0:00:02 > 0:00:06We've travelled to the southwest today to the outskirts of Exeter
0:00:06 > 0:00:10and our teams can't wait to get stuck into the hundreds of stalls
0:00:10 > 0:00:13here at Westpoint Arena, so, what are we waiting for?
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Let's go bargain hunting! Yeah!
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Now, the rules...each team gets £300
0:00:45 > 0:00:49and an hour to shop for three objects which they take to auction
0:00:49 > 0:00:53and the team wins that makes the biggest profit or the smallest loss.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57So, let's take a quick squint as to what's coming up.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01The Reds need advice from their expert.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03What do you think?
0:01:04 > 0:01:06We don't know what we're looking at.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10While the Blues are much more decisive.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14- No.- No.- No? - It's the real thing or nothing.- Why?
0:01:14 > 0:01:15- I really like them.- OK.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18'And will their decisions pay off later at the auction?'
0:01:19 > 0:01:20I think we should.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Come on. No!
0:01:22 > 0:01:25'But before I give too much away, let's meet the teams.'
0:01:25 > 0:01:2740...
0:01:28 > 0:01:32So, hoping to stamp their mark on the fair today,
0:01:32 > 0:01:33we have two teams of friends.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36For the Reds, we have Andy and Stuart
0:01:36 > 0:01:38and we have Susan and Helen for the Blues.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- Hello, everyone.- ALL: Hello!- Ha, ha!
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Good-oh! So, Andy, where did you two meet?
0:01:43 > 0:01:48I come down from London, I went into the Royal Mail and we met there.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50- Did you?- Yeah. And we've been friends ever since.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52- How long have you been a postman for?- 30 years, Tim.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- That's a long old time, isn't it? - I know, I know.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- I mean, it's a huge community benefit, isn't it?- Oh, it is, it is.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00I mean, we cannot conceive in the countryside not having
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- the postie come.- No, it's a massive community and, for some people,
0:02:03 > 0:02:05and I'm the only person they see.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- Have you got your own little van? - I've got my own trolley.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10- You've got a trolley, have you? - Yeah, I'm around the town centre.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14How many miles do you reckon you've worked, then, doing the postie?
0:02:14 > 0:02:15It's probably around 50 miles a week.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- 50 miles a week?- Yeah, plus.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- Stuart, you're no stranger for this delivery lark, are you?- No, I'm not.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- How long have you done it for?- 16 years.- Any particular place you do
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- your rounds?- Yeah, I do it around a little rural village,
0:02:26 > 0:02:28a town called Holkham and there's about 350 houses there.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- And you drive around in one of those lovely vans.- I've got me van, yes.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34And you know everything that goes on in your area, yeah?
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Yeah, I know a few people now by first name terms sort of thing now.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39But it's not just letters that you do, is it?
0:02:39 > 0:02:43No, I do, um, logs, firewood with me dad in the afternoons.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- We do about 60 ton a year.- So, you're splitting logs when you're
0:02:46 > 0:02:47not driving round delivering letters.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Yes, I'm not asleep like Andy.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53So, what sort of things are you going to shop for today, then?
0:02:53 > 0:02:57We've got no preconceived ideas, but, um...
0:02:57 > 0:02:58..gold and silver you're up for.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Gold and silver's pretty good, I think at the moment.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- Anything postal, if we come across it...- A bit of Clarice Cliff...
0:03:04 > 0:03:07A bit of Clarice Cliff, postal, gold, silver...you're going
0:03:07 > 0:03:10to have your work cut out to find that in an hour, you know!
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Anyway, smashing to meet you. Well done.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Right then, girls, so, um, Helen, where did you two girls meet?
0:03:16 > 0:03:20- We met at a toddler group, um, I... - You were very young, were you?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24I still am. What are you trying to say?!
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Oh, you're very, very young!
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Yeah, we met at a toddler group, um,
0:03:28 > 0:03:32I want along cos I just moved down to Devon, um, with my family.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35I didn't know anybody and I thought, I need to go
0:03:35 > 0:03:40and meet some people and talk to somebody and I met Susan.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42- Straight up, it was friendship. - Absolutely, yeah.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43But you manage to get away from
0:03:43 > 0:03:46the Devonshire countryside quite often, don't you?
0:03:46 > 0:03:48I do, yes, I'm a flight attendant.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Um, I've been doing that for about 18 years
0:03:50 > 0:03:53and so it's ditch the wellies and the wax jacket,
0:03:53 > 0:03:57out come the stilettos and the wheelie bag and that's it, I'm off.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Now, Susan, what do you get up to?
0:03:59 > 0:04:00Well, I like all things creative,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03so I dabble in a bit of graphic design, a bit of lampshade
0:04:03 > 0:04:06making, I'll have a go at anything really that involves craft.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09And I also work for a handbag designer, which is really, really
0:04:09 > 0:04:12good fun. there's nothing better than handbags in my world.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15So, you design them, and do you get to keep free samples?
0:04:15 > 0:04:17I have got the odd one or two, yes.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19- That must be the most magic bit of it.- It really is.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23- It's not only handbags you design, but hats too.- Yes, that's right.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25I've been designing hats for friends and family
0:04:25 > 0:04:27for a couple of years now, so I was very excited to
0:04:27 > 0:04:30be able to design a hat for the Royal Wedding a couple of years ago.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31You weren't!
0:04:31 > 0:04:33My friend's auntie wore my hat
0:04:33 > 0:04:36and my hat sat about five rows behind the Queen.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- Really?- Yeah.- Was she green with envy?- Oh, absolutely.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43And are you both ready to take on this Bargain Hunt challenge?
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- Oh, yes.- What sort of things are you going to go for? Old bags, yes?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- Old-fashioned items?- Hmm...
0:04:49 > 0:04:51I don't know, we might look at some old toys, um,
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- maybe a bit of silverware. We'll see what we find.- Yeah.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- You're pretty eclectic.- Yes. - Open-minded, that is the way to be.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Anyway, now, the £300. Here comes the money moment.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02£300, grab that,
0:05:02 > 0:05:05and your experts await and off you go
0:05:05 > 0:05:07and very, very, very good luck.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Ooh, I fancy a handbag myself.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14So, before the teams get stuck in, they need some experts and hoping to
0:05:14 > 0:05:18climb the dizzy heights of success for the Reds we have Kate Bliss...
0:05:20 > 0:05:23..while flying high for the Blues, we have David Harper.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- So, Stuart and Andy...- Yes. - ..there is oodles to look at here.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- DAVID:- What kind of things are we going to be looking for?
0:05:31 > 0:05:35- Well, I quite like vintage toys, kitchenalia...- OK. Susan?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Maybe some silverware.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41- I'm looking for militaria.- OK. - Anything that catches my eye.- Yes.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Not particular, open mind.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45- You two are the dream team.- Yes.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- Are you ready for some real bargain hunting?- We are.- Let's go.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- What about you, Stuart? - A bit of Clarice Cliff,
0:05:50 > 0:05:52- something bright.- Clarice Cliff... You like colour?
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- Yeah, colour, that's what I want. - Sounds great, guys.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- Shall we get stuck in?- Yes, we can. - Come on.- Let's go.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59That's brand-new, but I love it.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01The clock has started, teams,
0:06:01 > 0:06:03and the Blues have found their bearings already.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Lovely.- Gorgeous.- He's very cute. Shall we have a look at him?- Yeah.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Oh, I love his hand-knitted jumper!
0:06:11 > 0:06:12Right...
0:06:12 > 0:06:14And he's called Susan's bear!
0:06:14 > 0:06:15BOTH: Oh, wow!
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Now, you know how to tell an early bear from a late bear?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- No.- OK, a few pointers.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- A nice long snout...- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28- Long limbs, so, you know, independently moveable...- Yeah.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31- Nice big hunchback is a good sign. - OK.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35And the best sign to look out for on a really early bear
0:06:35 > 0:06:38is on his tummy...we can see that he doesn't have what I'm looking for,
0:06:38 > 0:06:43is you see like a big stitch mark, it looks like he's been repaired...
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- Right.- But he hasn't been, they're machine made and at the final
0:06:46 > 0:06:50- moment of manufacture, he's hand-stitched on his tummy.- Right.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- He's nicely worn. I love the fact that his eyes are googly.- Yes.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55- Don't you?- Yes.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58I mean, he could absolutely mesmerise you, couldn't he?
0:06:58 > 0:06:59- Absolutely.- He's did it already.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01THEY LAUGH
0:07:01 > 0:07:04I think he is absolutely gorgeous.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Described as late '40s, I believe that. Shall I go price?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- I think you wave him in a face and go...- Shall I go and google Ian?
0:07:10 > 0:07:14- Yeah, Google Ian.- Right, are you ready? "Yeah, I'm ready."- Go on.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17As David goes off on a bear price hunt.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20The Reds have homed in on a rather stylish bookcase.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23This is really nice arts and crafts style
0:07:23 > 0:07:27with these little copper plaques and it's also
0:07:27 > 0:07:31a really sweet size, but it's got quite a hefty price tag on it.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- Yeah, that's too much. - 248...at auction, it would probably
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- be 100, 150, something like that. - Yeah.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Was the dealer transfixed?
0:07:42 > 0:07:43It works, actually.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- Was she mesmerised? - She was totally mesmerised, yes.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48- And she said a fiver. - She put him up a fiver, yeah!
0:07:51 > 0:07:5480, what do you reckon? Is he going home with you?
0:07:54 > 0:07:56I think he's going to have to, isn't he?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58- Oh, yes, it's the googly eye thing. Yeah.- Got me.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01As soon as I saw him, those googly eyes, they got me. Have we got him?
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- We got him.- Well, that is fantastic. First purchase, well done, you two.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08So, we are now a team of four!
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- Wow!- Yeah!
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Oh, David! You are unbearable!
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Now, how are the Reds ticking along?
0:08:16 > 0:08:19It looks like they found a travel clock.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25So, this I would say is maybe '40s, um, by the style here.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27We've got Arabic numerals, of course,
0:08:27 > 0:08:30and a little brass bezel going round.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Um, it just depends on the price. Shall we just...? Hi there.
0:08:33 > 0:08:34How much?
0:08:34 > 0:08:36- 45.- 45.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Shame that leather's damaged,
0:08:38 > 0:08:42because the actual clock itself is in great condition, but that
0:08:42 > 0:08:46just lets it down a bit and I think for 45 it's a bit too much, yeah.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50It's too much for the Reds, but are the Blues sitting pretty?
0:08:50 > 0:08:53So, come on, I'm going to test your skills here, then.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56How old is the chair and what's it made from? And don't say wood.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Well...is it oak?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Yes, it is. How can you tell?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- The grain, the colour... - Yeah.- It's beautiful.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05What date would you put on it?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Ooh, I don't know. What do you think, Helen? About...
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- ..is it Victorian? I wouldn't know. - It looks that, doesn't it?
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- Victorian, I would say.- Circa 1900 or something. How much is it?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- £295.- Hmm.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Shall we continue and look for some silver?
0:09:20 > 0:09:22- We can't afford that anyway. - No, we can't.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Good idea, Blues.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25And have the Reds found a winning formula?
0:09:27 > 0:09:28- Ah, the old milk churns.- Milk churns!
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- Milk churns.- Now...- You can use them for flowers or anything.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Yeah. Did you two use to deliver milk?
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- I used to work in a factory years ago...- Did you?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38- Was that what you used? - We didn't use...
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Well, we did tip milk into them. We didn't actually use them to deliver.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- They're quite fun.- They look quite commercial, aren't they?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48I mean, they can be used in a garden or anywhere, can't they?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- The only thing is, it's been painted.- It has been painted.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- Ah, is it, um...? It's steel.- That is, um...
0:09:58 > 0:10:02- what I would call a reproduction. - Yeah, cos it's not aluminium, is it?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Absolutely. Just smell that.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- Yes, oh!- That's fresh paint. - Fresh paint.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09So, you've got to sniff these things,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11you've got to feel these things. Live and breathe antiques.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13I never thought I'd be sniffing milk churns.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17- Onward.- Neither did I. Moo-ve on!
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- Yes...- Oh, my gosh! Well, I've seen something I'm in love with,
0:10:21 > 0:10:25but I don't think we can afford it. Do you know what I'm looking at?
0:10:25 > 0:10:30- DEALER:- Probably the owl, is it?- Yes! That! How much is it?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32£850.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- We'll take ten! - You've got expensive tastes, Blues!
0:10:35 > 0:10:39But I have got something you can have for £8.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43- Now you're talking.- Is it a Sampson Mordan perfume bottle?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45No, it's a lovely little lace...
0:10:45 > 0:10:46uh, button hook.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- Ah.- Oh.- All fully hallmarked...
0:10:48 > 0:10:52with a date of 1902, Birmingham.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53OK, let's have a look at this.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- Can you just see the hallmarks there?- Yeah.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- Hmm.- Susan, have you got good eyes?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01- Yes.- Can you see that? - I can see some bumps in the silver.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02That's all you need to see.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06So, that's standard, British, hallmarked silver...
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- about the best you can get in the world.- Right.- Um...
0:11:09 > 0:11:12You could also have this one, which is also a button hook, um,
0:11:12 > 0:11:15a slightly larger version.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17You could have the two for £10.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- A deal?- OK, right.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22You two really are having an effect on this fella.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23THEY LAUGH
0:11:23 > 0:11:26OK, so this is exactly that
0:11:26 > 0:11:27but a bigger version.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30So, if that is to pull tight gloves, this, I suppose,
0:11:30 > 0:11:36is to pull tight shoes...it could be even a corset of some sort.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37And that is a piece of art!
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- It's beautiful.- It is beautiful, yeah.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44And I can tell you, I've never bought two more lovely button pulls
0:11:44 > 0:11:48in such good condition for that price before.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52- So, I think, personally, we have to have them.- I do too.- Me too.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53- Yes?- Yes.- Great!
0:11:53 > 0:11:55- Shake the man's hand. - That's it, fantastic!
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- Thank you very much.- You're very welcome.- Thank you.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Now, that's a bargain.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05- Good job, blues.- That's two down. However, still nowt for the reds.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Is this going to lighten them up, I wonder?
0:12:10 > 0:12:15- So, Ruskin Pottery, which is exactly what this is, is collectable.- Right.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17This is quite nice in that it's a functional object,
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- it's not just decorative... - Yeah, yeah...yeah.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22..and it is, of course, a lamp base.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27Now, obviously it needs rewiring and auction houses have a policy
0:12:27 > 0:12:30where they test electrical items for safety.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31Got you, yeah.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34But this one, obviously, has the old wiring in it,
0:12:34 > 0:12:38dates from around the 1930s, so it would have to be rewired anyway.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41So, we have got 165 on there, fellas.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43The actually colour, is that faded?
0:12:43 > 0:12:44Or is that meant to be like that?
0:12:44 > 0:12:46That is exactly how it was made.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50That, sort of, gradual changing colour of the glaze.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Now, Ruskin was known for what was called "art pottery".
0:12:53 > 0:12:57So, it was pottery that was made as an art form, not just functional
0:12:57 > 0:13:00objects but he was interested in it as forming a piece of art.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03And you can see that this has got quite a sculptural quality to
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- it, hasn't it?- Yeah, that's fine, yeah.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08And these And the other good thing is that it is marked
0:13:08 > 0:13:10- on the base...clearly. - Yeah, it's clear, yeah.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- What do you thin, Stu? - Yeah, I'm happy with that.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- Would you go for 120?- I'd go 130.
0:13:15 > 0:13:21- 125?- No, 130, I'm afraid, really is the lowest.- See, at auction...
0:13:21 > 0:13:22What do you reckon?
0:13:22 > 0:13:26I mean, if the right person likes it, it might well give us
0:13:26 > 0:13:30- a good profit. On the other hand it might make £80.- Yeah.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32- You know, it's a tricky one.- Yeah, very tricky.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35I like the fact that your eyes were drawn to it, though.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38And, erm, we don't know what we're looking at.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40THEY LAUGH
0:13:42 > 0:13:44- He's honest as the day is long.- Ain't he just.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Erm, 127.50.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Don't do 50s.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Go on, if it makes you happy, yeah.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55- £127, were not allowed to do 50s. - 127, yes.- Thank you very much.- OK.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- We've got a deal!- You've done it.- I'm speechless.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Me too, Kate.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03But well done, reds. First item bought.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Now, is Harper testing those blues again?
0:14:05 > 0:14:08They're Wedgwood, aren't they, rather than real Clarice Cliff.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13Ah, right, well. OK, what is real Clarice Cliff? That's the question.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Because on the back of those plates, I can promise you,
0:14:16 > 0:14:17it will say Clarice Cliff.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19- Can I just have a look.- Right.
0:14:23 > 0:14:29- There's Clarice Cliff, limited edition.- OK.- So...- No, no.
0:14:29 > 0:14:30- Why?- It's the real thing or nothing.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32OK, and what's the real thing?
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Erm, well, with the proper stamps on the back, from the factory in
0:14:36 > 0:14:40- Stoke-on-Trent, 1930s, honey glaze. - OK, yes, so from the early days.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- I mean, they're quite modern, aren't they?- Yes.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46So, I think that Wedgwood and companies like that bought out a
0:14:46 > 0:14:48selection of plates that you collect.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52- That's right, so, it's a very late version.- Yeah.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- It's got a Clarice Cliff feel to it. - Mmm, but it's not the real thing.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56It's not the real deal.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- It's not going to make any profit, I don't think.- No.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00It's a good value for money plate.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Right, come on then, we shall move on.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04They know their stuff, David.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08And modern Clarice Cliff, made by Wedgwood, is not for them.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Meanwhile, it looks like the reds have heard about the deal
0:15:11 > 0:15:14the blues got. They're at the same stall.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20- What do you think of this? - Well, that's very sweet, isn't it?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23So, this is a little cruet set, guys,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26lovely little cut glass bottle there.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34- You've got a silver stand and it's Victorian silver too.- Right.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35That's quite sweet, ain't it?
0:15:35 > 0:15:38It's the sort of thing people still use today, actually.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43- Oh, right, yeah.- So, it's still commercial.- Yeah. What's it up for?
0:15:43 > 0:15:46So, it's up for, we've got 135 on there.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48What could be your very best on it?
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- Very best could be £80.- OK.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54I'm getting that you're not particularly in love with this.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57- Am I getting this right? - I've spotted something in the cabinet over there.- OK.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- So, if we could have a look at that first.- OK, would you mind
0:16:00 > 0:16:02just holding on to it for us, just for, say, five minutes.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06These posties just can't make decisions, Kate.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Now, has Susan spotted some old Clarice Cliff?
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- That's a nice design, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Let's have a look on the inside there.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20There's her signature, so it's in date.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24It's the time when Clarice was really active and it's very,
0:16:24 > 0:16:25very pretty.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- It is very pretty.- Price wise...
0:16:28 > 0:16:32- Yeah.- How much is it?- It's a lot, actually. It's £125.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36Mmm...
0:16:36 > 0:16:38I think we should carry on looking, don't you?
0:16:38 > 0:16:43- Do you think so?- Yeah, it's very nice and we can always come back
0:16:43 > 0:16:45but I'm sure there are other bargains out there.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48It's all about that price tag, blues.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Isn't it, reds?
0:16:50 > 0:16:54Well, it was made in 1905, in Birmingham
0:16:54 > 0:16:57and it has a price of 345 on it.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00So, you have a go the most fantastic taste, Stuart, but for our budget...
0:17:00 > 0:17:03- No.- Unfortunately, it's not helpful.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Do you know, the best buy, to give us
0:17:05 > 0:17:07a good chance of profit is the cruet.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10It is, yes and it's our second buy as well, so...
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Well, I want to go for it. It's just you, holding everyone back.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Oh, am I? Yes, that's me, yes.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- It's my choice, you said that. - THEY LAUGH
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Right, stop the argy-bargy, we'll say, "Yes, please."
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Yes, we'll go with the cruet.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23Thank you very much.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24You're very welcome.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Thank you, proper job.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Proper job, indeed, reds.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30That's two in the bag or should I say, sack.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- Two items down.- I know, it's brilliant that we've got two
0:17:32 > 0:17:35but we haven't got much time left, really, to find another one.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37- I feel really under pressure now.- Yes.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39- So, we need to find something. - Yes.- Quite quickly.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Now, we've got about 12 minutes and the panic has started to set in
0:17:42 > 0:17:47but it's a great feeling cos we are now flying by the seat of our pants.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Indeed we are, David.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52And what's Andy spied?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Hey, look at these Stu?
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- I've heard about this, I don't know if I'm right...- Yes.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00..but they using these on the catwalks.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04They're trying to fuse fashion and Victoriana
0:18:04 > 0:18:05and it's sort of like sci-fi.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10There's a whole movement, sort of cult, they call it steampunk
0:18:10 > 0:18:13so you think these are going to be really in?
0:18:13 > 0:18:14- I think they will.- Yeah.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Let's have a closer look at them.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19They very much in the Victorian style.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23You get a lot of reproductions of this sort of thing, just to warn you.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25I'm impressed you pick these out, Andy, because they're not
0:18:25 > 0:18:28the kind of thing I expect two postmen to pick out.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Well, his eyesight is going, I must admit.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32LAUGHTER
0:18:32 > 0:18:33I'm glad you said that, Stuart.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Let's have a quick squinny over here.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37That could be our desperate buy.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40# Oh yes, wait a minute Mr Postman...#
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- Let's have a delve in here then, because time really is...- Yes.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47..precious now. Are you drawn to anything like that?
0:18:47 > 0:18:52- I've got one of those at home. - Have you?- Yes.- How old is yours?
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- I don't know.- Where did you get it from?- My father gave it to me.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59- Right.- Hm.- How all you think that is?- It looks quite old.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- Yeah, it does look old.- I think it's an antiquity.
0:19:02 > 0:19:08And it's possibly 1,000 years old, it might be 2,000 years old.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11And look, there's your price ticket 50 quid.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14For an ancient piece of pottery.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20- Wow!- Are you intrigued, interested? - I am, are you?- I am, actually. Yeah.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24I think it's nice that it could have lot's of history.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27It's a food jar of some sort. There's another one there.
0:19:27 > 0:19:28Yeah, be nice as a pair.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31I'll ask the chap, what could be the trade on those two?
0:19:31 > 0:19:32Who's your opposition?
0:19:34 > 0:19:36- Kate Bliss.- 80.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37LAUGHTER
0:19:37 > 0:19:39And that would be the best.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- Now, now, we all love Kate. - What do you think?
0:19:42 > 0:19:46- They're not going to be everybody's cup of tea, are they? I really like them.- OK.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49The big danger is, we pay 80 quid for them, we believe that they're
0:19:49 > 0:19:51antiquities, they've got 2,000 years to them,
0:19:51 > 0:19:55other people don't believe and don't understand and they'll only pay 20 quid.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59However, if they're catalogued as being as being genuine antiquities,
0:19:59 > 0:20:01- they might make 120, 140.- OK.- Right.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- What do you reckon, live on the edge?- Come on, let's live on the edge.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06- Let's do it.- Oh!
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- Are you going to live on the edge? - We're gonna live on the edge. - Shake his hand.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11- We like a risk taker.- We do, we do.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Always good to live on the edge, Blues. Job done.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Now, Kate has found something of interest for our posties.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22We've got three pieces over the Cabinet here that we're looking at.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25We've got this lovely pig pin cushion which is smaller than the one
0:20:25 > 0:20:29we looked that previously, but it's marked at 195.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34So let's discount that, but what we've got here are two little stamp holders,
0:20:34 > 0:20:37now given you're postmen, I think they're pretty appropriate?
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- Yeah, they do fit, don't they?- They do.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Now, this is the nicer example because it's a double one,
0:20:43 > 0:20:45so you could fit two stamps in here.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Do you see, it's got two compartments.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51And this one is properly hallmarked for English silver.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54However, it is £95.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59This one, is smaller with one compartment.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04- It hasn't got the full hallmark but it's a lot cheaper.- Yeah.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07- And the gentleman has said we can have it for 50.- Right.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08What do you think?
0:21:10 > 0:21:14I think you've got slightly more chance with the cheaper one.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17- With that one.- I do, what do we think?- What you think?- I...
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- ..we'll go with this one, shall we? - Which one?- The smaller one, yeah?
0:21:20 > 0:21:25- So that is 50, he can do that for 50. Last, final answer...- Done.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29My final answer is, don't you think we should have the double one?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31You prefer the double one?
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Well no, it's not my decision, you like small one?
0:21:34 > 0:21:37- I'm thinking of the profit. - Are you decisive in your jobs?
0:21:38 > 0:21:39- It depends.- I am.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41SHE LAUGHS
0:21:41 > 0:21:43So final answer, we're gonna go for this one?
0:21:43 > 0:21:47- We're going for the little one, yeah. - OK, we've got it, final item.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50- We've done it.- Brilliant.- Thank you.- Well done.- Sigh of relief.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Well done, Reds.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55# Here I am, signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours. #
0:21:55 > 0:22:00Cor! Stop the clock. 60 minutes have gone by in a flash.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Let's check out what the Red Team bought, Eh?
0:22:02 > 0:22:07They spent £127 on the 1930s Ruskin pottery lamp base.
0:22:11 > 0:22:17The Victorian silver and cut glass cruet set set them back £80.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22And the Edwardian silver stamp case in the form of an envelope cost them £50.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Well, chaps, that was exciting, wasn't it?
0:22:25 > 0:22:27- Brilliant, really good fun. - Yeah, you had a great time.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29- Now, which is your favourite piece, Andy?- The cruet set.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33- Cruet, what about you, Stuart?- Yeah, I think I'm going with that one.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35- Is that going to bring the biggest profit?- I think so, yeah.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39- How much did you spend in total? - We spent £257.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43That is such a good amount of money. £43 of leftover lolly.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48- That's mature, 257. Isn't it?- There was no stopping them.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Lovely, I love it. OK, there we go, that's slightly warm. Very good.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55That's a depleted haul for you, Kate Bliss.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- But that won't stop you, girl, will it?- Not if I can help it.- Quite!
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Anyway, good luck, good luck, good luck, meanwhile,
0:23:02 > 0:23:05we're going to check out what the Blue Team bought, aren't we?
0:23:05 > 0:23:09The little bear was just right for the Blues at £80.
0:23:10 > 0:23:15They pay £10 for the two Edwardian silver handled button hooks.
0:23:16 > 0:23:21And finally, the pair of terracotta twin handle pots cost them £80.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27- Now, tell me, Susan, which is your favourite piece?- The teddy bear.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28Susan's bear, so yes.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32- It's got to be, it's got your name on it. OK, what about you? - Yeah, it's the bear.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35It's the favourite, it it's not going to bring the biggest profit?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37- No, it's not.- What's going to be the biggest profit?
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- I think it's the silver hooks.- OK, do you agree with that?
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- Agree.- You're very welded up you two, which is lovely.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- And what did you spend in total? - We spent £170.
0:23:46 > 0:23:51£170, so I get £130 of leftover lolly, please. That's marvellous.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53- There's your 130, I won't count it, I trust you.- No, no.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56- You won't count it because you trust them?- Oh I trust them.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Every body is just so trusting and loving on the show.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01David, what are you going to spend all that cash on?
0:24:01 > 0:24:05- You know that they say that compliments get you everywhere? - Oh yes.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10I'm going to buy something that might sort of fall into that category.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12- In the complimentary end?- Yeah.
0:24:12 > 0:24:17- Girl complimentary or boy complimentary?- No, not you! These two!
0:24:17 > 0:24:22- I thought you cared too?- Oh I do, I do.- Very good fun.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Meanwhile, we're going to have a look at a curious collection
0:24:25 > 0:24:28in an even more curious house.
0:24:44 > 0:24:50I'm in Exmouth at A La Ronde, a unique 16 sided,
0:24:50 > 0:24:54National Trust property that was built at the end of the 18th century
0:24:54 > 0:24:59by a brace of cousins, Jane and Mary Parminter.
0:24:59 > 0:25:06These girls had travelled extensively in Europe and wanted to develop a country retreat,
0:25:06 > 0:25:11so built this place as a reminder of what they loved in Italy and as
0:25:11 > 0:25:16a space to house their considerable collection of collectables.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Jane and Mary were away on their grand tour
0:25:30 > 0:25:36from June 1784 for about seven years.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Now that's quite some gap year!
0:25:39 > 0:25:43And as incredible collectors throughout their lives,
0:25:43 > 0:25:47it isn't surprising they brought back a whole lot of souvenirs.
0:25:47 > 0:25:52Now, once upon a time this was a standard 1780s or 1790s
0:25:52 > 0:25:56mahogany breakfront bookcase, until the girls got at it
0:25:56 > 0:26:01and decided the central section would be far better as a place
0:26:01 > 0:26:04to display part of their collections.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08So, one of these shelves contains small shells,
0:26:08 > 0:26:13all beautifully compartmentalised in their little boxes.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17And above that, a shelf with geological specimens,
0:26:17 > 0:26:22including Derbyshire Blue John, a piece of Egyptian porphyry.
0:26:22 > 0:26:28And here, some Algerian onyx. So, let's have a delve inside, shall we?
0:26:28 > 0:26:32It's latex glove time, to protect the contents.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Let's have a little grab, shall we?
0:26:36 > 0:26:43Here is a beautifully carved, if rather distressed, coconut.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47And I think this dates from the period of the French Revolution.
0:26:47 > 0:26:52With every part and parcel of this shell, most beautifully carved.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57How the girls acquired that, I haven't got the faintest idea.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01Not far away from that, look, is the delicious looking apple.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Look at that. Isn't that lovely? You could take a bite out of it.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Well, if you tried it you'd have a problem
0:27:07 > 0:27:11because this thing is made of stone. Probably alabaster.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14A typical tourist piece from Italy
0:27:14 > 0:27:18and I just love the way the carver has shoved a little
0:27:18 > 0:27:22piece of timber into one end to make it look like a realistic stalk.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29Now, if we drop down a shelf or two, here's a slab of wood, look.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34Woo-ho, look at that. Now, isn't that interesting?
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Because what we've got here is an ancient piece of timber
0:27:37 > 0:27:42that's been coated in a sort of gesso substance
0:27:42 > 0:27:45and then it's decorated with all sorts of hieroglyphics.
0:27:46 > 0:27:53Which looks to me as if it could be a slab from an Egyptian tomb,
0:27:53 > 0:27:58possibly from a mummy containing a pharaoh.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59How odd is that?
0:28:00 > 0:28:05But just the sort of thing that would intrigue the late
0:28:05 > 0:28:09Georgian women and they'd want to acquire that
0:28:09 > 0:28:13and stick it in their cabinet of curiosities.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17Because that's what this is, the curious and obscure.
0:28:17 > 0:28:25Look at this, nothing is too humble to attract the attention of the Parminter girls.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30It probably came from just down the road on the ex-estuary.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33It's a dried pod of seaweed that intrigued them
0:28:33 > 0:28:36enough to pop it in their cabinet.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38What's going to intrigued us now,
0:28:38 > 0:28:42is which of our teams are going to make a profit over at the auction.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52Well, we're at Bearnes, Hampton and Littlewoods sale room
0:28:52 > 0:28:55with Brian Goodison-Blanks. How are you?
0:28:55 > 0:28:57- I'm fine, thank you very much. - Lovely to be here.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01Now, first up for the Reds is the Ruskin pottery lamp, do you like that?
0:29:01 > 0:29:04I do, I like that it's a rather good piece
0:29:04 > 0:29:07- and the colours are good as well. - Fantastic colour.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Very stylish, very kind of modernist, how much do you think for that?
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Because it's a later piece about sort of £30-£50 at auction.
0:29:13 > 0:29:18Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. They paid £127. That is an up hill struggle.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21- It is towards the top of the retail market for it.- Yeah, you bet it is.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Anyway, there we go.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27Next is the cruet which are always difficult things I think, to sell but at least it's silver?
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Yes, it's nicely marked on the underside, it's a London maker
0:29:30 > 0:29:33and is dated 1889, so it has the hallmarks.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Nice little things for sort of high days and holidays for the table.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38So, how much?
0:29:38 > 0:29:41I'd say about sort of £60-£70 with the current silver prices.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44- They paid £80, so that's about on the button.- About right, yes.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47And now they seem to have come up with a first-class idea,
0:29:47 > 0:29:50the stamp envelope, do you like that?
0:29:50 > 0:29:52It's an interesting little thing, isn't it?
0:29:52 > 0:29:56It's unusual because of the construction and it's very thin, unfortunately.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59So, it's one of those sort of novelty items, I think.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03It's thin, it's not hallmarked, so there are a few things going against it.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05What's your estimate?
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Well, again because it's not probably hallmarked, £10-£20.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11OK, £50 paid. Well, what with that and the Ruskin candlestick,
0:30:11 > 0:30:15I'm getting a bit of a killer blow here and they are definitely going to
0:30:15 > 0:30:18need their bonus by, so let's go and have a look at it.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22Now, Andy, Stu, you've spent up magnificently, you spent 257,
0:30:22 > 0:30:27you gave Kate £43. We challenged Kate, what did you find?
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Well this is what I found, boys.
0:30:30 > 0:30:37It looks like a book, but actually if we opened this lovely spring-loaded catch
0:30:37 > 0:30:40like so and have a look inside, you can see
0:30:40 > 0:30:44- that actually it's a photograph album.- Very nice.
0:30:44 > 0:30:49So what you have is a beautiful Victorian album, great condition
0:30:49 > 0:30:54for something that probably 1870 in date, 1880, something like that.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58You've got quite a lot of lovely photographs,
0:30:58 > 0:31:03but done in a special size, that was literally visiting card size,
0:31:03 > 0:31:06which became popular in the late 1850s.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08So have a little look.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- Are these popular now? - Very collectable.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13- I like them. - Do you...?- What about you?
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- Yeah, it's very nice. - How much did you spend?
0:31:16 > 0:31:19You left me 43, I spend 40.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21- Very good.- Oh.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23- That's impressive, isn't it? - How much do you reckon?
0:31:23 > 0:31:24How much do I reckon?
0:31:24 > 0:31:28I would hope, on a good day - I'm going to stick my neck out now
0:31:28 > 0:31:31and say that would make £60-£80.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33But we shall have to see. Nothing, I'm afraid,
0:31:33 > 0:31:35- is guaranteed at auction.- No.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Nothing, indeed, is guaranteed in life.
0:31:38 > 0:31:39No, that's true.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Anyway, right now, let's find out, for the audience at home, whether
0:31:42 > 0:31:46the auctioneer is predicting a first-class result on Kate's album.
0:31:48 > 0:31:49There we go, Brian.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51That's a nice little carte de visite album, isn't it?
0:31:51 > 0:31:55It's nicely embossed to the front, and the spring clips there.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59Also, it's nicely illustrate inside with plenty of little portraits.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01They're wonderful little pieces,
0:32:01 > 0:32:03they way they're dressed and their fashions,
0:32:03 > 0:32:05and it's a good insight into lives at the time.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Yeah. What is that? Sort of 1880?
0:32:07 > 0:32:09About 1880/1890, isn't it?
0:32:09 > 0:32:12Particularly with the lithograph of the flowers around the fames.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Yes, just to doll it up a bit.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16- Nice little thing. - What do you think it's worth?
0:32:16 > 0:32:17- Probably about £30-£40.- OK, fine.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Kate paid 40. And who knows?
0:32:20 > 0:32:24It may ignite the enthusiasm of one of your buyers - I hope so.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Anyway, that's it for the Reds, now for the Blues.
0:32:27 > 0:32:28This is one of your specialities.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Yes, one of the areas I deal with - we do see a lot of teddies.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34He's Merrythought. So, the factory was founded in 1930
0:32:34 > 0:32:36and he's very typical mid-20th century.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39He's had a hard life - quite a bit of wear to him.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41The fact that he's hardly got any fur left,
0:32:41 > 0:32:43is that detrimental to the value?
0:32:43 > 0:32:45A little bit,
0:32:45 > 0:32:47but to some people it's an attractive thing cos he's well-loved.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51- OK, so no hair equals well-loved? - It has the label on the foot as well,
0:32:51 > 0:32:54so quite popular amongst teddy bear collectors.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Probably about £30-£50.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Oh, dear. £80 paid.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Not popular enough, I'd say.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04Now, next are the two button hooks, which have to be the most
0:33:04 > 0:33:08useless pieces of kit ever to populate a 21st-century home.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11I can't think of anything that you could use them for in the modern day.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14- No.- But decorative pieces.- How much?
0:33:14 > 0:33:16- We'd suggest £10-£15.- OK. Fine.
0:33:16 > 0:33:17£10 paid, so that's easy.
0:33:17 > 0:33:22And lastly, we've got the two funerary vases.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25Yes, antiquities are always very difficult to give
0:33:25 > 0:33:28a valuation on cos you need a great deal of provenance for them.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30You would need to know where they were excavated,
0:33:30 > 0:33:33- who they were excavated by... - Erm, how much?
0:33:33 > 0:33:37- £80-£120.- Really?!- Yes. - Do you think as much as that?
0:33:37 > 0:33:38On a good day with a fair wind.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42Susan and Helen will be overjoyed cos they only paid £80.
0:33:42 > 0:33:43Anyway, that's it.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Let's take a birds eye at the bonus buy.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49- OK, girls, this is exciting, isn't it?- Very exciting!
0:33:49 > 0:33:53You gave the Harper £130. David, what did you spend it on?
0:33:53 > 0:33:56OK. Something very, very special.
0:33:56 > 0:33:57- Wow.- Wow.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00It's an amazing scientific instrument.
0:34:02 > 0:34:03- It's a calendar.- Yeah.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07But, you know, we're used to calendars January to December,
0:34:07 > 0:34:11this is the year 1900 to the year 2000.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14- It's a 100-year-span, perpetual calendar.- It's beautiful.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17It is so clever, it's unbelievable.
0:34:17 > 0:34:18So how does it work?
0:34:18 > 0:34:22It has got the most unbelievably complicated calculus within
0:34:22 > 0:34:25the radius of that arc, right?
0:34:25 > 0:34:26It is so clever...
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Where was it made, Dave?
0:34:28 > 0:34:32Made in India, dated on the reverse 1916.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35All hand-chased, all hand-decorated.
0:34:35 > 0:34:36It's great. How much did it cost?
0:34:36 > 0:34:39- £30.- Wow.- Brilliant.
0:34:39 > 0:34:40"Wow" exactly.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43I can have hours of fun with this, it's ridiculous.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46We can tell!
0:34:46 > 0:34:48So how much profit do think that would make?
0:34:48 > 0:34:50I've never bought anything quite like that before,
0:34:50 > 0:34:53so I think 30-50 would be a very sensible estimate.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55It could make 100 quid.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57- OK, fine. Well, we like it, don't we?- We do.- We do.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00You don't have to calculate right now whether you want to take it
0:35:00 > 0:35:03or not, you do that after the sale of your first three items.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07But let's find out what the auctioneer makes of Dave's calendar.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Right then... Here we go, Brian.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14- What do you think of that? - That's rather good fun, isn't it?
0:35:14 > 0:35:15- I think it's super.- It's excellent.
0:35:15 > 0:35:20And to have all the dates worked out from 1900 through to 2000, from
0:35:20 > 0:35:23the early 20th century to the end of the 20th century, it's a good piece.
0:35:23 > 0:35:24Yes, it sure is.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28It's a bygone from the time of the Raj, I'd guess, yes?
0:35:28 > 0:35:31It is. It's dated on the back as 1916 with the patent number.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Obviously, out of date now,
0:35:33 > 0:35:35but a nice little souvenir of the 20th century.
0:35:35 > 0:35:36What's it worth?
0:35:36 > 0:35:39- It's probably, at the moment, about £15-£25.- OK.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42It needs to £30 plus to make David Harper happy,
0:35:42 > 0:35:44but maybe the team won't go with it.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47That is the fun of the auction, yes?
0:35:47 > 0:35:48- Yes, it is.- Yes, it is.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59Andy, Stewart, this is good, isn't it?
0:35:59 > 0:36:01I mean, look at this lovely auction room,
0:36:01 > 0:36:04stuffed up with people, all come here to buy your Ruskin lamp.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- That's the one.- That's the one we need them to buy.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08Anyway, you paid £127 for it,
0:36:08 > 0:36:11his estimate is pretty miserable at £30-£50.
0:36:11 > 0:36:12Thank you very much(!)
0:36:12 > 0:36:15He clearly doesn't know about the wonders of Ruskin.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Let us hope that the Ruskin will take off.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20It's the first item and it's coming up now.
0:36:20 > 0:36:25Lot 152 is the Ruskin pottery lamp base - 1930s, conical form.
0:36:25 > 0:36:30And interest here with me at 35. 40.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33At £40 here. Five elsewhere now?
0:36:33 > 0:36:35At £40. 45.
0:36:35 > 0:36:3750. Five? 60. Five?
0:36:37 > 0:36:40- 65. 70. Five?- Come on!
0:36:40 > 0:36:42With me, commission bid at £70 then.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44- And five now told elsewhere. - Come on!
0:36:44 > 0:36:46My commission bid then at £70.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48And selling at 70...
0:36:48 > 0:36:49Bad luck, chaps.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51That's a shame.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55£70. That's 30 off. Minus 57.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57Look out here comes the cruet.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59London maker there for the four-bottled cruet.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02And commissions here with me at 45, 48.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04£48 I have.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Do I have 50 in the room at all?
0:37:06 > 0:37:0850 I have. I am out then at £50.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10That's very cheap!
0:37:10 > 0:37:13- At £50 beside me.- Oh, come on!
0:37:13 > 0:37:16£50 only then. Selling then at £50...
0:37:16 > 0:37:17Minus £30.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20That's not right either, I can tell you that.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22We're cruising for a losing.
0:37:22 > 0:37:30Lot 154 is the sterling stamp case and commissions with me at 8, 10, 12.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32£12 I have. 14 now?
0:37:33 > 0:37:3714, 16, 18 - commissions out. It's £18 here.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39£20, anybody else?
0:37:39 > 0:37:40Quite sure then.
0:37:40 > 0:37:4220 internet. 22, sir? 22.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45- 25 internet.- Oh, hang on.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48No, £22. The bidding's now in the room at £22.
0:37:48 > 0:37:4925 on the internet now.
0:37:49 > 0:37:5028, sir?
0:37:50 > 0:37:5228. 30 now internet?
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Oh, come on up.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56Anybody else at 30 then?
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Quite sure then? Selling now at £28.
0:38:00 > 0:38:05That is a loss of £22, which means, overall, you're minus 109.
0:38:05 > 0:38:06Are you going to go with the bonus...?
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Since we're in a good position, I think we should!
0:38:09 > 0:38:11I dread to see what your awful position is!
0:38:11 > 0:38:13What do you reckon?
0:38:13 > 0:38:15- Yeah.- Yeah.- Go for it.- You going to do it?
0:38:15 > 0:38:17- We're going to go for it. - All right, fine, here it comes.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Many family portraits.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20One of the railway porter also,
0:38:20 > 0:38:22so interesting little album there for you.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26And commissions here with me at 22, 25.
0:38:26 > 0:38:27£25 I have.
0:38:27 > 0:38:2928 elsewhere?
0:38:29 > 0:38:32At £25 only for the little album there.
0:38:32 > 0:38:3328 on the internet.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35It's on the internet at 28.
0:38:35 > 0:38:3630 in the room, at all?
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- This is a steal. - At £28 I have then on the internet.
0:38:39 > 0:38:4130 at all?
0:38:41 > 0:38:45Quite sure then? I'm selling on the internet at £28 only.
0:38:45 > 0:38:4728...
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Is minus £12.
0:38:49 > 0:38:54Which is minus £121 with the minus sign in front of it.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59Oh, dear. But it's gone badly for you, it could go badly for them
0:38:59 > 0:39:01and that would mean that 121 is a winning score.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03You never know!
0:39:03 > 0:39:04Mm...
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Helen, Susan, do you know how the Reds got on?
0:39:12 > 0:39:13- No.- No.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Did they look depressed when they went out, those posties?
0:39:15 > 0:39:17- They were smiling!- That's good!
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Well, they're postmen, aren't they?
0:39:19 > 0:39:20They are, that's true.
0:39:20 > 0:39:21That's what you expect.
0:39:21 > 0:39:26OK, first up is the Merrythought teddy.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29The mid-20th century Merrythought blonde teddy bear.
0:39:29 > 0:39:30What am I saying for him?
0:39:30 > 0:39:31£30?
0:39:31 > 0:39:33£30 a teddy bear?
0:39:33 > 0:39:35- Come on... - Start at 20, the teddy bear.
0:39:35 > 0:39:3810. Thank you. 12. 15. 18.
0:39:38 > 0:39:4020. 20 I have.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42- Oh, he's so lovely.- I know.- I can't bear for him to go...
0:39:42 > 0:39:44At 20 then, here with me at 20.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Looking for two elsewhere...
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Quite sure then for the lovely bear?
0:39:48 > 0:39:50At 20 then...
0:39:50 > 0:39:55Like I say, condition in teddy bears is very, very important.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57- I love him.- Well, they will at £20!
0:39:57 > 0:39:58Minus 60.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Right. Here we go, the button hooks.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Birmingham 1901 and 1904, so the button hooks there.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05What do I say for those?
0:40:05 > 0:40:08£20? £10 to start then.
0:40:08 > 0:40:1010 I have. 12 now elsewhere?
0:40:10 > 0:40:12At the opening bid of £10 then.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17£10 has wiped its face - no profit, no loss. No pain, no gain.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Here we go, now your pots.
0:40:19 > 0:40:24It's the pair of twin-handled pots in the Greek style after the antique.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27And here with me at 35, 45, 50.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29£50 I have.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Five, do I see elsewhere?
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Commission bid is with me at 50. Five, internet?
0:40:33 > 0:40:35No. £50 is here with me then.
0:40:35 > 0:40:3750. Five at all elsewhere?
0:40:37 > 0:40:40- Come on.- You quite sure then? Selling at 50...
0:40:40 > 0:40:43- Oh!- £50. Go, pots!
0:40:43 > 0:40:45I'm sorry to say, that's minus £30.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48My heart was about to leap.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50..Bits that come off on your hands.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53That, overall, is minus £90.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55- That's bad luck, girls. - That is not good.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59The calendar has got to bring it all back, hasn't it?
0:40:59 > 0:41:02- Yeah.- Yes.- Going to do it?- Yeah? - Definitely.
0:41:02 > 0:41:03We've got nothing to lose!
0:41:03 > 0:41:05OK, you're going with the bonus buy and here it comes.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09Lot 175 then is the early 20th century
0:41:09 > 0:41:12Indian brass perpetual calendar.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14What do I say for that? £20?
0:41:14 > 0:41:16He's got no bids.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18- It's on at £10, if you wish? - Nothing on the internet.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20£10 I have here. Thank you, sir.
0:41:20 > 0:41:2212 now elsewhere?
0:41:22 > 0:41:24At £10 only. Do I see £12 at all?
0:41:24 > 0:41:26David, you can't put your hand up.
0:41:26 > 0:41:2815. 18?
0:41:28 > 0:41:30- 20?- Go on!
0:41:30 > 0:41:3120 I have online.
0:41:31 > 0:41:32At £20.
0:41:32 > 0:41:3522 - there's two internet bidders now at 22.
0:41:35 > 0:41:3825 now? 25 - do you wish to come back in, sir?
0:41:38 > 0:41:39- Go on!- No?
0:41:39 > 0:41:43Two internet bidders then, taking it to £22.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45I'm sure that's it then at £22...
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Minus £8.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50That is minus £98.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53The thing is, it could be a winning score, minus £98.
0:41:53 > 0:41:54Don't say a word to those boys, all right?
0:41:54 > 0:41:56- OK.- OK.- You know how cocky they are, all right?
0:41:56 > 0:41:59We will reveal all in this competitive equation
0:41:59 > 0:42:00in just a moment. Thanks very much.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Well, well, well, how are we, teams?
0:42:09 > 0:42:10Brilliant, thank you!
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Boys been chatting to the girls, have they?
0:42:12 > 0:42:14No!
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Well, that's good cos we've kept it secret.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Why? I don't know,
0:42:19 > 0:42:23because both teams have made WHOPPING losses.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27I mean, towards the top of the scale losses, uniquely.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29But one team has made a tad more than the other
0:42:29 > 0:42:31and that happens to be...
0:42:31 > 0:42:33- the Reds. - GROANING
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Bad luck, chaps, you were the runners-up.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38But it all was absolutely appalling, wasn't it?
0:42:38 > 0:42:41- It was.- There was no profit on any of these things.- Disappointed.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43It was disappointing, wasn't it?
0:42:43 > 0:42:47There was no fire in a bidder's belly that I detected,
0:42:47 > 0:42:51but would have to say that I'd stick with the postman's job.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54Anyway, super-duper. Thanks very much, chaps.
0:42:54 > 0:42:55It's been lovely seeing you.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58But the victors, today who have managed to win by only
0:42:58 > 0:43:00losing £98 are of course the girls.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02I wish I could say that you made a few profits to
0:43:02 > 0:43:07achieve your minus £98, but you are going away proud and victorious,
0:43:07 > 0:43:09which is a glory. Anyway, it's been such fun.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?
0:43:12 > 0:43:13ALL: Yes!