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.

Whoops!

VO: It's the penultimate run out for new best buddies Serhat Ahmet and Catherine Southon.

And their splendid motor of course.

SERHAT: I've missed this lilac car, I have.

She looks even more lilac.

Well, I gave her a nice polish this morning.

VO: Yes, you've got to look after that marvelous Morris Million, built in a time before seatbelts.

She's no spring chicken.

I do feel a million dollars in this.

CATHERINE (CS): Oh!

SERHAT: Boom-boom!

VO: He's been rehearsing that.

Ha.

And whilst their car is running smoothly through the Norfolk countryside, the same cannot be said for their competition.

Just feel that we haven't made a lot of progress.

We've had so much fun, we've been enjoying ourselves so much that we haven't been buying the right things.

You can't put a price on fun.

Ta-da!

VO: Yes, there's been a fair bit of messing about on this trip so far.

Boo!

(SHE SCREAMS) VO: Oh!

But when they have got down to the shopping, Catherine's had some success with sparkly items.

Yes!

VO: And Serhat's proved his pedigree with some perfect porcelain purchases.

Woohoo!

Hooray!

CS: When you make a profit, you make a profit.

You do it with style, panache...

I'm gonna phone up all the shops in the area, every single antique shop and say get rid of all your European... SERHAT: Hide the Meissen.

Hide your Meissen, there's a man in town.

Yes.

VO: How's that for a tactic?

Serhat started this trip with a £200 kitty, but because of all that fun, he currently finds himself with £153.34.

But Catherine's fared even worse.

She kicked off with the same amount and is now sitting on £145.68.

Time for socks to be pulled up, acts got together and noses put to the grindstones.

CS: We've got to do something.

Today's the day, I can feel it in my bones, where we're gonna make a discovery.

VO: That's the can-do attitude we need.

Our east of England escapades started off in Kent, took in some of the Midlands and most of East Anglia.

We've now got to head a little further north before we hit the final auction at Nottingham.

On this leg of the trip, our twosome will be hitting the shops all the way to Oundle in Northamptonshire, but it's Norfolk where we begin today, at King's Lynn.

Previously called Bishop's Lynn until Henry VIII took a fancy to it, this historic seaport town was once a major hub for European trade.

Let's find out if that mercantile spirit is still alive and well in Blackfriars Antiques.

Oh, there's a lot here.

Oh, no, there's ceramics!

No ceramics today!

No ceramics for Serhat.

Well, no promises.

VO: Yes, it'll be cheek by jowl in here today for our hard-up pair.

And with the place absolutely fit to burst with undiscovered treasures, they'll have to try not to stray onto each other's turf.

Doesn't help that there's a third party in here as well.

There's a big bee up there.

That's not a bee, it's a wasp!

That's my cue to get out of here.

VO: Yeah, I'd give him the room if I were you.

See what you can find elsewhere.

There's a watch.

I'm always drawn towards vintage watches.

Now, the market for second hand gents' watches is incredible.

It's so strong at the moment.

Ladies' watches are much harder to sell.

Having said that, I've picked up a ladies' vintage watch and the reason I've picked it up is because it's made by Omega.

Now this one, I would say it's probably 1970, 1975.

It's in good working order as far as I can see.

But it says on the ticket that it's a Seamaster.

The gents' Seamaster makes really good money, makes into thousands.

The ladies' is not quite at that level.

Oh, there we go.

On the back there, Seamaster.

So it's a nice thing, but it has £150, and that is all of my money.

In fact, I don't have £150.

VO: No, but you do have the gift of the gab.

Time for some sweet talking.

Ian?

Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

I found this ladies' watch.

Now, you've got 150 on this.

Can something be done on that?

It was bought well so it can be sold well.

80 would be the absolute best.

VO: Very generous, but still more than half your money, Catherine.

I'm not gonna definitely say yes because I need to do my maths.

I'm gonna put it on my wrist if that's OK and I will continue to have a little look around and see what I can find.

No problem at all.

Lovely.

Thank you.

VO: Elsewhere, it looks like Serhat's rummaging is starting to bear fruit.

That is so cute.

It's a nice leather cover and it says The Essays Of Elia.

And The Essays Of Elia were written by Charles Lamb between 1823 and 1833.

VO: Yes, a renowned poet and essayist, Lamb moved in the same literary circles as Coleridge and Wordsworth.

These collections of his works were very popular.

And look at that!

There's a little inscription.

Flora, presumably Flora was the recipient, Christmas 1913.

I think it's just so sweet.

And it's obviously been cherished and looked after because it's not so tatty.

A little bit of wear.

Oh, look at that, £9.

Definitely buying that.

VO: That's a bit more in budget than Catherine's first pick.

Speaking of whom, she's still looking.

I don't really want to buy any more jewelry but I do seem to be doing quite well with it.

VO: Unlike some of the other things you've bought.

That's cheap.

£27 for that brooch.

So it's a lily of the valley enamel brooch with this kind of diamante on it.

It looks like it's Danish, but it's not.

It's an English piece.

The pin looks nice and original.

It's got a nice clear registration mark on the back and it's dated 1912, 1913?

AJS are the maker's initials.

I don't know AJS.

VO: That'll be Arthur Johnson Smith, a Birmingham silversmith.

I think I'm gonna have that.

If Serhat can buy porcelain, I can buy brooches.

VO: Of course you can.

CS: Hello Ian, it's me again.

IAN: Hello.

I found something else so I've got two items now.

The ladies' watch, which we've got £80 on.

OK. And then I found this little enamel brooch which was quite cute.

You've got 27 on it.

Would you take 15 on that?

IAN: 15 is fine.

CS: Yeah?

IAN: Can do that.

CS: Alright?

That's brilliant.

Thank you very much.

This is quite a big chunk of my money.

VO: £95 to be exact.

So she's got just over 50 left.

Right, go and say ta-ta to your pal.

There was once a poor widow who had an only son called Jack.

And as time went by... What... ..he became poor, eh.... ..are you doing, Serhat?

Uh, I'm reading the boys a bedtime story.

Obviously.

You're talking to a cookie jar and two ceramic dogs.

VO: He's a very strange man.

Am I the only one that's actually doing some work here?

They're nearly asleep.

As soon as they're all asleep I'll get up and do some shopping.

VO: Really loves those ceramics, doesn't he?

I'd bid a hasty retreat if I were you, Catherine.

Back inside, and having snapped out of it, Serhat's on the lookout for something else to buy.

They look special.

Hang on.

VO: He's onto something.

What have you got, Serhat?

Gosh, that is just beautiful.

It's an art nouveau metal belt clip.

And that would just be a beautiful decoration on the front of your skirt or dress in about 1895 to 1905.

And it's decorated with this filigree detail.

That's tiny pieces of wire that have been twisted into shape to give it a very kind of fragile, very kind of intricate design and detail.

They're just brass, you know, they're nothing precious in terms of the metalwork.

But I think they're a really good quality piece.

VO: And priced up at £50.

That is in budget.

But, you know, I want to buy several pieces so I need to do a bit of work on the price.

VO: In that case, David will be the man to talk to.

SERHAT: David, hi.

DAVID: Hello.

I found two items and I wanted to talk about maybe buying them.

Right.

Sounds a good idea.

(SERHAT LAUGHS) So there's the miniature book of essays.

It's £9 and you know what?

I'm not even going to quibble, I'll have that for £9 please.

VO: That's one down.

Now onto the buckle.

It's lovely, isn't it?

It is lovely.

What's not so lovely was the price on here.

It says £50.

What would be your very best on that please?

DAVID: I figure about 40.

SERHAT: I was thinking 30.

Can you do 30?

What if we meet in the middle?

35?

SERHAT: Yeah.

DAVID: OK. SERHAT: Let's do that.

DAVID: Thank you very much.

VO: And that £44 deal leaves him with just under £110, and having said goodbye to his doggy chums, he's off.

Now, King's Lynn is not just about lovely historic buildings, quaint cobbled streets and of course genteel antique shops.

This place also has a high speed, noisy, dangerous side.

Right on the south edge of town is the location of the King's Lynn stadium, the local home of motorcycle speedway.

During its heyday, this rip roaring working class motorsport was massive all over the country, regularly pulling in tens of thousands of fans to every race meeting.

And like the little thrill seeker she is, our Catherine has pitched up to find out more from sports journalist Edwin Overland.

Edwin, this is absolutely incredible.

Welcome to the King's Lynn stadium, my second home.

Ah.

EDWIN: A little bit noisy... CS: Bit noisy.

..but don't worry, you'll soon get used to it.

Let me take you to somewhere a little more peaceful.

Yes please.

VO: With 40 years behind the microphone as a speedway commentator and announcer, there's not much he doesn't know about this exciting, seat-of-the-pants motorsport.

They are 500cc machines, they are stripped down to the very basics to make them lightweight.

The key thing that amazes people who don't know too much about speedway is the fact they don't have any brakes.

That's incredible.

How fast do they go?

It seems incredibly fast.

Along the straights they're 65, 70mph.

Going around the bends obviously a bit slower but they put the left boot down onto the surface and they turn the bike so that the back wheel goes out.

That really is the art of speedway racing, it's called broadsiding.

VO: Speedway's origins are a little unclear, but one man generally considered to be the founding father of the sport was New Zealander Johnnie Hoskins.

Back in the 1920s, he promoted and ran some of the earliest speedway events in Australia.

Once it had taken off over there, Johnnie hopped on a ship and brought it to Britain.

It was a huge success.

EDWIN: Word spread, and before too long speedway tracks sprung up all over the whole of the country.

This is going back to the late 20s then into the 30s, when speedway was very well supported.

After the war it continued to be very fashionable.

Norwich speedway, not too far away from here, I've got an old handbook from 1947 were the crowds were listed.

18,000, 20,000, 22,000 per meeting.

20,000?

Yeah, it was very very big, well followed, well supported.

VO: And that enthusiasm continued well into the 60s, when this former dog racing track got a proper 400 yard speedway circuit and pulled in the crowds.

But this huge appeal began to fade in the 1980s.

Unlike other, more elite motorsports such as Formula 1, speedway's homegrown working class image proved to be a harder sell when attracting sponsorship and TV deals.

And without money and exposure, its popularity declined.

VO: But to fans like Edwin, it's still a big draw.

Whilst there are youngsters around who want to throw a leg over a speedway bike and ride around on an oval track, whilst there are people who want to come along and watch it, then speedway will be there and will survive.

I am itching to have a go.

Is there any chance that I can jump on one of these bikes?

Might be a bit too dangerous for you to be on two wheels, but you could always have a go at four wheels.

VO: I told you she was a thrillseeker.

CS: All of a sudden this feels very real.

VO: Have no fear, Catherine.

You'll be in the capable hands of Malcolm Foskett, or Fozzie to his friends, from the Norfolk arena drift team.

He'll just take you for a little spin to give you a taste of the track.

CS: Oh my goodness me, what am I doing?

Ready?

(SHE SCREAMS) And another one.

Ready?

(SHE SCREAMS) Oh my goodness me.

Am I still alive?

VO: Only one way to find out.

(SHE SCREAMS) VO: (LAUGHS) CS: That was amazing.

Can we get out now?

VO: She'll never complain about Serhat's driving ever again.

(LAUGHS) Now, traveling at a slightly safer pace, our other shopper's on the move again, no doing doughnuts please, Serhat.

He's off to Setchey, just a hop, skip and a jump to the south of King's Lynn, to see if he can part with some of his remaining £109 in The Warehouse.

Certainly lives up to its name on the outside.

It's an Aladdin's cave in here though.

That is if Aladdin had decided to knock through and build a massive cave extension.

Ha-ha.

Give us a rundown, Serhat.

SERHAT: There is porcelain, glass, furniture, pictures, mirrors.

You name it, they've got it in here.

A lot of stuff, a lot to think about.

VO: But with so much stock to search through, will it be a struggle for our man to come up with something on time, in budget and with auction appeal?

Apparently not.

Barely an inconvenience.

Miniature Crown Derby, Royal Crown Derby.

So they date from about 1910, something like that.

And this decoration is called imari.

It's a kind of Japanese inspired design.

And they came in different shapes.

So this is a single handled, loving cup?

Tankard?

Little pin tray.

Those two, not exciting.

That, however, this kettle, that is quite a rare piece.

I can tell you the pattern number already, 6299.

Yes, it is.

VO: He's like the Derren Brown of porcelain, isn't he?

Perfect condition.

The gilding's good.

And I've just seen, out of the corner of my eye... ..the price.

£48.

Those could make about 100, £150 at auction I'd say.

So I think that for me is a buy.

VO: He seems keen on that.

Off to the front desk with you then.

Keith, hello.

Hello, young man.

How can I help?

I found the smallest thing I could in this huge emporium of yours.

It's a Royal Crown Derby kettle.

Yep.

So it says 48 on the ticket.

And it's all about the price for me, what would be the best you could do on that?

I'll take it down to 43 for you.

40?

Could you do 40?

Yeah, I'll take 40.

SERHAT: Yeah?

KEITH: Yeah, yeah.

You can have a deal on that.

Brilliant.

VO: Ever so straightforward.

Still leaves him with a bit over £69 to play with.

Thanks very much Keith.

Thank you very much young man.

VO: And with that speedy bit of shopping done, let's go and offer your pal a lift.

And after the ordeal she's had today a little TLC might be in order.

CS: I fancy just putting my feet up.

And I fancy you cooking for me tonight actually.

Well I've just done all the driving.

I hope it's going to be something a bit more exciting than beans on toast.

(HE LAUGHS) VO: Demanding, isn't she?

Nighty night.

VO: It's a sunny start for our peripatetic purchasers.

New day, new county, new hill.

I don't like this bit.

Ah!

We're practically vertical.

VO: Yes, welcome to mountainous Cambridgeshire.

It'll give the Morris a workout.

You're doing a great job with the car today.

I'm quite surprised actually... SERHAT: Yeah.

CS: ..It's going so smoothly.

Yeah.

We'll let's not try to drift race this though, huh?

Don't worry about that.

I'm quite happy with the chug chug chug of our... Yeah.

..little lilac blancmange.

VO: Hopefully no wobbles though, eh?

It was a solid start for Serhat yesterday, picking up a book of essays, an art nouveau belt clip and an imari miniature kettle.

That is quite a rare piece.

VO: And after that he still managed to hold on to about £69.

Catherine was a little less cautious with the cash.

She's got just over £50 left after blowing over half her budget on a ladies' watch...

This is quite a big chunk of my money.

VO: ..and a bit less on one of her trademark tiny treasures.

Ooh!

Hello, hello, hello!

CS: Hello.

VO: Hello!

That's so beautiful.

Silver, lily of the valley?

Lily of the valley.

Well done you.

I know.

And the nice sort of diamond effect.

Sadly, I mean they're all paste, but... Phew!

That's... Did you bring anything with you?

No!

Are you not gonna show me anything?

No.

No, it's gonna be a nice surprise.

Meanie.

You're gonna have to wait till auction day.

Oh OK. We're playing it that way, are we?

VO: Cards close to the chest, eh Serhat?

Later, all their items will wind up at an auction on the other side of the country at Stroud, but we start today in Cambridgeshire at the village of Yaxley.

Brook's Antiques and Collectibles is the place to be and having ditched her passenger, Catherine's tackling this one on her own.

She's got a lot of work to do and not much to do it with.

This space is full of wondrous items, very fine furniture, antique games and some fascinating curios.

And it all looks very curated, which means shop owner Marcus, that's him there, will know the value of everything.

Makes it tricky for a lady of limited means, but let's see how she gets on.

Oh that's interesting.

What's that?

Oh, I like that.

This is obviously a bull's head.

And you've got his little feet, his hooves at the bottom there.

And then the tail.

And this, I guess, is like a meat platter.

That would be great with your ribeye on, wouldn't it?

It's such an unusual piece and obviously it's a novelty thing.

But I think maybe the date of this is 1950s, 1960s.

It's not silver.

Be lovely if it was.

VO: No ticket price on that, but there's bound to be a charge.

Moo!

You couldn't resist that, could you?

I think he's a potential.

VO: Let's put beef on the menu then.

See what else you can find.

These are the sort of thing that always go unnoticed.

And these actually really interest me.

Love the cover of that, sort of quite art nouveau.

I would say it's probably, yeah, about 1905.

But this is actually the one I'm more interested in.

The cover of it is really very boring, but looking inside, and you've got this chap or lady, J Rowell Waller, has just done lots of sketches, watercolors, drawings.

Oh, I love that.

We've got this little chubby boy.

He's hidden round the back of an apple tree, and he's just consumed far too many apples and he's got tummy ache and he's clutching his stomach.

And it says cause and effect.

I like that.

VO: Very witty.

There's no price on that either.

So these drawings actually date from the end of the First World War, and then they go on to the 20s.

The social history there is really interesting.

And I think this actually could be quite a good find.

VO: Certainly lovely.

But will it be beyond your £50.68?

Oh, now she's onto something else.

CS: OK. Well, this is something I've never bought before.

This could be interesting.

World War I periscope.

Whoop.

That's quite cool, isn't it?

And then the mirrors are there at the top and the bottom.

The mirrors are perfect actually.

So you'd open this up, look in here, and then peep over the top trenches, see what's going on.

That's wonderful.

It's in lovely condition as well.

So it's got a little pouch there.

So that fits in there.

And then it's got a little strap and it would go on your belt.

That is a cool thing, what's on that?

VO: £75, a bit more than you've got left.

If I can get a decent discount on that I have a winner there.

So many things to think about.

VO: Indeed, let's just hope you can afford them.

We'd better talk to Marcus.

Hiya Marcus.

It's just been so much fun going around here.

I would like to buy everything, but I have limited myself to about three pieces.

The first piece I saw was tucked behind a chair.

It's a tray in the form of a bull.

MARCUS: Yeah.

CS: Silver plated.

The meat platter.

CS: Yeah.

MARCUS: Yeah.

Great fun.

There was an autograph book that had got some beautiful drawings in, beautiful cartoons.

Also a World War I periscope.

Yeah, the one in the... That had a little case.

..canvas case.

Yeah.

Now I'm gonna be honest with you.

I'm gonna tell you where I am.

VO: Prepare yourself, Marcus.

I've got £50.68.

That's it.

So if you can do one, two, three, anything you can do.

So I bought the autograph, the sketchbooks quite well.

MARCUS: One can be £20.

CS: OK.

The bull, we've had that quite a while, so... Oh have you, is that old stock?

It is old stock.

That can be £10.

Oh fabulous.

And the periscope in the canvas case, I would do it for the rest of your money.

Wonderful!

Well, that is incredibly kind of you.

VO: Isn't it just?

Landed on your feet there, Catherine.

There's my 50, there's the note.

MARCUS: Perfect.

CS: And there's the... MARCUS: Oh look.

CS: Tiddly bit of change.

I don't want your change.

CS: Don't want the change?

MARCUS: You can keep that.

Well, thank you very much.

I'll see what I can do with that.

VO: A scholar and a gentleman, that Marcus.

That makes the periscope a straight 20, and with an armful of goodies and a handful of coins, I think it's time you made tracks.

Now, before he gets to shopping, Serhat's off to see the sights in the cathedral city of Peterborough.

During the Second World War, this place became the adopted home for a young Latvian refugee fleeing the invasion of his country by the Soviet army.

In time, the city would come to see him as a local legend.

His name was Walter Cornelius, also known as the Birdman of Peterborough.

Serhat's come along to The Lido where Walter worked for over 40 years as a lifeguard.

SERHAT: Chris.

CHRIS: Hello.

SERHAT: Hi, how you doing?

CHRIS: Welcome to Peterborough and welcome to our beautiful outdoor swimming pool.

Why don't you come in and I'll tell you the story?

Perfect, lead the way.

VO: Chris Allen, a former workmate and close friend, got a first-hand account of Walter's wartime experience.

Walter came to England to escape the Russians.

Things were really bad and he managed to get out.

He got shot on the way, he had a bullet hole in his stomach.

He did say that some of his family were killed.

Right.

And he, he had to leave, landed in Peterborough and came to work as a lifeguard.

So he actually taught me to swim.

Lots of people tried and I wouldn't let them, but soon as I went into the water with Walter I did a width on my very first morning.

SERHAT: Excellent work.

He was a very good teacher, children loved him.

And he was a great lifeguard.

Nobody messed around when Walter was on duty.

VO: As well as his prowess in the pool, Water was a strongman and a bit of a daredevil.

And it was his crazy stunts, feats of strength and endurance that made him a local celebrity.

It was his way of repaying the kindness that the city had shown him by raising thousands of pounds for charity.

Walter held more than 50 world records, some of them absolutely bizarre.

He pushed a pea for miles and miles for charity with his nose.

And then because he got a lot of publicity for that and people enjoyed it, he decided to do the same thing with a 16-pound shotput.

He was world sausage eating champion.

He held the world record for walking on his hands, endless things.

And the crazier they were the more Walter enjoyed it.

So I think it's fair to say he was quite an eccentric character.

Oh, he certainly was yeah.

He'd get a full size paving slab, hold it on his head.

We'd take a sledgehammer each and be asked to hit him on the head with a sledgehammer until it cracked.

VO: Walter's strongman antics were often in the local paper and his fame spread to the national press and television.

But it was his craziest challenge that brought him to the attention of the world stage.

Walter decided he was gonna fly.

Up there on the balcony is where we built a very crude scaffold for him to try out his first wings, which were enormous and incredibly heavy.

He hit the water as if you'd put a ton of coal straight off the balcony.

He really smacked into the water.

Ooh.

VO: But Walter was not one to be put off.

And so, on the fourth of December 1970, from the roof of a supermarket and in front of a huge crowd, the Birdman of Peterborough attempted to fly across the river Nene.

He didn't make it of course, but that was never the point.

He loved to raise money for charity, he loved to do anything where people would say hello to him in the street.

He was an incredibly friendly man and he enjoyed the attention.

He loved it.

He wanted to be accepted, and he was accepted by everybody.

Wow, that's... that's lovely.

VO: Sadly, Walter passed away in 1983.

In the years since his death, there's been much talk in Peterborough about how to commemorate this larger-than-life character.

But it was his lifelong friend Chris that came up with the perfect solution.

One day on opening day, I was walking into the pool and looked up at the clock tower and remembered that the weather vane had gone.

And it suddenly came to me, that's what we need, on the top of The Lido we should have a weathervane of Walter flying across the river.

The one behind me here?

Yes, yeah.

He would be so proud of that.

He would be smiling from ear to ear.

VO: And that fitting tribute means that Walter Cornelius will forever fly above the city that took him in as one of its own.

Elsewhere in Cambridgeshire, Catherine is on the road again and in a buoyant mood.

I don't want to speak too soon but I think things are going alright at the moment.

I'm quietly confident, which is probably the worst thing I could say.

VO: Well, we'll see how long that lasts when you get to your next shop, in the town of St Neots.

This is it, the St Neots Emporium, where we're about to find out just how far 68 pence will take you.

Lots of lovely things to look at inside, but I'll hazard a guess that 99% of it is way over budget, even those.

I think you've got a hill to climb in here.

CS: Asparagus tongs!

Oh, I love these.

What's the price of those?

£25.

VO: Put 'em down, you can't afford them.

Next.

Very nice.

Two rather smart perfume bottles.

The price of those, £550.

VO: I don't think so.

Not easy this, is it?

I just want to run away.

Um, this is a very tricky situation.

VO: We'll leave her to think on it for a bit.

Now, Serhat's also back in shopping mode.

He's meandered to his final destination in Oundle with a kitty over 100 times that of Catherine's, a scoot around Green Man Antiques should be a relative breeze for him.

Some very fine items on view, a few of which will be beyond Serhat's £69 budget.

But there's a few old favorites for him to get his hands on.

SERHAT: It's by Doulton Lambeth.

It's called a harvest jug.

And so normally these would be decorated with little relief figures, scenes of farmers with hay, drinking ale.

That's what you'd stick in here.

Why did I pick this one up?

It's because it's commemorating the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria.

And it's got the picture of the monarch when she came to the throne and how she looked in 1897.

I haven't seen many of these actually.

It's perfect.

And even better still... is the price.

VO: £30.

Well within his budget.

He's made a swift start there.

The same can't be said at St Neots, where browsing seems to have ground to a halt.

CS: I am struggling.

This is not an easy task.

VO: Sounds like a cry for help.

You'll need a kindly shopkeeper to give you a hand.

Cue Jacqueline.

Have you got a problem, Catherine?

I always have a problem when I go shopping, but today is slightly more of a problem.

If you've got anything for a pound and then I might be able to offer you my 68 pence.

Would you like to come this way?

I think I might be able to help you out.

VO: Sounds encouraging.

What have we got?

CS: Ooh, very nice.

Oh, that looks right up my street.

So we've got a 1953 coronation knife, fork and spoon set.

I love it.

VO: Made by Ryalls of Sheffield.

Perfect for a garden party.

Very patriotic, isn't it?

Red, white and blue.

If you would like to take it away for the pennies that you've got left, please feel free.

Oh Jacqueline, you are most kind.

And there we are.

There's my paltry pence.

VO: That's gotta be one of the cheapest deals we've ever done.

Thanks, Jacqueline.

Bye bye.

Bye bye.

VO: And having relied on the kindness of strangers, I think Catherine's finally finished for the day.

Over in Oundle, however, her rival is showing no signs of stopping.

I bought a kettle yesterday, maybe I should buy a teapot.

VO: Why not?

This form of ware is called drabware.

It's the...

It's the color of the pottery that gives it the name.

So these were typically made by factories such as Wedgwood and Minton from around 1815 to about 1840, 1850.

This drabware has had a real renaissance in the last sort of five to eight years.

And it's most popular in the US.

They've got a really big collector base for these kind of pieces It's beautifully marked actually.

It's got the Wedgwood name and I just love the fact that it still has its lid, even though there's a chip and a crack, and a chip on the spout.

But I don't care, I think that, if it's the right price, is a nice thing.

VO: Well, it's got a ticket but no price.

Let's ask shop owner Jo.

Hi, you must be Jo.

I found a little collection here.

SERHAT: So we've got a teapot... JO: Yeah.

..which hasn't got a price on it.

How much is that?

Well, it has got damage.

You could have it for £10.

Right, and then the jug, the Doulton jug, £30.

The jug for you, 25.

That's £35.

Great.

I'm gonna give you some money.

Excellent.

I'm very happy with that.

VO: As is Serhat.

They're his favorites, don't you know?

OK, take care.

Alright, bye bye now.

VO: Right, with just under £35 left, let's call time on the shopping and go hitch a lift.

SERHAT: I am exhausted.

How are your little feet doing?

Oh, they're gonna drop off.

Does that mean you had a good day, a busy day, a successful... CS: Oh!

SERHAT: ..day, a productive day?

Productive?

Yes.

Successful?

Hm.

VO: We'll find out soon enough after some shuteye.

VO: Now, if you're ever off to watch an auction, my advice is find somewhere to do it in style.

CS: Oh, wonderful.

SERHAT: Wahey!

Well Serhat, welcome to my weekend home.

What do you think?

Isn't it lovely?

I think you've done a lovely job on the lawn.

VO: Rubbish!

She gets one of her underlings to do it.

Having kicked off in King's Lynn, our pair have ended up at the magnificent Boughton House in Northamptonshire.

Meanwhile their purchases have been whisked off across the country for an auction in Stroud.

All their hopes rest at Stroud Auction Rooms, with bidders lining up online, on the books and on the phones.

Stuart Maule is the man in charge today.

Is he keen on any of Serhat's lots, bought for £119?

The commemorative jug.

It's got that bit of history behind it.

The market for something like that is really in America at the moment, so no doubt we'll see it sell overseas to one of our USA bidders.

VO: Ooh, fancy!

Catherine, meanwhile, blew her entire stash, all £145.68, on six auction lots.

Any of note, Stuart?

STUART: The periscope.

Militaria is one of our strongest areas we have, so that'll be a really popular one.

It's in its original case, which really helps it, and condition is great.

VO: He sounds full of enthusiasm, but how are the confidence levels back at Boughton?

I feel it today.

I think we're gonna be alright.

I think you've said this before.

Yeah.

VO: Well, let's start with an easy one, Catherine's cutlery set.

Bought for 68 pence.

That can't possibly fail, can it?

I can open the bidding up at £20.

£20 starts me.

That's fine.

I'm happy with that.

I'm delighted.

Do I see two anywhere?

At £20, 22.

25?

Oh, that's amazing.

28 and 30.

At £30 then, the bid's still with me.

32 is on the net now.

My bid is out at 32.

Selling to the net at £32 if we're all done?

That's wonderful.

At 32.

CS: That's fantastic.

SERHAT: Well done.

Come on.

Aw, that is wonderful.

Let's go and find some more of those.

VO: Quite.

That one made nearly 50 times its money back.

Maybe someone had a set of five and needed to complete their set, I don't know.

Maybe.

VO: Time for a little light reading now.

Serhat's tiny book of essays.

I'm quite nervous for you.

No, why?

I don't know, it's not even a lot of money.

I've got bids straight in on the book on commission at £20.

SERHAT: Yes!

CS: £20!

22 on the net now.

My commission bid is out at £22.

At £22 and the bid's on the net, looking for five.

At £22.

CS: Serhat, that's good.

SERHAT: Hurrah!

SERHAT: I'm OK with that.

CS: "Uh"?

SERHAT: No, hurrah.

CS: It's a... Ah!

VO: Mixed messages there, but I think he's happy.

SERHAT: That's very pleasing.

CS: That's very pleasing.

SERHAT: Yeah.

VO: Yes, he's happy.

Now, can we keep the good times rolling with Catherine's lily of the valley brooch?

£40 starts the bidding.

42?

45?

48?

Yes!

STUART: 50?

55 now?

Wow.

65.

At £65 then?

70.

Five.

CS: Wow.

SERHAT: This is flying.

STUART: 80, 85 is bid.

I'd be happy with 30, that's very good.

At £85.

I know I shouldn't be so pleased for you, but I really am.

Oh, gosh.

SERHAT: That's a massive profit.

I'm really pleased on that one.

VO: I don't blame you.

It's all going rather well so far.

It was in immaculate condition.

It deserved it.

Nice work.

VO: Serhat's art nouveau belt clip is up next.

Let's see if he can keep it together.

Oh, I'm so excited.

Here we go.

VO: Apparently not.

I can open the bidding straight up at £30.

£30 is bid with me.

32, 35's with me.

38 and 40's with me.

Into profit.

My bid's out at 42.

At £42... SERHAT: Come on, come on.

STUART: 48 bid.

CS: Yes.

48, looking for 50.

£48 if we're all done?

No, come on.

At £48.

No!

I thought it would go a bit higher.

VO: If you're grumbling about making £13 you're obviously getting spoilt.

BOTH: It was a profit.

And a lovely profit at that.

VO: That's much better.

Now, Catherine's ladies' Seamaster watch.

Will her big gamble pay off?

Only time will tell!

Bid's straight in on commission with me at £60.

£60 starts the biddings.

90 we've jumped straight to on the net.

95, 100.

110 it's still on commission.

SERHAT: Yes, yes, yes!

CS: Good.

At £120 then.

At 120 on the net.

130, 140's on the net.

150?

Good.

Oh, I'm happy.

160's on the net.

It's run to 160, we're looking for 170 now.

170, 180 on the net.

190 bid, 200 is on the net.

£220.

That was worth a gamble.

That was worth a gamble.

At £220.

I'm really really happy with that.

That was mega.

Mega!

VO: Definitely worth the punt.

Well played, Catherine.

Oh, I was delighted with that.

VO: Right, Royal Crown Derby fans stand by, it's pattern number 6299!

Here we go.

Good luck my friend, good luck.

Time to find out.

Yeah, thank you.

Two virtually identical commission bids meaning I start at £85.

(SHE GASPS) That's straight into profit.

£85 then, the bid's on commission with me.

£90 on the net takes both of my bids out.

No way!

The bid's on the net.

Do I see 95 anywhere?

At £90.

CS: That's brilliant.

We're all done at £90.

SERHAT: £90.

CS: £90!

SERHAT: That is brilliant.

CS: That's a big profit.

VO: Those big profits just keep coming today.

SERHAT: Hooray.

CS: Ticking them off!

VO: Next up, for the carnivore who has everything, Catherine's bovine meat platter.

Two strong commission bids means I can start the bidding at £80.

CS: (LAUGHS) VO: Blimey!

90's with me.

95.

I'm gobsmacked.

At £110 then, the bid's on commission.

120's on the net now.

Oh my God!

The bid's from Russia at 120.

Russia!

Oh my goodness.

If we're all done at 120?

That's insane.

VO: 12 times what you paid for it!

Pretty good for a £10 stake.

Get it?

Steak?

No?

Russia.

Amazing.

VO: Ha.

Now, will we be amused by Serhat's jubilee jug?

£55 opens the bidding.

Wow.

Straight in.

CS: Straight in!

70 to the USA.

Oh, USA.

VO: We've really gone international.

No!

£90 is on the net.

At £90 and the bid's on the net, do I see five anywhere?

At £90.

That's splendid!

VO: Isn't it just?

Even Her Majesty looks pleased.

Well, maybe not.

Fantastic.

I'm extremely happy with that.

This is a good trip.

VO: Catherine's 1920s sketchbook now.

Really sweet thing, this.

I can start the bidding straight up at £60, two commission bids.

£60 starts the bidding.

You're doing it today, aren't you?

Five, and 80.

Five, and 90.

Five, 100.

Maybe there was something I didn't know about it.

That's brilliant.

120, 130.

Still on commission with me, do I see 140 anywhere?

140 on the net now.

My commission bids are out at £140.

At 140.

Oh, Catherine!

How romantic, how lovely.

SERHAT: That's incredible.

VO: She's definitely got the golden touch today.

You're lost for words, aren't you?

Yeah, no, that was pretty good actually.

VO: Serhat's last lot now.

Can he keep a clean sheet with his drabware teapot?

Two tight commission bids mean I start at £120.

CS: Aah!

SERHAT: No!

130 on the net takes both my bids out.

That's incredible!

At £130.

CS: Aww, that... That's fantastic.

That makes me very happy.

VO: Your ceramics know-how comes good again.

A sterling effort, sir.

That is decent, decent profit.

VO: And finally, Catherine's World War I periscope.

The auctioneer had high hopes for this.

Lots of interest.

I've got four commission bids left on the book.

And I can open up the bidding at £220.

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Oh yes!

240 anywhere?

At 220, looking for 240 on the phone.

Yep.

240.

260's with me.

280.

300's with me.

Yep, yep.

320, 340's with me.

360?

No way!

360, 380's with me.

400?

400.

420?

SERHAT: No chance!

CS: 400?

I might just go home now.

440, 460's with me.

480?

I can't believe this.

At £480 my bid is out.

Selling to the phone bidder at £480, if we're all done at 480?

SERHAT: Oh gosh!

CS: That's incredible.

VO: 11 lots, 11 profits.

And big ones too.

CS: Can you believe that?

SERHAT: No.

I mean, for both of us, that was just fantastic.

A white glove sale.

Yes, we've done it eventually!

At last, at last!

VO: Well, well.

Let's find out just how well you did do.

Serhat started out with £153 and change and after auction costs that amount has skyrocketed to £345.94.

That would be a massive result on any normal day.

But this wasn't a normal day because Catherine, who began with just shy of £146, made, after saleroom fees, a gigantic £737 profit.

So she bounds into the lead with a total of £883.14.

Absolutely splendid.

We got money.

Woohoo!

We got everything, Catherine!

Can you believe it?

VO: I'd say they're a little bit chuffed.

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