Episode 4 For What It's Worth

Hello and welcome to For What It's Worth.

Now, if you know what aglet is,

and you can separate your antique treasure from the tat,

then this is the show for you.

Three pairs of contestants are ready to play

and in each team is a quizzer,

responsible for answering the general knowledge questions,

so that their partner, the picker,

can choose an antique item to add to their collection.

Now, the aim of the game is to amass the most valuable collection.

So, first up, we have Janelle and Annette.

A mother and daughter team from London. Welcome.

Now, Janelle, you are the picker.

What started off your love of antiques?

I think, growing up in a household where Mum and Dad collected a lot.

Who agreed that you were going to be the picker today,

rather than the quizzer?

Well, I wanted to do the picking, but I beat her at the quiz.

Oh, did you have a quiz at home, then,

to decide who was going to be the quizzer?

-Yes.

-Oh, Annette, how funny. And do you two have a good relationship?

Yes, we do.

-Very competitive.

-Yes, very.

-Between each other, or as a team?

-Between each other.

-Between each other.

-THEY LAUGH

Today, it will be as a team.

-Well, welcome to the show. It's lovely to have you.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-And sitting next to you, we have team two.

Will and Nina, who are friends from Anglesey in Wales and Cambridge.

It's lovely to have you both here. So how did you two meet?

Well, we got a self-catering farm cottage,

and Richard and Nina came to stay about 12 years ago.

We were the first people in and we've just got to know them.

How lovely. How would you describe him, Nina?

A bit of a wily old fox.

I think you two ladies had better watch out.

We are more than capable of handling ourselves over here.

That's what do you think!

Don't you worry about that.

SHE LAUGHS

And our third today are Janine and Paul.

Now, they are a married couple from Northampton. Welcome to the show.

You did everything in threes before you got married, I think?

We did, yes. We met on the internet. We met after three months.

He moved in after three weeks,

we got engaged three months after that

and we got married three years after that.

-Well, congratulations. And how long have you been married now?

-Er...

-BOTH:

-Seven years.

And, Paul, you are the quizzer.

Are you much of an antique expert yourself?

I like a few bits and pieces. Furniture, I like art.

You bought a pencil sketch for a fiver and it's worth how much?

-About £1,500.

-That is a bargain.

OK, well, jolly good luck to you.

So, here are today's lots for your consideration.

16 different antiques and collectables. We have...

a paperweight,

some books,

a cup holder,

a temple,

some handcuffs,

a stole,

a dish,

a bust,

a coffee cup,

a bottle,

a spoon,

a sauce boat,

some paintings,

hammer and chisel,

a necklace

and a picture.

Now, they are all very different, with very different values.

One is worthless, worth £10 or less and the rest increase in value

up to our top lot, which is worth a whopping £2,500.

That, of course, is the lot to spot because at the end of the show,

the winning pair will walk away

with the cash equivalent of one of these items.

Earlier, our teams inspected the lots,

but could they separate the relics from the rubbish?

-Oh, wow!

-Oh, wow!

Right.

-It's a bit holiday souvenir-ish.

-It is, a bit.

That's Gwrych Castle.

Welsh, what would a Welshman put in there?

THEY LAUGH

That's definitely hand-blown.

It doesn't look that old, actually.

Got no discolouration or anything.

That's catching my eye.

It's beautiful.

It's mounted on chip wood.

It doesn't mean to say that it's not something really fantastic.

Handcuffs.

I think they're pretty bog-standard, sort of, police...

-British-made.

-They could be cowboy ones.

I don't think they're worth anything.

-It looks like painted enamel.

-It looks like silver.

Do you think obsidian?

-I think they're Victorian.

-Yes.

It doesn't look like paint.

That looks like chalk.

They have got some age to them.

Reminds me a bit of my old geology hammer, that.

Looks like something that someone's made in their garden shed.

-Are they real?

-They could be just beads.

I don't even think that's gold, actually.

I do like a bit of bling, though.

Ah, silver.

Capital R.

So that's not massively old, is it?

Maybe '40s, '50s.

-Crown.

-W and H. W and H.

-That's... This is EPNS.

-Do you reckon?

That, I think, is old, because these are all over the place,

-these, aren't they?

-Yeah.

It hasn't got EPNS on it.

Coffee cup.

It's rubbed like mad.

Yeah, I don't think that will take a great deal of value off.

I'd take one look at that in the auction

and put it straight back down again.

There has some age to that, actually.

-It's not highly decorative, though, is it?

-No.

Oh, look at the little books.

They're so sweet.

-Shakespeare.

-Oh, that is beautiful.

-I reckon these are worth a bit.

-Yeah.

That's the sort of thing I would buy.

I think this is some sort of bronze on the top, isn't it?

I don't think that's brass, though, is it?

Iron.

Paperweights. These are always good.

They're millefiori, though, aren't they?

-Has it got a marking?

-No.

Top three.

The bust, the picture and the books.

-The books.

-Right.

-The bottle.

-Yes.

-The pictures.

-Yes.

-Top three.

-Yes.

-That's it, we're done.

-That's it.

Books, picture, painting.

May change, though.

Joining me is our resident antiques expert, Kate Bliss.

Kate, what do you make of those lots?

Well, it's a great mixture of items

and I'm just going to say to you, teams, just remember,

you've got to think about the value,

but that could depend on a whole load of factors.

It could be the intrinsic material of the piece,

it could be how rare an object is, it could be the provenance

or it could be a combination of these factors.

So just have a think about that.

They do, of course, range hugely in values

and the values are based on a hammer price at an open market auction.

That's the prize a bidder would pay after the hammer falls,

not including any costs.

OK. Well, as well as those little treasures there,

we have our mystery lot,

poised to be uncovered at the end of the show to tempt our winners.

Kate, tell us about today's mystery lot.

Well, there it is, sitting tantalising there for you, teams.

My lips are sealed,

but one of you lucky teams will get to see it later on.

It could be priceless or worth a few pennies.

We'll be unveiling it later.

But, for now, it's time for Round One.

I'm going to ask ten general knowledge questions

and, quizzers, if you buzz in with the correct answer,

your picker gets to add a lot to your collection.

But beware - if you buzz in incorrectly,

you'll be frozen out of the next question.

Quizzers, remember, if you get the questions right,

your picker can get the best pick of the lots first.

So fingers on buzzers. Question number one.

Which country unveiled the fastest train in the world in...?

BELL

-Paul?

-Japan.

It is Japan.

The rest of the question is,

the fastest train in the world in 2015? Japan is correct.

Janine, first pick.

Can I take the picture, please?

The picture is yours

and it's on its way into your collection.

Well done.

Question two. Which TV series, set in Boston,

was named after the bar in...? BELL

-Yes, Paul?

-Cheers.

Cheers is correct.

..set in Boston was named after the bar

in which most of the action happened?

So, Janine?

Can I have the books, please?

The books.

They're yours.

Question three. Ne represents which noble...

BELL

-Yes, Paul?

-Neon.

..represents which noble gas? It is neon. Janine?

Um...the bust, please.

The bust is in your collection.

Question four. What type of winged animal was the mythical Pegasus?

BELL

Yes, Annette?

-Horse.

-It is a horse. Correct.

Janelle, you have a pick, please.

-Can we get the paintings, please?

-The paintings, yes.

They're going to start off your collection.

Question five.

Kimberly Wyatt and Ashley Roberts were both members of which US group?

BELL

-Yes, Annette?

-Girls Aloud?

Oh! Incorrect. Pussycat Dolls.

You're now frozen out of the next question.

Question six.

Which squash is traditionally used to make jack-o'-lanterns?

BELL

-Nina?

-Pumpkin.

It is a pumpkin.

Will, take a pick.

-Um...go for the necklace.

-The necklace.

There it is.

And it's started off your collection.

Annette and Janelle, you're back in now. Question seven.

Long Walk To Freedom is an autobiography

by which civil rights...? BELL

-Yes, Nina?

-Nelson Mandela.

..it's an autobiography by which civil rights activist?

And it is Nelson Mandela. Will, pick, please.

-The bottle.

-The bottle.

It's yours.

Question eight.

In which sport can you play a cuppy lie?

BELL

-Annette?

-Hockey.

Oh, incorrect. Golf. You're frozen out.

Question nine. How many chambers does a human heart have?

-BELL Paul?

-Four.

Correct. Janine, you pick.

The dish, please.

The dish is yours.

Annette and Janelle, you're now unfrozen.

The final question, question ten.

For his role in Forrest Gump, who collected the Best...?

BELL

-Paul?

-Tom Hanks.

Tom Hanks is correct.

..who collected the Best Actor award in 1995? Janine?

-The hammer and chisel, please.

-Hammer and chisel.

It's in your collection.

Let's see where we stand at the end of Round One.

Annette and Janelle, you've got the paintings.

Nina and Will, you have the necklace and the bottle.

And Paul and Janine, you have the picture, the books, the bust,

the dish and the hammer and chisel. Very good.

Well, our teams have started to build their collections

but, before they have the chance to add to them,

Kate is going to give each pair a fact about a lot of their choice.

Now, these snippets of information should give you vital clues

about what it's worth, so choose wisely.

You can choose one of yours,

one of an opponent's,

or something that's still up for grabs on the grid.

Janelle, let's start with you.

Which lot would you like to hear more about?

Can I hear a bit about the picture, please?

-The picture that is in Paul and Janine's collection?

-Yes.

Kate, the picture.

Giovanni Schoeman enjoys a quiet renown and a substantial

and very loyal following among private collectors.

This piece is called Coq D'Or

but is Schoeman an artist

that commands big money at auction now,

or is he an investment for the future?

Ooh!

Janelle, do you think that's going to be something to CROW about?

SHE CHUCKLES

I'm not going to say anything at the moment.

-Play those cards close to your chest, girl.

-That's it, that's it.

-OK.

Will, what would you like to know more about?

I'd like to know a bit more about the necklace.

So, Kate, the necklace, please.

The most valuable pearls occur spontaneously in the wild

but are extremely rare.

Cultured pearls are farmed from pearl oysters and freshwater mussels

and these make up the majority of those currently sold.

This necklace is made from cultured pearls -

a double row of them, no less,

all mounted on a nine-carat yellow gold,

oval, smoky quartz set clasp.

So that gives you all the information you need

to work out what it's worth.

-Does it, though, Will?

-You'll see.

-Ah!

They're playing their cards very close to their chest today.

Janine, what would you like to know more about?

The bust, please.

The bust in your own collection. Kate.

They were originally intended to recreate

the likeness of a specific individual.

Clearly, this one is slightly different.

It's from the Art Deco period.

Design has loosened a bit by then,

and pieces attempted to evoke a feeling or impression

rather than to represent the actual physical likeness of something.

Janine, that was really rather enticing, wasn't it?

-I'm actually more confused now than I was to start with!

-OK.

Now that you are a little bit, perhaps,

more clued up on today's lots,

let's give you the chance to add more of them to your collections,

bearing in mind that, at the end of this round,

the team with the least valuable collection will be eliminated.

Three more lots are now available to each pair and, this time, pickers,

you target a lot, and quizzers, you then try to secure it

by answering a question correctly.

But, in this round, the lots come with their own question categories.

So, for example, you might target the sauce boat

and I would ask your quizzer to answer a question

either from the Cake category or the Insects category.

Right, Janelle and Annette, you are up first.

So, Janelle, what's your lot?

Um...

-The stole.

-The stole. OK.

Annette, Classical Music or Ancient Egypt?

Really?

JANELLE LAUGHS

Ancient Egypt, please.

Ancient Egypt. Here's your question.

Which artefact famously became the key to decoding

the Ancient Egyptian language of hieroglyphs?

Ooh! Er...

-OK. I'm going to have to tell you. It's the Rosetta Stone.

-Ah!

Will, what would you like to choose?

-Let's go for the spoon.

-The spoon.

OK, Nina, Cakes or Sci-fi Films?

I'll risk Sci-fi Films.

OK, here you go.

Which 2007 Michael Bay film features alien robots

who disguise themselves as vehicles?

Transformers?

-Yes!

-Oh, my God!

-Transformers: Robots In Disguise.

-Who knew?

-Will?

-Go for it!

You've got the spoon. It's coming into your collection.

My son'll be pleased!

Janine, what would you like?

Oh, God, don't hate me, Paul!

-Sauce boat, please.

-Sauce boat.

Paul, Cakes or Insects?

Which I prefer to eat most?

It's got to be Cakes, innit!

SHE LAUGHS

Good man! OK. Here's your question.

The sponge in a Battenberg cake is traditionally yellow

and what other colour?

Pink.

-It is.

-Oh, that's your favourite!

-I love Battenberg!

THEY LAUGH

Janine, you get that sauce boat.

It's in your collection now.

-Janelle?

-Um...

Oh, dear! I don't want to get in trouble with my mum!

Don't worry about her. Let her sort that out.

-What do you want in your collection?

-OK.

We're going to go for the temple.

The temple.

UK Geography or Insects, Annette?

-I'm going to go for the Insects.

-Insects. Here you go.

What chemicals do ants emit in order to communicate?

Formic acid.

The answer I have here is pheromones,

but formic acid IS a pheromone, so we can accept the answer.

The temple is on its way to your collection. Well done.

Will, your choice. What would you like?

-Paperweight.

-The paperweight.

Nina, UK Geography or Football?

-Geography, please.

-Geography. Here we go.

Which island is separated from mainland Britain by the Solent?

Isle Of Wight.

It is the Isle of Wight. Correct.

Will, the paperweight is on its way.

-Give it up!

-Well done.

Janine, what would you like?

-The...stole, please.

-The stole.

Classical Music or Ancient Egypt, Paul?

Ancient Egypt, please.

Here we go.

Which Egyptian ruler was the last of the Ptolemaic dynasty?

Tutankhamen.

Incorrect. Cleopatra.

So the stole stays on the board.

Janelle and Annette, you have the paintings and you added the temple.

Nina and Will, you have the necklace, the bottle

and you've managed to add the spoon and the paperweight.

Janine and Paul, you have the picture, the books, the bust,

the dish, hammer and chisel and you've got the sauce boat, too.

OK, teams, your collections are growing nicely

but remember, at the end of this round,

the pair with the least valuable collection will be leaving us.

So, if you have missed out on that one item

that you want above all else, here's your chance to secure it.

There's one last lot available to each team and this time,

you can either go for what's left on the grid

or you can steal an antique that is in a rival team's collection.

But pickers be warned -

if you choose to steal from another team,

their quizzer will get to decide your quizzer's category.

Right, Janelle, do you want to target a lot from the grid

or have you got your eye on something in another collection?

I'm going to go for...

-the picture.

-JANINE GASPS

-The picture that is in Paul and Janine's collection?

-Yeah.

How rude!

THEY LAUGH

Now, Paul, to defend this one,

you can choose a question from any of those categories

for Annette to answer.

-Classical Music.

-Classical Music. Annette, here we go.

In Prokofiev's Peter And The Wolf,

what instrument is used to represent the wolf?

Violin?

-The French horn.

-Oh!

-Well defended, Paul. Excellent.

-The picture stays in your collection.

-Oh, that's charming(!)

And what I love is the maturity of our contestants(!)

LAUGHTER

Will, would you like something on the grid

or are you going to steal from someone else?

We're going to go for the books.

JANINE GASPS

Ooh! Also in Paul and Janine's collection.

Paul, defend again, please.

-Fashion.

-Fashion.

Nina, what type of clothing are Daisy Dukes?

Shoes.

-No. Incorrect. It's shorts.

-Oh, no!

Janine, do you want to have something from the grid

or are you prepared to steal something from an opponent?

I'm not that horrible.

Only because he'll get a choice of questions.

-I'm going to go for the handcuffs, please.

-The handcuffs.

OK, Paul, Classical Music or Football?

-Football, please.

-Football. Here's your question.

Which football team are nicknamed the Baggies?

West Bromwich Albion.

Correct. The handcuffs are yours.

That is it for Round Two and for one team, sadly,

it's going to be the end of the road.

We have calculated the combined value of your items

and the team with the least valuable collection will be eliminated,

taking their lots out of the game.

Janelle and Annette, you have the paintings and the temple.

Will and Nina, you have the necklace, the spoon,

the paperweight and the bottle.

And Paul and Janine, you have the picture, the sauce boat,

the books, the bust, the dish, hammer and chisel.

And you were the only people to get something in that section,

so you chose the handcuffs.

Kate has been keeping tabs.

And, Kate, who is leaving us first?

I now can reveal that the pair leaving us first is...

-..Will and Nina.

-I knew it would be.

-Oh!

-I knew it would be.

Before you leave, we want to have a look at what those are worth,

-don't we? So let's start with the spoon. Kate?

-The lovely spoon.

And actually, Nina, you were really impressed by the marks on this,

weren't you? You had a good look.

Yes, you thought the marks were significant.

You were absolutely right. Really clear.

They're known as bottom marks, actually,

cos they're marked very near the bowl of the spoon.

And yes, you thought it was old. It's Georgian, so you were right.

It's got significant age. It's actually in lovely condition.

Known as Hanoverian pattern,

because the end of the stem just tips up at the end.

But, actually, very affordable.

-£30.

-Oh, God!

-Good heavens!

Next was the bottle.

You had a good look at this.

This has got age, as you quite rightly thought. It was hand-blown.

-You had a good look underneath, didn't you?

-Mm.

Very well done because with glass and a bottle like this,

that's the first thing I would do.

This has a lovely patination to the glass. It's a super colour.

It's got that slightly aged look to it. It's in great condition.

The ones that make the top money are what's known as onion-shaped

and they're pretty rare.

This one isn't onion-shaped.

It's worth £50.

-Ah, the necklace, Kate?

-Well, this caused a stir.

A lot of you thought these are fake.

It's absolutely the real thing.

-Would you wear these, Fern?

-Um...

I actually do like them and I love smoky quartz,

so I think they'd be very pretty in the evening

or just with a shirt and jeans, you know. That would be lovely.

They are coming back, pearls.

They are rising in popularity.

Double row, it's a lovely choker, nine-carat gold clasp.

They are worth...

-£600.

-Are they?

Much more than we thought.

And the final lot that's leaving us

with Nina and Will's collection is the paperweight.

Now, this was your last addition and a very good one.

Nina, you mentioned millefiori.

We like it!

Literally meaning 1,000 flowers, that's the term to conjure with

when it comes to paperweights, so very well done.

This one is very much in the tradition

of the French paperweights of Baccarat, you think of Clichy.

But this is by George Bacchus & Sons, an English manufacturer.

It's lovely. It's quite rare

-and it's worth £800.

-Wow!

Not a bad call, then.

SHE LAUGHS

Well, some good choices in there. And the total value comes to

£1,480 - a sizeable amount.

-But not sizeable enough.

-But not quite sizeable enough.

-Not good enough.

-Well done.

-But impressive nonetheless.

So, Will and Nina, it's been wonderful to have you

but it is time now to bring the hammer down on your collection

and thank you for playing For What It's Worth.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

I think the top lot might be the books,

but I'm undecided totally about the picture,

-because I don't know enough about it, to be quite honest.

-Mm.

-I'm going to agree with him.

-Well, that makes a change!

SHE LAUGHS

And now, the unclaimed lots in the grid are also leaving the game.

So let's quickly find out from Kate what they were worth

and if the top lot is still in the game. Kate.

Well, let's start with the coffee cup.

You were so underwhelmed by this coffee cup!

Janine, you looked at it. No marks. No! You didn't like this.

I LOVE the coffee cup!

I was dying for you to ask me about the coffee cup!

This is quite tiny.

You wouldn't get much coffee in it but, of course,

in the 18th century, coffee was quite a luxury.

So, although it's small and hand-painted,

it commands a pretty chunky price

-of £450.

-Wow!

-OK!

Let's move on to the stole - the piece of lace.

Now, Janine, you looked at this quite carefully and you said,

"Well, no, it's not old because it's not discoloured."

This is 17th-century.

-ANNETTE:

-Wow!

It's French, it's in gorgeous condition.

Even if you don't like it as a piece of textile,

you cannot deny the intricate craftsmanship and the age

and that gives it a hefty price

of £700.

Well, we've lost the stole.

And the last lot that's leaving the game is the cup holder.

Well, it's a lovely piece of Mauchline ware.

Now, Mauchline ware stopped being produced in the 1930s,

when the last factory that produced it was burnt down.

Paul and Janine, you said it's a little holiday souvenir!

Annette, you noticed the Welsh on it

but you didn't really know what it was for.

Well, it IS a tourist piece, but it's incomplete.

It's lost its cup inside and here,

it is the lot which is worthless.

-Oh!

-So well done.

-You all steered clear.

-Congratulations.

That's a good thing to have out of the game.

Well, quite a number of interesting lots have left the game

but, as I'm sure you've gathered, the bottom lot has gone, too,

but more importantly, the top lot is still in play.

But whose collection is it lurking in?

Before we go any further,

Kate is going to give you another fact about a lot of your choice.

So, Janelle, what lot do you need to know more about?

-The books, please.

-The books, Kate.

English publisher William Pickering published this miniature

Complete Works Of Shakespeare in 1825.

They were the first publisher's bindings in cloth -

an innovation which had a rapid and profound impact

on the publishing industry.

This is the Diamond Edition, nine volumes in total,

that were issued with or without illustrations. This set is without.

So top lot or not top lot?

That is the question.

Janelle, does that give you anything at all?

They're interesting and it's something, personally,

-that I would like, regardless of cost.

-OK. We'll see.

Janine, what would you like to know more about?

The paintings, please.

The paintings that are in Annette and Janelle's collection.

Paul Jourdy was a French painter who was born in Dijon, 1805

and studied under the influential artist

Guillaume Guillon Lethiere.

This is a pair of oval portraits done, unusually, in pastels.

They are signed and are still in period gilt frames.

Hmm! Janine, is your instinct talking to you?

Yes, it is.

Interesting. Kate, thank you very much indeed.

Right, those are all the facts available to you,

so it's now time for our final round.

I'm going to give the quizzers a category.

They then take turns to say answers in that category.

For example, if I say, "Name me characters from Happy Days,"

you might say Fonzie, Paul,

then you might say Richie Cunningham, Annette,

then you might say Chachi and so on.

If you fail to give an answer, or if you repeat an answer,

or give a wrong answer, you lose that category and the opponent's picker

will be able to steal a lot from your collection.

Remember, it's the total value of your collections

that matter at the end of this round.

One high-priced lot could be more valuable

than your opponent's entire collection.

So, this round is all about defending what you've got,

as well as pilfering your opponent's lots.

There are three categories.

The pair with the most valuable collection at this point go first.

So, Kate, who is that?

Well, I can reveal

the team who currently has the most valuable collection is...

..Janine and Paul.

Aah! OK, Paul, you will start us off, and the first category is...

We are looking for any first name or middle name of the Queen,

her husband and their children. So, Paul, can you give me an answer?

Elizabeth.

Correct. Annette?

Andrew.

Correct. Paul?

Anne.

Correct. Annette?

Edward.

Correct. Paul?

Victoria.

-Incorrect.

-Argh.

You could have had Alexandra,

Mary, George, Arthur or Louis.

Phew! It's tough.

Janelle, get ready to steal from Paul and Janine's collection.

-I'm sorry, guys...

-No, you're not!

THEY LAUGH

Um, I'm going to go for the books, please.

The collection of books is on its way.

Annette, your turn next, and the category is...

Annette, can you give me an answer?

Australia.

Correct. Paul?

England.

Correct. Annette?

India.

Correct. Paul?

South Africa.

Correct. Annette?

France.

Incorrect.

Janine, what would you like to steal

from Janelle and Annette's collection?

-I'm going to take my books back, please.

-Are you?

Ugh!

Final category question.

..from Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Albums list.

Paul, can you give me an answer?

The Wall.

Paul, that is incorrect.

The Wall is on the list,

but it's at number 87.

If you'd had Dark Side of the Moon, also Pink Floyd,

that is within the top 50. I'm so sorry!

Oh, Janelle and Annette, are you going to steal those books back,

or go for something else?

I think I'm going to stick with the books.

That lovely little collection of Shakespeare books

is going back to you.

That's it, your collections are now fixed

and will determine which team is victorious.

It's time to find out who are today's winners. Kate?

What a nail-biting round! Well, I can reveal, after that,

the team with the most valuable collection

and the winners of today's show are...

..Janine and Paul.

Annette and Janelle, you have played so well,

our huge commiserations to you.

-But you want to know, don't you, how much...

-Yes!

-Yes!

..how much are your lots worth? So, Kate?

Let's start with the temple.

This was a good spot and, actually,

it's a model of the Temple of Venus, which is in Rome.

It's sadly in ruins now.

It's made of bronze and it's got that lovely patination

where you can see a little brass colour coming through.

It's not signed,

but it has a value of £200.

Wow!

On to your pair of pictures.

Now, you went straight in and bagged these very early on,

which was very smart.

When it comes to the most commercial subject in pictures,

children are about as good as it gets.

They are beautifully done and Jourdy is well recognised

in Art Sales Index, so these have a very hefty price

of £1,750.

Wow! Well spotted, girls. Well spotted.

And now, finally,

these hotly-contested miniature Shakespeare books.

The books! They went backwards and forwards and back again,

everybody wanted the books! They are cute, aren't they?

Their miniature size, their excellent condition

make them highly collectable.

They have a price tag at auction

of £1,250.

Wow! You did pick well.

So the total value, Kate, is...?

So, the total value... You did extremely well.

Your total value is £3,200.

Pleased with the day's work?

-Even though you can't go home with the money!

-Yes.

I'm pleased, definitely.

Janelle and Annette, it is time

to bring the hammer down on your collection, I'm afraid.

Thank you so much for playing For What It's Worth.

-BOTH:

-Thank you.

I don't think much actually went wrong for us.

You answered fantastically.

Um, we just didn't get the top lot - that's it, really.

Well, congratulations, Paul and Janine, you played a blinder.

You have built the most valuable collection

and you are today's winners,

and now all that remains is for you to claim your prize.

All you have to do is pick a lot from your collection

and we will give you its value in cash.

As you will have deduced,

the top lot is hiding somewhere in your collection, but can you spot it?

Have a chat and decide which one you'd like to choose.

-I think it's either...

-The picture or the bust?

Between the picture or the bust, yeah,

we can get rid of everything else.

I... I was...

That picture, although I don't like it,

I do think...

..from word go, I thought that's been the one.

I must admit, if it looks horrible, it's usually worth money!

But if it's the bust, I'll be gutted.

But I'm going to go with my instincts.

-And I'm not listening to you this time!

-OK.

-OK.

-Have you decided?

-We have. Well,

-I

-have!

-Yeah.

And, Paul, are you agreeing with her?

Well...if not, it's going to be an interesting train journey!

THEY LAUGH

-No, I agree as well.

-OK, Janine, tell me what lot you're picking.

We're going to pick the picture.

The Coq d'Or. Now, before we tell you what it's worth,

Kate, please can you tell us the value of the lots they have rejected?

Yes, let's have a look.

The tools, the hammer and chisel.

They are old, they're 18th-century.

But does the age mean a hefty price?

Not that rare.

Actually, only worth £80.

Hmm!

Next, you had your eye on this, Paul.

You were right about that date letter.

Bang on, it's Elizabeth II in date.

Look at that lovely cast fruiting vine round the edge.

That should give you an eye for quality.

It's worth £350.

-Mm!

-Next, it's the sauce boat.

Now, this is my idea of a good lump of silver.

This shouts rococo, it's 18th-century.

Look at that C-scroll handle. That's what you look for in rococo.

Look for the wavy edge,

the lovely hoof feet, which gives it a hammer price

of £500.

-OK, it's gone.

-The bust...

Look at the style of it! It is oozing Art Deco.

But it's quite small, isn't it?

And it's not signed. So, it is just Art Deco in style.

Price tag...

£100.

-Oh! Do you feel relieved, Janine?

-Yeah!

You were worried about that one. OK.

And the final lot that's gone must be the...

handcuffs, which was the last thing you took from the grid, isn't it?

Yeah.

They look like your average pair of early 20th-century handcuffs.

But there are various factors that can affect the value of an antique.

Mm!

And provenance is one of them.

And I was DYING for you to ask me about these handcuffs.

But who did they belong to?

The famous escape artist...

-Houdini.

-..Houdini.

He did have more than one pair,

but they do not come to auction very often.

And the Houdini factor gives them a price tag

of £2,500, which is our top lot today!

How extraordinary!

Nobody asked about them, nobody was bothered.

The one and only reason that I picked them was

because of categories that they linked to,

cos I was just looking for questions that I knew he'd be able to answer!

Whoa! And there they were.

Well, they've gone, Houdini's handcuffs have escaped.

But we have got the picture of the golden cockerel.

So, Janine and Paul, would you come and join me

to take a closer look at your chosen lot?

It's a funny thing, isn't it?

You may think that you've got something

worth perhaps a small fortune, but before we tell you its value,

we are going to tempt you with today's mystery lot.

-Kate, would you like to reveal?

-Shall we have a look?

I'm going to very carefully...

..reveal it for you.

Tell us about it.

In 1899, Queen Victoria decided to send a gift,

a tin of boxed chocolates,

to her troops serving in South Africa in the Boer War.

It was intended that every soldier and officer should get a box,

for what amounted by the end of 1900 to 123,000 tins.

This is an original one and, unbelievably,

it still has the chocolate, untouched, inside.

That changes it! That's incredible.

And actually, in the antiques business,

that's what we call good condition, because it is untouched.

-It still smells chocolaty!

-Does it?

-Yeah.

With a hint of mould!

Yeah, you can get the cocoa in there!

All that's left for you to decide is whether to stick

with your picture, or to dump it in favour of today's mystery lot.

What is your gut telling you this time?

Talk us through what you're thinking.

-You like social history.

-I do like social history.

But it is still only a tin...

..which was given to thousands...

How many would be left with the chocolate in, though?

Yeah, but how would that make it...?

I know a lot of people would keep them,

but I mean, it's 115 years old.

Oh, shall we just go with the mystery lot?

-I do like social history. We'll go with the mystery lot.

-Definitely?

Definitely. Yeah.

-You're both agreed?

-Yes.

You have chosen today's mystery lot. Let me pop it back there.

Now, Kate, just to prolong the agony,

please talk us through the value of the Coq d'Or.

Well, it does have a certain appeal to it, doesn't it?

I mean, you said you actually really don't like it,

but there's something about it.

It LOOKS like metal.

It could be bronze, it could be brass.

Well, Schumann contributed to the development of a technique

called cold-cast resin.

He took powdered metal

and mixed it with resin to give the appearance of a metal.

-And that's what we've got here.

-Oh, OK.

-So, it's worth...

-£150.

-Ohhh!

Phew!

Oh, right. OK.

But you're right, it could have been 1,500, who knows?

It could have been.

Right, so you're quite relieved you've now chosen the chocolate tin.

-Yeah.

-All right, Kate...

-I hope!

..what about the value of the lot they have chosen?

Well, who wouldn't like a tin of chocolate, hey?

It's pretty incredible the chocolate's still in it.

But how many were made?

123,000.

That's quite a lot.

And they do appear fairly regularly at auction.

Unusually with the chocolate still in it,

but that still gives it a value...

of £125.

THEY GASP

Unbelievable!

-Oh, well.

-Oh, well.

You know, I would go with chocolate every time!

Janine and Paul, you've been so good and you've played so well.

-I hope you have had a good time.

-We've had a brilliant time, yeah.

Well, you are going to go home with £125, which is a lot of chocolate!

It's been lovely to have you.

And, Kate, thank you very much for lending us your expertise

and we look forward to seeing you again soon.

And we very much look forward to seeing YOU again soon,

when we see three more teams pit their wits

to win the cash on For What It's Worth.

We'll see you then, bye-bye.

Oh, that was unbelievable!

Houdini's handcuffs, who would have thought it? Really!

They were tiny!

I thought they were going to be a child's prison or something!

SHE LAUGHS

-We've learnt something new.

-Houdini's handcuffs!

-Yeah.