Wetherby 10 Bargain Hunt

I might be at the races today

but it's not the gee-gees I'm going to be looking at. Oh, no.

We have two teams of friends who will not only be

racing against each other

but they will also be racing against the clock as they go bargain hunting!

Wetherby racecourse in Yorkshire is home to Bargain Hunt today.

We've got a fine pair of fillies and a couple of stallions raring to go.

On today's show, the Blues think that expert advice is overrated.

-Oh, help.

-Fantastic.

While the Reds are struggling to find someone to buy from.

Here in the front row...

And when we get to the auction, no-one is backing down.

So, let's meet today's runners and riders.

For the Reds we've got friends Penelope and Jill, well,

they're friends at the moment.

And for the Blues, another pair of friends - Paul and Steve.

Welcome to Bargain Hunt. How did you two girls meet?

Well, Jill was looking for a whippet stud dog and I had one.

-And did you have a successful union?

-Yes, we did.

In more ways than one, you see. Friends and puppies.

-How many puppies did you have?

-Three.

-They were born on Bonfire Night.

-Oh, were they? How sweet.

-Nine years ago.

-Penelope, what do you like to get up to? Cycling?

Yeah, cycling. And swimming and going racing.

-And publishing books.

-Yes.

That thing you're clutching...

My father wrote his memoirs for the family

and I found a whole lot of love letters between my parents.

They had been apart for four years and Jill helped me insert

the love letters into the places in the book that meant something.

It's like a Biggles adventure.

-And this is a mug shot of your father?

-Yes, it is.

That is an absolutely classic photograph.

-He was very good-looking, wasn't he?

-Absolutely.

But what a great moustache!

If you want to grow a moustache, that's the moustache to grow.

You're clutching a book, too. What does this mean?

Yes, I was told a story by the swallows that lived in our barn

and I wrote it all down and it's a children's book called

Nidae's Promise.

-And you've had it published too?

-Yes.

We have two literary geniuses on our programme.

And how do you think you are going to get on with your partner

-today in terms of the team?

-I think we will work very well, actually.

Because, Tim, Penelope is impulsive and rowdy and noisy.

-And I am calm and collected.

-And under control.

Totally under control.

That's brilliant. Now, to the boys.

-How do you two know each other?

-We met several years ago through work.

We were work colleagues at a large retail PLC company. Tile retail.

Steve, what sort of work are you doing now?

I own my own natural stone tile company in Skipton, North Yorkshire,

-which I founded approximately four months ago.

-What do you collect?

I collect Beswick, SylvaC

old banknotes and coins.

The majority of my collection I inherited from my parents,

sadly no longer with us, and I add to it whenever I can.

Yeah, that's the nice thing about inheriting a family

collection, isn't it?

Keep the interest going, keep it in the family,

pass it on to somebody when you're ready.

Fantastic. You're the impulse shopper?

Very much so. If I see something, I will buy it.

Whereas other people, like Steve, he will walk around for another

half an hour and come back to the same thing.

Now, the money moment. Here's your £300. £300 apiece. £300, girls.

You know the rules. Your experts await and off you go.

Very good luck!

Today's form looks good with the assistance of David Harper

for the Reds...

And Philip Serrell for the Blues. Giddy-up.

And I will have to get a gallop on, as today

they will be helping not one but two lots of Reds and Blues.

Oh, yes. That's nice, Jill.

Try not to pick it up by its body.

-It might fall off.

-Is it actually metal?

-It feels like it should be bronze but...

-Does it matter if it's not?

-Yeah, it does.

-Is it resin?

-No, it's a metal.

Very expensive though.

-How much is it?

-95.

-The thing is it's a good subject.

-It's a very good subject, yeah. But, as you say...

-That's far too much.

But well spotted. If you're struggling, we can come back.

Absolutely.

It's 170. We can't possibly have that.

-It's a limited market, isn't it?

-It is.

-Not everybody wants a stuffed fish in their house.

-No.

There's two possibles. Let's have another look around here.

Meanwhile, the Blues have been left to their own devices which

might not have been the best thing to do, Phil.

-Where's our expert when we need him?

-That's a lot of bull, that is.

-It is.

-Would you make money on it?

-It's also a lot of new bull. I think so, yeah.

I would think at best it's five years old.

And at worst, it might be six months old, which doesn't rule you out from buying it.

I think if somebody is doing up a period type of property...

-What's the best you can do on that, Sir?

-20.

-£20.

-Offer him 15 quid and run like hell.

-15.

-£15.

£17.50.

-£18.

-Oh, help.

-Fantastic.

-£18. Deal.

This is going to be a very long day.

It's actually only an hour's shopping

and the teams have had 10 minutes of that already.

After a quick start, the Reds haven't made a decision

so are moving on.

-Let's go.

-Are you off all ready?

-Sorry!

We haven't finished looking over here.

Or, perhaps not.

A matchbox.

-A rather large one.

-That's quite interesting, isn't it?

Yeah, you could have it in a bookcase and then you could keep

special things in it like the key to your safe. The key to your heart.

-Love letters.

-Love letters, now you're talking.

-Absolutely.

You've got a transfer print

but I think some of it might well be hand-painted.

-I like the crackly...

-Patina.

-Yes, it is.

-You could spend hours.

You're very good, honestly! What's the absolute best on that one?

It's got to be 40. Or, if it sounds better, 38.

38 sounds a lot better.

-35 sounds better to me.

-25 sounds better to me.

If I could guarantee that would make 100 quid then

we would buy it for 50 quid and life would be easy.

I think that's quite difficult. I think that dog would sell.

Do you want to have another look at the dog?

-We might do a bargain on two of them.

-Shall we try?

-What about the... The greyhound or whippet?

-It's not a whippet.

-What is it then? Is it a greyhound?

-More of a long dog.

-95.

That's going to be 40 to 60, probably in auction.

Could it be 30?

-No, it couldn't be 30.

-35.

-What do you want to pay for it?

-30, ideally.

-God!

-Um... Give me 35.

-35.

-OK. Happy, girls?

-35.

-Thank you very much.

Well done.

I sold chairs like this.

When the Prince of Wales was invested, which was Carnarvon Castle

and I think it was between 1968 and 1972 but I'm not sure.

These chairs, handsome footstools were made

and used for invited guests to sit on at the investiture.

What else would you do with a chair? I would buy that.

-Do you like it?

-I like it, yeah. How much is it?

-45.

I would buy it and in auction that's going to make 60 to 120 quid.

-Really?

-I've sold them for that sort of money. Do you like this?

-Yeah.

-Do you like this?

-Yeah, I do.

-That's me out of trouble. It's their fault.

Done deal. Pay the man.

After spending £45 on the chair, the Blues have a look around

for their final item with their remaining £237.

Meanwhile, the Reds are still on the search for their second.

-Don't drop it, whatever you do. Do not drop it, Penelope.

-No.

-There's another smaller.

-You are going with this country theme.

-We're country girls.

-Royal Doulton. We have a pair. Pheasants.

£15, the pair. Hang on, let's get to grips with what they are.

-We know they are Royal Doulton. Do you know how old they are?

-No.

-1930s, I would think.

-They're probably earlier.

Royal Doulton, England.

Possibly '20s, early part of the 20th century, I would have thought.

But that's quite interesting.

The Coppice. What does that say? Something in Australia.

Registered in Australia.

I wonder whether this is Royal Doulton Ware manufactured here.

But probably for the Empire market.

For me, they are not incredibly exciting in any way

but they're good quality and for 15 quid, they're a complete bargain.

Let's try and get them down from 15.

Eventually, Penelope and Jill did manage to knock down the plates to a tenner for the pair.

Meanwhile, the Blues have been rather taken by this little

silver cigarette box.

So it's silver, isn't it, how do you know that?

-The hallmarks on the side.

-What do they tell us?

-It's English silver.

Yes. And what does that anchor tell us?

-Birmingham.

-Assayed in Birmingham. And what does the date tell us?

-It's 1907.

-He's good this boy, he is good. I mean, I quite like it.

It is slightly damaged.

A little bit of damage but I think that's a nice thing.

It's a decorative thing but it's all the money,

so let's just put that back.

We've done, yes, we've done plates,

-we mustn't get involved in plates again.

-No more plates.

Quite right, too. Maybe something other than an animal.

Oh, dear, spoke too soon.

-I actually quite like it.

-I like it.

-In a funny sort of way.

I'm not a big lover of Beswick, but the Beswick horses

and the doggies and stuff, I've seen so many of them, thousands of them.

But have you seen a trout?

-I've seen a few trouts in my time, I can assure you. Yes.

-An old trout.

There is a bit of damage there,

but what would be the absolute death on that one?

-50 would be the absolute death.

-What do you reckon?

I think before I make a total decision,

I would just like to have another look at that stuffed trout.

-It's over there.

-Come on, go, go, go.

If it just had written on it, you know,

"This was caught in the River Ure, 1934," that would be brilliant.

That would be good. And the case itself isn't great.

-It's had sort of masking tape.

-It has. It's been botched.

We have one like this at home that has been botched up

and it's got a poor little squirrel and a bird in it.

It's got a dent, it's got dents in it. Hasn't it?

-I don't know whether that's...

-I think this trout is out.

With just four minutes left, where are this lot going now?

-Well it's still here, anyway.

-OK. Love letters or China trout?

I don't know.

It's got to be your decision, have a look at it, have a feel,

-and let me just tell you that you've got four minutes left.

-Right.

-Oh, Penelope!

-Oh, Penelope indeed.

On the other side of the fair,

Paul and Steve have taken matters into their own hands.

-I really like that.

-The last of the big spenders.

-Time is running out.

-We've bought it.

-We've bought it, Phil.

-I think that's a nice thing.

I think at auction,

you're looking... on a really bad day, it's £40.

On a good day you might get 60 to 80 for it. What did you pay for it?

-£80.

-80.

We'll probably make money on the bull and not make money on that.

-Well, isn't that the stupid part about this business?

-Exactly.

I rest my case. Well done, guys.

It's been a pleasure working with you.

Phew!

So, Phil gets a well-earned rest

while the Reds are still debating between the book and the trout.

-I always do like to...

-Oh, Penelope!

Do you want to go for the trout then? But it's damaged.

The thing is, we've got one minute and 15 seconds to get over there.

You've been getting drawn back to this, Jill, all day.

-Well, for the last 59 minutes.

-OK. Shall we say this?

-Well, say £33 then?

-You say it. Go on, charm him.

-My charm hasn't worked at all.

-33?

-Yes.

-Go on, then.

-Pardon?

-Yes.

-Yes!

-You've just mithered me into submission.

-That's a lovely expression.

-33. You've got one minute.

-That's it.

-Have you done it?

-Yes, that's it.

-Well done.

Phew!

All three items in the bag and with just seconds to spare.

Let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought.

Let's hope the £35 hound gets people to whippet out their money.

For £10, I think

these golden pheasant platters could fly out of the auction room.

And will it be love letters straight from the heart

when the Victorian box goes under the hammer?

Now, listen, girls, you spent £78.

Which item's going to bring the biggest profit, darling?

-I think the long dog, do you?

-I think the box actually.

Actually, the box!

THEY ALL EXCLAIM AT ONCE

Could be the long dog!

Could be we need to keep our hats on!

-So, £78, we want how much?

-222.

-There you are.

-£222, quite a lot of cash, isn't it?

-A lot of cash.

-What are you going to do with it?

-I've got a few things in mind.

-Thank you very much.

-I should shove off while the going is good.

-Yes!

-Why don't we remind ourselves what the Blues have bought.

You can't beat a bit of bully.

Well, I think you probably could with the £18 doorbell.

Phil put his foot down and £45 was spent by the Blues

on the red chair.

Confused? I know I am.

Finally, the silver box was snapped up

just in time for Philip's 40 winks.

Not exactly without argument though, was it?

No, I have to say, we bought one thing, Tim, that I think

would be best served with a length of chain and used as an anchor.

-Bought it cheap, £18.

-You said £18, he winced, all right.

This is where it gets interesting on this programme.

-Anyway, how much did you spend overall again?

-£143.

143, which means I want £157 of leftover lolly.

-Who's got the leftover lolly?

-I've got the money.

£157 of leftover lolly goes to Philip Serrell.

I can go and spend it.

You can go and spend it on something that you really

-rate, Phil, all right?

-It won't be a bull's head.

It won't be a bull's head.

But will it be a bull's-eye?

It's lovely to be able to stay in Yorkshire and trot up to Leyburn

to Tennants Auction House and be with the man himself,

-Rodney Tennant. Good morning to you.

-Good morning, Tim.

Now, Penelope and Jill, the Red team, went with this spelter dog.

Yes, I would have thought somebody would want that. It's decorative.

Not a great academic piece, but it's going to be worth

£30-£40, perhaps.

-They paid £35. So spot-on, hopefully right in the middle.

-Yes.

Next is the pair of plates.

Good subject for a Yorkshireman who is keen on shooting.

-Well, that's right. Single plates...

-Yes.

-..are difficult to sell.

I would have thought you are going to be talking about £5-£8 each,

so £10-£15.

Right, well they paid £10 actually. Smashing. And lastly, the box,

which is quite fun, isn't it?

You don't have to keep love letters in it, do you?

-You can keep in it whatever you like, Tim.

-A nice thing.

-It's fine.

-It's absolutely fine.

-So, Rodney, what's your estimate on that box?

-30 to 40?

-Brilliant. They paid £33.

-Well, hopefully a bargain.

Overall, I don't think this is too bad.

They may not need their bonus buy

but let's go and have a look at it anyway.

BOTH: Oh! A horse!

-It's not a horse, it's a zebra!

-Yes, it's a zebra, oh, my goodness.

-What's it made of then?

-Well, it's pottery, but you're both right.

It is a horse and it is a zebra. Have a good look at it.

It's a Staffordshire figure and it's a zebra,

-but when this thing was made, which I think pre-1850...

-They didn't know about zebras.

They didn't know what a zebra really looked like.

-They just thought it was a horse with funny stripes.

-It is. A pony in pyjamas.

Kind of, but it's got a slightly different sort of shaped body.

-The stripes aren't right, are they?

-After 1850, they started making...

-It is a bit of fun, isn't it?

-I like it.

-Yes.

The big question that they haven't asked you is...

BOTH: How much?

-Exactly.

-How much did you spend?

-How much do you think I spent?

-About 75.

-Very close, 65.

Very good, David, you've lit their touchpaper,

you've bought the right item for these girls, you don't decide

right now, you decide after the sale of your first three items,

but for the viewers at home,

let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about David's quadruped.

-This has actually fallen at the first fence and it's been smashed.

-Oh.

-Can you see all this restoration through here?

-Oh, yes.

-So that is really going to hold its value back to £10 or £15.

-Oh, dear.

Well, well spotted, I have to say.

So that's it for the Reds, now for the Blues.

And their first item is this cast-iron jobbie.

Well, I don't know what they cost.

It's new reproduction so I'm sure there will be places you can buy

any amount of these and they probably cost 10 or £15 each.

£18 is all they paid.

Do you think they'll get their money back? Will they get 18?

-Might get £10 or £20, do you think?

-They should get their money back.

Now, next is the Investiture armchair.

What did they give for it? £40, £50?

-They gave £45 for it actually.

-Well, that is right.

Which actually, is a bargain, by any standards for a chair.

And to have that little bit of historical interest with it as well.

Yes.

Now the hallmarked silver box, that is a traditional antique,

isn't it? 1907 hallmarked and a nice subject.

It's probably one of the nicest things I've seen today.

-It will probably make 60 to 80.

-£80 was paid.

-Yes.

A fairytale price, a fairytale price.

And a couple of people going keenly for it,

you might get to £100, mightn't you?

-Could do, yes.

-Perfect.

Well, overall, depending on how well the Investiture chair goes, they

may or may not need their bonus buy but let's go and have a look anyway.

-Have a look at this.

-Mm-hm.

-Different.

Isn't that absolutely beautiful?

It's a scrap album and it would be sad to do it,

but I can see someone cutting all of these pages out and pasting

them onto a screen and I think that this might make between 50 and £100.

That is what I would get for it. And I paid 45 quid for it.

-I think it is lovely.

-What sort of age is it?

-Victorian.

I particularly like this gaffer tape down the side here(!)

Which is just a nice...

You don't often find that on the back of Victorian albums.

-Absolutely not.

-A nice touch.

-No, it looks very good.

-It's certainly one to consider.

-Good.

-Very much so.

-You don't decide right now. You decide later. OK?

-OK.

But, for the viewers at home,

let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about the scrap book.

This has got a lot of very...

inferior scraps in it.

-It's a bit SCRAPPY?

-Well, that's the word.

I'd be amazed if it made more than...

£20. £20, £30.

Well, Philip Serrell paid £45, actually.

-Anyway, we'll have to dig deep here, Rodney?

-We will.

And we shall be watching you in action any minute now.

-So, girls, are you excited?

-BOTH: Yes!

-I mean, how excited?

-Ah, brimming!

-Absolutely!

The first lot up, then, is your dog. And here it comes.

Lot 100. We have the spelter dog figure

on the onyx base. A very smart item.

Start me where you will. £40?

40?

40 is bid. Thank you.

On the aisle at £40.

-Good.

-You're in profit.

-40.

At £40, the only bid.

I'll take five if you want.

At £40...

-45.

-Oh, good!

Sure, sir? At £45 in the doorway.

Your only chance.

At £45, the bid is in the doorway.

Get a bit more, Rodney.

At £45.

GAVEL BANGS

He's done it. £45.

That is plus £10.

-Well done.

-Well done.

Lot 101.

The pair of 20th-century Royal Doulton plates.

With the Coppice pattern.

Start me where you will.

Start me at £40 for the pair. 40?

Well, 30 then, surely? £30.

Perfect for this area.

30 bid. Thank you. At 30. 40.

30 bid!

-At £40.

-He's got 40!

At £40. Any advance this time at 40?

Anyone else? Are you all done?

Selling this time at £40.

GAVEL BANGS

Yes! £40. That's very good.

£40. Plus 30 on that.

Can't believe this.

Right, now the love box.

Lot 102.

We have the papier mache,

late 19th, early 20th-century love letter box.

I think you could easily hide

a half bottle of whiskey in there.

THEY LAUGH

Start me where you will. £30.

30 at least. £20, then.

Can't go less than that, surely? £20.

20 bid. 30.

40. 50.

£50 on my right.

At £50.

The bid is on my right.

Are you all done?

I'll take five if you want, sir.

At £50, on my right.

Five off anyone else?

You all done this time at £50?

Look around for the last time at 50.

GAVEL BANGS

Brilliant. Plus £17 on that.

30, 47, 57. You're plus £57.

-Well, at least it's positive.

-Brilliant.

-That is pretty good, isn't it?

-Yes.

I mean, to spend £78 and be £57 in profit,

you girls are very, very clever girls.

-Very good.

-Hey!

-We're very pleased with... "Hey!"

-We're very pleased about that.

-How about that?

What are you going to do?

Are you going to try and make some more money

by going with the Staffordshire zebra

or are you going to park your £57

-and not risk any of the 65?

-That's difficult, isn't it?

-We're going to not risk...

-You're not going to risk it?

-No.

You're not going to? You're not going with the bonus buy.

But, as usual, we're going to sell it anyway.

And I can reveal that the auctioneer's estimate

on the zebra is £10-£15. OK?

So, I'm afraid his estimate is only £10-£15.

You've made your decision.

On the face of it, it looks like a good decision.

Let's see what it brings.

Lot 106.

Lot 106, ladies and gentlemen.

We have the Staffordshire zebra figure,

which has restoration to it.

Ooh!

Still a decorative figure.

Start me where you will.

Start me at £30.

-Always popular, zebras. 30.

-Go on!

30 is bid, right at the very back.

At £30. At £30, the only bid.

I'll take five where? At £30.

-Go on. For goodness' sake!

-35.

-Yes, come on!

-40.

45.

At £45. In the back corner now.

I think you were right. Come on!

At £45, are we all done this time?

At £45, your bid at 45.

Come on, a bit more! Please, Rodney!

-GAVEL BANGS

-Oh!

But not as bad! But not as bad!

We're still in profit!

So that is minus £20, right? So you made the right decision there.

You ring-fenced your whatnots, OK? Good for you.

-Now, the big thing is don't tell the Blues a word.

-No, we won't.

-Don't talk to those naughty boys.

-Absolutely.

-Good.

Well, well, well, this is exciting, isn't it?

Absolutely!

Now look, you boys have given a lot of brave talk right, and we know on

Bargain Hunt that words come cheap, so just how confident and bullish

are you feeling now that you're on the edge?

-Absolutely confident!

-Yeah, without doubt.

You use the word "bullish"

and I think the bull is our special winner.

Lot 124, we have the reproduction

iron bull's head doorbell.

This is going to be fine.

The doorbell, start me where you will, start me at £20.

Reproduction doorbell.

Wall bell, really.

20. £10 then?

Well, this is a shock, no-one's bidding!

20, sir? £10, only bid...at £10 only bid,

at £10 all there at 10, 15, 20...£20 only bid, all done.

25, I'll take it.

-£30.

-I just don't believe it!

-What did I tell you?

£20, anyone else? You're out, the bid's here.

It oozes class!

All done this time at £30.

Plus £12.

Hang on, hang on, here we go.

Here comes the investiture.

125, the armchair used for the guests at the

Investiture of the Prince of Wales, at Caernarfon Castle.

£100 for the sheer collectable value of them, they do turn up

from time to time.

-Come on!

-One day they will be highly sought after.

Probably a very good investment here.

Start me at 50.

£50, Prince of Wales Investiture.

£50, £20 then?

Nobody at all? £20.

20 the bid, right here at £20. Are you all done this time at 20? 30?

40, 50...at £50.

He doesn't hang about.

At £50, very limited number here.

I find it odd that the bull makes 30 quid.

-All done at £50.

-It's profit.

£50 on my left, all done at 50.

£50 then, Phil.

That's plus £5, nothing the matter with that, that's £5 profit.

Now your box.

The box with the relief decorated

cover, the tavern scene,

rather smart that, isn't it?

Start that where you will,

start me at £50.

50. £20 then?

Right, come on!

£20, only bid at 20. All done at £20.

30, 40, at £40 down here...50,

-60, 70, 80...

-Come on, come on!

At £80, in the front row at £80.

You're out, sir? You're out, madam?

At £80, the bid's in the front row...at £80.

Look around again, last time, at 80.

£80, well done, it's wiped its face.

So, £17, you are £17 in profit.

How much did the bull's head make?

Right, boys, this could be a winning score, all right?

You could have beaten the girls with a profit of £17.

Are you going to risk £45 on Phil's scrapbook or are you going to stick?

Are you going to twist or stick?

What's going to happen?

-Go for it.

-17's not a lot, we want to make more than that.

-You want to make more than that?

-We want to make more than that.

-No pressure, Phil.

-We'll put the pressure on Phil.

Yes, go for it.

You're going with the bonus buy?

Yes, we trust Phil, we trust Phil.

I can reveal now that you've decided to go with it,

that the auctioneer's estimate is £20-£30...no pressure, Phil.

Help, Rodney, help!

Lot 130, we have the

Victorian scrapbook.

Erm, there are some pages

with some rare scraps in here.

Would anybody start me at £100?

100?

£100.

I've an 80 bid, thank you, at £80.

80 quid.

At £80, 90, 100.

-Look at this!

-Fantastic!

-120, 130.

-Philip!

£130.

This is getting very good.

£130, the young lady's bid,

right on the aisle, at £130.

So, you do know what you're

-talking about!

-No, it's a mystery.

£130!

-Have it!

-That is £85 of profit!

Plus £85, lads.

I think a bit of an apology's in order here, don't you?

I'll shake the man's hand.

It's all a bit of luck, isn't it?

Brilliant, fantastic!

That means overall you are £102 of profit, which is

a considerable achievement.

Don't tell the girls a thing, all right?

As it may or may not be a winning score.

So, a great profit of £102 for the Blues,

making them the winners, as the Reds made just £57.

Back at the Wetherby Racecourse, two more teams

are about to go in search of bargains,

but first I'm off to somewhere really relaxing.

I've travelled a few miles up the road from Wetherby

to have a look around a very stately stately home.

In the 1760s, Edwin Lascelles built Harewood House,

furnishing it with the very best that money could buy.

As well as commissioning items from some of the greatest names

of the day, objects were shipped over from China

to quench the fashionable thirst for all things Oriental.

Here in the East Bedroom is possibly the finest surviving group

of hand-painted Chinese wallpaper anywhere in the world.

The wallpaper was rediscovered in Harewood's outbuildings in 1988,

where it had lain hidden after being removed by the Victorian ancestors.

Here, tucked away beside the bed,

we have got some panels which show silk production.

This chap in the blue tunic is shimmying up a tree,

a mulberry tree.

Here we have got a woman who has harvested leaves

from the mulberry tree, she is throwing them down to her

husband below, who is about to shove off to the silkworm factory.

Here we have got the silkworms in trays,

all having a lovely secretion.

The 20 sheets depict other scenes of everyday Chinese life.

Chinese ceramics and tea-making are shown beautifully on the wallpaper.

These panels represent the tea production trade.

There is a nice Chinaman there with his bare feet,

treading down tea into a packing container which is then

taken off to the riverside, ready to be shipped to Europe.

In this corner, we're telling the story of rice production.

Now, down in this corner,

we've got a buffalo ploughing the paddy field.

And then the whole story is completed over here,

where we've got the rice harvest.

The big question is, will our next two teams get into a paddy

when they go bargain hunting?

Ha! Time to meet our new lots of Red and Blues.

So, today for the Reds we have got Samantha and Paul.

And for the Blues we've got Jill and Keith.

-Welcome to Bargain Hunt, everybody.

-Hello.

-Hiya.

Now, how did you two get to know them each other, then?

Well, from what he's told me, the first time he met me

he was a bit of a stalker because he was only a young boy

-and he saw me walking through the woods and he followed me.

-Did you?

It was the red hair. She used to have bright, copper red hair,

she used to walk through the woods, it was like a belisha beacon,

I homed in on it and followed her about.

You thought, this is the most beautiful creature you had ever seen in the woods?

-I hope so!

-I was intrigued. I was intrigued.

Aw!

-Isn't that a lovely story?

-It is. It's sweet, isn't it?

-Yes.

-Paul, you run your own business.

-I do.

-Yes. What's that?

-A scaffolding company. In Leeds.

-Sam, you help him, do you?

-I do.

-I go labouring with him now and again.

-Do you really?

But are we going to get this same team work on Bargain Hunt between you?

-Yeah. Because he's going to do as he's told!

-Oh, I see!

Now, good luck.

-Blues, how did you to first meet?

-It was the Christmas party.

-Was it?

-Yes.

-And you have been together now how long?

-34 years we've been married.

-Yes. Well, something is working right!

Now, Jill, have you got any experience of buying and selling?

Well, selling.

-I had a Clarice Cliff dish.

-Yes.

And I cracked it so I thought, it's not much good.

And so I thought I'd try and sell it. And I got 70 quid for it.

-Did you?

-I thought that was a good deal.

-Yes.

I shouldn't go with anything damaged today.

One thing your experts don't like is damaged goods.

But talking about experts, we have to start off with the money.

Here is the money moment. £300 apiece.

Those experts are waiting and off you go!

# I'm on fire... #

-There is another interesting item. Look at that.

-What is it?

-What do you think it is? This is a test.

-It looks like a stamp.

It's a stamp. It's not for wax, it's for butter. It's a butter stamp.

Look at that.

So that design there will represent the farm, I suppose.

And then you sell it in a big pair at the local market.

-How old would you say that is?

-Probably 19th century.

Could be a bit earlier. What do you think of it? Have a handle of it.

It's pretty, isn't it?

If we can get it for the right price,

and you think there is profit in it, it's a possibility.

-Shall we find out what the right price is?

-We can ask.

-OK. Let's ask.

-Yes, sir?

-Best price on this? Come on.

-It's got to be 40.

-That's it.

-40.

-I'll be able to get that anywhere.

-What do you reckon, team?

-I mean...

-What do you think?

-I like it.

I like it. 35, that's all we've got.

Go on, you know you want our money.

-Give me your money!

-Go on.

-Thank you very much.

-Are you happy?

-I am happy at that price.

-Good. Well done. Go and give him some money.

-Thank you very much.

-Excellent, first one in the bag.

-Right, come on then, time is still pressing.

-I'll leave that with you.

You're not wrong, David.

The Blues haven't even moved off the first stall.

I like that little chair.

-Do you like this little chair?

-Oh, I do, it's gorgeous.

It's a Windsor chair. Do you know why it's called a Windsor chair?

-No.

-In a Windsor chair, you have the seat, right,

and everything meets in the seat.

With normal chairs,

the back comes down and then continues into the back leg.

But a Windsor chair, everything meets in the seat.

I quite like that. It's a lot of money. It's a lot of money.

-It is.

-A lot of money. What is the best you can do that for?

The real best you can do that for?

-160.

-You might lose 40 quid, you might make 40 quid.

-You happy with that? Think positive.

-Yeah.

I'm positive you might lose 40 quid, you might make 40 quid!

-What was it you said again?

-I ain't taking any notice of you!

-I'd like that.

-Good.

Actually, that's probably the recipe for success in this programme!

-Go on, then.

-I do, honestly.

You're making a rod for your own back there, Phil.

Still, first item purchased for £160.

It's obviously a match holder

but is it old? It felt so light.

It is light but it's silver, you can tell instantly it's silver.

It's very Victorian in its design. Do you like it?

-I like it a lot, yes.

-Do you?

-Yes. It's very pretty.

What would be the best on that?

-35.

-35.

-You couldn't do it for 20, could you?

-No. Nothing like that.

I could do it for 30, though.

Could you meet us halfway? 25? I would have it at that.

-Go on, then.

-Good man.

-Thank you very much.

-I'm doing this, but are you happy with that?

-I am, yes.

-Especially for that price.

-I think it's great.

It's a nice, real, novelty, quirky item, isn't it?

Can we have the matches as well?

Well, that's the quickest decision I've ever seen

but I like a team that knows what they want.

-I wonder if the Blues are as focused.

-1899...

-I do like it, actually.

-What have you found?

Is this something that they would have on the old canal barges?

-Something like that?

-You are good, aren't you?

-Is it?

-Yes. 1889.

Do you want to find out how much it is?

Yes, OK, then. I'm just worried about this...

Well, ask the dealer what he thinks and we'll see what he says.

-Point that out to him.

-Point that out to him.

-Yes, dear!

We will unleash him!

-Stop being so noisy.

-Unleash you.

Keith negotiated £85 for the bargeware teapot.

At last, the Blues have an item in the bag.

I think we are pretty much done out here.

So shall we make our way back inside and see if we can just find one last...

I need to pay this chap first.

You had better do that! We'll go and wait for you outside.

-Has he not had the money yet?

-No.

-Oh, dear me.

-I'm going to wait for you out here.

-Crafty!

You've got to pay their man, Keith. Two down, one to go.

Time has a habit of ticking on, especially

when you are out shopping, having a nice time.

-Let's step it up a gear, chaps.

-Do you like that perfume bottle?

I do, yes.

I just like the shape of it.

It is, isn't it? It's absolutely gorgeous.

-Is that the original stopper for it?

-It feels right, doesn't it?

Can't smell anything. It has a nice silver collar on there,

but it's got a fantastic shape to it.

-Don't you think it's got that Art Deco sort of feel to it?

-I do, yes.

-At auction, is it...

-Is it going to make a...?

It's certainly very suitable for auction.

They always do very well, anything to do... You know, ladies.

-You like your perfumes and things.

-I do. I do.

I think it's an absolute stunner. Now, 65...

Let's get a price on that. Now, what is the absolute best price on that?

-60.

-60?

-No. 50.

-50.

Well, I think it is absolutely delicious, I've got to say.

-Are you happy?

-I'm very happy, yes. I think we should have it.

-Prepared to take a chance on that.

-I am.

-I am, too. Go on, then.

-Shall we have it?

-I think so.

-Go on. Thank you very much. Happy?

-I am, yeah.

-Right, there you go. You are all spent up. Well done.

-Right.

Congratulations to the Reds.

Seven minutes left on the clock and all items in the bag.

Now, even I'm worried about the Blues.

Right, come on, guys, we've got to crack on now.

-I like these.

-Yes, definitely.

-Bar billiards.

-Bar billiards.

-This isn't bar billiards.

-Skittles!

-Bar skittles.

-Yeah.

-Good stuff, eh? Was that good?

-No. You haven't won.

-So you pull that?

-Would you have had these in your pub?

-Haven't seen those for years.

-Either of them.

-What, this bagatelle as well?

Let's have a look at that.

There's a ball there, look. So you just...

-And lose.

-Oh, you haven't scored anything on that either.

Story of my life, that. I'll be here all day.

This is £35.

35. And 15.

35 and 15?

Shall we buy them both?

If you buy them both, I'll give you a discount.

-Yeah, buy one, get one free, I think!

-That would be good.

-What's 15 and 35, that is 50 quid, isn't it?

-Yeah. Yeah.

-40.

-She's a hard lady.

-It's got a wobble on.

She's a hard lady.

We've all got wobble - our time of life, everything wobbles!

-Go on, what's your best deal?

-Will you take 30?

-I'll do you them both for 30 then, yeah.

-30 quid?

I think you've probably pinched those.

-Yeah! I think so.

-Really well done.

That's it. Time's up!

So, with all the items in the bag,

let's remind ourselves of what the Red Team bought.

35, that's all we've got. Go on, you know you want to.

Butter will taste even more buttery, with the butter stamp for 35.

Second item, £25 for the 1903 silver matchbox holder.

So that's the maker. Go on, 45.

And last, a final splash on the Art Deco crystal glass perfume

bottle, smelling sweet at £50.

-So, you spent how much overall, again?

-110 total, we spent.

-You spent 100 and how much?

-£10.

-Get a translation.

£110, thank you.

I'd like £190 of leftover lolly,

which you'll hand across to David.

Because he likes to get his grip on the cash.

David, you have only seen five stands,

there's about 250 to go for you now, to do your shop.

Bear in mind I've hardly seen anything, Tim, because we got about

20 yards into the fair and we've spent all of our money.

-So I'm just eager to go.

-You are an eager beaver to get on with it.

All right, I mustn't restrain you any longer. Very good luck.

Now, let's remind ourselves of what the Blues have bought.

I am not taking any notice of you. I'd like that.

The Blues started with their biggest purchase of the day.

£160 for the child's rocking chair.

Next, £85 for the bargeware teapot.

And to finish, the 1940s tabletop skittles and bagatelle game for £30.

Smashing!

What is your overall score? How much did you spend in the end?

-Was it 275?

-275.

-275. 25, please, going straight to Philip Serrell.

-Good stuff.

-And you're in good heart, Philip?

-Ready for the chase?

-They've been good fun,

but what I'm not going to buy with this -

thankfully I do not have enough money - is a lobster mould.

Ah-ha-ha.

Well, we stayed in God's country. We have remained in Yorkshire.

Just come a bit north to Leyburn, to Tennants Auctioneers,

to be with the maestro, Rodney Tennant himself.

-How are you, Rodney?

-I'm very well indeed, thank you, Tim.

Lovely to be here. Now, first up for the Reds is this butter stamp.

Which, when it sits like that, looks not a lot.

But when you pick it up like that, it is rather nice, isn't it?

-It's a very good example of its type, yes, it is. £25-35.

-Very good.

£35 paid. So, if you can get towards the top,

-they'll very pleased about that, Rodney.

-I will try.

However, the matchbox holder is pretty rough.

Even as a collectable piece of silver, it is very thin

-and miserable.

-Would you collect that as a piece of silver?

-Quite.

To hide a matchbox in, it's fine but it's probably fine at £10 or 15.

-£20 maybe.

-They paid 25, you see.

-Oh, well, that's a fair retail price.

Fair retail price, but whether they will get a profit on it,

I think, is very unlikely.

Now, the Art Deco scent bottle. That's in quite good nick, isn't it?

It is in good nick.

If scent bottles get damaged at all, invariably it is on the inside.

Just inside, underneath the silver collar. Always have a look at that.

That seems to be in very good order. And it must be worth...

-..£30ish, £30-40.

-Yeah, they paid 50.

So that's enough.

-Well, if we can get 30-40 in a sale.

-Yes. They'll make a loss of £10!

There are a lot of people making very modest profits.

-That's very true.

-They are making very modest profits and...

If you are right, Rodney,

and it doesn't quite develop as it might, they are going to

need their bonus buy, so let's go and have a look at it.

What do we love in Yorkshire?

-Cricket!

-Brilliant. That's quite old, that. Uniform, kind of thing.

This is the worry. You know, this is the worry because this thing,

he looks like he should be 1840, 1850, Staffordshire.

I'm not 100% sure as to its real age.

But he does have signs of ageing and that is the damage, which of

course is going to effect his value

so he's got a lot of things going against him. But it's the figure,

it's a cricketer, circa 1840 in style,

now that has got to be good news.

-Surely. It's just brilliant.

-How much did you pay for it?

Yeah. OK.

25.

Mmm...

-And do you think it will make something?

-I do, I do.

-I mean, it's a chancy number.

-Right.

-So it might be 5, 10, £15.

-Yeah.

-It might not.

-OK.

Now, you hold that thought, because you are not deciding right now.

But for the audience at home,

let's find out what the auctioneer thinks of the cricketing figure.

-Who's going to tell the truth about this?

-You have to.

This is just a reproduction figure.

I think it's been aged to make it look authentic.

But it just isn't, it's the last part of the last century.

-Probably 20, 30 years old.

-Um, well, there it is.

If this was your real 1880s Staffordshire flat back figure,

you'd get in your sale here 500 quid for that, no trouble at all.

-No problems.

-David Harper paid £25 and your estimate is £5 or 10.

And it's supposed to be the bonus buy.

-If we can find a buyer, £5 or 10.

-Right. So, that's it for the Reds.

Now for the Blues. And their first item, Rodney,

is this rather nice child's rocking armchair.

-That takes you back, doesn't it?

-Always appealing, isn't it?

Handed on through the families.

You know, 19th-century, made of ash and elm.

And it'd cost a lot of money to make.

I think it's probably going to be £60 or 80.

-But it'd cost well over 100 to make.

-Did you say £60-80?

-They paid £160.

-Really? There you are.

Just a tad too much, perhaps.

They must have had grandchildren in mind!

They must be getting hormonal. Yes. Very good. So, not so swift on that.

Now, Rodney, I've got a bit of a problem with the next lot.

The bargee-ware teapot, because unfortunately, in transit,

this thing has been damaged. It suffered a break here.

Now, we have had this restored as expertly as we can.

What would that bargee teapot be worth, roughly,

if it had no damage at all in terms of an auction estimate?

-£60-80.

-60-80. OK, fine.

What is the estimate on that in its damaged and restored condition?

Well, the name on it is Kenworthy.

If there is a Mr or Mrs Kenworthy in here that really still wants it,

then they may well still give £50-60 for it,

-but of course it always takes two.

-Quite.

-It always takes two.

And the commercial dealer, who would invariably be the under-bidder,

wouldn't, I don't think, bid any more than perhaps £20-30 for that.

The Blues have therefore suffered a loss here

and we want to see them treated fairly.

So we will make up whatever this teapot makes to, I think,

the top sale estimate which, in sound condition, might've been £80.

-Very generous.

-So, if we're over-generous, then so be it,

-I'd rather do that than be mingy.

-That's the proper thing to do.

The proper thing to do. Thank you, Rodney. Now, lastly, then.

Out of their three items we've got this rather intriguing

bar skittles and bagatelle.

What entertained you and I, Rodney, when we were nippers, endlessly.

Yes, it is a long way off computer games, isn't it?

A long way off. But is anyone going to buy this stuff now?

Because, I mean, it is essentially just old toys, aren't they?

At a modest price, there is

a buyer for everything that comes in the saleroom.

-In your sale here, do you think it's going to bring what, 50 quid?

-No.

-No, I think it's a bit of amusement value, £15-25.

-£30 paid.

-So they might just get out of trouble.

-Yes.

-I shall be trying very hard.

-You always do.

Anyway, on the face of it, what with the disaster with the child's

rocking Windsor armchair, they are going to need their bonus buy.

-Let's go have a look at it.

-I think this is lovely.

It is a travelling...

-little music stand.

-Ah.

-OK. And I'll take it apart.

We won't put it back together again.

But it's just a great little thing, this, because it all folds up.

Just like that.

There you are. I've paid £10 for that.

I would be disappointed perhaps

if that didn't make between £20-30, perhaps a little bit more.

-Well, there you go. What do you think, Jill?

-I like that.

-I do like that. Yes.

-What about you, Keith?

-Unusual, that. I like that.

I mean, for £10... I mean, for a tenner and it's all together.

-That is quite a fragile thing, isn't it?

-Yes.

Probably what makes them...

You are amazed that it has not been broken in the last over 100 years.

-Well, that's good, isn't it?

-Definitely.

A real bit of potential in a bonus buy. How lovely.

Still, you don't decide right now but for the viewers at home,

let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about the music stand.

-So, what do you think this is worth? Bit of novelty.

-£10 or 15.

Well, Philip Serrell, who is a man of the wood,

a man of the timber, rates this as his bonus buy.

He paid a tenner for it.

Frankly, if you get £15, he's made a 50% profit,

they'll be very pleased with that. Thank you.

40, 50, 60, 70. 80.

£80.

Sam and Paul.

SAM LAUGHS

-What are you laughing at?

-I just feel giddy today.

-You feel what?

-Giddy.

-Well, don't you go falling over!

It's all this money I'm going to make!

-You're full of confidence, aren't you?

-Yeah.

-What are you feeling like, Paul?

-Butterflies, actually.

-Have you?

I'm nervous. I've never done anything like this. It's exciting.

-It's good fun.

-It's brilliant.

The butter stamp is the first piece and here it comes.

Lot 148 is the country fruitwood butter stamp.

19th-century one. A good addition to any collection. £20.

I've 20 bid. Thank you. At £20. 20.

At 20. 30. 35. 40.

-Yes!

-At £40.

-We are in profit.

-At 40.

£40, are we all done? 45.

-50.

-He is good, isn't he? He is good.

50 in the second row still.

You're out. Anyone else? At £50, the bid is right here,

at £50, all done?

-Go on!

-£50, I can't believe it.

How we got there I don't know, but it's +15.

-That's the one I was most nervous about, that one.

-Matchbox holder.

There you are, hide away the matches.

Matchbox in this nice silver holder here.

£20. Solid silver matchbox holder. £10, then. 10, I've 10 bid.

Thank you, sir. £10 at the back. I will take 15 where?

15. 20. 5. 30.

Yes!

Five.

40. 45. On my left, here, in the centre at £45.

Are we all done this time?

-Yes!

-Plus £20.

-Great.

I'll be shutting up, I'll tell you that.

This looked beautiful on the internet.

Lot 150.

The Art Deco silver-coloured crystal glass perfume bottle.

Start me at £30. 20.

I have 20 bid. Thank you. At £20, the only bid. At 20.

Silver mounted, 30, 40. 50.

-Get in!

-Come on. Come on!

£50 on my right at the moment.

In the front row here... At £50. Are we all done this time?

-The bid is in the front row. 60.

-Yes!

£60 on my left.

The bid is on my left now at £60. You're out down here.

And out all the way round there, as £60, the bid is on my left.

-Thank you very much.

-It is £10.

That is a profit on each item.

That is 35, £45. You are £45 up.

THEY ALL TALK AT ONCE

What are you going to do about the bonus buy? Are you going to risk it?

-£25 we've paid for the cricketer.

-I think we should...

-Leave it.

-Now we are in front.

Poor fella, just because he hasn't got a nose.

Fine. We are parking it.

We're not going with the bonus buy, we'll sell it anyway.

-Yeah, yeah.

-Here it comes.

-Lot 154.

This was actually booked in as a mid-19th century Staffordshire

cricketer figure. But I think it is a new one. Start me where you will.

£20.

20. £10.

Anybody 10? I have a 10 bid on my left. At £10.

At £10, bid on my left. I will take 15 where? Still very decorative.

-Come on!

-At £10.

-Are you all done this time at 10?

-Oh, please!

-Going. Going...

HE BANGS GAVEL

-£10.

-Hard lines. Hard lines.

-Minus £15 on that.

-Well, you made the right decision.

-We did.

-You helped with the rest!

You made the right decision, that's good.

The big thing now is not to talk to the Blues at all. Not a word.

We don't like them anyway, so...

-So, Jill and Keith, do you know how the Reds got on?

-No.

You don't know how the Reds did. That is quite the way we like it.

We don't want you to know either.

Now, the bargeware teapot, unfortunately

we have had a bit of a problem with this.

What happened was, when it was delivered it was damaged in transit.

We've had it restored

so what we will do is to treat this as an insurance claim, we will

treat it as a pay-out to you of £80, irrespective of what happens.

Now, if there is a miracle and it brings more than £80,

we'll naturally pay you more.

First up, though, Jill, is your rocking armchair. And here it comes.

172, the 19th-century child's Windsor rocking chair.

Low price to start me. £50, anyone?

Well, 20 then. 20. 30. 40. 50.

At £50. 60. 70.

At 70. 80. 90. 100.

110.

120. 130.

140. Are you sure?

£140 at the back left, are we all done this time, at £140?

Sold for 140. Well, that's a very good result.

In relation to the estimate. It's -20, but there we go.

Now, the bargeware teapot.

Lot 173, the 19th-century bargeware teapot.

The handle was damaged in transit. And it has been restored.

Still start at £50. £50.

£20 then. 20 bid. Thank you. £20 bid. 25.

30. 35 with you.

35. 40.

At £40. At £40, are we all done?

Selling this time at £40.

Oh, there we go. £40. Eventually he got there.

£40, but we are going to treat it as if it sold for £80.

Which is -5 pounds at that level.

Now, the skittles and bagatelle, here we go.

Start me where you will. Start me at £60. 50. Well, 40 then.

For the two games, £40.

I have 30 bid. At £30, only bid. 30. 40.

50.

60.

65.

I'll take it at £65.

Are you bidding? No. £65, are we all done?

Selling this time at 65. Your bid. 65.

Great. £65, you have made a profit of £35.

You had two losses totalling £25,

which means you are +£10 at this moment.

Now, you have got the lovely perspective of the music stand,

-haven't you?

-I think we should go with it because I like it.

-You going to go with a bonus buy?

-Yes, yes. I liked it.

-You happy with that?

-Yes. Definitely.

We're going with the bonus buy. Philip Serrell paid £10 for it,

the auctioneer has estimated £10-15 so you should be OK.

Anyway, here it comes.

Lot 178.

We have the 19th-century travelling music stand. Has to be sold. £10.

10 is bid, thank you. 10. 15.

20. 5. At £25. At the very back.

At £25, the bidder right at the back, on the right.

Well done, Phil, you've more than doubled your money.

That is a profit of £15, isn't that brilliant?

Straight up profit of 15, meaning overall you are £25 in profit.

Just remember, this man only had £25 to spend on this bonus buy,

he found something for a tenner and he's doubled it and some.

-That is very good, Phil. Well done.

-Thank you.

Overall, guys, you are £25 up. OK?

Don't tell the Reds and we will reveal all,

because that could be a winning score.

So, we have two teams in profit, taking home cash.

Not much between them. In fact, hardly a sheet of Bronco.

But the running up team today...

-are the Blues.

-Yes!

-Well done, guys.

-Sorry about that, chaps. There is your £25. Well done.

But the victors today are the Reds.

Who are going home with £45 worth of profit. There you go.

-Have you had a nice time?

-A fantastic time. I really enjoyed it.

We've loved having you on the programme.

Congratulations all round. Join us soon for some more bargain hunting!

-Yes?

-ALL: Yes!