0:00:23 > 0:00:30Gateshead is home of the famous Angel of the North, but there's no time to sight-see.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34With hundreds of stalls to trawl, our teams should have no problem
0:00:34 > 0:00:37bagging some bargains.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Well, I can hardly keep up with today's teams, I tell you.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47For the reds we've got good friends Irene and Ann.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Welcome to the show. And for the blues we have Ernie and Dorothy.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Welcome to Bargain Hunt.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Now, Irene, when did you two first meet and become friends?
0:00:56 > 0:00:58We first met about 20 years ago.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02We worked together. And then for the past six years since we retired,
0:01:02 > 0:01:07we've been going out once a week visiting all the local coffee shops.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10- You never go to a pub?- Occasionally, occasionally. But just for a meal.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12- Just for a meal. That's your story, anyway.- Yes.
0:01:12 > 0:01:18- Now if I was to say Bargain Hunt equalled 17 points, would that mean something to you?- Scrabble.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20I play Scrabble on the internet.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24- Do you?- Yes. I've got about 20 games on the go at one time.
0:01:24 > 0:01:30- 20 games?- Yes. I play against people from Australia, America, Malta, South Africa.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34- How brilliant. I had no idea that happened on the internet.- Yes.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Ann, let's get straight to the point.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39You are completely barking mad, aren't you?
0:01:39 > 0:01:45I love me dogs. I have two border collies, Rolly and Sweep, and two German shepherds, Echo and Asia.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47And you get involved with charities with your dogs.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51Pets As Therapy, it's a charity where we visit hospitals and hospices.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56And that led to Sweep being awarded PAT Dog of the Year award, wasn't it?
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Yes. We won the award for the work that we did with a gentleman who
0:02:00 > 0:02:04was left severely disabled after a road traffic accident.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09One of the reporters said, "What difference has Sweep made to your life?"
0:02:09 > 0:02:11And he said, "He's given me back my life."
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Ah, isn't that brilliant?
0:02:13 > 0:02:18Now you collect quite a lot, too, but I can't guess what the subject would be.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20It's not cats!
0:02:20 > 0:02:25- Anything to do with dogs. - Well, in all these fairs there's lots of old dogs wandering around.
0:02:25 > 0:02:31- Anyway, talking of old dogs. Ernest? - Thank you very much. - How did you two meet then?
0:02:31 > 0:02:34I went into a public house one evening many, many moons ago
0:02:34 > 0:02:38and this lady was up on the stage sitting with a guitar and singing.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- Really?- And that lady turned out to be my Dorothy.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45- What did you do as a job of work? - I served my time as a whitesmith.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48I've been a junior linesman on the overhead power lines.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52I've been a taxi driver. I've also been a part-time speedway rider.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Have you? Gosh, you are a jack of all trades, aren't you?
0:02:55 > 0:02:59- One or two different things, yes. - And I'm told also a poet. - And a poet as well, yes.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04I was nominated, strangely enough, as poet laureate for Metro Radio
0:03:04 > 0:03:06by a guy called James Whale.
0:03:06 > 0:03:13And after about three poems, he said to me, "I will dare you to write a poem about a certain subject."
0:03:13 > 0:03:18- He did, and I managed to do it each and every time. - It's quite a challenge.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22- Yes, indeed it was. - Now, Dorothy, it was your voice that first attracted Ernie, wasn't it?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Yes, it was. I used to do a terrific amount.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28I used to do charity shows and one thing and another.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- You also write songs, don't you? - Yes, I do, yes. On an odd occasion.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36If I need write something about a certain subject, I usually come up with something.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Is this a sufficiently odd occasion?
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Oh, yes, of course. I couldn't come on to Bargain Hunt without that.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Well, you'd better give us a bit of a trill then, hadn't you?
0:03:46 > 0:03:48# BBC 1, Monday to Friday
0:03:48 > 0:03:52# 12.15 until 1.00
0:03:52 > 0:03:55# You'll find me vying with contestants
0:03:55 > 0:03:58# Most think it is only fun
0:03:58 > 0:04:01# But to me it is a challenge
0:04:01 > 0:04:04# To price out every lot
0:04:04 > 0:04:07# You've guessed, Yes, it's Bargain Hunt
0:04:07 > 0:04:09# Antiques with Tim Wonnacott. #
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Isn't that amazing! Fantastic. Well, I can't reach those notes,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16but what I can do is to hand you out a few notes.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18- 300 of them.- Thank you. - There you go, Annie.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20- There you go, Irene. - Thank you very much.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23You've got an hour to shop for three items,
0:04:23 > 0:04:27and any leftover lolly will be given to your expert to find a bonus buy.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31- All clear?- Yes. - Your experts await and off you go.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33And very, very good luck.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37So will it be our musical blues or our barking reds
0:04:37 > 0:04:39who reign supreme today?
0:04:42 > 0:04:46Let's meet today's experts. Can you guess who it is for the reds?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48It's David Harper.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53Hunting down bargains for the blues is wee Paul Laidlaw.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Ann, David, come and have a look at these.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Wow, big, bonny set.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- What's the story here then? - Well, the dealer's told me
0:05:07 > 0:05:12that these were presented to winning owners of horseraces in Newcastle.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- Newcastle Races, yeah.- Yes. - When? Any idea?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18No. No idea at all.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Looks like '50s, '60s, '70s, really.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24Just a cardboard box. Any particular race meetings?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27No, I would suspect because it has "Newcastle Races Prize",
0:05:27 > 0:05:30there is a race at Newcastle called the Donkey Derby.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- Was that donkey racing?- No, no.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35It's the Pitmen's Derby.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38It's the Northumberland Plate.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40I would suspect that that was the race.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Well, they're good-looking things but they're not silver.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48Silver-plate with a nice bit of gold gilding on the interior there.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52So they're very pretty. There's no date anywhere. "Newcastle Races"
0:05:52 > 0:05:57is one thing, but I'd love a date, a name of a horse, a trainer, jockey, anything like that.
0:05:57 > 0:06:03Mind you, with it being races, the auction is in Yorkshire, which is horsing country.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Well, Leyburn, yeah. - So is it a good buy then?
0:06:06 > 0:06:10No doubt about it. Just down the road from Leyburn is Middleham.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Loads of horse breeding there and lots of horsey people
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- and horsey people spend brass, don't they?- Yes.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18- And that's what we're after. - Yes.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20So talking about brass, what sort of money?
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Well, it was on offer at £100, but I've managed to knock them down to 65.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Well, there's no way could you ever replace them for that sort of money.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33Get a couple of horsey people, particularly ones who want to pretend they've won some races.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35They're the ones you want!
0:06:35 > 0:06:37You know, 100 quid.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40If I wanted them, I'd have to pay £100, yeah.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Fingers crossed that they're going to be there that day.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Ernie, mine's a double.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- Do tell, what you got there? - It's a whisky flagon.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Indeed, aye. Are you a whisky man?
0:06:59 > 0:07:02I have tried it, but my preference is a different ale.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04My good lady is a whisky person.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- So does your good lady like this?- Oh, I love it.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10I love just the pattern, the colour. The blue's so deep on it.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12It's absolutely beautiful.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14I think it's absolutely gorgeous.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- May I?- Yes, of course.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21I think, at first glance, you have spotted something rather sexy indeed.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24It should be Doulton. Doulton stoneware. Nicely marked up.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26It's all there for you. Lovely little mark, that.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- Yes.- Uh-huh. - You've got this tube-line decoration.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34That's piped on in slip. Slip is just thinned-down clay.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39- So you throw your body and then you pipe on this pattern.- You pipe it on. - Just like icing sugar.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41That's exactly how it's done.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Silver mounted. They are silver. Walker & Hall.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47That should be about 45.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52These are frequently mounted post-production, but that appears all right to me.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56If I'm being perfectly honest with you, I'd have put the flagon earlier
0:07:56 > 0:07:59than the stopper, but it marries well.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- Feels right to me.- Will it make any difference, the fading of the blue?
0:08:02 > 0:08:06The glaze doesn't seem to have taken properly.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10That's just where the glaze has not fallen as evenly over there.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13It's poured over. It's a bit thin.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16That little imperfection there, the Arts and Crafts people loved.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19It demonstrated that it was a hand-made piece.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- It was a hand-made item. - I'll wager it wasn't cheap.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23What's he asking for it?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25He was asking 160.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30I'll tell you what, that's not crazy money in a retail environment.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33But you'd need the gods with you to make a profit on that.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- Is that the death?- No, no, no.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38We've got him down to 130.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41And then my good lady gave me that look.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- And I thought, "I'll try once more" and I got it down to 120.- Great.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Are you going to go and do the deal?
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- Yes, indeed. I'm off.- Good luck.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Irene, David. Have a look at this.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56A fine figure of a horse, that, isn't it?
0:08:56 > 0:08:59I think the base is onyx, I think, is it?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Yes, nice and heavy. What is it then?
0:09:01 > 0:09:05It looks as if maybe it's supposed to be an ashtray...
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- Or a pin tray.- But you could use that for lots of things.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Little trinkets, pins.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14It could be an ashtray, but you don't have the area to hold a cigarette.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16What's the horse made of?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18That's bronze, I'm quite sure.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22That is lovely. Onyx-based, lovely quality, nice and slim and tall.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24- Real racehorse-looking thing.- Yes.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28It's even got the detail of the reins there. It's so fine.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Super detailing. Nice painting.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34Maybe this is the horse that won those goblets.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36That's real wishful thinking, that one!
0:09:36 > 0:09:40But by goodness me, we're on a horsey theme here, girls, aren't we?
0:09:40 > 0:09:44The horse itself is cold-painted, meaning that the bronze is moulded
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- and then when it cools, then it's painted.- Oh, right.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Lovely. So it's hand-painted.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53The Germans and the Austrians were really big, about 100 years ago,
0:09:53 > 0:09:57on making all sorts of animal figures in bronze and then cold-painting them.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00So it's probably Austrian or German.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03And date, it's probably early 20th century.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06As for price, I haven't looked at the ticket there,
0:10:06 > 0:10:10but it's got to be worth 40, 50, 60, 70, £80 all day long.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15- Right. Well, it's for sale for 70. - It's about right, isn't it?
0:10:15 > 0:10:19I feel I'd probably could try to get it for less.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Well, you're gonna have to. But it's just such a lovely thing.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27I think that people, particularly where we're going, horse country...
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- Horse country, racehorse country. - With all our horsey gear!
0:10:30 > 0:10:34- Yes!- We're got to find a market for it, haven't we?
0:10:34 > 0:10:37- I shall gallop along to the store. - Aw, very good!
0:10:37 > 0:10:42Ann got to the finishing post and reined in the filly for £45.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- Hey, guys.- Yes.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50- Knee-jerk reaction.- OK.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52- Oh! Fabulous! Oh, I really like those.- You like?
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- Oh, yes.- Have a feel. Take them.
0:10:55 > 0:10:56- See what you think.- Yes.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Oh, I do like those, Paul.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Aren't they really sweet?
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- And a Newcastle retailer.- Exactly.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- Wellington Street, yes. - Let me tell you some more about them.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10Pair of napkin rings, of course. They make wonderful christening gifts.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12There is a market for them, OK?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Solid silver. A pair.
0:11:14 > 0:11:20Now if you look at them here, we've got them decorated in this band of foliate scrollwork.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21Does what it says on the tin.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- Beautiful.- This little... We'd call this a cartouche here,
0:11:25 > 0:11:30which is a little area made for engraving ownership initials...
0:11:30 > 0:11:32- I see! - And this is a double-edged sword.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36If they're your initials, we're laughing. But life's not like that.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39They're someone else's. But it's neither here nor there.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41We look at the hallmarks here.
0:11:41 > 0:11:47- Assayed in Birmingham in 1946.- 1946.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50An expensive object in '46, I'm sure.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52I remember the prices well in those days.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54LAUGHTER
0:11:54 > 0:11:58- What do you think?- I think they're amazing, but how much?
0:11:58 > 0:12:02Here's the damage. At the moment, they're on at £25 each.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Each? I think that's a bit steep.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06- I agree with that.- I do.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08I'm pretty sure I can get something off that.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11If the price was right, what do you think?
0:12:11 > 0:12:12- Oh, definitely.- No problem.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14- It's a good 'un.- Yes.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19Paul worked his magic and halved the price, nabbing the napkin rings for £25.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21What an earth is that?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Well, I understand it's a trivet.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- A trivet, OK. - Yes, you hook this on to the fire.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- Like that, yeah. - You have the pan sitting on here.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32- Got you. - Now if you want the pan to boil,
0:12:32 > 0:12:36- you leave it over the fire at its highest.- Brilliant.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38If you want it to simmer,
0:12:38 > 0:12:41you bring it forward and it simmers on the lower heat.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43- Fantastic.- Simple as that.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48- Did you know it was a trivet when you saw it?- Not really.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52The stall-holder did tell me. Shared that information.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54He's been doing a selling job on you, hasn't he?
0:12:54 > 0:12:58I did like it, cos it's so old. It looks old.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00How old do you think it is?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03I would like to think it was over 100 years old anyway.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05OK. And what does "GR" stand for?
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Obviously, someone's initials.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Is it George something?
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- George...- Well, I imagine... I think someone pretty important.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- I think, King George.- Sixth?
0:13:15 > 0:13:19No, not the sixth. It can only be, one to four, can't it? So George I, 1714.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24The last George that we're talking about in this period is George IV, who died in 1830.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29But looking at the style, I would say it's George III, about 1800 in date.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31- Gosh!- It's over 200 years old.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35So what it is, it's a Georgian microwave! Isn't it?!
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Probably do the job just as well.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40I think it will last longer than any modern microwave.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- But what a great piece of kit. - Isn't it in good condition?
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Wonderful. I mean, look at that. Look at that casting there.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Absolutely rock solid.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54- Being used for 200 years, probably non-stop, as good as it was the day it was made.- Yes, it's amazing.
0:13:54 > 0:13:59And what a great system. Just bung it on your fire, warm up, cool down, keep it simmered.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03- It works.- Well, it's only £42.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06We're going to a lovely, quality, country sale, aren't we?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Where people live in country cottages.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12It's going to the right place, there's no doubt about it.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Let's just hope there's two people who want it.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19The sliding trivet was finally bought for just £30.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Oh, I like that.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Ernie, Paul, come and see what I've found.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Yes.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- She's pretty.- Isn't she gorgeous?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- You love figurines, don't you?- I do.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36- I love it.- Like the one I broke...
0:14:36 > 0:14:40The lovely one I had at home and you threw the ball for the dog and broke it.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- No, it just fell off the shelf by accident.- Yes, yes...
0:14:43 > 0:14:48I know about that as well. But just look at the detail on the face.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52I like the colour. I don't know how old she is, but it's got a...
0:14:52 > 0:14:53- Doulton.- Yes, it's Doulton.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- I might have known.- It's got a number on the bottom,
0:14:56 > 0:15:00so we could find out more about her if we wanted to.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01What do you think, Paul?
0:15:01 > 0:15:04I like it for all the reasons you just stated.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Are you one for the china ladies, Ernie?
0:15:06 > 0:15:10It is beautiful piece, there's no two ways about that. Gorgeous.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14And that's what sells it today as much as it did, oh, 60 years ago.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16And these are just so popular.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Now, the earlier the better,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22because it's not at all controversial saying
0:15:22 > 0:15:24as they moved forward in time,
0:15:24 > 0:15:28the quality of the decoration just slackened off.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31This is an earlier figure. This is Dorcas, this little lady here.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35An unusual name for you. And you did spot the serial number there.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38That's the unique model number for this figure.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42She was introduced in the mid '30s and she was made for about 20 years.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46We could look up these numbers and this decorator's initial and find out
0:15:46 > 0:15:49more precisely when it was made within that 20 years.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51But that's academic.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54It is so subtly glazed.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59Look at this here, so lovely. But tell me, do you like the price?
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- £160?- Not really, no.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04I think it's a bit steep.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09If I was buying it for myself, I might well go to that because I love her so much.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11I'd estimate that 80-100, 120.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14So I mean, we're not a million miles off.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Worth a punt because there's nothing to worry about.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18She's a commercial lassie.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21I'd give her a go, but you've got work to do.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27Dorothy did a deal, bagging Dorcas for £130.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31Time's up. Let's see what the reds bought.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36The reds started with the silver-plate presentation cups,
0:16:36 > 0:16:38bought for £65.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42Have they backed a winner with the cold-painted bronze horse?
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Finally, will their trivet bring the auction house to the boil,
0:16:46 > 0:16:48or will it be more of a slow simmer?
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Hmm!
0:16:50 > 0:16:52The blues started with a whisky decanter,
0:16:52 > 0:16:55but will they need a stiff drink at the auction?
0:16:55 > 0:17:01The cased, silver napkin rings were bought for a well-folded £25.
0:17:01 > 0:17:07Finally, will Dorcas catch the bidders' eyes and make our blues a profit?
0:17:09 > 0:17:12We're in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, for today's auction.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21So, Irene and Ann, you spent £140.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24You gave David £160 of leftover lolly to buy something splendido.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27- We did indeed, yes. - Let's find out what he bought.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31A fine figure of a fellow. I think you two will fall in love with him.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- Oh, gosh!- Looks like you a bit. - Looks like me?
0:17:34 > 0:17:37I thought it looked like Tim.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- Bloody rude.- Oh, my gosh! - What do you think?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Well, he's quite ugly.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45What do you mean? Might look like me!
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- What's he made of? - Well, it's majolica.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Oh, right. That's means something.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53It does, but made by a really good maker and stamped on the base, "Wedgwood".
0:17:53 > 0:18:01So Wedgwood are very well known for making really high-quality majolica with Minton and people like that.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05Absolutely fabulous. Great quality. Give him a stroke.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- How much did you pay for it? - 45. I know it's only a single.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13But I think, you know, for 50, 60, 70 quid, he's an absolute bargain.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17If there's people out there who like ugly men, he'll sell well.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Well, my wife does, by all accounts!
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- So modest.- I know. - Don't run yourself down, sweetie.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26No, Tim, I don't do it very often.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27I've noticed that.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35- Paul took your £25's worth of leftover lolly.- He did.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37What did he buy? OK, Paul, reveal all.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39- Let's see.- Questions first.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43- Dorothy, is your heart all right? - Yes, it's fine.- That's one thing.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47- Ernie, you did national service?- Yes. - Don't need me. What's that then?
0:18:48 > 0:18:52- Ooh!- I hope it's a dud. I hope it's a dud!
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- Not as much as I do.- Hand grenade!
0:18:55 > 0:18:59Indeed it is. Novelty paperweight. That's the real deal.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03Believe me, it's safe. The worst you could do with it is drop it on your toe.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04But that is a Mills bomb.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07British Army. Introduced in the First World War.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09This is its Second World War incarnation.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11I've got to say, it is a design icon.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14It's a classic. You think grenade, that's what it is.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- Will it make money? - I'm telling you, it'll make a profit.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19If it doesn't, I'll pull the pin.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Have a look. What do you think of that?
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- Oh, gosh, it's heavy, mind. - Isn't it?
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- It's a real one, isn't it? - It is, yeah.- Perfect.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31- How much did you pay?- £25.- £25 paid.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Big question is, Ernie, is it an earner?
0:19:34 > 0:19:38- In my opinion, no.- No.- Really?
0:19:47 > 0:19:48- Now how excited are you?- Very.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51On an excitement stakes?
0:19:51 > 0:19:53- Out of ten? Eight.- Eight out of ten.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- What about you, Irene? - Oh, 9½, definitely.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Don't peak early, that's all I can say.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02You found the presentation cups. Nice racing, sporting interest.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04It all depends on who's here.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07The auctioneer's put 30-60 on them. You paid £65.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Personally, I think there could be a bit of a hole there.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12But watch out for that one.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17But if all else fails, you can always fall back on the bonus buy, can't you?
0:20:17 > 0:20:18- We hope!- You hope.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22Anyway, first up then are the presentation cups. Here they come.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Case set of six silver-plated, engraved goblets.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28The Newcastle crest and Newcastle races. Start where you will.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29A good set of six of them.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Start me at £50. 20, then. 20 bid.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Thank you at £20 only bid. At £20.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- Come on. More, more. - Newcastle races at £20. 30.
0:20:36 > 0:20:3940. At £40.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41- Roll it, please!- Look out.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- More!- At £40...
0:20:44 > 0:20:46£40.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49I'm sorry to say, that is minus £25.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Anyway, now the trivet.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55Lot 41, the Georgian copper, brass and iron sliding trivet.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58An unusual item there to have been pierced and initialled.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Start where you will. £50. £20 then. 20.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03- It's worth that.- Come on!
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- 40.- Yes, yes.- At £40.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- You're in profit. - I'll take five, if you will? At £40.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11You all done this time at 40?
0:21:11 > 0:21:13That's very good, £40.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15You are plus £10.
0:21:15 > 0:21:16- Plus ten.- Oh!
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Minus 15 overall.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Now your little gee-gee here. Here we go.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Lot 52, the small, cold-painted, bronze figure of the horse
0:21:25 > 0:21:26on the green onyx base.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29£50. £20. Nicely modelled. 20 bid.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- At £20. 30. 40. 50.- Yes!
0:21:33 > 0:21:35- Yes!- Come on!
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Right here in the front row. At £50. Are we all done?
0:21:38 > 0:21:39Selling at 50.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Making a profit. That's very good.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- Good girl. Plus £5.- Told you.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47You told me, yes. Told everybody! Well, that's fantastic.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50£5 profit on that, which means overall you are minus £10. OK.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- Minus £10. What are you gonna do? - We'll have to go with David.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- The ugly fella. - We'll go with the ugly man.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00- Ann, are you happy with that? - Even though he's ugly, yes, I am. - Here it comes.
0:22:00 > 0:22:05Lot 56 - the 19th-century, Wedgwood, majolica candlestick there.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07£20, may I say? 20 bid. 30.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10At £30. Any advances there?
0:22:10 > 0:22:12- Oh, come on.- 50.- Yes.
0:22:12 > 0:22:1450. 60. Thank you.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16- At £60.- 60!- All done at £60.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18You're out there at 60.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Come on, one more. Yes!
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- What a handsome fellow! - Plus 15.- I love that!
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Which means, overall, you are plus £5.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Oh, hallelujah!
0:22:38 > 0:22:41- So do you know how the reds got on? - No idea at all.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Brilliant. We don't want you to.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Let me run through your items. I've talked to the auctioneer.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50He thinks the whisky decanter, which you found, Ernie, is worth £70-£100.
0:22:50 > 0:22:55- Good lord! - So he's a bit under you, but on the other hand, it's in good condition.
0:22:55 > 0:23:01The napkin rings, which you found, Paul, which were incredibly cheap at £25. He's put 20-30 on them.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05- And your little figure of Dorcas, £100 is his estimate.- Oh, dear.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07- So that might be a bit tight, too. - Ooh!
0:23:07 > 0:23:15So you've got two tighties and one possibility, but if all else fails, you've got the bomb to fall back on.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Anyway, first lot up is the whisky tot and here it comes.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22Lot 75, the Royal Doulton stoneware decanter with a silver collar.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26£100, may I say? 100. £50 then?
0:23:26 > 0:23:2850, the bid. Thank you. 60.
0:23:28 > 0:23:2970. 80. 90. 100.
0:23:29 > 0:23:34- Oh, yes!- 120. 130.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39- You're in profit.- 130. Good order. 130. Michael, no. 130.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41The bid is on my left now. £130.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43140, back in again.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Give you time. £140, the bid at the back of the room now.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50At £140. All done?
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- Yes! - Well, done, both.- 140.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Plus £20. That's a very good start.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58I said you wouldn't make profit. The napkin rings.
0:23:58 > 0:24:04Lot 76, the two cased, silver napkin rings. "LL" and "EL". At £50.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07- 40. Well, £20 then? 20 bid.- Come on.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- At £20 only bid. All in at 20? 30. - Come on!
0:24:10 > 0:24:13At £30. The bid is on my right now.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16- Go on!- All done!
0:24:16 > 0:24:17- £30.- Profit.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Not bad. Plus £5. We're not getting sniffy. Now Dorcas.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26- Lot 77, the Royal Doulton, china figure. Dorcas.- Fingers crossed.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28It's all on you, Dot.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Several bids on this. And we start at £50.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34A £50 bid for Dorcas. At 50. 60. 70.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36- 80. 90.- Yes, yes!- 100. At £100.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38- Come on, a bit more!- £100.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Are we all done this time? At £100.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- No! Ah!- £100, darling.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45That's minus 30.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Which means overall you are minus £5.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Ah, lordy lord! Ah, what a shame.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Don't worry, you've got the bomb to fall back on.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- True.- What are you gonna do?
0:24:55 > 0:24:59Are you going to trust him? £25, you paid for this grenade...
0:24:59 > 0:25:01- We might as well. - Do you trust him?- I think so.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04He paid £25. It's coming up now.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Second World War, No.36 grenade, Mills bomb.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Where would you be for this one? £20. 10 then. £10, anybody?
0:25:11 > 0:25:1410 bid, right here in the front row. At 10. 20.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- 20, 30.- Yes.
0:25:17 > 0:25:2140. No. £40. Anyone else?
0:25:21 > 0:25:23£40...
0:25:23 > 0:25:27£40. That's plus £15.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Which means you are £10 up.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34- Massive.- Well, done, Paul. That is a first-rate effort, I tell you.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Well, what excitement.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47A roller-coaster today. Absolutely fantastic.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Do you know who's won?
0:25:50 > 0:25:53- No idea.- No. You know what your own scores are, don't you?- Yes.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57Yeah, you know that. They're pretty sharp, this lot!
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Well, by a very short nose, I have to tell you,
0:26:00 > 0:26:02- the reds are the runners-up.- Oh!
0:26:02 > 0:26:05LAUGHTER AND CHEERING
0:26:05 > 0:26:07I know it is bad luck, isn't it?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10I mean, your presentation cups, they weren't so good. Minus 25.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13But the trivet came back very strongly.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17And then you got your little bronze, which nobody thought was gonna do...
0:26:17 > 0:26:21That did all right. You were minus 10. And then what happened?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23David strode into the forum.
0:26:23 > 0:26:29- Like a knight in shining armour.- With a £10 profit on the ugly old toad.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31- So overall, you have a profit of £5. - Great!
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Five smackers.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37- But for the victors today. - Wow! Get in!
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Look at Ernie's face! Fantastic, wasn't it?
0:26:40 > 0:26:43£20 on your whisky decanter. That was a very good profit, wasn't it?
0:26:43 > 0:26:46- Yes, indeed. - Not bad on the napkin rings.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Well, done, Paulus. That was very good.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50And minus 30 on the Dorcas.
0:26:50 > 0:26:55It all looked as if it was going very, very badly wrong. And the Mills bomb came back to save you...
0:26:55 > 0:26:59- Fantastic. There you go, £10 profit. - Thank you, kind sir.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Very, very good. Well, we've had a great day.
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