0:00:02 > 0:00:05Ten years ago saw the dawning of a new millennium.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07But bigger, much bigger than that,
0:00:07 > 0:00:09was the launch of something phenomenal!
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Yes, ten years ago saw the launch of Bargain Hunt.
0:00:14 > 0:00:19And to mark the milestone, we're going to party all the way.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23So, stand by, and let's go Bargain-Hunting!
0:00:46 > 0:00:49It's party time on Bargain Hunt.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52All this week we're celebrating a glorious decade
0:00:52 > 0:00:56of bringing our programme to you, our faithful viewers.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Today's programme is going to be special.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05The rules remain the same, but we've got special teams.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Experts versus experts.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12What a hoot! And there are other party treats in store for you.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Just take a look at this lot.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Kate Bliss casts her mind back.
0:01:16 > 0:01:21I can remember that wonderful horse racing game, and that flew.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27At the fair, James Lewis is struggling with the idea of teamwork.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31- You've got it without me?- I just said "yes", it was automatic.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35For the blues, we discover how Charles Hanson is a bit of a mover and shaker.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38I do like to move.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41And Mark Stacey's had enough at the auction.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44- Let's be a team. - No, I won't, you've let me down.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49Also, I take a trip through ten years of archive, picking out some of my favourite bits.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51But, what's it a picture of?
0:01:52 > 0:01:55But before all that, let's meet the teams.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01For the reds today, we have the ever charming Kate Bliss.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04And the suave James Lewis.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07And for the blues, a very smart pair.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11- Charles Hanson, and... what's your name again?- Mark Stacey.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Oh, yes, that's right, very good.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Now, Kate. Today, uniquely, you're going to have the pressure
0:02:16 > 0:02:19of being your very own expert and contestant wrapped into one.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20How is that going to be for you?
0:02:20 > 0:02:22It's going to be interesting, actually.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Because we're guided by the contestants by and large.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28So, doing it on our own might be quite tricky, actually.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30I'm getting nervous.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Well, don't go doing that.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Now, over the years you've morphed your career slightly, haven't you?
0:02:36 > 0:02:40By taking on these incredible examinations for the Gemmological Association.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- Tell us about that.- That's right.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Well, I started off as a general valuer, as we all did, I think.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48I wanted to develop a specialism.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51And I was drawn particularly to silver and jewellery,
0:02:51 > 0:02:53because the two often go together.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58But in order to really develop an in-depth knowledge of jewellery, you've got to study gemstones.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01So that's what I did. To become a Fellow of the Gemmological Association.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04But that doesn't happen in five minutes, does it?
0:03:04 > 0:03:06It takes a long time. How long did it take you?
0:03:06 > 0:03:10- It took me about a year ½.- Had you got the family at the same time? - Not quite. On the way, though.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13You were building up for it. That's brilliant.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- That's been the biggest challenge. - Absolutely.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19You've had your own little jewel. Or two.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23James, give us some of the highlights of Bargain Hunt life for you.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27I think the main one has to be some time in 2005,
0:03:27 > 0:03:29probably around February.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- I actually made a profit on Bargain Hunt.- Gosh.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34I think it's about the only time ever.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37You're winding me up, you rascal.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42Have you ever been recognised anywhere, James, where you wouldn't expect to be recognised?
0:03:42 > 0:03:48- Yes. Rather strangely, in the Red Chilli backpackers' hostel in Kigali, Rwanda.- Never!
0:03:48 > 0:03:54Yes. When I'm not Bargain Hunting, or doing auctioneering, I'm a bit of an animal freak, and an animal nut.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57And I was out visiting the mountain gorillas,
0:03:57 > 0:04:01and had come down from the mountainside, having been cold and wet for a few days,
0:04:01 > 0:04:06and in this backpackers' hostel a woman suddenly said, "You. Bargain Hunt."
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- Really?- And I just said, "Yes."
0:04:10 > 0:04:11- Where did she come from?- Rwanda.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16She'd never been out of Rwanda, she wasn't a tourist or anything like that. She was from Rwanda.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- It's amazing where this show gets to.- Isn't that extraordinary?
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Perhaps I should say "Hello" to all our viewers in Rwanda.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26Are you confident, James, that you and Kate are going to be able to see off these rascals today?
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- I don't know. Maybe just. - We'll give it a go.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33You're up for the challenge for certain. Anyway, very good luck.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Are you quaking in your boots, then?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Absolutely.- No. - No, you're not, boys.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Now, Charles, you've been on the show for absolutely ages, right?
0:04:40 > 0:04:45- Eight years.- One might like to say that you've actually grown up on this programme, is that right?
0:04:45 > 0:04:48I have, Tim. And I keep on growing, hopefully. I bought a new suit.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- Yes, you came in shorts to start off with!- I did indeed.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53This is my new three-piece suit for the show.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57- Quite sharp that, actually. - It is. It was very cheap, a bargain.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- So, more than happy.- You're looking well in it, boy. That's wonderful.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03How do you feel about being coupled with Mr Stacey today?
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Well, I think, I'm very happy.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Mark, like myself, we love dancing.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Mark is a...he boogies hard.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14I boogie hard as well. And I think we'll get on very well together.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18What about you, Mark? What about having young Charles as your co-respondent?
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Well, I dare say we'll be doing the military two-step around the auction room.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24- If I can rein him in, that is. - I know, cos he whizzes off so.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27He does. Every time you try and work with him, he's gone.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29He's like a child in a sweetshop.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- Yes.- I'll have to be very fatherly to him, I think.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Now, I followed your progress over the years.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39- We've known each other, Tim. - We've known each other for quite a long time now, haven't we?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- You have a very wide interest in antiques.- I do.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44And what really gets you fired up today?
0:05:44 > 0:05:45What lights your blue touch paper?
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Gosh, there's so much. I love... Lalique glass at the moment.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53I'm trying to build a collection of that, but it's rather expensive.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57But my main passion years ago was blue and white transfer printed wares.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00I did have a very large collection at one point.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- What happened to it?- I sold it, Tim. It helped me buy my first flat.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Did you? Is that the way it worked?
0:06:05 > 0:06:08And do you regret the things that you ever sell?
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Not very often. You've got to keep moving on.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- Translate it into cash, and move on. - Absolutely.- Very good.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17- So, you reckon you're up to the challenge of beating the reds, anyway?- Of course, Tim.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- Yes. Is it going to be a piece of cake, or what?- Yes, of course it is.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26I'm going to let Charles choose everything, because I've seen what wonderful hokums he buys!
0:06:26 > 0:06:31- Hey, we're together. - You're going to leave it entirely to Charles? And you want to win?
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Sorry, Charles. Right, the money moment. £300 apiece.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37I think we'd better get out of this before we get into trouble.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40You know the rules. Well, you ought to by now!
0:06:40 > 0:06:43You've got no experts waiting, cos you're the experts.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45And off you go. Very, very, very good luck.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48I think we're in for big trouble today, don't you?
0:06:52 > 0:06:56- So, what are we looking for? Have you got a plan?- No. Have you?- No.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58First of all, let's put ourselves together.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- Because, knowing how we can meander away from each other...- Well, you do.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05I think we just, you know, go for it, and keep an open mind.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06That's what I tell my contestants.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09You're going to bully me, aren't you?
0:07:09 > 0:07:13I'm worried that if I'm too close to you, I might get battered with the old...
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Where shall we start? There's so much here.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Right. As the experts get their bearings, take a look at this.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Because, after ten years, we've pretty much got the hang of this show.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26But, occasionally, things go wrong.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36- My foot, on my foot, my foot! - Gosh, sorry about that.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38I'm so sorry about that.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41'So, no harm done! Now, where was I?'
0:07:41 > 0:07:45Well, it's our birthday show, so we ought to get back to the shopping, I suppose.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47I think Kate and James have spotted something.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50It's quite smart but I don't know how old it is.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52He reckons it's 1900, it looks a lot later to me.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55That's lovely quality, isn't it?
0:07:55 > 0:07:57It is, isn't it? That's what attracted me to it.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01They could be from anywhere, couldn't they? But it's really Adam stuff, isn't it?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Why would it have a hole in the bottom?
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- I thought I could get it. - A cruet set?- It's a cruet base.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08OK.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11That's exactly it. There would have been a handle in the middle.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- And bottles.- Well done.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17- Clever. Come on.- Keep going.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18He's a sharp cookie, is James.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Just take in the ambience of the fair, first of all.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- The ambience of the fair? - Objects will jump out at you.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27But I've seen the type of objects that jump out at you, Charles.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29This is going to be fun, isn't it?
0:08:29 > 0:08:30Ooh, Kate.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- Ooh, they're dead toasty. - They're not real, I'm glad to say.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38There's some great vintage stuff here, you know.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Give me another hour and I could spend some serious money.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- What's that? - That's very nice.- Arts and crafts.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47You're the arts and crafts king. What do you think of that?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49To me it's free-flowing,
0:08:49 > 0:08:51organic, mesmerising.
0:08:51 > 0:08:56It's got that sort of Celtic knots feel about it.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59- I think it's not quite the real McCoy.- It is only 30 quid.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01It's nice, but do we go for it?
0:09:01 > 0:09:06- We've only just started, we should give it a moment because I like that as well.- That's really pretty.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08To me, I'm sure it's continental.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Yes, I think it is continental.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Probably French or German.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Yes, I think it's probably German.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17What's it worth?
0:09:20 > 0:09:21- £60-£80.- 70, 80?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Yes. At auction.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- I agree.- But then you'd hope it would make maybe £100 on the day.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29- Correct. What's on it?- 150.- Right.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Thank you very much. We may very well be back.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Thank you for your help.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Well, the experts seem to be getting on all right.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37And complying with the rules.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41As well they ought to, because they've been doing it for ten years.
0:09:41 > 0:09:47But just in case they need reminding, they each get £300 and an hour to shop for three items.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50The team that makes the most profit at auction wins.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53And all this week, that money will go to charity.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56They'll also get a bonus buy, and who will hunt for that?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Well, me, of course. But more about that later.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02There's some delightful Moorcroft.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06- This is called Moorcroft over here. - It is, yes. Tube lined.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Tube lined. This is about 1880 in date.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Is it French?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12It could be French, yes.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14- Did you know that? - No. But thank you, Charles.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18- That's OK.- I feel I'm learning an awful lot from you, Charles.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- I love that. - Yes, a good chunky one, isn't it?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Not exactly one for your pocket.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- How much is the big hip-flask? - I've got 395.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30It's 1899.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- Is it?- It's lovely.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Can't afford it, come on.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39- I want a bit of silver, Charles.- Me too.- I want a nice bit of silver,
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- because I want to teach you about hallmarking.- Let's move on.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Charles, where are you going? Come here.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54- Doulton Toby jugs?- No.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57We see lots of them on the market, Doulton Toby jugs.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- This is Mark Stacey.- This is Charles Hanson.- Nice to meet you.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03He's the one who always gets it wrong on television.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04- That nice, Charles.- That's lovely.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Really pretty.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08I love the quality.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11What I want to show you, Charles, and this is very interesting.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Listen to this. That's what we call a hallmark.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Those little marks there, if you look at them very carefully,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- there's a little symbol there. What can you see?- A leopard.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- That means it's English.- Birmingham?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- It's London. - And that's where we are!
0:11:25 > 0:11:28And then the date letter will tell you what date it is.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30What's it worth? Talk to me.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Talk to you. If I was putting that into the sale, I'm going to
0:11:33 > 0:11:36be honest about this, if I was putting that in a sale,
0:11:36 > 0:11:40- I'd put a cheeky estimate on it... - I'm going to guess...- ..of £50-£70.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44- £70.- But, I'd hope it would make a bit more, because it's good quality.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Is the actual hinged lid OK?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Is there a stopper inside? No stopper.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51That doesn't matter, it's got the little cork.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55I think these people want us to win. So, what's your very best price?
0:11:55 > 0:11:58As it's you, £100.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59That's very good, isn't it?
0:11:59 > 0:12:04It very good, but I think, I'd love to try and tweak it a little bit if we can.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06All right, 99.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08It's going the right direction.
0:12:08 > 0:12:1199p?
0:12:11 > 0:12:17I think, if we could get that for, say, £80, cash, now.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- 80 quid. Please.- Squeeze it up to 90, and we've got a deal.
0:12:20 > 0:12:2185, meet in the middle.
0:12:21 > 0:12:2385, done.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- Are you happy with that, Charles? - Yes.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33Well, who'd have thought that those two jokers would get one in the bag first?
0:12:33 > 0:12:37This competition is really heating up.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Nice. Have they gone a bit off the boil?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Ivory thermometer, but Ashford marble.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47- From Derbyshire.- And malachite.- Yes.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50£85.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52- Shall we ask for the best? - Let's have a look.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Jenkins, Torquay.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58- So, what, 1890?- Yes.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Not the most commercial thing, being a thermometer.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04But, a lovely desk item.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06- For a collector of Ashford marble... - Exactly.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09How do they go in your sale room at the moment?
0:13:09 > 0:13:10That would make...
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- £140. - £120, I was going to say, minimum.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19- Shall we ask?- Yes.- Let's ask.- Hi.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21- You've got £85 on that one.- Have I?
0:13:21 > 0:13:24That's really cheap, it must be a mistake.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28The best I can do, is this what you're asking me?
0:13:28 > 0:13:32- Please. - Well, what do you think, David?
0:13:32 > 0:13:36- I think £75.- Really? - What were you thinking?
0:13:36 > 0:13:41It's got a bit of a chip on the back that's been filled badly.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Come on, then.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Less than that!
0:13:45 > 0:13:4868.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50- 65 would be better, wouldn't it?- 65.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54- 65? - 65, then.- Yes! Yes?
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- Done.- Done. Thank you very much.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59That's our first purchase.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01- Well done. - Is this a different take on it?
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Yes, it is, it's to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the programme.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- Right, OK. - I've celebrated Bargain Hunt
0:14:07 > 0:14:11by putting a stone on for every year that I've been doing it.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Well, I think we're all a bit plumper, James.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18So, as they reminisce, let's discover a bit more about our Kate.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23I've grown up with antiques. My parents had old things in the house,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26and I grew up going to my father's sale room,
0:14:26 > 0:14:29because at one point he was selling chattels and antiques
0:14:29 > 0:14:33at his little auction house just down the road from where we lived.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35I just had it in the blood, I suppose.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39I came back to Herefordshire, after being at university,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41for some work experience at the local saleroom,
0:14:41 > 0:14:45and as soon as I started, I thought, "I've got to be doing this."
0:14:49 > 0:14:53When I'm not doing Bargain Hunt, I'm a full-time mother, pretty much.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57I do have my own business, as a fine art valuer, and broker and agent.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00But I haven't really got a lot of time for that at the moment,
0:15:00 > 0:15:02because I have two little ones.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Lily is three and Benjamin is 17 months.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08And they're quite a handful, really, so they keep me fairly busy.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11So sweet! Now, Kate's life seems pretty hectic,
0:15:11 > 0:15:15but one of her opponents today, young Charlie Hanson,
0:15:15 > 0:15:18is making some big mushy plans himself at the moment.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Well, believe it or not, Rebecca and I are getting married.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25I'm very excited. Rebecca and I, we met not long ago.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27About two ½ years ago.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32And we clicked. Rebecca, I suppose, in many respects, understands me.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34She knows my passions.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37She likes antiques, which is wonderful.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40She helps me now and again with my work.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Primarily, she's a radiographer and works in Nottingham.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49In my spare time I enjoy playing golf, obviously walking the dogs.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53We've got my parents' big dog, Bentley.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54We've got the small dog,
0:15:54 > 0:15:58which is a cross between a chihuahua and a terrier, and that's Oscar,
0:15:58 > 0:16:02and he's great fun and very, very quick, almost as quick as I am.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03I love the countryside.
0:16:03 > 0:16:09The great rural district, the Peak District, so I'm very pleased to be slap-bang in the middle of England.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18I'm known for my dancing in private circles.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23And I do like to move, because when the music plays,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26and you feel the rhythm, it takes you.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27And I become alive.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31Like my father, we seem to just love to jive and move, baby.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35I'm a good mover, if I say so.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39And I just ignore anyone around me.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42And I just boogie hard. I love it.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49Just shows, you never know what people get up to in private, behind closed doors.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54However, all of them now will have to get moving to find two more items.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57You've got to find the next item.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- Yes!- Stop strutting.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04This way, this way.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- What's that?- A giant stick insect.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- Poor thing.- Gosh, it's enormous.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Charles, where are you going?
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Come on, Charles, we've got 35 minutes left.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15- Let's go down here, then.- OK.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17- Ooh, look. Head rest.- A head rest?
0:17:17 > 0:17:21Yes, it's a tribal head rest. Kenya probably, isn't it?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24What, a head rest as in..?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26No, for sleeping.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30- Really?- Imagine you're a nomadic tribesman, walking through the bush.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33You don't put your head down in the same place every night.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- How long is this story going to take? - Not very long.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- What you'd do, you'd carry this with you over your shoulder.- Right.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43And you'd smear that in goat's grease, and you'd sleep with your head on there.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47- I see, like that.- And the goats grease stops all the nasty insects
0:17:47 > 0:17:49coming up and landing up in your ears.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- You sound as if you speak from experience.- I've used one.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Have you seriously?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Yes, I have. How much is that?
0:17:56 > 0:17:58I've got 35 on it, I could do 30.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hang on. This isn't for us.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Do you not think that would be a fabulous thing for Chiswick?
0:18:05 > 0:18:07No. Put it back. Come on.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Ooh! Kate is taking control!
0:18:13 > 0:18:17- You like Royal Worcester don't you, Charles?- Yes. Oh, I love them.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- They're lovely.- They're stunning. They're signed, aren't they?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Royal Worcester mark.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- With three circles, what date are we talking?- 1920s, I think.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Correct. What concerns me a bit, the scenes are quite unusual.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- They're almost impressionistic, aren't they?- Yes.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34I don't know of any Worcester painter who really did that.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- But they are right, though, Charles. - Do you think they are?
0:18:37 > 0:18:41- Oh, I do. I think those are fine. - Mine is signed, is yours signed?
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- Yes. H...- E-J-A-M-S. Never heard of that bloke, have you?
0:18:45 > 0:18:47- No, but I know...- A man who will?
0:18:47 > 0:18:51- I know somebody, I might give him a ring.- Forsell?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53No, I know the chap who used to be the...
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- Harry Frost?- Yes.- Yes, Harry Frost.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- You know Harry Frost?- I know of Harry Frost.- Shall we ring him?
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Give him a quick call, yes.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Harry, listen, a really quick call.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07I'm filming Bargain Hunt with Charlie Hanson.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09We've found a pair of Royal Worcester plates.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12They're signed, what are they signed, Charlie?.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16- H, E...- H, E.- J.- J.- A.- A.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- M.- M.- S.- S.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- Impressionistic.- Evans? H. Evans?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25For a pair?
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Lovely, thanks, Harry. I'll talk to you later. Bye.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31He thinks they would be quite a good buy if we could negotiate on them.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35- OK, fine.- He said they should do reasonably well at auction.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- What price have we got? - £85, the pair.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- 75 for the two, because they cost quite a lot.- We're really close.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43- I think we need to think about it. - Why?- Could we hold for ten minutes?
0:19:43 > 0:19:48- Is that OK with you?- Would you mind holding it, just for ten minutes? - That's really kind, thank you.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50I hope the reds didn't see that.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Phoning a friend, eh? So much for fair play and sportsmanship.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55- Who have you found? - What do you think?
0:19:55 > 0:19:57She's pretty. Where's my eyeglass?
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Hang on a sec.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03She's nice, isn't she?
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Look, on the top of the frame.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Oooh. Hallmark.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09That's nice, isn't it?
0:20:09 > 0:20:10Silver gilt frame.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12That's worth a bit in itself.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14I don't think £125 is a lot anyway.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18£125? Have you tried to negotiate?
0:20:18 > 0:20:20I've already got her down to 100.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24- Right, OK. - I've said 80.- 80 would be good.
0:20:24 > 0:20:2680 would be good, wouldn't it? She said no.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29I think we might get there, £90, £95, something like that.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Mmm, I think that's worth a shout. She what she can do.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35See what her rock bottom is. It is nice, though.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39You tell 'em, girl! Let's see what he comes back to you with.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42We only bought one thing, we've only spent 85.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Come on, you're not telling me anything here, Charles.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47I like to just wander.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52Have a good wander for 50 minutes and then we can go and acquire.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Charles. You and your wandering.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- Hi, there.- Hello, you all right? - You said 100.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01- Right, yeah.- I said 80.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Best we can do is 90.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06- £85?- No. 90.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08On the dot. I am serious.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12- OK. You sound it! That's a deal. - Thank you very much. That's lovely.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- Brilliant. Will you wrap it for me? - Yeah, sure.- Thank you.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Well done, James. I do hope Kate approves.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21I'm sure you were supposed to check with her first, though.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- It's really funky. - How old is it?- '70s?
0:21:26 > 0:21:28- '70s.- '70s. Wonder how much it is.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- Shall I call them over? - Yes, you go over.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34- He's a big guy, though, isn't he? - Yeah.- I'll ask him, OK?
0:21:34 > 0:21:37- Hello, sir.- Hi.- Excuse me, we're just admiring this nice table down here.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40And is it 1970s?
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- No! It's 1930s.- Oh, really? So it's quite expensive?
0:21:44 > 0:21:49- It's £450.- I think it's lovely, Charles.- It's delightful.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53There's no real negotiation in that figure?
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- Uh...a little bit but probably not as much as you want.- I like it!
0:21:56 > 0:21:59We haven't got the budget for it, honestly. I love it.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Even half price is out of your budget.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04- We couldn't.- Thank you for your time.- Thank you so much.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Have a good day.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10- What's going on then? - What would say if they said 90?
0:22:10 > 0:22:13I'd say pretty good-ish.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- Phew!- You got it!- Yes, I got it! - You got it without me?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19I just said yes. It was just automatic and it was, you know...
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- So much for teamwork.- I'm sorry!
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Let's go over here, come on!
0:22:25 > 0:22:28- We've been over there, Charles. We've been down there.- We haven't!
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Yes we have. We came in down...
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Oh, yes. Sorry, it's the restaurant over there.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- Are you enjoying it? - It's an experience, Charles.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- How do you find the hunting experience?- Ah...tiring.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50Whenever I go to a fair or a centre on Bargain Hunt,
0:22:50 > 0:22:54I try to find something that's interesting to talk to you about
0:22:54 > 0:22:58and the production team calls these Tim's Finds.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Do you remember these?
0:23:00 > 0:23:05Is that not the most extraordinary picture? What is it?
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Well, it's an original watercolour
0:23:08 > 0:23:12painted by this man, L R Cooke, in November, 1860.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14But what's it a picture of?
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Got it? Its an ovary.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19This is a genuine watercolour.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23It dates from that period and I think it's very rare.
0:23:23 > 0:23:28If this picture was to be sold on, almost certainly, the collector,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31at the end of the day, would be from the medical profession.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34The other thing about it that is lovely is the price.
0:23:34 > 0:23:40The thing could be yours on a stall down the road for £120.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44Is that a lot of money? Not really.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47So here's a little something that I've picked up,
0:23:47 > 0:23:49something I've had my eye on for a bit.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52It looks like a pretty boring, oval tin box.
0:23:52 > 0:23:59Actually, when you come to open it up, there's this little gem inside.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Why ever what I want to buy a glass eye?
0:24:02 > 0:24:04It reminds me at a time at the school.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07We had a boy who had a glass eye, poor thing, and he used to put it
0:24:07 > 0:24:10in a mug at the end of the wash hand basins.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11I went to bed late one night.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13I wanted a glass of water.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16I went to the mug but I felt a rattle in the bottom.
0:24:16 > 0:24:21I shone my torch inside the mug and there was this eye glaring back at me.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22Well, happy days.
0:24:22 > 0:24:27Somebody suggested that this eye is exactly the same colour as mine
0:24:27 > 0:24:29but it's a bit less bloodshot.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32People can be so unkind, can't they?
0:24:32 > 0:24:37And keeping their eyes open for those elusive bargains are our experts.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42It's important they pick well because any profits made this week are going to charity.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47However, methinks tempers are starting to fray as the search continues.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49- I'm quite relaxed.- I'm not, Charles.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53- If we flunk this, I'm putting it down to you.- Oh, right. Thanks.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55We haven't done that side at all.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00I'm worried about time. We've only got 20 minutes left and keep going for things we can't afford.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Let's keep going, Mark.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04I haven't gotten a chance to look at anything.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Right or left? Right.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Where's he gone? Charles!
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Oi! Charles.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- I thought we were supposed to be together.- Sorry! Look.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Stay together with me, OK?
0:25:16 > 0:25:19- What are the WMF?- Unusual.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21I'm trying to keep up with you!
0:25:23 > 0:25:25- How much we got?- We got about quarter of an hour.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26- Right.- Not that long.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Charles. Charles!
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- Will you look at this?- Sorry.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34We're going to lose our whole budget again! It's all your fault.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36The love each other, really.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38James has got bored and deserted me.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Charles, you're rushing but not looking.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43- James, ten minutes.- Fine.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45If you try and keep up with me.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49I'm trying but you're not looking at anything. You're just rushing in the middle.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51James. James.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Nice glovebox, there.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56Look at it. Don't look at this.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59We've got to look at things! If we don't look, we don't know.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03They're normally so calm and collected when they've got contestants.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05- Here's a caddy. - It's lost all its silver.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07It has lost it's silver on the top.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09- What's your best, madam?- £140.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12140. I still think it's too much.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- Let's keep looking. - All right.- We know it's there.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17That's beautiful. That is stunning.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20But it's not silver, is it?
0:26:20 > 0:26:23- It looks like silver. - It looks like it but it's £24.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25- It can't be silver, Charles.- No.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Look at the extremities here.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Charles, we have to make decisions.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Relax. Yes.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- Madam, could we maybe offer...- 15.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- £15?- No, you can't. Honestly, it has to be £20. Sorry.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- Can you not meet us halfway? - Let's get it.- Are you sure?
0:26:45 > 0:26:48- Should we think about it? - Let's get it, Charles.
0:26:48 > 0:26:49- Let's think about it.- Let's get it.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- Sure?- Positive. We'll take it, madam, £20.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55- That was your item. - No, you just bought it!
0:26:55 > 0:26:59Yes but I'm, I'm... Time, Charles!
0:26:59 > 0:27:04I think we need a time out as we hark back to less stressful times.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07It's very difficult to pick out key moments
0:27:07 > 0:27:12because it all is quite a blur but I can remember that wonderful horse racing game
0:27:12 > 0:27:17that two great contestants spotted at the antiques fair at Hexham Racecourse.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21It was very fitting that we should buy a horse racing game.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Manifesto, it's called, the new race game.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27Isn't that super? It looks to be all complete.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32- It's all lain.- Now, tell me, what's the price?- £140.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36- That's a lot of our money, isn't it? - He won't come down.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40I can see somebody paying £150, £160 maybe?
0:27:40 > 0:27:41That flew.
0:27:41 > 0:27:47£150, £160, £170, £180, £190, £200.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51I think it made well over £100 profit if not more.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53I don't believe it.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- Hang on. He hasn't finished yet. - £380.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01Gentleman in the hat still at £380. Are we all done? I'll sell for £380.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07- Absolutely magical!- Brilliant!
0:28:07 > 0:28:10'So, that was very exciting.'
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Charles has bought some corkers, too. Well, kind of.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18We've acquired all sorts of interesting, peculiar objects.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22For example, the carnival glass punch bowl which was horrific.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24- Look at that.- Oh, no way.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Do you really like that?
0:28:26 > 0:28:28It's wicked. Look at it, it's marvellous.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31It's a punch bowl and it's a monstrous punch bowl.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33It's completely disgusting.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35It was horrendous.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39I could not believe that myself, as an expert, could buy something as bad.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42It's no earlier than 1950s, '60s.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44The base perhaps a bit earlier.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46At auction, next to nothing.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48We've got to have it, haven't we?
0:28:48 > 0:28:50We've got to have that in our auction.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52- I can't believe it. - It's called Harvest.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56It's by the Indiana Glass Company in America. It's about 1960s.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59I'll tell you one thing about it, it's in full working order.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02- See, they're all there. - All there, nothing's broken.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05I'm lost for words. There's three against one here.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06We did,
0:29:06 > 0:29:11and even now, I can't believe that this awful object made a profit.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13All we all finished on £85?
0:29:13 > 0:29:18Do I see £90?
0:29:18 > 0:29:20- £90. £95.- Fantastic.
0:29:20 > 0:29:21£95.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Story of my life.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Objects which often won't be valuable to me,
0:29:26 > 0:29:29with my fairly narrow mind set about antiques,
0:29:29 > 0:29:34to the audience and public in seller rooms, it can make a profit.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37We all finished now at the back of the room at £100?
0:29:40 > 0:29:42I don't believe it. Fancy a job?
0:29:42 > 0:29:43So what do I know?
0:29:43 > 0:29:47Oh, Charles, we've seen you pick some splendid pieces.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Don't be so hard on yourself.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52This programme wouldn't be the same without you.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56However, it's the final push at the fair and with only minutes left,
0:29:56 > 0:29:58each team has one item to find.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59Six minutes to go.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Six minutes to go, and we've bought two items, Charles.
0:30:02 > 0:30:03It takes ten seconds to buy an item.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07Yes, but it's taking us 55 minutes to find it.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11Have we been up here? How much is your hip flask?
0:30:13 > 0:30:15I have vision on both sides.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17You have no vision.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Probably a bit too much, I'm afraid.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22We've been up here. Have we been down this section here, Charles?
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Four minutes?
0:30:25 > 0:30:27James, four minutes. Four minutes.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31Charles, you've got to find it because I'm doing all the finding here.
0:30:31 > 0:30:32Hurry up, teams.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35What about that, 1912?
0:30:35 > 0:30:37I quite like that, as Vestas go.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39They're cutting it fine.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43- That's lovely, Charles.- I bet it'll be 220.- 80. Isn't that lovely?
0:30:43 > 0:30:47Oh, yes. I think this is great. A little desk centrepiece.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Inkwell and stand, 1900, 1910?
0:30:50 > 0:30:52What would you put on it as an estimate?
0:30:52 > 0:30:57- I think we could buy it for £60.- I think we might get a tenner profit. - Good object, that.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01- What's the best on the best at? - Can I see it?
0:31:03 > 0:31:0450.
0:31:04 > 0:31:05Would 48 be any good?
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Not saying we'd have it, but just so we can...
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Excuse me, we like...
0:31:10 > 0:31:12We're running out of time.
0:31:12 > 0:31:13Let me speak to him.
0:31:13 > 0:31:14Quickly!
0:31:16 > 0:31:20It's OK, he's my friend. We're very short of time.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23We both like the inkstand very, very much, the desk centrepiece.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- Lovely quality, 1900. - Get to the point, Charles!
0:31:26 > 0:31:29- 1910, look I want to try a last minute, OK?- OK.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33We like it very much, we're really short of time. How long now, eight seconds?
0:31:33 > 0:31:37- Yes, 30 seconds maximum. - What's your best price, sir?
0:31:37 > 0:31:41You say you liked it very, very much, it's just gone up to 150.
0:31:41 > 0:31:47I wanted to offer 50 cash. Please?
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Give me 55, and it's yours.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53We shall take it. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Let's shake hands. Very kind of you.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00- Which one are you going to go for? - I think the dog's more commercial.
0:32:00 > 0:32:01- Dog? Like it?- No!- No, nor me!
0:32:01 > 0:32:03I think the dog, please.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06We'll have it, thank you. God!
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Where did all that time go?
0:32:08 > 0:32:11- Well played, partner. - Well done, Charles.- Thank you, sir.
0:32:11 > 0:32:16That's it, time's up. Let's remind ourselves what the Reds bought.
0:32:16 > 0:32:21First up, Kate and James thought £65 for the desk thermometer
0:32:21 > 0:32:23was a red hot deal.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27Next, they paid £90 for a miniature portrait of a young lady.
0:32:27 > 0:32:32And in the final seconds, they plumped for a George V Vesta case.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35But were they barking, paying £48?
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Our happy hunters.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43I think you make a lovely couple anyway, which is lovely.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45So you've pretty well spent up, yes?
0:32:45 > 0:32:48We're spent up. What do we spend in the end? 200 and something.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50- Three.- 203.
0:32:50 > 0:32:51That's a good number to spend.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54Ordinarily, I'd take your leftover lolly.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58But I'm not going to cos I've already been given some money to find you something.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00I've found something really rather sweet.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Anyway, I think you're wonderful, you two. Fantastic job.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06But for the viewers, let's check out how the Blue team are getting on.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Mark and Charles must have imbibed a few
0:33:09 > 0:33:12before paying £85 for the glass hip-flask.
0:33:12 > 0:33:17Confusingly, they paid £20 for a silver-plated jewellery box.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Gosh. And in the nick of time, they handed over £55
0:33:20 > 0:33:23for a glass inkwell on a brass-mounted stand.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29You're looking happy, aren't you?
0:33:29 > 0:33:34- Two boys that have just had a socking great bowl of cream, I'd say.- Yes, I think we have.
0:33:34 > 0:33:35We're very happy with our purchases.
0:33:35 > 0:33:40Got slightly flaky towards the end when the time ran out, I thought.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43I'm not sure about flaky, but try to keep up with him, Tim.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45- He's waltzing off. - Always sloping off.- I know.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49But it's a way to unearth things, you've got to go round quick.
0:33:49 > 0:33:50Mark's a bit slow.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52This business about phoning a friend,
0:33:52 > 0:33:53I'm sorry to interrupt you rudely.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56I'm not altogether sure that should be permitted on the programme.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58What's the audience think?
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Do you think it should be? You don't think it should be.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Anyway, you never bought the object,
0:34:02 > 0:34:06but phoning a friend is really pushing the rules, we feel.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08- Me and the audience. - I've no phone on me.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11- You've got no phone? - I didn't think about that, Tim.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13I thought, insider knowledge.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16- It's who you know! - I won't do it again.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20No, no, no. Only joking, but it's an interesting one.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Anyway, good luck, you chaps. Brilliant.
0:34:22 > 0:34:29On Bargain Hunt over the years, I've seen some brilliant houses, and I've seen some brilliant collections.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33A lot of these are privately owned but I have to tell you,
0:34:33 > 0:34:37occasionally we've visited national collections or museums
0:34:37 > 0:34:40and some of the things there are just brilliant.
0:34:42 > 0:34:47The V&A welcomes over two million visitors a year through its doors
0:34:47 > 0:34:52and is arguably the world's greatest museum of art and design.
0:34:52 > 0:35:00It houses over 17,500 sculptures and 10,500 oil paintings.
0:35:02 > 0:35:08The question is, how do you fill all these corridors with all these exhibits?
0:35:08 > 0:35:12The answer is, with generous bequests, in part,
0:35:12 > 0:35:16from benefactors like Constantine Alexander Ionides.
0:35:18 > 0:35:24This legacy, comprising 1,158 pictures, drawings, prints and old masters
0:35:24 > 0:35:30came to the museum in 1901 and is the collection of one wealthy,
0:35:30 > 0:35:34Anglo-Greek, art-loving, shipping family.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37And what a stunning collection it is.
0:35:37 > 0:35:42Ionides was specific as to how his bequest was to be treated.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44He wanted it to stay altogether.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47He didn't want any pieces to go out on loan,
0:35:47 > 0:35:53and he would have particularly liked this two-tier arrangement of hanging the paintings,
0:35:53 > 0:35:57because it was just like they would have looked in his home.
0:35:57 > 0:36:02He also wanted these pictures to be enjoyed and available to students,
0:36:02 > 0:36:08and, at the time, this picture was cutting edge British contemporary art.
0:36:08 > 0:36:13This masterpiece is by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and, interestingly,
0:36:13 > 0:36:18Ionides knew all four of the figures that you see in the picture.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21In fact, his cousin, Mary, this girl on the left,
0:36:21 > 0:36:25was having a passionate affair with Burne-Jones
0:36:25 > 0:36:27at the time the picture was painted.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31It's a Pre-Raphaelite picture, but what do you like about it?
0:36:31 > 0:36:37What I rather like is the rather geometric forms of this mill building in the background.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Just look at the outline of those buildings.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44That could Corbusier in the early part of the 20th century.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47But, Burne-Jones didn't just do paintings,
0:36:47 > 0:36:50he was truly a polymath of the applied arts, too.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53He designed jewellery. He designed ceramics.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57He designed textiles, including tapestries.
0:36:57 > 0:37:03And, believe it or not, he would responsible for the decoration on this grand piano.
0:37:03 > 0:37:04Amazing, isn't it?
0:37:04 > 0:37:09You've got that salon, which is what the Ionides family had,
0:37:09 > 0:37:13and they wanted just the decorated object to fit in.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15And this is it.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19We really do have some fantastic museums in Britain, don't we?
0:37:19 > 0:37:25Now it's time to head to the saleroom, and see how our expert teams fared at the fair.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29So, we've popped from Ally Pally to Chiswick Auctions in West London
0:37:29 > 0:37:33to be with William Rice, our auctioneer today.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37William, this is your first appearance this week on the Tuesday anniversary programme,
0:37:37 > 0:37:41and you're going to be our auctioneer for the programme on Friday, too, is that right?
0:37:41 > 0:37:43It is indeed, and very exciting.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Well, it is a different programme,
0:37:45 > 0:37:48to have two pairs of experts fighting against one another.
0:37:48 > 0:37:53And, for Kate and James, the first item they've come up with is this
0:37:53 > 0:37:59charming little desk thermometer encrusted in polished stones.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02It's said to be Ashford marble. What do you think about that?
0:38:02 > 0:38:04It does say Torquay on the thermometer, and,
0:38:04 > 0:38:08although that wouldn't necessarily be the place that it was made,
0:38:08 > 0:38:10in this case I think it probably is,
0:38:10 > 0:38:13because there is a well-known stone factory in Torquay.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15The Torquay marble works.
0:38:15 > 0:38:21So, made in Torquay, for the West Country tourists, and then retailed by this joker on the ivory plaque.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Isn't that interesting? It's in good nick, isn't it?
0:38:23 > 0:38:27- Yes, it is.- So, is it going to raise the temperature, do you think, in the saleroom?
0:38:27 > 0:38:30I think we should see £100 for it easily, I'd put 80 to 120 on it.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33- But it's definitely worth £100. - Okay, well they paid £65.
0:38:33 > 0:38:38- Well, that's good. - And who knows? It might just go and do a little better.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41Next up is the miniature, which is of a handsome woman,
0:38:41 > 0:38:45- probably 19th century, do you think? - Possibly sort of Jane Austen time.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Yes, she's got that kind of rather flowing look, if you know what I mean.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Yes. It's a lovely framed, though.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Although it is a little bit tarnished on the back,
0:38:53 > 0:38:54it is silver gilt,
0:38:54 > 0:38:57and there's a little silver mark at the very top here.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01- Oh, yes, that's good, isn't it? - Which suddenly puts it into a different league, I think.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04If anything, the frame is the best part about it, really.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07- And what do you think it's going to bring?- It should be a good £70-100.
0:39:07 > 0:39:08Well, they paid 90.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11OK, well that might be a bit of a conservative estimate.
0:39:11 > 0:39:18- And their third item is the Vesta case, which is in good nick.- It is.
0:39:18 > 0:39:23I have to say that we're slightly worried about this in that there are
0:39:23 > 0:39:27plenty around of a similar sort which have added decoration to them.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30So it could be that this dog, which is, after all,
0:39:30 > 0:39:34quite attractive, is something which was put on afterwards.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Well, that is a possibility, isn't it?
0:39:36 > 0:39:40I mean, an absolutely plain Vesta case with nothing on it is worth £20 or £30.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44Shove one of these things on and it makes it worth a bit more.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47How much do you think this is going to bring in the auction?
0:39:47 > 0:39:49I think it's still a £40-60 lot.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Do you? Well, they only paid £48, you see.
0:39:51 > 0:39:58So there you go. I mean, the big question is, how much is the Torquay marble thermometer going to bring?
0:39:58 > 0:40:00If it does really well, they're out of trouble.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02On the other hand, they might be in trouble, in which case they're going
0:40:02 > 0:40:07to need their bonus buy, which of course has been found by me.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Okay, lads. This is the moment critique.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14You managed to spend £203, which is pretty good.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Ordinarily there would be £97 worth of leftover lolly,
0:40:17 > 0:40:20but I've been allowed £100 to buy you something super special
0:40:20 > 0:40:24as your bonus buy, which we hope is going to turn out to be really fab.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28- So, are you going to give it a yank? - I'm itching.- Good, give it a yank.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Oh! It's a baby's plate! I love these!
0:40:32 > 0:40:39- Now listen, both of you have got babies, you are both in need of one of these.- Teddy Tale?
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Do you know anything about Teddy Tale, because, quite frankly,
0:40:42 > 0:40:46until I bought this baby plate, if I'm being perfectly honest with you,
0:40:46 > 0:40:47I knew nothing about Teddy Tale.
0:40:47 > 0:40:53- I haven't got a clue. - Teddy Tale was the first strip cartoon character, daily,
0:40:53 > 0:40:58anywhere in the world, and he came onboard for the Daily Mail in 1915.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00I thought it was really sweet.
0:41:00 > 0:41:05You've got this lovely transfer printed thingummyjig in the middle of the baby's plate that says...
0:41:05 > 0:41:07What does the verse say, James?
0:41:13 > 0:41:16- "And use a baby plate." - Well, there you go.
0:41:16 > 0:41:21- As far as the money is concerned... - Exactly!
0:41:21 > 0:41:26I had my £100, and I hope you don't think I overpaid when I paid £90 for it.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Look at their faces!
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Only joking, I paid 20, actually.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34- Oh, good! Yes, that's fine. - See what I mean?
0:41:34 > 0:41:36See the reaction at 90! Yes, £20.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40- Happy with that. - Now, you don't have to take it.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45But for the viewers at home, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about my little Teddy Tale.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48- Over to you then, baby. - It is a very nice plate.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51- Not bad, is it? - It's very decorative,
0:41:51 > 0:41:55the cartoon is really good and from a well-known cartoonist,
0:41:55 > 0:41:57so it seems to have everything going for it.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00I don't imagine it was wildly expensive...
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Yes, £20, actually. Do you think that's wildly expensive?
0:42:02 > 0:42:05No, I think we can certainly do a bit better than that.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Well, that would be brilliant. So, what sort of money, then?
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Are you putting £20-30 on it?
0:42:10 > 0:42:12I think we've put, perhaps, £30 or £40 on it.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16Well, that's lovely. That's it for the Reds, Kate and James.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Now for Mark and Charles, our dynamic blue duo.
0:42:19 > 0:42:25We've got the silver and faceted glass hip flask, nicely engine turned,
0:42:25 > 0:42:27and what they call "ready to go".
0:42:27 > 0:42:32It's nice. And the critical thing is that it's in perfect condition. Like you say, it's ready to go.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35Yes, I know. And I've always liked the flask
0:42:35 > 0:42:38that has the detachable cup at the bottom.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41I think that's such a civilised thing,
0:42:41 > 0:42:43to be able to pour out your nip,
0:42:43 > 0:42:45rather than swigging it like some...
0:42:45 > 0:42:47- Practical.- Yes, quite.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51- How much do you think it is worth? - £50-80?- £85 they paid.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55So, they are not going to get a wodge of money out of that,
0:42:55 > 0:42:57but they should at least cover themselves.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Next is the plated and enamel inset box.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03How do you find this sort of stuff goes?
0:43:03 > 0:43:08Well, a silver one of these is a totally different kettle of fish, really. They are very sellable.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12I am not sure that a silver-plated one has got quite the same appeal.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15Yes, I can't remember the last time I saw a plated one, to be perfectly frank.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18They are usually silver.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20They are. What do you think it's worth?
0:43:20 > 0:43:25- £20-30?- OK, £20 paid. So they should be just about all right with that.
0:43:25 > 0:43:30And their last item is this handsome oak and brass mounted inkwell.
0:43:30 > 0:43:36It's really good. And actually, so often with these, the tips of these little oak bits have gone.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39This is intact. I think it's a very attractive object.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42Yes, good chunky thing, isn't it? What sort of amount is it worth?
0:43:42 > 0:43:45I think I'd put an estimate on it of £70-100 on it.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47Well, that's great, they paid £55.
0:43:47 > 0:43:52So that's a really good buy, actually, at £55 retail, and then coming to auction.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54So, we've got them covered on two items,
0:43:54 > 0:43:56potentially making a reasonable profit on the other,
0:43:56 > 0:43:58but let's not get cocky.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01Let's go and have a look at the bonus buy.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03So now, boys, your bonus buy moment, yes?
0:44:03 > 0:44:07- Can't wait.- You spent £160, and I trotted off to find your bonus buy.
0:44:07 > 0:44:11Now, Charles, it's slightly awkward to hold, so do us a favour and ripped it off, will you?
0:44:11 > 0:44:14Crikey, me. What a lady.
0:44:14 > 0:44:15Well, is it?
0:44:15 > 0:44:19What do you mean, "is it?"
0:44:19 > 0:44:23Well, Tim. What can one say?
0:44:23 > 0:44:25- I can tell you love it. - She's a fine lady, Tim.
0:44:25 > 0:44:28- Is she a pastel? - She's a pastel, yes.
0:44:28 > 0:44:29Well done with that, Charles.
0:44:29 > 0:44:33- That's a very good start. - Is she, what, around 1900?
0:44:33 > 0:44:37She'd be about 1900, Charles, that's two points to Charles. Mark, zero.
0:44:37 > 0:44:41- Comments?- Well, it's in a gilt frame. - Yes. That's one. 2-1.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44That's the clincher. And it's oval, of course.
0:44:44 > 0:44:48That's two-all! Yes, chaps, you are level pegging, that's so brilliant.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50- Tim, who's the artist?- Anna Nordgren.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53- Right.- Ooh, a known artist.
0:44:53 > 0:44:56The Anna Nordgren.
0:44:56 > 0:44:59This is, basically, a very nicely executed pastel.
0:44:59 > 0:45:00And how much did you pay for this?
0:45:00 > 0:45:04What's it worth, Mark? If you saw that at a fair, what would you pay for it?
0:45:04 > 0:45:08In a good fair, that would be £300 or £400.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11- I'd have to say, yes, £400.- Well, if you've got the name attached to it.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14But as it had no name attached to it, I bought it for £30.
0:45:14 > 0:45:18- He's our man. - I tell you what, I take it all back.
0:45:18 > 0:45:20I think it's charming!
0:45:20 > 0:45:23- There you are, you see.- It's got great potential!- You little rat, you!
0:45:23 > 0:45:27- Well done.- Seriously, £30, so a little bit of research.
0:45:27 > 0:45:32You may not need to use this as a bonus buy, because you may be so ahead that you needn't be bothered
0:45:32 > 0:45:35- with the bonus buy. Right? - Quite right.
0:45:35 > 0:45:41But, for the viewers at home, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Anna Nordgren.
0:45:41 > 0:45:43So, Will, what do you make of her?
0:45:43 > 0:45:48Well, the artist is Anna Nordgren, who's quite a well-known artist
0:45:48 > 0:45:51from the turn of the last century from Sweden, working over here.
0:45:51 > 0:45:55She's been well exhibited, as well.
0:45:55 > 0:45:58It's a bit of a dark picture, but it has got a certain look.
0:45:58 > 0:46:02Be nice to know who she is, and she remains anonymous, which is, again, not the best thing
0:46:02 > 0:46:05from the point of view of selling it,
0:46:05 > 0:46:09but, really good that she's exhibited and done all this stuff in the past.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11- That does make a difference. - Really helpful.
0:46:11 > 0:46:15- Good, what's your estimate? - I have put £80-120 on it.
0:46:15 > 0:46:17That's brilliant. I mean, I paid 30.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20Brilliant, you're going to be taking the sale in a minute.
0:46:20 > 0:46:22- That's right. - We're in safe hands. Thanks, Will.
0:46:28 > 0:46:33Well, this is exciting, isn't it? Here we are on the edge of our anniversary auction,
0:46:33 > 0:46:36and, I don't know about you, but this is a stuffed up room,
0:46:36 > 0:46:40but are you getting a warm and comfortable feeling from this room?
0:46:40 > 0:46:45- How's it going for you? - I would say a cold and uncomfortable feeling, actually.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48- Very definitely.- It's funny, isn't it? But, there we go.
0:46:48 > 0:46:51First up is the Ashford marble thermometer, and here it comes.
0:46:51 > 0:46:56And what's it worth? Start me, nice lot this, £50 to go?
0:46:56 > 0:46:58Surely for 50.
0:46:58 > 0:47:01£50 I am bid, do you want 55?
0:47:01 > 0:47:07Thank you. 60, 65, 70, 75.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10In front of me here at £75. It would be nice to have a bit more.
0:47:10 > 0:47:13Here at £75. Anybody else?
0:47:13 > 0:47:15- At £75. Selling it then for £75... - Not expensive.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18A cheap lot for £75.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21It's the £75, that is plus £10.
0:47:21 > 0:47:25And, in this market, you've done amazingly well.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28Well done. So, the miniature on ivory next. Here we go.
0:47:28 > 0:47:29A Georgian portrait miniature
0:47:29 > 0:47:32of a young women in a silver gilt oval frame.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34A nice lot. I'm glad to say I've got some interest in it.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37- I can start already straight off at £80.- Oh, good.
0:47:37 > 0:47:43With me at £80. 85, thank you. 90?
0:47:43 > 0:47:4695, 100, 110,
0:47:46 > 0:47:52120, 130, 140, 150, 160...
0:47:52 > 0:47:55- £160, still with me...- That's better.- I like the smell of that!
0:47:55 > 0:48:02- Anybody else? £160 then, going at £160.- Well done, James.
0:48:02 > 0:48:08- Good boy.- Good boy, plus 70 on that. That is a good price.
0:48:08 > 0:48:12That's a good price. In this market, it's a good price.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14This, on the other hand, was not a good buy.
0:48:14 > 0:48:17Well, you paid £48 for it, his estimate is 40-60.
0:48:17 > 0:48:21So, you're right in the middle. If he's right with his estimate, you will be fine.
0:48:21 > 0:48:27It's a silver Vesta. A little lot there, is it worth, start me at £40?
0:48:27 > 0:48:29I'm bid 40. 45...
0:48:29 > 0:48:31Look at this!
0:48:31 > 0:48:33- 50, 55, 60...- Come on, chicken...
0:48:33 > 0:48:3765. £65 anybody else?
0:48:37 > 0:48:40In the doorway at £65.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43That's a cracker.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45£65.
0:48:45 > 0:48:47That's 15 plus...
0:48:47 > 0:48:50That's £17, 80... That's £97.
0:48:50 > 0:48:52Plus £97.
0:48:52 > 0:48:54- 97!- That is very nice. £97.
0:48:54 > 0:48:58Now, are you going to risk £20 of your £97 on this baby plate?
0:48:58 > 0:49:02- Going with it or not? Quickly, it's coming up. Yes, or not. Quick!- BOTH: Yes.
0:49:02 > 0:49:06We're going with it, here we go, a vote of confidence.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09Showing for you upstairs, with the the cartoon on it, 124A.
0:49:09 > 0:49:10Let's start this low.
0:49:10 > 0:49:13Who will start me at £20 for it?
0:49:13 > 0:49:15- 20 I'm bid, thank you.- ALL: Yes!
0:49:15 > 0:49:17A maiden bid of 20.
0:49:17 > 0:49:2122, thank you.
0:49:21 > 0:49:2324, 26,
0:49:23 > 0:49:25£26 in the doorway.
0:49:25 > 0:49:29It doesn't seem very much money, £26 for that little plate.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31At £26, are you all done?
0:49:31 > 0:49:34£26 and going, then...
0:49:34 > 0:49:3526.
0:49:35 > 0:49:38£26, that's lovely. Plus £6, I'm not complaining.
0:49:38 > 0:49:40It's a profit, thank you, Tim.
0:49:40 > 0:49:44That is £103 profit.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46That's well worth having.
0:49:46 > 0:49:48Now, will the Blues perform as well?
0:49:48 > 0:49:52We'll find out, but don't talk to them, all right? Not a word.
0:49:59 > 0:50:06A great result there. But before we see how the Blues do, take a seat, I've got something to show you.
0:50:06 > 0:50:09Well, not bad. Swedish, I'd say.
0:50:09 > 0:50:12But an original or a reproduction?
0:50:12 > 0:50:18At least you could sit on it if all else fails, unlike some of these chairs you find at auction.
0:50:18 > 0:50:23If your house is already full with furniture and you want to continue collecting,
0:50:23 > 0:50:27then why not think about one or two miniatures
0:50:27 > 0:50:30like this delightful little lot that I've just found?
0:50:30 > 0:50:35Here we've got five distinct styles of pieces of furniture,
0:50:35 > 0:50:40all made out of solid silver, hallmarked in Birmingham in 1910.
0:50:40 > 0:50:44Except there's an additional delightful feature.
0:50:44 > 0:50:50This one is inscribed "Shakespeare", this one is inscribed "Tennyson",
0:50:50 > 0:50:55this chap "Bulwer-Lytton", this chap "Dickens"
0:50:55 > 0:50:59and this chap "Thackeray". So how's that?
0:50:59 > 0:51:06Well, my theory is that the Birmingham maker of these chairs has selected the actual
0:51:06 > 0:51:12chairs that these literary giants did their compositions and created their master works
0:51:12 > 0:51:18and has simply reduced them into miniature in silver, as a collectible.
0:51:18 > 0:51:22The other resonance they have is a cash call,
0:51:22 > 0:51:27because the estimate is £125-£160 for all five of these,
0:51:27 > 0:51:32and I have a funny feeling that they're worth nearly £100 each.
0:51:32 > 0:51:35Start at 140 and we're looking for 150.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37Silver chairs, 150.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39150, 160. 170.
0:51:39 > 0:51:41180 on commission. 190.
0:51:41 > 0:51:45200. 210, £200 with me. Who's 210?
0:51:45 > 0:51:49- Any more? 200 and selling.- £200.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52That's not so bad, is it? £200.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55I hope the owner will be very happy.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58Someone had a lucky find with that lot.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00I wonder who it was?
0:52:00 > 0:52:04Right now, though, let's find out whether Mark and Charles are going to be equally lucky.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12- So, boys, do you know how the Reds got on?- No, not at all.- No idea.
0:52:12 > 0:52:14You don't want to know, I tell you.
0:52:14 > 0:52:17So, you guys. How are you feeling?
0:52:17 > 0:52:20- Quite confident?- Yeah, I think we bought some nice items.
0:52:20 > 0:52:26On the face of it you're not too bad, and the first item up is that nice flask. Let's go for it.
0:52:26 > 0:52:27Nice, engine-turned cup on it,
0:52:27 > 0:52:30148 and we've got some interest in it as well.
0:52:30 > 0:52:34- Oh, good.- I've got a bid in straight off of £50.
0:52:35 > 0:52:4055. 60. 65. 70. 75. 80. 85.
0:52:40 > 0:52:4490. 95. 95. Anybody else, 95?
0:52:44 > 0:52:47A hip flask at £95?
0:52:47 > 0:52:49- That's a scorcher. - £95, are you all done?
0:52:49 > 0:52:51At £95, going for 95...
0:52:51 > 0:52:55That's £10. That's very, very nice.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57Mark Stacey. Thank you very much.
0:52:57 > 0:53:00Now, Charles, here comes your plated jewellery box.
0:53:00 > 0:53:05Is it worth £10? Little enamelled box, for £10 I'm bid £10.
0:53:05 > 0:53:08£10. It can be sold for £10.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11Oh, no, don't say that!
0:53:11 > 0:53:13At £10, for £10...
0:53:13 > 0:53:16Surely, anybody can have £10 I'm bid, on my far left.
0:53:16 > 0:53:19- Oh, no.- £10 and going.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22- This is a disaster, Charles. - You've just destroyed my profit.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25- That's minus £10.- We're united, we're together.- Not after this.
0:53:25 > 0:53:29- It doesn't matter. - You had £10. You've just lost £10.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31You're back to square one.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33- Square one.- Stick together, OK?
0:53:33 > 0:53:36- I'm not working with you again. - Oh, please.
0:53:36 > 0:53:37Let's be a team.
0:53:37 > 0:53:40- You've let me down.- No bickering about it. Here it comes.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43A Victorian Standish. There we go. A nice looking lot.
0:53:43 > 0:53:45Is it worth £30?
0:53:45 > 0:53:47I'm sure it is.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50Again, we've got charity lot. £30? Silence in the room.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53I can't believe it. Thank you. 30, and now it's all happening.
0:53:53 > 0:53:5630, 35. 40. 45 there.
0:53:56 > 0:53:5850. 55.
0:53:58 > 0:54:0160. 65. 70.
0:54:01 > 0:54:05- £70 there. - Should be £100.- Come on, a bit more.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08Anyone else? £70 and gone.
0:54:08 > 0:54:10- He's gone at £70. - Yes, well, that's profit.
0:54:10 > 0:54:1565, 75, plus £15, all right, £15.
0:54:15 > 0:54:19That's all right. You have £15 at the end of your sale.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22Now, that could be a winning score.
0:54:22 > 0:54:26Are you going to preserve your £15, your hard sweated £15?
0:54:26 > 0:54:29- What do you think?- We're in.
0:54:29 > 0:54:33- We're in.- Well, thanks, lads, for that vote of confidence.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36Personally, I'm feeling a bit gippy about it.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39But then, for a change, I'm in a safer position then you are,
0:54:39 > 0:54:43hopping from one foot to the other, and here it comes.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45Nice portrait there, pastel.
0:54:45 > 0:54:50Accomplished artist. What's it worth? Is it worth £40?
0:54:50 > 0:54:54£40 for the portrait? Surely, for 40. £30 then, to go?
0:54:56 > 0:54:59Thank you, £30. 35.
0:54:59 > 0:55:0140. 45.
0:55:01 > 0:55:0350. 55.
0:55:03 > 0:55:0560. 65.
0:55:05 > 0:55:0870. 75.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11- 80...- Oh, Tim.- £80 there.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14It should make more than that.
0:55:14 > 0:55:18- Come on.- 90. 95. 100. 110.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21At £110. £110.
0:55:21 > 0:55:26Should make 500, this. I'm disappointed.
0:55:26 > 0:55:29110.
0:55:29 > 0:55:33£110. £110, gives you guys 80 quid.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35- Fantastic.- Is that £80?
0:55:35 > 0:55:38It is. £80, that gets you up to £95.
0:55:38 > 0:55:41Now, listen, lads, £95 could be a winning score.
0:55:41 > 0:55:44Just between us guys, it could be a winning score.
0:55:44 > 0:55:47So don't say anything to those brutes, the Reds, all right?
0:55:47 > 0:55:50- We're delighted, thank you. - Very good. Lovely.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53That's all right, isn't it? They're a couple of players, I tell you.
0:56:00 > 0:56:03Well, what a smashing programme we've had today.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05It's been so exciting, hasn't it?
0:56:05 > 0:56:09I can't thank you contestants for driving this competition to such a
0:56:09 > 0:56:14close finish, because there's only £8 between these characters.
0:56:14 > 0:56:17- Now, have you been talking to one another?- No.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19You don't know where you're up to.
0:56:19 > 0:56:23You both know, though, that you're substantially in profit, which is a considerable achievement
0:56:23 > 0:56:29on Bargain Hunt, and the runners up, who have done incredibly well, I must say, are the Blues.
0:56:31 > 0:56:36- £8 only. I mean, lovely profit on the flask, right?- Yes, your find.
0:56:36 > 0:56:42- Lovely profit on the desk stand. - Our find.- Lovely profit from me.
0:56:42 > 0:56:47Seriously, £95 is absolutely splendido. There we go. 95.
0:56:47 > 0:56:49- Thank you.- I'll take that.
0:56:49 > 0:56:55Which is for you not to keep because I'm going to take that back straight away. That's sorted out.
0:56:55 > 0:57:00The good Lord gives with one hand and he takes away with it the other. Anyway, congratulations.
0:57:00 > 0:57:04BUT the winners overall, by making a profit on every single item today,
0:57:04 > 0:57:08which is just extraordinary, £103, here you go.
0:57:08 > 0:57:14- £103 coming out. - I won't even bother.
0:57:14 > 0:57:17How does it feel to have it, Kate?
0:57:17 > 0:57:20- Great.- Not for long.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22Anyway, thank you so much, congratulations all round.
0:57:22 > 0:57:26Join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes? Yes!
0:57:26 > 0:57:29What a cracking show, eh?
0:57:29 > 0:57:33We've loads more tomorrow as Charles and Kate team up with different partners...
0:57:33 > 0:57:36And Philip Sorrell reveals his past.
0:57:36 > 0:57:40My real passions are sport, because I started life as a PE teacher.
0:57:41 > 0:57:44And his feminine side.
0:57:47 > 0:57:48What?
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