Derby 14 Bargain Hunt

Today we've got two teams of mothers and daughters pitting their

wits against one another in an attempt to get the best bargains.

Who'll succeed? Let's find out.

Let's go bargain hunting!

Today the Bargain Hunt wagon rolls into Derby.

Let's have a quick peek at what's coming up.

Mark gets wound up by our headstrong Blues.

I'm sick of all this modern nonsense.

OK. We might follow your advice.

And the Reds are keen to drive down the prices.

-How does 95 sound?

-Lower!

I take it all back.

Before we meet today's teams, let's have a quick reminder of the rules.

Our two teams have £300 and just 60 minutes to find three bargains which will be sold at auction.

The winning team is the one that makes the most profit or the least loss.

Let's go and meet those yummy mummys and their chicks.

So for the Reds today we have mother and daughter, Diane and Lucy.

Welcome. And, Lesley and Sam, mother and daughter for the Blues.

-Hi, girls.

-Hi.

-What a smashing set-up we've got today.

Two teams of girls, my favourites. Now, Diane, what do you do for a living?

-I work in retail selling ladies' handbags.

-Do you?

-Designer ones, yes.

They'd be special then?

-Definitely.

-Big ones, little ones?

-All sizes, all colours.

-Really?

-Yes.

-Because this is such a design statement for a woman nowadays?

-Definitely.

And they'll pay a fortune for this bag covered in special skins and tanned leathers, is that right?

That's right.

-I understand you also have a passion for ducks?

-I do, I'm afraid.

-Tell us about that.

-I just love... Jemima Puddleduck's my favourite.

I've got hundreds of them all over the house and garden.

So duck a l'orange doesn't really feature on the menu?

I do enjoy that as well!

-Well, as long as you don't take it too seriously, that's good.

-No.

Lucy, what do you get up to, darling?

I work for a designer fashion retailer.

I'm a manager of a store in Derby.

Do you sell handbags?

-We do, actually, yes.

-Do you employ your mother?

I don't, did used to.

A few years ago, but not any more, no. She's gone onto new pastures.

What's it like working for the daughter?

Brilliant, actually.

Yes, it was, it was good. She was a good boss.

What's your strategy today between the two of you?

We'd like something quirky.

Definitely. Quirky.

-And, are you going to spend all your money, or not?

-We'll try.

-I like the sound of that. Good luck.

-Thank you.

-Now, girls, Lesley and Sam. Welcome.

-Thank you.

What do you do for a living, Lesley?

I'm a canine hydrotherapist and dog trainer.

Gosh...

Does that mean you teach dogs how to swim then?

Yes, we do. We go in the pool with them and get them going, yeah.

So why do they need to go in the pool?

Exercise, fun and also for injuries and arthritis and things like that.

-And have you ever lost any dogs?

-No, we've never drowned any yet!

I didn't mean lose them permanently!

I mean, they might not take to going in the water.

-No, they do normally.

-Do they?

Yeah, sometimes I have to go in twice, three times is the most I've had to go in.

-What, you go in the pool too?

-I do, yes.

-With the dogs?

-First swim, yeah. Helps get them going.

What do they do, breast stroke or doggy paddle?

Hopefully doggy paddle.

What fun! Sam, what do you do, darling?

Well, I'm a mum.

I've got a little girl who's five years old and I've got a little baby who's six weeks old.

Little Alfie and Chloe.

I also work part-time at the Vintage Motorcycle Club organising their events.

Are you a biker yourself?

Since I've started working there I have turned into a little bit of a lady biker now.

I took my test after a year working there.

It took me a couple of chances to take my test because the first time I failed after driving into a bush.

Even though you were in the club?

-Yeah.

-So to speak!

So what are your tactics, girls?

If you're going to have one, mum, have a...

-Have a big one.

-Yes.

I beg your pardon?

Looking for something large!

-Oh, are we?

-Size is everything to us, isn't it?

What, you don't care how much profit there is in it, or what the quality is, as long as it's big?

-As long as it's big, yes.

-Well, I've never heard that before on Bargain Hunt.

It's a good strategy though, isn't it?

Anyway, £300 apiece, here's your £300. There you go.

-Thank you very much.

-Experts await, you know the rules and off you go and very, very good luck.

It's a bit like life this, isn't it?

Big ones, little ones.

Time to meet our experts.

Looking after the Reds is David Barby.

The Blues are in the safe hands of Mark Stacey.

-Now, you're both into animals, aren't you?

-We are, yes.

Have you got a beast of a plan for us, today?

Just a bit of a one, we're looking for something in the animal line.

There are thousands and thousands of objects here, can I just suggest it's got to be a spontaneous feeling.

-Yes.

-You look at something and say, "We'll go for that."

-We won't lead you astray.

-You lead me astray, I like being led astray. Shall we go?

-We shall, yes.

-Come on, then.

We ought to get started, I'm getting anxious.

-Yeah, definitely.

-More excited.

-Excited, let's go.

-What are those over there, those dogs?

-Let's have a look at those.

Do grab at anything you want to look at and we'll go from there, OK?

That's nice, isn't it? That's a child's...

I have seen them in much, much better condition.

I think that might be slightly out of our price range!

Yes, it is a bit.

Yes.

That's nice.

Hazel wood.

Hazel wood.

I didn't realise Denby did so many patterns and colourways.

-It's beautiful, it really is.

-I like the striped design all the way round.

The other thing I like is the fact that you can see how the paint has been applied.

-That's right. Fantastic.

-It almost looks like an Islamic script.

-That's true.

Actually it does. I think it would appeal to a wide range.

I think so as well. What's the best on that, £8?

10.

I don't think that's too bad. I think we could easily make a profit on that.

-I do.

-Split the difference at nine, sir?

-Go on.

-£9. £9, that's good.

We've got a profit with that, David.

-Really?

-Yes.

It's not going to break the bank, I don't think.

-No, I hope there's a profit there.

-Let's hope so. Let's go for it.

Or else!

As promised, the Blue team are leading Mark astray.

The ponies look realistic, the fox doesn't.

Right, I really like the look of that.

I really like the look of this goat, here.

I'm eager, I want to buy something.

It's quite good looking.

It's very good looking, yeah.

Are you interested in making a profit, or not?

You'll be lucky!

What is your best price for that gorgeous stallion?

-Neigh!

-That is sweet, isn't it?

-It is sweet.

-Bourne of Denby.

Of course, everybody thinks in terms of Denbyware.

Yes, that's right, the pottery.

-So the stallholder's asking £110 for this.

-Yes.

-Where do I need to go?

-Lower!

-How does 95 sound?

-It's still a bit much.

Bearing in mind you've got to look round the fair, see what there is, make a decision and come back.

-This is one you can come back to.

-Keep in mind.

-Bear it in mind.

-Well, I don't even have a card, so...

-Goodbye.

-That's it, goodbye Bingo.

Might see you later.

Bingo?!

I will just warn you we've done 20 minutes already.

So a third gone and we haven't bought a thing yet.

-So just bear that in mind. Off we go.

-OK.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

-If we can see a nice looking animal then fine but if not we need to look at things that are decorative.

-Right.

Very modern, very modern...

I quite like this fox here because if you look at his face he's realistic.

-Right.

-He's the right colour.

He's the right colour and a good shape.

Is he wood or pot?

I don't know what... Resin, I think to be honest with you.

18 quid.

If we could get that for a tenner.

-Yeah.

-It's on your head.

I think that's absolutely revolting.

-It's not...

-I like that.

I do like that.

It's not old but...

I'm not going to get involved in the negotiation.

If you want to buy it then go, grab it and go and discuss it.

Can I have a word with you about the fox here.

It's just a nice, modern fox.

-Yeah. What do you think your best price is on it?

-15.

-You couldn't go down to ten for us?

-No, that would be a loss.

-Would it?

-OK.

What do you think about 15?

I think it would probably make 15 at auction?

I'd like that for 15.

Shall we upset Mark and get it?

Yeah, let's upset Mark and buy it. He'll go away, he won't want to be with us anymore.

I'm with you, Mark.

-It's London 1946.

-It's silver.

We can take it away from the stall.

-That's fine.

-Now, what do you think?

It's quite a pretty piece. Considering it's so old it's got a modern twist.

That's it. This is the first impact of design after the war, so it's almost American in concept, isn't it?

-Right.

-Think of those bold pieces of jewellery worn by the stars.

I think that's very nice, very modern-looking. Just handle it.

It's very light.

-It is very light, that's why I was shocked as well.

-Just think of the style, the design of it.

What's the best price the lady could do?

-65.

-Do you see a profit in that?

I think it's so unbelievably stylish.

Because it's hallmarked, it's silver, it could go.

-That's right.

-Just have a feel of it.

-It's lovely.

-Would you wear it?

-Yeah, I actually would.

-Can I see it on your neck?

Let's have a look.

Quite nice, and I think it would move quite nice as well because of the way the links are.

-Do like that?

-Yeah, I do.

-Do you like it enough to buy now?

I think so going on your judgment. Can we just go and see if we can get a little bit of a better price?

OK, come on, we'll have a natter over here.

-Best of luck, Lucy.

-Thank you.

Let's go round the corner and see what we can find out here.

Is that Peter Rabbit at the back?

Where?

I have had a word with the stallholder and the very best price would be the 65, she said it is

the trade price and that's it, there's no budging I'm afraid.

I like it immensely.

Shall we go for it?

I think so. Put 1940s on there.

-It's quality.

-Yeah.

-You are quality, aren't you?

-We are, let's do it.

-You buy it.

Let's hope you've got enough money!

Don't let anybody tell you there aren't bargains to be had

in these fares, because I promise you, there are.

What do you think about this little treasure?

Little is the word, isn't it?

Here we've got a sweet little brush that were it full size, you could see it lying on

an Edwardian Lady's dressing-table, and she'd have used it for brushing her hair, or even her clothes.

It's a kind of little novelty, this thing, I love it because the silver has been embossed

with this diagonal, raised stripe which means it easy to grip, and

of course it does beg the question - what exactly is this brush used for?

Well, there would be lots of theories as to what you might use a

little brush like this for, but my guess is that it's a muff brush.

Every well-dressed woman at the end of the 19th century would have had a a muff to keep her hands warm

in during the winter, and she would have used a muff brush to give her little muff a little dusting over.

So what's it worth? Well, this thing is available down the road, after negotiation, for £10.

What's it worth? The specialist dealer,

let's go and find out, shall we? And there's a specialist dealer downstairs.

Let's see what he thinks.

Maestro! How are you?

Now, if you can do me a favour, I need a valuation please,

you're a specialist in small pieces of silver.

What's that worth retail?

95?

With a fair wind behind you, 95.

-The wind up its brush?

-Yes.

£95.

He's my friend!

-A tenner. Not bad, eh?

-The trust is in you now.

At the end of the day I think you two are quite firm in what you want to buy.

-These experts have a lot to put up with, eh?

-You bought that necklace.

That's a good buy at £65.

-You've got to buy something similar, or a little bit more expensive.

-Yes.

We keep finding animals now.

Yes, everywhere we look, there's animals.

I quite like the look of the horse and foal at the back. What do you think?

They're Beswick, I think.

It's not of any great age but quite nice, certainly better than the fox you bought.

Mind you, that's not saying much!

Are these nice?

What's the best price on those?

I've got 88.

-So 50, then.

-How much? Sorry, no.

-70.

-£70.

What do you think at auction?

I would have thought maybe 50 to 70 at auction, so it's not that far-off actually.

But do you like them?

-I do quite like them.

-They're quite well modelled, I suppose.

You've got a lot of detail on them.

I think it's money though, isn't it?

Can you manage a little bit more off for us?

-They are polite though, aren't they?

-They are.

-You've got to give them polite.

-We'd be grateful.

It's lovely, isn't it?

60. We'll do 60.

Thank you very much.

-You happy with those?

-Definitely.

There we are, two down.

One to go. Now we can relax a bit.

We can go for that horse now.

Mark will disown us if we go back for the horse?

-I will.

-Me, too!

Thank you very much. Lovely, thank you.

Can I have one of those as well?

I got it for 30 quid!

So decadent.

Beautiful.

Can we find something decent now of good quality?

I'm sick of all this modern nonsense.

OK, well, we might follow your advice.

-I very much doubt it.

-We will listen to what you say now!

-You've got a look of the Eva Braun about you!

-Unusual, isn't it?

It would be used as an inkwell?

Yes.

£60.

-It is lovely.

-Feel the weight of it.

You see, it's weighted enough so it's not going to slide off the table.

Of course. It's lovely actually.

-And what price was on this?

-60.

You can imagine the fountain pen laid on and dipping the ink.

Are things like this still popular?

It's the design.

It's chunky, heavy, and all these rivets and screws, you can imagine it on some industrial

Scottish castle, something like that.

I just think that's a more useable, you'd look at it, it's a more unusual item.

And it could be storytelling when you have guests round.

I think I'm going to ask the gentleman to put it on one side for 10 minutes.

It will give us a chance to do the rest of the fair because it's unfair

to other dealers who came here today that we don't look at their goodies.

-I agree.

-Let's say for 10 minutes.

-OK.

-Right girls, we need a bit of quality now.

We need something decent.

Please, please, please.

Love bags! Wow.

What do you think of the condiment set at the back?

-Very nice, but they're probably out of our budget.

-I quite like that though.

You might like it, but if we haven't got the money, you can't have it!

-Can we find out how much it is anyway?

-We can ask.

It's £220.

They're very good.

I think it's lovely quality.

The little cartouche there so can put your initials on.

Each piece is hallmarked as well, so it fits in very nicely.

-It is very nice.

-What do you think?

I like that.

What is the price?

-220.

-Can we negotiate on that?

OK.

I was thinking, to be honest with you, we've spent a little bit of money already.

Is there any way we can get it under the 200?

No, 200.

-Not 195?

-Not even 195 with a couple of kisses?

Not even ... well, now you're talking!

-Not me!

-We'll throw in a cuddle as well.

A cuddle as well, 195.

Have we got a deal on 195?

I think we'll go for that.

-OK, you're on.

-I'll shake your hand.

-Go to work.

-Come on!

One from you.

And two from me!

Right!

-Girls, have you found anything?

-No, just looking at handbags.

-I had a word with the dealer, so rather than put it on one side, we can have it at £50.

-Brilliant.

Fantastic, we love it.

-Really?

-We're happy to go with that.

-£50?

-We like the piece.

-That's our quirky.

I like the piece, and £50 kind of sways it.

-There you are. Go and give him the money.

-Fantastic, let's go.

Right, the shopping time is over.

Now it's down to the experts to find a bonus buyer with the all that left over lolly.

But first, let's remind ourselves what the reds have bought.

They picked up a Denbigh bowl for £9.

They found this silver necklace, it cost £65.

And finally, Diane and Lucy bought a brass inkwell for 50 smackers.

-You're a formidable team, you lot, aren't you? Are you pleased with yourself?

-Very.

Jolly good. Well, you all had a bit of a tickle there.

Which is your favourite piece?

Actually, I think the Denbigh bowl that we bought

because that's close to our home and we kept it a bit nostalgic really.

-What about you?

-Mine would definitely be the silver necklace, I could see myself wearing that.

Well, you won't be able to, I'm afraid. You bought three items for a miserable amount.

What did you spend? 120?

124.

So please may I have 100 and ...

-how much?

-76.

There you go, you're better at maths than me. £176.

The leftover goes to the maestro. What are you going to do with that?

We've got enough money to buy something special.

And very good luck!

Why don't we remind ourselves for the Blues have bought?

A plastic ...

I mean a resin fox was bought for £15.

They spent £60 on a Beswick Black Beauty and her foal.

And finally, Lesley and Sam bought a silver crewit frame for £195.

Well, you bucked up, girls, didn't you?

How much did you spend in the end?

£270.

-That will be £30 of leftover lolly.

-Yes, it is.

-Have you got that?

I have still got it.

-Very good. Which is your favourite piece?

-The fox.

-The fox.

-Look at that.

In unison.

Brilliant. £30 of leftover lolly.

Here you go, Mark. Not much for you.

Not much but I don't mind, because you can't go too wrong with 30 quid, can you?

-And I think I've got my eye on something that these two birds might like.

-Would that be avian?

-Oh, I don't know.

-That would be saying, wouldn't it?

You flit off, then, Mark.

I am going to flit south, as the crow flies, to Buckinghamshire.

Welcome to Claydon House.

This place was inherited by Sir Harry Verney in 1827.

He was a traveller, soldier, Member of Parliament and all-round thoroughly good egg,

but the house that he inherited had been knocked about a bit, like me.

Claydon House was once three times its current size.

200 years ago, it was hugely enlarged to look like this,

but when the owners run out of cash, the extensions were knocked down.

Can you believe it?

But at least 12 rooms of this size were lost

when all that extension was demolished. Extraordinary.

Well, not exactly everything was lost, I have to admit, because they did retain some of the 1760s carving

which had been in that extension, and you can see remnants of it in this room today.

For example, the trail of grape carved fronds over there,

elements on the library bookcase.

All these corbels and tops to the bookcases were reused in the 1820s.

Plus, of course, the supports for this table, which look like Scabelli,

or the back supports of Italian chairs, which were brought out of

store when the table arrived here, and the table itself is a beaut.

Just look at that.

It's massive, it's heavy, it's Italian.

It was made in 1825 and you know that, because here

is the maker, C Ciuli, fecit anno 1825.

When Harry Verney went to Italy in that year,

he and his best friend, Lord Weston, saw this table top.

Harry Verney wanted to buy it, he couldn't afford to buy it.

Weston bought it and when it was delivered to Britain, it arrived damaged.

In fact, it was smashed.

His friend, Weston, gave it to Harry Verney as a gift.

Harry Verney, rather cunningly, got in touch with Mr Ciuli and said, "How much to repair it?"

The Italian said, "Give me £100 and the job is done."

He gave him £100, it got sent back to Italy, expertly repaired and sent

back here, and this is what we see today.

A solid lump of marble, beautifully inlaid in micro mosaic,

with a mask of Silenus, one of those Bacchic types,

plastered in grapes, and then this really chunky acorn wreath.

Stuck in each of these corners, a sort of pine cone,

which was an accepted finial for the top of a Roman staff.

When it comes to pietre dure and micro mosaic work,

quite frankly, it doesn't get better than this.

And the whole thing, this whole polychrone image,

is made up of a series of minute chips.

Chips - not a word I normally mention on this programme, so shall

we say, made up of lots of little bits of inexpensive fried potato?

Well, David and Mark have had enough time to bag their bonus buys, so let's head off to the auction.

We've slipped from Derbyshire to Nottinghamshire, for a breath of

fresh air, with Nigel Kirk at Mellors & Kirk. Hi, Nigel.

-Welcome.

-Very nice to be here.

This Hazelwood pattern Glyn Colledge bowl couldn't get much closer to home, could it?

Absolutely, it was made in Derby at the Denby factory of Bourne's.

-It's very typical of its period, 1960s.

-They paid £9.

They're not going to lose very much. I think they'll probably get out of that and make a small profit.

It's the pieces that he actually painted himself which will

sell well, whereas that's something he designed that was mass produced.

-What are you saying? 10 or £15?

-Yes.

-OK, brilliant.

-Next, the silver necklace that would like to be Jensen, but ain't.

-This is very tinny and thin.

Jensen jewellery is beautifully made and generous in terms of the metal involved.

Yes, as you say, thin and miserable, but nevertheless stylish.

-How much?

-I suppose 50 to £70.

£65 paid, so they may get out of trouble with that.

Lastly is this brassy so-called standish, inkwell really.

-It is in what I call the "rivet it together" school.

-Absolutely.

If you wanted to do anything in the way of a hinge, you've got this terrible construction here.

-Yes, it's very crude.

-I don't care about arts and crafts, but arts and crafts people have a sensitivity.

-Yes.

-They really love the material that they are using.

It's one of the ugliest things I've seen in a long time.

It's very far removed from the ideals of William Morris, that's for sure.

-I would say so.

-The kindest thing you could do is plate it.

-Quite.

Make it into something that it isn't.

Anyway, I despair. How much do you think it's worth?

40 to 60 on a good day.

Good. Well, they only paid £50 and I mustn't be too sniffy,

because it is what it is, so I'll just simply shut up.

In fact, I think they're going to need their bonus buy, so let's go and have a look at it.

Well, well, well. The moment of truth.

What has David Barby spent all your leftover lolly on?

You gave him £176 of leftover lolly, which is quite a lot of cash.

-What did you spend it on, David?

-Didn't spend it all, Tim.

But what I did buy was this, I think, marvellous set of silver spoons.

English silver spoons, dating from the beginning of the 20th century,

by a silversmith called James Fenton,

who specialised in these sort of enamel-type floral decoration on jewellery and also on silverware.

-I think they are exquisite.

-Lovely, lovely.

And its solid, solid silver.

I paid £100 for these.

-What, for the lot?

-For the lot.

What are we looking at perhaps that they could fetch?

-I'd like to see somewhere between 150 and 200, maybe.

-Right.

-I think they are exquisite.

-They're beautiful.

-Lovely.

-Yeah, you're happy with that, aren't you? You quite like them?

-Yeah.

There we go.

You don't decide now, you decide after the sale of your first three items,

but for the viewers at home, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about David's set.

So, Nigel, something to get your teeth into.

These are great, aren't they?

I know sets of silver coffee spoons or teaspoons are perhaps not terribly sought after,

but these are very decorative and lovely little arts and crafts spoons.

It's the sort of tragedy of the dining room cupboard

that these are sat in a box since 1902

or whatever it is, too good to use, special precious things, and as a result, they've come to us today...

In mint condition. Yeah, they're great.

It's a little miracle. What do you think they might bring?

I think they will make 100-150, they are saleable.

I think you're absolutely right.

How exciting. That's it for the Reds, now for the Blues.

I have an apology to make about this first item.

We have no control over what are contestants might buy and they've come up with this resinous fox.

Yes, I'm afraid I'm rather underwhelmed by this creature.

I like foxes but I think this is probably the nastiest rendition of a fox I've ever seen.

-This lovely term, resin, does of course cover the fact that it's made of plastic.

-Yes.

I feel really ashamed to come to a quality sale room with a £15 resinous fox but they've done it.

Will you get a pound note for it?

I think they deserve to lose nearly all of what they've paid!

They might get five or £10.

There it is, a pound or two, perhaps, but they only paid 15.

Good. Next is the Beswick horses, or rather foal and mare.

-How do you rate that?

-Well, the Beswick factory is an example

of a Staffordshire factory which has suddenly become terribly collectable.

Unfortunately, this is a fairly common example.

Right, so therefore not worth much?

-No.

-How much?

-40 or £50, I imagine.

That's OK but it will have to canter away if it's going to get to 60.

The last item, I think you'll agree with me, is absolutely splendid in its way.

It is, and by a distinguished maker.

-Yes. You've had some successful sales of Mr Fox's productions before?

-Yes, indeed we have.

They can usually be relied on to make many thousands of pounds.

Like how many thousands of pounds? Whet our appetite.

Maybe ten or 15,000 for a fine example.

Sadly, this is less distinguished but it is still by Fox and should sell reasonably well.

-What sort of money do you think?

-I think it will probably make £100, 150 perhaps.

Well, £195 is the challenge. Mark Stacey loved it and I can see why.

Yes, I can, it is not an unreasonable thing to have bought.

They could come out on the right side.

Ff it doesn't go so well, they are going to need

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

OK, Lesley and Sam, both looking equally gorgeous.

£270 you've spent, giving Mark Stacey £30 of leftover lolly. Now, did you blow the lot, Mark?

I'm afraid I did, Tim, and I blew it on these three wonderful 19th-century engravings.

I'll hand them to you.

They're of birds, and I know you're into nature and things like that.

And I particularly like this one of the dodo.

-Very nice, yes.

-What do you think?

-I'm not entirely convinced, to be honest!

-Well, what more can I say?

-As long as they don't go the way of the dodo...!

-Or the fox.

-Oh, no, the fox was lovely.

-What sort of period do they date from?

The dealer's written out all the details here, and they're 1791,

Tim, so very late 18th century.

How much did you spend on them?

£10 each. Thirty quid for the three.

-Oh, well, that's not bad.

-No.

-Well, that's all you left me!

They seemed to have perked up once they knew how cheap they were.

What do you think they'll sell for at auction?

I'd certainly like them to make their money back. £10 or something?

You don't have to decide now. In fact, if you loathe them, you don't have to take them.

But for the audience at home, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Mark's birds.

Nigel, rather fun, look.

-Well, yes!

-Three engravings.

They're three engravings after the Count de Bouffon, from his famous History Naturelle.

Sadly, they're plates from a book, and it's a great shame that the book has been mutilated like this.

-In fact, on the reverse you'll see the letter press beneath each engraving.

-Oh, yes!

I mean, the book itself, had it been left intact,

would obviously have been worth many hundreds of pounds, but these are just plates from the book.

Yes. So a difficult thing for you to estimate.

You wouldn't ordinarily sell three like this.

What are you going to do for us, then? £10?

I would have thought they might make £10 or £20, but it's in the lap of the gods.

Poor old birdie! Anyway, good luck.

I was just hanging around, minding my own business, I was

passing the jewellery cabinet and something just came out and bit me,

and this is what did the biting.

It's the most traditional piece of Edwardian jewellery you could probably, possibly ever find,

a little bar brooch, but such an unusual design.

You've got a crescent here, which is composed of two types of stone,

wee diamonds on the inside and then on the outer edge of the crescent some very pale sapphires.

In the middle of the crescent we've got a rising star, a brilliant cluster

of bright-cut diamonds, look, and then, going along the knife edge of the bar itself, some more stones.

But the cluster at either end I find most interesting.

These three coloured stones represent red, white and blue, actually a piece of pearl,

a little sapphire and a ruby, look - red, white and blue for patriotism but also, just at the end of

the 19th century, the beginning of the entente cordiale, that moment when

England allied itself closely with France, the old traditional enemy,

simply to counter the Kaiser's expansionist plans in Europe at the turn of the century.

So you see, it does tell you a story.

The other nice thing about it is that it's dual function.

It's got the bar on the back for the traditional brooch pinning, but

also, if you look at the end here, you've got that loop, a suspension

loop, which will enable you to hang this thing from a chain around your neck, converting it into a pendant.

Now, I'm not into body piercing personally at all, but if I just

pierce my lapel here and hang it vertically,

look how handsome that is.

Do you know, men don't normally wear flashy pieces of jewellery like this, but I quite fancy it.

Do you fancy it?

Well, it could be yours for £200 to £300.

Now, that is what you call inexpensive.

Now, you two animal-obsessed women,

-I am predicting big trouble with the resinous fox, all right?

-Never.

-Yep. I am predicting big trouble with the Beswick connoisseur range of Black Beauty.

-Never.

-No!

-And I am predicting big trouble with the fox frame.

-Ooh, dear.

-What I'd say is stand by for a bloodbath.

-No!

Lot 115 is the resin model of a fox.

Very realistic. £20 for it, please. 20? 20 I am bid. Thank you. 20.

25 anywhere? 25 for it?

£20, then, in the window.

We'll sell it, maiden bid of £20.

I take it all back.

I just knew that was going to happen.

Look out now, Black Beauty. Here we go.

Lot number 116, the Beswick group of Black Beauty and foal. £20, please.

20 for it? Beswick group. 20 I am bid. At 20. 5 anywhere?

Wave to me. 25. 30 now. 35. 35. 40.

£35, then. I shall sell it for £35.

All done?

Is it 35? It's 35, so you are minus 25 on that.

You're minus 20 overall. Look up, here comes that cruet stand.

117 is the Victorian silver cruet by Charles and George Fox, 1857.

£50 for this, please. 50 for the cruet? 50 I am bid.

At 50. Thank you, sir. 55. 60.

60. And 5. 70. 70. 5. 80. £80. 85?

90. No? 85. On my right at £85. 90.

5. 100? 100. And 10?

At £100. Selling on the left at 100.

He's done it again. £100.

That is minus 95, which means overall you are minus 115.

-Oh, dear.

-Team!

So now what are you going to do about these flying birds, or not-so-flying birds?

-We hate them.

-You hate them?

-We do.

-But in for a penny, in for a pound. We're going to do it.

-We trust Mark.

-Oh, my God!

-You trust him?

-We trust Mark. Definitely.

-Lovely.

I don't think that's wise today, girls.

You're going with the bonus buy then.

-Yeah.

-OK, going with the bonus buy.

Three 18th-century engraved plates from an edition of

Bouffon's Natural History. £20 for them, please.

20 anywhere? £10 for the plates. A little bid of 10? 10 I am bid.

Thank you, sir. At 10. 15 for them?

-Oh, there's a telephone bid coming in for them.

-£10 and selling.

Oh, sold for £10.

Mark, I'm so sorry about that.

-That is minus 20, giving you a grand total, or a not-so-grand total, of £135...

-Oh, dear.

-..of losses.

-Oh, dear!

-Minus 135.

-Never mind.

-Look, there's no point in ruining the Reds' day, so don't mention a word.

-OK.

We won't.

Next up, that lovely crescent brooch. Gosh, I could fancy that.

£200 to £300 is the estimate.

Let's see what happens.

The Victorian, late Victorian sapphire and diamond crescent bar brooch, and bidding here of 150.

At 150. 60. 70. 180. 190 on my right.

At 190. 200 seated. 220. 240. 260.

280. 260 standing.

280 at the very back. 300. 320.

At £300, then, in the gangway.

Selling at £300. Your bid, sir.

£300. Well, there you go, you see?

Top estimate, top quality, top spotted, eh?

So, are you feeling excited, you girls?

-Yeah, really are.

-Yeah! Can't wait!

Does your mum get excited like this?

All the time! Can you not tell?

I'd sort of got a bit of a feeling that she might

be on the edge of excitable, but now we've got the proof.

Teetering on the brink.

-But you're cool, aren't you?

-As a cucumber.

First up, then, is the Denby bowl, and here it comes.

Denby stoneware bowl, designed by Glyn College. £20 for this, please.

20? £10, then, to get on. A little bid? £5?

-Come on!

-£5 I am bid.

A lowly bid of £5. 10, do I see?

£5 only, then. Maiden bid.

-Oh, dear.

-I can't believe that?

You're minus four, and this is the heartland of Denby.

A silver necklace,

and £20 I am bid for this necklace.

At 20. 25 anywhere? 25. 30? 30. 35.

5. 40?

-40. 45? 45. 50.

-I think it's lovely.

£45. 50 for it? At £45.

Oh, £45.

£45. That's minus £20.

That's another torpedo job. Now here comes the stand dish. We're on.

The Arts and Crafts movement brass inkwell.

And £30 for this lot is bid.

£30. 35 for it? 35 I am bid. 40?

£40. 45 seated. 45. 50, may I say?

£50. 55. 60? 60. 65. 70. 65 seated.

£65.

Yes, that's it. £65.

You are plus 15 on that, which means overall you are minus £9.

-£9 is not so bad, is it?

-We've got to come up on this.

-Are you excited now?

-Yeah, very.

-Yeah, I thought you were.

What about this bonus buy lark, then, eh?

-Are we going to...

-Yes! Yes!

Yeah, we're going to go with it.

Everybody thinks they're lovely. We're going with the lovely spoons.

Set of six silver and enamel coffee spoons

by James Fenton, Birmingham 1906.

£50 I have for this lot. At 50. 5.

60. 5. 70? 70. 75 anywhere?

At 75. 80. 5. 90.

5. 100. And 10? At £100 here.

And selling with me at 100... And 10? Waving at me at the back?

Selling at £110.

He's sold it. £110.

You were minus £9.

You are up one pound!

It's a profit!

And I think you've done unbelievably well.

So that's 50p for you, 50p for you.

-I shall treasure it.

-Let's go and buy a cup of tea.

Well, we've had some surprises today, haven't we?

We've reached for the sky and we've gone down the trough.

Of course, we don't have losers any more on Bargain Hunt,

we simply have runners-up, and the runners-up today are

the Blues.

-No!

-I mean, not surprisingly, really, because your sole

-intention was to buy things connected to animals.

-Yes!

You bought your stuff relating to the animals, resin animals in particular. What happened?

You made a profit on the resin one!

Did you hear about that? Made a profit on the resin fox!

It's a disgrace, that.

Shows what we know about anything.

Anyway, you went straight down the old rabbit hole after that.

-£135 of losses.

-Yeah.

Not so brilliant, eh?

Well, if you're going to do it, do it in style.

I quite agree! And you have been a great team, and I hope you've had fun.

-Yes, we have.

-We've really enjoyed it, thank you.

Well, it's been super. But the victors today, who have made

a spectacular upside on their arrangements...

I mean, they have made so much cash, it'll turn your fleeces green...

I'm going to give you your profit for the day, which is a pound.

LAUGHTER

You get 50p, and Mummy gets 50p. And all I can say to you children is don't spend it all at once!

-We won't!

-Feeling happy about that?

-Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

-Are you?

-I'm going to frame it.

Yes. Definitely can't spend it. Anyway, it's been a great show.

-Join us soon for some more bargain hunting. Yes?

-Yes!

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