0:00:02 > 0:00:04Today, we've headed to the beautiful city of Lincoln,
0:00:04 > 0:00:08where we are guaranteed thrills, spills
0:00:08 > 0:00:10and, you never know...
0:00:10 > 0:00:13even the occasional profit.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15So, let's go bargain hunting, yeah!
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Our American cousins are
0:00:41 > 0:00:44well familiar with the name Lincoln.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47The word itself means a settlement by a pool or river
0:00:47 > 0:00:50and the Americans have got hundreds of them all over the States.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54But for us true Brits, there is only one Lincoln, and that's
0:00:54 > 0:00:57in Lincolnshire - here -
0:00:57 > 0:01:00which is where we began our search.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03And here's a sneaky peak as to what's coming up. Oh, yeah.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10On today's show, the Reds are a bit trigger-happy...
0:01:10 > 0:01:13- Is that all right, Aaron? - It's a bit late now, but...
0:01:13 > 0:01:15It's a good job I like it.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17..while the blues reveal their secret weapon.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21You've worked some magic there, Dolly. I don't know how you did it, but you did.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- No, no.- Just a weensy bit because, look, I'm a pensioner and...
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Dolly, you are piece of work, if I can say that.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32It has been a pleasure working with you.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35That's all for later, but first, let's meet the teams.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Well, we're keeping it in the family today on Bargain Hunt,
0:01:40 > 0:01:45with a mother and son combo, Val and Aaron for the Reds.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49And for the blues, we have grandma and granddaughter, Karen and Dolly.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Hello, everyone.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- Hello, Tim.- Lovely to see you.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Now, Aaron, apart from the obvious maternal connection here,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59you actually share similar interests with your mother, don't you?
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Yes, we do. We are both big football fans.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Unfortunately, Mum supports Man Utd and I support Arsenal.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10But the important thing, I guess, is they both play in red.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Yes, well, that's a start, isn't it?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14And you see each other every week.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16You go and visit your mother awake a dutiful son?
0:02:16 > 0:02:21I certainly do, and benefit from baby-sitting for my young son.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- Oh, really? What is your little boy called?- Alec.- Alec!
0:02:24 > 0:02:28So, what do you do to unwind, apart from playing with Alec?
0:02:28 > 0:02:31I'm playing hockey. That's probably the main sport that I got into
0:02:31 > 0:02:34when I was seven years old. When I'm not doing that, I'm kick boxing.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Are you going to give us a kick, then? Go on.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Chuck your leg up and give us a... Oh, my God.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Yes, that's what you call a sporting kick, isn't it?
0:02:43 > 0:02:45I knew I was going to regret that. Thank you very much.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Now, Val, you're retired,
0:02:48 > 0:02:50which you clearly did incredibly early.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- And after 39 years' worth of teaching...- Yes.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55- Gosh...- I know.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- That is quite an achievement. - I loved it. Absolutely wonderful.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- And you like to do a bit of globetrotting?- I love it, yes,
0:03:01 > 0:03:02especially America.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05I love going with my husband all the way around America,
0:03:05 > 0:03:09- to different places, but we love Arizona the best.- Do you? Glorious.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Anyway, now, what do you know about antiques, you two?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- Well, I like collecting paintings. - Do you?- Yes.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- Is that what you're going to go for it today?- Yes, absolutely.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Well, you never know, such a nice, speculative area, isn't it?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- All sorts of extraordinary things can happen.- Yes.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25And we really hope they're going to happen to you too.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Thank you very much for joining us.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Now, Karen, you're no stranger to the odd antique, are you?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33No, my dad used to work as an auctioneer in his part-time, so...
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- Did he?- Yes.- Oh! Did I ever come across him?
0:03:36 > 0:03:39No, I don't think he's ever met you, no. I think he would have told me.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Wow. Now, you like to do a little bit of travel too, don't you?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Yes, yes.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46I just spent the last, well, just under a year travelling,
0:03:46 > 0:03:47so I did America.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51I've done that two years in a row and I've backpacked in Australia as well.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53And what sort of things did you get up to in America?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55I worked at a Girl Scout camp for two years.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59It was really rustic. I don't think people thought I'd last, but I loved it.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02You did, because you're tough, right? Very nice, too.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Now, Dolly, you've lady very interesting life. Tell us about it.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09I was an evacuee at four and a half,
0:04:09 > 0:04:11when the War began.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Well, it's a very strange thing for us, isn't it?
0:04:13 > 0:04:17We can't contemplate whole families being carved up,
0:04:17 > 0:04:20little ones being sent from their parents,
0:04:20 > 0:04:22and you were only four and a half,
0:04:22 > 0:04:23and you went to complete strangers.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27I did, but I had an absolutely lovely house
0:04:27 > 0:04:29and a lovely family.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- And...I had a lovely War. - Well, how sweet is that?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34So, when did you retire?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36I retired 19 years ago.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38And what do you get up to in your retirement?
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- Well, I go sequence dancing.- Do you?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Three times a week.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44Just tell me, what is sequence dancing?
0:04:44 > 0:04:49Well, it's sort of ballroom, you're in a circle, like...
0:04:49 > 0:04:51And you're all doing the same thing.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55- Oh, yes. What, you go to the left, you go to the right?- Yeah, yeah.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58You twiddle round and up and down, and cock your legs and do the hand.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01- Do you have a little gin and tonic well you're there too?- No, no, no,
0:05:01 > 0:05:04they won't allow that is because we're all old dears, aren't we?
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- We can't go out like that, can we? - What do you mean, old dears?
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- Can't you have a gin and tonic? - Yes, but quietly.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Go quietly, oh, I see.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Now, how are you going to beat these Reds today? That's what I want to know.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- We're going to try our very hardest, aren't we?- Mm.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Anyway, we're looking forward to it. You get your money moment now,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26this is the £300, £300 coming your way. You know the rules.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Your experts await, and off you go!
0:05:28 > 0:05:30And very, very, very good luck.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33I think I could do with a bit of this sequence dancing.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Converting knowledge into profit for the Reds is Charles Hanson.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47And Paul Laidlaw will be searching out a steal for the Blues.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52This is your momentous hour, what's the plan?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54What on earth are we doing here? What's the craic?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56We're going to go and find something
0:05:56 > 0:05:58very unusual hidden away somewhere.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01We'd like to find something quite elegant, like ladylike, wouldn't we?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Like fashion or jewellery.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Dolly, are we of one mind?
0:06:05 > 0:06:06No.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12I'd like to buy something weird and wonderful
0:06:12 > 0:06:13for about £30,
0:06:13 > 0:06:16but makes about 300.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Oh, is that all you want, Dolly?
0:06:18 > 0:06:20There's a guy over there that does that sort of stuff.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Good golly, Dolly.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Now, that's the way to make some lolly.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Right, now, teams, start the clock. Let's go.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- DUMMY MUTTERS - Yeah.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- Let's do it.- Follow me.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35I think we should go round there and go left, don't you?
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Well, I love that decisiveness and the instinct.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48The wee kiddies folding chair?
0:06:48 > 0:06:50£55. It's enough money, in all honesty.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52How old do you think it is?
0:06:52 > 0:06:55It could be as late as the 1920s or as early as the 1890s.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Totally agree with your taste, I love your taste.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00- I just don't like the price. - It's too expensive, no, no.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Good, good. You keep picking stuff up like that, Dolly, that'll work.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06So, you have good taste, girls, but remember,
0:07:06 > 0:07:08do control those purse strings.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10There's a long way to go.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Meanwhile, Aaron's spotted something.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Bring that out, Aaron, let's have a look at it.- Look at that.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17That's amazing, yeah.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20I could see that in my grandma's old study.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- Yes, definitely.- That's the kind of thing that she would love.- Yes.
0:07:23 > 0:07:28- So, what decade's this, Aaron? - I'm getting '80s.- '80s.- '70s.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31You think it is? That sort of era of Dynasty and Dallas and all of that.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- Yes.- As a work of art, it's a marvel, but will it get a phone bid?
0:07:34 > 0:07:35PHONE RINGS
0:07:35 > 0:07:37- Hello?- Not a chance.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40No, OK. We'll leave you, thanks a lot, yeah. Thanks a lot.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41- OK, all the best.- Ciao, Charlie.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Right then, girls, so what other items take your fancy?
0:07:46 > 0:07:48I like these.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52- And I love that.- I like this. - They're loving everything here,
0:07:52 > 0:07:55and what we need to do is love something at the right money.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Come on, teams, no buys between you yet.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Oh, hold on. Charlie could be onto something.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05You know, the joy of this business, Val,
0:08:05 > 0:08:07it's like a liquorice all sort, isn't it?
0:08:07 > 0:08:10You've got so many objects, so many colours,
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- and the eyes dart everywhere. - Yes, they do.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16There is one thing I've seen that I quite like,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19purely because it's decorative - that bowl.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20- Do you like it?- Yes, I do.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- I like the colours on that. That's nice, that.- I do.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26It's decorative art. It's 1920s.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- I love the colours of it.- Why?
0:08:28 > 0:08:31I just find it really colourful, really bright.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34It's something I can see sitting in your living room, actually.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Yes, and what's the bird in the middle?
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Is it supposed to be a swan, a peacock?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Now, birds aren't my forte. It could be a griffin.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Now, just hold the base like that, on one hand,
0:08:44 > 0:08:47and just give it a big tap.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48Does it ring?
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- There we go, the big test. - Flick it.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Uh...no.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- I think it's cracked. Hold on...- Really?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- Yeah, it's cracked.- Aww.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Yes, it's been cut, what a shame.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03I can't see a crack anywhere but, by doing that,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06that dull, low thud isn't a good sign.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09But it is decorative, yeah.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- Sir, may I ask you how much, please, is this bowl?- 15.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- 15, and between friends?- 15.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- Thanks, mate. - That you told, then, Carlos.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20It's a bit crazed and it is cheap at £15
0:09:20 > 0:09:25because, of course, it is a decorative art from the '20s and
0:09:25 > 0:09:28it's made by the New Hall Works in Hanley,
0:09:28 > 0:09:30in what we call the boumier ware style.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Do you see a profit at £15?
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Do you know? If this came into my sale room, all day long...
0:09:36 > 0:09:39I would guide it to fetch between £20 and £30.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43So, I can guarantee you a pinch of a profit, but that...
0:09:43 > 0:09:46isn't very good. Do you want it?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48- Yes.- For £15, it's...- Yes.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- Is it a trophy?- Yes. - Is it a winner?- Yes.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54We'll take it, shall we, guys? Where's he gone? Let's give him a shout.
0:09:54 > 0:09:561-0, then, to the Reds.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Best you go and make friends with the dealer, eh, Charles?
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Now, are the blues any closer to finding their first buy?
0:10:03 > 0:10:04Oh, look at that.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06A wee Gladstone-type bag.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08The luggage does well at the moment.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11I think we need one that that's in better condition than that,
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- but luggage is good. - Come on, I want to get on.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Crikey, there's no holding Dolly back.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Right, Reds, could this be item number two for you?
0:10:21 > 0:10:22Val, what have you seen?
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Look at that little meerschaum pipe with the dog on the top of it.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30What I like about that is the fact it's in its original case,
0:10:30 > 0:10:34of circa 1880 and, of course, back in that Victorian time,
0:10:34 > 0:10:38smoking and novelties in shape and size were all also very popular.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40I wonder where the owner is of it.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Hi there, boss, how are you?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44We've just seen this nice... What have we seen?
0:10:44 > 0:10:47A little meerschaum pipe, in its case,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49with a dog on the top.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55That is really lovely, I do like that. Look at that little dog.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00- No, what dog is he?- I think it's a boxer, do you think? - Yeah, pug maybe.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Yes. Aww, that's lovely.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04What I love is that if you just close the box as well,
0:11:04 > 0:11:08do you see, Aaron? Look at the glow, look at the wear,
0:11:08 > 0:11:10look at that back - beautifully worn.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13And it would be about 1885-1890.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17And it's got novelty value and it's a sort of internet/online lot.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21The auction's online. It's the sort of thing, because it's complete,
0:11:21 > 0:11:24could do very well. Aaron, are you a fan of it?
0:11:24 > 0:11:28I really do like that and, yeah... Being a pet lover, yeah.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- Is it priced or not?- No. - No. What's it worth?
0:11:31 > 0:11:35If I asked you a similar question... Often you can be guided
0:11:35 > 0:11:37too much by price and ticket tag.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38What's it worth?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- 40 to 50.- I'd say over £100.- Really?
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Oh, Lord.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- 40 to 50...- Let's ask our main man.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Sir, how much is it?
0:11:50 > 0:11:53It was 45, it can be 40.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57Could it...? Could it be 35, do you think?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59To give you a fighting chance, it can be.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Oh, thank you. That's really kind of you.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Do you know what? If that came into my auction tomorrow,
0:12:05 > 0:12:09I'd happily say to a vendor it's worth between 40 and 60.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- So, 35...- It should do quite well.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14I say shake the man's hand.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Thank you very much indeed.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18- Thanks a lot.- Cheers. - But you're not a Forest fan.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23So, £35 for the hound and two items down.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26I'd say that's pretty good going, which is more than I can say
0:12:26 > 0:12:29for the Blues, who are still empty handed.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34You've had half of your time, girls.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Karen likes...
0:12:36 > 0:12:38"Quite nice," this is a reaction.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41So, it'll be French, it'll be mid-20th century,
0:12:41 > 0:12:43slightly influenced by the Art Deco...
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Not bronze, you know, it'll be spelter.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50Any damage, any breaks, or chips, or cracks... Yeah, it's fair enough.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54- How much is it?- I don't know, what it's worth? It's worth...
0:12:54 > 0:12:5730 to 50, £40-£60, something like that.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00It looks nicer from that side as well, look.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- Sorry?- We'd love it at 20.- We'd love it at 20.- 'Oddly appealing.'
0:13:03 > 0:13:06'Come on, Dolly, do your dealing.'
0:13:06 > 0:13:08- Is that...?- The deer?- How much is he?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Can he go down to 20? I don't know how much...
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- We don't know where it started! - I was looking for at 35.- Aww.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16And would you do anything on that?
0:13:16 > 0:13:1725.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21You were right first time round, Dolly, to be honest with you.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- You guys like it.- I like it, yeah. - I do.- 20.
0:13:24 > 0:13:2620! Well, yeah.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29You've worked magic there, Dolly. I don't know how you did it, but you did.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31- Get in, shake his hand!- Ah!
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Thank you very much.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34'Ah, didn't she do well?'
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Dolly, you were amazing there.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40"Could that be £20?" And it was £20, as if by magic.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42So you keep doing that. And we've got one down.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Hang on, she hasn't finished. What's she spotted now, Paul?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- How much is that? - Are you looking at the clock?- Yeah.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52I know you're French, it's lovely.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56'Oh, lordy. Flirting will get you everywhere in this game, Dolly.'
0:13:56 > 0:13:59The best price - 150.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01- Euros?- No.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03THEY LAUGH
0:14:03 > 0:14:07- Not a weensy-weensy bit down? - No, no, no, no.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10We're wading in too deep, too quick here. OK?
0:14:10 > 0:14:14- Rein them in, Paul.- Do you...? I've got to ask, why do you...?
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- I don't like it.- You don't like it? - I like it.- Are you going to buy it?
0:14:16 > 0:14:18No, she likes that.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22- Do you like that?- I do. It's eye-catching.- Do you love it?- Mm-hm.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- Wee secret? (I love it.) - I love it.- It's amazing.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Where's it from?
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- And industrial chic... Well, it's French...- OK.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33..and it's going to date to the mid-20th century.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- Does it not look industrial to you? - It does.- Futurist.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38I think it influences the Futurist movement
0:14:38 > 0:14:41and these are people that were looking at modernity
0:14:41 > 0:14:44and were thinking what they were going to be inhabiting in
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- 20 years' time, technology! - How much money will it make?
0:14:47 > 0:14:50"Does it go?" is a question. Does it work?
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Ah, there you go. That's good. That's good. Yeah.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Do you reckon?
0:14:56 > 0:14:59You want to buy it, but you want to buy it for £100.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Dolly, given that you seem to exert mind control over dealers,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06try and buy that for £100. Do you like it?
0:15:06 > 0:15:07I do now if it's...
0:15:09 > 0:15:11- Can she do this twice? - I think she can. I've got faith.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- Could you possibly, possibly go down...?- No, no.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16Just a weensy bit?
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Because look, I'm a pensioner and... THEY LAUGH
0:15:20 > 0:15:23And this little girl...
0:15:23 > 0:15:26is going to university.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- No, best price 150.- Aww.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33- What do you think?- I think it's a lot of money. It's too much.- 140.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35What do you think?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Do we want it? Do we want it? Are we going to grab it?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- We want it, yeah. - Well done, folks, it's a good thing.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45- Shake your hand.- Yeah, good. - Merci. Good work.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47- Merci.- Merci.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Tres Bien, ladies.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52No items for 30 minutes and now two come along at once.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Halfway through and our teams are
0:15:56 > 0:15:58level pegging with two items apiece.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Can't relax, but can feel
0:16:00 > 0:16:02slightly smug, I would say.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- We're ahead of the game. - I think so.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Excellent. Well, I'm going to leave you to it.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10I think it's time for a cuppa.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12The Brits, well, some would say
0:16:12 > 0:16:14we have an obsession with tea.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17And why not?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20It's refreshing, it's extremely quenching
0:16:20 > 0:16:23and the history of tea drinking in Britain goes way back.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29In fact, not only do we have a history as tea drinkers,
0:16:29 > 0:16:33but we have a whole lot of accoutrements related to tea
0:16:33 > 0:16:36that are extremely collectable.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Not least, I have to say, the tea caddy.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Now I promise you, if you went out around the
0:16:43 > 0:16:452,000 stalls here in Lincoln,
0:16:45 > 0:16:48you would find literally hundreds
0:16:48 > 0:16:50of little wooden tea caddies.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54And I can guarantee you that if you did that search,
0:16:54 > 0:16:56you would not find a tea caddy
0:16:56 > 0:17:00that is better than this tea caddy.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04So, what makes this the most desirable tea caddy amongst
0:17:04 > 0:17:09all the hundreds of tea caddies that are sitting out there for sale?
0:17:09 > 0:17:12For a kick-off, it's the timber.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14If you look carefully at the top,
0:17:14 > 0:17:17you'll see lots and lots of whorls.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21That's because this bit of timber on the top is a veneer
0:17:21 > 0:17:26and a very specially selected veneer, which is called burl,
0:17:26 > 0:17:30a tree that, 50 years ago, was scarred by cutting it
0:17:30 > 0:17:33in a certain way so that it grew a wart.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36A painful wart on that tree, which,
0:17:36 > 0:17:37season after season,
0:17:37 > 0:17:40grew bigger and bigger until a cabinet maker came along
0:17:40 > 0:17:44and he lopped off the wart and then he sliced that wart.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47And the result of that sliced wart
0:17:47 > 0:17:49is all this busyness.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Not only is the top of this tea caddy covered in burl walnut,
0:17:53 > 0:17:56but it continues across the front,
0:17:56 > 0:17:59the canted corners, the sides and back.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04If you open it up, you've got the traditional two divisions,
0:18:04 > 0:18:08but these two divisions have got the original covers
0:18:08 > 0:18:11and they too are inlaid in precious burl.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Inside the divisions,
0:18:13 > 0:18:18the inner surface is covered in what is left of silver foil that
0:18:18 > 0:18:21was used to stop the tea from being
0:18:21 > 0:18:22tainted by the timber.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27And someone has resisted doing anything about replacing
0:18:27 > 0:18:30the silver foil, and that means that this tea caddy
0:18:30 > 0:18:36is in near-miraculous, absolutely original condition.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39All it needs to do is to go to a cabinet maker
0:18:39 > 0:18:41to give it a jolly good clean and polish.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46But apart from that, you leave it exactly how it is.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50After that refreshing process, this will be worth,
0:18:50 > 0:18:53to a connoisseur, between £700 and £900.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57What would it cost you down the road there today?
0:18:57 > 0:19:00It could be yours for £160.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Now that's what I call a good cuppa.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07No tea break for our teams,
0:19:07 > 0:19:10as they both have one item left to find and 20 minutes on the clock.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Ahoy there! Let's check in with the Reds.
0:19:15 > 0:19:16It's in pretty good condition.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19It's scratch built, it's quite crude
0:19:19 > 0:19:21and it is of course tin.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23So, what's the best price on it?
0:19:23 > 0:19:25- Five and a half.- Five and a half?
0:19:25 > 0:19:28You mean £55?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30- SHE LAUGHS - No, 500.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- OK, OK.- That's a bit too...
0:19:32 > 0:19:34How much we got on us? How much have we got on us?
0:19:34 > 0:19:36We can't afford it, but that's OK.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38If you don't ask, you never get, do you? Thanks a lot.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Mm, nice try. You still have
0:19:40 > 0:19:43one more item to chalk up though, Charlie.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Do cows actually wear these?
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- I'm sure somewhere they do. - That's so heavy.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53Cows only wear bells when their horns don't work, Karen.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Boom, boom.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57OK, I'll get my coat.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59That looks in good condition, that's nice.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02And it looks like it's got a little space
0:20:02 > 0:20:04to keep your records at the back.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- Why does it inspire you? Does it take you back?- Yes, it does.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11My grandmother had an old wind-up gramophone like this
0:20:11 > 0:20:14and she used to play lots of records to me when I was a little girl.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16What I like so much, Aaron, is that
0:20:16 > 0:20:20stylised chrome plate back because it almost takes you back
0:20:20 > 0:20:23to an era of those jazz times,
0:20:23 > 0:20:25of the 1930s-'40s.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27I think it's that period.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Today, again, in the sale room, whilst these ten years ago
0:20:29 > 0:20:33where were two a penny, they again have inspired young collectors.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- Does it work, first of all? - I don't know.- Is the seller here?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Sir, may we have a quick word?
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- Yes.- Oh, good. Can you show us how to work it?
0:20:41 > 0:20:43You're a good man.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46I think... That's it, thanks a lot. We're going to roll back the years.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Are you ready, Val? Give me an old move. Give me a Deco move.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52There you go.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54MUSIC PLAYS
0:20:55 > 0:20:58I like it. I think it's great.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02It's not scuffed. It's in good condition.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05And the all-important question...
0:21:05 > 0:21:08I know. What is the absolute, absolute, absolute best price
0:21:08 > 0:21:10you could do for us?
0:21:10 > 0:21:12130.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14You couldn't go down to 120,
0:21:14 > 0:21:18because I think with 120 we stand a brilliant chance of...
0:21:18 > 0:21:19Give me the money.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23- "Show me the... Give me the money and run."- 120?
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- Yeah, fine.- Oh, thank you.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Does Aaron have a say here, Ma?
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- Is that all right, Aaron? - Well, it's a bit late now, but...
0:21:31 > 0:21:33It's a good job I like it.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38- TIM WHISTLES - On that note, the Reds are done and dusted. Well done, team.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Which just leaves one Blue item for the full set.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Groovy.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Don't leave Dolly behind, now.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- What about this?- What have you got?
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- Ah, yesterday's news.- OK.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Aww.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05- A brass slipper box.- Oh, how lovely.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09- Do like that?- Is there any value to that?- How are you doing, buddy?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- All right.- My companions love your brass slipper box.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- 20 quid, the slipper box. - It's no money, is it?
0:22:15 > 0:22:18- Can you believe it's 20 quid? - It's nice, isn't it?
0:22:18 > 0:22:20The reason it's 20 quid is...
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Old-fashioned.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24I get Dolly liking this because
0:22:24 > 0:22:27it's a traditional, homey piece.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- Yeah.- But Karen, on the other hand, you're a dark horse.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34My mom tells me off for leaving my shoes in the middle of the floor.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Well, look, it's going to date to the interwar period.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Brass-bound wood, and the condition looks fantastic.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44You've got no issues there, it's done no work, it's not been abused.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48- What do you think?- I like it ever so much, but can we come down a little bit?
0:22:48 > 0:22:51- She's in again, she's off.- That's cheap enough, really, to be honest.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Honestly. 17 quid?
0:22:54 > 0:22:5617 quid?
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- What about 16, and that's it? - Go on, then.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- Thank you so much. - Do you think it'll make any money?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- Yeah, I think it will.- Good job, really. Dolly's done a deal.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07I've got to say, the pair of you are something else.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11And, Dolly, you are a piece of work, if I can say that.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13It has been a pleasure working with you.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- Next time I go shopping, would you come with me?- Yeah.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18- Take her everywhere. - Karen, what is she like?
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Well done, Blues. Slippers on, now.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Feet up, as time is up.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Well, blow me down, my biggest fan.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Let's check out what the Red team bought
0:23:29 > 0:23:31and find out if it was a breeze.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Despite the crack, they were bowled over by the Lusterware at £15.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41The meerschaum pipe was up next. They paid £35.
0:23:43 > 0:23:48And finally, they danced off with the gramophone for £120.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Now, Val, is it true that you went off-piste and did all sorts
0:23:53 > 0:23:55of naughtiness on your own?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57I certainly did. I just saw something and I fell in love with it,
0:23:57 > 0:24:01- and I bought it without either of them knowing.- Oh, dear.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03You could get slapped, you know, for that.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Anyway, so tell me, darling, which is your favourite piece, your third item?
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- Oh, my gramophone.- Your gramophone's your favourite?- Yes.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12- And does the son agree with that? - Of course not.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- What's your favourite? - The meerschaum pipe.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17And is the meerschaum pipe, Aaron, going to bring the biggest profit?
0:24:17 > 0:24:21- Absolutely.- I think it might. - So there we've got some predictions.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23How much did you spend in to-to?
0:24:23 > 0:24:27- I spent £170.- £170. I'd like £130 of leftover lolly, please.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Thank you, Aaron, that's very nice.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33I won't bother to count it, I trust you. And it's straight over to Charles Hanson.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- Thanks, Tim.- What are you going to do with that, Carlos?
0:24:35 > 0:24:39I think I'll buy something with maybe a hop, skip and a jump,
0:24:39 > 0:24:42which has a swagger.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Do you know? Sometimes I think you're off your trolley, mate.
0:24:45 > 0:24:46Anyway. Very, very good luck with that.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blue team bought, eh?
0:24:50 > 0:24:53First up for the Blues was the group of Deco deer.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57The buck stopped here at £20.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01Closely followed by the Art Deco mantel clock. They paid £140.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07And finally, they got all warm and fuzzy over the slipper box,
0:25:07 > 0:25:10and paid £16.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14Now, Dolly, what's this about you driving hard bargains?
0:25:14 > 0:25:18- You've got to, haven't you? That's what we're here for.- Exactly right.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20And you have the right attitude. Which is your favourite piece?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Well, I liked the slipper box,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25though it isn't the most expensive, but I did like it.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27That's your favourite favourite? Isn't that nice?
0:25:27 > 0:25:30- Do you have a favourite favourite? - It was the same, the slipper box.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- Is that going to bring the biggest profit?- I don't think so.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37- What do you think is going to bring the biggest profit?- I think the clock.- The clock?- Yes.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Well, we've got some predictions, and how much did you spend?
0:25:39 > 0:25:45- £176.- Gosh. Can I have £124 of leftover lolly, please?- You can.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49- Thank you.- There we go.- Thank you. - And...the last bit.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51- Thank you. Very good. There you go, Paul.- Thank you, Tim.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53There you go. A nice little challenge for you,
0:25:53 > 0:25:57but the challenge to which you are remarkably good at responding,
0:25:57 > 0:26:00- I have to say.- That's kind of you, Tim. I do try.- You do.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Anyway, good luck with your search, Paul,
0:26:02 > 0:26:05because right now we are going to shove off to the auction.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14We've come an hour south from Lincoln to be with Colin Young,
0:26:14 > 0:26:18- in his saleroom in Bourne. - It's good to see you here, Tim.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21- We're looking forward to great results.- Profits.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23- That's what we'll try and get you. - Exactly.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Whether we will with this lot, though, is another matter.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29First of all, we've got this Boumier ware bowl.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32What can you tell me about Boumier ware?
0:26:32 > 0:26:33Not a great deal, really.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36I suppose, in a way, it's a little bit, in the market terms,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39it's a poor man's Maling, or a Wedgwood,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42because it's got this wonderful, lustrous colour about it,
0:26:42 > 0:26:45but it is not going to hit the heady heights that you would expect
0:26:45 > 0:26:47from those other factories.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49- How much?- £25-£40.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51No worries at all. £15 paid.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54That is the right estimate, Colin Young, thank you very much.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Now, we move to the Victorian era,
0:26:57 > 0:27:00when ladies smoked cheroots,
0:27:00 > 0:27:03and there's a cheroot holder to die for, with a little dog on it.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07- Yeah.- What will it make?- They don't make a lot of money, I'm afraid.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12£10-£20. It would have to be a bit more exotic than just a dog on it.
0:27:12 > 0:27:17- OK, they paid £35. They paid too much for an old dog, right?- Indeed.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18Now. Moving on, then.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23We go to this wind-up gramophone, which is a portable, very nice.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25I love the chromium detail, don't you?
0:27:25 > 0:27:27The kind of Jazz Age zigzags.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Somebody's taken, in detail, quite a lot of trouble with this thing.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32And of course it's in brilliant condition,
0:27:32 > 0:27:35or it seems to be in brilliant condition. What's it worth?
0:27:35 > 0:27:37I've put an estimate of 25 to 40,
0:27:37 > 0:27:40which covers what virtually every model of that makes.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42That's not enough, Col.
0:27:42 > 0:27:47£120, they paid. £120. I mean, that is a stiff old number, isn't it?
0:27:47 > 0:27:51- It's a lot.- OK, on that basis they're going to need their bonus buy,
0:27:51 > 0:27:53so let's beetle off and have a look at it.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Val, Aaron, this is exciting, isn't it?
0:27:56 > 0:28:00In trusting Charles Hanson with £130 of leftover lolly is
0:28:00 > 0:28:02a dangerous thing to do at the best of times.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05He's looking rather threatening, if you don't mind my saying so.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07So rather quickly, Charles, you'd better show us
0:28:07 > 0:28:08what you spent the 130 on.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11I tried really hard to spend the entire amount,
0:28:11 > 0:28:13but I couldn't find that object.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17So I bought a bundle of joy, a bundle of joy, all in.
0:28:17 > 0:28:22This collection here. Look at them. What do you think?
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- Oh!- Do have a handle, and I'll just give you...
0:28:25 > 0:28:27- Grab one.- There we go.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30And we've got here, for example,
0:28:30 > 0:28:33a wonderful East Yorkshire swagger stick, ebonised,
0:28:33 > 0:28:36with a plated collar, so it's like that, and you would walk like that.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40We've got a lovely cane in my hand here, as well.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Another swagger stick in your hand there.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45And they're just, Tim, and team,
0:28:45 > 0:28:48a nice collection of 19th-century sticks.
0:28:48 > 0:28:53This is also a measure. Can you see? You've got the inches on there.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56And this is probably late Victorian, again, 1890.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00And, to me, it's a bundle of joy, and it tells a story of history.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02I think it's perfect for a retired teacher.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06- What, for giving people the stick, Val?- So how much were they?
0:29:06 > 0:29:10- They were £40.- Oh!- 40. £40.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12What do you think?
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Not bad for a collection of sticks.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16So how much profit do you see in them?
0:29:16 > 0:29:21I would hope, perhaps, between anything from between 50 and £100.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25- Oh!- Absolutely.- OK, are you happy with that, Val?- Very.- Very.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26Now, let's check out what the auctioneer
0:29:26 > 0:29:28thinks about Charles's sticks.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33OK, Col, here we go, look. Nice collection of stick work.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36- What do you make of that lot?- It's a nice little combination, isn't it?
0:29:36 > 0:29:41We've got, starting from this side, a bull's-eye-ended dandy cane.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45You've got a Rabone-marked dip stick there, swagger stick,
0:29:45 > 0:29:48a little bit of a riding crop. That's quite nice as well.
0:29:48 > 0:29:49Yeah, good combination.
0:29:49 > 0:29:54I think there's nothing there that drags my eye to say this is a fantastic item.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Well, I suppose what are we they going to say on those?
0:29:56 > 0:30:01- £50-£80, maybe.- OK, fine. Well, Charles, clever old stick, paid £40.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04- So that's OK.- That's all right for those.- Perfect.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Right, moving onto the Blues.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09We have got Karen and Dolly,
0:30:09 > 0:30:13and their first item is the Art Deco figure, or group, with these deer.
0:30:13 > 0:30:14Yeah.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17It's an interesting one. I think this isn't all that old.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20There's quite a few of these seem to be appearing on the market,
0:30:20 > 0:30:25- so my guess is it is probably only £50-£80.- That's all right.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27- Is that OK?- Do not worry. £20 paid.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30- For £20, it is pretty good, isn't it?- Brilliant.- Well, there we are.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Anyway, good luck with that. Now, you've got this...
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Catalogued as a brutalist mantle clock.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39- Now, tell me about this, Colin. - Well, it's a bit of an odd thing.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41We've actually given it two descriptions -
0:30:41 > 0:30:45- Art Deco and brutalist.- It stinks to me of Deco, I have to say.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48But you're right. It could be just after the war.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51I mean, it's hideous in many respects,
0:30:51 > 0:30:53but rather wonderful in another, isn't it?
0:30:53 > 0:30:56- It's actually the hideousness of it that I do like.- Yeah.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58OK. How much?
0:30:58 > 0:31:01- £80-£100.- Fair enough, that's a good punt.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04£140, they paid, so they went slightly over the top but why not?
0:31:04 > 0:31:06- I mean, find another one.- Precisely.
0:31:06 > 0:31:11And the last item, which is the ultimate in traditional 1930s
0:31:11 > 0:31:16house furnishing, is this slipper box, in brass.
0:31:16 > 0:31:17TIM LAUGHS
0:31:17 > 0:31:19- It's fantastic, isn't it? - It is great.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23- You don't really see too many of these coming up for auction now. - Not at all.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26I remember, at one time, these used to come on the market so regularly.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29They would make £30, £40, they would.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33I think, perhaps, the reason why we don't see them very often now
0:31:33 > 0:31:36is because they just don't really make any money.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40- No, there's not much point to them. Actually, how much?- £10-£30, maybe.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43That's a nice broad estimate. £16 paid.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47So, there we go. We'll have to see what happens.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49It will all boil down to
0:31:49 > 0:31:53whether the brutalist clock is truly brutal or not.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56And if it does its worst, they'll need their bonus buy,
0:31:56 > 0:31:58so let's go have a look at it.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01- Now, Doll, Karen, how are you doing? - Good, thank you.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05You gave Paul Laidlaw £124 of leftover lolly.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Paul, show us what you spent the £124 on.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11- Ladies, see what you think of this. - Oh! That's silver.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14- Yeah. It is silver.- What is it?
0:32:14 > 0:32:18That's English silver, and that is a tobacco or snuff pouch,
0:32:18 > 0:32:20depending on one's preference.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22It's smithed by George Unite,
0:32:22 > 0:32:24a highly regarded smith,
0:32:24 > 0:32:28and it dates to the early 20th century.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30But, how do you get into that?
0:32:32 > 0:32:34- Where's the handle? - Do you have to push it?
0:32:34 > 0:32:38You are spot on, you are very close. Watch this.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42That's it. "Fancy topping up the pipe, old chap?" Little pinch.
0:32:42 > 0:32:47- Ta-da!- Ah!- The sophistication in the engineering
0:32:47 > 0:32:50and the silversmithing here defies belief,
0:32:50 > 0:32:53because that closes near invisibly.
0:32:53 > 0:32:58- What do you think of that? - I quite like it.- "Quite"?
0:32:58 > 0:33:02- Well, I don't really know much about it.- How much did you pay?
0:33:02 > 0:33:05I paid £65.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Very nice. How much profit?
0:33:07 > 0:33:09I think that will go down well.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12I think that's worth £70-£90, all day long.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16- That sounds good, doesn't it? - Well, your pick, girls, after the sale of your first three items,
0:33:16 > 0:33:18but right now let's find out what the auctioneer thinks
0:33:18 > 0:33:21about the squeezy snuffbox.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24- There we go, Colin.- Thank you.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27A little box to intrigue.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Now, fairly common at auction.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32George Unite, "GU" in there,
0:33:32 > 0:33:34so that's going to be a fairly easy thing to throw an estimate
0:33:34 > 0:33:36straight at you with - £60-£80.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39OK, Paul paid £65 and he's pretty canny.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42OK, fine, are you going to be able to squeeze the buyers a bit today,
0:33:42 > 0:33:47- do you think?- I'll squeeze as hard as I can.- Look out, buyers.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51Very good, Colin. Now, you best grab your gavel, and rush to the rostrum.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Let's get the sale under way.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57Now, Aaron, Val, how are you feeling?
0:33:57 > 0:34:00- Nervous.- Are you?- Yes. - I mean, it's exciting
0:34:00 > 0:34:02because you've had to wait a long time to get to this moment.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06We've done the shopping. We've done the leftover lolly, we've done all this business
0:34:06 > 0:34:09- and here we are.- I know. - And Colin Young is going to control our destiny.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11That's a thought.
0:34:11 > 0:34:12Now, for a kick-off,
0:34:12 > 0:34:16you've got the Boumier ware lustre, New Hall bowl. Here we go.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20Really nice lustrous one. Who's going to start me at £30?
0:34:20 > 0:34:22£30, anyone. 30. 20 to go, surely. £20, anybody?
0:34:22 > 0:34:24£20, anyone? 20.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26- 10 from us.- 10.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29- 15, 18.- Yes.- Profit!
0:34:29 > 0:34:30£20 bid down here.
0:34:30 > 0:34:35- Two again now, surely.- Oh, is it down there? We're moving.
0:34:35 > 0:34:3730 bid. 28 bid.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39- Internet come in now.- Last call.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42No, selling then at £28.
0:34:42 > 0:34:4628 is plus £13. You are plus 13. Well done, kids.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48That is back of the net.
0:34:48 > 0:34:49Now, the cheroot.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52The Meerschaum cheroot holder. Multiple bids already.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Plenty of bids. And we start at 12 bid.
0:34:54 > 0:34:5715 bid, 18 bid. 20 now. 18 bid.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01- Go on.- 20 from anywhere else now? 20 bid. At 20 bid.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03- Get the internet!- Anyone else want to bite on this one?
0:35:03 > 0:35:04At 20 bid.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06£20, we're all done. We're in the middle of the room,
0:35:06 > 0:35:10- selling at £20. - Sell it for 20, which is minus 15.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13You had plus 13, you are now minus 2.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16OK, now, here comes the gramophone.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19The Gilbert Geisha Gramophone this time.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22A nice wind-up one from the age of Jazz.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Who's going to start me at £30?
0:35:26 > 0:35:29- Nobody into jazz? £30.- It's lovely.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32£30. 20 to go, surely?
0:35:32 > 0:35:3420 bid with you.
0:35:34 > 0:35:3722 way in the distance. 25, 28. 30.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40At 32. 35?
0:35:40 > 0:35:4435 bid, 38 now. At 38 on the internet.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Bid 40? That's a no in the room.
0:35:46 > 0:35:51All finished and selling then on the internet at £38.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Two bidders on the internet and we'd be there.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57Anyway, 38 is two short of 40, which is £82 down the drain.
0:35:57 > 0:36:02Plus the two you were down before equals minus 84.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04We have to think sticks, right.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08- You going to go with the lot of six for £40?- I like them.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10I liked them. They were unusual.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13- Let's beat the sticks, hey? - Let's put our faith in Charles.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15- OK.- You've decided?- Yes.
0:36:15 > 0:36:16You're having a punt.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18We're going to give it some stick and go with the sticks
0:36:18 > 0:36:20and here they come.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Six in the lot, there's plenty to choose from.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26Start me straight in at bottom estimate at £50.
0:36:26 > 0:36:2950? 30?
0:36:29 > 0:36:31£20 anybody?
0:36:31 > 0:36:34£10. 10 is down there.
0:36:34 > 0:36:3612 bid. 15?
0:36:36 > 0:36:4118, 22, 25, 28, 30, 32, 35, 40, 42,
0:36:41 > 0:36:4645, 48, 50. 55, 60. At £60 bid.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50- At 60, are we all done? - Internet come in.- 65 surely?
0:36:50 > 0:36:51One person has got a swagger,
0:36:51 > 0:36:53it must be the expert! At £60.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Five anywhere else? I will take two.
0:36:56 > 0:37:0062, and 65 on the net. At 65.
0:37:00 > 0:37:0370 is the last call. Are you sure?
0:37:03 > 0:37:06No, selling on the net then at £65.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10- Well done.- 65. Well, that's plus £25.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12That is better than a kick in the proverbial, isn't it?
0:37:12 > 0:37:15That takes you down from 84 to 64
0:37:15 > 0:37:19that takes you down to 59. Minus £59.
0:37:19 > 0:37:24- It could have been worse. - It could but it could have been so much better, couldn't it?
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Anyway, such is life , baby.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28The thing is, say nothing to the Blues.
0:37:34 > 0:37:39Well, this is exciting, isn't it? Do you know how the Reds got on?
0:37:39 > 0:37:42- No, they haven't told us. - Very, very good.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45- Very secretive.- I don't want them to tell you.
0:37:45 > 0:37:50OK. First up then is the little deer and the doe reclining,
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Art Deco, and here it comes.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54French Art Deco figure group,
0:37:54 > 0:37:57standing and recumbent deer on an onyx base.
0:37:57 > 0:38:02A great little lot there. Starting at £80? 50? £30?
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Look at what we're selling here.
0:38:04 > 0:38:0620 to go. It's venison at this price.
0:38:06 > 0:38:11£20 bid. 22, 25, 28, 30, 32, 35,
0:38:11 > 0:38:1638, 40, 42, 45,
0:38:16 > 0:38:1948, 50, 55, 60.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21£60 bid. Five surely?
0:38:21 > 0:38:24I'll take two if it's going to help either of you.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28At 62, 65. 68 now? No. 65.
0:38:28 > 0:38:3068 anywhere else?
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Front has it then. Selling at £65.
0:38:33 > 0:38:38£65 is plus £45, look at that!
0:38:38 > 0:38:40£45 just like that.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44- Now, stand by for the so-called brutalist clock.- Oh, the clock.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47A mantle clock, a very, very unique item.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Who's going to start me at £100?
0:38:50 > 0:38:54What shall we say for this? £100. 80 to go then surely.
0:38:54 > 0:38:5650 if we have to.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58£50?
0:38:58 > 0:39:0230? 30 is your bid.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04I'll take five if you like.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08Let's go slowly. 30 bid. Five now, surely.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Any more now? 35, 40, 45.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15It ought to be over £100 for this. 45, 50, 55, 60.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18There's an awful lot of clock there for £60.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20Anybody else going to join in?
0:39:20 > 0:39:22The whole world's seen it on the net,
0:39:22 > 0:39:25do you have any bids from the world? No, so it's in the room then
0:39:25 > 0:39:28and it's selling, then, you've all decided, at £60.
0:39:28 > 0:39:32- No. £60, that's minus £80. - I thought it was a good clock.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34- It was a good clock.- Minus 80.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36There we go, Lot 140 is
0:39:36 > 0:39:38the early 20th century slipper box.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Who's going to start me at £40?
0:39:40 > 0:39:42Really nice embossing on this. 40?
0:39:44 > 0:39:4630 to go then. £30.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48£20.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Just think, when you get home with your pipe and slippers.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53£20? £10?
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Uh-oh!
0:39:55 > 0:39:56Doesn't anybody use these any more?
0:39:56 > 0:39:58£10?
0:39:58 > 0:40:02£5? £5 bid. Six?
0:40:02 > 0:40:04At £5, six on the internet,
0:40:04 > 0:40:05thank goodness for the internet!
0:40:05 > 0:40:088 bid - the excitement continues.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10All the action is over the world.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Somebody bidding on the internet!
0:40:12 > 0:40:14We're at eight.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16May I say nine? If it's going to help people out.
0:40:16 > 0:40:17Nine bid.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Do I see 10? 10 on the internet.
0:40:20 > 0:40:2311 surely? He says, let them have it.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27Any more bids then? Selling at £10.
0:40:27 > 0:40:33£10 equals minus £6, which means overall you're minus £41.
0:40:33 > 0:40:38- Now, what about the snuffbox? - We definitely love it.- We love it.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41The auctioneer loved it too cos he put 60-80 on.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44You paid 65, Paul. He rates it as a bonus buy.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Let us hope that he is right.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50George V Silver snuffbox by George Unite.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53Who's going to start me at £50?
0:40:53 > 0:40:58A low start. 50, and we'll count from there. At 50. 55 anywhere else?
0:40:58 > 0:41:01£50 bid. At 55. A bidder hovering. £60 bid.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04At £60. Five surely.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07At £60 bid. Any more now? At 60. I'll offer it at 2.
0:41:07 > 0:41:08Please.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11At 60 are we all done? It takes all my commission bids out.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15At 60. Done and finished at £60.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18£60, Paul, is minus £5,
0:41:18 > 0:41:23which means, overall, it is minus £46.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Minus £46.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Don't say a word to the Reds and all will be revealed in a moment.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Thank you very much.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41- Well, what excitement today. You teams been chatting at all?- No.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43- Not about the score.- Not a word.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47It's no secret that neither team is walking home with a profit today.
0:41:47 > 0:41:52So it's just a question of the scale of the losses today, I'm afraid.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54It's barely close enough to count,
0:41:54 > 0:41:59but the team with marginally more losses than the others are the Reds.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Oh!
0:42:01 > 0:42:05And your minus score totals 59, OK?
0:42:05 > 0:42:07- Right.- Which is bad luck, isn't it? - It is.
0:42:07 > 0:42:12I mean, minus £82 on that wretched gramophone was a body blow
0:42:12 > 0:42:16from which anybody would find it difficult to recover.
0:42:16 > 0:42:21But Hanson came to the fore with his £25 bonus buy,
0:42:21 > 0:42:24which was really kind on the old sticks, but it wasn't enough.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Anyway, minus £59.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Lovely mother and son team. You've been brave and great.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34- Thank you and we've loved you. - Thank you very much. - It's been wonderful.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38But the victors today, grandma and granddaughter
0:42:38 > 0:42:44go away with no cash but the victory sign and minus £46.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48So not a great score, I have to say,
0:42:48 > 0:42:51but a score that is sufficient to keep you ahead.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55- Yes.- Was it good for you? - It was great. Loads of fun, thanks.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58I'm very, very pleased. And good for you, Paul.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01And, as usual, a pleasure to see you on the show.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04So, here we go. Join us soon for some more bargain-hunting. Yes?
0:43:04 > 0:43:06ALL: Yes!