenby.

It'll be a spot of communal shopping for our two in the Navenby Antique Centre.

They're in this one together.

You are keen.

I am.

VO: Yes, you snooze, you lose in this game.

Inside there's plenty to be excited about.

And with their recently gained prosperity, it opens up a whole new world of possibilities previously out of reach.

SERHAT: Look at these.

They are cute.

I thought so, I hoped so.

They're Archibald Knox.

Scottish designer, really important in the art nouveau movement and he made a plethora of pieces for Liberty & Co.

So these would have adorned the breakfast table of someone who was fairly wealthy.

Just elegant little salt and pepper shakers.

And if we look at the bottom... Yep, sure enough, Birmingham 1905... Silver.

It's got all the marks a collector would need.

But the only problem is the price.

It's £240 on those and that is a fair whack of my budget.

VO: It is, but still within your means, which is a novelty.

Gonna bear those in mind and just keep browsing.

VO: You do that.

Elsewhere, his very wealthy rival is having a proper nose about.

What is that?

That is peculiar.

A brush, retractable brush.

VO: Curious.

Any info on the ticket?

'Retractable brush.'

VO: Very helpful.

Now what's interesting here is that you've got this sort of embossed gothic arches, so it feels like It should have some sort of ecclesiastical link.

So like a link to church or something.

Maybe it's for, ah, sprinkling the water.

Blessing.

I think that's what it's for, blessing.

VO: I think she means an aspergillum.

And it is in great condition and just really well made, very simple.

But it's lovely.

VO: And priced at £35, that would hardly dent your budget.

And I've never seen one like that before.

Well, I've never seen before, so I don't know what it will make.

It could make £10, could be incredibly rare and make £100.

Who knows?

Yeah, I'm gonna come back to that.

Actually I'm gonna hide it.

From Serhat.

VO: Sneaky.

I wouldn't worry though, he's far too busy rummaging through the pricier items.

Aha.

This is good.

One of my favorite potteries from the mid-20th century, this is Troika.

So Troika pottery in Cornwall, they operated between 1962 and 1983.

And the feature of all their pieces is it's about mining.

So these are designs that are abstract, but kind of emblematic of mining.

So, you know, that might look like a tunnel, or there's a shaft, they were very highly regarded even in their time.

And this for the shape, I mean, OK, you can call it a vase, but originally it would have had a cork stopper lid.

It's for marmalade.

VO: That breakfast table is getting fancier by the minute.

SERHAT: So the really nice thing about this is that it's in perfect condition, which is really important to the Troika collector.

So let's have a look.

It's £110, which isn't actually a bad price.

But that's definitely one to consider.

VO: He's got expensive taste today.

In another part of the shop, Catherine is after more modest items.

Very cute, little Victorian purse.

What I'm drawn to there is the detail on the painted scene on the front, this panel is beautiful.

I would have thought in the 1860s, I would have thought that's the date it is.

That would have been a rather nice little purse.

Can't get a lot in it though, can you?

VO: Like £883 for example.

Turning it over, I think that there probably would have been a panel on the back.

That's a shame that's missing.

What's on the ticket of that?

£45.

It's got potential.

VO: Let's see if there's a purchase in the offing then.

Grab your brush and go and see Dean, the man in charge.

I've found two rather nice pieces.

I really liked this retractable brush.

What a strange thing, isn't it?

I can't stop playing with it.

I don't know how commercial it is, but at £35 it's definitely for me.

CS: So thank you.

DEAN: Good.

Um, then I like this little purse.

And I'm hoping that people will fall in love with it cos it's really delicately painted.

So I would really like to have both of those if I may.

Fantastic.

Great.

So that's 80.

Thank you very much.

Wonderful.

Look at this money, it's really rare for me to have this much money.

VO: And it doesn't seem to be going down much.

Thank you ever so much.

VO: Still over £800 left, and with that it's time for you to depart.

Not for Serhat though, he's still mooching about.

SERHAT: That's lovely.

It's a vide poche.

In French that means empty pocket.

And when you came home, you just emptied your pocket into this dish, and you'd know where they were the next morning, your keys might be there.

And the lovely thing about this one is that it's made by Albert Marionnet, and he operated in Paris in the art nouveau period.

And it's just beautifully molded, it's got this organic shape to it, as it should.

You know, this winding vine around the edge of the rim.

And being bronze it's patinated over the 120-odd years into this lovely lovely color.

I just think it's a really gorgeous piece.

It looks sculptural, it's functional.

VO: And it's £90.

If I can get a good deal on that, I think that's something I might buy.

VO: Time to talk to Dean then.

Wonderful shop.

You've got lots of great items and there's a few I've found that I'd like to discuss with you.

First up is a pair of salt and pepper pots.

Yeah.

They are a whopping £240.

What would they be?

We can do 120 on those.

Oh I say.

I'll give you them half price.

And then there's a bronze dish.

That's priced at 90.

DEAN: Do 60.

SERHAT: 60.

OK, and then my only piece of ceramic is a Troika vase.

It's 110.

110.

Um... 70.

70, gosh, OK. That's lots to digest.

VO: Quite.

£250 all in, a big slice of his budget.

Right, I think we've got a deal.

I'm gonna give you some cash.

Fantastic.

VO: He barely hesitated.

That haul leaves him with just under £96.

That's thinned your pile.

Look at that.

That's for you.

I'm gonna go and grab my pieces.

DEAN: Fantastic.

SERHAT: Thanks very much Dean.

You're welcome.

Thank you.

VO: And with a spring in his step, possibly due to his lighter pockets, let's bid Navenby adieu and head off.

Now, taking a break from all the shopping, Catherine's popped along to Newark in Nottinghamshire.

She's heading to the town's college, which has built up a worldwide reputation for crafting musical instruments.

And since 1972, this former bank building has been the home of the School of Violin Making and Repair.

Wow, this is not what I was expecting.

This is very special.

VO: This splendid workshop is where budding luthiers come to learn and hone their skills.

And it's also the natural habitat of the school's head tutor, Peter Smith.

This is where it happens.

Yeah, and the students come here from all over the world to learn how to make and repair violins.

Incredible.

As well as violins, we also make violas and cellos.

And now and then there's the odd double bass.

Oh, fantastic.

VO: Mankind has been making music with bowed stringed instruments for centuries, with early ancestors of the violin being made in cultures across the globe.

Some of these proto-violins made it to Europe in the middle ages, possibly from the far east via the silk route, or from Arabia with the Crusades.

It's a slow process of evolution.

So the earlier instruments, many of them would have had these cutouts called Cs, because when you're playing it under your chin like so, you need clearance for the bow.

But the general shape would have been less refined than this and it would have been more chunky and more square looking.

VO: It's believed that the now iconic shape of the violin was first created in northern Italy by Andrea Amati in the 1560s.

Given a commission for 38 stringed instruments by the Queen Regent of France, Catherine de Medici, Amati standardized the look and construction of the violin and it became the must-have instrument for any royal ensemble.

When the violin first came over here, it was mostly seen as a kind of, if you like, a street instrument, a working-class instrument.

But as it gained popularity, because of its power and its sound, it was gradually received into the courts.

And then by the time we get to Charles II, he has a group of players called the 22, a small string orchestra of 22 players, which played in his court, which is when the violin really starts to sort of take off in England.

VO: Aside from a few modifications to allow violinists to reach higher notes, the instrument's design has remained unchanged down the centuries.

Every classical violin is made up of around 70 individual pieces, all painstakingly crafted and assembled.

CS: This is wonderful, to see the violin really stripped down to its essential parts.

How long would this process take?

For beginner, you'd be looking at somewhere around about 800 hours for your first violin.

CS: Which is how many days?

Quite a lot.

(CATHERINE LAUGHS) VO: It can take the students here anything up to a year to build one.

We have the raw materials here.

This is the wood for the ribs and we're going to bend those pieces of wood around this mold in the middle and create that shape.

So to get that wonderful shape, that must be hard.

VO: I don't know, sounds like something a fledgling luthier could manage, eh Catherine?

Peter, I have a wet rib, so to speak.

Goes over the hot iron.

Be careful of your fingers, you don't want to burn your fingers.

Ooh, there's a lot of... That's fine.

You get popping and cracking.

Like cooking sausages on a barbecue.

Excellent.

Yes.

Gradually coaxing it into a curve as you feel the wood becoming more elastic.

Oh wow.

Look at that!

Yep.

I'm quite pleased with that.

There we are.

But doesn't quite hug how I wanted it to.

It's a sort of uh and it should be a uh.

VO: It's no Stradivarius, that's for sure.

Ha!

During the 19th and 20th century, the craft of the violin maker came under threat as cheap mass-produced violins flooded the market.

But this highly-skilled trade has seen a resurgence in recent years, with musicians opting for bespoke, handcrafted instruments.

And for the students here at Newark, there's nothing quite like playing a violin you've made yourself.

Angelo, that's perfection.

Thank you very much indeed.

Thank you.

VO: Bravo, Angelo!

Bellissimo!

Now it's time for Serhat's big solo.

Back on the road and in a contemplative mood about his motor.

SERHAT: I'm really gonna miss driving this.

It's been so much fun.

It's gonna be a shame to say goodbye to her.

And to Catherine actually.

VO: Glad you've got your priorities sorted, Serhat.

Next stop for him is the Nottinghamshire town of Mansfield home to the Victoria Antiques and Collectibles Centre.

In you go, sunshine.

After his big splurge this morning, Serhat's currently sitting on just £95.94, but given the sheer amount of stock in here, there's bound to be something he can afford that tickles his fancy.

What on earth is that?

VO: Ah, a bit of an antique shop standard, this one.

It's a vintage trouser press.

OK, I think we're gonna have to get to the floor on this one.

I should point out at this stage, I don't iron anything.

So how a vintage trouser press works is anyone's guess.

But let's just see if we can work it out.

VO: Oh, the cap's off.

He means business.

SERHAT: This is pretty cool.

I guess you must put the waistband here, close it, lock it into place... ..and then you lay the trouser legs side or front on?

VO: A stranger to the sharp trouser crease is our Serhat.

Close that.

Lock up the clasps, and presumably that flattens the trouser.

And there's this really cool badge at the front that says Beaver Ratchet screwless press.

VO: This fine British-made example dates from 1929.

And there's another label.

This one tells you it costs £8.

Do you know what?

I never thought I'd say this, but today I'm going to buy a vintage trouser press for £8.

VO: Well, if you've made your mind up, you'd better go and find someone to take your money.

Kelvin, hi.

Hiya.

Just gonna lighten my load.

Porcelain dealer that I am, today I've decided I'm going to buy this.

It's £8 on the ticket and today I'm not even going to barter with you.

I should think not, it's a bargain, that is.

I've missed...

I've missed that one.

VO: That'll take his money down to around £88.

I'm going to take my vintage trouser press and bid you farewell.

Many thanks Kelvin.

Yes, thank you very much.

Take care.

VO: Let's say so long Mansfield and go and pick up Catherine.

It's time we all turned in for the night.

What a busy day.

What a busy day!

And lots of things bought.

And we've got one day left, one day for me to try and get ahead of all your money.

All it takes us for you to find that one piece.

You've done it.

You've cracked it.

VO: Yeah, I wonder if his trouser press will be that one piece.

Nighty night.

VO: It's a damp and dreary start today up in the high peaks of Derbyshire.

And the weather reflects the mood in the motor.

This is our last day Serhat, literally... No.

..our last shopping day.

I'm in denial.

I'm in denial.

Don't let it end!

I don't want it to finish.

CS: Aww.

SERHAT: It's been so much fun.

I've decided, Catherine, that you are...

The worst driver?

No, the sister I never had.

Oh Serhat!

VO: Stop it, you'll get me all emotional!

Are you gonna miss me though?

No.

(HE LAUGHS) VO: Walked into that one, Serhat.

It was a bit of a shopping spree yesterday for our two besties and Serhat splashed the cash.

He picked up a trouser press, a Troika jar, a vide poche and a pair of fancy cruets.

I thought so.

I hoped so.

They're Archibald Knox.

VO: That leaves him with a shade under £88 for his last day of shopping.

Catherine was little thriftier, she still has an enormous £803 and change in her kitty after buying a tiny Victorian painted purse.

Can't get a lot in it though, can you?

VO: Something else too.

It's time for Serhat to play guess the object.

SERHAT: Look at that.

CS: What is it?

Is it for cleaning the mist off the windows?

(SHE LAUGHS) I think that it's for dipping in water as part of a ceremony and, like, blessing.

Oh goodness me.

I could never have got that.

I think it's completely uncommercial.

I'm just gonna stick to cleaning the windows with it.

You ruin my brush you'll pay for it, mate.

VO: That's him told.

Later, that and all their other purchases will be winging their way to the final auction in Nottingham, but today we'll be mostly mooching around Matlock in Derbyshire.

And it's Matlock proper for Catherine.

She's dropped off her pal and is dodging the raindrops on her way to Matlock Antiques and Collectibles, three floors, 70 dealers and a whole host of interesting and unusual objects on offer.

Let's see if she can be tempted to dip her hand into her very deep pockets.

They look quite nice.

VO: What have you spotted?

A pair of Victorian page turners.

Two of them, one slightly larger than the other.

This is quite unusual, to have these inset little roundels with sort of portraits on them.

And you've got like an embossed decoration around the outside.

But they would literally simply be used to turn pages, I suppose not to get your fingers dirty, who knows?

It's far too posh.

VO: I never read my copy of Knickknacks Monthly without one.

£38 is the price on those.

What I could do is combine them with that little purse that I bought, because that's also got a painted scene on it.

That's a possibility.

VO: Well, that's a start, but you're hardly pushing the boat out here.

Let's see what else there is.

This is a lovely brown lacquered cocktail set with, how many, one, two, three, four, five, six glasses.

It's in lovely condition.

But I think it would have had a tray as well.

I think these glasses would have sat on the tray.

It's very delicate.

It looks like it should be art deco, 1920s, but I think it may be slightly later.

So maybe 1940s.

It's all hand decorated with this wonderful, blossoming flowers.

Quite often you see it with Mount Fuji or a sort of landscape scene.

And these would have been exported from Japan in the sort of second quarter of the 20th century.

You do see them quite often, but I've never seen a brown set.

VO: That's priced up at £45.

CS: I think that would look rather smart in your little cocktail cabinet.

Oh, I like a Singapore Sling.

And at £45 I'm definitely gonna be buying that.

VO: I think she's getting into her stride now.

Any more?

What is that?

Oh my goodness me.

That is the creepiest thing I think I've seen in a very, very long time.

VO: Yeah, stuff of nightmares that is.

This is a coat hanger which has a head, why you would want this, of a bisque doll.

VO: I wouldn't want it, not in the slightest.

These bisque dolls were usually made in France and Germany from the late 19th century to the early 20th century.

And the value for these dolls was purely in the head.

But I have never, ever seen a coat hanger with a doll's head on it.

I think that's incredibly rare.

And I would say that this probably dates to about 1880s.

I would have thought among doll collectors something like this would really be an item that you would like to own.

VO: You either love it or you hate it, I suppose.

But at £215 it's a bit of a gamble.

I must admit though, if I got my clothes out in the morning and saw that staring at me, it would freak me out no end.

But I kind of want to buy it.

Is that weird?

VO: Yeah, it is a bit.

I think it's time you went and found someone to do a deal with.

There you're hiding, Wendy.

I have picked out three items that I do quite like.

The coat hanger, the bisque doll coat hanger, you've got that priced up at £215.

Now I would quite like to buy that.

Yes.

Mm, what's your... What's your price on that?

For you we can do 160.

I might have a go at that.

Thank you.

Yeah.

The other item which I really like is your little japanned cocktail set.

You've got that priced up at 45.

Yes.

I would like to have that, thank you very much.

Lovely.

And the other thing is the two page turners.

VO: £38, remember.

So that is quite a meaty total then.

Good.

A lot of money.

Right VO: £243 all in all.

Still leaves you with £560, mind you.

Thanks Wendy.

That's great.

Thanks a lot then.

BOTH: Bye bye.

VO: And after that hefty bit of shopping, it's time to head off into the rain.

Not a million miles away, Serhat is also braving the wet weather.

He's put off the shopping for now and has made his way a short distance down the road to the village of Matlock Bath.

He's come to visit a 1,100 foot peak that's been providing employment to the locals for generations.

But there's a bit of a journey to get to it.

Wow, this is incredible.

Even on this really grey and rainy day the views are just spectacular.

VO: This third of a mile long cable car system is taking him high above the village and the river Derwent up to the summit of Masson hill, otherwise known as the Heights of Abraham.

And having reached the top, tour guide Graham Curtis is going to take him back downwards.

Graham, where are you taking me?

Just follow me and you'll see.

VO: Dug deep into the top of the hill is a network of manmade caverns.

And it's down here where for hundreds of years they've been earning a living from mining.

These caverns were once filled with rocks containing lead, a very valuable material.

And they have been mined out over the centuries.

So we're all about lead mining up here.

How long ago are we talking about here?

In Derbyshire and the Peak District, we started around about 12th century.

And round this area, we have records, strong records, from 1470 onwards.

But prior to that there is some indication that the Romans were here.

And these mines were mainly family mines, no big corporations, simple small families digging underground, getting the lead out.

We had mainly men working down there.

In fact, women were on the top actually getting the lead out of the area, using buckets to wind it up with.

Children were used on the ground as well.

As young as seven years old, but they were used for the more smaller areas.

So there's a lot of side tunnels off here.

So the younger children were used to mine into those.

VO: It was a hazardous life down here in the mines.

But back on the surface, things were becoming much more civilized with the discovery of warm springs down in the valley and the craze for spas amongst the aristocracy in the 1700s.

The well-to-do flocked to this newly-created village, appropriately named Matlock Bath.

The top of Masson hill was transformed into a pleasure park for the visitors and, keen to get their hands on some of those tourist pennies, the enterprising miners came up with a whole new side hustle.

These mines were producing a massive amount of lead.

But the miners were also very aware that the more lead that was produced, the less there was in here.

It became more difficult to extract it.

People on the outside were coming up the hillside to have a look around so the miners found a really easy way of making money was to bring them underground.

And they'd lower them down here with candles and take them on trips underground.

They could earn half a day's pay for simply taking a single tourist underground.

VO: The height of this subterranean tourist trade was in the early 1800s, when nine separately-owned show caves all vied for customers.

With the lead all mined out at this point, the miners began to introduce gimmicks such as hanging candelabra to pull in the punters.

And Graham can show our modern day sightseer just what a light show that was.

OK Serhat, we just switch off all the lights.

OK, so we're gonna go into the darkness.

VO: Exciting, isn't it?

Are you ready for the big reveal, Serhat?

I'm ready.

Three, two, one.

Ooh.

I think I've seen brighter birthday cakes than that, Graham.

VO: Well, it was probably more impressive to people back in 1832, when a young Princess Victoria came here to see the sights and to celebrate that fact and her accession to the throne, the Victoria Prospect Tower was constructed in 1844.

This is quite an impressive tower.

It stands 244 meters above sea level.

And it was built by miners.

They gave them the job to do this as some of them became redundant.

So this was a nice little project for them to actually do.

And the tower itself is the first properly built tourist attraction in the Derbyshire area, purely to attract tourists in here.

VO: But in the latter part of the 19th century, the novelty was wearing off.

Visitor numbers dropped and for a time the site was closed for most of the year.

But with the introduction of the cable cars in the 1980s, making it much easier to get to the top, this hill is once again a popular tourist spot.

And although Masson hill may have been modernized, it still owes its appeal to its underground roots.

Elsewhere, our other tourist is also trying to see the sights.

I've probably come on the worst possible day.

It is absolutely torrential!

And I can't see anything.

It would help if I'd got the wipers on.

Let's put those on, there we go.

VO: Yeah, that's what they're there for.

She's taking a very short drive down the road to Cromford Mill, one of the birthplaces of the industrial revolution.

Nowadays it houses all sorts of small businesses and shops, including Catherine's very last one of this trip, the Cromford Mill and Antique Centre.

They've got some fine and well preserved items on offer in here.

And with her extremely healthy kitty of £560, Catherine's bound to find something to suit.

This feels slightly strange.

I'm actually gonna be buying probably my last purchase on our trip together and it feels like I should be buying a ceramic or something porcelain so that I can buy something that's in Serhat's sort of area.

VO: Ah, sort of like an homage.

And speaking of, he's made his way here too.

His final shop, Heritage Antiques & Collectables, is a literal stone's throw across the courtyard from Catherine's.

SERHAT: Wow.

VO: Indeed.

It's a cabinet rummager's heaven in here, plenty to get stuck into and it's all overseen by Sally and her faithful sidekick, Oscar.

Let's see what Serhat can find for his almost £88.

That's lovely.

It's very nice.

It's a brooch.

It's very much Catherine's bag rather than mine.

But I don't know, I've been thinking about this and I think I should buy a brooch to celebrate the end of our Road Trip together.

VO: That's funny, that's just what she said.

It's really nice.

It looks like an eagle and it's got these kind of semiprecious stones on its body, its wings.

VO: That's known as marcasite, Serhat.

It's on silver, which is great.

And I think it's just a really glamorous looking piece from the 1950s.

Maybe something that the person would have worn on a cocktail dress on an evening out, and the price says £48.

So that's in budget.

VO: It is, but I don't think he's done yet.

Now, back across the way how's the ceramic search coming along?

Oh now, this is nice.

English Delft, and it's 18th century.

What I like about it, I love the scene.

It's quite pale blue, but it's lovely to see these cockerels here on the front there.

It's tin glazed so it's got this nice little shine to it.

VO: That's got a ticket price of £125.

CS: It's a nice thing.

Really, really pleasing to look at.

I might just call David over and see.

VO: As he's the man in charge round here it's probably a good idea.

Aha.

Hi, Catherine, can I help you?

David, thank you, there you are.

I was particularly drawn to this Delft piece.

Yeah, about 1750 Liverpool.

Yeah.

Nice, isn't it?

£125 on it.

DAVID: Yes.

CS: Tempt me.

I tell you what I'll do.

To give you a shot, how about 60?

VO: Gosh, less than half price.

Right, here we go.

Can't get my money out quick enough.

That's wonderful.

VO: And she's still got a whole £500 left.

And thank you for my plate.

Yes.

I'll try not to drop it.

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: I think Catherine's shopping is all over.

But there's still time for a spot of espionage.

Hm!

Can't see him though.

He's keeping a very low profile.

VO: Ah, he's in there alright.

Got his paws on something else too.

It's another bird brooch.

This time it's a budgerigar.

It's got the green enamel for the body.

And, again, this is also marcasite.

VO: Two birds one stone, you might say.

But that's really pretty.

I think that vibrant green color really sets it off.

VO: And like the other one, that's priced at £48.

I think I've got just about enough money, with a little discount, to buy both of those.

VO: We'd better have a word then.

Sally?

I've found two brooches, both with birds on them.

The other one's in here.

They've both got £48 on them.

What would be the best if I took the two please?

£80 for the two.

£80?

I'm really happy to take those... SALLY: Good.

SERHAT: ..please.

VO: And with just £7.94 left to his name, that's the last of his shopping for this trip.

Bye Oscar.

VO: He's dog tired.

It has been a busy day.

It's all now in the hands of the last auction.

Yes.

Whatever happens, promise we'll stay friends?

Absolutely.

We will definitely stay friends cos I don't know how it's gonna go.

VO: Well, we're about to find out, after some shuteye.

VO: We've reached the end of the road, but we haven't stopped driving yet.

I can't believe we're actually at Silverstone.

You'd better believe it.

Better believe it!

We're on it.

We're on the racetrack!

We are.

Just pretend we've got loads of fans.

Hello.

Hello!

Hello!

Yes, it's us.

Yoo-hoo, it's us!

VO: Nice racing line there, Serhat.

Our pair have headed for the finish line at the home of British Grand Prix for some auction watching.

Their purchases have sped on to their final sale at an auction house in Nottingham.

This one in fact, Arthur Johnson and Sons, with bids on the books and on the net.

Philip Poyser will be our adjudicator for today.

Will he be impressed with any of Catherine's five auction lots, bought for £383?

The Liverpool Delft plate is an interesting piece, 18th century.

There are collectors out there for them.

It does have some rim chips, but I think it's gonna go really well.

VO: Yeah.

Serhat spent £338 on his five lots.

Thoughts, Philip?

Little bit worried about the trouser press.

It's not something we would normally lot on its own.

Although it works, it's not something anybody would use so it's difficult to know where the buyers are gonna be on that one.

VO: Now, is Catherine on the home straight or can Serhat do a last minute overtake?

CS: The action is here!

SERHAT: And there.

On the race... On the racetrack it's here.

VO: First up is Catherine's foray into Serhat territory, that 18th century Delft plate.

60 please.

60 I have bid.

At 60.

70.

CS: Oh!

PHILIP: 75, 75 bid.

Delft plate at 75.

Make it 80 please.

At 75 bid.

Aww.

It goes, done, at 75.

That's alright though.

In and out.

Yeah, no, I'm delighted with that.

VO: Serhat's knowhow must have rubbed off on you, Catherine.

SERHAT: Huh.

I shall carry on buying porcelain.

Oh no, I can't, it's the end of the road.

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Serhat's turn to repay the compliment, his birdie brooch collection.

£40 a start.

20 then?

SERHAT: No.

OK, 20.

30, 40.

40 bid, five?

45 bid.

They like them.

I'll take 50.

50, thank you.

55.

Thank you again.

At... Come on!

Give us 100!

At £55 for the two brooches.

No, come on, bit more.

There's two!

No, come on.

Come on.

Too cheap!

VO: Someone's swooped in and grabbed a good deal there.

A loss, a loss, a loss.

CS: A loss.

SERHAT: Alas, a loss.

VO: Don't worry about it.

It's time for cocktails now.

At 20 bid, at 20.

At 20 bid, at 20.

Five, 25 bid.

30, five.

35 bid.

I will be very disappointed if it makes £35.

Selling then at £35.

This is such a nice set!

Oh.

I'm really disappointed with that because that was a nice thing.

VO: Shame the bidders weren't so impressed.

Aww, sorry about that.

Anyway, small loss.

With my millions of pounds I can take that.

Yeah, thank you.

VO: Serhat's only pottery purchase this time out, his Troika jar.

This was made the year I was born.

Oh right.

It winked at me.

Bid 50.

50 I've got bid.

At 50.

55, 60?

60 bid, at 60.

70 now.

75.

75 bid.

Five.

Don't stop there.

No, come on.

80, thank you.

At 80 bid.

Have another.

85, thank you again.

85.

CS: I think that's a good price.

£90 then, the hammer falls.

I think that's very good price.

90's alright.

And it's the year you were born.

I think it was.

What, you can't remember when you were born?

VO: Whenever it was, that's not a bad result.

That's a profit.

That's OK. Yeah.

On a really old piece of Troika.

VO: Bit rude.

Next up is Catherine's terrifying coathanger.

Doll collectors and scary movie fans are standing by.

Start me where on this?

£60?

Oh.

£40.

Bid, thank you.

40 I've got.

At 40.

Oh no.

At 40 bid.

Five, 45 bid.

50?

50 bid, at 50.

This is gonna be awful.

55, bid at 55.

60, thank you.

At 60 bid, at 60.

Oh, come on!

SERHAT: Well...

I've got such a long way to go.

I'm selling.

Done, it goes at £65.

VO: Oh dear.

Bit of a horror show, that one.

Bad luck, Catherine.

That was a big gamble... Yeah.

..and it didn't pay off.

VO: It's the turn of Serhat's trouser press now.

Let's hope this goes smoothly.

Start me at 20.

Ten?

(HE LAUGHS) Oh dear.

(SHE LAUGHS) £10 is our usual minimum bid, but I'll go down to five.

SERHAT: Oh!

CS: Oh no.

Anybody want it?

SERHAT: Come on!

Someone!

CS: Oh no.

Five I've got.

Thank you.

Eight?

Eight bid.

Yay!

Make it 10.

Being sold.

10, 10 bid.

Hooray, it's a profit, it's a profit, it's a profit, it's a profit.

Done.

Sold.

It goes at 10.

Well that's the first and the last.

VO: Yes.

He'll not be buying another of those in a hurry.

Still, made a profit, mind.

Whoever didn't bid for that, I'm with those people.

You don't need to press anything.

VO: Hopefully Catherine will be more blessed with success for her next item, her retractable brush.

10 I've got bid, at 10.

12, 12 bid.

At 12.

At £12 bid, at 15?

£15 I'm bid.

At 15, at 15 bid.

18, 18 bid.

CS: You are joking.

20, thank you, at 20.

On the brush at 20 then.

£20, last call.

The hammer falls, it goes, done at 20.

I thought that was a really interesting thing.

VO: Yeah, if you like sweeping up crumbs.

I was really glad I didn't buy it when I saw it.

(HE LAUGHS) VO: Now, will the bidders empty their pockets for Serhat's vide poche?

70 I have, 70 bid.

70!

Wonderful!

At £70, at 70.

At £70.

It's going then.

Opening bid though, £70.

Yeah, it's brilliant.

I sell at 70.

CS: Well done.

SERHAT: Oh, that's alright.

VO: Yes, it's a very posh vide poche.

I have to say if it was my vide poche I think there'd be some chewing gum in there.

It'd probably be stuck in there as well.

VO: Charming.

Last up for Catherine are her assorted items with tiny pictures on them.

I have 20 the start.

20 bid, 20.

With me at 25.

30, five, 35, 40, five.

VO: Blimey, that's climbing fast.

Five, 60?

60 bid.

That's nice momentum.

80 bid.

Five.

85, 90.

At £90, at 90.

I'll take five.

Five.

95 bid.

100, 100 bid.

Keep going.

Thank you, at 110.

At 110 bid, at 110.

Being sold it goes, done at 110.

I'm happy with that.

Yes!

Nice work.

VO: Wasn't it just?

A nice way to finish for our girl.

I'm happy with that.

It wasn't a huge profit, but I'm... SERHAT: No.

CS: ..very happy with that.

VO: And finally, Serhat's big ticket item with the big name, his Archibald Knox cruet set.

Start me at 100 on these.

£50 then.

60, 60 bid.

At 60, 60 bid.

70 I have with me.

CS: All of a sudden, they go.

Five, 90.

I've got 90 with me.

At £90, five.

100.

CS: He's got a commission bid.

SERHAT: He does.

110.

120.

130.

CS: Oh... SERHAT: Yes!

PHILIP: 140.

CS: 140!

Come on!

150.

CS: It's his commission out.

Commission bid's out.

At £160.

Being sold.

Last call.

It goes at 160.

Gonna take that profit.

CS: Absolutely.

And be very happy about it.

VO: It's always good to end on a high.

Well done, Serhat.

And that's it, we're sold up.

Hey, but we finished up on what we started.

VO: You certainly did.

Serhat began this leg on around £346 and despite making a small loss after saleroom costs, he wins this final auction and ends on £323.64.

Well done that man.

But Catherine's huge lead was unassailable.

She started on just over £883 and despite a whopping loss after auction fees, she's finished with the very impressive £750.24.

So, she takes the checkered flag and all those profits go to Children In Need.

You are the queen of this Road Trip.

But what a Road Trip.

What're we gonna do without each other now?

I don't know.

But we have got millions of pounds for the Morris Minor Millions.

Let's take it for one last spin.

VO: I think you've earned it.

Take it away, you two!

MUSIC: "Happy Hour" by The Housemartins VO: We've had an absolute scream with this pair.

SERHAT: Boo!

CS: (SCREAMS) VO: We've made some new friends... (CAT MEOWS) Oh, OK. VO: ..found some interesting stuff... That is just horrible.

VO: ..and learned a thing or two along the way.

Look at all the bunnies!

They're not bunnies!

VO: It's all been rather thrilling.

DRIVER: Ready?

CS: (SCREAMS) CS: Woo-hoo!

SERHAT: Hooray!

Serhat, I tell you what, I'm gonna miss your laugh.

I'll phone you up every day and laugh down the phone.

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