Kedleston 21 Bargain Hunt

Welcome to Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire.

No, we're not letting our teams loose over there, we're heading here into the fairground.

So let's go bargain hunting.

What a great spot for a bit of bargain hunting, what?

We're at Jaguar Fair's Antiques In The Park, but with one hour to

find three items, will our teams find it a walk in the park?

Let's have a quick glimpse as to what's coming up.

Red Team, Helen and Marcus, lose their expert.

Where are you, Helen?

Blue Team, Shelley and Pete, lose their plectrum.

-Needs tuning.

-And we lose a contestant at the auction.

-No Pete?

-No Pete.

If that's got you intrigued, let's meet them all.

-Hi, teams.

-Hi, Tim.

-How are you?

-Well, thank you.

-Very good.

Helen, you're in one of the oldest professions, aren't you?

I am. I'd better clarify that, hadn't I?! I'm an artist.

Oh, you're an artist. Oh good.

-What sort of things do you get up to?

-Well, I'm a painter primarily -

landscapes, floral work, but I also do a lot of work with children,

with recycled materials.

-Do you?

-I do.

-Do you go through the bins a lot?

Yeah, I'm always rummaging about for bits and bobs.

Was she always talented as a child, as an artist?

Yes, she was. Yes, she was.

Yes, I can tell, Marcus, your bosom is swelling with pride for the girl.

Marcus, it says here that you're retired, but actually you're just a grown up kid, aren't you?

Yes, Tim, I suppose I am.

What do you mean, you "suppose"?

You go out singing all the time.

Not all the time, Tim. Not now.

I have done a few vocals in the dance band that I play drums in, and enjoy it.

-And it's called Summer Wine.

-It is.

Would you say you're the last of the summer wine?

Possibly, cos the average age is about 75, of the musicians.

-That is your group, is it?

-Yes.

How long have you been playing together, you lot?

Together 14 years, but I have been playing the drums since I was about 16.

-Oh, right.

-Yes.

-Will you be going for musical instruments today on Bargain Hunt when you go shopping?

If there's any around and they're

good makes and they could make some money, we will see.

I think we have got a wealth of experience here.

I think the Blues are going to be quaking in their boots.

-I'm sure they are!

-Anyway, thank you very much.

-Thank you, Tim.

-Good luck. You two are also in a band, is that right?

-That is true. You've got a very musical bunch today.

-Yes.

What sort of things do you get up to in your group?

We're in a band called Borderline Crossing.

It's the two of us and a friend of ours who plays guitar. Shelley sings, sings beautifully.

-Oh good, are you going to give us a trill?

-No.

Why not? Come on, you just give us a little tune.

One of your favourite numbers.

# I am a poor wayfaring stranger

# While travelling through this world of woe... #

Gosh, isn't that good? How did you two hook up? I guess you're not from round these parts.

-No, how did you guess?!

-Because we're sharp, you know?

Pete and I were on a social network. And I thought, "Hmm..."

Where were you at the time?

-I was in Las Vegas.

-Oh, yes.

Where were you at the time?

-In Brinkburn, near Rugby.

-Oh, you were near Rugby.

Las Vegas and Rugby here.

Closely linked.

Yes, I said, "Hi from Las Vegas" and I thought, OK, it will take a couple of days, and immediately I

got a response, then he found out that I was going to go to Ireland in about three or four months.

I hopped on a plane over to Dublin and I met Shelley in Waterford and

-also met my future father-in-law on the same day, didn't I?

-Right.

Well, isn't that brilliant?

So it just goes to show that love can be spawned on the internet.

-Definitely.

-Now the money moment, the moment you've been waiting for.

-Marcus, snap to attention.

-Absolutely.

There you are. There's your £300.

You know the rules, your experts await and off you go.

Very, very good luck. Do you know something?

I'm going to try this internet lark.

I rather fancy a chat.

But will our experts hit the right note with the teams?

For the Reds, it's Anita Manning.

And for the Blues, it's Nick Hall.

What are we looking for today?

I'm not sure, I'm a bit overwhelmed.

Anything that's music related would be interesting.

So we're looking for quality, we're looking at condition.

Memorabilia from the '50s or '60s.

We're looking for cost, because we want a bargain.

-We do.

-Absolutely.

How do we set our teams off shopping?

Sago!

Well, it made me laugh!

How much is your light fitting?

Best on that is 230 and it has got the oil lamp.

-£2.30?

-You wish!

-These items here, are they...? They go together?

-Yes.

-Do you play guitar?

-No, drums, Anita.

-You're drums?

-Yes.

-He's a wild drummer.

-He is.

-He's not.

-He's a mad drummer.

-He's a dance-band drummer.

-That is all ornate. You like this casket?

-Yes.

-What is it about it you like, the decoration?

-That's right, yes.

And this lady here was an early American Suffragette.

Oh, really?

So we have got Olive... Olive Percival.

Also a poet and a book collector and this date is the date the poems were published.

So Olive Percival, a Suffragette, anything related to a Suffragette,

you couldn't get better social history than that.

And it's got, of course, an American connection.

I do like that. How much is that?

Let's have a look. There's a price ticket on the inside.

-That is £120.

-Goodness me.

Well, I expect you've got £20 for the box, £100 for the provenance.

That's right.

It's a nice work of art.

It's the story is the value. That is where the money is.

It is one of those guesstimate, rather than estimate moments. It is a punt.

If someone picks up on the Suffragette connection and you get a couple of bidders

-who are fanatical, then who knows where the price could go?

-Right.

The danger is of course, if that part of it isn't picked up, it is going to fall on its face.

I just wonder what the story is behind all of the engraving.

Well, the decoration actually is leather.

And it's embossed leather, which is then laid on top of a wooden under frame.

As a box, it's quite collectable.

Shall we have a chat with the chap to see what sort of money we could do?

-I could do it for 70.

-£70, shaking your head.

You couldn't go £60?

-Yeah, go on then.

-What are we thinking?

Do you want to have a gamble at £60 and see what happens?

-I like it, I have to say.

-'Shelley doesn't.'

If it takes off, it could make a lot of money. If it doesn't, it's only 60 quid.

20 each, between the three of us.

-OK.

-You want to do it?

Shake the man's hand, give him some money.

-OK.

-Thank you very much indeed.

Thank you.

Well, like it or not, Shelley, it's bargain number one.

-I don't particular like it.

-You don't like it?

-No.

-If you don't like it, Marcus...

-We'll leave it.

Shut it up.

-And they're empty.

-That's true.

Put it back.

Pump it a little faster.

SHE PLAYS BADLY

-Do you like it?

-Oh, marvellous(!)

-Do you like it?

-Not particularly.

Seven minutes it took us to find that - that's fantastic.

What we'll do is, we'll let you choose the next thing, we'll get something nice and fem and pretty.

-OK.

-Got some nice Denby here.

Yes, I love those.

You see that wee one there?

That one?

-That one's £60.

-60?

Yeah. 55, actually.

Well, I like Glyn Colledge, this is a modern design, this is 20th century design again

and people are interested in that period, from the 1960s.

It's also good when we have actually the signature of the artist there and we have it, and this is his area.

-What about this one here?

-Yeah.

What sort of price on that?

-I will do 35 on that.

-35 on that.

Your big jug here?

-That one...

-I rather like that, actually.

-I've 75 on it.

I can do you that at £60.

And that, same again. That's impressed Glyn Colledge.

I like the shape of that, that is more evocative of the time it was made, isn't it?

With the sort of straighter sides.

-It has nice detail here.

-I prefer that.

-You prefer this one?

-I do.

-It's got more...

-You prefer this one?

I do.

Now, price?

Because it's yourself...

-I'll do 50 on it. Bottom line.

-50?

I think that's all right, don't you? What is it marked at? 75. I love it.

I like the shape, I love the colours,

I love the fact that it's handmade and you can tell it's handmade, it has that hand-crafted feel.

'Marcus has glazed over.'

-Yes, like it.

-Marcus, tell us what...

Be careful here, otherwise he will be putting the price up!

-It's all right, we might have it!

-It's not a man's thing, is it?

-It's not your type.

-Is it not turning you on?

-No.

OK. But never mind, we will find something that does press all your buttons the next time.

-We'll have that now, then.

-You tell him, Marcus.

-Thank you.

-Tell him.

-We'll buy it.

We'll buy it right now.

Thank you. Deal.

That will with be a deal. Thank you.

So one apiece. Like the Blues, not 100% agreement, but fingers crossed for the next one.

Shelley, there must be something for you amongst all these wonderful pots and figures, what do you think?

-I do like them, yes.

-Do you like these particularly, at all?

-Well, they don't...

-Don't grab you?

No, not yet.

This is all what's called Wemyss pottery, it was produced up in Fife in Scotland. Very, very collectable.

The biggest collection in the world is at Balmoral.

The late Queen Mother was a big collector of it.

A lot of the value lies within patterns.

Some are rarer than others. Any of them particularly jump out and grab you?

Well, I do like...

-You like the pots with the lids?

-I do.

These would be preserve pots for jams and things of that ilk.

Pattern wise, I would think that's quite unusual.

I guess these are apples, are these apples on there do we think?

Do you like the decoration?

This is all hand painted of course.

I think something like that could do well.

Have a look and see what you think.

-I do like it.

-What's it like on the inside? Is it OK?

What have you spotted there? It's a little bit of restoration actually.

It's been repainted and touched in the top there.

Not recently, I suspect that was probably done 40, 50 years ago.

It's a decent bit of restoration but will of course affect the value.

-Right.

-There's no pricing on it.

That, restored, I've got at 130.

Even restored?

I could come down a little bit on this for you.

Would 75 buy it?

No, 85 would. That gives you quite a lot of profit.

Think Queen Mother!

Think Balmoral. At £85 there ought to be a significant profit in that.

Did you look at this one?

It just boils down to a price and which flower and fruit you prefer.

Out of the two, which would be your preference?

'None of them.'

I do like that one.

You like that one? You keep going back to that one.

But I like that one as well? You're like Harry Hill!

'I know what you mean.'

A blowpipe is it, or something?

No, not really...

-Marcus, do you like that?

-It just took my eye, it's a bit strange.

-You're not convinced?

-No.

-You're a hard man to please.

-I know.

-He is.

We are against the clock.

The best on that would be?

-150.

-It wouldn't be 100?

I'd do it at 100.

We've got £85 on that one, £100 on that one.

I'm undecided.

You are a nightmare. The clock's ticking.

I know. OK, £100.

You're going to pop that one back, we're going to go for the cabbage rose? Are we there?

There we go. Go for it.

Right, that goes back, that goes in the box.

Give that chap £100.

-Job done. Yes?

-No.

Sold.

-Are you sure?

-Yeah.

You want this one?

Run like the wind!

You know when I've given him the money there's no going back?

Run like the wind, quick.

-£85.

-Sold.

-You've made the right decision.

-OK.

Finally!

Time for a break with moi. I do love these general stands, don't you?

You can buy a bicycle for the nipper, two or three dozen clocks, a kettle and of course some luggage.

But not all the luggage on these stands is of such quality or interest as these big trunks.

These things are called steaming trunks. Why?

In the old days, when you went across the Atlantic or around the world by ship,

they were called steamers.

And this one is unusual because it's covered not in a synthetic material but in ox hide.

This blonde leather, once upon a time when it was on the back of an ox, was covered in hair.

The hair's shaved off, the leather is tanned and this extremely dense

and durable material was ideal for going on the outer surface of these trunks because it's so durable.

If we take a trunk like this and open it up, just look at that massive nickel hasp.

It's hinged like this to reveal a completely fitted interior.

This thing is so beautifully fitted.

Whoops, up comes the roof revealing these nice hangers inside.

This is just the sort of trunk that would have gone on the Titanic with our Kate Winslet on board.

We've got compartments here. Look, pull that one out.

This is for your smalls. There's a further hinged lid inside there,

it's got a strap inside, stops all your things rattling around.

Having crossed the Atlantic, you might settle for crossing America on some hare-brained steam train.

So what would you use it for today?

You certainly wouldn't want to take it on your package holiday, would you?

They'd not be pleased at the airport if you pitched up with this one.

No, No. Think about a small flat.

Not much in the way of storage facilities. Perhaps no wardrobe.

Buy this thing and all your storage problems for clothes and whatnot are solved at a stroke.

What's it worth? Well, the asking price is £320.

Like I say, it's a steamer!

Full steam ahead, then.

The Reds have two bargains to find.

-Marcus?

-What?

Come on, quick.

The Blues on the other hand are having a musical interlude.

Sounds good to me. Go on.

-# I put a spell on you... #

-Oh, no!

This is quite interesting.

"A Yorkshireman's advice to his son.

-"See all, hear all, say nowt." You like that?

-Yeah.

"Eat all, drink all, pay nowt.

"And if ever tha does it for nowt,

"all is do it for this."

I think the transfer hasn't quite gone on properly!

I think that's quite good fun.

-How old would that be?

-Its Crown Devon.

-Transfer printed.

-Any chips or cracks?

No, it seems to be in good condition.

-Lovely face.

-It's £12.

Anita, we've got all this money left.

I know but we haven't got a lot of time.

We've got to start thinking of buying something because we've still got two items to buy.

20 minutes, possibly 15 minutes now.

It's good fun, it brings a smile to the face.

I think it's quite good fun.

-It's all right.

-I think we've got a winner here!

-That's slightly positive.

-We're also panicking for time.

We're also panicking for time.

If we can get something off of it, Marcus, we've got a chance there.

Will you see what you can do?

-I will.

-Do your best, Dad.

What's it marked at?

12 quid. Right.

-BOX OF PLATES CLINKS

-Whoops.

Whoops! Going to smash the price down, Marcus!

-We've got two pounds off.

-Well done.

-What do you think of that?

-Well done.

My first purchase.

I think we have a chance of making a profit at that.

-Yes.

-If it's only two quid.

Well done.

A pound each!

That's my first purchase, I shall pop off and pay the man.

Excellent.

Don't break anything else!

-Shelley?

-Yes?

-What do you think about this little group of decorative modern ceramics here? Do you like this?

-I do.

It's made by Troika.

Very collectable in today's market.

It did peak a few years ago and it has dropped back ever so slightly,

but still quite popular for the right shapes and patterns.

-Yeah.

-These are interesting.

You see these on the top shelf?

-The vases?

-These are known as coffin vases, purely because of the shape, there's nothing sinister about them.

They can be quite popular.

That's got a nice design pattern on it. Oh, it's got, "Restored".

Ah!

Yes, cos we're old hats at restoration.

-Yes, we are.

-That's nothing new to us.

It doesn't frighten us.

Now, the restoration would appear to be around the rim.

There's some discolouration here which could well be part of it.

-It's quite an unusual item.

-Hang on to that a sec.

-Yeah.

We're absolutely spoilt for choice here.

-It's nice to see a collection together.

-Yes, it is.

It gives you a real chance to browse and pick and choose your favourite.

Yeah, and compare.

-'They look identical to me!'

-What are they asking for this?

They're asking 185.

Again, it's more than we've got, but it's worth asking the question.

For us, a special price of...

-155.

-130, how would that be?

-130, and that leaves us a little bit of something left.

-135.

135.

I think we could be OK with that.

You're not going to stand and debate between the two for the next half hour, are you?

I won't, I promise you!

In case you do, Shelley, let's see what the Reds are up to.

Where is she?

Where are you, Helen?

-There's a carnival glass there.

-Yes.

-It's fab, isn't it?

You'd better find them, the Blues are nearly done.

We're kind of stuck on 130, but we like it. Could we shake at £130?

-Please?

-I've lost her.

Oh, there they are.

-A gentleman you are. Thank you, sir.

-Thank you. Thank you.

What have you got there?

Well, it's something I spotted when we first came into the fair

and I kind of caught it out of the corner of my eye and we've managed to find the stall again.

Come back and found it and it's fab.

Absolutely fabulous.

It's a train set, it's all there and I'm hoping to be able to do a bit of a deal on the price.

-What do you think?

-Let me have a wee look.

-Come and have a look. I think it's fab.

The most important thing...

-It's in good nick, yes.

-Have you got a smile on your face?

He has, look! It's a boy's toy.

-It's a boy's toy.

-It's fine.

-Do you like it?

-Absolutely.

-Do you want to buy this?

-I'm sure we ought to, yes. We'll have to.

-We'll have to.

-Yes.

-It's 150, full price.

It's all there, it's all complete and I've had a quick word with the

gentleman and he can move on the price, so I maybe need to go and have another quick chat.

-It sounds interesting.

-Ah, you've got a smile on your face.

-Shall I go and see what I can do?

I think so. In its original box, in good condition.

Marcus likes it and that's the most important thing.

-Yeah. Shall I go and see what I can do?

-Yes.

-Great stuff. Thank you.

Did you have a train set when you were a wee boy?

No, I didn't, darling. No, I didn't.

Well, here you are, a grown up now and you've bought a train set for yourself.

-Who's a lucky boy?

-You are!

-We're all done.

-What's happened?

I've done the deal at 115.

The gentleman was very generous, so...

-Go and bite his hand off, quick.

-Done it, it's ours.

That's it, time's up.

Helen and Marcus kicked off with the £50 Denby jug.

They stuck with ceramics with this Crown Devon tankard.

Ooh, arr!

Finally, have they gone off the rails thinking the Hornby train set

is just the ticket at 115 smackers?

OK, guys. The shopping's over, are you happy?

-Yes.

-I love the last item.

-This looks like a happy little trio.

-You look as if you're all married or related or something or other.

-We've got on very well.

It's nice when it bonds up like that. What's your favourite bit, Hels?

I quite like the train set, I think. That's my favourite.

But I did like the studio pottery that we bought.

-OK. And you spent how much overall?

-£175.

£175. I'd like 125 of leftover lolly. Who's got that?

I have, Tim, there you go.

That's it, is it? No need to count it?

-Straight across to Anita.

-Thank you.

-Have you got any plans as to what you are going to do, Anita?

Absolutely no plans.

It was a bit difficult because Marcus was very particular about what he liked and what he didn't,

and I would really feel that I was doing well if I bought something that he fell in love with.

-But you're very particular about what you'd buy.

-Absolutely.

-Are you sure it's not the pot calling the whatnot black?

-No, no.

Anyway, very, very good luck.

And good luck, Anita.

-Thank you.

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

Shelly and Pete paid £60 for the Victorian leather casket.

After a bit of indecision, the £85 Wemyss jar came next.

And, finally, they slipped in the '70s Troika vase for 130.

How are you getting on? Are you finished?

How much did you spend in the end, then?

-£275.

-£275, that's a very good spend up, that is. You've had a nice time?

Oh, brilliant. Wonderful, yes. Yeah.

Now, so you spent 275. I'd like £25 of leftover lolly, please.

OK, there you go.

That's pounds not dollars! Over to you.

What are you going to get up to with that?

I wish I knew. I'm going to buy a burger and a coffee if I'm lucky.

Meanwhile, I'm nipping off to Cannon Hall in Barnsley to brush up on a bit of study.

If you were lucky enough to own a library like this

in the 18th or early-19th century, you'd have such an advantage when it comes to learning.

Surrounded by books and extremely wealthy, you'd probably want

to own a pair of toys like these to aid your education process.

What we've got here is a pair of Georgian table library globes

made by the celebrated globe-making family of Cary.

If you look carefully on the celestial globe it says "Cary's New Celestial Globe".

And you can see underneath that, "Made and sold by J & W Cary in the Strand".

And we know that J & W Cary were more or less out of business as a partnership by 1820,

so this celestial globe would have been printed and produced and manufactured by them before 1820.

If we move to the terrestrial globe, though,

and you look at this label, it says G & J Cary, 1842.

Still made by Cary, but this time G & J Cary, which is the partnership that succeeded

the 1820s partnership, but what Cary's did was to offer an opportunity of updating your globe.

So, Cary's would take the old globes in and they'd glue strips

of fresh maps onto the old globes,

which is exactly what's happened here.

It's been updated 20 years later as a part of their service, which is brilliant, isn't it?

Of course, neither of these globes will help you at all when it comes to predicting the weather.

Nowadays, thanks to tuning into the BBC first thing in the morning, you can easily predict

what the weather is up to, but in the old days what you'd have is one of these screwed to the hall wall.

It is, of course, a barometer.

But this is a very, very rare form of barometer because it's been made

as if it was a little miniature long-case clock.

It's half the size of a grandmother clock.

What's really lovely, though, is to be in Barnsley at the Cannon Hall Museum

and look at a barometer made by a Barnsley maker.

It says quite clearly here "John Halifax, Barnsley, Invent",

which means he invented it, and "Fecit", meaning that he made it.

As the pressure alters, so that pointer will move towards fair weather or foul weather,

and in the morning you've got an opportunity with this central register

to record where the pressure was at the beginning of the day so that when you take an observation later

when it's changed up above, you can see whether the pressure's going up or down.

That, I have to tell you, is an absolute gem.

The big question today of course is, for our teams over at the auction,

will the pressure be rising or will it be falling?

Before we hear whether auctioneer Mark Gilding likes this week's bargains,

let's find out whether Anita's bonus buy generates a warm front!

-You spent £175, yes?

-Yes.

You gave Anita Manning £125, what did she spend it on?

A very pretty little pair of hallmarked silver candlesticks.

-Very pretty.

-Miniature, hallmarked for Chester 1921, so a good age.

-Very nice.

-How much did you spend, Anita?

-That's the important question.

-Of course it is.

-£20.

-Good gracious me.

-Neat little things.

And what do you think about...?

They're not going to do three figures,

but I would estimate them about £25 to £30, so we could make a little on it.

Small margin on those. They're very neat and tidy, aren't they?

I like them because they're not too ornate.

-They're nice and simple.

-Are they collectible?

They are collectible and they are silver, that's the important thing.

-They're clearly not ornate, but they're nice.

-Yeah.

-You like them?

-I do, yes.

But we'll reserve judgment until a bit later on, I think. Thank you.

I think these two have watched the programme before!

Anyway, well done, Anita. Right now let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Anita's little sticks.

Well, dwarf candlesticks. They don't get much smaller than these, do they?

-No, they don't.

-A bit like Anita Manning.

How do you rate them?

-I rate them £25 to £35.

-Do you?

They're solid silver, but they've got a great pig of something else in the middle - wood...

-Yes, oak weighted bases, but at least they're in good order.

-Yes.

Well, dear Anita's only paid 20.

She's very sharp on the money is Anita Manning.

Lovely. We've got a potential profit then in the bonus buy,

and that makes a change, if the team decides to go with it.

Anyway, their first item is the Denby jug.

-Yes.

-Now, if I had a pound for every piece of Denby Glyn Colledge Ware

-that I've ever come across I'd be quite well off, actually.

-Yes.

-There's a lot about.

-Common things.

-Yeah.

Do you rate this stuff here or not?

-It doesn't do it for me.

-No.

-I'm saying £30 to £40.

I think you're quite right. £50 they paid.

Next lot is the Devon Ware tankard with its little motto.

Quite a long way from the West Country here in Leicestershire?

Yes. Hopefully have a few people on the internet for this one.

Oh, yes. What's it worth?

-£30 to £40.

-OK. £10 they paid.

And the last item is the train set.

-Very nice thing.

-Nice, isn't it?

-Yeah, I like that.

-What's this one worth, then?

-Around £100.

80 to 120 is my estimate.

£115 they paid, so they might have overdone it, mightn't they?

Well, it's in pretty good order and it's got a nice box,

so there's a chance we'll get the top estimate.

-Think it might make 120, then?

-There is a chance.

-Very good.

-I'll do my best.

-Anyway, that's it for the Reds. Now for the Blues.

Shell and Pete, they've gone with the embossed leather stationery box.

-OK.

-Yes?

-Yeah, I quite like that.

-Do you?

Yeah. I think that's a nice thing.

Tell you what I don't like about it is the fact that it's got absolutely no interior in it at all.

That thing has had a disaster.

Well, quite often, people... These things... Who needs a correspondence box nowadays?

People re-line them and use them as jewellery boxes.

-I suppose so. They haven't got around to re-lining it.

-No, not yet.

It's not exactly take away, go home splendido condition, though, is it?

-No, but it's nice quality on the outside.

-Yes.

-Good shape.

-The auctioneer loves it. What's he going to estimate?

-£60 to £80.

Brilliant. £60 paid. Seems like a no-brainer to me. That's good.

The Wemyss Ware marmalade pot and cover.

-Quite cute, that, isn't it?

-Yes.

Yeah, it's quite a good example of this fairly standard orange pattern.

The condition isn't brilliant. It's quite crazed and stained.

-Yes. £85 paid.

-80 to 120.

-That's your estimate, is it?

-Yes.

-Good. Now, the Troika tapering coffin-shaped vase.

Yeah. We've seen quite a drop in the value if these in sales recently.

Still a number of buyers, but not as popular as it was.

-What's it worth?

-60 to 80.

OK. £130 paid.

Just too much, isn't it?

-It is, absolutely.

-Yeah. Frankly, Mark, I think this is a bit patchy

and they're going to be let down by this vase and are going to need their bonus buy.

So let's go and have a look at it. Thanks.

So, Shelley, no Pete.

-No Pete.

-Where's he?

He's at home recovering from hospital.

Oh, dear! Hasn't he been well?

No, he hasn't. He had emergency surgery.

Oh, my Lord. But he's better now?

-He's better now.

-Cos he's being looked after now by you.

-Of course!

-Giving him special treatment and treats.

Special treatment, yes.

-Well, of course, the best treat of all would be to win hands down today, wouldn't it?

-Yes, it would!

Yes, it would! And Nick's bonus buy may help us on that route.

-No pressure there, then(!)

-No pressure!

Good. Now, you spent £275, you left Nick with £25.

-What did he spend it on?

-Mm.

Now, what do you think about that?

-Sweet little thing?

-Mm!

-Let me convince you.

-OK.

-Post-war Scandinavian studio glass,

signed by the designer on the base, and a paltry £20 only paid.

-Hm!

-Yeah? You like that?

-I do.

-It's got a bit of mileage in it, I think.

-I do like it. I do.

-You're warming to it?

-I'm warming to it.

Well, I'm hoping the buyers will, as well, of course.

-How much profit do you think it's going to make?

-I paid 20 for it.

I'd like to see it make maybe £30 or £40.

-OK!

-Hey!

-That sounds really nice.

-I think she does like it.

It's sounding better and better, yes!

-Remember, you can't bid on it, of course!

-Oh!

Anyway, you don't pick right now.

You can talk to Pete on the telephone before the auction,

-get his reaction to this, and we'll check it out...

-OK.

..a bit later on, but right now, for the audience at home,

let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Nick's pot.

Well, that's, erm, funky, isn't it?

Quite a nice piece of Scandinavian glass.

It's signed underneath, probably Maija Carlson, I think it's Finnish.

Oh, Finnish.

It's all about to be FINNISHED here! What's it worth?

It's worth £40 to £60.

Really? He only paid £20 for it.

That's good. It's not finished, it's about to begin.

Thank you very much, Mark.

So, guys, how are you feeling?

-Nervous. Excited.

-You're nervous and excited?

The big word we use is "apprehensive".

Oh, it's one of those, is it?

I mean, are you feeling dodgy about anything in particular?

No, we're quite confident, really, that we'll get our money back.

-Yeah?

-Absolutely.

-How much profit are you going to make?

Ooh, loads. You'll have to go to the cashpoint before we go.

£50 or £60, I reckon.

They've got the internet here, so you never know.

But the first lot up is the Glynn College Denby jug, and here it comes.

Glynn College, lot number 30, then, and bidding opens with me here at 15.

20. 5. £30 with me. At 30.

30 I'm bid here. At £30. At 30.

On the book at £30. 30 bid.

£30 here. At £30.

It will be sold.

£30. I'm watching you carefully.

At £30. The bid's with me.

Internet, you're out as well at 30.

And selling right now at £30.

Bad luck. That's minus 20.

I'd have bought it for £30!

-Yeah.

-31 is a Crown Devon Pottery printware mug.

"Hear all, say nowt" - a bit like my job today,

31, then, the Crown Devon Pottery printware mug. And £10 bid.

£10 the mug here. At £10. I'm bid here at 10. 12. 15.

18. £18 bid at the back. At £18.

20 I'll take. At 18 bid. At 18. It's in the room at 18. 20 here.

At 20 on the internet. At 22 I'll take. He's shaking his head.

It's £20 with the internet. £20.

And sold now at £20.

-£20 is plus £10.

-We've doubled up on that one.

-You have, which means overall you're minus 10. Look out.

-32. Here we go!

Hornby O gauge clockwork tank passenger set, number 41.

In the box, as well. Good condition, this one.

So, 32, the tank passenger set.

£100 do I see?

£60 bid with me there.

At 60 bid here. At 60. £60 I'm bid.

At £60. At 65 I'll take. At £60.

Watching you carefully. At 5. 70. 5.

75. 80. £80 bid.

At £80. At 85 I'll take. It's £80. At £80. I'm watching you carefully.

It's 80 bid. At 80. And you're out, then?

And selling away at £80.

£80 is minus 35,

which means overall you're minus 45.

Minus £45. Your prediction was minus 45, wasn't it?

Yes, I think it was, Tim!

Or was it plus 45?

-It was plus 60, I think.

-Oh, Lordy.

Well, that's bad luck, isn't it? I would have thought the train set should have done better.

-I mean, £80 for a fully boxed-up job...

-Absolutely!

-Yeah.

-What a bargain.

-I think it's been shunted into the siding, don't you?

-So, the bonus buy, are you going with it?

-Yes.

I think so. Yeah, we'll go with it.

We might scrape a bit back.

-You might.

-And a pair of silver dwarf candlesticks.

There we go, lot 36. And bidding here £10.

£10 the candlesticks. At 10 I'm bid. £12. 15 here. At 15 bid. At 15.

15 I'm bid. At 15. At £18. At 18 bid. At 18 in the room. At 18. At 18.

20 do I see? £18 I'm bid. It's on my left.

It is yours. Look, someone else. 20 down here. At 20.

22. 25. 28.

28, then, near the door. At 28. Selling, then, at £28.

Last chance at 28.

-Well done, Anita.

-A little profit, a little profit.

-Thank you!

Plus 8, which means

that you are £37 down the drain.

But that may still be a winning score, so don't mention a thing to the Blues.

No, we won't, we won't.

Thank you very much.

Now, Shelley, how are you feeling?

-Good.

-And lonely!

-And lonely.

I'm sorry about that.

Anyway, first up, it's the leather stationery box, and here it comes.

48, this nice Victorian embossed leather casket, and bidding here 20.

30. £30 with me.

At £30 I'm bid. At 30.

£30 I'm bid for the casket. At £30.

5. 40. 40 bid. At £40. At 40. And, internet, it's your turn.

It's £40. A bid of 45 in the room.

At 45. 45 bid. At 45.

48. 50.

50 bid. At £50. At 50. 5.

60.

-5.

-Yes, you're in profit!

You're in profit, darling. Look at that!

-£70!

-At 70.

Fair warning, internet, it's £70.

The bid's in the room at 70, and this will be sold away now. At £70.

Well, good old Pete.

He made a £10 profit on his pick, which is brilliant. £70, plus 10.

-That's a good start, isn't it?

-OK.

-Now, here comes the Wemyss Ware.

Here, 35.

35 bid for the Wemyss At 35. And 45.

55. £60 I'm bid. At 60 now.

At 60. My bids here are out. At 56, internet. 70 now. At 70 in the room.

At £70. At 70. 5 here. At 75. 80.

£80 I'm bid. At 80. 85.

90. 90 now. At £90. At 90.

95. 100 bid. At 100.

You've got two profits, girl.

£100 in the room.

Internet, you're out. It's £100 bid.

In the room now, will sell away at £100.

-I think that's a nice thing. That's plus £15.

-That paid off,

-didn't it?

-Yes!

-Now, doll face, watch out for old Troika.

There we go, the Troika, and bidding £30. £40.

£50. £60 to start, then.

At 60 with me on the book. At £60.

60. 70. 80. 80 I'm bid.

Are you all out in the room? At £80.

It's on the book here at £80. At 80.

At £80. 90 I'll take. It's £80 I'm bid here. At 80.

-I don't like the look of this...

-I'm selling away at £80...

-Oh!

-£80. That is just such bad luck.

That is minus 50 on that little hit.

You had £25 of profit. You just lost 50, which means you're minus 25.

God, it's tough at the top, isn't it?

I mean, that is a roller coaster.

Such bad luck. What are you going to do about the bonus buy?

Are you going to go with the Scandinavian pot?

You going to risk it?

It's coming up. Shell, I'm sorry to push you, sweet pea,

-but it's coming.

-The decision is yours.

-Oh, my gosh!

-How do you see it?

-OK.

-OK.

-It's agonising.

-What are you going to do? Quick!

-Yes!

-You're going to go with it and here it comes.

And lot number 53 is the Scandinavian studio glass vase, signed Carlson,

probably Finnish.

-Please, please...

-Lot number 53, then, and bids here £10.

10 with me here. At 12. 15. 18. 20.

22.

22. 25.

25. New bidding at 25.

-Good man, Nick!

-25. At 28 now.

28. At £28 I'm bid. 30 now. At £30.

32 to bid. 32. At 32. I'm bid at 32.

5 I'll take. It's £32. Selling to the internet, then.

You're all out in the room at £32.

Look at that! That's your boy, isn't it? Plus £12.

You never had any doubt really, Shell, did you?

I never doubted you at all.

Which means overall you are minus £13.

-OK.

-But well done, Nick, that's a splendid result.

Now, don't say a word to the Reds.

-OK.

-We will reveal all in a moment.

-OK.

Well, what an exciting programme we've had today.

I mean, needle close, when you think about it.

Each team has made a profit or two and each team has made substantial losses.

But who are the winners? Have you been chatting amongst yourselves?

-Have you?

-No.

-No? Not at all?

You have no idea. No idea at all.

Well, I have to reveal that the runners-up today are the Reds.

Well, that's had a nice reaction, hasn't it?

You finished up as minus 37.

-But have you had a nice time?

-Wonderful, Tim.

Yes. Well, we've loved having you on the show, and you've been really good sports.

But the victors, or should I say the victor, today...

-Shell, that's great.

-Oh, wonderful.

Minus £13 is your overall score.

-Yes.

-And you went with the bonus buy, which is just as well,

because that earned you £12 thanks to Nick's glass vase,

which is brilliant.

-You had a good time?

-Oh, brilliant time.

-Have you?

-Yes, wonderful.

-Well, you're going to be able to jolly up Pete

when you get back to his sick bed, which will be nice.

-Tell him we've missed him.

-I shall.

And for the rest of you, join us soon for some more bargain hunting!

-Yes?

-Yes!

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