Newark 6 Bargain Hunt

Right, then. Today we're in Nottinghamshire and getting right ready for a good rummage

around one of the largest antique fairs in Europe.

So let's brave today's ghastly gale and let's go bargain hunting.

Yeah! Ooh.

Newark was once the centre of the British brewing industry.

In fact, it was called "the metropolis of malt". Isn't that interesting?

I'm going to keep it to myself because we don't want to befuddle our teams, do we?

Anyway, here's a quick squint at what's coming up.

Today the Reds can't make up their minds.

What do we want to buy?

And find themselves lounging around.

But it's all too easy for the Blues who even find time to take us back in time.

-A striped blazer.

-I can see you there!

-Yes!

-Flapper girls, everything.

-With the hat!

Well, it's a family affair on Bargain Hunt today. For the Reds, we've got Marian and Sophie,

-mother and daughter. And for the Blues, Paul and Becky. Hello, everyone!

-Hello!

Now, Sophie, you are the person to call in an emergency, right?

I like to think I'd be good to call. I work in the police control room.

-So we field all the 999 calls.

-Do you really? Does that mean you're a policewoman in disguise?

No, a civilian staff member. On the radio, I send the police officers out to the jobs.

-Now, Marian, your job involves meeting people, too.

-Yes, I do the home care service.

-And do you do daytime visits to the elderly?

-Yes. We meet lots of interesting people.

-They're living history books.

-With a lot to contribute.

-Yes.

-A lot of whom watch Bargain Hunt, for which we're grateful.

-They do! They're all rooting for us.

-They'll be on the edge of their chairs.

-I've had my orders!

-Good for you.

And it says here that your culinary skills were once called into question on an aeroplane.

-Tell us about that.

-I do sugarcraft. When my daughter in America got married,

she got married there and I took the cake. I also took the ingredients to ice it and decorate it.

In that was marzipan, and marzipan smells like Semtex.

And they have sniffer dogs and we were marched off the plane and interrogated.

And when we were first marched off the plane, my husband thought we were being upgraded.

-But we weren't.

-Upgraded to jail!

-That's right.

-They're not fond of that in America.

-No, not at all.

-Semtex on an aeroplane is not a good idea.

-No.

So, Paul, you seem to have collected jobs rather more than antiques.

Well, yes. I started out as an engineer. And I've been a chef and a taxi driver

-and several other jobs. After that, I did teaching for 35 years.

-Oh, did you?

-So now you've got more free time, what do you get up to?

-I'm very involved in amateur dramatics.

-I appear with lots of local societies.

-Oh, no, you don't.

-Oh, yes, I do.

-Oh, yes, I do.

-Do you?

-Becky, have you inherited the theatrical bug from your dad?

-Definitely. I used to be onstage,

but now I'm backstage setting the scene.

I work at Trent College, a boarding school, as their theatre designer and stage manager.

-We do about six productions a year.

-Good fun. So do you two think you've got the correct ingredients

-to win today?

-I think so. The recipe for success.

-Definitely.

What IS that recipe?

-I'm looking for Art Deco.

-Just a pinch?

-Just a pinch.

-And you beat in a couple of lumps of Art Nouveau?

-Sparkle as well.

-Sprinkle some sparkle on the top.

-And hopefully it will rise and make a decent profit.

-Yes.

-Good. On that happy note,

before we exhaust our culinary puns, I'm going to give you your money.

£300 apiece. Your experts await. Off you go! Very, very good luck.

I like a cupcake, me.

The Reds will be lucky to have him if they get into a tight fix.

It's the agile Philip Serrell.

Anyway...

She gets all the fans and today the lovable Anita Manning will champion the Blues.

OK, guys. We've got 300 smackeroonies.

-It's a lovely day. What do you want to buy?

-Art Deco.

-He's very definite.

-And something sparkly.

-Girls, have we got a plan?

-No, we haven't. We're in your hands.

-This isn't looking good, is it?

That's easy peasy. I love that stuff as well. Let's go.

Are we going for girly things or wacky and dangerous?

-Oh, I'm up for danger.

-Really?

-Live life on the edge.

-Absolutely.

-Let's go find an edge!

Even though it's chilly out there, the Reds have sun, sand and sea on their minds.

-Is this you, sir?

-It is.

-How much is that, please?

-45.

Do you like this?

-Well, I do.

-Go on, have a seat. You look singularly unimpressed.

-Well...

-It's actually comfortable.

It's all right. Go on, have a go.

-It's not English.

-I just think it's a nice, cool thing.

-Does it fold up?

-Yeah.

-It's comfy.

-It's Dutch.

-Dutch?

Can you help us on price at all?

I could do you a fiver - forty quid.

-It still sounds a lot.

-You'll make about 30, I reckon.

-You couldn't do us thirty quid?

-No, sorry.

-Could you do 35?

-No. 40 is absolutely definite.

-Could you hang on to it for us for 45 minutes?

-Yeah.

I can't guarantee we'll have it, but we might come back for it.

-Thank you ever so much. See you later on.

-Thank you.

-Bye.

Good idea to get them to hold it for you, because the Blues seem to be thinking about days out as well.

-That picnic set.

-Do you like that?

-85.

Picnic hampers are very popular in auction rooms just now. What I like about this one - well spotted -

is that it's in this wicker hamper, which takes it up a stage.

The hamper itself is in beautiful condition

and we have the original contents here with the thermos, sandwich box, cups and so on.

It was made by Coracle, but retailed by Fortnum and Mason.

They were a prestigious retailer, so you didn't buy junk there.

Can you imagine in the 1920s in one of these beautiful, long, muslin dresses?

-In a grand, stately grounds.

-A striped blazer.

-I can see you there.

-Yes.

-Flapper girls, everything.

With the hat! The straw boater.

Strawberries and cream.

-I'm there.

-Were you there?

-I think we're all there, Paul.

-But you've got it. It's sparked off your imagination.

-Yes, yes.

-See if you can get it for 60. Do you feel happy about that?

Oh, yes. I do, yes.

-She's very persuasive.

-I know. You're very persuasive as well.

You've taken my mind to a 1920s picnic.

-See what you can do.

-Can you do it for 60?

-No, I can't.

- I can do it for 70. 15 quid off it. - I think we should go for it.

I love your decisions, folks. What a team!

I'm sure it was the bees' knees back then. Well done.

That's one in the bag and we're only five minutes in. Keep it up.

We better get a lick on. Your time will go so quickly.

Oh, yes. Time flies when you're having fun, don't you know?

Are we going to work as a team? Or go off on our deckchair? Your look was priceless!

-I'll maintain my anti-deckchair attitude.

-Let's see over here.

At least the blues are singing from the same songsheet.

- If you can get a tune out of it...! - Come on, Becky.

-I'll attempt to.

-Or not!

OK, guys, I think we'll go inside. It's a bit blowy out here. I'm afraid I might lose my hat!

Right, let's have a look inside.

Right, it looks like our teams need a nice warm brew.

-These are lovely.

-Yeah.

-These are Picquot ware.

-You're right.

-They were made from the leftover materials of aeroplanes. They're aluminium.

They're very, very stylish and they make a great cup of tea.

They used to be a lot cheaper, but they're becoming popular now, so might be relatively dear.

-If you maybe quietly ask the dealer about the price on those.

-Come on, Paul!

-It's time to turn on that charm.

-Can you do any better than that?

-Now, Reds, surely you've spotted something you fancy.

-Like it?

-I don't know, actually.

-Leave it.

-I was looking...

-Hip flasks.

-Don't like them?

-No.

-OK.

-Sorry.

-We've been at this for 15 minutes, we've meandered...

-I know.

-We've found an overpriced deckchair that you don't like.

-I may back down, now I realise how hard it is.

Well, you know, we've got to buy three bits.

That's given us now 15 minutes for each item.

-Yeah.

-Right.

-You've got to focus. What do we want to buy?

Complete blank. This isn't looking good. It could all go up the spout.

I've had a word with the dealer and she says she can do it for £60.

-£60 is not bad.

-Will it make that at auction?

It's the type of thing that appeals to the eye of younger people.

-Younger people see that as a nice retro piece.

-Yes.

Don't tell anybody, but I've got one of those at home myself because I love a nice cup of tea.

-Yes, yes.

-So £60. Tell me what you think, Becky.

I really like that. I can see it on the coffee table.

-We all like it, so let's go for it.

-Yes.

-That's £60 and your second item chosen. Well done.

You Blues are not wasting any time, unlike those Reds, who are still looking for a leg up.

It's Edwardian, it's about 1910, something like that.

-It's made out of mahogany.

-Right.

Could it be a dressing table stool? Probably not a piano stool. It hasn't got a music compartment.

-But I think that's got quite a stylish look to it.

-I like it.

At auction, I think that's £50-£80. It's priced at £95.

You've got to try and get it... If you can get £60-£65, that's good.

We've got to find the man that owns it first.

-Keep going down there and if we see the guy come back, hurtle back. Agreed?

-Yeah.

-Agreed.

OK.

So we're past the halfway mark now and unlike those dithering Reds, our Blues are on the home straight.

We've got one more to buy. Becky wants something sparkly. She wants a bit of jewellery.

I'm happy to help her with that one.

-Girls, we're getting to a point where we need to buy something.

-Yes.

-It's hideous!

-I know, but...

-There's something about it.

-Do you think it's very us?

-It looks very me!

-Yeah.

-What do you think of that?

-Yeah. What could you do that one for?

-Does it work? Twice a day it's right(!)

-15.

-How about £10?

-How about 10?

-I can't do that, unfortunately.

-You'd do all right. It's somewhere between 1945 and 1960.

What I think is quite nice is it's Smith's, a good old English name.

And it's just quite a fun thing. Where you will appeal to, quite clever buying on your part,

-because you're going to sell in Lincoln?

-Horsey county.

- We like that. So 15? - It would have to be 15, yes.

-Go on.

-I think it's worth a go at £15! And then we've bought something!

Oh, no pressure there, then(!)

-Well done, well spotted. Right, you pay the man.

-We've bought something!

A clock made out of a riding stirrup. And about time, too.

You Reds have jumped the first fence. Two items to find.

Now where have we got to with Becky's bling?

The big Scottishy type? Are you just saying that because I'm here?

This girl is looking to buy something sparkly.

-It' snot silver, but it is quite a big statement.

-It is.

-I like the jewel. The colour's really nice.

Traditional Scottish type of brooch with this Cairngorm-coloured stone,

faceted stone there. And you have the Celtic design round here.

I just think it would lift any outfit.

It looks really good. It would appeal to a wide range of people.

-What do you think, Dad?

-It's big.

Sometimes big is beautiful.

How much is it?

-It's 45.

-You could probably get it for less.

£30. You can have that.

-There you are, Becky. It's up to you. Would you wear it?

-I would.

-She would wear it.

-Oh, yes.

-And she's a woman of taste.

-She is.

Let's put it up there.

When you look at it like that, it looks nice. He's come down substantially on that.

It's not silver. If it was silver, it would be three times that amount.

OK, I think that's a deal, then. Thank you very much.

That was all very painless and there's still ten minutes. Best have a little sit down.

Let's go and see our stall man.

-Hello. We were looking at your stool, sir.

-Yes.

What's the best you can do that for?

75.

-Would 60 be any good on it?

-I'll do 70.

-What about 65?

-Go on, then. 65.

-Are you happy with £65?

-Yes.

-Shake the man by the hand. You've been very kind to us.

Right, Philip, that's two items bagged, but you still don't seem in full control of your team.

I'd forgotten how exhausting this is. We've got five minutes left

and we seem to have bought two items. Still one more to go.

We've spent no money at all, so I'll get cussed by Tim.

But we'll find something, trust me.

This is getting desperate, Sophie!

-Come on, girls.

-I'm coming.

Look. I quite like that. It would make a nice table lamp.

-No.

-No. We'll buy the deckchair.

That forced a decision all right!

-You've got two minutes, girls.

-I'm going!

-Which way was it?

-It was over there.

Across, isn't it?

-I can't believe we're spending 40 quid on a deckchair.

-No.

I bet you didn't think we were going to come back!

Oh, my word!

Exhausted. Spent!

-Come on, Phil.

-No hurry, then(!) You take it all in your stride, Philip.

-Take a seat.

-Remind us of the best price.

-£40.

-40 whole pounds.

Yes.

Ah. The sun's come out.

-Ha ha. Five seconds.

-We might have to shake your hand. Thank you very much.

Well, that's the end of that drama. Let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought, eh?

Ever seen a dead hedgehog in a van before?

Me neither. Prickly business.

The blinkers came off when Sophie and Marian spotted this novelty stirrup clock,

bought for a meagre £15.

Then they took a fancy to this Edwardian stool and splashed out £65 of their budget on it.

And, finally, their eyes rested on this vintage folding deckchair.

£40 paid. Wow.

-Are you happy?

-OK, you gorgeous two. And you, Philip.

-How did you get on?

-We've bought three items in one hour, so we've fulfilled the Bargain Hunt brief.

That is marvellous. Which is your favourite piece?

-My least not favourite piece is the stirrup clock.

-You don't like any?

-Not ever so keen.

-Really?

-But... they'll all make masses of money.

-Do you agree with that, Marian?

-Absolutely.

-Is that going to bring the biggest profit?

-Yes.

-Is it?!

Everybody's happy and agreeing. You've had a lovely morning.

-We've had a great time. A bit frenetic at the end.

-It was.

-But we got there.

-What did you spend in toto, girls?

-£120.

-Is that all?!

-'Fraid so.

-£180, please.

-Here it is.

-Thank you. I won't check it,

in case it all blows away. What will you spend it on, Phil?

I'll try to ensure we don't end up up the creek without a paddle.

I think there could be a clue there. He's ever so subtle sometimes.

Anyway, bless you for that. Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blues bought?

Becky and Paul thought this picnic hamper with Royal Winton china would be all the rage and paid £70 for it.

Then they fell for this Picquot ware aluminium tea service. £60 paid.

Finally, Becky felt this Celtic brooch would add some sparkle

and they managed to get it for £30.

-Are you as cold as you look?

-Yes.

-Have you gone blue with cold?!

-Now, tell me, which is your favourite piece?

-The Picquot ware.

-The tea set.

-Yes, I know those. They're lovely, aren't they?

-Oh, yes.

-What about you, darling?

-I think the picnic basket. It reminds me of summer days!

-What a vivid imagination you've got! Good. Is that going to bring the biggest profit?

-I think so.

-I think so, yes.

-You agree?

-Yes.

-And how much did you spend all round?

-£160.

-£160?

-Yes.

-£140 I'd like of leftover lolly, please.

Thank you. Very nice gold nails.

-And over we go.

-Thank you.

-It's not for your personal consumption. Got any ideas?

Yes, I have. I want to buy something with a slightly theatrical slant.

And I would also like to buy something which would remind us of summer days.

Well, that's your challenge, Anita. Good luck. Meanwhile, I'm heading off to show you something

that I found just a little earlier.

Cor, look at this lot. Aren't they fun?

I just love these little gilt bronze figures. It's a village musical band.

Two fellas at the back here playing some sort of gongs.

And then we've got the tom-tom drum beaters in the middle

and they're serenading two beautiful girls

who are wearing not a lot, but they're sticking their bottoms out and having a serious rave-up!

The group includes a couple of crocodiles and another girl

going about her maize beating operation. She's got a massive pestle and mortar

and she's giving it a bit of stick. Think these are fun?

Incredibly naive and native productions they may be,

but they do reflect the history in Africa of exquisite metal working.

They're cast on the West Coast of Africa.

They don't call that the Gold Coast for nothing

because for centuries people in that area have been accustomed to working in metal

and indeed way back in the 16th and 17th centuries,

the people in the Benin area were casting exquisite bronzes

and that tradition has continued into the 20th and 21st centuries.

The bronze itself has been gilt with a very thin layer of fire-gilt gold

and that gilding is all spotted and discoloured.

The other thing is the plaque itself, made of hardwood, relatively crudely carved,

but that would indicate to me that this piece is at least 50 years old

and I would have thought brought back by some colonial administrator in West Africa

at the end of his tour of duty.

Somehow it has survived to entertain us today.

What you don't want to be doing with this sort of object

is buying something brand-new, a bit of tourist art that somebody has picked up in the airport,

because the value is very much associated with a degree of age.

But my favourite, I think, of all these pieces

have to be these little crocodiles.

Crudely cast, but look at that detail.

You can even see the scaly bit up its back.

So what's this lot worth?

£500?

£200?

No, this whole group could be yours for £100 only.

That is enough for this crocodile to want to bite your arm off for.

Talking about biting arms off, let's find out what our teams are up to over at the auction.

We've come across the county line from Nottinghamshire to Lincolnshire to the fair city of Lincoln itself

to be with Colin Young at Golding, Young & Mawer.

For the Reds, first up is this novelty, chromium-plated stirrup

with a leather inset clock in it.

It's a great little lot. There'll be plenty of people going for it.

It's got a good look about it. It's functional.

An estimate of 25 to 40 should stimulate the buyers.

-That's perfect. £15 paid.

-That was a really good buy.

-Pretty good, isn't it?

-Yeah, quality item.

-Next is the Edwardian mahogany stool.

-It's a popular shape.

You get these ones with the box bases, fairly squared off.

This has got a look about it that takes it away from the main.

-How much do you reckon it's worth?

-The squared-off versions are about £20.

-This has got the look, so we've put an estimate of £40 to £60.

-£65 paid.

Again selected by our Maid Marian, so whether she's doing good or not, I don't know,

because she found the third item too which is the deck chair.

Every time the BBC shows the bad weather in the summer,

-they've always got deck chairs blowing over on the Lincolnshire coast, hundreds of 'em.

-Yeah.

-So there's plenty about then, Colin?

-Sail in, sail out, we do see them.

-So how much?

-Well, £10 to £30 is enough to encourage some interest.

-Gosh!

-Yes...

-Our Marian paid 40.

It's a big old price. You'll be lucky if you get away with that.

On that basis, we'll need their bonus buy, so let's have a look at it.

We all know that Philip Serrell is a sly old fox

and you gave the man 180 smackers, which is a lot of money, quite a lot of wages, that, Philip.

It is. I didn't do it justice in terms of spending it, but I'm really pleased with what I bought.

-OK, show us your wares.

-There it is.

I've never seen anybody look so unimpressed in my life.

-It's stylish.

-It was 25 quid.

-25?

-Yeah.

-So what we've got there, Phil, it seems to me it's a nice slab of polished green marble.

-Yes.

-And then this aluminium-cast oarsman.

-Probably by a man called Hoselton who did Inuit art.

-It's growing on me.

-£25...

-And it's no more than 30, 40 years old.

-Now the prediction. Ask him how much he thinks it will make.

-Yes.

-I'm hoping it'll make 50 to 80 quid.

-I hope it does too.

-I'm hoping, I'm hoping.

So that is a bit of a find, Philip, potentially?

-I hope so. Fingers crossed.

-I'm impressed.

-Yeah, I'm impressed.

Good. Thank you very much, Phil.

Why don't we find out what the auctioneer thinks about Phil's little sculpture?

This is rather fun. Look at that.

-Isn't that delightful?

-I love that slab of green marble. What do you make of it?

-Good, decorative item.

I like the finish and the design of the rower as well.

If you rode these sculls, this is quite realistic, isn't it,

because the end of the scull is in the water,

hence, he's giving it a bit of a heave-ho, the blade is in the water.

-The whole thing is a delight. Where do you think it comes from?

-North American.

-Sort of Greenland area maybe.

-Robert Hoselton is our artist.

-I think that's the case.

-He's a Canadian.

-Yeah.

-What do you think it's worth?

-I think at auction we should get £60 to £90. It's just different, isn't it?

-Oh, I say!

-Is that good?

-Yes, it certainly is for Philip Serrell who only paid £25.

-Really?

-If the team decide to go with it.

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

They kick off with this Fortnum & Mason little hamper.

-Yeah.

-Which I think is just a little gem, don't you?

-I do. It's a sweet little thing.

-It looks to be in reasonable order. There's only a few nibbles on it.

-Good thing.

-Where I come from, down south in Sussex, they have something called the Goodwood Festival.

-Yeah.

All these people dress up in their '20s and '30s costume and they go off with their cars

and have a really beano-type time. They have their picnics and you need a picnic basket to have it out of.

In every auction, whenever you get these through, there's always plenty of people that bid for them,

-but they never spend a lot of money on them.

-Uh-oh!

-So, it's only tens rather than hundreds.

-Oh, yeah, yeah.

Those tens, I think, will be £25 to £40.

Really? Is that all? £70 paid. There's a bit of a hole there. Becky will be disappointed.

Next is the Picquot Ware tea set and tray.

-I've never seen one quite so shiny as this, I have to say.

-It is well polished.

-What is your opinion of its value, Colin?

-Plenty through.

£30 to £50, sail in, sail out.

OK, £60 paid. Let's hope that the shine on it takes it the extra yard, which it might do.

-The Celtic design brooch, this is a typical Anita Manning type object...

-Mm-hm.

-How do you rate that?

-It's not really a very good example, it has to be said.

Out of the items here, it's probably the one that underwhelms me the most because of the quality of it.

I've put an estimate on of £10 to £30 and that's as good as it gets, I'm afraid.

-Normally, they come in solid silver.

-Yeah.

-Otherwise, they might come in silver plate.

-If they're really down the pecking order, they're chromium plate.

-That's what we've got.

Your estimate is £10 to £30. They paid £30.

That, together with perhaps slightly overpaying on the Picquot Ware

and slightly overpaying on the Fortnum & Mason's picnic set,

means they'll need their bonus buy. Let's go and have a look at it.

You spent 160. You gave Anita 140. Anita, what did you spend it on?

I wanted to buy something theatrical because I know that you guys are a theatrical couple.

-And the only thing that I could find was a straw boater.

-Brilliant!

You painted such a wonderful picture of picnics when we bought the Fortnum & Mason picnic hamper

and I could see you in your striped blazer

and all you needed was a straw boater.

-Oh, yes, very dapper.

-Yes, yes.

What's the condition like?

It looks very good. How much did you pay for it?

That's the question. I wish it was a gold-plated one, but it wasn't.

I only paid £15 for it, so I didn't spend a lot of your money.

-How much is it...

-It won't fly, but it could make £20 on a good day.

How old is it?

It could be anywhere from the 1940s, '50s...

Going to try it on? You know you're longing to.

-Oh, you look lovely!

-If you modelled it, it could make millions. We're predicting a small profit.

Why don't we, for the audience at home, find out from the auctioneer

how much profit he's predicting on Anita's boater?

OK, Colin, there you go,

something to take you to dreamy days on the river.

-Yeah, it's just the right size as well.

-I wouldn't say that!

-It looks well, if it's not the right size.

-Yeah.

-It's in good nick, apart from the leather inside.

-Yeah.

It's had a little bit of a nibble on the inside, but the condition is very good.

-It sort of ought to be going with the picnic hamper.

-Yes.

-It's very much the picnic hamper end of it.

Anyway, so what's it worth?

I think £10 to £30 should get people after it.

-Our canny Scot paid 15, so she probably paid the right price as per usual.

-That's fine.

-On that happy note, we'll stand by for the auction. Are you taking the sale?

-I am.

-We're in safe hands.

-You must be feeling a bit nervous.

-I am. There's a lot of people here.

-Mainly here for your lots, I suspect.

-I hope so.

-How lovely would that be?

It's exciting. We're on the edge of the auction.

Your first item up is the stirrup alarm timepiece and here it comes.

Lot 60 is a novelty, chrome-plated, leather stirrup alarm clock there.

Who's going to start me at £50 for it? 50? £50, anybody?

30 will do then? £30, anybody? 30?

20 to go then surely? £20, anybody?

20? £20 bid. At 20 bid. 2 now, do I see? £20 bid. 2 surely?

At £20 bid. 2 again now, may I say?

At £20. Surely, somebody can see the quality in this.

All finished and going then... Bit of hovering on the internet. 22 bid.

22. 25? Got to have another one, surely?

-Go on!

-25? At 22. Time's running out.

No? All done and finished and going then...

It's more of a canter than running.

It's going then at £22 on the internet...

£22 on the internet. Thank gosh for the internet!

That's plus £7. Nothing the matter with that. Next up is your stool.

Very nice, elegant stool. What shall we say?

Who's going to start me at £100 for it? 100? 80 to go then?

-50 if you like? 50? Who's first in? 50 I'm bid.

-50, good.

5, do I see? At £50. 55. Bid 60. And 5.

65. 70 now? 70 bid.

-75? 75.

-You're in profit. Good auctioneer. Look at him!

He's like a conductor, look.

-See that?

-2 if you like? 82, fresh blood.

-Yes!

-85. 88. 88. Bid 90.

And 2 now? Let's keep going. £90 bid. Is there 2?

-90, girls!

-At 90, my first bidder's back in. At 90.

-Last call... 92, another fresh bidder.

-It's going on!

95. 98. 98. 100. 100 bid.

Dare I say 5? We'll stick with 2.

-I don't want to scare you off. 102. 105. 108 now?

-Look at him going on!

105 bid. Is there 8 anywhere else? 105 then, last call...

It will be this time. Sold then at £105!

Yes, splendida, you are plus £40 on that.

That is how to auctioneer something, take it up in twos, give it a nudge.

Now, what's going to happen with the deck chair?

Who's going to start me at £50 for it?

-£50 for a deck chair?

-He's a trier, I'll tell you that!

You'd pay that on the beach?

At £50? All right, halve it. 30? LAUGHTER

- That's a good half! - Just checking you're listening!

£20? 10? 10, I'm bid. Thank you, £10 bid.

10. 12 again now surely? At £10 bid. 12. 15 on the net.

18 bid. 18. 20 now.

20 bid. 22 bid. 25 now? 25 surely?

I have 22 in the second row. Is there 5 from anywhere else now?

At £22 then. All that flurrying on the internet died. 22.

25 back in the room. 5. 28? 28 now?

-28, fresh bidder. 28.

-Yes!

-And 30 now?

-30, do I see? 30 bid.

-He's so brilliant.

-32 now? 32.

35? Go on. 35, surely?

-35 bid. 38 now? 38, surely? No.

-Go on!

-At 35 bid.

Selling then at £35... Thank you.

How brilliant is that! That's minus £5,

which means, overall, you are plus 42.

-That is fantastic.

-How did that happen?

-We can eat tonight!

-Yes.

-"We can eat tonight!"

You've got £42 in the bank. Will you chance your arm with the Canadian sculpture?

-I would say definitely.

-What do you think, Soph?

-I'll do as I'm told again.

-Oh, no!

The decision is made. Now you have decided, I can tell you what the auctioneer's estimate is.

-He's put £60 to £90 on it.

-That's good.

Stand by. Here we go with the Canadian sculpture.

Very interesting lot, this, the Hoselton piece,

cast aluminium sculpture of a rower there.

Let's start at 100 for it. 100? £100? 100? 80 to go then?

50? £50?

-Interesting lot.

-Gone very hushed, this.

-Hmm.

-40?

And we're in at 40. At 40 bid. 5 anywhere else? £40 bid.

5 now, surely? At 40. 45.

50 now? 50, do I see? At 45. There's no bid at all. 45.

50? 50 bid. 5? 55. Bid 60 now?

55 in the room. Is there 60 now?

£60 now? 60. And 5?

-At £60...

-Look at this, girls!

-Is he your hero or not?

-Absolutely!

At £60, are we all done?

It's on the net. You're out in the room. The hammer falls at £60 only.

Yes, that's very good. £60, look at that.

5 to 30, that's plus £35.

-Philip Serrell, you are a genius!

-What a hero!

40 and 3 is 77...

Plus £77 you are up.

-£77.

-Oh, my gosh!

-We can eat and tomorrow!

-We can go somewhere posh.

-This could be a winning score. It ought to be a winning score.

-Let us see what happens. Don't say a word to the Blues.

-Not a word.

-Not a word.

-Thank you.

So, you have three uniquely miserable estimates on your objects,

but I don't want you to be depressed because this room is full of people having a good old punt,

-so it could work out beautifully and if the worst comes to the worst, you can put on your boater.

-Indeed.

-Are you with it?

-Oh, yes.

-Are you with me?

-Yes.

-Yes.

-Are we rooting together?

-We are.

-Are we going to win?

-Yes.

-We are.

First item up is the hamper. Here it comes.

-Lot number 77 is the Fortnum & Mason picnic hamper.

-What a lovely thing!

Nicely fitted with the Royal Winton. Who'll start me at £80 for it? 80?

50 to go then, surely? £50, anybody?

Oh, surely £50!

Start me at 30 then?

Just look at the quality oozing out.

-Oozing!

-Oozing, it is.

20 then? £20, anyone? £20? 20 bid. 2 bid? 2. 5 bid? 5.

28 now? 28 bid. 30? £30 bid.

32 now? 32. 5? No.

£32 bid. And 5 do I see from anywhere else now? At 32. 5 again surely?

-I don't like the look of this.

-35 on the net. 38 in the room.

40 now...? Obviously a sandwich or two short then.

Come on. 40?

That's more like it. 40. 42 now? Is there 2 anywhere else now?

-On the net then, sold at £40.

-Oh, no!

£40 is minus 30. That is a killer blow, isn't it?

Now, let's buck up - Picquot Ware.

Lot 78 is a Picquot Ware, aluminium, five-piece tea service there.

You also get the tray with it. Fantastic lot.

-Quite right.

-Who's going to start me at £70 for it? £70, anybody? 70?

50 to go then? £50, anyone? 50?

All right then, let's start at 35 for when they're not polished.

35? That's got to be a low enough start. 35 in the middle of the room.

-38 now, surely? At 35 bid. At 35.

-I can't believe this.

At 38. Bid 40? 40. We're scrubbing up well. 42.

45? At 42. And 5 now, do I see?

45, surely? 42, second row. 45 net. 48 room now?

-No? At 45 bid.

-It's on the internet again.

-48, surely? 48 bid.

At 48. 50 from anywhere else now? £50, do I see? 50.

-5?

-On the internet at 50.

-2 again then? At £50 bid.

Is there 2 anywhere else now? We're on the net at 50.

I'm just looking for another 2...

It won't be tea for two then. We sell at 50.

50 is minus 10.

Oh, dear, what a depressing pattern this is!

Now for the brooch.

-A wee Celtic design brooch.

-Yes!

Chrome-plated, wonderful stone on there. Lovely thing.

Who's going to start me at £30? 30?

Very much a statement piece, this. £30? £30?

20? Start me at 10?

-The silence is deafening.

-Understatement!

10. Looked reluctant, but we've got a bid. 10 bid. 12 now do I see?

Any more bids...? 12. 15.

18. 20. And 2. And 5?

-5. 28 now?

-This is a deathly hush.

-28. At 28 bid. 30 now, surely? Selling... 30, back in.

-Yes!

32 now? The excitement continues.

Yes!

Go on then, 32. 35 now? No. 32. All done and finished...

-You're in profit.

-Going then at £32...

-Just the £2, but it's a profit.

-It is.

And they were very poohey about that being chromium plate. Just shows, Anita knows her stuff.

OK, you were minus 40. You are now minus 38.

-What are you going to do about the boater? Are you going with the boater?

-Of course.

-Push the boater out?

-Oh!

£15, Anita paid. He's estimated 10 to 30. Bit of a miserable estimate again, I'm afraid.

But we're going with the bonus buy. You're minus 38 at the moment. Let's see what happens.

Lot number 83. There we go, this is the straw boater

with the very nice banding around it. Summer's on its way.

Now's the time to buy it. Who'll start me at £40? £40?

40? 30 will do then. £30?

Come on!

Not even that's worked. £5?

-Oh, no.

-£5? That always helps. 5 bid. 8 bid. 10 bid. 12 bid. 15.

18 do I see? At 15 bid. 18 now? At 15.

You're out at the back and the front. This is 15 and no money at all.

At 15 bid. 18 now do I see? At 15.

I'll help you out with 16 then. 16? No? At 15 in the middle of the room.

You're OK at 15? I'll go back to my bid of 12 down here. At 12 bid.

15 or not now? At 12 bid. At 12 with you. 12, that's OK? At 12 bid.

15 or not? At 12 bid. I'll make it 13 if it helps out?

-It won't in any way, shape or form. At 12...

-So it's TWELVE pounds?

Done and finished and going then at £12...

£12 is minus £3 which takes you to a masterful minus 41.

Oh, dear. If you say that quickly, it doesn't sound so bad, Paul.

-No, no, no, no.

-Listen, don't say a word to the Reds, right?

-No.

Minus £41 could be a winning score.

-It's possible.

-Yeah, it's possible. It's happened before.

-Yes.

-Many times, actually.

-OK, teams, this is fun, isn't it? Have we been chatting to one another at all?

-Not at all.

Unfortunately on Bargain Hunt, we can't have two teams of winners. We have to have some runners-up.

-And the runners-up by a long chalk today are the Blues.

-Oh, no!

Surely no big surprise there!

Minus £41 is your total non-score which is bad luck, actually, isn't it?

-I mean, why didn't they like picnic hampers here?

-I know.

That was a really bad blow and undeserved cos it was a good piece of goods if you know what I mean.

The Celtic brooch did something surprising. It made a profit!

-Have you had a nice time?

-Yes.

-It's been wonderful.

-Thanks for bringing your lovely daughter and yourself.

It's been good fun. But the victors today are going home with £77.

How about that? There you go, there's some of it.

-Thank you.

-And I owe you a couple to make it up to 77.

It was nearly a hat-trick, wasn't it? You got so close.

-Yes.

-But were let down by that wretched deck chair, not surprisingly!

Greatly assisted by the bonus buy, Philip. That was marvellous for that little old rower.

Congratulations to the Reds. I hope you've enjoyed it, Soph.

-Fantastic.

-Had a lovely time, Marian?

-Wonderful.

We've liked it so much, why don't you join us soon

-for more bargain hunting, yes?

-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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