London 30 Bargain Hunt

Today we're in the heart of trendy Notting Hill, at one of the largest,

if not definitely the longest antiques market in the world.

Prepare yourself, Portobello Road, for bargain-hunting!

This historic street is heaving with people

and stalls from end to end, which makes it top Bargain Hunt territory.

So let's have a glimpse as to what's coming up

from jolly old London's W11.

On today's show, we go from the sartorial...

-That's pretty psychedelic.

-Yes.

-I could see you in those.

-I could see myself in those!

..to the slightly smashed.

-There's a crack in the handle.

-A few dents in the top.

Will our teams emerge unscathed?

We'll soon find out. Let's meet them.

Today, we have two teams of gorgeous married couples

and you could say that it's a battle of London transport.

For the Reds, we've got Paul and Sandra and for the Blues,

-we've got Noel and Caroline. Welcome, everybody.

-Hello.

Really lovely to see you. Now, Paul, you're a black cab driver.

-I am, Tim, yes.

-The first element of the London transport theme today.

-And how long have you been a cabbie for?

-Four years now, Tim.

-And how long did it take you to get The Knowledge?

-It took me four years as well, Tim.

-Did it really?

-Yes.

-Gosh, that really is dedication, isn't it?

I must say, I love getting into a black cab and having a natter.

Now, Sandra, you live in London but originally you come from the South of Ireland?

Yes, I do. I come from Dublin and I moved here during the '80s.

-What's your line of work?

-Well, I work for a large building firm.

My job is to ensure customers are happy with their properties.

If they have any problems, they ring me.

So you have to be terribly diplomatic?

Terribly diplomatic, yes.

I think it's all to do with the Irish charm, don't you?

-I don't know. I hope I've got Irish charm.

-Well!

It's that Blarney Stone you've been kissing.

So what do you collect, you two?

Well, we have our Royal Doulton Dickensian characters,

-which we inherited.

-We inherited them from my father,

who was a big Dickens fan. I think there's only about six more to go,

but they're just gathering dust at the moment,

so we really need to get our heads back on and get them collected.

-Good luck with that.

-Thank you.

-I hope you make a whopping profit.

Now, for the Blues, you couple of smilers.

It says here, Noel, that you met your wife underground.

What's that all about? That's a clue.

-Yes, we work on the Underground.

-There we go.

So what do you do with the Underground, Noel?

-I work in the control room on the stations.

-Do you?

Monitors, PAs, that's my job.

-Now that must be quite a complicated job, isn't it?

-Not complicated.

It's funny at times. But it's nice, it's a good job.

Oh, good. And what do you do, Caroline, on the Underground?

-I'm a customer service assistant.

-Are you?

-So I work on the gate line

and I deal with all the questions that get answered.

Yes, so you have to deal with the difficult people.

-Yes, you could say that.

-Caroline, you're a fitness fanatic.

I do love my fitness. My latest was the pole-dancing.

-Pole dancing?!

-Yes, two years of pole-dancing exercise,

-shall we say, Tim?

-Really?

-Yes.

-And do you do this at home then, or in a club?

-No, not in a club.

-Sorry.

-No, in classes it was, initially. I bought my own pole.

-You've got your own pole!

-Yes.

-Where do you keep your pole?

-It's in the sitting room.

-It's not in the bedroom, Tim!

-THEY LAUGH

-You're also a bit of a hoarder.

-Terrible.

-Tell us about that.

-Terrible, terrible, terrible.

I love cooking, and I read a lot of magazines, and in magazines

you find a lot of recipes that tend to catch my eye...

-Do you cut them out?

-I used to, and put them in a nice little folder

and then, somehow along the way, that kind of slipped

-and I ended up just keeping the magazines.

-The whole magazine?

And they end up piling up and now they're a fire hazard in my home.

Do you reckon you two are going to cook up a profit, then?

-We can only try.

-We can only try, we can only try.

Well, for a starter, I'm going to give you £300,

-£300 apiece. There you go.

-Thank you very much.

You know the rules. Your experts await.

-And off you go and very, very good luck.

-Thank you.

Hmm, and our experts are waiting in the wings to help them out.

For the Reds today, it's Jeremy 'Auction or Bust!' Lamond.

And for the Blues, it's Kate 'On the Ball' Bliss.

-OK, Paul, Sandra.

-Jeremy.

-Here we are. What are the tactics today?

Well, we've been talking at length about this

and I'd like to get something quirky and '70s and maybe a bit of gold.

-I think a bit of Irish silver.

-Irish silver?! Sounds very good.

-They seem to be very profitable.

-Yeah?

-What about you, hubby?

Cheap and cheerful, I believe.

Cheap and cheerful, so you're a bit conservative about spending the cash?

-Definitely, yeah.

-OK.

Jeremy, I think this shop here is what we're looking for.

OK, I'll follow you because I'm not really good at women's dresses.

Walk this way!

Sandra, look at the waistcoat.

Blimey! That's a bit much, even for me.

-That's pretty psychedelic.

-Yes.

-Yeah, baby.

-You've got to like it.

I don't think it's antique, though.

That's a kaftan there, isn't it?

I don't think there's anything here for us.

I don't want to waste anybody's time.

Oh, shucks!

I thought we were going to go all psychedelic there for a moment.

OK, Blues, what about you?

I could see you in those.

-I could see myself in those, to be honest!

-We can come back later.

Hmm, fluffy shoes aren't my idea of antique heaven.

Move it on, Blues, eh?

-Boxing gloves?

-I was looking at those.

-Are you sporting?

So we've gone from fluffy shoes to boxing gloves.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, eh, Caroline? I like your style.

I think we need a bit of a sporting sale

-to realise their full potential.

-Yeah.

OK, we've got 45 minutes left. We've had a look at a few things,

but now we really need to up the ante and go for our first one.

What we don't want to do is buy all three in three minutes at the end.

-That would be a real panic.

-Right.

-We'll go for it.

-OK.

Well said, that man.

There's a lot of choice here.

The trick is sorting the wheat from the chaff,

and the sound wheat at that from the cracked wheat.

-Really?

-Here we've got the wonderful Art Nouveau

sinuous vase here with a crimped neck.

This is marked "Aller Vale", Devon pottery,

and it's a typical style of the early 1900s.

And here you can see also a similar thing.

It's typical of these artisan potters that were working

just pre-First World War.

It's a sort of reaction to industrialisation,

the sort of William Morris movement, sort of going back to basics.

The only other basic fact about this

is there's a crack in the handle which won't play well at auction.

No. If you turned it the other way...

If you turn it the other way, yes,

but obviously the buyers aren't blind. They might turn it THAT way.

-Probably!

-And that's the bit they'll see.

But...carrying this one is this one as well.

-It's a two-for-one deal.

-Sure, yes.

-What are the prices on these?

-Hasn't it got a price on it?

It has. 18 and 12, that's £30.

Would you do them for £20 for both?

-No.

-£25?

-Yeah.

-What do you think, Jeremy?

-It's worth a go. We've got to get one.

-25, yeah?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-First one under the belt.

-You all right with that, Sandra?

-Sorry, I...

Don't worry, I'm going to get the next one.

-You've used your knowledge, well done.

-I've used my knowledge, Jeremy.

-First one, first one.

-Thank you, Jeremy.

-Cheers.

So, Paul and Jeremy had that deal

well sewn up, but Sandra's not agreeing.

I think you're a bit of a crackpot, both of you, for buying that.

-Can you hear what she's saying?!

-Two crackpots.

She's got my deaf side, so I didn't hear that at all.

-Come on, let's go.

-Have faith, that will do well.

-OK, let's go.

It will take more than a bit of faith to fix that cracked handle.

What's catching your eyes, Blues?

-Now, you guys, we are nearly halfway through.

-I'm spotting,

it's just that the cost is just way beyond our means!

I know. You've got such good taste.

But we've got to think affordable here. I think we've got to...

And I think we just need to pick the pace up a bit,

we've got it look at more items to try and find something.

-I think we really need to get a first purchase under our belts.

-OK.

-Let's go.

-OK. Let's do it.

Our Blues have yet to buy anything and we're half an hour in.

What do you think of this, you guys? Do you know what this is called?

-No, not at all.

-Well, this is known as Picquot ware.

-Mm-hm.

-It is English.

It was made in England, although the name sounds French, doesn't it?

-And it's very stylish for the time.

-It is, it is.

1950s. And it was made, what they did, they started making

-um, industrial pieces...

-Yeah.

-..with a metal alloy.

And then the factory needed to produce something

with the leftover metal alloy, which is what this special make is.

And they started making tea and coffee sets,

and the sales of them just took off.

You've got proper solid wood handles, probably walnut,

and with this set you've got a tray as well.

-This was pretty buoyant.

-Yeah.

-It's still selling quite well.

I think it's slightly gone off the boil at auction.

Off the boil, tea set, do you see what she did there?

-It's nice.

-How much did he say?

He said he would do 75 for the whole set.

See if I can get him down to 70.

-Well, 65 would be better.

-I was going to say 65.

-Hello, darling.

-It's nice.

-Hello, sir.

-Hi.

-What about 65 on this one?

-Can't do it. 75 quid. That's it.

-Not 70 on it, either, no?

-Sorry.

-72.50, maybe?

-No.

No, no? How about 73?

And I hope you win!

-THEY LAUGH

-£74 just for going on.

-Oh, I love you.

-74?

-Look at that.

Thank you very much. £74, I think, yeah.

What do you think?

Come on. Presented with two pretty faces like that,

how can he fail to budge on his price?

-This is a retail price.

-Yeah.

-I think at auction...

..I would probably put it at £50 to £70.

You might just get a private person, in London, though, who has got

a great retro feel to their apartment and just goes for it.

I think go for it.

-All right.

-I've just bargained him down to 74, come on!

Yeah, you've done your best.

I'm just conscious, we really do need to make a purchase.

-Yeah, I'm liking it.

-Happy?

-Yes.

-So, one down. Well done.

You feeling better now you've got one under your belt?

-Yes, definitely.

-Two to go, I'm not going to let you relax, you know.

-Let's keep the pressure on.

-Quite right, Mrs Bliss.

There's no time to rest up.

Both teams have only 25 minutes left to find two items.

We're running out of time, so we better get our skates on.

You'd come a cropper on skates in this crowd, Jeremy!

Best tread carefully. Carefully but quickly.

-You like that, do you, Caroline?

-Yeah, come on, we work for TFL.

This is right up your street, isn't it?

Looks like the back end of a bus to me.

Not you, Caroline.

I have to tell you that, at auction,

it looks great, it's a great bit of fun.

But if you were to put that into auction, you have got...

-..a very modern toy that's trying to look old.

-Mm.

-OK?

These stickers are actually,

you can probably tell if you look closely, they're just photocopied

and stuck on. So that is not going to make very much, I'm afraid.

If we got that for 15, if we can't find nothing

I'll come back for that and get it for 15.

-OK. The lady has spoken.

-Yeah, why not?

Sandra made a bit of a fuss about the boys' cracked pots earlier,

so what has she found here?

-I really like that.

-OK.

Here we have a Japanese cloisonne...

pot here. Probably for sake or wine.

-It's got its lid. The only...

-How old did you say?

-It's about 1,900, 1920.

-Yeah.

The only problem that I can see, apart from a nick at the bottom

of the handle, this is a bit loose and it needs putting back together.

It's had a pretty big bash at the top.

So it's another cracked pot!

-If we're happy with the price...

-The lid's broken.

And Sandra really likes it, then we should go for it.

Japanese is not up in the market at the moment,

that's the only other problem.

-But you like it, Sandra, and we're against old Father Time.

-OK.

-What do you think, Paul?

-We've got to go for something.

-From one cracked pot to another.

-Go for it.

-Right, let's do this.

-We're buying cracked pots today, aren't we?

-Yes.

And we all know how well damaged goods do at auction(!)

-How much is this, please?

-45.

-That's a little bit damaged here.

-Yeah. The best is 40.

-Shall we just go for this?

-Go for that.

-Let's go for that.

-We'll go for that.

-We like it?

-Yes.

Right, that's two down, Reds, but less than 15 minutes to go,

and the Blues still have two items to find.

-How are you feeling?

-I think I'm getting to that panicky stage now.

-OK. Under pressure?

-Definitely.

OK. Well, we've got roughly 15 minutes.

This is the stage where we have to pull something out of the bag.

All right?

Now, my feeling is, cos we're so short of time, we should maybe buy

two items from the same stall and try and do a deal on two.

-OK...

-I'm going to take you to a stall just round the corner.

-There's quite a lot of quirky things. We can have a look.

-OK.

-OK.

What do you think of a scent bottle, Caroline?

Can you see that on the end, the cut glass one, just on the end?

-Yeah.

-That's nice.

-Do you like that?

-Yeah, I do.

That's going to be more the sort of price range you're looking at.

It's quite a nice decorative scent bottle,

cut glass with a nice star-cut base.

Probably Victorian Edwardian, I would say.

Looking at that embossed decoration on the top, I would say probably

very early part of the 20th century,

but we've got a hallmark here.

Which is nice, which tells me it's Birmingham and it is, yes,

very early 20th century, so somewhere around 1910.

Should've had a little stopper in there, so that's missing,

but other than that, a few dents in the top...

Oh, well. Damaged goods seem to be all the rage today!

Stallholder said £45,

-so pretty affordable considering what we've got.

-Yes.

Should we hold on to that and maybe look for something else

-but we can do a deal on the two?

-Yes, yeah.

With minutes to go, the Reds have gone all arty.

What about that?

OK, so what we have here is...

Persian 20th century. It is hand-painted and look at the detail.

-It's really pretty.

-How much is this?

-£80.

-£80?

-Yes.

-I know it's not the oldest thing in the world...

-No.

-..but if you had to go and replace it...

-Mm-hm?

-..you'd have to go to Iran, wouldn't you?

-You would.

-And it's signed. Signed.

-Signed as well.

-Signed as well, here.

It's a particularly unusual design and look at this beautiful,

rich, midnight blue border here.

Can we just have a closer look at the vase, darling, please?

It's certainly Continental porcelain, European.

Very much in the 18th-century style, the Rococo movement.

And very much using colours that were used at the Sevres factory

in the 18th century.

But this is a late 19th, early 20th-century piece, OK?

So it's of that style but later.

-What you've got here is actually printed rather than painted.

-Right.

So on a top quality period piece this would all be hand-painted

-by the leading painter at the factory.

-OK, yes.

But this, because this is a later, less quality piece, it's printed.

So, a really decorative piece.

-It's a real eyeful, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-It's got a lot going for it.

-He said 165 for the two.

-With the scent bottle?

-With the scent bottle.

So I make that £45 for the scent bottle and £120 for the vase.

-The decorative marking is not that strong at the moment.

-OK.

So my feeling would be you're looking at probably

£70-£100 as an estimate. But, hey, I could be wrong.

You might have somebody in the auction room who falls in love with it and it makes...

-strong money.

-OK.

How do you feel about this, Noel? You're very quiet.

It's pretty. Nothing that I'd buy, but it's pretty.

Well, talking of pretty, your 60 minutes are pretty well up.

And it's decision time, team.

-I'm 100% sure on that one. I like that.

-Is it a wrap?

-Have we got number three?

-We have. We've got number three.

-Yes.

-I can think of another reason why you liked it...

-Er...

-..it's not a cracked pot.

-It's not a cracked pot.

-We have very little time.

-We have, Kate.

-What's the decision?

-Well...

I'm happy with it, Kate.

If Noel has his go on that, he likes that,

he's putting his head on that, and that could be your one.

-If that's what you want to do.

-I think so.

-Yes?

-I'm good with that.

-OK.

-Happy?

-Yes, we're happy.

-Let's do it.

-We're happy.

Well, talk about brinkmanship,

you were almost pipped to the Portobello post there, Blues.

Crikey Moses, is it busy here or what? Anyway, that's time up.

So, let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought.

The Reds started off with a matching Art Nouveau vase and bowl set,

with a little bit of damage, for £25.

They carried on the theme with a slightly bashed cloisonne pot

for £40.

Their final purchase was a brand-new Persian picture for £80.

Now, tell me, Sandra, did you have a lovely time shopping?

-Absolutely. The quickest hour ever.

-Which is your favourite piece, doll?

-Our teapot.

-Your teapot is your personal favourite?

-Do you agree with that, Paul?

-Not necessarily, Tim.

-I'm afraid I'm going to disagree with the missus here.

-Yes.

-Dangerous.

-I liked the actual painting, the Persian painting.

That's your favourite. And what did you spend overall?

-145.

-You spent 145?

So I'd like £155 of leftover lolly, please.

That would be the 155, would it? I trust you. I won't even count it.

Straight over to you, Jeremy.

So you've got quite a tidy lump there, haven't you?

What I'm going to do, Tim,

is see if I can find a market somewhere near here...

-Yes.

-..to spend it in.

-Wow.

-Well, funnily enough we just happen to have one.

Good luck with that.

Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blue team bought, eh?

The Blues kicked off with a Picquot ware tea service for a precise £74.

Then at the last moment they bought a French style vase for £120

and an Edwardian scent bottle for a further 45 notes.

-Well, well, well. That was good, wasn't it?

-Yes, it was.

I do like a whopping spend. What was your total spend again, Noel?

-239.

-That's a good amount, that, a mature amount of money to spend.

-Who's got the £61 of leftover lolly?

-I do.

-You've got it, Caroline?

Thank you. I particularly like the blue nails there.

-Which is your favourite piece?

-I love the vase.

-The vase?

-That's your personal favourite?

-Yes, yes.

-Do you agree, Noel?

Hmm, no. Perfume bottle, that's my favourite.

OK. Is that going to bring the biggest profit?

-I reckon the tea set.

-The tea set?

-Tea set.

-Hmmm.

And I believe it's going to be the perfume bottle.

We're all over the shop with your family today, aren't we?

Which is lovely. Anyway, here we go, Kate Bliss.

-Lovely, lovely.

-A blissful amount of money for Kate Bliss.

What will you do with it, Kate?

I do have a little something up here.

-I shall go and see if it's still there, I think.

-Oh, right, OK.

That's exciting. Very good luck with that.

Anyway, we're off to Surrey, almost at the stockbroker belt.

Clandon Park in Surrey is a treasure trove of interesting curios

and artefacts.

It's been in the hands of the National Trust since 1956

and is also the home to one of the finest

private collections of antiques anywhere in the country.

In 1968, a bequest was made to the National Trust

by a Mrs Hannah Gubbay, who asked that her fine

18th-century furniture, textiles and porcelain should not

be dispersed, but housed and displayed together

as a single collection.

A wealthy lady living in London, Mrs Gubbay was a widow for 40 years.

She acquired most of her pieces in the 1920s and '30s.

And here in the state bedroom,

75% of the furniture on display once belonged to Mrs Gubbay.

Her tastes in furniture were eclectic but refined.

From the 17th century, we have this William and Mary side table.

And next door to that, an exquisite,

tiny, tiny, green japanned bureau bookcase.

Extremely rare. But it's not my favourite piece.

Just have a look at this.

This piece is truly extraordinary.

You've got to stand square

and a little bit back to understand what's going on here design-wise.

Because what we've got really are three pagodas.

You've got this central pagoda with its rising, Chinoiserie,

Chinese lookalike roof, and then a pagoda on either side.

Two more shaped roofs. Each are made up of three sections.

The sections have a cupboard door

and the cupboard doors are veneered with Chinamen.

The whole idea of this piece of furniture,

with all these elaborate elements,

is to allow a very posh woman to sit at it and do her make-up.

Now, because this piece of furniture is probably by Thomas Chippendale

and dates from the 1770s,

it is beautifully made and intriguingly designed.

For example, there is no obvious way of getting into that cupboard.

But a secret button on the side, which if I depress it,

ping, it comes open to reveal a compartment.

The lower part is a beautifully fitted drawer.

And all these compartments would have been fitted with porcelain

or silver dishes to contain more and more war paint.

And where did Mrs Gubbay find it? In America.

And she bought it to repatriate it to this country

to add to her private collection.

The big question today is, of course,

are our teams over at the auction going to be able to carve a profit

out of their private collection?

Well, we've stayed in London for the auction.

Criterion Auctions Wandsworth is where we're at

-and Addison Gelpy is our auctioneer. Addison.

-Hi, Tim.

-Splendido to be here.

-Welcome, welcome, welcome.

Anyway, Aller Vale, how are you on selling West Country pottery

-in these auctions?

-We can, we do sell them.

They do come up regularly, not huge money, though, unfortunately.

I have had to put a very attractive price to suck the punters in

-to go for them.

-What's your sucking in price?

-20-£40.

-Well, that's not too bad, £25, they paid.

-That's OK.

It's got a good chance, then.

Next up is their Japanese cloisonne, slightly crushed sake pot.

I hope you're not going to be too "sarky" about this.

I'm going to have to be a little bit sarky about it,

unfortunately, cos it's a cloissone and people like it

in mint condition and because the handle's been a bit crushed,

the enamel's gone a bit funny,

I've had to put an attractive price of 30-60

and that's a bit hopeful, unfortunately.

What does "That's a bit hopeful" mean?

Does that mean really what you'd like to put on it is 10-£20?

-Yes.

-Right.

-Because they paid 40.

-Oh, dear.

-We'll see what happens. You never know.

-Well, quite.

Anyway, next up is the modern Persian picture.

It's got a nice little mosaic, Moorish sort of influence on it

very bright, very decorative, we'll see how it goes.

-It was probably painted in about 1980, don't you think?

-Maybe...

-20, 30...

-Maybe 1979, 1980, circa.

-But not very old?

-No.

-No. But decorative.

-What did they pay?

-Never you mind about that. What's your estimate?

-Cunning.

-You're a good salesman!

No, 40 to 80 on it, a nice wide estimate. It's a decorative thing.

-It may do OK.

-They paid 80.

-Ooh...

Which is quite a long way up there, isn't it?

-OK.

-I make it that we've got two steep uphill struggles here,

in which case they'll need their bonus buy,

so let's go and have a look at it!

-Now, Sandra, Paul. Are you excited about this?

-Absolutely.

You gave Jeremy £155. Jeremy, what did you spend 155 on?

Well, Tim, as usual I've gone potty.

Here we have a Japanese ginger jar, I suppose you could call it.

About 1,900 in date. It's signed in hand enamel.

We all know that the Chinese market is on fire at the moment

but the Japanese market is catching up. You gave me £155.

-Did you expect me to spend it all?

-Well, I hope not.

-Not all of it anyway, but...

-So you don't like it?

No, it's OK, but I don't know if it's worth 150-odd pounds.

What would you say?

-60?

-Bang on. He's a valuer.

-Wow.

-Well done.

-You got it. Spot on.

What do you think, Sandra?

I love it. I think... I love pottery.

-Could you live with that?

-Tell you what,

take it, because I know it's a bit fragile.

I'll take the top off like that.

I always think if you hold something, Jay, don't you think,

-you've got to get the kind of...

-You've got to feel it.

-Yeah.

Of course you may not need to do a scrap at that moment.

But if you do, it's nice to know all the detail behind it.

But right now, for the audience at home,

let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Jeremy's pot.

What about that for a gorgeous colour? That's green, isn't it?

Very green indeed. It's a nice ginger jar. It's Japanese.

Turn of the century, I would say.

And it's in good condition, no cracks or anything. Hand-painted.

We'll put about 50 to 100 on it. We'll see what we do.

-Jeremy paid 60.

-It's got a good chance.

-And he rates it.

I think it's a really good thing. Anyway, there we go.

There's some hope there. That's it for the Reds. Now for the Blues.

-A weird old mixture over here from Kate Bliss.

-Yes.

First up, the Picquot ware tea service. Any good?

Um, retro is in now and this is very retro.

It's got nice walnut handles there.

It's all there, ready to go.

I haven't put huge money on it, about 40 to 80, nice wide estimate.

Hoping we can get a bit of interest in it, but it's not going to make...

-I can't see it making top end of estimate.

-Your estimate's 40 to 80.

They paid £74. Just depends on who's here.

Now, the two-handled vase,

which I have to say is my all-time worst object.

Continental porcelain, transfer printed,

-imported by the

-bucket-load. Yeah. I can't see it doing very well.

-I've put a very low estimate on there at...

-Be brave!

-20-40 and I'm hopeful that...

-Even at 20-40 you're hopeful?

Our Caroline went into complete overdrive for this.

She seriously loved it. You can't believe this, £120.

OK. I... I, um...

I am sure that, if she makes that,

I will be buying everybody drinks here tonight.

It's a monster price to pay, isn't it?

If you were at the dealer that went off with £120,

you'd be very happy, wouldn't you?

You'd go home to your missus and say you had a really good day at Portobello. Ha!

Anyway, next up is the silver-topped perfume bottle.

OK. It's Birmingham 1,900, the mark there.

It's in fairly good condition.

Yeah, I think it could do quite well.

I've put an estimate of...

20 to 40 on it, because we do get a lot of it

-and hopefully it'll make top end.

-OK. £45 is what it needs to make.

But that's nothing in relation to the monster loss

on the two-handled vase.

And they're definitely going to need their bonus buy,

-so let's go have a look at it.

-Let's have a look.

-Noel, Caroline, this is exciting, isn't it?

-It is indeed.

What did your girl spend the £61 on? Kate Bliss, show us your wares.

Well, just before I reveal,

I ought to say that I was quite bossy on the shop

-with Caroline and Noel.

-No(!)

And, in fact, Caroline fell in love with a pretty hideous

-London bus model.

-Oh, yeah!

-So I tried to make up for it.

-Oh, no.

-It was pretty hideous, wasn't it?

-It was.

-It was.

So I have bought you a little matchbox. No, I haven't.

I've bought you a little...

Awww!

-..London tram trolley.

-Oh, that's excellent.

-A trolley bus.

-Oh, I do like that.

-That's nice.

-This, I would say, is early '60s.

-This actual piece.

-That is nice.

So, go on. How much did you spend on it, Kate?

Well, it's in good nick, it's got its box.

-I spent £15.

-Oh!

-With the box.

-That's not bad.

-Reckon a profit?

-Not bad at all.

Well, do you know, if the right person's here, there might be

-a little profit there, I think.

-That's a good old buy, that was.

Well, this is going to be London Underground versus the tram service.

Anyway, perfect.

Meanwhile, for the audience at home

let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Kate's tram.

Well, there we go. Take you back to your childhood.

I like it. Nice double-tiered tram.

It's not in play-worn condition, is it?

I know the top is detached, which it shouldn't be.

But the paintwork's pretty crisp. What's your estimate, Addison?

I put 25 to 40 on it.

I think it's attractive and could get some interest on the net.

I think you'll get a hug from Kate for that, she only paid £15.

-Lovely.

-Fingers crossed.

-We'll cross everything.

-You taking the sale today?

-I am. And I'll sell hard for your teams

and hopefully we make them a profit.

-That's the attitude. Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

-Thanks.

Now, Sandra, Paul.

-Mm-hm.

-Are you feeling OK?

-Yes, feeling very confident.

-Are you?

-A little.

-Well, not so very then.

WEAKLY: Yeah.

I'm glad you are. Because I'm not. I'm not that confident!

-If people like pots, then we're in luck.

-Yes, quite. Here we go.

Now, here come the West Country pots.

Aller Vale Art Nouveau three-handled vase

and matching crimped bowl.

Nice Torquay pottery all the way up from the West Country now, folks.

Lovely little bit of blue and white in clean, clean condition.

I've got interest here at ten and 12 and £15 with me.

Any advance on 15?

-Bit more.

-20. 22. One more takes it, sir.

-One more.

At £22 here, any advance on 22? Still with me at 22.

-One more, we'll take it.

-One more, please.

25 now, I'm out in the room. New buyer at £25.

Selling then at 25.

-£25, lovely. That's what we like.

-Good start.

So, will the same turn out to be

-the case on the enamel pot? Here comes the cloisonne.

-OK.

Lot 85 is a Japanese Meiji cloisonne enamel teapot and cover.

Slightly AF, as described on the handle, but a pretty thing,

ready to go, sake sort of pot.

I've got interest here at 18 and 20 and two.

-Thought he said 80!

-So did I.

-In the room now at £30, any advance on 30?

Any advance on 30? Any advance on 30?

-I'm going to sell.

-Please...

-At £30, then...

Quite close, you know, £30 is only minus ten. That is bad luck.

This is...

-TIM WINCES

-..this is the one now.

Lot 86 is a very pretty modern Persian picture in a Kitani frame.

Very Moorish influence. Over in the back there, thanks very much, sir.

And interest with me at 22, 25. On commission at 25 here.

Any advance on 25? Surely worth a little bit more than that, folks.

Any advance on 25, can I have 28 from somebody, please?

At £25 then, selling to commission at 25.

Internet, are you around? Sold.

25. That's five off 30 which is £55,

minus 55 plus the ten.

-Overall then you're minus 65 smacks.

-Oh!

-Might as well go with the ginger jar.

-We will.

-You're going to go with the ginger?

-Absolutely, yes.

-We've got faith in Jeremy here.

-OK. Here we go.

Very beautifully painted green enamel porcelain ginger jar

and cover.

Circa 1920.

Thank you very much. I've got interest here at 35, 40 and five.

-With me at 45.

-Come on.

-With me at 45,

surely worth a little bit more.

Multitude of bids, I must start at 45 but one more will take it.

Do we have 50? With me at 45.

I'm going to sell at £45, fair and final warning at 45.

-I don't believe it.

-£45.

Bad luck, Jay, that's minus 65, 70...

-Well, you might as well round it up to £80.

-I was looking for 100.

-Minus £80.

-Oh, well.

-Oh, dear.

-Not to worry.

The big question today - will it be a winning score?

-So don't say a word to the Blues, all right?

-We won't.

-Not a scrap.

-Bad luck.

-Never mind.

-Do you know how the Reds got on?

-No.

-Not at all.

You don't want to know, I tell you!

We mustn't prejudge anything.

First up is going to be your Picquot ware tea set and here it comes.

1950s Picquot ware tea service on matching tray

with walnut handles, smart, ready to go, very retro.

And I've got interest here at 15, 20 and five with me.

Any advance on 25? Do we have 30?

Do we have 30? I've got 25 with me.

Surely worth a little bit more. With me at 25, and 30 now.

Any advance on 30? In the room now at 30. And back to me at 35.

Any advance on 35?

Any advance on 35? Selling then at £35 to commission, at 35.

Oh, no, that's minus 39. We thought that was going to do better.

Dear, oh, dear. Now,

stand by then, here comes the two-handled porcelain vase.

Porcelain two-handled vase and cover in the rococo style,

having decorative panels and figures in landscape on turquoise blue

-ground, with pink and gilt handles.

-He's doing his best, isn't he?

Well described, I love that.

-And I have a little bit of interest here.

-A little bit of interest.

25, 28 on a maiden bid of 28. Do we have £30, surely, somewhere?

-28?!

-Could be 50, eh? At 28. £30 to get me going,

but I'm going to sell it at 28, cheeky bid at £28.

Selling then on the maiden bid of £28.

-Oh, no!

-Oh, dear, Caroline, £28.

Is that... It is, it's minus 92. Minus 92's a hit!

Now, moving on, to your perfume bottle. Here it is.

Interest already with me all over the place at 25, 28 and 30.

With me at 30 on commission.

I've got to start the bidding here at 30, any advance on 30?

-Should have started at that.

-35, someone.

-Got to start and finish at 30.

-Anyone.

£30, thank you very much.

-Sold.

-Oh, no, £30 is minus 15.

This is coming fast and furious, 131, 141, 146...

-146. 146.

-Ouch!

-Oh, guys.

-And you spent 239. 146.

146 down the old, down the old underground!

Anyway, listen, what are we going to do about the modern tram?

-Are you going with the bonus buy?

-Oh, God, yeah.

-Get the credit back, if we possibly can?

-Sure?

-100%, Kate.

-We're going with Kate's bonus buy. Paid 15.

So if he's right you'll double your money again, so here we go.

..model tram car.

London Transport in original box, and I have interest here at 15,

18 and 20 with me.

Any advance on 20? Going to start the bidding at 20.

Surely worth more than that.

It's going to sell on the maiden bid of £20.

- More than that. - Internet, where are you?

And £20 here. 22 I'll take.

£20 it is then, selling at 20.

£20, a profit's a profit, plus £5...

-Well done, Kate. See?

-..which reduces, overall, to £141.

£141. Unfortunately it's a minus score in front of that.

But you never know, minus £141 could be a winning score today.

-Could be!

-It could be! That's the point.

Well, well, well, have we been communicating, the Reds

-and the Blues?

-Oh, no.

-Not at all?

Well, frankly, you've not got a lot to communicate about

because today has been an all-round complete disaster.

And it's simply a question of scale today when it comes to losses,

and the team that have got the whopping loss

of all whopping losses are, of course, the Blues.

-Ah!

-Ah!

£141 worth of losses.

-Ssh!

-All right, Kate. (£141 worth of losses!)

I'm not going to detail exactly what the losses were. There's no point.

-Have you had a good time?

-I've enjoyed every minute of it.

You've been very, very sporting about this

and taken it on the chin and I admire you for that.

Cos it could've gone the other way, couldn't it? Bad luck.

But we've loved having you on the show.

The victors today, though, who win by only losing £80, are the Reds.

Well done, Reds. Pretty good, isn't it? Anyway, you had a good time?

-Great time, Tim.

-Great day.

-Good for you, Sandra.

We've loved having you.

-Anyway, join us soon for some more bargain hunting. Yes?

-Yes!