0:00:02 > 0:00:05Today we're in the Oswestry Showground in Shropshire.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08We've got two teams, we've got two experts,
0:00:08 > 0:00:13all limbering up to go and grab a bargain, or two, or three.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Ha-ha!
0:00:14 > 0:00:17So what are we waiting for? Let's go bargain hunting, yeah!
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Now, back in its day, Oswestry had a thriving plastics
0:00:46 > 0:00:48and textiles industry.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Today, though, this place is home
0:00:51 > 0:00:54to literally hundreds of antiques stalls.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59So will our teams today become thoroughly extruded?
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Or will they manage to weave a tidy profit? Let's find out.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Coming up on today's show, the Reds make time
0:01:07 > 0:01:09for a bit of fun and games.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12- Hello.- Hello. What's your name? - Ooh, anything you like.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Whilst the Blues take a more serious approach to proceedings.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20It's not only got a bit of a funky edge to it,
0:01:20 > 0:01:21it's quite practical as well.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27So, for the Reds today, we've got mother-and-son combo
0:01:27 > 0:01:33Dee and Curt, and for the Blues, we've got good friends Ian and Ed.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37- Hello.- ALL: Hello.- Everyone. Great to see you.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40So what do you get up to, Dee - what's your job?
0:01:40 > 0:01:44I volunteer in a children's hospice charity shop.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46I volunteer once a week for that.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49The rest of the time I play saxophone,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52collect vintage clothes, watch old movies...
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- ..and bargain hunt. - And bargain hunt every single day.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Well, I'm very pleased to hear it.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00I can tell you've got the interest in the vintage from your hairdo.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- Very fetching, if you don't mind me saying so.- Thank you very much.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Lovely. You love a bit of vintage but what inspires you?
0:02:06 > 0:02:09It was probably as a child, watching all the old black-and-white movies,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Audrey Hepburn,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14especially with the guys wearing the suits, very dapper.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- Just like yourself, Tim.- Oh, yeah.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20I love all the voluptuous women of the '50s, with the hourglass figures
0:02:20 > 0:02:21and blonde bombshells...
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- Oh, lovely.- Absolutely gorgeous.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- On whom you have modelled yourself. - Oh, if only!
0:02:26 > 0:02:27THEY LAUGH
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Tell us about the sax, then. How did you get into that?
0:02:30 > 0:02:33I got it for a present when I was 40,
0:02:33 > 0:02:36because I'd always wanted to play it. I still can't play it.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41I have a good go. I'm getting better but I need to practise every day.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Will you bring your little sax to our auction house?
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- It's quite a big sax.- Is it? - Yeah!- All right, then.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Now, Curt, it says here that you're a musician.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51It does indeed, as well as being...
0:02:51 > 0:02:56You ought to be a comedian, with a mother like you've got. Anyway, brilliant.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59So tell us about this musicianship, then.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Basically, I started when I was, like, 11 years old.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06My main instrument is double bass and bass guitar. They're the main things.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08So you've got an interest in vintage, like your mum?
0:03:08 > 0:03:11I grew up around pictures of Cadillacs everywhere and...
0:03:11 > 0:03:15Elvis Presley was in my face all the time. Not that I'm complaining.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- It was great.- You don't look much like Elvis, I have to say.- No.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19I left the quiff out today.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- Didn't know what the weather was going to be like, so...- Well, quite.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25It can all get very droopy, can't it, when it's damp?
0:03:25 > 0:03:28So what will you be looking out for today, then, between you?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Well, I fancy something really old, obviously vintage, '50s, '40s,
0:03:31 > 0:03:33something glamorous.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- Something profitable, maybe? - Hopefully.- That would be nice.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39It would be nice, but it's not always possible.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43- As long as it's pink, she doesn't care.- As long as it's pink I'll buy it.- It's pink?- Yeah.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- And profitable. That's the two Ps, isn't it?- It is, yeah.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Pink and profitable. What could be more...perfect?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- THEY LAUGH - OK, we're going to have fun.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Anyway, how do you feel about this, boys?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55- We're very excited, aren't we?- Yeah, yeah.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Now everything with you two is that you're incredibly brainy, right,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01because you're PhD students, both of you.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Well, not so sure about that, but we like to pretend we're PhD students.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Come on, you don't get to that sort of level without
0:04:06 > 0:04:08something between your earholes.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Well, maybe. We're doing OK, perhaps.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12So is that where you met, at the university, Ed?
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Yes, Ian and I met treading the boards as part
0:04:14 > 0:04:18of the Manchester University's Gilbert and Sullivan Society.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22- Never!- Yeah, about five years ago. - So, what do you get up to, then, Ed?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25My particular project looks at the popular image of the royal family
0:04:25 > 0:04:26in the 20th century.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- Is that your PhD?- That's my PhD,
0:04:29 > 0:04:33and I'm trying to figure out why the monarchy has been as popular
0:04:33 > 0:04:35in the 20th century as it has been.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Now, Ian, you're also in the same lark, that's being a perpetual student.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40What are you studying?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43I'm doing what's called a deep cultural reading of the Moors murders.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46So when we're talking about the Moors murders,
0:04:46 > 0:04:47we're talking about Brady.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Yes, Brady and Hindley, yes.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Does this take you poking around in certain patches of moorland?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Not yet. I don't intend to go...
0:04:55 > 0:04:58You're not becoming a forensic scientist on the side?
0:04:58 > 0:05:02I do get asked to go and do... I'm interested in that element of it
0:05:02 > 0:05:05but I'm actually studying a lot of newspapers and TV coverage,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07rather than...
0:05:07 > 0:05:10That's not the only area that you're interested in researching, is it?
0:05:10 > 0:05:12No, it isn't. I take a holistic approach to history
0:05:12 > 0:05:15and I've got a great interest in the history of cocktails...
0:05:15 > 0:05:19- Cocktails?- Yes. And the re-enactment of cocktails, and rediscovery.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Does this involve sampling a lot of cocktails?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Everything's tested to destruction, yes.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27The history of alcohol and its mixtures...
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- Yes, yes.- ..is endlessly fascinating, you're quite right.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34What sort of tactics have you guys got for today's Bargain Hunt?
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Something that's got some kind of intrinsic quality to it.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41Well, that would be nice! As opposed to a load of old rubbish, you mean?
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Well... Well, you see...
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Sometimes, just because something is old doesn't mean it's
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- worthwhile in someone's house. - Quite right.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53What we're going for is basically something that Ed and I or our mums
0:05:53 > 0:05:56would like on their mantelpieces, or something in their houses.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58So you're going to be always thinking about mother -
0:05:58 > 0:06:00- that's the main thing? - Mummy's number one.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04We are going to have a fabulous show today, I have to tell you that.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- Now, £300 apiece. There's your £300. - Thank you.- You know the rules.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Your experts await, and off you go!
0:06:12 > 0:06:14HE LAUGHS
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Taking on our teams today, we have the slinky Mark Stacey,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23who has all the right moves for the Blues.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29And staking out the bargains for the Reds, it's David Harper.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- Are we going to get a bit of vintage today?- Yes, definitely.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33Let's go for it.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36We have a three-level strategy, of small, medium and large.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38So we want something around 20,
0:06:38 > 0:06:39maybe something around 50, something 100.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- Anything vintage and old. - She's my dream woman. Vintage cars.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Come on. One hour.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Small, medium and large. Small, medium and large.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Small, medium and large. Small, medium and large.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49I think you've got it, Mark.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- Right, that's it. Start digging in. - Righty-ho.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54I don't think I've seen...
0:06:54 > 0:06:57I have ever had somebody with a strategy like that before.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- Well, we think it's going to work. - It's because of trying to make something on everything
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- rather than trying to go for, like, a gamble and a big win.- OK, OK.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08I think you could be on to something there, chaps.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- Maybe this could take off.- Are we thinking arty objects, as well?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Well, I think we should look at everything.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16I think we should try and keep that small, medium and large strategy.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19The hour goes by very, very quickly.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22What do you think of these sort of pieces, Mark?
0:07:22 > 0:07:25- I think they're very nice but they're very of-their-day.- Are they?
0:07:25 > 0:07:27- Put it down.- Oh, I see.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32It's a Bargain Hunt happy hour, Ian. Not a boozy one.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Meanwhile, what's the birthday girl found?
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- Why's it shaped like that, though? - Ah, that's a very good question.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44Now, that shape is for a very distinct reason.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49- Someone has sat on it.- Almost. Almost! Almost. Not a bottom.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- Right.- A head.- Oh, really? - Is that a chopping block?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54No, it's not a chopping block!
0:07:54 > 0:07:58- I didn't mean for a head - I meant for hair.- No, it's a pillow.- Really?
0:07:58 > 0:08:03It's a pillow. It's an Oriental, Japanese or Chinese, pillow box.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06You've got your treasure. You've got your gold coins.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09All your lovely things, and when you go to bed on an evening,
0:08:09 > 0:08:11this is your pillow.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13All your treasure is safe, because if someone is going to pinch
0:08:13 > 0:08:16your treasure, they've got to move your head off your block.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- It makes sense.- It is a quirky thing. - So is that really old?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21It's got some age to it. Look at the way it's constructed.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26It's very, very light. It's a softwood. Probably a pine.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- I like it.- Do you? - I think the question is how much. - Tell me why you like it.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Because it's unusual and it's very tactile. Just love the shape of it.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- And now you tell me what it's for, I love it even more now.- Yeah?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38- It's quirky, isn't it?- It's lovely. - It really is quirky.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- There's no price on it. - Shall we ask him? Where's he gone?
0:08:41 > 0:08:45- I think so. Over there.- Can we...? What do you think about this box?
0:08:45 > 0:08:50- About 1900, 1920, I should say. Japanese pillow box.- Yes.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55- I had 30 on it, David. Best would be 25.- 25.- Yeah.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Look.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01- That says it all. It says it all. - DEE:- 20?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06- She's doing deals here. - STALLHOLDER:- Go on.- Good lad.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Thank you very much.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- Thank you. Thank you very much. - Well, first purchase, like it.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- Do you like it?- I do like it. - Do you like it?
0:09:13 > 0:09:14I really like that.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19Hmm, I have a feeling that that's not the last of the birthday-girl
0:09:19 > 0:09:22tactics we'll see today, but have the Blues found their rhythm yet?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24- I'm wondering, is it... - Is it a metronome?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26..a metronome, or is it...?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Yeah, I think it is a metronome.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33- Oh, my God - it's a very '50s one, isn't it?- It is very '50s.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36The cardboard is in good condition.
0:09:36 > 0:09:41- Looks like a shaver.- Is that £15, 15 shillings?- It is.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Oh, we like that.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47As it's got the pre-decimal price on it, it's got to be before 1971,
0:09:47 > 0:09:49so it's '60s... So it must be '60s or, yes, thereabouts.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53I tell you what I like about it - it's very of-its-time.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- But I wonder how much it is. - £15, 15 shillings?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- STALLHOLDER: I'll knock you a bit off. It'll be a tenner.- Oh, no.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Ten quid? Can you do it for a fiver?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03I can't, sorry.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- Made in Germany.- OK, £6?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08STALLHOLDER: I can do it at eight.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Let's meet at seven. Go on. We'll shake on seven.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- OK, £7. That's great. - You want that for £7?
0:10:15 > 0:10:19- I think that's not too bad. - Think we'll get a few quid? - I like it, actually.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20I quite like it.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- TICKING - Almost like a heartbeat.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23# I am a very model...
0:10:23 > 0:10:25ED AND IAN: # Of a modern Major General
0:10:25 > 0:10:27# I've information vegetable, animal and mineral
0:10:27 > 0:10:30# I know the kings of England and I quote the facts historical
0:10:30 > 0:10:32# From Marathon to Waterloo in order categorical... #
0:10:32 > 0:10:34And...breathe.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Well, there we are. Enough of that, I think. We'll shut that down.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42- Well done. Come on, guys.- Let's keep bargain hunting.- We need that...
0:10:42 > 0:10:43Bravo, chaps.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46It's all ticking along rather nicely for you Pirates of Penzance.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51What-ho. Now, have those reds found any treasures of their own?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53How about a pipe? David?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- It might suit my new jacket, possibly, a pipe.- Yes.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Is that old? Is this old?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01That is, um...
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Actually, it's got quite a nice look to it, that.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06- It's probably 1950s. - That's why I like it.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- So we've got the vintage thing, haven't we?- Let's have a seat.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- Can I just tell you, that IS for bottoms.- Is it?
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Actually, it's quite comfy, actually.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Depends how big the bottom is but mine fits quite well.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Well, you've got a nice slim one there - you're all right.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- Ooh, thank you very much. - Ooh, you're a charmer, David.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- It's actually comfy, isn't it? - It is quite comfy.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28It's not one to lean back on, because you will... Hey!
0:11:28 > 0:11:30THEY LAUGH
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Now, what's the birthday girl spotted? It's pink. It's vintage.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35And it's big.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39- Oh, my Lord, that is you, isn't it? - Dotty pink.- Curt, that is your mother.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- Isn't it?- Isn't that lovely? - Yes.- Your mother was a cupboard.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Yeah, but a pink one.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- TIM WHISTLES - That was a close call.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Come on, let's have a look in here.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54- Isn't that lovely? - It's like the old boxing scales.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Now, that's got a real Art Deco feel to it.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59- I like Art Deco.- Yeah. But that's probably later.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- I think it's probably more 1950. Would you agree?- STALLHOLDER: Yes.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- Curt, have you smelt it?- No. Let's have a smell.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Stick your head in there.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09STALLHOLDER: It is a bit more expensive, though.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11What, more than £10, you mean?
0:12:11 > 0:12:12STALLHOLDER: Oh, yes!
0:12:12 > 0:12:15So that's lined with camphorwood.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Camphorwood just wards off moths.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- Oh, great.- Effectively. So it's nature's cure for moths.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25And so it's been smelling exactly like that for 50 years.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29Still doing its job. Fantastic. What kind of money is that one?
0:12:29 > 0:12:31If we look at about 130,
0:12:31 > 0:12:33and if you want to sort of negotiate from there.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37- I really like it but it's got to make money, hasn't it?- Yes.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39And we need to win. The Reds need to win.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Go and have a think about it and come back, yeah?
0:12:42 > 0:12:47Onwards and upwards, then, Reds. That's the fighting spirit.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49I mean, they're not brilliant quality, actually.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53- Are you after profit or are you after fun?- Fun and profit.- Yes.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- A little bit of profit.- Hey, guys. How you doing - all right?
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- Very well, thank you.- Have bought anything?- First item.- You have?
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- Yes.- £7.- Oh, Lord. Last of the big spenders(!)
0:13:02 > 0:13:03- Tim, they have a strategy.- Do they?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06It's always worrying when they have a strategy, isn't it?
0:13:06 > 0:13:09- You know what they are, don't you? - What?- They're PhD Students.- Exactly.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13And one thing you have to really worry about on this programme
0:13:13 > 0:13:17is anybody who has a shard of intelligence, right?
0:13:17 > 0:13:18I'm safe!
0:13:19 > 0:13:23- So modest. Anyway, have a great time.- Thanks, Tim.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27- Am I OK just to have a quick look at the piano?- Yeah, of course. Help yourself.- Great.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28- DEE:- Oh, he's off.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31The problem with pianos, you know, is moving them.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34CURT PLAYS A JAZZ TUNE
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Yes.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51THEY CHEER
0:13:51 > 0:13:55Well, this is turning into a right musical extravaganza,
0:13:55 > 0:13:57but it's shopping we need to do, guys.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59What do you think of mirrors, Mark?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Well, you know, I can't see much in them.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03THEY LAUGH
0:14:03 > 0:14:05- It is tiny.- I've got a big head. - You haven't got a big head.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07I've been told I've got a big head.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09No - I've been told I'm BIG-HEADED.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Oh, no. You look like one of those 1950s air stewardesses.
0:14:12 > 0:14:13Isn't that a good look?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15It's a great look!
0:14:15 > 0:14:17- Would we look like a handsome couple?- We do. - CURT WOLF WHISTLES
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- I say, sir.- Hello.- Hello, what's your name?- Ooh, anything you like.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23- I like it.- It's good, isn't it?
0:14:23 > 0:14:25'Yeah!'
0:14:25 > 0:14:29You know, time is ticking. You do realise that, don't you?
0:14:29 > 0:14:34Yes, time is ticking, Red. Hats down and focus on the task in hand.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Now, how are those PhD boys getting on with their tactics?
0:14:38 > 0:14:41That's £255. That's very large.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44What's going for her, in some ways, is the fact that she's, um...
0:14:44 > 0:14:48- How can I put this modestly? Not wearing very much.- This is true.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50- French, of course.- Of course.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Ooh-la-la.
0:14:52 > 0:14:53We've got 30 minutes left.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57- OK.- Let's have a quick look over here.- Right.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00I spotted this little thing here. I'm not quite sure what it is.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05- Dee, what do you think of this? - What's that inside it?
0:15:05 > 0:15:10It's a little... It looks like a pincushion, but it's not for pins.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12It's a little cushion to hold something,
0:15:12 > 0:15:14and it would be a little piece of jewellery.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18Something of great value, maybe not monetarily,
0:15:18 > 0:15:20but something of importance to you.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22- False teeth or something... - False teeth, yeah!
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Or one gold tooth.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Chicago... Oh, so it's an exhibition piece.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31It's in the French taste. It's a Louis XVI kind of style.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- I do like the bevelled glass on it. - Bevelled, thick glass.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36And the reason for that, of course,
0:15:36 > 0:15:39is so you can admire your piece of jewellery on the inside, there.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- And magnify it. - And slightly magnify it.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44And just give it that extra little bit of oomph,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47because that's crystal, so with a nice bit of light
0:15:47 > 0:15:50or even candlelight or light from a fire, that jewel,
0:15:50 > 0:15:55whatever you have encased within that casket, will just come to life.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56It's a lovely little thing.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59I wouldn't want to pay more than 40 for that. 45, maybe.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04- Well, it is your birthday. You can always use that one.- Hello, sir!
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- Birthday girl!- Is that right?- Yes.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11It's got 65 on this but we've really got to win today.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16- OK, I'll do it for 50 for you. - Can you do 45? Please?- Go on, then.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20Thank you, sir. Deal. Thank you. Is that OK, boys?
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Come back in, come back in, and just tell us what you've done,
0:16:22 > 0:16:26because you go over there, you grab that poor man... I do apologise.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29That's all right. It doesn't happen very often.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30THEY LAUGH
0:16:30 > 0:16:33- Is that OK?- You bought it. You've done the deal.- 45, is that OK?
0:16:33 > 0:16:34- It's fine.- OK.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- Curt?- It did catch my eye when I saw it, so...- Well, you spotted it.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- Yeah, yeah.- I talked about it. You just ran off and bought it.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43There you go. Sorry, is that OK?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Whatever you do is absolutely fine by me.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49I think you can get away with anything here, Dee. You go, girl.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51- The monkeys are quite fun, aren't they?- Yes.- But they're not...
0:16:51 > 0:16:53I don't like the green paint, I have to say.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- You don't like the green paint? - No, I don't.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Don't forget we're focusing on a bit more quality now.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03- You've got your £7 bargain. - We certainly have.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06So we need something which is a bit more antique. Is that right?
0:17:06 > 0:17:10- Absolutely.- We've lost Ian.- That side, just looking at the furniture.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13The worry with Dee is she'll pick something up, quite like it,
0:17:13 > 0:17:16look at it and she's off, and before you know it she's bought it.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19It's like being a kid in a sweet shop. You're like...
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Eyes everywhere. I'll have that. Change your mind. That. No, that one.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24What's that little thing over there?
0:17:24 > 0:17:27- The brass thing? - This little brass...
0:17:27 > 0:17:29I mean, it doesn't look terribly interesting. I think it's missing
0:17:29 > 0:17:31something here.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- I know what it's missing. A pair of scissors.- Yep.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37But this is very much in the Arts and Crafts style.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Mm-hm.
0:17:39 > 0:17:44- And this sort of work is very much like a firm called Benson.- Yep.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47- Is there a maker's mark on it anywhere?- Not as far as I can see.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- This is in brass, is it? - This is in brass and copper.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54And then you take this off, you keep your ball of string in there and
0:17:54 > 0:17:55you feed the string through there,
0:17:55 > 0:17:58so when you need to cut a piece off, you pull out the scissors.
0:17:58 > 0:17:59I quite like it.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02But say the price is 65 now, what do you think it would go for at the auction?
0:18:02 > 0:18:06I would certainly put 40 to 60 on it, 50 to 70.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Ed, you're the negotiator.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13- Go off, don't agree anything... Come back and tell us what he says.- OK.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15All right? Good luck.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19I think it wouldn't be too difficult to maybe find an old
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Victorian pair of scissors.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25- So, er...- You've done the deal, haven't you?- I have.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27I managed to get it for 45.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Now, what part of "don't buy it," Ed, "until you come back and discuss," do you not understand?
0:18:31 > 0:18:33I got caught in the moment. Sorry.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37- I'm shocked. Shocked. - These PhD students, honestly.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38But good news -
0:18:38 > 0:18:42- I got a little pair of scissors thrown in as well for the price. - Oh, gosh. And they're actually
0:18:42 > 0:18:44little Arts and Crafts ones.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48- And do they fit?- They do fit. Quite well.- Well, that's perfect.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52- Are you happy with that?- Oh, yes, very happy. £45, can't complain.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54I reckon that's your medium item.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- So we've got the small and the medium. Now we need...- The large.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- Come on.- Let's do this large thing.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Nice work, Blues. Let's go big.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- Help. We need something big.- Help.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Big and expensive. That's what we like.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09- Come on, something big and meaty, guys.- Hocus-pocus, come on.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Hocus-pocus, hocus-pocus...
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Hocus-pocus?
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Do you think that's going to help? How do you do hocus-pocus, then?
0:19:16 > 0:19:20- It's one-two, one-two...- What's that do? Is it lucky?- Yeah. Witches...
0:19:20 > 0:19:22- Hocus-pocus... When they go to find the children.- Oh, I see.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- And does it work for you?- Yeah.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29Let's recap. You bought the metronome, your cheap item, for...
0:19:29 > 0:19:32- Seven.- Is that Len Goodman? - Oh, sev-en!
0:19:33 > 0:19:38- And you bought the Arts and Crafts string box with scissors...- For 45.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42- For 45.- That's 52 in total. - 52 in total.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45So you need, now, to find an item of - what - £100 or something?
0:19:45 > 0:19:48£100, £150, yeah. And we've got 248 remaining.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50And we've got 248 remaining. Right.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53The strategy is going to plan so far, Blues.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57Are they silver salts there? Four silver salts in a case.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- What would you use them for?- Salt. That's why they're called salts.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02You put them on the table and you...
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- Right, ten minutes to go, you two. - Hocus-pocus, hocus-pocus...
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- Hocus-pocus, hocus-pocus... - Hocus-pocus?
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Is that a cauldron, or a jardiniere? This is getting spooky.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- We haven't got long. - That is big and meaty.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14That is lovely, actually, isn't it?
0:20:14 > 0:20:17I don't think you could have got much more big and meaty.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- Is it heavy as well? - STALLHOLDER: Probably about 30 kilos.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Wow. A big lump of bronze.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- What kind money is that? - 1,500.- 1,500 quid, yeah.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30It's worth 1,500 and I would have it for 1,500. I really would.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I don't think you could magic that price down any further, Reds.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37- 'But have the Blues found their winning potion?'- A tantalus.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39195.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42I could do that for... For £100.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44£100?
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- We're missing two little glasses. - And that closes...
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Oh, you see that?
0:20:49 > 0:20:50I like that. Spring loaded.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52It's a lot of stuff for 100 quid, isn't it?
0:20:52 > 0:20:54- Can you do it for 80 quid? - STALLHOLDER: No.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56- Absolutely not? - Absolutely not.
0:20:56 > 0:21:02And you wouldn't meet us halfway at £90? That'll be exactly... Hmm.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- I'm walking away. - What do you think, Mark?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07I think it's rather fun, isn't it?
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Yeah. You can buy brand-new bottles like that for not too much money.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Well, you'd have to get the right size, but I don't think it's
0:21:13 > 0:21:16a huge problem getting the bottles, to be honest with you.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20That bottle, you're not going to be able to store anything in it anyway, because it has a hole in the bottom.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23- And the top is broken. - That's had a bit of a hard life.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Shall we have a quick look?
0:21:25 > 0:21:28We'll have another little look around, but thank you anyway.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32So if we want, we can have a quick look outside,
0:21:32 > 0:21:34and then we can make a decision,
0:21:34 > 0:21:36because you've got about eight minutes left
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- to decide on the final item.- Yeah.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41- Or you can just say, "I've made my mind up."- What do you think?
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- I'm happy to do a punt for 100 quid on that one.- 100 quid, tantalus?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- Mm-hm.- Let's do it.- Are you sure?
0:21:47 > 0:21:52- Yeah, we will go for it.- Go on, then. Go and grab it. Well done, guys.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- See if we can make any money out of it, though.- 100 quid.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58- Is that all right?- No problem.
0:22:00 > 0:22:05- OK, so can we deal on £100? - Yep, no problem.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07- OK, that sounds good to me. - Cheers.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09And you think we'll make a profit on that?
0:22:09 > 0:22:11You definitely will, yeah. Come back and share it with me.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Nice work, Blues. Job's done. But what are those Reds up to now?
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Five minutes left, and Curt's laying down some more beats.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25HE PLAYS A FAST TUNE
0:22:28 > 0:22:29It's not very loud, though, is it, really?
0:22:29 > 0:22:33- Needs plugging in.- Oh, does it? - Yeah, it's electric.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34Oh, we'll leave him.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- Come on, we'll go hunting. - See you in a bit.- See you in a bit.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Watch the time closely, Reds. The Blues have finished.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Four minutes to go.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49- In my calculations, you've got your small, medium and large.- We have.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53- And you've left me with a heck of a lot of money.- Oh, yes.- We have.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57- What am I going to do with that? - Well, have fun.- I think I will.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- Well done. Shall we go and get a cuppa?- Yes, sounds perfect.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02So whilst the Blues are putting their feet up,
0:23:02 > 0:23:04the Reds need to get a wiggle on.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- We've got two and a half minutes. - Are you joking?
0:23:06 > 0:23:07- You're joking?- No.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- I like that box, though. - Which box?- The '50s box.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- I really like it, you know. - Well, if you want it...
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- Are you going to take a chance? - Come on, let's go and get the box.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16- '50s box.- Go, go, go, go. - Where was it?
0:23:21 > 0:23:24- Come on.- Hocus-pocus!- Hocus-pocus!
0:23:26 > 0:23:29What's the best you could do on it?
0:23:29 > 0:23:32We've got a minute. The best, the best. Birthday girl! The best.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34The birthday girl.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36- STALLHOLDER: 110. - 110?
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- 110. That is the... - Can't do 100, no?
0:23:39 > 0:23:43- No.- 105?- We couldn't. 110.- 110?
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Can I just interrupt a little bit? You've got...30 seconds.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Right, 110. Thank you. Deal. Deal. Thank you.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51- KISSING - Thank you.
0:23:51 > 0:23:57- Ta-da! We've done it! 30 seconds to spare.- Well done. Well done.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00- 30 seconds to spare. That's pretty close.- Thank you.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Oh, 60 minutes have gone in a flash.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Let's check out what the Red team bought, eh?
0:24:10 > 0:24:15Dee snapped up the wooden pillow box for a comfy £20.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20They handed over £45 for the bevelled glass trinket box.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25And it was a sprinter for the finish with this 1950s blanket box,
0:24:25 > 0:24:28which cost them £110.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Blimey. Box-tastic.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- And no kitchen cabinet for you. - Well...
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Denise, what are you like?
0:24:34 > 0:24:37How much did you spend, all told?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39- £175.- Can I have the £125 of leftover lolly, please?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41You may, dear.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- Thank you very much, birthday girl. - Your turn at the bar.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47I can't get over this. OK, £125, David Harper.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50- That's a reasonable amount of money, isn't it?- It's not bad.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54- I could buy plenty of pink 1950s painted kitchen cupboards.- Please.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- Shall I just buy ten of them?- Yes. - Thank you very much.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Only if they'll make a profit, please. Anyway, very good luck.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Meanwhile, we're going to check out what the Blue team bought,
0:25:03 > 0:25:04aren't we?
0:25:04 > 0:25:10A retro metronome was their small buy. At only £7, tickety-boo.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15They tied up £45 in a copper and brass string box.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17And they bought big for the final item,
0:25:17 > 0:25:22lavishing £100 on this Edwardian tantalus.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27I think these boys are quite pleased all round, actually.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30I mean, look at these two faces. Do they look pleased with themselves?
0:25:30 > 0:25:34- I think they do. You're quietly confident, aren't you, Ed?- Yes.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37- I think we did well. We bought small...- We bought medium...
0:25:37 > 0:25:40And we bought large. So we're very happy about that.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- And how much did you spend altogether?- £152.- Did you?
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Can I have £148 of leftover lolly, please? Thank you very much.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Over to you, Mark Stacey. There's a pile of cash there.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52- It is a lot of money, isn't it? - Isn't it?
0:25:52 > 0:25:56I don't know whether to spend small, middle or large.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58- If I were you, I'd spend a lot. - Would I?- Yes.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- The whole lot?- Yeah, blow the whole lot. Buy something spectacular.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Anyway, good luck, Mark, good luck, team.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Meanwhile, we're heading off to Wolverhampton,
0:26:05 > 0:26:08to somewhere that's drop-dead gorgeous.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18Commissioned in the late 1880s by Theodore Mander, a Wolverhampton
0:26:18 > 0:26:22manufacturer, Wightwick manor was designed in the old English style,
0:26:22 > 0:26:27incorporating a mixture of timber framing, stone and brick.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32The Old English style was popular with middle-class families
0:26:32 > 0:26:38like the Manders because it gave you a sense of ancient nobility,
0:26:38 > 0:26:43and therefore some social cachet.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47There's one Old English feature at Wightwick which gives that
0:26:47 > 0:26:51sense of grandness and is something I'm sure you'll warm to.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57The rooms at Wightwick are designed to be 17th-century in feeling,
0:26:57 > 0:26:59with one notable exception.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06The great parlour, designed to give the illusion of a 15th-century hall,
0:27:06 > 0:27:11that has latterly been converted into a late Victorian living room.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Ah, there you are. Do you fancy joining me by the fire?
0:27:17 > 0:27:23They do say that the heart of a home revolves around the hearth.
0:27:23 > 0:27:28Except here at Wightwick, the hearth just happens to be ginormous.
0:27:28 > 0:27:33It's actually an inglenook fireplace, and is appropriate
0:27:33 > 0:27:37if you are building in the Old English style, because
0:27:37 > 0:27:39in the 14th and 15th centuries,
0:27:39 > 0:27:43these inglenooks featured all over the place.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48The inglenook was the place where the favoured few were allowed
0:27:48 > 0:27:51to sit in comfort, because out there,
0:27:51 > 0:27:55in the body of the medieval hall, it would be very cold and draughty,
0:27:55 > 0:28:00whereas in the inglenook, usually with benches or seating,
0:28:00 > 0:28:02you could tuck up and literally toast your toes
0:28:02 > 0:28:05in front of the fire.
0:28:05 > 0:28:10But here at Wightwick, it's not just the size of the hearth that matters.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Wightwick is one of the few houses where the work
0:28:16 > 0:28:19of the late 19th-century designer William Morris
0:28:19 > 0:28:22can still be seen exactly as he intended,
0:28:22 > 0:28:26and Morris's influence is evident in much just more than just
0:28:26 > 0:28:28the fabrics and wallpapers.
0:28:28 > 0:28:33Here in the drawing room, we've got a particularly special fireplace.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36No ordinary thing that was cobbled together
0:28:36 > 0:28:39at the end of the 19th century for this room.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43Oh, no - because this is a period fire surround.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47It's either French or Italian, and it dates back to the 16th century.
0:28:48 > 0:28:53But it displays all the features of an Arts and Crafts fire surround,
0:28:53 > 0:28:58because this has entirely been carved by hand.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00The lintel is interesting.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04Here we've got a central roundel flanked by two characters
0:29:04 > 0:29:07riding hippocampi -
0:29:07 > 0:29:10half horse, half sea creature.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14Having installed this ancient and gracious fire surround
0:29:14 > 0:29:20in 1888 or 1889, they then brought it bang up to date
0:29:20 > 0:29:23by having the cheeks tiled
0:29:23 > 0:29:26next door to the fire basket,
0:29:26 > 0:29:29and the tiling is special because this was done
0:29:29 > 0:29:32by William Morris's friend and collaborator,
0:29:32 > 0:29:35William Frend De Morgan,
0:29:35 > 0:29:39who was a famous Arts and Crafts ceramicist.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42We've got a mixture of tiles here. Two types -
0:29:42 > 0:29:48one very busily painted by hand with a chequerboard,
0:29:48 > 0:29:52each piece of the chequerboard filled with stylised olives
0:29:52 > 0:29:54and foliage.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57And dotted about are signature tiles,
0:29:57 > 0:30:00tiles that are enamelled with amusing creatures.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Typical of William De Morgan.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06All in all, this thing is a treat to behold,
0:30:06 > 0:30:10and I can't tell you how enthusiastic I am about it.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14In fact, it's enough to warm the cockles of your heart.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Of course, the big question today is -
0:30:17 > 0:30:19are the hearts of the bidders,
0:30:19 > 0:30:20over at the auction,
0:30:20 > 0:30:24likely to be warmed by our contestants' lots?
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Today we've come to the heart of Cheshire, to Nantwich,
0:30:31 > 0:30:36to Peter Wilson's saleroom, to be with our auctioneer, Robert Stones.
0:30:36 > 0:30:37- Robert, good morning. - Lovely to see you.
0:30:37 > 0:30:42Curtis and Dee's first item is this rather oddball box.
0:30:42 > 0:30:47I think we've seen lots of things like this in the past. A neck rest.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50It could be Japanese, maybe Chinese, difficult to say.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54It looks fairly recent because if you look at the edges, or corners,
0:30:54 > 0:30:57should I say, there's clear evidence of it being
0:30:57 > 0:31:01manufactured, so it means that it's probably more recent.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05- What's it worth? - 10 to 20.- Is it? £20 paid.
0:31:05 > 0:31:11Next, Denise went with the Chicago exhibition display trinket box.
0:31:11 > 0:31:17- Is that any good?- A very interesting thing. Columbian Exposition,
0:31:17 > 0:31:19it was also known as.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Primarily, they were saying it was to celebrate
0:31:22 > 0:31:25the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus
0:31:25 > 0:31:28- discovering the New World.- Right.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32But actually, there was a great fire in Chicago in 1871,
0:31:32 > 0:31:37and, really, the whole thing was to promote Chicago.
0:31:37 > 0:31:38If it could only speak, Robert,
0:31:38 > 0:31:40it would definitely have a story to tell.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44- I'm sure you're right, yeah. - So what's it worth?- 30 to 40.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47That's not much of a story to tell, is it?
0:31:47 > 0:31:49- £45.- Did they? Is that right?
0:31:49 > 0:31:52- Oh, well. OK.- Denise spent £45 on that.- Yep.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55Now, what about the camphorwood blanket box?
0:31:55 > 0:31:58- That fellow in the front. What's your estimate?- 50 to 80.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02- And our lot paid £110 for it. - Did they?- They did.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05You've put 50 to 80 on. I think you're incredibly brave to do that
0:32:05 > 0:32:07and I don't think they stand a snowflake's chance of getting
0:32:07 > 0:32:10anywhere near £110 - in which case they're going to need
0:32:10 > 0:32:13their bonus buy, so let's go and have a look at it.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16Denise and Curtis, keep your eyes shut,
0:32:16 > 0:32:19because we don't want you to see this until the moment critique.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23Everybody happy? OK, you can open your eyes now, love. Right?
0:32:23 > 0:32:25This is what David 'Arper
0:32:25 > 0:32:28has potentially spent £125 on, but David,
0:32:28 > 0:32:30put them out of their agony.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34There you go. Now then, now then. Talk to me. What do you think?
0:32:34 > 0:32:37- I think you've got a fancy dress box.- I actually like it.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40- I do like it.- It's very vintagey, isn't it?- It is. I do like it.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44It's an early 20th century gentleman's travel trunk.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47The kind of thing that you would take on a steamer,
0:32:47 > 0:32:49or you'd go to New York with across the Atlantic.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53- How much did you spend?- Well, you know how much I had left.- 125.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57- Yes, exactly. £100. Just under the full budget.- OK.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00- I think it's fantastic. - What do you think about it, Curtis?
0:33:00 > 0:33:01I love it.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04It reminds me of those old 1940s movies where they've all got them
0:33:04 > 0:33:09- stacked up at the train station and they're all in the dapper clothes with the big hats.- Alfred Hitchcock.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12- Yes.- They've all got quiffs.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14Well, on that happy note, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks
0:33:14 > 0:33:17about Dave's trunk.
0:33:18 > 0:33:19Right then, Robert.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22You've been on your travels. How do you rate this one?
0:33:22 > 0:33:25Well, I have been on my travels, Tim. When I opened this up,
0:33:25 > 0:33:27I saw this fantastic fitted interior
0:33:27 > 0:33:30with all the original fabric, which is absolutely brilliant.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34But what a shame there is no label on it anywhere to give any
0:33:34 > 0:33:38- form of manufacturer for it, which is such a pity.- OK.
0:33:38 > 0:33:39How much is it worth?
0:33:39 > 0:33:42I'd like to say more but I'd put 40 to 60 on it.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45The lovely David Harper, and he is a speculator - don't we know that -
0:33:45 > 0:33:47- he's paid £100 for it.- He did?
0:33:47 > 0:33:50It's his bonus buy. He's telling the team to go with it.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52I really wish him luck with it because it is a good thing.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56That's it for the Reds. Now for the Blues.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58And what a mixture they've got.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01First up is the plastic-cased metronome.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Big manufacturers of these metronomes.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06They also made the traditional obelisk-shaped wooden ones as well.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Oh, did they? Yah.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10So, you know, this is...
0:34:10 > 0:34:12- But you're really "with it" in the 1960s with this one?- I think so.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16- Groovy.- It is quite trendy, in a way.- Yeah, groovy, man.- Yeah.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18- What's it worth?- 30 to 40. - Brilliant.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22- It is worth that, isn't it?- I think so.- They only paid £7.- £7?
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Yeah, that was cheap enough, wasn't it?
0:34:24 > 0:34:26- In its box, in nearly virgin condition.- Yes, yes.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30- Next up is the brass string box. - Yes.- You like that?
0:34:30 > 0:34:33Well, um...
0:34:33 > 0:34:36There was a manufacturer in London called
0:34:36 > 0:34:41WAS Benson's, and although this isn't marked Benson,
0:34:41 > 0:34:44it jolly well looks as if he did make it,
0:34:44 > 0:34:47and in which case, if it could be proven
0:34:47 > 0:34:50to be Benson, then of course it would be worth quite a bit of money.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53So with all of that flimflam, what's it worth?
0:34:53 > 0:34:57- I'd put 20 to 40 on it.- Would you? They paid £45.- Oh, did they?
0:34:57 > 0:35:00The last lot could do with a bit of a push-on, as far as I'm concerned.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03- The tantalus. Because where's that last bottle gone?- Oh, dear me.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06- Where's the other decanter, Robert? - Yeah, it's a problem, because
0:35:06 > 0:35:10these decanters really do have to have all the bottles,
0:35:10 > 0:35:14- and, essentially, all the bottles in perfect condition.- Yes.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16It's the sort of thing that in reasonable
0:35:16 > 0:35:18condition would be £200 or £300.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22- Yes. Desirable.- Exactly.- But like that, how much?- I'm saying...
0:35:22 > 0:35:24I'm taking the zeros off. I'm saying £20-£30.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27I'm sorry to tell you that Ian paid £100 for that,
0:35:27 > 0:35:28and that will torpedo their chances.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32And they're going to need their bonus buy big-time, so let's go and have a look at it.
0:35:32 > 0:35:39Now, Ed, Ian. you gave Mark Stacey £148. Mega leftover lolly.
0:35:39 > 0:35:44- Mark, what did you spend it on? - Well, Tim, I spent it on this item.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48It's a little coopered barrel, which has been turned into a coal scuttle.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50But have a look on the back.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53- "Made from..." - "..battleships of Britain"!
0:35:53 > 0:35:56Oh, I like it! The historical connection, Mark!
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Well, you did want a historical connection.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02- Advance, Britannia, cause of freedom. - Nelson would be proud!- Indeed!
0:36:02 > 0:36:05And a V for victory as well, which is rather nice.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Well, we like it, yeah.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09What part of the ship did you think it came from? Any ideas?
0:36:09 > 0:36:12Lots of parts, I should imagine.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16- Yes. OK, so how much did you spend on it, Mark?- £40.- Oh, nice!- Ooh!
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- Nice little spend.- Well, that just about sums it up.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23Now, for the audience at home, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Mark's scuttle.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28- Here we go, Robert.- Ah. - A little coal scuttle for you.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32- Mm-hm.- Your favourite, I know. - Yep. Well...
0:36:32 > 0:36:36If you look on the back of it, you can see there's this label,
0:36:36 > 0:36:41and it says, "Made from ships of Britain." In other words,
0:36:41 > 0:36:45it's made from the decking of one of the battleships
0:36:45 > 0:36:49that was perhaps in the First or Second World War, when they were breaking up the fleet.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53This one here's got a label on the back of it but it's such a shame,
0:36:53 > 0:36:56because it doesn't actually give the name of the ship from which it
0:36:56 > 0:37:00came, which would have been really great if that had been the case.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03- So what's it worth? - 30 to 40.- £40 paid.- Right.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05So Mark Stacey, I think, has paid about the right price,
0:37:05 > 0:37:09and by the time you've whipped your audience up, Robert, with your
0:37:09 > 0:37:13usual enthusiasm, quite frankly, anything could happen, right?
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- Thanks very much indeed. That's true, yeah.- Thank you very much.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24- Curtis, Dee - how's it feeling? - A bit nerve-wracking.- Is it?
0:37:24 > 0:37:27I'm all right. I'm really interested to see what we're going to make.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31Well, I know. This is the moment we've all been waiting for, isn't it?
0:37:31 > 0:37:34First up, though, is your neck rest.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Lot number 64, this box
0:37:36 > 0:37:39in the shape of a neck rest.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Do we think it's come out
0:37:41 > 0:37:43- of an opium den?- Ooh! Ooh!
0:37:43 > 0:37:44- That would be interesting.- How much?
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Who'll give me £10 to start it off?
0:37:46 > 0:37:48- £10 is all I want.- Come on!
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- Yes, there we are, come on!- 12, 15.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54- Go on!- 18. Are you sure?
0:37:54 > 0:37:57At £15 only, going to be sold at 15,
0:37:57 > 0:37:58£15.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Minus £5. Sorry about that, kids.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03Now, the trinket box.
0:38:03 > 0:38:04Lot number 65.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06£30 I'm bid for it straightaway.
0:38:06 > 0:38:0732, is there, now?
0:38:07 > 0:38:09We'll go in twos and threes.
0:38:09 > 0:38:1132, is there, now? 32 anywhere now?
0:38:11 > 0:38:13- At 32. 35.- Come on!- 35, 38, 40...
0:38:13 > 0:38:14Yes! He's got it.
0:38:14 > 0:38:1645. 48?
0:38:16 > 0:38:1848. 50's here.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21- Come on!- At £50 with me, at £50.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23All quiet and done at 50.
0:38:23 > 0:38:24Sold at 50.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26- Yes!- Plus five.- Good.- Plus five -
0:38:26 > 0:38:28- that means you're nowhere.- Hurray! - Good.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30No profit, no loss.
0:38:30 > 0:38:3166 is the lot number.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Wonderful thing. 30 straightaway.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35At £30 bid. 35 now. 35.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39- Good.- 40 bid. 45. 45. 50 now. 55.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41At 50 it's here. 55. 60 now. 60 bid.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44- 65. At 60...- Come on!
0:38:44 > 0:38:45You're out at the back.
0:38:45 > 0:38:46Get in again!
0:38:46 > 0:38:50At £60 only, going to be sold at £60 only.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51All quiet at £60.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54- Ooh!- That is minus £50.- Youch.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58And you had nothing before so you're still minus £50.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02Dear, oh dear, oh dear. I'm sorry about your camphorwood chest.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04What are you going to do with the bonus buy, the travel chest?
0:39:04 > 0:39:06- Are you going to go with it? - Yeah, we may as well.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10- Are you going to go with the bonus buy or...?- You've lost anyway.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- Money, that is. - Are you going to do it?- Yes.- Yes.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17Lot number 70, the fitted travel trunk, a lovely thing.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19I've got £40 for it. Straightaway
0:39:19 > 0:39:21at £40 bid. At 40. And five, is there, now?
0:39:21 > 0:39:2345 anywhere now? At £40 I'm bid.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25£45 there. 45. 50 on commission.
0:39:25 > 0:39:2855 now. It's a bargain at this. 55.
0:39:28 > 0:39:2960 on commission.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31- 65, is there, now?- Come on!
0:39:31 > 0:39:33At £60 only. At £60 on commission.
0:39:33 > 0:39:3565. 70 now? Have another go.
0:39:35 > 0:39:3765, the bid's there.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41At £65 only, then, going to be sold at £65...
0:39:41 > 0:39:44- Oh!- £65. 65.
0:39:44 > 0:39:50- Minus £35, which means overall you are minus £85.- Oh!
0:39:50 > 0:39:52- Well, it's all right.- Not so bad if we say it quickly.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56- If you're going to lose, you may as well lose with style.- Well, you're not walking home with any money
0:39:56 > 0:39:59but the way things are looking, that could be a winning score today.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02- You never know.- So don't say a word to the Blues, yes?- OK.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04- Thank you very much, Denise. - Thank you.- Thank you, Curtis.
0:40:04 > 0:40:05Good players.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13So, Ed, Ian, do you know how the Reds got on?
0:40:13 > 0:40:17- I haven't the foggiest.- No.- Good. That's perfect.
0:40:17 > 0:40:22First up is the metronome. Let's see if we can keep in time with this.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24How much did we say for this one? £20 to start it off.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27We'll go in twos and threes. 20 anywhere, now, do I hear?
0:40:27 > 0:40:30At 20 I'm bid straightaway. £20 I have. 22?
0:40:30 > 0:40:3113 up!
0:40:31 > 0:40:3222 you're bid.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34£25 anywhere now?
0:40:34 > 0:40:37£22, then. Bid's there. 22. At £22.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER
0:40:39 > 0:40:40Plus £15.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Lot number 87, £20 I'm bid for it
0:40:43 > 0:40:44straightaway, at £20.
0:40:44 > 0:40:4625, 25. 30, is there, now?
0:40:46 > 0:40:4825, you're bid. At 25.
0:40:48 > 0:40:5030, 35, 40, 45.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52- 45. 50 now.- Yes!
0:40:52 > 0:40:5545, the bid's there. 50. 55.
0:40:55 > 0:40:5750 there. 55 anywhere else?
0:40:57 > 0:40:59At £50, the bid's there, at 50,
0:40:59 > 0:41:01and will be sold at 50...
0:41:01 > 0:41:05£50, and you are plus £5. I love it.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Now, the tantalus. You are £20 up, chaps.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Lot number 88.
0:41:09 > 0:41:10I've got £30 bid for it straightaway.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12That's on commission with me at 35.
0:41:12 > 0:41:1535, 40, yes? 40 bid. 45. 45.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17- 50, now. - Come on.
0:41:17 > 0:41:1850's on commission.
0:41:18 > 0:41:1955 now, your bid.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22At 55. Bid's there at 55.
0:41:22 > 0:41:2355. 60 anywhere else?
0:41:23 > 0:41:25At 55, your bid.
0:41:25 > 0:41:2955 is minus 45. You were plus 20. You're now minus £25.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31- I think we're going to go for it, aren't we?- Yes.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35- Are you going with the coal scuttle? - Yeah.- Definitely.- The die is cast.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37We're going with the hod, and here it comes.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Lot number 92. I have got £30 for it
0:41:40 > 0:41:41straightaway, at £30.
0:41:41 > 0:41:42Oh, it's £30.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44At 30. I'm bid at 30.
0:41:44 > 0:41:45And two, is there, now?
0:41:45 > 0:41:4632 anywhere now, do I hear?
0:41:46 > 0:41:49At 32 I'm bid, at 32. 35, now?
0:41:49 > 0:41:51- Come on. - 35. 35, is there, now?
0:41:51 > 0:41:53At £32, the bid's there.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55- Oh, come on.- Any more takers?
0:41:55 > 0:41:57At 32, the bid's there.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01- £32.- Which means you are minus 33.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05- Minus 33. Now, listen - that could be a winning score.- Who knows?
0:42:05 > 0:42:09Don't say a word to the Reds, and all will be revealed in a moment.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16Well, it has to be said that some days is good days
0:42:16 > 0:42:19and some days is bad days when it comes to profit-making,
0:42:19 > 0:42:21and today is a particularly bad day.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- I mean, like an appalling day.- Oh. - Have you been chatting, you lot?
0:42:25 > 0:42:26ALL: No!
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Well, you know, you've all done particularly badly
0:42:28 > 0:42:31on the profit stakes,
0:42:31 > 0:42:37but one team is incredibly behind the other, and that team is...
0:42:37 > 0:42:39- the Reds.- No! Oh!
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Second the best!
0:42:41 > 0:42:47- You managed a profit of a £5 note on a trinket box.- Yeah!- Yeah.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Apart from that, it wasn't so terribly brilliant, was it?
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- Well, I had a good time.- It was a good laugh.- No, you had a good time.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56- It's been brilliant, hasn't it? - The greatest fun.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58The Blues, however, can't be too smarmy,
0:42:58 > 0:43:01because they're only winning by losing £33.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05- Hey.- Hey. Did you have a good time? - Fantastic, thank you.- Yes, yes.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08I would say to the Blues, go back to university.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11Join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?
0:43:11 > 0:43:12ALL: Yes!
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