0:00:02 > 0:00:04Well, hello there. It's that time of day again.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07How stupendous.
0:00:07 > 0:00:08There's just about time for us
0:00:08 > 0:00:14to enjoy the nature, the beauty, the tranquillity. Ah...
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Ha! That's enough of that drivel!
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Let's go bargain-hunting!
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Hello, there. You join us in sunny Norfolk.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53There are over 400 stalls here
0:00:53 > 0:00:57at the Royal Norfolk Antiques and Collectables Fair,
0:00:57 > 0:01:02which means that our teams today are certainly going to have their work cut out.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Do you know something? I wouldn't have it any other way.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10I've got £300 for each of today's teams.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13I bet you'd like to get your greasy mitts on this lot.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Well, the teams will have an hour to buy three items which they hope
0:01:17 > 0:01:20will make them maximum profit away at the auction.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28- For the Reds, we've got to Tim and Sula. Welcome.- Hello.- Hi.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30And for the Blues, we've got Deborah and Sioux.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32- Hello.- Hello.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Now, you two, how did you first meet?
0:01:34 > 0:01:39I met Tim while I was stacking shelves in our local convenience store.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41And it's stuck together ever since?
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Yeah, we've got a similar sort of dry sense of humour,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48very sarcastic. But he's a lot tighter than me.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52- What do you mean, tighter?- Cos he doesn't spend his money.- Oh, I see.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53That's why I need to have the money.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57- If you gave it to him, he wouldn't spend it. - We want you to spend lots.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59And what in particular do you collect, Sula?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01- I do collect teddies. - Hence our friend here.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05I've brought my builders bear with his builder's backside.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09- He speaks as well. - Give it a squeeze, then.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11'Come on, gorgeous, give us a kiss.'
0:02:11 > 0:02:15"Come on, gorgeous, give us a kiss"?! Is that what your builder gets up to?
0:02:15 > 0:02:18- Yes.- So, what sort of things do you get up to, Tim?
0:02:18 > 0:02:22At the minute, I do a lot of amateur dramatics with local theatre companies.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24What have you just done?
0:02:24 > 0:02:28I've recently done West Side Story at the Theatre Royal in Norwich.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- Well, very good luck.- Thank you. - Now, for the Blues, girls.
0:02:31 > 0:02:38- It's the NHS, Sioux, that we have to thank for bringing you two girls together, is that right?- Yes, it is.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41We've been working together 22 years now.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- What do you do in the NHS? - We're both psychiatric nurses.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- Oh, Lordy, you've got me worked out, then.- Absolutely, yes.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51Deborah, it says here that you're bit of a hoarder, aren't you?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53A little bit. Don't like to throw anything away.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57- Do you ever sell anything? - We did a few years ago.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02We tend to hoard everything up in the loft and have a little bit of a clear-out every so often.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Lots of the children's toys.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08And we took those of to a car-boot sale and actually made £500, so it was well worth hoarding.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11I wish you good luck. Now, the money moment.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15£300, if I can only get it out. £300.
0:03:15 > 0:03:21There you go. You know the rules, your experts await and off you go and very, very, very good luck.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24So, whatever's going to happen today?
0:03:26 > 0:03:33We've established our keen players, but who will be helping them through the labyrinth of delectables today?
0:03:33 > 0:03:35The man fielding the dreams
0:03:35 > 0:03:39for the Red team is none other than Mr Jonathan Pratt.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41And poised for the challenge,
0:03:41 > 0:03:44sitting pretty for the Blues, Mr Charles Hanson.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51What is it we're going to look for today?
0:03:51 > 0:03:58Definitely a piece of silver and if we can find something with a heart motif, I'd be really happy with that.
0:03:58 > 0:04:04- What are you going for?- Well, we're in Norfolk, so we want something country sports-ish, I think.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07- Yeah.- Or wood. - OK, let's go for it.- OK.
0:04:08 > 0:04:13- This...- This little coal or log box.- Right.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Late 19th century, Arts and Crafts.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Do you like it?
0:04:18 > 0:04:23My instant thing is, I've got one at home in the garage.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- You've got it in the garage, cos you don't use it?- Yes.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28You're saying you've got another one of them?
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- A similar sort of thing. - I've got a tenner says you haven't.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34I've got £300 here.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39- How much? - Bottom line would be 80 quid.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Is that the best?
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- It's a sunny day. - Give me 70 quid and it's yours.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49- What do you think, Tim? - I think it's pretty cool.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52- I'm a bit...- Iffy on it?- Yeah.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57- What's your problem with it? - Just the condition of it. - It's beaten metal.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59We haven't bought nothing yet.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Offer him 60.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Then when he says no, I'll say 65, yeah?
0:05:04 > 0:05:05Yeah, all right.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09- Go, Tim, it's yours. - Drive a hard bargain.- All right.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- Yes?- 60?
0:05:11 > 0:05:15No, sir. You're a lovely man and I like you so much it's unbelievable.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20- But if you don't give me 70 quid, I will swear.- 65?- No.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24How about 70? I think it's fair.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- How about 70?- There we go.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Well done, Reds. First item down.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Clock's ticking away now. You've got 40 more minutes.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38So the little meerschaum pipe here.
0:05:40 > 0:05:4130.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43That's not bad for a meerschaum pipe,
0:05:43 > 0:05:47she says, sounding like she knows what the hell she's talking about. Is it complete?
0:05:47 > 0:05:53Yeah, it's the original case and here you've got this little sort of typical Victorian lady.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57I would date this to about 1900. So will you take £25 for it?
0:05:57 > 0:05:59- 28.- 28, OK.
0:05:59 > 0:06:05- It's quite nice. It's socially interesting. What do you think? - I really like it.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06I think we should go for it, Sioux.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09We've got half-an-hour to go, so we ought to now start investing.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Are you going to hand over the money to him or not?
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Thanks, Mum!
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Hmm, I'm sure Sioux will thank you for that comment later, Charles.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21£28, then, for your first item.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Outside, Jonathan has his work cut out.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30No, it's horrible. It's nice, but no. No.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32You haven't got anything heart-shaped?
0:06:32 > 0:06:36- I think we really want to head back into the main area now. - Well, that's where the Blues are.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37£145.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40But they're having trouble finding a bargain.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Royal Worcester, a bit too expensive, unfortunately.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- £245.- Yeah, no.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49These are popular. These are what we call globular glass scent bottles.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51That's pretty. I like that.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54What you've got is a mushroom silver-embossed stopper.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57And this type of stopper is typically Edwardian.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Do you think the stopper is what lives with it?
0:06:59 > 0:07:04Difficult to say, but certainly that's a contemporary stopper or thereabouts.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09Hallmarked for Birmingham, about 1906. I like it. Shall we check the price with the stall holder?
0:07:09 > 0:07:14- It says £45 on the ticket, so shall we see what we can do? - Let's go and negotiate.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17- 40, I'm afraid.- 40?
0:07:17 > 0:07:19- Yep.- Thank you.
0:07:19 > 0:07:2240, Charles.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26Yes, in a saleroom, its guide price would be sort of 30 to 50.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28There is scope at 40 - that's a mid-estimate.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Sir, would you go 35, maybe?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- 38.- 38. That's his final offer. - We can think about it.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- OK, sir, we might be back. Thanks awfully.- Thank you.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42With a striking £270 to spend,
0:07:42 > 0:07:45are the Reds any closer to buying their second item?
0:07:45 > 0:07:50- That's pretty cool. If someone's got a boxer dog, they're going to buy it, aren't they?- No.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52I'm thinking not.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- It's a hard lady to please, this one.- Oh, shocking.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- Sula? - I want hearts. Have you seen any?
0:07:58 > 0:08:02- What do you think of them, Tim? - What do you think? - I like anything heart-shaped.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07- What about 25 quid? - The both of them?- Ooh, no.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10What about that one?
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- You can have the both for...35. - The both of them?- Ooh, no.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18- There is money to be made. - I think we should buy these, Tim.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- Right.- My decision. - You're confident?- Very confident.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23We're going to buy these.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25- OK, guys.- Jonathan, hello.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27- I've made a decision.- Have you?
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Hearts, two of them.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29- OK.- Glass.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- Right.- Signed.- Signed by?
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Um, a word that I can't pronounce.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Oh, it's Holmegaard. OK, 1950s.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39A well-known Scandinavian glass factory.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41You've got both of them, signed?
0:08:41 > 0:08:46- We've got both of them, signed, for £35. - I think you've done quite well,
0:08:46 > 0:08:49and I'll be gutted if you're the only one who makes a profit.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51- Thank you(!) - Let's do it.- We're doing it, yes!
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Definitely not doing it are the Blues.
0:08:55 > 0:08:5815 minutes to go, £272 to spend,
0:08:58 > 0:09:01and two items still to find.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04We've have lost our expert. Where's Charles gone?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06They've lost their expert
0:09:06 > 0:09:09and they're back where they found the perfume bottle.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- What about this, Sioux?- Dogs.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17- Dogs, windmills. Do you like it? - I do like that, yeah. £45.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- OK, get Charles.- Yep.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24Ten minutes to go, and the teams are leaving it very late to buy their remaining items.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26All right.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- What happens if we don't get anything?- We need to!
0:09:29 > 0:09:31If you had £300 in your hot little hand,
0:09:31 > 0:09:34you'd try and spend the lot, wouldn't you?
0:09:34 > 0:09:38But not today, because our teams have to leave some leftover lolly for their experts.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- BOTH: What?!- Don't worry, it's all part of the master plan.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Your expert's going to trot off and buy something that he hopes
0:09:45 > 0:09:47will boost your profits later at auction,
0:09:47 > 0:09:51and you then have to decide whether you're going to trust his judgment.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55Me, mine's a whippy. Mmm.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02- They're still here, thank goodness. - This little perfume bottle.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Charles, we saw this earlier.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07And you quite like it? Why?
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Cos of the dogs and the windmill.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13It's a silver collar. It's nice quality and of course dogs as well.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Importantly, Sioux, with a teapot, condition - what's it like?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18It's good. I can't see any chips on the spout
0:10:18 > 0:10:22- and the handle's not been off. - Quite right. Upside-down,
0:10:22 > 0:10:24the all-important mark, Royal Doulton.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27We know from the style, this two-tone glaze,
0:10:27 > 0:10:29fairly mass-produced,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32but certainly 1900, 1910, thereabouts,
0:10:32 > 0:10:36and the actual collar of the body is hallmarked for London.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- What's on it?- 48. - Do you think that's a bit too much?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42With the scent bottle as well, there's scope to negotiate.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Hello, sir. If we wanted to buy both of these together,
0:10:45 > 0:10:48what's your best price for the two together?
0:10:48 > 0:10:5035 each, 70 for the pair?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52- That's all we've got left, £70. - OK, go on.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56- Bless you.- Thank you, sir. - With only five minutes left on the clock,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58the Reds are cutting it a bit fine.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02- I love that. - That's quite sweet, actually.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05I quite like that.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10It is a nice colour. "Birmingham G."
0:11:10 > 0:11:15A, B, C, D, E, F, G, 1907...1906.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- Little scent bottle.- I like that. - Do you?- Yeah.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- It's marked at 165. - Shall I ask if they could go down?
0:11:21 > 0:11:24If they went down to 120, what do you think?
0:11:24 > 0:11:27It's your call.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29130 he's gone down to.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Go for it, go for it, go for it.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35I like it. I'm going to have it. On my head be it.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37It's time to stop the clock.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39There's no time left to shop.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Let's check out what the Reds bought.
0:11:44 > 0:11:49Coming in at £70, the Arts and Crafts copper box.
0:11:49 > 0:11:56Red item number two, Sula picked the 1950s heart-shaped vases for £35.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59And with virtually no time left, and for £130,
0:11:59 > 0:12:04the green glass and silver-mounted scent bottle. Charming!
0:12:04 > 0:12:08- So, you two, you were late starters but you got there eventually. - We did.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10And you managed to spend £235,
0:12:10 > 0:12:14which is quite magnificent, I have to tell you, which is really good. I'm pleased about that.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17I'd like £65 of leftover lolly, goes straight to JP.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19What are you going to do with the £65?
0:12:19 > 0:12:23- I've got to obviously please the lady, so... - You don't have to please anybody.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26We want something that's going to make a monster profit,
0:12:26 > 0:12:30- that's all you've got to... - I'm certainly going to find that. - Good luck with that.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Let's remind ourselves what the Blues got up to.
0:12:33 > 0:12:39First up, the meerschaum pipe, smokin' at £28.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Smelling good at £35, an Edwardian cut-glass scent bottle
0:12:43 > 0:12:44with silver lid.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51Finally, a Royal Doulton teapot, £35. Bootiful!
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Excellent negotiation skills for you girls just at the end, wasn't it?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59- It was. We did well. - You did do well.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01You spent a miserable £98,
0:13:01 > 0:13:03I can't believe you only spent £98.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08- I'd like £202 of leftover lolly. - Thank you very much, Tim.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10- That's a lot of pocket money for you!- It is.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Knowing these ladies, and the fact we haven't spent too much,
0:13:14 > 0:13:17we want to buy something fairly classy, stylish.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20A nice pair which will reflect my pair of ladies, hopefully.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24Yes. I fancy you ought to shove off cos time's moving along, isn't it? Very good luck, Charles.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31We're heading to Thomas Gaze & Son, auctioneers, here in Norfolk,
0:13:31 > 0:13:35to try to turn our bargains into bucks!
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Well, it's wonderful to be at TW Gaze's saleroom
0:13:41 > 0:13:46at Diss, in Norfolk, with my old friend, Elizabeth Talbot.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Less of the old, please, Tim!
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Sula and Tim, they went with this box.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53How do you rate that, Elizabeth?
0:13:53 > 0:13:55The condition's not wonderful.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58So we haven't rated it so very highly, really.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02I'm standing by for something disastrous. What sort of estimate do you think?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Being as kind as we can, probably about £50 to £80.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- That's not too unkind. - Good, we try to be kind, here. - Well, £70, they paid.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10They may do it.
0:14:10 > 0:14:16Now, the next item is the Holmegaard glass pot and its baby.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18So, what do you make of that?
0:14:18 > 0:14:21It's nice to have not just one but two, and I think the two set each other off well.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25I've estimated it at £40 to £60, and I think that's very realistic.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29- Well, if you think that's very realistic, it could make more? - It could do, we hope so.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- £35, they paid. - That's very reasonable.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Sula also went with the green scent bottle,
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- which is in great condition, isn't it?- It's lovely.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37I like this period of glass myself.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41We think 50 to £70 would be a fair estimate at auction. Bad news?
0:14:41 > 0:14:46£130, so there's a bit of a dark hole, or should I say a green hole, opening up around that.
0:14:46 > 0:14:52- There is. Yes, yes.- So they're going to need their bonus buy.- Yes. - Let's go and have a look at it.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56So, why are you so jolly, then? You pretty confident about what's going to happen today?
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- I am quite confident, actually. - Very confident with my buy, yeah.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Well, we've just had a little reminder, cos you've spent £235.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- Which is good.- Which is good, good. Wasn't it?
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- It was.- Good, good, yes. And then you gave £65 to the maestro.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12- Now, Jonathan, reveal all. - A box.- A box. A pink box.
0:15:12 > 0:15:17A pink box. Containing 15-carat gold seed pearl and enamel brooch.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- It's a very pretty thing.- How much did you pay for it, Jonathan?
0:15:20 > 0:15:21I paid £60.
0:15:21 > 0:15:27- And how much do you think we'll make at auction?- £20 out of it, at least.- Do you like it, Sula?
0:15:27 > 0:15:28- I love it.- Yeah? What about you, Tim?
0:15:28 > 0:15:30I'm up in the air. We'll see.
0:15:30 > 0:15:36- You'll be led by Jonathan. - Of course.- And his advice... - He's the expert, I'm not.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39We'll find out whether you need to go with it after the sale of your items.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43But for the viewers at home, let's find out what the lovely auctioneer thinks about it.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47It is very delicate, isn't it? Very feminine.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51I like the design, the attention to detail, and it's in very good condition.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53That should fetch £60 to £80.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Well, Jonathan will be delighted. £60, he paid.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- Very fair. - And it could take off?- It could.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01And that is it for the Reds. Now for the Blues.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06Deborah and Sioux, their first item is the meerschaum pipe.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11- Actually, it's a cheroot holder. - It is, yes, definitely a cheroot holder. A smaller bowl to it, yes.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15- £28 they paid, are they going to make a profit?- I think they should.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17We are hoping for probably double that, £48 to £58 would be a...
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Well, that's great.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23Now, the Edwardian cut-glass and silver-topped scent bottle.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27- Are they collectible now? - They are, and although the style isn't that unusual,
0:16:27 > 0:16:31the condition will, for a collector, be quite a nice bonus.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- You don't want these things bashed or nibbled.- No.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37- What sort of estimate? - £60 to £80 on that one. - Brilliant. £35 they paid.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39- That's a good buy.- That's a result. - A good buy, yes.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42We've got two potential pluses, there. This is exciting.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45What about the Royal Doulton teapot?
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Doulton stoneware does sort of yo-yo a bit in people's interest,
0:16:48 > 0:16:51at the moment, it's not at its hottest. We think about £38 to £48.
0:16:51 > 0:16:56Well, £35 they paid, so if you're right on those three counts, Elizabeth, I tell you,
0:16:56 > 0:16:59this team are going to be absolutely over the moon.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01- But just in case...- Yes.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04..let's hedge our bets and look at the bonus buy.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08So, you Blues, right, you spent £98, miserable,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11and you gave Charles £202.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Now, Charles promised that he'd buy a pair of something-or-other,
0:17:14 > 0:17:18and let's see what he's got. Whoops! Oh, yes! So, girls, what do you think?
0:17:18 > 0:17:22Actually, better than I thought it was going to be.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24- They're not bad.- Tell us about them.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Let me advocate their value to you. They are American.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Very much in what we call the Art Nouveau style.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- I think they'll do quite well.- You didn't spend all the 202, did you?
0:17:33 > 0:17:36They are bronze spelter rather than being bronze.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37I paid £140 for them.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- Do you like them? - They're OK, Charles.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43I won't say "like", it's a bit of a strong word, but they're all right.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Good.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48You've watched the master's lips, there, which is wonderful.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51For the benefit of the viewers at home,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53let's watch the auctioneer's lips.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56So, Elizabeth,
0:17:56 > 0:18:01- a pair of later painted spelter figural lamps.- Mmm-hmm.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05Is this something that lights the cockles of an auctioneer's heart?
0:18:05 > 0:18:09- Not this one, I'm afraid, no. - I had a funny feeling you were going to say that.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14They wouldn't have been my cup of tea even unadulterated, but they've had some restoration,
0:18:14 > 0:18:19it looks like there's been some repair, I don't think we're going to have a good sale on these.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21What sort of estimate would you put on them?
0:18:21 > 0:18:24I'd have thought £60 to £80.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Oh, dear. £140 is where we're at with them.
0:18:27 > 0:18:33But, as I say, you can do no more, frankly, than sit on the rostrum and be as optimistic as possible.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37- And sell them, absolutely. - Good luck today.- Thank you.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48So, Sula, Tim, great name. How you feeling? All right?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50- Really excited.- So, really excited?
0:18:50 > 0:18:55- Yes.- That's nice, isn't it? First lot up is your box, Tim.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59The Arts and Crafts twin-handled coal box.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03I have interest on the sheet shown here, and I'll start at £40.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06£40, I have, at 40. It's with me at 40. 42, 45?
0:19:06 > 0:19:1148? And 50. Five, new bidder. And 60? Five? 70?
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Five? And 80?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Five, and 90?
0:19:15 > 0:19:1995, new bidder. 100? 110? 120?
0:19:19 > 0:19:24130? 140? 140, with me at 140. Are you all out now?
0:19:24 > 0:19:28It's 140, commission bids are in at 140 and selling...
0:19:30 > 0:19:31- Yes!- Rock and roll!
0:19:31 > 0:19:32That's very good.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35£140, you have doubled your money.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39Plus £70. Now, the little baby pot.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41I have good interest on the sheets,
0:19:41 > 0:19:46I have five interested bids on the sheets, and I start here at £28.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48£28, I have, at 28.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Where's 30? 30 bid. 32? 35? 38?
0:19:52 > 0:19:5342?
0:19:53 > 0:19:5642, with me at 42.
0:19:56 > 0:19:5842? 45? 48? And 50? Five?
0:19:58 > 0:20:03- £60, I'm at 60 now. I'll take five. - You're going to double your money!
0:20:03 > 0:20:07At £60, only. Any advance on £60?
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Yes!
0:20:10 > 0:20:11That's so good.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15You are plus £25. Now, your other one.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Look out. You're £95 up.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19The green-glass silver-topped scent bottle
0:20:19 > 0:20:21with original stopper.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- I have got good interest on this one again.- Oh.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28And I'll start here at £38. £38 bid.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31And 40? Two? 45? 48? And 50? Five?
0:20:31 > 0:20:3460? Five? 70? Five?
0:20:34 > 0:20:3575, with me at 75. Now at 75.
0:20:35 > 0:20:3880? Five?
0:20:38 > 0:20:4290, and I'm out. 90 in the room. At 90. I'll take five again.
0:20:42 > 0:20:4595, a new bidder. 95, now, an untidy figure at 95.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49The caller bid at 95. I'll take 100.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52At 95, are you all done?
0:20:52 > 0:21:00Oh, dear. £95 you sold that for, £95, minus £35 on that,
0:21:00 > 0:21:05but you were plus 95 before, so you are plus £60,
0:21:05 > 0:21:07all right?
0:21:07 > 0:21:10You are £60 in profit.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11That could be a winning score.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Cos you said mine was going to bomb, and it didn't bomb that much.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Now, on the other hand, you could trust Jonathan...
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- Be greedy.- He's bought you...
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- We live in a greedy world.- Shh! - He's bought you that brooch.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24What are you going to do about the brooch?
0:21:24 > 0:21:25- No, we're not.- Are you sure?- Yes.- No?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27No? OK, we're not.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31You're not going with the bonus buy. We're going to sell it anyway.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Bar brooch, set with green enamel and seed pearls, stylised flower.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37I start here at just £30.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41£30 on the little brooch, at 30. Two? 35?
0:21:41 > 0:21:4338? And 40? Two? 45? 48?
0:21:43 > 0:21:47And 50? 50, with me at 50 now, at 50.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50At 50, on the brooch. 50. 55? And 60?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52With me at 60, are you sure?
0:21:52 > 0:21:56£60, all out in the room? At 60 on commission, and selling.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59£60, wiped its face.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04- OK.- No pain, no shame. That's fantastic, isn't it?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Now, listen, don't tell the Blues a thing, right?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- Go out looking miserable. - Mum's the word.- Yes.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Now, girls, do you know how the Reds got on?
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- No.- No idea. - You don't want to know, I tell you!
0:22:24 > 0:22:29You have the unusual distinction of having an auctioneer's estimate
0:22:29 > 0:22:34- which is above what you paid on every single one of your items... - Good.- Yes!
0:22:34 > 0:22:36..before we even start.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37The first lot up, though,
0:22:37 > 0:22:40is Charles's cheroot holder, and here it comes.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43We have the early 20th century meerschaum pipe there,
0:22:43 > 0:22:45depicting the female in the bonnet.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47I'll start at just £32.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50£32, and five? 32, I'll take five.
0:22:50 > 0:22:5235. 38?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54And 40? Two?
0:22:54 > 0:22:5742, with me at 42. 45, commission.
0:22:57 > 0:23:0048? And 50. Five?
0:23:00 > 0:23:0455, with me at 55, now. At £55, bid.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06At 55, with me at 55. All done?
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- Yes!- £55, well done.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13That's two off 30, that is plus 27.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Plus 27.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19We have the Edwardian cut-glass silver-top scent bottle
0:23:19 > 0:23:20with original stopper again.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23It's Birmingham 1905, and I'll start at £30.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27£30, bid at 30. £30 bid. 32? 35?
0:23:27 > 0:23:3338. And 40? Two? 45? 48? And 50?
0:23:33 > 0:23:37No? 50, with me, at 50. At 50, I have. Five, a new bidder.
0:23:37 > 0:23:4060? Five? And 70? Five?
0:23:40 > 0:23:44And 80? 80, on commission at 80. I'll take five elsewhere.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46It's £80 on commission, the room is out?
0:23:46 > 0:23:50- Yes!- Told you that was a good buy!
0:23:50 > 0:23:53So, you have got plus £45 on that.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Look out, your teapot.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59..hunting figures and a silver rim.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03Interest on the sheet shown, I start at £30. £30, I have.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Two? Thank you. 35? 38? And 40?
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Two? 45?
0:24:09 > 0:24:1045, with me at 45.
0:24:10 > 0:24:1248, the hand. And 50?
0:24:12 > 0:24:16With me at 50. Now both out at 50? Again, on commission at 50.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Any advance?
0:24:17 > 0:24:21£50, you are plus £15 on that
0:24:21 > 0:24:26which means, overall, you are plus £87.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- Brilliant!- Fantastic. - You've made a profit on each item,
0:24:29 > 0:24:31as predicted, and you are £87 in the bank.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33- £87!- Really?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35That's pretty good, isn't it? I can't believe this.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Now, listen, what are you going to do about those old lamps?
0:24:38 > 0:24:40We're going to stick, we think.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Are we? Yeah? Yeah?- You do? - Yes.- Yeah.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45We have the pair of Art Nouveau style
0:24:45 > 0:24:48spelter figural table lamp bases there, they've been over painted.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Start me at 100?
0:24:50 > 0:24:53£100 the pair, come on.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- The lamps, £100?- Come on, surely?
0:24:55 > 0:24:58- £100.- 50, the hand, thank you. At 55?- Let's go.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00- And 60?- Come on!
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Five? 70? Five?
0:25:03 > 0:25:0580?
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Five? 90?
0:25:08 > 0:25:1090's my left-hand bid, at 90, I'll take five again.
0:25:10 > 0:25:16At £90, you are buying both, remember, at 90. Any advance on £90?
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Right decision. Yeah.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22£90, certainly was the right decision.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24You would have lost £50 if you'd gone with that.
0:25:24 > 0:25:30But as it is, you ring-fenced your £87 very wisely,
0:25:30 > 0:25:34- and I don't want you to talk to the Reds at all, right?- OK.
0:25:43 > 0:25:48How lovely is this, to have two very happy teams.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52Look at their faces, they're all puckered up with pleasure, it's great.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Cos they both know that they made substantial profits.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59Sadly, the running-up team today is...
0:25:59 > 0:26:01- The Reds.- No way!
0:26:01 > 0:26:03I'm so sorry to tell you this.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08You made £60, which is a considerable amount.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12- What are you going to do with your share of the winnings, Timbo? - Thank you.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Spend it on myself, cos I'm greedy.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17- OK, fine.- Nicely put! - What about you?
0:26:17 > 0:26:21I'm going to treat me and my boys to a day out somewhere.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22- Are you?- Yeah. - Well, that's really nice.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27- And you'll be paying commission to Jonathan, naturally? - Not at all.- Not at all!
0:26:27 > 0:26:33The victors today, by a chalk, because they made a profit of £87.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38And here we go, £87, Sioux.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40I mean, it's come to you so easily,
0:26:40 > 0:26:43but actually it is a very difficult thing to make a profit on every lot.
0:26:43 > 0:26:48- It is, it is, but we are very good. - Yes, you are. And so modest!
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Anyway, we've had a great day.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- Join us soon for some more bargain-hunting, yes?- ALL: Yes!
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