Embracing Heavy Metal
Irita Mariott and Ishy Khan cross from Kent into Suffolk to tour the antiques shops of Appledore, Woodbridge and beyond in their sporty 1971 Sunbeam Rapier.
It’s the third leg of an increasingly jolly road trip with Irita Marriott and Ishy Khan.
They each have £200 per leg to splash on antiques and antiquities, with the aim of making profit for Children in Need when they sell them at auction.
Irita and Ishy are crossing into Suffolk from Kent in their sporty 1971 Sunbeam Rapier. Starting in Manningtree and spending their way to Marlesford, they collect treasures and trinkets in Copdock and Sproughton too, before heading off to sell their finds in Lichfield.
When Irita unearths a colourful, vintage metal artist's palette, Ishy is inspired, and they both bring home a fair bit more metal in the form of an Arabic coffee pot, a brass bowl and a copper plaque. The latter might be the highly sought-after Newlyn copper!
Who will be crowned auction champ at the end of this adventure?
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