Derby 61 Bargain Hunt

What do you get if you take two teams who have to buy three items

and you have two experts who have to find two bonus buys?

You get one excellent, one-hour special programme.

So, let's go bargain hunting, yeah!

And today, we've changed the rules a bit, because I'm going to be

asking each of the experts to find

not one, but two bonus buys.

And then, I'm going to be giving my opinion on which one is going

to be the most profitable. But which will the teams choose?

And who will be right?

Them or me?

And here's a quick taster of what's coming up here in Derby today.

-Reds are like headless chickens...

-Go, go, right.

-Where do you want to go, that way?

-Come on, then.

While the Blues prove easily excitable.

Yes!

But who will steal the winning prize at auction?

-Tim, tell us what to do.

-Just tell me.

-I can't tell you, you've got one lot to go

and you've got to make a decision.

Let's meet today's teams.

Today, on the programme, we have students who are friends -

Toby and Charlie. And for the Blues,

we have friends who are also teachers -

Julie and Sue.

-Hello, everyone.

-ALL: Hello.

-Good to see you.

Now, Tobes! It was the Church that drew you together.

It was indeed, yes. I was on a gap year

and I came back from a ski season,

and Charlie here was leading a boy's Bible study group in my lounge

with my younger brother and his friends.

And I turned up and there he was, sitting in my lounge

-with a nice cup of coffee...

-Yes, you thought, "What are you doing here?"

Yeah, I was a little bit taken aback. I thought, "Who's this guy, taking my place in my house?"

-Not an immediate Christian thought, anyway.

-Well, maybe not, but, you know...

Yeah, and we just sort of hit it off, met up for lunch a few times.

And we've been sort of bessies since, haven't we?

-It's a very romantic tale.

-And what are you studying?

-Human Geography and French at Aberystwyth University.

-Are you?

-Yes.

-Now, Charlie, you're studying, apparently,

an MA in Theology at St John's Theological College in Nottingham.

-That's it.

-Tell me more.

-I read Theology at Nottingham University

and then I moved on to St John's in Nottingham to study an MA

-whilst training for the Ministry as well.

-So, when you finish your training,

-you will be a curate?

-I will...

-Simultaneously?

-Yeah, I'll be an ordained man who carries an MA with him everywhere he goes.

What do you know about antiques, Tobes?

-Um...

-Anything? Honestly?

-A few things.

-Like what?

-Me and Charlie quite enjoy...

-Lalique glass...

-Do you? You enjoy it?

-We enjoy looking at it.

-Oh, looking, yeah. Have you ever bought a bit?

-Not yet, we're hoping to today.

-Oh, really?

I have a collection of Toby mugs as well.

-Well, you would do, wouldn't you?

-Yeah, absolutely, which I got my grandmother.

-Have you got any Charlie mugs?

-No Charlie mugs, no, no.

-Just a mugshot.

-Charlie, do you know anything about antiques?

-Nothing at all really.

-On that basis, you'll do terribly well...

-Brilliant.

-Thank you very much.

Now, moving on. Girls, you have been friends for...

it says here 50 years, but then, you did meet as children.

Well, yes. We met at the age of 11

and we've been friends for 49 years.

-So, if you're very good at maths...

-Yes.

It's a very significant birthday for both of us this year.

Yes.

-You wouldn't know...

-Not at all.

-Not at all.

And you both went into the teaching profession?

Yes, I started in 1975 and I feel

very privileged to have had

the opportunity to have an influence on many young lives.

You like writing ditties for special occasions, don't you?

I have, I did one for my son's wedding,

and, Tim, I've done one for you today.

Then let's have it!

OK, here we go!

Oh, what a joy to be here on this spot,

with Bargain Hunt presenter Tim Wonnacott.

His dashing good looks and his bright dickie bows make him

recognised by millions, wherever he goes.

Today, we're hunting for bargains galore to take to auction

and sell for LOADS more.

With an expert by our side,

how can we go wrong?

See you later, Tim. We won't be long.

There's an invitation. I feel like going back to school, actually.

Anyway, good. Now, Julie, you are also a member of the teaching profession.

I am. I've loved my career.

I've taught for...how many years? 40 years almost now.

And I've loved nearly every day.

-You're also frightfully keen on travelling?

-I am, yes.

Got married in Las Vegas and that started a travelogue of going

to different places around the world.

And each year, on our anniversary, we do the next letter of the alphabet.

-That's a fun way of going about it, isn't it?

-Yes.

-And how are you going to get on as a team today?

-It'll be a laugh a minute, whatever.

-Absolutely.

-And you won't be nervous at all, will you, or anything like that?

-Oh, no.

-No, no, no. OK, fine. Well, now we've got to the money moment.

£300 apiece, you know the rules. Here you go. You know the rules,

your experts await, and off you go!

And very, very, very good luck.

Oh, Lordy.

Now, let's meet our experts.

Studious Nick Hall will be keeping an eye on the student Red Team.

And teaching our Blue teachers team

how to gallop ahead is Jonathan Pratt.

-Well, here we are, guys. We're ready to shop, yeah?

-BOTH: Yep.

-Students against teachers.

-Fired up, yeah.

-OK, we're going to go to

-the top of the class, aren't we?

-I think so, yeah.

-What are we looking for today?

Well, I'm quite into vases and I hear the Asian market is

-quite strong at the moment.

-Asian vases suits me.

Right, ladies, we're here at the fair - what do you want to buy?

-Something of good quality that's going to appeal to lots of people.

-Good.

-What do you like?

-Always glass, 20th-century glass, anything we've got.

Spot on, let's go and find some.

And I'd perhaps like a piece of glassware with silver.

OK. Right, well there's lots to choose from. I think we should go shopping.

Come on, let's go.

Right teams, your 60 minutes starts now.

Wait for school bell, eh?

BELL RINGS

Go, go, right. Which way do you want to go, that way? Go on, then.

Make your mind up, gents.

OK, OK. So, what have we got here, then? This looks like a nice...

-Actually, look - Asian vase.

-Is that Asian, Nick?

-No, it's English.

-Quality handmade in the UK.

-Oh, we don't want that.

There's a clue there, isn't there?

She's a bit glam, isn't she?

I haven't go my lippy on today, so I'm not...

I can't compete with that, unfortunately, today. Definitely not.

There's a sort of striking resemblance.

Jonathan, what a star you are.

Charmer.

-What have you found?

-Moser tumblers.

-OK, um...

-What is Moser?

-Moser is a factory, a designer.

-It's not Asian, is it?

No, but it's glass.

-It's good 20th-century glass.

-Is it Lalique?

-No, it's Moser.

Moser is the name of the designer, the factory,

the manufacturer, as is Lalique for their glass.

-OK.

-What does it say on the ticket? How much?

225 quid, Nick.

Right. Possibly a little steep for auction purposes.

-Good retail price, but it's not what we want today for the auction.

-You reckon?

Keep looking, Reds. Now, from one piece of glass to another.

That's very traditional. It's sort of...almost Victorian in style.

But I wanted to see what the label was, and the label says Val Saint Lambert.

Val Saint Lambert's a very good French glass factory.

-I mean, feel the weight of that.

-Oh, gosh.

And how sharp that is. You squeeze that and you'll probably... you'll probably bleed.

-Yeah, you can...

-Would it appeal to you, Julie?

-I don't know.

I'm picking up something, putting it in front of you, and I get an idea you might not...

I won't point anything else out that looks at all like that.

-No.

-OK, so point taken, thank you very much.

Well, that's them told by Head Teacher Jonathan.

This is a little ringing bell, isn't it?

-Yeah, you twist the top.

-You twist it?

-Well, that slightly doesn't matter...

-Yeah, the mechanism's gone a bit funny.

-That's going to lose a lot of profit...

-So what's it on for?

-It's on for 60 quid.

-Yes.

I'll tell you what, I'll give you 20 for it, because it's a bit broken.

-Do me 30, and it's yours.

-25 and I'll shake... No.

-20!

-20, and I'll throw...

-25, and he'll shake your hand.

-Got my hand there, 20 and I'll shake your hand.

-I'll do 25.

-Brilliant.

-Do you want to do it?

-Yeah, although we should ask Nick.

-Where's Nick?

Yes, you should, lads.

Ask your expert before you get carried away.

Nick!

We've just bought something by accident.

-It doesn't stand out at me, though.

-No.

No, it doesn't stand out.

Nick, Nick! Come on!

-What ARE you two up to?

-Look, we've got this, right?

-They've just bought it.

-It's nothing...

-£650.

-No, we haven't bought it.

-I wouldn't doubt that for a second.

-It's not real silver, is it?

-The base is silver.

-Hallmark silver?

-Yes. The base is hallmarked.

-And the top?

-Chrome.

-Right!

There's a chance, then, the top might have been damaged and replaced with a non-silver part.

We don't know that, it seems to fit very well. How much is it?

-Well...

-25 quid.

-We made a deal with 25.

25... Is that the very best?

-It's priced at 60.

-20.

-Gosh, was it?

-I can't do 20.

I tell you what, if it was 60 and it's down to 25, you have done well. You don't need me.

We do need you, Nick, because we need to know whether this 25 is going to make us any return.

'You can tell they're students, can't you?'

It's a nice little object. If you want it, buy it.

-I think you're safe.

-25 quid?

-Job done.

-You know what, I'll meet it in the middle - 22.50?

-I can't...

-25!

-All right, shake my hand.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

These two seem to be a couple of eager and cheeky chaps - 10 minutes

into the shop and they've made their first purchase, well done!

Meanwhile, the Blues are on par with Jonathan.

-Jonathan.

-Yes?

The gold golf pin.

-That's nine carat gold.

-Yeah.

-That's quite nice.

That's a nice little pin for a golf captain's wife, or something.

-So it's nine carat gold.

-It is. I rather like that.

I quite like that as well.

Let's see what it says.

It's got the age...

It's just about 100 years old.

It's got the little ball still attached to the bottom.

Could me make an offer on it?

-Go on.

-30?

Too low.

-32?

-Five?

-Oh, 32?

-No, 35.

-£35?

£35.

-35. 35?

-Yeah. Yes, I think...

-Do you like that?

-Yes, I do.

-And you really like it?

-Yes!

-So you're going to buy it?

-I'd wear that myself...

-Yes!

-We'll buy it.

-Thank you very much.

-ALL: Thank you.

-Yes!

Calm down, Sue, it's only your first buy.

But the pitch works well, and shooting straight down the

shopping fairway, you're certainly on the right course, well done.

The Reds seem to have divine guidance - there's no Nick in sight.

What kind of price are we looking at in these kind of things here?

Prices start at £10.

-So that one... £22 for that.

-What are they?

Old Topton ware, named after a village in Derbyshire.

Oh, really? Is that where you live?

No. They're never made there.

Hand-painted, tube-lined.

-It's all modern stuff.

-It's modern stuff.

-Yeah.

-It's not going to sell, is it?

-It might sell.

-Do you reckon?

-Yeah, absolutely. People might just like it.

-Yeah...

It's just about making profits, Tobes.

Stop thinking about what it IS, just make the money.

That sounds like competitive talk.

-Great, well, we may well come back. Thanks a lot.

-Thank you.

-What about this reticulated... What's this chap?

-That's Capo.

-Is it really?

-And that is very...

Have a look.

-I don't like that.

-Do you not like that?

-I don't like the colour.

-It's Capodimonte, Italian...porcelain.

£65. It looks the part, doesn't it?

-It does.

-It does. You do have Capodimonte collectors, don't you?

-Yeah, you do.

-What you'd want, though, is...you'd want that to be pierced.

From over there... I thought this would be pierced.

You can see through it and that's what they call reticulated,

Where they cut through, but this is just sort of piped on.

But then, Capodimonte were making very commercial pottery.

They did lots of figures of tramps lying on benches

and very cartoon-esque sort of things.

-I wouldn't...

-I wouldn't have, no.

-But somebody might...

-Wouldn't let that over the threshold, would you?

-No.

-No.

No, I can see that. We'll carry on looking, but thanks.

Thank you very much. Very nice to have met you.

Yep, carry on looking, Blues.

Meanwhile, Nick is caught up with his students.

I've found something for you.

Now, I THINK it's going to tick both your boxes.

-OK.

-You like vases. You like 20th-century design.

-We do.

-Well, I've found some 20th-century design vases.

-Brilliant!

Come with me and I'll show you.

Now, guys...

Not one, but two...

Look at that, one each.

19... Late '60s, early '70s.

Poole Pottery, Delphis range.

Very desirable in the modern, chic, contemporary home.

-Are they actually a pair?

-No, they're not a pair, they're two

very separate, individually made studio pieces.

I would suggest we put them together as one lot

and collectors of Poole, of Delphis, of '70s retro chic...

They're going to be bidding, because you've got a nice little group lot there.

-There's a little chip on this one.

-Is there?

-You see that?

-Oh, yeah.

-Is that a chip?

-Oh, it's... Actually, if you feel it, it's under the glaze.

-OK.

OK, so that happened before it left the factory. It's acceptable.

If they were concerned it would have been a factory seconds

and they would have had a slash through the mark.

And that there's the same?

Yeah, it's just a minor imperfection in the kiln.

-But actually, that's just uniqueness.

-Absolutely.

I think there's mileage in it.

Now, I did have a quick chat with the owner.

Now, he was asking 65 quid each, but you can have to two for 80 quid.

It's tempting! Do you reckon it's tempting? I mean, do you reckon...

-Is this what we're looking for?

-Well, it ticks your boxes.

-It does tick our boxes, Toby.

I reckon the profit we make on these could put

those teachers on the naughty step.

On the naughty step? Put them back in their place, eh? Shall we just go for it?

-Just get on with it.

-Yep.

-You've got one each as well.

-There you go.

So, Nick has completed his lesson on Poole vases

and they become the second purchase for the Reds.

Go to the top of the class, guys!

Now, focus, please. I have a question for you.

When was the last time you visited the opticians?

Well, we're supposed to go often.

But what would you do in 1821 if your eyesight was a bit dicky?

Actually, you go to an instrument maker, who would equip you with a

case, if you were rich, like this.

A wafer-thin veneer of tortoiseshell applied to a wooden carcass and...

open comes the case, and out come the glasses themselves.

At the end of the 18th century, spectacles started,

in this country, to have oval lenses like this.

These were thought, in 1821, to be uber smart.

What do you think? They're not unfashionable today.

The frames themselves are universally good and practical.

What I love about this pair is the fact that they are solid silver

and if you look carefully, we've got the silver marks.

They're stamped on either side.

And also, in the middle of the frame,

on either side of the nosebridge.

And by a strange coincidence, and

that's the way with these things,

in the same fair, I came across these two little boxes.

And if I open them up,

they contain a whole array of opticians lenses,

some of which

actually have the prescription strength

written on little labels.

If you're a collector or a restorer of optical instruments,

these things are going to be worth a lot of money.

How much?

Well, you could buy them for £15, for the two boxes.

And the spectacles themselves?

Well, they're Georgian, they're solid silver,

they come in this spectacular case,

and they would cost you a slightly out-of-focus £160.

How's that?

Back to the shopping now. It's 2-1 up to the Reds.

With time slipping by, both teams need to get their skates on.

-No, you don't look enthralled.

-I'll tell you why.

Because at auction, there's new laws, and if that is Rosewood...

Uh, anything post-1947,

if you're selling Rosewood you need a...what we call an Article 10.

We'll pass on that one. Thank you very much.

It's a protected material, so there'd be a certificate to sell it.

The certificate will cost £25, so...

Well, we've got you to advise us, so we don't need a certificate.

-Thanks a lot.

-Thank you, bye!

Yes, how lucky you are. Just follow your expert, girls.

-You wanted some silver mounted glass.

-Yes.

And I thought I was going to come back.

-Pair of little salts.

-Oh, they're lovely.

-London, 1912.

That tells us immediately, because they've put the label in there, that

they are silver. And so there's a mark on the edge there.

But that's nicely cut glass with good quality silver rims,

and you've got a couple of little spoons that go with it.

And the thing with this, you could use it.

You could pop it on to the dining table.

Is that the price?

-Um.

-That's not the price, is it?

-Well, about 70, 65.

-Do you want to make an offer?

-50?

-Yes. Yes.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you very much.

-Number two bought. That's lovely. Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

Well done, Blues. That's item number two ticked off the shopping list.

Now, how are the Reds getting on?

-Toby, meet Toby. Toby, this is Toby.

-Hi, Toby.

Now, this chap, this portly fella, he's had a good breakfast,

hasn't he? Look at him.

Now he's not like a lot of Toby jugs, because they have a big

flagon of foaming ale, because they were tavern pieces.

This chappie is taking snuff.

Makes him a little bit rarer than the normal beer-drinking Toby jugs.

Date wise, he's not as early as some.

The really early ones are 18th century.

This chap is very much in the Victorian period.

He's probably 1860, something around there. He's been around a while.

They are currently asking £60.

Now, I think that will make easily between £50 and £80 at auction.

So if I can get that down to nearer the 50 mark, I think we are

-going to be quids in.

-Lower end estimate, 50 quid at auction.

-40 quid. That's only a tenner.

-Under the low end of the estimate.

-What if it makes 60, 70?

-But that's only 30, 40.

How much profit do you think you're going to make?

-We reckon we can make a lot of profit on this show.

-We've only got...

This last one really needs to be what raises those margins,

-and I'm not sure that's going to do that.

-You tell him, lads.

What I'm going to do, is I'm going to put it back on the stall.

We'll hold it back as plan B, put him on the subs bench.

He may come off in the second half and score us a winner.

My! This pair mean business.

Teams, you now have under 30 minutes left.

We need to be bold.

Bigger and bolder.

Keen to leave no stone unturned,

both teams want to scour every last inch of today's fair.

-I think it's really dull.

-I think it's dull.

-Speak your mind, lads.

1960s. Scandinavian glass.

And what I do like is what's hidden underneath here.

The engraved details of the manufacturer, the Holmegaard Factory.

Very well-known. Very popular with collectors at the moment.

That is not a design I have seen before from this factory.

And I've seen a lot of it.

Which makes that fairly, relatively scarce.

-And so what price is it?

-What are they asking for?

They are asking £80.

I suspect there is some movement on that.

I always like a bit of movement.

I'm here to do business.

There's always a bit of movement. Make me an offer.

-20 quid.

-Get real.

It's a brilliant...

I thought that might be the reaction,

-so I'm going to do you a really good deal and say 25.

-There you go.

No. Absolutely...

-I'm sorry.

-30.

-Give me 70.

50 is going to be the highest.

-If that, maybe 40.

-I was going to go 40 but he's gone 50, so we will...

I will have to agree with Toby on 50.

Give me a bit of profit in it, and I'll meet you halfway.

-OK, 50 quid, then.

-No, 60.

I'll meet you halfway. Between 70 and 50. I'll meet you halfway.

-What did you buy it for, and we'll make sure you get a bit of profit.

-I'll decide that.

She'll decide that. Sorry, Sonia.

I don't think we should go lower than 50. I'm really sorry, Sonia.

These lads certainly push hard. Students, eh?

Left to their own devices, these Reds are potentially lethal.

Does anything in there strike you?

Oh!

Reunited with Nick, it's time for a team chat for the Reds.

It's getting close to decision time.

We've got just under 15 minutes left, OK.

We've got some back burners, we've got

the Toby jug, and that nice bit of glass. The Holmegaard.

I wanted to go for something a bit bigger, for fun.

-Bigger in terms of dimension or value?

-Both at the same time.

I want to walk round again, and if anything catches our eye,

-let's go see it.

-Not so much "walk", as maybe canter around.

-Because time is ticking.

-Oh, hello, again.

Let's see if the Blues give this stallholder an easier time.

-I was going to point out some nice things for you.

-We're in the money.

-You're in the money, OK.

Stevens & Williams.

That jug is threaded glass. It's ruby glass.

It's really nice.

The skill involved in making that is phenomenal.

It's piped onto it. Yeah.

-Stevens & Williams have been going since the late Victorian years.

-And how much is this?

-I've got 158 on that.

-158 on that.

It's quite fashionable in the sense that the colour,

that almost an iridescence as it reflects the light. It's a major skill.

-It really is.

-Honestly...

It's molten glass being drizzled onto it.

Even putting the handle on afterwards, the breakage rate would have been

phenomenal, because it has to cool down

and then reheated up again, in order to get the handle on.

You could use it for lemonade, or you could put some flowers in it.

-I think that's quite tasteful.

-It is a nice object.

-It is a nice object.

-It's different. Shall we go for that?

-It's a lot of money.

-Yeah, see what we can get it for.

-Make me an offer.

-Here we go again.

How much?

-80.

-Get real.

You said, "make me an offer".

-110?

-100.

120?

Meet me at 125, just give me a bit of leeway with it.

-122.

-122?

You're going to stick at this, are you?

Please.

Go on, a bit of something's better than a lot of nothing.

-Thank you very much indeed. That's absolutely lovely.

-Well done, ladies.

-We're done.

-We're done. Oh, thank you so much.

Bit of James Brown.

# We feel good do-do-do-do-do

# I knew that we would now do-do-do-do-do. #

Oh, I'm loving the Blues' style, yeah.

As the Blues celebrate completing their shop,

the pressure is mounting on the Reds to find their last purchase.

They now have five minutes.

I'm slightly worried that we won't find anything.

Yes, I know. So am I.

Guys. When I said at "a canter", not that fast.

Now, just to confuse you even more, to add another dimension

to your dilemma, I've found something that's quite interesting.

-That's why this guy is brilliant.

-This is an interesting item,

priced up at £87.

It's 19th century.

Russian, enamelled bronze with a really nice...

..theme. You've got the theological theme there,

and it's quite intricately decorated.

-You've got the Last Supper.

-Jesus there.

-You've got the Ascension.

-Oh, great.

-Jairus' daughter there.

It's so up your street, but it's also a work of art at the same time.

-It kind of ticks all the boxes.

-It is. It's an icon.

There's a limited...limited...

-Market.

-..market for religious icons.

Russian works of art are doing well at the moment.

-There's a lot of money in Russia.

-Oh, really.

And like the Chinese, they are buying back their works of art.

Putin himself might want some.

Well, if you've got his number, speed dial him.

-Maybe...

-Could this be... What is this, bronze?

-Yeah.

-Bronze with enamel work on it.

-OK, so can it be cleaned up a bit?

I wasn't going to clean it. You would ruin it.

If we can get it down to 60, that's the same price as the glassware.

What's going to sell better, because this...

I would guess the glass would sell better. It's more collected.

It's a difficult one, because they are such different markets.

That, for me, stands out as an usual object that could well

-surprise us all.

-I like it. And it's us.

Personally, I mean, in terms of you and me, that interests me

with what's it's got more than a glass bowl.

It's all of us, in a way, because it's got your beliefs,

your background, a lot of you in it.

And for me, it's a wonderful 19th-century work of art.

-I need to go and have a chat, or you need to have a chat.

-Let's go have a chat.

So, after the guys have had a chat with our shy stallholder

away from the cameras, they head back to Nick with news.

Guys, have you had divine inspiration? What's happened?

I think the spirit has been dwelling among us and

on this lovely lady.

And...and has given us a great price between us all,

-which is a whop...a cheap £55.

-Seriously?

-Is that good, Nick?

-Oh, good news, chaps.

-That's down from 87. That ain't half bad.

You did well. You're good at this, you two. Fantastic.

-Well, that is our third buy.

-There you go.

-We're done, we're dusted.

Now I need someone with an old tick-tock.

-Hello, hello. Have you got a watch?

-I do indeed.

Can I see the time? Oh, look at that. Time's up.

Now, here's a quick reminder as to what the Reds bought.

A small silver counter bell caught their attention,

and rang out to the tune of £25.

A couple of Poole pottery vases cost them £80.

And finally, a Russian enamel and bronze devotional icon set them

back £55.

-Well, was that good fun?

-Yes, absolutely.

-So how much did you spend between you?

-160.

-160.

I'd like £140 of leftover lolly, please. Well done.

There's the collection money. And what was your favourite piece?

-I liked the little bell.

-Did you? Oh, fine.

-You didn't like the little bell?

-It was all right.

-I quite liked the Russian Orthodox icon.

-Oh, well done. Brilliant.

Which piece is going to bring the biggest profit?

I think the vase is more safe, but I think that the Russian Orthodox

-icon has got potential to surprise us.

-OK. Do you agree with that?

-Yeah, absolutely.

-Well done. We'll see what happens.

-There's £140 going across.

-Wonderful.

You're going to get the extra £100 for the Tim's Ton.

There you go, there's Tim's Ton. Do your very best.

Meanwhile, we're going to check out what the Blue team bought, aren't we?

They teed off with a nine carat gold golf club bar brooch,

which set them back £35.

The cased pair of cut glass silver mounted condiments cost them £50.

And finally, they poured £122 into a

ribbed ruby glass lemonade jug.

-Well, girls. How was it for you?

-Very good. Very interesting.

-Which is your favourite piece?

-I think the gold pin.

The gold pin. Yeah.

-OK, fine. Susan, for you?

-I do like the nice jug that we bought.

-OK, is that going to bring the biggest profit?

-Perhaps.

-And you spent how much?

-207.

-I'd like £93, please.

Thank you very much. 93, JP. There it is.

Of course, you've got your double challenge now, because here

comes Tim's Ton, the extra £100 to find the extra bonus buy.

-So you're doubly challenged.

-Thank you very much.

Go have a nice cup of tea, girls.

Now, how's Nick getting on finding those two bonus buys?

The first of which is the team's bonus buy.

Well, I couldn't leave Toby behind, could I?

I showed him to the boys earlier. Toby is part of the team, the Red team.

And at £40, I think there's profit in this.

He's coming with us to the auction.

-And how about your Tim's Ton, Nick?

-I love these char...

-Are they a pair?

-They are a mirror pair.

Japanese. About 1900.

I like the hand-painted signature and the impressed mark as well.

-The big question is, how much do you want for them?

-Well, I'd really like 90.

-75, how is that?

-No, that's a little too far.

I'll tell you what, if we round it up and call it 80 for the pair.

-OK, we've got a deal.

-Happy with that?

-That's fine.

£80, I'm over the moon.

Now, let's have a chat with Nick about both bonus buys.

-Well, this is exciting, Nick, isn't it?

-Isn't it just.

You're being put on the line here, old fruit.

Now, for the team's bonus buy, you have bought the Toby jug, yes?

I did indeed, yes. For dear old Toby, of course.

-Did you spend the whole 140?

-No. Very frugal.

-£40 only.

-Did you?

-Yes.

Now, so, that doesn't seem a lot of money,

because Toby jugs can make a lot, can't they?

-But this one isn't very old, is it?

-No, no.

-This was made when?

Do you think in 1920?

Yeah, I think that sort of early 20th-century, Victorian Revival.

-And it's in good condition.

-Yeah. I like the fact that he's taking snuff as well.

-Makes it a little bit different.

-Two drugs. Alcohol and tobacco.

So Tim's Ton, I gave you £100 for, and you bought the two chargers.

I did indeed, yeah.

Again, it all comes down to the age.

They've got the look, but they're not old.

And, frankly, they could have come over in a container, with

-a whole lot of other ones 20 years ago.

-Might be going back yet.

Yes, exactly.

Well, my judgment is the judgment of Solomon, because I have to predict

which one I think is going to make the biggest amount of profit.

I cannot bring myself to predict that the modern Chinese

ceramics is going to do it. I can't bring myself.

I could easily be proven wrong.

I'm going to put my little sticker, for my prediction

as to which is going to bring the biggest profit.

You do rise to quite a considerable challenge,

because this isn't a big fair, is it? So, you've done well.

Thank you very much.

And, of course,

the teams only have one choice, to go with one or the other.

So the one they don't pick will be sold,

and if it makes a profit, it will go to charity.

If the teams don't pick either of these bonus buys,

-they'll both be sold and all profits go to charity.

-Wonderful, good.

-It's a double win-win for you.

-Completely.

-Hopefully.

Anyway, right now, why don't we check out how JP is getting on,

shopping for his bonus buys?

Remember, Jonathan had £93 of leftover lolly for his team's

bonus buy. With their special anniversary in mind,

what are your thoughts, JP?

I've seen something that might help celebrate that for them.

And I know they like glass, and this auction will be glass as well.

So I'm going to go for, I think, a piece of glass.

There we are. Job done. Really pleased with this.

I think the ladies are going to absolutely love it. And at £58,

I think there's a really good deal. I'll drink to that, anyway.

So how do you plan to spend your Tim's Ton, JP?

I've been around this round building so many times

and, do you know what, I'm fed up with buying ceramics now.

I want to buy something different. I'd like to have a go at this chappie here.

-Is this is the 100mph sign?

-It is.

-The railway sign.

-Is that what it is?

-Yes. Speed, you know, like Flying Scotsman,

100mph, that's it.

Ah! That's more interesting.

-I didn't think it was English, you see.

-Oh, yes.

-Oh, brilliant.

That makes it, sort of, railwayana.

-I'd like to make you an offer on it.

-OK.

-See what you think. I'd like to offer you £60.

-No.

-Can't do 60 on it?

-Can do very close.

-I'm very close.

Obviously not 100. 65? 60s...

-Get the speed up a bit. Just a fraction.

-OK.

-£70?

-We can do 70.

-Thank you very much. Brilliant, OK.

Now, let me catch up with Jonathan about these bonus buys.

-Well, JP. You have gone to town, haven't you?

-I'm afraid so.

Now, the girls,

they gave you £93 of leftover lolly for the team's bonus buy.

And there we have it.

Yeah. You know, reasonably nice quality.

Spent £58 on all of it.

£58. Really?

Shows how reasonable things are out there.

-And they're all in good nick?

-All in good nick.

-OK, fine.

And then we've gone from one extreme to the other.

Uber-chic in suburban homes, to this thing.

Retro in modern homes.

-Where's it come from?

-I'm led to believe it's off a railway.

-Oh, really. 100mph. Really. That's the business.

-Racing girls, you see.

There you go. And modernism is everything,

-and funky collectables are everything, so how much?

-Cost me 70.

OK. Well, I'm going to take a punt on how to make my prediction,

and I'm going to ditch the boring green glasses

-and I'm going with the 100mph sign.

-Oh!

-Brilliant.

Anyway, next, we're off somewhere completely different.

We're going to the Museum of Childhood, where we are going

to have a look at some teaching aids.

Today I'm at the V&A's Museum of Childhood,

here in Bethnal Green.

It was opened in 1872, and from the outset has proved to be

a valuable part of the area's educational system.

Having originally opened as the Bethnal Green Museum,

it was buildings like this one that suggested

a world of the unknown to both adults and children alike.

The idea that people could improve their education by visiting museums

and galleries in their leisure time became extremely popular.

In 1974 the museum finally found its identity,

and reopened as the Museum of Childhood.

There are literally thousands of artefacts here, which illustrate

the way that children played and lived

over the last 400 years.

But right now, I'm going to piece together some of those

childhood favourites from the 18th-century,

and to do that, I'm going to visit the museum's basement store.

So, what has dragged me into the bowels,

the storage area underneath the museum?

Well, to start off with, it's this rather unprepossessing

mahogany cabinet on stand,

that dates from the 1760s

but on the face of it is a pretty standard issue.

Open up the doors.

And revealed are a number of drawers.

The clue lies in the label pasted on the door inside.

"Cabinet belonging to Lady Charlotte Finch,

"sister to Lady Penn,

"governess to the children of George III."

Oh, this is where it starts to get interesting.

George III, the longest reigning monarch of the 18th-century,

is associated directly with this cabinet.

And what did it contain?

It contained a whole group of jigsaws,

except they weren't called "jigsaws" in the 18th century.

These were called dissected maps.

The label says, "It was the invention of dissecting maps,

"and these in the cabinet were expressly made for,

"and always used in, the teaching of geography to George IV

"and his brothers and sisters."

How about that?

And this is how Africa looked to a cartographer in the middle

of the 18th century.

This particular one was produced by a Frenchman, and the bits

they didn't know anything about are inscribed,

"Pais inconnu."

"Unknown lands." Isn't that extraordinary?

What is the survival of puzzles of this type?

Very, very small.

What is the survival of a Royal dissected puzzle case,

complete with its puzzles? I mean, it's unheard of.

Now, it came up for sale at auction, five or so years ago.

What do you think it realised?

£20,000? £50,000?

Or £100,000?

Now, there's a puzzle for you?

Stay with me because I'll tell you in a moment.

Scrolling forward into the 19th century,

this early Victorian puzzle shows the chronological order of kings and

queens of Britain, finishing with the young Victoria at the bottom.

As the century progressed,

so the technology allowed the cutting

out from layered plywood, jigsaw puzzles as we know

them today. Here's a good example, look.

Showing the Royal Family before the Second World War.

We've got George VI, look, with his two daughters,

including Queen Elizabeth II on her favourite pony.

But if you wanted to do a really difficult puzzle,

you might have a go at this one.

Produced by Raphael Tuck and Co.

It's of a type that Raphael Tuck described as a zag-zaw.

Zag-zaw puzzles are more complicated

and of course to make it more difficult,

Raphael Tuck didn't provide the picture

for you to use to make up the puzzle.

Almost as tough as the puzzle I put to you just now.

Did that royal puzzle cabinet make £20,000, £50,000 or £100,000?

You'd be right if you said...

£100,000. Actually, it was sold for £120,000.

And the final question today?

Well, how are our teams going to puzzle out

how to make a profit over at the auction?

Well, we've crossed the county line from Derbyshire to Staffordshire

and we've come to Lichfield to be with Richard Winterton.

-Richard, great to be in your sale room.

-Fantastic.

-Pleased to have you.

-Very nice, too.

Now, the Reds have gone with the silver counter bell,

which has to be one of the most miserable silver counter bells

-I think I've ever seen.

-I quite liked it.

-Oh, did you?

-We've got £40-£50.

-It's not got silver on the top.

-To me, it's a £20 note on a good day with a wind up its tail.

-Oh, dear.

But it clearly rings your bell.

Now, the Poole Pottery. I know you're very fond of these

Uranium orange and yellow splodgey. You like those, don't you?

Dreadful things, aren't they?

-What's your estimate?

-£30-£50.

I had a horrible feeling you were going to say that. £80 was paid.

-That is tough, isn't it?

-Yeah.

Now we pop off to what was the USSR.

-It looks like a bit of tourist market stuff to me.

-It does.

It took a bit of debate, actually, to get the date - how old

we think it is. Personally, I don't think it's particularly very old,

but I have a team of experts and they're all looking at it

and they think the enamel has been rubbed quite a bit

and don't be put off just because

the back of it looks as clean as though it was made yesterday.

-We've got £40-£50.

-£55 they paid.

So, that's pretty well spot-on.

Overall, though, I fancy there could be some trouble here,

in which case they're going to need their bonus buy, so let's go and have a look at it.

-Well, how exciting is this, right?

-Very exciting.

We have got that many bonus buys here for you,

you're going to be spoiled for choice.

First off, we have the leftover lolly,

this is the team's bonus buy leftover lolly, which was £140.

Being the studious types that you are,

-study this chap.

-Oh, my word.

-I remember that.

-You recognise him, don't you?

-Oh, yeah.

-We saw this at the fair.

-Do you like him?

-I don't like him.

-I do, because he's a toby jug

-and I'm a Toby, so I am happy with him.

-I paid £40 for that.

-That's not too bad, actually.

-It's all right.

-It's all right, you know?

That is a Victorian one, it's not an early one.

It's not a modern reproduction from Taiwan, that's the point,

so it's got its degree of age, so thanks for that. That's brilliant.

And did you ask him how much it's going to bring?

-Could make £60-£80.

-That wouldn't be too bad.

What does the auctioneer think about this team's bonus buy?

So, Richard, there's the team's bonus buy.

Yeah, it's a bit of fun, isn't it?

-It dates from the end of the 19th century.

-It does, yeah.

-So what's your estimate on that?

-We've gone £50-£80.

OK, well, that's brilliant.

Time to see what the Reds think about their Tim's Ton item.

OK. Now we come to the special moment, which is Tim's Ton.

You were given £100 to go and find something that you really rate.

-So we'd like to see what that is, please.

-He doesn't look confident.

I'm not convinced I invested your ton wisely, Tim.

I might actually have wasted it, but you never know.

Now, when I bought these, I thought

"Good, a nice pair of 19th-century

"Japanese-Chinese export ware chargers."

They might actually be into the 20th century,

but they're decorative, they're a pair and they're not damaged.

Loosely, this stuff's called Famille Noire.

Because the colour scheme's basically black.

It may have had a stencil design

and then the hand enamelling around a stencil design.

-Cos these aren't terribly old, are they, Nick?

-No, no.

-And how much did you pay for them?

-Well, out of Tim's Ton, I blew 80.

-80 quid?

-Not each, for the pair.

-£40 each.

And how much do you reckon we're going to get for these?

-Oh, a good 80.

-Now come on, Nick,

they could make £100, they could make £150.

"Could" is the primary word there, isn't it?

Have a think about it. You don't pick right now, you pick later.

'Now what does the auctioneer think about Tim's Ton?'

-How do you rate those?

-We've gone £40-£50.

It looks very...

-..tacky, doesn't it?

-Slightly Chinese restaurant to me.

Yes, that's what I meant, yeah, tacky.

Could be dating from the 1950s or 1960s, that sort of period.

-OK, well, you're £40-£50...

-Yeah.

-Nick, he paid £80.

So the team, if they decide to go with Tim's Ton bonus buy,

could be in a bit of a difficulty.

I had to make a prediction.

My prediction was that the profit potential

was better on the Toby jug than it was on the plates, so we'll see.

Now for the Blues.

We've got a golf club bar brooch.

-It's in nine-carat gold.

-Yeah.

-Many golfers around these parts?

We have quite a few.

I'm not a golfer myself, but we certainly have quite a few

and there's a bit of a following for it.

It's nice that it is nine carat and £30-£50 all day long.

-OK, £35 paid.

-That's OK.

-I think they did well with that.

OK, and then you've got the salts.

And we see hundreds of them. £20-£30.

That all? They paid 50. OK, well, there we go, then.

Lastly, is the ribbed, cranberry lemonade jug.

-We were doing so well.

-We were, won't we?

-Yeah.

Stevens and Williams is the factory that is normally associated

with this ribbed stuff. But I'm not so sure it's a lemonade jug.

To me, it hasn't got the quality of that, either.

I don't think it's a lemonade jug. I think it's just water jug.

-Just a jug.

-Just a jug.

-£40-£50

-Have you?

Yeah, and I think probably overcooked it.

OK, well, I have to say £122 was paid for that. And I can't see it.

They were doing so well.

-Well, they weren't doing that well, actually.

-No, well...

Thinking about the salts, which you just dissed at £20-£30.

No, but we're not far away and I think they might make a profit

on the others, but they've completely ruined it.

-I think you'll be lucky if you get £40 for that water jug.

-I agree.

So, on that basis, they're absolutely torpedoed

and it's just as well they're going to have the choice

of two bonus buys. Let's go and have a look at them.

We'll start off, JP, please, with the team's bonus buy.

Well, as a couple of teachers,

I'm sure you get a lot of stress from all your students.

So I thought what more could you want than...

-something to entertain yourselves with in the evening.

-You mean have a drink?

-Have a drink. Have a tipple.

This is basically a decanter and six glasses

that are made in clear glass, they're dipped into a green glass

and then they are cut through. But we've got this lovely decanter, sort of mallet shape with a stopper.

Always have to check. There's a little nibble on the bottom,

but that's not bad, because normally there are chips

all around the rim, because they have too much to drink

and then they can see the hole and they just go and whack it in!

-Are you on about teachers?

-Yes!

-It's nice quality.

-What do you think, Sue?

-Yes...

-You like?

-Erm...

-Not much.

-Not really my cup of tea, but...

-No, you don't put tea in it.

-Julie, what do you think?

-I'm not struck on green, I have to say.

I'd bet you get two bottles in there.

-A bottle and a half to two bottles, actually.

-The thing is...

clear glass decanters, they're not selling terribly well,

cos people don't use spirits like they used to.

What you've got here is the novelty of a colour, plus six glasses.

And the six glasses are in good nick, are they?

-Yeah, they're in good nick.

-How much do you think?

-You gave me £93.

-Right, yeah.

-I spent £58.

-Right.

-I think an auctioneer will say £40-£60, £50-£80.

I think we're on the cusp of a profit

and it might prove us a good one.

But what does the auctioneer think about the Blues' team bonus buy?

Six wine glasses like that and the green-flashed decanter.

OK. Look good in a cabinet with a bit of light behind it. It's OK.

-They'll do OK.

-Like how OK?

-£50-£80, something like that.

-£58 paid.

-That's OK.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Half a chance.

Jonathan's done pretty well with that.

What do the Blues make of their Tim's Ton item?

JP's been entrusted with 100 extra pounds, Tim's Ton,

to find the extra bonus buy.

Come and have a look, quickly, while he does his reveal.

I was given £100 and what did I buy?

How about that?

Now, it caught my eye, because again it's a novelty.

It was sold to me as a railway sign for 100mph.

That may be questionable, but the idea of it being from the railways

adds interest and value, let's hope.

-I think it's British.

-I'm hoping it's British, yeah.

How much did you pay for our big sign?

Well, I didn't pay £100,

-I paid £70.

-70?

Now, what does the auctioneer think about the Blues' Tim's Ton?

It's the 100 mile an hour sign,

presumably from a railway line.

Some railway signs, I can see it, but when it's just got "100"

-it doesn't do it for me.

-So how much?

-£30, £30-£40.

-£30-£40. OK, fine.

Well, we're in a contention here,

because I was asked to make my prediction as to which

one I thought would do better and I opted for the railway sign.

You think there's plenty of people out there

-who want to put a sign like that in their kitchen?

-Yeah.

Why not? Anyway, I've made my punt.

I think that'll do better than this glass set,

but, now you've described it, I'm not so sure you might not be right.

Anyway, I've made my prediction. That's exciting, isn't it?

We'll see what happens at the auction.

Now, Toby, Charlie, happy?

-Ish.

-What do you mean, "ish"?

-Well, ish.

-I don't know what's going to happen.

-Nor do we.

-Well, there we go.

-Don't worry about that.

-Nerves, Tim, nerves.

-Is that what it is?

We've got this in the bag.

Now we go to lot 932,

little miniature counter bell. There it is, lot 932.

Nothing on mind, so maybe going to be £20.

£20, £10 to start me. £10 at the back, £10.

£12. £15, £18...

-Yes, yes.

-£20 at the very back.

-Uh-oh.

-£30 in the room.

-Yes, come on.

-Room's at 30. Room's at 30, the back at 30.

-35 in the room.

-Yes, here we go.

-35, 40 in the room.

-Yes, here we go!

45 in the room. 50 in the room.

50 in the back, at 50, in the room at 50...

All done, sold at £50.

Yes! You've doubled your money. Doubled your money, plus 25. Lovely.

-We're doing it.

-Now, Paul.

Lot 933, a lot of interest, actually.

I'm starting at 40, I've got 50, I've got £60.

£60 I'm bid. £70.

£70 I'm bid. Internet at £70.

Internet at 70.

-Internet at 70, room's out, we are sold at £70.

-You're having a laugh.

I never liked that stuff.

£70 is minus £10, miserable.

Plus 15, you are. Now, here we go. Here comes the icon.

Again, quite a lot of interest.

I have nine bids, a lot of it, all over it.

I'm 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100.

-Get away!

-100 I am bid, 100.

Top of all the bids at 100. At 100... 110, the internet.

110, the internet, 120, the internet. 120, the internet.

120, the internet. 120, all finished then...

Sold at 120.

-You are a genius.

-Nice one.

-£120.

5 off 60, that is plus 65, yeah?

65, 75 plus £80.

Just like that, it's like falling off a log, isn't it?

-That's given us a pub round.

-£80.

You only spent £160 and you've made £80 profit, how good is that, Toby?

-Yeah, oh, yes.

-Oh, yes.

Now, what are you going to do about these bonus buys?

You've got £80 in the bank.

You can either go with one bonus buy, the team bonus buy,

-which is the Toby Jug...

-Can we call a friend?

-No.

..or you can go with Tim's Ton which is those Famille Rose plates...

-No.

-..or you can do nothing.

-Let's go for the Toby Jugs.

-Shall we just do it?

-Why not just keep your money?

-What if we lose everything?

-No, you won't!

You can't, because it only costs 40 and you've got £80 in the bank.

-Come on, Tim, tell us what to do.

-Listen, I can't tell you.

You've got one lot to go and you've got to make a decision.

-Are you going with the bonus buy or not?

-OK, fine, do it. Oh, God.

-Toby, are you doing with Toby or not?

-All right, then.

-OK, you're going with Toby. You're going with Toby?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, OK.

OK, they're going to have a punt on Toby.

They're going to go with the team's bonus buy and here it comes.

The Toby Jug. Nothing on my book, they're going to be 50...40...£20.

£20 to start me. £20. £20, £10?

£10, I've got you, sir. £10 I'm bid.

-£10 I'm bid.

-Oh, no.

Far left at £10. £12. £15.

-I don't like the look of this.

-£15 on my left, at 15. 15, 15...

It's in the room at 15. Everything is out.

We're having to sell it and sold at £15.

£15? That is minus £25.

Now, you didn't go with the Tim's Ton... Hey!

You didn't go with the Tim's Ton bonus buy but we're going

to sell it anyway, and let's see if we can make a profit on this.

WE don't get it, do we?

£60 a bid, £60, £60.

£60 I'm bid. All done, sold at 60.

Well, by £5.

£60, that made a loss of £20, all right?

So there was no profits with these bonus buys at all.

Overall, guys, you are plus £55. You're in profit for £55.

That could be a winning score.

-Don't say a word to the Blues, all right, lads?

-All right.

OK, Jules, Sue. Are you feeling incredibly crushed with nerves?

Are you? Everything is crossed. OK, here it comes.

Nine-carat golf club bar brooch, there.

This time we're going to be £20, £10. £10 to start me. £10 I'm bid.

£10 I'm bid. £10, £20 up on the internet. £20 I'm bid. £20 I'm bid.

Internet at £20. Nine-carat little golf thing at £20, internet only.

£20...25, madam.

£30, internet. £30. 35 in the middle.

35, 35...£40, the internet.

-You're in profit, well done.

-£40, the internet. You're all out, now.

It's internet at 40 and it's sold at £40. We're going internet bid £40.

-Plus £5. Lovely, I'm loving it. Loving it.

-So am I.

-Condiments and ladles.

-10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 25, 30...

£30 I'm bid.

£30 I'm bid. £30... With me at £30. Internet, you are out. Room is out.

£30... 35.

£40, sir?

-Keep going.

-Yes, £40. Ignore her. 45.

£45 a bid, £45 there on my left.

-Sold at 45.

-Oh...

Honeybunch, 45 is minus 5. You're absolutely nowhere.

At this stage in the game, no profit, no loss. Another jug.

There's the jug. There you're going to be £20...

Bid. 25, 30... £30 I'm bid. £30, £30, £30.

At £30 I'm bid, at £30 on my left at £30. At £30, at £30.

In the room at £30.

Nothing's coming in the internet, it's cold as anything.

£30 on my left, sold at 30. Thank you, sir.

That's minus £92, chickens.

They have come home to roost.

-Oh, never mind.

-OK, you're minus 92. Let's be positive now.

What about these bonus buys?

You can't have both of them, you don't have to have either of them.

What are you going to do? Are you going with the decanter and glasses

or might you go with the railway sign, or might you go with neither?

Well, we'll have to go with one.

We'll go with the decanter and glasses.

-He chose green, we'll go green.

-We'll go green.

-We'll go green.

You're going to go?

-We'll go green.

-You're going to do it? Team bonus buy, then?

-We'll stick together.

-OK, then.

They're going with the decanter and glasses

and rejecting the speed sign.

Well, now you've made your decision,

I can tell you that his estimate on the glasses

is £50-£80 and you paid £58.

So on the face of it, girls, you've made the right decision.

The sign that you've rejected Jay paid £70 for

and his estimate is £30-£40.

So all the money is with the decanters

and it seems you have done the right thing.

Anyway, let's find out, because here they come.

The green glass decanter and the six matching wine.

A lot for your money, where are you going to be? 50, 40, £20.

Nothing on my book, £20. £10 to start me.

£10 to start me, £10.

£15, £20, £25.

£30.

£30, the internet. £30, £30...

-Come on.

-I'm not liking this.

-Internet at £30.

Internet at £30. All finished now, the internet...

Sold at 30.

Minus £28, that is minus £120 is your overall score.

That's good, isn't it?

Now, we're going to sell the speed sign and here it comes.

£25. £30 on the internet.

£30 on the internet, 35.

£40 on the internet.

-£40 on the internet at £40.

-We're getting up to speed here.

-At £40 on the internet. £40 on the internet, they're all out...

-Uh-oh.

A red load, isn't it, near enough.

Not fast enough. £40 is minus £30.

Anyway, you didn't go with that joker.

You achieved less loss by going with the decanters,

so you did the right thing, girls. Overall, you are minus £120.

Some you win, some you don't.

-We still love you, Jamie, we still love you.

-I hope so.

-Well, I know.

It's good fun, isn't it?

Now, don't say a word to those brutish boys, all right?

-No, we won't.

-Because we want them to think that they're still teachers' pet.

Well, what about this, eh? Teachers versus students.

-You been chatting between yourselves at all?

-No.

-No? Not at all.

No chats...

Well, there is a chasm between the teams today

-and I regret to say that the teachers are the runners up.

-Ah!

Unfortunately, by a combination of bad luck,

-£120 you are down the drain.

-Oh, my giddy aunt.

-We went down in style.

-You certainly did.

Apart from your golf club bar brooch,

which did produce a small profit, I'm afraid there was nothing doing.

I made a prediction which I thought the railway sign would bring

the biggest proportion of profit and I was completely wrong,

so nothing to be proud of there.

In fact, neither of the bonus buys did any good, but not to worry.

-Did you have a good time?

-Great time.

-Lovely.

We've loved having you on the show

-but the boys have done incredibly well, the students.

-Or the lads.

-And the lads. £55 profit, there you go, £55...

-That's all right.

..principally made up with your great victory with the Russian icon,

-which was seriously good, wasn't it?

-Oh, yes.

The miniature bell did brilliantly, so well done for that.

When it comes to predicting proportions of profits

or losses, I'm glad to say that the snuff taking bonus buy did not

fulfil its potential in my prediction. Anyway, so there we go.

-Have you had a good time?

-Great time.

-Oh, great time.

It has been super.

In fact, so much fun, join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?

Oh, yeah!