0:00:02 > 0:00:04Famous for its festival of literature,
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Hay-on-Wye is quite literally bursting with books...
0:00:08 > 0:00:10..by inspirational authors
0:00:10 > 0:00:13like Shakespeare, Hemingway, Orwell and...
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Oh, look.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18No time to relax up,
0:00:18 > 0:00:20let's go bargain hunting, yeah!
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Bound by 60 minutes,
0:00:47 > 0:00:52our teams will each be issued with £300.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53They will leaf through
0:00:53 > 0:00:58and make their selection of three special items
0:00:58 > 0:01:00for sale at auction.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04The team with the biggest margin will be declared the winner.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08OK? Well, here's a sneaky peek as to what's coming up.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13On today's show, Charles finds himself in hot water with the Blues.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15- Stop it... - You can do it again if you want to...
0:01:15 > 0:01:17I'm sorry, I'm sorry!
0:01:17 > 0:01:22Whilst the Reds boil over with excitement at the auction.
0:01:22 > 0:01:23Yes!
0:01:24 > 0:01:28Well, we've got some top teams on the show today, I tell you.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31We have sisters for the Reds, Edwina and Sarah.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35And, for the Blues, we have friends, Brigitte and Betty.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37- Hello, everyone. - ALL: Hello.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Lovely to see you. Now, Edwina, you arrived very promptly today,
0:01:41 > 0:01:44and promptness is part of your make-up, isn't it?
0:01:44 > 0:01:49Yeah, I work as a consultant with schools around school attendance.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51The other thing we do though, sometimes,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53is we encourage children to go to school.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57So, I have been known to dress up as a giant cat
0:01:57 > 0:01:59and go into a reception class
0:01:59 > 0:02:04and scare the bejeebers out of some four and five-year-old children
0:02:04 > 0:02:06who I'm supposed to be encouraging to go to school,
0:02:06 > 0:02:08but I probably have the opposite effect.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Now, Sarah, I'm told you're a bit of a mean baker.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Well, I like to think I am.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17I run my own little company, erm, baking celebration cakes
0:02:17 > 0:02:21and also cakes that I sell at markets
0:02:21 > 0:02:23around Shropshire and Staffordshire.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26And, typically, in a week, how many cakes would you bake, then?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Do you bake 50 cakes a week, or 100 cakes? How does it work?
0:02:28 > 0:02:31That depends on what I'm selling and where I'm selling.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35- Like last week, I had enough to sell about £400 worth of cakes.- Really?!
0:02:35 > 0:02:37- Yeah.- That's a lot of cakes, isn't it?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- And I sold out of them all is well. - Did you?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- That's how good they are. - THEY LAUGH
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- Well, you're a good investment for the business.- Thank you.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Now, what sort of things will you two sisters
0:02:46 > 0:02:48be going for today on Bargain Hunt?
0:02:48 > 0:02:51BOTH: Cheap and cheerful! THEY LAUGH
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- We like a bargain.- We do. We like a bargain, yes.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55So, that's your strategy, then,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- spend as little as possible? - BOTH: Yes.
0:02:58 > 0:02:59OK, all I can say is,
0:02:59 > 0:03:03- Hay-on-Wye, watch out. - THEY LAUGH
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Now, Blues. Brigitte, tell me, how did you two meet?
0:03:06 > 0:03:09We met at work.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13- I was taken on at the hospital, and I took Bette's job.- Yeah.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- And then about two, three years later, she came back.- Yeah.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19So, obviously, we worked together, and we became friends.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21And what is your job at the hospital?
0:03:21 > 0:03:24We're telephonists, we work on the switchboard of the hospital.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- Oh, do you?- Yes.- So, you know exactly what's going on?
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Oh, yes, yes!
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Now, tell me, is it true that you telephonists
0:03:30 > 0:03:33can listen in to all the conversations, or is that a fallacy?
0:03:33 > 0:03:34- Oh, it's a fallacy.- Is it?- Yes.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- You can't listen in, not even a little bit?- No.- Yes, we can.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40- Yes, we can! - THEY LAUGH
0:03:40 > 0:03:42I knew you...! I knew that happened!
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- We can, but we don't. - We're not allowed to.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- Oh, no, you don't do it... - We don't do it.- But you could do it!
0:03:47 > 0:03:48We could do it if we really wanted to.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51If you really wanted to know what the consultants
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- were saying about her! No... - THEY LAUGH
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Only joking.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Now, Betty, you have worked in the health service for ever, have you?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- No, I was RAF to start.- Were you?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01- What did you do when you are in the...?- I was a telephonist.- Never!
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- Yes, and I stayed with it, yeah. - Really?- Yeah, I love the job.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08And as a result of your exposure in the RAF,
0:04:08 > 0:04:10you have a passion for militaria, don't you?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13I do indeed, cos when I left the hospital for two years,
0:04:13 > 0:04:15I went to work at the SAS camp.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18And I was able to buy quite a lot of stuff, you know, items of their...
0:04:18 > 0:04:20- Secret equipment.- The tools.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- Things that you're not allowed to talk about, right?- Yeah.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24I'd have to kill you if I tell you.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25THEY LAUGH
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Bettes, that's the trouble with you special agents, isn't it?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31So, what's your battle plan, then?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- Quality, and make lots of money. - Yes.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36- So you're going to spend a lot, then?- Well, if we can.
0:04:36 > 0:04:37They're going to spend nothing
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- and you're going to spend everything.- We're going to win then.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Well, there you go. This is going to be fun.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Now, the money moment. £300 apiece.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46You know the rules.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Your experts await,
0:04:47 > 0:04:49and off you go!
0:04:49 > 0:04:50And very, very, very good luck.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54I think today we're going to have a battle royal, don't you?
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Our two terrific teams need two tremendous teachers.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59Hoping to beat the opposition today,
0:04:59 > 0:05:01it's Jonathan Pratt with the Reds.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05And hoping to teach JP a lesson,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07it's Charles Hanson for the Blues.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09It's a lovely blue sky today.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- CHARLES:- It's a wonderful day.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12What are we going to buy?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Er, we're going for cheap and cheerful, I think.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Cheap and cheerful?
0:05:15 > 0:05:19- Spend big, and win.- Oh, I like that! Yourself?- Yes, the same.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Just want to spend as little money as possible.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22And as make as much profit.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24- And upset Tim in the process.- Yes!
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Brilliant stuff, let's go, come on.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- Follow my lead. - THEY LAUGH
0:05:30 > 0:05:32To begin at the beginning,
0:05:32 > 0:05:35your time, teams, starts now.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37SHOP BELL RINGS
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Right, teams, so many shops, so little time.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Hmm. Looks like the Reds are having a right royal knees up.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47- Look at that.- Yeah.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50- That's surely not real diamonds. - No, no.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51- A bit of fun though.- Yeah.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53It's fancy dress, it's children's...
0:05:53 > 0:05:55They love dressing up as princesses.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- OK, ready, go. - OK, we need a fanfare.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00THEY IMITATE FANFARE
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- Oh, it fits.- Oh, yes! THEY LAUGH
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Oh, do I look like the Queen?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Oh, that's lovely.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- You felt regal as well, did you? - Yes, I did.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12I wonder how much that is.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Best ask Paul, the shop manager.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17- How much is the...?- That's £195.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19THEY GASP
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- Deep gasp and intake of breath. - Yeah.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Oh-oh, a king's ransom price tag.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Time to check in with BH's very own Prince Charles.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32- What you think of that, ladies? - Colourful.- Isn't it nice?
0:06:32 > 0:06:33What we've got here is just a nice...
0:06:33 > 0:06:35It's a lead-glaze earthenware.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38It's...got almost a maritime feel
0:06:38 > 0:06:41in that you've got the anchor on the shell work.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43It's a sweet majolica jug.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- Probably worth between £20 and £30 because...- Cracks at the bottom.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Well, you know what, I know, but it's 120 years old.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50I suppose, in retrospect, it's been used, hasn't it?
0:06:50 > 0:06:52As we age, we bruise, don't we?
0:06:52 > 0:06:54We bruise, and get a bit older and wrinkly.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56These objects get a bit crackly.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- Speak for yourself. - Oh, right, sorry.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Oh, these Blues love a bit of banter.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Now, Reds, remember, your cunning strategy,
0:07:04 > 0:07:06cheap and cheerful. Any joy?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08This Bakelite stuff, see the Fox there,
0:07:08 > 0:07:09it's a lady called Lea Stein.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- Oh, yes!- There!- And she sells quite well, doesn't she?
0:07:12 > 0:07:14- She can do.- Yeah.- Yeah, she can do.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- I like the eyes, the shape of the eyes.- Yeah.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18The sort of lady of the '30s, '20s or '30s,
0:07:18 > 0:07:21would have a stole of fox fur hanging down,
0:07:21 > 0:07:22and it's meant to drape, isn't it?
0:07:22 > 0:07:25So...that's sort of where the idea, I suppose, comes from.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- And what, what, is it made of Bakelite?- It's Bakelite.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- It is Bakelite.- Which is a sort of, you know, an early plastic.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- See, I would buy that. - Yeah, I like that, actually.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35I like the eyes of it.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- Says here £56. - THEY GASP
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- And it is red for the Red team. - BOTH: It is!
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- A cunning red fox. - I just do really like that.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47They have occasionally come up at auction,
0:07:47 > 0:07:48but they are smaller value.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51You're not going to get a roaring profit...
0:07:51 > 0:07:53but it's buying what you like.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55And then you just hope there are other ladies in the room
0:07:55 > 0:07:56that will like the same thing.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59It's quite faded, isn't it, that...label?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02So, looks like he's had it here quite a while.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03Well spotted, Sarah.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- We could be helping him out. - Yeah, we could be.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Wanting to get rid of it.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Oh, Paul's back, look.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11- SARAH:- What's your best price on this?
0:08:11 > 0:08:12I'd do that for 42.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Could you do it for...30?
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Erm, meet you halfway, do 35?
0:08:19 > 0:08:20BOTH: 35...
0:08:20 > 0:08:22I do really like that but
0:08:22 > 0:08:24and it's something I would buy and wear myself.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- Yeah. I think ladies would like that. - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Could you do it for 32?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- Go on, then. - 32?- Yeah.- Brilliant, OK.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35- Yeah?- Yeah.- 32?- Yeah.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36- PAUL:- You'd like it? - Our first buy!
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- Yes, thank you. Oh, fantastic. - Brilliant.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41I'm so excited. Brilliant.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Good work, girls. One item bought.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Although, you know, you can't keep it, right?
0:08:47 > 0:08:48OK, team, onward and upwards!
0:08:50 > 0:08:51Where to? Straight on?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53- Straight on.- Come on then. - DOG BARKS
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Down, boy!
0:08:56 > 0:08:57Not you, Charles.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58Get up, man.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00- Oh, Charles, I like that. - What have you found?
0:09:00 > 0:09:03It's a shoehorn and a button doer upper.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Yeah, what do we think of that? Is that silver or...?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- Yeah, it is silver, wow. - That's lovely.- Good for you.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09What do you think of this little lot here?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Come on, Brigitte, pay attention.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- It's pretty.- Isn't it?- Yeah.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16I don't know if the box is original,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19but what you obviously have is a shoehorn
0:09:19 > 0:09:22which will have a glossy chrome-plated horn...
0:09:22 > 0:09:25And then the handles which ought to be
0:09:25 > 0:09:29very indistinctly...marked silver.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- Oh, wow.- They're marked, they're Birmingham.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33They're about 1916.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35And the boot hook is also quite nice.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37You've got the, again, silver handle,
0:09:37 > 0:09:39which will have very indistinct marks.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- Is it...a matching pair, obviously? - Yeah, quite a sweet lot, really.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45I would say, if they came into my saleroom,
0:09:45 > 0:09:46I would say to a vendor,
0:09:46 > 0:09:50the two together would probably make between £15 and £20.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52- How much are they?- 22.- Yeah...
0:09:52 > 0:09:55So, really, unless they were a tenner...
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- Yeah.- And then, you might only make £5.- Right.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00- But they're nice. - Would it be something that sells?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Yes, very much so. Commercially, it's a thumbs up from me.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04They're good.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08So, all we need now is someone to do a deal with.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09Cue Glenys.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10Come stand by me.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12OK, ladies, do your stuff.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14- We quite like this.- Mm-hm.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16- It's marked up at £22.- Yeah.
0:10:16 > 0:10:21- What would be your best on that? - I could do it for 15 for you.
0:10:21 > 0:10:2215, Charles, what do you think?
0:10:24 > 0:10:28Maybe 12? Can you do it for 12, please?
0:10:28 > 0:10:29- BRIGITTE:- Pretty please!
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Mm...
0:10:33 > 0:10:34- Yes, OK.- Yes!- £12?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- Thank you very much.- Yeah.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38- Shall we say going... - BOTH: Going...
0:10:38 > 0:10:39Gone!
0:10:39 > 0:10:41- We'll sell it, no, we'll buy it! - Thank you.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42Shake her hand, there we go.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43Awkward...
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Well done, Glenys.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Excellent, girls! So 25 minutes in,
0:10:47 > 0:10:51and our two teams are level pegging with one item apiece.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52Over the road, with the Reds,
0:10:52 > 0:10:56shop owner Sally is waxing lyrical about a couple of curios.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- SALLY:- I'll just show you ladies the Brighton Bun.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Oh, it's a candlestick.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05It's what aristocratic ladies used when they were travelling.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06BOTH: Oh!
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- A sort of...- It's just quirky. - It is quirky, isn't it?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- The finish is, you know... - It's a bit rough, isn't it?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13- Well... - SALLY:- It's old, like me.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15THEY LAUGH
0:11:15 > 0:11:18But, you know, when, there's rough and there's that sort of, you know,
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- that worn lived-in sort of feel. - BOTH: Yeah.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Remember, girls, cheap and cheerful.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24- How much would that be?- They're 48.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26EDWINA: Oh, dear, it's a bit dear, isn't it?
0:11:26 > 0:11:27- SARAH:- Yeah.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Um...could you come down a little?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32I'd do 40.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35- JONATHAN:- Oh, right, so you wouldn't go down to 20, then?- No.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37I'd do 38.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40I know nothing about them, I've never seen them before...
0:11:40 > 0:11:43And, if I have, they'd probably gone into, you know...
0:11:43 > 0:11:48- They came from a very old...antique dealers' collection.- OK.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- I don't know, what do you think? - I don't know.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53I think they're a bit expensive for what we're looking for, really.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55- For auction? - Cheap and cheerful, then...
0:11:55 > 0:11:58No, I don't think so, but thank you very much...
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- No, you're very welcome. - It's a lovely item though.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02- It's just something a bit different. - SARAH:- It is, yeah.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05I mean, if it could be about 35...
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- Yes, go on, I will. - JONATHAN:- Want to try it at £35?
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Shall we give it a go?
0:12:09 > 0:12:11I'm out of my comfort zone, OK?
0:12:11 > 0:12:13I've no idea, it's a bit of a punt.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16I think they're just that little bit different though.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18They just feel so nice. They feel smooth...
0:12:18 > 0:12:21That's what treen, that's why people are attracted to treen,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- because it's a very, you know, it's wood, it's tactile.- Yeah.- It is.
0:12:24 > 0:12:25- It just feels so nice. - Warm to the touch.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- SARAH:- I suppose, when it's together, it does look like a bun.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Yeah, yeah. OK.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31- Shall we go for it?- 35?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33- That'd be great, thank you very much. - Thank you.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35- Right, two down, wonderful. - Thank you.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Oooh!
0:12:37 > 0:12:41You just can't get away from your love of baking, hey, Sarah?
0:12:41 > 0:12:45The Brighton Bun for the Reds making up their second item.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Talking of food, here's something rather nutty.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53Now, I've come across some oddball objects in my time,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56but this thing just about takes the pip.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58What's special about it?
0:12:58 > 0:12:59Well, on the surface,
0:12:59 > 0:13:03we seem to have simply a high-quality silver box
0:13:03 > 0:13:07and the green stone, a piece of jade,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09that has been exquisitely fitted.
0:13:09 > 0:13:16Indeed, the silver box is hallmarked Birmingham 1905.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18But, if we open it up,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21you can see that it's been especially made
0:13:21 > 0:13:24to contain this thing,
0:13:24 > 0:13:26which is a nut.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Actually an entada nut.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35And the entada grows in equatorial climes.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39And, occasionally, it sheds its seeds into the water.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41It says on the bottom,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44"These beans are looked upon as charms
0:13:44 > 0:13:47"in the islands where they're found.
0:13:47 > 0:13:52"Received as gifts, they're supposed to bring good luck.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55"If purchased, the reverse."
0:13:55 > 0:13:58The whole story gets more interesting though
0:13:58 > 0:14:02if you read what it says on the outside of the box.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07It says, "Seed of Fairy Bean
0:14:07 > 0:14:10"from Gulf of Mexico.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14"Brought by the Gulf stream to the island of Uist."
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Now, Uist is in the Hebrides.
0:14:18 > 0:14:24Someone in 1905 was wandering along a Scottish beach
0:14:24 > 0:14:26and they picked up that bean.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29And they were so intrigued by the bean,
0:14:29 > 0:14:32and the fact that it had come to Scotland,
0:14:32 > 0:14:36thousands of miles across the Caribbean,
0:14:36 > 0:14:39and across the entire width of the Atlantic,
0:14:39 > 0:14:43they decided they'd have this silver box made to put it in.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45And on the bottom, there's a further inscription.
0:14:45 > 0:14:51It says, "To Ralph and Marjorie, from AF, Christmas 1907."
0:14:51 > 0:14:57And I guess that AF was a visitor to some friends on the island,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00and after he'd found it, he went back to London,
0:15:00 > 0:15:04had the box made, and presented it the following Christmas.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08Now, how many of these boxes and beans are there knocking around
0:15:08 > 0:15:11in the United Kingdom today?
0:15:11 > 0:15:15I would say there are precisely one, ha!
0:15:15 > 0:15:17And this is it.
0:15:17 > 0:15:18What's it worth?
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Well, in my view, because of its unique nature,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24it's actually priceless.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Actually, you'd have to pay for it £160,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31which is, I guess, just peanuts.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34Well, that's food for thought.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Back over to Carlos.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Remember, the Blues still need two items
0:15:39 > 0:15:41and they're over halfway through the shop.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45- That's quite nice. - Oh, wow, I like that.- Look at this.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Come in here, come in here, quick.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48Isn't that nice?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50- Is that a writing set?- Yeah.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I think it's a very nice Victorian ink stand.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56And that glass inkwell, I think,
0:15:56 > 0:15:58- the way it sits in there... - Fits in nice.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00It almost is quite stiff.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02It's ebonised wood...
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Probably circa...
0:16:05 > 0:16:081870, 1885, 1890-ish.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10- What do you think? - I quite like that.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13- Is there any, ah, is there something missing, or is it just...- Not really.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15- No, you've had your...- You'd put your pens.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17- You'd have a quill, would you? - Your quill...
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Your feather would have gone in and out.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21We have got a few issues, in the sense,
0:16:21 > 0:16:23you can see here, where the timber's split,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26and that may have been caused by central heating.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30Can you see, it's been priced initially at 125.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Now it's come down to £75.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36I reckon, if we play our cards right...
0:16:36 > 0:16:39It's an object I've just got a feeling, as a sixth sense,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41the dealer wants to get rid of.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42Call in Glenys.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Yeah, let's give her a shout. Three, two, one...
0:16:45 > 0:16:46- Glenys.- Glenys.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Pathetic, team.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51- TEAM: Hello. - Glenys.- Yes.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53I think it's been here a long time.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- Probably. - THEY LAUGH
0:16:56 > 0:16:58What's your best price?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00What have I got on it?
0:17:00 > 0:17:02- 25...- 25, yeah.
0:17:02 > 0:17:03- Oh, no, no.- 75.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06I was going to say... 75.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11- I'll do 35, would be my very best. - How much?!- 35.- Oh, my...
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Not sure about your poker faces, team.
0:17:13 > 0:17:1535?
0:17:15 > 0:17:16It's a really nice desk set,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19and I would say, for £35, shake her hand.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21- Thank you very much again. - That's a bargain.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- BRIGITTE:- That's a bargain. - GLENYS: It is.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Easy, tiger. That's two in the bag, team.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31One to go and 20 minutes left on the clock.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Ladies, do you think we should go to the antiques centre now?
0:17:36 > 0:17:37Yes, definitely.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40We haven't got long, so let's get a move on, come on.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41Go, run, run, run, run.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43We'll find the way. I don't know where it is.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Keep an eye out for the Blues.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47It looks a bit cosy in there.
0:17:47 > 0:17:48What's that wonderful...
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Now, be careful what you are handling, Carlos.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54- Little...sorry.- Excuse me! HORN SOUNDS
0:17:54 > 0:17:55Naughty! Steady, Carlos.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- I was getting a grope there.- Sorry! - A grope!
0:17:58 > 0:18:02- You can do it again if you want... - I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Sorry, sorry about that.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Will you behave? I'm telling you what...
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Charles, you seem to have gone the same colour as your jacket.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13I feel so embarrassed... Sorry.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18Anyway...
0:18:18 > 0:18:19Back with the Reds.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22It's a little watercolour of Gibraltar.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- We went to Gibraltar when we were kids, didn't we?- Yeah.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27And it's cheap and cheerful.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29- £10.- £10, gosh.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32I like to pick these things up, just to see who they're by.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35But that's signed in pencil, Thornley...
0:18:35 > 0:18:38- Can't work that out, to be honest. - No, no...
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Can't work the date out either.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- But, you know, you can see the paper's faded at the edges.- Yeah.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- So it's got some age to it, hasn't it?- Yeah, that's probably '49.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49But, for £10, I mean, minimum bid at auction's a tenner pretty much.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50Two bids, and you've got a profit.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Easier said than done, JP.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Back to the Blues, and Carlos is back on his knees.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Charles...what do you think of this?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02What have you got there? Oh, that's interesting...
0:19:02 > 0:19:04- A riding crop. - Oh, that's nice.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07That is nice. Oh, my God, Brigitte, where did you find that?
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Oh, I can find a bargain.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11I like your style. That is nice.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13The reason I like, I like this is, straightway,
0:19:13 > 0:19:15it's not just the handle or the collar,
0:19:15 > 0:19:17which we normally look at.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19- It's the actual shaft. - I love it.- That's a very good shaft.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- Bamboo, is it?- It is bamboo in style.- Bamboo?- It is.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25So, the hallmark ought to be on the collar there,
0:19:25 > 0:19:28and it's marked with a big H for Hanson.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- I like your style, I like your style.- Oh, yeah, made for you, see.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- And, just here, very indistinct. - Come on, Hawk-eye...
0:19:34 > 0:19:35There it is, Hawk-eye's got the mark.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38It is Birmingham, and it is 1907.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39- Wow.- Bargain.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42With a lovely, lovely horn handle as well,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45but what really impresses me is the shaft.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46And it's worth at auction,
0:19:46 > 0:19:51probably...between £60 and £90.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52How much is it?
0:19:52 > 0:19:54148.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55Mate, it's a wonderful crop.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57You will not find a better one.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58Do you ride?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00THEY LAUGH
0:20:00 > 0:20:01What are you giggling at?
0:20:01 > 0:20:04I'll take that as a no then, girls.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Now, have those Reds come to a decision, 10 minutes left?
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- If we got that for like a fiver. - See what they say.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- It's, it's well painted. - It is, it is nice. I do like it.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16- Yeah, shall we go and ask?- Yeah.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Just the deal to seal then, Reds.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Meanwhile, the Blues need to crack the whip.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23To me, it's a big price,
0:20:23 > 0:20:26and really, if were going to get it down, we need some help,
0:20:26 > 0:20:29by, hopefully, a very keen dealer, do some business.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- Shall we cry for help?- Yes, I think we better had, yes.- Yeah, OK.
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Hello.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34Glenys?
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Glenys...?
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Oh, wait. She's with the Reds.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Hiya.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Just wondered...what would be the best on this picture?
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Let me have a look for you.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49- I'm sure Jane would do it for five for you.- A fiver.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50- SARAH:- Yay!
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- Shall we have it?- I think that's very good.- Yeah, thank you very much.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55- You can't lose on that, can you? - Thank you.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57And we've spent, probably, less than £100.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01Oh, well, less than £100. It's cheap and cheerful! Yes!
0:21:01 > 0:21:03- Tim will be disappointed. - THEY LAUGH
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Too right. I'll be having words.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Well done, all the same.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10It's another story though, with the Blues.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11Five minutes left.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Time to get negotiating with dealer, Sara.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17- OK, well...- We like this...
0:21:17 > 0:21:20So, what is your very bottom, bottom price?
0:21:20 > 0:21:24- GLASS SMASHES - Oh, Lord, that's smashed it.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26We can't take you anywhere, Brigitte.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28I guess that's another breakage I'll be forking out for.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Chequebook, please.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- I'm mortified! - Brigitte, look at me.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35The dealer is laughing,
0:21:35 > 0:21:38and we can do some business, can't we...still, Sara?
0:21:38 > 0:21:39Yes, we can still do business.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- Ask the question again. - Thank you, Sara.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- I'm too ashamed to ask now. - Get out of here!
0:21:43 > 0:21:46What would be your very bottom, bottom price on that?
0:21:46 > 0:21:48And pretty please.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51My absolute def would be £95.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Please don't break anything else.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55CHARLES LAUGHS
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Otherwise, this might be used on you, OK?
0:21:58 > 0:21:59- You ready?- Yes...
0:21:59 > 0:22:01No pressure, hey, Brig?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- So, are we having it?- Yep. - Come on then, right.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05- That's a deal, thank you very much. SARA:- Thank you.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Ah, they're still all friends.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Cheque's in the post, Sara.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10Time's up!
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Let's check out what the Red team bought, hey?
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Their first foray was fantastic Mr Fox.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18They shelled out £32.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Next, they forked out some dough on the Brighton Bun.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25£35 paid.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28And, finally, a rock bottom price of £5
0:22:28 > 0:22:31was paid for the Gibraltar watercolour.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33OK, girls. Well, you didn't spend so much, did you?
0:22:33 > 0:22:34BOTH: No...
0:22:34 > 0:22:36- How much, exactly?- £72.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40£72 on all three items.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Now, that is what I call cheap, cheap, cheap. £72.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47That means I want, 20... I want 228, please.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48228.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53So, which is your favourite... Miserable, I mean, um...
0:22:53 > 0:22:54Which is your favourite purchase?
0:22:54 > 0:23:00- We bought a lovely Lea Stein brooch that is so beautiful, so...- Yeah.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01..that's my favourite.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- One of those lovely plastic ones? - Yes, yeah.- Yeah. Exactly. OK.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05Edwina, what's your favourite?
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Well, I like the brooch as well,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11but I also like the Gibraltar picture,
0:23:11 > 0:23:12the watercolour,
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- cos it reminds us of a childhood holiday we had.- Yeah.- OK.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18- So I do like that as well.- So, you've got two personal favourites.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20And which piece is going to bring the biggest profit?
0:23:20 > 0:23:25- I think it's the picture, cos it was so cheap.- Yeah, very cheap.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Yeah, you both lit up there with the cheap word. Look at that.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32OK, JP, it's clearly been one of those days for you today.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35But it does mean that you can go now and run riot, doesn't it?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Oh, yes.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40And, because they're adamant they want to save money,
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- I might just now blow the lot of it. - BOTH: Aw!
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- You can be a bit contrary like that, can't you?- Oh, yes.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47- Anarchy!- OK.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Well, good fun.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blue team bought, hey?
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Their first item was the button hook and shoehorn.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57They paid £12.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01Next up, they paid £35 for the desk stand with inkwell.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07And, finally, they had a whip round for the riding crop at £95.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- Well, was that good, Brig?- Loved it. - Was it.- Loved it, yes.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13- All right for you, Bettes? - Oh, I loved it, yeah.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16- And you've bought everything inside this shop?- We did.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18- We didn't need to go anywhere else. - Exactly.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20- One-stop shopping, hey? - That's right, yes.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Now which is your favourite bit, Brig?
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- It's got to be my crop, my crop, my riding crop.- Really?
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- You're a bit like that, are you? - Oh, yes.- Yeah, a bit of stick.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30- OK, fine.- A bit of leather. - Bettes, what about you?
0:24:30 > 0:24:33I like the inkwell. We bought a nice wooden...with the glass.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- That's your favourite, is it?- Yeah.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Which piece is going to bring the biggest profit?
0:24:37 > 0:24:38- Oh, my crop.- The inkwell.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41OK. Very nice to be linked like this, isn't it?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43And you spent how much in total?
0:24:43 > 0:24:44- 142.- 142.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49142. Then, I would like 158...please.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50158, thank you.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- 158 goes straight over to Carlos. - Thank you very much.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- Now, you love to go and blow the lot, don't you?- Yeah, I do,
0:24:55 > 0:24:57and I intend to, the whole lot.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Anyway, buck up, because we're about to shove off to the auction.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01Thank you very much.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Well, we've come 62 miles from Hay-on-Wye
0:25:14 > 0:25:16to the outskirts of Shrewsbury
0:25:16 > 0:25:18to Halls Auction House
0:25:18 > 0:25:21to be with Andrew Beeston, our auctioneer du jour.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- Andrew.- Thank you very much. Good to see you.- Nice to be here.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26What a mixture we've got, hey?
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Now, the Reds have gone with the Lea Stein plastic brooch.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32- These are quite popular, aren't they?- They are.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36This one's quite late, being 1990s, um...
0:25:36 > 0:25:42The fox motif sometimes isn't to everybody's, um, taste.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46Maybe been a...tad optimistic with the estimate...
0:25:46 > 0:25:48- Which is?- £25 to £30.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50- OK, well, our team paid £32.- Hmm...
0:25:50 > 0:25:53And I don't know, every time I see one of these coming up,
0:25:53 > 0:25:56I'm always surprised as to how well it does, actually.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00Yeah, the earlier ones, 1950s ones, do really well.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Er, this is quite late.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04All right, fine, well, we'll see what happens.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05Let's be positive and optimistic.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Now, what about these candlesticks?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Er...Brighton Bun form.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Right, what does that mean?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14They sort of come apart and go back together again
0:26:14 > 0:26:18and form the shape of a popular pastry.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21The original ones were sort of campaign candlesticks
0:26:21 > 0:26:24from the 18th century in brass or silver.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26I think I've seen them in brass or silver
0:26:26 > 0:26:28but never in turned wood, like this.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30And, what about the price, Andrew?
0:26:30 > 0:26:3420 to 40 as a useful pair of candlesticks, really.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Well, our team paid an unbelievable £35.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40You wouldn't catch me paying £35 for these, I have to tell you.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41And let's again be optimistic.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44- Have you ever been to Gibraltar? - I haven't, unfortunately.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Me neither.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49So, I don't know whether this is a good view of the Rock or not.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- It's quite a pleasant watercolour, isn't it?- It is, it is.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54It's signed T Thornley,
0:26:54 > 0:26:58possibly a follower of William Thornley.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02William Thornley, a marine artist of the 19th century.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06Well, probably not going to be in the realms of William Thornley
0:27:06 > 0:27:09in estimate, though.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11- So, what is the price, do you think? - £10 to £15.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Well, they only paid £5 for it.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15- I fancy it's just an amateur hand. - Yeah.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Maybe a naval officer visiting the Port of Gibraltar
0:27:18 > 0:27:21and doing a bit of a watercolour.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23OK, fine. Well, there's a possibility of a profit there.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26I don't see anything whopping, though, do you?
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- There are sort of playing it safe, aren't they?- They seem to be,
0:27:29 > 0:27:32and that's probably why they try to spend the minimal amount of money.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Only £72.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Anyway, I fancy they're going to need their bonus buy,
0:27:36 > 0:27:38so let's go and have a look at it.
0:27:39 > 0:27:40Now, hey, girls, this is fun, isn't it?
0:27:40 > 0:27:41BOTH: It is.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Your strategy was to spend practically nothing.
0:27:44 > 0:27:45- BOTH: Yep. - Yep.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47And you only spent £72, so you succeeded there.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49You gave JP £228,
0:27:49 > 0:27:52and I fancy he said he was going to possibly blow the lot.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55- So, JP, show us what you bought. - Ooh, better not.
0:27:55 > 0:27:56I was in that mood that day.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58I thought maybe I would go and blow the lot,
0:27:58 > 0:28:01and what I've found was, I thought I'd find something feminine
0:28:01 > 0:28:02and a little bit of jewellery.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04- Oh, wow!- So there we have.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Um, it's a little silver brooch. I think it's Scottish.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11It's very much in the tradition of Iona, one of the Scottish islands.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13They had a cottage industry there,
0:28:13 > 0:28:16producing...silverwares with this sort of
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Nordic type of style about it.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20I mean, it's the Celtic and Nordic influences,
0:28:20 > 0:28:22so you have these boats and you sometimes have...
0:28:22 > 0:28:25I don't know, sort of knot designs and things like that.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27If you put it on the scales,
0:28:27 > 0:28:29you're looking at probably about 1.5lb worth of silver.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31So, you know, the metal has no bearing
0:28:31 > 0:28:34other than it is a precious metal.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37It's all about style, this, um...
0:28:37 > 0:28:39- I do like that.- It's really pretty.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41- Can I hold it?- Course you can, yeah. Here you are.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44And, what did you pay for it, first?
0:28:44 > 0:28:46Er...I paid...
0:28:46 > 0:28:48£30.
0:28:48 > 0:28:49BOTH: Oh!
0:28:49 > 0:28:52And what do you think it could make in auction?
0:28:52 > 0:28:53If it were Iona, then,
0:28:53 > 0:28:56- you'd expect it to make maybe £70, £80 perhaps.- Yeah.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58£60, £70, £80.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00If not, it might only squeeze a small profit.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03So, girls, do you think you're going to pin all your hopes on it?
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- Hmm, don't know, it's nice though. - I do like it.
0:29:06 > 0:29:07I think it's beautiful.
0:29:07 > 0:29:12- And I have a piece of Iona... A brooch at home.- Oh, yeah, you do.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15You do? Well, there you are. I knew that, of course.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17- Of course.- Yes, yes.- Of course, yes.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19So, yeah, it's gorgeous.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22OK, well, you, you seem to be hot to trot for that, girls, yeah?
0:29:22 > 0:29:23Well, you don't decide right now,
0:29:23 > 0:29:26you decide after the sale of your first three items.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27But let's find out from the auctioneer
0:29:27 > 0:29:30what he thinks about JP's brooch.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35Now, Andrew, on the surface, that doesn't look dazzling, does it?
0:29:35 > 0:29:36Not really.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40It's based on the designs of a silversmith
0:29:40 > 0:29:43called Alexander Ritchie, um...
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Scottish silversmith on the island of Iona.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50And this is sort of a follower of in sterling silver.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52But not hallmarked.
0:29:52 > 0:29:53Not hallmarked.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57Therefore... £25, £35 as a decorative bar brooch.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01- Well, JP paid £30. He's paid the right price.- Yeah.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04And if there's some Scot tuning in on the internet,
0:30:04 > 0:30:06- it might do all right, mightn't it? - It could do, yeah.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08OK. Good.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12Now, Brigitte and Betty have gone for this wacky group.
0:30:12 > 0:30:18A button hook and a shoehorn with silver handles. Any good?
0:30:18 > 0:30:25George V silver-handled button hook and shoehorn in an associated box.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28We see a lot of these. We really do.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30There are collectors of them.
0:30:30 > 0:30:35But the availability is such that nobody really pays a lot for them.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38- Like how much?- £15, £25.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41That's OK, our lot only paid £12. So that's £6 each.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44So they've done brilliantly on that. They might even make a profit.
0:30:44 > 0:30:49- Possibly.- What a miracle. Now, the ink stand.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52So we've got a decent bottle
0:30:52 > 0:30:55and a rather dull, brass and ebonized base.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58We have indeed.
0:30:58 > 0:31:03- But it's a pressed glass bottle rather than cut.- Oh.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05- So, cheap?- Well...
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Yes, it's a cheaper version of the cut glass inkwell.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- OK, how much?- £40 to £60.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Oh, fret not, £35 our team paid.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15They seem to be paying the right
0:31:15 > 0:31:17money for their stuff even though it's not much cop.
0:31:17 > 0:31:22OK, now, finally, talking about cop, comes the crop. OK.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24And of course, this is an equestrian area, isn't it,
0:31:24 > 0:31:27- all around Shrewsbury? - Oh, very much so, yes.
0:31:27 > 0:31:32This crop with a silver mount, 1907, for the make in Narborough.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36Best known, really, for the military swagger sticks.
0:31:36 > 0:31:41- Particular maker of mounts but it's in good condition.- Yeah.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Antler handle on there.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47- And what's it worth?- About £30, £40. - Is that all?- Well...
0:31:47 > 0:31:52- Not much, is it? - Well, you know, it's a riding crop.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55OK, fine, well, our lot paid £95 for it.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59If it was a swagger stick by this maker, then...
0:31:59 > 0:32:02OK, well, what happens if we just chop the leather bit off the end
0:32:02 > 0:32:04and turn it into a swagger stick? How's that?
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Oh, I think they might notice.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08On this basis, this team is definitely going to need
0:32:08 > 0:32:10its bonus buy.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Let's crack on and have a look at it.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16Ah, Brigitte and Bettes.
0:32:16 > 0:32:22You spent 142, you gave Charles £158 which is quite a responsibility.
0:32:22 > 0:32:23- It is, Tim.- Why did you do?
0:32:23 > 0:32:26It's always nice to spend, spend, spend but when I saw this
0:32:26 > 0:32:28I had to buy it because the art of auctioneering
0:32:28 > 0:32:31is sometimes conducting.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33- Oh, that's nice.- That's nice. - Are you ready? OK.
0:32:33 > 0:32:38Because within is a wonderful old conductor's baton.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40- Well, take it out.- Wow. - Put it together for me.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43- Just screws together, does it? - Absolutely, so out it comes.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45And the reason I like this is it's by Boosey
0:32:45 > 0:32:46who are a leading manufacturer,
0:32:46 > 0:32:50they've been making these batons for many years.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Prior, they were a firm established
0:32:52 > 0:32:54in the late 18th century.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Ebonized and silver, Tim.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58And it's amazing the market for these online.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02There's a huge collector's market, it's in good condition, the tip...
0:33:02 > 0:33:04- Is this silver?- It is, hallmarked
0:33:04 > 0:33:06for circa 1905, 1910.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08And it's just, Tim, I feel,
0:33:08 > 0:33:11a really good baton of its type
0:33:11 > 0:33:14by a really good name and of a quality with silver marks.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16- And ready to go, right?- And good to go.- How much did you pay?
0:33:16 > 0:33:17Well, I'll tell you.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19I think it's worth,
0:33:19 > 0:33:21probably at auction, I'd hope,
0:33:21 > 0:33:24pushing the boat out 100 to 150.
0:33:24 > 0:33:29- Maybe 118 to 120. And I've bought it for you.- Especially.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31For the both of you, £95.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35- Ooph. Right.- Well, that's hot, isn't it?- Hot to trot.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- £95 and he sees it as 100 to 150. Yes?- Yes.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40I think you're reaching for the right note, though, Charles.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42- Hope so, Tim.- Good.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46On that, I think we should move on and find out
0:33:46 > 0:33:48what the auctioneer thinks about Charles' baton.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Well, Andrew, how about that for a baton?
0:33:52 > 0:33:55Oh, two-section baton.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58- Early 20th century.- Yeah, what a nice thing, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00I mean, that's ebony and solid silver
0:34:00 > 0:34:02and it's made by Boosey & Co, look.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05It is a good...good retailer.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09- I think founded in around 1760.- Oh, were they?
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Still going, publishers of music.
0:34:12 > 0:34:13And they retail instruments too, I think.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17But that's a fantastic bright-cut thing, as you say, in two sections
0:34:17 > 0:34:20and we've got this little presentation card here
0:34:20 > 0:34:25from the Palace theatre, presumably in Orpington, which is rather sweet.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28A little bit of provenance there with it, which is always nice.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31What sort of money do you get for them?
0:34:31 > 0:34:3380 to 120.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Well, you've struck the right note there because Hanson,
0:34:36 > 0:34:39our maestro conductor paid only £95 for it.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41- Should be on song with that.- Ooph.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44How long have you been thinking of that for, Andrew?
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Anyway, good luck today on the rostrum.
0:34:46 > 0:34:47- Thank you.- Thank you very much.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53Right, Andrew, grab your gavel and rise to your rostrum.
0:34:54 > 0:34:59- So, girls...what's your expectation, Edwina?- Um...
0:34:59 > 0:35:03I think maybe we paid a little bit too much for the brooch.
0:35:03 > 0:35:04Yeah, it's still beautiful though.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Listen, you girls, you only paid £72 for the whole shebang
0:35:07 > 0:35:09so you can't have paid too much.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11I reckon you're going to be all right
0:35:11 > 0:35:14and then you've got the bar brooch to fall back on if you need to.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17- You happy with that?- Yeah.- Yeah. - We like that brooch, don't we?
0:35:17 > 0:35:18Now, your first item
0:35:18 > 0:35:20is old fox face, the brooch.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Lea Stine brooch and here it comes.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Straightaway, I'm bid £10, £15.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26At 15, 20, 25, 30,
0:35:26 > 0:35:2835, 40 in the room.
0:35:28 > 0:35:29Yes!
0:35:29 > 0:35:32- At 40, internet, you're out. - I told you you'd be all right.
0:35:32 > 0:35:3640, 45, fresh bidder, fresh bidder at £45.
0:35:36 > 0:35:3850 on the internet.
0:35:38 > 0:35:4055 in the room.
0:35:40 > 0:35:41Look at this, girls.
0:35:41 > 0:35:4355 internet, you're out.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46At £55.
0:35:46 > 0:35:47GAVEL BANGS
0:35:47 > 0:35:48- Brilliant.- Yes!
0:35:48 > 0:35:51Plus £23. Easy, peasy. Here we go.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Now here comes your travelling candlesticks.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58Start me at £10, 10. £10 at the start, unusual lot.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00£10 to start the bidding, where are you? 10?
0:36:00 > 0:36:0510 bid, 12? £10 starters bid.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08- 'Should be 12.'- Come on. - 'At £10 starters bid...'- Uh-oh.- No!
0:36:08 > 0:36:12Make no mistakes. £10 only.
0:36:12 > 0:36:13GAVEL BANGS
0:36:13 > 0:36:18- £10.- It's minus 25, which means you are minus £2.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Now, Gibraltar, look out.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Yes, here we go, back up again.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24Start the bidding £10. 10?
0:36:24 > 0:36:2710 and start. £10, no?
0:36:27 > 0:36:3010 on the internet. Internet bidder at 10.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33- 10, 10, that's fine.- Come on. - Bit of profit.- It's a profit.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36£10 internet bid, make no mistakes.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39Don't believe it, that's plus £5 which means, girls,
0:36:39 > 0:36:42- you are plus £3.- Yes! - That's £1 each.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45One for Jonathan, one for Sarah and one for Edwina.
0:36:45 > 0:36:46OK, now, what are you going to do?
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Are you going to go with the bar brooch?
0:36:48 > 0:36:50I do really like it, I must say. I think it's...
0:36:50 > 0:36:54- Well, they went for the Lea Stein. - Yeah. Let's go... Shall we go for it?
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- Yeah, we'll go for it.- We're going to go for it. No, we're going.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59- You like it?- Yeah. - You like it, don't you?- Yeah.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03You like it, you rate it. He spent £30 on it. You're going to do it?
0:37:03 > 0:37:05- Yes.- We will do.- OK.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Well, despite having a magnificent profit of £3,
0:37:07 > 0:37:10the girls are going with the bonus buy.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14And now you've decided to go with it, JP paid £30, the estimate
0:37:14 > 0:37:17from the auctioneer is £25 to £35, so that's right in the middle.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20And with any luck, it's on the internet, you'll do all right, OK?
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Anyway, decision's made, we're going with the brooch, here it comes.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27£20, 20? Iona bar brooch, £20.
0:37:27 > 0:37:28£10 is bid, £10 bid.
0:37:28 > 0:37:3315 on the internet. 20 in the room. At 20.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35- Go on.- Come on, one more.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37- Bid's in the room, you're out on the net.- Come on, net.
0:37:37 > 0:37:38Come on, Internet.
0:37:38 > 0:37:4025 on the internet.
0:37:40 > 0:37:41- Yes.- Go on.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43REDS: Go on! One more!
0:37:43 > 0:37:49£25, it's an internet bid, you're out at £25.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51- Oh, no.- No! GAVEL BANGS
0:37:51 > 0:37:52What a tragedy.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55Oh, no, £25, that's minus £5,
0:37:55 > 0:37:57you're back at being minus £2.
0:37:57 > 0:38:02- Oh, no. Never mind.- Minus £2. No folding money to go home with.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06- But listen, it could be a winning score very easily, right?- Yeah.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08- Could be, couldn't it? - Yeah, could be.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Look at that face. I'm so sorry.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13- Anyway, listen, don't say a thing to the Blues.- No.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15- OK, lovely stuff. Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- Happy, girls?- Yes.- Yes.- Do you know how the Reds got on?- No.- No.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Good, we don't want you to know.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28Right, first up then is the button hook set jobbie.
0:38:28 > 0:38:29And here it comes.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32- Let's start the bidding nice and quickly, £10.- Come on.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34'10, £10 to start, 10?'
0:38:34 > 0:38:35- 10 bid.- Come on.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- 15 on the net.- Yes!- 18 in the room.
0:38:39 > 0:38:4120 on the internet.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43- 25 in the room.- 25!
0:38:43 > 0:38:4425.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46- This is remarkable, girls.- Come on.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49You're out on the internet, at £25.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Seated bid at 25...
0:38:52 > 0:38:53GAVEL BANGS
0:38:53 > 0:38:55- BLUES: Yes! - Come on.- That's £13.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58- Plus £13, how good's that? - Very good.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Lot number 234, the Victorian ebonized
0:39:00 > 0:39:04and coromandel veneered desk stand.
0:39:04 > 0:39:05- I really like this.- This is nice.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08£30, 30? £30? 30 on the internet.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12- Internet bid at 30. At £30, should be 5.- One more.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14- 35.- Yes!
0:39:14 > 0:39:15- Now, one more.- At £35 seated.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17One more, Charles, you need a profit, please.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20- 40 on the internet.- Yes!- Yes!
0:39:20 > 0:39:23At £40, make no mistakes.
0:39:23 > 0:39:24GAVEL BANGS
0:39:24 > 0:39:27- Yes, profit, good.- £40, it's plus £5 it means you're plus 18, team.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31- Yes.- Great. - Now, here comes this old crop.
0:39:31 > 0:39:36Start the bidding, you've all seen it. £20. 20 and start. 20?
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Where are you? £20. 20 bid. £20 bid.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Come on.
0:39:40 > 0:39:4225 on the internet.
0:39:42 > 0:39:43- 30 in the room.- Come on.
0:39:43 > 0:39:44Is this ours?
0:39:44 > 0:39:4635 on the internet.
0:39:46 > 0:39:47Let's ride us home.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49At £35. 40 now?
0:39:49 > 0:39:52£35, make no mistakes.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56Internet bidder at £35.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57GAVEL BANGS
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Listen, team. That's £35, which is minus £60,
0:40:00 > 0:40:04which means overall you are minus £42.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08- Oh, no. Well, we're going to have to go.- You're minus 42.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10What are you going to do about the old baton?
0:40:10 > 0:40:13- We're going to have to go for it. - We've got faith in Charles.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17- Have you?- Yeah.- Yeah.- Why's that? - Let's roll.- Because he's lovely.- OK.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19You've got faith in Charles cos he's lovely.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21- Anyway, we're going with the bonus buy?- Yes.
0:40:21 > 0:40:22We're definitely going with it.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- Thank you, team.- Absolutely. - We're going with the bonus buy.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27I have to tell you now the auctioneer's estimate
0:40:27 > 0:40:30- is £80 to £120.- Wow.- Let's roll. - You paid £95, Charles.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32You paid the right price, apparently,
0:40:32 > 0:40:33according to the auctioneer.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37If he's right and you get £120, you guys are nearly out of trouble.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Right, here we go. Let's be positive. Here comes the baton.
0:40:40 > 0:40:46This is a two section conductor's baton with a silver mount.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50Where are we going to start? Should be £100. 60 to start me. 60?
0:40:50 > 0:40:53£60 to start the bidding. 60 on the internet.
0:40:53 > 0:40:54Let's roll.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56- 80, 85.- Come on, madam.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58- Oh, well done.- Let's go.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00£90 is in the room.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03- Fair warning, internet, at £90. - One more, go on.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Conductor should be bidding on this.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07At £90, 5 now?
0:41:07 > 0:41:09At 90.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- GAVEL BANGS - Disappointed.- Never mind, we tried.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15- You did, you did, you punted. - Yeah, sorry, team.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18Minus 47.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20- Listen, girls...- Never mind.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24It's minus £47, all right, which could be a winning score.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27So say nothing to the Reds, all right? Bad luck though, Charles.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31- Thanks, Tim. - So close but yet so far.- Brilliant.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39- Well, teams, this has been great fun today, hasn't it?- It has.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42- Have you not loved it? You two sisters haven't fallen out?- No.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46- And you two friends haven't fallen out?- No, not yet.- Not yet, great.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Now, do you know what the results are today?
0:41:48 > 0:41:49- ALL: No. - No idea?
0:41:49 > 0:41:50- BLUES: No. - Just as well.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Well, I'm afraid nobody's going home with any cash.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54ALL: Oh!
0:41:54 > 0:41:57So you're safe on that front but there is a bit of a gap
0:41:57 > 0:42:01and the team with the most losses today by quite a chalk are...
0:42:01 > 0:42:02the Blues.
0:42:02 > 0:42:03Oh, no!
0:42:03 > 0:42:05Yes, Betty.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07REDS: Losers!
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Oh, I don't think that's very nice.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13We have runners-up on this programme, actually.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Anyway, there we go, runners-up, bad luck.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18And that minus £60 on the riding crop did you in, really, didn't it?
0:42:18 > 0:42:20- Yes.- My fault, then.- Her fault.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Well, I wouldn't say it's anybody's fault, it just wasn't today's sale
0:42:23 > 0:42:27for that particular object cos it torpedoed your chances at minus 47.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Apart from that, you were doing rather well.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Yes. So, I'm sorry about that. But you've been really British about it.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Great stiff upper lip.
0:42:34 > 0:42:39And the victors today managed to win by only losing £2.
0:42:39 > 0:42:40Yes!
0:42:40 > 0:42:41Minus £2.
0:42:41 > 0:42:46£23 profit on that plastic brooch was quite something else, wasn't it?
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- Yeah, that was good.- It was. And a nice profit on Gibraltar.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52The cheapest watercolour this side of the Andes.
0:42:52 > 0:42:53And you went with the bonus buy
0:42:53 > 0:42:55when that, unfortunately,
0:42:55 > 0:42:57didn't help you on your way there.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59- So there we go. It's the rollercoaster of life, yes?- It is.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01- But you had a good time, sissies? - Yes, brilliant.- We have.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03We loved having you on the show.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05In fact, join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?
0:43:05 > 0:43:07ALL: Yes!