0:00:02 > 0:00:04We've headed east through yet another daily
0:00:04 > 0:00:06dose of delightful decadence.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09We've come to Lincolnshire, an agricultural county,
0:00:09 > 0:00:11so goodness knows what they'll "dig up."
0:00:13 > 0:00:17Let's just hope they don't get "the hump." Let's go bargain hunting!
0:00:42 > 0:00:47We're just outside Lincoln, at the showground which plays host
0:00:47 > 0:00:51to the Lincolnshire Antiques & Home Show.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53There are literally thousands of stores here
0:00:53 > 0:00:55and bags of choice for our teams.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Therefore, loads of bargains, we hope.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Let's have a quick squint at what's coming up.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06'Time, as ever, is the issue and the Reds feel the pressure...'
0:01:06 > 0:01:09I'm just worried we're running out of time.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12'..although the Blues prove rather more indecisive'.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15I think we'll leave it for now. Can we leave it for a second?
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Should I hold that as a comeback...?
0:01:18 > 0:01:21'Now let's go and say hello.'
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Today we have a team of friends and a married couple.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27We have Lindsay and Becky and we have Mary and Gerry.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28Welcome, everybody.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30- Thank you. - Really cracking to see you.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Now, Lindsay. How did you first become friends with Bex?
0:01:34 > 0:01:39We met when our oldest children started at primary school.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41We soon realised we had a lot of common interests
0:01:41 > 0:01:44and we've been friends ever since.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47You like a bit of a laugh? You meet up, have the odd glass of wine?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- Lots of glasses of wine.- Possibly.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Tell me about your working career.
0:01:52 > 0:01:57- I spent about 18 years in the police force.- You never did?!
0:01:57 > 0:01:59- I did.- Oh!
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Then I thought I'd have a change
0:02:00 > 0:02:05and spend more time at home with my children so I started making
0:02:05 > 0:02:08jewellery to keep myself occupied, found I was reasonably good
0:02:08 > 0:02:11at it and now do that for a living.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15But I must say, if you were ever in plain-clothes work,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17the kind of police bit of your career,
0:02:17 > 0:02:20nobody would ever know you were a policewoman.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23You'd get away with all sorts.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- I did do a little bit of that. - Did you?
0:02:26 > 0:02:29I actually once fooled one of the traffic wardens who
0:02:29 > 0:02:32worked in the same office.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Really? That's rather naughty, isn't it?
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Did you get off the fine, or what?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38THEY LAUGH
0:02:38 > 0:02:40So, Bex, what do you do for a living?
0:02:40 > 0:02:44I work two or three days a week for the family firm,
0:02:44 > 0:02:46doing accounts, office work.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48But I've got a bit of a creative side to me,
0:02:48 > 0:02:50so the rest of my time,
0:02:50 > 0:02:52always making bits and bobs.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54I do cake art, where I model
0:02:54 > 0:02:57and carve cake and ice it and hand-paint it.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Lovely. You like to travel a bit?
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Love to travel. I wish I could afford to travel all the time.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07We did go last year to New York, me and Lindsay went on a shopping trip.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- A bit of a girls' outing? - It was fantastic.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12We spent nine hours shopping in Macy's.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14I think you're a thoroughly naughty team, you two.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17And I think you'll do rather well today on Bargain Hunt,
0:03:17 > 0:03:18which is lovely for us.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Mary, tell me, darling,
0:03:20 > 0:03:24what is this embarrassing moment you had in wherever it was -
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- Cheltenham, was it? - Yes, at an antique fair.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28We'd stood at a stall
0:03:28 > 0:03:31and Gerry very often walks off like he normally does,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34- and he shouldn't - he should stay by me.- Quite right.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36I was a bit cold and he had a short-sleeved shirt on,
0:03:36 > 0:03:38so I wanted to warm my hands.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41I put my hands up his shirtsleeves just to warm myself
0:03:41 > 0:03:44on his shoulder and it wasn't him. It was someone else.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46- Some random man? - And he jumped a mile!
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Well, he would, wouldn't he?
0:03:48 > 0:03:52I tried to say I was sorry but was so embarrassed.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Gerry, it says here you're a fish and chip fan?
0:03:54 > 0:03:56We bought a fish and chip shop in Barnsley.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- Did you do the frying-up in the chippy?- Yup.- You did?
0:03:59 > 0:04:02It was just the two of us with the help of one other woman.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03It's hard work, isn't it?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- That was the problem.- Hot fat?- It was long hours and we never saw the kids.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- No, quite. Are you ready for this? - Oh, yes!- And so are we.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Now, the money moment.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13£300 apiece, if I can get it out.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15£300... You know the rules.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Your experts await and off you go!
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Very, very, very good luck.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22I'm partial to a bit of fish and chips, myself.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25'So, who's helping out the teams today?
0:04:25 > 0:04:27'With focused vision, David Harper
0:04:27 > 0:04:30'will be trying to spot a bargain for the Reds.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32'And supporting the Blues is
0:04:32 > 0:04:34'me old "china", Kate Bliss.'
0:04:37 > 0:04:41So, you two, you've got your money, but who has the best taste?
0:04:41 > 0:04:42- Definitely me.- Me.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44She said she might need reining in.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- That's for sure.- OK.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- Lindsay's got very strange taste. - I'll look after you.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51She normally calls it "drag queen".
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- Shall we get started?- Yes.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55What kind of things do you like, Becky?
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- Beautiful things. - Beautiful things?- Shiny, pretty...
0:04:58 > 0:04:59OK.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Lovely inkwell down there.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03That's a big chunk of silver.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06How much is the inkwell, please?
0:05:06 > 0:05:08I've got 150 on that, I think.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10It's a good lump, isn't it?
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Is there any damage on it?
0:05:12 > 0:05:15It has some age marks.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Yes, but the hallmarks are quite clear.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20The inserts...
0:05:20 > 0:05:21Glass.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22It has that insert.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Is there any leeway on that?
0:05:24 > 0:05:26I could do something on that.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27Do you like that, Gerry?
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Yeah, I do.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31It's quite masculine, isn't it?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Do you want to have a look?
0:05:34 > 0:05:37It's quite smart, isn't it?
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Inkwells, although people don't use them,
0:05:40 > 0:05:42they make quite nice presents.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Especially when you're battling to buy something for a man.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47You've got it, Mary.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49But that is quite expensive.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51It will take quite a chunk of our money.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53What is the best?
0:05:53 > 0:05:54I can do 120.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56120 on that.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59I would say it's 1920s, something like that.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Shall we leave it for a second and not jump in at the moment?
0:06:02 > 0:06:04I think that's a good idea.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Leave it if you're unsure, Blues.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Having teed off well, what have the Reds spotted down the fairway?
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- The style of dress is 19...?- '20s?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Yeah, absolutely.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Is it an Art Deco
0:06:19 > 0:06:22bronze of a golfer?
0:06:22 > 0:06:23- Gosh.- Cos if it is,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25it's worth stacks of money.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26- Is it really?- Stacks of money.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Positively stacks.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30What do you think?
0:06:30 > 0:06:31It is positively not...
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- 1920s.- We'll move on.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37This isn't going quite as well as planned.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Share your worries, Becky.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41I'm just worried we're running out of time.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43I can see lots of furniture-y things and I want nice,
0:06:43 > 0:06:45pretty, little things.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46- You want shiny things?- Yes.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48A bit of silver or something?
0:06:48 > 0:06:50- A bit of bling.- She does like bling, you see.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53I like classy bling.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56They are decorative but they are new. Not much age to them.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Are these chocolate or cookie?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Seems everyone's after bling today.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Coffee and hot water.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05165, but a really nice size.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08You see here it's stamped 95?
0:07:08 > 0:07:0995 suggests to me
0:07:09 > 0:07:11it's probably quite modern.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12What are you thinking?
0:07:12 > 0:07:14- That painting...- Do you like that?
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Becky, talk to me about that.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17It's interesting. It's quite...
0:07:17 > 0:07:20different. I don't know what Lindsay thinks.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I'm looking at Lindsay's face.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25It's, erm, not shiny.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26No. Is it shiny inside?
0:07:26 > 0:07:29It's unusual, it looks a bit... Oh, it's broken.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Oh, dear.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34- Does it put a smile on your face? It does me.- It does me.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36It's broken inside.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39It's a restoration project, isn't it?
0:07:39 > 0:07:40It's Indian.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43There's the mirror on the inside and look at the age of that mirror.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44That HAS got age.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47I think that's more likely a 1920s thing
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- someone would have brought back from India.- Really?
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Never expensive.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55I think there's even wallpaper lining around the mirror there.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58It was a blingy thing, really blingy,
0:07:58 > 0:08:0080-odd years ago.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01I wouldn't probably think,
0:08:01 > 0:08:04"I can but that and do something with it."
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Can you imagine that on the wall
0:08:06 > 0:08:09- in my downstairs or something? - Yeah, definitely.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Do you like the price?
0:08:10 > 0:08:12£35 ticket.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- No. - I'd like it to be slightly less.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18It needs to be more reasonable to spend the time and effort on it.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- What would you like to spend? - I think £10, £15.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22That's a bit hard.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Hello, who do we talk to about prices?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Is that your dad?
0:08:28 > 0:08:29Come on, Dad,
0:08:29 > 0:08:31can you help us out with a price here,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34on this funny little Indian thing?
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Today's price, 25 quid.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40- 25 quid. Girls, what do you think? - That's absolutely for nothing.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42If we could make it less than 20.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Oh, she's hard.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- You're having a laugh there. - Really?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Could you do it for £20?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Possibly with a really nice, big smile?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- Go on, then. - Give him a nice, big smile, then.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Go on.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- Give him a big snile.- "Snile?!" - Thank you very much.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Well done, Reds.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02That's your first item bought.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Meanwhile, what are the Blues up to?
0:09:04 > 0:09:05- Is that a...?- Little puzzle box.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Is it?!
0:09:07 > 0:09:09That's quite sweet, Mary.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11That bit opens like that
0:09:11 > 0:09:13and then that bit
0:09:13 > 0:09:16slides like that.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17Is there a price on it?
0:09:17 > 0:09:1924.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20The only thing I would say is
0:09:20 > 0:09:22I'm not sure about this big screw here.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25I'm not sure
0:09:25 > 0:09:26where that may have been.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28I know it has a nice patina on it,
0:09:28 > 0:09:30but I'm not sure if that would be later.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33It's quite a harsh screw, right in the top there.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Lovely bit of mahogany, though.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- It's quite tactile, isn't it? - This is all mahogany.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40- Hi there.- Hello.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42This is nice. What would you say?
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- Would you say that screw there was original?- I do, yeah.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47It's a string box.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49You pull the string
0:09:49 > 0:09:51through this little hole.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55The price is 24. What could you do for us on that one?
0:09:55 > 0:09:57What have we got on it, 24?
0:09:57 > 0:09:5920.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01We've got to put it into auction...
0:10:01 > 0:10:04she says.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- 18.- 18?
0:10:07 > 0:10:11I don't want to keep thinking about things
0:10:11 > 0:10:13but should I hold that as a comeback one?
0:10:13 > 0:10:14- As a maybe?- Yes.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Set it aside, Blues.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17But don't "string" us along!
0:10:17 > 0:10:20You'll have to make some decisions soon!
0:10:20 > 0:10:21Do you like that?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23I quite like how it's set out.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Lindsay, what do you think?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28- What are they, though? - Looks like spoons to me.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30It's a little tea set.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32I like that.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Come on! Having a cup of tea...
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- What's that, then?- Loose-leaf tea.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40- What's that for? - A little pickle something or other.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Cake. A little, tiny cake.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44- How dainty would that be? - It would be lovely.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46In its original form...
0:10:46 > 0:10:47I bet it's for lemon.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51- They're for sugar, aren't they? - Yes.- And they're for lemon.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52Absolutely.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53You're a bright spark, aren't you?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55You two are nice and posh. I didn't spot that.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58I just see a fork and think of eating a bit of cake.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01If it was £75, I would snatch it up.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Shall I go and find out what it can be?
0:11:04 > 0:11:07I think the tea thing is what's clinching it.
0:11:07 > 0:11:08In the antiques game,
0:11:08 > 0:11:10all the best deals are done out of the back of a lorry.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Girls,
0:11:12 > 0:11:15this is the daughter of the stallholder.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16BOTH: Right.
0:11:16 > 0:11:17She has an announcement for you.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Oh, right.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Your offer of £75...
0:11:21 > 0:11:22- Is all right.- Is it?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Excellent! Thank you very much!
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Great! That's two purchases for the Reds.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29It's two-nil now.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Time to wake up, Blues.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34What have you spied, Gerry?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37A glance at this one, it's an alarm clock, would you believe?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Right.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- Very light.- Have a look, Mary.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45It's French, isn't it?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48There's the alarm on the bottom,
0:11:48 > 0:11:50the little bell.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53- 75.- 75?
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Let's have a closer look, Gerry.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59So we have a plated case.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01It's not silver, it's sort of chrome.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Then the dial is actually not in bad condition.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06It's quite nice and clean, with Roman numerals.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Then you have a subsidiary dial here
0:12:08 > 0:12:10for your alarm.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Presumably you have your two...
0:12:14 > 0:12:16your two screws at the back
0:12:16 > 0:12:19to set your alarm and the actual time.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Your winders for each.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23And you can see the movement in here.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- I think 75 is quite a lot. - I think so as well.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29I would probably like to say
0:12:29 > 0:12:32an auction estimate would be 40 to 60.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34But I think it's a good thing, Gerry.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- Who's going to have a chat with the stallholder?- Shall I go?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- Go in low, Gerry.- OK.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Go and see what you can do.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43We'll leave that to you.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Gerry... (Low!)
0:12:46 > 0:12:48How low can you go, Gerry?
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Rrrr!
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Here he comes.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56I think we'll leave it for now.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58- 60 is the lowest he'll go.- 60?
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Not another one on the back burner, surely?!
0:13:00 > 0:13:02It's an awkward one, isn't it?
0:13:02 > 0:13:04- 55, do you reckon?- I think so.
0:13:04 > 0:13:05Would you do 55?
0:13:05 > 0:13:0855? Fantastic!
0:13:08 > 0:13:09- I like it.- OK.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- That's super. Thanks very much, we'll have that.- Great!
0:13:12 > 0:13:16Finally! Well done, Blues. Your first purchase made.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19I was starting to get alarmed there.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22So, how do the teams think they're doing?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25We're about 22 minutes in, guys, and one purchase which is great.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29- We're on schedule. How are you feeling?- Quite good, actually.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- We've surprised ourselves how quickly we've managed to find things.- I think so.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Yes, I think we've made some good decisions.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37How are you feeling about that inkwell now?
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Not so sure now we've bought that
0:13:39 > 0:13:42because that is... I know it's not VERY expensive,
0:13:42 > 0:13:44but it is quite a big item.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46I don't hate Lindsay's taste.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Erm, not all the time.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51It troubles me sometimes.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54"Trespassers will be prosecuted." I quite like that.
0:13:54 > 0:13:55Great Eastern Railway.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00- What are you looking at? - I quite like that microscope, but I don't know why.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02I know nothing about microscopes.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03- Oh, my word!- Is it heavy?
0:14:03 > 0:14:08- Feel how heavy that is.- Goodness me. That's a proper working thing.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10I do like the old-fashioned gadgets.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14- Old-fashioned gadgets that did things.- Right.- Performed a job.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Right. How much is it?
0:14:16 > 0:14:20- 150.- 150? Well, is it worth 150, Lindsay?
0:14:20 > 0:14:23I don't know because it depends how many other people would like it.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25- Don't you think that would look cool on a desk?- No. Not at all.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27You're entitled to your own opinion, Becky.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- Why were you drawn to that?- I like that camera as well.- Oh, my gosh.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34- She's off again. Right. OK.- That you could see as a decorative item in somebody's home.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Thank you. It's coming over. Thank you very much.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42- What kind of money have we got on this one?- 160.- 160 on that.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Now, again, what can I tell you about this?
0:14:45 > 0:14:49I think it's beautiful, but I don't think it would make a profit necessarily.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Who knows? Who knows? Are we going to have a go at buying it
0:14:52 > 0:14:54cos we're running out of time?
0:14:55 > 0:14:57What do you think? Shall we think about it?
0:14:57 > 0:14:59I'd rather buy something else.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Nope. Becky's not happy.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03But what's this with the Blues?
0:15:03 > 0:15:06They've headed back for the wooden string box.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10- 18.- 18. You couldn't do 15 for us, could you?- Would you mind?
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- That's smashing. - Thanks very much. That's super.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- Many thanks.- Thank you. I love that. - Great. Brilliant.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18- Well done, Mary.- Beautiful. Tactile.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Not wasting any time there.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23So, now both teams have two purchases in the bag.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26OK, you too. We have 14 minutes left.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Let's just have a little catch-up here.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Becky, I have an announcement to make.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- You know that microscope that Lindsay likes?- Yes.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36I'm beginning to sort of like it myself.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Oh, dear. Two against one, eh?
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- What are your thoughts on that, then?- A bit troubled...
0:15:42 > 0:15:46- to be honest with you. - Do you know why I like it?- Why?
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Because I know absolutely genuinely nothing about it at all.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51- Microscopes and me don't go together.- Right.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54But it does come with its big box.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57As we were walking away, I did spot that it has a great display box,
0:15:57 > 0:15:58something to carry it in.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01And inside that box will be little compartments
0:16:01 > 0:16:03and bits and bobs to go with that microscope.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Therefore, I'm warming a touch more to it...
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Good sales talk, David.
0:16:08 > 0:16:09..as a last resort.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12It would be a major risk, but isn't it good taking a risk?
0:16:12 > 0:16:13Well, it's different.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16You never make money in this business unless you really risk.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20You have to risk every day to make money.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22- You are 110% right. - If you stick with the safe things,
0:16:22 > 0:16:24you make what we call beer money.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Who needs beer money? That's no good. We need a lot of money.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- We want New York money. - Baby, I'm with you.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33I'M with you on that one, girls.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34So we either go to New York on a high
0:16:34 > 0:16:37or we're down in the gutter if it goes wrong.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Or in the pub having a beer.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Mary.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Have you seen anything?
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Well, I'm just looking for little sewing things for you.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55There's a little tape measure in there. Madam, may we have a quick look? We're very short of time.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Oh, that's brilliant. Thank you. Now, see the little tape pulls out?
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Now, this is lovely because it's got its original tape.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- Is that a magnifier? - Well spotted, Gerry.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09This is, I think, little Stanhope
0:17:09 > 0:17:13which is, if we have a tiny look in there...
0:17:13 > 0:17:14I'm not very good at this.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17There might be a tiny... Is there a Stanhope in here?
0:17:17 > 0:17:20There's no Stanhope. No, it's gone.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- But there probably would have been originally.- Yes.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Named after Stanhope who invented them.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27There'd be a tiny little picture in there
0:17:27 > 0:17:29which when you hold it up to the eye, you could see.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32They were made as little tourist things, little souvenir pieces.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35But it's still got its original little... There you go.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38You can see it's still got the markings on it.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42And this little handle up here you use to wind it back in again.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- Super.- All still in working order.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48What could you do on that for us? We've got 28.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- Do 20.- What do you think?
0:17:51 > 0:17:53- Quite nice.- This is more your sort of thing, Mary.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- But what do you think of it, Gerry? - I like it.- Yeah?- I do.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00- You couldn't do it for ten, could you?- I was thinking 15.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Meet us in the middle. 12?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- 12?- Just for you.- Just for us?
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- What do you think, chaps?- Yes. - That's super. That's lovely.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Thank you very much.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11Well done, Blues.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13You've finished and with a full five minutes left.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18Don't look now but the Reds are still shopping behind us.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Don't look, Gerry.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Shall we go and have a look at the box with the microscope?
0:18:23 > 0:18:28- Shall we do that?- What did he want for it?- 150-ish.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32- I think we can...- What do you think? - I think we can bargain him.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35- You two could.- We're going to bargain him.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36Go on, Reds. Haggle.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Time check. Time check. Three minutes. OK.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- Let's have a look.- I love it.- What's the best for us? No, not for us.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47- For us!- For those two.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Look into their eyes
0:18:49 > 0:18:53- and tell me...- 135. Final.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56- You see...- Two minutes.
0:18:56 > 0:19:02I think 125 would be a lovely nice round figure.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- Excellent.- Are you going to do it? - Thank you very much.- We've done it.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Oh, my gosh. Thank you very much indeed. That's a real risk.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11But good fun. Thank you. You're done.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14You've done it. Well done, girls. All three items bought.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16With a minute and a half to go.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Just in time cos time's up.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Let's check out what the Red team bought, eh?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Their first purchase was an Indian hardwood broken mirror
0:19:26 > 0:19:28picked up for a reflective £20.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33A boxed set of continental silver teaspoons,
0:19:33 > 0:19:36strainer and forks were acquired for £75.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41And finally, they focused £125 of their budget
0:19:41 > 0:19:45on a 1930s microscope in a mahogany box.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Stressful but we're living life on the edge.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50I like a bit of excitement.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- And it's been an exciting morning for you, hasn't it?- Marvellous.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58- Marvellous. You spent a good amount, didn't you?- Yes. £220.- I love it.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- £80 leftover lolly, please. - Yes.- Thank you.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Coming out of the old fleece, that's good. Super duper.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- Straight over to Harper. - Thank you very much. - All right?- Yes, very good.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10I've never seen a man look so perky, actually.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13This HAS been a good morning for you. What are you going to do with your £80?
0:20:13 > 0:20:15I'm not going to buy a scientific instrument.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18We've had enough scientific instruments for one day,
0:20:18 > 0:20:23- I promise you. None of that business.- Spoilsport.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25- You'll get up to some sort of fishy business.- Obviously.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Marvellous. Marvellous. Relax up, girls. Have a nice cup of tea.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Meanwhile, we're going to check out what the Blue team bought, aren't we?
0:20:32 > 0:20:36They spent £55 on this French chrome alarm clock.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41They forked out £15 on their Georgian mahogany string box.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46And finally, they stretched to £12
0:20:46 > 0:20:49for this novelty Edwardian tape measure.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52You might have done and you might not.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Hey, I've got a horrible rumour that you didn't spend too much cash, Mary.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- Is this true?- Well, I was going to, but no, we didn't.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- What did you spend?- 82.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- What, on all three pieces?! - Yes, all three.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07- All three pieces for £82! - Good pieces.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11- Who's got the £218 of leftover lolly?- Not me.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- Have you got it?- No.- No? Have you got it?
0:21:14 > 0:21:18- Yes, I have.- You're a joker, you are, aren't you?
0:21:18 > 0:21:19Dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22And then we've got the three. There's a fiver in there. Lovely.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Well, I'm not going to check this because I trust you.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28You are quite clearly morally upstanding
0:21:28 > 0:21:33- and pillars of the community. - Right.- I know nothing.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36This small fortune gets handed across to Kate.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- Thank you very much.- Kate, that is enough to buy half the fair.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43- It is. Ish.- And what are you going to spend it on? Blow the lot. Go on.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45- Go for it.- Quality. Quality.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46OK. Anyway, good luck.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50Meanwhile, we're heading off to somewhere absolutely splendiferous.
0:21:55 > 0:22:01A charming Edwardian house, Lotherton Hall is located just outside Leeds.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04A country residence once home to the Gascoigne family,
0:22:04 > 0:22:06it houses an impressive collection
0:22:06 > 0:22:09including some fabulous furniture
0:22:09 > 0:22:11which is what's brought me here today.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18And it's abundantly obvious that the Gascoigne family
0:22:18 > 0:22:20enjoyed entertaining.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Look at this dining room.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Built in heaven, I reckon, eh?
0:22:25 > 0:22:28And where better to go to furnish a dining room
0:22:28 > 0:22:31than to Messrs Gillows, which is exactly what they did?
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Gillows, the 18th-century furniture makers
0:22:35 > 0:22:41renowned for making very, very sound mahogany dining room furniture.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45This particular table is called an imperial table.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49It was built by Gillows between about 1810 and 1813.
0:22:49 > 0:22:54Called an imperial table because of its system of supports
0:22:54 > 0:22:59which is a series of zigzag tongs which underneath the surface
0:22:59 > 0:23:03enable you to either expand or contract the dining table,
0:23:03 > 0:23:07depending on how many people you want to feed around it.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10The interesting thing about the Gillows furniture firm
0:23:10 > 0:23:13is that they supplied in addition to furniture
0:23:13 > 0:23:16all the furnishings to go into a grand house.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20Soft furnishings, blinds, linoleums and the like.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23And also, subsidiary bits like this.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27This is called a chair-back fire screen.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31It dates from the 1810 or 1820s period.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35It is a flat screen of woven material with a couple of hooks
0:23:35 > 0:23:38that you can hang on the back of a chair
0:23:38 > 0:23:43because Gillows knew that in a decent dining room
0:23:43 > 0:23:45you'd have a roaring fire here
0:23:45 > 0:23:49and in order that THAT man in the far corner of the dining table
0:23:49 > 0:23:53didn't freeze, it got very hot over here.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58So hot indeed that the radiant heat from the fire could scorch
0:23:58 > 0:24:01the back of the valuable mahogany chair
0:24:01 > 0:24:04and make it uncomfortable for the person sitting in it.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07The other thing that the landed gentry liked to do
0:24:07 > 0:24:10in the 19th century was to go hunting.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12So, what's this Gillows piece of furniture
0:24:12 > 0:24:14got to do with hunting, then?
0:24:14 > 0:24:19Well, actually, its connection with hunting is rather after the event.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22The idea being that this table would be set up
0:24:22 > 0:24:27in front of a roaring fire and you would draw the curtain,
0:24:27 > 0:24:30like that, and then if you're a huntsman
0:24:30 > 0:24:34and you've come in cold and wet from your mighty steed,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37you'd revolve the decanters on that little trackway,
0:24:37 > 0:24:41pick up the decanter, top up your glass
0:24:41 > 0:24:43and your mate on the other side
0:24:43 > 0:24:48would simply whisk the decanter over his way and he'd have a top up.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Now, this surface is especially organised for glasses
0:24:52 > 0:24:56because this little raised gallery here, or bead, is there to stop
0:24:56 > 0:24:58any glasses from falling out that way,
0:24:58 > 0:25:01as is this bead against the front edge.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Having studied this table closely,
0:25:04 > 0:25:09the difference between the turned leg on the imperial dining table
0:25:09 > 0:25:12and the hunt table leg is that this one's got a brass cap
0:25:12 > 0:25:17which means that these four legs can be unscrewed.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20In fact, the whole thing can be demounted
0:25:20 > 0:25:24and packed up in a flat pack for transportation.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27So that if the hunt was meeting
0:25:27 > 0:25:31and finishing some miles away from a civilised house,
0:25:31 > 0:25:36you could take the flat-packed hunt table with you,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39along with the drink and the glasses
0:25:39 > 0:25:41and simply set up and have a merry time
0:25:41 > 0:25:44in some rough old barn somewhere else.
0:25:44 > 0:25:50Now, talking of hunt, how about the other type, the Bargain Hunt?
0:25:50 > 0:25:54How will our teams perform today over at the auction?
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Well, we've gone from one side of Lincoln city
0:26:01 > 0:26:03to the other side of Lincoln city.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06In fact, we've come into the city a bit
0:26:06 > 0:26:09to be at Golding, Young & Mawer's saleroom
0:26:09 > 0:26:10and we're with Colin Young.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- Lovely to see you, Colin. - Good to see you again, Tim.
0:26:13 > 0:26:19For Lindsay and Becky, their first item is this Kashmiri mirror frame.
0:26:19 > 0:26:24It's about the worst quality piece of Indian workmanship
0:26:24 > 0:26:27I think I've ever seen. How do you rate it?
0:26:27 > 0:26:33I think I have seen worse before so I'm going to remain positive with it.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36We've placed an estimate of 30 to 50. It is only going to be tens.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41It's not that quality that you get from the 19th century
0:26:41 > 0:26:45that has that wow factor to it. It's a long way from that.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48It's a long way off the wow. And they only paid £20.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52- So if you get £30 to £40, Colin, you're their hero.- OK.- Yet again.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Now, this silver set is extraordinary
0:26:55 > 0:26:59because the case is so flashy and so incredibly well presented
0:26:59 > 0:27:03but it's presenting something that's very tinny and insubstantial.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06I still think there will be plenty of people
0:27:06 > 0:27:07that will have a go for it,
0:27:07 > 0:27:10because it does look the part and I still think £40-£60.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13How does that sound with what they've paid?
0:27:13 > 0:27:15- Not enough. Nothing like enough.- Oh.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Double your bottom estimate and you're in the cash. £75, they paid.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- OK.- Last but not least is the microscope,
0:27:22 > 0:27:24which is so, so much better
0:27:24 > 0:27:28than one of those schoolroom bench jobs, isn't it?
0:27:28 > 0:27:31It is. Nice to see it's a binocular version.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35It's a good maker there - Cooke, Troughton as well.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38You've got a quality item and a good case that goes with it,
0:27:38 > 0:27:43some extra accessories to go with it, but it has seen some service.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46So this has been something that has been
0:27:46 > 0:27:49a good working tool in its home environment
0:27:49 > 0:27:54and the last one that I found on the net made in the range of £50-£80.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Did it? They paid 125.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00But if it doesn't go well, we're going to need the bonus buy,
0:28:00 > 0:28:01so let's hop off and have a look at it.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07- Now, girls, gosh, this is exciting, isn't it?- It is, yes.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10How excited are you on an excited scale, Bex?
0:28:10 > 0:28:12I'd say at least 9.5.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15- Are you up there too, Lindsay? - Yeah.- Lovely.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18You've spent £220, you gave the Harper £80.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21He's going to show you what he spent the £80 on. Go, go, go!
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Go, go, go, OK!
0:28:22 > 0:28:24The excitement level might just drop here,
0:28:24 > 0:28:28because you have to get with what it is first of all.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30- Ooh!- Oh, what is it?
0:28:30 > 0:28:34So, it's a letter dated 19...
0:28:34 > 0:28:38- 25.- 25. From a chap called Russell Flint.- Right.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Have you ever heard of William Russell Flint?
0:28:41 > 0:28:43- I don't think so.- No.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Well, he was a famous artist in his lifetime,
0:28:45 > 0:28:47and a successful artist too,
0:28:47 > 0:28:50and very well-known, Tim, for his lovely ladies, wasn't he?
0:28:50 > 0:28:52- Yeah, mainly with no kit on. - Yes!- Ah!
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Which makes him a very, very, very popular artist!
0:28:55 > 0:28:57- THEY LAUGH - Yes, with Tim!
0:28:57 > 0:29:00Well, no! I mean, not only with me! Around the world!
0:29:00 > 0:29:05This is a letter from Russell to a fellow in Edinburgh,
0:29:05 > 0:29:06and he's discussing art.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08How much did you pay for it?
0:29:08 > 0:29:09Well, I paid £50 for it.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11- Right.- OK.- I really like it.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14It's really interesting. A one-off.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17- I think the girls quite like it. - I do. I'm really impressed, yeah.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Well, stick with that nice, warm thought, girls,
0:29:19 > 0:29:22because now we're going to find out from the auctioneer
0:29:22 > 0:29:24what he thinks about the Russell Flint letter.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27Right, then, Colin.
0:29:27 > 0:29:28What about that?
0:29:28 > 0:29:33Well, that's a little interesting and different as a bonus buy.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36It's an original letter from William Russell Flint.
0:29:36 > 0:29:41You know, he's THE 20th century watercolourist and printmaker, isn't he?
0:29:41 > 0:29:45Absolutely. It's a name that you really want on a lot of things,
0:29:45 > 0:29:46particularly pictures.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50How can you estimate something like this? Well, erm...
0:29:50 > 0:29:54- I think however you guess it, you're going to be wrong.- Yeah.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58So I'd rather be wrong on the right side and say £25-£40.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01£50, David Harper paid.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04That's DEFINITELY a good buy.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07And definitely worth the risk, if there is one.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Yeah, well, clever old Harper, then.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Anyway, that's that. Very exciting.
0:30:11 > 0:30:16- Now onto the Blues, and we start off with the alarm clock.- Right.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19Charming little thing. Fairly standard item. £30-£50.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23- £55 paid, which is probably plenty enough, actually.- Yeah, I think so.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Next is the so-called Georgian puzzle string box.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30It's oval, it's mahogany, it is old. Is it any good?
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Ah, it's an interesting piece of wood,
0:30:33 > 0:30:35is probably the best way of describing it.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37But it's going to be worth £10-£30 of anybody's money.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40OK. £15 paid, so they're OK for the cash there.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44- And then you've got this little tape measure fellow.- Yeah.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- Missing its Stanhope.- It is.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50But I'm still holding out some hope and we're at £25-£40.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53£25-£40, OK. £12 paid.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57So depending on how the alarm clock goes, will determine, really,
0:30:57 > 0:30:59whether they're in the money or not.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01They spent practically nothing,
0:31:01 > 0:31:04handed over a wodge of leftover lolly.
0:31:04 > 0:31:05Let's see what got bought.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- OK, Gerry, Mary, this is the big bonus buy moment.- Isn't it just?!
0:31:10 > 0:31:14You gave her a fortune at £218.
0:31:14 > 0:31:15- No!- Yes, you did!
0:31:15 > 0:31:19You gave her £218, and did she blow the lot? OK, Kate.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21- Show us your wares.- Da-da-da-da!
0:31:21 > 0:31:22Da-da-da-da!
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- Oh!- Oh! Oh, dogs on the end!
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Yeah, dogs on the end, Mary!
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- Now, somebody whispered to me that you two are dog lovers, right?- Yes.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34- And you used to show Labradors, is that right?- Yes, yes, that's right.
0:31:34 > 0:31:40This is brass. The ends come up, and we have a bookshelf.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43- Oh, it does expand, yeah.- Yeah!
0:31:43 > 0:31:47- To take all your library, you see? - Excellent.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Now, the only marks on it are a stamp on the base for Germany
0:31:50 > 0:31:57and I think, actually, this is typically German Jugendstil style,
0:31:57 > 0:32:02which is the name for the sort of German equivalent of Art Nouveau
0:32:02 > 0:32:04at the early part of the 20th century.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07- But I'm going to hand it over. - How much did you pay for it?
0:32:07 > 0:32:09- THEY LAUGH - 218?!
0:32:09 > 0:32:13No, I didn't blow the lot. It was £60.
0:32:13 > 0:32:14- 60.- 60, right.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18- And you've got the bookcase, and you've got the dog lover.- Exactly.
0:32:18 > 0:32:19And the style.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Mary, you are SO commercial!
0:32:21 > 0:32:23- Am I?! - You hit the nail on the head!
0:32:23 > 0:32:27You're going to be in this business before you can say Jack Spratt!
0:32:27 > 0:32:31A double appeal. There we are, you see. It's a dog's life!
0:32:31 > 0:32:34- Isn't it, just?! - Anyway, have a think about it.
0:32:34 > 0:32:35But for the audience at home,
0:32:35 > 0:32:38let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about the doggy book rest.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43Well, well, well, well! What do you make of that, Colin?
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Is it an old dog or not?
0:32:45 > 0:32:47No, I think that's quite a decent thing.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49It's got some weight about it,
0:32:49 > 0:32:52the quality of the casting seems to be good,
0:32:52 > 0:32:55but I haven't really seen anything like that before.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Where do you think it comes from, Colin?
0:32:57 > 0:32:59Well, I think it's probably made in Germany,
0:32:59 > 0:33:00because that's what stamped on it!
0:33:00 > 0:33:04- OK!- Which is always a valuer's first port of call!- Yeah, no, good!
0:33:04 > 0:33:07So if it's stamped "Germany", it's after 1892, probably,
0:33:07 > 0:33:11- and it looks about 1900-1920, doesn't it, really?- Yeah.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13So, clever old Kate Bliss.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16What sort of blissful estimate are you going to come up with?
0:33:16 > 0:33:19Well, I hope she's going to be happy with an estimate of £30-£50.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22- No, she will not be happy with that.- Oh, dear!
0:33:22 > 0:33:27You will be in the doghouse, Colin, if you get a penny less than £60.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29- £60.- But it's possible, isn't it?
0:33:29 > 0:33:31- It is possible.- Hope springs eternal.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33- Yes.- Thank you very much, Colin.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41- OK, girls, this is exciting, isn't it?- Very!
0:33:41 > 0:33:44- Now, how are you feeling, Bex? - Er, nervous, yes.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46- You too, Linds?- Yes.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Some say you get seven years bad luck with a broken mirror,
0:33:48 > 0:33:50- but I think you've got to break it. - Yes, you do.
0:33:50 > 0:33:51That's all right, then.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54If you haven't broken it, and you buy it broken,
0:33:54 > 0:33:56- you don't inherit somebody else's bad luck.- That's all right.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00So, first up is the Kashmiri mirror frame
0:34:00 > 0:34:04which is seriously oddball, and here it comes.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Who's going to start me on this one?
0:34:06 > 0:34:08At £100. £100, anybody? 50?
0:34:08 > 0:34:11- Look at her face!- 30? £30 bid, 5...
0:34:11 > 0:34:1235, bid 40?
0:34:12 > 0:34:1440, 45, bid 50?
0:34:14 > 0:34:1750, got a bid. 50, 50, 5 now.
0:34:17 > 0:34:195, 60, 65.
0:34:19 > 0:34:2070.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23Unbelievable! Look at this!
0:34:23 > 0:34:2680, 5, 90, 5.
0:34:26 > 0:34:27- Yes!- It is pretty.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29At 95 bid, 100 now, do I see it?
0:34:29 > 0:34:3195 got a bid, 100 now.
0:34:31 > 0:34:3395, are we all done?
0:34:33 > 0:34:34Sold this time at 95.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- Yes!- £95?!
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- It was gorgeous!- I think you're making these things sell!
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Anyway, look out, here comes the silver.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46Multiple bids already. We'll start the bidding on these already at £40.
0:34:46 > 0:34:4840, bid. At 45, do I see now?
0:34:48 > 0:34:5245, 50, 5, 60...55, bid.
0:34:52 > 0:34:5560, anywhere else, surely? At 55 bid, any more now?
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Come on! Come on!
0:34:57 > 0:35:01At 55, 58, 60, 60 bid, 62.
0:35:01 > 0:35:02- Ooh!- Ooh, here we go!
0:35:02 > 0:35:05And 60 in the middle of the room there.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07We're done and finished, and we are selling at £60.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Ah, bad luck, girls.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12Minus 15 on that, which means you're still plus 60,
0:35:12 > 0:35:14such is your reservoir of cash.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18- You're plus 60. Hang on. - It will all be gone now.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Right. OK.
0:35:20 > 0:35:21AUCTIONEER: And we ought
0:35:21 > 0:35:23to be over £100 for this.
0:35:23 > 0:35:24£100, who will be first in? 100!
0:35:24 > 0:35:2680? 50?
0:35:26 > 0:35:2840, if you like. £40, anyone? 40?
0:35:28 > 0:35:29BECKY: Uh-oh.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31I'm not liking the look of this.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32I'm not liking it.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34At 40 bid. Somebody else hovering on the net.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Are you coming in now? No, at £40.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38ALL: Aww!
0:35:38 > 0:35:41AUCTIONEER: 42 bid. At 42. At £42
0:35:41 > 0:35:43and it's on the net. 45 in the room.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- Yes!- 48, do I see? 48 bid?
0:35:46 > 0:35:47Go on, keep at it.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49No, 45. The bid's there, then.
0:35:49 > 0:35:5145, then, we sell at £45.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53ALL: Aww!
0:35:53 > 0:35:56- Oh, bad luck!- £45. How miserable.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Is that minus 80? It is, isn't it?
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Minus 80, and you were plus 60 before.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03- I'm sorry, chicken. You're now minus 20.- Oh!
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Oh, this is not right, is it?
0:36:06 > 0:36:09You were right at them and then you came right down again.
0:36:09 > 0:36:10- Crashing down.- We've plummeted.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14- What are you going to do about Russell Flint, then?- We're going.
0:36:14 > 0:36:15Are you? It's £50 of investment.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18- I liked it.- Nothing to lose. - Nothing to lose, no.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21- It's a lovely story, isn't it? - I liked it, yeah. I really liked it.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23You're going with a bonus buy,
0:36:23 > 0:36:25and here it comes.
0:36:25 > 0:36:26Here comes Russell Flint's letter.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28AUCTIONEER: Lot number 196,
0:36:28 > 0:36:29very interesting lot.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Who's going to start me at £100? 100?
0:36:31 > 0:36:33- Cross everything, girls.- £100.
0:36:33 > 0:36:3780 to go, then. 80? 50, anybody? 50?
0:36:37 > 0:36:3830?
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Getting a cold feeling in the pit.
0:36:40 > 0:36:4220? £20 bid? At 20.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Two, do I see it? Two, bid at two,
0:36:44 > 0:36:46five, bid at five, 28, do I see it?
0:36:46 > 0:36:4825, 28, 30, 30 bid.
0:36:48 > 0:36:5030 bid, 32 bid, 35 bid,
0:36:50 > 0:36:5138 now, 38 bid, 40.
0:36:51 > 0:36:5340 bid, 42, 45.
0:36:53 > 0:36:5445, 48 now.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56£45 bid. 48, now, surely?
0:36:56 > 0:36:58£45 bid. 48, do I see?
0:36:58 > 0:36:59- At 45 bid...- Come on!
0:36:59 > 0:37:01- At 45, we're on the market...- Go on!
0:37:01 > 0:37:0348 bid from anywhere else? Thank you.
0:37:03 > 0:37:04You've gone now from the net.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Selling this time, it is on
0:37:06 > 0:37:08the market, it will sell, at £45.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10ALL: Oh!
0:37:10 > 0:37:14- Never mind.- Bad luck, Davido. It could have been a lot worse.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- It could have.- Somebody got a bargain.- Still not too bad.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Somebody did get a bargain then.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22So, team, you are minus £25, which is nothing in this game.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24- It could easily be a winning score. - It could possibly.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28I'm sorry you went right up there, I'm sorry you came back down,
0:37:28 > 0:37:31but, anyway, where you are could still see you as winners today.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33- So say not a word to the Blues.- No.
0:37:37 > 0:37:42- Now, do you know how the Reds got on?- Not a clue.- No idea. Not a clue.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46- We're after the gavel.- You're after the golden gavel? Are you?
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Nothing like aiming high.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50- We don't lob them out like sweets, you know?- Oh, right.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53In fact, we'd have to dust the packet off.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57It's been that long since anybody made a profit on all three items.
0:37:57 > 0:37:58Anyway, there it is, Gerry.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01You found this alarm clock, you rated it.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05It's the first lot up. Here comes the alarm clock and stand by.
0:38:05 > 0:38:06Who's going to start me at
0:38:06 > 0:38:09£50 for it? £50, anyone? 50! 40?
0:38:09 > 0:38:10£40, do you have for me now?
0:38:10 > 0:38:12- £40, anybody? 40?- Come on.
0:38:12 > 0:38:1430? £30? £30 bid.
0:38:14 > 0:38:1532 now, do I see?
0:38:15 > 0:38:17£30 I'm bid, two anywhere else, surely?
0:38:17 > 0:38:19At £30 bid. 30 bid, 32 on the net.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Come on. What's going on? Yes or no?
0:38:21 > 0:38:2338 bid, do I see? 38 bid, 40.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25MARY: Yeah. It's going up.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27AUCTIONEER: 42 again now. Two anywhere else?
0:38:27 > 0:38:2842 bid, 45 bid, 45.
0:38:28 > 0:38:3048 now. 48 bid.
0:38:30 > 0:38:3348 bid, 50. No? At 48 bid.
0:38:33 > 0:38:34At 48 bid. Any more now?
0:38:34 > 0:38:3550, surely? MARY: Another fiver.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38AUCTIONEER: Are we all done? It's on the net at 48.
0:38:38 > 0:38:3950's back in! 50 bid.
0:38:39 > 0:38:4150. 55 now, do I see?
0:38:41 > 0:38:4250 bid. 55 bid.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44- 60, do I see?- 55!
0:38:44 > 0:38:4658, if it's going to help you?
0:38:46 > 0:38:47At 55 bid. Eight is the last call.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50At 55, we're on the net. You're all out in the room?
0:38:50 > 0:38:52We're done, we're finished and we're selling at £55.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Yes! Excellent!
0:38:54 > 0:38:56How about that? No profit, no loss,
0:38:56 > 0:38:58no pain, no gain.
0:38:58 > 0:38:59Lot number 213.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02Lots of people think it's a very nice piece of mahogany,
0:39:02 > 0:39:05so we'll start off with the commission bids which start at 12.
0:39:05 > 0:39:0615, 18, 20.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Two, bid five, 28.
0:39:08 > 0:39:0928? 30 now. 30 bid.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11At 30 bid, 32, do I see?
0:39:11 > 0:39:1330 bid, 32, surely?
0:39:13 > 0:39:16At £30 in the second row. 32, 35, 38.
0:39:16 > 0:39:17- Bid 40 now?- Only paid £15.
0:39:17 > 0:39:1938 is on the net. At 38 bid.
0:39:19 > 0:39:2240, surely? At £38, it's the last call.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24We're all done and finished, then.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26At £38. Sold at 38.
0:39:26 > 0:39:27Yes!
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Now, here comes your tape measure.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31214. Who's going to start me at £50?
0:39:31 > 0:39:3450? 40 to go, then. £40, anyone? 40?
0:39:34 > 0:39:36£20, anyone? Start me.
0:39:36 > 0:39:3720 on the net.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39- MARY: Do you reckon?- Yes!- Yes!
0:39:39 > 0:39:42AUCTIONEER: 25 bid. 28, now. 28 bid.
0:39:42 > 0:39:4530 now. 32 bid. That's 32.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48The bid's down here at 32. MARY: Well done, you!
0:39:48 > 0:39:51AUCTIONEER: Any more now? At 32. On the net, then. At 32. 35, do I see?
0:39:51 > 0:39:55Selling then... No more from the room. Sold at £32.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57That is another £20.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00So you were £23 up on the string box,
0:40:00 > 0:40:03£20 up on that. You are plus 43.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Plus 43 and a wiped face.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09Now, what are you going to do about that old dog book stand?
0:40:09 > 0:40:11What do you think?
0:40:11 > 0:40:14- What do you think? - No, your decision. Your decision.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17- £43 is nice to go home.- Yes.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20- £43 is a good profit. - Yeah, we'll take it.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23- Is that all right? - You do exactly as you please.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27- I won't be in the least offended. - No dogs?- No.- No dogs.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29They're not going to go with the bonus buy. Bad luck, Kate.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Anyway, let's sell it anyway. Here comes the book ends.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35Who is going to start me at £80 for it? 80?
0:40:35 > 0:40:37£80.
0:40:37 > 0:40:4050 to go. 50? £20 bid.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42At 20. At 20 bid. 22. 22, 25.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Five bid. 28, do I see, now?
0:40:44 > 0:40:4628 bid. At 28. 28, 30.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48£30 bid. 32 now? 32.
0:40:48 > 0:40:4935? 35. 38?
0:40:49 > 0:40:5238 now. At 35 bid. 38 bid.
0:40:52 > 0:40:5640. 42. 42, 45. 42, 45. 45, 48.
0:40:56 > 0:40:5848, bid 50. Five.
0:40:58 > 0:41:0055, no. 50 in the corner of the room.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02At 50 bid. Is there five now?
0:41:02 > 0:41:04At £50. In the back then and £50.
0:41:04 > 0:41:05We all done, then?
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Lady's bid done. 55 fresh bidder.
0:41:07 > 0:41:08Yes!
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Five, no. At £60 bid.
0:41:10 > 0:41:11Everyone's slowing down now.
0:41:11 > 0:41:12So 60 bid. I'll take two?
0:41:12 > 0:41:14At 60 bid. 62? No? 60 at the back
0:41:14 > 0:41:16of the room, then. Final call, then.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Lady's bid, selling at £60.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Yes!
0:41:20 > 0:41:23- Well done.- MARY: Wiped its face. Well done.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26It wiped its face. Well, that's amazing, isn't it?
0:41:26 > 0:41:28Two wipes in one show.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31You got £43 of profits coming your way. Could be a winning score.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Don't say a word to those naughty Reds.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42- Well, that was magnificent, wasn't it?- Yes.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46- Did we have a hoot, or did we have a hoot?- We did.- We had such a hoot.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50- Well, have you been talking about the scores?- ALL: No.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52That's nice, cos it's nice and secret still. Good.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55I have to reveal that the team that is running up
0:41:55 > 0:41:57today by a substantial margin
0:41:57 > 0:41:59are the Reds.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01- DAVID:- Oh, no!
0:42:01 > 0:42:06- Yes.- No!- I'm afraid to say, minus £25 is your score, girls.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10- We thought that was a winning score! - We did.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13One or two things just weren't on the ball for you today, I'm afraid.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16But you've been on the ball, both of you.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18We've loved having you on the show.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21But the victors today, who are going home with folding cash -
0:42:21 > 0:42:23they're going home with £43.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25MARY: Thank you!
0:42:25 > 0:42:27- There's £40 there. - Gerry can have the three.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30- Plus the three pounds for Gerry. There we go.- Thank you.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32You had two wiped faces, which are unusual,
0:42:32 > 0:42:35for the bonus buy and for one of your items.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38And you made profits of £23 and £20 on two of your items.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41So, using my discretion as the adjudicator,
0:42:41 > 0:42:45because sometimes I allow a wiped face to be treated as a profit,
0:42:45 > 0:42:48which I'm going to do in this instance, I'm able to award you...
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Wonderful, thank you!
0:42:50 > 0:42:54..the ancient sort of noble order of the golden gavel.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56- Which I...- Our first one.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59I know you really, really want it, Gerry.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03You've got your cash, you've got your pins. Congratulations.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05We've had such a great time, in fact.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08- Join as soon for some more bargain-hunting, yes?- ALL: Yes!
0:43:08 > 0:43:11I know you're sitting there thinking,
0:43:11 > 0:43:15"I could have done better than that!" Well, what's stopping you?
0:43:15 > 0:43:20If you think you can spot a bargain, go to our BBC website and apply.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22It'll be splendid to see you!
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