Oswestry 8 Bargain Hunt

Today we're in Shropshire, where England meets Wales,

where the reds meet the blues

and I get to meet them all.

So, let's got Bargain Hunting - yeah!

This is the ancient market town of Oswestry.

It's had a troubled and chequered past,

having once been encircled by medieval walls,

but today it's home to the Amulet Antiques and Collectors Fair

where our teams will be laying siege to literally hundreds of stalls.

Let's hope they don't just finish up by banging their heads against the wall!

Coming up on today's show,

the reds find time for a bit of farming.

I'd move away from her, if I were you!

While the blues just don't agree on anything.

I can imagine that at home.

I'm not taken by it at all.

So, let's meet the teams!

On today's show, we've got two teams of chums.

One team met in the zoo

and the other met on a coach.

And Laura and Kirsty, you were the two that met in the zoo.

Yes.

Kirsty, what do you do in the zoo, and which zoo is it?

Right. It's Dudley Zoo.

-Is that in Dudley, Dudley Zoo?

-It's in Dudloi.

-"Dudloi"!

"Dudloi Zoo"! Brilliant.

Yes. I've worked there for just over eight years now.

I spend my time working with the primates.

-Is that in management?

-Oh, I wish!

-Senior keeper.

-Senior keeper.

-You've also got an interest in antiques?

-I do, yes.

-What do you collect?

One thing I've collected since I was 12 is Wade.

-Wade ceramics.

-Right.

-I'm a member of the club, the Wade club.

-How many pieces have you got?

-I must have a thousand pieces now.

-You haven't! Kirsty!

-I know!

-Laura, you work at the zoo, too.

-Yep.

I'm a senior keeper of hoofed animals and big cats.

-Do you like the hoofed ones?

-Yes. My favourites are tapirs.

Now, you animal-mad girls, what are you going to shop for today?

I thought maybe some silver. Some Chester-marked silver.

We're hoping for something quite summery

cos people are in their gardens while the weather's OK.

So looking for something maybe for the garden.

-Lovely. It will be most interesting to see what you buy. Good luck, girls.

-Thank you.

Are you keen on animals, you chaps?

-Yes. Maybe not quite as keen!

-No, quite!

That's brilliant, isn't it?

So where did you chaps meet. I said on a bus, but seriously did you meet on a coach?

We met on a coach about 27 years ago.

I was 13 and we met on a coach going to London on a youth weekend.

Right. You do a bit of singing on the bus, do you?

We had a bit of a tour going on, and it wasn't the greatest tour, so I took over the tour.

-You nicked the tour guide's microphone, did you?

-Yes.

-Had a bit of a karaoke session!

-Absolutely.

I see. So, moving on, Andrew, what do you do?

I work for Scope, a national charity, as their head of "impact measurement and best practice".

My role is supporting services to deliver the best they possibly can

to enable disabled people and their families to have equality in their lives.

-You're a keen sportsman.

-Very much so. I love sports, particularly racquet sports and golf.

What are your tactics going to be today, chaps?

I think we're going to try and buy things that we like.

-Yeah. And try and agree on things, cos often we don't.

-No?

No. We tend to bicker. We're like two old women, to be fair.

-One old woman and, you know.

-And a younger one! Yes, OK.

Exciting stuff. Now, the money moment.

You get £300 apiece. £300, not bad, is it?

Look at that, Kirsty. Rubbing your hands with glee.

You know the rules. Your experts await and off you go!

And very, very good luck.

Gosh, they went with enthusiasm!

Today the experts keeping our teams in the picture

are the masterly David Harper for the reds

and the accomplished Mark Stacey for the blues.

I'm sorry it's not exactly a zoo, girls,

but it's my kind of zoo, an antiques zoo. What do you think of that?

Pretty cool.

Well, guys, it's a nice hot day.

-It is in this fleece!

-Good day for bargain hunting.

-Absolutely.

-Shall we go?

-Oh, yes, let's go! Fantastic.

And they're off. Only a few steps taken and something has already taken the girls' fancy.

Ooh! You could put plants in there.

-What have you found?

-You could put a plant in there. It's a milk churny bucket.

-Milk churny bucket?

-Milk churny bucket.

-That's a new one for you!

Let's have a look, then. Kirsty, why do you like the milk churny bucket?

-I've always liked rural stuff.

-OK.

Rural antiques. I've got a nice milk churn in my kitchen I use as a waste bin.

Do you?

-One's missing a handle, I think.

-Yes, it is, unfortunately.

Are they very heavy?

-Oh, they've got quite a weight to them.

-Let's have a look.

-What are they made from? Aluminium?

-Yes.

-It's a bit...

-It's been burnt!

Yeah!

-What kind of money are they?

-If you want the bargain of the day, they're £20 the pair.

20 the pair. Let's have a look at that one.

There's a maker's mark on there.

-Where?

-What does that say there?

"Manus.

"Norrkoping - Sweden".

Actually, they really do have a Scandinavian look, don't they?

-Laura, you're not saying very much!

-Hmm.

-That's a worry.

-Don't like them?

-I do like them. They are nice.

-And?

-But they're 20.

Take them!

Seeing as you're lovely girls, how about £15 the pair?

-15.

-You'd make money off that.

-What do you reckon, girls?

-Is that as low as you're willing to go?

-How about ten?

-You are pretty girls, so you can have them for a tenner.

-First buy?

-You two are brilliant!

First stall, two minutes in.

Come on, you dreamboats!

That should be a nice little "urner", reds!

Nice work.

Are the boys having as much luck?

-Plenty of silver.

-Sorry?

-Mum says buy silver. Silver's the thing!

-Who says buy silver?

-My mother.

-His mother.

-Your mother?

-My mother.

-Do you listen to everything your mother says?

-No.

-No, quite.

-No.

-Let's have a look.

-They're nice quality. The blades are silver.

-They look nice to me.

-Silver collars.

And this is carved mother-of-pearl.

-Yes. Victorian.

-The inside of a shell and it's Victorian.

So they're antique. They tick all the right boxes. Don't you think?

They've got a full hallmark. Little Victoria's head.

The date might be on there, to save me using my extensive knowledge to think of the date.

-I should think about 1870, myself.

-Did you?

Is that because you read the label? Well done!

I didn't know you could read!

The classes he's going to are paying off.

They're quite nice. What's the price on them?

-We've got 120 on them.

-120.

-I like round figures.

-You like round figures?

-So you're thinking 50?

-I've got a round figure!

-No, I'm not thinking 50!

What about £90?

I do think they need a bit of work!

But they are quite sweet.

I was thinking of sort of 60.

-That's...

-Not a chance?

-Not a chance. That's too low.

£65 and a Yorkshire handshake. How about that?

What about we meet in the middle at 70?

-I think we go for it. Yes?

-Yeah.

-Bargain.

-We'll take them.

You need the Yorkshire handshake, in that case?

-Is that OK?

-70.

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much.

-Was that a Yorkshire handshake?

-Yes.

-Check the rings, dear.

They're still there!

First one in the bag, blues. Your mum would be proud, Andrew!

Girls, apart from animal-related things,

what do we like in the antiques world?

-Ooh, well, I like my rural antiques.

-Yeah.

-And I have got a collection of horse-drawn ploughs.

-What?!

Eh?

-You heard her right.

-Oh, yes.

-She hasn't?

-She's got a stash.

-A stash?!

-Nearer to four.

Tell me why you like this.

I think it's really an attractive piece. I can imagine that at home.

I like rocking chairs.

-Sit in with your gran, watching Coronation Street?

-Just the ticket.

I'd need a foot-rest as well. Sit back, enjoy.

-What do you think?

-I hate it.

-You hate it.

-No.

-Why do you hate it?

It just doesn't float my boat at all.

It just does not interest me.

-Well, it's antique.

-Yes.

-Edwardian, 1900 or so.

-1910. I think we generally refer to these as American rockers.

-Yeah.

-I hope it won't collapse!

-Oh, dear.

-Oh, I can, yeah... Have you got that brandy?

-No, I haven't.

I'm not taken by it at all.

-He is!

-Yeah, but you know.

I rather like that.

What might we get on a price, do you think?

-I've got it at 140. I can do it at 110.

-110.

We'd want to slip below 100 if we could, I think.

I think the death on it would be 100.

-Let's have a think. I don't want to...

-You don't want to commit.

-No, we'll have a little think.

-We've only just started.

OK. Let's have a think about it.

Well, beware. It's sitting pretty for now, but it might not be there for long.

Now, what's David dug up?

Ready? Ready?

And open your eyes.

-Oh!

-Oh, no!

Oh, my!

It wouldn't fit in my garden!

It won't fit in our van!

-Go on!

-Ooh!

-She wants a look.

That's beautiful!

-Tell us all about it, Kirsty.

-It's lovely made.

-Beautiful.

-I know nothing, nothing about this thing!

-Tell me about it.

-I don't own one.

I know you put the seed in here

and it spreads it across the land.

So you push it manually.

-Yes, you push this manually.

-You should do it.

-Think I should do it?

-Yes.

-You push it along.

-It puts your seed in regular lines.

-Right.

Let's leave Farmer Harper to it.

Now, what have the blues spotted?

-Shall we have a look at this?

-Go on.

-See if I can get it out.

-It's heavy. Be careful.

-Very heavy.

-Need a hand?

-I can just about manage.

It's a knife sharpener.

I presume you put your knife in there and then you sort of grind it.

And then it sharpens the blades.

I mean, I don't like it,

but it's not my view. It's your choice.

-Shall we move on?

-We'll move on.

-OK.

# Who let the dogs out?

# Who let the dogs out? #

So, while the blues can't agree on anything,

the girls have become a little distracted.

Woof!

Pooches down, girls. Time's ticking.

Now, what have the blues spotted?

-That's Doulton.

-Yeah.

It's a tobacco jar. It's called series ware, this type of Doulton.

-Right.

-It's transfer printed.

You've got two marks. The printed Doulton mark,

which is from 1902 to 1932.

And you've got an impressed Doulton mark as well.

-These are...

-It's the colour that caught me.

-Something grabbed me.

-At auction, you'd put an estimate of something like 30 to 50, or 40 to £60.

-Something like that. What is the price on it?

-65.

-65.

We do need to buy things, though. The show is about buying three items within one hour.

-Not within a week!

-The sarcasm!

You know. Why don't you ask the lady who owns it

to see if she's negotiable on that price.

She might want to get rid of it.

What could you do on this for us?

-I'll do 45 on that one.

-45.

-45.

Can we be cheeky and ask you to come down? Would you come down to...

How about a bit of Yorkshire charm.

Yorkshire men don't normally want to pay a lot of money for anything.

That's right. We'll take it for a handshake.

That's because we're spending somebody else's money.

38.

That's giving you the £2 off.

-I've come right down.

-It's not going to make a profit.

Is it possible to squeeze it down to 35?

Go on, then.

-£35.

-35. That's very kind of you.

Would you like it for 35?

-I like it. It's just unusual.

-Shall we make the decision?

You guys make the decision. I'll leave it with you.

-Yeah.

-Shake the lady's hand.

-Smashing. Thank you very much.

-£35.

-Thank you very much indeed.

-Thank you.

Thank you very much. You're an angel.

A bit cheeky, chaps. But well done.

Two items done and dusted. Oh, Lordy, now what have the reds spotted?

Oh, no, Kirsty, you're going to love this.

-Look at this.

-I have one of these in my cellar.

-You've got one in your cellar?

-I've got a few in my cellar, actually.

One big one, and some little ones as well.

Right. Laura, do you ever visit Kirsty's house?

Every now and again.

-Do you leave quickly?

-Run in and out!

What, exactly, would that be used for?

-To cut the grass.

-Just the grass?

I'd move away from her, if I were you!

-I probably don't have the right swing!

-Go on.

But you would sweep it across the grass.

Do people buy these things?

I don't know. It's finding somewhere to put them! People like me buy them.

But there's not very many of you!

Not like me, no!

Otherwise the world would be a very scary place!

I wouldn't say that, exactly.

-WOMAN:

-It's got a bit of age to it. The box is quite sweet.

-Have a go.

-See if you can make a noise out of it.

-Pucker your lips.

HORN BLARES

Wow!

Not pucker enough!

I'm quite impressed by myself.

Give us a tune.

DRONES

That's the most sensible thing you've said all day.

Now, now, Mark.

-What about the pair of lions?

-They're impressive.

-I really like the lions.

-Do they have age?

They've got some age.

We've got this moss growing here.

They're constituted stone, or reconstituted stone.

It's effectively almost like a concrete, mixed with sandstone,

then moulded.

I like them. Let's get a price. Hi, there, what have you got on the lions?

-290.

-290?! Oh, no!

Could you knock a huge lot off the lions?

The price is not set in stone!

Oi! That's my line!

How much would you be willing to knock off?

I could do the lions at 240 the pair.

-Not two?

-I'll give you two.

-She sounds like a plumber!

I'll split the difference with you. 220.

210?

Nearer the 200 would be better. It's not going to leave us much left.

I can go to 220. I can't go lower than that.

I don't know.

-215?

-215, then. Yes, all right.

Hang on. Are you going for it, cos you can't do negotiations.

I've got to think in my head what we've still got left.

-How much have you spent?

-We've spent ten.

Shh!

Go on. 210.

You've twisted my arm. 210.

Oh, thank you! Love you!

Thank you very much indeed. Really nice of you.

-Well done. You've got 15 minutes to go.

-Right.

You've spent a £10 note and then 210. That's amazing!

Amazing. But they're very chancy.

Very chancy. You could do very well. You could also do drastically badly!

But that's part of the fun. It's the adrenaline, isn't it?

You lose big and you win big.

-It's marvellous.

-I like win big better!

-You've got to lose sometimes.

-The lions will do well.

-I think so.

-OK.

-14 minutes left.

-Stop talking. Thank you very much.

-Thank you!

Good work, girls. One more to go.

Time is ticking on, now.

You really like that chair, don't you?

I think it's lovely. I'd go for that.

-You're not keen.

-Let's go and have a...

-Shall we have a look?

-Let's do it.

-Come on.

-Check it's still there.

So as the blues head off to find that chair,

the girls are monkeying about.

Happy memories, Kirsty?

-Happy days.

-Aw, look at him!

-Ahh!

-Ours don't wear suits, though.

-Don't they?

-He's a little bit creepy, if you ask me.

-Is the red chair gone?

-Yes, it's sold, sorry.

I knew we should have taken it.

Andrew will never forgive you, Ross.

Back to square one, blues, and time's running out.

-I can see a nice rhino over there.

-A what?

-A rhino.

-I saw him earlier.

-A rhino?

-A rhino.

What other advice did your mother give you?

It was really the silver thing,

but her mother used to have cloisonne round the house when I was growing up.

-That's something she thought was nice.

-Let's see if we can find some.

Come on, teams! It's the final countdown and you've both still got one item yet to find.

Girls, tell me what you think he is.

Is he African or Indian?

He's an Indian rhino.

Indian rhinos just have the one horn.

-Yeah.

-That's the main difference.

And then the armour on the rhino

-is a lot more heavy on the Indian rhino.

-OK.

-Well, you said your grandmother had some cloisonne.

-Yes, absolutely.

These are cloisonne. I'll hand you one each.

Thank you.

This is metal, which has had little strips of metal put to it.

Then they put powdered or ground glass onto it.

Then they fire them and the coloured glass melts to form these.

-How much is he? Is there a ticket on him?

-I don't know.

I don't think there was a price tag.

-You have a look, and I'll get a price.

-Lovely.

-Then tell me if you like him.

-OK.

-I do quite like him.

-He's OK, isn't he?

He's got a little bit of damage there.

-The best price is 30.

-We've found a little bit of damage on him.

-Yeah.

-That's OK.

It's not normally something I'd pick up,

but now I've got it in my hand, I actually quite like it.

You quite like them? I think we might be getting there, by Jove!

Shall we go and have a word?

Come on, then, lass.

She did say that was the absolute best, 30.

-Ooh.

-I daren't go and ask for any more.

Why don't you two dare?

-We'll try.

-You dare.

-We've done well so far with it. We'll dare.

I'll enjoy the sun. Go on.

It's all going very well. However, we've only got three minutes left.

So I hope they come back with that rhino and lacking in some money.

If they do, look what's just appeared.

The most wonderful sight on a glorious summer's day.

An ice cream van. I'm going to buy them a 99 each.

-How did you get on?

-We got a very good deal. We knocked her down from 30 to £18.

Girls, is it good news? Please tell me it's good news.

Well, she wouldn't go down any further.

-Right. Please tell me you bought him, though.

-We have.

Oh, yes! Marvellous.

-You must be happy with 18.

-40% off. It's a bargain.

-I'm amazed we're agreed!

-Absolutely. Are we having one each?

Could I just second that? I'm amazed you've agreed.

I'm amazed I'm agreeing with you.

Get in there and pay for them. Let's say yes.

-How's that?

-That's much better.

-Nice?

-Oh, yes. That's what we like.

All right for some! Where's mine, David?

David?

Right. That's it, you lot.

Your hour's up. Let's check out what the red team bought, shall we?

The reds thought these milk churns were creamy,

splashing out £10 on the pair.

Wow.

Then they staked £210 on the lion garniture.

And finally, the leather rhino sculpture

cost these animal-mad girls £30.

-It was great fun today.

-Brilliant fun.

-I had a great time.

And you never got attacked by any animals!

-No.

-No. That's a miracle!

-We tried. We petted a lot of dogs, didn't we?

-I know.

And what did you finish up spending overall?

Uh, £250.

£250. Good. That's a lovely number.

-£50 of leftover lolly, then?

-Yes.

-Kirsty, have you got it?

-Kirsty has.

-Thank you very much.

David, have you enjoyed yourself?

Come on, how couldn't I with these two?

It's been fantastic.

I understand you've got free entry to the zoo for life.

Yes. In fact, they offered to put me in a cage!

That was a sensible move! Anyway, £50.

Yeah. Big plans for this. Big plans.

-Have you?

-I'm revealing nothing.

-Right.

-Big plans.

-He's such a tease, isn't he?

-I know.

Anyway, on that happy note, let's check out what the blue team bought, eh?

The blues slathered £70 on this pair of silver and mother-of-pearl butter knives.

£35 was coughed up for this Royal Doulton tobacco jar. A-hum.

Finally, they all agreed on this pair of cloisonne vases

which cost them £18.

Now, hang on a minute. Rumour has it you didn't spend so much.

-What's the total?

-One hundred and twenty...three.

That means I'll have 177 of leftover lolly off you, then.

-Who's got it?

-You've got it.

-Here we go.

This is a massive amount of cash for you.

-A huge amount, Tim.

-You shouldn't be allowed out on your own with that much!

-I need Securicor.

-Something like that.

My challenge is to find something for the odd couple that they might agree on.

-I think I'll need a pair of something.

-"The odd couple"?

Honestly, we've seen so many things today that he liked, he didn't,

he didn't and he liked. I'm totally confused.

But you'll find a gem somewhere, Mark. Good luck with that.

Meanwhile, we're heading off to the most divine aesthetic house in the West Midlands.

Got it? Aesthetic.

Just outside Wolverhampton lies Wightwick Manor,

built for the Mander family in the late 1800s.

Here you can see the work of the 19th-century designer William Morris

side-by-side with a collection of paintings

by his pre-Raphaelite friends.

But today I've come to see a rather unique collection of furniture,

created for the eccentric Victorian playwright and critic Algernon Charles Swinburne.

Look at him!

Swinburne was a prolific poet

but also a prodigious drunk.

One day in 1879, he went to stay with his friend and publisher Theodore Watts-Dunton,

asking to stay for a day, and did not leave for 30 years!

That's pretty scary, isn't it?

Having got this single room in his friend and publisher's house,

it had to be furnished.

And his friend, Rossetti, stepped into the fore

and designed and had made some furniture for him.

Including this piece.

It has to be said that this is one of the worst-made pieces of furniture I have ever seen!

On the face of it, it looks like a wardrobe or press.

If you look at the carved detail on the outside,

none of it is carved at all.

It's all made out of cheaply pressed dental composition

that's been coloured to make it look like elaborately carved wood.

These columns on the outside are partly made of bits of a four-poster bed

that had been cut in half and applied on the outside

to dolly it up.

But the fun thing about this is concealed within.

Because instead of it being a wardrobe,

actually, what it conceals is a hidden bed.

Any man of quality living in one room in the 19th century

wouldn't want his visitors coming in and seeing all his bedding

and all that lark.

And Swinburne was no exception.

So he would have taken up and down this bed every day.

Except that in 1882, when this bed was patented, they clearly couldn't spell.

Because it says "Dominion Wire Mattrass",

which is not the way to spell mattress.

Anyway, you put your "mattrass" down like that, look,

and reveal a very pleasantly decorated interior.

What's going on here? Are these pictures by Dante Gabriel Rossetti? No, they're not.

They're by a fellow called Henry Treffry Dunn. Ever heard of him?

No. That's because he was one of Rossetti's studio assistants.

But painting very much in the great master's style.

And after a comfortable night's snooze,

a man needs to freshen up and look his best, right?

That's better. What an elaborate mirror this is.

One of a pair.

The painted area is painted by our friend Henry Treffry Dunn

and the frame, well, that's just something else, isn't it?

Boldly carved, I suppose to represent a scene from the medieval period.

But perhaps the most impressive and certainly the largest group of the Swinburne furnishings

all of which were acquired by Lady Mander, the owner of this house,

who was an acclaimed biographer,

particularly from the medieval period.

She would have had a particular interest

in the painted panels on all these pieces of furniture.

The top four panels are particularly relevant

because they describe the legend of St George and the Dragon.

Around the corner here,

this panel shows the presentation of skulls to the king.

Here we have Princess Sabra being taken to the dragon by the knights.

Here she is again, dozing in a tree,

with St George tackling the dragon beneath her.

Giving it a good spear!

And most interestingly, around the corner,

we've got the victory parade.

There, being held aloft as a trophy is the head of the dragon.

And guess who's supporting the head of the dragon?

It's our friend William Morris.

Marvellous!

The big question today is, of course,

are our teams going to be able to slay any bidders

and capture any decent profits over at the auction?

Well, it's lovely to be in Nantwich. Where else is there to go in Nantwich

apart from Peter Wilson's sale room with our auctioneer Robert Stones?

-Robert.

-Good to see you.

-Glorious to be here.

-Thank you.

Now, our animal-obsessed girls

have gone first of all with these milking units in the front.

Now, if there's one thing Cheshire's known for, it's its dairy industry.

The milk lake of the north-west is here in Cheshire.

And I have to say, this county is littered with these things.

-Because they're redundant bits of kit?

-They are.

The modern milking parlour is a very different place

and these sort of things are just redundant pieces of kit.

The next thing is, what are they worth?

-We've put 30 to 40 on them.

-Did you really?

-Yes. Why?

-That's marvellous. They only paid £10.

-Did they really?

-Yeah.

Next up are the reconstituted stone lion garden ornaments.

-Reconstituted stone is a rather nice word for concrete!

-Yep.

These are very decorative.

There are an awful lot of people that like these in their garden.

So, what's your estimate on these monsters?

60 to 80.

Each?

-No.

-For the two?

-The two.

-Oh, dear! £210.

-Really?!

-Our girls spent, yes.

And their last item, after that disastrous news,

is this leather-covered rhino.

I think, actually, he's quite commercial.

I know it's modern, modernish.

I know a lot of people may say, "It's not for me",

but I think there are people that will actually like it.

-It's got the look.

-It has. It's a decorator's thing.

-Excellent. What's your estimate?

-30 to 50.

-Brilliant.

-They paid £30.

-Very good.

So that should claw back some of the losses

on the reconstituted stone jobbies.

But maybe not enough. So they'll need their bonus buy.

So let's have a look at it.

Now. Laura, Kirsty, you gave the boy £50.

David Harper, did you spend the lot? Show us your wares.

Nothing to do with animals. I did try very, very hard, I promise you.

But, a little piece of silver.

Nice.

But it's not just a tube of silver.

-It's got a little ring on there to hang it.

-OK.

From something. So your keys or your chain.

But then if you flip the lid,

out pops that.

What do you think of that? It's a little cheroot holder.

How much did you spend?

OK. What would you pay for that?

Say about five pounds.

It indicates how they feel, Tim, doesn't it?

About 20?

-25.

-Hmm.

-"Hmm." Not very impressed, obviously!

How much are we going to make on it, then?

I see no reason why it couldn't be 50 quid.

-Right.

-No reason at all.

-Good.

-Lovely.

I think they're beginning to like it, Dave!

-Yeah, a bit more. A bit more!

-It might be more than that.

Anyway, girls, you don't have to decide now. Decide later.

But let's find out from the auctioneer what he thinks about Dave's cheroot holder and case.

There we go. A little cheroot holder.

Cheroot holder or holder for a cheroot holder.

If we look inside there, here we've got the holder

which has these white metal mounts on it.

And this is hallmarked, the holder here.

A great accessory, when you think about it.

It's in pretty good order. It could be the original holder inside it

because it fits perfectly.

-What's your estimate on it?

-The estimate is 30 to 40.

OK. £25 paid.

That's it for the reds. Now for the blues. Seamlessly.

First up for them are the mother-of-pearl handled butter knives.

These are great quality.

They're really, really nice.

Sheffield, 1870.

Mother-of-pearl handles, presentation case.

-What are they worth?

-30 to 50.

-Is that all?

-Hmm.

-They paid £70.

-Did they?

-They did.

-Hmm. Well.

-Seems a bit much, isn't it?

I think it's on the hot side. But they are good quality.

OK. Now the Doulton series ware tobacco pot and cover.

This series ware is always collected by people who are enthusiastic about this type of design.

But it's a tobacco jar. Secondly, it's restored.

-Restored, is it?

-Restored.

It would be fair to say that when I first saw this, I didn't notice it.

It was only when I was looking at the thing more closely,

I had a smell inside it

and I could smell that strange sort of varnish smell

that you get with restoration.

If you feel carefully round the rim of the pot,

you'll feel a sort of leathery texture.

And that tells you that it has been restored.

What do you estimate it?

-40 to 60.

-With restoration, 40 to 60.

-I think so.

That's OK, cos our lot only paid £35.

-They were lucky.

-They paid the right price.

-Yes.

Moving on, cloisonne vases. Any good?

Yes. I think these are fairly modern.

Chinese, Japanese. They're very shiny, aren't they?

They look to me like they might have been made in the last 30 years or so.

Maybe 40 years. But I wouldn't have thought a great deal older than that.

-What's your estimate?

-40 to 60.

-Brilliant. £18 they paid.

£18? They've done well, haven't they?

There you go. We've got hope springing eternal there.

But if all goes wrong, they may need their bonus buy. So let's have a look.

Now. Ross, Andrew.

You gave £177 to Mark Stacey. What did you spend it on, Mark?

I spent it on these.

They're rather nice. They're late 19th-century electrotype.

They're little children playing after Kate Greenaway.

What did they cost?

They cost £80 for the pair.

-All right.

-Which I don't think is bad, actually.

What do you think we might get?

I think in Cheshire, there's quite a lot of money in Cheshire.

It's a pair. People like pairs.

I'd certainly like them to nudge over the 100 quid.

Mm-hmm.

-They might make more.

-Do you like them?

-They're interesting.

-I haven't seen anything quite like it before.

Well, I've done my job. I've done my job.

Anyway, he thinks they're going to make £100, maybe £100-plus.

Now, for the audience at home,

let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Mark's plaques!

Well, look at that.

-My word.

-Every picture tells a story, as they say, Rob.

What story does this lot tell you?

These are electrotypes.

It was a process patented by Elkington & Co.

Basically, it was a casting that was dipped into a vat,

an electric current was run through the vat

and it attracted all the copper suspended in the vat to the surface of the metal.

What do you think these two copper electrotypes are worth?

I thought 60 to 80.

-I think you're absolutely spot on.

-Really? Brilliant.

-Mark Stacey paid 80.

-80.

-£80.

We're looking forward to the auction. Are you looking forward to it?

-Looking forward enormously.

-Brilliant.

See you there.

-Laura, Kirst. This is exciting, isn't it?

-It is.

Yes. We've got a lot of people in this room, which is good.

Are you nervous about anything in particular, Kirst?

-Probably the lions.

-The lions.

-We spent so much.

-You spent so much.

-We spent a lot.

-Are you nervous about those, Laura, too?

-I think that's maybe the only one we'll struggle with.

But hopefully they'll bring a bit more.

-I hope.

-You never know.

Good. OK. First up, then, is the milk units. Here they come.

Lot 152. What are they worth?

-How much? Start me off. I'll take £10.

-Ooh!

£10 bid straightaway.

Here's a man that knows a thing or two.

At £10.

-15 bid here. 15.

-Ooh!

20, is that? £20.

25 on the internet. 25 is it now?

25 on the internet. 30 make it.

30 bid. £30.

-You're very good.

-Yes.

I'm pressing these into action this afternoon.

At £30. 35 is there now?

At £30. The bid's there.

At 30. Going to be sold. At £30. All quiet and done at 30.

Brilliant!

So good.

Plus £20. That's perfect.

Lot number 153. 153.

What may we say for them? 50 I'm bid to start them off. At £50.

At £50. Make your house look absolutely marvellous

with these either side of the gate posts.

At £50. 55 is there now.

£50 is all I'm bid. 55 there.

-Come on!

-At £55. 60, do I hear?

At £55 only. I'm here to sell them.

-At £55.

-No.

-Don't sell them. Go on!

-£55. 60 there.

-Yes!

£60. At £60, your bid.

£60. 65, now?

Ooh. They're cheap, aren't they?

65 now? At £60 only, then.

All finished and done at £60 only. At 60.

Don't worry. Ooh! Worry!

Dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!

Oh, dear! That's not quite so good.

Minus 150.

Lot 154. 30 I'm bid straightaway.

On commission at £30. 32? I'll go in twos and threes.

32, there. 32. 35.

38. 40. 40 bid.

Not having a good day.

42. 45. 48. 50, still here.

52? At £50 on commission.

At 50. At 50. 52.

55.

58.

On commission at £55. 58 if you want it.

55, then. All quiet and done at...

-58.

-Ooh!

60. Still on commission.

62. 65.

68.

£70.

Keep it going! Keep it going!

This could be your moment to take a rhino home.

The bid's here with me on commission at £70. 72 anywhere else?

All done at 70? Being sold.

-Lovely!

-Brilliant!

-Plus 40, that's very good, girls.

Plus £40. Overall you're minus 90.

Minus £90.

What are you going to do about the cheroot holder? Going with that?

-Why not? Yeah.

-We might as well go for it.

-Why not?

-We trust him.

-Thank you. Thank you.

The die is cast. We're going with it. Here it comes.

Lot number 158. What may we say for this?

I've got commissions on this. I can start at £40.

Ooh!

-We'll go in twos and threes. £40 I'm bid.

-£40!

£40 I'm bid. 42. 45. 48. 50 bid.

-52, if you like.

-Well done, David.

-There's a queue.

-Come on!

-Keep going.

-A bit more.

At £50 only. At £50. A lovely thing.

At £50 only, then. At 50.

Well done, David. That's marvellous.

Look at that!

That's my bonus, that is.

Take a kiss while you can, mate. That's all I can say!

No, no. Listen. That's £25 up.

That's five short of 30, so you are minus 65.

-Very good.

-It's getting better and better.

If you had a couple more lots to sell...

-We'd be all right.

-You'd be in the black.

Anyway, girls. Minus 65.

It's not a bad score. Don't say a word to the blues, right?

-We'll keep quiet.

-Not a dickie bird.

-Everybody happy?

-You bet your life we are!

-OK, Ross, Andrew. Do you know how the reds got on?

-No.

-No idea.

-Not at all.

-Good.

I'm feeling lucky for you. Are you feeling lucky?

-No.

-Always. Always lucky.

You've got to feel positive. You've got to send out waves.

-Right.

-Waves of positive energy. That's what we like, don't we, Mark?

-Yes, Tim.

-Yes, Tim!

-Here it comes. A pair of butter knives.

-Lot 174.

I love these enormously.

They're great. I've got £30 for them straightaway.

35 there. Everybody wants them. 35.

40. 45. 45. 50 now.

-55.

-Come on!

55 commission. 60 now. 60 bid.

65. 70.

We need another bid.

70 anywhere else? At £65 and they're going to be sold.

At £65. All finished and done at £65.

Going away, then.

£65. That's so cheap.

Minus five pounds. Can't bear it.

Lot number 175.

How much may we say on this one?

£30 I'm bid straightaway. At £30.

32 if you like. At 32 there. 32.

-35 is it now? 32 bid there.

-Come on!

£32. 32. 35 is there now?

-At £32.

-Come on!

At 32 and going to be sold. At £32. Last chance.

At £32. All done at £32. All quiet.

No, lads. That's minus three pounds.

-So overall you're minus eight.

-We're down.

-Come on.

Lot number 176. £30 I'm bid straightaway on these.

-30 bid.

-Brilliant.

-Profit!

38, yes? At 38, your bid. At 38.

-40 bid.

-Where's the internet?

-42 here.

42? 42. 45? 45. 48? 48.

50 now? 50 bid. 52?

At £50, the bid's there. At £50. All quiet and done at £50.

Plus 32. I love that.

Plus 32. That's better!

So does that mean you are plus £24?

I think it means you're plus £24. It does mean plus £24.

You've got £24 in the bank. Come on, lads.

-What will you do about these plaques?

-We're in profit.

You're in profit. Just remember that.

Could be a winning score, £24.

It's folding money, isn't it?

-Absolutely.

-Let's go with the profit.

-We'll stick.

-Stick. Sorry.

-We'll stick with what we've got.

-Reject the copper plaques?

-Yes.

-And stick with the do-re-mi.

-Absolutely!

Tell you what, why don't we sell them anyway just for the fun of it? Here they come.

Lot 180.

I've got £60 bid for these straightaway.

£60 I have. At £60 I'm bid. That's with me on commission.

At 60. And five? 65. 70?

75. 80.

-85.

-Oh, no!

-Well done, Mark. Well done, Mark.

100 anywhere else? At 95, the bid's there.

At 95. 100 anywhere now?

At 95 on the front row here. At 95.

At £95. Being sold at 95.

-95 is plus 15.

-Oh, I'm so sorry.

Don't be sorry! You found the thing and made the profit.

Bad luck, though, isn't it?

-You live and learn.

-Listen, £24 in the pocket.

It could have gone horrible, I tell you.

-It could have done.

-Come on, boys.

-No, we're up.

That could be a winning score, so don't say a word to the reds.

-Tight-lipped.

-Go out looking rather depressed.

All will be revealed in a moment.

How lovely is this?

Both of our experts have contributed today very large profits on their bonus buys.

-Oh.

-Not a lot of people thank our experts at this moment in the show

because without those special contributions,

the results could be very different.

-David Harper, £25 profit on a £25 investment.

-Thank you.

And the copper wall plaques made a profit of £15, so well done, Mark.

The fact that the blues didn't go with Mark's bonus buy

is irrelevant.

Anyway. The results themselves. Do you know?

-Have you been chatting?

-No.

-No idea?

Well, I'm afraid you're poles apart.

The runners-up today by a big margin are the reds.

Oh! It's the lions what did it!

The lions what did it. You're quite right.

Despite your big profit, going with the bonus buy,

you're still £65 down the old proverbial.

-Oh, no!

-I know you wanted the profits to give to the animals in the zoo.

Well, it's not to be.

-Did you have a nice time?

-We really enjoyed it, yes.

-Kirsty, were you good?

-Yes.

-You were very, very good.

But not quite good enough to beat the boys,

who are walking home with £24.

There you go. Here comes your 20.

And here comes your four.

-Thank you very much.

-£32 profit on those cloisonne vases saved your bacon.

Sadly, you didn't go with Mark's bonus buy.

Never mind. You're going home with folded money.

-Did you enjoy it?

-Fantastic.

-Brilliant.

Good. Very pleased to see you.

Join us soon for some more Bargain Hunting, yes?

Yes!

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