Horncastle 16 Bargain Hunt

Today we're in Horncastle, in the heart of the Lincolnshire Wolds

and home also to a plethora of antiques shops.

So, what are we waiting for?

Let's go bargain-hunting. Yeah!

The market town of Horncastle was once famous for its horse fair.

Now it's antiques that draw the crowds.

But our teams today are going to have to go at full gallop

if they're going to get around all the shops in this town

in only one hour.

Here's a quick peek at what they got up to.

The Reds think that they can ballroom-dance their way to success.

-One, two...

-Cha-cha-cha!

Whilst the Blues rely on superstition to get the best price.

Well, 53...I'm not joking,

is my lucky number.

-Oh, well!

-So can we do that?

-It's her lucky number.

-Well, if it's your lucky number, then OK.

Let's meet today's teams.

Well, how lovely is this?

One of our teams today is made up of good friends Jennifer and Wendy,

and the others, Sue and Graham, are a happily married couple.

-Hello, everyone.

-ALL: Hello.

Now, how did you meet, you two girls? Jennifer?

Well, we're both ballroom and Latin dancers

with our respective partners,

and we met at a social.

-Did you?

-Yes.

Was it slow, slow, quick, quick, slow?

-And a bit of Latin in between.

-Oh, I see.

And since you've retired, I believe you've got your dream job?

I have, yes. I work in a Jacobean mansion

as a sort of assistant tour guide.

It's beautiful and it's furnished with 17th-century...

-Exquisite things?

-Yes, beautiful.

Do you find you're learning all the time?

Yes. I mean, it's history,

and some schoolchildren come and they enjoy dressing up

and being in it. It's a wonderful way to teach children history.

Yes, it is. History through objects.

It's something I try to do nearly every day of the week.

Now, tell me, Wendy, what do you do, darling?

Well, I do voluntary work for Cancer Research.

I work in the shop in Shirley, Solihull.

-Is that a charity shop?

-It is.

-So how do you sort out

all the valuables that come through the front door?

Well, when we have a lot of antiques, we have a chap called Tony

and he tells us all about them, tells us all the little things,

-quirky things about them.

-And does he tell you what they're worth?

-Yes, he does.

-Crikey! You're an expert, then, Wendy!

Not... Well...

Oh, don't you be modest with me.

You've been picking up all these tips from Tony.

You're going to be ruling the roost today. I should think

these poor old Blues are quaking in their boots about that!

So what's your favourite period or type of antique?

I like, um...

jewellery and I like sort of figurines -

you know, fob watches...

The smaller type of antiques, as opposed to the large furniture.

-Something you can put in your pocket.

-Yes.

Yeah, I know!

Exactly.

Anyway, I think you're going to do terribly, terribly well today on Bargain Hunt.

-I hope you're going to be happy.

-Thank you.

Well, there's some secrets come to the fore, isn't it?

So, tell me, Sue, how did you meet Graham?

-We met in a pub.

-Did you?

-Nine years ago.

So I was with a group of friends, and we were just leaving, and I just

saw a man who was literally head and shoulders above everybody else.

Certainly is! He's a big lad.

-He caught my eye.

-He caught your eye.

-He did.

And what was the other thing that impressed you about him,

-apart from his size?

-Motorbikes!

Yeah, when we got talking, we found out we've got a common interest in motorbikes.

Is that one of your hobbies?

It is, yeah. Our first date was on a motorbike.

-Was it?

-Yeah. So he picked me up the next day

and we went out for the afternoon.

-I felt very safe.

-Did you?

-Yeah.

-That's lovely.

Now, Graham, it says here you used to be in the Army.

Yes. I got out the Army in 1991.

I've had various jobs since then.

And now I work on a chicken farm. I work on a free-range egg farm.

-Now, I gather you both live on a houseboat.

-Yes.

-Is it fun?

-Yeah.

-It's brilliant.

It's a different way of life completely from what we were used to.

-So you sold up the house and moved onto the boat?

-Sold everything.

Did you? Oh, gosh.

It's lovely. We've converted it so it's nice and comfortable.

It's got a nice wood-burning stove on it, so it's nice and warm.

So you obviously get on well in tight places.

Are you going to get on well today on Bargain Hunt?

I hope so, yeah. We're confident.

Probably not!

We've got different views on different things.

Oh, you're perfectly sweet, anyway.

Right, now, here comes the cash -

£300 apiece. There's your £300.

You know the rules. Your experts await.

And off you go! Very, very, very good luck.

Weighing up the profits for the Reds, we have Paul Laidlaw.

And spinning a yarn for the Blues, it's Claire Rawle.

-So what shall we look for today?

-If we see a profit in it, we'll buy it.

That sounds good to me. We'd better get in here, see if we can find some bargains! Come on.

-Here we are.

-Oh, my goodness! This is amazing.

Look at that! Wonderful.

Start picking stuff up. That is what we're here to do.

Yes, and there are only 60 minutes in which to do it.

So get going, teams!

Ah, I think Paul might have spotted something.

This is a well-made object. What does it do?

As I understand it, a mould for making ices.

That's like sorbets or ice creams.

I can't tell you. Maybe both.

Nice maker here.

Very nicely formed.

They've even milled the edge of that brass foot there.

But look - copper on the outside,

tinned on the inside.

And that is to stop the copper tainting the foodstuff.

Fruit acids would attack these.

And that will be a Victorian specimen.

I love it.

I think it's brilliant.

As you say, it's got markings along here.

You guys are way more enthusiastic than I thought!

We should cut to the chase.

To those that know what that is,

it's worth £30, £40.

Excellent.

And it's priced at...

-16.

-£16.

Your problem is, I kicked off by saying, "To those that know what it is."

To most people, even auction-goers,

it's another copper pot that they don't care about.

It's a good thing in the right hands, but I think it's too niche.

-Shall we pop that down?

-We could think about it.

Yes, we could think about it later.

Well, that broke the ice, at least.

And there's still plenty of time to spend that £300.

What about barge-dwellers Susan and Graham?

Is anything floating their boat?

I quite like the swans,

because we've got a pair of mating swans that live at the mooring.

So the fact you've got friendly swans is key to your buying?

-Yeah!

-Great.

Ah! But what else has Susan spotted?

-Is it a barometer?

-Yeah, that's an aneroid barometer.

OK...

That's nice quality, isn't it?

Yeah.

-Shall I get that one down?

-Please.

-That'd be good,

cos you're a bit taller than the rest of us. Let's have a look.

OK, it's late Victorian.

It's an aneroid barometer,

so rather than having lots of mercury in it,

which spills out, which a lot of the bigger barometers have,

these are really more the air pressure working within that disc

you see at the back.

And it's nice, actually, to see the workings.

-It's a tidy thing.

-It's lovely, isn't it?

-It is pretty.

Good dial on it.

Rather Gothic-y looking text on it.

I think it's a nice thing.

Again, it's like a lot of things -

they don't sell as well as they used to.

I'd expect it to make about this at auction.

Really ought to make about 30,

so that is... That's giving us a bit of a chance, isn't it?

Let's go and find the man

and see if we can do a deal on this one.

-Find the man, see if we can.

-Brilliant!

Aha! This is the gentleman we need to speak to.

What would your best price be on that?

32.

Hmm, got to get it down a bit below that.

How about...come up a bit?

-At least beginning with a 2.

-Yeah.

25?

Absolute death is 30 quid.

Can't go a penny below that.

-Can't do 28?

-Can't do 28.

-What do you feel on that, you guys?

-We really like it, so, yeah.

30 OK?

-Yeah.

-Happy with that?

-Yeah.

Thank you very much.

Deal done on the barometer, all indications are good so far, Blues.

And are those Reds knuckling down to business,

or simply having a ball?

-One, two...

-Cha-cha-cha!

This is walking!

BOTH: One, two, cha-cha-cha!

-ALL LAUGH

-What?!

This isn't Strictly Come Bargain Hunting, you know!

You've two, haven't you?

Late 19th century would be my bet.

Jennifer's good at spotting things like this.

Milk glass.

-Oh, it's milk glass?

-Yep.

Now, pressed glass is the collective title for moulded glass.

Could be made in the northeast.

It could be Davidson's.

Rather a nice...

Rather nice. What are they?

A pair of bon-bon dishes, do we think?

I don't know. But £12 - I mean...

a pair.

I've got to be honest with you - it's a steal.

-If somebody wanted them.

-But again...

Yeah, that's it.

This is an out-of-fashion field.

But I don't want to talk you out of this.

Proper antique.

This is a plus, OK?

-Yes.

-A pair - uncommon.

-They are pretty. Can I have a little hold?

-Of course.

What did you say they were - £12, was it?

£12 the pair.

I mean, what are they worth?

They're worth £20, £30 at auction.

So we could make a bit of a profit if two people want them.

They would make a bit of a profit.

Look...

-we've seen two things...

-Two things that are cheap as chips.

I've just seen another thing. Hold on.

-Oh, no!

-It's very similar.

It might be a no-go, but look - pressed milk glass are us!

-Look at the quality in that.

-Oh, gosh, yes.

What does that celebrate?

Is there a rose in there? It's the union.

The thistle...

Is there a shamrock?

Clearly, we have a rose, a shamrock and a thistle.

Emblematic of the union of Ireland,

England and Scotland.

And wasn't that Act of Union passed in 1707?

-Is my history anywhere near right?

-Yes, that's about right.

So I'm thinking to myself, if we were...

IF we were celebrating an anniversary,

it could be 1907,

which is just plausible.

And if you missed that at home,

this could have been made around 1907

to commemorate the bicentenary

of the Act of Union.

Look at that for a wee trio of pressed glass.

-We need to do this.

-We do.

We're talking enough - we need to get this nailed.

It looks as if Paul's created his own Act of Union

with these pieces.

We were wondering whether we could offer you 15 for the three?

If that would be possible.

-Unfortunately, 18 would be the best price.

-OK.

Well, I still think 18's quite good.

That's what the man said. I think you take it or leave it.

-It's a decent price.

-We'll take it.

-Three different items.

-I think you're going to take it.

ALL LAUGH

-We are.

-You are going to take it?

OK, thanks very much.

Thanks very much.

Marvellous. It's a hat-trick for the Reds.

We've really enjoyed it so far. You can't imagine how exciting it is

when you see something and hear it's actually worth something. We might have found a bargain!

I tell you what - enthusiasm, we're drowning in it.

Jennifer, Wendy - fantastic. Give me them any time.

But there's not quite so much enthusiasm

on the Blue team at the moment.

How do those grab you, down there?

Er...I'm not keen.

-Crown Derby.

-Not keen.

-OK.

-You are going to have to make up your mind soon.

-I know.

We've only got 25 minutes left,

and we've got two to find.

So focus.

Just don't get into a flutter, Blues.

That's caught my eye. I don't know what you think about that.

Very often made in South America or places

where they have these exotic butterflies.

-Very, very pretty.

-Looks like feathers.

See if you can get it off there, so I don't knock down...

I'll get one side, you get the other.

-Feel how heavy that is!

-It's got glass in it, so it's quite heavy.

Now, these - they do sell.

And there's no legislation against selling this type of butterfly.

They were made very much as souvenirs.

Brought back in the 1930s, '40s.

You see all sorts of things, and they do sell reasonably well.

Yes, these common tropical butterflies are not endangered,

and this tray was made before 1948,

so according to international CITES regulations

of the wildlife trade, it can be legally bought and sold.

So...

-Do you think there'll be much profit in it?

-There'll be a bit.

It's got £50 on it.

It should make that at auction. I've seen them make more than that.

-Right.

-And it's a good mixed auction we're going to,

and it's in good order,

so if we can get a bit off that...

-Let's see the man.

-Find him again.

-Yeah.

-OK, let's find the man.

We've spotted this.

So Graham and Sue are now going to...

do a deal.

We're thinking round about £35.

£35... I could do it for £45 for you.

-Meet in the middle - 40?

-I'll tell you what - 44.

44, yeah?

Try it if you want.

I can see he's sold on this one, isn't he(?)

Yeah, go for it.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Right.

-No problem at all.

-Cheers!

-Thank you very much.

Meanwhile, those Reds are still on the razzle.

Oh, my goodness, this is just amazing.

-Filled to the rafters, isn't it?

-Wow!

Never mind how beautiful the shop is -

you need to find two more items, Reds.

And it seems as though some cut glass has caught Paul's eye.

I think Scandinavian,

-probably 1970s.

-Right.

Very nice quality of glass they use

and it is wheel-cut,

so these aren't moulded, they're individually crafted.

That looks like it could be a Koster piece.

Koster is a quality Swedish glassmaker.

Let's hope it doesn't "Koster" fortune.

Sweet little girl there.

Teardrop in her eyes.

Look at that - it's amazing.

Oh, yes, can you see her?

That's brilliant.

Hand-cut.

Not etched from a mould.

-Do you like these?

-We do.

We do, definitely, yes.

I think I heard you muttering to yourselves, "Which one?"

I think we think bigger than that.

Could we take the lot, then?

Take them all?

Can there be...

one, two, three, four five... If we took five of them...?

We could call it around 55.

How about buy one, get one free, eh?

Sell us the lot for 40 quid!

50.

-I'm not going to do it for 40.

-Shake the man's hand.

Good work, team. 15 minutes to find your final item now.

Right...

The Blues are feeling the pressure.

Ah, could this Victorian tea urn do the job?

Tea urn...

It is quite nice.

Shall I get it down for you?

Let's have a look and see.

The only thing with copper and brass is people don't like cleaning it.

-That would just be decorative.

-It is quite decorative. It's £22.

It's not a huge amount.

And then they might negotiate reasonably well here.

Or do you want something a bit more...?

If you could get that down... If we could get it for, sort of,

maybe 10 or 12, there's some profit in that one, definitely.

These are selling quite well.

I'm going to try and get it down without destroying it.

That is actually not bad.

It's not the right globe on it.

That looks more modern.

But to be honest,

get that off it...

They've got £38 on it,

which is not bad.

But it's got a nice decorative base on it.

I mean, you might even negotiate for the two.

-If you wanted two.

-As one lot?

-Yeah.

But whilst the Blues are trying to get a good price

for the tea urn and lamp,

is realisation dawning on the Reds?

-Ten minutes.

-Yes, ten minutes.

Ten?! That's not enough!

And it's five minutes to get back to shop number one,

for that copper mould, if we want it.

Three minutes here. Quick!

Is there anything? And then we cross the road.

-Right, go!

-Go!

Going nowhere!

Going nowhere!

-Panicking, panicking!

-I know.

-We're not allowed to have any of that.

-No.

Let's just take the eagle.

Do I detect a note of panic?

We are panicking.

No need to panic. We've got a fallback. We've got a plan.

You know what they say about best-laid plans...

Oh, well, never mind. Meanwhile, have the Blues got the deal

they were hoping for on the tea urn and lamp?

The best you're going to get from me is 10%. And that is it.

You'll get 54... Six quid off. 53...

I'm not joking, is my lucky number.

-Ah, well.

-Can we do that?

Yeah, if it's her lucky number...

Well, if it's your lucky number, then OK. I'll give you an extra pound.

I think that's a deal!

40's my lucky number!

-Excellent.

-It's not that lucky!

-Well done. Thank you very much indeed.

-All right. A pleasure.

Thanks for all your help.

Congratulations, Blues.

You've bagged all your bargains.

The situations we get ourselves in!

But the Reds are up against it,

having left choosing their final purchase

to the very last moment.

-So this is it, yes?

-Yes.

-OK.

-The first thing we saw.

-Absolutely.

John... It is.

The first thing we saw, but then again, we did walk away from it.

OK! That's fair enough.

Best price?

£14.

Right...how much was it? 16.

16.

-Well...

-It's more than 10%.

-It's a deal!

-Thank you very much.

-It's a deal.

Lovely, thank you.

Cheers, John. Pleasure.

-We've done it!

-Well done, ladies!

ALL CHEER

The plan came good in the end.

Time's up!

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

The Reds paid a humble £18 for three pieces of Victorian milk glass.

This collection of Scandinavian art glass

caught their eye for a tidy £50.

And for £14, they scooped up a copper and brass ice cream mould.

-We had a fabulous day.

-We had a lovely day.

-It was great.

-It was great.

-And thank you for all your help.

-How fantastic is this?

Do the girls ever stop talking?

It's been a quick hour!

I bet it has.

Anyway, which piece is going to bring the biggest profit?

-Well, I think the milk glass is going to...

-Milk glass, yes.

What did you spend in total?

-Did you blow the lot?

-No.

-We were very frugal.

-Very, very frugal.

BOTH: £82.

On all three?

-On all three items?

-Yes.

We have nine items.

Really? We normally have the three, you see.

But £82 on nine items.

-We wanted to give him all the money.

-Yes.

So we have £218...

There we go. £218.

Never in the annals of Bargain Hunt

have I handed over quite so much left-over lolly!

I seriously think you ought to go and buy the entire contents

of one of these shops with all of that.

-Anyway...

-Do come back, won't you?

Very, very good luck with that.

Meanwhile, why don't we check out what those Blue fellas bought, eh?

The Blues gambled £30 on this turn-of-the-century

aneroid barometer.

The 1930s butterfly-wing tray

flew off the shelf for £44.

And £53 was splashed out on a late 19th-century tea urn

and oil lamp.

Now, Graham, which is your favourite piece?

-I think the barometer is favourite.

-Was it?

-What about you, Susan?

-I agree with that, yeah.

Very good. The pressure's rising.

-Is that going to bring the biggest profit?

-No!

I don't think so.

-We think the tray. Well, I think the tray.

-You think the tray.

I think the urn and the oil lamp.

Lovely. I like a split decision.

OK, now, what did you spend in total?

£127.

£127.

That means £173.

Yes? £173.

Well, there's a fistful of dollars for Claire Rawle.

Lots of lolly for me.

-Darling, what are you going to do with that?

-I have a few ideas,

but I'm going to keep them under my hat at the moment.

You're such a coy one, you really are!

Anyway, have a good time doing it.

Meanwhile, I'm heading off somewhere absolutely fabulous.

This is Tredegar House, near Newport in South Wales.

Before it became a visitor attraction in the 1970s,

it had been privately owned for over 400 years.

But what's a house, eh, without servants?

At any given time,

there would have been about 100 staff working at Tredegar.

They waited upon table,

looked after the hounds and the horses,

laboured in the fields and tended the gardens.

From the end of the 17th century,

certain parts of the house were divided for the servants' use,

all according to their function.

This is described as the housekeeper's room,

and she was an incredibly important person

in the day-to-day running of the house.

She was responsible for all the female staff,

with the exception of the few around the cook

in the kitchens.

She was responsible for the entire cleaning of the house

and also all the linens.

And she had control, in her housekeeper's cupboards,

of certain important provisions.

The housekeeper's cupboard itself is interesting.

This is just an example of domestic joinery, if you like,

but it could date from around 1700 or so.

Big panelled doors

kept aloft by these large wrought-iron H-form hinges.

Inside...

typical housekeeper's arrangement.

All her preserves and bits and bobs up above,

but interesting - these six drawers have survived intact.

So you'd think these things

were immediately connected with the kitchen, which they are,

but the cook would have to come to the housekeeper

to get her supply of these expensive ingredients.

Equally expensive and next door

would be the housekeeper's supply of soap and candles.

Candles, of course, came in all sorts of varieties,

the cheapest being tallow -

literally made from the fat rendered from animals.

They might cost tuppence a pound, to the most expensive,

which came from the frontal cortex of a whale,

and they could cost as much as £10 a pound.

They were expensive

because they burned with a particularly white, bright light.

One of the great entertainments

for the servants here at Tredegar

was the servants' ball,

held traditionally on Twelfth Night -

the twelfth night after Christmas,

when a specially laid timber floor would be put down

and to start the proceedings, Lord Tredegar

would invite the housekeeper to join him for the first dance.

He'd then disappear and they'd enjoy the rest of the evening,

which apparently went on until 6am in the morning -

about the time some of the servants had to start their work.

The big question today of course for our contestants is,

what sort of a ball are they about to have over at the auction?

It's very nice to be at Golding Young & Mawer's saleroom in Lincoln,

with my old mucker John Leatt.

-Welcome to Lincoln.

-Thank you very much. Lovely to be back.

First up for the Reds are these three pieces

of opaque white glass.

Now, I don't know much about this stuff,

but I do know that the blue is the most popular.

The blue or the Vaseline, which is the yellow,

-which is always very popular.

-Right.

-Do you rate these white ones, though?

-They're in lovely condition.

There's a pair, which is always nice to see.

Um, so, no, I...rate them to a level, certainly, yes.

-How much, then?

-Between £15 and £20.

Great. £18 paid, so they're on the button there. That's fantastic.

Next is the rather impressive group of five bits of Scandinavian glass,

all beautifully engraved.

That's quite unusual, isn't it?

Nice little collection, I have to say.

We've got four pieces by Stromberg and one by Koster in Sweden,

so an interesting little lot.

How much for the lot?

Between £30 and £50.

Well, they paid £50, so they might just get out of jail quick.

Next is the ice cream or sorbet maker.

Kitchenalia, is that any good here in Lincoln?

Yes, there are very specialist collectors in the area that love kitchenalia.

It's copper with tin lining.

It's got the maker's mark on it.

And it would have been, I guess, in its day an expensive item?

Absolutely, yes.

And it's a good quality copper,

lovely condition.

I've seen so many of them without the lids.

This one has got the lid down on the base, it screws in.

So it's not a bad-looking thing.

-So what's it worth?

-Between £25 and £40.

-Well, they paid £14, so that should be their banker.

-I hope so.

I fancy they might need the Bonus Buy, though,

so let's go and have a look at it.

Now, Jennifer, Wendy, this is your moment to star.

You only spent a miserable £82.

And you gave Paul Laidlaw £218. Paul, what did you spend it on?

-Ladies, we started off rather mundane in our shopping.

-We did.

-We wanted some glamour, didn't we?

-We did.

I think I found it.

What do you think that could be?

A lipstick?

Yes!

Well spotted.

Silver, English, assayed,

Art Deco influence...

I've got to say that. Look at the geometry. Handle it.

Use it.

-Can we open it?

-Of course. We must!

Oh, there is one inside, look!

1945.

And that does it for me.

Historically, that is such an important year, of course.

And I think...I fantasise or I imagine

some RAF officer returning from the war...

-Oh, romance!

-He wants to bring his sweetheart or wife something.

-It's romantic!

-It's just such an evocative period.

So, we daren't ask, but how much have you spent?

£24!

BOTH: NO!

-What do you think of that?

-Fantastic.

-Brilliant.

-Well, I'm leaning towards this very much.

-Good!

We definitely are.

-I think you should.

-Yes, we will. Thank you!

Funny how you girls love it now you know it's cheap!

ALL LAUGH

Well, thank you.

-Thank you.

-Pure brilliance.

Let's not count any chickens before they hatch.

But right now, for the audience at home,

let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Paul's lipstick.

Nice shade.

OK, John, there's a little something for you for the weekend.

-Thank you very much.

-Go tripping out in Lincoln.

Round the clubs.

Solid silver, eh?

Absolutely. Hallmarked, Birmingham, 1945.

It's got a little yellow metal thumb piece there,

which we assume is gold, but is unmarked.

But again, good gauge,

interesting thing.

Condition's in its favour.

It's quite a collectable item.

How much?

Between £30 and £50.

OK, £24 paid by the ever-cunning Paul Laidlaw.

It just shows this man is able to buy almost anything

in any department

and hopefully make a profit out of it.

Which is great.

Anyway, that's it for the Reds. Now for the Blues.

A little more traditional.

The aneroid barometer. Every hallway had one of these

for a couple of generations, didn't it?

It did. I think every saleroom has one as well!

Do you rate this one?

It's a pretty ordinary one as they go,

although it's in fantastic condition.

I can't fault the condition, but it's not the rarest of items.

-How much do you think it's worth?

-Between £15 and £25.

OK, £30 paid.

Could be slightly stormy conditions, I feel, ahead.

Particularly when we move on to the butterfly tray.

It's pre-1950s, almost certainly 1930s or '40s.

How do you possibly value something like this?

-Seen them before?

-I've seen them before.

I've seen various different versions of this

on the market over a period of time,

so we're probably talking about £15 to £25 again.

OK, £44 paid.

OK, lastly, we've got the copper tea urn and the brass oil lamp.

-I guess the best of it's the oil lamp, isn't it?

-I think so.

It's not the original shade, but the base is all that it should be.

Because...tea urns?!

What do you do with a tea urn?

You could take the lid off and put a plant in it.

You could, um...

Scrap it? You could melt it down.

Horrible thought, but... I would hope not.

No. How much do you think it's worth for the two?

Between £15 and £25.

I had a funny feeling you were going to say that. £53 paid.

This looks to me as if it could be a bloodbath,

in which case, they're going to need their Bonus Buy,

so let's go and have a look at it.

Well, Graham, Susan, this is your moment.

Clairey went off with your £173,

which is a good old wodge.

What did you buy, Claire?

I bought...

Ta-da!

What do you think it is?

-A lamp?

-You're not far wrong.

-A heater?

-Yes, absolutely spot-on - it's a heater.

It's a car heater, OK?

Dates from about the 1930s.

Where we take it for granted these days

we have antifreeze in our engines,

they didn't back in the 1930s and '40s.

So in the winter, the cold weather,

there's a good chance that your engine would freeze overnight.

So a lot of people actually used to drain them,

so that you didn't crack it.

So this was an answer.

-I like that.

-I thought you might.

It's a practical item, isn't it?

And it had a naked flame in it,

hence the gauze so that you didn't, hopefully,

set fire to your garage and your motor car.

And it just kept an ambient warmth in there

to stop the water from freezing.

And I thought it'd appeal to you, Graham,

because you do like practical things.

It was £28.

£28.

And there should be some profit in that.

They're very collectable, it's a quirky item...

and I really think there should be profit in that.

And this is listed on the internet, this sale, so...

Exactly, so collectors will be out there

and anyone that's interested in it

will be looking on their computer and up it'll pop.

-Yeah.

-I like it.

-What do you think about it, Susan?

Yeah, at first I thought, "Oh, it's not bling, it's not shiny,"

but actually I do quite like it.

And I like it because it's rare.

Yes. I mean, it is on the blokey end of collectable,

but, you know... Anyway, very good. Well done, Claire.

That's marvellous. Well done for that.

Why don't we find out right now, for the audience at home,

what the auctioneer thinks about Claire's heater?

Right then, John Leatt.

There we go - a little bit of automobilia for you.

It's made by Powell and Hanmer of Birmingham.

When does it date from, John?

London, 1945.

That's what the collectors like, isn't it?

-All the period pieces.

-They do.

Absolutely. It's got a lot going for it.

It's an unusual item

and condition is very good again.

-What's your estimate?

-Between £30 and £60.

Well, there you go. Clever old Rawle has found it for £28.

Let's hope that she gets a bit of success,

and you can warm them up, John!

Jennifer, Wendy, how are you feeling?

-Very confident.

-Confident, yes.

-You're excited, aren't you?

-We are.

-Yes.

We bought low and we're going to make profit.

-£18 you paid on your opaque glass, pressed glass jugs.

-Yes.

He's estimated those at £15 to £30, so that's nicely in the middle.

Here it comes.

Press-moulded glass, three examples - a pair and a single.

£15. At £15. Start me at £15.

Come on!

Who'll start me at £15? £10, then.

I'll come down to £10.

At £10, will you?

At £10. Interest at £10?

-At £10, anybody?

-Please!

£5, then?

Ouch!

£5 in front.

At £5. Yours at £5.

Anyone else at £5?

No, please, no!

£8 on the internet.

At £8.

Anybody else at £8?

At £8, anybody else?

All done and selling at £8. All done?

-No!

-Oh, that's rubbish!

Oh, no!

That's minus £10.

-Minus £10?

-They were beautiful.

-Never mind.

We'll claw it all back now. You watch.

Scandinavian art glass. This one here.

Five of those. Who'll start me at £30?

At £30, start me, will you?

At £30, will you start me at £30?

At £30, will you, at £30?

£20, then.

Straight in at £20, madam. £20.

Anyone else at £20?

Yours at £20. Anyone else at £20?

£22 on the internet.

£25.

At £25, in front of me in the room. At £25.

Yours at £25, madam. £25.

At £25. Out on the internet.

£25 in the room.

At £25. Anybody else at £25?

All done and selling, then.

I don't want to hear this.

That's minus £25.

That's minus £35.

Dear, oh, dear!

Don't rub it in!

Thanks for coming(!)

OK, now...

Sorbet/bombe mould,

and who'll start me at £20?

At £20, start me, will you?

At £20 for it. £20 for the mould.

At £20, will you? £15?

At £15?

This is awful!

At £15. Got you, madam, at £15.

At £15. Lady's bid at £15.

I've got £15 here.

-Anyone else?

-This is awful!

Anyone else at £15?

Anyone else at £15?

-Please!

-Well, you're in profit.

Anyone else? Not on the internet, not in the room. At £15.

All done at £15?

You've just made £1!

That is absolutely terrible!

I cannot believe...

Don't worry. You just made £1.

That's very good. That reduces your losses to minus £34.

How...? I cannot believe... Those items were so lovely!

I'm in your camp.

That's auctions.

-Aw!

-It just shows, you can't tell.

-What are we going to do? Are we going to go with the lipstick?

-I think so!

Absolutely. Small is beautiful. Yes.

-Like Wendy?

-Like both of us!

We like it.

We're going with it.

-Definitely.

-Lovely.

Well, now you've decided, I can tell you what his estimate is.

Not that that makes much difference! £30 to £50 he's estimated.

Paul paid £24. He reckons you could double your money on this.

Well, we'd better!

-Yes.

-Fingers crossed.

You're going with the lipstick holder, and here it comes.

Silver lipstick holder,

and I'm going to start it straight in at £15.

At £15. On commission at £18 and £20.

£22, £25.

At £25. With me at £25.

On a commission at £25.

At £25. £28 on the internet.

£20, on the net at £28.

I'm out at £28.

We need about £60.

£28 on the internet. At £28, all done?

£28. That's £4 profit. Well done, Paul.

£28 is plus £4, which means, overall, your score is minus £30.

-That could be a winning score today. Just don't say a word to the Blues, all right?

-We won't.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

So, Susan, Graham,

-do you know how the Reds got on?

-No idea.

-Very good.

Don't want you to know.

Your aneroid barometer... £30 you paid for that.

Clean as a whistle

and working, I think. He has estimated it at £15 to £25.

And here it comes.

I feel the pressure rising!

Lot 126, the German one. This one here.

£15 to start it.

At £15, will you?

At £15. Here at £15.

Anybody else at £15? At £15, will you?

£10, then. At £10, who'll start me?

At £10. Somebody start me at £10.

At £10? At £10?

£5, then?

Who'll get me going at £5?

Who'll start it at £5?

At £5? Thank you, sir.

At £8 now on the internet. We're off.

On the internet, £8. On the screen, £8.

Anyone else at £8?

At £10, will you?

£10, sir, at the back.

At the back at £10.

At £10, right at the back.

I think that's it.

Anybody else at £10?

All done at £10, then.

-Are you hovering? No? £10.

-That is minus £20.

That's quite something to take on the chin.

There we go. Now, butterfly wings.

Next lot, 127,

and I've got lots of interest on this item.

I'll start it straight in at £15.

Here with me at £15. £18. £20.

£22, £25, £28 and £30.

£32, £35.

At £35, here with me at £35.

Anyone else at £35?

On commission at £35.

At £35. £38 and £40.

£42 and £45.

-At £45.

-In profit!

At £45 here. £45.

Anyone else at £45? £48 and £50.

At £50, with me.

On a commission bid at £50.

I'll sell it at £50. All done at £50, then?

Yes! That's marvellous.

Hoorah-rah!

Anyway, plus £6.

Next is the tea urn and the lamp.

Who'll start me at £15?

Who'll start them? At £15, will you?

At £15 to start me, please. At £15.

Sir, straight in at £15.

At £18 on the internet already.

At £18. Anyone else at £18?

£20, sir? Thank you.

Paid £53.

With you at £20.

At £20, right at the back at £20.

At £20. £22.

One more? £25, thank you, sir.

£25 we'll take. £25 at the back.

At £25. At £25. At £25 at the back.

£28? I know you're hovering.

Are you going to come in?

£25 at the back.

Anyone else at £25?

All done?

£25. That is minus £28.

Minus £42 is where we're at.

-What about this car heater?

-Yes, please.

We're going with that, yeah?

We all love that.

-We love it.

-I think you were very clever to find that.

They deserve to make a decent profit.

Anyway, here it comes.

The under-car heater.

Good condition. Who's going to start me at £30?

At £30 for it, will you?

At £30. Who'll start me at £30?

£20, then? Good piece of automobilia at £20.

At £20, will you?

At £20?

£10, then? I know you've hovering. £10.

Show of hands. I'll take you - £12.

£14. £16.

£18. £20. £22.

£25.

-£28. £30.

-Yes!

Anyone else at £30?

At £30. Anyone else at £30?

At £30. At £30, all done?

At £30.

Selling at £30, all done.

We just got to his low estimate, Claire. £30.

But it gives you a profit of £2,

which is nothing to cry about.

Overall, you're minus £40.

Who knows, you Blues, today that could be a winning score,

so say not a word to the Reds.

-Well, what excitement! Been chatting at all between you?

-ALL: No!

No? Well, there are remarkable similarities between our teams' performance today.

Each team has managed to make a profit on one of the items

that it bought.

Each team went with the Bonus Buy,

and each expert made a profit on their Bonus Buy.

Each team is not going home with cash.

Because each team has managed to lose overall.

And there's only £10

between our teams today.

So is this exciting or is it exciting?

I mean, it's so exciting, I'm quite beside myself.

But I have to reveal that the runners-up today,

who are £10 more down the proverbial lavatory,

are, today, the Blues.

No!

Minus £40.

Which means that lot -

shrieker over here, our Wendy - is ahead.

Anyway, all those similarities

sadly added to a total of minus £40.

-Which wasn't really right, was it?

-That was good, for us!

We're proud, really.

And I think you should be proud of your tray, quite frankly,

because everybody was sniffy about that and it did jolly well.

And thank you for the car heater, Claire.

A resounding success, with a profit of £2!

A huge profit(!)

-Have you had a good time, Graham?

-Yes.

-Susan, been fun for you?

-Fantastic.

Thanks for being such good sports.

But the victors today, who win by only managing to lose £30,

are very, very happy with that,

which is great, actually.

You did have some unbelievably inexpensive objects

in your tally, didn't you?

How five pieces of Scandinavian glass could only sell for £5,

I just do not know.

It's robbery!

But anyway, the lipstick holder glued it all together for you,

which was very nice. Thank you, Paul Laidlaw, for that.

Anyway, we've had great fun.

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

ALL: YES!

I know you're sitting there thinking,

"I could have done better than that!"

Well, what's stopping you?

If you think you can spot a bargain,

go to our BBC website and apply.

It'll be splendid to see you!

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