Newark 3 Bargain Hunt

Today, we're at the Newark Antiques Fair in Nottinghamshire,

the largest in Europe. It is massive.

So, no mucking about, let's go bargain hunting. Yeah.

4,000 stalls, 84 acres, two experts,

two teams, coupled with 60 minutes of bliss shopping.

This is an endurance race. But will our teams turn up any decent items?

Stay tuned to find out.

Our expert desperately tries to keep the Reds under control.

Don't start looking at anything else.

While the other is run into the ground by the Blues.

-Steady.

-Steady.

-Steady.

-Poor old boy.

Let's get out of the cold and meet the teams.

So on the Red team today, we have partners Fran and Pete

and for the Blues, Lindsay and Hannah, a mother and daughter combo.

The big question is which is the mother and which is the daughter?

-Hello, everyone.

-BOTH: Hello.

Lovely to see you. So, Fran, what sort of job of work do you have?

I'm a customer service agent for a well-known DIY company

and I absolutely love my job.

My family have always said I'm in the best job.

You don't stop talking for eight hours a day.

It says here you're frightfully keen on swimming

-but you don't like the sea.

-I love swimming.

I can swim, well, about five miles, done all my badges, everything,

but I always said I would drown in a boating lake

because I'm absolutely petrified of being in the same vicinity as fish.

Oh, right.

If I was to put my toe in the sea I could probably go up to my shin

and if I see a bit of seaweed, anything, I scream and I'm out.

Did something happen to you as a child in the water?

Yeah, yeah, I was showing off.

I had a face mask on, so I swam underwater

-and I came face to face with a pike.

-Really?

I was out of that water, out, dressed and ran up the road.

-Put you right off?

-Oh, yes.

-Now Pete, you're an electrician.

-Yes.

What do you do in your spare time?

I coach football. I'm a qualified football coach

and I work for at the moment a semi-pro team called Woodford United.

-What about collections?

-Vinyl records, that's my passion.

So how many records have you got?

-Roughly about at the moment about 14,500.

-You never have?

-Yes, yes.

-14,500?

-Yes, I have.

-Where do you keep them all?

-In storage, in my house.

-I mean, 14,000 records is a lot of records.

-Yes.

-Dear, oh dear. So what are your tactics going to be today?

-Not buy records, I hope.

-I'm not allowed.

-You're not allowed.

-I'm not allowed to.

-What are your tactics then?

Our goal today is if we make a pound profit on everything,

-we get the golden gavel. That's our goal today.

-That is perfectly true.

Not a lot of money, just want a golden gavel.

All right, fine, that's your strategy.

I wish you very, very good luck with that. Now, Lindsay, hi, darling.

What sort of job of work do you have?

I work in a local Church of England secondary school

and I think it's the best job in the school

because all I do, all day, every day, is organise their school trips.

Where do they go, these kiddiewinks?

They go down the road and then as far afield as Australia

and the Far East, which I have helped to organise

but the best one I've been on is to Hawaii and San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Somehow the school pays you to go to Hawaii and San Francisco?

It was fab, to look at a volcano.

Get away. That's a jammy do, isn't it?

-It was very jammy.

-Well, how lovely.

-So you haven't always enjoyed your job, have you?

-No, I haven't.

On my 19th birthday I decided to join the British Army

-and I lasted six weeks.

-Did you? Were you just so unhappy?

-It was hard work.

-Was it?

-And the shoes were awful.

-Were they, those big old boots?

-I love shoes.

-No heels?

-No.

-No.

-Now, Hannah, you have an interest in history and collections.

-I do.

For my first degree I studied history,

to my Masters which was in museum and heritage management.

-Always been interested in history.

-And what do you do now?

-I'm the custodian for Lamport Hall in Northamptonshire.

-You never are?

I am indeed. I absolutely love my job. I've been really, really lucky.

I've worked in some beautiful houses,

including Burghley House, Harewood House.

If you could be custodian of any stately home, which one would it be?

-Without a doubt, it would be Chatsworth.

-Would it?

It's just such an incredible, the whole estate is just an incredible

and inspiring place.

The first time my mum ever took me to Chatsworth, I went with my mum

and my best friend, and when we walked in, it just made me cry

because it's just so beautiful and so inspiring

for somebody who enjoys looking after places like that.

Yes, so what sort of thing will you two birds be looking out for today?

-Something with some shoes on it.

-For you, definitely. We've definitely...

-Shoes!

-I love shoes.

-Not boots. And what about you, Hannah?

Something to do with military, preferably women's military.

I did my dissertation on the WAFS.

You didn't do your dissertation on your mother's

-experiences in the Army?

-No, I didn't!

-Just as well.

You're really looking forward to this shopping, you two?

Definitely, it's going to be fun.

Well, you need not wait much longer because here comes the £300.

-Thank you.

-You know the rules. Your experts await.

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

Dressed for the cold and always trendy,

Anita Manning will be helping out the Reds.

And rarely thrown when finding a bargain,

the majestic David Barby will be advising the Blues.

It's brass monkeys in Newark today,

so that should keep our teams on their frozen little toes.

This is exciting. We've got 300 quid to spend.

With so many stalls here, what are you going to look for?

-Who's good at bargaining?

-I'm not too bad. Not too bad.

A little bit of silver.

I'd like a bit of militaria, preferably women's militaria.

That'll get us a bargain, let's go.

OK, that's the clock started.

We've only got an hour and it's a short, short time.

It certainly is, Anita.

The goal today, the golden gavel.

-A golden gavel.

-We need a golden gavel.

-Three wins in a row.

-Three profits.

-Three wins, OK. It's all up to you guys.

-OK.

We don't part with the golden gavels lightly, Pete,

but I like your ambition.

We've get tons of wee boxes here.

TUNE PLAYS IN BOX

-How old do you reckon that is, Anita?

-Hm?

-How old do you reckon that is?

-I don't particularly like it.

It's maybe from about the 1930s or 1940s

-and it's made up to look like an old rug box.

-Yeah.

It's a nice wee thing but it's not an item of any great quality.

-No.

-No.

-But it's a tricky wee item. Can you make out the tune?

It sounds like Little Donkey. It sounds like Little Donkey.

I haven't got it on vinyl. I know that.

-# Da da da. #

-Is it...?

-Singing isn't our strength.

-No, no.

Anyway, it's a nice wee thing and it's only £10.

Do you think we could make a small profit on that?

-You certainly could.

-Golden gavel, remember.

-Golden gavel.

-Golden gavel, golden gavel.

-It's not dear, we might come back.

-If we haven't found anything.

-We've only been here 30 seconds.

-Yeah, I just want to spend some money.

-We're going to.

Don't you worry, girl,

there's plenty of opportunity to part with your cash here.

This is nice. It's punch decoration and just look at it.

Do you know the sort of medieval drawings of the Pre-Raphaelites?

Yeah.

-Or Wee Willie Winkie.

-That's extraordinary, isn't it?

Wee Willie Winkie, yes.

I love it and it's the sort of thing I would have.

In fact, in one of my previous houses I had a few Wee Willie Winkie

-candlestick holders.

-Is that what you call them? Wee Willie Winkie?

-Yeah, that's what we call them.

-That's what they are, aren't they?

-That is what they are, isn't it?

-Little chamber sticks.

-That's the correct term.

-Wee Willie Winkies!

-It's beautiful, you handle it.

-I do like that.

It is something you would have in your house, definitely.

-I think that's very good.

-So how much?

-I was going to say, yeah. 45.

-Well, 45, I think we could probably negotiate.

-Yeah. How much negotiate?

I think we might get it down to around about 37, 35.

-Do you think we'll make a profit on it?

-Yeah.

-Do you?

-Yes.

Famous last words, David. Hm.

I'll ask 30 for a start.

-You're good at the bargaining.

-I do like that.

It gives is a very good margin to start with.

-You're buying one object.

-Or do we come back in a minute?

-Make your decision now.

-Shall we go for it?

-Something that's different.

-Shall we see what he says?

-See what he says.

You get on with it, Lindsay. Time's passing by.

-We're now five minutes in.

-There's no maker's name.

-No maker's name?

-No.

-Not Boosey and Hawkes?

-No.

-Do you play a musical instrument?

-No, I can blow a trumpet.

-I can blow it.

-Can you blow your own trumpet?

-All the time, all the time.

Has he rejected it, has he? Bless him.

You're quite happy about that, aren't you?

He's got trumpets at home and bugles, and he blows my ears off.

She doesn't mince her words, does she, Pete?

She's very good.

-How much?

-37.

-I would be inclined to go for it at 37.

-Go on, we'll go for it.

-Thank you.

-Yeah!

-I do like that.

-I think it's stunning, I really think that's stunning.

-It is lovely.

-It's nice, you like it.

-I do like that.

Well done, Mum. David's shown them the light.

Will the Blues' first purchase illuminate the sale room

and bring a profit?

Now, I like those, Anita. What do you reckon to those?

-Those are a big statement.

-They are, aren't they?

Tell me why you like them. Let's go over and have a look.

I like the colour, the shape.

They've got little bits of gold in them, haven't they?

-What age do you think they are?

-Let's have a wee look.

They look quite new.

Well, they do have a wee bit of quality, a wee bit. They are big.

-They are colourful and I love these colours.

-Vibrant.

They are gorgeous looking. You like them, someone else will like them.

You could put these in a house with lots of dark wood,

the brown wood, and you could also put this in a minimalist house, couldn't you?

-She loves it, doesn't she? I

-like them.

-She's getting all, er...

-I can't stop talking, I like them, they're mine now.

-Well, that's it.

-Now, they are priced at 55 each, so they're priced individually.

-OK.

Golden gavel.

-Well...

-Discount for bulk buying.

Disc... Well, I think we'd better get the...

-Shall we have a word with the...

-..the dealer.

-Yeah.

-The dealer.

-What do you want to do?

-Shall we zoom round the outside?

You can do that by all means.

You mentioned kitchenalia.

We're standing by a stall with kitchenalia.

-Do you want to have a look at this first?

-A quick look first, yeah.

-OK.

-Yeah.

-Right.

See, something like that is a nice piece.

For hats.

No, right.

I know you want them to hang on to your every word, David,

but they don't look impressed. Now, have the Reds found the dealer?

This woman has been waxing poetical about these fabulous big vases

-and they'd like to buy the pair.

-Yeah. Bulk buying.

Discount for bulk buying, that's what we want.

What would be your best price on these?

Er...95.

-Could you go 80?

-85.

85 and that's as far as I can go.

-PETE:

-85?

-Yeah.

-Go on.

-I'll do the deal.

-Right.

-Shake on it. Thank you.

-Thank you very much. Thank you.

Well, they're big and they're beautiful and you deserve them.

Hurray.

That's a colourful start for the Reds.

They've made their first purchase.

Do you like the feel of the fair?

Yeah, first time I've ever been to something like this.

-You've got the weird and the wonderful and the beautiful.

-Yeah.

-Match holder. You put matches in his hat.

-In his head. Yeah.

Yes. The little thing next door to it is militaria.

It's a dugout from the First World War.

It represents a period of history, that's why it's so good.

-How much is that? You've got 48 on the bottom.

-40.

-Oh, no.

-Lower, can you please?

-Can you smile, real nice?

-We are really nice.

-60.

-Oh, I did my dissertation on the First World War.

-Are you really serious?

-I promise I did, my degree's in history.

-35.

I can't go any less. That's a good buy at 35.

Is it one of the ones that they made over there, so that afterwards...?

No, these were made in Carltonware china during the First World War

and they were sold as sort of

commemorative things of the First World War.

It's the bottom bit I like.

"Tommies dugout somewhere in France."

I think it's a very nice little piece.

This is where I come from, this is where you...

-It's almost 100 years old, nearly as old as David.

-Cheeky.

Do you know, you're so right.

-Put it back, we're not buying from this stand.

-Could you go to 30?

-No. 35. No.

-32.

-No, no.

-At 32, we'll buy.

-Is that all you want from me, 32, is it?

-Yeah.

-Are you offering as well?

32 then, yes, because you're such beautiful young ladies.

-Shall we take it?

-Yes, please. Thank you.

-Well, I'm amazed, I'm absolutely amazed at that.

-Thank you.

I'm really pleased with that.

So, that's the second purchase made for the Blues

but will they prove victorious in the saleroom battle?

Only time will tell.

Talking of which, we're now half way through the shop.

-That would play vinyl.

-Yeah, plays the old shellac, the old 78s.

-Have you got one?

-Yeah.

-Not like this, just the old portable ones.

-Does he DJ at home?

-Oh, yeah.

When it's nice and hot on the patio, out comes the DJ equipment

and there he is doing his little bit. There's only me.

Sounds like he leaves you in a flat spin, Fran. Woof.

Right, how's it going for those Blues?

We're still looking for you, aren't we?

Yeah, Hannah's found her militaria,

so I need to find something that I like now.

Their tactics so far, a little bit haphazard.

There is no direct plan in mind.

I think David's really sweet. He reminds me of Grandad.

Yeah, we've called him Grandad already, haven't we?

-Where is he?

-Grandad?

-Is he down there? What have you spotted?

You what?

LAUGHTER

Come on, Gramps, jump to it.

Right, we're going outside.

-Are we going outside? OK.

-OK, right.

A breath of fresh air before it gets dark.

And the air certainly is fresh outside. Take my word for it.

I was just looking at the old wooden box.

You're getting right into this, aren't you?

-I could be here for hours, honestly.

-I know.

I'm absolutely loving it, absolutely loving it.

There's just too much, I need about four hours just to buy one item.

-Although we have bought one.

-Me too, me too.

It's excellent, excellent, I'm having a really good time,

-a really good time, and Anita, top drawer.

-Oh, yeah.

-Top drawer.

I'm getting panicky now, I'm getting panicky. I'm getting panicky, guys.

We've got to get another one.

-She's flapping, she's definitely flapping now.

-We've got 20 minutes.

-Have a quick march down here.

-We'll have a quick march down here.

We're all sort of wandering and separating all over the place,

so I've got to go now.

We've got a lot of work to do and we don't have much time to do it.

There are some extraordinary things, you know, in some of these fairs.

Take this little fellow. What does it look like?

If I give it a spin you can see that this padded top is adjustable.

It comes up. Look how beautifully engineered that rising thread is.

It comes out of a bell metal collar, that sits on top of an alloy shaft.

That's all perfectly straightforward.

Looks on that basis to be a bit of a bar stool.

But if you were sitting on this at a cocktail bar,

you'd find that the whole of this column moves

because the column is flexibly mounted

to a socking great chromium plated spring on the bottom.

But why the flexible base?

Let's give it a demo, shall we? Ooh, that is heavy.

There we go. Safely applied to the ground.

Now, one bottom applied to the seat.

You can see it in action mode, which means that when you're seated

on this stool, you can move smoothly in practically any direction at all.

Which is extraordinary.

And the person who'd need to have all this movement is a dentist.

In front of the dentist would be the patient, that's you and me,

mouth open, receiving the drill.

The dentist imperceptibly moves

when he's going about his professional practice and work

and he needs a little stool like this to do it off.

So it's kind of a redundant piece of dental surgery equipment.

And according to the dealer,

it came from a dentist's surgery in Merthyr Tydfil.

So it's a Welsh dentist's chair.

HE CHUCKLES

That must be why he was asking £100 for it. Ouch!

That's just 15 minutes to go, then. Both teams need to get a move on.

The Reds need to make two more purchases. Yikes!

It's a nice little item. It is hallmarked here.

You see Birmingham hallmark. It's very tidy.

That's machined silver, which is good

and it's in very good condition.

-It's a sweet little item.

-OK.

So I think that if you can't get something in ten seconds,

then we've got a chance of making a little bit on that.

-What do you think it would fetch?

-It could do 45, 50.

-So we just could make a pound or so.

-You could just make...

-To get our golden gavel.

-Yeah, right!

-Pete's insistent.

That's what he wants. Nothing else, as long as he gets his gavel.

-I know, but we were awful slow. Here he is.

-What do you reckon to this?

Price, what's the price?

Well, it was marked up at 45 and I'm not sure if he'll go

-much lower than that.

-Do you want me to try?

-40, 40.

-You can try.

-Do you want to do it?

You can do it. The box is still there. The music box is still there.

-And what can we get?

-I've not asked yet.

-All right, OK.

-Do you want to haggle, do you want me to do it?

-Do you want to do it?

You do it, go on, you do it. You're the man.

Time's running out. We're all feeling the pressure.

-Hey, ladies, deal's done.

-Well done.

-No discount though.

I know, but I didn't think there would be.

Run.

-Last item.

-OK.

-Cheap and cheerful.

-Cheap and cheerful.

-That's no way to treat Grandpa.

-Steady, steady.

-I'm not really that old. Ha-ha-ha.

-No, Grandad.

-Oh!

Now, what's Imelda Marcos spotted here?

I like that shoe, is it a pincushion?

-Yes.

-I love that.

-I must admit, Mum, it does...

-That is me, to a T.

-It shouts you.

-I absolutely love that. DEALER:

-That is 160.

What's the very, very, very, best, please, madam?

You know, I know you're sort of... I'll say 140, but that has to be it.

It fulfils two purposes, doesn't it? First of all, mummies want silver.

If I bought that, it means I've got 255 pairs of shoes instead of 254.

-But it's not a pair.

-Oh, no.

-It's 254 and a half!

-What are you going to do about that?

-I'd buy that, myself.

-Would you really?

-I would, yeah.

-You would, wouldn't you?

-I've got a pincushion.

-I'd say there's no great profit in this.

-No, there's not, is there?

-No great profit margin on it.

-Is there anything else you can do at all?

-A teeny bit more?

-A fiver?

-DEALER:

-A fiver, a fiver, by all means.

-I was going to ask for ten.

-No, no. No, no, no.

-A fiver, I will.

-That's 135.

-The condition is superb.

-There you are.

-Do you want it?

-It's your choice, I've chosen mine.

-Please may we take that? DEALER:

-Of course you may.

-HANNAH:

-Thank you.

-DEALER:

-Thank you very much indeed. I wish you every success.

-Are you happy with that?

-I love it.

-You do like it, don't you?

-Do you want to have a look?

-Oh, my.

A well-heeled deal sealed with a loving kiss. Aw!

-DEALER:

-That's why you do it, isn't it, David?

-We've got four minutes to go.

-I quite like this, Anita.

-35.

-Mm-hm. Yeah.

This would have been made by a cooper and it's functional.

I mean, you've got plenty of money to spend.

-I quite like that, I quite like that. What's this one?

-It was here.

Oh, that's an urn. Put your ashes in that.

-What's this?

-That's a metronome.

-What's that, tick tick tick?

-Tick tick tick tick.

Tick tick, tock tock, watch that clock. You've got two minutes left.

-The box, or the planter. I'll get the dealer over.

-Or...

Two minutes... Don't start looking at anything else!

-Don't start looking at anything else.

-That's a cooler, isn't it?

Can you take something off the wee box?

Don't start looking at anything else!

Right, he can give you that for 30 and he can take

a couple of quid off that wee box, so it's your own choice.

I'll bring the wee box.

We're about to be going ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five,

-four, three, two, one second.

-Do you want to buy that?

We can make an actual pound on that,

as long as we make a profit, go for that.

Go for that, OK, OK.

-OK, OK.

-Keeping her fit!

Go on, Anita. A fiver.

We're two seconds over time, but don't tell anybody.

Finally, the Reds have all three purchases. As do the Blues.

-Yes!

-Yes! Yes!

That was the closest one that I've had for a long time.

-At least you enjoyed yourself and had a laugh on the way.

-Yes, we did.

-And the deal's done.

-The deal's done, let's go and get a cup of tea.

So with shopping time over,

let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought.

£85 of the Reds' budget went on a pair of Italian multicoloured vases.

£45 on the nose was spent on a 1930s silver powder compact.

The oak musical box was acquired for the very limited tune

of just eight notes.

Been happy, yeah, but no sporting memorabilia.

I don't know, I think you've got a sporting chance here.

-Did you have a good shop?

-Excellent, excellent. Good fun.

-So what was the grand total of expenditure?

-£138.

-Is that all?

-I tried.

-Does that mean I want £162 of leftover lolly?

-You can have it.

All right, £162 of leftover lolly.

Which is your favourite piece, by the way?

I do like the glass that I bought, however the wooden box that

I bought, because I wanted to buy something wooden.

-So you like both of them, really.

-Yeah, but I do like the wooden box.

What do you like?

I like the vases, but I think what Fran's trying to say is

we're going for the golden gavel and we've got more chance of making

a profit with the box than we have with the vases.

OK, brilliant. Anita, there you go, darling.

-That's a wodge of cash.

-It is.

What are you going to spend all that cash on, Anita?

I don't know, but I'll try and spend as much as I possibly can because

that's what Fran wants me to do.

All right, fine, very good.

Well, good luck, teams, good luck, Anita.

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

They saw the light and paid £37 for a Victorian chamber stick.

They spent £32 on a porcelain model of a World War I bunker.

And finally, they walked away with a shoe pincushion for £135.

It's a man's shoe, it's not a lady's shoe for a change.

It's an unusual one, a little court shoe.

Let's not get sexist about this, girls, come on.

Man's shoes - a shoe's a shoe.

A spade's a spade when it's not a shovel.

-Anyway, did you have a lovely time?

-We did, it was brilliant.

-It was.

Do you feel even more bonded with your mother than you felt before?

-Oh, yes.

-Oh, I love all that.

I have to ask you, which is your favourite piece?

Mine is the little tommie dugout that we bought.

-OK, which is your favourite piece, Ma?

-The shoe.

The shoe is your favourite. How much did you spend all round?

-BOTH: £204.

-£204.

-Right. Please may I have £96?

-95, thank you very much.

I won't bother counting it because I trust you, Hannah.

-That's quite a lot of money to hand over.

-It is a lot.

My main problem, Tim, is I'm going to try

and emulate this couple by keep arguing with myself.

What are you going to buy us?

Well, you've got a split personality so that's OK.

One half can argue with the other.

Thank you.

Anyway, good luck with your cash, David, and good luck, teams.

Meanwhile, we're heading off to the wild,

hairy haggis country up in the Borders.

Nestling in the Selkirk countryside is Bowhill House,

a family home to the Dukes of Buccleuch.

This great house boasts many fine interiors and treasured heirlooms,

but today, I want to look at the fascinating masterpieces

assembled by one particular family member, Walter Francis,

the fifth Duke.

One of the great Victorian philanthropists,

Walter Francis was also the family's principal collector.

He formed the most important and largest collection

after that in the Royal family of...

portrait miniatures... of which we see

a small selection about us,

because there are over 700 portrait miniatures,

included in the collection, and this is just a tiny selection.

So what was the big interest for the fifth Duke

in collecting portrait miniatures?

Well, of course, they do represent

British history through the centuries.

The tradition of collecting miniatures goes back to Charles I,

and therefore, for the fifth Duke to be able to buy

this group of eight miniatures,

all enclosed in an ebony frame which originally

was in the collection of Charles I, would have been a big thrill.

The eight images all relate to the Tudor dynasty.

Indeed, the central image of Henry VIII is instantly recognisable,

with Anne Boleyn to his right and Elizabeth I underneath.

What's fun though is if we take

another example of an image of Henry VIII.

You can hardly believe that it is indeed the same man, but it is.

On the back it says it was painted by Hans Holbein,

a truly great 16th-century miniaturist,

an image which he recorded of Henry VIII in 1526.

The beauty of the thing though only really comes to light

when you look at it under a glass.

Here, we can see his sallow complexion,

but look at his clothes.

His vestment, a sort of grey brocade, but beautifully detailed.

And his cloak, trimmed with fur.

He's even wearing a gold necklace

and you can make out almost every link of that.

This, in effect, is a tour de force created in an early period.

If we scroll forward a century,

we come to the hand of a famous 17th-century artist, Samuel Cooper.

In the middle we've got Oliver Cromwell, literally warts and all.

Not the most attractive of men.

And he's flanked by his family.

On the left, it's Mrs Cromwell and on the right, his daughter.

And these three miniatures were painted between 1651 and 1653.

Condition with miniatures is as important as it is

with other works of art

and because this group have been kept so perfectly,

we're able to enjoy the brilliant colour

and vibrancy of the painting even to this day.

The big question is, of course, for our teams over at the auction,

is their profit to be a miniature one or to be ginormous?

Well, I can't tell you how lovely it is to be in Market Harborough,

Gildings sale room is where we're at with Mark Gilding,

-our auctioneer today. Mark.

-Good morning, Tim.

-First up, we've got a pair of these babies.

-Another one, have you?

Yes, there's another one.

When do you think these date from?

-They're pretty modern these ones, I think.

-'60s?

Maybe a bit later, the '70s, maybe.

Anyway, they're in good condition. There's a pair of them.

-They're here to go. What might they bring?

-70 to 100.

-Brilliant man, £85 paid.

-OK.

-OK, so we're very happy with that.

Next is the engine-turned powder compact.

These are quite a serious collectible these days, aren't they?

They are. The fact that they're silver for a start,

they've got some intrinsic value.

And when you get something that's a nice shape,

such as this one, and good-quality engine turning...

-So what's it worth then, do you think?

-I think 40-60.

Brilliant. £45 paid.

That's a good estimate.

And then lastly, we've got what I call a piece of shed work, right?

This is made by a man who has sat for hours in his shed with

a little bit of oak and this and that and he made this chest.

Play it again, Sam.

TUNE PLAYS HALTINGLY

Well, there we've got a clockwork movement at its best!

Anyway, there we are.

It's certainly a novelty. What's it worth, do you think?

Well, I'm trying to be positive and said 20 to 30.

Look at you, you're a lovely man. They only paid £8 for it.

That is brilliant, Mark. It's a perfectly nicely-made little thing.

-Got a bit of history to it.

-Bit of a tune-up and it'll be fine.

On that happy note...! Why don't we check out the Bonus Buy?

-Now...ha-ha! Have you any idea what's underneath there?

-A boat?

A boat? Looks like a bit of a boat.

Anyway, you spent 138, which was pretty miserable.

You gave Anita 162, and Anita,

I'm going to reveal what you bought, darling. Woof!

Wow! That's so nice!

-You like it?

-Yeah.

It's a 1930s art deco figure ornament.

We have this sort of relatively scantily-clad maiden

holding two doves and she's sitting on this marble base.

Fran'll like this. This is the sort of stuff you like.

That's me all over. What's she made of?

Well, she's spelter, which is a base metal, patinated or painted.

-I know you like the art deco...

-I do.

-I thought that would appeal to you.

-Beautiful. I'd have that in my home.

-What did it cost you, Anita?

-It cost...£110.

-Ohh.

-It's not bad.

-It's not bad.

-And what do you think it will fetch in the auction?

Well, let's hope it makes over £110!

Now, that is a very canny reply, Anita Manning!

OK, on that happy note, I think we'd better move on, don't you?

But for the audience at home, let's find out

what the auctioneer thinks about Anita's deco figure.

Well, here it is, look. There she is in all her glory.

-I would say a 1920s or '30s flapper.

-Yes, quite a good spelter model.

She's got the look. She certainly has. What's it worth?

I've put 100 to 150.

Well, if you get anything like the top,

you'll be Anita's best friend - she paid £110 for it, and why not?

It's a good thing. That's it for the Reds, now for the Blues.

Bit of a mixture here.

We've got the Arts and Crafts-y looking chamber candlestick...

Yes, Arts and Crafts style, late 19th century.

It's certainly got the look to it.

Perhaps not the quality that it would need to be a really good one.

I think it's quite a good thing. What's your estimate?

-I think it's good as well, 50 to 70.

-Good. £37 paid.

-So there may be a profit in there.

-I think so.

-That would be lovely.

Next is the Goss, but actually made by Carltonware,

little novelty piece of ceramics. Don't you love that?

Well, they're fun little things,

especially this one with a Tommie's bunker.

I know! There he is, look.

All lonely in his dugout somewhere in Flanders in 1915.

-Very, very nice piece of social history. What's it worth?

-20 to 30.

£32 paid. They may have got slightly carried away there, perhaps.

Next is the old boot, or should I say shoe?

Beautifully made, isn't it?

Yes, it is nice, of the period and good silver mounts.

In great condition. Really quite collectable, these are.

-What do you think it's worth?

-I've put 80 to 120.

-Are you being a bit mean there?

-As mean as I can!

No, I think the estimate is perfectly fair.

They paid £135, actually.

-There's a chance we could get that.

-Yeah, well...

There are lots of reproductions, aren't there?

But that's a genuine thing.

But if it doesn't go well, they'll need their Bonus Buy,

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

-Hannah, Lindsay, are you excited about this?

-Nervous!

What did David Barby spend the £96 of leftover lolly on?

Watch very carefully... for this quality object.

-Oh, that's pretty!

-Oh, I like that!

-Do you know what it is?

-No, what is it?

-Let me open it up for you.

This is a gentleman's, or a lady's, for that matter, soap container.

-I love that.

-Today you could put jewellery, rings,

or anything like that in it.

Or just use it as a collector's item.

Made by a guy called William Cummings in 1894.

I wanted to buy something that reflected your personality.

This is quality.

Only if you use coal tar, you can't get your fingers in!

That is lovely. How much did you buy it for?

-Mmmm, £96.

-How much?

-£96. But isn't it beautiful?

-Just handle it. Ooh! The feel of it is lovely.

-I love that.

-Is it going to make us any money?

-I'd like to see it do about 120.

-I love that. Do you like that, Hannah?

-I'd buy it FOR you!

-You can't!

-Your chance will come in a moment.

Now, let's check out what the auctioneer thinks

about David Barby's soapbox.

That's quite rare, isn't it?

-Yes, it is. It's quite a nice box, this one.

-Nicely made. Who's the maker?

The maker is William Cummins, hallmarked 1894.

A well-regarded maker and collected in his own right.

-Absolutely.

-A good collector's lot, this one.

-OK.

Well, David Barby obviously rates it - what do you think it's worth?

I've put 50 to 70.

He paid £96. Anyway, he might get out of trouble if he's lucky, right?

-On a good day.

-Is this going to be a good day?

Let's hope so!

I quite agree! Thanks very much, Mark.

Now, Pietro, Fran. Excited? It's a lovely moment, isn't it?

You see a very crowded saleroom like this, stuffed up with people

and they're all here to buy your lots. Maybe!

This pair of very large and impressive

mottled and aventurine-flecked vases.

Bids on the book with me here at £40.

£40 I'm bid here, at 40. At 40 I'm bid here, at £40, 40.

-At 45, do I see? At £40, I'm bid. 45, 50.

-I can't bear this.

-55, 60.

65. In the room now at 65. At 65, my bids are out then, at 65.

Standing at the back at 65.

Ah!

-£65.

-That's the Golden Gavel gone.

-Minus 20.

Can't believe that.

-Now, here comes the compact.

-And bids on the book open here at £20.

20 I'm bid for the compact.

22, 25, 28... 30. 32...

Your turn, internet. In the room, then. At 32, I'm bid at 35.

38. 40. 42.

Bid now at 42.

Still against you, Internet, at £42 I'm bid. I will sell at £42...

-£42 is minus three.

-I thought you were going to put your hand up!

Minus 23.

-Now, here comes your music box.

-And bidding opens here at £20.

Yes!

£20 I'm bid, at 20.

£20, I can't believe it myself. At £20, I'm bid here at 20.

At 20 bid on the book, and it will be sold... Away at £20.

-Oh!

-Well! Shed art!

There we go! Never be snarky.

Here we go - plus twelve on that. I love it.

So overall, you're minus eleven.

What are you going to do? Will you go for the art deco figure?

-You love it, you want it...

-We may as well.

-Go for it. Go on.

-Is that a decision?

-Yes.

-OK, we're going with it.

Now you've made your decision,

I can tell you the auctioneer's estimate is £100-£150.

You paid 110, Anita.

This is exciting, here it comes.

The figure of a lady, on that black marble navette-shaped base.

-10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110.

-Yes!

110 I'm bid now, at 110.

PETE: That's nice!

At £110 I'm bid, at 110. 120, 130.

Yes.

Your turn, it's 130 there. 130. 140.

-150.

-140, 150... Look at this!

-Clever woman, Anita Manning!

-Telephone, what about you? £150.

-160, new bidding.

-Yes!

-You're both out then, at 160 I'm bid on my left.

The telephone wins.

Away at £160...

-Yes!

-Well done, Anita!

-£160.

-Thank you so much!

-That is plus £50.

-Smashing job.

-Chuffed as monkeys!

-You didn't want to go with it!

-I did in the end, though!

Listened to the boss, didn't he?

So you are overall plus £39. That's no mucking about.

That's a proper score.

You were well and truly out of it until you got to that little kist,

anyway, there we go.

-Lovely. Plus 39. Don't tell the Blues a thing.

-Not at all.

-No way!

-So, girls - excited?

-Very!

-Do you know how the Reds got on?

-We don't.

-Right. First up is a bit of brass. Here it comes.

The arts and crafts brass chamber stick with die-stamped decoration.

£20, opening bid. £20 I'm bid for the chamber stick.

At 20 bid now, 20.

22, 25... 25 I'm bid now, at 25.

At 25, here to be sold at 25.

My bid at 25, on the book here and selling...

Make no mistake, ladies and gentlemen. 28 - new bidding at 28.

At 28, bid at 28. Away at 28.

-Oh, dear, £28.

-I'm so disappointed.

That's minus £9.

-Nine. Not too bad.

-Now, here comes the bunker.

"Tommie's dugout, somewhere in France."

And £5 only bid here, at five. 8, 10, 12, 15, 18...

£18 I'm bid. 20. Are you bidding?

22. You're out now, it's 22 there.

-At 22, 25? 25. 28?

-28 on the internet.

Are you both out in the room?

The internet is in at 28, I'm bid at 28.

Bit more, bit more!

-Selling away at £28...

-£28.

-£28 is minus £4, which means you're minus £13.

-Oh!

-David, it's all on the shoe!

-This is the million-dollar question!

Come on, Hannah - be brave here, girl. Grip hard.

Bidding on my book starts at 35,

45, 55, 65, 75, 80...five, 90.

-90 bid now, at 90.

-Come on!

-Five. New bidding.

95, I'm bid at 95.

You're all out over here. £95, I'm bid at 95.

Selling away at £95. 100.

-100. He's come back again.

-Your turn now, internet. It's 100 in the room.

At 100 I'm bid. Fair warning, internet.

It's against you, selling away for £100.

£100, it's minus 35.

35, 45, 48. Minus 48. OK?

-Are you going with the soap container?

-Well, I want to.

We'll go with it. Mum wants to go with it.

-Is it going to make a profit, David?

-I can't tell at this stage.

-Shall we go for it?

-On what we just sold...

-Yes.

-But David doesn't think so.

-No, we won't, then.

So the decision is we're not going with it, but we're going to sell it

anyway, just for the fun of seeing what it brings, and here it comes.

William Cummings...

Bidding opens with me here at 35,

45, 50, 5, 60, 5, 70...

..5, 80, 90, 100. 110.

110 now, all my bids are out.

We're in the room now. At £110...

Uh-oh! £110 would have been plus £14.

But as it is, we remain at minus 48.

-That's not that bad.

-Anyway, minus £48 could be a winning score,

so don't say a word to the Reds, all right?

-Everybody happy?

-ALL: Yes!

-You bet your life we are!

Well, we've had a great show, haven't we?

-Any idea who's ahead or behind? Been chatting?

-ALL: No!

-Suspicious!

-Very!

-Well, I have to say there is a chasm between our two teams today.

As we don't have losers any more,

-the runners-up most definitely are the Blues.

-ALL: Aaah!

I mean, it just wasn't your day, was it?

That shoe pincushion thing I maintain to my dying day

was a splendid object. You shouldn't be minus 35 for that.

-But you had a good time?

-It's been lovely.

-Thank you very much.

You've been a great mother-and-daughter combo,

we've loved having you, but the victors today,

who are going home with cash - with £39!

-APPLAUSE

-Look at Fran's face here!

-She hasn't been so pleased in years, have you, darling?

-No!

-I've got coins coming out here!

-One more, Tim - come on!

No finish, I tell you. Brilliant.

But of course your bacon was nearly entirely saved

by the great Anita Manning's deco figure.

Without that, you would have been well and truly up a gum tree.

-Well done, Anita, for that.

-Thanks, Anita.

-You've had a good day?

-I've a fantastic day.

-Excellent.

-Very nice to see you, Pete. Very good.

-In fact, it's been such fun, join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?

-ALL: Yes!

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