0:00:04 > 0:00:08Cor! We've got teams ready to go. We've got experts ready to go.
0:00:08 > 0:00:14We've got crew ready to go. Are YOU ready to go bargain hunting?
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Today, we're in the market town of Hungerford in Berkshire.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48I wonder how our teams will get on.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51'Oh, great hair!
0:00:51 > 0:00:54'Philip Serrell feels the pressure.'
0:00:54 > 0:00:58- Hope I've got my tablets with me. - LAUGHTER
0:00:58 > 0:01:02'David Barby tries to pressurise the bidders.'
0:01:02 > 0:01:0450 now. Five? >
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- Yes!- Go on!
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Gosh! It's going to be eventful, isn't it?
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Let's meet those teams again.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Hello, everyone. Great to see you.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Tracy and Tina, you're partners. Tina, how did you meet?
0:01:24 > 0:01:29We met on a first aid course through the company we work for.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33There were four of us meant to be going on the course.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37One of the people, her mother fell over and broke her leg badly.
0:01:37 > 0:01:44Then one of them said they can't come because they were getting married, so it just left us two.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49Gosh. Well, it's obviously been a healthy experience for your hair.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54- The hair's always been a little bit pink.- Has it?- The bit at the front.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58- You'd like to be in the pink team. - We asked to be in a pink team.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02- We won't change the rules for you. - Well, we did try.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06- Tracy, you had your civil partnership four years ago.- Yeah.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11- And you changed your surnames. - We certainly did.- To what?- To Pink.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14To Pink! Is that your surname?
0:02:14 > 0:02:19We decided we didn't want to use our names, cos we'd been married before.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23We went through all the meaningful surnames then we decided
0:02:23 > 0:02:26that we both like pink, surprisingly,
0:02:26 > 0:02:32- so we'd choose the surname Pink - Tina, Tracy...- Pink!- Yeah.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Tina's middle name was Ann.
0:02:34 > 0:02:40I used to be a tap dancer. If I took on her middle name, our initials would be TAP TAP.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Yes.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Tracy and Tina Tap-Tap Pink.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46What fun!
0:02:46 > 0:02:51- Do you tap?- No. Not recently. But I could always be tempted!
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Put your foot out.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Put your left foot in.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- Need music.- Need music as well?
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- I can't do this without music. - MUSIC
0:03:01 > 0:03:05If you're very clever, you could change the legs.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10This is not a dance programme! We're here for bargain hunting!
0:03:10 > 0:03:12We're going to have a great show.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16- Now, are you quaking in your boots, Izzy and Jason?- Slightly.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21- Slightly!- Not because of what they just said, but meeting you, Tim.
0:03:21 > 0:03:27Oh, yes! I'm very friendly, really! Jason, how did you two meet?
0:03:27 > 0:03:30We met as friends back in 2006.
0:03:30 > 0:03:36And stayed friends, and I asked to marry Izzy... When was it?
0:03:36 > 0:03:42- 2008, and we married in 2009. - You've got to get it right or you're gonna be in dead trouble!
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- She was daft enough to say yes. - What do you do?- I'm a farmer.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51We've got a 1,500-acre arable farm near Farnham in Surrey.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56- There's no rest on the farm, Iz? - True.- What do you have to do?
0:03:56 > 0:04:02One particular time I was pregnant with my son, Rupert.
0:04:02 > 0:04:08I was nine months and he wasn't coming.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12This one Sunday, Jason sent his harvest students home,
0:04:12 > 0:04:17thinking the weather was going to be bad, and it turned out to be good.
0:04:17 > 0:04:24I jumped on the tractor and was doing corn cart for Jason while he was driving the combine.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29- That's pretty cool.- Great use of family labour.- And cheap, too.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33- Very cheap.- I actually charged him! - Did you?- Yeah.
0:04:33 > 0:04:40- What tactics are you going to get up to today?- We'll have an item each and decide on a third one together.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45- One each.- Yeah.- Then a speculative third one.- Argue on the last one.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49I'd win. We'd argue on the last one and I'd get my way.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53I think we're going to have a few sparks. Now, the money moment.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56£300 apiece. Here's your £300.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01You know the rules. Your experts await and off you go, and very, very, very good luck.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Gosh! What a rich tapestry we've got today. What?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Off you go. Round to the left.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Oh, my gosh!
0:05:21 > 0:05:25- Just have a look at the objects that are here.- OK.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Particularly small items of jewellery, silver boxes.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33- Do you want something silvery? - Something pretty and silvery.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39- That's over our budget.- Yeah.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44- All I'm looking at is price.- That's plain and boring. It's a nice shape.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46It's not pretty.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50# There may be trouble ahead... #
0:05:50 > 0:05:56# ..But while there's moonlight and music and love and romance
0:05:57 > 0:06:00# Let's face the music and dance. #
0:06:00 > 0:06:03These are probably made by amateurs
0:06:03 > 0:06:07from some guide in a book published in the 1920s.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09But I think they are fun.
0:06:09 > 0:06:15What I'd like to do is put these onto the table, ask the best price
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- then come back to them.- Yeah.- OK.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- Yes!- What?
0:06:21 > 0:06:25- Aren't they nice? - They're absolutely horrible.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27They are horrible!
0:06:27 > 0:06:31- You honestly like those? - I think they're beautiful.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36I think we've got massive problems here, absolutely massive problems.
0:06:36 > 0:06:41Those girls have got a strong mind and know what they're looking for.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44It's just that we haven't found it.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48They're lovely company but, boy! I don't know where to go!
0:06:48 > 0:06:52'I'm seeing a lot of browsing but not a lot of buying.'
0:06:52 > 0:06:56That's £60, that photograph frame.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59'Ah! A tobacco jar! What do you think, Phil?'
0:06:59 > 0:07:02It looks as boring as hell.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06- But it's nice. - I tell you what I do like, Dunhill.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11- How do you know that it's Dunhill? - Lift the lid up. It's underneath.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17My only concern is, with the trend with tobacco,
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- it's getting to be a bit of a... - It's a no-no.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22But people collect that stuff.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26You've got a £5 pot and a £100 name.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28How much is it priced up at?
0:07:28 > 0:07:32£68, we need to ask the chap
0:07:32 > 0:07:34what's the very best deal on it.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38In my eyes, if you could buy that for £30 to £40.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42What might be the trick is if we buy two bits off this stall.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47- And get it down a bit more?- Yeah. - Cos I think that would be low.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Do you like that? Do you know what it is?
0:07:50 > 0:07:56- Wash stand.- A wash stand. Would you mind taking those things off?
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Now that piece of wood on the top.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04You'll see underneath...
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- A-ha!- Good.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11That piece of furniture, ten to 15 years ago,
0:08:11 > 0:08:15was worth the thick end of £300. It's now...?
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- 115.- If you can get the two for under £100,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22I would think you're in business.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26'Will they clean up with the wash stand and tobacco jar?'
0:08:26 > 0:08:30- The knife rests. - I think those are quite nice.
0:08:30 > 0:08:36- They're 45.- He might come down to 35, which would be a good buy.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Those are quite interesting, but I'd only buy
0:08:39 > 0:08:42either the bookstands OR those.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- Book stands. - I prefer the book stands.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49- 'Good decision making, team.' - Any other silver objects?
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Right, this is priced up at £68.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56What's the very best you can do on it?
0:08:56 > 0:08:59OK, normally, these people do about 10%.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02I have actually contacted them
0:09:02 > 0:09:04and they are thinking of £35.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07£35.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12If the girls decided to buy the two for, say, £110, would that do it?
0:09:12 > 0:09:17- My maths isn't very good.- I suspect it would, but I'll ring back.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20I'll get that extra drop of blood!
0:09:20 > 0:09:24- Could you hang on to them for 45 minutes?- Yes.- Great.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28'Options still open. Come on. You've got to buy something.'
0:09:28 > 0:09:33Those are...£42, those knife rests.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38- Those are mother of pearl and silver plate.- I like mother of pearl.
0:09:38 > 0:09:44- Those are 42, and the granite ones 45.- That's probably more attractive?
0:09:44 > 0:09:48- Mother of pearl. - I think the shape is quite good.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50I like the ball effect.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Shall we give those a go, see what the chap says?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56OK. So I'll get him to open it up.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58- These ones here?- Yes. Thanks.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02What do you think? £38.
0:10:04 > 0:10:09- I really like them. They're heavy. - Bite the bullet and go for it.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11They are plate.
0:10:11 > 0:10:16- Well-used.- They are well-used, as you say.- Take a punt?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18What would you do, David?
0:10:18 > 0:10:22- Well, I think they're OK. - What's the best? 38?
0:10:22 > 0:10:26What I'm looking for, about 35.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Do you think she might take 35?
0:10:29 > 0:10:32I can guarantee she'll only take 38, I'm afraid.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Let me have a go for you.
0:10:36 > 0:10:42- That sounds good.- And can we have a quick look in this cabinet...?
0:10:42 > 0:10:46- I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours.- Deal.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- What's yours?- Poole.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54Pigeon-racing clock. Look at the look on their faces!
0:10:55 > 0:10:59- It goes cuckoo or something? - This is like a duel!
0:10:59 > 0:11:01I'm going to referee.
0:11:04 > 0:11:09- What drew you to that, then? - This is semi-precious stone.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Is it? Right. OK.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14It's agate. Isn't that beautiful?
0:11:17 > 0:11:21You put your matches in there and have them on the table.
0:11:21 > 0:11:26- A matchbox holder! That's stunning! Look at the colour.- Isn't it lovely?
0:11:26 > 0:11:29- Oh, Jason.- Yes?- I love it.
0:11:30 > 0:11:35- That one could be your buy, then. - I'm choosing all of them, dear.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40I like the combination of the white metal and semi-precious stone.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Let's see what we can get.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- And for these and...- Yes.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49- We might be able to do some special deal.- Is it working?
0:11:49 > 0:11:53- Two items from one shop. - Yes.- Discount.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56You have a lovely smile. Thank you. Is it working?
0:11:56 > 0:11:59I shall try my very best. Thank you.
0:11:59 > 0:12:05'Dirty beast. He's gone to check the prices. How are the pinks getting on?'
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- That one down there, please. - Hellfire!
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- Isn't it beautiful?- No.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19The smile worked on one of them. Which one?
0:12:19 > 0:12:21The knife rests.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26She'll come down from 38 to 35. That's what we wanted, wasn't it?
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Which is where you wanted to be. Yeah.
0:12:29 > 0:12:34Unfortunately, the agate matchbox, the very best is only 40 from 47.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39- What do you want to do, then? - We put it behind the counter.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- We're going for these or for that? - Definitely those.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- The little weights.- Right. OK.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Buy those now, and we'll put the agate on hold.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54- In the dying minutes we can come for the agate.- Thank you.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58'And now for something I prepared earlier.'
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Imagine you woke up with £50 to invest.
0:13:01 > 0:13:06What would you invest it in, in antiques, around all these shops?
0:13:06 > 0:13:07Well,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10you could do worse than, perhaps,
0:13:10 > 0:13:14spend your £50 on this little pussy cat.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Sweet, isn't it?
0:13:16 > 0:13:22Standing astride a simulated cushion, it's made of creamware.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24It's got a peculiarly characteristic
0:13:24 > 0:13:28stripey green and yellow glaze.
0:13:28 > 0:13:34This glaze is typical of the Staffordshire potter Thomas Whieldon.
0:13:34 > 0:13:42Thomas Whieldon was potting between about 1719 and about 1798.
0:13:42 > 0:13:47In other words, his dates span the entire 18th century,
0:13:47 > 0:13:51and he was the man who employed the great Josiah Spode,
0:13:51 > 0:13:56and later went into business also with Josiah Wedgwood.
0:13:56 > 0:14:02The characteristic of Whieldon's pottery to keep your eye open for
0:14:02 > 0:14:04is this drizzled glaze.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08It's created by sprinkling manganese in the kiln,
0:14:08 > 0:14:10then putting lead glaze on top.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14Strange stripes.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19This streaky, mottled glaze that he created was known at the time
0:14:19 > 0:14:22as tortoiseshell ware.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26I've seen tortoiseshell cats and I've seen marmalade cats.
0:14:26 > 0:14:32None of them have the colour scheme of this little fellow. How much?
0:14:32 > 0:14:37As I say, £50 is your investment today.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40What might it make in an 18th-century
0:14:40 > 0:14:43pottery specialist sale?
0:14:43 > 0:14:47Well, shall we say £150 to £250?
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Miaow!
0:14:51 > 0:14:54'Perhaps the grass will be greener
0:14:54 > 0:14:59'for the blue team on the other side of the street - watch out!'
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Do you like that Imari pot up there? That double gourd vase?
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- Not a lover of it.- Not pretty.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10- Got it.- I'm getting the hang of this, aren't I?- Yeah!
0:15:11 > 0:15:17The fact that it's horseshoes, it's very hunting and shooting.
0:15:21 > 0:15:28- Shall we go for those two things we first saw? And now panic. - That's all right(!) Just panic.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30'Come on, you lot!'
0:15:30 > 0:15:32My stomach's churning.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Where are we going?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40He's a good chap, he is.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43I've gone down to 95 on that, Philip.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48< Which is as low as low as low as low.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50There's a pair of bonbon dishes.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54< I've got 125 a pair on that, Birmingham 1895.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01- Personally...- They're nicer. - I prefer those to that.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- Do you like those? - I do, and I like these two.
0:16:04 > 0:16:10- They're much more money, my love. - Yes, I know.
0:16:10 > 0:16:16- They've almost got a Sheraton look. - What have they got on them?- 125.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19TINA: Could you do those for £80?
0:16:20 > 0:16:24I will look again before I... Cash.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28Aren't you running out of time? Running out of time?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30- Ssh!- Be off with you.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32- I love those.- They're lovely.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Barby, go away! Play in the road somewhere!
0:16:35 > 0:16:40It has to be 90. Meet in the middle at 85? No. Not today.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Go on! All right. £85.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46- You superstar! - Give him a kiss!
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- 85.- Fine. Done.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51The only thing I did see,
0:16:51 > 0:16:56these Islamic seals at £43.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01- We've also got a hunting flask, Jason.- Oh, yeah.- For 145.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Which I think is quite nice. Bow-shaped for the pocket.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- Is that worth considering?- Yes.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Over the horseshoe thing, yeah.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- It's marked, is it?- It is.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- There's the hallmark.- Is it heavy?
0:17:19 > 0:17:25That's quite nice. It's got the original cork in.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- What do you think?- It's very nice. - It's got to be your decision.- OK.
0:17:29 > 0:17:35- It's been used. One or two dents, which I think is nice.- Yeah.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38145. We need the best price on that.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42- Yeah.- See what that is, then it's to be the horseshoes or that.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46We haven't got any more time. Pressure, pressure, pressure.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48'You feeling the pressure, Phil?'
0:17:48 > 0:17:52- That's it.- What are we doing now? - Buy the corner wash stand.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57- Are you happy with that?- Yeah. I think that's nice.- The Dunhill.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59And that. Three items. We're done!
0:17:59 > 0:18:01You can go to the pub.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04- LAUGHING:- Oh, bless you!
0:18:04 > 0:18:08'Phew! Reds sorted. Right, Barby.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10'Crunch time.'
0:18:10 > 0:18:12£100.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- Shall we go for it?- Yeah.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18- Yes.- Jason.- Yes. Yes. Yes. - Can we have...?
0:18:18 > 0:18:23- What do you do to get him enthusiastic.- I can't say that!
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Yes. OK.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- Do you like it? - Yeah.- I love it.- Let's get that.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30- Yeah.- Jason, OK?
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- Yes. OK.- We'd better run across.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37- I think you've had a good innings. - IZZY SIGHS
0:18:37 > 0:18:41- You've worn me out. - So we're finished?- We nearly have.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- £85.- Yes.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49- £35.- Yes. - Wash stand's £75. £110 the two.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53- We're having both those.- Yes. - Thank you. I'm off.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55GIGGLING
0:18:55 > 0:18:59We're going straight across there. Come on.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- Secure the deal. - Here it is.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09So, what did we say? 30?
0:19:09 > 0:19:13We'd like to have said 30, but your smile didn't quite work.
0:19:13 > 0:19:1735. 40. OK. That's cool.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- We're happy with 40, yeah? - We have no choice.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- We have 30 seconds to go. - Yes, please.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26I'm sorry we couldn't quite make you smile.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Cheap impersonation!
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Time's up. Play it again, Sam!
0:19:39 > 0:19:43'What do we have in the red team shopping trolley?
0:19:43 > 0:19:47'Tracy and Tina bought the mahogany tobacco jar.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53'There's more mahogany in the wash stand.
0:19:53 > 0:20:00'The pair of silver sweet dishes cost a tasty £85. Tres bonbon.'
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- Listen, Trace.- Yeah. - Which is your favourite piece?
0:20:03 > 0:20:07- I think it is the wash stand. - The wash stand.
0:20:07 > 0:20:12- It wasn't my first choice.- But you've warmed to it?- Yes.- Lovely.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16- That's nice. What about you, Teen? - I like the Dunhill tobacco box.
0:20:16 > 0:20:22- Is that going to bring the biggest profit?- Absolutely.- Without a doubt. - Without a doubt.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25You spent all-round £205, wasn't it?
0:20:25 > 0:20:30- 195.- £195. So who's got £105? - I have, in my pocket.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34About your person? I'll take that off you, Tracy.
0:20:34 > 0:20:41£105. Now, Serrell, I suggest a small gin and tonic or cup of tea before you spend it.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- I'll find a very long piece of rope! - LAUGHTER
0:20:44 > 0:20:47He has a way with words, Mr Serrell.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Why don't we check out what the blue team bought, eh?
0:20:50 > 0:20:53'Jason and Izzy forked out 35 smackers
0:20:53 > 0:20:57'for a pair of abalone and silver-plated knife rests.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02'And in solid silver, £100 secured the George V hip flask.
0:21:02 > 0:21:07'Finally, this matchbox holder was bought for 40.'
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Hello, hello.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14- Are you finished?- Yes.- Just. - 30 seconds to go, Tim.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18- Pretty nail-biting stuff.- Yeah. - Are you pleased about that, darling?
0:21:18 > 0:21:23- It's been really good. - You have got what you want?- Um...
0:21:23 > 0:21:29- I'd say two out of the three items. - It got quite rushed. You've got so many items.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34- That's the trouble with this hour rule. Anyway, you've got three items?- Yeah.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38- Which is your favourite piece? - The matchbox holder.
0:21:38 > 0:21:43- What about you, Jase? - What I think will make some money is the knife rests.
0:21:43 > 0:21:49- Do you agree? Is that going to make the most money?- Yeah. We got some money off that.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- I need £125, please. Who's got that? - I've got that.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56You don't want to give it up. Ha ha ha.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01- There we go, David. £125. - Thank you very much.
0:22:01 > 0:22:07- That's enough to find a decent item. - I shall do my very best. Country related objects.- OK.
0:22:07 > 0:22:12You never know what David's going to turn up with. Take care, you kids.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15We're heading somewhere incredibly interesting.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Remember that marvellous movie,
0:22:26 > 0:22:30The Remains Of The Day, with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson?
0:22:30 > 0:22:34Do you remember Darlington Hall? This it it.
0:22:34 > 0:22:40It was filmed here at Dyrham Park on the outskirts of Bath.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44The house was owned by civil servant William Blathwayt
0:22:44 > 0:22:47who lived here in the 17th century.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51He was a keen art collector.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55Blathwayt spent a lot of his working life in Holland.
0:22:55 > 0:23:01It's not surprising that a lot of the pictures in this house have a Dutch origin.
0:23:01 > 0:23:07What IS surprising is that he would have gone for a painting like this.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Because it's actually Spanish.
0:23:10 > 0:23:15It was painted by Bartolome Murillo
0:23:15 > 0:23:20in about 1660, 1665.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Here we've got a ragamuffin,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25a street urchin,
0:23:25 > 0:23:31who is mocking an old lady who's eating her polenta supper.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36It's unusual because his young fresh face is looking directly at you.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39You're looking into his face.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42He is gesturing, mocking the old lady,
0:23:42 > 0:23:44who is frightened.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47You can see that twist in her body,
0:23:47 > 0:23:52her expression, her toothless mouth turned towards him.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55As if she's trying to protect her supper.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Not a very jolly subject.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59She's in the gutter.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03She's a down-and-out elderly person.
0:24:03 > 0:24:10Just look at her filthy dirty grimy big toe sticking out of her boot.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14Life has not been kind to this old girl.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19But is there another message lurking within this picture?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Is the artist actually saying,
0:24:21 > 0:24:26"Look, boy! It's all very well you mocking that old girl.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29"But sooner or later, you'll be old.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34"You could be a down-and-out, and this is not much fun."
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Interesting.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Not half as interesting as this, though. Look!
0:24:40 > 0:24:44In this corner, we've got another Murillo picture,
0:24:44 > 0:24:49another street urchin mocking an old dink having her polenta supper.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52What's going on here?
0:24:52 > 0:24:56The truth of the matter is, this is a later copy.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01Because William Blathwayt's grandson, who was also William,
0:25:01 > 0:25:07in 1765 had an auction here at Dyrham Park.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12He'd got hard up and he sold the original Murillo, curiously,
0:25:12 > 0:25:16to his younger brother, and it left this house.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20They must have missed their Murillo because they had this copy
0:25:20 > 0:25:23painted in the 18th century.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27It hung here perfectly happily
0:25:27 > 0:25:33until 1956, when the National Land Fund acquired the original Murillo
0:25:33 > 0:25:37and presented it to the National Trust, so it returned home.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40So Dyrham Park has two Murillos.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44Well, one real one and one 18th-century copy.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48The big question today is who is going to be the real one
0:25:48 > 0:25:52and who is going to be the copy over at the auction?
0:26:01 > 0:26:04We've taken a hike across a couple of counties
0:26:04 > 0:26:08and we've come to Washington, West Sussex,
0:26:08 > 0:26:10to be with Rupert Toovey
0:26:10 > 0:26:13at Rupert Toovey's Auctioneers.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16How lovely to see you, Tim.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21Tracy and Tina went with this Dunhill tobacco pot,
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- which probably came off a shop counter.- Very much so.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29Beautifully made, isn't it? Really something from a former age.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33- It's difficult to know how it can be relevant today.- Yes.
0:26:33 > 0:26:38It would cost, I should think, in pipe tobacco, £1,500 to fill it up.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Yes. Rather a marvellous thought!
0:26:41 > 0:26:46Fewer people are smoking pipes. It's redundant from that point of view.
0:26:46 > 0:26:53- Will it make £35?- I think it should. I hope it'll make £40 or £50.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56That's confident! Thank you very much, Rupert.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Next is the corner wash stand.
0:26:58 > 0:27:04Now, this is a bit of a yesterday's antique, isn't it?
0:27:04 > 0:27:09It is. So few of our houses seem to have decent corners any more.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14The whole business of setting it up with a wash basin and jug,
0:27:14 > 0:27:18although it's nice to buy that ceramic, doesn't happen so much.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Furniture, it's that unusual thing.
0:27:20 > 0:27:27- Not only must it be beautiful, it must be useful.- Otherwise people don't want it in their house.- Right.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30What do you think you might struggle along at?
0:27:30 > 0:27:32£50 to £70, really, Tim.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36- £75 paid. - Oh, well. Half a chance.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38And their last item,
0:27:38 > 0:27:41supremely traditional bonbon dishes.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46Sweet, aren't they? With those pierced bands, late Victorian.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Silver has a much stronger following since it's become so expensive.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54- How much?- £70 to £100.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57- Good man! £85 they paid.- That's not bad.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01We've got a prediction of a possibility of a couple of profits
0:28:01 > 0:28:05so they may not need their Bonus Buy but let's have a look anyway.
0:28:05 > 0:28:12- Girls, you spent £195.- Yes. - You gave him £105. What did the old codge spend it on?
0:28:12 > 0:28:15- Are you ready for this?- Yes.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18A bit of old rope.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- Are you sure?- Keep going.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24And your plan is?
0:28:24 > 0:28:28- When it all goes wrong... - We'll tie you up.- Hello!
0:28:28 > 0:28:33What I thought was, seriously, if you're restoring a house
0:28:33 > 0:28:38- and you want a rope balustrade for a spiral staircase...- Right.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42I just think this would cost you way over £100
0:28:42 > 0:28:46if you went to a designer to buy this.
0:28:46 > 0:28:52You've got these things to go into the wall. I think the rope's a cool thing.
0:28:52 > 0:28:57- How much...?- The look on your faces. - Where has it come from? Off a boat?
0:28:57 > 0:29:01- I think...- Off a staircase. - It's come off a staircase.
0:29:01 > 0:29:07- How much did you pay for it?- Is this that certifiable moment?- Yes.- £35.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10THEY CHUCKLE
0:29:10 > 0:29:13- Just...- Don't put it round his neck! All right, then.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16I think, if he models it.
0:29:16 > 0:29:23You don't make your decision now about the old piece of rope. You make it later on.
0:29:23 > 0:29:28For the viewers, let's see what the auctioneer thinks about the old piece of rope.
0:29:28 > 0:29:33- Right, Rupert, how long's a piece of rope?- That IS a bit of rope, too!
0:29:33 > 0:29:35It's come off the QE2!
0:29:35 > 0:29:40- It's a sort of mooring rope. - It's taste rather than substance!
0:29:40 > 0:29:45Well, I'd say an acquired taste. How much would it cost to acquire it?
0:29:45 > 0:29:50- I think you might pay £10 or £20. - Philip Serrell loves it. £35 paid.
0:29:50 > 0:29:57He may get lucky, if somebody wants it on the day, but you could keep that for ten years.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01If you want to store it for ten years. It's a difficult one.
0:30:01 > 0:30:07Maybe the team won't go with it. Anyway, that's it for the reds.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Now, for the blues, Jason and Izzy.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12The abalone knife rests.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16They're rather jolly. They look like they're about to march off!
0:30:16 > 0:30:20Hope they don't march off with their knife on top.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24I don't know whether knife rests is a popular collectable.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27I don't think it is really.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30- We don't carve at the table.- No.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32- How much?- 20 or 30 quid.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36£35 they paid, which is going to be plenty enough.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38I think you're absolutely right.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42£20 to £30. In silver, different matter.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46- What about this silver hip flask? - It's nicely made.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50Not very generous. You couldn't share it with your friends!
0:30:50 > 0:30:55- It's clean and ready to go.- Nice engine turn decoration.- How much?
0:30:55 > 0:31:00- £50 to £80.- Not so nice. £100 they paid.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03That's two potential duffers.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06What about this onyx and plated
0:31:06 > 0:31:08framed match case?
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- Is it worth a £5 note?- I hope so.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Even that's being hopeful.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17- They paid 40.- Well!
0:31:17 > 0:31:18We'll see.
0:31:18 > 0:31:23- It's a difficult thing as an individual item.- We don't use them.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27It's not immensely collectable and it's quite expensive.
0:31:27 > 0:31:34- We have to put an estimate. What do you want me to say?- Shall we say 20 to 30 and keep our fingers crossed?
0:31:34 > 0:31:37Cross everything! They're going to need their Bonus Buy.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Let's go and look at it.
0:31:39 > 0:31:44- Iz and Jase.- Yeah.- You spent £175. You gave the man £125.
0:31:44 > 0:31:50- What did you spend it all on? - Something quirky always seems to sell well.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53So I bought this little object.
0:31:53 > 0:31:58- Do you know what it is? - It's a flower holder.- A what holder?
0:31:58 > 0:32:01- A flower holder.- Give him ten marks!
0:32:01 > 0:32:05This man is not just on a tractor. He knows about stuff.
0:32:05 > 0:32:11- A posy.- Or a little corsage, but what's so good at the side here,
0:32:11 > 0:32:15you have a little pin, which you take out.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17You put the arrangement in there.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19You secure it with a pin.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Put it back like that.
0:32:22 > 0:32:27And then you just hold it on your finger.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31- It suits you, David.- Do you think so?- You should be wearing a posy.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35A doner kebab, maybe! Not a posy holder!
0:32:35 > 0:32:40Seriously, it's extraordinary that a young Victorian gal
0:32:40 > 0:32:43would step out with that dangling from her finger.
0:32:43 > 0:32:48- What I would do. You know we've got the hip flask?- Yes.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52I'd wear it on my hunting jacket. A bit dangerous but quite pretty.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54How much did you pay for it?
0:32:54 > 0:32:58- I paid 85.- Well done, David. That's a hit with your team.
0:32:58 > 0:33:03You don't decide now. You pick after the sale of your first three items.
0:33:03 > 0:33:08But let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about David's posy holder!
0:33:08 > 0:33:10There we go, Rupert.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14Something to enlighten our day.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18- A posy holder!- Yup. - First spring posy!
0:33:18 > 0:33:21- Well, that's very nice. - It's a late 19th-century one.
0:33:21 > 0:33:26Nice little leaf motif, but how much did they pay?
0:33:26 > 0:33:29Well... I don't like to tell you this,
0:33:29 > 0:33:34but David Barby is supposed to find this as a Bonus Buy, he paid £85.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37- Crumbs.- Crumbs. That's what I'd say.
0:33:37 > 0:33:42- Posy! That's what I'd say!- 30 to 40, I think, Tim.- Half his money back.
0:33:42 > 0:33:48- We have to hope the teams don't go with it.- Poor David.- Poor David!
0:33:59 > 0:34:03- How are you feeling? Nervy?- Yes. - Why?- Worried.
0:34:03 > 0:34:08- Hopefully, make a good profit. - You're normally so brave.- I know!
0:34:08 > 0:34:10- What's happening?- I don't know!
0:34:10 > 0:34:15- Are you up for it?- Yes.- Plenty of deep breaths. Roll your shoulders.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Here it comes. Your first item.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19The Dunhill tobacco box.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23What shall we say for this lot? £50.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Shall we say 40, then, please?
0:34:25 > 0:34:28< 30 anywhere? Oh, yes!
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Somebody say yes.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34At 20 anywhere? 20 I have. At £20 and we're off.
0:34:34 > 0:34:3622 can I see?
0:34:36 > 0:34:40At £20, it's the maiden bid. At £20.
0:34:40 > 0:34:45Any advance on 20? And two. Hooray! And four, can I see? 26, sir?
0:34:45 > 0:34:4826 I have. And 28?
0:34:48 > 0:34:53Ooh, no. 26 it is, with the team. 26 there. Thank you.
0:34:53 > 0:34:58Are we all done at £26? 26.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02- That is bad luck.- Uh-oh! - Didn't quite work out.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Minus nine. Here comes your wash stand.
0:35:04 > 0:35:10It's a handsome thing. We're opening the bidding with conflicting bids.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12At £45. 48?
0:35:12 > 0:35:1648 can I see? 48. And 50. And five.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17Yes!
0:35:17 > 0:35:2255 I have here now. 60? 55, madam, with you. Thank you.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26At £55. Is there any advance on 55?
0:35:26 > 0:35:29At £55. All done at 55...?
0:35:29 > 0:35:35- And that's minus £20. - It's going well, this, now.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38- Maybe the rope.- The bonbon dishes. - It might work.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41We've conflicting bids here at £40.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44At £40. 42. 45. 48. 50.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48And five. 60. And five. 65 in the room with you, sir.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51Thank you. 65. And 70. Five. 80.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55Five. 90. No. 90? Thank you...
0:35:55 > 0:35:58That's a rare beast of a profit!
0:35:58 > 0:36:01..110? £100 with you, sir.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05£100. 110 in a fresh place. Thank you. 120?
0:36:08 > 0:36:12- Go on!- Please! Come on for the pinks!
0:36:12 > 0:36:16I think they're egging you on, sir. 120 I have.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18And 130? 130 I'm bid.
0:36:18 > 0:36:19And 140?
0:36:19 > 0:36:24130 I have. Thank you, madam. Is there any advance on £130?
0:36:24 > 0:36:27It's fair warning at 130...
0:36:27 > 0:36:31That's marvellous. That is plus £45.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33£29. That's one shy of 30.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37You are plus £16 at this moment in time.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Now, what are you going to do about the rope?
0:36:40 > 0:36:43- I'd say no. WHISPERS:- Stick.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47- Stay where you are, girls. - Being honest?- Stay where you are.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50- Stick.- What's happening?- We're not.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54- It's called collusion. I've turned. - We're not going.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58- You're not going with this rope? - No.- We're not going with this rope.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01We're going to sell it anyway.
0:37:01 > 0:37:06357 is a length of rope with attached brass handrail fittings.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10You never know when you might need one.
0:37:10 > 0:37:15We have conflicting bids and we're opening at £42. Can I see 44?
0:37:15 > 0:37:1744 can I see?
0:37:17 > 0:37:1944. 46. 48.
0:37:19 > 0:37:2246 here. At £46. Can I see the 48?
0:37:22 > 0:37:25At £46, and it's fair warning.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28At £46... 46!
0:37:28 > 0:37:31Plus 11, but they're not your pounds.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33See ya then, Tim!
0:37:33 > 0:37:37There we go. You ring-fenced your plus 16.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41Might be a winning score. Don't say a word to the blues.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50- How are you feeling? OK?- Yeah. - Mildly confident.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53- What did you say?- Mildly confident!
0:37:53 > 0:37:57Did he say "mildly confident"? What are you confident about, mate?
0:37:57 > 0:38:02- I think, the...knife stands. - You think they'll do well?- Mm.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05First up, your knife rests.
0:38:05 > 0:38:10What shall we say for these? £20? Ten, then, please?
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Five?
0:38:12 > 0:38:15£5 I'm bid. £5 here. £5.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18And seven. And ten. 12. 14.
0:38:18 > 0:38:2016? Ooh, no.
0:38:20 > 0:38:2314 it is, in the centre. At £14?
0:38:23 > 0:38:27At £14. Is there any advance on £14?
0:38:27 > 0:38:29At 14...
0:38:29 > 0:38:32£14. I'm afraid that is minus £21.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36Minus 21 is not a good start. Anyway...
0:38:36 > 0:38:38IZZY LAUGHS
0:38:38 > 0:38:42George V silver hip flask of curved rectangular form.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46Opening this lot at £40. Can I see 42?
0:38:46 > 0:38:4844. 46. 48. And 50.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51Five. And 60. 60 in the room.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54At £60. And five. 70. Five.
0:38:54 > 0:38:5880. 75 I have with you, sir, seated. At £75.
0:38:58 > 0:39:0180 can I see? 80 I have. And five.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04No at 85. 80. Behind at £80.
0:39:04 > 0:39:09Is there any advance on £80? At £80. It's fair warning at 80.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12£80.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Minus 20 on that. You're minus 41 at the moment.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Now, the matchbox sleeve.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21£10 I'm bid. 12 can I see? At £10.
0:39:21 > 0:39:2612 can I see? At £10 for the matchbox sleeve. Darling thing. 12.
0:39:26 > 0:39:2914? 12 it is with you, sir.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33At £12. Is there any advance on 12? £12. Is there any more?
0:39:33 > 0:39:36At £12. Fair warning. £12.
0:39:36 > 0:39:41Minus £28. 40, 50, 60... £69 down.
0:39:41 > 0:39:47- What are you going to do about the posy holder? - Yes.- On your head.- Fine.- OK.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51- Is that what's going to happen? - I'm saying no. You're saying yes.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54- That's a split decision? - We'll go yes.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57You're going with the Bonus Buy.
0:39:57 > 0:40:02Darling little thing. What shall we say? £30? 20.
0:40:02 > 0:40:0420 anywhere?
0:40:04 > 0:40:07Ten. Ten I'm bid. At £10. Can I see the 12?
0:40:07 > 0:40:12At £10. 12 can I see? At £10. And 12. 14. 16.
0:40:12 > 0:40:1418. 20. Two.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17- You were right. - 24. 26. 28. And 30.
0:40:17 > 0:40:2040. And two. 44?
0:40:20 > 0:40:25Oh. 42 I have, then. At £42. At £42.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Is there any advance on £42...?
0:40:27 > 0:40:29One more?
0:40:29 > 0:40:31And 44 it is. 46. 48?
0:40:33 > 0:40:39£46 I have in the doorway. At £46. Is there any advance? At £46...
0:40:40 > 0:40:45Indecision's a terrible thing. And 48 with you, sir.
0:40:45 > 0:40:4850, now. And five?
0:40:48 > 0:40:50- Yes.- Go on!
0:40:50 > 0:40:52£50 I have, through the doorway.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55All done at £50? And it really is fair warning.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58At £50...
0:40:59 > 0:41:05Minus £35, I'm afraid. That's 14... That's minus 104. OK?
0:41:05 > 0:41:13- Minus 104. That could be a winning score so don't say a word to the reds.- Too embarrassed.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21- What fun we've had. You been chatting?- No.- No.
0:41:21 > 0:41:27Because the teams are, of course, absolutely poles apart today.
0:41:27 > 0:41:33We have the most wonderful, enormous loss from the blues.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39- Minus £104. - Oh, blues! Well done!
0:41:39 > 0:41:44- DAVID:- Was it as much as that? - A massive loss of £104.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48- Which is incredibly bad luck. - You've got to do it properly.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50That's quite right.
0:41:50 > 0:41:56I don't know what really went wrong, because the quality of objects was good.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00It's the section of the sale, where they were positioned.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04It's not a criticism of your buying skills.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08It's just bad luck. Consistent bad luck from top to bottom.
0:42:08 > 0:42:15- We've loved having you on the show. - Thank you for having us.- We had a lovely day in Hungerford.- Yeah.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18Thank you, David, for your contribution(!)
0:42:18 > 0:42:22Anyway, enough is enough, and turn to the winners today!
0:42:22 > 0:42:27- Who are actually taking home £16. - APPLAUSE
0:42:27 > 0:42:29- There you go.- Thank you.- £16.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33- It's largely down to the bonbon dishes.- Yes.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35The bonbon dishes gave you profit.
0:42:35 > 0:42:41You decided not to go with the piece of rope, which was a huge mistake.
0:42:41 > 0:42:47- If you had, you'd be going home with £27. You should have trusted Phil Serrell.- I'm sorry.
0:42:47 > 0:42:52- I'm sorry, Phil, but anyway, very good fun was had by all.- Absolutely.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56Join us soon for some more bargain hunting. Yes?
0:42:56 > 0:42:57Yes!
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