0:00:05 > 0:00:08Today, we're in the county town of Lewes.
0:00:08 > 0:00:13Quaint, idyllic, peaceful.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Well, it was until we got here!
0:00:16 > 0:00:19Let's go Bargain Hunting! Yeah!
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Right, folks, we've got an exciting contest today.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Our two teams going head-to-head are husbands and wives.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Except the wives and the husbands are playing against one another.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04But which team will it be that lifts the Bargain Hunt crown, eh?
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Gosh, this is going to be fun!
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Both teams are flying high today.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Roger, over and out!
0:01:13 > 0:01:16We could go this way, or we could go this way.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18And the competition is fierce.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Nothing to see here.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30But will their buys take off at auction?
0:01:33 > 0:01:36All that excitement still to come.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Let's go and meet the happy couples.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Well, they're happy at the moment!
0:01:40 > 0:01:43It's a contest of two halves today.
0:01:43 > 0:01:49In the red team, we have the wives, the Clares,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51the better halves, call them what you like,
0:01:51 > 0:01:57and the blue team are the other halves, Andrew and Drew,
0:01:57 > 0:01:59if you can believe that combination of names!
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- Hi, everybody.- Hi.- Hi, Tim. - Very nice to see you.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Now, Clare. You have a good knowledge of antiques, right?
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Fair to middling!
0:02:08 > 0:02:11What do you mean? Don't be modest.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12What are you really interested in?
0:02:12 > 0:02:16I like 1950s, 1960s Rye pottery.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Some of that can be worth a lot of money.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20- Yeah. I don't own any of that, though.- Do you not?
0:02:20 > 0:02:26No, not at all. I buy it cheap, I buy it small and I buy it cos I like it.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28But this is a very special day for you, Clare B?
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- It is. Not just me.- No. - Andrew as well.
0:02:32 > 0:02:38- It's our wedding anniversary today. - Today.- 13 years, and they said it wouldn't last.- Really?- Yes.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Well, how wrong were they!
0:02:40 > 0:02:44- Now, Clare P. You work as cabin crew.- I do, indeed. - Tell us about that.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48I've been flying now for about ten years.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50I've worked for three different airlines in that time.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55And I really enjoy it, though it isn't as glamorous as a lot of people still think it is.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Well, I guess not. Actually quite hard work.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03- It can be, yes.- But you meet marvellous people, though.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Happy people going on holiday.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09The majority, I would say yes. But you do get the odd difficult customer!
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- What do you collect? - I collect birds.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15I collect birds on anything and everything.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19I've got mugs, bowls, tiles, brooches, egg cups!
0:03:19 > 0:03:21You name it, I have a bird on it.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- Are you going for the ornithological theme today?- You never know.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29- It would be nice.- Are you nervous about taking your husbands on?
0:03:29 > 0:03:34- No, not at all. Not at all. Because we will win.- Of course. We're confident.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Well, you may have the tools to succeed with all that antique knowledge.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40You never know.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42So, Andrew, how did you two meet?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Drew and I met through Clare P.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46- Clare P.- Yes, Clare P.
0:03:46 > 0:03:52- So I've probably known Drew as long as you've known Clare.- Yes.- Yes.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53What do you do for a living, Andrew?
0:03:53 > 0:03:57I worked for the Civil Service for 22 years
0:03:57 > 0:04:00then I left in the last two years to seek my fortune
0:04:00 > 0:04:02which I'm still looking for, Tim.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04But I do run a transport management company
0:04:04 > 0:04:08which looks after the interests of people who operate heavy goods vehicles.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12You're also into heavy metal - well, heavy metal work.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14I do enjoy working with metal.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17I'm fortunate to have an old blacksmith's forge
0:04:17 > 0:04:19which I enjoy making things on.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Sounds like a very handy contact, this!
0:04:22 > 0:04:24- Drew, what do you do?- Cabin crew.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28- You're on the flying, too? - I am, yes, with my wife.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30How brilliant is that? Isn't that lovely?
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- Do you ever work together?- We did, before the children came along.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36We flew together. That's how we met.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Was it romance over a trolley?
0:04:38 > 0:04:41No. My wife offered to buy me a coffee from the vending machine
0:04:41 > 0:04:46and I thought it was the closest I'd get to a date with her, so I accepted.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48It took a while to ask her out.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50But for me, love at first sight, yes.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- You summoned up courage eventually. - Yes.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56So how are you planning to beat the girls today?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Well, an all-out charm offensive.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02- Absolutely.- If that doesn't work, we thought a few tears.- Yep.- Maybe.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05You'd burst into tears? You'd stoop that low?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Yes. Win at all costs.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12- Did you realise what these men would get towards?- See how desperate they are!- I know.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17I'm not sure owning up to crying before you start is actually the way forward! You never know.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Anyway, I suspect there's going to be a bit of pillow talk tonight!
0:05:20 > 0:05:22The money moment. Here we go.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25£300 apiece. You know the rules. Your experts await.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Off you go and very, very good luck.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Gosh, what is going to happen today?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Fighting for the reds today
0:05:35 > 0:05:37we have the queen on the scene.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40And for the blues,
0:05:40 > 0:05:43it's the king of the ring!
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Seconds out, Round One!
0:05:47 > 0:05:51- Drew, Andrew. It's the boys versus the girls.- It is.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- Who's going to win?- I think we are!
0:05:53 > 0:05:55The boys. Of course we are.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00OK, ladies. This is it. Are we going to spend a lot of money today?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Well, it would be great to spend quite a bit.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05- It would be nice to blow the lot. - It would be.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10- Your wife's a bit knowledgeable, is she?- Yes, she knows her bric-a-brac!
0:06:10 > 0:06:14- She does.- Fortunately, she's got Catherine, so they need the help!
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- We've got to beat those husbands, haven't we?- Definitely.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20It's our reason for being here, to beat the boys.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- Beat the boys.- Come on, girls. Let's go shopping.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24This is war!
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Oh, look. This one is open.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32Let's look in the window first.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35It gives a flavour of what's in here.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37- Wow.- Is he like this all the time?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39- Yes.- We've got £300.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- But we've got to negotiate. - Of course.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46- But do you know what a club fender is?- I know what it is.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48It looks brass. It looks very nice.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- Where would it live, do you think? - In front of the fireplace?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53I do the jokes!
0:06:53 > 0:06:56All right, Drew? Remember that, please!
0:06:57 > 0:06:58This would have been...
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Look out, chaps! Incoming!
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Da-da!
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Are you buying?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10There's nothing to see. Nothing to see here.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13What are you buying? Let's have a look.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16I think your shop is located over there.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Let's leave them to it. They've got no chance.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Oh, blimey! It's hand baggage at dawn!
0:07:22 > 0:07:25I think we'll have trouble with them. Let's get in before they come back!
0:07:25 > 0:07:28The rivalry's started already!
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- Thank you.- Thank you.- Good morning!
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Anything you see, tell me, and we can run through it, OK?
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- OK.- I'm looking for some undiscovered Faberge!
0:07:39 > 0:07:41- Yes.- Hmm.- Keep looking!
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Well, we're all after a bit of bling!
0:07:45 > 0:07:50This is what we're going to have at the end.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55Hang on, it's a bit early in the game to lob out crowns for victors, girls!
0:07:55 > 0:07:57He was up early this morning!
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Stone me, chaps!
0:08:08 > 0:08:14- That little box with the buckle on it.- The buckle's lovely on that.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18- Is it a cigarette case? Cigar case? - I don't know. Let's open it.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20- Yes, you're right. - Wow, look at that.- That's nice.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24A little mirror, and then perhaps this would have been...
0:08:26 > 0:08:30- Would it have been...- It doesn't look very feminine, does it?
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Something for us gents, perhaps?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34It's what you'd call a bit of treen, isn't it?
0:08:34 > 0:08:39It's got £30 on it. It's something you probably wouldn't want to pay too much for.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Yes. It's quite nice work on it.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44It's really... I think that's beautiful, actually.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48The way these holes have been pierced, and the detail on the buckle.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49And round the edge as well.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52It would probably be quite nicely placed in that sale.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- Shall we see how much they'd take for it?- We could do, couldn't we?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Go on.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01I think you girls are going to do really well.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03I've got this feeling in my bones!
0:09:05 > 0:09:08So Clare B goes off to do their first deal
0:09:08 > 0:09:11while the Andrews, well, they look a bit lost!
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Hold on, get a handle on this.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- Oh, they're quite fun, aren't they? - Arts and Crafts, are they?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- Well...- That style?
0:09:18 > 0:09:21They are kind of Arts and Crafts style, I suppose.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25- I like the "Pull" and the... - Pull and Push. No, Pull and Pull.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- Pulls. And we're on the pull, aren't we, for antiques.- We are!
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Those are quite fun, aren't they? What do you think of those, Drew?
0:09:32 > 0:09:36- I quite like them, actually. - I quite like them.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37Oh!
0:09:39 > 0:09:42You're used to doing that on the airlines?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Opening lockers, yes.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48I imagine these would have come off some grand civic building.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- That's what I was thinking. - Like a theatre or council chamber.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54I rather like those, actually.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56I'm more taken with these than the fender.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Are you? Gosh, we've got something positive out of you today!
0:09:59 > 0:10:02I think we should all rest now for a while!
0:10:02 > 0:10:05But I do like that exaggerated S shape, don't you?
0:10:05 > 0:10:07I quite like those, I must say.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11They're priced at £135 for the pair.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12I think we're on a winner here
0:10:12 > 0:10:14because you both like them
0:10:14 > 0:10:18and this might "open the door" to big profits for us!
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Pull the other one!
0:10:22 > 0:10:25I warned you before! I've warned you before, Drew!
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Pull yourselves together, chaps, and close that deal!
0:10:29 > 0:10:30- Good luck!- Thank you!
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Right, then, girls.
0:10:34 > 0:10:3522.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37It's not going to break the bank!
0:10:37 > 0:10:42- So I don't know. Shall we hang on to that?- Yes, hang on to that.- OK.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44No time for dilly-dallying now, girls,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46or the boys will fly away with this.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48How are you getting on?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50We can't get hold of the dealer,
0:10:50 > 0:10:53so we can only go down to 110.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Do you think that's too much money for them?
0:10:56 > 0:11:02I would have no hesitation in saying we could do it for 100.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- I think we should buy them. - That's what we were saying.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Can you do it for £100?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Can he pull some strings?
0:11:08 > 0:11:09I'll speak to my colleague.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12I found this little pot in the same dealer's stand.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14I rather like it.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17It's hand-made and hand-beaten everywhere.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20I like this very simple design around the top here.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24It's bronze. It's not signed or anything.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27- I just think there's something really simple...- How much is it?
0:11:27 > 0:11:29It's marked at 35.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32I think there's something rather nice.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35If we were to put that into the mix as well,
0:11:35 > 0:11:38we're getting an idea here.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Both for 135?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- We could definitely do 135. - For the two?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- Yes.- Perfect.- Hang on, hang on.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Don't be too keen!
0:11:48 > 0:11:52- Because we're paying the full price for that, then, you see.- We are.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54But we've got those for 100.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- I'd be happy with that.- Would you? - We're only talking about five pounds.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01It could be that five pounds that makes the difference between profit and loss.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04But with your expert knowledge and your bonus buy...
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Ah, so you're blaming me again!
0:12:08 > 0:12:11This is what always happens!
0:12:11 > 0:12:16Mark's absolutely right, chaps. Every pound counts in this game.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- Shake the gentleman's hand. - Thank you very much.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20- Thank you.- Thanks a lot.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22You should take a leaf out of the girls' book.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27We've got to make a bit of a profit on this, as indeed you have, we understand that.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- How does 15 sound to you?- Oh, dear!
0:12:31 > 0:12:35I can't do it for that. I'm giving it away. That's half price, isn't it?
0:12:35 > 0:12:3720. 20's the best.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39How about 17?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42How about 19.50?
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- Shall we do 19, and then we're done. - Go on. 19 quid.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50- 19.- Are you happy with that, ladies? - Go on, then.- Your first item.- Yes.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54- Are you?- Yes.- Are you sure? - Yes, we'll go with it.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Good work, girls. You fought for every penny there.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59I like this winning attitude!
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Now, that little wooden case has given me an idea.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Inevitably in antiques centres,
0:13:06 > 0:13:08you come across lots of wooden things.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11And traditionally, an object like this
0:13:11 > 0:13:14is described as a piece of treen.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16That's because it's made of wood
0:13:16 > 0:13:19and happens to have been turned on a lathe.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21This is a bit of birch wood.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26Because it's got these three circular feet on the bottom,
0:13:26 > 0:13:31begs its tradition from Scandinavia.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33It's practical. You could have it beside your bed,
0:13:33 > 0:13:38put into it all those irritating things - coins, keys, what-not -
0:13:38 > 0:13:41that you take out of your pockets at night.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44What's it worth? Well, it would cost you £20.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49Treen does, however, come in all shapes and sizes.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52And this is another example of a treen object.
0:13:52 > 0:13:58Not turned on a lathe, but this time constructed out of mahogany.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Down one end, it's got a fluted aperture.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04This type of whistle or flute
0:14:04 > 0:14:07is known as a swanee.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10This is the thing that would have been in the wings
0:14:10 > 0:14:12when the panto's on.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Widow Twankey's underwear descends...
0:14:16 > 0:14:19DOWNWARDS SLIDING SCALE
0:14:19 > 0:14:20..played from the wings...
0:14:20 > 0:14:24And Widow Twankey's underwear ascends...
0:14:24 > 0:14:26UPWARDS SLIDING SCALE
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Huge fun, isn't it?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32What's a collectable like this worth?
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Well, it could be yours today, here in Lewes,
0:14:36 > 0:14:37for £30.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Now it's back to our own pantomime!
0:14:40 > 0:14:43And the boys are looking for the exit.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45- Andrew, which way do you think we should go?- Let's ask Drew.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48We could go this way, or we could go this way.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52- I think we're going that way. - Looks like we are.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56The boys are one up against the girls, who still have two items to buy.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Chop-chop!
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Roger, Roger. Over and out!
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Enough silliness, girls. Get a move on!
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I thought you wanted to beat your hubbies?
0:15:08 > 0:15:13- I didn't think it would be this hard.- It's surprising how quickly the time goes.- Yeah.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15I'm really confident we're going to beat the girls.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17I think so. I like the bowl. I like the handles.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- I can never make a decision.- We're never organised at shopping.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- No.- We'd better get our skates on! - Yeah.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Ooh, this husband and wife battle is really hotting up.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Has Catherine spotted a winner?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34What do you think about these? I like these.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38They're carved soapstone.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40And they're seals.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42You've got all these Chinese characters down there.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47But I think they would make fantastic bookends.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- They're so heavy, they would. - I think they're lovely.
0:15:50 > 0:15:55Can we have a little discussion? They're not something I would normally go for.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58But I like them because I think they're quite charming.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01It's a good luck symbol in Chinese.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04They're sort of 1915, 1920, that sort of date?
0:16:04 > 0:16:08Yes, from that period. The early part of the 20th century.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12- You're not that keen?- No, but I think they're a weighty piece.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- They're...- They're a nice size.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17What could you do on these? You've got 78 each. Each is that?
0:16:17 > 0:16:21The trade normally would be 140,
0:16:21 > 0:16:24but as it's you, I could about 120.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28I'd prefer them if they were nearer 100.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33I'll do a little bit more. 115. That would be absolutely it.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36If you two are sold on them, that's the majority.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Ooh, the pressure!
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- It's immense.- I do really quite like them.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- Then let's go for it, then. - Shall we?
0:16:43 > 0:16:46- 115.- She keeps looking at me, saying, "Sure? Sure?"
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- 115.- I feel I'm... - Thank you very much.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52- 115. Thank you very much. I feel I'm going to get the blame.- No, no.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56You girls have got to stick together against those dastardly boys.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02I'm not looking! I'm not looking!
0:17:02 > 0:17:04That's not cricket, chaps.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Let's run across the road. Quick. Quick! Come on, guys!
0:17:08 > 0:17:10We've bought all the good things already!
0:17:15 > 0:17:17How childish can you be?
0:17:19 > 0:17:22What about that game there, table bowls?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Oh, look.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28I'm not sure what that does.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- Is that for tilting it? - Tilting it, yes.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33On the other side. Just roll it down.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36These are quite nicely turned, aren't they?
0:17:37 > 0:17:38But it's all there.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40The box is a bit tatty, isn't it?
0:17:40 > 0:17:44- But it's still nice to have the box. - I like it.- I do, as well.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46It's quite well-made, isn't it?
0:17:46 > 0:17:47I like the graphics here.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51I think it dates it to 1915, 1920.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53- How much is this, Mark?- 42, is that?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55- 42, yes.- £42.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59If we can get them down, that gives Mark plenty of money to go shopping himself.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Yes. Do you want to have a word with the manager?
0:18:03 > 0:18:06- Let's see what we can do. - Smile sweetly.- Absolutely.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Maybe they've already met the women.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10If that doesn't work, a few tears.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Ah, I was waiting for the waterworks tactic.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17If they've already met the women, they'll feel sorry for you and give it to you!
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Now, now, boys.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- Come back before they do. - Absolutely.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25That's the Andrews on the home strait.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29But the Clares have still to find their final item.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Something would have slotted in there, wouldn't it?
0:18:32 > 0:18:36But on the back, it says, "G.W.R".
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- Great Western Railway.- What was it for? Tickets or something?
0:18:39 > 0:18:44I don't know. Cos it's got slats inside as well, hasn't it?
0:18:44 > 0:18:46I'd keep recipes in there, if it was mine.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- Yes!- Cake recipes.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Or I'd have it on the wall as a cupboard, that way round.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Thinking outside the box, there, Clare B!
0:18:55 > 0:18:59- Your shelves would be coming down. - Like that.- Oh, I see what you mean. Right, OK.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Catherine, well, she's just not so sure.
0:19:03 > 0:19:08It made me think, "You can't leave this shop without buying me."
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- We've got five minutes. Five minutes.- OK.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Come on, girls.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16OK, there's this, which we could probably get for, I don't know. It's £39.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19They'll probably give that to us for £30.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- Two minutes. - OK, we'll go and ask them.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Dither, dither, dither.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Both teams need to strike a deal.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27We're very interested in the table bowls.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30We wondered what your best price would be.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Is that your absolute best?
0:19:35 > 0:19:36- Please!- OK.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40- £35.- 35. Could you do it for 30?
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Ah, they've found their haggling voice!
0:19:42 > 0:19:45- That's OK.- Why not?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47£30 is the absolute best on that.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51That's down from 39. That's not a huge amount off.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- No, £30, that would be fantastic. - Fantastic.- Very happy with that.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56- Excellent.- Thank you.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59The clock is ticking, girls.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- CREW:- 25 seconds. - 25 seconds!
0:20:02 > 0:20:03Quick. Make a decision.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- The box.- The box. The box.- The box.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07If it makes a loss, it's my fault.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- No, no. We're a team.- We're in this together, girls!
0:20:10 > 0:20:12- We're a team.- The box.- The box.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13OK. Box.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15I think they've bought the box!
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- Mark, we've done the deal. - Yes? How much for?
0:20:18 > 0:20:20- £30.- Well done, guys.- Brilliant.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22- Well done.- Thanks for your help.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24I think it's time you made me a cup of tea!
0:20:27 > 0:20:28- Wa-hey!- Girl power!
0:20:28 > 0:20:33Girl power indeed. That's the shopping done.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37So, while the boys head off to find their better halves,
0:20:37 > 0:20:40let's remind ourselves what the teams bought.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45The reds showed off their haggling skills
0:20:45 > 0:20:48to get the gents' vanity case down to £19.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52The Clares were split over Catherine's Chinese seals
0:20:52 > 0:20:55and bought them anyway for £115.
0:20:55 > 0:21:00And with seconds left, the girls were well-chuffed with the railway ticket box
0:21:00 > 0:21:01which cost them £30.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- We bought some great items. - Brilliant.- Hopefully we'll make some money.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- Did I hear the word "brilliant?" - Yes!
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- Is that your prediction?- Hopefully. - Fingers crossed.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Which is your favourite piece, Clare?
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Um, I think the wooden railway box.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19"The wooden railway box". And what about you, Clare?
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- I think the wooden railway box! - "The wooden railway box"!
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Is the wooden railway box going to bring a bigger profit?
0:21:24 > 0:21:28- Probably not.- No.- What's going to bring the biggest profit, then?
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- The stand with the dogs.- The dogs. - The dog jobbies.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Soapstone dog jobbies.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34We're trusting in Catherine!
0:21:34 > 0:21:38- Well, you could do worse, I can tell you.- It's all down to Catherine.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41- How much did you spend overall? - We've spent £164.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44£164. Please can I have £136?
0:21:44 > 0:21:49One hundred and thirty-six pounds precisely.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- Thank you.- There you go, darling. What's to be done with £136, Catherine?
0:21:53 > 0:21:59I don't know, Tim, but these ladies have very, very high expectations, so it's going to be tough.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03- Not only high expectations, they have great expectations!- Yes!- Yes!
0:22:03 > 0:22:08Anyway, good luck with that. Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the blue team bought?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12After a slow start, the blues forged ahead,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14buying two items at once.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17The Arts and Crafts door handles for £100...
0:22:19 > 0:22:23..and the hand-beaten bronze bowl for £35.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27They raised their game for their final item,
0:22:27 > 0:22:29a set of early 20th-century table bowls,
0:22:29 > 0:22:31paying £30.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Hey, guys, you're looking happy!
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- Hello, Tim.- Everything all right? - Very well.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- Has he looked after you? - Yes.- Really well.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- And you've just finished.- Yes. - How much did you spend?
0:22:42 > 0:22:47- One hundred and...- 165.- £165. Which is your favourite piece?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- I really like the bowls.- You like the bowls.- Yes, the table bowls.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54- Do you agree, Andrew?- I like the bowls, but we also bought a little bronze bowl,
0:22:54 > 0:22:56- a hand-beaten bronze bowl, and I like that.- Do you?
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Is that going to bring the biggest profit?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00- Probably not.- Probably not?- No.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- I think the table bowls. - Right, fine.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06All bowls with you lot, isn't it?
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Anyway, that's that prediction.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10- You spent 165.- Yes, we did.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Please may I have 135 of leftover lolly.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17Well done, Drew. Marvellous. £135. I won't count it, I trust you.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Over to the maestro. What are you going to do with that?
0:23:19 > 0:23:22- I don't know.- I've got something in mind for them
0:23:22 > 0:23:25- which will fit in to their theme very nicely.- More bowls, I suppose?
0:23:25 > 0:23:28No more bowls!
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Please, Mark, no more bowls!
0:23:30 > 0:23:34OK, fine. Very good, chaps. Have a nice cup of tea. Good luck, Mark.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Meanwhile, we're heading off to the Surrey hills.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39The splendid Surrey hills!
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Polesden Lacey is as pretty as a picture.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Its origins date back to the 17th century
0:23:52 > 0:23:59and it houses the most extraordinary collection of paintings and artefacts spanning 2,000 years.
0:23:59 > 0:24:04This stunning portrait is of Mrs Margaret Greville,
0:24:04 > 0:24:08portrayed in her wedding year, 1891.
0:24:08 > 0:24:13She was one of Edwardian Britain's most successful hostesses
0:24:13 > 0:24:18and this is just one of several hundred pictures
0:24:18 > 0:24:21adorning the walls of her Surrey home.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Mrs Greville displayed her most impressive British portraits
0:24:26 > 0:24:28in the dining room at Polesden Lacey,
0:24:28 > 0:24:32including works by Raeburn, Lawrence and Reynolds.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36But the fine art was not restricted to this room alone.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40This is Mrs Greville's picture gallery.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45Literally a barrel-vaulted long corridor
0:24:45 > 0:24:48that runs the entire length of the building.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52And it contains a surprising variety of treasures.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Not surprisingly, perhaps, lots of pictures.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59And an early picture in the collection
0:24:59 > 0:25:01is this triptych.
0:25:01 > 0:25:07Strictly speaking, this was never made to be hung in a glazed frame.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11Those two outer wings fold into the middle
0:25:11 > 0:25:13to protect the painted surface
0:25:13 > 0:25:19enabling this folded-up mini altar piece to be carted around the countryside.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24It dates from around 1410 to 1430
0:25:24 > 0:25:29and is supposed to be Italo-Byzantine.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34It shows the infant Christ surrounded by saints.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38And, of course, it's familiar to a British audience
0:25:38 > 0:25:40because here in this panel, on the bottom left,
0:25:40 > 0:25:44we have Saint George defeating the dragon.
0:25:44 > 0:25:50And if we canter forward over 200 years to 1662,
0:25:50 > 0:25:54we arrive at this masterpiece of Dutch art.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58Mrs Greville had a considerable number of Dutch old master paintings
0:25:58 > 0:26:01because she inherited them from her father.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05He bought this picture, apparently, in 1896
0:26:05 > 0:26:10for the then massive sum of £3,000.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13It's by the Dutch artist Gerard Ter Borch
0:26:13 > 0:26:16and it shows an encounter.
0:26:16 > 0:26:22The fellow on the right is an officer, but not necessarily a gentleman!
0:26:23 > 0:26:28The thing is supposed to have been painted in a house of ill repute.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31The young lady in the exotic silver dress
0:26:31 > 0:26:37doesn't look most terribly keen on the advance this officer is making,
0:26:37 > 0:26:41and the old lady in the background in the middle
0:26:41 > 0:26:44is supposed to be the brothel keeper.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47What I love about it is the detail.
0:26:47 > 0:26:53Look at the way that the artist has got the pommel of that silver sword.
0:26:53 > 0:26:58The little shine of light off the breast plate on his armour.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01And then there's the silk robe itself.
0:27:01 > 0:27:08How difficult it must be to get all these folds in a textile
0:27:08 > 0:27:12to shimmer and contrast so perfectly.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15The big question today for our teams over at the auction,
0:27:15 > 0:27:18are they about to make an indecent amount of money?
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Well, well, well, how lovely is this? All friends together here at Bellmans
0:27:35 > 0:27:38in West Sussex. How are you, JP?
0:27:38 > 0:27:40- Very good, thanks, Tim. - Very nice to be here.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Gosh, we've got a selection for you today.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46What about that little leather - sorry, wood - little case?
0:27:46 > 0:27:49- Isn't that the sweetest thing? - I think that's really well done.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52It looks like leather. Very sweet little thing.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Mirror inside. And the strap has the stitching and everything.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57- Really rather sweet. Magic. - How much?
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- 30 to £50.- Perfect. £19 paid.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Moving swiftly on, we've got these two seals.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06I know you love to sell a bit of Chinese stuff here.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08- Hot at the moment, isn't it? - It is hot,
0:28:08 > 0:28:11but soapstone is a very easy material to carve.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14And there are very many people for very little money
0:28:14 > 0:28:17carving materials out in the Far East.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20So for that reason alone, I've gone 20 to £40.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24How much?! Our team spent £115 on these fellows!
0:28:24 > 0:28:25Oh, sorry.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28- I won't argue with you. - I don't rate them that highly.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30The proof's in the pudding. Moving on.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34What about this fellow here? It's to do with the Great Western Railway Company.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37- It says G.W.R on the bottom, so that's pretty much given.- Yeah.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39It's about what you did with it.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43- Put your old tickets in there?- No, I think you had a spool in there,
0:28:43 > 0:28:48which then out of here was the first class, the second class...
0:28:48 > 0:28:51- Then the ticket man would be... - He'd rip it off and sell it to you.
0:28:51 > 0:28:56But it's the most undistinguished box you could come across!
0:28:56 > 0:29:01- It's quite charming, though. - How much?- I'd have thought about 20 to £40.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Absolutely right. £30 they paid.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05So it's neither here nor there, really.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09Their big punt is on these soapstone Chinese jobs
0:29:09 > 0:29:12and they are about to be, according to you, torpedoed on that?
0:29:12 > 0:29:14I would pretty... I'd be certain.
0:29:14 > 0:29:19OK, if you're certain, they'll need their bonus buy. Let's have a look.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Now, Clare and Clare. This is vital now.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25If you're going to beat those men folk of yours,
0:29:25 > 0:29:28this thing has to make you a profit, doesn't it?
0:29:28 > 0:29:32- Yes.- Catherine? You had, darling, £136.- Mm.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34It's under that rag. What did you spend it on?
0:29:36 > 0:29:39- Ooh!- I have bought you a boot scraper.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Now, it's not old.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44It is neo-classical in style.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46But it's got that look.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50- And it's heavy.- And it's cast iron.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- Clare, have a feel.- I don't think I need to hold it.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56- Don't you?- OK, then, if you insist!
0:29:56 > 0:29:58I'm not going to insist, but I think it's quite nice.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Yeah, OK.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02You're getting quite a lump there, aren't you?
0:30:02 > 0:30:04Dare I ask, Catherine, how much did you pay?
0:30:04 > 0:30:08- £15.- OK.- £15?!- See how much better?
0:30:08 > 0:30:12Immediately Clare wants to hold it now!
0:30:13 > 0:30:20- Clare can't give it back!- Outside your country house, in this area, you might have something like that.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Happy with that, girls? Catherine's pretty confident you'll get a profit.
0:30:24 > 0:30:29But for the audience at home, let's see what the auctioneer thinks about the little scraper.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32OK, JP. There you are. Something soulless for you!
0:30:32 > 0:30:36The sign of a good boot-scraper is it doesn't fall over when you're scraping your boot on it.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38And that's pretty stable.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40So useful, functional.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44Date-wise, you'd have thought it would be 1870, 1880, maybe.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- You'd think so, wouldn't you?- But probably more like 1970 or 1980.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51- One of those reproductions, yeah. - Ten to £20.- Ten to £20.- Ten to £20.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55Fair enough. Southon paid £15. So she's done very well.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58- She might make a fiver. - Now for the blues.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02Drew and Drew have got those door pulls.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05- Quite chunky things, aren't they? - They are.
0:31:05 > 0:31:11It's got to be a substantial door for it. Almost a council building or university building or something.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15It's a limited market. But then the broadness of internet bidding.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17- Yes.- 60 to £90.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19- OK. £100 they paid. - We could get that.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Good. That's reassuring. Now,
0:31:21 > 0:31:25the hammered Arts and Crafts bowl, in bronze. Patinated.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29- Lovely little border to its top. - Beautifully done.- Yeah.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33Looks Chinese, smells Chinese. But could have come from the Cotswolds.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36I like it. It's got one or two knocks in it,
0:31:36 > 0:31:41but that obviously helps date it to the period that it's from.
0:31:41 > 0:31:46- Late part of the 19th century.- Just on the basis of its natural charms, how much?
0:31:46 > 0:31:48- 30 to £50.- Good man. £35 they paid.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50They could easily get £50 for that,
0:31:50 > 0:31:53if somebody's here who recognises it for the chic that it has.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56Excellent. Now, the table bowls game.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59- You're supposed to set it up on the dining table.- Of course.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01- You'd have a baize for the table as well.- Yeah.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05And you'd then have the children and everybody whizzing these things all over the place.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Sounds highly dangerous to me.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11But there it is. It obviously was popular in the Edwardian period,
0:32:11 > 0:32:13because there's a few of them about.
0:32:13 > 0:32:14What do you think it's worth?
0:32:14 > 0:32:18- I would have thought 15 to £25. - Right.- In the region of.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21In the region of. They paid in the region of £30,
0:32:21 > 0:32:24so it's close enough. The whole thing's close enough.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26They may not need their bonus buy. But let's have a look anyway.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Now, boys, Andrew and Drew!
0:32:30 > 0:32:31Good.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34- Now, how are you?- Very well, Tim, thank you.- Lovely.
0:32:34 > 0:32:39- You spent £165.- We did. - You gave Mark Stacey £135.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Mark, did you blow the lot? Let me give you a hand there.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44- Ooh.- I say!- No, I didn't.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46Do help yourself to tea.
0:32:46 > 0:32:51- Thank you.- What's nice about this is I kept in with your theme.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53- You bought a lot of metal-type objects.- We did.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57This is rather nice because it's stamped "Tudric Pewter" and a number.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01Now, that tells us immediately it's Liberty & Co.
0:33:02 > 0:33:07It's quite late, but I thought that tray has a lovely Arts and Crafts feel about it.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10The little heart-shape motif at the bottom.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13It's really quite solid. It's hand beaten
0:33:13 > 0:33:15and I thought that was worth a punt.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17It's very nice, Mark. What did you pay for it?
0:33:17 > 0:33:21- Well, I made a hundred.- Excellent. - Which I think is not too bad.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23So there's a potential profit there.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25Very nice. I like that. Thank you.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29All those bits, then, and you're predicting how much, Mark?
0:33:29 > 0:33:34I would like to see the auction estimate at one to 150.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37- So maybe 20 to £30?- Good.- Yeah.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Which, of course, you may not need to take.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44Because you could be so far ahead at that moment in time
0:33:44 > 0:33:47- that you just can't be bothered with it, right?- Absolutely.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49- Absolutely.- We'll wait and see.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53Let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Mark's little set.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57There we go. It's chunky. Any good this, do you think?
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Of the four pieces, the tray.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03It's Archibald Knox design.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06There are a number of examples having sold on the internet
0:34:06 > 0:34:09to this pattern with the same marking number on it.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Slightly erratic amount of money -
0:34:12 > 0:34:16as little as 60, £80, and can make up to 150 to £200.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18- And that's just the tray? - Just the tray.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22The tea service is probably in for the ride on this one.
0:34:22 > 0:34:27So you've got almost an unknown three-piece tea set and a known tray.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29- We've got the message, JP.- Mm-hmm.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32- How do you rate it, mate? - Possibly cautious, I hope.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37- Let's say 100 to £150.- £100 paid by Mark Stacey, so that's pretty cool, isn't it?
0:34:37 > 0:34:39- Yeah.- That's incredibly encouraging. Thank you very much.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42We look forward to a stunning result. Thanks, JP.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56- Clare, Clare.- Yes, Tim. - This is exciting, isn't it?
0:34:56 > 0:34:59- You really, really want to beat your husbands?- Really.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02- More than anything in the whole world?- Yes.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06First up is the treen vanity box, case, and here it comes.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Gentleman's treen, travelling case.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12A little "necessaire" with this wonderfully carved buckle
0:35:12 > 0:35:14carved into the wood.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17- Straight in at £35. - Look at that, girls!- 35, 40.
0:35:17 > 0:35:2045. 50. £55.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23- Keep going, Jonathan! - Against you at £55.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Commission bid at £55. At 55. Do I see 60?
0:35:26 > 0:35:28At £55. Any interest on the net?
0:35:28 > 0:35:32£55 with me on the book. At £55. All done?
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Selling £55.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36- That is £36 up.- Good.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39- £36 in one hit. Well done, girls. - Lovely.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42- Very nice thing.- Now the seals.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Two Chinese carved soapstone seals.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Modelled with Lions of Fo. Start me at £20 for these?
0:35:47 > 0:35:49£20 for the seals?
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Chinese lot here. Do I see 20?
0:35:51 > 0:35:55No to the £20. Ten, then? Ten is bid, thank you. At ten.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59Ten. I'll take 12. Do I see 12?
0:35:59 > 0:36:0312. 15. 18. 20.
0:36:03 > 0:36:08- 25. 25. He stops there. - Jonathan, keep going! No!
0:36:08 > 0:36:10£25. Gentleman's bid, then. In puce, in the centre.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12£25.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16- I'm so sorry!- £90!
0:36:16 > 0:36:1975, 85, minus 90.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Look out, here comes the ticket office box.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24A Great Western Railway ash and pine railway office box.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Early 20th century.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Bids on the book. Interest, too.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30Well done!
0:36:30 > 0:36:32- 20, 25, 30.- Well done!
0:36:32 > 0:36:35£55. Straight in at £55.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39- Do I see 60 now? £55. - Oh, it's so nice.
0:36:39 > 0:36:4260 on the net. 60, 65 with me.
0:36:42 > 0:36:43- Look at this.- Well done.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45You never know your luck at £65.
0:36:45 > 0:36:46- £70 there.- Yes!
0:36:48 > 0:36:52Internet bid at £70, then, and selling. All done at £70.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56- Well done!- So good, isn't it?
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Plus £40 on that.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01You are minus £14 after all that lot.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03- Ooh.- I can't bear it.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06The excitement! Well done!
0:37:06 > 0:37:09You were brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13- Don't you think that's marvellous? - Fantastic!- I never saw the ticket box doing that, I have to say.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- Well done.- That was very good.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18What are you going to do about the boot scraper?
0:37:18 > 0:37:20- How much was it?- £15.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23- Yes.- We'll do it.- Yes. - You're minus £14.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25This could go horribly wrong, though.
0:37:25 > 0:37:30- It can't. We're going to go for it. - All right. Fine. We're going with the boot scraper.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33A Victorian-style cast-iron boot scraper
0:37:33 > 0:37:35of 18th-century neo-classical design.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38Start me at £10.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40£10 we've got. At £10. Do I see 15 anywhere?
0:37:40 > 0:37:42- Go on!- Please!- 15 on the internet.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44- 20 in the room.- Yes.
0:37:44 > 0:37:4820 in the room. At £20. Do I see five?
0:37:48 > 0:37:50- It's £20 front row. Go on, internet. - Go on, internet.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53Take another one for a fiver. £20, front row, then.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57Last chance. Against you, then, in the room at £20.
0:37:57 > 0:38:02Misery! £20. Plus £5. Well done, Catherine.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03- But it's very...- That's good.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05It was good, though.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Overall, you are minus nine pounds.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Who knows, that could be a winning score.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14- Don't say a word to your hubbies! - We don't speak to them often!
0:38:20 > 0:38:23Drew, Andrew, have you been talking to your wives?
0:38:23 > 0:38:26We try to avoid them, yes!
0:38:28 > 0:38:31You'd have been down to the pub, wouldn't you?
0:38:31 > 0:38:36Have one or two. Anything to avoid having a conversation! Only joking!
0:38:36 > 0:38:38First up are the handles. Here they come.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41A pair of Arts and Crafts brass door handles.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45Detailed "Pull". Should be in a nightclub, really, shouldn't they?
0:38:45 > 0:38:46Start me at 60, please.
0:38:46 > 0:38:52I've got £60. I have a 60 commission bid. £60 on the book.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54I'll take five, though. Do I see five on the net?
0:38:54 > 0:38:57£60 with me. Looking for five.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00£60, then. Commission bid at 60. No further interest. Maiden bid, £60.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04£60. That's minus 40. I had a horrible feeling this would happen.
0:39:04 > 0:39:09Late 19th-century hammered bronze bowl of Arts and Crafts design.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11I have £20. With me at 20.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14At £30 I'm bid. Do I see five?
0:39:14 > 0:39:1525, thank you, and 30.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17- Against you at 30.- No money.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Against you at 30. Any more on £30?
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Commission bid, then, at £30. I'll sell.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25- Minus five pounds.- That's cheap.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28That's 45. Cheap enough. Now the table bowls.
0:39:28 > 0:39:32Lot 1785. An early 20th-century table bowls game.
0:39:32 > 0:39:33Once again, ten is bid.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Straightaway at £10. Do I see 50?
0:39:36 > 0:39:38- Good.- 15. 20.
0:39:40 > 0:39:41"No, thank you", she says. £20 I have.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43I need 25 now.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45It's £20 against you all. Surely worth 25?
0:39:45 > 0:39:48- Any more at £25?- It's not looking good, this!
0:39:48 > 0:39:50On the net. Do you want to join in? It's £20, then.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Commission bid. I'll sell. £20.
0:39:52 > 0:39:57Minus £10. That's 45, 55. Minus 55.
0:39:58 > 0:40:03- Minus £55. That's a blow, isn't it? - It is. I'm stunned.- Yeah.
0:40:03 > 0:40:04I'm stunned, too, really.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08That's not so good. What are you going to do about the old Tudric?
0:40:08 > 0:40:10- Have a go at that?- Definitely. - We both like it.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13We like it. We're gonna go for it.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17You're going with it. It could make all the difference. Here we go.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21Lot 1789. A Liberty & Co Tudric Pewter tray designed by Archibald Knox,
0:40:21 > 0:40:24number 043, circa 1900.
0:40:24 > 0:40:25Start me at £100 for this.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28- Surely worth £100.- Come on!
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Selling at £100. At £100.
0:40:30 > 0:40:3350, then. £50. Surely worth £50?
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Archibald Knox tray. £50.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39£50 on the internet starting it off now. At £50.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43- Sure to be someone else out there. - I don't like the look of this.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Absolute gift at £50. I'll sell it for £50, maiden bid.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48- I'll take five.- Not good.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51All done at £50, then? Selling to the internet bid. £50.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56That's minus £50. That takes you neatly to minus 105.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58- All right, pal?- Things are not going so well, boys.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02- No.- I suggest we keep this very quiet from the wives for a minute or two!
0:41:02 > 0:41:04- Yes.- Yes, absolutely.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13So who, exactly, belongs to who? Which Clare belongs with who here?
0:41:13 > 0:41:17- I belong to Clare.- You belong to Clare. And Clare, you belong to... - No-one!
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Sometimes I belong to him!
0:41:20 > 0:41:21- Do you?- Yes.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25I hope we're not all going to be crucified by today's performance.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Cos we can only have one winner and one runner-up.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32And there is a world of difference between our teams today.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35The similarities are that nobody's going home with any money!
0:41:35 > 0:41:39So you can reassure yourselves that on that front
0:41:39 > 0:41:42there is not any cash going back and forth.
0:41:42 > 0:41:48But the scale of difference in terms of losses between the two of you is enormous.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52And the team with the whopping loss are the blues.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Yes!
0:41:56 > 0:41:57How pleased are these girls?
0:41:57 > 0:42:01I'm really sorry, boys, cos I know this is going to mess up your lives big time!
0:42:01 > 0:42:04- You have no idea.- You won't be able to go to the pub and hold your head up.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06But anyway, there it is.
0:42:06 > 0:42:12Minus 40, minus five, minus ten and minus 50 was not a great tally, across the board.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15- It was consistent! - It was consistent! Anyway,
0:42:15 > 0:42:18total, minus 105. We will not dwell on this.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19Suffice to say you had a nice time?
0:42:19 > 0:42:22- We had a great time.- Apart from the auction, it was great!
0:42:22 > 0:42:25OK. Fine. Well, it is bad luck when it goes that way.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29Because your wives did incredibly well.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32They made big profits on three of their items
0:42:32 > 0:42:35but the fourth one seriously let them down.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37Overall, minus nine pounds.
0:42:37 > 0:42:42Those wretched soapstone seals dragged you back by £90.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45So that is really bad luck. But you've taken it on the chin.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47You've proved that you can do it.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Just don't buy Chinese soapstone seals!
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- Have you had a good time, Clare? - We've had a great time. - Fantastic, thank you.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Very good. And do be kind to your husbands.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58They're looking slightly sore and bruised!
0:42:58 > 0:43:01In fact, join us soon for some more bargain hunting! Yes?
0:43:01 > 0:43:02Yes!
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