Malvern/Leominster 3 Bargain Hunt

Leominster has historic buildings aplenty.

It's also got a jolly good selection of antique shops,

which means just one thing -

let's go bargain hunting!

This Herefordshire market town

was once famous for its wool and cotton mills.

But it's not spinning that we're interested in today - oh, no - it's winning!

'But which will it be, the Reds or the Blues?

'Coming up, can Philip Serrell be trusted to uphold the honour of these Girl Scouts?

'While the Blues get a taste of some bazaar-like bargaining.'

It insults my mother and my grandmother!

It insults the donkey of my grandmother!

-I spit on your offer! You can have it for 48.

-No!

So, what about the rules?

There are two chaps who jolly well ought to know them by now -

Philip Serrell, ringleader of the Reds,

and Thomas Plant, boss of the Blues.

Each team has one hour and £300

to find three items to take to the auction.

And the winner is the team that makes the biggest profit or the smallest loss.

See? Easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy!

So let's meet our teams.

Here we are in the magnificent Lion Ballroom.

Not to have a turn, though, but to introduce today's teams -

my favourite - all girls -

Angie and Helen for the Reds and Sue and Marion for the Blues.

-Welcome, everybody.

-Hello.

-Lovely to see you.

Angie, how was it that you met Helen?

17 years ago, I used to be a Cub leader,

in fact, I used to be Akela,

and I walked in and there was Helen stood there

and we just hit it off straight away.

When you're not with the Scouts, what do you get up to?

I work in the hospital, in the cancer unit,

and we process treatments, etc,

from the start, when they're diagnosed with cancer,

-through when, hopefully, they're given the all clear.

-That's a miracle moment, isn't it?

-Helen, what's your line of work?

-I work as a learning support worker in a secondary school.

Some of the things that I teach are construction,

so bricklaying, plastering.

-You must be the most petite bricklayer I ever came across!

-I am!

-As well as the Scouts, what are your other hobbies?

-Oh, gosh, loads!

I race radio-control cars, which sounds really strange,

but they're about this big and go at about 50 miles an hour

-with a little battery in.

-Radio-controlled jobs?

-Yes.

-Yes.

-So you're up on a stage, racing them.

-You're a bit of a speed queen, really.

-Just a bit!

What are your tactics, Ange? What are you going to get up to?

We're going to listen to advice from the professional...

-That could be your first mistake.

-Definitely!

-..but I like boxes.

-Boxes?

-I love boxes.

-You'll have your eye open for a box.

-Yes.

-What about you, Hells Bells?

-Anything a little bit unusual.

-I'm going to try and look for something...

-Quirky.

-Yes.

-Something petite, like you.

-Yes!

Anyway, good fun! Good luck.

-Marion, you're an artist.

-I am.

-Tell us about that.

I went to art school in the '70s and then I taught art and design.

For 20 years, I had my own ceramics,

-where I designed my own pottery and sold it, basically.

-Brilliant.

What sort of thing do you collect?

I collect silk handkerchiefs.

I just love the fact that they're anonymous artists

and they've spent such a lot of time and effort into making something

which was a throw-away item in those days.

-So, those are prints on silk, effectively?

-They're prints on silk.

The ones after the First World War were made from leftover parachutes.

Sue, having had the lowdown

on the collectability of silk handkerchiefs,

what do you do for a living?

I do something very different. I'm a nurse specialist in eating disorders,

specifically anorexia nervosa.

It's a terrible thing, anorexia, isn't it?

-Absolutely appalling illness.

-It's something that,

if you're not blighted with it, you know somebody who knows somebody who has been.

It's a very long process for somebody to get better,

but we help them discover who they are without their anorexia.

-And that takes time and patience.

-It does.

So, you lovely girls, what are your tactics today?

I'm just going to look for something that I think will make a profit.

That's fair enough. I mean, it's never happened before,

so you might as well make a start somewhere!

Anyway, talking of money, here's £300 apiece.

There's your £300. You know the rules.

Your experts await. Off you go! Very, very, very good luck.

-Off you go.

-Where do we go?

-In here.

-In here. Right! Right!

-Right!

I will! That was very Scout-y, wasn't it?

I'm going to look for something that's got a little bit of Picasso about it.

-Oh, really?

-And a little bit of Rembrandt!

-How about you, Sue?

-I think I'm going to stick to something slightly quirky.

-Yes.

-Arty but quirky.

-Arty but quirky. Well, let's go!

-Philip, what do you think of these?

-Those?

-What do you think?

Truthfully? Dreadful.

'Don't hold back, Phil.'

Rembrandt and Picasso, something quirky...

I think we're done, aren't we? That's all we need to buy.

I quite like that over there.

-This here?

-Yes.

Can I get it out without knocking anything over?

That would be fabulous shined up, wouldn't it?

-All polished up. The lamp.

-Yes.

Look at that. That's rather good, isn't it?

Why is it... Is it an oil lamp that's been converted?

It would've been an oil lamp. It's definitely silver plated.

There's quite a lot which needs doing to it.

-You're missing some screws here.

-For £85?

For £85. That's the problem.

Hello, sir. What's the best that can be done on this?

The very best price we can do on this is £65.

-£65. And that's the death, is it?

-It is indeed.

-Personally, I don't think it's a profitable piece at 65.

-I agree.

'All of a sudden, the magic seems to have gone out of this lamp.'

Girls... Where are we? Do you like that?

That's really nice.

This is a Royal Worcester rustic jug.

It's decorated with some sort of finch.

If we look at that letter there,

it means this was made between 1865 and 1875.

-This is in the style of a man called John Hopewell.

-Right.

-That's lovely. Do you like that?

-Mm.

-Do you like it?

-Go for that.

-How much is it?

-14 quid.

-Oh, gosh!

-How much could we get for that at auction?

If that came into my saleroom, I'd estimate it at 20 to 40, 30 to 50 quid.

We'll ask the shopkeeper if it's restored and what the best he can do on it is.

-Where is he?

-Definitely.

-Oh, look at this!

He's like a jailer, isn't he?

What's your very best on that?

-You've got it priced at 14.

-Erm...

-These girls need all the help they can get.

-We do!

What about ten?

-Go on!

-I know that's more than you'd normally do.

Erm... Go on, then. OK.

You're a star. Thank you.

-Thank you!

-If you can do ten,

-I'll take them away and never bring them back!

-We won't see you again, then!

'Promises, promises, eh? But at least it's one in the bag for the Reds,

'while he Blues are still arting around.'

-I'm going to give you a test.

-Right.

-I'm going to give you two minutes in here...

-Right.

..and I'm going to time it,

and I'm going to let you have a look

and then I'll show you what I think you should be looking at, you show me what you're looking at.

-It's a bit like "You show me yours and I'll show you mine".

-OK.

'Excuse me! This is still Bargain Hunt, isn't it,

'or have I drifted into another programme?!'

Oh, Phil!

There's a card table and a pack of cards. These are really nice cards.

-I'll just show you a little trick.

-OK.

These are really nice.

-This little set here, this'll keep them safe, OK?

-Yes.

-Just put them into there, like that.

-She's good, isn't she?

-Wow!

-There!

-Can I just check your...?

'Now it seems we've transformed into a magic show.

'Don't worry, Philip, I can't keep up, either.

'Best move on, mate,

'because some things are already set in stone.'

Is it really heavy?

Oh, my God! SHE LAUGHS

You didn't tell me it was stone.

-I think that's rather fabulous.

-What is this?!

-A stone-carved panel.

That is £68.

-What do you think about that?

-We'd probably have to get it down...

-We would.

..but I think somebody would pay money for that.

-It looks like it's been hand-carved.

-Yes.

-Do you think it's from somewhere like Spain or the Middle East?

-It looks like it.

People like that sort of thing.

You could put it in a barn conversion or inside a bathroom.

-You're looking a bit po-faced.

-Mm. Not sure about it.

It has got a Middle East sort of shape to it there.

I do quite like it.

I quite like pretty things and it is sort of lacy.

-It's a big risk.

-It is.

-It's a huge risk.

-It's a heavy risk!

-Judging by what you look like!

I'd buy it if I saw it in an auction at the right price.

You can do something with it. It's got another life, hasn't it?

'It's definitely got the arty look they're after.'

So, Stan, it says £68. It is heavy.

I'll do my best for you. 68...

We can make that... 55.

Really?

-Not a little, a lot!

-50 pounds.

-40.

-Oh, 40 I couldn't do.

-The thing is, you're being very British about this.

-Yes.

I have not got full British blood in me

and I'm not going to stop at 48, so let's go!

-We can bargain in a non-British way.

-That's what I want you to do.

WELSH ACCENT: Your offer insults me. It insults my mother and my grandmother!

It insults the donkey of my grandmother!

-I spit on your offer! You can have it for 48.

-No!

I want to start...

I want to start at... £40.

I'll meet you halfway at 47.

Oh, five... Make it 45!

-45 it is.

-I think we go for it.

-I think we go for it.

'Well, it would be rude not to now.'

Deal. You're a good man. Thank you, Stan.

'Stan's the man!

'And what a great lesson in how to bargain Middle Eastern-style.

'That's one-up to the dealer.

'It also means both our teams now have one in the bag.'

-If we could find you a magic trick, that would be brilliant.

-Amazing.

-Or an old Scout's woggle.

-That would be brilliant!

-Fantastic!

-I've never seen a girl turned on by a woggle before.

-'The mind boggles.

'But will their Scouting spirit help persuade centre manager Ben

'to think outside the box on his prices?'

That's lovely.

-It's got the key.

-Yes.

It's got a bit of livestock, as well, with it.

-Oh, it has.

-Yes. I think that's a sweet little thing, actually.

It's dated to abut 1810. £125.

I think at auction, that's 50 to 80 quid.

OK?

-What I would do is put this on your wish list.

-OK.

Find out what the best that Ben can do is.

-Remember, they've got to earn a living so he'll tell you what his best is.

-OK.

Find out his best price

and ask him if he can put it by for 45 minutes while we have a look.

-OK.

-And then you've got something on the shelf.

-Shall I do it?

-You do

-that.

I'm going to have skulk round and see if I can see anything else.

-Hi, Ben!

-Hello.

-What's your very, very best you can do on that?

-Be really nice to us!

-Yes, please.

-I might be nice.

-Oh, please!

-Oh, please do!

-We've got 125.

-Yes.

-Erm...

It should really be 110 but...

-100?

-I'll come down to 100 on it.

-100. Excellent.

-What do you reckon?

-Can you go a bit lower? 95?

I'd have to make a phone call to these dealers. They're nice people.

Some people are really strict on their prices, but I can give them a call for you.

-Do you want me to?

-Please, because I love it.

-That would be amazing.

Whilst you're running around,

-I'll make a call.

-Brilliant.

-Cheers. Thank you, Ben.

'Remember, girls, Phil's estimate was only 50 to 80 pounds. Oh, dear.'

This looks really exciting!

'We're at the halfway mark now. Time to make a call.'

"Hurry up!"

-Do you know how to date these telephones?

-No.

-Little tip...

You can always date these telephones by this second number here.

That's number 56 so that's 1956.

-That's lovely! I think That's gorgeous.

-OK.

Let's call for Stan, see what he can do.

Stan? Hello? Hello?

-Come in, Stan.

-Hello.

-You like the telephone, do you?

-What can you do?

-We've got 65 on it.

-Yes.

-Well...

Let's say, er, £50 I can do.

Is that your very, very best offer for me?

What did you have in mind?

-30.

-HE INHALES SHARPLY

Ooh, that wincing noise! Ooh!

-I thought Marion wasn't going to do any of that.

-She can't help herself!

-You can't, can you?

I thought I could try standing over him, with a bit of a cuddling.

-It's working!

-Oh, do some more!

-Oh, yes! Both! Hug him either side!

-Either side!

-Is that working?

-Yes, it's working.

-30 pounds?

Oh, it hasn't got to 30 yet, though!

What do you think?

-You like this.

-I do quite like this, yes.

-Again, it's quirky.

-It is.

-It's fun.

-I did want a quirky item.

-Can we start with a three...

-Mm?

..followed by a zero? STAN SIGHS

-Oh, go on.

-One more cuddle and you've got it.

-30 pounds!

-30 pounds! BLUES CHEER

'So, Stan, they definitely rang your bell.

'Well done, Blues. That's your second item found.

'Reds, you'd better get a move on. But no need to panic.'

This is not time to panic.

-It is, however, time for mild concern.

-Right.

We've got 40 minutes and one thing bought.

We've spent the princely sum of £10 out of 300, in 40 minutes.

-It really is focus time.

-It is.

-We really need to get to grips.

-OK.

-All right. Follow me.

-Let's go.

You have it buy things of the moment.

This is an Arts & Crafts-type panel, on copper,

1900, 1910, something like that.

It's quite a good, trendy thing for the minute.

That's priced at £148. If you can get that for around 110, I think it might give you a chance.

How much do you think we'd get for that at auction?

We've got to play percentages here. On a bad day, that's going to make 80 quid.

On a good day, it could make 150, 180.

-Shall we see what we can get that for?

-Yes.

-See what we can...

-I see an absolute wave of zero enthusiasm.

-You don't like it?

-Go on.

-No...!

-But if it sells...

-I don't even know what you'd use it for!

If you don't like, don't buy, but you have got to buy something.

Shall we go with that?

You reckon we could do well with that?

I think you've got more chance of a profit with that

than with that little box that you looked at.

-But here's a bit of fun for you.

-What?

Why don't you buy the box AND that and see who's right and who's wrong?

-We could do. That would be... Yes!

-Yes.

-Right.

-They're both around the same price. What was the box? 95?

-95.

-95.

It would be really good if you could get that for 95, but I don't know that you will.

But see which one makes a profit, because I think that's got more legs than the box.

'As if there wasn't enough of a competition Phil, you sly old fox!'

-Yes, ladies?

-We need your help.

What's the best price you could do that for?

-What about 100?

-Er, no!

-Erm...

-110?

Somewhere in the middle?

-110?

-She might do nasty things to me,

but I will say 110.

-Excellent. Shall we go for that?

-We're going for it.

-Okey-doke.

Brilliant. Thank you.

'Now, let's hope the Blues aren't about to fall into a trap.'

-This is it, is it?

-This is it.

-This is the catcher.

-This is what you really like?

-I think it's very quirky.

I keep saying that word because I like it.

A salmon trap, ideal for the garden.

I don't think it would be used for salmon these days.

I think it would be used for your sweet peas, or your runner beans.

What do you think, Marion?

Well, if you wanted to be really different,

you could hang it from the ceiling with a light bulb in.

You come up with the best ideas, don't you? You're full of these!

That's what's so interesting about shopping with you,

shopping with a real trained artist, it's wonderful.

You could turn it upside-down, or you could just have it...

-It could be an interesting standard lamp.

-Yes.

-So, can we see what we can do?

-BOTH: Yes.

-I'm Ben.

-Ben. Nice to meet you.

-Hello, Ben.

-What's the best price on this?

-What have they got on this one?

95...

-80.

-80 pounds?

-Ooh!

And that's the death?

What is...? THEY LAUGH

-Come on!

-I love the way you look at us like that!

Throw me a bone!

I can do 75 and that will be it.

It's the kind of thing, where we're selling in the Cotswolds,

it could make anything from 30 to 200 pounds.

That's the risk, and that's all auctions are.

-So come on, make your mind up.

-Yes, definitely!

-Yes?

-Because we saw it earlier.

-Yes, yes.

-You've come back to it. Ben, that's a deal.

-Great.

-That's it. Girls...

-Thank you.

-Cheers.

-..third item.

We've got all of them!

'Well, it's definitely quirky, I'll give you that!

'While the Blues have time for a tea break, the Reds have to put a lid on that box.'

Ben, what's the best deal you can do for us?

I spoke to them and I worked hard for you,

and they said 95 is the absolute death.

-What do you reckon? Shall we do it?

-We'll do it.

-Definitely.

-Okey-dokey.

'Sorted. Now, girls, can you use your magic skills to do me one small favour?'

-Have you got any more magic tricks tucked up your sleeve?

-BOTH: Oh, yes!

'Ooh, thank you!

'Philip got the Reds into the flow with this Royal Worcester jug,

'paying a mere £10.

'Angie and Helen then took their expert's advice

'and secured this Arts & Crafts early 20th-century copper panel.

'£110 paid.

'Finally, they secured their final lot

'with this leather document box and key,

'paying a princely £95 for it.'

-Enjoyed it?

-Yes, definitely.

You can't regret a thing, you know that, don't you?

-I don't regret nothing.

-Do you not?

-Nor me.

You don't regret nothing. That's what I love about the English language!

Seriously, which is your favourite piece, Ange?

-Definitely my box.

-All right, fine.

-What about you, Hells Bells?

-The little tiny Worcester vase with the finch on.

-That's your favourite?

-Yes.

-How much did you spend all round?

-BOTH: 215.

-215?

-215.

Who's got the £85 of leftover lolly? Thank you. That comes straight here.

What are you going to do with that, Philip Serrell?

I'm going to try and buy something that she might like.

-Or not...

-That would be difficult, wouldn't it?

Good luck, Phil! Good luck, girls.

Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blue Team bought.

Marion dug out this carved stone Middle Eastern window

and after a harsh lesson in haggling, got it for £45.

They called on Thomas's knowledge with this 1950s Bakelite telephone.

They got the dealer's number and only paid £30.

And finally, the girls reeled in this iron tapered salmon catcher,

but were they caught out at £75?

-It's marvellous when the teams are so pleased. Are you pleased?

-Very.

-Are you?

-Absolutely delighted.

Which is your favourite piece?

The favourite piece is the piece I chose,

-which is...

-Funny that!

-..which is the stone window!

-The stone window is your favourite.

-It is.

-What's your favourite?

-My favourite is the salmon catcher.

-Is it?

-Yes.

-And will it bring the biggest profit?

I'm hoping it will do!

-How much did you spend?

-We spent £150.

Please may I have the £150 of leftover lolly?

-Here we go.

-That's lovely.

-£150 goes straight to T-Plant.

-Thank you very much.

What is going to planted and grown today, Tom, out of your expertise?

Everything else had another life!

-It was going to be in some installation somewhere!

-Oh, yes!

I'm going to buy something which will go in another!

-Really?

-Yes.

-You're such a tease sometimes!

Good luck, team. Good luck, Tom.

Meanwhile, we're heading off somewhere absolutely splendido!

This is Nuffield Place, once home to William Morris.

Not the William Morris associated with the Arts & Crafts movement,

but Morris the Motor Man, the entrepreneur and industrialist,

who later became Lord Nuffield, the great philanthropist.

This William Morris was the man who brought motoring to the masses,

changing society and making himself one of the wealthiest men in the world.

Nuffield Place was the Morris's Oxfordshire home

for over 30 years.

It's not a vast country pile,

the sort of place that you might've expected

one of the world's wealthiest industrialists to have occupied,

it's a relatively modest Edwardian home,

dating back to about 1914,

but which the Morrises occupied for over 30 years.

They furnished the house in a standard 1930s style

and led a quite retired life here,

avoiding large-scale entertaining wherever they could.

But who was William Morris, "Lord Nuffield",

and what does his house tell us about this intriguing man?

Since his death in 1963,

the house has remained as Lord Nuffield left it.

Rather than a treasure trove of highly valuable works of art, it preserves riches of another kind.

The items on display,

from cracked pots to well-thumbed books, reveal this man's true character.

There's one room that in particular illustrates Lord Nuffield's life -

his bedroom.

It's of quite modest proportions,

but if you look around

the place is littered with clocks and timepieces -

a Regency timepiece, a 17th-century lantern clock,

an Art Deco mantel clock,

a bedside timepiece, another Regency clock,

and behind me, the most wonderful example

of an 18th-century wall clock by Eardley Norton.

Lord Nuffield was clearly keen on horology.

Amongst his other toys,

we can tell that he was keen on smoking.

A pretty little pipe rack dating from the '30s,

but crammed with his favourite pipes.

Concern about his health is well documented.

He was something of a hypochondriac.

Not enough to stop him smoking,

but enough to lead him

to a nightly dose of milk of magnesia,

as illustrated by this flask.

In fact, he was something of an insomniac.

Just look at this.

Isn't that extraordinary?

Can you believe that the head of a multi-national,

multi-million-pound empire,

would have in his bedroom a cupboard,

stuffed up like a little workshop.

Well, he was passionate about engineering,

and if he couldn't sleep he'd do a bit of polishing,

or he'd use his anvil for bending a bit of metal.

His inventive mind would have,

in the middle of his sleepless night,

an opportunity to vent itself.

An indication of just how careful Lord Nuffield was is here...

It's a packet of stick-on soles.

What's a multi-millionaire doing

worrying about sticking rubber bits on the bottom of his leather shoes

to make them last a bit longer?

It's because he was careful.

Perhaps the most moving and telling thing in this cupboard of treasures

is this fellow.

We know that Lord Nuffield as a youngster

really, really wanted to be a doctor,

but because his father couldn't afford the fees,

he had to leave school at 15

and he started his engineering career,

firstly in bicycle repairs, then motor bicycles,

and, ultimately, producing vast quantities of motor cars.

So, what's inside the vial?

It's Lord Nuffield's

pickled appendix!

The old boy preserved it all his lifetime

and kept it with him in his bedroom. Charming.

The big question today is, of course, for our teams,

just how pickled are they about become?

We've trotted along to Cirencester, and what could be nicer than that,

to the Cotswolds Auction Co saleroom to be with Liz Poole.

-Liz.

-Hi.

-Good morning.

Now, for our Reds, what a mixture!

-We have a piece of Worcester, and what a lovely little jug it is.

-It is.

Barrel-shaped, little finch,

date mark 1878.

-What's it going to make?

-20 to 40.

-Is that all?

-It might do a little more.

-Might it? He only paid £10 for it.

-That's OK, then.

-For a piece of marked Worcester, hand-painted, it's not a lot of money, is it?

-No.

-So it was a bargain.

-Good time to buy it.

Super. Next for them is the Arts & Crafts copper panel,

-which I think has got something about it, don't you?

-Definitely.

-I quite like these unusual animals in the middle.

-The beasties!

-Beasties with tails.

-Like armorial, mythical,

-oddball beasties!

-Definitely.

-As an unnamed piece, what's your best estimate?

-30 to 50?

-Think brave, girl.

-Could do better.

-That's what my school report said!

-A come-and-buy-me estimate.

No, seriously, they paid £110.

Right, OK. I hope I'm wrong and they're right.

That's sweet of you but I fancy you might be on the right side of wrong.

Their last item is this cute little domed-top, leather-covered wee box.

Sometimes called document boxes but you could put anything in it, couldn't you?

You could.

And really gorgeous wrought-iron clasp

the original handle and the tooling and everything,

-I can't tell you how much I like this little box. Do you?

-I do.

-Nice inside.

-Inside, yes,

they've got that stuck-on paper and covered it in dots.

Dot, dot, dot, dot, dot. Looks like it's felt-tip pen,

but this is the equivalent of felt tip in what, 1700s, 1720?

Yes, I would say.

-How much do you reckon for that?

-80 to 120?

-Perfect.

They paid £95. Right estimate, right price,

a happy note for the Reds to finish on.

But if it doesn't go to plan, they'll need their bonus buy, so let's go and have a look at it.

Now, Angie, Helen, isn't this exciting?

-Oh, yes!

-It is, yes.

-I can't wait!

You gave Philip Serrell £85 to invest.

Phil, show us your wares.

You should lift that up like that and we should have a flock of pigeons appearing.

-Can you do that?

-I'll try.

-One, two, three, go!

-No pigeons.

-No pigeons.

-There could be a pigeon coop.

-Right, OK.

I thought, we're in the Cotswolds, it's just a little rustic hardwood shelf,

probably made in India.

It'd be ideal in a boot room, put shoes in, hang in the kitchen. I just thought it was a fun thing.

It cost me £45.

Will it make a profit?

Truthfully, I don't know. I would hope it might make 40 to 60.

-It's quite nice. What do you think?

-Quite nice?

-I like it.

-The jury's out here, isn't it?

-It is!

-We like wooden things, don't we?

I love wooden things.

We seem to have made an impression with that, Phil.

-Ask him how much profit it's going to make.

-How much profit?

-Whose side are you on?

-Eh?!

-Come on, little one.

-How much?

I reckon it'll make between 40 and 60

-and I paid £45 for it.

-OK.

-Have you got that, girls? Got the message?

-Yes.

-Lovely.

Now, why don't we find out, for the viewers at home,

what the auctioneer thinks about Phil's little coop?

Look up, Liz, these are quite heavy

and pretty bizarre, really.

I mean, is this made of orange boxes or what?

Mm... Nice piece of rustic wood!

And some bloke in a shed's just nailed it together,

that's me, I don't know about you.

Beautiful little book shelf.

She's so sweet, isn't she? She's so nice about everybody's goods!

-How do you rate it, estimate-wise?

-10 to 20.

I think that's exactly the right estimate.

£45 was paid.

He may be struggling to get a five-pound note for that.

That's it for the Reds. Now for the Blues.

-We really have got some interesting things here, haven't we?

-We have.

-What do you think about this sandstone window panel?

-I like it. Very pretty.

Nice shape, nicely carved, nice bit of old paint on there.

-Don't you feel yourself in old Seville?

-Ooh, yes!

-The Alhambra Palace...

-Fountains, gardens...

-It's an extraordinarily nice object.

OK, fine. Put on your boldest cap

-and give us an estimate.

-40 to 70.

-Don't you think it might do the ton?

-It might.

-It's a come-and-buy-me.

-Oh, right.

40 to 70 is the estimate. £45 was paid.

I fancy this thing should make 100 or 200.

Moving on to the Bakelite telephone...

We had just aspired in 1956 to have a telephone.

The GPO came and connected us and that's what we got.

What's a black one worth?

-40 to 70.

-Brilliant!

-Nice bit of retro.

Our girls only paid £30,

so that's what you call a trunk call!

Next is the iron tapered salmon catcher.

There aren't many iron salmon catchers. They're mainly made of wood.

I've called it a salmon catcher-type garden sculpture.

-Nice for roses!

-You're covering every eventuality! That's very clever.

-What's it worth?

-I've put 20 to 30 on it.

£75 paid. That could give them their comeuppance.

That could wipe out all the profit that they're going to make on their romantic sandstone window.

In which case, they'll need the bonus buy, so let's go and have a look at it.

Now, Sue and Marion, you spent £150, you gave Thomas Plant £150.

Thomas, what did you spend it on?

-Well...

-BOTH: Ooh!

-Lovely.

-I bought a very pretty, lovely-coloured boat,

like a little river craft boat.

It was relatively cheap at £15.

From a collector's point of view, that's marvellous

because the paintwork is fantastic.

It is nice, actually.

I think I remember something like this when I was a child.

-I think it's nice.

-From a toy collector's point of view,

it's very, very collectable.

There's probably nothing like it in the sale

and it's in tremendously good condition.

-I think it's lovely.

-That's where you turn it.

-It's clockwork, so the key's in there.

-Ah!

-You had 150, you spent £15...

-£15.

-What's the next question?

-What's it going to make?

It's got to make 20, 30.

-It's got to have a small profit in it.

-I think it's very nice.

Sadly, girls, you can't buy it.

-But it is appropriately-coloured for the Blues.

-BOTH: It is!

-Thank you, Tom.

Why don't we, for the audience at home,

find out what the auctioneer thinks about Tom's little boat?

Well, do we see any choppy water ahead with this?

Possibly a little.

-Nice nick, though, isn't it?

-It is in good condition, yes.

1960s, 1970s little clockwork boat.

Sutcliffe, the maker.

-What's it worth as it is?

-I've put 15 to 30.

-Very good.

Thomas, who knows about these toys, paid £15, so he recognised it as being reasonable.

-These are dangerous times, aren't they?

-Very!

Very...

..at 20. Any more at 20?

Selling at 25.

Ange and Helen,

-this is exciting, isn't it?

-It is, yes!

-Yes.

-Very!

I mean, goodness only know what's going to happen today!

Now, Worcester...

No programme would be complete without Philip Serrell,

-master Worcester auctioneer...

-My hero.

-Very true.

..our hero in the Worcester department.

-What did we pay, 25 for it?

-GIRLS: No! 10!

-You paid a tenner.

-We paid £10.

-It's 30 to 50 pounds worth.

-OK.

Her estimate is £20 to £40.

-That's OK.

-That's not bad!

-That's good.

-Here it comes.

-The Royal Worcester china cream jug.

Very pretty with the little finch.

Marked for 1878. £20. Do I see 20?

-Oh, come on.

-10, then. £10. Start me. Thank you, sir.

10 bid seated. Who's going on? At 10. 12.

-£10?

-£10.

-Breaking even.

-At 12. 15. 18. At 18. 20.

-At £20.

-You only paid £10. You've doubled your money.

-25.

25. Is there any more? At 25...

-£25?

-That's good!

-Last chance...

All done.

-£25.

-Yes!

-I love it, don't you? That's plus £15.

That's super duper.

-Stand back!

-Look out!

Arts & Crafts-style copper panel. Lots of interest.

I musty start the bidding at £60. 60 on commission.

-Is there any more? At £60.

-Come on!

65. 70. Commission 75. 80.

-At 80 with on commission. 80 bid.

-It's going on.

-85. 90 on commission.

-You're bidding on the net at 95.

-Yes! Go on!

-100. 110 now.

120. 120.

-At 120.

-You're in profit.

-In the room again at 120.

-130. At 130 on the net.

-130!

-Yes.

-130 on the net.

-140.

-140!

-It's still going up.

-Bidders on the net at 140.

At 140. Are you all finished? 150. Do I see 160?

-The old boy's done it again.

-170. At 170. 180.

-200!

At 180. 190.

-That's all right.

-200 - come on!

200. At 200.

200! Come on!

-At 220 now. 220.

-220!

-At 220.

-Is it 40? At 220, last chance...

-It's happening.

-Yes!

-We've done it!

-You've doubled your money.

-£220...

-You were right.

-That is plus £110,

which means overall, you're plus 125.

-Now, the document box...

-The document box!

Georgian leather-bound document box. Bit of interest here.

Start the bidding at 20. Five.

-30. Five. At 35. Is there any more?

-Oh, come on.

45. 50. Five. 60.

-At £60 at the back. 60. Is there any more?

-60.

-60 with the gentleman.

-This is disappointing.

-It is a bit.

-At 60. Selling if you're all finished at £60.

Last chance...

£60. I'm sorry, girls, that's minus £35.

I've got to bow down to you.

-That's all right. You bought nice things.

-Don't worry, because you are still plus £90.

You have £90 in your pocket.

What are you going to do about these shelves? This is a big decision.

-What do you think? Go with it?

-I'd like to because I trust him.

You've got to think deep and hard about this decision.

BOTH: OK!

Hang on a minute! Is that in the rules now?

-Anyway, there is a debate here as to whether you should go with it.

-There is a slight debate!

-I'm so tempted.

-I am, but...

-Do what you like.

..we have got a good profit. Maybe we should leave it there.

-OK. I'll go with you.

-OK. Cool.

-We'll leave it there, I think.

-Definitely?

-Definitely.

-That's your final final...

-Final final.

-You don't need to ring anybody?

-It'll make 65 quid now, you wait!

-Here we go.

-Four-tier bookshelf.

Bit of interest here. I must start the bidding at 10, 12, 15, 18.

20 bid. At 20. At 20, then, on commission.

Are we all finished at 20? Selling at £20.

-Bad luck, Phil. £20.

-That's sort of cheap, I think.

-Minus £25. You didn't go with it, though.

-We didn't, no.

You were very sensible about that.

You've preserved your £90, which is brilliant.

-That could be a winning score. Don't say a word to the Blues.

-OK.

-How are you feeling, you two, all right?

-Yes.

-Do you know how the Reds got on?

-Absolutely no idea.

-They wouldn't tell us.

-OK, fine.

I have to say that the pinnacle of good taste, your choice for that sandstone grill,

-I think you're clever to have found it.

-Really?

You paid £45 for it. She's estimated 40 to 70.

Personally, I think it's worth 150 of anybody's pounds.

If there's anybody with taste and discrimination,

they'll run with that.

-Here we go.

-This is a very nice piece of carved sandstone.

£20. £20. Come on.

It'd look very nice inset into a wall. £20.

20 bid on the internet. The internet loves it.

At 20. Who's going on?

It's worth much more than that!

No more? I shall sell it if you're all done.

In the room at 22. At 25. 25 bid again.

At 25. Last chance, and selling...

-£25. I could weep.

-Oh, no!

-That is minus £20.

Such an injustice has just been done.

-It's not fair.

-Now for the Bakelite 332 telephone...

..with a lovely pull-out tray at the bottom. £30, start me off.

Phone home. £30. 20, then. Got to be worth that.

-Nobody wants it.

-Nobody wants it!

-I can't believe it!

It's worth 20 any day. Good vintage telephone! Come on, 20!

-10, then. £10.

-£10!

-Ooh, somebody's bid.

10 on the right, at 10.

-At £10.

-Thank goodness. That would be embarrassing.

-That would be terrible.

Do I see 12 in the room? 12. 15, sir. 18. At 18. 20.

-£20 bid.

-Bit more!

-Last chance...

-£20.

-20!

-That's minus £10. I can't bear it.

Now, this is the big white hope.

Salmon trap garden sculpture. Nice piece to grow your roses up.

£20? Better than the plastic things you get today.

-10, then. £10.

-You can put that in the garden.

Hang on, girls.

£10. Nobody wants it? Thank you, sir, at 10.

-I have a bid of 10. Is there 12?

-My goodness!

-At 10, then. Last chance... Selling at 10.

-GIRLS: 10!

Oh, girls! That is minus 65.

-Which is 65, 75, 95... Minus 95.

-I'm just...

I can only apologise for advising you poorly.

-You've done no bad advising at all!

-No.

-There's nothing to apologise for. I'm sorry about that.

-We're proud of all those objects.

That's not just bad, that's really bad.

Yes, but I'm proud of our choices.

It's the luck of the day.

Maybe go with the tin-plate toy or not? Yes?

-BOTH: I think so.

-It's your choice.

-We will.

-You're going to.

-You like it, don't you?

-We like it!

-It's a bit of fun.

-Here we go.

-312 is the very nice...

..1960s Sutcliffe tin-plate Sprite day cruiser.

£10. £10 for the Sprite cruiser. £10.

Very nice. Five. £5, then. Come on.

THOMAS: I just...

-£10.

-It's not been my day.

£5. She's a little clockwork one. £5.

Thank you, sir. At five. Five is bid, standing.

-At five with the gentleman.

-It's incredible.

It is incredible. It's incredibly bad.

-I have to sell it at five.

-£5 only, is minus £10,

which takes you, girls, to the very nice round sum

of minus £105.

Oh, well done! That's an achievement!

-I have to say, it should not have finished up like this.

-No.

-It's a sad state of affairs.

But you've been very sporting, both of you. In fact, all three of you.

All will be revealed in a moment. Don't talk to those lovely Reds.

-OK.

-OK.

-Absolutely.

OK, teams, been chatting?

-BOTH: No.

-No? Not at all.

You honestly haven't said a word to each other since the end of the auction.

Well, this is going to be quite a revelation, then, isn't it?

Both teams are expecting to be ahead in this point-scoring operation,

are we not?!

I have to tell you, there is a vast chasm between the teams!

You cannot credit that in the same programme, out of the same shopping experience,

the results could be so diametrically opposite.

I have to reveal that the Blues have made a whopping loss.

THEY CHEER

-We were robbed!

-Minus £105 down the proverbial!

Which, I have to say,

-is not a fair result.

-BOTH: No.

-Definitely not.

Because that stone grill was worth a good deal more than the price you got for it,

of that, I am absolutely certain, and that might've saved you, but it didn't today.

-I hope you've had a good time.

-Very much.

-Yes.

Look at them! Aren't they sweet?

All three of them, grinning like the proverbial!

-Such good sports through adversity. Well done for that.

-Thank you.

But the victors today are going home with money,

they're going home with £90 in cash!

-Well done!

-Look at Helen's face! This is a Scouting triumph, isn't it?

-Definitely.

-Essentially, thanks to P Serrell

and his brilliant purchase of the Arts & Crafts copper,

which the auctioneer was sniffy about, there was no great enthusiasm for,

but you made a profit of £110.

You doubled your money. It made 220 and he made £110.

You made another £15 on the old Worcester.

Round and about, that finished up as plus £90.

-That's good, isn't it?

-Amazing.

-Are you pleased, Ange?

-I am. It's down to my hero, though.

-Yes!

It's down to all our heroes!

-You enjoyed yourselves?

-Fantastic!

-We've loved having you.

-In fact, join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?

-ALL: Yes!

You're sitting there thinking, "I could've done better than that."

Well, what's stopping you?

If you think you can spot a bargain, go to our BBC website and apply.

It'll be splendid to see you!

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