0:00:09 > 0:00:12Today we've come to Leominster in Herefordshire,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15a town steeped in antiquity
0:00:15 > 0:00:18and amply supplied with antique shops.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22So let's go bargain hunting! Yes!
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Historic Leominster is graced with many examples
0:00:50 > 0:00:52of half-timbered architecture.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55But today, it's not about black and white,
0:00:55 > 0:00:58it's about blues and reds,
0:00:58 > 0:01:03because our Bargain Hunt teams have been given the run of the whole town,
0:01:03 > 0:01:04so watch out!
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Coming up, romance is in the air...
0:01:10 > 0:01:13- Is that a love message? - No, it's obviously a gift from...
0:01:13 > 0:01:17- It's a love message! Come on! - Be romantic, Thomas!
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- It's a love message, isn't it? Humour us.- It's a love message.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24I think the Reds just want a cuddle.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27- Get out of it! What is going on? - There we go.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Let's embrace today's teams.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Here we are in the magnificent Lion Ballroom
0:01:35 > 0:01:37with two teams of chums.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39For the Reds, we've got Alex and Drew,
0:01:39 > 0:01:43and for the Blues, we've got Diane and Jill.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45- Hello, everyone.- ALL: Hello.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49- Alex, how did you two meet?- We're colleagues at an IT distributor.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- We've been together... friends for about two years.- Brilliant.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- We like to play a few jokes on each other.- Do you?
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Our job entails giving technical advice
0:01:59 > 0:02:01to our sales people and customers about our products.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05- So, you know about computers? - We know a bit.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08You're so modest, aren't you!
0:02:08 > 0:02:09What do you do outside work?
0:02:09 > 0:02:12I'm pretty sporty. I like a bit of golf.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14- What's your handicap?- Four. - Is it really?
0:02:14 > 0:02:18You don't just like a bit of golf! You're a genius at it!
0:02:18 > 0:02:22- That's pretty good!- Not too bad. I've won the club championship a couple of times.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24And are you quite sporty, too?
0:02:24 > 0:02:27I tend to go for the more extreme side of things,
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- rock climbing, kite surfing. - Oh, do you?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32And have you ever broken your leg doing your sporting things?
0:02:32 > 0:02:36No, no. Touch wood, I haven't yet.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39What are your tactics? Do you know anything about antiques?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- Most of what we've learnt is probably from the show.- Really?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- You're going to do very well! - I'm sure!
0:02:45 > 0:02:48- You've picked up everything you know from Bargain Hunt.- Pretty much.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Brilliant. Anyway, good fun.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Now, girls, how did you two meet?
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Well, I advertised a horse for sale
0:02:56 > 0:02:59and Jill came along to buy it,
0:02:59 > 0:03:03and I advertised it as a strong hunter who could go all day...
0:03:03 > 0:03:06And it's still going.
0:03:06 > 0:03:12..and it was a strong hunter that did generally go all day, even if you didn't want it to!
0:03:12 > 0:03:14In other words it was a night-mare!
0:03:14 > 0:03:18I sold it to Jill and, erm,
0:03:18 > 0:03:21well, we're still friends so it can't have been that bad.
0:03:21 > 0:03:26A very strange way to forge a friendship, though, isn't it, via a duff horse?!
0:03:26 > 0:03:30- It is, but we've both got the same sense of humour so it worked quite well.- Lovely.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Now, Jill, it says here you're an engineer.
0:03:33 > 0:03:39Yes. I took my engineering qualifications when I was 40
0:03:39 > 0:03:45- and I worked for an engineering company for 18 years.- Mm-hm.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Now I work for a rigging company. I actually run the company myself.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51And you've had a few achievements.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54My biggest achievement was my son, of course,
0:03:54 > 0:03:59but I've actually overcome two lots of breast cancer,
0:03:59 > 0:04:02which I've just finished one lot of treatment now.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- You're going for the all-clear. - Yes. Absolutely.- Well done for that.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Do either of you collect anything? Jill?
0:04:09 > 0:04:13I collect honeypots. I've got about 40.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- Have you really? - And I collect corkscrews.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20- What about you, Diane? - I used to collect silver.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23It started me off, we had some family pieces.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27I've just got a few pieces now. I don't have time to go and do it.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31- But I do like silver. - You got a taste for the old silver?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- I did.- Well, you'll find plenty in Leominster today.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- Now, the money moment... Here's your £300.- Thank you.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- £300.- Thank you.- You know the rules. Your experts await! Off you go!
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Very, very, very good luck.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Now, where are those experts hiding?
0:04:46 > 0:04:51Never one to be put in the shade, it's the luminous Philip Serrell!
0:04:52 > 0:04:55And genning up on a bit of local knowledge,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58it's the bookish Thomas Plant.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- Is there a plan? - We want to spend all the money.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10- What, do the dough?- Do the dough!
0:05:10 > 0:05:14- We're going to try and go for three little items...- Little items?
0:05:14 > 0:05:17..and not spend a huge amount of money.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18So, no plan at all?
0:05:18 > 0:05:22- Just do the dough and see what they've got.- Get out of here!
0:05:22 > 0:05:26So we've got the spend-a-lots against the spend-not-a-lots.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31Two different approaches, and they're both getting stuck in.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34They're nice.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39That's quite nice.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- Is it that heavy?- Very heavy.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Oh! That's quite a good one.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47That's quite a nice coaching stick.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51- It is nice. It's got a brass top on it.- It has.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55And, actually, that is a horn on the top.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- That is quite nice. - It's a coaching stick.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00"An early, carved whip stick.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01"Leather whip".
0:06:01 > 0:06:06- It might've had a leather bit. - A flash on the end.- Yes.
0:06:06 > 0:06:11- It is nice.- Hide it so the other team don't find it!
0:06:11 > 0:06:12'Don't you worry, Jill.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16'The attentions of the Red Team are fully occupied elsewhere.'
0:06:16 > 0:06:18- I like this bench.- Do you? - It looks good quality.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20- What do they want for it?- 295.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25Remember, you've got to buy three items and leave me a fiver!
0:06:25 > 0:06:30- I don't think we can buy any penny sweets.- You can do de dough but you can't do more dan de dough!
0:06:30 > 0:06:33What would be the very best, finito,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36thank you, goodnight and goodbye on that?
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Those guys are good traders so...
0:06:41 > 0:06:44..he'll do more than 10. It'll be 250.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- Which then leaves you...- 50 quid.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Well, it leaves you really 40, 45.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- Do you like it that much?- It think it looks really good quality.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57- I think we should have a look, because it's a lot of money.- OK.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Let's go and have a look on, then.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03'Looks like our spend-a-lots might've lost their nerve.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07'The Blues, meanwhile, are still finding their way around.'
0:07:08 > 0:07:12- I'll let you have a look in here... - OK.- ..for a couple of minutes
0:07:12 > 0:07:15and then I'll point out some things which I've seen.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- Is that all right?- Yes. - We'll do a show and tell.- Excellent.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21'Phil wants to play show and tell, too.'
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Here you are, look. A curling brush!
0:07:25 > 0:07:26Isn't that the business?
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- I like it.- This is Olympic housekeeping, this is.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33It's not quite the same as the one at home.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- Unless I'm horribly mistaken, they do curling on ice, not carpets.- True.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40But that's a fantastic bit of kit, isn't it?
0:07:40 > 0:07:44The thing is, if we buy that bench, which he said he would do at 250,
0:07:44 > 0:07:48you've only got 300 in total, and I'm supposed to buy something.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51You're going to have to buy something relatively inexpensive.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55I think it's interesting. I'm not sure if we'll make much on it.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- What deal could we get on it? - I don't know.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59It's 38.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04- Where's the man? Where's the man? - The man's here.- The man's here.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Hello.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10I've never seen a curling brush/broom thingamajig before.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12I can knock a fiver off it. 33.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13Could you do it for 30?
0:08:13 > 0:08:17What about if we got the bench? Could you do a deal on this? 20.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21I couldn't go that low. If you have the bench, I'll do 30.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24What we should do is look at the bench now,
0:08:24 > 0:08:27get it out, have a good look at it.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31Let's take that and we'll walk back to the bench
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- and just, you know, you can see what you want to do.- Definitely.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Follow me, Gunga Din.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39'Good plan, P Serrell.'
0:08:40 > 0:08:41What have you found?
0:08:41 > 0:08:45- We like the desk set... - The inkwell.- Right.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48..and the corkscrews at the bottom.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51I think your desk set at £65,
0:08:51 > 0:08:55"an oak triple inkwell with original pen rest",
0:08:55 > 0:09:02- it is lovely but it's not really, at £65, worth the money. - No. We thought so.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- The corkscrews are really cheap, so that works well for your plan...- Yes.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09.."Buy for nothing and hopefully sell for a bit more".
0:09:09 > 0:09:13We thought that inkwell was probably worth about 35,
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- rather than 65. - I think you're completely right.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18But writing is quite an interesting thing.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23This glass pounce pot with Quaker silver base is rather fun.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Pounce is something you put over ink to make it dry.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31- That's £20.- Oh, that's quite good. - And it's not a bad object.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33We should consider that at the end.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- But I've got something else I've seen.- OK.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40- It's my turn to do my show and tell. Is that all right?- BOTH: Yes.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43And I, while looking around,
0:09:43 > 0:09:47thought that this was quite fun...
0:09:48 > 0:09:52..a sort of stationer's desk thing for one's magazines,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56- and quite functional in today's world.- I could use that on my desk.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- It's nice.- Not a bad-looking object. - BOTH: No.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- 85, though.- It's a lot of money. - It's useful.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- It's a lot of money. We need to get some off.- BOTH: Yes.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- There's a small piece missing off there.- There is.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12I didn't see that. But it's...
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- It's functional.- It is, yes. - I'd put that on my desk.
0:10:15 > 0:10:21- Would we make on that, though? - If you got it for about 40, you've got a good chance.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- We won't buy it if we can't. - BOTH: No.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29- There's no chance of buying it at 50. We can't do that.- No.
0:10:29 > 0:10:35We'll have to go and find one of the shop owners and find out what's going on.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40- Is that all right?- Excellent. - Fantastic.- I'll go downstairs and you guys stay here.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- We'll guard it. - Guard it with your life.
0:10:43 > 0:10:48- The one thing that sort of bothers me about this is the patina, yes?- Yes.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50This has got no depth of colour.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52It just makes you wonder how old is it.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Do you think it's original?
0:10:54 > 0:10:58This leg here is clearly 19th century.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- But if you look down there, this is...- That's a lot older.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05I think that's 19th century, as well, but it's not beyond the wit of man.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09This hasn't got as much colour as I would've hoped it to have if it were an old thing.
0:11:09 > 0:11:15If you could get the broom and this for about 250ish...
0:11:15 > 0:11:17- Yes.- ..that would be good.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- He didn't say he'd go lower than 250.- You've got to ask him.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Ask him if he can.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Ask the question, "How old does he think it is?"
0:11:25 > 0:11:27'It's a mystery.
0:11:28 > 0:11:34'Over the road, Jeremy looks after all the individual antique dealers' stock.'
0:11:34 > 0:11:38There's a couple of things. There's the stationery cabinet we're interested in.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41OK. Erm...
0:11:41 > 0:11:46- I can do 75.- Oh, gosh, no! - No. Too much.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- We were thinking 40. - HE GASPS
0:11:49 > 0:11:51I can't do that.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54The only thing I can do is ring the vendor
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- and see what they've got to say. - Great.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- That'd be brilliant. - I will do my best.- OK.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02- That'd be great if you could.- OK.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- And the other thing is, is this the same vendor?- It is.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- I can pick this out, is that all right?- Yes.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- It's has a silver case to it.- Yes?
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Not like an English sort of hallmark.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20- Right. It's very pretty. - It is quite pretty, with it engraved.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23So it's got 20 on it. What can that be?
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Well, it should be 18.
0:12:26 > 0:12:2815?
0:12:28 > 0:12:30- Erm...- Go on.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Er...
0:12:32 > 0:12:34- OK, 15.- 15.- 15.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37It's not bad, actually. What do you think?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- I think so.- I think it's lovely.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- Go for it?- Yes, definitely. - We'll go for that.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46- And we'll make a phone call about the stationery cabinet. All right?- Yes.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49I'm not convinced how old this is.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53- Why? - OK, if you have a look at it here,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56I think that's an old leg, OK,
0:12:56 > 0:13:02but if you look at that staining down there, underneath the seat...
0:13:02 > 0:13:05It's either painted or it's been varnished.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08There's been some age there and somebody's caned it off there.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11It's soft round the edges. That's what you want.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Could you do the two for 250?
0:13:15 > 0:13:19I couldn't go that low. Erm...
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Cash monies...!
0:13:24 > 0:13:26- Do you really like it? - I really like it.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29- That much?- Yes, definitely.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34I could bring this down to 230, so it'd be 260 for the two.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Would do you think, Drew?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- We've got to buy something. - Yes? Let's go for it.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43260 for the both? Go on.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- Thank you.- Cheers. - Thank you.- Cheers.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50- I think that's fantastic because it's two items bought!- Yes.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53What's more, I reckon we can give it a test drive.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- I don't think this is going to work. - I'll have a seat.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Get out of it! What's going on?!
0:13:59 > 0:14:01'Cosy!
0:14:01 > 0:14:06'And talking of tight squeezes, has Jeremy got the price down on that stationery cabinet?'
0:14:06 > 0:14:08The very, very best is 65.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12- Oh.- OK, what I think we'll do, then,
0:14:12 > 0:14:14- we'll take the pounce pots... - BOTH: Yes.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- ..but I think we'll leave this. - Yes.- OK.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24'So half the hour has gone and it's time to take stock.'
0:14:24 > 0:14:28- We're panicking a bit because we've taken a long time to buy our first piece.- Yes.
0:14:28 > 0:14:34We thought it was going to be easy, but it's quite hard once you're doing it.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- It's got to be under £40, that's for sure.- We've got to give you something to save us.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40I don't know about that.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Are we going in here?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- One item down...- BOTH: Yes.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48..not much money, two to go.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Spent little! THEY LAUGH
0:14:51 > 0:14:53'But the pressure is on,
0:14:53 > 0:14:57'although you wouldn't think it the way Philip is leading the boys astray.'
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Try these on. Now that is funny.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04- I think those are you, actually. - Flower on the front or back? - I couldn't find a red one.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08- I don't think I can pull this off. - It works from here!
0:15:09 > 0:15:11'Actually, it's hats off to the Blue Team,
0:15:11 > 0:15:14'who've been busy scouring the cabinets.'
0:15:14 > 0:15:18- I like the sugar scoop.- I like that. - That's pretty.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23- Anything else?- Those spoons. - You like those, do you? That's good!
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Is there something else in this? Something we've bought, which goes with it?
0:15:27 > 0:15:30- It goes with something we've just bought.- BOTH: The pen.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31The pen!
0:15:31 > 0:15:33- But first of all...- I like the pen.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35'But it's Thomas who wants to go first.'
0:15:35 > 0:15:40..can I just show you this? It's a pen coming out this side,
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- with the red marker.- Yes.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- You've got a little ruler. - That's lovely. I like that.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47- What are these?- These are knives.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- Oh, wow! That is lush!- Oh, yes!
0:15:50 > 0:15:52That's £35.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54- What's that engraved on there? - It says here,
0:15:54 > 0:15:59"JRPP from JMF. July 1890."
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- That's a love message. - That's lovely.- Lovely.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- Is that a love message? - No, it's obviously a gift from...
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- It's a love message! Come on! - Be romantic, Thomas!
0:16:08 > 0:16:13- 'Play along now, Planter.' - It's a love message, isn't it? - Say it.- It's a love message.
0:16:13 > 0:16:19It's a love message from somebody's wife to her husband on a trip that he was going on in 1890.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24- He probably started life out as an engineer and this is something he had.- That is lovely.- Yes.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- We like that.- Do you like that? - I do.- Try and do a deal on that.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31- Yes?- Absolutely.- Jeremy!- OK?
0:16:31 > 0:16:34What can one do with that?
0:16:34 > 0:16:38This guy's a very good dealer. He's here, so I might be able to chat to him.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40- Really?- Excellent.- 25?
0:16:40 > 0:16:45- We'll see what we can do. - 25.- 25 would be fantastic.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- You're offering 25?- BOTH: Yes.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Now, this might help...
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Is there anything else in this cabinet you like?
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- The pen.- We quite like the pen and the sugar spoon.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- The sugar spoon.- Yes.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- Do you want my honest opinion?- Yes. - The pen is great
0:17:01 > 0:17:05but it's got to be £10 to make any sort of money and that's never going to happen.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06BOTH: OK.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09The spoon is your best bet.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- What was the price on that?- 35. - Right.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14- What do you think that would do? - We'll give him the pen, as well.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17We still need to get that at a decent price.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20If the dealer's here, we'll ask about the pen.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23OK. I'll go and have a chat to him and see what we can do.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26'Thomas seems interested in the pen, after all.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30'But I'm not sure the Reds are going to find their third item, you know.'
0:17:30 > 0:17:34- JAUNTY MUSIC - What about...?
0:17:34 > 0:17:36- Hm!- No?- No.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- Wonderful.- There you go, Drew. - Yes?- Yes.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44- Jeremy, hello!- Hello. Right, I've spoken to the dealer.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49- This one can be £20.- Mm-hm. - This one can be £20
0:17:49 > 0:17:52and this item can be £25.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55I think we'll take the, er, pencil, shall we?
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- So, this is our second item? - BOTH: Yes.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- £25?- £25.- Fantastic.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01- Yes?- BOTH: Yes.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05- We need our third and final item.- OK. - Come on. We've got ten minutes!
0:18:05 > 0:18:08'Yes, it's time to get this sewn up. Isn't that right, boys?'
0:18:08 > 0:18:12- What about this? - You like a bit of a sew, do you?
0:18:12 > 0:18:16I don't know if it still works. It looks in good condition. How much is it?
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- Guys, what are you doing? - I don't know.- A sewing machine?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- Is there a price on it? - If it comes under...
0:18:21 > 0:18:26It's £35. That'd leave you... Would that leave you any money?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Well, it would, but there's a couple of issues.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32The first - it's electric. Anything electric that goes into auction has to be PAT tested,
0:18:32 > 0:18:34that'll cost a fiver or thereabouts,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37or you have to get rid of all the wires,
0:18:37 > 0:18:42which an electric sewing machine without the electric is not the best seller.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46- Has it got the top cover? - No. I think that's just it.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- "As is".- It's five-pounds worth. - That little?- That little.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50'It's not looking good, this.'
0:18:50 > 0:18:53- Anything take your fancy, girls? - I like the bear.
0:18:53 > 0:18:58- Can we have a look at your bear, please?- Sure. No problem.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- It's unusual. - He is unusual, isn't he?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06It is a musical Black Forest bear,
0:19:06 > 0:19:10- but the actual musical bit is not working.- Right.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14- But because they're clockwork, they can be fixed.- They can.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18But that's quite fun. The musical movement would've been in there.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23They're normally made in Switzerland, rather than the Black Forest.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Come on, Jeremy, what can be your very best on that?
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Right, OK! Let's see what we can do.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33- What do you think? - How much is it now?- 58.- Right.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35- 30.- No! Shush!
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Let me just, er, pick myself up!
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Er...
0:19:41 > 0:19:44The very, very best on this is 45.
0:19:44 > 0:19:4640?
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- Can you not do it for 40? - Come on, 40.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- £40?- Yes. Lovely. Great.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53OK, 40.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55- £40?- Done.- Brilliant.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59'With only five minutes to spare, they got their grisly bear.'
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- Come on!- Thanks very much. - ALL: Bye-bye.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06'Those Reds could be in for a hairy time of it if they don't get a shove on.'
0:20:06 > 0:20:10- I found this downstairs.- OK. - Which is a little silver vesta case.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14It's hallmarked 1915, so that tells us that it's silver.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- There's the hallmark just there.- OK.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21It's got initials engraved on it, which is not the biggest problem in the world.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- OK.- This would've been a matchbox holder.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27You'd put your little matches in there, your vestas.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28They would sit in there
0:20:28 > 0:20:32and when you wanted to light whatever, you opened it up and took one out
0:20:32 > 0:20:36- and, lo and behold, there's the striker.- Oh, that's cool!
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- How much?- It's £45. Realistically, we haven't got £45.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43- 35.- You've got to get 35. It's the most you can possibly pay.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48- Go and see what she'll do.- Yep. - Leave me with something, guys!
0:20:50 > 0:20:54'He's like an anxious parent at the school gates.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57'Anyway, tick-tick, tick-tock...'
0:20:57 > 0:20:59I am beginning to panic here. If this doesn't work -
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- We did it.- 35. - Thank the whatsits for that!
0:21:02 > 0:21:04- £35?- It leaves you with a fiver.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07You've left me with a fiver. You ditched the dough!
0:21:07 > 0:21:11And talk about cutting it fine, that is what we're down to!
0:21:11 > 0:21:14'Yes, and so ably demonstrated by our director.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15'Time's up!'
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Let's check out what the Red Team's bought, eh?
0:21:19 > 0:21:24The boys pulled up a pew with this mahogany bench at £230.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30For another 30, Drew got his way with the horse-hair broom.
0:21:31 > 0:21:37And in the nick of time, they struck a deal on this vesta case. £35 paid.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- How was it for you, then, Drew? All right?- Yes.
0:21:41 > 0:21:46- Have you enjoyed the shop? - Very much so. I think we've got some good deals.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50- Are you the same, Alex? - I'm not so sure about the curling brush, to be honest!
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- It's a broom, actually! It's my broom.- Sorry!
0:21:52 > 0:21:57What I love is, these hi-tech computer animals are out there buying brooms!
0:21:57 > 0:21:59This is what it's all about.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02- How much did you spend all round? - Erm, £295.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05That is such a good number, isn't it? 295.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Just the one little note going across to P Serrell.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- There you go! - That won't buy a cheese sandwich!
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- Well...- We're expecting good things.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18It could make all the difference. The responsibility is on your shoulders.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20- Good luck.- We've got faith.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25Have we got faith in the Blues? Why don't we check out what they've bought?
0:22:25 > 0:22:30A silver and glass pot first took their fancy for £15.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32They're hoping to carve out a profit
0:22:32 > 0:22:36with this novelty penknife and pencil combo.
0:22:37 > 0:22:43And a Black Forest bear desk tidy made their shop shipshape at £40.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48- You only spent £80.- Yes, but... - How could you do that?
0:22:48 > 0:22:51We're relying on his expertise to get us something good.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Which is your favourite piece, D?
0:22:54 > 0:22:57A little silver, erm,
0:22:57 > 0:23:02- pen and penknife type...- Jobby. - Yes. That's my favourite. - That's your favourite.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- Do you agree, Jill? - I do, absolutely.
0:23:05 > 0:23:10- It's a pretty unique little item so I think that'll do well.- OK.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12So you only spent £80.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15I'd like 220 pounds leftover lolly!
0:23:15 > 0:23:18OK, Tom. I hope you blow the lot, boy!
0:23:18 > 0:23:21- So do I!- I'll try!
0:23:21 > 0:23:22Thank you, Tom. Thank you, girls.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26Meanwhile, we're heading off to the heart of Oxfordshire.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Nestling in the idyllic Cotswolds countryside
0:23:36 > 0:23:38lies Chastleton House,
0:23:38 > 0:23:41a little-known Jacobean country manor.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Built by one Walter Jones
0:23:49 > 0:23:52at the beginning of the 17th century,
0:23:52 > 0:23:58this is a particularly fine example of Jacobean architecture,
0:23:58 > 0:24:02built of gorgeous yellow Cotswold stone
0:24:02 > 0:24:06with an interesting array of intersecting gables
0:24:06 > 0:24:09and a profusion of mullion windows.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13But if you think this place looks gorgeous from the outside,
0:24:13 > 0:24:17you wait till you see what's inside.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Here in the Great Chamber
0:24:29 > 0:24:35we get an equally good impression of Jacobean architecture
0:24:35 > 0:24:36from the inside.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40The focal point of most rooms is the fireplace,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43and this one is particularly grand.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47It's made of sculpted limestone
0:24:47 > 0:24:51and is full of interesting architectural detail.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55The ceiling is almost equally impressive.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59This is an arrangement of pendant bosses,
0:24:59 > 0:25:03which is typical of the 17th century.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08Next, and a feature that's highly unusual in 17th-century architecture,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11is the inclusion in the panelling
0:25:11 > 0:25:14of all these portraits, or mug shots,
0:25:14 > 0:25:16running around the frieze.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19They're in polychrome, painted on panels,
0:25:19 > 0:25:26and one half of them, that's the male characters with the pale blue backgrounds,
0:25:26 > 0:25:29are prophets from the Old Testament.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32The other half are Sybils,
0:25:32 > 0:25:35who are effectively prophetesses.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40The only really genuine 17th-century furniture in the room, though,
0:25:40 > 0:25:44is this set of chairs.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Were you able to pick them up, you'd find they're incredibly light.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52That's because they're made of walnut and beech.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Both of those timbers are delicious to the woodworm,
0:25:56 > 0:26:00hence throughout, there's extensive worming.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03And that's what makes their survival so miraculous,
0:26:03 > 0:26:09because the very, very tall back is not only uncomfortable
0:26:09 > 0:26:11but very liable to damage.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Lean back on these with a bit of woodworm
0:26:13 > 0:26:18and the back is broken and the chair is destroyed.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20The front supports, which are curved,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23are called Braganza supports,
0:26:23 > 0:26:28after Catherine de Braganza, the wife of Charles II.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32For our teams today, though, over at the auction,
0:26:32 > 0:26:35we hope it's going to be less Braganza
0:26:35 > 0:26:38and more bonanza!
0:26:39 > 0:26:42It's a couple of weeks on and we're back in Cirencester,
0:26:42 > 0:26:45entering all the items to auction.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Well, it's a delight to be with Liz Poole
0:27:02 > 0:27:06at the Cotswold Auction Company in Cirencester.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08- Liz, good morning.- Good morning.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11We're going to set a benchmark here with this bench.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- Yes?- We are.- How do you rate it?
0:27:14 > 0:27:18I wasn't quite sure to start with. I wasn't sure if it was an Indian repro,
0:27:18 > 0:27:21but it's definitely got some age to the back of those legs.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- It's such a wonderful quality job, isn't it?- It is. Good and heavy.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28- Yes.- £70 to £100 estimate. - The team paid £230.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32- Alex really went very, very strongly with it.- OK.- Loved it.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37- It's a question of who might be here today to hoover it up, right?- Yes.
0:27:37 > 0:27:42If we need to brush up any profits, we've got this fellow to help us!
0:27:42 > 0:27:46- That's a wacky thing, isn't it? - It is.- What do you think it is?
0:27:46 > 0:27:49My first thoughts was that it was a curling broom,
0:27:49 > 0:27:53but after a scintillating evening on the internet, erm,
0:27:53 > 0:27:55early curling brooms are flatter,
0:27:55 > 0:27:59so I've called it a brush for polishing a floor maybe.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02I mean, it's heavy enough to, er,
0:28:02 > 0:28:06take a kind of blanket-type cloth, soaked in polish, isn't it,
0:28:06 > 0:28:09and you might apply it with this and polish it off with another.
0:28:09 > 0:28:15- This bristle would take up any irregularity in a timber floor as you apply the polish.- Yes.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Either way, it's a pretty useless piece of kit.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- Mm.- What do you think it's worth? - I've put 20 to 30.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24I think you're absolutely right. £30 was paid and that's about it.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29OK, moving along, we have one of the world's most ordinary vesta cases.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33- Yes. Very run of the mill, rectangular, engraved...- Bruised! - Birmingham 1915.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37- Unfortunately, got a monogram on it. - So everything's going against it.
0:28:37 > 0:28:42It's late, bruised, monogrammed, small, it's very dull and ordinary.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46- 15 to 30 estimate. - Lovely. £35 our team paid.- OK.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50They're more or less on the money with two of their items and a bit off on that bench,
0:28:50 > 0:28:54which is so speculative, but actually is so special.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56- I rather admire them having a punt. - Definitely.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00Well, having had a punt, they may well need their bonus buy desperately.
0:29:00 > 0:29:05As it was only a five-pound note, let's find out what was acquired.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08OK, chaps. Well, you only gave Philip a fiver!
0:29:08 > 0:29:11I would not want to go out with a five-pound note
0:29:11 > 0:29:15and find something that I could say is likely to make a profit,
0:29:15 > 0:29:17so, Philip Serrell, over to you.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20This is really small so I want you look very close.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24Are you concentrating? Are you ready?
0:29:24 > 0:29:27- Have you got it?- No. - Have you got it?- No.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30I must have it, then. Hold on. There we are.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34- This is a little ruler.- Cool. - It's an advertising ruler
0:29:34 > 0:29:38for the Co-operative Wholesale Society. Have a look.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42- How much did this cost? - It was a fiver. We spent every penny.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45What do you think we're going to get out of it?
0:29:45 > 0:29:50I actually think it's quite collectable. It might do you...
0:29:50 > 0:29:53If you have a bit of luck, it might do 20 to 40 quid.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56But it should make £10 to £15 all day long.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58- 1902.- Yes.- For that year only,
0:29:58 > 0:30:01you'd go down the local shop and they'd say
0:30:01 > 0:30:03"You're a very good customer.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07"Have a tin-plate folding ruler with a calendar."
0:30:07 > 0:30:08I think it's really clever.
0:30:08 > 0:30:13Let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about the folding ruler from the Co-op.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18Well, well, well, look at that. If you only had £5
0:30:18 > 0:30:21and you had Philip beside you, that's what you'd come up with.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24- It's lovely, isn't it? - Isn't it nice?- I really like it!
0:30:24 > 0:30:27- We've got a calendar, right? - Yes, a little calendar.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30- From 1902.- 1902.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33And on the back, a useful little ruler.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37- Given away as a freebie. - Which is lovely, isn't it?
0:30:37 > 0:30:40- What's your estimate? - Five to 10 pounds.- OK.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44- A little catchy-type come-and-buy-me estimate.- Definitely.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Very good. That's it for the Reds.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Now for the Blues, who have similarly nice things.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Tell us about the pounce pot, Liz.
0:30:52 > 0:30:57This is Quaker silver, American, circa 1930,
0:30:57 > 0:31:02etched, and one of a pair, salt or pepper.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04So it's nothing to do with pounce,
0:31:04 > 0:31:07that dust to dry off your inky letter.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- It's a bit too late for that. - It's a pepper pot.- It is.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13There we go. We've learnt something. What's it worth?
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Not uncommon. £10 to £20.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18OK, £15 paid, so they're OK on the money with that.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21- Do you rate the novelty penknife? - I do like it.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Victorian. A pencil and a ruler
0:31:24 > 0:31:27and little knives, folding.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29- And so collectable, and in solid silver.- Yes.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31- When's it hallmarked?- 1895.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34- What's your estimate?- 30 to 50.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38- Is that all?- I know. - It must be worth £100 to £150.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41I think it appeals to lots of small collectors.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44- Anyway, we'll see.- Good. - Watch the egg go all over my face.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47- What about the Black Forest bear? He's fun.- He's nice.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50People like Black Forest bears.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Smoke stand, pipe stand,
0:31:52 > 0:31:57got a little musical movement on the side there. Lots of fun.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00- A typical novelty Black Forest jobby.- Definitely.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04- Is it going to be an amazing dancing bear?- Hm... Midway. 40 to 60.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08- They'll be happy with that. They only paid 40.- Good.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12I have a funny feeling they aren't going to need their bonus buy
0:32:12 > 0:32:15because they're going to make such a profit on that penknife!
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Anyway, let's go and have a look at it.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20Planter, what did you buy?
0:32:20 > 0:32:24TP bought a lamp base, but it's not just any lamp base.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Let me explain.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29It's South African. It's made by a technical college.
0:32:29 > 0:32:34It has a wonderful presentation here, "For the Right Honourable Earl of Clarendon."
0:32:34 > 0:32:38A 1930s, beautifully-made lamp base.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40A piece of unique art.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42How much did you pay for that, Thomas?
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Hundreds! I used it all up!
0:32:45 > 0:32:47- Did you? You didn't?- 220?- 220!
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- You didn't pay 220! - You didn't pay 220?
0:32:50 > 0:32:54Of course I didn't. This cost me £30.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Oh, wow. It's lovely.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00- You say that with real conviction(!) - This is an engineer we have here.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03I love Arts & Crafts things.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05Come on, Diane, that's brilliant!
0:33:05 > 0:33:08- BOTH: That's fantastic, Thomas! - Isn't he a clever old sausage?
0:33:08 > 0:33:10- We're happy with that?- Yes. - Fantastic.
0:33:10 > 0:33:16Let's find out, for the audience at home, whether the auctioneer is as happy as we are.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19- A little bit of history for you. - It is, isn't it?
0:33:19 > 0:33:22A nice hunk of metal. It's good and heavy, isn't it?
0:33:22 > 0:33:26It certainly is. And quite practical as a lamp, all the weight in the bottom there.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Nice inscription.
0:33:28 > 0:33:33"Pretoria Boys and Girls" to the Duke of Clarendon.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36A little bit of history, but not easy to place.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39- No.- South Africa schoolwork from the 1930s
0:33:39 > 0:33:45is not exactly top of the shopping list here in Cirencester, I guess.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47But a decorative thing. We've put 30 to 50.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Very nice. £30 paid by the Planter.
0:33:50 > 0:33:55- He's paid the right amount of money, as usual. Who knows, it could take off.- Let's hope.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57It could light up the world.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08- How are you feeling? Excited?- Yes.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12It's a lovely feeling, this, isn't it? Everything to go for.
0:34:12 > 0:34:13Like your hall bench...
0:34:13 > 0:34:17- Are you feeling nervous, Alex? - A little nervous.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20I'm hoping my bench does better than his broom!
0:34:20 > 0:34:23Let's hope the power of the internet makes us a decent connection.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26- Here it comes. - 19th-century mahogany hall bench.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Rather stylish.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31What shall we say? £50? £50 to start.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Where are our furniture buyers? £50. Come on.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35- 50.- £50?
0:34:35 > 0:34:38- £30. Do I see 30?- £30!
0:34:38 > 0:34:42- 20, then. £20.- £20! - 20 bid. Thank you. 20 bid standing.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44At 20 bid standing, who's going 22?
0:34:44 > 0:34:4725, sir? 25. 28?
0:34:47 > 0:34:5030. 35. At 35.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53No? At 35 on my right. 35.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56At 35? Any more at 35?
0:34:56 > 0:34:59- I can't bear it.- 35, then, at 35.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Are we all finished at 35?
0:35:03 > 0:35:07That's good because it just nipped the loss in at under 200!
0:35:07 > 0:35:10- Minus £195. - Your bench did well, Alex!
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Our expectations were low but not that low.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17I have a horrible feeling about this. Now, the old brush...
0:35:17 > 0:35:21What shall we say? 20 to start. £20. Start me off at 20.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25Any takers in the room? We have a phone bid waiting.
0:35:25 > 0:35:30- Any bids in the room?- A phone bid? That's brilliant.- 20 on the phone.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34- 20?- On the phone! - Please don't go more than my bench!
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Is there any more? 20 on the phone.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39He knows it's a curling broom.
0:35:39 > 0:35:40£20 on the phone.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43All done, then, and selling...
0:35:43 > 0:35:47Minus £10. Now the vesta case. Here we go.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51George V silver vesta. Birmingham 1915.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Start the bidding with me at 10. At £10 on commission. 12.50.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57At 15. 18. 20.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01At 20 in front. The gentleman's bid in front. 22.
0:36:01 > 0:36:0425. 28. 30.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08At 30 seated. Thank you for bidding. With you, sir, at 30.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12- One more. Come on! - All done. In front at £30.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16- £30. Minus £5.- It was close. - You nearly made a profit there.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19Overall, you are minus £210.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22It's all relative, isn't it?
0:36:22 > 0:36:26- What are we going to do about the ruler and calendar? Are you going with that?- Yes.- OK.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28I don't think we could lose much more!
0:36:28 > 0:36:34- I don't think we can make 215! - You never know.- No, I think I do!
0:36:34 > 0:36:37- OK. Here comes the ruler. - Lots of interest.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42- Loads and loads of commission bids. Start at 20.- What?- 22. 25. 28.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44- Look at this man!- At 30.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46On commission at £30.
0:36:46 > 0:36:4832. 35.
0:36:48 > 0:36:5038. At 38.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Any more? At 38...
0:36:52 > 0:36:55- You paid £5 for this. - 38 in the room. Any more? At 38.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58Selling at 38. Last chance.
0:36:58 > 0:36:59- Selling!- This is very good! - GAVEL BANGS
0:36:59 > 0:37:01Look at that - £38!
0:37:01 > 0:37:06- That's all right.- The man's made £33 profit on a £5 investment.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09That does not happen every day. Well done, Phil. Excellent.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13Anyway, £33 off that lot is a complicated sum, actually.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17That is £177 of losses.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21- Minus 177, which is not much when you say it quickly!- We did well!
0:37:21 > 0:37:25The way things are going, that could be a winning score today!
0:37:30 > 0:37:34- This is exciting. Do you know how the Reds got on?- BOTH: No.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Good. Now, your so-called pounce pot,
0:37:37 > 0:37:42that first item, has been identified as an American cruet.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46- Thomas, I did say that. - It's called a parlor cruet.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48I have to say, your next item,
0:37:48 > 0:37:53your super-duper Victorian combination novelty job is just marvellous.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56- We love that.- The two knives and the thingamajig...
0:37:56 > 0:38:01On a good day in a silver sale, it's worth £150 to £200.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Lastly, you've got your Black Forest dancing bear.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06- Grr!- Musical. Arrgh! I love that!
0:38:06 > 0:38:10You paid £40 for that. The estimate she's put on it is 40 to 60.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12We'll cross our legs and hope for the best.
0:38:12 > 0:38:17If all else fails, you've got the South African presentation lamp to fall back on.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Which would be painful!
0:38:19 > 0:38:23Now, first up is the pepperette. Here it comes.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26£20. Nice little piece. £20.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29- Do I see 20? 10, then. £10. £10. - Come on!
0:38:29 > 0:38:32- Any takers at 10?- BOTH: Come on!
0:38:32 > 0:38:34- Any interest? Nobody interested? - Come on!
0:38:34 > 0:38:40- Nobody wants it? £5. £5 with the gentleman.- COME ON!
0:38:40 > 0:38:43- At £5 with the gentleman. Any more? - Come on!
0:38:43 > 0:38:46At five. Six bid seated, at six. Seven.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Seven now. Eight. Nine.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52At £9. Ten with the gentleman seated, at ten.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54It's going up.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56£12 I'm bid, at 12. Thank you.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00- Come on!- Bid standing at £12. - Another three...- No!
0:39:00 > 0:39:04£12. It's £12. Minus £3.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07- Now the penknife and combination whatnot.- This is...
0:39:07 > 0:39:11- This is vital. - Vital, to claw back that £3.
0:39:11 > 0:39:16Ruler and combination pencil. Hallmarked for 1895.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Very pretty. £40.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21- Oh, come on!- 20. £20.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23It's worth 20 any day. 20 bid. Thank you.
0:39:23 > 0:39:29Who's going on? At £20 for our lovely little piece. Any more?
0:39:29 > 0:39:33£20. Is there any more? 22. At 22.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37- 25.- It's more than £20! - It's 25 now. It's all right.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40At 25 bid, standing at the back. All done.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43At £25, it wiped its face.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45You'd might and well give it away.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48OK, fine. Now the Black Forest bear.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51- DIANE GROANS - Oh, this is not... I can't bear it!
0:39:51 > 0:39:53He does play a nice little tune.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56What shall we say? 30 to start. £30.
0:39:56 > 0:40:0020, then. 10, then. Give me 10.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03- It was a lovely bear! - Does nobody want it for ten?
0:40:03 > 0:40:05£10. Can I tempt anyone? Ten at the back, at ten.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09At ten with the gentleman at the back. At 12 now.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13At 12. 15 is it? 15. At 15. 18, sir. 18.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16At 18. At 18 on the right.
0:40:16 > 0:40:17At £18...
0:40:17 > 0:40:19- At £18.- BOTH: Come on!
0:40:19 > 0:40:23Is there any more on the net? Be quick if you're interested.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26At £18 in the room....
0:40:26 > 0:40:30£18 it is. That's minus £22.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Overall, we're minus £25, girls.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37- Are you going to go with the lamp or not?- BOTH: Yes.- Definitely.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40- They're going with the bonus buy. - Presentation table lamp
0:40:40 > 0:40:44with the wonderful inscription, dated 1931.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48Very handsome it is. Start me at £20. Do I see 20?
0:40:48 > 0:40:51- Come on!- 20. 20 for the table lamp. Ten, then.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Do I see ten? Any takers at £10?
0:40:54 > 0:40:57- £10.- Come on! It's beautiful! It's weighty!
0:40:57 > 0:41:00No? Weighty! It's a good weighty piece.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03A lot of metal in there. £10. Do I see ten? Any takers for £10?
0:41:03 > 0:41:06It'd look lovely in the bathroom!
0:41:06 > 0:41:12£5? You were just waiting for me to get down. Not a lot at five.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16- Any more?- £5?!- At £5 standing, my only bid. Are we all finished?
0:41:16 > 0:41:17At £5...
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Six. Thank you, sir. Seven.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22At seven. Eight is it, sir?
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Eight. Nine. At nine. Thank you.
0:41:25 > 0:41:30- It's better than it looks!- At nine. All finished, then, at nine?
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Well, girls, that's it. The final tally is minus 46,
0:41:33 > 0:41:39which is hardly right, is it, for something that I predicted would make a cool £100 profit
0:41:39 > 0:41:42and it actually wiped its face, so I'm sorry about that.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45But that is the reality of real auction life.
0:41:45 > 0:41:50- Just don't say a word to the Reds. - We won't.- All will be revealed in a moment.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57What a happy programme we've had today!
0:41:57 > 0:42:03But which team have made marginally less in the way of losses?
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Well, the runners-up today, I'm afraid,
0:42:06 > 0:42:08- are the Red Team... - THEY GROAN
0:42:08 > 0:42:12..who finish up with a tally of minus £177.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16That's after a stellar profit on the bonus buy!
0:42:16 > 0:42:22Phil, how you made £33 profit on that miserable little tape measure, I do not know!
0:42:22 > 0:42:26- So after the stellar profit, we're minus 177.- Good job.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29It's down to the bench, and the bench should've done better,
0:42:29 > 0:42:31- so there we are!- My fault.
0:42:31 > 0:42:32- It's nobody's fault!- It is.
0:42:32 > 0:42:37It's not his fault, Drew! Don't you go drubbing him in the office tomorrow.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41- It's just bad luck. I hope you've had a nice time. - We have.- You've been great sports.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45But the victors today, who are going home with the accolade, if no cash,
0:42:45 > 0:42:50of losing £46, have done really not too badly!
0:42:50 > 0:42:54They made a profit on absolutely nothing and they had one wiped face.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56But let's not dwell on the detail, eh?
0:42:56 > 0:42:59- Di, are you happy with that? - Absolutely thrilled.
0:42:59 > 0:43:00- All right, Jill?- Ecstatic.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03- THEY LAUGH - Good. Ecstatic.
0:43:03 > 0:43:07- Join us soon for some more bargain hunting. Yes?- ALL: Yes!
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