Scotland Bargain Hunt

Did you know that Scotsman John Logie Baird invented the TV gadget?

Well, thanks to him, you lot can enjoy hours and hours of Bargain Hunt. You lucky devils!

Hello, bargain hunters.

Well, we've tossed our caber and pitched up here in Edinburgh,

Scotland's fair capital city.

They're a canny lot round here. Morning.

-Morning, sir.

-See what I mean?

But are our teams canny?

In Red, mother and daughter combo Christine and Carol.

-Do you want it?

-Yes.

-Ooh!

-In Blue, mother and son Helen and Sandy.

-Do you think you've persuaded her?

I think I have. Let's go.

And that matriarch, Manning, keeps us in check at the auction.

With the lady at £40.

Good Lord.

Well done, girl.

That's later.

-Now, Carol, you're a bit of an art lover.

-Yes, I am.

I'm a member of National Galleries of Scotland group called Spin and we enjoy looking at contemporary art.

So does this tie in well with all your university stuff?

Yes, it does. I'm doing an M Litt, which stands for Master of Letters,

at St Andrews University in museum and gallery studies.

How interesting.

And is this with a view to being a professional curator at the end of the day?

-No, I'm really just doing it for fun.

-Oh, are you?

What's your real job at work?

I'm office manager for a company of accountants and tax advisers.

So you're definitely not going to give that job up.

-No.

-Christine, would you say that your daughter has inherited her love of art from you?

I would hope so. There are a lot of ceramics about the house.

I'm also a member of Falkirk Arts and Civic Council.

-Have you been a member long?

-I've been a member for 50 years.

You haven't!

-You must have joined as a child!

-Oh, yes!

-How long has it been going for?

This is our Diamond Jubilee, 60 years this year.

That's quite something. And any great successes in your time?

I've got a pair of Wedgwood majolica dishes.

I was helping my friend empty her mother's house and she went

into a cupboard, handed me those dishes and said, "Put those in the junk box,"

and I turned them over and I said, "No, they're Wedgwood.

"We can't put them out." She went, "Well, I don't think they're nice at all.

-"You keep them."

-Really?

-They're valued at over £1,000.

-Over £1,000 gift.

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

-Yes.

It's no wonder you volunteer to help all your friends clear their houses.

I don't blame you!

Good. I'm sure you'll do well.

Blues, are you going to give the Reds a run for their money?

I hope so. But I'm a bit worried now with the £1,000 Wedgwood.

-I know. But remember, it came as a gift.

-Yes.

-What sort of things will you be interested in?

-I'd like to find a bit of Scottish silver.

-I think it's quite collectible.

-And you're going to sell on in Glasgow.

-Yes.

-Is silver the sort of thing that you might collect?

No, I'd like to collect silver, but no.

-What do you collect?

-I collect Wade.

And I want to make sure you're not making a nasty look at the camera.

What, about...Wade?

No, no, I just... love...Wade Whimsies(!)

-It's your favourite, I know.

-It's not, actually.

I once did a programme about Wade Whimsies and I came across a man who'd got 25,000 Wade Whimsy things.

That makes me feel a lot better.

So I do know a bit about Wade fanaticism.

How many Wade figures have you got?

-Over 500.

-500.

-But they don't take up a lot of room.

No, no, quite. They're a lovely thing to collect.

And what are you into collecting, Sandy?

I quite like collecting Guinness.

Really? What, orally or...?

-Funnily enough, I don't actually drink Guinness.

-Do you not?

No, but someone a few years ago gave me a Guinness clock...

But I've had to put them all away because my little daughter has started picking them up

and walking around with them,

-and she's 15 months, so she ends up dropping it.

-She has a smashing time.

-She broke my original Guinness clock.

-Really?

She pulled the hand dials off.

Oh, dear. Well, on that happy note, I think we should move along.

Now, the money moment.

£300 apiece. You know the rules, your experts await, and off you go and very, very, very good luck.

Well, I wonder whose family fortune is going to be made today?

Well, you'll just have to wait and see, won't you?

Joining the Red family album is Paul Laidlaw,

and joining the Blues is Kate Bliss.

Right then, folks, and what are we buying today?

I'd like to find wood.

Silver, and preferably Scottish silver.

Scottish silver.

Something in ceramics.

I'm thinking of useful items.

Something functional. OK, let's get going.

-Left or right, folks?

-Left.

They're off.

The shopping's started. But while they get their bearings, let's not forget this game's got rules.

Each team has to buy three items in 60 minutes with £300.

Everything bought gets sold at auction and whoever makes the most cash wins.

I love that big stoneware crock.

Can I show you a quirky thing?

I adore these. This is a stereo viewer.

-And if you look through there, you will see this elephant and howdah in 3D. May we try it?

-Yes.

You are very kind.

The knack is, hold it there, have a look and you move the stage backwards and forwards

until it works for you and when the penny drops,

you get the fright of your life because the technology works.

Have another look at the cards.

-Sorry, it doesn't work for me.

-Right. Something the matter with your brain.

I think that's really good fun.

Would that one date to the 1920s?

It's round about 1925.

It's like riding a bike.

When your brain and your eyes twig, it's 3D, full-on 3D. Is it working?

Yes. I can get it to work.

What is your problem, Mum?

Sorry.

If you could buy it at a price that I thought left room for maybe a profit,

could I tempt you?

Is there any slack in that price?

45 would be a minimum.

I like it. You wouldn't lose much on that, you wouldn't make much on it. It can't be 35?

It's me that's pushing this and I'll get the blame. You'll be all right.

I'll be doomed. 35.

38. Absolute minimum.

-I think we'll take it at that.

-Well done. It's a purchase.

-Thank you very much.

-Well done, ladies.

On your head be it, Paul.

-First item.

-Two more! Let's go.

That's Portobello Buchan Ware. That was made near where I lived.

-That's where you grew up?

-Yes.

-Oh!

-It's lovely.

-Very Scottish with the thistle.

-Yes, it's lovely, but are they collectible?

-I don't think it's quite old enough.

No. Oh, that's nice.

That's Murano. That's fairly modern.

What have you got on there?

It's got a nice glaze , hasn't it?

You can have it for 25.

-It's very modern.

-Yes.

-You could see that making a little bit of money, I suppose.

-Could you?

-Well, it is a really eye-catching piece.

That big blue swirl is a really bold design.

This could have been made, literally, yesterday.

Yep, looks brand Harry spankers to me, too.

-So we're really going to have to market it as, you know...

-Yes.

I am quite taken back by how kind of luscious... When you have a light on it, the blue almost becomes purple.

It is striking, isn't it?

I have to say to you, I mean, £25, the gentleman has said, as a retail price

here is fair. If you were to buy this in Italy,

it would probably cost you a lot more than that as a modern bowl.

Would you grow a little on the £25?

-I could do it for 20 for you.

-For £20 I think it's maybe worth a punt.

I could probably go home then, because that's useful, and that was my remit right there.

-You'd get a lot of oranges in there.

-I'm happy to go with that.

-I'm happy, yep.

We can do a deal, then.

It's out of my hands, isn't it?

We've got two happy people.

Well, it's bliss all round, ha-ha!

-One item.

-Well done.

I like it, guys. Keep it up.

-Something with a little bit more age next.

-That might be a good plan.

Yes, this is an antiques programme, after all.

Have a look-see at these beauties.

Do you fancy the idea of collecting small bronze figures,

particularly of animals?

Well, in some of these fairs, there are some fantastic opportunities.

Take this little fellow, which I've just found.

This is a model of a setter, a hunting hound, out setting his prey.

That is, looking at it on the ground and indicating exactly where the prey sits.

And indeed, you've got a little partridge nestling under a leaf here.

It's by a man called Jules Moignier, and you can just make out the signature here.

And this bronze is a good example of one made in the 1840s.

If I turn it upside down, you can see that the nuts which hold the various component parts together

are small and hand-cut, and also you've got this

thick and thin nature of the casting of the metal itself around the base.

That is a very good indication.

Jules Moignier is a highly-regarded sculptor, and strangely enough, by an amazing

coincidence, on the same stall

I find another wee bronze by the same artist made at the same time.

This is another Moignier bronze, this time of the lion king.

But the thing I really like about this is the colour.

If you look carefully, underneath all the muck and rubbish is a deep green colour.

That's a special patination that's been created with different acids at the time that the thing was made.

All in all, these are two excellent examples.

The lion needs a bit of restoration on his tail,

but that's quite easy to do, and the setter is missing a second bird

here at the back, but, again,

relatively easy to recast from the partridge that's already there.

These two bronzes, restored and on the market, would be worth in the region of £600 to £800 apiece.

That's the going rate for a Moignier genuine 1840s/1850s bronze.

What could you pick them up for here in the fair?

Well, they could be yours for £125 each.

So it's the £850 to £125 combo, each, that I really rather like.

And it goes to show that there are some great bargains out there. How's the hunt going?

We've seen this guy's stall here.

We've done that.

A sampler...

Is it White something?

Whitefriars black vase. It's not a good one and that wouldn't stand out.

Anything you like, guys?

We were looking at the sampler.

The frame's not doing a lot for it.

No, the frame is modern.

It's wool work rather than silk work, but lovely signature, isn't it?

Ellen Batterham, 1888.

But the colours of the wool work are still quite vibrant, which is one thing that collectors look for.

It is slightly dirty, I think.

£70 is quite a bit, I think, in comparison with an auction price.

There aren't any sort of unusual motifs,

anything that's really pictorial.

-I think we'll leave that just now.

-We can always come back.

She's got great style.

Could date to the '40s and the use of Plexiglas or Perspex at that period is dead right.

It's not very heavy.

There's nice lines.

'Yeah, lovely lines.'

I think she's stylish,

but I'd like to get it for £40.

-There's no stallholder.

-Run!

-I guarantee a profit if you can get away!

-Hi, it's my friend's stall.

I'll need to phone him.

Right, John, there's a lady here very interested in your Art Deco lady.

You know the one that's on Perspex and she's gold?

And it's actually Bargain Hunt.

And you've got 60 on it, so what's your very best?

50, OK, thank you. Bye.

-Think about it.

-No.

-Is that all right?

-It's going the right way.

Thanks very much.

We've spent half an hour.

We need to get two more.

Right, keep your eyes peeled, folks.

I think it's supposed to be a haggis.

-Do you?

-I think so.

'Funny looking haggis, Helen.'

The name of it's gone out of my head.

-I can't see a name on it, but again it's a Whitefriars cos it's got that wee bit on the bottom.

-That's right.

Do you know what this one's called?

-No.

-The Drunken Bricklayer. Can you see why?

I suppose it's all out of kilter.

But we need a stallholder to find out how much. I think we'll have to come back later.

Never a stallholder around when you need one, eh?

What's with the elephants?

There were elephants on the other thing we bought.

On the stereo viewer.

So we know what they look like. We're sure it's an elephant.

It said so on the view.

That's silver plate. The way that's oxidised black, that's silver plate.

And I think they're German.

If it says Germany, it confirms your 1930s dates because after 1945,

no-one was bragging about making stuff in Germany.

-Look...

-25.

20, I'll take for it.

20, did he say?

He said 20. She said 18 and I was going to say that.

18, we'll settle for 18.

-We'll take it.

-We've bought something, finally!

Thank you very much.

Great. Another sale and no messing about.

Just one more to go, girls.

Thank you. How much is your snuff mull?

75.

It's quite nice, isn't it, with the Scottish thistle on it?

-I'll just ask my team. Helen, Sandy, come and look at this.

-I like that.

I was looking for something like that, the silver and... Snuff mull.

Yes, it's a Scottish term, a snuff mull, isn't it?

It was of course for putting you snuff in. Made of horn.

And I had a sneaky feeling this might be up your street, Helen.

I'm sure it's silver. The motif here, a typical

Scottish emblem of the thistle, but there isn't a hallmark on it.

-Date-wise, I would say late Victorian probably, sir, would you agree?

-Mmm.

-Is there a mark?

-Yes, you've got a little silver cartouche, if you like, with initials there.

The hinge is slightly loose.

If we tip it upside down, we can see that that flaps open and it should be slightly more sprung.

But the horn itself is in lovely condition. Do you like that?

-I quite like it.

-What's the price on it?

The gentleman said 75.

What would be your very best?

-That was my best price.

-Very best?

-Yes.

-I quite like it.

-Could we say 70?

Yes, 70.

OK, thank you very much.

So we have got old and Scottish.

A nice mix thus far, I think.

Yep, it's all going swimmingly.

-Venetian. Murano.

-Are you sure?

-I'm absolutely sure.

It's seen some wear.

There's a bit of age to that.

That is a striking piece of glass, there's no two ways about that.

-Hello, you two.

-Is this your stall?

No. Well, let's guess the price, shall we?

Let's play guess-a-price.

Seriously. Cos, how old's that?

-Well, I don't know...

-LAUGHTER

It's got more wear on it than you'd think.

I'd pick that up and say it's '50s. But I don't think it is '50s at all.

That's earlier than that, isn't it? '20s, I suppose.

Odd, isn't it, with that green lump?

-Nice, though.

-Venetian?

-Perfectly nice, yeah.

It's like a big jelly fish.

Imagine stepping on that on a beach.

Ooh! But it's got the look, hasn't it?

It would stand out. You'd pick it up.

I don't think it should be more than £60.

I don't want it to be anywhere near that.

I'd want it to be £20.

-Absolutely.

-Well, that's exciting.

I just hope the dealer turns up.

-So do we.

-You'll be in the pink then, won't you?

Where are all these stallholders, eh?

Is this your stall?

It's not my stall, but I think it's 120.

120.

-Too rich for us.

-Thank you.

£120. Not quite the 30 Paul was hoping for.

-What about 150?

-No, no way.

Right, let's go if we're not buying here. Thanks very much.

What do you think?

-No.

-Beswick.

-I know, but it's just... No.

'She wouldn't be saying that if it was Wade.'

We've not seen anything else that we fancy at all, have we?

-We've got less than ten minutes.

-We'd better get going.

Less than ten minutes, only two things bought and no irons in the fire.

We're going to have to run, folks.

-Which way are we going?

-This way.

Let's go up here a bit.

-Not more bookends!

-We'll keep a look.

Paul, we both like this chair.

-You won't like the price.

-I was going to say, we can't afford that, can we?

We've got five minutes, guys. That is not very long at all.

I suggest I have a look here, you go on there and we meet in a minute's time.

Mum, you've got to make a choice.

Right, then, five minutes. What are we going to do?

Excuse me, how much is your Whitefriars?

-40.

-40.

£40. Where's Kate?

Oh, we're back at the vase, are we?

How much is it?

-£40.

-Is it Whitefriars?

No.

It's in the style of Whitefriars. That makes a big difference.

You know the sampler we looked at earlier?

-Yes.

-£70. I've done a bit of quick negotiating. £40.

Ooh, that's a lot better price.

Timescale's against us. I think it's ideal and a very good price.

-Yes. Well remembered.

-Happy?

-Happy.

-Out of trouble?

-Yes.

Fantastic. Come on, then.

'Ah, she's a star, that Kate.'

-Shelley.

-You'd better pick it up and find out how much it is.

It's got a good name.

You wanted a piece of ceramic.

-1930s. It's heavy.

-So is a chunk of lead, Christine.

What is the price on it?

25.

Ask the lady.

What's the best price you can give me for that one?

How about 20?

It shouldn't be damaged, sir.

It should be OK.

-Was that the price?

-How about 18?

-I think we're desperate.

-Yes.

Make it 15 squids, yeah?

-Thank you... Do you want it?

-Yes.

-Ooh!

THEY LAUGH

How many seconds are on the clock?

Ah, well done, girls.

Right, they've finished their shopping, but what's going to happen about all that leftover lolly?

Well, nothing goes to waste on this programme, as you know.

Think about it like a joker.

Yep, it's going to reappear later in the form of an object chosen by the expert,

and it can make all the difference between winning and losing.

But first, let's recap what the Reds bought.

First up, Christine and Carol saw potential in the 1920s stereoscope.

Next, they trumpeted their £18 elephant bookends.

And finally, they bought a Shelley rose bowl for £15.

-Well, that is a disgrace, girls.

-I'm sorry.

-How much did you spend?

£71.

We give you £300 of our money and you spend 71. What is your game?

I don't know. We couldn't spend it. We tried.

Unbelievable. Anyway, who's got the cash?

-I've got it.

-There we go.

-£229.

£229. I don't think I've ever had so much leftover lolly to hand over.

-Sorry.

-No, why not, darling?

It's a free country, but it is a lot to go off and spend.

And you're so canny, I suppose you'll go off and spend another £13 and that'll be the bottom of it!

Anyway, very good luck with that and good luck, girls.

Why don't we check out what the Blues bought, eh?

That Helen and Sandy got off to a cracking start,

paying £20 for the large Murano glass bowl.

Next up, Kate found a Scottish horn snuff mull for £70.

And finally, have they stitched themselves up - ha-ha -

with the £40 Victorian sampler?

-Well, well, are you happy, guys?

-Yes.

-Yes, very happy.

Well, it's supposed to be happy families on this programme.

And they've shopped well, Kate, have they?

They did. They're still talking to each other.

Some slight altercations, but everybody was happy in the end with what we bought, I think.

-How much did you spend overall?

-£130.

So have I got £170 of leftover lolly, please?

-Yes.

-A load of money there. Got any ideas?

-I haven't got a clue.

Well, at least there's plenty of choice, Kate, which is lovely.

Anyway, for us, we're going to take the high road, or is it

the low road, to a charming little museum at Paisley.

The great thing about museums like this is that you never know what you're going to find inside.

Exciting, isn't it?

And always worth a good visit.

Historically, Paisley has been known as a weaving town.

But this place isn't all about shawls.

And as you would expect in a Scottish museum,

there is a cabinet that was crammed with Scottish material until I emptied it and put it on this table

and actually all this Scottish material

has a particular association with the town of Paisley,

and that's what makes these local museums so jolly interesting.

If you take these two jokers on the outside here,

they are both an example of a uniquely Scottish drinking vessel

called a quaich.

Or a "quaitsch", depending on where you come from.

This one is of super-duper size.

They were made normally to hold a wee dram, and this would hold several drams.

You've got these outset handles because, having had your wee sip

of celebratory hooch, you'd pass it on to your mate on your left or right

and he or she would also take a nip and so it would progress around the company.

And it's got a date on it for 1823.

Next door to that, we've got the quintessentially Scottish object, which is a wee snuff mull.

We've got this most beautiful horn with a double curlicue

which opens up

to the mouth of the horn,

which has been mounted in silver and centred by a Cairngorm stone.

Open it up on the hinge base,

stick your snuff in there, when you're passing it from

friend to friend, tap a bit out

to go on the back of your hand and sniffed it up his hooter.

And the one next door is even more interesting, if that's possible,

because it was presented as first prize for the 12 best pinks,

a variety of carnation.

And the Paisley weavers were renowned

for their interest in horticulture.

I suppose if you spend all that time

fiddling away at your weaving machine,

you'd so love your spare time to be spent out of doors,

and they had particularly green fingers.

Another great interest for the weavers, to get them out and about

in the winter, was to go curling,

and we've got some curling stones in the bottom of the cabinet.

In the old days, if you wanted to select a curling stone, you'd simply go to a local burn where a stone had

been tumbled down a mountainside over the centuries

and the stones became roughly circular.

And a really good one would have a flat top and a flat bottom.

Having got the right stone, you'd thump an iron handle

into the top of it and, hey presto, you're ready for the sport of curling.

And as these weavers were jolly good

at chucking their curling stones around, they too had clubs.

And here is a club medal which actually shows,

cast in the silver, the curlers going about their business.

Marvellous, isn't it?

All essentially top-grade Scottish-related objects

found in the local museum.

The big question today is, of course, how are our teams' items

going to get on in our Scottish auction room?

And the sale room we've come to his Great Western Auctions in Glasgow.

Now, remember, I sent our experts shopping for a bonus buy.

Let's find out what Paul's smoked out for the Reds.

So, girls, you spent a miserable £71.

You gave a wodge of money to Laidlaw. Did he blow the lot?

I know he went out and spent a lot cos he said he was going to.

I think it's fair to say, we struggled to find anything really opulent.

I think I've found the remedy.

That is a gentleman's cigar piercer, or cigar pricker.

So we put this over the sucking end of the beast and then you've got

this little plunger action there, and that vents your little cigar.

It happens to be made by Sampson Mordan.

That is a good name to conjure with.

Have a look at that. And feel the weight in it.

-That is gold.

-You like it?

-Yes, I like it.

-Do you smoke cigars, Christine?

-No.

-What about you, Carol?

-No.

-LAUGHTER

Not at all, right. Good.

-How much did you pay for it?

-Well, I paid £105 for that.

Now, I'll be very honest with you.

It's there or thereabouts at that.

It's got the potential to make £20, £30, I think.

Well, we'll make a decision later.

She's watched the programme before.

For the audience at home, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about the little pricker.

So, Anita, your cigar pricker.

Well, no gentleman should be without one, Tim.

-That's true, actually.

-It's nine carat gold and that's good.

It's Sampson Mordan - that's even better.

It's roundabout the 1920s, and it's in perfect working order.

Good. It's a handsome object. It is made of gold.

-What's it worth?

-80 to 100.

OK, £105 paid by Laidlaw.

So that's quite tight, isn't it?

Well, it's not too bad.

Next up is these stereoscopic viewing slides.

The stereoscopic viewers that you normally see date from a slightly earlier period, don't they?

The circa 1900, the American ones.

What I think is so riveting is that as late as 1930, which is when this comes from,

people were still buying them

and viewing them out of a slightly cruder viewing device, but they were popular, obviously.

-Uh-huh.

-So, how much, girl, please?

-30 to 50.

-Perfect. £38 they paid, so they'll be really chuffed by that.

Now, the bookends. These jumbo fellows.

I think the elephants are quite finely detailed, and I love this lovely blond, yellowy mount.

I think they're super and I think that they have a look which will be appealing.

What do you think the old heffalumps might bring?

60 to 100.

-How much?

-60 to 100. Now, I might have been a wee bit generous here.

Ooh, well! They paid £18.

I can reveal that now.

They will make a profit.

That's exciting, Anita.

Now, this pot - again, it's '30s, Shelley rose bowl. Is it going to go all right?

Well, I like this one because of this wonderful sunburst.

It's never been a great thing, but it's interesting and colourful and will sell.

-Yes. How much for, do you think?

-25 to 40.

-£15 paid.

-That was a good buy.

It was. Good. That's it for the Reds.

Anita, thank you very much for the excitement to come, there.

And now for the Blues.

Sandy and Helen with lovely Kate.

Now, the Murano glass bowl.

Doesn't at first glance look much like glass, does it?

It doesn't. It's not very old.

I would say it's late 20th century, but it has got a kind of wow factor.

I do like the swirls. It reminds me of sweeties.

Does it? OK, well, sweetie, what d'you think it's worth?

I've got it in at 30 to 50.

Well, they paid just £20.

Not bad.

Next up is the horn snuff mull,

which, in this programme, we have seen

two examples quite recently, when I went to Paisley.

This is a beautiful little item.

The body is made of horn and we have this wonderful silver thistle mount.

We have a little cartouche here with some initials.

Again, this is in very good condition and this is a plus because very often

these mulls are a wee bit raggedy taggedy.

Good. What's your estimate on this?

-£100 to £200, quite a wide estimate.

-Well, our team paid £70 for it.

-I think that was a good buy.

-A very good buy in a fair.

I can't believe it. That's excellent.

Anyway, their last item, darling, is the band sampler.

-In sampler terms, samplers don't come much more standard than that as a type.

-Yes.

It's done in wool, and that makes me think it was maybe a wee girl that sewed it.

-What's it worth, do you think?

-I've put it 60 to 80 because it softened my heart.

-Well, they paid a very hard-hearted £40 for it.

-Excellent.

-I think they got it at a right price.

-Yes.

-Excellent.

So I think there's real potential with the Blue team as well.

But we've got them a bonus buy, so let's go and find out about it.

Now, Sandy and Hels, you spent £130, which is bordering on pathetic.

THEY LAUGH

You give £170 to Kate Bliss.

What did she spend it on?

-Well, I spent it on a bit of a lump.

-Oh, lovely.

-Ooh...

What you have there was probably made as an ashtray,

but Anita has done rather well in marketing it as a pin dish and is a lot more commercial these days.

It is a heavy piece of glass.

Have a feel of it. And if you turn it over, your beady eye might notice a little scrawl on the bottom.

-Can you see?

-Oh, yes, I can see. That's it there, Mum.

-And there's a very special name on the bottom, which is Lalique.

-Ooh!

And because it is a signed piece of Lalique,

that immediately puts the price up and gets people interested.

The most crucial thing is, how much did you pay?

I paid 65.

-Ooh!

-That's very good.

I think they like it, Kate. You've done well.

I think you've got two well-satisfied customers here.

OK, guys, just hang on to that thought, because, for the audience

at home, let's find out what the auctioneeress thinks about the Lalique pin dish.

-Now, Anita, this is a chunk, isn't it?

-Yes, it is.

The customers love Lalique.

They will like this design, this wonderful Art Deco fan-shaped design will be very, very popular.

A lovely weight, quality.

And its scratched signature for Lalique, so it's absolutely genuine.

What do you reckon it might bring, Anita?

I think it could go to £100 quite easily, so I've put £100 to £200.

-Kate paid £65.

-That was a good buy.

So if you can get £100 for her, that would be absolute bliss.

-So are you happy, girls?

-Yes, very happy.

-Very happy?

-Yes.

-Good.

-Are you happy, Paul?

-Always.

Well, the first lot up is your stereoscopic viewer.

-Here it comes.

-Forget about your flat screens, ladies and gentlemen.

Cuddle up with your darling on the settee with this

and you'll have a great evening in.

Start me at £20. Start me at 20.

Start me at 20. 20 bid. 25. 30. 35.

Any advance on 35 for the stereoscope?

Any advance on 35? All done at 35?

Oh, no!

-35.

-Uh-oh!

Very close. £35 is only minus £3.

Don't worry, girls. Here come your heffalumps.

And I can start the bidding at £20.

Any advance on 20? 30. 40 with me.

50. 60 with me. 70, I am out.

With the lady at £70...

80, fresh bidder. 80.

90. 100.

Hey, girls!

With the gentleman at £100.

Any advance on 100? All done at 100?

100.

Well done, Paul.

£100. That's the business, isn't it?

Here comes the Shelley rose bowl.

Start me at £20 for the Shelley sunburst. 20 bid.

25.

Mr Shelley at 25. Mr Shelley at 25.

Any advance on 25?

25 is plus 10.

You had 79 before, plus 10 is £89 of profit.

What are you going to do about this pricker?

We've made a profit. Let's hang on to it.

-You want to stick?

-Yes.

-All right.

I've got to do what she says!

You don't want to do that?

Not really, do you?

-I said go for it.

-You don't want to bust your gut at it.

If it's really with you...

-You love that pricker, right?

-I'm not saying anything else.

-You want to go with the pricker or not?

-OK.

-Yes, we'll go for it.

We have a decision. We're going with the bonus buy and here it comes.

Will you start me at 100?

Sampson Mordan. Start me at £100.

50 bid. 50 bid.

Any advance on 50 on the Sampson Mordan? Any advance on £50?

60. 70. 80.

With you, sir, at £80.

With you, sir, at £80.

-Look out.

-Any advance on 80? 90.

-Fresh bidder at 90.

-Come on.

Any advance on £90?

Any advance on £90? £90.

Oh, dear. So you are minus £15 on that, so that is 74...

You're plus £74. £74 up is a considerable achievement.

I congratulate you, and just don't say anything to the Blues.

So, you Blues, have you been chatting to the Reds?

-Do you know how they got on?

-No.

-Well, that's just as well.

First lot up is the Murano bowl.

It's the opaque glass bowl with these wonderful blue and pearlised swirls.

Looks great.

Just the thing for your loft apartments. Can we say £40? 20 bid.

20 bid at the back.

Any advance? 30. £30. 40.

With the lady at £40. It's gorgeous.

Any advance on £40? All done at £40?

£40.

Well done, Helen.

You've doubled your money. So you are plus 20 on that.

So, Kate, the snuff mull, here it comes.

It's a bonny little item, and I can start the bidding at £100.

Look at the girl.

110. 120. 130. 140. 150. 160.

170. 180. 190. 200.

210 on the phone.

Telephone at 210.

220 with me. 230. 240 with me.

-Oh, my Lordy.

-250. 260.

The bid's with me on the books at £260.

265, I'm out.

-265?!

-265.

270, fresh bidder.

-Yes!

-Any advance on £270?

Any advance on 270?

With you, sir, at 270. 270.

270, was it?

270? Plus 200. Plus 200! Good Lord!

-Well done, girl.

-Well done, Kate!

Lastly is the sampler.

Would this not melt your heart, ladies and gentlemen?

It's this lovely wee Victorian needlework sampler. Start me at £40.

Start me at 40.

20 bid. Any advance on 20? 30.

The lady at £30.

All done at £30, all done at £30?

£30.

£30. It did not melt anybody's heart cos it's minus £10.

But you've done incredibly well. So you were 220 up.

You've just lost £10, so you are plus 210. That is superb, isn't it?

This is not supposed to happen on Bargain Hunt. What's going on here?

Are you going to go with this bonus buy or not?

-Yes.

-Yes.

You don't have to, you know.

-Are you sure?

-Faith in Kate.

It's a very different thing.

-Yes.

-We're going with the bonus buy. Here it comes. £65 paid.

Start me at £100.

Start me at 100. £50, then? 50 bid.

Any advance on 50?

Any advance on 50? 60. 70.

-£70.

-You're in profit.

Any advance on 70 on the Lalique?

Any advance on £70? 80.

-Ooh!

-Late one.

Any advance on £80? All done at £80?

£80.

Well done, Kate.

That's plus 15 on that.

That's very good. You are plus 225.

225! That's a very good number.

Now, the big trick here is, don't say anything to the Reds, all right? In fact, look rather serious.

Ooh, I do love this programme, don't you?

To have a show where we have two teams of winners is just sublime.

-Now, you two haven't been chatting to one another, have you?

-No.

But both teams have a reasonable expectation of being the winners

because they've made so much money!

But we know that there's only one team of winners and one team

of runners up, and I'm afraid the runners up today,

-amazing though it may sound, are the Reds.

-Oh!

Congratulations!

The Reds are runners up today by having made a total of £74.

-How about that?

-Well done.

But not quite enough to beat the Blues, who have made £225.

That's a fair old wodger, isn't it?

But your principal earners, though, were the bookends, weren't they?

-Yes.

-It's not so often that you can buy something for £18

and sell it for £100, which is what you did, which is quite remarkable.

Anyway, overall, you are up £74,

and I'm going to present you with your £74 right now.

You've got small change, you've got big change. There's your £4.

I'll give it to Carol.

Such a kind mother!

Have you had a good time?

-Lovely, yes.

-We've loved having you on the show. Great contestants.

-Now, for the winners.

-Hey!

Hey! Look at Sandy's face.

£200 up on the snuff mull, basically.

That was the big secret, wasn't it?

And well found, Kate.

Had you any idea when you found it for £70

that you were going to be in for such a surprise?

I didn't think it was going to be quite that good, I have to say.

No. Upside of £200, very, very good.

Anyway, overall, £225 is passing from me, sir, to you.

And I'll just keep it.

Hey!

What about Hell's bells?

You're going to be in trouble, boy.

We've had a great show.

Thank you for joining us

-and join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?

-Yes!

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