0:00:06 > 0:00:08Today we're coming to you
0:00:08 > 0:00:11from one of the most picturesque parts of Devon.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15We're on the Exe estuary at Topsham
0:00:15 > 0:00:19and I feel bit of divine Devonian inspiration coming on.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23Let's go bargain hunting!
0:00:48 > 0:00:54The news is that our teams have £300 to scour the Topsham Antique Centre
0:00:54 > 0:00:58to try and find three items to sell on later at auction
0:00:58 > 0:00:59and hopefully make a profit.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02And here's a quick peek at what's coming up.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Today we're in a warren of wonders.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08- The Reds dither.- Can we think about those?- Let's have a think.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12- So we've got one on the back burner. - Come back to it.- Off we go, then. - OK.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Whilst the Blues know what they like.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- I like it a lot.- It's quite nice. - It's decorative.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19So now let's meet the teams.
0:01:19 > 0:01:24Today we have the best of friends versus father and son.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26For the Reds we've got Jackie and Jane
0:01:26 > 0:01:30and for the Blues we've got John and Philip. Welcome.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32- Lovely to see you.- Hello.- Hello.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34- So how did you two girls meet, then? - Erm...
0:01:34 > 0:01:37- Well, a long time ago. - Long, long time ago.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Well, long, long, long time ago.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Jackie moved in opposite me when she nothing and I was two.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- Really? A seriously long, long time ago.- A seriously long time.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49So what do you do for a living now, Jacks?
0:01:49 > 0:01:53I'm a staff nurse and I work at Rowcroft Hospice in Torquay,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55which is a great place to work, yes.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57I work with a very good team of people
0:01:57 > 0:01:59and, yeah, thoroughly enjoy it.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- It must have its stressful moments, though.- It does
0:02:02 > 0:02:05but it's a worthwhile job and I enjoy it.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Jane, you're the person I need to ring if I have an emergency, right?
0:02:08 > 0:02:10- That's absolutely right. - Tell us about it.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12I'm a call-taker for the ambulance service.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- And do you get asked for advice in the emergency, then?- Yeah, we do.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20We, obviously, give advice on CPR
0:02:20 > 0:02:23but also, the best thing for me is when you give advice on how to give birth.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- Has that ever happened to you? - Yeah. It's happened three times now.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31The best one was a lady on her way to hospital stopped at a pub car park
0:02:31 > 0:02:32because she couldn't go any further.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34She needed a drink?
0:02:35 > 0:02:38She certainly did afterwards.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- It says here that you're a bit of a collector, too.- I am.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43I collect old Torquay pottery, mainly because I come from Torquay.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- You might find a piece or two here in Topsham.- I might.- Yeah.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Well, very good luck. I should think this has got the Blues quaking in their boots.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- Absolutely.- John, you're looking scared.- Absolutely.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56- Philip, you run the family business. - That's right.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Along with my step-mother - the two of us run the business.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01- What is the business? - We're publishers.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06We publish magazines and books on coins, medals and military history.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07- Do you?- That's our area.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Dad was involved but he semi-retired a couple of years ago.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12and now Carol and myself run it.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14- You inherited your hobby from your father.- I did, yes.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17I collect military medals
0:03:17 > 0:03:19and it's one of Dad's passions for years.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Have you got any particular favourites in your collection?
0:03:22 > 0:03:26I actually collect medals to chaplains - men of the cloth, vicars, that sort of thing.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29It fascinates me that these guys can go onto the battlefield
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- without any weaponry to defend themselves.- Yes.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37And I do have one particular medal, a Zulu war medal, 1879, to a chaplain
0:03:37 > 0:03:41who actually gave the last rites to the Prince Imperial on the battlefield.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44But Dad's a Zulu war medal collector as well,
0:03:44 > 0:03:46so he's a little bit jealous, I think.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Now, John, it says here you've been banned from riding on horseback.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53Yes. I started riding about ten years ago
0:03:53 > 0:03:57and I should never have started because I've been thrown off twice
0:03:57 > 0:04:01quite badly, and the second time I was told I'd broken my back.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- But they discovered it was an old break.- Oh.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06But the surgeon said, if you get thrown off again, you won't make it.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Why did you start ten years ago?
0:04:09 > 0:04:14My wife rides and I just liked the idea of riding along with her and...
0:04:14 > 0:04:17- A big mistake.- You're no stranger to antique fairs, are you?
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Oh, no. That's one of my pastimes.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21So what sort of things between you will you be looking out for today?
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Well, probably medals, militaria, that sort of thing.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Something local, maybe. Good quality items.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30- We won't be spending £3 or £4. - Oh, good.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33You'll be spending proper money. Folding money.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35If you can find the right things. It's jolly difficult.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Talking of money, this it the money moment. Here's your £300, girls.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- There's your £300 apiece. - Ooh.- Thank you.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44You know the rules. Your experts await and off you go
0:04:44 > 0:04:47and very, very, very, very good luck.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Do I feel an emergency coming on?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Our experts are of a fine calibre.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56For the Reds, we have a man who can spot a bargain a mile off.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57It's Philip Serrell.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02And the Blues will be guided by a man whose glass is always half full.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04It's Charles Hanson.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06- So you two are the best of mates? - Yeah, we are.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- You're not going to gang up on me, are you?- Never.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- Is there a plan? What are we going to buy?- Anything fluffy.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- What?- She's into rabbits.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- Coins and medals is our speciality. - Much else?
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- Not personally, no.- No?- No. Anything old and cheap.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Sounds good to me.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28He's seen this show before.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- You're into knitting, are you? - I do knit.- Do you?- Yes.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- What do knit? - Well, I make half things, really,
0:05:34 > 0:05:37because I tend to get halfway through them and give up.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Well, if you've only got one leg you know where to go for your socks.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- But it's not necessarily practical for everybody.- No.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49In today's living, there's no way you're going to want something of this size, this age.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54- Correct.- So we need something that's small, something people can use.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- I like the bears.- I think we should look at those.- I do like them.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59- I like the one with the reel. - The cotton reel, yeah.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02I was thinking perhaps we could buy a family of bears.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Is that supposed to be with that or have they added that?
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- He's a cotton reel holder, isn't he? Do you like them?- I do.- Yeah.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- That's half the battle, isn't it? - Yeah.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- I just wonder how much age that's got, at the bottom.- Mm.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- Do you reckon?- It doesn't look as good as the others.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Or is he...? He looks a bit older.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- And he's quite fun.- I like him with the reel on.- That's my favourite.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26I like that. It's fun.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27- That's £45.- Yeah.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31- Get it for about 30?- If we could get it for 30, that would be fantastic.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- OK, let's have a word and see if we can do that.- Lovely.
0:06:34 > 0:06:39- Purchase number one. - Well, we hope.- Hopefully. - That might be wishful thinking.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Go on, then, Goldilocks. Get haggling.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- What's the best on these, then, Albert?- £38.
0:06:44 > 0:06:4638? That's a good discount, isn't it?
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- Would 35 buy them, do you think? - I don't think so.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- Shall we take them out...?- Yeah. - Because otherwise we'll be locking cabinets.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- I'll ask Albert to put them behind the counter for us.- Lovely.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59So we'll have a look round. That's almost... How long have we had?
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- About 15 minutes?- Yeah. - And we've almost got one already. - Our first thing.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Albert, you're a gentleman and a scholar.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Well, almost buying isn't actually buying.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- Thank you.- Thanks, Albert.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- Are you happy with that? - I think that's a great idea.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- So we've got one on the back burner.- We can come back to it. - Off we go, then.- OK.- OK.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Will the Blues be more decisive? They've found something "tray" bon!
0:07:23 > 0:07:27- Is that a tray?- What do you think? John, what do you think?
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- It doesn't do it for me.- John, just look at the size.- What price is it?
0:07:30 > 0:07:36Hide that price and you give me your all-encompassing opinion on that.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- What's it made of?- Mache.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39- Yes, paper mache.- Paper mache.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41- Probably mid-Victorian. - Mid-Victorian, yes.
0:07:41 > 0:07:461860. I quite like it because if you look at the condition, it's in quite nice order.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48The gilding is pretty strong.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50What would it cost in an antiques centre?
0:07:50 > 0:07:54- £35.- No, no, more than that. - More than that?- Yeah.- OK.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- I know nothing about this. - John, how much?- £125.
0:07:57 > 0:07:58- How much?- 35 was my...
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Well, I think it's quite nice because we've met halfway - it's £65.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- 65.- 65. - I think that's not a bad object.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08If it was smaller and therefore practical, I would say yes
0:08:08 > 0:08:12but I can't see that fitting in anyone's kitchen or dining room - it's just too big.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Come on, Philip. Sometimes big is beautiful.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- Mid-Victorian. £65.- I don't mind it. Maybe it's one we can come back to.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- Not a lot, is it? - We might get it for 50.- Exactly.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Food for thought, John.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- There are some coins over here, gents.- Ah!
0:08:26 > 0:08:30- There's tools. Are they any good? Old tools?- Yes.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32There's no tool like an old tool.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Do you like these or are you just grasping at any straw?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- Any tool.- I do like old tools, I have to say. I really do.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43There's something aesthetically pleasing about them.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- You know that they've been used, don't you?- Some skilled...
0:08:46 > 0:08:49What about those? Shall we ask Albert to find out...?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51You've got 25 quid, there, look.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53- What are these? - Those are a pair of dividers.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56But they're definitely 19th century. I think they're really nice.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- Shall we find out from Albert? - Yeah.- Yeah.- Great.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02If we can them for 15 or 20 quid, that's a bit of a shout for us.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- I like that.- OK.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- What do you think?- No. - But I thought you loved coins?
0:09:09 > 0:09:13- Yeah but not those prices. - No, they're all too expensive.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17- John, when you purvey a good coin, what do you look for?- Oh, condition.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Condition is all important, particularly with milled coins,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21which are the later ones.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23There's a very nice sixpence there.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26It's still got the original patina on it, which is nice.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- And which one is that? - The 1787 sixpence.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- But that is really top end. I wouldn't want to pay that much.- No.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35The prices there are probably about right
0:09:35 > 0:09:37but we need to try and make a profit.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40And how has the coin market performed in the last 20 years?
0:09:40 > 0:09:44- Very good.- Has it?- I wish I'd bought these coins 20 years ago.- Really?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Oh, it's phenomenal. Coins now are going through the roof.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49And you can make a mint.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Albert's come back. Let's see what he's got to say.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54- £22 the pair.- £22 for the pair. Right.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Don't tell me you're almost buying these, too?
0:09:57 > 0:10:04- What I suggest that we do, let's ask Albert to put those with our... - Bears.- With our bears.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05- Is that all right? - Quite all right.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07You're a gentleman and a scholar.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Come on, teams! Buy something, one of you!
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- I like this. - I like the timber, actually.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14- I like it a lot.- It's quite nice. - It's decorative.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18It's practical, as well. It's the sort of thing you can use as a...
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- I don't know. - I know what you're thinking of. It's like a coin collector's chest.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- But it's the sort of thing that you can actually... It's decorative.- Yes.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30It's pretty. It's something that you can actually use and it's 135.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Mm.- I like that. What do you think?
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Of course you've got the mother-of-pearl, the abalone, on the lacquered, hinged doors.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41- This top section might also hinge open, like that.- It does.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43And you've got the drawers within.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46It's quite a nice item.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48- Shall we take it down?- Yeah.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52- It needs slight work, I think. - There we are.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56- It's Japanese.- With the hinged handles on either side.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01- This top section opens up to reveal divisions for maybe... - Could be anything.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Could it be a specimen cabinet of some sort?
0:11:04 > 0:11:08- Well, whatever it is, it can be used for anything, can't it?- Yeah.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10And the patination is nice, the colour.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- I like the colour of it.- It must be, what, 1900, 1890, in date?- Yes.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- And how much is it?- They're saying 135 but let's see what we can get.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- Is it worth a question? - I think it is.- OK.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22So where's our Albert, then?
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Hello. Who's this?
0:11:24 > 0:11:27I've just had a word with the lady and she said £100 would be OK.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- Great.- Sorted. Excellent. Are we happy with that?- Yeah.
0:11:30 > 0:11:31Right, brilliant. That's great.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Hurrah! Someone's spent some cash.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42Marvellous, isn't it? You want to know the time, you've got a wristwatch.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44You've got a mobile phone.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48You watch the BBC - they give you regular time checks.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50But in the old days,
0:11:50 > 0:11:54you might have had to resort to using one of these things.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58This thing is called an armillary sundial.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00It's a peculiar-looking thing.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Running across the globe is a bar
0:12:02 > 0:12:07and the idea is that you line this armillary sundial sphere up
0:12:07 > 0:12:12with the sun and follow the passage of the shadow
0:12:12 > 0:12:15that's created by that central bar
0:12:15 > 0:12:19as the sun moves and casts its shadow through the day
0:12:19 > 0:12:21on the different numerals.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24And if I give this tweak, you can see the bar line moving
0:12:24 > 0:12:28until we get here, for this example, to number four.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30It's four o'clock. Clever, isn't it?
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Well, it's fine until the sun goes in.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38What I like about this piece is the colour of the metal.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40This thing's made of bronze
0:12:40 > 0:12:43and as you know, if bronze is left out of doors,
0:12:43 > 0:12:44like a piece of sculpture,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47ultimately it goes greenish brown.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49It's called verdigris.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53It has been out of doors for maybe 100 to 150 years
0:12:53 > 0:12:57but what I can tell you is that these things, when they have any age,
0:12:57 > 0:13:01are rare and it's the sort of thing that, amazingly,
0:13:01 > 0:13:05you can still pick up for around £140.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08What might it make in a scientific instrument sale?
0:13:08 > 0:13:12I would be surprised if it made less than £1,000.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17So you see, aren't we blessed? It's a sunny day.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Our teams haven't had much time to enjoy the sun, though.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Sometimes life can be tough as old boots.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Do you know, I'm a sucker for kids' shoes and clogs.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- Do you like those? - Oh, they're beautiful.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Aren't those fantastic, look? Look at those.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- They're all leather.- Yeah. - How old would they be?
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- 1920s. But they've never been worn, have they?- Hardly.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Aren't they cute? I just love...
0:13:40 > 0:13:42I bet they weren't very comfortable, really.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45That's probably why they've not been worn.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47I don't know if they're your size, Phil.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48No but I just think...
0:13:48 > 0:13:52They're like the crossover between the working man's clogs and the child's shoes.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- They were probably for Sunday best, maybe.- They're fantastic.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59- I think they're lovely. Shall we ask another question?- Yes.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03Albert! We can ask Albert.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Albert was only 23 when we started this programme
0:14:05 > 0:14:07and we've had him running around...
0:14:07 > 0:14:11Now, those are 44 quid, Albert. We'd like them for 30. How's that looking?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Don't worry, Albert. They've got to buy something at some point.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15What a man, Albert. Get in there.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19- 38 would be the best?- 38.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Out of the three things that we've put by, I would buy the tools
0:14:22 > 0:14:24because I think they're really interesting,
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- perhaps a bit more blokey.- Possibly.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28- And I'd buy these.- They're not fluffy, aren't they?- No, no.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30And I'd buy these.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Don't tell me they're actually going to buy them?
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- All right?- Can we think about those? - Let's put them in our little pile.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39No, no, no, no. They're not going to buy those either.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Do you know what, Charles, I think we need to be looking at the bottom of cabinets and at the top
0:14:44 > 0:14:48because I think we're in danger of looking at what everyone else has looked at
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- and these things have been here for a long time.- Exactly.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- If we start looking up or down... - Exactly.- ..we may make some money.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Let's go down below, OK?
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Hit the deck, boys.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03- John, this is quite a sweet thing. - Silver photo frame.- The photo frame.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07- Can you see? What is so nice is it's a pretty lady.- Is it silver?
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Yeah. Well, it says silver.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13- It's got an interesting patina on it, though - a pewter colour.- It has.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15- I might enquire. Hello, sir. - And silver has gone up.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20You're all right, Albert. The Blues seem to be spending their cash at last.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22It's not awful lot of silver, though, if you look.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26- It's very, very thin. Very thin. - It is.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- It's not a solid silver frame. - But hasn't it got style?
0:15:30 > 0:15:31It has, yes, you're absolutely right.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Look down there. What are they?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- The hallmark letters.- Exactly. - What date is that, Charles?
0:15:36 > 0:15:37It's actually not very old.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39The hallmark is for London,
0:15:39 > 0:15:44- date code probably no earlier than 1960 or 1970.- Yeah, '60s.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49I think in an auction you might guide it between £40 and £60.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53Charles is sold on this. I'm not sure about Phil and John, though.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- I prefer it to the platter or the tray, though.- Do you?
0:15:56 > 0:15:57I prefer it to the tray.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- It's priced at £45. - It's worth more.- Is it really?- Yeah.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Well, thank you.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- 39.- 39? Oh, you're teasing me now, you're teasing me.
0:16:06 > 0:16:0938.99.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- What do you think? - I will leave it up to you
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- but I would say at £39... - It's a good buy.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17- Yeah, it is a good buy.- All right. - What do you think?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- The final decision's yours.- OK. £39. We'll go for it.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- Are you sure, Dad?- Yeah.- Cheers, Dad. We'll take it. £39. Great.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27- Are you happy with that? - I'm... No.- Not really.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31I think our Albert is just happy that cash is being spent by somebody.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35This is quite nice because this is all Exeter silver.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36That's quite nice.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39That's £330. We can't afford that.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43- But there is a premium for that, as you can see.- Yes.- Yes.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44Walk on, I think.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48I think the place to buy Exeter silver is probably in Sheffield.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52Speaking of silver, how's the Blue team feeling about purchase number two?
0:16:52 > 0:16:55I do like my silver photo frame.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58It has great style and I think for £39 it's a good buy.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00So, so far so good.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03We're getting on really well and there's good team spirit.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05I'm not entirely certain about the picture frame
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- but we'll go with Charles's... - We'll go with Charles.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10We'll go with Charles's expertise.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Right, good to see everyone's on the same page.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16The Reds are tearing the place apart.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- Let's have a look, girls. - It doesn't feel very substantial.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21- Do you know why that is? - Because it's not.- You got it.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25- It looked nice from a distance. - Yeah, about three miles.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- You need to get out more. - All right.
0:17:27 > 0:17:3040 minutes gone, chaps. Come on!
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- It's a really extensive tea set, isn't it?- It is.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37- Copeland Spode and there's a lot there, isn't there?- 125.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42- 125? Well, we've got 161 left, I think, but it's too...- Big?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Again, I'm not struck. Is it complete?
0:17:44 > 0:17:48- Well, it's got six cups.- Six cups. - Six coffee cans.
0:17:48 > 0:17:54- John, it's a good spot. - We've got another floor, we've got 20 minutes - let's come back.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57But you're on track. Two items with 20 minutes to go.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59The Reds, on the other hand...
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Are you thinking that perhaps adding something to those two tools might be an idea?
0:18:03 > 0:18:06- It might be an idea, yeah. - What about that, look?
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- Isn't that a lovely ruler? - That's nicely made, isn't it?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11- That's eight quid.- What's so different about this one, then?
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Erm, well, as a rule...
0:18:13 > 0:18:17- THEY GROAN - If you didn't see that joke coming, you're probably from outer space.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- I think that's a good plan, do you? - Yeah. £6.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25- Six quid. So I'd go for that.- Yeah. - I think that's... I think so.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29Something tells me it's going to be the bears, the tools and the boots.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Go on - put us out of our misery.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36The Blues still need a final item.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38- Eight minutes to go. - All right, we'll split up.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40You go over there, I'll go over here.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- I can't see anything at all. - Nothing leaping out at you?
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Why not take a leaf out of the Reds' book and think back.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53- It could be the paper mache tray. - I think you might be right.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57Five minutes to go and we finally have decision in the Red camp.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I think you should go and buy those three bits.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- Go and charm Albert. Go on. - See what we can do, shall we?
0:19:03 > 0:19:04He doesn't know what he's got coming.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Mm. And it's decision time for the Blues.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11It's your decision. It's the tea set or the tray.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13You make the decision.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16- Go for the tray.- Really? - Go for the tray.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21- If it's still there.- If it's not, we go for the tea set. - It might be gone.- Right.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25- That's the bears, the boots and the tools, please.- The tools.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28So if we do all them for £104?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30- Excellent.- That sounds a bargain. - Yeah.- Right.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- Excellent.- Lovely. Thank you very much.- Good luck.- Thank you.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- You're going to thrash the Blue team, aren't you?- We hope so.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Well, they're confident - indecisive but confident.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44It's got to be the tray. We made the decision upstairs, didn't we?
0:19:44 > 0:19:48- We made the decision. We'll go for this one.- I don't think we go far wrong with this.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- Can we negotiate?- Hard. - Can we negotiate on what?
0:19:51 > 0:19:53- We're real hard negotiators. - Let's have a look.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55The death on that one would be £50.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57- Is that what you call the death? - That's it.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01We did say upstairs, didn't we? We did say upstairs.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- That's a really good discount and I think...- For £50. - All right, we'll go for it.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09- We'll take it. Good man. - We've got it.- Thank you very much. - Thank you, sir.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11- We're down to the wire. - Yeah, that's true.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14We're at 58 and a half minutes, OK, so well done.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- We can now relax. OK - a cup of tea in the sunshine?- Absolutely.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- Come on, let's get out of here. - Thanks, Charles.- Well done.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26That's it. Time's up.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Let's remind ourselves what the Red Team bought.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34A pair of Black Forest bears set them back a roaring £38.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37After the bears came boots.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42This pair of children's hobnailed footwear cost them another £38.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Their third purchase ensured they'd be tooled up for the auction,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50costing them £28 for the set.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55- Mm.- After all that flimflam, which is your favourite bit, Jacks?
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Erm... I'm not sure really. I like all of them.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- I like the boots. - The boots are your favourite.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05- Those are your favourite. And are those going to bring the biggest profit?- I think so.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09- I think they're lovely.- Yeah. - Do you agree?- Yes, I do.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- Best to agree with her. - You don't know what she might say otherwise.- Quite.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Good. How much did you spend all round?
0:21:15 > 0:21:17- £104.- Yes, it was.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- Is that all? - Yeah, that's all, I'm afraid.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21We tried to spend more.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Can I have £196, please?
0:21:24 > 0:21:25- 190...- There you go.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- Ooh, there's the one.- A bit of loose change.- Look at that.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Look, they've done it in twenties. That's rather sweet, isn't it?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Well, that's a very nice amount for you.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- Can you find something? - That's the issue, isn't it?
0:21:36 > 0:21:39I don't want to blow it all but I'm going to go and try and find something
0:21:39 > 0:21:43that might take your eye but is perhaps a bit different to what we've bought.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Good. That would be good.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49I think there's a lot of secret messages in that Philip Serrell, you know.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Stand by. Have a nice cup of tea, girls.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Meanwhile, we're going to check out what the Blue Team bought, eh?
0:21:56 > 0:21:57The Blues didn't want to buy big
0:21:57 > 0:22:01and this Japanese chest fitted the bill perfectly.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03£100 paid.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07They weren't too sure about the silver frame but Charles thought it pretty as a picture
0:22:07 > 0:22:09at £39.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Finally, after umming and ahhing,
0:22:12 > 0:22:15they chose this papier-mache gilt tray for £50.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- Pretty good. Thank you.- Well, that was close work, wasn't it?- It was.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Talk about giving us all a bit of a heart attack.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- We went to the wire.- Yes. - Absolutely.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28- You had a good time, John? - Yes, indeed.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32- Which piece is going to bring the biggest profit?- Hopefully, the cabinet. Fingers crossed.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36- And what was your grand total? - I think we spent £189.
0:22:36 > 0:22:41189. That's one off 90, so I'd like 111, please.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- Who's got the 111? - I've got the money.- Very good.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46- Lovely.- There we are, sir. - Thank you very much.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49- That goes straight over to Charles Hanson.- Thank you very much.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51- Your big challenge.- It is.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54And they have a massive passion for medals and coins,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57so maybe I can find something on those lines.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- Well, maybe.- Maybe.- There's a hint. Be careful, Charles.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Anyway, all the very best, lads.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06Meanwhile, we're heading off somewhere positively divine.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12Antony in Cornwall has been home to the Carew family for over 600 years.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16It continues to be a home to the latest generation of Carew Poles
0:23:16 > 0:23:20and is also the perfect space to display the wide variety
0:23:20 > 0:23:23of fascinating artefacts, antiques and furniture
0:23:23 > 0:23:24the family have collected.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29it was the Roman philosopher Cicero who said,
0:23:29 > 0:23:33"To add a library to a house is to give it soul,"
0:23:33 > 0:23:39and here at Antony, certainly this library is a soulful place.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44And out of the collection of books in the library,
0:23:44 > 0:23:46one of the most notable
0:23:46 > 0:23:52and most pertinent to the house and the family is this volume,
0:23:52 > 0:23:57which is a survey of Cornwall written by Richard Carew
0:23:57 > 0:23:59in 1602.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03It's entitled The Survey Of Cornwall
0:24:03 > 0:24:08And An Epistle Concerning The Excellencies Of The English Tongue.
0:24:08 > 0:24:14Born in 1555, Richard Carew had already become an accomplished author
0:24:14 > 0:24:16by the time he wrote The Survey Of Cornwall,
0:24:16 > 0:24:20a book that shows his love and fascination for his home county.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25This volume dates from 1723
0:24:25 > 0:24:28but if I quote from one or two passages,
0:24:28 > 0:24:32you get the feel of why Carew felt
0:24:32 > 0:24:36that Cornwall was such a special place.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40"Touching the temperature of Cornwall, the air thereof
0:24:40 > 0:24:43"is cleaned as if with bellows
0:24:43 > 0:24:46"by the billows and flowing and ebbing of the sea
0:24:46 > 0:24:51"and there through becometh cure and subtle
0:24:51 > 0:24:55"and by consequence, healthful."
0:24:55 > 0:24:59In other words, Cornwall is a healthy place to visit.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03This is a bit like a tourist guide.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Life, though, for the tin miners in Cornwall
0:25:06 > 0:25:09was not necessarily quite so healthy.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11And he records the mining industry here.
0:25:11 > 0:25:17He says, "The loose earth is propped by frames of timberwork as they go
0:25:17 > 0:25:19"and yet now and then falling down,
0:25:19 > 0:25:23"either presseth the poor workman to death
0:25:23 > 0:25:28"or stoppeth them from returning."
0:25:28 > 0:25:31In other words, they get stuck down the mine.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35Cornwall, like other places, suffered with vermin, as he describes.
0:25:35 > 0:25:41"Of all manner vermin, Cornish houses are most pestered with rats,
0:25:41 > 0:25:46"a brood very hurtful for devouring of meat, clothes and writings by day
0:25:46 > 0:25:51"and alike cumbersome through their crying and rattling
0:25:51 > 0:25:56"while they dance their gallop galliards in the roof at night,
0:25:56 > 0:25:58"making a wretched noise."
0:25:58 > 0:26:04So popular was this book that it's been reprinted numerous times
0:26:04 > 0:26:06through the centuries.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09And the other book that's caught my eye is this,
0:26:09 > 0:26:14which is absolutely unique and relevant to Antony.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16If I turn to the title page,
0:26:16 > 0:26:22it says Antony House in Cornwall A Seat Of Reginald Pole Carew.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25In the introduction page, it identifies the author,
0:26:25 > 0:26:28the landscape gardener Humphrey Repton,
0:26:28 > 0:26:35who produced this for Pole Carew in October 1792.
0:26:35 > 0:26:40This particular book is a facsimile, it's a modern reproduction,
0:26:40 > 0:26:42but it contains plates that are relevant,
0:26:42 > 0:26:45so let's pop outside and have a bird's-eye.
0:26:49 > 0:26:55So in 1792, Reginald Pole Carew would have stood here
0:26:55 > 0:26:58on the north front of his mansion house,
0:26:58 > 0:27:02looking out over the garden with Humphrey Repton.
0:27:02 > 0:27:07And the view they would have seen at that moment looked like this.
0:27:07 > 0:27:13Effectively, a tall stone wall ran through the park at this point,
0:27:13 > 0:27:16with the distant Tamar beyond.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20Such was the magic of Repton's art,
0:27:20 > 0:27:24that by folding back these paper sections,
0:27:24 > 0:27:28he'd be able to illustrate to Reginald Pole Carew
0:27:28 > 0:27:32exactly what he would see from this point
0:27:32 > 0:27:35after the works and plantings had matured.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39And if you look at his vision for the future
0:27:39 > 0:27:41and then what we see today,
0:27:41 > 0:27:45sure enough, you do get three delicious glimpses
0:27:45 > 0:27:50of the distant Tamar with those lovely hills beyond.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Hmm! Clever, isn't it?
0:27:53 > 0:27:56The big question today is, of course, for our teams over at the auction -
0:27:56 > 0:27:59are they going to be similarly clever
0:27:59 > 0:28:00or not?
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Well, we've meandered away from the River Exe and Topsham
0:28:10 > 0:28:13and gone east to Honiton
0:28:13 > 0:28:16and to Bearnes, Hampton and Littlewood's saleroom.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Brian Goodison-Blanks. Brian, good morning.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21- Good morning.- Lovely to be here.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25- And we've got an extraordinary mix. - It is quite interesting, isn't it?
0:28:25 > 0:28:27For the Reds, two Black Forest bears.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29They're quite fun little things, aren't they?
0:28:29 > 0:28:34Produced really from the late 19th century, early 20th century, as souvenir pieces,
0:28:34 > 0:28:38obviously from the Bavaria, Black Forest, Germany, Austria, that sort of region.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42- Nice inset eyes. Sort of £10 to £15. - Is that all?
0:28:42 > 0:28:45- I think probably for those. We do see so many of them.- OK.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49- £38 they paid.- Mm.- That's not going to be a great start for them.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53- What about the pair of shoes? - They're wonderful things, aren't they?
0:28:53 > 0:28:56They're hobnail boots and they'll last for a long time.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59- Look at the metalwork on it. - I know. They were produced to last.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02If you see on the bottom, they have a utility mark dated 1941.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04- Oh, yes.- This is the war period.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08The government took over the raw materials for the production of leathers
0:29:08 > 0:29:11and leather was needed for aircraft manufacture.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15- Wonderful little things.- How much? - Probably about £20-£40.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18OK, £38 paid, so they're a bit light on that, too.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21And lastly, the drawing instruments.
0:29:21 > 0:29:22A bit of a mix, aren't they?
0:29:22 > 0:29:25These things make a lot of money if they're planes
0:29:25 > 0:29:26and early saws and stuff like that.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29- They are.- They make a lot of money. - They make a lot of money.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32A Norris plane will make probably £300-£400
0:29:32 > 0:29:34but unfortunately, these - not a great deal.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Probably £10-£15.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39OK, they paid 28, so I make it, on all three items,
0:29:39 > 0:29:42they're going to make a small loss compared to the estimates,
0:29:42 > 0:29:45which in case they're going to need their bonus buy, so let's have a look at it.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50- OK, Jacks and Jane, are you excited about this?- Very.- Very excited.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53I've been told you're really looking forward to seeing what your bonus buy is.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57- We are.- We're looking forward to Philip revealing it.- Revealing all.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01- 196 squids' worth he had to spend. - Ooh!
0:30:01 > 0:30:03- There we are - that is a copper tray.- Ooh!
0:30:03 > 0:30:07And I bought that because I thought, well, we're in Devon,
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Devon's not far from Newlyn,
0:30:09 > 0:30:13this looks, with a bit of imagination, like Newlyn school,
0:30:13 > 0:30:17- so there's a bit of a local theme... - That's beautiful. - ..with a broad imagination.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20- Do you like it?- I'd like that myself, actually.- Yeah.
0:30:20 > 0:30:25- And that's cost £35.- No!- Yeah, yeah. So I like that.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27- How do you know it's Newlyn? - We don't.- Oh.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Newlyn style.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32- You should take that as sort of auto-suggestion, really.- OK.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35We're trying to get that thought into the minds of the buyers.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37You paid £35. How much do you think it's worth?
0:30:37 > 0:30:40Between £30 and £45.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42- So not a lot of profit in it. - No, no, no.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44I'm sorry. I tried hard.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48- Some people are never satisfied. - It's difficult to predict, though.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50- That's the whole point. - It is, it is, it is.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Anyway, don't pick now, you pick later if you want to,
0:30:53 > 0:30:54after the sale of your first three items
0:30:54 > 0:30:59but for the viewers at home, let's find out what the jolly old auctioneer thinks of Phil's tray.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Now, Brian, something for you to polish up.
0:31:02 > 0:31:08Ah! It looks like it's had a very good polish, with some of the decoration that's worn away.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12- Yeah.- But Newlyn style? A very loose association, I think.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15I think people are a bit fed up of polishing brass at the moment.
0:31:15 > 0:31:16It's only going to be about £20-30.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19I think you're absolutely right. £35 paid.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22It may not be a guaranteed winner, that bonus buy.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Anyway, we shall see. That's it for the Reds.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Now for the Blues. Nice selection here.
0:31:28 > 0:31:33Kicking on with the Japanese lacquer and parquetry cabinet.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- Handsome.- It is, isn't it? Early 20th century.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39If you'd gone to the grand Edwardian house for the weekend,
0:31:39 > 0:31:42you may have been put into the Oriental bedroom with this sort of thing.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46We do see quite a number of them, so we're probably looking at about £40-£60.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48- Is that all? - It is at the moment, yes.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51I don't like saying this. £100, they paid.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55- Well...- Might it get to 100? Are you sure you're not being a bit teasing here, Brian?
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Possibly. We'll have to see.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59Anyway, moving on. The silver photo frame.
0:31:59 > 0:32:04If this was a period, 1900, 1905 frame,
0:32:04 > 0:32:07- it would be worth a lot of money, wouldn't it?- It would.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09- Liberty, something like that. - Liberty - a nice maker.
0:32:09 > 0:32:15Archibald Knox and Tudric and all those names we'd associate with Art Nouveau.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19Unfortunately, it's out of period, which really does have an effect on its value.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- So it's hallmarked what? - It's hallmarked 1968.- Right.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26So a reproduction of that earlier style but it looks good, doesn't it?
0:32:26 > 0:32:29It does look good. It's aged a little bit where it hasn't been polished,
0:32:29 > 0:32:31so it does look the part.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34- Don't polish it, that's the answer. - That's the clue.
0:32:34 > 0:32:35How much do you think it's worth?
0:32:35 > 0:32:39It think, probably, with the frame being out of period, it's £25-£30.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43- OK. They paid £39. It might just creep up.- It may do.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45And lastly is the papier-mache tray
0:32:45 > 0:32:48that looks to me as if it should be a candidate for a table.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51Nice folding stand underneath, make that into a coffee table.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54It would do, yes. It would serve another purpose.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57- It's nicely decorated, 19th century. - Definitely English
0:32:57 > 0:33:02and definitely in that nice Wolverhampton papier-mache.
0:33:02 > 0:33:03It is, isn't it? It is a nice piece.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07Again, it's going to be about £40-£60.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10OK, £50 paid, so that's spot on, right in the middle.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12It all depends on how the Japanese cabinet does
0:33:12 > 0:33:15and if it does badly, they're going to need the bonus buy, so let's have a look at it.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Now, John and Philip, this is your moment.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22You gave Charles £111. Did you blow the lot, Charles?
0:33:22 > 0:33:24- John and Philip are hugely into coins...- OK.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27..so I found the case for you two.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30- Ah!- Do you like it? - Excellent.- Pretty.
0:33:30 > 0:33:35Yeah, a leather covered, gilt brass mounted sovereign and half sovereign case.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- It's not my best find. - You don't look impressed, Dad.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40- What did you pay for it? - What, for £111?
0:33:40 > 0:33:43- It's quite expensive for 111. - Let me tell you.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45If you were a late Victorian gentleman
0:33:45 > 0:33:48with your half sovereign and sovereign, you'd want a nice case.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51I love this leather finish. It's a bit shabby and chicy.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54But it is all there and complete and it may have been on the end of your fob chain.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57- I hope you didn't pay 111 for it. - No, well, well...
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Yes, it does, it works, so... What do you think?
0:34:00 > 0:34:03- I think it's probably worth... - Come on, Dad.- 40?
0:34:04 > 0:34:07I was going to say at retail I would have thought £75-80.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09- £35.- Oh, well, there you go. - You did well.
0:34:09 > 0:34:14It might just stand a fair chance of hopefully making 45 or 50.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17- As I say, it's not my best find. - With the wind up its tail.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19- I like it.- Do you?- I think it's nice.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22I just wish that it had a sovereign and a half sovereign in it
0:34:22 > 0:34:24- but I think you did well. - That's very kind.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27- Well, that's a nice reaction. Do you agree with that, John?- Yes, I do.
0:34:27 > 0:34:33All right, super. Let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Charles' sovereign case.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38Well, there you go, Brian. A little bit disappointing, I'd say.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40It possibly is very disappointing, really.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42It's a sovereign case, leather covered,
0:34:42 > 0:34:45but it's probably very low end of sovereign cases.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48That would be the sort of thing, if it came in, you'd put in a box
0:34:48 > 0:34:50with a dozen other little objects.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54- You'd not make it an individual lot in the sale, would you?- No.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56The value is far too low.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59- So is it worth a £5 note? - It might make £10-£15.
0:34:59 > 0:35:04Somebody might put their £1 coins in for the parking meters but that's about it.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08Well, I hope Charles hasn't completely lost his marbles here
0:35:08 > 0:35:10because he paid £35 for it.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13As a bonus buy, it's quite a brave step, isn't it?
0:35:13 > 0:35:17- It's a shot in the dark. - A shot in the dark, all right.
0:35:17 > 0:35:18I think it's a shot in the foot.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22- Anyway, we shall see in a moment, won't we?- We will.- We will.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32- Now, girls. Happy?- Yes.- Very happy.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Out of the £104 that you spent,
0:35:34 > 0:35:37he's not predicting much of a profit, frankly.
0:35:37 > 0:35:38- Neither were we.- On any of it.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41But on the other hand, you didn't spend that much.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45It's not big profits you're after. Your strategy is just to make a little and often,
0:35:45 > 0:35:47which is fair enough
0:35:47 > 0:35:49and that, hopefully, if we cross our legs,
0:35:49 > 0:35:51- is exactly what will happen. - Excellent.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55- And if the worst comes to the worst, you've got Phil's tray to fall back on.- Beautiful tray.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59The first lot up are your two bears and here they come.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02Two Black Forest carved wooden bears.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04And what am I to say for those? £15?
0:36:05 > 0:36:09£10? £10 here I have. At 10. And 12 now for the bears.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11- At £10, maiden bid only.- No! - 12 at all?
0:36:11 > 0:36:14- £10. 12 on the internet, I'll take. 15.- It's on the internet.
0:36:14 > 0:36:1818, internet? I've got 15 in the room, I want 18 online.
0:36:18 > 0:36:2018, fresh place. 20?
0:36:20 > 0:36:2622, 25. At least he's here. £22. In the second room, then. At £22.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31- £22 is minus 16 but let's not fret. - Is it? Oh, that's a shame.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Because here come the old boots.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36Early 20th century child's hobnail boots, size 12.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40- Rather interesting, these ones, and I'll start these here at £20.- Ooh.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Commission bid with me. 22, now?
0:36:42 > 0:36:4622, 25, 28, 30, 2.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50- 35, 38. Are you sure? - Oh, come on.- We want more.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Commission with me at 35. 8 now elsewhere?
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Are you quite sure, then? For the pair of shoes at £35...
0:36:56 > 0:36:58- No money. Bad luck. - THEY GROAN
0:36:58 > 0:37:01That is just minus £3.
0:37:01 > 0:37:0535 is minus £3, totalling minus 19 so far.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09- OK, here comes the tools.- The set square, the dividers and the rule.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11What am I to say for those?
0:37:11 > 0:37:13£5? 5 I have, thank you. Eight?
0:37:13 > 0:37:1610. 12?
0:37:16 > 0:37:2012 online? At £10 in the room, then. At 10. And 12 online? No.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22- Oh, lord.- At £10, then, in the room.
0:37:23 > 0:37:2512, fresh place. 15?
0:37:25 > 0:37:27£12, now. Thank you, sir.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29At £12 here. In the room, then, at 12.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- A hat trick - all three. A- hat trick of losses, sadly.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38So 19, 29, minus 35. You are minus £35, girls.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42- Wow!- Now, the Newlyn copper tray cost £35.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44- I think we've got to go for it. - What do you think, Phil?
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Well, I don't know, really.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48- I think we'll go for it. - We've got to.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50You don't have to, actually. You can just park it.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Because minus £35 could be a winning score.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55- Are you going for it or not? Quick! - Go for it.- Go for it.- All right.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57We're cracking on.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01The Newlyn-style copper tray and commission's with me here at £20.
0:38:01 > 0:38:0622, now? 22. 25. 28? 30, 32, 35, 38?
0:38:06 > 0:38:0940, 2, 45. 48?
0:38:09 > 0:38:1145 my bid, then. At £45.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13And eight now, anybody else?
0:38:13 > 0:38:15- Good man!- Commission's with me, then, at 45.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Eight, now? At £45...
0:38:18 > 0:38:19- Yes!- Good decision, girls.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- That's plus £10. - See the faith we had in you?
0:38:22 > 0:38:27- Good boy. That's reduced your losses to minus £25.- Minus £25.
0:38:27 > 0:38:28Which is more respectable.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32That's why you love the man. That's why he does the business for you, which is marvellous.
0:38:32 > 0:38:37Anyway, so you've got a total of minus 25, which could be a winning score.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41- It could be.- So say not a word to the Blues, OK?
0:38:50 > 0:38:54- OK, JP, how's it going for you? All right?- Yeah, yeah, it's fine.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- Confident?- No.- Oh, come on!
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Anything you wish you hadn't bought, John?
0:38:59 > 0:39:02I'm a bit worried about the silver frame.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05- Are you?- But the rest I'm quite happy with.- Yeah.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Well, the cabinet is first up and here it comes.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10So the pearl cabinet there, with the inlay
0:39:10 > 0:39:12and specimen woods, as you can see.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15And interest here with me at £40.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18At 40 with me. And five I'm looking for now. My bid here at £40.
0:39:18 > 0:39:24- Commission at 40. Five, I can see. - Come on.- 50, 5, 60, 5.
0:39:24 > 0:39:25OK, OK. Come on.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27- 70, 5.- OK.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29£70 bid is with me. And five elsewhere?
0:39:29 > 0:39:32- Anybody else? Anybody else? - My bid then at £70.- Come on.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36- THEY GROAN - £70.- I felt sure that one was worth more.- Miserable.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Minus £35. Miserable.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40OK, now the photo frame.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42The Art Nouveau-style silver photograph frame.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46It's London 1968, at 20, 25, 30.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48- OK, that's good.- Good.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50- 35, now?- Come on.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52£30 bid is here. Five I'm looking for.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56- Oh, somebody...!- 35, 40, 45 online. - Come on, come on.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00- My bid at 40. 45 internet? - I don't believe this.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02At £40, then.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04£40 and you are plus £1.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06- We're playing catch-up. - That means you're minus 29.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08- Oh, dear.- Now the rectangular tray.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11The Victorian papier-mache gilt rectangular tray
0:40:11 > 0:40:13and commission's here with me at 40.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16- At £40 here. 45 I'm looking for. - Come on.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18- At 40 with me.- Somebody!
0:40:18 > 0:40:23- 42 I'll take. 45, 48.- One more. - Let's not haggle. At 45 with me.
0:40:23 > 0:40:2748, now? At £45 then...
0:40:27 > 0:40:30- My bid at 45.- I can't believe it. - Disappointing.- Very.
0:40:30 > 0:40:35That is minus £5 on that, which means you're back to minus 34.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39Minus £34. So are we going with the sovereign case or not?
0:40:39 > 0:40:40I think we have to, don't you?
0:40:40 > 0:40:43- You don't have to. Minus 34 could be a winning score. - It could be but I think...
0:40:43 > 0:40:47- You can park it.- We're not going to make... I don't think we're going to lose on it.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51- Let's go for it.- Let's go for it. - I agree.- A bit of excitement.
0:40:51 > 0:40:52We've got nothing to lose, have we?
0:40:52 > 0:40:55I think it will go for 40. We'll make £5 on it.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57OK, we have a prediction.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01- Are you happy? Are we going to go with it?- Definitely.- OK, lovely.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05- We're going with the bonus buy at £35...- Come on. - ..and here it comes.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08It is the late Victorian leather case sovereign holder.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12- More like a charity case, this one. - Charity case?- Bid me £5.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16- Five I have, thank you.- Five?- Eight. Ten I have, here. 12? 12 I have.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18- And 15.- Oh, for goodness' sake.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22- 18.- Come on!- This is mean. - 20, 22, 25, 28, 30, 2.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- One more, sir.- At £30 here. - One more.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27- 32 at all?- One more? - Quite sure, then, at 30?
0:41:27 > 0:41:30THEY GROAN
0:41:30 > 0:41:31So instead of making five we lost five.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34- Didn't you say a profit of £5? - I thought we'd make a profit of £5.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36- I meant the word "loss". - You had five in your mind.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40- I meant "loss".- You had five in your mind but in the mists of your prediction...
0:41:40 > 0:41:44Yeah, I got that wrong. I did mean a loss of £5.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46- Anyway, minus 39 is the end score. - Never mind.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49- That could be a winning score. Don't talk to the Reds.- We won't.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51- All will be revealed in a moment. - Fantastic.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53- Thank you very much. - Brilliant. Thank you, Tim.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04This has been great.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07- Now, any idea where you stand in the pecking order?- No.- No idea.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11- No!- Well, if I told you that there's only £14 between you...- Ooh...
0:42:11 > 0:42:17And if I was to tell you that neither team has made a profit...
0:42:17 > 0:42:20We're in the minus score area but there is only £14 between you
0:42:20 > 0:42:25and the team that is marginally behind today are the Blues.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- Oh!- Yes!- Yes!- Shame!
0:42:29 > 0:42:33- Well played. - Minus £39 is the overall number.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37- You made a handsome profit of £1 on your very best item... - I was proud of that one.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40..which was the photo frame but otherwise it just wasn't your day.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43- Not my day at all. - Funny how it works out like this.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Some days is good days, some days not so good.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48- But you've had a good time? - A great time, thank you.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50The victors aren't going home with money
0:42:50 > 0:42:52- but they go home with their title intact...- Yay!
0:42:52 > 0:42:56..having managed to win by only losing £25.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59- That's not so bad, is it?- Minus £25. Not really, no.- Not so bad.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02- And it could have been worse without Serrell's bonus buy....- Yes.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05- ..the Newlyn tray for a £10 profit, which was jolly good.- Well done.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07- Anyway, enjoyed it? - Yes.- Loved it, thank you.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10It's been fun. Join us soon for some bargain hunting, yes?
0:43:10 > 0:43:11Yes!
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