0:00:06 > 0:00:10We're in the county town of Lewes in East Sussex today
0:00:10 > 0:00:15which is idyllic, quaint, beautiful and peaceful.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19Well, it was until we arrived so let's go bargain hunting, yeah!
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Lewes town centre is a sort of picture perfect place,
0:00:50 > 0:00:51don't you think?
0:00:51 > 0:00:54With its ancient buildings, cobbled pavements
0:00:54 > 0:00:58and even the River Ouse running through the middle of it.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02The big question today's, of course, are our teams going to be oozing
0:01:02 > 0:01:06with confidence when it comes to selling their pieces on at auction?
0:01:07 > 0:01:12Coming up on today's show, the Reds just can't make decisions.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15- No, you were supposed to be the decisive one.- Whatever you would like
0:01:15 > 0:01:17- to choose is...- Should we bear it in mind?
0:01:17 > 0:01:19I've got a feeling we're going to be bearing a lot in mind.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- The Blues know exactly what they like.- Do you want to go for it?- Yes.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- Absolutely. Shake the man's hand. - Shake the man's hand?- Yep.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27I think we'll take it!
0:01:27 > 0:01:30But before I give too much away, let's meet the teams.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36So we have a mother and daughter team and a married couple today.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39For the Reds, we have Fiona and Lauren.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42And for the Blues, we have Paul and Liz. Hello, everyone.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43- ALL:- Hello!
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Lovely to see you. Now, Fiona, what do you do?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- I'm an activities organiser. - What's that mean?
0:01:48 > 0:01:52At a nursing home I motivate people to enjoy their life to the full.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54And how do you do it?
0:01:54 > 0:01:59Lots of games, all kinds of activities, trips out,
0:01:59 > 0:02:03just generally making sure that they appreciate life still.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06- So they watch Bargain Hunt? - Absolutely, every day.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08- A high point at 12.15. - Absolutely.- We hope.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- Yes, you're a favourite actually. - Good.- Yes.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Now, Lauren, it says here that you're a thespian.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14I certainly am, yes.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19- "I certainly am." Oh, no, you're not!- Oh, yes, I am!
0:02:19 > 0:02:20So tell us about it.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Well, I graduated from my university course about a year and a half ago
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- and I studied acting. - What have you appeared in so far?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30I've done quite a lot of Shakespeare,
0:02:30 > 0:02:32that's probably one of my passions.
0:02:32 > 0:02:37Shakespearian, Jacobean, classical theatre rather than the more modern.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39And I hear you love a bit of vintage.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Yeah, I really like vintage style of clothes, some people call them
0:02:42 > 0:02:47- grandma cardigans but I just think they're nice cardigans.- Exactly.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Do you know a lot about antiques, would you say?
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Or do you think your mother knows more about antiques?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- I think she probably knows more than me.- Oh, dear, that's me on the spot.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Oh, dear. So will you be following your mother's lead today?
0:02:57 > 0:03:02I don't know, actually. I think you might follow my lead.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05I think she'll be hurrying me along because they always say
0:03:05 > 0:03:06- I take too long to shop.- You do.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09You'll only have an hour to do your shopping today for three items
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- which hopefully will turn into a profit.- Fingers crossed.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15- Anyway, good luck with that, girls. - Thank you.- I'm sure you'll do well.
0:03:15 > 0:03:20- Now, you are a tax advisor, Paul. - Used to be certainly until I retired.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23But you did a really high-powered job in central London
0:03:23 > 0:03:24with one of the big firms.
0:03:24 > 0:03:30Yeah, interesting clients, interesting people to work with.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34The underlying work itself isn't as good as antique trading,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- that's for sure.- We don't know yet!
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Well, I did work in an antiques shop in the '70s for about a year.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- My brother had an antiques shop in Glasgow.- Oh, really?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45So you've got experience.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48That was absolutely the best year's work I ever did in
0:03:48 > 0:03:49- terms of enjoyment.- Really?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52And what's the other thing that you really, really, really like doing?
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- We like bird watching.- Do you? - We're bird watchers.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- Yes, of a fairly keen variety. - Are you a tweeter then, really?
0:03:58 > 0:03:59Or a twitcher?
0:03:59 > 0:04:04We'll go on a holiday somewhere, of course, and we go across to Canada
0:04:04 > 0:04:06every year for a month or so for the spring migration over there.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Oh, do you? Oh, well, that's quite a serious little trip.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- Yeah, and that's really enjoyable. - So you wing it to Canada?
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Yes, and I have family over there as well so it's a nice combination.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16And what do you collect, Liz?
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Well, my main collection is 20th century art glass
0:04:20 > 0:04:23which started a few years back when I saw some nice glass
0:04:23 > 0:04:26and had it for my birthday present and then it's kind of snowballed...
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- Has it?- ..from there. Yes.- Are you out of control with the glass or...?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Yes, we've just about filled every space there is
0:04:32 > 0:04:35so we've now had to stop buying art glass.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Well, what a nice subject to get into.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Do you think you're going to be able to get on well
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- together on Bargain Hunt? - Yes, I think so.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44We have been known to say,
0:04:44 > 0:04:48- "Oh, what would we buy if we were on Bargain Hunt?"- Do you?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- Usually it's a bit of a failure. - Oh, is it?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52You don't have that little experiment. I mean a lot of people
0:04:52 > 0:04:55at home watch the show and think, "I'd never have bought that."
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- Absolutely.- You know, it's very easy to be armchair critical but
0:04:58 > 0:05:00- now you're going to be on the spot...- Yes.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03..and we're going to see just how good you are, Paul and Liz.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- Now, £300 apiece. There's your £300.- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09You know the rules, your experts await and off you go and
0:05:09 > 0:05:12very, very, very good luck.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Cor, what lovely teams.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17So who's going to keep them in line today?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Well, hoping to score a hat-trick of profits for the Reds,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22we have Catherine Southon.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Whilst Thomas Plant is looking for a stroke of luck for the Blues.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- What are we looking for? - Something unusual.- Something quirky.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37- Something quirky, something unusual. - Bit glitzy?- Oh, bit glitzy?
0:05:37 > 0:05:38I like the sound of that.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Who's going to be in charge? - Liz is.- Oh, are you?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43And who's going to spend the most money?
0:05:43 > 0:05:47Well, probably me because I don't know a bargain if I see one.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- Is she a bit of a ditherer? - A complete ditherer.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52I'm going to have to keep an eye on the clock, I think.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- And what are we going to buy?- Oh, something small and silver maybe.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- Oh, right.- A little box or...
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Something old and good quality, that's what we're looking for.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Oh, well, superb, let's go then.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- We've only got an hour.- I'll be quick, let's go.- We'll be quick.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06- Better be quick.- She's very quick.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10That's it then, teams, the clock has started, no time for dilly-dallying.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Ooh, lots of goodies in here for you to feast your eyes on.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- There certainly are.- Absolutely.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19- I can feel a lot of dithering coming on.- No, I'll try not to.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- It's not allowed.- I'll try.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Good decisiveness, Reds, that's what we like.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27See, the Blues are getting stuck in already.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29So what have you seen there?
0:06:29 > 0:06:30Well, it looks like Wemyss
0:06:30 > 0:06:34although it says Wemyss type rather than Wemyss so perhaps if you...
0:06:36 > 0:06:41Well, yes, so Wemyss a Scottish factory, pottery,
0:06:41 > 0:06:44you being Scottish know all about Wemyss.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47They're famous for their pigs, famous for these roses.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- I can see why they say Wemyss type.- Yeah.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52- Just doesn't have the quality, does it?- No.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56- No, doesn't seem to have that. - So it's a no for Wemyss, Blues.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57Right, let's move on.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01But a positive start. Now, what's drawn Catherine in?
0:07:03 > 0:07:08- It's an artist's box.- Oh!- Oh. - There we are.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12- There's the palette, there's the paints.- That's quite clever.- It is.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15There's the little boxes, the containers for the oil.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Now this is actually called an air box.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Air box as in "en plein air", the French, you know, painting outside?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Oui, oui!
0:07:27 > 0:07:30You take this outside, maybe for a little picnic,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33you're walking along and then you think, "Oh, this is beautiful.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37"I will get my paint box out." And you open it up and da da da da!
0:07:37 > 0:07:42- What do you think? - Erm, not sure.- £65.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Are you not getting the moment?
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- Are you not feeling it?- Not really, no. Shall we bear it in mind?
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- I've got a feeling we're going to be bearing a lot in mind.- Sorry!
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Me too, Catherine.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56And after all your "ooh-la-la"s as well.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Meanwhile the Blues are feeling very, well, blue blooded.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05There's a chair over here, Thomas, I was just wondering what you thought.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09It's a Prince Charles investiture chair, it says.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Now, quite interesting, it was 1969, I think, the investiture
0:08:13 > 0:08:16but what do you think it would actually make in auction?
0:08:16 > 0:08:19So, the Prince of Wales investiture chair, you're right.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- For Caernarfon Castle, isn't it?- Think so.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24It is Caernarfon Castle. Now these are designed by somebody,
0:08:24 > 0:08:28I think it's Gordon Russell, isn't it? But Bentwood furniture
0:08:28 > 0:08:32so a Bentwood back with the gilded design of the
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Prince of Wales feathers, "Ich dien", in red with the pad cushion
0:08:36 > 0:08:40and then on the base actually is the date.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- It's got, you've actually got 1969. - Yeah, on the little mark there.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Yes, it's nice to think about whose bottom might have sat on it as well.
0:08:47 > 0:08:53- Absolutely. Whose bottom? Which royal, regal, lordy...- Yes.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57..or could just be a member of the common folk, like you and I.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Absolutely.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03They are not the rarest things. They make between £80 - £120.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06It's got £115 so you're not miles away.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09No, I mean it's something I would quite like, what do you think?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- Yeah, I quite like it. - It's more unusual.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- If we could get a bit off perhaps. - Yeah.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19- The investiture chair, what can be done on that?- Best price can be £90.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23£90, well, that's great. It's two figures, you're in your ballpark.
0:09:23 > 0:09:2790 is very fair, you've got sort of 15% off already.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31- All right, I think we'll take it.- You want to go for that?- Yes, please.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- It's in there, first item.- Thank you.- Small and silver. 20 minutes.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35Thank you very much.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Small, silvery, old, traditional, still it's got a bit of gold on it.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Well, you have to expect the unexpected in this game, you know?
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Great work, Blues, one down.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51- Right, carry on, well done! - Now are the Reds motoring on yet?
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Do you know much about car mascots and type?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Like what car that would've come from?
0:09:56 > 0:09:58I know nothing about them at all.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Lovely, thank you. Have a look, delve in.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10- Ooh, she looks ferocious. - She does.- £95 ferocious.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13That is quite ferocious, isn't it? £95.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- Ferocious, considering we don't know what car it's from as well.- No.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- It's a nice weight. - It is a nice weight.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22- I mean, she looks quite good. - There's another one. Oh, she's £25.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- But do we like her? - I do actually, I have to say.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31- Because I mean that's not unusual, that's the unusual one.- It is, yes.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Right, we'll go and find out.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36So while the Reds trot off to get help, the Blues are on a mission
0:10:36 > 0:10:42for item number two and they've spotted a Bakelite tape measure.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44- Do you like it?- I quite like it.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- OK, I don't think it's going to be a great deal of money.- Jolly good.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49- I don't know because it hasn't got a price on it.- There's a clue.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53"All items £3 each." Can you see that sign?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Well, no, I haven't got my reading glasses on.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58And I thought you were good at spotting things, Blues.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02And how are the Reds getting on with those car mascots?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Are they going to make their first purchase?
0:11:04 > 0:11:09- What would be the best on that on its own?- On its own?- Yes.- £75?
0:11:09 > 0:11:13I'm not convinced that somebody would want to buy a car mascot.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15So difficult, isn't it?
0:11:15 > 0:11:18It is tricky, you know, Fiona, but decisions have to be made.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Meanwhile, the Blues are like magpies
0:11:20 > 0:11:24and have flown in to look at an Edwardian hair accessory.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Ooh, that's very handsome, isn't it? Edwardian, elegant, very stylish.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33- Would it be something you would wear?- Yes.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34I have to say, Paul,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36it's not something which I can see you sort of...
0:11:36 > 0:11:39- No, hair pieces are a thing of the past for me.- Yeah.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Cheeky, Thomas.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44So have the Reds made any decisions yet?
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- Just go with that one then, do you think?- Yes.- You changed your mind,
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- you liked her though. - I've made a decision.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- I do, I still like her.- That's OK.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- No, no, you're supposed to be the decisive one.- Whatever you'd like
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- to choose, it's up to you.- Well, ladies, I don't mean to rush you
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- but...- Right.- We need to rush. Yeah, go on, then. Right, well,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01we're going to go for this one.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05- OK, so we're going for lady on the horse. So 75?- Yes, decision made.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- I think so.- Decision is made. - OK, we've bought one item.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12- One item bought!- Thank goodness for that.- Crikey, well done, Reds.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- Only two to go.- Come on then, she's still looking.- Thank you.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Bring her away.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Now, is Paul going all aboriginal on us?
0:12:20 > 0:12:25Thomas, what about this didgeridoo, I guess? Do you think it's a real one?
0:12:25 > 0:12:27What do you mean a real one?
0:12:27 > 0:12:30I don't know, is it actually from Australia or just some mock-up thing?
0:12:30 > 0:12:33God, that's got a bit of weight to it.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36It looks like a lot of work has been put into it.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40That's all been painted, it's been carved, I think...
0:12:40 > 0:12:45- It's got a signature.- It's signed, yeah. Is that "WIT"?
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- Or "LIM"?- Or "LIM". Lim.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Either way, wonder what's it made out of. What this wood is here.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- Almost looks like a bamboo. - It almost does look like a bamboo.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57And how old do you think it is?
0:12:57 > 0:13:01- I think with the colours, the style, 1960s...- I like the fish.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04- ..late '50s, early '60s. The fish is lovely, isn't it?- It is, yeah.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09You get these wonderful X-ray fish on aboriginal works of art and
0:13:09 > 0:13:15you know, the feel of the applied dot decoration is rather good.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20You're meant to slightly spit into it, I think.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24No way. No way.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28It sounds like I've got some sort of gastric incident going on,
0:13:28 > 0:13:29doesn't it?
0:13:29 > 0:13:35But still, £45, I think that's good for the price but obviously,
0:13:35 > 0:13:39- you know, it's nice to get something else off.- Try to get a bit off.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41What can be done on this?
0:13:41 > 0:13:45- It's up for 45 but it can be 30. - £30.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48- Excellent.- Shake the man's hand. - Shake the man's hand?- Yep, yep.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51- I think we'll take it. - Don't give up the day job.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Indeed, Mark, we should rename it a didgeri-don't.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Thank you very much for being so generous.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01I'll just carry on, I could have some lessons.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Please take it off him. But good job, Blues, second item bought.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Absolutely thrilled, only half an hour gone.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14We're quite surprised, I think, at what we've bought.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17A piece of furniture and a didgeridoo was not on our list
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- before we came out...- No silver. - ..however, we like them very much.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26I am impressed with their knowledge, their insightfulness,
0:14:26 > 0:14:33their absolute determination to look and not let me do the choosing.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37So it's all flying along rather nicely for the Blues.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40- You don't have to run.- OK.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41But what about those Reds?
0:14:43 > 0:14:47- That is lovely.- The watch? What is it?- Spotting everything.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- The frame's nice next to it.- We can have a look.- Actually.- What frame?
0:14:50 > 0:14:54- This frame.- Right, OK, we can't pick out everything.- No.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01OK, well, we've looked and we've loved but we haven't bought.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05That is the point of the show, you know, Reds.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Take the Blues, for example. They've cracked it.
0:15:08 > 0:15:13- Oh, look at that, that's beautiful. - That is nice.- The crackle glaze.- Yep.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Royal Copenhagen so a fabulous maker. A proper maker...
0:15:17 > 0:15:21- That is very pretty. - ..of porcelain. Scandinavian.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- You guys collect a bit of postmodern glass, do you?- Yes.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- We do, yes.- Bit of Scandi glass, is it?- It's mostly British studio.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Mostly British studio
0:15:29 > 0:15:32but of course they were heavily influenced by the Scandies.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36Yes, all the shapes and there's the simplicity of it, isn't there?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- The simplicity of this, it's so stylish.- Yes, very nice.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43This almost, with this fluting here on the bowl with the
0:15:43 > 0:15:47crackle glaze almost looks very sort of Lucie Rie.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Lucie Rie being the studio potter in the post-war period,
0:15:50 > 0:15:57she escaped from Vienna as a Jewish girl, came to Britain.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01She had this fabulous design of porcelain and crackle glaze.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06I mean, these either predate that, she was influenced by them,
0:16:06 > 0:16:10- or these are post-war. Need to look at the marks.- Yep.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13But I love the simplicity and the colours. What have we got here?
0:16:13 > 0:16:14We've got the candlesticks.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18- I think we like them all.- 34, 64, 68. - Maybe they'll do us a deal.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- What do you think, Liz? - Yeah, I like the idea actually.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- I don't think you can buy just one thing.- No.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27- Here's a collection...- Yep. - ..you buy the lot if you can.- Yep.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29This little set could be the starting point for someone
0:16:29 > 0:16:33collecting Scandinavian pottery but it's all about the price.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Now, girls, time's a-ticking and you've only bought one item.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- Ladies, we've had 40 minutes. - Oh, gosh.- We've only got 20 to left.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46- I was supposed to be being decisive...- Yes, it's not happening.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- ..and I've not been decisive at all.- No, no.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50There's some nice things in the window.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- What do you like now? - I like that box, actually.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57I like the mosaics of wood,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00I would say it looks like it's probably oriental.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Do you want to go and see what the price is?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06So the Reds find out about the wooden box quickly,
0:17:06 > 0:17:09while the Blues are taking a more relaxed look at that pottery.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- Very stylish.- Yeah, they are. - Yeah, I really like them.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Post-war.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- Definitely post-war.- Yes. - There's a lot of work in that.
0:17:21 > 0:17:27- So how much are they all?- They come to £120, you can have them for £75.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- Wow.- £75 so that means you're going to leave me with a
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- huge amount of money.- Yes.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35- Well, I don't think we'd want to argue about that.- I think we must go
0:17:35 > 0:17:37- for that, yeah.- Man has to make a living.- Absolutely.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41- £75, do you want to go for it? - Yes, yep.- Absolutely, yes, please.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44- Thank you very much.- Thank you very much indeed, sir.- So it's final.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47- Thank you.- It's been a real pleasure.- Thank you very much.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51- Very nice.- Brilliant. Well done, you guys. Right, that's it.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54I'm thrilled because we got three things I really like a lot.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- You're happy?- Very happy.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59We haven't had to buy something just for the sake of buying which
0:17:59 > 0:18:01- I was dreading.- There's no small silver.- No small silver.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05- And we've bought ceramics which she said not to.- Oh, no!
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Well, I'm glad to hear it's all gone to plan, Blues.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Well done, that's your three items bought.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15Now, put your feet up while the Reds hunt down item number two.
0:18:17 > 0:18:23- Hello, ladies. Has a decision been made?- We...- No.- ..not sure.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26- We need your advice.- Yes. - I quite like that actually.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- Unfortunately it doesn't open.- Oh.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32We have no key to the mystery cupboard part of the box.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34But it could be full of gold.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40I love all these wonderful geometric shapes and I think what's happened
0:18:40 > 0:18:46is, this has probably been made from lots of left over bits of wood.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50We've got some nice rosewood, we've got oak and we've got ebony
0:18:50 > 0:18:55as well and it's not fine quality but it's nice and it's decorative.
0:18:55 > 0:19:00- You like it?- Yes, we would like it.- But what price?
0:19:00 > 0:19:02£65 would be the very best.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06- Are we going with that?- Yes.- I think so.- Yes.- I think.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10- Yes, we are going with that. - She's the decisive one, remember?
0:19:10 > 0:19:15- Absolutely.- £65?- Yes.- Done?- Yes. - Done. Thank you.- Done deal.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- Thank you very much. - Thank you.- Wonderful.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- Excellent, well done, Reds. - We've got no time though, come on.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- No, absolutely. - Yes, we've got to push on.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29So with five minutes left, they are hot footing it next door.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31- All right.- We need your help, definitely.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35- Ooh, what are we going to buy? - We've got to hurry.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37We've just taken ages, haven't we?
0:19:37 > 0:19:40There's so much to look at.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Quick, more jewellery there, so quick!
0:19:43 > 0:19:44Have you seen anything?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46No, but Mark has.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50- There's something in here I think you should have a look at.- Ooh.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54There we go, open this up.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59- Little caddy spoon.- Oh, yeah, that's nice.- Silver.- That's lovely.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01It'll be 45.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03People collect these. What do you think about this, ladies?
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Mark has just pulled this out.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- Oh, a caddy spoon. - That's rather pretty.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Chester hallmark which is always nice.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12There we are, we've got the date letter there.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14We can date it to 1901.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Nice little handle, it's actually quite a good piece of silver.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- Mm.- It's only £50.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Mark thinks we can have it for £45.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- Do you think it's got a chance?- I think it might have a chance, yeah.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30I mean, people do collect caddy spoons.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32- I think we'll have to go for it. - I think we're going to have
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- to because...- Three minutes! - Three minutes, yes.- Definitely.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37- Decision made.- That's our last one. - Yes.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Yes, indeed. Thank you, Mark and well done, Reds.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Just in the nick of time.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Now, let's remind ourselves what they bought, eh?
0:20:46 > 0:20:50The car mascot zoomed off to auction for £75.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55They spent £65 on the early 20th century wooden
0:20:55 > 0:20:57parquetry table cabinet.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59And in the last moments,
0:20:59 > 0:21:02they paid £45 for the continental silver caddy spoon.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11Now, you girls. Look at you giggling, Fifi. Was it good?
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- It was fantastic.- Did you enjoy it, Lauren?- Yeah, really good fun.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Which is your favourite piece?
0:21:15 > 0:21:18I think my favourite piece is probably the box that we bought
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- with all the different woods. - OK, your box.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Do you agree with that, Mum?
0:21:22 > 0:21:26I like the caddy spoon but the car mascot has it for me.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Oh, you are covering all bases, aren't you?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30So which one's going to bring the biggest profit?
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- The caddy spoon, I think.- The caddy spoon?- I agree with that.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- You're in agreement?- I think so. - And you spent how much?- £185.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41That is such a good number, 185. 115 of left over lolly then, please.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- Which is enough to excite Catherine Southon.- Thank you.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48- To go out there and buy big, yes?- Well, yes.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50I know what I'm going to buy.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52I think we know what you're going to buy.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- And I fear it might not be pretty. - It might not be pretty?- That's OK.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59- We don't care, all we want is profit, the other P.- Absolutely.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00OK, good luck.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blue team bought, eh?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05They went all regal on us,
0:22:05 > 0:22:09paying £90 for the royal investiture open armchair.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15The mid-20th century didgeridoo cost them £30.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19And finally they paid £75 for the collection of
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Royal Copenhagen porcelain.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29- Now, you two, how much did you spend?- 195.- That is the correct amount.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34- So what is the left over lolly? - 100 guineas.- 100 guineas?
0:22:34 > 0:22:40- Is it 100 guineas? £100 and 100 shillings, is that £105?- I hope so.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44- I hope so too. OK, fine. Then we'll have the £105.- There you go.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48Thank you very much. Very good. Now which is your favourite piece, Liz?
0:22:48 > 0:22:51- I think the Royal Copenhagen pieces. - That's your favourite?- Yep.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54- Is it going to bring the biggest profit?- Yeah, I think so.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55OK, do you agree?
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- No, I really like the Prince Charles investiture chair that we bought.- OK.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02But I think the didgeridoo is our secret weapon.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- So that's going to bring the biggest profit?- I think so, yes.- OK, fine.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Gosh, we've got a complete full house here, haven't we?
0:23:08 > 0:23:11- It must've been fun shopping with them though, Tom.- Very fun.
0:23:11 > 0:23:17- Very eclectic?- Very eclectic.- Very on trend?- Very odd.- I was so...
0:23:17 > 0:23:21- I said on trend, not odd! - Very stylish.- Yeah.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24We're liking it, we're liking it. Anyway, good luck, go and relax.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Have a cup of tea of tea. Good luck, Tom.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Whilst he goes off to find something delicious,
0:23:30 > 0:23:33I'm going to give you something to excite your taste buds.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44The two items that I see in front of me would've been seen typically
0:23:44 > 0:23:46in a kitchen in the old days.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Why?
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Well, in the old days they had no refrigerators
0:23:51 > 0:23:54and therefore had to be incredibly inventive.
0:23:54 > 0:24:00This is a very strange but incredibly effective refrigerator.
0:24:00 > 0:24:07It looks like a pork pie, it's made of terracotta, or clay,
0:24:07 > 0:24:12and it's been baked in an oven just like a clay pot would be
0:24:12 > 0:24:14but for a particular purpose.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17And the clue is inscribed on the top.
0:24:17 > 0:24:23It says, "Dan's Porous Refrigerator. Number 7."
0:24:23 > 0:24:28Dan's refrigerators would've been in various sizes
0:24:28 > 0:24:32and the seven relates to the diameter at the bottom.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36The idea being that in the summer, here is a pat of butter
0:24:36 > 0:24:39that's about to go off in the very, very high temperatures.
0:24:39 > 0:24:45What did the housewife do in 1900 with no electric refrigerator?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47She put the pat of butter on a dish,
0:24:47 > 0:24:51she put the dish on top of a plate of water,
0:24:51 > 0:24:56she shoved her Dan's refrigerator on top of the plate of water
0:24:56 > 0:25:04and gradually, by osmosis, this porous terracotta absorbed the water
0:25:04 > 0:25:10because it's hot, the water would also simultaneously evaporate.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14And because latent heat is given off in that process,
0:25:14 > 0:25:19it would have the effect of keeping the air inside the cloche cooler,
0:25:19 > 0:25:23hence your butter would not go rancid.
0:25:23 > 0:25:24How clever is that?
0:25:25 > 0:25:29Next door, we've got something that is much more sophisticated
0:25:29 > 0:25:31and difficult to make
0:25:31 > 0:25:35because it is entirely made up of lengths of wire
0:25:35 > 0:25:37and if you look carefully,
0:25:37 > 0:25:41each of the bits of wire are carefully entwined
0:25:41 > 0:25:45so that gradually the holes become smaller and smaller
0:25:45 > 0:25:50until you get to the handle or knob on the top.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Look carefully at that
0:25:51 > 0:25:55and it's embossed with a tight arrangement of flowers
0:25:55 > 0:25:57in Sheffield plate
0:25:57 > 0:26:02and this thing is a particularly grand form of fly protector.
0:26:02 > 0:26:08I would date that at about 1820 or 1840
0:26:08 > 0:26:11and it is again a very rare survivor.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16What would these two objects cost you today here in Lewes?
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Not as much as you might think.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23Dan's patent refrigerator would cost you £45
0:26:23 > 0:26:29and the rare Sheffield plated fly cloche would cost you £85.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30Cool.
0:26:45 > 0:26:46Well, well, well.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51We've come practically from one corner of Sussex, East Sussex, Lewes
0:26:51 > 0:26:54to the other corner, to West Sussex, to Wisborough Green to be at
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Bellmans saleroom with the ever ebullient JP.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00- How are you?- I'm very well, Tim.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Now, as for these Reds, they've got an eclectic mix.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05What about the mascot?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Car mascots are always collectable, you know.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09If you can put it down to which car it's from, I did try,
0:27:09 > 0:27:14- you know, I don't think this is any particular motor.- No.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Do you reckon it dates from about 1950s, '60s, something like that?
0:27:16 > 0:27:19I wouldn't thought it was any later and probably not much earlier
0:27:19 > 0:27:21so I'd agree.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- How much?- £40 - £60. - OK, £75 paid.- All right.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Next is this rather pretty parquetry table cabinet.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31It's fun, they're not rarities, OK?
0:27:31 > 0:27:33With this sort of, yeah, parquetry sort of inlay of
0:27:33 > 0:27:35various different things.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- It's quite entry-level table cabinet, I'd say.- OK.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40So what's an entry-level table cabinet worth?
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- I've put £60 - £80 on it. - Marvellous, she paid £65.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Good, well, it's a useful thing nonetheless.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Super. Now lastly is your cast silver tea caddy.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Made on the Continent
0:27:51 > 0:27:54- and it's hallmarked Chester 1901 as the import mark.- Oh, right.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58So it's got a foreign F mark on it but, you know, it meets British,
0:27:58 > 0:28:01the sterling standards. Quite a nice little object really.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05- And how much to a collector? - £40 - £60.- Perfect, £45 paid.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09- That should do it.- So apart from the potential loss on the mascot...
0:28:09 > 0:28:11- Yeah.- ..this is looking pretty cool. - Yeah.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13But in case they trip up with the mascot,
0:28:13 > 0:28:16let's go and check out what the bonus buy is.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21You gave her £115, Catherine Southon is known for going out
0:28:21 > 0:28:26and spending the lot. So, Catherine Southon, what did you buy?
0:28:26 > 0:28:28Well, this is what I bought you.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31- A box.- A box.- A box?
0:28:31 > 0:28:34But it's not an ordinary box because inside here there's
0:28:34 > 0:28:38a wonderful collection of scientific slides.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41It's not pretty and I did say I wasn't going to buy something pretty
0:28:41 > 0:28:44but these are pretty interesting. Can I give you one?
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- Thank you very much. - Can I give you one?
0:28:47 > 0:28:52- And I give you one.- Thank you.- We've got little dissected pieces here.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55- I've got a bit of lung here. - Well, there you are.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57- What have you got, Lauren? - I've got a bit of kidney.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59You've got kidney. I've got lung.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03- What have you got?- Tonsil. - Tonsil? How fantastic!
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- These are fascinating. They really are.- Really?- No, they are.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Please get with me on this because they are fascinating.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Well, I did blow the lot.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13I did spend £115 on them
0:29:13 > 0:29:18and I will tell you that they are a little bit risky, perhaps,
0:29:18 > 0:29:21but in the right sale at the right time, I can see them
0:29:21 > 0:29:26- doing a couple of hundred pounds. It's just...- So big chance.- Yes.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29- Iffy.- It is, yeah. - To kind of double your money or not.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32- If you need to, having sold your first three items.- We'll have to
0:29:32 > 0:29:35- see, won't we?- Very exciting, Catherine...- Thank you.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37- ..thank you very much for this... - But thank you.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40- ..lovely bit of interest. - Buying a box of parts.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42You clever old sausage, you.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Anyway, let us find out from the auctioneer what he thinks
0:29:45 > 0:29:47about Catherine's slides.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51OK, JP. Put your scientific hat on, boy.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55Well, these...this is a great sort of collectors' item,
0:29:55 > 0:29:57very typically late 19th century.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01Obviously they're for, you know, research purposes, I suppose..
0:30:01 > 0:30:03- Yeah, student?- ..if you're a scientist of sorts.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Yeah, exactly, a student. My feeling's about £70 - £100.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10Yes, well, Catherine, of course, is totally obsessed with
0:30:10 > 0:30:14scientific instruments so she's paid a bit more. She paid £115.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16But estimates are only there to be broken.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18I mean, it's just a sign of an opinion.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21You've whetted their appetites which is brilliant.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Anyway, that's it for the Reds. Now for the Blues.
0:30:24 > 0:30:29First up is the Charles, Prince of Wales investiture chair.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Yeah, 4,500 of these made.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35They were sold off at something, £20 or something after the service,
0:30:35 > 0:30:36designed by Lord Snowden
0:30:36 > 0:30:39so you've got a nice...in this day what we're dealing with people
0:30:39 > 0:30:42buying into modern furniture and modern things, modern style,
0:30:42 > 0:30:45you've got a good name attached to it, you've got a limited edition.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48- It's kind of jazzy with the bright fabric, you know?- Exactly.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51- I think £150 - £250. - Do you really? As much as that?
0:30:51 > 0:30:55And I'd be disappointed if I don't get a profit for them, really would.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Well, exactly because £90 is all that they paid,
0:30:58 > 0:31:01that's all that Paul paid so that was a bargain then, wasn't it?
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- I think it really was.- On the face of it. Yeah, good luck with that.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Next is your didgeridoo which looks remarkably like something
0:31:06 > 0:31:10I could've bought in the airport coming back from Sydney last time.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14You know, auctioneer of didgeridoos, I am not. It's not terribly old.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18The only thing is that it's actually quite a big one, apparently.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20As long as they haven't spent too much money, Tim.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23They spent £30, I'll put you out of your agony.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Well, I reckon £20 - £40 which is the widest.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Well, I think you're striking the right note there.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Anyway, moving on now to the Copenhagen,
0:31:31 > 0:31:32whole group of that stuff.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Yeah, well, for Copenhagen they're looking for specific things,
0:31:35 > 0:31:39- they're looking for figures in early ones, they're looking for...- Birds.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42..birds and the sorts of things...they're collectable objects
0:31:42 > 0:31:44and they don't really want to pay too much for these things.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46How much do you think they'll want to pay?
0:31:46 > 0:31:50- It's about £40 - £60 for the group. - OK, fine, well, £75 paid.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53So if this lot have got a deep dark hole,
0:31:53 > 0:31:56I'm afraid Copenhagen is where it starts
0:31:56 > 0:31:59and they may need their bonus buy so let's go and have a look at it.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03- Now, Paul, Liz, this is exciting, isn't it?- Absolutely, yeah.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06You spent £195, you gave Tom £105. Tom, what did you spend it on?
0:32:06 > 0:32:10Well, I didn't spend it all. I got something really stylish for you.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- Hold one here.- Pewter.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16Pewter but look at the form, the shape, the style.
0:32:16 > 0:32:21- Absolutely stunning things. These are Danish.- Oh, all right.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24- They're by a firm called Just Andersen.- So what date are they?
0:32:24 > 0:32:26These are sort of post-war
0:32:26 > 0:32:31but they have got that fabulous look of complete modernism,
0:32:31 > 0:32:35- simplicity of design, form, function...- Yeah.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38..and it's just Scandinavian design.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41It's thrown me because I definitely would've thought
0:32:41 > 0:32:43- they were older than that...- Yes. - ..so it's interesting.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46- And how much did you pay? - Well, how much do you think?
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Bearing in mind they're a good maker, are they?
0:32:48 > 0:32:50- They're Just Andersen. - Just Andersen.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- £20.- What?- Really? Oh, wow.- Wow. - £20.- Thank you, sir,
0:32:53 > 0:32:55I think that's very, very good indeed.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57If you don't double your money and a bit more, I'm going
0:32:57 > 0:33:00- to be really disappointed. - Excellent, thank you very much.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03- Thanks.- Generally all round hero, Tom Tom. Unbelievable.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Anyway, on that happy note, let's find out what the auctioneer,
0:33:06 > 0:33:10for the audience at home, thinks about Tom Tom's candlesticks.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14- Does that do it for you, J? - Style wise, I quite like the style.
0:33:14 > 0:33:19- Very nice style.- Exactly. '50s? - Thereabouts.- That type of bit.- Yeah.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21So it's very much of the moment.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Well, I did a little bit of research, I did research with
0:33:24 > 0:33:28a colleague of mine and we plumped for about £80 - £120.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32- That cunning Thomas Plant. £20 is all he paid for the pair.- Wow.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34- That's pretty cool. - That's very good, yeah.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37So your prediction is pretty good for this team?
0:33:37 > 0:33:41- I would see profit and minor losses. - Yes, so that means overall profit.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45Well, we've heard it from the prophet indeed.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57- Fifi, you happy?- I am.- Lauren, you happy?- I think so.- You think so?
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Best not be too certain, isn't it?
0:33:59 > 0:34:04Now, first up is the car mascot and here we go, vroom vroom!
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Lot 1,689,
0:34:06 > 0:34:10we have a chrome plated car mascot
0:34:10 > 0:34:12modelled as a female huntress.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14£45 I'm bid to start me.
0:34:14 > 0:34:1645. 50. 55.
0:34:16 > 0:34:17- There's 60.- It's going up.
0:34:17 > 0:34:1970. 75. 80.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21- You are a genius...- Yes! - ..well done!
0:34:21 > 0:34:23- You're in profit.- 85 with me.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25£90 then with the lady now at £90.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28- That's brilliant.- Fantastic. Wow.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Well done, girls. Straight in there.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Any more at £90? Lady's bid on the left at £90. Surely worth 95 though?
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- Anyone else now? At £90 I'm selling. - £90! Look at that.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39First time and last time now at £90.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43- Plus 15.- Yes! - Absolutely brilliant.- Well done.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45You're really chuffed with that, aren't you?
0:34:45 > 0:34:47Yes, here we go with the cabinet.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51Lot 1,690. We have this specimen wood parquetry table cabinet.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54It's early 20th century, nice lot, it's in nice condition too.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58Surely worth £60 so start me then at £60. Where's 60 for the box?
0:34:58 > 0:35:02I thought hands were shooting up there. £40 for the box then.
0:35:02 > 0:35:03£20 then.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06There's 20. 25.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10- Don't stop now, sir. - No, don't stop now.- 30. 35.
0:35:10 > 0:35:1240. 45.
0:35:12 > 0:35:1545, lady behind the pillar. £45.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18- Any more at £45? Internet's 50.- Oh!
0:35:18 > 0:35:22- Internet's 50.- £50 here. 55, you're going to go 55?
0:35:22 > 0:35:25£50, internet bid then. At £50 I have to sell it for 50, all done?
0:35:25 > 0:35:26£50.
0:35:27 > 0:35:3350 it is. £50. That's minus 15, you started with 15, you just lost 15.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37You got absolutely nowhere. Look out. Here comes the caddy spoon.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39This is it.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Continental silver caddy spoon of medieval design,
0:35:41 > 0:35:44hallmarked for Chester 1901.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Start me at £40.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48There's 40, very positively in the centre of the room. At £40.
0:35:48 > 0:35:49Now, where's 45?
0:35:49 > 0:35:5340 is bid, surely worth five, though, for the little caddy spoon.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56Silver spoon here, £45 anyone? Make your tea taste better.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59It's got £40 with the gentleman in the middle. Anyone at 45?
0:35:59 > 0:36:00I can't bear this, kids.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03I'll take £40 because I'm going to have to take £40
0:36:03 > 0:36:05and it's yours then at £40.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08£40.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11£5. Overall, you're minus £5.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13- That's not right, is it?- That's sad.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16- Bad luck.- Shall we go?- Now, what are you going to do about the slides?
0:36:16 > 0:36:18- Oh, I just don't know. - What shall we do?
0:36:18 > 0:36:21- Go on, let's do it.- Going to go for it? OK, OK.- OK, you're going with
0:36:21 > 0:36:24it, well, we're going with the bonus buy, that's the decision.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27- Yes.- There we go, kids, and here it comes.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30We have a case set of microscope slides circa 1880,
0:36:30 > 0:36:35late 19th century. I can start at £50 straightaway.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38- Oh, they need to do better than that.- 60. 65. 70.
0:36:38 > 0:36:4175 dead ahead at 75. Where's 80?
0:36:41 > 0:36:4480. 85. 85 it is, straight ahead.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Still at 85. Where's 90 now?
0:36:46 > 0:36:48- £85 dead ahead.- Oh, no!
0:36:48 > 0:36:5185 it is then. Any more at £85? Surely worth more. No more?
0:36:51 > 0:36:53I can't bear it!
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- And I'm selling. £85.- Oh, Catherine.
0:36:56 > 0:37:02- £85, that is so bad luck.- I'm sorry. - You was robbed.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07Minus £35 is the overall score. That is a fair score.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09- It could be a winning score. - Never know, hopefully.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13- So don't despair and don't say a word to the Blues.- No.- No.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25- OK, Paul, Liz, do you know how the Reds got on?- No.- Absolutely no idea.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29First up is the investiture chair with which we have high hopes
0:37:29 > 0:37:30and here it comes.
0:37:30 > 0:37:35Lot 1,708, we have this wonderful Prince Charles investiture chair,
0:37:35 > 0:37:40open armed chair, designed by Lord Snowden in 1969. Popular lot.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44With this I can start 70, 80, 90, 100, 10,
0:37:44 > 0:37:48120 on the book with commission at £120.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- Yay.- 120 on the book.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54So £120. Anyone else now at £130?
0:37:54 > 0:37:56130 internet, commission's gone now.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58140 internet. 150 internet.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00160 internet. 170 internet.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03180, 190 internet.
0:38:03 > 0:38:04200 on the net now.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07210. 220. 230.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11- Look at this.- 240 on the internet. 250 on the internet.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13I'll tell you, you'll be going to the Caribbean.
0:38:13 > 0:38:19- 260. 270 internet bid. At 270, 280 now...- Not bad, eh? Not bad.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23Are you going to make it 300, internet? £300 is bid.
0:38:23 > 0:38:24Yes, Tom Tom!
0:38:24 > 0:38:31£320 internet bid, 320. £320 then, on the internet, £320. Fair warning.
0:38:31 > 0:38:32320.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38- You have just made £230 profit. - A snip, a snip!
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Now, we go to the didgeridoo. Will this blow the right note?
0:38:43 > 0:38:45Here we go.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49This lovely didgeridoo, nicely decorated, from Australia.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51£20 I'm bid. £20.
0:38:51 > 0:38:5225 and 30.
0:38:53 > 0:38:5435 and 40.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- Yes!- Yay!- This is ridiculous.
0:38:58 > 0:38:5945 on the left,
0:38:59 > 0:39:0245 with the lady down the front by the flowers at £45.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Anyone else now at £45?
0:39:04 > 0:39:09- £45 then, fair warning at 45. - £45 is brilliant, that's plus £15.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12We're not complaining. We're up to 245.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16A collection of Royal Copenhagen porcelain, five pieces there.
0:39:16 > 0:39:21- £65, I'm bid.- It's getting close. Go on! It's nice stuff.
0:39:21 > 0:39:2570 now. 70 in the room. Five if you want to bid. 75 internet.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27- 80 in the room.- Yes, yes!
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Against you, internet, at 80, are you going to go one more?
0:39:29 > 0:39:32£80 by the vase, at £80.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36On the left, selling 80 then, fair warning. Everyone else in the room.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38£80.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41OK.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43- You're plus 250.- Woo!- Woo-hoo!
0:39:43 > 0:39:47Which is a quarter of £1,000 in profit.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50What are you doing about the Just Andersen?
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Are you going to go with him or not?
0:39:52 > 0:39:56Well, the other Danish thing didn't let us down. We're definitely going
0:39:56 > 0:39:59- to go with the candlesticks, I think. - Yes.- It's a no brainer, isn't it?
0:39:59 > 0:40:02- You're happy with that, Liz? - Absolutely.- It's a wonderful find.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Anyway, next up is the bonus buy and here it comes.
0:40:04 > 0:40:11Lot 1,714, a pair of Just Andersen pewter twin branch candelabra
0:40:11 > 0:40:14of lovely interwoven design.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Start me at, £40 to start me.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19Lovely pair of candlesticks this for £40.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22£30 then.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26£30. Lovely...is that a bid? Where's the bid? £30, in the room.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30- Sorry, internet got there first. - 30.- Absolutely.
0:40:30 > 0:40:3540 in the room on the right. Against you, internet, now, £40. 45.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Are you going to go one more?
0:40:37 > 0:40:41Yes? £50 in the room on the right.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45At £50. 55 on the net. Sure?
0:40:45 > 0:40:49- £55 internet. - At £55, that is a profit, Tom.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52- I'm selling to the net at 55.- It's very good. Back of the net, boy.
0:40:52 > 0:40:59£55 is plus £35 which takes you to a tremendous £285 of profit.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03- Now we've got to look miserable when we go out.- You do.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05You've watched this programme before, you have.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08- Anyway, Paul, Liz, well done.- Thank you.- Don't say a word to the Reds.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12- That's fantastic.- OK. - Bravo. And, Tom.- Thank you.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- Well, that was fun, wasn't it? - Wonderful.- Yes.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26What a roller coaster of experience.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Great fun, unfortunately on this programme we can't have two teams of
0:41:29 > 0:41:33winners, and the runners-up today by a considerable margin are the Reds.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35- Aww!- Aww.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37- Bad luck, bad luck. But it started off so well.- Yep.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39You got that £15 profit
0:41:39 > 0:41:42and then it went all completely down the old proverbial.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46- And all in all, it finished up as being minus 35.- We had fun.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49- You had fun?- We did.- Yes. - And we had fun. Thank you very much.
0:41:49 > 0:41:50- Thank you, Catherine.- Thank you.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53But the Blues go home with a triple victory
0:41:53 > 0:41:59because not only did they get £285 of cash.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02That's £285 of pleasure.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06But you then went on and made a profit on every single other item
0:42:06 > 0:42:10and you made a profit on the bonus buy which is a great achievement.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14Here you go, here are your golden gavels. Liz, have a pluck.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- Thank you very much.- There we go. There's your golden gavel...
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- Thank you very much.- ..and, Thomas, one for your collection.- Thank you.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22- Which is very nice. Pin them, wear them with pride.- I will.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26Tell all your neighbours what you've achieved and did you enjoy it?
0:42:26 > 0:42:29- Absolutely.- What about you, Paul? - Oh, wonderful. The whole experience
0:42:29 > 0:42:30has just been really nice.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34Are you thinking about going into the trade, you two?
0:42:34 > 0:42:38- Can't afford it.- Ah. Anyway, well done, Tom. A triumph all round.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40We've loved it.
0:42:40 > 0:42:41We've loved it so much indeed.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Why don't you join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?
0:42:44 > 0:42:46- ALL:- Yes!