0:00:03 > 0:00:08Today, Bargain Hunt is in Kent, the Garden of England.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10But we're not here to get green-fingered.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13Oh, no! We're here to hunt out bargains.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17So let's go bargain hunting! Yeah.
0:00:42 > 0:00:47We're at the County Showground, near Maidstone in Kent.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Where everything seems to be blooming.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54But will it turn out to be as rosy today in the Bargain Hunt garden?
0:00:54 > 0:00:55We'll have to wait and see.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Coming up, there's a clash of taste on the Red team...
0:00:58 > 0:01:01My God, that's hideous! Oh, David, what are you doing?
0:01:01 > 0:01:04While on the Blue team, there's some confusion
0:01:04 > 0:01:06about just WHO is the expert.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Go on, tell me all about that, please.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12The police used to have them in, like, Victorian, Edwardian times.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15All of that, of course, is coming up.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17But first, let me remind you of the rules.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Each team gets £300 and an hour to shop for three items,
0:01:20 > 0:01:22which they sell at auction.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26And the team wins that makes the most profit or the least loss.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Easy, innit?
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Right! Let's go and meet today's teams.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38On Bargain Hunt today, we've got married couple Julia and Stephen.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- Welcome. Very nice to see you. - Hello, Tim.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43And two old muckers, Colin and Stuart.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45- Hi, Tim.- Hello, chaps.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48So, Jules, how did you two meet?
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Oh, it goes back quite a long way, actually.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54When I was at college, in Wisconsin of all places,
0:01:54 > 0:01:56I was doing a lot of creative writing
0:01:56 > 0:01:59and I thought I was going to be a famous writer someday.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03And that writing got loosely published...
0:02:03 > 0:02:07a lot of it just got out there, into the ether, Internet, whatever.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09I got an e-mail one day, out of the blue,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11and it was a fantastic e-mail.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Very funny and just very sweet. It was Stephen, and...
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- He'd read something?- I know!
0:02:16 > 0:02:17He'd read something, yeah.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- It was hilarious. - We don't know where he found it.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23He came across something I'd written and just thought it was...
0:02:23 > 0:02:27just nice and e-mailed me and that kind of started it all off.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29He came out and met you and - caramba!
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- The rest is history. - Pretty much, yeah.- Very good.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Now, Stephen, what do you do for a living?
0:02:34 > 0:02:38- I predict the future, Tim. - Do you?- Yeah. I'm a meteorologist.
0:02:38 > 0:02:39Oh, you're not a mystic?
0:02:39 > 0:02:43- Some people would say so! - The two things are connected.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47A meteorologist, really? We've never had a meteorologist on the programme before.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50It's of endless fascination to all our viewers,
0:02:50 > 0:02:53how the weather forecasting system works.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57To have a real, live meteorologist on the programme is a thrill.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58Which is really nice.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02But, you don't intend predicting the weather forever, do you?
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Eventually, I'd love to get into writing more...
0:03:06 > 0:03:10and illustration. I've a couple of children's books in the pipeline.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- You'd like to illustrate your own children's books?- Yeah.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- And write them?- Mm-hm.- Brilliant.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17What do you collect?
0:03:17 > 0:03:18Not a whole lot.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22The only thing that we have ended up collecting is fossils, actually.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26We do love our fossils, which are VERY antique.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- Yes. I mean, millions of years old. - Yes! VERY antique.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32There's a commercial slant now with fossils -
0:03:32 > 0:03:35you go round the fairs and in lots of places,
0:03:35 > 0:03:37there are fossils for sale.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Could be a tip for finding something that'll make a profit.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- You never know your luck! - That's a good point.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Welcome and good luck. Now, for the Blues...
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Your friendship, Colin, goes back a year or two?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Since I was nine. Stuart's slightly older, and I moved next door.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Isn't that nice? Since you were nine and boys.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Did you have a gate through the fence?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Or did you go into the street, come in that way?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Yeah, used the tradesman's entrance.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Used the tradesman's entrance... Good fun.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09Stuart, you worked on the railways for most of your working life.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- I did, yes.- Tell us about that.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15I started at the bottom and done all sorts of jobs, really,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18but I was in the signal box for about 22 years.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23Different signal boxes, real ones with levers and brass instruments.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27- So how many years?- 38.- Did you? A good innings, well done.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30But, it's not just the love of the railways,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33you collect everything to do with railways, don't you?
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Oh, yes, I always used to collect from the time I was 14,
0:04:36 > 0:04:39so, yes, we've gone to the extreme
0:04:39 > 0:04:41and we've built a railway station in the garden.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- Have you?- Yes.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46In fact, we got three stations in the garden.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- That's in your garden? - That's the railway station.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51That's in his garden!
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Look at that!
0:04:53 > 0:04:55- Yes.- You built this in your garden?
0:04:55 > 0:04:58That's in the garden, a 60-foot platform. Yes.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00WH Smith, ticket office,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03telegraph office, buffet.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Gosh, that is amazing.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Um, now, Colin, you've also had a career in railways.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12That's right, yeah. Very similar to Stuart's.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I started off in a signal box as a scribe,
0:05:15 > 0:05:18just recording the times of trains as they went passed the box.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Various signal boxes and then moved into management.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26And I actually ended up as his boss at some stage.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Do you keep your eye on him?
0:05:28 > 0:05:31I would have thought no sign was safe in British Railways
0:05:31 > 0:05:32with this man around.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35He went to work with a screwdriver, he'd go home with a sign.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39What about collecting? Are you as obsessed as your friend?
0:05:39 > 0:05:44No, I've left the obsession to those sorts of things to Stuart.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47But, I do enjoy going to antique fairs, now and again,
0:05:47 > 0:05:48to buy things for the house.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Well, the money moment.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52I'm going to give you each your £300.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54There you go, look, £300 apiece.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57You know the rules, your experts await!
0:05:57 > 0:05:58And off you go!
0:05:58 > 0:06:00And very, very good luck.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04So, a meteorologist and a railway buff.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05Great!
0:06:07 > 0:06:10As usual, we've a brace of experts to lend a hand.
0:06:10 > 0:06:16Playing gooseberry to our Red lovebirds, it's David Barby.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20And hoping to make sure the Blues stay on track, it's Philip Serrell.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25I am a bit in awe, because I am in the presence of an expert, aren't I?
0:06:25 > 0:06:26A real, live expert.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Where do your interests lie?
0:06:28 > 0:06:30My first interest is finding something
0:06:30 > 0:06:32that I'm not going to drop and break.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Aside from that, maybe jewellery.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37We like a bit of Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Let's go and have a buy, and we'll have a chat later.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Anything vintage, slightly quirky, we ought to be looking for.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Just as we walked up, I saw that right there, which is very quirky.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- Can we take a look? - Let's go have a look at it.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52Quick work, David!
0:06:52 > 0:06:56This is actually what I used when I first started work.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58THEY LAUGH
0:06:58 > 0:07:00You put the thing down there
0:07:00 > 0:07:04and you ring up and say, "There's somebody on the line for you."
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- Have you sold one of these before? - Never. Never.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10An old dog and bone, not exactly handsome.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Would anyone want it for anything?
0:07:15 > 0:07:18It's a bit small for a blanket box.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- It's a little coal box.- Oh, is it?
0:07:20 > 0:07:23But I think it's best to walk on with that one.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Let's go and have a look at what he's got inside.- Fair enough.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Look, observe, to see if there's anything
0:07:28 > 0:07:31you'd be particularly interested in, as we go along.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- Well, that's quite nice, isn't it? - Tin painted to look like wood.- Yes.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Edwardian, I should think, is it?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Well, It's an Edwardian trunk,
0:07:40 > 0:07:42but quite when it was painted, I don't know.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Before you waste any time, how much is that, please?
0:07:47 > 0:07:48£40.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54The thing with it is, that as a rough rule of thumb, dome-top trunks
0:07:54 > 0:07:56are worth less than flat-top trunks,
0:07:56 > 0:08:00because you can't put anything on top. It's not rocket science.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Can you come down on price, at all, sir?
0:08:10 > 0:08:13A fiver, down to £35.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15See, my maths is sharp, I got that(!)
0:08:15 > 0:08:17I was on the case, there!
0:08:17 > 0:08:22- See, I thought it was down to 30. - No, no, I am sure five off 40 is 35.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Could you do 30?
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- I suppose I could.- Let's have a look around and see what we can do.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29We might be able to put something up with it.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34It wouldn't look out of place on Stuart's station platform.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Perhaps there's more inside.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43This is for a gammon joint. Cutting down like this.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Or if you have a huge turkey, shove that on the leg
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- and get all of the meat off it. - Hmm.- Yeah.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Hmm, she doesn't look too convinced, David.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Oh, that is hideous. Oh, my God, that's hideous.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Oh, David, what are you doing?
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Still a tad off-message, David.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Oh, I say, Arts and Crafts. That's beautiful.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07That is, that's beautiful.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Finally, something pretty for our romantic Reds.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Does it have a specific use or is it just decorative?
0:09:13 > 0:09:16This would be on a ladies' dressing table,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19for violets that her husband had gathered from the wayside.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- Oh, honey.- The romance!
0:09:23 > 0:09:25I really do love that. I absolutely love that.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29I like the little touches of green on it. It's very tactile, isn't it?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Just hold it, I think it's lovely.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34This dates from the early part of the 20th century.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37We have these globules of clear glass all the way around,
0:09:37 > 0:09:38with this hint of green.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40It's very nice, I like that.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44They have the silver, and the crystal, it's a lovely combination.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- £80.- It's Birmingham, 1905, it's £80.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50It's Stourbridge glass, which is quite nice.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53It ought to be around about £50-£60.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- Shall we try and offer £50 for that? - Yes, shall we try?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00- Entirely in your hands. - You're both looking at me.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- OK. Hello. - Oh, I'm happy to, my dear.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- We rather like this little piece. - Beautiful, isn't it?
0:10:05 > 0:10:10- It IS nice. The price is a little bit on the heavy side for us.- OK.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Can we put an offer in of £50, please?
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Oh, let me see.
0:10:16 > 0:10:1855, if that's any good to you?
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- We want 50.- Is that your very, very best?- Please?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24That's our very, very best. £50.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Well, that would be lower than what I paid for it,
0:10:27 > 0:10:29so I can't go lower than £55.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33It's no good you looking at me like that,
0:10:33 > 0:10:36you'll make me feel really guilty!
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Can we meet in the middle at £52?
0:10:39 > 0:10:41That's middle-ish. 52?
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- Yes, go on, then. - Let's do it for 52.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- We bought something.- Do you like that?- Love it, absolutely love it.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51- Yep, it's beautiful. Yep. 52. - Thank you very much.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52It looks perfect.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56One in the bag and all very nicely done, team.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Meanwhile, Philip's found something that could steal the show.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Yeah, they do go well, those.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Yes, it's nice and original.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06I like that, that would look nice framed.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09That's really me, that's really busy.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- Yeah, I know, that's up your street, isn't it?- It is, definitely.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16- I quite like the trunk. - You do?- Over that, yeah.
0:11:16 > 0:11:17We've only had 15 minutes,
0:11:17 > 0:11:21if you can hang onto it for us for that 45 minutes, could you do that?
0:11:21 > 0:11:24I want a tenner on it if you're going to come back. 10.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Well, what about if we buy this now for a fiver
0:11:27 > 0:11:30and we'll talk to you about the rest when we come back?
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- All right.- Done. Is that done? - Yeah, fine.- There you are, then.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35So, that's one down for the Blues,
0:11:35 > 0:11:37but the trunk's left luggage for now.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39OK, thank you.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42See, I just noticed that, the cricket ball. Are you into cricket?
0:11:42 > 0:11:46I am, very much. Cricket and baseball, but especially cricket.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Can we have a look at that, please? Thank you.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- It is loose.- Oh, so it is.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- Would that be a special... - It looks like it's been used.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57- I'm sure it's a period ball. - Yeah.- Early 20th century.
0:11:57 > 0:12:03This would be used by a guy who had a desk and wanted a desk ornament.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Maybe a paperweight, or something like that.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Or, a cricket follower, a devotee.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Is it a special ball? Was it in a special game?
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Why is that specific ball on a stand?
0:12:13 > 0:12:16I guess the engraving we can't read might tell us..
0:12:16 > 0:12:19This was because, the team was engraved here,
0:12:19 > 0:12:21which you can't read, which is great, great shame,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- they might have scored 100 runs.- OK.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- So, it's just to commemorate that. - It's to commemorate that, yeah.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32It has a nice feel to it, doesn't it?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- It's very interesting. - This is a man's thing, it really is.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38It really is. It's a butch thing.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Ha, the sound of leather on willow, it's an English thing, Julia.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45- You've got 48 on it, that's because it's badly rubbed, isn't it?- Yes.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48What's the best you can do on that, sir?
0:12:48 > 0:12:50I'll do it for £40.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53You are going to try again, aren't you?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55What would you offer, then, David?
0:12:55 > 0:12:58I'd like to see it for £30.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00I'll shake your hand halfway, at £35.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03How much do you think it would bring at auction?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Probably what the gentleman is asking.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10In that case, can we take a little bit more off,
0:13:10 > 0:13:12so we run some risk of making a profit?
0:13:12 > 0:13:14A risk of making a profit!
0:13:14 > 0:13:16£32. That's it.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- That gives you a little chance. - OK, let's go with that.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22It'll bring 30-50, it gives you a good chance.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- This is one for Stephen.- I agree. - This is one for Stephen.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28I think that's quite good. If it falls, it's his fault!
0:13:28 > 0:13:29THEY LAUGH
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- Thank you very much. - I agree with that!
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Interesting buy, but will it bowl a yorker at auction
0:13:34 > 0:13:37or will it be out for a duck?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Steve and Julia are such a nice couple.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42And obviously they're very much in love.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Touching one another, looking at one another, passing comments,
0:13:46 > 0:13:48and you get that rapport between them.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Ah, David, you old softie.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Cor, feast your eyes on this.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Isn't she gorgeous?
0:13:58 > 0:14:04I'll give it a little revolution so you can see the folds of her dress
0:14:04 > 0:14:07and the accuracy that this has been cast.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Because, this girl represents
0:14:10 > 0:14:16what you'd have found wandering up the streets of Gay Paris
0:14:16 > 0:14:19in about 1750 or 1760.
0:14:19 > 0:14:25What she's got attached to her waist is a musical instrument.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27And it's a form of hurdy-gurdy.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31So this girl is a street musician.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34If you look carefully, this piece is loose,
0:14:34 > 0:14:38it's a bit of cast bronze that's been gilt.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42On the end of it, you can see it's got a handle
0:14:42 > 0:14:44which is what the girl would have revolved
0:14:44 > 0:14:47to make the mechanical sound from the hurdy-gurdy.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51And it's been most beautifully made.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55What I really like about it is the additional richness
0:14:55 > 0:14:58that this pierced cast base gives it.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03It just lifts the chocolate-brown patinated bronze figure
0:15:03 > 0:15:05and gives it real presence.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09If this was 18th-century, which it ain't,
0:15:09 > 0:15:12it would be worth about £1,200.
0:15:12 > 0:15:18As it is, it's an early 19th-century revival of a Rococo figure.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23And it's worth perhaps £200-£250.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26What it would cost you here?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28At Detling, off one of these stands,
0:15:28 > 0:15:30it could be yours for £80.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Now, that's what you call an Ooh La La.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Go on, tell me all about that, please.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48- The police used to have them in Victorian and Edwardian times.- Yep.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50So you could either clip it on your belt
0:15:50 > 0:15:53or you can tow it around like that.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55And what are those worth?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Who is the expert here, Phil?
0:15:57 > 0:16:01I think it's great working with Stuart. It's fantastic!
0:16:01 > 0:16:04He knows so much about his subject that it's a learning curve for me,
0:16:04 > 0:16:08I am learning about things like the old policeman's light
0:16:08 > 0:16:09and all that stuff. It's fantastic.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14Colin is an enthusiast, too, you just have to go and get it off him.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- What are they? - Where you kept you spoons warm.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22- You kept your spoons warm in them? - Yes, you fill it with hot water.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26I've never heard of such a thing. Is that what they have at Downton Abbey?
0:16:26 > 0:16:27That's because you're American!
0:16:28 > 0:16:30So when would this date to?
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Probably just after 1800.
0:16:36 > 0:16:41What does it for me with this is that this is a naval officer's.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46- It would have been making maps? - Yeah, probably drawing maps.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Drawing maps, plotting charts. Which is the best one of these?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52That one.
0:16:52 > 0:16:58- What would be the best on that, sir? - 160, and that's the very best.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00You two have a look, I want you two to have a look at it.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03This is like, we could do with this,
0:17:03 > 0:17:06because we're in horribly uncharted waters, let me tell you.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Canterbury's a long way from the sea.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11I think it's made out of shagreen, shagreen is shark skin,
0:17:11 > 0:17:14and in the late 18th and 19th century they used shark skin
0:17:14 > 0:17:17to cover little boxes and cases and that sort of stuff.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19And I just love this.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Oh! Frightened me to death, then. Good Lord!
0:17:26 > 0:17:27I got you boys then, didn't I?
0:17:27 > 0:17:31You can't beat creeping up from the rear, I've found!
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- How are you getting on, all right? - Yes, thank you.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36- Have you bought anything yet? - Yeah, we have.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40- Well done.- We're thinking of investing... Aren't these lovely?
0:17:40 > 0:17:44- Look at that!- And they're complete. - They're fantastic.- Look at that!
0:17:44 > 0:17:47- Shagreen-covered.- Not seen anything like it.- How much are they?- £160.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49And I wouldn't have a clue,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52I really don't know if they're good, bad or indifferent.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54I think they're beautiful things to own.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57All right, good luck, boys. I tell you, I think you're onto a groove.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01- Just keep drawing a straight line and you'll be fine.- Absolutely.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Yeah, I think it's worth a punt, Phil.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07My only concern is that the whole thing fits together.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12- Yes.- But you like it, don't you? - We do.- It's very interesting.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- Are we going to go for it?- Yes. - Yeah, let's go mad.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- So it's £160, yeah?- Yes.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20I think we'd like to buy that off you.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Can you put it all back together for us?
0:18:22 > 0:18:27Ha, a real boys' toy for the Blues' second item.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30But there's one stop left to go on this journey.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35- My personal thing is to go back for the trunk.- Why?
0:18:35 > 0:18:40- I like things where you can store items in.- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- Well, in my house, you need it. - Really?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Yeah, I need places to hide things.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47- You two are sold by this, are you? - In different ways.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49We need more than a trunk.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53I'll tell you what, you two go and get your trunk and I'll catch you up in a while.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57- OK.- Cheers. Come back in a panic if you haven't got it!
0:18:57 > 0:18:59I think they've done really well here,
0:18:59 > 0:19:02and I'm really pleased with the little box they've bought.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04I think the trunk could be an interesting thing
0:19:04 > 0:19:06and the poster's cheap.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08So, fingers crossed, we might be all right.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12Hold your horses, Serrell. There's a way to go yet.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17Meanwhile, it looks like David's found a piece of Royal Doulton,
0:19:17 > 0:19:19but is it pretty enough for Julia?
0:19:19 > 0:19:22I'm just going to have a quick word with him about this,
0:19:22 > 0:19:25because there are various items with slight damage.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- In the meantime, have a look at those two, there.- OK.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30I had my eye on those things, they're rather lovely.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33I think Stephen's got a better idea of how to please her.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37I do like that blue on there.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42It's kind of mottled a bit, isn't it? It's very autumnal.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46- From a purely aesthetic point of view...- They're lovely.- Yes.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Sitting on a mantle or a table.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51From a paying-money point of view, they're £130.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56- Are they really?- I'm back. 40. - 40? OK.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59What do you think, darling? What do you like better?
0:19:59 > 0:20:03I like these better and they don't appear to have any damage on them.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Is it cheeky if I ask if he'll do these for 80?
0:20:06 > 0:20:09No, no, no! Just say you're rejecting the big jardiniere,
0:20:09 > 0:20:14you like these, you prefer these, could he do them at £80?
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- We'll take these for 80. Let's do it.- All right.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19- Do you want to both go along? - Yeah, let's both go.- OK.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Wish us luck!
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Now it's David who doesn't look convinced.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25- OK.- £85. We're happy with that.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29We talked him down to 85, and we're happy with that.
0:20:29 > 0:20:3185? You've done remarkably well.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Brilliant.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36- You've got a better technique than I have.- We just asked really nicely.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Well, I do as well!
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Not nicely enough, David, clearly.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42That's the Reds finished.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Now, will the Blues' trunk still be there?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49We're back.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54- We've decided that we're going to go with the trunk.- Right, fine.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58- So, is £30 the best you can do? - Yes, it is, yeah.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02- £30. 30, that'd be good, yeah. - Good try. Up to your old tricks.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- Thanks for that.- Thank you very much.- Cheers.- OK, thank you.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08That's their three sorted. Just as well,
0:21:08 > 0:21:10as we've hit the buffers and time's up.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Romance was in the air for Stephen and Julia,
0:21:16 > 0:21:21with this little Arts and Crafts glass table bowl, bought for £52.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Julia was slightly mystified by the commemorative cricket ball,
0:21:25 > 0:21:29a baseball would have been much more appropriate for her.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Stephen thought these Royal Doulton vases were lovely,
0:21:32 > 0:21:34and paid £85 for the pair.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37So, Jules And Si, did you have a good shop up?
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- A great shop up.- It's been fantastic, I'm shocked, beautifully.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Jules, which is your favourite piece?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Ooh, I think the Arts and Crafts glass bowl.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47The glass bowl was your favourite.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Is that going to bring the most profit?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51It may do, it's a lovely thing,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54but maybe the Doulton pair of vases will.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Ah, you've your eyes still on those for most profit.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00- Do you agree with that? - Absolutely. Yeah, absolutely.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02OK. You spent all round, how much?
0:22:02 > 0:22:05£169.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Please may I have £131? Please.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12£131, beautifully presented.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16- Over it goes.- Thank you very much. They're such a wonderful couple.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18They've only been married for a short period,
0:22:18 > 0:22:21so I wanted to find something that has a romantic link.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23You are very romantic, yourself!
0:22:23 > 0:22:27That's a known fact! Good luck, David. Good luck! Have a nice cup of tea.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Why don't we check out what the Blue team bought?
0:22:30 > 0:22:34This theatre poster was just the ticket for avid collector Stuart,
0:22:34 > 0:22:37and a snip at a fiver.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41A real boys' toy, this late Georgian instrument case,
0:22:41 > 0:22:43though a bit of a gamble at £160.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48They hummed and hooed and haaed over this metal dome-top trunk,
0:22:48 > 0:22:51but in the end, felt it was worth the £30 price tag.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53But, will the bidders agree?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55So, you guys,
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- we know about what you collect. Did you've a good time?- Very much so.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02What thing is going to bring the biggest profit, Stuart?
0:23:02 > 0:23:06I think our theatre poster.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Yep, I think, for five pounds, you can't go wrong.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- What did you spend all round?- 195.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- Well, I'd like 105 of leftover lolly, please.- There we are.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Thank you very much, Stuart.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20That goes straight into the hand of Philip Serrell.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24Ooh. This time I'm just going to try and get something
0:23:24 > 0:23:26that'll just wipe its face, I hope.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28- Wipe its face or a small profit, even?- Who knows?
0:23:28 > 0:23:31You never know your luck. Anyway, very good luck to you all.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Meanwhile, we're heading off, not far from here,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36to a most unusual castle.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38And I can't wait to show it to you.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47Chiddingstone Castle in Kent started life as a 17th-century manor,
0:23:47 > 0:23:51but has been much added to and redesigned over the centuries.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53In the 19th century, the then owner
0:23:53 > 0:23:57had it rebuilt in the style of a mediaeval castle.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02In 1955, it was bought by Denys Eyre Bower,
0:24:02 > 0:24:06an eccentric and rather lovely antiques dealer
0:24:06 > 0:24:11who was looking for a place in which he could house his collection.
0:24:11 > 0:24:16He persuaded the bank to lend him £6,000 and the place was his.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23Bower's collection contains an eclectic mix of items,
0:24:23 > 0:24:27including Oriental, Egyptian and Jacobite antiques.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30But the house itself is not what it seems.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34It's been through several transformations since Tudor times
0:24:34 > 0:24:37and visitors to the house can expect a view surprises.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42This room, the White Rose Drawing Room
0:24:42 > 0:24:46will have been on the visitors' route in Bower's time.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51Essentially, this looks like a Georgian drawing room, doesn't it?
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Just look at the fire surround and the mouldings that have been used
0:24:54 > 0:24:58to contain his collection of Jacobite art.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00They looked typically Georgian.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Well, they ain't!
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Because they were introduced by Bower
0:25:04 > 0:25:06to give the room a Georgian feel
0:25:06 > 0:25:08because that's the way he wanted it to look.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10He wanted to furnish it this way.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14So, in fact it's a bit concocted.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17A bit like this piece of furniture.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22Because, on the face of it, this looks old, doesn't it?
0:25:22 > 0:25:27Beautifully made of carved mahogany,
0:25:27 > 0:25:30with this handsome verde antico marble top.
0:25:31 > 0:25:32Well, it ain't.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36Because, in style, a piece of period furniture like this
0:25:36 > 0:25:38simply doesn't exist.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42The mask in the middle looks as if it's from a piece
0:25:42 > 0:25:46dating from about 1720,
0:25:46 > 0:25:52the legs are partly concocted to look like mid-18th-century legs,
0:25:52 > 0:25:55and this bit of coffering running along the top, here,
0:25:55 > 0:25:57looks like something that is pure regency.
0:25:57 > 0:26:02In other words, we've three styles, all mucked together,
0:26:02 > 0:26:05to make an attractive-looking piece,
0:26:05 > 0:26:08but a piece that most definitely is not right.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13This, on the other hand, is quite magnificent.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18Another sidetable but just look at the quality of this.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Just look at these -
0:26:20 > 0:26:24four magnificent, incredibly crisply-carved,
0:26:24 > 0:26:29curvy front supports, all made out of a solid block of mahogany
0:26:29 > 0:26:35and carved exquisitely on the front with these elongated palmettes.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Great rosettes running along the frieze,
0:26:38 > 0:26:42this thing is probably by Trotter of Edinburgh.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48And this thing is just a little gem, isn't it?
0:26:48 > 0:26:52It's got a complicated serpentine front outline,
0:26:52 > 0:26:55and then we've got these draws, all of which conform,
0:26:55 > 0:26:59running down the front, look. All concave-sided,
0:26:59 > 0:27:00outset corners,
0:27:00 > 0:27:05and those corners are carved with trails of flowers and foliage.
0:27:05 > 0:27:11Most pieces of this type you'd think of as kneehole writing desks.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Well, this one isn't.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Because if I open that deep top drawer
0:27:16 > 0:27:19It reveals a fitted interior,
0:27:19 > 0:27:22complicated, with lots of wells and compartments,
0:27:22 > 0:27:27for ladies' jewellery and make-up and so forth.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31The centre section, which is inset with a piece of baize,
0:27:31 > 0:27:34pulls forward like this.
0:27:34 > 0:27:41It runs along on a slide and opens to reveal a wee dressing mirror.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43So you'd sit on a stool,
0:27:43 > 0:27:46prepare your hair, adjust your jewellery,
0:27:46 > 0:27:48and get ready for a party.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51The big question today is, of course,
0:27:51 > 0:27:54for our teams over at the auction,
0:27:54 > 0:27:57are we going to be having a feast or a wake?
0:28:12 > 0:28:16Well, the viewing has started at Canterbury Auction Galleries,
0:28:16 > 0:28:19and we're with Michael Roberts, our auctioneer today.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22- Hello, Michael.- Hello, Tim.- How are you doing?- Very well, thank you.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26Now, the Reds went with the Arts and Crafts,
0:28:26 > 0:28:29well, it's called a "Peacock Tail" glass pot
0:28:29 > 0:28:30with a silver mount.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- Yes.- Made right Stuart, I think, of Stourbridge.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36What do you think it's worth?
0:28:36 > 0:28:38- It's a good thing, £30-£40 is my estimate.- £52 paid.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40- Right.- That's not too bad, is it?
0:28:40 > 0:28:43What about cricket balls. How are you with balls here?
0:28:43 > 0:28:47The sad thing about this one is that clearly something memorable
0:28:47 > 0:28:49on the cricket field has occurred
0:28:49 > 0:28:52and someone's bothered to impress this little plaque on it.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Sadly, through the ravages of time, this is now illegible.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Completely illegible, so I have no idea.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00It could have been struck by WG Grace.
0:29:00 > 0:29:01It could be famous,
0:29:01 > 0:29:04but now you can't even use it because somebody has put a plaque on it.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07- You know what it is, don't you?- Yep. - Overenthusiastic polishing.
0:29:07 > 0:29:12- Well, yes, quite possibly.- What's it going to bring?- Hopefully, £10-£15.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14OK, £32 paid. I think it'll do all right.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Now, we've got these silver-mounted Doulton pots.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21- Well, they're plated, sadly. - Oh, right.- Plated.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25With this it's 1920s period Doulton, when we see this pattern on there,
0:29:25 > 0:29:28and they're fine.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31They're in good condition, they're reasonably well decorated,
0:29:31 > 0:29:34we have the usual marks at the bottom,
0:29:34 > 0:29:36but nothing enormously exciting, sadly.
0:29:36 > 0:29:37- How much?- £30-£40.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40£85 paid. That is a deep, dark black hole
0:29:40 > 0:29:43into which they will not survive
0:29:43 > 0:29:46unless they have their bonus buy. So let's have a look.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50- So, Stephen, how are you feeling? - Smashing, thanks. Good as gold.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- Very good. Julia? You all right? - Yeah, great, thank you.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57- Are you ready for this bonus buy moment?- Very.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00OK, you gave the man £131, David, what did you spend it on?
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Something that was very heartfelt.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05- Oh, I say!- What is that?
0:30:07 > 0:30:08It's very heart-shaped.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11It is heart-shaped, isn't it?
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Two lovers, with two little holes there,
0:30:13 > 0:30:16which would have had ink bottles.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19So it is a stand dish, it's for ink.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23This was made by a very well-known company called Wemyss,
0:30:23 > 0:30:24up in Scotland, at Fife.
0:30:24 > 0:30:29And they specialised in this type of decoration.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33- How much do you think we might make for it?- Well, I paid £70 for it.- OK.
0:30:33 > 0:30:38- Complete, complete, it would be £350-£400.- Really?- But not complete?
0:30:38 > 0:30:43It's not complete, it's speculative, but I think there are collectors
0:30:43 > 0:30:46and this one dates from the latter part of the 19th century.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50So, not complete, how much do you think we might make?
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- I'd like to see £100 on it. - So a bit of profit.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56- Thank you very much, David. Anyway, food for thought, right?- Yes.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59You pick it later, if you need to.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Right now, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks
0:31:01 > 0:31:03about David's piece of Wemyss.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05This is a belter, isn't it?
0:31:05 > 0:31:09- What a nice thing.- I suppose a perfect Valentine's day present.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Particularly if you're a letter writer.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Yes, indeed. It's fine. Impressed Wemyss Ware on the back.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17A Scottish factory.
0:31:17 > 0:31:22This design is after one of the decorators, Karel Nekola.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25And it's in sound condition. Nothing fundamentally wrong with it.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Just missing its ink wells.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31You should have the two inkwells in their to make it perfect.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33What do you think it's worth?
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- Our estimate is 40-£60.- Is that all? - Yes, sadly.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38£70 paid by David Barby.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40He reckons it's worth about £100.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44A bit of a challenge for you, as auctioneer, today, Michael.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47- I'll do my best.- That's it for the Reds, now for the Blues.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50- They've got a wacky mix.- They have.
0:31:50 > 0:31:51First up, the theatre poster.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Sadly, because of the period of it,
0:31:53 > 0:31:58lots of names on there, but none of them really relate to the modern age.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Perhaps the biggest one, Jack Herbert, comedy legend,
0:32:01 > 0:32:05but there's not a great deal of detail about him that we could find.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07So, what's your estimate?
0:32:07 > 0:32:09- £15-£20.- Well, that's brilliant.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11- It is.- Super, duper.- Great.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14Next is the completely different
0:32:14 > 0:32:18- shagreen-cased navigator's instrument set.- Yes.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Which probably dates from the end of the 18th,
0:32:21 > 0:32:24- early part of the 19th century? - Absolutely. That's what we think too.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28But, it is a complete mix-match inside, all the instruments.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31- They weren't all made at the same time.- Exactly.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33We have the protractor in there which is virtually new.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37But the case is nice. It's shagreen, it's a shark skin.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41It's weathered quite a lot, it's not in the best condition.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43But it's interesting to somebody.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46- Yeah.- Funnily enough, we have had a bit of presale interest in that one,
0:32:46 > 0:32:47so fingers crossed.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51They paid £160, our lot. What's your estimate?
0:32:51 > 0:32:52Our estimate is £40-£60.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54- Oh, Lordy.- So a bit of a drop.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Well, whatever they make on the poster, they'll have to make up
0:32:57 > 0:32:59with the instruments.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Now, in case you ever wanted to pack up a body,
0:33:02 > 0:33:04here is your ideal container to do in
0:33:04 > 0:33:07You have the grained wood effect, this painted work.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10- Clever.- Yes, it's taken somebody a bit of time to do.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14- Yeah.- A metal box, to make it look as if it's wooden,
0:33:14 > 0:33:17- is a clever old technique. - Yeah.- So how much?
0:33:17 > 0:33:20- Well, £10-£20 is how estimate. - Is it?- It is.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22- £30 paid.- Oh, dear. - But, that's close enough.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26I don't see any huge profit thanks to the navigational instruments
0:33:26 > 0:33:29torpedoing their chances.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31So let's go and look at the bonus buy, eh?
0:33:31 > 0:33:35Colin, Stuart, have you got any idea what Philip Serrell has bought you
0:33:35 > 0:33:36for a bonus buy?
0:33:36 > 0:33:38- Not a clue.- Not a clue.
0:33:38 > 0:33:44Lovely! £105 you gave him to go out and find you something special.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48I expect he's blown the lot. Phil, show us what you've bought.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Well, it cost a tenner and you liked it.
0:33:51 > 0:33:52Oh, my God!
0:33:52 > 0:33:54THEY LAUGH
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Toilet paper. Um...
0:33:56 > 0:33:58THEY ALL LAUGH
0:33:58 > 0:34:00You bought a box of poo paper?
0:34:00 > 0:34:03For £10. I hope it wipes its face!
0:34:03 > 0:34:05THEY LAUGH
0:34:07 > 0:34:10It's probably about First War.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13This man is the expert in all this, well, toilet paper, he's the boy.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17- Fourpence ha'penny a packet, that is. - Fourpence ha'penny a packet.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19I think that's just extraordinary.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22I don't think it's going to be the sleeper of the sale,
0:34:22 > 0:34:25- but it's 10 or 20 quids' worth of a bit of fun.- Oh, definitely.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29- Sorry, how much did you pay for this? - I paid £10.- That's really good.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32Well, on that happy note, I think we'll move on and find out
0:34:32 > 0:34:36what the auctioneer thinks about that packet of lavatory paper.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40Well, I've presented more than 750 editions of Bargain Hunt to date,
0:34:40 > 0:34:44and I have never presented, as a bonus buy to the auctioneer,
0:34:44 > 0:34:46a packet of poo-poo paper.
0:34:46 > 0:34:47Well, absolutely.
0:34:47 > 0:34:52This has no real commercial interest at all, does it?
0:34:52 > 0:34:54It's a fantastic survivor, though, isn't it?
0:34:54 > 0:34:57This is American lavatory paper.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00This is a valuation challenge for you.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02Our estimate is £5-£10.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06Very, very brave estimate, that! £10 paid by Philip Serrell
0:35:06 > 0:35:10- and it just about says it all, doesn't it?- It does.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Be on the Internet, will it?
0:35:12 > 0:35:14Actually, it will!
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Stand by for a laugh, anyway.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17- Thanks, Mike.- OK.
0:35:21 > 0:35:2410. 20, sir, 30.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Selling.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29Now, Stephen and Jules, are you excited about this?
0:35:29 > 0:35:33- Very.- You never know what's going to happen at these auctions.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37First piece up is the glass and silver Arts and Crafts bowl.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Here it comes.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42152, is the Edward VII silver-mounted clear glass bowl.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45Who's going to start me at £20?
0:35:45 > 0:35:48A decorative bowl, good quality, 20, I'm bid, straight in.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53- Who's 30, now? 30 in the doorway. 40, 50, 60?- I say.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55- No.- Hang on.
0:35:55 > 0:35:5950 in the doorway. A good thing. £60? 60, fresh bid. £70?
0:35:59 > 0:36:0270, 80?
0:36:03 > 0:36:0680, right in front, here. 90? 80, right in front, here.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Looking for 90, but 80 and selling, then. It's yours.
0:36:09 > 0:36:15- £80. Well, thank you very much. That's £28 up.- That's fabulous.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Now, here comes the cricket ball.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20A red leather covered cricket ball with the silvery mount.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Who's £10 for it? Anyone?
0:36:22 > 0:36:24- Surely it's worth £10.- Surely?
0:36:24 > 0:36:28- Five pound then?- Oh!- Let's get it sold.- I'm going to have an arrest.
0:36:28 > 0:36:3010.
0:36:30 > 0:36:3210, 15?
0:36:32 > 0:36:36- 20? 15 with you, sir. - Come on, it's worth £20, sir.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40Who's £20? I will sell at 15, if we're all done.
0:36:40 > 0:36:41£15.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45- So disappointing.- £15 is -£17. - Never mind.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47- That is not good.- No.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51Lot number 154, the pair of Doulton vases with the plated mounts.
0:36:51 > 0:36:57- 30 on the phone.- Quite right.- A phone bid. 30, 40, 50, 60. Any further bid?
0:36:57 > 0:37:00- I cannot believe this.- At £50, I'll sell, he can't believe it,
0:37:00 > 0:37:03but I'm going to sell it nonetheless, on the phone, at £50.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07£50 is -£35. You had 17...
0:37:07 > 0:37:10No, you didn't, you had £11.
0:37:10 > 0:37:1335, 25, it's -£24.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15Dear, oh dear, oh dear. I could burst into tears.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19- I really could.- So could I. - I am seriously close to tears.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22So what are we going to do about the Wemyss heart-shaped pot?
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Are we going to go with it? -£24 could be a winning score.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27That's OK, I think we're going to go for it.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29We'll risk our negative money on it.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33- Yes?- Yes.- Final decision, we're going with the bonus buy.
0:37:33 > 0:37:34Here it comes.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Right, 158 is the Wemyss Ware pottery heart-shaped ink stand.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Who's going to start me at £30?
0:37:39 > 0:37:4230? Ink stand, here.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45£30, somebody. Any interest? £30, I'm bid.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Man with a romantic heart. £30.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Who's 40 now? Any further bids?
0:37:49 > 0:37:5140, surely?
0:37:51 > 0:37:53All these hard-faced people.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55£40, where? Come on! No?
0:37:55 > 0:37:59Any further bids? If not, I will sell at 30 if we're all done?
0:37:59 > 0:38:02- £30 and selling. - -£40.- Oh, brilliant, brilliant.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06- That's -£64. That's great. - We'll say that very quickly.- Hmm.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09What's that you said? "It could be a winning score"?
0:38:09 > 0:38:13- It could be, exactly right.- Yes. It could be a winning score, -£64.
0:38:13 > 0:38:18- Go, Red team!- "Go, Red team!" And we'll find out in just a moment.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25- Now, Stuart and Colin, how are you feeling?- Yeah, fine.- Yeah.
0:38:25 > 0:38:30- Pretty confident?- Quietly confident. - Oh, Colin, you're a modest man.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33First up then is the theatre poster, and here it comes.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Headlined by Jack Herbert, there we are.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Who'll start me at £10? £10, where?
0:38:38 > 0:38:40Anyone?
0:38:40 > 0:38:41£10, thank you.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Well done, madam.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46£10. Who's £20, then? £20, where?
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Any more? £20?
0:38:49 > 0:38:53A deathly hush out there. At £10 and selling, it's yours, madam.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56£10, that's a five pound profit.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00Now, on that basis, with the overall interest in the room...
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Yes...
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Here come the drawing instruments.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08Late 18th-century, Lot 175, who's going to start me at £30?
0:39:08 > 0:39:11£30 on commission, 40 where?
0:39:11 > 0:39:1440 on telephone, telephone bid. 40.
0:39:14 > 0:39:1550, 60...
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Come on!
0:39:17 > 0:39:21- 70, 80, 90? 100.- Ooh.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25100, 110. We're making up for the poster. 120.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Yes!
0:39:27 > 0:39:31Yes. 130, 140, 150, 160.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34That's 170, 180.
0:39:34 > 0:39:35190.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- That's good. Look at him. - I'm not going to say anything!
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Talk amongst yourselves. 200? No?
0:39:41 > 0:39:44At 190. Looking for £200.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47But at 190, I will sell at £190.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- Shock of the day.- Plus £30.- Yes!
0:39:50 > 0:39:53- I am very, very pleased for you all, actually.- Cheers, Phil.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56- Very good.- There IS some justice.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Now, here comes the trunk.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Who's going to start me at £10? A useful trunk. £10, where?
0:40:01 > 0:40:04£10, he's got something to put in it.
0:40:04 > 0:40:09- £10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60? - Yes! Good box. Yes!
0:40:09 > 0:40:13- No? 50 at the back, looking for 60. Any more?- Loving it.
0:40:13 > 0:40:14A useful trunk.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Nope? At £50 and selling.
0:40:17 > 0:40:18That's +£20.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22You've made a profit on all three items, which is brilliant.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24That makes you +55, right?
0:40:24 > 0:40:28You're £55 up, what are you going to do about the Bromo?
0:40:28 > 0:40:30- Go on!- We've got to go for it.
0:40:30 > 0:40:31I don't care anything!
0:40:31 > 0:40:34- I'm just really pleased about those instruments.- Yes!
0:40:34 > 0:40:37We've got to have the toilet roll! Even if we have to use it!
0:40:37 > 0:40:38Want to roll with it?
0:40:38 > 0:40:41We're going with the bog paper and here it comes.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Right, Lot 180 is literally from the sublime to the ridiculous.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46LAUGHTER
0:40:46 > 0:40:50And we've got here the box of the Bromo toilet paper.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53There we are. I've been assured it's not been used!
0:40:53 > 0:40:56It's all ready for action, so...
0:40:56 > 0:40:58if you're desperate, who's five pounds for this?
0:40:58 > 0:41:02Five pounds, where? Two places!
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Five, ten, yes?
0:41:04 > 0:41:06No, ten in the middle, yes?
0:41:06 > 0:41:09At five pounds? I've got you, sir, with the long hair, five pounds.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12Any more? I did see you.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16I'm not going to miss a bid! 10. 15?
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Go on!
0:41:18 > 0:41:21£20? No. You're a wise man! At £15.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Any more? At £15.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25He's going to wish he hadn't come today.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27- £15 and selling, 682.- Wahey!
0:41:27 > 0:41:30- £15! +£5.- Staggering!
0:41:30 > 0:41:35Which takes you up to a lovely, round +£60.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38+£60 is excellent, could be a winning score.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Don't say a word to the Reds.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Well, well, well, well, well.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51There is a yard of difference between the teams, today.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53In fact, a chasm.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56You cannot believe that we've been at the same auction,
0:41:56 > 0:41:58so contrasting are the results.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Because, I'm afraid, today the Reds have had it.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Oh, dear, dear, dear.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05I mean, like, seriously had it.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08There used to be the 64,000 question,
0:42:08 > 0:42:11now it's £64 worth of losses on this programme.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14It started so beautifully, £28 worth of profit
0:42:14 > 0:42:17on that lovely Stourbridge pot, and then...
0:42:17 > 0:42:19HE BLOWS A RASPBERRY
0:42:19 > 0:42:20THEY ALL LAUGH
0:42:20 > 0:42:22I can't say a lot more than that, really.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24- Not really.- Let's not go into it.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26No, we'll leave it there!
0:42:26 > 0:42:29- Did you've a nice time?- A great time.- We loved seeing you.- Wonderful.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Anyway, chin up, because...
0:42:31 > 0:42:34the Blues have been spectacularly successful.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38They're going to take £60 of profits home.
0:42:38 > 0:42:39There's your £60.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43Because they got a profit on each of their items,
0:42:43 > 0:42:50they get awarded the ancient order of the Golden Gavel. Oh, yes!
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Take one of those. Well done, Stuart.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Colin, take yours, my old friend.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58- Philip, there's one to go with your collection.- Thank you, very much.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01We've never sold lavatory paper on Bargain Hunt before,
0:43:01 > 0:43:04and I should think we'll be flooded out with it
0:43:04 > 0:43:06seeing how it's profitable.
0:43:06 > 0:43:11Great fun, great show! Join us soon for some more bargain-hunting. Yes?
0:43:11 > 0:43:13ALL: YES!
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