0:00:02 > 0:00:04Today, we're in busy Portobello Road,
0:00:04 > 0:00:06fighting the crowds for the very best bargains.
0:00:06 > 0:00:07But that's not the only problem today
0:00:07 > 0:00:10because there's also the battle of the sexes...
0:00:10 > 0:00:11as we go...
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Bargain Hunting!
0:00:37 > 0:00:39MUSIC: Portobello Road by Cat Stevens
0:00:39 > 0:00:42# Getting hung up all day on smiles
0:00:42 > 0:00:45# Walking down Portobello Road for miles
0:00:45 > 0:00:48# Greeting strangers in Indian boots
0:00:48 > 0:00:51# Yellow ties and old brown suits
0:00:51 > 0:00:54# Growing old is my only danger... #
0:00:56 > 0:00:58The big problem today, here at Portobello,
0:00:58 > 0:01:00is going to be struggling through
0:01:00 > 0:01:03all these crowds of tourists and other bargain hunters.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05This place is as popular as ever.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07As usual, our teams will get £300
0:01:07 > 0:01:09and an hour to shop for three objects,
0:01:09 > 0:01:12plus their expert, before they shunt off to auction.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Let's go and meet the teams away from all the hurly-burly
0:01:15 > 0:01:18at the Museum of Brands and Packaging
0:01:18 > 0:01:20just around the corner.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24Welcome to Lindsay and Pam, versus Lee and Brian.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26First of all, the ladies.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Two sisters with five years between them.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32I challenge the audience to tell which is the elder.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36So, Lindsay, what was Pam like when you were growing up?
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Well, I always thought she was a really nice sister to have,
0:01:40 > 0:01:41and we had a good time playing.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43But many years later
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Pam told me that she and her twin used to set me up.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48We'd play hide and seek and Pam would say to me,
0:01:48 > 0:01:50"I'll be on your side."
0:01:50 > 0:01:53And then I'd go and hide and she'd go and tell the other twin.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54The rotter.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56I know. But at least I didn't have to spend hours
0:01:56 > 0:01:59standing behind a tree waiting for somebody to find me.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01- No, cos you were immediately found. - Exactly, yes.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03So what do you do for a living?
0:02:03 > 0:02:05I'm a systems analyst and computer programmer
0:02:05 > 0:02:09for Barnardo's children's charity.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Oh, right.- I've been there for about eight years.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13But I gather one day that you'd like to make your living
0:02:13 > 0:02:16out of one of your other passions, which is painting.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17That's right. I love painting.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20I discovered about 20 years ago that I wasn't that bad.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23And here's one I brought to show you today.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Gosh, look at that.
0:02:25 > 0:02:26What inspired you?
0:02:26 > 0:02:30I was in the Sahara Desert, and this Berber charged through.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32It turned out he was the local schoolmaster.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35The image sort of stuck in my mind...
0:02:35 > 0:02:36What about fresh air?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Well, my other hobby is gardening.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42I just love going out in the garden, mowing the lawn, weeding...
0:02:42 > 0:02:45So, Pam, who has the best blooms between the two of you?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Well, Lindsay is a nurturing gardener,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49so all her stuff is really well looked after.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51I'm definitely the queen of the Latin name.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- Oh, are you?- Yes.- Why Latin names?
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Well, because I got hooked on gardening
0:02:56 > 0:02:59by reading the RHS Encyclopaedia.
0:02:59 > 0:03:00I was so interested in it...
0:03:00 > 0:03:04- Did you have a classical education, did you?- No. But...
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Mum and Grandad were great gardeners.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08I think it's in the blood.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Well, let's hope that you find a really nice early gardening book
0:03:11 > 0:03:12to make a decent profit on.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Now for the Blues.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Lee and Brian, welcome.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18So, Lee, how did you two first meet?
0:03:18 > 0:03:21We met six years ago at Suffolk Cathedral,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23where I work as a verger.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26And what does the verger's responsibilities include?
0:03:26 > 0:03:29We carry the verge, or the mace.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Traditionally, that was used to beat people out of the way...
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- Oh, right.- ..in processions, so...
0:03:35 > 0:03:37we still do that.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Well, not beat people, but we carry the verge.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Well, I'm glad to hear that.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44So, Brian, why do you think you're going to make such a strong team?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Well...we both like antiques.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50And I think we'll have the zest for it.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53I don't know about the ladies.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56I'm suspicious that they might win.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- Oh, really?- I'm sorry. Yes, I do.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02We can't have defeatist talk like that before we even begin.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03No, no, I know.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Anyway. Now, the money moment.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06£300 apiece.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Here you go. You know the rules. Your experts await. And off you go!
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Very, very, very good luck.
0:04:12 > 0:04:17So will it be the Sassy Sisters or the Cathedral Boys?
0:04:17 > 0:04:20MUSIC: London Calling by The Clash
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Today's experts are a double-decker of delight.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25On the top deck, for the Reds,
0:04:25 > 0:04:26it's Thomas Plant.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27And on the bottom deck,
0:04:27 > 0:04:29for the Blues,
0:04:29 > 0:04:30it's James Braxton.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Let's have a look...
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Thomas?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47I think this is delightful. What do you think of it?
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- It's rather fine, isn't it? - It is.- Did you spot it, Lindsay?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- I did.- You seem to have got something really quite delightful.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54It's very Art Nouveau.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55It's lovely.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58This floral design, in sinuous lines...
0:04:58 > 0:05:00- How much is it?- £95.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02That's a lot of money. I think...
0:05:02 > 0:05:04I think, certainly, 95 is too much.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- So, what do you think, then? - Well, I think we've got to work...
0:05:07 > 0:05:09At least get, you know, £20 off.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- OK.- Maybe a little more. So, shall we go off together
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- and chat to the stallholder? - Yes, please.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16- Yeah?- Yes.- OK, let's go.- OK.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Reds did a bit of opera
0:05:20 > 0:05:24and managed to get three TENNERS... Ha! ..off the pewter basket.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27From £95 to £65.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33James? What do you think of this nice, simple, neat box?
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Oh... You found well. Found well.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38I... Very nice, isn't it?
0:05:38 > 0:05:39A lovely cigarette box.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Quite a lot of these sort of boxes are soapstone,
0:05:42 > 0:05:44but this has got a hardness about it.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46So I think it's a sort of white onyx.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- Is this silver, by the way? - It's definitely silver.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50Definitely?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52In fact, the date letter... So, it's London Hallmark...
0:05:52 > 0:05:54The date letter is 1934.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Who made it, by the way?
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- Asprey's.- Oh, well, they are first-class, aren't they?
0:06:00 > 0:06:02So that would have graced a Mayfair apartment.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- Yes, yes.- Lee, what's the price?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06- 75.- Ouch.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10But I... I only say ouch because it's got this crack here, hasn't it?
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- Yeah.- That'll have a bearing on the price, I think.
0:06:13 > 0:06:18Anything below 60 and hopefully the profit will be in the box.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Good.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22£60 they wanted...
0:06:22 > 0:06:24and £60 they got.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28- Tea, sir?- Oh, very nice.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30- What have you found there? - Isn't it lovely?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32I didn't find it again. Lindsay found it.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- God, eagle-eyed. Eagle-eyed.- Yeah.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36- Lindsay...- But isn't it lovely?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- It is rather nice, isn't it? - Yeah. It's lovely.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- It's got that sort of boat shape to it, hasn't it?- Yes.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43It's got...silver, London,
0:06:43 > 0:06:46and the R, the date letter R, for 1912.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50Right. And the maker's mark is CB and an S.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52It's probably Charles Boyton and Sons.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53Now, the price...
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- I can see that on there. What do you think about that?- 85.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57It's quite a lot, but...
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- £85?- It is a nice item, isn't it?
0:06:59 > 0:07:03It's not bad, because you've probably got, weight wise, 12oz?
0:07:03 > 0:07:04Maybe even 15?
0:07:04 > 0:07:06I mean, you know, there's a bit of weight there to it.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09We're looking at silver now being £6, £7 per ounce.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13So, we're almost there. Have you tried to get anything off it?
0:07:13 > 0:07:14We have tried to get money off it
0:07:14 > 0:07:17and he really isn't budging.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Really? Even if I go and have a chat?
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Well, frankly, Tom, if Lindsay and I can't get money off it,
0:07:21 > 0:07:23I don't think you stand a chance.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Oh, right.- I'm sure you won't! - I kind of get your drift.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28OK.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Ooh, meow!
0:07:30 > 0:07:33That's one for the ladies, Thomas.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Let's see how the gents are getting on.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38- Brian, take it away.- I know...
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- Not another box. - It's only because of the grain.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44I thought the grain was so beautiful.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47And it's only £24.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50I think this fellow is probably walnut.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51It's very nice. Nicely made.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54I like these straps. Nicely bound, isn't it?
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- Yes.- There is a slight silvering going on along here..
0:07:56 > 0:07:58- Ah, yes.- So it may have been silver-plated.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01And we open it up... Look. Ink well there.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02Lots of leaking here.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Spare nibs in there.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Pens and paper in there.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09But the thing that attracts me to it, Brian, is the £24.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- That. Yes.- I think you've got quite a keen price there.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16- Well, I think so. - So who knows?- I think so.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- Go on.- I mean...- Go off, go and see that stallholder,
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- get it as cheap as possible. - All right.- OK. Off you go.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27Brian managed to get the walnut box for a cracking 15 quid.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- Oh, no!- They're like rockets, aren't they?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34- It's a Christmas tree! - I'm speechless, actually.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- Why are you speechless?- Are you sure it's not some sort of dangerous...
0:08:37 > 0:08:38No. No, no. Not weapons at all.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41I'm not madly keen, no.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42- Come on.- Tell me about them.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45They are salt and pepper, or a pair of peppers...
0:08:45 > 0:08:46They are Chinese silver.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48They are probably export, sort of, 1920s.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- Oh, that old? Really? - They've got a bit of age, yeah.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- I thought they might have arrived last week.- No, I don't think they've arrived off the boat last week.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57- Look, no time left.- I know. - And the thing is,
0:08:57 > 0:09:00what's the point in shelling out all your money on some big item...
0:09:00 > 0:09:02That's going to make a profit?!
0:09:02 > 0:09:05..which you HOPE might make a profit, but it probably won't?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- No, you're making sense. - So, how much were they?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Well, they were marked up at £35.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11- SHE GASPS - No!
0:09:11 > 0:09:13And I got them for a tenner each, 20 quid.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14- They're decorative...- Yeah.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16You can put them on somebody's table.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- They are.- We haven't got much time.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20We haven't got much time. That's why...we'll risk it.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- Yeah?- Yeah.- And, if all else fails, we can always use them as earrings.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Absolutely.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Time's nearly up.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Perhaps the pressure has got to the Blues.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Guess what they've gone and found?
0:09:38 > 0:09:40A bigger box. Come on!
0:09:40 > 0:09:42My word. That's rather grand.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- I like that.- It is, isn't it?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47It's got everything. The box to beat all boxes, boys.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49What do you think of this? It's got everything.
0:09:49 > 0:09:50We've got soap...
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Soap things. We've got toothbrushes.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- It's got everything.- Beautiful.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- Is this silver?- No, it's plated.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59We can just see the copper coming through.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00So, Sheffield plated.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02What have we got here?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04A little secret drawer here at the bottom.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06That's splendid. That's lovely.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08And...even more.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Here we are. Off to the side.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- Good gracious. - So it's got two secret drawers.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14I think it's got a lot going for it.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- You've got a lot for your money here, haven't you?- Indeed.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19275... That is a lot.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22We can't afford that.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23It is...
0:10:23 > 0:10:24Can you get it down?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27I think we can. I've had a word with the stallholder.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30He says there's substantial room. He's had a good morning...
0:10:30 > 0:10:33and he doesn't want to lug this home with him.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35- Aww.- I think, if we can get it down, then we should...- Yes.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- We should do it.- Good show. Take it.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Think outside the box, boys.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Go for it.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44James went for it...
0:10:44 > 0:10:46and got it
0:10:46 > 0:10:47for £160.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Well, the big spend is over,
0:10:49 > 0:10:52and the teams have had their finest hour.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Let's find out what the Red Team have squandered our money on.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01Lindsay and Pam picked up a pretty piece of pewter for £65.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04£85 got them this lovely silver teapot.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06One lump or two?
0:11:06 > 0:11:10And they'll need to toss some of that salt over their shoulders
0:11:10 > 0:11:13to shake a profit out of those pagodas.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16So, Lindsay and Pam, you swinging sisters...
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- did you have a good time? - Had a fabulous time.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- It was great.- It was a real ball. - It was.- It was.- Great.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Who spotted the most interesting purchase?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25I think I did, probably.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- Yeah...- Which is it? - It was the pewter posy vase.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- I think that was really nice. - That's the most "interesting"?
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- Yeah.- But which piece is going to make the most?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36I'm hoping that'll be the silver bachelor's teapot.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Bachelor's teapot? Do you agree with that, Lindsay?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Well, I'm going with the posy vase again.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42- You're going with your posy?- I am.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Very good. Well, you spent a respectable 170.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46Bit light on that,
0:11:46 > 0:11:49but, nevertheless, £130 goes to Thomas Plant.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Oh, lovely. They were wonderful, Tim.
0:11:51 > 0:11:52- Were they?- Yeah.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Lindsay spotted great items.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Pam has backed her up all the way.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Yeah, but that's what they need. Two sisters, you see.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Back to back. Yeah. Back to back. - Got any idea about this bonus buy?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- Got something in mind? - I have in mind...
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- What?- Very pretty, very beautiful. - Don't tell us.- No, I won't.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- No. Not them, anyway. - Thank you for this.- Good luck.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Not at all. Now, let's check out the Blues' shopping list.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15It's boxes all the way for the Blues.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Box one is onyx and silver and cost them £60.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Box two is made of walnut and cost £15.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26And finally, box three set them back a cool £160.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Let's hope it's an open and shut case at the auction.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31So, Lee and Brian, are you still friends?
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- Yes, we are.- We are.- Well done.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38Who spotted the most interesting purchase, do you reckon?
0:12:38 > 0:12:40I'm captivated by my cigarette box.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45I think that's a very simple but interesting little piece.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47And which piece is going to bring the biggest profit?
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- Mine, of course.- James's.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52We've got a split decision there.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Anyway, you spent a magnificent £235.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57There's only £65 worth of leftover lolly.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Here we go. This is your moment, James.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- Thank you.- How's your day been?
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Very good, very good. They've been good company, Lee and Brian,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07and we've hit a rhythm.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09- Three boxes.- Free boxes?
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- THREE boxes.- What, they cost you some money, though, didn't they?
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- They weren't entirely free? - Yeah, yeah, no,
0:13:14 > 0:13:16- they were progressive... - Oh, you mean three of them?
0:13:16 > 0:13:18- Three of them. - Yes, lovely. Jolly good.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Don't, for goodness' sake, go off
0:13:20 > 0:13:22and buy the bonus buy in the form of a box!
0:13:22 > 0:13:24No, I'm steering well clear of that.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Well, it's very amusing to be here in West Sussex today
0:13:39 > 0:13:40at Bellmans...
0:13:40 > 0:13:41supermarket...
0:13:41 > 0:13:43I mean Saleroom.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46..with none other than Jonathan Pratt.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48- Thank you, Tim.- How are you on this Kayserzinn stuff?
0:13:48 > 0:13:51- Kayserzinn... Not very good... - Really?- ..to be honest.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54I did a bit of research. Didn't come up with very much on him.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56It's a pewter basket.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Yes, yes, OK.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59So...estimate?
0:13:59 > 0:14:00£10-£20.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Oh. Wince.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- £65.- Yeah. They went for £65.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06- Yeah.- What about the silver teapot?
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Yeah. I mean, I think it's a wonderful shape.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10You've got this lovely pierced rim.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13It's got a nice bit of the classical style.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16That sort of late George V, a little single pot like this,
0:14:16 > 0:14:18on little pedestal feet, I quite like it.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19- How much?- £50-£70.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23- £85 paid.- OK. Could get there, but that's strong.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Yes. What about these pagoda condiments?
0:14:26 > 0:14:29I'm normally quite polite about things.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- Yes?- Yeah. I...
0:14:31 > 0:14:32I don't like them in the slightest.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36I... I... For me, the quality is not there, and...
0:14:36 > 0:14:37- No.- Not for me, thanks.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Well, they paid £20. Will they get anything like £20 back?
0:14:40 > 0:14:41- Maybe get a tenner?- Yeah.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- Maybe.- £10-£20?- Maybe.- OK.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Overall, they are going to need their bonus buy.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Let's go and have a look at it.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Well, I bought something very fine and decorative.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52It's a silver-gilt cigarette case.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54But I would like to say card case.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55For one's business cards.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59But it's very finely done with this fine filigree work
0:14:59 > 0:15:02and an enamel badge here with the Portuguese colours on each side.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06It's got the marks in here of Portugal.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08I paid...
0:15:08 > 0:15:10a conservative £90 for it.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- It's nice, though.- It's very fine.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- How old?- I wouldn't say it's going to be massively old.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20I'd say probably 1920s. It's got that kind of feel to it, 1900s.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22And what do you think it's going to go for?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Well, yeah, this is the crux, isn't it?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26- Big question.- And it's also sprung, as well.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28It's got a nice spring to it.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Stop changing the subject. Stop changing the subject.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34You have been asked a reasonable, straight question there.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- No, perfectly reasonable question. - £10?
0:15:36 > 0:15:40Well done, Lindsay. I think it could make a very small profit.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42£10, something like that?
0:15:42 > 0:15:44If we are very lucky.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- Right.- Well, there's a confidence-boosting statement,
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- I have to say.- You wouldn't...?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Now, girls, you don't have to decide right now.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- You decide...- I think we have.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55After the sale of your first three items.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57But for the viewers at home,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about the fag case.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02It's a bit of gilt.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Silver-gilt. In this day and age,
0:16:03 > 0:16:05- we're not allowed to say silver, are we?- No.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08It doesn't meet the sterling, British sterling standards.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Gilt silver-coloured metal?
0:16:10 > 0:16:13- Yeah, yeah.- Which is a pretty convoluted way of saying
0:16:13 > 0:16:15- it ain't hallmarked.- Yeah.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17- So what's your estimate?- £15-£20.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Dear, oh, dear! £90 paid.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Doesn't stand an earthly.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24That's it for the Reds. Now for the blues.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Lee and Brian, their first item is this truly awful walnut box.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- That's a shocker, isn't it? - It's pretty dreadful.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Yeah, they only paid £15 for it, though.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Do you think they'll get £5 or £10 back?
0:16:35 > 0:16:37We'll have to work hard.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39So maybe £10 or £15 if they're lucky?
0:16:39 > 0:16:42- Yeah.- But it's not a fortune, though, is £15.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46The white onyx and silver cigarette box.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48This fellow. Spring-operated.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50But awfully loose, that hinge, isn't it?
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Yeah, it's... Obviously it's had a bit of work, that one.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55It's been a busy hinge.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- How much, then?- 30 to 40.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Oh, brilliant, £60 they paid.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01OK. I don't think they stand a chance of getting £60,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04I have to say. So that's a bit of a problem. But their big number,
0:17:04 > 0:17:07however, is the coromandel wood dressing case,
0:17:07 > 0:17:09which is pretty well complete, isn't it?
0:17:09 > 0:17:11It's what people want when they want to buy a box.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13It's a shame it's not fitted with silver.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- Yes.- But nonetheless, it's a... I think it's a very smart object.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18£100-150.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20They paid £160 for it.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21- I think we could get there.- Do you?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Yeah. We've got interest in it already.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26- So we may get it there. - Well, that would be stupendous.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31And then these other small losses will fade into insignificance.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33On the other hand, as we know on Bargain Hunt,
0:17:33 > 0:17:34it could go most terribly wrong,
0:17:34 > 0:17:36in which case they're going to need their bonus buy,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38so let's go and have a look at it.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Now, Lee and Brian, the leftover lolly.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46You spent 235, you gave James Braxton 65 smackers.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48What did you spend it on, James?
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Something quite big and beefy.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51Oh, Beethoven?
0:17:51 > 0:17:53LAUGHTER
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Isn't that fun? I thought, you know, with your...
0:17:55 > 0:17:59With all your Shoreditch, and everything like that.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01- How much was it?- £35.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03- Gosh.- Really?
0:18:03 > 0:18:06- That's super.- So how much profit do you think it would...
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Well, certainly going by your estimation, Lee, quite a lot.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- You don't have to decide right now...- OK.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13But for the viewers at home,
0:18:13 > 0:18:16let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about it.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Is that not the worst-defined bit of bustwork you ever did see?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22I think this was the last one they made in the mould
0:18:22 > 0:18:23before they broke it.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26This has no crispness, no detail, absolutely no quality at all.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28I think you're right. The main problem is
0:18:28 > 0:18:30that it's not defined enough.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32What's the recipe today, Beethoven?
0:18:32 > 0:18:36Um...with a glazed look, 20 to 30.
0:18:36 > 0:18:37- OK, £35 was paid by James.- Yeah.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41He's hoping he'll be able to strike up a bit of a profit with this.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44We'll have to see. But you're in charge, aren't you?
0:18:44 > 0:18:47- I'm in charge of the sale.- Ah, well, we're going to be all right, then.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- Are you feeling excited, you sisters?- Yeah.- Yes.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- You are?- Look at their smiles.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02- I love that smile. - Just how excited are you feeling
0:19:02 > 0:19:04on a scale of excitedness?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- Ten.- Ten at least.- Yeah.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07- 10 out of 100?- Yes.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12First up, though, is going to be the Kayserzinn basket,
0:19:12 > 0:19:13and here it comes.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Detailed Kayserzinn.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18And I've got bids with this to start me at 20.
0:19:18 > 0:19:2030, 35
0:19:20 > 0:19:22- and £40.- £40.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24- Wow.- Keep going. Come on.- At £40.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26And five for the lady seated now.
0:19:26 > 0:19:27Clears the bids at 45.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- Do I see 50?- Go on.- Come on.
0:19:29 > 0:19:3145 to the lady in front here at £45.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33At 45, are we all done?
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Selling to the lady at £45.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40£45. You're minus £20, but it could have been a lot worse.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41Could have been a lot worse.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Here comes your teapot now.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44Stand by, Lindsay.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Boyton and Sons fluted oval outburner line.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50I like this lot, and it's got interest again to start me at...
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- £110.- Get in!
0:19:54 > 0:19:55Do I see 20?
0:19:55 > 0:19:58120, 130, 140, 150.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01£160? £160 now, 160.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Do I see 170?
0:20:03 > 0:20:04£160, then, it is.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- At 160.- Look at that. You've nearly doubled your money.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Selling 160.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- Well done. - Well, that is amazing.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14That's great.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Lot 1604, pair of Chinese white metal pagoda-shaped salts.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Who'll start me at £10 for this lot?
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Ten? £10 this?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Got to be worth £10?
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Any interest at £10?
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Hands up for £10.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Shaking their heads. Surely worth ten somewhere?
0:20:29 > 0:20:30Ten somewhere? At ten, then.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Thank you, sir, brave man at ten.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Take him on now. £10 it is.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Do I see 12?
0:20:35 > 0:20:37I don't see 12. I see ten, and ten it is.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40I think we're selling at £10. All done at £10.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Oh, dear, Tom. Bad luck. £10.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- I thought it would, you know, get a bit of...- Yeah.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Overall, girls, you are plus £45.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50- OK, good.- How do you feel about that?
0:20:50 > 0:20:51- Not bad.- You feel good about that?
0:20:51 > 0:20:53- Yeah.- I feel very good for you about that.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55I think that is a result.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- That is a result, girls. - A real result.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- Great.- And Lindsay, such good taste.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Such good taste. You keep spotting these things, Lindsay,
0:21:02 > 0:21:04it's a miracle.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06- Yes.- Absolutely marvellous.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08What are we going to do about the next miracle?
0:21:08 > 0:21:12- Which is the Portuguese cigarette case.- No.- No.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Don't think so, no. We go with the...
0:21:14 > 0:21:16I haven't seen any Portuguese in here.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20Obrigado. Which, I think, is Portuguese for thank you.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22But no.
0:21:22 > 0:21:23Lot 1608.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27Portuguese gilt metal and enamel cigarette case of filigree design.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Handsome lot, this. And I have a bid at £10 to start me.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33I'll take 12 from the floor. £10 it is with me, at £10.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Do I see 12? Waving away, thank you, sir.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Takes it away at £12 now, at 12.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40£12, back of the room. Any further interest at 12?
0:21:40 > 0:21:4215 anywhere? £12 it is, then,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45with the gentleman at the back of the room at £12, I'm selling.
0:21:45 > 0:21:4715. Do you want 18, sir?
0:21:47 > 0:21:5018 is gone. 20.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52£20 by the pillar now, at £20.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Gentleman seated at the front, thank you, at £20.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56So, that sold for £20.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58- Well done, Tom.- Yeah.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00That's a loss of 70.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03And anyway... You didn't go with the bonus buy.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Very smart move, girls.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07So you are plus £45.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08- Great.- I love it.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12You are great. So, do me a favour, don't tell the Blues a thing.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14- No.- No? Not a word, all right?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Go out there looking really miserable.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20- OK.- As if things have gone badly.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Yeah, don't make it look as if you're heading off to Barclays.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- All right? Good girl.- Thank you.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Now, Lee and Brian. Do you know how the Reds got on?
0:22:32 > 0:22:33- No.- No idea?
0:22:33 > 0:22:37- Not at all.- Well, we saw them pass and they looked quite glum.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41- Did they?- Yeah.- First up, though, is the writing box, and here it goes.
0:22:41 > 0:22:441636, Victorian walnut rectangular writing box.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46There it is. £10 to start me for the box?
0:22:46 > 0:22:48£10 is bid, thank you, at ten.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Do I see 12? £10 it is.
0:22:50 > 0:22:51£10 with the lady at the front.
0:22:51 > 0:22:5412 anywhere else? Surely worth more?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56£10 it is, then. At £10. I'll sell at ten.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Lady's bid there, maiden bid. 12 we've got now.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02£12 takes it, at 12.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04At £12 and selling. Last chance at 12.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- 15.- He's going 15.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Do you want 18? 18...? She's gone.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Do you want it? £20.
0:23:10 > 0:23:1222, do you want, madam?
0:23:12 > 0:23:13- It's going on.- No?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16£20 at the pillar. Selling to the gentleman for £20...
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Good, Brian. Excellent. £5 profit.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Well done.
0:23:21 > 0:23:251637. White onyx and silver cigarette box.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26Start me at £10 again.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30Ten is bid. Thank you, madam. At ten. Do I see 12 and 15?
0:23:30 > 0:23:32£12, do I see 15?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34- Surely worth 15?- This is not good.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36At 12. I'll sell at £12.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Are we all done, then, at £12? Make no mistake.
0:23:38 > 0:23:4115 in front.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Do you want 18? 15 seated by the pillar, then. At £15, all done?
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Selling, £15.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Well, that's pathetic, isn't it? £15.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Dear, oh, dear. £45 down on that.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53Minus 40 overall.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Now, the work box.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57James, brace yourself.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01Lot 1638, the mid-Victorian coromandel work box.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05A nice lot, this. And interest in this lot, I can say,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08to start me in at 120.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Two bids at £120. I'll start at 140, this time.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14At 140. £140, do I see 50?
0:24:14 > 0:24:16£140, and 50 if you like.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17£140, then.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Any further interest at 140?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21140. I'll sell at £140.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Straight in, a maiden bid of 140.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Are we all done? £140...
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Oh, no. £140.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30That is minus 20.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Overall, you are minus £60.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35OK, sorry about that.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38It started so well for you, Brian, didn't it?
0:24:38 > 0:24:43- Yeah.- That wretched box. - That wretched Asprey's box.
0:24:43 > 0:24:44What are you going to do about Beethoven?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Are you going to go with the bonus buy
0:24:46 > 0:24:49- or are you going to stick? - Yes, very much.- Let's go for it.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51You're going to go for Beethoven?
0:24:51 > 0:24:56Lot 1642. A white, glazed pottery bust of Beethoven.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Start me at ten. £10 for Beethoven?
0:24:58 > 0:24:59£10, surely worth a tenner?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Do I see ten?
0:25:01 > 0:25:02£10 anywhere?
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Any interest at 10? No interest at 10? 10 I'm bid.
0:25:05 > 0:25:0612.
0:25:06 > 0:25:0815.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10£15 and the lady still, at £15.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Are we all done at £15?
0:25:12 > 0:25:14At £15, I'll sell to the lady.
0:25:14 > 0:25:15Lady's bid then, are we all done?
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Selling for £15...
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Oh, £15.
0:25:20 > 0:25:21That's minus £20 on that.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23- Dreadful.- Overall, You're minus £80.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Well, it's not as bad as it might have been, I tell you.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29It's not as bad as it might have been. No shame with being minus £80.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32And that could be a winning score.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34- Could be.- It could be.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Hang on. Grip fast.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39And all will be revealed in a moment.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Well, that was exciting, wasn't it?
0:25:45 > 0:25:47A complete rollercoaster of a programme.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49I love it. Been talking, you lot?
0:25:49 > 0:25:51- No.- No, no.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55Not at all. So the boys and the girls haven't been talking?
0:25:55 > 0:25:56I do have to reveal, though,
0:25:56 > 0:26:00that one of the teams is a fairly substantial runner-upper.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03And that team is the blues.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08I mean, you started off so nicely with that profit, that five pounds.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10I know. That was marvellous.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13I was so rude about that box, and how wrong can one be?
0:26:13 > 0:26:16But sadly, it went rather downhill from there on in.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Minus £80.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22- If you say it quickly, it's not too bad, is it? No.- No, no.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Anyway, back to the cathedral, that's what I say.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29But for the winners. It's the sisters.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33- Well done.- Essentially, Lindsay, it's your teapot what did it.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36- That went down well.- It went down extremely well. £75 profit on that.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Overall, then, you made £45.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40You turned down the bonus buy.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Good move. You finished up by preserving your £45.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45- Yes.- So, Pamela.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Look at this. This is what money on Bargain Hunt looks like.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51LAUGHTER
0:26:51 > 0:26:53I know. Look at that face!
0:26:53 > 0:26:56That's a whole £45, all right.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58How do you feel about going home with money, Lindsay?
0:26:58 > 0:27:01I haven't. She's got it!
0:27:01 > 0:27:03- I see.- I'm really pleased, yeah.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05They are sisters, after all. Anyway, great programme.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?
0:27:08 > 0:27:09- ALL:- Yes!