0:00:02 > 0:00:05Today, we're in a country famous for its great outdoors
0:00:05 > 0:00:08and in a city known for its art and culture.
0:00:10 > 0:00:15We're been to the Royal Highlands Centre, here in Edinburgh, before,
0:00:15 > 0:00:20and we had such a cracking time that we've come back for more.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Loads more. 60 minutes, to be precise.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27So, let's go Bargain Hunting! Yeah.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52As usual, our teams have £300
0:00:52 > 0:00:55and an hour to find three items to sell at auction.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Today we've tweaked the rules a tad
0:01:00 > 0:01:05and instead of getting the expert to find one bonus buy,
0:01:05 > 0:01:08I'm going to get them to find two.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11And then I'm going to have a look at the two and decide
0:01:11 > 0:01:15which is going to bring the biggest profit or the smallest loss.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17So, let's have a little look at what's coming up.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Today's teams have very different passions.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24The Reds are crazy about climbing
0:01:24 > 0:01:27and they give their expert a mountain to climb.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30I have done this in the last minute before,
0:01:30 > 0:01:32but never in the last second.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35And the Blues are professional puppeteers.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37No prizes for guessing what they'll be looking for.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40I don't think she's the sexiest of Pelham Puppets.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42I think she's slightly scary, to be honest with you.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45And so will it be physical fitness
0:01:45 > 0:01:47or artistry that wins the day today?
0:01:47 > 0:01:48110.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Time to meet the teams.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54On today's show, we have partners Lynn and Tom,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57and chums Matthew and Ross. Hello, everyone.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58- ALL: Hello.- Very nice to see you.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03- Now, Lynn, it says here that you met Tom up a mountain.- We did indeed.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06We met in Morocco, we were climbing Mount Toubkal,
0:02:06 > 0:02:07which is the highest in North Africa.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- Do you need oxygen when you get to the top of that?- No, you don't.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13But you do suffer from lack of oxygen.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16So, did you come across Tom panting halfway up, or...?
0:02:16 > 0:02:20- How was the encounter?- Yeah, it was something like that.- Was it?
0:02:20 > 0:02:23What, he took one look at you and he thought, "Oh, dear. Oh, dear.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25- "I'm feeling a bit short of breath"? - Was that how it was?
0:02:25 > 0:02:30Well, we were on the same trip and we met each other and discovered we
0:02:30 > 0:02:33had a real interest in climbing and things developed from there, really.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- Which is rather lovely.- Yeah.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Now, tell me about this climbing business,
0:02:37 > 0:02:38because you've been up Ben Nevis a bit?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Yep, I've been up that... Goodness,
0:02:40 > 0:02:43I've been up it too many times to remember, actually.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45What about Kilimanjaro?
0:02:45 > 0:02:48That was absolutely fantastic, it was one of the best trips I've been on.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51The satisfaction when you reach the top is absolutely amazing.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- And the views are pretty good? - The views were fantastic, yeah.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55We were up there for dawn.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Now, Tom, you're just mad about this climbing lark.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Yeah, my real passion is mountaineering,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04so Lynn and I are trying to climb all the Munros,
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- which are the mountains over 3,000 feet in Scotland.- Yes.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10There's 282.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12I've done 252 of them,
0:03:12 > 0:03:15so hopefully finish them over the next year, 18 months,
0:03:15 > 0:03:16that's the plan.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19What about antiques, then? Do you know anything about antiques?
0:03:19 > 0:03:24- Well, not hugely.- Oh, you'll do very well on this programme.- Yeah.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27But I am kind of interested in some old things,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30something that's got a bit of history and a story about it.
0:03:30 > 0:03:31And, Tom, what about you?
0:03:31 > 0:03:34The closest, I guess, I come to collecting anything
0:03:34 > 0:03:37would be malt whisky, but I tend not to keep it for too long.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Anyway, I think you're going to do very well today
0:03:39 > 0:03:41and I wish you good luck.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43- BOTH: Thanks.- Now, for the Blues.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Ross, how did you and Matthew meet?
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Well, we were at university together and I was studying directing
0:03:50 > 0:03:52and Matt was studying acting,
0:03:52 > 0:03:56so we bumped into each other through the performing arts.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59And since then, Ross, you've employed Matt, is that right?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Yeah, well, we've worked together.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03I've got a puppetry company
0:04:03 > 0:04:06and Matt's worked as a puppeteer with me on a couple of projects now.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09So, tell us more about the puppet theatre, then?
0:04:09 > 0:04:12So, it started when I left university with a couple of friends,
0:04:12 > 0:04:14we went from puppets this size
0:04:14 > 0:04:17to we're currently building a puppet that's 5.5m tall.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18Is this for the Fringe or what?
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Yeah, we've done some at the Edinburgh Fringe, it's nice
0:04:21 > 0:04:23living in Edinburgh cos we can rock up there whenever we need to.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Lovely. And you do a bit of magic?
0:04:25 > 0:04:27I do, yeah. Bits and pieces, now and again.
0:04:27 > 0:04:32You became the Young Scottish Magician of the Year in 2003?
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- Yeah, I did. - Well, that's an accolade, isn't it?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Yeah, that was my geeky years as a teenager paying off.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42- So, Matthew, you have a job in an art shop...- I do.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44..but you're also into the puppet lark?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Yes, so I work with Ross with the puppets
0:04:47 > 0:04:51and when I have to make some money, because you have to do these things,
0:04:51 > 0:04:54I work in an art shop selling art supplies.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56And you also do a bit of cookery?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59I do, I love cooking and baking and that type of thing,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02so concocting my own little inventions...
0:05:02 > 0:05:04And what's a favourite invention?
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Well, I did make a rather good banana and toffee profiterole.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- Oh, did you?- Yes, I did. - What, all in the same dish?
0:05:11 > 0:05:12Oh, yeah.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Melded it together and whoa, there it came out.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18So, what floats your boat between you for this antiques lark, then?
0:05:18 > 0:05:22I collect magic memorabilia, so little bits and trinkets
0:05:22 > 0:05:23and old magic books.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26And what's this about you, Matthew, and Beanie Babies?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- That's an old thing.- Oh, is it?
0:05:28 > 0:05:31In fact, I went home recently and found all my old Beanie Babies
0:05:31 > 0:05:34and there's many of them sitting in a bag doing nothing,
0:05:34 > 0:05:37but I haven't bought a Beanie Baby for...
0:05:37 > 0:05:3815 years.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Really? 15 years without a Beanie Baby.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Perhaps today is going to be your day to find another Beanie Baby...
0:05:43 > 0:05:45- Fingers crossed. - ..with some of our £300.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- There you go, £300. - Cheers.- Thank you.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50You know the rules, your experts await,
0:05:50 > 0:05:52and off you go and very, very, very good luck.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55And let's meet the experts.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59Hat's the way to do it!
0:05:59 > 0:06:02For the Reds, Catherine Southon's in the driving seat.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04And pulling a face but pushing for profits,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Paul Laidlaw is bossing the Blues.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Spooky.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10This is terribly exciting,
0:06:10 > 0:06:13we've got a big mountain to climb in only one hour.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Am I right in thinking that puppetry
0:06:16 > 0:06:19comes into your careers and passions?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- Yeah, we're puppeteers.- Yeah?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24So, here we are, we're looking for bargains.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26What are our tactics?
0:06:26 > 0:06:30I think silver and things with a Scottish theme?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33- What are you bringing to the party? - I'm just, you know, I'm on it.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37You're on it? We are ALL on it! Come on, let's go.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Now, this fair's a whopper, with hundreds of stalls to choose from...
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Ah! Needle in a haystack.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46..and just 60 minutes on the clock.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48What's this chap got here?
0:06:48 > 0:06:50So, teams, you need to be decisive.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- You know what you like, do you? - Let's hope so.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- Oh, the parrots. They're quite fun, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02- Have a look. What do you think? - Well...- Is it a brooch?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- It is, but just a thin... - Probably Bakelite.- Yeah.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- Nice colours, though. - It is, but no.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- Oh.- Not for us? Nope.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- She knows. - You know.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16So, the two birds of a feather are back in the box and the boys in blue
0:07:16 > 0:07:17are pulling the strings,
0:07:17 > 0:07:19as they give their skipper a lesson in puppetry.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22You have to have a look at the puppet, at least.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25- Yeah, but they don't... - I don't think they're...yeah.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26Are they dolls or puppets?
0:07:26 > 0:07:28No, those ones are puppets.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29Marionette or glove puppet?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32A marionette can be a puppet. You get all different types of puppets,
0:07:32 > 0:07:34but marionettes are always string.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Those look more like, uh, Punch and Judy style.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Yeah, they don't look particularly...good.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Do you know what? I know nothing about them and I agree.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Now, Reds, remember what we said about being decisive?
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- I'm still thinking about those parrots.- The parrots?
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Oh, you like the parrots?
0:07:53 > 0:07:55I think just because they're nice and colourful.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- I just thought £8, that might be quite...- Yeah.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- Just thinking parrots.- Should we get it as a...?- Maybe we should.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03- Shall we go back and have a look? - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07So ten minutes gone and Catherine is looking a little concerned.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- Is she always like this? - Oh, yes. Yeah, indecisive.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12I thought she was going to be really decisive. She's as bad as I am.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- Yeah.- Oh, no, she's not!
0:08:14 > 0:08:16(Oh, yes, she is.)
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Now, where are those parrots, and are they parrots at all?
0:08:20 > 0:08:23It's a great subject. Are they parrots? Actually, are they parrots?
0:08:23 > 0:08:24I'm not sure.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- STALL OWNER:- No, I think they're possibly lovebirds or something.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Lovebirds. Oh, you two are lovebirds, aren't you?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31There you go, that's perfect.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Lovebirds.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- STALL OWNER:- I think it was probably made in one of the French islands.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Right, yeah.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43- So, it's probably only '70s or '80s, is it?- Oh, is it?- Yeah.- OK.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48It's not a '20s Bakelite one, this is just plastic.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51There's no name or anything on there.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- It's quite unusual, if you like birds.- Yeah.- Would you wear that?
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- You don't strike me as a lady that would wear this.- Well, possibly not.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01- But I think it's quite eye-catching. - It's £8.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04I mean, maybe you could let us have it for £5, I don't know?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06- 6?- 6...
0:09:06 > 0:09:07£6?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- OK, let's just do it. - Yeah, why not?
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Yeah, I think it's nice, I like it.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18So, deal done. £6 spent and Catherine has perked up instantly.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22If you carry on like this, I'm going to be a very happy bunny.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23- Excellent.- Let's go.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Meanwhile, with nearly a third of the hour gone,
0:09:25 > 0:09:29the Blues have yet to spot anything that lights their fire.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- What about the tobacco tin, what's that?- Er...
0:09:32 > 0:09:37It's not got the meat, you'd need a cardboard box full of them
0:09:37 > 0:09:40to add up to a pile of beans, you know?
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Now the Red team have got a thirst on.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- I think I'd like to try and get a hip flask.- Hip flask?- Yeah.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48- That's very... - Something silver, as well.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- ..definite.- Yeah. - A silver hip flask.- Yeah.- OK.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55Time is ticking on, and the Blues have yet to make a purchase.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58But what's this that Matt's got his eye on?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00- What's that thing over there? - What's this?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- A plate.- It's kind of interesting.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05- Do you know, I would never have picked this up?- Is it a...?
0:10:05 > 0:10:06It tells us what it is.
0:10:06 > 0:10:11It's celebrating the free Czech Army in England in 1941.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14So Czechoslovakia, of course,
0:10:14 > 0:10:18is overrun right at the beginning of this era.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22And of course, a load of would-be combatants
0:10:22 > 0:10:25flee the invading German forces
0:10:25 > 0:10:29and a lot of them settle in Britain and that's what it's celebrating.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31And this is a breadboard.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35I assume this decorative technique is peculiar to Czechoslovakia
0:10:35 > 0:10:38because it does not feel in any way British
0:10:38 > 0:10:41and I think you really have tapped into...
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- ..a fantastic little moment.- It's a breadboard?- It's a breadboard.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49I think if it was cheap, if it was a tenner, how badly wrong can it go?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52It's got rarity on its side and a great back story.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54It's got £32 on it.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56STALL OWNER: £22.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59I think it's hard, it's too hard work.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00£15.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- STALL OWNER: Go on, then. 15. - Go on, 15. Let's do it.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- We've bought something?! - We've got it.- We've broke our duck.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08MATT LAUGHS We've bought a chopping board.
0:11:08 > 0:11:13Indeed you have, Matt, and you've parted with £15 of your bread. Ha!
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- Now, Catherine has spotted something appropriate.- That one?- Oh, yeah.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- That's a nice one.- That is.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- That's funky.- That's a nice shape, actually.- What wood would that be?
0:11:26 > 0:11:29- 25...- It's a hardwood, anyway. You'd have to have a hardwood.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- I think it's dark mahogany. - It could well be.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34A beautiful colour, nicely turned,
0:11:34 > 0:11:37but look at that nice little narrow waist. It's a nice shape, isn't it?
0:11:37 > 0:11:41- Yeah, I do like it.- Really nice to hold that. It's lovely.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44I mean, there's a little bit of wear to it, but it's nice.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45It's not damaged.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Do you think there's much age to it?
0:11:47 > 0:11:51It's got a bit of age to it, maybe late 19th century,
0:11:51 > 0:11:52early 20th century?
0:11:52 > 0:11:56The thing is, a lot of people, a lot of auctioneers, collect these.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00- Oh, OK. 25 on it.- STALL OWNER: 20?
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- Could you do it for 15?- Oh, no.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05- Oh, yeah! - Oh, no.
0:12:05 > 0:12:06We're desperado here.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- Give us a wee chance.- 16?
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- OK, that's fair. - What's a pound between friends?
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- We'll do that.- That'll be great. Thank you very, very much.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19The hammer's gone down at £16 and we're halfway through the hour.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Now, here's a little something I found on my travels recently.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33Do you know the expression "ripe for modernisation"?
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Well, it's usually a term that's applied to property.
0:12:36 > 0:12:42Ribby old property, with bad roofs and poor wiring and no bathrooms.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46Well, occasionally you can apply the term "ripe for modernisation"
0:12:46 > 0:12:49to a piece of furniture too - a piece perhaps like this.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54It's a dresser. A classic Welsh dresser.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58The joy of this type of furniture is it has its naive charm.
0:12:58 > 0:13:04It is not a posh and expensive piece at the time that it was made.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08Had it been, it would have been constructed of more expensive oak.
0:13:08 > 0:13:13Actually, the timber in this piece is of the worst and lowest quality,
0:13:13 > 0:13:15kind of orange box type deal,
0:13:15 > 0:13:18because they weren't worried about what the timber looked like
0:13:18 > 0:13:20at the end of the day,
0:13:20 > 0:13:25because it had this glorious paint effect applied all over it.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26If you look here,
0:13:26 > 0:13:30you can see an extraordinarily complicated grain
0:13:30 > 0:13:33that runs along this flat surface.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37That has been artificially created using paint.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38It's a paint effect.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42It's not scumbled, it's not grained,
0:13:42 > 0:13:45it's simply been combed
0:13:45 > 0:13:47and here is the bare timber
0:13:47 > 0:13:51onto which was put a cream surface of paint.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52And then over the top of that,
0:13:52 > 0:13:56some brown overlay and then combed using a tool,
0:13:56 > 0:14:02creating all that busyness that makes it look like expensive pine.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03What's it worth?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Well, in oak,
0:14:05 > 0:14:09a dresser like this could be as much as £2,000 to £3,000.
0:14:09 > 0:14:15This one could be yours, in need of modernisation, for £750.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16How's that?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19So, back to the shopping
0:14:19 > 0:14:23and the Blue team are about to make Paul's life a dog's life.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27- Now that is a dog.- Paul, how about something really big?
0:14:34 > 0:14:35What?
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Does it have any substance to it whatsoever?
0:14:37 > 0:14:41If it is some '60s kitsch painted plaster dog,
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- there's a market for it.- Yeah.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47If it's straight out a container from China, we're dead in the water.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- STALL OWNER: It's 1960s. - Is he big bucks?
0:14:50 > 0:14:51250, I've got on him.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53We've not got the pennies and at auction,
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- it's, how do you put a value on that?- Yeah.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59In the right sale, you'd go, it's worth 100 to 200 quid
0:14:59 > 0:15:04and the price is actually probably pretty reasonable retail, but...
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- ..but it's no use to us, is it? - Moving on.- No big dog for us.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11- Thank you. - Thanks very much. Love it.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13But not enough to buy it, it seems.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Now, once again, it's Catherine's turn to look a bit worried.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20We're finding it hard to get our teeth into something,
0:15:20 > 0:15:23something really meaty that's going to grip us.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Tom knows that he wants one of these silver hip flask
0:15:26 > 0:15:29and it's got to be Scottish, but I think Lynn is a bit more open,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32but we've really got to work at this.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Yes, you have, especially as Lynn's having a bit of a wobble.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39- Are you panicking?- Yeah. - I can feel it.- We need to buy!
0:15:39 > 0:15:41I can feel it, we need a bit of head massaging going on here.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45- I think we need to move quicker so we can see what's here.- Yeah.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- I think we'll just have a quick scan and then move on.- Action!
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Quick scan, move on.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52And talking of action,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55our puppeteers need to get a shift on,
0:15:55 > 0:15:57as 45 minutes have already passed.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- That's a marionette there.- Yeah, that's a marionette.- Oh, here we go.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02This is it. And that'll be a Pelham, won't it?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- Yeah, that's a Pelham Puppet. - English puppet?- Yep.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Pelham Puppets are mainly known for making puppets like these,
0:16:07 > 0:16:11but the company, set up in Wiltshire in 1947 by Bob Pelham,
0:16:11 > 0:16:16also manufactured glove puppets and ventriloquists' dummies.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19That's an early one in a buff box,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21so I guess early '60s?
0:16:21 > 0:16:23They're fallen away.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26See a few years ago, there was a spike in values of Pelham Puppets,
0:16:26 > 0:16:29they were making mad money, and now I think sense has returned.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32I don't think she's the sexiest of Pelham Puppets,
0:16:32 > 0:16:34I think she's slightly scary, to be honest with you.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36And that has a bearing.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38What's it worth at auction?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- It's probably worth 20, 30 quid at auction.- Let's leave it.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42Let's move onwards.
0:16:46 > 0:16:47Quick scan, move on.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52I quite like that little box.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Guess you don't like it, do you, Tom?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- No, no.- Do you like anything? - Yeah, little silver hip flasks.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03You like that?
0:17:03 > 0:17:04I suppose it just caught my eye
0:17:04 > 0:17:08- but it could be absolute rubbish, I'm not sure.- Why did it catch your eye?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10It's just cos it's unusual.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13It is unusual to have that, to have a fox,
0:17:13 > 0:17:17but I don't know if it's particularly well-modelled.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18It's got £50 on it.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- No, I don't think so.- No?
0:17:21 > 0:17:22It's just not enough money.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- We won't have spent enough money. - You're telling me.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27You've only spent £22 so far, Reds.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Meanwhile, the Blues seem to have gone round in a circle.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Here we are again...
0:17:34 > 0:17:35looking at puppets.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- Yeah, some marionettes. - It is meant to be.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42- Right. Can you make these things work?- I think I could give it a go.
0:17:42 > 0:17:47- No, I... Oh, that's...- Oh, that's spaghetti junction, Holy Moses.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- Mint condition...- Mint condition, never out of the box, Pelham Puppet.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52- How much is it?- £30.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54We've got to buy something at some stage.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- I say... This is my plan.- Uh-oh.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- Right...- I say we go for the trio.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Three puppets, one lot?
0:18:03 > 0:18:06- Three puppets, one lot.- I love your style.- That's the banter.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10- And, of course, I'm thinking bulk discount.- Exactly.- Yeah.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13But it would need to be, because I think they're priced up at about...
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- 72 for the three. - 72, the lot? Seriously?
0:18:16 > 0:18:17That's what their price says.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21£40 would be my bid.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Can you do us a great deal?
0:18:23 > 0:18:27I'd do those two for 50 and I'll put her in as a gift.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31- Can we go a little bit lower?- No.
0:18:31 > 0:18:3240 for the three?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34No, nope. Definitely not.
0:18:34 > 0:18:3645 for the three.
0:18:36 > 0:18:4048 and that's it. We have to retain the upper hand here.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41Yeah...
0:18:41 > 0:18:46- Can I just say, you're doing it admirably well!- Good.- 47.- 47.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- Thank you very much, madam. - Thank you.- My pleasure.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50With just ten minutes left,
0:18:50 > 0:18:53the Blues have finally got buy number two.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- And they have a plan for their third item.- Time to get a dog.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Oh, is the dog back in the frame?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Let's have a gamble, let's go and see if we can get it.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- Seriously? - Yeah, let's go for it.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05So, Paul, how's it going in the Blue camp?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Matt's got this thing about animals.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10And that dog, I reckon, is still making eyes at them.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14£200 worth of plaster Doberman or whatever it is.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16And while the dog is bugging Paul,
0:19:16 > 0:19:20the Reds' quest for a hip flask is starting to bug Catherine.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23It's about the history of Scotland as well, isn't it?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26So, we've got a Scottish silver hip flask and we've got to find one.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30And finally Tom finds not one hip flask, but four.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32It's like Edinburgh buses.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34You are looking at big prices here.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Which of these do you think would sell best?
0:19:37 > 0:19:43- Well, Asprey is a great name.- Yeah. - It's probably '20s, engine turned.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46What I like about it is, it's got these little cartouches here
0:19:46 > 0:19:49which are unmarked. It's quite a simple shape
0:19:49 > 0:19:52and you can see today that this would be used.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55So you take this little bit off the bottom,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57and you'd pour your bit in there and...
0:19:58 > 0:20:01..knock it back. £325.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02What's the very, very best...?
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Best I can do on that would be 260.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07I'm thinking more about 200.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09245 and that's it.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12I'd love that, but is it going to make us a profit?
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Yeah. I don't think so, at that price, is it?
0:20:15 > 0:20:18We have so little time, we've got seven minutes.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21I think we should have a quick run-round.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23It's going to be very quick.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26About seven minutes quick, actually.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Now, Paul's team have gone to the dogs - literally.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32It's an uncommon piece of kitsch and I've seen them do well.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36I stick to my guns, it's worth 100 to 200.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40- At 140, yeah, I get it.- 140.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43So, can they do the doggy deal?
0:20:43 > 0:20:45What would be your best offer for it?
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- 200.- 200?- Give you a chance.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52- I don't know what to say. - I was thinking more 100.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53No way.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58- Meet even halfway? 150?- Really, I'd need to make a phone call.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00You're going to make a phone call, perfect. Thank you.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02And whilst the dealer makes the call,
0:21:02 > 0:21:04the Reds are starting to struggle.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Jewellery, maybe?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Or maybe not.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- All right, nothing there. - Come on, Reds.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14And how much is that doggy going to cost the Blues?
0:21:14 > 0:21:17170, that's his best on it. He couldn't go any lower.
0:21:17 > 0:21:22At 150 quid, it's a gamble. At 170 quid, it's a loser.
0:21:22 > 0:21:23Are you sure?
0:21:23 > 0:21:26No, I can't be sure, it could make 250 quid.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28- It's an auction, anything can happen.- I say, let's go for the dog.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- Let's gamble.- You're off your head, no!- Yes!- No, no.- No?
0:21:32 > 0:21:35I'll take the risk, right? And I'm going to say 160, that's it.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37- 160?- Dead.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38See, that's... Let's do it.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41- It's a big dog.- It's done, isn't it?
0:21:41 > 0:21:43That's the deal.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46This has been surreal, but well done, guys.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Come on, shake that woman's hand.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51£160 paid for the dog.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Now, the Reds are almost out of time and they need to make a decision.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57What are you going to do? Do you want your piece?
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Do you want it or not? Because we've got no time.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02We only have that, we don't have anything else in the bag, do we?
0:22:02 > 0:22:05We've only got that or we've got the bronze knocker.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Oh, this bronze knocker, do you want to go and get that?
0:22:07 > 0:22:10What do you think? Is it a better bet if we can get him down?
0:22:10 > 0:22:12- We might be better on that.- Right, let's do that.- Shall we do that?
0:22:12 > 0:22:16But as we enter the final minute, Catherine takes control,
0:22:16 > 0:22:19as her team are in danger of not making a third purchase.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24- £30?- 40.- Please? 35.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Please, 35. Please, please.
0:22:29 > 0:22:3035 and we'll take it.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33- We have seconds!- It would really help us...- Go on.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Oh, thank you so much.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Thank goodness for that. Well done, Catherine.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40You two really know how to put the pressure on.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43I have done this in the last minute before
0:22:43 > 0:22:44but never in the last second.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- That was tough. - I'm coming over all unnecessary.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48That was tough.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Time's up! Well, it is for you.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Let's check out what the Red team bought, eh?
0:22:56 > 0:23:03For the 1970s lovebird brooch, our team of lovebirds spent just £6.
0:23:03 > 0:23:04For the auctioneers' gavel,
0:23:04 > 0:23:07they hammered the dealer down to £16.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11And they bought the foxy Victorian door knocker
0:23:11 > 0:23:13for the knock-down price of £35.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Well, you beautiful twosome, how much did you spend?
0:23:18 > 0:23:21We spent a miserable £57, I'm afraid.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23- On all three items?- Yeah.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27That is going to please Anita so much, I can't tell you.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31So, I would like 243.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33There we go. 243.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36So, what's going to bring the biggest profit then?
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- Possibly the gavel.- Tom, what's going to bring the biggest profit?
0:23:39 > 0:23:42- I think the gavel.- Do you?- Yes.- Now, Catherine. This is your challenge.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- Double challenge, today. - Oh, no.- For our special programme.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49- Now, there is the leftover lolly from the team...- So much money.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51..for you to find bonus buy number one
0:23:51 > 0:23:54and I'm going to give you a special £100
0:23:54 > 0:23:57to go and find bonus buy number two.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Good luck with your double challenge.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Meanwhile, let's check out what the Blue team bought, eh?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05For the folk-art breadboard, they dipped into their dough,
0:24:05 > 0:24:06spending £15.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12For the three Pelham Puppets, the puppeteers paid £47.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16And finally, for the life-sized model of the Great Dane,
0:24:16 > 0:24:19they spent the sizable sum of £160.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23So, how much did you spend, Ross, altogether?
0:24:23 > 0:24:25We have £78...
0:24:25 > 0:24:29- I have no idea how much... - How about £222?- £222, OK.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32- And 78 would be lovely.- Yeah.- Good.
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Well, we got that lump of cash.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Now, which is your favourite piece?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38- The dog.- The dog is your favourite.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41- It is amazing.- Do you love that dog? - Yeah, I'm a big fan of the dog.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- Big fan.- Great. So, there is your cash.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47The ordinary bonus buy cash, and then today,
0:24:47 > 0:24:49because it's a special day, I'm going to give you £100
0:24:49 > 0:24:54of extra leftover lolly to find the extra bonus buy, how about that?
0:24:54 > 0:24:57A cup of tea for the boys and a rush around for the expert.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01And if you'd be kind enough to come back and show me what you found,
0:25:01 > 0:25:03we'll have a little natter. Super duper.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Right, bonus buy time for Catherine and remember,
0:25:06 > 0:25:08she needs to buy not one, but two items
0:25:08 > 0:25:13and her team will choose which one they want later at auction.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Now, first up, it's the regular team bonus buy
0:25:16 > 0:25:21and she's got a whopping £243 at her disposal.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- They're quite nice, aren't they? - They're quite pretty, yeah.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26They're really in the style of Secessionist.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29- Do you they are period Art Nouveau? - Yes, definitely the period of Bronze.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32- They've a nice bit of weight to them.- Nice weight to them, yep.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34I love the design, the Art Nouveau design.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38I can imagine these in a really nice sort of interior,
0:25:38 > 0:25:41nice wooden interior and I think they would look
0:25:41 > 0:25:42fabulous on a mantelpiece.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45A nice Arts and Crafts house or something, they'd look fantastic.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46They would be nice.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50- How much do you want for the pair? - I was looking for 150.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54That's too much. What about 120?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Meet me in the middle, we'll do 130.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59It's a gamble, but I'm going to take a gamble.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03- You'll always do well with these in Glasgow.- I like those.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06- I do like them.- So Catherine's in a mood for a gamble.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08I wonder what will catch her eye
0:26:08 > 0:26:12if she goes in search of her special £100 bonus buy?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14I just love the fact that it's in the shape of an egg cup.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16It's wonderful.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19What have you got inside? A little thimble.
0:26:19 > 0:26:24So we've got a little sewing accessory there.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26It's what we would call a piece of treen.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31Nicely turned but there is a bit of damage there on the top.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34This could be glued back together,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37but there is a bit of damage around here as well. It's been broken.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- Hello, sir.- Hello.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41I do like your sewing accessory.
0:26:41 > 0:26:42What can you do on that?
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Well, before it gets damaged any more,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47it's a piece I'm rather fond of. What have we got on there?
0:26:47 > 0:26:48How about 40?
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Could you possibly come down a little bit more, sir?
0:26:51 > 0:26:5235, that would be the death on this.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Is it? I like it... I do like it.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59I'm probably mad, buying a damaged piece.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01- I'm going to have that. - Well, thank you very much.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Now, time for me to cast my eye over the two bonus buys.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08So this is our little array,
0:27:08 > 0:27:09- how lovely.- It is.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10So, your standard bonus buy
0:27:10 > 0:27:12are these two,
0:27:12 > 0:27:15- for the teams, if you like, out of their leftover lolly.- Yes.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19- I certainly spent substantial money.- Oh.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23Whether I bought a substantial pair of vases,
0:27:23 > 0:27:25I am now questioning.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30Most of the time, when we see these things, they're in white metal,
0:27:30 > 0:27:36they are WMF or they come from some Continental metal manufactory.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40Because they are essentially Continental in manner.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41You say they're Art Nouveau,
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- I would call them vorticist.- Oh, OK.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49They come from a bit from about 1905 to about 1915.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51They are beautifully...
0:27:51 > 0:27:53I mean, the colour is fantastic.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54The colour is lovely.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56What did you pay?
0:27:56 > 0:27:58- Oh, Tim. 130.- Did you?- Yes.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00My estimate would be 100 to 150
0:28:00 > 0:28:02and I wouldn't pay a penny more than 80 for them.
0:28:02 > 0:28:07Now, moving on to our special £100 bonus buy.
0:28:07 > 0:28:08You're a good egg.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10- So, what's all this about?- I...
0:28:10 > 0:28:11Well, I just liked it first of all,
0:28:11 > 0:28:14I thought, "Oh, that looks interesting, what is it?"
0:28:14 > 0:28:17- And then I undid the top of it... - Yes.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- ..and then I realised that part of it was broken.- Oh.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22So what we've got is the socket, there,
0:28:22 > 0:28:24within which any old thimble could go...
0:28:24 > 0:28:28- Now, that's not a great thimble, is it?- No, it isn't, no.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30But you could have a really nice gold or silver thimble
0:28:30 > 0:28:36and keep it in this egg cup form thimble case.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39- Have you seen one of those before? - Never in my long life.
0:28:39 > 0:28:40I just thought that was quite nice.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43It has been damaged, as well, and repaired a bit round the base,
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- but...- So, that's these splits here.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49It's made of hardwood, probably rosewood or something like that,
0:28:49 > 0:28:52it's fallen over, that bit's come off, they've glued it back on.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Then they put these fake bits of ivory strapping,
0:28:55 > 0:28:57cos that's ivorine, it's a type of plastic.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00And then the dome bit on the top looks like ivory but it isn't,
0:29:00 > 0:29:05it's another nut, a vegetable ivory.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07- But, yeah, it's a condition issue, really.- Yes.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11- So, did you pay £30 for it? - I paid 35.- Did you?- Yeah.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13- That's pretty well on the money, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Now, if you've got your speculative hat on,
0:29:15 > 0:29:16if you were saying to me,
0:29:16 > 0:29:18"Which one are you going to go for, Tim?"
0:29:18 > 0:29:21Even though I think you've paid too much,
0:29:21 > 0:29:24the money has to be on those, rather than that,
0:29:24 > 0:29:28because I think £35, damaged, all the money, don't worry about it.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32- Oh.- Ah.- It's hard work.
0:29:32 > 0:29:33You do it so beautifully.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37Anyway, what about poor old Paul? He's still struggling out there.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43And he's got much less leftover lolly available to him.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45£78, to be exact.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46After a quick tour of the fair,
0:29:46 > 0:29:51he decides to put his expertise in militaria to the test.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53First off, a little brooch, a sweetheart brooch.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57A piece that would have been bought by a serviceman for his wife,
0:29:57 > 0:29:59sweetheart, sister, mother, who knows?
0:29:59 > 0:30:01It bears a device.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Now, that's a crown, this much we know.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Underneath, there are two Vickers machine guns,
0:30:06 > 0:30:08the standard medium machine gun of the Great War
0:30:08 > 0:30:10and the Second World War, for the British.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13And that is the badge, the cap badge,
0:30:13 > 0:30:16worn by the Machine Gun Corps, OK?
0:30:16 > 0:30:19It's worth £30 to £50, any day, anywhere.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23Ticketed up at 45 and I asked what it could be
0:30:23 > 0:30:25and £30 is what it could be.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27I think that needs buying.
0:30:27 > 0:30:32And that's exactly what he did. Now, for the special bonus buy.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36Paul hasn't moved an inch and has £100 in cash at the ready.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40I think that could go towards this foxy lady here.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44And I'm slightly besotted with this lady and I hardly know her.
0:30:44 > 0:30:49Art Nouveau, Belle Epoque period, late 19th or early 20th century.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52And she's assumed quite a pose,
0:30:52 > 0:30:55she's got lovely Princess Leia style hair
0:30:55 > 0:30:56and she's bent forward,
0:30:56 > 0:31:01clasping this somewhat, I imagine, diaphanous dress.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03What is she?
0:31:03 > 0:31:05She's a desk seal.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08This vacant matrix here could have been engraved
0:31:08 > 0:31:12with some gentleman or lady's - I suspect a gentleman's - monogram.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14I think she's gorgeous.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18She, too, would you believe it, today, £30.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20What's she worth?
0:31:20 > 0:31:23I think she's worth £50 to £70, if I'm lucky.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Second buy. Do it? Do it!
0:31:27 > 0:31:31So, let's have a quick shufty at Paul's bonus buys.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34OK, Paulus, how's it been for you?
0:31:34 > 0:31:37I sent you off with all that cash
0:31:37 > 0:31:40and as far as the team's bonus buy is concerned,
0:31:40 > 0:31:43- we're settling on that brooch, are we?- We are.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45As sweetheart brooches go,
0:31:45 > 0:31:49this is rather superior, precious metal, 9ct gold marked.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53A pair of crossed Vickers .303 machine guns,
0:31:53 > 0:31:58THE medium machine gun of the British Army during both World Wars.
0:31:58 > 0:31:59So is it First or Second World War?
0:31:59 > 0:32:03First World War, they were wound up after the First World War.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07I've seen tonnes of these things in silver and worse, but in gold?
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Higher end, officer piece.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- What did you pay?- £30.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15- Is that all?- No money. - It's not its weight in gold, is it?
0:32:15 > 0:32:17I mean, you'd melt that for £30 in 9ct?
0:32:17 > 0:32:20- Little bit of country metal off. - Pretty good. OK.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24Now, the special £100 bonus buy.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28Who's this slender, rather sensuous looking girlie here?
0:32:28 > 0:32:33- I am just a tad besotted by my new friend here.- Are you?
0:32:33 > 0:32:37- She would have lived on rather a wealthy gentleman's desk.- Right.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Because we know it's a desk seal.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41Desk seal, any initials underneath?
0:32:41 > 0:32:43No, vacant. Right.
0:32:43 > 0:32:48So, it never got engraved with his monogram or his crest,
0:32:48 > 0:32:49he just looked at her.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52And I would say it's been handled quite a lot,
0:32:52 > 0:32:54because you can see where the yellow is coming through
0:32:54 > 0:32:57so it'll be cast nickel, electroplated, slightly worn.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59How much did you pay?
0:32:59 > 0:33:01I paid £30 for that and I'm delighted.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03I don't believe it.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07I mean, both of those buys are jolly good, aren't they?
0:33:07 > 0:33:09That is a really difficult choice.
0:33:09 > 0:33:10Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13I'll go with the gold brooch, if I had to make a prediction right now.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15I'd go with her.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18- OK, we're not falling out.- We've not fallen out.- What could be nicer?
0:33:18 > 0:33:22Anyway, I'm heading out now, down to Devon.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25I'm going to Saltram House.
0:33:25 > 0:33:26Cor, it's wonderful.
0:33:32 > 0:33:37This 18th-century mansion in Devon oozes style and elegance
0:33:37 > 0:33:40and is one of Britain's best preserved Georgian houses.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Over the centuries,
0:33:42 > 0:33:46Saltram has been altered to suit the tastes of successive generations
0:33:46 > 0:33:49of its owners, the Parker family.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53Just look at the family motto on the pediment at Saltram.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56Fideli Certa Merces.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59"To the faithful, reward is certain."
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Well, not so certain, actually.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05Not for the Parker family who owned this pile,
0:34:05 > 0:34:09because it was more a question of boom or bust...
0:34:09 > 0:34:12the latter, bust, being the most certain because this house
0:34:12 > 0:34:18was taken by the Treasury in lieu of Inheritance Tax
0:34:18 > 0:34:21and then passed to the National Trust in 1957.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26The Parkers were a family of considerable social standing.
0:34:26 > 0:34:31Some made money, others married money, and most were big spenders.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34And the family's wealth is reflected in the fine works of art
0:34:34 > 0:34:38that hang on the walls, several by Sir Joshua Reynolds,
0:34:38 > 0:34:40a close friend of the Parker family.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Wow.
0:34:45 > 0:34:51Look at this. What a treat if you happen to be keen on paintings,
0:34:51 > 0:34:56because it would be difficult to cram more pictures into a room
0:34:56 > 0:34:58than we see here.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02It's called the Red Room and it's this room, for me, at Saltram,
0:35:02 > 0:35:05that reflects the family's collecting interests
0:35:05 > 0:35:07in the 18th century.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Reynolds was by far the most important British painter
0:35:10 > 0:35:14of the latter half of the 18th century.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18In this portrait, we see Reynolds portraying his friend,
0:35:18 > 0:35:22John Parker II, in an informal setting,
0:35:22 > 0:35:27with John Parker perhaps walking around the estate here at Saltram,
0:35:27 > 0:35:30holding his fowling piece.
0:35:30 > 0:35:36But it's this dominant picture that is the all-time favourite
0:35:36 > 0:35:42because it shows John Parker II's children, seated on a bank.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45And in this gorgeous portrait,
0:35:45 > 0:35:50we've got the young boy clutching his sister most affectionately.
0:35:50 > 0:35:56These are aristocratic privileged children wearing the trappings
0:35:56 > 0:35:59that their money can buy.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02But basically, in their rosy cheeks and their clear eyes
0:36:02 > 0:36:07and their delightful expressions, it sends that message out.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Health and happiness.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19And here, in the staircase hall,
0:36:19 > 0:36:23amidst a further array of the family's paintings,
0:36:23 > 0:36:25is this splendid portrait,
0:36:25 > 0:36:29a portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds himself,
0:36:29 > 0:36:34and painted by his good friend, Angelica Kauffmann.
0:36:34 > 0:36:39Now, Angelica Kauffmann was an unusually talented artist.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41She was taught by her father,
0:36:41 > 0:36:44she was brought up in Switzerland and on the Continent
0:36:44 > 0:36:49and when she arrived in London, she created a sensation,
0:36:49 > 0:36:52not only because she was a jolly good artist,
0:36:52 > 0:36:56but also because she was young and beautiful.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00She became a founding member of the Royal Academy,
0:37:00 > 0:37:02along with Sir Joshua Reynolds.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06And, not surprisingly, she painted a painting of him.
0:37:06 > 0:37:12This is a fine likeness of Reynolds and what is particularly fitting,
0:37:12 > 0:37:17perhaps, is that Kauffmann has painted him next door
0:37:17 > 0:37:19to a bust of Michelangelo.
0:37:19 > 0:37:24It's as if there's one genius sitting in front of another.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Angelica Kauffmann's bread and butter
0:37:27 > 0:37:30was made out of society portraits.
0:37:30 > 0:37:36Indeed, on this wall, we've got a young lady in Eastern dress.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39She's pretending that she's in Turkey
0:37:39 > 0:37:44and that is a classic Angelica Kauffmann portrait.
0:37:44 > 0:37:50High society, delicious costume in an exotic environment.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54But it was thought at the time, if you were a society painter,
0:37:54 > 0:37:58that you should aspire to a higher form of art.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Portraiture was for hacks.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04Historical paintings, however, were another matter.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08And Angelica Kauffmann painted those also.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11For example, scenes from the Iliad,
0:38:11 > 0:38:15or Venus before Carthage.
0:38:15 > 0:38:21All delicious images, all reeking of historical resonance.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Now, from Saltram House in Devon,
0:38:29 > 0:38:33we're heading north once more to Glasgow, and Great Western Auctions,
0:38:33 > 0:38:34to meet Anita Manning.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37It's great to be at Great Western Auctions, Anita.
0:38:37 > 0:38:38It's lovely to have you here.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41Now, stand by for a treat, because the Reds' first item
0:38:41 > 0:38:45is this plastic brooch. Looks a bit like Lea Stein,
0:38:45 > 0:38:47- but it ain't, right? - It's not, it's more modern.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51But it's rather pretty, charming, sweet
0:38:51 > 0:38:54and I like those sort of big blocks of colour so it's a nice thing.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Super duper. What's it worth?
0:38:56 > 0:39:00- 10 to 20?- Fine, bit of fun, isn't it, really?- Yes, it is.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04£6 is all it cost the team, so they're all right with that.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Then we've got the auctioneers' gavel.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- Now, your daughter's in the business here with you.- She is.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- Has she got her own gavel? - Everyone's got their own gavel.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15Oh, dear. So we're not going to find many buyers around here.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18- Well, anyway, there we are. What's it worth?- 20 to 30.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20£16 paid so we're happy with that.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24And lastly, but not least, we've got old foxy the door knocker.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28And it was a traditional image that was used in Georgian times.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30Yeah, I suppose so, when hunting was all the rage.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34Anyway, it's not an old thing, is it? Made in Birmingham, cast brass.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38- It's not. It's functional. - What's it worth, £10 or £20?
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- 30 to 40?- OK, fine, but you're very generous today, Anita.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44£35 paid by the team,
0:39:44 > 0:39:47so they should turn a small profit on that. There we are.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50Looking at them, I don't see any vast profits
0:39:50 > 0:39:53and I think the team are likely to want to take up
0:39:53 > 0:39:56either one or the other of their bonus buys.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57Let's go and have a look.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02First up, the team's bonus buy. You gave Catherine Southon
0:40:02 > 0:40:06an amazing £253. Catherine, what did you buy?
0:40:06 > 0:40:11- I bought you these babies.- Oh. - I'm going to give you one each.
0:40:11 > 0:40:16- Now, we have a pair of bronze... Aren't they heavy?- They are, yes.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19Lovely and heavy, bronze Art Nouveau vases.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21They're a nice bit of quality, I quite rate these.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24- They're what they call gutsy, right? - They are gutsy.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26How much did you pay for them?
0:40:26 > 0:40:30- I paid £130.- 130 for them?
0:40:30 > 0:40:32What would your best guess be?
0:40:32 > 0:40:35I'm thinking that we're going to make about £50 on these.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38- Good.- Like it. - Now, for the special bonus buy,
0:40:38 > 0:40:40which Catherine had the additional £100 for,
0:40:40 > 0:40:43I'm going to reveal now... that little joker.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- Oh, wow.- So, what is this, you're going to ask me?
0:40:46 > 0:40:49- It's an egg.- It is, it is an egg cup,
0:40:49 > 0:40:51but it's a piece of treen, essentially.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54But it's actually a sewing accessory,
0:40:54 > 0:40:57so this would unscrew here and you'd put your thimble...
0:40:57 > 0:41:01- Oh, wow.- There are issues with this, there's a bit of damage,
0:41:01 > 0:41:04but people do like sewing accessories, things like this
0:41:04 > 0:41:08are collectable. I paid £35 for that.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11- 35...- It's not a lot of money
0:41:11 > 0:41:15- and I can see that there might be something in that one.- Right.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18You don't have to take either of the bonus buys, but after the sale
0:41:18 > 0:41:20of the first three items, I'll give you a choice.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23You can either have the team's bonus buy,
0:41:23 > 0:41:26or you can have the special bonus buy, or you can have no bonus buy,
0:41:26 > 0:41:29all right? That will be your choice.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31But right now, let's find out, for the audience at home,
0:41:31 > 0:41:35what Anita Manning thinks about Catherine's bonus buys.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40- These are handsome, aren't they? - I think these are absolutely lovely
0:41:40 > 0:41:43and I think they're the type of things that will appeal
0:41:43 > 0:41:47to the Glasgow buyers. They are in the style of Darmstadt,
0:41:47 > 0:41:50which had an association with the Bauhaus.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52I think they're absolutely lovely.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54- So, how much?- 120 to 160.
0:41:54 > 0:41:59£130 Catherine paid. She felt very nervous about paying that amount.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03- She wasn't cheap. - And the special bonus buy.
0:42:03 > 0:42:08- Yes.- For which she had £100, she spent £35. Is it a good egg or not?
0:42:08 > 0:42:12It's an interesting wee thing. It's visually interesting for me.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16If we take this top part off, we'll see a little damage
0:42:16 > 0:42:18and I think that's such a shame.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22Someone can repair it but we have to take that into consideration.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- What's your estimate? - I'd put 40 to 60.
0:42:25 > 0:42:30If that was in mint condition, we would be looking nearer the £100.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34£35 she paid. I have to say that I fancied these most.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Anyway, we shall find out shortly.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Next for the Blues is a weird mixture.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42We've got the folk-art breadboard.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46Now, what do you know about the Czechoslovakian Army in waiting
0:42:46 > 0:42:49in the Second World War, Anita? Stand by.
0:42:49 > 0:42:54Czechoslovakian government was exiled in England in the 1940s
0:42:54 > 0:42:57during the war. So it wasn't the whole army,
0:42:57 > 0:43:00it was just the government that were exiled here.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04And we have the Czechoslovakian heraldic lion there.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07It's on an English board.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11- And someone has painted that to remind them...- Of home?
0:43:11 > 0:43:14- ..of home.- I know, very sweet, isn't it? What's the estimate?
0:43:14 > 0:43:19- 30 to 50.- Excellent, £15 paid. - A good price.- Good buy.
0:43:19 > 0:43:24And now, Pelham Puppets. They go, as they say, up and down, don't they?
0:43:24 > 0:43:29Children have played with these from 1947,
0:43:29 > 0:43:33when Wonky Donkey Bob Pelham started making these.
0:43:33 > 0:43:35Is that what he was called, Wonky Donkey?
0:43:35 > 0:43:39Yes. In the army, he used to make little wooden donkeys
0:43:39 > 0:43:44and his friends used to call him Wonky Donkey Bob.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46They're wonderful toys. These are not rare ones,
0:43:46 > 0:43:51but we've got three of them and we've got two in boxes.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53- So how much?- 30 to 50.- Is that all?
0:43:53 > 0:43:55- £47 paid.- Oh, right.
0:43:55 > 0:44:01And last, but not least, is this extraordinary hound.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04- I mean, what's it made of? Plaster, isn't it?- It's made of plaster.
0:44:04 > 0:44:08It's life-sized. I mean, this dog is a statement.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10- It's a bit of kitsch, isn't it? - It really is kitsch.
0:44:10 > 0:44:13I mean, I can't see me ever owning one, but anyway.
0:44:13 > 0:44:17Send our Jack Russells mad if it had that thing in the house.
0:44:17 > 0:44:18OK, so how much, then?
0:44:18 > 0:44:24I put 140 to 160, but I really just don't know what he's going to get.
0:44:24 > 0:44:29- £160 was paid by the team. - That's a lot of money!- Certainly is.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32Anyway, depending on how the dog does will determine
0:44:32 > 0:44:34whether they make a profit or not.
0:44:34 > 0:44:37So they may or may not need their bonus buys.
0:44:37 > 0:44:39Let's go and have a look at them.
0:44:39 > 0:44:43So, the team's bonus buy, you gave Paul Laidlaw £78 of leftover lolly.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46- Paul, what did you buy?- OK, guys.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49- I bought you jewellery.- Ooh.
0:44:49 > 0:44:52But I've got to say, boys-toy jewellery.
0:44:52 > 0:44:56It is a sweetheart brooch pertaining to the Machine Gun Corps,
0:44:56 > 0:44:59a war-raised unit of the Great War and these are the chaps
0:44:59 > 0:45:02that manned the Vickers machine guns that, in many senses,
0:45:02 > 0:45:06epitomise the industrial nature of that horrific conflict.
0:45:06 > 0:45:10I think it's a poignant and smart object.
0:45:10 > 0:45:11So how much did you pay for it?
0:45:11 > 0:45:15£30. 9ct gold.
0:45:15 > 0:45:18OK, chaps, this is the special bonus buy,
0:45:18 > 0:45:21an extra £100 was given to Paul to find something special
0:45:21 > 0:45:23and this is it.
0:45:24 > 0:45:28This is an Art Nouveau-inspired Belle Epoque period -
0:45:28 > 0:45:31it's going to be late 19th, early 20th century -
0:45:31 > 0:45:37little silver plated figure of a delight of a lady.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39A desk seal.
0:45:39 > 0:45:43- How much did you pay?- Well, £30. I think that's a gift.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47- £30?- £30. I hope she does £60 to £80
0:45:47 > 0:45:49and I don't think I'm going to be disappointed.
0:45:49 > 0:45:51After the sale of your first three items, I'm going
0:45:51 > 0:45:54to ask you which of the bonus buys you want to go with, if you want to
0:45:54 > 0:45:56go with one at all. Right now, for the audiences at home,
0:45:56 > 0:45:59let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Paul's bonus buys.
0:46:01 > 0:46:05So, starting with the team's bonus buy, how do you rate that, Anita?
0:46:05 > 0:46:08This is a little sweetheart's brooch,
0:46:08 > 0:46:10relating to the Machine Gun Corps.
0:46:10 > 0:46:14Women would have worn these as a mark of loyalty or affection.
0:46:14 > 0:46:19- My estimate on that would be 40 to 60.- OK, £30 paid by Paul.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21What do you think about the seal?
0:46:21 > 0:46:23Because that's basically what that is, isn't it, a desk seal?
0:46:23 > 0:46:26It's a desk seal and a terrific little item,
0:46:26 > 0:46:30it's beautifully moulded, it is of the period,
0:46:30 > 0:46:34it's of a beautiful young woman, scantily clad.
0:46:34 > 0:46:36- What's it worth?- I put £60 to £100. - Did you?
0:46:36 > 0:46:41£30 paid. I have to say that my preference between the two,
0:46:41 > 0:46:44the Machine Gun Corps brooch pipped the post,
0:46:44 > 0:46:46I thought that would do rather better.
0:46:46 > 0:46:49The big question is, will the teams go for a bonus buy,
0:46:49 > 0:46:52either one of them? Or go for no bonus buys at all?
0:46:52 > 0:46:54We'll find out in a minute.
0:46:54 > 0:46:56Thank you, Anita.
0:46:56 > 0:46:57Any advance on £100?
0:46:57 > 0:46:59110. 120.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02130. 140.
0:47:02 > 0:47:03- Tom, how you feeling?- Good.- Are you?
0:47:03 > 0:47:06- What about you, Lynn? - Bit nervous, bit excited.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09- You're a bit quivery, if you don't mind my saying.- Yeah, I am.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12- And why would that be, then?- Just excited.- Is it? Now listen,
0:47:12 > 0:47:14your first item is your plastic birds,
0:47:14 > 0:47:17which you invested a princely sum of £6 in.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19You can't be worried about that.
0:47:19 > 0:47:22- No.- No.- Well, kind of.- No, she says, not worried about that.
0:47:22 > 0:47:23OK, here it comes.
0:47:23 > 0:47:27This stylish French 1970s lovebirds brooch,
0:47:27 > 0:47:30in the style of Lea Stein.
0:47:30 > 0:47:34I have four bids on the books and I can come straight in here at...
0:47:34 > 0:47:36- Four bids!- £20, £30
0:47:36 > 0:47:40- Good lord. £6 paid. - Any advance on 30?
0:47:40 > 0:47:4240. 50.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44- 60. 70.- Look at that!- £80.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47- God.- Look at that!- £80.
0:47:47 > 0:47:51Any advance on £80? All done at £80, £80?
0:47:51 > 0:47:56£80! You just made £74. Well, that shuts me right up, I can tell you.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58Oh, my God. Seriously, me too.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01Are there any budding auctioneers in the room?
0:48:01 > 0:48:05This is an early 20th century auctioneers' gavel.
0:48:05 > 0:48:08It has a nice weight, ladies and gentlemen,
0:48:08 > 0:48:11and I've tried it a couple of times myself.
0:48:11 > 0:48:12Start me at 20. 20?
0:48:12 > 0:48:1530. 40.
0:48:15 > 0:48:16- £50.- £50!
0:48:16 > 0:48:19Any advance on 50, where are we?
0:48:19 > 0:48:23- 60. 70.- I don't believe this.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25We're still in at 70. 80.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28- 90.- 90? Wow.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30Any advance on £90?
0:48:30 > 0:48:31£90...?
0:48:31 > 0:48:35£90 is plus £74.
0:48:35 > 0:48:39That is plus £148.
0:48:39 > 0:48:45Lot 144 is the Victorian bronze door knocker
0:48:45 > 0:48:47in the form of a fox's head.
0:48:47 > 0:48:50£100. £50?
0:48:50 > 0:48:5330, 30 bid. 40. 50.
0:48:53 > 0:48:54- 60.- Look, £60.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57You've made a profit on this one, as well!
0:48:57 > 0:48:5970 with the gentleman.
0:48:59 > 0:49:02Any advance on £70? 80.
0:49:02 > 0:49:05- 90.- £90!- 100.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07- Dear, oh, dear.- 110.
0:49:07 > 0:49:09- 120.- I'm absolutely shocked.
0:49:09 > 0:49:10It's bronze. 130.
0:49:10 > 0:49:12It wasn't such a bad buy, after all.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15£130. All done at 130?
0:49:15 > 0:49:17- Reality has been suspended. - GAVEL SLAMS
0:49:17 > 0:49:23£130 means you've just made another £95,
0:49:23 > 0:49:26which is £243 profit.
0:49:26 > 0:49:27And we spent £57.
0:49:27 > 0:49:31You spent £57, I was rude about you only spending 57.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34- You've made... I can't believe it. - I can't believe that, either.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37I think that is just something else. Is that not something else?
0:49:37 > 0:49:39I mean, is that not something else?!
0:49:39 > 0:49:42You don't have to take any of these bonus buys, all right?
0:49:42 > 0:49:45You've got so much profit sitting there. Do you want to risk £130
0:49:45 > 0:49:48on the two secessionist vases?
0:49:48 > 0:49:52Or do you want to risk £35 on the thimble holder,
0:49:52 > 0:49:54or do you want to do nothing? Chop, chop.
0:49:54 > 0:49:57- Right. What do you think? - I still think the vases are great.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00- The vases?- Do you?- The vases. - You're going with the vases?
0:50:00 > 0:50:03- Honestly, the vases?- We think they're really, really good.
0:50:03 > 0:50:05£130 is what was paid.
0:50:05 > 0:50:09Anita's estimate is 120 to 160, she really rates them.
0:50:09 > 0:50:12That's your pick and I have to say that,
0:50:12 > 0:50:15out of my picks between the two, I went with the Continental vases.
0:50:15 > 0:50:18- Yeah.- So, I rate them, too. - They're really nice.
0:50:18 > 0:50:21And the little egg cup thimble holder will sell for charity,
0:50:21 > 0:50:25as you haven't picked it. So, first up are the secessionist vases,
0:50:25 > 0:50:26the really lovely bronze vases.
0:50:26 > 0:50:30Will you start me at £100? 100.
0:50:30 > 0:50:3380. 50, then. 50 bid.
0:50:33 > 0:50:3550 with you, sir.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38Any advance? 60. 70.
0:50:38 > 0:50:39Come on.
0:50:39 > 0:50:4180. 90. 100.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43- This is sounding a better - (110...)
0:50:43 > 0:50:45Any advance on 100?
0:50:45 > 0:50:49All done at 100. 100?
0:50:49 > 0:50:51It's not going to do it.
0:50:51 > 0:50:57100 is minus 30, which means you are plus 213.
0:50:57 > 0:51:01- That's still good.- I am so sorry. - Don't worry about it, it was a punt.
0:51:01 > 0:51:05I rated it. But not today. Anyway, here comes the thimble holder.
0:51:05 > 0:51:10Such a beautiful shape and it's so pleasing to the eye,
0:51:10 > 0:51:14ladies and gentlemen. Start me at 40. 40 bid.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17Any advance of 40? 50. 60.
0:51:17 > 0:51:2070. 80. 90.
0:51:20 > 0:51:2190 with the lady.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24£90, that's a better thing.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27Any advance on 90? £90...
0:51:27 > 0:51:29Plus £55.
0:51:29 > 0:51:31Sadly not for you, but for charity,
0:51:31 > 0:51:34but it's nevertheless a profit, so well done, Catherine,
0:51:34 > 0:51:37for making a nice £55 profit for our charity today, that's really good.
0:51:37 > 0:51:40Now, overall then, you are plus 213, you kids.
0:51:40 > 0:51:43You should be very proud of that, well done.
0:51:48 > 0:51:51- Now, Matt and Ross, do you know how the Reds got on?- Haven't a clue.
0:51:51 > 0:51:53Very good, we don't want you to.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56First up, your breadboard. Weird thing, that, actually.
0:51:56 > 0:51:59- Yeah.- £15 paid. Anita likes it, she likes the romance,
0:51:59 > 0:52:02- she's put £30 to £50 on it. - Good.- And here it comes.
0:52:02 > 0:52:06A World War II carved and painted folk-art breadboard,
0:52:06 > 0:52:10commemorating the Czechoslovakian exile in England.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12Little piece of history.
0:52:12 > 0:52:16Can we say 100? Start me at £50.
0:52:16 > 0:52:21- 50 bid.- £50. You paid 15. Yes!
0:52:21 > 0:52:2360.
0:52:23 > 0:52:2770. 80. With you, sir, at 80.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29Any advance on £80? All done at £80?
0:52:29 > 0:52:30£80?
0:52:32 > 0:52:33- Did she say £80?- £80.
0:52:33 > 0:52:34Oh, that's lovely.
0:52:34 > 0:52:39£80, that is plus £65. £65, I'm nonplussed.
0:52:39 > 0:52:40OK.
0:52:40 > 0:52:46The three Pelham Puppets, we have Fritzi, Dutch Girl and German Girl.
0:52:46 > 0:52:49Can we say £80 for the three? 80?
0:52:49 > 0:52:5260? £20 to start me. 20 bid.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54Any advance on 20?
0:52:54 > 0:52:5530. 40.
0:52:55 > 0:52:58£40, any advance on £40?
0:52:58 > 0:53:00Any advance on £40? £40?
0:53:01 > 0:53:04£40 is minus 7, so bad luck.
0:53:04 > 0:53:06Takes you down to 58.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08- Now it's the big one.- Come on.
0:53:08 > 0:53:13Oh, ladies and gentlemen. If you love Great Danes
0:53:13 > 0:53:16and you can't afford to feed them,
0:53:16 > 0:53:18this is the item for you.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21- His name is Tiny. - CROWD LAUGHS
0:53:23 > 0:53:27Start me at £100. £100.
0:53:27 > 0:53:30£50, then. £50 for Tiny.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33- Uh-oh.- 50, thank you, sir.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36This is going to start it off. Come on now. Come on!
0:53:36 > 0:53:3950. 60. 70.
0:53:39 > 0:53:41Any advance on 70?
0:53:41 > 0:53:4380 on the phone.
0:53:43 > 0:53:4590.
0:53:45 > 0:53:49- Yep.- 100. 110.- 120?
0:53:49 > 0:53:50No.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53- No?- No.- 110.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55120 behind you.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57130.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59Come on, keep it going.
0:53:59 > 0:54:00130.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02Any advance on 130?
0:54:02 > 0:54:04All done at 130? 130?
0:54:04 > 0:54:06Oh, bad luck.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08That is minus £30 for Tiny.
0:54:08 > 0:54:10Which means, overall, you are plus £28.
0:54:10 > 0:54:12There's nothing the matter with that.
0:54:12 > 0:54:13Could be a winning score, £28.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16£28... What you going to do, then, with the bonus buys?
0:54:16 > 0:54:19Are you going to go with either of them or ditch them?
0:54:19 > 0:54:24I say we go for your favourite lady.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27Oh, yeah. Yeah, let's do it.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29OK, you're going with the second of the bonus buys.
0:54:29 > 0:54:32The estimate on the special bonus buy, according to Anita,
0:54:32 > 0:54:34- is 60 to 100, all right?- Oh.
0:54:34 > 0:54:37So you paid 30, she sees it as making 60 to 100.
0:54:37 > 0:54:41I was asked to predict which of the bonus buys is going to do best
0:54:41 > 0:54:44and I've been contrary to all of this
0:54:44 > 0:54:46and I've gone with the Machine Gun Corps.
0:54:46 > 0:54:47We're going to sell it, first.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50If it makes a profit, that profit will go to charity.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52So, win-win all round with this.
0:54:52 > 0:54:55The 9ct gold Machine Gun Corps
0:54:55 > 0:54:58regimental ladies' sweetheart brooch.
0:54:58 > 0:55:01The bid is on the book at 30.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03Any advance on 30? 40.
0:55:03 > 0:55:0550 with the book.
0:55:05 > 0:55:0860. The book is out, it's on the phone at 60.
0:55:08 > 0:55:1070, fresh bidder.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12Very nice, come on.
0:55:12 > 0:55:1580. Any advance on £80?
0:55:15 > 0:55:17All done at £80? £80?
0:55:17 > 0:55:19Very good, plus £50,
0:55:19 > 0:55:21that's a fair profit. Well done, Paul Laidlaw,
0:55:21 > 0:55:23- that goes to charity.- Pretty good.
0:55:23 > 0:55:24Here's our little lady.
0:55:24 > 0:55:25Now your little lady.
0:55:25 > 0:55:28Late 19th, early 20th-century Art Nouveau silver plated
0:55:28 > 0:55:33figural desk seal. Beautiful little female figure.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36Can we say £100? This is a nice item.
0:55:36 > 0:55:38Yeah, yeah we can.
0:55:38 > 0:55:40Start me at £50. £50?
0:55:40 > 0:55:4430, then? 30 bid. 40. 50.
0:55:44 > 0:55:4760. 70. Any advance on 70?
0:55:47 > 0:55:49Keep going.
0:55:49 > 0:55:51All done at £70?
0:55:51 > 0:55:53£70?
0:55:53 > 0:55:55- Yes, that's good.- £70.
0:55:55 > 0:55:58£70 is £40 profit.
0:55:58 > 0:56:01You had 28, you've now got plus £68.
0:56:01 > 0:56:04That is your final tally.
0:56:04 > 0:56:09And the Machine Gun Corps made more profit than the other one, so...
0:56:09 > 0:56:11Tough. Anyway.
0:56:17 > 0:56:21Well, you're both substantially in profit, which is lovely, isn't it?
0:56:21 > 0:56:23Really, really nice.
0:56:23 > 0:56:25And the team that is less substantially in profit,
0:56:25 > 0:56:27I'm afraid to say, are the Blues.
0:56:27 > 0:56:30- LYNN:- Yay!- MATT:- Gutted.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32Which is bad luck. You are plus £68.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34- Matthew, there's 65. - Thank you very much.
0:56:34 > 0:56:38I'll have to dig deep and come up with another £3.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40- I'll get that.- Oh, will you?
0:56:40 > 0:56:42Well done, Ross. No, that's super, so congratulations.
0:56:42 > 0:56:45- I hope you've enjoyed the show. - It's been great.
0:56:45 > 0:56:48Great, but the victors who go home with £213...
0:56:48 > 0:56:49MATT: Wow!
0:56:49 > 0:56:53..which is a good number. Here we go, here comes your dough
0:56:53 > 0:56:56- and a little bit more, another £3, there we are.- Thank you.
0:56:56 > 0:57:00£213. Well, we have had some amazing results,
0:57:00 > 0:57:02just the most amazing results I think I've ever seen
0:57:02 > 0:57:04on Bargain Hunt.
0:57:04 > 0:57:09A plastic brooch, bought for £6, makes £74 profit.
0:57:09 > 0:57:14The auctioneers' gavel, bought for £16, makes a profit of £74.
0:57:14 > 0:57:18A door knocker that was made in Birmingham last year, I promise you,
0:57:18 > 0:57:23that you paid £35 for, you make a profit of £95 on!
0:57:23 > 0:57:25I mean, how does that happen?
0:57:25 > 0:57:28And the only thing that let you down out of your performance, at all,
0:57:28 > 0:57:30just happened to be the Secessionist vases,
0:57:30 > 0:57:33which we all picked, we all thought they were marvellous
0:57:33 > 0:57:35and they made you a small loss. But...
0:57:35 > 0:57:38the thimble holder made a profit of £55
0:57:38 > 0:57:42and your profit means, Paul, that the total to the charity today,
0:57:42 > 0:57:46they get £105 of profits from the experts' bonus buys,
0:57:46 > 0:57:48which is lovely. So, it's a win-win situation all round.
0:57:48 > 0:57:50And in addition, the Reds, of course,
0:57:50 > 0:57:52made a profit on all three items,
0:57:52 > 0:57:56which gets you admission to the Order of the Golden Gavel.
0:57:56 > 0:57:58- You take one of those, that's lovely.- Thank you.
0:57:58 > 0:58:02- Thank you, Tom Tom.- Thank you. - Well done, Lynn. Thank you.
0:58:02 > 0:58:03Pin that to your bosom.
0:58:03 > 0:58:05- Have you had a good time? - A fantastic time.
0:58:05 > 0:58:08- Been good for you, Tom?- Yeah, it's been superb.- Glad to hear it.
0:58:08 > 0:58:11In fact, join us soon for some more Bargain Hunting, yes?
0:58:11 > 0:58:12ALL: Yes!