Kedleston 28 Bargain Hunt

Today, we're in the grand setting of Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire,

just the place for a grand day's antiques spotting.

Ha! Let's go bargain hunting! Yeah!

Completed in 1765, Kedleston Hall was built for Sir Nathaniel Curzon

to rival Derbyshire's other jewel in the crown, Chatsworth House.

So, let's find out how our rival teams get on against one another.

It's all very exciting because auctioneer, and prices,

go up and down like a yo-yo.

-Good stuff.

-This is history in the making.

Charles Hanson has a dramatic revelation.

It's one of the best bargains I've ever seen personally on Bargain Hunt.

I feel that strongly.

And the Blues revel in delight.

-More, more!

-Go on!

-Going... Gone.

-Well done.

'Right, let's meet today's teams.'

So, on the show today we have a pair of pals, Sarah and Vicky,

-and we have sisters, Sally and Marie. Hello, everyone.

-Hi.

-Hello.

Great to see you. Now, Sarah, how did you two meet?

We are ex-military wives and we met on a military base.

The thing with the service life is,

-everyone is moving somewhere very, very quickly, right?

-Yes.

As a service wife, how many homes did you have?

-Seven in about six years.

-Did you?

-Yeah!

-It is ridiculous, isn't it?

How you ever bond up and find a buddy when you're on those places

-must be jolly difficult.

-It is.

Now, you do a bit of sailing.

I ended up teaching it for quite some years, yes.

It's a lovely thing, though, isn't it? For all generations,

all ages can go out and sail and have a nice time.

Absolutely brilliant, yeah.

Vicks, what do you do in your spare time, girl?

I like walking. I'm from Somerset, so I like to walk.

And you've also been inside.

-Yes, I have.

-How many years did you do?

I was let out early for good behaviour.

No, I painted a mural in a local prison

in the visiting area, the children's area.

And what was the theme of the prison mural?

-It was a jungle.

-Was it?

-Yeah.

So, team tactics today?

-Cheap!

-Are you going to spend all your money?

-No.

-No?

Buy small, make big.

OK, buy small, make big.

This is native language, isn't it?

-Anyway, very good luck.

-Thank you.

-Lovely.

Now, Sally, I understand you like doing a bit of treasure hunting.

-I do, yes. Some friends of ours introduced us to a thing called geo-caching.

-Oh, yes.

Which is on the internet and you have to go and get co-ordinates

and that guides you to a piece of treasure.

-And you leave it once you've found it?

-Once you've found it,

you sign it and put it back exactly where you found it

for somebody else to come and find.

So it's rather like spies going to secret drops.

-It is, because we do call normal people muggles.

-Oh, do you?

-Normal people like me, I'm a muggle.

-Yeah.

If you go somewhere and you see people coming along,

then you get calls of "Muggles!" from the kids,

and we have to sort of stand there looking a bit suspicious, really.

But amateur dramatics is one of your favourite pastimes.

It is, I love it, yeah. We do about two shows a year.

Now, your sister gets you dragged in to the am-dram a bit too.

She did. She roped me in a couple of years ago.

-What's your day job?

-My day job, I do mobile hairdressing.

-Do you?

-Yeah, which I really, really enjoy.

-Right.

I work around my local villages

and it's lovely. You get to watch a bit of telly,

bit of Bargain Hunt while they're under the dryer!

And that, I hope, will be suitably educative for you today.

Have you have learned enough on Bargain Hunt to come on,

-do you think, to beat the Reds?

-I think so. I'm pretty confident.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-SARAH: No!

-Are you going to spend all your money?

-I hope so.

-We're going to try, aren't we?

-Yeah, definitely.

-Because I've got lots here. Here's £300 apiece.

-Thank you.

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

And very, very, very good luck.

I could do with a haircut.

Now, let's meet the experts helping out the teams today.

Hoping to ensure the Reds gallop to victory

is expert Catherine Southon.

And commanding the blues

is David Harper. Aye-aye!

So, ladies, being ex-military wives,

are you going to be strict with me today?

I don't think we're going to be strict,

but I think I'd like something little and silver.

Little and silver? What about you, Vick?

I had a premonition about having a pincushion, a silver pincushion.

Silver pincushion?

I have a distinct feeling

we're going to be looking for something glamorous.

-Very sparkly.

-Definitely.

-A bit of bling?

-Definitely.

Small, silver.

Let's go, girls.

-Like magpies, aren't we?

-Oh, good.

-Nice and shiny.

I love it. You're a couple of shiny girls, a couple of shiny diamonds,

and what am I in the middle?

Bit of old coal. Come on, 60 minutes, let's go.

Armed with £300,

both teams must find their items in under an hour to take to auction.

There's definitely no time for indecision.

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Oh, oh.

-Oh.

-Oh, look at... They are like magpies.

-We did try and say.

-Show me blingy things.

That's pretty, that one there.

It's unusual, but still quite trendy.

-Black and gold?

-Yeah.

That's a commemorative ring.

It's a mourning ring.

It's almost something you might describe as niello

and it's a way of decorating silver.

The Egyptians are accredited with originating niello decoration.

It's a mixture of copper, silver and lead sulphides

which are used to inlay engraved or etched metal.

1914-18 obviously is the Great War,

so this is commemorating him during the First World War.

Was he anybody that's worth...

that someone would collect memorabilia for?

A monarch.

Pretty important if you're Belgian.

I like it.

What do you think?

Anything First World War is very interesting

and always collected.

Sally is sort of pulling a face, if you don't mind me saying.

If you want to get it, then...

Do you not think?

It's all on your head.

I love it because it's really risky.

You can lose your shirt or celebrate with a great profit.

I like a bit of risk.

I love risk.

What price could you go down to on this?

-WOMAN:

-I would do it for 60. I couldn't go any lower than that.

55 and we'll call it a day.

It really has to be 60, I would if I could.

57.50?

Don't work in 50ps!

-DAVID:

-57 then?

Yeah, go on.

-WOMAN:

-Go on.

You've done it.

Well done.

Thank you very much.

The first thing you look at, you buy.

I love you two, you're fantastic.

That's quick work, Blues.

You've only just started shopping, well done.

-Hello.

-Hello.

Right, we're wasting time.

Yes, you do.

Are you two dashing off, are you leaving me behind?

I think we were very wise there.

There might be something sparkly in there.

Come on, we'll go sparkly hunting.

Sparkly hunting?

You're suppose to be bargain hunting!

What do you think about this?

Oh, yes.

Oh, no.

-That's wonderful.

-It's small.

-Maybe we'll come back to that one.

-Yes, maybe.

Pop it back, dear.

Covered in money spiders.

-Is he really?

-Look.

He's not... Oh, he has got a money spider.

-Is that good?

-It's £96.

He's lovely.

But he's probably '50s.

Do you want to put him in reserve?

No, because I believe in fate,

if he's gone, then it wasn't meant to be.

We'll leave him there.

Fate hangs in the balance for the Blues,

but are our Reds equally superstitious?

-What's our lucky number?

-Six.

We saw a black cat this morning.

Lucky number 13.

That's not very lucky, is it?

-I like that.

-Do you like it?

-Yeah.

-Where the ashenpumps are.

I could never say elephant as a little girl, it was an ashenpump.

So we call them ashenpumps.

How much would you pay for a bracelet of ashenpumps?

I would pay about...

£35, £40.

I thought about 95.

I've just brought you the dream clients, haven't I?

She'll pay 95, she'll pay 35.

-All he wants is 12 quid.

-No way!

It's Indian, definitely a 20th century one.

No hallmarks.

It's a base metal of some sort.

What's the best price you can do on the ashenpumps?

-MAN:

-There's one deal and it's £10.

-DAVID:

-For a £10 note, it's positively for nothing.

For a gorgeous bit of costume jewellery and it might make 20,

might make 30... I don't think...

I'm liking that.

How much money can you lose on a tenner?

-Shall we go for it?

-Yeah, I think so.

I think the ashenpumps have done it.

-And the money spiders were in the tent.

-They were.

We've just had the money spiders, ashenpumps, seven elephants,

lucky number, let's go for it.

Great, that's item number two bought for the Blues.

Luck certainly seems to be on their side,

but can the Reds see a change in fortune?

They need to make a purchase quick.

What about the bird cage?

-That's your kind of stuff, isn't it?

-Yes, I like that.

-Do you?

-Yes.

What would you use it for? It has been used.

Put plants or something in it.

I'd want that for 20 quid.

-Shall we ask?

-Go and see.

What's the lowest you would go?

45.

We'd want it for about 20, to be honest.

-MAN:

-I paid 37 for it.

Well, that's fair enough.

Shall we have a wander?

-We'll have a wander.

-Thank you anyway.

Keep on wandering, Reds.

But don't leave it too long.

We're now almost halfway through the shop

and you still haven't bought anything.

Meanwhile David seems very happy with his team.

They home in, they like it, if they can afford it, they buy it.

Absolutely dream women.

He's just agreeing to everything we're saying.

Yeah.

Spending well, aren't we?

Yeah, two items bought already.

So now we're going for something big.

Big one.

I like your plans, girls,

but Catherine seems to have a plan all of her own.

I hope it works because you need to buy something.

What do you think about that cage?

Shall I run back and see what the very best is I can get?

-Shall I run back?

-He's adamant, 37, he paid for it.

I'll go and see what I can do. You stay there, you keep looking.

We're having a bit of a panic cos we've had 26 minutes

and we've bought nothing.

Can you help us out? Can we do it for 30?

I can't do it for 30.

I paid 37 for it, if I can get my money back, I'll be happy.

OK. Girls.

If we pay him £37...

-Yes.

-Shall we go for this?

Yes.

First deal done. Pressure off.

Not quite, Catherine, but that's your first purchase though,

well done.

Whilst the teams continue to shop,

why not have a look at something I found on

a previous visit to Kedleston.

This is the splat that would have fitted between

the top rail of a chair and the seat rail of a chair.

And is, if you like, in chair-making terms

the bit that the chair maker would lavish more care and attention on

than any other piece in the construction of the chair.

Why nine chairs have fallen apart

and these nine back splats have been kept, I know not.

This one is made of mahogany

and it's loosely in the manner of Thomas Chippendale.

It's got the Chippendale Gothic spiky bits,

and it's got these nice carved, curly pieces,

but what I like about this box full of nine is the sheer variety.

This is like a lesson in 18th century chair back design

because this one's made of elm.

That's a balloon swelling form and down here it comes to a vase

and that's got two pierced details.

The next one, same period, 1780s, is a wheatsheaf.

You can imagine the ears of corn at the top, tied in the middle

and then spreading down at the bottom.

This one, here's another Georgian one.

This time in elm, not in mahogany.

Here, we've got another balloon,

but this one's got super patination.

What are you going to do with them?

Well, that is a problem.

Unless you're going to construct some new chairs

and insert the old backs in,

some would say, these things, delightful they may be,

are completely useless.

What I would do if I was putting in a new staircase,

is I'd make a complete arrangement of

different shaped 18th century chair splats

to fill in the space between the handrail at the top

and the stair rail at the bottom.

Is that not the most fantastic novel and imaginative use

of these otherwise scrap 18th century chair backs?

What would you have to pay for nine of them here today?

Top end - £40.

That's less than £5 each.

THAT is what you call a bargain.

How are the teams getting on with their shopping?

I still can't believe we bought a bird cage.

Shall we buy these birds to go in it?

Yeah, let's buy some birds.

Let's have a whole bird theme.

I think I have to redirect.

OK. Steer me away.

We haven't got long, girls.

You're right, Catherine, all this talk of birds,

but it's the time that's flying.

-13 minutes left.

-Uh-oh.

It goes in a flash.

Come on, I'm going to put some pressure on you.

Let's start not just looking, let's start buying.

Feel how heavy that is.

Let's have a look at this.

This is a letter opener, this is French.

Has it got a hallmark on it?

No.

But you've tested it?

Yeah.

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

-Is it.

I would say this is probably late 19th century,

so about 1880s, 1890s in date.

I think it's lovely and I think it's a very pretty little thing.

Just worries me because we can't say that it is silver.

-What's on it?

-50.

What can you do for that?

35 would be the best I could do on it.

What do you think?

It's a possibility.

Anything else you've got that's special?

This is quite nice.

It may be beyond your... A little pincushion.

THEY GASP

A silver pincushion.

It's a coronation chair.

Really nice detail.

What's the price on this? £180.

140 would be the best I could do.

Do we want to buy two pieces of silver?

I can feel the angst.

Would we get a better deal...

Can you do something for us here?

Two for you for 140.

That's the best I can do.

I'd like to say 100 for that and 30 for that...

..would be better.

-OK.

-Do you want to have one quick whizz?

We've got ten minutes.

Thank you very much indeed.

Yes, off you go, girls.

Back up.

Yes, I like.

-Oh, you do?

-Yeah.

OK.

We couldn't wear it.

-No.

-What is it?

-It's an epergne.

Is that for putting nibbles in on the table or something?

You could do.

-That, you'd put flowers in.

-Oh, right.

-What date do you think?

1912.

Why so specific?

Cos I've just read the label.

Oh, that's cheating!

That is cheating!

She is terrible.

You love it for what reason?

Because it shines.

And it's different.

Is it different?

Different to me, I've never seen one before.

It's a table centrepiece.

Any markings? There we are.

That tells you everything that you need to know.

"EPNS."

Electroplate nickel silver.

So it is just silver plated.

If that was solid silver, there's £1,000 of anyone's money.

Anyone's money, that's £1,000.

But it is plated.

What do you think of the price, though? Is it a bit steep?

-What is it?

-140.

Depends what we could do. Shall I get a price?

You two think about it, talk about it, I'll go and get a price.

Off you go, David and work your magic.

Meanwhile the Reds are deliberating.

What was it? 135?

130 I think.

Let's go back, see what he says.

We'll give him one last try, if not, we'll pay.

-Shall we go?

-Yes.

After a little bit of negotiating,

bottom line, death price - 80 quid.

Do you think there's profit in there?

Right place, yes, no doubt.

Shall we risk it for a biscuit?

I do like it.

It's very shiny, it's useable.

Sold, to the woman in blue.

We wanted a bigger object.

You did say, and it's shiny.

-Let's go for it.

-And it's novelty.

And you two are quirky. And we've got it.

-Shall I go and say yes?

-Yes, please.

-The dream team without a doubt.

-The winners!

-Yeah!

Don't count your chickens just yet, Blues.

But well done, that's all three times bought.

Sarah heads back to the silver stall holder with a cheeky request.

I just wanted to ask

if there was anyway you would go to 25 on the little letter opener?

OK.

Oh, so 100 for that and 25 for that.

-Thank you very much.

-That's two items.

-Yes.

-Are you happy?

-Yes.

-Yes.

Are you? Oh, you're delighted, oh, that's wonderful. Group hug!

After all that, girls, well done, you two.

Two more purchases made and that means you've finished your shopping.

"Tempus fugit", cor, time flies. In fact time's up.

Let's check out what the Red team bought, eh?

They flew off with this 20th-century bird cage for £37.

A late 19th-century silver miniature paper knife cost them £25.

And their crowning glory, the silver pincushion in the form

of a coronation chair set them back £100.

-Now, Sarah, Vickles, what did you spend in total, you girls?

-£162.

Did you? I'm so proud of you. You are so marvellous.

£162, I'd like £138 in leftover lolly, please.

£138, oh, more money coming, look at that.

-Now, Sarah, which is your favourite piece?

-The pincushion.

The pincushion is your favourite. Do you agree with that, Vicks?

-Um, I like the bird cage.

-You like the bird cage best.

-Yes.

Will the bird cage bring the biggest profit?

Absolutely, I think it probably will, actually.

-You agree with your mate.

-I do, yes.

All right, fine. Here's a nice wodge.

I think you had a very happy shop there, didn't you, Catherine?

I had an amazing shop. These girls are such good fun, too.

I know. Any idea what you're going to buy?

-I know exactly what I'm going to buy and it is a corker.

-Is it?

OK, well, on that happy note why don't we check out

what the Blue team bought, eh?

This World War I commemorative ring cost them £57.

They then cast £10 of their budget into the mid-20th century

white metal bracelet.

And finally the silver-plated epergne

set them back a dazzling £80.

She thinks she's going to fall into the water? Why would that be then?

-Is the ground going to give way?

-I just feel a bit unsteady.

-Is she like this, your sister? What happened?

-All the time.

-Is she really?

-I've spent an hour with them.

-Yes, of course you have.

-And you loved every moment of it, didn't you?

-Yeah, he did.

Yes, he did, and I can't blame you.

Now, what I want to know is what is your favourite item, please?

My favourite is the elephant bracelet, or the ashenpump bracelet.

THEY LAUGH

Do you agree with that?

No, my favourite was the dining table stand that we've bought.

OK, is that going to bring the biggest profit?

No, I think the ring is going to be a bit of a surprise.

It might be a bad one as well.

THEY LAUGH

-Now you say!

-OK, brilliant, so you spent in total how much?

-£147.

I love it, £153 of leftover lolly, please.

OK, this goes over to the converter,

that's the converter from cash to profit.

Got any idea as to what you're going to do?

Yeah, I think something bright and cheerful, just like these two.

They've really brightened my day, I'm going

to try and brighten their auction.

All right, good luck to that, good luck, girls.

Now, let's take a look at something I found on my travels.

A lot of people ask me what I've got on the end of my gold chain

because I usually wear a gold chain with either a watch or a pen knife

or a seal. And this is a fob seal.

It's the object that you would use to impress into some molten

sealing wax to seal an envelope. I found it recently in an auction.

It's made of 18 carat gold.

The important thing about this seal, though, is who owned it

and if I turn it upside down you can see we have an initial. A capital N.

An N beneath an emperor's crown.

Who do you suppose that might represent?

Well, it is the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

Could this be the personal seal of the Emperor,

the greatest tyrant that Europe ever saw, that fought those wars for 19

long years and was responsible for the death millions of people?

Well, it might just be.

The Emperor Napoleon in his will,

when he died on Saint Helena, left two gold seals.

One was the seal of France.

The other was his personal seal, which he left to his son.

Is it or isn't it Napoleon's seal? Incredibly difficult to prove.

But the quality and nature of the worked gold is really very high

and it has one more very special and very unusual feature.

If you look around the engraved outside border it's got

a tiny little hole

and if you happen to have a little pin and you push it into that

little hole, hey presto, the whole bottom of the seal hinges open...

Look at that!

..to reveal a cavity,

a secret compartment in which the Emperor Napoleon could have

hidden his poison if he didn't want to be captured.

I've seen lots of these seals

and I have never seen one with a hinged secret compartment.

So in itself it's incredibly unusual.

With the Napoleonic connection, it is irresistible.

I found it and I paid £800 for this joker, together with the chain.

Weigh out the gold and the gold is worth approximately £800.

I paid the gold price for this, but if I'm right and this is

Napoleon's personal seal it could be worth as much as £10,000 to £20,000.

Ooh la la!

Well, what fun is this?

We've come six or eight miles down the road,

Kedleston to Etwall in a straight line to be with our Charles.

-Hi, Carlos.

-Hi, Tim.

-Great to be here.

-Great to have you here.

Now Sarah and Vicky, they went with this bird cage.

It's a lovely cage but we've got no bird.

No. Tim, I think it's aesthetic, it's got a look about it

and the bird on top makes up for the bird not being in there.

-We'd like it to have wings, really.

-Yes.

-What's your estimate?

Well, Tim, hopefully it will fly away

and my guide price is between £50 and £100.

Well, it's certainly novel

-and you get an awful lot of cage for the £37 they paid.

-Really?

-Do you think £37 is cheap enough?

-I think, Tim, there's the profit there.

I'm with you there, Charles, so that's lovely,

they should get a profit on that.

Next is this oddball piece of what I suppose is Turkish silver.

It's not hallmarked at all.

There's nothing on there to give us

any indication as to country of origin, but that blade is very short.

Yes. It certainly is. OK, it's nicely made, whatever it is.

-What's it worth?

-I would say its value is between £30 and £50.

Fair enough, I think you've got a lot there for £30 to £50.

-Our lot only paid £25, so that's pretty cool.

-Good.

Lastly is the pincushion, coronation chair, Westminster Abbey.

It's hallmarked and it's novel and it's a pincushion

and when you put all those words together the market desires.

It is top-notch craftsmanship, isn't it?

It's chiselled, it really is a glorious piece of royal history.

Isn't it? I mean, to make that is going to take somebody hours

and hours and hours. It ought to be worth £200 or £300, really.

What's your estimate?

We've been quite realistic because we want the wind behind it

and I hope it might make 120, 130, 150, even.

But my guide price is between £60 and £100.

-That's because you're a cunning monkey.

-I'm...

You're trying to tempt the buyers in, aren't you, Charles?

Tim, we want a party and we want competition.

Yeah, you'll get a party all right, don't you worry about that.

£100 they paid, let's hope they make a profit.

I reckon because of the bird cage they're going to do very nicely

so they won't need the bonus buy, but let's go and have a look at it.

-Now, girls, this is exciting, isn't it?

-Yes.

What did Catherine Southon do with the £138 of leftover lolly

-you gave her? Catherine.

-Well, what did I do indeed? Here we are.

-I bought you...

-Oh, no.

-What do you mean, "Oh, no"?

-It's horrible!

-Looks like it's been run over.

-It's roadkill!

-It's a paperweight, isn't he?

-Is that what it is?

-I think so.

-I think so.

-How much was that?

-I thought you'd like this!

The interesting thing about him is if you turn him over, we've got...

Oh, this is this chap in Austria, isn't it?

Yes, see the little B in the urn?

I was thinking it could be Bergman.

If it is right it could be worth a couple of hundred.

-If it's not, we could be looking at 50 quid.

-And how much was he?

It was 60 quid, so it's a bit of a gamble, girls.

Vicks, you're looking a bit horrified but handle it

because handling it is what it's all about.

It's quite heavy.

Weigh it all up, but right now, for the audience at home, let's find out

whether the auctioneer likes Catherine's old croc.

So here we go, this is a crocodile.

It got out of the zoo, it went on the M5, it's completely flattened.

-It's curious.

-Seriously, it's the oddest thing, isn't it?

-Isn't it?

But it's crisp and obviously we think back to the great Bergman

bronzes of the early 20th century and it has got that depth of patination.

It has got that look which reflects that jazz age

and the fashion for the tropical.

I'm not sure whether it makes it more saleable or less saleable, being flat.

I think Bergman was known towards the end of his career for producing

the more whimsical, the more novel, the more peculiar objects

and this, I think, comes under that canopy of being a bit peculiar.

What's your estimate?

I think it might make up to £80, but guide price between £40 and £60.

OK, £60 paid by Catherine Southon. It might do it, mightn't it?

Oh, Tim, if you are a gentleman with your envelopes and the wind's

blowing, you'd put your flat crocodile on top to keep them there.

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

-Yes.

We've got the Belgian interest here.

The little pinky ring of Albert I, King of the Belgians.

He reigned 1909 to 1934. This is gunmetal and gilt, probably gold.

-It is full of sentiment and history.

-Yes.

So we have been quite inviting, with a guide price of between £60

-and £100.

-Wow! That's great. They paid £57.

Next is a white metal bracelet.

It seems to have heffalumps on it,

-which would indicate to me that it might be Indian.

-Yes.

-It doesn't test silver. We have had to call it white metal.

-How much?

-Between £30 and £50.

-Fair enough. £10 paid.

-Great.

Can't argue with that.

Now, the epergne.

How many times do you have a party where you need to put

bonbons in swinging dishes like that?

And a vase of freesias in the middle.

I am not saying do you love it or not, is it practical or isn't it?

Oh, Tim, I would happily have that all day on my table at home.

-Would you?

-Yes, one bowl for my wife,

one for me and we could take our nibbles respectively.

-I suppose that's true. So how much, then?

-Between £40 and £60.

-But I hope that would give it liftoff.

-Is that all? Only £40-£60?

-Yes.

-Our guys paid 80.

-Oh, did they?

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

-Sally, Marie. This is exciting, isn't it?

-Very exciting.

-You gave your man £153.

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-£153 you had, David Harper.

-What did you get up to, you rascal?

-Well, tell me if you love this.

-Oh, my word!

-It's very threadbare, isn't it?

-A bit of a damp squib.

-It looks old.

-It's very old. It's a coat.

And a waistcoat, Regency, early 19th century. 1820, or thereabouts.

So it is a historic piece of clothing. Would you like to wear it?

-Not particularly.

-No?

-Very grand. Very sophisticated.

-How much did you pay for it?

-Oh, straight to the money.

-Yes.

-Definitely.

-What do you think?

-I don't know.

-I'm not sure I'd take it as a free gift!

-What did you pay?

-20 quid.

-Is that all?

With all that money we gave you?

-Oh, don't get so angry!

-But this is the point, you great tease.

They think you have spent 100 and something pounds...

Is that what was worrying you? It will double its money.

It has to make 40 quid.

If he's right, and you need the bonus buy,

you can go with this object.

You don't decide now, you can pick later if you want to.

But right now, for the audience at home,

let's find out what Charles Hanson thinks about the tatty old coat.

Well, there you've got it, hanging up on your very own hanger.

How do you rate that frock coat?

I think the joy of antiques is, if that could talk to us,

-what would it tell us?

-It would tell you, I'm worn out.

But what Regency dandy wore this and probably hopped and skipped down

the streets of a fashionable town

like Bath in that period of 1800, 1810.

And it is lived in. It has been worn.

The wonderful thing is, look,

you have even got sweat marks under the arms. Tim.

-That's attractive, Charles(!)

-But Tim, it's history. It's alive.

It's firing and it feels fantastic to see it today.

It is the dandy of the day.

If I was born in that period, I would be wearing that all day long.

-What's to stop you now?

-I have tried it, it's a bit short for me!

Oh, right. How much would you reckon that at auction?

We like it so much that we are hoping it might make £100.

-Really?

-Yes.

-Well, Harper will be over the top because he only paid £20.

-He didn't?!

-He paid £20.

-It is one of the best bargains, Tim, I have ever seen, personally,

on Bargain Hunt. I feel that strongly.

Lordy! Well, we had better stand by, then.

-Well, it depends whether the team go with it or not.

-I hope so.

But if they're fired up with your enthusiasm, Charles,

they definitely will.

-And that's all we need, isn't it, enthusiasm?

-I hope so, too.

-And very good luck today.

-Thank you, Tim.

-Thank you very much.

Now, Sarah, this is exciting, isn't it?

I think Charles Hanson is in form, don't you? Look at him.

-Now, anything you wish you hadn't bought, girls?

-No.

-No, no.

-No, we're OK.

-You're happy with it?

-Yes.

-OK, fine.

First up is going to be the old bird cage, and here it comes.

This is a 20th-century bird cage on a school stand.

Where do we start this? Interesting. I am only bid here £25.

-Bid me 30 now.

-Come on, come on!

-£25 I am bid. 30.

Surely £30 for a wonderful bird cage! I am bid...

30, ma'am, 35, 40. I'm out. Look at it. £40, 5?

You're bidding, sir, or are you drinking? No, you're not bidding.

Fine. Sorry. £40 I am bid.

Do I see five? Come on, giving it away and £40.

-All done. Only... £45? 45 online!

-Yes!

45 online.

50, Miss White. One for the road? 50 online, bid me a fiver.

-One for the bird.

-£55? Because life is too short. No, 50 in the room.

We sell, going once, going twice, it's £50 all out.

-Sold!

-Yes, well done, Charles. That is plus £13.

What could be better than that?

Now, moving on, here comes the paper knife.

This is a gorgeous little silver miniature paper knife with

filigree work, with turquoise. A bit of interest here.

I am bid...well, not a lot, £15. £18, do I see? £15. 18.

20 and 2. 5, 8. 30 is my bid, 2 and I'm out.

-You're in profit.

-Asking five now. 35 online, 40 online.

-Bid me a fiver. £40 I'm bid in the room.

-Well done, girls.

Bid me a fiver or I sell at £40.

-All-out... All done at £40.

-Well done, Charles. Plus £15.

That means you are plus £28. Now, look out.

This is an unusual pincushion in the form of a coronation chair

from Westminster Abbey. Hallmarked.

-The day to sell it, today.

-Yes.

-I am already bid 55, £65. 70, 80, 90...

-Go on, go on.

-80, 90, 5, 100, 110 120, 130...

-You are so brilliant!

5? 130 I am bid. In the room now do I see 135? Come on!

It's a wonderful collectable at 130. Online do I see 135? You're out.

You're in, sir. On the aisle at 130, I'll take 135.

Yes, 135! 140? 145. Are you sure, sir? Thank you very much.

140 I'm bid. Do I see 145 now? It's a real collectable.

-All out we are at 140. My gavel is up to you, sir.

-Sold, done it!

He has done it. 140, that's £40. You had 28, you are now plus £68.

Now, team, this is a bit of a question. Yeah, bonus buy.

Do you park a 68 and take it home,

or do you decide to go with the flat crocodile and hope for the best?

-Let's do it.

-You reckon you want it?

-Yes, go on.

We're going with the bonus buy.

This has an awful lot riding on it, this flat crocodile.

Where do we start this? A bit of interest here.

-I can start with bids of £45 in the room now.

-No, that's not enough.

-5, 70?

-You're in profit.

-Bid me five now, come on.

70, I'll take 5. £70 on the aisle 70 on the aisle, bid me five now.

70, I'll take 5. I'm out and you're in, sir. £70.

-£70 is good enough.

-All over to you, sir. Fair warning.

-I love it. £70.

Plus 10. Thank you. There we go. I knew it would be all right.

Plus £78 is folding money to take home.

-Nobody does this on Bargain Hunt. So, well done.

-Thank you.

-Don't say a word to the Blues.

-No.

-Keep it quiet.

-Yes.

-Promise?

-Promise.

Well done, Catherine. Thank you very much.

Now, Sally and Marie, how are you feeling?

-Very anxious, nervous, excited.

-Excited, yes.

If there is a jeopardy item out of your three, it is the epergne,

the last item, I'm afraid.

But on the other hand, you have got that frock coat.

-You have got that fellow to fall back on, haven't you?

-We have.

-Yes. Might be something that we need to take the chance on.

-Yes.

And it's a £20 gamble at the end of it.

I'll come back to you about that, yeah?

First up is King Albert I's pinky ring. And here it comes.

A bit of interest.

I have got bids at £25, 35, bid me 40 now. Surely?

40, I'm out online. £40 we are out of the room, in online.

Do I see five now? £40 I'm bid in the room, do I see five?

-Come on, come on!

-Surely one more?

-£40, my gavel is up at £40 and falling at 40.

-Oh!

I had a funny feeling about that.

I had a good feeling about that one!

Anyway, the metal bracelet I have a good feeling about.

There it is. It is a wonderful little small bracelet.

I am only bid here £12, £15, £18?

Do I see 20 now? 20. 22? 5.

And I will be out. I've got 22. One more? 25?

-I would! Definitely.

-Asking eight now.

-Yes!

-30?

Are you sure? Look at me. You sure? Is that a yes?

No, 28 I'm bid, I am asking 30 now. Fair warning.

-One more?

-Yes, go on, go, go, go!

-30.

-Yes!

-30.

5? 40. 5.

Are you sure, madam? £40 I am bid, do I see five now?

£40 I am bid, do I see five? Come on, fair warning.

We sell to a lady. Thank you, ma'am. At £40.

-I say going at £40, going, going, gone.

-Well done, Charles.

That is plus 30. Look at that, straightaway.

You were minus 17, you are now plus 13. How good is that?

-Now we've got the dodgy piece.

-Right, the epergne.

This really is classic.

If you want good dining, you might want a very sophisticated epergne.

I am only bid here 25, £35. I am asking £40 now. Who would like it?

45, 50, I'm out. Thank you, sir. 50 takes my bid. Do I see five now?

Surely, five. 50 I'm bid, do I see five?

Surely, somebody. Online, bid me a fiver?

-No, she says. 5. 60? 5? 70.

-Keep going.

-Are you sure?

One more, sir. Look at me. Are you sure? No, you said. The lady is in.

Thank you, madam. At £65 and I shall sell,

and say going, all out and done at £65.

Fair warning.

I can't bear it. £65 is minus £15.

You had £13, which makes you minus £2. Oh, petals!

What are we going to do about this frock coat?

-I think we'll have to gamble.

-Yeah, go for it.

-So, we are going with the bonus buy?

-Yeah, we're going to go for it.

-OK.

Now you've made your choice, I can tell you what the auctioneer's estimate is. £80-£100.

-No way!

-Yes.

-My goodness.

-And you've made your decision.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-One for one and all for all. We are going with the bonus buy and here it comes.

This is wonderful.

If it could talk, what could it tell us?

There are even sweat marks under the arms!

And to me, that is a love of history.

It has really lived, and there it is.

-This is historical.

-It stinks.

-I hear 25? 35? 40?

-Look at this!

-Ooh!

Do I see five there? It's a jolly good lot.

-45? 50?

-Come on, yes!

-60? 5. 70...

75, 80 I'm bid. 90, I'm out. 90, I'm out.

-Online, do I say 100 now?

-Come on, come on!

-90 I am bid, asking 100 now.

-Fair warning... I shall sell this lot, make no mistake.

-Look at this.

On the front row, madam, with you. And we sell at £90.

And I shall say going, at £90 and gone at £90.

Well done, Charles. That man is a genius, isn't he?

OK, so that's plus £70.

Excuse me. Plus £70. You were minus £2.

You are now plus 68. Listen, that could be a winning score.

I knew this was going to be an exciting finish.

-Could be a winning score, so don't say a word to the Reds, OK?

-OK.

-Well done, David.

-Thank you.

-Splendid job. Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

-And all will be revealed in a moment. Thank you.

Double, I am bid. I am asking 80 now. Come on.

You are all out to a lady.

70, I'm...

-Ooh, I say. Haven't we had a good time today?

-We have.

-Two teams, stuffed with profit.

-Oh!

-You see!

-They haven't been chatting to one another, so they don't know nothing!

-Right?

-Right!

You also don't know that there is only £10 between the teams.

Oh, I hate that, I hate it.

Double lot of profits and only £10 in between. How good is this?

Anyway, we can only have one team of winners and one team of runners-up.

-And the runners-up today, I'm afraid to say, are the Blues.

-Oh!

Which is bad luck, sisters. But you are still going to take home £68.

-Very good.

-How about that?

-Thank you very much. Lovely.

-There is 65, look.

And here is your three. £68.

The supremo profit to beat all supremo profits was from

David Harper, which was £70 worth of profit on that frock coat.

-Which was pretty good going, wasn't it?

-It was. Well done.

So you are the hero, David. Well done.

-But the victors, who go home with £78, two best mates.

-Thank you.

They got £68 and then they got a tenner from Catherine's

bargain Bergman bronze. All the Bs. So congratulations for that.

You got a profit on all three of your items,

which means that you get a golden gavel pin. Sarah, take that. Thank you.

-Thank you.

-Victoria?

-Thank you.

-You lovely thing.

And there you go, Catherine, to go with your collection. Very good.

-Lovely. Did you enjoy it?

-Absolutely brilliant. Thank you, yeah.

Well, we loved having you on the programme.

-In fact, join us soon for some more bargain-hunting, yes?

-Yes!

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