Wetherby 15 Bargain Hunt

We're at Wetherby Racecourse today, but which team will be leading the field?

Do you fancy taking a bet?

Let's go bargain hunting, yeah!

The racecourse here at Wetherby has seen many winners in its time

since it was opened in 1891,

but the big question today is - which of our teams, the Reds or the Blues,

will gallop off to victory over at the auction? Stay tuned to find out.

Coming up on today's show,

the Reds strike a hard bargain.

-The very best price I can do for that is 90 quid.

-I'll say 65.

I want it to knock me out. That does not knock me out.

Whilst Anita works hard to convince the Blues.

-Plastic is the new gold.

-Is it?

LAUGHTER

So let's meet the teams.

So it's a family affair today with two teams of mothers and daughters.

For the Reds, we've got Carrie and Roxanne, and for the Blues, we've got Judith and Rachel.

-Hello, everyone.

-Hello.

-Hello.

-Now, Carrie...

-Yes.

-This racecourse surrounding is one that's familiar to you.

-I trained my horses and raced them here.

-Really?

-On occasion, yes.

-Brilliant.

-Since you were three years of age?

-No.

-Oh, right.

-I was riding ponies when I was three, but later, I bred and trained racehorses for my father.

And when he died last year, I stopped altogether.

What do you get up to these days if you're not training horses?

Just a few hours running Gigi's in Knaresborough, antiques and bric-a-brac, you know, junk.

Today, you're going to be able to show your skills, aren't you?

-We're going to give you £300 and you'll find something that will sell, yes?

-Definitely.

Oh, marvellous. That sounds like the business.

Now, Roxanne, you're a hairdresser?

-I practise on Mum a lot.

-Do you?

-With all her hair.

-She likes to come in and see me in the salon.

-You have a bit of a natter?

-Yes, more than a natter!

-I've got very long hair. She tries to cut it off.

-You can't cut your mum's hair off!

I try to just trim the ends, but she won't let me.

But you've got a dream job in view. What's that?

I'd like to do singing and musical theatre, something like that.

And do you perform at all at the moment?

No, not at the moment. I like to play acoustic guitar and have a bit of singing.

-I go to a local jam night in Knaresborough.

-Is that what you do?

-Yeah.

-Is she any good?

-Fantastic.

-There you are. You're not her mum for nothing!

-No.

-Absolutely right.

-I'd tell her if she was rubbish.

-I bet you would too.

-Do you two think you'll make a winning team today?

-Definitely.

-I think so too.

They've got youth, they've got experience. I think this is going to be a piece of cake for you two.

-And very good luck anyway.

-Thank you.

-Smashing job.

-Judith, you run a shop yourself?

-Of course I do.

-Tell us about it.

You know the sweets you got in a jar that are now in the Beamish Museum?

-I sell those, but mine are not in a museum.

-So, all those old-fashioned sweets?

Yeah, old-fashioned sweets in jars.

And you sell it by the quarter?

They always ask by the quarter and I say, "You'll just get what I give you."

What else do you sell in your shop apart from sweeties?

I sell limited edition prints of my pictures and I also sell originals.

Rachel, it says here you like to talk.

-I'm on telesales, so I do a lot of talking.

-You do telesales?

-Oh, yeah, I'm one of them pests.

-You ring me up at half past six every evening and...?

-Yeah, and wonder why you're not in.

-Yes, exactly.

-Why you're busy!

-So you do like to chat on professionally?

-Oh, yeah.

-What sort of product are you selling?

-Solar panels.

-Oh, solar panels.

-Do you know anything about solar panels?

-Of course I do!

-You like a bit of art too like your mother?

-Yeah.

-What sort of things do you get up to?

-I'm mainly a charcoal drawer of dogs.

-You do that on commission?

-A bit of both. I sell prints in my mum's shop as well.

-Lovely.

Do you think you'll be able to find a masterpiece between you today to sell on?

-Yes.

-There's one out there.

-There is one out there.

-Yeah, there is.

You never know. You have to be confident. Now the money moment. £300 apiece.

They're looking very happy over here, taking the £300.

You know the rules and your experts await and very, very, very good luck!

Now, where are our experts for today?

Stop sunning yourself there, Thomas Plant.

You've got your Red Team to find.

Meanwhile, Anita Manning is searching for her Blues. Ooh!

Get to it then, experts!

The plan is just to buy something that will sell on and make profits, so that we can win. That's the idea.

It doesn't matter what it is. We'll just go for it.

I think this mother and daughter duo will be pretty formidable.

-What about tactics though?

-I was thinking ceramics and jewellery.

You like that. I like jewellery. What about you?

-Spending. Spend, spend, spend.

-Oh, you're a girl after my own heart!

-..you're eyeing up at the moment.

-Can we trot on a bit? Trot on. I know what I'm looking at.

What we want to do, girls, is bag something fairly soon

which will give us plenty of time for everything else.

Can I just have a look at that 78 one? It's got a bit of a dent in it. It'll be a bit less money then.

-Can I suggest something else in this cabinet?

-Yes.

-Can we put these back?

-Yeah.

-I'd like to look at the tsubas. Do you know what these are? They're lovely.

-They're beautiful.

So these are tsubas and a tsuba is the hilt for the katana.

I don't think they're so old. They're probably only about 50 years old.

-So, in here you like the vestas...

-I'm thinking about it, Tom. I don't want to buy straight away.

-I know.

-I've got it in my mind though.

-You've got to have a plan. Shall we move on?

-Yeah, move on.

-Trot on, Tom. Trot on.

-Trot on, trot on.

Yes, trot on, Thomas. You heard the woman.

-Anything that's jumping out at you?

-I like the colour of this.

-You like colourful...

-I like that colour.

Well, girls, this comes from a favourite place of mine.

Can you guess where?

-Oh, no, it isn't!

-LAUGHTER

I thought it was a piece of Maling from Newcastle,

but it's a piece of New Hall Ware. Tell me why you like it.

-Because of the orange.

-You like that?

-Hmm.

-Bright?

-Yeah.

-It shouts at you.

-We like that stuff that's way down south.

-Poole Pottery?

-Poole, yeah.

-We love Poole.

-You love Poole?

-Oh, yeah.

-I'm glad you're in my team because I love Poole as well.

-I've got a piece of Poole at home.

-Yeah.

-Talking about Poole, ladies...

-I know, I saw that. It is Poole.

Shall we just get it? This is a girl with a mission. She's in a hurry.

It's 1960s.

It's this 20th century design and it's colourful and that's what you like.

-It's got this modernist shape here.

-That needs to be about 50, doesn't it?

Hello!

Hello. We were looking at your piece of Poole here.

I think...£40.

The best I could do would be 50 and that's the bottom of it.

- Is that the bottom line, 50? - It would be, yeah.

Have another wee go.

No, honestly, I don't think we'll get a profit at 50. I don't. I think it would have to be about 45.

We've got to sell it in an auction. Can you imagine us getting a profit at 50?

45?

Go on, 45. That would be my rock bottom.

- That's your rock bottom? - Yeah.

-If you'll let us have it for 45, I think... What do you say, Rachel?

-Yeah, I'm happy.

-You're happy.

So we've got our first buy in about the first 40 seconds.

We've had a good bit of bargaining here. You chose well. What a team!

But I chose it...as well.

Oh, you're going to have trouble there, Anita.

Well done though, Blues. One down.

-What about this lovely Deco dancer? She is quite nice, actually.

-She is.

-In good condition.

-Waldendorf, is that right? She's rather elegant. What's the best on that figure?

The very, very best is £50. I couldn't do it for any less because I'd be losing money.

-It's lovely, but it's not scantily clad enough for me and dramatic enough.

-I know what you mean.

I want something that knocks me out. That does not knock me out.

That, I wouldn't give house room.

This wants to be slightly bigger and more fabulous, then we'll say yes.

-Let's go a bit more money, 80 quid, on something a bit more flamboyant.

-We'll have a think.

-We can keep this in the bank. Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

-It was a good discount. Thank you.

I think Carrie wants drama, Thomas, so tally-ho, what?

-You've got the hang of it now.

-There we are.

-Do you like it?

-Not really, no.

-She doesn't like it.

-No.

-Do you not like your mother's taste in furniture?

-Not all of it, no.

I put that beautiful picture underneath and I've got glass...

-Yeah. It doesn't mean I like it.

-But I painted the picture.

-The picture's nice, but...

-Thank you!

-Right, we'll just...

-Are we interested in this table?

-No.

-She says no, so we'll just go along with the flow cos she's the boss.

-All right, but don't sulk.

No sulking in this game, Blues. We're meant to be having fun.

Now, are those Reds on the fiddle?

- Can we have a look at the fiddle? - Certainly.

Let's have a look at the fiddle. Let's look in the F-hole and see what it's like.

Hold that, Rocky. I can't see inside.

You want to look inside the fiddle? How do you know about these fiddles?

My uncle is Barry Dransfield.

-And he is...?

-A professional fiddle player.

He was in Mutiny On The Bounty and buys fiddles off me.

Oh, come on, Thomas. Don't you know your fiddle from your elbow?

-What's the price?

-I need for that... The very best price I can do for that is 90 quid.

There's quite a lot to do on this fiddle. I'm not going to offer 70. I'd say 65.

No, I can't, my darling. >

It needs a bridge on it. You've got the bridge?

There's your bridge.

It's not that, Tom, though. Look. It's in very bad...

-It's got a bit of wear to it.

-I know, but it is a nice fiddle.

I'd be happier at 65.

-What do you think it'll make at auction?

-About 95, 100.

Are you positive on that one? How old do you think this fiddle is?

I'd say about 1880, 1890.

I like the detail around the edge just here.

-That's what gives it its quality.

-Yeah, it does.

This is the bad bit, but we're all right at 65. There's a profit in it.

You say this is a fiddle, rather than a violin.

How do we know that it's a fiddle or a violin?

-The length.

-The length. So this length from here to here?

-From there to there.

So this is a fiddle or a violin or a viola?

- I'd say this is a fiddle. - It's not a viola.

-A viola is slightly bigger.

-It's more length.

-Yeah.

- I'll buy it for 65. - OK, we'll do it for 65.

-We're going to buy it?

-At 65, yeah.

-65, it's a deal.

-Lovely.

-Thank you very much.

-Yes, we've bought something.

-Thank you.

-We have bought something.

God, I'm exhausted! I am exhausted!

I think we all are, Thomas.

It's taken us half an hour to buy one item. It ain't gonna work.

-We'd better be quick now.

-Yeah.

-We know what we want now.

-I think I like the lady.

-You like the lady. We can always go back and get the lady.

At the gallop, please, Reds.

Now, what's caught Anita's eye?

What you've got, girls, is you've got that orange Poole vase.

Right? And you've got these crazy, 20th century stools.

-They're plastic.

-I know, but plastic is the new gold.

-Is it?

LAUGHTER

You know how bathrooms are the new kitchens?

This is what all the cool kids in London are buying.

Yeah, well, it'll have to be cheap.

-I think they are quite cheap.

-Are they? That's all right then.

-We've got the maker's mark here.

-Bauhaus style.

-But what we've got are a pair of lime green, plastic, matching stools.

-With the covers?

-With the covers, 25.

-Are these the original covers?

-Yeah.

I would say 20.

-They're a great team, aren't they?

-I'm defeated. Give us £20.

He's going to give you... Are you listening? He'll take 20 quid.

-Are you happy with that? What's next?

-Jewellery.

-Yes. We want jewellery.

-OK, let's go that way.

Well, that's plastic fantastic! Two down, Blues.

-Big diamonds!

-For £200? LAUGHTER

Come on, get a move on, you lot! The clock's ticking.

What's your very, very best on that?

-That's lovely.

-There's a lot of work in that.

-The different colours?

-Yeah.

-Can we have a look?

- Yesterday, that was £140. - You couldn't do 90?

-No. I could do 100.

-Could I have a look at it?

-You certainly can.

-Have you got a crane(?)

-It's fine. Don't worry.

-It's beautiful.

-What do you think of that? You've got different colours of marble, the serpentine marble,

the slate, this brown marble, and this lovely white... almost got a sort of Carrara to it.

-Let's see in the back.

-There's the movement and you've got the garniture with it as well.

-The French know how to make things, don't they?

-Certainly.

-They didn't have anything on the top.

-There was no bit where there was a statue?

-Not on these.

If that was 95, we'd walk away with it now. It is perfect, Tom.

-It's lovely.

-Go on, you can have it for 95.

-Shall we get it?

-I think we should.

-That's a deal. That's done.

-Brilliant, bought. Second item down.

-Quality piece, quality piece. Very nice.

-Thank you, sir.

-Thank you very much.

Great buy, Reds. Two down.

Now those Blues are on a diamond mission.

If you were buying a piece of jewellery, what would you like to buy?

If it was an antique like that, I'd go for something traditional

and I would go for a cameo, but I also like diamonds.

You like diamonds? Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

Why don't we take five minutes on our own, separate out,

have a look round, meet back here in five minutes

-and see if anybody has seen anything that really they've fallen in love with?

-Yeah.

-OK?

So the Blues are feeling all sparkly, but how are those Reds getting on?

I'll stop bickering and I'll be just quiet and you'll be really bored.

That will not happen. You being quiet will never, ever happen.

-I've known you for 40 minutes...

-I'm trying to help you. You've got all this other work.

-At the double, please!

-Oh, just a minute.

-You're going to make me buy something horrible.

-No, I'm not.

Oh, blimey, you Reds are making me dizzy!

-Can we go back down that road bit?

-Trot on, trot on.

# Dizzy... #

Let's go in here. I've seen a chair. In there.

# I'm so dizzy, my head is spinning... #

Turn me round. In there. Go in there, Rocky.

-The Marly Horses?

-Yeah.

-Turn me around.

-Can we just leave her here?

-I think we can.

Now, Roxanne, that's your mother, dear!

-We need to be off the grass.

-We're going to try and get off the grass.

-Hang on.

-We've got ten minutes.

# Dizzy, dizzy... #

Hey, are those Blues doing a deal without Anita?

It's 1689. It's William and Mary.

It's a half-crown.

The book value for these is about £280.

If you're interested in that, I will do that for 250, but that would be my bottom...

-You wouldn't do 200 because we haven't got the money?

-We've only got 200. It's our last item.

We just have 200. >

-I will do it for 200.

-Our last item.

Where's Anita? Anita!

Anita's run away!

So as the Blues hunt down their Anita, the Reds are racing to the finishing post.

-What can you do for the pair, love?

-The horses?

- 40. - 40 for the pair?

These are called Marly Horses and they come in spelter and bronze.

These are in spelter and they've had some black paint over them which has oxidised.

They've got a real shabby chic-ness.

Yeah, I'm happy there's no soldering or bad damage.

Yeah, somebody would live with those, painted or unpainted.

Do you think there's a profit in these, Thomas?

-Tom, I've had a good look at these.

-Yeah, what do you think, Carrie?

This gentleman will be fair with me because he knows there's a little bit of... Not...

A little bit of corrosion. Can you go down to 27 quid for the pair?

-No, I can't.

-What can you do on these?

-I'll take 30.

-30?

-£30...? Good man.

-Thank you.

-That's it!

-Yes.

-Cup of tea.

-Yeah.

-Cup of tea.

-Trot on.

-Trot on. You're telling me to trot on!

-LAUGHTER

I'm off. Come on!

-Let's go.

-Let's go.

Giddy-up now, Thomas!

Now, have those Blues found Anita yet?

-We've found a coin.

-Right.

But I thought that I would bring you over some diamonds.

Now, this first one here is a little pendant.

It's got 16 little diamonds.

-They're set...

-They are tiny, aren't they?

You've only got a couple of hundred quid to spend, girl.

It's 130 and we can get that for £110.

I wouldn't wear it. The diamonds are too tiny.

I want big diamonds!

-We've got a little three-stone ring here.

-Can I look at it?

-Uh-huh.

-I don't like that.

There's not enough bling in that ring, Anita.

You've got this little one here

which is a little, single-stone diamond.

-It's nice.

-You like that one?

-Yeah.

It's a slightly bigger diamond,

but it's slightly dated in its appearance because it's modern...

That wouldn't sell. I don't like that.

The third one is a little 1930s, Art Deco ring.

-That's nice, that.

-I like that.

And that is £170.

Have we time to see any more jewellery?

Girls, we're running out of time, so you've got to make your mind up.

-I do fancy the coin.

-You want the coin?

-I don't know anything about coins, honestly.

-Your choice, your choice.

You wanted jewellery, so it's your choice now.

So, forgetting about that ring, it's between the coin and that now.

-You spotted the coin.

-I like that coin.

-You have to make up your mind.

The coins have a specific value.

-Am I right?

-Generally, you will get a specific value for the coins.

The only thing I can say, Rachel, is we'll have to toss a coin. >

Girls, you've got very little time left, very little time.

-Quick!

-I'll go for the coin.

-The coin it is then.

-OK, the coin. Thank you very much.

Will you let us have it for 197?

-Go on then.

-Shake on it, shake on it.

OK, give him 197 before we break his cabinet.

- Yeah, 197. - Thank you.

OK, thank you. Bye-bye. I'd better get these diamonds back.

Well done. You made it in the end and that's something to dance about.

# Oppa Gangnam style

# Gangnam style... #

It's all terribly tiring, this racing lark. Time's up!

Let's check out what the Red Team bought, eh?

First of all, they spent £65 on an early 20th century fiddle.

£95 was spent on an Art Deco, marble clock garniture.

And they took a £30 punt on a pair of spelter Marly Horses.

-I mean, I'm relaxed, you know.

-Good.

-Relaxed? You might be relaxed. We're feeling very, very tense, aren't we, Tom?

-Very tense.

-How much did you spend, darling?

-£190. I wanted to spend more, but I couldn't.

Have you got £110 of leftover lolly somewhere about your person?

Yeah, we're going to treat this gentleman.

Thank you. Which is your favourite piece?

-I do like the clock very much.

-The clock is your favourite.

-Do you agree with that?

-Yes.

-Always agree with your mother.

-I don't really have a choice.

-Here comes the do-re-mi for Tom.

-Thank you.

-What are you going to do with it, Thomas?

-I'm going to buy us a talisman.

That's enigmatic. Good on you, Tom. Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blue team bought, eh?

They dived on in and paid £45 for this Poole Pottery Delphis vase.

This pair of retro avocado-coloured stools cost them £20.

And they reigned the William and Mary silver half crown for £197. Wow!

-He took a bit of bargaining.

-He did, but he did it.

I think you're very tough, you girls, that's all I can say.

-I'm just hard.

-Which is your favourite piece, hard one?

My favourite piece, I think, would be the Poole.

-Do you agree?

-Yeah. It's the only thing we do agree on.

-That's OK.

-How much did you spend all round?

-£262.

-That's a lovely amount.

-Can I have the 38, please? Who's got the £38?

-I have.

-You don't like handing this over.

-Not really.

-OK, there we go.

-I'll trust you, Anita.

-Thank you.

-What will you do with that?

The girls were a pair of stars. I want to buy something shiny or sparkly that suits their character.

That'll be very popular. Meanwhile, we're heading off to North Yorkshire. How lovely.

Kiplin Hall, a fine Jacobean country house, stands in the beautiful Vale of Mowbray,

between the Yorkshire Dales and the North Yorkshire moors.

Kiplin Hall was built in the 1620s by George Calvert

as a hunting lodge, he being Secretary of State to James I.

In its time it's been owned by four families over four hundred years,

each of which have left their mark on this magnificent house.

I can't wait to have a look inside. Come on.

The Carpenters, who owned Kiplin in the 19th century,

transformed this room from the Gothic style into the Jacobean style

creating it and finishing it in the late 1880s.

You can sense their preference and love for the Arts and Crafts movement

in their choice of decoration.

For example, the tiles that line the slip of that fireplace

are by William Frend De Morgan.

Similarly, here with this handsome, Iznik-style, two-handled pot,

it's also be De Morgan. They're making a statement.

"We love the Arts and Crafts."

Beatrice Carpenter, however, decided to take this to a higher and more practical level

with the Home Arts and Industries Association,

a philanthropic association set up in 1884

to provide additional employment typically for rural types

so that they could improve their skill base and also have a source of additional income.

Her talents as a designer are evidenced in this ledger.

You can see a beautiful lattice-design look filled with foliage and birds.

That design was incorporated by a member of the association

into the inlay in this cabinet.

There's the trellis, look, with the interspersed birds.

And there it is in the design.

But perfectly worked.

I have to say, very skilfully done.

Simple, stylised forms,

but beautifully executed by what would have been an amateur artist.

Here we've got an edition of the Studio magazine,

bound into a volume,

dating from 1901,

that shows, on this page, a rather beautifully-inlaid casket.

And if you look carefully, it says, "Designed by the Honourable Mrs Carpenter". Our Beatrice.

What's fascinating is that in the hall today we have the very casket.

We've got beautifully-inlaid,

some sheep and a shepherd and his dog, with reflected images carefully crafted

in this pool of water in the foreground. If you look at the front surface,

it corresponds pretty well exactly to the illustration in the Studio magazine.

It says underneath in the magazine, "Inlaid by Walter Smailes".

Who was Walter Smailes?

Well, he was Beatrice Carpenter's gardener here at Kiplin.

Imagine the scene - Beatrice comes out and says, "Smailes, leave that herbaceous border

"and come inside and learn a little woodwork with me." "Yes, madam."

Anyway, true to form, Smailes actually turned out to be rather good at this

as evidenced by that casket.

Most successful.

The big question today is how successful are our teams going to be over at the auction?

It's lovely to be with Jeremy Pattison at Tennants Saleroom in North Yorkshire.

-Lovely to see you.

-Hello, Tim.

-We've got quite a selection of goods here for you today.

Roxanne and Carrie went with the old fiddle and bow. Is that by Stradivarius, by any chance?

I'm afraid not, Tim. That's a poor example of a violin and bow.

-This is probably a late-19th, early-20th century European copy.

-Yes.

-It's not going to bring a couple of million, then.

-Definitely not.

-How kind are you with your estimate?

-£20-£40.

-Really?

-Someone might buy it because it's cheap.

-They paid 65.

So that's started off on the wrong note. Moving on swiftly to the Art Deco clock garniture.

-I don't know how you are with these things, but I think that is just a spectacular buy.

-It is.

A wonderful example, very good value, stylish, different marbles.

And it reeks of Art Deco. This team paid £95 retail for this, so the dealer's made a profit.

Goodness only knows what he paid for it.

-There's a few nibbles, but by and large it's in good nick.

-He obviously bought very well,

-but I hope to see £100-£150.

-Can you?

-Yes, I hope so.

-Good.

Now the old staple of the sculpture section of every sale in Britain for the last 100 years

-has been a pair of these things.

-Yes.

-Very, very commonly reproduced, weren't they?

-They are.

Trouble is they're a zinc-based metal, so they're very brittle.

-There's various repairs and they're slightly crude.

-How much for the pair, then?

That's something people don't really want at the moment.

-£20-£30 for the pair.

-Really? Well, they only paid £30

and I think they thought you were going to say £100-£200, but that is not the case.

They used to be £100-£150, but prices have changed on them.

On that basis, I still think they'll come out OK, but let's go and check out their Bonus Buy, eh?

Now Carrie, Roxanne, you two gorgeous...!

You spent £190. Yes, you gave Thomas £110.

-Thomas, what did you spend it on?

-I said I needed divine intervention.

-I bought a bit of ecclesiastical...

-Oh, wow.

-Oh, lordy.

-Watch the top! There it is.

-And how much was this?

-Is that all you're interested in?!

-What is it?

-It's ecclesiastical silver.

-OK.

-Your travelling communion cup and wafer tray.

It's a little travelling set.

It's Victorian, it's silver. 1855.

-You've seen one of those.

-It's very sweet.

-Of course, I've been avoiding your first question.

-Did you spend all the money?

-I spent it all.

-All of it.

-You've spent about 100.

-£110.

-He had £110.

What's the profit? Well, these sometimes make 150, 250. They are quite popular.

-I like it. It's lovely.

-Roxanne's father trained to be a priest. That's very apt.

-When did he...?!

-Her father did.

-When?

-Before he met me.

He never made it!

I love it! Don't you?

He was nearly celibate until he met your mum!

-Brilliant! Trained to be a priest.

-I thought that's why you'd like it.

-She was brought up Catholic.

-There you are, then. I bought the right thing.

Anyway, you gather yourselves together.

Meanwhile, for the audience at home, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about the communion set.

OK, then, Reverend... there you go.

A little practice communion set.

My experience with these is often they were in fitted cases to travel.

There's often a three-piece set, so again it's incomplete.

-Right.

-Gilded, but the question is what do you do with it in today's market?

I suppose that's true, really. It's got some weight, though. It's made of solid silver.

-Gird up your loins. How much?

-£40-£60.

Is that all? Well, the Planter paid £110, God bless him.

-I'm not quite sure why.

-I'll try my best.

-I'm sure.

That's it for the Reds. Now the Blues, who have gone for colour over substance, I fancy.

-Starting out with the Poole vase, which is stylish.

-Yes.

-When was it made, do you reckon?

-Quite late. '60s, '70s.

-Again, you have to love that colour.

-Uranium orange isn't everybody's cup of tea.

-Certainly not.

-For the right person, though, how much?

-£20-£30.

£45 paid. How about the avocado pair of bathroom stools?

-Again, different. I do like them. Retro furniture, injection-moulded plastic.

-Yeah.

-But it possibly could be the colour.

-That puts people off?

-Yes.

-You don't have to have that woolly hat on top.

-Possibly take that off!

There's a label on there. I think they're about 1958.

Oh, quite early, then? And they're in good nick.

-They are strange. I've never seen this model.

-So how much?

-£50, £60 maybe?

-You're a marvellous man. They only paid £20.

-Ah, good.

-That's not bad.

Lastly, and in a completely different sense,

-we've got the silver coin. Like that?

-I do, but again it goes down to condition.

Collectors are looking for something in mint condition.

I think this has been mounted.

-To a serious coin collector, it has its limitations.

-Tell us about this.

People took genuine old coins - because this is a 17th-century coin, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-And they put them in brooches?

-Yes, yes. Brooches, pendants.

-And you think that's what has happened to this one?

-Possibly.

-So what's your estimate?

-Cautious. £50-£80.

-They paid £197.

-Right.

-And they paid that amount thinking it was absolutely spot-on.

-Yes.

-Anyway, we'll have to see. That's the fun of the auction.

-Exactly.

And if you're right, they'll definitely need their Bonus Buy no matter how well the avocado goes.

So let's have a look at the Bonus Buy.

Now Jude, Rach, this is your moment. £38 you gave Anita Manning.

Anita, what did you spend it on?

Oh!

-What's that?

-What's that?!

-It's a wee silver thing.

-It looks small.

-It looks small.

-Is it a knife?

-It's not a knife.

-It's a little...

-Comb?

-..tortoiseshell comb.

Probably for someone with not a lot of hair.

-Or a moustache.

-That will make a lot.

-You reckon?

-How much did you spend on it?

-I spent £30 on it.

It's hallmarked silver. Made in Birmingham in 1913,

just before the war. What I liked was the scale of it. Small one, possibly for a moustache.

It's nicely hallmarked, good condition and the comb hasn't lost any of the teeth.

It's still got the dandruff.

You girls think about it. You're both predicting a small profit.

Meanwhile, why don't we - for the audience at home - let the auctioneer look at Anita's comb?

There you go, Jeremy. I'm not going to say the obvious.

Exactly. I don't know if Anita bought this for me... Silver. Nice engine-turned decoration.

-What's it worth?

-I won't be bidding for it.

-No, no, quite.

-What's it worth?

-As silver, it's got to be worth £40-£50.

OK, £30 paid. It's a nice thing to have tried. We'll see what happens.

-Looking forward to this?

-Can't wait.

-Me neither.

OK, Carrie, Roxanne, how excited are you on the excited scale?

-It's good fun, isn't it?

-Is it like the beginning of a major race your horse is running in?

-No.

-Oh.

-I like it when my horse comes past the lollipop best.

-But this is good fun.

-It's got a bit of buzz.

-Definitely! Especially when you're here.

You're too kind, Carrie. First up is the violin and bow. Let's have a pluck at this.

The early-20th-century violin and bow. Cased. It's been used.

20 bid. £20 bid to start.

At 20. 30. 40. £40.

Shall I sell this? At 40.

At 40. 50 anywhere? For the last time. £40 will take it.

£40 is minus £25. Not to worry. Moving on to the garniture.

-He likes this.

-Very attractive marble garniture. Really stylish.

Three-piece set. Start me at £100.

60 bid. 60. Any advance on 60?

70. 80. 90. 100.

-110. At 110 on my left. Any advance?

-Come on!

I expected a bit more. Give me 110. At 110. 120?

I'm going to sell. For the last time. 110 and selling.

He sold it for £110. Cheap enough, isn't it?

That is plus £15. Overall, minus £10. OK, now the Marly horses.

A pair of spelter Marly horses. For the pair, £20 to start me?

Spelter figures. 20 bid. 20 in the room. At 20.

I'll take 25 on them. 25. 30.

-Gentleman's bid there. At 30.

-Look out...

Any further bids? 30 will take them.

£30. Wiped its face.

Oh, dear. Minus £10 overall, girls.

What about this communion cup lark? Are you going to wrap up your losses at minus £10

-or risk £110 on the communion set? What'll you do?

-It's a risk.

-I'm not going to go for the risk, if you agree.

-She's got to!

-Yes!

-What did you pay for it?

-110.

-It's not going to make that.

-I think we should leave it.

-Definitely not? OK, fine.

They're definitely not taking it. Minus £10 is what it is,

-but we're going to sell the Bonus Buy anyway, just for the hell of it.

-Is it now?

-Yes.

-Brilliant.

-A Victorian silver travelling communion cup and wafer dish.

-Watch it make 200!

-Two pieces.

-£50? £30? For silver.

-Oh(!)

30 bid. 30. 30. 40.

50. 60. 70.

-80.

-They love it, Tom(!)

-£90 I'm bid, standing.

-Come on.

-100.

110? 110 at the moment. Any more bids on that?

110, the gentleman's bid.

Wiped its face. 110. No shame, no gain. No profit, no loss.

-Well done, Tom.

-If you'd taken it, you'd be in the same position.

Anyway, overall, you girls, you are minus £10. All right?

-It's not that bad!

-It could be a winning score. Don't say a word to the Blues, all right?

If we hadn't been on the fiddle, we'd be in front!

OK, now, Judith, Rachel. This is your chance. Your Delphis vase, £45 paid.

His estimate is £20-£30 so it's an uphill struggle. Keep smiling!

If the worst comes to the worst, you've got that lovely encrusted comb(!)

First up is the Delphis vase and here it comes.

A Poole pottery Delphis vase. Orange. Good decorative thing.

£30 for the Poole vase? 30? £10. Thank you, sir.

10 bid.

Any advance on 10? 15? 20? £20 I'm bid.

Any advance on 20? Give me 5? Got a commission bid. 25, new bidder.

It's a room bid. One more? Any more?

£25 and selling.

He sold it for 25. You're minus 20. OK, now your stool.

Very unusual. A pair of 20th-century West German plastic stools

in avocado green. Very green.

Certainly 1950s, '60s. Personally, I'd take those covers off.

-He's giving them a big build-up.

-But they might keep you warm. £50 for the pair?

30 I'm bid. Thank you. 30. Retro there. 40.

Any more bidders? 50. 50 I'm bid.

-Any advance on 50?

-How marvellous is that?

£50.

-Yes!

-£50 is plus 30,

which transforms you into £10 profit. Plus 10.

-Here comes the half crown.

-William and Mary silver half crown.

£100? £50?

20 I'm bid. 20 for the crown. 30. 40.

50. 60. 70.

80. 90. 100. 110. 120.

And 30. 130 in the middle there.

- 140, new bidder. - Come on!

Any more bidders on this? At 140.

Any further bids? 140 will take it.

£140 is minus £57. You had plus £10.

You're minus 47.

Didn't quite work out, did it? It didn't make the £50-£80 that he estimated,

but it didn't make the full 200, which is what it was really worth.

So I'd say the jury's out for that. Bad luck on you girls.

What are you doing about the comb? You're minus 47. Are you going to have a punt?

-Rach? What do you want to do?

-Just go for it.

-We're all looking at you.

-We're going with it because the dandruff is worth £50!

-Yes.

-That would be a yes, then, would it? OK, we're going with the scurfy old comb. Here it comes.

A pocket comb. Silver case. Birmingham, 1913.

I've got a commission on this. 10. 20. 30. £30 I'm bid. At 30. 40.

-Takes my bids out. 40 in the room.

-You're in profit.

Any advance on this? I shall sell. For the last time, for the comb. The bid is £40.

-Well done, Anita. That's plus £10.

-You've done very well.

Overall, you're minus 37. That could be a winning score. Don't say a word to those Reds.

We'll reveal all in a moment. Thanks, girls.

Well, well, well, well, well. What a splendid day we've had today.

Each team has failed to make any cash at all.

So the winners and runners-up is just a question of scale.

The team that has done rather worse are, of course, the Blues.

-Aww!

-You made good money.

You made money on your plastic stools and on your comb,

but you made a socking great loss on the half-crown. Minus £37 is your number, but good fun, yes?

-Oh, yeah.

-Oh, yeah!

I'm very glad to hear that(!)

But the victors today, the Reds, who go home shining with glory

because they managed to lose £10. How cool is that? You made no major scores, but no major losses.

-So congratulations. Has it been good fun?

-Fantastic.

-What about you, Ma?

-I enjoyed it. There's mad people here.

-Crazy!

-Absolutely. So crazy, you ought to join us soon for more bargain hunting. Yes?

-Yes!

I know you're sitting there thinking, "I could have done better than that!" 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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