0:00:02 > 0:00:06This gallows structure is said to have been erected in Stamford
0:00:06 > 0:00:07as a warning to highwaymen.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10Well, we've not got time to hang around today.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Let's go bargain hunting!
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Our antiques fair at Stamford Meadows is small
0:00:40 > 0:00:42but perfectly formed, if a little damp.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46So our teams are going to have to remain well and truly in focus...
0:00:48 > 0:00:51if they're going to stand any chance of finding any bargains.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55And we don't make it easy.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Our teams will need all their skill and intuition
0:00:58 > 0:01:00to find three bargains in one hour.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- It's not shouting at me, sorry. - It's not shouting at you?
0:01:04 > 0:01:06I think I will be soon.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Yes. Brilliant.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11I've never seen anyone so excited about buying their first item.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14- Run! Come on! - They'd better choose wisely
0:01:14 > 0:01:18if they're going to make a profit in the sale room.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22So, let's meet our lovely girls. Hi, girls.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24- Hello.- Hi, Tim.- Hi!
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Good. Now, Jill, how did you first meet Josephine?
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Josephine and I used to work together
0:01:29 > 0:01:32and we've known each other about 20 years.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35And you're a strong believer in reincarnation.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38I honestly believe that in a former life,
0:01:38 > 0:01:39I was a scullery maid.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44- Really?- Hence my desire to buy a suit of armour
0:01:44 > 0:01:46because I believe
0:01:46 > 0:01:49that I used to clean a suit of armour in a former life.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54- Ah, well.- And my husband let me go out and buy a set,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57which we have in the hallway and we call Arthur.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59- The suit of armour?- That's right. Not my husband.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01- What's he called?- Trevor.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Lovely. There's two men in your life, then. Arthur and Trevor.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Yes. One protects me when the other's away.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Yes, now, Jojo.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13You also have psychic abilities, don't you?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Well, I'm not easily spooked
0:02:15 > 0:02:16but, yeah, on occasions,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20I have had a bit of a second sense about things.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- You once had a pregnant friend. - Yes, she was pregnant
0:02:23 > 0:02:27- and I knew before anybody else knew. - Did you?- I sensed it, yeah.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- Have a rest.- Told her to rest and she went home and had a baby.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Just like that. What do you do as a job of work?
0:02:33 > 0:02:35I work on a very busy dental reception.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- That is a stressful job. - It can be, yes, it can be,
0:02:39 > 0:02:41but handled with a lot of laughter,
0:02:41 > 0:02:43it tends to calm the patients' nerves.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46So, Mystic Jo, can you put your powers to work
0:02:46 > 0:02:50and tell us what the prediction is for today's profit?
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- Oh, I should think at least...- 200. - I would have thought so.- 200.- 200.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58- 200?- Yes.- Well, we watched your lips there, all right.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00They both said 200, sort of simultaneously,
0:03:00 > 0:03:02and we'll hold you to that.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Christine, you two know a lot about collecting, don't you?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08We've done a fair bit in our time, yes, Tim.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10I started with Victoriana
0:03:10 > 0:03:15and I've now got a passion for Art Deco and 1960s.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- You're moving along, then.- I am. - Lovely.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22- And have you two known each other for a long time?- A good 20 years.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27Lin interviewed me for a job and said how wonderful I was
0:03:27 > 0:03:30and employed me and we've been friends ever since.
0:03:30 > 0:03:35- Lovely. It says here you like dogs. - Yes, I've got a retired greyhound.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- Lin, what's yours?- Bull terrier. - Bull terrier. I keep forgetting.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42- So, Linda, you used to show dogs? - I did.- What were your breeds?
0:03:42 > 0:03:46We had Dobermans to start with and then we moved to Schnauzers.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48- And were they always well behaved? - Oh, no.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52The Schnauzer bitch, who was a champion, was going to Crufts
0:03:52 > 0:03:55and she broke into the garage
0:03:55 > 0:03:58and ripped open a 28 kilo bag of biscuits,
0:03:58 > 0:04:00- which she ate.- Did she?
0:04:00 > 0:04:04I lost lots of weight, running around the fields to try and lose some weight
0:04:04 > 0:04:07- but she didn't win that day. - I bet she didn't.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09- Looked like a tub. - Belly on the ground.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- Anyway, here's the £300. There's your £300.- Thank you.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15You know the rules, your experts await and off you go
0:04:15 > 0:04:17and very, very, very good luck.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Now, I'm no psychic but I sense that our experts
0:04:22 > 0:04:25have got their work cut out with this lot.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27It's cosmic Catherine Southon for the Reds...
0:04:28 > 0:04:31and mystic Nick Hall with the Blues.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35OK, ladies, £300. What are we going to do?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38We are going to win.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41What are you interested in? What are you after?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44We're going to think small and profit big.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48- I love Art Deco.- Silver, maybe. Little teeny silver things.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51There's a profit out there, I know there's a profit out there
0:04:51 > 0:04:55- and we're going to find it.- We will. - Fantastic. Let's go bargain hunting.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Yay!
0:04:58 > 0:05:01We're under the clock now. We're off and running.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03We just thought about starting fairly small.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- How low is low? - There you go, Lin.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- I like that.- Hello! - It's a punch one, isn't it?
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- You put the... - It's like a punch card system.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16- That's not small.- No, it's not small.- It's not. I did like it.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19I love those perfume bottles.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- They're Art Deco style but brand spanking new.- Yeah.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Oh, my goodness, what's that?
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- It's some sort of...- Body. - ..resuscitation dummy. - You can't do the compressions.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- So you just do... - Just the mouth-to-mouth thing.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- You like unusual things, don't you? - I do like unusual things.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40- Is anyone going to get excited about that at the auction?- Possibly not.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49You like your '60s retro. What about that funny looking brown vase
0:05:49 > 0:05:53underneath the radio, there? That absolutely screams retro to me.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58- But how much is it, Nick? - Is it perfect?- Yeah.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Mm. Not sure.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03I was hoping it was going to say West Germany under there.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- It's of a type of pottery known as fat lava.- I've heard of it, yeah.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10The West German fat lava stuff is currently doing quite well.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14It's the sort of thing that used to be thrown away in skips not that long ago.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17There's a real interest now in this. What do you think? Have a look.
0:06:17 > 0:06:23- And it's quite a neutral colour that would go with a lot of home decor, wouldn't it?- Yeah.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- It depends how much.- Definitely.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29We need to find the stallholder and find out how much it is.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- See the old Tri-ang train. - My Tri-ang one had a rubber...
0:06:34 > 0:06:39- That's been repainted.- Has it? - You can see it on the side there.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- No, no, fine. - No. Mine had a rubber funnel.
0:06:42 > 0:06:47- OK.- I'm not keen on it but then it's not me, is it? It's selling it.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49I think you can tell that I'm not keen on that at all.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- Right.- How much?- How much? If it's a tenner...
0:06:52 > 0:06:56- I've tracked the stallholder down... Say that again.- If it's a tenner...
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Is she telepathic? They were asking 15 for it but they'd take a tenner.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04- Go on, then. You can have it for that.- I think there's a bit of mileage in it.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- I'm happy with that. - Yeah, go on, then, we'll have it.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- Shall I go and get the deal done? - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16- A Mini Moke that would be good, Jill.- A what?- A Mini Moke in a box.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- What's a Mini Moke?- In The Prisoner. # Da-da-der! #
0:07:20 > 0:07:24In The Prisoner it drove round him. They're very collectable.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28- Where?- There's none in there but if there was, it would be great.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- But there's not.- It would be great to find a piece of Faberge but there's not one in there.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36You're not wrong!
0:07:37 > 0:07:41- One down.- We were looking at the clock.- We've only had 11 minutes.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43- I know.- We've got plenty of time.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- Are we being timed now?- Yeah.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- Did you not think we were being timed?- No.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- Have you not understood the programme at all?- Yes.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58- We understand now.- Three items... - I know, I know, I know.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02- Come on. Keep up, Jill. - What's copper doing these days?
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Practical things like this, you can stick it in your inglenook, put logs in it.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08I don't know how much they want for it.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10You wouldn't get many logs in it.
0:08:10 > 0:08:1212 quid.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14I'm being incredibly cheap, aren't I?
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Do you think he'd throw the kettle in as well?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- How tight are you? - You're a shocker, aren't you?
0:08:20 > 0:08:23But that's got to be profit all day long, really.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- Remember that and we'll come back. - Yeah.- Let's go spend some money.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Come on, Reds. It's time to take the plunge.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- This looks great.- Oh, look.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43I really like that.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47- I like the fact that you've got the name.- So do I.- I do.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50It would have been full of all different medicines.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53What kind of person would buy something like that?
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- Now you're going to buy it purely for...- Decoration.- Yeah.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59For a simple box, we want that at £30.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03- Hello, sir.- Hello.- Hello.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Erm, what would be your bottom price on that?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- For the Red Team.- The scarlet women. - 60.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13No, we need to come down a bit more on that.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- 50. 50 at a push. - 50. I still think...
0:09:18 > 0:09:22I see that at auction with an estimate of £40-£60.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Right.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- I love it.- I do. - I think it's too dear.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29- Is it in good condition?- Yes. - Apart from that.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32I'll just have a look underneath. Is there any cracks?
0:09:33 > 0:09:35- Yeah.- Yes.- It is cracked.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- Is it split right across?- Yes.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40I mean, it's got a nice age to it. It's early Victorian but...
0:09:40 > 0:09:44- Can you come down any more for us? - For Bargain Hunt, 40.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46- £40.- I think so.- Yes!
0:09:48 > 0:09:49- Yes!- Sold.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54- Yes! Yes!- Yes?- £40.- We've got our first item.- We've got our first buy.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56- Are you happy with that? - Yes, thank you.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00I've never seen anyone so excited about buying their first item.
0:10:04 > 0:10:10I just know Tim's going to say, "Well, here's a split box for 40 quid."
0:10:10 > 0:10:14- Ooh!- Blimey, what have we got here? - Ooh, they look nice.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Tell you what, wouldn't we look smart at the sale day?
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- What do you think? - That's definitely your colour.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- Chestnut roaster? - Come on, you're wasting time.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24- Come on!- Oh!
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- Did you find anything? - Erm, no, not really.- No.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32The slope's nice. Do you like that? It's quite a nice example.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34What's the price on the writing slope?
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- 175.- 175.- It's a campaign one.- Yeah.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41This would have been owned by a military officer,
0:10:41 > 0:10:43who would have taken it on campaigns.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45He would have sat in his tent in the evening
0:10:45 > 0:10:47and drawn letters up.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50- So you've got... - What's the little book?
0:10:50 > 0:10:53- It looks like a notebook. - A diary or something.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Wouldn't it be nice if we found his diary?
0:10:56 > 0:11:00I don't think, actually, that this relates to it.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01I'm not sure.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04"English Composition by L Goodyear."
0:11:04 > 0:11:08I don't know. But it's a nice box. It's in good condition.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11You've obviously got a secret drawer
0:11:11 > 0:11:14because this little latch there would release it.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17So if we spin that round, pop that up,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20then the little drawer should open.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23And you'd keep precious things in there you could lock.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26It's a good thing.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29There's a secret drawer on the inside on that one as well.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33- Ooh, two secret drawers. Bang for your bucks.- In the top?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- Press the back of the inkwell box. - Here?
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Press it downwards.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- Oh!- As if by magic, hey presto. - That's clever.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45- It's copper plate for making... - There's a snippet of paper in here
0:11:45 > 0:11:48with the same name on it as the little journal.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51So, again, there, it all ties up.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53What we're doing is we're building up a story.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56It's not just an antique, it's someone's life and their history.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01What would you estimate it to if you were putting it in a sale?
0:12:01 > 0:12:06It's got to be around 100, 150 quid, I'd have thought.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09I mean, it's going to boil down to you two chipping the price a bit
0:12:09 > 0:12:10but it's a nice object.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11He looks like a hard man.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15He looks like a fair man.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18What would be your best on it?
0:12:18 > 0:12:20- 160.- 160 quid.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23- Yeah, let's go for it.- Shall we? - Are you sure?- Yeah.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Well done. You've got a deal, there. Thank you very much.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30That's what I like to see - decisive action.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32- White Star Line. - That's quite interesting.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35White Star Line stopped in what, the '20s?
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- Topical, isn't it?- It is topical.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43White Star Line built, obviously, the Titanic.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47- It would be nice if it came from the Titanic.- Wouldn't it? - Can I look?
0:12:47 > 0:12:49What's the very best you'd go to on that?
0:12:49 > 0:12:52- Can you tell me what I have on it? - Oh, sorry. 19.
0:12:52 > 0:12:58- Well, for you, as a very special deal...- We like special.- ..13.- 13?
0:12:59 > 0:13:05- Mm.- I think it's a gamble but it's a low kind of price, isn't it?
0:13:05 > 0:13:09- Shall we have...? We'll come back.- We'll come back. - And hope it's still there.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Oh, stop dithering, girls!
0:13:11 > 0:13:17- Oh, look! Mr Wonnacott's.- Oh, yeah! - We're not saying anything!
0:13:22 > 0:13:26- Oh, Jill, what do you think? - Oh, look at her!
0:13:26 > 0:13:27She's like me.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- She's red.- She's a scarlet woman.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- She can join the team. - She's quite heavy.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Tell us about her.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39"1930s lady's head wall plaque."
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- Do you like that? - There's something about it.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- How much is she?- She's 38.- £38.- £38.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52- Jo, how do you feel about her? - You saw her?- No.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55I'm kind of a bit speechless, really.
0:13:55 > 0:13:56- LAUGHTER - So's she.
0:13:56 > 0:14:02I mean, I like the turban and I can see the 1930s idea coming through
0:14:02 > 0:14:04but she doesn't really do an awful lot for me.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08We've got to think realistically. Who is going to pay £40?
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- No.- No, I don't think so, Jill. I think move on.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- They might.- Move on. - We can always come back.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16That's two items we've seen that we can come back to.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20- What, the White Star Line...? - The White Star Line and her.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Yeah but you've got to make a decision sometime.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- These are just so elegantly Art Deco, aren't they?- Yeah, gorgeous.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32- I love them.- I used to draw like this at art college,
0:14:32 > 0:14:35when you do dress designing and you sketch it.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38- She's very clever, you know. - You've done fashion design?- Yes.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- It's just...- You wouldn't think so.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45In your designer fleece? Surely!
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Not many of these about you know, love.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- You're not going to buy one of these?- No, I love them but...
0:14:50 > 0:14:51OK.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55That's lovely, isn't it, the oil lamp?
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- It's beautiful.- It is, actually. - Art Nouveau.- Yes, it is nice.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02How much do you want for that? Your best price.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06I'll do you 75. That's the absolute best.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11It's very good at that. Gladiator, Paris - it is a good make.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16- Is it OK to pick it up?- Yeah, pick it up from the marble.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Just below the marble, ideally. That's it.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- Is it heavy, Catherine? - It's not as heavy as I'd expected.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26I don't know. Step back and tell me what you think.
0:15:28 > 0:15:34- It's lovely but is it a bit...? - Is it a £70...?- Yeah.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37I just think at £70, it might be a bit punchy.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Do you want to have a think? We're thinking at so many things,
0:15:40 > 0:15:42we're not going to have any time left.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46- Let's just look at a couple more stalls.- And then decision time.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- And then we must decide.- Yeah. - Must decide.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54I'm getting a bit worried now. What do you think?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57- I'm worried. Do I look worried? - How much time have we got left?
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- Not long.- About 15, 20 minutes.- OK.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02You've got nothing to worry about.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06We've bought one item. The White Star Line, we could go for that.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10- I think we should go for that.- £11. - £11.- Let's go with that.- Yeah.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11- Let's go with that.- OK.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15- Let's go and buy the White Star Line and then we need to really keep looking.- OK.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19You wanted Deco. There's some Deco over there.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Is that the sort of thing you had in mind?
0:16:21 > 0:16:25- It's the geometric shapes... - Those real angular pieces?- Yes.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- Yeah. That's not shouting at me. Sorry.- It's not shouting at you.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30I think I will be, soon.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35You do the deal on that and I'll carry on having a look.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40We're back. We were hoping you might look favourable on us.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45- We really like it. - And we really like you.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47HE LAUGHS
0:16:48 > 0:16:50You can cut that out.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- Can we go on ten?- Ten, go on.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54- Hooray!- £10. - That's because I like you.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- That's fantastic. - Thank you very much.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59- £10.- Catherine! £10. - Because he likes us.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11These things are seriously weird, don't you think?
0:17:11 > 0:17:16Take a block of Perspex, freeze within that block of Perspex,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19in this instance, a miniature starfish,
0:17:19 > 0:17:24a spray of seaweed, opposed by two real crabs
0:17:24 > 0:17:27and the whole lot sit on a scattering
0:17:27 > 0:17:29of sand and further shells.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32And then on the top of the block of Perspex,
0:17:32 > 0:17:35you stick two of these things for holding Biros.
0:17:35 > 0:17:411960s kitsch, I hear you say. Well, in a way you're right.
0:17:41 > 0:17:481960s this certainly is but kitsch, well, I'm not so sure.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51For the last few years, I've wandered around these fairs
0:17:51 > 0:17:55and every time I see one of these frozen blocks,
0:17:55 > 0:17:58which are usually inkstands,
0:17:58 > 0:18:01I have to say I put my hand in my back pocket
0:18:01 > 0:18:02and I've acquired them.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04I've got a little collection now,
0:18:04 > 0:18:06about 30 or 40 of these things.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10I've never paid more than £10 for a block
0:18:10 > 0:18:14and nobody has ever been able to tell me how they go about it.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Today has been rather a good day
0:18:17 > 0:18:20because I've been able to find two of these jokers.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23That one cost me £10 and that one cost me £3,
0:18:23 > 0:18:26so these are not expensive things to buy.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31But I really fancy them as a bit of an antique for the future.
0:18:31 > 0:18:36Now exactly the same technique was used by Dunhill,
0:18:36 > 0:18:40the lighter and cigarette people, in the 1960s
0:18:40 > 0:18:43and they made a certain type of desk lighter
0:18:43 > 0:18:46called an aquarium desk lighter
0:18:46 > 0:18:48out of a block of Perspex,
0:18:48 > 0:18:52within which they froze fish and shells and seaweed.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55And do you know what every one of those Dunhill
0:18:55 > 0:19:00aquarium plastic table lighters from the 1960s fetch at auction?
0:19:01 > 0:19:06Never less than £2,000 and sometimes as much as £4,000.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Now, I know that's a different thing. It's a Dunhill product.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12It's very collectable as a lighter.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16But don't you tell me that it's an easy job
0:19:16 > 0:19:19to create this thing out of this material
0:19:19 > 0:19:20because it isn't
0:19:20 > 0:19:24and I'm just longing to find out from one of you
0:19:24 > 0:19:28how you freeze this lot in Perspex.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Meanwhile, the Reds are still hedging their bets.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36- I'm so panicking now.- Don't panic! - I'm really panicking.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- I still like the lamp.- Do you?- £70.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41That would be £120.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- I think the base has been... - It looks a little bit damaged.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45It's been touched up.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Are you starting to get as panicked as I am?
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- No.- No.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- We could still get it but, yeah, I'm not that happy about it.- OK.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- We're so not panicked. - We're too laid back.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56Not panicked at all.
0:19:56 > 0:19:57Run! Come on!
0:20:02 > 0:20:03Four minutes, we've got.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06- Shall we go for the head? It's something different.- Yeah.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- Let's go for it.- OK. Catherine? - We're going to go for the head.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12- We're going for the head. - Aren't you going for the lamp?
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- I like the lamp. - Don't stop them now, Catherine!
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Lamp, head, lamp, head.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Head.
0:20:18 > 0:20:19Head.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21- Head.- Quite, quite sure?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23- Head.- OK. Head.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- Are you lagging behind? - It's you, you wear me out.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- Deco! Deco!- Any old Deco? Any old Deco?
0:20:30 > 0:20:32We're back. Is it yours?
0:20:32 > 0:20:36- I think it's the lady... - Oh, the same lady who owns the lamp.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Is it? Let's go and ask.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- We have got two minutes, you know, ladies.- We've got to do this.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Where are these mirrors you spotted?
0:20:43 > 0:20:48Excuse me. Do you own the stall there with the head on, as well?
0:20:48 > 0:20:49I think she's..
0:20:49 > 0:20:53- Wow.- I think that's pretty. I really like that.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55- Yeah?- It's really pretty. There's no chips.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- And there's another one.- Hang onto that. Let's look at the other one.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- Hurry up! - Excuse me. Sorry to interrupt.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- Do you own the stall with the lamp? Not the lamp, the head.- Yes.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08These ladies are interested in her.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Voila. Two.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13- That one is worn.- That's damaged.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16I think we need to go and do some negotiations.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18You're spot on. Grab hold of that.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- 34?- Yes.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- 25?- No.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- 30.- £30.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27- Absolute best. - We're running out of time, Jo.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31- Yeah.- Unless...- Unless we can get the lamp down.- Two ticks.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Sorry to interrupt.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37- How much are you asking for these mirrors, please? - This one's 55 at the very best.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40That one can actually be 45.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Nick! Help!
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Could you come down just to 60 on the lamp?
0:21:45 > 0:21:47- I can't, sweetheart.- Please! - I'll do 65.
0:21:47 > 0:21:5134 on the head or 65 on the lamp.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54- Stick to just the one.- Yeah.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57We'll have this one. On my head be it and you can hit me later.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59- We'll go on the lamp. - I think the lamp.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03- Are you sure?- Yes.- Lamp.- The lamp. Thank you.- You're welcome.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05I like the lamp.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- 'Phew!'- Group hug!- Hug!
0:22:10 > 0:22:14- That was literally the last minute. - Yeah, well.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16- We take it to the edge, don't we? - Yeah.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19I just can't take any more excitement.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Let's see what they finished up with, Noddy.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27The girls loved this Victorian veterinary medicine chest,
0:22:27 > 0:22:29despite its bumps and bruises
0:22:29 > 0:22:33and they splashed out a whole £10 on a White Star Line beaker.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Will it bring a flood of bidders to the auction
0:22:35 > 0:22:37or just a sinking feeling?
0:22:37 > 0:22:40The French Gladiator lamp might light up the sale room, we'll see.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45- Yeah.- Yeah.- Even though we left it to the last moment.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49My favourite team, this. All girls. Girl expert, girl contestants.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52- Scarlet women.- All girls together. - Yeah.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56So, Jill and Jojo Not Tonight Josephine,
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- how did you get on? All right? - Fantastic.- Yeah.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02- How much did you spend overall, Jojo?- £115.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04So I would like £185, please.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06You've got that hidden away.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Oh, that's nice and warm. Good. Going across then.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- What are you going to do with all that?- Ooh, I've never had so much cash.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15I'm going to buy something very special,
0:23:15 > 0:23:17something fun because they are such fun girls.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19I can tell that.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22And trouble, big trouble.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23Anyway, good fun.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Now, why don't we check out what the Blue Team bought, eh?
0:23:28 > 0:23:31I can't see the fat lava vase creating a fat lot of interest
0:23:31 > 0:23:33but you never know.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Both ladies were inspired by the mahogany writing slope
0:23:36 > 0:23:38with its secret drawers.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42And a mirror in a style they love - Art Deco.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50- You look a bit fagged out, Nicholas. - They have run me ragged.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54- They're so competitive.- Why are you so competitive, you two?
0:23:54 > 0:23:57- We're sales people. - Who knows? We need to win.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58- You've got targets.- Yeah.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02- Somebody's forever chasing you, pushing you.- Tenacious.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- Objectives have got to be met. - Tenacious.- All of that.- All right.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09- How much did you spend overall? Linda, how much was it?- £225.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12- OK, brilliant. Now, there you go. - Thank you.- £75.
0:24:12 > 0:24:17- Enough to get your teeth into. - Yeah, if I've got any energy left I can spend that for you.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21- You know we have high expectations. - I shall try my best.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- Very good.- Bye.- Good luck, girls, good luck, Nick.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Now, we're heading off to Cheshire.
0:24:31 > 0:24:37Welcome to Arley Hall, a much-loved and carefully observed stately home
0:24:37 > 0:24:40and no stranger to alterations by its various owners
0:24:40 > 0:24:43over the centuries.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Luckily, Piers Egerton Warburton, who inherited Arley in 1891,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50was not only a dab hand with the paint brush
0:24:50 > 0:24:54but he was also a fan of architecture
0:24:54 > 0:24:56and architectural features.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01It was he who went in for exposing oak and brickwork
0:25:01 > 0:25:03all round the estate.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Like me, he was fascinated by the construction
0:25:08 > 0:25:09of these ancient buildings.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12What do you think about the way in which I'm standing?
0:25:12 > 0:25:16My legs are unnaturally far apart, you say?
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Think about stability.
0:25:18 > 0:25:24The weight of my torso is supported on my outstretched legs
0:25:24 > 0:25:27and I'm at my most stable in this position,
0:25:27 > 0:25:33effectively the weight is drawn up my legs, into my pelvis
0:25:33 > 0:25:34and crutch.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39What do you think about the stability of this building?
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Isn't that amazing?
0:25:43 > 0:25:47The shape and form of these supports,
0:25:47 > 0:25:53these massive oak supports, are called crutch supports.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58Architecturally, this form of construction is called a cruck barn.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Not crutch but cruck.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Because the two tree trunks reach to the sky
0:26:04 > 0:26:07and are joined by a little collar beam at the top.
0:26:07 > 0:26:12Look at the shape of these two elongated beams.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14They're slightly curvy.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17That's because in the medieval period,
0:26:17 > 0:26:20they went down to the woods and they selected a tree
0:26:20 > 0:26:22that was slightly leaning over.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26Having felled it by hand, you'd then take that tree trunk
0:26:26 > 0:26:28and you split it right down the middle,
0:26:28 > 0:26:30creating two halves.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34And it's those two halves which come together
0:26:34 > 0:26:36so that they form a complementary pair,
0:26:36 > 0:26:38tied together with the collar beam,
0:26:38 > 0:26:42tied together very simply with these cross members,
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Very little jointing involved in that.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47All you need to do is to shove these dowels through,
0:26:47 > 0:26:52so the entire weight is borne on these cruck beams
0:26:52 > 0:26:56and the outer walls themselves aren't load-bearing at all.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00They simply form the shelter for the enclosed space,
0:27:00 > 0:27:03which in the medieval period would have been used
0:27:03 > 0:27:05principally for the storage of crops.
0:27:07 > 0:27:13This cruck barn at Arley was erected in 1469,
0:27:13 > 0:27:15which is extraordinary, isn't it?
0:27:15 > 0:27:18The beauty of the Arley cruck barn is
0:27:18 > 0:27:22that essentially, with one or two exceptions,
0:27:22 > 0:27:25it hasn't been changed in 600 years.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35If we scroll forward a cool 130 years,
0:27:35 > 0:27:39you find yourself in the adjoining Tudor barn,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42today used as a restaurant.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46But look at the construction. Look how things have come on
0:27:46 > 0:27:48since the crutch barn.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52We've got massive, thick masonry, these brick walls,
0:27:52 > 0:27:54all of which are load-bearing
0:27:54 > 0:27:59and up above, a truss that's not so very different
0:27:59 > 0:28:04from the gang-nailed roof-type truss that we use in modern construction.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Of course, the big question today is,
0:28:07 > 0:28:10will our teams over at the auction require the odd truss
0:28:10 > 0:28:13or the odd cruck?
0:28:23 > 0:28:27Well, it's very nice to be at Gilding's auction house in Market Harborough
0:28:27 > 0:28:30and to be with the junior partner, Mark Gilding.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32- Hello, Mark.- Good morning, Tim.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36Now, we kick off with the Reds with this veterinary box,
0:28:36 > 0:28:39which would apparently tell you what to do
0:28:39 > 0:28:41with any ill animal.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44I think it's a bit of fun. I think it's a good-looking box.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- You think so?- Yeah, it's got a nice bit of print on the front
0:28:47 > 0:28:48with a good name.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52- I suppose it does have a connection with vets.- It does.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55And we'll just have to hope there's a vet or two about
0:28:55 > 0:28:59- in this agricultural community of yours.- That's it, yes.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02- What's your estimate? - Well, out on a limb, 70 to 100.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04- How much?- 70 to 100.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07- Are you all right?- Well, we'll just have to see what happens.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10- They paid £40, actually. - I think that's a good buy.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12- You do?- I do, yeah.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15They'll be delighted if you get £100 for it, my gosh.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20Next up is the wisteria pattern White Star Beaker.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23- How do you rate that? - Not a lot. 15 to 20.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25- £10 paid.- Oh, well. Yeah.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28It couldn't have gone down, glug, glug, could it?
0:29:28 > 0:29:30No, no. It's not a Titanic item.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34Anyway, it still shows a slight profit, which is good.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38And lastly is the Gladiator lamp,
0:29:38 > 0:29:43which, sadly, has fallen apart in transit.
0:29:43 > 0:29:44Now, I've had a good look at this, Mark,
0:29:44 > 0:29:48and at the bottom of that marble shaft that went into this socket
0:29:48 > 0:29:54is some brand new, still wet white mastic, right?
0:29:54 > 0:29:58And this metal piece that should go up through the whole thing
0:29:58 > 0:30:01and have a nut on the top has rotted away years ago.
0:30:01 > 0:30:07All this mastic was the only thing that was holding this lamp together.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09So I'm going to ask you the question,
0:30:09 > 0:30:12what would this lamp have been worth
0:30:12 > 0:30:15if it had come in in good and sound condition?
0:30:15 > 0:30:18In good and sound condition, £60-£80.
0:30:18 > 0:30:23OK. And if you had ever had some damage to it in the sale room,
0:30:23 > 0:30:24what's your insurance policy?
0:30:24 > 0:30:28What would you pay out to the owner of a £60-£80 lamp?
0:30:28 > 0:30:31We would pay out a hammer price at the reserve.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34- At the reserve?- So the lower figure of the estimate.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Well, I think the only way of sorting this out is to treat this
0:30:37 > 0:30:39as far as the team is concerned,
0:30:39 > 0:30:41and I'll tell them that this has happened,
0:30:41 > 0:30:45as if they had had a damage for insurance purposes
0:30:45 > 0:30:49- and we'll treat it as if they got £60...- Sure.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53..which is what they would get were they insured in the transit arrangements.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56We will, however, sell the damaged lamp in the auction
0:30:56 > 0:31:02and if, by a miracle, it makes more than the insurance payment of £60,
0:31:02 > 0:31:03they'll get the extra, too.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05- Is that fair enough?- Sounds fair.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08On that basis, they may or may not need their bonus buy
0:31:08 > 0:31:10but let's have a look anyway.
0:31:10 > 0:31:15Now, Jill and Jojo, you spent the paltry, miserable, mean amount
0:31:15 > 0:31:16of £115
0:31:16 > 0:31:20and you gave Catherine £185 to blow.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Now, I'm going to give Catherine a hand here
0:31:23 > 0:31:26by whipping off the cloth and revealing all.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Now, these ladies like lovely things,
0:31:28 > 0:31:30so I bought these with you in mind.
0:31:30 > 0:31:37Now, we have, it looks like a decanter set but it's probably a liqueur set from the 1930s.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41Don't worry, it's not just one paltry glass. There are six glasses.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44It's got this lovely little silver decoration on.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47I think it's quite attractive, don't you?
0:31:50 > 0:31:54- There's lots of deep thought going on.- Lots of deep thought, yes.
0:31:54 > 0:31:59I don't know that I've heard Jill and Jojo so quiet ever before.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02I mean, the silence is deafening.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Seriously, tell us what you've spent, darling.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07- I spent £40.- Wow.- Wow.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09- There!- So have you changed your mind now?
0:32:09 > 0:32:13- Absolutely.- We've changed our mind. - I think they've bucked up.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16- I'm impressed, I'm really impressed. - Yes, I am.
0:32:16 > 0:32:21You don't have to decide right now, you decide after the sale of your first three items
0:32:21 > 0:32:24but for the audience, let's find out whether the auctioneer
0:32:24 > 0:32:29is going to be similarly bowled out by Catherine's decanter set.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Well, Catherine's been weaving, look.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35We've got a nice little decanter with that silver lustre
0:32:35 > 0:32:37and six of these fellows.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39OK, yeah. Little liqueur set.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42- Perfectly clean, isn't it? - It is, all in good order.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44The decoration's nice, these Venetian scenes.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Good. What do you think the lot will bring?
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Well, they're difficult sellers, actually. 20 to 30.
0:32:50 > 0:32:55Catherine paid £40, actually, so your estimate's £20-£30.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Anyway, that's it for the Reds.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Now, for the Blues, Christine and Linda.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04- Their first item is this fat lava vase.- OK, yeah.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07Now, you're an expert on fat lava, aren't you?
0:33:07 > 0:33:11- Hardly.- No, I think it's absolutely hideous stuff, for me.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15- OK, how much?- 20 to 30. - Very good estimate. £10 paid.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17- OK.- All right? They'll be happy with that.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Now, the brass-bound wee writing box.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23- It's had a bit of a smack up that top, hasn't it?- It has.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25It's had a major repair along the top here.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Almost an amputation.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Yes, I think it was the brass that held it together.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Anyway, there we go, it's been bust,
0:33:32 > 0:33:33so how much, then?
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Well, condition is key. £60-£80.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- £160 they paid.- Wow.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41- So that could be their killer blow. - I think so.- Yes.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44Anyway, lastly, they got this Art Deco mirror.
0:33:44 > 0:33:49I can see that on the suburban wall. Vera Lynn's on the blower.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51- Do you like it?- No.- Oh.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53Again, we see all too many of these.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55- So how much, then?- 20 to 30.
0:33:55 > 0:33:56- Gosh. £55 paid.- Yeah.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00So we seem to have had a disaster moment with the box
0:34:00 > 0:34:02and not a brilliant moment with the mirror.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06They're going to need their bonus buy, so let's have a look at it.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Now, Linda and Christine,
0:34:08 > 0:34:12you spent a magnificent £225 - so proud of you for doing that -
0:34:12 > 0:34:15and you gave the man of the moment £75.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Nicholas, what did you spend it on?
0:34:17 > 0:34:21Well, I think with this, Tim, we're going to sail to victory.
0:34:21 > 0:34:22Oh, God.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25- What do you think? Do you like it? - I do, actually.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28It's rather smart. It's not original.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31It's in the style of an Edwardian pond yacht, a modern version,
0:34:31 > 0:34:37- but for the paltry £45 I spent on it...- 45?- £45.- £45.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39But do you think it will make a profit?
0:34:39 > 0:34:44Should do. That's got to be £50, £60 of anyone's money, surely?
0:34:44 > 0:34:47Linda, I want to know, darling, what do you think about this?
0:34:47 > 0:34:50I think Nick's working on our tactics,
0:34:50 > 0:34:53which is looking for the biggest loss.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55That's not got much faith.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59- I think I'm going to quit while we're ahead, Nick.- Good.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03Why don't the audience find out what the auctioneer thinks about Nick's yacht?
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Here we go, Mark.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Market Harborough's a long way from the sea,
0:35:08 > 0:35:13so how appropriate an object is this to bring to the sale room?
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Good-looking thing. It's well made and nicely painted.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20Yes. Anyway, Nick rates it. He paid £45.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23- Do you think it will make a profit on 45?- I do. I've said 50 to 70.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26- That's your estimate? - Yes. It could make something.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29- We'll have to hope for the best. - That's it.- Thank you, Mark.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39Now, Jill and Jojo, how are you feeling?
0:35:39 > 0:35:41- Very confident.- Excited. - Very confident.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Not as excited as you're going to be when I tell you
0:35:44 > 0:35:47about the disaster that's happened to your Gladiator lamp.
0:35:47 > 0:35:48- Oh, no.- What's happened?
0:35:48 > 0:35:51- It fell apart.- Oh, no.- Oh!
0:35:51 > 0:35:54It came apart in the transportation
0:35:54 > 0:35:57- and we're going to treat it like an insurance claim.- Right.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01- They're guaranteeing you £60 on this.- That's good.- OK.
0:36:01 > 0:36:06And that's the only fair way that we can get out of this shambles.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10First up is the veterinary chest and here it comes.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12The wooden stockbreeder's medicine chest
0:36:12 > 0:36:14marked Dayson and Hewitt's, original.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16- £100 do I see?- £100?
0:36:16 > 0:36:20£32, I'm bid, then. At 32, 35, 38, 40.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22£40, I'm bid. At 40.
0:36:22 > 0:36:2640 for the box. £40 I'm bid. Two I'll take. £40 bid.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28The box selling, then, at £40.
0:36:28 > 0:36:33Wiped its face. Here we go. Here comes the wisteria beaker.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36- Bidding here, £5.- Go on.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38The beaker at £5. At 5?
0:36:38 > 0:36:40The White Star beaker. I'm bid at £5. It must sold.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42At £8, 10. At £10, I'm bid.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45- At £12.- Broke even, hasn't it? - 15 bid, internet.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47- Go on!- 15 on the internet. Yes!
0:36:47 > 0:36:5018 bid in the room. Internet, it's your turn.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53- Come on!- 18, that's it. £20? I'm bid at 20.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57- £20 with the internet this time. - 25, go on, 25.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00- Yes!- You doubled your money.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Plus £10 on that. So you've got one wiped face,
0:37:03 > 0:37:06doubled your money, now the Gladiator.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09- Victorian lamp.- I just want to cry now.- Shall we all cry?- Don't cry.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12Needs a bit of proper repair, this one.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14LAUGHTER Just a bit.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17£10, I'm bid.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20£10, the lamp, I'm bid. £10, 12, 15.
0:37:20 > 0:37:2215. Bid at 18.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24£18 I'm bid then, at 18.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27- Hang on.- To the internet at £18. - £18 in pieces.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31Sold it for £18 but we're treating it as a sale at 60
0:37:31 > 0:37:35on the old insurance arrangement, so that's minus £5,
0:37:35 > 0:37:38which means overall, girls, you are plus £5.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40- £5.- Yes!
0:37:40 > 0:37:42What's so funny about that?
0:37:42 > 0:37:46- It's a profit, Tim.- I know it is. It's a little miracle.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50All I can say is thank goodness for the insurance claim.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55OK, lovely. Now, the decision is,
0:37:55 > 0:37:57are you going to go with Catherine's decanter set?
0:37:57 > 0:38:01- No. We've made a profit, Jo. - Yeah, we've made a profit.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03- Sorry, Catherine.- That's fine by me.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06We're going to sell it anyway and here it comes.
0:38:06 > 0:38:0820th century glass liqueur set
0:38:08 > 0:38:10with silver decoration of Venetian scenes.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12My opening bid here is £15.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- I thought he was going to say 50. - 15, I'm bid. At 18. 20.
0:38:15 > 0:38:1722, 25, 28, 30.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19£30. At 30 here. 32, new bidding.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- At 32, 35.- They don't hate it.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26- 35. For all of £35... - You've done the right thing.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28- Yes!- Yes!
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Steady, girls.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34- We made the right decision. - Right decision.
0:38:34 > 0:38:39Have you ever seen so much excitement over £5?
0:38:39 > 0:38:42So overall, then, girls, you are still plus £5.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44- We've done well.- We're pleased.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48If you can resist telling the Blues, that would be awfully nice.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49We'll resist.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00- The big question is, girls, have you been talking to the Reds?- No.- No.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02- Not a word?- No.- Jolly good.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Well, we like it to be a bit shtoom, like.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08You're looking pretty kind of confident and cool.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12- Are you feeling that way, Christine? - Full of confidence.- Oh, yes. Yes.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15- You, too, Linda?- Yes. - Here it comes, the fat lava.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18German pottery vase. How collectable is this?
0:39:18 > 0:39:22- £10 is my bid.- Get your money back. - £10 I'm bid for the vase here.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24£10 I'm bid. 12, 15, 18.
0:39:24 > 0:39:2620, 22.
0:39:26 > 0:39:2925, 28.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32- Look at this, girls. - 28, here then. At 28.
0:39:32 > 0:39:3330 do I see?
0:39:33 > 0:39:36The bid's seated, then, at 28. And away at £28.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41- Whoa!- £28 gives plus 18 just like that.- Oh, clever.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44- That's a very good start.- Very good. Well found, Nick.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Now, here comes your old box.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Bidding here starts at 35, £45.
0:39:49 > 0:39:5245 bid here. At 45. 55.
0:39:52 > 0:39:5860. 60 I'm bid, then. At 60 here. 65, new bidding. 70.
0:39:58 > 0:39:5975, 80.
0:39:59 > 0:40:0185, 90.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04- 95, 100.- Somebody likes it. Somebody likes it.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07£100 on this side, then. 110 I'll take.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09£100 bid and away at 100.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13- Oh, dear.- 100 smackers is minus 60. Sorry, girls.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Here comes the wall mirror.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19Bevelled edge and tinted panels. £10 bid.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21£10 I'm bid. 12. 15.
0:40:21 > 0:40:2418, 20,
0:40:24 > 0:40:2622, 25, 28.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29- 30, 32, 35.- Look out.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31- 40, 42.- Yes, keep going.- 45.
0:40:31 > 0:40:36- 48, 50.- Look at this. Look at this, girls.- £50 I'm bid.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40A surprise for me. £50 I'm bid and away at £50.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42- Good lord. £50.- Well done.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44- Well done, you two.- You see?
0:40:44 > 0:40:49- You know more than the auctioneer and me.- Yeah.- Well done, you two.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54That is only minus £5 on that, which means overall you are minus 47.
0:40:54 > 0:40:55That's actually not that bad.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58So what are you going to do about this pond yacht?
0:40:58 > 0:41:01- We said we'd go with it if we were down.- Yeah.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05- You're going to go with it.- Yes. OK. - We're going with the pond yacht.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Here we go, then, the pond yacht in 161.
0:41:08 > 0:41:1010, 15, £20 bid.
0:41:10 > 0:41:1225, 30, five,
0:41:12 > 0:41:16- 40, five...- Yes.- Another one.
0:41:16 > 0:41:1945 at the back. He's shaking his head. It's right at the back at 45.
0:41:19 > 0:41:24- 50 do I see? At 45 I will sell, then, at 45.- Oh...
0:41:24 > 0:41:27- £45. Wiped its face.- Yes.- Oh, well.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30- No shame in that, I have to say. - No shame at all.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34- Overall, then, your score is minus £47.- Oh, well.
0:41:34 > 0:41:39We've ring-fenced it at minus £47. Don't say a word to the Reds, right?
0:41:39 > 0:41:43- No, we won't.- OK. We'll catch up with you in a minute.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Well, it's been a cracking programme, hasn't it?
0:41:51 > 0:41:54I mean, helter skelter, a game of chance,
0:41:54 > 0:41:57absolutely right.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59- Have we all had fun?- Oh, yes! - I think so.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03- And have we been talking to one another at all?- No!
0:42:03 > 0:42:07That's just as well because there is a world of difference
0:42:07 > 0:42:09between the results, I'm afraid, for the teams today
0:42:09 > 0:42:13and the team that has done substantially worse than the other
0:42:13 > 0:42:16- is the Blues. - Oh.- I'm not really surprised.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20You got that £18 profit off the fat lava
0:42:20 > 0:42:22- and then it went downhill from there.- Yeah.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26Even the pond yacht wiped its face and didn't add to your profits.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30But not to worry. Minus 47 is not a shameful score, I have to tell you.
0:42:30 > 0:42:36- And you've been great sports. - We had fun, didn't we?- It's been lovely having you on the show.
0:42:36 > 0:42:37- Thank you.- Good.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41But the Reds can walk away, walk tall, yes?
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Just look at their faces.
0:42:44 > 0:42:45Gosh.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49I'm going to present you with your grand total of £5 profit.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51THEY CHEER
0:42:51 > 0:42:56I know you're going to feel so good about this, I'm doing it in coins.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59- Are you all right with this, blue eyes?- Oh, yes.- Definitely.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03Marvellous, marvellous. Brilliant expert, as well, I have to say.
0:43:03 > 0:43:08There, you are absolutely truthful. Anyway, we've had a lovely show.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?
0:43:10 > 0:43:11Yes!
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