Ardingly 28 Bargain Hunt

Today, we're in West Sussex.

This region was famous in the old days for smuggling,

bringing in contraband from all over Europe.

But it's a different sort of booty that we're after today.

Oh yes! Let's go bargain hunting! Yeah!

From the time of the Romans,

Sussex has been at the front line of England's relationship with Europe

and it's no different today.

We've got local, national, and international dealers

gathered for the Ardingly Antiques and Collectors fair.

On today's show,

the boys are trying to get their own way on the Blue team.

An ashtray! Come on, Holly, what are we looking at here?

I think these are different, aren't they?

They don't do much for me!

No, I don't like them.

While the flirty Reds, think they've got it figured out.

Hello! It's our lovely ladies!

Can you call the police?

LAUGHTER.

Hello! In our teams today...

we've got Deborah and Lauren for the Reds,

and Seb and Holly for the Blues.

Welcome everybody. Brilliant.

Now Deborah, you look more like sisters to me.

Is this true that you can really be the mother?

-Yes?

-You saucy rascal!

Ooh, you saucy rascal!

-Yes.

-You're very good friends, aren't you?

Yes, we are, we go out a lot together.

-We do lots of things together, so...

-We're best friends.

-Yes.

What could be nicer?

And what sort of things do you get up to, girls?

We are rather keen on greyhounds. You go to the dogs a lot?

We go sometimes but we're more keen on collecting them, having rescued greyhounds at home.

-They are lovely things, aren't they?

-They are beautiful.

I don't know what it is about the long legs on a Greyhound.

-The grace of the beast.

-They are like a woman, aren't they?

Spot-on I would say.

So Lauren, what sort of job to do when you're not rescuing greyhounds?

I work in a micro biology lab as a laboratory technician.

My work involves nasty bacteria in yeast.

-Were you passionate about science when you were at school?

-Yes. I have got a science degree.

I've always loved sciences since I was a child,

always loved looking down a microscope.

What are your tactics going to be today, girls?

We are of the same school of thought as William Morris.

-Having nothing in your house that's not beautiful.

-Or practical.

That is a very good motto, isn't it?

And it didn't do William Morris any harm.

That's going to be your plan. It's got to be beautiful, it's got to be practical

-and it's got to be at the right price.

-A bargain.

Yes, I think you are going to do terribly well. Very, very good luck.

Now you two. Tell me about your discus throwing?

I have been doing athletics for about 10 years.

I am ranked second in great Britain, 22nd in the world.

-That is something to shout about.

-It's not bad.

It is something I am quite proud of.

I like train five days a week, I go to the gym four times a week.

I do fitness training once a week and I also do throwing on top of that.

Hopefully, that will lead me to competing in the next Paralympics.

We shall keep our eye open especially on this programme now that we've met.

Holly, you are doing a job connected with charity?

Since I left university in 2010, I have been working in events

so I put on music festivals for Oxfam.

It was a national music festival but I ran the Brighton leg of it in 2010.

Since then, we have been doing one-off events to raise money.

Do you know anything about antiques?

Apart from me watching a lot of things like Bargain Hunt,

I think you can learn a lot by watching them.

Of course you can, the whole nation knows more after watching a decade of Bargain Hunt.

If you have been relying on our programme,

I'd tell you, you are going to be just fine in today's competition.

So fine that I feel I can lob out your £300 apiece.

You know the rules, your experts await and in a moment, we're off.

But not before we've met our experts.

Ready to bowl over any competition

for the Blues is the smashing David Harper.

There is no need to feel sad Reds,

because you've got the ever-chipper Catherine Southon.

-Debs, Lauren, this is terribly exciting! Are we going to spend a lot of money?

-Hopefully!

I like art deco style pottery, the bright colours.

-The big patterns.

-Wonderful, love that. What about you, Holly?

I'm going to look for some jewellery.

-Have we got a plan?

-Definitely. Um,...yes.

-Have we?

-Yes.

-What's our plan?

We have an expert and we're not afraid to use her.

THEY LAUGH

-So, you do have big plans.

-Definitely.

OK. They're all going to go wrong, starting now. Come on. One hour.

'Ah. The voice of experience.

'Now, anything taking your fancy, Reds?'

-Truncheons!

-'Well, I wasn't expecting that.'

-Why the truncheons?

-Because I've always loved them.

Could we have a look at your...truncheons?

THEY LAUGH

'Yes...'

-Sorry, I've got the giggles now.

-'I can't think why.'

Can we just have a look at these little...?

-Batons.

-Batons.

Thank you.

And how old are these?

1840s, 1850s.

-And how much is this one?

-£120.

Oof!

What would you be able to do your best on something like this?

The absolute best would be £100.

We'd struggle to make a profit.

It's worth about £120, £130, but I'll sell it for £100.

I suppose that one is quite nice with the coat of arms on, isn't it?

-Could you just knock it under £100?

-£95?

-OK.

-I'm not going to miss a fiver.

-Thank you.

That just gets it under, just to look a little bit more tempting.

-Shall we think for five minutes?

-Yes. We'll give it five minutes

because we've only just started and, er...we'll be back.

-I like it.

-I have to vouch for your judgement.

It's got quite a lot going for it. There's a lot of information there.

The lovely, um,...coat of arms, which...

I think the more information you've got the better, really.

I do quite like that.

'While the Reds mull it over, how's Seb and Holly getting on?'

That's quite nice, as a piece of glass.

-OK.

-I don't know how modern that is, I'm not really sure.

Shall we have a look? What is it that you like about that?

I just like the blue going down to the green with...

It looks quite chunky and sort of a big bit of glass.

-I just like the colour of it.

-Have a hold of it.

I quite like it, actually. I can see people having that in their house.

I can see it on a mantelpiece or a table.

-Like in a modern home.

-Exactly.

-What about this?

-It's lovely.

-What is it?

Sextant. So it's a nautical navigation instrument.

In perfect condition in a box, these sell for around £300.

-Wow!

-But without a case, this would sell,

probably, at auction, I would guess, for about £150, £100 - £150.

-How much is it?

-I don't know.

-Now, date-wise...

-It's got Murano on it.

OK. Tell me about Murano. You've watched this programme.

-How many pieces of Murano have appeared?

-Loads and loads.

Italian glass from the island of Murano.

Perfect. Just off the coast of Venice.

-They've been making glass there for literally centuries.

-OK.

A couple of centuries ago, the islanders of Murano

were training these glassblowers to a very high standard.

But the deal was, if you wanted to be a glassblower on Murano,

you could never leave.

And if they caught you as you were trying to leave, you'd be executed.

-Blimey! That's harsh.

-Just a bit(!)

The skills they taught you, they would die with you.

So that's how important glassmaking was on the island of Murano.

-But they're still making it.

-They're still making it.

So dating it, Holly, is kind of difficult.

-But I would say by the colours, it's got to be '60s or '70s.

-Right.

'So that particular glassblower should be safe, at least.'

-Oh, yes. Hello.

-Hello. How much is your sextant?

-Um,...it's got to be cheap at about £180, hasn't it?

-Ooh!

-That doesn't sound cheap.

-Ooh!

'Time to work your magic, girls.'

-There's quite a few things that are wrong with it.

-Right.

It's obviously not in its case, it's missing an adjustment screw,

which I don't think is a huge problem, but here,

I'm pretty sure there would be like a pinhole site.

-So because of that...

-You want to give me £200?

-No!

-£30.

-Can you call the police?

-'No. But I can locate a truncheon.'

-Um, could you go under £100 for that?

-Yes.

Yeah. Just couldn't go that low.

If you can do £130, we've got a deal.

-Could we have a think about that, sir?

-You can always come back.

We can always come back. We know where you are.

Last price, £110 if you want it. But that's it.

-Can't do any better than that.

-OK. That's very kind of you.

If you find one cheaper anywhere in the market,

I'll refund the difference.

-Right.

-We've got that on camera, you know.

-Thank you very much indeed.

-Thank you.

'The ladies have coaxed out another offer to cogitate over.

'The Blues are still deliberating, too.'

I've got £40 on it, but I'll take £10 off.

I'll do it for £30. That's a good price.

I think it's certainly worth £30.

And it should make £30 in auction, it really should. £20-£30.

It might make a bit more, but it's not going to set the world on fire.

-It's a lovely colour.

-It's a good colour glass.

I love the fact that you went for that.

-Yes.

-It's all about you two.

-OK. What do you think?

It's blue and we're the Blue team, so maybe it's a sign.

Yep, I think we'll probably...we'll go for that.

Wonderful. We'll have that. Thank you very much indeed.

'Thank goodness! We finally have a purchase.'

So that's one down to Seb. Holly, come on!

I know. We need to find something.

-You've got to find it.

-Yeah.

'A few stalls down, our cheeky Reds are on a charm offensive.'

Hello! It's us, lovely ladies.

'Huh-huh-huh. They're back and they mean business!'

We've come to look at the baton again.

-That one?

-Mm.

-OK. There you go.

-Thank you.

-It's the price that's the problem.

-I think the price is fine.

-I've put it at the lower end of what it's worth.

-It's up to you, ladies.

-They have crept up in value over the last four or five years.

-Yes.

But there's a recession on.

Not in the truncheon market.

I've never bought one before, so...

Several very good collectors.

Well, how about £85? Would you be so kind...?

No, I wouldn't take £85. I'll take £95. That is the absolute best.

-OK. I really like it, and...

-You went for it straightaway.

-Go with your instincts.

-You did.

-Yes.

Go with your gut instinct.

-Yes.

-£95.

-OK. Marvellous.

-Thank you very much.

-OK. Thank you. Deal done.

Great! We have our first purchase, ladies!

THEY CHEER

-We've got a lot more work to do.

-Definitely.

-Come on.

'Absolutely.

'And talking of having your work cut out,

'Holly's got a battle on to choose her item.'

Oh, look, she's looking for blingy jewellery. Straight in.

Let's see what you're looking at.

-It's quite pretty, isn't it?

-It is just costume jewellery.

-Yeah.

Very bonny, but it doesn't really have any value.

-No.

-No, not really.

-This one?

-Yeah.

-OK. Let's have a look at that.

-Ooh, it's musical.

-Oh, it's a musical box!

-No great age to that.

-No?

-No.

I wouldn't trust that to be silver.

They're quite different, aren't they?

-They don't do much for me.

-No, I don't like them.

An ashtray. Come on, Holly, what are we looking for here?

'Are they ganging up on you, Holls? Well, you'd better watch out, Blues,

'because half the shopping time's gone.'

'Now, are the Reds still reeling in more unsuspecting stallholders?'

-You've got two at the back and...

-They're not the easiest things to sell.

-No.

-Because...

-Two little drawers here.

-He's not listening to me.

-No, I'm not listening to you.

-We can think about it.

-We're thinking about a few things now.

THEY LAUGH

We've got to make some decisions.

If it goes to auction and it doesn't make more money, I'll put the rest to it.

Sadly, we can't do that, but that's a lovely idea.

Thank you. A kind gesture.

'So, will Holly finally get to choose an item?'

-Come on, then, let's go and scout in here.

-Yeah.

Holly, what do you like?

-There's a nice cameo in there.

-Right.

-OK, Holly.

-I think it's very pretty

and I think it would go with lots of things. And it would be worn,

rather than a lot of jewellery people buy and melt down.

-I can see people buying this to wear and enjoy.

-Absolutely.

-And it's very elegant.

-Shell. Is it shell?

-It's shell.

We've got a bit of an Italian theme going here

because Italians are world-renowned for carving these cameos.

What's the best on that one?

Never mind what's on it, give me the best trade price.

-£60.

-£60.

I think that would estimate at £40-£60 in auction.

-So his price is absolutely right.

-Yeah.

What you have to take a chance on

is are there going to be some people there.

-A dealer and a private buyer who fancy it.

-Bid against each other.

I think this is the kind of thing that could sell online.

-I think we should maybe have a punt at that.

-Yeah, I think it's worth going for.

-I love the idea of you getting yourself some jewellery.

-Me, too.

-Shall we have a go?

-Let's have a go.

-Good. Let's have a go.

Because time is really rolling on now.

-OK. £60?

-Deal done.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you very much.

'Yes, time is rolling on. And don't our teams know it!'

I think the pressure's getting on a bit now.

We've had 45 minutes, 15 minutes left.

It's nerve-wracking. We've got one item and not much time left.

-We need to crack on.

-It's scary!

I think hopefully, we'll find something in the next stall or two.

-Quickly get something, I think.

-Yes. Head inside because it's freezing.

'Come on, Reds, you've got some catching up to do.'

-Do you like bronzes, Catherine?

-Yes.

There's this one, which is quite lovely, I think.

That is quite nice.

-That's £125.

-That is lovely, isn't it?

-Yes.

-It's a lovely shape.

-There's no maker's name or anything.

-I love that.

It's very expensive, though.

Can you do it...? You know what's coming!

Sorry. Let me get out of your way.

I'll do it for £100.

That's still a lot.

What's your kindest, kindest...?

-My kindest would be £90.

-£80?

-No, I couldn't do £80.

-How about £85?

-All right, go on.

-Yay!

-Thank you.

-I'll probably get done for that.

I think with the wind behind him, he could actually do quite well.

Could we do £80? And then we're absolutely sorted on it.

Oh, go on. Just to get rid of it!

-We have that effect! Yes, I'd say definitely!

-OK, girls?

-Cos that makes our...

Thank you very much. That's really kind of you.

So both teams are two down with one to go and barely minutes left,

while the Reds prepare for their third purchase.

Ha-ha! What has Harper spotted?

-What do we think about a tea caddies?

-I like that box.

-That's nice.

-It's rather sweet, isn't it?

-It's lacquered, so it's wood with a lacquer finish.

-Very decorative.

-Is that gold leaf, do you think?

-That's painted, isn't it? Yes.

-OK.

-I would say that is about 1840.

-It's quite old then.

-It's quite old.

It's a proper antique. I think that in auction is £50 to £80.

I'll ask what we can get it for. What could we get that for?

-- Can I have a look?

-95 on there.

-- Right. Erm... Yeah, £85.

I just feel it's a little bit... I don't know.

-Can we just keep it in reserve? Do you mind if we think about that?

-Yeah, that's all right.

We took a risk with the Cameo, so maybe...

-But a good thing, so we might dash back and bag it if we need to.

-Yeah, OK.

A risky strategy, Blues. Five minutes left.

-What's that?

-It looks like a gavel.

-- It's salt and pepper.

Oh!

-Sweet!

-- Have a look. The ends unscrew.

-It isn't silver.

-No. I could tell that.

-Hence the price.

-It's this end...

-Yeah.

-I'm terribly excited by that.

-That is lovely.

-If you don't have it, I'm going to buy that.

-What can you do on that?

-Tell me what the ticket price is.

Erm...75.

I'll do it... No other haggling, girls, cos I know how it works...

I'll do it for 58.

And that is the death.

Time to make some decisions, teams.

-Oh, I say!

-That's nice!

-Now then.

-German.

-German. How do you know it's German?

-It's on the label!

Do you like that?

-I really like that.

-It's lovely.

-I really like that.

-OK, so let's have a look at it. Is it actually silver?

-I don't know.

-You don't know. I don't know.

-But I think it is.

-I would imagine it is. But we can't sell it as silver.

-The auctioneer won't, that's the thing.

-White metal.

-White metal. What's the price for us?

-The bottom price I'm going to sell it to you is £100.

-£100.

I think we might just lose our shirts on that one, to be honest.

Two minutes left.

-I love it.

-I do, too.

-I love it as well.

-Definitely, we'll have that.

-I don't think you can resist it.

- It's a real novelty thing.

-And if it all goes wrong, you can blame me. What do you like now?

-I just saw the frog.

Oh, hang on a minute.

-What's that?

-- A cigar cutter. Little scissors.

-You have some brilliant things! You do!

-I love quirky.

-Oh, don't we just?

-Aren't they brilliant?

-And what are they made of?

-I think they're Bakelite.

-I think they are.

-How much could you do those for?

-I'll do those for 60. And that is the death as well.

-That's good.

That's quite good. I've never seen one of those.

-I would say that's quite rare. At the end of the day, it's what's going to make the most money.

-Yes.

I think the frog will, probably. That's rarer.

Although, I love that too.

-But we can't have both.

-That's rare.

-We can't have both.

So what's it to be, girls?

-OK.

-So we'll go with the frog.

-Mr Froggy.

Can you do 55, just to pinch?

-On the cigar...?

-On the frog there. Make us happy.

-Delighted, in fact!

-Go on.

-Thanks. That's brilliant.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-That's good. That's a bit of fun.

-We cut that fine.

-Well done, girls. Hug!

# Sisters are doing it for themselves. #

Well done, Reds.

Now, buck up, Blues.

I think it's too chancy. I really do. Oh, my goodness me!

-We've got 30 seconds, 29 seconds.

-Let's go back to that tea caddy.

-It's antique.

-That's not going to be £20, is it? It's not! OK.

Go for the tea caddy.

Come on!

Excuse me, that couldn't be 70, could it?

-Not really. £85.

-85.

Let's go for it. We've got 15 seconds left.

Make the most of every second. Are you quite sure? Ten seconds.

-Yes, let's go for it, 85.

-Holly, five seconds?

-We're going to have to, aren't we?

-Let's go for it. We're done!

-OK, that's it, we're done. Are you happy, Holly?

-I'm happy.

-Well done.

Blimey! Talk about cutting it fine! Time's up.

Let's remind ourselves what the Reds bought, eh?

Deborah was very keen on this policeman's truncheon.

They struck a deal at £95.

The charmed the stallholder down to £80 on the bronze pheasant.

And in the last two minutes,

the Bakelite froggy leapt out at them for £55.

-Deborah, did you have a good time?

-I've had a wonderful time.

-Same with you, Lauren?

-Yeah, brilliant.

-Nice to go out with your mum and have a good old shop up, eh?

-How did you spend all round?

-230.

-That is such a good number.

-There's only £70 of leftover lolly. Who's got that?

-Me.

-Thank you. Can I have it?

-Certainly!

-Double check!

-Straight across.

-Thank you.

-Not so much to spend, but there's plenty here to choose from.

-Yes.

-It might be a bit tricky, but I shall give it my best shot. Don't worry.

-Thank you.

I wonder if she's giving us a clue there - best shot? Maybe she's going to get a gun!

We shall find out later. Why don't we remind ourselves what the blue team bought, eh?

Seb picked up this Murano glass vase, which cost them 30 smackers.

Holly's choice was this Cameo brooch,

but it cost them a pretty penny, at 60.

And quite literally in the dying seconds,

they plumped for the black tea caddy at £85.

That must have been one of the closest finishes I've ever had.

-One second to go, was it? So close!

-You do love a close shave!

-I do.

-Living on the edge, Tim. That's me.

-That's you, David.

-Did you have a nice time?

-Really good.

-I really enjoyed it.

-And what did you spend?

-175.

-That is a mature amount.

I'd like £125 of leftover lolly, if I may. Thank you.

And hand over the money to David Harper. What are you going to find?

I don't know, but I'm going to have some time. Someone has stolen an hour of my life in a nanosecond.

It was unbelievable. I'm going to take my time.

-Under considered judgment, no doubt. Big profits please.

-I'll try!

Meanwhile, we're heading off to the borders of Hampshire and Sussex to a gorgeous stately home.

And the place in question is Stansted Park.

An ancient estate, Stansted has had a number of distinguished owners

over the years, but in 1924, Vere Ponsonby, the 9th Earl of Bessborough,

purchased the property to house the family's collection of furniture and works of art.

Stansted today contains those collections and is open to the public for us all to enjoy,

enabling us to have not only a peek at the objects but also a little taste of the stories they tell us.

The founder of the family fortunes was Sir John Ponsonby,

who fought as Colonel of the Horse

under Cromwell and was given an estate in Ireland for his labours.

And in this painting, we have an image

of William Ponsonby, Second Earl and, and Sir John's great-grandson.

He was supposed to have been the Keeper of Princess Amelia,

who we see in this enormous portrait.

She was the daughter of George II.

I don't know, she seems to this day to still be keeping her eye on him.

Above the doorway, we've got a portrait of the Third Earl and the interesting thing about him

is he married into the Spencer family.

And we've got his wife here on the left, Harriet.

The interesting thing about her is we have the portrait in the collection of her sister,

Georgiana, who became Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire.

If you ever saw the film The Duchess, you'll recognise that this girl is the character

that Keira Knightley played in that film.

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, famously was a gambler.

She also used to like to drink a lot.

She died owing the equivalent of some £3 million.

When her husband, the Duke, discovered this, he said,

"Is that all?" How generous of him!

Leaping forward into the 20th century, in this room,

the Music Room, we've got Vere, the 9th Earl,

in all his regalia look, as Governor General of Canada.

It was his son, the 10th Earl, who set up the charitable foundation

in 1983 that's preserved Stansted for the benefit of the public.

Some of the furniture in the collection came as a result of inheritance and marriage.

For example, this peculiarly Spanish travelling chest

that dates way back into the Middle Ages.

Typically, they're of box type form with carrying handles on the end,

so you could literally pick the thing up with all the precious objects inside it

and shove on the back of a couple of donkeys and head off across the Great Plains of Spain.

And once the families had become less itinerant,

then stands were made to hold them grandly.

What I like are the loper rails.

A loper rail is a slither of wood that slides out to provide support for a falling flap.

These loper rails are carved with charming shells.

You see how the thing works.

When I open it up, the front panel falls

and is supported on the loper rails,

which then gives you an additional advantage of a writing surface.

But look at the complexity of what we've uncovered inside.

All that inlay of bone and ivory, for a piece of furniture

that probably dates to between 1500 and 1550. Quite extraordinary.

Almost as extraordinary as the Bessborough family

and hopefully as extraordinary as the results we're going to see for our teams today over at the auction.

Well, we've remained in West Sussex,

just gone a bit further west to Wisborough Green, just outside Billingshurst,

-to Bellman's saleroom to be with Jonathan Pratt. Jonathan.

-Thank you, Tim.

-A joy!

Deborah and Lauren are hanging all their hopes, I think, on the truncheon.

Crikey! It's a good example of a truncheon. It's early 19th century.

The paint is in reasonable condition.

But apparently the warrant was on your truncheon.

You would show your warrant like this. Let me in!

-Whack 'em one! An interesting object.

-I've put £100 to £150 on it.

They paid £95 and will stand by to hopefully make a decent profit on that, which would be lovely.

-Now, there we have the ultimate birdie. A proud cock pheasant.

-Exactly. It does look rather proud.

-It does. In cast bronze and crisp!

-Crisp, good quality, good condition, not particularly old, I don't think.

-Like brand new.

-Not a lot of money. £60 to £90.

-Well, they paid 80.

-OK.

-What I like about it, at least it has some quality.

I bet you a quid they'll do better than £60 to £90. I've got a feeling about it in my waterworks.

However, I do have a difficulty in the waterworks about this frog trimming job.

-Yeah. I don't really rate it.

-Me neither.

-If it was silver plate, if it was ivory, yeah.

-But plastic.

-Yeah.

So, you know, £10, £15? That's about as generous as I can be, really.

-They paid £55.

-I'll have to work hard for that.

-You will.

Whatever they're going to make out of the pheasant and the truncheon

is going to go down the proverbial with that froggy jobby.

-Absolutely.

-In which case, they're going to need the bonus buy.

-Excited?

-Yes. Very.

-What do you suppose Catherine spent your £70 on?

-Something beautiful.

-Something beautiful! That's it!

-Good answer.

Ever the romantic. OK, show us something beautiful.

-I'm not sure it's something beautiful.

-Shall I rip that off?

-Do.

-Not beautiful at all!

-Useful.

-Useful, absolutely. There we go.

Now we have got a tailor's waist measure.

Never seen or sold one before. I thought it was an interesting thing.

This is a parallel rule, some really nice brass hinges.

Now, I know they're not particularly attractive

but these sell for around 20, 30, maybe £40.

That one never sold before but I think it could make around £40, something like that.

The two, I paid £33 for.

-Do you like them, then, Debs?

-Oh, they're wonderful!

SHE LAUGHS

They're really nicely made.

This is probably around 1915, that sort of date.

-This is going to be slightly later. Are we selling this?

-Yes, we are!

-For profits, yes!

-Yes, she likes the profit idea.

OK, on that happy, happy note let's find out what the auctioneer

thinks about Catherine's rules.

THEY LAUGH

OK, JP, isn't it the bust to the hips to the something, bottom...?

I've never been allowed to get a ruler out, to be honest.

No, quite. Talking of rulers, once you've measured the necessary

you can then get your chart out and do it.

I mean, what are you going to do with that? It looks painful!

You draw parallel lines, across a chart, and then you trace it.

That, I do understand. Absolutely.

As a navigational aid and tool, they're quite straightforward.

But those things, I don't know.

These things, you have the quality of the manufacture.

It's quite nicely made. Brass mounts on it,

and whatnot, it's obviously got some age, and some use out of it.

Is it a rarity? Is it a collectable object? It's difficult to say.

-What's your estimate?

-£30-£50.

Perfect. Catherine paid £33.

That's it for the Reds. Now for the Blues. Seb and Ollie.

First up is their bit of glass.

Modern glass is what people always buy on Bargain Hunt.

I don't know why.

it's an unpredictable business, the glass market, in that,

the private client comes in, says, that's pretty,

and they're willing to pay 10-£20 more than the next person,

and that's where your profit is, so it's always a good punt.

-Is that your estimate then? 10, 20 or £30?

-I'll stick to the latter, 20 or 30.

Seb loved it, paid £30. Probably at the top end.

-There might be a small profit in it.

-It might do.

And what about the shell cameo brooch?

You can look at that and see the quality of that shell carving

and you know that it's not 19th century, it's 20th century.

It's a bit more stylised, the way it's done.

It's kind of more 20th-century.

-But, it is in a gold mount. £30-£50 is as good as I can get.

-Is it? OK.

-Well, they paid 60, so that might be a problem.

-I think it will.

And, what about the sarcophogus-form tea caddy

in fashionable black papier mache?

I quite like it. I do like the shape. Nice, swept sarcophagus.

But, it is rubbed out, the gilding's kind of gone,

the feet are slightly worse for wear.

It's not got the covers for each of the compartments.

-What's your estimate?

-£50-£80.

Really? As much as that? You're good, aren't you, boy?

£85, they paid.

And I see that as a 40 note maximum type caddy, I have to say.

Overall, I think they're in trouble

and they're going to need their bonus buy,

so let's have a look at it.

Now, you two, you spent a whole £175. You gave David Harper £125.

David, what did you spend it on?

An interesting, out of the ordinary item, OK?

Ooh. It's...

..A stained-glass plaque.

Yes! Exactly. That's exactly how I would describe it.

It's leaded glass, it's 20th century

and it's a fantastic architectural piece for a restaurant or a home.

-Do you like it?

-Yes, and I think it's very usable as well.

-People would buy it and put it in their own home.

-It could be hung a wall as well.

I think it was a bargain. What do you think? I love testing.

Go on, how much do you think?

Er...

-£40? £50?

-Yeah, It should do that, all day long.

-20 quid.

-£20?

£20, it's absolutely for nothing.

It's very exciting. We're very excited to see what this does.

-That's great, then. Happy?

-Yeah.

You may not need to take it, but, for the audience at home,

let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Dave's sign.

-This is amazing, Jonathan, isn't it?

-Isn't that wonderful?

Yeah, makes you feel hungry just looking at it!

It's rather sweet, a bit of mottled glass, and a bit of work involved.

Actually, a lot of work. The script is good, isn't it?

It's very good. It's rather neatly done.

But then, everyone did this sort of thing.

there was a period when this was what you needed

in your cafe, bar or saloon.

Difficult to sell, though?

Well, you know, maybe someone would buy it as something

to place in a door in a restaurant.

We've done reasonably well out of these things in the past.

-What's your estimate?

-£40-£60.

-Perfect.

That canny monkey, Harper, only paid £20 for it.

-That is pretty, what I call cheap.

-Very good for £20.

-Yes.

-Looking forward to selling it?

-I can hardly contain myself, Tim.

That's rather what we thought.

Anyway, we will see about your containment in just a moment.

-Deborah, Lauren, how are you feeling?

-Very excited.

If I was putting you two on the excited scale,

are you up around nine, 10?

-10, 10. Yes. Hyper.

-Hyper? That's lovely, isn't it?

Very giggly, aren't we? Yes.

-No, you're very good friends.

-Yes.

-You're not going to fall out about today?

-No, not at all.

Anyway, first up is the policeman's truncheon, and here it comes.

Lot 1783A, a Bow Street policeman's truncheon. Someone start at £80.

-60 then?

-No Internet.

-Oh, come on, Jonathan.

In front at £40. Five, surely?

45 seated. 50. Five, 60, five, 70...

Come on, come on.

Come on, come on!

The man standing at £70. 75, with Simon, then?

80? 80 seated. 85.

He's got the Internet now.

85, still to the left, at £85. Any more at £85? Surely another one?

Last chance at 85.

£85, that was minus £10.

That's a shame!

I thought that was a bit more of a whoompher, didn't you?

Couldn't you feel a whoomph in there? Anyway...

Would have liked a bit more of a whoomph!

Lot 1784A, 20th-century patinated bronze figure of a pheasant.

Start me at £60.

-£60, surely? £40.

-Come on!

Who said 30?

OK, £30 on the left, I'll sell it, 35 standing behind you now. 40, 45.

50, 55. £55, standing at the back now at £55.

Surely worth 60 though. £55, the gentleman's bid, then.

At the back at £55.

£55. Well, we're all up the spout with that!

55. So that's minus £25. Well, what do I know about anything?(!)

Lot 1785, a cream Bakelite novelty cigar cutter, modelled as a frog.

Bids with me, 10, 12, 15, 20...£25 I have.

SHE GASPS

Who will bid me 30?

Surely worth 30. 28 then? Any more?

Waving at 28.

Waving! Keep waving!

Going for 30 now anywhere? Last chance, everybody.

£28 back of the room, all done.

A loss on everything.

30. That's 25, that's minus £27.

So that's 52... minus 62, is that right?

Check, check, check.

We had really good things as well!

How can this be minus 62?

What are you going to do about Catherine's proportionate waste-reducing gadget measure?!

-We're definitely using her.

-Right.

We're going with the bonus buy, here it comes.

Lot 1789A, a tailor's box with a brass waist measure.

And you have here, also, the parallel rule.

Start me at £30 for this.

20? 10, then?

10 on the left. 12, 15, 18, 20, 25.

No, £25, standing at £25.

Don't believe this.

Who will bid me 30? It's on the right at £25.

Come on, keep going!

I'll sell to £25, then. All done at £25...

-GAVEL STRIKES

-The agony is too much.

£25 is minus £8 which rounds it up neatly to minus 70. OK?

THEY LAUGH

Oh, dear!

Well...quite frankly, if it's been as bad as this for you,

it will be as bad for the Blues, so don't be too depressed about it

because minus £70 could be a winning score.

OK, Seb, Hols, do you know how the Reds got on?

-Haven't got a clue.

-We don't want you to know, that's great!

-Are you up for this?

-Definitely.

-Definitely. Good sports.

OK, here we go. First up is the glass and here it comes.

Lot 1805A, 1960s Murano blue green glass vase. Start me at 30 for this.

20?

Who will bid me £10?

-It's gone a bit quiet.

-Oh, dear.

12?

15, 18, 20, 22.

-At 22?

-Come on!

Surely worth 25?

Are you all done? Lady's bid at £22.

GAVEL STRIKES

Oh!

After all that!

OK, minus £8.

Lot 1806A, a shell cameo brooch, pretty little girl in a mount,

detailed 14k, starting with me at £20.

Oh, come on!

Surely worth 22 though. Bid me two.

22, 25, 28 and 30. £35 ahead.

-It's £35 in the centre.

-Come on.

Any more? Selling at £35.

GAVEL STRIKES

£35. It was minus £25.

-This is not going the right way.

-No.

OK, papier-mache tea caddy.

Lot 1807A, an early Victorian black lacquer papier-mache tea caddy.

I can start at 35 this time. Looking for 40. Surely worth 40.

40, thank you. Five?

50 and 5?

It's 55.

Come on!

60 anywhere else?

60 waving.

Standing on the left at £60. Any more?

£60, yours, sir. £60 and selling all done.

GAVEL STRIKES

THEY GROAN

That's another minus 25.

-Where are we now?

-That's 33, 53, 58. Minus 58.

Gosh!

Minus 58. That is terrible.

It's not good!

What are you going to do about the bonus prize? That glass panel.

Go for it.

-It's a no-brainer.

-Yeah, definitely.

I mean, the man's been so clever to find it at £20.

-You happy with that?

-Yeah, go for it.

-We're going with it.

20th century leaded coloured glass panel detailed "food" in script.

Commission bids once again.

To start with me at...40, 50... I can go straight in at £60.

£60!

Pleased at the back, but let's see if we can get more!

Who will bid me five? £60 commission bid against you...

Are we all done at 60? No further bidding?

Come on!

£60 and selling all done.

GAVEL STRIKES

Oh, it's still good!

£60. That is plus £40. Is that a result?!

That is what I call a result!

Listen, I'm going down. That is what I call a result.

That is brilliant!

So you were minus 58, that means you're minus 18

and that could be a winning score.

-It's a good score!

-Thank you!

Well, well, been chatting?

-No.

-No.

-Not comparing the notes?

-No.

-Good, well, that's the way we like it.

Very sadly, the runners-up today, by a big old chalk,

are the mother and daughter.

Oh, yes!

-I mean, minus £70, it just wasn't going down your gutter today, was it?

-No.

Not at all. And not because the goods were no good.

We had good things!

You did, but they just didn't want them, the beasts!

How dare they!

-Are you disappointed?

-No.

You're not? Good, I'm pleased because I hope you've had a lovely time.

-Lovely time.

-We've loved having you on the show,

but bad luck about all of that

because the victors today, who won by only losing £18, are the Blues.

-We're good!

-And your bacon was substantially saved by David Harper

-and his £40 lead plaque.

-Yes.

-Have you had a good time?

-Absolutely fantastic.

We've loved having you too.

Anyway, join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?

ALL: 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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