0:00:04 > 0:00:05Welcome to Horncastle.
0:00:05 > 0:00:10Well, there aren't many horns about and the castle's long since gone
0:00:10 > 0:00:14but on this programme we do do what it says on the tin.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18So, let's go and do it! Let's go bargain hunting, yeah!
0:00:41 > 0:00:44This is Horncastle, in Lincolnshire.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48The Romans built a fort here of which little remains.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53Today the town offers a number of well-stocked antique shops -
0:00:53 > 0:00:58enough to keep even the most battle hardened bargain hunter
0:00:58 > 0:01:01bargaining and haggling for many a long hour.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Just pity our teams then
0:01:03 > 0:01:07because they've only got just one measly hour.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11On today's show...
0:01:11 > 0:01:12the Reds run amok...
0:01:12 > 0:01:16- Do you have your running shoes on? - Yes!- OK, follow me!- Ah!
0:01:19 > 0:01:22..while the Blues give JP the jitters...
0:01:22 > 0:01:25There's two minutes left and my heart's going to stop in a minute.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Put things down, let's concentrate!
0:01:29 > 0:01:33On Bargain Hunt today we have two teams of friends.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36For the Reds, we've got Helen and Sally,
0:01:36 > 0:01:38and for the Blues we've got Jules and Debs.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40- Hello, everyone.- ALL: Hello.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Lovely to see you. Now, girls, how did you to meet?
0:01:43 > 0:01:47Well, I moved into Northamptonshire about four and a half years ago
0:01:47 > 0:01:51and went to church, and I met a lot of lovely people there,
0:01:51 > 0:01:52and Sally was one of them.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53And a few months later
0:01:53 > 0:01:57I actually ended up working at the same adventure centre as Sally.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00So, what happens in your adventure centre?
0:02:00 > 0:02:02It's a brilliant place and we have a lot of children
0:02:02 > 0:02:06and youth groups come, and they do activities like canoeing
0:02:06 > 0:02:10and abseiling, and raft building, and they learn things as well.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Now, what's all this about you going up Kilimanjaro?
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Yes, did that last year for the charity that we work for
0:02:17 > 0:02:20and I'm pleased to say I made it all the way to the top -
0:02:20 > 0:02:22a pretty exhausting experience!
0:02:22 > 0:02:24But you get a lack of oxy... I mean, it's quite high, isn't it?
0:02:24 > 0:02:28It is, it is quite high, yes, it's 5,800 metres!
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Well, I hope today won't be an uphill struggle for you, darling.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Talking about struggling, Sally, not to be outdone,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- you've been up to it a bit too, haven't you?- That's right, I went.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39I hadn't been in plane before, hadn't had the opportunity
0:02:39 > 0:02:42and then the first time I went into a plane I jumped out of it!
0:02:42 > 0:02:45So, presumably, they provided a parachute, did they?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47They did provide a parachute. A tandem parachute jump, yes.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Do you sit on top of somebody
0:02:49 > 0:02:51or do they sit on top of you and you jump out together?
0:02:51 > 0:02:55Yeah, they, basically, you stand by the door and then they go.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- They push you?- Yes.- OK. But they are attached to you, are they?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Oh, of course, yes!- Oh, that's fair enough. I bet for charity?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- Yes, for charity, yes! - You girls are lovely, aren't you?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- I think you're smashing.- Thank you.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Now, girls, you to look pretty active. Jules, how did you meet?
0:03:09 > 0:03:12We met when some mutual friends
0:03:12 > 0:03:16- organised a bike ride around Rutland Water.- Lovely.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Now, Jules, what do you do for a living?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20I'm an art teacher and artist.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24- What sort of things do like to paint yourself?- I like to paint portraits.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26I have a room of home that is full of portraits.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29The other thing it says you're mad about is tea trolleys.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- Tell us about that. - I love tea trolleys, Tim.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36I think they are great fun to just wheel into your sitting room.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40- Do you have a lot of tea parties? - Yes, tea parties.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42My trolley has three tiers.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- The top tier is removable, which is very useful.- Yes.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- So, teatime round at your place is rather special?- It's good.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54- Yeah, very good.- And what about you, Debs, you off your trolley t...
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I mean, are you keen on the trolley? Are you keen on the trolley?
0:03:57 > 0:04:01- Yes, it Julie's purchased a trolley for myself as well!- Really?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03So, what keeps you busy then, Debs?
0:04:03 > 0:04:07I've got a shop and I buy and sell things to put in it.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09It started with just old pieces
0:04:09 > 0:04:12but I've, kind of, gone on to more reproduction things is well, now.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14But fill it with old pieces as well.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Oh, lovely, so, we've got a bit of an expert on the show?
0:04:17 > 0:04:19No, I wouldn't say that!
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- We've got somebody who buys and sells decorative pieces!- Yes.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Oh, poor Debs.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26This is going to be quite a responsibility for you, isn't it?
0:04:26 > 0:04:27- Yes, yes, it is, yes.- OK, fine.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Now the money moment. Here's your £300, £300 apiece.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- You know the rules. Your experts await and off you go!- Thank you.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35And very good luck.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38To trolley or not to trolley, that is the question.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41For the Red team today we have a man
0:04:41 > 0:04:43who can find a great deal on any level -
0:04:43 > 0:04:45it's Charles Hanson.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48And for the Blues we have a man who goes cock-a-hoop for a bargain -
0:04:48 > 0:04:50It's Jonathan Pratt.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55What are you ladies after?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Something quirky and interesting.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- Something that is different, something I've not seen before.- OK.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- We'd like something useful and practical, perhaps?- Really?
0:05:04 > 0:05:06- With an antique theme? - Yes, hopefully.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Maybe a little piece of furniture?
0:05:08 > 0:05:09Any more specific?
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Something that makes a profit!
0:05:11 > 0:05:13"Something that makes a profit"? OK, let's go looking.
0:05:13 > 0:05:18- Tell me, you guys first met where and how?- We first met in church.
0:05:18 > 0:05:23I moved into the local area where Sally lives and that's where we met.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24- And look.- Oh!
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Well, how appropriate!
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Maybe some divine inspiration is coming your way, Reds?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- They've got some glass and there, Jules.- Come on, let's go in.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38- Thank you very much.- Actually!
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- We're off and winning now, thank you very much. - THEY LAUGH
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Come on, girls, Hanson's head isn't that big!
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- There must be ten or 15,000 pieces here.- I know.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51So, plenty to choose from, eh, girls?
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- I really like this. - That is nice, yes.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- It's a little bit wobbly on his, on his feet!- Yeah.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03- I'll test you. What period?- Deco.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05- Why is its Deco?- This style.
0:06:05 > 0:06:11- You know, it's very stylised. '20s, '30s.- Exactly. How much is it?- Erm...
0:06:11 > 0:06:12280. What's our budget?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- 300!- 300.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16- Exactly. Exactly.- Oh, bye!
0:06:17 > 0:06:18I think a bit expensive.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23Yes, Reds, let's keep that £300 figure in mind, shall we?
0:06:23 > 0:06:26The Blues are facing the agony of choice.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Shall we move through and have a look in the other room?
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- He said there was some retro things upstairs.- Let's have a look in here.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35This is mostly furniture.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39And neither side have had that epiphany they're looking for yet.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40We won't touch too much.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42I always find, you know, vintage costume,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45things like top hats, always do very well...
0:06:45 > 0:06:46We're back to hats!
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- ..hat case and a hat together. It suits you!- I quite like it.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50You look like the Artful Dodger!
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- Or the Mad Hatter! Come on. - Sorry, we're wasting time!
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Well said, Reds. That's true, the clock ticks on.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Julia and Debbie are tea trolley aficionados
0:07:00 > 0:07:03and they know what they like, and what they don't.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06I don't what you think of this, to be honest.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09It's a full set and it's typically '50s.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- I can see from your face your thinking, "No!"- Do you know what?
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Jonathan, there's not enough flowers on it and birds.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Is it not enough flowers for you? - There's too much white.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19- Really? OK. - They've got to have more colour.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24- Do you like this, sort of, chintzy stuff?- I quite like this, yes.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28- That's very pretty.- So, a quantity of that would be quite good, for you.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29Yes.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Yeah, plenty of that, Blues -
0:07:31 > 0:07:33and a decision, as soon as you're ready, eh?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35We are 20 minutes in.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36Do you have your running shoes on?
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- Yes!- Let's go for a jog.- OK. - Excellent, let's go!
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- OK, follow me.- Ah!
0:07:44 > 0:07:46- Warmed up?- Yes!- Great.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Anything that's just come in that's really market fresh?
0:07:49 > 0:07:51There's a new person come in upstairs.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- OK, guys, we'll go upstairs, OK? - OK.- Let's start up there.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56That's where the market fresh things might be.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Oh, I'm exhausted just watching you, Reds. What about you, Blues?
0:08:00 > 0:08:02How are your energy levels doing?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- OK, ladies.- Yes. - Something I've spotted downstairs,
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- when you were looking at the tea service.- Yeah.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09Victorian needlework.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- But it is the sort of thing that gets sold at auction.- Is it?
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Yeah, it is.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17And we do need to commit things. You hate it, don't you?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- You really do hate it. - THEY LAUGH
0:08:19 > 0:08:24I can't... I must say, I don't really like it much myself, either!
0:08:24 > 0:08:27What I'd love, Jonathan, is something to go on my tea trolley -
0:08:27 > 0:08:29- even if it's a special cup and saucer.- OK.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Got all the linens and the linens look great on a trolley
0:08:32 > 0:08:38but I'm just imagining a fab cup and saucer or a special jug,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40or a fabulous sandwich plate.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43There is no sets here and the fab sandwich plates will cost you...
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Well, it would be £10-£15 and you won't get any money.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- We're buying for profit at auction...- We are.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53..not to look nice on a tea trolley.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58I think silverware for a trolley, then, could be the option. Maybe.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Yeah, I think you've got your work cut out here. Keep trying, Jonathan.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06What about this for a bit of a tea trolley novelty?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Now, we all know what a tea trolley is -
0:09:08 > 0:09:11grannies had them to move plates of sandwiches
0:09:11 > 0:09:14from the kitchen into the front room for high tea.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Well, this is rather fun because it's a miniature variety
0:09:17 > 0:09:20and it's in chromium plate.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Chromium plated household goods
0:09:23 > 0:09:27were very much a look of the 1920s and 1930s,
0:09:27 > 0:09:31and that's when this miniature tea trolley dates from.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34It's kitsch, isn't it? It's oddball.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39You got two glazed stages, which are easy to clean
0:09:39 > 0:09:42and of course, it has got a great practical purpose.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46You could load it up today, perhaps, with your savouries
0:09:46 > 0:09:49at a drinks party, pass it around to your guests.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54But really, to look at its very best what you need
0:09:54 > 0:09:56is some of these jobs - cupcakes.
0:09:56 > 0:10:02The 21st-century phenomenon of people baking and buying,
0:10:02 > 0:10:06and decorating cupcakes has been extreme.
0:10:06 > 0:10:12There, look what that's done to jolly up our miniature tea trolley.
0:10:12 > 0:10:13Delightful.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14What's it worth?
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Well, the miniature kitsch tea trolley
0:10:17 > 0:10:19could be yours today for £20.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22What are the cupcakes worth?
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Well, depending on where you live - Chelsea price, £4 each,
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Lincolnshire Price, £1.50 each.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33Hm, I know which I would prefer to be taking home!
0:10:33 > 0:10:38Forget high tea, it's high time our teams made a purchase.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41You are both going to have to pluck something out of the air
0:10:41 > 0:10:44or off the shelf and no sitting down on the job either!
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- That's a nice chair, isn't it? May I take it out?- You can.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Would you mind? Nice chair.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52That's a really sweet chair with a concave seat,
0:10:52 > 0:10:54which appears to be elm.
0:10:54 > 0:10:55And look where the legs o...
0:10:55 > 0:11:00All the feet over the years have just rubbed this lower rail.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Lovely latticed back in this. Lovely shaped top rail.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- Do you think it's been cut off? - Could have been cut down slightly.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08How old would it be?
0:11:08 > 0:11:12I would've thought this chair is probably around 1820.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14- Really, that old?!- 1830.
0:11:14 > 0:11:20This chair is something which you would happily place a doll on
0:11:20 > 0:11:22- or you could put a teddy bear on... - It's a bedroom chair.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- Can I sit on it?- Yeah, absolutely. See how it feels.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Quite right, Helen. Is it fit for purpose? Standby.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- It's good for people with short legs, actually!- Exactly.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- And after that long run as well. - I need a sit down!
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- It's actually really comfortable.- Is it?- Yeah!- Oh.- Yes, it's all right.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41- Out of interest, what is the best price on this chair?- For us, for us.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- £10.- You couldn't do eight, could you?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- Well, seeing as it's you!- For us!
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- Do you like it?- I think we should have that for £8.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- It is lovely.- To me, for a country chair, for £8.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Yes, let's go for it!
0:11:54 > 0:11:58But we can only buy three items and £8 is a very small spend.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Yes, but we might leave you lots of money after.- Exactly!
0:12:01 > 0:12:05- Are you happy to go with that chair? - Absolutely.- Yes.- Look at me.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- Shall we buy it?- Yes.- Give her a handshake.- Thank you very much.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- Thank you.- Thanks ever so much.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Well, that CHAIRED things up! I was beginning to worry.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15You Blues need to follow suit.
0:12:15 > 0:12:1920 minutes left and you've not bought a sausage.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21I know it looks a bit shabby but I quite like that.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Well, this is better, in some ways more than others. I'll explain.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26- That's quite a nicely painted top, it's 19th-century.- Yeah.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29You've got a stem which has been completely repainted.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30But I'm thinking, Jonathan,
0:12:30 > 0:12:34if you were to sit down with your cup of tea, you see, and a piece of cake.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- Yeah.- You know. - Are you going to bring me some cake?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39No, I've not got any but that would be perfect.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Well, it's not a lot of money, it's £28. It fits in with your style.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46You know, would you buy that for £28 if you walked in here, for home?
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- I would.- I would, yes. - OK, then, do you know what?
0:12:48 > 0:12:51If you look at it one way you're limiting your loss
0:12:51 > 0:12:54because you won't lose very much on it at all but it's decorative.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56We like it because it's decorative.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59And that's almost driven me because I like it so much
0:12:59 > 0:13:01but I think there is a possibility
0:13:01 > 0:13:03it might not make very much money at all,
0:13:03 > 0:13:07unless we're lucky and someone has got the same taste as we have.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09You might be over analysing this, Julia.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12But, quite honestly, if you don't buy it I'm walking out.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16- We're buying it, Jonathan, we are buying it now.- We're buying it!
0:13:16 > 0:13:20Now, that is an exasperated JP laying his cards out on the table.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Will it be their first buy? I certainly hope so.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Hey, Charles, look, a horn, and we are in Horncastle!
0:13:26 > 0:13:28- SHE HONKS THE HORN - Oh, you're so funny!
0:13:28 > 0:13:30You're so funny! Come on.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Yes, someone had to do the horn gag -
0:13:32 > 0:13:34I didn't expect it to be Sally though.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36It's got to be 25.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40- Really? That's just 10%.- I know, I'm a right meanie, aren't I?
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Can't you do just, please, please, 22.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46- No.- Right, we both like it so I think we'll go for that.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Oh, that's brilliant. Thanks very much.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50I'll pop its downstairs for you.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Well done Blue team, a decision made at last
0:13:53 > 0:13:56but there are only 15 minutes left
0:13:56 > 0:13:59and you've both still got two items to find.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Oh, I really like the colour!
0:14:00 > 0:14:02What you look for, first of all,
0:14:02 > 0:14:06is the all-important are they painted or are they printed?
0:14:06 > 0:14:08How can we tell its hand-painted?
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Well, you can tell quite quickly from the canvas
0:14:10 > 0:14:16whether it's a print made up of tiny dots to create a fairly good scene
0:14:16 > 0:14:20or whether, in fact, by closer looking on the angle of the plate,
0:14:20 > 0:14:23and indeed looking at individual brushstrokes,
0:14:23 > 0:14:25you can see that it is hand-painted.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27- They are gorgeous plates. - I do like them.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32Inspired by the Sevre factory in or around 1875, 1890.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35I'm almost nervous because almost too good to be true.
0:14:35 > 0:14:40You know? In their heyday they would have been worth £120 a plate.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42- Really?!- That's 240.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47In my opinion, I think they are undervalued here, at £45 for a pair.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50So, they are quite good. So, if I give the dealer shout now?
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Well, give him a quick shout because time's ticking.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54Hello, there.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57- We are admiring a very fine pair of plates.- Right.
0:14:57 > 0:15:02- What's the best price for them?- Best price would be £40.- Look at me.- £40.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05- Oh.- Whether I was looking at you and not looking at you, still £40.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09- £40?- £40. Here's a good man, OK, because it's all about margins
0:15:09 > 0:15:13and I think they're really inexpensive at 45. They are nice.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- We're like taking small risks.- Yes!
0:15:16 > 0:15:19I love them and sometimes you buy with a passion
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- so what I will do now is shake the man's hand.- Excellent.- Brilliant.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27- Sold!- Hurray!- £40!- Yay! - Two down, two down.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Decisively done, Charles. So manly!
0:15:29 > 0:15:32And the Red team are back on course with only one more item to find.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34But you'd better find it quickly!
0:15:34 > 0:15:38These used to do rather well, you know. It's got some age.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- At the end of the day, you've got to get something before we leave.- OK.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- And that means fast! - What about this, Jonathan?
0:15:44 > 0:15:48- This, sort of, is it majolica?- Yeah.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50English pottery at the end of the 19th century.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- Very, very typical Victorian pottery.- Yeah.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56So it would be, probably, made in the 1870s, this.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00- But just a novelty shape. - Put milk in it or cream in it.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02I would say, you know, you would sell it.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03You know, you would sell it
0:16:03 > 0:16:05and you would probably make a small profit out of it.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07I would be fairly sure of it.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10We haven't... We have less than ten minutes to buy two items.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- How much is that?- £9.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16- If it only made a tenner you've made a pound profit!- Yes.- You know?
0:16:16 > 0:16:17- 50p each, way-hey!- OK.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21I would say that needs to be bought, OK?
0:16:21 > 0:16:23And then we need to find one other object.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26I think we should go to the church, which could be our salvation,
0:16:26 > 0:16:28and get that final object, and it might be something,
0:16:28 > 0:16:31we find something higher brow, that really satisfies your...
0:16:31 > 0:16:33But we only have a very short, very, very, very short time.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35So, come on, let's go.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Well done, Blues, you're hardly breaking the bank though.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40But your £9 jug is item number two.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Let's try and spend a little more on the last item, eh?
0:16:45 > 0:16:49- I think what we ought to do is go to the next shop and run.- Good plan.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Because if we're slow we'll be going going...gone!
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- OK?- Oh!- So, come on!- Let's go!
0:16:55 > 0:16:57That man just can't resist a gavel.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11Are we intending to spend the entire amount?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13We're intending to give it a good go, Charles!
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Right, because, I kid you not, here, this is the place.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Seven minutes.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31Exactly, Jonathan, that means seven minutes to find, agree and buy.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Come along, teams! What are you trying to do to me?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Ladies...come over here.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- There's some really nice bits in this cabinet, here.- Ooh!
0:17:42 > 0:17:43You know, you've...
0:17:43 > 0:17:47- Look at that wonderful fine silver nutmeg grater, there, at 595. - HELEN GASPS
0:17:47 > 0:17:50What I have seen, is not the chick, it's not the swan,
0:17:50 > 0:17:52- it's the pair of shoes.- Oh! - Do you like them?
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- Yes.- We like shoes. - Really? Do you like shoes?
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Yes, we do.- And we're from Northamptonshire...
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- Exactly!- ..home of shoemaking. - Exactly! Let's get them out.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- Yes, have a look.- May we view the shoes, please, in the cabinet?
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Thank you.
0:18:05 > 0:18:06- There you go.- Wow. They are beautiful.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Tell me, in Northamptonshire, would you wear silver shoes?
0:18:09 > 0:18:12I'd wear silver shoes anywhere, Charles! THEY LAUGH
0:18:12 > 0:18:14What you've got here, they're actually pin cushions.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- Very much capturing the age of the rococo.- They're light, aren't they?
0:18:17 > 0:18:21They are quite light but they are sweet pin cushions
0:18:21 > 0:18:24that a seamstress may have had in her work box,
0:18:24 > 0:18:27back in the late Victorian, Edwardian times.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- Out of interest, the price, at 145 each?- Mm-hm.- Love your earrings!
0:18:30 > 0:18:32THEY LAUGH
0:18:32 > 0:18:34What's so funny? I like your jumper as well.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36- We like charm, don't we? - We love charm!
0:18:36 > 0:18:38"Charm" is Charles's middle name!
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Get out of here!
0:18:39 > 0:18:42What's your absolute best price on them, please, madam?
0:18:42 > 0:18:43If we bought them as a pair?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45I could go to 210.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47- 210?- 210.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- That's good, isn't it?- For the pair? - Mm-hm.- We could do that.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51- I think we should do it.- Yes.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Charles, tell us, what do you think?
0:18:53 > 0:18:58- What I think? What do I think? Would you take £200?- OK.- Let's go for it!
0:18:58 > 0:19:00- We'll go for it! - OK, going, going...gone!
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- Thank you very much, that's great, sold!- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05That's really great.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Well done, Reds, a great spend in the end
0:19:08 > 0:19:11but you know how to fray a few nerves getting there, don't you?
0:19:11 > 0:19:13And you Blues aren't helping much either!
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Come on, five minutes. You've really got to find something.
0:19:15 > 0:19:16Little tea service.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Perfect, you wanted something for the tea trolley, ladies,
0:19:19 > 0:19:21and you've hardly spent big so far.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22- £220.- Oh, that's a lot of money.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Yeah, but it's Shelley.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- You've got one...two...- Are they still making money, Jonathan?
0:19:26 > 0:19:28You got a ten piece service.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Is it still making money? It's on the rise.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33You're going to have to make a decision very soon.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36We haven't got much time, you see. Have a look in there, there's...
0:19:36 > 0:19:37See, that's a tea service.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40It's Cauldon, which is, kind of, well known.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41Excuse me?
0:19:44 > 0:19:47- Little tea service in the basket? - That's 5.50, is it, the tea service?
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Is that per cup and saucer, or something?
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- Per cup, saucer and a plate. - £5.50 per cup, saucer and plate.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56So, there's six of them. Six fives are...30.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01- Plus the 50 is 33, take ten percent off, that's 30 quid.- 30 quid.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02£30 or 200?
0:20:02 > 0:20:06£30? Again, that's hardly blowing your loot, is it, Blues?
0:20:06 > 0:20:07What would you say, Jonathan?
0:20:07 > 0:20:09I'd say there's two minutes left
0:20:09 > 0:20:11and my heart's going to stop in a minute.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- Put things down, let's concentrate! - You just tell them, JP.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Shall we go for the Shelley, which is £200
0:20:16 > 0:20:18or shall we go for this one, which is £30?
0:20:18 > 0:20:20We've got two tea services.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23That's a pretty pattern and it's not all expensive,
0:20:23 > 0:20:25but it's not necessarily... But Shelley's more collectable
0:20:25 > 0:20:27and we'll make more money at auction?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29There's a bigger market for it, that's the bigger price.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32A tea party isn't six cups and saucers. Ten is a tea party.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Is that a complete... Is that a complete set?
0:20:34 > 0:20:38- Yes.- It's complete for ten, yeah. - I think we should go for the Shelley.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39I don't like either
0:20:39 > 0:20:41but I'd sooner lose on a smaller amount than a larger one.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44A tea service like that probably would have made more...
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- 30 seconds left, you Blues. - 30 seconds.- Quickly!
0:20:47 > 0:20:48- This one?- That one.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Right, OK, we're going to go for this. That's great.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52- Are you sure?- Yes.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55OK, assuming it all in top condition, your decision is this?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- Fine.- Yes.- Go shake the man's hand.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00I think JP will need something a good deal stronger than tea
0:21:00 > 0:21:05after all that lot! That's it, time to stop the shop!
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Let's have a quick look at what the Red team bought, eh?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10The Reds kicked off their shop
0:21:10 > 0:21:12with the George III oak and elm country chair
0:21:12 > 0:21:15for a comfy £8.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Then they plumped for two 19th century
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Staffordshire porcelain plates for £40 for the pair.
0:21:21 > 0:21:27Finally, they spent big on these silver pin cushions, paying £200.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- I don't know how we did it, really. - You were a brick, Charles!- Thank you. - THEY LAUGH
0:21:33 > 0:21:37How do you sell a brick? That's what I rather thought you said.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- Now, girls, how much did you spend?- £248.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42That is so lovely to hear, isn't it?
0:21:42 > 0:21:46I mean, a mature and proper amount of money - 248. Lovely.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49So, £52 of leftover lolly, please.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Thank you. Hells bells, good.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- OK.- Thanks very much.- What are you going to do with your £52, Charles?
0:21:56 > 0:22:01I think, Tim, something with energy, drive, vigour, and enthusiasm.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02LAUGHTER
0:22:02 > 0:22:06OK, I'll try and decode that lot. It'll take me about 20 minutes!
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Anyway, good luck, Charles. Good luck, girls.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blue team bought, eh?
0:22:11 > 0:22:13The Blues finally got their shop under way
0:22:13 > 0:22:16with this occasional table for £25.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20They then chose this majolica pineapple jug.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22£9 paid.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26Finally they played it safe with this six piece tea service
0:22:26 > 0:22:28handing over £30.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32I think what you need is tablets, you lot.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36- That was unbelievable. You left it so late.- We did.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Nothing jumped out at us though, Tim, that was the problem.
0:22:38 > 0:22:44- Nothing said, "Come and buy me." I love it.- OK, fine!
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- And how much did you spend all round?- £64.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50So I have £236 of leftover lolly.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53£236, I mean I can't believe you only spent that paltry amount.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57- I know, it's shameful.- What's the matter with you, Debs? There you go.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00There's a pile of cash. Now what are you going to do with that, JP?
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- Save us!- Yes, I'm going to put it away and save it!
0:23:02 > 0:23:06I pretty much know what they like, but sadly it's not in Horncastle
0:23:06 > 0:23:09so I might go to the next town. No, plenty of things, but I feel brave,
0:23:09 > 0:23:10I think I might spend big this time.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13And you've got lots to spend, Jonathan. Good luck, girls.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Meanwhile, we're heading off to BMAG. Do you know what that is?
0:23:16 > 0:23:20It's the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and it's absolutely fab.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24In the 18th century,
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Birmingham was leading the way in science and technology.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31During this time, Birmingham would register three times
0:23:31 > 0:23:35as many patents as any other British town or city.
0:23:35 > 0:23:40These new innovations ensured the city laid strong foundations
0:23:40 > 0:23:43for a modern industrial society.
0:23:43 > 0:23:49In the 19th century, Birmingham had become a city of a thousand trades,
0:23:49 > 0:23:55including brass, silver, jewellery, guns, toys, metalwork.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57You name it, they made it.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01And I've come to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
0:24:01 > 0:24:05to see just how this affected creativity.
0:24:15 > 0:24:20One Birmingham manufacturer did an enormous amount to promote
0:24:20 > 0:24:23the production of metalwork products in Birmingham,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26and that was Elkington & Co.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29George and Henry Elkington, in 1840,
0:24:29 > 0:24:33patented an electroplating process,
0:24:33 > 0:24:39which enabled them to plate incredibly complicated metal surfaces.
0:24:39 > 0:24:44And if you look at this tazza, each piece of this started out life
0:24:44 > 0:24:46as a rather boring piece of cast metal.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50But because of the electroplating process,
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Elkingtons were able to attach to that boring metal
0:24:54 > 0:24:58a brilliant surface to make it look rich and expensive.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01In this instance, parcel gilding,
0:25:01 > 0:25:07ie. a mixture of silver and gold go to complete that process.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11The other invention which Elkington came up with, which was brilliant,
0:25:11 > 0:25:15was the electrotype, of which this dish is an example,
0:25:15 > 0:25:20where you take a dye with a very complicated decorated surface,
0:25:20 > 0:25:25sometimes taken from an original wrought-by-hand dish.
0:25:25 > 0:25:30You put that into a vat of acid with, in this instance,
0:25:30 > 0:25:31silver in suspension.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Pass a current through the dye and the silver will be attracted
0:25:34 > 0:25:37to the dye and the tiny particles of silver,
0:25:37 > 0:25:39having attached themselves,
0:25:39 > 0:25:44would ultimately reveal an electroformed dish that looks like this.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Do you recognise this object?
0:25:46 > 0:25:50Well, it's a copy of the dish that's presented every year
0:25:50 > 0:25:55to the Wimbledon ladies singles finalist. Fantastic, isn't it?
0:25:55 > 0:26:01Ultimately there was a reaction against all this mass production,
0:26:01 > 0:26:05and some designers, including Charles Robert Ashbee,
0:26:05 > 0:26:11set up their own guilds - centres where craftspeople
0:26:11 > 0:26:15were encouraged to use only handcrafted methods
0:26:15 > 0:26:17in the production of objects.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20And this wee dish is one of his dishes.
0:26:20 > 0:26:27It's hallmarked in London in 1901, and is of supremely elegant form.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30There are two out-swept handles,
0:26:30 > 0:26:32and if you look carefully at the plain finish,
0:26:32 > 0:26:36actually it's made up of thousands of little dents.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38This is called planishing
0:26:38 > 0:26:42and if you raise a piece of silver from a solid piece,
0:26:42 > 0:26:46it requires a lot of hammering out,
0:26:46 > 0:26:50which shows that it's been raised entirely by hand.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53For us now though, the big question for our teams over at the auction
0:26:53 > 0:26:56is what sort of profit are they going to be about to craft?
0:27:05 > 0:27:09Well, it's lovely to be back in Stamford at Batemans auctioneers
0:27:09 > 0:27:13with our auctioneer of the day, David Palmer. Hello, David.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16- Good morning.- Now let's run through the Red team's lots.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19First up is this very ordinary country made chair.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21It's not unpleasant.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24I like the little wiggly slats at the back but it's been nailed up
0:27:24 > 0:27:27and messed about with. Sometimes they go well, sometimes they don't.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- What's your estimate?- We've estimated it at 30-50.- Have you?
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Well your challenge is to get more than £8 for it
0:27:33 > 0:27:35- because that's all our team paid. - I'll do my best.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Anyway, the next item are the pink-bordered porcelain plates.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43They're nice studies of cattle just standing around.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45If they were paintings they would make good money.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Well, in a way it is a painting, isn't it,
0:27:47 > 0:27:49because they're enamelled rather than transfer printed.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- OK, how much?- 40-60.- Brilliant man.
0:27:52 > 0:27:57£40 is what our team paid so they stand a small chance there.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01Talking of small chances, how do you rate our rather small pincushions?
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Well, we quite like those.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07It's an area that ladies like to collect - pins, hat pins, that sort of thing.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Plenty of marks on them, imported marks, made on the continent.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13- What's your estimate?- £120-£180.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15- £200 a pair, they paid.- Too much.
0:28:15 > 0:28:20- We need boots for that money. - Wellington boots.- Big ones.- Yeah.
0:28:20 > 0:28:26Anyway, on the basis that the miniature pincushions don't do so terribly well,
0:28:26 > 0:28:29they're going to need their bonus buy so let's have a look at it.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32- Helen and Sally, how are you, darlings?- Really well, thank you.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36- I bet you're wondering what Charles spent your £52 on, aren't you?- Yes.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40- Well, we all are, frankly. Charles, show us your worst.- Wow!- Cheers.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43- I like it.- Do you like it? - Really, I love it.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45What we've got here is a wine glass.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47It's continental, it's soda glass.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50It's probably circa 1770, 1790
0:28:50 > 0:28:52and it would have toasted the French Revolution maybe.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55- It really is hands-on history. - It's got a tiny chip!
0:28:58 > 0:29:02- It's part of its pedigree, in my opinion.- Its charm.- Absolutely.
0:29:02 > 0:29:07And how much? It cost me 50 and I think it ought to make between £60 and £90.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09- Wow.- On a good day, it could even hit three figures.
0:29:09 > 0:29:14- Woo!- There we are.- Sally, do you like it, darling?- I like it very much.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17- It's just elegant, that's what I like about it.- Yes, like Charles.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Don't say that, don't say that.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22You've had your predictions as to how much profit he thinks it might make.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25You don't pick it now, you pick it later if you want to,
0:29:25 > 0:29:28but for the audience at home, let's find out what the auctioneer
0:29:28 > 0:29:30thinks about Charles's old glass.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Well, David, there you go for a nice little cordial.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35I like these sort of things.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37This one has a few defects, I'm afraid,
0:29:37 > 0:29:38but that was in the blowing of it.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Sort of 1760, 1770s.
0:29:41 > 0:29:46- Think of the history that's seen. - Yes. So how much?- 60-80, I feel.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50Well Carlos Hanson will be so pleased about that because he only paid £50.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Anyway, that's it for the Reds. Now for the Blues.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57First up is the little tripod table. How rough do they get, these?
0:29:57 > 0:29:58Well, this is as rough as you can get.
0:29:58 > 0:30:03I mean, a painted top that's been painted by, shall we say, an amateur.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06And then an amateur owner has found a pot of black paint
0:30:06 > 0:30:08- and painted the rest of the table. - Hmm.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10I suppose an improvement at the time, to make it
0:30:10 > 0:30:14into an aesthetic piece of furniture when it was clearly out of fashion?
0:30:14 > 0:30:17- It's returned to being out of fashion.- Yes, how much?
0:30:17 > 0:30:22- We still have hopes for it, 30-50. - £25 they paid.- Oh, well.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25I tell you, Bateman's is the place to come to get a good estimate.
0:30:25 > 0:30:30OK, moving on in that happy vein, what about the pineapple jug,
0:30:30 > 0:30:32which is trying to be majolica, isn't it?
0:30:32 > 0:30:34It's trying and failing, I believe.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Who do you believe might have made it?
0:30:37 > 0:30:41- Anyone in the Far East.- Oh, Chinese type reproduction.- Quite possibly.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43Well, what's your estimate on that?
0:30:43 > 0:30:47- We still feel we might get £20-£30 for it.- Well, that's marvellous.
0:30:47 > 0:30:52- It is a pineapple.- Well, we only paid £9.- Oh, that's good.- Good.
0:30:52 > 0:30:56Well, moving on, we're going to the Cauldon porcelain tea set.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58It's awful, isn't it?
0:30:58 > 0:31:00If you got a granny you don't like, this is what you buy her.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03- Look at that horrible brown. - The brown isn't brilliant.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06- It's worth something, isn't it? - It is.- What's your estimate?
0:31:06 > 0:31:08We're estimating £20-£40.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Well, we're very pleased with that, our team only paid £30,
0:31:10 > 0:31:13so we're right in the middle of your estimate.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Like I say, come to Bateman's for decent estimates.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18At these estimates, our team won't need their bonus buy,
0:31:18 > 0:31:20but let's go have a look at it anyway.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24OK, Jules, Debs, this is your moment.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28- You only spent a miserable £64, I can't believe it.- Dreadful.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32£236 goes to JP. JP, what did you do?
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Well, we've spent a lot of time agonising over exactly what
0:31:35 > 0:31:36you wanted for your tea trolley,
0:31:36 > 0:31:42- and your final decision was made on a tea service.- Yes.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46- And you left aside the other one. - The other one.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50- That's the one we were going to buy. No.- Oh, good Lord.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53Basically you bought a tea service I think it was for six people,
0:31:53 > 0:31:55and I don't think that's a big enough tea party,
0:31:55 > 0:31:59so what we've got here is that lovely Shelley service.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02- And how many pieces, that's for 12 people?- It's complete for 12 people.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06- OK, can I..? - Yes, have a sip, go on, dive in.
0:32:06 > 0:32:12- Have the pinky out, you got to have the pinky out. There we go.- Lovely.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16Nice. So, what sort of price did you pay for this lovely tea set?
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- I paid £200 for it. - It's a lot of money.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23For somebody who bought all three items for £64,
0:32:23 > 0:32:26- it is a lot of money, isn't it?- Yes.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30I don't know. I'm not sure and it's a lot of money. So I'm not sure.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32For the audience at home, let's find out what the auctioneer
0:32:32 > 0:32:34thinks about JP's tea set.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39Well, David, here's a challenge for you, your old favourite,
0:32:39 > 0:32:43another tea set, this time by Messieurs Shelley.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Well, it's the right name, isn't it?
0:32:45 > 0:32:49And very sort of '30s, but not going to set the world on fire, I'm afraid.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52OK, how much will they go to, do you think, to buy it?
0:32:52 > 0:32:56We're hoping they will go to £70-£100 to buy it.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58- Jonathan's paid £200 for it. - Has he? Crikey.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01- Are you feeling in good voice? - I am, yes, thank you.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Well, all I can say is, standby.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08700 I've got. 720 for either of you.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- Kids, how we feeling? All right? - Yes, OK, very excited.
0:33:13 > 0:33:18- Now, are you confident, that's what I want to know?- Absolutely...not.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20- I am!- Are you?- Yeah, definitely.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22First up, you've got that cheap chair,
0:33:22 > 0:33:26- paid £8 for that. He's put 30-50 on that.- Brilliant.
0:33:26 > 0:33:30I mean, how he put that? I'm amazed he put such a big estimate on that.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33- Yes, but it's sweet. - Here it comes.- Is it coming up?
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Lot 60 is the George III oak and elm country chair
0:33:36 > 0:33:37with the wiggly pierced spikes..
0:33:37 > 0:33:41Let's start straight in at £30. 30 quid for the chair?
0:33:41 > 0:33:43It's proper antique, it's really old. 30 quid?
0:33:43 > 0:33:4820? Ten? Ten. 12. 15. 18.
0:33:48 > 0:33:4920. 22.
0:33:49 > 0:33:56- He's good.- At 22, have a go, sir. At 22. At £22. Sold then, at 22.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00Nobody else? You're done and finished at 22 in the doorway.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04- Yes!- Well, that's great, that's plus £14, girls.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07- That's a very nice start. - Good start.- Here come the plates.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11Painted on the Tyrrell, and cattle on the lull. £40, the pair of plates.
0:34:11 > 0:34:17- That's only 20 quid a plate. 40 quid, the pair. £20.- Hand-painted?
0:34:17 > 0:34:20- A tenner?- Oh, a crazy situation. £10.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22A fiver a plate, what's wrong with cows?
0:34:22 > 0:34:26Put them in the dishwasher, you'll get rid of the pictures!
0:34:26 > 0:34:28£10, the pair of plates.
0:34:28 > 0:34:34- A fiver for a pair of plates.- Oh, no. - Are you guys in the right place?
0:34:34 > 0:34:41Five. Six. The net at six. Go seven. Oh, go on, please. Six, I sell here.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45The bid is at six on the net, at £6. Seven.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Eight. With the net at eight. I have a bid on the net at eight.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52At £8. Here at nine. Internet at nine. Keep going then.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56At £9 now, I sell on the net at nine. Is that it?
0:34:56 > 0:35:00- Oh, there we go.- Tim, they were nice plates, weren't they?- Minus...
0:35:00 > 0:35:04- They were. -31 on that, I can't believe that.- That's how it goes.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06- Now the shoes.- The shoes.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09- This is vital. - These are really rather nice.
0:35:09 > 0:35:16Let's start at £100, straight in. 100 I'm bid. I'll take ten. 110. 120.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19130. Down here at £130 now.
0:35:19 > 0:35:25Here then, at 130. 140. 150. 160.
0:35:25 > 0:35:30At £160. Anyone else? At £160. Net, where are you now?
0:35:30 > 0:35:33At £160, and it goes then at 160.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37- Ooh!- That let you down, anyway, -40 on there, which is -57.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39- I'm sorry team.- No, it was good. - Listen, Charles,
0:35:39 > 0:35:42don't crack yourself up about it, they were nice shoes,
0:35:42 > 0:35:43and today was not the day for them.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46What are we going to do about Charles' glass?
0:35:46 > 0:35:49I think, we go through it. Yeah, we go for it.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52- It's a great glass, isn't it?- It's lovely.- Let's have a look at it.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54A George III wineglass.
0:35:54 > 0:35:59- Circa 1820.- A bit earlier, maybe! - What did I say? Oh, I meant 1780!
0:35:59 > 0:36:04- Yay!- It's older than it looks! It's really rather nice.
0:36:04 > 0:36:09Interest in this, we go straight in at 65, 75, 80. With me at £80 now.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13And five if you like. Goes at 85, 90. Five. At 95, make it the hundred.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15100. At £100 now.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20In front, at £100 now. Is that it, at £100? It's a proper old thing.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24- We want another couple of bids.- We do, too. One for the road.- At £100.
0:36:24 > 0:36:29- No-one else?- Online is out. - Well done.- Thank you guys.- Yes.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33- Get in, get in.- £100 is plus 50. Well, well done Charles. - Thank you, Tim.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35That's a smashing job, isn't it?
0:36:35 > 0:36:37£50 profit on the bonus buy, Charles,
0:36:37 > 0:36:39you cannot ask for more than that.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43That clawed you back, and overall, you're only minus £7.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45- Ahh, well done.- That's really good.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47After the calamity of the plates, that's really good.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49- That's good, isn't it? - Yeah, that's excellent.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52And, you know, minus £7 could be a winner.
0:36:52 > 0:36:53Could be a winning score.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57130, 140, 150.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07- So, Jules, Debs, do you know how the Reds got on?- Not got a clue, Tim.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Good, that's the way we like it.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11You've got that black Victorian table,
0:37:11 > 0:37:14- which I've been very rude about. - It's beautiful. Stunning.
0:37:14 > 0:37:15£25, you've paid.
0:37:15 > 0:37:20I thought he was going to say £5-£10. He's put £30-50 on.
0:37:20 > 0:37:21I am not surprised, it's lovely.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25Good, that's your taste, and I laud it, because if you're right,
0:37:25 > 0:37:28and you make a profit on it, and you've done terribly well.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30The Victorian ebonised tripod occasional table.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33The top painted with roses, interesting old carved base.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37- Soon to come in fashion again. 30 quid for it.- Oh, really.- £30.
0:37:37 > 0:37:44£10. It's a nice piece. A fiver. Five. Six. Seven. Eight.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48Eight, come on. At eight, it against you. Nine.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50At nine, with the internet at ten.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57I sell then at £10. You look as if you want to, you do. Go 12. 12.
0:37:57 > 0:37:58Back now in the room at £12.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02I sell here in the room, second row, all done at 12.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08Bad luck, Jules, it's made all the children cry! Minus £13.
0:38:08 > 0:38:13- I just don't know what to say. - Move on.- Shocked.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16- Here's the majolica jug.- Oh, that's beautiful.- Yeah.- £20 for it.
0:38:16 > 0:38:22Nice jug there. Tenner for the jug. Fiver for the jug. Five. Six.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26Seven. At seven now. Back in the room at seven. Eight. Net at eight. Nine.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30- In the room at nine. Net, come on.- Wiped its face!
0:38:30 > 0:38:35- Nice with the cocktail cabinet, nice with milk in.- You're in profit.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39- Well done, Jonathan. - Ten here. At ten. Try 12.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43At ten, on the net at £10. I sell to the net at £10.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- Look, £10.- 12.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50- At £12.- Come on, internet.- He is good.- He's a good auctioneer.
0:38:50 > 0:38:56- At 12, here in the room at £12. You've finished at 12.- Yes!
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Good for you. Plus £3.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00You're still minus ten, but you're clawing it back.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Now, the Cauldon tea set.
0:39:02 > 0:39:07With the band of spring flowers, not unattractive. 18 pieces in this.
0:39:07 > 0:39:12- £5, the tea service. Five. Seven with the net.- Amazing really.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16- It's beautiful.- Net at nine. Internet at. Ten. Internet at ten.
0:39:16 > 0:39:22- 12. At 12. I sell then on the net at £12. Nobody else in the room?- Uh-oh.
0:39:22 > 0:39:28- Look out.- At 12. You're all out in front of me at 12. Finished at 12.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31- Minus £18.- Oh, no. - Whoa, you all heard that!
0:39:34 > 0:39:37We had minus ten before, that's minus 28 overall.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40I think they'll need their bonus buy!
0:39:40 > 0:39:42- I don't think we will! - You don't know what it is yet!
0:39:42 > 0:39:45Now, come on, girls, what are we doing about this bonus buy?
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Overall, you're minus £28, right. It has not gone your way today.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52Are you going to invest in the £200 tea set? You know you love it.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- We just daren't do it. - We didn't like it at the time!
0:39:55 > 0:39:59- It's not got enough colour.- I'm not keen.- OK, that's the decision.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02Your score today girls is minus £28, right.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04- That could be a winning score. - It could be.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08Don't talk to the Reds, but we're going to sell the bonus buy anyway.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10You've rejected it, Jonathan paid £200.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Now at this situation we find ourselves in,
0:40:13 > 0:40:17- I can tell you that the auctioneer's estimate is 70-100.- Yes, OK.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19- That's where he comes from. - Oh, God!
0:40:19 > 0:40:22In fact, we're going to see it sold, and here it comes.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24A Shelley porcelain tea service,
0:40:24 > 0:40:26decorated with trees and roadside flowers.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Very nice, the whole lot there. Start where you will.
0:40:30 > 0:40:37Let's say, what, 50 quid. 50 I'm bit. 50. Five. 60. 65. 70. 75. 80. 85. 90.
0:40:37 > 0:40:4195. 100. 110. 120. 130. 140.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45150. 160. 170. 180.
0:40:45 > 0:40:50- You clever old fruit, Jonathan. - 180 on my right. At 180. 190. 200.
0:40:50 > 0:40:55- Yes, get in there! Thank you. - I sell in the room at 200. 210.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59- Yes, it's in profit.- 220. At 220, back in the room at 220.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02- No, where are you? At 230. - This is a battle of wills.
0:41:02 > 0:41:09Room at 240. Still in the room at 240. At £240. Net, 250.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13- 260, room.- Hey, JP!- We could be in the money, Deb! It's too late now.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16- At 270. £280 now.- Oh, that is...
0:41:16 > 0:41:20- Sorry, girls.- Well done, Jonathan.
0:41:20 > 0:41:25At 280. It's in the room at 280. 290. At 290.
0:41:25 > 0:41:30290, I sell then. On the net at £290. Your last chance. You sure?
0:41:30 > 0:41:37- At £290.- I'm stunned. I really am. - Yes. JP, put it there, boy.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41Well done. He deserves a kiss, that's what he wants.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45- Give him a kiss.- Sorry. I know. I know, another one, there we go.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48That is really cool, isn't it?
0:41:48 > 0:41:52This is what they call a kind of rich justice, which is what is
0:41:52 > 0:41:54so great about the auction.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Everybody has been sniffy about that tea set,
0:41:56 > 0:42:00they said it's all too much money, and it's just made £290.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02- Happy?- Yes.- Well done, JP.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05- Well done.- Perfect. - Let's say £100 to start.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15- Well, well, well, teams. Have we been chatting at all?- No.
0:42:15 > 0:42:20- No, not at all.- Well, I have to say that hindsight is a fine thing.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24However, without the blessings of hindsight,
0:42:24 > 0:42:26today's runners-up are...
0:42:26 > 0:42:28the Blues.
0:42:30 > 0:42:35Very, very sadly the Blues are minus £28.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38But with hindsight, if they'd backed their man,
0:42:38 > 0:42:42they would have £62 of profit in their back pockets.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Back the expert, Jonathan, so sorry.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47We've loved having you on the show, I hope you've enjoyed it.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50We thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you so much.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52But the winners today are going home
0:42:52 > 0:42:55because they manage to lose only £7.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59They, however, went with their expert he made a £50 profit,
0:42:59 > 0:43:01- and that saved your bacon, didn't it?- It did. Yes.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04Because without Charles's bonus buy, you'd have been sunk.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07- Yes.- Did you have a good time, Hels? - Absolutely.- Was it good, Sal?
0:43:07 > 0:43:10- Fantastic.- Yeah, we've loved having you on the show.
0:43:10 > 0:43:14- In fact, during us soon for some more bargain hunting. Yes?- ALL: Yes!
0:43:14 > 0:43:16I know you're sitting there thinking,
0:43:16 > 0:43:21"I could have done better than that." Well, what's stopping you?
0:43:21 > 0:43:25If you think you can spot a bargain, go to our BBC website and apply.
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