0:00:02 > 0:00:03Norfolk is famed for many things,
0:00:03 > 0:00:06including its vibrant lavender fields.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09But did you know that the county has links
0:00:09 > 0:00:12to Native American legend, Pocahontas?
0:00:14 > 0:00:20Well, she married Englishman, tobacco exporter, John Rolfe,
0:00:20 > 0:00:23whose home, Heacham Hall, was just around the corner here.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26How about that for a cracking story?
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Anyway, enough of this dribbling on.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Let's go bargain hunting, yeah!
0:00:59 > 0:01:00Today, we're at the Norfolk Showground,
0:01:00 > 0:01:04where our teams, as usual, get an hour and £300
0:01:04 > 0:01:06to buy their three items.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09But is this going to have a fairytale ending
0:01:09 > 0:01:12or be the stuff of nightmares?
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Let's tune in and see how they get on.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20The Reds really know how to pick 'em, eh, Paul?
0:01:20 > 0:01:25I think it's ghastly, but it has some age.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Like everything we've picked out!
0:01:27 > 0:01:29And it's less ghastly than the other things you've picked out.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34And the Blues are in a Continental mood.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36You can see them in Montmartre, can't you?
0:01:36 > 0:01:39You can see them in Montmartre. We're getting into the spirit of it all.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- Oh, yes!- Oh-oh-oh... - With a glass of wine.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43That's all for later.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Let's meet the teams.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Well, on today's show, we've got two teams of friends
0:01:49 > 0:01:51who are just bursting with talent.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55For the Reds, we've got Zo and Jen.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58And, for the Blues, we've got Val and Ann. Hello, everyone.
0:01:58 > 0:01:59- Hello.- Hello.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Smashing to see you.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Now, Zo-Zo, you met Jen on one of your gigs.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Yes. I'm a musician.
0:02:05 > 0:02:06And she came along.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10And then, after the show, we just got talking and got on really well.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11- Well, isn't that nice?- Yeah.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Tell us about the band and what you get up to.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16We're called F.O.X. It's an electro-pop band.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18We've toured, like, all over the world.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Last year, we went on tour with Depeche Mode
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- and we did a big stadium tour. - Was that fun?
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Oh, it was the best experience.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- I didn't think it would ever happen, but...- It did.- It did!
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- It was amazing, yeah. - What is your role in the band?
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- What do you get up to? - I'm the singer.- You're the singer?
0:02:33 > 0:02:36So do you have a little trill that you might like to give us now?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38- Oh, no!- I mean, just a little trill
0:02:38 > 0:02:41from the album coming up, that we could just get a flavour?
0:02:41 > 0:02:45# Can you hear my heart?
0:02:45 > 0:02:49# Does it beat in harmony? #
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- That's the only one I can think of right now.- Oh, that's so sweet.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55I think a round of applause for that. And so brave,
0:02:55 > 0:02:57cos I didn't tell you I wanted you to do that.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58Thank you for doing that.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01It's no wonder, Jen, when you went there to this gig,
0:03:01 > 0:03:03you thought, "This is just marvellous."
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Now, you're a fan, not only of '80s music,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09- but you like poking around the street scene a bit, don't you?- Yes.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Where I live in East London, there's quite a lot
0:03:11 > 0:03:12of street artists and graffiti,
0:03:12 > 0:03:16but it's mainly, like, mural pictures on the walls everywhere.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19So I just go round on the weekend and take pictures of all the good stuff.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- You're trying to spot the next Banksy, then, are you?- Yeah.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24But this is what you studied at university, graphic design?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26I did, yeah, graphics with fine art.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29So I've just got a keen interest in art and everything related to it.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32What sort of things are you going to be shopping for today, Jens?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Unusual objects. We're quite emotional purchasers, I think.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- Oh, are you?- Yeah.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39I'm going to be giving you £300 in a moment,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- so you can get really emotional, which will be lovely.- Perfect.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Anyway, thank you for joining us, girls. This is going to be fun.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49- Now, Val, you and I have something in common.- We do, indeed, Tim.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- And what would that be? - Well, I can't think.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54I have 17. How many have you got?
0:03:54 > 0:03:56- One or two more than 17.- Really?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58No, no, no, not that one's bragging, I have to say.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- But those are very jazzy. - You like them?
0:04:01 > 0:04:05- They're not Paisley, but they're pretty cool. - They've got that look about them.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Well, I brought four pairs with me.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10These are the ones that we decided were probably the best to wear.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11- Well, you're in the Blue team. - Of course.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14It's all shades of blue. I'm loving it, really. No, good fun.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Now, you have many talents,
0:04:17 > 0:04:20but aeroplanes have a place in your life.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Yeah, well, it was very exciting.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24I lived in a boarding school
0:04:24 > 0:04:28and I volunteered to help with the air cadets.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31I got the opportunity to go up in a Tutor, which was great.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35- I didn't expect that in my sixties. - And did you enjoy it?- I loved it.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36I loved it very much.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- And some of the 16-year-olds, they were looping the loop.- Yes?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- You know, amazing.- Really scary.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44I tried it once. I wouldn't do it again.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Now, Ann, it says here you're a committed twitcher.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- Yeah, I like to twitch.- Do you?
0:04:49 > 0:04:50How serious a twitcher are you?
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- Oh, not that serious. But we like to do the overseas trips.- Oh, do you?
0:04:54 > 0:04:57So you'll go a long way to see an egret?
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Oh, well, not really, because there's one down the road, but...
0:05:01 > 0:05:04We've done Nepal and India and Mexico.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07All these places, just to look at the birds.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Well, also for a very good holiday, as well.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Yeah, and very nice, too.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- Now, you're a campanologist?- Yeah.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15You can have, correct me if I'm wrong,
0:05:15 > 0:05:18because I used to go bell-ringing at school, when I was very young,
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- but maybe you have six or eight bells, say...- We've got eight.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22You've got eight bells.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24- We ring together.- Oh, how lovely!
0:05:24 > 0:05:27So, it's another kind of aspect of your friendship, which is great.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30So, what sort of tactics will you be using today
0:05:30 > 0:05:32to ring in a decent profit?
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- Erm...- We haven't really got any.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38We're just hoping that we spot something, a bargain. Make money.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Yes. Are you going to be relying on your expert
0:05:40 > 0:05:43or are you going to take a lead yourselves?
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- I think I might rely on her, actually.- OK, fine.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Well, anyway, the money moment. Here it comes, look, £300 apiece.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52There's your 300. You know the rules. Your experts await.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56And off you go, girls! And very, very, very good luck.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I'm off to buy a CD.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Looks like we're in for a good old ding-dong today,
0:06:01 > 0:06:03so let's meet their experts.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Hello, hello, hello...
0:06:05 > 0:06:07It's the Reds' own bobby dazzler, Paul Laidlaw.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Taking the lead for the Blues is Catherine Southon.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15What's the plan, teams?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Probably avoiding vases, glass, pottery.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Narrowing it down a little bit.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- If we could find one bargain today, what would it be?- Oh...
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Oh, goodness, that's such a difficult one.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28- Silver.- A nice box.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29Silver or a box?
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Well, it's all out there and we'd better go and find it now,
0:06:32 > 0:06:34because we've just got an hour! Come on!
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- Science things. You're good at that. - Yeah, we know that.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Well, that's a lot of food for thought there. Shall we get on?
0:06:40 > 0:06:41See if we can find it. Come on, then.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42Let the shopping commence.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44WHISTLE
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Both teams are having a good, old rummage
0:06:46 > 0:06:48and finding their feet with the experts.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Catherine, something I spotted down here. What about these?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Cut glass with the silver?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55I don't think they're probably silver, to be honest.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- They are probably silver-plated. - 32 for the two. No?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Do you want them?
0:07:00 > 0:07:02- I don't know. Let's carry on a bit longer, then.- OK.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Let's look a bit further.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Baby steps, teams.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Baby steps.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Plenty of time, though.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- I like this boar's head. - Oh, you like...
0:07:12 > 0:07:16..this modern, precast cement boar's head?
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- I like it! - Yeah, the awful one. That's right.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Obviously, I could never say awful. Jen said awful.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- So I'm just quoting Jen. - All right, then, let's move on.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27No? No.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Honestly, I do think...
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- We need to get moving, don't we? - Yes.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Deep breath, Val.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35There's loads of time.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37- The tiger.- Oh, yeah! - The brass tiger?
0:07:37 > 0:07:41- Shall we start with the issues? - Yeah, OK.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42It's ghastly.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47It's erm...not old.
0:07:47 > 0:07:48Oh, dear.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Oh, dear...
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Am I going to have problems with you guys?
0:07:52 > 0:07:53No, come on, let's go.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Now, what's Catherine canvassing opinion on?
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- I think this might actually be a little gem here.- OK.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04So you put your canvas on here.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06This pushes through.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Then you can put all your paints and bits and pieces there.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13FRENCH ACCENT: And you can be 'ere with your beret and little brush,
0:08:13 > 0:08:16of course, doing your little bit.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19And then, when you've had enough, you pack it all up and you move on.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- It's beautiful. How much is it? - It's 120.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- So, if we can get that for about 80...- Oh, yes.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28We'll be home and dry. And there's a nice stamp here, as well.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31There's the maker's name here, which I can't quite work out.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32Brew something.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34B-R-E or Brev something.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38- But it's made in France, anyway. So, it's got to be good.- Absolutely.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- It's where all the good artists come from. What do you think? - Brilliant. I think it's gold.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44You can see them in Montmartre, can't you?
0:08:44 > 0:08:49You can see them in Montmartre. We're getting into the spirit of it all.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- Oh, yes.- With a glass of wine. - With a glass of wine, of course.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54- And your bit of cheese on the other hand.- Yes, absolutely.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56- Do you think?- Yeah, excellent.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57- Are you buying this?- I love it.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59What's your best price on it?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01The very best would be 95.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Can we say 85 and we'll go for that?
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- Oh, please.- Oh...
0:09:07 > 0:09:09I can see it on your lips.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12You're just about to say, "Yes, of course!"
0:09:12 > 0:09:1385?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Go on, 85.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- Thank you so very much.- OK.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18Oh, that's a first.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Thank you very much, indeed.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Bravo, mes petits choux-fleurs.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Maintenant, ou sont les Rouges?
0:09:25 > 0:09:27And, for those who don't speak French, that means...
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Well done, my little cauliflowers. Now, where are those Reds?
0:09:30 > 0:09:33This is harder than I thought it was going to be.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Wait a minute, we've been doing this for five minutes
0:09:35 > 0:09:38and it's harder than you thought it was going to be?
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Do you think it's just a tourist thing?
0:09:40 > 0:09:42I think, to be honest with you,
0:09:42 > 0:09:43as lovely as it is,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45I think it probably is just a tourist piece.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51It's a pleasing object and, now brace yourself, this may shock you,
0:09:51 > 0:09:52it's actually an antique.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55CHOIR: # Hallelujah... #
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- Whoa...!- Yes!
0:09:57 > 0:09:59We did it! We found one!
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- Right. I would call this "the zone".- OK.- OK.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05May we stay in the zone.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07- OK, good.- Fine.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09- This is it. Now we're here. - We're warmed up.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Right, this is it, this is it.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13And, after all that, he didn't buy it.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Not glass.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19- You'd like a box? - I do quite like boxes, yes.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Again, this looks more like a mahjong set to me.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Come on, guys, 20 minutes to go.
0:10:25 > 0:10:26Do you like that chair?
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Hold on, I feel a bit giddy.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30Because that looks like an antique.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32It can't be two antiques on the trot!
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Oh, it's pretty. We're in the zone.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Victorian, yeah? Striking form. Nice workmanship.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Look at the carving and the turning, it's all lovely.
0:10:41 > 0:10:46It's £160 and, at the moment, that's worth 50 to 80. Would be enough.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- It's just too much money for this.- OK.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51The Reds have definitely got their eye in now.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Just find something cheaper, eh?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Blues, what are you weighing up, then?
0:10:56 > 0:10:57It's a jockey scale.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01- Yeah, a jockey scale. - I think that may be way...
0:11:01 > 0:11:02They're fantastic.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04But I don't think we can afford it.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06- How much is it, out of interest?- 650.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10- Oh, wow!- Good spot, though. Because that's a fabulous thing.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16I think it's ghastly.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19But it has some age.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21It's like everything we've picked out.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23And it's less ghastly than the other things you've been picking out.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25So, we're improving.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28We've got a table centrepiece. Earthenware.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Then, cast brass deer, dragging a...
0:11:31 > 0:11:33- Has it got damage? - Mmm, a little bit.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36It has, to the glaze. It's £100.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37How much do you like it now?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Erm...not £100.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Nowhere near, to be honest with you.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44I just don't know who would want that.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46I know, that's what I'm worried about.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49I would like it and no-one else in the world would,
0:11:49 > 0:11:51- which is normally what happens.- Yes!
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- Well, it has been the story of today's shop.- It really has.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56- It has to be said.- Yeah. - Could there be a giveaway?
0:11:56 > 0:11:58And, seriously, I'm...
0:11:58 > 0:12:01I'm talking a tiny fraction of that.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- Or we're wasting our time. - Make me an offer.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Well, this is a game, we're playing a game. And I'm going to pitch in at...
0:12:07 > 0:12:09What am I going to pitch in at?
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- 30?- She said 30.
0:12:13 > 0:12:1440.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15No...!
0:12:15 > 0:12:18OK, he says, "No." I have to follow the bossman.
0:12:18 > 0:12:1935.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21And then, we're done.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23OK. I think that's the price.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- Do we like it or do we not for £35 - What do you think?
0:12:26 > 0:12:28- I think we should get it. - Do you?- Yeah.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30I think we need to get something. And we quite like it.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34And he doesn't think it's as ghastly as everything else we've chosen.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36And we've still got two more items. Yeah, OK.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37Oh, God...
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Oh, God! Can you read my mind?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Let's do it. Let's just be decisive and do it.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45- All right, then, let's buy it.- OK.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47- We've bought it?- Yes.- Fantastic.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- A good price. Thanks very much. - Thank you.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Phew! At last, Reds.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56But only 25 minutes to buy your two remaining items.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Before that, I found something rather cuddly.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Now, I am not a person who ordinarily goes
0:13:09 > 0:13:11for teddy bears and dolls.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15But, I have to say, having found this bear here at the fair in Norwich,
0:13:15 > 0:13:18I have taken a bit of a shine to him.
0:13:18 > 0:13:24It is a dangerous business buying something about which you know not a lot
0:13:24 > 0:13:25because, as they say,
0:13:25 > 0:13:28a fool and his money are easily parted.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32But this thing has some characteristics
0:13:32 > 0:13:37which encourage me into thinking that it could be quite a good bear.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39First of all, is the colour.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44It is a divine dark chocolate, mid-brown.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49The next thing I do know is you want to go for these jointed bears
0:13:49 > 0:13:51that have got lovely long limbs.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55And, also, these super flat feet.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Flat feet in bears is good news.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01The material that's been used to cover the paws and the flat feet
0:14:01 > 0:14:03is the finest of fine linen.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07That's not been replaced. That's the original.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09The other thing that I know
0:14:09 > 0:14:12is that you want to go with them with a decent snout.
0:14:12 > 0:14:17And if that snout has got a needleworked nose,
0:14:17 > 0:14:19that's a good sign.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21And he hasn't got plastic eyes, either.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25Glass eyes. And rather lovely ones, too.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Traditionally, everybody who picks up a bear
0:14:28 > 0:14:31fiddles around in the earhole looking for a button.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35This one doesn't have a button in his earhole.
0:14:35 > 0:14:40But what he has got is a suspicious loose bit of thread
0:14:40 > 0:14:42in the right earhole.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45It's all very well having a button in your earhole and everyone saying,
0:14:45 > 0:14:49"Oh, it's a German Steiff bear. It's worth a lot of money."
0:14:49 > 0:14:52But what happens when the button falls off?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Which could be the case with our friend here.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58What it has got is a fantastic collar.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03Any toymaker who's going to make a collar to go around a teddy bear,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06that's going to take THAT amount of trouble
0:15:06 > 0:15:09stitching and lining and fitting,
0:15:09 > 0:15:13is going to be a quality teddy-bear maker.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17It's in brilliant condition, apart from a bit of moth up his back.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22I think it could date from the 1910 to the 1915 period,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24which would be marvellous.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30You just have this toss-up moment to decide whether to invest or not.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34The dealer's best prices is £30.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36What might it bring?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Well, if it is what I think it might be
0:15:39 > 0:15:41and it does date from that period,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44it could be at the top end of £1,000-£1,500.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46It's a no-brainer, isn't it?
0:15:46 > 0:15:47What do you think?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Yes!
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Right, back to the shopping.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00And, with both teams having bought just one item apiece,
0:16:00 > 0:16:03they really do need to get a move on.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05I think that's quite nice. It looks quite good quality.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- What's that?- This.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- It's, sort of, like a stationery box.- It IS nice quality, isn't it?
0:16:12 > 0:16:15It's beautifully stitched, isn't it?
0:16:15 > 0:16:18And you put all your envelopes and things in it there,
0:16:18 > 0:16:21so it looks like it's just like a travelling case.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22Yes.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24This is all, like, simulated.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28So it's a bit like crocodile skin, but it's not.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29How much is on that?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- 48.- I think 48 is probably a little bit punchy.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35But I don't know.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38I like it, though. I think it's nice quality. You like it?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- I think it's nice quality. - What would be your...?
0:16:41 > 0:16:42Bottom line, £40.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- That's the bottom line on it, 40? - The bottom line, 40?
0:16:46 > 0:16:49A couple more, but that would be it.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52- 35?- No, 38, Catherine.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Shall we leave it for a bit?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57We haven't got long. Just to pre-warn you.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59That's sound advice, Blues.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03And, after 40 minutes, the bottom line is you need a second buy.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06As do the Reds.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10- Why do you like that cigarette case? - It looks different.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12- I like the picture on the front.- OK.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Where might it come from?
0:17:15 > 0:17:16India?
0:17:16 > 0:17:17Turkey? I don't know!
0:17:20 > 0:17:21I'm not very good with that.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25I think you'll find it's North African in origin.
0:17:25 > 0:17:26OK.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29And when we see these... What's it made out of? It's very light.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Aluminium?
0:17:31 > 0:17:36What else might we make from aluminium in 1940?
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- Planes?- Absolutely.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41Oooh...
0:17:41 > 0:17:43- This...- Oh, I like that.
0:17:43 > 0:17:48..they say, may have started off as a Luftwaffe bomber, perhaps.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49Oh, right.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53And said bomber is shot down over North Africa
0:17:53 > 0:17:58and later on, some Italian or German prisoners of war salvage aluminium,
0:17:58 > 0:18:02work them into cigarette cases, in this instance,
0:18:02 > 0:18:08and sell them to British and American troops for cigarettes, for example.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09Wow, OK.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Yeah? And that is a mosque.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16And on the back, we've got this stylised gazelle or whatever.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19And I'll tell you, good workmanship.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20Oh, wow!
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Oh, wow, did you say?
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Of course, poor Tommy Atkins,
0:18:25 > 0:18:29who hasn't been home in months, if not years,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32and is pining for his sweetheart,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35is seduced by this belle in her lingerie
0:18:37 > 0:18:39on the inside of the cigarette case.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40I really like it.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42- You like?- Yeah, I really like it.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Good!
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Now we are talking, are we not?
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Price tag is...
0:18:47 > 0:18:48£38.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50But I love it. I love it!
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Oh, good. So, do we. Yay!
0:18:52 > 0:18:53At last!
0:18:53 > 0:18:55- There's another one. - There was or there is?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57- There.- Oh, so there is.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02Well, we're muddying the water now. You hold that. Sentiment again.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- Oh, I love it.- Another mosque.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- What sort of price, though? - Erm...I think...
0:19:08 > 0:19:12- 38, on each of them. - I'll move to £25 each.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14- I'm going to throw something in. - OK, right.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16This one, we've got North Africa.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19I think we may have divisional or unit insignia here.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- And more than anything, we've got sauciness.- Yeah, I love that.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- What's on the inside of that one? - Should we just buy the one, then?
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- I think we buy the one. - So we'll leave this one.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- That's my advice.- OK.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Is there any slack? So, that's 25. Is that the bottom line.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Yeah.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36I think it's a fair price. I don't think there's any point in being greedy.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- I think it's a fair price. We love it. It's fair.- Yeah.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43- It's a done deal, isn't it? - Yes. Thank you very much.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46And with that, you may have salvaged your shop, Reds.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50But ten minutes left means the Blues have some rescuing of their own to do.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I absolutely love the shape of that. I think that is stunning.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- How much is that? - Has it got a stunning price on it?
0:19:56 > 0:19:57I'll do it for 90.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04I think the shape of that is beautiful.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06It's a lot of money for it, isn't it? So...
0:20:06 > 0:20:08What about the box?
0:20:08 > 0:20:12- Have you decided against the box now? - The box is quite expensive.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Whereas, you know, this is more expensive.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18But it's a sort of bigger chunk for what you get. But what do I know?
0:20:18 > 0:20:22Let's count our beans. Are we going to go for this? £38?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- Yeah.- I think so.- Fine.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25- Absolutely fine.- Yeah, I think so.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28I think we're going to go for the case, please.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30- You've been very kind. - You're very welcome.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32You've been extremely kind and extremely patient.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36Yeah. That's two items apiece. Get a move on.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Just five minutes left to find your final items.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39Here it is.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Let's buy something really nice.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43- One left.- One left.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44But we've still got to focus.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45OK. We're focused.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Onwards. Onwards, ladies.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49I think that will sell at auction well.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Erm...
0:20:51 > 0:20:52I'll tell you what.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55I've not seen one quite like it.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59And glass, I've got to say, can do well.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00Yeah, Murano it says.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Yeah, so they've speculated Murano, which is Venice.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Price, do we know?
0:21:05 > 0:21:0638.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10At that, I think you're firmly in gamble territory.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11OK.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14You too, Jen, you like it as much?
0:21:14 > 0:21:16I like it.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17Do you want to have a think and, then,
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- if we can't find anything else, come back for it?- Yeah.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21OK.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Don't think for too long, girls.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27- Catherine!- I'm coming. - We're running out of time here.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29At last, the Blues are sensing some urgency.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Couple of things here.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32You love a box, don't you?
0:21:32 > 0:21:35- Well, we love that. - That's nice, actually.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37- Money box.- Useful.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39I think it's pretty.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40Mm-hm. How much is on it?
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- It's not doing it for me.- 45.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47I think it's more 20 than 45.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48Oh, gosh.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49It's old.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Yeah, but old is good. You were looking for an antique.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- You wanted a box. - I want a proper antique, yes.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58But this doesn't do it for me, I'm sorry.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01It's...you know, just doesn't do it.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Oh, my... Disagreement in the Blue camp.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Are the Reds doing any better, though?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- Let me tell you what we're looking at here. You want a big lump?- Yep.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13- This thing here is a stereo zograscope.- Blimey!
0:22:13 > 0:22:17It's a stereo viewer and a big magnifying glass on a stand combined.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Stereo zograscope.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20If we played with that,
0:22:20 > 0:22:24you would see through your stereo zograscope in full 3-D.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- Are they quite valuable? - Question is, I'm blathering on.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30It's very cheap at £89.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Is it all there?
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Let me just get round.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- So, there's a frame missing.- Right.
0:22:38 > 0:22:39Urgh...!
0:22:39 > 0:22:40I know!
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- Close. But no.- OK.
0:22:43 > 0:22:44Two minutes.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49We're buying the little case. So, perhaps the lady will give us a little bit more off.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50Like your way of thinking.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53I'm just going to sit here and relax, while you do the deal.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56OK. We'll go and negotiate.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Catherine's leaving her Blues to it,
0:22:58 > 0:23:01while Paul, with the Reds, is getting stuck right in.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03I don't know what to do! I don't know what to do!
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- I think it's the horse, to be honest with you.- Do you? Let's go.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Right, come on, then, let's go and get it. Thank you very much.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12We would like the inkwell, but we're still...
0:23:12 > 0:23:16I really can't get beneath that £80, I'm afraid.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18- 78?- No.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20The lady is nodding.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22I saw her nodding.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24She who must be obeyed, then.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26- 78?- 78, you've got a deal.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- Thank you very much.- You're very welcome.- That's brilliant. OK.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Excellent! We'll go and tell Catherine.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Come on, Catherine, wake up. You're back on.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38- Hello.- We got it.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41- For 78.- Oh, fantastic. Oh, well done, ladies.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44- And we got some money off. - Well done.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48- 78 with that lovely illusion glass, I think that's a nice piece.- Excellent.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51- It's got every chance. You happy?- Yes. Very happy.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53- Exhausted?- Yes, very exhausted
0:23:53 > 0:23:57- Shall we go and get a lolly? A lolly would be good.- Excellent idea.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58We're back.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01We've got one minute.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02How much can we do the horse for?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Can we do it for £10? Please, please, please, please, please!
0:24:05 > 0:24:07See, we don't know it's Murano.
0:24:07 > 0:24:0815.
0:24:08 > 0:24:0912?
0:24:09 > 0:24:11- Please. Oh, please.- Go on, then.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12Yay!
0:24:14 > 0:24:16You better shake hands. That was wonderful.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18And in the nick of time.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Thank you very much.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22What weren't we going to buy?
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- We weren't going to buy any ceramics or glass.- Yes.
0:24:25 > 0:24:26What did we buy?
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Ceramics and glass.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Time has stopped for the shop.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36So, let's check out what the Red team bought, eh?
0:24:37 > 0:24:42The 20th-Century centrepiece took centre stage, for £35.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45The prisoner-of-war-made cigarette case was liberated,
0:24:45 > 0:24:46for £25.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53Finally, they trotted off with the Murano-style horse, for £12.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Well, that was pretty boring, wasn't it(?)
0:24:56 > 0:25:00- OK, now, which is your favourite bit, Jennifer?- The cigarette case.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02The cigarette case is your favourite piece?
0:25:02 > 0:25:05- Do you agree with that, Zo-Zo? - Yeah, that's also my favourite.- OK.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08And which piece is going to bring the biggest profit?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10- I think the cigarette case. - Me as well.- The cigarette case?
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- You're obsessed with this cigarette case.- We do love it.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15OK, rumour has it that you spent an enormous fortune.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17- So, how much did you spend?- £72.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19£72?!
0:25:19 > 0:25:20I know...
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- We tried to spend it, but... - Did you? Oh, well.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26But you had your guide and mentor beside you, didn't you?
0:25:26 > 0:25:29- Yeah, certainly did. - He just said "no" to everything!
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Well, we'll see whether he was right or wrong.
0:25:32 > 0:25:33Anyway, so you spent £72.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37I would like to have £228 of leftover lolly, please.
0:25:37 > 0:25:38Thank you.
0:25:38 > 0:25:39- There you go.- Lovely. Thanks.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41So, over to Paul.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43I hope you're going to spend the whole lot, my old friend.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46I'll do my damnedest. I can tell you what I'm not buying, though.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Concrete and brass!
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Poor girls. Never mind. Good luck with your search, Paul.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Meanwhile, we're going to check out what the Blue team bought.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01First up, they bought the portable artist's easel and paints for £85.
0:26:03 > 0:26:09The small leather mock-odile skin writing case was purchased for £38.
0:26:09 > 0:26:14And, lastly, the late-Victorian glass inkwell was picked up for £78.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- Well, that was fun for you girls, wasn't it?- It was brilliant, yes.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19So, Ann, which is your favourite bit?
0:26:19 > 0:26:20I really like the easel,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23because the way it's put together is really neat.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24OK. And Val?
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Yeah, I'd go along with that, as well.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27That was my favourite bit, definitely.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- Will it bring the biggest profit? - I think, possibly, it will.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31- OK.- Yeah.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33- And you think it will, Ann? - Definitely.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36OK, well, we've got a lot of agreement here, which is lovely.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39And you spent quite a good wodge. How much was it in total again?
0:26:39 > 0:26:40£201.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42I'd like £99 of leftover lolly, please. Thank you.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45That's quite magnificent. Thank you. We've got the four there.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47We've got five there.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49- That'll make up the 99, for certain, for Catherine.- Thank you, Tim.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53- You love a nice wodge to go off with, don't you?- I do. I do.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55And I know exactly what I'm going to buy for these ladies.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56Do you?
0:26:56 > 0:26:59The problem is, I don't think they're going to like it.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00Don't worry about that.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04If you think it's going to make a profit, that's all that matters.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Anyway, Speedy Gonzales.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Because we're about to head for the auction. Oooh-ah!
0:27:17 > 0:27:21Well, we've popped about an hour from Norwich to Cambridge
0:27:21 > 0:27:24to Cheffins saleroom to be with Charles Ashton.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26- Charles, good morning. - Good morning, Tim.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28It's a pleasure to be back at Cheffins.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Now, for the Reds, they've got a mixture.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35And their first, I think, came from behind the Iron Curtain, wouldn't you?
0:27:35 > 0:27:39It certainly has that distinct middle-eastern European look to it.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43- I'm not sure that the combination of the parts works desperately well.- No.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Because, what we seem to have here is a leaping reindeer.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50The trolley is running across a rutted track,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- that happens to be in guilt bronze.- Indeed.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55That's then slapped on to a piece of alabaster.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Then, we have this rather weedy stem,
0:27:57 > 0:27:59that comes up to the piece de resistance,
0:27:59 > 0:28:00which is the earthenware bowl.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03A slightly unusual colour palette, you might say.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04Yes.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Hopefully, somebody, somewhere, who likes animals and guilt bronze
0:28:08 > 0:28:12and those combinations will think it's a winner...
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- Exactly.- ..and will go for it.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17So, there we have it. There's an awful lot there for you money.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19- There certainly is.- How much money?
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Well, we think £25-£35.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24That's fine. 35 was paid.
0:28:24 > 0:28:25Now, moving on.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29We've got the alloy cigarette case, which I think is rather fun.
0:28:29 > 0:28:34It is. Every side of it has got some piece of engraving or artwork to it.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Probably is World War II.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39- We've got a rather natty pin-up girl on the inside.- Yes.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42- Looks a bit like Mae West, doesn't she?- It does a bit.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45- I'm sure there's a bit of inspiration there.- And it's in good condition.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48- It's got a story to tell.- It has. - Whatever that story might be.- Yes.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52- And the story we want now, though, Charles, is how much?- £20-£30, Tim.
0:28:52 > 0:28:53Perfect. £25 paid.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57So we're spot-on so far. Now, what about this gee-gee?
0:28:57 > 0:28:58Probably is Murano.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02Again, it's entirely done free-blown or free-crafted by hand.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06A bit of a one-off. If you like that sort of thing, it's very nice.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09- It's in proportion. It's just had a bust tail.- Oh, has he? Pity.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Just lost a little curlicue. That's quite sharp on the end.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14- But, otherwise, not in bad condition.- No.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16So, how much for a lump like that?
0:29:16 > 0:29:18- £10 or £20 only.- Oh, that's good.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Don't worry about it. £12 paid.
0:29:20 > 0:29:21I tell you, this team have been very sharp
0:29:21 > 0:29:23- in the amount that they have spent.- Have they?
0:29:23 > 0:29:25- Only £72, you see? - Oh, that's very good.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27So, it's all very reasonable.
0:29:27 > 0:29:28The big thing is, of course,
0:29:28 > 0:29:31your test as to how much you actually get at the end of the day.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35And that will be the determining factor as to whether they need the bonus buy or not.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37But let's have a look at it.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40You gave our man £228.
0:29:40 > 0:29:41Paul, what did you spend it on?
0:29:41 > 0:29:45Well, see what you think of this, in contrast to our other purchases.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46Ooooh...
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Oh... I like that. What does it tell you?
0:29:48 > 0:29:52Aesthetic-wise, any names, any movements come to mind?
0:29:52 > 0:29:55- Is it Art Nouveau? - Art Nouveau. It certainly is.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59It's an utterly delightful full-period little easel clock.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02- Is it brass? - It is. It's lacquered brass.
0:30:02 > 0:30:03How much was it?
0:30:03 > 0:30:05It was.... How much do you think it should have been?
0:30:05 > 0:30:0740.
0:30:07 > 0:30:08- Ouch!- Oh...
0:30:10 > 0:30:13I've paid £50. Just a shade over your expectations.
0:30:13 > 0:30:14Ask me what it could make.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18I think it wants to be worth £50-£80, all day long.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Really? OK. I like it.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Yeah. I like it, too. Well done.
0:30:22 > 0:30:23Isn't that exciting?
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Well, let us, for the audience at home right now, though,
0:30:27 > 0:30:30find out just how exciting it is for our auctioneer today.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34So, there we go. That's rather spectacular, isn't it, Charles?
0:30:34 > 0:30:38Do you know, it is. It's good quality. A decent weight.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41We've got some nice casting detail.
0:30:41 > 0:30:42No, it's a handsome thing.
0:30:42 > 0:30:43And it works.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45I think, if you're a collector of Art Nouveau,
0:30:45 > 0:30:49a lover of Art Nouveau, you'd happily have that in your collection.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52You certainly would, wouldn't you? Anyway, we can't beef on about it.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Except that it is crisp. How much?
0:30:54 > 0:30:57The dial, unfortunately, has a little bit of damage.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00And, for that reason, we've only said £30-£50.
0:31:00 > 0:31:01OK.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Well, Paul Laidlaw paid £50 and he clearly rates it.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06That's it for the Reds.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08And moving on to the Blues, we've got a lovely mixture, look.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12We've got the portable beach artist's easel.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Yes.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16It's certainly all-singing and all-dancing.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20You can take it away with you on holiday. It folds up flat.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22Comes ready with some paints.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24It's, Constable, eat your heart out.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26- Absolutely.- How much?
0:31:26 > 0:31:27We've said £40-£60.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29OK. £85 paid.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34It just depends on how many artistes there are about in the saleroom.
0:31:34 > 0:31:40Next is the simulated crocodile skin, little attache or correspondence case.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42- And that's a sweet little thing, isn't it?- It is.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45It's ready to go. It's a pretty little thing. Good colour.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48And it's the sort of thing that would date from...
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Is it just before the Second World War? Is it sort of '30s, do think?
0:31:51 > 0:31:53I think so. I think it's late '20s or '30s.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55- OK, so how much, then?- £20-£40.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59I'm with you with that. I think that's absolutely right. Ann paid £38.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03So, she may have paid just a tad too much for it, based on the condition, really.
0:32:03 > 0:32:04But it's still a useful little thing.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Carrying on with the theme,
0:32:06 > 0:32:10we've got the most magnificent of glass inkwells.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- That's a chunky lump, isn't it? - It certainly is.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15It wouldn't blow over in a gale. And it has got some quality to it.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17It's been well used and well loved.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20The plated mounts have lost their silver coating,
0:32:20 > 0:32:22as I think they would once have had.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25But it's in pretty good nick and still a very useful object.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28- How much of a useful object? - We haven't stuck our necks out.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31We've only said £15-£25, I'm afraid.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33With a silver band on it, it's £100-£150.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36But the plated band lets it down a bit.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38I think my estimate would be more like 40 to 60.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41But they're going to be lucky, I think, to get to 78.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44In which case, they'll need their bonus buy. So let's go and have a look at it.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49Now, Val, Ann, this is exciting. £99 you gave to Catherine.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Catherine, what did you spend it on, darling?
0:32:51 > 0:32:55Well, I know exactly what you two are going to say as soon as you see this.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58And it's going to be, "Why?" OK?
0:32:58 > 0:33:00But here we go...
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Is that... Is that what I think is?
0:33:02 > 0:33:04- What do you think it is? - Bell-ringing.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07- Is it for opening up ropes? - Yes! Well done!
0:33:07 > 0:33:09Here we are. Have a hold.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12Yes, we have them in the tower. But a much smaller version.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14- Do you?- Yes.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17- When we're... What are they called?- Fids.- Fids?
0:33:17 > 0:33:18- F-I-D. Fids.- Fids.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21- Oh, I'm really pleased. - Yeah, I like them.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Because I thought you'd look at that and think it's terrible.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25And when it's really, really stiff,
0:33:25 > 0:33:28you put that bit in there and then you can splice the rope through.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31- And do they actually look like this? - We have much smaller ones.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34- They are generally steel. - I mean, that is a whopper, isn't it?
0:33:34 > 0:33:38Once upon a time, in the 18th and 19th century,
0:33:38 > 0:33:40this would have been on every ship.
0:33:40 > 0:33:41It's a good sailor's tool.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Oh, it's for sailing.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46So, this is what would have been used to untie all the ropes.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48- I think you're so clever to find that.- Do you?
0:33:48 > 0:33:52- Yeah, I really do.- Oh, thank you. You're my new best friend.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55- Mostly made from wood. Sometimes made from bone.- It's quite tactile.- It is.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57I think it's lovely.
0:33:57 > 0:33:58But how much?
0:33:58 > 0:34:00You can ask.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02I don't know if I want to tell you. £65, I paid.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07- Right...- It might be a bit chunky. - That's the truth, though, isn't it?
0:34:07 > 0:34:10And marine collectables are everything, aren't they?
0:34:10 > 0:34:12As fids go, that's a lovely example.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14- A fid.- A fid. Fid.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16It's brilliant.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19Well, we've all learned something. Thank you very much, Val.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22But let's learn a little more, at least, for the audience at home,
0:34:22 > 0:34:25by finding out what the auctioneer thinks about Catherine's fid.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30Well, you could bear that with menace, couldn't you, on board.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33You certainly could. It's a lovely bit of timber, isn't it?
0:34:33 > 0:34:36A bit of lignum vitae. Wonderful figuring.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40There's this traditional bit of decoration up here at the top of it.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44And we either think it's a fid or possibly a belaying pin.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47In a marine sale, I've no doubt it would do handsomely.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49In a general sale, what do you think?
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Well, we've suggested £40-£60 for it.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56OK. Well, Catherine paid £65. And she sure knows her marine things.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00And, if the right buyers are around, it'll do some damage.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02So, how do you rate our objects overall, then, Charles?
0:35:02 > 0:35:04It's quite interesting, isn't it?
0:35:04 > 0:35:07- Well, the items, they each tell their own story, really.- They certainly do.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10The next story going to be told is how well you do on the rostrum.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13- So, good luck with that. - Indeed. Thank you so much.
0:35:16 > 0:35:1840.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21All done, then, at £40. I shall sell, then.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25You have good estimates supporting these items that you bought.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27So, I think it's a good £72 worth.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30And then, if you need to, you can fall back on that
0:35:30 > 0:35:35beautiful crisply-cast brass and lacquered Art Nouveau timepiece, all right?
0:35:35 > 0:35:37We're all good with that, aren't we?
0:35:37 > 0:35:41The Bulgarian centrepiece is coming out now. And here it comes...
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Will you start me at somewhere around about £30? 30?
0:35:43 > 0:35:45£25, left is bid. 25 bid now.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49- 25 it is. At £25.- Go on!
0:35:49 > 0:35:52- Come on, it's beautiful! - Anybody else can I tempt or not?
0:35:52 > 0:35:55At £25. And all done, then. Left-handed. 30 or not?
0:35:55 > 0:35:58Last chance, then. I shall sell, then, at £25.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02Oh, no. That is disappointing.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05£25 is minus £10.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07OK, now the cigarette case...
0:36:07 > 0:36:11Wartime aluminium cigarette case. £20 for it. 20 I'm bid now. 20 I'm bid.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15At 25. At 25. At 25 bid. Thank you, sir, for your help.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Come on, keep coming. Keep coming.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19At £25, then. Seen enough? I'm going to sell, then.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21And 30. And thank you over here. And 30 bid now.
0:36:21 > 0:36:2330. Fresh blood, then. £30.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26£30, then. All done, then. Selling and away at £30.
0:36:26 > 0:36:27OK, £30.
0:36:27 > 0:36:28- 35.- Yes!
0:36:28 > 0:36:30Yes, that's so good...
0:36:32 > 0:36:33Oh, fantastic.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Are you sure now? At £35. Thank you for your help.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38All done here at 35, then. I shall sell.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41£35. You were minus £10. You're now plus £10.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44You have absolutely nothing. So, we're all going for it, right?
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Now, here comes the Murano gee-gee.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50Lot 85 is the Venetian Murano glass model of the horse.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52What do you say for him? I don't know, put me in again.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55£25, I would've thought, for the Murano glass horse.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57£25, you collectors. 20, then.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00You tell me. £20. 20. Where's the hand?
0:37:00 > 0:37:0320 I'm bid now. 20, I have now bid. Anybody else?
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Any more? For any more? Last chance for the Murano glass horse.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08At £20. A maiden bidder. And I shall sell, then.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11All done and away at £20.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13£20 is plus £8. You're in front, girls.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15We've got £18.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18- No, you've got £8, actually. - Oh, what?- Because you...
0:37:18 > 0:37:20You lost £10, then made £10. You had nothing.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24And you got the eight, all right? Don't worry about that. Just keep singing.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Are you going to trust Paul and go with this brass timepiece?
0:37:27 > 0:37:30- Yes, shall we? - OK. I'm trusting you here.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34Yes? you're going with it? The girls are going with the bonus buy.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37And we know it's a great object, so let's root for them.
0:37:37 > 0:37:38Here it comes...
0:37:38 > 0:37:39Lot 89 is next.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44This is this rather pretty cast brass Art Nouveau mantle timepiece.
0:37:44 > 0:37:45What do you say to that? Put me in.
0:37:45 > 0:37:4725, surely? You clock buyers. 30, then.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50Nobody's looked at it.
0:37:50 > 0:37:5325 bid now. I'm going backwards. 30 is now bidding in the room. £30.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55- I won't take you twice. 30 I'm bid now.- Go on!
0:37:55 > 0:37:5735. At 35.
0:37:57 > 0:37:5840 will it be?
0:37:58 > 0:38:01The bid's here. 40 in the room now. Thank you. At 40 I'm bid now. 40.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05At £40, then. We're at 40. Any more at 40?
0:38:05 > 0:38:07- No, go on...- Please...
0:38:07 > 0:38:08At £40. And all done. The bid's in the room.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10- Oh, no... - I'm going to sell. Finished, then.
0:38:10 > 0:38:15Tears are being wept on this side, you know? At £40. Never mind. At £40.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Nature of the beast, selling at £40.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20He sold it for £40!
0:38:20 > 0:38:23Children, this is no good! That's minus £2.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25- Oh...- That's OK.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28Minus two could be a winning score. Think about that.
0:38:28 > 0:38:29- OK?- Yeah.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31- Don't say anything to those Blues.- No.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- Are you feeling all right, Val?- Yes.- Good.- Excited.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44- Ann, are you feeling OK? - Yes, fine.- Very good.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48On this happy note, let's crack on with your first item, which is the artist's easel.
0:38:48 > 0:38:5230, I'm bid. A starter already. At 30 I have bid now. 30 bid now. 30 bid.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55- Oh, come on, please... - This is a quality lot.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59- At 35, then. 35. And 40 on the book.- Come on.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03- Shakes his head now. At 40 I'm bid. - He's got a bid of 40.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07Any aspiring artists here? At 40 bid now. At 40. 45 elsewhere. And 50.
0:39:07 > 0:39:1250 bid now. 50. Anybody else now? 50 for the folding beach easel?
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Yes, and I shall sell it, then, at £50. All done.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15At 50.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17He sold it for £50...
0:39:17 > 0:39:19That's not bad, is it?
0:39:19 > 0:39:21- No, it's terrible. It's minus £35.- Oh, no...!
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Chicken!
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Next one is the simulated croc skin small writing case. There we are.
0:39:26 > 0:39:2925, then, to get on with it. 25 to start me. 25 is bid already.
0:39:29 > 0:39:3225, I have bid now. 25, bid now. 25, it is.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Now, 25. And 30. 35?
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Still with me. The room's out at 35.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40At £35. All done, then, at 35.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43Selling, then, and away at £35, then.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47- Yeah, but it's minus £3. - Oh, that's not so bad.
0:39:47 > 0:39:48Not so bad? Not so good!
0:39:48 > 0:39:51- Minus 38...- That's not so bad.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54- Now, this is the big number. - Now, this is the big one.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Again, interest here. I'm already bid £25.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59Any more or not from anyone else in the room?
0:39:59 > 0:40:00The bid's in the book this time.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04At £25. All finished, then? Nobody else want it? All done, then.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Yes or no over there? No? Yes? No?
0:40:06 > 0:40:09No. At £25. I shall sell, then, at £25, then.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13£25 is minus 53.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Your 38, 53, 88...
0:40:16 > 0:40:18That's minus £91.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Well, that is phenomenal, isn't it?
0:40:20 > 0:40:22So what you going to do about this fid lark, then?
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- We're going to go with it, aren't we?- You're going to go with a fid?
0:40:25 > 0:40:26I think so, yes.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29The decision is made. We're going with the bonus buy.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Now I can tell you the auctioneer's estimate is £40-£60.
0:40:31 > 0:40:32That's all right, then.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35He thinks it's rather lovely and, you know, interesting
0:40:35 > 0:40:36and all the rest of it.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38You sailors out there, you'll need one of these.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42Lot 106 is the lignum vitae fid. How do you value that?
0:40:42 > 0:40:44What do you say for it? £40, I would have thought.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48£30 for the fid. 20, then, surely. 20 for the fid.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51£20. Thank you, sir. At 20 on my right. 20 is bid now. 20 bid now.
0:40:51 > 0:40:5320, bid now. 20.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56It's at 20. And five. 25, bid now. 25.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58And 30, sir. Yes, sir. At 30 bid now. 30.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00You won't find another one here today. It's a unique item.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04At 30 I'm bid now. £30. 30. All done, then. I can't tempt anybody else?
0:41:04 > 0:41:07At £30. And I shall sell, then, at £30.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09That is minus £35.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Which is minus £126.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19Not much to splice about there, is there? Anyway, there we go.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22We have to be brave. We have to be British.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25We have to look forward to the new horizon.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28And don't say a word to the Reds and all will be revealed in a moment.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29- We won't say a word.- Thanks, team.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38Well, well, well. I love this programme, don't you?
0:41:38 > 0:41:41You just never know what's going to happen.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44So, teams, are be excited to know the results?
0:41:44 > 0:41:47Well, it's no secret that I'm not handing out sacks of cash today
0:41:47 > 0:41:49in the way of winnings.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53It's just a question of the scale of the losses.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56And the scale of the losses twixt one team
0:41:56 > 0:41:58and the other are tremendous.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02And the team with the greatest losses, I'm afraid, are, by a long chalk, the Blues.
0:42:02 > 0:42:03Oh...
0:42:05 > 0:42:08I mean, minus £126.
0:42:08 > 0:42:09Minus £126.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13Oh, wow! Is a bit of a wow, isn't it?
0:42:13 > 0:42:17If only I could pluck out a high spot from your results.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19But there is no high spot.
0:42:19 > 0:42:20- No.- No.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Apart from, of course, having you two on the show.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Which has been a great pleasure. And we've loved having you.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- Has it been fun?- We've loved it. - It's an amusing outing, isn't it?
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Anyway, thank you very much for your efforts,
0:42:31 > 0:42:33even though they didn't pay off today.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37But the victors, who've managed to win by only losing £2... £2.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41I mean, that is pretty good, isn't it?
0:42:41 > 0:42:45You were plus-£8 and then, that wretched bonus buy fellow,
0:42:45 > 0:42:48which I rated, he rated, everybody rated,
0:42:48 > 0:42:51then did incredibly badly, which is very irritating.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53- Have you had a nice time, Jenny? - It's been amazing.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55- Good for you, Zo-Zo? - Oh, amazing, yeah.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Well, we've loved having you on the show.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00In fact, it's been so much fun, why don't you join us soon
0:43:00 > 0:43:02for some more bargain hunting, yes?
0:43:02 > 0:43:03Yes!