0:00:06 > 0:00:13The white van man or albus vehiculo homo as the species are called
0:00:13 > 0:00:19have earned themselves a pretty ragged reputation over the years, bunging up the roads,
0:00:19 > 0:00:25but let me set the record straight. Without them, our contestants at these fairs
0:00:25 > 0:00:31would have nothing to go searching for. So all hail the white van man!
0:00:31 > 0:00:34And let's go bargain hunting. Yeah!
0:00:58 > 0:01:03These white vans have brought all manner of goodies -
0:01:03 > 0:01:08furniture, ceramics, works of art - to sell. We've brought two teams,
0:01:08 > 0:01:13each with £300 and an hour to shop, shop, shop.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Here's a quick taste as to what's coming up.
0:01:19 > 0:01:26- Some people will do anything to get their own way.- Look at the mouse! Close your eyes. Just relax.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30And we marvel at a master haggler.
0:01:30 > 0:01:35- If I talk to her nice, she might come down a bit more. ..Go on.- Thirty.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Got to be a fiver, innit? Go on. We've got to make some money.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44But which tactics will triumph? Let's meet the teams.
0:01:47 > 0:01:52Today for our Red team we have two brilliant Rays of sunshine.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56We have Ray Senior, father, and Ray Junior, son.
0:01:56 > 0:02:02- And for the Blues we've got best mates Sharon and Lynn. Hello, everyone!- Hello!
0:02:02 > 0:02:07Great to see you. Ray, you've got a bit of a passion for collecting.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11- Just small things.- Yes? - Mainly snuff boxes.- Yeah.
0:02:11 > 0:02:19- I put it in a cabinet. But I also collect tea caddies. - A bit bigger.- Which are damaged.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21And I repair them.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26- Ray Junior, you're not so much a white van man as a caravan man. - That's right.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29A passion from my mum and dad.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32My wife now enjoys it as well.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36- Have you ever been to foreign parts? - Not in the caravan.- No.
0:02:36 > 0:02:43- But you have for other purposes. - Yes, a few years ago I was in a marching band in Romford.
0:02:43 > 0:02:49We went all over Europe and was national marching band champions three years running.
0:02:49 > 0:02:55- We'll all keep in step today. - I like to think so!- Will you be buying any musical instruments?
0:02:55 > 0:02:59It's always a passion of mine, so if there's anything there.
0:02:59 > 0:03:06Some of these instruments are very undervalued. You might get lucky and blow the right note.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Hey! Anyway, good luck, chaps.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13- Now, Sharon, it was a love of show tunes that brought you together. - That's right.
0:03:13 > 0:03:20I have organised many trips to the theatre in coaches. Lynn came on one of my very first trips,
0:03:20 > 0:03:25- over 20 years ago, and we've been friends ever since. - What musical are you fond of?
0:03:25 > 0:03:31We're very keen Buddy Holly fans. We saw that show many, many times.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36- Own up.- Probably about 50! - You never did!- Or slightly more.- No!
0:03:36 > 0:03:40- It says you're a hypnotherapist. - I am.- Tell us about that.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45- I specialise mainly in hypnobirthing. - Hypnobirthing?! Is that what I think?
0:03:45 > 0:03:53- I take ante-natal classes so I teach the ladies how to get "in their zone" during labour.- Right.
0:03:53 > 0:04:00- They have a much more natural birth. - Well, they're hypnotised! If you wanted to put me under,
0:04:00 > 0:04:07how easy or difficult would that be? Not for hypnobirth! Just for normal, straight purposes.
0:04:07 > 0:04:13- Quite easy.- Would it?- Yeah, yeah. - Now, Lynn, what interest in antiques do you have?- I do like furniture.
0:04:13 > 0:04:20- And anything really... Nothing specific. If I see something I like...- You'll go for it.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24- If I can afford it!- Will you get on well together as a team?- Oh, yeah.
0:04:24 > 0:04:30- You've been friends for all these years.- We're as dappy as each other.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33I think you'll be very well qualified to do very well today.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38On that happy note, I'll give you £300 apiece. You know the rules.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43Your experts await. Off you go! And very, very, very good luck.
0:04:46 > 0:04:52Our experts today bring a van load of wisdom and experience to help our teams through the shop.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57For the Reds, we have a lady who's always in the driving seat. Kate Bliss.
0:04:57 > 0:05:04And on the Blue team is a man who can jump to it when a bargain needs bagging. It's Charles Hanson.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11OK, Sharon and Lynn, can I be your buddy?
0:05:11 > 0:05:16So I've got two Rays with me. Shame there's no rays of sunshine.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21- Can I call you Senior and Junior? Then we'll know where we are.- Fine.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26- The curtain is now up.- Perfect. - The crowd's waiting. What's the plan?
0:05:26 > 0:05:32- One cheap one.- OK.- One medium one. - Right.- And one about £100.- OK.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- They await us. It's this way. - Great.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Let's have a look up here.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48The clock's hardly started and the two Red Rays are straight in there.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- What do you reckon?- 45.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55- Not bad, is it?- I think... - Could you do it for 35?- Straight in.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- He's not mucking about!- Yes, I will.
0:05:58 > 0:06:05- What do you reckon?- First of all, I reckon it's a genuine period piece. We have got to be careful
0:06:05 > 0:06:10with these pieces, coal-painted bronzes, that they're not reproductions, painted later.
0:06:10 > 0:06:15This one I would say probably dates from about 1900, or a little later.
0:06:15 > 0:06:21- I'm just questioning how commercial the subject is.- I like it and I think bronze always goes.
0:06:21 > 0:06:27- Especially coal-painted bronze. - It's not the most beautiful thing, but...
0:06:27 > 0:06:31- You said 35, madam? - I can't do any less than that.- OK.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35- If I talk to her nice, she might come down a bit more.- You could try.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- Go on. I'll give you a big smile. - Thirty, that's it.
0:06:39 > 0:06:45- Thirty? - Well, Ray Senior's technique is certainly bearing fruit today.
0:06:45 > 0:06:51- You're quite struck on this.- I am. - Let's do it.- Yeah.- Let's go.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Team decision. We'll have it, madam, please. Thank you very much.
0:06:54 > 0:07:02- Well, guys, you're straight in there.- No mucking!- No messing around with you two.- Master tactician.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- First object, well done.- OK.
0:07:04 > 0:07:11And no one seems more surprised about that than Ray and Ray themselves. Still, a good start.
0:07:13 > 0:07:20- Now will the Blues be as quick off the mark?- You've got dessert sets, tea sets...
0:07:20 > 0:07:26- dinner ware. But don't you like small wooden things?- I do, yes. That box looks nice.
0:07:26 > 0:07:33- Is it a slope?- I'm sure you're right. By opening it up, you've got your writing slope.
0:07:33 > 0:07:39And what I like about it, Sharon, is that lovely rich colour.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- It looks like it has got false handles.- No, they're real.- Are they?
0:07:43 > 0:07:49- If you just put your fingernail... - Oh, gosh.- Isn't that gorgeous? That's a sign of quality.- Lovely.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53- How much is it?- The price is inside.
0:07:53 > 0:07:59- It's £135.- Oh, gosh.- But it's too much at that sort of price. - I agree.- Do you agree?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- Yeah.- Absolutely. Yes, definitely.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Wave it goodbye.
0:08:04 > 0:08:10So whilst the Blues wave goodbye to the writing box, will the Reds be splashing some more cash, too?
0:08:10 > 0:08:16- Is it silver? - Let's have a look. No. This is interesting, actually.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21You have got a mark there, but it's not a silver hallmark.
0:08:21 > 0:08:27- You've got EP there for electro-plated.- OK, yeah. - So it's plate rather than silver.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32- Great size, though.- It's nice. - How much is that?- £9.- Fiver.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37Got to be a fiver, innit? Go on. We've got to make some money.
0:08:37 > 0:08:43- It is plated rather than silver. - That's why I'm saying a fiver. - Yeah. No, it's good.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47- Would you do seven? - We've still got plenty of time.
0:08:47 > 0:08:53- We have.- We've got loads of time. - Just be a bit cautious. - You're rushing in. Slow down.
0:08:53 > 0:08:59- We have got a lot of time to look around. Once you've got your three...- That's it.
0:08:59 > 0:09:05- You're quite right, I think. - We know where it is! - We might be back.- Thank you.
0:09:05 > 0:09:12I see we have an impulsive Ray and a reserved Ray, but which Ray's way will raise a decent profit?
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Time will tell.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23They're Bohemian. Beautifully etched.
0:09:23 > 0:09:29On this decanter here you've got this leaping stag. Very Black Forest. That will be 1880.
0:09:29 > 0:09:34And this decanter here with its triple neck is the same period.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39They've really dropped off in value. It's not everyone's taste, you see.
0:09:39 > 0:09:44- It's quite nice, though.- Maybe we'll move on.- Mental note it.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47An altogether more chilled atmosphere. Remember, team,
0:09:47 > 0:09:54to turn a profit, there's a difference between being chilled out and left out in the cold.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59- What do you think to this? - That's quite nice.- It's quirky.
0:09:59 > 0:10:05It's a lovely little turned piece of hardwood. Probably Chinese. You've got a Chinese gentleman.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10The quality of the carving is quite nice. Feel it. It's quite tactile.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Don't look at the price yet!
0:10:12 > 0:10:17- That is nice.- What do you think? Any ideas what it was used for?
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- Some sort of scoop obviously. - Yeah. China.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- Tea.- Tea. Is that what it's for? - I think so.- It's lovely, innit?
0:10:25 > 0:10:30- What do you reckon?- I like that. - How much is that?- 58?- 58.- Yeah.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33What would you pay for it?
0:10:33 > 0:10:3520!
0:10:36 > 0:10:41£20? I hope you've got a bottle full of that charm, Ray. You're going to need it!
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- What do you want to pay?- 45?
0:10:43 > 0:10:49- Say 40. Try 40.- Try 40? - Then we might end up at 45, which wouldn't be bad.- OK.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54- But that's with luck behind us. - Give it a go?- Yeah.- OK.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58- What do you reckon, Ray? Is he any good at haggling?- I'm not sure.
0:11:03 > 0:11:09- That's quite a nice little oak easy chair.- Yes. - A little bedroom chair.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- It's got a certain...what? - Je ne sais quoi.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15I knew you'd say that!
0:11:15 > 0:11:21Quite right, ma cher. "Ma chair" - get it? All right. Please yourselves.
0:11:21 > 0:11:26It's just different. It just jumped out as we walked past.
0:11:26 > 0:11:33- In style, it's probably 1925, maybe '30s? - I'd say late '20s, early '30s.
0:11:33 > 0:11:39Quite a nice little oak easy chair. The best price I can offer that to you today for is a straight £40.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- That's the death on it.- 40?
0:11:42 > 0:11:46- I can see a profit of about £30. - Charles?
0:11:46 > 0:11:51- If only life was so easy. Eh? - You have to take a chance!
0:11:51 > 0:11:56Indeed. But you can't deny he's got the sales patter sorted.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Can I suggest we have a little wander round first? We'll come back.
0:12:03 > 0:12:09- Now what news, Ray Junior? - What's the verdict? - Charmless today.
0:12:09 > 0:12:16- 53 is her absolute best.- Is it? - That's too much.- It's a little way off your £20, Ray Senior.
0:12:16 > 0:12:23- If I was putting this in an auction as an auctioneer, I would put an estimate of £40-£60 on it.- OK.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- Do you want to go for it? - Bag that one?- Yeah, go on, then.
0:12:27 > 0:12:33- Let's do it. We'll go with that. - Take a chance?- Yeah. - Keep our fingers crossed.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37- We'll blame Raymond! - Decision made! Let's go.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40OK, go do the deed, Ray. Well done.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Well, whoever's to blame, that's your second buy, Reds.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Two more than a certain other team I could mention.
0:12:47 > 0:12:52More pots over here and everything else. Much you like?
0:12:52 > 0:12:56- Really.- That's lovely. - Really like the blue one.- Why?
0:12:56 > 0:13:02- It's just stunning. - Lovely shape.- Lovely colour. - Is it made by Doulton?
0:13:04 > 0:13:08Yes. And if you swing it back onto its...
0:13:08 > 0:13:12- A nice weight as well. - Lovely glazed, mottled effect.
0:13:12 > 0:13:19- It's not chipped at all, is it? - I love the sinuous lines of the Art Nouveau.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau. Circa 1905, 1910.
0:13:23 > 0:13:29- But it all comes down to one thing. - How much?- I don't think it would come within your budget.- Really?
0:13:29 > 0:13:31- I've got 450 on it.- Oh, crikey!
0:13:31 > 0:13:35450?! That's a budget and a half, that is.
0:13:35 > 0:13:40- It's too much.- 380 would be the death.- It's not in budget.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45- Sorry.- Shame.- Thank you. - Don't let it get you down, girls.
0:13:45 > 0:13:52You've got to pick up the pace now if you're going to orchestrate a win for the Blue team today.
0:13:52 > 0:13:58- Staying close to my heart. - What's that?- Music.- You like music? - I was in a band.
0:13:58 > 0:14:04- What did you play?- Trombone. - Ever played the clarinet? - No. I'm afraid not.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08- But I do love music. - What's she got on that? 78?- 78.
0:14:08 > 0:14:15- It's got its case and everything. - Yeah. It looks ready to play. All the keys are in good condition.
0:14:15 > 0:14:21- Shall we see what she can do? - We can ask.- Why not? All right, bear with me.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24I'll go and see what I can do.
0:14:24 > 0:14:30Now while Kate goes off to negotiate on the musical number, the musical-loving Blues have managed
0:14:30 > 0:14:35- to steer well clear of anything showbizzy.- A cane with a dog's head.
0:14:35 > 0:14:40- No price on it.- That's quite neat. I don't think it's of great age. - No.- No.
0:14:40 > 0:14:46- You could always go from a dog to a mouse instead.- That's why we love Charles - seamless segues.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51- I've seen a mouse on this table somewhere. Have you?- Absolutely.
0:14:51 > 0:14:58You're right. Exactly. If there's one thing away from dogs that is really popular,
0:14:58 > 0:15:04- it's this sort of...cheeseboard. - Uh-huh.- Isn't that neat?- It is nice. - Why do I like it?
0:15:04 > 0:15:08- It has the mouse on. And what does that mouse mean?- It means...
0:15:08 > 0:15:14- Robert Thompson. Mouseman. - Good work, Lynn. I'm impressed.
0:15:14 > 0:15:21Mouseman and his works, which were based in the north of England, are synonymous with quality.
0:15:21 > 0:15:26You've got this carved mouse on this cheeseboard. They're still making them today.
0:15:26 > 0:15:33The earlier ones are far more valuable. This one could be as late as the 1960s or '70s.
0:15:33 > 0:15:38- But they do sell really well. Which of you uses hypnosis?- Me.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43We now need to really think before we collapse with no buys.
0:15:43 > 0:15:49- This mouse. Look at the mouse, OK? - Blimey! I've seen some desperate tactics in my time,
0:15:49 > 0:15:56- but that takes the cheesy biscuit. - Do you like it?- Yeah. How much do they sell for in auction?- It's £110.
0:15:56 > 0:16:02It's something that has got some legs, but it needs to be cheaper. Shall we find out?
0:16:02 > 0:16:08- Hello, sir. Your Mouseman cheeseboard, which we like. It's on at 110.- Yes.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12- What's your very best price? - Em, I was hoping for about 90.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17Crikey me, team. 40 minutes in. We've bought nothing yet.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19- Oh, right.- Nothing. We're panicking.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24It's the nicest thing I've seen so far. You wouldn't take 70?
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- Please? - OK, I will do 70.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32I would say buy it. It's a great object. We'll take it.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34- Thank you very much.- So good of you.
0:16:34 > 0:16:40They just cut off that mouse's tail with a carving knife. £110 down to 70. Well done, Blues.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Great. One down. The mouse is down, OK?
0:16:47 > 0:16:51But will selling the board be a "Brie"-ze? Or a Camembert?
0:16:51 > 0:16:55OK, enough tenuous cheesy humour. It'll give us nightmares.
0:16:55 > 0:17:01- Right, Kate.- OK, guys, apparently, somebody keeps coming to the stall and playing it really badly,
0:17:01 > 0:17:07- so she really wants shot of it. - I've never heard an excuse like that before!
0:17:07 > 0:17:12She's come down to 58, but I reckon she's on the hook.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- Shall we have a think, boys? - OK, yeah.- Let's put it down,
0:17:16 > 0:17:20- but I think she would like to see the back of it.- Well, Reds,
0:17:20 > 0:17:25you've spent a fair old chunk of time here, so let's get cracking.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30- The Blues are strolling down a familiar path.- A walking cane?- Yes!
0:17:30 > 0:17:35We saw the dog one earlier. That was a bit too late.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39This one I quite like because what we've got here
0:17:39 > 0:17:45is a date-coded, 1915 cane. It's a bit tired.
0:17:45 > 0:17:53The marks are a bit rubbed. Like a hawthorn in terms of the timber and the gnarled knotting throughout.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55I don't know. Do you like it?
0:17:55 > 0:17:59- It's wood!- It's wood again. - Yes, it's wood.
0:17:59 > 0:18:04- What would be your best price? - Between friends.- Between friends.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Between a Sussex man and a Derbyshire man.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12I would give you the discount of £5, making it 40.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- Instead of 45. - OK.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19- Even if we flutter our...? - It might make a slight difference.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23- Oh, good man!- Not you! - Flutter! Flutter!
0:18:23 > 0:18:27Or can you put him into a trance? There we are.
0:18:27 > 0:18:33I think an extra pound off each. So 38. That would be it. For the flutter, 38.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38- 35 sounds a bit more...- 35. What do you think, sir? £35?
0:18:38 > 0:18:42The hand has come out. Hold on! Are you sure?
0:18:42 > 0:18:47- And that was without the flutter. - Put it there. They hypnotised you!
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- Thank you.- That's very kind.
0:18:49 > 0:18:55You were looking for something showbiz. A bit of Charlie Chaplin. All of that.
0:18:55 > 0:19:01- There's no time for that. We've got ten minutes to go to find one more item.- Get moving.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- Exactly. Come on.- OK.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Our teams have no sense of decorum.
0:19:10 > 0:19:16The Blues started at the cheese course and now the Reds have decided it's time for breakfast.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Guys, take a look at this.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23This is what every gentleman needs at breakfast time, OK?
0:19:23 > 0:19:28This is a breakfast dish, essentially. Victorian in date.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32Silver plate, rather than silver. But look at this.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34I love these.
0:19:34 > 0:19:41This lifts up and, hey presto, that's where you put your muffins or your bacon to keep warm.
0:19:41 > 0:19:47Normally muffins or toast. And you've got your little dish that comes out.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51But actually just the design of it, the mechanism, I love.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56- Look at that.- What's the price? - I knew you would say that.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01Let's see. I haven't even looked myself. Let's have a look... 135.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Now these do make, I would say, £70-£100 at auction.
0:20:05 > 0:20:13- They are desirable things and they still make good money today. What do you think?- I like it.
0:20:13 > 0:20:19- You have a look at that while I see what I can do. - Go and flutter your eyelids.
0:20:24 > 0:20:30I don't want to sort of have all our eggs in one basket and be completely wooden for the auction.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35On stage I'm always very wooden. They'll tell you that.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40But that is just a fairly fanciful clock, isn't it? It's Bavarian.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43It was made in the Black Forest. It's German.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48It dates to the 1880s. These are really popular.
0:20:48 > 0:20:55They were dust gatherers, but now people really rate and respect and value highly Bavarian carvings.
0:20:55 > 0:21:01- But do you like it?- No.- Why not? With about... Hold on. - It's a bit busy and a bit...
0:21:01 > 0:21:07- Eight minutes to go. Do you like it?- No.- Shall we try to find some silver?- Yeah.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10OK, we'll leave it. Thank you.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Try again, Charles, and try not to scare them this time.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Right, guys, what do you reckon?
0:21:18 > 0:21:22- I like it. Dad says too much money. - Does he?- So what's his best price?
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- £90.- That's better. - That's a lot better.- £90.
0:21:26 > 0:21:32It's in great condition. If people are going to buy one, they'll buy one like that.
0:21:32 > 0:21:39- Shall we do it?- Yeah, why not? - Done and dusted.- Tell him I want a spoon! I'll ask him.
0:21:39 > 0:21:46- Why don't you go and do the deal? - Good work, Ray. Never happy until he's squeezed a little bit extra.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49A bit more of a bargain, all the time.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54I tell you what, we'll have it, but we want a little spoon to go in with it.
0:21:54 > 0:22:00- OK, what kind of spoon? - I don't care what spoon it is, but put a spoon in with it as well.
0:22:00 > 0:22:07- You're welcome to a spoon. - He'd settle for a wooden spoon as long as it was free.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- That looks good to me.- Lovely.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14- - Brilliant. Thank you very much. - No problem.- I'm pleased.
0:22:14 > 0:22:20- Well done, Dad. - And we are in time. Time for a cuppa.- Lovely! Smashing.
0:22:20 > 0:22:27Do you get the impression they're happy? It's a feeling somewhat lacking in the opposition's camp.
0:22:27 > 0:22:33- Charles, what is that? - That's nice. That's very pretty. A little silver bonbon dish.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37For your nibbles at Christmas time or sweets or nuts.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41- It's 70. - OK, there's five minutes to go.
0:22:41 > 0:22:48Hold that thought because what I like over here are these two sweet, conical peppers.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53- Or casters.- I do like these. - They're really nice quality.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57They are hallmarked Birmingham, 1933. They're not cheap.
0:22:57 > 0:23:02But, saying that, we've got three minutes to go. Sorry!
0:23:02 > 0:23:07- How much, please, are your peppers? - I think I've got 85 on them.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- What's the very, very best?- 75.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14You've got one minute. Very quickly, the scent bottle. How much is it?
0:23:14 > 0:23:19It says £90. Birmingham, 1900. Check for a stopper.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- It's in there. Nice condition. What's the very best?- That'd be 80.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27- So... We've got a minute to go. - I like that.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31It's good quality. At auction, probably worth
0:23:31 > 0:23:37£60-£100. 20 seconds. Those I think are slightly more novel and commercial,
0:23:37 > 0:23:42but sometimes the female eye is a better aesthetic eye than me.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47- 15 seconds. Your very best price on this? 10 seconds to go.- £80.
0:23:47 > 0:23:54- Will you take £75?- I won't. - You've got to say in a sec. What are you going to go for?
0:23:54 > 0:24:00- What do you reckon?- The bottle. - The bottle.- £80. Shake the man's hand really quickly! Five seconds.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Sir, we will take your bottle for £80.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07And throw away the peppers. OK?
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- Done.- I do like it.- Yeah.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22Right then. Shopping time's up and it's time to load up.
0:24:22 > 0:24:28While we do that, why don't we check out what the Red team bought? Where's the key?
0:24:28 > 0:24:34The Reds snapped up a bronze figure within minutes of setting off and paid £30 for it.
0:24:34 > 0:24:39They went for wood for purchase number two and paid £53 for a hardwood tea shovel.
0:24:39 > 0:24:46They finished up with breakfast and this serving dish with liner and serving spoons cost them £90.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50- Any regrets? - No, I love it to bits.- Good!
0:24:50 > 0:24:54- What do you love to bits, Ray? - And Kate!
0:24:54 > 0:25:00- Two Rays, eh?- Rays of sunshine they've been.- How lovely. What did you spend all round?- £173.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04£173. Please may I have £127?
0:25:04 > 0:25:07OK, 127. Goes straight across to KB.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- Lovely. - You're going to enjoy that.- I am.
0:25:10 > 0:25:17- What are you going to go for? - I have to hurry up because I know exactly what I'm going to get!
0:25:17 > 0:25:21- That makes a change.- It does! - Better nip off.- I will.- Good luck.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Let's see what the Blues bought.
0:25:23 > 0:25:30The Blues sliced the price of this Robert Thompson "Mouseman" cheeseboard down to £70.
0:25:30 > 0:25:36Then they walked off with this George V silver and hawthorn cane for £35.
0:25:36 > 0:25:42And as they had no time left to haggle, this scent bottle cost them a steep but fragrant £80.
0:25:42 > 0:25:48- Good. So you spent how much?- £185. - 185. Can I have £115 of leftover lolly, please?
0:25:48 > 0:25:52- Voila.- Don't like handing that over, do you?- Not really!
0:25:52 > 0:25:57- Well, Charles, you've had a ball with these girls.- We really have.
0:25:57 > 0:26:02With their great love of theatre, it's now time for me to perform.
0:26:02 > 0:26:08- Is it? Make us all laugh again? - The curtain's now up and off I go. - OK. Good luck with that, Charles.
0:26:08 > 0:26:15Meanwhile, I'm going to show you something that I filmed earlier that is absolutely fab.
0:26:20 > 0:26:27As every good bargain hunter knows, you need to speculate to accumulate.
0:26:27 > 0:26:33Take this little picture. On the face of it, a bit dull. It's called a sanguine,
0:26:33 > 0:26:39which means it's painted in a variety of shades of one particular colour - brown.
0:26:39 > 0:26:45If you can persuade the dealer, a good thing to do is to try to take it out of the frame,
0:26:45 > 0:26:51get the glass out of the way and you get a chance of seeing the detail in the painting itself.
0:26:51 > 0:26:57So what have we got here? We've got four figures standing in a room
0:26:57 > 0:27:00lit by a skylight from above.
0:27:00 > 0:27:06In the bottom left-hand corner, you can make out what looks to be a signature,
0:27:06 > 0:27:09except it isn't a signature. It's actually a stamp.
0:27:09 > 0:27:16These stamps are normally created by collectors to identify, for all time,
0:27:16 > 0:27:23as having been in their personal collection. And that's where speculation and research comes in.
0:27:23 > 0:27:29If you're lucky in a place like Ardingly and you want to speculate to accumulate,
0:27:29 > 0:27:36you'd invest fifty measly pounds in this sanguine drawing
0:27:36 > 0:27:40in the hope that a decent attribution could be put on it
0:27:40 > 0:27:44and maybe it is worth substantially more than you paid.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49In my view, this thing has got it in spades.
0:27:49 > 0:27:55A big question today is, of course, over at the auction, just how are our teams getting on
0:27:55 > 0:27:58after all their digging about?
0:28:03 > 0:28:0480. Five.
0:28:04 > 0:28:0985. All done? And selling at 85.
0:28:11 > 0:28:17How wonderful is this? We're in Wisborough Green, Bellmans Auction House, with Jonathan Pratt.
0:28:17 > 0:28:22- It's fab to be here.- Thank you, Tim. Fab to be here, too. - First up for Ray Senior
0:28:22 > 0:28:27is this squatting little figure. Is it old or brand Harry spankers?
0:28:27 > 0:28:31My suspicions say it's brand Harry spankers, I'm afraid.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35You would want it to be late-19th, early-20th century Austrian cast,
0:28:35 > 0:28:40Bergman, wonderful. But the quality, sadly, is not there.
0:28:40 > 0:28:47- That's why Ray got it for only £30. - OK.- If it was real, it would be probably a couple of hundred.- Yes.
0:28:47 > 0:28:53There's probably a container full of these drifting round this country with thousands of them on-board.
0:28:53 > 0:28:58- Anyway, what's your estimate? - £10-£15.- Perfect.
0:28:58 > 0:29:03Next is the little Chinese carved shovel, which could be for tea.
0:29:03 > 0:29:09- One thing's for certain - that has no age at all.- If it had age, it would be worth a lot.- Yeah.
0:29:09 > 0:29:15- What's your estimate?- £30-£40. - That's OK. They'll be all right. They only paid £53.- OK.
0:29:15 > 0:29:21They got it at a cheap price because there's another container full of that stuff drifting around.
0:29:21 > 0:29:28One thing that has not come in a container is this rather handsome plated entree dish.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32Whether you'd simply have breakfast things in it, bacon, eggs...
0:29:32 > 0:29:35- Very Downton Abbey.- Very much. It's a sort of ornament.
0:29:35 > 0:29:40- No practical sense, really, now.- No. - It's got a sense of quality and style
0:29:40 > 0:29:44so easy enough to sell, I would have thought. £60-£80.
0:29:44 > 0:29:50OK, £90 paid. More or less on the money. They've got the first two modern things out of kilter,
0:29:50 > 0:29:55which will torpedo them, so they'll need the bonus buy. Let's have a look at it.
0:29:55 > 0:30:00- Well, Ray...Ray.- Yes. - This is the moment.
0:30:00 > 0:30:05- £127 of leftover lolly you gave to Kate Bliss. What did you spend it on?- OK.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09- Here you go, fellas. Any ideas? - Small suitcase.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Some grins appearing on your faces.
0:30:11 > 0:30:17You may have seen it before, perhaps. It does, of course, all fit together.
0:30:17 > 0:30:24It is a complete clarinet. It's in good nick, ready to go, just right for you, Ray.
0:30:24 > 0:30:29- You might know somebody who'd like it.- The big question is...- How much?
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Well, it's a nice round £50.
0:30:32 > 0:30:37- That's OK.- At auction, I'm hoping...£60 on a good day.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41- Which is no money, is it, really? Go and try and buy one of these things. - Absolutely.
0:30:41 > 0:30:49- We'll go on holiday with the profit. - Of course. Are you going to Southend?- Southend's very good!
0:30:49 > 0:30:54I know it is. There we go. That'll set you off, Ray. Good fun.
0:30:54 > 0:31:01For the audience at home right now, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Kate's clarinet.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06- There you go, JP. You're a bit of a player yourself.- Oh, yes.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09- Go out busking a lot?- No.
0:31:09 > 0:31:14- I don't blow my... - Own trumpet.- Yeah.- Much.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18What can I say about it, really? But it's quality.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21There's a certain quality to it.
0:31:21 > 0:31:26- Collectors will want something rare and unusual and older. - What's it worth?- £40-£60, I'd say.
0:31:26 > 0:31:32£50 paid by clever old Kate. She knows a good thing when she sees it.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34That's the Reds. Now the Blues.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37Very, very simple over here.
0:31:37 > 0:31:43- Robert Thompson and the old cheeseboard.- Everyone knows this chap now, old Mouseman.
0:31:43 > 0:31:48Very collectable, the early pieces. Later pieces can be bought new.
0:31:48 > 0:31:53- For me, £40-£60.- £70 paid. So they may have overdone that.
0:31:53 > 0:31:58Now the hawthorn and silver-mounted walking stick. Very much of its period.
0:31:58 > 0:32:04- Hawthorn makes a really good stick. - Silver's not in great condition. - These things are used,
0:32:04 > 0:32:11- it's a little bit worn.- How much? - £40-£60.- £35 paid. That's good. Another find of Charles's.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15Their third item reflects the fact that they were really pushed for time
0:32:15 > 0:32:21- and bought this globular scent bottle. Do you like that? - Ladies like them.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25- Ideally, at auction it's worth £40. - And they paid £80.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30Therefore it's going to flounder a bit. That could drag them back.
0:32:30 > 0:32:35They could need the bonus buy. Let's go and have a look at it.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39Well, girls, this is exciting. Looking forward to this bit, Shari?
0:32:39 > 0:32:44- Absolutely.- Yeah, good. What do you think he's got, Lynn? - I don't know.
0:32:44 > 0:32:50- It's quite lumpy.- It's quite lumpy? Well, no need to talk about Charles like that.
0:32:50 > 0:32:56Anyway, excellent. You had £115, Charles. I suppose, as usual, you blew the lot.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Tim, I just about did.
0:32:59 > 0:33:04- Oh, God!- Look at these! What do you think?- Yeah...
0:33:04 > 0:33:09These, I believe, are American, they're burgundy kinky boots.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13From the early 20th century. And aren't they just delicious?
0:33:13 > 0:33:17Right then, Charles. Talk us through this one, boy.
0:33:17 > 0:33:22There's a key word in auction business today and that's vintage.
0:33:22 > 0:33:28Vintage clothing, vintage accessories. All the rage. I love their finish, their patination.
0:33:28 > 0:33:33- They've got a story to tell.- If they could talk!- They're well worn.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36- How much were they?- I had £115.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39- What are they worth?- Em...
0:33:39 > 0:33:42- On a good day.- 30 quid?- £30.
0:33:42 > 0:33:48- They cost me £20.- Ho ho! Charles, you're such a tease!
0:33:48 > 0:33:52- £20!- And I'm hoping they have a great degree of pedigree.
0:33:52 > 0:34:00Pedigree. There's an interesting term to apply to some clapped-out old boots!
0:34:00 > 0:34:05- I hope you're not talking about us! - No! I said clapped-out old boots.
0:34:05 > 0:34:10Anyway, lovely. You pick after the sale of your first three items.
0:34:10 > 0:34:16Let's find from the auctioneer what he thinks about Charles's kinky boots.
0:34:16 > 0:34:21- Right then, JP, over to you. - Ah! Tough as old.- Boots.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25There's no hiding the age of these. They've got a bit of wear.
0:34:25 > 0:34:30- They're clapped out.- Well, they're not bad bad.- High mileage.
0:34:30 > 0:34:36I quite like them because they are battered and worn and are good props for interiors.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41- £20-£40 would be very sensible. - OK, that's great. £20 paid for them.
0:34:41 > 0:34:48Charles Hanson knows his way around the footwear stores. Have you seen the shoes he wears?
0:34:48 > 0:34:53- They mostly look like this! - Anyway, good luck with that. Thanks.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56I shall sell it for £150.
0:34:56 > 0:34:57All done? Fair warning.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00£150.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06- OK, Ray, Ray, how are you feeling? - Good. Excited.- Are you?
0:35:06 > 0:35:11- Yeah, not half. We're going to earn a fortune!- Is that your prediction? I love that, Ray.
0:35:11 > 0:35:16Good on you, boy. Be brave. Here comes the coal-painted bronze.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18Lot 2238.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22Coal-painted bronze figure of a seated figure.
0:35:22 > 0:35:27Start me at £20 for this. Nice little thing. £20? Surely worth 20.
0:35:27 > 0:35:3020's bid, thank you. 20. 25.
0:35:31 > 0:35:3430. 35.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38£35 I have. Any more at £35? Anyone else?
0:35:38 > 0:35:40You're coming back in. 40. Yes?
0:35:40 > 0:35:45- 40, back in.- 40? What's going on?! Look at this, lads!
0:35:45 > 0:35:4850 on the sofa. At £50. Any more?
0:35:48 > 0:35:52It's going. Centre of the room. £50. All done?
0:35:52 > 0:35:58- Sold it for 50. £50. You're a genius, Ray Senior. - I'm after your job.- Plus 20.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Here comes the shovel or is it a spade?
0:36:01 > 0:36:06Lot 2239. Chinese, carved hardwood tea shovel.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10Start me at £30. Where's 30? Where's £30 for the tea shovel?
0:36:10 > 0:36:14- Uh-oh.- 20, then? - Oh, come on. It's not that bad.
0:36:14 > 0:36:19Surely worth £20. 10, then. 10 is bid. 12 anywhere else?
0:36:19 > 0:36:24- I'll sell it for 10. Going at 10. - That's crazy!- It's £10. 12.
0:36:25 > 0:36:2715.
0:36:27 > 0:36:3218. At £18. I'll sell at 18. Fair warning.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36- And all done at £18. - Come on!
0:36:36 > 0:36:4118 is two short of 20, which is 33. That's minus £35.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45Overall, you're minus £15. Now here comes your breakfast dish.
0:36:45 > 0:36:50So nice oval outline. I've got two matching bids. Start at £40.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54- With me at £40. Where's five? - 40?- Where's five?
0:36:54 > 0:36:59- £40 I have. Got to be worth another fiver.- No money, is it?
0:36:59 > 0:37:01- It's crazy!- I'd buy it!
0:37:01 > 0:37:06- Are you all done? It's £40. - No...- £40?!- That's crazy.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10£40 is minus £50, which is minus £65 overall.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13This is not looking so hot, Rays.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15I think the sun's gone in.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19- What are you going to do about the clarinet?- We'll take it.
0:37:19 > 0:37:26- Fancy a blow with this?- Yeah. - All right, fine. Going with it? You love it and here it comes.
0:37:26 > 0:37:31I have interest to start me. I can start at £20. I'll take two.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34With me at £20. Where's two? 22. 25.
0:37:34 > 0:37:3625. 28 anywhere?
0:37:36 > 0:37:41- £25. Looking for 28. 28. 30. - Come on.- 35. 40.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43£45. Clears the commission at 45.
0:37:43 > 0:37:4850. £50 on the left. £50 commission bid. At £50.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52- Come on! - At £50. One more?
0:37:52 > 0:37:55Fair warning at £50. I shall sell.
0:37:55 > 0:38:01- All done? £50.- Well done, Kate. Wiped your face, girl. £50.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04No profit, no loss. No pain, no gain.
0:38:04 > 0:38:11There we go. Overall, you're minus £65. The way things are today, lads, that could be a winning score.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15So don't lose hope. You could be ahead.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25- Now, Sharon, Lynn, do you know how the Reds got on?- No.- Nope.
0:38:25 > 0:38:30Not at all? Good. You're looking a bit nervous. What's the matter?
0:38:30 > 0:38:38- Em, well, I'm not quite sure about one of our lots.- Which one? - The perfume bottle.- You paid £80.
0:38:38 > 0:38:43- He's put £30-£40 on it. - OK. I was right. - I don't know. We'll find out.
0:38:43 > 0:38:50It is a disappointing estimate. First up, my chickens, is your cheeseboard. And here it comes.
0:38:50 > 0:38:55We have an oak cheeseboard by Robert "Mouseman" Thompson. 1950s one.
0:38:55 > 0:39:01And bids on the book. I can start at...£60 straight away.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03No! How marvellous!
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Where's five? £60 I have.
0:39:06 > 0:39:11- 65. And 70.- Over there, look! - 75. 80.- Keep going. Come on!
0:39:11 > 0:39:14£80. Go one more. £80 against you.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18- Yes!- She's going on. - 85. 90 with me.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22- Against you. Still with me at £90. - One more, madam.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26- Are we all done at £90? Fair warning.- 95!
0:39:26 > 0:39:32100 with me. One more might do it. £100. Against you at 100.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35Fair warning. Selling at £100. All done.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39Thank you very much. Plus £30, girls.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43- Wow.- Good start. - Here comes the cane.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47Lot 2261. George V hawthorn and silver-mounted walking cane.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51- Rather handsome swagger stick. - Swagger!- Charles Hanson!
0:39:51 > 0:39:55£30 to start me. £30? It's got to be worth £30.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59- 20, then.- Oh... - Reluctantly, I move down to 20.
0:39:59 > 0:40:0320 on the net there. There we go. Now where's the five?
0:40:03 > 0:40:08- Internet's going to have it. - So cheap.- I don't believe it.- £20.
0:40:08 > 0:40:14£20 to the net is minus £15, which means you're plus £15, girls.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Now the scent bottle. Uh-oh.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Cross your legs, girls.
0:40:19 > 0:40:24Nice little lot, this. Nice condition. Start me at £40.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27Start me at 40 for this. Nice lot.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29- 20, then.- No...- 20?
0:40:29 > 0:40:3220's bid, thank you. Where's five?
0:40:32 > 0:40:36- Looking for five. 25.- 30...- 30.
0:40:36 > 0:40:4135! Gets it at 35. £35 on the sofa. At 35.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44- Do I see 40 anywhere? £35.- It's no money, this.
0:40:44 > 0:40:49£35 is five off 40, which is minus £45.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53Which means, overall, you're minus 30. This is not good, is it?
0:40:53 > 0:40:57The kinky boots. Now is the time.
0:40:57 > 0:41:02- So you're going with these boots? - Definitely.- Absolutely, yes. - It could be a winning score.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06- No, go with the boots. - You like them.- Yes!
0:41:06 > 0:41:10These boots are made for walking and that's just what they'll do.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14One of these days these boots are going to walk all over you.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17And here we go.
0:41:17 > 0:41:23Lot 2266. A pair of late-19th, early 20th-century burgundy leather ladies cowgirl boots.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Yee-ha!
0:41:26 > 0:41:30Someone start me off at £30. Start me at £30. £30?
0:41:30 > 0:41:3420, then. No? 10, then. Come on, £10.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36There's 10. 12. Surely worth 12.
0:41:36 > 0:41:4112, internet. 15. In the room at £15.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45- This is no money. - It's got to make 20, surely.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49- I'll sell it at £15. Fair warning, everyone. It's £15.- I can't bear it.
0:41:49 > 0:41:55- £15.- Bad luck, Charles. £15. £15, I'm afraid, is not helping you.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57That's minus £5.
0:41:57 > 0:42:04Overall, you're minus £35. Listen, this could be a winning score. All will be revealed in a moment!
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Well, funny old world, isn't it?
0:42:15 > 0:42:22Certain similarities between our teams today. Nobody's going home with any money!
0:42:22 > 0:42:28Nevertheless, we have to have a team that runs up and the runners-up today, by quite a wodge,
0:42:28 > 0:42:33- are the Rays.- Sorry, chaps. - Both of these sunbeams
0:42:33 > 0:42:36have faded at the last post.
0:42:37 > 0:42:43- The only thing that did you any good was that coal-painted bronze, which I was rude about.- It made money!
0:42:43 > 0:42:46So what do I know? Nothing.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49The rest, let's not dwell on it.
0:42:49 > 0:42:55- There we go. Good fun?- Yes. - Fantastic.- You've been a great father and a great son to the show.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59But the victors, who win by only losing £35, are the Blues.
0:42:59 > 0:43:05- Have you had a good time?- Lovely. - Been good for you, Lynn?- Fantastic. - Charles?- Wonderful as always.
0:43:05 > 0:43:11You've all been brilliant. Join us soon for some more bargain hunting.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13- Yes?- ALL: Yes!
0:43:15 > 0:43:20I know you're sitting there thinking, "I could have done better than that!"
0:43:20 > 0:43:26Well, what's stopping you? If you think you can spot a bargain, go to our BBC website and apply.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29It'll be splendid to see you.
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