Detling 11 Bargain Hunt

Today we're at the Kent Showground,

at the former RAF Detling.

From here in WWII spitfires took off to fight for king and country.

Today it's not so much a battle in the air, but a battle at the fair.

Ha! Let's go bargain hunting! Yeah!

During the wars squadrons from RAF Detling provided air cover

for the greatest amphibious landings ever - D-day.

The question is - will it be the day today for our teams,

or will their profits simply nosedive?

Let's have a quick peek as to what's coming up.

Have the Reds forgotten the rules of Bargain Hunt?

We're not allowed to not have three objects.

OK, so we've got to have a third object.

And have the Blues forgotten the name of the game?

I think it's hideous.

-It's apparently Mongolian.

-That's the game.

Bargain Hideous Hunt. Am I right?

Ha! So let's meet the teams.

On the show today we've got two married couples.

David and Caroline for the Reds, and Gosia and Louis for the Blues.

-Hello, everyone.

-Hello!

Lovely to see you. Now, Caroline, how did you two meet?

Well, we met in a recording studio.

I was recording a jazz album at the time

and the producer who was producing me

then called in David who was a mate and said, "Oh, come down, listen

"to this album," and basically he came in

and checked out all the album.

-Checked you out too.

-That's exactly what he did.

-And the rest, as they say...

-Is history.

-How lovely is that?

-So you have been a professional singer for a while.

-A long time.

I had my first major record contract with the first ever

independent record label, which was Major Minor.

-And I was 12 years of age.

-You weren't!

-I was.

Do you remember what you sang?

I had a song recorded, it was called Dream Boy.

-Have you got a little line of it in your head?

-No.

-Oh, come on!

-It's too long ago.

-Come on, don't be like that.

-No.

The first one that you ever had, go on, give us a trill of Dream Boy.

# Cos he's my dream boy and I love him so

# My dream boy, never let him go... #

-See! They never, ever forget their lines.

-Something like that!

That is so cool. Anyway. Fantastic.

So, David, you're Caroline's producer.

-Yes, I am.

-What are you up to at the moment?

I'm doing Caroline's album at the moment and I'm also doing

an album with a lady called Tayo Hendrix, daughter of Jimi.

And that's enough at the moment.

Now, David, you've had your fair share of brushes with stardom,

-haven't you?

-Yeah. Yeah.

Well, I worked with a band called The Foundations for about 12 years.

We worked all over the world.

And you weren't in on that Build Me Up Buttercup, were you?

Yes, that was the group I worked in,

but I didn't play on the original record.

-That was a good record, wasn't it?

-Oh, it's a classic.

-Anyway. Very, very good luck today.

-Thank you.

-Now, Gosia. You're from Poland originally.

-Yes, I am.

And what dragged you to the United Kingdom?

Well, at the beginning it was supposed to be only one year

and kind of polishing my English. But that one year turned into ten.

-You're also frightfully keen on the theatre.

-Horribly. Horribly.

That's why I love London.

-It's the capital of the world in terms of theatre.

-Brilliant.

Now, Louis, you got hitched in a rather unusual way, didn't you?

Well, we had a football themed wedding

and being an Arsenal fan I went in the Arsenal colours.

I had the red tunic with the white armbands.

It looked just like the 1970s kit, which was always the best kit.

-So the full strip.

-The full strip, we had the aisle turfed.

-You didn't...

-We did. We had a very understanding priest.

You certainly did.

So you put the turf down the aisle, you go in your strip,

what else happened?

The Fulham Brass Band played us down the aisle

to the theme tune of The Big Match.

-Oh, fantastic!

-Do you remember the 1970s programme?

HE HUMS THE THEME TUNE

So we went down the aisle to that

and when we left we went to the music of Match Of The Day.

Because it was Match Of The Day.

Well, it was. It was the wedding of the century, I would've thought.

-It was brilliant.

-Brilliant.

Now, £300 apiece, there's your £300.

You know the rules. Your experts await. And off you go!

And very, very, very good luck!

Lovely!

Now, let's meet our experts.

He's a man-akin to all things antique.

For the Reds it's Jonathan Pratt.

For the Blues it's our worldly-wise Kate Bliss.

She's just out of this world.

-Now, you're both in the music industry.

-We are.

Is that going to influence what you're going to be buying today,

-do you think?

-Of course. It definitely will.

-How?

It's got to sing to me.

Now, Louis, you've got interesting footwear on.

-Yeah, yellow socks. It's to go with the Arsenal away kit.

-I see.

-Cos you're a major football fan, aren't you?

-Absolutely.

-I was mortified when we were the Blue team.

-I see.

I love glass, so maybe a nice big piece of glass

that makes a statement.

OK. And you'll just do whatever she says?

-Of course.

-No.

Are you out for some fun today?

Obviously I'm going for tacky silly items that put the smile

-hopefully on yours, Louis' and my face.

-Fantastic. Let's get to it.

Excellent. Let's go.

So, off you go, teams.

Hold on. Is David about to strum his stuff?

That's quite cool, isn't it?

-Isn't it?.

-Is that someone's just done some decoupage on it?

It looks like it.

-Do you play?

-A little bit.

Oh, it's way out of tune.

Oh, David, you musicians should be in tune with one another.

How are our other married couple doing?

Seems like they're going to go tribal.

I said that tribal art was something that we'd look for,

and these look, er...

-..pretty tribal to me.

-They do, very tribal.

You've got three graduated heads there.

Now, I have to say, tribal art is a very specialised subject.

It's not my field,

in fact it couldn't be further from my field actually.

Difficult to tell with really hard woods like this

the age, cos they don't wear like English woods

-or they don't distress.

-Right.

Also, there's a lot of modern pieces on the market.

There's a flood of imports of this sort of thing.

So we've got to be careful to find something perhaps a little bit

-special rather than something that's been mass produced.

-Indeed.

Wise words from our Kate.

And it does look fairly generic.

Um, that's the only problem. It's not something that really grabs me.

Shall we keep going? Perhaps we could always come back.

Yeah, sure.

So, you wisely left your tribal art alone, Blues.

# When two tribes go to war

# A point is all you can score... #

Talking of tribes, how are our Red tribe doing?

-Jonathan?

-Oh, yeah, yeah.

-You're back onto guitars again, are you?

-No, got a banjo.

Do you play the banjo?

-I do, I play the banjo.

-Do you play the banjo, officer?

I actually do play the banjo.

-I couldn't play that cos it's really badly out of tune.

-Oh, is it?

-Well, then, guitar.

-No, it's really out of tune.

-With my little ukelele in my hand.

-Would you buy a musical instrument?

-No. Cos we've got loads.

-Have you?

-Yeah, we're full of...

-Yeah, but it isn't for you to keep.

-It's not for us, is it?

It's to sell, darling.

-If you've got loads of them you might know about them.

-Yeah, I know.

This is Bargain Hunt. It's called Bargain Hunt.

In case you'd forgotten.

I know that, all I'm saying is...

Do you think you're going to take... Told you. Give a woman money...

You can't have this! I'm not selling it.

Told you.

Oh, dear. Better brush up on the rules of the game, Caroline,

and how are your opponents doing?

Looks like the Blues have clocked something.

Who writes this?

-It's quite striking, isn't it?

-Yeah.

Get it?

Oh! I'm in stitches, Kate(!)

Antiquite de Paris literally means Antique Of Paris,

-I'm right in saying, which rings alarm bells.

-Yeah.

Cos although it's quite distressed,

if you look at the dial here that's been printed,

and all the distressing is within the print so it's made to look old.

But, you know, it's a nice decorative piece.

I quite like the little fleur de lis on the hands there.

And I can easily see that on someone's wall in the modern

type of flat or house.

I think it's too conservative.

Shall we just see how much it is? Just out of interest.

-Hi, there, how much is your clock?

-140.

-140.

How old did you say it is?

-It's a fairly modern piece. It is within the last 10-15 years.

-Yeah.

Very decorative but not an antique.

And antiques are what we are after, Blues, so keep on hunting.

Meanwhile, could the Reds have sniffed out something special?

It's domed, it's leather covered.

It's late 19th century, so circa 1880, 1890 or thereabouts.

This metal work is sort of reminiscent...

In fact it's probably a bit earlier than that, it might be

more 1880 than anything else.

It has that sort of ecclesiastical feel about it.

-You often see little caddies in this sort of shape too.

-Yeah, absolutely.

Which is a nice little thing, you know,

I mean at the very worst-case scenario, someone would have

to refit the interior and just make it a long box for something else.

The reason I'm selling that is I've been looking for the bottles

to look in it but I haven't found them yet.

The other thing is he's got nothing to put in it,

so he's now selling it cos he's spent all his life

trying to find four bottles that fit in there.

He'd be happy to let that go...

He'd be happy to let that go cos quite honestly he'd just

rather see the back of it now, he's sick of it.

-Erm...

-He's good. He is good.

You know, you put it into auction

and on the internet you've got the normal sort of 10,000 viewers

that are looking on the website, blah, blah, blah...

Right. How much is it?

I've got 50 on that.

Hmm. I wouldn't pay that for it.

20?

SELLER LAUGHS

20 quid?

Nah, I paid a lot more than that for it.

He was hoping to find the bottles, you see.

But you can't find the bottles and we've got plenty of bottle,

so 20 quid.

The absolute death on that would be £30. I could let you...

- 25.

-Meet you halfway.

-We'll meet halfway.

Crikey, these two don't mess about.

25 quid? Meet you halfway?

25.

- Good man.

Good deal. Thank you very much.

-Are you happy with that?

-Yeah.

You two drive a hard bargain!

I can't believe I just did that.

Neither can I, sorry.

Took the words right out of my mouth, JP.

You two certainly have got a lot of bottle and your first buy.

Meanwhile, seems like Louis is banging the drum for tribal art

once again.

These fellas here...

They are much more modern.

More modern, yeah, you can see, I think...

And the quality of the carving is just...

I don't know, you can see the face in that. You know, you've got to...

You can see more features, although it does look a lot more modern.

-I don't think the market's quite as good.

-I don't like them.

I completely don't like them.

-OK. Gosia says no.

-OK, that's fine.

Gosh, Gosia has spoken.

But you're over halfway and you haven't even got your first buy.

Hold on, what's that you've found? Looks familiar.

Oh, that's heavy.

-What do you think of that?

-That's brilliant. I love it.

So, it's thumbs up from Louis.

There's a little bit of patina on it.

But age again is so difficult to tell.

I'd certainly say it's 20th century, but probably early 20th century.

What can you tell us?

I think it's about 1920s.

1920s, yeah.

It's probably East African and that's about as much as I know.

Probably what, sorry?

-East African.

-East African. Yeah.

That's as much as I know about it.

But it's a nice piece.

-How much is it?

-£40

£40.

Any possible way down? Kind of 30?

I'll come down to 35.

-Not even 30?

-All right, £30.

-30 for cash.

-Would you like to?

Yeah, I think time's pushing on and I really like that one.

-I think it's got character as well.

-It has got character.

It's certainly really heavy,

I mean that's a really dense African wood you've got there.

-It reminds me of a mortar.

-Yeah.

Obviously Africans used mortars and pestles and it reminds me

of that the way it's carved out in the top there.

Gosia, what do you think about this?

For £30 or even 29 I would be more than happy to go for that. £30, yeah.

£30 is the price.

Well, you seem to be quite happy and as time's ticking I think

-we ought to make a purchase.

-Yeah.

-That looks like a perfect one.

-Great.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

I'm going to give that to you...Louis, cos it's really heavy.

Blimey.

Yes, you've got to suffer for your art, Louis.

Your first in the bag, Blues.

But you've had nearly 42 minutes on the clock

so you'd better get bagging some more - smartish.

Now, could the Reds have struck lucky with their next find?

When you go to auction things that you can guarantee to get

people interested in is silver.

It has an intrinsic value

and you can find something that can be used. It's quite a big box.

It caught my eye cos the style is very Victorian.

You've got a decorative edge.

-Matches.

-Yeah, it's for matches.

-So the whole box...

-Oh, look at that.

And so you've got that,

so popping that on the scales you've got an ounce of silver or something.

The thing with these are it's all about condition.

OK, the marks are a downside, but it's a good size.

He says he'll do it for £30, which doesn't strike me...

Oh, JP!

..as particularly expensive. But he might move a touch more on that.

You never know. I think £20-25.

If you got that for 20, I'd say a profit every day of the week.

We don't have an enormous amount of time

and if I can influence you on one item then...

-Man with the orange hat.

-Yeah, where is the man with the orange hat?

I do like the hat, actually.

-You're liking it more now.

-Oh, hello.

I can do 30 squids.

How about 20? Come on, east end. You've got to be an east end boy.

Yeah. Come on, 20. I...

Scraps alone are more than 30.

I was doing you a tickle at 30.

What you wearing?

-What you got on?

-Do you want to go and get a room?!

-Is it the hat? It's the hat, isn't it?

-It's the hat.

Bit of a colour clash!

-See you later!

-Charming, David.

Honestly, 30 quid.

25. Do it at 25.

Go on, give you a chance.

Thank you very much.

East end boy, deal done.

Right, me east end boy, better get a Bob Murray on cos you're

running out of time to make your final purchase, like.

Do you want to carry on in here or go outside?

-I need to get some air.

-The decision will be made outside. We have to buy outside.

I don't think we'll have time to come back in again.

Five minutes to go and the blues have still got one buy.

They need to ride like the wind to get their next two,

so what's this they've found?

Oh-oh!

Can I ask how much for the saddle - the wooden saddle?

£90.

£90 on it? Thank you very much.

-Can you tell us something about it?

-It's Mongolian.

-It's Mongolian?

-Yes.

And the age of the piece?

-I'm not sure about that.

-A saddle.

Ah!

Gosh has spotted it, I think it's hideous.

That's the name of the game.

Bargain "hideous" Hunt.

Not quite, Gosia.

Are you into Mongolian saddles?

No, I used to do horse riding, but I like the piece.

As we've got five minutes, I'm going to leave you to look at that

while I'm whizzing round.

-Thank you.

-You buck up, Kate!

Meanwhile, with the Reds,

could Caroline finally get the glass she wanted?

Selling this stuff is a bit of a punt at auction, in the sense

it's all about the people in the room and what they like.

-Would you have it at home?

-I would have something like that at home, yeah.

- How much you asking? - £55 on that one and 55 on the green one as well.

The thing is, we have to get things cheap so that we beat the Blue team.

-And we need one more item.

-We've bought two items...

-One more.

-..we need one more.

Do 45 on one.

But with minutes to go and two buys still to make,

the Blues seem stuck on this 'ere saddle.

-Kate.

-Hi, you two.

That one - we had a quick chat with the lady

and the very best price she can offer is £80.

-I know it sounds ridiculous.

-Yes.

I know it's a piece of wood, which is

called saddle which doesn't even look like a saddle.

It does look like a saddle, I have to say.

It's £80, but we've got two minutes.

I have to tell you, my gut feeling is, I would put an estimate of...

-£40?

-Probably.

£40-£60.

It's totally up to you.

I'm just telling you what my gut instinct is.

If there's a Mongolian saddle collector who spots it,

you never know.

You never, never, never, never know.

Can you just do a tiny bit more, madam, for auction?

Do you do 70 for us?

- £70?

I suppose so, yes.

Fantastic. You're and angel. Thank you.

That's slightly better.

The price thing's worrying me slightly...

Let's not worry, let's not worry.

-Stress-free.

-OK.

-Stress-free, you know?

-We're spending money.

-Are we going to go for this?

-Yes.

We're going to do it. We are going to do it.

Thank you so much.

At last.

You might be worried, Kate, but at least you've finally scored your second buy.

You've under two minutes to make your last,

so you'd better trot off, or rather, make that a gallop.

Reds are feeling the pressure too.

I only want to pay 35 quid, basically.

But he won't take 35 quid?

And we're not allowed not to have three objects.

So we've got to have a third object.

-Do you want to carry on walking in the next two minutes?

-Yeah. Come on. Quick let's go. Sorry!

We'll get something.

Guys, we have literally a minute.

I've seen two things that are a potential,

-do you want to have a look?

-Yes, please.

One minute. You've got to make a decision.

-Is it silver?

-No, it's plated.

The price is on the bottom and it's very cheap.

Is it £40?

- This one I can't go less than £80.

- Or there's £80 on a little period which is quite sweet.

-Right.

-Heart-shaped trinket box.

Have to say, I prefer the inkwell as well.

-You like the inkwell?

-How old is the inkwell?

1925, I think.

So, teams it's the final countdown.

-Wrong show.

-No.

-25 seconds.

-25 seconds.

-You have to buy something.

Let's just go back and get one of those vases.

OK.

I think we'll buy it then, guys.

If you're happy with that, cos we're out of time.

-OK.

-£40?

Thank you very much.

-Right, we're going to buy that vase cos we're running out of time.

-How much is that, darling?

-I want the green one.

-That one there?

-Yep.

-Think I'm right?

-No time to change your mind.

Instinct is always right.

That's it - your time is up!

Fantastic! We made it!

My goodness, I'm going to have a heart attack. Well done.

Please, don't!

But in their haste, the Reds don't know a thing about their last buy.

-Let's have a look at what we've bought.

-Absolutely.

Normally, we do this the other way round, but we ran out of time.

£45 for a 1970s, late '70s probably, nice colour green,

glass bowl.

It's Italian.

You won't lose very much if you lose anything at all.

It's around the right sort of money for it.

So, hopefully, we'll come along and squeeze a fiver or tenner out of it.

-Yeah, whatever.

-Three good objects.

-Three good objects.

-I thought we done very well.

-Yeah, we did.

So let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought.

Could it be the sweet smell of success with this Victorian

scent casket for £25?

With no bottles.

Could they strike gold with a Victorian matchbox holder,

also at £25?

Strike a light!

Finally, they bagged this 1970s glass bowl for £45.

I'm just a bit worried about the last item.

I'm a bit worried about that as well.

I don't like to hear anybody's worried about anything.

Are you really worried?

-It was a really quick, rapid buy.

-Was it?

-Very quick.

-We had about two seconds left.

You didn't spend much, did you?

-Nah.

-How much did you spend?

-95 quid.

£95!

-Who's got the £205?

-I have.

-Please, may I have it?

-I've got to part with it?

-You do.

You give it to me and then I give it, like the Inland Revenue,

to somebody else.

-And we've got the five coming, have we?

-Delve deep down in my pocket. Yes.

Oh. Lovely, look, bit of shrapnel.

Now, tell me, darling, what's your favourite?

It's the silver matchbox holder.

-That's your favourite-favourite?

-I quite like the little box...

-The perfume box.

-I thought that was quite nice.

-That's your favourite-favourite?

Is it going to bring the biggest profit?

-Silver matchbox.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

-Definitely.

-The silver matchbox, yeah.

-Cos we got it so cheap.

-Yeah.

Best to agree with the wife, I find. That's fine. That's that sorted.

Now, talking about the handover, here we go - look, JP,

that's a lot of money, isn't it?

It's a lot of money...

You could buy most of the fur with that lot.

Yeah, what am I going to buy?

I really don't know. The world is my oyster with this, Tim.

It's great, isn't it?

It's the passport to riches

and I hope you spend the whole lot, old friend.

-Anyway, have a nice cup of tea, team.

-We will.

Meanwhile, we're going to check out

what the Blue team bought, aren't we?

The Blues went for this African hardwood bowl for £30 -

straight from the airport.

Next they reigned in the Mongolian wooden saddle.

Finally they signed up to this 1920s silver inkwell for £40.

What is recovery required for, pray? It was all fun, wasn't it?

-Brilliant.

-Absolutely delightful fun.

-And hard work.

Spending somebody else's money.

Anyway, which is your favourite piece?

I would stick with mine which is a wooden saddle.

-Saddle?

-Yes.

-That's your favourite?

-Yes.

-Good.

-Mine's definitely my tribal art.

-Is it, Louis?

-Indeed.

-OK. Is that going to bring the biggest profit?

-Uh, by far.

-By far?

-Absolutely.

-How much did you spend all told?

-£140.

£140, which is an awful lot of zloty, isn't it?

It is an awful lot of zloty.

Thank you very much. Good, nice move.

Straight over to you, Kate.

What have you learned about European history during your tour today?

Well, I've learnt that people tend to do their own thing,

I think, here.

Certainly, Gosia and Louis have gone for what they love, which is

actually very different.

You've had nothing much to do with it?

Well, you might say that.

-I've been an onlooker.

-Yeah, but your looking comes now, right?

-Yeah, it's my go.

-With your bonus-buy money.

I'm going to do my thing.

You don't have to buy tribal art nor wooden saddles.

Really?

I think you've got the patience of a saint, really.

That is true. St Catherine, go forth and multiply.

Meanwhile, I feel a bit of a Chinese coming on!

Have we been transported from Kent to Canton?

Hoo-hoo-hoo!

Look at this extraordinary bench!

Isn't it fantastic?

Well, hideous?

No! Surely not.

This thing is made of an extraordinary material called

katsura wood, which is a bit like balsa wood.

It's softish but it's easy to carve

and it takes an incredible carved detail - as you can see.

You then cover it in a special reddish polish and this thing,

if it was tickled up, could look absolutely spectacular.

What we've got in the middle is a big panel,

and that panel is full of figures and emblems.

Two bats, look, flying through the sky.

Emblematic of longevity.

We've got some dome-headed immortals,

a courtesan lying on the ground playing some mood music,

and a fisherman appearing with an enormous carp which he wants

to sell for somebody's supper.

All that detail carved out of single lump of katsura wood.

And that doesn't include the frame.

Look at this frame - have you ever seen more vigorously carved,

scaly, snarling dragons, all about to consume themselves,

ever before in your life?

Well, I bet you ain't,

cos this is an extraordinary tour de force of the carver's art.

I'm particularly fond of these scaly, standard end supports.

The loose seat cushion - that has seen better days.

In France, they call this sort of distressed look de chaville, yeah,

we call it clapped out.

Underneath that, look, there's a hinged surface

and a cavernous space inside in which you could store,

in China, your rolled-up bed, or here, a few cushions.

I think this is an extraordinary find.

Priced up, here in Kent for £1,200.

But I promise you, if you polished it, repaired the seat, put it

into a London sale, this bench would make the top end of five grand.

And that's an awful lot of yen.

£45 and standing...

Well, what a treat it is to be in the cathedral city

of Canterbury at Canterbury Auction Rooms with Michael Roberts.

-Michael, good morning.

-Hello, Tim.

-What a treat to be back.

-Good to see you.

Such an attractive place.

-Now, first up for the Reds is the leather-covered scent casket.

-Yes.

Generally, not so good to sell a scent casket with no bottles.

This is true.

It is a slight defect, but it is a nice box - good quality,

and I suppose you could use it for something else.

-It's a good quality thing.

-OK.

Well, there it is. It's a pretty little box, missing its interior.

They only paid £25. What's your estimate?

-20-30.

-I'd say that's spot-on, Mike.

Next is the engine-turned matchbox holder.

-These are handy things, aren't they?

-It's a good thing - nice quality.

It's jollies up a cheap box of matches no end.

Absolutely. I would have though between £30 and £50, thereabouts.

OK. That's fantastic.

-You're going to ignite something here with that cos £25 is what they spent.

-Wonderful.

Which is red-hot. Thank you.

What about this green job? Is it Murano, do you think?

There's no markings on it and it's difficult to tell.

Got a great big air bubble in it.

-Absolutely, so quality isn't fantastic.

-No.

They can be quite difficult to date, but it's a decorative

-piece of glassware and you could use it for fruit or something.

-How much?

-Erm, £20-£30.

-OK. £45 paid, so that could be a bit of a problem.

In fact, it could eat up all the projected

profit on the matchbox holder, which means they're going to

need their bonus buy, so let's go have a look at it.

Now, CD - Caroline and David, you gave Jonathan £205,

which is a small fortune.

JP, what did you spend it on?

-Wow!

-Now, you know about rugs...ish.

"Ish".

-Yeah.

-Give us the ish then Caro'.

the ish is, it's Moroccan-Persian?

Caucasian. It's not a very nice colour.

It's about 90 years old.

You can tell that cos the pile's fairly low, evenly worn

and it's not faked in any way.

-I love it.

-How much did I pay for it?

How much was I left? I was left a lot of money.

£205, actually.

£40.

Really?

I'll buy it off of you now.

I'll stick my neck out and say that on a good day it could make over £100.

Bearing in mind it might not be the day for selling rugs,

but I can still see a profit in it, for sure.

On £40, yeah.

-It's all hand-knotted...

-Did you tell me to get knotted?

-THEY LAUGH

-Anyway, very good.

-Lovely, well, we got the gen' on that, haven't we?

-I love it.

-We happy with that?

-Yeah.

-I love it.

-Is the boy a genius or not?

Yes, he is. Definitely.

-What was the pause there for?

-They're going to wait till after the sale.

We will wait to say that.

You don't choose now, you choose later.

But for the audience at home, let's find out

if the auctioneer thinks he is a genius.

Well, there's your magic carpet - look.

I think it might stay on the ground a bit, really.

It's a Caucasian carpet but it isn't particularly exciting.

It's fairly late - we're into the 20th century here

and it is quite faded and it is quite worn.

It's good even wear, there's no holes in it, which is good.

It has got a bit of even wear

and generally the carpets market isn't fantastic.

So, as a consequence, I'd see it being worth about £30.

That's perfectly all right, he only paid £40 and, quite frankly,

there isn't going to be a huge loss there.

Anyway, that's it for the Reds.

Now, for the Blues.

Their first item is the African bowl with that fella squatted down.

The big question with this stuff is - how old is it?

Not especially in the case of this one.

And, of course, there is a tremendous amount of interest

in early African souvenirs,

so if you're before the 1930s then you're on to a bit of money, really.

But, of course, this is later than that, and it's a souvenir piece.

-It's got the look, hasn't it?

-It does, it does.

OK, as a good looker, but not very old, what's it worth?

I would say, sort of, £30-40.

£30-40 is fine, £30 is what was paid, so that's fair enough.

-OK, next is the hardwood saddle.

-Yes, indeed.

-Well, I am a keen horse rider.

-Are you?

I am, and I was a bit shocked when I saw that,

because I thought, "Crikey, that's a bit unfair, isn't it?

-"On the poor old horse."

-What about the rider?!

Well, absolutely, but the Tradition in this part of the world,

Mongolia, is that they use wooden saddles, but of course they would

-be covered in cloths and trappings and pads and bits and bobs.

-Yes.

-So, we have none of that, here.

-This is the core.

The core, the husk,

the remnant of what was once possibly a nice saddle.

So, as such, it's incomplete.

-But maybe it's worth £30, that sort of money, perhaps.

-OK, £70 paid.

-Right, a bit of loss.

-So, it is an uncomfortable thing.

-Yes!

-And lastly, and completely differently,

-is the silver capstan inkwell.

-Yes.

Have you ever seen such a titch?

Well, it's absolutely minute, isn't it?

-You wouldn't be able to write many letters using that.

-No.

Interestingly, the silversmith's mark

-is for the Boots Pure Drug Company.

-Really?

So that was back in the era

when Boots were doing a variety of different things.

So, that makes it interesting, and capstan inkwells always have

-a little bit of an interest about them, don't they?

-Yeah.

Anyway, it's silver, it comes from Boots, how much?

I would say £20-30.

-OK. Well, they paid £40.

-Oh, dear!

-So, there we are.

Well, there may be one or two holes there, I'm afraid.

In which case, they're going to need their bonus buy,

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

-Well, this is exciting, isn't it?

-Indeed.

You spent the 140, you gave Kate Bliss the 160.

Kate, what did you spend it on?

Well, I've gone very different from what you bought, guys.

Because you went quite big and wooden and heavy and clumpy,

-did you not?

-Yeah, we did.

-Yes.

-So I've gone small and shiny...

-Right.

-Oh!

-Right!

-1970s dinner party regalia.

-Well, you got the date right.

They're from the 20th century, they are hallmarked,

every single one of them, for 1973...

-Oh, right, OK.

-But what are they?

-Aren't they dinner party menus... Menu holders?

-Or name holders.

Exactly that. Little place name holders or menu holders.

-I love them.

-I love them, absolutely. Fantastic.

-Such a lovely, tiny little item.

-So delicate.

-So, how much did you pay?

-If you feel them, they're fairly weighty.

Obviously, they're English silver, I paid £50.

Now, they have got a maker's mark, it's for Freeman & Sons, London.

They're London hallmarked,

and I think the scallop shell is a lovely shape, actually.

Of course, it refers back to the rococo period in history,

the 18th century.

-Lovely scallop shells, and I think they're rather stylish.

-Absolutely.

-Yeah, yeah.

-So, any profit?

-I would hope so, you know.

I would really hope so.

I don't think they're going to double their money,

but I think they might make you maybe ten or 20, roughly.

Shouldn't there be six?

-There are six.

-Oh, there are six! Sorry, sorry.

I didn't see you nick that one.

Well, having got that perfectly clear,

why don't we find out from the auctioneer,

for the viewers at home,

what he thinks about the menu, place name, photograph holders.

There you go, Michael. Just what you need for a dinner party.

-Wonderful.

-Take one.

-Take one. Thank you.

-Take two.

I'll hang on to four.

-They're good quality, these, aren't they?

-Yeah, heavy.

Heavy, and they're made by a silversmith

called Israel Freeman & Co, who were established in the '30s.

And they've got quite a nice look about them, really, haven't they?

Scallop-themed, Deco look.

And there has been a bit of interest in them already,

during the viewing and some bids left, which is good.

What do you think they're worth?

-£30-50.

-Do you? Well, she paid £50.

-OK.

And, who knows, at the end of the day, it could get to 80 or 90.

-Possibly.

-With any luck.

-Yes!

And we need all the luck. Thank you very much, Michael.

Pleasure.

Selling on commission, and it's £70.

Now, Caroline, David, this is exciting, isn't it?

-I'm nervous.

-Are you?

-Yeah.

-Well, you're a performer, you can't be nervous.

-This is different.

-Is it?

-I want to win, I'm a winner.

Well, you only spent the £95, all right,

-so you can't lose more than £95.

-No.

That's a very nice number to have in mind.

In fact, according to these estimates,

you're not going to lose anything,

because the scent casket with the domed top,

he's estimated it to £20-30, then the matchbox holder,

which you paid £25 for, he's estimated it at £30-50.

Then you've got the oval bowl, £45 you paid for that,

£20-30 is his estimate, but by the time this lot get organised,

and he's appealed to them, it's nicely displayed,

the internet, you'll be all right on that too. OK?

And then you've got the rug to fall back on.

-And you love that rug, don't you?

-I love it.

-Yeah, good.

OK, super duper.

Anyway, first up then is the leather-covered scent bottle casket

and there it is.

OK, lot 94 is the Victorian brown leather covered dome top

scent casket.

And we'll start at £20 on commission, the dome casket here,

£25 where? 25, 25, thank you. 30. 25 with you. £30 where?

On the internet. 35. £40 internet?

No. Any further bid?

You're in profit, kid. That's all that matters.

-At £35 and selling then...

-That's £10 profit.

Just like that. Good. Liking it.

Now, this is going to be the banker, if there is a banker, I reckon.

It's a silver rectangular matchbox cover by Thomas Bradbury & Sons.

And lot number 95.

£30 where? 30 I'm bid, straight in.

Who's 35? 35, 40, 45. 50.

Look at this, Jimmy. You've covered your cash.

I can't see any more so I'm going to sell at £55.

Yes! That's marvellous. £55. That's plus £30. Well done, JP.

Now...here comes this bowl.

You're plus 40.

£20 on commission I'm bid.

Lot number 96, £20 on commission, who's 25?

25, 30 and five, 40, 35, £40 where? The green bowl.

Any further bids at £40? No? Any more? At £35 I'm selling, done.

-Oh, no, no.

-Selling.

-Told you.

-It's just a fiver. A fiver.

-Minus £10.

-Just lost a tenner.

-Yeah. You're plus 30. Yeah, sorry.

It was £45, it sold for 35.

You're minus £10 which means overall you are plus £30.

-Now, are you going to risk it for a biscuit?

-Definitely.

-You are?

-You're going to go with the Caucasian?

-I love it.

So, we carry on with lot 100 which is the Caucasian rug,

shown on your screen here, lot number 100.

And a good-quality thing. Who's starting me, then at £20?

Useful carpet. 20 right at the back of the room. 25 standing, thank you.

-Come on.

-30 behind you in the corner, 35, 40. 45. 50.

-45 standing in front of you.

-90 years old.

-Thank you, 55. 60.

No? 55 still with the lady. £60 where? I will sell at £55.

-Got yourself a bargain at £55.

-Money in that, Jonathan, still.

There's a profit, it's plus £15.

But that thing is going to go somewhere

-and make a different price one day, I tell you.

-Of course.

Nevertheless, you have got a profit on it, well done, JP. Plus £45.

Plus £45 should be a winning score,

could easily be a winning score,

it's an amazing number at the end of this saga

so, well done for that, just don't say a word to the Blues.

-I'll keep shtoom.

-Won't say a word.

-Shtoom?

-Now, Louis, Gosia, have you found out what the Reds did?

-No idea.

-Nope, no idea.

-We don't want you to know. That's excellent.

So, how are you feeling, are you all right?

Strongly and probably huge, huge profit. We will retire after that.

-Will you?

-Easily, easily.

-What?

On £2.50 probably... and breadcrumbs.

-Is she always like this?

-Always, always, you can't shut her up(!)

-This positive?

-Yeah. Totally. Totally.

-Which is lovely, isn't it?

Yeah, fine.

Well, I won't ask you if you're nervous about any item because you're obviously not.

No, no, no, no, just, just a huge profit straightaway.

OK, so, first up is the African bowl and here it comes.

And Lot 116 is the African carved hardwood bowl, number 116

and who'll start me at £20?

Lot number 116, the African carvings here, £20 someone?

£20 I'm bid, thank you, right at the back of the room. Who's 25?

-The African carved bowl, 25, 30? At £30 where?

-Go on. Somebody else.

-Come on, one more!

-No? 30 and selling then.

Wiped its face.

That's very good. Now, here we go.

Lot number 117 is the Mongolian stained wood saddle here.

Lot number 117, the, er, wooden saddle.

So, who's going to start me at £10?

£10? £10, straight up there. £10 I'm bid.

Someone at £15, right at the back, 15, thank you.

-20 by the table, £25, any further bids?

-Can I bid? Can I bid?

-No.

-Why not?

-It's illegal.

-Any further interest at £25?

I've got you at 20 but you can bid again at 25.

I'll take you at 25.

£30, where, any more?

-At 25 because you are so generous, at £25 it's selling. 25.

-£25?

That's the pits, isn't it? That's five off 30, that's minus 45.

Never mind.

Now look out, here comes the Capstan.

Teeny-weeny inkwell here made by the Boots Pure Drug Company

and who's going to start me at £10? £20 on the live auctioneers terminal.

All the way from America. At 20. 25, sir, thank you. 30. 35, sir?

Thank you though. 35 at the back of the room? Thank you.

-40 on the internet. No? £40 away.

-Yes!

-Yes.

-Good girl.

-No?

£40 right in the middle of the room at the front here. Any more, 45?

-Thank you very much at £40.

-40, wiped its face.

Look, we've got two wiped faces and minus 45. OK.

We're going to go with these menu holders.

-Going to do the menu holders?

-I think so.

-Got to.

We'll do it. We like them.

Don't worry, everything will be fine. It's just here.

OK, very positive here. Then we're going with the bonus buy

and here it comes.

Lot number 122 is a set of six Elizabeth II scallop patterned

menu holders. Starting at £50 on these. They're good-quality things.

-Straight in at 50.

-Yes!

-Lot number 122.

-Straight in at 50!

60, with you at 55. Who's £60? The menu holders here, £60 where?

You can use them for other purposes too. 60 and five. 70 and five. 80?

-And five. 90.

-Yes.

-And five?

-Yes!

-100? 110, 120.

-Look at that!

110, who's £120?

Good quality these. Looking for 120. I will sell for £110 in the room.

That is plus £60. Halleluiah.

Now listen, you've got to revel in this.

Because the expert has saved your bacon. You were £45 down.

She's just made you £60 which means you are plus £15.

Now, £15 could be a winning score.

And it's pound notes to go home with, so well done.

Well, how lovely is this? To be able to hand out cash to both teams!

So exciting! Been chatting about the scale of the winnings today?

-All the time.

-All the time? But not to each other?

-No.

OK, well, that's good then.

Because, sadly, we can only have one team of winners

and we have no losers any more, we only have runners up.

And the runners up today just happened to be the Blues.

-Ooh!

-Hey!

-Heh, heh, heh, well, there we are.

The runners up would have gone away with absolutely nothing today,

mark this, were it not for the supreme effort of their expert

who produced an object

that made £110, that was £60 profit, well done, Kate Bliss.

That was a blissful result.

-Anyway, it gives you an end result of £15. There we go.

-Thank you.

There's the £10 note and there is the five pounds in shrapnel.

-Three of them and two more. There you go. 15.

-Cheers.

And congratulations. I hope you've had a nice time.

-But the victors today, going home with £45.

-Yay.

-How lovely is that?

Well done, Caroline. Well done, David. That's very good.

That's your total cash there.

You nearly, so nearly, got a golden gavel and you got

profits on absolutely everything bar one lot which is extremely bad luck.

Anyway, we hope you've loved it at home

and join us soon for some more bargain hunting.

Yes? Yes!

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