Barnsley Bargain Hunt

Today we have two feisty couples ready to fight it out to the death.

MUSIC: "Kung-Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas

So let's go bargain hunting.

Today our teams will be scurrying around the Newcomen Antiques Fair

which is based here at the Elsecar Heritage Centre

in South Yorkshire.

There are over 130 stalls here today, so our two teams

of couples are going to have to put their skates on

to sniff out all those bargains.

Each of our teams today will have an expert to guide them to their purchases.

They have got to find three items,

they are given £300 and they have an hour to do it.

-Right. I am going to get acquainted with the teams. Morning.

-Morning.

Well, today we have got two pairs of married couples -

almost an endangered species in this country.

We have Ted and Wanda for the Reds, and we have Scott and Liz for the Blues.

-Welcome to Bargain Hunt.

-Thank you.

Ted, it says here that we are going to have some stiff competition from you two, is that true?

Representing Yorkshire, yes, proud to do so.

You have considerable collecting experience.

Yes, we both have been collecting for many, many years, 20-odd years.

This is going to be interesting, bargain hunters, we have some real experience here, fantastic.

What do you do when you want to relax?

-Tie flies.

-What, are we talking about fishing here?

-Yes, I do fly-fishing.

-So are you keen on this fishing lark, Wanda?

I have had a little go.

One time I did catch a very big pike.

-The biggest fish of the whole holiday.

-Was it like a monster?

Well, some would say it were a monster, but it was a good size.

-The high teens, a big pike.

-A big pike!

Did you eat it in pastry like the French would?

-No.

-So how did you and Ted get hooked up?

We met previously, and we met again several years after

and got married more or less a few months later, didn't we?

Yep, 25 years ago.

You'd have to do something bad to be put away for 25 years.

I did!

No, you're a smashing couple.

I think you'll do really well on Bargain Hunt.

For the Blues, Scott, what are your strengths for this forthcoming battle?

When we watch Bargain Hunt on TV, we always seem to pick the right item.

-Fantastic, and you usually get it right.

-Er, usually.

-How long have you and Liz been married?

-Four-and-a-half years.

We met in 2000,

while working for the same contact centre

-where people phoned in.

-What, call centre?

-Yes. Call centre.

-Aren't they called call centres any more?

Oh, no, that's very un-PC.

It's a contact centre because we don't just deal with calls.

So, Liz, you may well have an advantage over the Reds today.

-I might.

-Why would that be?

A little bit of a magical element.

Sort of being a witch, might have the magical powers on my side.

-You what?

-Being a witch.

-You are a witch?

Yep, I have a broomstick, pointy hat, black cat, everything.

Get away, girl! Seriously?

-Seriously.

-You are a witch?

-Yes.

-Have you had any senses of how you are going to get on?

Unfortunately not, no.

Anyway, OK, fine. Now the money moment.

Here we have the 300 smackers. There's 300 smackers.

You know the rules, your expert awaits, off you go and very, very, very good luck.

So who will win the battle of the couplings today?

Fighting in the Red corner today, it is Anita Manning.

And for the Blues, it's Karate Kid Thomas Plant - alias Kato.

What have you got there, Ted?

It's the nicest thing I have seen.

-War Department mark.

-Uh-huh.

I actually think that's the name of the officer that owned this, and...

it is a military compass, precision-made instrument,

still in full working order.

Issued to officers, First World War.

Right, we thought you were lost. Obviously you weren't.

I did some hard bargaining. We can buy this for £57 and I wondered if you thought that was a...

-Were you a military man?

-No, but my dad was,

he was a sergeant in the Highland Light Infantry.

I am interested from that aspect, and I hope there'll be buyers there too.

So would that be the name of the officer who owned it?

Yes. That would. Now, people who are interested in military objects like to trace back

to see if they can find any details of the person who owned their item.

And this compass would have been used by the officers in the First World War.

Too expensive to give to the men, and a lot of the troops wouldn't know how to use them.

-He would have led them to battle.

-Through the battle field...

-Using that compass.

It hasn't been cleaned up, and that is good,

it is just in its original condition.

-Do you like it, Wanda?

-I do.

-It's beautifully made.

-It is. It's a survivor.

You obviously love this little item.

-Wanda likes it as well.

-I like it.

She agrees with you, she's your pal.

And I think that if we have the right buyers in the sale room,

we might find a profit.

-Let's hope so.

-On you go.

-Thank you.

There's no holding Ted back.

He got straight in there and purchased the compass for £57.

-Found this dragon!

-Ah-ha!

Why have you picked the dragon?

-Because it's pretty and I like dragons.

-Why do you like dragons?

They're mythical and beautiful and they breathe fire.

THEY ALL LAUGH

OK. So you've presented me with a China dragon.

I turn it over and I see it's by Royal Doulton,

but it's for the International Collectors Club.

That means they were produced and only sold to people in the "Collectors Club".

One way of them making more money. It's a flambe one as well.

It's red. It's wonderful. It's a difficult process it goes through

to get this great glaze to it.

-Highly decorative. What do you think?

-I quite like him.

I can appreciate a good dragon when I see one.

-You got many at home?

-A few.

-Outside the front door?

-No!

-In the back in a cage?

-No. I would like that, though!

-Really?

-Keep the burglars away.

-Yeah!

THEY LAUGH

-I notice there is £155 on here.

-Yep.

I think your heart is ruling your head.

No, I have managed to talk them into £100 for it.

-That's a good price.

-She's a good negotiator when she needs to be.

If it was just a piece of Royal Doulton, a modern piece,

yes, it would have been a bit too much.

Because this is an International Collectors Club, also it's flambe, which is interesting,

there's a following for Royal Doulton, so we have a few aspects.

To be candid with you, I don't know what it's going to go for.

-Are you happy to buy it?

-Yep.

-Represents you, Liz.

So off you trot and Scott and I will have a chinwag.

OK, I'll go and buy it, then.

Ted, Anita, what do you think of the motto ware?

I thought you would like a piece of pottery.

Torquay ware.

And I like things like this, wrote on pottery as well. It's so fun.

They made this type of pottery in Torquay, south coast of England,

exported all over the country, and these mottoes are in actual fact Scottish.

"Some ye meet and canna eat,

"and some would eat that want it."

And once you've had your porridge out of there,

in the bottom you have "There's mair in the kitchen."

-Do you know what mair means?

-More. Yes.

-You were born in Scotland.

-I was, yes.

-Do you think there is any money to be made in motto ware?

It was never very expensive.

It was souvenir ware you would put on your kitchen dresser.

If you see lots of it on the dresser, it looks very bonny.

Have you got any Torquay ware in your collection?

Just a few little pieces.

Now there is a wee bit of damage there, did you notice that?

I did, but it doesn't seem to make much difference, it has not damaged the writing. It's quite good.

It was a kind of rough-and-ready pottery anyway,

but you must take that into consideration when you're looking at price.

I think that the charm in this bowl really is in the motto.

-It's fun.

-Fun.

-That's why I like it.

-It puts a smile on our face.

-It does!

I do love it, Wanda, yeah. Well spotted.

But you have got to try and get it well under 20.

-Do you think you can do that?

-I can try.

-On you go.

Clever old Wanda splashed out £12 for the bowl and jug.

Well under the £20 mark.

What do you think about this?

-It's very interesting.

-I like it, it's nice.

How old do you think this is?

-I would say it's probably about 1960s-ish.

-'50s, '60s.

If I was to say to you you are... 80 years out, what would you say?

-Wow!

-I would be amazed.

It's actually 19th century.

This mark here is for the Burmantoft factory, but we will go to that in a minute.

There you are. What do you think of the shape?

-A bowling pin, really.

-It does a little bit.

-I like that, actually.

I like the contrast between the dark and light green at the bottom.

-It's very nice.

-Give you a brief context as to why this is like this,

the shape, it's 1880, 1890.

It's a double gourd, like the gourds you see in India,

or Africa, like a fruit, and you get Chinese vases similar to this.

So we would call this a double gourd vase.

Lovely ovoid body.

This is made in Britain, in Leeds, Burmantoft factory.

On the base, we have the mark for Burmantoft and we have the price. £85.

You paid £100 for a modern dragon, so I don't think that's bad.

But that's a dragon!

-What do you think?

-I like it. Yes.

-Seeing how old it is, it's pretty much perfect.

-It's in lovely condition.

-If I was to get something off, we have a chance.

-I think so.

I'll go and have a chat.

Thomas worked his magic and got the vase down to 70 smackers.

I'm hoping our teams won't spend all their money today,

because we need some leftover lolly

to give to the experts to go and find that bonus buy.

It's at the auction that the teams decide whether to go with that bonus buy or not,

depending on whether they think it'll make any profit.

I tell you, it's heads on the block time for Anita and Thomas.

Now, folks, you may have noticed, I do like a nice brooch.

I can't resist them.

This is a bonnie little Edwardian brooch.

Turn of the century, up to about 1910.

-So that makes it a genuine antique.

-It is a genuine antique. It's gold,

and if we look at the front, we have this very delicate gold scrolling here.

And it's in good condition.

On the front, we have a sapphire and two other little gems.

What attracted me was condition.

It's so crisp.

It may have been lying

in a drawer in a box for many, many years.

It is hallmarked gold, it has the marks of .375,

that's 375 parts per 1,000 of pure gold.

And we do have a safety chain on it, and very often that is a mark of quality, they wouldn't bother

-putting a safety chain if it was a cheap thing.

-That makes sense.

In the last ten years or so, maybe gone out of fashion a bit, but I think they are coming back.

-I have quite a few brooches.

-Would you wear that?

-I would wear that, yeah.

-I can't make my mind up about the style.

It doesn't seem to follow any of the traditional styles.

-It is almost...

-It's more restrained than its Victorian equivalent.

I think because of that, it's more to today's taste.

Oh, yes, it is very geometric.

What can we buy it for?

I think I can get it for around about 45.

If it came into my auction, I would estimate it 40 to 60 and hope

it would go at least mid-estimate, I think there is some profit in it.

It's not going to go to three figures, but I think we can do not too badly.

-Let's go for it.

-Yeah.

So, Liz, what have you found there?

I have found a charm bracelet with lots of charms on it.

It looks like there's lots.

What attracted you to that charm bracelet?

Firstly, it's shiny, but mainly the date on it is 1979,

which is the year I was born, so I thought it might be lucky.

Can I have a look?

There's a good weight there.

Tremendous weight.

We have Dusty Bin. A spider's web.

We have a locomotive.

A man on a penny farthing. These are all silver.

Some are not marked with our Sterling hallmarks, cos they're made

on the Continent or in America.

But the other fact is that silver,

if it weighs under seven grams, it doesn't have to bear a hallmark.

You'd think "Right, I've gone to Paris and I want to buy

"a little Eiffel Tower." There is the Eiffel Tower, or could be Blackpool Tower!

No, it's definitely the Eiffel Tower.

And then you go America, and you go to the Golden Gate.

Much better if they are gold, but I don't think we can stretch to gold.

So, Scott, what do you think about this?

I like it. I like the Dusty Bin.

-3-2-1 was one of my favourite shows when I was a nipper.

-Really?

I am a bit worried about having Dusty Bin on here.

We need to gloss over that.

I see £180. How much have we got left?

-Not £180.

-About £130.

I value these charms at £5 a charm.

I think we have got in excess of 30 charms here,

that should equate to £150.

And you need to leave me something.

Well, I could get it for £129.90, leave you ten pence.

Ten pence is fine, I'll buy you a chocolate bar.

Let's all go together. Come on.

The Blues managed to leave Thomas with a bit more than 10p.

They bought the bracelet for a charming £120.

Our couples today have shopped till they dropped.

But time is up. Let's see what they bought.

Will the officer's compass steer the Reds towards a profit?

They sloshed out £12 for the bowl and jug,

but will it pour in a profit or dampen their chances?

And finally, the Reds are hoping that the Edwardian brooch

will be worth its weight in gold.

We will see what the Blues bought.

Could the Royal Doulton dragon heat things up for the Blues

and be hot, hot, hot stuff?

Will the Burmantoft double gourd vase double its money?

And finally they parted with £120 for the charm bracelet,

but will it turn out to be lucky for our Blues?

Now Wanda and Eduardo, you had a good time shopping, didn't you?

-Fantastic.

-£114 spent. £186 went to Anita to spend on the bonus buy.

What did you spend the leftover lolly on? One of those.

Tell us about it.

This is a Royal Doulton stoneware vase,

made late 19th, early 20th century with an Art Nouveau influence.

It was designed by Emily Welsh and Doulton was always a good factory.

-You going to pass it along? Do you like the look of it?

-I do.

-How do you feel?

-I love it.

-You do?

You love it? That's even better.

-I like blue.

-You like blue?

It is a good colour. What do you think, Ted?

I like it. A nice glaze.

-Is it perfect, Anita?

-Yes.

-So the big question is...

-..what did you pay for it?

-£32.

-That's not bad.

-£32 for a perfect piece of Doulton.

-I am sure there's profit in that.

-Oh, yes.

-You reckon?

How much profit?

Well, I would estimate maybe 40-60.

So you could double your money.

-Easily.

-I would love to think we could double our money, Tim.

-Yes.

So there is a certain amount of hedging of bets I detect there, Anita.

Great Scott and Elizabeth, you spent £290 and you had a good time doing it.

It's a great amount to spend, because it only gave Tom a tenner.

£10, what did you buy?

It's tough, but I bought a very fine ladle. This has on it "Nevada silver".

This doesn't bear any relation to being solid silver, it means it's been plated.

But find me another ladle for £10.

A ladle, one could say, a sauce, over your gammon steaks,

a parsley sauce, you want to find me another ladle like this.

You really want to do cookery programmes, don't you, Tom?

-That is your big ambition.

-I love cooking.

-Cooking with antiques.

-Pass it over.

Touch it. Feel it, hold it.

-Tell me what you think.

-Quite nice.

-I like it.

-It's quite difficult what you gave me to do.

Do you like it, Elizabeth?

-I do, yes, it's very nice.

-I mean, there it is. It's a bit of nonsense.

-It's £10. Is there any profit in it?

-There might be a pound, maybe two.

-Maybe a pound or two.

-Now, Wanda, Ted, this is your moment.

-Yep.

-Exciting, isn't it?

-It is.

-I love it when a sale room is stuffed with people. And Charles is a good auctioneer. Ted?

Totally confident.

As they say, the die is cast.

Absolutely. There are some good lots here. But I think we have good lots too.

As we know, Anita, anything can happen in an auction.

It's a live thing, and we never know until the hammer falls.

Talking about the hammer, it's about to fall on the first lot, which is the compass, and here it comes.

A 1918 officer's compass in leather case. Bit of interest here at £25.

Do I see 8?

8. 30. 32. 5.

40. 2. 5. 8. 50. 2. With me at 50.

I'll take two. Two, I'm out.

Do I see 5? Come on, now.

58. 60.

5. 70. 5. 80. Are you sure?

No more? It's yours at £75 bid. Sale.

That is brilliant.

That's three shy of 60, you're plus £18. Well done, old man.

Motto ware, isn't that fantastic?

Early 20th century Torquay pottery motto ware bowl. Bit of interest.

I am bid £10. 12.

15. 18. 22, I'm out. 5.

8. 30. 32. Come on. 5.

8.

40. £38.

All done, we are selling it.

Plus £26.

£26!

-Now what is going to happen with the brooch?

-Edwardian gold and sapphire bar brooch.

£20 for it. Do I see two?

At 20 bid. Let us see two.

Surely. Come on, now. At 20.

The room is quiet. At £20.

Yes, we have out.

Oh, Lord. £20. That is minus £25.

That's 5 shy of 30.

That means you are plus £19.

You have £19 still in the kitty, despite that disappointment.

Now what you going to do? Are you going to go with the stoneware vase?

£32 Anita paid on your bonus buy.

£32 you are putting at risk - you are plus £19.

-That could be a winning score.

-We are going to go for it.

-We have to give Anita the chance to redeem herself.

-Thank you.

Isn't that sweet? And here it comes.

A Royal Doulton

stoneware pottery vase, I'm bid £30.

30. 2. 5. 8. 40. 2. 5. 8.

50. 2. I am out.

We are all done and selling.

-Look at that.

-You, sir, at £52. All done.

£52.

Well done. So that is £20 back.

You went with it.

So you are plus £39.

You are a brilliant woman.

Fantastic. That is plus £39.

-You must be chuffed, you two.

-Grateful.

Don't tell the Blues a thing. We don't want them to know.

Go out of here looking gloomy. Well done, though.

-Now, Elizabeth and Scott, do you know how the Reds got on?

-Nope.

-No.

-We don't want you to.

But tell me, Liz, does your witchery enable you to predict what the result is going to be today?

Unfortunately not for personal gain.

Not for personal gain. That's a bore, isn't it?

How are you feeling about things, are you confident?

-Confident.

-You are confident.

-Yes.

Yeah, you are confident. I like to hear that.

The first lot up is your old dragon, and here it comes.

A Royal Doulton flambe dragon.

I am bid, straight in, £30.

30. 2. 5. 8. 40. 2. 5. 8. No.

Placed at £45. Do I see eight?

50. 5. 60. 5.

I am out. Do I see 70? Come on.

All done, all out at £65.

You are minus £35 on that, but it could have been a lot worse.

Anyway, are we going to make it back on your Burmantoft?

A handsome Burmantoft green drip double gourd vase.

Lots of interest. £20. Do I see five for it? 20.

5. 30. I will take 5. Come on.

At 30. Surely 5.

40. 5. 50. 5. 60. I will take 5 now.

5. 75. One more, sir. 85.

I'm out. Do I see 90?

All done at £85 to you.

Well done. £85 is plus £15.

You are minus 20. It'll come down to your charm bracelet.

-Charm, charm, charm!

-A very handsome 1970s charm bracelet.

I am bid £40. Do I see 5?

45. 50. 5. 60. 5. 70. 5.

No? With me at 70. Do I see 5?

Come on.

Any more takers? At £70.

I'm out at £75. All done, we are selling to the lady at £75.

-It's yours.

-That's 25 shy of 100.

Minus £45. Doesn't sound so bad if you say it quickly, minus £45.

You were minus 20 before.

You're minus £65.

There you have it, team.

The big question is, will your Nevada "silver" ladle

ladle you out £65 worth of profit?

Well, I think if we think about this realistically, unless a miracle

-happens, the answer is no, but you have to go with it.

-We've got to.

Are you going to go with the ladle?

-Yeah.

-Well, Tom, you only had £10 to spend, you spent £10 of it and up comes your ladle.

Nevada silver. Ladle.

I'm bid £4 for it.

5. 6. 8. I am out at 8. Where is ten?

-Go on!

-Ten, madam.

-12, Miss Hornblower. 14. 16. 18.

-Look at this, Tom!

20. 22. Come again. She says no.

At £20. All done, 2. 4.

26. 28. 30.

No more. Miss Hornblower's bid at £28, sale.

£28. Thank goodness for Miss Hornblower.

She obviously knows her ladles.

Anyway, good on her, you are plus £18 on that, that is a miracle.

It's a gift that has come from above.

That is minus £47, which is not so bad, is it?

I've seen worse.

-A lot worse.

-Thanks to Tom.

There was another sauce lover there. Sauce lover.

You've got all the sauce we need on this programme, thank you.

Anyway, don't tell the Reds, because minus £47 could be a winning score.

-Have you been talking to each other?

-No.

-No.

-No communication?

-Not at all.

Zip, zip. We are poles apart today.

And the runners up are, I regret - je regrette - the Blues.

-I'm sorry.

-Never mind.

Well, there it is, overall, the score, even going with your bonus buy, is minus £47,

which is not a bad result, but today, against the unstoppable Reds, it wasn't sufficient.

-Now, Ted, you are looking pleased with yourself.

-I enjoyed it.

£39 up is nothing short of brilliant.

£39 coming your way, Wanda, are you pleased about that, darling?

It has been a bit of a shock, actually.

Not only for you, I tell you.

There are millions of people out there also in deep shock watching me hand over money to you.

Well, you have been a great team and you've got a great expert too.

In fact, great experts all round today.

-Join us soon for some more bargain hunting. Yes?

-Yes!

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