0:00:02 > 0:00:03TIM: Ah, isn't this lovely?
0:00:03 > 0:00:05Beautiful Welsh countryside,
0:00:05 > 0:00:09the Menai Strait, a grand old house.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Don't you wish you could be here?
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Well, you will be in about half an hour's time
0:00:14 > 0:00:16cos I'm going to show you around.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19But right now, let's go bargain hunting.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Today's show comes from the Mona Showground
0:00:45 > 0:00:47on the island of Anglesey.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51But there's no time to chillax for our experts.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58James Lewis is not listening to his own advice.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Isn't that right, Maggie and Toni?
0:01:02 > 0:01:04- Don't buy anything broken!- Yeah.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07I say, "Don't buy anything broken and don't buy things cos you like them."
0:01:07 > 0:01:09- What did you do? - I bought a broken thing I liked.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12James should never have bought that box. We wanna kill him.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17David Barby is tied in knots by looting Lyn and Kathleen.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19- Shame. - 'It's a shame' in Welsh.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22No. No G at the end. D. Bechod.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24- Bethog.- No. Bechod. - WOMEN MAKE GUTTURAL NOISE
0:01:24 > 0:01:26- Bethog.- No.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32Someone's going to win big money at the auction. But who will it be?
0:01:32 > 0:01:34250. Is that all finished and done?
0:01:34 > 0:01:36THEY LAUGH AND APPLAUD
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Let's meet those teams, shall we?
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- And here we all are. How lovely. Hello, everyone.- Hello!
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Mags, how long have you known your mate Toni?
0:01:48 > 0:01:50I've known Toni for eight years
0:01:50 > 0:01:52and I met her in the pub where we both work.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Basically, we just hit it off straightaway. She's as mad as I am.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Toni, you don't just represent the pub behind the bar?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01No, I'm the captain of the ladies' darts team.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Oh! "I'm the captain of the ladies' darts team"!
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- Yes. I got 180 once.- Did you?- Yes.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08- What happened?- I went to pieces.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11I'd never got it before. And I lost the game.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13- That is a monster score, isn't it? - I know, yeah.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Now, Maggie, you've taken up some more dangerous pastimes?
0:02:17 > 0:02:20I have. I love anything with an adrenaline rush.
0:02:20 > 0:02:21I did a bungee jump years ago
0:02:21 > 0:02:25and then I skydived from 12,000 feet...downwards,
0:02:25 > 0:02:27and did it for charity.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Do you have an instructor on your back?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Yeah, it was a tandem jump
0:02:31 > 0:02:34because you can only go from 2,000 feet if you're on your own.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35- Yeah.- Yes.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37What happens when you come in to land with this bloke?
0:02:37 > 0:02:41- He tells you to lift your legs up. - Does he? Yeah.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43- So, do you manage that all right? - Just about do.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Yeah, good. Lovely.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Do you collect anything apart from male skydivers?
0:02:47 > 0:02:52I like Elvis stuff and we also collect pop memorabilia.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55You collect something unusual too, don't you, Toni?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Laurel and Hardy memorabilia. I have them tattooed on my back.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Do you?- Yes, I love them. - Keen on tattoos?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Yes. I have over 20.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Not on visible parts of your body,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07so there's a lot of space taken up elsewhere, as they say.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- Yeah. - Yeah, lovely. Anyway, good luck.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13You never know, you might find some Laurel and Hardy.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- I might do. - And would you buy it?
0:03:15 > 0:03:19- Depends on the price. - Oh, she's sharp.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21They're gonna do well, these girls. Now, the Blues.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Lyn, how did you meet Kathleen?
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Well, we met at a swimming group.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30I think there's more chatting done than actual swimming.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33It's two or three breaststrokes and chat, chat, chat.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34- Is it? - THEY LAUGH
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Inhaling a lot of water while you talk?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39- Now, you're retired now, Kathleen. - Yes, yes.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43And what's this about genealogy, then? What's so keen about that?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Well, I knew nothing about my grandparents on my father's side.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48I didn't even know what their names were.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51So, it's been very interesting finding out about them.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Yes. And how far back have you got?
0:03:54 > 0:03:56I've gone to about 1780.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57- Have you?- Yes.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- And you're Welsh, right? - I'm proud to be full... Yes.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- Full Welsh.- Full-blown Welsh.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03- Yes, yeah.- Very good.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Lyn, what do you do in your spare time?
0:04:05 > 0:04:08I thoroughly enjoy watercolour painting.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09It's my passion at the moment.
0:04:09 > 0:04:14It's all water with you, isn't it? It's either the swimming pool or watercolouring.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17I'm trying to develop my technique at the moment,
0:04:17 > 0:04:19my ambition being
0:04:19 > 0:04:23that I can paint something that I'll be proud enough to frame.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Ha, ha! Now, the money moment.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27OK? £300 apiece.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- Here you go. £300. There's 300. - BOTH: Thank you.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31- £300.- Thank you.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34You know the rules. Your experts await, and off you go!
0:04:34 > 0:04:36And very, very, very good luck.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38All-girl teams, you see.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39My favourite.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45OK, well, the fair beckons. Come on, let's go and have a look.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47- What are we looking for?- Profit.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Anything that's gonna make us money.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52You know, I think we're gonna get on. Come on.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54That's the right attitude, girls.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58But can our teams calculate a winning formula?
0:04:58 > 0:05:02They are given £300 to spend.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04That's 300.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07They are supposed to buy three items.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09That's three items.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12And they have 60 minutes to go shopping.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14That's 60 minutes.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Tally-ho, what?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- What do you think?- That's nice.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26- Unusual.- Is it a genuine...?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- Is it? - What's the back of it like?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- Well, it's been redone. - Has it? Yes.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33But underneath is the original label, you see?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35WOMEN: 1863!
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Mmm!
0:05:36 > 0:05:38It's lost its attachment to hang on the wall.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Yes. - But I think it's quite a startling...
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Now, that's an oil painting on a panel.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- Yes. - It's not on ivory.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48- But what is interesting, you see... - Is this brass here?
0:05:48 > 0:05:49No, no, no.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53If you look carefully, instead of brass, it's lined with horn.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54- Yes.- Oh, gosh!
0:05:54 > 0:05:58It's signed down there and it's dated 1837.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00- Yes. - But I think that's quite nice.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- What do you think? - Yes, that's quite nice, actually.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- Would you fall for him, Kath? - Um...yes, he's not too bad-looking.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- THEY LAUGH - He'll pass.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Excuse me, sir? What's the best you could do on this?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16I can do 75 and that's the rock-bottom.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17- How much?!- 75!
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- Is that the rock-bottom? - That is the rock-bottom.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- You couldn't do it for less? - I couldn't.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- 75.- I don't think... Do you see any profit in that?
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- Oh, it's very... - There's marginal profit.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32The thing is, look, he's a handsome guy...
0:06:32 > 0:06:33Yeah, yeah.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- It's the original frame. - Mmm.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38And it's unusual to have this horn mount all the way round.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Sir, would you do it for 70, please?
0:06:41 > 0:06:43You're gonna twist my arm, aren't you?
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- Yes.- I'll do it for 70.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47I think we're going to make a profit.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- Shall we have it? - OK. We'll go with that.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50OK, lovely. Thank you.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00Wow! Just three minutes in and the Blues have found their first item.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Now, how's that Red team getting on?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- Wide?- JAMES: £2.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Yeah, but they're only £7, anyway.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12- They're worth 2.- Oh.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- We're not having them, then.- No.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17James?
0:07:17 > 0:07:22Cigarette case. Cigarettes don't fit into them at the moment.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23- No.- And the RAF does limit it.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Is it a cigarette case? I wouldn't imagine it'd be that small.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- Tiny. - Excuse me, could we have a look at this, please?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32- MAN: It's a compact. - See!
0:07:32 > 0:07:34- James, you were wrong. - You were wrong.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- Well, I mean... - There you go.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39- I like it. - But is there any profit in it?
0:07:40 > 0:07:42They are a great pair of girls. I love 'em to bits.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45They're the perfect pair to go out for a drink with.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- A load of photographs in North Wales. - I was only looking.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Are you gonna take 'em to Cheshire to make a profit?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Whether they're the right guys to do Bargain Hunt with...?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56They love what they love and it's hard to persuade them to come away
0:07:56 > 0:07:58and buy something that'll make a profit.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Well, you never know how many people in Cheshire come...
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Come on, you. You're mad. Come on.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06That's right, James. You keep 'em in line.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Now, then, David's heading indoors.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11And so am I.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22You would not believe just how incredibly difficult it is in a Welsh fair
0:08:22 > 0:08:25to find something that is quintessentially Welsh.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28But, fortunately, I've found it.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29This is it.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32It looks like a little oak box, doesn't it?
0:08:32 > 0:08:35But to the Welsh, this is a really important piece of furniture.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38It's called a 'coffor bach'...
0:08:38 > 0:08:40I think that's the right pronunciation.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43..which is Welsh for 'small coffer'.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46And it is, isn't it? A miniature coffer.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48If it was English,
0:08:48 > 0:08:52it would have a thumping great hinge whacked onto the back.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54But because it's Welsh
0:08:54 > 0:08:57and it's made with some considerable economy as a result,
0:08:57 > 0:09:04if I open it up, that hinge inside is, in fact, simply a fulcrum.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06What you've got underneath the oak
0:09:06 > 0:09:08is this bar that's been hollowed out there
0:09:08 > 0:09:11and that fits neatly into the backboard,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13which is simply a slab of oak
0:09:13 > 0:09:15that's been cut with that little ridge
0:09:15 > 0:09:18so that the two mate perfectly.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20They form as a hinge,
0:09:20 > 0:09:25and as it comes down, the bottom part of that hinge engages
0:09:25 > 0:09:29so that when it's shut and you lock the lock at the front,
0:09:29 > 0:09:31you can't pick up the back.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34It has exactly the function of a hinge
0:09:34 > 0:09:37without the expense of having to go to the ironmonger
0:09:37 > 0:09:40and buy a pair of hinges in brass or iron.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45If you found a similar-sized box from a similar period,
0:09:45 > 0:09:49i.e. around 1750 to 1800, in England,
0:09:49 > 0:09:54an English little coffer might cost you, perhaps, £400 to £600.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56But because this is Welsh,
0:09:56 > 0:10:00the price here is £2,200.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Now, what's the Welsh for 'cor blimey!'?
0:10:04 > 0:10:08Well, perhaps I should ask Welsh speakers Val and Kathleen.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11But they're just a bit busy at the moment.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- LYN: Oh, that's nice. - Do you like that?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Yeah. Can I...can I... Do you mind if I...?
0:10:19 > 0:10:22- This would've been for toilet water. - Yes. Yeah.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Within a silver coaster.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28So, that makes a difference.
0:10:28 > 0:10:29So, I think that's quite nice.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32KATHLEEN: Is there a hallmark on it?
0:10:32 > 0:10:35WOMAN: It has got one but it's quite hard to find.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- You can see it's across there. - Ah, yes. Yes, yes.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42I think that's quite nice. So, what's the price on this, please?
0:10:42 > 0:10:43- 45. - 45?!
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- SHE INHALES - Is that the very best you can do?
0:10:46 > 0:10:50- What about 30? - Oh, no. What about 40?
0:10:50 > 0:10:53- Could we do it at 30? - I can't do it at 30.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54- 35. - 35.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57OK. I think so.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00What do you think?
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- SHE LAUGHS - We didn't have a chance to think!
0:11:03 > 0:11:04Sorry, David!
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Well...I think it's very nice, actually. I like it.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10- Yes.- Do you think...?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Do you see a profit in this?
0:11:12 > 0:11:16I think, because it's a Birmingham hallmark, not Chester...
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Uh...what about 30?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- OK, 30.- 30.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- OK, OK.- Thank you.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27I've never known anything bought so quickly in all my life!
0:11:27 > 0:11:32- We don't have time to draw breath! - SHE LAUGHS
0:11:32 > 0:11:35You might have to watch our Kathleen, Mr Barby.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41Kath is bubbling and my problem is to hold her back
0:11:41 > 0:11:44cos she'll look at something on almost every stall
0:11:44 > 0:11:46and negotiate a price and want to buy it.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- That's quite interesting. - MAN: 25.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- 25.- 20.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55- I-I-I... - I'm sure you can make it 20.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Delightful couple. Well-balanced. Complete opposites, I would've thought.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Well, talking of opposites,
0:12:01 > 0:12:05barmaids Toni and Maggie haven't bought a thing yet!
0:12:07 > 0:12:09How about the mustard? Do you like that?
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- The mustard pot.- Yeah. - But it's 130 quid.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15- £130. See? Expensive taste. - It's nice, though.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18- It is nice. - You said you wanted silver.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Ooh, you want to feel the weight of this.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23- And it says 12... - Plated, though.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Because all the weight that you've got in that...
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Hang on, what's the thing on the front, though?
0:12:29 > 0:12:30It's still lovely.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Oh, it's got a flag on the front.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35It's actually from a sea... It's from a liner.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- So, that would've been on a ship? - On a ship, yeah.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40And, you see, it's quite hotely, isn't it?
0:12:40 > 0:12:46- Yeah. - Walker & Hall made these for hotels, cruise liners and railway carriages.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49I actually sold a cruet set
0:12:49 > 0:12:54that was taken onboard the 'Terra Nova' to the South Pole
0:12:54 > 0:12:55with Scott of the Antarctic
0:12:55 > 0:12:59a few weeks ago, and this very make made £4,000.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03- Wow.- So, it's all about the logo that's on the front.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04I've got a lens.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Let's have a look, see if we can work out what that flag is.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10- Get our bit of silver we wanted. - Silver plate, though.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- Silver plate, yeah. - Yeah.
0:13:12 > 0:13:1712 quid. Hmm. It's only silver plate. Will you take a fiver for that?
0:13:17 > 0:13:19MAN: Yes, why not?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22He'll take a fiver, so it makes it buyable.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- Yeah.- It's not gonna make us a lot of money.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27No, but we like it.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Go back. Whether you like it or not...
0:13:29 > 0:13:31- BOTH: I know! - You know?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33We think it's gonna make more than a fiver, so...
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Well, it can't make much less, can it?
0:13:35 > 0:13:36- Exactly. - No, no.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Tim will really have it in for us
0:13:38 > 0:13:40if we just spend five quid here and there.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- Let him have it in for us. - Unlucky!
0:13:42 > 0:13:43- Yeah, unlucky! - Unlucky.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- HE LAUGHS You tell him. I'm not.- I will.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49TIM: Actually, there's nothing wrong in spending a fiver, girls,
0:13:49 > 0:13:52if it makes you puppies a profit.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53DAVID: How much have we got left?
0:13:53 > 0:13:58- You've spent £30, 70. We've got £200.- Yes, 200.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00We've got £200 and you leave me so much.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- Yes.- Yes, yes.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07So, that, as nice as it is, it's going to take a wallop, isn't it?
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- Yes.- Bechod!
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Yeah, yeah. - It's bechod. 'Shame'.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Yeah. 'It's a shame' in Welsh.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16- Bechog?- Yes.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17- Bechod.- Bechog.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- I pronounce it bechog? - It's a pity.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23- No. No G at the end. D. Bechod. - Bethog.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25- No. Bechod. - WOMEN MAKE GUTTURAL NOISE
0:14:25 > 0:14:26- Bethog.- No.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30- MAKES GUTTURAL NOISES - Give up girls! He's a hopeless case.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Where's my Blue team?
0:14:35 > 0:14:37How about that?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39WOMAN: There's a bit of a story to that.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40Go on, then.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43About four hours ago, I had 595 on it
0:14:43 > 0:14:46and then I picked it up and dropped it.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48- No! - Therefore it is now...
0:14:48 > 0:14:50I can do it for 150.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58It's about 1790, 1800 in date.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59The thing that I love about this
0:14:59 > 0:15:03is it appeals to so many different collecting fields.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05We've got the people that are gonna collect it
0:15:05 > 0:15:08because of the picture in the top, an original watercolour.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10It dates from about 1780, 1790.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13And the subject... See that?
0:15:13 > 0:15:15It looks like a funny little smiley-faced moon
0:15:15 > 0:15:16when you hold it upside down,
0:15:16 > 0:15:21but that's meant to be one of the first-ever balloon flights.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23But we don't just have an 18th-century watercolour.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27This is set into a wonderful 18th-century ivory box
0:15:27 > 0:15:31and the pique work, this silver and gold inlay,
0:15:31 > 0:15:33is in wonderful condition.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34What is your best?
0:15:34 > 0:15:38I'll toss you a coin for it. 150 or 100.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- HE GASPS - Ooh.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43That's too much risk. You don't like it at 100 quid, do you?
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- No.- You don't like it at 100 quid, either?!
0:15:46 > 0:15:47- No, because it's broken. - Yeah.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Oh, but it's 200 years old.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I know but it wasn't broken before.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56But you didn't know that. She didn't have to tell you.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58- She did, though.- I'm too honest.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02Toss you a coin - 100 or 120. No?
0:16:03 > 0:16:07100 or 130, final offer. I'm meeting you halfway.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09- I'm trying to do it. - Go on, then.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- Who's tossing the coin? - Don't mind. Do you want to?
0:16:12 > 0:16:13TIM: Hello, hello. This is a rare moment.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Mr Lewis is gonna get his wallet out.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- Oh, no, he isn't. - Well, could you give us a hand?
0:16:18 > 0:16:21I was gonna toss a coin for this box.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24It's either gonna be £100 or £130.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26- Right. - So, it's all on the toss of a coin.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27Oh, is it? So, I might save you £30?
0:16:27 > 0:16:30You might do. You might cost us £30 as well!
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Well, call while it's in the air. What are you having?
0:16:33 > 0:16:34- WOMAN: Tails.- Tails.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- And...tails it is. - HE GROANS
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- Come on! - I feel a complete heel.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43For £130?!
0:16:43 > 0:16:46- I like it. - Well, it's not what you like.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- Oh, I know! - It's not what you like.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Cos you're not taking it home, are you?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52I think it's got a potential, I really do.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54It's a lovely watercolour in the top.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56It's in good order,
0:16:56 > 0:16:59apart from it being in three bits about half an hour ago.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Well, you're obviously getting on terribly well.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04- Don't buy anything broken! - Yeah.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07I said, "Don't buy anything broken and don't buy things cos you like them."
0:17:07 > 0:17:09- What did you do? - I bought a broken thing cos I liked it.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15James should never have bought that box. We wanna kill him.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Toni and Maggie may be unhappy with James,
0:17:18 > 0:17:20but there's no time to argue on this show.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22DAVID: We've got ten minutes.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23- Oh, dear. - We have ten minutes.
0:17:23 > 0:17:2516 minutes, we found two objects
0:17:25 > 0:17:28and now we come to that third, elusive object.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Oh, it was all going so well too!
0:17:31 > 0:17:33JAMES: Girls, come on!
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Jewellery's always saleable.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39- That's quite good, isn't it? - Yes.
0:17:39 > 0:17:44- You like that brooch. That's at... - WOMAN: 74.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Right, ladies, we haven't got much time.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49JAMES: We've got three or four minutes left.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Now, this is just about one of the earliest things at the fair.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59It's Ancient Greek. It's about 3,000 years old.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01And the price tag is 100 quid.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05So, it really is a fantastic object.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Shape-wise - just look at that.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09It's fabulous, isn't it?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11- Mmm.- Yeah.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13- What was it used for?- Oils.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Oh, right. I see.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17- I quite like it. Do you? - Yeah, it's different.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20For me, I'm talking from the heart, I think it's lovely.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Yeah, I like it.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26And if I was going to buy something for me here, I'd be buying that.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Mind you, I made that mistake with the snuffbox.
0:18:28 > 0:18:29- Yeah. - SHE CHUCKLES
0:18:29 > 0:18:32I personally love it. It's one of my favourite things here.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34There are lots of interesting things on this stand.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- Right. And what's it made of? - It's clay. It's terracotta.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39And it's black-glazed
0:18:39 > 0:18:43and you often had these Attic red-figure decorations
0:18:43 > 0:18:45on this black ware.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48- Yeah. - But it's...it's a lovely shape.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50How can you date something like that?
0:18:50 > 0:18:54It's...as much as anything, it's on shape.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56And you have to go on archaeological finds
0:18:56 > 0:18:58of what's been discovered at other places
0:18:58 > 0:19:00where we can date them pretty precisely,
0:19:00 > 0:19:03like Herculaneum and Pompeii and that type of thing.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- Will it sell at auction? - It might make 30 quid.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10It might do. It depends how educated the people are that are there.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14And that's not an insulting thing to say, it's a genuine thing to say.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Because, you know, anyone can turn something over
0:19:16 > 0:19:18and say, "Look, it's Carlton Ware,"
0:19:18 > 0:19:20or "It's Worcester," or "It's Beswick."
0:19:20 > 0:19:24A lot of people don't understand this stuff. I think it's fantastic.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- What do you think, Tone? - I'd go for it.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- Are you sure? - Yeah. Cos I like it, yeah.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31- Should we ask him if he'll... - Do a deal?
0:19:31 > 0:19:34It's worth that. He's done us a good price. But we can ask.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Will you take another tenner off it, at 90 quid?
0:19:38 > 0:19:41- OK.- You will? Hey! - You should've gone for 80!
0:19:41 > 0:19:43No, these guys have got to make a living.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45- I know. - You can't knock 'em down too much.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47That's fantastic. Thanks very much.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Well done, Reds, you've finished your shop,
0:19:49 > 0:19:52finally agreeing on something.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54David, over to you.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59KATH: It's something that a gentleman would buy
0:19:59 > 0:20:01for his wife or girlfriend or whoever.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06There's a mixture of oyster and river pearls.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08- Yes, yes, yes. - A set of hearts?
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- Twin hearts.- Yes, yes.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14- What carat gold would that be? - 15.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- 15?- Yes.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Is the pin, is the clasp, all right?
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Take it out and try it against your blue.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- I think it's quite nice, don't you? - I do, yes.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27- Do you like that? - Yes, I do.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29- Would you go for that? - I think so.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Yes, because I could imagine a gentleman buying that for a wife,
0:20:32 > 0:20:34like I say.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- OK.- An anniversary or birthday coming up.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39We have got very little time now.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42We've got this one and you've got the double-bar one.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44- BOTH: Yes. - OK.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45I think that one would go better.
0:20:45 > 0:20:50This one is nicer. It's something that would go with most outfits.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52- Right, quick, she'll take 60 for it. - Yes.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54- OK. - I think that's...I think that's...
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Would you pay £60 at auction?
0:20:56 > 0:20:57- Yes, I would. - Yeah, I think so.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- You like it. You both like it? - BOTH: Yes.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- Twin hearts united? - BOTH: Yes.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04OK, right, it's done, then. £60.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05OK, fine?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07What did I say?
0:21:07 > 0:21:11We bought the first two in 16 minutes and at the last second...
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Well, better late than never, David. But your work isn't done.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18You and James have still to find
0:21:18 > 0:21:22your team's bonus buys with any leftover lolly.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Let's find out how much loose change the Reds have from their shop.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28- See? Expensive taste. - It's nice, though.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32Toni and Maggie fought James for this mustard pot at £5.
0:21:33 > 0:21:39Then he fought them to buy the snuffbox at 130.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44And they finally agreed on this little Greek urn-er at £90.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- Have you had a lovely shop? - Brilliant, fantastic. Enjoyed it.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- Really good? - Really, really good.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51How much did you spend overall?
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- 225.- Yeah.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56£225? I want £75, please.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Have you got 75? Look at that! Look at the nails.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Wow, where did you get those nails done?
0:22:02 > 0:22:04That's scary, isn't it? OK, fine.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- Here's the £75. Thanks, Jimmy. - Thank you.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08- That's a good wad for you. - It is.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12- What are you gonna spend? - I've seen something really cheap.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- And quite a bargain. - You're gonna go for it.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Always intrigued by what you're gonna dig out.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19- All right, wish me luck. - Good luck, girls.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Why don't we remind ourselves, in the meanwhile,
0:22:22 > 0:22:23what the Blues bought, eh?
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Kathleen and Lyn's first buy
0:22:26 > 0:22:30was a miniature, bought for £70.
0:22:30 > 0:22:35They were then drawn to a water bottle coaster for 30.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38And their final buy was the twin-heart brooch at 60,
0:22:38 > 0:22:42making their total spend £160.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- So, Kath, have you had a good time? - Yes, lovely.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- Has Mr Barby looked after you? - Oh, yes. Very good.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Yes, he's good at that.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55OK, so, 160. £140 leftover lolly, please.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59There we go. That's £140. I've no need to count it?
0:22:59 > 0:23:00- No. - A lady with your probity.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05Thank you very much. So, David, what are you going to do with £140?
0:23:05 > 0:23:06There is so much here.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09You know, the silver boxes, there's New Hall porcelain.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13Well, that will get you going, won't it? Good luck, David. Good luck, girls.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15We're going to stay on the island of Anglesey.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20We're gonna go out of the fairground. We're gonna go south 800 yards, turn right...
0:23:20 > 0:23:23'Yak, yak, yak. Let's get cracking!'
0:23:26 > 0:23:30This is Plas Newydd, home of Lord Anglesey.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Many of his ancestors have dutifully served their country
0:23:34 > 0:23:40but none in so illustrious a fashion as Henry, the Earl of Uxbridge.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50But what did Uxbridge do that was so incredibly heroic?
0:23:50 > 0:23:55Well, it's partially recorded in this brilliant picture -
0:23:55 > 0:23:57a picture by Denis Dighton
0:23:57 > 0:23:59that was painted from life
0:23:59 > 0:24:04on the afternoon of 18 June 1815.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08It, of course, records the Battle of Waterloo.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14On the far side here,
0:24:14 > 0:24:18we've got Lord Wellington himself directing operations.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22And on this side of the painting, we've got Lord Uxbridge,
0:24:22 > 0:24:27who, apart from being Wellington's second-in-command,
0:24:27 > 0:24:30was also commander of the allied cavalry.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32And what a brilliant job he did too.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37A few hours later, the British scent victory.
0:24:37 > 0:24:43But sadly, for Uxbridge, it was not such a great day.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47(CANNON FIRE)
0:24:51 > 0:24:56Practically the last shot fired by the French cannon that day
0:24:56 > 0:25:01narrowly missed Wellington but shattered Uxbridge's leg.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05He's supposed to have famously declared to Wellington,
0:25:05 > 0:25:09"My God, sir! I seem to have lost my leg."
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Wellington replied, "My God, sir. So you have."
0:25:13 > 0:25:16And, indeed, in this cabinet,
0:25:16 > 0:25:20we've got the trouser that Uxbridge was wearing,
0:25:20 > 0:25:24still spattered with Waterloo mud.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Uxbridge was taken to a farmhouse,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31where his shattered leg was amputated above the knee.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33On his return to London,
0:25:33 > 0:25:36he was honoured with the title Lord Anglesey
0:25:36 > 0:25:38by a grateful Prince Regent.
0:25:38 > 0:25:43One of the most extraordinary objects in the collection
0:25:43 > 0:25:46is Lord Anglesey's artificial leg,
0:25:46 > 0:25:52which was made for him by the leg-maker James Potts of Chelsea.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57Potts first made an example of a leg like this in 1800
0:25:57 > 0:26:02and when he sold an example to Lord Anglesey in 1815,
0:26:02 > 0:26:07forever after, this thing became known as the Anglesey leg.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12The upper part here is in leather,
0:26:12 > 0:26:16into which his lordship would insert the stump.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20But the lower part is crafted out of beechwood
0:26:20 > 0:26:23and has this very sophisticated articulation.
0:26:23 > 0:26:29In other words, when his lordship moved the stump above,
0:26:29 > 0:26:33the joint in the knee activates a ligament
0:26:33 > 0:26:36that runs within the shaft of the artificial leg
0:26:36 > 0:26:41and as that shaft moves, so it impacts on the heel
0:26:41 > 0:26:44and makes the toe extend.
0:26:44 > 0:26:50In short, Potts' craftsmanship has become a work of art.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53The big question is, today, of course,
0:26:53 > 0:26:58will our teams over at the auction need a leg-up or not?
0:27:07 > 0:27:11Well, we've whizzed from Anglesey, down the expressway,
0:27:11 > 0:27:15all the way to Nantwich, to Peter Wilson's saleroom
0:27:15 > 0:27:17where we are with Robert Stones, our auctioneer today.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20- Robert, good morning. - Good morning, Tim.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24Now, Toni and Maggie, their first item is this little mustard.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26What have you got to tell us about that?
0:27:26 > 0:27:29I think it's a very charming little thing. It's made by Elkington & Co.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34The big thing about it is Anchor Line were a transatlantic shipping line.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38They had three luxury liners, so it's got quite a nice bit of history to it
0:27:38 > 0:27:40but here it is, just a lonely mustard pot.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44Absolutely. It will help that you've taken the trouble to look it up.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46So, thank you very much for doing that.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48How much do you think it's likely to bring in the auction?
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Well, we're thinking about £15 to £25.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53It's not worth a huge amount but that sort of value.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Well, I don't know. That's pretty good.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57They only paid a £5 note for it.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01- Well, let's see how we get on, then. - Well, good luck with that.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05Next up is this fascinating ballooning box.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07I guess it's a table snuffbox, really, is it?
0:28:07 > 0:28:10I think so and I think especially the fact
0:28:10 > 0:28:14that it's got a ballooning scene on the top of it is very important.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Those people that are interested in hot-air ballooning,
0:28:16 > 0:28:19which is so fashionable today, will be very interested.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21What do you think this thing's worth, then?
0:28:21 > 0:28:24We're saying £80 to £120. It's a nice, collectible thing.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29Yes. Well, Lewis went very strongly with this. James Lewis.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32He thinks it's a fantastic job. He paid £130.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34And who knows, in the thrill of the sale?
0:28:34 > 0:28:38Lastly, this item's a bit tricky, I find.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41I mean, all these really ancient artefacts...
0:28:41 > 0:28:44Is this thing 2,500 years old?
0:28:44 > 0:28:49- It's terribly difficult, isn't it? - I get nervous about these things.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52When you look at it, if it's 2,500 years old,
0:28:52 > 0:28:56how on earth has that lovely, slender handle survived?
0:28:56 > 0:28:59I mean, these were reproduced in vast quantities
0:28:59 > 0:29:02to attract the tourist industry
0:29:02 > 0:29:06and, you know, the fact that it's got this sort of distressed glaze on it,
0:29:06 > 0:29:09you could easily think it's old, but is it?
0:29:09 > 0:29:11It's very difficult to know, isn't it?
0:29:11 > 0:29:13James Lewis loves these things.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16He's paid £90 for it. What's your estimate?
0:29:16 > 0:29:20Well, we put 20 to 40 on it. He's a daring man, isn't he?
0:29:20 > 0:29:22- We'll see what happens. - Mmm.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Overall, though, that Greek pot might drag them down
0:29:25 > 0:29:28and they may need their bonus buy, so let's go and have a look at it.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34Now, Toni and Mags, you spent £225, a magnificent total,
0:29:34 > 0:29:37and you gave the man £75.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41- What did he spend it on? - When I saw this, I thought of you.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43SHE LAUGHS
0:29:43 > 0:29:46What do you think? THEY LAUGH
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Have a little itchy? How about that?
0:29:48 > 0:29:52- I've got a bigger version at home. - THEY LAUGH
0:29:52 > 0:29:56Well, you can use it in the bath, you can use it if you have an itchy head.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Whatever you want to do with that, you can do with it.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02There it is. It's a Georgian backscratcher or wig scratcher.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05So, if you were wearing one of those big, hairy, nasty wigs,
0:30:05 > 0:30:08you can stick that under there and have a good old itch.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11- It's a great thing. I thought it was fun. - What do you think, Toni?
0:30:11 > 0:30:12How much did you pay for it?
0:30:12 > 0:30:15Well, I thought £70 wasn't a lot.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18- You never paid £70!- £70?! - No, I paid a fiver.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Oh, that's OK!
0:30:20 > 0:30:23- And are we gonna make any money? - What do you think?
0:30:23 > 0:30:25It's 1780, 1790.
0:30:25 > 0:30:30Yeah, but they sell them for a pound now - the bigger version.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32I'll take it home. HE LAUGHS
0:30:32 > 0:30:34No, I think there's a profit in that. There's gotta be.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37On that happy note, hang on to those thoughts, girls,
0:30:37 > 0:30:42cos the audience at home need to find out what the auctioneer thinks about James Lewis's backscratcher.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45There you go, Robert. A bit of a tester for you.
0:30:45 > 0:30:50These are all over the place. They vary enormously.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52This has a bone handle on it.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54If you look really closely at it,
0:30:54 > 0:30:56there is actually a very fine scrimshaw spiral
0:30:56 > 0:30:58that runs up and down the length of it.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Oh, yes. Look at that.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Sadly, the end of the thing has been broken off.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06So, what would that have had? A little knob?
0:31:06 > 0:31:07- I think so, yeah.- Yes.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- How much? - We've gone modestly at £20 to £40.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13He'll be delighted. He paid a £5 note.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16I think we're going to have a bit of fun here.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Anyway, that's it for the Reds. Now for the Blues.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22If we tickle up these lots, they've got a bit of a mixture here.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24I'm very, very keen, Robert,
0:31:24 > 0:31:27to find out what you have to say about the miniature.
0:31:27 > 0:31:32This miniature is a very difficult piece, really,
0:31:32 > 0:31:35because we're looking at something that's got a 19th-century frame
0:31:35 > 0:31:38but it is a more modern print that's inside it.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42Now, I have to say, that if you look at it at first glance, as I did,
0:31:42 > 0:31:48I actually thought it was a genuine oil painting on card.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51But in truth, if you get a magnifying glass on it,
0:31:51 > 0:31:53you can see the little pixels,
0:31:53 > 0:31:58and so, therefore, it is clearly a more modern copy of an early picture.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00But if we look at the back,
0:32:00 > 0:32:03which I know you shouldn't necessarily go by,
0:32:03 > 0:32:07but that's a nice grubby old bit of paper, isn't it?
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Well, I think they've done a good job, haven't they?
0:32:10 > 0:32:13It does look, to all intents and purposes, like an old piece of newspaper.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16I thought it could've been worth £200 or £300
0:32:16 > 0:32:19but when I realised it was a print and probably not that old,
0:32:19 > 0:32:21my heart sank a little bit.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Well, good on you for spotting that.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25That'll affect the value. How much do you think?
0:32:25 > 0:32:27- We put 20 to 40 on it. - Right.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30£70 paid.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Moving on to sweeter things,
0:32:32 > 0:32:33we've got the scent bottle.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36I quite like this, because if you look at it closely,
0:32:36 > 0:32:40you can see the profile of the silver
0:32:40 > 0:32:43is the same as the profile of the bottle.
0:32:43 > 0:32:48So, firstly, bottle and container, which is silver, match.
0:32:48 > 0:32:53However, sadly, the stopper is either the wrong stopper
0:32:53 > 0:32:56or it's jammed in in such a way, we can't get the stopper out.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59We've put a date on it - 1903, Birmingham.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02A pretty thing. Could do with a good clean.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04- How much? - 40 to 60.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07- £30 paid. That's good. - Well done.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10Their last item, looking rather nice on that velvet pad,
0:33:10 > 0:33:12is the bar brooch.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14Brooches are not very commercial.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18However, I always think there's a great romance with jewellery
0:33:18 > 0:33:23and this has two hearts entwined, which, as far as I'm concerned,
0:33:23 > 0:33:24makes it attractive.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27It's gold and we've got these pearls on it.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30There will be somebody out there that would like it, I'm sure.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32- Some lover somewhere. - Exactly.
0:33:32 > 0:33:33- We hope. - Yeah.
0:33:33 > 0:33:34- How much? - 40 to 60.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36£60 paid.
0:33:36 > 0:33:41I mean, their torpedo in this is that miniature.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44On that basis, they'll need their bonus buy, so let's look at it.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48- You spent £160, girls. - BOTH: Yes.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51You gave David Barby £140. What did he spend it on?
0:33:51 > 0:33:53I spent the lot.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57THEY GASP That's gorgeous!
0:33:57 > 0:33:59- Moorcroft? - It's Moorcroft, yes.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01- THEY GASP - I like that.
0:34:01 > 0:34:02And it's blue for the Blue team.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05- Gorgeous! May I? - Yes, of course.
0:34:05 > 0:34:06- Oh! - Isn't that nice?
0:34:06 > 0:34:09- It's lovely! - And how much?
0:34:09 > 0:34:11- £140. The whole lot. - Ooh!
0:34:11 > 0:34:13But isn't that lovely? I love the colours.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16- Is that quite old? - It's quite an old piece, yes.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20You're talking in terms of probably late '40s, '50s.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23But what I love is this glaze that runs...
0:34:23 > 0:34:26- It's lovely.- I love these subtle colours.- Oh, I love it.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28I've seen these go for about £180, £200.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31So, there could be £40 or £60 or £80 in it.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33You watched his lips there? We all watched his lips.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36It's gonna be proven true or false any minute now.
0:34:36 > 0:34:42Let's find out, for the audience at home, what the auctioneer thinks about David's little pot.
0:34:43 > 0:34:44There we go, then, Robert.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47A standard piece of Moorcroft. Rather nice.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50It's not damaged. It's in good condition.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52We sell a lot of Moorcroft.
0:34:52 > 0:34:53Moorcroft made in Cobridge,
0:34:53 > 0:34:58which is literally less than 10 miles from here, I would think.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59We like it a lot.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01You like it a lot. How much do you like it?
0:35:01 > 0:35:05- We like it £100 to £150 worth. - Do you really?
0:35:05 > 0:35:10Well, £140 was paid by David Barby. He's the ceramics guru.
0:35:10 > 0:35:11How lovely to know
0:35:11 > 0:35:16that we're in the right saleroom for a commodity for once.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18- It'll do well for sure. - We look forward to that.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21- Are you taking the auction today? - I am, indeed.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23- We're in safe hands. - HE LAUGHS
0:35:26 > 0:35:28270, 280.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30I'll start at £800. Done!
0:35:30 > 0:35:34Any lots that you're at all doubtful about, Lyn?
0:35:34 > 0:35:39I think the plaque, the first item we bought.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41- You're not so happy about that? - No.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43It's the first lot up and here it comes.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46ROBERT: Number 72 is the miniature portrait, ladies and gents.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48It's a print but it's a jolly nice thing.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51£20 bid on commission straightaway at £20.
0:35:51 > 0:35:5322, is it now? 22. 25. 28. 30, on commission.
0:35:53 > 0:35:5632. 35. 38. 38, your bid.
0:35:56 > 0:35:5838. On bid at 38. 40 anywhere now?
0:35:58 > 0:36:0040. A fresh bidder. 42?
0:36:00 > 0:36:0240, your bid. In the middle of the room at £40.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04- At £40 there. - Come on!
0:36:04 > 0:36:06At 40, going to be sold at 40, then.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09- That was a mistake. - Is minus 30.
0:36:09 > 0:36:10- Oh, dear. - You were right in your estimate.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12- Yes, yes. - Early days.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Early days.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17Number 73, ladies and gentlemen, this delightful perfume bottle.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19£30 to start it off. At £30 there.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21- Straight up, 30. - Yes, yes! Come on!
0:36:21 > 0:36:24£30. Your bid at £30. 32 anywhere now? Do I hear it?
0:36:24 > 0:36:26£30 bid is there. 32. 35. 35? 35.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28- 38. - Come on. Up, up, up.
0:36:28 > 0:36:3040 now? 40 bid. 42 now.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32At £40. 42 anywhere else?
0:36:32 > 0:36:34£40 bid's there and it will be sold, make no mistake.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36At 40...
0:36:36 > 0:36:37- £40 is plus £10. - That's good.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39That's very nice, plus £10.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42You're overall minus 20, but here we go.
0:36:42 > 0:36:47This charming bar brooch with pearls inset on it, ladies and gentlemen.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50A lovely thing. £30 to start it off, please, at £30.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52£30 anywhere? Now, quickly now at £30.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55- There's a bid over there. - Straightaway £30. 32, thank you.
0:36:55 > 0:36:56- 35, 35. 38. - Come on. Buy it for your wife.
0:36:56 > 0:37:0040 now? 40 bid. 42 now. 42? Yes. 42. 45.
0:37:00 > 0:37:0342 there. At 42. 45 anywhere else?
0:37:03 > 0:37:05At £42, then.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07- Oh, dear. £42. That's minus 18. - Oh, dear.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09- Overall, you're minus £38. - Oh, dear!
0:37:09 > 0:37:11So, what are you going to do about the Moorcroft pot?
0:37:11 > 0:37:15- Are you going to go with the Moorcroft pot?- Oh, yes! Definitely.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17- "Oh, yes!" she says. You happy with that, then?- Yes!
0:37:17 > 0:37:20Yes, we're doing it and here it comes.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Lot number 78, ladies and gentlemen,
0:37:22 > 0:37:25is the Moorcroft vase, signed Walter Moorcroft.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27£100. Bid on commission straightaway at £100.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30105 bid there. 110. 115. 120.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34115 there. 115 and bid at... 120, thank you.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37125. 130. 135. 140.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39145. 150.
0:37:39 > 0:37:40- 155. 160? - You're in profit.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42At 155, bid's there.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44- £155. - It's worth more.
0:37:44 > 0:37:49- At 155... - £155 is plus £15.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52So, I make that minus 23.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55But don't worry about it. That could be a winning score.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58You never know. That could be a winning score.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01- We'll find out in a second, all right? - OK.- OK.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13- OK, girls. Are you excited? - We are. Very.- Very.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17Good, good. Here it comes. Your first lot is the mustard pot.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Lot number 50, ladies and gentlemen. There we are.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23The Elkington Anchor Line EPNS mustard pot.
0:38:23 > 0:38:24- £10 it is.- It's good!
0:38:24 > 0:38:2610. 12 anywhere now? Do I hear it? 10. 12.
0:38:26 > 0:38:2915 anywhere now? 15. 18. 20.
0:38:29 > 0:38:3120 bid. 22. 20, your bid.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Cheap at £20.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36- 22 anywhere now? Do I hear it? - Come on, come on, come on.
0:38:36 > 0:38:41- 22 there. 25? 25. 28? 28. - I'll be crying in a minute.
0:38:42 > 0:38:4530 bid. 32? 32. 35?
0:38:48 > 0:38:51You can't take it with you, you know, if you don't buy it. 35.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54- 35. 38? 35. Your bid at 35. - 35! That's so good.
0:38:54 > 0:38:5735, going to be sold. At £35, all quiet and done.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59At 35...
0:38:59 > 0:39:00- Get in! - SHE LAUGHS
0:39:00 > 0:39:03- Good start.- Plus £30. - Get in!
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Lot number 51, ladies and gentlemen.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09There we are, the snuffbox of a hot-air balloon flight.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11That's the one there. We think it's probably 18th century.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14£50 to start it off. 55, I'm looking for. 55 there. 55.
0:39:14 > 0:39:2060. 5. 70. 5. 80. 5. 90. 5.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23100. 110. 120. 130.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- 140. 150. 150. - TIM: You're in profit.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28- 160. 170. - Come on!
0:39:28 > 0:39:31170. 180. 190 now. 190.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33200? 200. And 10?
0:39:33 > 0:39:35- At £210. You can change your mind. - Go on!
0:39:35 > 0:39:39- 220. 230. 240. - Yes.- Yes!
0:39:39 > 0:39:40250 now?
0:39:40 > 0:39:42250.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44260?
0:39:44 > 0:39:45- JAMES: I think it's worth it. - £250.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47And gonna be sold at £250, then. All finished and done?
0:39:47 > 0:39:49- £250. - YES!
0:39:49 > 0:39:52THEY LAUGH
0:39:52 > 0:39:54- Good. - Plus 120 on that.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56You are £150 up.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57Get in!
0:39:57 > 0:40:0052 is the Greek oil bottle.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02That's the one. The Greek oil bottle.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05I've got several commissions on this. I can start the bidding at £40.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08At 40, I'm bid. At 40. 42 is it now? At £40. The bid's with me at £40.
0:40:08 > 0:40:1142 anywhere now? 42? Yes? No? 42.
0:40:11 > 0:40:1345. 48. 50's here.
0:40:13 > 0:40:1555 anywhere now, do I hear?
0:40:15 > 0:40:18At £50 only and will be sold. 55 on the internet.
0:40:18 > 0:40:2055. 60 on commission.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23- Come on, come on, come on. - At £60, bid's here with me.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25At £60 only, it will be sold.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27At £60 only. Last chance.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29- £60.- OK.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31£60, just £30 light-on there.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35- Which overall means you are plus 120.- Get in!
0:40:35 > 0:40:37- Which is pretty good. - Brilliant.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41What are you going to do about the backscratcher? Are you going to risk another £5 note?
0:40:41 > 0:40:43- Yeah.- We're going for it. - Go with it?
0:40:43 > 0:40:46We're going with the bonus buy and here comes the backscratcher.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Number 56, ladies and gentlemen.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Victorian bone backscratcher.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54If I may say so, a very useful item.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56THEY LAUGH
0:40:56 > 0:40:58£40, a bid straightaway.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00At £40. The bid at 40. 42, is it now?
0:41:00 > 0:41:0242 anywhere now? Do I hear 42 quickly now?
0:41:02 > 0:41:0442 bid. 45. 48. 50's with me.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07At 50. 55, do I hear?
0:41:07 > 0:41:09At £50. The bid's with me at £50.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12£55 anywhere now? 55. 60. 65?
0:41:12 > 0:41:15At 60, the bid's still here. At £60 on commission.
0:41:15 > 0:41:20At £60 only and will be sold. At £60 only. All quiet and done at 60?
0:41:20 > 0:41:21- £60 sold.- Done. - Yes!
0:41:21 > 0:41:24THEY LAUGH
0:41:24 > 0:41:28- Well done.- You can't stop yourself, can you?- Ah, well done, James.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32£55 profit on that bonus buy. Very good.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36So, that's £175 up.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39The big thing now is don't say a word to the Blues, all right?
0:41:39 > 0:41:41- No.- No point in spoiling their day.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53Well, teams, this is excitement, to be out in the fresh air.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Isn't it lovely? Now, have you been talking to one another?
0:41:56 > 0:41:58- ALL: No. - No, no communications.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02Well, there is a world of difference between our two teams today.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04And I'm afraid to say
0:42:04 > 0:42:07that the runners-up by a long chalk are the Blues.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Yes!
0:42:09 > 0:42:11- Bad luck, team.- Oh, dear.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13You have an overall score of minus £23,
0:42:13 > 0:42:17despite a nice little profit from the Moorcroft vase.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19And you got a profit out of the bottle coaster,
0:42:19 > 0:42:21that was a very nice buy.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24But I'm afraid it wasn't anything like enough
0:42:24 > 0:42:27to stem the flow of riches coming from the Reds.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Great team, though, and I'm sorry about that.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Because I'm actually going to hand the Reds £175.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35- Get in! Get in! - THEY APPLAUD
0:42:35 > 0:42:37We've been down to the hole in the wall
0:42:37 > 0:42:39and raided it for you especially.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43You nearly had pluses on every single item, didn't you?
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Which would have been a thrill.
0:42:45 > 0:42:50You were £120 up before James stormed in with his backscratcher.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54I mean, how could a man spend £5 on a backscratcher
0:42:54 > 0:42:58and sell it for £55, on one backscratcher?
0:42:58 > 0:43:01That is a considerable achievement. It was great, wasn't it?
0:43:01 > 0:43:02- Yeah.- Fabulous.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05It's been a serious scratch all-round today and we've loved it.
0:43:05 > 0:43:06- All of you.- Yes, well done. - Yeah!
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0:43:08 > 0:43:10ALL: Yes!
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