0:00:02 > 0:00:05Today we're in Surrey, a county with reputedly more millionaires
0:00:05 > 0:00:07than any other in the UK.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10I don't know whether we're going to be able to ADD to that total
0:00:10 > 0:00:15of millionaires but we're certainly going to have a jolly good go! So...
0:00:15 > 0:00:18let's go bargain hunting, yeah!
0:00:44 > 0:00:50Welcome to Epsom, once a spa town famed for its salts
0:00:50 > 0:00:54but nowadays visitors are enticed by the magnificent
0:00:54 > 0:00:59Epsom Downs Racecourse, which is the location for today's fair.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04So, who is going to be the winner of the Bargain Hunt Derby?
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Goodness only knows! Let's find out.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13Today it is a dance-off, the old school lindy hop...
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Oh, I'm feeling an antique coming on here!
0:01:17 > 0:01:20..versus the too cool for school hip-hop.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- No!- No. Ha-ha-ha!
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Let the battle commence but first let's meet the teams.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33Well, today on Bargain Hunt it's about family and friendship
0:01:33 > 0:01:38because for the Reds we've got Tim, great name, and Natalie - friends,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41and we've got Victoria and Alex, who are brother and sister.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42Hello, everyone!
0:01:42 > 0:01:44- ALL: Hello! - Lovely to see you.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Now, Timbo, how did you and Natalie become friends?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50We met at college, at art college,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53and mainly through doing fundraising together.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56So, Timbo, ha-ha, tell us a bit about your job.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58So, as a performance artist
0:01:58 > 0:02:01I combine two different things that shouldn't go together.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04So, skateboarding and Edwardian dress.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08I might, erm, draw while running, which I called jog-graphy
0:02:08 > 0:02:10and then I would make a video and put that online.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12What hobbies have you got, Timbo?
0:02:12 > 0:02:16I lindy Hop and I hula-hoop, and I run, and walk,
0:02:16 > 0:02:18and do a bit of skateboarding as well.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21- So, it's mainly all fitness related stuff?- Yeah.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Is that going to help you nip around the racecourse stadium today
0:02:24 > 0:02:25and stay ahead of the rest?
0:02:25 > 0:02:28We're going to be in and out, like a dog at a fair!
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- Ha-ha-ha, love it.- No stopping us! - No stopping us.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35- So, Natalie, you're also a performance artist?- I am indeed.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Tell us about your stuff.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41My work is based around social interaction, so I do performances
0:02:41 > 0:02:45within a space, with numbers of the public, quite a lot of the time.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47So, I'll be acting as a character
0:02:47 > 0:02:52within something like a swap shop type themed room
0:02:52 > 0:02:55and then people will come in, unknowingly,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58into my performance piece, and then they will get performed at.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- Will they?- Yeah. - Where does this mainly happen?
0:03:01 > 0:03:04At the moment it's happening a lot in my hometown, in Romford.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09Right, so look out, Romford! If they haven't discovered you.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10I think they've seen me coming!
0:03:10 > 0:03:13I say, this is going to be fun.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Now, have you ever heard of any of this performance lark lark, you two?
0:03:17 > 0:03:19- Yes, I have. - Do you know about it, Victoria?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Yeah, I'm a big theatre fan.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Ah, you're with it! Well, that's brilliant.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Tell us about your line of work then, darling.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Well, I work full-time in modelling and promotions.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31I work for a bunch of agencies and they send me on different jobs.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35It might be promoting a new product or working at an event to launch.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39I'm quite tall, so that helps with a lot of the...
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Fortunately, I'm quite tall too! And what do you get up to outside work?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45I'm very sporty, I quite like hip-hop dancing
0:03:45 > 0:03:47and the whole hip-hop scene but, before that,
0:03:47 > 0:03:51I did martial arts for a very long time, since I was ten years old.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53When I was 18 I got my first-hand black belt...
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- Gosh!- ..before both my brothers did, so that's quite nice!
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- Would you say that you're a competitive person?- Yes.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Ah, good, came back very quickly with that!
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Right, you'd better stand to then, Reds.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05This is going to be a competition!
0:04:05 > 0:04:07OK, Alex, now, tell me about your job.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12I work on the development of mobile applications for mobile phones
0:04:12 > 0:04:15and other such portable devices.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19Alex, tell us about the World Cyber Games in Seoul.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21This happened back in 2003.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26I was, er, had a bit of free time to practise a lot of games
0:04:26 > 0:04:30and qualified in Great Britain to represent them
0:04:30 > 0:04:32at the World Cyber Games in Seoul, Korea.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36- What an honour! How did you get on? - Did very well, actually.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38I came back with one of the only silver medals for Team GB
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- at the World Cyber Games.- Hey!
0:04:41 > 0:04:42That is quite an accolade.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44You're going to get on all right, are you, you two?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47You're closely bonded, you're welded from the hip, you're going
0:04:47 > 0:04:50to look after each other and have fun, which is great
0:04:50 > 0:04:52because that's what it's all about. £300 apiece.
0:04:52 > 0:04:53There's your £300.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57You know the rules, your experts await and off you go!
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Very, very, very, very good luck.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02So, who are our experts today?
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Already helping himself to the spoils of victory,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07it's Charlie Ross.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10But he's up against the winner of many bargain hunt Derbys,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12it's the one and only Catherine Southon.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16What are you going to be looking for?
0:05:16 > 0:05:18We're just going to go on what we find.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22I think we'll go for, maybe, multipurpose, kind of, items.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23You know, something practical
0:05:23 > 0:05:26but I really want to buy something pretty as well.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27- Something quirky.- Something quirky?
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- Something you've never seen before? - Yeah.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32I'm open to any options, really. Whatever we like.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35You're my kind of guy! Come on then, let's go shopping!
0:05:36 > 0:05:39And the Blues don't waste any time getting stuck in.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41What makes an interesting walking stick?
0:05:41 > 0:05:44I think something unusual on the actual top, the pommel,
0:05:44 > 0:05:46if that's something a little bit different.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49You get people who do collect walking sticks.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53- This one, here, I think is probably the best.- Oh, with a little frog!
0:05:53 > 0:05:55- On the top, there. - What do you think about that?
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- It's got little eyes as well! - Little glass eyes.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00- I presume they are glass, they look glass.- Yes, yeah.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04- And then a silver collar, there. Is that...- It's hallmarked as well.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Let's have a look. It's London.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Oh, gosh, I can't even see the letters, it's quite badly rubbed.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15But is definitely going to be, I would say, late Victorian, isn't it?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18I think the eyes are a really nice detail on it, definitely,
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- and I do like the little silver... - It's the way he, sort of...
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- How does it feel? This feels very nice.- Nice and straight?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26What about the height of it? That's quite important
0:06:26 > 0:06:29cos sometimes they can be chopped off a bit at the bottom.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34How much is that? 125. Could you go to 80 for it?
0:06:34 > 0:06:38No, it would be too low, 80. If I said 90...
0:06:38 > 0:06:41How about we do little dance for you?
0:06:44 > 0:06:4790, really would be the bottom.
0:06:47 > 0:06:4990 would be the absolute bottom?
0:06:49 > 0:06:52OK, all right. Would you mind holding it for us for a while?
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Shall we hold on to that for a bit? Shall we, sort of, keep it by?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- I'm happy to do that, yeah. - Or did you want to...?
0:06:58 > 0:07:01I think it's quite a lot of cash to part with without...
0:07:01 > 0:07:03I'll go with your gut instinct, then. We can always come back to it.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07I think, shall we have a little look and reserve it for, sort of, £90?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Would you mind doing that for us? For about, sort of, an hour or so?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Yeah.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Huh, they didn't take the leap this time but that's a good reserve item.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Hey, Reds, are you taking this game seriously?
0:07:18 > 0:07:24I can see this is going to be one heck of a buying trip! This is...
0:07:25 > 0:07:28We know it's not English. Do you know why this is not English?
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Because on the bottom of it it says "Foreign"!
0:07:31 > 0:07:33That's always a good clue!
0:07:33 > 0:07:39I think it's great fun, I think it's probably German...possibly French.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43Its 20th century but the real problem I have with it,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- other than his jolly face, is this chip.- Oh, yeah.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50- My view would be steer away from something that is damaged.- Yes.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- Unless it's 18th century or earlier.- OK.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- 20th century damaged, not good news.- OK, all right.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- Rather jolly, though! - So, not the scary face then!
0:07:59 > 0:08:00Is quite scary, isn't it?
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Yes, a bit too creepy for my tea.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07Meanwhile, how are the Blues doing on the pretty and practical front?
0:08:07 > 0:08:10If I had by way, I'd have this little bag for myself.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12- Isn't that lovely?- I just thought it was a lovely detail and...
0:08:12 > 0:08:14This is all enamel around the top.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17There's a tiny little bit missing. That's so pretty.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19How old you think this is, then?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- Probably late 19th century, do you think?- Yes.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- How much are we talking here? - It's very precious.- £85 is on it.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30- That's a lot.- It is very precious. What would be your best price on it?
0:08:30 > 0:08:32I'll take £20 off, if that helps.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34So, 60?
0:08:34 > 0:08:3665.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40- Your maths is not very good! - Sorry, I heard 80, I didn't hear 85.
0:08:40 > 0:08:45- Your maths is as bad as mine! - I know how the game goes.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Do you know what I can see at auction?
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- I can see it with an estimate of £40-£60, at auction.- OK.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54So, the bottom price was 60? 60?
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- Yes.- Would you do 57?
0:08:57 > 0:08:58You look at the ticket.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- The ticket says 85.- I know.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05- Sorry, I'm meant to go down, aren't I?- That is not enough!
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- 55 is what I meant.- It's not enough to pay for the table here.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09"I meant to go down!"
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- Let's just get it for £60 and be done, OK?- Let's do it.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- Let's get it for £60.- Yes.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- We will take it for 60, please. - I love you!
0:09:18 > 0:09:22We got there in the end, well done. That's one up to the Blues.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24We're now 15 minutes in
0:09:24 > 0:09:28and the Reds seem to be hankering for a tea break.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31I think we both really like this cup and saucer, Charlie,
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- what do you think of it? - Well, it's English.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38It's got a Chinese influence to the pattern, there,
0:09:38 > 0:09:42which, of course, happened in the 1920s, 1930s.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44It's got a registration number on there,
0:09:44 > 0:09:47so I think it's probably a little bit earlier than we thought.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51- Is got a wonderful simulated bamboo handle...- Yeah.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- ..and it's got a very... - It's ten pounds.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59And it is no money.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- No.- You know, no money at all.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Do you want put something into a sale that is a few pounds or not?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08And it's not for me to judge that.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- But you both, I mean, you both love it.- I really like it.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17- I really like it.- You both love it, don't you?- Yeah, I think it's great.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18A food for thought here.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21It looks like a flower and it's got flowers on it!
0:10:23 > 0:10:25I'm not going to steer you away from it
0:10:25 > 0:10:31because I think it's a great thing, of its type, it is cheap
0:10:31 > 0:10:33but one might carry on looking around the stall
0:10:33 > 0:10:37because I spotted something over here...
0:10:37 > 0:10:38which is...
0:10:39 > 0:10:41..English, Doulton.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45The Doulton factory started in the 19th century by making drainpipes!
0:10:47 > 0:10:50- Hence the stoneware.- Which you can tell from that!- Yeah, yeah.
0:10:50 > 0:10:56But this is Harvest Ware, earthenware, the Doulton mark.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01Two things caught my eye, here. One, is that there is a pair...
0:11:02 > 0:11:06- ..a pair of anything is good. - Yeah.- Two...- Silver.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11Exactly, they're not silver plated, these are hallmarked silver.
0:11:11 > 0:11:17- The gentleman may have dated them. - 1904.- 190...?- 1904.- 1904!
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Jolly nearly Victorian.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- And we have a pair but I don't think you like them, do you?- Not really.
0:11:22 > 0:11:27- No, fine. I would buy those. - I think they're jolly disgusting.
0:11:27 > 0:11:32- They're disgusting.- Ha-ha-ha!- Sorry about that, sir, I did my very best!
0:11:32 > 0:11:34We have great taste!
0:11:34 > 0:11:36In the immortal words of my team, "They are disgusting."
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Thank you very much, team.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- So, it's that cup and saucer you're liking, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44I would go with you on that cup and saucer if the gentleman said,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47"Oh, for goodness sake, look, it came in a house clearance,
0:11:47 > 0:11:50"you can have it for two or three quid," but he might not,
0:11:50 > 0:11:53it may have cost him six or seven quid, it may have cost him nothing.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- I mean, who knows? So, what...?- It can be yours for a five pound note.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00- A five pound note!- Well... - Four pounds.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02THEY LAUGH
0:12:02 > 0:12:04£4.50.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06No, four pounds.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- I'm not responsible for these two! - Four quid, go on.- Do you want it?
0:12:11 > 0:12:12Well done!
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- Yeah, I do, yeah!- That's a bargain! - Of course we do, yeah.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20Sir, I'd prefer your £100 Doulton silver but at four pounds...
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Thank you, that's very kind.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25..to coin a phrase, there's not a lot of downside.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Charlie, you can lead a horse to water
0:12:28 > 0:12:30but you can't make him drink it.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34On the plus side, the Reds have made their first purchase.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Now, Blues, you'd better shake a leg...
0:12:36 > 0:12:37A bit like this.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38..or not.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39Oh!
0:12:39 > 0:12:40You go.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- No!- No. Ha-ha-ha. - Not going to happen.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48There you go. Ha-ha!
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- I've really... I've seriously hurt my neck!- Oh, no!
0:12:51 > 0:12:53I've really hurt my shoulder!
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Yes, Catherine, be careful, we don't want you to damage yourself.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02That's definitely not very hip! But now the Reds have gone into a hop.
0:13:02 > 0:13:08Pa-rum an and kick, kick, kick. Pa-rum and kick, kick, kick.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Oh, I'm feeling an antique coming on here!
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Come on, let's go and do some shopping.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14Yeah, get on with it you Reds!
0:13:14 > 0:13:16But now you've thoroughly warmed up your body, Charles,
0:13:16 > 0:13:19it's time to test your mind.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Well, guys, this is when you come to the moment
0:13:22 > 0:13:27to challenge your expert to give us the answer about something
0:13:27 > 0:13:32that is really rare and very, very strange.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Oh, my goodness, gracious me!
0:13:34 > 0:13:35So, just to explain,
0:13:35 > 0:13:39what we've got here is a jockey's cap
0:13:39 > 0:13:43that happens to have an open sided tube underneath it
0:13:43 > 0:13:47and when you invert it, like that, that's tube is empty...
0:13:47 > 0:13:48Yeah.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52..and when you turn it the right way up, give it a little shake,
0:13:52 > 0:13:56all these balls come out in a little, kind of, shape.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Turn it in there, give it a little shake up,
0:13:58 > 0:14:02- turn it round that way and they all come out in a different order.- Oh!
0:14:03 > 0:14:10So, why have we got, Charlie Ross, this is your challenge?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- I think...- Here we go!
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- Now, this is, guesswork! - Have you seen this ever before?
0:14:16 > 0:14:19No, I can promise you, I've never seen this.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21He's never seen it, this is absolutely genuine.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23I'm liking the fact that there is...
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- I'm going to go with the fact that that's a jockey's cap.- Yes.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31In which case, I am going to say that each of your silks,
0:14:31 > 0:14:37- your colours that you wear, are denoted by these...- Yes.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40..and, therefore, you do that
0:14:40 > 0:14:43and one of your balls is on the stand side,
0:14:43 > 0:14:47and one is on the other side, and when they shake it down
0:14:47 > 0:14:50that is where you will be in the order at the beginning of the race.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Tell me that's complete nonsense!
0:14:52 > 0:14:54THEY LAUGH
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Well, if I'm being perfectly honest with you, Charlie,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00I haven't got the faintest idea what it is!
0:15:00 > 0:15:04Well, that's one plausible explanation, I suppose,
0:15:04 > 0:15:06but is it the right one?
0:15:06 > 0:15:08While I try and sniff out some more clues,
0:15:08 > 0:15:10the Blues need to get focused.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13This is apparently a calculator but I don't know how that works.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- Yes, they're not very saleable though.- No.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19I quite like this tankard, actually, but I don't know...
0:15:19 > 0:15:21That's all pewter.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25This is interesting, for a World War I compass.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27We'll put that one down.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Come on, Catherine, help Alexander out,
0:15:30 > 0:15:34we're almost at the halfway mark, with two items left to find.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38At least the Reds are receiving me loud and clear!
0:15:38 > 0:15:42And here is Alvar Lidell reading the news!
0:15:42 > 0:15:44The bombers over the Channel... Oh, my!
0:15:44 > 0:15:47HE WHISTLES
0:15:47 > 0:15:49That's wonderful, can you hear that?
0:15:49 > 0:15:51- SIREN BEING IMITATED - Can you hear that?
0:15:51 > 0:15:53HE IMITATES A REVVING ENGINE
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Sir, tell me about the "Bijou" Crystal Receiver -
0:15:55 > 0:15:57what a great name! "Bijou"!
0:15:57 > 0:16:00British Thomson-Houston.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03British Thomson-Houston? So, it's got an American element.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06It's the original Metropolitan-Vickers company.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Metropolitan-Vickers company? Not the one that made aircraft engines?
0:16:11 > 0:16:15- Yeah, yeah.- Really?! - So, what would it be used for?
0:16:15 > 0:16:20Well, listening to the BBC. Listening to the BBC Home Service!
0:16:20 > 0:16:22- What do I see on the front there? - Yeah, what's that?
0:16:22 > 0:16:24It's actually got "BBC"!
0:16:24 > 0:16:26- Oh!- It has!
0:16:26 > 0:16:30Look, "BBC - type approved by the Postmaster General",
0:16:30 > 0:16:34- in a walnut case...- Wow! - It is a very nice piece, actually.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38- What a fantastic thing. - Is it £2,000?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40No, it's 120.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42What, volts?
0:16:42 > 0:16:43THEY LAUGH
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Volts when you touch it?
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- I love it.- You love it? I love it.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- I think it's great.- I think it's a SERIOUS gamble though.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Yeah, so we need to think about price.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Well, the gentleman knows his business, that's the...
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- Which is an advantage or a disadvantage.- For us, yes!
0:16:59 > 0:17:01I would love to buy it for 75 quid
0:17:01 > 0:17:04but you won't sell it for 75 quid, would you? Oh, he flickered!
0:17:04 > 0:17:06THEY LAUGH
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Is that being too rude?
0:17:08 > 0:17:11I'm thinking, if it's estimated at auction,
0:17:11 > 0:17:14it will be estimated 80 to 120.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- I think 75.- Sorry?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- 75.- You could do 75?
0:17:19 > 0:17:2075, yeah.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- I think we'll go for it. - I think that's it.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27- Well, we've been talking each other into it.- We have!
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Thank you very much indeed. Thank you, sir.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31That'll be the nicest thing we've bought.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35Only time will tell but well done, that's two down for the Reds.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Now, what will Catherine make of my mystery thingamajig?
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Now, Catherine, your turn in this guessing game. What do you think?
0:17:44 > 0:17:49Oh, so, what is it? One, two, three, four, five, six beads.
0:17:49 > 0:17:54- Six balls!- Six balls and then it's in a, in a racing, sort of, hat,
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- and then you...- Shuffle it.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01Shake them. Some sort of gambling thing? I don't know.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03- Do you think it's gambling? - I love it!
0:18:03 > 0:18:05- I don't know. What's the answer? - I don't know.- Oh!
0:18:05 > 0:18:09- But you're into gambling. - Am I?!- Aren't you?- Why not?
0:18:09 > 0:18:13- I tell you what, I love a flutter on the horses.- I bet you do!
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Well, time's a-ticking, you'd better canter off, Catherine,
0:18:16 > 0:18:18whilst I do some more digging.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21It's the final ten minutes and, in the face of a challenge,
0:18:21 > 0:18:25you Blues need to decide whether or not to take a shot or not.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28We've got a lovely lined case
0:18:28 > 0:18:31and this is Finnegan's Ltd of New Bond Street.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34So we've got the cocktail shaker, that's chrome.
0:18:34 > 0:18:40- And it's got inscribed on it, "The Dickies".- 19... That's 1934.
0:18:40 > 0:18:45So...right bang smack in the Art Deco period.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47What's your cocktail?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- Something like Southern Comfort and anything?- Anything, oh, right!
0:18:50 > 0:18:53- Ice, on the rocks!- Just ice!
0:18:53 > 0:18:57- And then these glasses which... - Oh, no!- Small chip.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Small chip, yeah.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Do you think she'd knock another fiver off for that?
0:19:02 > 0:19:04I think you need a lot more off for that.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06And they are beautifully hand-painted. I mean, they are...
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Did you know it's chipped?
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Must have just happened.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- Were they perfect?- They were.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Can you do anything about the price on that because...
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- 95, I said.- Yeah, but with the chip?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Yeah, because it was at 150.
0:19:27 > 0:19:33- I don't know, guys, it's your call. - My instinct is yes at 95.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- Yeah?- Yours?- Yeah, I support you. - I think yes at 95.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38I think the fact that it's got the chip, though,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41it's going to be, you know, hard to sell. That's the only thing.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43I just need a yes from Catherine, really, to go ahead with it...
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Oh, don't ask me!
0:19:46 > 0:19:48- ..or not...- Go on, just go with it!
0:19:48 > 0:19:51So, there we are, done. See? Happy.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55The dithering is over and the deal's done but get a move on, Blues,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57you've only got five more minutes to find your final item.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Let's hope the Reds have found their swing, though.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Talking of the Charleston, now that is pure Charleston.
0:20:04 > 0:20:05Yeah, lovely.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07I suspect that they're...
0:20:07 > 0:20:08They're very nice.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11There's no reason why they should be cheap because they're lovely.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13How much are they, sir?
0:20:13 > 0:20:16The trade on them is 90. There's 110 on them.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19I bought them at a reasonable price so they can be sold
0:20:19 > 0:20:20at a reasonable price.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- I would imagine they're approximately 1920-something.- Yeah.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27If you look at that one, can you see it's a slightly different colour?
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Yeah.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31These bowls would've been gilded. Are we liking these?
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Very much so.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Can we buy these in four minutes?
0:20:34 > 0:20:38- I think they're beautiful. They're so elegant.- They are.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41We've found something we all like!
0:20:41 > 0:20:45I think they'll probably be estimated at the sale room
0:20:45 > 0:20:46at 80 to 120.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Could we ask for 80?
0:20:48 > 0:20:50We could always ask.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53The gentleman can say yes, he can tell you to get lost.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56I can come down another fiver for you.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00You can have them for 85 if that helps.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Well, guys, I think at £85...
0:21:03 > 0:21:05- We could make some money. - We like them.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06I think we could make some money.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09And I think frankly we haven't got time to go anywhere else!
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Sold!
0:21:11 > 0:21:12I hope he's not listening to this!
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Sir, we'll have your spoons. Thank you so much, sir.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20£85 and if they sell for 30 quid, we'll come back!
0:21:20 > 0:21:24We've been to the Charleston era. Let's go back to the Charleston era.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28That's you done. Now, best hotfoot it out of there, Charlie.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32I'm a bit behind you but I've got it.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34OK, Blues. Decision time.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Come on! Come on!
0:21:36 > 0:21:37- Hello!- Back again?
0:21:37 > 0:21:39We're back.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Can we, please, have another look at that walking stick, please?
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- There it is, reserved for us. - Thank you.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Ribbit.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48It's Toad of Toad Hall.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Remind us, what was the best price again?
0:21:51 > 0:21:53LAUGHS
0:21:53 > 0:21:57We started at 125, then it was 100. We came down to 90.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Right.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01We are quite desperate.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05We're very poor and we're very desperate.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Can you give us a bit more of a chance?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12How much more of a chance?!
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Anything you can offer us would be very gratefully received.
0:22:15 > 0:22:20I couldn't do 80. What about 85? I'm really not making a lot anyway.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24I think 80 would be really good, if we could.
0:22:24 > 0:22:25Could we do 80?
0:22:27 > 0:22:30What about 82? That really is...
0:22:31 > 0:22:34I don't think we can squeeze this poor man any more.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- We've given him enough. - Are we happy with that?
0:22:37 > 0:22:41We haven't got a choice actually! Thank you very much indeed.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Thank you so much!
0:22:43 > 0:22:44LAUGHTER
0:22:48 > 0:22:52That's enough of this huffing and puffing about. Time's up.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Let's check out what the Red team bought. All right, girls?
0:22:57 > 0:23:00It wasn't Charlie's cup of tea but Tim and Natalie
0:23:00 > 0:23:04could not be swayed away from this china teacup and saucer,
0:23:04 > 0:23:05bought for a measly £4.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Then they tuned into this crystal radio receiver,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14which set them back £75.
0:23:16 > 0:23:21Last but not least, they scooped up a set of six enamel coffee spoons,
0:23:21 > 0:23:23paying £85 for the privilege.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27- And what we might have bought? - All sorts of stuff.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31Timbo, what did you get up to there, you and Nat?
0:23:31 > 0:23:33We had a great time.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35You were acting it up there?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37We did act a bit.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Just a bit! Anyway, good fun.
0:23:39 > 0:23:40Crystal receiver.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- That's it.- Brilliant.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44What did you spend in total?
0:23:44 > 0:23:46We spent £164.
0:23:46 > 0:23:51£164. I would like £136 of leftover lolly, please.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52You got that?
0:23:52 > 0:23:56135, and the one, sir. Good.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Which goes straight over to Ross.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00What are you going to do with that heap?
0:24:00 > 0:24:03I know exactly what I'm going to buy but I'm not allowed to tell you
0:24:03 > 0:24:07because I don't want to let them know. Little secret.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11You are so coy! Like the carp! Anyway, good luck.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blue team bought, eh?
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Victoria thought there could be a pretty penny in this Chinese
0:24:18 > 0:24:22silk purse and bagged it for £60.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26The boxed cocktail set added something to the mix
0:24:26 > 0:24:29but will it cause a stir at the auction?
0:24:29 > 0:24:34And finally, Alexander strolled out with this George V walking cane,
0:24:34 > 0:24:36£82 paid. Stroll on.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40So how did our glamour team get on? All right?
0:24:40 > 0:24:45- Very well, thank you, Tim.- "Very well, thank you, Tim!" Silly beast.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Now, how much did you spend all round?
0:24:48 > 0:24:50- 237.- £237.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53I would like £63 of leftover lolly, please.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Thank you. £63.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Got anything in mind?
0:24:57 > 0:24:59I don't think I'm going to go quirky.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02I'm going to go plain old fabulous.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Oh. Well, there we are.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08That's intriguing. Good luck with that.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Meanwhile we're heading off to Petworth House in West Sussex,
0:25:11 > 0:25:14which is just so fabulous.
0:25:23 > 0:25:29When the main part of Petworth House was rebuilt between 1684 and 1702,
0:25:29 > 0:25:33the gardens out front were extremely formal.
0:25:33 > 0:25:38However the second Lord Egremont in the middle of the 18th century
0:25:38 > 0:25:39changed all that.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42He moved vast amounts of earth,
0:25:42 > 0:25:46creating these mounds and the lake beyond.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51In fact, it could be said that he sculpted the landscape.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55And if you think that's some piece of sculpture,
0:25:55 > 0:25:56come and have a look at this lot.
0:26:00 > 0:26:05Here in the North Gallery is the most perfect place to observe
0:26:05 > 0:26:10the family's collection of sculpture because this is a very rare
0:26:10 > 0:26:16survival of a 19th century top-lit purpose-built sculpture gallery.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21In the 18th century, the second Earl, out of the south corridor,
0:26:21 > 0:26:26created that bit, the first part of the sculpture display space.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30He had the eight niches constructed, into which he could insert
0:26:30 > 0:26:33his collection of standing figures.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36The third earl, however, had the central part built
0:26:36 > 0:26:40to display his ever-growing collection.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42If you wanted to collect sculpture,
0:26:42 > 0:26:46you basically had two choices in the 18th and 19th centuries.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Either you scoured Europe for ancient pieces
0:26:50 > 0:26:53or you commissioned a modern-day sculptor
0:26:53 > 0:26:59to sculpt you something that might have a neoclassical feel.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02But some of these sculptures that we see in the gallery
0:27:02 > 0:27:05that look so perfect and complete
0:27:05 > 0:27:08are in fact only made up out of bits and pieces.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Now this statue is genuine and old.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18In fact, some 2,000 years old.
0:27:18 > 0:27:24And if you were a wealthy English m'lordy visiting Rome in the 1750s,
0:27:24 > 0:27:27you'd almost certainly go to a man called
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Bartolomeo Cavaceppi, he was a sculptor in his own right,
0:27:31 > 0:27:36and he also restored ancient pieces, which is what he did here.
0:27:36 > 0:27:41Because what Cavaceppi did was to re-carve a brand-new head,
0:27:41 > 0:27:45a brand-new right arm and bowl,
0:27:45 > 0:27:48a brand-new beak on the eagle,
0:27:48 > 0:27:50and that's just for starters.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54And then to disguise the fact that all this new work had been done,
0:27:54 > 0:27:58he bleached with chlorine the whole thing so that the colour
0:27:58 > 0:28:03became uniform, and then he waited for somebody to pitch up and buy it.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Which is what the second earl did.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Next door, we've got the polar opposite -
0:28:08 > 0:28:11a piece of sculpture that's relatively modern.
0:28:11 > 0:28:17In fact, 1821 is the date of this piece by a sculptor called
0:28:17 > 0:28:23Charles Rossi, acquired by the third earl for his collection.
0:28:23 > 0:28:29This is a sculpture that's full of incredible drama and movement.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33Look at the way the young man is shielding his lover.
0:28:33 > 0:28:38She is about to be struck by a bolt of lightning.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42And according to the poem, just before she is struck
0:28:42 > 0:28:46by lightning, they're trying to enter the door of a cottage.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49It's appropriately placed here in the gallery in front of this
0:28:49 > 0:28:54dummy door because it is as if they're trying to get through
0:28:54 > 0:28:58that door before she met her untimely end.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00The big question today of course
0:29:00 > 0:29:02for our teams over at the auction is,
0:29:02 > 0:29:05just who is about to be struck by a thunderbolt? Ah!
0:29:12 > 0:29:16Well, we have toured all the way to West Sussex from Epsom,
0:29:16 > 0:29:18and a very nice journey it was too.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22Even nicer though to be with Rupert Toovey at Toovey's Auctioneers
0:29:22 > 0:29:23here at Washington.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27Tim, it's lovely to see you. I'm glad you cantered down!
0:29:27 > 0:29:30I know. Down the long last furlong.
0:29:30 > 0:29:31It's great to be here.
0:29:31 > 0:29:37For the Red team, Tim and Natalie, their first item is this cup,
0:29:37 > 0:29:39of the Derby type but not Derby, is it?
0:29:39 > 0:29:42It really probably is the most modest cup you've ever brought me.
0:29:42 > 0:29:43Yes.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47- My cup is not all full. - This one isn't!
0:29:47 > 0:29:50We rather generously put £10 to £20 on it
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- but I think we'll be amazed if it made that.- Really?
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Our lot paid £4.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57It's almost still too dear really, isn't it?
0:29:57 > 0:30:01However, the next item is a bit better. The crystal set.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04They usually make about £40 to £60.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08£75 paid, so they paid a tad over the odds.
0:30:08 > 0:30:09It's dear but nice.
0:30:09 > 0:30:16And lastly the very nice silver and enamel bean-ended coffee spoons.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20We really need a coffee spoon revival, don't we, Tim?
0:30:20 > 0:30:21We do.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24How many of these sets have you seen in your long
0:30:24 > 0:30:25and illustrious career, Rupert?
0:30:25 > 0:30:28More than is possible to count!
0:30:28 > 0:30:31I love them as a set but whatever are they going to bring?
0:30:31 > 0:30:34- 50 to 80, Tim.- OK, £85 paid.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37So they paid just a tad too much for the spoons probably,
0:30:37 > 0:30:40and a tad too much for the crystal receiver, in which case
0:30:40 > 0:30:44they'll need their bonus buy, so let's go and have a look at it.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48Well, you two naughty ones. This is exciting, isn't it?
0:30:48 > 0:30:50£164, you spent.
0:30:50 > 0:30:56You gave Charlie Ross £136. Charlie old fruit, what did you buy?
0:30:56 > 0:30:59I had absolutely no problem in buying this lot.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02I bought this lot within 30 seconds of leaving you,
0:31:02 > 0:31:05because I knew what I was going to buy.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07- Ah!- Ah!
0:31:07 > 0:31:11- These are old friends? - They're lovely(!)
0:31:11 > 0:31:12They're lovely now, are they?
0:31:12 > 0:31:15When you saw them, you said they were absolutely ghastly!
0:31:15 > 0:31:18- And that's why I bought them! - Thanks for that.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Can you remember how much was on them?
0:31:21 > 0:31:22It was over 100, wasn't it?
0:31:22 > 0:31:24- 120?- Something like that.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Did you knock 'em down?
0:31:26 > 0:31:28I did, ruthlessly!
0:31:28 > 0:31:30- £85.- 85?
0:31:30 > 0:31:32And I'm happy with that.
0:31:32 > 0:31:33That is pretty good.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36They are in good nick, that's all I can say in a positive vein.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Despite being hideously disgusting.
0:31:38 > 0:31:39Yeah.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42So let's hope they make some money.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44You think about that. You don't have to take them.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47Your choice comes after the sale of the first three items,
0:31:47 > 0:31:50but for the audience at home, let's find out what the auctioneer
0:31:50 > 0:31:53thinks of Charlie's jugs - I mean, mugs.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Good. Look at that, Rup.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Aren't they lovely? Have they got silver collars?
0:31:59 > 0:32:00They have.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03I think they'll be somewhere between 60 and 100 quid.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05He'll be delighted. He paid £85.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Not bad. Cheers.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11We'd better not do that in case we crack one. What fun!
0:32:11 > 0:32:13That's it for the Reds. Now for the Blues.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15What about that Chinese purse?
0:32:15 > 0:32:16It's a bit done-in.
0:32:16 > 0:32:21What sort of amount in pounds rather than yuan?
0:32:21 > 0:32:25I think we've been a bit mean at 20 to 30. I can see it making 40 to 50.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27OK. It needs to make 60.
0:32:27 > 0:32:28That is too dear.
0:32:28 > 0:32:33Next is the Art Deco cocktail set, which is a handsome box, isn't it.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37Great fun really, but rather small glasses for a party
0:32:37 > 0:32:41and one's rather chipped in the rim.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43OK. So a bit of damage. How much?
0:32:43 > 0:32:46- 50 to 80 on a good day.- £95 paid.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49So we're more or less in party mode again.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51And their last item, just in case
0:32:51 > 0:32:53you have too many drinks, is a stick.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55It's lovely, isn't it?
0:32:55 > 0:32:59It's got this wonderful carved toad on the end. Isn't that lovely?
0:32:59 > 0:33:04- It's practical, sturdy and perfectly genuine, I feel.- Yeah.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07Collectors' value too here, Tim, I think.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09So we've put 50 to 70 on it.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Very good. £82 paid.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14That's pretty cool, except they're a bit short on all three
0:33:14 > 0:33:17of their items so they're likely to need their bonus buy.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Let's go and have a look at it.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Victoria. Alexander.
0:33:22 > 0:33:27You spent 237, you gave £63 to Catherine.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30What did you spend it on, Catherine?
0:33:30 > 0:33:31There we are!
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Oh, my word! I like dogs, you're all right.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Oh, good! That's a good start. Do you know what it is?
0:33:36 > 0:33:39- Bracelet?- Is it a napkin ring?
0:33:39 > 0:33:41- It is a napkin ring.- Oh, yeah!
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Or a bracelet.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46It could be a bracelet if you had an exceptionally thin wrist.
0:33:46 > 0:33:501920s, so this is all chrome, and then you've got these applied
0:33:50 > 0:33:53little plastic figures of Scottie dogs.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55This cost £63 then, did it?
0:33:55 > 0:33:56No, don't be silly!
0:33:56 > 0:33:59Don't be silly! 25.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02£25. I think we should double our money on it.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06You don't have to choose now, but for the audience at home, let's find
0:34:06 > 0:34:11out what the auctioneer thinks about Catherine's napkin ring, bracelet.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16Thank you, Rupert. Just what you've been waiting for all day.
0:34:16 > 0:34:21Well, it's... I don't know quite what to say.
0:34:21 > 0:34:22Rubbish, I'd say.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25They're nice Scottie dogs but that is about as far as it goes, really.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28My team put £10 to £20 on this.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30I think it will be a miracle if it makes that!
0:34:30 > 0:34:34Well, it is Catherine's bonus buy. She paid £25.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36You've estimated £10 to £20.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40With any luck, our teams won't select their bonus buy
0:34:40 > 0:34:43and they'll be safe! We'll see.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Are you taking the sale today, Rupert?
0:34:45 > 0:34:47- Yes, I am.- We are in safe hands.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55So, Natty, Timbo - great name.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57The first lot up is the singular
0:34:57 > 0:34:59china teacup and saucer
0:34:59 > 0:35:00and here it comes.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05We have a multitude of conflicting bids here, all the way up to £10.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Marvellous!
0:35:07 > 0:35:10£10 it is at the moment.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Can I see the 12? At £10. 12, can I see?
0:35:13 > 0:35:15- That's good, isn't it?- Very good.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18£10? £10.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21- Yes!- Well done, team.- Plus six.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25Put it there. Marvellous.
0:35:25 > 0:35:26Crystal receiver.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28I'm opening at £55.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Getting there.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34At £55. And 60. And five.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37And 70. £65 here. At £65.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40At £65.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44Is there any more? At £65.
0:35:44 > 0:35:49Minus ten, which means overall you are minus four.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52Could be a win, could be a win.
0:35:52 > 0:35:53Could be a winning score.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56But let's make a profit on these. Come on.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Aren't they gorgeous!
0:35:58 > 0:36:01And we're opening with conflicting bids at £60. At £60.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04Can I see 65? 65 I have.
0:36:04 > 0:36:05And 70, can I see?
0:36:05 > 0:36:08At £65. Are we all done?
0:36:08 > 0:36:09£65.
0:36:09 > 0:36:16£65 is minus £20, so you were minus 24.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20So what about these mugs then? How do you see it with the mugs?
0:36:20 > 0:36:22- I think we've got to go for it. - Yeah.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24You don't like 'em but they are lovely.
0:36:24 > 0:36:25He's the expert.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27We like Charlie!
0:36:27 > 0:36:28But you hate the mugs!
0:36:28 > 0:36:32Let's be bullish about it because they are lovely things
0:36:32 > 0:36:35and with any luck, we'll be away. Here it comes.
0:36:35 > 0:36:36You're going with the bonus buy.
0:36:36 > 0:36:391480 is a pair of Royal Doulton stoneware mugs
0:36:39 > 0:36:41and we're opening at £90.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43Yes!
0:36:43 > 0:36:45- £90.- That's good. Well done.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48At £90. Shall we cheer them up some more?
0:36:48 > 0:36:52Is there 95 anywhere? At £90 and 95.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55100. 110. 120. 130.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57- Look at the maths.- £120 I have.
0:36:57 > 0:37:03£120. Is there any advance on £120?
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Yes! That's marvellous.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09£120. You've earned your beans today, boy.
0:37:10 > 0:37:11Right.
0:37:11 > 0:37:17You have made a profit on those pots of £35, you were 24 behind.
0:37:17 > 0:37:22- You are now plus £11.- Yes!
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Now. That is something, isn't it?
0:37:24 > 0:37:25That is really good actually.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28He told you they were good and he was right.
0:37:28 > 0:37:29Wiped out the losses, you're in profit.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Just don't say a word to the Blues.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35In fact look a bit gloomy. Do that acting business that you do.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39All right. Smashing. Isn't that good? Well done, Charlie.
0:37:44 > 0:37:50Now, Victoria, Alexander. Is your cup half full or half empty?
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- It's always half full. - What about you, Alex?
0:37:52 > 0:37:56I don't have a cup at the moment, I just have lots of hope.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Good. First up is the silk purse and here it comes.
0:37:59 > 0:38:04And we have £40 as conflicting bids to open here. Can I see the 42?
0:38:04 > 0:38:07£40 and 42. 44, 46.
0:38:07 > 0:38:1048. 50. £50 now.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Come on. A bit more.
0:38:12 > 0:38:1555. At £50. Is there any advance? £50?
0:38:15 > 0:38:17£50.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21£50 it is. I'm so sorry, Victoria. You are minus ten.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Now the cocktail set.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25What shall we say, £100?
0:38:26 > 0:38:2940? 30?
0:38:29 > 0:38:3020?
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Oh, God.
0:38:32 > 0:38:3420 I'm bid. 22 can I see?
0:38:34 > 0:38:37At £20. 22 can I see?
0:38:37 > 0:38:39At £20, is there any advance?
0:38:39 > 0:38:42- At £20. £20.- Oh, no.
0:38:42 > 0:38:48£20. That's minus 75, that's minus 85 all round. Oh, dear.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51Now, here comes the walking stick.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53We have to open this lot at £100.
0:38:53 > 0:38:54Yeah!
0:38:54 > 0:38:59£100 here. 110, can I see? £100.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03Can I see the 110? Is there any more than £100?
0:39:03 > 0:39:06£100? 100.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09Well, that's very good, you've made a profit of £18.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Straight up, £18. You're minus 67.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15What are we going to do about the napkin ring?
0:39:15 > 0:39:19Are we going to go with the bonus buy or park it at minus £67?
0:39:19 > 0:39:21- We may as well go for it. - Do you want to go for the risk?
0:39:21 > 0:39:24We risked on your glass set!
0:39:24 > 0:39:26No, we didn't. We thought that would be the best one!
0:39:26 > 0:39:29This is always the best argument in a family. That's what we like,
0:39:29 > 0:39:33it's a family argument. No, it's not an argument.
0:39:33 > 0:39:34What are you going to do? Yes or no?
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- Yes?- Yes?- Yeah, all right then.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39What do you mean, "Yeah, all right"?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Yes wholeheartedly or not? With guts and energy?
0:39:42 > 0:39:45I don't know. I don't want to!
0:39:45 > 0:39:49We haven't had a split decision like this in years.
0:39:49 > 0:39:50Can we do a tie-break?
0:39:50 > 0:39:54- The thing is, will you go with it or not? Yes or no?- I said yes.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56- You say yes.- I say no.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59We're not going with the bonus buy, and here it comes.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02- The collar's inscribed "Bill and Bull".- Thank you!
0:40:02 > 0:40:05I must say they remind me of my little dog actually.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07We're opening this lot at £50.
0:40:07 > 0:40:08No!
0:40:08 > 0:40:10At £50!
0:40:10 > 0:40:12- No! No!- 55?
0:40:12 > 0:40:14At £50. 55 to see.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17At £50, is there any more?
0:40:17 > 0:40:20- At £50.- I said yes! I said yes! - You did.- You said yes!
0:40:20 > 0:40:22At £50 then, and it's fair warning.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24£50.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26£50!
0:40:26 > 0:40:29- What can I say?- We said yes, didn't we, Catherine?
0:40:29 > 0:40:30We did.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34- You picked it, I said yes. What more could we do?- What can we do?
0:40:34 > 0:40:35I know.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39That is £25 but it doesn't help you and you're minus 67,
0:40:39 > 0:40:42and I feel really small about this.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45The fact that I personally loathed it is another matter,
0:40:45 > 0:40:48it just shows what I know about Art Deco napkin rings.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57OK. Trusty experts. Did we have a struggle with this?
0:40:57 > 0:40:59- We did.- We did a bit.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03We didn't get to the precise proper description, did we?
0:41:03 > 0:41:05- No.- No.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09But I came across a bright spark in an auction in Canterbury,
0:41:09 > 0:41:11and I showed it to her and she said,
0:41:11 > 0:41:14"You don't know very much about board games, do you?"
0:41:14 > 0:41:18She said, "This came from an early Escalado game."
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Oh!
0:41:20 > 0:41:22And in the game of Escalado, you will remember,
0:41:22 > 0:41:26- you have the racetrack which shakes and the horses progress.- Yes.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28And there are six horses.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31- There are six coloured balls in this.- Ah!
0:41:31 > 0:41:36And the order in which the horses would go up the table would be
0:41:36 > 0:41:41determined by the colour of the ball that falls in this gadget.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Escalado, invented in 1927,
0:41:43 > 0:41:46and this probably dates from an early set.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48- That's very smart.- Wonderful!
0:41:49 > 0:41:51At £20.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Well, teams. What joy and what sorrow!
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Been chatting about the scores?
0:41:57 > 0:41:58ALL: No.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00Good. Well, we don't want you to.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04Actually, sadly, we can't have two teams of winners, we always
0:42:04 > 0:42:08have to have a runner-up, and the runners-up today are the Blues.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10I don't believe it.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14Who were ably assisted by me in their choice of bonus buy,
0:42:14 > 0:42:17which I got completely wrong, so that's why I don't
0:42:17 > 0:42:20do this normally in the programme, because I didn't have faith
0:42:20 > 0:42:24in Catherine, who made £25 profit on her bonus buy, which is splendid.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28Overall, your score at the end of the day is minus £67,
0:42:28 > 0:42:31which doesn't sound too bad if you say it very quickly.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34If I hadn't got involved, who knows, it might have been only minus £42,
0:42:34 > 0:42:37but actually it would not have made any difference
0:42:37 > 0:42:43- in the scale of the result.- Oh, OK. - Merely the numerical outcome.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45So I can feel some justification now.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49But the victors today are going home with money, folding money.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Just £11.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53There you go, Tim. Great name.
0:42:53 > 0:42:58£6 on your teacup, which everybody was very rude about.
0:42:58 > 0:42:59Massive profit.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03And £35 from the maestro with his bonus buy, so that bailed you out.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05It did. He did it.
0:43:05 > 0:43:06Well done, Charlie.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09Anyway, we've had such fun.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12- Join us soon for some more bargain hunting. Yes?- ALL: Yes!
0:43:12 > 0:43:15I know you're sitting there thinking,
0:43:15 > 0:43:17"I could have done better than that!"
0:43:17 > 0:43:19Well, what's stopping you?
0:43:19 > 0:43:23If you think you can spot a bargain, go to our BBC website and apply.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25It'll be splendid to see you.
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