0:00:03 > 0:00:06Today we're in the lee of the Malvern Hills,
0:00:06 > 0:00:10once the home of the composer Edward Elgar,
0:00:10 > 0:00:13and also famous for its springs,
0:00:13 > 0:00:17but we're not here for the music, nor for the waters,
0:00:17 > 0:00:20cos let's go bargain hunting! Yeah!
0:00:44 > 0:00:49We're at the Three Counties Showground with our two teams,
0:00:49 > 0:00:51with one ambition
0:00:51 > 0:00:55and that is to trounce the opposition, so bring it on!
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Here's a nifty shufti at what's coming up.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01The Reds get a lot off their chests.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03- You talk more than I do.- I do not!
0:01:03 > 0:01:04- You do. - You never let me get a word in.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Look at you! You haven't shut up yet.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08And the Blues get cocky.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10- The Reds don't stand a chance!- Yeah!
0:01:10 > 0:01:12But who will be triumphant?
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Well, for the Reds, we've got sisters Elaine and Lisa.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22For the Blues, we've got partners Michael and Martin.
0:01:22 > 0:01:23- Hello, everyone.- ALL: Hello, Tim.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27- Lovely to see you.- And you. - Elaine, it says here
0:01:27 > 0:01:29you've been a barmaid for 33 years. It can't be true.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Unfortunately it is.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- Were you in for underage drinking, then?- Yes, I was.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37- As well as barmaiding? - I started at 12. Yes!
0:01:37 > 0:01:40I love the spirit! So tell us, how did it all start?
0:01:40 > 0:01:43It started at 18, when I used to walk past the pub that I liked
0:01:43 > 0:01:46and I thought, "I'm going to work in there," which I did.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- I then bought the pub. - You didn't, did you?
0:01:49 > 0:01:51I did, yes, I bought the tenancy, worked there for five years,
0:01:51 > 0:01:56left, and then I've worked in nearly every pub in Droitwich since then.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- Have you? And what's your nickname in the pub?- Evil.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- How can they call you evil? - I don't know.- She is.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- I'm such a nice person. - Your sister says you are evil.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- She is evil!- All the people in the pub call you evil!
0:02:08 > 0:02:10They do, they do. I'm just very bossy.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12- Oh, is that it? - I think that's what it is.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14I've just got a little tiny bad temper.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17You're not likely to get bad tempered on Bargain Hunt, are you?
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- No, no, not at all.- Lovely, good. - She's had her happy pills.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25That's it, yes! Now, chatty sister Lisa, your moment.
0:02:25 > 0:02:26Tell us about your career as a carer.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Well, I cared for my mum for quite a long time.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33- She passed away at Christmas.- Oh, dear.- And that's what put me into,
0:02:33 > 0:02:37- um...going into caring.- You had to give up work, temporarily, though?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- Yes, I have, because I've been ill.- Oh, dear.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43But on the mend, in remission at the minute - yes!
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- So back with a vengeance.- Well, you're looking lovely, darling.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49- Looking very well.- Thank you.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52What are your tactics going to be today, you two?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- We're going to buy quick, win and leave.- (Watching you!)
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- Right...- Yes(!)
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Well, there we go. There's an ambition, isn't it?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02We'll see what happens about that.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06OK, boys, this seems to me to be a bit of a challenge coming up here.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10Now, Michael, you've had a bit of a varied career. Tell us about that.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Yes, I was in banking for a long time, for 30-odd years,
0:03:14 > 0:03:18but these days, I work in a retail store as a healthcare assistant.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22- Lobbing out the pills and the creams?- Often, yes.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27- Now, you used to be a magistrate? - Well, I was for ten years, Tim.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29My father, who sadly died a long time ago,
0:03:29 > 0:03:31he was a magistrate as well
0:03:31 > 0:03:34and he'd passed away three to four years before I was appointed
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- but I felt it a real honour to follow in his footsteps.- Yes.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Now, Martin, you've been spending the last 30 years robbing banks...
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- I mean, working in a bank. - That's correct, yes.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47Working in a bank, working in a call centre,
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- helping the branches make sure they get their money.- Really?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Yes, so that you can be paid.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- 30 years' worth.- 30 years' worth.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59What do you like to collect? Michael, what do you like to collect?
0:03:59 > 0:04:00Well, I like some crystal,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03bits of silver as well.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06My mix or like of things is pretty eclectic, really.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- I like all sorts of things.- Well, you'll do very well on Bargain Hunt
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- because there's all sorts here for you today.- I hope so.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13And what do you collect, Martin?
0:04:13 > 0:04:17I'm into Royal Worcester figurines. Hopefully I'll see a few figurines.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Have you got one or two of those?
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- I've got about...14, 15? - Have you really?
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Now, teams,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- £300, there's your £300.- Thank you very much.- You know the rules,
0:04:26 > 0:04:30your experts await, and off you go! And very, very good luck.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35And our experts today are waiting in the wings.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38For the Reds, a man who's a pro at netting a bargain.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40It's Philip Serrell.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42And for the Blues, a chap who's ready for the battle ahead.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44It's Thomas Plant.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Have you been chipping away at the blues already?
0:04:46 > 0:04:50I have, I've already put a curse on them. They're not going to win.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53I've got my beady eyes on them straightaway.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57- So you've got your hands full with us today.- Help!- Most certainly.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00I think that might be the understatement of the year.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Hang in there, Phil!
0:05:01 > 0:05:06Right, boys, I hear that you two both are retired bankers.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07- Is that right?- That's right.- Yes.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Now tell me, does that mean you're going to be good with the money?
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Oh, my pocket's bulging. The Reds don't stand a chance.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Yeah, we've got 70 years of experience,
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- so we're hot to trot now.- Let's go!
0:05:18 > 0:05:22And bankers have never been known to put a foot wrong, of course(!)
0:05:22 > 0:05:24- Worcester plate at the back is... - That looks pretty.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- That does look ready. - What do you think, Thomas?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30That's quite nice, isn't it?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32- It's a lot of money.- Is it a lot of money?- It a lot of money.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- It's £185.- Whew!
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Nicely signed.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38W Roberts is the artist,
0:05:38 > 0:05:41but a lovely portrait of a cavalier.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- Isn't that great? And well painted.- Yeah, lovely.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Good, thick blue border.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- The blue rim.- Yes, beautiful.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52People are putting money into signed ceramics,
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- good, well-painted objects. - Sure.- They really are.
0:05:55 > 0:05:571935. Got age, hasn't it?
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- Yeah, yeah.- It's 75 years old.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- Almost your length of banking.- Yes.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05So it could be a good investment.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07That would go very well with my collection.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10What is your very best?
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- 95.- This is a one-off price, is it?
0:06:13 > 0:06:17That's one heck of discount. No alarm bells ringing for you, Blues?
0:06:17 > 0:06:18You want to do it?
0:06:18 > 0:06:20- Of course!- Really?- Yes!
0:06:20 > 0:06:23God, we've been shopping five minutes. Deal!
0:06:23 > 0:06:26At this rate, you'll be done well before the hour's up, boys,
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- but don't go rushing into things, eh?- A good spot, you two.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- Good, thank you. We love it.- I think we might enjoy our hour together.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- Oh, I think we will.- Yes. - We'll show the Reds, won't we?
0:06:36 > 0:06:40- You're definite about that, aren't you?- Oh, definitely, yeah.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43With the Reds, Phil has decided to go rural.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- What's that?- That is a milking machine.- A milking machine?
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- Yeah, it's an early milking machine. - Oh, right.- I think I'm right.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- Is that a milking machine?- Yes. - And how much is that?- It's 110.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55It's a very expensive milking machine.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58I'm going to quietly put it back there. Thank you ever so much.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01We need to cream a profit from the auction, so move it on, Reds.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05That is amazing. Two minutes and you've bought your first item.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09- You've spent some cash as well. - Mmm!- A big ticket item!
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Let's not let them all be like that, got to have some money for my bonus.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17Right! You guys, you're on the money, you bankers. Come on.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19No time for a bank holiday, chaps.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22You've got one item but you've got to find another two.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23- Right, it's a carrier.- Yeah.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26You'd have one at each end and either put something on there
0:07:26 > 0:07:29and it's like a wheelbarrow without a wheel, effectively.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- But what would you use it for today? - You wouldn't really, would you?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35This business today is thinking about it laterally.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37I think that would look absolutely wicked in a bathroom
0:07:37 > 0:07:40as a towel rail, leant up against the wall with towels down there.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Do you think it would sell, though?
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Everything will sell. It's how much, is the pertinent thing.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47How much is it, then?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49- It's going to be 65.- 65.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Could you not do it any less?
0:07:52 > 0:07:5360.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Well, I think if you put that into auction,
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- it's going to make between probably 30 to 50 quid.- Oh, so...
0:07:58 > 0:08:01I've been proved wrong 100 times before, it might go and make 80 quid
0:08:01 > 0:08:04- but I just think it's something we need to think about.- OK.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06You'd be hung out to dry at that price, Reds.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08- Thomas!- Thomas!
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Calm down!
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Oh, come along, we've things to do. We've a Red team to hammer.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16These boys are uber-competitive.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- It's a propeller, isn't it?- It's a propeller, yes. I can see that.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21And what would you use that for?
0:08:21 > 0:08:23People use these as displays on walls or whatever.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- Just decorative, isn't it? - But we don't know whose stall it is.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28That looks nice.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31This is a clockwork winder for...
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Thank you. Is it for roasting?
0:08:34 > 0:08:38- Yeah, it's a roaster.- Oh, goodness.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- That's unusual, isn't it?- It is.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43I've never seen anything quite like that. Oh, yes!
0:08:43 > 0:08:45And what age would that be, then, Thomas?
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Probably Victorian, late 19th century, early 20th century.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51So what happens is, you put the meat on there.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53It will spin more slowly with the weight of the meat
0:08:53 > 0:08:58- but you can imagine that around the fire.- Amazing.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01I guess it would look really good in a big hearth or a country house
0:09:01 > 0:09:03even today, wouldn't it?
0:09:03 > 0:09:06What's lovely is to have the "John Linwood warranted".
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- That's lovely to have that with the tree.- OK.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11What's the best on that?
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- 40.- 40?- Do you think there's a profit in it?
0:09:14 > 0:09:17You might struggle at 40.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- Go on!- No, come on! - Can we meet you halfway at 35?
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- 35.- Yeah?- Yeah?
0:09:24 > 0:09:27What do you want to do? I love it.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- Yeah, I do as well.- I think it's an unusual thing and the deal's done.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34- Thank you very much, sir. Thank you.- I love that.- Thank you.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- And with the key as well.- Yeah, the key as well.- It's a great roaster.
0:09:37 > 0:09:42- That's fabulous.- We'll be roasting the Red team.- Yeah! Very good.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45And that's item number two. Our Blues are really cooking.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- Well, there can be many minutes. - No, there can't be many minutes.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50That's seven minutes, I should say,
0:09:50 > 0:09:54and we've spent £130?
0:09:54 > 0:09:55Yes, I guess we have.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57But then, we've seen things we like, so why hang about?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00This is the way we're going to trash the Reds, isn't it?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02If these boys don't win, I fear
0:10:02 > 0:10:04we'll have some blubbing bankers by the end of the show.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Seven minutes in, two items down.
0:10:07 > 0:10:13The third and final one could take all of 53. I hope not.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- I'm quite impressed. - But then, it's not a race, Thomas.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18It's the profit at the end that counts.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21See, I told you I'd have my eye on everyone.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Could you bring that over? Let's have a look.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25This is copper, this is brass,
0:10:25 > 0:10:27and very often, these have a leather covering on here.
0:10:27 > 0:10:301930s, I would think, something like that.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- I quite like that.- It's quite late.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37- Things like that, you can convert the base to a lamp base.- Oh, right.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40You can put floodlights on them.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44We've recently seen some of these do really rather well at auction,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46- so I think I'd buy that.- Yeah.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48And I think, for me, the jury is out on that.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- Yeah, I'm not too keen on that. - I don't want you to buy it
0:10:51 > 0:10:55- if you don't like it.- I don't particularly like that, but I love the telescope.- I love the telescope.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- What was the original price?- 45, and she's willing to do it for 35.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- So it's a bargain.- Well...
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- Get it bought.- Brilliant.- Yes!
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Fantastic. Thank you very much.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Thank you. That's a buy.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10We're only 15 minutes in and our teams have the end in their sights.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12That's Reds one, Blues two.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15They are marvellous places, these fairs.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17And I have to ask you,
0:11:17 > 0:11:19what is romantic, what is exotic
0:11:19 > 0:11:21about these two cardboard boxes?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Well, on the face of it, not a lot.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30Take that one off, and it reveals a cardboard box full of book matches.
0:11:30 > 0:11:35Take out one of the book matches and this starts to get interesting.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38On the back, it's got an imposing building,
0:11:38 > 0:11:42a building that looks French.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45That's because when this was built around 1900,
0:11:45 > 0:11:50it is a fusion of Versailles and Fontainebleau,
0:11:50 > 0:11:52but built in India.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57The title underneath tells you it's Jagatjit Palace in Kapurthala,
0:11:57 > 0:11:59which is in the Punjab,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01and who were they made by?
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Well, it is British India, after all.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08Of course, it's Bryant and May - "Made in England."
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Take out another book match
0:12:10 > 0:12:12and you can see the then owner,
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Their Highnesses, Maharaja and Maharani of Kapurthala,
0:12:16 > 0:12:19and there they are, looking stylish.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21So what's in the other box?
0:12:21 > 0:12:22Well, believe it or not,
0:12:22 > 0:12:27it's another 100 virgin book matches,
0:12:27 > 0:12:29except that in this instance,
0:12:29 > 0:12:33the Maharaja and Maharani are seated on their thrones.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37These book matches were produced to celebrate the marriage.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Now, we know he was obsessed by all things European.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45He built that socking great palace in the French style,
0:12:45 > 0:12:50so not surprisingly, when he went shopping for his fifth wife,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53aged 35, he found her in Europe.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56He wooed a 17-year-old Spanish girl
0:12:56 > 0:12:59who returned to India and married him.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02It was a marriage that didn't last.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06He'd been married four times before, had produced various sons,
0:13:06 > 0:13:08and ultimately, they were divorced
0:13:08 > 0:13:13because she had an affair with one of his sons from an earlier marriage
0:13:13 > 0:13:19and to have two boxes, each with 100 virgin book matches in them,
0:13:19 > 0:13:23is indeed a desirable event if you are a collector,
0:13:23 > 0:13:29and I think these could be worth as much as a pound each - £200.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32What would they cost you down the road there, in the field?
0:13:32 > 0:13:3510p each! That's £20!
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Strike a light!
0:13:39 > 0:13:41The Red team are playing catch-up.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44If you don't like it, I don't want you to buy it.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46No, well, no, but do you think it would make any money?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- Uh...- I'm here to make some money.
0:13:49 > 0:13:50- I want to win.- Right.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Is she like this all the time?
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- All the time.- Really?- BOTH: Yes!
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Oh, Philip, I find counting to ten sometimes helps.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00These banker boys also know what they like.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02- That's a really heavy, isn't it? - Is it Bernard Rooke?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- Yes, what do you think? - It is Bernard Rooke.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- Do you like that?- What do you like about Bernard Rooke?
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Well, to me, it reminds me of Troika ware,
0:14:10 > 0:14:13it's got that same sort of appeal, chunky look to it, hasn't it?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- It has.- What do you think about it?
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- It's not as smooth as I'd like to feel it.- OK.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20But we don't like damaged goods.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26- What age are they?- Early 20th, 1910, something like that, I would think.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Are they still used in pubs, those things?
0:14:28 > 0:14:31- Only for display.- Purely for display? - Just purely for display.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Refurbished, they put them in to make them look like olde worlde staff.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38I think those two at auction would make you about 80 to 100 quid.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- Only, £120 for those is too much for us.- Yes.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44We'll have a think about it. Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46I think you'll be in the drink with those girls.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48If only you could talk your way to a profit.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50- You talk more than I do.- I do not!
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- You do. - You never let me get a word in.
0:14:52 > 0:14:53Look at you, you haven't shut up yet!
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- Oh, my God!- Let's go and buy something.- Talk to the hand.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58You know that Chas and Dave song?
0:14:58 > 0:15:02"Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, bunny-bunny jabber-jabber yack-yack-yack..."
0:15:02 > 0:15:05I think it was written for these two.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Come on. Come on.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09# Rabbit bunny jabber yack-yack rabbit bunny-bunny rabbit! #
0:15:09 > 0:15:10How many of these have you got?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12SELLER: Looks like nine.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- They're all hand-blown.- And what age is there in these, Thomas?
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Well, a bowl, a champagne bowl,
0:15:18 > 0:15:20will always be '20s, '30s.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- The jug comes with that, does it? - I think it goes with them very well.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- I know it's wet, you can't tell so easily.- Yeah.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28They're just the same kind of glass.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Yeah, the same period.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- So they don't go together as a set as such.- No, they wouldn't...
0:15:33 > 0:15:37- They match up.- It's a nice water jug. It's a lovely water jug.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- So how much for the set? - 40 for the lot.- 40 for the lot.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- Yeah, they are lovely. - The glasses are nice, yes.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45So what I'm doing is just checking that the bowls are OK.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49From an auction point of view, are they saleable items today?
0:15:49 > 0:15:50Bowls are coming back in.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Bowls are saleable, people do like them, certainly,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55and they like suites of glass. The jug is also quite saleable.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59I would prefer if we could buy the lot for that ticket price on there.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01- No? Not on my nelly?- 28?- No.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03- I think it's a good price.- 28?
0:16:03 > 0:16:04SHE LAUGHS
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- £28?- Here's the banker talking.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09- Yes?- OK.- Please.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- Hurray! Deal.- Thank you.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Thank you very much. So that's it.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17- Yeah, we've done it!- Yes! The Blues, the winning team.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Well, that remains to be seen, Michael.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Feel free to go and browse, Blues.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Right, come on, Reds. You've got half an hour to find two items.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26I love the fire extinguisher.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28- 40 quid, I don't think that's expensive.- No, that's all right.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- It's really good. - I quite like that, actually.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33You couldn't call a modern fire extinguisher a work of art
0:16:33 > 0:16:37- by any stretch of the imagination. - No.- But this is just a cool thing.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Probably Edwardian, and you could look it up on the internet.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41It's by W Rose and Co,
0:16:41 > 0:16:46the "Metropolitan Patent Extinguisher, British manufactured,"
0:16:46 > 0:16:48and I think it's a fun thing.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51It's 40 quid. I think it's going to make £30 to £50 at auction.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52Would it come at 30?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54No. £40, I'm afraid.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57I do like that. Do you think it'll make a profit?
0:16:57 > 0:16:58I think it's £30 to £50's worth.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- Yeah? Shall we go for it? - Yeah, we'll go for it.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04- We'll go for that one, then.- Thank you very much indeed, thank you.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06You're on fire, Reds, at last!
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Two down, one to go.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12- So, how long have we got left, girls?- Probably about 20 minutes.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- All right. We have one item to buy. - One item to buy.- One item to buy.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- This little child's chair. - Yes.- It all falls down.
0:17:19 > 0:17:20I quite like that.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- Do you?- Do you?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Look at that, that's marvellous!
0:17:25 > 0:17:27I would think that's probably early 20th century,
0:17:27 > 0:17:30around about 1900, 1905, something like that.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33As regards timber, it's probably beech, I would think, isn't it?
0:17:33 > 0:17:38I think you're right, yes. And it's on wheels, so you can...
0:17:38 > 0:17:39That's lovely, isn't it?
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Someone's, I would think recently, re-varnished it and cleaned it off.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44It's definitely been re-varnished.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46And it may have had the seat rechained.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Occasionally they had little chamber pots that fitted under there,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52but it's a fun thing, and actually, you could still use it,
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- that's the joy of it, isn't it? - Yes.- That really is the joy of it.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- I think at auction, that's 30 to 50 quid's worth.- 30 to 50?
0:17:58 > 0:18:00That would be your estimate for it.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01It's up to you girls what you pay for it.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Yeah. Do you think you could do it for any less?
0:18:04 > 0:18:06- 45?- 40?
0:18:06 > 0:18:0842, if we come somewhere in between.
0:18:08 > 0:18:1142, yeah. That's fine. That's brilliant.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- That would be great. - Absolutely fantastic.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Well done, Reds. That's three items.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Now go and join the Blues for a cuppa.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Time's up!
0:18:20 > 0:18:22VOICE ECHOES
0:18:22 > 0:18:23Thank you very much.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31They started off with a brass and copper telescope with stand for £35.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36They spent their next lot of brass on this fire extinguisher -
0:18:36 > 0:18:38£40 paid.
0:18:38 > 0:18:44Finally, they found this metamorphic child's chair and paid £42 for it.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46- Do you ever get a word in edgeways? - No, I don't, ever!
0:18:46 > 0:18:49I do let her sometimes. When I'm asleep, she is allowed to speak.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51I sort of understand that.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53- When you go to sleep? Not that often.- No, not that often at all.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56The grass doesn't grow under your feet, does it, girls?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- Certainly not.- No. So how much did you spend all round?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00- £117.- £117 altogether.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02117? That's pretty miserable.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07- I know.- Can I have £183 of leftover lolly?- You can.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10- Oh, must use up the money.- Yeah.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11- Exactly!- Thank you very much.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14So did you manage to pick anything at all?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- Yes.- Do you have a favourite piece?
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- Uh, the telescope.- That's your favourite? And did you...?
0:19:20 > 0:19:22- The high chair.- The high chair?- Yes. THUNDER RUMBLES
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Even the gods are objecting to the thought of the high chair.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- Hopefully.- The thunder is rumbling.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- OK, high chair is best.- Yes.- Is that going to bring the biggest profit?
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- It is. That's going to make all the money.- Do you agree with that, Lisa?
0:19:34 > 0:19:38No, I don't. I think my telescope's more quirky.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40- No, my highchair is going to beat you.- We'll see.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Yeah? I can see, Phil, it's been a difficult shopping time for you.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47It's been peaceful, because I haven't had too much to say, really.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- No, quite!- You haven't had a chance!
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- You'll get a wodge of dough now, my friend.- Thank you.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53What are you going to do with that?
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- I'm going to try and buy something for Lisa.- For Lisa?- Oh!
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- Yeah. I'm going to choose her something.- See? Somebody loves me!
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Well, good luck with that, Phil. I think that's very democratic of you.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blue team bought, eh?
0:20:06 > 0:20:10The Blues went straight for this Royal Worcester cabinet plate,
0:20:10 > 0:20:12dishing up £95 for it.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Next, they found a 19th century meat jack for £35.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21Finally, they bought a set of Champagne bowls with an
0:20:21 > 0:20:23ice jug for £28.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26We've actually not spent a great deal of money.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29I don't like the sound of this, not spending much money!
0:20:29 > 0:20:35- Oh, dear! How much did you spend? - Um...£158.- That's not too bad!
0:20:35 > 0:20:40- No, I guess not.- Fine, so who's got the £142 of leftover lolly?- I have.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Thank you very much. I'll take that from you.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Very kind. Which is your favourite piece?
0:20:46 > 0:20:50I would go with the Worcester plate that we found. It's delightful.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Your favourite.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56- And I would go with the champagne glasses we found.- OK.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00- Well, you've had a high old time, Tom.- They were good shoppers.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- Well done. - What are you going to spend all that cash on, your bonus buy?
0:21:03 > 0:21:07Well, I think I might buy something masculine for you two boys.
0:21:07 > 0:21:12- Something muscular?- Masculine!- Oh, masculine.- Not muscular, masculine!
0:21:12 > 0:21:17- Why not buy something muscular and masculine?- Maybe.- For M and M.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21Very good, chaps. Meanwhile, we're motoring off to Oxfordshire.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Lovely.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27TOOTS HORN
0:21:34 > 0:21:37How exciting is this?
0:21:37 > 0:21:42This is the home of Lord Nuffield for the last 30 years of his life.
0:21:42 > 0:21:48On the face of it, this is not a particularly imposing building for a man who was
0:21:48 > 0:21:54extremely rich and very important to the British motor car industry.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59But nevertheless, he did revolutionise motor car production
0:21:59 > 0:22:03in Britain, effectively bringing the motor car to the masses.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Now, let's try getting out.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Not so easy as you might think. Ooh!
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Boy!
0:22:12 > 0:22:15And what a lovely machine it is.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18A 1926 Bullnose Morris.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22The machine above all that's associated with the early
0:22:22 > 0:22:25William Morris production.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30Called the Bullnose because of the strange shape of the radiator,
0:22:30 > 0:22:33but what it does is to illustrate
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Morris's skills as a motor manufacturer.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40He twigged very early on that you don't need to make every
0:22:40 > 0:22:43component part for every bit of a motor car,
0:22:43 > 0:22:46what you need to do is to have a factory that assembles
0:22:46 > 0:22:49the component parts that are made by others.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52And when you've got a variety of parts which are being
0:22:52 > 0:22:56ordered in large numbers from the manufacturers of the parts,
0:22:56 > 0:23:00you can drive down the price of the finished motor car.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05And all the while, year on year, he improved their reliability.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Net result - cheaper cars, more reliable.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12He was able to sell vast numbers of them.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16And this motor car's got all sorts of interesting features.
0:23:16 > 0:23:21Look at the headlights. If I turn the lights on and you're driving along at night and you
0:23:21 > 0:23:26want to dip the headlights, then the Barker dipper comes into play.
0:23:26 > 0:23:32Wiggle that leaver, down go the lights. No dazzle, no head beam.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37Take the lever back up and hey presto, you're back in driving mode.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39All extremely good fun.
0:23:39 > 0:23:45Now, this 1926 Bullnose is just about the last car of this
0:23:45 > 0:23:48model to be made by William Morris.
0:23:48 > 0:23:53In fact, this very car featured in the 80th birthday
0:23:53 > 0:23:56parade for our Queen.
0:23:56 > 0:24:02She was born in 1926, the year that this was completed.
0:24:02 > 0:24:08And the model that succeeded the Bullnose is the Flatnose Morris,
0:24:08 > 0:24:12a 1929 example of which we have here.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14The design changes are obvious.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19Far fewer curved surfaces, which were more expensive to make.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25It incorporates many of the parts that were in the Bullnose,
0:24:25 > 0:24:27making this even more economical.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30It has a slightly smaller engine.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34But the big design difference, of course, is in the radiator itself.
0:24:34 > 0:24:39Hence the Flatnose rather than the Bullnose and the reason for that is
0:24:39 > 0:24:42because William Morris sold these cars throughout the Empire,
0:24:42 > 0:24:47the flat radiator enabled the engine to keep cooler in hotter countries.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50My favourite feature is the calorimeter
0:24:50 > 0:24:52here on top of the radiator.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56If you look from the other side, it says - cool, normal and boil.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58So if it got super hot,
0:24:58 > 0:25:02what you have to do is to stop the motor and have a cup of tea.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05But there's another car here at Nuffield Place that's been
0:25:05 > 0:25:07here for a very long time.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14And what are we going to find up this driveway?
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Well, surprise, surprise, it's the motor home.
0:25:17 > 0:25:22And a motor. A 1946 Wolseley Eight.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Actually, Lord and Lady Nuffield each had one of these.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31Lord Nuffield's is preserved at the National Motor Museum at Gaydon.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36This one was driven by Lady Nuffield until her death in 1959.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40It was then driven by the gardener for a few years
0:25:40 > 0:25:45and then it was sold. Scroll forward 20 years or so to an auction,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Bud 650 cropped up in the auction.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51It was spotted by some enthusiasts
0:25:51 > 0:25:54and bought by the Oxford Museum Service
0:25:54 > 0:25:57so that it could be returned to Nuffield Place
0:25:57 > 0:26:00and now there's a scheme to get it fully restored
0:26:00 > 0:26:04so that it can be driven around the grounds of Lord Nuffield's house.
0:26:04 > 0:26:09How lovely is that? Almost as lovely, I hope,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12as our contestants' performance today over at the auction.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Broom broom!
0:26:22 > 0:26:27Well, it's very nice to be at the Cotswold Auction Company
0:26:27 > 0:26:31- in Cirencester with Liz Poole. Good morning.- Hello.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Now, for Elaine and Lisa and Philip Serrell,
0:26:33 > 0:26:37their first item is the telescope and tripod base.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41- How do you rate that, Liz?- Not the easiest things to sell these days.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Copper and brass, no markings on it. We've put an estimate of 40-60.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49- Just looks ordinary, doesn't it? - It is a little, yes.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52It would be nicer if it had a bit more age and perhaps a maker's mark.
0:26:52 > 0:26:57They paid £35, so £40-60 is a very good estimate. They'll like that.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01Typical Philip Serrell lot next. The copper fire extinguisher.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Completely useless to man or beast, but decorative?
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Very decorative, yes. Look nice in the corner of a room.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11- Or a pub.- Yes.- And nice label on it. Don't see them that often.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15No. Well, you don't see them that often cos most of them were melted down, I guess.
0:27:15 > 0:27:22- Copper today might be worth more than the estimate of 30-50. - £30-50, OK. £40 Serrell paid.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26So he's not going to find it easy to get out of trouble with that.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29And their last item is the metamorphic chair.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32The sort of thing every modern mother does not want.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37- No! But in a nice big Cotswold country farmhouse, maybe.- I'm not dissing it or anything like that,
0:27:37 > 0:27:39it's just not terribly practical.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- No, but £30-50. - Is that what you reckon?
0:27:42 > 0:27:45That's very generous of you, I think. £42.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49In each case, the team has bought at just about full value, so they're
0:27:49 > 0:27:53going to need their bonus buy, so let's go and have a look at it.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57So, girls, your eyes are shut for the reveal for the leftover lolly,
0:27:57 > 0:28:00for one very good reason cos we don't want you
0:28:00 > 0:28:04looking at Philip Serrell too early. You spent, girls, £117.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08You have Philip Serrell £183, so round about now, you can
0:28:08 > 0:28:13- open your eyes and look at Philip. Isn't he broad shouldered?- Oh, yes!
0:28:13 > 0:28:17I was rather thinking that the yoke might be on me(!)
0:28:17 > 0:28:19THEY LAUGH
0:28:19 > 0:28:22And the yoke IS on you.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- Yes.- Yes.- £35.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28- Just for you.- Oh, thank you. - I'll get emotional now!
0:28:28 > 0:28:32P Serrell, the cunning monkey, has gone out and invested, how much...?
0:28:32 > 0:28:35- 35. £35 in the yoke.- Yes.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39- Do you think we'll make a profit on it?- I think it'll make between
0:28:39 > 0:28:4120 and £40. So it's going to be a close-run thing.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45- As long as there's a profit. - We did say 20 to £40.- I know.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Even if it's a pound, a pound's a profit.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51So, in code, maybe only go for it later after
0:28:51 > 0:28:55- the sale of your first three items if you're really desperate.- OK.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57- Right.- Is that the code?
0:28:57 > 0:29:01If the water's up to here, think about it, yeah.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Well, with any luck, it won't get to that desperate stake for you.
0:29:04 > 0:29:11Right now, for the viewers at home, let's find out what our lady auctioneer thinks of Phil's yoke.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15Well, Liz, this is a truly spectacular and unique item
0:29:15 > 0:29:20- for you to find in an agricultural area like this, I guess.- Mmm, yes.
0:29:20 > 0:29:25- They went out of fashion, about what? 100 years ago?- At least!- Yeah.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29- So Serrell rates it. - Right.- £35, he paid for this.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32- Is that woodworm is see there? - Old woodworm, I think.
0:29:32 > 0:29:38- Is this the sort of thing that people really want in their homes in the Cotswolds?- I don't think so.
0:29:38 > 0:29:43And it has no mounts on it. No. So we've put a low estimate of 15-30.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46- And if all goes badly, it might make a ten-pound note.- Let's hope.
0:29:46 > 0:29:52Well, you know. If the bidders aren't here and they really don't want it, it could go for ten pounds.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56- Definitely.- Well, there's a bonus buy that in my view doesn't have a lot of potential.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00The team might be better off not taking it. But who knows whether they will or they won't?
0:30:00 > 0:30:05That's it for the Reds. The Blues' first item in this eclectic mix is
0:30:05 > 0:30:08the Royal Worcester cabinet plate. How do they go?
0:30:08 > 0:30:12OK, it's not got a huge amount of age, nicely painted by W Roberts.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16With a Cavalier or 16th century gentleman with his lovely red
0:30:16 > 0:30:19feather hat. 20-40 is the estimate.
0:30:19 > 0:30:24How much?! Did you say 20-40? You did say 20-40!
0:30:24 > 0:30:29- I did. I'm sorry.- They paid £95. - Oh, golly!- They paid £95.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33- Well...- That's not good, is it? - Well, it's not got a huge age.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35No. It's modern, in other words.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38- It's not terribly fashionable at the moment.- OK, fine.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42We've got the message. Now, this place clearly runs like clockwork.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46Therefore you're going to be able to sell a clockwork jack with the greatest of ease.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Oh, definitely. Nice thing to go in the fireplace.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53- Quite a good one, 25-40? - OK, £35 paid.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55So they're in the estimate with that. That's not too bad.
0:30:55 > 0:31:00And then they've called these champagne bowls, but I'm not sure they are for champagne, are you?
0:31:00 > 0:31:06- It's quite a deep bowl for champagne.- I'd quite like to have champagne out of it!
0:31:06 > 0:31:09- All right then.- A nice serving.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13But yes, champagne or maybe even sundae dishes.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- Not a huge age, I don't think. - No, like 1992? On a good day?
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- Thereabouts.- They're just not old, are they?- No. Nice shape.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23- Do you think the jug's got anything to do with the glasses?- No.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26But quite a few of them and in good nick.
0:31:26 > 0:31:31- 15-30 estimate.- 15-30, £28 paid. Well, according to that lot,
0:31:31 > 0:31:34they will never recover from the disaster they're about to
0:31:34 > 0:31:37experience with their Royal Worcester plate, so they're
0:31:37 > 0:31:42definitely going to need their bonus buy, so let's have a look at it.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46This is your moment. You spent £158, you have the Planter £142.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Thomas, what did you spend on?
0:31:49 > 0:31:54Well, I said something masculine, boys. Here you are. A carriage each.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Hold them, feel them, what do you think?
0:31:57 > 0:31:59- They've got a bit of weight to them. - They have.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03- So how old do you think these are, Thomas?- I think they're '50s, but they're scratch built,
0:32:03 > 0:32:06made out of brass, they've been crudely hand painted,
0:32:06 > 0:32:09they could do with a great touch up and they'd come up beautifully.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13- But they're Royal Mail carriages. - And how much did you spend?
0:32:13 > 0:32:17- How much do you think these would cost to make?- What do you think?
0:32:17 > 0:32:20- Would you like to sit down and make one?- No, I wouldn't!
0:32:20 > 0:32:24- Cut the brass, engineer the screws. - Engineer it all up.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28- Put the bogies on.- It would take some doing.- Bogies, ha!
0:32:28 > 0:32:32- So £15 each.- Never!- Really? - Yeah, 30 quid for the pair.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36- That's really good.- And how much do you think they're going to make?
0:32:36 > 0:32:40You're so good, honestly! All these pressurised questions!
0:32:40 > 0:32:43Quite right! I'm with you, mate. How much?
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Well, I think they should be worth £30 each.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49- So you could double your money. - Are you feeling impressed?
0:32:49 > 0:32:53- I'm feeling very impressed.- You've been asking all the questions, mate!
0:32:53 > 0:32:55What about you, Michael? Do they light your fuse?
0:32:55 > 0:33:00Yes, I think they're amazing. There's the weight in them, so they've been very cleverly made
0:33:00 > 0:33:03and laboriously so, over a long period of time.
0:33:03 > 0:33:09Michael's taken on board all the information and he's repeated it succinctly and to the point.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13The man's a genius. Quite clearly. Very high on the retentive skills.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17Congratulations on that. Meanwhile, for the audience at home, let's find out
0:33:17 > 0:33:22whether the auctioneer is equally retentive about Thomas' carriages.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26- Well, look at that. Surprisingly heavy, Liz.- Very. Very.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29I mean, what are these things made of?
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Well, I think there's a good lump of brass under the bodies.
0:33:32 > 0:33:37- Are they 00 gauge? - I think they're 0 gauge, yes.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41- Homemade, really.- Yes. Possibly meant to look like a Royal Mail vans.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45- Handsome, I think. Do you like them? - Yes, I do like them.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48But will the audience? Will your buyers fancy them?
0:33:48 > 0:33:51We've got a little bit of wear. We've put 30-50.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55- Thomas will be pleased about that cos he only paid £30.- Good.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Whether it'll be enough to rescue them from the deep,
0:33:57 > 0:34:01dark place that they're about to visit though is another matter.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05- Are you taking the sale? - I am.- We're in safe hands.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13- Are you nervous at all? - I am, a little bit, yes.
0:34:13 > 0:34:18- And why would that be?- I don't know, really. I just feel nervous.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22- You make me nervous.- Is it? - Yes.- Shall I remove my arm?
0:34:22 > 0:34:24No, I like it!
0:34:24 > 0:34:27- That's nothing to be nervous about. - No.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32Seriously, it's going to be a bit of fun. You only spent £117.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35But if it all goes very, very badly, you've got the yoke to fall back on.
0:34:35 > 0:34:36Yes.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41- The yoke.- There's a little thrill! - Yes.- Anything could happen.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Everything to go for.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47And first up, let's get into focus, here comes the telescope.
0:34:47 > 0:34:52Nice copper early 20th century telescope with a folding stand.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55£30 to start. 20 then.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58- 20 bid. At 20.- 20?!
0:34:58 > 0:35:0222. 25. Any more? 28. 30.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04- 35, 40.- Come on!
0:35:04 > 0:35:08- 45. 50. At 50.- Eh, up, you're all right at that.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12Any interest on the Net? 55.
0:35:12 > 0:35:1355!
0:35:13 > 0:35:1755, sir. With the gentleman on the right at 55, then. And selling.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19All done, selling.
0:35:19 > 0:35:20Yes!
0:35:20 > 0:35:24- £55, that's very good. Phil, you're plus 20, mate.- That's all right.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28- Yeah.- Will this be reflected in the fire extinguisher? Here we go.
0:35:28 > 0:35:29Come on!
0:35:29 > 0:35:33Very shiny, lovely, 20th century copper and brass fire extinguisher.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35What shall we say? Start me off, £20.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Probably worth that for the copper. Ten, then? £10, got to sell it.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40No, no, no!
0:35:40 > 0:35:44Any interest on the internet? I'm bid ten, thank you. Lady's bid at ten.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47- You can melt it down, Phil.- Yeah.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50- At ten. First and only bid. - No!- That is really cheap.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53I'll sell it if I have to. Lady's bid, on the right, at ten pounds.
0:35:53 > 0:35:58- No way!- 12. Thank you, sir. Just in time, at 12. 15, is it?
0:35:58 > 0:36:00- Come on!- 15, 18, 20.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04- Go on! Keep putting your hand up! - At 20, with the lady at 20.
0:36:04 > 0:36:10- On my right at £20. Any more, then? - Oh, no!- Last chance, selling at 20.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14£20. £20 is minus 20. You were plus 20 before, you just lost 20.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16You've got nothing!
0:36:16 > 0:36:20- It's all on my high chair.- It's all down to the chair. Here it comes.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24Stained wood child's metamorphic chair.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27- Ten pounds. Ten, bid at ten. Who's going on 12?- No!
0:36:27 > 0:36:33- 15, any more at 15?- Uh-oh.- At £15, then. Do I have to sell at 15?
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Thank you. 18 bid seated. 20.
0:36:35 > 0:36:40- 22. 25. 28. 30.- Go on!
0:36:40 > 0:36:45At 30 on my right. At 30 on my right, last one. Going at 30.
0:36:45 > 0:36:50- £30.- It's sort of cheap, isn't it? - Minus £12. Overall then, minus £12.
0:36:50 > 0:36:55Are we going to go with the yoke? Or ring-fence the £12?
0:36:55 > 0:36:59- No, we'll go with it.- Yeah. - Go with it?- What do you think?
0:36:59 > 0:37:03- The yoke will be on you!- Are they windscreen wipers we're watching?
0:37:03 > 0:37:07- I don't want to influence you in any way at all!- No, we won't go with it.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11- No, we won't.- You're going to go with it?- No. Your choice.- No.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15- You're not going with it.- No. - After all that flim-flam, we're not going with it.- No.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17She's made the decision.
0:37:17 > 0:37:22We're there. We're not going with the bonus buy. But we're going to sell it anyway and find out
0:37:22 > 0:37:24whether Phil was right or not. OK, here it comes.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28A very nice example of a yoke. Ten pounds to start me off.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32- Complete silence.- Any takers? Five then? Five pounds, can I tempt you?
0:37:32 > 0:37:36- That IS cheap.- A nice little bid? No takers at five. Five, I'm bid.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40Thank you, sir. Standing at the back, five. I shall sell it,
0:37:40 > 0:37:43if we're all finished, be sure, at five pounds and standing.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47That was a very wise move there. Five pounds is minus 30.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49You didn't go with it,
0:37:49 > 0:37:53you completely ring-fenced your score, which is minus 12, which
0:37:53 > 0:37:57today, based on this performance, could be a winning score.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- Say not a thing to the Blues! - We won't.- Oh, no.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02- These lovely sisters, eh?- Yep.
0:38:08 > 0:38:14- Now, Michael, Marty, do you know how the Reds got on?- No idea.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16No idea at all? I don't know!
0:38:16 > 0:38:22- Favourite piece?- The Worcester plate?- Worcester plate, £95 paid.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26- Do you know what her estimate is on that?- Oh, no!- £20-40.- Oh, no!
0:38:26 > 0:38:30- Oh, dear! That's not great.- No.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Otherwise, you've got the two Royal Mail carriages,
0:38:33 > 0:38:37- which are there to fall back on if you need them. OK, chaps?- Yep.- Yep.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39- Going to be brave about this? - Very brave.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43- We don't want anything emotional. - We have to be confident.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48- We're all brave. We're all standing firm. Like every decent Blue team before us and since.- Absolutely.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52OK, brilliant. First up is your Royal Worcester cabinet plate and here it comes.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56Royal Worcester china cabinet plate. Painted by W Roberts.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00- Start me at 20. 20, a nice Royal Worcester plate.- 20?!
0:39:00 > 0:39:06- Ten, then. Do I see ten? Nobody interested? Five, then?- Five pounds!
0:39:06 > 0:39:08I mean, it's perfect, isn't it?
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Beautiful Royal Worcester plate for a fiver?
0:39:11 > 0:39:14- I don't understand that. - Royal Worcester plate for a fiver.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16No takers. Two pounds, then? I'm dropped to two.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Get you all interested. Five on the internet. Thank you, internet.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21I can't understand what's going on.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25At five on the Net. Is there any more? At five pounds on the internet.
0:39:25 > 0:39:26A Royal Worcester plate!
0:39:26 > 0:39:30Eight. At eight. Ten. At ten on the Net. Any more? Last chance.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33- I could cry for you, chaps. - Selling.
0:39:33 > 0:39:39Ten pounds is minus £85. Well, this is difficult to...
0:39:39 > 0:39:41I don't quite understand.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45A 19th century John Linwood brass bottle meat jack.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Very nice. With the key. £20, start me off.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51- 20, to start. Ten pounds, any takers at ten?- Oh, no!
0:39:51 > 0:39:55What's wrong with everyone today? No takers at ten?
0:39:55 > 0:39:56No takers at ten pounds.
0:39:56 > 0:40:02- Ten. Thank you, sir.- This is £70-90 worth any day of the week.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06Here we go at 15. Any more, then? Gentleman's bid standing at 15.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09- All done.- Would that be £15?- £15.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13£15 equals minus £20. Going rather well at the moment, chaps(!)
0:40:13 > 0:40:17Eight glass champagnes or sundae dishes, useful things,
0:40:17 > 0:40:18and a nice jug.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22Ten pounds for the lot. And eight glasses. Ten for the lot? Five, then.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26Let's start at five. Got to be worth five. Nobody wants it at five pounds?
0:40:26 > 0:40:31Come on, five! Thank you. Lady's bid at five. Five, bid seated. Any more?
0:40:31 > 0:40:33At five, with the lady. At five.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37- Five pounds.- All done. - It's minus £23. £128.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41- Oh, dear!- OK, chaps. Don't be depressed about this.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45This is not how it ought to be, if I'm being perfectly honest.
0:40:45 > 0:40:50Minus 128 is not a reflection as to where you ought to be right now. OK?
0:40:50 > 0:40:53It's just the day. So what about the carriages?
0:40:53 > 0:40:56- Are you going to have a go at those? - Yes.- Yes, you've got to.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Well, now you've decided you're going with the bonus buy,
0:40:59 > 0:41:03I can reveal that the auctioneer's estimate is £30-50.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06She thinks they're really nice. By jingo, we need it!
0:41:06 > 0:41:07- And here it comes.- We do!
0:41:07 > 0:41:12227, a nice pair of scratch built Royal Mail type carriages.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Very heavy. £20 to start.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Any takers at 20? A nice pair of carriages here.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Very good quality, £20. Ten, then. Start me at ten.
0:41:20 > 0:41:2512 bid on the Net. At 12. At 12 now. At £12 on the Net. Is there any more?
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Last chance, selling at 12.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31- That's £12. That's minus £18.- Oh!- Ooh!
0:41:31 > 0:41:36- 128, 138... 146. Minus 146.- Oh!
0:41:36 > 0:41:39- Ooh!- Ouch!
0:41:39 > 0:41:44- Ouch!- Well, what can I say, chaps? Just cry into our beer, I guess.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46- Anyway, don't say a word to the Reds.- No.- No.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48All will be revealed in a moment.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Just go outside looking jolly and...confident.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03- Well, that was fun, wasn't it? - Yes!- Oh, yes!
0:42:03 > 0:42:08If you like having your toenails removed with a pair of pliers!
0:42:08 > 0:42:12Anyway, it's no secret that no teams have made any profits today,
0:42:12 > 0:42:16but there is a vast chasm of losses between the two teams.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20The team that has done particularly badly are the Blues,
0:42:20 > 0:42:23who managed to lose £146...
0:42:23 > 0:42:25LAUGHTER
0:42:25 > 0:42:28..whereas the Reds have only managed to lose £12.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31You could have gone with the bonus buy!
0:42:31 > 0:42:35There is a factor of ten in this! But I don't propose to dwell on it.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38- I simply want to ask you, Blues, did you have a good time?- Brilliant!
0:42:38 > 0:42:42- Brilliant!- And, Reds, you chatty sisters. Are you happy? - Yes!- Absolutely brilliant!
0:42:42 > 0:42:46- You did have a profit, though.- Yes. - Your telescope made you a profit of £20,
0:42:46 > 0:42:50- which was vastly wiped out in very short order.- Yes.
0:42:50 > 0:42:55- But you had a nice time.- Yes. - Fantastic.- You've been great sports. We've loved having you on the show.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59- In fact, join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?- ALL: Yes!
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