0:00:04 > 0:00:09Eight hundred years ago, two Saxon kings fought over this land.
0:00:09 > 0:00:16Today, the Reds and the Blues will do battle for the ultimate daytime prize -
0:00:16 > 0:00:18a spot of cash.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Let's go Bargain Hunting! Yeah!
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Today, we're up north, in Oswestry.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54I've got a team of paranormal investigators
0:00:54 > 0:00:56and a team of waitresses.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58So that's lunch sorted out, isn't it?
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Let's have a quick look at what's coming up, shall we?
0:01:03 > 0:01:08Philip Serrell and his ladies in red fall into a love-hate relationship.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Ooh... Why do I always get the nutters? Why?
0:01:12 > 0:01:17David Harper is not quite hitting the spot with his Blue team.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19- At least we know what we don't want. - Yeah, exactly.
0:01:19 > 0:01:24But who will come up smelling of roses at the auction?
0:01:24 > 0:01:27And later on, I've got a date with a doll.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Lucky old me!
0:01:29 > 0:01:34That's all to come. But come on, first let's meet the teams.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Today, we have two sets of friends.
0:01:38 > 0:01:45For the Reds, we've got Migs and Jenny, and for the Blues we've got Sophie and Jez. Welcome.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- Hello!- Hi.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51Now, you're both members of a paranormal investigation society.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- Yes, we are.- Is it enough to make your hair stand on end?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56- It can be!- Yeah!
0:01:56 > 0:02:00- Tell us about it.- Well, we generally go to places where people report
0:02:00 > 0:02:03they've got disturbances - pubs, hotels, private houses sometimes.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08- Yes.- And we investigate to see if they are paranormal. - Right. You're the chairman.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- I am, yes. - Yes. And this is your assistant.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Yes. This is one of my many investigators.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16- So you're waiting for something spooky to happen?- Yeah.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Jenny, you're a fan of Bargain Hunt. Tell us about that.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22I've been since it first started many, many years ago.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24What's your favourite bit?
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Just going, "You're not going to make a profit."
0:02:27 > 0:02:29It's easy when you're an armchair critic, isn't it?
0:02:29 > 0:02:34- It's easy to say...- Well, you're going to find out today, darling, all about it. Good luck.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Now for the Blues. So, how long have you two girls known each other?
0:02:38 > 0:02:42- We've been friends since we started secondary school, so twenty years now?- Oh, lovely!
0:02:42 > 0:02:44- Yeah.- And you work together.- We do.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46We work in a local restaurant.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- Is it a popular place? - It is, yeah.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51I bet they all come in to see the waitresses.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53They do! We get some regulars, yeah.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58- Well, there you are.- Sophie's got a little way of remembering these people that come in.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00What's your way of remembering?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- By what they order!- Oh, do you?
0:03:02 > 0:03:06So I've got Mr and Mrs Fish And Chips and Mr and Mrs Minted Lamb!
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Cos that's what they always have.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Always have, yeah.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13How do you think you're both going to get on today? Any good?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- I think we're going to do well. - Yeah?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18You're going to absolutely hammer the Reds?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- I think so.- Is that what you're going to do? I'm sure.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25These paranormalists here are looking quite keen.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Anyway, very good luck to you all.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Now the money moment.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31There's your £300. £300. You know the rules.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Your experts await. And off you go!
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Very, very, very good luck.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38I think we're in for a wizard today, don't you? What?
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Squaring up for the fight ahead are the experts.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Remember, each team has one hour to buy three items with £300,
0:03:55 > 0:03:59and the winners make the most or lose the least at auction.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Got a plan, girls?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05- Shiny things.- Shiny things!
0:04:05 > 0:04:08You've got the wrong bloke for shiny things!
0:04:08 > 0:04:10You two just seem petrified to me.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15- Excited!- Are you? OK, well, we've got one hour, and it starts now.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16I'll give you a bit of advice, right?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19This'll be the quickest hour of your life. It's a lottery.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Go for broke, buy what you like.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25And if you want to do well, take no notice of anything that I've got to say.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27OK!
0:04:27 > 0:04:29That's a promising start, Phil...
0:04:29 > 0:04:31I'm sure the Blue team have faith in David.
0:04:33 > 0:04:39What I like about those, they look like they're eighteenth-century coloured Delftware, Dutch pieces,
0:04:39 > 0:04:41but they're much more modern.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43I prefer something a bit plainer, I think.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46That's a bit too flowery.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50- OK. So we're looking for something more refined, sophisticated?- Yeah.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- OK.- More appealing.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56Oh, right. So really, a bit of a bad start on my behalf, then.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- At least we know what we don't want.- Yeah, exactly.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Onwards and upwards, David.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04That's a lazy Susie, girls.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Sits on the middle of the table, and you'd put food, whatever, on it.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09That's really quite nice. OK?
0:05:09 > 0:05:11My heart's not in it, so I'm not sure.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13This is going to be a hard old day!
0:05:17 > 0:05:21What about that pair of vases? Now, you see, I'm drawn in to certain things.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22I quite like those, actually, yeah.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26I quite like them. They're not ancient, but there's a pair of.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30- Can we have a better look? - They're probably Italian. Let's see.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32- What are they? - They'll be Murano, I think.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36- So they'll be Italian, Venetian glass...- What's the price?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38- ..Vases.- £20.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Cheap enough. Twenty quid for glass?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43- Fifteen?- Oh, gosh, please!
0:05:43 > 0:05:44I love negotiating!
0:05:46 > 0:05:47- But...- Go for it. Are they OK?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Let's have a look. No handles off.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54- This one seems OK.- I think they're bonny, decorative items.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58There's nothing wrong with them. I don't think anyone could say that you've made a huge mistake.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Hi there. What would trade price be on these?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03You've got £2 on them.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- 18! 18. - 15, I think.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08No, I think they're worth 18.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- Victorian?- They've certainly got a Victorian shape.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Dating glass is almost impossible.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18I'll take 17, that's the very best.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20They're definitely a bargain.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23I'm not a fan of odd numbers. 16.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25I'm a fan of odd numbers!
0:06:25 > 0:06:27We'll go 15, then, if you like.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29But these two are an odd pair.
0:06:29 > 0:06:3115's quite a round number.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32I think 17's better.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36I'm happy, if you want to go with them.
0:06:36 > 0:06:3817? Yeah?
0:06:38 > 0:06:41And I'm happy, cos we've only been going three minutes.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- That's good. - Suits me! Is it a done deal?- Yeah.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- Yes.- Shake his hand.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- Thank you.- Thanks a lot. Cheers.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Thank you!
0:06:52 > 0:06:53Not bad, not bad.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55One down for the Blues.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59I quite like these spoons.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02At auction those aren't going to make that money.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04OK. I'll sell you one so you can make a profit.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09They're both Dutch, and they're both hallmarked. And they are silver.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12But if you're interested, I'd give you a chance for them.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13Do you like those?
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- I do like them, but I'll have a think.- All right.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18We'll come and see you in a bit. Thank you.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23Back outside, the Blues are proving tricky customers.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27- Not getting you, is it? - No. I don't like anything with a foot on the end, I'm afraid.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- Well, yeah. Is it getting you? Is it doing anything for you?- Not really.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33OK. It's not doing anything for them.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36They're very difficult people. You're not excited, are you?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- I'm not thrilled.- No.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40- OK.- What DO you like?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Thank you! That was going to be my next question!
0:07:43 > 0:07:45What thrills you?
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Mm! Not a lot, methinks.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55Meanwhile, Phil has found something that makes rather a lot of noise.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- Do you like that? - I do, actually! It's quirky.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00It's something different.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04- Yeah, well...- I'm interested in that, and somebody else would be, as well.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08I love it. And it looks like a football rattle, doesn't it?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10But it's not, it's a bird scarer.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11It's not.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Is it not a bird scarer?
0:08:13 > 0:08:17It wouldn't have that turned knob there, which is used for...
0:08:17 > 0:08:19This is a learning curve for all of us.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22LOUD CLICKING
0:08:22 > 0:08:25So a nightwatchman's rattle or even a policeman's rattle.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Is it to scare people off?
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- Yeah.- I really like that.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34It's so well-turned, so it's not a football rattle or even a bird scarer.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35A lot of them were bird scarers.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Oh, yeah. It's the same principle, yes.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41It's £49, and I think at auction it's 30 quid's worth.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44I think it could be worth a lot more than that.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Ah, but you're selling it!
0:08:45 > 0:08:48I am selling it. I do have to make a profit.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49This is going to be interesting.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52If you make a loss, you have a giggle.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55If we make a loss, we cry.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Anybody got a handkerchief?
0:08:58 > 0:09:00£39 to you.
0:09:00 > 0:09:0336 and we'll deal.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- OK.- Thank you ever so much. Thank you very much.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08That's wonderful.
0:09:08 > 0:09:14So, the bird scarer...football rattle...nightwatchman's rattle...
0:09:14 > 0:09:16is the Red team's first item,
0:09:16 > 0:09:21and it hits their shopping trolley in a nice and comfortable 17 minutes.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28Meanwhile, the Blue team are looking for some real quality goods.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32- I like this. - Let's have a quick look at it.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- It's all matching.- Yeah. OK.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40That's not the best
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- sign in the world.- Right. - That's foreign.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Excellent!
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Made in foreign.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49But what's this?
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Phil's got his eye on something.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56- Could we have a look at that little nut, please.- Yes, of course you can.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58They normally always split,
0:09:58 > 0:10:03because they're turned. This is probably about 1890, 1910.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Because they're circular, they split.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09You can see that there's a little bit of a split beginning just there.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12They're just primitive things, almost like touristy things.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14You might have put a little sponge in here,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17or you might have put flowers, like potpourri.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20And with these holes, the smell would have come out.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- I really like this. - And how much is that, sir?- 22.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27Is that the absolute finito, finito, finito?
0:10:27 > 0:10:3120 is the finito.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33I'm going to unleash them on you in a minute.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37And I tell you, you'll need that savage dog down there to look after you.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42I think at auction it's £15 to £25 worth. That's what I think.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46If you want to make a profit on it, you've got to buy it at 15 quid.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49But as this gentleman also wants to make a profit and he wants 20 quid,
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- we have a sort of impasse here, don't we?- We do.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- Yeah.- If you really like it...
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- I do like it. - ..then if you want it...
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Smile nicely at him.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02Another pound is the very, very best I can do, it really is.
0:11:02 > 0:11:0419 is really my bottom line.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10- Just because I'm feeling cheeky, can I say £18.50?- No, you can't.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- Well, you can SAY it... - 19.- It is up to you.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16- I like it.- If you want,
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- go for it. - It feels good. It feels good.
0:11:19 > 0:11:20OK.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Yeah, £19. Thank you very much.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24- Thank you.- Thanks.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Second quirky buy from the Reds.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29How does Phil think they're doing?
0:11:29 > 0:11:35I think you've done really well so far, and the danger now is that we're going to completely chill,
0:11:35 > 0:11:39lose focus and end up buying something stupid for 120 quid.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41- Let's go down here.- Down here?
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Not one of the last big spenders, our Phil. Oh, no.
0:11:45 > 0:11:50But why not spend a little time with me?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52You have come to an antique fair,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55and you've only got one of these with you.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56It's a £5 note.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01What are you going to find, and how much fun are you going to have?
0:12:01 > 0:12:07Well, I promise you there's lots of fun to be had in a fair like this with a £5 note.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12For example, today I've come across old crab face here.
0:12:12 > 0:12:13What do you think about him?
0:12:13 > 0:12:18This thing was probably made in France or Germany between the wars,
0:12:18 > 0:12:201920 to 1930,
0:12:20 > 0:12:23and I bet you it was bought by a tourist
0:12:23 > 0:12:25who'd sat in a seaside caff
0:12:25 > 0:12:29and had thoroughly enjoyed a dressed, cooked crab.
0:12:29 > 0:12:36Yummy! Old crab face's head comes off, revealing a porcelain interior.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40You could fill it with relish, and it would give endless entertainment.
0:12:40 > 0:12:46Today, crab face could be yours for £2. That's not much, is it?
0:12:46 > 0:12:47So, what else did I find?
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Well, take a gander at this.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54See that? A gorgeous string of beads.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59They too are made of porcelain, but somebody has cunningly covered
0:12:59 > 0:13:03each of the beads in a different iridescent glaze.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Just look at these colours.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Here we've got a mottled tortoiseshelly one, look.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11And here a jade-looking bead.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14This one looks like a bit of amethyst.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17And I love the Yves Klein blue-mottled one.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21Don't you? Almost the same colour as this Yves Klein blue table.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Absolutely delicious.
0:13:23 > 0:13:30Who has treated the otherwise plain, white, boring, oval beads in this way?
0:13:30 > 0:13:36Well, it could be done by the 1930s factory Ruskin, outside Birmingham,
0:13:36 > 0:13:41or Pilkington's, another factory a few years earlier outside Manchester,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44because both of those factories-produced pieces
0:13:44 > 0:13:49with these mottled, iridescent glazes, kind of down-time-type production,
0:13:49 > 0:13:52when they weren't throwing pots.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53But what did it cost?
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Actually, it cost me £1.50.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00So I've even got £1.50 change out of my fiver,
0:14:00 > 0:14:04I've got two delightful objects, I've had a thoroughly entertaining morning,
0:14:04 > 0:14:10I'm going home with something that's not only intriguing but also of value and is useful.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Where else can you do that?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14The answer?
0:14:14 > 0:14:16A Bargain Hunt fair.
0:14:16 > 0:14:21# Spend a little time with me. #
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Are these searchlights?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Are they aircraft lights?
0:14:26 > 0:14:29I wasn't around in the Second World War.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31I wasn't insinuating you were.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33I just wondered if you'd come across similar things.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Thank you so much.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41Gordon Bennett, you two have got the attention span of a gnat between you, haven't you?
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Listen, listen. Whoa.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49What's funny about that?
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Why do I always get the nutters? Why?
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Well, at least they look vaguely excited.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05OK, let's just have a quick catch-up, then.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06How many items have we bought?
0:15:06 > 0:15:09- One.- One!
0:15:09 > 0:15:11- We were doing so well.- I know!
0:15:11 > 0:15:14But is it going to end badly?
0:15:14 > 0:15:16What do you think about that?
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Oh, I quite like that, actually.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- Hooray!- It's soapstone.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- Yeah. I was going to say it's stone. - It's African. It's Zimbabwean.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25It's been mounted on something.
0:15:25 > 0:15:31It's quite modern, but this African art is actually quite traditional but still feels very modern.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Oh, it's got a plaque on.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35"Mother nursing sick child.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38"F Madamombe, Zimbabwe, 1987."
0:15:38 > 0:15:42Yeah, so there you go. I spent some of my childhood in Zimbabwe,
0:15:42 > 0:15:49and so I know this work, and it's from the Mashona tribe in the northern part of Zimbabwe, mainly.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52And it's very collectable. Now, I don't know whether this person
0:15:52 > 0:15:56is a particularly well-known artist, and it makes a big difference.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Some of the artists can make a lot of money,
0:15:59 > 0:16:04but we've got literally 18 minutes to decipher whether this is a particularly well-known artist.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09- What's the trade price on the Zimbabwean stone? - The very, very best is 140.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14I mean, I don't know. I'm a bit confused with this one because I would have that for myself.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15I think for the amount of money,
0:16:15 > 0:16:20and not to be sure whether it's the right artist, to pay that kind of money for...
0:16:20 > 0:16:23If it was right, it could be worth thousands.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25- I think... I like it. - It's a real punt.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28I tell you what, can we just stand her up to make sure?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30It'll be very heavy, yeah.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34I see soapstone is a soft stone, yeah? So it is easily...
0:16:34 > 0:16:36- Oh, this is her hair.- Yeah.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37- Fabulous.- I love her.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- I think she's fantastic. - I really like her, actually.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- Can she be £100? - No, sir. Honestly, it's 140.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45It's an interesting thing.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- But, Jez, you like it. - I do like it.- And I like it.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50It's really, really different.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- We could go for...- ..a chance.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55We could take a risk. We should go for it.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57The auction might put a bit of research in.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01If we can find the artist as a known artist, then it might have a chance.
0:17:01 > 0:17:02- I utterly adore it.- We all like it.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- Yep. Excellent. - We'll have it. Thank you.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- Allo, allo.- Oh, hello. - Hello.- Have you just bought it?
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- Yes.- Zimbabwe. - Zimbabwe. You recognise it, too.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19Well, I do, really, because I went to Chelsea Flower Show this year
0:17:19 > 0:17:27and they'd got a whole stand of this Zimbabwean soft-ish but coloured stone carving.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28It looked fantastic.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30It's wonderful. I love it too.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34- And that at Chelsea would cost you £1,200.- Absolutely right.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36And what did you just pay for it?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- 15,000.- You never did!
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Well, you're a wally, then, aren't you?
0:17:41 > 0:17:43- No, come on. How much did you pay for it?- 140.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- How much?- 140.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- Oh! Mother and baby - what's more evocative...?- I know, I know!
0:17:48 > 0:17:52- Don't you want to own it?- I do want to own it. Well, we do own it!
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Well, good on you, girls.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- Thank you.- They've done well.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59They haven't finished. They've got one more to go.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01- Good luck with that.- Thanks.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05So, finally, the Blues are really getting into the swing of things,
0:18:05 > 0:18:09and with 10 minutes to go, Migs is taking charge of the Reds.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Look out.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- I'm drawn back to the spoons. - What spoons? Oh, right.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17The Dutch spoons, yeah. They haven't gone away.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19But the spoons might be a good shout, if you like them.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23And we are definitely running out of time.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25The Blues haven't moved far.
0:18:25 > 0:18:31They're at the same store, eyeing up a silver chain purse for £120.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33It's chainmail silver, too.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36This is interesting because this is a different hallmark.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38It's a foreign piece.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41I'm not a purse kind of guy but I think that...
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- It's quite stylish, isn't it? - ..is a stunner. Have a feel of that.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47You'd only want to put notes in, wouldn't you?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Someone would buy that to use it.
0:18:49 > 0:18:54Can you imagine going to a special event somewhere and it's good enough and it's good quality enough,
0:18:54 > 0:18:58and the condition is there, that you could actually use it.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02- It's quite nice, yeah.- I think that's pretty drop-dead gorgeous.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04- And it's different.- What's the best on that one?
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- 125.- 125. - I'm sure it's gone up a fiver!
0:19:07 > 0:19:09- It has!- 120, then.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- I tell you, you are good.- Shall we have it the other way - 115?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- I think it's up to you, but I rate it.- Yeah.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19- What do you think?- Have a feel.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21It's really heavy, isn't it?
0:19:21 > 0:19:22It is. It's lovely.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26- Yeah.- And you've got eight minutes.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30- How much did you say, 110? - I think we should... Oh. I like it.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33How about 113, because I've got three change?
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- 115.- 115. That's another £5.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41- I think give him 115.- All right. - You've done well.- Thank you. - I really do.
0:19:42 > 0:19:48Sophie emerges as a hard-nosed negotiator in the dying minutes.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Can Migs do the same with her spoon?
0:19:52 > 0:19:54- Let's talk.- OK, let's.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56£40.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Look at her face. How can you refuse that face?
0:19:59 > 0:20:01That's a hell of a discount.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- I think 45 would be a pretty good price.- 42.
0:20:05 > 0:20:0642, we got a deal.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10- 42.- 42. Thank you very much indeed.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12- Thank you. - Can I just ask you a question?
0:20:12 > 0:20:14- Yes.- Because I think that was...
0:20:14 > 0:20:17This is a good bit of dealing technology here.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- Because you'd have taken 35 quid for that, or 40, would you?- No.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24- But you'd have come down a bit more than 42?- No, seriously.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27I know you're helping them and for that we are genuinely grateful but...
0:20:27 > 0:20:28I think...
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Steady!
0:20:33 > 0:20:34I think they did well, don't you?
0:20:34 > 0:20:38£69 down to £42.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40And their last item is in the bag.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43OK, the hour is up.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Time for me to find the teams and see how much leftover lolly there is,
0:20:47 > 0:20:52because, of course, the experts have still to go and bag the bonus buy.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Let's check out first what the Red team bought, eh?
0:20:57 > 0:21:02£36 was paid for the night watchman's rattle.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06The nuts pomander, a rather cute £19.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11And they went Dutch on the silver spoon, for 42.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12This is very matey, isn't it?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14- Yeah.- Have you had a good time?
0:21:14 > 0:21:17We have. We've found lots of interesting things.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21- Lots of interesting things, but you've spent a pathetic amount.- I know.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Really pathetic. How pathetic was it?
0:21:23 > 0:21:25We're careful shoppers. We spent £97.
0:21:25 > 0:21:2897? I gave you £300 to spend and you only spent £97.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- We couldn't find anything we liked that was interesting.- Really?- Mm-hm.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Well, OK, fine. £97, then.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37I'll have 203 quid off you.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- Oh, if you must.- £203.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Well, you've obviously had a peach of a morning, Serrell.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48- They've been good fun and I'm going to go and blitz this. - You're going to blitz the lot.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- That means spend it.- I don't know what on, but it's going to go.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54- Is it?- Yes.- All right, fine. Well, very, very good luck.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58Tell you what, why don't we remind ourselves what the Blues bought, eh?
0:21:59 > 0:22:04The glass vases were a plum pair at £17.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09They splashed out £140 on the Zimbabwean carving.
0:22:09 > 0:22:15And the silver chain mail handbag cost a pretty penny. Actually, £115.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Look at the grins on their faces!
0:22:19 > 0:22:21I've never seen two happier people
0:22:21 > 0:22:23and their expert doesn't look too bad, either.
0:22:23 > 0:22:24We've had a whale of a time.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28These two have been brilliant and we've bought three fabulous things.
0:22:28 > 0:22:34- £272, better than all this £50, £90 lark.- I do agree.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37272. Would that be £28 of leftover lolly, then?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39- Yes.- Who's got it?- Me. - You've got it, Soph?
0:22:39 > 0:22:42OK, come on, darling, let's have your £28.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46Which is a bit of a challenge for old Harper, really, because...
0:22:46 > 0:22:49you know, it's very nice, £28,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52but you're not going to find anything stellar with that.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55- I think I've got a good chance. - Well, nobody better to have a go
0:22:55 > 0:22:57than you, Harper, very good luck for that.
0:22:57 > 0:23:02Anyway, good luck, girls, because we're heading off somewhere really, really interesting.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Boy, have I got a hidden gem for you today!
0:23:09 > 0:23:11In a Wolverhampton suburb.
0:23:11 > 0:23:17This is Bantock House Museum, a lovingly restored Georgian house.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26These days, it's home to a treasure trove of objects
0:23:26 > 0:23:30that enthusiastic collectors have donated over the years.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35Daisy St Claire Mander, in about 1952,
0:23:35 > 0:23:39left the museum her collection of dolls,
0:23:39 > 0:23:41some 300-strong,
0:23:41 > 0:23:44and I've made a perfectly arbitrary selection
0:23:44 > 0:23:48of just four to share with you today.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52Now, I make the oldest one the fellow on the far side.
0:23:52 > 0:23:58She's got one of those faces that says, "Look deep into my eyes."
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Slightly spooky. Some would say she's not an oil painting.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Actually, she IS an oil painting.
0:24:04 > 0:24:12Her face is painted in oil paints, on a simple, shaped plug of wood,
0:24:12 > 0:24:16probably carved by a loving parent with his penknife
0:24:16 > 0:24:20and painted up, in about 1720.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23That hair on that doll is real human hair,
0:24:23 > 0:24:28that's been entwined and woven into kiss curls
0:24:28 > 0:24:30on either side of her head,
0:24:30 > 0:24:35and probably put on 100 years after the original wooden head was carved.
0:24:35 > 0:24:40Scroll forward 100 years to about 1820,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43and dolls had become rather more sophisticated.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46This girl has got a wooden head again,
0:24:46 > 0:24:52this time with no real hair, just a rather fetching painted hairdo.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Interesting that she's got pierced ears,
0:24:55 > 0:24:59so that you could play with toy earrings and dress her up.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03But the feature I really like is her articulated body.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Fun, isn't it?
0:25:05 > 0:25:07HE MAKES SQUEAKING NOISES
0:25:07 > 0:25:12The next major improvement for dolls we see in ol' wax face here.
0:25:12 > 0:25:19She's got glass eyes, indeed lovely blue glass eyes, inset into the wax.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22She would date from around 1840 or so,
0:25:22 > 0:25:27and what would have intrigued any child with a doll like this
0:25:27 > 0:25:30is the fact that she's got wax feet.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32There are her sweet little toe-toes.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35So realistic, you can almost...
0:25:35 > 0:25:37- HE SNIFFS - ..smell them.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41But the ultimate in sophisticated 19th century dolls
0:25:41 > 0:25:43has to be this girl.
0:25:43 > 0:25:48This is a bisque-headed doll, a form of porcelain that's unglazed.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51The maker is Armand Marseilles.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54These dolls all have mould numbers
0:25:54 > 0:25:57impressed in the back of their necks,
0:25:57 > 0:26:00which is what makes them so interesting to collectors.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Each of the mould numbers relates to a style of head,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07and this girl's got an open mouth with several teeth,
0:26:07 > 0:26:09rather starey black eyes,
0:26:09 > 0:26:14and incredibly healthy, pudgy, florid cheeks.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17The big question today is, of course,
0:26:17 > 0:26:21is it going to be child's play for our teams over at the auction,
0:26:21 > 0:26:23or will they just be a lot of cry babies,
0:26:23 > 0:26:26crying out for their mummies and daddies?
0:26:37 > 0:26:42Well, we've trotted up the M6, vaguely, from Oswestry to Knutsford,
0:26:42 > 0:26:45where we find ourselves in Knutsford's fine art auctioneers,
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Frank R Marshall, with Nick Hall.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50- Nick.- Welcome, Tim. - Very nice to see you.- You too.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54Now, the Red team, their first item is this so-called pigeon scarer.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Is it a pigeon scarer, or a night watchman's rattle?
0:26:58 > 0:27:01So many different names. All the same thing, really.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02We've gone for a bird-scarer.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Nice thing. And it's old and it's genuine.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07- Yeah, good old Victorian one. - How much?
0:27:07 > 0:27:11- 40 to 60.- £36 paid.- Good.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Next is the coquilla nut pomander.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16How old do you think that is, Nick?
0:27:16 > 0:27:20- About a week yesterday.- Really? - Yeah, it's a modern tourist piece.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23It's well made, it's decorative, but no age to it.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26It could easily have been made of plastic but actually it is nut.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- Ah, it's a proper nut. - What's it worth?
0:27:29 > 0:27:30Er, £20 or so.
0:27:30 > 0:27:31OK, £19 paid.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35There could be a pound's profit in that. How exciting is that?
0:27:35 > 0:27:38And lastly, then, is this Dutch spoon.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Yeah, nice bit of export-ware.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- Which is chunky.- Mm, decorative.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46I don't know what the mythology is with these long-beaked
0:27:46 > 0:27:47crane-like birds, do you?
0:27:47 > 0:27:50I suspect it's that Japaneseque influence
0:27:50 > 0:27:52that we see in some of these earlier silver bits.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Yeah, could be, couldn't it?
0:27:54 > 0:27:56- What's your estimate on it?- 40-60.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57OK, £42 paid.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00I think this team have got it just about spot-on.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03I don't think they will even need their bonus buy
0:28:03 > 0:28:06but just in case, let's go and have a look at it.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Well, this is jolly, isn't it?
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Now listen, you girls, you spent £97, right?
0:28:11 > 0:28:15One of the most uniquely miserable amounts of money you could have spent.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18We gave you 300 notes and you spent 97.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23Which means you had £203, P Serrell, to blow on the bonus buy.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27- What did you blow it on? - Well, I spent £180 and...
0:28:29 > 0:28:31It's gone!
0:28:31 > 0:28:33- Where is it? - Well, that's a little one, isn't it?
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Stop mucking about now. Come along, Philip.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Settle down, dearie. What did you buy?
0:28:38 > 0:28:41- This.- We're sitting on it.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43- I knew it, actually!- You knew it?
0:28:43 > 0:28:45- How did you know it? - No, I like this.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48- Two happy-looking ladies. Is it comfortable?- It is lovely.
0:28:48 > 0:28:49- Do you like it?- I do.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51How are you girls with leather?
0:28:51 > 0:28:54- Experts.- Are you?
0:28:54 > 0:28:57It's not old. It's meant to look like...what, 1920s?
0:28:57 > 0:29:01Yeah. It's clever, isn't it? If this thing is brand Harry spankers,
0:29:01 > 0:29:04how do you get this clapped-out leather look,
0:29:04 > 0:29:08which looks as if it's been in a gentlemen's club for 50 years,
0:29:08 > 0:29:11- which is the look that you want, isn't it?- Yes, and it cost £180
0:29:11 > 0:29:15and I think it's a really cool thing. I think it's a good-looking thing.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18And more importantly, I think that if you wanted to go
0:29:18 > 0:29:22and replace this, it would cost you a minimum of £300 to £500.
0:29:22 > 0:29:27- Well, at least.- I would be surprised if it didn't show you a profit.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30- So what do you think?- We like it. - You like it?
0:29:30 > 0:29:33- What do you think, Jens? - Yeah, I like it. You couldn't get one cheaper.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Anyway, for the audience at home, let's find out
0:29:36 > 0:29:40what the auctioneer thinks about Philip Serrell's settee.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Well, Nick, you're sitting on it.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46- Very comfortable, isn't it?- Not bad. - Yeah, it's all right.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48When was this thing made, do you reckon?
0:29:48 > 0:29:50- Oh, it's brand-new. - Is it?- No age at all.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Just a nice-quality bit of leather.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55This looks as if it's got a bit of age to it.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59Yes, it's sort of artificially aged, and that shabby-chic look, hasn't it?
0:29:59 > 0:30:04So, found by Mr Serrell for £180, and he really rates this, right?
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Brand-new. How's it going to do in the auction?
0:30:06 > 0:30:10Trouble is, of course, it's a nice bit of modern home furnishing
0:30:10 > 0:30:13sat in the middle of our antiques and collectors' sales!
0:30:13 > 0:30:16It might be a struggle with the audience we've got today.
0:30:16 > 0:30:17Right... So how much, then?
0:30:17 > 0:30:20- I've put 100, 150 on it. - 100 to 150?- Yeah.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22He's going to be crying in his beer.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Of course, the teams may not go with it.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Anyway, thank you very much.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31- OK, Tim.- Let's check out what the Blues bought.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Soph and Jez are excited for the Blues,
0:30:34 > 0:30:38their first item being this pair of multicoloured glass vases...
0:30:38 > 0:30:41- Lucky them!- ...which I think are absolutely hideous.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Yeah, not my favourite lot in the sale, I'll be honest.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46It's what we term "end of day" glass.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Yeah. Could be the end of the week, those.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51At least they're not cracked or messed about with.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54No, they're in good condition. Relatively decorative,
0:30:54 > 0:30:56not expensive. They should get away.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- What do you call "not expensive"? - I've put about £30 on them.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03£30? Really? They only paid £17.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07They'll be completely chuffed if you achieve that, Nick, I tell you!
0:31:07 > 0:31:12Next is the Zimbabwean soapstone group, which, I have to say,
0:31:12 > 0:31:17- I admired and coveted quite a lot in the fair.- It's a good thing.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20- It's a great lump, isn't it?- There's a lot of artistry in these things.
0:31:20 > 0:31:25It's part of a group of artwork we term "Shona art", from the tribe Shona.
0:31:25 > 0:31:30- Mm-hm.- This particular piece is by a chap called Fabian Madamombe.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34He's part of the second generation of Shona artists, born in the Fifties,
0:31:34 > 0:31:36and can do quite well at auction.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40- So you've done research on this? - I've done a history on that one.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43- So, what do you think it's worth? - Well, we've got a wide spread.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46We've put 100 to 200 on it, it's a bit of a niche market,
0:31:46 > 0:31:47but it should do well.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Well, they paid £140, actually.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52- Hopefully, a profit in that. - More or less spot-on.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54Yeah. Sculpture's doing well at the minute.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Good. And lastly, and for something completely different,
0:31:57 > 0:32:00how about a solid silver chain-mesh handbag?
0:32:00 > 0:32:03- For those evenings in the Knutsford wine bars.- Yes, absolutely!
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- How do you rate this? - Erm, £100, £150.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Silver's doing well.
0:32:08 > 0:32:13- It's a decorative item, good order. Ought to do it.- OK. £115 they paid.
0:32:13 > 0:32:18And I think the important thing is that this bag doesn't seem to be snagged at all.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22I mean, that mesh is quite delicate, and it is in remarkably good nick.
0:32:22 > 0:32:27- Perfect condition, yeah. - So according to your estimate, it's going to be just fab.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31- We'll do our best. - They too are not going to need their bonus buy, perhaps.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34But let's go and have a look at it anyway, shall we?
0:32:34 > 0:32:39OK, girls, £272 you've spent, which was a magnificent effort,
0:32:39 > 0:32:41giving the old boy only £28 to spend.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44So what did David Harper spend it on?
0:32:44 > 0:32:48Right, OK, a rather handsome Roman gentleman.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51He is Italian, and I think he's 19th century,
0:32:51 > 0:32:53and it's a Grand Tour piece.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57It's a bronze Roman bust mounted on a horn plinth.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01Have a feel of him. A lovely thing, very unusual, nice weight.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04- It is, actually. - Definitely bronze, yeah.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06- It's bronze.- So, how old is it?
0:33:06 > 0:33:0819th century.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11- It's a big century, obviously! - 100 years!
0:33:11 > 0:33:15- Very safe answer there.- I think I've got away with it, don't you?
0:33:15 > 0:33:17- They were impressed.- How much?
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Well, I only had £28, and I blew every last pound,
0:33:20 > 0:33:24and it took me a very, very long time to get him for £28. That's all I had.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28- What do you think, Jez? Is that something you'd buy? - Yes. I do like it.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32But it's a real antique, and it's a novelty thing, and it's quirky.
0:33:32 > 0:33:37It's got to do £50, I think. My opinion, it should do £50 and more.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41- We're standing by here, David, for your prediction.- Thank you, Tim.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44But now, for the audience at home, let's find out
0:33:44 > 0:33:47what the auctioneer thinks about David's little bust.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Well, what do you make of that little sweetheart?
0:33:50 > 0:33:54It's a sweet little thing, really, a nice bit of Grand Tour memorabilia.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Probably 19th century.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00Whether the top and bottom started out life together, I'm not sure, but it sits well.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03It's an odd mix, isn't it? That's a bit of horn there,
0:34:03 > 0:34:07and then is that wood or another solid lump of horn on that little plinth?
0:34:07 > 0:34:10- I think that's all horn, the base. - Is it?- Yeah.
0:34:10 > 0:34:15And then this little bronze bust on top of a Roman emperor, I guess.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17- Nice little thing. - It's got the look.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20OK, now, David Harper's cunning.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22- Mm.- What's your estimate on this? - 50 to 80.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26- £28 he paid.- He did well. - He did well.- Mm. A good eye.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29- Thank you very much, Nick. - You're welcome.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39- So, got any worries about anything, Jens?- No, nothing at all.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43No? No particular item that you've bought giving you a problem, Migs?
0:34:43 > 0:34:45- No.- No? What about you, Phil?
0:34:45 > 0:34:47I think they're going to do very well.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Well, this is exciting, isn't it? We're on the edge of the abyss.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53- Here it comes, the rattle. - Just settle down.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57Lot number 40 is the Victorian stained-beech bird scarer.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00I've got a bit of commission interest. Straight in at £20.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02- Oh!- Any advance?
0:35:02 > 0:35:03£20 with me on commission.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06At 20. 5. Book's out, madam. It's with you, seated.
0:35:06 > 0:35:0830 behind you. 35, second row.
0:35:08 > 0:35:1040, the gent.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12You're in profit.
0:35:12 > 0:35:1645 the bid's online. If you're all sure, selling at 45...
0:35:16 > 0:35:18Lovely, £45 on the internet.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21We like that. You're plus £9. That's a proper job.
0:35:21 > 0:35:26Lot number 41 is the 20th century
0:35:26 > 0:35:30subcontinent carved and pierced coquilla nut pomander.
0:35:30 > 0:35:31A bit of work gone into it.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35Where are we going to say? £20? £20. Someone surely will take the bid.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Some very interested parties in the far corner willing you on.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41£20, someone, somewhere, surely.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Got to be worth that. 15?
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Take a tenner, get the ball rolling.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Or get the nut rolling. 10, I'm bid. 15 seated.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Still in, sir? 15 seated.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53I've got 20 in the front, madam in the second row. 25 behind you.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56Anyone else coming in? At £25. Any advance? Are we all done?
0:35:56 > 0:35:58You sure? At 25.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02- And that is plus £6, yes? - Monster profits!
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Nothing the matter with a profit, is there?
0:36:05 > 0:36:08Lot number 42 is the early 20th century Dutch export
0:36:08 > 0:36:10white-metal souvenir spoon.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12£20 to start. £20 anywhere?
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Surely at £20. Nice bit of Dutch silverware. 20 bid online.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19Thank you for the internet. £20. 5 anywhere? Anywhere else?
0:36:19 > 0:36:23The bid's online. It's going. It's going at £20. I have to sell.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26I cannot believe it. £20.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29- You were unlucky. - £20. You are minus £22 on that.
0:36:29 > 0:36:34You were plus 15, so that means you're minus 7 overall.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36- I am, as they say, without breath. - Mm-hm.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40But anyway, breathless or not, are you going to go with the bonus buy?
0:36:40 > 0:36:43- Are you going to go with that leather sofa?- Definitely.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45We're definitely going with the bonus buy.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48I can tell you now, the auctioneer's estimate is 100 to 150,
0:36:48 > 0:36:50so he's not that optimistic.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52The big question is, who's right?
0:36:52 > 0:36:53And here it comes.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57Lot number 46 is the good-quality
0:36:57 > 0:36:59modern brown leather sofa in the Art Deco taste.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01Commission interest.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04I'm coming in at £100.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06The bid's with me at £100. 110.
0:37:06 > 0:37:07120 with me now. 120 bid.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10130. 140. 150.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13Bid's on the phone. The book's out.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16It's 140, and you bid at 150. Thank you, sir. 150 in the room.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18160. 170 in the room, sir.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21With you at 170. At 170 now.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23180. Phone bid at 180.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25190. Back in the room at 190.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26< Well done, Phil.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29200 here. Phone bidder at £200.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31210 with you, sir. 220.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34230. £230, all done.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Last chance. Selling.
0:37:37 > 0:37:38- GAVEL BANGS - I love you!
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Oh, wonderful!
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Cor, blimey O'Riley!
0:37:42 > 0:37:49£230. That is plus £50, which means overall you are, miraculously,
0:37:49 > 0:37:53thanks to Philip, transported into plus 43.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57£43. The big thing is, do not tell the Blues a thing, all right?
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- Mum's the word, all right? Well done, Phil.- Zipped.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Jez, you're looking a bit nervy, love.
0:38:11 > 0:38:12Oh, I'm really nervous.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- Why are you really nervous? - I don't know!
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- I'll be all right in a minute. - Soph, are you nervous?
0:38:18 > 0:38:20- I'm excited!- You're excited.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23How excited are you on a scale of excitement out of one to ten?
0:38:23 > 0:38:25- Trembling. - Trembling? Oh, that's good.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28We love trembling and really frightened.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30The first lot up are the vases, and here they come.
0:38:30 > 0:38:3362 is the pair of
0:38:33 > 0:38:37late 19th century end-of-day multicoloured glass vases.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39I am so excited!
0:38:39 > 0:38:42I've got a bit of commission interest, as well.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45I'm going to start straight in with me now at £25.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47- Ooh!- 25, the bid's with me. £25.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Any advance? 30 I can take. 5. 40.
0:38:50 > 0:38:525 with me. Are you still bidding?
0:38:52 > 0:38:55It's £45. The bid's with me. All done?
0:38:56 > 0:38:58That's three to twenty.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00I make that plus 28.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Plus 28, chickens!
0:39:02 > 0:39:08Lot number 63, nice bit of stone carving, this, from the Shona tribe.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11This particular piece is by Fabian Madamombe.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13- Fabian Madamombe.- Know him well.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16I've got commission interest.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19I'm going to start the bidding with me at £100.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Anyone else coming in? With me at £100. I'll take 110 now.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Any advance? 110. 120.
0:39:25 > 0:39:26130. The book's out.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29With you, sir, seated, at 130 now.
0:39:29 > 0:39:30130, I'm selling.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33He has sold it for £130.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36I mean, I can't believe it. That's minus £10.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38- Minus 10? Oh!- It's minus £10. - It's OK.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Lot number 64
0:39:40 > 0:39:43is the George V imported sterling silver mesh lady's cocktail bag.
0:39:43 > 0:39:48What are you going to say for this? £100 for it. 100 somewhere, surely.
0:39:48 > 0:39:49100 for it. 80. 70.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Get the ball rolling at £50.
0:39:51 > 0:39:52- Oh, no!- £50?
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Solid, hallmarked silver mesh evening purse.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Thank you, sir, 50 online. The bid's online at £50.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01- Oh, no.- The bid's online at £50.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05It will be sold, make no mistake. All sure? Thank you, madam, 55. 60.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08- Go on!- In the room at £60. Still bidding here?
0:40:08 > 0:40:1065. You all finished online?
0:40:10 > 0:40:13It's in the room at 65. All done, if you're sure.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Minus 32.
0:40:16 > 0:40:21Right? I mean, chin up, because that is not good luck, I tell you.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25That silver bag, you'd melt that down for £100.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27- And that's just the metal.- Yeah.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29So, what are you going to do about your little bust?
0:40:29 > 0:40:32- Do you fancy going with the little bust?- Definitely.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35You're going to have a tickle with that? I don't blame you.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37But on this current form, anything can happen.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Anyway, here comes your bust.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Lot 68 is the 19th century Grand Tour
0:40:42 > 0:40:45bronze miniature bust of a Roman emperor.
0:40:45 > 0:40:4750 for it. 40.
0:40:47 > 0:40:4930. Surely someone at £30.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Thank you, sir. 30, I'm bid. 5 online.
0:40:51 > 0:40:5340 now. With you, sir, at £40.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Any advance on £40? Are you bidding online?
0:40:55 > 0:40:5745.
0:40:57 > 0:41:0045 online. 50 with you, sir. Back in the room at £50.
0:41:00 > 0:41:035 online, sir? Can you squeeze another one?
0:41:03 > 0:41:0655 against you. At £55.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11£55 is, at least, £2 up from 30.
0:41:11 > 0:41:12- That's plus £27.- Brilliant.
0:41:12 > 0:41:19Not half bad, matey. Well done. And that means overall you are minus £5.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23- Oh!- That is so close. This is the helter-skelter of life.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27Now, minus £5 could be a winning score, so don't talk to the Reds, all right?
0:41:27 > 0:41:29- Thank you.- OK.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41- So, teams, been chatting, have we? - No.- No?
0:41:41 > 0:41:45Well, all I can say is that each team should be very, very grateful
0:41:45 > 0:41:48that they've got such great experts
0:41:48 > 0:41:53- who've done so incredibly well for them today!- Oh!
0:41:53 > 0:41:56It's all a question of scale, though, and I have to reveal
0:41:56 > 0:42:00- that the runners-up today, unfortunately, are the Blues.- Oh!
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Your overall score is minus £5, and that just isn't good enough, girls,
0:42:05 > 0:42:07just not good enough today.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10But we've had a rip-roaring time. Have you enjoyed it?
0:42:10 > 0:42:13- Absolutely.- You look a bit gutted. Are you all right?- Fine!
0:42:13 > 0:42:16- They've been wonderful. - I knew I'd lost.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20Winning isn't everything, it's taking part, and you've been great.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23But the victors today, by a long chalky,
0:42:23 > 0:42:27because they're going to actually take home £43... Migs?
0:42:27 > 0:42:30But before you go into congratulatory mode,
0:42:30 > 0:42:35- I have to tell you that £50 profit came from our Phil today.- It did.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37I mean, £50 off that old leather sofa,
0:42:37 > 0:42:39that was a considerable achievement.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42So, we've been everywhere, all round the houses,
0:42:42 > 0:42:45but ultimately, you've come up trumps.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49- Thanks to our hero. - Yeah, he is our hero, isn't he?
0:42:49 > 0:42:52I mean, not everybody would make the Bargain Hunt team
0:42:52 > 0:42:55lug a two-seater solid leather settee
0:42:55 > 0:42:58- halfway across the north-west of England!- Three counties!
0:42:58 > 0:43:02Three counties, and counting, to make a profit.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06So if it hadn't made any money, you'd have been in trouble, Serrell.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10I'm glad you've had a good time. Thank you very much, Phil. Congratulations.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13- And join us soon for some more Bargain Hunting. Yes?- Yes!
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