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# Happy birthday to you... # | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
It's party time on Bargain Hunt this week, as we look back | 0:00:04 | 0:00:09 | |
over 10 wonderful years, looking at the favourite bits | 0:00:09 | 0:00:12 | |
and enjoying all that fun and laughter. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
Yeah! | 0:00:19 | 0:00:20 | |
But that's not all. We're going to pit our experts | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
against one another to find out who can really spot a winner. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:31 | |
I can't wait. Let's go bargain hunting! | 0:00:31 | 0:00:35 | |
Ooh! | 0:00:36 | 0:00:38 | |
Today, we're in Scotland | 0:01:01 | 0:01:03 | |
for our celebrations. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:04 | |
The rules remain the same as on the Bargain Hunt that you know and love, | 0:01:04 | 0:01:09 | |
except, of course, we have got experts versus experts | 0:01:09 | 0:01:13 | |
just to spice up the rivalry. What fun! | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
And there are plenty of other goodies coming up in the party bags. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:21 | |
Paul takes time to reminisce. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:23 | |
£70, down to a charitable bid of a fiver. Ouch! | 0:01:23 | 0:01:28 | |
There you go. Bargain Hunt gold. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
But back at the fair, he sees red, when he lets teammate, David take control. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
You're not going to introduce more chance to this lottery, are you? | 0:01:35 | 0:01:39 | |
We'll get to find out what Mark Stacey does in his spare time. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:42 | |
'I used to be the world's worst cook.' | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
You know, if I did baked beans on toast, I'd struggle to get the beans out of the toaster! | 0:01:45 | 0:01:49 | |
How he handles colleagues in a professional situation. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:53 | |
The bellows look as if they're in good condition. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:55 | |
They don't excite me, Mark. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:56 | |
What would excite you, Catherine? | 0:01:56 | 0:01:58 | |
-Oh, you just being quiet for five minutes. -Oh! | 0:01:58 | 0:02:01 | |
'And we dip into the Bargain Hunt archives.' | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
But before all that, let's go and meet our teams. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:10 | |
For the Red team today, we have as headstrong | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
a pair of experts as you're likely to find on Bargain Hunt, Paul Laidlaw and David Harper. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:16 | |
-Welcome, chaps. -Hello, Tim. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
And for the Blues, we've got a couple who are sure to come up fighting, | 0:02:19 | 0:02:22 | |
it's Catherine Southon and Mark Stacey. | 0:02:22 | 0:02:24 | |
They love each other really. Good. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
-Now, you two, this is exciting, isn't it? -It's brilliant, isn't it? | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
-Expert Bargain Hunt! -I know. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:32 | |
This is your opportunity to get your own back, which is great. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
Paul, you started out on Bargain Hunt as an auctioneer and then, you developed into an expert, | 0:02:35 | 0:02:41 | |
not that you weren't an expert to start off with! But do you remember your first time as an auctioneer? | 0:02:41 | 0:02:46 | |
I do indeed. Really, hugely exciting, but I've got to say, | 0:02:46 | 0:02:51 | |
relatively easy to put the boot in to the experts. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
Yeah, we noticed that! | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
Before I became one of them! | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
Because we stood in your saleroom in Carlisle, right, and you examined these items. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:04 | |
I don't think you were particularly rude, you just gave an honest opinion. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:09 | |
He was rude. Remember that head I brought in, that concrete head? | 0:03:09 | 0:03:12 | |
-Yeah, I do remember that. -You and him were both very rude about that. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
Well, frankly, my dear... | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
So, opinions come cheap, but results are what count. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
David, you've been on the programme, how long? | 0:03:20 | 0:03:22 | |
-Three and a half years, Tim. -Gosh, you're hardly out of shorts. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:26 | |
-I know! -You've got your long trousers on at last! | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
Are you confident that you and Paul can lash up the opposition? | 0:03:29 | 0:03:33 | |
I think I've got a good teammate here. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
I mean, far better, I think, than Dr Who over there, anyway. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:38 | |
What, you mean our gentlemen in the blue suit, here? | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
This is my Bargain Hunt birthday suit. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
Well, I'm going to ask you, then, about the suit, because it's a brilliantly colourful suit, that. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:49 | |
I thought "I'm the Blue team" so I'd wear blue | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
-and I'm very proud to tell you, Tim, I've had this suit for 13 years. -Have you? | 0:03:51 | 0:03:57 | |
-And I can still get into it. I'm breathing a lot. -That's a miracle, isn't it? | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
Those corsets that they wind up like that are just marvellous. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
-I know what the Victorians feel like! -Mark, have you learned anything | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
-in all the years that you've been advising people on the show? -Absolutely not, no. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:11 | |
I've loved every minute, eight wonderful years. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
How many years have you worked on Bargain Hunt? | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
About three and a half years, but it does feel like a lifetime, Tim. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:20 | |
It's lovely though, isn't it, really? | 0:04:20 | 0:04:22 | |
-Are there any moments that stick out in your memory, Catherine? -Oh, I' have so many, Tim. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:26 | |
Let me think. Probably one of the celebrity ones, that was good fun, | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
working with Nicki Chapman and Vanessa Feltz, I enjoyed that. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:32 | |
We made a profit on absolutely everything, which is a miracle for me. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
-It's all very difficult and the boot today is on the other foot. -I know, I know. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:39 | |
Because you chaps have to perform. So, standby, that's all I can say. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:44 | |
Now, this is your traditional money moment. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
-Thank you. -There's your £300. -Thank you, Tim. -You've seen this a million times before. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:51 | |
You know the rules, there are no experts waiting for you, so off you go and very, very, very good luck. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:58 | |
So will it be our expert Reds or our expertly turned out Blues who are victorious today? | 0:04:58 | 0:05:06 | |
Well, they'd better be careful what they buy | 0:05:06 | 0:05:08 | |
because any profits that they do make will be donated to charity. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
Today's programme is sure to be a cracker. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:16 | |
Now, while they're off shopping, let's take the opportunity to have a look back over the last decade. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:24 | |
Did you know that Bargain Hunt is shown in over 50 countries all around the world? | 0:05:24 | 0:05:28 | |
We've filmed at fairs and auctions at home and abroad | 0:05:28 | 0:05:33 | |
and there have always been two aims, to entertain you, our loyal viewers, and, of course, to find a bargain! | 0:05:33 | 0:05:39 | |
Don't we look good? You're jealous of these scarves, aren't you? Yeah! | 0:05:41 | 0:05:46 | |
-It is for sale, yeah! -It is indeed. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
David, you're supposed to be buying, not selling. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
Look at that dog, Catherine. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:54 | |
What is it about you and dogs? Ooh, look at those glass eyes! | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
They are real glass eyes, aren't they? | 0:05:57 | 0:05:59 | |
Oh, I love it. And I think... | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
Are they real glass eyes? They look like it. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:03 | |
Aah! | 0:06:04 | 0:06:07 | |
Oh, he's lovely, Catherine, isn't he? | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
Let's hope there aren't any more scary surprises in store for the Blue team. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:15 | |
That's quite big, isn't it, that big vase there? | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
-Art Nouveau. -Doulton? -No, I think it's Langley Lovett, actually? | 0:06:20 | 0:06:24 | |
-How much is it? -I should think that's quite expensive. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:27 | |
-130. -130. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:29 | |
Shall we think about that? It's a lovely big lump. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:33 | |
-Is it in superb condition? -Yes, it is and it's got... | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
Careful, it will be heavy, Catherine. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:37 | |
It is quite striking, isn't it? | 0:06:37 | 0:06:39 | |
Well, it's a lovely design. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
-It's not Doulton. -But it's got that Doulton look... | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
-It has. -..hasn't it, about it? I think it's an impressive piece. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
It's quite impressive. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:48 | |
Shall we've a think? Dare we say 100? | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
I was going to say, shall we say 100? | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
You couldn't do it for 100, could you? | 0:06:54 | 0:06:55 | |
This is our birthday special, you see? | 0:06:55 | 0:06:58 | |
This is our 10th anniversary. Not together! | 0:06:58 | 0:07:01 | |
No, no, we've been together many years longer than that. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
# Sisters... # | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
My goodness, you break my heart. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
-I know. -Are we breaking your heart? Sorry. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
-Why not? -Oh, darling, Come on, I will give you a kiss. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
That's lovely. Thank you very much. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
You're welcome. And I hope you beat the other team. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
-I'm sure it'll be lovely, thank you so much. -That's very quick. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:24 | |
We've done about... That's about one minute and one item! | 0:07:24 | 0:07:28 | |
That's unheard of. Have we done the right thing? | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
Yes. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 | |
Fret not, Catherine, you're off to a cracking start, | 0:07:33 | 0:07:36 | |
having spent £100 on an Art Nouveau vase in the first few minutes. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:40 | |
Will the Red team be just as swift off the mark? | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
Tell us about your glass. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:45 | |
Murano glass. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
-Is it Murano, yeah? -It is Murano glass. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:49 | |
You see, Murano's good stuff, isn't it? It's arty. Any markings on this one? | 0:07:49 | 0:07:53 | |
They weren't always markings on the Murano glass. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
-Sometimes you get the nice stickers, that says Murano? -God bless them! | 0:07:55 | 0:08:00 | |
-I mean... -God bless them. -That's... | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
GLASS CLINKS | 0:08:02 | 0:08:03 | |
-Lovely, isn't it? -What would be the trade on that one? | 0:08:03 | 0:08:06 | |
I could do that one for...40. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:09 | |
40. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:11 | |
It's... | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
-It's not for you, is it? -Do you not love it? | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
Look at his face, does he look excited? | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
-No. -I could do a bit on it for you. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:20 | |
Could you? OK, well, let's have a look. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:22 | |
-Cheers. -What about that Murano? We're looking at profit, if we buy for 20 quid. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:25 | |
-Yeah. -It's going to make profit. -For 20 quid, you double your money. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:29 | |
I'm cool with that. On that basis it does it for me. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:31 | |
Well, do you want me to bid her 20 quid? | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
Yeah. Say... | 0:08:34 | 0:08:36 | |
-Blame it all on me. -Can I do that? -Blame it all on me. Just say, "He hates it, but..." | 0:08:36 | 0:08:40 | |
Oh, right. That's good. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
-I could work with that. -Go for it on that basis. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
So I would look nice and you would look horrible. All right! | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
David heads off to work a bit of that Harper magic. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:52 | |
Meanwhile, Catherine's expert eye has spotted something special. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:56 | |
-Have a little look at these. -Oh, that's lovely. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
-See they're French Prisoner Of War, circa 1820 and look at this, I just love the staining here. -I love that. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:04 | |
All the different little colours. And it's complete with its little die. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
Can you imagine these people working under the conditions, prisoners of war, and they're working... | 0:09:08 | 0:09:13 | |
And they literally used bones and things to make... | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
-Absolutely. -And they swapped it for things like soap and their little luxuries, didn't they? | 0:09:16 | 0:09:20 | |
-You really are touching a piece of history there. -You are. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
1820s, Napoleonic, Prisoner Of War. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 | |
-These are so hard to find. -You do not see... | 0:09:25 | 0:09:28 | |
These used to come... You used to get them quite often, but I don't... | 0:09:28 | 0:09:31 | |
You hardly see them now. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:33 | |
Well, if we buy that, we've already spent 100, that's 280, we'll only have £20 left. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:38 | |
That's a bit... | 0:09:38 | 0:09:40 | |
-A bit risky. -Let's ask him to keep it? | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
Excuse me, sir, would you mind...? | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
-Would you come down slightly on 180? -180's the very best. 180's a good price, believe me. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:49 | |
Well, let's keep it... | 0:09:49 | 0:09:51 | |
-Yes. -Think about it. -If the gentleman will keep it for us... | 0:09:51 | 0:09:54 | |
-You'll keep it, yeah? -And we'll come back and let you know as soon as we can. -Sure, yeah, no bother. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:59 | |
Looks like there's no budging on the price for the dominoes. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
Let's hope Harper's having better luck. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
What's the absolute death trade? | 0:10:06 | 0:10:07 | |
-Well, if it's going to... -15? -No, don't be ridiculous! | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
-No? -Absolutely not. -Really? | 0:10:10 | 0:10:13 | |
-Really. -It's going to a good home. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:15 | |
I can't. Can't. 25. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:17 | |
Where's... Where's my pal? | 0:10:17 | 0:10:19 | |
What if we spun a coin, 20 or 25? | 0:10:19 | 0:10:22 | |
-OK. -Yeah, shall we do that? -OK, let's do that. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:26 | |
You're not going to introduce more chance to this lottery, are you? | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
I'm going to have to, because we've come to a deadlock. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:31 | |
20 or 25. Are you happy? | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
On a coin? It's a bit of fun, come on in. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:36 | |
Come on in and enjoy the spectacle. Are you ready? | 0:10:36 | 0:10:39 | |
-Ready for anything. -OK. What was your name? | 0:10:39 | 0:10:41 | |
-Jackie. -Jackie, you call, right? | 0:10:41 | 0:10:43 | |
Right, heads... Heads, it's 25, tails it's 20. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:46 | |
-Tails us, heads you. -Yeah. -Ready? | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
Right, go. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:49 | |
-Heads! -It's an omen! | 0:10:51 | 0:10:53 | |
-25. Are we going to... Thank you, thank you, thank you. -You're welcome, you're welcome. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:59 | |
-Well, it's one in the bag. -Thanks, that was a hoot. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:01 | |
David takes a gamble on the glass bowl and the Reds have their first item of the day. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:07 | |
Paul Laidlaw's one of the newer kids on Bargain Hunt. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:10 | |
As it's our 10th birthday, let's take a look at what he gets up to at home. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:15 | |
'My life, cheesy, though this is bound to sound, it's stating the obvious, revolves round my family.' | 0:11:17 | 0:11:23 | |
Maureen and I've a gorgeous daughter, Aurora, who is seven, | 0:11:23 | 0:11:28 | |
and we have two twin boys, Francis and James, who are two and a half. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:32 | |
'Everything revolves round us as a wee family. It's the best thing in the world.' | 0:11:32 | 0:11:36 | |
Come on, you! | 0:11:36 | 0:11:39 | |
'I was terrified of having twins. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:41 | |
'I just had visions of The Shining, you know? Twins, not for me, really.' | 0:11:41 | 0:11:45 | |
What a blessing. It is the best thing in the world. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:48 | |
People struggle to differentiate them, and I've just got | 0:11:48 | 0:11:50 | |
to the stage, two years later, where I can differentiate them myself. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:54 | |
As if telling the little Laidlaws apart wasn't challenge enough | 0:11:54 | 0:11:58 | |
for Paul, he's also spent the last two and a half years | 0:11:58 | 0:12:02 | |
pitting his wits against the clock on Bargain Hunt. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
-May I? -Yes, of course. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:06 | |
I think you have spotted something rather sexy indeed. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:11 | |
His first ever show coincided with the birth of the twins and wasn't at first all he had hoped. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:17 | |
I hated the experience. I got asked halfway through, "How's it going?" | 0:12:17 | 0:12:20 | |
I said, "I don't mind telling you, I hate this." | 0:12:20 | 0:12:22 | |
-We're in this for a profit. -Yeah. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:24 | |
-Who's going to do the work? Some haggling? -I will. Oh, go on. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:27 | |
I hated it. But, see driving home, the best thing in the world. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:31 | |
You know, "I've just done that, can you believe it? | 0:12:31 | 0:12:33 | |
"have just been on Bargain Hunt!" | 0:12:33 | 0:12:36 | |
75! | 0:12:36 | 0:12:40 | |
'Man, there's a rollercoaster' | 0:12:40 | 0:12:41 | |
and driving home to the hospital to see my three-day-old twins. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:45 | |
There's a weekend for you! | 0:12:45 | 0:12:47 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:12:47 | 0:12:49 | |
And when he's not being a family man, Paul spends time on his lifelong obsession. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:55 | |
Come on, Paul, confess all. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:57 | |
'I do have the collector gene,' | 0:12:57 | 0:13:00 | |
I don't mind telling you. I've always collected. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:02 | |
It was shells when I was a boy and then it was bottles, and so on. | 0:13:02 | 0:13:07 | |
Now my passion is for arms and armour, I'm afraid. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:12 | |
'Boy's toys! | 0:13:12 | 0:13:14 | |
'And I have one piece from the very late 15th century, | 0:13:14 | 0:13:18 | |
'and then the 16th and 17th century up to the time of the Civil Wars.' | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
So, there you go, my weakness! | 0:13:21 | 0:13:25 | |
Your weakness is Bargain Hunt's strength, Paul, and you're not our only antiques geek. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:31 | |
Mark Stacey is a dealer and auctioneer turned TV expert too. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:35 | |
I was reading the Antiques Trade Gazette one day | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
and there was an advert in the back, by the BBC, asking for new experts | 0:13:38 | 0:13:43 | |
and I duly sent off my CV with a photograph and I went down all the way from Chichester on the train. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:48 | |
'I was disappointed, actually, because, all this build up' | 0:13:48 | 0:13:52 | |
and I got to the auction room, I answered basic questions on antiques, | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
and they said, "We'll let you know." | 0:13:55 | 0:13:57 | |
And I was expecting fanfares to say we've found our new star! | 0:13:57 | 0:14:00 | |
And the rest, as they say, is antiques history! | 0:14:00 | 0:14:04 | |
Mark's bargain hunting talents might have made TV history, but how does he cope with the trappings of fame? | 0:14:04 | 0:14:11 | |
I love going to auctions. I mean, I can't... | 0:14:11 | 0:14:14 | |
Sometimes, I put a hat on and dark glasses, but people still recognise who I am. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:18 | |
And that's not the only thing that's changed. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:21 | |
The last eight years have been really momentous for me. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:24 | |
Not only, of course, the fantastic experience of being on television | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
and being part of the successful Bargain Hunt team, but around about the time that I started, | 0:14:27 | 0:14:32 | |
I met a new partner, Santiago, who comes from Spain, Pamplona, where they run the bulls every year. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:38 | |
Well, it might not be the Costa Del Sol, but Mark | 0:14:38 | 0:14:43 | |
and Santiago have lived, for the past two years, in Brighton on the south coast. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:49 | |
We love entertaining. We love cooking and I've learnt a lot on the Spanish way of cooking. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:54 | |
'I mean, I used to be the world's worst cook.' | 0:14:54 | 0:14:57 | |
You know, if I did baked beans on toast I'd struggle to get the beans out of the toaster! | 0:14:57 | 0:15:01 | |
But now, if people turn up unexpectedly, I can open the fridge and rustle up something. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:05 | |
I can't guarantee it's tasty, mind you, but I'll rustle it up. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:09 | |
Sounds delightful, Mark. I might pop round for a Martini myself. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:14 | |
Let's get back to today's Bargain Hunt battle now and Paul's been thinking about the opposition. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:23 | |
I'm sure they're having a hoot. Mark's a riot. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:27 | |
I bet you Catherine is just laughing herself senseless. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:31 | |
I bet you they're having a ball. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:32 | |
Well, I wouldn't call it a ball, exactly. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:36 | |
-Don't start moaning at me, Mark. -I AM moaning at you, Catherine. | 0:15:36 | 0:15:40 | |
The bellows look as if they're in good condition. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:42 | |
They don't excite me, Mark. | 0:15:42 | 0:15:44 | |
-Hate it. -You don't like it? -No, I don't like that. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:49 | |
What would excite you, Catherine? | 0:15:49 | 0:15:50 | |
-Oh, you just being quiet for five minutes. -Oh! | 0:15:50 | 0:15:54 | |
Oh! By contrast, all appears very civil in the Red camp. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:58 | |
-He's nice. -He is rather, isn't he? | 0:15:58 | 0:16:00 | |
And that's tickety-boo. That's got a decent visage there. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
-Frenchman. -Yeah. Young officer. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:05 | |
Great moustache. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:07 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:16:07 | 0:16:08 | |
No pun intended, what's the death on this soldier? | 0:16:08 | 0:16:10 | |
65. It's got to be 65. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:13 | |
My problem is, we like it, but it's old-fashioned, isn't it? | 0:16:13 | 0:16:17 | |
And that's the worst thing you can say about a decorator's piece. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:21 | |
-It's got a niche following. -I'm sorry, I disagree with you. -Oh! -Well, that's cool. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:25 | |
I mean, would 40 get it? | 0:16:25 | 0:16:26 | |
No, it can't be 40. I can't do it. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:29 | |
-Really? -Really. -Are we miles away? -Yes. -How many miles? | 0:16:29 | 0:16:32 | |
25 miles away. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:35 | |
Drawing a line in the sand there. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:38 | |
-Help us a wee bit. -60. -50. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:41 | |
Take sympathy on them. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:42 | |
They need to make money. Give him 50 quid. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:44 | |
-50 quid? -50 quid. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:46 | |
-Yes? -Thank you, sir. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
Well done. Well done. Thank you very much. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:50 | |
Harry, you're always giving my stuff away. | 0:16:50 | 0:16:52 | |
-Thank you both. -It's been nice seeing you. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:54 | |
Before they upset anyone else, Paul and David move on, the proud owners of a bronzed figure. | 0:16:54 | 0:17:00 | |
What do you think the other team are doing? | 0:17:00 | 0:17:03 | |
-I think... -They're probably done. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:04 | |
They're probably done, having a cup of tea and they've probably just spent about £30. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:09 | |
What, that much? | 0:17:09 | 0:17:10 | |
Not quite, Catherine, but you're not far off the truth and don't they look pleased with themselves? | 0:17:10 | 0:17:15 | |
We're in the zone, are we not, Mr Harper? We're in the zone! | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
15 minutes, two items done. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:20 | |
We can go home early today, I reckon. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
-Looking good, looking good. This one's in the bag. -Remember, lads, pride comes before a fall. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:29 | |
Sometimes, my eye gets taken by an object about which there is an awful lot more to learn. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:36 | |
Let's have a look at a find that I found at a fair in Oswestry. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:42 | |
I found the most extraordinary little bit of memorabilia. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:46 | |
A piece of waxed paper, | 0:17:46 | 0:17:48 | |
it's been inscribed "May 25th '67", for 1867. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:55 | |
And it says, in pen and ink, "To dear Mrs Thorneycroft, | 0:17:55 | 0:18:01 | |
"fervently wishing you many happy returns of the day". | 0:18:01 | 0:18:08 | |
And it's signed JD, and underneath that, it says Digger, | 0:18:08 | 0:18:13 | |
and underneath that, it says Emu Creek. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:18 | |
The digger would have been a miner. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:20 | |
That was the term that was used for those prospectors who left Europe in vast numbers, heading for Australia, | 0:18:20 | 0:18:28 | |
in the hope that they would find some gold and riches. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:32 | |
Let's undo the little parcel, shall we, and see what's inside? | 0:18:32 | 0:18:36 | |
Once upon a time, it was sealed with red sealing wax | 0:18:36 | 0:18:40 | |
because JD didn't want anybody to open up this little parcel | 0:18:40 | 0:18:44 | |
that he so fervently wanted to get to Mrs Thorneycroft. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:51 | |
And inside that is another wee piece of paper and if I carefully unfold, | 0:18:51 | 0:18:59 | |
it reveals four little pieces of gold. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:04 | |
This is prospector's gold. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:07 | |
You can imagine the scene on Emu Creek, JD and his mates are panning with those big pans | 0:19:07 | 0:19:14 | |
in the muddy water, looking for alluvial gold | 0:19:14 | 0:19:19 | |
and he found a bit and he sent it back to Mrs Thorneycroft. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:22 | |
I suspect this is quite a rare survival and likely to be worth quite a lot of money. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:28 | |
What does the dealer here, on the Welsh borders, want for it? | 0:19:28 | 0:19:32 | |
£125. Is that cheap? | 0:19:32 | 0:19:35 | |
I don't know. We'll have to ask one of our cousins down under. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:38 | |
Which is exactly what I did. You'll never guess who bought those nuggets. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:45 | |
It was the Canberra National Museum. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:47 | |
So those little bits of gold, found by moi in Oswestry, will now be in a national collection. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:55 | |
Today, we're hoping Edinburgh will prove something of a goldmine. Now, how are the teams doing? | 0:19:55 | 0:20:00 | |
Is it straight? | 0:20:00 | 0:20:02 | |
-It's low. -What's that got to do with it? | 0:20:02 | 0:20:04 | |
It needs to be dead straight. You can't have it bowed. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:07 | |
It's got to be the right height. That's quite low. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:09 | |
-This is the right height for me. -Yeah, but you're short. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:12 | |
Oh, Catherine's getting personal again and I sense dissension in the Blue ranks. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:16 | |
The Reds, by contrast, are going about their task with military precision. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:20 | |
-What are you looking at? -I'm just scanning. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:24 | |
But on the other side of the hall, Mark might have spotted the Blues' second buy of the day. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:30 | |
Oh, that's nice. It's a pen. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:31 | |
It's a pen, yes. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:34 | |
-That's nice though. -It's a whippet. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:36 | |
Oh, has got a little... Is its little ear broken off or is it just bent back? | 0:20:36 | 0:20:40 | |
I think it... No, because whippets are very nervous, aren't they, so they... | 0:20:40 | 0:20:45 | |
Oh, you know your dogs. I like that. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:47 | |
-I think that's sweet. -I like that. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:49 | |
Oh, he's got little glass eyes, you know? | 0:20:49 | 0:20:51 | |
-I wonder why it's got this little bit on, though. -What? | 0:20:51 | 0:20:54 | |
-Here, the little... -Well, that's his collar. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:57 | |
-Oh, I see. -That's meant to be his little collar, dear, with a little bell on it. | 0:20:57 | 0:21:01 | |
I'm not into dogs. | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
It's a bit low down though. It should be a bit further up. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
Whippets have got long necks, Catherine. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:08 | |
-I don't know my dogs. -Then, keep quiet on it. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:12 | |
I'll keep quiet. But I do like it. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:13 | |
-I think it's rather sweet. -Is it walnut? | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
-It's fruit wood, yes. -What would you do that for? | 0:21:16 | 0:21:18 | |
How much has it got on it? | 0:21:18 | 0:21:20 | |
-23. -No, it hasn't! | 0:21:20 | 0:21:23 | |
We're not telling you. 86. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:25 | |
-No, you're right, it's 85. -86. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
OK, 75, but that is it. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:32 | |
-That's a lot of money. And then we wouldn't be able to get the POW. -No, we wouldn't. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:36 | |
Could you not come down a little bit more on that? | 0:21:36 | 0:21:39 | |
70, but honestly, that's it. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:40 | |
70. We should use another 10 minutes looking and then we can make a final decision. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:45 | |
OK, but if we went for that at £70, so that leaves us with 230. 130 rather. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:51 | |
Which we'll find something for. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:53 | |
-Thank you so much. -You're welcome. -With a bit of messing and a lot of bickering, | 0:21:53 | 0:21:58 | |
Mark and Catherine get the pen down to £70, but leave it behind for now. | 0:21:58 | 0:22:03 | |
So, any concerns, Blue team? | 0:22:03 | 0:22:05 | |
Well, look, Catherine, we've had 25 minutes, so we've got 35 minutes left. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:10 | |
-We've bought one item, we're not doing terribly well. -We're not doing very well. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:14 | |
Come on, Mark, don't be downhearted, it's our 10th birthday celebrations! | 0:22:14 | 0:22:18 | |
Now, do you remember one of your favourite teams? | 0:22:18 | 0:22:22 | |
Two lovely students. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:26 | |
One of them just, I mean, it was a freezing cold day and he just wore shorts and flip-flops. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:32 | |
They wanted desperately to find a musical instrument, | 0:22:32 | 0:22:34 | |
at least one of them did, and we found this violin and it looked very nice, it was in its case. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:38 | |
But how much is it? That's quite a big gamble. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
190. It's quite a big gamble. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:43 | |
We've got a lot of money left, but it's still quite a big gamble. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:46 | |
Yeah. It's quite a lot for what potentially could be a bit of junk. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:50 | |
Yeah. If we can just get it down a bit, then, who knows? | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
The dealer was very fair and reduced it to 150 and I just said to them, | 0:22:53 | 0:22:57 | |
"This is either going to fly or it's not." | 0:22:57 | 0:22:59 | |
Now, the violin. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:01 | |
A very fine violin and two bows in a case. I shall start this lot at £60. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:08 | |
And of course, you know, we got it to auction and it just flew. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:13 | |
520! | 0:23:13 | 0:23:14 | |
540. 560. 580. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:18 | |
I'll take £600. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:22 | |
Phone's out. We are selling. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:24 | |
-Sold. -Yes! | 0:23:24 | 0:23:27 | |
We were delighted and I didn't even get a drink out of it! | 0:23:27 | 0:23:30 | |
Look, it's all about the contestants. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:34 | |
It's absolutely all about those guys. Is their call. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:38 | |
'One just...off like a hare, following her nose,' | 0:23:38 | 0:23:42 | |
found this hideous pair of late Dresden-type candelabra, | 0:23:42 | 0:23:48 | |
floral-encrusted porcelain, but cheesy beyond belief. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:53 | |
I can't stand the sight of them. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:55 | |
-Really, what don't you like about them? -Just nasty, awful. | 0:23:55 | 0:23:59 | |
I think the passionate punter, who was having these at all cost, | 0:23:59 | 0:24:05 | |
didn't like me being so critical. | 0:24:05 | 0:24:07 | |
You absolutely wouldn't do 75 because he's not going to let us take them. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:12 | |
-Go on. -75. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:13 | |
-Thank you very much indeed. -It was just awful, what can I say? | 0:24:13 | 0:24:17 | |
But, look, you see, at auction, you just don't know. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:21 | |
-£8? £5? -£5! -Someone bid, I need to get home tonight! | 0:24:21 | 0:24:27 | |
No takers anywhere for £5? | 0:24:27 | 0:24:30 | |
Thank you, sir. God bless you. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:32 | |
Five, I'm bid. Don't let him leave the room. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:34 | |
Ouch! | 0:24:34 | 0:24:36 | |
There you go, Bargain Hunt gold. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:38 | |
And that's why you should always listen to your expert. | 0:24:39 | 0:24:43 | |
Back to today's fair, there's just 10 minutes left. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:46 | |
That's ticking boxes for me. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:50 | |
Something that cries out Scottish, doesn't it? | 0:24:50 | 0:24:52 | |
Polished hard stones set in silver and bright-cut that silver, as well. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:56 | |
I mean, it's clean. | 0:24:56 | 0:24:59 | |
Is that not a wearable piece? | 0:24:59 | 0:25:00 | |
Dead right, it is. It's very funky. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:02 | |
-It's very now, I think. -Yeah. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:04 | |
It could be very trendy and very stylish. | 0:25:04 | 0:25:06 | |
-But could it be very cheap, that's the big question? -There's not a lot of room on that one. | 0:25:06 | 0:25:10 | |
I've priced that one quite close. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:11 | |
-I think I've got it marked at 98, yeah? -You've got 95. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:15 | |
-95 on it. -95. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:17 | |
-I could do it for 85. -If we can get that, and don't leap across the table at me, | 0:25:17 | 0:25:21 | |
if we can get that at 40 or 50 squids, we're in the money. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:25 | |
60 is the death. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:27 | |
-I think I paid that on it. -OK. Well, we're just too far away on price. | 0:25:27 | 0:25:30 | |
Now, what about the WMF? | 0:25:30 | 0:25:32 | |
I mean, could that be trade, substantially less than that? | 0:25:32 | 0:25:36 | |
There is a bit of room on that, | 0:25:36 | 0:25:38 | |
but not that much room. | 0:25:38 | 0:25:40 | |
How much have I got on it? | 0:25:40 | 0:25:41 | |
-225. -Trade? Trade, uh...? -Nice stamp on it. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:47 | |
Trade, I could go 150. It's well-marked. It's a nice piece. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:52 | |
Yes, it's got a bit of damage and repair there. What. | 0:25:52 | 0:25:54 | |
-Yeah, it has a bit of damage. -This stuff sells because it's sexiness for me. -Yeah. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:59 | |
-You don't think she's sexy, though? -It's not doing it for me. -She's doing for me! | 0:26:01 | 0:26:04 | |
While Paul and David take a moment to debate their taste in women, | 0:26:04 | 0:26:09 | |
the Blue team are doing a great job of losing their way completely. | 0:26:09 | 0:26:13 | |
Hold on, have we been down this one? Is this where we bought the... | 0:26:13 | 0:26:16 | |
-No, it's that side we bought the lump, wasn't it? Yes. -Which one... | 0:26:16 | 0:26:21 | |
-No, we haven't been down here. -We haven't been down this one. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
-Bossy! -Well, it's just I don't want to lose time, Catherine, waiting. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:28 | |
No, I know, I know. Just calm down. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
You haven't done up there. Do you want to go there and have a look first? | 0:26:30 | 0:26:33 | |
-Yeah, let's go round here and then... -Round a bit further. -Yeah. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:37 | |
Come on, let's run now. Panic stations! | 0:26:37 | 0:26:40 | |
Meanwhile, the boys are having trouble focusing on the matter in hand too. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:45 | |
If she was a foxier lady, it would swing it. | 0:26:45 | 0:26:49 | |
I am THAT serious about... | 0:26:49 | 0:26:51 | |
Foxy ladies and swinging? | 0:26:51 | 0:26:53 | |
What are you talking about? We're not on a... We're on a different show here, Paul. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:57 | |
I've got my car keys! | 0:26:57 | 0:26:59 | |
-OK. -Shall we just have a little catch up? We've got, literally... | 0:27:01 | 0:27:06 | |
-We'll be back in a minute. -Two ticks. -We've got four minutes. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
We're not hoofing it now. It's going to have to be one of them, isn't it? | 0:27:09 | 0:27:12 | |
100 quid for the WMF, or... | 0:27:12 | 0:27:16 | |
40 quid, 45 quid for the hardstone bracelet. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:21 | |
-I think profit-wise, the bracelet's probably got more of a chance. -Yeah. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:25 | |
The Reds are looking cucumber-cool, even with just minutes to go. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:29 | |
The Blues, on the other hand, are looking decidedly hot and bothered. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:33 | |
So what are we... Listen, come on, let's be serious a minute. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
I want to get the dog because I like the dog. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
And you're happy with it at 70? | 0:27:39 | 0:27:40 | |
-I really like those POW dominoes. -Well, we can't have both, can we? | 0:27:40 | 0:27:44 | |
You think there's no way we could push him down? | 0:27:44 | 0:27:46 | |
He won't go to 130, Catherine. | 0:27:46 | 0:27:48 | |
Oh, I can't believe this has just all gone horribly wrong. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
Yeah, it sure has, Catherine, and with just two minutes left, it really is time to panic. | 0:27:51 | 0:27:55 | |
Mark? Where's he gone? | 0:27:55 | 0:27:57 | |
Look at that. This wonderful ornamental letter opener from Japan. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:03 | |
-Lovely quality. -No, I don't like that, Mark. -But it's quality, Catherine. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:09 | |
Why is that great quality? Feel it. | 0:28:09 | 0:28:12 | |
Catherine, look at the detailing of that bronze and the gilt work and all that lovely chasing. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:17 | |
It's Japanese, late 19th century and I think the chap is willing to negotiate a bit. | 0:28:17 | 0:28:22 | |
Shall I see if I can get it...? | 0:28:22 | 0:28:23 | |
If I can get it for less than 100, we'll go with this. OK. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:26 | |
-What about that? -All right. On your head be it. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:28 | |
You're a brave man, Mark. Meanwhile, the Red team have finally moved on from the Art Nouveau woman | 0:28:28 | 0:28:34 | |
and have set their sights on the 1950s bracelet. | 0:28:34 | 0:28:37 | |
-40 on the '50s bracelet. -50 is the base on that, it really is. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:40 | |
-Let's spin a coin. -No, no! | 0:28:40 | 0:28:42 | |
Let's spin a coin. | 0:28:42 | 0:28:44 | |
I love spinning... Come on. | 0:28:44 | 0:28:46 | |
-Go for it. -45, 50 in an old box. | 0:28:46 | 0:28:49 | |
-No. You can get a box that's... -In a box. -Yeah. | 0:28:49 | 0:28:51 | |
Do you want to call? You call. | 0:28:51 | 0:28:52 | |
-Yeah. -Ready? -Yeah. | 0:28:52 | 0:28:55 | |
-Heads. -Not again! | 0:28:55 | 0:28:57 | |
I can't believe it. | 0:28:57 | 0:28:59 | |
50, thanks a lot, mate. | 0:28:59 | 0:29:02 | |
David loses the toss again, but the Reds win the race | 0:29:02 | 0:29:06 | |
because they're all done and dusted, | 0:29:06 | 0:29:08 | |
which is more than can be said for those Blues, who still have only one item. | 0:29:08 | 0:29:13 | |
-What's the deal? -I've failed you, Catherine. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:15 | |
I could only get it for 100, but I think we've got to go with it. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:18 | |
-Look at the object. -Have you bought it? | 0:29:18 | 0:29:20 | |
I've said yes. Look at it, it's Meiji period. | 0:29:20 | 0:29:23 | |
It's 1870, 1880, and, you know, look at those lovely scrolls and even gilded underneath. | 0:29:23 | 0:29:29 | |
That's a sign of quality, Catherine. | 0:29:29 | 0:29:30 | |
The more I look at it, the more I like it. You did the right thing. | 0:29:30 | 0:29:33 | |
-Thank you. -No, you did. | 0:29:33 | 0:29:35 | |
If it goes horribly wrong, on your head be it. | 0:29:35 | 0:29:37 | |
-You'll cut my head off. -I will. | 0:29:37 | 0:29:39 | |
I'm not so sure she's joking, Mark! | 0:29:39 | 0:29:42 | |
Dog pen, dog pen, dog pen! | 0:29:42 | 0:29:44 | |
-Where's the dog pen? -Where is it? Woof, woof! | 0:29:44 | 0:29:46 | |
With just 15 seconds to go, let's hope the pen is still there. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:51 | |
-I hope she's kept it for us. -I hope she's kept it for us. | 0:29:51 | 0:29:54 | |
Where is she? It's this gentleman, as well. | 0:29:55 | 0:29:58 | |
Yes. You kept our pen, didn't you? | 0:29:58 | 0:30:01 | |
-Thank God! -I've never been so pleased to see a dog! | 0:30:01 | 0:30:04 | |
Woof woof. | 0:30:04 | 0:30:07 | |
Time's up, teams. What a finish, and by the skin of their teeth! | 0:30:07 | 0:30:11 | |
Now, all you regulars know about the bonus buy. | 0:30:12 | 0:30:16 | |
That's the secret item that's bought by the experts with the leftover lolly | 0:30:16 | 0:30:20 | |
that pitches up later at the auction. | 0:30:20 | 0:30:23 | |
There, the teams decide whether to gamble or not, | 0:30:23 | 0:30:26 | |
because, if it makes a profit, that's great, but if it doesn't make a profit, | 0:30:26 | 0:30:30 | |
it can't just wipe them out. | 0:30:30 | 0:30:31 | |
But as we have no experts, there's only one person left to do the job and that's moi. | 0:30:31 | 0:30:39 | |
Each day this week, I'm going to go out and find that bonus buy, | 0:30:39 | 0:30:43 | |
but instead of using the leftover lolly, | 0:30:43 | 0:30:46 | |
I've been allowed £100 to spend on each team. | 0:30:46 | 0:30:51 | |
I'm feeling the pressure, so let's see if the Reds will actually need my bonus buy. | 0:30:51 | 0:30:56 | |
They took a gamble on a Murano glass bowl for £25. | 0:30:56 | 0:31:00 | |
Just 10 minutes later, they were on the attack again | 0:31:00 | 0:31:03 | |
and battled hard for a bronze statue of a soldier. | 0:31:03 | 0:31:06 | |
And after much idle discussion on the virtues of the female form, | 0:31:06 | 0:31:10 | |
the boys plumped for a 1950s bracelet. | 0:31:10 | 0:31:13 | |
The Blues didn't give themselves, or each other, an easy time, | 0:31:13 | 0:31:16 | |
but they did bag a Langley vase in the first few minutes. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:20 | |
Ignoring Catherine's protests, | 0:31:20 | 0:31:22 | |
Mark went on to seal the deal on a Japanese letter opener. | 0:31:22 | 0:31:26 | |
Then, with time snapping at their heels, | 0:31:26 | 0:31:28 | |
the Blues raced back to the charming 19th century doggy pen. | 0:31:28 | 0:31:31 | |
Not a bad haul from our experts, eh? | 0:31:31 | 0:31:33 | |
Over the last 10 years, I have visited the most amazing stately homes, country houses, museums, | 0:31:35 | 0:31:42 | |
galleries and collections, during my time on Bargain Hunt. | 0:31:42 | 0:31:47 | |
And sometimes, I've been looking at not exactly traditional antiques. | 0:31:47 | 0:31:52 | |
I have been known to nose around the odd motoring fair in Kent. | 0:31:54 | 0:31:59 | |
'Take to the open road in style in Sussex.' | 0:31:59 | 0:32:03 | |
All in all, I've been allowed to handle some very precious motoring machinery. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:13 | |
If I say Rolls-Royce, the feature that probably springs to mind | 0:32:14 | 0:32:19 | |
is the distinctive radiator grille and the glorious mascot on the top. | 0:32:19 | 0:32:25 | |
That mascot is often referred to as the Flying Lady, but strictly speaking, | 0:32:25 | 0:32:30 | |
her title is the Spirit Of Ecstasy and she is a fascinating woman. | 0:32:30 | 0:32:36 | |
How is it that this thing has become the icon of motoring history? | 0:32:36 | 0:32:41 | |
Well, the story is a mixture of controversy, | 0:32:41 | 0:32:45 | |
comedy and more than a little bit of romance along the road. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:50 | |
Originally, in the early 1900s, there were no mascots, but some owners started adding their own. | 0:32:57 | 0:33:04 | |
Reports were received of devils, black cats | 0:33:04 | 0:33:08 | |
and even one German businessman added a sausage up front to advertise his business. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:14 | |
Anyway, Rolls-Royce found all this very distasteful and in 1910, they commissioned their own mascot, | 0:33:14 | 0:33:21 | |
which they hoped that owners would find irresistible. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:26 | |
The lady she was supposedly modelled on was certainly irresistible to one important Rolls-Royce owner. | 0:33:26 | 0:33:33 | |
At the world headquarters of Rolls-Royce, I found that Lord Montagu of Beaulieu's secretary, | 0:33:33 | 0:33:37 | |
Eleanor Thornton, was the likely inspiration for the mascot. | 0:33:37 | 0:33:43 | |
The sculptor was Charles Sykes and if you look carefully, | 0:33:43 | 0:33:46 | |
you can see his signature inscribed on the base of the figure. | 0:33:46 | 0:33:50 | |
He described her as, "A delightful little goddess." | 0:33:50 | 0:33:54 | |
His daughter claimed that there were several female models for this figure, but that could have been | 0:33:54 | 0:34:01 | |
a smokescreen to cover up the fact that she was Lord Montagu's lover. | 0:34:01 | 0:34:06 | |
Eleanor, sadly, died in 1915 when she was travelling to India | 0:34:06 | 0:34:11 | |
with Lord Montagu on the SS Persia. | 0:34:11 | 0:34:15 | |
The vessel was torpedoed, | 0:34:15 | 0:34:17 | |
but Lord Montagu ensured that the mascot remained | 0:34:17 | 0:34:22 | |
as a testament to her lasting beauty. | 0:34:22 | 0:34:24 | |
But for the 21st century, she's got one final secret up her skirt. | 0:34:26 | 0:34:31 | |
She's retractable to keep her out of thieving hands, but I think I'm going to keep her up, let the wind | 0:34:31 | 0:34:38 | |
blow in her hair one last time, as I head off to the auction. | 0:34:38 | 0:34:43 | |
And let's hope our teams motor on home today with some nice profits for charity. | 0:34:45 | 0:34:50 | |
So, Anita, how lovely to be here in Glasgow. | 0:34:52 | 0:34:55 | |
-Oh, welcome again, Tim, welcome. -Thank you very much. | 0:34:55 | 0:34:57 | |
Now, your big test comes on Friday, when you're the expert competitor on the anniversary programme. | 0:34:57 | 0:35:04 | |
-With Phillip Serrell. -I know! | 0:35:04 | 0:35:06 | |
Rather you than me. | 0:35:06 | 0:35:08 | |
But, right now, though, Anita, let's look at today's competitors. | 0:35:08 | 0:35:11 | |
Paul and David, they're first up with the piece of Murano glass. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:15 | |
-Now, do you think that's Murano, Anita? -Well, it's European at any rate. | 0:35:15 | 0:35:19 | |
It has a good weight, it has a nice polished base, it's big and it's colourful. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:26 | |
-That's true. And what's it going to bring, do you think? -Well, estimate on that, 25 to 40. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:31 | |
-They'll be chuffed about that because they only paid £25. -Glass is very popular just now. | 0:35:31 | 0:35:35 | |
Well, it'll be interesting to see what happens. | 0:35:35 | 0:35:38 | |
Now, the bronzed figure. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:41 | |
I mean, a handsome military man, but I guess not very old, what do you think? | 0:35:41 | 0:35:45 | |
No. Certainly in the latter part of the 20th century at any rate. | 0:35:45 | 0:35:50 | |
Yes. It's what I used to call brand Harry spankers, but perhaps we're being kind to it. | 0:35:50 | 0:35:56 | |
-We do want to be kind to it. -He is a quite an attractive chap. | 0:35:56 | 0:35:59 | |
-Yes, nice moustache. -People will be drawn to him. -Yes. | 0:35:59 | 0:36:02 | |
I think he's got a chance. | 0:36:02 | 0:36:03 | |
What sort of money do you think, Anita? | 0:36:03 | 0:36:06 | |
-I've estimated 60 to 80. -Well, that's great, £50 is paid. | 0:36:06 | 0:36:09 | |
I might have been a wee bit generous on that one. | 0:36:09 | 0:36:12 | |
Oh, Lord! We're getting a bit of a warning signal there. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:15 | |
Now, lastly is this, I think, rather cleverly-bought silver and stone mounted bracelet. | 0:36:15 | 0:36:22 | |
In Scotland, we love our polished pebble jewellery and this is a particularly nice one. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:29 | |
-This has a Glasgow hallmark and the Glasgow people will like that. -What do you think it's going to bring? | 0:36:29 | 0:36:36 | |
-Estimate 40 to 60. -Well, they paid 50. You never know. -That's not bad. | 0:36:36 | 0:36:41 | |
With your persuasive tongue, I expect they'll get away with it. | 0:36:41 | 0:36:44 | |
Now, the big question is are they going to need my bonus buy, so let's go and have a look at it. | 0:36:44 | 0:36:50 | |
So, boys, the moment of the bonus buy. | 0:36:51 | 0:36:55 | |
My moment of dread in these programmes! | 0:36:55 | 0:36:57 | |
Anyway, you spent overall £125, which is completely miserable. | 0:36:57 | 0:37:01 | |
I know, I know. We're tactical players, as you know, Tim. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:04 | |
-Is that what it is? -Yeah. -Canny. -Well, you're both very cunning. -Scared silly! | 0:37:04 | 0:37:08 | |
So I'm not given the leftover lolly, I'm given £100 | 0:37:08 | 0:37:10 | |
to find your bonus buy which I've done, and I invite you, Mr Laidlaw, to remove the cloth. | 0:37:10 | 0:37:16 | |
Thank you, sir. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:18 | |
-Oh, like it. -Look at that. | 0:37:18 | 0:37:20 | |
I get a lovely reaction from our TWEEDY team. | 0:37:20 | 0:37:24 | |
Very unusual. Bronze. | 0:37:24 | 0:37:27 | |
Yeah, they're bronze, but have you ever seen a park bench applied with pretty little birds like this? | 0:37:27 | 0:37:32 | |
-It's an unusual composition, isn't it? -It is. | 0:37:32 | 0:37:34 | |
The birds are gilt and then that thing next door is a sort of waste paper bin, don't you think? | 0:37:34 | 0:37:39 | |
-It is, it is. -A park-like waste paper bin that makes your ink well. | 0:37:39 | 0:37:42 | |
And then you've got this nice polished stone bottom to it. It doesn't seem to be damaged. | 0:37:42 | 0:37:47 | |
It seems to be, you know, pretty well spot on. | 0:37:47 | 0:37:50 | |
-But I think the big question, Tim... -Yes. | 0:37:50 | 0:37:52 | |
-Is how much did you pay for it? -£100. -£100, bang on? | 0:37:52 | 0:37:54 | |
-I had to spend my 100. -Wow. | 0:37:54 | 0:37:56 | |
I negotiated pretty hard to get it down to 100. | 0:37:56 | 0:37:59 | |
-OK. -That's the best I could find. -No, it's very nice and we'll think about it. | 0:37:59 | 0:38:02 | |
Yeah, do think about it because you don't have to choose until the sale of your first three items, | 0:38:02 | 0:38:08 | |
but for the audience at home, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about my bonus buy. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:12 | |
So, look at this, Anita. Twit twoo! Do you like it? | 0:38:12 | 0:38:16 | |
I think that it's absolutely charming. | 0:38:16 | 0:38:20 | |
I think it's a wee bit later than 1930s, maybe 1940s, 1950s. | 0:38:20 | 0:38:24 | |
In the '50s, they were looking back to the Art Deco style. | 0:38:24 | 0:38:29 | |
What makes this particularly charming are these gorgeous wee plump birdies. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:35 | |
I'm really chuffed by this and I quite rate it. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:37 | |
I think it will do well. I think it's so charming, it's so appealing, I think it might take a wee flyer. | 0:38:37 | 0:38:44 | |
-Might it? What's your estimate? -My estimate is 70 to 100. | 0:38:44 | 0:38:47 | |
Oh, dear. I paid £100 for it. | 0:38:47 | 0:38:50 | |
-Sometimes, estimating conservatively is a good tactical move. -Yes. | 0:38:50 | 0:38:55 | |
-It encourages the bidding. -Right. Well, I need a bit of encouragement. | 0:38:55 | 0:39:00 | |
Anyway, that's that, Anita, and indeed, that's it for the Reds. Now, for the Blues. | 0:39:00 | 0:39:05 | |
Mark, rather predictably, has gone for this baluster pot. | 0:39:05 | 0:39:09 | |
He's a bit of a traditional type of chap, isn't he? | 0:39:09 | 0:39:12 | |
Well, in some respect! | 0:39:12 | 0:39:14 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:39:14 | 0:39:16 | |
-Well... -Yes. -Langley. We have a lot of Langley collectors out there. | 0:39:16 | 0:39:20 | |
There is a Langley Collectors Club. | 0:39:20 | 0:39:22 | |
-Ah. -So hopefully, they will pick up on the internet on this vase. | 0:39:22 | 0:39:26 | |
This pattern might be a little bit out of favour for these times, | 0:39:26 | 0:39:32 | |
but I think that this lovely singing cobalt blue will help it on. | 0:39:32 | 0:39:35 | |
-Yes, it goes rather well with your jacket. -Thank you. | 0:39:35 | 0:39:37 | |
So what's your estimate, darling? | 0:39:37 | 0:39:40 | |
Estimate 80 to 120. | 0:39:40 | 0:39:42 | |
OK, they paid £100, so they're just about in the frame with that. | 0:39:42 | 0:39:45 | |
Now, they've gone completely off piste with this nice Japanese letter opener. | 0:39:45 | 0:39:51 | |
I love this. I think this is absolutely wonderful. | 0:39:51 | 0:39:56 | |
We have here, this mythical creature | 0:39:56 | 0:39:59 | |
with what we might call a gilded loincloth. | 0:39:59 | 0:40:04 | |
Oh, Lord! | 0:40:04 | 0:40:05 | |
He's clasping on to this large fish which is regurgitating this cat-like devil. | 0:40:05 | 0:40:13 | |
-Yes. -So it's telling a story. | 0:40:13 | 0:40:16 | |
-Yes. -I think it's wonderful. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:17 | |
-There's quality in this piece. -And what do you think it's worth, Anita? | 0:40:17 | 0:40:21 | |
I've estimated it between 100 and 200, which is quite a wide estimate. | 0:40:21 | 0:40:27 | |
-It certainly is. -But I think this is the type of quirky item that could really sail away. | 0:40:27 | 0:40:33 | |
Yes, well, £100 to £200 is brilliant because they paid 100. | 0:40:33 | 0:40:36 | |
Similarly, really, with this wee fruit wood novelty pen. | 0:40:36 | 0:40:41 | |
Isn't... Isn't that just so sweet? | 0:40:41 | 0:40:43 | |
Isn't that just so lovely? | 0:40:43 | 0:40:46 | |
The carving of whippet's head is very delicate, it's very well done, | 0:40:46 | 0:40:51 | |
so people will appreciate the quality and the craftsmanship in it. | 0:40:51 | 0:40:55 | |
-I suppose it's Black Forest, isn't it? -Yes. It's lovely. | 0:40:55 | 0:40:59 | |
My estimate on that is 80 to 120. | 0:40:59 | 0:41:02 | |
Oh, that's brilliant. She spent £70 on it. I think they deserve, | 0:41:02 | 0:41:05 | |
on the basis of their bravery, in going with these two quite obscure, oddball items, to do quite well. | 0:41:05 | 0:41:12 | |
-Yeah. -In which case they won't need my bonus buy, but we're going to go and have a look at it anyway. | 0:41:12 | 0:41:17 | |
-Well, hi, Blues. How are you? -Very excited. -Are you? | 0:41:18 | 0:41:22 | |
-Yes. -Not half as excited as we're about your tights, Catherine. | 0:41:22 | 0:41:25 | |
I mean, that is... That's an amazingly good look, darling. | 0:41:25 | 0:41:29 | |
-Thank you. -Are you trying to captivate the audience, or just the presenter? | 0:41:29 | 0:41:34 | |
-You, of course, Tim. -You, of course. Now, look, as it's a special programme, I'm going to ask you | 0:41:34 | 0:41:40 | |
-to reveal my bonus buy, so would you remove my cloth for me? -I will. | 0:41:40 | 0:41:43 | |
Are you ready for this, Mark? | 0:41:43 | 0:41:44 | |
-Here we go. Oh, lovely. -Ah! | 0:41:44 | 0:41:46 | |
-Oh, I like those. -Do you like those? | 0:41:46 | 0:41:48 | |
-Yes, I do. -Oh, there's a nice bit of weight to them as well. | 0:41:48 | 0:41:50 | |
You two have been like lovebirds, | 0:41:50 | 0:41:52 | |
so I thought "All I can do is to buy a couple of lovebirds." | 0:41:52 | 0:41:56 | |
-Oh, they're sweet. -I mean, they're budgerigars, strictly, I think. | 0:41:56 | 0:42:00 | |
-Austrian, Tim? -Austrian, yes, absolutely. Cold-painted bronze Austrian jobs. | 0:42:00 | 0:42:04 | |
Oh, they're lovely. I like them. | 0:42:04 | 0:42:06 | |
-Do you like those? -I love them. -Very much. | 0:42:06 | 0:42:07 | |
That's what I love about this team, they're so enthusiastic. | 0:42:07 | 0:42:11 | |
-This is lovely, actually. The detail is very nice. -They're filthy too. | 0:42:11 | 0:42:14 | |
They want a jolly good scrub-a-dub because most of the paint is there. | 0:42:14 | 0:42:18 | |
-Yeah. -Yes, it's. -It's just got grubby. | 0:42:18 | 0:42:20 | |
They've got their tails are intactus. Mostly those tails get bent and knocked off, as you know. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:25 | |
They can be quite vulnerable, so I was really, really, really chuffed to find those. | 0:42:25 | 0:42:30 | |
-What did you pay for them, Tim? -Do you want to know? -I do. -You do? | 0:42:30 | 0:42:33 | |
-We do, don't we? -You're quite sharp on the money. | 0:42:33 | 0:42:35 | |
Well, I didn't spend the 100, spent 70. £35 each. | 0:42:35 | 0:42:38 | |
That's very good. | 0:42:38 | 0:42:40 | |
Is that what you called a S-N-I-P? | 0:42:40 | 0:42:41 | |
-I think absolutely. -Then it's cheap as...? | 0:42:41 | 0:42:45 | |
As inexpensive fried potatoes! | 0:42:45 | 0:42:47 | |
To be honest, I think if you'd have got these for 100, I think that was... | 0:42:47 | 0:42:51 | |
-I think they're worth £120 each. Absolutely. -I think there are great. | 0:42:51 | 0:42:54 | |
-Oh, I'm so excited. -Well, that's good, isn't it? | 0:42:54 | 0:42:56 | |
On the other hand, don't get too carried away, | 0:42:56 | 0:42:59 | |
because as we know, in this game, anything can happen and I have to take on the chin | 0:42:59 | 0:43:04 | |
if they don't make £70, I have to look at the camera and say, "Oh, that's all right. " | 0:43:04 | 0:43:08 | |
It's not at all, I'm livid, but we shall see, all right? | 0:43:08 | 0:43:12 | |
-Thanks, Tim. -Happy, guys? -Very. -I love them, Tim. | 0:43:12 | 0:43:15 | |
Very happy, guys. Well, we've got two happy expert contestants. | 0:43:15 | 0:43:20 | |
Let us find out what our happy auctioneer thinks about my pairs of budgies, aah! | 0:43:20 | 0:43:27 | |
So, tweet tweet. | 0:43:27 | 0:43:29 | |
Over to you and out of your cage! | 0:43:29 | 0:43:33 | |
A pair of loving birds, or a loving budgies. | 0:43:33 | 0:43:35 | |
Yes. | 0:43:35 | 0:43:37 | |
I think these are absolutely lovely and Austrian cold-painted bronzes have never gone out of fashion. | 0:43:37 | 0:43:44 | |
These are beautifully moulded, they're very, very sweet | 0:43:44 | 0:43:47 | |
-and we still have got a wee bit of colour in them. -Yes. -So I think they're lovely. | 0:43:47 | 0:43:51 | |
I was really chuffed to pay £70 for the pair. | 0:43:51 | 0:43:54 | |
-They're desirable objects, aren't they? -Oh, yes. | 0:43:54 | 0:43:57 | |
People like this sort of thing. Estimate, 80 to 120. | 0:43:57 | 0:43:59 | |
-Well, that would be perfect. I mean, anything more than £70 will help anyway. -Yes. | 0:43:59 | 0:44:04 | |
I know we can rely on you, Anita. | 0:44:04 | 0:44:06 | |
I will do my best. I'm looking forward to selling all this stuff. | 0:44:06 | 0:44:10 | |
Very good. Thank you. | 0:44:10 | 0:44:12 | |
-Well, the boot is definitely on the other foot today, isn't it? -Yeah. | 0:44:21 | 0:44:24 | |
I tell you. I am so pleased we're in this supremely-good saleroom, though, because look at this crowd. | 0:44:24 | 0:44:29 | |
-Safe hands, Tim. -Well, let's hope so. | 0:44:29 | 0:44:32 | |
Paul, how are you feeling, are you feeling confident? | 0:44:32 | 0:44:35 | |
I am. I don't want to be cocky, but, yeah, I think... | 0:44:35 | 0:44:38 | |
-Yeah, yeah. -I think we're looking at a good deal. | 0:44:38 | 0:44:40 | |
-Are you on the cocky end of... -I have been accused of being cocky in the past, yeah. Probably true. | 0:44:40 | 0:44:45 | |
-Yes, but today specifically? -Very cocky. | 0:44:45 | 0:44:48 | |
Well, you watch out because our friend up there's got his eye on you, all right? | 0:44:48 | 0:44:51 | |
First up is the Murano glass bowl and here it comes. | 0:44:51 | 0:44:55 | |
Lot 138 is that superb Murano glass dish... | 0:44:55 | 0:45:01 | |
She's bigging it up, bigging it up. | 0:45:01 | 0:45:03 | |
A beautiful colour of fine-quality glass. | 0:45:03 | 0:45:06 | |
Can we say £80? | 0:45:06 | 0:45:09 | |
-Go on! Go on. -60? Start me at £20. | 0:45:09 | 0:45:11 | |
-Oh, no! Don't start at £20. -20 bid. Any advance on 20? 30. | 0:45:11 | 0:45:14 | |
-Go on! -With you, madam, at 30 for the Murano. | 0:45:14 | 0:45:18 | |
40. £40. Mrs Gillespie at 40. 50. | 0:45:18 | 0:45:21 | |
-Come on. -Get in there! -60. Any advance on £60? £60? | 0:45:21 | 0:45:27 | |
-Yes! Get in there. -Well, that is excellent, isn't it? | 0:45:27 | 0:45:29 | |
-Well done. -£60 is 25... | 0:45:29 | 0:45:32 | |
30... Is £35. £35 you made on it. | 0:45:32 | 0:45:35 | |
139, what a good looking guy. | 0:45:35 | 0:45:38 | |
He's a French bronze figure of a military officer. | 0:45:38 | 0:45:43 | |
Can we say 150 for the bronze figure? 100? Start me at 50. | 0:45:43 | 0:45:48 | |
30 bid. Any advance on 30? | 0:45:48 | 0:45:50 | |
-Oh, come on. -No, no, no. | 0:45:50 | 0:45:51 | |
-Any advance on 30? 40. -Come on. | 0:45:51 | 0:45:53 | |
-Oh, no, come on. -45. | 0:45:53 | 0:45:56 | |
-50. Any advance on £50? All done at £50. -No, Anita! | 0:45:56 | 0:46:00 | |
Oh, there's more, there's more! | 0:46:00 | 0:46:02 | |
55, fresh bidder. Paul at 55. | 0:46:02 | 0:46:04 | |
Any advance on 55? | 0:46:04 | 0:46:07 | |
All done at 55? 55. | 0:46:07 | 0:46:09 | |
Well, by the skin of your teeth then, £55. | 0:46:09 | 0:46:13 | |
You are plus £5 on that. You're £40 up, lads. | 0:46:13 | 0:46:16 | |
You are plus 40. | 0:46:16 | 0:46:17 | |
Lot 140, again one of my favourite pieces. | 0:46:17 | 0:46:21 | |
It's a Scottish silver bracelet with the polished agate. | 0:46:21 | 0:46:25 | |
-It has the Glasgow hallmark. -Uch aye! -Aye. | 0:46:25 | 0:46:28 | |
-Aye. -Can we say £100? | 0:46:28 | 0:46:32 | |
-£50? Start me at 30. -£50 paid. | 0:46:32 | 0:46:33 | |
-Come on. -30 bid. 40. | 0:46:33 | 0:46:36 | |
Any advance on 40? | 0:46:36 | 0:46:38 | |
50. I'll catch you all in a minute. | 0:46:38 | 0:46:41 | |
-£50. 60. 70. -Go. | 0:46:41 | 0:46:44 | |
80. 90. 100. £100. | 0:46:44 | 0:46:48 | |
-All done at £100? 110. -Look out! -Here we go, here we go. | 0:46:48 | 0:46:53 | |
With you, sir, at 110. | 0:46:53 | 0:46:54 | |
All done at 110? All done at 110? | 0:46:54 | 0:46:56 | |
110. | 0:46:56 | 0:46:58 | |
Well, how brilliant is that? £110. | 0:46:58 | 0:47:01 | |
-Brilliant. -And you'll believe this, look, £110 is plus 60 on that. | 0:47:01 | 0:47:03 | |
You had 40 before. You are plus £100. | 0:47:03 | 0:47:05 | |
You have £100 profit. | 0:47:05 | 0:47:07 | |
Are you going to risk a £100? | 0:47:07 | 0:47:09 | |
Oh, well, I just don't know, I just don't know! | 0:47:09 | 0:47:13 | |
-Is this guy any good? -Not really. | 0:47:13 | 0:47:14 | |
I'm not going to take it agin you if you don't because quite frankly anything could happen. | 0:47:14 | 0:47:19 | |
-We're going with it, you know we are. -I don't think they... Oh, OK. | 0:47:19 | 0:47:22 | |
-It was always going to happen. -OK, well this is a brown trouser moment for me. | 0:47:22 | 0:47:26 | |
Because these two lads are arch winners, right? | 0:47:26 | 0:47:29 | |
They are going to go with my bonus buy. They have £100 and they're going to risk £100 on this object. | 0:47:29 | 0:47:35 | |
How cool is that? | 0:47:35 | 0:47:37 | |
I'm feeling a bit flushed, actually. OK, here it comes. | 0:47:37 | 0:47:40 | |
This is ooh la la! | 0:47:40 | 0:47:41 | |
It's a French Art Deco ink stand | 0:47:41 | 0:47:45 | |
modelled with these delightful little plump birds. | 0:47:45 | 0:47:49 | |
They're sat upon a bench. | 0:47:49 | 0:47:51 | |
Will you start me at £100? | 0:47:51 | 0:47:54 | |
Are you feeling the pressure, Tim, or what? | 0:47:54 | 0:47:56 | |
For the French Art Deco ink stand. | 0:47:56 | 0:47:58 | |
-50 bid. -Oh! | 0:47:58 | 0:48:00 | |
Any advance on £50 for the Art Deco lot? | 0:48:00 | 0:48:03 | |
This is where I've just lost £50. | 0:48:03 | 0:48:05 | |
70. 80. 90. | 0:48:05 | 0:48:07 | |
-100. -It was never a problem! | 0:48:07 | 0:48:10 | |
-110. 120. 130. -Oh, look at this! This is getting a bit more like it. | 0:48:10 | 0:48:15 | |
Any advance on £130, all done at 130? | 0:48:15 | 0:48:17 | |
-130. -Well, that's good, isn't it? | 0:48:17 | 0:48:20 | |
Plus £30. | 0:48:20 | 0:48:22 | |
I think I've been quite jammy there, I have to say. | 0:48:22 | 0:48:24 | |
But anyway, £130, all right. | 0:48:24 | 0:48:26 | |
-Don't say a word to the Blues. -No, we don't speak to them. -Not one word to your colleagues. | 0:48:26 | 0:48:31 | |
Anyway, good luck. Well done. Smashing job. | 0:48:31 | 0:48:35 | |
We see a lot of rare and precious things on Bargain Hunt, | 0:48:46 | 0:48:49 | |
but sometimes the value is not so much what it's made of, but who owned it. | 0:48:49 | 0:48:55 | |
Now, do you remember these? | 0:48:55 | 0:48:57 | |
This is a pair of bloomers. | 0:48:57 | 0:49:00 | |
Enormous, aren't they? | 0:49:00 | 0:49:02 | |
Actually, this is only half of a pair of bloomers. | 0:49:02 | 0:49:06 | |
That is the bloomers in their full scale | 0:49:06 | 0:49:10 | |
and no ordinary bloomers, these. | 0:49:10 | 0:49:13 | |
These belong to a queen. I mean it. Queen Victoria. | 0:49:13 | 0:49:16 | |
Look, it says VR, Victoria Regina. | 0:49:16 | 0:49:20 | |
It had has created an international storm of interest. | 0:49:20 | 0:49:24 | |
There are numerous telephone lines booked and the estimate is £200 to £300. | 0:49:24 | 0:49:30 | |
Do you know what Queen Victoria would have said about all of this? | 0:49:30 | 0:49:34 | |
"We are not amused." | 0:49:34 | 0:49:36 | |
It must be lot 402, you've all seen them... | 0:49:36 | 0:49:39 | |
We've got lots of media interest in her bloomers. | 0:49:39 | 0:49:42 | |
Remember, the estimate is £200 to £300 and apparently she really did wear them. Here we go. | 0:49:42 | 0:49:49 | |
A rare pair of Queen Victoria's white cotton hand-sewn bloomers | 0:49:49 | 0:49:55 | |
of circa 1880, embroidered crown and a very personal social thing | 0:49:55 | 0:49:59 | |
-to really handle, and we're delighted. -Handle!? | 0:49:59 | 0:50:02 | |
Lots of interest and I shall start this lot at 900. | 0:50:02 | 0:50:06 | |
Thank you for coming. 900. | 0:50:06 | 0:50:09 | |
950. 1,000. | 0:50:09 | 0:50:13 | |
1,100. 1,200. | 0:50:13 | 0:50:15 | |
14. 16. 18. 2,000. 22. | 0:50:15 | 0:50:18 | |
24. 26. 28. 3,000. | 0:50:18 | 0:50:23 | |
32. | 0:50:23 | 0:50:24 | |
-34. 36. -Yes. | 0:50:24 | 0:50:27 | |
38. | 0:50:27 | 0:50:28 | |
£4,000. | 0:50:28 | 0:50:30 | |
42, sir? No, £4,000 bid. | 0:50:30 | 0:50:33 | |
£4,000 bid for the bloomers. | 0:50:33 | 0:50:36 | |
Fair warning, going once. | 0:50:36 | 0:50:38 | |
I'll take 41. 41. | 0:50:38 | 0:50:40 | |
42. One more, sir? 43. | 0:50:40 | 0:50:44 | |
No, sir? 4,200 on the phone. | 0:50:44 | 0:50:47 | |
I'll take 43. Going once, they're sold. | 0:50:47 | 0:50:50 | |
4,200. Isn't that extraordinary? | 0:50:50 | 0:50:56 | |
£4,200, that's £2,100 per leg. | 0:50:56 | 0:51:02 | |
Queen Victoria would be proud of him and, frankly, for 4,200 I think I'd drop mine. | 0:51:02 | 0:51:08 | |
Ooh, matron! | 0:51:08 | 0:51:11 | |
Who could possibly have thought that Queen Victoria's undies could have brought quite that much? | 0:51:11 | 0:51:16 | |
Just for a pair of bloomers! | 0:51:16 | 0:51:18 | |
Let's hope we get that lucky today, but I wouldn't bet my Y-fronts on it. | 0:51:18 | 0:51:23 | |
-Been chatting to the Reds then, have we? -No. | 0:51:28 | 0:51:31 | |
-Not a dickie bird. -No, not a thing? Good, well, we like that. | 0:51:31 | 0:51:34 | |
We don't want you to know because it might spoil the competition. | 0:51:34 | 0:51:37 | |
So, the experience is unusual this, isn't it? | 0:51:37 | 0:51:42 | |
-It is. -Two experts... -It's brilliant though. | 0:51:42 | 0:51:44 | |
-In the competition. -It's good fun. | 0:51:44 | 0:51:46 | |
-Yeah. -And we had a laugh. We had two seconds left before we had to... | 0:51:46 | 0:51:50 | |
-Yes. -Finish our buying, so it was on the skin of our teeth, really. | 0:51:50 | 0:51:53 | |
You're looking terribly well bonded up you two, | 0:51:53 | 0:51:55 | |
and first up is your Langley pot and here it comes. | 0:51:55 | 0:51:58 | |
Lot 160, | 0:51:58 | 0:52:00 | |
this superb Lovett's Langley leadless glazed stoneware vase. | 0:52:00 | 0:52:05 | |
Can we say £200 for the Art Nouveau vase? | 0:52:05 | 0:52:09 | |
-It would be lovely if she could! -150? Will you start me at £100? -Come on. | 0:52:09 | 0:52:13 | |
-Come on, please. -Start me at 100. | 0:52:13 | 0:52:17 | |
-Come on. -£50. Any advance on £50? | 0:52:17 | 0:52:20 | |
-No. No! -60. 70. 80. 90. 100. | 0:52:20 | 0:52:26 | |
Oh, we have... We have... | 0:52:26 | 0:52:28 | |
For the Art Nouveau vase. All done at 100? 100. | 0:52:28 | 0:52:32 | |
That's wiped its face. | 0:52:32 | 0:52:34 | |
-No profit, no loss, no shame. -No, but that's good, actually. | 0:52:34 | 0:52:36 | |
A superb item. It's the Japanese Meiji-period letter opener, | 0:52:36 | 0:52:41 | |
most unusual. | 0:52:41 | 0:52:43 | |
150. | 0:52:43 | 0:52:44 | |
Will you give me £100? 50 then. | 0:52:44 | 0:52:48 | |
-Oh, no! -50 bid. Any advance on 50? | 0:52:48 | 0:52:50 | |
60. 70. 80. 90. | 0:52:50 | 0:52:53 | |
£90. | 0:52:53 | 0:52:55 | |
With you, sir, at £100. | 0:52:55 | 0:52:58 | |
We need to make a bit of profit here. | 0:52:58 | 0:52:59 | |
-This is awful. -100. | 0:52:59 | 0:53:01 | |
Done at 100? 100. | 0:53:01 | 0:53:03 | |
That's a second wiped face. | 0:53:03 | 0:53:05 | |
We haven't had two wiped face for years. | 0:53:05 | 0:53:07 | |
We don't want to wipe faces. | 0:53:07 | 0:53:09 | |
162 is the sweetest little 19th-century carved fruitwood nib. | 0:53:09 | 0:53:16 | |
Isn't that the sweetest little thing? 100. | 0:53:16 | 0:53:20 | |
Start me at 50. 50 bid. | 0:53:20 | 0:53:21 | |
-Oh, come on. -60. 70. 80. 90. | 0:53:21 | 0:53:25 | |
-At least it's a profit. -£90. | 0:53:25 | 0:53:28 | |
-Come on! -Any advance on 90 for this rare pen? £90. | 0:53:28 | 0:53:32 | |
Well done, plus £20. | 0:53:32 | 0:53:34 | |
You have made a profit of £20. | 0:53:34 | 0:53:36 | |
How good is that? Two wiped faces and a £20 profit. | 0:53:36 | 0:53:39 | |
-I know, but it's not... -It's not good, is it? | 0:53:39 | 0:53:41 | |
What do you mean it's not good? You know how this programme works! | 0:53:41 | 0:53:45 | |
-Well, that's true actually. -You know how many losses we get. You have not made a loss. | 0:53:45 | 0:53:50 | |
Well, what are you going to do about the old birdies? | 0:53:50 | 0:53:53 | |
-Oh, undoubtedly we have to go with these. -Do you have to go with them? | 0:53:53 | 0:53:57 | |
-Are they cheap cheap? -They are cheap cheap. | 0:53:57 | 0:54:00 | |
-That's awful. -Cheap cheap! -Is that awful? | 0:54:00 | 0:54:01 | |
Oh, dear, that something you got out of the bottom of the cage! | 0:54:01 | 0:54:05 | |
-No, thank you, we love those, I think. -You love them? | 0:54:05 | 0:54:07 | |
-Yeah. -And you're going to go with them. | 0:54:07 | 0:54:09 | |
Now we have a pair | 0:54:09 | 0:54:11 | |
of Austrian cold-painted bronze groups of budgerigars. | 0:54:11 | 0:54:17 | |
Can we say £300 for the pair? 200? | 0:54:17 | 0:54:21 | |
Will you start me at £100? 100 bid. | 0:54:21 | 0:54:24 | |
-Yes! -110. 120. 130. | 0:54:24 | 0:54:28 | |
-Oh, they like these budgies. -£150. | 0:54:28 | 0:54:31 | |
Hang on, hang on, hang on! | 0:54:31 | 0:54:33 | |
150. It's still cheap... | 0:54:33 | 0:54:36 | |
-Ho ho! -At £150. 160, fresh bidder. | 0:54:36 | 0:54:40 | |
£160. | 0:54:40 | 0:54:42 | |
160, what a good girl she is. | 0:54:42 | 0:54:44 | |
You're saving our bacon here. | 0:54:44 | 0:54:46 | |
Well, I don't know about that. 160. | 0:54:46 | 0:54:48 | |
-160. 160. -£160. | 0:54:48 | 0:54:49 | |
-Well done. -She's a brilliant woman. | 0:54:49 | 0:54:51 | |
It's all down to that woman, I tell you. £160. That is great. | 0:54:51 | 0:54:55 | |
So, it's plus £90. You got 20, that's plus 110, all right? | 0:54:55 | 0:54:59 | |
-That is £110. -That's fantastic! | 0:54:59 | 0:55:00 | |
You're in three figures, you guys! | 0:55:00 | 0:55:03 | |
-Well done. -How about that? -It's pretty sexy. | 0:55:03 | 0:55:05 | |
-Thank you, Tim. -No, not at all. I don't want to shake your hand! -I was going to say, let's have a kiss. | 0:55:05 | 0:55:10 | |
-o, well done. Well, that's great. Don't tell the Reds a thing. -No. | 0:55:10 | 0:55:13 | |
-That could be a winning score. -Oh, it'd be nice, wouldn't it? | 0:55:13 | 0:55:17 | |
Well, well, what fun! | 0:55:29 | 0:55:30 | |
I can reveal that there is of course barely a sheet of Bronco between our teams today. | 0:55:30 | 0:55:35 | |
-It is so close and you've not been chatting with one another, have you? -No. -No. | 0:55:35 | 0:55:39 | |
-No, no, not at all. -No. Well, of course, sadly we have to have | 0:55:39 | 0:55:43 | |
a runner up, but the contributions to charity in terms of winnings are nothing short of phenomenal. | 0:55:43 | 0:55:50 | |
And the runners up today, I regret to say, are the Blues. | 0:55:50 | 0:55:55 | |
-No! -Yeah, but there's, as they say, nothing in it. | 0:55:55 | 0:56:00 | |
You washed your face twice, yes? | 0:56:00 | 0:56:02 | |
-We did. -You made a £20 profit and then my bonus buy made £90 profit. | 0:56:02 | 0:56:07 | |
-What? -Which took you guys to £110 worth of profit. -Thank you. | 0:56:07 | 0:56:11 | |
So there's your £110, which is pretty good. | 0:56:11 | 0:56:14 | |
You can hang on to that but I'm going to gather it up in a minute. | 0:56:14 | 0:56:17 | |
But the victors today by... | 0:56:17 | 0:56:19 | |
-Well done. -Winning making a profit of only £130, so there is very little in it | 0:56:19 | 0:56:23 | |
I have to say, but they made solid profits throughout. | 0:56:23 | 0:56:26 | |
They made a profit of £35, a profit of £5, a profit of £60, | 0:56:26 | 0:56:30 | |
I contributed £30 to that little total there, so £130, all right? | 0:56:30 | 0:56:35 | |
-That's wonderful. -So it's a win, win, win, win, -It's a double win. | 0:56:35 | 0:56:39 | |
-Have you had a good time? -Fantastic. -Congratulations, Reds. | 0:56:39 | 0:56:42 | |
Congratulations, Blues. | 0:56:42 | 0:56:43 | |
-Join us soon for some more bargain hunting yes? | 0:56:43 | 0:56:46 | |
ALL: Yes! | 0:56:46 | 0:56:48 | |
Join us tomorrow for more birthday fun and games when we see how well our experts get on under pressure... | 0:56:48 | 0:56:54 | |
-You got it without me? -I just said "yes", it was just automatic! | 0:56:54 | 0:56:57 | |
-No, I won't. -Let's be a team. -You've let me down. | 0:56:57 | 0:56:59 | |
..And how they take time to relax at home. | 0:56:59 | 0:57:03 | |
We also delve into 10 years of Bargain Hunt highlights. | 0:57:03 | 0:57:06 | |
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