0:00:06 > 0:00:10Today, we're in Topsham in Devon, where many of the houses have
0:00:10 > 0:00:13an attractive, continental look to them.
0:00:13 > 0:00:20That's because this shaped gable reminds us of houses in Amsterdam.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Hence these are known here as the Dutch houses.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26But we're not here for a history lesson -
0:00:26 > 0:00:28let's go bargain hunting! Yeah!
0:00:50 > 0:00:53MUSIC: "Have A Nice Day" by Stereophonics
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Not a lot of Dutch influence, it has to be said,
0:00:58 > 0:01:03here at the Quay Antique Centre, but it is home to 70 dealers,
0:01:03 > 0:01:06so it's a great choice for our teams.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Let's have a quick peek at what's coming up.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12The Reds call the shots...
0:01:12 > 0:01:14I'll tell the jokes, he stuffs the animals,
0:01:14 > 0:01:17you tell us whether that's a good deal.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19- That's put me in my place! - Get out of here!
0:01:19 > 0:01:21..but it's sink or swim for the Blues.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29That's all coming up, but first, let's meet the teams.
0:01:29 > 0:01:35Today, we have Tom and Patrick, brothers representing the Reds,
0:01:35 > 0:01:37and partners Lisa and Paul for the Blues.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39- Hello, everyone.- ALL: Hello!
0:01:39 > 0:01:40Lovely to see you.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Tom, let's start with you. What line of work are you in?
0:01:42 > 0:01:46I'm a stand-up comedian/ sit-down writer.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47- Are you really?- Yes.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48In that order?
0:01:48 > 0:01:50A little bit of both.
0:01:50 > 0:01:51- Really?- Yeah.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Well, that's very brave - stand-up comicry.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56I suppose it is fairly, yeah.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58I don't think I could do that, I have to say.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Well, you get used to it.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04I mean, I still get pretty nervous before going on, but...
0:02:04 > 0:02:07They say that the adrenaline nerve is the thing that gives you
0:02:07 > 0:02:11- your edge, but it's not a nice thing, though, is it?- No, it's not.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13If you're going to stand up in a beery environment
0:02:13 > 0:02:16and try and make somebody laugh and they don't find you amusing,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- then you soon know that, don't you? - Hasn't happened often, though.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Well, I'm glad to hear that. Well, good luck with it.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Now, Patrick, what do you get up to?
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Your brother's establishing himself as a writer and comic,
0:02:26 > 0:02:30- what do you do?- I've actually got, sort of, two jobs on the go.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32First one being taxidermy,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34which I've been doing since I was about 12,
0:02:34 > 0:02:38and I'm a gamekeeper as well in my spare time.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42Well, those two connected jobs are rather convenient, aren't they?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45They go rather well together, yes.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47And people still want their specimens,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49their game specimens and whatnot, preserved, don't they?
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Yes, obviously that side of it is a much smaller market today,
0:02:53 > 0:02:55but they are still about.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58You've done some pretty big mammals in your time, haven't you?
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Yes, not ones that I've personally shot -
0:03:01 > 0:03:04things that were found about 100 years ago.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Things like tigers and polar bears.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- Have you done big cats?- Yeah, I've worked on a few of those, yeah.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Oh, God. What are you going to go for, you two?
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Will you go for taxidermy if you find it, Paddy?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18I will have a look for some, yes,
0:03:18 > 0:03:20but just anything a bit fun, a bit quirky, really.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24We want to find fun stuff - we're not in the market for crockery.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Not something you'd find on Grandma's shelf.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Something a bit different that's going to stand out in the auction.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31This is the voice of youth today!
0:03:31 > 0:03:34What is going to happen on Bargain Hunt? Anyway, very good luck.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36So, team.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- How did you and Paul meet, Lisa? - We met a couple of years ago.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Paul's a host at one of the local hotels in Torquay,
0:03:42 > 0:03:45I was brought in as the Christmas Day singer,
0:03:45 > 0:03:48and we sort of hit it off. Paul texted me later that evening
0:03:48 > 0:03:51and we've been together pretty much ever since.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54What sort of entertainment were you providing that Christmas Day, then?
0:03:54 > 0:03:55- Erm...- Carols?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58No, it was songs from the '60s through.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- I do a bit of a mixture. I'm a singer, so...- Yes.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04..I do a bit of everything, and in the hotel on Christmas Day, I think
0:04:04 > 0:04:08I did a couple of Christmas songs, despite being told by Paul not to.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10- Why don't you give us a trill, then, Lise?- OK.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11Here we go, then. Stand by.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Exercise your vocal cords,
0:04:13 > 0:04:17because this is...Lisa!
0:04:17 > 0:04:19# Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
0:04:21 > 0:04:25# It's not warm when he's away
0:04:25 > 0:04:29# Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
0:04:29 > 0:04:32# This house just ain't no home
0:04:32 > 0:04:34# Any time he goes away. #
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Now, listen, how brave do you have to be to do that?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40You've got a really beautiful voice.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- Thank you.- That's fantastic.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44No backing group, she didn't know
0:04:44 > 0:04:47she was going to have to do it, and out she trilled, which is great.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Paul, you're in the same line of business, then?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Yeah, pretty much the same line.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54I do the all-round entertainment thing.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58I obviously sing a few songs, tell a few gags.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00I also run my own disco company as well.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Seems to me that you two were made for each other, then.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- That's rather clever, isn't it?- Yes.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Now, guys, what do you collect and what's your tactics going to be?
0:05:07 > 0:05:10- What do you collect, Lisa? - I collect shoes.- Do you?
0:05:10 > 0:05:13I don't know if it's a... Well, it is a collection, as such,
0:05:13 > 0:05:15I've probably got in excess of 80 pairs.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Are you the Imelda Marcos of Torquay?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20The first thing she did when we moved in together was
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- she made me go out and buy her a shoe wardrobe.- Yes.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26That's our nice little bit in the house - shoe wardrobe for me.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- For you, but not for Paul?- BOTH:- No.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33You never know what you're going to find in an antique centre like Topsham.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Anyway, the money moment now, £300 apiece. There's your £300.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39You know the rules, your experts await, and off you go!
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Very, very, very good luck.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44I feel like bursting into song myself.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Focussed on helping out the Reds today is expert Philip Serrell.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Bless him.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Whilst it's full steam ahead for Charles Hanson,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54as he keeps the Blues on track.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57So, you...
0:05:57 > 0:05:59- This one here...- Yes.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- You stuff things?- I do indeed.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05And you, you crack them up laughing?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07- I try to.- Oh, right, OK, fine.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10I think I'm going to stick on your side and not your side, then.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12- Don't turn your back to him. - No, absolutely.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15OK, guys, so we're by the seaside.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17And I'm with a couple of lovebirds.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- Even a couple of songbirds. - Indeed you are.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23And before we go bargain hunting, can you give me a warm up?
0:06:23 > 0:06:26# La-la-la-la-la-la! #
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- Follow me.- Woo! CHARLES LAUGHS
0:06:30 > 0:06:32And they're off, with both teams raring to go.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Their 60 minutes start now.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Now, this, Patrick, is stuffed, so it's not exactly what you want.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53It was never living, though.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58- It's an old... It's described as an old teddy bear.- It's £39!
0:06:58 > 0:07:03- Yeah, but it might be worth a lot of money.- It's got a mini chair, though.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Could we not buy him and the chair and then have it as one thing?
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- One lovely, little...- What have you found, guys?- teddy bear on a chair.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11And how much is the chair?
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- I like the chair, but I hate the bear.- The chair is £22.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Let's have a look. The chair... - It's a little bit damaged.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20I think the chair's a bit fun, isn't it?
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- Yeah.- It's for tiny people.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- That rules you and I out.- Yeah.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28What do you think its background would be?
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Well, it's copying a sort of a late 18th/early 19th-century
0:07:31 > 0:07:34rush-seated, ladder-backed chair. That's called a ladder back
0:07:34 > 0:07:38because it's like a ladder that you step up, OK? Erm...
0:07:39 > 0:07:42When I first saw it, I thought it was probably 1950s,
0:07:42 > 0:07:46but I think it might be a little bit earlier than that.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49If you can get that for 15 quid, I think it gives you a chance.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- So that's our cheapo, isn't it? - That's our cheap option.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- Go and have a word with the man up there.- With this?
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Yeah, and let the stuffer and I go and see what we can find.- OK.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04So, whilst Tom negotiates for the chair,
0:08:04 > 0:08:07the Blues continue to hunt high and low for that elusive first buy.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11- Now, what have they found here? - They're nice, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- They are nice.- I like them.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Good spot - I like them.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18- And I think you'd buy them as a pair, wouldn't you?- Yeah.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22- I like that one.- Because they're very aesthetic, aren't they?
0:08:22 > 0:08:24And they're actually...
0:08:24 > 0:08:28little, sort of table...almost like fruit bowls, aren't they?
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Or just little table centrepieces.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32But they are quite decorative.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36These go back to around 1885, 1890.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40And at the height of the fashion for all things Japanese.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44These were made for the western market.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45£24 a pair, should be worth 40?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47I reckon, at auction,
0:08:47 > 0:08:51I would guide them at between, probably, 40 and 60.
0:08:51 > 0:08:5350 and £70. So if I can get a deal...
0:08:53 > 0:08:55They're £28 each, aren't they?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- BOTH: 24.- That's OK, which makes what?- 48.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- Exactly. He's a clever guy.- Yeah!
0:09:01 > 0:09:02He's a clever guy. 48, OK.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07If we could get the pair for, like, I don't know, £35, even 30...
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- Go in at 30. - Yeah, go in at £30, yeah.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Whilst the Blues head off to get a price for the plates,
0:09:13 > 0:09:17it seems Tom has an update about the chair.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18Here we go, take a seat.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20- Now you're rushing me.- Here.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Now listen, do you think if you put this into auction
0:09:22 > 0:09:24you're going to have a leg to stand on?!
0:09:24 > 0:09:29- There we go!- 18 quid. I think that at auction is going to make...
0:09:29 > 0:09:31I think it's going to make between 20 and 35 quid.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Well, that would be a profit.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35- Let's go and put that over there.- Right.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Definitely buy it, and we'll just carry on and see what we can find.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39- Excellent.- Right.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Great news - that's the first item in the old bag for the Reds,
0:09:42 > 0:09:44and only 20 minutes into the shop.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Now, what's the latest on them plates?
0:09:48 > 0:09:52- Cheapest we can do it would be £40. - Did you hear that?
0:09:52 > 0:09:57That's pretty good, it's £8 off. So from 48, we've come down to 40.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- Worth a gamble?- I think so - we're running out of time, aren't we?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- Think so?- Yep.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- Need to buy something. - Let's buy them. Yeah?
0:10:04 > 0:10:05- We'll take.- Job done.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- Thank you.- Thank you, sir, we'll take them. That's great, one down, hey?
0:10:09 > 0:10:13- One down, two to go. - So, both teams have their purchases.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18You've got to have some bottle to battle it out on this show.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Speaking of which...
0:10:21 > 0:10:24What did you do in the old days if you weren't feeling so hot?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27You didn't go and see your GP.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31Actually, the man that you went to see was the apothecary.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35The apothecary had been about for centuries.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39He had a shop in town - he sold tobacco,
0:10:39 > 0:10:42he sold wine and he also sold drugs.
0:10:42 > 0:10:49In any ,shop there would be a vast array of bottles like this.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53This fellow has got its title label on it, look - "Cayenne".
0:10:53 > 0:10:57You're right, cayenne pepper.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01If you had a reflux from your stomach, most uncomfortable,
0:11:01 > 0:11:04you'd take a bit of cayenne pepper.
0:11:04 > 0:11:10Next door to that, we've got a bottle that says "Chlorof" - an abbreviation for chloroform.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Used, of course, as an anaesthetic.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16And the last bottle says "TR", for tincture.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19"Colch", for colchicum.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22And colchicum are autumn crocus.
0:11:23 > 0:11:28Harvest the juice of the autumn crocus and it's poisonous.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30But you could use it to treat gout.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33But it's dodgy stuff.
0:11:33 > 0:11:40And each one of these bottles, I guess, is worth between 40 and £60.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45What might they cost you, though, in a fair or antique centre like this?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48An average of £10 a bottle.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50So, they could be yours for 60
0:11:50 > 0:11:53and you could get £350 at the end of the day.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Keep taking the tablets, eh?
0:11:59 > 0:12:04Back to the shopping at 30 minutes in, and it seems Charles has spotted
0:12:04 > 0:12:06another oriental piece for the Blues.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- Paul, it's a blue and white plate, right?- Yep.- Lisa, do you like it?
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- Yeah.- You've got here...
0:12:11 > 0:12:15You've got the sea, you've got a lakeland landscape,
0:12:15 > 0:12:18but this plate was made in the 18th century.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22It was made under the reign of Emperor Chien-Lung, or Qianlong,
0:12:22 > 0:12:27who... It was a period of history from 1735 to '95.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31So, this would go back to around the French Revolution.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35It would go back to the time of King George III. It's 18th century.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37- Isn't it great?- Yeah.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41And it's £12. And to me... that's a bargain.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45- Lisa doesn't look quite so sure, Charles.- Lisa, look at me!
0:12:45 > 0:12:50Lisa, this is it. This is the goldmine. This really is...
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Buy an antique with a big capital A.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Because it really is what it purports to be.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57- Shall we try and make an offer? - Yes.- Yes.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01- Give him a shout, Paul, he's over there.- And your best deal?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Probably be ten at the lowest.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Well, it's a good thing.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13It's a shame we can't get a bit more off, but £10 is £10.
0:13:13 > 0:13:19- Just remember, it is blue, OK?- We are Team Blue, let's go for it. £10.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- OK, that's it.- We've got to go with it, and then let's go and spend...
0:13:22 > 0:13:26- How much is left over?- BOTH: £250.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28- Really?- Let's buy something big.
0:13:28 > 0:13:29- Let's go big for Lisa.- OK.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33OK, we'll take it, sir. Thanks ever so much, great.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Don't worry, Blues - you're in safe hands with Carlos.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Now, what have the Reds spotted here?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Let's have a look at these two.
0:13:41 > 0:13:42That's the old... What's that?
0:13:42 > 0:13:46That would be a... Oh, I reckon this is probably a rack adjust.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- Oh, the old rack-adjust telescope. - Yeah.- Looks like one.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- You do the gags, he stuffs. - You've been doing the gags!
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- I'm the antique man.- I'll do some of the antique stuff now. There we go.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57- Kids trying to nick our jobs now. - I like that one, that's quite sweet.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01What would be nice... Normally, there's a maker's name here.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06- There you go. The Spotter.- I quite like that.- I like its action.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08- Do you really? - This one doesn't have...
0:14:08 > 0:14:12- Well, that's the old rack adjust, isn't it?- Well, exactly.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14That's priced up at £59.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16I think at auction that's going to make
0:14:16 > 0:14:18probably 30 to 50, 40 to 60 quid.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20- Right.- So you've got to be buying that for...
0:14:21 > 0:14:24I suspect it's not going to come to much below 50,
0:14:24 > 0:14:26which doesn't give you much of a chance.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30- It is nice, though. - I think it's a 40 to £50 lot.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33I'd like to see you buy that. Do you want to have a word with the lady?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- Let's have a haggle, shall we?- Yeah.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Could you possibly find out
0:14:38 > 0:14:41what the best is you could do on that for us, my love, please?
0:14:42 > 0:14:46- So, two small items, let's now try and find that really big one.- Yeah.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50- Yeah.- Really big.- Really big one, really big one!- Oh, hello!
0:14:51 > 0:14:53- So, you just bought your plate?- Yes.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58- That's nice, isn't it? - Yeah. In good order. Yeah, exactly.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02- Little hairline crack. - Oh, yes, thank you!
0:15:03 > 0:15:07I think I'll shut up while I'm ahead. You can re-negotiate now.
0:15:07 > 0:15:08I don't know, it cost £10.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11I didn't see that. I've missed that lovely little crack there,
0:15:11 > 0:15:13and Mr Wonnacott's just seen it.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Yeah, thanks, thanks, mate(!)
0:15:16 > 0:15:20- I can't believe it! Sorry, guys. - It's been lovely seeing you!
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Yeah, look, you can see just there.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25I've got an appetite, and tonight it might mean what?
0:15:25 > 0:15:29- Singing for our supper?- Well, my supper, exactly. I can't believe it.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32£10 down, but do you know what? It's 18th century and we'll stand by it.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- And do you know what? It might still make a profit.- Yeah.- You watch.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- £10.- Exactly.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Ever the optimist, Charles!
0:15:39 > 0:15:45Whilst waiting for a price on the telescope, what has Phil fished out?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Salmon gaff, look.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48- Salmon gaff?- Yeah.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52So you'd be out fishing for your salmon
0:15:52 > 0:15:53and you'd get one on the line.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56And as it comes in, instead of netting it, you'd hook it.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58- And you extend it and you hook it like that.- Careful, careful!
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Easy, tiger. And this is all in brass.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04And this is...
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Might be rosewood, or what does it say on the thing?
0:16:07 > 0:16:11It just says "Telescopic salmon gaff". And it's priced at £98.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15I bought one of these 12 years ago and paid about 160 quid for it.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16- Do you like that?- I do, yes.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Is that your sort of thing?
0:16:18 > 0:16:19It's an interesting...
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Have a word with the dealer and see what the best price for that is,
0:16:22 > 0:16:24see what the best price for the telescope is,
0:16:24 > 0:16:26what the best price for the two is,
0:16:26 > 0:16:28ask him to put them by for half an hour,
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- then that takes the pressure off us a bit, doesn't it?- Yeah.- Absolutely.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32- Job's done.- Brilliant.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- I will go and have a word with the dealer.- Thank you very much.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38So, good luck with reeling in a deal, Phil.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42But the teams have only 15 minutes left to go.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45It's always nice to spend cheap, but when you spend cheap
0:16:45 > 0:16:47and buy badly, it's even worse.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51So, the two Japanese dishes are delightful,
0:16:51 > 0:16:53and for £40 they're on the money,
0:16:53 > 0:16:55but that plate, which had
0:16:55 > 0:16:58such a pedigree, is now just a broken plate.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02Guys, are we ready? Now, then. Here's the plan.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07The telescope, which was £59, we can have for 50.
0:17:07 > 0:17:12And that's the finish, OK? The gaff, which was £98, we can have for 85.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15And if we buy them both, they're still 50 and 85.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17So, my suggestion is we put them both by
0:17:17 > 0:17:21for however long we've got left, have a look round.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24I can see us definitely coming back for this, and if we can't find
0:17:24 > 0:17:27anything better that floats our boat, we'll come back for this.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- Yeah.- But what we don't want to do is make a gaff, do we?- Oh!
0:17:29 > 0:17:32That's another maritime pun, at it again!
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Phil, leave the gags to Tom, will you?
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Looks like Charles has a plan to spend some money.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42- Do you know? I'm thinking...I'm thinking nice piece of silver.- Yes.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Something sparkly to give us a bit of flamboyance.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46- Definitely.- Let's do it.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Despite time ticking on,
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Phil and the boys decide to talk tactics in the sunshine.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56We've just had to come outside to get a bit of clear thinking
0:17:56 > 0:17:58on this, haven't we? We've rushed,
0:17:58 > 0:18:00ground floor, first floor, second floor,
0:18:00 > 0:18:02we've seen pretty much everything there is.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- Is there anything else that you like at all?- Erm...
0:18:05 > 0:18:07- I don't know. I mean... I like the salmon hook.- Yeah.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- What's it called? BOTH:- Gaff.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- I like the gaff, but...I don't know.- Yeah.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- I think we don't have any time to... - There's nothing else I've seen...
0:18:16 > 0:18:19We've got three to five minutes left, or something like that.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22So literally all we've got time for is to go back in and say,
0:18:22 > 0:18:24"Yes, we'll have them."
0:18:24 > 0:18:26- Yeah.- So, it's 50 quid and £85.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Otherwise, we end up just taking away a small chair.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Yeah, otherwise we go into the final conflict
0:18:31 > 0:18:33with £18 worth of modern chair, really.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- So, that's not the answer, is it? - Let's get the gaff.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Let's just hope it doesn't leave us like that over there.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Er, anyone got that sinking feeling?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Right, we got to go here. Come on, guys.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49I hope they're still here. Oh, that's a relief. Here we are.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53- I didn't sell them!- 50 and 85, job's done?- Done, let's do it.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- Shake hands, shake with the man. - Jolly good, 135.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- I think you've made the right decision.- Thank you very much.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00So, the Reds have landed all three items,
0:19:00 > 0:19:04and with only minutes to go, it's crunch time for the Blues.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- This is it now, this is where time is really of the essence.- Yeah.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10This is a very, very nice silver christening mug
0:19:10 > 0:19:13with a good weight. The one problem is, it has got an inscription.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16It says here, "ES Parkin, from his godfather."
0:19:16 > 0:19:17So that's not so good,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20because inscribed objects haven't got the same popularity.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21What's that like?
0:19:21 > 0:19:23- It's quite heavy, it's quite pretty.- Yep.
0:19:23 > 0:19:28- I like this, more so than I like... - OK, let's have...
0:19:28 > 0:19:31This is early, which is good. This is 1830, who was King of England?
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- I'll test you.- Don't ask me!
0:19:33 > 0:19:36William. William IV. He was in his first year.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38The maker, we can see, is G Turner.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43We've got the all-important Exeter three-turret mark on there as well.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45What would you use it for?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- Fish.- Exactly, and where are we?
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- In Topsham.- On the...?
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- Along the coast?- Exactly, so it might appeal to fish people,
0:19:52 > 0:19:53perhaps fishermen and all of that.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56And we're going to Exeter and, of course, it's hallmarked for Exeter,
0:19:56 > 0:20:00so maybe fish of Topsham and Exeter being its place of assay
0:20:00 > 0:20:02all those years ago, it might have a popularity.
0:20:02 > 0:20:07But it needs to be nearer £200 to give us a chance, OK?
0:20:07 > 0:20:08We've got three minutes to go.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- What's the best you can do us on this?- I don't know.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17We could go to 200 and...20.
0:20:17 > 0:20:1915.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- You wouldn't go one more? - We've got 30 seconds left!
0:20:22 > 0:20:23Give us a slice off, sir!
0:20:23 > 0:20:24How much are you going to pay me back?!
0:20:24 > 0:20:26- THEY LAUGH - All right, 215.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Job done. Sold. Job done. We got it. That's great.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Thank you, sir. Shake his hand quick.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32That's it.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- That was close! - That was too close for comfort.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Congratulations, Blues.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43You've finished your shop too, and just in the nick of time.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52First of all, they stuffed £18 into a rush-seated ladder-back chair.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59Next, they zoomed in on this telescope, picking it up for £50.
0:21:00 > 0:21:07Finally, the brass and turned-wood salmon gaff caught their eye at £85.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11- You guys, I tell you... A-ha! - Moan, moan, moan!
0:21:11 > 0:21:14We wouldn't be British if we weren't moaning about the weather or something.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16No, seriously, did you have a good time?
0:21:16 > 0:21:18- I did, yes.- Both of you? Yeah.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- This guy's brilliant. - He is brilliant.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23At last, recognition, Philip!
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Anyway, now, which is your favourite piece, Tom?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27- I'd have to say the telescope. - You got your eye on that?
0:21:27 > 0:21:30We did say before coming in, we were talking about what kind of things
0:21:30 > 0:21:33we would like, and that came up, telescopes and microscopes.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Did it? That's lovely.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Which is your favourite piece, Pat?
0:21:37 > 0:21:39I'd say the salmon gaff.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41I'd never come across anything like that before.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Phil seems very taken with it, so...
0:21:43 > 0:21:47They're beautifully-made objects. And have a practical purpose.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Which is going to bring the biggest profit?
0:21:51 > 0:21:53I would say the telescope.
0:21:53 > 0:21:54Yes? Do you agree with that, Tom?
0:21:54 > 0:21:58I'm going to... I'm going to go out on a limb and say the small chair.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- Oh! We do have a split opinion.- Absolutely.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03What did you spend all round? What was the total?
0:22:03 > 0:22:08- 153.- 153. So, you have 147 left over.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10- Should be...- 147...
0:22:10 > 0:22:14- Let's have a look.- ..tucked about your person. 147, Tom.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Thank you very much. Straight to you, Phil. Good luck.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18I think I'm going to try
0:22:18 > 0:22:20and develop the sporting theme that's been going on.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Well, you're a very sporting man, Philip.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blue team bought, eh?
0:22:25 > 0:22:30They acquired this pair of lacquer pedestal dishes for £40.
0:22:31 > 0:22:36Continuing the theme, they chose an 18th-century blue-and-white plate,
0:22:36 > 0:22:40despite its small hairline crack, for a smashing £10.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48Finally, they spent a whopping £215 on an Exeter silver fish slice. Wow.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Hey, how about that? That was a bit hairy, wasn't it?
0:22:54 > 0:22:58- Yes, definitely!- A bit close to the knuckle, yeah.- Well done, anyway.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Which is your favourite piece?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04I'm going to have to go for the fish slice.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- Yeah. I've just decided. - Have you? What about you, Paul?
0:23:07 > 0:23:11It was going to be the blue-and-white plate.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15But no, I'm going to go for the two Japanese bowls.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17OK. Japanese bowls are your favourite.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- Are they going to bring the biggest profit?- Probably not.
0:23:20 > 0:23:21- No?- I'd like to think so,
0:23:21 > 0:23:25but hopefully the...that's in line with the fish slice.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30- Do you agree?- Yeah. Hopefully. That's why we bought it.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33I'm so confident, aren't I(!)
0:23:33 > 0:23:36There seems to be a lot of finger crossing going on!
0:23:36 > 0:23:37With you two, I don't know.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41- Anyway, you had a good old wodge to spend, didn't you.- Yes.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45How much leftover lolly? What did you spend?
0:23:45 > 0:23:47- We spent £265.- 265.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48Who's got the 35?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50- I have.- Thank you.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54There we go, £35. That goes straight across to Carlos Hanson.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58The escape to victory is on. We had an interesting shop.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Bought a wonderful fish slice...
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- at a great price. But this is mine, OK?- Yeah.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06I don't know what you're going to find for £35,
0:24:06 > 0:24:08but very good luck with that, Charles.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Meanwhile, while you go and have some tea,
0:24:10 > 0:24:14we're heading off somewhere absolutely splendiferous.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19The estate at Antony in Cornwall has been home to the Carew family,
0:24:19 > 0:24:25and their current descendents, the Carew Poles, for over 600 years.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28In 1961, the house was given to the National Trust to ensure
0:24:28 > 0:24:32its preservation, but the family remain in residence today.
0:24:34 > 0:24:40The current house was built by Sir William Carew in the 1720s.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44He was the youngest of seven children,
0:24:44 > 0:24:47who would not normally have expected to inherit.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49But his good fortune -
0:24:49 > 0:24:52or misfortune, depending on how you look at it -
0:24:52 > 0:24:56was that his six siblings predeceased him,
0:24:56 > 0:24:59he inherited the place and built this house
0:24:59 > 0:25:04for himself and his wife, the wealthy heiress Lady Anne Coventry,
0:25:04 > 0:25:05to live in.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10During the centuries since, the rooms have been filled with
0:25:10 > 0:25:13delights by generations of collectors,
0:25:13 > 0:25:18enriching it with tapestries, furniture, ceramics and portraits.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22In the dining room, the dominant piece, which literally grabs
0:25:22 > 0:25:27your attention, is this incredibly elaborate piece of silver.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29It's called a Neff.
0:25:30 > 0:25:36Literally a piece of silverware created as galleon in full sail.
0:25:37 > 0:25:42Each of the crow's nests on this particular Neff are inhabited
0:25:42 > 0:25:47by crew-members, standing, wearing oddball circular hats,
0:25:47 > 0:25:49looking out to sea.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55And then, in a completely potty confection-type way,
0:25:55 > 0:25:56we've got field cannon.
0:25:56 > 0:26:03Cannon on wheels just plonked onto the decks, as if they were designed
0:26:03 > 0:26:08to be part of a sea-going vessel, which they clearly couldn't be.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13No vessel actually existed that looked quite like this thing.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18It's a sort of fantasy interpretation.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20The smaller examples, on wheels, were used
0:26:20 > 0:26:24to transport sometimes drink,
0:26:24 > 0:26:28sometimes sweetmeats around a dining table.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30More often than not, though,
0:26:30 > 0:26:35they were simply there as a tour de force of the silversmith's art,
0:26:35 > 0:26:40and to show off to all the guests exactly how rich you were.
0:26:41 > 0:26:46Nobody knows quite how this thing came here at Antony.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52That also applies to other things in this room.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57For example, this rather handsome long-case clock.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59What do you make of that?
0:26:59 > 0:27:03Well, the case itself was made of walnut.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07If you look carefully, here we've got some banding.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09That's called herringbone banding.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14This style of case is thought to date from the early part
0:27:14 > 0:27:15of the 18th century.
0:27:15 > 0:27:21If you move onto the dial, this is a really peculiar thing.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25We've got Thomas Parker down below,
0:27:25 > 0:27:29with correct period script writing.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34And Thomas Parker up above, in a mixture of gothic and oddball script
0:27:34 > 0:27:38that looks suspiciously to me as if it might be mid-19th century.
0:27:38 > 0:27:43The secret is that that whole dial and movement have been restored.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47Thomas Parker of Dublin may have something to do with
0:27:47 > 0:27:51the manufacture of this clock early in the 18th century,
0:27:51 > 0:27:54but as time went by, it fell apart,
0:27:54 > 0:27:58it went in for restoration, bits of it were renewed,
0:27:58 > 0:28:03it now strikes on a gong - the whole thing has been cobbled together.
0:28:03 > 0:28:08The giveaway is that later inscription in the dial.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11In short, it's a bit of a dog.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13The big question today is, of course, over at the auction,
0:28:13 > 0:28:17which of our teams is going to finish up as being top dog?
0:28:27 > 0:28:33We've come to Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood's sale room in Honiton,
0:28:33 > 0:28:35all the way from Topsham Quay,
0:28:35 > 0:28:39to be with auctioneer today Brian Goodison-Blanks.
0:28:39 > 0:28:40- Good morning.- Morning.
0:28:40 > 0:28:41Very nice to be here.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45For the Reds, their first item is this child's rush-seat chair.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47That's got a lot of rushes in its seat, hasn't it?
0:28:47 > 0:28:52- It does, for a small chair.- It's mainly rush and not a lot of seat!
0:28:52 > 0:28:54A lot of work gone into the seat, but not much else on there.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57The thing with these sorts of pieces is that
0:28:57 > 0:28:59doll collectors and teddy bear collectors like them
0:28:59 > 0:29:02for displaying the teddy bears and dolls.
0:29:02 > 0:29:07- That's where I can imagine the interest coming from.- Good.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10- In that instance, it might make 30 to £40.- Wow.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14They only paid £18. They'll be really chuffed about that.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Now, we've moved into the sporting-goods department,
0:29:17 > 0:29:21first of all with the spotter scope, which is in nice nick.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23It's quite nice for its period.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26It's sort of late 19th, early 20th century.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30It's the sort of thing that a gillie on the Highlands would use
0:29:30 > 0:29:32for stalking, isn't it?
0:29:32 > 0:29:34For one of that particular size, with the leather casing,
0:29:34 > 0:29:36would be 20 to £30.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39That's going to disappoint them. £50, they paid.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42So what they might make on the child's teddy bear chair,
0:29:42 > 0:29:45they're going to lose on the telescope.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47- This lovely gaff...- It is lovely.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50- Beautifully-made thing.- Nicely made.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52An example of the quality pieces that were made.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56Telescopic, you can see with the turnwood handle,
0:29:56 > 0:29:59the lanyard ring, for when you're standing in the water,
0:29:59 > 0:30:01and the vicious-looking hook at the end there.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03It's late 19th, early 20th century.
0:30:03 > 0:30:08Unfortunately, it doesn't have the magic name of Hardy on it...
0:30:08 > 0:30:11No. But the quality is there. That's a rosewood handle.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Look at that tanning there.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15- It's lovely tanning.- Yeah.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19- Interesting piece. Sort of 30 to £40.- Our team paid 85.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21They really rated it, actually.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23You West Country auctioneers,
0:30:23 > 0:30:26you do attract the sporting types down this part of the world.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29- We do. Field sports is our thing.- Mmm.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31- Anything might happen. - It could do, yes.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Well, if all goes badly, they're going to need their bonus buy,
0:30:34 > 0:30:36so let's go and have a look at it.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40- Tom, Patrick - are you ready for this?- Definitely.
0:30:40 > 0:30:45You spent 153. He had 147. What did you spend it on, Phil?
0:30:45 > 0:30:48I just had a vision of these boys in the pub,
0:30:48 > 0:30:51having a quiet game of crib and a smoke.
0:30:51 > 0:30:52So I bought this.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54England's Glory - the match people.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56It's a crib board.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- You're completely underwhelmed. - I am a bit!
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Tom, have you ever played cribbage?
0:31:01 > 0:31:03- I have.- Good.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05I was one of the most boring games I've played,
0:31:05 > 0:31:07if I'm honest with you, Phil.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09So this is going to go down really well(!)
0:31:09 > 0:31:11You're not a member of the British Cribbage Society(?)
0:31:11 > 0:31:13They wouldn't have me. No.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17Explain to your bro exactly what goes on here.
0:31:17 > 0:31:18It's a card game.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20- Cards not included?- No.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24- So it's already one thing wrong with it!- Damaged!- Yeah!
0:31:24 > 0:31:28- You have little pegs. Pegs not included?- No.
0:31:28 > 0:31:29Really, it's kind of a...
0:31:29 > 0:31:31- You use it as a scoreboard?- Yeah.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34You play the game, you use it as a scoreboard,
0:31:34 > 0:31:37you advance the pegs up and down through these little holes.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39There are people who collect all this advertising stuff.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43I paid £20 for it, and I think it might make you 10 or £15 profit.
0:31:43 > 0:31:44No more than that.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46- It's a safety net.- Yeah.
0:31:46 > 0:31:47I can't see you losing money.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50- It's not a safety match. - No. Very good!
0:31:50 > 0:31:52- I like that! - For the audience at home,
0:31:52 > 0:31:54let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about the crib board.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00- I've never played cribbage, have you?- No, I never have.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03I've seen them and seen the boards quite a number of times,
0:32:03 > 0:32:05and this one is a nice piece of breweriana.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Breweriana. Absolutely.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12So every pub would have one of these to advertise the matches.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16The old boy would be having his pint and having a game.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18It's the sort of thing that has got some sort of following
0:32:18 > 0:32:22for collectors of those sorts of things, but only about 20, £30.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24- OK. Phil paid £20, so he's spot on.- Yes.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27If the teams decide to go with it. Anyway, that's it for the Reds.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31Now for the Blues. We've got the lacquer dishes,
0:32:31 > 0:32:35which I suspect are a bit more Wolverhampton, from this country?
0:32:35 > 0:32:37I think they probably are.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39I think with this decoration on the front,
0:32:39 > 0:32:43we're looking at similar transfer-decoration aesthetic plates
0:32:43 > 0:32:45that we see in the late 19th century.
0:32:45 > 0:32:46Yeah, 1880s, 1900.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49Yes, with the sort of butterflies and geisha there.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52They're the sort of thing that collectors might pay 50 to £70 for.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56Well, let's hope so. £40 paid by our lot. That's a good start.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Now, the cracked plate.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Charles showed me this at Topsham, and I revealed to him that
0:33:02 > 0:33:05it had been broken. I don't think he realised it, actually.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08- So, rather embarrassing.- It is.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11It is late in the period, but it's that blue and white
0:33:11 > 0:33:14which is still popular with collectors.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18- Yeah.- Even with the damage, it's probably 20 to £30.
0:33:18 > 0:33:19Very good.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23Well, they only paid £10, so Charles has done very well, really.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Lastly, the Exeter silver fish slice.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29They put great store by the fact that...
0:33:29 > 0:33:33bought in Topsham, West Country silver,
0:33:33 > 0:33:35bound to do well, cos it's West Country silver
0:33:35 > 0:33:39being sold in the West Country. Is that true or false, Brian?
0:33:39 > 0:33:42I think there are collectors for Exeter silver.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44But the practical thing of it - it's a fish slice.
0:33:44 > 0:33:49It's fairly plain with the piercework decoration to it.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53- I think we're looking at 80 to £120. - Dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56This is their black hole. £215.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58- Oh.- Wow.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03- Too much, eh?- I think it may be a little bit optimistic at that.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07They're going to need their bonus buy. So, let's go and have a look.
0:34:07 > 0:34:08Now, you two naughty ones.
0:34:10 > 0:34:15You spent a magnificent £265 and only gave Charles £35. Charles?
0:34:15 > 0:34:18Tim, exactly.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21We came off the rough-and-tumble edge of a wonderful fish slice
0:34:21 > 0:34:23that cost a large sum of money,
0:34:23 > 0:34:26so I wanted to dig deep and find a piece of silver that would
0:34:26 > 0:34:28just bring us back into the game,
0:34:28 > 0:34:32back into making a profit overall. So I found Sylvia.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35- Eh?- And here is Sylvia.
0:34:35 > 0:34:40Or Sylvia's little vesta case, or match-case sleeve.
0:34:40 > 0:34:45From the year 1920. So it's George V, and it's solid silver.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49- Feel the weight of that, feel the weight.- That's quite heavy.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52And I'm just hoping today in Honiton there might be
0:34:52 > 0:34:57Sylvia in the room who's looking for a very nice silver match case.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59- Sylvia looking for silver.- Exactly.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02- How many people do you know called Sylvia, Charles?- Not many.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05It's like Barbara or Margaret - they're slightly outdated names.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Paul, how many people called Sylvia do you know?
0:35:08 > 0:35:11A grand scale of no-one.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Lisa, how are you with Sylvia, sweet?
0:35:13 > 0:35:15- No-one.- Lovely.
0:35:15 > 0:35:16I rest my case.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18It's a blast from the past. It has a pedigree.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22We can only imagine, who was Sylvia who liked her silver
0:35:22 > 0:35:24back in the Roaring Twenties...?
0:35:24 > 0:35:28- Did you use all the money? - It cost me 20.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- OK.- I'll be very disappointed if Sylvia doesn't race away
0:35:31 > 0:35:33and doesn't make 30 or £35.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36- I do like it. I think you've done well.- Thank you very much.- OK.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38I think we've exhausted the topic.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43Let's us find out for the viewers at home what the jolly old auctioneer thinks about Sylvia.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47There we go. Strike a light.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49If you know anyone called Sylvia, it's a nice little present,
0:35:49 > 0:35:51- isn't it?- Yeah, I know.
0:35:51 > 0:35:52- Do you know any Sylvias?- No.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54I don't really know that many Sylvias myself.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57It's one of those old-fashioned names. Lovely name.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59- You don't get them much, do you?- No.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02Had it been plain, it would have perhaps made a little bit more.
0:36:02 > 0:36:07Realistically, they're looking at 20 to £25.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10Charles paid £20, so he paid a pretty keen price. Who knows,
0:36:10 > 0:36:12it might do extremely well.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Thank you very much, Brian.
0:36:15 > 0:36:1718, 20, 22...
0:36:20 > 0:36:21At 18...
0:36:22 > 0:36:24Tom, Paddy, how are you feeling?
0:36:24 > 0:36:27- Pretty good. Pretty confident. - Are you?
0:36:27 > 0:36:28- Excellent.- As always.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30Here comes your chair.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34Lot 170 is the rush-seated mini ladder-back chair.
0:36:34 > 0:36:39Commission's here with me at eight, ten, 12 - £12 with me.
0:36:39 > 0:36:4015. I'm out.
0:36:40 > 0:36:4318, behind you, 20, 22,
0:36:43 > 0:36:4625, 28.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Can't see you, sir. 28, 30.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51£28 in, at the far chair there at 28.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55At 30, I'm looking for now. At £28, then...
0:36:55 > 0:36:57Liking it. £28 is plus £10.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Thank you very much, Tom. Good pick.
0:37:00 > 0:37:01Now, the telescope.
0:37:01 > 0:37:07Lot 171 is the spotter four-draw telescope by JH Steward of London.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09What am I saying for that? £30?
0:37:10 > 0:37:13£20. 20 here. Thank you. At 20, opening bid of 20.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16Two now elsewhere?
0:37:16 > 0:37:18At £20 - looking for further bids.
0:37:18 > 0:37:2022 online. 25?
0:37:20 > 0:37:2425 in the room, I have. 28 now online.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28I'll take the bid of 30 online. 32, sir?
0:37:28 > 0:37:3232 in the room now, I have. 35 online.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36£32, bid is in the room. 35, 38.
0:37:36 > 0:37:4038 in the room. At 38 in the room. 40 online?
0:37:40 > 0:37:44Bid is now 40. 45, sir? Bid is on the internet at £40.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Five I'm looking for elsewhere. Two if you lie.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50At £40 - bid is on the internet, then, at 40.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54£40. There is a very happy gillie somewhere.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58That is minus £10, which means you have nothing at the moment.
0:37:58 > 0:38:04Lot 172 is the 19th-century brass and turned-wood salmon gaff.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08The salmon gaff there. Nice example. Commission bid here at £55.
0:38:08 > 0:38:1060 do I see?
0:38:11 > 0:38:1460, five, 70, five, 80?
0:38:14 > 0:38:19At £75. Back with me at 75. 80 at all? Quite sure, sir?
0:38:19 > 0:38:24At £75 with me, then, all done at 75.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26It's not so far off, I have to say, minus £10.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30We've gone plus £10, minus £10, minus £10.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Overall, you're minus £10.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35This is incredibly bad luck. You're on the cusp of everything.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38- So, the cribbage board, then? - Got to go for it.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42Got to go for it, haven't you? It's £20. Everything to play for.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Here comes the cribbage board from heaven.
0:38:44 > 0:38:49Lot 175 is the England's Glory cribbage board.
0:38:49 > 0:38:54Interest here with me at £5. And eight now? At £5 with me.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57Something to do on a winter evening. Eight now?
0:38:57 > 0:39:00You quite sure, then, at £5 only?
0:39:00 > 0:39:03At five, and selling.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Minus 25. Now listen, chaps, that could be a winning score.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Don't say a word to the Blue team. Mum is the word.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14No point in ruining their day.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16We might tempt them into an even bigger loss.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23- How you feeling?- Nervous.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27- What about you, Lise? - Yeah, nervous, I think.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30First up are the lacquer dishes. Here they come.
0:39:30 > 0:39:35Lot 190 is the pair of Japanese lacquer dishes. Circa 1900.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39£30?
0:39:39 > 0:39:40- 30 do I see?- Let's move.
0:39:40 > 0:39:4220 do I see?
0:39:42 > 0:39:45£10 at all? Ten, thank you, sir. 12 now?
0:39:45 > 0:39:49At £10, open bid. 12 at all? It's a pair.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51At £10, then. £10 only.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57- Oh, dear. £10, that's not good. - His guide price was a lot more.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59£10 is minus 30.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02I'm not liking the look of this. Now your plate, Charles.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Blue-and-white plate. Qianlong Dynasty.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08It is damaged, but what will I say for that, £30?
0:40:09 > 0:40:1130? 20? Ten?
0:40:14 > 0:40:15- Five?- Oh, dear.
0:40:15 > 0:40:20Five, thank you, sir. At £5, and eight now? £5 only.
0:40:20 > 0:40:21Eight, do I see? At £5...
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Eight, thank you, sir. Ten?
0:40:24 > 0:40:26- Nine I'll take.- Why not?
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Ten? Ten - let's do it the easy way.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32- At £10, then.- 10.25!
0:40:32 > 0:40:36£10 only. Quite sure, then?
0:40:36 > 0:40:37At ten.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41Disappointing, isn't it? Sorry, team.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44That's £10, then. Now the fish slice.
0:40:44 > 0:40:50The Exeter silver fish slice from George Turner. Circa 1830.
0:40:50 > 0:40:56Interest here with me at 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130...
0:40:56 > 0:40:59130, I have. 140 now?
0:40:59 > 0:41:01- At £130...- Keep going.
0:41:02 > 0:41:03140 at all?
0:41:03 > 0:41:07£130 for the fish slice.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10140 now? £130, then.
0:41:11 > 0:41:18130 is 70 - minus 85. Minus 85 plus 30 is 115. Minus 115.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21What are we going to do about the match case?
0:41:21 > 0:41:23I think we're going to have to go with Sylvia.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26- I think we bring it on... - Take it on the chin.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30- Take it on. Walk tall. - Yeah. We trust it.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Ready? Here it comes.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37The silver match case, engraved "Sylvia".
0:41:37 > 0:41:39Interest here with me at ten.
0:41:39 > 0:41:4312, 15. At £15, I have. 18 now?
0:41:43 > 0:41:46At £15. 18 at all?
0:41:46 > 0:41:50- 18, 20, 22, 25, 28... - Well done, Charles.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52- We've made a small profit.- 28 now?
0:41:52 > 0:41:56£25 here, £25.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00£25. Well done, Charles. That's a £5 profit.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04- I'm sorry, team. - Overall, you are minus 110.
0:42:04 > 0:42:05Don't say a word to the Reds.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Some days it's good days, and some days it's bad days.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19For some of us around here, today's a particularly bad day.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Nobody is going home with profits.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23One team, however, is going home with a massive loss,
0:42:23 > 0:42:25and that team are the Blues.
0:42:25 > 0:42:31I'm really sorry about this. Minus £110 is not so hot.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33- No.- No.- No.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37It's all down to the fish slice - we're off fish slices, aren't we?
0:42:37 > 0:42:39- And fish.- And fish all round.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43You've been brilliant about it, I have to say. I shan't ask you to sing again, don't worry.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47- Have you had a good time? - Yes, thank you.
0:42:47 > 0:42:48We've loved having you on the show.
0:42:48 > 0:42:53The victors today, who win by only losing £25, are the brothers.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Well done, Tom. Well done, Paddy.
0:42:55 > 0:42:56Happy about that?
0:42:56 > 0:43:00It didn't really feel as if it ought to come out like that for you today.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02You started off with a £10 profit.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Then you had these silly little £10 losses that could have
0:43:05 > 0:43:08easily gone the other way. That crib board wasn't right either.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10All round, I'd say it's bad luck.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13- I feel you should have gone home with some cash.- Yeah, well...
0:43:13 > 0:43:15But it's the next best thing to win. Congratulations.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17It's been such fun,
0:43:17 > 0:43:21join us soon for some more bargain hunting. Yes? Yes!
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