0:00:09 > 0:00:16Today, there's a special buzz in the air here in Oswestry,
0:00:16 > 0:00:19and it's not because we've got a fair
0:00:19 > 0:00:21simply stuffed with treasures.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23BUZZING
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Oh! That's better.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29It's because we've got a one-hour-long special edition
0:00:29 > 0:00:32that's sure to fly by.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36Who writes this stuff? Let's go bargain hunting! Yeah!
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Unlike the proverbial leopard, who never changes his spots,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13today, we are changing the rules...slightly.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15I'm asking the experts to find not one,
0:01:15 > 0:01:19but two bonus buys, which they'll then show me,
0:01:19 > 0:01:20I'll give them an opinion,
0:01:20 > 0:01:25but will the teams decide to take one, or the other, or none,
0:01:25 > 0:01:28and who will be right and who will be wrong?
0:01:28 > 0:01:29Ooh, what excitement.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34Let's take an eagle-eyed peek as to what's coming up.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37The Reds reveal some little-GNOME facts.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- And can be used for an anchor. - Well, it'd certainly stop the ship.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47- And our Blue expert divulges his trade secrets.- But what is it?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- Put a candle in there, perhaps. - OK, well, make it up, then.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53This is what I do. Fantastic. OK, it's a pen stand.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56You put it on your desk and you bung pens in it.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59That's all to come, but first, let's meet the teams.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05On today's show, we have two pairs of pals
0:02:05 > 0:02:08who have a world of difference.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12One pair very much like to have their feet on the ground,
0:02:12 > 0:02:16the other pair adore going under the water, deep diving.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18For the Reds, we have Greg and Tony,
0:02:18 > 0:02:20and for the Blues, we have Mick and Paul.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22- Hello, everyone. - ALL: Hello.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- So, you're best buddies, you two. - Yep.- And how did you meet, Greg?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28We met about 30 years ago,
0:02:28 > 0:02:33when we became both members of the same scuba diving club in Rotherham.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Then you started popping in the water other places.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Yeah, a lot of driving in the North Sea. We're really wreckers, Tim.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- Are you? What does that mean? - Diving shipwrecks.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Your day job was more of a job that followed Yes Minister, wasn't it?
0:02:46 > 0:02:47It was indeed, Tim.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50I was a senior civil servant for nearly 30 years.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Now, Tony, you used to run your own marine salvage business.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- Humber Salvage, yeah.- Did quite well, did you, with the...?
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- Yeah, it was great.- Yeah? What sort of things do you bring up?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Ship's lamps, compasses.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- Propellers.- Propellers. - Yeah?- Condensers.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09- What about these bottles? - Oh, the whisky.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Well, actually, I've still got a couple in my shed.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14It was a wreck that went down about 100 years ago in the Clyde,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17called the Wallachia, and it was carrying...
0:03:17 > 0:03:21it was going to the West Indies with whisky, general cargo,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23and we found the wreck about 30 years ago
0:03:23 > 0:03:27and started diving it, and we took a load of whisky off it,
0:03:27 > 0:03:29supposed to be worth a fortune.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33We decided to save it. You know, as time goes on, it'll make money.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35But one New Year's Eve, we opened a bottle
0:03:35 > 0:03:38and all the lads were round with their glasses, ready to drink it.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40The colour was right and everything.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44- Tasted absolutely terrible.- Foul. - Did it really?- Yeah, it was awful.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46- Well, what a shame. - Best to leave that alone, I think.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49So, how easy is it going to be for you to go out there today
0:03:49 > 0:03:51and find some bargains on Bargain Hunt?
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- Looking forward to it, aren't we?- Yeah.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57It's something that we feel we'll... we'll make a full fist of.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Well, I think you're going to do very well. Now for the Blues.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Now, Mick, tell us about the marathons, cos that's what you do.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Yes. I like to run marathons. I've recently run my hundredth marathon.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- Have you, really?- Mm. - Cor, you'll be worn out.- Yes!
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Did you start out six feet tall?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Have they ground you down? No, seriously, fantastic news.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23- Have you had a tradition of running all your life?- No.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28No, I was never...never athletic as a child particularly,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31but as time went on and my waistband expanded,
0:04:31 > 0:04:36I felt the need to take up some exercise before it got too late.
0:04:36 > 0:04:37Stop looking at me like that.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39LAUGHTER
0:04:39 > 0:04:43How sweet. You're now chairman of your running club.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Yes, I am. I'm chairman of Sandbach Striders running club,
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- and that's where me and Paul first met.- Very nice too.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52- And it says here you're a mature student.- Yes, I am.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Why this change of career, then?
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Well, I used to be a teacher and I worked as a teacher of boys
0:04:57 > 0:05:00with emotional and behavioural difficulties for many years,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03and it got to the point where, one morning,
0:05:03 > 0:05:05I woke up and realised that, actually,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07I didn't much like computers - I taught computers -
0:05:07 > 0:05:09and I didn't actually much like children.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12That's a very, very honest admission
0:05:12 > 0:05:16coming from a teacher who's been doing it for a decade or two!
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Anyway, so that was it, then.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- You had this kind of blinding moment.- I did.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24Your conversion on the road, so as to speak. And then what did you do?
0:05:24 > 0:05:28So, then I resigned and decided to follow my heart,
0:05:28 > 0:05:31rather than my head, and enrolled back in university,
0:05:31 > 0:05:33and I'm now doing an MA in the History of Art.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34Now, Paul, you're a runner also.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38So, tell us about the Marathon du Medoc.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Well, Tim, that's one of the 11 marathons I've run so far this year.
0:05:41 > 0:05:46- This year?- This year, and it's in France, in the Medoc region,
0:05:46 > 0:05:48and normally on a marathon,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51every time you get a little bit thirsty, you'll get water.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54The Marathon du Medoc is run through the chateaux of France,
0:05:54 > 0:05:58- so they replace the water with lovely red wine.- No!
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Which is absolutely gorgeous.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02The idea is that you finish
0:06:02 > 0:06:07as close to the cut-off time of 6 hours 30 as you possibly can.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11- Michael managed 6 hours, 29 and 30 seconds.- Really?
0:06:11 > 0:06:13I was 20 minutes too early.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15I must have missed a wine stop somewhere,
0:06:15 > 0:06:16which, that's not like me.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- Quite. So, how many stops are there, then?- 24.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21You get 24 glasses of wine
0:06:21 > 0:06:24while you trot your way through all these wine fields?!
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Oh, no, you're in fancy dress.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29This year's theme was space, so I was dressed as an alien,
0:06:29 > 0:06:31and to be honest with you,
0:06:31 > 0:06:34the locals bring a little bit of wine out for you as well,
0:06:34 > 0:06:37so you never get thirsty, so there is more than 24.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40You need to be decanted over the line.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44- That's just before the wine party at the end.- Well, how brilliant.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46When you're not running marathons, though,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- you run up and down hospital wards.- Indeed.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51I work for liaison psychiatry.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55I'm currently a dementia specialist attached to a local hospital.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- And such a worthwhile job. - Thank you.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00To ease people through that difficult period in their lives.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05- Absolutely.- Now, you two clearly have incredible amounts of stamina.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09- Have you got a plan for today's shopping?- Fast.- Fast.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- You're going to spend the lot? Bow!- Well, yes.- Zap! Pow!
0:07:13 > 0:07:14THEY LAUGH
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- Yes?- We'll finish in record time.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18You'll finish in record time! That's what I like to hear.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- Now, here's your £300. 300 smackers. - Thank you.- You know the rules.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26Your experts await, and off you go, and very, very, very good luck.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Gosh, this is going to be zippy.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36So, who are our experts today?
0:07:37 > 0:07:41Well, the clue is in the title. Yes, it's Jonathan Pratt with the Reds.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45And shaking things up for the Blues, it's David Harper.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50And don't forget, the experts will be really up against it today,
0:07:50 > 0:07:54as later on, they will have to find not one, but two bonus buys,
0:07:54 > 0:07:57and I'll be telling them, but not the contestants,
0:07:57 > 0:07:59which one I think will make the most profit at auction.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02But first, what are our teams going to buy?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05What we should do is look for dive gear. What do you reckon?
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Do you think we'll find any in a place like this?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Absolutely. People are always selling...
0:08:09 > 0:08:11You never, ever know, do you?
0:08:11 > 0:08:14So, this is what we'd normally do to warm up, then, boys?
0:08:14 > 0:08:17- I normally warm up with a cup of coffee.- Excellent.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Paul, what about you?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Well, I always think the first 20 miles is best to warm up with.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25First 20 miles? I normally think the first 22 miles. Hands on hips.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28OK, 60 minutes, Mick. What are we going to go and do?
0:08:28 > 0:08:32- We're going to go and Bargain Hunt. - We are. Come on. Let's go.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Jonathan, do you dive?
0:08:34 > 0:08:37I don't. I dive off a high board, that's about it.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- No, no, we're talking serious underwater scuba stuff.- No, never.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- Would you like to learn? - Yeah, why not?- OK, we'll sort it.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- Greg, take his number.- Yeah, we can put you in deep water.- Yeah, yeah.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49I think, with all this shopping this morning,
0:08:49 > 0:08:51I'm going to be in deep water.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00So, what kind of things do we like, then, Paul, apart from star jumping?
0:09:00 > 0:09:05- Well, I think I like toys, toy cars, nostalgia.- Yeah.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Good. Yeah. Mick, what about you?
0:09:07 > 0:09:11- I just like items that are decorative, that are pretty.- Yeah.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- That's nice. That's just very pretty. Nice colours.- Yeah.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18- This has got a nice weight to it. - Yeah.- The colours are very vibrant.
0:09:18 > 0:09:24- There's no obvious chips or marks that I can see.- No, OK. It's...
0:09:24 > 0:09:25I think it's a pressed glass.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- Hm.- It's not of the best quality in the world,
0:09:28 > 0:09:31but it's got what we call the look.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34It doesn't float my boat.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- It doesn't?- If I was honest.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40- I wouldn't run with that. - You wouldn't?- No.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Are you vetoing it?
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- Yeah, I...- OK.- OK.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48So, that's a diss on the dish, then.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Now, our divers have jumped straight in and found a marine relic.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56- 45 quid.- How odd is that? The first thing you spot...
0:09:56 > 0:09:58I don't think there's a profit in that.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02Not at that price, but I'm sure you could talk to the gentleman.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06- It needs to be about 5 quid. - No, no, about 15?- 10. 10. 10.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10- You'll have to be braver than me to do it.- Greg, get in there.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Go in there.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Excuse me, sir.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18- Yeah?- What would be a reasonable price on the diving helmet?
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Give us 25, there you are. I know you're going to make a profit.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- You'll make a profit on that. - What about 20?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27- Go on, then. For you. For you. - Thank you very much.- OK.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31- Thank you very much.- Yeah.- Diver's signal for "OK".- Yeah, absolutely.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- Return the signal. - Oh, yes, yeah, yeah, course. Yeah.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Uh-oh. Jonathan thinks they're going down with that one.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Oh, those Blues haven't moved very far,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49but now Paul's got a glint in his eye.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51What's the French horse bottle? What's that?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Oh, right, OK. A French horse.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- WOMAN:- It's a bottle. - It's a bottle?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01- It's to hide your liquor in.- Wahey!
0:11:01 > 0:11:05- Wahey! I'm liking that. - I got that in France, so it's...
0:11:05 > 0:11:06You bought it in France?
0:11:06 > 0:11:10It's got "St Clare", I think, on the back of the horse.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Oh, I see. OK. OK.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Depose, which basically means "registration mark", doesn't it?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Like copyright, that kind of thing.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20It's quirky, it's different, and I can tell you,
0:11:20 > 0:11:22I've never seen that design in...
0:11:22 > 0:11:23What would you call it?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Would you possibly dare call it a decanter?
0:11:26 > 0:11:30Would you dare call it that? It's not an antique. It's not quality.
0:11:30 > 0:11:35No-one ever is going to just dream about owning something like that,
0:11:35 > 0:11:37like you might a Lalique horse head.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41- But it's so wild and wacky...- Yes. - ..and naff, it's fab.
0:11:41 > 0:11:46- What's the price?- £18. - 18? What do you think?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Over to you two. £18.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- What's that going to make in an auction?- Mmm, indeed.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55- What would you pay for this, Paul? - I would pay 15!
0:11:55 > 0:12:00In auction, on a funny day, with a nice crowd, a bit of fun,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03a bit of, you know, joviality, that might make 30 quid.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Can we get it for 15?
0:12:07 > 0:12:09- Yeah. - Yeah, brilliant. OK, do it.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- Great stuff. Thank you. - Thank you very much.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Well, there was no horsing around there.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Both teams have now bought their first items
0:12:16 > 0:12:19and have only just left the starting gates.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Will these Reds strike it lucky for a second time
0:12:21 > 0:12:22with this match holder?
0:12:22 > 0:12:24It's probably... It's probably for match...
0:12:24 > 0:12:26It's a matchbook.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Where's the mark on that? That's a capital F, but it's going to be...
0:12:30 > 0:12:32It's Birmingham, capital F.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- A, B, C, D, E, F. It's 25... 1930.- 1930s.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37There's a lot of choice in this sort of market.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40But you want to find something that's slightly different
0:12:40 > 0:12:41to make more money.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- If you had a jazzy sort of '20s style about it...- Yeah. Yeah.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46..you know, it's going to be more interesting
0:12:46 > 0:12:47than a plain engine-turned one.
0:12:47 > 0:12:52- Right.- Where's...where's Greg? - Diving on his own. As usual.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- Really? Does he...- He does. - ..go AWOL?- He goes off.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57- You're supposed to stay together, the man goes.- Poor Tony.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Have you lost your diving buddy?
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Well, the Blues have spotted something that could rein him in.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- Those things are called horse hames. - What do you do with it, then?
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- Do you want me to demonstrate?- Yeah. - You're a horse.- Yeah, OK.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- You're going to probably like this. You're the horse. Turn round.- OK.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13I don't know. Turn round, that's it, yeah.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17- And it goes something like that, right...- Oh, right. OK.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- ..and attaches to you, horsey.- OK.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23And then it attaches to me, cos I'm the driver.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- You're the horse.- OK. - You're doing all the work.- Yeah.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28And I'm sat on the back of the car,
0:13:28 > 0:13:32drinking out of your horse decanter, lovely, soothing whisky.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34See what I mean?
0:13:34 > 0:13:38- So, they're quite collectable. - Right, OK.- Yeah. And look.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41I mean, they are fantastic quality. Foundry marks.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Country of origin marks on manufactured goods
0:13:44 > 0:13:47can be useful today for dating purposes.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51In 1891, the McKinley Tariff act in America
0:13:51 > 0:13:56required the country of manufacture to be marked, and in 1914,
0:13:56 > 0:14:00an amendment required the prefix "made in" to be added.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04We pretty much know by rule of thumb that these things weren't made
0:14:04 > 0:14:07any time before the end of the First World War,
0:14:07 > 0:14:11so would be described as early to mid-20th century,
0:14:11 > 0:14:14even though they actually look Georgian,
0:14:14 > 0:14:1618th-century, in their design.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20I think perhaps they could do some good business at auction.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22- Shall I get a price on them? - Let's get a price.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26OK, let me see this lady. Would you come and chat to us? Hello.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28- Hello, nice to see you. - Hello.- Hi there.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32- The horsey hames things.- Yes.- Yes. What sort of price are they?- 38.- 38.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35There's some age to them. They're nice decorative items.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39- What price could you do them for, for us?- Go on.- 30.- If we smile nicely.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- 30. That would be my best. - Shall we go for it?- Let's go for it.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- Thank you very much indeed. - All right, thanks, David.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48- Thank you very much.- Thank you very much.- There you go, good.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52Hold your horses, boys. What's all this horsey stuff?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54- So, we've got a horse's head. - Horse's head.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57We've got some horse's hames. We need a body.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Well, that should spur you on. Huh!
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Now, has that Greg resurfaced yet?
0:15:03 > 0:15:07- He's here.- Here he is, look. - I told you.- Can't leave metal alone.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Jonathan... Jonathan, Tony, what do you think?
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Is this what you look for?
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- You go down in the water, and if it shines...- Copper and brass.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17- It's probably an artisan piece, cos it's hand-beaten.- Exactly.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19There's a lot of this,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- which I think Tim would dismissively call a shed work.- Shed work!
0:15:22 > 0:15:24At the end of the 19th century, there was a lot of brass...
0:15:24 > 0:15:27People didn't have the TV and radio to keep themselves occupied.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29They all painted, stitched and sewed,
0:15:29 > 0:15:31and there was a lot of metalware,
0:15:31 > 0:15:33and the metalware was very fashionable at that part,
0:15:33 > 0:15:34with the Arts and Crafts, you know,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37the Arts and Crafts movement, and this is English Arts and Crafts.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39It's a bit knocked around.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41I think they've probably had it on the side
0:15:41 > 0:15:43- and they've been dropping car keys or money, and...- Yeah!
0:15:43 > 0:15:45..and it's all been dropping down on there,
0:15:45 > 0:15:49so that's, you know, that's... that's not brilliant.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53- You know, that's condition. But this is all very nice.- Yeah.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54You know, with the heart motif.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56The heart motif is another Arts and Crafts motif.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59There's a chap called Voysey, and in his furniture,
0:15:59 > 0:16:02he always had pierced heart motifs. Nice Arts and Crafts touch.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05And then that's obviously... It's English Art Nouveau.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09- There's a tiny little signature on the egg somewhere.- There we are.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13- Yeah.- JS&S, which is... something Sankey and Sons.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15That's what the lady said.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19- This is nice quality, and it's a signed piece.- Yeah. It's on at 45.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22- What do you think? - I think it's a good buy.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- I would say there's profit in it. - Fabulous. We'll go with that, then.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- Go on. Do your best. - I'll go and do my best.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30So, what's the diving term when you're jumping off the boat?
0:16:30 > 0:16:33- What do you say?- Don't push me.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Jonathan, I'd bail out while you still can, eh?
0:16:36 > 0:16:39- Hiya.- Hi.- I've just... - Hello.- Hello there.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43- I've just picked this up on your stall. I really like it.- Mm-hm.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45You know, it's really appealing, I think.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48And what I like about it is, it's Art Nouveau, which I like.
0:16:48 > 0:16:53- It's obviously hand-beaten.- Yeah. - You've got it on at 45.- Mm.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- What's the very...- Bargain!
0:16:55 > 0:17:00- What's the very, very best price you can do it for me at?- Boss.
0:17:00 > 0:17:0130?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Could I be really cheeky and ask for 28?
0:17:06 > 0:17:09You can be as cheeky as you like, but, you know...
0:17:09 > 0:17:1128?
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- 28.- Go on, then.- That gives us a chance.- Much obliged to you, sir.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- Thank you. Thanks very much. - Thank you.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- What's happened, Greg? - Have you done it?
0:17:19 > 0:17:22- Yeah.- So... - The lady kindly did it for 28.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Thank you very much. You're welcome.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28Well done, Greg. You beat the price down. Tres bon.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Brilliant. Well done.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36Now, I've been having a shufti, and it's amazing what you can find.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38What fun is this?
0:17:38 > 0:17:42A suitable place to hang my latest acquisition,
0:17:42 > 0:17:44which happens to be a cartoon.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Do you like that?
0:17:46 > 0:17:50This cartoon, which is an original pen and ink,
0:17:50 > 0:17:54is signed Marc, M-A-R-C, which is the signature
0:17:54 > 0:17:57for a celebrated journalist and cartoonist
0:17:57 > 0:18:01from the 1950s and '60s, Marc Boxer,
0:18:01 > 0:18:03the man who married Anna Ford.
0:18:03 > 0:18:08He famously founded The Sunday Times colour supplement,
0:18:08 > 0:18:14the first colour supplement in any Sunday newspaper, in 1962.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17And apart from his journalistic expertise,
0:18:17 > 0:18:21this man was a serious cartoonist.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25Indeed, he favoured the single frame cartoon,
0:18:25 > 0:18:30not a series of cells which sometimes go to make up a cartoon,
0:18:30 > 0:18:34but a single frame that would give you a social commentary,
0:18:34 > 0:18:39and the social commentary that he particularly liked to portray
0:18:39 > 0:18:43were all those trendy people who lived in NW1.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Hence on this cartoon
0:18:45 > 0:18:49the sign attached to the railings outside a house
0:18:49 > 0:18:51which says, "NW1" and a street.
0:18:51 > 0:18:56And, most amusingly, we have an image of a desiccated old girl,
0:18:56 > 0:19:01she's about 87, looking out of the window, looking rather smug,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04because there's a plaque outside her house,
0:19:04 > 0:19:05like those blue plaques
0:19:05 > 0:19:08that celebrate where famous people lived in London.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12This particular plaque says, "Bertrand Russell slept here".
0:19:12 > 0:19:16He didn't live there. He just went there once to sleep.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20Perhaps with her. Because that's the joke.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Bertrand Russell, who was Britain's greatest philosopher,
0:19:24 > 0:19:26some would argue, of the 20th century.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30The man who took it upon himself to march to Aldermaston
0:19:30 > 0:19:33in Ban the Bomb marches in the '50s and '60s.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37He was also extremely highly sexed,
0:19:37 > 0:19:40and famously in the '30s declared that,
0:19:40 > 0:19:44"Free love should be available to all and sundry."
0:19:44 > 0:19:46And he signed a deal with his first wife.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49She produced several children by several men
0:19:49 > 0:19:52and he was perfectly cool with that.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Similarly, he put himself about a bit,
0:19:56 > 0:19:58marrying four times,
0:19:58 > 0:20:02and that's the joke in this particular cartoon,
0:20:02 > 0:20:04because did he, didn't he?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Well, he might have done, and she's looking very happy.
0:20:08 > 0:20:13Anyway, the next big joke is... buying and collecting cartoons.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16You can buy the printed version, and there are lots of them about,
0:20:16 > 0:20:20because they were reproduced hundreds of thousands of times.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24But the originals, like this, which is pen and ink...
0:20:24 > 0:20:29Marc Boxer actually drew this particular cartoon.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30It then went to the newspaper
0:20:30 > 0:20:33and was reproduced many, many, many times.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38But for original cartoons, there are collectors out there, big time.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Look it up and you'll find that these single-cell chappies
0:20:42 > 0:20:46sell for in excess of £375.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50Therefore, when you find one like this
0:20:50 > 0:20:52in a place like this for £45,
0:20:52 > 0:20:55it becomes more than a joke.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Now, what on earth have the Blues found?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- What do you think about that, guys? - That's interesting.- It's very odd.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09- What is it?- Well, ex... That's what we're trying to get to grips with.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- Put a candle in there, perhaps?- OK, well, make it up. This is what I do.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Fantastic. OK, it's a pen stand.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19You put it on your desk and you bung pens in it. That would work.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- Would it work for you? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.- There you go.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25That's what it is. A pen stand or a brush stand for an artist.
0:21:25 > 0:21:31- Ah!- Ah!- Yeah? I actually, bizarrely, really like it.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33I don't think it's aesthetically pleasing enough.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35OK. You've got no taste or style!
0:21:38 > 0:21:41OK, David, back to the drawing board.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45So, Greg, Tony, what's next on the agenda?
0:21:45 > 0:21:51- He's here! He is here!- A gnome. - A gnome.- Yeah, yeah.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54- Quirky and inexpensive. - And can be used for an anchor.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Well, it'd certainly stop the ship. Could...
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- Could you do him for a tenner? - WOMAN: Oh, no!
0:22:01 > 0:22:06- We'll give him a good GNOME! - There's pigs flying out there.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09He is quite... He's actually quite nicely modelled, actually.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11It's a lovely model.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- He's got a little bit of the old verdigris on him.- Yep.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Well, look, he's a bit of fun, isn't he?
0:22:17 > 0:22:19And it gives you more money for your...
0:22:19 > 0:22:22For 20 quid, it would be a great little buy.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- What's the best possible price you'll do him for?- £30.- Sorry?- £30.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28- 20?- 30.- And would you carry it out for us at 30?
0:22:28 > 0:22:32- I'll carry it out for you.- 25 quid and you'd have to take him back.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35We're doing you a favour for taking it for £25, cos you'll be...
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- I know that. Go on, you can...- See? - You can have him for 25 quid.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- Go!- Is that it?
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- Why not?- We're done!
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Make GNOME mistake. They've bought it.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48That's you lot done and finished well before time.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Now the Blues have decided to take a look outside.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57Now, that is a bit of me, chaps. I've got to say.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01- Do you like it, first of all? - I do like it.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Paul? I know it hasn't got any horses on it, but...
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- It's interesting, certainly. - Now, what does that mean?
0:23:07 > 0:23:09When people say, "Mm, that's interesting,"
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- often they don't like it. - No, it means it's...
0:23:12 > 0:23:14- caught my eye.- OK.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18- Whether I would...have something like that myself...- OK. OK.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21..but we're not here for myself, we're here to...
0:23:21 > 0:23:23We're here to make some money, guys, remember that.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26So, it's ebonised wood.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27It's probably like a beech wood,
0:23:27 > 0:23:32and it's been stained dark to make it look much posher and more ebony,
0:23:32 > 0:23:34and it's a Japanese fire screen,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37because our fascination with the Orient
0:23:37 > 0:23:40has been with us for centuries.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43This was made in the 1920s as a decorative thing.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47It was never particularly expensive, mass-produced in Japan for us,
0:23:47 > 0:23:49not for the Japanese market.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53But imagine opening that up in your nice 1920s town house,
0:23:53 > 0:23:57when it was really shiny and new.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00It's very dull and the lacquer has really died down,
0:24:00 > 0:24:05but with some good clear beeswax and ten minutes of hard graft,
0:24:05 > 0:24:07that thing will come alive.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Can I just go and get a price for it while you two chat about it?
0:24:11 > 0:24:13So, Mick, Paul, what do you really think?
0:24:13 > 0:24:16- I'm not sure about that, Mick. - It does look nice.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20I'm sure my wife would love that in our bedroom!
0:24:20 > 0:24:22So, what on earth are you talking about?
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- We were talking about where we'd put it.- Right.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29No, no, where you're going to put it is in an auction.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31I think you might be thinking you're on the wrong show.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33THEY LAUGH
0:24:33 > 0:24:37You're not decorating your homes, right?
0:24:37 > 0:24:40How much is it? How much do you think we can buy it for?
0:24:40 > 0:24:44- The absolute bottom line. I've been given the price.- I think...
0:24:44 > 0:24:50- I think £30.- Ohh. Oh, interesting. Paul?- £20, I suppose.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Really? Really? You're hard. You're hard. It's a bit more.
0:24:53 > 0:24:59- You're closer, so a point to you there, Mick. £35.- 35?- And that's it.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Personally, I think it's a cracking buy, I really do. Come on. £35.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07- How could you replace that for £35? - I think that's a nice piece, Paul.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- I think we should consider that. - OK. OK. Well...
0:25:10 > 0:25:14I've gone with the horses, so we gambled on the horses.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- You want to take a punt on it, mate, let's...- Let's go for it.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20- Let's go for it.- Shall we do it? - Let's go for it.- We're done.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24Three pieces in the bag. And different pieces as well.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Some better than others, obviously. But anyway, there you go!
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Time's up! Let's check out what the Red team bought, eh?
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Just stick with me.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Greg and Tony dived straight in
0:25:36 > 0:25:39with this miniature copper diver's helmet,
0:25:39 > 0:25:41and plummeted the price to £20.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45Then they dug out this copper Art Nouveau tray for £28.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49And finally, they hope to give this garden gnome a new home,
0:25:49 > 0:25:51so they forked out £25 to get it.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Well, Greg, To-To, how did you get on?
0:25:55 > 0:25:57- Fine, enjoyed it, thank you very much.- Did you?
0:25:57 > 0:26:01- And you spent a bundle, right? - Absolutely.- Yeah.- How much?- Greg.
0:26:01 > 0:26:07- The grand total of £73.- £73. I'd like £227 leftover lolly.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- Where's that, then? - I thought you had it.- You had it.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- No, I thought you had it.- I must have it.- Well, I expect you have.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16- This is a pathetic amount of money that you spent.- Yes.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19- Anyway, which is your favourite piece?- My money's on the gnome.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- Is it?- Yes. A big concrete gnome.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- And which piece is going to bring the biggest profit?- The Newlyn tray.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27- The Newlyn tray.- It's not Newlyn.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31- It's... It's... - He says quickly! It's not Newlyn.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Greg has immediately seen it
0:26:33 > 0:26:36as several thousand pounds-worth of Cornish Arts and Crafts.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41- It's what I think you call shed art. - OK.- And it's good quality shed art.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43- OK, it's good quality shed art. - It's good quality shed art.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Now, JP, I'm going to give you that enormous wodge of money, right?
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- You like this bit, don't you?- I do love it.- Yeah.- It's a challenge.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51What are you going to spend your money on?
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- Well, I've got a few things in mind. - Have you?- Yeah, you know.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56I mean, it may be... I maybe give them...
0:26:56 > 0:26:59stick a bit of femininity in their direction, I don't know.
0:26:59 > 0:27:04Now, JP, here is your special £100 bonus buy wodge,
0:27:04 > 0:27:07for you, as an additional challenge, JP,
0:27:07 > 0:27:08to find an additional bonus buy
0:27:08 > 0:27:11which, if you'd be kind enough to bring it back to me
0:27:11 > 0:27:14to have a natter about, we'll do a bit later on.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- Wonderful.- Lovely. Good luck, chaps. Go and have a cup of tea.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blue team bought, eh?
0:27:20 > 0:27:26They de-canted across to this horsey drink bottle and paid £15.
0:27:26 > 0:27:32On the nose. Then they reined in these steel horse hames for £30.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34And for their final item,
0:27:34 > 0:27:37they were divided on this Japanese folding screen,
0:27:37 > 0:27:40but hedged their bets and got it for £35.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- Well, chaps, this has been fun, hasn't it?- Oh, yes.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45I mean, some people would pay a huge fortune
0:27:45 > 0:27:49to have an hour with David Harper almost alone...so I'm told.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51- Even more for not with me.- Yes.- Yes.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54No, no, that's not true. OK, which is your favourite piece?
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Oh, I think it would have to be the horse decanter,
0:27:57 > 0:27:59- the horse head decanter. - Oh, yeah, beautiful.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01- And do you agree with that, Paul? - Absolutely.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03- You're going to love it, Tim. - OK, love it, love it.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07And which piece is going to bring the biggest profit?
0:28:07 > 0:28:08Um...
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Well, I think the...riding...
0:28:11 > 0:28:15- the other horsey...- The horse hames.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17You have high hopes for the hames?
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- High hope for hames! - Hi-ho for the hames! Good, good.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Well, that's those predictions, anyway,
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- and you spent in toto, how much? - £80.- Is that all?
0:28:25 > 0:28:28- That is a tiny, tiny... - Austerity. Austerity.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31..bottom-clenchingly small amount, if you don't mind my saying so.
0:28:31 > 0:28:36Anyway, I'd like £220, please. 220? Thank you. £220.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38I trust you, I won't even count it.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41- I'm going to hand it straight over to David.- Quite a wedge, Tim.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44Oh, it is, but you like a wedge, don't you?
0:28:44 > 0:28:46In fact, what I'm going to do today on this special occasion
0:28:46 > 0:28:49- is add to your wedge. This is an extra wedge.- Right.
0:28:49 > 0:28:54- This is the special bonus buy £100...- Marvellous.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56..right, for you to go and find that special bonus buy,
0:28:56 > 0:28:58in addition to the other one.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00Then you come back and chat about it with me,
0:29:00 > 0:29:03and then, ultimately, the boys get the pick of the crop.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07- Tim, I'm in heaven.- Are you? - Yes.- Seventh heaven, I hope.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16Both of our experts are on the hunt for their bonus buys.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20Remember, JP has £227 of leftover lolly
0:29:20 > 0:29:24for the normal team bonus buy and £100 for his special bonus buy.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27So, JP, what are you thinking?
0:29:27 > 0:29:29They like their metal, they're very masculine,
0:29:29 > 0:29:31and I'm going to go along with the same theme.
0:29:32 > 0:29:33Urrrgh.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37These, OK?
0:29:37 > 0:29:41These are brass chocks for the Midland Red buses
0:29:41 > 0:29:43from about the 1940s. They're very cool.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45I don't know what you'd use them for,
0:29:45 > 0:29:47but I think the boys will love them.
0:29:47 > 0:29:48I think they're quite a novelty.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50They make good doorstops, or whatever you like.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54- I'd like 95 for the pair. - You won't say 80?
0:29:54 > 0:29:57- No. No. There's no profit in it for me.- Five?
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- No.- You going to do it, JP?
0:30:02 > 0:30:0490 it is, then. Thank you very much.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Now, JP, never mind the bus chocks.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11It's time to find your special bonus buy.
0:30:11 > 0:30:16For my second purchase, got £100 to spend, and I've got an idea. Um...
0:30:16 > 0:30:18It's a bit of silver.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22It's not too expensive, but I think it's quite a nice novelty
0:30:22 > 0:30:23and I think the guys are going to love it.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25There we are.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29The nice thing is that it's not terribly expensive.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32And so with my £100, I'm going to buy this,
0:30:32 > 0:30:35and I do believe the gentleman is happy to accept £30 for it.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38- That's fine, thank you. - And that is what I'm going to pay.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42I've found a hidden corner in the fair, away from the contestants,
0:30:42 > 0:30:44so let's have a peek.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Well, JP, you've been busy.
0:30:46 > 0:30:52- This is the team's bonus buy, yes? - Yes, it is. Yes. What are they, Tim?
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Well, I did see them, actually,
0:30:54 > 0:30:56- when I was having my little scratch around.- Uh-huh.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00- And I have to admit to being intrigued.- Yeah.
0:31:00 > 0:31:05Because I've never seen bronze chocks, and I see Midland Red,
0:31:05 > 0:31:08so it's to do with the bus company, I thinks to myself,
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- and then I walked on. You clearly didn't.- This I thought...
0:31:11 > 0:31:15It sort of conjures up that sort of image of, you know, 1940s,
0:31:15 > 0:31:18you know, where you've got your omnibus driving around,
0:31:18 > 0:31:21and I just like the idea of them sort of at the end of the day
0:31:21 > 0:31:23shoving these chocks under the wheels
0:31:23 > 0:31:24to stop the thing rolling down the hill
0:31:24 > 0:31:26when they go off for their sandwiches.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29Now you have to tell me how much you paid.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33- Well, they only cost £45 each. - So, that means £90 for the two.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- It does, yeah. Yeah.- Yeah.- It does. - OK, so that's the team's bonus buy.
0:31:36 > 0:31:41- Yes.- Now, the special bonus buy is this thing for wallpapering, is it?
0:31:41 > 0:31:44Yes! Yes. Not quite entirely sure what it's for.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46I think it's sort of like a blotter.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48- Oh, right.- It's stamped "sterling".
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Very Victorian-looking handle, you know.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55- I think it's obviously a desk item. - Yes. Is it American, then?
0:31:55 > 0:31:57- That's what I think, yes.- Yes. - It's all about the price.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00It's an unusual object. I only paid 30 quid for it.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03It's an intriguing thing, isn't it, for £30?
0:32:03 > 0:32:06I think, personally, it's a desk item, I think it's a bit of fun.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09Yes. And I think I'd go with you. It's absorbent.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11You don't want a standard blotter.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14You want an unusual blotter to mop up all that wet ink
0:32:14 > 0:32:16when you just signed away the family inheritance.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- Exactly. - You put that little roller over it.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21- Which one do you prefer? - Which one do I prefer?
0:32:21 > 0:32:25By a long shot, I prefer the absorbent roller.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29No, seriously, I think these are so speccy,
0:32:29 > 0:32:31you might just get lucky, but I think it will be a jammy day
0:32:31 > 0:32:33to get much of a profit on £90,
0:32:33 > 0:32:35but the internet might help you out there.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39Much more certain is that as a roller blotter,
0:32:39 > 0:32:41a rare American roller blotter.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43I think you could get a profit on that.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47Meanwhile, why don't we check out how poor David Harper's getting on?
0:32:49 > 0:32:52He's still looking for his two bonus buys.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54For the first one, the team bonus buy,
0:32:54 > 0:32:59he was left with £220 of leftover lolly, and what's this?
0:32:59 > 0:33:02He's gone back to something the team looked at earlier.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Right, I've got you before you close up for the night,
0:33:05 > 0:33:10- and the work of art is still there. - Yeah.- Thank you. 25?- Yes.- Perfect.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13Thank you very much indeed. You're an absolute gentleman.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17And talking about gentlemen, Mick and Paul didn't quite love
0:33:17 > 0:33:21this thing as much as I love it, but I don't care.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24It's my bonus buy, and I think they're going to get
0:33:24 > 0:33:27the shock of their lives and I can't wait for them to see it.
0:33:29 > 0:33:30OK, you've made your point.
0:33:30 > 0:33:35So what about bonus buy number two, the special £100 bonus buy?
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Right, I'm going to show you something that I've never bought before,
0:33:38 > 0:33:43and if I'm honest, I didn't really know they existed. It is a...
0:33:45 > 0:33:47..sheep-shearing machine!
0:33:47 > 0:33:50How they get a sheep in there, I have no idea.
0:33:51 > 0:33:56Well, David Harper, you do have a taste for the obscure, don't you?
0:33:56 > 0:34:01- Hmm. The oddities.- OK, fine. Now, this is the team's bonus buy.- Yes.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Which is a tube. There's the tube like that,
0:34:04 > 0:34:09and in the bottom of it it's got welded in some copper bits of pipe,
0:34:09 > 0:34:12and then round the outside of the tube, we've got old snakey here.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14- That's a casting.- Yeah.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17And this thing is solid, it's heavy,
0:34:17 > 0:34:19several pounds of bronze there.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21- Give us the theory on that. - Well, it's got age.
0:34:21 > 0:34:26It reminds me of something from the Arts and Crafts period,
0:34:26 > 0:34:31totally handmade. Tim, I bet you there's only one of those in the world.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33I hope there only is!
0:34:33 > 0:34:35- I knew it!- Seriously, matey,
0:34:35 > 0:34:39this is a bit of leftover metal that somebody's had a go at, isn't it?
0:34:39 > 0:34:44- Quite possibly.- I mean, it has a touch of the Orient to me.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47- It does.- I think some old ship's blown ashore, it's been scrapped,
0:34:47 > 0:34:48it's been cut up,
0:34:48 > 0:34:50and somebody's made some decorative objects out of it.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52I think it's done at the time of the Raj
0:34:52 > 0:34:56and somebody's brought it back, and that explains why it is
0:34:56 > 0:35:00such a marine-grade solid beautifully cast bronze thing.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02And then they've added this snake to it.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Probably for spills or something like that.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06It doesn't really matter. Just a decorative thing.
0:35:06 > 0:35:11- All I know is that you had £220. What did you spend on this?- £25.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13- Did you?- Yes.- Well, that's fair enough, isn't it?
0:35:13 > 0:35:18It's intriguing for £25. Now, we've got the special bonus buy, the SBB.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22- And I remember these when I was a kid.- No!- I do.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26You'd go to the farrier to have your pony shod,
0:35:26 > 0:35:30- and he'd say, "Do you want me to deal with its mane and tail?"- Right.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32And he had one of these things,
0:35:32 > 0:35:34with a length of coily old wire around it,
0:35:34 > 0:35:40which took the motive power from that, it then came along to
0:35:40 > 0:35:45this socket job, and then he'd do Snowball's tail, or Snowball's mane.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48That's right. Or, if you were a sheep farmer,
0:35:48 > 0:35:51- you would take your sheep in and it be sheep-sheared.- Exactly.
0:35:51 > 0:35:52Sheep-sheared, exactly right.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56- And those things would give it a number one or number two.- Exactly.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59- Now, the number one question is, how much?- Well, I paid £40 for it.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02- How much did you spend on this? - 25.- £25 on that.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04- I have to make a prediction now. - Please do.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07My prediction is that your sheep-shearer will do considerably
0:36:07 > 0:36:10better than your bronze pot, and if I was advising anybody
0:36:10 > 0:36:12to do anything about anything,
0:36:12 > 0:36:15I would definitely go with the sheep-shearer.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17- That's got legs.- Really?- Yes.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19- Well, well, well, thank you, Tim. - Not at all.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23- Not very many legs, but more legs than that. - It might drop one off as well.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27On that happy note, I'm going to trot off right now to Cornwall.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30We're going to a divine house on the banks of the Tamar,
0:36:30 > 0:36:33where there may be one or two that sheep about.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49There's been a dwelling here at Cotehele in Cornwall
0:36:49 > 0:36:55since medieval times, but since acquiring it, the Edgecumbe family,
0:36:55 > 0:36:58from the end of the 15th and through the 16th century,
0:36:58 > 0:37:03had developed it into the fine residence that we see today.
0:37:03 > 0:37:08Not only that, over the centuries they filled it with fine furniture,
0:37:08 > 0:37:11and that is what we are here to have a look at today.
0:37:22 > 0:37:27One of the charming things about Cotehele is the fact that
0:37:27 > 0:37:31the Edgecumbe family have owned it for such a very long period of time.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35They owned other grander, larger properties elsewhere,
0:37:35 > 0:37:37but they never threw anything away,
0:37:37 > 0:37:42or at least, anything that was at all interesting they sent here.
0:37:42 > 0:37:43As far as furniture's concerned,
0:37:43 > 0:37:46this chair is absolutely fascinating.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50It's something called a thrown chair,
0:37:50 > 0:37:54not because necessarily a king or a queen sat on it as a throne,
0:37:54 > 0:37:59but because to turn a piece of wood was referred to once upon a time
0:37:59 > 0:38:02as throwing it,
0:38:02 > 0:38:07and this type of chair became known thereafter as a thrown chair.
0:38:08 > 0:38:13Each of these turned elements would have been turned by a bodger,
0:38:13 > 0:38:18a man who took from a coppice lengths of green timber,
0:38:18 > 0:38:24and with a foot-powered treadle lathe he turned that green timber,
0:38:24 > 0:38:28creating lots of short lengths of elaborately turned timber which,
0:38:28 > 0:38:34when put together, can create this type of thrown chair.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38This chair could have been made in Europe or in Britain,
0:38:38 > 0:38:42any time between about 1400 and 1650.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46It's got serious condition issues.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48The thing over the centuries
0:38:48 > 0:38:50has been repaired left, right and centre.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54That skirting is holding the three legs together.
0:38:54 > 0:39:01All these unturned lengths of timber throughout are all crudely nailed
0:39:01 > 0:39:06into the original turned members to keep it from falling apart.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09I would not recommend sitting on that chair today.
0:39:17 > 0:39:23Does that table, included in a Scotch whisky advert in 1927,
0:39:23 > 0:39:27remind you of anything? Could it be this table?
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Well, you're right. It is.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33The Scotch whisky company featured this table
0:39:33 > 0:39:39and the hallway here at Cotehele in their advertising campaign in 1927,
0:39:39 > 0:39:43because they were so fascinated by this table,
0:39:43 > 0:39:47which turns out not to be only a table.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49It's also a chair.
0:39:49 > 0:39:54Commonly known as a chair table, it is metamorphic.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57It changes from one thing to another.
0:39:57 > 0:40:02But my favourite, favourite chair in this house is this fellow.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06He is part of a set of nine chairs
0:40:06 > 0:40:07which have survived at Cotehele,
0:40:07 > 0:40:14with their original, very cracked and clapped-out leather covering,
0:40:14 > 0:40:18which makes them even more charming and desirable,
0:40:18 > 0:40:21a saddle-shaped padded back,
0:40:21 > 0:40:25dating them to around 1740, something like that,
0:40:25 > 0:40:31with this most unusual feature of a hinged seat that rises like that,
0:40:31 > 0:40:34and underneath, a folding frame,
0:40:34 > 0:40:38which enables you to fold those sturdy little legs away,
0:40:38 > 0:40:43and if you were on campaign or about to head off to auction,
0:40:43 > 0:40:45you could cart the chair with you.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49Talking of campaigns, why don't we head off to the auction
0:40:49 > 0:40:53and see how those Reds and Blues are carrying on the battle?
0:40:53 > 0:40:56SHIP'S HORN BLOWS
0:40:56 > 0:41:00We've travelled to the Merseyside city of Liverpool for the auction.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Well, Adam Partridge is the name of the business,
0:41:14 > 0:41:17and Adam Partridge is the name of the auctioneer.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Adam, it's extremely nice to be in Liverpool with you.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23- Thank you, Tim, it's nice to see you again. Welcome to Liverpool. - Thank you very much.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Kicking on for Greg and Tony on the Reds,
0:41:26 > 0:41:29their first object is this deep-sea diver's helmet.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31I wouldn't want to go very deep in this.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34- No, well, it wouldn't fit over my big head, would it?- Nor mine!
0:41:34 > 0:41:37It's a completely decorative item, but I like their thinking,
0:41:37 > 0:41:40because of course, Liverpool's a famous maritime city,
0:41:40 > 0:41:42and they've obviously seen that we do a maritime sale -
0:41:42 > 0:41:46sadly it's not this one, but we do get lots of maritime interest.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48I'm hoping that might be all right.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51How much might I have to pay in your sale today?
0:41:51 > 0:41:55- I would put an estimate of £20-£40. - OK, £20 paid, so that's OK.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Moving on with the oval copper tray. How do you rate that?
0:41:58 > 0:42:01I've seen and sold lots of similar things by the same manufacturer.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04They were obviously quite prolific in the way they embossed them
0:42:04 > 0:42:06and churned them out in large quantities.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09It's a look that's quite popular.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12I put 15 to 20, but I won't be surprised if it might make 30 quid.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Well, it needs to, because they paid £28.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Well, there's every chance of a small profit.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19How do you feel about my bearded friend here?
0:42:19 > 0:42:24- I'm not a fan of gnomes, really.- Are you not?- No.- OK, fine.
0:42:24 > 0:42:25This is a particularly fine one,
0:42:25 > 0:42:28because it's in composition stone, which means concrete.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32I thought I'd call it composite stone to be kind to it, rather than saying concrete gnome.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Composite stone sounds a bit posh.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Whereas concrete sounds dead ordinary,
0:42:36 > 0:42:40as if it's been churned out of a mould, which is what it has been.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43- Do you know what "gnome" stands for? - I would love you to tell me.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47It means "guarding naturally over Mother Earth".
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- That is what gnome stands for. - I never knew it was an acronym.
0:42:50 > 0:42:51Yep, that's exactly what it is.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54- I shall tell everybody I meet about that.- Exactly.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Having picked up that pearl of wisdom, what's it worth,
0:42:57 > 0:43:00- this concrete gnome? - I think we'll put £15-£20,
0:43:00 > 0:43:03- hopefully it will make 20 quid. - OK, £25 is paid.
0:43:03 > 0:43:08So this is all small bucks, frankly. They only paid £73.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11- They've not taken many risks, have they?- They certainly haven't.
0:43:11 > 0:43:16That's their strategy. That's what they have done, but right now, we're going to go
0:43:16 > 0:43:20and have a look at their bonus buys, because there's two of them.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24Well, this is exciting, chaps, because bonus buy time comes
0:43:24 > 0:43:28and we have two of them. Jonathan, please reveal all.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30- Here we go.- Here we go.
0:43:31 > 0:43:36- Ooh!- Look at that! We have a team bonus buy first.
0:43:36 > 0:43:40- I used to ride on this to school. - How did I know? Obviously, I knew.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43- To-To, do you like them?- Fine. Yeah.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46- I spent £90 on them.- £90?!- £90.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49- What are they made out of?- Bronze.
0:43:49 > 0:43:53- Ooh! Metal theft.- I think we should go with this. I like this.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55Hang on a minute,
0:43:55 > 0:43:59because we've got a special £100 bonus buy on offer too.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02With my £100, I bought this little object here,
0:44:02 > 0:44:07and it's a silver-handled, stamped sterling, little desk blotter,
0:44:07 > 0:44:10so you would...when you're writing.
0:44:10 > 0:44:15- To stop smudging. - Exactly. That cost me £30.
0:44:15 > 0:44:20- And when was it made, Jonathan? - Er...it's about 100 years old.
0:44:20 > 0:44:22It's stamped sterling, probably American.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25And that's the thing to grip, chaps, because American silver doesn't
0:44:25 > 0:44:28have a hallmark on it, therefore it doesn't have a date letter.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30Where would you be on it?
0:44:30 > 0:44:34- I'd like to think there's £10 or £15 in it.- Ah!- I like that.
0:44:34 > 0:44:38OK, chaps, now, you don't have to pick either of these bonus buys,
0:44:38 > 0:44:41because you might decide you've got so much profit at that moment,
0:44:41 > 0:44:43you don't need either of them, but you can only pick one,
0:44:43 > 0:44:45and that choice will be put to you
0:44:45 > 0:44:47after the sale of your first three items.
0:44:47 > 0:44:51Right now, why don't we find out what the auctioneer
0:44:51 > 0:44:53thinks about Jonathan's bonus buys?
0:44:55 > 0:44:57OK, Adam, here we've got the two bonus buys.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59There's a pair of these chocks.
0:44:59 > 0:45:04I've never seen bronze bus chocks. Come on! Have you?
0:45:04 > 0:45:05- No, I don't think I have. - Well, there we are,
0:45:05 > 0:45:08in all honesty they've got to be as rare as a hen's tooth.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11They are quite rare, but does that translate to value? I don't know.
0:45:11 > 0:45:12How much do you rate them?
0:45:12 > 0:45:15I would put £50-£80 estimate because I would have thought
0:45:15 > 0:45:18they must be worth that, but it's a hard one to predict.
0:45:18 > 0:45:22- Now, the special bonus buy is this roller jobby.- Yes.
0:45:22 > 0:45:25It's a sterling handle rather than a hallmarked handle.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28So if it was American they might have lots of these roller blotters.
0:45:28 > 0:45:32- They might be quite common over there.- Now, how much?- £20-£30.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34£30 paid.
0:45:34 > 0:45:37Anyway, I had to make a prediction as to which one is likely to bring
0:45:37 > 0:45:42the biggest profit and I predicted that that one would, but of course I
0:45:42 > 0:45:45won't be telling the team which one I thought they should be going for.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48That's it for the Reds, and now for the Blues.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51They've got this plastic cup, moulded glass.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54It's not of great age, it's not a great wonderful thing, is it?
0:45:54 > 0:45:59- I was quite kind in putting £20-£30 estimate.- OK, £15 paid.
0:45:59 > 0:46:01Well, I think it might just be all right.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03What about the hames?
0:46:03 > 0:46:06The hames are more of a rural country lot.
0:46:06 > 0:46:07Of course, we're the city here.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10I think typically £20-£40 for a pair of hames.
0:46:10 > 0:46:12£30 paid, so not to worry about that.
0:46:12 > 0:46:16Then we've got this so-called Meiji fourfold lacquer screen,
0:46:16 > 0:46:20which I have to say is one of the worst-quality Japanese fire
0:46:20 > 0:46:22screens I have ever seen.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25I'm glad you said that, because it saved me saying it.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27I was quite kind in saying late Meiji,
0:46:27 > 0:46:29trying to add a bit of gloss to it.
0:46:29 > 0:46:33- What did it cost?- It cost £35. - My estimate was £20-£40.
0:46:33 > 0:46:36- What do you think of that? - I think it's very generous.
0:46:36 > 0:46:39I think you could be struggling for a £10 note, quite frankly.
0:46:39 > 0:46:42Yeah, yeah, although it flatters on a photograph, Tim,
0:46:42 > 0:46:45so it might just get away online.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48I have a funny feeling they're going to need their bonus buys,
0:46:48 > 0:46:51both of them, so let's go and have a look.
0:46:52 > 0:46:53Bonus buy time.
0:46:53 > 0:46:58- £220 of team's bonus buy money went to David Harper.- Yeah.
0:46:58 > 0:47:01And it's under there, right, Dave?
0:47:01 > 0:47:04It's under there, guys and you two are going to love it. Beyond belief.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07THEY LAUGH
0:47:07 > 0:47:10How much of our money did you waste... I mean, er...
0:47:10 > 0:47:12HE LAUGHS
0:47:12 > 0:47:16£25, the best £25 I've spent in about three minutes.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18- £25 worth of purchase, yeah?- Yeah.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21You clearly are very under-impressed by that. Yes?
0:47:21 > 0:47:22THEY LAUGH
0:47:22 > 0:47:27- And will only take it in extremis, I bet you.- Yes.- Yes.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30Well, you're lucky today, because there are two bonus buys
0:47:30 > 0:47:33and the £100 special bonus buy's underneath here
0:47:33 > 0:47:36- and I'm going to reveal it.- I do like that.- This is interesting.
0:47:36 > 0:47:39How are you on sheep shearing, Paul?
0:47:39 > 0:47:43- An old expertise of mine back in the city.- Really?
0:47:43 > 0:47:46But it's a funky thing. It's a really good quality piece,
0:47:46 > 0:47:49made in England, made to last forever.
0:47:49 > 0:47:50Probably early 20th century.
0:47:50 > 0:47:55- Knocking on the door of 100 years old.- How much did you spend?- £40.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58- Right, OK, OK.- David, how much do you think it will make at auction?
0:47:58 > 0:48:01You know what, surprisingly I've never bought a sheep shearing
0:48:01 > 0:48:05piece of kit before in my life, so I've no experience at all
0:48:05 > 0:48:08so I'm going to guess if someone brought that into me I'd say,
0:48:08 > 0:48:13"Mm, very interesting, let's put £40-£60 on it as a bit of a guide
0:48:13 > 0:48:17- "and you might be surprised."- OK, chaps, well, those are your choices.
0:48:17 > 0:48:19When the moment comes after the sale of your first three items
0:48:19 > 0:48:21you will be asked to pick one or other of these.
0:48:21 > 0:48:23You don't have to take either of them,
0:48:23 > 0:48:26but you can only take one when the moment comes. But right now,
0:48:26 > 0:48:27for the audience at home,
0:48:27 > 0:48:32let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Dave's bonus buys.
0:48:34 > 0:48:39So, Adam, the team bonus buy is this piece of pipe,
0:48:39 > 0:48:42with the serpent around it. What's your estimate on that?
0:48:42 > 0:48:47- Um, £20-£40, I think that was kind. - OK, £25 paid.
0:48:47 > 0:48:52And the special bonus buy is the shearer, which is looking
0:48:52 > 0:48:55particularly attractive. What's your estimate on that?
0:48:55 > 0:48:59- A good agricultural buy, I've gone £30-£50.- OK, £40 paid.
0:48:59 > 0:49:02And interestingly the shearer was my prediction as to
0:49:02 > 0:49:05which of the two is going to bring the most profit.
0:49:05 > 0:49:08Well, I won't be telling the team which one I think will make
0:49:08 > 0:49:12- the most money. Are you taking the sale today?- Of course I am.
0:49:12 > 0:49:13We're in safe hands.
0:49:15 > 0:49:20140 online. 140 online now. No, I didn't think so.
0:49:20 > 0:49:2235, no. 100 bid.
0:49:22 > 0:49:26- £60.- How are you feeling, all right?- Fine.- Fine.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28- You're not feeling nervous, To-To? - Absolutely not.
0:49:28 > 0:49:32First up then is your miniature deep sea diver's helmet
0:49:32 > 0:49:33and here it comes.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36There we are, always popular in this maritime city of Liverpool.
0:49:36 > 0:49:39Any collectors of miniature diver's helmets bid me
0:49:39 > 0:49:40£20 please, 20 bid.
0:49:40 > 0:49:44- At £20 on the second row now, at £20 the diver's helmet.- Go on!
0:49:44 > 0:49:48- At £20, five, and 30 now.- Look, you're in profit.- No, it's £30.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50Where will you find another today?
0:49:50 > 0:49:55- At £30 on the second row, at £30 I'm selling now.- Nice auctioneering.
0:49:55 > 0:49:59Have you all finished then? £30 and away.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02That's good, well done, plus £10, we're very pleased with that.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04The Art Nouveau copper tray by JS&S. We've seen these a few times.
0:50:04 > 0:50:07Nice little embossed copper tray, there it is there.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10And I'm bidding 10, 15, 20 here.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12At £20 I'm bid, at 20, is there five now?
0:50:12 > 0:50:16At 25 and 30 and five and 40 and five. At £40 here.
0:50:16 > 0:50:21And five online, at £45, we're online and selling now. £45.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23£40. Bought for 28.
0:50:23 > 0:50:30- Selling online at 45.- £45 online, this is brilliant stuff.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32That's two off 30 and that means you're plus 17.
0:50:32 > 0:50:37- Our banker lot's coming up now. - It's coming.- He cometh.
0:50:37 > 0:50:40And start me £10, £10 the garden gnome. We all want one.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43£10, here we are, at £10, where's 50?
0:50:43 > 0:50:4510 is on the second row, worth a little more, isn't it?
0:50:45 > 0:50:47- At £10 down here.- Come on!
0:50:47 > 0:50:51£10 only, at £10 on the gnome, are you all done then, at a tenner?
0:50:51 > 0:50:56- On the gnome.- Oh, no.- At £10. - Come on, I'll carry it out!
0:50:56 > 0:51:02- Maiden bid of a tenner. - Oh, no!- At £10.- I can't bear it.
0:51:02 > 0:51:06- OK, £10, £10 is minus £15. - There's our gavels gone.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08No, you're plus £12, no worries on that.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11Are you going to go with one or the other of the bonus buys?
0:51:11 > 0:51:13Are you going to go with the team's bonus buy, which is
0:51:13 > 0:51:18the bus chocks, or are you going to go with the special bonus buy,
0:51:18 > 0:51:20which is the blotter, or are you going to go with neither?
0:51:20 > 0:51:23- I'm not that keen on the Midland Red after all.- You're not?
0:51:23 > 0:51:26Look, we've got six pounds. We've got six pounds each.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28- You're not going with the special bonus buy?- No.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31You're not going with that? In fact you're not going with any bonus buy?
0:51:31 > 0:51:34- Tim, we're not.- The decision's made, we're going with nothing.
0:51:34 > 0:51:36The first of the bonus buys, the team bonus buys,
0:51:36 > 0:51:39- coming up now and here it comes. - We're going to get the chocks away.
0:51:39 > 0:51:44What are we going to say for those? £50 for them. £50 for the chocks.
0:51:44 > 0:51:46£30, the bus chocks, they've got to be sold.
0:51:46 > 0:51:5030, bid me £30, at the back I have 30 bid,
0:51:50 > 0:51:53at £30, take five, at £30,
0:51:53 > 0:51:58five the bid, 35 now, 40 if you want, 40 bid at the back now,
0:51:58 > 0:52:01£40. Is that it? At £40.
0:52:01 > 0:52:05£40 the chocks, they're going then at £40 only.
0:52:05 > 0:52:08OK, minus £50.
0:52:08 > 0:52:09Now, here comes the blotter.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12There it is at the front there with a silver handle. And bid me
0:52:12 > 0:52:14£20 for this.
0:52:14 > 0:52:1710 bid, at £10, at 15 next, 15 seated,
0:52:17 > 0:52:2015, 20 online, at £20 online, 20,
0:52:20 > 0:52:21any advance on 20?
0:52:21 > 0:52:23Keep going.
0:52:23 > 0:52:27A fiver down here, 25 the bid, at 25, second row and away then at 25.
0:52:27 > 0:52:31Anyone else? At £25 we're down here and done at 25.
0:52:33 > 0:52:38- No profit on that.- Nearly, JP, nearly.- £25 is minus five pounds.
0:52:38 > 0:52:41My prediction was that the desk blotter would make the most profit.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44Well, in fact, it made the least loss.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47You have preserved your £12, your six pounds each, and that
0:52:47 > 0:52:50could be a winning score, so don't say a word to the Blues, all right?
0:52:50 > 0:52:52- No.- Not a word.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01- OK, team, do you know how the Reds got on?- No.- No.
0:53:01 > 0:53:05First up is going to be the novelty horse's head decanter,
0:53:05 > 0:53:07and here it comes.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10There we are. The clear glass decanter, the horse's head.
0:53:10 > 0:53:15Will you bid me £20 for it? £20 the decanter, 20, bid me a tenner.
0:53:15 > 0:53:16Horse's head, we're down here at 10.
0:53:16 > 0:53:22At £10, I'll take 15 next, at £10 only, £10 it is for the horse's head.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25- Go on.- Any further then, 15. - Oh, yes.
0:53:25 > 0:53:2815 bid, 20, 20 bid and five, seen another one, sir?
0:53:28 > 0:53:29It's £20 on my right now,
0:53:29 > 0:53:33at £20 it is. At £20, at £20, we're selling then at £20.
0:53:36 > 0:53:41£20 is plus five pounds. I'm about to start eating my words, I think.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44There we are, the horse hames there, bid me what, £20 for them?
0:53:44 > 0:53:47- I've got 10 only bid. - Come on, come on.
0:53:47 > 0:53:5010, 15 anywhere now? At £10, the hames at 10.
0:53:50 > 0:53:54Any advance on the horse hames at 10? 15, thank you,
0:53:54 > 0:53:5715 in the room now, £15 takes out my bid already.
0:53:57 > 0:54:01- You'd get more for scrap, surely. - Selling at £15.
0:54:01 > 0:54:02- Look out.- All done.
0:54:02 > 0:54:07- £15 now.- £15 is minus £15,
0:54:07 > 0:54:10which means overall you're minus £10. Now, not so hot.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13Now, here comes the screen.
0:54:13 > 0:54:17There we are, the Japanese screen there, inset with lacquered panels,
0:54:17 > 0:54:23a folding screen, and I'm bid here 30 and £35. Any advance on this?
0:54:23 > 0:54:27At 35 the screen, £35, are you all done on this now?
0:54:27 > 0:54:32- 40, 40 bid, five, 45, still with me. - That's in profit.
0:54:32 > 0:54:38- Come on, come on. - £45, are you all done, 45?- £45.
0:54:38 > 0:54:42£45, they need glasses, that's all I can say. That is plus £10.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44- Such a good feeling. - Do you know what that means?
0:54:44 > 0:54:46Do you know all that good feeling?
0:54:46 > 0:54:48- It means you have won absolutely nothing.- Brilliant!
0:54:48 > 0:54:52What are we going to do then about these bonus buys, all of them?
0:54:52 > 0:54:54It's a difficult decision.
0:54:54 > 0:54:57Listen, no score could be a winning score, you know
0:54:57 > 0:55:01- this programme, right? You could win with having no score.- Yeah.
0:55:01 > 0:55:05You could win, but do you fancy the length of bronze tube with
0:55:05 > 0:55:09the dents in it? Or do you fancy the sheep shearing
0:55:09 > 0:55:11piece of kit which probably doesn't work?
0:55:11 > 0:55:13Let's go for them, we haven't got any money anyway.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16It might be a winning score though, quickly, what are you going to do?
0:55:16 > 0:55:19- Let's go.- Let's go what? - Let's go for it, let's go for it.
0:55:19 > 0:55:20What, the dented pipe? The dented pipe.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22The dented pipe it is, and here it comes.
0:55:22 > 0:55:27This curious pen holder or something, cylindrical pipe
0:55:27 > 0:55:31with a snake. Um, wasn't sure how to describe it.
0:55:31 > 0:55:34I don't think I've seen another. Bid me £20. £20 for this.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40£10. Have a look at that, 10 bid. At £10 on the second row.
0:55:40 > 0:55:42Someone has bid on it. Come on.
0:55:42 > 0:55:46- £10 only bid, at 10 I'm selling for 10.- No, no, no.
0:55:46 > 0:55:50- No, no, no.- On the second row. - It's bronze, it's bronze, Adam.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53- All done, a tenner. - It's done so badly!
0:55:53 > 0:55:56- Minus £15.- Can't believe it!
0:55:56 > 0:56:01- A bronze pipe.- You didn't go with the sheep shearers.
0:56:01 > 0:56:02- Here come the sheep shearers.- OK.
0:56:02 > 0:56:05There we go, with the blade and attachments, what do we say for that?
0:56:05 > 0:56:07£30 for it. £20.
0:56:07 > 0:56:11- 10 then. 10 online.- 10!
0:56:11 > 0:56:1815 bid, at £15 then in the room at 15 I'm afraid. At £15, a snip at £15.
0:56:18 > 0:56:22Ha-ha-ha! Yes, it's his joke.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25- At £15.- Demonstrate it.- Yeah!
0:56:25 > 0:56:27LAUGHTER
0:56:27 > 0:56:28I would if you had any hair.
0:56:28 > 0:56:29LAUGHTER
0:56:29 > 0:56:34Any advance on £15? I can say that, I'm not far behind.
0:56:34 > 0:56:38I'm selling in the room at £15, I'll take 20 anywhere else though.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40At £15 only.
0:56:40 > 0:56:45Minus £25. And my prediction was that the sheep shearer was going to
0:56:45 > 0:56:49make the most profit and it finished up by making the most losses.
0:56:49 > 0:56:53- And in fact your overall score now is minus £15, OK?- Still good.
0:56:53 > 0:56:55Now, that could be a winning score,
0:56:55 > 0:56:59so say not a word to the Reds and we'll review everything in a moment.
0:57:04 > 0:57:06Well, well, well,
0:57:06 > 0:57:10what an interesting Liverpudlian day we've had today, haven't we? Yes.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13It's been great. Have you been chatting to each other at all? No?
0:57:13 > 0:57:19- I have to reveal that today's runners-up are the Blues.- ALL:- Oh.
0:57:19 > 0:57:24Not by much. I have to say, it's been an unlucky contest for you.
0:57:24 > 0:57:26You started off with a profit of a fiver,
0:57:26 > 0:57:30you made another profit on that horrible, horrible screen
0:57:30 > 0:57:33and that led to a wiped face and then you took a bonus buy,
0:57:33 > 0:57:37- one of the offering, that lost you £15. - LAUGHTER
0:57:37 > 0:57:38Have you had a good time?
0:57:38 > 0:57:41- We've had a fantastic time. - Yeah, it could have gone either way.
0:57:41 > 0:57:45- The victors today, you go home with £12.- Folding stuff.
0:57:45 > 0:57:49Like I say, not much between them, £12. Greg, are you happy with that?
0:57:49 > 0:57:52- Absolutely ecstatic. - I'm not surprised.
0:57:52 > 0:57:54A couple of good profits to start off with, then that
0:57:54 > 0:57:57- gnome let you down. - Yes, the gnome cameth.
0:57:57 > 0:58:01The gnome cameth and it tooketh away your chance of a golden gavel,
0:58:01 > 0:58:03- so that was that.- Exactly.
0:58:03 > 0:58:06But very cleverly you didn't go with the bonus buy.
0:58:06 > 0:58:10Neither of the bonus buys in the special programme made any profit.
0:58:10 > 0:58:13You could have taken the bonus buy like they did
0:58:13 > 0:58:15and lost £50 or five pounds, but you didn't.
0:58:15 > 0:58:18As it is, you stuck in there and I admire you for that.
0:58:18 > 0:58:20Anyway, we've had great fun.
0:58:20 > 0:58:23- Join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?- ALL:- Yes!