0:00:07 > 0:00:09Today we're at the Kent Showground,
0:00:09 > 0:00:12at the former RAF Detling.
0:00:12 > 0:00:18From here in WWII spitfires took off to fight for king and country.
0:00:18 > 0:00:23Today it's not so much a battle in the air, but a battle at the fair.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Ha! Let's go bargain hunting! Yeah!
0:00:52 > 0:00:57During the wars squadrons from RAF Detling provided air cover
0:00:57 > 0:01:02for the greatest amphibious landings ever - D-day.
0:01:02 > 0:01:07The question is - will it be the day today for our teams,
0:01:07 > 0:01:10or will their profits simply nosedive?
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Let's have a quick peek as to what's coming up.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Have the Reds forgotten the rules of Bargain Hunt?
0:01:17 > 0:01:19We're not allowed to not have three objects.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22OK, so we've got to have a third object.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25And have the Blues forgotten the name of the game?
0:01:25 > 0:01:27I think it's hideous.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29- It's apparently Mongolian. - That's the game.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Bargain Hideous Hunt. Am I right?
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Ha! So let's meet the teams.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40On the show today we've got two married couples.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45David and Caroline for the Reds, and Gosia and Louis for the Blues.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- Hello, everyone.- Hello!
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Lovely to see you. Now, Caroline, how did you two meet?
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Well, we met in a recording studio.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55I was recording a jazz album at the time
0:01:55 > 0:01:57and the producer who was producing me
0:01:57 > 0:02:01then called in David who was a mate and said, "Oh, come down, listen
0:02:01 > 0:02:03"to this album," and basically he came in
0:02:03 > 0:02:05and checked out all the album.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07- Checked you out too. - That's exactly what he did.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13- And the rest, as they say... - Is history.- How lovely is that?
0:02:13 > 0:02:18- So you have been a professional singer for a while.- A long time.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21I had my first major record contract with the first ever
0:02:21 > 0:02:23independent record label, which was Major Minor.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- And I was 12 years of age. - You weren't!- I was.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Do you remember what you sang?
0:02:28 > 0:02:31I had a song recorded, it was called Dream Boy.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- Have you got a little line of it in your head?- No.- Oh, come on!
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- It's too long ago. - Come on, don't be like that.- No.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41The first one that you ever had, go on, give us a trill of Dream Boy.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45# Cos he's my dream boy and I love him so
0:02:45 > 0:02:47# My dream boy, never let him go... #
0:02:47 > 0:02:51- See! They never, ever forget their lines.- Something like that!
0:02:51 > 0:02:55That is so cool. Anyway. Fantastic.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57So, David, you're Caroline's producer.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59- Yes, I am. - What are you up to at the moment?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02I'm doing Caroline's album at the moment and I'm also doing
0:03:02 > 0:03:07an album with a lady called Tayo Hendrix, daughter of Jimi.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09And that's enough at the moment.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Now, David, you've had your fair share of brushes with stardom,
0:03:12 > 0:03:13- haven't you?- Yeah. Yeah.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Well, I worked with a band called The Foundations for about 12 years.
0:03:17 > 0:03:18We worked all over the world.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21And you weren't in on that Build Me Up Buttercup, were you?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Yes, that was the group I worked in,
0:03:23 > 0:03:25but I didn't play on the original record.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28- That was a good record, wasn't it? - Oh, it's a classic.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- Anyway. Very, very good luck today. - Thank you.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- Now, Gosia. You're from Poland originally.- Yes, I am.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37And what dragged you to the United Kingdom?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Well, at the beginning it was supposed to be only one year
0:03:40 > 0:03:45and kind of polishing my English. But that one year turned into ten.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49- You're also frightfully keen on the theatre.- Horribly. Horribly.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51That's why I love London.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55- It's the capital of the world in terms of theatre.- Brilliant.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Now, Louis, you got hitched in a rather unusual way, didn't you?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Well, we had a football themed wedding
0:04:00 > 0:04:03and being an Arsenal fan I went in the Arsenal colours.
0:04:03 > 0:04:09I had the red tunic with the white armbands.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12It looked just like the 1970s kit, which was always the best kit.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- So the full strip.- The full strip, we had the aisle turfed.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19- You didn't...- We did. We had a very understanding priest.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20You certainly did.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24So you put the turf down the aisle, you go in your strip,
0:04:24 > 0:04:25what else happened?
0:04:25 > 0:04:27The Fulham Brass Band played us down the aisle
0:04:27 > 0:04:30to the theme tune of The Big Match.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- Oh, fantastic! - Do you remember the 1970s programme?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34HE HUMS THE THEME TUNE
0:04:34 > 0:04:36So we went down the aisle to that
0:04:36 > 0:04:39and when we left we went to the music of Match Of The Day.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Because it was Match Of The Day.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Well, it was. It was the wedding of the century, I would've thought.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- It was brilliant.- Brilliant.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Now, £300 apiece, there's your £300.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52You know the rules. Your experts await. And off you go!
0:04:52 > 0:04:55And very, very, very good luck!
0:04:55 > 0:04:56Lovely!
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Now, let's meet our experts.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06He's a man-akin to all things antique.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08For the Reds it's Jonathan Pratt.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12For the Blues it's our worldly-wise Kate Bliss.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13She's just out of this world.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17- Now, you're both in the music industry.- We are.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Is that going to influence what you're going to be buying today,
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- do you think?- Of course. It definitely will.- How?
0:05:22 > 0:05:23It's got to sing to me.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Now, Louis, you've got interesting footwear on.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- Yeah, yellow socks. It's to go with the Arsenal away kit.- I see.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- Cos you're a major football fan, aren't you?- Absolutely.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- I was mortified when we were the Blue team.- I see.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37I love glass, so maybe a nice big piece of glass
0:05:37 > 0:05:38that makes a statement.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40OK. And you'll just do whatever she says?
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- Of course.- No.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Are you out for some fun today?
0:05:43 > 0:05:48Obviously I'm going for tacky silly items that put the smile
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- hopefully on yours, Louis' and my face.- Fantastic. Let's get to it.
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Excellent. Let's go.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54So, off you go, teams.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Hold on. Is David about to strum his stuff?
0:05:58 > 0:05:59That's quite cool, isn't it?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- Isn't it?.- Is that someone's just done some decoupage on it?
0:06:02 > 0:06:03It looks like it.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Do you play? - A little bit.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Oh, it's way out of tune.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Oh, David, you musicians should be in tune with one another.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15How are our other married couple doing?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Seems like they're going to go tribal.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23I said that tribal art was something that we'd look for,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25and these look, er...
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- ..pretty tribal to me. - They do, very tribal.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31You've got three graduated heads there.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Now, I have to say, tribal art is a very specialised subject.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35It's not my field,
0:06:35 > 0:06:37in fact it couldn't be further from my field actually.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Difficult to tell with really hard woods like this
0:06:40 > 0:06:44the age, cos they don't wear like English woods
0:06:44 > 0:06:45- or they don't distress.- Right.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Also, there's a lot of modern pieces on the market.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51There's a flood of imports of this sort of thing.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53So we've got to be careful to find something perhaps a little bit
0:06:53 > 0:06:57- special rather than something that's been mass produced.- Indeed.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58Wise words from our Kate.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00And it does look fairly generic.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05Um, that's the only problem. It's not something that really grabs me.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Shall we keep going? Perhaps we could always come back.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Yeah, sure.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12So, you wisely left your tribal art alone, Blues.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14# When two tribes go to war
0:07:14 > 0:07:17# A point is all you can score... #
0:07:17 > 0:07:21Talking of tribes, how are our Red tribe doing?
0:07:21 > 0:07:23- Jonathan?- Oh, yeah, yeah.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- You're back onto guitars again, are you?- No, got a banjo.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Do you play the banjo?
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- I do, I play the banjo. - Do you play the banjo, officer?
0:07:33 > 0:07:34I actually do play the banjo.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- I couldn't play that cos it's really badly out of tune.- Oh, is it?
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- Well, then, guitar. - No, it's really out of tune.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- With my little ukelele in my hand. - Would you buy a musical instrument?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- No. Cos we've got loads.- Have you? - Yeah, we're full of...
0:07:46 > 0:07:49- Yeah, but it isn't for you to keep. - It's not for us, is it?
0:07:49 > 0:07:50It's to sell, darling.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- If you've got loads of them you might know about them.- Yeah, I know.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56This is Bargain Hunt. It's called Bargain Hunt.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57In case you'd forgotten.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59I know that, all I'm saying is...
0:07:59 > 0:08:04Do you think you're going to take... Told you. Give a woman money...
0:08:04 > 0:08:06You can't have this! I'm not selling it.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Told you.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Oh, dear. Better brush up on the rules of the game, Caroline,
0:08:11 > 0:08:14and how are your opponents doing?
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Looks like the Blues have clocked something.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Who writes this?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- It's quite striking, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Get it?
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Oh! I'm in stitches, Kate(!)
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Antiquite de Paris literally means Antique Of Paris,
0:08:26 > 0:08:30- I'm right in saying, which rings alarm bells.- Yeah.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Cos although it's quite distressed,
0:08:33 > 0:08:37if you look at the dial here that's been printed,
0:08:37 > 0:08:42and all the distressing is within the print so it's made to look old.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45But, you know, it's a nice decorative piece.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48I quite like the little fleur de lis on the hands there.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51And I can easily see that on someone's wall in the modern
0:08:51 > 0:08:54type of flat or house.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56I think it's too conservative.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Shall we just see how much it is? Just out of interest.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- Hi, there, how much is your clock? - 140.- 140.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03How old did you say it is?
0:09:04 > 0:09:10- It's a fairly modern piece. It is within the last 10-15 years.- Yeah.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Very decorative but not an antique.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16And antiques are what we are after, Blues, so keep on hunting.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Meanwhile, could the Reds have sniffed out something special?
0:09:20 > 0:09:23It's domed, it's leather covered.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27It's late 19th century, so circa 1880, 1890 or thereabouts.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29This metal work is sort of reminiscent...
0:09:29 > 0:09:32In fact it's probably a bit earlier than that, it might be
0:09:32 > 0:09:33more 1880 than anything else.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35It has that sort of ecclesiastical feel about it.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39- You often see little caddies in this sort of shape too.- Yeah, absolutely.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Which is a nice little thing, you know,
0:09:41 > 0:09:44I mean at the very worst-case scenario, someone would have
0:09:44 > 0:09:47to refit the interior and just make it a long box for something else.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50The reason I'm selling that is I've been looking for the bottles
0:09:50 > 0:09:52to look in it but I haven't found them yet.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54The other thing is he's got nothing to put in it,
0:09:54 > 0:09:56so he's now selling it cos he's spent all his life
0:09:56 > 0:09:58trying to find four bottles that fit in there.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59He'd be happy to let that go...
0:09:59 > 0:10:02He'd be happy to let that go cos quite honestly he'd just
0:10:02 > 0:10:04rather see the back of it now, he's sick of it.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- Erm...- He's good. He is good.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09You know, you put it into auction
0:10:09 > 0:10:12and on the internet you've got the normal sort of 10,000 viewers
0:10:12 > 0:10:15that are looking on the website, blah, blah, blah...
0:10:16 > 0:10:17Right. How much is it?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19I've got 50 on that.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Hmm. I wouldn't pay that for it.
0:10:22 > 0:10:2320?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25SELLER LAUGHS
0:10:25 > 0:10:2620 quid?
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Nah, I paid a lot more than that for it.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33He was hoping to find the bottles, you see.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36But you can't find the bottles and we've got plenty of bottle,
0:10:36 > 0:10:37so 20 quid.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41The absolute death on that would be £30. I could let you...
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- 25.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45- Meet you halfway. - We'll meet halfway.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46Crikey, these two don't mess about.
0:10:46 > 0:10:4825 quid? Meet you halfway?
0:10:48 > 0:10:4925.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50- Good man.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Good deal. Thank you very much.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- Are you happy with that?- Yeah.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57You two drive a hard bargain!
0:10:57 > 0:10:59I can't believe I just did that.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Neither can I, sorry.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Took the words right out of my mouth, JP.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09You two certainly have got a lot of bottle and your first buy.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Meanwhile, seems like Louis is banging the drum for tribal art
0:11:13 > 0:11:15once again.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16These fellas here...
0:11:17 > 0:11:19They are much more modern.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22More modern, yeah, you can see, I think...
0:11:22 > 0:11:24And the quality of the carving is just...
0:11:24 > 0:11:27I don't know, you can see the face in that. You know, you've got to...
0:11:27 > 0:11:31You can see more features, although it does look a lot more modern.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35- I don't think the market's quite as good.- I don't like them.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37I completely don't like them.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- OK. Gosia says no.- OK, that's fine.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Gosh, Gosia has spoken.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46But you're over halfway and you haven't even got your first buy.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Hold on, what's that you've found? Looks familiar.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53Oh, that's heavy.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58- What do you think of that? - That's brilliant. I love it.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00So, it's thumbs up from Louis.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02There's a little bit of patina on it.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04But age again is so difficult to tell.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08I'd certainly say it's 20th century, but probably early 20th century.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09What can you tell us?
0:12:09 > 0:12:12I think it's about 1920s.
0:12:12 > 0:12:131920s, yeah.
0:12:13 > 0:12:18It's probably East African and that's about as much as I know.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19Probably what, sorry?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- East African. - East African. Yeah.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24That's as much as I know about it.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26But it's a nice piece.
0:12:26 > 0:12:27- How much is it?- £40
0:12:27 > 0:12:29£40.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Any possible way down? Kind of 30?
0:12:35 > 0:12:37I'll come down to 35.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- Not even 30?- All right, £30.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43- 30 for cash.- Would you like to?
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Yeah, I think time's pushing on and I really like that one.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49- I think it's got character as well. - It has got character.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50It's certainly really heavy,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53I mean that's a really dense African wood you've got there.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57- It reminds me of a mortar.- Yeah.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Obviously Africans used mortars and pestles and it reminds me
0:13:01 > 0:13:04of that the way it's carved out in the top there.
0:13:04 > 0:13:05Gosia, what do you think about this?
0:13:05 > 0:13:12For £30 or even 29 I would be more than happy to go for that. £30, yeah.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15£30 is the price.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Well, you seem to be quite happy and as time's ticking I think
0:13:18 > 0:13:20- we ought to make a purchase.- Yeah.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21- That looks like a perfect one.- Great.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- Thank you very much.- Thank you. - Thank you.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29I'm going to give that to you...Louis, cos it's really heavy.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Blimey.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Yes, you've got to suffer for your art, Louis.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Your first in the bag, Blues.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38But you've had nearly 42 minutes on the clock
0:13:38 > 0:13:42so you'd better get bagging some more - smartish.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Now, could the Reds have struck lucky with their next find?
0:13:45 > 0:13:48When you go to auction things that you can guarantee to get
0:13:48 > 0:13:50people interested in is silver.
0:13:50 > 0:13:51It has an intrinsic value
0:13:51 > 0:13:54and you can find something that can be used. It's quite a big box.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56It caught my eye cos the style is very Victorian.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57You've got a decorative edge.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- Matches.- Yeah, it's for matches.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02- So the whole box... - Oh, look at that.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03And so you've got that,
0:14:03 > 0:14:07so popping that on the scales you've got an ounce of silver or something.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09The thing with these are it's all about condition.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12OK, the marks are a downside, but it's a good size.
0:14:12 > 0:14:18He says he'll do it for £30, which doesn't strike me...
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Oh, JP!
0:14:19 > 0:14:25..as particularly expensive. But he might move a touch more on that.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28You never know. I think £20-25.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31If you got that for 20, I'd say a profit every day of the week.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32We don't have an enormous amount of time
0:14:32 > 0:14:34and if I can influence you on one item then...
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- Man with the orange hat.- Yeah, where is the man with the orange hat?
0:14:37 > 0:14:38I do like the hat, actually.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- You're liking it more now. - Oh, hello.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42I can do 30 squids.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45How about 20? Come on, east end. You've got to be an east end boy.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Yeah. Come on, 20. I...
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Scraps alone are more than 30.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51I was doing you a tickle at 30.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53What you wearing?
0:14:53 > 0:14:57- What you got on? - Do you want to go and get a room?!
0:14:57 > 0:15:00- Is it the hat? It's the hat, isn't it?- It's the hat.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01Bit of a colour clash!
0:15:01 > 0:15:04- See you later!- Charming, David.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Honestly, 30 quid.
0:15:07 > 0:15:0925. Do it at 25.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10Go on, give you a chance.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Thank you very much.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14East end boy, deal done.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Right, me east end boy, better get a Bob Murray on cos you're
0:15:17 > 0:15:22running out of time to make your final purchase, like.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Do you want to carry on in here or go outside?
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- I need to get some air. - The decision will be made outside. We have to buy outside.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30I don't think we'll have time to come back in again.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Five minutes to go and the blues have still got one buy.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36They need to ride like the wind to get their next two,
0:15:36 > 0:15:38so what's this they've found?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Oh-oh!
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Can I ask how much for the saddle - the wooden saddle?
0:15:43 > 0:15:45£90.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47£90 on it? Thank you very much.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- Can you tell us something about it? - It's Mongolian.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- It's Mongolian?- Yes.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55And the age of the piece?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57- I'm not sure about that.- A saddle.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Ah!
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Gosh has spotted it, I think it's hideous.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04That's the name of the game.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05Bargain "hideous" Hunt.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Not quite, Gosia.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Are you into Mongolian saddles?
0:16:09 > 0:16:12No, I used to do horse riding, but I like the piece.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16As we've got five minutes, I'm going to leave you to look at that
0:16:16 > 0:16:18while I'm whizzing round.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- Thank you.- You buck up, Kate!
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Meanwhile, with the Reds,
0:16:23 > 0:16:25could Caroline finally get the glass she wanted?
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Selling this stuff is a bit of a punt at auction, in the sense
0:16:28 > 0:16:30it's all about the people in the room and what they like.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33- Would you have it at home?- I would have something like that at home, yeah.
0:16:33 > 0:16:39- How much you asking? - £55 on that one and 55 on the green one as well.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43The thing is, we have to get things cheap so that we beat the Blue team.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45- And we need one more item. - We've bought two items...
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- One more. - ..we need one more.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Do 45 on one.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52But with minutes to go and two buys still to make,
0:16:52 > 0:16:56the Blues seem stuck on this 'ere saddle.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- Kate.- Hi, you two.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02That one - we had a quick chat with the lady
0:17:02 > 0:17:04and the very best price she can offer is £80.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- I know it sounds ridiculous.- Yes.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08I know it's a piece of wood, which is
0:17:08 > 0:17:11called saddle which doesn't even look like a saddle.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13It does look like a saddle, I have to say.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16It's £80, but we've got two minutes.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21I have to tell you, my gut feeling is, I would put an estimate of...
0:17:21 > 0:17:22- £40?- Probably.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24£40-£60.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26It's totally up to you.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28I'm just telling you what my gut instinct is.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31If there's a Mongolian saddle collector who spots it,
0:17:31 > 0:17:32you never know.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35You never, never, never, never know.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Can you just do a tiny bit more, madam, for auction?
0:17:38 > 0:17:39Do you do 70 for us?
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- £70?
0:17:42 > 0:17:43I suppose so, yes.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Fantastic. You're and angel. Thank you.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46That's slightly better.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49The price thing's worrying me slightly...
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Let's not worry, let's not worry.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53- Stress-free.- OK. - Stress-free, you know?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- We're spending money. - Are we going to go for this?- Yes.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58We're going to do it. We are going to do it.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Thank you so much.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01At last.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05You might be worried, Kate, but at least you've finally scored your second buy.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07You've under two minutes to make your last,
0:18:07 > 0:18:10so you'd better trot off, or rather, make that a gallop.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Reds are feeling the pressure too.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15I only want to pay 35 quid, basically.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17But he won't take 35 quid?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19And we're not allowed not to have three objects.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21So we've got to have a third object.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25- Do you want to carry on walking in the next two minutes?- Yeah. Come on. Quick let's go. Sorry!
0:18:25 > 0:18:26We'll get something.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Guys, we have literally a minute.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31I've seen two things that are a potential,
0:18:31 > 0:18:32- do you want to have a look? - Yes, please.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34One minute. You've got to make a decision.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- Is it silver?- No, it's plated.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39The price is on the bottom and it's very cheap.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Is it £40?
0:18:44 > 0:18:47- This one I can't go less than £80.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51- Or there's £80 on a little period which is quite sweet.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53- Right.- Heart-shaped trinket box.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Have to say, I prefer the inkwell as well.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- You like the inkwell? - How old is the inkwell?
0:18:58 > 0:19:001925, I think.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02So, teams it's the final countdown.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- Wrong show.- No.- 25 seconds.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- 25 seconds. - You have to buy something.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Let's just go back and get one of those vases.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12OK.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14I think we'll buy it then, guys.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16If you're happy with that, cos we're out of time.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- OK.- £40?
0:19:19 > 0:19:20Thank you very much.
0:19:20 > 0:19:25- Right, we're going to buy that vase cos we're running out of time. - How much is that, darling?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27- I want the green one.- That one there? - Yep.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30- Think I'm right? - No time to change your mind.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Instinct is always right.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35That's it - your time is up!
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Fantastic! We made it!
0:19:37 > 0:19:41My goodness, I'm going to have a heart attack. Well done.
0:19:41 > 0:19:42Please, don't!
0:19:42 > 0:19:46But in their haste, the Reds don't know a thing about their last buy.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- Let's have a look at what we've bought.- Absolutely.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Normally, we do this the other way round, but we ran out of time.
0:19:52 > 0:19:58£45 for a 1970s, late '70s probably, nice colour green,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00glass bowl.
0:20:00 > 0:20:01It's Italian.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04You won't lose very much if you lose anything at all.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06It's around the right sort of money for it.
0:20:06 > 0:20:11So, hopefully, we'll come along and squeeze a fiver or tenner out of it.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13- Yeah, whatever. - Three good objects.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Three good objects.- I thought we done very well.- Yeah, we did.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19So let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Could it be the sweet smell of success with this Victorian
0:20:22 > 0:20:24scent casket for £25?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26With no bottles.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Could they strike gold with a Victorian matchbox holder,
0:20:30 > 0:20:31also at £25?
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Strike a light!
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Finally, they bagged this 1970s glass bowl for £45.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42I'm just a bit worried about the last item.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43I'm a bit worried about that as well.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47I don't like to hear anybody's worried about anything.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48Are you really worried?
0:20:48 > 0:20:50- It was a really quick, rapid buy.- Was it?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52- Very quick. - We had about two seconds left.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54You didn't spend much, did you?
0:20:54 > 0:20:56- Nah.- How much did you spend? - 95 quid.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58£95!
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- Who's got the £205?- I have.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- Please, may I have it? - I've got to part with it?- You do.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06You give it to me and then I give it, like the Inland Revenue,
0:21:06 > 0:21:07to somebody else.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11- And we've got the five coming, have we?- Delve deep down in my pocket. Yes.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Oh. Lovely, look, bit of shrapnel.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Now, tell me, darling, what's your favourite?
0:21:16 > 0:21:18It's the silver matchbox holder.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22- That's your favourite-favourite? - I quite like the little box... - The perfume box.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- I thought that was quite nice. - That's your favourite-favourite?
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Is it going to bring the biggest profit?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- Silver matchbox.- Is it?- Yeah.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- Definitely.- The silver matchbox, yeah.- Cos we got it so cheap.- Yeah.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Best to agree with the wife, I find. That's fine. That's that sorted.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Now, talking about the handover, here we go - look, JP,
0:21:39 > 0:21:40that's a lot of money, isn't it?
0:21:40 > 0:21:42It's a lot of money...
0:21:42 > 0:21:44You could buy most of the fur with that lot.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45Yeah, what am I going to buy?
0:21:45 > 0:21:48I really don't know. The world is my oyster with this, Tim.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49It's great, isn't it?
0:21:49 > 0:21:50It's the passport to riches
0:21:50 > 0:21:53and I hope you spend the whole lot, old friend.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55- Anyway, have a nice cup of tea, team.- We will.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Meanwhile, we're going to check out
0:21:57 > 0:21:59what the Blue team bought, aren't we?
0:21:59 > 0:22:02The Blues went for this African hardwood bowl for £30 -
0:22:02 > 0:22:05straight from the airport.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Next they reigned in the Mongolian wooden saddle.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Finally they signed up to this 1920s silver inkwell for £40.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20What is recovery required for, pray? It was all fun, wasn't it?
0:22:20 > 0:22:24- Brilliant.- Absolutely delightful fun.- And hard work.
0:22:24 > 0:22:25Spending somebody else's money.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Anyway, which is your favourite piece?
0:22:28 > 0:22:32I would stick with mine which is a wooden saddle.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34- Saddle?- Yes.
0:22:34 > 0:22:35- That's your favourite?- Yes.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37- Good. - Mine's definitely my tribal art.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- Is it, Louis?- Indeed.- OK. Is that going to bring the biggest profit?
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- Uh, by far. - By far?- Absolutely.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45- How much did you spend all told? - £140.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49£140, which is an awful lot of zloty, isn't it?
0:22:49 > 0:22:50It is an awful lot of zloty.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Thank you very much. Good, nice move.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53Straight over to you, Kate.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58What have you learned about European history during your tour today?
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Well, I've learnt that people tend to do their own thing,
0:23:01 > 0:23:03I think, here.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Certainly, Gosia and Louis have gone for what they love, which is
0:23:07 > 0:23:08actually very different.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11You've had nothing much to do with it?
0:23:11 > 0:23:12Well, you might say that.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- I've been an onlooker.- Yeah, but your looking comes now, right?
0:23:15 > 0:23:18- Yeah, it's my go. - With your bonus-buy money.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19I'm going to do my thing.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23You don't have to buy tribal art nor wooden saddles.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Really?
0:23:25 > 0:23:28I think you've got the patience of a saint, really.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32That is true. St Catherine, go forth and multiply.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Meanwhile, I feel a bit of a Chinese coming on!
0:23:41 > 0:23:46Have we been transported from Kent to Canton?
0:23:46 > 0:23:47Hoo-hoo-hoo!
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Look at this extraordinary bench!
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Isn't it fantastic?
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Well, hideous?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57No! Surely not.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01This thing is made of an extraordinary material called
0:24:01 > 0:24:05katsura wood, which is a bit like balsa wood.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09It's softish but it's easy to carve
0:24:09 > 0:24:14and it takes an incredible carved detail - as you can see.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18You then cover it in a special reddish polish and this thing,
0:24:18 > 0:24:23if it was tickled up, could look absolutely spectacular.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26What we've got in the middle is a big panel,
0:24:26 > 0:24:29and that panel is full of figures and emblems.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Two bats, look, flying through the sky.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Emblematic of longevity.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39We've got some dome-headed immortals,
0:24:39 > 0:24:45a courtesan lying on the ground playing some mood music,
0:24:45 > 0:24:49and a fisherman appearing with an enormous carp which he wants
0:24:49 > 0:24:52to sell for somebody's supper.
0:24:52 > 0:24:57All that detail carved out of single lump of katsura wood.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00And that doesn't include the frame.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04Look at this frame - have you ever seen more vigorously carved,
0:25:04 > 0:25:09scaly, snarling dragons, all about to consume themselves,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11ever before in your life?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Well, I bet you ain't,
0:25:13 > 0:25:18cos this is an extraordinary tour de force of the carver's art.
0:25:18 > 0:25:24I'm particularly fond of these scaly, standard end supports.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29The loose seat cushion - that has seen better days.
0:25:29 > 0:25:35In France, they call this sort of distressed look de chaville, yeah,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38we call it clapped out.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Underneath that, look, there's a hinged surface
0:25:41 > 0:25:45and a cavernous space inside in which you could store,
0:25:45 > 0:25:49in China, your rolled-up bed, or here, a few cushions.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54I think this is an extraordinary find.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58Priced up, here in Kent for £1,200.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03But I promise you, if you polished it, repaired the seat, put it
0:26:03 > 0:26:09into a London sale, this bench would make the top end of five grand.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11And that's an awful lot of yen.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16£45 and standing...
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Well, what a treat it is to be in the cathedral city
0:26:24 > 0:26:29of Canterbury at Canterbury Auction Rooms with Michael Roberts.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30- Michael, good morning.- Hello, Tim.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32- What a treat to be back. - Good to see you.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Such an attractive place.
0:26:34 > 0:26:40- Now, first up for the Reds is the leather-covered scent casket.- Yes.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Generally, not so good to sell a scent casket with no bottles.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45This is true.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49It is a slight defect, but it is a nice box - good quality,
0:26:49 > 0:26:52and I suppose you could use it for something else.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54- It's a good quality thing. - OK.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Well, there it is. It's a pretty little box, missing its interior.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01They only paid £25. What's your estimate?
0:27:01 > 0:27:04- 20-30.- I'd say that's spot-on, Mike.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Next is the engine-turned matchbox holder.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11- These are handy things, aren't they? - It's a good thing - nice quality.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14It's jollies up a cheap box of matches no end.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Absolutely. I would have though between £30 and £50, thereabouts.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19OK. That's fantastic.
0:27:19 > 0:27:24- You're going to ignite something here with that cos £25 is what they spent.- Wonderful.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Which is red-hot. Thank you.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30What about this green job? Is it Murano, do you think?
0:27:30 > 0:27:32There's no markings on it and it's difficult to tell.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Got a great big air bubble in it.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- Absolutely, so quality isn't fantastic.- No.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39They can be quite difficult to date, but it's a decorative
0:27:39 > 0:27:43- piece of glassware and you could use it for fruit or something.- How much?
0:27:43 > 0:27:47- Erm, £20-£30.- OK. £45 paid, so that could be a bit of a problem.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49In fact, it could eat up all the projected
0:27:49 > 0:27:52profit on the matchbox holder, which means they're going to
0:27:52 > 0:27:55need their bonus buy, so let's go have a look at it.
0:27:55 > 0:28:01Now, CD - Caroline and David, you gave Jonathan £205,
0:28:01 > 0:28:03which is a small fortune.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06JP, what did you spend it on?
0:28:06 > 0:28:09- Wow!- Now, you know about rugs...ish.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11"Ish".
0:28:11 > 0:28:13- Yeah.- Give us the ish then Caro'.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16the ish is, it's Moroccan-Persian?
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Caucasian. It's not a very nice colour.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21It's about 90 years old.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24You can tell that cos the pile's fairly low, evenly worn
0:28:24 > 0:28:26and it's not faked in any way.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28- I love it.- How much did I pay for it?
0:28:28 > 0:28:31How much was I left? I was left a lot of money.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32£205, actually.
0:28:32 > 0:28:33£40.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35Really?
0:28:35 > 0:28:37I'll buy it off of you now.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40I'll stick my neck out and say that on a good day it could make over £100.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Bearing in mind it might not be the day for selling rugs,
0:28:43 > 0:28:45but I can still see a profit in it, for sure.
0:28:45 > 0:28:46On £40, yeah.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49- It's all hand-knotted... - Did you tell me to get knotted?
0:28:49 > 0:28:52- THEY LAUGH - Anyway, very good.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55- Lovely, well, we got the gen' on that, haven't we?- I love it.- We happy with that?
0:28:55 > 0:28:58- Yeah.- I love it. - Is the boy a genius or not?
0:28:58 > 0:28:59Yes, he is. Definitely.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03- What was the pause there for? - They're going to wait till after the sale.
0:29:03 > 0:29:04We will wait to say that.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06You don't choose now, you choose later.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08But for the audience at home, let's find out
0:29:08 > 0:29:12if the auctioneer thinks he is a genius.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16Well, there's your magic carpet - look.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19I think it might stay on the ground a bit, really.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22It's a Caucasian carpet but it isn't particularly exciting.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24It's fairly late - we're into the 20th century here
0:29:24 > 0:29:27and it is quite faded and it is quite worn.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31It's good even wear, there's no holes in it, which is good.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33It has got a bit of even wear
0:29:33 > 0:29:37and generally the carpets market isn't fantastic.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40So, as a consequence, I'd see it being worth about £30.
0:29:40 > 0:29:45That's perfectly all right, he only paid £40 and, quite frankly,
0:29:45 > 0:29:47there isn't going to be a huge loss there.
0:29:47 > 0:29:48Anyway, that's it for the Reds.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Now, for the Blues.
0:29:50 > 0:29:55Their first item is the African bowl with that fella squatted down.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58The big question with this stuff is - how old is it?
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Not especially in the case of this one.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03And, of course, there is a tremendous amount of interest
0:30:03 > 0:30:04in early African souvenirs,
0:30:04 > 0:30:08so if you're before the 1930s then you're on to a bit of money, really.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11But, of course, this is later than that, and it's a souvenir piece.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13- It's got the look, hasn't it? - It does, it does.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16OK, as a good looker, but not very old, what's it worth?
0:30:16 > 0:30:17I would say, sort of, £30-40.
0:30:17 > 0:30:22£30-40 is fine, £30 is what was paid, so that's fair enough.
0:30:22 > 0:30:27- OK, next is the hardwood saddle. - Yes, indeed.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29- Well, I am a keen horse rider. - Are you?
0:30:29 > 0:30:31I am, and I was a bit shocked when I saw that,
0:30:31 > 0:30:34because I thought, "Crikey, that's a bit unfair, isn't it?
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- "On the poor old horse." - What about the rider?!
0:30:36 > 0:30:39Well, absolutely, but the Tradition in this part of the world,
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Mongolia, is that they use wooden saddles, but of course they would
0:30:41 > 0:30:45- be covered in cloths and trappings and pads and bits and bobs.- Yes.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47- So, we have none of that, here. - This is the core.
0:30:47 > 0:30:48The core, the husk,
0:30:48 > 0:30:51the remnant of what was once possibly a nice saddle.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54So, as such, it's incomplete.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58- But maybe it's worth £30, that sort of money, perhaps.- OK, £70 paid.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01- Right, a bit of loss. - So, it is an uncomfortable thing.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05- Yes!- And lastly, and completely differently,
0:31:05 > 0:31:07- is the silver capstan inkwell.- Yes.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Have you ever seen such a titch?
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Well, it's absolutely minute, isn't it?
0:31:11 > 0:31:13- You wouldn't be able to write many letters using that.- No.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Interestingly, the silversmith's mark
0:31:15 > 0:31:18- is for the Boots Pure Drug Company. - Really?
0:31:18 > 0:31:20So that was back in the era
0:31:20 > 0:31:22when Boots were doing a variety of different things.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26So, that makes it interesting, and capstan inkwells always have
0:31:26 > 0:31:29- a little bit of an interest about them, don't they?- Yeah.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Anyway, it's silver, it comes from Boots, how much?
0:31:32 > 0:31:34I would say £20-30.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- OK. Well, they paid £40.- Oh, dear! - So, there we are.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Well, there may be one or two holes there, I'm afraid.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41In which case, they're going to need their bonus buy,
0:31:41 > 0:31:43so let's go and have a look at it.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47- Well, this is exciting, isn't it?- Indeed.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50You spent the 140, you gave Kate Bliss the 160.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Kate, what did you spend it on?
0:31:52 > 0:31:57Well, I've gone very different from what you bought, guys.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Because you went quite big and wooden and heavy and clumpy,
0:32:00 > 0:32:03- did you not?- Yeah, we did.- Yes.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07- So I've gone small and shiny... - Right.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09- Oh!- Right!
0:32:09 > 0:32:14- 1970s dinner party regalia. - Well, you got the date right.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18They're from the 20th century, they are hallmarked,
0:32:18 > 0:32:21every single one of them, for 1973...
0:32:21 > 0:32:23- Oh, right, OK.- But what are they?
0:32:23 > 0:32:27- Aren't they dinner party menus... Menu holders?- Or name holders.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31Exactly that. Little place name holders or menu holders.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33- I love them.- I love them, absolutely. Fantastic.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35- Such a lovely, tiny little item. - So delicate.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38- So, how much did you pay?- If you feel them, they're fairly weighty.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42Obviously, they're English silver, I paid £50.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46Now, they have got a maker's mark, it's for Freeman & Sons, London.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49They're London hallmarked,
0:32:49 > 0:32:52and I think the scallop shell is a lovely shape, actually.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Of course, it refers back to the rococo period in history,
0:32:55 > 0:32:56the 18th century.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00- Lovely scallop shells, and I think they're rather stylish.- Absolutely.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04- Yeah, yeah.- So, any profit? - I would hope so, you know.
0:33:04 > 0:33:05I would really hope so.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07I don't think they're going to double their money,
0:33:07 > 0:33:10but I think they might make you maybe ten or 20, roughly.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11Shouldn't there be six?
0:33:11 > 0:33:14- There are six.- Oh, there are six! Sorry, sorry.
0:33:14 > 0:33:15I didn't see you nick that one.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Well, having got that perfectly clear,
0:33:17 > 0:33:19why don't we find out from the auctioneer,
0:33:19 > 0:33:20for the viewers at home,
0:33:20 > 0:33:25what he thinks about the menu, place name, photograph holders.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27There you go, Michael. Just what you need for a dinner party.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31- Wonderful.- Take one.- Take one. Thank you.- Take two.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33I'll hang on to four.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37- They're good quality, these, aren't they?- Yeah, heavy.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Heavy, and they're made by a silversmith
0:33:39 > 0:33:42called Israel Freeman & Co, who were established in the '30s.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45And they've got quite a nice look about them, really, haven't they?
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Scallop-themed, Deco look.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50And there has been a bit of interest in them already,
0:33:50 > 0:33:53during the viewing and some bids left, which is good.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55What do you think they're worth?
0:33:55 > 0:33:58- £30-50.- Do you? Well, she paid £50.- OK.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00And, who knows, at the end of the day, it could get to 80 or 90.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02- Possibly.- With any luck.- Yes!
0:34:02 > 0:34:04And we need all the luck. Thank you very much, Michael.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Pleasure.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Selling on commission, and it's £70.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Now, Caroline, David, this is exciting, isn't it?
0:34:15 > 0:34:17- I'm nervous.- Are you?- Yeah.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19- Well, you're a performer, you can't be nervous.- This is different.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21- Is it?- I want to win, I'm a winner.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Well, you only spent the £95, all right,
0:34:23 > 0:34:25- so you can't lose more than £95.- No.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27That's a very nice number to have in mind.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29In fact, according to these estimates,
0:34:29 > 0:34:31you're not going to lose anything,
0:34:31 > 0:34:34because the scent casket with the domed top,
0:34:34 > 0:34:38he's estimated it to £20-30, then the matchbox holder,
0:34:38 > 0:34:42which you paid £25 for, he's estimated it at £30-50.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Then you've got the oval bowl, £45 you paid for that,
0:34:45 > 0:34:48£20-30 is his estimate, but by the time this lot get organised,
0:34:48 > 0:34:51and he's appealed to them, it's nicely displayed,
0:34:51 > 0:34:53the internet, you'll be all right on that too. OK?
0:34:53 > 0:34:56And then you've got the rug to fall back on.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59- And you love that rug, don't you? - I love it.- Yeah, good.
0:34:59 > 0:35:00OK, super duper.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04Anyway, first up then is the leather-covered scent bottle casket
0:35:04 > 0:35:05and there it is.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09OK, lot 94 is the Victorian brown leather covered dome top
0:35:09 > 0:35:11scent casket.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15And we'll start at £20 on commission, the dome casket here,
0:35:15 > 0:35:22£25 where? 25, 25, thank you. 30. 25 with you. £30 where?
0:35:22 > 0:35:25On the internet. 35. £40 internet?
0:35:25 > 0:35:26No. Any further bid?
0:35:26 > 0:35:28You're in profit, kid. That's all that matters.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32- At £35 and selling then... - That's £10 profit.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Just like that. Good. Liking it.
0:35:34 > 0:35:39Now, this is going to be the banker, if there is a banker, I reckon.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42It's a silver rectangular matchbox cover by Thomas Bradbury & Sons.
0:35:42 > 0:35:43And lot number 95.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45£30 where? 30 I'm bid, straight in.
0:35:45 > 0:35:50Who's 35? 35, 40, 45. 50.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53Look at this, Jimmy. You've covered your cash.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56I can't see any more so I'm going to sell at £55.
0:35:56 > 0:36:02Yes! That's marvellous. £55. That's plus £30. Well done, JP.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06Now...here comes this bowl.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08You're plus 40.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10£20 on commission I'm bid.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14Lot number 96, £20 on commission, who's 25?
0:36:14 > 0:36:1925, 30 and five, 40, 35, £40 where? The green bowl.
0:36:19 > 0:36:24Any further bids at £40? No? Any more? At £35 I'm selling, done.
0:36:24 > 0:36:30- Oh, no, no.- Selling.- Told you.- It's just a fiver. A fiver.- Minus £10.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34- Just lost a tenner.- Yeah. You're plus 30. Yeah, sorry.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36It was £45, it sold for 35.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40You're minus £10 which means overall you are plus £30.
0:36:40 > 0:36:45- Now, are you going to risk it for a biscuit?- Definitely.- You are?
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- You're going to go with the Caucasian?- I love it.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52So, we carry on with lot 100 which is the Caucasian rug,
0:36:52 > 0:36:55shown on your screen here, lot number 100.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58And a good-quality thing. Who's starting me, then at £20?
0:36:58 > 0:37:02Useful carpet. 20 right at the back of the room. 25 standing, thank you.
0:37:02 > 0:37:09- Come on.- 30 behind you in the corner, 35, 40. 45. 50.
0:37:09 > 0:37:14- 45 standing in front of you. - 90 years old.- Thank you, 55. 60.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19No? 55 still with the lady. £60 where? I will sell at £55.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23- Got yourself a bargain at £55. - Money in that, Jonathan, still.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25There's a profit, it's plus £15.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27But that thing is going to go somewhere
0:37:27 > 0:37:30- and make a different price one day, I tell you.- Of course.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34Nevertheless, you have got a profit on it, well done, JP. Plus £45.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Plus £45 should be a winning score,
0:37:37 > 0:37:39could easily be a winning score,
0:37:39 > 0:37:42it's an amazing number at the end of this saga
0:37:42 > 0:37:45so, well done for that, just don't say a word to the Blues.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47- I'll keep shtoom.- Won't say a word. - Shtoom?
0:37:54 > 0:37:58- Now, Louis, Gosia, have you found out what the Reds did?- No idea.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01- Nope, no idea.- We don't want you to know. That's excellent.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03So, how are you feeling, are you all right?
0:38:03 > 0:38:07Strongly and probably huge, huge profit. We will retire after that.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09- Will you?- Easily, easily.- What?
0:38:09 > 0:38:12On £2.50 probably... and breadcrumbs.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- Is she always like this?- Always, always, you can't shut her up(!)
0:38:15 > 0:38:19- This positive?- Yeah. Totally. Totally.- Which is lovely, isn't it?
0:38:19 > 0:38:20Yeah, fine.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24Well, I won't ask you if you're nervous about any item because you're obviously not.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27No, no, no, no, just, just a huge profit straightaway.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30OK, so, first up is the African bowl and here it comes.
0:38:30 > 0:38:35And Lot 116 is the African carved hardwood bowl, number 116
0:38:35 > 0:38:37and who'll start me at £20?
0:38:37 > 0:38:41Lot number 116, the African carvings here, £20 someone?
0:38:41 > 0:38:45£20 I'm bid, thank you, right at the back of the room. Who's 25?
0:38:45 > 0:38:50- The African carved bowl, 25, 30? At £30 where?- Go on. Somebody else.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54- Come on, one more!- No? 30 and selling then.
0:38:54 > 0:38:55Wiped its face.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00That's very good. Now, here we go.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04Lot number 117 is the Mongolian stained wood saddle here.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07Lot number 117, the, er, wooden saddle.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10So, who's going to start me at £10?
0:39:10 > 0:39:13£10? £10, straight up there. £10 I'm bid.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Someone at £15, right at the back, 15, thank you.
0:39:16 > 0:39:21- 20 by the table, £25, any further bids?- Can I bid? Can I bid?- No.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25- Why not?- It's illegal. - Any further interest at £25?
0:39:27 > 0:39:30I've got you at 20 but you can bid again at 25.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33I'll take you at 25.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36£30, where, any more?
0:39:36 > 0:39:41- At 25 because you are so generous, at £25 it's selling. 25.- £25?
0:39:41 > 0:39:46That's the pits, isn't it? That's five off 30, that's minus 45.
0:39:46 > 0:39:47Never mind.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Now look out, here comes the Capstan.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53Teeny-weeny inkwell here made by the Boots Pure Drug Company
0:39:53 > 0:39:57and who's going to start me at £10? £20 on the live auctioneers terminal.
0:39:57 > 0:40:03All the way from America. At 20. 25, sir, thank you. 30. 35, sir?
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Thank you though. 35 at the back of the room? Thank you.
0:40:06 > 0:40:11- 40 on the internet. No? £40 away. - Yes!- Yes.- Good girl.- No?
0:40:11 > 0:40:15£40 right in the middle of the room at the front here. Any more, 45?
0:40:15 > 0:40:18- Thank you very much at £40. - 40, wiped its face.
0:40:18 > 0:40:23Look, we've got two wiped faces and minus 45. OK.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25We're going to go with these menu holders.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27- Going to do the menu holders? - I think so.- Got to.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29We'll do it. We like them.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Don't worry, everything will be fine. It's just here.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35OK, very positive here. Then we're going with the bonus buy
0:40:35 > 0:40:36and here it comes.
0:40:36 > 0:40:41Lot number 122 is a set of six Elizabeth II scallop patterned
0:40:41 > 0:40:45menu holders. Starting at £50 on these. They're good-quality things.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49- Straight in at 50.- Yes! - Lot number 122.- Straight in at 50!
0:40:49 > 0:40:5460, with you at 55. Who's £60? The menu holders here, £60 where?
0:40:54 > 0:41:02You can use them for other purposes too. 60 and five. 70 and five. 80?
0:41:02 > 0:41:09- And five. 90.- Yes.- And five?- Yes! - 100? 110, 120.- Look at that!
0:41:09 > 0:41:11110, who's £120?
0:41:11 > 0:41:17Good quality these. Looking for 120. I will sell for £110 in the room.
0:41:17 > 0:41:22That is plus £60. Halleluiah.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Now listen, you've got to revel in this.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Because the expert has saved your bacon. You were £45 down.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32She's just made you £60 which means you are plus £15.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35Now, £15 could be a winning score.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37And it's pound notes to go home with, so well done.
0:41:46 > 0:41:51Well, how lovely is this? To be able to hand out cash to both teams!
0:41:51 > 0:41:56So exciting! Been chatting about the scale of the winnings today?
0:41:56 > 0:41:58- All the time.- All the time? But not to each other?- No.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00OK, well, that's good then.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Because, sadly, we can only have one team of winners
0:42:02 > 0:42:05and we have no losers any more, we only have runners up.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08And the runners up today just happened to be the Blues.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12- Ooh!- Hey!- Heh, heh, heh, well, there we are.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16The runners up would have gone away with absolutely nothing today,
0:42:16 > 0:42:20mark this, were it not for the supreme effort of their expert
0:42:20 > 0:42:21who produced an object
0:42:21 > 0:42:26that made £110, that was £60 profit, well done, Kate Bliss.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28That was a blissful result.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32- Anyway, it gives you an end result of £15. There we go.- Thank you.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36There's the £10 note and there is the five pounds in shrapnel.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39- Three of them and two more. There you go. 15.- Cheers.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41And congratulations. I hope you've had a nice time.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- But the victors today, going home with £45.- Yay.- How lovely is that?
0:42:44 > 0:42:47Well done, Caroline. Well done, David. That's very good.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49That's your total cash there.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53You nearly, so nearly, got a golden gavel and you got
0:42:53 > 0:42:57profits on absolutely everything bar one lot which is extremely bad luck.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Anyway, we hope you've loved it at home
0:43:00 > 0:43:02and join us soon for some more bargain hunting.
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