0:00:05 > 0:00:08Left, left, left, left.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12Well, here we are on the parade ground of the former RAF base
0:00:12 > 0:00:17Hemswell, in Lincolnshire, and behind me is the airmen's mess.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20This place was home to the Lancaster bomber
0:00:20 > 0:00:25and was used as a location for the film The Dam Busters.
0:00:25 > 0:00:30So, chocks away or what, chaps? Let's go bargain hunting, yeah!
0:00:54 > 0:00:57With such an illustrious past,
0:00:57 > 0:01:02it's no wonder that this place today is home to enormous antiques
0:01:02 > 0:01:07centres, so will our teams today soar to victory or simply
0:01:07 > 0:01:09finish up on the cutting room floor?
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Let's have a quick squint as to what's coming up.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Today's Reds have some tough decisions to make.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Shall we go and have a cup of coffee, perhaps a piece of cake?
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Or we can rush round and see if we can find something else.
0:01:21 > 0:01:22What do you want to do?
0:01:22 > 0:01:25And the Blues have their expert well trained.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29- Stay there.- Before all that, let's meet the teams.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Well, on today's programme we have a brace of couples.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36For the Reds, we have Mike and Julie,
0:01:36 > 0:01:40- and for the Blues we have Sue and Paul. Hello, everyone.- Hello.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41Lovely to see you.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44- Now, Julie, you met at school and you were sweethearts?- We weren't.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- Weren't you?- No, we were not sweethearts.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48We met at school, but not sweethearts.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- So no hanky-panky behind the bicycle shed?- Definitely not.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56- No bicycle sheds.- No bicycle sheds. It was that good a school.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58- HE LAUGHS - And how did you hook up then?
0:01:58 > 0:02:02We were working there and Mike arrived as deputy head, not
0:02:02 > 0:02:06expecting to do very much teaching, so I took a few of his lessons.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09He took a few of mine and that's how we muddled along.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13- You muddled along for a bit and then thought, "It's love, this."- Yes.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15- After a while.- Which is lovely, isn't it?
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Mike, you're a heck of a collector but mainly of careers.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23You could put it like that. I was young and naive
0:02:23 > 0:02:26and I thought I wanted to be a teenage jet pilot.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30So I joined the RAF, started to learn to fly,
0:02:30 > 0:02:33realised that my landings were not very good and my rifle drill was
0:02:33 > 0:02:37even worse, so after a year I moved on and tried accountancy instead.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41- Oh, good.- Then after two years of that, I finally got to the point
0:02:41 > 0:02:45that I knew what I wanted to do, which was to go into teaching.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48And that's what I've done more or less ever since.
0:02:48 > 0:02:55- So what do you get up to in your spare time?- Well, I create railway models, including a garden railway.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Obviously, I do it just for the grandchildren.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- I wouldn't do it for myself. - No, of course not.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04As I explain to Julie, and that's why the garden railway fills half the garden.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07OK, you two. What are you going to be on the lookout for today?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10What are you going to get out there and buy? Anything to do with steam?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- If you find a nice loco out there. - Yes.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Yes, but they're mostly overpriced
0:03:14 > 0:03:16so you have to be very careful what you're buying.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Oh, look out for a bargain. Anyway, good luck with that.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20Good. Well, full steam ahead.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Sue, you, like the Red team, met Paul when you were at school,
0:03:23 > 0:03:27- didn't you?- I did. I was just a little bit younger than them, though.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30- I was nine at the time.- Were you? And did you like him as a nine-year-old?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Yes, because he was the only person that was nice to me at the school
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- when I started.- How sweet is that? - Isn't it?- And the rest is history.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41- Yeah.- So what's this about upping sticks and buying a guesthouse?
0:03:41 > 0:03:45We always wanted to live by the seaside, and we were fed up doing what
0:03:45 > 0:03:49we were doing so we thought, "Let's buy a guesthouse and go for it."
0:03:49 > 0:03:51And what town are you in?
0:03:51 > 0:03:54We're in Mablethorpe and the guesthouse is right on the beach,
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- 50 yards from the beach.- Lovely. So you achieved the ambition?- We did.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02Paul, you have a mischievous, non-paying guest in your guesthouse.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Yes, we do. We have a ghost.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07He hasn't shown himself too often just lately, but in
0:04:07 > 0:04:13the first year I think he wanted to let us know that he was around.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14We actually haven't seen him.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17He just leaves us a present occasionally.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19What manifestation does the present take?
0:04:19 > 0:04:21A fire extinguisher had been taken off the wall in the middle
0:04:21 > 0:04:25of the hallway, with no guest in. So there was only us in the house.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27- I know we didn't do it.- OK.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31While we were sat in the guest lounge with guests, there was the
0:04:31 > 0:04:37sound of stones being thrown at the glass where the china cabinet is.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- Nothing to be seen.- He doesn't like Clarice Cliff?- No, obviously.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45- Have you had your house investigated?- No, we haven't.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Are you considering having it exorcised?
0:04:48 > 0:04:52We sort of looked at that, but he's good fun. He's no harm.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56So will working together on Bargain Hunt be a breeze?
0:04:56 > 0:05:00I think so. We tend to like quite a lot of the same things.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- And I tend to do as Sue tells me. - Exactly.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- How many years have you been together?- 33 years.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Well, there you go. That is the recipe. Always do what you're told.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- Exactly.- And have fun while you're doing it.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Which is exactly what we're going to do now with the £300 apiece.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18There you go, £300 each. You know the rules.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Your experts await and off you go and very, very, very good luck.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25I've never been to Mablethorpe, have you?
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Now, let's say hello to the experts.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Author of his team's destiny and font of all antique knowledge,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35it's Philip Serrell.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37And today the Blues have a real heavyweight.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39It's only Charles Hanson.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Isn't it about time our teams met their experts?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46You've got me. How are you?
0:05:46 > 0:05:51- How are you two?- Fine.- Now, this isn't quite B&B-ing, is it?
0:05:51 > 0:05:57- Not quite.- This is BH-ing. This is one hour to buy three items with £300. Can we do it?
0:05:57 > 0:05:59With your guidance, easy.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- On your marks...- Get set.- Let's go. Come on. Let's do it.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- Well, is there a plan?- The plan is to make a profit.- A profit?
0:06:08 > 0:06:11This is Bargain Hunt. What on earth are you doing here?
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- We're going to change all that. - I've heard that before.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Don't listen to everything our experts say.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20This hour takes energy and enthusiasm and with
0:06:20 > 0:06:22so much stuff to take a gander at,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25you'll need every ounce you can muster, so let's get stuck in.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31The Red team look to be our first-time buyers.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- Do you know how old that is?- That's 1950s, isn't it?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- Yes.- Wherever Hebden House is.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- Actually. you know...- Little triage...
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- Do you like that doll's house? - It's got a bit of character to it.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45What I love is it is pure 1950s, isn't it?
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- This is all pebble dashed. - That's right.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53I hate pebble dashed houses. Leaded lights. The front door.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55- Have we got another door over here? - Yes.- We've got a nice door.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58What we could do in our modernisation plan,
0:06:58 > 0:07:02- we can split this into two semis. - We could.- I think that's lovely.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07- And how much is it? - Let's have a look. £45.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09- How much is that going to make at auction, do you think?- I don't know.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- That's a bit much, isn't it? - 35, 40.- Really?
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- I think that'll make a good £30-£50 at auction.- Do you?
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Honestly, I do. - We need to get it for less than £45.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- 40 or under, I think you should go for.- 40 or under. Right.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25You see what you can do and I'll give it the quick once over
0:07:25 > 0:07:27- and a full structural survey.- Good, you do that.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31He's a man of many hidden talents, is our Phil, don't you know?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Now, where's our other talented expert?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Cranberry. Possibly bronze, not sure.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- What do you think?- Ostentatious.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41I love the fruit and vine, that pierced design.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44What I'm looking for, though, Sue, is guess what? The pair.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- Oh, would it be a pair?- It would be nice if it was one of a pair.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51- Oh, there is a pair.- I like those, though.- The Art Nouveau, bronze.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53So what are they exactly?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56It says, "1937 spill vases."
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Maybe they're worth a handle later on, because you guys really are
0:07:59 > 0:08:01big antique enthusiasts, aren't you?
0:08:01 > 0:08:05I feel like I'm really with the big guns now. You're a big man as well.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09I feel you are a big gun. I'm following your lead, Paul.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Right, OK. We'll move on.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14You'll need to be firing on all cylinders too, team,
0:08:14 > 0:08:18- because those Reds are ready to put in an offer.- Morning.- Good morning.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22- Quite like the doll's house through there.- Right.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Have you got a best on that?
0:08:24 > 0:08:29OK, it's £45. Let me just see what I can do on that.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33- I'll give the dealer a quick call for you.- Thank you.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Morning. It's Robert here from the Guardroom at Hemswell.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39The first of many phone calls for our teams today.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Still, it all adds to the tension.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43If I said to you, in this cabinet of Oriental treasures,
0:08:43 > 0:08:46what takes your fancy? Much?
0:08:46 > 0:08:49I actually quite like the green vase, but it's not Oriental.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Well, it might be.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54This sort of ovoid shape, I think, is Japanese
0:08:54 > 0:08:58and it probably has a silver rim. They're quite nice, aren't they?
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- Oriental?- You're also bird-lovers, aren't you?- We are.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06- Aren't you great Beswick?- Bes-ick. - Is it "Bes-ick" or "Bes-wick?"- I don't know how you say it.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10- Different people say it different ways.- If you're from Stoke, "Bes-wick."
0:09:10 > 0:09:14- And you now say?- I say "Bes-ick." - Don't say that. You might get told off.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18"Bes-wick." There we are, there we are.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23- But I think, let's move on. Do you agree?- Yes.- OK.- I'm happy.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Happy teams make for a happy show, Blues.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Now, what's the verdict back with the Reds?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Will the price be up their street?
0:09:33 > 0:09:36OK, all right. Leave that with me, thank you. Bye-bye.
0:09:37 > 0:09:43- The very best she will do on it would be £35.- OK, OK. Yes.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- Should we risk that?- Yes, we will. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Thanks very much, indeed.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Offer accepted in less than ten minutes.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56Don't break out the bubbly just yet, though. Two more to buy.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- How did you get on?- We got it for 35.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02So you bought a detached house in Lincolnshire for 35 quid.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- That's about what they normally cost actually.- Is that right?
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Do you think we need to modernise this before the auction?
0:10:07 > 0:10:11- Central heating, plumbing. - No. We bought it as a period house.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- We just need to mend the banisters. - That's open plan.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- There's a profit in this, that's the thing to remember.- Good.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- We'll see what happens.- Lovely.- We better go find something else. Onwards.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Quite. Time is on your side,
0:10:23 > 0:10:25but it's easy to lose track of it.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Are the Blues ready to loosen their purse strings yet?
0:10:28 > 0:10:31What do you think I can see that I quite like?
0:10:31 > 0:10:32- Hopefully not the purse.- Yes!
0:10:32 > 0:10:36I quite like the purse.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37What I really like is that dump.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Oh, that is nice.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41May I take your dump out your cabinet?
0:10:41 > 0:10:45There we are, look at that.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Yes, that's lovely.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49I really, really like that.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50I really like that.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53What do you think, Charles?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55I had a few dumps in my last sale
0:10:55 > 0:10:58and they struggled a bit, to be honest with you.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- Did they?- Yeah, they did. They struggled.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03We'll thank the lady and move on.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04- OK, let's go.- Let's go.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Odd name for something quite pretty,
0:11:06 > 0:11:10but dumps are named as they were made
0:11:10 > 0:11:11from leftover bottle glass
0:11:11 > 0:11:13that otherwise might have been dumped
0:11:13 > 0:11:15at the end of a day's production.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19What about this? This is just lovely.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21I don't actually know what it is.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Do you want to take that off there?
0:11:22 > 0:11:24That's probably the easiest...
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Stuff this in my pocket for now.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Tiny writing on here.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Does it say on there what the writing is?
0:11:30 > 0:11:34It says here, "Written on one side is the Lord's Prayer,
0:11:34 > 0:11:38"and executed by KG Pervill
0:11:38 > 0:11:41"of Horley, Surrey. 5th of September, 1914. God Save The King."
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- Gosh.- Then it goes on to say here,
0:11:43 > 0:11:44let me read this to you.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48It says, "This date is significant as the 5th of September, 1914,
0:11:48 > 0:11:51"is the first day of the Battle of the Marne.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54"Over two million men fought in the bloody conflict
0:11:54 > 0:11:55"between the 5th and 12th,
0:11:55 > 0:11:58"with an estimated half a million killed or wounded."
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Terrible.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- That's sort of like...- It's very moving, that is.
0:12:02 > 0:12:03What's that young man...?
0:12:03 > 0:12:05We don't know what happened to him.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08But that's in a pendant, so...
0:12:08 > 0:12:10That's the Lord's Prayer.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12- That's fantastic. - That's a wonderful thing.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14I think we should have that.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Let's just be analytical for a minute.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20It's a World War I nine-carat gold double pendant
0:12:20 > 0:12:23and it has £95 on it.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- I see.- So that's the price.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31- I better just take this with me, just a second.- OK.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- What have you found out?- There's good news and there's better news.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40I had a chat with them at the counter
0:12:40 > 0:12:42and apparently they think
0:12:42 > 0:12:44that this chap's wife
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- actually wrote this on here. - Oh, right.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49So she may have made that as a pendant
0:12:49 > 0:12:50to keep his photograph...
0:12:50 > 0:12:52- Just a memorial to him.- Yes.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Anyway, the good news is,
0:12:55 > 0:12:57- they'll throw in the little stand. - Lovely.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59And the better news is, very kindly,
0:12:59 > 0:13:01they've said we can have it for 75 quid.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03- I think that's brilliant.- OK?
0:13:03 > 0:13:04- Yes.- Good enough. Onto the next,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06one more to buy.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09That's the great thing about antiques,
0:13:09 > 0:13:12they have such varied and interesting stories behind them.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15And now, with half the 60 minutes behind them,
0:13:15 > 0:13:17the Blues really need to find something that sparks
0:13:17 > 0:13:19their interest.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22I just happened to spy this in the corner
0:13:22 > 0:13:23and I saw it when we walked in as well.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- What do you think of it? - It's nice, I like it.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Really? Move that chair
0:13:27 > 0:13:29over there, just look at this.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32I quite like it because it's Burmantofts.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Burmantofts were a Leeds art pottery.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38When I saw it, I thought, "It will be about 250."
0:13:38 > 0:13:40But it's 125.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43So I thought, "Why is it quite inexpensive?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45"Why is it cheap?"
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Because the actual bowl is in good condition.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50The only issue is...
0:13:50 > 0:13:54- Oh, yeah.- ..you have some enamel loss here.- OK.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- But that's age.- Is that it? - That's it.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58So if you turn it round the other way, it's fine.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Absolutely...ish.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02- Nearly.- There's more enamel loss.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- Really? - But you get a lot for your money.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07If I put that down there,
0:14:07 > 0:14:09and then pick this section up,
0:14:09 > 0:14:11that's one hell of a base, isn't it?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Look at that.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16That is in itself a work of art, isn't it?
0:14:16 > 0:14:19If I turn it round for you, isn't that beautiful?
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- Look at that.- Can you manage that? - Absolutely.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22THEY LAUGH
0:14:22 > 0:14:24If you have an Art Nouveau conservatory
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- in the country...- OK.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29It has some condition issues
0:14:29 > 0:14:31but this is art pottery.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33It's florid, it's organic,
0:14:33 > 0:14:35with flowers,
0:14:35 > 0:14:37and I would say at auction,
0:14:37 > 0:14:39this could make anything from 100
0:14:39 > 0:14:42up to £200.
0:14:42 > 0:14:43But I feel it has a bit of a run.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45- I like it. What do you think? - I like it.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Really? It's the one thing I've seen so far
0:14:47 > 0:14:49- on our hour...- That's grabbed you.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52I keep thinking, "It's not a big spend,
0:14:52 > 0:14:54"but at least it's one object under the belt,"
0:14:54 > 0:14:56and if you say to me, "Charles,
0:14:56 > 0:14:58"going, going, gone," I'll go and get it now for you.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00- Happy?- Going, going, gone.- OK.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02I'll get it, thank you very much.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03SHE LAUGHS
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Yeah, I like that.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08Work your magic, Charles, as the Red team are on the scent
0:15:08 > 0:15:09of their final purchase.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11- Here's Charles.- Done it, bought it,
0:15:11 > 0:15:13I've got some good news.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Go on.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16I've got it down to £100.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17- Put it there.- Well done!
0:15:17 > 0:15:20£100, and that, to me, is a good bottom estimate
0:15:20 > 0:15:22- to start with.- Brilliant.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Half an hour to go.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Two to find, it's your turn now.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- Lovely.- Let's go, then.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Now that's magic.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32I'm really pleased we've just bought our first lot
0:15:32 > 0:15:34because Paul and Sue are actually antique pros.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36I thought it would come easy.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39The first one's in the bag. Hopefully now it's plain sailing.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43I think they've done really well this morning.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46They've bought two items. There's still about 20 minutes left.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48The doll's house has to be a profit,
0:15:48 > 0:15:50I don't see how they can fail on that.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53And that little medallion, I don't care if there's a profit on that,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55that's one of the most memorable things
0:15:55 > 0:15:56I've ever bought on Bargain Hunt,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59so I'm really, really pleased about that, it's absolutely lovely.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Aw! That's the rarely seen softer side
0:16:02 > 0:16:03of Phil Serrell.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05He's just a great big teddy bear, really.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07What do you know about bowls, Phil?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Ah, well...
0:16:10 > 0:16:12What do I know about bowls?
0:16:12 > 0:16:14I'm actually a member of a bowling club...
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- You cop hold of that.- ..but you're not allowed to talk about it.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19That's the first rule. The second rule is,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21you can't talk about bowls club.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24These are quite nice, aren't they?
0:16:24 > 0:16:27A lot of bowls are made out of lignum vitae.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29It's the only wood that won't float.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33And they make marine gears and cogs out of lignum vitae.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36There's a lump on one side,
0:16:36 > 0:16:37which is there.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41It just means the bowl goes like that when you push it.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44And they're usable. How much are they?
0:16:44 > 0:16:48- I wonder if they seem to a sensible price.- £32.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51There's a name on the case.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Brogden.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- Brogden.- Scratched on the case there.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58The other thing you always need to check
0:16:58 > 0:17:00is you have a pair and you have got a pair there.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03I think they're quite nice.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06If you can buy those for anywhere between £25 and £30,
0:17:06 > 0:17:08you should be in with a chance.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12I think you should both go down to the counter and see
0:17:12 > 0:17:14what they would take for this.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- Yes.- All right?- OK.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- I've got them. - Let's have a wander over this way.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21The Red team are just so cool and collected.
0:17:21 > 0:17:22How have you got on?
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Well, they'll take £3 off,
0:17:24 > 0:17:26so that will be £29 instead of 32.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28The worst you're going to do
0:17:28 > 0:17:31is lose a fiver, and the best you're going to do
0:17:31 > 0:17:33is make 10 or 11 quid.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36So in terms of bargaining, I would suggest that's an absolute result.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- Oh, good.- Now, we have a choice to make.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Cos you've breezed this and we still have 15 minutes,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44so we can either chill, take it steady, go back to that lovely cafe,
0:17:44 > 0:17:47have a cup of coffee, perhaps a piece of cake,
0:17:47 > 0:17:48just chill gently.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Or we can rush round and see if we can find something else,
0:17:51 > 0:17:54- what do you want to do?- I think we've done enough shopping for today.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Excellent stuff. Let's have a coffee and a cake. Come on, then.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- Definitely.- Convincing argument, Phil, and who'd disagree?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03That's all three items bought in 45 minutes.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05The pressure is back on the Blues.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Look at this. Isn't that lovely?
0:18:08 > 0:18:12- I love it.- It's beautiful, isn't it?- It's lovely.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Do you know what really sells it, Paul? OK, it's feminine.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20But the reason why I love it, is that etched glass as well.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Can you see? The crystal in this light.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27What I like are the fleur-de-lis on that matt,
0:18:27 > 0:18:29almost engine-turned ground.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33And of course, atomisers were the height of feminine elegance
0:18:33 > 0:18:37back in the early years of the 20th century. How would it work?
0:18:37 > 0:18:38Sue, are you an atomiser girl?
0:18:38 > 0:18:42- No, I'm not, but I guess you just press this, don't you?- Exactly.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- Oh, it's really smooth.- Is it really? A nice lever action to it.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47- Yeah, really nice.- Do you like it?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- I do, really like it. - I really like that.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51And it would look really nice on a dressing table.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54And it's cheap as well, it really is.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57No! It's expensive, tell them it's expensive.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59THEY LAUGH
0:18:59 > 0:19:03I think, all day long, in a saleroom,
0:19:03 > 0:19:07it's worth 35, £45.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Gosh, if only there were lots of these,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12we could be making money left, right and centre, couldn't we?
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- Yeah, good find.- Definitely. - Shall we take it?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17- Happy with that. - Go and pay for it, Sue.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Great, isn't it? Not really my sort of thing, I'm a real man, you know.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26- But my wife might like it. - I was the same, thinking.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30Methinks these guys protesteth too much!
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- Bought it.- How much?- £21.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- Really?- Yeah.- Between friends here. - Just my age.- Yeah, well done.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39It's a super thing. Weight is also really good.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41And if that doesn't make a profit, you know,
0:19:41 > 0:19:44I've been doing Bargain Hunt now the best part of a decade
0:19:44 > 0:19:48and a bit more, and I can assure you, guarantee you, a profit.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- Of course, you found it, Sue, well done.- Beautiful.- Great.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52- Good.- One to go.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Guaranteed profit, eh, Carlos?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Brave talk with just a few minutes remaining.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00What would be really, really lovely is if we could
0:20:00 > 0:20:05just try and find out a little bit more about our new friend.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Yes, yes.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10I mean, if you go online, there's either a war graves site
0:20:10 > 0:20:12or people who are killed in action, you know,
0:20:12 > 0:20:15you can research these things.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17- This is Hercule Poirot at his best. - Oh, yes.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21You've got to just try and find something. We've got the bones here.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- But it would be lovely to try and find...- Just that little bit more.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Yes.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Well, you're not the only team wanting to find that
0:20:29 > 0:20:32little bit more. Blues, you put your finger on it yet?
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- Thimbles collectable, Charles? - Sue, they are.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Thimbles really are popular and they go back to medieval times,
0:20:38 > 0:20:41and of course... Bring that thimble out. Paul, what do you think?
0:20:41 > 0:20:45It's not my thing. But Charles Horner, if they're collectable...
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- Charles Horner? - It's a Charles Horner one.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Charles Horner, you're right!
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Charles Horner silver thimble, Chester, 1903.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56- Chester's good as well, isn't it? - Absolutely right.
0:20:56 > 0:21:01And furthermore, Charles Horner is the Godfather when it comes to,
0:21:01 > 0:21:05shall we say, online buyers looking for good Chester hallmarked silver.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08- How much is it?- £24.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10So far, we have bought, tell me,
0:21:10 > 0:21:13that lovely Burmantoft jardiniere on stand, which was £100.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15- We've just bought that lovely, lovely...- Atomiser.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18- Exactly, which was how much?- 21. - 21, 121.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- So, this is another small buy.- Yeah.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Which would leave me a lot of money to buy my expert buy with,
0:21:25 > 0:21:29- do you trust me?- Oh, yes. - Yeah, we trust you.- Look at me.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30I'm happy.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34- Really?- Yeah.- I'm pleased to hear it, cos you're bigger than me!
0:21:34 > 0:21:35- Sue?- Yeah, I'm happy.
0:21:35 > 0:21:40- OK, well done, team. And that's it. - That's it.- Cool and calm.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Cool and calm indeed. Story of the show today, I fancy.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45No time to reflect, because time's up.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Let's check out what the Red team bought, eh?
0:21:48 > 0:21:53They moved in on a 1950s' doll's house for £35.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59The double-sided World War I pendant was bought for £75.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06Lastly, the pair of crown green bowls for the princely sum of £29.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- OK, team, how much did you spend? - £139.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13That's very precise, well done.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16£139, I'd like £161 of leftover lolly, please.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17Yes, there we go, lovely.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21Now, did you buy something spectacular that you really fancy?
0:22:21 > 0:22:24We bought a World War I pendant.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Is that going to bring the biggest profit?
0:22:26 > 0:22:30No, I think probably the rather dated doll's house.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Was that your favourite item?
0:22:32 > 0:22:33No, it wasn't my favourite item,
0:22:33 > 0:22:35I think it'll bring in the most profit.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Thank you for the leftover lolly which goes straight across
0:22:39 > 0:22:41to P Serrell. So, what's your prediction,
0:22:41 > 0:22:43what you going for, Phil?
0:22:43 > 0:22:46- Well, it's been plain sailing so far.- Right.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49So I think I'm going to go and buy something that continues that theme.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Yes. I think I've got it. I could have it! Have you got it?
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Well, we'll find out whether we're right. There is a hint there.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Right now, let's check out what the Blue team bought, eh?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01With a little Hanson magic,
0:23:01 > 0:23:07they bought the Burmantofts jardiniere and stand for £100.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Next, they got the silver-plated glass atomiser for £21.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Finally, the Charles Horner silver thimble was bought for £23.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22- So, was that good or was it good? - It was very good.- Was it very good?
0:23:22 > 0:23:26- Very, very good.- What's your favourite bit, Paul?- The jardiniere.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28- Do you agree with that, Susan? - No, thimble.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30One extreme to the other in your favourites!
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Well, he's big and I'm little.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34That's true. Petite, I'd say.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- And which thing's going to bring the biggest profit?- The thimble.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39- Unfortunately, I have to say the thimble.- OK, fine.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41You are in agreement, you see?
0:23:41 > 0:23:45- OK, super. That's it, then, how much did you spend?- £144.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48I'd like £156 of leftover lolly, please. Lovely.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Which is a tidy sum to go to the maestro
0:23:51 > 0:23:54- who is our specialist in converting cash into profit.- Many thanks.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55Hi, Paul. Thank you very much.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Yes, I think something that might fly away.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02- My team love birds, so a really fine bird takes my fancy.- OK.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Very good luck, Charles. Meanwhile, I'm heading off a few miles south
0:24:05 > 0:24:10to a place that played its part in a defining moment of British history.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18The county of Lincolnshire,
0:24:18 > 0:24:20due to its close relationship with the RAF
0:24:20 > 0:24:24and in particular Bomber Command, is known as Bomber County.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30The county's strategic location on the east coast
0:24:30 > 0:24:34meant that bases built here in the interwar years
0:24:34 > 0:24:37were largely designed for bombing operations,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40in the event of a future conflict.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44With the outbreak of the Second World War,
0:24:44 > 0:24:47RAF Scampton's bomber squadrons were routinely tasked
0:24:47 > 0:24:51with laying mines along the approaches to enemy ports.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55Of the many bomber squadrons based here over the years,
0:24:55 > 0:25:01one, 617 Squadron, were destined to become legendary.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05Never heard of them? Well, they were the Dam Busters.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12The raids on the Ruhr dams were to be the most dangerous
0:25:12 > 0:25:15and audacious of campaigns.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Flying at very low level with modified aircraft
0:25:17 > 0:25:21carrying a top-secret bouncing bomb.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24An exceptional task needed an exceptional man to lead it.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29Formed on 17th March 1943,
0:25:29 > 0:25:31617 Squadron was hand-picked
0:25:31 > 0:25:34by the 24-year-old Wing Commander Guy Gibson.
0:25:36 > 0:25:41So, I've come to find out a bit more with station commander Mike Harrop.
0:25:41 > 0:25:42- Mike, good morning. - Good morning, Tim.
0:25:42 > 0:25:47I have to say, this is an honour, to be in Guy Gibson's office.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49- Cos this really was his office? - It was, yes.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51This is where he did all the preparation
0:25:51 > 0:25:53and training for the dams' raid.
0:25:53 > 0:25:59So, Mike, what made Guy Gibson so well qualified to run the squadron?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Here was somebody who was arguably a maverick.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Somebody who could deliver at the highest level
0:26:03 > 0:26:07both in terms of flying operational ability
0:26:07 > 0:26:10but also leadership and running of a squadron.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13So, how did Gibson's bravery manifest itself
0:26:13 > 0:26:16on that night in May 1943?
0:26:16 > 0:26:20He chose to do the first run to set an example to his team,
0:26:20 > 0:26:22which unfortunately wasn't quite successful.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25So further runs were required.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28But he chose the very courageous line, to fly in parallel
0:26:28 > 0:26:31with the attacking aircraft with his lights on to draw fire
0:26:31 > 0:26:34away from the aircraft going in to drop the next bomb.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38And he did this three times over the Mohne dam. Extremely brave.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41And then when they moved on to the Eder dam,
0:26:41 > 0:26:44having sent all the other aircraft that had dropped their bombs home,
0:26:44 > 0:26:48he remained in the danger area until that part of the raid was successful.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51And finally, he chose to fly back over the Mohne
0:26:51 > 0:26:55to see what the damage was before returning back here to Scampton.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01- And sadly, he didn't survive the war?- He didn't, regrettably.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02Again, his bravery came to the fore.
0:27:02 > 0:27:08He volunteered to take on the role of master bomber for a raid in 1944.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10A very successful raid but regrettably,
0:27:10 > 0:27:12he failed to return from that.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16And we have evidence of some of these events in this album,
0:27:16 > 0:27:17- don't we?- We do, yes.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20One of the interesting things was the King took time after the raid
0:27:20 > 0:27:24to come up to Scampton and meet the squadron commander, Guy Gibson,
0:27:24 > 0:27:28and a lot of the personnel who were involved in the dams' raid.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Yeah, so this is the King examining the damage?
0:27:32 > 0:27:36Yes, after the raid, reconnaissance aircraft flew over the dams
0:27:36 > 0:27:39to try and understand how much damage had been done
0:27:39 > 0:27:42and the photographs they took are there being shown to the King.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45- And it was phenomenally successful? - It was, yes.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Two of the three dams were totally destroyed.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51- At some cost to industry and everything in Germany?- Yes, it did.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Well, we've loved our visit, thank you very much.
0:27:54 > 0:27:55The big question today, of course,
0:27:55 > 0:27:57for our teams over at the auction is,
0:27:57 > 0:27:59are their profits about to take off?
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Well, Golding Young Mawer is the saleroom of today.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Colin Young is our auctioneer. Colin, how lovely to see you.
0:28:17 > 0:28:18Good to see you again, Tim.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20We've got a mixed bag for our teams today,
0:28:20 > 0:28:23kicking off for the Reds with this doll's house.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27I mean, it is the suburban dream of heaven.
0:28:27 > 0:28:32- Yep. Em... It's not quite a dream lot for auction, I must admit.- Is it not?
0:28:32 > 0:28:35No, I think this is the type of thing that you really,
0:28:35 > 0:28:37really do struggle to get buyers for.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40- OK, so how much?- £25-40.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44OK. £35 paid, so they're not too far off.
0:28:44 > 0:28:50Far more moving is this little locket in the nine-carat gold frame.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52For a kick off, the miniature writing of the Lord's Prayer is
0:28:52 > 0:28:57something else, and then you've got that vision of the soldier himself.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00You see, what I find difficult to grip with this is that it's
0:29:00 > 0:29:07such a personal thing for this man, Perville, at that moment in 1914.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10It's a lovely thing. It's a locket to be able to wear around your neck,
0:29:10 > 0:29:14but nobody else is ever really going to be able to wear it.
0:29:14 > 0:29:19I suppose there'll inevitably be some people out there looking to
0:29:19 > 0:29:24buy it to do that little bit of extra research and hopefully find
0:29:24 > 0:29:27a family relation or something down the line so it can be reunited.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30- Ah, that happens, of course. - That possibility there.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33How much do you think it's worth? Very difficult to value.
0:29:33 > 0:29:3630-50 I would put on it, and hopefully that would get
0:29:36 > 0:29:40people just having a little bit of passion for it.
0:29:40 > 0:29:41Well, it'll be interesting to see
0:29:41 > 0:29:45whether you can ignite the passion or not, because £75 was paid.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46That is the retail price.
0:29:46 > 0:29:53Anyway, lastly we flip to something that is entirely pleasurable.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56That is the bowls from the bowling set.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58So you get a nice set like this. How much?
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- £10-30.- Is that all? £29 paid.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05So they paid right at the top of your price estimate.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08- Yes.- Yes. If the locket doesn't do well,
0:30:08 > 0:30:10they are going to be in big trouble.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Let's check out their bonus buy.
0:30:14 > 0:30:15Mike, Jules, excited?
0:30:15 > 0:30:17- Yes.- Yes, very much so.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18It could be that Philip Serrell,
0:30:18 > 0:30:22who was given £161, is going to take the edge off the edge
0:30:22 > 0:30:24because he's bought something and it looks chunky.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26What's your bonus buy?
0:30:26 > 0:30:28I quite like that.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31- There was a bit of an aviation connection, wasn't there?- Oh, yes.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34So this is basically a little stool, coffee table, whatever,
0:30:34 > 0:30:36but it's made out of a propeller.
0:30:36 > 0:30:37Is it really?
0:30:37 > 0:30:41- Oh! I say. - So it's the end of a blade.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43A socking great propeller!
0:30:43 > 0:30:45- I like that.- Do you really?
0:30:45 > 0:30:48- Well, I'm pleased about that. Cos of your...- Oh, yes.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50- Digga-digga-digga... - That's as near as I'm going to get.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52What exactly is digga-digga-digga-digga?
0:30:52 > 0:30:54- Have you not seen the film? - No!- Dam Busters.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57- That's the fella, yeah. - That's the film, isn't it?
0:30:57 > 0:30:59- Funnily enough... - You should go and see it.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01..we have filmed, for this programme, the base.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- I am so envious. - Guy Gibson's office.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07I've handled Guy Gibson's ashtray.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- So stick that in your pipe. - And smoke it.- Exactly.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Well, I'm very envious cos I think all that stuff is fantastic.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Cost me £80.
0:31:15 > 0:31:16Right.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19I think if you had a bad day, it's got to make £50-60.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22If you have a good day, it could make 150, is what I think.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Clever old you, Phil.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26For the audience at home,
0:31:26 > 0:31:30let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Phil's prop.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34Well, the bonus buy has winged its way to us, Colin.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- Which is a good thing, isn't it? - It is. I love this.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39I think it's really, really good.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43You're going to have people who are interested in aeronautica after it.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45It's different.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48I can see a whole variety of bidders looking for this.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Anyway, how much do you think?
0:31:50 > 0:31:53Well, I've put 40-60 on it, but the more I look at this,
0:31:53 > 0:31:55the better it gets.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57So do you think it'll make £100?
0:31:57 > 0:32:00- It really wouldn't surprise me. - Me neither, quite frankly.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Philip Serrell's very canny, he paid £80 for it.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07I rather hope that it will do well, and feel that it might.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Anyway, that's it for the Reds. Now for the Blues, Paul and Susan,
0:32:10 > 0:32:15their first big investment is the Burmantofts jardiniere.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19Size and a half, fairly well-known factory, which is
0:32:19 > 0:32:24highly collectable, but more of the aesthetic pieces rather than
0:32:24 > 0:32:26this more flowing naturalistic.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Yes. How much?
0:32:28 > 0:32:2980-120.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33OK. £100 paid, so that's fine. That's slap in the middle.
0:32:33 > 0:32:38The next item is the delicate atomiser, the little perfume bottle.
0:32:38 > 0:32:39I think this is a good little lot.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42It's only a plated top, it's not the finest quality.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46Not everybody wants an atomiser, but I thought 40-60.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Ah, you put your stake in the sand.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51Good, I hope you're right, cos £21 was paid.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54If you're not right, we should be giggling at you in a minute,
0:32:54 > 0:32:57cos you'll be up there hammering for Britain,
0:32:57 > 0:33:00really wanting that item to do well.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04Lastly, we go with the little Charles Horner thimble,
0:33:04 > 0:33:08which they paid a massive £23 for. I don't quite understand that.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12No. It does seem like a lot of money for a very small amount of silver.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17I've just applied an estimate of £10-30
0:33:17 > 0:33:20because that's as low as I can really estimate it.
0:33:20 > 0:33:25OK, fine. Well, Charles Horner is of course that Halifax maker that is
0:33:25 > 0:33:27desirable in jewellery terms.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30I'm not so sure how desirable it is for thimbles.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34Well, we're not talking about a lot of money. £23 versus £10-30.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36They aren't going to be too far awry.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40But just in case not, they might need their bonus buy,
0:33:40 > 0:33:42so let's go and have a look at it.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Hey, you two.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48Now, you spent 144, you gave Charles 156.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52- Charles, show us what you bought. - Tim, I will. Here we are.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55It's 1950s, it's stylish, it's striking.
0:33:55 > 0:34:00It's a lovely nine-carat, gold, French, garnet, floral brooch.
0:34:00 > 0:34:01- Sue.- Mm.- Look at me.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05I don't like brooches.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Sorry. But it's very pretty.
0:34:08 > 0:34:09How much was it?
0:34:09 > 0:34:11£84.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13How much do you think?
0:34:13 > 0:34:14I'm always one to speculate, Paul,
0:34:14 > 0:34:18because I think it's a jewel that I would value on a given day
0:34:18 > 0:34:23to between 80 and 120, if I'm being quite fresh about it.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25We have to trust him, but you don't like brooches?
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- No, but I've got to trust him, haven't I?- You do.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29We all have to trust him. Look at the work.
0:34:29 > 0:34:30What does your eye tell you?
0:34:30 > 0:34:33- It's very pretty.- Would you want to make that out of gold for £80?
0:34:33 > 0:34:35I mean, that is the question you have to ask yourself.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Will somebody else go with it? For the audience at home right now,
0:34:38 > 0:34:41let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Charles' brooch.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45- Well, Colin, there's something for you to wear at the weekends.- Ah.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47I've got just the job for that this evening.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51No, seriously, it's quite fun. Said to be French.
0:34:51 > 0:34:52Do you agree with that?
0:34:52 > 0:34:57Yeah, I see no reason why not. Very nice thing. Quite an organic piece.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01I suppose that's got to be worth a minimum of 40-60, 30-50,
0:35:01 > 0:35:05that sort of range. Mid tens rather than high tens, I would say.
0:35:05 > 0:35:11OK, fine. Charles Hanson paid £84, and he rates it as a bonus buy.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14I think we're all going to have to cross our legs, don't you?
0:35:14 > 0:35:16I think we'll have to cross most things, including gavels.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18TIM CHORTLES
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Now, Mike, Julie, this is the moment.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31Your scratch-built dolls' house.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35It's a suburban dream that house, isn't it?
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Every middle-class person in 1932 aspired to
0:35:38 > 0:35:40live in a house like that.
0:35:40 > 0:35:41Let's go and have a little play.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- ..Doll's house.- Look at that. What fun!
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Who's going to start me at £50? £50 anybody? £50.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52You won't need a mortgage at this price.
0:35:52 > 0:35:53£50 anyone?
0:35:53 > 0:35:5740 to go then, surely. £40. 30 if you like. £30. 30.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59£20.
0:35:59 > 0:36:00£20 bid.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03- It's a knock-down price.- Oh, go on.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05£20 bid. Two again now?
0:36:05 > 0:36:07It looks like the answer is no, then.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11Selling this time on my left at £20. Maiden bid takes it.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13£15.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17OK, well, stand by for the Battle of the Marne.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20Wonderful history on this. What should we say?
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Let's get straight into this. Start me at £80 for it. £80 anybody?
0:36:23 > 0:36:2550 to go then. 50. 50.
0:36:25 > 0:36:2730 will do then £30. Start me at bottom estimate. Straight in.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30£30 bid. At 30 bid. Five do I see?
0:36:30 > 0:36:31Come on.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34At 35 bid, I'll take 38. 35 bid. 38. 40.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38£40 bid. 40. 42 now. At 40. 42 again now.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41At £40. We'll give you some glasses as well, if you wish.
0:36:41 > 0:36:42At 40 bid. 42 or not now.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46At £40. Just see what a bargain this is. Two or not now. Selling at £40.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48All done?
0:36:48 > 0:36:52- £40 is minus £35.- Way down, Tim, aren't we?- We're doing well.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54You're minus £50.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59Now this is a load of old bowls.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03£30 anyone? 30? 20. Got to be worth £10 each, surely. £20, anyone. 20.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06- £20.- Crowning glory.
0:37:06 > 0:37:0715.
0:37:07 > 0:37:0815.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12Can't give them away. £10. I think I'm going to cry for you.
0:37:13 > 0:37:1810 on the internet. Thank goodness for the internet.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Selling at £10.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Some days there's good days and some days there's bad days.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25That is not a fair result, minus £69, I'm afraid to say.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Anyway, there we are.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Are we going to be positive, are we going to go with the prop stool?
0:37:30 > 0:37:32We can lose more money then.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Yes, I think in for a penny, in for a pound.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36OK, we're going with the bonus buy?
0:37:36 > 0:37:39- Yes.- Yes! In for a penny, in for a pound. Here comes the bench.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44This is a multi-purpose lot. It's made from an aircraft propeller.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Who's going to start me at £80 for it?
0:37:46 > 0:37:5080. 50 to go, then. £50, anybody? 50 do you have?
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Who's first in at 50? £50 anyone? 50?
0:37:52 > 0:37:5640 to go then, surely. £40 to go. 40 on the net. Up to 50 on the net.
0:37:56 > 0:37:5850. At 50 bid.
0:37:58 > 0:38:0150. 5. 55 bid. 55. It's 60, surely.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04At 55. 60. 60 bid. 65 now.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06- 65.- Not doing so bad.- 70 now.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09I have a bid of 65. I thought it would be a fraction more than this.
0:38:09 > 0:38:1170. £70 bid. 75 now.
0:38:11 > 0:38:1575 bid. That's more like it. £80.
0:38:15 > 0:38:16We're on the mark at 80.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Surely you can wing it for another fiver.
0:38:18 > 0:38:2180 bid. Five anywhere else now?
0:38:21 > 0:38:23- 85.- Yes! That's a profit.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26- 90. £90 bid.- Well done.
0:38:26 > 0:38:2795, surely.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30You know you want it. You're not going to find another one like this.
0:38:30 > 0:38:3290 bid. 92 do I see?
0:38:32 > 0:38:36The last call then. We're selling on the internet at £90.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38- £90.- Well done, Philip.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- Plus £10. - The giddy heights of a profit.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45The giddy heights of a profit. Well done.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49Don't denigrate that. That takes you neatly to minus £59.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53Listen, it could be a winning score. Don't say a word to the Blues.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55- Thank you very much.- Thank you. - Thank you.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06- Paul, Sue, are you cool?- Yes.- You're going to need to be, I tell you.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09You might have to dig deep today.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12We have evidence of the market activity here.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Stand by. Here we go. Here comes the Burmantofts.
0:39:16 > 0:39:21Late Victorian Burmantofts faience earthenware jardiniere and stand.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25- Magnificent.- Who's going to start me at £200? £200, anybody?
0:39:25 > 0:39:28I'll take 100 if you like. £100, anybody? 100. Surely 100.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31There's a lot of pot in that. £100 bid. Thank you. £100 bid.
0:39:31 > 0:39:32Ten now, surely. £100 bid.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36Ten again now, surely. Maiden bid takes it there.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Going to a maiden bid of £100.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Maiden bid of 100. Only one bid, it's the right bid though,
0:39:42 > 0:39:44cos it shows you no profit, no loss.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46No pain, no gain.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48One wiped face.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52Now the atomiser. Is he going to get his £40-60?
0:39:52 > 0:39:53It's his estimate.
0:39:53 > 0:39:54Start me at £40. 40.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56£40, anybody? 40.
0:39:56 > 0:39:5830, if you like. £30, anybody. 30.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01All right, then, start me at £10 and we'll get on.
0:40:01 > 0:40:02£10, straight in.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04£10 bid, 12 anywhere else now?
0:40:04 > 0:40:06£10 bid, 12 now do I see? 12. 15. 15 bid. 18 now.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Keep going.
0:40:08 > 0:40:1318. 20 now. £18 bid. 20. Surely 20. Surely half of my estimate.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17It's on the market at 18. It's the last call, then. Going at 18.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20£18. I can't believe it. It's minus £3.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22What happened to its £40-60 estimate?
0:40:22 > 0:40:23That's what I say.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Now the thimble.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29Probably a Charles Horner piece. Chester, 1903.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Who's going to start me at £30 for it? 30. 20 to go then, surely. £20.
0:40:32 > 0:40:3520? 10 if you like. 10. Bid of 10.
0:40:35 > 0:40:3712. I make it 10 bid. 10 bid. 12. 12 bid. 15? 15 bid.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39At 15 bid. 18 now.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41At £15 bid, 18 and on now. 15.
0:40:41 > 0:40:4218 do I see?
0:40:42 > 0:40:46You're out on the net, but I'm going to sell. Selling for £15.
0:40:46 > 0:40:47£15.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49I beg your pardon, is minus £8,
0:40:49 > 0:40:52which means overall you're minus 11 smacks.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54What are we going to do? We're 11 smackers down.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58Are you going to go with the French brooch or are you going to park it
0:40:58 > 0:41:02and maybe have a winning score with minus £11?
0:41:02 > 0:41:04- Park it.- No, we'll leave it. - We'll leave it.- We'll leave it.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07- We're not going to go with it. - That's very conclusive.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10We're not going with the bonus buy, but we're going to sell it anyway.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13- I might tiptoe off now. Would you mind?- Stay there.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15- Sorry?- Stay there.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Who's going to start me at £50? 50.
0:41:17 > 0:41:1940 to go then, surely. £40, anyone? 40. £40.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Who's going to be first in for the brooch?
0:41:21 > 0:41:25£40. Over there. 40. 40 bid. 45. 45 bid. 50. 5. 55 do I see?
0:41:25 > 0:41:28At £50. £50 the bid. 5 anywhere else now? 50, it's in the room.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32Fiver now. My bid's over here. Then I'll sell here at £50.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35£50. £50 is minus £34.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38£34. £44.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Well, no, you're at minus £11 cos you didn't go with the bonus buy.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44They're minus £11. You didn't go with the bonus buy.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47As it happened, that was a wise move, all right?
0:41:47 > 0:41:51You could easily have a winning score here today at minus £11.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54- Just don't say anything to the Reds. - We won't.- OK.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Well, I have to say, you've been great teams today.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06That is not, however, reflected in the results,
0:42:06 > 0:42:10which I'm afraid are heavily in the minus department.
0:42:10 > 0:42:11There is a gap between you, though.
0:42:11 > 0:42:16The gap means that the runners up today are...
0:42:16 > 0:42:17the Reds.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20GROANING
0:42:20 > 0:42:24Minus £59, despite you making a splendid profit, Philip,
0:42:24 > 0:42:28on the propeller bench, which was a jolly nice item, I have to tell you.
0:42:28 > 0:42:29Not much luck with the rest of it.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32But it doesn't matter, it's just a game.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34- Have you had a nice time?- Very good.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36We've loved having you on the show.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39The victors today have managed to win by only losing £11,
0:42:39 > 0:42:41which bearing in mind how flat the market seems to be in Lincoln
0:42:41 > 0:42:43today, is quite an achievement.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47Of course, you did assist yourself by not going with the bonus buy.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50That didn't help you, did it, Charles?
0:42:50 > 0:42:52- Anyway, no shame in that. You had a nice time?- Yes.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54You go home victorious.
0:42:54 > 0:42:55We've had a great time,
0:42:55 > 0:42:58so join us soon for some more Bargain Hunting, yes?
0:42:58 > 0:42:59Yes!