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# Happy birthday to you... #

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It's party time on Bargain Hunt this week, as we look back

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over 10 wonderful years, looking at the favourite bits

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and enjoying all that fun and laughter.

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Yeah!

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But that's not all. We're going to pit our experts

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against one another to find out who can really spot a winner.

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I can't wait. Let's go bargain hunting!

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Ooh!

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Today, we're in Scotland

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for our celebrations.

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The rules remain the same as on the Bargain Hunt that you know and love,

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except, of course, we have got experts versus experts

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just to spice up the rivalry. What fun!

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And there are plenty of other goodies coming up in the party bags.

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Paul takes time to reminisce.

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£70, down to a charitable bid of a fiver. Ouch!

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There you go. Bargain Hunt gold.

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But back at the fair, he sees red, when he lets teammate, David take control.

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You're not going to introduce more chance to this lottery, are you?

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We'll get to find out what Mark Stacey does in his spare time.

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'I used to be the world's worst cook.'

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You know, if I did baked beans on toast, I'd struggle to get the beans out of the toaster!

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How he handles colleagues in a professional situation.

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The bellows look as if they're in good condition.

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They don't excite me, Mark.

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What would excite you, Catherine?

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-Oh, you just being quiet for five minutes.

-Oh!

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'And we dip into the Bargain Hunt archives.'

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But before all that, let's go and meet our teams.

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For the Red team today, we have as headstrong

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a pair of experts as you're likely to find on Bargain Hunt, Paul Laidlaw and David Harper.

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-Welcome, chaps.

-Hello, Tim.

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And for the Blues, we've got a couple who are sure to come up fighting,

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it's Catherine Southon and Mark Stacey.

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They love each other really. Good.

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-Now, you two, this is exciting, isn't it?

-It's brilliant, isn't it?

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-Expert Bargain Hunt!

-I know.

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This is your opportunity to get your own back, which is great.

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Paul, you started out on Bargain Hunt as an auctioneer and then, you developed into an expert,

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not that you weren't an expert to start off with! But do you remember your first time as an auctioneer?

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I do indeed. Really, hugely exciting, but I've got to say,

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relatively easy to put the boot in to the experts.

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Yeah, we noticed that!

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Before I became one of them!

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Because we stood in your saleroom in Carlisle, right, and you examined these items.

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I don't think you were particularly rude, you just gave an honest opinion.

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He was rude. Remember that head I brought in, that concrete head?

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-Yeah, I do remember that.

-You and him were both very rude about that.

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Well, frankly, my dear...

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So, opinions come cheap, but results are what count.

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David, you've been on the programme, how long?

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-Three and a half years, Tim.

-Gosh, you're hardly out of shorts.

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-I know!

-You've got your long trousers on at last!

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Are you confident that you and Paul can lash up the opposition?

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I think I've got a good teammate here.

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I mean, far better, I think, than Dr Who over there, anyway.

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What, you mean our gentlemen in the blue suit, here?

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This is my Bargain Hunt birthday suit.

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Well, I'm going to ask you, then, about the suit, because it's a brilliantly colourful suit, that.

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I thought "I'm the Blue team" so I'd wear blue

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-and I'm very proud to tell you, Tim, I've had this suit for 13 years.

-Have you?

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-And I can still get into it. I'm breathing a lot.

-That's a miracle, isn't it?

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Those corsets that they wind up like that are just marvellous.

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-I know what the Victorians feel like!

-Mark, have you learned anything

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-in all the years that you've been advising people on the show?

-Absolutely not, no.

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I've loved every minute, eight wonderful years.

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How many years have you worked on Bargain Hunt?

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About three and a half years, but it does feel like a lifetime, Tim.

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It's lovely though, isn't it, really?

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-Are there any moments that stick out in your memory, Catherine?

-Oh, I' have so many, Tim.

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Let me think. Probably one of the celebrity ones, that was good fun,

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working with Nicki Chapman and Vanessa Feltz, I enjoyed that.

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We made a profit on absolutely everything, which is a miracle for me.

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-It's all very difficult and the boot today is on the other foot.

-I know, I know.

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Because you chaps have to perform. So, standby, that's all I can say.

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Now, this is your traditional money moment.

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-Thank you.

-There's your £300.

-Thank you, Tim.

-You've seen this a million times before.

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You know the rules, there are no experts waiting for you, so off you go and very, very, very good luck.

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So will it be our expert Reds or our expertly turned out Blues who are victorious today?

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Well, they'd better be careful what they buy

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because any profits that they do make will be donated to charity.

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Today's programme is sure to be a cracker.

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Now, while they're off shopping, let's take the opportunity to have a look back over the last decade.

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Did you know that Bargain Hunt is shown in over 50 countries all around the world?

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We've filmed at fairs and auctions at home and abroad

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and there have always been two aims, to entertain you, our loyal viewers, and, of course, to find a bargain!

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Don't we look good? You're jealous of these scarves, aren't you? Yeah!

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-It is for sale, yeah!

-It is indeed.

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David, you're supposed to be buying, not selling.

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Look at that dog, Catherine.

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What is it about you and dogs? Ooh, look at those glass eyes!

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They are real glass eyes, aren't they?

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Oh, I love it. And I think...

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Are they real glass eyes? They look like it.

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Aah!

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Oh, he's lovely, Catherine, isn't he?

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Let's hope there aren't any more scary surprises in store for the Blue team.

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That's quite big, isn't it, that big vase there?

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-Art Nouveau.

-Doulton?

-No, I think it's Langley Lovett, actually?

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-How much is it?

-I should think that's quite expensive.

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-130.

-130.

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Shall we think about that? It's a lovely big lump.

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-Is it in superb condition?

-Yes, it is and it's got...

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Careful, it will be heavy, Catherine.

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It is quite striking, isn't it?

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Well, it's a lovely design.

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-It's not Doulton.

-But it's got that Doulton look...

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-It has.

-..hasn't it, about it? I think it's an impressive piece.

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It's quite impressive.

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Shall we've a think? Dare we say 100?

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I was going to say, shall we say 100?

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You couldn't do it for 100, could you?

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This is our birthday special, you see?

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This is our 10th anniversary. Not together!

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No, no, we've been together many years longer than that.

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# Sisters... #

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My goodness, you break my heart.

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-I know.

-Are we breaking your heart? Sorry.

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-Why not?

-Oh, darling, Come on, I will give you a kiss.

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That's lovely. Thank you very much.

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You're welcome. And I hope you beat the other team.

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-I'm sure it'll be lovely, thank you so much.

-That's very quick.

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We've done about... That's about one minute and one item!

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That's unheard of. Have we done the right thing?

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Yes.

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Fret not, Catherine, you're off to a cracking start,

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having spent £100 on an Art Nouveau vase in the first few minutes.

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Will the Red team be just as swift off the mark?

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Tell us about your glass.

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Murano glass.

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-Is it Murano, yeah?

-It is Murano glass.

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You see, Murano's good stuff, isn't it? It's arty. Any markings on this one?

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They weren't always markings on the Murano glass.

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-Sometimes you get the nice stickers, that says Murano?

-God bless them!

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-I mean...

-God bless them.

-That's...

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GLASS CLINKS

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-Lovely, isn't it?

-What would be the trade on that one?

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I could do that one for...40.

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40.

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It's...

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-It's not for you, is it?

-Do you not love it?

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Look at his face, does he look excited?

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-No.

-I could do a bit on it for you.

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Could you? OK, well, let's have a look.

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-Cheers.

-What about that Murano? We're looking at profit, if we buy for 20 quid.

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-Yeah.

-It's going to make profit.

-For 20 quid, you double your money.

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I'm cool with that. On that basis it does it for me.

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Well, do you want me to bid her 20 quid?

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Yeah. Say...

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-Blame it all on me.

-Can I do that?

-Blame it all on me. Just say, "He hates it, but..."

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Oh, right. That's good.

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-I could work with that.

-Go for it on that basis.

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So I would look nice and you would look horrible. All right!

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David heads off to work a bit of that Harper magic.

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Meanwhile, Catherine's expert eye has spotted something special.

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-Have a little look at these.

-Oh, that's lovely.

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-See they're French Prisoner Of War, circa 1820 and look at this, I just love the staining here.

-I love that.

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All the different little colours. And it's complete with its little die.

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Can you imagine these people working under the conditions, prisoners of war, and they're working...

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And they literally used bones and things to make...

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-Absolutely.

-And they swapped it for things like soap and their little luxuries, didn't they?

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-You really are touching a piece of history there.

-You are.

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1820s, Napoleonic, Prisoner Of War.

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-These are so hard to find.

-You do not see...

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These used to come... You used to get them quite often, but I don't...

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You hardly see them now.

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Well, if we buy that, we've already spent 100, that's 280, we'll only have £20 left.

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That's a bit...

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-A bit risky.

-Let's ask him to keep it?

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Excuse me, sir, would you mind...?

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-Would you come down slightly on 180?

-180's the very best. 180's a good price, believe me.

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Well, let's keep it...

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-Yes.

-Think about it.

-If the gentleman will keep it for us...

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-You'll keep it, yeah?

-And we'll come back and let you know as soon as we can.

-Sure, yeah, no bother.

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Looks like there's no budging on the price for the dominoes.

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Let's hope Harper's having better luck.

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What's the absolute death trade?

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-Well, if it's going to...

-15?

-No, don't be ridiculous!

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-No?

-Absolutely not.

-Really?

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-Really.

-It's going to a good home.

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I can't. Can't. 25.

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Where's... Where's my pal?

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What if we spun a coin, 20 or 25?

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-OK.

-Yeah, shall we do that?

-OK, let's do that.

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You're not going to introduce more chance to this lottery, are you?

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I'm going to have to, because we've come to a deadlock.

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20 or 25. Are you happy?

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On a coin? It's a bit of fun, come on in.

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Come on in and enjoy the spectacle. Are you ready?

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-Ready for anything.

-OK. What was your name?

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-Jackie.

-Jackie, you call, right?

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Right, heads... Heads, it's 25, tails it's 20.

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-Tails us, heads you.

-Yeah.

-Ready?

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Right, go.

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-Heads!

-It's an omen!

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-25. Are we going to... Thank you, thank you, thank you.

-You're welcome, you're welcome.

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-Well, it's one in the bag.

-Thanks, that was a hoot.

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David takes a gamble on the glass bowl and the Reds have their first item of the day.

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Paul Laidlaw's one of the newer kids on Bargain Hunt.

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As it's our 10th birthday, let's take a look at what he gets up to at home.

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'My life, cheesy, though this is bound to sound, it's stating the obvious, revolves round my family.'

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Maureen and I've a gorgeous daughter, Aurora, who is seven,

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and we have two twin boys, Francis and James, who are two and a half.

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'Everything revolves round us as a wee family. It's the best thing in the world.'

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Come on, you!

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'I was terrified of having twins.

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'I just had visions of The Shining, you know? Twins, not for me, really.'

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What a blessing. It is the best thing in the world.

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People struggle to differentiate them, and I've just got

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to the stage, two years later, where I can differentiate them myself.

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As if telling the little Laidlaws apart wasn't challenge enough

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for Paul, he's also spent the last two and a half years

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pitting his wits against the clock on Bargain Hunt.

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-May I?

-Yes, of course.

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I think you have spotted something rather sexy indeed.

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His first ever show coincided with the birth of the twins and wasn't at first all he had hoped.

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I hated the experience. I got asked halfway through, "How's it going?"

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I said, "I don't mind telling you, I hate this."

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-We're in this for a profit.

-Yeah.

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-Who's going to do the work? Some haggling?

-I will. Oh, go on.

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I hated it. But, see driving home, the best thing in the world.

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You know, "I've just done that, can you believe it?

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"have just been on Bargain Hunt!"

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75!

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'Man, there's a rollercoaster'

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and driving home to the hospital to see my three-day-old twins.

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There's a weekend for you!

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HE LAUGHS

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And when he's not being a family man, Paul spends time on his lifelong obsession.

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Come on, Paul, confess all.

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'I do have the collector gene,'

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I don't mind telling you. I've always collected.

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It was shells when I was a boy and then it was bottles, and so on.

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Now my passion is for arms and armour, I'm afraid.

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'Boy's toys!

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'And I have one piece from the very late 15th century,

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'and then the 16th and 17th century up to the time of the Civil Wars.'

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So, there you go, my weakness!

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Your weakness is Bargain Hunt's strength, Paul, and you're not our only antiques geek.

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Mark Stacey is a dealer and auctioneer turned TV expert too.

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I was reading the Antiques Trade Gazette one day

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and there was an advert in the back, by the BBC, asking for new experts

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and I duly sent off my CV with a photograph and I went down all the way from Chichester on the train.

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'I was disappointed, actually, because, all this build up'

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and I got to the auction room, I answered basic questions on antiques,

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and they said, "We'll let you know."

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And I was expecting fanfares to say we've found our new star!

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And the rest, as they say, is antiques history!

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Mark's bargain hunting talents might have made TV history, but how does he cope with the trappings of fame?

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I love going to auctions. I mean, I can't...

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Sometimes, I put a hat on and dark glasses, but people still recognise who I am.

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And that's not the only thing that's changed.

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The last eight years have been really momentous for me.

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Not only, of course, the fantastic experience of being on television

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and being part of the successful Bargain Hunt team, but around about the time that I started,

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I met a new partner, Santiago, who comes from Spain, Pamplona, where they run the bulls every year.

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Well, it might not be the Costa Del Sol, but Mark

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and Santiago have lived, for the past two years, in Brighton on the south coast.

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We love entertaining. We love cooking and I've learnt a lot on the Spanish way of cooking.

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'I mean, I used to be the world's worst cook.'

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You know, if I did baked beans on toast I'd struggle to get the beans out of the toaster!

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But now, if people turn up unexpectedly, I can open the fridge and rustle up something.

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I can't guarantee it's tasty, mind you, but I'll rustle it up.

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Sounds delightful, Mark. I might pop round for a Martini myself.

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Let's get back to today's Bargain Hunt battle now and Paul's been thinking about the opposition.

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I'm sure they're having a hoot. Mark's a riot.

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I bet you Catherine is just laughing herself senseless.

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I bet you they're having a ball.

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Well, I wouldn't call it a ball, exactly.

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-Don't start moaning at me, Mark.

-I AM moaning at you, Catherine.

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The bellows look as if they're in good condition.

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They don't excite me, Mark.

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-Hate it.

-You don't like it?

-No, I don't like that.

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What would excite you, Catherine?

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-Oh, you just being quiet for five minutes.

-Oh!

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Oh! By contrast, all appears very civil in the Red camp.

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-He's nice.

-He is rather, isn't he?

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And that's tickety-boo. That's got a decent visage there.

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-Frenchman.

-Yeah. Young officer.

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Great moustache.

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HE LAUGHS

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No pun intended, what's the death on this soldier?

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65. It's got to be 65.

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My problem is, we like it, but it's old-fashioned, isn't it?

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And that's the worst thing you can say about a decorator's piece.

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-It's got a niche following.

-I'm sorry, I disagree with you.

-Oh!

-Well, that's cool.

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I mean, would 40 get it?

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No, it can't be 40. I can't do it.

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-Really?

-Really.

-Are we miles away?

-Yes.

-How many miles?

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25 miles away.

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Drawing a line in the sand there.

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-Help us a wee bit.

-60.

-50.

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Take sympathy on them.

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They need to make money. Give him 50 quid.

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-50 quid?

-50 quid.

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-Yes?

-Thank you, sir.

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Well done. Well done. Thank you very much.

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Harry, you're always giving my stuff away.

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-Thank you both.

-It's been nice seeing you.

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Before they upset anyone else, Paul and David move on, the proud owners of a bronzed figure.

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What do you think the other team are doing?

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-I think...

-They're probably done.

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They're probably done, having a cup of tea and they've probably just spent about £30.

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What, that much?

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Not quite, Catherine, but you're not far off the truth and don't they look pleased with themselves?

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We're in the zone, are we not, Mr Harper? We're in the zone!

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15 minutes, two items done.

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We can go home early today, I reckon.

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-Looking good, looking good. This one's in the bag.

-Remember, lads, pride comes before a fall.

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Sometimes, my eye gets taken by an object about which there is an awful lot more to learn.

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Let's have a look at a find that I found at a fair in Oswestry.

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I found the most extraordinary little bit of memorabilia.

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A piece of waxed paper,

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it's been inscribed "May 25th '67", for 1867.

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And it says, in pen and ink, "To dear Mrs Thorneycroft,

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"fervently wishing you many happy returns of the day".

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And it's signed JD, and underneath that, it says Digger,

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and underneath that, it says Emu Creek.

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The digger would have been a miner.

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That was the term that was used for those prospectors who left Europe in vast numbers, heading for Australia,

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in the hope that they would find some gold and riches.

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Let's undo the little parcel, shall we, and see what's inside?

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Once upon a time, it was sealed with red sealing wax

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because JD didn't want anybody to open up this little parcel

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that he so fervently wanted to get to Mrs Thorneycroft.

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And inside that is another wee piece of paper and if I carefully unfold,

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it reveals four little pieces of gold.

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This is prospector's gold.

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You can imagine the scene on Emu Creek, JD and his mates are panning with those big pans

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in the muddy water, looking for alluvial gold

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and he found a bit and he sent it back to Mrs Thorneycroft.

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I suspect this is quite a rare survival and likely to be worth quite a lot of money.

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What does the dealer here, on the Welsh borders, want for it?

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£125. Is that cheap?

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I don't know. We'll have to ask one of our cousins down under.

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Which is exactly what I did. You'll never guess who bought those nuggets.

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It was the Canberra National Museum.

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So those little bits of gold, found by moi in Oswestry, will now be in a national collection.

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Today, we're hoping Edinburgh will prove something of a goldmine. Now, how are the teams doing?

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Is it straight?

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-It's low.

-What's that got to do with it?

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It needs to be dead straight. You can't have it bowed.

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It's got to be the right height. That's quite low.

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-This is the right height for me.

-Yeah, but you're short.

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Oh, Catherine's getting personal again and I sense dissension in the Blue ranks.

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The Reds, by contrast, are going about their task with military precision.

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-What are you looking at?

-I'm just scanning.

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But on the other side of the hall, Mark might have spotted the Blues' second buy of the day.

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Oh, that's nice. It's a pen.

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It's a pen, yes.

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-That's nice though.

-It's a whippet.

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Oh, has got a little... Is its little ear broken off or is it just bent back?

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I think it... No, because whippets are very nervous, aren't they, so they...

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Oh, you know your dogs. I like that.

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-I think that's sweet.

-I like that.

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Oh, he's got little glass eyes, you know?

0:20:490:20:51

-I wonder why it's got this little bit on, though.

-What?

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-Here, the little...

-Well, that's his collar.

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-Oh, I see.

-That's meant to be his little collar, dear, with a little bell on it.

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I'm not into dogs.

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It's a bit low down though. It should be a bit further up.

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Whippets have got long necks, Catherine.

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-I don't know my dogs.

-Then, keep quiet on it.

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I'll keep quiet. But I do like it.

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-I think it's rather sweet.

-Is it walnut?

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-It's fruit wood, yes.

-What would you do that for?

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How much has it got on it?

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-23.

-No, it hasn't!

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We're not telling you. 86.

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-No, you're right, it's 85.

-86.

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OK, 75, but that is it.

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-That's a lot of money. And then we wouldn't be able to get the POW.

-No, we wouldn't.

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Could you not come down a little bit more on that?

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70, but honestly, that's it.

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70. We should use another 10 minutes looking and then we can make a final decision.

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OK, but if we went for that at £70, so that leaves us with 230. 130 rather.

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Which we'll find something for.

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-Thank you so much.

-You're welcome.

-With a bit of messing and a lot of bickering,

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Mark and Catherine get the pen down to £70, but leave it behind for now.

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So, any concerns, Blue team?

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Well, look, Catherine, we've had 25 minutes, so we've got 35 minutes left.

0:22:050:22:10

-We've bought one item, we're not doing terribly well.

-We're not doing very well.

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Come on, Mark, don't be downhearted, it's our 10th birthday celebrations!

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Now, do you remember one of your favourite teams?

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Two lovely students.

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One of them just, I mean, it was a freezing cold day and he just wore shorts and flip-flops.

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They wanted desperately to find a musical instrument,

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at least one of them did, and we found this violin and it looked very nice, it was in its case.

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But how much is it? That's quite a big gamble.

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190. It's quite a big gamble.

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We've got a lot of money left, but it's still quite a big gamble.

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Yeah. It's quite a lot for what potentially could be a bit of junk.

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Yeah. If we can just get it down a bit, then, who knows?

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The dealer was very fair and reduced it to 150 and I just said to them,

0:22:530:22:57

"This is either going to fly or it's not."

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Now, the violin.

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A very fine violin and two bows in a case. I shall start this lot at £60.

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And of course, you know, we got it to auction and it just flew.

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520!

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540. 560. 580.

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I'll take £600.

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Phone's out. We are selling.

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-Sold.

-Yes!

0:23:240:23:27

We were delighted and I didn't even get a drink out of it!

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Look, it's all about the contestants.

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It's absolutely all about those guys. Is their call.

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'One just...off like a hare, following her nose,'

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found this hideous pair of late Dresden-type candelabra,

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floral-encrusted porcelain, but cheesy beyond belief.

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I can't stand the sight of them.

0:23:530:23:55

-Really, what don't you like about them?

-Just nasty, awful.

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I think the passionate punter, who was having these at all cost,

0:23:590:24:05

didn't like me being so critical.

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You absolutely wouldn't do 75 because he's not going to let us take them.

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-Go on.

-75.

0:24:120:24:13

-Thank you very much indeed.

-It was just awful, what can I say?

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But, look, you see, at auction, you just don't know.

0:24:170:24:21

-£8? £5?

-£5!

-Someone bid, I need to get home tonight!

0:24:210:24:27

No takers anywhere for £5?

0:24:270:24:30

Thank you, sir. God bless you.

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Five, I'm bid. Don't let him leave the room.

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Ouch!

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There you go, Bargain Hunt gold.

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And that's why you should always listen to your expert.

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Back to today's fair, there's just 10 minutes left.

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That's ticking boxes for me.

0:24:480:24:50

Something that cries out Scottish, doesn't it?

0:24:500:24:52

Polished hard stones set in silver and bright-cut that silver, as well.

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I mean, it's clean.

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Is that not a wearable piece?

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Dead right, it is. It's very funky.

0:25:000:25:02

-It's very now, I think.

-Yeah.

0:25:020:25:04

It could be very trendy and very stylish.

0:25:040:25:06

-But could it be very cheap, that's the big question?

-There's not a lot of room on that one.

0:25:060:25:10

I've priced that one quite close.

0:25:100:25:11

-I think I've got it marked at 98, yeah?

-You've got 95.

0:25:110:25:15

-95 on it.

-95.

0:25:150:25:17

-I could do it for 85.

-If we can get that, and don't leap across the table at me,

0:25:170:25:21

if we can get that at 40 or 50 squids, we're in the money.

0:25:210:25:25

60 is the death.

0:25:250:25:27

-I think I paid that on it.

-OK. Well, we're just too far away on price.

0:25:270:25:30

Now, what about the WMF?

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I mean, could that be trade, substantially less than that?

0:25:320:25:36

There is a bit of room on that,

0:25:360:25:38

but not that much room.

0:25:380:25:40

How much have I got on it?

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-225.

-Trade? Trade, uh...?

-Nice stamp on it.

0:25:410:25:47

Trade, I could go 150. It's well-marked. It's a nice piece.

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Yes, it's got a bit of damage and repair there. What.

0:25:520:25:54

-Yeah, it has a bit of damage.

-This stuff sells because it's sexiness for me.

-Yeah.

0:25:540:25:59

-You don't think she's sexy, though?

-It's not doing it for me.

-She's doing for me!

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While Paul and David take a moment to debate their taste in women,

0:26:040:26:09

the Blue team are doing a great job of losing their way completely.

0:26:090:26:13

Hold on, have we been down this one? Is this where we bought the...

0:26:130:26:16

-No, it's that side we bought the lump, wasn't it? Yes.

-Which one...

0:26:160:26:21

-No, we haven't been down here.

-We haven't been down this one.

0:26:210:26:24

-Bossy!

-Well, it's just I don't want to lose time, Catherine, waiting.

0:26:240:26:28

No, I know, I know. Just calm down.

0:26:280:26:30

You haven't done up there. Do you want to go there and have a look first?

0:26:300:26:33

-Yeah, let's go round here and then...

-Round a bit further.

-Yeah.

0:26:330:26:37

Come on, let's run now. Panic stations!

0:26:370:26:40

Meanwhile, the boys are having trouble focusing on the matter in hand too.

0:26:400:26:45

If she was a foxier lady, it would swing it.

0:26:450:26:49

I am THAT serious about...

0:26:490:26:51

Foxy ladies and swinging?

0:26:510:26:53

What are you talking about? We're not on a... We're on a different show here, Paul.

0:26:530:26:57

I've got my car keys!

0:26:570:26:59

-OK.

-Shall we just have a little catch up? We've got, literally...

0:27:010:27:06

-We'll be back in a minute.

-Two ticks.

-We've got four minutes.

0:27:060:27:09

We're not hoofing it now. It's going to have to be one of them, isn't it?

0:27:090:27:12

100 quid for the WMF, or...

0:27:120:27:16

40 quid, 45 quid for the hardstone bracelet.

0:27:160:27:21

-I think profit-wise, the bracelet's probably got more of a chance.

-Yeah.

0:27:210:27:25

The Reds are looking cucumber-cool, even with just minutes to go.

0:27:250:27:29

The Blues, on the other hand, are looking decidedly hot and bothered.

0:27:290:27:33

So what are we... Listen, come on, let's be serious a minute.

0:27:330:27:36

I want to get the dog because I like the dog.

0:27:360:27:39

And you're happy with it at 70?

0:27:390:27:40

-I really like those POW dominoes.

-Well, we can't have both, can we?

0:27:400:27:44

You think there's no way we could push him down?

0:27:440:27:46

He won't go to 130, Catherine.

0:27:460:27:48

Oh, I can't believe this has just all gone horribly wrong.

0:27:480:27:51

Yeah, it sure has, Catherine, and with just two minutes left, it really is time to panic.

0:27:510:27:55

Mark? Where's he gone?

0:27:550:27:57

Look at that. This wonderful ornamental letter opener from Japan.

0:27:590:28:03

-Lovely quality.

-No, I don't like that, Mark.

-But it's quality, Catherine.

0:28:050:28:09

Why is that great quality? Feel it.

0:28:090:28:12

Catherine, look at the detailing of that bronze and the gilt work and all that lovely chasing.

0:28:120:28:17

It's Japanese, late 19th century and I think the chap is willing to negotiate a bit.

0:28:170:28:22

Shall I see if I can get it...?

0:28:220:28:23

If I can get it for less than 100, we'll go with this. OK.

0:28:230:28:26

-What about that?

-All right. On your head be it.

0:28:260:28:28

You're a brave man, Mark. Meanwhile, the Red team have finally moved on from the Art Nouveau woman

0:28:280:28:34

and have set their sights on the 1950s bracelet.

0:28:340:28:37

-40 on the '50s bracelet.

-50 is the base on that, it really is.

0:28:370:28:40

-Let's spin a coin.

-No, no!

0:28:400:28:42

Let's spin a coin.

0:28:420:28:44

I love spinning... Come on.

0:28:440:28:46

-Go for it.

-45, 50 in an old box.

0:28:460:28:49

-No. You can get a box that's...

-In a box.

-Yeah.

0:28:490:28:51

Do you want to call? You call.

0:28:510:28:52

-Yeah.

-Ready?

-Yeah.

0:28:520:28:55

-Heads.

-Not again!

0:28:550:28:57

I can't believe it.

0:28:570:28:59

50, thanks a lot, mate.

0:28:590:29:02

David loses the toss again, but the Reds win the race

0:29:020:29:06

because they're all done and dusted,

0:29:060:29:08

which is more than can be said for those Blues, who still have only one item.

0:29:080:29:13

-What's the deal?

-I've failed you, Catherine.

0:29:130:29:15

I could only get it for 100, but I think we've got to go with it.

0:29:150:29:18

-Look at the object.

-Have you bought it?

0:29:180:29:20

I've said yes. Look at it, it's Meiji period.

0:29:200:29:23

It's 1870, 1880, and, you know, look at those lovely scrolls and even gilded underneath.

0:29:230:29:29

That's a sign of quality, Catherine.

0:29:290:29:30

The more I look at it, the more I like it. You did the right thing.

0:29:300:29:33

-Thank you.

-No, you did.

0:29:330:29:35

If it goes horribly wrong, on your head be it.

0:29:350:29:37

-You'll cut my head off.

-I will.

0:29:370:29:39

I'm not so sure she's joking, Mark!

0:29:390:29:42

Dog pen, dog pen, dog pen!

0:29:420:29:44

-Where's the dog pen?

-Where is it? Woof, woof!

0:29:440:29:46

With just 15 seconds to go, let's hope the pen is still there.

0:29:460:29:51

-I hope she's kept it for us.

-I hope she's kept it for us.

0:29:510:29:54

Where is she? It's this gentleman, as well.

0:29:550:29:58

Yes. You kept our pen, didn't you?

0:29:580:30:01

-Thank God!

-I've never been so pleased to see a dog!

0:30:010:30:04

Woof woof.

0:30:040:30:07

Time's up, teams. What a finish, and by the skin of their teeth!

0:30:070:30:11

Now, all you regulars know about the bonus buy.

0:30:120:30:16

That's the secret item that's bought by the experts with the leftover lolly

0:30:160:30:20

that pitches up later at the auction.

0:30:200:30:23

There, the teams decide whether to gamble or not,

0:30:230:30:26

because, if it makes a profit, that's great, but if it doesn't make a profit,

0:30:260:30:30

it can't just wipe them out.

0:30:300:30:31

But as we have no experts, there's only one person left to do the job and that's moi.

0:30:310:30:39

Each day this week, I'm going to go out and find that bonus buy,

0:30:390:30:43

but instead of using the leftover lolly,

0:30:430:30:46

I've been allowed £100 to spend on each team.

0:30:460:30:51

I'm feeling the pressure, so let's see if the Reds will actually need my bonus buy.

0:30:510:30:56

They took a gamble on a Murano glass bowl for £25.

0:30:560:31:00

Just 10 minutes later, they were on the attack again

0:31:000:31:03

and battled hard for a bronze statue of a soldier.

0:31:030:31:06

And after much idle discussion on the virtues of the female form,

0:31:060:31:10

the boys plumped for a 1950s bracelet.

0:31:100:31:13

The Blues didn't give themselves, or each other, an easy time,

0:31:130:31:16

but they did bag a Langley vase in the first few minutes.

0:31:160:31:20

Ignoring Catherine's protests,

0:31:200:31:22

Mark went on to seal the deal on a Japanese letter opener.

0:31:220:31:26

Then, with time snapping at their heels,

0:31:260:31:28

the Blues raced back to the charming 19th century doggy pen.

0:31:280:31:31

Not a bad haul from our experts, eh?

0:31:310:31:33

Over the last 10 years, I have visited the most amazing stately homes, country houses, museums,

0:31:350:31:42

galleries and collections, during my time on Bargain Hunt.

0:31:420:31:47

And sometimes, I've been looking at not exactly traditional antiques.

0:31:470:31:52

I have been known to nose around the odd motoring fair in Kent.

0:31:540:31:59

'Take to the open road in style in Sussex.'

0:31:590:32:03

All in all, I've been allowed to handle some very precious motoring machinery.

0:32:060:32:13

If I say Rolls-Royce, the feature that probably springs to mind

0:32:140:32:19

is the distinctive radiator grille and the glorious mascot on the top.

0:32:190:32:25

That mascot is often referred to as the Flying Lady, but strictly speaking,

0:32:250:32:30

her title is the Spirit Of Ecstasy and she is a fascinating woman.

0:32:300:32:36

How is it that this thing has become the icon of motoring history?

0:32:360:32:41

Well, the story is a mixture of controversy,

0:32:410:32:45

comedy and more than a little bit of romance along the road.

0:32:450:32:50

Originally, in the early 1900s, there were no mascots, but some owners started adding their own.

0:32:570:33:04

Reports were received of devils, black cats

0:33:040:33:08

and even one German businessman added a sausage up front to advertise his business.

0:33:080:33:14

Anyway, Rolls-Royce found all this very distasteful and in 1910, they commissioned their own mascot,

0:33:140:33:21

which they hoped that owners would find irresistible.

0:33:210:33:26

The lady she was supposedly modelled on was certainly irresistible to one important Rolls-Royce owner.

0:33:260:33:33

At the world headquarters of Rolls-Royce, I found that Lord Montagu of Beaulieu's secretary,

0:33:330:33:37

Eleanor Thornton, was the likely inspiration for the mascot.

0:33:370:33:43

The sculptor was Charles Sykes and if you look carefully,

0:33:430:33:46

you can see his signature inscribed on the base of the figure.

0:33:460:33:50

He described her as, "A delightful little goddess."

0:33:500:33:54

His daughter claimed that there were several female models for this figure, but that could have been

0:33:540:34:01

a smokescreen to cover up the fact that she was Lord Montagu's lover.

0:34:010:34:06

Eleanor, sadly, died in 1915 when she was travelling to India

0:34:060:34:11

with Lord Montagu on the SS Persia.

0:34:110:34:15

The vessel was torpedoed,

0:34:150:34:17

but Lord Montagu ensured that the mascot remained

0:34:170:34:22

as a testament to her lasting beauty.

0:34:220:34:24

But for the 21st century, she's got one final secret up her skirt.

0:34:260:34:31

She's retractable to keep her out of thieving hands, but I think I'm going to keep her up, let the wind

0:34:310:34:38

blow in her hair one last time, as I head off to the auction.

0:34:380:34:43

And let's hope our teams motor on home today with some nice profits for charity.

0:34:450:34:50

So, Anita, how lovely to be here in Glasgow.

0:34:520:34:55

-Oh, welcome again, Tim, welcome.

-Thank you very much.

0:34:550:34:57

Now, your big test comes on Friday, when you're the expert competitor on the anniversary programme.

0:34:570:35:04

-With Phillip Serrell.

-I know!

0:35:040:35:06

Rather you than me.

0:35:060:35:08

But, right now, though, Anita, let's look at today's competitors.

0:35:080:35:11

Paul and David, they're first up with the piece of Murano glass.

0:35:110:35:15

-Now, do you think that's Murano, Anita?

-Well, it's European at any rate.

0:35:150:35:19

It has a good weight, it has a nice polished base, it's big and it's colourful.

0:35:190:35:26

-That's true. And what's it going to bring, do you think?

-Well, estimate on that, 25 to 40.

0:35:260:35:31

-They'll be chuffed about that because they only paid £25.

-Glass is very popular just now.

0:35:310:35:35

Well, it'll be interesting to see what happens.

0:35:350:35:38

Now, the bronzed figure.

0:35:380:35:41

I mean, a handsome military man, but I guess not very old, what do you think?

0:35:410:35:45

No. Certainly in the latter part of the 20th century at any rate.

0:35:450:35:50

Yes. It's what I used to call brand Harry spankers, but perhaps we're being kind to it.

0:35:500:35:56

-We do want to be kind to it.

-He is a quite an attractive chap.

0:35:560:35:59

-Yes, nice moustache.

-People will be drawn to him.

-Yes.

0:35:590:36:02

I think he's got a chance.

0:36:020:36:03

What sort of money do you think, Anita?

0:36:030:36:06

-I've estimated 60 to 80.

-Well, that's great, £50 is paid.

0:36:060:36:09

I might have been a wee bit generous on that one.

0:36:090:36:12

Oh, Lord! We're getting a bit of a warning signal there.

0:36:120:36:15

Now, lastly is this, I think, rather cleverly-bought silver and stone mounted bracelet.

0:36:150:36:22

In Scotland, we love our polished pebble jewellery and this is a particularly nice one.

0:36:220:36:29

-This has a Glasgow hallmark and the Glasgow people will like that.

-What do you think it's going to bring?

0:36:290:36:36

-Estimate 40 to 60.

-Well, they paid 50. You never know.

-That's not bad.

0:36:360:36:41

With your persuasive tongue, I expect they'll get away with it.

0:36:410:36:44

Now, the big question is are they going to need my bonus buy, so let's go and have a look at it.

0:36:440:36:50

So, boys, the moment of the bonus buy.

0:36:510:36:55

My moment of dread in these programmes!

0:36:550:36:57

Anyway, you spent overall £125, which is completely miserable.

0:36:570:37:01

I know, I know. We're tactical players, as you know, Tim.

0:37:010:37:04

-Is that what it is?

-Yeah.

-Canny.

-Well, you're both very cunning.

-Scared silly!

0:37:040:37:08

So I'm not given the leftover lolly, I'm given £100

0:37:080:37:10

to find your bonus buy which I've done, and I invite you, Mr Laidlaw, to remove the cloth.

0:37:100:37:16

Thank you, sir.

0:37:160:37:18

-Oh, like it.

-Look at that.

0:37:180:37:20

I get a lovely reaction from our TWEEDY team.

0:37:200:37:24

Very unusual. Bronze.

0:37:240:37:27

Yeah, they're bronze, but have you ever seen a park bench applied with pretty little birds like this?

0:37:270:37:32

-It's an unusual composition, isn't it?

-It is.

0:37:320:37:34

The birds are gilt and then that thing next door is a sort of waste paper bin, don't you think?

0:37:340:37:39

-It is, it is.

-A park-like waste paper bin that makes your ink well.

0:37:390:37:42

And then you've got this nice polished stone bottom to it. It doesn't seem to be damaged.

0:37:420:37:47

It seems to be, you know, pretty well spot on.

0:37:470:37:50

-But I think the big question, Tim...

-Yes.

0:37:500:37:52

-Is how much did you pay for it?

-£100.

-£100, bang on?

0:37:520:37:54

-I had to spend my 100.

-Wow.

0:37:540:37:56

I negotiated pretty hard to get it down to 100.

0:37:560:37:59

-OK.

-That's the best I could find.

-No, it's very nice and we'll think about it.

0:37:590:38:02

Yeah, do think about it because you don't have to choose until the sale of your first three items,

0:38:020:38:08

but for the audience at home, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about my bonus buy.

0:38:080:38:12

So, look at this, Anita. Twit twoo! Do you like it?

0:38:120:38:16

I think that it's absolutely charming.

0:38:160:38:20

I think it's a wee bit later than 1930s, maybe 1940s, 1950s.

0:38:200:38:24

In the '50s, they were looking back to the Art Deco style.

0:38:240:38:29

What makes this particularly charming are these gorgeous wee plump birdies.

0:38:290:38:35

I'm really chuffed by this and I quite rate it.

0:38:350:38:37

I think it will do well. I think it's so charming, it's so appealing, I think it might take a wee flyer.

0:38:370:38:44

-Might it? What's your estimate?

-My estimate is 70 to 100.

0:38:440:38:47

Oh, dear. I paid £100 for it.

0:38:470:38:50

-Sometimes, estimating conservatively is a good tactical move.

-Yes.

0:38:500:38:55

-It encourages the bidding.

-Right. Well, I need a bit of encouragement.

0:38:550:39:00

Anyway, that's that, Anita, and indeed, that's it for the Reds. Now, for the Blues.

0:39:000:39:05

Mark, rather predictably, has gone for this baluster pot.

0:39:050:39:09

He's a bit of a traditional type of chap, isn't he?

0:39:090:39:12

Well, in some respect!

0:39:120:39:14

HE LAUGHS

0:39:140:39:16

-Well...

-Yes.

-Langley. We have a lot of Langley collectors out there.

0:39:160:39:20

There is a Langley Collectors Club.

0:39:200:39:22

-Ah.

-So hopefully, they will pick up on the internet on this vase.

0:39:220:39:26

This pattern might be a little bit out of favour for these times,

0:39:260:39:32

but I think that this lovely singing cobalt blue will help it on.

0:39:320:39:35

-Yes, it goes rather well with your jacket.

-Thank you.

0:39:350:39:37

So what's your estimate, darling?

0:39:370:39:40

Estimate 80 to 120.

0:39:400:39:42

OK, they paid £100, so they're just about in the frame with that.

0:39:420:39:45

Now, they've gone completely off piste with this nice Japanese letter opener.

0:39:450:39:51

I love this. I think this is absolutely wonderful.

0:39:510:39:56

We have here, this mythical creature

0:39:560:39:59

with what we might call a gilded loincloth.

0:39:590:40:04

Oh, Lord!

0:40:040:40:05

He's clasping on to this large fish which is regurgitating this cat-like devil.

0:40:050:40:13

-Yes.

-So it's telling a story.

0:40:130:40:16

-Yes.

-I think it's wonderful.

0:40:160:40:17

-There's quality in this piece.

-And what do you think it's worth, Anita?

0:40:170:40:21

I've estimated it between 100 and 200, which is quite a wide estimate.

0:40:210:40:27

-It certainly is.

-But I think this is the type of quirky item that could really sail away.

0:40:270:40:33

Yes, well, £100 to £200 is brilliant because they paid 100.

0:40:330:40:36

Similarly, really, with this wee fruit wood novelty pen.

0:40:360:40:41

Isn't... Isn't that just so sweet?

0:40:410:40:43

Isn't that just so lovely?

0:40:430:40:46

The carving of whippet's head is very delicate, it's very well done,

0:40:460:40:51

so people will appreciate the quality and the craftsmanship in it.

0:40:510:40:55

-I suppose it's Black Forest, isn't it?

-Yes. It's lovely.

0:40:550:40:59

My estimate on that is 80 to 120.

0:40:590:41:02

Oh, that's brilliant. She spent £70 on it. I think they deserve,

0:41:020:41:05

on the basis of their bravery, in going with these two quite obscure, oddball items, to do quite well.

0:41:050:41:12

-Yeah.

-In which case they won't need my bonus buy, but we're going to go and have a look at it anyway.

0:41:120:41:17

-Well, hi, Blues. How are you?

-Very excited.

-Are you?

0:41:180:41:22

-Yes.

-Not half as excited as we're about your tights, Catherine.

0:41:220:41:25

I mean, that is... That's an amazingly good look, darling.

0:41:250:41:29

-Thank you.

-Are you trying to captivate the audience, or just the presenter?

0:41:290:41:34

-You, of course, Tim.

-You, of course. Now, look, as it's a special programme, I'm going to ask you

0:41:340:41:40

-to reveal my bonus buy, so would you remove my cloth for me?

-I will.

0:41:400:41:43

Are you ready for this, Mark?

0:41:430:41:44

-Here we go. Oh, lovely.

-Ah!

0:41:440:41:46

-Oh, I like those.

-Do you like those?

0:41:460:41:48

-Yes, I do.

-Oh, there's a nice bit of weight to them as well.

0:41:480:41:50

You two have been like lovebirds,

0:41:500:41:52

so I thought "All I can do is to buy a couple of lovebirds."

0:41:520:41:56

-Oh, they're sweet.

-I mean, they're budgerigars, strictly, I think.

0:41:560:42:00

-Austrian, Tim?

-Austrian, yes, absolutely. Cold-painted bronze Austrian jobs.

0:42:000:42:04

Oh, they're lovely. I like them.

0:42:040:42:06

-Do you like those?

-I love them.

-Very much.

0:42:060:42:07

That's what I love about this team, they're so enthusiastic.

0:42:070:42:11

-This is lovely, actually. The detail is very nice.

-They're filthy too.

0:42:110:42:14

They want a jolly good scrub-a-dub because most of the paint is there.

0:42:140:42:18

-Yeah.

-Yes, it's.

-It's just got grubby.

0:42:180:42:20

They've got their tails are intactus. Mostly those tails get bent and knocked off, as you know.

0:42:200:42:25

They can be quite vulnerable, so I was really, really, really chuffed to find those.

0:42:250:42:30

-What did you pay for them, Tim?

-Do you want to know?

-I do.

-You do?

0:42:300:42:33

-We do, don't we?

-You're quite sharp on the money.

0:42:330:42:35

Well, I didn't spend the 100, spent 70. £35 each.

0:42:350:42:38

That's very good.

0:42:380:42:40

Is that what you called a S-N-I-P?

0:42:400:42:41

-I think absolutely.

-Then it's cheap as...?

0:42:410:42:45

As inexpensive fried potatoes!

0:42:450:42:47

To be honest, I think if you'd have got these for 100, I think that was...

0:42:470:42:51

-I think they're worth £120 each. Absolutely.

-I think there are great.

0:42:510:42:54

-Oh, I'm so excited.

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

0:42:540:42:56

On the other hand, don't get too carried away,

0:42:560:42:59

because as we know, in this game, anything can happen and I have to take on the chin

0:42:590:43:04

if they don't make £70, I have to look at the camera and say, "Oh, that's all right. "

0:43:040:43:08

It's not at all, I'm livid, but we shall see, all right?

0:43:080:43:12

-Thanks, Tim.

-Happy, guys?

-Very.

-I love them, Tim.

0:43:120:43:15

Very happy, guys. Well, we've got two happy expert contestants.

0:43:150:43:20

Let us find out what our happy auctioneer thinks about my pairs of budgies, aah!

0:43:200:43:27

So, tweet tweet.

0:43:270:43:29

Over to you and out of your cage!

0:43:290:43:33

A pair of loving birds, or a loving budgies.

0:43:330:43:35

Yes.

0:43:350:43:37

I think these are absolutely lovely and Austrian cold-painted bronzes have never gone out of fashion.

0:43:370:43:44

These are beautifully moulded, they're very, very sweet

0:43:440:43:47

-and we still have got a wee bit of colour in them.

-Yes.

-So I think they're lovely.

0:43:470:43:51

I was really chuffed to pay £70 for the pair.

0:43:510:43:54

-They're desirable objects, aren't they?

-Oh, yes.

0:43:540:43:57

People like this sort of thing. Estimate, 80 to 120.

0:43:570:43:59

-Well, that would be perfect. I mean, anything more than £70 will help anyway.

-Yes.

0:43:590:44:04

I know we can rely on you, Anita.

0:44:040:44:06

I will do my best. I'm looking forward to selling all this stuff.

0:44:060:44:10

Very good. Thank you.

0:44:100:44:12

-Well, the boot is definitely on the other foot today, isn't it?

-Yeah.

0:44:210:44:24

I tell you. I am so pleased we're in this supremely-good saleroom, though, because look at this crowd.

0:44:240:44:29

-Safe hands, Tim.

-Well, let's hope so.

0:44:290:44:32

Paul, how are you feeling, are you feeling confident?

0:44:320:44:35

I am. I don't want to be cocky, but, yeah, I think...

0:44:350:44:38

-Yeah, yeah.

-I think we're looking at a good deal.

0:44:380:44:40

-Are you on the cocky end of...

-I have been accused of being cocky in the past, yeah. Probably true.

0:44:400:44:45

-Yes, but today specifically?

-Very cocky.

0:44:450:44:48

Well, you watch out because our friend up there's got his eye on you, all right?

0:44:480:44:51

First up is the Murano glass bowl and here it comes.

0:44:510:44:55

Lot 138 is that superb Murano glass dish...

0:44:550:45:01

She's bigging it up, bigging it up.

0:45:010:45:03

A beautiful colour of fine-quality glass.

0:45:030:45:06

Can we say £80?

0:45:060:45:09

-Go on! Go on.

-60? Start me at £20.

0:45:090:45:11

-Oh, no! Don't start at £20.

-20 bid. Any advance on 20? 30.

0:45:110:45:14

-Go on!

-With you, madam, at 30 for the Murano.

0:45:140:45:18

40. £40. Mrs Gillespie at 40. 50.

0:45:180:45:21

-Come on.

-Get in there!

-60. Any advance on £60? £60?

0:45:210:45:27

-Yes! Get in there.

-Well, that is excellent, isn't it?

0:45:270:45:29

-Well done.

-£60 is 25...

0:45:290:45:32

30... Is £35. £35 you made on it.

0:45:320:45:35

139, what a good looking guy.

0:45:350:45:38

He's a French bronze figure of a military officer.

0:45:380:45:43

Can we say 150 for the bronze figure? 100? Start me at 50.

0:45:430:45:48

30 bid. Any advance on 30?

0:45:480:45:50

-Oh, come on.

-No, no, no.

0:45:500:45:51

-Any advance on 30? 40.

-Come on.

0:45:510:45:53

-Oh, no, come on.

-45.

0:45:530:45:56

-50. Any advance on £50? All done at £50.

-No, Anita!

0:45:560:46:00

Oh, there's more, there's more!

0:46:000:46:02

55, fresh bidder. Paul at 55.

0:46:020:46:04

Any advance on 55?

0:46:040:46:07

All done at 55? 55.

0:46:070:46:09

Well, by the skin of your teeth then, £55.

0:46:090:46:13

You are plus £5 on that. You're £40 up, lads.

0:46:130:46:16

You are plus 40.

0:46:160:46:17

Lot 140, again one of my favourite pieces.

0:46:170:46:21

It's a Scottish silver bracelet with the polished agate.

0:46:210:46:25

-It has the Glasgow hallmark.

-Uch aye!

-Aye.

0:46:250:46:28

-Aye.

-Can we say £100?

0:46:280:46:32

-£50? Start me at 30.

-£50 paid.

0:46:320:46:33

-Come on.

-30 bid. 40.

0:46:330:46:36

Any advance on 40?

0:46:360:46:38

50. I'll catch you all in a minute.

0:46:380:46:41

-£50. 60. 70.

-Go.

0:46:410:46:44

80. 90. 100. £100.

0:46:440:46:48

-All done at £100? 110.

-Look out!

-Here we go, here we go.

0:46:480:46:53

With you, sir, at 110.

0:46:530:46:54

All done at 110? All done at 110?

0:46:540:46:56

110.

0:46:560:46:58

Well, how brilliant is that? £110.

0:46:580:47:01

-Brilliant.

-And you'll believe this, look, £110 is plus 60 on that.

0:47:010:47:03

You had 40 before. You are plus £100.

0:47:030:47:05

You have £100 profit.

0:47:050:47:07

Are you going to risk a £100?

0:47:070:47:09

Oh, well, I just don't know, I just don't know!

0:47:090:47:13

-Is this guy any good?

-Not really.

0:47:130:47:14

I'm not going to take it agin you if you don't because quite frankly anything could happen.

0:47:140:47:19

-We're going with it, you know we are.

-I don't think they... Oh, OK.

0:47:190:47:22

-It was always going to happen.

-OK, well this is a brown trouser moment for me.

0:47:220:47:26

Because these two lads are arch winners, right?

0:47:260:47:29

They are going to go with my bonus buy. They have £100 and they're going to risk £100 on this object.

0:47:290:47:35

How cool is that?

0:47:350:47:37

I'm feeling a bit flushed, actually. OK, here it comes.

0:47:370:47:40

This is ooh la la!

0:47:400:47:41

It's a French Art Deco ink stand

0:47:410:47:45

modelled with these delightful little plump birds.

0:47:450:47:49

They're sat upon a bench.

0:47:490:47:51

Will you start me at £100?

0:47:510:47:54

Are you feeling the pressure, Tim, or what?

0:47:540:47:56

For the French Art Deco ink stand.

0:47:560:47:58

-50 bid.

-Oh!

0:47:580:48:00

Any advance on £50 for the Art Deco lot?

0:48:000:48:03

This is where I've just lost £50.

0:48:030:48:05

70. 80. 90.

0:48:050:48:07

-100.

-It was never a problem!

0:48:070:48:10

-110. 120. 130.

-Oh, look at this! This is getting a bit more like it.

0:48:100:48:15

Any advance on £130, all done at 130?

0:48:150:48:17

-130.

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

0:48:170:48:20

Plus £30.

0:48:200:48:22

I think I've been quite jammy there, I have to say.

0:48:220:48:24

But anyway, £130, all right.

0:48:240:48:26

-Don't say a word to the Blues.

-No, we don't speak to them.

-Not one word to your colleagues.

0:48:260:48:31

Anyway, good luck. Well done. Smashing job.

0:48:310:48:35

We see a lot of rare and precious things on Bargain Hunt,

0:48:460:48:49

but sometimes the value is not so much what it's made of, but who owned it.

0:48:490:48:55

Now, do you remember these?

0:48:550:48:57

This is a pair of bloomers.

0:48:570:49:00

Enormous, aren't they?

0:49:000:49:02

Actually, this is only half of a pair of bloomers.

0:49:020:49:06

That is the bloomers in their full scale

0:49:060:49:10

and no ordinary bloomers, these.

0:49:100:49:13

These belong to a queen. I mean it. Queen Victoria.

0:49:130:49:16

Look, it says VR, Victoria Regina.

0:49:160:49:20

It had has created an international storm of interest.

0:49:200:49:24

There are numerous telephone lines booked and the estimate is £200 to £300.

0:49:240:49:30

Do you know what Queen Victoria would have said about all of this?

0:49:300:49:34

"We are not amused."

0:49:340:49:36

It must be lot 402, you've all seen them...

0:49:360:49:39

We've got lots of media interest in her bloomers.

0:49:390:49:42

Remember, the estimate is £200 to £300 and apparently she really did wear them. Here we go.

0:49:420:49:49

A rare pair of Queen Victoria's white cotton hand-sewn bloomers

0:49:490:49:55

of circa 1880, embroidered crown and a very personal social thing

0:49:550:49:59

-to really handle, and we're delighted.

-Handle!?

0:49:590:50:02

Lots of interest and I shall start this lot at 900.

0:50:020:50:06

Thank you for coming. 900.

0:50:060:50:09

950. 1,000.

0:50:090:50:13

1,100. 1,200.

0:50:130:50:15

14. 16. 18. 2,000. 22.

0:50:150:50:18

24. 26. 28. 3,000.

0:50:180:50:23

32.

0:50:230:50:24

-34. 36.

-Yes.

0:50:240:50:27

38.

0:50:270:50:28

£4,000.

0:50:280:50:30

42, sir? No, £4,000 bid.

0:50:300:50:33

£4,000 bid for the bloomers.

0:50:330:50:36

Fair warning, going once.

0:50:360:50:38

I'll take 41. 41.

0:50:380:50:40

42. One more, sir? 43.

0:50:400:50:44

No, sir? 4,200 on the phone.

0:50:440:50:47

I'll take 43. Going once, they're sold.

0:50:470:50:50

4,200. Isn't that extraordinary?

0:50:500:50:56

£4,200, that's £2,100 per leg.

0:50:560:51:02

Queen Victoria would be proud of him and, frankly, for 4,200 I think I'd drop mine.

0:51:020:51:08

Ooh, matron!

0:51:080:51:11

Who could possibly have thought that Queen Victoria's undies could have brought quite that much?

0:51:110:51:16

Just for a pair of bloomers!

0:51:160:51:18

Let's hope we get that lucky today, but I wouldn't bet my Y-fronts on it.

0:51:180:51:23

-Been chatting to the Reds then, have we?

-No.

0:51:280:51:31

-Not a dickie bird.

-No, not a thing? Good, well, we like that.

0:51:310:51:34

We don't want you to know because it might spoil the competition.

0:51:340:51:37

So, the experience is unusual this, isn't it?

0:51:370:51:42

-It is.

-Two experts...

-It's brilliant though.

0:51:420:51:44

-In the competition.

-It's good fun.

0:51:440:51:46

-Yeah.

-And we had a laugh. We had two seconds left before we had to...

0:51:460:51:50

-Yes.

-Finish our buying, so it was on the skin of our teeth, really.

0:51:500:51:53

You're looking terribly well bonded up you two,

0:51:530:51:55

and first up is your Langley pot and here it comes.

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Lot 160,

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this superb Lovett's Langley leadless glazed stoneware vase.

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Can we say £200 for the Art Nouveau vase?

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-It would be lovely if she could!

-150? Will you start me at £100?

-Come on.

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-Come on, please.

-Start me at 100.

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-Come on.

-£50. Any advance on £50?

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-No. No!

-60. 70. 80. 90. 100.

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Oh, we have... We have...

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For the Art Nouveau vase. All done at 100? 100.

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That's wiped its face.

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-No profit, no loss, no shame.

-No, but that's good, actually.

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A superb item. It's the Japanese Meiji-period letter opener,

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most unusual.

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150.

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Will you give me £100? 50 then.

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-Oh, no!

-50 bid. Any advance on 50?

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60. 70. 80. 90.

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£90.

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With you, sir, at £100.

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We need to make a bit of profit here.

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-This is awful.

-100.

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Done at 100? 100.

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That's a second wiped face.

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We haven't had two wiped face for years.

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We don't want to wipe faces.

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162 is the sweetest little 19th-century carved fruitwood nib.

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Isn't that the sweetest little thing? 100.

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Start me at 50. 50 bid.

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-Oh, come on.

-60. 70. 80. 90.

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-At least it's a profit.

-£90.

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-Come on!

-Any advance on 90 for this rare pen? £90.

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Well done, plus £20.

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You have made a profit of £20.

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How good is that? Two wiped faces and a £20 profit.

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-I know, but it's not...

-It's not good, is it?

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What do you mean it's not good? You know how this programme works!

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-Well, that's true actually.

-You know how many losses we get. You have not made a loss.

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Well, what are you going to do about the old birdies?

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-Oh, undoubtedly we have to go with these.

-Do you have to go with them?

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-Are they cheap cheap?

-They are cheap cheap.

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-That's awful.

-Cheap cheap!

-Is that awful?

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Oh, dear, that something you got out of the bottom of the cage!

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-No, thank you, we love those, I think.

-You love them?

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-Yeah.

-And you're going to go with them.

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Now we have a pair

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of Austrian cold-painted bronze groups of budgerigars.

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Can we say £300 for the pair? 200?

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Will you start me at £100? 100 bid.

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-Yes!

-110. 120. 130.

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-Oh, they like these budgies.

-£150.

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Hang on, hang on, hang on!

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150. It's still cheap...

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-Ho ho!

-At £150. 160, fresh bidder.

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£160.

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160, what a good girl she is.

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You're saving our bacon here.

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Well, I don't know about that. 160.

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-160. 160.

-£160.

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-Well done.

-She's a brilliant woman.

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It's all down to that woman, I tell you. £160. That is great.

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So, it's plus £90. You got 20, that's plus 110, all right?

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-That is £110.

-That's fantastic!

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You're in three figures, you guys!

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-Well done.

-How about that?

-It's pretty sexy.

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-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.

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-o, well done. Well, that's great. Don't tell the Reds a thing.

-No.

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-That could be a winning score.

-Oh, it'd be nice, wouldn't it?

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Well, well, what fun!

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I can reveal that there is of course barely a sheet of Bronco between our teams today.

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-It is so close and you've not been chatting with one another, have you?

-No.

-No.

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-No, no, not at all.

-No. Well, of course, sadly we have to have

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a runner up, but the contributions to charity in terms of winnings are nothing short of phenomenal.

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And the runners up today, I regret to say, are the Blues.

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-No!

-Yeah, but there's, as they say, nothing in it.

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You washed your face twice, yes?

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-We did.

-You made a £20 profit and then my bonus buy made £90 profit.

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-What?

-Which took you guys to £110 worth of profit.

-Thank you.

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So there's your £110, which is pretty good.

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You can hang on to that but I'm going to gather it up in a minute.

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But the victors today by...

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-Well done.

-Winning making a profit of only £130, so there is very little in it

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I have to say, but they made solid profits throughout.

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They made a profit of £35, a profit of £5, a profit of £60,

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I contributed £30 to that little total there, so £130, all right?

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-That's wonderful.

-So it's a win, win, win, win,

-It's a double win.

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-Have you had a good time?

-Fantastic.

-Congratulations, Reds.

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Congratulations, Blues.

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-Join us soon for some more bargain hunting yes?

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ALL: Yes!

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Join us tomorrow for more birthday fun and games when we see how well our experts get on under pressure...

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-You got it without me?

-I just said "yes", it was just automatic!

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-No, I won't.

-Let's be a team.

-You've let me down.

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..And how they take time to relax at home.

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