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Hello, there. Just getting my bearings, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
because today's bargain hunters could be doing their hunting | 0:00:05 | 0:00:09 | |
in an arcade up there. They could be going in here, | 0:00:09 | 0:00:13 | |
or they could be down there! How confusing's that? | 0:00:13 | 0:00:17 | |
Let's go bargain hunting! | 0:00:17 | 0:00:19 | |
We're in Lewes today, | 0:00:41 | 0:00:44 | |
where our contestants have £300 and one hour | 0:00:44 | 0:00:47 | |
to find three bargains. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
But wherever our teams happen to go, will they be heading for trouble? | 0:00:49 | 0:00:54 | |
Coming up, Catherine Southon struggles | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
to get on the Red Team's wavelength. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:01 | |
-Nice. -That's quite spooky. SHE MAKES EERIE MOANING SOUND | 0:01:01 | 0:01:06 | |
Not for me. Screams "Kinder Egg", to be quite honest. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
And Thomas Plant's team don't quite get the hang of teamwork. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:14 | |
-If it goes wrong, it's all your fault. -Exactly. -That's a good way of looking at it. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:18 | |
Let's have a look here. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
I'm just going in the corner to cry. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
-Hello, everyone. -Hello. -Lovely to see you. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
Now, John, you share a couple of passions with your nipper, Craig. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:33 | |
What's the first passion you share? | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
The first one is that we're both very keen Chelsea supporters. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
I've been supporting Chelsea for 40 years, | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
and Craig comes with me on a regular basis, | 0:01:41 | 0:01:43 | |
and we've been going for a long, long time. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
-It's fun, isn't it? -Excellent fun. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:48 | |
-The team is the team after all. -Have a few drinks up there, as well. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
-Never hurts. -And what's your second passion? | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
We're both keen ghost-hunters, Tim. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
I'm quite sceptic, to be honest, but it's more a jolly boys' outing. | 0:01:57 | 0:02:01 | |
But it's good fun, and when you're put in a dungeon at 4:00 AM | 0:02:01 | 0:02:05 | |
on your own, and you don't believe in any of it, | 0:02:05 | 0:02:07 | |
and you start to hear bangs and noises and knockings, | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
it's, um... It can test the old scruples a bit. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:14 | |
Yeah, I bet it does! But you do it deliberately to get scared, | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
-don't you? -That's what it is, just to prove that you're man enough, | 0:02:17 | 0:02:21 | |
-and it's a load of rubbish. -But we have a bellyful of beer, though. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
-That's half the story. -It comes to drink again! | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
-It does. Unfortunately it does. -Have you ever been spooked? | 0:02:27 | 0:02:31 | |
One time we was in Chillingham Castle up in Northumberland, | 0:02:31 | 0:02:34 | |
and we had a dictaphone set on record, | 0:02:34 | 0:02:38 | |
and all of a sudden it, like, got really, really, really ice cold, | 0:02:38 | 0:02:42 | |
and it was quite spooky. There was a couple of taps | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
and knocks and stuff, and it was really quite freaky. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
But it is true, then? You do believe? | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
Well, sort of sceptic, to be honest, | 0:02:51 | 0:02:53 | |
but that's always going to stick in my mind, that night. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:57 | |
John, you're currently undergoing a bit of a modern professional stance. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:01 | |
-What are you up to? -I look after my two younger children | 0:03:01 | 0:03:05 | |
from my second marriage, who are six and 12. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
My wife works full-time. They're growing up now, | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
so it'll be back to painting and decorating soon. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:14 | |
Would you prefer hanging wallpaper or looking after the little kids? | 0:03:14 | 0:03:18 | |
Hanging wallpaper. TIM LAUGHS | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
That's the honest answer to it, isn't it, actually? | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
-And what do you get up to, Craig? -I'm a self-employed electrician. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
-Oh, are you? -Yeah. -So you and your dad have got it covered, | 0:03:26 | 0:03:30 | |
with you doing the sparks and him decorating? | 0:03:30 | 0:03:33 | |
Yeah. We've worked before, haven't we? | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
-We have worked together. -A lot of paint flew about. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:38 | |
Well, very, very good luck today. Now for the girls. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
-Tina, how did you two girls meet? -We both met at work | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
about three years ago, working for a very interesting financial company | 0:03:44 | 0:03:49 | |
in the city. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:50 | |
So you're producing information in a special way | 0:03:50 | 0:03:54 | |
that's assimilated by the banking and investment industry. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
They make decisions based on that and they use the information. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:01 | |
It's no more interesting than that, I'm afraid! | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
-There's got to be something going on with it. -The pay? | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
-THEY LAUGH -Oh, would it? Yes. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:09 | |
But we almost lost you in the financial hierarchy, | 0:04:09 | 0:04:13 | |
because you wanted to be on the stage. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:15 | |
I've always wanted to be on the stage, since I was like that. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
-Yeah. -And in my, um, middle years, I had a bit of a mid-life crisis | 0:04:19 | 0:04:23 | |
-and decided to have a go at it. -What did you do? | 0:04:23 | 0:04:26 | |
Went to acting school for a couple of years, | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
part-time, and worked full-time, | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
and then went off and did a few bits and pieces, and... | 0:04:31 | 0:04:35 | |
-Did you get anywhere with it? -I decided it was too hard work! | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
Now, Babs, your passion is not of the four-wheeled kind | 0:04:38 | 0:04:42 | |
-but the two-wheeled kind, isn't it? -That's right, yes. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:44 | |
I have a Harley at home, a little 883 custom | 0:04:44 | 0:04:48 | |
with various accessories on it, so it's quite blingy. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:52 | |
-Is it? -Quite chromey and quite shiny. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:54 | |
And I do a lot of travelling in the UK on that, | 0:04:54 | 0:04:57 | |
but then we also have a Goldwing at home. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
The thing that looks as if it's got two armchairs on the back. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
Exactly. And it's got a CD player in the back, | 0:05:03 | 0:05:07 | |
and you plug the intercom in and you can chat to each other. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:10 | |
So, Tina, how do you think you girls will get on as a team? | 0:05:10 | 0:05:14 | |
-Barbara's going to be the sensible one. -Yes. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
-Barbara's got the eye. -Has she? -Yeah. And she likes painting and art. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:21 | |
Yeah. You've got the gift of the gab. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
Kind or. Or not. THEY LAUGH | 0:05:24 | 0:05:26 | |
-You'll be in charge of marketing. -I'll do the negotiations, possibly. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:30 | |
-We're going to have some fun. -There's a flaw in my plan. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:33 | |
There is indeed. Now the money moment - there's your £300 apiece. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:37 | |
You know the rules. Your experts await. And off you go! | 0:05:37 | 0:05:41 | |
And very, very, very good luck. Wow! | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
Right! Let's get down to business. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:48 | |
-What will we do? -Quirky. -Something nice. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:50 | |
-You up for this, girls? -Definitely. -Yeah? | 0:05:50 | 0:05:53 | |
-Going to spend lots of money? -Hopefully not. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
-In there? -That's for me. -Come on! In, in! | 0:05:57 | 0:06:01 | |
-It's beautiful, isn't it? -Yeah. I just looked at the price. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
Little Art Nouveau box with a Ruskin mount to it. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
-Circa 1910. -I can't see any marks. Would it be marked? | 0:06:16 | 0:06:20 | |
It actually lifts off completely. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:23 | |
What's nice is you've got this revealed strap-work decoration. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:27 | |
You see the way they've revealed the way it's been made? | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
It's a real Arts and Crafts trait, | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
very diagnostic of that period. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
Um, with very stylised floral top, | 0:06:35 | 0:06:38 | |
inset with Ruskin mount. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:41 | |
What's lovely again is that the copper hasn't been cleaned, | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
therefore it's still got that good patination to it. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:48 | |
-95, it is. -That's a lot. -I have a figure in mind | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
which I feel it should be purchased for. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
OK! | 0:06:54 | 0:06:56 | |
-Hi. -What would be the best price on that? | 0:06:56 | 0:06:58 | |
Um, 95... Would normally be 85 for trade, | 0:06:58 | 0:07:01 | |
-but 75 for the bargain hunters. -What about 65? | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
That's a little bit tight. I think... | 0:07:04 | 0:07:08 | |
-Go on! -68? | 0:07:08 | 0:07:10 | |
70. I'd say 70. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:12 | |
68? | 0:07:12 | 0:07:14 | |
-It's just a couple of pound off. -OK. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:17 | |
-Does that sound about right? -That's not bad. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:19 | |
You got a chance there. It's a £60 to £80 box. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:22 | |
-Well done. Five minutes into shopping - -Well done! | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
-There you go. -If it goes wrong, it's all your fault. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
-Exactly. -That's a good way of looking at it, isn't it? | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
'I was about to say, "Nice teamwork, Tina!" | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
'Anyway, that's mighty quick work, girls.' | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
Nice! | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
Nothing that's getting you excited, boys? | 0:07:43 | 0:07:45 | |
-Not at the moment. -Not really. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
'Some people are just hard to please.' | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
-Oh! -THEY LAUGH | 0:07:50 | 0:07:52 | |
Over my dead body are you buying that. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:55 | |
-What about a dog's head? -Hmm... | 0:07:56 | 0:07:59 | |
-Nice. -That's quite spooky. SHE MAKES EERIE MOANING SOUND | 0:07:59 | 0:08:02 | |
'She's lost it, folks.' | 0:08:03 | 0:08:06 | |
That's quirky! | 0:08:06 | 0:08:08 | |
Not for me. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:10 | |
OK, really interesting. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
William De Morgan, an Arts and Crafts potter. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:18 | |
This tile here is a copy of a very famous De Morgan tile. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:22 | |
-Oh, right. -This is an original tile. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:25 | |
This is a copy of a tile. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:27 | |
So therefore, at £110, | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
it's not worth even dealing with. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:32 | |
-This one here, at 280, World's End Pottery... -280! | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
It's a lot of money for a tile, but it is De Morgan. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
-So it's the real thing. -It is the real McCoy, | 0:08:38 | 0:08:40 | |
and a popular collection. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
You have got a bit of a damage there, | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
there and there. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:47 | |
If it was in perfect condition, it's a £300 to £500 tile. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:50 | |
-Wow! -The other tile you looked at... -It's more modern? | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
No. This is a correct tile from the period. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:56 | |
It's slightly later in date. This is Art Nouveau, British Art Nouveau, | 0:08:56 | 0:09:01 | |
so more restrained. This is 1860s, 1870s. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
This is 1910. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:06 | |
You can see the change immediately in the British Arts and Crafts. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:10 | |
You've got an interesting history here of these things. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:13 | |
-Well done! -If we got a really good deal on that, | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
-it's worth going... -What would be a good deal? | 0:09:16 | 0:09:18 | |
Well, I mean, a really good deal is £180. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:22 | |
OK. Do you want to take the lead on that one? | 0:09:22 | 0:09:24 | |
-I'll ask. -OK. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
'The girls like beauty. The boys like creepy.' | 0:09:27 | 0:09:31 | |
-What do you think of this? -Um... -It's a brooch, I take it. Yeah? | 0:09:31 | 0:09:35 | |
Yeah. A lady's brooch. Not an awful lot, to be honest. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:39 | |
I don't think it's particularly fine. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
It's not the best quality. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:44 | |
-What do you think, Craig? -Screams "Kinder Egg" to me. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:48 | |
Looks like it's out of a cracker, yeah? | 0:09:48 | 0:09:50 | |
I don't think that's... | 0:09:50 | 0:09:52 | |
'If that was in my Christmas cracker, I'd send it back.' | 0:09:52 | 0:09:56 | |
We've had 20 minutes? No! | 0:09:57 | 0:09:59 | |
'Boys, you need to get your skates on. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
'How's the negotiation, Thomas?' | 0:10:02 | 0:10:04 | |
-What's the deal? -£200 is OK. -Oh, really? | 0:10:05 | 0:10:07 | |
-Yeah. -Oh, that's very sweet. It is a good discount. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:11 | |
-Oh, look who we've got. -You should do it. -You reckon? | 0:10:11 | 0:10:13 | |
There's no point in life without taking a risk. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:16 | |
-We're being nobbled. We're being nobbled! -Hello! | 0:10:16 | 0:10:20 | |
I'm being cheeky and seeing what you're buying. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:22 | |
What do you think we're buying out of these two? | 0:10:22 | 0:10:25 | |
-That's the nicer one. -That's the one we're buying. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:28 | |
-That's much better. -That's horrible. We don't like that at all. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:32 | |
-Is he telling you that one? -Yeah. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:35 | |
Is that the one we put aside earlier? | 0:10:35 | 0:10:37 | |
-Oh, yeah. We've reserved that one! -Off you... | 0:10:37 | 0:10:41 | |
Off my patch! | 0:10:41 | 0:10:43 | |
'Come on, teams! Concentrate on your own shopping.' | 0:10:43 | 0:10:46 | |
-What do you want to do? -Let's go for it. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
-£200... -You're worried, aren't you? | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
-We've got how much left? -£32. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
32 quid left, and you've got a bonus buy to buy out of that. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:58 | |
Yeah. You know, it doesn't matter. You could buy something for a fiver. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
You could buy something for £30 and leave me two. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:04 | |
-I don't care. -You could buy a new tie. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:06 | |
-What is wrong with this tie? -THEY LAUGH | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
'Do you really have to ask?' | 0:11:09 | 0:11:11 | |
'Now, John, Craig, there must be something you like in here.' | 0:11:13 | 0:11:18 | |
That's a nicer spider. I prefer that one. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:21 | |
People don't often wear these brooches. That's the problem. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:24 | |
'Now, viewers, a word in your shell-likes.' | 0:11:26 | 0:11:29 | |
How are you on conchology? | 0:11:29 | 0:11:31 | |
Good? Well, marvellous! | 0:11:31 | 0:11:33 | |
You can help me identify some of these shells I've found. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:37 | |
What do you think about this fella? | 0:11:37 | 0:11:39 | |
Just look at the colour! | 0:11:39 | 0:11:42 | |
It's got that salmon-pink ground to it. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
It's a sort of shell from an exotic location. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:49 | |
This one, pretty similar look, | 0:11:50 | 0:11:52 | |
but with these scridgy-type lines on, | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
and this fellow, he's got a bad attack of acne. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:58 | |
Serious black and brown splodges all over his knobbly carcase. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:05 | |
Now, all I've done is to come to Lewes | 0:12:05 | 0:12:08 | |
to discover these three shells. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:11 | |
It's cost me about £6.50. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
But just look what you can do with these shells, | 0:12:14 | 0:12:17 | |
or at least what they did with them in the old days. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:21 | |
Here we've got a perfectly straightforward little clam | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
that some Victorian mother has stuffed with a piece of velvet | 0:12:24 | 0:12:29 | |
to make it into an attractive little pincushion. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:33 | |
Cost? £3 here in the market. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:37 | |
And just look at the next little baby. See? | 0:12:37 | 0:12:40 | |
It's a curlicue shell, and you've got a little handle on the side, | 0:12:40 | 0:12:44 | |
and if I pull on the end, | 0:12:44 | 0:12:47 | |
it reveals a gorgeous purple tape measure, | 0:12:47 | 0:12:50 | |
and similarly we've got another bit of purple velvet | 0:12:50 | 0:12:55 | |
to complete the pincushion effect. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
Cost? £6. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:02 | |
And the last one is, I think, very special. | 0:13:02 | 0:13:05 | |
Have you ever seen such a gorgeous thing? | 0:13:05 | 0:13:10 | |
This fellow, £10. | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
Look at that lot! | 0:13:13 | 0:13:15 | |
A clutch on top of my teak-top telephone table. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:19 | |
Perfect! | 0:13:19 | 0:13:21 | |
'Right, back to the shopping! Time's marching on. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:25 | |
'The Blues have two items, | 0:13:25 | 0:13:27 | |
'the Reds...nothing.' | 0:13:27 | 0:13:30 | |
-Are either of you whisky drinkers? -No, but I could be. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:33 | |
-You could be, at a price? -Mm-hm. | 0:13:33 | 0:13:35 | |
What do you think about this? | 0:13:35 | 0:13:37 | |
Whisky decanter. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:39 | |
This is a promotional piece that was make to promote John Haig whisky. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:44 | |
-Are you familiar with the whisky? -I am indeed. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
There's the name at the bottom. It's in great shape! | 0:13:47 | 0:13:50 | |
What's nice, this one lifted up here, | 0:13:50 | 0:13:52 | |
-and you've got the hallmark there. Can you see that? -Yeah. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:56 | |
-Oh, yeah. -So that's Birmingham, and that's a K, | 0:13:56 | 0:13:59 | |
so that's about '34, 1934, '35. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:01 | |
I think that's quite nice, isn't it? It's a nice little thing. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:04 | |
-I actually do like that. -Could you become a whisky drinker? | 0:14:04 | 0:14:08 | |
I could be. What would this be made of? | 0:14:08 | 0:14:10 | |
I think we'd call it white metal. I don't think it is silver. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:13 | |
That's been applied to the glass. Love the shape of it, | 0:14:13 | 0:14:17 | |
love the thistle pattern. I wouldn't say it's of the finest quality, | 0:14:17 | 0:14:21 | |
the way that this has been cut out, but at the end of the day, | 0:14:21 | 0:14:24 | |
-it was made as a promotional piece. -Do collectors of this... | 0:14:24 | 0:14:28 | |
Oh, absolutely, yeah. So what do you think about this? | 0:14:28 | 0:14:31 | |
-I actually like it. -Yeah? -Do you like that? | 0:14:31 | 0:14:33 | |
-I do. -Can I ask you, sir, | 0:14:33 | 0:14:35 | |
-how much do you want for this? -The asking price is 85. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:38 | |
-We can do it for 65. -65. -Is the best. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:41 | |
How much do you think that could fetch at auction? | 0:14:41 | 0:14:44 | |
I think they'd probably put that in at about 60 to 80. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:47 | |
-60 to 80? -Yeah. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:49 | |
-And I think it should make more. -That sounds good. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:51 | |
-Does sound good. -I'm happy with that. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:53 | |
-Do you want to get that as your first item? -Definitely. -I think so. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:57 | |
-We'll have that. Thank you so much! -'Hurrah! | 0:14:57 | 0:14:59 | |
'They're off the mark, and not a moment too soon. | 0:14:59 | 0:15:03 | |
'But it's not time to relax yet, chaps. Oh, no!' | 0:15:03 | 0:15:06 | |
I really feel this should be Tina's choice. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:10 | |
-Leaving it up to me now? -It's all up to you. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
I'm not looking. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:15 | |
Fire pump. You put your foot on there... | 0:15:20 | 0:15:23 | |
-Underneath, and the hose there. -Rubber hose in there. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:26 | |
-And then you pump that and spray, yeah? -I guess. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:30 | |
'I think I'd rather call the fire brigade.' | 0:15:30 | 0:15:32 | |
We've got 32, and you need some money left over. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:35 | |
-I do need a little bit of money. -If he did it for 25, | 0:15:35 | 0:15:38 | |
-would that give you enough? -I don't mind. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:41 | |
I'm not worried about what you leave me. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:43 | |
-Would you do it for 25? -28's the best. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
-28's the best, yeah. -That leaves you with £4. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:49 | |
You'll never find anything for £4. You never know! | 0:15:49 | 0:15:53 | |
-Barbara, you're full of hot air. -SHE LAUGHS | 0:15:56 | 0:15:59 | |
Couple of items might be more expensive. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:02 | |
Oh, I suppose if there's that for 12... | 0:16:02 | 0:16:04 | |
All right. You've blown my theory out of the water. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:07 | |
I'm just going in the corner to cry. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:10 | |
-Oh, what do I like, what do I like? -'Bargains?' | 0:16:11 | 0:16:14 | |
-What is it actually made of? -This is Black Forest. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:21 | |
-It's some sort of warrior. -Hmm! | 0:16:21 | 0:16:24 | |
Do you like that? Quite nicely done, isn't it? | 0:16:24 | 0:16:27 | |
-What do you think? -How much is he asking? | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
-45 on that. -Hmm... | 0:16:30 | 0:16:31 | |
The good side about it is, it is quite nicely carved. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:35 | |
Just the bottom bit, the condition's worrying me. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:38 | |
Would that clean up, if anybody wanted to... | 0:16:38 | 0:16:40 | |
-The top half is quite nice. -You probably could, | 0:16:40 | 0:16:43 | |
but to be honest, I don't know that you'd really want to, | 0:16:43 | 0:16:46 | |
because people wouldn't collect it as a pen, | 0:16:46 | 0:16:49 | |
unlike they collect their Parkers and Mont Blancs and whatever. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:53 | |
You'd collect this more as a novel Black Forest object, wouldn't you? | 0:16:53 | 0:16:57 | |
-We've got 45 on this. -45. Best price 35. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:01 | |
-30? -If you ask nicely, 30's OK. -I'll ask nicely. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:05 | |
-Go on, then. 30 quid it is. -Thank you. -Happy with that? | 0:17:05 | 0:17:08 | |
-Yes. More than happy. -Happy? -Yeah. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:10 | |
OK. Thank you very much. We'll take that as our second item. | 0:17:10 | 0:17:13 | |
'Yes! In a matter of minutes, the boys have caught up.' | 0:17:13 | 0:17:17 | |
-Blow torch. You like that, do you? -It's too much. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
-How much have we got? -32. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:22 | |
32. Tall order, isn't it, for you? | 0:17:22 | 0:17:25 | |
-Let's not fret. -OK. Not fretting. This is the face of not fretting. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:32 | |
-Can I put one swerve ball in? -Go. -OK. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:39 | |
This is a sweetheart brooch. It's in silver, Birmingham. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:44 | |
And it's obviously a cavalry regiment, | 0:17:44 | 0:17:46 | |
because we've got a horseshoe. Let's see what regiment it is. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:50 | |
It's the Queen's Own Hussars, so it's Victorian, | 0:17:51 | 0:17:55 | |
and you've got the Crimea Wars, | 0:17:55 | 0:18:00 | |
and you've got the Napoleonic Wars as well here. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:04 | |
It would have been worn by an officer's wife... | 0:18:04 | 0:18:07 | |
-Oh, really? -..as her husband was in the Hussars, | 0:18:07 | 0:18:09 | |
for a regimental dinner, or out and about with her coat, etc. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:14 | |
It's within your budget, it's silver... | 0:18:14 | 0:18:16 | |
-Do these holes mean they could turn it into a necklace? -Probably. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:20 | |
It could have been mounted on something | 0:18:20 | 0:18:22 | |
and then converted into a brooch. I know it's something I spotted. | 0:18:22 | 0:18:26 | |
Military items are quite popular. It's in silver. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:29 | |
We can catalogue it correctly - the Queen's Own Hussars, | 0:18:29 | 0:18:33 | |
-Fourth Regiment. -OK. You've sold it to me. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:36 | |
And me. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:38 | |
-What price would you give us on that? -Er, 18. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:42 | |
-18. If I gave you 15? -I can't do it. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:46 | |
-You won't go any lower than 18 at all? -No. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
-Shall we do it? -Yeah, we can do it. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:51 | |
That leaves us... That leaves you with plenty of money! | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
-Well, I wouldn't say "plenty". -In comparison to what you expected. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:58 | |
-It's over a tenner. -OK. Let's do it. Yeah. -We'll do it. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:02 | |
-£18. Thank you very much. -Well done, girls. Well done. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:05 | |
-Three items. -I'm so glad I picked that. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:07 | |
-THEY LAUGH -'Not quite your find, Tina, | 0:19:07 | 0:19:11 | |
'but close enough. The girls are done. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:14 | |
'Let's remind ourselves what they bought. | 0:19:14 | 0:19:17 | |
'First, Barbara got Arts and Crafty with the Ruskin box for £68. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:23 | |
'Thomas was impressed with £200 worth of William De Morgan tile. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:29 | |
'And for £18, Tina marched to Thomas's drum | 0:19:29 | 0:19:33 | |
'with the silver regimental brooch.' | 0:19:33 | 0:19:36 | |
-Done and dusted. -Congratulations. -Thank you. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:39 | |
-Literally with minutes... -Not long to spare. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:41 | |
-Not long to spare. -And not much money to spare. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:44 | |
No. What's your overall total? | 0:19:44 | 0:19:45 | |
Er, 286. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:49 | |
286. That means I want £14 of leftover lolly. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:52 | |
-That's about what you've got. -Where is it coming from? Well done. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:55 | |
£14 of leftover lolly. How exciting! | 0:19:55 | 0:19:58 | |
Anyway, good luck with your £14, Thomas, and good luck, girls. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:02 | |
-Chaps, do you like your cheeses? -Not particularly, but carry on. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:10 | |
-Depends which one. -Do you like Stilton? -No. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:14 | |
-Not personally, no. -So you wouldn't have a nice dinner party | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
-with a big lump of Stilton? -Definitely not. | 0:20:17 | 0:20:19 | |
You won't like this, then. I think this is rather nice. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:23 | |
Stilton scoop. Nice ivory handle there. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:26 | |
Lovely thing! Dated 1908. | 0:20:26 | 0:20:30 | |
It's got a maker's initials as well. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:33 | |
Ticket price, 23. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:36 | |
-I've had a word. 15. -Really? | 0:20:36 | 0:20:39 | |
I think that's a nice little thing. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:41 | |
-How often do you see your Stilton scoops? -This is true. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
-SHE LAUGHS True. -Do you not like it? | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
I'm happy to go with that if you are, Craig. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:49 | |
-I'll trust your judgement. -Oh, Craig! Do you like this, though? | 0:20:49 | 0:20:53 | |
No, because I don't like cheese, but... | 0:20:53 | 0:20:55 | |
-THEY LAUGH -It's not about me. | 0:20:55 | 0:20:57 | |
We could use it is a kind of ice-cream scoop, maybe. | 0:20:57 | 0:21:02 | |
-THEY LAUGH -A very... -We could do, I suppose. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:04 | |
I'm getting desperate here. | 0:21:04 | 0:21:06 | |
Maybe, like, pickle... | 0:21:06 | 0:21:09 | |
-Pickles! Pickles. Like it. -Yeah. I trust your judgement. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:13 | |
-Do you? -Yeah. More than happy. -Definitely. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
I do like this, and I do think that... | 0:21:15 | 0:21:18 | |
-Do you know who'd like this? Tim. -Really? -Tim would like this. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:22 | |
'I'll be the judge of that, thank you!' | 0:21:22 | 0:21:25 | |
-Tim would probably buy this. -Could we sell it to Tim? | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
Sadly not, but I think he might like something like that. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:31 | |
-I think it's good, for £15. -Yep. I'm happy. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
-Yeah. You can't go wrong with it. -Final item? -Final item. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
-Final item. -Done. -Done! | 0:21:36 | 0:21:39 | |
'And that's the Red Team finished, too. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
'So, what did they buy? | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
'After 40 minutes, the Reds went for the whisky bottle at £65. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:49 | |
'John went quirky with the £30 Black Forest carved pen. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:56 | |
'And at £15, the Stilton scoop is anything but cheesy!' | 0:21:56 | 0:22:02 | |
-Ah! -Have you finished yet? | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
-We have. -Just finished. -Well done. Isn't that lovely? | 0:22:05 | 0:22:08 | |
-How much did you spend overall? -110? -110. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
£110? That's pathetic, isn't it? I mean, that's no money! | 0:22:11 | 0:22:15 | |
So, £190 of leftover lolly, please, wherever that is. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:20 | |
-Have to dig deep. -You don't like this, do you? | 0:22:20 | 0:22:22 | |
-There you go. -There we go. What are you going to do with £190? | 0:22:22 | 0:22:26 | |
-Haven't the foggiest, Tim, actually. -Have you not? -No. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:29 | |
But I will find something that will bring a smile to your face. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:33 | |
I think she's got something up her sleeve. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:35 | |
-You had a great time, though? -Really did. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:38 | |
And good luck, Catherine. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:40 | |
Good luck indeed! Now, come with me to Brighton. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:44 | |
In 1786, George, Prince of Wales, visited Brighton | 0:22:47 | 0:22:51 | |
to escape the stresses of London. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:54 | |
When he got here, he needed a palace, so he built this! | 0:22:54 | 0:22:58 | |
He was broke and in debt, but it didn't stop him spending. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:06 | |
At one end of the Royal Pavilion is the banqueting room. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:13 | |
George sure enjoyed his food! | 0:23:13 | 0:23:16 | |
He also enjoyed building onto Brighton Pavilion. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:21 | |
This place simply got bigger... | 0:23:22 | 0:23:25 | |
..and bigger... | 0:23:26 | 0:23:28 | |
and bigger... | 0:23:28 | 0:23:29 | |
until we arrive here | 0:23:29 | 0:23:32 | |
in the magnificent music room. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:36 | |
Is this not the most extraordinary, | 0:23:36 | 0:23:40 | |
fantasy-land-type room? | 0:23:40 | 0:23:43 | |
Alongside his great passion for food, | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
the Prince Regent absolutely adored music. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:54 | |
In 1823, he enjoyed in this room | 0:23:54 | 0:23:57 | |
a performance by the great Italian composer, Rossini. | 0:23:57 | 0:24:02 | |
The most extraordinary feature has to be this dome. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:07 | |
Just look at that! It makes you feel quite dizzy | 0:24:07 | 0:24:10 | |
just looking up. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:13 | |
The whole thing proportionally takes your eye | 0:24:14 | 0:24:18 | |
to the centre, which of course is the pendant boss | 0:24:18 | 0:24:22 | |
supporting this massive and just extraordinary central chandelier. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:28 | |
Completely mad! | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
What intrigues me is, how do you achieve | 0:24:33 | 0:24:36 | |
this incredibly rich internal decorative effect? | 0:24:36 | 0:24:41 | |
Well, the Prince Regent spotted a young man | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
called Frederick Crace. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:47 | |
Crace he had noticed in his London home in Carlton House Terrace | 0:24:47 | 0:24:52 | |
as an expert gilder and decorator, | 0:24:52 | 0:24:55 | |
and indeed, it was Frederick Crace | 0:24:55 | 0:24:58 | |
who essentially came up with the decorative scheme | 0:24:58 | 0:25:01 | |
for this, the music room. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:03 | |
The walls themselves are a series of painted canvasses | 0:25:03 | 0:25:09 | |
which have been painted almost in imitation | 0:25:09 | 0:25:12 | |
of Chinese lacquered screens, | 0:25:12 | 0:25:15 | |
hence the really deep, almost lacquer effect | 0:25:15 | 0:25:18 | |
of the red and gold in combination. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:23 | |
The whimsical, fun part of it, though, | 0:25:23 | 0:25:26 | |
is illustrated by the dragon at the top | 0:25:26 | 0:25:29 | |
that seems to spew forth an immense conger eel | 0:25:29 | 0:25:33 | |
which is entwined behind the fake column. | 0:25:33 | 0:25:37 | |
The focal point on this side of the room, though, | 0:25:37 | 0:25:40 | |
is the fireplace itself, which is a reproduction, | 0:25:40 | 0:25:44 | |
because when Queen Victoria sold Brighton Pavilion, | 0:25:44 | 0:25:48 | |
she thought it was going to be demolished, | 0:25:48 | 0:25:50 | |
and she removed a number of the internal fittings, | 0:25:50 | 0:25:54 | |
and the original today is at Buckingham Palace. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:59 | |
What I think is completely killing in this space | 0:25:59 | 0:26:02 | |
is that Frederick Crace, the man who's created all these images | 0:26:02 | 0:26:08 | |
of China, never went any further east | 0:26:08 | 0:26:12 | |
than Dover. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:15 | |
Of course, the big question today is, | 0:26:15 | 0:26:17 | |
where exactly are our teams going to be sent - | 0:26:17 | 0:26:20 | |
north, south, east or west, or simply bust? | 0:26:20 | 0:26:24 | |
Can you think of a better place to be? In the middle of West Sussex, | 0:26:35 | 0:26:39 | |
Wisborough Green, Bellmans saleroom. Jonathan Pratt, our host. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:43 | |
-How are you, JP? -Very good, Tim. -Excellent. It's lovely to be here. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:47 | |
And John and Craig have gone with | 0:26:47 | 0:26:49 | |
-this dimple-shaped Haig whisky bottle. -Yeah. | 0:26:49 | 0:26:52 | |
And then of course they've onlaid this silver pattern on it, | 0:26:52 | 0:26:55 | |
-full of thistles, which is very nice. -Yeah! | 0:26:55 | 0:26:58 | |
And whacked on a stopper. How do you rate that? | 0:26:58 | 0:27:02 | |
It's quite a nice object, really. Decanters aren't easy to sell, | 0:27:02 | 0:27:06 | |
but it's got more of a story about it. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
-Yeah. -So I quite like it, really. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:11 | |
-What's this worth? -£20 to £30. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:13 | |
Is that all? They paid £65, our lads. | 0:27:13 | 0:27:15 | |
-It's a come-and-get-me estimate. -Oh, I see. -Maybe. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:19 | |
One of your tempters. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:21 | |
Now, what do you make of this thing, this wee pen? | 0:27:21 | 0:27:23 | |
-Well, it's really nice quality. -Seriously well detailed, isn't it? | 0:27:23 | 0:27:28 | |
It's the typical output of the Black Forest. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:31 | |
They made an industry out of souvenirs with these. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:34 | |
The quality's very good, and that would suggest less commercial. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:37 | |
You wouldn't spend as much time on it to sell as a souvenir. | 0:27:37 | 0:27:40 | |
-What do you think it's worth? Guesstimate? -£20, £30. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:43 | |
£30 paid. And lastly, the cheese scoop, | 0:27:43 | 0:27:47 | |
-which is only plate, isn't it? -Yep. Only plate. | 0:27:47 | 0:27:50 | |
And if you were selling this, it would go in a box with about, er... | 0:27:50 | 0:27:54 | |
A million other things, yes. | 0:27:54 | 0:27:56 | |
-I mean, who uses those any more? -Christmas. | 0:27:56 | 0:27:59 | |
-Half a Stilton, have a dig. -Do you still? -Yeah. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:02 | |
Bung a bit of port wine in the middle. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:04 | |
Lasts you over the Christmas break. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:06 | |
Get bored with it, make it into soup. | 0:28:06 | 0:28:08 | |
It's difficult, a one-off piece like that. Is it worth a fiver? | 0:28:08 | 0:28:12 | |
-Is it worth £10? -Our minimum bid's £10, and I've stuck it there. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:15 | |
OK. They paid £15, so there's not a lot in that, either. | 0:28:15 | 0:28:18 | |
Anyway, if the decanter does badly, they're sunk, | 0:28:18 | 0:28:23 | |
in which case they'll need the bonus buy. Let's have a look at it. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:27 | |
OK, John and Craig. This is the bonus-buy moment. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:30 | |
Catherine's going to reveal what she spent your £190 on. | 0:28:30 | 0:28:33 | |
-Are you ready for this, chaps? -Ready. | 0:28:33 | 0:28:35 | |
I bought you this... | 0:28:35 | 0:28:37 | |
-What's that? -..which is... | 0:28:37 | 0:28:39 | |
a little ivory Victorian propelling pencil. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:43 | |
-Mm-hm. -So you turn this here, | 0:28:43 | 0:28:45 | |
and then the lead comes out there. That's all ivory. | 0:28:45 | 0:28:50 | |
And it's quite nice cos we got the maker's name here, | 0:28:50 | 0:28:53 | |
-Mordan, as in Sampson & Mordan. -How much did you pay for this? | 0:28:53 | 0:28:57 | |
I did actually pay quite a bit for it. | 0:28:57 | 0:28:59 | |
-I paid 50. -50? -I know. It is quite a nice sun, | 0:28:59 | 0:29:03 | |
but I just thought it was quite a cute little pencil. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:05 | |
What do you think we can make? | 0:29:05 | 0:29:07 | |
I'd like to see it make a few pounds, maybe - five, ten. | 0:29:07 | 0:29:11 | |
It might just take off. | 0:29:11 | 0:29:13 | |
-Hope it does. -I actually quite like it. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:15 | |
Oh, do you? Oh, I am pleased. What do you think? | 0:29:15 | 0:29:18 | |
-I trust your judgement. -Do you? -Yeah. | 0:29:18 | 0:29:21 | |
-Thousands wouldn't. -SHE LAUGHS | 0:29:21 | 0:29:24 | |
But Sampson Mordan are the big name... | 0:29:24 | 0:29:26 | |
-Absolutely. -..in 19th-century pencil makers. | 0:29:26 | 0:29:29 | |
We had no biros. There's no easy writing system | 0:29:29 | 0:29:33 | |
in the 19th century. You got a pen and ink, | 0:29:33 | 0:29:36 | |
which you can't be carting around with you. | 0:29:36 | 0:29:39 | |
How do you make a note about anything quickly? | 0:29:39 | 0:29:41 | |
You can only use a pencil, | 0:29:41 | 0:29:43 | |
and the propelling pencil was kind of the ultimate | 0:29:43 | 0:29:47 | |
-in writing utensils. And he's a big name, isn't he? -Absolutely. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:51 | |
-Are we looking at 1880, 1890? -About that sort of time, yeah. | 0:29:51 | 0:29:55 | |
-Oh, I like that. -OK. Make a note of what Catherine's told you. | 0:29:55 | 0:29:58 | |
-THEY LAUGH -Because you don't have to pick now. | 0:29:58 | 0:30:01 | |
You pick after the sale of your first three items. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:04 | |
Let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Catherine's little pencil. | 0:30:04 | 0:30:08 | |
There we go. Look at that. | 0:30:09 | 0:30:11 | |
Looks as if it's 1930s, but it can't be, can it? | 0:30:11 | 0:30:14 | |
I've described it as late Victorian, but it might be early 20th century. | 0:30:14 | 0:30:18 | |
Sampson Mordan started about 1840s, I think. | 0:30:18 | 0:30:20 | |
And the patent was the propelling pencil. | 0:30:20 | 0:30:23 | |
Yeah, a silver one. The silver ones are two a penny. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:27 | |
If you're going to buy one, maybe this is more attractive. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:30 | |
But it's ivory again. People do turn their noses up a bit | 0:30:30 | 0:30:33 | |
to this sort of thing. But it works. | 0:30:33 | 0:30:35 | |
-How much? -£15. £15 to £20. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:38 | |
Catherine will be disappointed. She paid £50 for that. | 0:30:38 | 0:30:42 | |
-Let's hope it makes £50, for her sake. -Yeah. | 0:30:42 | 0:30:45 | |
That's it for the Reds. Now for the Blues. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:47 | |
First up is the Arts and Crafts Ruskin-mounted little box. | 0:30:47 | 0:30:52 | |
-That's charming. -Isn't it? Just the business, really. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:55 | |
It's one flat piece of metal, folded, | 0:30:55 | 0:30:57 | |
and these joins just riveted in. | 0:30:57 | 0:30:59 | |
This turquoise cabochon of pottery by Ruskin, or Ruskinesque, anyway, | 0:30:59 | 0:31:04 | |
but very typical of Arts and Crafts. Great shape. | 0:31:04 | 0:31:08 | |
-Nice colour. -Yeah! It's a great thing. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:11 | |
-How much? -£60, £90. | 0:31:11 | 0:31:13 | |
Perfect! £68 they paid. | 0:31:13 | 0:31:16 | |
I thought for a minute there it was going to be Thomas spending £150! | 0:31:16 | 0:31:20 | |
No. Thomas went really strongly on the De Morgan tile. | 0:31:20 | 0:31:24 | |
Not quite sure what that is, really. It's a sunflower, is it? | 0:31:24 | 0:31:27 | |
It's in the De Morgan book. It's called KL Rose pattern. | 0:31:27 | 0:31:31 | |
Good for you. You've done some research on it. | 0:31:31 | 0:31:34 | |
And what sort of value would you put on a De Morgan tile like that? | 0:31:34 | 0:31:38 | |
On a good day I think it would make £100, | 0:31:38 | 0:31:40 | |
but I put 60 to 90, trying to lead to it. | 0:31:40 | 0:31:43 | |
-Yes. Thomas paid £200. -That is a lot of money. | 0:31:43 | 0:31:46 | |
-It is. -I mean, it can make lots of money. | 0:31:46 | 0:31:48 | |
Gosh, it can make money, and it is a name | 0:31:48 | 0:31:51 | |
-that draws collectors very strongly. -Oh, yeah. -Well, we'll see. | 0:31:51 | 0:31:55 | |
-What about the brooch? -Regimental brooch | 0:31:55 | 0:31:58 | |
for the Fourth Queen's Own Hussars. | 0:31:58 | 0:32:01 | |
It's not completely hallmarked, | 0:32:01 | 0:32:03 | |
which makes me think it might have been altered very slightly. | 0:32:03 | 0:32:07 | |
If you're regimentally inclined, that is a little peach. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:11 | |
But it's not... No-one's going to part with £50 for it. | 0:32:11 | 0:32:15 | |
-No, no. What's your estimate? -Ten to 15. | 0:32:15 | 0:32:18 | |
OK. They paid 18. It's a nice little brooch. | 0:32:18 | 0:32:20 | |
It's got its regimental interest, | 0:32:20 | 0:32:22 | |
and somebody might have a poke at it. | 0:32:22 | 0:32:25 | |
But what's going to let them down, I fancy, | 0:32:25 | 0:32:28 | |
is old William De Morgan and his tile, | 0:32:28 | 0:32:31 | |
in which case they'll need the bonus buy, | 0:32:31 | 0:32:33 | |
so let's go and have a look at it. | 0:32:33 | 0:32:35 | |
-Right, then, Tina and Babs. This is your bonus-buy moment. -OK. | 0:32:35 | 0:32:39 | |
You gave the boy £14. What did he spend it on? Thomas. | 0:32:39 | 0:32:44 | |
This is quite an interesting jug. It's about 1909, | 0:32:44 | 0:32:47 | |
Koloman Moser for Loetz. Loetz, which is a glass manufacturer... | 0:32:47 | 0:32:52 | |
-OK. -..in Bohemia, Austria, | 0:32:52 | 0:32:55 | |
and Koloman Moser a seminal designer | 0:32:55 | 0:32:59 | |
from the Vienna Secession period, and this is a crackle-glaze jug | 0:32:59 | 0:33:04 | |
in the larger format. You get the smaller-format one. | 0:33:04 | 0:33:06 | |
-I have sold these for about £80. -Really? -Wow! -Yes. | 0:33:06 | 0:33:10 | |
-And you paid... -£14. -Watch his lips. | 0:33:10 | 0:33:13 | |
-Yeah. -So this could do quite well if the right people are here for it. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:18 | |
-That design is quite "moderne". -You could use it today. | 0:33:18 | 0:33:22 | |
And it would look lovely with a beverage in there. | 0:33:22 | 0:33:25 | |
-And what could be nicer than that, Babs? -Exactly. | 0:33:25 | 0:33:27 | |
Now, this looks as if it's badly cracked. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:31 | |
-Yes. -It's quite a clever technique, though - the crackle finish. | 0:33:31 | 0:33:36 | |
Yeah. It's very interesting. I like the integral hand. | 0:33:36 | 0:33:40 | |
-It's very functional. -Almost like a tankard. | 0:33:40 | 0:33:43 | |
-Have a drink out of it rather than pouring. -Well, why not? | 0:33:43 | 0:33:45 | |
-THEY LAUGH -Greedy-guts! | 0:33:45 | 0:33:48 | |
I rather like it, actually. I mean, it doesn't scream... | 0:33:48 | 0:33:52 | |
Koloman Moser was, like, a Vienna Secessionist designer. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:57 | |
It doesn't scream out that sort of... | 0:33:57 | 0:34:00 | |
-the typical design you see for that period. -No. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:03 | |
But it looks up, and one or two examples have solid auction bids. | 0:34:03 | 0:34:07 | |
-Right. And what do you think it might bring? -£20, £30. | 0:34:07 | 0:34:09 | |
-Great. £14 paid. -Very good. -Thomas has done well. | 0:34:09 | 0:34:12 | |
-Yeah. -Good. Well, we're almost ready for the off. | 0:34:12 | 0:34:15 | |
-Cheers. -And excited about it! Thank you, Jonathan. | 0:34:15 | 0:34:19 | |
-OK, John and Craig. How you feeling? -Excited. | 0:34:25 | 0:34:28 | |
This is just the moment, isn't it? To be here, | 0:34:28 | 0:34:31 | |
on the edge of the auction, and nobody knows how it will go. | 0:34:31 | 0:34:35 | |
We've got a crowded room. That's good. | 0:34:35 | 0:34:37 | |
The first item is going to be your decanter. | 0:34:37 | 0:34:40 | |
£65 you paid for that, and here it comes. | 0:34:40 | 0:34:43 | |
Lot 1780A, and I've got lots of interest in this lot. | 0:34:43 | 0:34:47 | |
-Oh, good. -That would be nice. | 0:34:47 | 0:34:49 | |
-£65. -20. 25. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:51 | |
30, 30. £40. Straight in at 40. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:55 | |
-Come on. Keep going, Jonathan. -£40. Who'll bid me five? | 0:34:55 | 0:34:58 | |
-Back of the room gets it at 45. Do I see 50? -Come on. | 0:34:58 | 0:35:00 | |
-Bit more. -With you, sir, at 45. | 0:35:00 | 0:35:02 | |
50 anywhere else? At £45. I shall sell at £45. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:06 | |
-Trouble! -Straight in, then, at £45... | 0:35:06 | 0:35:10 | |
-£45. -Never mind. | 0:35:10 | 0:35:12 | |
That is minus £20. I don't believe it. | 0:35:12 | 0:35:15 | |
That is ridiculous. £45, and it's a lovely thing, that! | 0:35:15 | 0:35:18 | |
-And he said "lots of bids". -Well, he had got lots of bids. | 0:35:18 | 0:35:21 | |
-They got a bargain. -Lots of low bids. | 0:35:21 | 0:35:23 | |
Well, between 20 and 45. | 0:35:23 | 0:35:25 | |
Lot 1781A, Black Forest carved-wood pen | 0:35:25 | 0:35:28 | |
with figure or finial. £10 I'm bid. Straight in at ten. | 0:35:28 | 0:35:32 | |
-Who'll bid me 12? 12. -Keep going. -Stopping at £15. | 0:35:32 | 0:35:36 | |
-18. 20. -Yes. -£22 gets it now. At 22. | 0:35:36 | 0:35:39 | |
Do I see 25? 22 with you, sir. £25 anywhere else? | 0:35:39 | 0:35:43 | |
-Come on! -It's £22. On the left at 22. | 0:35:43 | 0:35:46 | |
Do I see 25? Are we all done? It's yours, sir. At £22 it's going. | 0:35:46 | 0:35:50 | |
At £22. | 0:35:50 | 0:35:52 | |
They're sitting on their hands! | 0:35:52 | 0:35:55 | |
-Nothing. -Oh, dear. | 0:35:55 | 0:35:57 | |
Next up is the Stilton scoop. I love a bit of Stilton, me. | 0:35:57 | 0:36:01 | |
-Me, too! -So does Catherine. | 0:36:01 | 0:36:03 | |
It's dated 1933. Um, tenner? Someone start me at £10. | 0:36:03 | 0:36:06 | |
Thank you. Ten at the front here. Do I see 12? | 0:36:06 | 0:36:10 | |
-12 is bid. 15, sir? -Come on! | 0:36:10 | 0:36:14 | |
-15. -Yes! -18. | 0:36:14 | 0:36:16 | |
-18 is bid. -Oh, well done! That's a profit! | 0:36:16 | 0:36:19 | |
-£20 gets it. -Yay! And you were worried about my Stilton scoop! | 0:36:19 | 0:36:22 | |
-At £20. It's going. Selling at £20. -HE BANGS HAMMER | 0:36:22 | 0:36:26 | |
-Plus £5. Well, that's very fair. -We all like a bit of Stilton. | 0:36:26 | 0:36:30 | |
28 minus five is minus 23. | 0:36:30 | 0:36:32 | |
What you going to do about the propelling pencil? | 0:36:32 | 0:36:35 | |
Are you going to stick? Cos 23 could be a winning score. | 0:36:35 | 0:36:38 | |
If I were you I might kind of quit, | 0:36:38 | 0:36:41 | |
because the other pen didn't do brilliantly. | 0:36:41 | 0:36:43 | |
-I'm thinking pencils... -I think we should override Catherine. | 0:36:43 | 0:36:47 | |
-I think we should go for it. -Two against one. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:50 | |
-Oh! -You've had it. -Had it! | 0:36:50 | 0:36:52 | |
You tried to put them off pretty big-time there, | 0:36:52 | 0:36:55 | |
-but they're not having any. -I have faith, Tim. | 0:36:55 | 0:36:58 | |
We're going with the bonus buy. | 0:36:58 | 0:37:01 | |
A late-Victorian ivory Morden Everpoint propelling pencil. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:05 | |
-Think I might run away now. -Bids on this to £25. | 0:37:05 | 0:37:09 | |
With me at £25. I'll take 28 now. It's £25. Do I see 28? | 0:37:09 | 0:37:13 | |
-28. 30. -Come on! | 0:37:13 | 0:37:16 | |
32. 35. £35. Against you, sir, at £35. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:20 | |
Who'll bid me 40 now? It's £35. Against you all at £35. | 0:37:20 | 0:37:23 | |
-Come on! -It's going at £35. | 0:37:23 | 0:37:25 | |
-And selling... -£35 is 15, 23, | 0:37:25 | 0:37:29 | |
-28... -It's only money. | 0:37:29 | 0:37:31 | |
-It's minus 38, anyway. -Not so bad. | 0:37:31 | 0:37:34 | |
Minus 38 overall, which is not so bad, actually. | 0:37:34 | 0:37:37 | |
-It's only money, Tim. -I know. Bad luck on that, | 0:37:37 | 0:37:40 | |
but it could be a winning score, so don't talk to the Blues. | 0:37:40 | 0:37:44 | |
Now, Tina and Babs, do you know how the Reds got on? | 0:37:54 | 0:37:57 | |
-No. No idea, Tim. -Not a dicky of an idea? | 0:37:57 | 0:37:59 | |
-No. -Right. That's the way we like to keep it. | 0:37:59 | 0:38:02 | |
First up is the box, and here it comes. | 0:38:02 | 0:38:05 | |
And Arts and Crafts copper and Ruskin-mounted box. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:08 | |
-I'm excited about this. -I'm excited! | 0:38:08 | 0:38:10 | |
And I have commission bids to 40... 60... 70. | 0:38:10 | 0:38:16 | |
-SHE LAUGHS -Well, you're in profit. That's good. | 0:38:16 | 0:38:19 | |
75, 80. 85, 90. | 0:38:19 | 0:38:22 | |
-95, 100. -Look at this go! | 0:38:22 | 0:38:24 | |
One more might do it. It's £100 against you. And ten! | 0:38:24 | 0:38:27 | |
-£110! -Well done! -At £110. | 0:38:27 | 0:38:30 | |
Do I see 120? Selling for £110, if you're all done. It's going at... | 0:38:30 | 0:38:34 | |
You both together? £110! | 0:38:34 | 0:38:36 | |
-THEY LAUGH -Nearly took another one there. | 0:38:36 | 0:38:38 | |
That's two shy of 70, so that is plus 42! | 0:38:38 | 0:38:41 | |
Look at that! Straight up, £42. You got the eye, doll, haven't you? | 0:38:41 | 0:38:46 | |
-I have. -You have got lovely eyes. | 0:38:46 | 0:38:49 | |
I mean, you found that in a shop, effectively, | 0:38:49 | 0:38:52 | |
and turned it round in an auction for £42 profit. It's brilliant, | 0:38:52 | 0:38:56 | |
-so well done for that. -Thank you. | 0:38:56 | 0:38:58 | |
Are we going to be able to say the same thing for the De Morgan tile? | 0:38:58 | 0:39:02 | |
-Let's see what happens. -Late 19th-century | 0:39:02 | 0:39:05 | |
William De Morgan Sands End pottery tile | 0:39:05 | 0:39:07 | |
in the KL Rose pattern. There she is. | 0:39:07 | 0:39:10 | |
And I have...£65. | 0:39:10 | 0:39:13 | |
-Oh! -£65. Who'll bid me 70 now? Who'll bid me 70? | 0:39:13 | 0:39:15 | |
At £65. I'll take 70, though. With me at 65. | 0:39:15 | 0:39:19 | |
-I don't believe this, Thomas. -70. And five? | 0:39:19 | 0:39:22 | |
-It's £75. One more if you like. -Oh, dear! | 0:39:22 | 0:39:25 | |
On the book still at £75. I shall sell, then, | 0:39:25 | 0:39:29 | |
-if you're all finished, at £75. -That is minus £125. | 0:39:29 | 0:39:34 | |
That is the cheapest William De Morgan tile I have seen sold | 0:39:34 | 0:39:37 | |
at auction in the last 20 years. | 0:39:37 | 0:39:40 | |
And when you think how much money he got for it... | 0:39:40 | 0:39:42 | |
I mean, the price it was in the shop... | 0:39:42 | 0:39:45 | |
-Someone's just got a deal. -Yeah. So there we go, girls. | 0:39:45 | 0:39:49 | |
That's the lap of the gods. Next up is the regimental hat badge. | 0:39:49 | 0:39:53 | |
-How much for this? -A silver regimental brooch | 0:39:53 | 0:39:55 | |
for the Fourth Queen's Own Hussars. Someone start me at £10. | 0:39:55 | 0:39:59 | |
£10 is bid. 12, sir? 12? 15, Jill? | 0:39:59 | 0:40:03 | |
No? £12. With you, sir, at 12. Surely worth 15? | 0:40:03 | 0:40:06 | |
-Come on! -Any further interest? At £12. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:08 | |
15. | 0:40:08 | 0:40:10 | |
-Go on! -18. 20. -You're in profit. | 0:40:10 | 0:40:13 | |
-One more! 22! £20 at the back there. Two anywhere else? -Go on! | 0:40:13 | 0:40:17 | |
£20 it is, then, at the back. Any more? At £20. | 0:40:17 | 0:40:21 | |
He's given up now. £20 and selling. All done. | 0:40:21 | 0:40:23 | |
Well, that's marvellous, Tom. That's plus £2. | 0:40:23 | 0:40:26 | |
You were minus 83. You've just got two back. | 0:40:26 | 0:40:29 | |
You are currently minus £81, all right? | 0:40:29 | 0:40:31 | |
-£81 down the proverbial. -What are you going to do? -Yeah. | 0:40:31 | 0:40:35 | |
-You going to go with the bonus buy? -We've got to go with the bonus buy. | 0:40:35 | 0:40:39 | |
-You're going with that jug? -Yeah. -Lovely. All right. Decision made. | 0:40:39 | 0:40:42 | |
Now you've decided, I can tell you the auctioneer estimated it | 0:40:42 | 0:40:46 | |
-at £20 to £30. -So we could make a little. | 0:40:46 | 0:40:48 | |
And you only paid £14, so you should claw a bit back on that. | 0:40:48 | 0:40:51 | |
-Here it comes. -This wonderful jug, Koloman Moser, | 0:40:51 | 0:40:54 | |
textured-glass jug, by Hoffmann for Loetz, | 0:40:54 | 0:40:57 | |
-and I have £28. With me at £28. -Doubled your money, Tom. | 0:40:57 | 0:41:01 | |
£28, and I'll take 30. It's surely worth 30. | 0:41:01 | 0:41:04 | |
£30. 32. | 0:41:04 | 0:41:07 | |
-Look at this. Go on! -Go on! | 0:41:07 | 0:41:10 | |
35! Thank you. At £35. | 0:41:10 | 0:41:13 | |
I'll take 38, though. It's £35, with the lady in the front here. | 0:41:13 | 0:41:16 | |
At £35 and I'm selling. All done? Selling, £35. | 0:41:16 | 0:41:20 | |
That is plus £21, Tom. You can't do better than that, | 0:41:20 | 0:41:23 | |
my dear friend. Plus £21. | 0:41:23 | 0:41:26 | |
Which means overall you are minus £60. | 0:41:26 | 0:41:31 | |
-OK? -It's a shame about the tile. We'd have done well without that. | 0:41:31 | 0:41:35 | |
-I know. -All right, all right! -We got some fantastic results there. | 0:41:35 | 0:41:39 | |
It's a roller coaster, isn't it? You're minus 60. | 0:41:39 | 0:41:42 | |
-It might be a winning score. Don't talk to the Reds! -We won't. | 0:41:42 | 0:41:46 | |
-So, teams - been chatting? -No. -Not comparing notes at all? | 0:41:53 | 0:41:56 | |
-No. -It should come as no secret to you | 0:41:56 | 0:41:59 | |
that both teams sadly are not going home with any money today. | 0:41:59 | 0:42:03 | |
-Oh! -So it's simply the scale of the losses | 0:42:03 | 0:42:07 | |
which is going to determine who is ahead today. | 0:42:07 | 0:42:10 | |
And the runners-up, I'm afraid to say, are the Blues. | 0:42:10 | 0:42:13 | |
-THEY GROAN -That's a bit of a shock! | 0:42:13 | 0:42:16 | |
This is a team that made a profit on three of the four items. | 0:42:16 | 0:42:20 | |
-Yeah. -And they still lost? -And they still lost. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:23 | |
You have to hang on to the fact that, morally, | 0:42:23 | 0:42:26 | |
you did achieve a great victory here, but financially, sadly, | 0:42:26 | 0:42:30 | |
it went down the old proverbial, so bad luck. | 0:42:30 | 0:42:33 | |
The victors, however, the father-and-son combo, | 0:42:33 | 0:42:37 | |
have won by only managing to lose £38. | 0:42:37 | 0:42:39 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:42:39 | 0:42:40 | |
But the Stilton scoop made you, strangely enough, | 0:42:40 | 0:42:43 | |
-the only profit of the day, so well done. -Always had faith. | 0:42:43 | 0:42:47 | |
Always had faith! Anyway, have you had a nice time? | 0:42:47 | 0:42:49 | |
-Brilliant time. -Well, congratulations on being our winners today, | 0:42:49 | 0:42:53 | |
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