0:00:08 > 0:00:11We're in East Sussex, today,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14scouring the antiques centres of Lewes
0:00:14 > 0:00:17to the right of me and the left of me.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21So, what are we waiting for? Let's go bargain hunting! Yeah!
0:00:47 > 0:00:52Lewes is famous for its quaint streets, ancient buildings,
0:00:52 > 0:00:56antiques centre and, of course, its world-renowned Bonfire Night,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59which attracts 80,000 people
0:00:59 > 0:01:03to this small town. Let's hope that our teams today
0:01:03 > 0:01:08don't have fireworks as they rocket round the shops
0:01:08 > 0:01:11in search of those elusive bargains.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Right now, though, let's have a sneak preview as to how they got on.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19So, coming up on today's show, the Reds take control...
0:01:19 > 0:01:20- It's not doing it for me.- Is it not?
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- It doesn't excite you?- No.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25- ..the Blues lose control... - I love this!
0:01:25 > 0:01:26Put it down.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Can you control him?
0:01:28 > 0:01:30..and we just can't control ourselves at the auction.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36But, before we give too much away, let's meet the teams.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41Right! On today's show, we have a married couple
0:01:41 > 0:01:44and a team of just good friends, today.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46For the Reds, we have Adrian and Lisa,
0:01:46 > 0:01:50and, for the Blues, we have Perry and Kelly. Hello, everyone.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52- Hello!- Hello!- Lovely to see you.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Now, Adrian, you were in the gaming business. Tell us about that.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59That's right. I've been working in video games for about 26 years
0:01:59 > 0:02:02and it's been really good. I mean, I love gaming.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Yeah, and you had a lot to do with the old Xbox, didn't you?
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Yes, I was recruited as part of the team that actually launched the
0:02:08 > 0:02:11original Xbox into Europe, so it was a team that was formed up there
0:02:11 > 0:02:14and I worked with that team for about six years.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- I bet that was a pretty successful launch.- Yes, it was.- I would say!
0:02:17 > 0:02:19No, brilliant. Now, Lisa, you're a long way from home
0:02:19 > 0:02:21here down in Sussex.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- I am indeed, yes.- Cos where's home? - Tipperary.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28- "It's a long way to Tipperary."- It is.- And what dragged you over here?
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- To do my nurse training 21 years ago.- Right.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35So, for 21 years I've heard, "It's a long way home for you, love."
0:02:35 > 0:02:37I'm sorry for labouring that point.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41- And you, like Adrian, are keen on games and competition.- Yes.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44When Adrian and I got together, we started playing board games.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46- Right.- So, I was introduced to those with him.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48There's a group of us that play and they all come round,
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- we'll cook dinner...- Oh, really? So, it's a really social arrangement.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Oh, very much so, yes. It's a good group of us.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57So, today, you're going to be super-competitive then, aren't you?
0:02:57 > 0:02:58- Absolutely.- Yes, you are.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02OK, well, I hope those skills prove to be useful for you.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06- Anyway, good luck. Now, for the Blues, Kelly.- Hello.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08- You've just graduated.- I have, yes. - What have you been up to?
0:03:08 > 0:03:11I did a Master's Degree in Criminology
0:03:11 > 0:03:14and I just graduated in the summer.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- Well done.- Yeah.- So, that's how many years of hard graft?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- About four and a half... - Right.- ..five, yeah.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21And why did you get into criminology then,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23what was so special about that?
0:03:23 > 0:03:28I've always really enjoyed looking at why crimes are committed and
0:03:28 > 0:03:33I want to, maybe, go into probation, become a probation officer.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35And, um, you've been working
0:03:35 > 0:03:38while you've been doing your university degree.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42Yeah, I've been working at the Dome Cinema in Worthing, which is
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- one of the oldest working cinemas in the country.- Mm-hm.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48It's a really beautiful building, so, it's really nice to work there
0:03:48 > 0:03:52- and show people around and give a brief history of the building.- Super.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Well, that sounds lovely. Perry, what do you get up to?
0:03:55 > 0:04:00I'm a salesman now, working with my dad. We work for a company that
0:04:00 > 0:04:02manufactures bi-resin flooring, special flooring.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05And what do you like to do in your spare time, Perry?
0:04:05 > 0:04:10- I play the ukulele.- You don't!- Yes. - Really?- Yeah.- How'd you learn that?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- Well, I met Kelly at the Dome Cinema where I used to work.- Right.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16And my friend Pete, he used to play the guitar,
0:04:16 > 0:04:20- and we used to play in the foyer. - Right. A bit of busking on the side!
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- Yeah.- So, what's your strategy going to be between you, today?- Spend big.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- You want to spend big, don't you? - What do you want to do?
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- I'm not so sure, not so sure about spending big.- Cautious, are you?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- Yeah.- And do you know anything about antiques at all?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34- A little bit, not too much. - OK, what about you, Perry?
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Not really, but I'm looking for something maybe novelty or
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- something that stands out.- You've been watching Bargain Hunt a bit?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- Yeah.- You'll be absolutely fine.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- Now, your £300 moment. There you go, £300.- Thank you.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49You know the rules, your experts await, and off you go,
0:04:49 > 0:04:51and very, very, very good luck.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Now, we need some experts.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Weighing everything up for the Reds today, we have...
0:04:59 > 0:05:03And never mind words per minute, Thomas Plant is ready to hunt out
0:05:03 > 0:05:05three items in 60 minutes for the Blues.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12I think you two are very competitive.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- Am I right or am I right?- There's a gamer in me, I think so.- Definitely.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18- Who's going to be in charge today? - Perry.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- Perry! Really?- Yeah!
0:05:20 > 0:05:23What are we going to buy? What are we looking for?
0:05:23 > 0:05:28I think, sort of, small silverware, collectables, maybe military.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30As you're so young, if you don't mind me saying,
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- I was thinking something more moderne.- Yeah.- Yeah.- Yes?
0:05:33 > 0:05:37- I like quirky things.- Quirky? Quirky. Military.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Shall we have some fun?
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Yes, let's.- Come on, then, let's go.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Right, time to get stuck in, teams. The clock has started.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- Careful! - Have fun! I've locked you in now.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- Doors are locked.- Doors are locked.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52You're not getting out until you buy something!
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Well, not until you find three items, Blues.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Now, how much is that doggy in the window?
0:05:58 > 0:06:01He is adorable! Hello, Mr!
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Come on, Catherine! We're not looking at pups now.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Come on! We've got things to buy...
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- Oh, he's so sweet! - ..bargains to find!- Bye-bye!
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Absolutely, Adrian.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14See, the Blues aren't wasting any time.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15I like this.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- You like this?- Yeah.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18Why do you like that?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- Because it's really different. - It is, isn't it?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- Yeah, it's really different. - It's moderne.- It is moderne.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28- It's got a movement. - It has, yeah.- My mum would love it.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29THEY LAUGH
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- We're not buying for your mother. - I know.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- How much is it?- 175.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38- Um...- That's so nice. - ..it's an alabaster base...
0:06:38 > 0:06:39you see there.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42And then it's got this sort of brass sculptural design
0:06:42 > 0:06:44with these three ribbons.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Almost like a flame, isn't it?
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- Do you like it?- Yeah. - It's signed here.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Um, well, what do you think? You said your mum would like it.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58- Is your mother a child of the '70s? - Um...
0:06:58 > 0:07:02- yeah, '60s and '70s.- '60s and '70s, well, that's the date, it's 1970s.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- Early '70s, I would have thought.- Yeah.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06And how much do you think that would bring?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Well, it's a difficult one. It's not traditional.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- It's very different, isn't it?- Yes.- Yeah.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- Well, that's what we're looking for, so...- Yeah.- And it's...
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- It's a bit of novelty. - Absolutely, and...
0:07:17 > 0:07:19I think, in the right place...
0:07:19 > 0:07:22in the right sale, it could make maybe £300, £400.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- Really?- Yeah, cos it's signed,
0:07:24 > 0:07:28it's been made by somebody, um, it's got a fabulous look.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32We just need to get that price down for us to give you that opportunity.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34This is the dealer, Mark.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36What would be your best price?
0:07:36 > 0:07:40- That absolute best would be 130.- 130!
0:07:41 > 0:07:42Would you do 125?
0:07:44 > 0:07:45- Yes,- go on, then. Yeah? Brilliant.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- Whoa! Well done. - Thank you very much.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50125, first purchase. Yeah, well done, well spotted.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52- KELLY:- It's a risk, but... - Yeah, but, you know...
0:07:52 > 0:07:56- You pick and I'll negotiate. - No, you can pick the next one.- OK.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01That's your task set then, Perry. And good start, Blues, one down.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Now, the Reds have spotted some kitchenalia, but what is it?
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- Well, actually, it says here, "Magic Marmalade Cutter."- Oh!
0:08:08 > 0:08:11You're into kitchenalia, aren't you? Aren't you good at cooking?
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Yeah, but I thought that was a tool for the shed.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Well, yes, you're not much good, are you?
0:08:16 > 0:08:18I don't even recognise kitchenalia!
0:08:18 > 0:08:20- It's not doing it for me. - Is it not?- No.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23If we didn't know what it was, it's not a good sign.
0:08:23 > 0:08:24No, it's not a good sign.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29Very true that, Lisa, and I see Perry is taking his quest seriously.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31I really like that, I think it's a bit different.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33What do you think? Do you like it?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36I like just the compass bit, but I don't like the whole thing together.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Well, you've got to have the whole thing together in the sale...
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- I know.- ..I'm sorry about that.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- It's just...- But I don't know if it just looks like a bit of...
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- A bit of old what?- ..rubbish. PERRY LAUGHS
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- That's you told! - Is she always this honest?- Yes.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52I am, yeah.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54This is a binnacle, which means that
0:08:54 > 0:08:57it always stays level whatever the ship is doing,
0:08:57 > 0:09:02whatever sort of tilt it's on. Um...
0:09:02 > 0:09:04it looks like it could be...
0:09:04 > 0:09:06I wonder if that actually fits up...
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- Would you mind holding that for a second?- Fits in there.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Well, it does fit in, but I wonder if that goes up in there
0:09:13 > 0:09:15and maybe I'm sort of hoping.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16No, I'm hoping...
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Maybe Mark can shed some light on this.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Mark...
0:09:22 > 0:09:25- it does screw in there, doesn't it? - It does screw in there, but I think
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- it's going to need longer screws. - Yeah.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- A bit of TLC. - That's £20 off this price then.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35- You are outrageous! I think this is youth, isn't it?- Yeah!
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- What would be the best price for that?- 65.- Hmm.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40- Even though the screws don't fit? - You can buy some.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45- You can buy screws. - We'll keep it as a Plan B then.- Yeah.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49We do love a Plan B, Blues, whereas the Reds still need a Plan A.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52- Doesn't excite you?- No.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55To be honest, how many people would want to buy a second-hand brush.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Somebody else's brush.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02- It is showy. It would have been one of a pair.- Ah, OK.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05You've got to find something, Reds.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07I've spotted a Keith Murray 1950s...
0:10:11 > 0:10:12..mug, and...
0:10:13 > 0:10:16that's quite a nice... He used to work for...
0:10:16 > 0:10:17he's a designer for Wedgwood.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- Oh!- OK, he's quite...
0:10:20 > 0:10:22in vogue, I mean, his stuff does...
0:10:22 > 0:10:23is quite collectable.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- Do you think it's worth getting the key to have a...?- Yeah, maybe.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29I'd like to take that one seriously, actually.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- Take it seriously.- Yeah.- Why?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33- Have you not been taking anything else seriously?- Well, no...
0:10:33 > 0:10:38Are you not taking this seriously? Am I wasting my time?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41So, as Catherine goes into panic mode...
0:10:41 > 0:10:43(He's not taking this seriously.)
0:10:43 > 0:10:45..Thomas seems a lot more relaxed.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47I'm just observing your looking.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49I quite like the way you're doing it separately. It's good.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- Stick together, Perry.- Well, I don't know.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55I think separately, cos then you're looking at different things.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57And the more you see, the more options you've got, Blues.
0:10:57 > 0:10:58Isn't that right, Reds?
0:11:01 > 0:11:04I don't know. Is that a tiny chip, or is that a...?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Yeah, it is a tiny chip.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11It's very tiny.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Nonetheless, it's a chip. What's on that?
0:11:13 > 0:11:1425.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19There we are, Keith Murray designed for Wedgwood.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23I mean, he was quite ahead of his time, really, I think in the '50s.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28And he started off in New Zealand and then he came over here,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31and he did lots of different, unusual,
0:11:31 > 0:11:35quite funky designs for the time, but he did often work in this
0:11:35 > 0:11:39colour and, like, an ivory colour, which is a moonstone colour.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45But, I think, with that little chip on there. I know it's tiny...
0:11:45 > 0:11:48but it's still there, isn't it?
0:11:48 > 0:11:53So close, yet so far, Reds. For items like that, perfection is key.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56And it looks like the Blues have found a perfect pair.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Have a look at them, little posy vases.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05What do you think that colour is called?
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- PERRY: Green.- It's green. Yeah, OK, it's green,
0:12:07 > 0:12:11but, funny enough, we call it a really strange word.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- We call it vaseline... - Oh, OK.- ..in our business.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16And it's 19th century.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Even earlier, the Romans did it as well,
0:12:19 > 0:12:21all the way through to, you know, the 1920s...
0:12:21 > 0:12:23- Yeah.- ..with people like Lalique...
0:12:23 > 0:12:28- Mm-hm.- ..and Sabino did this sort of vaseline look more of an opalescent.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Turn it over...
0:12:30 > 0:12:33and you can see there's a little mark on the base.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36- There, can you see that, this here? - Mm-hm.- What's that called?
0:12:36 > 0:12:38- I have no idea. - That's called the pontil.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40How do you think these are made?
0:12:40 > 0:12:41- It's not blown, is it?- Yes.- It is?
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- Well, that's why it's got the pontil mark there.- Oh, right.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47And the only tools are, literally, a pair of large tongs.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- Oh, wow.- That's the only tools they do to make that.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51- Wow, it takes some skill, doesn't it?- Yeah.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- It's really skilled. - And they're really beautiful as well.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56They are a pair and they're not bad, are they?
0:12:56 > 0:12:59They make a really nice, like, symmetrical piece.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02So, what's the best price you can do for these?
0:13:02 > 0:13:07They're marked at 89. I can do 80 would have to be the best.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09And that's your final offer, is it?
0:13:11 > 0:13:13- Go on, a bit more.- Oh!
0:13:13 > 0:13:17- OK, 75, now.- 75...yeah?- Yeah. - OK, let's go for it.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22- Congratulations, second item.- Second one.- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Well done, Blues, you're on a roll.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27Two down, but are the Reds on the slippery slope to nothing?
0:13:31 > 0:13:34I love these old sledges. I think they're fantastic.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36It's a lot of money.
0:13:37 > 0:13:4060 quid on it. 60.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43- No?- No, I don't think so.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Now, stop going off-piste, Reds, and back to the job in hand.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Isn't that right, Perry?
0:13:48 > 0:13:50- KELLY LAUGHS - Thomas?
0:13:50 > 0:13:53What do you think of this watch?
0:13:53 > 0:13:55That's your watch!
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Well, we've just bought our first two items,
0:13:58 > 0:14:00and we're feeling really good about them.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Definitely. I'm confident we're going to make profit.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Yeah, the first one was really different, so...
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Definitely, so, one more to go and we'll get the Golden Gavel.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- And it's your turn!- Yeah.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10That's you told then.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Come on, Perry, hurry up. - I'm just looking, I'm looking.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- You're looking. - There's too much.- Yeah!
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Look at you looking very fine and dandy!
0:14:19 > 0:14:23- Cor! The boy's got style though, Thomas.- How long have we got?
0:14:23 > 0:14:25You've got about, sort of...
0:14:25 > 0:14:27(I'll tell him 10 minutes, but we've got 20.)
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- 10 minutes!- 10 minutes?- 10 minutes.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32(We've got a bit more than that.) Come on, hurry up.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Now, now, Tom-Tom.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- Thomas?- Yes?- I love this.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36Put it down.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Can you control him?
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Well, good luck with that, but you do have two items, Blues,
0:14:42 > 0:14:44whereas the Reds have got...
0:14:44 > 0:14:45nothing!
0:14:47 > 0:14:49- Do you see anything?- Hmm, not really.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52But what's got Catherine all excited?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Oh! Lisa, Adrian, come over here.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58Your pocket barometer down there, is that working?
0:14:58 > 0:14:59This one, down here?
0:14:59 > 0:15:02This one? Yeah, it moves.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05It moves, right. What have you got on it?
0:15:05 > 0:15:08The best I could do is 80.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10What do you think about that?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12What do they tend to go for at auction?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Around that sort of price, 80,
0:15:14 > 0:15:18but I'm thinking that that is quite a big one. What's the maker on it?
0:15:18 > 0:15:21What's the name? It doesn't say a name, does it? Oh, that's a shame.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Even without a name, a barometer of this quality will be
0:15:24 > 0:15:26sought after by scientific collectors.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Often they're smaller, slightly smaller.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35A common name is Negretti & Zambra that you'd get printed on it.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39It's a nice red Morocco leather case.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42One of the only ways to test it is to put it
0:15:42 > 0:15:44- in a plastic bag and... - SHE BLOWS
0:15:44 > 0:15:49- ..blow into the bag and see if it... - Oh, OK.- £70 and we'll buy it.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53I was thinking more 80, but, no, no, 70.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Adrian's not sure.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- - OK.- It has got a nice look to it, it has got a nice...
0:15:58 > 0:15:59It's a good size.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- OK, let's do it.- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Shake your hand. I'm glad you're here.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Good. Well done, Catherine. One down.
0:16:07 > 0:16:08It's hotting up now!
0:16:10 > 0:16:13There's something very nice in this cabinet here.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14A blue bottle.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15- What, this?- Yeah.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19- So, this, the decanter here... - Right.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22What would you put in it?
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Well, what does it say on the front?
0:16:24 > 0:16:26- Rum.- Rum.- So, you put rum in it.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29- Makes sense. - But what's this bit called here?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- Come on, Perry, glass expert! - I don't know.- Come on, you've just
0:16:32 > 0:16:35bought a piece and it had a little rough patch on the bottom.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37- Oh, yeah, you knew that. - It begins with P.- It begins with P.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Pontil, but it's not raised.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43- No, cos it's been polished out.- Ah! - Polished-out pontil mark.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47- So, does that mean it's a better quality, cos it's been...? - Absolutely.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49- It's Bristol Blue glass.- Bristol. - Oh, right.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54Bristol Blue glass. William Cookworthy put cobalt
0:16:54 > 0:16:57into glass and made this fabulous Bristol Blue glass.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59This dates from about 1820.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02And you can date it...
0:17:02 > 0:17:06- ..with that lovely bit of wear. - It's really good quality.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Yeah. You can tell it's Bristol...
0:17:09 > 0:17:11because of this violet colour within the glass...
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- It's beautiful, isn't it?- Yeah, really nice.- ..within the blue.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- I like it.- I really like it. - How much is it, again?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- 38?- It's £38.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20- Any profit in that?- Yes.- Yeah?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22And they've not called it Bristol Blue,
0:17:22 > 0:17:24because we're not in that part of the world.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- Hello.- Hello. - What's your best price?
0:17:26 > 0:17:28- That's good!- That is good.
0:17:28 > 0:17:29- It is good, isn't it? - It's a very old thing.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- It is good, isn't it?- It's one of the oldest things in here.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34- It is, isn't it?- Wow, that is lovely, it's beautiful.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36- What is...?- Well, 34.- £34.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- Thank you.- Thank you very much. - It's a really nice thing. Well done.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40It's really beautiful.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Thomas, a Bristol boy, knows his Bristol Blue.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Great work, Blues. Job done.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Come on, now.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Which is more than can be said for the Reds,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52who are now following in the Blues' footsteps.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57OK, guys, we have to focus now.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01I don't want any, "I'll think about it." I want purchases.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Big purchases!
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Listen to your expert, Reds, and eyes down!
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Look at this.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- It's big.- It's actually what looks like a plant holder.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15- Bring it out, let's have a look.- Right.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Right, OK. Ah, right, so we've got a light fitting in there.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22We put this alabaster...
0:18:23 > 0:18:25..plinth on the top.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31And then, I suppose, we put whatever on there. I don't know...
0:18:31 > 0:18:33A hanging plant or something, and then the light...
0:18:33 > 0:18:36And then the light will come up and show that...
0:18:36 > 0:18:38..it's not antique, that's for sure.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Now, the thing is, if we put this into auction,
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- because you have to be very careful with safety measures...- OK.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46- They'd snip that...- Plug off.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49..plug off, cos they wouldn't be able to test it.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52But is it still interesting anyway?
0:18:52 > 0:18:55I've never seen anything like it.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58- Quirky and different. - Quirky and different.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02It's that. Why did you go for this, I'm interested to know?
0:19:02 > 0:19:06Well, alabaster, you don't really see much made of that nowadays.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07That can be quite delicate,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09so I thought a lot of work had gone into producing it.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14- Yeah. Michelle?- Hello. - Michelle, the lady who does the biz.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16- What's your best price?- 60.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- 55?
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Go on, Michelle!
0:19:20 > 0:19:23It's a big lump taking up your valuable space.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- No, that's OK.- OK, 55.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Deal.
0:19:28 > 0:19:29Thank you.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33Well done, Reds. That's two down, but only seven minutes left!
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- Keep that energy up because we've still got one purchase to make.- OK.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40Come on, team.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Now, what's Adrian clocked?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46This item here...
0:19:46 > 0:19:50It's a lovely shape. It is that real, classic...
0:19:50 > 0:19:52- It's almost tulip-shaped, isn't it? - It is, it really is...
0:19:52 > 0:19:54And do you think it has age?
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- It's going to be, I would say, about 1905.- OK.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59It's a very simple movement,
0:19:59 > 0:20:06a very simple clock in quite a beautiful, sculptural case.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09It's more as just a clock, a functional clock,
0:20:09 > 0:20:10than a collector's clock?
0:20:10 > 0:20:14You wouldn't get clock collectors really buying it.
0:20:14 > 0:20:15- It's more decorative.- OK.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- Hello...- Hello.- ..again.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22My dear friends like the clock.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24It's a very nice, Art Nouveau...
0:20:27 > 0:20:31There's probably not an awful lot to it, though, I'm thinking.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Have a feel.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35If you've got the right setting, that could look beautiful.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39- It's already had some repair, hasn't it?- Yeah.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Michelle's best price is 75, but what does Adrian think?
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- ADRIAN: It's a bit too high for us. - A bit top-heavy.- Yeah.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50- Put it back.- Yeah?- OK.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Time is ticking, you know, Reds. You need to buy something and quick.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Four minutes left. Panic! What are we going to do?
0:21:00 > 0:21:02OK, some small piece of silverware I think for that price.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04I think we should be able to get something, some silver.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06You don't want to go for the clock? £75?
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- No?- No, we decided against that, yeah.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Crikey, a change of tack in the last few minutes.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Two minutes, how much is that?
0:21:17 > 0:21:21- 700.- Oh, OK.- Move on. - That's how much I know!
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Move on, move on!
0:21:23 > 0:21:25I wonder if that's silver, the Claret label?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Is there a price underneath?
0:21:30 > 0:21:35- £12, which means it's not silver. - You're running out of options.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38OK, this is very, very frightening now. We've got one minute left.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42Do we buy the clock, £75, or 60 seconds to get a bit of silver?
0:21:42 > 0:21:44What should we do? What should we do?
0:21:44 > 0:21:48- Clock.- Clock?- We'll take the clock. - OK, definitely the clock?
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- Definitely the clock. - Well done. Three buys.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54That was tough. I thought we weren't going to get there.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55Woo!
0:21:55 > 0:21:59So did I, Catherine! But that's it, Reds, and just in the nick of time.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Now, let's remind ourselves what they bought.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06First up, they paid £70 for
0:22:06 > 0:22:08the 19th century lacquered brass barometer.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13£55 was spent on the alabaster jardiniere with fitted light.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17And in the final seconds,
0:22:17 > 0:22:21they paid £75 for the Art Nouveau mahogany timepiece.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25So, fun or not fun?
0:22:25 > 0:22:29- Fun. Stressful, but fun.- Good. - Not as easy as you make it look.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Well, there you are, and you watch the programme quite a bit,
0:22:32 > 0:22:34- don't you?- Yes.- Good. Which is your favourite piece, Lisa?
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- The pocket barometer.- The pocket barometer is your favourite.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- Do you agree with that? - Yes, it was a lovely piece.- OK.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- Is it going to bring the biggest profit?- Yes!- It is?
0:22:43 > 0:22:44I feel the pressure rising.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Well, that's fantastic, isn't it? So, you spent how much?
0:22:48 > 0:22:51- 200.- £200? I'd like £100 of leftover lolly, please.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53- There you are, sir. - Have you got that? Well done, super.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- That goes straight to Catherine. - Thank you.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Now, Catherine, that's a nice amount, 100.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00It's a lovely round figure, isn't it? Wonderful.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03You're not going to go for anything else scientific, are you?
0:23:03 > 0:23:06I...I might. I'm not sure.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09I don't know, but these two are difficult to please.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11OK, well, there you are.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14They always say that the quality floats to the top.
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Good luck, Catherine.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blue team bought, eh?
0:23:18 > 0:23:22The Blues love the modern brass abstract sculpture,
0:23:22 > 0:23:23which cost them £125.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29They paid £75 for the pair of 19th century posy vases.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35And, finally, the early 19th century Bristol Blue decanter cost them £34.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42OK, Kelly, Perry, how'd you get on?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- Really good, yeah.- Was it good fun? - Yeah, really fun.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46How much did you spend in total?
0:23:46 > 0:23:50- 234.- That's not bad, that's not bad. - I wanted to spend all of it, but...
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Did you? Well, you haven't done too badly. I'd like 66 then.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Clickety-clicks. Thank you, 66.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Kelly, tell me, which is your favourite piece?
0:24:00 > 0:24:04- I've got two favourites.- The first one, the sculpture thing. Really?
0:24:04 > 0:24:07- That's your favourite.- Yeah. - And your second favourite.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10My second favourite is the Bristol Blue rum decanter.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13- Would you have a third favourite? - No!- One, two, three!- Just the two!
0:24:13 > 0:24:14What about you, Perry?
0:24:14 > 0:24:17- I like the rum bottle. - The rum bottle's your favourite.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Is that going to bring the biggest profit?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21I think so, yeah. We were very excited when he found it, so...
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Do you think the rum bottle's going to do best?
0:24:23 > 0:24:25- Yeah, I think so, yeah.- OK, lovely.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29- OK, you friends. Now, here comes the money to Tom.- Thank you.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32There you go, Tom. What are you going to do with the 66 then, Tom?
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Well, with the Bristol Blue decanter, I'm going
0:24:34 > 0:24:38to continue with our theme of ports, maritime, that kind of thing.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40- All that Bristolian stuff?- Yeah.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Well, very good and good luck with that, Tom.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Meanwhile, I'm going to show you something I've found here in Lewes
0:24:45 > 0:24:47on a previous visit, so don't be too shell-shocked.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Are you a conchologist?
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Well, if you were, you'd collect little object like this,
0:25:03 > 0:25:07except that the real conchologist,
0:25:07 > 0:25:14the expert who collects specimens of freshwater and saltwater shells,
0:25:14 > 0:25:18would probably not be interested in these two,
0:25:18 > 0:25:22but, if you like shells, these two objects are intriguing.
0:25:22 > 0:25:29This fellow is an abalone shell and you can see the iridescent lines
0:25:29 > 0:25:35running through it that make nacre and shells so fascinating.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39And this example has been altered and given a practical purpose
0:25:39 > 0:25:42because it's been converted into an inkwell.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44And if I hinge open the top, look,
0:25:44 > 0:25:47there's the detachable glass inkwell.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53But just look at how beautifully the craftsman has wrought that
0:25:53 > 0:25:59piece of brass into a hinge and pinned it in the two sections.
0:25:59 > 0:26:05I guess that was probably done around about 1880 to 1900.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08The next door shell is completely different.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11It's of a different form and, once upon a time,
0:26:11 > 0:26:15contained a venomous sting.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Here, the craftsman has carefully sealed that leading edge,
0:26:19 > 0:26:23using another piece of black shell,
0:26:23 > 0:26:28effectively making an airtight, all-waterproof vessel
0:26:28 > 0:26:31that now contains all these little fellows...
0:26:33 > 0:26:36..a series of cocktail sticks.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40Each of the cocktail sticks is amusing, because applied to
0:26:40 > 0:26:45the end of each of the sticks is another miniature shell.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49In fact, it is a plethora of shells.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53What would they cost? You could have the abalone shell inkwell
0:26:53 > 0:26:54for £30.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58And the other little shell with And all those cocktails sticks,
0:26:58 > 0:27:01a cool further £15.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04So, you see, there's not that much to have to shell out.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Well, we've trotted from East Sussex to West Sussex to come to
0:27:22 > 0:27:26Wisborough Green, Bellmans Saleroom to be with JP. JP, good morning!
0:27:26 > 0:27:28- Good morning to you, Tim. - Lovely to be here.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Now, for the Reds, we've got a large pocket barometer.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33I rather like that.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37I think it's a good size, I think the dial's nice quality,
0:27:37 > 0:27:40the fitted case is in good condition, I think it's a really nice thing.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42A sought-after little scientific instrument,
0:27:42 > 0:27:46- just typical Catherine Southon purchase...- Yes.- ..in good nick.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47- £100 to £150.- Is it really?
0:27:47 > 0:27:51Cos she paid 70, so she knows her onions and, hopefully,
0:27:51 > 0:27:52they'll make a nice profit on that.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54The jardiniere stand...
0:27:54 > 0:27:57They always sell well enough, because you can use them,
0:27:57 > 0:27:59put a plant on them or what not.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03- This has the added addition of a light up its centre.- Yeah, yeah.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05It becomes a lightsaber...
0:28:05 > 0:28:08- Yes!- ..in the corner of your living room. How much?
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- 50 to 70.- OK, they paid £55. They're on the money there.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13This is good for this team, I tell you!
0:28:13 > 0:28:19And their last item is this rather nicely shaped mantel timepiece.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21- I've always quite liked these sort of things.- It's classic,
0:28:21 > 0:28:23- isn't it?- It is. There's a balloon-shaped hint of
0:28:23 > 0:28:26the Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau about them.
0:28:26 > 0:28:27- Nice enamelled dial.- How much?
0:28:27 > 0:28:32- 40 to 60.- OK, £75 paid. - But...it could do better.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35So, on that happy note, I think they might need their bonus buy,
0:28:35 > 0:28:38so let's go and have a look at it.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41£200 you spent. You gave the girl £100. Catherine, what did you buy?
0:28:41 > 0:28:46- Well, I bought you quite a lot of things.- Ooh!- Ooh!- Oh!
0:28:46 > 0:28:48What a nice set of weights,
0:28:48 > 0:28:52graduated weights right down to the little baby there.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Is that a full set as it would have come?
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Yes, there's eight there, a full set.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00Victorian, brass, I mean, you try and lift that heavy one.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02- There we are! - Oof! Yeah, I see what you mean.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05- It'd make a good doorstop though, wouldn't it?- Yeah.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08And I think they look lovely all out, the graduated set.
0:29:08 > 0:29:09- Do you like them? - I do, actually.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Getting down to the old money question though,
0:29:11 > 0:29:13how much did you pay for them?
0:29:13 > 0:29:17- I did pay a little bit more than I wanted to. I paid £100 on them.- Hmm.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21- Which was all that you left.- Yeah. - And what do you think they're worth?
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Honestly, I think if we're going to make a profit,
0:29:23 > 0:29:25it'll make a small profit.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27You don't think they'd bring £150?
0:29:27 > 0:29:29I'd love to see them bringing that.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32I mean, once upon a time, I think they probably could have done,
0:29:32 > 0:29:35but I'm not sure. I think, maybe, let's be safe and say £10, £20.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39I think it's more pounds than ounces though, don't you?
0:29:39 > 0:29:40I think it's pounds and ounces.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Anyway, grip those thoughts, because, right now, we're going
0:29:43 > 0:29:46to find out what the auctioneer thinks about Catherine's weights.
0:29:48 > 0:29:49- Give me the weight of that.- Oh!
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- It'll break the chair! - It is something, isn't it?!
0:29:53 > 0:29:55I mean, they are pretty...
0:29:55 > 0:29:57It's a nice graduated set, isn't it?
0:29:57 > 0:29:5914 pounds down to 1oz,
0:29:59 > 0:30:02they look like what might be an associated set to me...
0:30:02 > 0:30:06- Yeah.- ..because we've got a little knuckle hole there and not there.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10They are a set, but they may not all have started off at the same
0:30:10 > 0:30:12moment, but not that it matters, they look great together.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14- Hmm.- Is it worth a couple of hundred do you think?
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Well, I actually have been rather mean and I've put £50 to £70 on them.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20- Really?- Yeah.- OK.- Maybe I just added up the number of pounds
0:30:20 > 0:30:23there were there, and multiply it by 1 and a half.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Yes! Catherine paid £100. I think you'll be fine with them, really.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Anyway, that's it for the Reds.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Now, for the Blues, and we start off with the Blues with this
0:30:32 > 0:30:36amazing abstract sculpture, which, I have to say,
0:30:36 > 0:30:38I think is completely hideous!
0:30:38 > 0:30:41- Yeah, you went in with amazing there, Tim!- Yeah, I did.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43- Amazingly awful.- Yeah, I really...
0:30:44 > 0:30:48- I can't express myself strongly enough how much I dislike it.- No.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51I mean, I love a bit of contemporary sculpture, but it has to be
0:30:51 > 0:30:54cast bronze and have some real quality and guts to it.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Oh, absolutely, and let's just see how he's signed it, look,
0:30:56 > 0:30:57in a marker pen!
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Yes, um, so, how much, J?
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Um, £15 to £25.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05- They paid £125 for it.- Oh!
0:31:05 > 0:31:07I mean, that is a chasm between the two, isn't it?
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- OK, we're all agreed on that, aren't we?- Yeah.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13Now, the vaseline vases, they've got a bit of a "frill" about them,
0:31:13 > 0:31:14haven't they?
0:31:14 > 0:31:18They're very typically 19th century sort of handkerchief type glass,
0:31:18 > 0:31:20- I think they might have called them once upon a time.- Yeah.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22There's a market for them.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25They were fashionable a number of years ago, slightly less now, but...
0:31:25 > 0:31:27You could still put your bonbons in, couldn't you?
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Yeah, and it has an art glass flavour to them, doesn't it?
0:31:30 > 0:31:33Yeah, it's like something of the Powell, but what are they worth?
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- 20 to 30.- £75 paid.- Hmm.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Then you've got the Bristol Blue wee decanter.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41- It's nice. The Bristol glass is very nice, isn't it?- Oh, yeah!
0:31:41 > 0:31:44The lovely blue and the gilding, and it's early 19th century,
0:31:44 > 0:31:49it's got lots of... And I love this sort of mock label hanging around.
0:31:49 > 0:31:50Does it say anything on it?
0:31:50 > 0:31:51- It says "Rum."- Oh, does it?
0:31:51 > 0:31:54And how much, do you think?
0:31:54 > 0:31:55I would sell it at £50 to £70.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57OK, £34 paid.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00So, I'm afraid this team appear to have only made one wise buy
0:32:00 > 0:32:04and they are definitely, definitely going to need their bonus buy,
0:32:04 > 0:32:05so let's go and have a look at it.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09We have a two item bonus buy today, don't we, Tom?
0:32:09 > 0:32:15- We do, we do.- You had £66, Tom, and I'll take your rag off.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19- OK, thank you.- There we go and you can take off mine.
0:32:19 > 0:32:20We saw this, didn't we?
0:32:20 > 0:32:23- Yes. No, I like it. - Yeah, oh, well, I cos...
0:32:23 > 0:32:26it went with your nautical theme.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30- Like my compasses...- Yeah, your compasses, your tattoos...
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Oh, my Lord! Look at this! How realistic is that?!
0:32:32 > 0:32:34That compass against that compass!
0:32:34 > 0:32:36So, Tom-Tom, tell us about your bonus buy.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40So, ship's binnacle, with the compass, which lives up in here.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44- It's missing its glass. We did see this in the shop.- I love it, yes.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48I would say it's sort of early 20th century. It could be polished up,
0:32:48 > 0:32:51it could be made to look fabulously beautiful...
0:32:51 > 0:32:53- Yeah, no, I like it.- ..I really do.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56And I think you should, you know, do some money.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58I know you weren't a fan!
0:32:58 > 0:32:59- You don't like it? - I don't like it.- Why not?
0:32:59 > 0:33:01I like this, but I don't like this. Yeah.
0:33:01 > 0:33:02You spent how much?
0:33:02 > 0:33:06- £65.- £65 out of your 66.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09- You went right up to the limit there, Tom.- I had...- £1 left.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12- A pound left.- So how much, do you think, profit it will make?
0:33:12 > 0:33:15- I think you should do sort of £20, £30.- Yeah?- Definitely.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19I mean, if there's the right people here, it's a good-looking object
0:33:19 > 0:33:22and, I mean, maritime works of art, collectables, are really good.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24And let's find out, for the audience at home,
0:33:24 > 0:33:27what the auctioneer thinks of Tom-Tom's binnacle.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Right, JP, what direction are you going in?
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Oh! Heading south to the warmth.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Marine collectables you're very, very keen on, I know.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39We sell them well, we've got a good market for these sorts of things.
0:33:39 > 0:33:44- Um, you know, it's not a terribly big example.- Off a yacht, I should think.
0:33:44 > 0:33:45Yeah, the condition's OK.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48And, for anybody who's into these marine collectables,
0:33:48 > 0:33:49absolutely ideal.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52So, um, what do you reckon it's likely to bring?
0:33:52 > 0:33:57- I think between 60 and 80.- You're on the right course. £65 paid.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59- Excellent, and you're taking the sale today.- I am taking the sale.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01We are in safe hands.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03260.
0:34:03 > 0:34:04Any interest at 270?
0:34:04 > 0:34:06270. 280 with me.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Adrian, Lisa, how are you feeling?
0:34:11 > 0:34:15- Nervous.- Are you? What have you got to be nervous about, Adrian?
0:34:15 > 0:34:19I think that the alabaster purchase could have been a wrong 'un.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23Do you, really? He's put £50 to £70 on it, which is no worries.
0:34:23 > 0:34:28£55 is what you paid. You're on the cusp of making a profit there.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31First up is the barometer altimeter and here it comes.
0:34:31 > 0:34:37Lot 1765, a late 19th century lacquered brass pocket barometer...
0:34:37 > 0:34:41with a lovely scale and fitted case. Start me at £100.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Start me at £100 for it?
0:34:43 > 0:34:45For the pocket barometer?
0:34:45 > 0:34:48£70 then. Is bid, thank you, at 70. On my right at 70.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51- Looking for 5 though. - Come on.- On the right, it's 70.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54On the right at £70. Any further interest at £70?
0:34:54 > 0:34:56- Come on!- It's usually very, very popular. £70 on the right.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58Any more in the room at £70?
0:34:58 > 0:34:59All done at 70.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03We're cool. £70 is better than a loss.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07Lot 1766, an alabaster jardiniere stand with...
0:35:07 > 0:35:08Adrian, your favourite piece.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11..some type of light. Um...
0:35:11 > 0:35:1330, I'm bid. 30, I'm bid for this.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16I'll take 5 now. Commission at 30.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18£30 commission bid for this lovely alabaster stand
0:35:18 > 0:35:20at £30. Surely worth 5 though.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23£30. Are we all done? It's a maiden bid of £30.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26I can believe this. Adrian, nobody has any taste.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29£30 is minus £25.
0:35:30 > 0:35:35Lot 1767, an Art Nouveau mahogany and marquetry mantel timepiece.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Late 19th century, Bravingtons, King's Cross and Ludgate Hill.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42A popular lot, 45, 60, 65, 70...
0:35:42 > 0:35:45- Well done!- £70.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49With me at £70. At 70, 75 and 80.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53£80 at me, against you at £80. Any more at £80?
0:35:53 > 0:35:5485, 90.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57- Hey! Look at this! - You loved this, didn't you?
0:35:57 > 0:36:0090. I'll sell at £90.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03£90 is plus £15, which means, overall,
0:36:03 > 0:36:04you are minus £10.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06That's pretty cool, guys.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08Now, what are you going to do with the bonus buy?
0:36:08 > 0:36:12- Are you going to park it or gamble? - Park it.- Park it.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15- We're only down a tenner.- Yeah.- No? - No.- You're not going with it.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17They're not going with the bonus buy,
0:36:17 > 0:36:19but we're going to sell 'em anyway and here they come.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23A set of eight Victorian brass graduated weights
0:36:23 > 0:36:26and I have bids to start me.
0:36:26 > 0:36:2850, 60, 70.
0:36:28 > 0:36:3080, 90...
0:36:30 > 0:36:33£105.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35- Oh!- It's only £5.- It's only a fiver.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38110. Dead ahead now.
0:36:38 > 0:36:39£110 with you, sir.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43No, it's £110 in the centre of the room at £110. Anyone else now?
0:36:43 > 0:36:46The phone's not in. It's £110 in the centre of the room at £110.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Selling 110.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52It would have made plus £10.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56You're £10 down. You'd have been square if you'd gone with it,
0:36:56 > 0:36:58so, there we have it, minus £10,
0:36:58 > 0:37:00it could easily be a winning score
0:37:00 > 0:37:02- I hope, for your sake, that it is. - Fingers still crossed.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04- But don't say a word to the Blues, all right?- No worries.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07- Well done.- Great team, thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:37:07 > 0:37:0890, waits...
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Kelly, Perry, the high risk sculpture is first
0:37:22 > 0:37:23and here it comes.
0:37:23 > 0:37:31Lot 1783 C4, a brass abstract sculpture. I've got £10 to start me.
0:37:33 > 0:37:34Oh, no!
0:37:34 > 0:37:3710, 25. Oh, crikey, it's running up on the internet.
0:37:37 > 0:37:4030 on the book then, at £30, internet, against you.
0:37:40 > 0:37:4335, 40, £40, anyone else in the room? 45, 50.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46£50, internet. 55.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48- 55, 60.- Look at this, kids.
0:37:48 > 0:37:5265! £65. On the internet at £65.
0:37:52 > 0:37:5570 on the net now. It's still climbing.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57At £70, 75 on the internet now.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59- Hey!- Not too bad in the end!
0:37:59 > 0:38:04- £80.- Keep going!- They haven't seen it.- It's rolling on!
0:38:04 > 0:38:0790, it is, 90. Are the kids bidding for you?
0:38:07 > 0:38:09At £90! (Shh!)
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- Look at this!- On the net now at 100.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15Any more at £100? 110 on the internet.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- £120 on the internet! - Come on!- Yes, yes!
0:38:18 > 0:38:19Yes!
0:38:19 > 0:38:23£130 on the internet, £140 on the internet.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26- How good is that?! - Result!- Yes!- Oh, brilliant!
0:38:27 > 0:38:32150, 160 on the internet. 170, 180 on the internet.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36- 190!- Yes! Look at these kids!
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Oh, look at that!
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- Good taste, Tommy! - That's so fantastic.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45I give up! 220! 230!
0:38:45 > 0:38:48240 on the internet!
0:38:48 > 0:38:50£240!
0:38:50 > 0:38:53£260 on the internet.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55They're going to make two grand! You wait!
0:38:55 > 0:38:58270 on the internet. £270.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03Are you done yet? Are you finished at £270?
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Yes!
0:39:07 > 0:39:10This is the business! Well done, JP! Whoop!
0:39:12 > 0:39:15- Well done, JP! - And it's all down to these guys.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Lot 1784,
0:39:18 > 0:39:23a pair of 19th century vaseline glass posy vases with 50 I am bid.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Where's 5? Commission bid at £50. Anyone in the room joining in?
0:39:26 > 0:39:31- £50, on the book at 50.- 50, go on. - Quiet on the internet.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35It's a commission at £50. Selling, commission, 50.
0:39:35 > 0:39:36£50 is minus £25.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41Lot 1785, an early 19th century Bristol Blue glass mallet
0:39:41 > 0:39:45- shaped decanter and stopper.- This should do well.- Start me £50 for it.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48£50 for it, a lovely decanter this. £30 then.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52It's got to be worth £30, surely. Come on, where's the hands for £30?
0:39:54 > 0:39:57- £20, then. Ooh, 30, there we are on the internet!- Oh!
0:39:58 > 0:40:0135 in the room. At the front now at 35.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Are you going to go 40, internet?
0:40:03 > 0:40:07- You're in profit.- Excellent. - £40, internet bid then at £40.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Selling to the net at 40.
0:40:10 > 0:40:1440 is plus 6, so you are 126.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Do you want to go with the bonus buy?
0:40:16 > 0:40:20- What's it to be?- Um... - I don't want to, but it's up to you.
0:40:20 > 0:40:21Don't go for it. No.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23No? Don't apologise.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26My dad said if I make a profit, he'll wash my car, so...
0:40:26 > 0:40:28- He wants his car washed! - I'm keeping the profit!
0:40:28 > 0:40:31Your dad's very generous.
0:40:31 > 0:40:32You're not going with the bonus buy, but
0:40:32 > 0:40:34we're going to sell it anyway and here it comes.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37A brass ship's binnacle case by Henry Hughes and Son,
0:40:37 > 0:40:42with a gimbal mounted compass. Start me, £60, surely it's worth £60.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46Start me at £60 for it. There we are, £60 dead ahead. £60 is bid.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50Now, looking for 5. Come on, internet! 65, there we are. 70, sir?
0:40:50 > 0:40:52Go on, one more. You were so determined.
0:40:52 > 0:40:5570 at the back of the room. The back of the room at 70.
0:40:55 > 0:40:56Are you going to go one more, internet?
0:40:56 > 0:40:5870 at the back of the room.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Selling for the last time then at £70.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04- That's marvellous. £70. Well done, Tom.- That's really good.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Honour is preserved. You missed out on a fiver,
0:41:07 > 0:41:09but you haven't risked it. Well done, team.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12That's absolutely marvellous. Don't tell the Reds a thing, all right?
0:41:12 > 0:41:16- OK.- And we'll reveal all in a minute. Serious brilliant. Very exciting.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Back of the room at 90.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21No? Back of the room at £90.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24It's £90. Ladies' bid at 90, fair warning. Selling at £90.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34Reds and Blues, shopping in the same environment,
0:41:34 > 0:41:36selling in the same saleroom,
0:41:36 > 0:41:41but with a result that is so wildly different.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43And I'm afraid to say that our runners-up today
0:41:43 > 0:41:46by a big old chalk are the Reds.
0:41:46 > 0:41:47Oh, dear!
0:41:47 > 0:41:51Minus £10 is the overall score.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53I mean, it could have been very different
0:41:53 > 0:41:55and it should have been very different,
0:41:55 > 0:41:58but, actually, minus £10 is normally a winning score, but not today.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01- I hope you've enjoyed it. - Next time.- Yeah.- Next time!
0:42:01 > 0:42:04That is the way to look. Anyway, very nice to see you.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08But the victors today and going home with £126!
0:42:08 > 0:42:12- Woo! Thank you!- £126!
0:42:12 > 0:42:14- I'll have that.- Look at that!
0:42:15 > 0:42:18- Perry's grabbing that. You get the £1.- Wow, thanks, Perry!
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Well, I think...
0:42:20 > 0:42:23if one has anything to say about the result today, it is
0:42:23 > 0:42:26- quite extraordinary as far as the sculpture's concerned.- It was.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29I've never seen two young people happier with
0:42:29 > 0:42:31a result ever in my life.
0:42:31 > 0:42:37Cos you proved yourselves today, cos, overall, £126 is a big number.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39- Yeah.- Definitely.- Are you pleased? - Very pleased.- Very.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41- There you are. Kelly, you happy? - Very happy.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44You're going to be serving a few people in the cinema now with
0:42:44 > 0:42:48- a bit of pleasure, aren't you?- Yes, I am.- Remind them, exactly right.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Keep grinning all the way to Worthing.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52Anyway, it's been lovely to see you.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Join us soon for some more bargain hunting. Yes? Yes.