Lincoln 21 Bargain Hunt

Never let it be said that we don't brighten up your day.

Pull up a chair, eat a sandwich on an enamel plate

and let's go bargain hunting, yeah!

Lincolnshire is renowned as being a bomber county in the 20th century,

and there are still some rarities in the air in these parts.

Look at that!

A Vulcan bomber doing a display especially for Bargain Hunt.

That has to make this the ideal place for our teams to do battle.

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

The Reds tell it how it is...

-Don't you like these vases?

-No.

-Joy, look.

-No, they're horrible.

-If I gave you a gorgeous pair of vases like this,

-what would you say?

-Thank you very much.

-No, thank you.

-Really?

-Absolutely.

Look at them, Charles!

Look at the dust that they're going to collect.

..whilst the Blues had no fear of putting their foot in it.

-Is this it? I'm thinking Holy Grail.

-One foot in the grave.

ALL LAUGH

Ha-ha! But who has what it takes to be the winner at auction?

(No!) Bid over there, come on.

Come on.

Let's meet the teams.

GAVEL BANGS

On Bargain Hunt today, we have a married couple for the Reds.

We've got Joy and a ray of sunshine in the form of Ray.

And, for the Blues, we have friends Sheila and Christine.

-Hello, everyone.

-ALL:

-Hi.

-Hello, Tim.

-Now, Joy, what is this about you buying a house

without even looking at it?

Short version, our house was up for sale for a long time in France.

We had four days to come and buy a house.

The house we were buying, we were being shown by an estate agent

who had his own house for sale,

and we bought it without seeing inside.

-Were you disappointed?

-No, it's all we could afford.

It was such a tight budget, Tim. You would have been proud - a bargain.

You bargained with an estate agent

-and bought an estate agent's house for a bargain?

-Yes, yes.

Well, then, you've done very, very well.

Now, you're a retired lady now.

-I am.

-What do you do with your spare time?

Love exploring the countryside and I like charity shops.

-And do you find bargains in these places?

-I married him.

-What, in a car boot?

-SHE LAUGHS

-I found him in a car boot.

-Did you find him on a stall?

No, brilliant. Now, Ray, it says here you're retired

-but you used to be a prison officer.

-That's correct.

-Did you enjoy those years...

-Yes, yes.

-..behind bars?

-22...

-HE LAUGHS

-22 years behind bars.

You'd have to do quite an offence to get that.

-You would, you would indeed.

-What was good about prison officer work?

-The people I was working with.

-Yeah.

And then I ended up doing courses for inmates

to teach learning skills, and that was interesting.

So, what sort of things are you going to go for between you?

-Something bright and shiny, I think.

-Yeah? Do you agree with that, Joy?

-Absolutely.

-Do you?

-Yeah.

Anyway, good luck. Now, for the Blues. Sheila.

-Hi.

-How did you meet and become friends?

It was about 30 years ago.

We met in a playground. It wasn't for us,

it was for our children. THEY LAUGH

We were waiting for the children to come out of school...

-Yeah.

-..and, as parents do, we started talking to each other.

And the children got to know each other and wanted to play

with each other, so we got to know each other that well.

We then started to socialise together.

We joined a singing group that we... still continue to sing today.

-What sort of things do you like to sing, you girls?

-We do film themes.

Have you two girls got a song in you

that's bursting to come out right now?

-Ooh.

-Which one?

-What shall we sing?

How about Hallelujah?

BOTH: # Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah

# Hallelujah. #

Whoa, how about that? That's pretty good, isn't it?

Now, it says here, Sheila,

that doughnuts played a big part in your life, is that true?

Yes, when my sons were small,

I was stood in a queue because they wanted doughnuts

and the queue was so long I thought, there's got to be something in this.

And so I decided to make enquiries as to where I could buy

a doughnut trailer, and I've been doing doughnuts part-time ever since.

-Marvellous. Now, Christine.

-Hello.

-Hello, darling.

You've had a recent change of career.

Yes, I used to work in a care home for older people for 12 years

but, unfortunately, the care home closed down

and we were made redundant, of course.

-Oh, dear.

-So I have changed career. I now work in the local supermarket

on the butchery deli counter.

But there is a lot to the job that I didn't realise.

You're at the cutting edge, aren't you, in the butchery?

-Absolutely, yes.

-Now, how are you going to get on as a team today?

What things are you going to buy?

-I like Art Deco, so...

-Me too.

-..if we can find something,

that would be great.

-Yeah, do you agree?

-Yes, me too. I'm an Art Deco fan, yes.

We like unusual as well, so we're open to...

-Go with anything really, won't you?

-Oh, yeah.

Wouldn't you say you're easily led, you girls?

Well, it depends who's leading us. THEY LAUGH

That is the right answer.

Anyway, first off, though, you have £300. There is the money moment.

£300 apiece. You know the rules. Your experts await and off you go!

And very, very, very good luck.

Well, you can't beat a good doughnut, can you?

Now, let's meet our experts.

Bargain spotter Charles Hanson will be advising the Reds.

And Sheila will be pleased the Blues are being led by a man who's

always armed and ready for action - Paul Laidlaw.

-This is it, the hour is about to start.

-Yes!

-Joy to the world.

What's the plan?

The plan is silver, unusual, and priority - what makes a profit.

Make money.

-Unusual or quirky.

-Love that.

-Definitely.

-We're in agreement?

-Absolutely.

So, no controversy here, we are one united team on a mission.

-Yes.

-Indeed.

-High-five.

-Wahey!

Buy cheap, sell expensive.

-Yeah.

-We can do it, Charles.

-I like your style.

-We're going to beat the cunning Laidlaw.

-Quite right.

Let's go this way.

Fighting talk, Reds and Blues, this is going to be fun.

OK, teams, 60 minutes starts now.

BELL CHIMES

OK, so, team, we can either go cross-country, Joy,

or we could keep on this highway and head south this way.

-Highway safe.

-Let's go this way. Come on.

As the Reds take the high road,

Joy certainly knows who they're up against.

You've got lots of bargains, haven't you?

Bargains, lots of bargains, exactly, yeah.

-We've got to beat the Laidlaw.

-Yeah, Paul Laidlaw.

And surely, even Carlos' archrival can't have a potential buy already?

I think we've seen it all before.

-I recognise this.

-Is that a Poole?

Very distinctive of the period, and this is interwar era,

with Poole, England.

-But, look, the dealer has done some work.

-Yes.

This distinctive stylised floral decoration is hand applied.

None of your transfer print.

And the decorator puts their mark, in this instance - BN,

and it's almost like a dollar sign there, the scored 'S'.

Iris Skinner's the decorator, and she was working from 1928 and 1937.

And we said the interwar years, we're bang on. Yours for £55.

Baluster vase like that, it should be worth that in auction.

And this is a retail environment.

We are on fire! We are on fire!

THEY LAUGH

Do you like that, by the way?

-I do.

-Definitely.

-You've actually brought my attention to this.

-Yes.

-And I don't actually dislike it.

-Can we...

I mean, after what you've just explained,

I find it very interesting now, which is something I never knew before.

Looks like it's time to muscle down on the price, then.

Meet my new best friend.

-REDS: Ah!

-How are you doing, mate?

-MAN:

-Good.

-You all right?

-Yes, excellent.

So is this your work? Did you identify that or did you...?

-I did, yes.

-Did you? Good for you.

-Yes.

-Well, it's a crazy cheap price.

-A crazy cheap price.

-To kick off our journey here...

-£30.

-Do you still like it?

-Yes, I do.

-Not at £30.

-Well, I like the way you think.

-Instead of...

-I need to squeeze you a bit more.

-She'd like to squeeze you...

-THEY LAUGH

'Oi, cheeky.'

-MAN:

-I tell you what, 25, but that's it, I'm afraid.

-25.

-What do you think?

-I think it's very nice, I do.

-Do you think that's good at 25?

-For an early piece,

-I think it's good value.

-What do you think, Paul?

I agree with what the man says, I'm not going to be silly about it.

He's pitched it right, we know what we're doing here.

-Can we do this?

-Thank you.

-Thank you. Can I give you a squeeze?

THEY LAUGH

'Careful you don't crush her.'

Good man, I like your style.

Good. Ladies, are you on some sort of mission here to beat records?

-That was under four minutes.

-Wow.

-We love a challenge.

Quick workers.

If we extrapolate from here,

we could be having a bacon roll in 15 minutes.

HE LAUGHS A glass of wine?

-Oh, I'm loving it.

-Let's go bargain hunting!

-Come on, then.

Oi, that's my line.

So, at four minutes in, the Blues make their first buy.

Good on you, girls. Now, how are those Reds getting on?

-What about clock garniture?

-That's quite nice.

-Why does it appeal to you?

-Well, it's very attractive, isn't it?

-Especially with these...

-Enamel.

-Yes.

-It's what you call cloisonne,

and it's almost wire work with inset enamel.

And the reason I quite like it, it almost gives off that Egyptian,

Tutankhamen time, and that's when this was made.

1920s, 1930s. And we like it, don't we?

-We do.

-Yes. What do you think on the condition?

It's... I think, because this age, some of the enamel just on here...

-It has been repaired, though, hasn't it?

-Oh.

But don't forget, it's maybe 90 years old.

-Yes. People like things when they're perfect, don't they?

-They do, yeah.

If you saw that at an antique shop,

like we are today, what do you think it's worth?

-40-60.

-£400-£600?

-No, 40-60.

-Really? That little?

How much, madam?

-Very best on that would be 85.

-Really?

For the quality, I thought I was going to hear maybe 125.

-So, I know we're very early in, Joy...

-Yeah.

-..but that's pretty good value.

-Even with the damage?

Even with the damage, because it's quite unusual.

Would you consider 40?

No, I couldn't. I couldn't do it again.

What is your real, real bottom?

I mean, I'd make a little bit of an effort and say 75.

Thanks a lot.

-OK, you sound fair.

-Shall we mental note it and come back?

-BOTH: Yes.

We'll come back. Thank you for your time.

So, mental note. We'll come back to it

and say to the stallholder thanks ever so much.

-BLUES: Thank you. You're very kind.

-All right, no problem.

-We've literally just started.

-But the time flies.

It certainly does, Charles.

Let's hope it's still there if you come back.

-What's crying out at you?

-Nothing yet.

-A bit rustic, yes.

Nothing yet.

-I like the fact that you're even looking at this stuff.

-Yes.

Because, you know, clearly you've got an open mind

if you're scratching about in that.

What are you trying to say there, Paul?

Quality is in the eye of the beholder, after all.

-How about sort of trunks and...

-No.

-What is up now?

-No, won't sell.

-Are you sure?

-Yeah.

We'll take your word for it, Joy, you are very determined.

-I quite like these vases.

-15 quid.

-No, they've had their day, Charles.

-Don't you like these vases? Joy, look.

-No, they're horrible.

If I gave you a gorgeous pair of vases like this, what would you say?

-Thank you very much.

-No, thank you.

-'Listen up, Charles.'

-Absolutely. Look at them, Charles.

-Look at the dust that they're going to collect.

-They are just...

You know, these were Grandmother's favourites.

Yeah, but Grandmother's dead now, I'm not a grandmother.

-Oh, yes, I am a grandmother.

-'Are you sure about that, Joy?

'It's not the sort of thing you usually forget.'

-Look at that. And it's a complete...

-Shambles.

-It is a shambles.

And thanks for coming. But it has potential.

-Tell you what, Charles, as it's you and you are special...

-Yeah.

-..we'll come back to it.

-OK, thanks a lot.

You know, you're a tease. Come on. Let's go. Sir, we'll leave it.

Cor, she speaks her mind, that one.

Joy's got you wrapped around her little finger, Carlos.

Now, are those Blues finding more things they like?

How are we doing?

-Anything?

-No. No, not yet.

-Anything for you, ladies?

-No, not for me.

-What are you seeing, anything?

-No, nothing grabbed me.

After a great start, the Blues are starting to stutter.

Now is the time for the Reds to step up their game.

-Where next?

-I think we need to start buying.

-I know we do.

You tell them, Joy.

-Enjoying it, Ray?

-Absolutely.

-Good.

-Well, we've got one potential one.

-Yes.

-What was that?

-BOTH: The clock.

Yeah, which we saw first of all.

-Almost it was too early, wasn't it, to see that? Amazing.

-Yeah.

Now, that may be, Carlos, but, like Joy says,

you now need to start buying.

So, how's it all going, Paul?

Oh, my word, we've lost that advantage, have we not?

We're half an hour in.

Now, we're not behind schedule -

two things in 40 minutes is the schedule, but we've lost that lead.

I think we just need a light on another killer purchase.

Maybe it's over there.

Get back to your girls then, boy.

Seems the Reds want to revisit the clock stall.

-Hi.

-Hello, my darling.

We do like this.

Would you consider...

Tell us to go away if you're not happy cos I don't want to offend you.

-£60?

-65 would be better.

For what it represents, in terms of quality and craftsmanship,

-is a really good price.

-And we're after quality.

And you want to stand at that auction with a quality item...

And that, for £65, is a really good start in my opinion.

-Shake the lady's hand. It's our first one.

-65.

-You are a darling.

-Thank you so much.

-Thank you. That's really, really kind.

-That's one down, team.

-Yeah.

-Two to go.

-Onwards and upwards.

-Onwards and upwards.

-Thanks so much. Thanks a lot.

Well done, Reds, that's the first purchase in the old bag.

Both teams have had half their shopping time.

It's all terribly nail-biting.

Now, we all know about excitement, don't we?

But today, I have come across an object of such incredible beauty

it has taken my breath away.

What makes this box so special?

Well, if you took the top of, you'd notice that it's extremely heavy.

That's because this black stuff is a slab of Japanese iron.

And the form of decoration is called damascening.

What happens is that the artist engraves a series of lines

and then other metals, principally gold, but also silver and platinum,

has been hammered into those iron lines and then it's been polished.

But you've got to look at the intricacy of the lines themselves.

On the left, we've got a couple of buildings.

But look at the way the craftsman has treated the thatched roofs.

They've been scratched to texture them

and make them look even more realistic.

In the foreground, we've got a worker wearing a typical circular

sampan-type hat, transporting water in hampers.

The mythical nature of Mount Fuji is also present

but all knobbly and roughly inlaid

deliberately to give it that special texture.

The generic name for this type of damascening is Komai work,

after the family that perfected its technique

early in the 20th century.

In fact, from 1880 onwards, this type of gold onlaid iron

was all the rage in the West.

The other nice thing about it is the way that the top has been repaired.

Here, we've got metal brackets, look, in silver with a rivet,

have been inserted to make quite sure that the slender wood frame

doesn't flex with the weight of the iron panel.

All in all, this is the business. What would it cost you over there?

If you did a bit of hard negotiating, well,

you might get it for £320.

What might it make in a specialist Japanese works-of-art sale?

I don't know, say 1,200-1,800.

How's that?

Right, back to the shopping.

Both teams have one purchase each, and Joy still has plenty of energy.

-Let's keep going.

-Let's keep going.

-I know it's cross-country but...

But it's good. We can do cross-country.

-If I get tired, you can carry me.

-I'll carry you.

-Thank you.

-Joy, you are petite enough to be carried.

-Ooh!

You charmer, Carlos.

-I like you more and more.

-Ha-ha!

Now, what have the Blues found?

Is this it? I'm thinking Holy Grail.

-No... Ha!

-No.

-No, one foot in the grave.

THEY LAUGH

-That's more like it.

-I fear you may be closer to the mark by that.

Don't do yourselves down, Blues.

Meanwhile, Charles is still working hard with the Reds.

-How much is it?

-I'll do it for 30 quid.

Just hold that for me, Ray. Joy, look at that.

You know, if you have a London home

and you want a really retro-looking radio in Bakelite

which almost has this burr walnut appeal or appearance...

It's actually in good condition as well.

Will it make a profit?

Well, it all comes down to those internet buys,

which in Lincolnshire, maybe the market's more traditional,

but this in my sale room, I think, might walk away.

What's your best, sir, £30?

-25 quid.

-Yeah.

So, let me explain what we've got here.

-Yeah, General Electricity Company.

-Yeah, GEC...

..Electric Company radio and it must be

I would've thought 1935, 40. Team, what do you think?

Yeah, no, that's fine.

25 quid, what are you going to do?

-I just think... Joy, look at me.

-I am.

..if you want your young man to make you money, this is the one for me.

-Can I just say one thing?

-Yes, sir.

Can we put it down cos it is really heavy?

-THEY LAUGH

-Of course.

It weighs a tonne.

-Joy?

-Yeah, let's go for it.

-Go for it.

-Happy?

-Deal.

Do you know what?

-If I was going to say to you, "That's my banker."

-Yeah.

-That is there.

-OK.

-You're my expert.

-Are you sure?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Shake the man's hand quick.

-Thank you so much.

-No problem.

-You've been very kind.

-RAY:

-A nice-looking radio.

Yeah, it is and to me that's a bargain.

-And that's why WE have YOU as the expert.

-I hope so.

She has faith at least.

-You can't lose much on it, you know, can you?

-No.

-Really at £25.

-No.

-Job done?

-Job done.

-Yeah, job done.

-Two down...

-One to go.

..one to go with a half hour to spare.

-Excellent! We could get a cup of tea.

-OK.

-Not yet.

Huh! I'll say, Charles.

Took long enough to get that second item, though.

Lordy, clocks seem popular today.

-What a belting, elegant Deco clock that is!

-Hm.

-That is.

-Out of Monte Carlo.

-Wow!

-How you doing?

-MAN:

-I think it was 50 quid.

50 quid, eh?

Is he the kind of guy that you can talk to and do a deal with, or...?

-MAN:

-Of course, he's the kind of guy you could talk to.

-Do you like it, ladies?

-Yes, I do.

You'd almost think it was out of a grandmother clock, but no.

-That's what you get this stark, geometric, you said Art Deco?

-Yes.

-It's Art Deco.

-It's exactly it.

-Yeah.

-Yeah-yeah.

-So, we are waiting on...

-Paul.

-..we are waiting on a price.

-Somebody call Paul.

-MAN:

-Paul!

-Sell us that clock.

-PAUL:

-40 quid.

-Can I make you an offer or no?

-No.

-No.

-MAN:

-It's a nice thing.

-It is a nice thing.

-Well...you...

-Yeah, but you are only going to make 40.

-It's better than a nice thing.

-It's a gorgeous thing.

-MAN:

-Honestly, it's 40 quid.

-Do you want my opinion?

-Yes, please.

-I'd buy it.

-Would you?

-Do you like it?

-Yes, I like it.

-I like it. We both like it very much.

-It's a head-turner.

-Yeah.

The worst thing with it is the marking to the face there.

That's silvered and it cannot be undone.

So if you like it, you've got to be prepared to live with that. Yeah?

-Yeah, I do like it.

-Are we buying this thing?

-We're buying this, Paul.

-Is it your hand I'm shaking or Paul's?

-MAN:

-It'll be my hand you're shaking, Paul seems to have disappeared.

-Thanks very much. You've got a deal.

-No problem.

-Ladies, we've done it.

-Got a deal.

-Thank you very much, sir.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-But... Well, I say but.

Two things purchased in 40 minutes.

-Yes!

-We're bang on schedule, aren't we? We're like a train.

HE LAUGHS

-We're...we're on time!

-I love... Oh-ho-ho!

Oh, I do love punctuality. Well done to you two, Blues.

That's another purchase made. Just one more to go.

-I think we might have to run now.

-We're not far off it.

-I thought we'd have had them all in the bag by now.

-I would.

-HE LAUGHS

You can never tell, Ray.

As I say, there's much more to this shopping lark than meets the eye.

Time is really starting to fly and Paul has got to rally his troops.

-I think I've done all the work here so far on the spotting front.

-Ah!

-What do you reckon?

-We do need an expert.

-We're a team!

-That's it, we're going to get the next one.

-I love that.

-We're going to get the next one.

-Come on, Sheila.

-Now you know it's done?

-Yep.

-Yeah?

And between us, we're going to find another belter, are we not?

-Yes.

-Definitely.

-Come on, let's do it.

-BOTH: Let's go.

You may be wanting in time, but not confidence. I like it.

-Let's go in this one, Joy.

-This one here?

-Yep.

Let's give it a whirl.

Now, what have the Blues found here?

So, we're looking at an eel spear, yeah?

This is what, when hunting for eels, this is one way to do it.

Very striking object. Wrought iron, these tines here.

You can see what it does,

there's no point in dwelling on the nitty-gritty.

Who does it appeal to? Well, it's a great decorative object

to hang on the side of your barn conversion or whatever

and if you're in a rural area

where eel fishing was something that went on,

-well, you can see the appeal there, yeah?

-Yeah.

It's pub decor, it's interior decor, call it what you will.

Or it's just a collectable for those that are interested in

fishing and related items. We need to find out the price, do we not?

-Give me two ticks, I'll find out what the ticket is.

-BOTH: OK.

Time for some negotiation with our shy stallholder.

Right, look, it's £75.

I saw another one here at about 120.

So, it's looking OK. It's buyable.

Is there a profit in it? Maybe not at the moment.

-Do we want to push through this or not?

-Yes.

-We do.

-Do you like it?

-Yes, definitely.

If that crosses you two, I'll tell you.

THEY LAUGH

-I'll go and see if I can get it down a bit cheaper.

-Good luck.

Off you go, then, Christine. Do your stuff.

What often is very worthy of saleroom interest

is maybe buying a collection of walking canes.

If I was to pick my favourites, I would do something like this, Joy.

If we could almost say, "Right, sir, we want to buy these four canes."

And IF we can get a bit more off for buying quantity,

it could be a good wholesale price for auction.

-OK.

-So, this one is late Victorian.

-Right.

This one here is Aesthetic, late-Victorian,

-with this wonderful, almost bamboo-effect cane.

-OK.

That's a late-Victorian one with an ebonised cane

and a nice mushroom cover of 1890.

This one is horn with a white metal collar of circa 1880.

-So, we could buy four.

-Right.

-What do you think, Joy?

-I think that's the plan, off you go.

-I know you want to spend money

and I just think rather than, perhaps, buying one big object

that could rise or fall.

When you buy a collection of a similar type of object,

-it could do quite well at auction.

-There could be a rare one, then.

For the four, what would be your very, very, very best?

50, 50... 120 for the four.

-100 and you got a deal.

-Make it 110.

-100.

-Go on.

100, please, go on, cos we've got to win...

-Go on, then, go on, then. 100.

-Thank you.

-Are you sure?

-Yeah, seen as though it's you, Charles.

Well, get out of here!

To me, £100.

That one at auction ought to make 30,

that one ought to make, hopefully, 40,

that one might make 30 and that one could make 50.

Add it all together for £100, I think we could make some money.

-You're very kind.

-Thank you so much.

-Thank you very much.

Well done, Reds. That's you sorted.

You now have your three items to take auction.

But how is Christine getting on with the price on the eel spear?

Well, good news.

-I've shook on 58.

-Good girl.

-Well done.

-We've done it!

-BOTH CHEER

-What happened there?

-THEY LAUGH

Yep, with high fives all-round, that's your third and final buy.

Congratulations. Now, how about some basic arithmetic?

Three times 20 equals...

60 minutes are up!

Let's check out what the Red Team bought, eh?

Tick-tock, they spent £65 on this French Art Deco clock garniture.

They tuned into this Bakelite radio, which cost them £25.

And, finally, they walked away with

a collection of silver mounted walking canes for the sum of £100.

-Great, Joy, was that fab?

-Superb.

-Excellent.

-You followed your leader though, didn't you?

-We did.

-What a man to follow.

-What a man to follow.

-He used to be a boy, and now he's a man.

-We've watched him grow up.

It's been lovely. What was your favourite piece, Joy?

-The walking sticks.

-The walking sticks your favourite.

-Do you agree with that, Ray?

-No.

-No.

-No, clock garniture.

-Clock...

-Garniture.

-Is your favourite?

-Yes.

-Is that going to bring the biggest profit?

-No.

-OK, what is going to...

-Walking sticks.

-And are they going to bring a bigger profit?

-The clock.

And the clock! We have a split decision, how lovely.

-How much did you spend?

-£190.

-£190, thank you.

I'd like £110 of leftover lolly. Here it comes, 110.

Straight across to our man. OK, Carlos?

I really want to bring joy to Joy,

because she is a hard act to follow.

-So, something sparkly, gorgeous to impress you.

-Whoo!

-And you.

-Oh, thank you.

Well, there's your challenge, Carlos, and good luck with it.

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

The 1930s Iris Skinner Poole Pottery vase cost them £25.

Ooh, la, la.

This mid-20th century French Art Deco table clock set them back £40.

And they finally wiggled away with this wrought iron eel spear,

as you do, for £58.

Well, girls, you almost peaked early

-and then you delayed everything to the last minute.

-Yes.

-We did.

Quite extraordinary. Now, Christine, which is your favourite piece?

My favourite piece is the Art Deco clock.

-Art Deco clock, do you agree with that?

-Definitely.

-You do, lovely.

-Is the Art Deco clock going to bring the biggest profit?

-Oh, yes.

-Oh, we've got no split decision here.

-No.

-How much did you spend in total?

-£123.

£123. I'd like £177, please.

Thank you very much.

There's the five and the two which makes up the seven,

cos Laidlaw is very particular about this.

-He likes to have exactly the right cash. Thank you, Paul.

-Indeed, yeah.

And why not? Cos every penny counts.

Have you got any idea what you're going to spend it on?

If it's still there, Tim, I've seen something which is astonishing.

Technology and history combined. I just hope it's still there.

Yeah, well, it's a risky business this, you better beetle off,

cos right now, we're going to shove off to the auction, aren't we?

Well, it's very nice to be with Colin Young

in his saleroom in Bourne, Lincolnshire.

Thank you very much for having us.

Now, first up, we've got a clock garniture

and, frankly, I cannot believe that it's possible, retail,

to buy a three-piece clock garniture with all that marble for only £65.

-I think that's cheap enough.

-It is.

It's got to clear that sort of figure, I would think.

-So what's your estimate, then?

-We've put £60-£90 on it.

OK, so they should be all right. Which is brilliant.

Next up is the GEC Bakelite radio.

What sort of period is that?

It's going to be just post-war or there, thereabouts.

Could be a wartime one, but certainly no newer than 1950.

-OK, fine. And do they sell?

-They do. They sell very well.

The Bakelite case really has got to be in perfect order.

That looks fine. I'll put 25 to 40 on it on that basis.

OK, well, the team paid £25 for it, doing rather well so far.

Next, the four sticks, which are an intriguing mixture, aren't they?

-How do you rate them?

-I think, in this case, we're valuing by volume.

The Dandy cane here, the topknot looks OK with that.

A little bit of turned horn on there as well, so, nice combination,

but it starts to get a little bit painful as you go down.

The next one, the silver top is pretty poor,

so that's not a good cane.

-OK, so, how much for the four?

-£50-80.

Well, that's a bit tight, because they paid 100, actually.

They may need their bonus buy, so let's go and have a look at it.

Now, you spent £190. You gave Charles Hanson £110.

What did you spend it on, Charles?

-OK...

-What do you think?

Now, first of all. Let me tell you about them.

There's a great name. It's CH. It's Charles Horner, 1907.

This wonderful Edwardian quite jazzy bookmark imitating jade,

but it isn't, it's probably Bakelite.

And then, going forward about 30 years,

you go to the great Norwegian designs and the great enamellers.

And this brooch here has great style.

I'm no jewellery expert but this caught my eye.

Made by a Norwegian man called Andersen

and to me, it just has style So, I bought the two together

to really galvanise the internet market,

-because their market is worldwide. Do you like them?

-They're gorgeous.

-They're growing, they're growing.

-Good. They're quite organic.

-Go on, grab one, Joy.

-May I?

-Yeah, please do.

I just thought, I couldn't let them both go.

I had £110 and I wanted to go big and spend my money, you see.

-All of it?

-Well, not quite.

-How much?

-The two together cost me £80.

-Oh.

-OK.

-And what do you think they'll make?

-100, 120. In my opinion.

It was more I just liked them for you, basically.

Aw, I think you've chosen really well, Charles.

Well, they say that Scandinavian design is everything,

-don't they?

-Yes, they do.

And Mr Andersen is a flavour of the moment

and the bookmark is the bookmark, isn't it?

It's quite sickly in colour, isn't it?

Sorry, but I mean that in a wonderful avant-garde way.

You won't miss it, will you?

And in Edwardian times, they wouldn't have done.

Anyway, lovely stuff. Are you happy, kids?

-ALL: Yes, absolutely.

-OK, that's the main thing.

But right now why don't we check out for the viewers at home

what the auctioneer thinks about Charles' mixed lot.

Well, here we go, Colin.

A nice lily of the valley Scandinavian brooch.

-Isn't that wonderful?

-And a plastic bookmark with a silver mark.

-I would say jade effect.

-Yes, exactly, but I would say plastic.

Yeah, that's probably going to be the thing that's not a lot of value,

you know, maybe £15, £20, something like that.

This is the part of the lot, does sort of excite a little bit more.

Nicely marked up. Andersen of Norway -

very well-known for these sort of things.

Nice enamel work, very simplistic in its design.

And I suppose as a combination with the two,

you've got to be a good £40-£60, I would think.

Well, Charles took a punt and he paid £80

which I have to say, I think, is probably enough.

But still, he may not go with that bonus buy.

That's it for the Reds, now for the Blues.

First up is the Poole Pottery vase. Pretty this, isn't it?

It is, this is OK. Nicely turned baluster and, of course,

it's an Iris Skinner piece. It's still a fairly lowly £25-£40.

It's OK, don't bang yourself up about it. £25 spent.

-OK.

-So, they paid the right price. The Art Deco table clock.

I always like these strut-type pieces cos, you know,

they're handy you can fold it up,

-move it around.

-Yeah.

-Got quite a good look, hasn't it?

It is fantastic, so Deco.

That's one of the, sort of, periods that I have a lot of enthusiasm for.

When you see something as big and bold as that,

you can imagine that being on a partner's desk in a study.

It is a statement clock, really, isn't it?

Certainly is, Monte Carlo retailer too.

-So that helps.

-Yeah, absolutely.

-Ritzy old place.

Anyway, so, how much?

Well, a good £50-£80 and I'd be amazed

-if it didn't make that sort of money.

-They paid 40.

-It's looking good.

-Yeah.

-And lastly, we've got the eel spear

-which, I have to say, is a rather magnificent example.

-It is.

They don't come on the market very often but they do appear

from time to time and certainly in this area.

It's an area that we do have a lot of eels, being in the Fens

-and the River Glen just down the road.

-Yeah, anyway, how much?

Well, £25-£40 I should think would be enough bait.

Well, it's a slippery old subject cos they paid £58.

Which is just a tad too much.

In which case, they're going to need their bonus buy

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

Now, Sheila, Christine, this is exciting,

this is your bonus buy moment.

You gave Paul Laidlaw £177.

What did you buy, Paul?

-Oh.

-Ta-da!

-Hello.

-OK.

So, this is a Deutsche Volksempfaenger,

a German people's radio.

This is designed in the mid-30s under the instruction

of Joseph Goebbels, Reich's Propaganda Minister.

The Third Reich realised the way to get

their tainted message into people's homes

is via the radio. And radios were expensive

but if they bring about the design

of a very cheap radio

and get it into every home then the evil Goebbels

can feed their vile propaganda into the German people.

And in truth, there's another facet to this.

Because it was cheap it could only receive a limited number

-of wavelengths.

-Right, yeah.

What they didn't want it to pick up was the BBC World Service,

and Allied propaganda. So, truth of the matter is, it's not actually

a particularly good receiver. So, of course, they were all ditched

after the war, so they ARE scarce.

-Shall I tell you what I paid for it?

-Yes, please.

-Yes, please.

-Just £90 for that.

-90!?

At auction it should make £120-£180.

-Absolutely.

-Anywhere, any day.

-It's very significant, isn't it?

-Very significant.

-It is. Chillingly fascinating.

-Yeah.

-OK, kids, got it?

-Thank you.

-Yes, thank you very much. Thanks, Paul.

-Very interesting, Paul, thank you very much.

-Well done.

And for the audience at home, right now, let's find out

what the auctioneer thinks about the Nazi radio set.

Ooh-arr.

OK, Colin, there we go.

-We've got the German equivalent, almost, of this.

-Yeah.

Except it's got the Third Reich stamp on it which is pretty scary.

Yeah, I suppose that's going to predate our earlier one.

These don't come on the market very often over here

because, lo and behold, most of them are over in Germany

so fairly common type of radio receiver.

The condition is good on this but I suppose similar sort of figures

to the other, it's going to be mid tens maybe 40-60.

Well, young Laidlaw, it's his bonus buy, he's invested £90.

Well, it's his reputation on the line, not mine,

-so I'm quite happy with that.

-OK, fine.

22, 25 now, do I see five?

-You happy, guys?

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-Excited?

-Very, very.

-Yes.

-Good.

You've got the clock garniture that you paid £65 for.

-He's put 60-90 on it.

-Wow.

-Brilliant.

-Excellent, excellent.

Which is good.

This is the Art Deco clock garniture this time.

Who's going to start me at £80 for that?

£80 everybody, 80, 50 to go, then, surely. £50, anyone?

50, who's first in at 50? There's a lot of clock there for £50.

Who's first at 50? 40 if we have to, £40, anybody, 40?

30, £30 bid, 30, 32 now. 32 anywhere else now, surely two with you?

Five, five bid, 38, bid 40 and two.

£40 bid, £40 bid, two now do I see? At £40 bid.

Two, surely. There's a heck of a lot

-of clock there if you're buying by weight.

-Internet, come on.

Two now, two, 45, 45, 48 now, at 45 got a bid, 48, now, surely.

At 45 got a bid, any more now? At 45, just look at what

we're selling here, ladies and gentlemen.

-All done, going then at £45.

-GAVEL BANGS

£45, that's minus £20. OK, now, stand by for the radio.

Bakelite radio this time, who's going to start me

at £50 for this. 40, 30 to go then, surely. £30, anybody, 30?

£30, who's going to start me, then, 30? 20 to go then, £20, anybody, 20?

£20 do you have for me now, 20?

£20, ten if you're going to need to tune in at a lower amount then, ten?

-No.

-Ten over there.

-Come on, let's go.

-Ten bid, 12 anywhere else?

-Internet might come in?

-12 bid, 15 bid, 15 bid, 18 bid, 18 bid, 20 now.

Do I see at 18 another bid? 20 now, surely. At £20, surely.

At 18 got a bid. 20 now, do I see? At 18 bid, 20? 20 bid and two?

Two bid now. Two, no? At 20 got a bid. Two now, surely.

-One more.

-At 20 got a bid, two anywhere else now? At 20 got a bid.

-Done and finished then going at £20.

-GAVEL BANGS

-I can't bear it, minus £5. Oh, Lord.

-25 down.

-Oh, Raymondo.

-It's only money.

We have the ebony walking cane and the other three to go with it.

There we go, a good composite lot, this. I have many, many bids.

In fact, I've got four bids at £60.

-At 60, five anywhere else now? 65.

-Come on, keep going.

70 now, surely. At 65 got a bid. 70 now do I see?

-At 65...

-Come on, auctioneer, four bids on there.

..any more bids in the room? At 65. 70, at 70

right at the back of the room. At 70, five anywhere else now?

At 70, all my commissions are out, we're in the room,

-I will sell them at £70.

-GAVEL BANGS

-Uh-oh, £70.

-No.

-That's minus £30.

-I don't believe it.

-That's minus 55.

-Oh, is that all.

-So what are we going to do about

-the brooch and the bookmark?

-Take it.

OK, they're not going with the bonus buy,

you are ring-fencing the lot, is it?

Minus £55, and that's where you're sticking

and that could be a winning score, this could be your wisest move.

Anyway, here we go.

-AUCTIONEER:

-There's a nice combination here.

We have the Andersen of Norway basse-taille enamel brooch.

But to go with it as well, a nice little bookmarker in green.

It has got the assay mark for Charles Horner.

40 to go then, £40 anybody? 40.

£40 then, 40 bid, two, now make it at two, at 42, 45 anywhere else?

Now, 42 for the bid, five now, surely? Five, 45, 48 now, 48 bid,

50 now, do I see it? 48 for the bid, 50 surely? 50, 50 for the bid.

It's on the net at 50, and five now.

At £50 bid, five, 55. Any more, now?

-At 55, any more, now?

-Come on now, put the hammer down.

The lady's bid at 55. Last call, then. Selling at £55.

-You made the right decision, there.

-Well done.

-Yeah.

That is five off 60, that's minus £25.

You'd be in a different place if you hadn't rejected poor Charles there.

Not that the money it wasn't in those objects, Charles,

-but today you made the right decision, all right?

-Thanks.

You are minus £55, it could be a winning score

-and don't say a word to the Blues.

-No.

-No.

That's 12 bid, 15 bid...

-How you feeling, Sheil'?

-Hm, excited.

-Are you?

-Yes.

-How excited?

-Extremely excited.

-I mean, are you right up there in the tens?

-I am in the tens, I'm in elevens.

-What about you, Christine?

Oh, I've had to give her some stiff whisky to keep her calm, you know?

Hm. Where you keeping your stash?

Anyway, the 1930s Iris Skinner vase, Poole,

£25 paid, he's put £25-£40, he thinks it's rather cool.

-So you should be all right with that.

-BOTH: Good.

-And here it comes.

The Iris Skinner Poole pottery vase.

Who's going to start me at £40 for this? 40, 20 to go then, surely?

-£20, who's first? £20. Nobody interested? 20.

-Come on.

Ten in the bank, ten bid, 12 now, do I see it?

Ten for the bid, ten, 12 now, 12, 12, 15, 15 for the bid, 15, 15,

18, 18, 18, 20, 20 bid?

No? At £18 bid, 20 surely? 20 bid, 22 bid now, two, two...

-It must make £25!

-You'd think so.

..at £20 bid, 22 now, do I see? two is a last call.

At 20 bid, two now, no? Selling at £20, are we all done? Sold at 20.

-£20 is minus £5.

-BLUE TEAM: Close.

-I could cry.

OK, here comes Monte Carlo.

The French Art Deco easel clock.

Who's going to start me at 30? 30, 30 with you, at 30 bid, two now,

make it at two... At two, five bid, 38, 38 bid, 40,

at 40 for the bid, two, 42, 45, 45, 48 bid, 50,

-50 for the bid, five, five bid, 60, 60 for the bid...

-You are in profit.

At £60 bid, 65 surely? Look at what we're selling, time's running out.

-70, 70 bid, five now...

-Oh, my God.

-A £70 bid,

five anywhere else now, surely? At £70, I will sell this time.

-GAVEL BANGS Yes!

-£70, is plus £30.

-Well done, girls.

-Very good.

-You were minus five, you're now plus 25.

A wrought iron eel spear.

Now, these don't come on the market very often.

Who's going to start me at £30?

-He's going to...

-I want to bid.

-20 then.

£20 bid. At 20, two now, do I see?

22, 25, 28, and 30,

-and two, 35, five, 38, 38, 40,

-He's nodding, he's nodding.

40 bid, 42, 45, 45,

-48, 48, 50.

-It's going up.

-50, 55, 55, bid 60.

-Up, up.

At £60 bid, two now, surely? At £60 bid, two anywhere else, now?

At 60, it's the last call, on my left, in the stripes.

-Selling then at £60.

-£60.

-HAMMER BANGS

-ALL: Yes!

-So good.

-That £2 did it.

-That is plus £2.

-£2 did it, you remember that £2?

-That is marvellous, isn't it?

-He certainly had a spurt, didn't he?

-Yes.

Well, that's just as well. Anyway, you have... We're £25 plus two,

is you are plus £27.

Now, what you going to do about the radio receiver?

-You going to go with it?

-Yes.

-Yes, definitely.

-We trust you, Paul.

-Lovely, and here it comes.

-AUCTIONEER:

-This is the German people's radio receiver.

We've had an enormous amount of presale enquiries about it.

-So everybody knows about it.

-Come on.

-Who's going to start me at £50?

50, 40 to go then, surely? £40 anyone? 40. 30 to go, then.

30 on the net, 30 bid, 32 now, do I see?

32, 35, 38, 38 bid, 40...

-All internet bids, all internet bids.

-42, at 42,

45, 48 bid, 50, £50 bid,

50 bid, five, 55, 60, 65,

at 65, 70, 70 bid, 75 bid, 80 bid.

-Five now, do I see?

-Come on.

85 bid, 90, have another one, got to be worth another one?

It has got to be worth another one.

I have a bid of 88, the next bid is in.

-88, 90, rounded up now.

-Yes.

90, surely? I have £88 on the internet.

-It's the last chance for everybody now.

-Oh, come on.

At £88, are we all done?

I'm going to sell at £88.

-£88

-Ooooh.

-Two, shame.

-£88.

-Two, shame.

That is minus £2, I can't believe it.

Which takes the winnings to plus £25. Could be a winning score.

-BOTH: Yeah.

-You could be in luck here, girls.

Don't say a word to the Reds and all will be revealed in a moment.

-And well done, Paul, thank you very much.

-BOTH: Yes, thank you.

At 95 in the room, at 95...

Well, teams, I know you got on famously in the green room

-but have you been talking about the scores at all?

-ALL: No.

Well, I'm pleased about that

because you might not have got on quite so well in the green room

if you had been talking about the scores

because one team, I'm afraid, is, um, way behind

and one team is way ahead.

And the team that's way behind are,

-the Reds.

-Oh, no.

Yeah, I'm afraid so. I mean,

as you made absolutely nothing on anything that you handled today,

it's not really surprising that you might be just a tad behind

cos that's where you are. You were minus £55, all right?

Sorry, Charles, to have to say that.

-Thank you very much, Charles.

-Well played.

-We tried our best.

You've been great sports, I hope you've enjoyed it?

-BOTH: Absolutely.

-Well, it's been a joy for us, Joy, I can tell you.

-And a pleasure to meet you.

-Thank you very much.

-Very nice to see you, Ray.

-And you.

-Well done, Charles...

-Thank you, Tim, I've enjoyed it.

-..for playing and for being a good sport as usual.

But the team that's going home with some money, £25 for the Blues.

-Never...

-How much?

-£25.

-RED TEAM: Hurrah.

Never have I seen two women look happier in all my life.

THEY LAUGH

Isn't that marvellous? I rest my case.

This is what winning Bargain Hunt and taking home some cash can do

-to the facial expressions.

-Yeah.

-Anyway, the end number is £25 so that's good, isn't it?

-It's lovely.

-You pleased with that, Sheila?

-I am, yes, very.

-Christine, you happy?

-Absolutely, yeah.

-Well, I'm ecstatic for you.

In fact, so ecstatic why don't you join us soon

-for some more bargain hunting, yes?

-ALL: Yeah!