Oswestry 7 Bargain Hunt

We're in Oswestry in Shropshire today,

and we have a mammoth 60-minute special for you,

with two animal-loving teams.

So, let's go bargain hunting! Yeah!

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

but...today, we've got a slight change to the rules.

I'm going to be asking the experts to find, not one,

but two bonus buys, which they're then going to talk to me about,

and I'm going to tell them which one I think is going to do best.

But what will the teams choose?

And will they go with the bonus buy at all?

Who will finish up by being right or wrong?

Let's take a quick squint right now as to what's coming up.

The Reds just love their animals...

It's £795.

I'm not a cheap girl!

We only have 300.

..while the Blues are just set in their ways...

Do you take risks in life?

-No.

-Not normally.

No, we're normally dead, dead certain.

..and will the teams' choices pay off later at auction?

140 online.

-Yes, yes!

-The tension! I can't, you know...

Anyone else in the room?

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

On Bargain Hunt today, our teams come two by two.

For the Reds, we have Michelle and Karen.

And, for the Blues, we have Gina and Barbara. Hello, everyone.

-Hello, Tim.

-All good friends at the moment. Now, Karen...

-Yes.

..I know that most parents feel like they live in a zoo,

-but, actually, you do live in a zoo.

-I do live in a zoo.

-That's unusual.

-It is a little bit different. I married into a zoo.

-Oh, did you?

-I did.

-You married a gorilla?

-Something like that, yeah.

-What? A small, hairy man, anyway.

-Slightly bigger.

Oh, bigger hairy man. So, you married a zookeeper?

I married one of the directors of the Welsh Mountain Zoo, yeah.

Any animals that you particularly like in your zoo?

Particularly Smokey the red-faced spider monkey,

-but we both have a sort of ongoing relationship.

-Do you?

-Yes.

That's how you got to know Michelle, right?

We were actually at a wedding reception, which was being

held in the zoo, and that's how we met, and we've been friends since.

-Now, Michelle, your job is...you're keeper at the zoo.

-Yep.

So, does that mean you have to look after all these animals?

Yes, I'm a head keeper, so I have to look after all of them.

Saying that, the sea lions every day I look after,

cos they're my favourite and we do training sessions with them,

so we do all of the husbandry side, get them used to actually being

looked over the bodies, inside their mouths,

absolutely the only thing we can do about sea lions is great.

What do you say then? "Open wide," and...?

Yep, literally just a signal, put your fingers inside, have a look

-at their teeth and gums, yeah. It takes a while to train.

-I'll bet.

-Yes, yep.

-So, between you today,

will it be animal instinct taking you towards your purchases?

-Could be influence.

-Could it be? Are you going to spend all the cash?

-Yes!

-Oh, I think so.

-Oh, that's marvellous. I like to hear that.

-We'll leave a tiny amount...

-Anyway, very good luck.

-Thank you.

-Super.

Now, girls...

Barbara, now, your job brought you into contact with feathered things.

Yeah, feathered, feral...anything like that...small animals.

Yes, so tell us about your job.

My job is a veterinary receptionist,

so I meet the animals and the mummies and daddies who bring them in.

Right. Sometimes in distress.

-Very...

-But you send them home happy when their animal is repaired.

-That is the best bit of it.

-So, how lovely.

-Your job is at the vet's...

-Yes.

-..so that brings you into contact with animals all the while.

-It does.

But you and Gina met as a result of being great equestrian buddies.

That's right. We certainly did.

Yes, I bought my first pony, or my father bought my first pony,

and I kept it at Gina's house, and that was when I was 13,

so we've known each other since then.

Gina, before you retired,

you were involved with something with rather more of a human touch.

Yes, I was a nurse from the early 1970s.

I tried out orthopaedics first, tried out a bit of theatre work.

And then I thought I'd have a go at midwifery

and I've been a midwife ever since.

How many babies have you delivered then?

I have delivered, give or take one or two in an emergency, 1,047.

You never have! How wonderful is that!

What sort of hunting out will you two be doing today?

-Well, um, we're going to try to not be dithery.

-Mm-hm.

-You know?

-Decisive.

-We're going to be decisive, yes.

-And you're looking forward to it?

-Absolutely.

As we are looking forward to it. Indeed, here comes the £300.

-There's your £300.

-Thank you.

-You know the rules, your experts await,

and off you zoom, or, should I say, trot!

So, that's our gaggle, but who's here to keep them in line?

Well, our skiffle, or, should I say,

skilful expert for the Reds today is JP,

whilst hoping to reel in a profit for the Blues is David Harper.

You're under starter's orders, teams,

and there are hundreds of stalls to get stuck into.

The fair is your oyster.

-So, morning, ladies.

-Good morning.

-Morning!

What are we looking for, today? What sort of things?

You're looking for really decorative, aren't you? Pretty.

-Decorative, pretty, something sparkly.

-That's you, OK.

-Different colours.

-Practical.

-So, that's your characters assessed, is it?

So, you two, do we have similar taste in antiques?

-Yes, we do, really.

-Yes, we have.

-What do we like?

-Oh, unusual things.

Nothing specific, just whatever catches our eyes.

We've got lots of choice here. We should start shopping

-and see what we find.

-Sounds brilliant.

-Let's go.

-And we've got 60 minutes to go and buy the unusual. Let's go!

-Right.

And it's all black and white for the Reds.

MUSIC: "Black or White" by Michael Jackson

SPEECH MUTED

-Is this Art Deco?

-It's copying Clarice Cliff.

-Right, OK.

I would have said that could be Clarice Cliff, but no,

-it's a copy.

-There's a couple of pandas there,

-and they're always hard to find two.

-I love them!

I think they look a bit wooden.

It's quite interesting, cos you're zoo people,

and it's the logo, isn't it, for the World Wildlife Federation or Fund?

-That's right.

-So, these are quite cool.

-I think they're rather sweet.

-They're amazing, I love them.

And they're Beswick. I think, if you're going to talk about animals,

-zoo animals, your pandas...

-Pandas are what does it for you?

Well...they're very rare, aren't they?

They're, you know, they're hard to breed

and you've got a little cub as well, I think that's rather cute.

I like them a lot, I do like them. You're not too keen, are you?

And that's what it's about and we have to commit ourselves,

-and they are collectable.

-OK.

-And they're not your norm.

Your norms are the gloss ponies

-and things like that, those are things you see the most of.

-Right.

So, it's the sort of breeds of dogs

and the other animals that become more collectable,

and this is the sort of new collectors' area, really.

It's a rising market. They tend to make £20, £30, £40.

So the more collectable ones can be a little bit more in value.

I think it's got 55 on that one and I think that one's about 30,

so, collectively, he's asking for about £80.

I would have thought at auction you're going to be

looking at £40 to £60, maybe, for them together,

and that would be the sort of minimum bid, and the internet

-may push it on, and we do have only an hour to buy things in..

-OK.

-..and you both are working in zoos!

-I love the pandas.

-OK.

-I think you should have a chat about it.

-OK.

-Excuse me.

-Yes.

-Could we talk pandas?

-Of course you can.

What sort of price are you looking for, for the pandas?

Well, I've got £85 on them. I can do them for...

-£60, if you're interested.

-So, 60 for the pair. What do you think?

I think that's really reasonable.

-Maybe give us a bit more wiggle room at 55?

-Yeah.

-JP: Maybe 50?

-50 would be awesome.

-I can do it for 50.

-Really? Oh!

Amazing! Oh! Thank you so much.

Oh, it's panda-monium! And so early in the game. Well done, Reds.

So, let's carry on. Let's go.

Meanwhile, the Blues are getting stuck in.

-Look at that.

-Oh, that's nice.

-Yeah, they are nice.

-Look, there's a pair.

-OK.

-It's quite intricate, some of the dragons.

-Oh, I like dragons.

-Why do you like dragons?

-Well, it's sort of mystical.

-And oriental.

Very oriental. OK, so, here we go.

You tell me then, Gina, why you like them,

what they are, where they were made, and what date they are.

Well, the picture-work on it of the dragons and the carving.

Is it a carving or is that cast?

It's actually cast, so it's made from bronze.

-It's nice though, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Look at this.

-Gorgeous colour.

-So, where were they made, then, Barbara?

-Hmm...Japan?

-No.

-China.

-Yes.

I can see where you're going with Japan, because when you see bronze

oriental pots like this, I would say 90% of the time

-they're Meiji period, so that's 1868 to 1912...

-Right.

..often depicting dragons because the dragon in Chinese

-and Japanese culture is incredibly important.

-Wealth, health...

-Yeah.

Wealth, health, protection, the lot.

And then we have a crane representing long life.

So, is this good that there's two?

Yes, a pair of, always made as a pair.

You've got Chinese character marks on the base there,

and, I think, that is a six character mark.

I can't quite make it out... I think they're probably

early 20th century, but they're very nice, I must say.

-They are nice, aren't they? Right...

-How much are they?

-A nice price, 200.

-£200, yeah. We'll get a price.

I mean, I know they're Chinese, but they are 20th century.

-20th century, yeah. 180 the pair of them.

-You couldn't go a bit less?

-150.

-Oh!

Look, the thing is...are you chance-takers,

do you take risks in life?

-No.

-No, not normally!

-No, we're normally dead, dead certain.

-Are you?

-Oh, aren't we?

-Yeah.

-We are.

-Are you, really?

OK, well, if that's the case, I suggest you have a go.

-Oh, my goodness.

-Go on, take a chance!

-Right, we're going to do it.

-Let's go for it! Go for it!

-Oh, my goodness.

How does it feel?

Argh! It's not my money!

Crikey! I wasn't expecting that, Blues.

First item bought, and half the money spent.

Now, how wise are those Reds?

I like those owls, you know, Jonathan.

-Yeah, but they're £795.

-I'm not a cheap girl.

We only have 300. In fact, we've only got 250.

The things in our budget are things like the watering cans, little things like that.

It does seem everything's animals at the moment.

-I know.

-"I like the owls. I like the wolf."

But the animals will be very pricey and out of budget.

A bit of a no, really.

Uh, well, I'll find something for you, I definitely will,

-even if it's an expert buy, I'll find something for you.

-OK.

I can't wait to see it, JP.

Meanwhile, the Blues are rooted to the spot.

This fair's huge, you know, girls. There's lots to see.

Before we go, I just want to point you in the direction of these lights.

# We're on a road to nowhere... #

-Yeah, we saw them.

-A totally different thing altogether,

but tell me what you think about these two.

I love these. Love the colour of them.

-Yeah, I love the colour, the shape.

-So, what shape are they, then?

-Art Deco.

-Hexagonal.

You're both right!

But it's the Art Deco one I was looking for.

-The wire jug as well.

-So, look at that, look at that shape.

-Yeah.

I mean, that is a rocket ship, isn't it? From circa 1930.

Bearing this in mind, that Art Deco, strictly speaking,

cannot date to before 1925.

-Do you know the reason why?

-Why?

Because in Paris, in 1925, they held an exhibition called

"The Paris Arts and Decorative Fair," Art Deco Fair,

where this design, wham, just took off.

'25 it starts. 1939, it ends, at the beginning

of the Second World War, so you've got that short period.

-Yeah, very short, isn't it, really?

-The design is from '25 to '39.

Were these made during that time?

-I think they'd be made later.

-Why, why?

-Well, I don't know.

The colouring of this, I think, is absolutely lovely.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-That's what they are, wall lights, aren't they?

-Yeah, they are.

And they would look absolutely stunning lit up,

but I think you're absolutely right.

-They were not made in '25 to '39.

-No.

-They were made much later.

-Yes.

Probably only 20 to 40 years old. That's all they are.

-Can you see a price tag anywhere?

-Let me get a price.

What have we go on the...?

Er, well, I was asking 120 for the pair.

-Oh!

-Oh!

-What could they be?

-BARBARA: What have we spent already?

-150.

-TRADER: I'll do them for 70.

-I don't know what to do now!

-I don't know what to do!

-Do you like them?

-They're lovely.

-BARBARA: 60? TRADER: 65.

-I think you've about done him in, really.

-Shall we go for that?

-Yeah.

-What do you reckon? It's a chance.

-I want to get them less than £10.

-Look, they could still make £20 or £30.

-Yeah.

-62 and it's a deal then.

TRADER: Go on, then.

-She's done the deal, by the way.

-Oh, sorry!

-He grabbed my hand!

-Snatched it.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-Two!

-Two!

Great bargaining skills, Barbara.

Now, get out there to find your third.

There's plenty to choose from. What's Karen spotted?

Jonathan?

-Oh, yeah, yeah?

-Could I ask you what you think of this?

Oh, is this the sort of thing that catches your eye?

-It's the touch. What do you think?

-It just seems...

-It doesn't do it for you?

-Well, it does and it doesn't.

The thing about it is, if it's period 1920s,

it seems like it should be worth a lot more,

and I wonder whether it's more style than it is period.

I think you may be right there, possibly.

Because the patina of the bronze looks a bit too modern

and also, a bronze of that sort of size, circa 1920 of that sort

of model, I think you'd be looking at £400 to £600, £500 to £700.

So, that's why I suspect...for the price...

Do you mind if I...? I'm just going to.

-No, not at all.

-Hang on.

-THEY LAUGH

-Bend the knees!

-Yeah, go for it!

-Blimey!

-You can have a workout as well.

It comes free with the bronze, so that's pretty good.

This is based on an original work

by famous Art Deco bronze sculptor, Demetre Chiparus.

These days, his original works can fetch in excess of

tens of thousands of pounds, and are very sought-after.

But, it's still collectable in the sense that people will buy

these things as decorative objects.

At the right price, it's a nice object.

So, really, it's a little bit much...

-170.

-I like the feel of it.

-You do love it, don't you?

-But you're not a fan.

But I'm a bit more now Jonathan's explained more.

-Tim will love you for buying it...

-Will I?

It spends a lot of the budget,

-but you're getting a lot of product for the money.

-Yes?

-Let's do it.

-170?

-Thanks, Jonathan.

-Lovely.

-Wonderful.

-Thank you.

-Good luck.

-Thank you very much.

So, two down for the Reds.

Well done, girls, and have you heard where the Blues are?

You've got it. They're still at the same stall.

So, do you want to move on? Do you want to hover, or...?

-I would.

-Well...we've seen...

-Yes, something.

-..a little row of elephants we quite like.

-Where is the row of elephants?

-Here, behind me.

-Oh, OK.

-These guys here?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Now, tell me, Gina, why do you like it?

-Well, it's a nice shape.

Six elephants, all holding on to each other like an elephant line.

Do you know what it's called?

-It's called an elephant bridge.

-Elephant bridge!

-Oh, right.

It's made of...

Ebony?

-I would suggest it probably is ebony, yes.

-Ah, right.

And made in where, Gina?

Aaa...frica?

-Is that the same as Africa?

-India.

I was just miming you! Aah!

-Is that right?

-I would say it's Africa. Barbara, you thought India?

-I thought India, yeah.

-Look at the size...

-Depends on the ears.

Yeah, look at the elephant ears there.

Now, any sort of feeling as to where in Africa that might have been made?

-I have no idea at all.

-Where do they have the most elephants?

The most common places will be Nigeria, that sort of west coast,

Kenya, then Southern Africa or South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia,

Botswana, those sort of areas.

It's a touristy piece, really, but that does have a little bit of age

and it's got a nice bit of patination, hasn't it?

-Where oily hands have held it...

-Yes.

-..over periods of time.

-And people collect elephants.

-They do. It's a sweet thing.

So, what was it that drew you to it, then?

-Animals. A nice little bit of carving.

-I like the dark...

Not too intricate, but it's nice, isn't it, the way it's been done.

What are those little eyes? Are they just a bit of paint?

-Let's have a look.

-The last one seems a bit sparkly.

No, I think it's just glittery stone, that's all.

-And you know it sits on a table as a display piece.

-I like that.

-Nice and simple and not...

-It's very nice, yes.

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

probably in the '50s or '60s or something.

-I like that.

-Shall we have a little punt?

-Yes.

What's it worth?

Well...

-I think...

-We'll have a little, um...

-17.

-It's got 17 on it.

-I think 10.

-It'd be great for 10. Why wouldn't it be good?

-The magic 9.

-Oh! Do you want it for 9?

-Yes!

-What's this magic 9?

Because most auction prices start at £10, so, you get £1 profit!

-I like your thinking.

-So, if you can get it for 9, will you have it?

-Yes.

OK, let me have it. Let me find him. Where is he?

I'll just...I'll have a word with him. You two chat away.

I think he's run away!

I wouldn't be surprised.

So, as David hunts down the disappearing dealer,

have the Reds found themselves a new team-mate?

Wah! That's heavy...

as I thought they would be. What do you like about these?

-It was the colour.

-What would you use them for?

-Just ornamental.

-Just ornamental, OK. How much are you asking for these?

-68.

-68. This one's got a chip on the top there.

Because of that, I'd leave them for the minute.

We've only got 15 minutes, basically, 15 or 20 minutes,

so, let's keep on looking and, if it really comes to it,

and you really say that I want them,

-but I think really that they need to be around £40, £45, OK?

-Yep.

-And, so, I would probably say no, to be honest.

-Yes, OK.

But let's carry on looking, carry on looking.

We'll take your word for it.

And as the Reds move on, the Blues are stuck to the spot.

Any joy in finding that dealer?

I think you remember this fella!

Now, because you love us so much and we're best customers, ever...

You can say that again.

-..we're going to shake on the most fantastic deal of the day.

-Yes.

Please!

I'll let you have it for a tenner, seeing as it's you two.

-Now...

-Ah.

-..we have a magic number.

When you go to an auction, often each price starts at £10,

and we'd make a pound profit if you gave it to us for 9.

-9's fine.

-9's all right.

-Aww!

-9's all right. Now, it's gorgeous.

That's our deed of the day.

-I don't know how much we've left you, but not a lot.

-I don't care.

-I really don't care.

-Thank you very much and, for the third time...

-Cheers.

-Ta. Thank you, thank you.

-Well done, you two.

-I like that.

I am going to buy you whatever you like. Tea...

-Pint.

-Pint! Come on.

You're my kind of girl. Come on!

Put your feet up then. You must be exhausted after that shop.

Those two are astonishing.

However, I would have done exactly the same,

because, sometimes, you come across a stall that is just fabulous.

That...is a fabulous stall.

In all the shows I've done, I don't recall another team

buying three items from the one spot from the same stall.

So, what are the Reds weighing up?

What on earth is this? This looks absolutely hideous.

-It's for... Farmers use them for weighing live lambs.

-Really?

How do you weigh a lamb on that, then?

THEY LAUGH

Haven't got a clue! Who told you this, then?

-It was a local farmer.

-Oh, yeah?

'There's no pulling the wool over your eyes.'

Oh, I get you. Oh, there we are. Yes, it's like a balance, then.

-Yeah.

-It's a fulcrum or something.

Oh, gosh.

That's a good bit of, sort of, um, local history, isn't it?

OK, so you have that like that, and you'd put that on your weight...

-Yeah.

-..on there, like so, and then you'd put your lamb on there.

Would it go in a sack?

Yes, it probably would go in a sack, of course it would.

Yeah, safer for the lamb, really.

-And then you move that along to work out the weight.

-Yeah.

You wouldn't have to just leave it to lambs though, do you?

-You could weigh anything.

-You could weigh anything.

Um, this has got quite a bit of wrought-iron work.

So, I think this is rather fun.

This is a bit of a Phil Serrell item, this,

-he likes this sort of thing.

-Think a big country house,

-above the fireplace, farmer comes in...

-Yeah.

-Maybe?

I just think it's a bit of local history,

or a bit of farming history.

-You could have it in a pub, hanging up, couldn't you?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

The Lamb Inn. Um, let's put this down because

-my arm's beginning to ache.

-How long have you have it for?

-I only bought it last week.

-Oh, really.

-Local country auction, yeah.

OK, how much would you let us have it for?

40.

SHARP INTAKE OF BREATH

-40...

-You don't think so, Jonathan?

-The lady doesn't want to take it home, I can tell...

-No, I don't.

..it's heavy and it's cast iron.

-We'll take it off for what you paid for it.

-No, you make me a...

-25.

No! 35.

-28.

-30.

-I think...

-Let's do it.

-We'll do it.

-TRADER: OK, then.

-30, thank you very much.

-Thank you.

-That's us done. Three items bought. Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

-Let's grab our metalwork.

-And off we go.

-And off we go.

-Tea.

Well done, teams, and with plenty of time to spare.

I don't even get to say my "Time's up" line.

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

The animal lovers bought two Beswick panda figures for £50.

£170 was spent on the Art Deco style bronze figure of a female dancer.

And the vintage wrought-iron steelyard balance

with counterweights weighed in at £30.

-You did terribly well.

-I think we did.

Listen, rumour has it that you spent most of your money.

-We did. £250.

-Seriously? £250 is lovely.

Karen, which is your favourite piece?

I like the lady that we bought. I like the lady.

Yes, she's very pretty Art Deco.

OK, and do you agree with that?

-No, the pandas, my beautiful pair of pandas.

-OK, fine.

So, they're favourites.

Are the pandas going to bring the biggest profit?

No, I think your lady, I will go with your lady.

Do you think your lady's going to bring the biggest profit?

-I think the lady.

-OK, fine.

So you spent 250, which is absolutely magnificent

and I'd like to take the £50 of leftover lolly.

There you go, JP, £50 to go out and blow,

and, on this special programme you're going to get

-the special £100 bonus buy...

-Oh!

-..wodge

to go out there and find that additional bonus buy,

which I'd be obliged if you'd bring back and have a chat with me about.

What a responsibility.

Before we show them both to the girls and they can decide

whether they want one or t'other...or none!

As you like.

HE LAUGHS

Anyway, good stuff. Um, are you ready for this?

-Are you puffed up for this?

-Oh, yeah, raring.

You're very patriotic about it all, which is marvellous.

And off you go and very good luck.

Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blue Team bought, eh?

The pair of early 20th century Japanese bronze vases

cost them £150.

£62 was spent on the Art Deco-style chrome-framed wall lights.

And, finally, the elephants packed their trunks

and headed to the auction for the magic £9.

Well, kids, that was good, wasn't it?

-Yes.

-You do not move more than 3ft for the whole shop.

-That's right.

It wasn't that much.

It doesn't matter though, does it?

As long as you're happy with what you've bought.

-Yes.

-Yes.

-Gina, which is your favourite piece?

A small ebony carved elephant bridge.

-That heffalump job.

-Yes.

-Do you agree with that, Babs?

-The vases.

-The vases are your favourite.

And are the vases going to bring the biggest profit?

-I think so.

-No.

No! Gina says, "No!"

Which one is going to bring the biggest profit then, Gina?

Well, I think it's going to be the elephant bridge,

because it was a small price.

OK. Therefore, there's a big upside, right?

No, I think it's only going to be little, but profit.

OK, that's perfect, right, so you spent how much?

-£221.

-That is a mature amount. £221.

So, I would like £79 of leftover lolly, please. That's perfect.

Look at that. Now, did you have a good time with David Harper?

-We did.

-We did, didn't we? We laughed all the time.

-Did he look after you?

-He did.

Thank you very much, David.

Now, I'm going to give you, on this special occasion,

-an extra special £100 bonus buy...

-That's so good of you.

-..wodge to take out.

-Oh, thank you.

-Not at all, it's a pleasure,

but your challenge now is to come up with two superlative things,

bring them back, and let's have a chat about them later.

OK, I look forward to that.

So, as David goes off in search of his bonus buys, I'm going

to show you something I actually found here in Oswestry last year.

Curtains up!

So, what's going on here, then?

Well, the relevance of these things standing in a field in Shropshire

is a little lost, I have to say.

What you have to do is to transport yourself to one of the grandest

drawing rooms in a stately home that you can possibly imagine,

because that's where these two started out their life,

around about 1820 to 1840.

But what are they? The secret is in the lug at the back,

and that lug was designed to hang in a fitting on a wall

adjacent to a window and if the little lug was

angled on the wall like that, this is the wall, there's the window.

Draw the curtain and the curtain comes

and needs to be restrained by something,

and if you're really grand and in a really expensive interior, you have

an enormous tieback like this, behind which the curtain is tucked.

The beauty of the thing is both in the crispness and quality

of the cast brass or bronze and also the gilding on its surface.

This is a special type of gilding where real gold

and mercury are mixed into a paste, applied to the bare metal

and then cooked in an oven, but the effect is spectacular.

If you burnish it with a lapidary's stone,

you get smooth areas like that, which are bright,

whereas the contrasting, rather dimpled areas are dull,

which is a lovely effect.

And that is applied over all the cast surface,

and the surface is cast with a variety of leaves

of different shapes, sizes and spikiness.

They're both in great condition, they're both spectacular to look at.

And what are they worth?

Well, if you've got a stately home and you need two tiebacks,

they're worth a lot of money.

I can tell you though, that here in a field in Oswestry,

they cost you £110.

And I getting a bit hung up on this?

MUSIC: "Hung Up" by Madonna

And with two bonus buys to find,

let's hope our experts don't get too hung up.

JP's got £50 left over from the shop to buy the teams something tasty.

Well, a 1960s Royal Worcester serving dish, to be precise.

I thought I'd be frugal on this one and give them a chance to go for

a very cheap piece, if they wanted to.

And I think, in the auction, with the right audience,

we're going to make a tenner out of it, at the least.

So, that's his leftover lolly team bonus buy bought,

but what about the special £100 bonus buy?

Has he found something else dishy?

This is £30. This is my £100 extra buy for the team.

They bought things they liked, so I thought I'd buy something that's going to make them money.

It's a lovely thing. I think it's going to make £50 to £70.

I think it's a nice thing.

Let's have a peek then, JP.

Cor, JP, what have you cooked up here?

-This is our team's bonus buy?

-It is.

-You had £50.

-Yes.

How much did you spend?

-8.

-Gosh! You get quite a lot for £8, don't you?

I just like the imagery on it,

-a bit like that Homemaker tea service, Ridgway...

-Yeah.

..it has that sort of 1950s, 1960s style.

-You feel Ravilious coming on, don't you?

-Exactly.

-Exactly.

-It's Festival of Britain.

-Yes.

It's all the rage, you know, if you want to turn out your,

you know, your beans in something,

-why not in that little pot?

-Yeah, a little casserole,

except we've got a flute on it, a harp on it,

-a tambourine, and a trombone.

-Yeah.

-Zany, isn't it?

-And it's by Royal Worcester.

-Mm-hm.

So, it's porcelain, it's oven-proof...

And it has that '60s look.

I reckon it's got to make 15, maybe 20 on a good day.

OK, well, you're young, you're trendy, you're with it.

You're on trend. Good, that's lovely, and so,

-what about the special bonus buy?

-OK, given £100.

I saw this, I really liked it,

I revisited it, revisited it again and, in the end,

I convinced myself it was a good thing to buy.

And I'm pleased with it. It's an embossed silver dish.

You can see that planishing, sort of hand-finished...

That's all that dotted stuff.

Yeah, it's got the spiral fluting in there,

-a nice twist into a scalloped border...

-It's like Japanese to me.

-It has that sort of...

-Cloisonne, isn't it?

It is cloisonne set into silver, absolutely, but I wouldn't say

-it's Japanese, I'd love it to be Japanese, to be honest.

-Would you?

-Yeah. And there's three paw feet, four paw feet?

-Three of them.

-Four, even!

-It's got 1,000 on the bottom.

-Is that what you paid?

-I paid £30.

-Is that all?

-Yeah.

So, solid silver in great nick.

-Nice enamel border, wherever it comes from, for £30.

-Very pretty.

-That can't be dear, can it?

-I think that's a good little buy.

OK, I have to predict

which item is going to bring the biggest profit.

And, I have to say, it's a bit of a toss-up between these two,

because I can see your '60s fan running with this,

but I don't think it will run as far

as that will above £30.

I can see that making £40 to £60.

I can see you doubling your money on that.

I'm not sure I can see that making £30. So, OK, that's my prediction.

My prediction is with the silver bowl,

but, of course, the team may not go with either of them.

Anyway, that's very interesting.

Now, why don't we find out how poor David Harper's doing.

Ha-ha! Well, actually, he's not that poor.

He's got £79 to buy something exquisite and exciting for the team.

I wonder where he'll end up.

Colin, you just can't get rid of me, can you?

No! DAVID LAUGHS

I know! And I've got to have those elephants.

Those two ladies are going to love them, so, 20 quid the lot?

-20 quid the lot.

-Fantastic.

Cheapest elephants I've ever bought. Thank you.

Oh, come on! How could I resist three wonderful elephants?

Bronze candlesticks and one that may well be an incense burner,

and I think Gina and Barbara are just going to go crazy for them.

So, it's all trunky-dory on the team front,

but what about David's £100 special buy?

Where's he off to now?

A-ha!

Colin, I am absolutely in love with that tray. Will £80 buy it?

-Yes.

-Good man. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you. Wonderful.

Now THAT is a pretty stylish drinks tray.

Arts and crafts with a built-in suspension unit

and signed by a pretty famous guy called Hugh Wallis,

circa 1890 and I'm looking forward to talking to Tim about that one.

Well, well, well, David Harper.

I would say that you have been out there performing magnificently.

-Thank you very much.

-This is an interesting group.

Now, for the team's bonus buy we've got this herd of elephants here.

These two are the ones that I was drawn to, candleholders.

-Cast bronze.

-Yes.

-They have an oriental look.

-We're going East, there's no doubt about it.

-Oh, yes.

Age-wise, they're certainly late 19th, early 20th century.

-This is sand casting at its crudest, isn't it?

-Completely.

Solid sand cast bronze. Frankly, they could be 400 years old.

-They could be, but I think they're 100 years old.

-At least.

And you're right, they could be much earlier.

And don't they make a nice pair?

Wouldn't they polish nicely?

In that dusty, dirty old state, I wouldn't personally,

but somebody could. And then this joker, he's different, isn't he?

-Yes, he's much less interesting.

-Cast iron, I'd say.

Which has been covered to make it look like bronze.

-It's a bit of a gunky sort of green.

-Very Chinese elements on that.

-I think they're very interesting.

-I love them.

£79 is all you had - you spent the lot, presumably?

No, I spent £20 on these two guys

and I got this little character thrown in.

David Harper, that is a steal.

So that's the team's bonus buy which is excitement itself.

And now, the special bonus buy. Tell us about that.

OK, we have an arts and crafts tray, very stylish, circa 1890,

1900, but very interestingly,

if we look here we have an HW, which stands for Hugh Wallis.

He was making from the 1890s to the end of the First World War,

circa 1918, in the arts and crafts style

and he was based in Altrincham,

-not far away from the auction.

-Yes.

-I think it's an uber-cool piece.

-You're telling me.

This is very difficult, isn't it?

Because to select one from t'other in terms of what

they might make in the way of profit, which is my next job,

I'm having a real bit of difficulty here.

Quite frankly, if there's any justice in life, a pretty good profit for both these objects.

-You couldn't have spent more than £100 on this.

-£80.

You paid a good wodge, though.

It didn't come for a £20 note or anything like that.

But I can see you getting £200, £300, £400 for that, frankly.

-That would be my top side.

-I love your enthusiasm there.

Well, that's how I feel.

The problem is, how do I weigh that up against the heffelumps?

Because if the heffelumps are old, seriously,

and they COULD be old, they've got the archaic look to them...

I think it's riskier. If I have to nail my colours to the mast,

we'll have to say between us, cos we're not going to tell the teachers

which one I think is going to do better.

I think the tray will do better. That's my prediction, anyway.

The tray is going to do best with any luck

and we're trotting off to Cornwall to Cotehele, which is gorgeous.

In 1353, the Edgecombe family

acquired Cotehele through marriage.

With various additions through Tudor times, the buildings we see

today have remained pretty much untouched since the 16th century.

Indeed, it is the depository where the Edgecombe family put

a lot of their possessions through the centuries and as a result,

we have the most incredibly varied collection within the house itself.

And today we're going to have a look at

one or two of the more unusual pieces.

The visitor route at Cotehele has been the same for centuries.

You're drawn through this ancient studded door into

the Great Hall itself.

It is an incredibly impressive space with its beautiful ceiling timbers

and an amazing assemblage of arms and armour and trophies,

the most extraordinary of which have to be these.

They are apparently the jaw bones from a blue whale.

A blue whale that was apparently blown ashore onto some

property belonging to the family in 1647.

A whale of course was a valuable commodity in the 17th-century. Why?

Well, you could render it - melt down the fact and blubber of the

beast, reduce it to oil which could be used for any number of purposes.

And the fact that these could be the jaw bones from a 17th-century

whale I think does a lot to enhance the family history here at Cotehele.

And the Edgecombe family enjoyed collecting amongst other things

an array of arms and armour over the years,

including these unusual places.

Now, this piece of armour was constructed

apparently in Germany, around 1600.

Such is the visitor interest in this original piece of armour,

the National trust have had a reproduction made

so that visitors can have a practical demonstration.

If you've lost your left hand, this piece of armour would fit over

the stump of your forearm,

enabling you to effectively have a prosthetic armoured hand.

If for example you were about to ride out into battle,

mounted on the horse,

your groom would introduce the reins into the prosthetic left hand

and as a result of these ratchets,

the rein could be gripped

and hence you can ride out and take on the enemy.

For me, the warrior who has already sadly lost his hand wanting

to go out to battle at all has to make him a very, very brave fellow.

Talking about bravery,

let's find out right now how our teams are forming up over at the auction.

Well, we've come 54 miles north to the glorious city of Liverpool

to be with Adam Partridge.

-Adam, lovely to see you.

-Thank you very much.

-Everything going on all right here?

-Very well.

Excellent, moving on with the Reds,

-we've brought you a very special treat.

-Where is it?

The two Beswick figures which are brand Harry spankers...

Yes, well, you don't see those as often as you see horses and things.

-They're an endangered species, that's why!

-They are.

Individual lots of modern Beswick like that would be terribly

-difficult to sell.

-I'll put £20-£30 estimate.

-OK, £50 paid.

They don't stand a snowflake's chance in a warm place.

Very unlikely to get anywhere near purchase price,

-but you never know, do you, Tim.

-Quite.

Now, Demetre Chiparus or at least, something that looks a bit like it.

-Yes.

-So, in your sale, a period Chiparus figure like that,

-with no ivory on it, is worth what, five grand?

-Five grand.

8,000, something like that.

5,000 to 8,000 and of course when they start bringing ivory in,

-they get to five figures and beyond.

-Exactly. What about this thing,

which is brand Harry spankers and is a late copy?

Well, it has the decorative appeal, people like the Deco look,

especially here in the city of Liverpool,

so I've put £50-£80 and would hope it would make that and a touch more.

-Needs to make £170 - any chances?

-A remote chance, very remote.

We've already got a double problem here.

The pandas which are a problem, and we've got Chiparus,

-who is a problem in terms of making a profit.

-Loss and loss.

-I know.

In weighing this up, I think

-the last thing we need to look at are the scales.

-Yes, on balance!

"On balance", you would say that the scale are not much cop or OK?

We see them quite often. They're not the most saleable thing, really.

-What do you do with them?

-It's agricultural bygones again, isn't it?

-Yes.

Is it going to be worth £20-£40, something like that?

I think I put a £20-£40 estimate, but what do you do with those

when you buy them? You're a creative chap, where would you put those?

I'd own a public house

and have them in the fireplace of the public bar.

They're just a decorative object.

And if you didn't and you were a local private buyer,

what would you do?

I'd probably take up carting coal around and have a little cart

-and do stuff like that.

-Well, I knew you have an answer.

Or take in scrap! I don't know! I'd do something with them.

So, we've got the estimate, £20-£40. I've told you that they paid £30.

It's not going to make a lot of profit in which case,

they're definitely going to need one or other of their bonus buys,

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

Now, Karen, this is exciting, isn't it?

We have two bonus buys on the table!

-So, JP - show us all.

-Ready...

-Da-daah!

-Ooh.

One is the team's bonus buy -

you gave JP £50 to go off and find you the team bonus by.

-Which one is that?

-This little chappie here.

It's Royal Worcester and I bought it for the ladies because I thought

it was a stylish 1950s bit of style with the musical instruments on it.

I thought it was a bit of jazz. This is very fashionable at the moment.

Right, so how much did you buy it for?

-I paid £8.

-Oh, bargain!

-There we are, how about that?

What do I reckon it's going to make?

15 or 20 at the least, I'd have thought!

Well, that's the prediction. For the team's bonus buy.

Now, the special bonus buy, you had £100, JP,

and you found the little silver dish.

OK, this little dish here is hand made, you can

see all the work involved, it's an enamel border, very pretty thing.

It cost me £30.

-Right.

-And I think it's a really good little thing for that.

-It's lovely.

It's got to make £50 or £60.

Who knows which will make the most profit?

You don't have to choose either of them, but you can only pick one.

The moment to pick is after the sale of your first three items

as per normal, but right now, why don't we check out

what the auctioneer thinks about JP's bonus buys.

Right, then. Here we go, two bonus buys.

This is the team's bonus buy -

the Royal Worcester oven table tureen and cover.

Flameproof porcelain! Life doesn't get much better, does it?

-Not at all! What's your estimate on that?

-A generous £15-£20.

£8 paid. That's quite promising.

And this is Jonathan Pratt's special bonus buy.

I think that's quite nice.

Yeah. It's hammered, it's got some enamel on it...

-Nice little bit of enamelling on it, Eastern theme, is it?

-Suppose so.

-Nothing wrong with that.

-Estimate?

-30 to 50.

-OK, £30 paid.

That's my prediction as to which one is going to bring the biggest

profit. That's it for the Reds, now for the Blues.

The first item are the Oriental vases, which looked Japanese to me.

I thought they were Japanese but made for the Chinese market,

-probably.

-But nicely done.

-They're OK, yes, they're quite nice.

They fit this kind of current yearning for everything Eastern.

I think they're £50-£80, but they might make 100 or a touch more.

However, you never quite know with the Oriental market, do you?

Which is what's so exciting, isn't it? Anyway, £150 was paid by Gina.

Who knows, the girl might be right.

But if she's wrong, there's a thumping great loss building there.

I don't think there's going to be a big loss there, Tim.

Moving on, we go to the Deco wall lights. Are these really Deco?

I put "Deco style" on my description.

-They look a bit bogus to me.

-Yes.

You catalogue them as Art Deco style because you don't think

-they come from the 1930s.

-Well, they quite obviously don't, do they?

No, and if they don't come from the 1930s, when would they come from?

'70s? Or later.

OK, so they're Art Deco style, therefore they're out of period.

-They're definitely out of period.

-So how much, Adam?

I put £20-£40, but they've got a good, stylish look to them

and I think they might appeal to our profile of buyers here in Liverpool.

Well, they need to make £62, so that could be another loss

and lastly is that rather odd-looking thing...

In my mind, that belongs in a job lot with another 20 or 30 of them.

But mainly you see them in ivory, don't you?

You see them in ebony with ivory tusks and you do see them

-in ivory as well. You often see the graduated set.

-What's it worth?

-£5-£10.

-Perfect, £9 paid.

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

-It's a waste of ebony!

-I don't think we'll be getting any phone bids on it.

-Do you not?

-Not unless they're trunk calls.

Oh, gosh, this man has got a sense of humour! That's marvellous.

On that happy note, they're definitely going to

need their bonus buys, or at least one of them.

Let's go and have a look.

Well, Gina, Babs. This is the moment, isn't it? Two bonus buys.

The team bonus buy... You gave David Harper £79 to find something

super duper and special, David - over to you.

-Do you like elephants?

-Love elephants.

-There's an elephant-fest for you.

-Ooh.

-This is the team bonus buy.

The pair of candleholders either side, these two for me

are the stars.

I think they're very early, potentially Chinese

and I think they might just have legs in an auction room.

-They've got four legs each.

-And they might be running, Tim!

-You never know! And trumpeting at the same time!

-And how much?

Well, for the three, the pair here and the much later little...

Nelly.

It's an incense burner of some sort, £20 for the three.

-The cheapest elephants you've ever seen.

-Oh, right.

-There isn't much of a downside to that, is there?

-It's a win-win, Tim.

Now, David - this brass tray is the special bonus buy which you

-had £100 to spend. Tell us about that.

-Completely different.

Its arts and crafts, it's late 19th-century, it's uber-stylish,

and rarely, it's actually marked by the maker,

Hugh Wallis of Altrincham.

He is a well-known arts and crafts maker.

-Bang on trend, circa 1890.

-And how much was that?

-£80.

-£80. OK.

-Quite a lot.

-Ask him how much profit.

Make a good profit?

I think it definitely has potential because of the mark.

-It could make 120.

-So...

-You're going to have some choices, girls.

-We have to pick one?

Not right now, you don't.

-You make your choice after the sale of the first three items.

-Right.

You can relax up, but I will be turning to you and saying to you

which one of these are you going to pick

or do you want to pick either of them?

Because you don't have to pick either,

so it will be entirely free play.

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

what the auctioneer thinks about David Harper's bonus buys.

-Right then, Adam, take control of the elephants.

-Thank you very much.

They are the team bonus buy. They're rather handsome, aren't they?

Well, they've got a good look to them, haven't they?

-Lots of people like elephants.

-Yes, what are they worth?

I put £30 to £50.

OK, £20 paid. That's good.

-And a special bonus buy is this brass tray.

-Quite stylish, isn't it?

-What's it worth?

-I'd put an estimate of £30 to £50.

-I think it should make 50 quid, but it's unlikely to make more.

-Really?

£80 paid.

And this is my prediction as to which of the two bonus buys

is going to bring the largest amount, so just shows what I know.

I think there may be more potential profit in those.

-We'll find out in a minute, will we?

-We will.

-We will.

My book's here at 70.

GAVEL BANGS

-Happy?

-Happy.

-Yes.

-Well, what is there not to be happy about?

-Indeed.

Your Beswick pandas, I think, could be a problem.

£20 to £30 is his estimate, which I think is the right estimate.

You paid £50, but then you got carried away, didn't you, girls?

-We did a little bit.

-They are pandas and what is the panda the symbol of?

World Wildlife Trust.

There we go and we just have to hope

that the pandas are going to chomp their way to victory.

The Beswick figure of a seated panda and a cub. There we go.

Start me at 10. £10 here. At £10, second row. £10. 15 bid. 20.

20 bid. At £20 down here. At £20. Estimate here at £20. Any more now?

-At £20, then, selling these at £20.

-£20, girls. I'm so sorry.

£20 as predicted. That's minus 30, which is a bit of a blow.

After Chiparus there, the Art Deco style figure of a female dancer.

Anybody bid me £50 for it? 50 bid. Straight in.

At £50, I'll take five now. 55, 60,

five, 70, five, 80, five, 90.

-85 the lady. 85 at the moment. 85, 90, 95...

-Yes. Look, it's going on.

-100. 110. 100, then. At 100, over this side..

-It's a beautiful thing.

£100 on my right-hand side. Any further now? At £100.

-Are you all finished?

-Uh-oh. I think that's it.

-£110. Back in.

-There we are, 110.

-110. Go on, 120.

-120 online.

Have another one, though. 130 in the hat now. At 130, at 130.

-Have another one. It's 130 there. 140 online.

-Yes.

-Look at that!

-The tension. I can't, you know...

-Crack on.

At 140. Internet this time. Selling at 140.

Anyone else in the room, it's 140.

Online and away at 140.

-£140.

-So close.

-Is minus 30.

-Think how much worse that could have been.

-Oh, yes.

-I have to tell you.

You've done well with that, girls.

Now, the steel yard balances.

The wrought-iron steel yard.

I'm bid £20 online there.

Little flicker of the screen at £20, I'll take five.

At £20, the steel yard. Any more on this one? At £20, the steel yard.

We're online and selling, then, maiden bid, then, at £20.

GAVEL BANGS

Well, that's £20, so I'm afraid minus £10.

That's 30, 30, that's £70.

Minus £70. Now are we going to win it back

-with some of these bonus buys?

-Yes, of course.

-Do you think we are?

So, which are you going to go with?

You can only go with one if you go with anything at all.

Are you going to go with the Royal Worcester tureen or are you

-going to do the silver hammered bowl?

-We'd like the silver bowl.

-You're going with the bowl.

-We'll go with the bowl.

-OK, fine.

Now that you've decided that,

I can tell you that the estimate is £30 to £50, I made a prediction

and my prediction was that the silver bowl

would make the most profit, if there's any profit to be made.

His estimate on the fireproof tureen is 15 to 20

and if it makes a profit, any profit that the tureen makes will go

to charity, because we are going to sell it anyway.

The Royal Worcester fireproof porcelain tureen there.

Anybody bid me a tenner for it?

£10 bid me online at 10. At £10, the only bid. At £10.

-We're in profit.

-Selling now for £10.

-Isn't that marvellous?

-15 in the middle. At £15.

-Well done, JP.

At £15. Are you all done now? In the middle there at £15.

GAVEL BANGS

That is absolutely super, and it's plus seven pounds.

So the charity gets seven pounds.

Bad luck, girls, that's not profit for you,

but you've gone with the silver bowl. Let's see what happens.

This is silver with a little enamelled border.

Beautiful little thing.

No money. At 30 bid. At £30, five next, £30 only, £30 bid.

Is there five anywhere? And five, 40. Still with me. At £40.

I'll take another five if you want. It's £40. Selling, then, at £40.

-Is that all? That's cheap enough.

-All done at £40.

£40, which is plus £10, which means, overall, your score is minus £60.

Well done, JP, a profit on both of your bonus buys,

which is marvellous.

And you got the biggest profit which is the £10,

so you did a good prediction there.

'And I got my prediction right as well.'

And overall minus 60.

Karen and Michelle, that could be a winning score,

-so don't say a word to the Blues.

-No.

-We don't want them to know.

-OK.

Thank you very much, girls.

Now, Gina, Babs, do you know how the Reds got on?

-No, we haven't even seen them.

-Have you not seen them at all?

-No.

OK, well, that's good. Your big investment is those oriental vases.

-We're hoping.

-Yes.

-You're hoping.

I mean, you really love them, you spent £150, which is

-a good old wodge of anybody's money.

-It is.

But they're extremely beautiful and finely cast and signed

and if the internet's going to help you out, it's the first lot,

so we'll know pretty early into this.

His estimate is £50 to £80, which is about half what you paid,

so that's not encouraging,

but, nevertheless, we'll see what happens.

A pair of early 20th-century oriental bronze vases in the

Chinese style, Chinese dragons and a Chinese mark to the base.

I have interest here. I'm bid £50 already. At £50.

Any advance on £50 for these. Five, 60 bid. At £60.

Still with me, five, 70 bid. At £70, my book's here at 70.

Five, 80 bid, five, sir, 90, five, 100, my bid. At 100 here.

At £100 here. On the books at £100. I will take 10, 110.

At 110, internet. At 110. Any advance on these now?

-I think he's drying up.

-Yeah.

-Oh, no!

-I think he's sticking.

-£120 online.

-£120.

-GAVEL BANGS

Oh, girls.

-It was a good risk, it was a good risk.

-110 is minus 40. Bad luck.

Now let's hope for more with the Art Deco.

They're quite stylish, aren't they? Art Deco wall lights.

And bid me, what, £20 for them? £20 the pair. There we are. At £20.

I'll take five now. At £20, seated, then, 20.

-Come on!

-Any advance on £20?

-Come on. Yes.

-40, 45. No. 40 here. Five anywhere else?

-Go on.

-Go on.

-£40 on the second row.

They're stylish looking things there.

I'm selling at £40 on the second row now.

GAVEL BANGS

£40. £40 is minus £22 which means

overall you're minus £62.

Could be worse, couldn't it?

Yes, you could, you could always be worse.

The carved ebony bridge ornaments in the form of a row of five

graduated elephants. I'm £10 on one bid.

-You've made your pound.

-Told you.

At £10 and I'm selling them. At 15 online. 20 here. £20.

At £20? Any advance on 20? Another bid if you want. It's £20.

I'm as amazed as you are. At £20. Are you all done now?

At £20, the elephants then.

-Thank you.

-Absolutely marvellous. Plus £11. That means you're 51.

Minus £51.

So, what are we going to do about these bonus buys?

Are you going to go with the team bonus buy,

which cost £20, which is the incense burner, the elephants?

Or are you going to go with the Wallace brass tray?

Or are you going to just not bother and just go home with minus 51?

-Oh, we've got to pick something.

-Yes, we've got to pick something.

-Now that we're minus. Elephants?

-Elephants.

-Elephants.

-Elephants.

-Elephants.

-I would say elephants.

-You'd go elephants.

I'd go elephants. What would you go?

Well, I have to say that when I made my prediction,

I went with the tray because I rated that tray

and I thought that tray could make at the top end of £200,

so I made my investment in the tray.

Knowing what one knows now,

of course, I might be quite likely to change my mind, but I'm

not allowed to change my mind, because that was my prediction.

So you have selected the herd of elephants, which cost £20.

Now that you've made the selection,

I can tell you what the auctioneer's estimate is, which is £30 to £50,

so he sees you doubling your money on those elephants, OK.

-Here we go.

-We have our incense burner in the form of an elephant

and a pair of bronze candlesticks in the form of elephants as well.

-£20, the elephants. There we are. At 20 bid. I'll take five now.

-Come on.

-Go on.

-£20 the bid. £20 on the elephants.

-At 20, worth a bit more, are they not?

-Come on, come on, come on.

-20, come on.

-£20, the lot, £20.

Very still room.

GAVEL BANGS

£20 is a wiped face.

They did not pack up their trunks.

Now, we'll go with the brass tray, which we're going to sell and if

it makes a profit, any profit made on this tray will go to charity.

Bid me £30 for it. 30. I've got £20 on the books here.

At £20, is there five now?

25, 30, five, 35, the second row for the Hugh Wallace tray. At 35 there.

-£35, 40 online, and five, sir? 45 the room.

-Oh, dear.

-£45 now, £45.

-It's its money and it's selling.

-It's bang on. £45.

Had you gone with that, then you would have lost £35.

As it is, you went, perfectly sensibly, with the heffalumps,

and they wiped their faces, so that's it, overall you're minus £51.

Well done, girls, don't say a word to the Reds, all right?

Reluctantly at a tenner.

Gosh, look at this.

All these smiling girls and a couple of boys on the outside.

Everybody's looking incredibly happy,

although why, I hasten to add, when looking at the scores?

In fact, I can reveal that the gap between the teams today is

-only nine pounds.

-ALL: Oh!

But the runners-up today, by only nine pounds,

just happen to be the Reds.

LAUGHTER

Now you Reds went with one of the special bonus buys, yes?

In fact, you went with the special bonus buy

and that got you £10 back, didn't it?

So your overall score is only minus 60,

which is not too bad at all, really.

I have to show you that here. No.

I have to show you £7 which is the profit

made on your other bonus buy,

so you made profits on both your bonus buys.

On the team bonus buy which you didn't go with, there is

£7 of profit which I'll donate to charity for you.

-Anyway, have you had a lovely time, Michelle?

-Excellent, wonderful.

-Karen, you've been happy, darling?

-Brilliant.

Yeah, well, anyway you've behaved like a couple of animals.

But it's been marvellous. Rrr! Rrr! Like a couple of cats.

Well done and good luck at the zoo.

Now, girls, you've managed to win by losing £51.

You did get £11 off your heffalumps, didn't you? Which was nice.

And you went with the team bonus buy which wiped its face,

so no shame in that and you avoided the hammered tray

which I predicted was going to make a huge amount of money and

therefore I know nothing about this either, so, anyway, there we are.

-The victors, well done. Are you happy with that?

-Oh, yes.

-Oh, yes.

Well, it's been lovely having you on the show.

In fact, join us soon for more bargain-hunting. Yes? Yes!