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Today, we're in busy Portobello Road,

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fighting the crowds for the very best bargains.

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But that's not the only problem today

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because there's also the battle of the sexes...

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as we go...

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Bargain Hunting!

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MUSIC: Portobello Road by Cat Stevens

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# Getting hung up all day on smiles

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# Walking down Portobello Road for miles

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# Greeting strangers in Indian boots

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# Yellow ties and old brown suits

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# Growing old is my only danger... #

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The big problem today, here at Portobello,

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is going to be struggling through

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all these crowds of tourists and other bargain hunters.

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This place is as popular as ever.

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As usual, our teams will get £300

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and an hour to shop for three objects,

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plus their expert, before they shunt off to auction.

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Let's go and meet the teams away from all the hurly-burly

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at the Museum of Brands and Packaging

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just around the corner.

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Welcome to Lindsay and Pam, versus Lee and Brian.

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First of all, the ladies.

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Two sisters with five years between them.

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I challenge the audience to tell which is the elder.

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So, Lindsay, what was Pam like when you were growing up?

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Well, I always thought she was a really nice sister to have,

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and we had a good time playing.

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But many years later

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Pam told me that she and her twin used to set me up.

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We'd play hide and seek and Pam would say to me,

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"I'll be on your side."

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And then I'd go and hide and she'd go and tell the other twin.

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The rotter.

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I know. But at least I didn't have to spend hours

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standing behind a tree waiting for somebody to find me.

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-No, cos you were immediately found.

-Exactly, yes.

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So what do you do for a living?

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I'm a systems analyst and computer programmer

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for Barnardo's children's charity.

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-Oh, right.

-I've been there for about eight years.

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But I gather one day that you'd like to make your living

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out of one of your other passions, which is painting.

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That's right. I love painting.

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I discovered about 20 years ago that I wasn't that bad.

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And here's one I brought to show you today.

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Gosh, look at that.

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What inspired you?

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I was in the Sahara Desert, and this Berber charged through.

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It turned out he was the local schoolmaster.

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The image sort of stuck in my mind...

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What about fresh air?

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Well, my other hobby is gardening.

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I just love going out in the garden, mowing the lawn, weeding...

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So, Pam, who has the best blooms between the two of you?

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Well, Lindsay is a nurturing gardener,

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so all her stuff is really well looked after.

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I'm definitely the queen of the Latin name.

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-Oh, are you?

-Yes.

-Why Latin names?

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Well, because I got hooked on gardening

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by reading the RHS Encyclopaedia.

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I was so interested in it...

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-Did you have a classical education, did you?

-No. But...

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Mum and Grandad were great gardeners.

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I think it's in the blood.

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Well, let's hope that you find a really nice early gardening book

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to make a decent profit on.

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Now for the Blues.

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Lee and Brian, welcome.

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So, Lee, how did you two first meet?

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We met six years ago at Suffolk Cathedral,

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where I work as a verger.

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And what does the verger's responsibilities include?

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We carry the verge, or the mace.

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Traditionally, that was used to beat people out of the way...

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-Oh, right.

-..in processions, so...

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we still do that.

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Well, not beat people, but we carry the verge.

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Well, I'm glad to hear that.

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So, Brian, why do you think you're going to make such a strong team?

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Well...we both like antiques.

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And I think we'll have the zest for it.

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I don't know about the ladies.

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I'm suspicious that they might win.

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-Oh, really?

-I'm sorry. Yes, I do.

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We can't have defeatist talk like that before we even begin.

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No, no, I know.

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Anyway. Now, the money moment.

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£300 apiece.

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Here you go. You know the rules. Your experts await. And off you go!

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Very, very, very good luck.

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So will it be the Sassy Sisters or the Cathedral Boys?

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MUSIC: London Calling by The Clash

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Today's experts are a double-decker of delight.

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On the top deck, for the Reds,

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it's Thomas Plant.

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And on the bottom deck,

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for the Blues,

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it's James Braxton.

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Let's have a look...

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Thomas?

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I think this is delightful. What do you think of it?

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-It's rather fine, isn't it?

-It is.

-Did you spot it, Lindsay?

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-I did.

-You seem to have got something really quite delightful.

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It's very Art Nouveau.

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It's lovely.

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This floral design, in sinuous lines...

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-How much is it?

-£95.

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That's a lot of money. I think...

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I think, certainly, 95 is too much.

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-So, what do you think, then?

-Well, I think we've got to work...

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At least get, you know, £20 off.

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-OK.

-Maybe a little more. So, shall we go off together

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-and chat to the stallholder?

-Yes, please.

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-Yeah?

-Yes.

-OK, let's go.

-OK.

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Reds did a bit of opera

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and managed to get three TENNERS... Ha! ..off the pewter basket.

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From £95 to £65.

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James? What do you think of this nice, simple, neat box?

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Oh... You found well. Found well.

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I... Very nice, isn't it?

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A lovely cigarette box.

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Quite a lot of these sort of boxes are soapstone,

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but this has got a hardness about it.

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So I think it's a sort of white onyx.

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-Is this silver, by the way?

-It's definitely silver.

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Definitely?

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In fact, the date letter... So, it's London Hallmark...

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The date letter is 1934.

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Who made it, by the way?

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-Asprey's.

-Oh, well, they are first-class, aren't they?

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So that would have graced a Mayfair apartment.

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-Yes, yes.

-Lee, what's the price?

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-75.

-Ouch.

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But I... I only say ouch because it's got this crack here, hasn't it?

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-Yeah.

-That'll have a bearing on the price, I think.

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Anything below 60 and hopefully the profit will be in the box.

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Good.

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£60 they wanted...

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and £60 they got.

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-Tea, sir?

-Oh, very nice.

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-What have you found there?

-Isn't it lovely?

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I didn't find it again. Lindsay found it.

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-God, eagle-eyed. Eagle-eyed.

-Yeah.

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-Lindsay...

-But isn't it lovely?

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-It is rather nice, isn't it?

-Yeah. It's lovely.

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-It's got that sort of boat shape to it, hasn't it?

-Yes.

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It's got...silver, London,

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and the R, the date letter R, for 1912.

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Right. And the maker's mark is CB and an S.

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It's probably Charles Boyton and Sons.

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Now, the price...

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-I can see that on there. What do you think about that?

-85.

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It's quite a lot, but...

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-£85?

-It is a nice item, isn't it?

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It's not bad, because you've probably got, weight wise, 12oz?

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Maybe even 15?

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I mean, you know, there's a bit of weight there to it.

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We're looking at silver now being £6, £7 per ounce.

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So, we're almost there. Have you tried to get anything off it?

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We have tried to get money off it

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and he really isn't budging.

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Really? Even if I go and have a chat?

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Well, frankly, Tom, if Lindsay and I can't get money off it,

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I don't think you stand a chance.

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-Oh, right.

-I'm sure you won't!

-I kind of get your drift.

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OK.

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Ooh, meow!

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That's one for the ladies, Thomas.

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Let's see how the gents are getting on.

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-Brian, take it away.

-I know...

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-Not another box.

-It's only because of the grain.

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I thought the grain was so beautiful.

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And it's only £24.

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I think this fellow is probably walnut.

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It's very nice. Nicely made.

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I like these straps. Nicely bound, isn't it?

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-Yes.

-There is a slight silvering going on along here..

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-Ah, yes.

-So it may have been silver-plated.

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And we open it up... Look. Ink well there.

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Lots of leaking here.

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Spare nibs in there.

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Pens and paper in there.

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But the thing that attracts me to it, Brian, is the £24.

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-That. Yes.

-I think you've got quite a keen price there.

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-Well, I think so.

-So who knows?

-I think so.

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-Go on.

-I mean...

-Go off, go and see that stallholder,

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-get it as cheap as possible.

-All right.

-OK. Off you go.

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Brian managed to get the walnut box for a cracking 15 quid.

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-Oh, no!

-They're like rockets, aren't they?

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-It's a Christmas tree!

-I'm speechless, actually.

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-Why are you speechless?

-Are you sure it's not some sort of dangerous...

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No. No, no. Not weapons at all.

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I'm not madly keen, no.

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-Come on.

-Tell me about them.

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They are salt and pepper, or a pair of peppers...

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They are Chinese silver.

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They are probably export, sort of, 1920s.

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-Oh, that old? Really?

-They've got a bit of age, yeah.

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-I thought they might have arrived last week.

-No, I don't think they've arrived off the boat last week.

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-Look, no time left.

-I know.

-And the thing is,

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what's the point in shelling out all your money on some big item...

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That's going to make a profit?!

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..which you HOPE might make a profit, but it probably won't?

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-No, you're making sense.

-So, how much were they?

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Well, they were marked up at £35.

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-SHE GASPS

-No!

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And I got them for a tenner each, 20 quid.

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-They're decorative...

-Yeah.

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You can put them on somebody's table.

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-They are.

-We haven't got much time.

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We haven't got much time. That's why...we'll risk it.

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-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-And, if all else fails, we can always use them as earrings.

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Absolutely.

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Time's nearly up.

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Perhaps the pressure has got to the Blues.

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Guess what they've gone and found?

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A bigger box. Come on!

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My word. That's rather grand.

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-I like that.

-It is, isn't it?

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It's got everything. The box to beat all boxes, boys.

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What do you think of this? It's got everything.

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We've got soap...

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Soap things. We've got toothbrushes.

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-It's got everything.

-Beautiful.

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-Is this silver?

-No, it's plated.

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We can just see the copper coming through.

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So, Sheffield plated.

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What have we got here?

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A little secret drawer here at the bottom.

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That's splendid. That's lovely.

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And...even more.

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Here we are. Off to the side.

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-Good gracious.

-So it's got two secret drawers.

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I think it's got a lot going for it.

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-You've got a lot for your money here, haven't you?

-Indeed.

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275... That is a lot.

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We can't afford that.

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It is...

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Can you get it down?

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I think we can. I've had a word with the stallholder.

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He says there's substantial room. He's had a good morning...

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and he doesn't want to lug this home with him.

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-Aww.

-I think, if we can get it down, then we should...

-Yes.

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-We should do it.

-Good show. Take it.

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Think outside the box, boys.

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Go for it.

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James went for it...

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and got it

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for £160.

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Well, the big spend is over,

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and the teams have had their finest hour.

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Let's find out what the Red Team have squandered our money on.

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Lindsay and Pam picked up a pretty piece of pewter for £65.

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£85 got them this lovely silver teapot.

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One lump or two?

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And they'll need to toss some of that salt over their shoulders

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to shake a profit out of those pagodas.

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So, Lindsay and Pam, you swinging sisters...

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-did you have a good time?

-Had a fabulous time.

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-It was great.

-It was a real ball.

-It was.

-It was.

-Great.

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Who spotted the most interesting purchase?

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I think I did, probably.

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-Yeah...

-Which is it?

-It was the pewter posy vase.

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-I think that was really nice.

-That's the most "interesting"?

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-Yeah.

-But which piece is going to make the most?

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I'm hoping that'll be the silver bachelor's teapot.

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Bachelor's teapot? Do you agree with that, Lindsay?

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Well, I'm going with the posy vase again.

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-You're going with your posy?

-I am.

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Very good. Well, you spent a respectable 170.

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Bit light on that,

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but, nevertheless, £130 goes to Thomas Plant.

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Oh, lovely. They were wonderful, Tim.

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-Were they?

-Yeah.

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Lindsay spotted great items.

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Pam has backed her up all the way.

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Yeah, but that's what they need. Two sisters, you see.

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-Back to back. Yeah. Back to back.

-Got any idea about this bonus buy?

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-Got something in mind?

-I have in mind...

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-What?

-Very pretty, very beautiful.

-Don't tell us.

-No, I won't.

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-No. Not them, anyway.

-Thank you for this.

-Good luck.

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Not at all. Now, let's check out the Blues' shopping list.

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It's boxes all the way for the Blues.

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Box one is onyx and silver and cost them £60.

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Box two is made of walnut and cost £15.

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And finally, box three set them back a cool £160.

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Let's hope it's an open and shut case at the auction.

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So, Lee and Brian, are you still friends?

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-Yes, we are.

-We are.

-Well done.

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Who spotted the most interesting purchase, do you reckon?

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I'm captivated by my cigarette box.

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I think that's a very simple but interesting little piece.

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And which piece is going to bring the biggest profit?

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-Mine, of course.

-James's.

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We've got a split decision there.

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Anyway, you spent a magnificent £235.

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There's only £65 worth of leftover lolly.

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Here we go. This is your moment, James.

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-Thank you.

-How's your day been?

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Very good, very good. They've been good company, Lee and Brian,

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and we've hit a rhythm.

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-Three boxes.

-Free boxes?

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-THREE boxes.

-What, they cost you some money, though, didn't they?

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-They weren't entirely free?

-Yeah, yeah, no,

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-they were progressive...

-Oh, you mean three of them?

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-Three of them.

-Yes, lovely. Jolly good.

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Don't, for goodness' sake, go off

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and buy the bonus buy in the form of a box!

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No, I'm steering well clear of that.

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Well, it's very amusing to be here in West Sussex today

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at Bellmans...

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supermarket...

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I mean Saleroom.

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..with none other than Jonathan Pratt.

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-Thank you, Tim.

-How are you on this Kayserzinn stuff?

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-Kayserzinn... Not very good...

-Really?

-..to be honest.

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I did a bit of research. Didn't come up with very much on him.

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It's a pewter basket.

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Yes, yes, OK.

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So...estimate?

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£10-£20.

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Oh. Wince.

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-£65.

-Yeah. They went for £65.

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-Yeah.

-What about the silver teapot?

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Yeah. I mean, I think it's a wonderful shape.

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You've got this lovely pierced rim.

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It's got a nice bit of the classical style.

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That sort of late George V, a little single pot like this,

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on little pedestal feet, I quite like it.

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-How much?

-£50-£70.

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-£85 paid.

-OK. Could get there, but that's strong.

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Yes. What about these pagoda condiments?

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I'm normally quite polite about things.

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-Yes?

-Yeah. I...

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I don't like them in the slightest.

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I... I... For me, the quality is not there, and...

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-No.

-Not for me, thanks.

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Well, they paid £20. Will they get anything like £20 back?

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-Maybe get a tenner?

-Yeah.

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-Maybe.

-£10-£20?

-Maybe.

-OK.

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Overall, they are going to need their bonus buy.

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Let's go and have a look at it.

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Well, I bought something very fine and decorative.

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It's a silver-gilt cigarette case.

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But I would like to say card case.

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For one's business cards.

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But it's very finely done with this fine filigree work

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and an enamel badge here with the Portuguese colours on each side.

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It's got the marks in here of Portugal.

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I paid...

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a conservative £90 for it.

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-It's nice, though.

-It's very fine.

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-How old?

-I wouldn't say it's going to be massively old.

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I'd say probably 1920s. It's got that kind of feel to it, 1900s.

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And what do you think it's going to go for?

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Well, yeah, this is the crux, isn't it?

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-Big question.

-And it's also sprung, as well.

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It's got a nice spring to it.

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Stop changing the subject. Stop changing the subject.

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You have been asked a reasonable, straight question there.

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-No, perfectly reasonable question.

-£10?

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Well done, Lindsay. I think it could make a very small profit.

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£10, something like that?

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If we are very lucky.

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-Right.

-Well, there's a confidence-boosting statement,

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-I have to say.

-You wouldn't...?

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Now, girls, you don't have to decide right now.

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-You decide...

-I think we have.

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After the sale of your first three items.

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But for the viewers at home,

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let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about the fag case.

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It's a bit of gilt.

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Silver-gilt. In this day and age,

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-we're not allowed to say silver, are we?

-No.

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It doesn't meet the sterling, British sterling standards.

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Gilt silver-coloured metal?

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-Yeah, yeah.

-Which is a pretty convoluted way of saying

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-it ain't hallmarked.

-Yeah.

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-So what's your estimate?

-£15-£20.

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Dear, oh, dear! £90 paid.

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Doesn't stand an earthly.

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That's it for the Reds. Now for the blues.

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Lee and Brian, their first item is this truly awful walnut box.

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-That's a shocker, isn't it?

-It's pretty dreadful.

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Yeah, they only paid £15 for it, though.

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Do you think they'll get £5 or £10 back?

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We'll have to work hard.

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So maybe £10 or £15 if they're lucky?

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-Yeah.

-But it's not a fortune, though, is £15.

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The white onyx and silver cigarette box.

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This fellow. Spring-operated.

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But awfully loose, that hinge, isn't it?

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Yeah, it's... Obviously it's had a bit of work, that one.

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It's been a busy hinge.

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-How much, then?

-30 to 40.

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Oh, brilliant, £60 they paid.

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OK. I don't think they stand a chance of getting £60,

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I have to say. So that's a bit of a problem. But their big number,

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however, is the coromandel wood dressing case,

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which is pretty well complete, isn't it?

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It's what people want when they want to buy a box.

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It's a shame it's not fitted with silver.

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-Yes.

-But nonetheless, it's a... I think it's a very smart object.

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£100-150.

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They paid £160 for it.

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-I think we could get there.

-Do you?

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Yeah. We've got interest in it already.

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-So we may get it there.

-Well, that would be stupendous.

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And then these other small losses will fade into insignificance.

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On the other hand, as we know on Bargain Hunt,

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it could go most terribly wrong,

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in which case they're going to need their bonus buy,

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so let's go and have a look at it.

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Now, Lee and Brian, the leftover lolly.

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You spent 235, you gave James Braxton 65 smackers.

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What did you spend it on, James?

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Something quite big and beefy.

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Oh, Beethoven?

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LAUGHTER

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Isn't that fun? I thought, you know, with your...

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With all your Shoreditch, and everything like that.

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-How much was it?

-£35.

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-Gosh.

-Really?

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-That's super.

-So how much profit do you think it would...

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Well, certainly going by your estimation, Lee, quite a lot.

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-You don't have to decide right now...

-OK.

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But for the viewers at home,

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let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about it.

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Is that not the worst-defined bit of bustwork you ever did see?

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I think this was the last one they made in the mould

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before they broke it.

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This has no crispness, no detail, absolutely no quality at all.

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I think you're right. The main problem is

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that it's not defined enough.

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What's the recipe today, Beethoven?

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Um...with a glazed look, 20 to 30.

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-OK, £35 was paid by James.

-Yeah.

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He's hoping he'll be able to strike up a bit of a profit with this.

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We'll have to see. But you're in charge, aren't you?

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-I'm in charge of the sale.

-Ah, well, we're going to be all right, then.

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-Are you feeling excited, you sisters?

-Yeah.

-Yes.

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-You are?

-Look at their smiles.

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-I love that smile.

-Just how excited are you feeling

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on a scale of excitedness?

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-Ten.

-Ten at least.

-Yeah.

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-10 out of 100?

-Yes.

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First up, though, is going to be the Kayserzinn basket,

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and here it comes.

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Detailed Kayserzinn.

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And I've got bids with this to start me at 20.

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30, 35

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-and £40.

-£40.

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-Wow.

-Keep going. Come on.

-At £40.

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And five for the lady seated now.

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Clears the bids at 45.

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-Do I see 50?

-Go on.

-Come on.

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45 to the lady in front here at £45.

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At 45, are we all done?

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Selling to the lady at £45.

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£45. You're minus £20, but it could have been a lot worse.

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Could have been a lot worse.

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Here comes your teapot now.

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Stand by, Lindsay.

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Boyton and Sons fluted oval outburner line.

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I like this lot, and it's got interest again to start me at...

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-£110.

-Get in!

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Do I see 20?

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120, 130, 140, 150.

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£160? £160 now, 160.

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Do I see 170?

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£160, then, it is.

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-At 160.

-Look at that. You've nearly doubled your money.

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Selling 160.

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-Well done.

-Well, that is amazing.

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That's great.

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Lot 1604, pair of Chinese white metal pagoda-shaped salts.

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Who'll start me at £10 for this lot?

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Ten? £10 this?

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Got to be worth £10?

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Any interest at £10?

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Hands up for £10.

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Shaking their heads. Surely worth ten somewhere?

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Ten somewhere? At ten, then.

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Thank you, sir, brave man at ten.

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Take him on now. £10 it is.

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Do I see 12?

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I don't see 12. I see ten, and ten it is.

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I think we're selling at £10. All done at £10.

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Oh, dear, Tom. Bad luck. £10.

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-I thought it would, you know, get a bit of...

-Yeah.

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Overall, girls, you are plus £45.

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-OK, good.

-How do you feel about that?

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-Not bad.

-You feel good about that?

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-Yeah.

-I feel very good for you about that.

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I think that is a result.

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-That is a result, girls.

-A real result.

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-Great.

-And Lindsay, such good taste.

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Such good taste. You keep spotting these things, Lindsay,

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it's a miracle.

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-Yes.

-Absolutely marvellous.

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What are we going to do about the next miracle?

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-Which is the Portuguese cigarette case.

-No.

-No.

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Don't think so, no. We go with the...

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I haven't seen any Portuguese in here.

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Obrigado. Which, I think, is Portuguese for thank you.

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But no.

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Lot 1608.

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Portuguese gilt metal and enamel cigarette case of filigree design.

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Handsome lot, this. And I have a bid at £10 to start me.

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I'll take 12 from the floor. £10 it is with me, at £10.

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Do I see 12? Waving away, thank you, sir.

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Takes it away at £12 now, at 12.

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£12, back of the room. Any further interest at 12?

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15 anywhere? £12 it is, then,

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with the gentleman at the back of the room at £12, I'm selling.

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15. Do you want 18, sir?

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18 is gone. 20.

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£20 by the pillar now, at £20.

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Gentleman seated at the front, thank you, at £20.

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So, that sold for £20.

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-Well done, Tom.

-Yeah.

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That's a loss of 70.

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And anyway... You didn't go with the bonus buy.

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Very smart move, girls.

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So you are plus £45.

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-Great.

-I love it.

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You are great. So, do me a favour, don't tell the Blues a thing.

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-No.

-No? Not a word, all right?

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Go out there looking really miserable.

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-OK.

-As if things have gone badly.

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Yeah, don't make it look as if you're heading off to Barclays.

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-All right? Good girl.

-Thank you.

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Now, Lee and Brian. Do you know how the Reds got on?

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-No.

-No idea?

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-Not at all.

-Well, we saw them pass and they looked quite glum.

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-Did they?

-Yeah.

-First up, though, is the writing box, and here it goes.

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1636, Victorian walnut rectangular writing box.

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There it is. £10 to start me for the box?

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£10 is bid, thank you, at ten.

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Do I see 12? £10 it is.

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£10 with the lady at the front.

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12 anywhere else? Surely worth more?

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£10 it is, then. At £10. I'll sell at ten.

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Lady's bid there, maiden bid. 12 we've got now.

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£12 takes it, at 12.

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At £12 and selling. Last chance at 12.

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-15.

-He's going 15.

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Do you want 18? 18...? She's gone.

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Do you want it? £20.

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22, do you want, madam?

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-It's going on.

-No?

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£20 at the pillar. Selling to the gentleman for £20...

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Good, Brian. Excellent. £5 profit.

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Well done.

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1637. White onyx and silver cigarette box.

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Start me at £10 again.

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Ten is bid. Thank you, madam. At ten. Do I see 12 and 15?

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£12, do I see 15?

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-Surely worth 15?

-This is not good.

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At 12. I'll sell at £12.

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Are we all done, then, at £12? Make no mistake.

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15 in front.

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Do you want 18? 15 seated by the pillar, then. At £15, all done?

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Selling, £15.

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Well, that's pathetic, isn't it? £15.

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Dear, oh, dear. £45 down on that.

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Minus 40 overall.

0:23:520:23:53

Now, the work box.

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James, brace yourself.

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Lot 1638, the mid-Victorian coromandel work box.

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A nice lot, this. And interest in this lot, I can say,

0:24:010:24:05

to start me in at 120.

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Two bids at £120. I'll start at 140, this time.

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At 140. £140, do I see 50?

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£140, and 50 if you like.

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£140, then.

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Any further interest at 140?

0:24:170:24:19

140. I'll sell at £140.

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Straight in, a maiden bid of 140.

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Are we all done? £140...

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Oh, no. £140.

0:24:250:24:28

That is minus 20.

0:24:280:24:30

Overall, you are minus £60.

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OK, sorry about that.

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It started so well for you, Brian, didn't it?

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-Yeah.

-That wretched box.

-That wretched Asprey's box.

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What are you going to do about Beethoven?

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Are you going to go with the bonus buy

0:24:440:24:46

-or are you going to stick?

-Yes, very much.

-Let's go for it.

0:24:460:24:49

You're going to go for Beethoven?

0:24:490:24:51

Lot 1642. A white, glazed pottery bust of Beethoven.

0:24:510:24:56

Start me at ten. £10 for Beethoven?

0:24:560:24:58

£10, surely worth a tenner?

0:24:580:24:59

Do I see ten?

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£10 anywhere?

0:25:010:25:02

Any interest at 10? No interest at 10? 10 I'm bid.

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12.

0:25:050:25:06

15.

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£15 and the lady still, at £15.

0:25:080:25:10

Are we all done at £15?

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At £15, I'll sell to the lady.

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Lady's bid then, are we all done?

0:25:140:25:15

Selling for £15...

0:25:150:25:18

Oh, £15.

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That's minus £20 on that.

0:25:200:25:21

-Dreadful.

-Overall, You're minus £80.

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Well, it's not as bad as it might have been, I tell you.

0:25:230:25:26

It's not as bad as it might have been. No shame with being minus £80.

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And that could be a winning score.

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-Could be.

-It could be.

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Hang on. Grip fast.

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And all will be revealed in a moment.

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Well, that was exciting, wasn't it?

0:25:430:25:45

A complete rollercoaster of a programme.

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I love it. Been talking, you lot?

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-No.

-No, no.

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Not at all. So the boys and the girls haven't been talking?

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I do have to reveal, though,

0:25:550:25:56

that one of the teams is a fairly substantial runner-upper.

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And that team is the blues.

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I mean, you started off so nicely with that profit, that five pounds.

0:26:050:26:08

I know. That was marvellous.

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I was so rude about that box, and how wrong can one be?

0:26:100:26:13

But sadly, it went rather downhill from there on in.

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Minus £80.

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-If you say it quickly, it's not too bad, is it? No.

-No, no.

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Anyway, back to the cathedral, that's what I say.

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But for the winners. It's the sisters.

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-Well done.

-Essentially, Lindsay, it's your teapot what did it.

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-That went down well.

-It went down extremely well. £75 profit on that.

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Overall, then, you made £45.

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You turned down the bonus buy.

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Good move. You finished up by preserving your £45.

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-Yes.

-So, Pamela.

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Look at this. This is what money on Bargain Hunt looks like.

0:26:450:26:49

LAUGHTER

0:26:490:26:51

I know. Look at that face!

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That's a whole £45, all right.

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How do you feel about going home with money, Lindsay?

0:26:560:26:58

I haven't. She's got it!

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-I see.

-I'm really pleased, yeah.

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They are sisters, after all. Anyway, great programme.

0:27:030:27:05

Join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?

0:27:050:27:08

-ALL:

-Yes!

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