0:00:05 > 0:00:08We're at the Hemswell Antiques Centre,
0:00:08 > 0:00:10a place with a lot of history.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13Did you know that this was once
0:00:13 > 0:00:16a Lancaster bomber base?
0:00:16 > 0:00:20Well, chocks away! And let's go bargain hunting!
0:00:43 > 0:00:48'Welcome, bargain hunters. What a show we have for you today!
0:00:48 > 0:00:52'There's a difference of opinion in the red ranks.'
0:00:52 > 0:00:57- I can see from your face, you're thinking, "Ghastly!"- Yes!
0:01:00 > 0:01:03'The blue brigade takes a different approach.'
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Yay! Heads for that, tails for that. That was the deal.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16'But what does fate have in store at the auction?'
0:01:16 > 0:01:18- Oh, no!- What?
0:01:18 > 0:01:20AUCTIONEER: £5 I'm bid...
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Hey! That's a profit!
0:01:22 > 0:01:24'So, who have we got?'
0:01:27 > 0:01:31For the reds today, we have married couple Jenna and Lee.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Lovely to see you. You got married in 2007.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38You weren't the only lovebirds, were you?
0:01:38 > 0:01:42No, we had a couple of doves released at the ceremony.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46As Jenna threw hers up, it did a poo on her wedding dress.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51- A bit embarrassing.- This emotional moment didn't go exactly to plan.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- No, it didn't. - You work on a farm?- Yes.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59- A dairy farm in Leicestershire. - How many cows?- 220 at the moment.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- How long have you been doing this for?- 11 years.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06You must have started when you were nine!
0:02:06 > 0:02:11- I went to agricultural college, where I met Jenna.- Oh, brilliant.
0:02:11 > 0:02:17- Are you an agriculturalist too?- I was studying horses when I met Lee.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Now I've changed career.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24- What do you do?- I'm training to be a paramedic.- Completely different!
0:02:24 > 0:02:31- You'll be in the ambulance?- I'll be in the ambulance with a crew mate and in the car, sole responder.
0:02:31 > 0:02:37- How long's training for paramedics? - Two years.- Is it?- Yeah. Full-time. It's been really good.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41- What's your game-plan today? - Spend little, make a lot.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45- Oh, really?- Yeah. Absolutely. - That's miserable!
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Oh, Lord! Anyway, I hope you enjoy your day.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52Very nice to meet you. Rosie, Peter. Lovely to see you.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56- How are you?- Very well.- You're partners in more than one sense.
0:02:56 > 0:03:01We are. Yes. We've been together for 18 years.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- Partners in lurve!- In lurve, yes.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06And also, we're partners in building.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10- Literally building? - Yes. I do all the heavy stuff.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15- Do you? With the concrete blocks? - I have my own mixer.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17What colour's your mixer?
0:03:17 > 0:03:20It's orange. They didn't do pink.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Now, you are the girl with the eye for the detail.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29- Yes.- Does that mean you're a bit fussy?- I don't know about fussy!
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Most girls who have a good eye for detail are a bit fussy.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38You might not think you're fussy but I bet you are, if you're good with detail.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43- When the house is nearly completed, you do all the snagging?- Yes.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48And all the cleaning, usually. Cleaning up after him.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52- Not too good.- Peter, tell me about your interest in antiques.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56We used to live at Stoke-on-Trent and spent many a lunchtime
0:03:56 > 0:04:00in the Moorcroft shop, and bought some lovely things.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03And they've all shot up in value.
0:04:03 > 0:04:09They have. Yes. I bought a lovely charger. I think I bought it for £30.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13- It's making £300 at the minute. - That's good.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- What's your plan for victory today? - Spend the lot.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- Our expert's going to get £10 at the most!- I love it!
0:04:19 > 0:04:24The complete contrary! Very good luck with those ambitions.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26It's the money moment. £300 apiece.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30You know the rules. Your experts await, and off you go.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32And very, very, very good luck.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37I love it! Spend nothing. Spend the lot. Whatever's going to happen?
0:04:39 > 0:04:44'Our experts are going to help our teams splash the cash.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47'Herding the rural red team is:
0:04:47 > 0:04:52'Making plans with the blue builders is:'
0:05:03 > 0:05:06A nice bit of taxidermy there.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08It's £375.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Do you think it's an albino fox, or is that the sun?
0:05:12 > 0:05:16I think it's just faded. It's still got orange on its neck.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20- What about Julius Caesar's younger brother?- Lovely.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- Has it got a price on it?- It has.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26- £2,950. - Right, just slightly out of our...
0:05:26 > 0:05:29'You've gone stoney faced, James.'
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Those are quite smart.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43Pair of French bronze candlesticks with malachite, that chain base.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46I don't like gilty goldy things.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51- You don't like the flash?- No. - The bling.- No. Don't like the bling.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54'Goodbye bling!'
0:05:59 > 0:06:03- What does that edge feel like? - Nice and smooth.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Sometimes your eyes can lie. It's useful to feel round them.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- It's quite a nice little piece. - Pretty.
0:06:10 > 0:06:16- What sort of age would that be? - I'm rather hoping it's 1860, 1880.
0:06:16 > 0:06:22But it could equally be Edwardian, about 1900, 1910.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24If we could get that for 22, 25,
0:06:24 > 0:06:29- we set ourselves in a position for profit.- OK. Lovely.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- Well done. Go and see the lady. - I will.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38- So we're looking at maybe 20...?- 27.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Do you think she'd go 25, a nice round number?
0:06:41 > 0:06:44It's a tenner off, then, I suppose.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51- Yes. I think she'd be OK with that. - That'd be lovely.- 25.- Thank you.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56'Well, that was easy. First bargain in the bag for the reds.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03'Thomas has come over all musical.'
0:07:03 > 0:07:05GLASS RINGS
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Glass always tings even with a chunk out of the bottom.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12The ring also indicates it has been hand-blown.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16If it's not hand-blown, it would sound dead like this.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18TAPPING
0:07:18 > 0:07:22I quite like this style.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24It's probably late Deco.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28- '30s, '40s.- It's really attractive.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- It is quite a pretty set. - What price should we try for?
0:07:32 > 0:07:37120 would be ideal. 120 would be a real winner. What do you think?
0:07:37 > 0:07:43- I wonder if we'd get a better deal if we bought off the same... - You could try.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47- We'll have a little look.- Is there something else you want to look at?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54A cigar box, a cigar holder.
0:07:54 > 0:08:00I think they used to have these torpedo-shaped cigars.
0:08:00 > 0:08:06- You don't really see cigars this sort of shape nowadays.- No.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10You've got it against your warm body, it should be air-tight
0:08:10 > 0:08:13cos you want to maintain humidity.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16This is made in Cuba
0:08:16 > 0:08:21and the Dominican Republic, these hot places with 100% humidity.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24It is silver, though, isn't it?
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- It is silver. - It's got the hallmarks.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32Gilded in the interior. It's a novelty. How much is it, Lee?
0:08:32 > 0:08:3379.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38- I think that's too expensive for an out-moded item.- Yeah.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- It's engraved as well, so that might detract.- Yeah.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45It's nice hand-engraving, though.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48When it comes down to 35, we might consider it.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53'He's tinging again!'
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- How much is that?- It's £65.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58It's Dartmouth Devon pottery.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01The thing about it is it's golfing,
0:09:01 > 0:09:05and golfing memorabilia always hold a premium.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10- The detail's really nice.- The detail is lovely. The golfer in white.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14And what's lovely is you've got the ball and flag.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17You rarely see that detail on the reverse.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21I think it's good but, yes, you need to work at that price.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26- If we got it down to 40? - Well, yes. 50, 40.- £50.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30- It's something to ask about. - And it's blue!
0:09:30 > 0:09:35- Is blue your favourite colour? - Well, we're the blue team!
0:09:35 > 0:09:36'Keep up, Thomas!'
0:09:36 > 0:09:41- What's that?- Crown Devon Fieldings, a Stoke-on-Trent pottery.- Is it?
0:09:41 > 0:09:46Yeah, yeah. The Fairyland lustre, it is popular, I have to say.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50It's as pretty and as perfect as you want it to be.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54- When was it made?- In about 1915.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59I'd be happy with these two and forego the glass. These are really nice pieces.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- And stay off the glass? - When you get close to the glass,
0:10:03 > 0:10:07it doesn't quite have the quality I was looking for.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12- What do you think, Rose?- I quite like the golf... I like all three.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16It depends on the price, what we can get for it.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- Would you like to make that call? - I will.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23- Don't commit yourself to all three. - I won't...- Listen to this!
0:10:23 > 0:10:25I know what she's like!
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Just do the deal for two.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31- Get them excited for three, then. - That's what I thought.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36'Hm. Not a hole-in-one for the blues. Shame.'
0:10:41 > 0:10:43There's quite a good weight to that.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Edwardian. Yeah.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49It's done service though, hasn't it?
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- It's a bit corroded.- I don't think it would sell well at auction.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02I'm a fan of Moorcroft. I like the vase.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06- It's not a shape I've seen before. - £185.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10- I think you could buy something better for £185.- OK.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13'Now, have a look at what I've found.'
0:11:14 > 0:11:18If you come across a box that's made of mahogany,
0:11:18 > 0:11:23and of some quality, that looks as if it might be 18th century,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26you should sharpen your interest.
0:11:26 > 0:11:31If I open it up, you can see it does contain an instrument.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34An instrument made of brass.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38And, whilst it's a weird and wonderful shape,
0:11:38 > 0:11:42you've got to twig that this is a quality job.
0:11:42 > 0:11:48Turn it upside down, and you can see that the little wheels underneath
0:11:48 > 0:11:50are made of cut ivory.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55This has not been made by some sham amateur.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Indeed,
0:11:57 > 0:12:01engraved on one of these top bars is "Adams, London".
0:12:01 > 0:12:04The family Adams, in the 18th century,
0:12:04 > 0:12:08constructed optical instruments and globes
0:12:08 > 0:12:12for both George II and George III.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17It's an odd-ball looking object, but it has a specific purpose.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19We've got two holes
0:12:19 > 0:12:24into which pencils or stylus would be introduced.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28If you were an architect in the 18th or 19th century,
0:12:28 > 0:12:30you would produce a detailed
0:12:30 > 0:12:32architectural drawing.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36What happened if the builder here in Lincolnshire,
0:12:36 > 0:12:38who's actually building the house
0:12:38 > 0:12:42needed a copy of that drawing to work from?
0:12:42 > 0:12:44You would use one of these fellows.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48No photocopier. No printing process available.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52What you had to do was reproduce a facsimile
0:12:52 > 0:12:56of that original architect's drawing
0:12:56 > 0:12:58either larger or smaller in scale.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Which is what this cunning gadget,
0:13:01 > 0:13:04a pantograph, would enable you to do.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09What you'd do is adjust the position of the stylus
0:13:09 > 0:13:12up and down the cantilevered arms.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16If this has got the image that I'm tracing,
0:13:16 > 0:13:19I move the stylus an inch to the north.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21One inch of movement here
0:13:21 > 0:13:29means that this stylus moves in the same direction, an inch and a half,
0:13:29 > 0:13:33producing an enlargement from the original drawing.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38But the strange thing about life is that you hang around for years,
0:13:38 > 0:13:41rather like buses, waiting for one.
0:13:41 > 0:13:48I haven't seen a pantograph for years yet, all of a sudden, I come across two.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Here, we've got another one.
0:13:50 > 0:13:55Same idea, but bigger in scale. So what are these things worth?
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Well, I have to say that the market is somewhat limited.
0:13:59 > 0:14:04But there are avid collectors of scientific instruments.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Nicely cased, as this one is,
0:14:06 > 0:14:10and pretty well complete, a 19th-century example,
0:14:10 > 0:14:13it's probably worth at auction £400 to £600.
0:14:13 > 0:14:19What might you find them for, if you were lucky, on the marketplace?
0:14:19 > 0:14:25Well, keep your eye open, and you could find that for £60.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28And you could find that for £100.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34Now, if that hasn't got you panting for it, I don't know what will.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42'Right, back to it.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46'Jenna and Lee are taking the bull by the horns.'
0:14:46 > 0:14:50- Old butcher's shop thing. - So it's not practical,
0:14:50 > 0:14:54- for you, as a dairy farmer, for your cattle to have horns?- No.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59We de-horn all our calves. Safety - for them.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Unfortunately, it's not a great back. A bit of marine ply.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08- Looks a bit tacky that. Be nice on a nicer shield.- It would.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10'Next!'
0:15:10 > 0:15:16It's a Bohemian white glass tumbler, silver overlay, circa 1900, £148.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18I mean, it is beautiful.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22- I think it's very elegant. - I think £140 is a lot of money.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26Even if you get it for £100, it's a lot of money.
0:15:26 > 0:15:31- You'd be better off buying the decanter set than that.- Hm.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35'Thomas, Peter's not going to buy the decanter!'
0:15:41 > 0:15:46A four-faced Buddha. I suppose it's the various moods.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48It's got a nice bit of weight to it.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50- It's Chinese.- Yeah.
0:15:50 > 0:15:55- I can see from your face you're thinking, "Ghastly!"- Yes.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57"What on Earth are they doing?"
0:15:57 > 0:16:02Chinese is quite hot stuff. It's bronze. It's quite humorous.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06- How old is it?- I don't think it's terribly old. '20s, '30s.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11- You don't like it.- I didn't say I didn't like it. It's growing on me.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16I can see it sitting in someone's house. It's a little bit quirky.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20- I like it.- The four-faced Buddha. - Tom, bargain with them?
0:16:20 > 0:16:26If you got that for 25 or 28, I think that would be a nice buy.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31- Novelty item. Something quirky. - I like it.- You have an opportunity.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Get yourself down there. Lots of smiles, please.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40His best price is £28.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42He'll not go lower than that? No?
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Right, OK, we'll take that, then.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Thank you very much.
0:16:47 > 0:16:53'Two buys for the reds. That's put a smile on your face!
0:16:54 > 0:16:56'Play us another tune, Thomas.'
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- RINGING - How much have you got?
0:16:59 > 0:17:03- 165?- Yeah. - You've got to leave me something.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07- What's that on at? - Crown Ducal, Byzantine, pattern 185.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- Is there a trademark? - How little do you need?
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- LAUGHTER - It's a good thing, a very nice thing
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Is that tube-lined as well?
0:17:16 > 0:17:20Tube-lined design, floral. They are collectable. 185 is too much.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Between £100 and £150 is what it should be.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28But it is a good pattern, a good busy pattern.
0:17:28 > 0:17:33This is quite serious. Five minutes to go. There's been a lot of chat.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37You've bought zero. If the hour's up, that's it.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39I get £300 to buy an item.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43- What are you going to do? - We'll get a price.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47- Give it a try. - Stop chatting, let's move.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50We can decide who does it down there.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52'Chop, chop!'
0:17:57 > 0:18:01This is our last and final piece. Could we get a price on this?
0:18:01 > 0:18:05- Is that at all possible? - Thank you.- Thank you very much.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09- So, this is it.- I know. It's just...
0:18:09 > 0:18:14I don't know what your problem is with that. It's beautiful quality.
0:18:14 > 0:18:19- He said the lowest he can go is 140. - Wonderful.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Thank him very much.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29What's the quality like? Do you think they're well finished?
0:18:29 > 0:18:33I don't know. I haven't seen any before!
0:18:33 > 0:18:37- They're quite heavy. - Are they moulded?- No.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41They would have been filed down. Jade is a very hard material.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44It feels quite nicely polished.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48There isn't the finest detail, but there is some detail.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Quite clean. They're not too bashed. It's a handsome pair.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56- It's not a bad price, £120. - What do you think they'd fetch?
0:18:56 > 0:19:00- I think they're in with a chance. - They're different.
0:19:00 > 0:19:05They are different. See if you can get them for 90, 95, 85, 80.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Start off low again.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11- Well done. I think they're fun. - Let's go. Thank you.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22OK, not too good. £100. It's not brilliant.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Oh, I can live with that.
0:19:24 > 0:19:31- I'll take £100 then we've given you quite a lot of money to play with. - Well done. That's a result.
0:19:32 > 0:19:38'Result! Let's remind ourselves what the red team have bought.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43'£25 bought them the engraved glass tazzer.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49'Will there be smiles all round with the brass Buddha at £28?
0:19:49 > 0:19:54'Finally, they paid a barking £100 for the jade temple dogs.'
0:19:55 > 0:19:57- Good fun?- Yes.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- Better than milking cows? - Definitely.- Excellent.
0:20:00 > 0:20:05- How much did you spend?- £153. - I want 147. Got 147?
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- I certainly do.- Quite a tidy sum.
0:20:07 > 0:20:13- Which is your favourite piece?- I'd have to say the little jade tigers.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Jade tigers. - I like the Buddha. It's quirky.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19It's quirky enough! Anyway, talking of quirky!
0:20:19 > 0:20:23- Thank you.- Confident, James? - Yes, yes.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27We had great fun, bought three lovely items.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31We're following the oriental wind blowing from the east.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36It's done incredibly well. We want £54 million for one Chinese pot.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39If you wouldn't mind organising it.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42'Now, where's that blue team?'
0:20:43 > 0:20:45So, we're going...
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Definitely those two.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51- Yes.- And then we're... - It's your show!
0:20:51 > 0:20:55- They're both brilliant items. - Which would you buy?- The glass!
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- I'd go with the glass...- Oh! - ..all day long.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- It's got to be fair.- Toss the coin.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05- Tails it's the glass. - You want to toss the coin?- Do it.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07LAUGHTER
0:21:07 > 0:21:09- Ready?- Yeah.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13Yay! Heads for that. Tails for that. That was the deal.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17- Yeah! - Thomas, what are we going to do?
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- On your head be it. - OK. On my head be it.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24So, just to clarify, with the winning toss,
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Peter won the toss,
0:21:26 > 0:21:30he's going for his Charlotte Rhead, his golfing jug
0:21:30 > 0:21:33and...the lustre ware.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Yes. I'm happy.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38'So, what did they pay...?'
0:21:53 > 0:21:57- We lost the toss, Tim.- Oh, dear. - A bit like a cricket match.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02- But you stepped up to the crease OK? - We had to put Peter in to bat.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04I hit a six straightaway.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08I hope you don't get too many googlies out of that.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- How much did you spend? - We spent £275.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Fine, I'd like £25 of leftover lolly, please.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Thank you very much.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- You're shattered, Tom? - Absolutely shattered.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24- We could have been finished within five minutes.- We could.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28I turned up three really good things but old Pedro here,
0:22:28 > 0:22:33old Peter, came in with his googly and said, "I want a look around."
0:22:33 > 0:22:37- For the next hour...- I'm glad I did. - You're glad?- Yes.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39There's plenty of confidence about.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43I hope you'll be as confident with your £25 bonus buy.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46I'll do my very best.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49We're going to shove off to a special house.
0:22:49 > 0:22:56We're going to Hampshire, to a splendid place called Hinton Ampner. Stand by.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01'In 1935, Ralph Dutton,
0:23:01 > 0:23:05'the eighth and final Lord Sherbourne,
0:23:05 > 0:23:09'inherited a Victorian gothic mansion from his dad
0:23:09 > 0:23:14'and painstakingly transformed it into a Georgian style manor house.'
0:23:16 > 0:23:18On Sunday 3 April 1960,
0:23:18 > 0:23:23Dutton was returning home after a stroll through the grounds
0:23:23 > 0:23:25when he noticed, to his horror,
0:23:25 > 0:23:30a pall of smoke rising up through the trees.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32His house was on fire.
0:23:32 > 0:23:3724 years of hard work were going up in flames.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Dutton himself described the fire.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49"The flames, fanned by the strong wind,
0:23:49 > 0:23:51"spread at a prodigious rate.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55"Their terrifying power seemed impossible to halt.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58"From outside, one could watch room after room
0:23:58 > 0:24:02"being consumed by the flames.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04"One thought, with despair,
0:24:04 > 0:24:09"of the contents awaiting their inevitable destruction."
0:24:09 > 0:24:12So intense was the heat in the library
0:24:12 > 0:24:17that the books lining the room literally petrified.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20They were turned into stone
0:24:20 > 0:24:24and could only be removed later using a pickaxe.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34Before the fire, the style of this room was very much high Victorian,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37a style which Dutton hated.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42So, in a curious way, the fire gave him an opportunity.
0:24:42 > 0:24:48It provided him with a blank canvas around which he could reconstruct
0:24:48 > 0:24:52and remodel in his favourite style, the Georgian.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55For example, the two fireplaces.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59Gorgeous white marble statuary fireplaces.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Not actually a pair,
0:25:01 > 0:25:05but sufficiently alike to sit harmoniously together
0:25:05 > 0:25:08in the same room.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Just typical, isn't it?
0:25:11 > 0:25:17You loathe one thing, and one thing above all others in your house.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19You have a major fire.
0:25:19 > 0:25:26You lose everything in a gorgeous room like this. With one exception, the thing that you hate.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28And that's the case here.
0:25:28 > 0:25:34Because Ralph Dutton loathed this nice encased 19th-century clock.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36He described it
0:25:36 > 0:25:40as one of his grandmother's "most unfortunate purchases".
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Sure enough, at the end of the fire,
0:25:43 > 0:25:47this is the sole surviving object out of this room.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Typical.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Of course, the big question today is
0:25:51 > 0:25:57are our teams' hopes going to go up in flames over at the auction?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01I jolly well hope not.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05We're in Lichfield, with auctioneer Richard Winterton.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Very nice to be here, Richard. Excellent.
0:26:16 > 0:26:22First up is their standard European beautifully wheel-engraved tazzer.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- It's quality all the way. - Top of the notch!
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Around about 1900.
0:26:27 > 0:26:32A whole service of that lined up down a table.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36- The water glasses and wine glasses would be something else.- Yeah.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- I'd love to sell that. - I bet you would.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43All you've got is this, I'm afraid. What's your estimate on that?
0:26:43 > 0:26:46We've gone 20 to 30.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Not much, then? It'll make £40, £50?
0:26:49 > 0:26:52It's your top end, isn't it?
0:26:52 > 0:26:55- Top end. £25 they paid.- OK. - Very reasonable.
0:26:55 > 0:27:01Such a good quality thing. Next is old four-faced Buddha.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Will he be smiling or are we going to have tears?
0:27:04 > 0:27:07- 30 to 40.- That's not too bad.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11£28 paid. So we're pretty well on the money with that.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Their big hope, however, rests with these dogs of fu.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- Do you like them?- Not particularly.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Not old enough for you, I suppose.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26They're just big lumps. They don't do anything at all.
0:27:26 > 0:27:31Most auctioneers like their Chinese items to bring 48 million.
0:27:31 > 0:27:36- That would be nice!- Are we going to have a £48 million moment?
0:27:36 > 0:27:41- No.- How much do you think they'll make?- This side of 100. 80 to 100.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46They paid £100. I would say this team are pretty well spot-on.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50They may not need their bonus buy but let's go and have a look at it.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54Jenna, Lee, this is the moment for the leftover lolly.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Reveal, James Braxton! What did you spend your £147 on?
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Not as much as that, Tim.
0:28:00 > 0:28:06It's a good bronze champleve enamel jardiniere.
0:28:06 > 0:28:11A little down-at-heel, but anything Chinese seems to do quite well.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15- Have a feel.- It's quite heavy. Yeah.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18It's got a loose bottom!
0:28:18 > 0:28:22What does it want, James, a little restoration?
0:28:22 > 0:28:25A jolly good clean. It's been really neglected.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29- So, solid bronze... - Solid bronze. Enamelled.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33- I do like it.- Do you?- Yeah. - Known as the bottomless pit!
0:28:35 > 0:28:40- What did you pay for this?- £55. - Oh. That's not bad.- Not too bad.
0:28:40 > 0:28:46I think it should do £50 to £70, something like that.
0:28:46 > 0:28:53- OK.- But in good nick with a sound bottom, that's a £150, £200 item.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Quite an expensive thing in its day.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00- I would say so.- 1880, 1900. - A luxury item.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02- A luxury item of its day.- I like it.
0:29:02 > 0:29:10For the audience at home, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Braxton's bottomless pit!
0:29:11 > 0:29:15So, Richard, a bit more oriental for you.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18- Oh, gosh. - You could melt that one down!
0:29:18 > 0:29:21Probably the best thing to do.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25Oh, you can't say that! Look at this lovely champleve enamel.
0:29:25 > 0:29:30It's dull. It's boring. It does absolutely nothing for me.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34And it's got a loose bottom. What's it worth?
0:29:34 > 0:29:36£20.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40- Really?- I can't see it. It's too dark. Who wants it?
0:29:40 > 0:29:44James only paid £55 and he rates it.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46- Does he?- He does.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50Anyway, that's it for the reds. Now for the blues, Peter and Rosie.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53First up is their tankard.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57- Do you play golf?- I don't.- Nor do I.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00Somebody's going to really want this
0:30:00 > 0:30:04for the golf, not because it's a nice piece of ceramic.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06The only thing that will save it.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10Will it be a hole in one at £55?
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- More like 30, 40.- Enough of that.
0:30:13 > 0:30:19Next in this trio of ceramics is the lustre fairy vase.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21It's not Fairyland lustre.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24No. That would have been nice. Yeah.
0:30:24 > 0:30:29It is quite sweet. It's got a bit of something about it, a bit stylish.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33- And it's in good nick. - Yeah, you usually see little chips.
0:30:33 > 0:30:38- Nothing wrong with that.- How much? - 50 to 80.- Fine.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41They paid 80 so they might get away with that.
0:30:41 > 0:30:46Then we've got the most standard Charlotte Rhead jug-vase,
0:30:46 > 0:30:50vase with a handle.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53We see it week in, week out.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57- And it's incredibly popular? - It's OK. It'll sell - at a price.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01- What's the price? - Around the £50, 50, 80-ish.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05It's quite a standard jug.
0:31:05 > 0:31:11- That torpedoes their chances. They paid 140.- Oh! Di-di!- Fine.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14They're going to need their bonus buy. Let's have a look at it.
0:31:14 > 0:31:21Peter, Rosie. The excitement. What bonus buy did Thomas find? Thomas?
0:31:21 > 0:31:25- £25 you had. - You didn't leave me much.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28- Very nice!- I bought a bit of silver.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32This is probably from India. It's a low-grade silver.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35- No hallmark?- Very pretty.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37It wouldn't be hallmarked.
0:31:37 > 0:31:43Any good Indian silver doesn't leave a minutest bit undecorated.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Look at all that work.
0:31:45 > 0:31:51Some poor chap hammering away for probably all of five minutes!
0:31:51 > 0:31:56You'll probably use it for, you know...
0:31:56 > 0:32:01- smelly things or some...- Yeah. - Nuts!- It's quite cute.
0:32:01 > 0:32:06But it is silver, therefore we have to think about one thing.
0:32:06 > 0:32:11What will it scrap at? There's at least three ounces of silver.
0:32:11 > 0:32:16- How much did you pay for it?- £20. Three ounces of silver is £30.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20- I really do like that. - Yeah. A bit...
0:32:20 > 0:32:25Apart from the artistic quality, it scraps at a good price.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27But let's not think about that.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31- Anyway, you like it, Rosie? - Yes. It's quite pretty.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33You don't have to decide now.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37Let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Tom's nut dish.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42Well, Richard, there we are. Nice little lobed basket.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46It's Indian silver. It's sweet, a bit of work in it.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48It'll sell all day long, really.
0:32:48 > 0:32:54- I fancy this Indian silver is not so looked down upon as it was.- No.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58- No, no.- People would go, "Poo! Indian silver."
0:32:58 > 0:33:03- Now it's more rated.- Certainly. There's a lot of work in this!
0:33:03 > 0:33:07- How much?- 40 to 50, all day long.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09They paid £20, so that's super.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13- If the team decide to go with it, we will be fine.- Yeah.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17- Otherwise, it's in the lap of the gods. Thank you, Richard.- Pleasure.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35- So, Lee, Jenna, how are you feeling? - Good.- Are you?
0:33:35 > 0:33:38I think you're a smashing couple, you are.
0:33:38 > 0:33:43- Any regrets at all, Jen? - Probably the jade lions.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Well, it's so difficult to tell. They're not old.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49But they're very decorative.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51He's got 80 to 100. You paid £100.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55It seems these days, you put "Chinese" on something
0:33:55 > 0:33:58and the world goes mad, so you never know.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02If the worst comes to the worst, you've got the thing with no bottom.
0:34:02 > 0:34:08We're talking about James's choice. Anyway, first up is the tazzer.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12An Edwardian glass tazzer. £10 to start me.
0:34:12 > 0:34:17£10. 15. £20. 25. £30...
0:34:17 > 0:34:20- You're in profit. - ..£40.
0:34:20 > 0:34:2245.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26£45 I'm bid. 45. 45. 45.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29- Right away at 45. Sold at 45. - Really good.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33£45. You are plus 20 before we've even started!
0:34:33 > 0:34:37Now, let's see how old two-face gets on.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41Four-faced paperweight. Telephone is up on this lot.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Hey!
0:34:43 > 0:34:46We have one, two, three, four bids.
0:34:46 > 0:34:53Which could be embarrassing cos I rubbished it in the talk. Lot 206.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57We are 30, five, 40, five, 50, five and 60.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01£60 I'm bid. At £60. We have the telephone.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04At £60. Telephone is out.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07£60. With me at 60. All done? Room's out.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Sold at 60.
0:35:09 > 0:35:14That is plus 32. That is plus 52 total.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16£52 up. Now, stand by for this.
0:35:16 > 0:35:22The pair of temple beasts, then. Again, start me at £50?
0:35:22 > 0:35:2640? £20 to start me? £20. £30.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28£40. £50.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32£60. £60 on my far right. At £60.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36- At £60... £70. £80. £90. - Oh, yes!
0:35:36 > 0:35:39100.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42- Go on! - On my right at 100. 110?
0:35:42 > 0:35:44- Go on! - No?
0:35:44 > 0:35:47£100. Sold at 100.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52- We broke even. - Wiped its face. You are plus 52.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54How exciting!
0:35:54 > 0:35:59Seriously, now, what are you going to do about this enamel jardiniere?
0:35:59 > 0:36:01You're £52 up.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05Quite close to call, but I didn't pay huge amounts. 55.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09Shall we cancel it? We're still in profit.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13- It's a real risk. - What are you doing?- Let's not do it.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16All your gambling instincts have dried up?
0:36:18 > 0:36:21- Let's do it. We've only come for fun.- We'll go for it.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24You changed your mind? We love it!
0:36:24 > 0:36:29- Are you sure?- Definitely. - We didn't want to but now we are going to do it.
0:36:29 > 0:36:35The cloisonne jardiniere. Where are we going to start? £5...?
0:36:35 > 0:36:38- Oh, no! - What?
0:36:38 > 0:36:40..£10. £15.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44£15 I'm bid. Centre of room at 15. 15. £15...
0:36:44 > 0:36:49- This is not looking good. - ..No-one's going to come?
0:36:49 > 0:36:52£20 at the very back. £25.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54No? £25...
0:36:54 > 0:36:56JENNA: It just needs a polish!
0:36:56 > 0:36:58For 25!
0:36:58 > 0:37:02- But you're still in profit! - There we go.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06- You are still plus £22. - £22 is better than nothing.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10- £22 could be a winning score. - Let's hope so.- £22.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14- The big thing is, don't talk to the blues.- No, definitely.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19- You are a sporting couple, you are. - We try!- Yes, well done.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36- Peter and Rosie, do you know how the reds got on?- No.- No.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39We don't want you to.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43- Did they look depressed when they came out?- They were smiling.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47You can't tell from a smile, though. Could be a smirk.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Could be the beginning of tears.
0:37:49 > 0:37:55Do you rate your items as highly today as you did when you bought them, Rosie?
0:37:55 > 0:37:58All but the one that Peter chose.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Peter chose the Charlotte Rhead.
0:38:00 > 0:38:06I have to say, that's not looking so pretty as far as the estimate goes.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08A good name, Charlotte Rhead.
0:38:08 > 0:38:13- Their estimate is 50 to 80. You paid 140.- We'll make it on the rest.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14You'll make it on the rest!
0:38:14 > 0:38:18Anyway, first up is the golf tankard and here it comes.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22224 is the Devon tankard of golfing interest.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25Where are you going to be? £30?
0:38:25 > 0:38:27£20? £10 to start me?
0:38:27 > 0:38:30£10 to start me. £10, thank you, sir.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34£10 I'm bid. £10. £15...
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Come on!
0:38:36 > 0:38:40..£20? £20. £22.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Right there at 22.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- At £22. At 22... - Oh, dear.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49All done at £22...
0:38:50 > 0:38:53- It's not a birdie!- It was yours!
0:38:53 > 0:38:55- Did I buy that?- Minus 33, then.
0:38:55 > 0:39:00Quite an attractive piece. Where will you be? 70? 50?
0:39:00 > 0:39:05£20. 25. £30. £30 I'm bid. £30. At £30.
0:39:05 > 0:39:0735. £40.
0:39:07 > 0:39:0945.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- Go on!- Come on! - At £50.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15No? At £50 on the left at £50.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Get in there. Come on. Come on.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20At £50. All done? Sold?
0:39:20 > 0:39:22All done? Sold at 50.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26- Oh, no. - That is, I'm afraid, minus 30.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30- You are minus 63 so far. - Say it very quickly!
0:39:30 > 0:39:35The Charlotte Rhead Crown Ducal jug. We have a telephone up on it.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38£20 I'm bid. The jug. £20. Five.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41£25 I'm bid in the room. 30. Five.
0:39:41 > 0:39:4340. Five.
0:39:43 > 0:39:4750. £50 I'm bid. Second row at 50.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50Telephone? 60.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53£60 by the telephone. At 60. At 60.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56- Come on!- We're looking at a three-figure loss here.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Telephone bid.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Sorry about that.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03That's not so good. £60!
0:40:03 > 0:40:07- That is minus £80 on that.- No.
0:40:07 > 0:40:14- Minus 143. Are you going to go with the bowl?- Yeah.- It's a no-brainer. - Absolutely.- Here it comes.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Look at that! Looking good!
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Will it make £143?
0:40:19 > 0:40:22It's £20. £20 I have on the book. At £20.
0:40:22 > 0:40:2525. £30...
0:40:25 > 0:40:26Profit!
0:40:26 > 0:40:29..35. £40. 45.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31£50...
0:40:31 > 0:40:34Fantastic! Well done, you.
0:40:34 > 0:40:41..At £50. Right in the far distance at £50. Sold at 50.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43- Well done.- You get a kiss for that.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Plus £30. That's what we like to see.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50- We should have given you all the money.- No!
0:40:50 > 0:40:55- You are minus £113. That doesn't sound too bad, does it?- Much better.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Now, ha-ha-ha. That was fun.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11- It was!- What a roller coaster! Have you been chatting?
0:41:11 > 0:41:13EVERYONE: No.
0:41:13 > 0:41:19We have a world of difference between our teams. There are some similarities.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22Both teams went with the bonus buy.
0:41:22 > 0:41:28And the blues got a superior profit out of their bonus buy. Lovely.
0:41:28 > 0:41:33But it didn't do any good. They are well and truly the runners-up.
0:41:33 > 0:41:39- They managed to lose £113. - LAUGHTER
0:41:39 > 0:41:45- More than they spent!- Despite a £30 profit out of Thomas's bonus buy.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48- That is seriously going for it. - Excellent, Thomas.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51- Not so hot. I am sorry. - We won't give up the day job.
0:41:51 > 0:41:56It wasn't your lucky day and I sympathise. You've had a good time?
0:41:56 > 0:41:59- We've had a fabulous time. - Fantastic.
0:41:59 > 0:42:05You've been great contestants. But our victors today are the reds.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08- Who get to take £22... - Oooh!- Ooh.
0:42:08 > 0:42:14There would have been more profit if you hadn't gone with the bonus buy.
0:42:14 > 0:42:19But never mind about that. Once upon a time, we had the Golden Gavel.
0:42:19 > 0:42:24We ran out of Golden Gavels, and Golden Gavels are awarded to a team
0:42:24 > 0:42:29that very rarely achieve a profit on all three of their items.
0:42:29 > 0:42:37And you got two profits and a wiped face so I make it that's as close as you can get to three profits,
0:42:37 > 0:42:41so I'm going to award you with the order of the Golden Gavel.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45- Oh, wow! - That now comes as a lapel clip.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49You can wear that with pride around the farm.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53Unfortunately, the expert gets one, too.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55One for one and all for all!
0:42:55 > 0:42:58- Thank you very much.- Not at all.
0:42:58 > 0:43:02- A double congratulations. Have you enjoyed it?- Yes.- Yes.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?
0:43:05 > 0:43:06Yes!
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