0:00:04 > 0:00:07Today, we're at the South of England Showground,
0:00:07 > 0:00:12which attracts 200,000 people per annum at its various events.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16But today, we're here for the Antiques and Collectables fair.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20So...let's go bargain hunting!
0:00:46 > 0:00:48This showground is also host
0:00:48 > 0:00:54to the south of England agricultural flagship event.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Let's hope our teams today are going to be able
0:00:57 > 0:01:00to milk a profit later over at the auction.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Moo!
0:01:04 > 0:01:09Coming up on today's show, the Reds get up to all sorts of mischief.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Whoo!
0:01:16 > 0:01:20- And the Blues are quick to embrace trouble, too.- Kama Sutra?
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Have you picked up the naughty piece?
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Oh, it is the Kama Sutra. My gosh!
0:01:24 > 0:01:26- My eyes have gone a bit funny. - Ha-ha!
0:01:26 > 0:01:30But will they be able to see straight down at the auction?
0:01:30 > 0:01:31Go on!
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- THEY LAUGH - Whoo-hoo!
0:01:33 > 0:01:37'Before all that, let's meet the teams.'
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Joining us today are a quartet of colourful contestants.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47For the Reds, we've got Fred and Chi-Chi.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50And for the Blues, we've got Lisa and Dickie. Welcome, everybody.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52- Hello.- Hello. - How lovely to see you.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56So, Chi-Chi, did you run away as a youngster to join the circus?
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Oh, no. Fred's my dad. So I started performing with Fred when I was about three.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- Oh, Lord! - I know. I had a little dog costume.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05I used to chase Fred across the circus ring
0:02:05 > 0:02:07with a spider at the end of a stick
0:02:07 > 0:02:09and he would jump up onto a slack rope.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- It's not true.- Chi-Chi has been keen on performing since a tender age.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- A very tender age. - And how long have you been at it?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Good gracious! Many, many years.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21I started when I was about 14.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24And I'm now at a much more mature stage.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Tell us about your circus.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Well, Fred's Flying Circus.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33We travel all over the country and we...Ah! I should point out,
0:02:33 > 0:02:37we do have Henry, the world's only mind-reading dog.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41- Is he with you?- He's not with us today. He's practising at home.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Is he? What is his prediction as to your chances on Bargain Hunt?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Have you asked him?
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Well, I did enquire this morning and he went, "Ruff!"
0:02:49 > 0:02:51THEY LAUGH
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- Now, tell us about your tattoos.- Ah.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Well, in fact, I started off by having all my tattoos before my dad.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- She led me astray.- People would think it was the other way around,
0:03:00 > 0:03:04but no, I had my first ones done when I was 18.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07It goes all across my chest.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10And then Fred liked the look of them and he got some done, too.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15- And we both have Showtime on our fingers.- Which is appropriate.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16- Indeed.- Now, you haven't told us,
0:03:16 > 0:03:20Chi-Chi, what your speciality in the circus is.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Well, my absolute passion at the moment is hula-hooping.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25I just really love it.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Well, funnily enough, we happen to have got a few hula hoops with us.
0:03:29 > 0:03:34- You're not going to give us a demo with all those?- All 30.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37What? All 30? This is ridiculous!
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- All right, let's go for all of them. - Hang on a minute.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- They're a bit heavy. - I bet they are. OK.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Whoopsie! Ooo!
0:03:46 > 0:03:48My gosh! Look at that!
0:03:48 > 0:03:52Oh, my...! Watch out, Dad! That is something else, isn't it?
0:03:52 > 0:03:56- A big round of applause. - A round of applause for that.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59That is absolutely amazing! Was that fun?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Yeah, it's really good fun. Do you want a go?
0:04:01 > 0:04:04No, thank you. I don't think I could manage one. You are brilliant.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07- Good luck in today's programme. - Thank you very much.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Now, for the Blues. Was that not the most extraordinary process?
0:04:10 > 0:04:14- That was impressive.- Very impressive.- Jolly clever, isn't it?
0:04:14 > 0:04:18So, you're what I call the rock and roll husband and wife team.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21- Are you a bit of a crazy couple? - I'd say we are.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22I first met Lisa...
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Well, I knew her from parties we used to go to, dance parties.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27- Oh, yes?- A bit of raving and stuff.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31One New Year's Eve, I proposed to her in the middle of the pub,
0:04:31 > 0:04:33got down on my knees.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- It was a rock and roll wedding, wasn't it?- Yeah, it was.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39- We had three bands play at our wedding.- It must've been a riot.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42So, Lisa, what do you do for your living?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44I work now as an office administrator
0:04:44 > 0:04:46for a horticultural online company.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48And you still look after the family.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Look after the family, yes. Two teenage girls at home.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54- You can't have any time for hobbies. - Love it!
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Yes. Charity shops are my main hobby. Yes, yes, I love it.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01I can't pass through a town without visiting the charity shops.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05- Do you ever find anything any good? - Ooo, yes! Definitely.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08The Reds are going to be quaking when they hear this.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11But on that happy note, I'm going to give you your £300.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14There's your £300. You know the rules.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19Your experts await, and off you go! And very, very, very good luck.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Do you know something? I've always fancied a bit of a hula hoop myself.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27But it'll have to wait.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31Because here to teach the Reds a few tricks is Catherine Southon.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Oh! You big cheat!
0:05:37 > 0:05:40And happy to do a few rounds with the Blues is David Harper.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47And the hour...starts now.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Starting the stopwatch now.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Starting the stopwatch now. Right!
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- I think we're going to walk up that way.- Which one?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55- I think straight up.- OK.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03- Excited?- Oh, very excited. - There's a real spring in your step.
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Ah, yes, indeed.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- What are we going to be looking for? - Anything.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- Anything. - Anything? Just to make money?- Yes.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- Is it all about the money?- It is all about the money.- Fantastic!
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- In one hour. Come on. - Bargains, please.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- Let's go shopping.- Yes. - Yes. Let's.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28What about these little blue spoons?
0:06:28 > 0:06:33Oh, they're quite pretty. Norwegian. They're enamel on the back.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Quite tired, don't you think?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- Well loved.- Aren't we all?
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- I wouldn't pay any more than about £30 for that.- OK.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- Go and do your stuff. - Chi-Chi, go on.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- SHE LAUGHS - You do it!
0:06:45 > 0:06:48We're not going to get anywhere today if you two aren't going to...
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Good morning. We were just wondering how much this would be.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- The little enamel spoons?- Yeah.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Er...£140.
0:06:57 > 0:07:02- £40. I think...- 140, sorry.- Oh, £140.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Yeah. Well, I'm not surprised. They're lovely, aren't they?
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Never mind, chaps. Onwards and upwards.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Now, how about one of your five a day?
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Oh, look! I think that's just so cute.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22- It's funky, isn't it? Any mark? - I don't think so.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- So an unknown maker. - But it's so cute.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Oh, hang on, that's Carlton Ware.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Carlton Ware. So it's a little earlier than the '60s, that one.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35Made in England, so that's probably more '30s.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39Carlton Ware, a very well-known maker. Good quality.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42I really like that. That appeals to my '60s, '50s kitsch.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46- So you've got, what's that?- That's a pepper, I would've thought. Salt.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50- And whatever you want to put in there. That looks like an onion.- Hi.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- So the Carlton Ware set, what kind of money is that?- £35.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- Is that the absolute best for it? - Would you take £25?
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Ooh, that would be lovely.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- I'll do £30.- Are you going to have it?- Yes. Thank you.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04- Shake his hand.- How lovely. Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- Thank you very much. - Very good of you. Thank you.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Gosh, no messing about with these Blues.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Talking of messing about...
0:08:15 > 0:08:17- Whoo! - THEY LAUGH
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- Your ticker all right there, Fred? - What do you think?
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- I'll be all right in a minute. - You hate snakes!
0:08:24 > 0:08:28- He's got a fear of snakes.- It's all right. I'm...Yeah, it's lovely.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32- This is right up your street, isn't it?- Yes. Thank you very much.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34How much is on it?
0:08:34 > 0:08:35- £45.- No!
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- £45?- Would you not take £20 on it?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- I can't, I don't think. - £20 would be lovely.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43It would, wouldn't it?
0:08:43 > 0:08:46There you go. Snake in a box.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50I paid £25. So I can make a fiver on £30.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52We'll think on that, then.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55It's certainly an item which grabs your attention.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Speaking of which...
0:08:57 > 0:08:58Do you fancy going clubbing?
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Well, that's what I thought a couple of days ago
0:09:02 > 0:09:05when I was filming over at Detling
0:09:05 > 0:09:08and that is when I acquired this little baby.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Isn't it magnificent?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Well, I think so.
0:09:11 > 0:09:17What we've got here is a bit of root wood, probably from a thorn.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20And what we've got here is the bit that was buried,
0:09:20 > 0:09:23that somebody yanked out of the hedgerow
0:09:23 > 0:09:25and then attacked with a machete.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Roughly chasing and cutting off
0:09:28 > 0:09:31the shaggy root bowl,
0:09:31 > 0:09:36giving us this slightly angular and oddball end to the club.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40And, of course, it could practically do some serious damage.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Anyway, I spotted a dealer who was dealing in clubs
0:09:44 > 0:09:47and other ethnographic objects and I showed him this.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49I said to him, "What do you think?"
0:09:49 > 0:09:52He said, "I'm not going to tell you about that
0:09:52 > 0:09:54"until I've told you about my club".
0:09:54 > 0:09:55And he brought out his club.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Ha! Which is pretty different to mine.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03This, apparently, is North American Indian
0:10:03 > 0:10:06and it's been made using an ovoid stone,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09which is attached to a longish stick.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Now, the attachment is the fascinating bit.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Because they've got no metals,
0:10:14 > 0:10:18what he's done is to take the skin of an animal
0:10:18 > 0:10:23and whip that, effectively, around the stone.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25And then cover it in an outer skin.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28And that's all done when the skin's wet.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31When the skin dries, it shrinks
0:10:31 > 0:10:34and the shrinkage secures the stone
0:10:34 > 0:10:37so that you can use it as a club.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41It apparently dates from about 1830-1840
0:10:41 > 0:10:45and it's worth £300-£500.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48And then he said that my club
0:10:48 > 0:10:51might be worth as much as £100-£150
0:10:51 > 0:10:56on account of its wonderful colour and patternation.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57So there you have it.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00We're now going clubbing together.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03But first, let's see what the Reds have hit upon.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05I think this is a record player.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07And I think these are the speakers.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09- Oh, wow!- Off the end, you see?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- Ooh!- Oh, Fred's excited!
0:11:11 > 0:11:15- Is he?- I love things like this. Look at that!
0:11:15 > 0:11:17I had a similar one when I was very little.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19I would've said this was...
0:11:19 > 0:11:22It sounds like I know what I'm talking about!
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- Go on, tell me about it. - I would've said it's late '50s.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- Yeah. It's great. I love the colour. - It's a gorgeous thing.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- It's got a nice retro look. - Hm. Retro.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33What was your song of the time in the '50s?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Well, I was born, actually... SHE LAUGHS
0:11:36 > 0:11:38- Thank you.- I did know that!
0:11:38 > 0:11:41I was born in '57. Moving swiftly on.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Yes. Let's talk money.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- £35. I could probably do it for... - £20?- ..£27.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49That's a funny number.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52£27 is a very strange number. £25 sort of sounds more...
0:11:52 > 0:11:55£27 is nice. I know you're going to say £25.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- Is that how it's done?- Yeah.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59How about £26?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- I don't know, £27 sounds fine to me. - I'll take £25.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- I think that'll make £40. - Then let's buy it.- Let's get it.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09We would like to purchase your Radiola, sir.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10Thank you very much.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Manly shake. There you are, sir.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- Said you had a bargain. - Nice doing business with you, sir.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18But will it make a profit at auction?
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Harper thinks he's found something that will.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23- Do you like that?- Yes. - What's it made of?
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- Jade? Or plastic? - Is it jade? Is it jade?
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- Do you know who the figure is? - No. A goddess of something.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34She is a goddess. Well done. It's a Buddhistic goddess.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36And she is called Guanyin.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38The Buddhistic Goddess of Mercy.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41The Chinese worship her, the Japanese worship her.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43She's always popular because she's beautiful, long,
0:12:43 > 0:12:46elegant, she's the Goddess of Mercy,
0:12:46 > 0:12:49she's holding the lotus flower. She's got everything going.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51But to test what kind of stone she is,
0:12:51 > 0:12:54you need something sharp, ideally a penknife. I'll use a coin.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57If she's jade, we can take a penknife and try and cut into her
0:12:57 > 0:13:00and it wouldn't leave a scratch.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03If she's soapstone, it will scratch.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06She is scratching, so it's a softer stone.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09- How much is she?- £150.- £150.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12I am taken with her. I mean, look...Oh, gosh!
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- Does she stand out?- Look!
0:13:14 > 0:13:17- Oh, that is gorgeous!- Oh, come on! - That is gorgeous.- Oh, yes.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21She's a lot of money at £150. Can she be substantially cheaper?
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Ha-ha! Not substantially.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27- One and a quarter.- One and a quarter. 125.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32- Are we going to have her? - I think so. She is beautiful.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Which is more than I can say for Catherine's find.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39That's what jumps out at me, your little mouse.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43It's Schuco. Aw! He's quite nice, isn't he?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45How much is he, by the way? Er...
0:13:45 > 0:13:48- He's got to be cheap, hasn't he? - £28.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50- £28?- How do you come up with...?
0:13:50 > 0:13:52- Oh!- Shouldn't he have a tail?
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- Don't mice have tails?- They do.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56That's a very good point.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58- Ooo!- Oh! Oh!- It does that.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00THEY LAUGH
0:14:00 > 0:14:02It's the wind.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04I've got your mouse all wet now.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- He's all right.- He's all right. - He's lasted this long.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12That's a no, then, for the wet, tail-less mouse.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20One rodent rejected, how about a dry tortoise instead?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22- BUZZING - Oh! Very nice.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25A really nice Edwardian porter's bell.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Mother of pearl. Original. Beautiful.
0:14:28 > 0:14:29How do you stop it, then?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- Put your... - I know, I know. That's it.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35So you...Ah, I see. Yes. That's a very nice thing.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37It is. And it is what it is.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39It's Edwardian, it's a porter's bell,
0:14:39 > 0:14:40it's mother of pearl.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43There's no damage on it. And it is exactly what it is.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46- Is he cheap?- I'll do £90.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48- There's definitely an owner in that. - I'm not sure.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51I'm not sure. There's something about the way he sits.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54It's a tortoise. It's got to sit like that!
0:14:54 > 0:14:57If you had a shell on your back, you'd be sitting like that!
0:14:57 > 0:14:59We had a tortoise. He went a bit mad.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01I can't stop myself!
0:15:01 > 0:15:04- He's so much fun, isn't he?! - Ring the bell now! - RINGS BELL
0:15:04 > 0:15:08Sounds great! I'd like him for 60, ideally. That's what I'd like him for.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10How long have we got left?
0:15:10 > 0:15:1115 minutes.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Can we hold onto it for 15 minutes? Would you mind?
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- Thank you.- Hold him in your hand, don't put him down.- OK.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19BELL RINGS
0:15:19 > 0:15:23- You enjoy him!- Fantastic. All right. - We'll be back within 15. Thanks.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Righty-ho, let's trot on.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28I don't think Lisa's very keen on that tortoise!
0:15:28 > 0:15:30But time's getting on.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Oh, hang on. What's Fred found?
0:15:38 > 0:15:42- So if you just push there, and it just... Oooh!- Oooh!
0:15:42 > 0:15:44You see, I told you!
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- Oh no, that is lovely.- Right up your street, Fred.- Gorgeous.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49The straps are all there, unbroken.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52I'll say nothing, or I'll go round buying everything!
0:15:52 > 0:15:55You saw it! And it is lovely. I'm really with you on this.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- Do you agree with me? - Absolutely.- I think it's gorgeous.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01The only thing I'm slightly concerned about is that it's just
0:16:01 > 0:16:03a fraction too much money, that's all.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- What's on it?- £70.- That's OK, we can get it down.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09- You think we can get it down?- Yes. - If we can get it down, definitely.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13- I think it's gorgeous.- I think we should give it a bit of a try.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Hold it, love it, feel it.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- Oooh!- Oh, 170!
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Oh, 170!
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- Well, that was a waste of time. - Oh, Fred!- Ah, Fred.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28- OK. Well, that's the end of that, then.- Well, we could just ask.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30- Well, you could! - What is your absolute...
0:16:30 > 0:16:33We actually thought it said 70, and that's why we got excited.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37- 90 is my absolute bottom. - You couldn't come to 80?
0:16:39 > 0:16:44- OK. 80.- That's it.- OK, let's go for it, then.- Let's go for it.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- Three claps.- Three claps.- OK.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51Followed by dancing round a handbag! I've seen it all now!
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- It's the Kama Sutra. - Kama Sutra!- Is it really?!
0:17:00 > 0:17:05- You picked up the naughty piece? - Oh, it is the Kama Sutra, my gosh!
0:17:05 > 0:17:07- My eyes have gone a bit funny! - SHE LAUGHS
0:17:07 > 0:17:11I take it back - I clearly haven't seen it all!
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- This is daytime viewing, by the way! - The other side's even worse!
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- Do you know what it's for? - No, I don't know.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21It's Japanese and it's made out of bone, and it's called an inro.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24And it's to hold tobacco or medicines, or snuff.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26So you've got three compartments there.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30And the Japanese don't have pockets, they just have belts.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33And you'd have a netsuke attached to the cord here, which then in turn
0:17:33 > 0:17:37would attach to your belt and your inro would hang from your kimono.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- Oh, beautiful.- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44- They're very collectable. - Is it collectable even with the naughty pictures?
0:17:44 > 0:17:47I think the naughty pictures add a little something, don't they?!
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- I was going to say, it probably... - I like that, a lot.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55- It is very rude, I've got to tell you!- It is very rude.- Very rude!
0:17:55 > 0:17:59- It is.- Is that too rude?- What kind of price is the very rude inro?!
0:17:59 > 0:18:04- £45.- 45.- But if you want it, I can give you a good price.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09- OK, what's the good price, then? - 40?- 40.
0:18:09 > 0:18:15Well, I think it's absolutely wild. It's got some age to it. Probably 1920s.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18And probably something that was bought as a tourist piece.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21I don't actually believe it's ever been used as an inro
0:18:21 > 0:18:23for a Japanese person. I don't.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27- OK, let's get a really, really good price.- OK, 30.- 30?
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- I think you've got to have it for 30.- I think so.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33We'll have it for 30. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38I wonder what the bidders will make of that?! But three down.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Well done, Blues.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49- We've got five minutes.- Five minutes! - I think we should run.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53And with five minutes left, the Reds have made a decision.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Have you still got your snake?
0:18:55 > 0:18:59- Right, what were we saying? How much is it?- 30 quid's the best.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04- Can you go any lower at all?- No, I'd make nothing on it, otherwise.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- Can't do 25?- That's what I paid.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10They can entertain you. They are circus entertainers.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11No pressure, Fred!
0:19:11 > 0:19:13- Erm...- Don't hurt yourself, though!
0:19:13 > 0:19:14Oh. God!
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Hang on. BARKS LIKE A SEAL
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- There! That's worth a fiver off! - Got to be worth a fiver!
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- Oooh!- Oooh! - Where did they come from?!
0:19:21 > 0:19:26- It's all right, I've got them. - Da da da da!- Rat ta ta ta ta!
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- Hup!- Hey!
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Still not enough. Still not impressed.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35He's still not impressed, I'm afraid!
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- We have about two minutes. - 30 quid it is.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Five quid is a cup of tea!
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Thank you, director, two minutes left!
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- We're running out... We shall... - We're running out of time!
0:19:44 > 0:19:48- 40 quid now.- We'll buy it. Sold, sir!- It's yours.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Well, just like that, it's all over!
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Time's up. Let's remind ourselves what the Reds bought, eh?
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Fred was happy to pay £25 for this Radiola,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10which took him back to his childhood days.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Our travelling circus, appropriately,
0:20:14 > 0:20:17bought a travelling bag as their second purchase at £80.
0:20:17 > 0:20:24And finally, a snake-in-a-book jumped out and bit them, for £30.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28- They were all fun things. - Well, Catherine, you must have had a colourful time?
0:20:28 > 0:20:31It was wonderful, absolutely sublime.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35- So, what did you spend all round? - We spent £135.
0:20:35 > 0:20:41- May I have £165 left-over lolly, please?- Yes, I have it in my pocket.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Good, thank you. That goes straight to Catherine.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- Thank you!- So, Catherine, that's a lot. What're you going to do?
0:20:47 > 0:20:50I'll buy something fun and entertaining, just like you!
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Well, you're well qualified on the fun and entertaining stakes
0:20:53 > 0:20:55after today's performance! Good luck.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Meanwhile, why don't we remind ourselves of what the Blue team bought, eh?
0:21:01 > 0:21:05This novelty cruet set caught Lisa's eye,
0:21:05 > 0:21:08but at £30, will there be tears at the auction?
0:21:08 > 0:21:12Lisa and David were particularly keen on this carved figure
0:21:12 > 0:21:16of Guanyin, but it cost them £125.
0:21:16 > 0:21:22And they all really liked the inro decorated with couples "embracing".
0:21:24 > 0:21:29- You're the rudest team, I think, on earth!- No!- You're a bad influence!
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- Rudery! I wouldn't say rudery! Certainly not prudery, anyway!- No.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- It's art!- It is art.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41- So, Tricky Dickie, what did you spend all round?- £185.- Magnificent.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- So, £115 of left-over lolly. Who's got the dosh?- Me, I've got it.
0:21:44 > 0:21:50- Well done, lovely. And that is going across to our man.- Thank you.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- And he's a devil when he gets hold of the cash like this!- Good!
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- That's what we like!- These two are the devils, I assure you!
0:21:56 > 0:22:01- Yeah, well, it's kept you on your toes today, mate!- Made my day!
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Well, I'm glad you've enjoyed yourselves.
0:22:03 > 0:22:08Let's hope this ribaldry has been successful and good luck with you now, David, good luck, team.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12Meanwhile, we're heading off to Stansted.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Not a runway in sight, because this one is just outside Chichester.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Yes, Stansted Park lies astride the Hampshire-Sussex border.
0:22:29 > 0:22:35An ancient hunting estate, the first Stansted House was built in 1688.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42But in 1900, when it was owned by one George Wilder,
0:22:42 > 0:22:46it was completely gutted and devastated by fire.
0:22:47 > 0:22:53But, undeterred, Wilder simply pressed on and built another
0:22:53 > 0:22:58magnificent house on the foundations of the earlier one.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00And what a good job he did.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10In 1924, Stansted was purchased by the 9th Earl of Bessborough
0:23:10 > 0:23:14to house the family collection of furniture and works of art,
0:23:14 > 0:23:16which remain here to this day.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23One of the nice things about rebuilding your house in 1903
0:23:23 > 0:23:28was that, apart from having the replaced grandeur of the rooms
0:23:28 > 0:23:32and period style, you could also have brand new,
0:23:32 > 0:23:35cutting edge bits of technology.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Like this way good Otis lift.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43Which is certainly not fitted up in any ordinary way.
0:23:43 > 0:23:49What we've got here is fancy oak panelling with pilasters
0:23:49 > 0:23:51and Ionic capitals.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Bevelled mirroring.
0:23:53 > 0:23:59Even a padded folding seat in case you get tired going up or down.
0:23:59 > 0:24:05But what's it to be today? Upstairs or downstairs?
0:24:05 > 0:24:09I think we'll go and see how the other half lived. Don't you?
0:24:20 > 0:24:27And it's a very smooth and short ride down here to the servants' quarters.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30The only problem being that if you were a servant,
0:24:30 > 0:24:32you weren't, apparently, allowed to use the lift.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35You still had to use the stairs.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40However, thanks to the fire, the domestic staff did get to work
0:24:40 > 0:24:43in one of the last first-rate servants' quarters
0:24:43 > 0:24:46to be built in the UK.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Almost unchanged since their completion,
0:24:49 > 0:24:53the kitchen alone would have been staffed by up to 15 servants.
0:24:53 > 0:24:59This bell box is also incredibly high-tech early 20th century.
0:24:59 > 0:25:04For years, servants had been summoned to the upstairs room by bells.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10But by 1903, we got low voltage electrically powered
0:25:10 > 0:25:12bell-summoning systems.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Actually, only one bell at the top.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20Which would ring like that if, for example, Lady Bessborough,
0:25:20 > 0:25:24in her bathroom, required her maid.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28She pressed the electric push switch up there, which electrically
0:25:28 > 0:25:33would ring the bell and then a little eye would drop in that hole.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36The servants down here would hear the bell, come out, have a look
0:25:36 > 0:25:41at which room required attention, and hey presto, they'd be off.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Of course, the below-stairs quarters served as both a workplace
0:25:49 > 0:25:51and a home.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53The butler, at the head of the servants,
0:25:53 > 0:25:56was allowed the best accommodation.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57And here in the boot room,
0:25:57 > 0:26:02the butler would be ironing today's newspaper so that his lordship
0:26:02 > 0:26:08receives a perfectly smooth copy upstairs with his breakfast.
0:26:08 > 0:26:14And the footman would be busy in this room attending to the family's shoes.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17And what a vast array they had!
0:26:17 > 0:26:19There's a lot of work going on in here!
0:26:20 > 0:26:25And where did the footman sleep? Well, right next door, of course.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28But unlike the butler, they didn't get their very own bedroom.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32What they got was a space, divided up into three cubicles.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37So not exactly private. In fact, they all had to scrum in together.
0:26:38 > 0:26:44From the 1920s, domestic service became a steadily declining occupation,
0:26:44 > 0:26:49due to various social changes such as minimum wage legislation,
0:26:49 > 0:26:53male servants being called up to fight in World War II,
0:26:53 > 0:26:57and increased opportunities for women in the workplace.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Life below-stairs was never to be the same again.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06The story of footman, Ken Dole, is a case in point.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10Ken came to work at Stansted in 1939.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15As a footman, he waited at table, he cleaned a lot of things
0:27:15 > 0:27:17and he dashed about a lot.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20And he also, shortly afterwards, joined the RAF.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25He survived the Second World War and imagine his amazement
0:27:25 > 0:27:29when he returned to Stansted, 49 years later,
0:27:29 > 0:27:31when the place is open to the public,
0:27:31 > 0:27:35only to discover his footman's uniform - the very one -
0:27:35 > 0:27:38still hanging in this room where he slept.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41How extraordinary is that!
0:27:41 > 0:27:43The big question today is, of course,
0:27:43 > 0:27:47how many hang-ups are our teams likely to have over at the auction?
0:27:59 > 0:28:03Today we're at Bellman's Auction Rooms at Wisborough Green,
0:28:03 > 0:28:05just a couple of miles from Billingshurst,
0:28:05 > 0:28:09still in West Sussex, and with JP, Jonathan Pratt.
0:28:09 > 0:28:14- A legend!- Well, after all that, Tim, thank you!- How are you, all right?
0:28:14 > 0:28:18- Very good.- Lovely to be here. Now, Fred and Chi-Chi have come up with some extraordinary objects,
0:28:18 > 0:28:21including this record player. How do you rate that?
0:28:21 > 0:28:24There's a retro thing with records, I suppose.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28But record players like this, would it work? Would you trust plugging it in?
0:28:28 > 0:28:31I think it's come from a house which, there's a certain air,
0:28:31 > 0:28:33a whiff off it....
0:28:33 > 0:28:36- Is there?- There is. That might put one or two people off.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40- You're thinking it's cat?- Could be! Do you know, I don't really like it.
0:28:40 > 0:28:45- What's it worth?- £10, £15.- OK, £25 they paid. Next is the leather case.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Obviously it's designed for carrying a whole host of stuff,
0:28:48 > 0:28:52bursting at the seams, you know, all the clothing and everything like that.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55- Swag.- Yeah! Well, actually, the bag weighs a ton anyway!
0:28:55 > 0:28:59- If it gets £20, I'll be pleased. - Is that all?- Yeah, £20, £30.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01Well they paid 80. So that's another...
0:29:01 > 0:29:03I think there's not a chance
0:29:03 > 0:29:08All right. Well, that's honest! Next is the jack-in-a-box.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Well, it's a snake-in-a-box. A marvellous thing.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13It's a boa... restrictor!
0:29:13 > 0:29:15But, perished.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19Three more boings out of the box and that will be no more, will it?
0:29:19 > 0:29:22I mean, it has the desired effect. When I was cataloguing it,
0:29:22 > 0:29:25I managed to catch one of the porters out with it!
0:29:25 > 0:29:26- I took it on a talk...- Did you?
0:29:26 > 0:29:30Yeah, yeah. And the old ladies in the front row nearly wet themselves!
0:29:30 > 0:29:32So, it's been on tour,
0:29:32 > 0:29:36and your overall reaction for the snake-in-the-box is what?
0:29:36 > 0:29:38- £10 or £15.- Is it? £30 paid.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42I think Fred and Chi-Chi are going to be jolly lucky if they come away
0:29:42 > 0:29:47with a profit and they're going to need their bonus buy, so let's go and have a look at it.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51Now, you two, I bet you're longing to know what Catherine bought you, aren't you?
0:29:51 > 0:29:55- Yes.- Well, you did give her £165, which is enough for any fair maid.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58- What did you come up with, baby? - Ready?- Ready.- Ooh!
0:29:58 > 0:30:00We need a drum-roll!
0:30:00 > 0:30:02OK, chaps.
0:30:02 > 0:30:08- Tsh!- Ooh!- Right.- What is it? - Gentleman's travelling scent bottle.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12- Ooh!- Course it is.- I think it's nicely made, it's faceted. - I like the pouch.
0:30:12 > 0:30:13Nice little leather case.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15So, um... THEY LAUGH
0:30:15 > 0:30:18You're not underwhelmed here, are you, Fred?
0:30:18 > 0:30:20- There's not a lot you say about that.- It's lovely.
0:30:20 > 0:30:25- But I only paid a mere £33 for it. - Oh!- Oh, OK. Wow. - That's in the bank then.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29- We'll have one of them, won't we? - Yeah.- That looks all right. We'll have that.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33- We like that a lot.- We like that? - Yeah...- We aim to please.- Don't we?
0:30:33 > 0:30:37Now listen, you guys. You may not need to go with your bonus buy because you may have done
0:30:37 > 0:30:40- so dazzlingly well with your first three items...- That's true.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43You don't want to risk the vast profit you've made
0:30:43 > 0:30:46but if things don't go to plan, you have that to fall back on.
0:30:46 > 0:30:47But for the audience at home,
0:30:47 > 0:30:52let's find out how happy the auctioneer is with her little flask.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55- Now, Jonathan, I know you're partial to a bit of leather. - THEY CHUCKLE
0:30:55 > 0:30:59- Oh, you've heard! - Yes. So how do you rate that?
0:30:59 > 0:31:04- Well, the leather looks rather good, a bit of colour to it. - There you are, told you so!
0:31:04 > 0:31:07I don't know, this is just chrome plated.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- You'd like to see a bit of silver there, better quality. - Faceted glass bottle.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14Anyway, there we are, it is what it is. It's Catherine's fave.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- How do you rate it, money-wise? - Er...
0:31:16 > 0:31:18- £20-30.- Fine.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22- £30 plus, she'll be delighted with you.- It has a chance of that. - You might get there.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24And now for something completely different.
0:31:24 > 0:31:29- The Carlton Ware vegetable cruet. - It's kind of fun, I quite like it. - Yeah.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32I wouldn't necessarily perhaps want to dish it out at home
0:31:32 > 0:31:36- but, you know, it's a novelty object, it can be used.- Yeah.- So...£20-40.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40- Perfect, £30 paid.- Brilliant.- Can't complain about that, can you?- No.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Moving on then, we've got the standing figure next.
0:31:43 > 0:31:48- Guanyin is the lady, I think. - She's a goddess, isn't she? - She's a goddess, yes.- Yeah.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52But, you know, it's rather badly carved, isn't it?
0:31:52 > 0:31:57- I'd still say it's worth £30 or £50. - How much?- £30-50.
0:31:57 > 0:31:58- Is that all? - HE LAUGHS
0:31:58 > 0:32:03- Oh, really?- Yeah, cos David Harper, he really enthused about this
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- and paid £125 for it.- (Whoo, OK!)
0:32:06 > 0:32:11- This is embarrassing!- Not half as embarrassing as the next object, because before the threshold
0:32:11 > 0:32:16- I'm not too sure we can show this in every intimate detail. - OK, right, yes. This chappie here.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20- This is the brand-new inro.- OK. - In the erotic style.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24- I'm going to carefully place a finger.- That's enough of that!
0:32:24 > 0:32:25And there we go, look.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30- There we go. I could do the other side as well if you like? - No, thanks! One side is plenty!
0:32:30 > 0:32:34- That's brand Harry Spankers though, isn't it?- Yes.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36- How much then?- Well, look.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40It has the novelty value there of the erotic, so £30-40.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44- Of the smut, you mean?- Yep.- £30-40? - Mm-hmm.
0:32:44 > 0:32:50- £30 paid, so who says sex doesn't sell?- I don't.- OK, fair enough!
0:32:50 > 0:32:54Well, we've got some dodgy business here with this jade figure, probably.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56In which case they'll need their bonus buy
0:32:56 > 0:32:58so let's have a look at it.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01- Now, team. This is exciting, isn't it?- It is.- It is.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05Because what David Harper's got there looks suspiciously to me like a box.
0:33:05 > 0:33:10- Ha ha!- You gave him £115.- We did. - Yeah.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- OK, take the rag off.- OK, here we go.- Can't wait.- There we go.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16- Do we like playing games?- We do. - I do.
0:33:16 > 0:33:21- Have a grab of that one then. - Ooh, that is nice.- OK, flip it over. - Ooh!
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Mind your fingers so there we go. Nicely inlaid,
0:33:24 > 0:33:27- all done by hand, all cut in, bit of parquetry there.- Yeah.- Lovely.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30That's Sorrento style so Sorrento, the little town in Italy,
0:33:30 > 0:33:33very famous for making boxes like this.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37Whether it was made in Sorrento, I don't know, but it's a Sorrento-style gaming box.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Backgammon on the inside. Turn it over,
0:33:40 > 0:33:43put it flat on the table, there's your lovely chessboard.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46- The big question.- Here we go.- How much did you pay?- Damage?- 20 quid.
0:33:46 > 0:33:51- Ooh!- It should make a bit of profit. - Fantastic for £20.- It could double its money.- Well done.- Thank you.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55- I told you he was a genius. - Never doubted you.- Anyway,
0:33:55 > 0:33:59for the audience at home let's see what the auctioneer thinks about the gaming box.
0:34:00 > 0:34:01There you go, Jonathan.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05- Ideal for your chess-playing evenings in West Sussex.- Absolutely.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07And backgammon, of course.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10- There's a lot of work in that. - Absolutely.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14- £50-70.- Really?- Well, you know... Useful, isn't it?- It certainly is.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Well, The Harper got a bargain cos he only paid £20
0:34:16 > 0:34:22but the question is, will the team go with it? We'll find out about that in just a moment, won't we?
0:34:32 > 0:34:36- Now, you two. You feeling confident? - Absolutely.- Are you?- Course we are.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41- You're looking very colourful.- Thank you.- And on-the-ball if you don't mind my saying so.- Yes.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45- Have you been to many of these auctions before?- I've never been before, no. It's my first one.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48- Zheesh!- I know, very exciting. - This is something else.
0:34:48 > 0:34:54Anyway, the first item coming up right now is the record player.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58Wonderful specimen, this. And I can start at £10.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00I can start at 10, looking for 12 though.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02- 12 is bid.- Ooh, 12!- Ooh, 12, 12!
0:35:02 > 0:35:0518's bid. 20, 25?
0:35:05 > 0:35:07- 25!- 25, thank you, I'm out at £25.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10- CATHERINE: Well done.- Do I see 30? 25 standing left, do I see 30?
0:35:10 > 0:35:13It's £25 then, are we all done on the left at 25?
0:35:13 > 0:35:16- One more!- And selling at £25... GAVEL BANGS
0:35:16 > 0:35:18- £25...- In the bag! - No, it wiped its face.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21- No profit though.- Well, that's all right?- It's good enough.
0:35:21 > 0:35:26Lot 1740A, brown leather case, circa 1940, it says,
0:35:26 > 0:35:31and with travel labels. I can start at...£15 with it.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33- Oh, come on, Jonathan!- Oh, no.
0:35:33 > 0:35:3618, 20. 22, 25?
0:35:36 > 0:35:37Beautiful thing.
0:35:37 > 0:35:4330. Against you at 30, madam. At £30, 5 anywhere else?
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- At £30 then on the book, commission bid.- Can I have a word?
0:35:46 > 0:35:48- Selling for £30... - I can't believe it. - GAVEL BANGS
0:35:48 > 0:35:51- Weird.- £30, that's minus £50.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55- That is unbelievable.- Minus £50? - Anyway, now... Moving on,
0:35:55 > 0:35:59- being optimistic, we've got Old Snakey.- Yes.- Oh!- Old Snake Eyes!
0:35:59 > 0:36:03- Gets to get the snake out.- Yeah, got to get the snake out!- Get it out!
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Right, here we go. Those of you that haven't seen it yet, on your marks...
0:36:06 > 0:36:08- He's got it the wrong way round!- Oh!
0:36:08 > 0:36:12- THEY LAUGH - Whoo-hoo!- Marvellous.- There we go.
0:36:12 > 0:36:17So for that, surely I can start... With interest, I can start it at £30.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20- THEY GASP - That's all right. That's what we paid.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Surely worth 5, you all liked it. £30, 5 anywhere?
0:36:23 > 0:36:25- 35, 40?- 30!- Shhh!
0:36:25 > 0:36:2945, and 50? Commission bid against you at 50, do I see another 5? THEY GIGGLE
0:36:29 > 0:36:32- THEY GIGGLE - Come on! One more.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Not worth £50, shaking her head. At £50.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Selling. All done? It's going, £50. GAVEL BANGS
0:36:36 > 0:36:41- Ahh, yes!- Good.- Give me five, baby!
0:36:41 > 0:36:43That is plus 20 actually, not just five.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47So overall, you're minus £30. So that was a bit of a result, wasn't it?
0:36:47 > 0:36:50- What will you do about the scent bottle?- We'll go for it.- Definitely?
0:36:50 > 0:36:54- Sorry, are we?- Sure?- Of course. - Definitely.- Are you sure you're sure? - Yeah.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- You're sure you're sure?- Aren't we? SHE GIGGLES
0:36:57 > 0:36:59- Definitely?- Yes.- OK, we're going with the bonus buy.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Lot 1745A, a glass and metal-mounted gentleman's scent bottle
0:37:03 > 0:37:05in a nice tan-leather case.
0:37:05 > 0:37:11And...I've got to start at £25. With me at £25.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13And 30, 35.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15- 40...- Well done, Catherine. You are a star.
0:37:15 > 0:37:16At £45, anywhere else?
0:37:16 > 0:37:21Now it's £45, commission bid at 45. Surely worth another bid, at 45?
0:37:21 > 0:37:25- Definitely worth it. Oh, yes. - £45 then, last chance. Selling, 45.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27- 45! - GAVEL BANGS £45.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31- Yes!- That's very good. Very, very good girl.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35That is plus 12 which means that you're only minus £18.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39- Ah.- So we didn't make any money. - Overall, minus £18 which is nothing.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42GAVEL BANGS
0:37:46 > 0:37:50- Now, Lisa and Dickie, do you know how the Reds got on?- No.- Nope.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- Not a dickie bow?- No.- No?- No.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54- Not a dickie bird, Dickie! - Oh, very good!
0:37:54 > 0:37:56- Goes with the tie.- Oh!- Super.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- Now, first up then is the cruet set. - Right.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01- And here it comes.- Fingers crossed.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05Lot 1761A, Carlton Ware pottery novelty vegetable cruet set.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09No table should be complete without it.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12Start me at £30 for this, the Carlton Ware. Surely worth £30.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17£20 then? £20 is bid at the back of the room there.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19- Fantastic.- Go on. - Surely worth 22, though.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- £20, far left. What about another 2? - Come on.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25- Any more at £20? - You know you want to.- 22.- Yeah!
0:38:25 > 0:38:30- 25, 28, 30.- Brilliant.- 35.- Great.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33£35. 40, surely.
0:38:33 > 0:38:34- Go on!- Go on, one more. £40.
0:38:34 > 0:38:35ALL: Yes!
0:38:35 > 0:38:39At 40, far left at £40. Any more at £40?
0:38:39 > 0:38:42And selling then, last chance, far left by the kitchen at £40...
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- GAVEL BANGS - £40 in the kitchen is plus £10. - Yes!- Brilliant.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47You loved it, she loved it, everybody loved it.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49- Now, are they going to like the jade?- Ooh...
0:38:49 > 0:38:55Lot 1762A, 20th century carved jade figure of Guanyin.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58And I can start with a commission bid,
0:38:58 > 0:38:59I can start at £10.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01- What?- Ooh!- Oh!- Only at 10, 12?
0:39:01 > 0:39:02SHE WHIMPERS
0:39:02 > 0:39:0620, 25. Clears the commission at £25. Do I see 30 now?
0:39:06 > 0:39:11On the left standing at £25, surely worth 30 though. Do I see 30?
0:39:11 > 0:39:15£25 on the left, then. Any more? It's your last chance, at £25...
0:39:15 > 0:39:19- No, I can't bear it!- 25! - £25 which is minus £100.- Guys, guys!
0:39:19 > 0:39:23- SHE LAUGHS - Terrible.- This is a strategy that is not sound.- No.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- I've gone off this Oriental stuff. - Yeah.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30- We've only got one more bit to go. - Anyway, overall then, lads...
0:39:30 > 0:39:33- That's awful.- You were doing so nicely, it's now minus 90.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35- That's all(!) - She's in a very bad mood.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38Look out, here comes the inro with the you-know-what on it.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Lot 1763A, 20th century Japanese bone inro.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44Erm... Rather creatively decorated there.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48- Ha!- With some romantic couples. - Romantic?!- Romantic.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50£30, surely? To start me at £30.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Start me at £30, surely worth 30.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- £20 then? Come on.- Come on.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58£10 then, if I have to.
0:39:59 > 0:40:04Surely, everyone likes... We're not embarrassed, are we? £10 surely.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06- No!- Come on.- No interest at £10?
0:40:06 > 0:40:08- What?- No!- 10 bid, front row. - Yes!- Yes!
0:40:08 > 0:40:11We're off now, there's £10. 12 somewhere.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15- In the front at 10. Any more at £10? I shall sell it at £10. - Must get more.- It's going at £10.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17- GAVEL BANGS No!- £10.- Only one.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Oh, they're bidding AGAINST you!
0:40:19 > 0:40:21No, I'm sorry, I thought you were bidding together.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24No? Well, that's £12 then to the left. At £12.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Timothy?
0:40:26 > 0:40:29- £20, that is...- We're still bidding! - Oh!- Hammer fell.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32- Gentleman next to him, it's £12 to the left.- Oh!
0:40:32 > 0:40:36At £12, and he doesn't want to join in now at 15, do you?
0:40:36 > 0:40:40- He does!- Yes!- £15.- Yes? He's going on?- Any more, sir? Want to go 18? - Go on!
0:40:40 > 0:40:43No, he doesn't, shakes his head. £15, thank you.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47- That's better!- That's better than a tenner.- What's that about then? £15. Much better.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49OK, we'll revise our necessary.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53That is minus £15. You are now, overall...
0:40:53 > 0:40:56- Minus £105.- Oh, gosh!- Oh, dear.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Which is not so bad when you say it quickly.
0:40:59 > 0:41:00THEY LAUGH
0:41:00 > 0:41:03What about Sorrento Ware? Is it a no-brainer, this, or what?
0:41:03 > 0:41:07- Are we going with the bonus buy or not?- We decided...we're going to. - Yeah.- Awww!
0:41:07 > 0:41:11- You'll give me one last chance. - It'll make us £105, so yes. - It'll have to!
0:41:11 > 0:41:14- We're going with the bonus buy? - We are.- David's box.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17- We'll trust David completely. - Here comes David's box now.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Here we have a Sorrento-style specimen wood games box.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24- £30, I'm bid. And 5, clears the commission straight away at 35.- Yes!
0:41:24 > 0:41:26- Excellent.- Go to £40.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- 40 waving. And 5. 50, and 5. - Yes!- Get in!
0:41:29 > 0:41:32- This is it.- 55, still in front now at £55.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35- Come on, baby. - I shall sell then, in front at 55.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37- Come on.- Go on!- Go on. - All done at £55?
0:41:37 > 0:41:40- GAVEL BANGS - Yes!- Love it.- Well done. - That's more like it!
0:41:40 > 0:41:43- We made some money then. - You can give him a hug too.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46- We'll just do a handshake, I think! - Yeah.- Yeah.- £35.- Well done.
0:41:46 > 0:41:51- Oh, well done, you.- That reduces the whole thing to a reasonable perspective of minus £70.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54- Oh, haven't we done well(!) - You were down to three digits!
0:41:54 > 0:41:56- THEY LAUGH - You're back down.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00- I mean, that was a disaster, that Chinese jobby.- I know.- It was.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04- Torpedoing you. - I was the same as you, I thought that would do really well.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07- Minus £70, could be a winning score. - Mm.- Don't forget that.- Could be.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10We will reveal all just in a moment.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14GAVEL BANGS
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Well, what a colourful, colourful day we've had today.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25- It's been smashing. Have you been chatting to one another, you two? - No.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29- Not at all.- No? Well, sadly I'm not going to be handing out any cash today.- Oh!
0:42:29 > 0:42:34It's just the scale of the losses, that's all.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36The runners up today by a whopping margin are...
0:42:36 > 0:42:40- the Blues.- Awww.- We won, whoo! FRED LAUGHS
0:42:40 > 0:42:43Sorry about that, team. I'm sorry about that.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47- But nevertheless, minus £70 was not so brilliant.- No.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51- Sorry about that because you took part magnificently. - Thank you.- Did you have fun though?
0:42:51 > 0:42:56- We've had a great time, thank you, Tim.- Dickie?- Yeah, excellent fun. - Lovely having you on the show.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00But the victors, who've managed to win by only losing £18, are the Reds.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04- There you go.- Whoo!- Who are looking very pleased with themselves. And why not?
0:43:04 > 0:43:07- Had a good time?- Brilliant, thank you.- Fred? - Brilliant, of course.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09We loved having you on the show.
0:43:09 > 0:43:14In fact we've loved it so much we'd like you to join us soon for some more bargain-hunting, yes?
0:43:14 > 0:43:15ALL: Yes!
0:43:17 > 0:43:21I know, you're sitting there thinking, "I could have done better than that!"
0:43:21 > 0:43:24Well, what's stopping you?
0:43:24 > 0:43:27If you think you can spot a bargain, go to our BBC website and apply.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30It would be splendid to see you!
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