London 2 Bargain Hunt

Ah, there you are. It's time to get up and go bargain hunting.

Alexandra Palace here in leafy north London is over 100 years old.

It survived two World Wars and a couple of fires but like the phoenix

rising from the ashes, it's still a major entertainment centre today.

And that's good news for us

because the main exhibition hall is full to the brim

with the hottest antiques and collectables money can buy.

Here are the numbers.

Each team gets £300... an hour to shop...

with two experts... to hopefully find three objects to sell on

at auction and make a profit.

Let's hope they don't get their fingers burnt!

For the Reds today we've got Daniel and Lewis

and Blues are Piers and Philip.

Welcome to Bargain Hunt.

Now Daniel, you're good friends with Lewis but it's a bit more

than just a good friendship, isn't it?

Yes. We've been married for three years.

-Have you? Congratulations.

-Thank you very much.

Now I can tell from your voice you don't come from round here.

-Where do you come from?

-From America, from Boston.

And, Lewis, you particularly wanted to be a Red Team player today?

Yeah, definitely. Red is my favourite colour.

Now you're an extremely tall man but if we look down,

we can see that there is another reason why you're fond of red?

The Wizard of Oz is one of my favourite movies.

After I came out of the closet, I decided to do a drag queen show

based on Dorothy and that's where the red shoes come from.

-Wizard of Oz?

-Wizard of Oz...

-And they are therefore Dorothy's shoes?

-Yeah, definitely.

-And what do you collect, Lewis?

-I used to collect coins

but actually after the European Union,

everything got a bit boring because every country had the same coins.

-Yes, this wretched Euro.

-Yeah. I decided to give to my cousin.

-The whole collection?

-The whole collection!

-Shouldn't have.

-Don't want anything given away today!

-No problem.

-Good luck, chaps.

-Thanks.

-Now, the best of friends, Piers and Philip.

Piers, you're really into your music, aren't you?

Yes, that's right. I'm a music promoter and I've always been

in bands and stuff throughout my life.

But you've been mates for a long time, haven't you?

Yes, it's been over 20 years now that we've known each other.

Some people get less for murder!

Now you're supposed to have the Midas Touch.

What sort of things do you collect?

Well, I worked as a print designer for a while

and I work with Disney, so I've got a collection of Mickey Mouse annuals

from the '40s and '50s.

Basically graphic-related material?

Graphic-related material, with a bit of age to it.

Well, you never know what you'll find

in a lovely fair like we have today.

Now, the money moment - £300 apiece, there you go. Your experts await.

Normally I would send you running off, but today we're going to do

something rather different.

Take it away, Dorothy!

There is no place like Bargain Hunt, there is no place like Bargain Hunt,

there is no place like Bargain Hunt!

# We're off to see the Wizard The wonderful Wizard of Oz

# We hear he is a whizz of a wiz If ever a wiz there was

# If ever, oh ever, a wiz there was The Wizard of Oz is one because

# Because, because Because, because

# Because... #

Right, archive films over, lads.

Will the Blue Team's Midas Touch turn everything to gold

or will the Reds shine on?

Your hour starts...now.

-That's great. It's a dog collar.

-Dog collar?

-Yeah.

135!

-You wanted silver?

-Yes.

-That's £195.

What do you think about this?

-Quite different, isn't it?

-That's interesting.

-Guinness!

-No it's actually...

-Polish!

No, no, less of that and a bit more of that, I think!

-All right, that's great!

-Why do you like that?

-I like Guinness!

-You like Guinness! Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's an advertising clothes brush and I think it's just great!

-And I actually think it's quite cheap!

-Yeah, £12!

It's actually quite cheap.

What about at auction, what do you think of going...

I can see that making between £15 and £30.

-Really?

-Which in Bargain Hunt terms is like the best result of all time!

Exactly, exactly.

-So are you going to ask him how much...

-Definitely.

-I'm going for.

-A bit cheap, I think.

All right.

He said it's £12.

How much can we buy this?

-How much do I have on it? 12?

-Yeah.

I could do it for 8 for you.

-£8.

-8?

-6?

-Oh, no, give him the money!

-All right, all right!

-Give him the money!

-OK, definitely!

That's the first item for the Reds. It's cheap and cheerful

but they should have a brush with a profit at auction.

Let's see what's caught David's eye for the Blue Team.

-What do you think?

-There is something about it, there is, yeah.

-It's quite appealing.

-From the graphic art point of view,

-it's quite good.

-It's stylish...

What I like about this, it's still functional. It's a desk tidy.

Could have been made for a child,

so they could put their crayons there or their pens there

and maybe it's the brother or the father had a small business

and they've actually done this inlay here which is beautifully done

and rather nice for a child, the sort of cockerel for getting up

in the morning and the owl for going to bed, it's a nice combination.

Hello. How are you? What's the price on that, darling?

-How about 90?

-Is there any chance you might just

-tuck it down a bit?

-How about 75?

-Split the difference at 70?

-OK.

-He's good!

-Now what do you think?

-Well, it's useful.

-I think so.

-How much could you see it making, though?

-It could make close on 100.

-Let's do the deal.

-Where has she gone?

-At £50, that's very good!

-THEY LAUGH

Ooh, David, you cheeky boy!

The first item down for the Blues - not bad for ten minutes' work!

Instant profit!

-It doesn't work!

-Here today, gone tomorrow, eh, Phil?

I think we're quite happy to spend most of the money.

-Well, we want to leave him some, don't we?

-A couple of quid!

I love globes, chaps.

-Yeah, this one.

-Yeah?

Interesting.

Does it light up, or something?

I've no idea...

-It's a radio, isn't it!

-It's a radio, yeah.

-Is it working?

-Interesting.

-Let's just see if we can see what's on, shall we?

Apparently we get all sorts of letters...

I can't stand that old-fashioned stuff, can you? Awful!

-Switch that off!

-Disgusting!

-Don't know who that was.

I don't know who that was at all. Let's have a look...

-How old do you think it is?

-I was just going to have a look.

Transistor Six Fleetwood. I think it's definitely...

-It's got to be early '60s.

-OK.

-Something like that?

What do you think? What's the price on it?

-The price is £60. But it's a cool thing, isn't it?

-Yeah.

What do you think it would grab at auction?

-I think at auction that is £30 to £50 worth.

-Really? OK.

So have a word with the dealer, see if he'll help you.

-Do you want to buy it?

-Yeah, let's go for it.

-Yeah.

-It is different.

-We need to get that price down.

-OK.

-Definitely.

-I'll go over this time.

-Leave it to Daniel.

-See what I can do.

-I can sense blood!

-I'll leave you alone!

-Thanks.

-Let's go, Dan.

-Let's go and see.

At £45 for the globe radio,

those boys sure seem tuned in to a bargain.

Over to the Blues, now.

-Are these robots?

-Yeah, they've got that look.

-It's the last thing, I must confess, I would have picked up.

-Right.

It's wonderful when you open it up, isn't it? You see the interior.

-Yeah.

-I like the look.

Well, it's very emblematic of the sort of 1950s, 1960s, isn't it?

-It is, yeah, and...

-All those movies like Forbidden Planet

-and The Thing From Outer Space, yeah.

-Sci-fi, evil-looking, great!

-It's all part and parcel, isn't it?

-It's a little bit Metropolis.

Like the Fritz Lang type thing.

It's nicely aged. I find it quite an incredible piece.

Yeah, I like that...it's got style.

-We should go for it, but for a good price.

-What's the asking price?

-95.

-£95? OK.

-Yes.

-They do appear in price guides...

-I've seen them... but it's not in my interests.

-Right.

-So I can't really advise you.

-Let's and go away and think about it.

-We'll have a think...

-OK.

-And see if...

-I'm quite sold on it, but...

I like it, I like it, too. It's got that good look.

After all that umming and aahing, the Blues manage to knock a whopping

£30 off the robot, but time is ticking on.

Both teams have 15 minutes left.

-Do you sit on it?

-It's a little telephone table,

-but this is a real gamble, all right?

-Yeah.

-Because...

-I mean, the upholstery is still all right.

-Well, it's probably been replaced.

-OK.

-It should have, I would think...

-Rubber stoppers there.

-Rubber pads.

It's not too onerous to get those.

It's priced up at 115 quid.

I think if you have a real bad day in the sale room,

it's like £40 worth, £50 worth.

If you have a result, and two people take a shine to it, you know,

it might make a bit more, but there's another issue

-and it's we've got about five minutes left.

-We'll take a gamble.

Have a word with the dealer and hope he'll help you.

Excuse me, sir. Hi.

Can you do any better than 115 on the price for this?

I can do 95.

-Not less than that?

-I'm afraid not.

If you're lucky, you might make a smidgeon of a profit.

If you're unlucky, you take a bath!

-Let's go for it.

-Yeah?

I like it. I think we have a fighting chance yeah, definitely.

-Yeah.

-All right, so £95 it is.

95, great. Thank you very much.

Good lord, chaps! I do hope you know what you're doing!

We're running a bit low on time, aren't we?

We're going to have to find something soon.

-You've already done exceedingly well.

-Do you think so?

-Indeed so!

-I'm not so sure!

Something has caught Piers's eye, but with only a couple of minutes

remaining, he's after some guidance from David.

We're getting short on time.

We've got to make a decision. I do like them - they're very stylish.

-It says quality.

-Yeah, I really like the look of them.

What I like about them is the style.

-Yeah, they've got the look, haven't they?

-They have got the look.

They're not conventional.

-No.

-The hallmark is Sheffield and

it's Thomas Bradbury & Sons, 1926.

-Yeah, I think we should go with this.

-Right. Well, if you're interested,

-go for them and negotiate.

-Right, how much are they on for?

They're on for £95. You need to get them around about sort of 75, 70,

-less if you can manage.

-Right.

-I like them. Let's do it.

-Let's go.

-Best of luck.

Phew! Just in time!

The Blues got their silver for £65.

Look, time's up. Let's remind ourselves what the Reds bought.

Bottoms up, Daniel and Lewis,

paid £8 for the advertising brush.

Turn on, tune in but for heaven's sake don't drop out...

£45 for the retro radio.

And finally, I think I'll need to sit down

after they spent £95 on this monster!

Now, Lewis and Daniel, did you have a good time?

-Yeah, great time.

-Oh, great.

You spent £148. Now you're giving me £152 of leftover lolly.

All right. There you go.

There we go, £152. Thank you very much. Now, Philip,

different day for you, I would have thought?

Oh, yes! I'm thinking of getting some red sparkly high-heel shoes

but I'm not really sure I've got the calves for it!

And also you might find, old boy, difficult to get that kind

-of extra wide fitting, know what I mean?

-Yeah.

-What are you going to buy?

-I'm going to lighten their darkness.

-Bit of a hint.

-Well, you never know.

-Usually is.

Good luck, Phil, anyway. Let's us check out what the Blues bought.

This artsy-crafty desk tidy cost £70,

but will there be a tidy profit for Philip and Piers come auction time?

They weren't sure about the robot but they loved it anyway...for £65.

And every cloud has a silver lining... £65 for the cutlery set.

-Philip and Piers, have a good time?

-Brilliant.

-Really good fun.

You spent £200 which is fine.

£100 of leftover lolly...

you don't like passing it over, Philip, do you?

-David, what are you going to do?

-Well, I've got an idea, actually.

These guys are very, very pleasant to be with.

If you wanted drinking partners, let's say on a Tuesday evening,

these are the chaps you'd go for.

Full of interests and they've had so much activity in their lives,

-they ought to write a book.

-They'd be good.

Good luck with your bonus buy, David.

Well, it's lovely to be in my home county, West Sussex...

Wisborough Green, to be exact. Bellmans Sale Room with Jonathan Pratt. Morning, Jonathan.

-Good morning.

-Daniel and Lewis, their first item, Guinness brush,

found by Lewis. What do you think he paid for it?

-If he paid a tenner for it...

-He paid 8, actually.

-Paid £8, did he?

So, not a lot of money but

if you had to put an estimate on that, what would you put on it?

-Well, my estimate, let's say, on that is...

-Yes, your estimate...

Because obviously our minimum bid is £10, I feel we'll

probably get the minimum bid, just about, for it.

Now the next object is this monster...

which ain't 1930s?

Personally I think it has a sort of '60s feel,

bit of Modernism going in there.

-£20 to £40 I reckon.

-Really?

£95 paid by Philip Serrell for this.

-I think it's going to be difficult, don't you?

-I think so.

Now the next fab item is this little spherical transistor radio.

This is what a teenager would have been gagging for in the '60s!

-Frankly, I don't rate it very much.

-Your estimate?

-£10...£10 to £20.

-£20, right. £45 paid on that,

so we've got some whopping great gaps here, haven't we, really,

what with the radio and the telephone table?

So they're going to need their bonus buy. Let's look at it.

Daniel and Lewis, you spent £148.

-Correct.

-Leaving Philip Serrell with £152. What did he spend it on?

I'm going to light their darkness, Tim. Look at that!

A little wooden table lamp but, a little wooden table lamp

-with a mouse on it.

-Aah!

Oh! That's the gentleman that makes those chairs!

That is that gentleman that makes those chairs

and he is known as Mouseman, surprisingly enough!

Robert Thompson of Kilburn and he sort of produced this type of ware

throughout the 20th century. But I paid £110 for that

and his stuff is very collectable. I think it'll make between

£100 and £150.

-OK.

-That's my shop for you.

-So, guys, does it appeal?

-To me it does, yeah.

Yeah? What about you, Lewis?

It's not my cup of tea, but I can go for it.

Don't decide right now, but after the sale of your first three items,

but for viewers at home, let's see what the auctioneer thinks about it.

Well, there we go... a bit of Mouseman for you.

Well, there's a great collectors' market for this.

The fact that the mouse is in high relief is a nice touch.

but you can buy this on the internet for about £100 today.

Oh, can you? Oh, can you?

Well, old Serrell paid £110... it's his bonus buy.

-Yeah.

-So, do you think he's going to be lucky to get £110?

-What's your estimate?

-£50 to £80.

Well, I'll tell you what we'll do. We'll put it on the telephone table.

Perhaps that will attract somebody. Anyway, that's it for the Reds.

Now, for the Blues... Piers and Philip.

What about that arts and craftsy bit?

-I think that's really fantastic, actually.

-Good.

Real carved-out piece of walnut and this inlay is quite nicely done.

-What's your estimate?

-£40 to £60.

-They paid £70.

-OK.

I've got a funny feeling. I can see it making £100.

Lots of Arts and Crafts houses in West Sussex, too. You never know!

Now, the tinplate toy - what a whacky thing to have next door

to the Arts and Crafts dish, isn't it?

I like this. This is a 1960s Japanese tinplate robot.

You could quite happily put this on your mantelpiece, in a cabinet next

to another work of art and see this as being sort of iconic of the '60s.

I quite agree with you. What do you think it's worth?

-I'd say between £50 and £80.

-£65 paid, so quite a sensible amount.

What about the spoon and fork?

Well, aren't they great!

If that were a complete service, it'd be fantastic.

That Modernist style would be superb and really sought-after.

-Yes, but even those two pieces are good fun.

-Mmm.

-£65 paid.

-I've priced it at £30 to £50.

-Well, there you go.

All with potential, but they might need the bonus buy,

so let's go look at it.

Philip and Piers,

you spent £200, which is fantastic.

You gave £100 to David Barby. Has he blown the lot...or not?

Oooh! Well, I wanted something...

do you remember I said "writing their life story",

so I thought they could buy a desk and have this as an inkwell on it.

Something Frankenstein might have had?

-Yes, yes, cobwebs, and that sort of thing.

-Yeah...

It's got a little bit of damage here.

I think that can easily be replaced, quite honestly, if you want.

-Want something perfect?

-Right, how much did you pay for it?

£25, but I think it's such an imposing piece.

-We'll think about that, I think!

-I think we'll have to...

Well, that's the big thing.

You don't have to decide right now, you'll decide later,

but for viewers at home, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks

about David's little inkwell.

-Well, there's a monster!

-Isn't it a real hoofing monster!

It certainly is!

I mean, you can see Frankenstein in his study, all right.

He's got this socking great desk,

where does Frankenstein keep his ink? In an inkwell like this.

-Give us an estimate on it.

-£30 to £40.

-Yeah, 30 to 40 is it, is it?

£25 - David Barby went for that,

and I really hope he makes it.

It might go down well here in West Sussex!

-Might find the bed it's missing from!

-Well, good luck.

-So, Daniel and Lewis, are you excited?

-Yes, very.

I mean you had to wait such a long time to get to the auction,

and you wait and you wait and you're never quite sure

how it's going to work out. Is that a nice experience?

-To wait?

-Yes.

-Only if it makes you more anxious, yeah!

-Yeah?

-Are you feeling anxious, Lewis?

-Definitely!

-Are you?

-Yeah.

So, the first lot up is the Guinness brush, here it comes.

Who will start me at £20 this?

£15 then? 10 then?

£10 on the left standing at 10. Do I see 12? At 10 it is.

-At 10. At 10...

-Profit!

-Thank you.

I don't think it's got the buffer we're going to need!

At £12. At £12 it is, at 12. Are we all done, last chance at £12?

£12 is plus £4, so that's an excellent start, so well done.

Now, the retro glass table.

A modern chrome-framed stool with curved supports.

-I'm bid £15.

-Ouch!

-With me at £15.

-At £15 to start...

-They paid 95.

£18 and £20. 22, 25, and £28 clears the commission at 28.

Do I see £30, though?

£28 here in the centre at £28.

Looking for 30. At £28 and I'll sell it. At £28, all done?

Last chance, £28?

£28 is two shy of 30 which is 62...

you are minus £67, all right.

Not so brilliant, minus £67?

Never mind! Here comes Mr Fleetwood and his radio set.

The 1960s globe radio

and I can start straight in at £10 is bid with me, at £10.

OK 15 and 20, 25 and 30, 35 and 40, 45 clears commission.

On the right now at 45. Do you want to bid 50?

-50 back at the room, new face.

-Yes, yes!

-55?

£55 then seated at the front here at £55 and I'm selling at £55, all done?

-Well done! Not bad!

-£55, that is so good.

What are you going to do about the bonus buy?

-I'll go for it.

-Yeah?

-Are you sure?

-I have no doubts about it.

That's really brave. We're going with the bonus buy. Here it comes.

Everyone wants this, charming little lot, starting at £50,

it's bid at £50 with me, at £50, and I'll take 5?

£50, 55, and 60, 65, and 70.

75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100. At £100,

at £100 you can bid 5 if you like.

-£100 against you, at £100?

-Oh, come on!

5 anywhere else? At £100 it is, at £100, and 5 if you like then, and 10.

£110, who wants to bid 15?

£110 it is, then. Still against you all, then, at £110 on the book.

Commission at £110, last chance. £110.

-Well done, Phil, wiped your face!

-Excellent!

-Just got there. I mean this tension is amazing, isn't it?

-That's great.

-£110, well done, Phil.

-Good job!

-Good job done!

That's a relief!

Anyway, minus £53 is the overall score.

Like I say, on Bargain Hunt that's not a terrible score.

-It could be a winning score. Just don't tell the Blues!

-OK.

-You've had a good time, haven't you?

-Yep.

-Brilliant!

-How are you feeling about your pieces? Confident, Piers?

Well, I don't know.

It's on the day, yeah, I've got no idea, but we'll see, we'll see.

-Good crowd in this room.

-Great crowd, yeah.

I mean they're interested in interesting things.

The first lot up, then, is the Arts and Crafts tray, and here it comes.

Lot 1600, an arts and crafts walnut and inlaid desk tidy.

I've got £140 bid, bids over £140.

-Oh, yeah of little faith!

-£140, bid, looking for 150, now.

£140, are you bidding? 150, 160, 170, 180.

£180 still with me on the book then at £180. £180, 90 anyone?

-Commission bid against you all at £180.

-Come on, more, more!

-At £180.

-Last chance then at 180 and selling, last chance at £180.

-Yes!

£180. That is plus £110.

That's the business, all right.

That is a good score. The next lot up is this robot.

We have a 1960s Japanese tinplate toy robot.

It's got to be worth £40 for this? At £40?

-20 then?

-Ooh, he's struggling!

-£20 is bid, thank you, at £20.

22 with the lady. 25, sir?

25 is gone. 28, 30...

£30. Still at £30. Is there anyone else? 32.

-Do you want 35?

-It's all in the cliff-hanger there!

-35 he does.

-38.

-40.

-Come on!

-£38 against you, sir! At £38...you'll regret it!

Selling on the left at £38.

That is minus £27, bad luck.

-Never mind.

-I don't think the robot moment has arrived in West Sussex...

Yet! Now, the salad servers.

We have an Art Deco silver fork and spoon, Sheffield, 1924.

Very fancy lot this. I've got to start at £40 is bid...

-£40 straight in, straight in.

-£40 and I'll take 5?

£40, 45 and 50, 55 if you wish?

55 and 60, 65 if you like?

£60 against you then at £60. At £60, 5 anywhere else?

At £60 then, no further interest at £60?

So, that's a £5 loss, which still leaves you with £78 profit.

Now what are you going to do about this oak and brass bedstead?

It's a very difficult one because he's been so good.

-Are you going to be offended if we don't take it?

-No, of course not!

-We'll buy you a pint.

-I think that's the most sensible attitude to take!

We're not going to take it.

-We have a decision. We're not going to take it?

-No.

A mid-19th century carved oak and brass inkwell.

Start me at £40 for this lot? £40?

20 then? £20?

£20 is bid here in the front here at £20. At £20, looking for 2 now?

22 far left, 25, 28, 30.

At 30 I'll sell. Last chance at £30...

Well, they could have made another fiver, but the Blues still walk away

with a £78 profit. Not bad!

So, have you been talking, you guys?

-No.

-Have the Reds been talking with the Blues?

Great, so neither team knows

how the others have done.

Well, the runners-up today by a long chalk are...the Reds.

Overall you finish up with minus £53.

But the Blues, on the other hand, bought so sensibly across the board.

So I'm going to give you £78 profit.

I don't give out much in the way of profits, so congratulations.

-Have you had a great day?

-Brilliant!

Brilliant, thanks ever so much, I've really enjoyed it.

-And it's been good for you, David?

-I've loved every minute!

Super duper. Thanks all around again, though.

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

-Yes!

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