Newark 16 Bargain Hunt

What do you do in the largest antiques fair in Europe?

You go shopping.

So, come on, let's go bargain hunting!

Today's show comes from the East Midlands.

You heard it right. We're at the International Art & Antiques Fair

at the Newark & Nottingham Showground,

and it is MASSIVE!

With all this choice knocking about,

our teams finding three objects in only an hour could be a tall order.

So, let's hope for the best!

But hope is in very short supply on the Red Team.

What can I do? I can advise them. But I'm not here to say,

"Don't buy it". She loved it.

She had passion in her eye.

And there's double trouble with the Blues.

I'm confused now. Which one's Gareth, and which one's Carl?

But, judging by the crowd, it could all work out well at the auction, so stay tuned.

Let's meet the teams.

Today, for the Reds,

we have recently engaged couple,

Jodie and Jon.

Very nice to see you.

And identical twins, Gareth and Carl, for the Blues.

Hello, boys.

Now, Jodie, how did you meet

your gorgeous hunk?

It was through a mutual friend,

and I was offered a night of free loving with Mr Biggs.

Really?

Which I replied, "I will, if he wines and dines me first",

which he did, after about a month of us emailing each other first.

There was some drama, when you proposed?

Yeah, a little bit. We went to a pub quiz the night before.

An old pub in Northumberland - the walls are thick,

there's no reception on the mobile,

so I thought I'd do the right thing,

and text her mum and say, "I'll propose to your daughter tomorrow",

-but I sent the message to HER instead.

-Ah!

I was left with the dilemma that I had to go back inside, and tell her

she couldn't read the message I'd just sent to her,

until the next day.

And did you?

No, I was very good, but I kept it, in case.

-You never know.

-Exactly.

-Alarm bells might have been ringing at the time.

-Very strange, that.

Tell us about your hobbies, John.

Cooking's my main hobby. I've a big courtyard garden,

loads of plants - peppers, fruits and chillies, and stuff.

So, Jodie, once you've enjoyed these amazing meals cooked up by John,

what do you do to relax?

I read an awful lot, to the point I'm a bit ignorant sometimes.

I've read since I was little.

Started off with Beatrix Potter and Enid Blyton, through teen books.

Now I'm into the vampire ones.

So, when it gets dark and spooky, you're very happy.

Yes, very much so.

Do you get frightened by that stuff?

No. It's more sexy than it is scary nowadays, in the vampire books.

It's the new thing, I think.

Are you confident the two of you will beat the Blues?

Yes! Of course, we are!

Why not?

-You've never been scared of twins, then?

-Oh, never, never!

Just as well. Very good luck to you both.

Gareth, how am I going to tell the difference between you and your bro?

I suppose it's quite difficult, cos we ARE identical twins,

especially when we're both wearing blue fleeces,

but I'm five minutes older, so I'm the wiser one.

He's the younger one, so he's the slightly more evil one.

Look at his face. He certainly doesn't agree.

-No, not all.

-Not, a bit, Carl.

So, a little bit of rivalry, but tell us about your PhD, Gareth.

I'm studying a PhD in Sustainable Design at Loughborough University,

and what I look at is how we can use technology

to influence the change in consumer behaviour, to help them save energy.

Carl, you're in the design world a bit too?

I'm sort of in the film world. Well, my mind's in the film world.

Does that mean you watch a lot of films?

Well, yes, Tim.

It's kind of my career at the moment, to watch films.

I'm doing a Ph D in...

You're not doing a Ph D, too?

-Yes!

-We've got two brainboxes in this family, then.

I dread to ask you what you boys' tactics will be today?

An idea I've got is, if we take the £300,

and we look for about three objects that are £100 each,

and try and bring them down to £75 per item...

Which you can negotiate.

Then leave us £75, which we can leave for our bonus buy.

That's a good strategy. It'll be interesting to see what happens.

Now, the money moment. Here's your money. There's your £300.

You know the rules. Your experts await, and off you go!

And very, very, very good luck!

As ever, we have our two experts standing by,

to offer the benefit of their experience.

The Reds are in the capable hands of Mark Stacey,

otherwise known as "Smiler".

While the Blues have Catherine Southon to show them the way.

We've got quite a full fair here.

It's very busy.

Jodie, Jonathan, have you got a cunning plan?

-Slightly.

-Oh, yes?

-I'm going shiny.

THEY LAUGH

-Anything shiny.

-Bling, in other words.

Anything shiny, she's like a magpie.

-It's about the bling.

-And what about you, Jonathan?

I like historical memorabilia.

War stuff and bits and bobs. I love chess, as well.

So, THAT's the Reds' tactic.

I wonder what Catherine will make of Gareth's £75 strategy.

Or, was it Carl's? Who can tell?

He's thought this through, hasn't he?

He's thought it through more than me.

My strategy is quite simple. It's just buy big, spend big.

-So, we're going to spend money today, then?

-Oh, yeah.

-Serious money?

-Definitely.

Let's get going.

In amongst these 4,000 stalls,

there must be millions of bargains, just waiting to be hunted down.

No sitting down on the job, Jon.

Not at this time of day, anyway.

Where do you want to go, guys?

I was looking at that. It's nice, to be fair.

It's Royal Crown Derby. It IS beautiful. That's £380.

-OK.

-It's a work of art.

What about the smaller bits? Maybe just as much?

I'd imagine that's £100-odd.

That's £35. It's quite a nice shape.

I like that multi-layered line going round the edges.

It's rather nice, isn't it?

It's 1916, so it's nearly 100 years old.

As far as I can see, that looks in good condition.

The colours and everything...

It's very bright and decorative.

It's something that would catch my eye.

What do you think if we try and say to the dealer... Look that's £22.

So, your looking at £57, altogether.

If we put that as a little job lot, the two together,

I think if I was putting those into auction,

I'd probably look at something like £40 to £60 for the two.

They're priced at £57, at the real top end of the estimate.

So, we can get them down a little bit?

We love your Derby, but most of it's way out of our budget.

We understand why, because it's lovely quality.

-We have found these two pieces, which seem quite reasonably priced.

-Right, yes, they are already.

-JON: We've one at £35.

-And one at £22.

We were thinking of putting them into the sale

as a job lot of the two together.

DEALER: I was going to say you could have them both for £45, if that's of any use to you?

-JON: £45 sounds good.

-Could we go down to the £40?

-DEALER: Mmm...

-Can we squeeze you a little bit?

-Give us a bit of chance.

-DEALER: Go on, then.

-Yay!

JON: That would be smashing. Thank you very, very much.

One buy in the bag.

You are quite impressive. We've had under five minutes,

and you've already bought your first item,

for a mere £40.

That's not bad. Did not expect it to go quite as quickly, though.

I'm scared we're going to go to pot.

Lots of pots round here.

Now, what are those Blues up to?

They'd like to have a look at your lighter. Is it stamped?

DEALER: It is.

It has the early registration mark on the back.

Well, you like nice things, but, £220 is probably...

DEALER: The best on it's going to be round about £185.

It's an interesting object,

but I'm not sure we'd see any money off that.

It would be nice, boys. But, at half that price...

It's Italian. It's normally known as Sorrento ware.

You've got some dancers, there.

It doesn't have a little secret drawer underneath, does it?

-That front bit slides off.

-That way.

That way, like that?

I see. Then you can keep your secret love letters in there.

It's quite fun, isn't it?

I think it's probably early 20th century. Does that appeal to you?

I think it's something we'd keep in mind.

Not necessarily something that'd jump out at me,

but definitely something if we get short of time.

-Let's keep it as a possibility, shall we?

-Absolutely..

How are the Blues getting on with their £75 spending strategy?

Uh-oh.

Can I show you something in here?

It's very, very expensive, this is the only thing.

This... I think it's absolutely beautiful.

We have the retailer's name, here.

Greaves of Birmingham. It just oozes quality, doesn't it?

It's absolutely beautiful.

-It has all bits and pieces in here.

-Silver plate?

They are hallmarked inside.

They all have the retailer's name inside, as well.

Greaves of Birmingham.

Let's have a look inside.

I shall show you, there would have been places here for more bottles.

It oozes, oozes quality. But it oozes big price, as well.

It's at £230.

How much?!

Bang goes your £75 policy, then.

Why don't you have a word with the stallholder

and see if you can try and negotiate a price?

We'd like to tuck it under £200, cos we have to make a profit on this.

Go for it, chaps.

We want under £200. (Good luck).

They said from the start they wanted quality.

They're happy to pay more money for an item that's special.

I think that's it.

What did they say?

We're definitely happy about it now. We managed to get it to under £200.

We got it at £195.

I'm confused, now. Which one's Gareth, and which one's Carl?

-I'm Gareth.

-Gareth will stay on the right and I'll stay on the left.

What do you think about that, £195?

-Shall we go for it?

-Let's do it.

Go and hand over the cash. Well done, chaps.

£195. That's a big gamble, Blues!

But, at least it's one in the old bag.

We've already had 22 minutes, and we've seen a lot of things.

But you've only bought the one item.

We need to commit a bit more.

It's commercial, isn't it?

But it's not very exciting.

It's not a novelty one, or anything like that.

It's not going to stand out, is it?

Not really, but we haven't got money to buy things that really stand out.

You've got £105, and there are 4,000 stalls. You'll find something.

Did you want some silver?

Do you want to have a look at it?

Yes, see what price it is.

See if it has any hallmarks, or anything like that.

Could we have a little look at your fairy brooch?

And I don't say that every day.

THEY LAUGH

JON: That's beautiful. What's your price on that one?

-DEALER: A tenner.

-So, it's not silver, then.

It'll be silver plate, and fairly modern.

It's rather pretty. It's quite decorative. What d'you think, Jodie?

Give me some of your lovely opinions.

I would wear it. But I'm a bit obsessed with fairies.

-We've spent £40-odd on the first item.

-Yup.

If you want to buy something less,

-you've less chance of losing anything on it...

-That's very true.

We'll have a bit left over to buy something big,

and Mr Stacey can buy something decent for his bargain buy.

Looks like Jon's encouraging Jodie's bling thing,

but I'm not sure Mark's that impressed with THAT strategy.

Is £10 your best on that one?

DEALER: I'll do it for £8.

I would buy something like that for £8, myself.

JON: I think if you want to get that, you won't make a big loss on it.

-You like it, don't you?

-I DO like it.

I also like that spoon. I'm being distracted, now.

That's only £6!

You can make a little job lot, if you want.

We can buy half the stall!

THEY LAUGH

DEALER: For a fiver.

That's quite pretty.

There's tiny damage on the enamel,

but you've got a little bird finial.

-Am I just buying tat, though?

-Er, yes.

But, do you like it? At the moment, we're seeing lots of things

we KIND OF like, but kind of don't.

JON: You have to commit some time, haven't you?

DEALER: A tenner for the two.

JON: I was about to say £12, but if you can go for £10...

-Shall we go for it?

-Do it.

-OK, sold. Thank you.

-JON: That'll do nicely. Thank you very much.

-Well done.

What can I say about that last purchase?

Obviously, it's a modern, silver-plated fairy brooch

that's come from fairyland somewhere,

if there's such a country.

And a little 1920s brass spoon with a little bit of damaged enamel

and a bird on it.

But did you see Jodie's face? She loved it. So what could I do?

I can advise them but I'm not here to say, "Don't buy it." She loved it.

I mean, she had passion in her eyes.

I wouldn't be surprised if they make a profit on that.

And that would show us, wouldn't it, Mark? Now, how are the twins doing?

It's going well. We've got a few objects that we've our eye on.

More objects that we don't actually want to buy that we've seen.

Better get buying then, Carl, hadn't you? Or was it Gareth?

Let's go into that building there. We've only spent 50 quid so far.

We got about 20 minutes left.

We need some money for a bonus buy.

Never mind about the bonus buy, Jon, focus on your own shopping.

Right.

We've had 40 minutes, 20 minutes left.

One purchase.

-Now, see that, I like that frame.

-Yes.

You've got a maple and gilt wood frame.

It's very Victorian, sort of cushion frame, we call that,

because it's got that shape.

And then you've got an embroidered picture in there

of a mother and her two children.

Normally, these are quite religious. This is quite a large size.

-What you think of it?

-It's quite nice.

You like tapestries, don't you? So, that might be something good.

-Do you?

-Yeah. I think so. There's a little bit of damage.

There's a little bit of damage on there

but I quite like the sort of blue panels framing it

with the oak leaves.

At auction, I would probably put £80-£100 on something like that.

-Let's find out how much he wants for it.

-OK.

Then we'll take it from there and see whether it's viable.

-Then see if it grips you.

-We're having a look at this picture.

-You don't want to take this home, do you?

-It's big, heavy.

-That's not the answer I was looking for.

-We like it.

Obviously a little bit of damage down here and on the frame

and we were wondering what your best price for it is.

-I can do it for £100.

-For £100 on there.

-That has to be the very best, I'm afraid.

-Does it?

-Do you think you could do 90 for me, mate?

-No, I can't.

-Literally bottom line, £100?

-100 quid is absolutely definite.

Mm. What do you reckon?

Shall we've a little think and have a look on the stall.

We'll come back to you in a moment then. Thanks very much, mate.

So what's our plan, chaps?

What we're going to do is head back to the stall

that had the glass cabinet with bits and pieces in it.

You keep going, I'll catch you up -

I'll just see if there's anything on the way.

The Blue twins are going it alone. But what have the Reds turned up?

A bronze vase, Chinese, with a dragon on it.

-I'm a huge fan of that.

-Really?

Absolutely, that's something that would really jump out at me.

-I like that a lot.

-Really?

Well, I think we've got to ask how much it is, because...

And quick smart.

You have said...

-Is it the chap here?

-Let's have a quick ask.

-350.

-Oh!

-350, so that's jumped out at you.

Well off the mark, unfortunately.

How much?

-What about the pair?

-I'm only joking.

But you'll have to drop your standards, Reds.

Timewise, let's go back and get that tapestry.

Tick tock, tick tock.

-This looks familiar.

-Hi, are you alright?

-Yes, thank you.

-Could we have a look at this inkwell here, please?

-This one.

-That's the one.

-Thank you.

I can imagine with ink on it, it would look very nice.

-What's the absolute best you can do that?

-Let's look at my label.

£40.

40's the best you can do?

What are we doing, chaps? What do we think about the inkwell?

-It seems like quite a good item.

-Shall I have a little look?

-There's no chips or anything.

-Let us know what you think.

-A little bit.

-A tiny little nick on the front, isn't there?

G, so it's 1906, it's Birmingham.

The thing about this is it's commercial, isn't it?

It's something that you can sell again and again.

Would you take 30 for it?

35 is...

Really? What about if we combined it with something?

Just behind you on the table,

there's a collection of Carlton Ware.

I'll do all of that for £10.

They're all oddments though, they're not from one set.

They're from lots of different sets so you'd be really...

they'd be aimed at the dealers' market, really.

-Is Carlton Ware collectable?

-Absolutely.

-Would someone by a bulk amount?

-Yes, I think we'd be fine with that.

-Would you do 38?

-No, I can't do that.

I'll do 40, that would be my final.

I think that's a bargain for that.

It's not something I'd personally buy for myself

but then I'm not buying at the auction.

I think that's commercial, that's commercial.

We should probably go for the two for 40.

-We're really up against it, chaps.

-We have what, two minutes left?

I think we probably have about one minute left actually.

Come on! The suspense is killing me.

Are you happy with that?

-Yes. Definitely.

-We have the decision.

The twins by their final two lots in a pair! They would.

£5 for all that Carlton Ware. What a steal!

Now, did the Reds manage to snag that needlework?

-Happy with that?

-Yes.

-OK then.

-Definitely.

-I think we've got a deal.

-Come on then.

-£100.

-Deal.

-Thank you very much, that's very kind of you.

-Thank you.

Thank you.

Stop the clock because time's up!

They may be out of time

but I've got a few moments spare to remind you what the teams bought.

These two pieces of Crown Derby caught the Reds' eye for £40.

Mark wasn't too keen but Jodie couldn't resist these shiny trinkets

for a paltry tenner and the dealer wouldn't budge on the price

of this Victorian needlework picture

so the team splashed out £100.

Wow!

I was very panicked at the end.

Hang on, did you mention the panic word?

-The panic word, yes.

-How much was it you spent all round at the end?

-£150.

-I'll hand it straight over to the maestro.

Well, Tim, it's a lot of money, isn't it?

I've got to try and please two different teams here

because this one likes bling and he wants something to do with games.

Yeah. We trust your judgement. We saw a few nice things, didn't we?

-A silver chess set.

-Find a bling game!

Anyway, good luck with that, Mark. Brilliant.

Why don't we remind ourselves what the Blue team bought, eh?

The twins ditched their £75 strategy and took a huge gamble

with this gentleman's travelling case, spending a whopping £195.

The silver-topped glass inkwell was more of a bargain at £35.

And the selection of Carlton Ware for a fiver was a real snip.

-You know what you've spent overall?

-235. £235.

Please may have £65 of leftover lolly, thank you very much.

That's great. That goes straight over.

You don't want to be too confused, do you?

I'm confused already so I'm going to see what I can buy for this.

Good luck with your £65. Good luck, chaps. Have a nice cup of tea.

Meanwhile, we're heading off to Stoneleigh Abbey, which is,

as they say, extraordinary.

Stoneleigh Abbey in Warwickshire has been in the Leigh family since 1561,

when Thomas Leigh bought the ruins of a Cistercian monastery.

Over the next couple of centuries, the house was much added to,

most notably with this palatial west wing which was built in the 1700s.

Descendants of Thomas Leigh lived here right up until the 1990s

and the house still holds echoes of their occupation.

This is a nice hall chair, isn't it?

Identifiable as being Leigh property because that special part

of their arms, the unicorn, has been painted in the middle of the splat.

It's a kind of way of saying, "This is my chair, this is my house,

"I have an ancient lineage".

And the unicorn, well it just says it all.

They even went so far as to have their coat of arms engraved

on the gilt metal plates around the electric light switches.

But by far the most important pieces of bespoke furniture

in the house is this set of chairs.

Bespoke because the top rail has been carved and decorated

with the Leigh arms

and they've been covered in exquisite needlework.

What's really, really brilliant about this set of chairs

is the quality of the frames.

They were probably made around 1715 to 1725.

And the likely maker would be Moore and Gumley.

The outset arms are quite exquisite, not only do they move

in this direction with a serpentine-type shape

but at the end, they kick eccentrically out

to the right and left,

a bit like a shepherd's crook arm but much fancier.

You've got this bulb that grows at the end of the arm here

and then it's got this very, complicated curlicue.

You do all that out of solid walnut.

And then to make this thing triply grand, you engrave or carve

into the walnut these designs

and then you cover those in gold leaf and gesso.

And they become twice as grand because the light that reflects

on the frame shines back at you in these parcel gilt areas.

You'll not find a grander or better set of early 18th-century chairs

anywhere in the world, which is quite something.

Of course the big thing today is for our teams over at the auction.

Are they going to in such a grand accolade for their efforts?

We shall see.

Today, the teams' lots will go under the hammer before the bidders of Derbyshire,

at Hansons Auction Rooms in Mackworth.

How good is this?

It doesn't come much better than Mackworth, I'm told.

-And with Charles Hanson, what could be nicer? Charlie, how are you?

-Tim, there's a buzz, isn't there?

-There's a buzz in the air you'll hear.

-Look at all these people.

-It's good.

First up, for our Reds, the two pieces of Crown Derby.

We frequently sell eight and ten inch dinner plates.

They make £80-£90, so I can name a lot of prices for certain sized dishes, hopefully.

Good, we've got two here,

one of which I suppose is a tea bowl, is it?

The one on the right-hand side is an early one from about 1916.

A shallow dish maybe for nuts,

or maybe a decorative trinket dish you might have

on the dressing table or on your sideboard.

OK, fine. Two nice pieces, they seem to be in good nick, how much?

Tim, a guide price on the two, they're nice and decorative,

between £30 and £50.

-£40 paid, that's brilliant.

-Fine.

We've a mixed lot, the fairy brooch

and this delightful little spoon.

You've captured, Tim, two great eras, the art nouveau fairy

and 20 years before, the aesthetic enameled-inset...

maybe gilt silver spoon...

We're not sure on the intrinsic metal. It's a really nice spoon.

They didn't pay much, they paid £10. Will you get them a profit?

That's a real bargain with a big capital B.

Yes, B for bargain. How much, do you think?

The two together, I hope will make £30.

-Marvellous, more than double their money.

-Yes.

Jolly good. Now, lastly is the needlework picture.

Now, this is a high Victorian image, isn't it?

It captures the essence almost of Queen Victoria and the two children.

This is, I think, an early portrait of her, probably after Winterhalter,

-her favourite portrait painter.

-Yes.

And then we've got the nice maple frame.

Yes. I think it's a really nice picture.

So, erm, are you going to get brave with us here then, Charles?

I hope, with a fair wind blowing across Derbyshire, it might rise up and take perhaps up to £100.

-It's got a lot going for it, Charles.

-Yes, it has.

It slightly depends on the reaction from your audience in a moment

but there's certainly plenty of them trotting around,

all cantering about doing their viewing, which is lovely.

So, they could need their bonus buy, let's go and have a look at it.

-Now, JJ - Jodie and John. This is your moment.

-It is.

OK, Mark, show us what you've brought.

Well, I'd like John to help me cos I'm holding this very gently.

-Can you just...

-Pull off the rag.

-Thank you.

Oooh!

Oh, look at that. Mirror, mirror on the wall...

Exactly. I LOVE the sort of Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts period.

And I thought this was rather nice.

It has a really strong look about it, this beaten look.

And these lovely sort of almost Celtic roundels on that.

I thought it was rather visually appealing.

I think we should sell - with this view, it might add value.

-How much did you spend?

-I only spent £30!

-That's brilliant.

-That's good.

-So what would you pay for it, Jo?

-Erm, yeah, £30-£40, I think.

-Would you think people would spend more than me?

-Well, I certainly would.

I would love to see it make £50 or £60, actually.

-It's not specialist. You could see it in a house, any house.

-Anyway, hold that thought, guys.

Meanwhile, for the viewers at home, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about the mirror.

Right, then, Charles. This is supposed to have a Liberty look.

-Do you agree with that?

-Tim, from the exterior we would hope so, and from the rear...yes,

it's got more pedigree because its back is old -

-it's going back to perhaps 1900, 1890...

-Look at this, Charles.

-All that rotting away there.

-I know, I know. It's a good sign.

And obviously from the front, we've got this fairly tinny,

hammered copper, which isn't overly exciting but what really makes it

for me is this almost cast disc-shaped ornament.

It's got mileage in what it might sell for

and I'm going to guide it, Tim, for the auction between £30 and £50.

Good for you.

£30 paid by Mark Stacey who, as we all know, is a cunning little operator.

A good buy.

That's it for the Reds, moving on to the Blues.

First for them is the Gladstone bag, what a handsome one that is.

Tim, the exterior is pretty good, but the interior is even better.

Look at that.

It's completely mounted with silver-topped toilet jars.

-They're silver, are they?

-Yeah, they're all silver, Tim.

Check them all out. I've got the date code as well for it.

It's somewhere around 1880 or thereabouts.

The quality - you look at the lining

and that's a really good sign of quality. Magnificent.

Good. Well, it's a fine thing, Charles.

It wants a bit of restoration, so...how much?

I can see it making perhaps £200.

Good.

-£195 paid. Catherine found it. She loves her leather work.

-Yes.

And we'll have to hope for the best.

I'm sure, Tim, it'll do well.

-OK, well, cross everything.

-Yes.

Next is the silver-mounted glass inkwell. Pretty standard job.

Tim, it's standard, but it's solid.

It's well-cut, it's of square outline and it's hallmarked Birmingham.

-It's a quite early Edwardian - 103 years old.

-Lovely.

How much?

Tim, again, I think we'll guide it for the auction between £30 and £50.

-£35 paid.

-Fine.

-So we're very happy with that.

-Good buy, Tim.

Now, 11 pieces of Carlton Ware.

That's a wodge, isn't it?

Tim, you look at it and it makes you smile.

You look at it and you harp back to those inter-war years, perhaps.

It's all fairly standard, but importantly,

when it comes to Carlton Ware, the majority, Tim, is in good condition.

-Now, give us your estimate.

-Tim, it's a good lot, 1, 2... Yeah, there's 11 pieces there.

We're going to guide the lot between £30 and £50.

£5 paid.

£5, for the whole lot? That's incredible.

It certainly is.

Anyway, with that lot packing that sort of punch,

they may not need their bonus buy

but let's go and have a look at it anyway!

OK, you terrible twins,

you gave Catherine £65, what did you spend it on, Catherine?

OK, chaps...

-Not just a box.

-Is there anything in it?

-There is.

-Oh!

-Aren't they sweet?

Little cocktail sticks, all silver,

all hallmarked, with little cockerel finials.

-So, how old are they, then?

-They're all hallmarked 1937.

They're nice little things. So, do you think this will make a profit?

-I think so. I paid £48 for them.

-OK.

I think we might get a little bit of profit on them.

-OK.

-I think probably £50-£60.

So are you big drinkers, you boys?

Not of the cocktail variety

but I can imagine a pint with on of these just...

A pint of Guinness with a little cocktail...

Well, there we are. I think it would make a fantastic gift.

-Food for thought, chaps, yes?

-Indeed.

In the meanwhile, for the viewers at home,

let's find out what the auctioneer thinks of Catherine's cocktail sticks.

Here we go then, Carlos. Here's something to feast your eye on.

Well, Tim, they're six fine cockerels, aren't they?

-They certainly are.

-They're Birmingham, they're 1937 and again, Tim,

-it's the all-important word, they're a bit novel.

-So how much?

Tim, hopefully the cocks will race away and make between £30 and £40.

£48 paid.

-I think £48 is enough to pay for them.

-Yes.

-We'll find out in a minute, won't we, Charles?

-We will, Tim.

It's the filing cabinet - £45!

-So, Jon, Jode, how are you feeling?

-Very nervous and excited.

-It's a funny mixture, isn't it?

-Yes.

Have you been to many auctions?

Not a vast amount to be fair. First proper one.

Just look out at this sale room cos there is not a square inch

that isn't filled with a body, right?

They're all here to see Charles Hanson sell your lot.

-No pressure here.

-None at all.

Anyway, the first lot up are the Crown Derby Imari dish jobs.

Two pieces, you paid £40 for them.

This is THE place to sell that stuff.

And here it comes.

Date code for 1912. Where were you? Well, it was around Titanic times.

It's a wonderful lot, start me off £20, come on. I'll take 2 now...

2, 5, 8, 30, no more.

More...

30, 2, 5, 35, 38, 40. Are you sure?

-Go on!

-I'll take one more, thank you very much.

All out to you, sir, at £38, do I see £40 now? Going once...

-I'll take £40.

-Come on.

Selling at £38, going, going, going...

GAVEL FALLS

-Oh, wow.

-He tried his best.

-£38 that's minus £2, that is bad luck.

But still, it's only £2. Don't despair.

What's £2 between friends, eh?

-Exactly.

-Now, fairy brooch and your doodad.

They really are a charming lot. I'm sure you'll agree. Do I see £15?

Start me off, do I see £15 for these two lovely objects.

15 but I'll take 18 now, come on!

15, 18, 20.

You're in profit, doubled your money, good girl.

5? They're charming. At £20, I'll take 5, one more...5!

Yes!

At £25, I'll take 8,

going once, going twice, I'll take 8 or we sell at £25 all done.

-Well done.

-Well done, baby, well played.

-Ha!

£15 on that, which means over all you are plus 13.

Now the Victorian needlework picture. Here it comes.

There we are, nice object. I will start this lot with a bid of £45.

-45...

-Do I see 50 now? It really is very nice.

At £45, 50, 5, 60, 5, 70, 5, 80.

I'll be out. No, I've got £75, 80 I'll take now. Come on.

80, new place, 5, 90...

5, 100, 110, 120, 130.

Look at me. And it could be yours, 130?

You've come so far...130, 140. Are you sure...?

We are selling, make no mistake, at the far end...

-140!

-Yes!

150...160.

Is your 150 OK, give me a nod?

150, going once, going twice, at £150. Well done, it's yours.

Look at that. That is amazing.

That is plus %50.

You had £13 before which means you're plus 63.

Well done, very well done.

You have £63 profit.

-Now, you don't really need it, but are you going to have a go at this?

-Absolutely 100% going for it.

-I love it.

-I mean, you're on a roll.

-Absolutely, absolutely.

-I'm sure this will make a profit.

-I'm sure it will.

-I like it.

-Yes.

-The decision's made then?

-100%.

We're going with the Liberty-style mirror and here it comes.

Arts and Crafts-style. There we are, a bid here £40 for it.

Yes.

I'll take 5 now. 40, I'll take 5 for a Liberty-style mirror.

45, 55, 65, I've got 75 and out.

5 now, I'll take £80 for it. Come on!

All out, £80 here.

5, 90, 5. No. £90.

I'll take 5 now, going once, do I see 5? Going twice, fair warning.

We say sale at £90.

Yes, we really do...to you, sir.

-Yes, we do.

-Legend, you're a legend.

-We're happy with that.

That is why the man is the legend that he is.

-He really is...

-Quite frankly.

£30 paid. £90 sale. Profit of £60, I love it.

Add that to your £63 you had previously, you have £123.

-Now that is what they call a result, isn't it?

-Thank you so much. Perfect.

-Brilliant.

-Are you going into this business, you two?

-I think so, that's the next thing for us, definitely.

-I'll quit work tomorrow!

-Don't say a word to the Blues cos we don't want to spoil their day.

Carl, Gareth, this is the moment. Feeling shifty at all, were you?

-Yes. Feeling a bit apprehensive, actually.

-Are you?

I mean, you're so cool, too aren't you, Gareth?

-You're the cool one in the duo.

-Yeah, I guess I am.

Well, you've got this kind of tension because you don't know how the Reds got on, do you?

-No, not a clue.

-We don't want you to know.

Your first lot, the Gladstone bag, is coming up now!

A wonderful late Victorian Greaves leather Gladstone bag,

full with silver-topped scent bottles, toilet bottles and a toilet jar.

I will start this lot off with a bid on my book at £100.

Do I see 110, please? At £100 now. Do I see 110? Come on!

110, 120, 130, I have got 140,

150 I'm out, I'll take now 160.

New place, 160. 170.

Look at me.

LAUGHTER

160, I'm bid now. 160 I'm bid.

You're in sir, I'll take 170.

-Going once, going twice.

-Just one more.

-Oh, no!

-I'll take 170.

-Come on!

We sell on the second row at £160, going...

Going... Going... Gone.

Oh dear, minus 35.

It's not too bad. We can make that back.

-Can we?

-I think you might. Here comes your inkwell.

Birmingham, 1906, well cut and of a nice weight.

There it is. It's a hinged lid. Where do we start this inkwell?

I am only bid £20. I'll take two now, it's silver. Come on.

20, worth all of that, surely?

2, 5, 3, 8, to Miss Hornblower, you're in.

Five, sir. 38, Miss Hornblower. Sir, 40.

45!

45, it's against you now. 45, is that OK?

45, sir, at the back now. Sir, 50, 55.

Are you sure?

Fine. 50. I'll take five now, come on. One more do I see?

Going once, going twice, I've got you at £50.

Well done, Carl. That's plus £15.

That has reduced your losses to only 20. Minus 20.

Now, the Carlton Ware. Let's claw it back.

We are the wholesaler

and here we have a fine collection of Carlton Ware.

Where do we start this lot? Well, I'm looking for £15.

Start me off, it's worth that. All this, 15, 18, 20.

2, 5, 8, 30.

I'm out.

30, I'll take two now, for all this Carlton Ware, goodness me.

30, I'll take two now. Come on. 2, 5, 8. 40.

-Look, it's going on!

-A flurry.

-One more, Sir. I'll take two.

-Hanson's on fire!

£42. 45, 48, 50.

He is on fire!

The lady at 50, OK? It's your place at the half century.

Fair warning, I'll take five now. Going once, going twice. We sell it.

-Five, 60, oh, come on!

-Going on!

-You've come so far.

I'll take one more for good luck.

60? 65! But thank you, sir.

He says, the death, I understand.

60, I'll take five now. Fair warning, all done.

The lady, you're in at £60. Going, going, going.

Is that £60 he sold it for? £60? You only paid a five pound note.

You jammy lot! You are therefore, plus £55. Yes?

You were minus 20 before which means you are now...

Plus £35. You are plus £35. I don't believe this. £35 up.

-Are you happy about that?

-Absolutely, yeah.

-Over the moon.

-What about these cocktail sticks?

-I think we should put a fence around this.

Carl, quickly you have to make a decision quick.

-I think we won't go with them.

-You're not going to go with the bonus buy?

No bonus buy. That's your decision. She won't take it personally.

She doesn't mind one way or the other. You just do your own decision. No bonus buy, yes?

The decision is made, just in time.

Here it comes, we're going to sell it anyway,

even though you've decided not to take it.

Just to see what happens.

These are novel little cock sticks.

Sorry, novel cocktail sticks, there we are!

LAUGHTER

Sorry. There we are.

There we are. They are very, very sweet. They are cocktail sticks.

There we are. They are novel silver cocktail sticks.

There we are, they're very nice sticks. They are cased.

They are Birmingham, 1937, in their black Morocco case.

I'm only bid here £20. I'll take two for it now.

20, I'll take two for the cocktail sticks.

2, 5, 8, 30. 2, 5, 8, 40.

45, 50.

They're novel, sir. 50 and five.

-Oh, go on, one more.

-Oh, boys, bad luck.

60. You might, sir, regret it.

65!

But thank you.

Hers at £60. Going once. Five!

70.

Oh, you can't lose it now, sir. One more, I'll take, sir, 70.

The wife says no. I understand. Fair warning, sir, you're in at £65.

At the back, at £65, going, going, going, gone to you.

Is that plus £17? I think it's plus £17.

Except you decided not to go for them. So, overall, you are plus £35.

And there is no shame in that, all right?

Don't say a word to the Reds because all will be revealed in a moment.

-Well, this has been fun, hasn't it? Any communication between you?

-No!

No? None at all?

It'll come as no surprise, then,

that both teams are going home with folding money.

Unheard of, really, on Bargain Hunt. Well, almost unheard of.

A stellar day, really.

It's just a question of the scores and the total.

And the team that are behind in the winnings...

-Are the Blues.

-Oh, no!

Yes.

You guys have lost by only managing to win £35, which is

a real turnaround for us, actually.

£35, how about that? Pretty good, isn't it?

It started out so badly with the Gladstone bag.

You looked as if you were never going to make anything at all

but you clawed it back consistently from that moment,

-which is great, isn't it? I hope you had a nice time.

-Yes.

-We've loved having you.

But the victors today are going home with £123.

Thank you very much.

If you say that quickly, it doesn't sound very much

-but £123 is a pretty good sum, I have to say.

-Thank you!

Largely made up by the huge profits contributed by the Liberty's mirror.

Bought for 30 and sold for 90, that's a very good result, Mark.

-All round, it was marvellous, wasn't it?

-Yes.

-Did all right.

-Are you happy?

-Very.

Anyway, you've been great contestants.

We've loved having you on the show.

Join us soon for some more Bargain Hunting, yes? Yes!

I know, you're sitting there thinking,

"I could have done better than that!"

Well, what's stopping you?

If you think you can spot a bargain, go to our BBC website and apply.

It'll be splendid to see you.

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