Derby 1 Bargain Hunt

Today, we've pulled in to Derby and we're at the Roundhouse,

the world's oldest surviving railway roundhouse.

So, it's full steam ahead and let's go bargain hunting, yeah.

The antiques fair here attracts all sorts of dealers

with bargains that are up for grabs, but it's up to our teams

to dig out those bargains that are brilliant here in Derby.

Let's have a quick peek as to what's coming up.

-The Reds are being devious...

-I'll read it for you.

-I think it says

-£5. I think you could be right, you know.

Pick a window, you're going through it.

..whilst the Blues face the hard sell.

STALLHOLDER: I'll do it for £40.

Oh, he's a right salesman.

But who will be the ultimate victor at auction?

Oh, ho, ho!

Let's meet the teams.

So, on today's show, we've got a team of partners, Jo and Dave,

and for the Blues, the mother-and-daughter combo

from heaven, Jill and Hattie.

-Hello, everyone.

-ALL: Hello.

-Lovely to see you.

Now, Dave. It says here that you're good with wires and weights.

-I'm an electrician, self-employed.

-Sparks?

-Er, yes.

I also do personal training part-time.

So I develop nutrition

and exercise plans for a small number of clients at my gym at home.

-That sounds pretty entrepreneurial.

-Thank you.

How many other personal trainer-cum-electricians do you know?

-Er... None. There's just me.

-There you go.

-Very unique.

It's a pretty unusual combination.

I can get rid of your beer belly and wire your house at the same time.

And give you a nasty shock.

-Yes. Sometimes, yeah.

-Well, that's brilliant.

What's this about your love of Roman history?

Always been interested in it since I was young.

The history, the architecture... We went to Rome last year, me and Jo.

-Really amazing. Loved it.

-It's good fun, though, isn't it?

-Doing all of that.

-And what brought you together, Jo?

Our paths crossed about ten years ago at a dinner,

-but we actually met in a pub and got together from the pub.

-Did you?

-You didn't want your house rewiring or anything like that?

-No. No, no.

-Change a few plugs?

-No.

-No, quite. So, what do you do for a living, Jo?

I work for the University of Nottingham

in the purchasing, ordering chemicals and lab equipment

and stationery for the Centre for Biomolecular Science,

-which is a research building.

-Sounds complicated.

-It's not too bad.

-Is it not too bad?

-It sounds more complicated than what it is.

-Yeah.

And your other half is a health fan

-so you must do something special to keep fit.

-I do. I do pole dancing.

-I say dancing with an edge because it's more fitness.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

-Got your own pole?

-I have got my own pole, yes.

-Do you do it professionally?

-No, I don't.

-I'm not that great so it's never too serious.

-Well, I don't know.

You have to start somewhere. I've never tried pole dancing myself.

It's good. There's a lot of men that do it, if you want to.

-Oh, really?

-I've actually had a little go as well.

It is harder than it looks.

So, what will you guys be buying, do you think, today on Bargain Hunt?

Erm... I like sort of '80s stuff, so maybe...

Quite a mixture between you, isn't it?

Ancient civilisations and 1980s, so it's going to be interesting.

Good luck with that.

-Now, Hattie. You have a great love of animals.

-Yes, I do.

I'm studying zoology at the University of Leicester.

I'm in my second year now, so yes, it's going good.

-And why zoology?

-I don't know.

I've just always loved animals, really,

-and I get to go on a few different field trips.

-Yes.

I'm going to Kenya in September to study...

-There's a few wild animals there.

-..baboons.

-Yeah.

So, hopefully they won't bite me or anything. They're quite aggressive.

Well, you just have to be friendly, I suppose,

-and learn some baboon grunts.

-Maybe.

-Do they teach you how to grunt at university?

-I don't think so, no.

-Yes, they do.

-They do? Says the mother, with feeling.

But is it really primates that you're interested in?

Yeah, I'd like to travel a bit after uni, so...

So how do you spend your spare time, when you're not chasing the apes?

I quite like fundraising and volunteering.

I'm currently training to do the Leicester half-marathon.

And I've done a scuba diving course as well, recently.

-Have you?

-Yeah.

-Jill, it says here you work for an IT company.

-Tell us about that.

-I do.

I work with a team of people that put in proposals to customers

and that can be written documents or video or presentations, so...

-Lovely.

-Yep. They're a good team.

-Do you have an interest in antiques?

I do. My father used to take me to antique fairs when I was in my teens

and I bought my first antique chair when I was 22.

And now we live in a 500-year-old cottage,

so there are lots of things to buy

and we're always on the lookout for interesting items.

Very good. So, will you get on, do you think, with your daughter today?

-I hope so. Harriet's a keen bargain spotter.

-Oh.

-Of course, she's a student.

-Yeah, you've got to be.

Drive them down on the price. That's the spirit.

Anyway, now, the money moment. £300 apiece. There you go, Jo.

There you go, Jill. You know the rules. Your experts await.

And off you go. And very, very, very good luck.

I don't think pole dancing's for me.

Now, let's meet our experts.

The Reds will be assisted by our pin-up boy, Nick Hall.

And making the Blues' blood pressure rise is Jonathan Pratt.

Here we are, Reds, walking round and round the Roundhouse.

-Full of energy? Ready to roll?

-Yes, we're ready for it, yes.

What's going to catch your eye today? What are you looking for?

Oh, quality items, Jonathan, really. Maybe little trinket boxes.

-A bit quirky. Maybe functional.

-Functional.

With other uses, yeah.

Well, I'm into my Roman history a lot, so anything with a Roman theme.

-Antiquities.

-Antiquities, yes.

-I like that, good.

-I'm into Wade.

Wade, so ceramics. Pottery, ceramics, all that sort of thing.

Well, I'm sure there's plenty here of functional and useful objects.

Come on, let's go.

-Let's get stuck in. Come on.

-Yes.

-OK.

Absolutely, teams. Time to get stuck in. Your 60 minutes starts now.

TRAIN WHISTLE

Seems the Blues want to sniff out a bargain.

Perfume bottles, Jonathan. Do they sell well now?

It depends on who it's by.

If they're glass perfume bottles then it's got to be

-someone like Lalique, something collectable like that.

-OK.

What you want to do is buy one that was made in the '20s, not the '80s.

-Yes, sure.

-Because there was a lot of reproductions

-done in the last 20 years.

-Yeah.

I was also thinking about a bit of silver.

-A bit of silver always sells nice.

-You're right. They sell very well.

Little silver boxes, or anything like that.

Small silver is very collectable.

A hat for Hattie, eh? It almost matches the colour of your hair too!

My head's too big for it.

What's this, Jonathan?

What is that? A balloon tyre gauge.

So you put that over the little nipple on your car tyre

and it blows out the middle and it tells you what the pressure is.

It's worth having in the car, I must say.

-But it's not worth anything.

-Not really resalable.

Feeling the pressure, Blues?

-So, what have you found?

-A nice dragonfly brooch.

-OK.

-Erm, just to tell you, they're marcasite.

-OK.

In case you thought they were diamonds. It's cut metal.

-STALLHOLDER: It's silver.

-It'll be sterling silver. OK.

What sort of money is it?

Now you have to deal with my terrible handwriting.

DAVE: I'll read it for you. I think it says £5.

I think you could be right, you know.

Pick a window, you're going through it.

-I think that's a no.

-It's 110 on that one.

-How much, sorry?

-110.

I mean, there are certain things which I think would sell better.

I mean, there's a nice Arts and Crafts one there.

That's nine carat gold.

Marked on the back. It's a blue zircon. Little freshwater pearl.

-But the design is Merle Bennett.

-Oh.

-Ah, magic.

-Good name.

-That's a name.

STALLHOLDER: And you've got the little coat

and the MB in front for Merle, Bennett and Co, the design.

And what sort of money's that? That's the all-important question.

-I've got 195 on it.

-It's doable, just.

-I can do 120.

-Well, that's getting close.

-It is. It's not bad for a start.

STALLHOLDER: Cheeky! THEY LAUGH

what about 105?

-110 and I might let you live.

-I think it's decision time.

I think 110's the death.

-Yeah.

-There's going to be a yay or nay and it's you two's decision.

-I'm going to go for yes.

-We should go for it.

-Yes, I think so.

-Yes, please.

-Super.

-Without crushing it, thank you very, very much.

Thank you.

Buy one. Well done, team.

That was quick work, Reds.

That's your first purchase made in under ten minutes.

I like your decisiveness.

Meanwhile, it does seem those Blues have a nose for a perfume atomiser.

Is there anything here that really catches your eye?

-Is that glass or ceramic?

-It's glass.

-It's glass, OK.

That's really strange, actually, isn't it?

Little atomiser for your perfume.

-It's a simple French moulded glass.

-How much?

-How much is on it?

-120.

It's meant to look like a slice of agate.

That's what it's meant to be. You know, a banded gemstone.

And there are people who just simply collect these things.

So what's your very best? STALLHOLDER: 45.

-Do you really like it?

-I like it.

My feeling is that, you know, we've got loads of time.

This will be the first thing

that you're actually, seriously contemplating buying.

Walk away, come back, when you've seen what else there is available.

-We could come back.

-Could you put it on one side for us?

STALLHOLDER: Absolutely. No problem.

-Thank you.

-Or if you want to do the deal now, do it for £40.

Oh, he's a right salesman!

It's got to go. It's genuinely got to.

I don't want to be packing things up. JILL: What do you want to say?

-I like it.

-OK. Let's go for it.

Yeah, we'll do 40.

-There we are, that's it.

-Thank you.

Quick work too, Blues. That's your first item bought. Now it's one-all.

-Nick?

-Nick!

-Jo's found something she likes.

-Hello, what have you found, you two?

-You know how we're into Romans?

-I wondered where you'd gone.

-What have you got?

-A Roman helmet.

-Gosh.

-It's about as Roman as I am, isn't it?

-THEY LAUGH

It's got no age to it, but I do like the bog brush on the top.

Yeah, that's nice. Might come in handy.

What would be quite Roman, then, Nick.

-Careful with that top!

-Careful.

-Careful. Easy does it.

It's Royal Worcester potpourri. It's porcelain.

-STALLHOLDER: It's £290.

-Yeah.

-JILL: Put the top back.

-Yeah, yeah.

-It's not really...

-I nearly dropped it.

Yeah, walk away from Worcester, Hattie.

OK. Thank you.

-So, is this doing it for you?

-Definitely.

-I love this.

-I like the colours.

-The Asian market is voracious at the moment.

Now, this is Japanese rather than Chinese,

but it's got all the decorations.

You've got this wonderful dragon over the top, there.

Hand-painted enamels.

Even a set of marks as well. What sort of money is it?

-STALLHOLDER: 120's the best on it.

-OK. But it's a good pot, really.

Have a look. See what you think.

-Oops.

-Oh, don't do that! I could see the budget disappearing then.

-Yes.

-Straightaway.

-DAVE: Yeah, I like it. Yeah. I think we should...

-It's one to put on the back burner, I think.

-Of course.

-We'll have a look round a little bit more.

-OK, thank you.

-We'll be back.

-All right. Thank you ever so much for that.

-Thank you.

Something to think about, Reds.

Meanwhile, time for our experts to have team chats.

I like winning, OK?

-So

-do we. I like winning,

and you stand the best bet if you buy well,

-and you buy what's right for the auction.

-Yeah.

That's really key,

but, in this instance, if you see something you really like,

well, step outside the box.

-Whatever you like.

-We'll keep an open mind.

-Yes.

-Yes, absolutely.

We're halfway through the shop.

We've had half an hour. We've got one buy in the bag.

We've got a few back burners now. We've got the Japanese vase.

We've got the military helmets.

Erm... So in the next ten minutes,

-I'd like us to find our second buy, if we can.

-Yeah.

OK, so just step the pace up.

-OK, lead from the front. March.

-Let's go.

-Come on.

-Full-on.

By the right. Quick march!

-Now, if I'm not mistaken...

-RINGING

..this is the unmistakable ring of fine porcelain.

It's all right. Erm, that's German hard-paste porcelain.

Flower-decorated. This is very traditionally German.

You've got a crossed-swords mark on there, which is...

is the Meissen mark. That is a Meissen mark.

It's a 19th-century plate, I'd say.

I can't see it being any older than that.

They did various different types of flowers.

Indianische Blumen or Indian flowers,

Deutsche Blumen, German flowers.

You know, I think they even did English...flowers. So, quite pretty.

Quite a nice cabinet thing.

This is hard-paste porcelain

so this is what people refer to as "true porcelain."

It's white china rock, white china clay.

As opposed to European and English porcelain

which is soft-paste porcelain. They've priced this at 65.

How much would it sell for, Jonathan, do you think?

-Maybe up to £50.

-Right, OK.

-£50-60.

-So we'd need to be buying it for 40.

-At the most.

-£30, yeah.

Excuse me? What's your best price, please?

40?

-JILL: Would you take 30?

-Keep going, keep going.

-Go on, then.

-£30, do you think? £30?

-Are you happy with that?

-Yeah.

-It's a bargain.

-It's in nice condition. Thank you very much.

Wonderful. £30. I think it's a nice buy for £30. Thank you very much.

Well, everything's smelling of roses for the Blues.

That's the second purchase made. Well done.

So, whilst the teams continue their shopping and sealing deals,

I have a seal of my own I'd like to show you.

If you were to write a letter in the 18th century,

it could be a bit tricky, because there's no Post Office

and there's no daily delivery or collection.

And it could take weeks

to send a letter from one end of the country to the other.

No first-class service

at that period.

So what would you do?

You'd sit at a desk like this, you'd write your letter,

and to ensure that that letter is not tampered with,

you'd probably have one of these.

A little desk seal.

Now, what's special about this desk seal is the colour and the gilding.

If you look at the colour, it is the colour of a mineral.

It looks like an agate that happens to be sealing wax red,

but actually, it's a type of glass.

A type of glass called lithyalin, which is a peculiar glass

produced in Bohemia and invented by a geezer in 1829.

And then somebody's gone over the seal, very, very finely.

The gilder that's done this has created a lattice-work effect

that has been applied on the surface of the seal, which is faceted,

so that you can grip it hard when you come to seal your letter.

You'd melt some sealing wax

and apply the seal to the molten sealing wax.

But today, we're going to use a piece of this stuff.

So, pretend that's a piece of molten sealing wax.

You'd take your rare seal.

You'd apply it to the surface like that.

Give it a little press down onto the molten wax and remove it smartly.

And, hey presto. It reveals what the script says.

Which is, "Pishobury," which is the name of a house.

"Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire."

Now, if you were to go and look up Pishobury,

you'd find that this is a famous house

that was given once by Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn...

as a wedding gift.

And by about 1829, which is when this seal was made,

they decided not to have a coat of arms,

but simply engrave the seal with the name of the house.

So whoever was sealing a letter in the house could do so

with security and you could see where it's come from.

Isn't that clever?

Well, is it worth anything?

Yes. It is.

Because of the rarity of the glass -

glass buyers love things made of this rare glass.

And also, it would appeal to the seal collectors,

who love accoutrements to put on desks.

And, as a result, this thing, in the right auction,

could bring anywhere between £300 and £400.

And its cost? Well, I found it on my travels for £40.

So this thing gets, for me, the seal of approval.

Back to the shopping now, and it's 2-1 up to the Blues.

And Nick is keen for his Red cats to be shown the mouse.

Now, be prepared to be dazzled and amazed,

intrigued and hopefully not disappointed.

I've found a little thing here which is very much a collector's item.

And I love this stuff. Ta-dah!

-Ashtray.

-It's an ashtray. There's no flies on you, is there? He's good.

It's not just an ashtray, though. It's an ashtray with a mouse.

You ever heard of a cabinet-maker called the Mouseman?

-No.

-No.

It was a Yorkshireman, name of Thompson,

who was the most celebrated cabinet-maker

of his time and his era.

And his signature was this mouse.

And he is very collectable, not just in Yorkshire,

but right across the UK.

And he eventually set up a whole furniture studios,

every piece carved with a mouse.

-OK.

-Have I sold it to you yet?

-You're selling me it now.

-Erm...

-Yeah, definitely.

-What's the price on it?

Good question. So, we're looking at a ticket price of £75.

Now, I've seen these. I've sold these.

Generally, you put them in at £50-70, that sort of ball-park area.

So it's a case of if we can get that down a bit. What do you think?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, I like it. I like the Mouseman story behind it.

A bit of a tale.

Bit of a tale. No pun intended.

-Not at all.

-Is he always like this?

-He is.

-If we go for it, it's on his neck.

-OK.

Right, so...

Are you happy enough with it for me to go

and ask the question about the best price we can get?

-Definitely.

-I'll do that for you. OK.

Do you like that sort of stuff?

Or that vase in the corner?

Big chap, like that?

-Just out of interest.

-I quite like these. But this is Poole, isn't it?

It is Poole, yes. All right, fine. Fine, fine. No.

-Lead a horse to water...

-But you can't make it drink.

I hear you, Jonathan.

Keep looking, Blues.

Now, with news of a price for the Mouseman ashtray, over to Nick.

Right, guys.

-If you want it today, here and now, it's going to cost you £60.

-Yep.

It's a little bit of a gamble.

But it's got potential. Do you like it enough to have a gamble?

I like a bit of a gamble, and I like it enough, yeah. So...

I'll let him choose.

-She chose the first one, I'm going to choose this one.

-That's right.

-You've got the bling. You've got the mouse.

-I've got the bit of wood. THEY LAUGH

-Isn't life always like that?

-Yes, yes.

-So what do you think?

For item two?

-Yes. I like it.

-Right. OK. I will go and give the lady some money,

get this packed up, and then we're going to go and get our last thing.

-OK.

-Well done, Reds. The cats have at last caught their mouse.

Now both teams have two items apiece.

Keen to get the last item in their Bargain Hunt shopping basket,

the Blues have spotted some Satsuma ware.

Well, that's rather fun, isn't it? That's Japanese.

Is it quite expensive? It's Satsuma. It's from Kyoto.

That's where the original Satsuma pottery was made.

This is...a hint of the 20th century,

sort of late-19th,early-20th-century aesthetic style.

Very nicely decorated. It is good quality.

What's the market like for these at the moment?

The Japanese haven't got a great deal of money at auction.

They're not buying as strongly as they used to, to be fair.

The best will always sell.

It's hard to say whether or not that is rare enough to wet their whistle.

What's your very best that you'd take on that?

110? 120?

-Perhaps 120, you'd take?

-STALLHOLDER: 120.

OK, so you'd go down as far as 120.

It's a beautiful shape. It's nicely painted. The condition's good.

I'd like to have a little run around,

see if we can find anything else and then...maybe come back to it.

-I think we should possibly go and see... Go to the other room.

-Yeah.

Let's waste no more time.

As ever, time is always of the essence.

There was that nice Japanese vase, wasn't there?

-Now, that was within budget.

-He offered us 110.

-110, 120, wasn't it,

we were hovering around?

-Yeah.

-That might be worth going back and having another look at.

-OK.

And then there were some other bits and bobs we spotted on the way.

-Shall we go and have a look at that vase?

-OK.

See what we think and make a decision from there.

-Yep.

-Come on, then.

The Reds head back to see the Japanese vase,

and their hopes are high.

There he is. Hello. I told you we'd be back.

Can we have another look at that Japanese vase?

Well, you'll see there's a large space there.

DAVE: It's turned into a plate.

-Oh, no! You've sold it?

-I've sold it.

-Oh, no.

-He who hesitates...

-Oh, what a shame.

-You'll have to settle for something else.

-It's gone.

-It's sold.

-Gutted.

-Right. We're going to have to forget that.

We're going to have to find something else.

And there are a lot of nice things on here to look at.

OK, waste no time.

If we're looking at ceramics while we're here, these are quite nice.

I mean, they've just caught my eye. Have a look. See what you think.

-What sort of money are they?

-Er, the best is 70.

-So that's got potential.

-What have we got here?

-Tek Sing cargo.

-Yeah.

Now, this is interesting, because this was a ship,

laden with cargo back in, I think, the 18th century, that sank.

And in the 20th century,

-divers went down and they got all of the cargo out.

-Wow.

And it all went to one huge auction

and there was massive, international publicity.

It's got the original label underneath

from that first auction it appeared in.

So that's nice. That's not been taken off.

So it's got provenance.

-Erm... How much is it?

-That's a straight 50.

-I was going to offer you 40.

-Were you?

-What would you think?

-I'd split the difference at 45.

-OK.

-I can't do 40.

-No, no.

So you've got that at 45. And this Chinese porcelain from a shipwreck.

You've got Austrian vases circa 1900.

These concern me that we haven't got a factory. Although they're pretty.

-I think that's your one.

-We'll go for that, then.

-At £45.

-Yeah.

-Do you want to do the deal?

-Yeah, I think so.

-Definitely.

Do you want to shake this man's hand

-because he's done us a really good deal there.

-Thank you.

-Brilliant.

-Thank you very much.

-Really appreciate that. Thanks a lot.

Well done, Reds. That's all three items bought. Congratulations.

But as they celebrate their shopping success,

the Blues are still looking for that elusive third item.

-And how long have you got left?

-Seven minutes.

Starting to panic,

they're still thinking about the Japanese Satsuma basket.

-We'll have to, then.

-What do you want to do?

-We'll have to.

-But you both really like it.

-We do like it. And it's a quality piece.

If it's the right sale for it, well...

-You wanted to spend a bit, didn't you?

-Yeah.

-Let's give it a go.

-Take a risk.

-I've told you what I think.

The auction price... It may be top of estimate.

-Yeah.

-You never know.

-But you never know.

-Live bidding on the internet, unusual shape...

-Let's go for it.

-Let's go.

-Come on, quick.

Decision made. I just hope it's still there.

Right, here we are. Crikey, down to the last wire.

Well, let's not waste any more time. I think we should buy it.

The lady's just over here. We'll take it, please. So that's £120.

-Yes, I could do it for that.

-Brilliant. OK, well, we're done.

-That's it. We can stop the clock. Panic over.

-That's a relief!

I think you should be pleased.

I think it's a nice object, a nice quality object, nicely decorated.

It's very unusual in its shape.

The lady's said it's had lots of interest here already.

No-one's yet bought it, but...

You stick it in the arena of an auction

and you never know what might happen.

-So there may be a profit in it.

-Let's keep our fingers crossed.

Fingers crossed, eh? And, with that...

time's up! Let's check out what the Red team bought, eh?

They're hanging their hopes

on this nine-carat-gold open-work Arts and Crafts pendant

which cost them £110.

A Robert "Mouseman" Thompson oak ashtray set them back a smoking £60.

And finally, they were bowled over by this Chinese Tek Sing

cargo bowl for £45.

-Well, that was fun, wasn't it?

-It was, yes. Really enjoyed it.

-So you spent £250?

-215.

-215. I'd like £85.

-We've been quite thrifty, I think.

-Have you?

-We have.

-OK.

-I'd like £85 of leftover lolly, please.

-£85. Here it is.

Yes, please.

Thank you very much. Which is your favourite item?

-Erm, my favourite item is the ashtray. The "Mouseman" ashtray.

-OK.

Always a safe bet, that. Jo, what about you?

I'm going for the bowl because of the history of it.

-And is that going to bring the biggest profit?

-Yeah, I reckon.

-Do you agree, Dave?

-I think that is going to bring the biggest.

-Oh, that's nice. We're all together now.

-Thank you.

Over to you, then, Nicholas. How do you see it?

I've got a hard act to follow with the three things that they chose.

-I've got my work cut out to keep that standard up, really.

-Have you?

-But then you like a high standard, don't you?

-Absolutely. Every time.

-THEY LAUGH

Good luck, Nick.

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

A 1920s moulded agate glass atomiser cost them

a fragrant 40...pounds, that is.

They forked out £30 for a 19th-century Meissen moulded plate.

And this early 20th-century Japanese Satsuma basket set them back £120.

-Right then, mother-and-daughter combo. How was it?

-Brilliant.

-Good.

-Good fun.

-Which is your favourite piece, Hattie?

-I'd say the plate.

-The plate. Why?

-It's quirky. It's got little insects on it.

Is it a bit you, is it? A bit quirky?

-Well, if you say so.

-THEY LAUGH

And which is your favourite, Jill?

-I like the Satsuma ware basket.

-That's your favourite.

-Will it bring the biggest profit?

-No, I think the plate will.

-OK.

-Yeah, me too.

-OK.

-How much did you spend in total?

-£190.

-190.

Right, I'm like 110 of leftover lolly, please. Thank you very much.

Which goes straight across to the maestro, JP.

-Into your hot claw.

-Thank you very much.

What are you going to do with it?

Oh, I think I'll be sensible. I might just play for...

You know, play the sensible game.

-It's a ceramics and glass section...

-You normally don't!

-No, I don't. This will be the first.

-Why break with tradition?

-I want to make money, Tim.

-Oh, do you?

Fair enough. We would all like that. Good luck.

Time now for me to head off to the auction.

Just look at whose smiling face we have in front of us today.

It's Richard Winterton of Richard Winterton Auctioneers

of Lichfield in your splendido new premises, Richard.

-I'm delighted to have you as well.

-Well, it's really lovely to be back.

Now, for the Reds,

first off is this incredibly impressive

-and enormous piece of jewellery.

-THEY LAUGH

-How do you rate that?

-We've had a few come through, you know.

-Have you?

-Yes.

-Ideal for the smaller woman, I'd say.

-It is.

Yes, it's just a neat little bit of jewellery, isn't it?

-Seriously, it's a tiny little bit of jewellery, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-And that's why we put £50-80 on it.

-Quite right too.

Our lot paid £110 for it.

-Which is a fair old whack, isn't it?

-It is.

It will have to work hard to get anywhere close.

Next up is the Robert "Mouseman" oak ashtray.

Now, you and I know that every piece of oak

that's carved with a mouse,

-does not come, necessarily, from Thompson, does it?

-Correct.

Do you think that's by Robert Thompson?

-I would say it is.

-Would you?

-Yeah.

-OK, fine.

-But we see lots of them.

It's got a great name but it's not as though it's rare.

-We would have four or five come through a month.

-Would you?

Loads come through.

-OK.

-Loads and loads. 40-50, all day long.

-Plenty of rodents about, eh?

Loads.

OK. £60 paid.

So, uniquely, our team have paid, it would appear,

a tad more than the estimate for that.

And now we want to transport ourselves to the sunken cargo,

to the hoard that was raised from the deep, along with, I think

in this particular case, 187,000 other pieces

of blue and white porcelain raised from this particular wreck

off the Vietnamese coast. Do you like it?

What I'm sitting here looking at is not actually that bad,

if you like that sort of thing. I can see it.

40-50 we've got on it, and we shouldn't be far away, you know.

-OK, fine. Well, £45 they paid.

-That's OK.

It is a relief that we've bought something within

the auctioneer's estimate all round.

All in all, though, it could be a bit dodgy,

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

So, let's go and have a look at it.

-Well, team. This is exciting, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Certainly is.

Now, Nick's gone off with your £85 and he's bought your bonus buy.

What did you buy, Nick?

-I've spent the whole blooming lot.

-Oh, good.

-There you go.

What about that? One each.

Do you know what they are?

-Not a clue.

-Interested?

-Book ends?

No, they're not bookends. They are actually...

-You know the old 18th- and 19th-century sash window?

-Oh, yes.

The old-fashioned ones you have to pull up and down.

Well, to stop them going all the way down,

you would just wedge one of these in either side there

-and the sash window comes down and sits on them.

-Oh, OK.

Early 19th century, treacle-glazed pottery, and in decent condition.

I really like them.

-I like them as well.

-Yeah, good.

-Definitely.

-And how much did you pay for them?

-The whole lot, £85.

-The whole lot, yeah, sorry.

-£85. Blew the budget.

How much do you think they're worth?

-Hopefully a little bit more.

-Yeah.

It's a strange market but they are in good condition

and to find a pair still intact is a nice thing.

That's what it's all about, isn't it?

Remaining intact after all those years. OK, brilliant.

Have a little think about that.

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

what the auctioneer thinks about Nick's feet.

Now...

Richard Winterton, here's a challenge for you.

Were these made, do you think,

to do under the sash to stop the sash from closing?

Or, were they made to elevate

your Victorian piece of mahogany furniture

where the rising damp would otherwise affect

the delicate veneer on your Victorian chest of drawers?

I think they're for furniture, the feet.

And I think they are George Skey, which were made not far away

from here, in Tamworth.

-Georgeski? Was he a Pole?

-George Skey. S-K-E-Y.

-Oh, George Skey.

-OK, fine.

-And we do see these come through. This sort of pottery.

They're not marked. But we always attribute to good old Skey.

Are they rare, then, or do you see lots of them here?

No, we see quite a few come through.

Erm, we've got 30-40, which should make it quite easy.

Nick Hall paid £85 for them as a bonus buy.

That's it for the Reds.

Moving on to the Blues, we've got the moulded glass atomiser.

-Yeah.

-Which is in agate glass.

-Bit dull. Boring.

-Deco.

-Yeah.

Float your boat?

Not really, no. I have to say.

-I mean, the best agate glass is that malachite stuff.

-Yes.

It's in your face, it's really bright and breezy.

Some of the bright yellows are nice. Don't you think?

I mean, it's very grey. What's it worth?

-We've gone quite a punchy 30-40.

-You need to.

-Do we?

-Yes, Jonathan Pratt paid £40 for that.

-Did he?

-He did.

And somehow, if it's listed on the internet,

I can see atomiser collectors, maybe...

You know, there is a little bit of hope there, internet-type hope.

So he might just get away with it.

Now, the Meissen plate.

It's got the crossed swords marked

but I'm pretty sure it's 20th century.

-Out of a big service, what's it worth?

-£40-50.

-Is it really?

-Oh, well, he's bought well there, then, because £30 was paid.

-OK.

-So that's all right.

-Happy with that.

And what about the Japanese Satsuma moon vase?

People get all... Don't they? Get excited with this Oriental...

-They get gooey.

-Yeah.

-The trouble is, it's Japanese

-and the Japanese is not the same as the Chinese.

-Completely different.

Completely different market. So that's for a kick-off.

The tightness of the flowers just isn't there.

-There's lots of decoration, but it's not really good decoration.

-Yeah.

-And I tell you, we see a lot of this.

-Yes.

-A lot come through.

-What's it worth?

-£40-60.

-There you go. £120 paid.

On that happy note, then,

they're definitely going to need their bonus buy,

so let's go and have a butcher's.

OK, kids, this is fun, isn't it? You gave JP £110.

JP, what did you spend it on?

£110 is a lot of money.

Makes me rather nervous sometimes when I'm given so much money,

so I dealt a safe bet there and I bought that.

OK. Erm...

Because the Chinese market is so good,

and because I rather like this sort of thing anyway.

I kind of like the Orient. It's a blue, decorated ginger jar.

It's lacking its cover.

That's not too much of a problem. But it has got some age.

-How old is it?

-It's certainly 19th century.

Nicely decorated, with these motifs on the side which probably

mean... I don't know, "wellbeing" or something along those lines.

-Probably says "ginger," doesn't it?

-Er, ginger. Hello, ginger.

-Could be, couldn't it? It had ginger in it.

-It's a ginger jar.

-I could say ginger, yes. Exactly.

-How much did you...

-£30.

-Oh. OK.

-There we go.

-And how much profit do you think it will make?

I think it's worth £30-50. Honestly, that's what I think, anyway.

Well, we watched his lips. We saw all that, right?

We'll relate that to the end product in a moment.

Right now, though, you have a cogitate, cos we're going to,

for the audience at home, ask the auctioneer to look at JP's pot.

Here it comes, Richard. There's the ginger jar from heaven.

Well, at least we've got Chinese this time.

Exactly, but made in 1990

or the year 2000 or 2010, methinks.

-Oh, I think that's a bit mean.

-Do you?

-Bit older than that, isn't it?

Do you? What, 1955?

-You think that's 1950s, do you?

-I do.

That why we've only got £30 on it. So that's all right, then.

-Well, that's OK. You've got £30 on it?

-£30.

JP bought it as a bonus buy for £30.

He's done well. And if you get 40, they'll all be jumping up and down.

Talking about jumping up and down, you are taking the sale today,

-aren't you?

-I am. I'm looking forward to it.

That's enough to make anybody jump up and down. Thank you, Richard.

30, sold it once. 30...

Now, Jo and Dave, how are you feeling?

-All right?

-Yes, very confident.

-Happy with this?

-Yes.

Are you? That's what I like to hear.

Your first item is your big investment, your £110 investment

in the Bennett pendant, so all I can say is good luck with that.

And here it comes.

So, we go to Lot 800.

The nine-carat Merle Bennett Arts and Crafts open pendant there.

A good name. Commission bids, bid, £20, I'm bid.

£20, I'm bid. £30, internet. 35 in the room. 35, I'm bid.

£40, the internet. 45 in the room. 50, internet. 60 in the room.

-70, internet. 80 in the room.

-Keep going.

-90, internet.

100 in the room. 100 in the room.

100 I'm bid. In the room at 100.

-Internet's out at 100.

-More.

-Come on.

-All done. Sold, at 100.

-Yours it is at 100.

-Oh, £100.

So it's just £10 off, but you've done it!

-More or less.

-We now go to 801. The good old Mouseman ashtray there.

£20 I'm bid again. Five, 30, five, 40, five, 50.

50 on the internet.

-60 on the internet. 70 on the internet.

-Oh, ho, ho!

-80 on the internet.

-The room is out.

-We are £80. Sold at £80.

-That's more like it.

£80 is plus £20 which means you are plus £10. You're back in profit.

There we see, there, the cargo bowl. Commission bids are in.

-I'm starting at 20. I'm five, I'm 30, I'm five, I'm 40. £40.

-Come on.

50. 60.

-70 in the room. 70 in the room. 70 in the room.

-This is hot.

-You're all finished, then. Sold at 70.

-£70.

-That's pretty good.

That is plus £25.

Oh, we love it. Plus the ten before, you are plus £35.

You have made a profit of £35.

Against all predictions, you've done it.

-How hot is that?

-We always knew, didn't we?

-Gosh, Richard's doing very well.

Now, what are you going to do? Are you going to preserve the £35

or are you going to go with the treacle-glazed lions?

-We'll stick with that. We'll stick.

-You're not going to go with them.

-No.

-No, no bonus buy. OK, fine. That's your decision.

-You agree with that, Jo?

-Yeah, why not?

-OK, fine.

But anyway, we're going to sell them, and here they come.

£20 I'm bid. With me. £20 I'm bid. £20 I'm bid. £25 I'm bid.

30 I'm bid. 35 I'm bid. 40 I'm bid. £40 I'm bid.

£40 I'm bid. £40. Far left at £40. All done. Sold, then, at £40.

£40 it sold for. Let's treat it as sold.

Which would have been a loss of £45 but you didn't go with it.

You stuck with your instinct and it is £35 worth of profit.

Now, that could be a winning score. It should be a winning score.

-It's not bad.

-Don't say a word to the Blues, all right?

-We won't.

-And all will be revealed in a moment. Thank you very much, team.

Jill, how excited are you on the excitement scale?

-Ten out of ten, I think.

-Are you? Are you fizzing up?

-I can't wait.

-Good.

First item up to sell now is going to be the atomiser.

And here it comes.

Now, 822, we go. The moulded glass tom... Erm, atom-a-sier... Oh...

-822 is a perfume bottle!

-LAUGHTER

-But I've got seven bids on the book...

-Ooh!

And I can tell you, I'm at 28. £30, 35, £40. 45 with me.

45, 45, 45, 45.

£50 in the room. 50 in the room. 50 in the room. 50 in the room!

-You're all finished, then. Sold then at £50.

-£50 is plus £10.

I'm loving it. Now, Meissen.

We go to the Meissen. It's £20 I'm bid. 25. 30. 35. 40. 45 in the room.

45 in the middle of the room. At 45. Sold, then, at £45.

£45 is plus £15. So I'm liking the sound of this.

Two profits on the trot. Now, Satsuma ware.

Lot 842. Commissions again, I'm £20 bid. 25. 30. 35. 40.

£40 on the internet. 45. 50. 60. With me. 60 with me.

-70 on the internet.

-We're getting there.

-70 on the internet.

Room is out. 70 on the internet. You're all finished, then. Sold.

You're minus 50. So that means you're minus £25.

-What are we going to do with the ginger jar?

-Go for it.

Are you going to do it? OK.

Up comes the ginger jar and we're going with the bonus buy.

There's the blue and white. The ginger jar. 828. Nothing on my book.

Where are we going to start? £10 a start. £10 to start me.

£10 I'm bid. 15, the internet. 20 in the room? 20 in the room.

25, internet. You're out. 25 I'm bid. Says no. 25 the internet.

-Oh, no, J...

-All done. Sold at 25.

Goes 25.

Minus £5 which means overall, girls and J, that you are minus £30.

-Could be a winning score, though.

-Could be a winning score.

£30, minus £30. Could be a winning score, could be a winning score.

Be optimistic and all will be revealed in a moment.

-OK, teams. Was that fun or was it fun?

-We had a great time.

It was fun, yes.

And nobody's been talking to one another about the results at all?

-No.

-OK, cos there is a world of difference, I'm afraid, for the two teams today.

Can't believe they bought in the same place

and they have very good experts and all the rest of it.

Cos one team is, I'm afraid, down the proverbial,

and that team that's down the proverbial is the Blues.

Yeah!

-Minus £30, hey. You were robbed, weren't you?

-Yeah.

First of all, you get a profit on your scent bottle.

Then you get a profit on your Meissen plate

and then you have a thumping loss with that wretched Satsuma.

-And it didn't do you any good, did it?

-No, I'm afraid not.

Minus 30, because you were really, really close, but for that piece.

I know.

And that is just the luck of the game.

But you've been frightfully British and very, very brave

and I love you for it.

-And you have a nice time.

-Yes.

-We've had a great time.

We've loved having you on the show.

Well, I'm actually going to hand out some dosh.

A rare moment for Bargain Hunt.

Here comes £35 which is principally made up by your cargo bowl.

That was very clever, me having been rude about it. Made you £25.

Then Mr Thompson, Mr Mouseman, he did you OK for another £20,

which is perfect.

You avoided the bonus buy like the plague which was clever of you too.

-Good move.

-And you've preserved your profits, so well done.

-Thank you.

-Money going home. In fact, we've had such great fun.

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

-ALL: Yes!