Grimsthorpe 25 Bargain Hunt

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So, what are you waiting for?!

Let's go Bargain Hunting, yeah!

Marvellous place this, Grimsthorpe Castle, you know.

As is the antiques fair set in its impressive grounds.

The big question is, are our teams going to feel equally at home

with £300 burning a hole in their pockets?

Let's take a sneaky peek at what's coming up.

There's some tough talk in the Red camp.

-I actually hate it.

-Do you?

-Yeah, we're not going to get that!

-That is the kind of thing I'd put in my house.

-How much is it?

-£55.

Why? Why would you put that in your house?

And the Blues are lost in music.

Well done, boys. Well done, well done.

And there's plenty of lurve at the auction.

Miss Hornblower, look at me, you look gorgeous!

Yes!

Before all that though, let's meet the teams.

Well, on the show today we've got two teams of friends,

well, they're friends at the moment.

For the Reds we have Ellie and Rebecca,

and for the Blues, Kyle and Brad.

-Hello, everyone.

-Hello!

-Hello!

That's lovely. Now, Ellie, you're at the Cambridge University

studying lingo?

Yeah, that's right, I'm studying French and Italian,

and I've just finished my second year.

-Is it fun?

-Yeah, it's great. So, next year I've got a year abroad,

so I'm going travelling in Italy, in Bologna,

and hopefully in Paris as well after that.

Gosh, I feel so terribly sad for you. And they call this work?!

-Yeah, it's awful!

-It's marvellous, isn't it?

You're a photographer.

Yes, I am an amateur photographer.

Just like taking photos of friends and family, really,

and when I go on holiday, just take the opportunity to take a camera out.

-And you collect cameras?

-Erm, I've got quite a few,

I don't know if you could call it a collection.

-I've maybe got about five or six now.

-That IS a collection.

-OK.

Now, Rebecca, you're at Cambridge. What are you studying?

-I study medicine...

-Are you?

-Yep.

-That's handy.

I've just finished my second year, but next year I'll be doing zoology,

which is my intercalated year, and I'm hopefully going to do

a dissertation with that, so that's about evolution,

animal behaviour and things like that. Should be fun.

But how many more years have you got to do after that?

After my third year, I've got three more years of clinical and then I start being a doctor.

Girls, what are your tactics today, please?

-Not spend a lot...

-Yeah.

-..I think we're students so we're used to being quite thrifty.

-OK, frugal.

-Yep, some might say.

-Yeah, buying small things, nothing too bulky.

-Going to go for cameras, stuff like that?

-Yeah, if we can...

-Maybe? Fashion?

-Not sure.

-See what we find.

-Jewellery?

-Probably not jewellery...

-I don't think you've got much of a plan, have you?

-Not really.

-We don't know what we're doing.

-Go with the flow.

In which case you're going to do very well today.

Anyway, lovely to talk to you and good luck!

Well, chaps, that's quite something, isn't it?

Now, Kyle, how did you two guys meet?

-Erm, there was a local jam night that we played at.

-Cool.

Yeah, Brad was on the microphone and he was quite impressive

so we sort of spoke to him and...

What sort of thing does Brad sing?

-It's NOT singing.

-Oh, isn't it?

-No, it's...

Oh, what does he do on the microphone if he doesn't sing?

-Shouting.

-Oh, really?

-Very loud.

-Do you?

Screaming aggressive, like, anger, but...

Can you give us some screaming, aggressive anger now, then?

-If you want some?

-Yeah, I want some. Come on, let's see this.

-I love Bargain Hunt?

-I love Bargain Hunt?

-Yeah.

-I

-love Bargain Hunt.

-I DO love Bargain Hunt!

-I LOVE BARGAIN HUNT!!!

-There you go.

-That's something, isn't it?

-It's pretty...

-And he does that in a club, with a microphone?

-Yeah.

Why does he need a microphone, I ask myself?!

-That is fantastic.

-We make a lot of noise.

Now, Brad, it says here that you have got a penchant for

brown furniture, which is unusual for a young person.

Yes, I really like just leather furniture, really nice sort of...

-Heavy brown stuff?

-..mahogany, like, I want to be able to SMELL the wood.

-Yes, exactly.

-That's the stuff I like. We have a gentlemen's club at my house...

-Do you?

..where all the lads retire to and we enjoy a stiff drink

-and a whisky and relax.

-Sounds extraordinary.

So, erm, any prizes as to what you're going to be looking

-out for today?

-We're pretty unprepared, to be honest with you.

We've got a few ideas on what we'd like. We're both musicians,

-so something musical.

-Things that make noise.

-Yeah, we're noisy...

-Going to spend all the cash, try and get rid of most of it?

-Probably.

Yeah, I think, even if we'd planned something, we're quite,

we just pick stuff up and want to buy it.

-I guess you're not going to buy the silver and jewellery and little knick-knacks?

-Nothing too delicate.

No, no knick-knack jobs. OK, fine. Well, there we go.

We're going to have fun today, on this show, I can tell you. Now the £300 moment.

There's your £300, £300, there we go.

You know the rules. Your experts await, and off you go!

And very, very, very good luck!

Gosh, all this youth and enthusiasm.

Cracking teams, today. So let's meet their experts.

As a fiddler, he makes a great expert. It's...

And here to save the Blues' bacon, it's...

-Are you girls excited?

-So excited!

-Yes.

-Why are you so excited?

I don't know, because I don't know what we're going to buy.

-We're going to argue, though...

-Yeah.

-Brilliant...

-Well, guys, here we are.

-We ARE here.

-Finally.

300 quid, all this wonderful stuff,

-what do you want to buy?

-I'm spoilt for choice, Anita.

We've got money in the bank and we've got a clean slate.

We're just going to wing it, we're going to see what happens.

Rock on, eh, cos your 60 minutes starts now!

Well, let's go away, let's go looking and see if we can get some arguments going!

-Let's rock'n'roll it!

-Whoo!

-Whoo!

-Yeah!

# Di-di-li-di-di-di-di! # Here we are.

-I don't want to jump the gun, but I'm liking everything I'm seeing.

-You like EVERYTHING you see?

-EVERYTHING, this is my problem. I get too excited.

-You want to buy EVERYTHING?

So, the Blues want everything, whereas the Reds just want their expert.

We've lost Jonathan.

-Where's our...

-Oh, he's gone in there.

-Oh, my goodness.

I thought you guys were wondering off up there.

I was having a quick sneak in, but, do you know, that caught my eye.

Immediately you can see it's a piece of Doulton, OK.

It's a stoneware, and this is the Lambeth factory.

But it's, the way it's done like this, it's a puzzle jug.

-So you pour water in it and then...

-Oh.

..and you've got holes all the way through, and you think, "how can it possibly, the water will come out

-"the holes?" But it's a nice...

-That would be quite messy.

Well, exactly. It would be quite messy, wouldn't it?

It says, "Within this jug there is good liquor.

"Tis fit for parson or for vicar,

"But how to drink and not to spill,

"will try the utmost of your skill."

Nice wordplay, JP, but it's going to take more to impress these girls.

-How much is it? That's the big question.

-Well...

-The money question.

I'd want to ask the man what he could do it for, because, erm,

at auction I'd put it in at

£50-£70, £60-£80...

-Would you lose money?

-..so you'd want to get it for £50 or £60, that's what you'd want.

So what's your best price on this for cash-paying clients, like ourselves?

Well, we could probably only go down to about £75.

-Yeah.

-Aw.

-It's worth hanging on to thinking about that though.

-Yeah...OK, yeah, we'll come back later.

-Yeah, thank you very much.

-If it's still here.

Guys, music!

-Now, are you a guitarist?

-I am, yeah. We're both guitarists.

-You're both guitarists?

-We're both guitarists, yes.

-Are you any good?

That's debatable!

I believe that this stall,

erm, is run by

a rock'n'roll guy.

Crikey, it's only '60s heart-throb, Dave Berry.

-I would like to introduce...

-Where do you want me?

..to our, erm, our young rock'n'rollers, here.

- Right, good to see you. - Very nice to meet you, Dave.

-Lovely to meet you.

-Nice to meet you.

- Do you play? - I play guitar, he plays guitar.

-Oh, both guitarists?

-Yeah.

-That's great, I've got young guys in my band at the moment.

-Wow.

-Oh, excellent.

-Well, they're all getting on famously,

-which is more than can be said for the Reds.

-I don't dislike it.

Ah, that's probably the best we're going to get all day!

-That's the kind of thing I'd put in my house.

-How much is it?

-£55.

Why? Why would you put that in your house?

I think if you replace the fabric AND painted it,

-then, it could be a nice chair.

-If it was a different chair...

-Yeah.

-..it would be nice?

-If it was a different chair.

-I actually HATE it.

-Do you?

-Yeah, we're not going to get that.

So, the Reds can't agree.

Sorry!

But the Blues couldn't be more together!

Go on, girl! Look at her move.

Well done, boys! Well done, well done, well done.

Now, is there anything here that you fancy?

-We've GOT to, we're on the clock.

-We DO need to make a purchase.

-Uh-huh.

How much are we looking at for the bongos? £140.

See, I think the bongos are awesome, but I don't know how well

they'd sell at the auction, cos it's quite a...it's a unique item, isn't it?

-Yeah. But they're in very good condition.

-Sure.

-You are right.

-They're not cheap playthings.

-No.

-They're real instruments.

-How much would these cost if you were buying them new?

-Sure.

-You're right.

-Dave, the boys gave us a little concert, there.

-They are kind of interested in the, the drums.

-Right.

-We do like these.

-Yeah, well, they're good quality, as you know...

KYLE: They are, very nice. - ..if you check the, if you turn them over you can see

the quality of the wood and, erm, yeah. The best I could do with them would be £120 really.

- KYLE: £120? How about £115? - No, it'll have to be £120.

-£120.

-£120.

-I think we could go with that, really.

What do you think?

-He's banged my drum.

-Yeah, yeah. I think we'll take them for that.

-OK.

You've strummed the right chord, Dave, it was a pleasure to meet you.

- Nice to see you, good luck with your career. - You've got a deal.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

-All the best.

-Well done, Blues, that's the day's first deal.

So, Reds, have you got excited about ANYTHING yet?

-So what is it?

-Erm, it's a little spinning chair,

so it'd be a lady sitting in front of her spinning wheel...

-They were quite fashionable, just to sort of stick in the corner.

-It doesn't look very comfortable.

-You just need an ample bottom to sit on it.

-What do you think of it?

-I'm not a great fan.

-Right, OK.

-OK.

-You can buy a period one, 18th century, for a tenner.

-Fine, right.

-Let's find something we can sell.

-That's fine, please tell us, we don't know what we're doing.

Well, good job you've got JP then, isn't it?

Just get settled, then get buying,

because those Blues are streaking ahead.

Yeah, that's quite detailed, isn't it?

Erm, I know that you're into furniture and...

-That'd look really good in the gentlemen's club.

-It would.

Are girls allowed in this room?

-You're allowed, we could definitely make an exception.

-All right.

-Only the classiest of class.

-All right.

It is quite nice, isn't it? I could see a lot of people liking that.

It's in good condition, it has lovely detail in it,

it's the type of thing that people could buy and then put in their house.

Yeah, it does look quite special. VERY interested.

-Is £85 the best you can do on it?

-£80 would be the very best.

-Right.

-What about £75?

-Yeah, £75 would be all right.

-£75, yeah, I think we'll take that.

-Shake the gentleman's hand.

-Brilliant, thank you so much.

-Thank you.

-That's fantastic, cheers.

-Thank you so much.

-Well done, that's lovely.

-What a team! What a team!

-Smashing...we're going to get...

-Two down.

-..we've got plenty of time to go back for tea and biscuits now.

-All right.

-Oh, we've still got one more item to go.

-We have, we have.

-Can't forget it.

And we can't get complacent, and we can't slow up,

-so let's get going on number three.

-Let's storm on.

-Let's do it, got it!

Great advice, Ms Manning, and great work, boys!

Two items in 20 minutes.

OK, Reds, your basket is still empty.

You may have to take the lead here, JP.

You get lots of reproductions of clock dials...

-Yeah.

-..being sold, and these are periods, you know,

these are late 18th, early 19th century-clock dials,

and all someone's got to do is to put a little quartz movement on the back and some hands,

and you've actually got a really decorative clock, which you can put in the kitchen, with an old face,

and 35 quid for a dial.

Do you mind if I have a look at that one, actually?

There we are.

-It's quite cool, with this sort of lady entertaining the King.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Having been broken up and having the dials, you can

-just use them for the decorative nature in smaller properties...

-Yeah.

-Yeah, fine, right,

-let's get that. Let's get it for...let's ask for £30.

-Yeah, can you do £30?

-Please!

-- Erm, go on, then.

-£30, you happy with that?

-Yeah.

-Yes, that would be great.

-So to buy something? Thank you very much. That's brilliant.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-It's unusual anyway.

-Next time, it's yours. It's all yours, now. It's all yours.

-Yeah.

-Thank you very much.

That's right, you'll need to speed up your buying too.

Meanwhile, things are just getting better for the Blue team.

-Oh, here's Dave. How are we doing?

-Excuse me, can I interrupt?

-Hello.

-- Hello, yeah of course.

-- They're going to auction, aren't they? - Yes.

-They are, yes.

- Now, just a suggestion, it might help if I just sign one of the bongos for you?

-Yeah, that would be fantastic.

-It might help, if that's OK?

-Yeah, no, that would be incredible.

-That would be absolutely wonderful, thank you.

-Excellent, cheers!

-Cor, what a nice man.

-Wow.

-Yeah, that's incredible.

-Come to an auction, meet Dave Berry and he's going to sign our things.

-Yeah.

-That's pretty good going!

-It's been some day for you, boys.

Look.

REBECCA GASPS

I REALLY like that.

-I like it, I think it's really interesting.

-What does that say?

-See, I think Phrenology.

-I think anyone that was interested in, like, medicine.

-I'd put it in my house.

Yeah, then...you could buy it for a doctor friend.

Jonathan, look.

£29.50 for Phrenology.

So, you know, this is sort of parts of the brain that

-they associate with certain functions of the brain, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-I know eyesight's at the back and...

-Yes.

-..whatever that sort of business.

-Yep.

So, when they were mapping the head,

they built these pottery figures and put down the, er, you know,

where those parts of the brains were as they were discovering them, so...

But this is an out and out...you can see it's reproduction, it's got it's crackle glaze,

it's a very, very shiny glaze though, but you've got this sort of fake,

sort of crackle glaze look to it.

-You know, you could put it in a hallway and put a hat on it.

-Yeah, it's quite funny.

-It has a decorative nature to it, as well.

-It's just unusual,

-people might be drawn to that, hopefully!

-Yeah.

-We'll see who's in the auction room.

The originals would be worth hundreds of pounds and would have been made in England.

-This is probably made in China.

-So someone who can't afford an original, maybe, will buy this one.

-Shall we see what we could get it for and we could always come back?

-Yeah.

-£29.50.

-£29.50, at the moment.

We were wondering if we could have it for about £15?

-I was thinking more like about £26. - Oh.

-Oh.

-Can we meet you in the middle at £20?

-Yeah.

- I can do £22. £22 will leave me a bit in it. - Sold.

The camera-shy dealer certainly wasn't shy of making a deal though,

good man! And well done, girls.

But there's just 15 minutes to buy that final item.

-That goes for you too, Blues.

-Let's have a look at it, boys.

Yeah, let's have a look inside.

-All right.

-That looks nice.

-It's fitted, which is good.

-Yeah.

-Looks in pretty good condition.

-It's got a maker's name, which is also good.

It's Baxendale&Co of Manchester,

so that's a nice element.

I also like the fact that the textile on the inside is

in good condition.

It hasn't been bashed about or torn,

so it's got a lot going for it...

-Yeah.

-..and, erm, useful as well.

Something like this would really add to a room, wouldn't it?

-How much money do we have left?

-£105.

-It's a little out.

-And it's £110.

-And it's retailing for £110, so...

-I think this one's on you.

-Who, is it me?

I'm feeling, I'm feeling like I need to just designate that pressure towards you.

All right, yes, so I've got to do the dirty work?

Seasoned professional, yeah.

Hi, my rock'n'roll Blues have fallen in love with this trunk.

Is it possible to buy this for £60-£70?

I couldn't go that low.

I mean, I've really got to be looking round about 90.

-90?

-Yeah.

-Uh-huh. Yeah.

-Could you come to 80?

-I think I'd struggle, really.

- How about we meet in the middle at 85?

-Meet us halfway?

-87.

-Ohhh.

-- 87?

-£86.50?

-Ahh, no, no, no, no, no. 87, 87?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, that's good, that's good.

-Is that all right? Thank you very much, thank you.

-Thank you so much, mate.

Great work, Blues, and that's the end of your up-tempo shop.

Wish I could say the same about the Reds, who clearly need a talking-to!

Nine minutes left, erm, that's not very long.

-We need to make a move on.

-OK.

-Let's, come on, let's, let's cover some ground.

Quickly, quickly, quickly.

-Yeah.

-People like coffee.

-I don't think you'll get people buying a coffee grinder

-at auction to use at home.

-Get a wriggle on, girls.

-Two minutes left!

-I like that.

-How does it work?

-Who by?

-Voigtlander, is that what it says?

-I've never heard of the brand.

-£25.

- You could have that for £10 if you wanted to? - Really?

-It is a copy of a Leica, essentially...

-Yeah.

-..but it has that retro feel, doesn't it?

-We've probably only got a minute and a half left.

-Well, I, personally...

-I like it.

-..would buy it for a tenner, as a film camera.

-It's got lots of different focal lengths.

-- Yeah, look, it's very decorative.

-Yeah, and it's got a case which is quite fun. I think for a tenner...

-Yeah.

We are on our last minute so can we, can we take it for £10?

- OK, yes, OK, yes. - Thank you very much.

Oi, you! Wake up!

Time's up.

-Phew!

-Oh, I was so panicked.

-Oh, man. Good, OK, well done.

Just in the nick of time too, Reds. Now, here's a reminder of what they bought.

They paid £30 for the 19th-century-painted longcase clock dial.

Next, they bought the reproduction phrenology head for £22.

And, with seconds left,

they snapped up the Voigtlander camera and case for £10.

-Well, you girls, that was quite something, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

I mean, talk about parsimonious,

-how much did you actually spend in the end?

-£62.

£62?! It's a disgrace!

So, 62, I want £238. Thank you very much.

-OK, Elles, which is your favourite piece, please?

-Erm, I like the camera.

-The camera is your favourite?

-Yeah.

-Personal favourite.

-Yep, and mine too.

-And yours too?

-Yep.

-Good. And will it bring the biggest profit?

Erm, I think it's tied between that and the, erm, what was it called?

-The head...

-The phrenology head, yeah.

-Oh, the phrenology head.

-Yeah.

-Yes. So you're hedging your bets then, are you?

-Yes.

-Yeah, quite hopeful on that one.

-You're hopeful on that? Yes, anyway, well, that's it.

-A huge wad of money. You happy, JP?

-Very good, I'm slightly nervous about having so much money now.

-You got a plan?

-Yes, I think so.

-Oh, good.

Well, that's absolutely marvellous, cos, right now, why don't we check out what the Blues bought, eh?

The signed pair of bongo drums were picked up for a banging £120.

They paid £75 for the late 19th-century-carved oak coat rack.

And, finally, the Baxendale&Co domed-top travel trunk was bought for £87.

-So you had a good time, boys?

-It's been phenomenal.

-Absolutely incredible.

Listen, is this some kind of dancing programme or what?

It's supposed to be about antiques, you know?

-What's all this mucking about?

-We couldn't help ourselves.

-We found some instruments and it just comes naturally.

-We like to make noise.

And you got this go-go dancer with you, so that was it, right?!

That's one way...it was really impressive, if I'm honest.

-Really? Now, all right, chaps, how much did you spend?

-£282.

That is music to my ears, £282. That's a mature amount of money.

-Oh, thank you.

-I'd like the £18 of leftover lolly, please.

-Absolutely.

Thank you, Kyle, that's very kind.

Erm, let's have the last one then!

-There you go.

-I'm not completely schtum.

Now, erm, which is your favourite piece, Brad?

Probably the chest, really liked the chest.

-Your chest is the favourite piece?

-Yes, I would say so.

And do you agree that his chest is the favourite piece?

I think, technically, yes,

-but I liked the wild card of the bongos signed by Dave Berry.

-OK.

-If we can get a couple of...

-So you're partly bongo then partly chest?

-Yes, chest.

-Yep.

OK, Anita, you've clearly had a heck of a struggle today.

-There's the £18. £18, not much cash, is it?

-Not much.

-We have huge faith.

-We believe in you.

-We believe! Well, anyway, good luck with that, Anita.

Meanwhile, I'm heading off somewhere where, potentially,

I could go off my trolley, but I'm certainly going to be transported.

Half a century after the world's first passenger tram service

launched in South Wales in 1807,

horse-drawn trams began appearing in major cities.

And by 1885, steam trams were about, but they were frightening beasts,

billowing smoke and sparks and terrorising everyone.

In the mid-1880s, Britain got its first electric tramway,

in Blackpool, and by the 1920s, many towns and cities had vast,

cheap tram networks, making trams the transport of the working classes.

Normally, in the world of antiques, restoration ain't such a good idea.

But when it comes to trams, well,

just look at this beauty.

I'm at the Crich Tramway Village, just outside Matlock,

and I'm going to talk to Laura Waters, Curator of this

marvellous place, about just such a restoration project.

-Hi, Laura. How lovely to meet you.

-Hello, nice to meet you.

Now, Laura, this is a magnificent tram, I have to say.

I had no idea that they were quite as luxurious as this.

Is it unusual to find a tram so comfy?

It is a little unusual.

The makers of this one were targeting a specific audience

so they kind of went a little overboard, maybe,

in how they equipped the tram and made it look.

And I guess, Laura, it hasn't always looked like this, has it?

No, it definitely hasn't. Erm, originally it was part of a house which was actually

-three lower decks of this type of tram.

-Right.

So that was our starting point for the restoration job.

Because the quality of the joinery

and use of timber inside is very nice with the Birdseye maple curved bits

and ash and walnut and mahogany,

all contrasting in colour and fantastic quality brass. I'm amazed!

It is, er, particularly the Walnut ceiling, it's a feature

which attracts a lot of people to the tram car

because it's just so decorative compared to

what we have on other ones.

Well, I cannot believe the quality of the restoration.

-And does it work?

-It certainly does work, yes.

-Can we go for a ride?

We certainly can.

BELL DINGS

Hold tight!

So, what is it, Laura, that makes these trams

so incredibly popular with your visitors?

I think it's the nostalgia with them really and for a lot

of people they don't know them or some people can just remember them.

So it's very much that kind of something not seen every day.

Now, Laura, you've got a huge collection here.

-How did it all come about?

-It started in 1949.

A group of tram enthusiasts were actually on a tour of Southampton

and they happened to notice that there was

a tram being scrapped and they sort of jokingly offered up £10 for it

and it was accepted!

Erm, and that was the first tram to be preserved.

The people who first started our society very much were aware

that trams were beginning to disappear from our streets

and that there was no movement to save any of them,

so they basically went to all the operators and when

they were being scrapped sort of said, "Can we have that one?"

or kind of negotiated on it and that's where we started from.

And how many trams are there here, now?

-We've got roughly 80 in the collection overall.

-80?

Yes, and there's about 50 on-site here.

So it's quite a big collection, it's the biggest one in the country.

And they're all unique in a way, aren't they?

They are, yeah, every one has its own individual character.

Our drivers and conductors will tell you that operating them, as well, is quite special.

They all have their own quirks, erm, some are more decorative,

like 159 here, whereas others are more streamlined and standard really.

-So they just vary.

-Oh, brilliant.

My only regret is that I'm not able to take a tram over

to the auction which is where we're headed right now.

Well, how lovely is this?

We find ourselves in Etwall in Derbyshire, a mere 60 miles

from Grimsthorpe with my old mate, my old mucker, Charles Hanson.

-Charles, how are you?

-Tim, I'm very well, thank you.

OK, now, Ellie and Rebecca have gone with a mixture here.

-For a kick-off we've got this 30-hour longcase clock dial.

-Yes.

Does that do it for you?

Tim, it just, to me, has a look of innocence about it.

Cottage-made circa 1810, 1820 and if it could talk, it suffered.

-Here we go!

-And it's still here and alive and firing.

OK, well, I'm feeling sorry for it.

That means you only think it's worth £5.

-I think it has sentiment, Tim, and we hope it might make £30.

-Do you, really?

-Yes.

-Well, that's all right because the girls only paid £30.

-Oh, fine.

Now, the next item is the phrenology head.

I think, Tim, it's a charming object. Yes, it's brand-new,

but of course it's marked Fowler who were an important American family

who did all of that back in the mid-1800s. So although it's brand-new,

Tim, I think it's quite quirky and quite fun.

-All right, and decorative.

-And decorative.

OK, so, Carlos, what's your estimate?

Tim, we feel the head might run so we've put a really

sort of cautious guide price on of between £10 and £15.

-And it only cost them a very, very intelligent £22.

-Good.

-Next is the camera.

-Yes.

I always think these cameras look terribly impressive, don't you?

Lots of, kind of, dials and whizz-bang bits and bobs.

Tim, if there's one angle of the antiques market today which is

really moving, it's this market and this one is 1950s.

I'm no expert in cameras, but it is German, er, Saxony made.

I think it has great heritage and I hope it might make £20, £30.

-OK, brilliant. £10 paid.

-Good.

Of course, how the team do is entirely up in the air

and it's in your hands but in case it doesn't go entirely

according to plan, why don't we go and have a look at the bonus buy?

OK, girls, this is exciting, isn't it?

You gave JP an enormous amount of money, you gave him £238...

-Yup.

-..was your pocket money. What did you buy, JP?

Er, £238 is a lot of money and, you know, I sometimes chicken out

and I did, I chickened out a little bit.

There we are, look, what I bought was... And you'll think, "What on Earth is this?"

Right, OK, I have here this lovely copper bowl with this

very nicely patinated piece of leather on the top.

And what it is, this is a cavalry officer's wash bowl.

-Let me help you out here, I'll take the cover then...

-So that's the cover for it.

-I mean, obviously, he's fallen off his horse a few times.

-THEY LAUGH

But, you know, it's a very unusual object, I mean,

I've never seen one before.

Whene'er you're cantering around on campaign as a cavalry officer,

you're going from A to B and you've got to have a shave and you've got to have a wash...

-What are these other bits that have come with it?

-Oh, the other bits?

OK, what you're going to ask is how much did I spend?

OK, so what I spent was, I actually spent in total £75.

And then this is for HMS Vincent which was

a First World War battleship scrapped in the '20s

and with two other ships was active in The Battle of Jutland,

you know, this is a little bit of a, sort of, a sailor's, erm, sort of...

-Hello sailor!

-..sort of, novelty.

-Yup.

-Numerous bonus buys.

Well, I just bought it as a little World War I group.

-Yeah, how much profit, though?

-Yeah, how much profit?

Well, I don't know, it's one of those things, it's very hard to put a price on.

-I'd like to think it would make over £100, I really would.

-Mmm.

-It could do quite well.

-Yeah, it could.

-OK?

-Thank you.

Thanks, JP. But for the audience at home right now, let's find out

what the auctioneer thinks about the quartet.

-Right then, Charles.

-Tim, if only it could talk, what could it tell us?

It's a cavalry officer's wash bowl. Is it 1890s?

Is it into the twentieth century? Is it a First World War?

We don't know, there's no identifying marks on here

at all, all we know is that it has a wonderful tactile feel.

It's worn, it's beaten and to me, Tim, it's real history. I love it.

Mmm, and then JP rather cleverly has found us the

second part of his bonus buy, that fellow.

This is a little sweet, you might call it, ashtray.

A commemorative brass dish inscribed HMS St Vincent

and, of course, I suspect this was made from scrap metal

when the actual vessel was decommissioned and scrapped in 1921.

I mean, will it make £70?

Tim, we've been really cautious,

-we've put a guide price on of around 50 as a top estimate.

-Right.

That's, to me, quite cautious.

I would really hope, Tim, with the wind blowing, who knows?

-We could make three figures.

-Do you?

-Yeah.

OK, well, that's it for the Reds, now for the Blues.

Not quite so interesting, I don't think, this lot,

because we got these bongo drums.

Yes, Tim, they are quite interesting.

-I believe they are European.

-Oh, lovely.

Not quite sure on country of origin but they're signed by

a famous man called Dave Berry who was a famous musician, er, 1960s.

They're on their metal stands as well,

they're in good condition and to me they really are an internet lot.

The big question is, are they going to strike the right note?

I foresee them probably realising, on a really good day, up to £50.

Oh, dear. That is not the right note.

£120 our team invested in this important bit of pop memorabilia, Charles.

So you've got a bit of an uphill struggle.

Now, next up is this carved-oak panel

-that has the weediest little hooks I ever did see.

-Yeah.

But the carving is crisp, it's very much in that almost late...

-Seventeenth-century style?

-Yeah, late Victorian, almost amalgam of styles

with your canvas leaves and it's a good plinth.

-It's a good plinth, it's a rotten set of hooks.

-Exactly, Tim.

-OK, does it work for you?

-Not really.

-How much?

Tim, I hope with the wind blowing

and we have lots of great cottages nearby,

I hope it will make £30.

-£75 paid.

-Oh, dear-dear. Oh, no.

-That's a shocker, I think.

-It is.

-I think it's going to be very difficult for you, Charles.

-Yes.

Now, Brad went with the domed-top trunk.

It's apparently from Baxendale&Co in Manchester.

Yeah, Tim, and again it has a nice history.

It's vintage, it's classic. And lots of, I suppose,

my generation of collectors, they quite like...

-They go for the black chest.

-Yeah, they do, Tim,

they go for the vintage, they go for the yesteryear. So it's a good lot.

Perfect. How much?

Tim, I think on a really,

really good day we would see it make hopefully around £50.

-OK, £87 paid.

-Oh, dear.

So uniquely, Charles, we have three, what I would call, substantially lower estimates

on each of these items and if predictions are correct

they're going to need their bonus buy defin-ately.

Here we go, let's have a look at it.

Well, chaps, you did really well, you only gave her £18.

Anita, what did you find for £18?

Oh, I loved my rock'n'roll boys

but if you want to do well in the music business you've got to

write your own stuff so I bought you...

THEY ALL LAUGH

..a little, elegant 1930s-Art Deco propelling pencil.

-Wow.

-That's cool.

-It's got some decoration, tell us about the decoration.

Yes, the decoration is, again, quite lovely, it's engine turn which was a feature used in the Art Deco period.

They were looking at mechanisation, not just hand-crafted stuff.

It is silver, erm, it's marked 925, erm, I paid £17 for it

so I spent NEARLY all the little amount that you left me.

Would that be what you call, Anita, a canny wee buy?

Well, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Yeah, I bet you are. OK, chaps, so what do you think about it, Carl?

Erm, I'm quite into it, I mean, I've honestly no idea about that kind of thing

but, I mean, are people into collecting this sort of thing?

Yes, people like to collect writing materials.

I think it's, er, a very interesting item.

I think we spent so much on the other items

so I think you've done a fantastic job with what you've got.

-You wouldn't expect anything else from your girl.

-Exactly.

But why don't we, for the benefit of the audience at home,

find out what the auctioneer thinks about Anita's little pencil.

-OK, Charles.

-Thanks, Tim.

Tim, it's just, you know, it's just an object of yesteryear.

It would sit very well in a cabinet.

Engine-turned, of nice form

and importantly there's no indentations or any condition issues

but the problem is it doesn't carry the full series of assay marks.

It's just marked 925 and it is what it is really, Tim, quite decoratively nice.

Of course, Anita only had £18 left so she's done very well, really, hasn't she?

-She has, Tim.

-Erm, how much will it make?

Oh, Tim, I think all day long with the internet now, playing almost

-first fiddle to the room, I think it ought to make between £25 and £30.

-Do you? Jolly good.

-Good.

Well, we're going to finish up with a successful note even if

the rest of it might be a struggle. OK, Charles, thank you very much.

-Are you taking the sale today?

-I am, Tim, can't wait.

Thank goodness for that.

Sold to the lady... Comes in at £10, £20 over.

This room is jam-packed with folk.

You couldn't get any more people or goods in this sale room, could you?

-No.

-Look at it. And they're all here for your lots.

-Let's hope so.

Anyway, first lot coming up is the longcase clock dial and here it comes.

Lot 40 is a very interesting painted longcase clock dial.

£10 is my bid, bid me 12 now. Have £10, 12... Good morning, sir, 12.

I've got 15, 18.

One more, I'll be out. I'm out! £18. 20 there, 22. Are you sure?

-20 I'm bid over here...

-Come on, Charles!

-..20 I'm bid.

2, 5, 8, Miss Hornblower 8,

-30.

-30!

-Yes!

5, Miss Hornblower, look at me, you look gorgeous!

-You look gorgeous. "No" she says. 30 I'm bid, I'm asking 5 now.

-Go on!

All done, I sell to you, sir, at £30. All done at £30.

-£30 it's wiped its face.

-Hooray!

-Very good, that's no harm, is it?

-I thought we were going to make a loss.

-It could've been worse.

Yeah me too. Anyway, now come phrenology.

Now, this is a really brainy lot.

Number 41, an interesting head. Quirky and quite fascinating.

I can start this lot with bids with me at 12, 15, 18, 20.

I'm looking for 2 now.

20 I'm bid, do I see 2 now?

-Give me a heads-up, somebody.

-TIM LAUGHS

I'm asking 2 now. Surely 2!

One more, do I see? Fair warning.

You're out in the room so I shall sell at £20 today.

-All done.

-Uh-oh.

-Oh, that's a loss of 2.

-£20.

20 is minus 2, it's not a disaster, though, kids.

Now, here comes the Voigtlander.

Nice camera, bit of interest here,

I can start this off with bids at £10, 12, 15,18.

-You're in profit.

-I'm out, sir.

-Look at us! Over two!

-20, 2.

-Oh, 22!

-25, 28,

30, one for the... Are you sure, ma'am?

Not one more? 30 I'm bid, do I see 5 now? No. £30 I sell.

All done at £30, thank you.

Whoop! That's par-fect, that's...

£30 is plus £20 which means you're £18. Fair, how about that?

-It's not so bad.

-You're going home with folding money.

What are you going to do about the old copper bowl?

-I think we should go with it.

-You are certain about this?

No, I think we should do it, I think

-it's worth the risk.

-OK, you're going with the bonus buy for £75 and here it comes.

Number is now 46, a cavalry officer's copper wash bowl

with a brown, leather cover.

There we are, with also a very nice dish engraved with a crest

and motto of HMS St Vincent. Where do we start this?

I'm only bid 12, 15, 18, £20. It's cheap. I'm asking 5 now.

At £20, do I see 5? 30, 5, 40, my bid, 5, I'm out. 45 I'm bid.

-Keep going, keep going!

-An interesting lot.

50, 5, 60, 5, are you sure, ma'am, not one more? Life's too short!

-5, 70.

-Yes! Yes-yes-yes!

-70, 5.

-One more!

-Give me a fiver.

Or I shall sell to you, sir, all done at £70. We are.

-Oh, no, so close!

-It's OK.

-It's over.

-Ugh!

-£70.

-Never mind.

Well, that feels good, doesn't it? Because you are plus £13.

-What can we get with that?

-Chicken chow mein each and, er...

We can go and have dinner at the pub now.

-Anyway, there we go. It's a profit. It could be a winning score.

-Yeah.

-Walk tall, walk proud.

-That's what matters.

-Well done, ladies.

-Yes, exactly, plus 13.

We're on the cusp here now. Are you excited?

-I couldn't put it into words.

-Could you not? Is it up there?

-Is it a high ten?

-A high ten.

-It's high and a ten.

Good, that's perfect, that's the way we want you to be, that's the place we want you to be

because your first lot is coming up now and GO BONGO!

Number 59, er, Dave, er,

Berry who was a wonderful pop star in the '60s.

A pair of modern wooden bongo drums.

They're quite quirky and they do work. I'm only bid here £10...

-There you go!

-Oh, they're cheap. 12, 15, 18, 25, 35, I'm out, 35 I'm bid.

I'm asking now 40.

40, 5, 40, 5, 50 I am bid. 5 you place. 60. Drum roll!

-This is intense!

-60. 65, sir.

-Yes!

-No.

60 I am with the lady. 5 online. 70.

-70, I've got you, sir.

-Yeah!

-Oh, yes!

-One more, do I see?

On the net, 5, 80, sir?

I'm asking 80, or I sell on the internet, all done, at £75.

-Going, going, gone.

-Oh!

-Yes!

-That is so tough, isn't it?

-You know what?

- I'm not even disappointed. - I'm really happy.

Come on, here come your hooks.

And I'm only...

Well, I've got four commission bids here and I can start at 42,

-5, 8, bid me 50 now.

-£48.

48 I'm bid. Bid 50, 50, I'm out. 5, 60. 65.

-Yes!

-60 I am bid, I'm asking 5 now.

Fair warning, all done, I shall sell at £60 today. All done.

-Well done, chaps, that's only minus £15.

-Number now is 61.

Baxendale&Co of Manchester, er, domed-top travelling trunk.

There we are and I'm only bid here £18.

-Ooh.

-Paid 87.

-Come on! It's cheap. 18 I'm bid, I'm asking now 20.

-18, 20, 2, 5.

-Here we go.

25 I'm bid. 8, 30, 5, I'll take 2. 32, 35?

-35 I'm bid...

-35!

-I'm asking 8 now.

-This is amazing.

All out at £35, it's over.

-Ugh!

-You know what?

-That's good, that's minus 52.

You had minus 60 before which means you're minus 112.

-You're going to invest in her £17 pencil?

-Yeah, I think so?

-It's a no-brainer, isn't it?

-Yeah. Go hard or go home.

-OK, fine, we're going to do it.

We're going to go with Anita here, aren't we?

-Oh, yes.

-OK, we're going with the bonus buy.

Number 66. It's a pencil being shown for you there.

Art Deco silver propelling pencil, a wonderful object,

Continental. Where do we start number 66? I'm only bid here £10.

It's solid silver. I'm asking 12 now. At 10, 12, 15, 18, I'm out.

-Profit, yeah!

-18, 20, 2. 22, 25? 28.

-28!

-Yes!

Fair warning, all done.

-Yeah!

-We are at £25.

-Yeah!

-£25 is £8.

Your only profit has come from the girl.

-I don't want to let go! I will.

-That was lovely.

Right, lads... What the hug or the profit? Anyway, well done.

-£8 profit which takes you to a miserable minus 104, all right?

-That's fantastic.

The way things are that could be a winning score

so say not a word to the girls. So all will be revealed in a mo...

Well, almost all will be revealed in a moment. All right, chaps?

-Well, kids, have we had fun today?

-Oh, yes.

You bet we've had fun, right?

But there is a chasm between the two teams,

I just can't believe that the teams have been shopping in the same place

with the same amount of money and one has done

so brilliantly and one hasn't done so brilliantly.

And the team that's done not so brilliantly... You been chatting, you lot?

-No idea.

-..well, I must reveal it is the Blues that have done not so brilliantly.

In fact, the Blues are £104 down the proverbial lavatory department.

- I'm pleased with that. - I'm pleased!

TIM LAUGHS That's absolutely fine.

And congratulations, Anita, for your propelling pencil. The triumph.

Yeah, thank you for making us a slight bit of money.

-We failed so miserably.

-The only slight bit of money, I might add.

-But anyway, seriousement, you had a nice time, yes?

-Yes. Brilliant.

Thank you for enlightening our day, it's been good fun.

But, girls, you are actually going home with folding money.

You're going home with £13.

-THEY LAUGH

-All right?

-Wow.

So, how does it feel to be, like, you know, big winners on this programme?

-Yeah, I just don't know what I'm going to spend it on.

-Well, I know.

-It will require an awful lot of thought, won't it?

-Yup.

-Yeah.

-Anyway, have you had a good time, Rebecca?

-Yes. It's been really good.

Well, we've loved having you. Thanks very much, JP, it's been the greatest fun. In fact, so much fun!

Why don't you join us soon for some more bargain hunting. Yes? Yes!