0:00:09 > 0:00:13We're in the heart of East Sussex today in the picturesque
0:00:13 > 0:00:17town of Lewes, to be precise, which is steeped in history.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The big question today is are our Bargain Hunters about
0:00:20 > 0:00:25to make their own little bit of history? Let's find out!
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Let's go bargain hunting, yeah!
0:00:57 > 0:01:02Now, there are four antique centres to choose from, three items
0:01:02 > 0:01:08to buy, two experts to help them, but only one Bargain Hunt.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12So, let's have a quick peek as to what's coming up.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16There's dissent in the ranks for the Reds...
0:01:16 > 0:01:19- Would you have that in your home? - Yeah, I would. Yeah, yeah.
0:01:20 > 0:01:21I wouldn't.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26..and the Blues drive a very hard bargain.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- You know, these people do have to eat.- Yeah.- Do they?
0:01:29 > 0:01:33When they go home at night and they have their baked beans on toast,
0:01:33 > 0:01:35if they're lucky, they might have an egg.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38But if we don't pay enough, they can't have an egg.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39They can't have an egg.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43So, it's a battle of the sexes on today's programme.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47For the Reds, we've got Kevin and Adam and for the Blues,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49we've got the double L's.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51We've got Leslie and Liz. Hello, everyone.
0:01:51 > 0:01:52ALL: Hello!
0:01:52 > 0:01:53Very nice to see you.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55So, you guys are in red today but you ought to be in blue
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- because you're both cops. - Yes, that's right.- That's right, yes.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- And where are you based? - We were based at Kingston.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04- That's where we met about 20 years ago.- 20 years ago, yeah.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07And then we met up quite a little time after that. Didn't we?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Yeah, at Heathrow, which I now still work at.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- This police job isn't the first job you've ever had, is it?- It's not.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15I've done some weird and wonderful jobs in the past.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- You've worked on a farm in Australia.- Yes, I have, yeah.
0:02:17 > 0:02:22We were the first six-man team to pick pumpkins in Australia
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- and we picked 25 tonnes in one day. - Get away!- No, it's true.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28And you're keen on the old scuba?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Yes, I'm a scuba diving instructor as well.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- And when you're not working, what do you like to get up to?- I like to play the ukulele.- Never!
0:02:34 > 0:02:37That's what my wife says.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39And you've done a fair amount of travelling, have you, Adam?
0:02:39 > 0:02:40Uh, yeah, I have.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44When I was 33, I took a career break from the police
0:02:44 > 0:02:46and went travelling round the world.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47I went to...
0:02:47 > 0:02:53India, Hong Kong, Thailand, Cambodia...
0:02:53 > 0:02:55- Gosh.- ..Vietnam, Australia...
0:02:55 > 0:02:56You went round the world then, did you?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Well, I was originally going to go for a year and a half
0:02:59 > 0:03:02but I ended up cutting it short. I only went for 80 days in the end.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- I missed my wife who was my then girlfriend so I came home.- Right.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07So, how do you think you'll get on today, boys?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- Oh, we're going to win.- Are you? - Yeah.- Well, there you go.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12You're two highly respected officers.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15I'm sure you'll be highly respected at the end of this performance too.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16Anyway, good luck with that.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Now, girls, are you quaking in your boots?- Yes.- I don't blame you.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Now, Liz, it says here that you're mad keen on driving.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Yes, that's very true.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24I have a coach licence,
0:03:24 > 0:03:29- and I passed my coach licence on Friday 13th of June '88.- Ah.
0:03:30 > 0:03:35And then I worked for a company in Billingshurst for about
0:03:35 > 0:03:39- ten years and then I moved onto Cranleigh.- Right.- And I'm working for a company in Cranleigh now.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42And you're pretty fond of your motors too, aren't you?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Oh, I love my motors. I have two little Morrises.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47I have Doris the Morris, who's a white convertible,
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- and Marigold, who's a green saloon. - And what are they, Morris 1000s?
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- Morris 1000s, yeah.- Ah, lovely, jolly good.- They're proper cars.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56- What about the gee-gees? - The gee-gees, yes.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01I did a lot of riding back in 1972
0:04:01 > 0:04:03with my lovely horse, Sam Weller.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06I rode at Windsor and we won the Hunter class and then we went
0:04:06 > 0:04:08through to the Supreme Championship and we won.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11I don't believe it! We have a supreme champion here!
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- And then we qualified for Wembley. - Gosh.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17- So we went to Wembley and we were fourth.- Well done! What a thrill!
0:04:17 > 0:04:19- So, very good.- Yeah, well done.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21And now, Liz, you have a lifelong passion for art.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25I have, yes. It's part of my family.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30My grandfather was one of the earliest people to do lantern slides,
0:04:30 > 0:04:36or slides, as we now know them, and so I was brought up with looking at art,
0:04:36 > 0:04:37particularly photography so...
0:04:37 > 0:04:40You won a painting competition when you were a nippper.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Yes, the Harrogate Festival Of Visual Arts
0:04:43 > 0:04:47- and LS Lowry presented me with my prize.- Did he really?
0:04:47 > 0:04:48And I have his autograph.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51So, have you known each other for years, you two?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Well, about eight years now we've known each other.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Where did you meet?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56We met at a bridge club,
0:04:56 > 0:04:59very near me and we actually got talking,
0:04:59 > 0:05:04I suppose about four years ago or three years ago about antiques
0:05:04 > 0:05:07and things like that and then I said, "Liz, how about Bargain Hunt?"
0:05:07 > 0:05:11- And she said, "Yeah, let's have a go."- And here you are today.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12- And here we are today.- Yes.- Lovely.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Anyway, it's great to have you on the show. In fact,
0:05:14 > 0:05:18so great I'm going to give you £300. There you are. £300 apiece.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21You know the rules, your experts await and off you go!
0:05:21 > 0:05:24And very, very, very good luck.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Let's meet the experts.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Keeping the Red team in check, it's Catherine Southon.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36And sticking his oar in for the Blues, it's Thomas Plant.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42Adam, Kevin, £300 burning away in our pockets,
0:05:42 > 0:05:46what are we going to do with the money? Do we have a plan?
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- Oh, yeah, definitely.- What are we going to be buying today?- Um...
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Looking for something like pretty little furniture pieces.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- Sort of silver.- Silver.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57I think we're going on the charm offensive.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- Oh!- If that doesn't work, we're going to go good cop, bad cop.- Yeah.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03If that doesn't work, we're just going to wing it.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Something to do with...- Art Nouveau, really.- Art Nouveau? Hmm.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- Well, that's my favourite subject. - Is it?
0:06:08 > 0:06:12- And the young style, just like you two. In we go.- OK.- Thank you.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13Watch out.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16# Whoop, whoop That's the sound of the police
0:06:16 > 0:06:18# Whoop, whoop That's the sound of the police... #
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Lots of goodies.
0:06:19 > 0:06:24# Girls just want to have fun... #
0:06:25 > 0:06:30I like little boxes. Anything that's small and box-like.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33- Kevin, look at this.- What's that, Ad? What have you found?
0:06:33 > 0:06:38- It looks like a Hindu cow or something.- Indian, it could be.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- Is it incredibly light? - Yeah, very light.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Yeah, I wouldn't say it's great, to be honest.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Do you think there will be any people
0:06:44 > 0:06:49- that are interested in Indian bulls at the auction?- Fair enough.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56- Yeah, there we are. J S&S - an Art Nouveau copper jug.- Yeah.- Price?
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- £28 it is.- I quite like that. - It is quite nice, actually.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00It is very nice.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Well, you just don't see very much these days
0:07:03 > 0:07:05- and it has that nice sort of organic bit.- It does.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06Quite a commercial piece.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Arts and Crafts copper is being made quite commercial.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- So that would be quite good to go for, that sort of thing? - It would be.- Oh.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20- Has that got silver on it?- A hickory shafted cane.- Right.- Or holly.
0:07:20 > 0:07:26- Oh, it's holly?- Could be.- They use those for horses, the whip that's used for driving horses.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Is there any label on it? What does the label say?
0:07:29 > 0:07:33- It just says stick and it says £23.- Is it a woman's one?
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- No, it's a man's one.- Is it? - It's quite short then.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- They were a bit smaller then, weren't they?- Yeah.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- I think that's rather fun. - It is rather fun.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Can you see if there's a mark on there?
0:07:45 > 0:07:50- It's quite badly worn, to be honest. - Is it?- It is, it looks very sort of squashed.- Look, it's all sort of...
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- Oh, is it? Oh, right, OK.- I think we ought to carry on.- OK, carry on.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54I'll put that back very carefully.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- No sticking around for the Blues then.- Do you like the toys?
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Do they come in their original packaging?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Is that what people are after these days?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Yes, that is important, also being in mint condition.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Sometimes when the boxes haven't even been opened.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08When you've got a stall like that where they sell these,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10they know the prices, they know what they're worth
0:08:10 > 0:08:12- and we're not going to beat this. - Sure. Sure.
0:08:12 > 0:08:20- We've always got the cow as back up, haven't we? So...- No, I've changed my mind about the cow.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22We've agreed to disagree on the cow.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- Just looking at what that was.- What what was?- These, what are these?
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- That's a baby's rattle.- Yeah.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32It's been thrown across the room a few times.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36- And in the red corner, a box. - I like the boxes.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Well, you have good taste. This is known as Tunbridge ware.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42You see all those little tiny mosaics of different coloured woods,
0:08:42 > 0:08:45so I think that's probably a Rosewood box.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49And they're all laid in sort of geometric shapes.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53The only thing I would say, sadly, is this is
0:08:53 > 0:08:58- not quite as collectable at the moment as it once was.- OK.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- BUT there's some very nice pieces there.- Now, talking of boxes...
0:09:02 > 0:09:05I just like this little stamp box.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08You can use it so it's going to be left out
0:09:08 > 0:09:12- and people can admire the top. - It's very pretty, the top, isn't it?
0:09:12 > 0:09:16- It's lovely.- Shall we have a look at that?- Are the Reds being box clever?
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- I love that little box there.- Little money box. How much is on that?
0:09:20 > 0:09:24- Oh, £90.- Oh, I thought it said £40.- Oh, dear.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Cor, boxes are popular today.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32- It's a very sweet stamp box, isn't it?- Yeah, first class, second class.
0:09:32 > 0:09:38- First class, second class. - It's got a sloping interior so you can get them out easily.- Oh, really?
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- How clever!- Not the oldest thing. It's only £23.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- Wouldn't a philatelist quite like that?- A phil...
0:09:45 > 0:09:49- That's a good name, isn't it?- It's a good name.- A good word, philatelist.
0:09:49 > 0:09:55- It's the battle of the boxes.- £90 for something really quite simple.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- Yeah.- It is nice, there's no real damage there
0:09:58 > 0:10:01because these little pieces can come out quite easily.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02It is in nice condition.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03That's what I would say.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06I think we'd make more money with the Hindu cow.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10If we could get that a lot cheaper...
0:10:10 > 0:10:17- Do you want to ask what he can... - £60? If he can do it for £60...
0:10:17 > 0:10:19While the Reds are trying to close a deal,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Thomas is opening Pandora's box for the Blues.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25- OK, I'm going to be slightly controversial here.- OK.
0:10:25 > 0:10:26- Slightly controversial.- Mh-hm.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30I think it's a real cop-out buying something which is marked at £23.
0:10:30 > 0:10:36- In this cabinet here... - Yes?- ..are a number of little boxes.
0:10:36 > 0:10:41- You've got enamel boxes, porcelain boxes, papier mache boxes.- OK.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45I think if you want to play the game,
0:10:45 > 0:10:49and we want to win, I think we buy the lot.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53We buy all the boxes and it's one lot of boxes and it will appeal.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- That's a brilliant idea! - You like that idea?- I do!
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- You could get a good discount by buying them all.- Exactly.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01He's thinking outside the box there.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05- We're wondering what you could do for us with this.- Let's have a look.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Cos we really love it.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12- If you do love it then you won't mind paying 80 quid, will you?- 80?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Could you do it a little bit less than that for us?
0:11:14 > 0:11:17I'll tell you, you can have it for 70 quid but that's it.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- It's nice, but I don't love it. - I'll hang on to it for you.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- Yeah, put it to one side. - So that box is shelved for the Reds.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30- Now, Thomas, we're counting on you. - So, we've got one, two, three, four, five, six...
0:11:30 > 0:11:36- Seven with the stamp.- OK.- Shall we get them out?- Yes.- Get them all out.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39# Little boxes on the hillside
0:11:39 > 0:11:42# Little boxes made of ticky tacky
0:11:42 > 0:11:44# Little boxes, little boxes
0:11:44 > 0:11:47# Little boxes all the same
0:11:47 > 0:11:50# There's a green one and pink one
0:11:50 > 0:11:53# And a blue one and a yellow one
0:11:53 > 0:11:56# And they're all made out of ticky tacky
0:11:56 > 0:11:59# And they all look just the same... #
0:11:59 > 0:12:04- Well, with 10% off, that comes to £80.- Yeah, and another 20...
0:12:04 > 0:12:11- And another 10, that would be...- He's shaking his head slowly.- 70.- 70?
0:12:11 > 0:12:16- Yeah.- So it's £10 a box?- That was the most expensive one, wasn't it?
0:12:16 > 0:12:19What he's done is that was 23 and he's marked it down to 20,
0:12:19 > 0:12:21so he's already done us 10%...
0:12:21 > 0:12:22- Right, OK.- ..off already.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24You know, these people do have to eat.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28When they go home at night and they have their baked beans on toast,
0:12:28 > 0:12:30if they're lucky, they might have an egg.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32But if we don't pay enough, they can't have an egg.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35They can't have an egg. You see? It's very unfair.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- I know, but we're out to do well. - I know we're out to do well.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40We want to win! We want the gavel.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42- I know you want to win, you want the golden gavel.- Yes.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44I understand, I do understand.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Well, you know, forego an egg tonight and 65?
0:12:48 > 0:12:53- No, I have to stick to 70, I'm afraid.- Right, OK. £70?- Yes.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- You're happy?- I think you should buy them.- Yeah.- Let's go for it.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58- I mean, I like them. - Oh! I'm exhausted.
0:12:58 > 0:13:03All this talk of eggs, eh? Thomas has had "en-oeuf" already.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- Deal.- Thank you.- Thank you very much.- Thank you, thank you.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12That's cracking. One deal done, Blues.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Now, what's Catherine taken a shine to?
0:13:15 > 0:13:19- I quite like that.- Manly!
0:13:19 > 0:13:23- Wow, they're quite heavy.- What is that?- A ship's lantern.- A ship's light?
0:13:23 > 0:13:25A ship's light.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28You get so many reproductions of these, so many.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31I think that's a definite possibility.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Do you want to see how much...
0:13:34 > 0:13:36- Shall we all go?- Yes.- OK.
0:13:36 > 0:13:41- Strength in numbers. - Strength in numbers. Steven.- Yes?
0:13:45 > 0:13:51- We rather like these ship's lights. - Strictly speaking, they should be 170 so...
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- 150's about as much as...- How about 130?
0:13:54 > 0:13:56I'm being cheeky but....
0:13:56 > 0:13:58No, it's going to be on my head if it is.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01I'll tell you what, we'll split the difference. 140.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- I'll take that risk. - I quite like that price.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- I noticed a pen there that was interesting.- That was lovely.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- That was really nice.- It was a similar price to this.- Where in?
0:14:12 > 0:14:15- Back where Kev saw the little moneybox.- Oh, the Tunbridge ware?
0:14:15 > 0:14:19- Yeah, there was a quill. - Oh, OK, well do you want to...
0:14:19 > 0:14:22- That cabinet's still open, isn't it?- I think so, yeah.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23Do you want to quickly go and grab that?
0:14:23 > 0:14:27- Is Adam steering the Reds off course?- It was up here, I saw erm...
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- This pen here.- I think that's really special, actually.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36- Look at the design on that.- So, the boys are back at the Tunbridge ware.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37But what have the girls found?
0:14:37 > 0:14:40That was the other thing we were looking at.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44- Some of the old glasses, were they called something stem?- Cotton twist.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49Cotton twist in there. What else is it called in Italian?
0:14:49 > 0:14:55- Oh, I don't know.- A thousand canes. Millefiori.- Oh.- Oh, right!
0:14:55 > 0:14:58So those are canes. Millefiori canes. Cotton twist canes.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03- It's got...- What's it called? - Pontil.- Pontil. You're quite right.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05You're quite right. Well done.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10- And the gold flecks inside there are aventurine inclusions.- Right.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- Oh, my goodness. - Something's crystal clear.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14That TP sure knows his glass.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18What you need to do is angle it. This is the way.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Angle it and look at the edge of the base, the rim,
0:15:21 > 0:15:26where it would have sat on a table and look at it with detail
0:15:26 > 0:15:31and you've got to see if you can see some tiny, tiny scratch marks on it.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35- A bit.- A bit. You can see a bit, can you?- Yes. Not much.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40- Does that mean it's old?- Yes. You're looking for wear.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44And that slight wear from moving, when your staff have been in.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48- You both have staff, don't you?- No. - No? What is this?
0:15:48 > 0:15:53When your staff are in cleaning the house, moving backwards
0:15:53 > 0:15:56and forwards, it gets wear on it.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Rub your finger around the top rim.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01No broken bits.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Just make sure there are no chips, nibbles, bites, cracks.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08And I'll do one final thing. OK.
0:16:08 > 0:16:09GLASS PINGS
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Yes. No cracks.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13GLASS PINGS
0:16:13 > 0:16:15I think it's going to be early 20th century,
0:16:15 > 0:16:19especially with that wear around it. What do you think this could be?
0:16:21 > 0:16:26- 39.- 39. Normally that would be...we'd take 10% off.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Could we do 33?
0:16:31 > 0:16:35- 30.- I'm a simple man. I've got two very intelligent females here
0:16:35 > 0:16:38who can think more than I can think.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42OK. I'm under pressure now. So, 30 then.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- Thank you.- Thank you, ladies. - Thank you very much.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49That deal is ringing true for the Blues. That's their second buy.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54This is late 19th century.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58- Really lovely.- I think this is the first item we've all agreed on.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- I do quite like that. It's quite quirky.- I agree that it's lovely.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05It's just the price, isn't it? Let's go see what he can say.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13What can you do for us?
0:17:13 > 0:17:17- 145 should be.- 145.- Should be.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- But might not be.- 135.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24135, so it's a case of do we buy this or do we buy this?
0:17:24 > 0:17:29I prefer the lanterns for the price. OK. Catherine.
0:17:29 > 0:17:35- Can you do 135 on those?- Go on, Steve.- Go on, 135. Time's running on.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38135. 135. Decisions.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42- Let's do the lanterns.- Manly lamps, 135.- Let's do it.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45What a manly pair. The boys have made their first deal.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- Happy?- I am, yes.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50I do quite like this shop. Can we look in this area here?
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- We missed it.- You don't want to go out?- Just five minutes.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57- I know we haven't got much time left.- OK. Let's go and have a look.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59I want to show you two things here.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03- I love this.- I hoped you were going to say that.
0:18:03 > 0:18:09A lovely large Victorian pewter meat platter with the tree drainer.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13You put your hot water in there. Fabulous bit of pewter.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Great bracket for it.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18To top it off. I think, out of all of this,
0:18:18 > 0:18:22if you're going to have this, you're going to want this with it as well.
0:18:22 > 0:18:271897. This is dated AA. So it's probably from a country house.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30I was going to offer, out of these two,
0:18:30 > 0:18:34£195, because we've got £200 left.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Gives me a fiver to spend.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Do you think that can be done?
0:18:39 > 0:18:44- I'll have to phone them. - That's 160. That's 105.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46So I'm nearly there.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49I'll ring.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52195 leaves me a fiver.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Thomas is setting himself up for a challenge there.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58I think the police have got a lead.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00- Ello, ello, ello.- Down there.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04- Down there.- What have we found? - Let's have a look.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- Oh, truncheons.- A truncheon. A police truncheon.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11- Is it an old one?- It looks old. - They don't issue them any more.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14It's certainly got quite a bit of age to it.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16I love this leather strap. It's lovely, isn't it?
0:19:16 > 0:19:20It's not Victorian but it's probably '20s, '30s.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22There'll be a lot of retired police officers
0:19:22 > 0:19:25that might like something like this.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28You're narrowing your market, aren't you? What's the price on it?
0:19:28 > 0:19:32- £35.- We've got to get this. - Have you?- I think it's fate.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36- Not for that price.- I think we have to buy this.- Yeah, go on.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41- Ah. You're not Steve.- Nothing gets past you, Adam.- We really like this.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Could you do us a good deal on this?
0:19:43 > 0:19:47- 30?- We were thinking a little bit lower than that.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51- We've already bought an item from here.- 25 would probably be OK.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Even though we've already bought something from here before?
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- Top marks for trying. - She's tempted, she's tempted.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01- I think we should go...- 22.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03I think that's a nice price.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04We'll do it.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- Shall we shake on that? Thank you. - Nice one.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09That's two down and one to go.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- What do you think they'll make on it? - Kitchenalia is popular these days.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17It really has a huge appeal.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Erm. We're spending a lot of money.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22There could be a profit. Let's see.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- What's the story?- 195.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28- Well done, that is fantastic.- Happy?
0:20:28 > 0:20:32- Very happy. Thank you very much. - It's a bit bold and daring.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Of course. It leaves me a fiver, thanks.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37So, the Blues have cracked it.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41And the Reds are trying somewhere new.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45- How does this feel?- Erm.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47- What are you going to find for £5?- Don't worry.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51Let me organise that. Let's go and have a cup of tea.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55Whilst the Blues are off for a brew, the Reds are getting ahead.
0:20:55 > 0:21:01So we've got a big old chunk of bronze here. It's been nicely cast.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05It's really nicely modelled. We've got a side-on view there.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10- Possibly of the young Augustus. Do you like it?- I do.- It's quite nice.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15It's very heavy. I'm just worried it's a bit broken.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18It's a bit damaged at the bottom, unfortunately.
0:21:18 > 0:21:23Ideally, it would be nicely mounted on a new piece of marble.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- And then it's fine. - It's really nicely...
0:21:25 > 0:21:29- Could you do us a good price on that?- Bearing in mind it's damaged.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34- Bearing in mind we're in the last... - We've got three minutes.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Well, 85.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Would you do 70?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- 75.- What do you reckon?
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- Would you have that in your home? - Yeah, I would, yeah.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48I wouldn't. THEY LAUGH
0:21:48 > 0:21:52- Doesn't seem to fit the profile for Kevin.- One minute.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- Do it. Let's do it.- 60 seconds. Let go for it.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58- OK. 75.- Thank you. - It's been a pleasure.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Well, they found their man. Just in the nick of time.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Tick-tock, time's up. Let's check out what the Red team bought.
0:22:05 > 0:22:11The boys took a shine to the manly pair of lanterns, paying £135.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14They didn't beat around the bush for their second buy.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18They had to have the truncheon for £22. And it's a bust.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Well, a plaque of Emperor Augustus, actually.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24The boys paid £75 for their third item.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28- So, chaps, how are we?- Very good.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31How was your hour with Catherine Southon?
0:22:31 > 0:22:34It was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Well, you're looking very well on this. You're both still smiling.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Excellent. Kevin, which is your favourite piece?
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- The pair of lanterns. - And do you agree with that?
0:22:41 > 0:22:44I'd have to agree with Kev. I would go for the lanterns as well.
0:22:44 > 0:22:50- Super. So you spent in total?- 232. - May I have £68 of leftover lolly?
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Thank you very much. That's it. So it goes straight across, look.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58- Lovely. Wonderful.- And your plan, Catherine?
0:22:58 > 0:23:01My plan is I don't have one.
0:23:01 > 0:23:07- Oh, good.- But I'm not going to buy a cow.- OK.- Going to buy what?- A cow.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12- Don't ask.- No. I would suggest not. Very expensive to keep cows.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Anyway, good luck.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blue team bought?
0:23:16 > 0:23:19The Blue team bought a job-lot of boxes for their first purchase.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Seven for £70.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Their story took a twist
0:23:24 > 0:23:27when they spent £30 on the Venetian glass bowl.
0:23:27 > 0:23:33The girls went big with their last buy, £195 on the meat dish and pan.
0:23:35 > 0:23:40OK, girls. What a thrill that was. Thomas Plant for a whole hour.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44- I know.- So, which is your favourite item?- The Venetian glass.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- What about you, Liz? - I think the Venetian glass.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- And is that going to bring the biggest profit?- I think it will.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54I'm not sure. I think it might be the last item which is two items,
0:23:54 > 0:23:59which is the big carving plate. And with the saucepan, I think that
0:23:59 > 0:24:02- might...- That could do the biggest profit?- I think it could do.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05We've got a slightly mixed message there which is lovely,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08but one thing's for certain. You spent a lot of money, didn't you?
0:24:08 > 0:24:13- Yes.- How much?- £295. - Very good. This is a challenge.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18£5 of leftover lolly. Just the bare fiver goes to T Plant.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23- Is this your favourite moment, Tom? - I love having a fiver.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- It's a challenge.- You don't get much for a fiver these days, do you?
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Basically, you can't go wrong, Tom.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30TOM LAUGHS
0:24:30 > 0:24:32I mean, for an auctioneer, £5, £10.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35- You've doubled your money before you can say Jack Sprout.- Absolutely.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38And while Thomas gets his nose to the grindstone for the girls,
0:24:38 > 0:24:41I'm going to take you on a little trip.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47I've brought you to Shalford Mill,
0:24:47 > 0:24:51an 18th-century, pretty water mill on the
0:24:51 > 0:24:55outskirts of the enchanting village of Shalford, just outside Guildford.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Let's have a look, shall we?
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Flour milling has flourished here from the medieval to Victorian times.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07The current mill still houses some 19th-century machinery,
0:25:07 > 0:25:11gears and pulleys, sack hoists and a water wheel.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16But it's not just the mill itself that attracts visitors to
0:25:16 > 0:25:19this National Trust property.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21I'm going to join Polly Bagnall who's going to tell us some more.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- Good morning, Polly.- Good morning. - How very nice to see you.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28Now, I know the milling industry has had its ups and downs
0:25:28 > 0:25:30but tell us about the history of this particular mill.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33There was a mill on this site and there is one
0:25:33 > 0:25:36recorded in the Doomsday Book, so since medieval times.
0:25:36 > 0:25:41This actual mill was built in about 1739 by John Mildred from Guildford.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43And it's quite unusual.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46It's got beautiful, scalloped, clay tiles on the outside,
0:25:46 > 0:25:47so it's quite a grand mill.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50But it would've only been run by about two men.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52The grinder and a boy.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56It was very busy, all through the 1700s, 1800s,
0:25:56 > 0:25:59but around the end of the 1800s,
0:25:59 > 0:26:02there was no great demand for English wheat.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05It was cheaper to import it from abroad.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10So, by 1914 this mill was pretty much defunct.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12It was old machinery and obsolete.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15And how did this mill become National Trust property?
0:26:15 > 0:26:16That's a very interesting story
0:26:16 > 0:26:20because at that point there was an awful lot of road-building
0:26:20 > 0:26:25and all from London down to here, there were houses going up.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Two women came down from London and they wanted to save a little
0:26:28 > 0:26:31bit of rural England and so they took the mill.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35But it was in a sorry state and they said, "Let's repair it,"
0:26:35 > 0:26:38and they had to raise money. They weren't any ordinary women.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42- They were Ferguson's Gang. - Who were Ferguson's Gang?
0:26:42 > 0:26:47Well, there were five women. They were quite well educated.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48Some from very wealthy families,
0:26:48 > 0:26:50some from less so and had to earn a living.
0:26:50 > 0:26:55But they were bright and had a great sense of fun and were in their twenties.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57And they decided to get together
0:26:57 > 0:27:00and they had funny names, like Sister Agatha,
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Red Biddy, Bludy Beershop and the main person was Bill Stickers.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08Rather than just raising money in a normal way, they went round
0:27:08 > 0:27:11with masks and capes and went round all their friends and relatives
0:27:11 > 0:27:14getting Victorian coins until they'd amassed enough to repair the mill,
0:27:14 > 0:27:19- a few hundred pounds.- Bizarre. - And employed an architect to do it.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23They gave it to the National Trust and they actually donated
0:27:23 > 0:27:27several properties around the south-east. An old priory,
0:27:27 > 0:27:31a town hall on the Isle of Wight and large tracts of Cornish coastline.
0:27:31 > 0:27:36Throughout the '30s and '40s, they were really active and every time
0:27:36 > 0:27:40they got money, they donated it to the National Trust in funny ways.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43They would maybe roll it up disguised as a cigar
0:27:43 > 0:27:47or inside the body of a carcass of a goose.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50And one-time they made an elaborate pineapple that they put
0:27:50 > 0:27:54the money inside and took it to the National Trust AGM and presented it
0:27:54 > 0:27:57and everyone thought it was a bomb and was really scared.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59But it hit the papers.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04All their activities got great publicity for the National Trust.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07I think they boosted the numbers by about a third
0:28:07 > 0:28:11and they raised £1,000, which at that point was a lot of money.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13- Did the gang remain secretive? - Oh, indeed.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17They even had their own headquarters here at Shalford Mill.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21- This is the HQ, is it?- It is. It's where they used to sleep...
0:28:21 > 0:28:23All five of them?
0:28:23 > 0:28:27- ..and cook and eat. All five of them. - Must have been cosy.- It was.
0:28:27 > 0:28:32And what we have, which is great, is that they kept a minute book
0:28:32 > 0:28:37and in here, all their exploits that featured in the newspapers
0:28:37 > 0:28:40of the times. The Times, the Daily Mail.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44They stuck in the cuttings and some of the buildings they restored.
0:28:44 > 0:28:49And they've also recorded some of their activities that they did
0:28:49 > 0:28:51which was just for their enjoyment
0:28:51 > 0:28:54and they used to have a ritual haunting of the mill.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Usually around the summer solstice.
0:28:56 > 0:29:01It would entail them making a feast in here and then going up to what
0:29:01 > 0:29:02they called the Chamber of Horrors,
0:29:02 > 0:29:05which was the top gallery of the mill.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09They would do chanting and I think we've got something in here.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12"On the stroke of midnight, the Right Bludy,
0:29:12 > 0:29:16"the Lord Beershop, Bill Stickers and Sister Agatha assembled with their
0:29:16 > 0:29:18"weapons in the Chamber of Horrors.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20"Solemnly swore the following oath,
0:29:20 > 0:29:25"'I swear that at whatever cost, I for one will uphold Ferguson's Gang,'"
0:29:25 > 0:29:29and they wrote it in this mockney. It's a bit like modern text speak.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33- Polly, your interest in this is not entirely coincidental?- Not at all.
0:29:33 > 0:29:39I grew up here and my grandfather was The Artichoke, who was an architect.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41He was a conservation architect.
0:29:41 > 0:29:46The gang used him to restore and conserve all their buildings.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49It is fascinating, that whole era of the 1930s,
0:29:49 > 0:29:53'40s and what was happening in rural England.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55- These women were quite important. - Exactly.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58- Doing their mysterious good deeds.- Indeed.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02The big question today is, of course, what good deeds are about to be done
0:30:02 > 0:30:04by our teams over at the auction.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Well, what a treat. We're in Wisborough Green,
0:30:17 > 0:30:20at Bellmans' saleroom, with Jonathan Pratt. JP,
0:30:20 > 0:30:22- good to see you.- And you, Tim. - Let's see what the Reds have got.
0:30:22 > 0:30:27- A couple of steaming lanterns. - They're called Round Reds.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31I looked and looked and couldn't find a similar example to them.
0:30:31 > 0:30:32That will only, I suppose, help.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Yeah, probably. You get the port and starboard ones. The red and green.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39The all-round job would be for a special function like your
0:30:39 > 0:30:43- being towed at night.- The quality of them is very good.- Exactly.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45So how much would the best price be?
0:30:45 > 0:30:48£80-120 is my estimate.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Thank you. Catherine found them. She loves all this marine stuff.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55She paid £135, which may just be a bit over the top. But not to worry.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58We can soon knock them out with the truncheon.
0:30:58 > 0:30:59JONATHAN LAUGHS
0:30:59 > 0:31:02As truncheons go, this is quite a modern one.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04This is like a 20th-century bobby.
0:31:04 > 0:31:09And the collectors will be more after 19th-century or earlier.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11- Yeah. Early Peelers.- Exactly.
0:31:11 > 0:31:16Which are painted and gilt and with a VR monograph instead of a GR.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- This is George V.- How much?
0:31:19 > 0:31:22- 20 to 40.- OK, £22 paid.
0:31:22 > 0:31:27And lastly, we've got what looks like a death mask. But a Roman mask.
0:31:27 > 0:31:32- Augustus. How do you rate him? - Nice and decorative.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36Nice quality. Not really much more to say about it than that.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40It goes into most homes as well. The classical collector, the Victorian
0:31:40 > 0:31:43type of house or someone who's interested in modern art.
0:31:43 > 0:31:44You could still sit it in the same place.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47Just needs a bit of tidying up, chips and marks.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50The base isn't terribly good, to be honest, but that can be sorted out.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54- Exactly. How much?- 60 to 80. - £75. It's a classic, isn't it?
0:31:54 > 0:31:57That's it. It's all pretty well on the button.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01They may not need their bonus buy, but let's have a look at it anyway.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04You gave Catherine £68. Catherine, what did you spend it on?
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Well, here we are, chaps.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10- A box.- Wow.- Look.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15Open it up. Look at that. An artist box.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18This is what you would take on your Sunday afternoon
0:32:18 > 0:32:22and you'd go out and you'd start painting. Wouldn't you?
0:32:22 > 0:32:24- Would I?- You would.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26You'd have one of those little stools, the collapsible stools.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29You'd open it out and sit down and look at the countryside
0:32:29 > 0:32:32- and you'd paint.- How much did you pay for it?- I paid £45.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34I quite like it, actually. I think that's really nice.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36What do you think we'll get for this?
0:32:36 > 0:32:40- I think you should make £30 profit on it. 40.- Do you think?- 30, 40.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44- OK.- OK, chaps. If you need it, you can pick it,
0:32:44 > 0:32:47but only after the sale of your first three items, because right now
0:32:47 > 0:32:49let's find out from the auctioneer what he thinks
0:32:49 > 0:32:52about Catherine's little colour box.
0:32:53 > 0:32:59- OK. I know you're very artistic. Good, isn't it?- Windsor and Newton.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02I mean, good name for just quality painting products.
0:33:02 > 0:33:03It's a mahogany case.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05It's got a bit of age and vintage look about it.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09It's packed full of paint. You could buy this and go and paint tomorrow.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12- How much?- I quite like it.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16As a practical object, it's good value for money. Decorative too.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18How much money?
0:33:18 > 0:33:20- £60-80.- £45 paid by Catherine Southon.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22- So I think she's done well. - I think she has too.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24That's it for the Reds. Now for the Blues,
0:33:24 > 0:33:27who have got that group of pillboxes.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29- Modern ones, aren't they? - They're all modern ones.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32I have been kind of trying to be generous here.
0:33:32 > 0:33:38- £40-60.- Gosh.- This one here is white metal, possibly silver and enamel,
0:33:38 > 0:33:39but not terribly nice quality.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42And then you've got a few porcelain ones there.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45Quite honestly, if I got to 40, I'd be really pleased.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47We need to get to 70 and that ain't going to happen.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51If we transport ourselves to Italy, we might go to Venice
0:33:51 > 0:33:54- and we might pick up a glass bowl like that?- Yeah.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56I like this sort of stuff.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58I like the quality that goes into making these things.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02- You think of those Georgian ale twist glasses.- Yeah.
0:34:02 > 0:34:03It's the same thing.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05It's lots and lots of canes made smaller and smaller
0:34:05 > 0:34:10- and smaller. It's very typically Venetian glass.- But does it sell?
0:34:10 > 0:34:12There are collectors of this sort of thing.
0:34:12 > 0:34:18- £40-60, I think, is realistic. - That's good. £30 only paid.- OK.
0:34:18 > 0:34:24Lastly, and not least, comes the meat platter and the copper pan.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26I prefer the pan to the meat platter.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29People aren't using sideboards any more. So where would you put this?
0:34:29 > 0:34:31You buy it and put it straight back into a cupboard.
0:34:31 > 0:34:36This is a nice quality Victorian pan. It's much of a muchness really.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39I rate the meat platter at maybe £40, £50,
0:34:39 > 0:34:41and then the saucepan, another £20 or something.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44- So to me, it's sort of £60, £80. - OK, fine.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46- Well, they paid £195... - HE GROANS
0:34:46 > 0:34:48..which is a lot of turkey, isn't it?
0:34:48 > 0:34:52We just have to hold fast and reckon they will need the bonus buy,
0:34:52 > 0:34:55so let's go have a look at it.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57- OK, girls. This is fun, isn't it? - It's great fun.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01Have you any idea how difficult it is to spend £5
0:35:01 > 0:35:03on an object that's likely to make a profit?
0:35:03 > 0:35:05I think we can imagine it.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09I tell you, Tom's been through there and back, haven't you?
0:35:09 > 0:35:13The thing is, you can buy any old bit of tat,
0:35:13 > 0:35:14- but I bought...- BOTH:- Oh!
0:35:14 > 0:35:18..a moulded plate, moulded glass, so not the greatest
0:35:18 > 0:35:23quality but it's an exhibition piece from 1938 for Glasgow.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27- I think that's very clever.- So do I. - I think you've done brilliantly.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29Did you pay your whole £5?
0:35:29 > 0:35:32That was it. This was marked up at a huge amount more.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36- He took pity on me.- And how much do you think it will make?
0:35:36 > 0:35:38You've got to double your money. You've got to double your money.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41- OK, brilliant. Are you happy with that, girls?- Fantastic.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44I think that's a great thing to find for £5, so well done, Tom.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48Let's find out from the auctioneer what he thinks about Tom's plate.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52JP, you know how difficult it is to find something
0:35:52 > 0:35:54for a five pound note in the leftover lolly department.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58I think, to be honest, Tom's done rather well. Glasgow 1938.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Impressed with thistles. A little bit of wear to it
0:36:01 > 0:36:02but what can you buy for a fiver?
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Exactly. So what's your estimate on that?
0:36:05 > 0:36:08- 10 to 20.- OK, £5 paid. So Thomas Plant has done a blinder,
0:36:08 > 0:36:13if the team decide to go with it and that is their next big decision.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23There's loads of people here.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26They're all buzzing and gagging to get hold of your lots.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28What is going to happen, chaps?
0:36:28 > 0:36:32We're excited as excited can be to be here with you,
0:36:32 > 0:36:36and the first item up are the copper lanterns and here we go.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40- I have a bid of £40 commission.- Oh! - At £40 commission.- That's a bit low.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43There's 45. And the commission's now gone. 50.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48- £50. On the right now, at £50. - It's very low, isn't it?
0:36:48 > 0:36:52- 55. 60.- Come on. Up.- 65.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Has it now standing at the very back at £65.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58Come on. I thought the internet would bid for these.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02£65. Any more at £65? I'll give you one more chance. No.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06£65 still there. Back of the room at 65.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08- THEY GROAN - £65.
0:37:08 > 0:37:14- That's miserable. - That is minus £70. Lord.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- Here comes the truncheon. - £20 to start me.
0:37:17 > 0:37:22Good truncheon here for £20. Lots of 20s. 20 in front.
0:37:22 > 0:37:2525 in the yellow. 30. 35. 40. 45.
0:37:25 > 0:37:2850. 50 down here. At 50.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Where's the other hand that went up? Are you coming back in?
0:37:30 > 0:37:34- 50 down front. OK. He says no. 50 down here.- Come on!
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Your bid at £50. All done at £50. Last chance.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40- 50.- £50. Eight short of 30.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44That is plus 28. 28, which means...
0:37:45 > 0:37:48- ..you're minus 42.- Here we go. Here is the bronze.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52£60 to start me for this. £60.
0:37:52 > 0:37:5540, then. There's 40 now. Front here at £40.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58Surely worth more. It's £40 down the front. Where's the five?
0:37:58 > 0:37:59- Where's the five? - Are we all done at £40?
0:37:59 > 0:38:03No other interest in the room at £40? I'll sell then to you, sir,
0:38:03 > 0:38:05down on the right at £40.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07That's minus 77.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09We should have bought three truncheons.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- What are we going to do about the paintbox?- We've got to go for it.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- We've definitely got to go for it. - You're going with it?- Yeah.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19- We've got nothing to lose.- Nothing to lose at all.- Go for it.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23Bids with me at 55. 65. £75. Straight in at £75.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25- Oh, 75 straight in.- Oh, my God.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28£75. Where's 80? Do I see £80.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- I told you it was a good one.- Yeah.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Any more in the room? There's someone twitching out there on the internet.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38- If you're going to bid again, bid now.- Go on, twitch.- Come on.
0:38:38 > 0:38:43- 85 anywhere else?- Come on. - Selling at £80.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Still twitching there. £80.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50- Well, £80 is plus £35. - It's something.
0:38:50 > 0:38:55That is minus £42. That, chaps, could be a winning score.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03- OK, girls. Do you know how the boys got on?- No.- Fine.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Anyway, you've got your little collection of pill and stamp boxes.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10You paid £70. The auctioneer's been a bit sniffy about them.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12£40-60 is his estimate.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15- That is a bit cruel.- We'll see how you go and here they come.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20And with bids on the book, I'm starting at 60. With me at £60.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24- Look at that! That's remarkable! - £60. Looking for five now.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28- Surely worth five. It's £60 with me. - More, more.
0:39:28 > 0:39:3165 and 70. 75 and 80.
0:39:31 > 0:39:32Look at that!
0:39:34 > 0:39:36We'll eat our words, won't we, JP?
0:39:36 > 0:39:40Are we all done at £80? I shall sell at £80.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44- That is remarkable. - Well done. Well done.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46A Venetian glass hexagonal bowl.
0:39:46 > 0:39:51Bids on this to start me. 25. £35.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55- We're in profit before we start. - 40. 45. You sure?
0:39:55 > 0:40:00- One more might do it, sir. £45. 50 in the room now.- 50.- 55?
0:40:00 > 0:40:03You both want it now at 50. 50 dead set.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05- This is good.- This is good.
0:40:07 > 0:40:08Come on now.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11£50 in the centre. I'll sell it at 50. It's yours, sir. £50.
0:40:11 > 0:40:1550. Sold it for £50, which is plus £20. Very good.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19You're plus 30. Now, stand by.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Someone start me 60 for this. £60.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23£60 for the lot.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27- Bid.- Oh, no. No.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30£20. Stop me at 20. There's 20 there.
0:40:30 > 0:40:3325 anywhere else? £20 I have at the front.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36- It's a long climb. - A very long climb.
0:40:36 > 0:40:3830. 35.
0:40:38 > 0:40:4035, now with you, sir. £35.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Oh, no!
0:40:42 > 0:40:46£35. Are you all done? It's £35 and selling.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48You've lost your way with that one, Tom-Tom.
0:40:48 > 0:40:53That is minus 160, which doesn't sound too bad if you say it quickly.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57Look, gilt plate. You going to go with that? Bonus buy. Why not?
0:40:57 > 0:41:00- Why not?- It's a no-brainer.- Nothing to lose.- We're unified in that.
0:41:00 > 0:41:01The moulded glass and gilt plate,
0:41:01 > 0:41:05commemorating the Tower Of Empire Exhibition in Glasgow in 1938.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Someone start me at £10. There's 10 in the yellow. Thank you at 10.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12- Oh, good.- £10 is bid. Looking for 12 now. Dead ahead at 10.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15Got to be worth 12. Do you want to come in at 12? No.
0:41:15 > 0:41:1710 at the back of the room. Anyone else at £12? Come on.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21- Let's go for 12. It's only £2 more. - Come on!
0:41:21 > 0:41:2410 it is then. At £10.
0:41:24 > 0:41:25Selling for 10.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Which is plus £5, which means overall you're minus 125.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31If you say that very quietly.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Today's programme hinges on the extent of losses.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44The team that has managed to clock up substantially more losses
0:41:44 > 0:41:47than the other is, of course, the Blues.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50- Oh!- Minus £125 is quite a score.
0:41:50 > 0:41:55- Yeah.- Really, a position you could not recover from.
0:41:55 > 0:42:00Minus £160 on the pewter meat plate. That was a death blow.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Otherwise, you got a profit on every lot.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06You got a profit on the bonus buy. You got a profit on the other two
0:42:06 > 0:42:10- but that meat plate. You were sunk. - Absolutely.- Disaster.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14- But you've been incredibly sporting about this.- They were very nice.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18- They were just the wrong buyers. - Exactly. You have got it so right.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22But you and your mate, Liz, are lovely when it comes to
0:42:22 > 0:42:25sportsmanship because you haven't let this get you down, have you?
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- No, course not.- Hope you've enjoyed the experience.- It's been terrific.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Bad luck about that plate. Otherwise you'd have been swimming.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Anyway, good fun. But the victors today who've managed to win by only
0:42:34 > 0:42:38losing £42 are our boys in blue. I mean red.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42You were £77 down the proverbial until Catherine came to the fore
0:42:42 > 0:42:44with her lovely paintbox.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47- That paintbox made £35, so well done, Catherine.- Thank you.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51You are minus £42, but the victors today, and I congratulate you.
0:42:51 > 0:42:52- Thank you.- Good fun.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55It's been so much fun, you should join us soon for some more
0:42:55 > 0:42:57- bargain-hunting. Yes?!- ALL:- Yes!