0:00:07 > 0:00:11It's 12.15 and we're in Derby today,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14historic producer of textiles, porcelain
0:00:14 > 0:00:17and all sorts of manufactured goods,
0:00:17 > 0:00:20so it's an ideal place for us antique lovers.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Let's go bargain hunting, yeah!
0:00:49 > 0:00:56Industrial Derby has long spawned famous manufacturers, designers and craftsmen,
0:00:56 > 0:01:00but today, we want them to turn out some world-class bargain hunters,
0:01:00 > 0:01:04so let's have a quick squint at what's coming up.
0:01:04 > 0:01:10In today's programme, the Reds are sending Charlie Ross right round the bend.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Go and buy that chick for 120 quid. If you can, we'll have it.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Whilst the Blues leave Thomas Plant high and dry.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23You'll leave me with nothing, but that's great. Go on, off you go.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27So, without further ado, it's time to meet the teams.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32On today's show, we've got two mothers and two daughters.
0:01:32 > 0:01:38For the reds, Diane and Sian, and for the Blues, Jane and Liz. Hello, everyone. Hello. Hello!
0:01:38 > 0:01:42Now, Diane, I understand you and the daughter are very close.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Yes, we do lots of things together. We're very similar.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51We like to go shopping, we love coffee and we buy similar things.
0:01:51 > 0:01:58Since retiring, you've decided to go to space? The University of the Third Age? Sounds galactic to me!
0:01:58 > 0:02:03Not quite galactic, but very interesting. I'm a member of Burton upon Trent U3A.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08I do several different things with them. I do Line Dancing, I do Crafts and I do History.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13It's done for fun and to learn new things and to meet new people.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17And stimulate the old grey cells? Yes, keep me going into old age.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Sian, you're an education welfare officer. What does that mean?
0:02:21 > 0:02:24I support families and children to go to school.
0:02:24 > 0:02:30We deal with the whole spectrum from children who have missed because they've gone on lots of holidays
0:02:30 > 0:02:33all the way through to children who refuse to go to school completely.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Does it get upsetting for you sometimes? Sometimes.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41You grow quite fond of some of the families and children you work with,
0:02:41 > 0:02:45but it's a job and you're there to do a purpose. Absolutely.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48And to help people if you can. Absolutely. Good.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53It says here you're rather a crafty lady. In my spare time, I like to do lots of different crafts.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58I do my knitting, my embroidery, my bracelet making, my cushion cover making,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00anything to do in the evenings.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05Are you going to be going for crafty things perhaps in Bargain Hunt today?
0:03:05 > 0:03:11We've been thinking we might go for a bit of Denby Ware as we were brought up in that area.
0:03:11 > 0:03:17The Denby dinner services never break, do they? They do not. They're bullet-proof. They certainly are.
0:03:17 > 0:03:22And last for ever. Anyway, very good luck today, girls. Thank you.
0:03:22 > 0:03:28Now, moving on, Jane... Yes. It says here your mother is your best friend. Is that really true?
0:03:28 > 0:03:34Yes. My parents and I are very close. I'm an only child, so we've always done lots of things together.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38I've recently got married, so now it's kind of become a foursome.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41We all go out and do lots of things together.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46Your hobby has become your full-time passion. Tell us about that. I used to be a secretary.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49I decided to give up my job and do acting, which I love.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53I went for an audition in London and got the first audition I did.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Also, I've got my own little media company.
0:03:56 > 0:04:03We've just finished a film and we've submitted it to all the film festivals. Good. It's a short? Yeah.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Liz, you're a retired nurse. I am. What sort of nursing did you do?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10A bit of everything. I always wanted to be a nurse.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13I went into hospital when I was four and never wanted to do anything else.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16When I was 21 and got my state registration,
0:04:16 > 0:04:20I'd achieved my life's ambition and I had to rethink my life.
0:04:20 > 0:04:26I did industrial nursing for 14 years and then I had Jane and I went into family planning.
0:04:26 > 0:04:32I ended up as a practice nurse doing an odd session of vasectomies. Gosh! That was the fun part of the job.
0:04:32 > 0:04:38You've done family planning and vasectomies. That's covering the spectrum. Bit of light relief there.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42You might think it's light relief. Not necessarily for everybody!
0:04:42 > 0:04:46What sort of things are you going to go with? We'll buy big.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Spend it all? Yes. We want to blow the lot.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54I love this fighting talk. Now the money moment. ?300 apiece. There is your ?300.
0:04:54 > 0:05:00You know the rules, your experts await and off you go and very, very, very good luck! Snip, snip.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08Banging the drum for the Reds, it's that old charmer Charlie Ross.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11And taking the Blues on a whistle-stop tour of the fair,
0:05:11 > 0:05:13it's tuneful Thomas Plant.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Girls, who's the expert? Both of you? Absolutely.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Now, are we excited? Yes, we are. We are indeed.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27What will we be looking for? I'm going to look for furniture.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Pottery. Old-fashioned things, pretty things.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35A little table or something, but I've seen so many other things, I think I'll just let it rip.
0:05:35 > 0:05:41Old-fashioned things? Yes. What about me? Do you think you'll make much profit at auction?
0:05:41 > 0:05:47I love your comment, "Let it rip." Let's go. Let's tear it up. Come on. Ooh-er!
0:05:47 > 0:05:55Let's head off somewhere and have a look. Off we go.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03Isn't that fabulous? Yeah. That's a necessaire or an etui.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07It's for ladies to carry around all their necessary bits
0:06:07 > 0:06:10that ladies need when they're going out.
0:06:10 > 0:06:16I think my necessaire would have to be bigger. Your necessaire would have to be truly enormous.
0:06:16 > 0:06:22More like a golf trolley. That's the one. Steady on, Charlie! They've got wonderful repousse decoration.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25I'm not surprised to see that this is ?850.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29We have rather expensive tastes. You do have expensive tastes.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34I'm quite good at negotiation, but that's a step too far.
0:06:34 > 0:06:40If you started negotiating this down to our budget, this lady would have every right in kicking us out.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44OK, we'll leave it at that. It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.
0:06:44 > 0:06:52And it's well outside your price range for sure.
0:06:52 > 0:06:59What a good-looking thing! Do people still use them to divide their rooms up now? Yeah, they do.
0:06:59 > 0:07:06I think somebody would. It's a good thing.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10The ticket says it's Edwardian mahogany, so you're looking at 1900s, 1920s.
0:07:10 > 0:07:17Look at... I like it. There are no chips. It's been re-waxed, probably just polished up a little bit.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20And you've got these lovely hinges on the back here.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I do like this, actually.
0:07:22 > 0:07:28I think the quality is really nice. I think we're going to go for it, but let's get a deal.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32I'm going to go, "Do you know what? Slight scuffing..."
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Come on then. What would be a price? It's 125. 125.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41Just see what the best is and then work at it. Yeah, then I shall offer a tenner.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45Are you going to do this? I love the fact that you're off... Off you go.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49I'm not sure a tenner will go down too well with the dealer.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53Meanwhile, Charlie is trying to tempt the Reds with some Tartanware.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58Have you found something over there? It's not for me. This is not for you? Oh, no.
0:07:58 > 0:08:04That's such a shame because I love a bit of Tartanware, being originally from Scotland. Or Mauchline Ware?
0:08:04 > 0:08:17No, no, not my thing at all, Mr Ross.
0:08:17 > 0:08:27What would be... What have we got on it? 125.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Hmm...
0:08:29 > 0:08:36Well, all right.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41We'll go for it. Come on. I think we should go for it. We'll go for it.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Thank you very much. Thank you very much.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Thank you. Thank you.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52Oh, Thomas is sharing the love as ever.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Meanwhile, the Reds are falling in love with some Art Deco. Or is it?
0:08:56 > 0:09:03Sian, what do you think about that cabinet? I really like it. It's very stylish. You haven't seen a price?
0:09:03 > 0:09:07195. I think we do need to check it's of the period.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Yes. Because if it isn't and it's a reproduction one,
0:09:10 > 0:09:13then I think we have to dismiss it.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17If it is Deco, it's actually even at 195 worth the money. Yeah. OK.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21It's extraordinary. It is veneered absolutely everywhere.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Mint condition. It's definitely of the period.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Why didn't the old man spot that?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Young eyes.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33It's a good chunk of our money, but we're here for a bit of fun.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Yes. Let's get it for 150, Charlie.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Don't tell them we've fallen in love with it. I think she knows.
0:09:39 > 0:09:44We were so busy looking at that, then your clock, do you know what we didn't look at?
0:09:44 > 0:09:49Your cabinet. We love the way it's mirrored along the bottom. It's lovely.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54You must be fed up with the sight of it. I am. You don't have to take that tone.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59I'm pulling your leg! I lure you into a false sense of security about getting it cheap.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04So, um... Have you got a nice, chunky profit left in that?
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Um... 170 is...
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Oh, we were looking closer to the 150 for it.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Well, let's split it - 160.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16155? Go on then.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Happy, girls? Happy. Very happy.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22My dear, you're wonderful. Thank you. Thank you very much.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26We're thrilled with our purchase. Absolutely. I like a happy customer.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30You've got three happy customers in one easy move.
0:10:30 > 0:10:39No kiss for Charlie then.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Life is extraordinary. You spend half a lifetime looking for one old bird
0:10:43 > 0:10:46and all of a sudden, you come across three.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Actually, a family of three cranes,
0:10:50 > 0:10:55except they're not just ordinary cranes, they're Japanese cranes,
0:10:55 > 0:10:57made of cast bronze
0:10:57 > 0:11:01and I guess probably cast around about 1880,
0:11:01 > 0:11:03so Meiji period.
0:11:03 > 0:11:11Now, for the Japanese, the crane occupies a special mythological significance in their lives.
0:11:11 > 0:11:16They believe, for example, that every crane lives for 1,000 years.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19It's therefore an emblem of longevity,
0:11:19 > 0:11:22also fidelity and good luck.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24What I like about these
0:11:24 > 0:11:27is how beautifully they're made
0:11:27 > 0:11:29and the very, very good condition.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33As you look carefully at each of them, the colour is special.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36These have been outside in all weathers
0:11:36 > 0:11:43and this greenish oxidisation has taken place over the last 80 to 120 years.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45I think they're drop-dead gorgeous.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49What are they worth?
0:11:49 > 0:11:53Well, this family could have been yours in an auction down the road for ?700.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Is that expensive for all three?
0:11:56 > 0:12:00In this condition? I don't think so.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03What do you think, Beaky?
0:12:03 > 0:12:10Back to the Reds and the Blues, two teams who really seem to know what they want. How very refreshing!
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Have we satisfied you? Yes. You feel sated on the furniture front?
0:12:13 > 0:12:18I think Mum has been satisfied now and I want to find some silver. OK.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23Tell me why you love Denby. I was brought up where Denby Pottery is.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Let's have a look then. Any type of silver?
0:12:26 > 0:12:30I was thinking of silver jewellery because it always sells quite well.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Come on, Denby. We're off to Denby.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36They will be sterling silver.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38You haven't got any Denby, young man?
0:12:38 > 0:12:41They're very pretty. They're silver.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44These two girls love Denby Ware. You can't have everything.
0:12:44 > 0:12:50But you can have this silver bracelet. That is, if you like your silver modern.
0:12:50 > 0:12:56That is quite nice, actually. Love knots. Good, solid bit of silver. Love knots. Let's have a look.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59I quite like that. It's attractive, isn't it?
0:12:59 > 0:13:06People either buy them because they love the design and everything or they use the metal, don't they?
0:13:06 > 0:13:11It's got an imported hallmark on it, so that means it's been imported into this country.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Does that make any difference? No, not really. It's solid silver.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17It's been tested that it's assayed in this country.
0:13:17 > 0:13:23Somebody's liked it, bought it, had it hallmarked, retailed it. It's attractive.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25What's the very best on this one here?
0:13:25 > 0:13:29I'll take 45 for that one. You wouldn't take 40 for it?
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Or would you? I'll do 43 for you.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35Oh... 43? That's an odd number. We don't like odd numbers.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38I couldn't come down any more. Oh, please!
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- ?40 then. Go on. - Yes, definitely.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44You're welcome. Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49Thank you. I feel like I've bought it myself. This is bad. I'm not going home with it.
0:13:49 > 0:13:55No, you're not. It's going off to the auction. Well done, Thomas. That's two bargains bought.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00We've got jewellery which is what I wanted and a piece of furniture which you wanted.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02We're both happy. Now it's a joint decision.
0:14:02 > 0:14:08Charlie has found a quality piece by a quality maker, but it's still not that bit of Denby.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Oh, a pin cushion. Aw!
0:14:11 > 0:14:17Now, that is as collectable an item as you will probably see anywhere today. OK.
0:14:17 > 0:14:23Is it a little duck? It's a pin cushion. It's a bird. A little chick and it's just hatching.
0:14:23 > 0:14:28The thing to check are the marks which are as crisp as you like. Aren't they clear?
0:14:28 > 0:14:33And Sampson Mordan adds an extra premium because they're wonderful makers. Yeah.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38It's beautifully detailed. It is fabulously detailed and I love it.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Look at the price, Charlie. I think it will be out of our price range.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45The price tag's 200. It is. It's a nice piece.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49I have to own up. We don't have 200, do we, girls? We do not.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53What is the best price on it? We'll tell you how much we've got.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57We've got to buy a few more items yet, Mr Ross.
0:14:57 > 0:15:03"Mr Ross." We've gone all formal now. It was "Charlie" when things were going well. Now it's "Mr Ross".
0:15:03 > 0:15:08What's the trade...? I think for you... For me. ..I would do 160.
0:15:08 > 0:15:14We're nearly there. Nearly there. Definitely worth considering, perhaps looking for our third item.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18I love it. I'm going to put it down if I may. Yes, we may come back.
0:15:18 > 0:15:24We've got to buy three things. OK. If we buy that, we'd have to buy something for nothing.
0:15:24 > 0:15:30I would do that for 150 to give you a bit more... We're getting closer, we're getting closer.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33We'll see you later. Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:15:33 > 0:15:38Good tactics by the Reds. The price has fallen from ?200 to ?150.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42Could it fall further if they come back? Well, we'll see.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Is that a bit of Troika the Blues have spotted?
0:15:45 > 0:15:49Obviously, Troika, an interesting factory from St Ives in Cornwall.
0:15:49 > 0:15:55This one here or the smaller one? Yeah, I like that one as well. It's a name to conjure up with.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59I... I like that one because on the other side it has the lighter colour as well.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04Two different colours. Does it make a difference who actually made it?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Yes, it makes a huge difference.
0:16:07 > 0:16:13This one... I don't know who "EW" is. It won't take you a huge amount of time to find out who that is.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Troika did have its day.
0:16:15 > 0:16:21It had a really, really exciting time when it was making huge amounts of money
0:16:21 > 0:16:23and it was being widely collected.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27You know it because you've seen it... We've seen it on Bargain Hunt!
0:16:27 > 0:16:33What have we spent? We've spent 95 on the screen. 95 on the screen. And 40. And 40.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37That means we've got 165 left, doesn't it? Yes. Yes. Yeah? Yes.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39And how much is that? 185.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42You've got to leave me something. Yes.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45A penny will do, won't it? It will do. Shall we ask?
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Yeah. What can be done? 160?
0:16:48 > 0:16:51160... We can do it. We can do it just.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Is there any...
0:16:54 > 0:16:58Anything we could do like 150...possibly?
0:16:58 > 0:17:04For the Blue Team, bearing in mind I'm a Manchester United Reds supporter, I couldn't do 150,
0:17:04 > 0:17:08but I could do 155 and that would be the end of it.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11What do you think? Shall we go for it?
0:17:11 > 0:17:16You have got... You can look for another ten minutes if you want.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21Do you want to look for ten minutes, then come back? OK. I really like that. Ten minutes.
0:17:21 > 0:17:26Right, go on, off you go. Stop thinking about it. Come on. Where are we going?
0:17:26 > 0:17:31Both teams are dithering. Thomas and Charlie really need to take charge.
0:17:31 > 0:17:37We've got 145 quid left. We have seen the Sampson Mordan pin cushion which is a fabulous thing.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41So, it's this or the Troika. Troika has a name, it has a following.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45This has no following. We don't know what it is. Right. It's ?48.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50Decisions. Decisions. The little chick is too expensive. I think so.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55You'd have to buy the little chick for 120 quid. Yes. Go and try and buy it. I'll stay here.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59Go and buy that chick for 120 quid. If you can, we'll have it.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05Yes? We'll go for the Troika and leave you a fiver to spend.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09You'll leave me with nothing, but that's great. Off you go!
0:18:09 > 0:18:11I'm terribly sorry.
0:18:11 > 0:18:21If you really were sorry, Thomas, you'd make that your bonus buy. Three minutes to go, Reds!
0:18:21 > 0:18:25It's probably one of our favourite things we've seen. OK.
0:18:25 > 0:18:31We're a little bit struggling for money and we're going to be asking for about 110 to buy it with.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Right. No, I can't do that, I'm afraid.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Now the Blues are struggling to find the Troika.
0:18:37 > 0:18:44Two minutes, teams.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Yes? ..could we have it for 150?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50No, because you're wearing blue.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53I'm sure I've got red somewhere.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57For being so cheeky, how about 153?
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Well done. Done. Go on then. Done. Thank you very much.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Thank you very much. He's got a nice handshake.
0:19:04 > 0:19:09Good. That's job done for the Blues, but the Reds still need to find two more items.
0:19:09 > 0:19:20Girls, that is not Denby. No. No, but it is something that we do know quite well.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Yes. Yeah. Yes.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24What's the price?
0:19:24 > 0:19:29The lady has said she's going to do us a deal with the little chick and this
0:19:29 > 0:19:32for an amazing amount of ?144.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36Fantastic. So, that's leaving me with a pound? Yes. Yes.
0:19:36 > 0:19:43That's great. It might make a tenner which would be a really good profit. If it makes a fiver, it's a profit.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Yeah. But you have bought that chick which is fabulous.
0:19:46 > 0:19:53Yes. Go for it, girls.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Thank you so much. That's sweet of you. Thank you.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59So, that's ?4 for the Homemaker trio and ?140 for the pin cushion. Phew!
0:19:59 > 0:20:03How tight was that, girls? Very. Very close.
0:20:03 > 0:20:1730 seconds. Yes. Yes, just done. We spent all that money.
0:20:17 > 0:20:23Our family drama is now done. Time's up. Let's remind ourselves what the Red Team bought.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25All right, girls? "Nyah."
0:20:25 > 0:20:30For the Art Deco style cocktail cabinet, the Reds shelled out ?155.
0:20:32 > 0:20:38The Edwardian Sampson Mordan pin cushion cost a cool ?140,
0:20:38 > 0:20:43and for the Homemaker cup, saucer and plate, they dished out ?4.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48Well, you happy, smiling girls, having a whole hour with Charlie must be a thrill.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52Wonderful. Wonderful. Which is your favourite piece, Sian?
0:20:52 > 0:20:57A very small pin cushion, a silver little chicken. Do you agree with that, Diane?
0:20:57 > 0:21:00No. This is one of the things we don't agree with.
0:21:00 > 0:21:07Yes. My favourite piece was the cabinet that we bought. The "cabinette"? It's very stylish.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Is it going to bring the biggest profit? I think so. Do you agree?
0:21:11 > 0:21:14No, I think the pin cushion will bring the biggest profit.
0:21:14 > 0:21:21I can see you have had some problems. Anyway, a little birdie told me you spent a lot of money.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23We did. ?299.
0:21:23 > 0:21:28Yes, this hasn't happened for years! Right, who's got the pound? I have.
0:21:28 > 0:21:34About your person? Yes. Perfect. Just there. Lovely. That's the one then. Now, Carlos...
0:21:34 > 0:21:37What are you going to do with that?
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Buy a newspaper?
0:21:39 > 0:21:45Very good luck with that, Charlie. Good luck, girls. Meanwhile, we'll check out what the Blue Team bought.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49The Blues spent ?95 on the Edwardian-style folding screen.
0:21:50 > 0:21:57They lavished ?40 on the modern silver bracelet with no less than seven love knots.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02And, finally, ?153 was paid for the Troika rectangular vase.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06It was easy! Easy spending money. Always easy spending someone else's.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08# It's so easy... #
0:22:08 > 0:22:13Was it a good time? Lovely. Which is the best bit for you?
0:22:13 > 0:22:19Favourite piece is the silver bracelet. OK, that's good. With the little knots.
0:22:19 > 0:22:26Favourite? Mine was the screen. The screen. Yes. Is that going to bring the biggest profit? No.
0:22:26 > 0:22:31I think the bracelet may. How much did you spend? ?288.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35I love that. That's a really surprising number.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40Who's got the ?12? Me. This will be a challenge for your expert.
0:22:40 > 0:22:47This is a quality fair. There cannot be many profitable things in this space to buy with ?12.
0:22:47 > 0:22:52You said it - profitable. Yes. You could easily spend ?12.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56I want you to put a zero on the end of that ?12, please.
0:22:56 > 0:23:02I will do my best! Good luck, girls. Meanwhile, I'm going to dash off to the auction
0:23:02 > 0:23:05to find something special there myself.
0:23:12 > 0:23:18And who's our auctioneer today? It's our old friend, our old mucker Charlie Hanson.
0:23:18 > 0:23:25I've snuck out of the saleroom to get a bit of peace and quiet and to share this one with you privately.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28What we've got here actually is rather special.
0:23:28 > 0:23:33The title on the outer cover is The Speaking Picture Book.
0:23:33 > 0:23:39It looks like a typical chromolithic graphic printed children's Victorian book. You've got the child,
0:23:39 > 0:23:46holding her doll, reading a book, enjoying herself. All right and proper, you might think for a cover.
0:23:46 > 0:23:52Except this is no normal book. If I open it up and show you the inside cover,
0:23:52 > 0:23:58it says, "The Speaking Picture Book, reproducing the voices of the cock, the donkey, the lamb, the birds,
0:23:58 > 0:24:02"the cow, the cuckoo, the goat and the baby.
0:24:02 > 0:24:08"In order to produce the sound, gently pull out the cord underneath the arrow
0:24:08 > 0:24:12"on the text accompanying each picture." So here we have the cock.
0:24:12 > 0:24:18And down here at the bottom is an arrow. Coming up the spine of the book
0:24:18 > 0:24:25are a series of little leather-ended tabs and if I pull the one opposite the arrow, it goes...
0:24:25 > 0:24:29SQUEAKY "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" Cock-a-doodle-doo!
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Next page, the donkey. Yank the tab.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36SQUEAKY "Hee-haw!" Ooh! Hee-haw!
0:24:36 > 0:24:40The goat. "Me-e-eh!"
0:24:40 > 0:24:47How good is that? The miracle is, of course, that despite multiple children yanking on these cords,
0:24:47 > 0:24:52this thing is still in remarkably good condition. Importantly,
0:24:52 > 0:24:55the mechanical pieces all work.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00There's nothing electrical about this. Inside the box itself is a soundbox,
0:25:00 > 0:25:04which releases the noise through these pierced ends.
0:25:04 > 0:25:11So the survival of these books is very, very rare so when you come across one, you get a bit excited.
0:25:11 > 0:25:16Now the auction estimate here today on this is ?20-?30.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18What might it bring?
0:25:18 > 0:25:25Well, if you look on some of the American sites that deal with speaking books
0:25:25 > 0:25:31and what they call "movables", where you pull bits of string and sheets of paper move,
0:25:31 > 0:25:35then this thing is likely to be worth in excess of $1,000-$1,500.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39So that's maybe ?700-?1,000.
0:25:39 > 0:25:44The estimate is ?20-?30. We're going to watch it being sold
0:25:44 > 0:25:48and find out whether this book will truly break into song.
0:25:53 > 0:26:00Well, Charles, this is bliss to be back here in the new saleroom. How's it going? Really well.
0:26:00 > 0:26:07Well, it's lovely to be here. So first up is this extraordinarily nice Deco-style vitrine.
0:26:07 > 0:26:12Isn't that fantastic? Tim, it has a look, so it has a value.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15That's a relief! No, seriously,
0:26:15 > 0:26:22because it's chunky, it's not very old, but haven't they reproduced the '30s style nicely?
0:26:22 > 0:26:28We have high hopes for it, Tim. How high are your hopes? We put a guide price of 80-120.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33They paid ?155. Yes. I pin my faith in you. Thank you.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37Secondly, Charles, we've got this hatching little chick.
0:26:37 > 0:26:43They say small is beautiful and it is a sweet object. A tiny one. It is.
0:26:43 > 0:26:50That great name, Sampson Mordan, a renowned designer name in the late 19th and early 20th century.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54And is a man who is collectable in his own right. Hugely.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58So what's this going to make? Hopefully, up to ?100. Is that all?
0:26:58 > 0:27:04?140 our lads paid. Right, OK. They thought they were up to hijinks.
0:27:04 > 0:27:10Hmm. Now what about the trio at the end here? Homemaker. There's a crucial word now,
0:27:10 > 0:27:13a word which describes that. Vintage.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17It's 1957, it's Enid Seeney, it's her design and it's retro.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22So what's just a trio worth? Imagine back in Woolworths in the day,
0:27:22 > 0:27:29it would have been 2? pence. Today it's something which I hope will make ?30. Really? Yes.
0:27:29 > 0:27:36They only paid ?4. If you achieve that, Charles, you're everybody's hero. Mind you, you are anyway.
0:27:36 > 0:27:41Anyway, on that happy note, why don't we trot off and have a look at the Bonus Buy?
0:27:41 > 0:27:48Well, girls, this is exciting. You gave one solitary pound to Charlie to do something with.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52What did you do with it? There's not much you can do with a quid!
0:27:52 > 0:27:56I thought I'd buy a newspaper, but I didn't... Whoo!
0:27:56 > 0:28:02A little advertising tray. Oh! Avon advertising tray. Big enough for a sandwich.
0:28:02 > 0:28:07A Deco scene on it there. You got no change, then? No change at all!
0:28:07 > 0:28:13You spend the whole pound(?) On this. Fantastic. And what do you think that will make here today?
0:28:13 > 0:28:18I'm hoping that the minimum bid will be ?5!
0:28:18 > 0:28:24On that happy note, let's find out at home what Charles Hanson thinks about Charlie Ross' tin tray.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29Well, here we go. Charlie Ross at his best. Give him a pound.
0:28:29 > 0:28:34Yeah. It's got the look. It's got that Art Deco feel.
0:28:34 > 0:28:39And, of course, it's Avon. It's not overly spectacular.
0:28:39 > 0:28:44But that name Avon has a history. What's it worth, do you think? I hope on a good day
0:28:44 > 0:28:50it might make between ?10 and ?20. Might it really? Because that cunning monkey Charlie Ross paid ?1.
0:28:50 > 0:28:56Anyway, that's it for the Reds. Now the Blues. Looking a bit lonely over here.
0:28:56 > 0:29:02Their principal purchase is that screen. Tim, when I saw it, I thought it was Edwardian.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06On handling it, on understanding its weight,
0:29:06 > 0:29:09it's probably Far Eastern, cheap timber.
0:29:09 > 0:29:16Lacquered and glossed up to give the impression of something of the period, but it isn't.
0:29:16 > 0:29:23Yes, quite. What's your best estimate? On a really good day, I think it'll make ?30-?40.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27A degree of undressing yet to be done. They paid ?95.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Crikey. Moving on... what about the bracelet? Silver?
0:29:30 > 0:29:36It is silver. Stamped 925. You've got the striking love knots.
0:29:36 > 0:29:42What's it worth? It's under an ounce and the weight is probably around ?18... Of silver. ..scrap.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46But it's a pretty object. Between ?30 and ?40.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49?40 paid. We're in the frame. Good.
0:29:49 > 0:29:56Lastly is the Troika pot. Yes. Now I have to say, I admit I rather like this stuff.
0:29:56 > 0:30:06I like the simple geometry of it. I own not a piece of it, I have to say,
0:30:06 > 0:30:12Tim, I do like it. It's different. Right. We haven't been able to identify the initials, EW.
0:30:12 > 0:30:18We know it's the Newlyn period of the '70s, but, importantly, Tim, it's in wonderful condition.
0:30:18 > 0:30:23With all that build-up, what sort of level do you think it'll find?
0:30:23 > 0:30:28Tim, I really rate it and I hope it'll make probably ?100 plus.
0:30:28 > 0:30:35I've put the guide price a bit less to create drama, theatre and romance for it. OK. ?153 they paid.
0:30:35 > 0:30:42Right. There is an uphill struggle. I think it's a tad too much and they'll need their Bonus Buy,
0:30:42 > 0:30:50so let's have a look at it.
0:30:50 > 0:30:55Tom, I'll give you a hand and whoop off the rag. Oh!
0:30:55 > 0:30:57I didn't expect that!
0:30:57 > 0:31:02So this is the most hideous, the most ghastly... Magazine. ..magazine rack.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05You said it! It IS ghastly!
0:31:05 > 0:31:16The thing is, I saw it from this end. Of course. I thought that looks quite nice, sort of '50s Deco.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20You do. You could do so many things - paint it, make it modern.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23You could burn it. Burn it.
0:31:23 > 0:31:40That was simultaneous, Liz! That was good.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44Let's find out whether the auctioneer would pick it or not.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48OK, Charles. Yes. A little something to stick your magazine in.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Crikey me. En route to the bonfire.
0:31:51 > 0:31:57I suppose, period-wise, what are we talking? 1930s? Yeah. '20s? Something like that.
0:31:57 > 0:32:05It's not a barrel of laughs in its form, but it's something which has a function. For ?12,
0:32:05 > 0:32:11as a little icon of the 1950s mass-produced furniture market, which is what this is,
0:32:11 > 0:32:14it has something about it.
0:32:14 > 0:32:19If you go back to that kitsch time with your magazines in a '50s rack, this is the rack to have.
0:32:19 > 0:32:24We feel it's going to make ?15-?25. Do you? That's very fair.
0:32:24 > 0:32:31He paid ?12 and I think good old Tom, he's done rather well. Hear, hear. Are you taking the sale? Yes.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33A-ha! We're in safe hands!
0:32:42 > 0:32:48Are you excited? Very! We're going to pay off the mortgage today. I feel it in my bones! Really?
0:32:48 > 0:32:54I hope you haven't got a big advance. Whopping! Oh, dear. If we make a cup of coffee, I'll be happy.
0:32:54 > 0:32:59Well, you have more modest expectation and you might be right.
0:32:59 > 0:33:05The Deco cabinet, I think, is F.A.B. Charles' estimate is ?80-?120, which it definitely is,
0:33:05 > 0:33:11but he's got a crowd of people here and anybody with any taste will recognise it for what it is.
0:33:11 > 0:33:18And if all else fails, you've got the ?1 advertising tin tray. We don't know whether to take it yet.
0:33:18 > 0:33:23It's a high-risk strategy. Very. We might make whopping losses on it.
0:33:23 > 0:33:28We'll pick the vibes up. The first lot up is your big risk item, the Deco cabinet,
0:33:28 > 0:33:31so let's all cross our legs. Oh, no!
0:33:31 > 0:33:36Now it's being shown for you. Look at this. And I am only bid
0:33:36 > 0:33:39for this wonderful object...45. Oh.
0:33:39 > 0:33:4155.
0:33:41 > 0:33:4365. 75.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46I look for 80 now.
0:33:46 > 0:33:4980 I'll take. Come on. ?80. 85. 90.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52Five. And 100. I'm out. At ?100.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56I'll take 105. Are you bidding, sir? No, you're not. At ?100.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59That's a shame. All done?
0:33:59 > 0:34:03Very disappointing. Well, it was high risk. It was.
0:34:03 > 0:34:10I don't understand it. ?100 is so cheap. Anyway, ?55 down the drain. Next is the pincushion.
0:34:10 > 0:34:16Being shown for you there. On the screen as well. I have got four bids on my book.
0:34:16 > 0:34:21I will start at ?75. 80. 90. Five.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24100. And five. I'm out.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26At ?105 in the room. 110.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30120. Come on! One for the road.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33Fair warning. We sell at 120.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37Someone's got a bargain. 120 is minus ?20. Could have been worse.
0:34:37 > 0:34:43And he is trying. Yes. Now your ?4 plate, cup and saucer.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Circa 1950s or around 1957.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50Ridgway Homemaker pattern trio. And I've got a number of bids.
0:34:50 > 0:34:56I must start at two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
0:34:56 > 0:35:0112. 15. 18. 20. Two. Five. I look for six now.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04Fantastic. Six I'll take. Do I see ?26? Come on.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07?26 I will take. One more.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10You're all out. At ?25.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13A commission buyer will take it.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17Brilliant! Well, well, well. Isn't that extraordinary?
0:35:17 > 0:35:22Spend ?4 and all of a sudden, you turn it into ?25. Just like that.
0:35:22 > 0:35:28Just a pity it didn't work with the first two items! Anyway... Don't buy quality.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32It's a struggle, isn't it? Anyway, overall, you are minus ?54.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36Is that all? Are you going to take the tin tray? Will it make ?54?
0:35:36 > 0:35:40It can't fail! I think we'll definitely take it.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44We'll take it. The ?1 tray. Why not? And here it comes.
0:35:44 > 0:35:51Number 66 is a very interesting Art Deco-style Avon chrome advertising tray.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Do I see ?5? It really... ?5 there.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57I'll take six now. I'll take 600 pence.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59At ?5. I look for six.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03Six! Seven. Eight. Nine. One for the road. Ten.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07- We've made a profit. - 11. 12. 13. 14.
0:36:07 > 0:36:12Are you sure, sir? It might make 54 yet!
0:36:12 > 0:36:16One more do I see? Come on! 14. 15. 16.
0:36:16 > 0:36:1917. 18. 19.
0:36:19 > 0:36:2220? No more? ?19.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25Fair warning. All done? Yours.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28There is ?19. That's plus ?18.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31So take 20 off 54 is 34...
0:36:31 > 0:36:35Make that minus 36. That doesn't sound so bad.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39It's remarkable how you've clawed back out of nothing.
0:36:39 > 0:36:45Fantastic tin tray, Charlie. Well done, girls. Minus ?36 could be a winning score. Yes.
0:36:45 > 0:36:51So don't say a word to the Blues. OK. Well done, Charles. Well done. Thank you, sir. Thank you, girls.
0:36:58 > 0:37:03So, Liz... Yes. Jane, do you know how the Reds got on? No!
0:37:03 > 0:37:09You don't? Good. We don't want you to. Listen, your first object is the three-fold screen.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Right? And there it is.
0:37:11 > 0:37:17The auctioneer thinks it's worth ?30-?40. Oh, rubbish! ?95 paid.
0:37:17 > 0:37:23Well, it's got the look. It's not a huge amount of money to pay for what you get. If all else fails,
0:37:23 > 0:37:29you've got your magazine rack. Your rack! We have the rack. Which is an attractive prospect.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32I can't wait. You can't wait!
0:37:32 > 0:37:39Well, there we go. Your first item is the three-panel screen. And let's see what happens.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44It's an Edwardian-style, mahogany, three-panel, fold-up screen.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48Over here! Thank you very much! Showing over there.
0:37:48 > 0:37:53And I'm bid 30. Two. Five. Do I see eight now?
0:37:53 > 0:37:57?35. Come on. Do I see eight? A wonderful furnishing piece.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Miss Hornblower? 38. 40. Two.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03Five. 48. I've got 50.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07Five. I'm out. ?55. I look for 60 now.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10Come on. I look for 60.
0:38:10 > 0:38:15Fair warning. I'll take one more bid. Or we sell to the lady. All out?
0:38:15 > 0:38:18It's yours at ?55. Sold!
0:38:18 > 0:38:22?55, was it? ?55, then, is minus ?40.
0:38:22 > 0:38:27Oh, dear, oh, dear. He was right. Here comes the bracelet.
0:38:27 > 0:38:32Hallmarked 925. I'm bid nothing. Start me off. Sorry.
0:38:32 > 0:38:38Start me off. Do I see ?20 for a solid silver bracelet? 20. I'm out.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41?20 down there. I'll take two. 20.
0:38:41 > 0:38:46It's a maiden bid. Two. Five. Eight? Are you sure? 25, ma'am?
0:38:46 > 0:38:5125. I look for eight now. It's a wonderful thing. One more?
0:38:51 > 0:38:57What a shame, but it goes at ?25. All done. Sold.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00That is not a lot of money. ?25 is minus ?15.
0:39:00 > 0:39:08Overall, you're minus ?55. Now the big number. Here comes Troika. Cross everything. I have.
0:39:08 > 0:39:14A wonderful Troika stoneware rectangular vase or flask. I will start at ?75.
0:39:14 > 0:39:1680 I look for now.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18?75 I'm bid. 80. Five.
0:39:18 > 0:39:2090? 85 I'm bid.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23I've got 95. And 100.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25105. 110. 115.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28120. 125. 130.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Do I please now see 135? 135.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34140. 145.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37I'm out. One more! 145.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39One more do I see? I look for 150.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43Fair warning. We'll sell it. I look for 150.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Going, going, gone to the lady.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48That's minus ?8,
0:39:48 > 0:39:52which means, overall, you are minus ?63,
0:39:52 > 0:39:57which, when you say it quickly and consider how bad it might have been, is not so bad.
0:39:57 > 0:40:02And that could be a winning score. Now what about the magazine rack?
0:40:02 > 0:40:08You fancy it, Janey. I love it. Are you going to have a go at it? We're going with the Bonus Buy.
0:40:08 > 0:40:13Here it comes. Well done, girls. The number now we go to is 88.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17Interesting object. Do I see ?5 for it? Wonderful thing.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Iconic. All the hands! Five. Eight. Ten.
0:40:20 > 0:40:2412. 15. 18. You're in profit. Well done, Tom.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28Five. Eight. So ghastly, it's going to make a lot of money!
0:40:28 > 0:40:4030. 32. Five?
0:40:40 > 0:40:45All the kisses for Tom, eh? Plus ?20 there. Absolutely super.
0:40:45 > 0:40:51It takes you down to minus ?43. That could be a winning score in the rollercoaster of today's auction!
0:40:51 > 0:40:55We will reveal all in a moment. Thank you very much.
0:40:57 > 0:41:02But before we announce the final scores for the teams,
0:41:02 > 0:41:06there's one more lot to go under the hammer.
0:41:06 > 0:41:11Next up is the Speaking Picture Book, estimated ?20-?30.
0:41:11 > 0:41:17Potential value - well, let's say at least ?500.
0:41:17 > 0:41:22What's going to happen? Is this book going to sing or not? Here it comes.
0:41:22 > 0:41:28I will start this Edwardian animal noise book with a bid here at ?50.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32I'll take five. Five. 60. Five. 70. Five.
0:41:32 > 0:41:3680. Five. 90. Five. I've got you. 100. 110.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40120. 130. 140. 150. Keep smiling.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42160. 170.
0:41:42 > 0:41:51180. 190. I've got 195. Take it away at ?200.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58260? Look at me. I'll take 250, then. He's out.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01At 240. I look now for 250. Fair warning.
0:42:01 > 0:42:08Sold! So that went well over the estimate, but there's still plenty of room for a profit.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12Well, teams, been chatting? No, no.
0:42:12 > 0:42:19Well, I'm proud to reveal that there is only ?7 between our teams today.
0:42:19 > 0:42:20Ohh!
0:42:20 > 0:42:26?7 between the winners and the runners-up and the runners-up today, by ?7,
0:42:26 > 0:42:28are...the Blues.
0:42:30 > 0:42:35Which is bad luck, isn't it? Your total is minus ?43.
0:42:35 > 0:42:40They shouldn't chortle too much because your total is minus ?36!
0:42:41 > 0:42:45So it is as close as close can be.
0:42:45 > 0:42:50You had some monstrous losses throughout, didn't you? It didn't just go your way.
0:42:50 > 0:42:56But the victors today who go home with nothing and who win by only losing ?36...
0:42:56 > 0:43:01Once again, the Bonus Buy came storming through.
0:43:01 > 0:43:22Who could spend ?1 and go home with ?18 of profit? Nobody but Rossco.
0:43:22 > 0:43:27If you think you can spot a bargain, go to our BBC website and apply.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29It'll be splendid to see you.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd
0:43:43 > 0:43:44MUSIC: Wonderwall by Oasis
0:43:44 > 0:43:48All these great memories and, you know, it absolutely shaped me.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50It just takes me back to that time.
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