0:00:05 > 0:00:09Hello! Let's go Bargain Hunting.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10Yeah!
0:00:37 > 0:00:40We Bargain Hunters have come to the Lincoln Fair,
0:00:40 > 0:00:46literally hundreds of stalls stuffed with antiques and collectables.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50But how are our contestants going to cope with all this choice?
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Our two married teams are looking for bargains from around the world.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58The Zulu had these around their necks.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02It's a bit of African tribal art, probably from Swaziland.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04- Am I talking you into it?- No.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07And this lot want the world.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10We've got Ceylon. That's now Sri Lanka.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13- Sh!- Kenny, you just keep looking at the atlas.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17And I visit an intriguing London house
0:01:17 > 0:01:21to meet a remarkable Bargain Hunt guest.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26But for now, let's meet those teams.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- And here they all are. How lovely. Hi, everyone.- Hi.- Hi.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38- Lauren, how did you meet Kenny? - When we were about 14 or 15,
0:01:38 > 0:01:43- myself and my friends - not Kenny, he's ten years older than me...- Is he?- Obviously.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46We used to hang about at the top of the street where his work was.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48It sounds quite sinister but it's not.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52And he was a lorry driver and he used to wave and we used to wave back.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55But later, I worked in a bar and that's where we met.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59- And he said what? - "Have you grown out of sitting on street corners now?"
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- That was his chat-up line. - That was a good chat-up line.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03How romantic!
0:02:03 > 0:02:07- So you pulled him another quick half and that was that.- Yeah.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11- Now, Kenny, you've got a couple of kids, yeah?- Yes, yes.- And a dog.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Oh, Rufus, yes, he's a barrel of fun.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16And you like to take him out for walkies and all that?
0:02:16 > 0:02:22- Yes, he loves a run.- Oh?- Yes, he does like chasing cows.- Does he?- Yes.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26I took him in the field one night and he decided to round them up
0:02:26 > 0:02:28and herd them towards me.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- So I was...- In the dark? - Yes, so I was running away, chased by cows.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36- And the dog.- You were lucky.- I was.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39So how do you think you're going to get on with the missus as a team?
0:02:39 > 0:02:40- We'll be great.- Really?
0:02:40 > 0:02:45- It might look like we're falling out but we're not really. - No, this is happily married life.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Oh, yeah. Every day.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- How many years have you been together?- 11 years, now.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- Have you?- Married for eight.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55It's going to be a test today, I can tell you.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56HE LAUGHS
0:02:56 > 0:03:01Now, Barry and Sheila. How did you and Barry meet?
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- We were at the theatre in Leicester. - Oh, were you?
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Barry was acting because he's the big actor.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11He was playing the village idiot.
0:03:11 > 0:03:16- I thought he was a very good actor and then I married him and realised it wasn't acting.- Oh, yes?
0:03:16 > 0:03:21That's brave talk, that is, for the television. You'll be in trouble later.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25So you were seriously theatrical in your youth, were you?
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Yes, I was an actor. I was in rep.
0:03:28 > 0:03:34Then I got married and I decided that marriage and theatre don't really go together.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38It can be difficult, moving around, and so I became a drama teacher.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39- Oh, did you?- Yes.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43But you've had great success, haven't you? You mixed with the stars.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46In repertory days I worked with people like John Shrapnel,
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Eric Idle, Richard Eyre, Jonathan Lynn.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54They went on to do great and wonderful things.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56I got married.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- And you went on to teach, which is very nice.- Yes.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03So what are your strengths going to be today then, Sheila,
0:04:03 > 0:04:07in your team with your artistically talented and well-coordinated husband?
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- Thanks, dear. - Ordering him around and keeping him under control, really.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16- Really?- Yes.- The controlling presence.- That's right.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17- Yes.- I'm the organiser.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20- Does that mean you're going to take the money?- Of course.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23It's the money moment. £300, look. There you go.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26£300. You know the rules. Your experts await.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29And off you go and very, very, very good luck.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34So who's counselling our married couples today?
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Hoping to keep the divorce rate down for the Reds is David Harper.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42And making the bonds of marriage secure for the Blues,
0:04:42 > 0:04:44it's James Lewis.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Let the ceremonies begin.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Right, now, a married couple. Do you fall out?
0:04:51 > 0:04:52- Not very often.- Regularly.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57- What are you looking for? - China, pottery, that sort of thing.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- Yes.- Both of you?- Ceramics. - Yes, ceramics, silver.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- Shall we just agree with Lauren? - That's probably best, yes.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Come on, then.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- Ah, Doulton.- I like that.
0:05:12 > 0:05:18- Mass produced as a series ware, so it's not rare.- OK.- OK.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Well spotted, Kenny. I think it's quite stylish, actually.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31- Are these covered in paper? - Yes, it's paper lined. It's almost like wallpaper.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36Date wise, a very good way, if it's not dated on the globe itself,
0:05:36 > 0:05:39of dating an atlas will be to look at the countries
0:05:39 > 0:05:41because country names change, don't they?
0:05:41 > 0:05:44So think of a country that you know has changed its name.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48We've got Ceylon. That's now Sri Lanka.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50So when did Ceylon become Sri Lanka?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52'There might be a quiz at the end of this, viewers!'
0:05:52 > 0:05:57- It was the '50s, wasn't it? - I would have thought so. After the Second World War.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59'1972, to be precise.'
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Africa's always a great one.
0:06:02 > 0:06:07Southern Rhodesia became Rhodesia in the '60s and then Zimbabwe in 1980.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10So it's pre-1960s.
0:06:10 > 0:06:15Oh, hang on. Philips' Challenge Globe. It's dated there. 1959.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16So there you go.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19'Now that's why we call them experts!'
0:06:19 > 0:06:22It's teak. Got a bit of an art deco feel going to it
0:06:22 > 0:06:25but it's a definite '50s slant.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27What have we got on the globe?
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- Could be 90.- Could be 90, yeah?
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Now, Lauren, what do you think about it? You tell me.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36It's handsome to look at but...
0:06:36 > 0:06:40- We're not talking about me, Lauren. - Oh, such a charmer!
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Erm, I like it if Kenny likes it.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46- Would you take 60 at all, for it? - I'll take 80.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52- 70, maybe?- That's it. - Meet in the middle at 75.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- No...- No, we're going for... Sh! - Kenny!- 70.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56You just keep looking at the atlas.
0:06:58 > 0:07:0075, yeah? Is that agreed?
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- Marvellous.- Do you like 75? - 75's brilliant. That's great.- OK.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10'Ah, Kenny, you can get a say, as long as it's the same as Lauren's.'
0:07:11 > 0:07:16'Now, I'm training my beady eyes on you guys. What have you got?'
0:07:16 > 0:07:19So what we've got is basically an oval slab of hard stone,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22probably an agate,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25and then this is cut-card work that's engraved and chased afterwards.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Now, I think it looks Continental
0:07:28 > 0:07:31but there's one thing that screams quality here.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- If you look on the lip there, do you see the name?- Yes, yes.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39Betjeman's. Betjeman's were a 19th century company
0:07:39 > 0:07:41that specialised in unusual patents
0:07:41 > 0:07:46and here we've got that and that.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49And that's what makes it a Betjeman's patent.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53- I love the design on the top. I do like that.- Nice thing.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55It's in a French style but it's English.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00The date, I guess, is about 1860, 1870.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04What could he do on that for us? 60?
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Would you do it at 50?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- Shall we go?- Yes, OK, we will.- OK.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12- I think at 60 we've got a deal.- OK.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- Happy with that, guys? - Yes.- Yes, indeed.- OK.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22The great thing about Barry and Sheila is they're good fun
0:08:22 > 0:08:24but they're really open-minded.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27They don't have minds set in stone.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30How's the marriage holding out on the Red side?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- Oh!- They are beyond revolting.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- You know who that is, don't you? - I'm not sure I want to look.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40- Is that Napoleon? - Yeah, and there is Josephine.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Yes. That could be you two, couldn't it?
0:08:44 > 0:08:45- Yeah?- Mm.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- Are you trying to buy things? - No, no, not without your expertise.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Oh, but it's nice to see you're still holding hands.
0:08:53 > 0:08:54There's time yet.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Now, James, what are you holding?
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- What is it?- I would have thought a surveyor's level or something.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07'No!'
0:09:07 > 0:09:11But the ball, I think, at some stage, has been added.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15- Yes?- I think that's probably a 19th-century bowling ball,
0:09:15 > 0:09:17for skittles.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21- It's somebody from a bowling club that's had it.- Funny thing.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- A bit too quirky.- I agree with you.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33- What do we think about the lamp? - I like the shape.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34And I do like the pattern
0:09:34 > 0:09:39but I would have liked the curves, the lines in it, to have been more blue,
0:09:39 > 0:09:40rather than the lilac.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Eh, what a demanding woman.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44You get used to it.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Do you?
0:09:46 > 0:09:50It's a piece that you might refer to as an end-of-day.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53There's bits and pieces of leftover stuff
0:09:53 > 0:09:55made into a lamp.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I mean, look at the wiring and look at that top.
0:09:58 > 0:10:04That looks very '50s. '50s and '60s pieces are so retro, so popular.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06They're doing very well.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- What have you got on that? Is it...? - 55 quid.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Oh, really? As much as that?
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- The best I could do is 45 quid.- 45.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17On a good day, it could do quite nicely and make 10 or 20 quid
0:10:17 > 0:10:20but on a bad day, you're going to lose 10 or 20 quid.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- It's a chance you take, isn't it? - It's always the chance you take.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- Kenny, have a feel of it. Is it talking to you?- Do you like it?
0:10:28 > 0:10:30'Kenny, she's letting you speak again!'
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- I do, actually.- What about 35?
0:10:32 > 0:10:34- I couldn't, honestly.- 40?
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- Yeah, 40 quid, yeah.- 40 quid.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- Lovely.- I think we've done the deal. - Yes.- Thanks, we'll have that.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- Thank you.- Well done.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50I think of our buys so far, my favourite is the globe
0:10:50 > 0:10:52as a potential profit maker.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56The glass lamp, in actual fact, is the one I would want to take home
0:10:56 > 0:11:00because you do rewire that and you do put a shade on
0:11:00 > 0:11:02and it will look absolutely stunning.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04That was bad English.
0:11:04 > 0:11:05Sounded fine to me, David,
0:11:05 > 0:11:08but let's take a look at an object what I got.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Nowadays, if you're having a cup of tea...
0:11:13 > 0:11:15and you take a bit of sugar,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18all you do is take one of these hideous plastic spoons,
0:11:18 > 0:11:22white sugar, look, dunk it in, give it a bit of a stir up - lovely.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Now, that would not be acceptable behaviour
0:11:25 > 0:11:28in genteel society.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Smart people in 1900 had their sugar in cubes
0:11:32 > 0:11:37and if you had cubed sugar, you needed one of these jokers.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42I've picked up these solid silver sugar nips to share with you
0:11:42 > 0:11:45the beauty of their design.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47If you look at this semicircular piece here
0:11:47 > 0:11:51it almost looks like a bit of industrial art,
0:11:51 > 0:11:53with these rivets.
0:11:53 > 0:11:59It's very much turn of the century, Jugendstil style,
0:11:59 > 0:12:04this is 1900, Austrian influence, and it's an extraordinary feature.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07I love the end of the nips themselves.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Do you see that? They've been bifurcated.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13Further up you can see more of this Viennese influence
0:12:13 > 0:12:16in the plunger part
0:12:16 > 0:12:20and on the end it says patent and a registration number.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23And all round, these nips are in good condition.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27What would a pair of sugar nips like this cost you?
0:12:27 > 0:12:32Out there in the fair today they could be yours for £65.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34What might they make in a specialist sale?
0:12:34 > 0:12:38Well, they could bring, I don't know, £120, something like that.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42In fact, I think I might nip off and buy them.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54- What is it?- They're tobacco gourds or snuff bottles.- Yes?
0:12:54 > 0:12:58These sort of snuff bottles were used all over the world.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02The Zulu were said to have these around their necks before the Battle of Rorke's Drift.
0:13:02 > 0:13:08The idea was they'd have their cannabis mixed with other herbs and spices
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- and they would take that before battle.- For bravery.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14And they'd have them around their necks.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18Some are actually pinned into ears like that in South American tribes.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22- These things are a bit of fun. Slightly unusual.- Yes.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26- What do you think?- Well, I think if we can get him down a bit...
0:13:26 > 0:13:30- A quirky object.- They're worth 20 quid to me. Let's ask.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32- He says 25.- 25, OK.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36- I think they're worth that.- OK.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40- But is there a profit? My heart says buy them... - You don't think there is?
0:13:40 > 0:13:44- ..my head says leave them and think. - We could leave them and come back.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- They might have gone. That's life. - Then we won't have them.- OK.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51So they're sniffy over the price of the snuffy.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55You've only got one buy, Barry and Sheila, and 20 minutes left.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59The Reds are still holding hands. That won't last.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Now, this is a wonderful object. It's a bit of African tribal art.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05'Oh, cripes, here we go again.'
0:14:05 > 0:14:09It's probably from Swaziland or Zulu Natal
0:14:09 > 0:14:12and it's a milking pail.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16They sometimes come on three legs or just a plain rim like that.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19- But it's nice and early. It's got a good colour.- How old?
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Well, tribal art is very difficult to date
0:14:23 > 0:14:27but this one is certainly 60 or 70 years old.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31It's lost its cover but it's 45 quid.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Will it sell?
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Oh, this is just it. If I was there and allowed to buy, yes, it would
0:14:38 > 0:14:41and I would also pay more than £45 for it.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- Am I talking you into it?- No.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Is it a bit of tribal art the right thing to sell in Lincolnshire?
0:14:48 > 0:14:53- Well...- Am I going to be the only person in the auction room that likes it?- Probably.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- Am I going to say, "Sorry, guys, I've made you a loss"?- Possibly.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- Shall we put it down and think about it?- Yes.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04It sounded like a definite no to me, James, but what do I know?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Hello, woof-woofs.
0:15:07 > 0:15:08Rrr!
0:15:08 > 0:15:11- He's ugly.- He is not ugly! How could you say he's ugly?
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Lauren, you don't think he's ugly, do you?
0:15:14 > 0:15:17- Erm... Erm... - You're not dumfounded again?
0:15:17 > 0:15:20No, well, I am, I'm sorry. How old is he?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23He's Bretby. He will be late 19th century.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Normally they mark Bretby with a sunburst.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- What sort of money is he?- 85.- 85.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- I mean...- But I will do him for 40.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35- I think...- He looks reliable, doesn't he?
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- Now, what breed is he? - It's a shar-pei.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Well, there you go. I wouldn't know that.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44So let's think there's a couple of shar-pei owners in there.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47They're going to want to buy him desperately, aren't they?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49He's fairly cute.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54It's not exactly the ancient thing that you're looking for
0:15:54 > 0:15:57but he's got the 100 years to him, I would say.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01With those wrinkles, I'd say 100 plus.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Let's leave Lauren to ponder.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Right, now, what does that say to you?
0:16:08 > 0:16:12- Well, Continental?- Ugly piece of brass, if you don't like it.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16Erm, I don't know - matches, cigarettes.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- Exactly what it is.- Cigars. - What's his mouth for, then?
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Imagine you're a smoker and a drinker from the 19th century
0:16:22 > 0:16:24and you've had a hard day at work.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28You go to your local bar or tavern with your cigar
0:16:28 > 0:16:30and you haven't got your matches.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33No such thing as buying a lighter from the bar.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37You would go along and this would be plumbed into the mains gas supply
0:16:37 > 0:16:41and out of his mouth would be a flame lit from mains gas.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44You would take your light from one side, light it from the mouth,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47light your cigar and put it back in here.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50And where would this have been made? It could be English or Continental
0:16:50 > 0:16:56but looking at him, he's almost like a gold prospector or a miner.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59So you can imagine this would have been in the Wild West
0:16:59 > 0:17:03on one of those bars with those prospectors and men of real courage,
0:17:03 > 0:17:06going and lighting their cigars from that.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Quite a story behind this, I think.
0:17:08 > 0:17:13- And what's it made from, brass? - Cast brass. £45.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17- What do you think? Profit in it? - It's got to be worth 35 quid.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23I can see it making 60 or 70 in a good sale,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26so if we can get for 35, that's a double money situation.
0:17:27 > 0:17:33While they're off bargaining, let's see if that wrinkly doggy has some new owners.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35He is quite handsome, isn't he?
0:17:35 > 0:17:40Now, if he can be confirmed as being a Bretby piece,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43it's a stonking bargain at 40 quid.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Lauren, we've got nine minutes left.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Talk to the dog. Are you going to take him home or not?
0:17:49 > 0:17:54I quite like him and I will agree to buy him if I can name him.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56OK. What are we going to call him?
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Graham.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- Graham?- Straight there. Definite Graham.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Right, OK. Are we going to have him for 40 quid?
0:18:03 > 0:18:07- Definitely.- Definitely.- I think he's the best buy of the day.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09- Thank you. We'll have him. - He's lovely.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13So wrinkly Graham is theirs and they are done.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18Now, have Barry and Sheila bargained hard enough for their tavern lighter?
0:18:18 > 0:18:22- We've had a word with the stallholder...- Yes?
0:18:22 > 0:18:26..and he said that he would let us have this for £35.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28So I think we should go for it.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- So let's have him. - It's a deal.- It's a deal.- Brilliant.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33- Thank you.- Thank you.- Let's move on.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Move on indeed, Blues. You only have a few minutes left.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43- Five minutes. I think we've got to go and get the Swaziland bucket.- OK.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Right, it looks like we can have it for £35 because he's not here...
0:18:50 > 0:18:53At this rate, we could have it for nothing.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Unfortunately, it doesn't work like that, James. Anyway, job done.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09Lauren and Kenny first navigated their way to the globe.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13David then persuaded them to gamble on this 1950s lamp
0:19:13 > 0:19:18and finally, they're walking Graham, the wrinkly shar-pei, to auction.
0:19:18 > 0:19:19I hope he don't bite!
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- You've had fun, haven't you? - We have.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25It's like going round having a drinks party with you lot.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Kenny, which is your favourite piece? Old smiler?
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- Graham's my favourite.- Ah! Graham! - Don't ask!
0:19:31 > 0:19:32Gorgeous Graham.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- What about you, Lauren? Which is your favourite?- He is.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39- And how much did you spend all round?- £155.- £155.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42I get £145 of leftover lolly, please.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48- Thank you.- That's for you, my love. - £145. It goes straight to the man.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- Thank you very much.- What are you going to do with that, David?
0:19:51 > 0:19:55I think something shining and blingy, especially for Lauren.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Ah! How sweet.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- You don't mind me saying that? - No, no, not at all.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03There's going to be trouble, I can see.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04Good luck with that.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Why don't we remind ourselves what the Blue team bought, eh?
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Barry and Sheila first parted with cash for the inkstand.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Will there be gold in them there hills
0:20:18 > 0:20:20for the American prospector lighter?
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Finally, they ran the length of the fair
0:20:27 > 0:20:30to grab the African milk stool but almost ran out of time.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34How much money did you spend, actually, Sheila?
0:20:34 > 0:20:41- Altogether, £130.- £130. So I'd like £170 of leftover lolly from someone.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- Lovely. £170 going across to you, James.- Lovely.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48James' task is now to spend all that money. Got anything in mind?
0:20:48 > 0:20:52- Do you know, I'm just going to try and blow the lot.- Ooh! Do!
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Because I'm so mean normally, I'm just going to go for it.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Anyway, very good luck to you. Meanwhile, we're off.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01We're off somewhere incredibly special
0:21:01 > 0:21:03and I tell you, it's not local.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15I'm in London today to meet a rather special Bargain Hunt guest,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18who's waiting for me inside this building,
0:21:18 > 0:21:21the Linley Sambourne House.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Our guest is the great-grandson of Linley Sambourne,
0:21:28 > 0:21:32a Victorian cartoonist for Punch magazine.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35His grandson knows this house very well indeed.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38He is Lord Snowdon.
0:21:41 > 0:21:47It's extremely kind of you to come here and join us at Linley Sambourne House today,
0:21:47 > 0:21:51which of course occupies a very special place in your heart,
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- doesn't it?- Yes, indeed.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58I'm very, very fond of it. It's fairly chaotic.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01It has its special atmosphere, though, doesn't it, still?
0:22:01 > 0:22:08Nothing's changed at all since my great-grandfather was here.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12Your mother was instrumental in saving this house, wasn't she?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Yes, indeed.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16'Inspired by this house,
0:22:16 > 0:22:19'the Countess of Rosse formed the Victorian Society,
0:22:19 > 0:22:22'along with a group of influential friends,
0:22:22 > 0:22:26'in order to preserve Victorian art and architecture.'
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Don't forget, all Victorian things were very unpopular for a long time
0:22:31 > 0:22:35and it was due to people like John Betjeman and my mother
0:22:35 > 0:22:37to get it going again.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41And she loved this house and it shows.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Does it have any special childhood memories for you?
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Yes, it was always immensely gloomy...
0:22:47 > 0:22:50and it shouldn't look lit.
0:22:50 > 0:22:57No. Of course, as your great-grandfather was a photographer
0:22:57 > 0:23:01and you're a photographer, you know all about light, don't you?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- I don't use them. - You don't use them at all?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- Daylight.- No.
0:23:06 > 0:23:12Do you think there are any similarities between Linley Sambourne's photography
0:23:12 > 0:23:13and your works?
0:23:13 > 0:23:15He was very talented.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19If some of that talent brushed off on me, I'd be delighted.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Well, I think it has done, for certain.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Sambourne took pictures of himself and his family
0:23:25 > 0:23:29posing as the satirical characters he wanted to portray.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33He then used them to help create his famous cartoons.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38He used the upstairs bathroom as his darkroom
0:23:38 > 0:23:40to develop the prints,
0:23:40 > 0:23:44although Lord Snowdon remembers the bath for different reasons.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49Oh, I loved the bath. It's just slabs of solid marble.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53So what you had to do was you had to run it twice,
0:23:53 > 0:23:57once to heat the marble and the other time to heat your bum.
0:23:58 > 0:24:03Do you have any favourite pieces in the house that you particularly like?
0:24:03 > 0:24:06I wouldn't like to pick out one particular thing.
0:24:06 > 0:24:11- I think the whole point of it is really being en masse.- Yes.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14So if you isolate any...
0:24:16 > 0:24:18it doesn't work.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22- Where did you get your tie from? - I've got hundreds of them.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- Have you?- I have, actually. - You always wear a bowtie? - Always, yes.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28I feel quite undressed without it.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Don't show me.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Well, thank you very much for joining us.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- A great pleasure.- Thank you.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Lord Snowdon's absolutely right, isn't he?
0:24:43 > 0:24:47This is the most extraordinary house.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52100 years of multi-layered family history,
0:24:52 > 0:24:54all still contained
0:24:54 > 0:24:59in a building where absolutely nothing has been thrown away.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04And yet it's open to the public to be able to enjoy it
0:25:04 > 0:25:06in this fragile environment.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Of course the big question today is
0:25:09 > 0:25:11which of our teams over at the auction
0:25:11 > 0:25:14is going to turn out to be particularly fragile?
0:25:25 > 0:25:30Well, it's lovely to have popped down the road to Golding Young and Thomas Mawer
0:25:30 > 0:25:31to be with Colin Young.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34- Colin, good morning. - Good morning, Tim.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Anyway, first off for Lauren and Kenny is this globe,
0:25:37 > 0:25:40which I see is dated 1959.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- How do you rate that, Colin? - I think it's fine.
0:25:43 > 0:25:49Most schools would have that type of globe as a good educational tool for their geography classes
0:25:49 > 0:25:53and today it's got some age, it's, what, 50 years old,
0:25:53 > 0:25:58so I would have thought somebody would be pleased to relive their youth
0:25:58 > 0:25:59and have that in their study.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04- What's it worth?- Well, I've put an estimate of £30-50 on it.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Well, you'll be popular. They paid £75.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- I mean, they do make funny amounts, globes, don't they?- They do.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12- They can sell quite well. - You're right.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- I'd regard your estimate at 30-50 as a bit of a tease.- Yeah.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Now, this art glass lamp.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21- I don't think it's particularly art glass, do you?- No.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25I'll be honest, it does look to be probably Venetian.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29It does have that British look about it - they've mentioned that it's British -
0:26:29 > 0:26:33but I would have thought that's a mass-produced thing from Italy.
0:26:33 > 0:26:38- And the only British thing is the electric fitting. - A nice piece of chrome.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- I see it's got a hairline crack. - Yes, next to the drilled hole.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- That's not so hot, is it?- It's not. - Cracked glass is not a good buy.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47- No, it's not.- No. Lovely.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51- What's your estimate?- 20-40. It's safe at that sort of money.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- OK, they paid £40, so they're on the edge.- Mm.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Excellent. And lastly, we come up with this shar-pei fellow here.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01It looks pretty grotesque
0:27:01 > 0:27:04but on the other hand, grotesque things are popular.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07They can often sell quite well.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09It came in listed as being Bretby.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14I can't find anything in past results for a Bretby example like that,
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- so we've catalogued it as "style of". - That's the safe way to do it.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22- And Bretby were pretty good at marking everything.- They were.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25It's a factory that's been well researched,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28so if you can't find it, it probably isn't Bretby.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31- But it's got the look. - It has. The estimate's 30-50.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35- OK, £40 paid.- I'm sure there'll be somebody out there
0:27:35 > 0:27:39that's got a shar-pei that wants a little mate for it.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42On that basis, I fancy, depending on what happens with shar-pei,
0:27:42 > 0:27:45they're going to need their bonus buy, so let's have a look at it.
0:27:46 > 0:27:52Now, Lauren and Kenny, you spent £155, you gave the boy 145.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54What did David Harper blow it on?
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Well, as you know, Tim, I was thinking of Lauren with these purchases.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- Very kind of you. - A little bit of bling, I think.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02- Ooh, sparkling!- Take one each.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06- What are they?- They're salts. - Very well done.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09- And they've got liners. - Original liners.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12- Tired liners.- Tired?
0:28:12 > 0:28:15- Recently used liners. There's still salt in there.- Oh, yeah.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Have a look at the base. Nicely marked in Chester,
0:28:19 > 0:28:21which is a rarer hallmark.
0:28:21 > 0:28:26So we've got 1919 and 1920, very elegant and a pair.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28- They are pretty. - They are. They're growing on me.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30- That's good, then.- Good.
0:28:30 > 0:28:35- Guess how much I paid for them. - I think you paid 85.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Ooh. Kenny?
0:28:37 > 0:28:39- 100.- Oh, even better.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42- 15.- Excellent!- One five?
0:28:42 > 0:28:47- 15.- Oh, my word. Oh, well, congratulations.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49- Well, thank you very much. - That's great, isn't it?
0:28:49 > 0:28:52- Now they really love them. - Yeah, they're amazing.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56I do think they should double their money and maybe a bit more.
0:28:56 > 0:29:01On that happy note, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about David's salts.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04There we go.
0:29:04 > 0:29:09- Looks flavoursome.- Mm.- Salt or mustard?- I would go with salt.
0:29:09 > 0:29:14- I'd go with mustard.- Well! - We're perfectly matched here, Colin.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16- Solid silver, Chester, yeah?- Yeah.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20Good marks on them. Clean. Liners are in reasonably good order.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24This one's a bit nibbled around the edge.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27Slightly different dates. One might have been done in December 1919
0:29:27 > 0:29:30and one done in January 1920.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32- At least they're adjoining years. - Indeed.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34It won't matter once they're on the table.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37All silver buyers are going to go for these.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40- There will be a price for them. - How much?- 30-50.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44- Good old Harper because he only paid £15.- Absolute bargain.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Anyway, that's it for the Reds, now for the Blues.
0:29:47 > 0:29:53The cunning James Lewis has gone with the Betjeman patented inkwell,
0:29:53 > 0:29:55- which looks a handsome object, Colin.- It does.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57- It sits very well on the desk. - It does.
0:29:57 > 0:30:02And would have been expensive when it was made in 1880 or something like that.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06It would. It certainly would have come from a high-class retailer.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09It's interesting the patent that's on there.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12I must admit I've never come across it before.
0:30:12 > 0:30:17I think it will add interest to it but not necessarily too much value.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21- I would put an estimate on it of 80-120.- James will be delighted.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25- £60 paid. I think that's very reasonable.- Yes. Absolutely.
0:30:25 > 0:30:31- OK, next is this bar match-holder device.- Yeah.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33- Said to be American.- Yeah.
0:30:33 > 0:30:38And it purports to be circa 1870. I don't know what you think.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40I would have thought it's a lot newer than that,
0:30:40 > 0:30:44purely because of the quality of it.
0:30:44 > 0:30:49- Just the casting of the base is very poor quality.- Yes.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53We've still put an estimate on it of £40-60, that level.
0:30:53 > 0:30:58- I couldn't see it going beyond that. - James only paid a modest £35.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02Now, I know you love the old ethnographic stuff.
0:31:02 > 0:31:03- Yeah.- Tribal is a favourite.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07What do you make of our so-called Zulu milk pail?
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Erm, I think it's quite a fun thing
0:31:10 > 0:31:15and it was great to do a little bit of research, find out a little bit more about them
0:31:15 > 0:31:20and then once you know what it is to have a little bit of disappointment coming in.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23- Ah.- It's been catalogued well. It's gone out to the world.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27Tribal art buyers have shown great interest in it
0:31:27 > 0:31:30and they've told us it's been cut down and they're not interested.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33What, it's only for half a pint rather than a whole pint?
0:31:33 > 0:31:37It is. I'm afraid the quality's been creamed off that.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41- What's it worth?- I would think it's going to be make, 10, £30, 50.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43That sort of range. It's going to be low tens.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46It's not as exciting as we'd hoped.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48- OK, £35 is what he paid.- OK.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51So he's pretty well on the cusp for two of them
0:31:51 > 0:31:56and the inkwell should do well, so they may not need their bonus buy but let's have a look, anyway.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01Now, Sheila and Barry, you spent £130 - pretty miserable, really.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04£170 of leftover lolly went to James Lewis,
0:32:04 > 0:32:06who's looking very pleased with himself
0:32:06 > 0:32:09and what did you spend it on, Jimmy?
0:32:09 > 0:32:13You're going to be disappointed because I only spent not very much
0:32:13 > 0:32:16on a pair of wonderful gourds.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- Yes.- I remember those.- I do.- Yes.
0:32:19 > 0:32:20We looked and left.
0:32:20 > 0:32:25- What, you've rejected them already? - Yes.- I just couldn't resist.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29Oriental works of art are doing so well at the moment.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32Chinese is doing very well, Japanese, still OK.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34But it's the really big thing at the moment
0:32:34 > 0:32:36and they weren't expensive,
0:32:36 > 0:32:40- so I thought let's have a go. - How much did you pay?
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Well, £25.
0:32:42 > 0:32:43- £25?- Yeah.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47How much are they worth? Are they going to make a profit?
0:32:47 > 0:32:49I thought I'd got away with that one.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Er, I think they should make £45-50.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55- Really?- I'm hoping so.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57- Do you like them? - Yes, actually. Yeah.
0:32:57 > 0:32:58Yes, I think so.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02I like them. Whether they're going to make a profit, I'm not so sure.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05- Oh! Have faith.- Well, Sheila, you don't have to decide now.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08You'll decide after the sale of your first three items.
0:33:08 > 0:33:13But for the audience at home, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about James' gourds.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16- There you go, Colin.- Thank you.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19- Little something for the weekend. - Yes.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23- Little bit of a storage device, there.- Yeah, what - snuff?
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Er, it's big for snuff in the first place.
0:33:26 > 0:33:30I mean, this one's 20 a day, here. You've got a 10 a day pack.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34- That's a lot of snuff, isn't it? - It is, yeah.- Anyway, there we go.
0:33:34 > 0:33:35Whatever it had in it,
0:33:35 > 0:33:39it's quite a handsome little storage container.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42- No, they are quite nice. - Perfectly nice little chaps.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45- And what are they worth? - I would have thought £30-50.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49- Really?- Yeah, I would have thought plenty of people would have a punt.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51- I wouldn't sniff at that, I tell you.- No.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54- £25 paid.- I think that should be reasonably safe.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58- £12.50 each. That's not so much. - No, it's...
0:33:58 > 0:34:01For all the labours that have gone into it, it isn't a lot of money.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05We look forward to hopefully seeing some profit. Thank you, Colin.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16- So how are you feeling, guys? - I'm excited.- Are you?- Yeah.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19- Are you nervous, Lauren?- No.- No?- No.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23- What about you, Kenny?- Yes. - You look a bit nervous, old fruit.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26First lot up is your globe and here it comes.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29There we go. This is a 1950s desk globe.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Who's going to start me at £30 for it?
0:34:31 > 0:34:3530? 20 to go then. £20, anybody? Come on, ladies and gentlemen, £20.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37- Come on.- 10 to go then, surely?
0:34:37 > 0:34:41- £10. £10 down there. At 10 bid. At 10. I'll take 12 then.- Come on.
0:34:41 > 0:34:4412 bid. 15. 18. 20. At 20 bid, 22, five.
0:34:44 > 0:34:465 bid, 28. 30 bid.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50At 32, 35, 38, 40, 2. 42.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53- 45. 48. 50.- It's doing OK. - And 5. Bid 60?
0:34:53 > 0:34:56£60 anywhere now?
0:34:56 > 0:34:57- Come on.- 60.- Yes.- Five.
0:34:57 > 0:35:0170. 70. At £70 bid. Five anywhere else now?
0:35:01 > 0:35:03- One more.- At £70 bid. Any more? I'll take 2.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07No? 70 at the back of the room, then. Selling at £70.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11- Ooh!- Not quite good enough. It's minus five.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13But it looked really dodgy, didn't it? Oh, dear.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17Lot 1082 is an art glass lamp base, circa 1950.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Who's going to start me at £40 for that? 30 to go, then.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23£30, anybody? 30? 20, if we must, then. £20, anybody?
0:35:23 > 0:35:27£10. 10 bid. 12 anywhere else, now? 12 bid.
0:35:27 > 0:35:2815 bid. 18 bid.
0:35:28 > 0:35:3120 now. £20 bid. 22?
0:35:31 > 0:35:3322. 25. 28, now.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36No? At 25 at the back of the room. At 25 bid.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39- 28. Anybody else going to see the light?- Oh!
0:35:39 > 0:35:44- Going at £25.- 25 is minus 15. Bad luck on that, chaps.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46- Come on, Graham. - So now... Come on, Graham.
0:35:46 > 0:35:47- It's Graham!- Come on!
0:35:47 > 0:35:52There we go. This is an early 20th century, treacle-glazed pottery
0:35:52 > 0:35:54model of a dog, possibly Bretby.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56We're fairly sure it's a shar-pei.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Who's going to start me at £50 for it? 50?
0:35:58 > 0:36:01- 50? 30 to go, then. 30?- Come on.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03- 20 to go. £20.- No!
0:36:03 > 0:36:07Thank you. £20 bid. It looks reluctant, as well.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- 20 bid.- No! He's so lovely.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Not good, is it? Not good.
0:36:12 > 0:36:1420 bid. 22 on the internet.
0:36:14 > 0:36:1625. 28 now.
0:36:16 > 0:36:1828 bid. 28, 30. 30 bid.
0:36:18 > 0:36:2032 do I see? 32.
0:36:20 > 0:36:2235. 38 now?
0:36:22 > 0:36:25Just look at those sad eyes. TIM SOBS
0:36:25 > 0:36:29Of the auctioneer, not the dog. 38? 36, then? No?
0:36:29 > 0:36:33Last call, then, going. All done at £35.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35- That's minus £5.- No!- Bad luck, guys.
0:36:35 > 0:36:40- That is minus 25 tally. A small loss on each piece, I'm afraid.- Yeah.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43- So what are you going to do about these salts?- We shall take them.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Every faith. We have every faith in them.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50Well, that was worth it.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Goodness only knows what will happen when you make a profit.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57- So are we going to go with the bonus buy?- Yes.- Definitely.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00- Are you sure?- Yes.- Decision made. Here come the two salts.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03A pair of George V silver circular salts
0:37:03 > 0:37:04with the blue glass liners.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08Who's going to start me at £50 for them? £30 to go, then. 30?
0:37:08 > 0:37:1120 will do, then. £20. Only £10 each.
0:37:11 > 0:37:12- £20 bid.- We're in profit.
0:37:12 > 0:37:1620 bid and now 2 and five, 25. 28? 28, 30.
0:37:16 > 0:37:1932, 35? No? 32 bid. Five, surely?
0:37:19 > 0:37:24At 32 bid. Any more bids? We're down here and we're selling at £32.
0:37:24 > 0:37:30- £32.- Come on!- You have made £17 at a stroke.- Brilliant.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34Which is very good. So 25 less 17 is eight.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37- You're minus £8.- Oh!- Oh! - Which is nothing is it, really?- No.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40I mean, it really is nothing, minus £8.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43The big thing is now, don't talk to the Blues at all, right?
0:37:43 > 0:37:46- Yes.- Zip it.- Absolutely. - Well done, Kenny.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01- Have you been talking to the Reds? - Tried to.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04- What, and they wouldn't communicate? - Not at all.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06- They're pretty tight-lipped, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10- Husband and wife, you see. You know what it's all about.- Yes.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13The first item is the inkwell and here it comes.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16A Victorian ormolu and agate inkstand.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Who's going to start me at £100 for it? 100.
0:38:18 > 0:38:1980 to go, then. 80.
0:38:19 > 0:38:2250 will do, then. £50, anybody? 50. And five, now?
0:38:22 > 0:38:26At £50 bid. Five now, surely? 55. 60. And five?
0:38:26 > 0:38:28- 70.- Yes!- Five.- You're in profit.
0:38:28 > 0:38:3180? Five. 90.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Five. 100 now.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36- At 95 bid.- 95.- 100 now, surely?
0:38:36 > 0:38:38At 95 bid. I'll take £100 surely? No?
0:38:38 > 0:38:41At 95 in the middle of the room, then. At £95.
0:38:41 > 0:38:42- Yes!- Well done, James.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46£95 is plus 35. There's still money in that, James, but there you go.
0:38:46 > 0:38:52There we go. 1104 is a cast-brass novelty match holder
0:38:52 > 0:38:53and cigar lighter.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Who's going to start me at £50 for him? 30 to go, then.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58£30? 20 to go, then, surely? £20, anybody?
0:38:58 > 0:39:01Ten? Ten bid. 15 now do I see?
0:39:01 > 0:39:0415, 20. At 20 bid. Five? 25 bid. 30? At 30 bid. 35?
0:39:04 > 0:39:07Bid 40 and five. Bid 50 and five.
0:39:07 > 0:39:0860 now? 60.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10And five. £70, gentleman's bid at 70.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13Five anywhere else? Then going. All done at £70.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17£70. You've doubled your money on that. Plus 35 on that one.
0:39:17 > 0:39:22- Now, the milk pail.- You had faith in my pail.- Absolutely.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26A piece of tribal art. There we go. This is a carved wooden milk pail,
0:39:26 > 0:39:29possibly Swazi, possibly Zulu.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32£30 for it. £20 to go then, surely? £20, anybody?
0:39:32 > 0:39:3410 to go then, surely? 10, anybody?
0:39:34 > 0:39:3610? £10.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40- £10. 10 bid. 12 bid.- Look out.
0:39:40 > 0:39:4215 bid. 18.
0:39:42 > 0:39:4420 now, surely? 22 again?
0:39:44 > 0:39:4722, fresh bidder. 25 bid.
0:39:47 > 0:39:5128, now. 28 bid. 30 again, surely? 30? Can we draw another one?
0:39:51 > 0:39:54- Go on.- Go on!- At 30, surely?
0:39:54 > 0:39:5928 bid. 30. No prizes for guessing where this one's from.
0:39:59 > 0:40:0230 bid. 32 anywhere else, now?
0:40:02 > 0:40:04- At 32 bid.- Go on!- One more!
0:40:04 > 0:40:0735, then? Going at £32.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09THEY GROAN
0:40:09 > 0:40:12Better than I expected.
0:40:12 > 0:40:20Well, that's minus £3. That's £70 of profit, less the three is £67 up.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23- What are we doing?- What are you going to do about the gourds?
0:40:23 > 0:40:27- You can park them. James won't mind. - You don't have to take them.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31Or risk £25 on the snuff gourds?
0:40:31 > 0:40:36I can see those on somebody's stand at £30-£35 each,
0:40:36 > 0:40:39so I think somebody's going to rate them at 70.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42I certainly don't think they're going to make less than 25.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45- And that's what you paid for them? - We'll go for it.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48- Are you sure? - There's a potential profit.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50I'll forget the bucket and we'll go for it.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53- Are you sure about this? - We'll go for it.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55We're going with the bonus buy and here it comes.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59There we go. Lot 1109. Two Japanese gourd bottles this time.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03Good gourd! Who's going to start me at £50? 30 to go.
0:41:03 > 0:41:0520 to go then, surely? £20, anybody?
0:41:05 > 0:41:08£20 on the internet. 20 bid. Two anywhere else now?
0:41:08 > 0:41:11At £20 bid. The bid's from China. At £20 bid. And two now, surely?
0:41:11 > 0:41:13- At £20 bid.- That's cheap!
0:41:13 > 0:41:17At 20 bid. Two, surely? At 22. The excitement continues.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20- 25. At 25 bid.- Yes!- 25 bid.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23At 25 bid. You can all join in in the room, if you like.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27At 25, internet buyers take it, then, and we are selling at £25.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29- Phew!- Well done, James.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Lucky.
0:41:31 > 0:41:32Wiped its face. Good.
0:41:32 > 0:41:38- So you preserved, just, your £67 of profit.- We're in profit!
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Which is really good and such a rare occurrence, too.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43- Just don't say a word to the Reds. - No.- No, no, no.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46- Not a word to the Reds.- No, no. - Well done, guys. Well done, James.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56- Everybody happy? Yes?- Yes.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Jolly good. That's what we like to see. Been chatting at all?
0:41:59 > 0:42:01- No!- No!- No, not at all.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04Well, on Bargain Hunt we don't have losers but we do have runners up
0:42:04 > 0:42:06and the runners up today are the Reds.
0:42:06 > 0:42:11- GROANING AND LAUGHTER - Oh, no!
0:42:13 > 0:42:17I mean, you did pretty nicely. You lost on the first three items.
0:42:17 > 0:42:18Pretty good.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23But then you went with the bonus buy, which was your big, big moment.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27- £17 profit on that.- Oh, yes. - Which is pretty good, yeah? Lovely.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Which reduced your losses to only minus 8.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32- But have you had a nice time, Kenny? - It's been marvellous.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35- You had a good time?- Fabulous. - Thanks for joining us.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39But the victors today, who are going to take folding money home,
0:42:39 > 0:42:41serious doh-ray-mi, £67.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- Well done!- How about that? That's 65. Here's your two.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46- You can have that. - That's super, isn't it?
0:42:46 > 0:42:51- Have you got anybody in particular to thank?- Yes. James, definitely.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Well, credit where credit's due. Well done, James.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Join us soon for some more Bargain Hunting, yes?
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Yes!
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