Congleton 9 Bargain Hunt

Over the years on Bargain Hunt,

we've seen many a loving couple's relationship challenged

by the rigours of finding bargains.

So, we're not going to muck about with a tried and tested formula.

Today, in Cheshire, we're going to give you the Full Monty -

a 60-minute programme, so there!

So, my lovelies, let's go bargain hunting! Yeah!

We're scouring the antique shops in Congleton today

and the teams have £300 to buy three items in 60 minutes.

But, today, we've changed the rules a tad,

and I'll be asking our experts to find, not one,

but two bonus buys and, then, I'll tell them which one

I think is going to bring the biggest profit...

or loss. And will the teams decide to take them?

And who will be right and who will be wrong?

But let's have a quick squint first at what's coming up.

The Reds get all sentimental...

I love it, because I originate from that area

and I remember these things. I'm that old!

-My father worked for this brewery all his life.

-Wow.

..while the Blues just have a good time.

-Hold that to your face. Look at that!

-I love it.

I know what's going to happen.

SHE PARPS HORN Oh, God!

But before I give too much away, let's meet the teams.

Well, on today's programme, we've got two teams of loving couples!

For the Reds, we've got Roy and Gail and, for the Blues,

-we've got Andy and Ginny. Hello, everyone.

-Hiya.

-Hello.

Now, Roy, it really was love at first sight for you, wasn't it?

-Yes, it was, yes, indeed.

-Tell us the story.

Well, I was working in the United States and needing a car,

so I went shopping for a motor vehicle.

So I went into the dealership late on a Saturday and, suddenly,

out of the showroom, came this stunning redhead.

So, what's the chat-up technique?

"I'll buy this car if you go out with me?"

-That's very near to it!

-Really?!

-Well, not quite. No, not quite.

Is this a common or garden thing in America,

when single British men go shopping for cars?

No, I was standing in the showroom and my boss came up and she said,

"There's a customer out there, go help him." I said, "I can't.

-"There's just something about him."

-Really?

As soon as I went out there and he opened his mouth and said,

-"Hello," it was just like...!

-Really?

Was it the voice that did it first? No, cos you'd seen him first.

It was the voice and the little smile.

Yeah, that little naughty English smile! Good.

And how are you finding life in the UK, Gail?

This is going to sound stupid, but I love it. I love the rain,

I love the temperature, cos where I'm from...

-Are you all right?!

-..it's 108 degrees and you can't even breathe.

-So, nice to see a bit of soft English rain.

-Yeah.

I'm going to give you £300 in a minute. Are you spending the lot?

-Yes, every dime.

-Every dime! Gosh, do I love this woman.

I see exactly what you're on upon here, Roy, I really do!

OK, fine, and good luck.

-Now, Ginny, Andy came to your rescue and swept you away.

-He did.

-Is that right?

-Yes.

-I'm already feeling mushy.

Tell us about it.

Well, we met in the not-romantic setting of a pub and, then,

like, a few days later, I fell off my bike and Andy came and rescued me.

-On your push-bike?

-Yes.

Were you seriously smashed up when you hit the deck?

-No.

-She was just playing on it.

-Oh, was she?

-Yeah.

-You secretly wanted to make that call, didn't you?

-Yes, there you go.

-Now, Ginny, you're very creative in your spare time.

-I am, yes.

So, tell us about that.

I've got a studio in Liverpool city centre,

which I share with some artists. I just love painting,

so I paint on big canvases, like, big abstract pictures.

-And do you ever sell them?

-I do, yeah, every so often,

I do to private collectors, yeah.

Andy, you have a lot to do with good causes, don't you?

Well, me and Ginny both do, yeah, through our work.

We work for a company called Incredible Fundraising,

which we started not so long ago. Ginny's done really well.

She's found herself in a position where she's fundraising manager

and also recruitments manager for the company, and I've

recently just became the training manager for the company, nationally.

-But we, you know, love a challenge.

-You love a challenge.

Well, you know you're going to have your challenge today, don't you?

You're going to get your £300. This is the money moment - £300.

There you go, Gail, £300. That's a lot of bucks.

You know the rules, your experts await, off you go

and very, very, very good luck.

What fab teams we've got today.

And fab experts...

because, today for the Reds,

and trying to not scare away the dealers, is...

..and hoping to hit the bull's-eye for the Blues, we have...

Come on, Roy and Gail! What are you doing?

Hi, Jonathan! Jonathan, we got carried away!

What do you think you want to buy today?

What sort of things are you after?

Oh, a lovely piece of silver with probably a Chester hallmark.

OK, yeah, local.

-Maybe something maritime-y.

-Oh! Maritime-y! Good thinking.

-Because of...?

-Because of my background in sailing and

because we're from Liverpool. Well, I'm from Liverpool, anyway.

-What about you?

-A diamond-encrusted brooch.

-I don't know

if our budget will stretch that far,

-but I'll try! Diamante!

-Yes!

-Let's go looking for that, then!

-DAVID:

-'Ginny, what about you?'

-Sparkly, glittery things.

-Something that's nice.

-Oh, you look sparkly and glittery and nice,

-so we're practically there. OK, are we ready?

-Yep.

-Yep.

-60 minutes.

Andy, you lead the way, that way. Ginny, follow him.

Ships ahoy, then, teams. The clock has started.

Gents watches are, generally speaking,

the watches that sell best.

Remember, we're going to Liverpool and Liverpool's a maritime city

and watches were, obviously, used as navigational tools.

-Just to give you an idea of what the market's quite good for.

-Yes.

That's just what the Blues are thinking, JP,

and they seem to be making an early mark on proceedings.

-These places are snug. Shall we call them snug?

-Yes.

In other words, you're going to fall over stuff.

All that's sectioned off. Do you know why?

-No, I don't know why.

-Well, because each unit is owned by an individual.

Oh, right, so they rent the space.

Exactly, they rent the space and they put the stuff in.

And, I've got to tell you, here, I'm among stuff that I generally like.

-Yeah.

-I don't know about you. Is there anything shouting out at you?

-Maybe the Etch A Sketch!

-THEY LAUGH

I know it's not maritime, but...

Etch A Sketch?! Oh, my goodness me!

The only thing I've noticed is it's missing a knob.

-Yeah, it is, but I'll tell you what it does have.

-OK.

Well, you can tell me, Ginny, what it does have,

that is quite exciting in the toy world.

-The packaging.

-Yes, yes,

which is much rarer than any missing knob.

I think it's pretty uber-cool.

I mean, date-wise, what are you thinking?

-I would be thinking maybe...'70s? Ginny?

-What do you think?

-Similar, maybe

-'60s. OK, I'm going to say

-'60s. Yeah?

-Maybe even '50s.

-Really? That old?

-Yeah.

But I'll tell you what's really interesting about this is the back.

Here we have the instructions in English and then, look at this...

-"Made in Canada, under license..."

-French-Canadian.

-French-Canadian.

-OK, that's quite special.

-Yes, I think it is.

The fact that's a Canadian version for the French-Canadian speakers,

as well as the English speakers, I think makes it a bit rarer.

It could make you 20 or 30 quid just for the box.

Yeah, I think we should go for it, definitely, a nice early one.

-Do you fancy it?

-Yeah, I do.

I think we should try and get a bit of discount, shouldn't we?

-Yeah.

-Definitely.

-And I spot a lady over there

and I would say that she's an antiques dealer.

-Hello.

-Hello.

-Can you help with a little bit of discount here?

-I will try my very best.

-Priced up at an astonishing £5...

SHE GASPS (£5!)

-And you want discount?

-Yes, please. What could we do?

The very best would be £3.

-Fantastic. Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

-A pleasure.

-First purchase. Well done.

-Yay!

High-five. Well done, you.

Hey! You've drawn a line under that one, Blues. Well done.

Meanwhile, the Reds seem to be looking for a cuppa already.

Can you imagine having one of these in your kitchen?

Quite!

The fashion at the moment, to have one of these big kitchens

with breakfast room, with sofas,

you could have it pointing to the cooker almost from the other side

of the room, and this, presumably, is from a station, I'd guess.

Yes, definitely. Definitely.

This enamel on it...the livery maybe pushes towards a certain region,

-do you think?

-Midlands.

-The Midlands Railway, is it?

It's not in the best condition, is it? Cos round this side, you've got

a couple of little...almost like someone's had a shot at it

with a pellet gun.

-Is it the same that way, too?

-Yeah.

-It's rather pricey.

It is, but they are sought-after, any of the original enamel signs.

I have to say, you know, I've got a smile on my face here,

I have to say, these things are such features, and you can sell features.

Do you think we could get that for more like the 80 than the 180?

Madder things have happened! You can try!

-With these things, it's all about what they've paid for them.

-Yes.

If they think it's been hanging there a long time, you know,

and it didn't cost them much...then they know that, maybe,

it's too much money. But, it might have just hung up there.

I love it, of course.

I originate from that area and I remember these thing.

-I'm that old!

-I think that if you don't buy it now,

I'm going to buy it for myself at home.

I feel the same way!

-No, I really like it, I really like it.

-It'd take up my whole kitchen.

I'd like to think that somewhere around £100 would be great.

-I'd like to try for it.

-Go for it. I'm going to step away.

-TRADER:

-Hello.

-Hello.

We're interested in this sign.

The condition is a little bit scratched,

but where do you think we could be with this?

It's showing us 180, which is a little bit steep.

Well, I think in the right sale, it would make a lot more than that.

-Really?

-Oh, yes.

And, yes, it has got a few condition issues,

but signs, in general, often do. 150?

I would have really liked to get below the 100, if possible,

-to give us a real chance.

-Can't do that. We paid more than that for it.

18?

-118, 118 to give you a chance.

-Good! Thank you,

thank you very much.

Thank you very much, indeed. I appreciate it.

Well, if you don't ask, you don't get,

and if anything points to a bargain, that does.

-Now, you mentioned maritime.

-Yeah.

-OK, I've just seen something...

Can you see it, Ginny? ..with a maritime feel to it.

-This thing here?

-No.

-No.

-Oh, yeah!

-Ginny...

-Sorry!

-..let me give you a clue.

-There's an anchor!

Look for the anchors!

Yeah. Shall we have a look at that?

-Yeah.

-Ginny, what is that?

It looks like a sewing box!

It's a brand, a trademark, isn't it?

So, Clark & Co, the trademark anchor,

it's a Victorian mahogany box made in about 1880

and it's the kind of thing

that would sit on a shop counter

and sell Anchor sewing cotton.

What do you think about the price of it?

Well, it's 225. It's a lot of money. Yeah, it is.

Although, we've only spent £3! So, you've got a bit of leeway!

Is he normally this tight?

I'll leave this one up to Ginny, I think,

because the influence was from myself last time.

-It's all right, though, but...

-Oh! It's all right. That's not good.

We shouldn't go for it, if you're not 100%.

Not if it's all right, but it was interesting to look at.

Not to worry.

Never mind, David. Not so much a spanner, but an anchor in the works.

But what's JP going to say to those Reds?

So, what did you do?

-We bought it.

-Oh, brilliant!

I was hiding round the corner. How much?

-118.

-£118.

That's very good, yeah. OK, not silver, not jewellery,

but it's a great start. Come on. Let's keep going.

Great start, indeed, Reds. That's one happy camp.

Speaking of which...

Before we leave our little cell, where we've been very happy,

-haven't we...?

-Yeah.

-..for quite some time...

Anything else you want to look at?

-Something caught my eye over there.

-OK. Come on, Ginny.

-OK.

Oh, I say! OK, talk to us. You know what, Ginny? That is so you.

Look at that! Hold that to your face.

Look at that!

-I love it.

-OK, tell us about it. What do you think it is?

Art Deco-y, Lalique-y?

I can't even tell if it's glass or plastic, to be honest,

but they're just hanging wall lights, aren't they?

And how many of them are there?

-Five.

-Are they in good condition?

Eh, they look a bit...yeah.

So, how old are they, then, if they're Art Deco?

-It'd be like 1920s.

-Do you like the look of those?

-Yeah, absolutely, yeah.

-Can I handle it?

-Mmm, of course.

-Are you a big Art Deco fan?

-I am, yeah.

Ginny actually brought me into it when I first met her, kind of thing.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-So, the question is, are they period Art Deco?

-Well, the glass shade, to me, is.

-How about the fitting inside?

Good question. I'm feeling it's all right.

-Ginny, can you pass me one more?

-Yeah.

-There we go.

-Do you want me to hold the other one?

Yeah, thank you. I mean, look at the style there, I mean, that is

-positively sci-fi, isn't it? Flash Gordon...

-Absolutely.

-Did you ever

-watch those black and white movies?

-I did, yeah.

-I did as a kid, yeah.

-I think they're absolutely drop-dead gorgeous.

-Yeah, yeah.

-OK, Ginny, back to you. So, this is bling-y and it's shiny.

-Lovely.

-Does it tick all your boxes?

-It does, definitely.

What sort of house could you see them in?

Our caravan!

-Definitely! They're so amazing, aren't they?

-OK, how much are they?

-It's got £125 for all five.

-You know what?

I think they're an absolute bargain, I really do.

But we should try and get a little bit off.

We'll get a little bit off. Ginny, what are your thoughts on price?

If we get it for £100, that'd be great!

But I think these are amazing. I think they're a bargain as it is.

I think so, but we need to get a bit of a discount,

so we'll just ask over here.

Hi, any chance we could call the dealer?

Yeah, I'll give him a call and see what we can do.

Any idea what you want to pay for them?

-80 quid?

-We'll see what we can do. I'll find out for you.

-OK. Well, I mean, 80 would be fantastic.

-Yeah, it would.

-But we'll pay 100, we'll pay 110, won't we?

-Yeah.

Ah, right, OK, here comes the news.

He said his best price would be £100.

-I can safely say that's a done deal, isn't it?

-Yeah.

Would you mind calling him back, thanking him very much, indeed.

-Will do.

-Really appreciate it, thank you.

-Cheers.

-Ginny, you're a star.

-Yeah.

-Well done and well done you, as well.

-Yeah.

-Two distinctly different purchases, but don't you think

we should get out of here and explore the big world?

Yeah!

I think you should, Blues.

The shops are your oyster, or, should I say, clam.

Good spot, Ginny. Now, has JP gone back to prehistoric times?

What is it? Dinosaur tweezers, I think!

But, look at that, all the wear to the end

and all this discolouration, this pattern here, you know it's old.

And the label says it's an old saddler's clamp.

Anyway, these are sort of the ideas

and I do have expert buys to buy, of course, as well.

The silence says it all, Jonathan.

-It's not so quiet on the Blue front, though.

-This is interesting!

-I know what's going to happy.

-We've got to do it.

-SHE PARPS HORN

-Oh, God!

If you had to buy something in here,

what sort of things draw you? You know, interest you?

-That.

-The dragonfly?

-Yeah.

Well, I'm a bloke, so, I don't necessarily see it,

but if you like it, then others will, too, so maybe go for it?

-OK, onwards.

-Onwards?

That's you told, JP!

Now, I just want to give you an example of how time flies

-on Bargain Hunt.

-Yeah.

-Do you know how much time you've got left now?

20 minutes?

No! 12 minutes.

-Oh-oh!

-Oh-oh!

-I know, yeah, yeah.

We need to stop gassing on about stuff, don't we?

And start really focusing it.

Spot on, Harper. Stop the gassing!

Those 12 minutes won't just hang about, you know.

Has JP found something of interest for Gail?

I only noticed these from a distance,

but the Chinese market's a funny thing.

At the moment, everyone thinks the Chinese market is porcelain,

but they also buy old things like amber and they buy things like

jade, and, again, you've got, up the top here, coral beads, as well.

-£25 it says.

-I love that coral.

-Yeah, isn't that pretty?

-Is it your colour?

-Yeah, it's my colour.

I mean, it's probably stained coral.

It's a bit of a punt, You know, it's not going to make £200.

-It might make £30 or £40.

-OK, let's go for this.

-Shall we go for this?

OK, brilliant. OK, purchase number two on the way.

Do this belong to you?

If you could maybe talk us through what you might be able to do.

Let's see what we've got on those.

The best would be 20.

-I say £20 is sensible.

-OK, all right, we'll take it.

Are you happy with that?

-OK, thank you very much.

-Thank you very much.

So, all calm with the Reds.

Well done, Gail, that's your second item bought.

But it's not so calm in the Blue camp.

Are you feeling the pressure, Andy?

-I'm struggling a little bit here, David.

-Don't worry, don't worry.

-Have you got anything?

-No.

-I'm just going round and round now.

I'm just going round in circles.

-I mean, for the money that's on sale...

-OK, that's silver plated.

-Silver plated?

-Well, it's £8, isn't it? And it's worth £8.

-It's not worth any more.

-OK.

So, as the Blues go round and round in circles,

the Reds know exactly where they're heading.

-You've got your eye on something else.

-Yes.

Let's go and have a look. Come on.

Now, what's David hunted out? Could he be the knight in shining armour?

We've got something really out of the ordinary here.

-Oh, wow! Chess. A chess table.

-It's a low coffee table.

-It could be described as a bit of a touristy thing.

-A bit tribal-y.

It's a bit tribal-y.

Something like this.

So, it would have more meaning to the person that bought it in Africa,

probably West Coast of Africa.

-Asante people, good at carving.

-Yeah.

It's not ivory, it's bone, but, with a chess set, it would be kind

-of cool.

-That would look good in the caravan as well!

-Yeah, it would.

-Would it?!

-Yeah, we always play chess.

-Do you, do you?

-Yeah, Ginny's teaching me at the moment.

-I'm, like, game mad!

This is probably a good thing to have, yeah.

-Well, we have seven minutes left.

-Well, I say yes.

-Hold your horses, Ginny!

-OK, you say yes, but say it's £3,000?

Oh, yeah! We don't know how much it is! Oh, here we go.

-How much is it, David?

-Let's have a look. You don't even know!

-It's £55.

-55 quid. Well, personally, I think that's quite cool.

-Yeah.

-It's a low table. It's not ancient.

Certainly African, probably 1960s, something like that. So, it's made

for four people, even though you've got two people playing chess,

but you've got four stands here, for drink.

So, it could be a bit of a social thing, as well.

I'm going to go with it. I think Ginny definitely likes it.

And considering the timescale, as well, I think

we should definitely take it up, yeah.

Let me see if I can get a bit more off. Back in a second.

Fantastic, lovely.

Well, they seem pretty convinced, David.

It could be checkmate for the Blues, but what's caught Roy's eye?

Jonathan, I just wanted to point this out.

-This celebrates the 200th anniversary of Bass Brewery.

-What year is this?

-This beer would have been produced in 1977.

-Oh, OK.

-For the anniversary.

-It's from my home town of Burton upon Trent.

-OK.

-And my father worked for this brewery all his life.

-Wow.

Have you drunk much of it?

HE LAUGHS Yes, I have.

I think everybody knows that the triangle was

-the very first registered trademark.

-Oh, OK.

In itself, it's quite unusual to find one

still available after, what, 40 years?

So, it's your home town and your father worked there all his life?

-Yes.

-What was he doing there? Was he actually a taster?

-No, he was a plumber.

-Fantastic!

Well, look, they're not asking a great deal for it.

-It's collectible, he's going to have internet there.

-Right.

-We haven't got any time left, we're talking seconds. Go for it.

-Oh.

See if you can get a deal on it, come on. See if we can find him...

What a great connection, Roy.

It's so lovely when you find something

with a sentimental meaning.

-Right, I've got a price.

-Go on.

-And we've got three minutes to do it!

-Right?

-No pressure!

Best price £45.

-Let's have it.

-OK.

-Shall we?

-That's a great price, yeah.

-Andy, put it there. Come on, you.

-Yes.

-Absolutely marvellous.

Thank you very much. And we've got three minutes for a nice cup of tea.

-Ah, brilliant.

-On me, come on.

-Thanks, let's do it.

Last of the big spenders, eh?

Well done, Blues, but will it be drinks all round?

How did Roy get on?

-£7. It's past its sell-by date, isn't it?

-It has.

I mean, you know, hang on a second there! We're not going to argue. £7.

That means the job's done. We've got seconds left.

-Well done, both of you.

-Thank you.

-Thanks for getting through it so smoothly.

-Thank you.

Well, I'll send the bill later!

He's joking by the way.

But that's it, teams, you both shot right down to the wire,

so let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought, eh?

The vintage enamel "Refreshments" sign cost them £118.

JP's beady eye spotted the coral necklace for £20.

And Roy was really taken with the bottle of vintage Bass pale ale,

which cost £7.

Well, how was that for you?

-It was great!

-Was it?

-It was good fun, really, really.

You spent how much in total?

-145.

-That's a good number.

£155 of leftover lolly, then. Have you got that, Gail?

-No, Ian is in charge of the money.

-He's in charge of the money?

-Well, that's lovely, isn't it?

-Yes.

-So, you're in charge of aesthetics.

-Yes.

-And which is your favourite piece?

-The sign that says "Refreshments" on it.

-That's your favourite?

-Mm-hm.

-OK.

-And do you agree?

-I have to agree. The railway sign, yes.

All right, and is it going to bring the biggest profit?

-Yes.

-It's a major investment.

-Yes.

-OK, fine, and you agree with that?

-Maybe!

-Well, tell us what you think is going to bring

-the biggest profit, then!

-The necklace, the coral necklace may do,

-percentage-wise.

-Percentage-wise. Yeah, well, there you go.

That's why he's in charge of the money!

Nice returns, anyway, jolly good.

Well, here you go, 155, JP, and, on this special day,

you're going to get an additional, special bonus buy £100 to spend,

so, two items, please.

-Yeah.

-Which is, I think, quite a challenge, isn't it?

Yeah, you're going around, you see things out of the corner of your

eye, you're trying to take notes as you go along of what they're like,

and then you ignore all that and just buy what you find!

Nothing changes, then(!) Good luck. Have a nice cup of tea

and we're going to check out right now what the Blue team bought.

'Let's hope the bidders get drawn into

'the boxed Canadian Etch A Sketch

'which cost £3.'

£100 was paid for the set of five Art Deco-style,

chrome, framed wall lights.

And, finally, they spent £45

on the African carved hardwood occasional table.

OK, you two lovebirds.

-Well, you left the last bit to the last minute, didn't you?

-Yeah.

-We certainly did.

-OK, Andy, which is your favourite piece?

-My favourite piece would probably be the Etch A Sketch.

-Oh, lovely!

That's great. Super. And do you agree with that?

-I prefer the seashells.

-Seashells?

-Yeah.

-OK, that's great,

-and are the seashells going to bring the biggest profit?

-I think so, yes.

-I agree, actually. Yeah.

-Best thing to agree. Anyway, good.

-How much did you spend?

-148.

-Yeah, 148.

-I'd like £152 of leftover lolly.

-152.

152, that's quite a substantial amount, isn't it?

That's what we call a wage, Tim.

You could buy most of the antiques centre for that!

-And to add to the problem...

-No!

I'm going to give you another £100, which is the special bonus buy £100.

-Not the special bonus buy?!

-It is the special bonus buy,

-two bonus buys for you to source now, David.

-OK.

-Maximum profit, all the confidence is running with you again.

-100%.

Anyway, good luck with that, seriously,

and you can relax up now, which is great, for a bit.

Now, David, you must, if you wouldn't mind, please, when you've

bought your two bonus buys, just drop back to me and show 'em, eh?

-I'll look forward to that.

-Good.

Well, we're all looking forward, which is lovely and, in fact,

I'm going to look forward to showing you something that

I found a little earlier on my travels.

Well, this is an interesting group of objects

that I found in a fair about an hour's drive from Congleton.

What grabbed me about this, is the design.

OK, fine. It's a utilitarian stainless steel object.

The fact that it's got a handhold at one end is unusual and, of course,

it means that you can use this thing for a great variety of purposes.

Technically, a fruit bowl, but you could put anything in it,

really, something that you want to hand around to your guests, perhaps?

In fact, if things got really bad and there was an invasion,

you could put it on the top of your head and turn it into a helmet.

Always good with these things to have a squint

at the bottom, though, and it says "18/8 Stainless",

so, it's made of stainless steel, but what's this 18/8 business?

That is the mark that tells you the proportion of chromium and nickel

inside the stainless steel.

Stainless steel comes in a variety of grades.

Some of it can tarnish,

some of it is suspect to certain acid attack,

and this is a good quality which is suitable for use

with all edible products, so, basically,

you can put anything you want to eat in it.

And underneath that, it says, "Denmark",

and, of course, the Danes in the late '50s

and '60s were leading the charge

when it came to mid-20th century design

and then there's a little monogram, MG,

and I can't tell you at this point in time which Danish manufacturer

that might be, but it doesn't really matter,

because, the style and design is what this stuff is all about.

This was made around about 1962

and it would have sat in one of those uber-fashionable

'60s interiors that have come back on trend, and it would only cost you

the stainless price of £15,which is not a lot when you think about it.

What do you think about these?

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Six.

One, two, three, four, five, six. There are six.

Six delightful, late-20th century stainless steel Danish designed

egg cups. When did you last see egg cups that could stack?

But, with this lot, they all fit together

and get out of the way until you're ready to boil up half a dozen eggs.

All I can say though is that they are extremely practical

and, I think, very attractive.

I would love to have a boiled egg out of one of these.

And, funnily enough, like that, I've produced a boiled egg!

Does it sit sensibly?

Yes, it does. Isn't that great? Well, almost as great as the price.

You got it, £15 for the six.

Now, that's what I call double-yolker!

MUSIC: "I'm So Excited" by Pointer Sisters

Our experts get egg-cited, as they hunt out their two bonus buys.

JP's got £155 of leftover lolly from the team's shop.

Has he found them a winning pair?

This is my expert buy for Roy and Gail.

A pair of little trophies, lovely sweet little handles,

rather small, but it's the inscriptions I liked about them.

A little picture of a gooseberry, OK?

And it's the gooseberry growers. I paid for these... £25.

I think there's a small profit in it - and maybe more.

So, that's Jonathan's leftover lolly team bonus buy bought.

But what about the special £100 bonus buy?

Has he found some Victorian silver?

This is my special bonus buy.

It is a little Victorian glass and silver mounted inkwell.

It dates from the late part of the Victorian period.

It's priced at £110.

I've actually secured it for £85 and I think it'll make me

a little profit, too.

Let's have a nosy, then, JP.

You had £155 of leftover lolly for the team's bonus buy. Is this it?

-That's it, yeah.

-Well, we can have one each. Talk me through this.

OK, I saw these in a cabinet and it just...

I looked down and I was intrigued. I thought, "Well, what is this?"

And it's got a little fruit, and then it's got the name,

and it's got "Gaytime, 1956" and I thought, "They look fun."

And they're little trophies for gooseberry growing competitions.

Didn't you know about the great Cheshire gooseberry growing centre?

-I do now!

-Do you know where it all happens?

-Cheshire!

-In a place called Goostrey.

-Oh, does it?

-Yes.

A little village called Goostrey,

-they have these gooseberry championships.

-That's probably why.

-Well, isn't that amazing?

-So, you're quite right.

There we've got the gooseberry, look.

And on mine, I've got Leslie Pearson, right? Is yours 1956?

-Mine's 1956 too.

-Who got it?

-Eva Clarence.

So, they must have had a trophy for female gooseberry growers

-and male gooseberry growers for the variety Gaytime...

-Absolutely.

-..would be my guess.

-I think you're absolutely right.

Anyway, you had £155. How much did you spend?

-£25.

-For the two?

-For the two.

That's £12.50 each and they're solid silver

-and they commemorate that very special Cheshire occasion.

-Yeah.

OK, well done for that. So, that's the team's bonus buy.

-Now, the special bonus buy is this fellow.

-Yeah, my extra £100.

I didn't read the label in the cabinet

and I was convinced it was an inkwell. I got it out.

The label says it was for hatpins, which I'm not convinced of.

-No, no, no.

-You don't store hatpins with a hole in the top like that.

-I like inkwell.

-I like inkwell. It's what it is. It's an inkwell.

The thing that struck me is I can see the marks nice and crisp,

and the letters in a shield, which is that nice Victorian period

-and that latter part of the 19th century in the

-'70s. Yes.

Diamond cut and just nice quality.

And do you know why it's got that big hole like that?

Cos, at that time, it was all quills.

I mean, you'd use this for a dip pen of some sort.

I mean, you need to get it in there

and just wipe it off on the edge and, if you make a bit of a mistake,

a bit of a whoopsie, it's going to gather it, and then dribble back in.

Nice! I gave you £100. You couldn't have spent more than £100.

How much did you spend?

I had to negotiate it under £100, but I got it for 85.

-Did you? That's a pretty good buy, actually.

-Good.

Now, my next job is to determine which is going to bring

the biggest profit, and I think it will be the old gooseberry trophies.

What do you think? £30 profit? £40 profit?

Something like that. Anyway, thank you very much, JP.

Right now, though, let's find out how poor David Harper's getting on.

Ha, ha! Well, I suppose he's not that poor.

He's got £152 to spend for the team's leftover lolly bonus buy

and David is beside himself.

I am absolutely in love with this box, for so many reasons.

It's 19th century, it's Chinese,

and it's lacquer and it's decorated with lovely scenes

of a wise man being served by his servant and it cost me 28 quid.

It's so wonderful to see David's passion shining through,

and that's not the end of it.

What's he found for his special £100 bonus buy?

Something to get hung up on.

You know, sometimes the strangest, most blandest objects

really get me excited and I can tell you for nothing

that this little contraption is really getting me excited.

Made from blown glass, with really good metal mounts,

and it is a towel rail.

And the best thing is, it isn't just one towel rail...

No, Mr, it's two towel rails.

-Well, David Harper, you are extraordinary.

-Do you think so?

Tell us about your old lacquer box.

Well, that is so me, Tim, it's unbelievable.

It's a 19th-Century Chinese lacquer work box.

Nice condition on the body,

it's got a little bit of wear on the gilding, but it's got two problems.

First, the interior...

Well, it doesn't have one!

THEY LAUGH

-It's like empty.

-It's soulless, completely.

We know it should have had little compartments in there.

And then, if we turn it over onto its side,

so we can look at the back, we can see three holes in each corner...

-Oh, yeah.

-..which, as you know, there would have been

a lovely carved lion bracket foot on each corner.

-Something to elevate it, yes.

-And it would have been a stonker.

You do get a semblance of how good it is on the back, don't you?

-You do.

-I mean, if you look at the scene itself,

with that nice oriental lying amongst a whole load of objects

with an animal below them...

-There's an awful lot going on there.

-Yeah.

Trouble is, it's in terrible condition.

It is...yeah, thanks for that!

Well, it's the truth of the matter, isn't it, really?

Cos they gave you £152, right?

Well, if this was in brilliant condition, all fitted up

-and what not, it's £1,500 box, isn't it?

-Oh, absolutely.

So, its way out of your region, but, it is what it is, so, how much?

-£28.

-Is that all? Well, well done for that.

-Thank you.

-Now, the £100 special bonus buy.

-Yeah.

-Which is these two fellows.

I'm going to grab one of those. Oh, isn't that heavy?

I, absolutely, am in love with these things. Aren't they good?

-So, technically, towel rails.

-What would you use them for?

Well, I've got a few bow ties I could hang on that,

I have to tell you.

THEY LAUGH

But they're bought at store and display, I have to tell you.

But glass, David, that's rare, isn't it?

Isn't that good? And certainly dating to the 1920s.

Once upon a time, plated, do you think?

There's a bit of nickel there, a bit of copper there.

Absolutely, it would have been nice and bright and silvery,

but, you know, they've aged over the last 80 or 90s years nicely.

But what they ooze, Tim, and I hope you'll agree, is extreme quality.

Yes, and very much 1920s things. Very on trend, Deco towels rails.

Anyway, I gave you the 100. I bet you had to spend the £100.

-I did not, I spent half of that.

-£50.

-£50.

-In perfect condition.

Phew! I think they're absolutely fabulous.

-If I had a hat on, David, I'd take it off to you.

-Would you, sir?

What about the wig?

Hey!

So, there we go, then, £50 spent on those.

My job is to determine which one is going to bring the biggest profit.

-Yeah.

-And I fancy that the object for the biggest profit has to be

-the Deco towel rails.

-Oh, good.

Well, I'm pleased you like them, I really am pleased you like them.

-I knew you would.

-Well, that's brilliant.

Thank you very much for that.

It'll be most interesting to see whether the teams either

go with them or don't go with them. Or which one they go with.

It'll be fascinating to see. Anyway, brilliant. Thank you very much.

And while all these items get packed off to auction, we're going to take

a breather to visit one of the most gorgeous houses in the South West.

Cotehele is a magnificent Cornish home, which was rebuilt

by three generations of the Edgcumbe family

between the late-15th and mid-16th centuries. In the mid-1700s,

it began to acquire a reputation as a rather fine Antiquarian house.

Just imagine...the date is 1789,

the whiff of revolution is everywhere throughout Europe.

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are clinging precariously

to their throne, but here, in sleepy old Cornwall,

Lord and Lady Edgcumbe are preparing for a very special visitor.

On the 25th August 1789, King George III and Queen Charlotte

visited Cotehele, as part of a journey around Devon and Cornwall.

The royal couple arrived by river, during a whistle-stop tour

that lasted a little more than an hour.

Intriguingly, Queen Charlotte kept a journal describing her visit

to Cotehele.

She says that they repaired upstairs and ate a hearty breakfast,

and it's thought that they came into this, the old drawing room,

to eat their feast.

When in the room, she described and admired various pieces

of ebony furniture and, for me, my favourite piece is this armchair.

It's of a type that's called a Braganza chair,

after Catherine Braganza and, in her dowry,

when she arrived in the 17th century before marrying Charles,

came various pieces of Indo-Portuguese furniture,

including a type after which this chair is named.

It could date from as early as about 1650 and, because it's made

of solid ebony, it doesn't patinate quite like any other timber.

And it could have been made either in India on the Coromandel Coast

or on the island of Ceylon.

The top rail is carved above a balustrade filled with these

lovely mini curlicue columns.

And then a drop-in seat, but no ordinary seat this,

it's covered in woven horsehair.

Underneath that, the front rail is a pair of dragons, each of them

with a long snaky tongue.

And all supported on beautifully turned barley twist type legs.

If you fancy a bit of wood carving,

I suggest you don't go for ebony, cos it's extremely hard,

and this chair could not possibly be covered with more intricate

and difficult designs to carve.

But it wasn't only the chair that Queen Charlotte

wrote about in her journal.

She also mentioned this fine cabinet.

Because Queen Charlotte describes specifically this

cabinet as ebony...

Well, she was wrong, cos if I take the full front down, you can

see an elaborate interior that is all lovely honey-coloured walnut.

And, actually, all the exterior was this nut-brown colour,

except the family painted it, they ebonised it black,

so that it would look like the rest of the ebony furniture in this room.

So, they fooled a queen, except that she was right to admire the cabinet

because it is a tour de force of the Italian walnut carvers' trade,

carved with figures all the way around the outside.

The interior is very fancy.

We've got lots of cupboards and drawers and,

if you open the middle cupboard,

there are a couple of drawers inside. Those, in turn, pull out

to reveal an interior that's got some secret boxes.

If you wanted to keep something away from the nosy relatives

or the burglars, these would be the places to stash the cash.

The big question today, of course, over at the auctioneers,

is how much cash are our teams about to stash?

Well, it's been a year or two since we were last

in the fair city of Liverpool, but it's a treat to be back.

-Thank you very much for having us, Adam.

-That's a pleasure.

It's nice to have you here.

First up, then, for Roy and Gail is the vintage "Refreshments" sign.

-Yes, I quite like that.

-British Rail.

-Yeah.

I don't know how you find this stuff,

but there are interior designers who love these things.

They're quite cool, aren't they?

And there's a demand for anything railway connected, particularly local

name plates and the travel posters associated with rail travel.

And signs are also popular.

The refreshments sign is, I think, a relatively common one,

but I estimated it at £50 to £80.

£118 our lot paid, which is quite a lot, actually.

I think it is a bit, isn't it?

The trouble is, it's a bit chipped and it's not particularly special.

-It's not like a destination plate.

-No, that's right.

Anyway, £118 paid, so that might be just a bit too much.

-Now, the coral beads. They're brand Harry Spankers.

-They are, they are.

Anyway, there we are. How much?

In my view, that belongs in a box of costume jewellery. £20 to £30.

-Cos you think, really, it might make a £5 note?

-Yes.

-OK, our team made £20.

-So, they're going to be lucky to turn a profit,

-really.

-I think so.

-And talking of turning a profit,

you've got this small bottle of ale.

-It's commemorative of a moment in the brewery's history.

-Yeah.

-In 1977.

-They didn't just make that one, though, did they?

No, no, no, they didn't. Big deal!

It isn't as though it's a special brew,

it just happens to be what came off the production line in 1977.

200 years of bass and the labels are ripped.

-I wouldn't have thought the ale would be any good, either.

-No.

But you'd put an estimate on it?

5 to 10, but I don't go lower than a tenner, normally.

£7 was paid, I think just for the fun and novelty of it all

and, who knows? They may get away with a small profit,

but I'm with you with that, Adam. In fact, for both of those pieces.

They're definitely going to need one or t'other of the two bonus buys,

so let's go and have a look at the expert showing them them.

Now, R and G, Roy and Gail...

This is exciting, isn't it? Two bonus buys from JP.

JP, show us what you bought.

Right, I know Gail liked her metal.

Yes.

-I bought you...

-A whole lot of metal!

Now, Roy and Gail gave you £155 for the team bonus buy.

What did you buy with that amount?

I bought the two little trophies for £25.

Have a little handle of that.

Now, the interesting thing about it is that

these are gooseberry grower trophies.

These are 1950s trophies, it says "Gaytime",

which we've worked out to be a variety of gooseberry.

So they're unusual things.

And that is where an inscription helps the value.

-And how much did you pay for those?

-£25.

-For the two?

-For the two.

-Are they silver?

-Yes, they are.

English, hallmarked, sterling silver.

Where do you think it will go, price-wise?

-They might double their money.

-Super.

-Well, that would be nice, wouldn't it?

-Yes.

-Happy with that?

-Yes.

So, next, Jonathan, with £100 of special bonus buy cash, what did you buy?

Obviously, I bought this. You can work that one out! £85.

Late Victorian glass and silver mounted inkwell.

Cute little thing, diamond-cut, nicely made.

It didn't have a top on it?

No, we think this might have been for use with a quill.

How much do you think it will bring at auction?

I think you'd probably bank on it making between £80-£120.

-OK, well, that's good. Any other questions you want to put to JP?

-No.

Because your moment to pick either one of these - you can only have one

or neither of them - will be after the sale of the first three items.

OK? As per normal. Right now, though,

let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about JP's bonus buys!

Two bonus buys, that's the team's bonus buy.

The gooseberry championships.

I think these are rather sweet, aren't they?

I think they're charming. Absolutely charming. But, do you like 'em?

They've had a bit of a scratch, but I do think

they're quite nice little trophies. £20-£40, I think.

£20-£40, fair enough.

Now, the special bonus buy is that fellow, a period piece of silver.

Late Victorian, 1895.

It's OK, isn't it? I think I'd put £40-£60,

-it should make that, it might make touch more.

-OK, £85 paid.

Not sure it'll make that much.

No, and the prediction is from me that

the gooseberry trophies will bring the biggest profit.

Anyway, that's it for the Reds.

Now the Blues. Etch A Sketch.

-Did you ever have one of those when you were a nipper?

-No.

-OK.

If I'd had one, it might not have had... I've just noticed!

It doesn't look entirely original, does it?

OK. That is estimated at how much?

Well, we've put £10-£20.

£3 paid. That's that, then.

Then you've got five of these shell wall fittings, three showing, look.

Do you rate those, for five?

They're not my taste, I think they're just post-Deco '50s,

but they're quite stylish. They must be worth a tenner each, so 50 quid.

-OK, £50.

-I've put "estimate of 30-50".

Well, if you think they might make 50,

they need to make twice as much, because the team paid £100.

-I think that would be lucky.

-That's a bit of a killer.

And their last item, over there against the back wall,

is the heffalump coffee table, my least favourite object.

What's your estimate on that?

£30-£50, I think you'd be lucky to get that, really.

-It's a piece of tourist ware, isn't it?

-£45 paid.

That's about 20 quid too much for me.

Mmm, I think they need to pack up their trunk for this. And go off to the circus.

Anyway, thank you very much, Adam.

It's a dead cert we're going to need one or other of the bonus buys,

so let's go and have a look at the expert showing them, them.

So, Andy and Jilly, this is exciting, two bonus buys

and David Harper is going to reveal

what you spent the £162 worth of leftover lolly on,

for the team's bonus buy.

Team's bonus buy, and two very different objects.

Ooh, I like that.

Why do you like it?

-Gothic!

-Ooh, well, it's...

I can see the blackness of it, yeah, it is.

It's a Chinese lacquer box.

Missing its interior. It would have been for your lady's sewing box.

Lots of different compartments in there. 1820-1840, I feel.

-What do you reckon?

-Yeah, I do like it.

-Yeah.

-Do you?

-Yeah, it's lovely.

£28.

-OK.

-Lovely.

-£28.

-That's a really good price.

You had 162, you spent 28.

Fair enough. Ask him how much profit.

-How much profit do you think, David?

-I think £30-£50, might make 60.

-OK.

So, £100 for the special bonus buy was therefore spent on these chaps.

Absolutely. Different ball game altogether.

-What are they?

-Yes, exactly!

-They're towel rails.

-OK!

Dating from the 1920s and '30s. Absolute glamour.

Glass arms, really well made.

-Very good condition, actually.

-Yes.

They are. Very specialist. You will never find those things ever again.

That is the wonderful thing about this piece.

-Ask him how much.

-Here we go!

-You're so horrible!

-No, I'm not!

-How much did you pay for them?

-I paid 50 quid for the pair.

Now then, how on earth do you value those things?

I wouldn't be surprised if they certainly made 100.

OK, well, that's the truth of the matter,

then, for the two bonus buys.

It's going to be difficult for you to choose.

You can only pick one of them or none of them,

at the moment after the sale of your first three items.

But right now, for the audience at home, let's find out what

the auctioneer thinks about David Harper's bonus buys!

Right, Adam, one team bonus buy, lacquered box.

Yeah, it's showing its signs of age, isn't it?

-I'd like to see an interior in that, wouldn't you?

-Yes.

At least it's an antique, strictly speaking.

-How much is it going to bring?

-20 quid, probably. 20-40 estimate.

OK, £28 paid. And now we've got these very heavy, I don't know,

there's something of quality about them.

They're quite stylish.

It would probably cost you a good deal at a salvage yard if you were fitting out a Deco house.

I would imagine they'd be quite expensive.

I think they probably would be. What is your estimate in the sale?

Unfortunately, we're an auction room, we put £20-£40 on them.

OK, £50 paid.

They are actually my prediction as to which of the two

are going to bring a bigger profit. Although I'm not so sure now.

MUSIC: "Move Any Mountain" by The Shamen

Thank you very much.

-How are you feeling?

-Excellent.

-Are you?

-Yes.

-Confident?

-Very confident.

-Very gung-ho.

-Yes.

-Well, that's great.

-The railway sign is your big number, isn't it?

-Yes.

£118. He's put £50-£80 on it as an estimate.

All I can say is that railwayana and railway signs,

I've seen them make loads of money.

But they tend to relate to stations and destinations. But who knows?

A very smart double-sided enamel

railway station "refreshments" sign there.

Always an interest in railwayana.

I've got bidding here at 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 already.

At £100, I'll take ten. At £100, on the right tracks here, at 100.

-Oh-ho-ho!

-Glad you're listening!

At £100, any advance on 100?

120, 130.

-Yes, very impressive.

-Yes, yes!

140 bid.

At 140. At 140, any more at 140?

Will you bid me 150? I'm selling now, £140, are you all done, then?

Well done, Roy. That is plus £22.

Now, next is your graduated pearl necklace.

There we go there, £20 for it?

£10, the necklace. £10, there we go.

£10, down there, don't be embarrassed, sir. £10 is bid.

At £10, I'll take 15, bid at ten. At £10 only now. At £10.

Selling then, at £10.

15 in front? At £15. Any advance? 20. 20 in the room.

At £20 and selling. At £20, at 20.

Very good. £20. Wipes its face.

Now, here comes Bass.

The bottle of Bass, commemorating 200 years of Bass, 1777-1977.

Give me a fiver?

I've got a pound online!

Two in the room. At £2. Three in the room, look at this!

Four, now, the tension builds. Five.

Where's the 40?

-Keep going.

-Five, we're down here!

At £5, £6!

Oh, go on, seven!

Dare you to drink it, at £6!

LAUGHTER

At £6, I'm selling at £6.

Ah, bad luck. £6 minus £1 means you are plus £21.

That is, nevertheless, I have to tell you,

a pretty good place to be in, is £21. Certainly is good.

Now, what are you going to do, then, about this bonus buy?

Do nothing and keep the £21, yes?

Which is an option.

Or, go with the gooseberry trophies. Cost £25.

Or, go with the silver inkwell, cost of £85. Or, do nothing.

-Stay.

-Stay? You don't want to go with either?

-No.

Do you not like the gooseberries? What's the matter with the gooseberries?

-I don't know...

-Is that because you are anti-gooseberry or is it

-because you don't like them?

-I don't like 'em!

-You don't like 'em?

-No.

-OK, fine.

We're not going with the gooseberry job

and we're not going with the inkwell. Is that the message?

We're going with nothing, we're sticking with the £22.

Well, I have to tell you, we're going to sell both

of the rejected bonus buys and, if they make a profit,

-singly or together, that profit will go to charity today.

-Excellent.

So, we're going to sell them anyway,

and the first ones coming up are the gooseberry trophies.

-And here they come.

-Here we are, miniature gooseberry trophies.

Aren't they quite sweet? They would hold the prize-winning gooseberry.

What about those? £20 a pair?

Gooseberry trophies. £10 a pair.

Sell, for goodness' sake.

Online at 10. 15 in the room.

At £15 in the room. At 15.

Any advance on these now?

£15. The gooseberry trophies.

You're hovering online. Bid me now.

I'm selling in the room at £15.

Uh-oh.

£15 is £15.

Interesting story behind those.

I have to tell that they were my prediction that they were

going to bring the biggest profit, and they didn't. That's minus £10.

It'd be mine as well.

Now, the inkwell.

Late Victorian. John Grinsell

and Sons of London, 1895.

And I bid at £40. At 40.

Is there five now? A £40.

Is there five? Five. 50.

Still with me. At 50.

Anyone else on this inkwell now?

At £50.

Five. 60. Five here. 70 now. 65.

Him in the cap at 65.

Is there anyone else?

-Come on.

-At £65. Are you all done?

70, seated. Five? No.

Second row at 70.

Anyone else now at 70?

I'm selling then.

Bad luck. £70 is minus £15.

You two cool cats did exactly the right thing.

You didn't go with anything. You parked your £21.

That's £21 is your total.

It could be a winning score, so don't say a word to the Blues.

Reluctantly, at a tenner.

Andrew, Jenny, been chatting to the Reds?

A little bit.

About how they got on?

-Do you know how they got on?

-No.

-Good.

The Etch A Sketch, which I think is fascinating, it's in English

and French, which is a hoot, really.

It's not in great condition. It's £3. It's a bit of a laugh.

He's put 10 to £20 on it.

He's thinks you'll be lucky if you get a couple of quid for it

because it doesn't matter.

The Etch A Sketch, there.

w£10 for the Etch A Sketch.

Fiver. Five is bid. At £5.

I'll take six, just this once.

At £5 only.

Selling at a fiver.

At £5. Six at the back.

There we go.

£6. The lady at the back.

Six English pounds.

Too late.

£6.

Which is plus £3. Thank you.

Lovely.

What's going to happen with the wall lights?

Crown frame wall lights

with the shell moulded shades.

Five of those and I bid 40. Five.

50. Five. 60. Five online.

65 now.

70 in the room. 70 in the back.

At £70. Five online.

80 at the back. Five now.

-Here we go. Come on.

-£100. 110.

-120. 130.

-That's a profit.

-Woo-hoo!

160 bid.

And selling now at £160.

That's 60. That's the number.

Well, he might not like Etch A Sketch, but we made a profit.

African coffee table.

Maybe £30 for that. 30.

£20 for it.

20 bid. On five online. At £25

-online.

-If we make a profit...

At 25. All done.

Any advance on this?

30 if you want. At £25, internet.

At £25.

£25. It's minus £20.

Which you had 63, you've not got 43.

But 43 is a good number.

That's fantastic. What are we going to do about these bonus buys?

You don't need to bother at all if you don't want to.

What do you think?

On the other hand, you don't know how the Reds have got on.

You do know how much profit or loss the Reds have made.

So this is the dodgy moment for the Blue team.

Cos if you stick, and they've made more than £43, you won't win.

But on the other hand, if you twist and you go with either or them...

you'll risk your £43.

-I think it will be a bit of fun to go with it.

-Go on, then.

-Which one?

-The Chinese...

-The Chinese box.

Chinese box. No towel rails.

No. We'll go for the Chinese box.

-Chinese box for £28?

-OK.

-Fine. The decision is made.

We're going for the Chinese box.

I can tell you that the auctioneer's estimate is 20 to £40.

So you're in the frame there, Dave.

And the tubular glass, the estimate is 20 to £40.

We're going to sell them anyway.

And if they make a profit, that profit will go to charity.

First up is the box and here it comes.

The lacquered box. £20 for it.

Come on.

19th century lacquered box for £20.

£10 then. On the front.

15 in the corner. 20, the lady.

Five at the back. 25 at the back.

30 in the front row.

Where's five now?

We're 35, in pink.

At 35, it's the lady's bid.

At £35 now.

That's £7.

-Well done. That's marvellous.

-Thank you.

My prediction was that the glass towel rails were going to

bring the biggest profit. So, we're going to sell them.

If they make a profit, the money will go to charity.

But first of all, they've got to make more than £50.

-Here we go.

-These are very smart.

The Art Deco glass,

tubular towel rails.

Imagine how much they would cost you

at a salvage yard or something like that.

I could see a big tag on those in the right place.

I've already got interest at 50, 60, 70 and £80.

At 80. Take five. 80's bid.

Mixed feelings.

Very stylish things at £80.

Are you all done then?

I'm selling them at £80.

£80 plus £30.

But actually, you went with the £7 profit which gives you

overall plus £50, which is

a very respectable amount of money to be wandering away with.

It could be a winning score. So don't say a word to the Reds.

And rather nice we're going to be able to donate the £30 profit,

from the rejected special bonus buy, to charity.

-I'm not offended in any way.

-Of course not.

No, no. Perfect. How could you possibly be offended?

You're a genius.

Bid at £30.

50 here on the third row.

Well, how lovely is this?

Two teams of substantial winners on Bargain Hunt.

-Now, have you been chatting, you lot?

-ALL: No.

Well, that's good, isn't it?

Cos you're both going home with folding money,

which is absolutely marvellous.

And it's simply the scale of the winnings today which sorts you out.

And runners up with substantial winnings though today are the Reds.

The Reds are going to go home with £21.

There's your £20 plus another little one coming along.

A little shrapnel of money.

You made nothing on the bonus buys, but then you didn't go with

either of the bonus buys because you're very cute, you two, and cunning.

You ain't going to get tempted by anything that JP came up with,

even though there were two of them,

and you made the right decision anyway.

And it was bad luck on you, JP, I have to say.

You made the right decision, but sadly you are the runners up

because the victors today go home with £50.

-Yes!

-£50.

-Which is lovely, isn't it? That's a little wodge.

-Lovely.

And you came so close to getting your golden gavel,

where it not for the elephant table,

which is a shame, wasn't it? But never mind about that.