0:00:02 > 0:00:04# Frosty the snowman
0:00:04 > 0:00:09# Was a jolly happy soul With a corncob pipe
0:00:09 > 0:00:12# And a button nose And two eyes made out of coal... #
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Oh ho ho, it's brass monkey weather.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18It is freezing.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22If there's one thing, though, that will warm the cockles of your heart...
0:00:22 > 0:00:24let's go bargain hunting!
0:00:46 > 0:00:53Welcome to Bargain Hunt, from the International Antiques and Collectors Fair in Newark.
0:00:53 > 0:00:59This is Europe's largest antiques event. It is absolutely ginormous.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04If our teams can't find what they're looking out for today, they should have stayed at home!
0:01:04 > 0:01:10They'll be up against it though, as their one hour of shopping time will just fly by.
0:01:10 > 0:01:15So the £300 we give them had better be spent wisely, as what they do pick up
0:01:15 > 0:01:18will go under the hammer at auction, and any profit they do make...
0:01:18 > 0:01:21No. Going at £38. Thank you.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23..they get to pocket.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28I just hope they know what they've let themselves in for.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Let's meet today's teams.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37And here they are then. We've got relatives Nicola and Doug for the Reds.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42And friends Jenna and Eddie for the Blues, welcome to Bargain Hunt.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44So, how are you two related then?
0:01:44 > 0:01:48- I'm Nicola's great uncle. - What's your interest in antiques?
0:01:48 > 0:01:53I love antiques. For about 15, 16 years, I've been restoring antiques.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55What sort of things have you restored?
0:01:55 > 0:02:02Bureaux, linen presses, chairs, tables, you name it, I've done it.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Has any of this passion for antiques rubbed off on you, Nicola?
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Yes, it has, although in a different way.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11What I do doesn't last as long as my Uncle Doug's stuff.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- So what do you do then? - I'm a sculptor.- Right.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Yes, I carve sand, snow and ice.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19How amazing. Have you got anything to show us?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Yes, I have two photos here.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Two pieces that I did.
0:02:25 > 0:02:30- That is just extraordinary, girl! That's made of sand?- There were two of us working on that for two weeks.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- Yes, that's all sand. - However does it stay up?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Well, we compress the sand into wooden forms,
0:02:36 > 0:02:41and then we work our way up to the top and we remove the wooden forms
0:02:41 > 0:02:44and we're left with a solid block of sand.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47You're very brave. I don't think I could bear to see it fall apart.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50I think we're going to have rather a good competition today, you two!
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Now for the Blues, Jenna and Eddie.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55- Hello. - How do you two know each other?
0:02:55 > 0:02:59- We are housemates. - At university?- Yes.- Both students at Leicester University.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01I'm sporting my Leicester University hoodie.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03She bought it for my birthday on Tuesday.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- Ah, happy birthday as of Tuesday. - Thank you.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09So you're both students. What are you studying?
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- Psychology and biology. - What about you, Eddie?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13I do physics with planetary science.
0:03:13 > 0:03:19- Phew.- Hopefully going on to do earth observational science next year, hopefully. Fingers crossed.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22We'll cross everything for you. How did you meet?
0:03:22 > 0:03:26I walked into my house a couple of years ago, walked into my house,
0:03:26 > 0:03:29and discovered an orange thong in the living room.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- Ah. And it wasn't yours?- No!
0:03:32 > 0:03:34I was sure of that.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37I was bewildered as to where it came from.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42I was walking up the stairs and at the top of the stairs, I meet Eddie.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Obviously never seen him in my life before, a random stranger in my house.
0:03:46 > 0:03:47Was he looking for his thong?
0:03:47 > 0:03:53Quite possibly. That's how we met, and became friends after that.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56So was this your thong, Eddie, or what?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58It wasn't mine at the start of the night.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02I'd been out the night before with a few friends, that I know Jenna through.
0:04:02 > 0:04:07I have a fascination with orange, as you can see I'm wearing orange here, there, on my gloves...
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Yes, I see you've got the orange fetish.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13I think I'd have seen it somewhere, and I was like, "Oh, orange,"
0:04:13 > 0:04:17and decided I was going to wear it for the rest of the night on top of my suit. A bit much.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20It is strange garment just to come across, isn't it?
0:04:20 > 0:04:24- I can understand perhaps seeing it... - We are good at finding random stuff.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28- If you popped into our house you would see our walls...- Covered in thongs!
0:04:28 > 0:04:32With random toys, trophies of nights out.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37I don't think we'd better go there frankly, Eddie, it being daytime and all that.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Now the money moment, thank you very much, onto some safe territory!
0:04:40 > 0:04:45£300 apiece, £300 apiece... You know the rules, and off you go. And very, very good luck.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49So will it be the Reds carving out the big bucks?
0:04:49 > 0:04:54Or the Blues just turning all this into another science?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Each team won't be alone.
0:04:56 > 0:05:02They have exclusive rights to an expert's knowledge to help them on their way so they don't slip up.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05For the Reds, David Harper.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07And for the Blues, Mark Stacey.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12Right. Off they go. What delights will our teams find today?
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Not round here, no.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- Do you want a piggy back, David? - Yes, I think I do.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17So shall we go up here?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19I would say 1930.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23- I'd say 1930.- You would?
0:05:23 > 0:05:24How much is that?
0:05:25 > 0:05:2725.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33- What are they used for? - They are or sheltering your face from the flames of a fire.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35They're called pole screens.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47- I really like that.- It's got great novelty value, hasn't it?
0:05:47 > 0:05:50- But has it got any real monetary value, this is the thing?- No.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52It might have, in a big collection.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Ah, he's nice. I'm going to test you, Nicola.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- What do you think about him? - So cute.- He's nice, isn't he?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- I love it.- What would you say if I did this to him?
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Oh my God!
0:06:04 > 0:06:06That's awful.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Scent bottle.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09- He is a scent bottle.- I love it.
0:06:09 > 0:06:15- Can I smell it? Oh, it smells of something.- Perfume?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Oldness and perfume.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18Let's have a smell.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23- It's definitely got some... - There's definitely been some... - Well, I've got no sense of smell.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26- Haven't you really? - How much is that?- Let's ask him.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28What's the best on the teddy?
0:06:28 > 0:06:30- 80 quid.- Really?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33- It's too much.- Do think it is? - Yes.- What age would you think?
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- I think he's early to mid- 20th century.- Is he really?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38I think forties or fifties.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43- I think we all like him.- I do. - Well bid him, try him, go on.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47I think Nicola should use her charms. Nicola, have a go.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- We want it, 50 tops.- 40. - 40 would be better.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- Go on, try him.- 50 tops.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- OK, shall I go over and stroke his arm?- Yes, yes. Go for it, Nic.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Go for it, go for it.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Would you consider... a massive reduction on this?
0:07:00 > 0:07:05Nicola secured a deal of £55, but they're sleeping on it.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Over to the Blues. Have they spotted anything so sweet?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11That's a cool bottle opener.
0:07:11 > 0:07:17- What is it?- It's a bottle opener. - Oh yes. Made in India.- That would be put on a bar, wouldn't it?
0:07:17 > 0:07:22- That's actually quite fun, isn't it? - Because you'd attach that onto the bar. Yes.- There's a clamp in it.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25The bar that I work in at the moment, we used to have one,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28but a modern-day one where we just clamped it on the bar.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30I just like the fact it's old style.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33It's completely different what they do now.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Is almost a piece of social history, isn't it? Because I love all this decoration.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42But, let's have a look at it. It's cast steel. I like this little turned handle.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46That's solid wood. That would really clean up rather nicely, actually.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48I like it. I think it's quite fun.
0:07:48 > 0:07:54- Yes, it does look good. - I think got to be a purchase. - It's bar memorabilia!
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Can you tell us what your very best price is on that, please?
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Very best it could be is 130.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02- 130?- 130.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04That's quite a good lot off.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07165, to 130.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08I think, I mean...
0:08:08 > 0:08:12It's an antiquey thing that people would like, and use as well.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Can I say just one thing to you guys?
0:08:14 > 0:08:18You both love him. Your faces have lit up since you found it.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20It's got to be a purchase.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22I know, I quite like that.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26The dealer has given you a very good discount, nearly 20% off.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28More than 20% off, actually.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- That's pretty good going.- I like it.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32- Let's do it.- Let's do it.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34We'll take that, thank you.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Hats off to the Blues. They're making quick decisions.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39But is it rubbing off on the Reds?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43I like that teddy.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47I can't believe it. They're still mulling over the scent bottle!
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- I liked it.- We all like it.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52It's a bit morbid though, with its head off.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54We don't to rip its head of all the time.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56- Let's go for it.- I think so. - All right then.
0:08:56 > 0:09:02- I'd better leave it up to you.- OK. - Low as you can.
0:09:02 > 0:09:08Not bad. Only 20 minutes gone and that's the Reds' first buy for £55.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12To the Blues now, who've found something.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Shame they haven't got a clue what it actually is.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- It's a bit like chemistry. - Distilling things...
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Really, it's a bit speculative for a general sale, isn't it?
0:09:21 > 0:09:27If it was me, I would say, if it was a really bargain buy,
0:09:27 > 0:09:33- like 30, 40, 50 quid, then I'd think, let's go for it. But at £145? - The cheapest would be £145...
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Listen guys, forget this for now.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Let me show you something I've found.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41This is a pottery charger.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46And this is going back to, again, the early part of the 20th century, 1910.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50This is a copy of Italian majolica,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53which is a sort of tin-glazed earthenware.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58But then when we turn it over, we've got "Aeneas arriving in Italy."
0:09:58 > 0:10:03And then you have got Verona, age 1547, and Copenhagen.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08I think the original majolica plate was painted in 1547.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11And this has been painted by George Rowley,
0:10:11 > 0:10:13March 1919.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16And I think that is quite interesting actually.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18I just feel this is something speculative.
0:10:18 > 0:10:23Now it is a lot of money at the moment, 120, but unless you ask, you never know.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25- Shall I just shout over and find out?- I think you should.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30Excuse me. What's the best price we could have on this plate?
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Well, being as I bought it with a lot of other things, I'll let you have it for £50.
0:10:35 > 0:10:3850 quid. Come on, guys, we've got to.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- I'm not a fan, but for 50 quid, you can't say no.- It's worth a gamble, isn't it?- Yes.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47- And you're the expert and you pointed that out straightaway. - I think it's worth a go.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49- I really do.- All right.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51- We'll do it.- Yep, go for it.
0:10:51 > 0:10:532-1 to the Blues.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55The Reds are playing catch-up.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02What's so exciting about this business is you never know what you're going to find.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06And even here, in the frozen wastes of Nottinghamshire,
0:11:06 > 0:11:10in a jolly nice furniture stand, I have to say,
0:11:10 > 0:11:15I've come across this baby. So what's so special about this as a piece of brown furniture?
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Well, it is brown, and it is a piece of furniture.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22But there's nothing ordinary about it. If you snuggle down
0:11:22 > 0:11:25and look at this commode from this perspective,
0:11:25 > 0:11:29you can see the most extraordinary movement across the front.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33That's called serpentine shape.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36It has the sort of wave form.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41And what we have got here is an arrangement of drawers which are very easy on the eye.
0:11:41 > 0:11:47When you look at the piece from afar, you know that it's got three lines of drawers.
0:11:47 > 0:11:53But what makes it so nice for your eye is that the top drawer is a little bit smaller than
0:11:53 > 0:11:56the next drawer, which little bit smaller than the bottom drawer.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00And the three together are very harmonious.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02This thing has been properly designed.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06The other thing to note is that the outside corners aren't straight,
0:12:06 > 0:12:10which is what you get on an ordinary chest of drawers. You've got some movement there.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15We've got carved knuckles. And again, it is a kind of serpentine shape.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19All in all, this is a gorgeous-looking object.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21But the big question is, how old is it?
0:12:21 > 0:12:27Because an 18th-century example by a reputable London maker,
0:12:27 > 0:12:32somebody like Vile and Cobb, would cost you between £25-35,000.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37Actually, this piece, I think, was made around 1900, 1910.
0:12:37 > 0:12:45It looks exactly like the 25 grand piece, but you could buy it for £2,000.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50That is not a lot of money and actually it's a winner.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Now then. So far the Blues have been decisive.
0:12:55 > 0:13:01They've bought two items and have £120 left to spend.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05But the Reds have started cautiously.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07- 50 tops.- 40.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Only buying one item and they still have £245 to go.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15So, with 30 minutes left, it's all to play for. Ooh!
0:13:15 > 0:13:18These are what we call stereoscopes.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21And when we put them in the stereoscope, these will become 3D.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- I think it might suit me.- I love it!
0:13:24 > 0:13:26- Do you like it?- I do, actually.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31- You can't do it for 30, darling? - No, I couldn't. I couldn't, promise. - All right.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Well, I think, can you keep it for us for 10 minutes?
0:13:34 > 0:13:37I think we need to start rushing around, scan and go. Come on.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- What do you think, Nicola? - I like the colours.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51- I think it's quite nice. How much is that?- 35.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- What's the best you can do on that? - 35.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56You can't do 30?
0:13:56 > 0:13:59It's cheap at the price.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03- Is it any good?- I like it. It's got a lot of flash about it.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- For very little money.- I think it's a lot of money.- Do you really? Why?
0:14:06 > 0:14:11- Well, I think you could buy something similar on the high street.- Do you think so?
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- But feel the weight of that.- Yes, OK.- It's heavy, it's not plasticky.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19No, no, it's not. I do like it.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22I love it. I'm not a modern person at all. I'm not, honest.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26No-one... Doug, no-one said you were!
0:14:26 > 0:14:28THEY LAUGH
0:14:28 > 0:14:30I don't know where he gets that from.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32If it's Georgian... I love it.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35But I mean, this is a fashionable thing now.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38I think it will look nice once there's a light underneath.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43- That's right. A light underneath will bring it to life. - It will give it some vibrancy.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47- Take it from me, it will look stunning.- Is it broken or anything? - It doesn't look like it.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Can you do it any cheaper, please?
0:14:49 > 0:14:54- Our time is ticking. £20. - 34.99.- Oh, come on. 20?
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Best, the very best.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01She's like a dog with a bone, this one.
0:15:01 > 0:15:02You're the best negotiator.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Let me go and ask him a bit more.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Watch what she can do.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Can you do it a little bit less?
0:15:09 > 0:15:12- Yes, he'll do 30! - Well done.- Thank you.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- Well done.- Thank you.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17OK, come on. We'll have that, thanks a lot.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- We've got no time.- Go, go.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23I think Nicola is the best negotiator in the room.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25That's £30 for the light fitting.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33Each team naturally hopes that their purchases are going to make a complete fortune over at the auction.
0:15:33 > 0:15:40But if it doesn't, all is not lost because they've always got their experts' bonus buy to fall back on.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45David and Mark are also under pressure to find a bonus buy
0:15:45 > 0:15:49they think will make their team some extra profit.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52This surprise piece will be revealed to our teams later.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Then, after the sale of their third item,
0:15:55 > 0:15:59both teams will take a gamble on the money their bonus buy could make.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02And, any profit it makes, they'll keep.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Yes!
0:16:04 > 0:16:10But any loss will be deducted from their final score and that could decide who wins the day.
0:16:10 > 0:16:16Right. Let's get back to the action and check out what the Blues are lining up next.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22- Has it got any of them marks that you antique dealers look for? - No, because it's not silver!
0:16:22 > 0:16:27- Excuse me, what is the very best you can do on this? 40? - This is 40.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- That's quite good.- That's good.
0:16:30 > 0:16:3140, it's not expensive.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35- I think we want to keep it in reserve. If we can get a better price...- OK.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- Come back to it in the last five minutes.- OK.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48And you obviously put something in here, press it down.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51That's all very nice, but what about these?
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Those are nice, aren't they? You like your napkin rings, don't you?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57It's because they're sparkly.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01- I like them, but they're only silver plate.- Are they numbered? - Yes. One to six.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06Which is nice because that shows they are all of the same set.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07And these are Victorian.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10But they are only silver plate.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13They're quite nice quality, the way they're decorated.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16It is kind of a simple but effective design on it.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21Yes, it is, and I suppose if you're having people for dinner, six is normal.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Because we don't use these sort of things very often.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27In auction, I would probably put something like £30-50.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31But this does have a nice little fitted case and this is the original case.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34But I don't think he'll go for that. But you can ask him, go on.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38- What am I asking?- Ask him what his very, very best price is.
0:17:38 > 0:17:44Whilst Jenna sorts out a deal, let's see if the Reds are any closer to their final piece.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46It is unusual, do you like that?
0:17:46 > 0:17:50- What is it?- A little match holder. A Vesta. You keep your matches in there.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55And if you turn the base over, that little groove, that indentation was the strike.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Vesta cases are collected, just by silver collectors.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00And round ones are really very rare.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Very rare. Guess how much it is.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- A fiver.- You're horrible, you are.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09- Mind you, you'll be a very good buyer if you can buy things for that. 88.- £88!
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Don't worry, Anne is a wonderful woman, Anne, aren't you wonderful?
0:18:12 > 0:18:16- You are wonderful. You are wonderful, Anne. - What do you think, Doug?
0:18:16 > 0:18:18- Yeah, I'll go with him. - What's the best price on that?
0:18:18 > 0:18:23- 75.- Ah, Anne.- It's dented. - I know, I know.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Well, really, I think it's got to be over to you.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29It's whatever is the best bargain between this and...
0:18:29 > 0:18:31I'd keep that in abeyance and come straight back to it,
0:18:31 > 0:18:34but I'd like to see what we can get that...salt and pepper set...
0:18:34 > 0:18:38- Is that OK, Anne, can I just put that aside and I'll see you later? - Thanks a lot.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Come on then, Jenna. What deal did you get?
0:18:40 > 0:18:44- I got him down to 55.- 55? Well, you did get him down.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Guys, we have got a few minutes left. Let's look at the options.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49We've got your piano for 35.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51The violin for 25.
0:18:51 > 0:18:57The stereoscope box and slide but without stereoscope, for 100.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Or these for 55.
0:18:58 > 0:19:04- And we've got about five or eight minutes left, so we need to make some decisions.- What do you think?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- I reckon we do it.- Go for them?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08I like them, I mean, I'd have them.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12- Are you happy?- All right, if I was a rich person I'd buy them, yes.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14- Is that case closed?- Case closed. - Case closed.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Top stuff.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20So, with five minutes to go, all we need now is a Red decision.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Vesta or cruet?
0:19:22 > 0:19:27- What do you think? - I'm mixed with it. A, I don't like the cigarette side.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32- That's what I don't like. - But it is collectible. But these are things that are used.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34I think you've got to discount the smoking thing.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37When you're buying and selling to make money,
0:19:37 > 0:19:41whether it's got anything to do with smoking has nothing to do with making money.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- My gut feeling is you've got to go with the experts. - No, don't, don't!
0:19:45 > 0:19:49I want to try and step aside. I want you to decide. I prefer that.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Excuse me. What is the very, very, very best...
0:19:52 > 0:19:56- You can't do it a little bit cheaper?- Not for the silver one...
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Come on, there's no time for this. Make up your minds!
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- Come on.- 35.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04This way, this way!
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Can we do 35? Please?
0:20:08 > 0:20:13- OK.- Oh, you are, you are...! - Thank you.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15That's it. Stop the watch.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17None of the teams got lost.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19They each got their three items.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Let's have a reminder of what the Red Team's bought.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26- Teddy bear.- Yeah, we both love it.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28We fell in love with it straightaway.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Well, let's hope the saleroom loves the teddy bear scent bottle as much.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Next up was the mid-20th century glass lampshade.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41- We think the matchstick thing is a bit of a gamble.- Yes.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42Matchstick thing?
0:20:42 > 0:20:47Of course, Nicola's talking about the early-20th-century silver Vesta case.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52- Now, Doug and Nicola, it wasn't exactly plain sailing for you that shopping was it?- No, not quite.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57- I mean, the disagreements! - Yes, well...- And you're relations! - Yes, quite.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Anyway, you spent £120, which is vaguely miserable.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02- Sorry about that.- That's all right. I'm only joking.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06180 of leftover lolly to go to David Harper to find the bonus buy.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10I know, but 180, Tim, that's pressure, isn't it?
0:21:10 > 0:21:14- Why?- Well, I don't know. I feel obliged to spend quite a lot of it.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19It's always safe when you haven't got much because you can blame the contestants...
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- Because you haven't got much cash. - Exactly!
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Whatever you are gonna find, whether it does well or badly, we can blame these two.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28- Anybody but yourself! - Of course!- Perfect!
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- I've learnt that from you.- And you went to the right school, too.
0:21:32 > 0:21:38Now, in order to remind ourselves what these Reds are up against, let's see what the Blues bought.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44I love the corkscrew, I absolutely love it.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Ah, no surprises for the students.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Their first piece was booze-related.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52The plate, I'm really unsure of but...
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- We got it for 50 quid, so... - Yeah. Hopefully it'll go well.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57We're hoping so too.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01So will the 20th-century hand painted charger deliver the goods?
0:22:01 > 0:22:07And, of course, the same goes for the six silver-plate napkin rings.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09So, you two, how tough was that shopping?
0:22:09 > 0:22:11- It was hard. - It was very intense, yeah.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14I mean, you rush round, you've got hardly any time.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16You think you got more when you watch it on TV.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18There you go, that's the reality of it all.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Well you didn't do too badly, you spent £235, pleased with that.
0:22:22 > 0:22:27- £65 of leftover lolly... - Jenna's got it.- Thank you very much. You don't like handing it over!
0:22:27 > 0:22:32- £65, then, Mark, which you're gonna use to find the bonus buy. - Absolutely.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34How tough are you gonna find that?
0:22:34 > 0:22:37I don't think so, they're really strong characters, Tim.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39- There's a lot to play on there.- Yes.
0:22:39 > 0:22:45I've learnt a lot from them, so I'm gonna grow my hair very long and the next time I might have dreadlocks.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Well, that's something to look forward to!
0:22:47 > 0:22:50So don't go to the hairdresser for about a couple of years.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54- Perfect! We'll look forward to that. - Thanks, Tim.- Thanks very much, Mark.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58Now, do you fancy a stroll around somewhere absolutely charming?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00If you do, then follow me.
0:23:10 > 0:23:16Described as the most complete example of a typical country house,
0:23:16 > 0:23:24Belton was the home to the Brownlow and Cust families for 300 years.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27In 1679, Sir John Brownlow died childless
0:23:27 > 0:23:32leaving his estates at Belton to his great nephew, also John Brownlow.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35With his inheritance, Sir John set about building
0:23:35 > 0:23:39this spanking great house on his newly-acquired land.
0:23:39 > 0:23:45No country house in those days was complete without its very own chapel
0:23:45 > 0:23:49and these places were often sumptuously decorated.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54Not so much to aid you spiritually but more to show off.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59For example, this magnificent marble reredos.
0:23:59 > 0:24:04A reredos is the decorated panel immediately behind the altar.
0:24:04 > 0:24:10Just look at this thing, incredibly elaborate and classically inspired
0:24:10 > 0:24:15with a broken-arched pediment, centred by an elaborate cartouche
0:24:15 > 0:24:21and those two little baby angels that look as if they're about to fall off the shelf
0:24:21 > 0:24:24and come down at us from the firmament.
0:24:24 > 0:24:30Below that, there are two clustered pairs of Corinthian columns
0:24:30 > 0:24:33each with a Corinthian capital
0:24:33 > 0:24:39and then pendant are two incredibly elaborate carved festoons,
0:24:39 > 0:24:41and all, you think, in marble.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Well, if I tap it...
0:24:43 > 0:24:45HOLLOW KNOCKING
0:24:45 > 0:24:49See that, that's not made of marble, it's made of wood.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54This gorgeous marble effect is entirely created using paint.
0:24:54 > 0:25:00The focal point, the centrepiece of the altar is, of course, the cross.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04What a wonderful example this thing is.
0:25:04 > 0:25:10Made of solid silver, the whole thing looks as if it was made at one time
0:25:10 > 0:25:12and as a piece.
0:25:12 > 0:25:20Actually, it's in two parts and if I cunningly slide the top part away,
0:25:20 > 0:25:24it reveals at the bottom a shaft of iron.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29That shaft of iron runs up to the top,
0:25:29 > 0:25:35making this cruciform ornament, so that the silversmith is able to cut down
0:25:35 > 0:25:40on the amount of solid silver, but it is the most brilliant bit of workmanship.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45This is thought to be Spanish, 16th/17th century.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49It's not hallmarked but the lower part,
0:25:49 > 0:25:53which is so beautifully made and heavy,
0:25:53 > 0:25:58that it looks as if it was en suite with that top piece,
0:25:58 > 0:26:02but actually the silversmith, here, in the 1830s
0:26:02 > 0:26:07has reconstructed the lower part so that it matches the upper part
0:26:07 > 0:26:13and then created a most elaborate trefoil-shaped plinth
0:26:13 > 0:26:20and here is the maker's mark, RG, for Robert Garrard,
0:26:20 > 0:26:24the Royal Silversmiths and Goldsmiths.
0:26:24 > 0:26:30All in all, then, a most appropriate and delicious centrepiece
0:26:30 > 0:26:33for this gorgeous chapel.
0:26:33 > 0:26:40The big question is, are we all going to have to say a prayer for our teams now over at the auction?
0:26:41 > 0:26:43'Still to come...
0:26:43 > 0:26:47'Will the Reds' spend low, sell high tactics pay off?'
0:26:47 > 0:26:50That's a good start. Well done, you two, you found it.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53'Will the Blues find selling as easy as buying?'
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Oh dear, this has not gone to plan.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01'We'll find out soon, but first let's check in with Golding Young Auctioneers in Grantham, Lincolnshire
0:27:01 > 0:27:06'to see how our old mate, Colin Young, values today's items.'
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Now, teddy bear perfume bottle, that's whacky, isn't it?
0:27:12 > 0:27:15It is, a nice little lot. There are plenty of teddy bear collectors
0:27:15 > 0:27:20- that'll have a go for that and spend a little bit of money.- Good. Will they pay £55, do you think?
0:27:20 > 0:27:23No. Well, we've put an estimate not far from that.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26I suppose 30 to 50 is a reasonable estimate on it.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28OK, fine, so they might be a bit shy.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32- Yeah.- OK. What about this Tiffany-style lamp?
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Yeah, it's more Tiffany off EastEnders, I'm afraid.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39- Oh, right.- Erm, not very old. Not very good...
0:27:39 > 0:27:43So why's it got this old finish to it, do you think?
0:27:43 > 0:27:47It's probably been in a pub for the last 15 years with nicotine.
0:27:47 > 0:27:53Right, so that's just pub smoke that's given it that kind of aged look. OK, so a lookalike?
0:27:53 > 0:27:57- Mmm.- Not a very good copy of the Tiffany but it's in quite good nick, isn't it?
0:27:57 > 0:28:00It is, we've put an estimate of 25 to 40.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- That's something, £30 they paid. - It's got a chance.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07Yeah, you get a top end, Colin, they'll be pleased with you.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10The Vesta case, that's a little horror, that thing.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13I mean, I call it a horror cos it's got these dents in it.
0:28:13 > 0:28:20I don't know, circular ones always make a little bit more than the bog standard ones which usually make £20
0:28:20 > 0:28:25- so we've put an estimate of 20 to 30, but it's not gonna sparkle beyond that.- £35 they paid.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30There's no question at all here, they're gonna need their bonus buy so let's go and have a look at it.
0:28:30 > 0:28:35So, team, you spent £120 which is vaguely pathetic... No!
0:28:35 > 0:28:39£180 went to David Harper, what did he spend it on?
0:28:39 > 0:28:44Well, I hope you're gonna like it, Nicola, you particularly, I hope.
0:28:44 > 0:28:50- Oh!- Grand, posh piece, what do you think it is?
0:28:50 > 0:28:53- Pass!- It looks like something you'd put some dead person's ashes in.
0:28:53 > 0:28:58- Ooh!- No, you wouldn't! - Now, there's a good sales technique.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00There's a good sign... Yeah.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03- It's a censer, so you'd burn incense.- Incense.- Oh...
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- If you look inside it's - nicely green and burnt.
0:29:06 > 0:29:07It's been used an awful lot.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09- So bronze, yes.- Bronze.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13Japanese, Meiji period, so late 19th century, probably 1895
0:29:13 > 0:29:17and would look stunning on a nice, Georgian table with a lamp.
0:29:17 > 0:29:23- It'll look a million dollars. How much would you pay for it? - I would guess at about £100.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26I would pay £80-100 for it, I really like it.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29- OK, well you're very close both of you, 75.- Oh!
0:29:29 > 0:29:34- Now, I would have paid a lot more. I'd pay 150 quid for it.- Yeah. - I really would.- It's gorgeous.
0:29:34 > 0:29:40Well, you don't have to decide right now, you decide later after the sale of your first three items
0:29:40 > 0:29:45but, for the viewers at home, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about David's bronze pot.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47So this is the bonus buy, Colin.
0:29:47 > 0:29:53- Right.- Does that inspire you with that little thrill?- Not really, no.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56I mean, sometimes you look at these and the quality is stunning,
0:29:56 > 0:30:00but the first thing you notice on this is it's fairly poorly cast.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03But it has got a couple of things you can say in its favour.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07I haven't seen a thatch like that on the top of one of these before and a birdcage.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10There's not a lot more I can say, really.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12- It is what it is.- It is what it is.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16But perfectly genuine. A kind of 1900 version.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19For a bronze object that does date from 1900,
0:30:19 > 0:30:23over 100 years old, you get quite a lot for your money, don't you?
0:30:23 > 0:30:25You do. We put an estimate on it of £30 to £50.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29It should be worth all of its money at that level, I would have thought.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33Well, David Harper paid 75, you see. And he really rates it.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35Anyway, that's it for the Reds.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38Now for the Blues. What about this bottle opener?
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Love it. I think it's a brilliant item.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42If they were out looking for something a different,
0:30:42 > 0:30:46that's the ideal object that they should buy at a fair.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48The estimate we've put on it is £80 to £120.
0:30:48 > 0:30:54OK, £130 they paid, so... They're saleable things, I mean, they're avidly collected, aren't they?
0:30:54 > 0:30:57They are. There will certainly be lots of people after it.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01It's just they'll probably all know the price to the shilling, and that's where they'll stop.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03OK, fine. Thank you for that.
0:31:03 > 0:31:08Now, we've got the hand-painted charger which has
0:31:08 > 0:31:12a sort of majolica, historiato feel to it, doesn't it?
0:31:12 > 0:31:16That what he's trying to do, yeah. That's it.
0:31:16 > 0:31:21Its a 1920s version of historiato dishes, but...
0:31:21 > 0:31:25- It ain't 1480, I can tell you that! - I'm afraid it's not, is it?
0:31:25 > 0:31:28But nevertheless, it's still a good decorative pot.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31It's certainly got to be worth £40 to £60.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35OK. £50 they paid, you see, so that's pretty well on the button, isn't it?
0:31:35 > 0:31:36What about the plated napkin rings?
0:31:36 > 0:31:39People still use them, so yeah, they're going to be fine.
0:31:39 > 0:31:44They're not going to just sit in the sideboard like a lot of these case pieces. They will actually be used.
0:31:44 > 0:31:49But yes, the fact that they're plated is going to bring them down in value to the low tens, really.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53- Oh, low tens. How low?- Well, sort of 20, 40, that sort of range.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Well, sadly, £55 they paid.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59- Well, it's not a tenner a ring, is it, so...- No. Good.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03They could need their bonus buy. We'd better go and have a look at it!
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Now, Jenna, Eddie, how are you feeling? Alright?
0:32:05 > 0:32:09- Fantastic, yeah.- Well, you spent £235, you ought to feel fantastic!
0:32:09 > 0:32:11You gave £65 to Mark. What did you spend it on, Mark?
0:32:11 > 0:32:14I spent it on this lovely little box here.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16- Oh, that's nice.- It's Oriental.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19I rather like it, it's got a wise owl on the top there.
0:32:19 > 0:32:24- I think it's rather charming. And it was only £20.- Really?
0:32:24 > 0:32:27- What would it be used for? - Oh, you could use it for anything.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31I mean, you'd probably put, you know, paperclips in it, if you're a student, I suppose.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34- Or put your pound coins in there! - Put your hair rollers in it!
0:32:34 > 0:32:37How much do you reckon it will take at auction, then?
0:32:37 > 0:32:41Well, on a good day, we might get £30 - £40 for it.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43So we might see a bit of profit there.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45See what we do on the other lots, is my advice.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Wait and see how you get on with your first three items.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51But right now, for the viewers at home, let's find out
0:32:51 > 0:32:54what the auctioneer thinks about Mark's wise old owl.
0:32:54 > 0:33:01- T-wit t-woo!- Well, interesting and different acquisition, really, for an expert choice.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04That's Mark Stacey for you!
0:33:04 > 0:33:08At least he's going for something different and not the type of thing
0:33:08 > 0:33:10that you're going to find in every sale.
0:33:10 > 0:33:16Origin, Indian. Only silver plated, but the fabulous work that's on there,
0:33:16 > 0:33:18even though it's not one of the most desirable things,
0:33:18 > 0:33:23low tens value. £20 to £40. It certainly should do that sort of region.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27Great. He paid 20. So he should be in the money there for a bonus buy.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30- You would hope so.- And it's difficult enough, that job, isn't it?
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Good. Almost as difficult as your job.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34- You're taking the sale today? - I am indeed.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37- But I've got the easy job!- Have you? - Just take everybody's money!
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Good on you, Colin!
0:33:46 > 0:33:50- You're looking a bit nervy, darling, what's the matter? - I'm just so excited!
0:33:50 > 0:33:54- Adrenalin pumping through my body! - Very excited and let's get going. Let's do it.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Are you predicting great profits, Doug?
0:33:56 > 0:34:02- No, not great profits. A profit. - A profit. What about you, David, how do you see things going?
0:34:02 > 0:34:05Well, I see my legs quivering, as they always do!
0:34:05 > 0:34:08I don't know, Tim. This is the exciting thing about an auction.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11- There's a good crowd. - It's a great crowd! Brilliant.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15Three people and you'd be worried, but you couldn't get many more bods in this sale room,
0:34:15 > 0:34:17so that's a very good sign.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21- First lot up is your teddy bottle, and here it comes.- Lot number 120.
0:34:21 > 0:34:261940s, '50s perfume bottle in the form of a golden plush teddy bear.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29What shall we say for this? Start me at £50 for it.
0:34:29 > 0:34:3140 to go, then. 40? 30 if we must. £30 bid.
0:34:31 > 0:34:3435 do I see now? 35 bid. 40? 40 bid.
0:34:34 > 0:34:3845. 50. 50 bid. 5. 55. 60. 60 bid.
0:34:38 > 0:34:39- Yes!- Anywhere else now? At 60 bid.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42Five anywhere else? At 60, this is no money. 60 bid.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Five anywhere else? I'll take two. As a last call, at £60.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Are we done? We're finished. It's in the room and I'm selling at £60.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52Well, that's brilliant, isn't it? £60! Plus £5, that's a good start.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Well done, you two. You found it.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57Next lot, here comes your lampshade.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01A Tiffany style modern hanging centre light this time.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04Who's going to start me at £30 for this? 30? 10 to go, then.
0:35:04 > 0:35:05Your bid, sir. 10 bid. At 10.
0:35:05 > 0:35:0810 bid. At 12 anywhere else now do I see?
0:35:08 > 0:35:09- Come on!- £12 may I say?
0:35:09 > 0:35:12At £10 bid. 12. 12 bid. 15? 15 bid.
0:35:12 > 0:35:1418 bid. 20. And two now.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17Have another one? No? £20 I'm bid.
0:35:17 > 0:35:18It's in the front here, at 20 bid.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Two anywhere else now? I need more.
0:35:20 > 0:35:21Last call then, we're going to sell.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24- All done and finished at £20.- Ow!
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Bad luck, that's minus £10 on that.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29You are now minus five.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Next up is your Vesta case.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32Lot number 122.
0:35:32 > 0:35:38An Edwardian silver case of circular form, London 1903. 20 to go, then.
0:35:38 > 0:35:39- £20. 10, if we must.- Oh, come on!
0:35:39 > 0:35:41£10. Who's going to be first in at 10 for it? At 10?
0:35:41 > 0:35:43£5 if we must. I've got five.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Eight bid. 10 on the net. 10.
0:35:45 > 0:35:4710 bid. 12 bid. 15 do I see?
0:35:47 > 0:35:50- At 12 in the middle of the room. - Oh, please!
0:35:50 > 0:35:5315. 18 with the lady. 20 now. 20 bid.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57- Come on, it's worth a lot more than that.- £20 bid. Two now do I see?
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Two anywhere? 22 on the net. At 22. Five anywhere else now? At 22.
0:36:00 > 0:36:05Five or not now, then going at £22 on the internet.
0:36:05 > 0:36:06- How much?- £22.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11You're minus £13 on that, which means overall you're minus 18 smackers.
0:36:11 > 0:36:12SHE LAUGHS
0:36:12 > 0:36:16- 18's my lucky number! - She's laughing like a drain!
0:36:16 > 0:36:18This answers all our questions now!
0:36:18 > 0:36:20She's laughing like a drain!
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- Thank you, Tim! - This says everything!
0:36:23 > 0:36:25- It doesn't say everything. - I'm going home.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28No, I think you've done extraordinarily well.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32- Minus 18 is no miserable score, I can tell you.- David will save us!
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Well, are you going to go with it?
0:36:34 > 0:36:36- Yeah!- You are?- Yeah! Love it!
0:36:36 > 0:36:38- You are going to go with it? - Yes.- I'd buy it.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42Lot number 126 is a Japanese bronze censer, this time,
0:36:42 > 0:36:45with a cast birdcage finial cover. I'll take 20 to go.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47£20. 20 bid. Two now do I see?
0:36:47 > 0:36:50At £20 I'm bid. Two anywhere else now? At £20 I'm bid.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53- Two anywhere else now?- Oh, come on!
0:36:53 > 0:36:5528 now. 28 bid. 30.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57Yes! Yes! Come on!
0:36:57 > 0:37:0038. 38 bid. 40. £40 bid. 42 now.
0:37:00 > 0:37:05- 42. 45. 48. 48 bid. 50? No. - Yes! Yes!
0:37:05 > 0:37:0948 bid. At 48. Selling then at £48.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11- No!- Oh!- Come on!- £48.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13That is two shy of 50.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16That means you're minus £27 on that.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20OK, 27, 37, £45.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22You're minus £45 overall.
0:37:22 > 0:37:23Not bad!
0:37:23 > 0:37:25SHE LAUGHS
0:37:30 > 0:37:34- Jens, are you feeling confident about today?- Erm... Yes!
0:37:34 > 0:37:39- Yes?- Possibly, I don't know! I think the corkscrew is kind of worrying!
0:37:39 > 0:37:41What's worrying you about that corkscrew?
0:37:41 > 0:37:44The amount of money we might have spent on a corkscrew!
0:37:44 > 0:37:46130 quid for a corkscrew!
0:37:46 > 0:37:49You spent £130 on it. Well, Eddie found it. You found it...
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- At least I can blame him! - You're responsible! £130 you paid.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57The auctioneer thinks it's a great object. He's put £80 to £120 on it.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- My God!- He's got lots of confidence in that corkscrew.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03He's got corkscrew buyers till they're coming out of his ear holes.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05The thing is connected up with the internet,
0:38:05 > 0:38:08and there are a lot of internet buyers keen on these corkscrews.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12- So, don't despair about that.- Fingers crossed!- It's your first lot up.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Lot number 145.
0:38:14 > 0:38:19The original safety trademark cast iron bar corkscrew.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23What shall we say for this? Who is going to start me at £50 for it?
0:38:23 > 0:38:24£50, anyone? 50?
0:38:24 > 0:38:2630, then! Come on, 30.
0:38:26 > 0:38:31- £30 bid. Five now do I see?- Oh dear. - At 30 bid. Five anywhere else now?
0:38:31 > 0:38:3330 bid. Five anywhere else now?
0:38:33 > 0:38:3938. Multiple bids on the net. 38 bid. At 38. 40 in the room? 40.
0:38:39 > 0:38:4242 now? 42. 45 now?
0:38:42 > 0:38:47It's going. Just another 80 quid to go!
0:38:47 > 0:38:5045 anywhere else now? At £42, are we all done?
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Going at £42.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Oh dear, this has not gone to plan!
0:38:55 > 0:38:58- It's disappointing, isn't it? - £42, not good.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00That's eight shy of 50.
0:39:00 > 0:39:05I think that's £88 down the drain, actually! Minus £88.
0:39:05 > 0:39:06Oh dear, oh dear!
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Over to you Mark, with the charger.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12Lot 146, a John Maddock & Sons vitreous china plaque,
0:39:12 > 0:39:15very nice scene, presumably Verona.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17£20 anyone? 10?
0:39:17 > 0:39:20- THEY LAUGH - Thank you. 10 bid. At 10.
0:39:20 > 0:39:2212 now do I see? 12 bid. 15.
0:39:22 > 0:39:2515. 18 I've got. At 18. 20 I've got. At 20. At 20 bid. Two now? Two.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28Five bid. 28 bid. 30 bid. 32 now.
0:39:28 > 0:39:3032? 32. 35? 38. 38.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Bid 40 now? No? At 38 bid. 40 anywhere else now?
0:39:33 > 0:39:38£38. Any more now? Selling at £38.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42Bad luck! That's minus £12, all right to back which, overall,
0:39:42 > 0:39:44means you're minus £100.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47With one lot to go. Here it comes.
0:39:47 > 0:39:53Lot number 147, set of Edwardian six electroplate napkin rings.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56What shall we say for these? I have quite a lot of bids.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59I just have to figure out where we'll start.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01£22.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05- Oh!- 25, 28? 30, 32, 35, 38, bid 40.
0:40:05 > 0:40:0942, 45? 42 on the book. At 42.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Five anywhere else? At £42 bid, any more now?
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Are we all done?
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Selling at £42.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20£42 is minus £13.
0:40:20 > 0:40:25So you are minus 113. Minus 113.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28This is not how it's supposed to go.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31I think we might have broken the record for most money lost.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Have you ever lost more than that?
0:40:33 > 0:40:35It's difficult, isn't it?
0:40:35 > 0:40:38Anyway, don't worry about it.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42It's minus £113. What are you going to do about the wise old owl box?
0:40:42 > 0:40:47- We can't lose much more. - Let's try and lose some more so let's go for the owl.
0:40:47 > 0:40:52Lot number 151 is the Indian silver-plated cylindrical patch box
0:40:52 > 0:40:56with hinge cover, embossed with an owl's mask.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Let's give it a go, 30. Who's first?
0:40:58 > 0:41:02- 10 anyone? £10.- Oh...- 10?
0:41:02 > 0:41:05Thank you. 10, you've put me out of my misery.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Put us out of ours!
0:41:07 > 0:41:0912. Late surge in the bidding. 13?
0:41:09 > 0:41:1113! That's the spirit!
0:41:11 > 0:41:1514, do I see? 14 bid. 15?
0:41:15 > 0:41:18No? At 14, bid. 15, do I see?
0:41:18 > 0:41:2715, bid. 16, do I see? It's the last call then, going at £15.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31£15, bad luck, that's minus £5 on that.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35Overall then you are minus £118.
0:41:35 > 0:41:36Result(!)
0:41:41 > 0:41:47It's so sad when we've got two such wonderful teams and we can only have one team of winners.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49- You haven't talked to one another? - No.
0:41:49 > 0:41:54- No.- Well, you won't be aware that both teams have made whopping great losses,
0:41:54 > 0:41:59but just one team has made a seriously whopping loss and that is of course the Blues.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08That was a victory dance over there.
0:42:08 > 0:42:13Control yourself. Yes. Anyway, £118.
0:42:13 > 0:42:20I'm afraid the score all the way down the line is minus, minus, minus, but you've had a great time?
0:42:20 > 0:42:21- Yes, it's been awesome.- Yeah!
0:42:21 > 0:42:23Awesome?
0:42:23 > 0:42:29Quite(!) Now, the Reds did manage to get a profit of £5 on one item
0:42:29 > 0:42:36and then it was a series of minuses too, but it just happens that your total minuses are only minus 45.
0:42:36 > 0:42:44- That's not bad.- Which in the scale of things is, as they say, not so bad.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46- Very good.- You've had a lovely time?
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- Yes.- You've had a lovely time?- Yes! - That's what it's all about.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52- Join us soon for some more bargain hunting. Yes?- Yes!
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