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The teams sure have their work cut out today

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because Hungerford is not short of an antique shop or two.

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In fact, there are over 100 dealers in this arcade alone.

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So, let's go Bargain Hunting! Yeah!

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How lovely to be in Hungerford.

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Deep in the heart of picturesque Berkshire,

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it really is an antique lover's paradise.

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Each of our teams gets £300 and an hour to shop for three objects

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and the team wins that makes the most profit or the smallest loss.

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On today's show, the Reds are hard to impress...

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-I thought you were going to show us something really, like...

-Hideous?

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-Yeah.

-Don't sound so surprised!

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..and the Blues are all confused.

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-So we need Nick again now.

-I'm Nick.

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No... Who's the other one?

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-Alex?

-Alex!

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Well, it's all about girls on the show today.

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For the Reds, we have twins Lucy and Sophie, and for the Blues,

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it's friends Liz and Lyn.

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Hello, everyone.

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-ALL: Hello!

-Lovely to see you.

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Now, you're obviously not identical twins, but you describe yourself

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as a double act, a force to be reckoned with.

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Yeah, I guess you could say that.

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We play in a band together, at the moment.

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So Lucy's the lead guitarist and I play the bass.

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-What's it called, your band?

-The Colliding Lemons.

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-Rather sweet.

-It seemed a good idea at the time!

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It's about six years old, but it's just stuck with us.

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Sounds pretty juicy to me!

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-Lucy, you're the little sister, why's that?

-I am one minute younger.

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-Oh, are you?

-Yeah. But I also get treated

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-like the younger one as well.

-You're very competitive.

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Yeah, we are quite competitive, with each other.

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-We've played a lot of sport growing up.

-What sort of games do you play?

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Netball, football, all sorts over the years. Basketball.

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Name the sport, we've kind of done it at some point.

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-You have an incredible knowledge of antiques.

-Well...

-Well...

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Our grandmother does.

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She tried to help us out with a few things.

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She gave us some tips for coming on here.

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-So, you're looking forward to this?

-We are, yeah.

-OK, fine.

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I'll give you your cash in just a moment.

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-Anyway, over to you girls. Now, Liz, you're a retired nurse.

-I am.

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-How long have you been retired for?

-About eight years now.

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-And you've got a few animals.

-We have. We've got three dogs,

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-and chickens. I have...40 chickens.

-And you've got some ducks.

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Yeah. We just enjoy them. It's such fun.

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It was your hobby really that brought you and Lyn together.

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-It was, yes.

-Yes.

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-So, Lyn, you're also no stranger to the chicken world.

-I've got 49.

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You've got 49 chickens!

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-And your house is crammed full of chicken ornaments.

-I'm afraid it is.

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-Tell us about those.

-Well, once you start having something,

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-people give you the appropriate gifts, don't they?

-Yes.

-She's as bad.

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-She's got chicken ornaments as well.

-Oh, has she?

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So what's your antiques knowledge like, between you?

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Pretty...average, reasonable, because we do a lot of outside auctions,

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country stuff, rural crafts.

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And you've got a particular eye for Moorcroft too.

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Yes, but it's so expensive.

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-Yeah. And you also like buying a bit of wood.

-Yes.

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Any old bit of wood.

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So, watch out, dealers, that's all I can say! Now, £300 apiece.

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There's your £300. You know the rules,

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your experts await, and off you go,

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and very, very, very good luck!

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Whatever next?

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Our teams race off on their buying bonanza.

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And trying to rein them in today are our two experts.

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Chomping at the bit for the Blues, it's Nick Hall. Steady!

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And on the lookout for a real winner is Kate Bateman.

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So, "owl" they do?

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So, my little poultry buyers, are we egg-cited about today?

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-Very excited!

-Oh, very excited!

-Going to work well as a team, aren't we?

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-Definitely.

-Game plan?

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-Well, Moorcroft, I like, but I know it's expensive.

-Can do well.

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-Art Deco.

-Brilliant.

-Lots of things. Reclamation.

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Now, that is interesting. That can do really well.

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We've got a good antiques centre to go and look in here.

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-I think there are lots of things cheap-cheap.

-So cheap!

-Oh!

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Don't you just love it when a plan comes together?

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-Meanwhile, with the Reds...

-I don't think we've got

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a real plan today, Kate. We're going to go with the flow a bit

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-and just see what takes our fancy.

-Right, OK. Nothing specific, then?

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We could look for pairs of items and pick up on the twin thing.

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Like cruet sets, two of everything!

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We have to look.

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-This is quite interesting, look.

-The jug?

-This blue and white jug, there.

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-It's quite pretty.

-It's Chinese porcelain. It's 18th Century.

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£90, he's got on it.

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Yeah, that sounds promising, girls.

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The Oriental market is on fire in the salerooms.

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It's got a crack in the handle.

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With the lack of a lid and a crack, I'm hoping they can do us

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-a bit of a deal on it.

-60?

-Worth an ask.

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-Worth an ask.

-If you flutter your eyelids at him.

-No!

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Liz can do that one!

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Let's leave Liz fluttering for her buy and catch up with the Reds.

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Look, girls, what about this? This is a twin thing, look.

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Twin scent bottles, joined at the bottom. Oh, hello.

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Can we get a price on something, please?

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It's small, it's attractive. It's kind of what we had in mind.

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-What is the damage? Oh, my gosh, no! Don't even look!

-What is it?

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-£195.

-Oh!

-That's probably a little bit too much,

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-but it is a beautiful thing.

-It's very beautiful, yeah.

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In the meantime, the Blues are ready to schmooze.

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Alex, hi. What's the SP on the jug?

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Well, as you know, Chinese, it's going up at the moment.

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-I'm hoping this one's going down.

-Yeah.

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He's reluctant to go any further than 80, I'm afraid.

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There's no profit left in it.

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Oh, dear, we still haven't got anything, then.

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We've got to keep those peepers peeled and find something else.

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Well, that didn't go to plan. Maybe the Reds are having more luck.

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19th-Century celluloid purse, which is kind of bizarre.

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Celluloid is like what they made early film out of.

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It's basically really early plastic. I think that's quite cool.

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-I think that's really cool.

-I really like it.

-It's a lot, at 120.

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It would be very hard to make a profit, but it's a gorgeous thing.

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We can keep that on the back burner because that's actually really nice.

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-I do like that.

-It's girlie.

-And it's girlie.

-Yeah.

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Lynn is on the lookout for some Art Deco.

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That's the sort of look that we need to go for -

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really exotic dancing girls.

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Ideally, as scantily clad as possible.

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If we can find that look in our budget, we're quids in.

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That would be worth it.

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Come on, girls, nearly halfway through

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and it's time to cock-a-doodle-do a deal.

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-No pressure, but, you know, we need to start buying.

-Yeah.

-Right.

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Isn't there a lovely Ming vase somewhere that we've missed

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amongst all of this stuff?

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Maybe not a Ming vase, but Nick has spotted a bling vase.

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Brace yourselves. Do you like this vase on the corner here?

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-Yeah, I do.

-Yeah, it's not bad.

-Do you both like it?

-Yeah.

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I think it's got a really nice decorative appeal about it.

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It's iridescent glass made by a firm called Royal Brierley.

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-Now, people collect Royal Brierley.

-Is it worth the price?

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Well, they've got £58 on it.

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I think at auction, it would quite easily, or should make, £40 or £50.

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-So, if we can get that down a bit.

-40? 35?

-Worth a try.

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Let's get Alex, let's get moving.

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Another twin scent bottle?

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Oh, look, another twin... Oh, God, 190 again.

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At least they're consistent at £190, you know!

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-Do you like that?

-Yes, but we don't want

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two practically the same, do we?

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Well, why not, if they sell?

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Nick's got the knack on this. It's all about profit.

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This is from the 1960s. It's Scandinavian glass.

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Oh, that does well.

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Yeah, Scandinavian glass is really in at the moment.

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-And you see that shape and that colour?

-Yeah.

-Yes.

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Very specific to a designer called Per Lutken.

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-His glasswork is on the up at the moment.

-Is that one worth 55?

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I would estimate that to make between £40 and £70 at auction.

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Ah, Alex is back with the answer.

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Well, I haven't actually got a price yet

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because you didn't notice the chip.

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Gosh, you're quite right, we hadn't seen that.

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I'd be more inclined now

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to have a stab at the Scandinavian glass vase there.

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Yeah, I like the look of that. Is it perfect, Alex?

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-Can you check?

-Well, it looks good to me.

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It's well signed on the bottom, you can see there.

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-It's got Lutken's monogram on it.

-Yeah, it has.

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It's got a registration number. - It's quite heavy, is it?

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And a minimalistic look for modern homes.

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-Very stylish, very in vogue at the minute.

-I like that.

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We've got a chance of selling something like that.

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-I quite like that, too. So, what's the price?

-55.

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-And we're going to offer?

-40.

-Well, that's a strong possible,

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but we've still got three things to buy and not got anything.

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-We've got barely half an hour left, so come on.

-Let's get on.

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Whilst Alex goes off to find a best price,

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our twins are all of a-dither.

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I think that might be too small.

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I don't think it's old enough.

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What do you think of that sewing kit?

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-We're terrible together, aren't we?

-You are useless.

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These two are all over the place.

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I mean, oh, my goodness, it's really hard to spend money

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and they seem to like different things

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so I've really got my work cut out.

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I wish we'd more room for haggling

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because I really like that lacquered case.

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We all liked that, didn't we?

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It's worth a go, but how much was it? 120.

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Right, have a look, see what you think.

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-Oh, it's pretty cute.

-Oh, it's pretty sweet.

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It's ripped a bit there. Will that affect the value?

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It will a bit because, obviously, it's not perfect,

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but it's not the worst case. The outside's the most important,

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-with the inlay.

-Yeah...

-And that looks OK.

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It looks really nice. I like that.

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We want to get that as low as possible.

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-Try them on 60 quid and see what they say.

-It's worth a shot.

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I know they won't! I know they won't, but try them

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and then get their very best price.

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When they've sat down and start crying, then ask them again.

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What about the globe?

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Oh, man alive!

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-Oh, I love that.

-I love that.

-Hold on, let's put this back.

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I thought it was going to be a puzzle or something, like a game.

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-That is pretty cool. Do you like that?

-I do.

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That's really nice, how much is it?

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It's 79, which is a heck of a lot, but it's really cool.

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I mean, loads of people collect globes.

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-It's tin.

-Yeah.

-And for sewing people, that's pretty cool.

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Yeah. It looks in quite good condition as well.

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It is. I mean, there's a few scratches and stuff.

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It's not great, but you expect that.

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If you could get that for 50 quid, I reckon that's a goer.

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-Do you like it?

-Yeah, I love it.

-We like that, don't we?

-It's quirky.

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Definitely not seen anything like that

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and it could potentially appeal to collectors.

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Have we got an answer on our case?

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-Yes, but you're not going to like it.

-We're not going to like it?

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-Oh, no.

-All right.

-Her very, very best is £90.

-90.

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-But she couldn't go anywhere near 60.

-OK.

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-Is it the same lady that's got this one?

-It is.

-OK.

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Would you also ask her about the globe? Would she do 50 on that?

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She's got 79.

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Kate's got the weight of the world on her shoulders.

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Still no buys for the Reds, and the Blues have started flapping.

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-What have you done with Lynn?

-I don't know.

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-She wanders off all the time.

-Does she?

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Lynn, where are you? What are you doing?

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I'm trying to find something chickeny.

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I can't find anything.

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-You've been scratching around, have you?

-Yes!

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-What's the news on the Lutken vase?

-40 is fine.

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-Oh, right, we'll have that.

-That's great.

-Deal done, thank you.

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-Thank you, Alex, for your help.

-Right, purchase one.

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An impeccable deal, girls, well done.

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Crikey! Are the Reds ready to shell out as well?

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Please tell us good news...

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No! Come on!

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Her very, very best on that is 65.

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-Oh, my goodness, 65...

-That's a shame.

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It IS very unusual.

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SHE SIGHS

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-I would be happy to go for it.

-Do you think you should have a go?

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It's right... I think it's going to be a very slim margin

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if you do make a profit at all on it, but, to be fair,

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you don't see them very often and it's rare and it's small.

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-I think, actually, maybe you should go for it.

-Are you happy to gamble?

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-I think we should.

-You've got to buy something, ladies.

-OK.

-OK.

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-Let's break our duck and get it.

-I'm really happy with that.

-65?

-Yes.

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-Do it.

-OK.

-We'll have it.

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Thank you very much. Tell her yes, quick. Yay!

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First item pinned down for the Reds.

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Now, could it be item two for the Blues?

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This top shelf here, you've got

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a lovely array of '60s and '70s ceramics

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and it would fit nicely with the Lutken glass vase, wouldn't it?

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What I can tell you is, these German pieces that you can see either end,

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they've got that real thick glaze, is what we call fat lava.

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It's a modern trend of collecting and it's rising.

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So you've got two pieces here to look at.

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-You've got the yellow and the blue.

-They're not expensive, are they?

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If we could get them for between 40 and £50 for the two of them,

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it'd be a really nice smart purchase, and put them together.

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-Yeah.

-We need Nick again now.

-No, I'm Nick.

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-No... Who's the other one?

-Alex.

-Alex.

-Alex!

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Kate has no doubts about the origin of what she's just spotted.

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It's a Japanese vase from Kutani.

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I'd like to have a look at that.

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Please don't have a massive crack right down the middle or something.

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-Let's have a quick look.

-So, is that hand-painted, then?

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That's all hand done. Look at the quality of that.

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I really like the detail.

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Yeah, there's no obvious chips or anything like that on there.

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No chips, good genuine dirt inside it.

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And that's a bit of a firing...

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that's happened in the firing, this bubbling,

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and you can't really read the signature,

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but it's nice, and I think for 25 quid,

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-20 to 30 in the sale...

-I think we've got ourselves a bargain.

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And did you know, Kutani means "nine valleys" in Japanese?

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-What's her best price? It's 25.

-£20.

-20? Oh!

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- Could you do it for 15? - I'll have to go and ring them.

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Oh, go on, please. Every penny counts. Yes, please.

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The lowest you can go, Rita, that would be brilliant.

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Try them at ten and see if they cry first!

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Come on, Alex, what's your best price?

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-42 and they're yours.

-Yes.

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-Go for it.

-Yes.

-I think we're there, aren't we? You've got a deal.

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-Thank you, Alex, you've done well for us.

-Thank you very much.

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After being cooped up in the shop, the girls decide

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to make a break for it and head for the reclamation yard.

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-You've still got your bonus buy.

-Still the bonus buy, of course.

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-The instructions are not to buy any more vases.

-No more?

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-Are you sure you've had enough?

-We've got three already!

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Crikey! Consider yourself told, Nick.

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-OK?

-Come on, then.

-Off we go.

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Hey-up! Rita's back for the Reds.

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-Good news.

-Yay! Thanks, Rita, what is it? What is it?

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-£15.

-15 quid? Deal!

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Quick, shake her hand, shake her hand. Hey, that's a great deal.

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-Thanks, Rita.

-Thank you very much.

-Excellent.

-Two in the bag.

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Two in the bag.

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That's all well and good, girls, but the clock is still ticking.

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-We've got no time, have we?

-You have no time.

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You've got about ten minutes to buy something really good.

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For the Blues, some reclamation is stealing their hearts.

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What would its use have been originally?

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Well, I don't know, but I would put it on a wall as a decoration.

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'They're absolutely in their element,'

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these ladies. I can't keep track of them.

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You think you know where they are and they've disappeared somewhere else.

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You'd be surprised how expensive these things are.

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-This old drain...

-Hoppers, they call them, don't they?

-Hoppers.

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Rainwater hoppers come in all sorts of shapes and variety of material.

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Great if you're restoring a period house,

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or you just want to plonk them in the garden.

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Ah, Stuart - just the man.

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-How are you? All right?

-Very well, nice to see you.

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Right, hoppers.

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Now, what sort of money are they, Stuart?

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Something simple like that, £20.

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These simple ones here are a tenner.

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If you're going to catch the bidder's eye, you want one with a bit of shape and pattern.

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What about that one there with that nice work on?

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-What's that one?

-This one here.

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-The one in the front, you mean?

-50 quid on that one.

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-So that, you would think about 50?

-I'd do 50 for that one.

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People put them on the walls and then put plants in them.

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People use them to restore properties,

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that's really what they do - plonk them on the wall.

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They look fantastic.

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-How near to 40 can we go on that?

-Near to 40? Goodness me!

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45, then.

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I think you've got a good deal there.

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I think we've got a good deal. Is that all right, Stuart?

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Can we have it? Thank you.

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You can't have it, you can have it for £45!

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Nice try, Liz!

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-Appreciate that, Stuart.

-We know you're on our team.

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- We love the shoes! - Thank you very much.

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And flattery gets you everywhere in this game.

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So, the Blues are done and dusted.

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Come on, Kate, crack that whip!

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We've only got three minutes. Listen, this was a good cabinet.

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Look at the back, you see the Keith Murray vase?

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That's really cool, ultramodern, Wedgwood.

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He's a cool designer and it's very well-known, that style.

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If it's in good condition, that's not a bad price. Is it worth a go?

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-Because we're running out of time.

-I think we should go and get Rita.

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-Yeah.

-Rita?

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And as if by magic...

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Hello. Can we look at the Keith Murray vase?

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-I thought you were going to show us something really, like...

-Hideous?

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Yeah.

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Don't sound so surprised!

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Oh, easy does it, Reet!

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I hate this bit.

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Right, take a look. Is it perfect?

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-It's all right.

-Looks OK.

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Keith Murray for Wedgwood.

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-Yeah, looks in good condition.

-It is.

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There's a bit of crazing - can you see here?

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A little but of crackling on the glaze, but nothing desperate.

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I think we should definitely try and get them down on the price, though.

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OK.

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The owner is away on holiday

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so Rita returns with the boss to seal the deal.

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We'll do it at 150.

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-I'd rather we could go a bit lower.

-How lower?

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- 130? - Oh, no, that's too low.

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-149...

-140 would be really good.

-If we meet in the middle at 140?

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-I'll chance my arm at 140.

-OK.

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And then if I get beaten up, I know where to come to be looked after.

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OK. We won't be here, but that's fine, let's shake on it.

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Well, they left it late, but both teams have got three items each.

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The 60 minutes are up. Now, what did the Red Team buy again?

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They kicked off with a novelty sewing case for £65.

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Next up was the Japanese Kutani vase. They paid £15.

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And everyone agreed that

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the Moonstone vase

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was out of this world. £140 paid.

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OK, you superlatives sisters, did you have a sensational experience?

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-That was brilliant, really fun.

-Yeah, really good day.

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-Which is your favourite piece?

-The small sewing kit in the globe.

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-That was a bit of a unique piece.

-Yeah.

-Would you agree with that?

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-I do. I think that was the most...

-That's your favourite favourite?

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My favourite favourite as well.

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-We're bound to agree, though, aren't we?

-Not necessarily!

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-And how much did you spend?

-We spent £220.

-220. Can I have the £80?

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That's really sweet of you, lovely.

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And which piece is going to bring the biggest profit?

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-I think the Japanese vase.

-Japanese vase?

-We did a good deal.

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I do agree. I'm not going to scream for the sake of it,

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-but I think that was the biggest profit.

-It was our cheapest item.

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This is twins! So sweet.

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OK, KB, there's your leftover lolly and good luck with that.

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Have you got any idea what you're going to go and buy?

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Well, it would be nice to buy something in pairs, wouldn't it?

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-So maybe something like that, I don't know.

-All right, good luck.

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Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blue Team bought, eh?

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The Holmegaard vase was their first buy, for £40.

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A slender £42 was paid

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for the two German fat lava jugs.

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And finally, their hopes rest

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on the hopper, £45 paid.

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Right, then, girls.

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So, how was your experience with Nicholas? Was it good?

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-Wonderful.

-Lovely.

-Was it?

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Well, you're both looking very happy about it, which is the main thing.

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Tell me, Elizabeth, which is your favourite piece?

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-I think it's the first vase we bought.

-The first vase?

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Yes, the Swedish glass... Per Lutken!

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-Per Lutken.

-Ooh, Lutken! OK, fine.

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Does your friend agree?

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-No.

-No. I don't. We bought a drain hopper.

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Don't ask me why, but we did.

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It's going to be a plant hopper, and I think that's my favourite.

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-That's your favourite, is it?

-Yes.

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-Is that going to bring the biggest profit, your drain hopper?

-No, no.

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What's your prediction as to which is going to bring

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the biggest profit, Elizabeth?

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We bought two German vases called fat lava.

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Oh, yes, I know - those dribbly ones.

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I think they might be all right.

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-You think they're hot?

-I think so.

-Lava's like that, isn't it?

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-OK, and how much did you spend?

-£127.

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£127 - does that mean I want £173 of leftover lolly?

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-Thank you much.

-That's correct.

-173. Thank you.

-And a little bit extra.

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A little bit of shrapnel. Nicholas likes a bit of change.

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-Don't you, Nick?

-A little bit of extra's always good.

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So, what are you going to spend it on?

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Hopefully, something that's not going to go down the drain.

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-But it will grow into profit!

-We hope so.

-We hope so, too.

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Anyway, very good luck with that.

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Meanwhile, I'm going to head off and try and find something

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that's positively eye-catching.

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It's a marvellous place, Hungerford. A market town,

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but removed from the main drag, for example,

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is this yard stuffed with architectural

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and agricultural antiques

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and nowhere more suitable, one might say,

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to make a little discovery of this object.

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So, what is it?

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Well, on the face of it,

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it looks like an Art Deco mantel clock case with no clock movement.

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That kind of angular surround.

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A hint is that the underground colour that you can see here

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is black and it's had some thick green camouflage-type paint

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painted over it, so that wherever this thing was placed,

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it wouldn't be possible to see the case.

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Now, round the back, we have got a switch,

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a white Bakelite switch that looks just like a switch

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that might have come off

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one of those mains radio sets from the 1930s or early 1940s.

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That's when, I think, this piece of kit dates from.

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And on the top, there's a wee spigot - look.

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But absolutely nothing else that would identify its purpose at all.

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But when I reveal

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the additional part,

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what is it?

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Well, it hinges in two parts like that,

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a bit like a clothes hanger,

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and it fits on top of the spigot,

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on the top of the box.

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If you look carefully,

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these two parts are fitted with

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faceted mirrors and a pair of eyes.

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Spooky glass eyes -

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yellow surrounds, with black centres.

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How weird is that?

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Is it a Dalek? Is it going to talk?

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Well, if it did talk,

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it's almost certain that it would speak to you in French,

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because this is a piece of rustic French engineering.

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It is a lark lure.

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Can you believe it?

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They go out

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and they set up these lures in the middle of a netted enclosure.

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If you turn the switch on and we're lucky...

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..the lure starts to spin,

0:24:430:24:47

and when it spins, the light catches

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each of these faceted mirrored parts.

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And if you're a lark flying across at 1,500 feet

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and you saw this thing

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with the sunlight catching those bits of mirror,

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your sharp eyes would draw you down to the ground to investigate.

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As you approach, the Frenchman would spring his net and, hey, presto,

0:25:060:25:11

that would enclose the area where the lark is making its investigation

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and he would be having lark for supper.

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Not terribly good news, I have to say,

0:25:190:25:22

for the larks, but there you are.

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And what might you have to pay for it here in jolly old Blighty?

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It could be yours for £110.

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MACHINE THRUMS

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It has a sort of beat to it, doesn't it?

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Well, I can't tell you how incredibly nice it is

0:25:500:25:53

to pop from Hungerford to Special Auction Services' saleroom

0:25:530:25:57

just outside Newbury to be with my old mate, my old mucker, Tom Plant.

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-Tom.

-It's a pleasure to have you, Tim.

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Nice to have you on the other side of the fence for a change...

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-It is, isn't it?

-..doing the auctioneering.

0:26:060:26:08

-Yeah, which I love, actually.

-Which you do.

0:26:080:26:10

And we know you're very good at,

0:26:100:26:12

and we're about to have an ample demonstration of, we hope.

0:26:120:26:16

OK, for the Red Team,

0:26:160:26:18

they've gone with this tin-plate sewing necessaire,

0:26:180:26:21

which is pretty fantastic, isn't it?

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It's delightful. It's just the kind of thing I like. It's collectable.

0:26:240:26:28

I love globes anyway, I've an obsession about things like that,

0:26:280:26:31

but I like the fact that it's a little sewing necessaire.

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Collectable because it's in a globe form, and also,

0:26:350:26:38

people who love sewing accessories.

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-Hugely desirable.

-OK, how much?

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-We put it in at 50-70.

-Very good, £65 paid.

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Next is the Japanese porcelain vase called Kutani.

0:26:470:26:52

But that's about the worst example, isn't it?

0:26:520:26:54

That's really target practice, to be candid.

0:26:540:26:57

We used to have something in Devon called a China shy

0:26:570:27:00

and you threw wooden balls at it

0:27:000:27:03

and the more you could smash up for £1 a throw, the better.

0:27:030:27:06

Oh, fabulous.

0:27:060:27:07

And that used to go on stalls like that, yes?

0:27:070:27:10

I think it deserves to, really.

0:27:100:27:11

Actually, it cost Kate £15. What's it worth?

0:27:110:27:15

-Well, we've put it in 20-30.

-Have you really?

0:27:150:27:17

-The thing is, we try not to encourage bids under £20.

-I see.

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But you'll do your best, Tom, I know. Thank you.

0:27:230:27:25

Lastly is the Keith Murray designed Wedgwood globular pot,

0:27:250:27:30

of which there are surprising numbers about.

0:27:300:27:33

-The bomb vase.

-Is that what it's called?

0:27:330:27:36

Well, it looks like an old-fashioned bomb.

0:27:360:27:38

Do you remember in Batman and Robin, when they used to have a bomb

0:27:380:27:40

thrown in - the Joker used to throw in one of his bombs?

0:27:400:27:43

It looked like that. But in black. That one's in Moonstone.

0:27:430:27:46

-Yeah, with a fuse coming out the top.

-With a fuse.

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-They call them bomb vases.

-You have a vivid imagination, don't you?

0:27:480:27:51

-Of course.

-Which helps in this business!

0:27:510:27:53

-They come in various colours, don't they?

-They do.

0:27:530:27:55

-That's not a rare colour.

-Moonstone.

-Moonstone is not rare,

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-it's quite common.

-Yes.

-It's crazed.

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I don't really like the fact that there's a few marks on it.

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So, if somebody paid £140 for one and was looking to make a profit,

0:28:040:28:08

-what would you say?

-Not on your Nelly.

0:28:080:28:11

-Not on your Nelly.

-They're popular at £60-£80.

0:28:110:28:14

It is going to be difficult, isn't it?

0:28:140:28:16

Chance would be a fine thing, yeah.

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In which case, they are going to sorely need their bonus buy,

0:28:170:28:21

so let's go and have a look at it.

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-OK, Luce, Soph. Excited?

-Very, yeah.

0:28:240:28:27

I mean, the girl's been out with your £80 of leftover lolly

0:28:270:28:31

and she's bought something. Kate Bateman, what have you invested in?

0:28:310:28:34

I spent the lot, I'm afraid.

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-Ta-da!

-Wow!

-Wow!

-What do you think?

0:28:360:28:38

It's a Chinese tea caddy, early 20th-Century, probably about 1920s.

0:28:380:28:43

I just like the shape of it. I mean, what do you think?

0:28:430:28:45

Wow, it's quite heavy. Heavier than I thought.

0:28:450:28:47

If only we were going to get money for weight, we'd do very well.

0:28:470:28:50

It's got a little lid that comes off. It's decorated,

0:28:500:28:52

it's quite nice. I just thought it was quite a sweet thing

0:28:520:28:55

and there are collectors for tea caddies, and Chinese stuff

0:28:550:28:58

is quite hot at the moment.

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Price-wise, I probably did pay right at the top end of the estimate,

0:28:590:29:02

so there's only a chance of a small profit in it,

0:29:020:29:04

but I think it's a nice thing,

0:29:040:29:06

I think it's got a chance, maybe £20 profit in there somewhere.

0:29:060:29:08

-About the £100 mark.

-No, I really like it.

0:29:080:29:11

I think it's actually got a good detail to it and everything.

0:29:110:29:14

It's in keeping with the Oriental vase that we bought as well.

0:29:140:29:17

We did have the Kutani vase, exactly. So, you know.

0:29:170:29:20

You're not desperately clutching at a straw of hope here, are you?

0:29:200:29:24

Well, I think we might need it after our earlier items.

0:29:240:29:26

We did go a bit mad. We've blown the whole budget.

0:29:260:29:29

-You're not twins for nothing, are you?

-All or nothing, that's us.

0:29:290:29:32

All or nothing. Smashing job.

0:29:320:29:34

Anyway, you don't pick now, you pick later,

0:29:340:29:36

after the sale of your first three items.

0:29:360:29:38

But let's find out from the auctioneer

0:29:380:29:39

what he thinks about Kate's little caddy.

0:29:390:29:42

-OK, Tom, one lump or two?

-I'm sweet enough!

0:29:440:29:48

-Er...

-That is the right answer! OK, one tea caddy.

0:29:480:29:52

Yes, it's base metal, it's vastly unattractive,

0:29:520:29:56

-it's late because of its size. It's not really my cup of tea.

-No.

0:29:560:30:01

The problem is that cast white metal objects, which is what this is,

0:30:010:30:04

generally speaking, are mass produced, aren't they?

0:30:040:30:07

-Yes.

-And what this is trying to do, with all this elaborate detail,

0:30:070:30:11

is to kid you into thinking that once upon a time,

0:30:110:30:13

it was beautifully made when, in fact,

0:30:130:30:14

it was never beautifully made, it was simply cheaply cast

0:30:140:30:18

and mass produced.

0:30:180:30:20

Unfortunately, it is, and it's been polished within

0:30:200:30:22

an inch of its life, therefore, the copper is bleeding through.

0:30:220:30:26

It's the sort of thing that in the old days, you used to get at auction

0:30:260:30:29

£20-£30 for, if you were really lucky. What's your estimate?

0:30:290:30:33

-30 to 50.

-So, things have moved on.

0:30:330:30:35

-Well, by a tenner.

-By a tenner.

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-How much paid?

-£80.

-Oh!

0:30:370:30:39

There you go, see? It's a cardiac arrest, isn't it?

0:30:390:30:42

OK, that's it for the Reds. Now for the Blues.

0:30:420:30:45

And what a mixture we've got here.

0:30:450:30:48

Now, you're nuts about 20th-Century design,

0:30:480:30:50

-so you'll like the first bit of glass.

-I love Holmegaard glass.

0:30:500:30:55

By Per Lutken, circa 1960s.

0:30:550:30:57

It's very, um, what shall we say?

0:30:570:31:00

-Biomorphic.

-Oh, really?

0:31:000:31:02

Yeah, it is, isn't it?

0:31:020:31:04

I don't know that I know what biomorphic means.

0:31:040:31:06

-It's very sort of biologically formed.

-Is it?

0:31:060:31:09

-It's like a heart.

-What's it worth?

0:31:090:31:12

-£40-£60.

-OK, £40 paid, perfect.

0:31:120:31:15

Now, fat lava vases, not my favourite.

0:31:150:31:18

They're not my favourite as well but, you know,

0:31:180:31:21

the Germans are very clever about these things.

0:31:210:31:23

-Really?

-There's two numbers on the base.

0:31:230:31:24

There is the number of the mould and there's also another number,

0:31:240:31:27

and that number stands for the height. How German is that?

0:31:270:31:30

They've measured them for you.

0:31:300:31:31

-So, 141 is the mould number, 20 is 20cm.

-20cm high?

0:31:310:31:35

-Well, that's good, isn't it?

-Isn't that marvellous?

0:31:350:31:37

-I've put 40 to 60.

-You've put 40 to 60? £42 paid.

0:31:370:31:41

That is a bold, brave and brilliant estimate. Thank you.

0:31:410:31:45

And moving on, we go to something that was presumably

0:31:450:31:48

nicked from a chapel or a church?

0:31:480:31:51

Well, it is, because you've got this Maltese cross.

0:31:510:31:53

It's a hopper, and what are you going to do with it?

0:31:530:31:56

You're doing up an old house,

0:31:560:31:58

you need a hopper to put the downwater pipes into,

0:31:580:32:00

it could have a practical architectural function, couldn't it?

0:32:000:32:03

But it doesn't really have a modern purpose, unless you're doing

0:32:030:32:06

that restoration and you really want something with religious overtones.

0:32:060:32:09

Or you want to throw it in the garden as a feature. Daffodils or herbs.

0:32:090:32:14

-But anyway, 20-30.

-Is that your estimate?

-Mmm.

-£45 paid.

0:32:140:32:18

That could be a bit of a dark hole for them.

0:32:180:32:20

In which case, they may need their bonus buy,

0:32:200:32:22

and let's go and have a look at it.

0:32:220:32:24

This is it, £173 the man had

0:32:250:32:28

to buy something enormous, by the look of it.

0:32:280:32:30

-Nick, show us.

-Really big and heavy.

-Get ready!

0:32:300:32:33

-Oh!

-Oh, chickens!

0:32:340:32:36

-Chickens for my two ladies.

-Oh, lovely.

0:32:360:32:39

-I spent a "poultry" £45.

-That was good.

-£45.

0:32:390:32:43

Now, solid silver covered in gilt, gold-leaf gilt,

0:32:430:32:47

and then enamelled over the top.

0:32:470:32:49

1951, Adie Brothers. Do you like?

0:32:490:32:53

-Very much.

-All for £45.

-You did well there.

-I did.

0:32:530:32:57

-I was scratching around for those.

-Aw!

0:32:570:32:59

You knew who they'd fit, didn't you?

0:32:590:33:02

I thought they were a perfect fit for you both.

0:33:020:33:04

Are they going to make a lot of money?

0:33:040:33:06

Well, hopefully, we'll be crowing with success.

0:33:060:33:09

THEY LAUGH

0:33:090:33:10

I think there's a profit left in it. I think they're £50, £60.

0:33:100:33:13

-£45?

-Yeah.

0:33:130:33:14

Let's take that one out, and you have a little handle of that.

0:33:140:33:17

-They're very pretty.

-Yeah.

0:33:170:33:19

Can you identify whether this is a rare breed or not, girls?

0:33:190:33:23

It's just a common chicken.

0:33:230:33:24

It's actually a cockerel, it's not a chicken.

0:33:240:33:28

Well, you've just basically got to like alcohol to like these.

0:33:280:33:31

She's all right!

0:33:310:33:33

I don't think it's necessarily got to be a chicken fancier.

0:33:330:33:36

-I think you could have these in your display cabinet.

-They're lovely.

0:33:360:33:40

On that happy note,

0:33:400:33:41

let's check out what the auctioneer thinks about the cocktail sticks.

0:33:410:33:44

Right, then, Tom, something to stick your olive in.

0:33:470:33:50

-Do you like a Martini?

-I do, quite.

0:33:500:33:52

-I quite like a Martini.

-Do you?

0:33:520:33:54

-A dirty one.

-Do you?

-With an olive.

-Who today...

0:33:540:33:57

I know cocktails are all the rage, but do people really have

0:33:570:34:00

silver-gilt cocktail sticks with cockerels on the end

0:34:000:34:02

and they say, this is the tail of a cock?

0:34:020:34:04

It's a bit funny, and also, you have lots of vintage collectors out there.

0:34:040:34:10

-Exactly.

-These date from 1950s, they are silver and enamel.

0:34:100:34:13

-Pity no case.

-Pity not six.

0:34:130:34:16

-Pity not six? Yes, that's a point.

-It's five.

0:34:160:34:18

I hadn't noticed there were only five.

0:34:180:34:22

One's been lost, the dealer's thrown the case away,

0:34:220:34:25

shoved five on a thing. You're so right, Tom!

0:34:250:34:27

We've put them in at £50-£80.

0:34:270:34:30

-That's very generous.

-It is, actually.

-For five.

0:34:300:34:32

It is generous.

0:34:320:34:34

OK, fine. Anyway, £45 paid by Nick.

0:34:340:34:36

-We'll have to hope for the best, won't we?

-Absolutely.

0:34:360:34:39

We'll look to you for double-yolkers.

0:34:390:34:41

-Soph, how are you feeling?

-Yeah, not too bad, bit nervous.

-Are you?

0:34:470:34:49

I don't think we're going to make a lot of money today.

0:34:490:34:52

You don't think so? What about you, Luce?

0:34:520:34:54

Fairly confident on a couple of items, yeah.

0:34:540:34:56

Which are your most confident pieces?

0:34:560:34:58

-I like the Japanese vase.

-You like the Japanese vase?

0:34:580:35:00

I think we'll do pretty well on that, yeah.

0:35:000:35:02

Do you? £15, you paid for that. It's not a lot of money, is it?

0:35:020:35:05

It's not. Can't do too wrong.

0:35:050:35:07

First up is the little sewing case, which should be your banker,

0:35:070:35:11

and that is really a very rare object, I have to tell you.

0:35:110:35:15

Here we go.

0:35:150:35:17

-Cor, look at that. Doesn't that look lovely?

-It looks good up there.

0:35:170:35:21

Delightful thing. £30. £30.

0:35:210:35:24

Any advance at 30?

0:35:240:35:25

Five, 40. Five, 50.

0:35:250:35:27

50, we have. 55. Do we have 60?

0:35:270:35:30

And we have £55. Do we have 60?

0:35:300:35:33

-- Keep going! Keep going! - Do we have 60?

-Uh-oh.

0:35:330:35:37

New bidder!

0:35:370:35:38

Do we have 60? £60, are we all done?

0:35:380:35:41

70? £60? Come on, then...

0:35:410:35:44

-Oh, that's a shame.

-And that's your banker.

0:35:440:35:46

-That was our banker.

-Downhill from here, Tim.

0:35:460:35:49

-Well, I don't know about that.

-I think we were unlucky.

0:35:490:35:51

So do I. Minus £5.

0:35:510:35:54

Porcelain vase. Start me here, £10.

0:35:540:35:56

£10 for the porcelain vase.

0:35:560:35:58

£10 for the porcelain vase?

0:35:580:36:00

At £10. 10, I've got.

0:36:000:36:02

10. It's in the room at 10.

0:36:020:36:04

Any advance at £10?

0:36:040:36:06

At £10 against your...

0:36:060:36:08

12, sir. Was that a bid or were you pointing?

0:36:080:36:10

It is a bid. Go on!

0:36:100:36:12

You were pointing.

0:36:120:36:13

It's very dangerous to point.

0:36:130:36:15

LAUGHTER

0:36:150:36:17

Especially at the auctioneer.

0:36:170:36:18

10, I have. I have 10.

0:36:180:36:20

I have £10. Are we done?

0:36:200:36:22

Are you sure you don't want this at 12?

0:36:220:36:24

10 I've got. All done, then, at 10.

0:36:240:36:28

£10 is minus £5 -

0:36:280:36:29

there's a bit of a pattern going on here.

0:36:290:36:32

-It's not a big loss.

-It's not too bad.

0:36:320:36:34

This could be the killer, though.

0:36:340:36:37

Very attractive piece of 20th-Century classic design.

0:36:370:36:42

Start me here at £60. At £60, I have.

0:36:420:36:45

65, 70.

0:36:450:36:48

75. 80.

0:36:480:36:49

80 against you.

0:36:490:36:51

Go on, 85. 85 we have

0:36:510:36:53

in the room. 85.

0:36:530:36:55

We have 90 now.

0:36:550:36:56

You sure? 90...

0:36:560:36:59

-What did we pay for it?

-140.

0:36:590:37:01

It's not so bad, it's not so bad!

0:37:010:37:03

Are we done at 90? 90 once. 90 twice...

0:37:030:37:08

-£90. 90 it is.

-£90.

0:37:080:37:10

Bad luck, girls, that's minus 50.

0:37:100:37:12

So that's minus 60, overall.

0:37:120:37:15

What are you going to do about this bonus buy, then?

0:37:150:37:17

-We'll have to go for it now.

-We've got nothing to lose, have we?

0:37:170:37:20

-Yeah.

-You don't have to, you know.

-You don't have to.

0:37:200:37:22

And, in fact, the way it's going, it might lose some money.

0:37:220:37:25

I mean, minus £60 is potentially a winning score, isn't it?

0:37:250:37:29

-I think we should risk it.

-Oh, go on, let's risk it. Shall we?

0:37:290:37:32

You sure you want to do this?

0:37:320:37:34

Yeah, let's risk it. You only live once.

0:37:340:37:36

All right, fine. You're going to go with the bonus buy.

0:37:360:37:39

-You sure you want to?

-It's too late now.

-No, you can change your mind.

0:37:390:37:42

What do you want to do? You going with it?

0:37:420:37:44

They're going with the bonus buy.

0:37:440:37:46

On the last count, they're going with the bonus buy! Here it comes.

0:37:460:37:48

There we are, the tea caddy here.

0:37:480:37:50

Bids here with me.

0:37:500:37:52

30, 30, 30 I have.

0:37:520:37:53

At 30, at 30, at 30...

0:37:530:37:55

Oh, come on!

0:37:550:37:57

At 35, 35, and coming back in.

0:37:570:37:59

At 35 it is. Any advance on £35?

0:37:590:38:01

-I can't listen.

-How much did we pay?

-£80.

0:38:010:38:04

£35.

0:38:040:38:07

£35.

0:38:070:38:08

Which is minus £45.

0:38:080:38:10

Which means overall, you're minus 105.

0:38:100:38:14

-Oh, my goodness.

-Oh, dear.

0:38:140:38:15

Now, that, too, could still be a winning score.

0:38:150:38:18

-We shall see.

-I did try and put you off, girls.

0:38:180:38:20

-Anyway, there we are.

-That's all right.

0:38:200:38:23

You are such fun, you two. Anyway, there it is.

0:38:230:38:26

It might be a winning score.

0:38:260:38:28

Don't say a word to the Blues

0:38:280:38:29

and I will reveal all later.

0:38:290:38:31

-Do you know how the Reds got on?

-BOTH: No idea.

0:38:380:38:41

-No idea. They went by looking a bit scared, yeah?

-Little bit glum.

0:38:410:38:44

Oh, did they look glum?

0:38:440:38:45

Of course, that could be a double ploy, you know.

0:38:450:38:47

You never know.

0:38:470:38:49

-Anyway, your cockerels, all five of them.

-Not done a runner yet, then!

0:38:490:38:52

No, they haven't. We're still clucking about with them. OK.

0:38:520:38:56

Anyway, hang on in there and seize that thought,

0:38:560:38:58

because first up, it is the Holmegaard vase, and here it comes.

0:38:580:39:02

Circa 1960 by Per Lutken.

0:39:020:39:04

Lovely-looking thing, this one.

0:39:040:39:06

I can start the bidding here

0:39:060:39:08

at £20. Start here at 20.

0:39:080:39:11

20 I have. 20 at the back.

0:39:110:39:12

£22. 25.

0:39:120:39:14

28.

0:39:140:39:15

30...

0:39:150:39:17

One more. 32.

0:39:170:39:19

32. 35.

0:39:190:39:22

-At 35...

-Extracting blood.

-Oh, no!

0:39:220:39:25

Go on... 35 I have.

0:39:250:39:29

At 35 all done. Selling at 35.

0:39:290:39:31

Oh, dear, bad luck.

0:39:310:39:33

-Minus £5.

-Oh, no, we lost.

0:39:330:39:34

OK, lava pottery jugs, here we come.

0:39:340:39:37

1970s Fat Lava.

0:39:370:39:39

Fat Lava. Fabulous name.

0:39:390:39:41

West German pottery jug.

0:39:410:39:43

Start me at 40. 40?

0:39:430:39:46

OK, 20, then. £20.

0:39:460:39:49

At £20...

0:39:490:39:51

At 20, 20, 20.

0:39:510:39:53

No bids? I don't believe it.

0:39:530:39:55

20 I've got. 20, there's a hand.

0:39:550:39:58

It's a cheap lot.

0:39:580:40:00

This is ridiculous, isn't it?

0:40:000:40:01

25... 28...

0:40:010:40:03

Go on, one more.

0:40:030:40:05

-28, yes?

-Crikey.

0:40:050:40:08

30... 35? Nope? 35 it is.

0:40:080:40:11

By the door at 35.

0:40:110:40:12

At 35, will I sell? 35!

0:40:120:40:15

Uh-oh. That's minus £7, girls,

0:40:150:40:18

so that's minus 12 at the moment.

0:40:180:40:21

So it comes to the hopper.

0:40:210:40:22

This is your Victorian cast-iron hopper.

0:40:220:40:26

If you're doing up a house, or I was more thinking a garden feature.

0:40:260:40:30

You could plant some nice flowers

0:40:300:40:31

in here, it'd be lovely.

0:40:310:40:32

He's trying. Very trying.

0:40:320:40:36

Start me at £10 for the hopper.

0:40:360:40:38

£10 I've got. Any advance?

0:40:380:40:41

This lady has at 12.

0:40:410:40:43

15. 18.

0:40:430:40:45

20.

0:40:450:40:46

20. 20, I have.

0:40:460:40:48

With you, madam, don't worry.

0:40:480:40:50

Don't bet against yourself.

0:40:500:40:52

LAUGHTER

0:40:520:40:53

£20. 22. 28. 30.

0:40:530:40:56

-35...

-Come on!

0:40:560:40:57

35. 35. Shake of the head.

0:40:570:40:59

At 35, I have, for the hopper.

0:40:590:41:01

At 35, all done...

0:41:010:41:03

Well, he's done better than he thought he was going to do,

0:41:030:41:05

which means, overall, you're minus 22.

0:41:050:41:07

-Minus 22?

-Yeah. Which is nothing, I tell you, girls.

0:41:070:41:10

In relation to some of the losses...

0:41:100:41:13

-OK, so what are we going to do about the cockerel thingies?

-Going for it.

0:41:130:41:17

-Are you?

-Yes.

-Why's that.

-Because it's chickens!

-Because it's chickens.

0:41:170:41:22

That's a very good reason.

0:41:220:41:24

We're definitely going with it cos it's to do with chicken.

0:41:240:41:27

Cockerel sticks,

0:41:270:41:29

in silver gilt, circa 1951,

0:41:290:41:31

Birmingham.

0:41:310:41:33

Birds starting with me here,

0:41:330:41:35

straight in at £45.

0:41:350:41:37

Well done!

0:41:370:41:40

Any advance on 45? 50.

0:41:400:41:42

At 50, it is, in the room.

0:41:420:41:44

Any advance? I am out.

0:41:440:41:46

-At £50.

-Profit.

-Selling at 50.

0:41:460:41:50

-Are we done?

-It's the only profit you've made.

0:41:500:41:52

Well done. £50.

0:41:520:41:54

Plus £5, which is marvellous.

0:41:540:41:56

That is super.

0:41:560:41:57

That means you're minus £17.

0:41:570:41:58

-It could be worse.

-It could be - a lot worse.

0:41:580:42:01

Well, we've had some whopping losses today.

0:42:080:42:11

In fact, we've had an over-whopping loss,

0:42:110:42:14

and our over-whopping loss today has come from The Reds.

0:42:140:42:17

-No!

-Aw!

0:42:170:42:19

It has been a shocking performance for you girls today, hasn't it?

0:42:190:42:23

Lucy and Soph and Kate...

0:42:230:42:26

-Really, it's minus, minus all the way, and it adds up to 105.

-Oh!

0:42:260:42:30

-It was a tough crowd.

-It was a hard sell, wasn't it?

0:42:300:42:34

But you have been brilliant, the three of you.

0:42:340:42:37

I mean, you've responded with the British style of things,

0:42:370:42:41

which is marvellous. Nothing's got you down.

0:42:410:42:43

-It hasn't, no.

-Quite right.

0:42:430:42:44

We've loved having you on the show. You've been great for us. Thank you.

0:42:440:42:47

And to reveal the victors today...

0:42:470:42:50

Well done, you've won by only losing £17.

0:42:500:42:53

Wowee(!)

0:42:530:42:55

Which, in the scale of things, is not too bad, actually.

0:42:550:42:58

No, seriously. Lovely profit, thank you, on the Bonus Buy.

0:42:580:43:01

That's a nice fiver, which reduced the necessary a bit.

0:43:010:43:04

It's been a delight. I hope you've enjoyed it.

0:43:040:43:06

-We've loved it.

-Well, we've loved having you too.

0:43:060:43:08

In fact, join us soon

0:43:080:43:10

-for some more bargain hunting, yes?

-ALL: Yes!

0:43:100:43:13

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