0:00:03 > 0:00:06Hello and welcome to Bargain Hunt - Famous Finds,
0:00:06 > 0:00:08from Ardingly in West Sussex.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12Today's contestants might think they know a thing or two about
0:00:12 > 0:00:17politics, but today I tell you the manifesto is entirely mine.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42We're pairing up a star name with a family member or friend.
0:00:42 > 0:00:48Their task will be to find three antiques or collectibles with a budget of £300.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52They'll take their goods over to auction, and try to sell them for a profit there.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57So, let's go and meet today's teams.
0:00:57 > 0:01:04For the Red Team, or should I say Gold Team, we have Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Lembit's been an MP since 1997.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12Multilingual Lembit speaks fluent Estonian, German and is currently learning Welsh.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17But will he be able to speak the international language of bargaining?
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Welcome to Bargain Hunt.
0:01:19 > 0:01:25So, Lembit, how is it wearing an orange fleece, or should I say gold?
0:01:25 > 0:01:29- Gold, I prefer gold. - So, Lembit, who have you brought along with you today?
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- There was only one choice, it had to be my mother, Liivi. - How do you do?- Hello, Tim.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37So what sort of things are you going to be looking out for today, Liivi?
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Coming from the Baltic, Estonia, amber.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44- Amber.- I'm hoping I will find something.- So why is Liivi
0:01:44 > 0:01:46the best person you could bring on this programme?
0:01:46 > 0:01:52Well, first of all she knows my, my obsessive hoarding quality.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Secondly she's known me for 43 years, so she knows to rein me in when I'm
0:01:56 > 0:01:59going down the wrong path in trying to get a good bargain.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Because your collecting history is, shall we say, patchy?
0:02:03 > 0:02:06- It's consistently poor. - What sorts of things?
0:02:06 > 0:02:10Everything from magazines to motorbike engines for one period of time.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12And what's all this about harmonicas?
0:02:12 > 0:02:18Harmonicas, I've played harmonicas now since 1989 when a good friend of mine gave me a harmonica and a book.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20And do you have one about your person?
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- I always do.- So are you going to give us a demo then?
0:02:23 > 0:02:27A tune dedicated to you, then, when I see you coming across the horizon.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30HE PLAYS "WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN"
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Can you tell what it is yet?
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Oh, very good, a round of applause!
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Thank you very much!
0:02:45 > 0:02:48You realise there are millions of people applauding that performance?
0:02:48 > 0:02:53- If I'd realised that I wouldn't have done it.- So let's see who they're up against!
0:02:53 > 0:02:57For the Blue Team we have a real true blue in Edwina Currie.
0:02:57 > 0:03:03Edwina served as a Conservative MP from 1983 to 1997.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06I've brought a pair of handcuffs.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Don't worry, I'm not going to chain myself to the rostrum.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14She retired from politics to concentrate on writing and broadcasting.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Edwina, welcome to Bargain Hunt.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20So, do you know your Minton from your Majolica?
0:03:20 > 0:03:25I'll tell you what, I may not be able to blow a mouth organ, but I can blow my own trumpet!
0:03:25 > 0:03:28That is certainly true.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- And the Blues have always been the best.- Who have you brought to help you today?
0:03:31 > 0:03:36I've brought along Mr Jones, cos I'm Mrs Jones in real life, it's my husband, this is JJ.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- Hi, JJ.- Good afternoon. - Welcome to Bargain Hunt, too.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44And why is JJ the very best person that you could have brought on the programme with you?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45He's very knowledgeable.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50He used to be a police officer, so he can tell the real from the fake just by looking at it.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53What sort of things will you be looking out for today?
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Well, we collect books, and I sometimes buy bits of
0:03:57 > 0:04:00jewellery, and you've got your eye open for a couple of things.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Oh, yes, fishing tackle, more books, because we both love books.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Tell me a bit more about your collections.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08You're grabbing a book, tell us about that.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11It's a real first edition of Pickwick Papers
0:04:11 > 0:04:14by Charles Dickens who I suppose is our favourite author.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19There are only 14 copies of the printed complete book ever made in the proper first state, so if
0:04:19 > 0:04:21you have one of those they're worth thousands.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25But we love Pickwick, we love Dickens, and there it is.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28So tell me, how are you going to beat the Golds today then?
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Oh, I think we'll try and get one or two very nice items which will do well.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Anyway, you lot, this is the money moment.
0:04:35 > 0:04:42£300, £300, you know the rules, your experts await, and off you go, and very good luck.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47So, which way will this competition swing today?
0:04:47 > 0:04:54To help our famous finders spend their £300 on three antiques, we're giving them an expert each.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59For the Golds, it's Anita Manning.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03And for the Blues, it's James Lewis.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08First up, James is proving to be a real team player.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10I used to have a trunk like this to go to school with.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- Hi, guys!- Hi, James.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- Nice big box, but this is a lot more practical.- Yeah.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17It's a piece of Regency mahogany furniture, it's great.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21It's a little work box, it was made around 1820, 1825.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Have a look, here we go. The lock works.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26That helps. It's in a bit of a state!
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- It's what we call distressed.- Yes!
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- So...- Let's have a look.- Tip it up.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32That's supposed to be in the lid, isn't it?
0:05:32 > 0:05:36This would have had a tray in there, but you know, we can glue that in, that's not a problem. Close it up.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- If you look here, see the way this wood's split?- Yeah.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41It just wiggles along the grain.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44All the grain is black, so with a bit of furniture polish
0:05:44 > 0:05:50in there, that will tone it down nicely. That's £160, £180.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- So what do you reckon we should pay for it here? - It's priced about 50.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55If we can get it for 40 then that's great.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- Yeah. Shall I give it a go? - Yes, please.- OK.
0:05:58 > 0:06:03James did the deal for £39. Now, how are those Golds faring?
0:06:03 > 0:06:06This says changeable, so maybe one day it'll stop raining.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Oh, look, what's that? Is that amber?
0:06:09 > 0:06:14- Think so.- Oh, yes, it's a hatpin in the shape of a golf club.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18- Liivi!- Look what I found. - Isn't that beautiful?
0:06:18 > 0:06:20- Isn't that lovely?- You like amber.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- I love amber, I love amber.- I know.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Now tell me why you like amber.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Amber is really the jewel of the Baltic, and this is a nice one.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30Well, let's see what we've got.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34It's mounted in silver, and we can see the hallmark here,
0:06:34 > 0:06:39London silver, assayed 1908.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41This is a girlie item, you know, but do you like it?
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- I'm quiet.- Can you appreciate it?
0:06:44 > 0:06:48I can appreciate amber because we've got a lot of it in the house,
0:06:48 > 0:06:50but why do people collect things like this?
0:06:50 > 0:06:55They do reflect an age, at a time when women wore these wonderful hats.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00And it's a golf club, that is a very important element, because you'll
0:07:00 > 0:07:06have people who collect golfing memorabilia. What price on this?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09It's £110. I think that's a bit much.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14To a collector it's not a lot, but I do think we do have to get it down
0:07:14 > 0:07:16substantially if we want to make a profit.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Yes.- Work on the stallholder.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- Right, right.- OK, let's go and see if we can do it.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25- OK then.- Good luck!- See you later.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29The Gold Team teed off with a hatpin for £80.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Back to the Blues now, who've found something they really love.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35- We've found something, Maling ware.- Yeah.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38And we've got various bits at home.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41I like the sheen on them, they've got a really nice shine.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- Made in Newcastle, aren't they? - Yes.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- There you go.- A lot of houses now have cream walls and
0:07:48 > 0:07:53plain furniture, so perhaps something like this sitting on a table and using it, really pretty.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- Bit of character.- Beautiful.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00I appreciate that they've got crazing, but I've never seen one without a bit of crazing.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04The crazing is quite considerable in there, but the crazing is only surface cracks.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- And if we go... do you hear that? - MUFFLED TAPPING
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- Yeah. - It's totally dead, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12That means there are internal cracks to the body.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14So that concerns me slightly. Let's have a look at this one.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16CLEARER TAPPING
0:08:16 > 0:08:19That's better. It's not as bad as that one.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Bit of a problem there with the internal cracks, but having said that,
0:08:22 > 0:08:28- they are collectable, but how collectable? How much do they want? - Well, they're asking 56,
0:08:28 > 0:08:31we've managed to talk her down to 50 and I don't know,
0:08:31 > 0:08:36- might be able to get a bit more off. - We think they're very pretty. I love the colour on that.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37You going to have a go?
0:08:37 > 0:08:39- Yeah, we'll have a go. - I think so, yeah.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- Do your best and see how we do. - We'll try, cheers.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43- Thank you.- Good luck!
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Edwina and John did wrap up the deal for a nifty 50.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Are the Golds really sure about this?
0:08:51 > 0:08:56- That is so bad that it's wonderful. - I love it.- Let's have a look.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01- It's kind of a combination of 1930s and 1960s.- Yes. Fantastic. - My goodness.- What do you think?
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Well, it's not 1930s, it's not art deco,
0:09:05 > 0:09:11- it's 1960s, and '60s items are hot just now.- Is it? At the moment?
0:09:11 > 0:09:16If we look at the design, you've got lots of chrome there which is
0:09:16 > 0:09:24very fashionable just now, and we've this wonderful quartet of cloud glass shades.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28I think this item is absolutely irresistible.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33Somebody's going to love it and more than one person is going to love it.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35THEY LAUGH
0:09:35 > 0:09:38- You are joking, aren't you? - No.- He's not the one then.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41He's not the one.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- Are you seriously going to go and buy it?- Don't you like it?
0:09:44 > 0:09:45The colour there, have you seen?
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Oh, yes. In political terms we'd describe this as courageous.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54- Very good luck.- Thanks. - Thank you.- You'll need it.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- Well, if Austin Powers is there we'll certainly sell it. Lots of mojo. - It's great fun.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02- What's it say for the price? - £160, it's a bit pricey.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04We've got to get it down.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- Right.- But I still believe in it and I think we've got a chance.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- Let's do it.- Let's go.
0:10:11 > 0:10:16The light fitting became a gold member and their second buy for 140,
0:10:16 > 0:10:20which leaves them £80 left for their last item.
0:10:20 > 0:10:26So far, Edwina and John have spent £39 on the Georgian box
0:10:26 > 0:10:31and £50 on the plates, so that leaves them £211, that's plenty.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35So they should make their final buy count.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37What's this little lady then?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39I always try and find bronze at these fairs,
0:10:39 > 0:10:45because they're often overlooked, especially if they're not signed, and this is a really lovely example.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48She's very sweet. I thought at first that she was Florence Nightingale,
0:10:48 > 0:10:52the lady of the lamp, but actually she's got a plait round her head.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Swiss, do you think? German, Austrian?
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- Heidi.- I think, yeah, Heidi.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59There's a wonderful centre for bronze making in Austria
0:10:59 > 0:11:03around this period, around 1870 to 1890, so it could well be Austrian.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07- Is this the sort of thing that you would buy then and have at home? - Only to throw at him.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09We haven't got any bronzes.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- I would like to have some art deco bronzes to be frank.- Yeah.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14But this is very nice. How about price, then?
0:11:14 > 0:11:19What would you think a bronze like that would be on the market for?
0:11:19 > 0:11:23- £100, something like that. - That's exactly what I'd have thought, but it's not, it's 75.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25If I can get it down to about 50, should we?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- Definitely, don't you?- I think so, she's very nice.- Yeah, yeah.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32- She looks like she wants to come and live with us for a bit at least. - We ought to give it a go.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35If it doesn't sell we'll buy it in and take it home, how's that?
0:11:35 > 0:11:40You're not allowed to, even if it makes a pound you've got to sell it.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- I'll have a word with him and see what I can do.- Thanks.
0:11:43 > 0:11:51James squeezed the dealer until the pips squeaked and picked up the bronze for £49 and a measly 75p.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- How will the Golds measure up to all this?- Look what I found.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- Ah, that looks lovely. - What have you got?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00I don't know what you think, but I love this. It's a ruler, and is that ivory?
0:12:00 > 0:12:04It is ivory. In any tool we're looking for the maker's name,
0:12:04 > 0:12:09and yes, there we have there J Rabone and Sons of Birmingham.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12That's quite a good make. Oh, I love this.
0:12:12 > 0:12:19What we have here is the name of the owner of this little ruler in 1890.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21- Oh, that's what it is.- P Waldram.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25This makes it more interesting and exciting for the buyers.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30- Why did you pick it up?- Feels like quality, and it's 118 years old.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31Yes, that's right.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34The other great thing about it is it's just so compact.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39- I don't want to auction it, I want to keep it.- Oh, I think you've fallen in love with it.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Liivi, tell me what you think of this little item.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Well, I think it's a toy Lembit would love.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Not a toy, a precision instrument!
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Well, you've fallen in love with it.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51It is the kind of thing I would have, and
0:12:51 > 0:12:55- I believe there must be someone out there who'd bid for this.- How much?
0:12:55 > 0:12:57£68 they're asking, don't know if that's good.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01If you can get it below 50, it would be wonderful.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04- Quite a feat if I can. - Let's get the measure of it!
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Oh(!) I'll see you later.
0:13:07 > 0:13:13They wouldn't have been allowed to buy any ivory item made post-1947,
0:13:13 > 0:13:18but being made in 1890 makes Lembit's ruler a legitimate commercial item.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Now, let's have a reminder of how the Golds got on.
0:13:22 > 0:13:30And first up it was Liivi's choice, an amber and silver hatpin at £80.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35Next was the 1960s art deco chrome light fitting for £140,
0:13:35 > 0:13:41and finally Lembit spotted this 19th-century ivory ruler, £55.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46Today's been a riot. I've learned about antiques fairs, I've learned about bargain hunting,
0:13:46 > 0:13:51and I've learned about the hope of buying extraordinary things and praying that they're going to do well
0:13:51 > 0:13:53at the auction stage, and we'll wait and see.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56So let's remind ourselves what the Blues bought.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Well, fingers crossed for their first piece,
0:13:58 > 0:14:03the Regency mahogany work box at £39.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Next, Edwina and John just loved their Maling boat-shaped
0:14:07 > 0:14:10lustre dishes at £50, but will the saleroom?
0:14:10 > 0:14:16And last up was their 19th-century bronze lady for £49.75. Ha!
0:14:16 > 0:14:20My hope is that the people who buy the pieces that we bought today will
0:14:20 > 0:14:26get as much pleasure out of using them and having them in their homes as we've had in buying them.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27Hear, hear.
0:14:29 > 0:14:35The teams' buys are ready and waiting to go under the gavel, but just how will they do?
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Are we all done?
0:14:37 > 0:14:40But first, let's see how valuer Daniel Webster
0:14:40 > 0:14:45at Criterion Auctioneers in Islington rates out items.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Now let's run through Lembit and Liivi's objects.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51First of all is the ivory ruler.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53A nice thing, it'll appeal to collectors and
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- should do quite well I think, Tim. - What's your estimate?- 40 to 60.
0:14:56 > 0:15:01- OK, £55 paid, so that's a bit tight, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04- But you never know.- Might get a couple of people on that one.
0:15:04 > 0:15:09The next item, Liivi loved this hatpin, but do you think it's a good hatpin as an object?
0:15:09 > 0:15:14Unfortunately, the actual head of the club is made from amber glass as opposed to amber.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18- It's glass rather than amber? - Unfortunately.- Liivi will be disappointed!
0:15:18 > 0:15:21OK, fine, what's your estimate?
0:15:21 > 0:15:2650 to 80 on that one because it's something that's going to appeal to the collectors' market.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- We need it to get to the upper estimate because they paid £80.- OK.
0:15:29 > 0:15:35And what about this creation beside me, the chromium plated and glass light fitting?
0:15:35 > 0:15:40I suppose of its type it's a good example, if you like that sort of thing, sort of 1960s, '70s.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- What do you think it's worth, Daniel?- 80 to 120.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Lord. They paid £140.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- Did they?- Anyway.
0:15:46 > 0:15:51I think whatever happens they're going to need their bonus buy, so let's go and have a look at it.
0:15:51 > 0:15:57So, Lembit and Liivi, you gave £25 worth of leftover lolly to Anita.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Let us see what she bought for the bonus buy.
0:16:00 > 0:16:07Lembit loves broken old engines, so I bought him a broken old engine!
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- How wonderful. - It's great fun, it's Japanese,
0:16:10 > 0:16:16it's in the latter part of the 20th century, made by Modern Toys.
0:16:16 > 0:16:22Now Modern Toys used to be the Masudaya, which was one of the oldest toy companies in Japan.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25I do love it, it actually reminds me of my childhood days,
0:16:25 > 0:16:29we had these great tin toys, which do get battered but they survive.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34- How much did you pay for it? - I paid £10.- Really?
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Do you think it'll make a profit?
0:16:36 > 0:16:39- I think it will steam along quite nicely...- Do the wheels work?
0:16:39 > 0:16:43- ..to a small profit.- Enough of these puns, Anita, thank you very much.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48Let's find out what the auction valuer thinks about Anita's train.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52So, Daniel, the big question is, has the train left the station? Is it any good, this thing?
0:16:52 > 0:16:55It's a bit of fun, isn't it, Tim?
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Do you think it dates from what, sort of 1980, or something like that? It's quite late a thing.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03- It is, yes, sort of '70s, '80s. - What do you think it's worth then?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- 40 to 60.- Clever old Anita, she only paid £10 for it.- She's done well.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09- So she should get a profit on that. - She should.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12If the team decide to go with the bonus buy.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17Anyway. Now for the Blues. James went with this mahogany work box.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- What do you think?- It's a nice example from the Regency period.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25Unfortunately there is some damage on the top where the timber's shrunk.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28So what's your estimate on it in its slightly tatty state?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30In its restoration state 30 to 50.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35Well, that's not too bad, cos James took them down the path there at £39, so he's in the frame.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37He is, yeah, and I think that will do well.
0:17:37 > 0:17:43The next item is the bronze figure, and she's rather handsome, isn't she?
0:17:43 > 0:17:47It is, good solid bronze, late Victorian, and I think that should do quite well.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- So what do you think it's worth? - Got 60 to 100 on it.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Have you? This is looking good, isn't it?
0:17:52 > 0:17:55£49.75 they paid.
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Oh, there's a profit there.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Well, there we go. And then finally, the pair of Maling dishes.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Is there a collectors' market in London for these?
0:18:03 > 0:18:08They appeal to the art deco collectors. Not over-popular at the moment, I must say.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Do you think they might be worth £20 to £30?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12- Around 30. - Yeah, it's difficult, isn't it?
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- So maybe £20 to £30 then.- Yeah.
0:18:14 > 0:18:20I have to tell you they did pay 50, in which case we'd better go and have a look at their bonus buy.
0:18:20 > 0:18:27Edwina and JJ, you gave James £161.25 of your leftover lolly. What did he spend it on?
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- There we go.- Ah.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- Crown Derby.- It is, you wanted a piece of Derby.- Nice.
0:18:33 > 0:18:39- Didn't let you down. What do you think?- What was it you taught us to do? You taught us to go like this.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- RINGING - Steady. Oh, it rang! - Nice, really nice, that's whole.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45That means it's not cracked inside, it's in perfect condition.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48No, it's about 1880, 1890.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50I spent £105.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53And what do you think it's worth?
0:18:53 > 0:18:55- Well, what do you think that one's worth?- 180?
0:18:55 > 0:18:59Well, if one's worth that that's good news, because I've got five for 105.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- What?! You're joking!- No.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- Really?- So that has got to be a bargain, hasn't it?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- That's fabulous.- I hunted well.
0:19:07 > 0:19:12- I think they're about 30 to 40 pounds a plate. - So hold that thought.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17But for viewers at home, let's find out what the auctioneer valuer thinks about them.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21So Daniel, look at this, a nice little group of Derby plates.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26How are you for collectors here in Islington of this Crown Derby stuff?
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- We do get people that come in and always buy this.- We shall see.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34- We shall see.- What's your estimate? - We've got 80 to 120 on these.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Well, James paid £105 and he really rates them.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40So, Daniel, are you taking the sale later then?
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Not tonight, it's my colleague Peter Ball.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44So we won't see you later.
0:19:44 > 0:19:49- No.- But thank you very much, Daniel, and it'll be exciting to see what happens in the auction.
0:19:51 > 0:19:5255...
0:19:52 > 0:19:5470.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59So, Gold Team, how are you feeling, all right?
0:19:59 > 0:20:01- Pretty nervous.- Are you nervous?
0:20:01 > 0:20:04I wasn't before, but now I see it all happening, we're nearly there...
0:20:04 > 0:20:08But you're a House of Commons man, this has got to be a piece of, of, of...
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- Cake.- It's fun, yes, cake.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13The House of Commons is nothing to do with putting your
0:20:13 > 0:20:16entire antique reputation on the line in front of millions.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Absolutely. What about you, Liivi?
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- Nervous as well. - You're feeling nervous.- Yes, yes.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25I don't think you've got anything to feel nervous about. First lot up is your ivory ruler.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28The 19th-century ivory ruler there,
0:20:28 > 0:20:34and I have got £30 here on behalf of the commission, bid here at £30.
0:20:34 > 0:20:3735, 40, 5, 50 the lady...
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- Yeah, come on!- 55, 60.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42At £60 that's the lady's bid,
0:20:42 > 0:20:45at 60 it's bid with the lady at 60 and selling.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47- You're in profit! - Are we all done?
0:20:47 > 0:20:51That's great, £60. Plus £5.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54- Well done. - Steady, here comes the hatpin.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58Hallmarked silver hatpin, amber glass in a
0:20:58 > 0:21:02golf club form, I've got again a £30 commission bid here.
0:21:02 > 0:21:08- 35, 40, 5, 50, 5, there at £55, any more?- Go on!
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- £55 there, are we all done? 60.- Yes!
0:21:11 > 0:21:1960 over there now, and 60's bid, are we all done at £60? And going, £60.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23Bad luck, Liivi, that's minus £20, darling. Overall you are minus 15.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- Not too bad. - Now, the light fitting.
0:21:25 > 0:21:301960s chrome four light chandelier, and I've got again 85 bid here.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35At 85, 90, 5, 100, 10,
0:21:35 > 0:21:41- 120, 130, 140, 150.- No!
0:21:41 > 0:21:45160, 170. £170 here,
0:21:45 > 0:21:49are we done? £170 and going.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52- Go team, £170.- I knew it, I knew it.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56You've got £30 on that, which is a very happy breakdown,
0:21:56 > 0:21:59this is, isn't it? This is better than politics!
0:21:59 > 0:22:03Anyway, so plus £30 on that, you're now plus £15.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04You have £15 in the bank.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Just shows what I know about 1960s light fittings.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- Listen to me.- Will do, Lembit.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12What are you going to do, are you going to go with the tin train?
0:22:12 > 0:22:18I mean you've got £15 in the bank, if it sells for nothing or for a pound or two you'll
0:22:18 > 0:22:21lose money on it, but do you think it's going to make profit?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- I like it.- You like it. - It's reasonable...
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Reasonable...
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- And she only paid a tenner for it. - Let's risk it.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Well, yes, I mean as experts now...
0:22:30 > 0:22:31THEY LAUGH
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- ..we accept your guidance. - Yes.- Let's do it.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36OK, we're going with the bonus buy.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40A tin plate toy locomotive, Fireball Express.
0:22:40 > 0:22:4220 I've got for the commission.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44- 25, 30...- Yes!
0:22:44 > 0:22:47£30 here, 35, 40. No?
0:22:47 > 0:22:5040 to the commission, selling at £40.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54- Look at that.- Yes, yes, yes!
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Selling at 30.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Well, that's amazing, isn't it?
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- What a team.- Wonderful! - A profit of £30, well done, Anita.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05So overall then you are plus £45, all right?
0:23:05 > 0:23:09What you must do now, OK, Golds, is don't say anything to the Blues,
0:23:09 > 0:23:11all right, zip, all right, nothing.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Look miserable when you go past them, look absolutely miserable.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18You've just lost a vote in the House and it's a disaster, all right?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20I don't even mind doing that at the moment.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24£50, 50, 5, 60.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Great result for the Golds, now it's time for the Blues.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31It's a bargain.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34So do you know how the Gold Team got on?
0:23:34 > 0:23:35No idea at all.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Have you got any regrets, are you feeling confident?
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Tell me what your plan is.
0:23:40 > 0:23:46Well, it's bit late to have plans actually, Tim, but the way we're feeling at the moment, there's
0:23:46 > 0:23:49- more people in here than there were earlier.- Yes.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51I'm hoping people have seen our lots,
0:23:51 > 0:23:54at home and waiting on the phone and internet, and going to bid like
0:23:54 > 0:23:58mad for all of our three items and we're going to make a lot of money.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00First up is the Regency box, and here it comes.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02The Regency mahogany work box,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04inlaid detail, and I've got a bid at £50.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08Anybody else? 52, 55, 58,
0:24:08 > 0:24:1558 down here, any more, 58, at £58 and going, are we all done at 58?
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- What about that?- Yes!
0:24:17 > 0:24:20- That is plus £19.- I misjudged.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Shh, here comes the next one.
0:24:22 > 0:24:27Bronze figure, the water carrier, and again I've got £50 bid here,
0:24:27 > 0:24:29at £50, 55, 60, 5...
0:24:29 > 0:24:31We're in already.
0:24:31 > 0:24:3570. £70, 75, 80 here.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Here still, £80, are we done?
0:24:38 > 0:24:40£80.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45- We've done well.- That's £30.25, ha!
0:24:45 > 0:24:49- Now, Maling.- Pair of Maling ware boat shaped dishes, 25?
0:24:49 > 0:24:5425. 28, 30,
0:24:54 > 0:24:58- 32, 35, 38, 40...- Yes!
0:24:58 > 0:25:0142, 45, 48.
0:25:01 > 0:25:07At £48 it's in the room, at £48 it's going, are we all done at £48?
0:25:08 > 0:25:15£48, just shy of a profit on every lot, but you are plus £47.25.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19- That must be a world record. - It's a miracle, that is an absolute miracle, well done.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24- James, well done.- £47.25. Now what are you going to do, then?
0:25:24 > 0:25:29You've got £105 on the line here with the Crown Derby.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34You're £47.25 up, that could be a winning score, all right, you could
0:25:34 > 0:25:38have beaten the Golds at that, but what are you going to do?
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Are you going to go with him or not?
0:25:41 > 0:25:45- He was right about the box, wasn't he?- Look into my eyes.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46- Yes.- We want to sell the plates.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49- We want to sell the plates. - For James's sake.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- For James. There you go.- Good.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54We're going with the bonus buy.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58The Crown Derby porcelain cabinet plates, a good good lot there, again
0:25:58 > 0:26:05a bid of 55, but I'm going to go 60 here, for 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90...
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Uh-oh.
0:26:07 > 0:26:1195 there, at 95, 100, and 10, 120...
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Well done, James.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15130, 140.
0:26:15 > 0:26:22- £140 for the cabinet plates, £140, are we all done? 140.- Yes!
0:26:22 > 0:26:26- That is the business, that is plus £35, I love it.- Give the man a kiss.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29That is 70, that is £82.25 isn't it?
0:26:29 > 0:26:35£82.25p, most awkward maths I've had to do in years.
0:26:35 > 0:26:40£82.25, that is superb, how about that?
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Look at her face, it's pure joy, isn't it? Isn't that lovely to see?
0:26:44 > 0:26:48Right then, £82.25, now, don't say a word to the Golds, all right?
0:26:48 > 0:26:51- Absolutely not. - I will reveal all in a minute.
0:26:58 > 0:27:03Fantastic profits. The teams' chosen charities will be pleased.
0:27:03 > 0:27:09That's £45 to the Motor Neurone Disease Association from Lembit and Liivi,
0:27:09 > 0:27:15and £82.25 for Marie Curie Cancer Care from Edwina and John.
0:27:15 > 0:27:22Well, how exciting is this? Famous Finds is setting a standard here, cos both teams have made profits.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24I mean, how often does that happen?
0:27:24 > 0:27:29That's an achievement in your own right. It's just a question of scale really, and I'm afraid to tell you
0:27:29 > 0:27:35that the Gold Team has actually made less profit than the Blue Team.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38But it's not half bad, I have to tell you.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41You guys made a profit of £45, OK?
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- Very laudable. Here is the £45. - Thank you.
0:27:44 > 0:27:50You made profits on three of your four items, you went with your bonus buy, but you've been a great team.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- Lembit, have you enjoyed it? - Absolutely loved it.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56- Thoroughly wholesome experience! - And I'll be back for more, probably.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Well, you'd be most welcome.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02- But the victors are Edwina and JJ, congratulations.- Thank you.
0:28:02 > 0:28:07- £82.25, a particularly difficult amount of money.- Where's the 25?
0:28:07 > 0:28:13- Hang on a minute, hang on a minute, Edwina, here's your £2.25. - Thank you.
0:28:13 > 0:28:20Brilliant. You made profits on nearly everything, just those Maling dishes let you down.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Overall then £82.25. Are you pleased with that, JJ?
0:28:23 > 0:28:26- Absolutely thrilled to pieces. - What about you, Edwina?
0:28:26 > 0:28:31I'm very, very pleased, and I have to confess now that I wasn't really expecting to do as well as that.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34It shows it's all in the luck of the auction.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38- You've been great teams. Join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?- Yes!
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