Kedleston 13 Bargain Hunt

Today, we're in Derbyshire. Spoilt for choice.

Beautiful grounds, stunning views, loads of stalls. And of course...

ALL: Hi!

..that lot!

Let's go bargain hunting!

# These boots are made for walking

# And that's just what they'll do

# One of these days, these boots are gonna walk all over you. #

Kedleston Hall is an 18th-century mansion house

set in 820 acres of spectacularly muddy grounds.

Still, there's no time to get stuck in the mud today.

Our teams are gearing up cos they've only got £300

and an hour to shop and hopefully dig out those bargains.

Coming up on today's show, the reds find time to get chatted up.

Kiss me!

While the blues don't waste any time.

-Straight up.

-World record! Yes!

So, let's meet our teams.

So, today's red team, we have friends Kerry and Jan.

At least, they're friends at the moment.

And for the blues, we've got Dave and Liz, father and daughter.

Hello, everyone. Lovely to see you.

Now, Kerry, how did you two girls meet?

We met on the first day of uni when we were both a bit

late for the course and we ended up sitting together.

Jan apologised for smelling cos she'd had to run.

-I said, "That's OK cos I smell, too."

-In my credit, we both had to run.

It was quite unfortunate,

so maybe that's why we were drawn to each other.

Because of the smell.

-Whatever it was, it worked cos we're still friends.

-That's a tremendous admission!

So, what do you do for a living?

I'm a secondary-school teacher at a school in Sheffield.

-What's your subject?

-I teach art.

And do you do a bit of modelling for Jan?

Yeah, for Dolly's Delights vintage business.

-I go and do some pictures for her, stuff that she sells.

-Good for you.

-Jan, is that your business, then?

-It is, yes.

-Vintage clothing and home-wear.

-Have you got a little shop, then?

Yes, it's a unit within a larger centre in Sheffield

and I sell from there.

It's quite a good sense of community in there.

So, what got you going in that, then?

My own love of vintage and sort of borderline hoarding.

I couldn't keep it all and that's how it came about,

the opportunity was offered and I accepted

and my house isn't bursting at the seams quite so much now.

I bet you if you asked half the dealers here at the fair how they

started, they will all have started as enthusiastic amateur collectors

who've just got into the business cos they love it so much.

You can't keep it all.

All that experience! Oh, not looking so happy about this.

-We're already worried.

-Liz, you're a student. What are you studying?

I'm in Leeds University, doing fine art. A bit like Kerry.

And what do you hope to do with it at the end of the day?

Eventually, when I get a bit of experience,

hopefully I'll do tattooing,

so I'll get a tattoo shop and do a bit of scribbling on people's skin.

-Seriously? Might you go into the tattoo business?

-Yeah, why not!

-Enough people have done it.

-Quite right, too.

-It says here that you've got very strong political views.

-Yes.

-So are you going to give us the SDP view of...?

-Oh, shush!

When I went to university,

I got very political and I've always been quite like that.

My parents are quite political.

So I just joined the Socialist Worker Party and started from there.

-You've got the angry brigade.

-Yes, angry!

-She is.

-Dave, it says here that you're a man of the cloth.

You've left your dog collar at home today.

-I'm going for the blue team today, not the black team.

-Quite right.

I've been a Church of England minister now for 18 years.

-Have you really? You started as a boy, then!

-Yeah, very young man.

You look so young!

-Thank you.

-That's what I mean. He's been a vic for 18 years.

It's all the creams! LAUGHTER

Yeah! Let's not go there! No. lovely. So, where is your parish?

I serve in two parishes at the moment.

One called St John's Walton, in Chesterfield, but I also

serve in the Crooked Spire, the world famous Crooked Spire of Chesterfield.

-St Mary's.

-That is an amazing spire, that.

-Yeah.

Now, you two blues, what is your tactic today?

How are you going to lash these experienced reds into the ground?

-We're going to spend big.

-Big money.

-And leave our expert just 50p.

-Yeah.

-Is that the plan?

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-That's really Christian of you!

LAUGHTER

Anyway, on that happy note, here's your dough, £300.

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

And very, very, very good luck!

Well, we'll be all right today, won't we?

-Dancing in the mud for the red team, we have Anita Manning.

-And hup!

And for the blues, it's Philip Serrell,

who seems to be having a quiet moment to himself.

Come on, old friend.

OK, girls. The rain's stopped. There's plenty of mud.

What do you want to buy?

Everything!

-Is there a plan?

-Buy big.

-I'm into cheap tat.

-Cheap tat.

-I have expensive tastes, Anita.

I think we're all going to get on great!

-So, £300, buy big.

-And leave you with 50p.

-Leave me with something!

-50p.

That's a cheese sandwich. Come on, let's have a go.

-WHISTLE BLOWS

-And they're off.

I've got a feeling these girls are going to be like kids in a sweet shop.

-Everything's catching my eye.

-Is it?

-Absolutely everything.

-Kerry!

-How funny we're both drawn to the monkey bowl.

-I like the monkey bowl.

-Have a wee look at it. Pick it up.

Oh, it's not as heavy as I thought.

-Now look underneath.

-105. But this could be the big one, out of everything.

Who wanted to buy something expensive?

It's kind of a compromise, maybe. It's not the whole budget.

There's no name on it,

so that's something that you've got to think about.

But it's a smashing thing. It's ugly and we're looking for something which has got

-a wee bit of an edge.

-I'll be kind and say "unusual"!

Nothing wrong with ugly sometimes.

-We might have to have a think, cos that's a lot of money.

-OK.

Always nice to have something to fall back on, though, girls.

Good start.

Now, what's Philip got up his sleeve for the blues?

These are... When your dearly beloved was ashes to ashes...

-Dust to dust...

-There you are, you see.

These would have been just in front of the altar with the coffin resting on them.

In 18 years of ministry, I have never seen anything like this.

-Can you do any movement on your price?

-Come on, for a Father.

-An actual Father.

-Not a blood father...

-260.

So what on earth would you want to do with coffin rests at 260 quid?

Well, I think what you'll do is get a piece of glass cut that wide

and I think they would make just the most fantastic table.

That's cool, yeah.

-But it's like 260 quid.

-What are they going to make in auction?

Well, I think if you're going to have a bad day,

they're going to make between 100 and 150 quid.

On a good day, I can see them making between 250 and 350.

We're early on at the moment.

We could come back if they were 230, maybe.

240 is the very, very best I'll do.

That's the death. Sorry, a bit of a pun there. I didn't quite mean that quite the way it sounded.

Can I ask you to do us a favour?

-Could you keep them for us for an hour?

-Yeah, if you want.

Can't guarantee we'll have them. But hang on to them for an hour for us.

Thank you very much indeed.

So, it's no for the now.

Hold on a minute, Liz.

Hold your horses.

At what sum would you buy those now?

-We've got to leave something. 220.

-220.

-220?

Why don't you go and offer him 220 and we'll take them now?

-Leave it to me.

-Hold on, I'll leave this with the Lord!

Go on, help him out.

Yeah, I think you may just need a bit of extra help there, blues.

Sir, how about 220 and we'll take them now?

-I can't do it. 240 has got to be the bottom line.

-30? Go on!

-I can't.

For a man of the cloth!

No, if I would, I could, but I can't.

-It's got to be there.

-OK. We'll leave them and come back.

-I think so.

-We'll be back.

-Thank you.

-Thanks very much.

He's not budging, blues.

But if it's meant to be, it's meant to be.

-I like this as well.

-What do you like?

-I like the clock.

-Is that Art Deco?

-Mm-hmm.

-Yay!

-It's working.

-It's working?

-Is it a wind-up one as well?

-It is.

It has a pendulum, but I haven't put it on because it has to be level.

-It's dings very prettily.

-Oh, wow! Yeah.

It dings prettily. This is an important fact!

This is a great saleswoman.

-It's got a nice ding.

-It's got a nice ding.

-How much is it?

I've got 125 on it. But absolute best would be 95.

What do you think about that?

-I love the shape. I think that it looks great.

-I really like it.

You really like it. Can you come down to maybe about 70?

No, much too low.

At the absolute, absolute, for you ladies, would be 85.

But it may forfeit the monkey bowl.

We'll have to have a think about him.

-I like the clock. Oh... I like the clock.

-Let's go for the clock.

-There may be more monkeys and unusual things.

-Shake on it, girls?

-Yes, definitely. Thank you.

-I really hope you do well.

Lovely. Thank you.

Great, girls! First item in the bag. But in the meantime,

the blues just can't drag themselves away from those coffin stands.

It's a slight problem now.

Cos we've given ourselves a bit of jeopardy that we're going to

go round thinking we've got to keep 240 quid back for those.

-I know.

-That's true actually. If we buy them now...

-Then at least we know it's done.

-Otherwise, we're going to walk round here...

-And go how much, how much. Let's just go and buy them.

-OK.

-You go. See if you can get 235, 230.

-Smile.

-OK.

Anything. Do better than... All right?

-Go on, off you go.

-That's not hard.

Good luck, Liz. I think you'll need it.

-We'd like to buy them, but...

-I can't.

-Please?

-I can't.

I honestly can't because they're...

I'm more than happy to take them home.

And have either two small glass table tops made for them

or a big one and I will get very good money on that.

-Just five pounds.

-I can't.

-You can't do it.

Oh, what are we going to do?

-We're going to have to do 240. Yeah?

-Go on, then.

-Yeah. We'll do it for 240.

-Lovely.

-Thank you.

Hey! You certainly coughed up on that one, blues.

Only ten minutes in and you've spent £240.

Now, have those red girls found anything strange yet?

-Do you have anything really unusual?

-We've got a chastity belt.

-Oh!

-A chastity belt?

-Yes. A unisex chastity belt.

-Oh! Even better!

I think we've got to see... Are you girls interested in a chastity belt?

-Yes, we'll have a look at it.

-We're going to have a look at it.

We're into things that are just unusual, so that ticks both boxes.

Here you are, girls, a chastity belt...

-With the lock!

-With a lock, uh-huh.

-It's really heavy!

-I think it's unisex.

-How much is it?

-35.

I think... Keep it in mind, girls.

It's fab, but I would have to push you on 35, if I'm honest.

Purely because I just don't know, other than the obvious,

who would buy it.

-Is it a thinker and come back?

-Maybe, yeah.

It's good fun,

probably not good fun for the person that wears it, right enough.

THEY LAUGH

-They managed to get out, that's the main thing.

-They managed to get out.

Absolutely girls! So, with only £60 left,

two items to find plus something for a bonus buy,

those big-spending Blues need to think cheap.

I tell you what, I like those boxes up there.

-Have you seen those?

-I like those, too. I spotted those.

But I think, unless I'm wrong, they are just brand-new.

Yeah, but they LOOK older.

They're wicked, great fun, brand-new.

-Yeah, I make all them.

-You make these?

-Yeah.

-They do smell new, though.

-Yeah.

So, if I was going to buy them,

which is best... this is where we need a bit of inside info here.

-London Candle Co. That's the best one, is it?

-Yeah. Bestseller.

-They're a fiver, you said?

-No.

-I didn't think you did.

-I need to make profit.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

-I'll do one for eight.

-OK.

-Oh, lovely.

-Which do you reckon is best for us to sell?

Perhaps that one?

-That hasn't got a bar on the top.

-No, that one hasn't.

-Anyone with...

-The bars, because they make them into wine boxes.

-Yeah, wine boxes.

-Yeah.

-Anything like that.

-Do you like those?

Yeah, I do. I think I would use them.

So... And they're useful.

-And which do you think...?

-You could put books in them.

-Yeah.

I think this is the best one to go for, he's right, this one.

This is what's ridiculous about this game. We've got a brand-new, boxwood box,

that never existed for any London Candle Company in 1749,

because it didn't exist, but it's a very decorative thing,

which would sit in the kitchen,

-would look great with a bottle of wine on each side.

-Yeah.

-You're selling it to me, Phil.

-I like that.

-Do you like that?

-Do you like that?

-I do.

The point is, the worst that can happen is it'll make a fiver,

-the best, it'll make 10 or 12 quid.

-It's not much of a loss, is it?

-Let's do it.

-I think we might...If you'll pardon the pun.

After we buried ourselves with those things over there,

I think we could be on damage limitation here.

-Oh dear, Phil!

-Let's do it.

-Are you sure you can't get it down a little more.

-Just give me £7.

-Good man!

-OK, we're off!

Gosh, you are fast workers, Blues!

Two down and only 15 minutes in.

Meanwhile, I think the girls have got stuck in the mud.

They just haven't moved!

I'm quite fond of the radio, it caught my eye,

because of the leopard, I think that's quite unusual.

-Very your style, actually.

-Yeah!

-Any sort of details on dates?

-It's a 1959 GEC,

It's one of the very first VHF radios

-and you can use it everyday, because it's good quality sound...

-It still works then?

Oh, absolutely, if you press the left-hand button, it'll make a noise.

Oh! It does.

It does need a bit of tuning in.

THEY LAUGH

Can it be bought for £20?

It couldn't be bought for £20, no.

It could be bought for £32.

And that is why I will never be a rich man.

It's for discounts like that.

-25?

-If you wave £30 at me, you could buy it.

Wee bit of rust along here on the handle.

-I mean, I love it to bits.

-It's Brillo pad character.

Brillo pad character? Well, I think it's got bags of style.

That period is a period that people are interested in.

-Very much so.

-Very fashionable at the moment.

-Rather than, perhaps, the Victorian equivalent.

-That would go in any home,

-whether modern or traditional.

-It's a classic.

-It's a style thing.

-It's a classic.

I think my mind would be made up.

-Yeah, I'll go with that.

-Did you say you'd do it for 30?

I did say 30, yes.

-That's fine.

-Thank you.

-Brilliant.

-I agree. Yes.

Girls, you've made your second buy. What a team!

Well, you girls are certainly in tune with one another!

Two down!

-Oh, wow!

-How much are those?

Really cool.

I thought ministers were supposed to have a modicum of sense about them.

-It's macabre. I deal with death.

-No, no...

-... no, no...

-What's wrong with that?

What is right with that? That's a definite no, no, no.

Unless that gentleman is paying us to take it away, that's a no.

That'll be a no, then, Blues.

Liz, can you see anybody in front of this?

-I could preach at this you know.

-Luckily, Phil couldn't.

Now, I see the girls have found a new friend...

Oh, that's awesome.

Oh look, does it work?

Hello, Kerry.

Kiss me, you fool!

That is ace!

He looks quite old as well, I don't want to break him.

-Oh dear, that's fantastic.

-Hide his modesty!

-I don't know who'd buy him, I like him.

-Wow!

I'm just concerned at how fragile he is,

-that's probably the first thing that comes to mind.

-Yeah.

-Do you know any dates on him?

-'40s, '50s, I would say.

-How much are you wanting?

-I've got £75 on him.

Oh, no, no that's not 75, is it?

-You'll not find another one.

-I know, I know, yeah.

-It's very individual.

-I think Anita is finally lost for words.

-While the Blues, have gone off piste.

-That is cool.

People would put that on their wall. See what I mean?

But we are on a limited budget here. I'm not even going to ask...

there is no price, I'm not even going to ask you the price,

-but we've only got 23 quid.

-Only.

-Lordy, Lordy Lord.

-How much are they?

23 quid.

How much are they?

-I'll do them for 23 quid.

-How much did you want?

-How much were they originally?

-48 quid.

-Do you want them?

-It's quirky.

-Yeah, it's cool.

-They're £23.

-Do you like 23 quid?

-That would leave you with how much?

-30 quid.

-Excellent. OK, let's do it.

-Is that you want?

-Cheers. Thank you very much.

-You're a gentleman. Thank you.

Lordy! That was like the grand slalom of Bargain Hunting!

Three items bought, £270 spent

and only 18 minutes on the clock.

-Wow!

-We did well there, didn't we?

-We did really well.

-Quick though.

-Quick.

-Straight up.

-World record. Yes.

I mean those skis at £23, they can't possibly go wrong, can they?

So while the Blues squelch off to hang up their wellingtons...

Get out of it!

... the Reds are still pondering over their new-found friend.

Buy me, girls. Buy me, girls.

Take me home with you...

If he was a tenner, I'd say...

The girls have said if he was a tenner, they would buy him.

-I bet you they would!

-Yeah, this is it, pushing our luck a bit.

-He's quite fragile...

-Ask him if he'll take 25.

-Go over to him. Go over to him.

-I can't smile!

-Take that with you.

-I'll make HIM ask him.

He can't say no to a little man!

-Excuse me.

-Yeah, it's all right.

-He wants to ask you something.

-Go on, then.

Could you... He wasn't going to whisper!

He's not shy!

THEY LAUGH

-Would you sell me for £25, please?

-I couldn't, seriously I couldn't.

Aw!

He's really upset now!

# Lonely, I am so lonely... #

Meany! # Lonely... #

-£40, that's absolute.

-I don't know...

He's like those dodgy ex-boyfriends,

he's a bit of a liability, nice to look at,

but a possible liability when it comes to auction.

See if you could bring it down another wee bit.

Well, £35.

The market loves unusual items and he's quite unusual.

Well, we did say ugly, didn't we?

-I didn't hear you say that!

-We did say ugly!

Come on, we had a giggle, somebody will probably feel the same.

OK girls. Are you going to buy?

I think we pretty much decided when we came here.

I think it's worth buying, are you coming to the auction, pal?

-Yes.

-Yay! I'm really pleased.

I don't think you'll get much work as ventriloquists, girls,

but another very quick round, though at only 20 minutes.

-Mwah!

-You little charmer!

I feel a little bit left out.

Do you want to kiss me? No!

Now, you teams have shopped so fast

I don't even get to say my time's up line!

-We've definitely got the items to beat the Blues, haven't we?

-Yeah,

we've gone for the unusual, sort of collectable things,

I think we're going to win.

Stylish, edgy... Yeah.

The girls spent £85 on this Art Deco marble mantel clock.

They forked out £30 for this 1950s transistor radio.

And they all fell for the charms of their new little friend

who cost them £35.

Well, this is a jolly tribe, isn't it? All giggles.

-Did you enjoy your shopping?

-Yes.

-Yes. It was great.

Quite speedy, these girls. What about you, Anita?

I had a great time, the girls were fabulous.

You spent how much?

-£150.

-Who's got the £150 of left over lolly.

-Kerry.

-Thank you very much.

I'll pass that straight over to darling Anita,

-what are you going to do with that?

-I'm going to buy a girly thing.

-Oh, cool.

-Oh!

Well, good luck with that and good luck, team.

Now, why don't we check out what the Blue team bought, hey?

The Blues lavished £240 on this pair of brass coffin stands.

Then, got a good discount on the brand spanking new wooden box,

only seven pounds paid.

Finally, they didn't waste any time buying this pair of vintage skis,

oh no, which cost them £23.

Shush!

-Well, well, well, that was fun, wasn't it?

-Very much.

Yeah, what a dad/kid combo!

-Yes!

-Now, yes, Liz, tell us what's your favourite piece, darling?

-I like the skis.

-That's your favourite?

-Yes.

-Are they going to bring the biggest profit?

-Of course.

-Of course.

-Dave, which is your favourite piece?

I think the funeral trestles are really good. Very good.

-Good for trade, though.

-I want them.

£270 spent. Who's got the £30 of leftover lolly?

-That's me.

-That's me.

-What did you expect?

I know, the girls have got the £30.

Well, over it goes to the master.

The master who can take £30 away and make it into £60 just like that.

Thank you so much.

These guys spent 18 minutes buying three items

so I'm going to have to go, because I've got six minutes to buy one. I'll see you.

Good luck Phil, meanwhile, were heading off to Birmingham,

hopefully to pick up an impression or two.

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts is a gem of a gallery,

set within the grounds of Birmingham University.

Inside, this striking Art Deco building

is a collection formed by the Henry Barber Trust

of masterpieces, dating from between the 14th and the 20th centuries.

The sort of quality of works that you might associate, perhaps,

with the National Gallery or even the Wallace collection,

but they're here, in Birmingham and I can't wait to have a look at them.

Lady Barber, founder of the Barber Institute in 1932,

declared that the objects in the collection

should only be of exceptional and outstanding merit.

And here, in the Blue Gallery,

we've got a fair crop of those relating to the Impressionists,

including works by Manet, Monet,

Pissarro and Degas.

The Impressionist movement originated in France,

between the 1860s and the 1880s

as a reaction against traditional art

and its strict rules.

The artists favoured quick, broken brush strokes,

capturing a fleeting moment in time, which gave their paintings

a spontaneous and unfinished appearance,

using brilliant colours.

And some of these techniques, you can see demonstrated

in Manet's enormous portrait of his friend, Carolus-Duran.

A very quick and frenzied way in which that background

has been painted in with a broad brush stroke,

creating the impression of an extensive park.

This is typical of Manet's early work

because the outline of the figure is enclosed by dark lines.

The Impressionists ignited a revolution

with their use of vibrant colour and movement.

Here in the painting created by Monet in 1882

we see one of his techniques in practice.

In increasing liked to paint outdoors, en plein air,

and in this scene entitled the Church at Varengeville in Normandy,

we see a moment captured at sunset.

Monet would set up, up to eight canvasses at the same time

that he would be working on simultaneously,

capturing the atmospheric moments.

Here we can see the isolated Church of Varengeville on a ridge

and all these bright orange flecks, either side of it,

are the sun going down.

No doubt, the next version would have a slightly different effect,

a different impression of that sunset.

This painting is unmistakably by Paul Gauguin.

It's entitled the Bathers at Tahiti

and was painted in his second visit to the island in 1897.

These girls have been surprised by something.

They were taking a nice little bath when somebody came along.

Quite how Paul Gauguin achieved this when he had to have

an easel on which he is painting this painting, I don't know.

One of the interesting things to note is this very,

very coarse canvas which is typical of so many of his decision pictures.

Probably it's just sack cloth from sugar sacks, nailed onto

a stretcher and then roughly daubed with these vibrant colours.

It's rather lovely though, don't you think?

The big question today for our teams over at the auction, what sort of

an impression are they about to make and will they coin in any cash?

Well, we've popped from Derbyshire to Staffordshire

and we've come to Richard Winterton auctioneers

at Lichfield auction centre to be with the boss,

to be with the Richard Winterton himself.

-I'm delighted to have you.

-Well, we're very happy to be here,

-I tell you because this is just a fab place.

-Good.

Now the Red team, Kerry and Jan, they got thoroughly overexcited

and their first item is this geometric Art Deco mantel clock.

-That's pretty handsome, Richard, isn't it?

-Yeah, it looks good.

Part of garniture set, would have had a pair of urns at the side of it.

-A couple of urns, probably with birds on them.

-I'd have thought so.

-I don't think that it matters that it hasn't got its urns.

-Not at all.

-This is the important bit, this is the gutsy thing.

-It's good.

-Is that £150 worth?

-No, I don't think so.

-Oh, not that great then!

-How much?

-I think we're going to be 70, 80-ish, somewhere around there.

They paid 85.

I'm not going anywhere, frankly, with the transistor radio.

There's one thing I'm not so partial to, is that fake cheetah skin stuff.

-They like it.

-Do they?

-They do. 1950s.

-I suppose it is, isn't it?

-They like it.

It has something of the plastic lavatory seat about it for me.

I'm obviously not with it, old fruit. I'm with Art Deco, and not with this stuff.

-All right, give us your best on the transistor?

-I think we'll go 20-30.

Not too strong because they paid 30.

-Steady, as they used to say in Devon.

-20-30 is a good price.

OK, let me manipulate you with this ventriloquist's doll.

-Is that something that appeals?

-Not particularly.

-Oh.

I don't know, watch my lips.

I might be doing that later myself.

How much?

I think the same again, 20-30 and I think that's on the top side of it.

£35 was paid. That's £35.

Watch out. I think this team could well need their bonus buy quite seriously.

Let's go and have a look at it.

-Now, girls, this is exciting, isn't it?

-It is.

What has Anita Manning spent your £150 of leftover lolly on?

OK, Anita, show us your wares, baby.

Oh, wow. It's red, even better.

-Is that a hair slide?

-It's a belt buckle. It's from the 1930s.

It Art Deco and has these lovely, crazy,

red plastic elephants who are meeting together.

-Red, I thought it was absolutely for you, girls.

-Fab, yeah.

-Did you spent all of it on this?

-I paid £25 for it.

-You're so good!

You've got £150 and you didn't spend it all. Wow!

Is that what you would buy for the shop, darling?

I would actually, yeah.

It's always easier if the belt is with it but you can make it

to which ever belt you choose. I love the colour.

It goes perfectly with your shoes.

-Goes with the shoes.

-Exactly, yeah.

It goes with the tops, the lips.

-Anita is one of us girls.

-I know.

It's about the style, the red.

-I'm going to apply to join the team.

-THEY LAUGH

-You could wear the belt.

-You're so good!

If I was a paid-up member! I think it's great.

Really, really good. What would you like to see it make?

I would like to see it making £40.

I think we're all feeling very warm and wonderful about this.

Let's find out what our male auctioneer thinks about it.

OK, Ricardo, over to you. I know how you're fond of plastic jewellery.

-It doesn't do a lot for me, I'm afraid.

-It's not your colour, is it?

-It's not my colour.

-No! It's got elephants on, people love elephants.

It depends what they paid for it, that's the answer for that. It doesn't do a lot for me.

-OK, fine, what's your estimate?

-About 20-ish.

This is a typical Anita item, this. She paid £25.

She's that canny, she's probably on the money with it.

-We'll run with it and see where we go.

-Lovely, that's it for the Reds, now for the Blues

and what a mixture they've got.

Now listen, there's a pair of these jobs

which have been sent from heaven to challenge you.

-Coffin stands, apparently.

-OK.

-Are you with it?

-Yeah.

-Lovely. Do you like them?

Looking at them now, we might have undercooked it just a touch.

-Shove a slab of glass on the top, nice smoky glass.

-OK.

Ram it down to one of those smart places in London which sell

that kind of stuff, isn't there some money here?

There some money but how much money is going to be the next question?

Come up with your best money. What's your best price on that?

Our official one, that's gone in the catalogue is...

MUMBLES: 40-60.

-40-60?

-But I think I've been a bit mean.

-There must be 100 to 150. It's got to be.

-I think we missed one out.

£240 they paid for this.

If you struggle to 120, they are already £120 down the proverbial.

It's 240 when you've had all the work done to get

it into your coffee table to take to London.

I think you are probably right, Richard.

The next item is not going to do much, one way or the other to help them.

This old bit of box that's knocked up here

with a fake stencil on the front. How much is that worth?

15, £20, something like that. They like this sort of thing.

I know it's not very old, I know it's been knocked up,

I know it's got the lettering but to the general public

-it a seller and I can see it making 20 plus.

-That's marvellous.

They only paid £7. If they make £21, they've tripled their money.

That's all day, all long.

Anyway, I feel a bit of a downhill whoosh coming on.

-What about these old-fashioned skis.

-We see a lot of them, we really do.

-What do you do with them?

-They are quite rustic, aren't they?

-Do have many ski bars down town?

-I can't say we do.

-To decorate?

I would find it difficult to where you'd place those.

-It's not in the games room exactly, is it?

-No. 20 to 30.

-Is that where you're at?

-Yeah.

-£23 paid. That's not too bad.

Basically they've got two average performers

-and one disaster here.

-Yeah.

On that basis they are definitely going to need their bonus buy, so let's have a look at it.

-Now, David, Elizabeth, you spent 270 which was magnificent, I have to say.

-Indeed.

You gave the boy 30 smackers to go off with.

Philip Serrell, what did you spend your £30 on?

-I wanted to spend the whole lot.

-A chimney.

-Right, good.

That was all my 30 quid.

I thought, in all seriousness, that's going to make a great planter in the garden, isn't it?

I like that a lot.

It's good, it's got age.

I thought any two people that liked a pair of coffin stands

would definitely go for a chimney.

This is quality. How much do you think?

I hope it'll make between 30 and £50. That's my hope, but who knows.

-You can also use them as fish smokers.

-Really?

By putting some bits of wood at the bottom, a cover on the top,

hanging your fish, wood chips in the bottom, smoking fish.

What happens in Worcestershire is nobody's business, is it, really?

Thank you for sharing that with us, Philip. Great.

-Anyway, we're happy with that, yes?

-Oh, yes.

-You don't pick now, you pick later.

For the audience at home, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Phil's fish smoker.

-Well, there you have it.

-Not a lot to say, it's a chimney pot.

-They put flowers in it, don't they?

-Or they put them on their houses again.

There's a lot of retro salvage, isn't there?

-It's going to make £30.

-Is it?

Yeah, so if you hasn't paid a lot that might give a profit.

He paid £30. Anything over 30 he'll be jumping up and down

and by Gimcrack this team need it, I tell you,

every single penny you can get them.

-No challenge then, Richard.

-Oh.

-Good luck.

-Thank you.

-You'll need it.

-Now, Jan, how are you feeling, darling?

-Terrified.

-What about you, Kerry?

-A little bit nervous,

I'm not quite sure what's going off at the moment.

-All right, grip hard.

-We're hanging on to each other.

The first item is the Art Deco mantel clock and here it comes.

270, the French Art Deco style bracket clock,

-I do have two bids on the book.

-Oh!

-With 50.

5, 60, 5, 70,

5, 80, 90, 100.

A bid at 100. 100 in the room.

100, in the room at 100. You're all finished, then?

Sold at 100.

-Yes! That's marvellous. £100.

-Well done, well done.

Plus £15, what can be nicer than that?

The portable radio there. Circa roundabout 1959.

We do again have commissions on the book with £10.

12, 15, 18...

18, £20.

22, 25, 28, £30.

£30 with me on the book, at £30. £30...

OK, well done. Wiped its face, no loss. That's fine, £30.

Lot 272, the ventriloquist's doll. Where are we going to be?

Nothing on my book at all. Start at £5. £5 to go.

£5 front row, £6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15.

-15, 15 on the front row. 15.

-Oh, it's so much fun.

-All done?

Sold at 15.

No!

£15 is minus 20 which I'm afraid eats up your £15 profit.

You are now minus £5. That is not right. Oh, girls.

We're going to be relying on Anita now.

What are we going to do now, are you going with the red belt?

-We are going to have to do.

-Yeah, I think so.

-You think it's a belter, don't you?

-We have every faith in Anita's taste.

-All right.

-No Pressure.

-No pressure!

276 now, the red elephant belt buckle, circa 1930s.

-There is interest on the book.

-Ah!

2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, £20.

22, 25, £30..

£30 on the front at £30. Everyone else out?

All done? Sold at 30.

-Yes.

-£30.

£30 which is plus £5 which means at the end of the programme

you're nowhere!

THEY LAUGH

You have not made any profit, or any loss.

That's brilliant.

Well, I tell you, not to make losses on Bargain Hunt

-is an achievement and you've just achieved it.

-I'm so proud.

As we all know, having a score of zero, could be a winning score.

-It could be.

-It could be a winning score.

-Let's hope it is.

-It could be a winning score. So don't say a word to the Blues.

-No.

-So, you two. Coffin stands.

-Definitely.

Listen, the investment in these coffin stands is major, right. £240.

-It could be our funeral, though.

-Well it could be.

I mean, that is such a big number, early in the process

because it's the first lot that you offer now.

I have to say, the auctioneer has estimated £40-£60

on your £240 purchase, which is a dirty shame, really.

On the other hand, he's not buying them.

-He has got them on the internet.

-That's true.

-You never know.

OK, first up, your coffin stools and here they come.

292, the folding stands there. Lot 292.

Telephone is up, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 bids.

-Hey?

-In at 170. 170.

180, 190, 200, 210, 220, 230.

-230 with me, telephone.

-One more.

-240.

240, telephone. 240, now. At 240. 250?

-Oh, come on. One more.

-Sold then at 240.

I don't believe it. Wiped its face. 240. Not bad.

Not bad at all.

It's comforting there are other idiots around.

293, portable box.

Nothing on my book. What are we bid, £10, £5? 5 to go.

It doesn't matter where we start, 5, 6, 7, 8,

9, 10, 12, 14, 16.

£16, I'm bid at 16. 16, 18, it's got to go.

£20. 22, 25.

Right there at 25, 25, 25. Sold then at 25.

-£25, I think is plus £18. That's very good.

-Lovely.

Now the skis and poles.

The skis and the polls.

Nothing on my book again. £5. Anyone, £5?

£5, £5. 5, 5 bid. 8, 10,

12, 15.

18, £20, 5, internet coming now. £30 in the room. £30. £30.

-Yes!

-£30...

That's a profit.

£30. 35, £40. Come on, £40.

-Come on.

-Internet, you're out again, you're sitting on the ski slopes.

Come on, £40. In the room, sold at 40.

-Yes.

-Well done, £40 is plus 17.

28 is plus £35. You're £35 up.

-What are we doing?

-Oh, no!

Just be cool about this, OK. You have £35 of profit.

-What do we want to do?

-Let's do it. He's been good.

He's been all right so far. Let's do it.

-We trusted him for those funeral stands.

-Trust in the Lord.

-Let's go for it.

-Definitely.

The good old chimney pot there, £10 I'm bid.

£10, 15, 18, £20, 22, 25.

-25 with me.

-Come on.

-25 I'm bid.

-Here at 25. All done.

-Uh-oh.

Sold then at 25.

-£25 is minus £5.

-He tried.

Slightly tarnished the record there, Philip, but not to worry.

You are nevertheless plus £30. Plus £30 could be a winning score today.

Don't say a word to the Reds and all will be revealed in a moment.

Thank you very much.

How lovely is this? To have a programme with absolutely no losses.

This is such a joy and such charming teams.

Sadly, one of them, though, has to be running up

and the runners up today, by quite a margin, are the Reds.

ALL: Oh!

I'm sorry about this, girls.

The girls lose today by only losing nothing. In fact, they made nothing

and they lost nothing. Did you have a nice time, though?

-We had a great time.

-A brilliant time.

I mean, on another day, doing nothing,

that is making no profit or no loss would be a winning score!

Today, it's not good enough because this team are going home with 30 smackers.

-Yes!

-Yay!

How about that? £30, straight up.

We have got one wiped face, two profits and, like Solomon

doing his judgements, I decided that good enough for some

-Golden Gavels.

-Oh!

-Nearly as good as a profit on each item.

Anyway, darling, there you go, one of those is for you to wear with pride.

-There you go, reverend, one for you to take to the pulpit.

-Tomorrow.

And one for you, Philip, to take to the other place.

THEY LAUGH

No, to add to your collection. We've had a brilliant day.

You're going home with cash, and going home with pins

and the girls are going home covered with honour, which is a lovely.

Join us soon for some more bargain-hunting. Yes?

ALL: Yes!

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