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Famous for its festival of literature,

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Hay-on-Wye is quite literally bursting with books...

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..by inspirational authors

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like Shakespeare, Hemingway, Orwell and...

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Oh, look.

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No time to relax up,

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let's go bargain hunting, yeah!

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Bound by 60 minutes,

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our teams will each be issued with £300.

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They will leaf through

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and make their selection of three special items

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for sale at auction.

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The team with the biggest margin will be declared the winner.

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OK? Well, here's a sneaky peek as to what's coming up.

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On today's show, Charles finds himself in hot water with the Blues.

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-Stop it...

-You can do it again if you want to...

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I'm sorry, I'm sorry!

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Whilst the Reds boil over with excitement at the auction.

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Yes!

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Well, we've got some top teams on the show today, I tell you.

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We have sisters for the Reds, Edwina and Sarah.

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And, for the Blues, we have friends, Brigitte and Betty.

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-Hello, everyone.

-ALL: Hello.

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Lovely to see you. Now, Edwina, you arrived very promptly today,

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and promptness is part of your make-up, isn't it?

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Yeah, I work as a consultant with schools around school attendance.

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The other thing we do though, sometimes,

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is we encourage children to go to school.

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So, I have been known to dress up as a giant cat

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and go into a reception class

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and scare the bejeebers out of some four and five-year-old children

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who I'm supposed to be encouraging to go to school,

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but I probably have the opposite effect.

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Now, Sarah, I'm told you're a bit of a mean baker.

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Well, I like to think I am.

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I run my own little company, erm, baking celebration cakes

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and also cakes that I sell at markets

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around Shropshire and Staffordshire.

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And, typically, in a week, how many cakes would you bake, then?

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Do you bake 50 cakes a week, or 100 cakes? How does it work?

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That depends on what I'm selling and where I'm selling.

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-Like last week, I had enough to sell about £400 worth of cakes.

-Really?!

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-Yeah.

-That's a lot of cakes, isn't it?

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-And I sold out of them all is well.

-Did you?

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-That's how good they are.

-THEY LAUGH

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-Well, you're a good investment for the business.

-Thank you.

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Now, what sort of things will you two sisters

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be going for today on Bargain Hunt?

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BOTH: Cheap and cheerful! THEY LAUGH

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-We like a bargain.

-We do. We like a bargain, yes.

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So, that's your strategy, then,

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-spend as little as possible?

-BOTH: Yes.

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OK, all I can say is,

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-Hay-on-Wye, watch out.

-THEY LAUGH

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Now, Blues. Brigitte, tell me, how did you two meet?

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We met at work.

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-I was taken on at the hospital, and I took Bette's job.

-Yeah.

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-And then about two, three years later, she came back.

-Yeah.

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So, obviously, we worked together, and we became friends.

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And what is your job at the hospital?

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We're telephonists, we work on the switchboard of the hospital.

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-Oh, do you?

-Yes.

-So, you know exactly what's going on?

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Oh, yes, yes!

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Now, tell me, is it true that you telephonists

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can listen in to all the conversations, or is that a fallacy?

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-Oh, it's a fallacy.

-Is it?

-Yes.

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-You can't listen in, not even a little bit?

-No.

-Yes, we can.

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-Yes, we can!

-THEY LAUGH

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I knew you...! I knew that happened!

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-We can, but we don't.

-We're not allowed to.

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-Oh, no, you don't do it...

-We don't do it.

-But you could do it!

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We could do it if we really wanted to.

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If you really wanted to know what the consultants

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-were saying about her! No...

-THEY LAUGH

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Only joking.

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Now, Betty, you have worked in the health service for ever, have you?

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-No, I was RAF to start.

-Were you?

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-What did you do when you are in the...?

-I was a telephonist.

-Never!

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-Yes, and I stayed with it, yeah.

-Really?

-Yeah, I love the job.

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And as a result of your exposure in the RAF,

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you have a passion for militaria, don't you?

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I do indeed, cos when I left the hospital for two years,

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I went to work at the SAS camp.

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And I was able to buy quite a lot of stuff, you know, items of their...

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-Secret equipment.

-The tools.

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-Things that you're not allowed to talk about, right?

-Yeah.

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I'd have to kill you if I tell you.

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THEY LAUGH

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Bettes, that's the trouble with you special agents, isn't it?

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So, what's your battle plan, then?

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-Quality, and make lots of money.

-Yes.

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-So you're going to spend a lot, then?

-Well, if we can.

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They're going to spend nothing

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-and you're going to spend everything.

-We're going to win then.

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Well, there you go. This is going to be fun.

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Now, the money moment. £300 apiece.

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You know the rules.

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Your experts await,

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and off you go!

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And very, very, very good luck.

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I think today we're going to have a battle royal, don't you?

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Our two terrific teams need two tremendous teachers.

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Hoping to beat the opposition today,

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it's Jonathan Pratt with the Reds.

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And hoping to teach JP a lesson,

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it's Charles Hanson for the Blues.

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It's a lovely blue sky today.

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-CHARLES:

-It's a wonderful day.

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What are we going to buy?

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Er, we're going for cheap and cheerful, I think.

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Cheap and cheerful?

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-Spend big, and win.

-Oh, I like that! Yourself?

-Yes, the same.

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Just want to spend as little money as possible.

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And as make as much profit.

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-And upset Tim in the process.

-Yes!

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Brilliant stuff, let's go, come on.

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-Follow my lead.

-THEY LAUGH

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To begin at the beginning,

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your time, teams, starts now.

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SHOP BELL RINGS

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Right, teams, so many shops, so little time.

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Hmm. Looks like the Reds are having a right royal knees up.

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-Look at that.

-Yeah.

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-That's surely not real diamonds.

-No, no.

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-A bit of fun though.

-Yeah.

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It's fancy dress, it's children's...

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They love dressing up as princesses.

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-OK, ready, go.

-OK, we need a fanfare.

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THEY IMITATE FANFARE

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-Oh, it fits.

-Oh, yes! THEY LAUGH

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Oh, do I look like the Queen?

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Oh, that's lovely.

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-You felt regal as well, did you?

-Yes, I did.

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I wonder how much that is.

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Best ask Paul, the shop manager.

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-How much is the...?

-That's £195.

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THEY GASP

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-Deep gasp and intake of breath.

-Yeah.

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Oh-oh, a king's ransom price tag.

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Time to check in with BH's very own Prince Charles.

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-What you think of that, ladies?

-Colourful.

-Isn't it nice?

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What we've got here is just a nice...

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It's a lead-glaze earthenware.

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It's...got almost a maritime feel

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in that you've got the anchor on the shell work.

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It's a sweet majolica jug.

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-Probably worth between £20 and £30 because...

-Cracks at the bottom.

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Well, you know what, I know, but it's 120 years old.

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I suppose, in retrospect, it's been used, hasn't it?

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As we age, we bruise, don't we?

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We bruise, and get a bit older and wrinkly.

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These objects get a bit crackly.

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-Speak for yourself.

-Oh, right, sorry.

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Oh, these Blues love a bit of banter.

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Now, Reds, remember, your cunning strategy,

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cheap and cheerful. Any joy?

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This Bakelite stuff, see the Fox there,

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it's a lady called Lea Stein.

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-Oh, yes!

-There!

-And she sells quite well, doesn't she?

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-She can do.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, she can do.

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-I like the eyes, the shape of the eyes.

-Yeah.

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The sort of lady of the '30s, '20s or '30s,

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would have a stole of fox fur hanging down,

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and it's meant to drape, isn't it?

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So...that's sort of where the idea, I suppose, comes from.

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-And what, what, is it made of Bakelite?

-It's Bakelite.

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-It is Bakelite.

-Which is a sort of, you know, an early plastic.

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-See, I would buy that.

-Yeah, I like that, actually.

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I like the eyes of it.

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-Says here £56.

-THEY GASP

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-And it is red for the Red team.

-BOTH: It is!

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-A cunning red fox.

-I just do really like that.

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They have occasionally come up at auction,

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but they are smaller value.

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You're not going to get a roaring profit...

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but it's buying what you like.

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And then you just hope there are other ladies in the room

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that will like the same thing.

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It's quite faded, isn't it, that...label?

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So, looks like he's had it here quite a while.

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Well spotted, Sarah.

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-We could be helping him out.

-Yeah, we could be.

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Wanting to get rid of it.

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Oh, Paul's back, look.

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-SARAH:

-What's your best price on this?

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I'd do that for 42.

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Could you do it for...30?

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Erm, meet you halfway, do 35?

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BOTH: 35...

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I do really like that but

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and it's something I would buy and wear myself.

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-Yeah. I think ladies would like that.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

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Could you do it for 32?

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-Go on, then.

-32?

-Yeah.

-Brilliant, OK.

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-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-32?

-Yeah.

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-PAUL:

-You'd like it?

-Our first buy!

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-Yes, thank you. Oh, fantastic.

-Brilliant.

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I'm so excited. Brilliant.

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Good work, girls. One item bought.

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Although, you know, you can't keep it, right?

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OK, team, onward and upwards!

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Where to? Straight on?

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-Straight on.

-Come on then.

-DOG BARKS

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Down, boy!

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Not you, Charles.

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Get up, man.

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-Oh, Charles, I like that.

-What have you found?

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It's a shoehorn and a button doer upper.

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Yeah, what do we think of that? Is that silver or...?

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-Yeah, it is silver, wow.

-That's lovely.

-Good for you.

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What do you think of this little lot here?

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Come on, Brigitte, pay attention.

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-It's pretty.

-Isn't it?

-Yeah.

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I don't know if the box is original,

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but what you obviously have is a shoehorn

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which will have a glossy chrome-plated horn...

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And then the handles which ought to be

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very indistinctly...marked silver.

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-Oh, wow.

-They're marked, they're Birmingham.

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They're about 1916.

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And the boot hook is also quite nice.

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You've got the, again, silver handle,

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which will have very indistinct marks.

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-Is it...a matching pair, obviously?

-Yeah, quite a sweet lot, really.

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I would say, if they came into my saleroom,

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I would say to a vendor,

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the two together would probably make between £15 and £20.

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-How much are they?

-22.

-Yeah...

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So, really, unless they were a tenner...

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-Yeah.

-And then, you might only make £5.

-Right.

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-But they're nice.

-Would it be something that sells?

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Yes, very much so. Commercially, it's a thumbs up from me.

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They're good.

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So, all we need now is someone to do a deal with.

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Cue Glenys.

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Come stand by me.

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OK, ladies, do your stuff.

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-We quite like this.

-Mm-hm.

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-It's marked up at £22.

-Yeah.

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-What would be your best on that?

-I could do it for 15 for you.

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15, Charles, what do you think?

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Maybe 12? Can you do it for 12, please?

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-BRIGITTE:

-Pretty please!

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Mm...

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-Yes, OK.

-Yes!

-£12?

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-Thank you very much.

-Yeah.

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-Shall we say going...

-BOTH: Going...

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Gone!

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-We'll sell it, no, we'll buy it!

-Thank you.

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Shake her hand, there we go.

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Awkward...

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Well done, Glenys.

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Excellent, girls! So 25 minutes in,

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and our two teams are level pegging with one item apiece.

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Over the road, with the Reds,

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shop owner Sally is waxing lyrical about a couple of curios.

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-SALLY:

-I'll just show you ladies the Brighton Bun.

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Oh, it's a candlestick.

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It's what aristocratic ladies used when they were travelling.

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BOTH: Oh!

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-A sort of...

-It's just quirky.

-It is quirky, isn't it?

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-The finish is, you know...

-It's a bit rough, isn't it?

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-Well...

-SALLY:

-It's old, like me.

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THEY LAUGH

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But, you know, when, there's rough and there's that sort of, you know,

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-that worn lived-in sort of feel.

-BOTH: Yeah.

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Remember, girls, cheap and cheerful.

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-How much would that be?

-They're 48.

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EDWINA: Oh, dear, it's a bit dear, isn't it?

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-SARAH:

-Yeah.

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Um...could you come down a little?

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I'd do 40.

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-JONATHAN:

-Oh, right, so you wouldn't go down to 20, then?

-No.

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I'd do 38.

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I know nothing about them, I've never seen them before...

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And, if I have, they'd probably gone into, you know...

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-They came from a very old...antique dealers' collection.

-OK.

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-I don't know, what do you think?

-I don't know.

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I think they're a bit expensive for what we're looking for, really.

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-For auction?

-Cheap and cheerful, then...

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No, I don't think so, but thank you very much...

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-No, you're very welcome.

-It's a lovely item though.

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-It's just something a bit different.

-SARAH:

-It is, yeah.

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I mean, if it could be about 35...

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-Yes, go on, I will.

-JONATHAN:

-Want to try it at £35?

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Shall we give it a go?

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I'm out of my comfort zone, OK?

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I've no idea, it's a bit of a punt.

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I think they're just that little bit different though.

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They just feel so nice. They feel smooth...

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That's what treen, that's why people are attracted to treen,

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-because it's a very, you know, it's wood, it's tactile.

-Yeah.

-It is.

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-It just feels so nice.

-Warm to the touch.

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-SARAH:

-I suppose, when it's together, it does look like a bun.

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Yeah, yeah. OK.

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-Shall we go for it?

-35?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

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-That'd be great, thank you very much.

-Thank you.

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-Right, two down, wonderful.

-Thank you.

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Oooh!

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You just can't get away from your love of baking, hey, Sarah?

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The Brighton Bun for the Reds making up their second item.

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Talking of food, here's something rather nutty.

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Now, I've come across some oddball objects in my time,

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but this thing just about takes the pip.

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What's special about it?

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Well, on the surface,

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we seem to have simply a high-quality silver box

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and the green stone, a piece of jade,

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that has been exquisitely fitted.

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Indeed, the silver box is hallmarked Birmingham 1905.

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But, if we open it up,

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you can see that it's been especially made

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to contain this thing,

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which is a nut.

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Actually an entada nut.

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And the entada grows in equatorial climes.

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And, occasionally, it sheds its seeds into the water.

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It says on the bottom,

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"These beans are looked upon as charms

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"in the islands where they're found.

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"Received as gifts, they're supposed to bring good luck.

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"If purchased, the reverse."

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The whole story gets more interesting though

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if you read what it says on the outside of the box.

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It says, "Seed of Fairy Bean

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"from Gulf of Mexico.

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"Brought by the Gulf stream to the island of Uist."

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Now, Uist is in the Hebrides.

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Someone in 1905 was wandering along a Scottish beach

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and they picked up that bean.

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And they were so intrigued by the bean,

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and the fact that it had come to Scotland,

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thousands of miles across the Caribbean,

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and across the entire width of the Atlantic,

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they decided they'd have this silver box made to put it in.

0:14:390:14:43

And on the bottom, there's a further inscription.

0:14:430:14:45

It says, "To Ralph and Marjorie, from AF, Christmas 1907."

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And I guess that AF was a visitor to some friends on the island,

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and after he'd found it, he went back to London,

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had the box made, and presented it the following Christmas.

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Now, how many of these boxes and beans are there knocking around

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in the United Kingdom today?

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I would say there are precisely one, ha!

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And this is it.

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What's it worth?

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Well, in my view, because of its unique nature,

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it's actually priceless.

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Actually, you'd have to pay for it £160,

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which is, I guess, just peanuts.

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Well, that's food for thought.

0:15:330:15:34

Back over to Carlos.

0:15:340:15:36

Remember, the Blues still need two items

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and they're over halfway through the shop.

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-That's quite nice.

-Oh, wow, I like that.

-Look at this.

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Come in here, come in here, quick.

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Isn't that nice?

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-Is that a writing set?

-Yeah.

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I think it's a very nice Victorian ink stand.

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And that glass inkwell, I think,

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-the way it sits in there...

-Fits in nice.

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It almost is quite stiff.

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It's ebonised wood...

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Probably circa...

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1870, 1885, 1890-ish.

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-What do you think?

-I quite like that.

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-Is there any, ah, is there something missing, or is it just...

-Not really.

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-No, you've had your...

-You'd put your pens.

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-You'd have a quill, would you?

-Your quill...

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Your feather would have gone in and out.

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We have got a few issues, in the sense,

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you can see here, where the timber's split,

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and that may have been caused by central heating.

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Can you see, it's been priced initially at 125.

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Now it's come down to £75.

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I reckon, if we play our cards right...

0:16:330:16:36

It's an object I've just got a feeling, as a sixth sense,

0:16:360:16:39

the dealer wants to get rid of.

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Call in Glenys.

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Yeah, let's give her a shout. Three, two, one...

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-Glenys.

-Glenys.

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Pathetic, team.

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-TEAM: Hello.

-Glenys.

-Yes.

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I think it's been here a long time.

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-Probably.

-THEY LAUGH

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What's your best price?

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What have I got on it?

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-25...

-25, yeah.

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-Oh, no, no.

-75.

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I was going to say... 75.

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-I'll do 35, would be my very best.

-How much?!

-35.

-Oh, my...

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Not sure about your poker faces, team.

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35?

0:17:130:17:15

It's a really nice desk set,

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and I would say, for £35, shake her hand.

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-Thank you very much again.

-That's a bargain.

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-BRIGITTE:

-That's a bargain.

-GLENYS: It is.

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Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you.

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Easy, tiger. That's two in the bag, team.

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One to go and 20 minutes left on the clock.

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Ladies, do you think we should go to the antiques centre now?

0:17:340:17:36

Yes, definitely.

0:17:360:17:37

We haven't got long, so let's get a move on, come on.

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Go, run, run, run, run.

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We'll find the way. I don't know where it is.

0:17:410:17:43

Keep an eye out for the Blues.

0:17:430:17:45

It looks a bit cosy in there.

0:17:450:17:47

What's that wonderful...

0:17:470:17:48

Now, be careful what you are handling, Carlos.

0:17:480:17:51

-Little...sorry.

-Excuse me! HORN SOUNDS

0:17:510:17:54

Naughty! Steady, Carlos.

0:17:540:17:55

-I was getting a grope there.

-Sorry!

-A grope!

0:17:550:17:58

-You can do it again if you want...

-I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

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Sorry, sorry about that.

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Will you behave? I'm telling you what...

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Charles, you seem to have gone the same colour as your jacket.

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I feel so embarrassed... Sorry.

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Anyway...

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Back with the Reds.

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It's a little watercolour of Gibraltar.

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-We went to Gibraltar when we were kids, didn't we?

-Yeah.

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And it's cheap and cheerful.

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-£10.

-£10, gosh.

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I like to pick these things up, just to see who they're by.

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But that's signed in pencil, Thornley...

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-Can't work that out, to be honest.

-No, no...

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Can't work the date out either.

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-But, you know, you can see the paper's faded at the edges.

-Yeah.

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-So it's got some age to it, hasn't it?

-Yeah, that's probably '49.

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But, for £10, I mean, minimum bid at auction's a tenner pretty much.

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Two bids, and you've got a profit.

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Easier said than done, JP.

0:18:500:18:52

Back to the Blues, and Carlos is back on his knees.

0:18:520:18:56

Charles...what do you think of this?

0:18:560:18:58

What have you got there? Oh, that's interesting...

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-A riding crop.

-Oh, that's nice.

0:19:020:19:04

That is nice. Oh, my God, Brigitte, where did you find that?

0:19:040:19:07

Oh, I can find a bargain.

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I like your style. That is nice.

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The reason I like, I like this is, straightway,

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it's not just the handle or the collar,

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which we normally look at.

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-It's the actual shaft.

-I love it.

-That's a very good shaft.

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-Bamboo, is it?

-It is bamboo in style.

-Bamboo?

-It is.

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So, the hallmark ought to be on the collar there,

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and it's marked with a big H for Hanson.

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-I like your style, I like your style.

-Oh, yeah, made for you, see.

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-And, just here, very indistinct.

-Come on, Hawk-eye...

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There it is, Hawk-eye's got the mark.

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It is Birmingham, and it is 1907.

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-Wow.

-Bargain.

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With a lovely, lovely horn handle as well,

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but what really impresses me is the shaft.

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And it's worth at auction,

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probably...between £60 and £90.

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How much is it?

0:19:510:19:52

148.

0:19:520:19:54

Mate, it's a wonderful crop.

0:19:540:19:55

You will not find a better one.

0:19:550:19:57

Do you ride?

0:19:570:19:58

THEY LAUGH

0:19:580:20:00

What are you giggling at?

0:20:000:20:01

I'll take that as a no then, girls.

0:20:010:20:04

Now, have those Reds come to a decision, 10 minutes left?

0:20:040:20:08

-If we got that for like a fiver.

-See what they say.

0:20:080:20:11

-It's, it's well painted.

-It is, it is nice. I do like it.

0:20:110:20:15

-Yeah, shall we go and ask?

-Yeah.

0:20:150:20:16

Just the deal to seal then, Reds.

0:20:160:20:19

Meanwhile, the Blues need to crack the whip.

0:20:190:20:21

To me, it's a big price,

0:20:210:20:23

and really, if were going to get it down, we need some help,

0:20:230:20:26

by, hopefully, a very keen dealer, do some business.

0:20:260:20:29

-Shall we cry for help?

-Yes, I think we better had, yes.

-Yeah, OK.

0:20:290:20:32

Hello.

0:20:320:20:33

Glenys?

0:20:330:20:34

Glenys...?

0:20:340:20:35

Oh, wait. She's with the Reds.

0:20:350:20:37

Hiya.

0:20:370:20:39

Just wondered...what would be the best on this picture?

0:20:390:20:43

Let me have a look for you.

0:20:430:20:45

-I'm sure Jane would do it for five for you.

-A fiver.

0:20:460:20:49

-SARAH:

-Yay!

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-Shall we have it?

-I think that's very good.

-Yeah, thank you very much.

0:20:500:20:53

-You can't lose on that, can you?

-Thank you.

0:20:530:20:55

And we've spent, probably, less than £100.

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Oh, well, less than £100. It's cheap and cheerful! Yes!

0:20:570:21:01

-Tim will be disappointed.

-THEY LAUGH

0:21:010:21:03

Too right. I'll be having words.

0:21:030:21:06

Well done, all the same.

0:21:060:21:08

It's another story though, with the Blues.

0:21:080:21:10

Five minutes left.

0:21:100:21:11

Time to get negotiating with dealer, Sara.

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-OK, well...

-We like this...

0:21:150:21:17

So, what is your very bottom, bottom price?

0:21:170:21:20

-GLASS SMASHES

-Oh, Lord, that's smashed it.

0:21:200:21:24

We can't take you anywhere, Brigitte.

0:21:240:21:26

I guess that's another breakage I'll be forking out for.

0:21:260:21:28

Chequebook, please.

0:21:280:21:30

-I'm mortified!

-Brigitte, look at me.

0:21:300:21:33

The dealer is laughing,

0:21:330:21:35

and we can do some business, can't we...still, Sara?

0:21:350:21:38

Yes, we can still do business.

0:21:380:21:39

-Ask the question again.

-Thank you, Sara.

0:21:390:21:41

-I'm too ashamed to ask now.

-Get out of here!

0:21:410:21:43

What would be your very bottom, bottom price on that?

0:21:430:21:46

And pretty please.

0:21:460:21:48

My absolute def would be £95.

0:21:480:21:51

Please don't break anything else.

0:21:510:21:52

CHARLES LAUGHS

0:21:520:21:55

Otherwise, this might be used on you, OK?

0:21:550:21:58

-You ready?

-Yes...

0:21:580:21:59

No pressure, hey, Brig?

0:21:590:22:01

-So, are we having it?

-Yep.

-Come on then, right.

0:22:010:22:03

-That's a deal, thank you very much. SARA:

-Thank you.

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Ah, they're still all friends.

0:22:050:22:07

Cheque's in the post, Sara.

0:22:070:22:09

Time's up!

0:22:090:22:10

Let's check out what the Red team bought, hey?

0:22:100:22:12

Their first foray was fantastic Mr Fox.

0:22:140:22:17

They shelled out £32.

0:22:170:22:18

Next, they forked out some dough on the Brighton Bun.

0:22:200:22:23

£35 paid.

0:22:230:22:25

And, finally, a rock bottom price of £5

0:22:250:22:28

was paid for the Gibraltar watercolour.

0:22:280:22:31

OK, girls. Well, you didn't spend so much, did you?

0:22:310:22:33

BOTH: No...

0:22:330:22:34

-How much, exactly?

-£72.

0:22:340:22:36

£72 on all three items.

0:22:360:22:40

Now, that is what I call cheap, cheap, cheap. £72.

0:22:400:22:44

That means I want, 20... I want 228, please.

0:22:440:22:47

228.

0:22:470:22:48

So, which is your favourite... Miserable, I mean, um...

0:22:480:22:53

Which is your favourite purchase?

0:22:530:22:54

-We bought a lovely Lea Stein brooch that is so beautiful, so...

-Yeah.

0:22:540:23:00

..that's my favourite.

0:23:000:23:01

-One of those lovely plastic ones?

-Yes, yeah.

-Yeah. Exactly. OK.

0:23:010:23:04

Edwina, what's your favourite?

0:23:040:23:05

Well, I like the brooch as well,

0:23:050:23:08

but I also like the Gibraltar picture,

0:23:080:23:11

the watercolour,

0:23:110:23:12

-cos it reminds us of a childhood holiday we had.

-Yeah.

-OK.

0:23:120:23:15

-So I do like that as well.

-So, you've got two personal favourites.

0:23:150:23:18

And which piece is going to bring the biggest profit?

0:23:180:23:20

-I think it's the picture, cos it was so cheap.

-Yeah, very cheap.

0:23:200:23:25

Yeah, you both lit up there with the cheap word. Look at that.

0:23:250:23:28

OK, JP, it's clearly been one of those days for you today.

0:23:280:23:32

But it does mean that you can go now and run riot, doesn't it?

0:23:320:23:35

Oh, yes.

0:23:350:23:37

And, because they're adamant they want to save money,

0:23:370:23:40

-I might just now blow the lot of it.

-BOTH: Aw!

0:23:400:23:43

-You can be a bit contrary like that, can't you?

-Oh, yes.

0:23:430:23:46

-Anarchy!

-OK.

0:23:460:23:47

Well, good fun.

0:23:470:23:49

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

0:23:490:23:52

Their first item was the button hook and shoehorn.

0:23:520:23:55

They paid £12.

0:23:550:23:57

Next up, they paid £35 for the desk stand with inkwell.

0:23:570:24:01

And, finally, they had a whip round for the riding crop at £95.

0:24:020:24:07

-Well, was that good, Brig?

-Loved it.

-Was it.

-Loved it, yes.

0:24:070:24:10

-All right for you, Bettes?

-Oh, I loved it, yeah.

0:24:100:24:13

-And you've bought everything inside this shop?

-We did.

0:24:130:24:16

-We didn't need to go anywhere else.

-Exactly.

0:24:160:24:18

-One-stop shopping, hey?

-That's right, yes.

0:24:180:24:20

Now which is your favourite bit, Brig?

0:24:200:24:22

-It's got to be my crop, my crop, my riding crop.

-Really?

0:24:220:24:25

-You're a bit like that, are you?

-Oh, yes.

-Yeah, a bit of stick.

0:24:250:24:28

-OK, fine.

-A bit of leather.

-Bettes, what about you?

0:24:280:24:30

I like the inkwell. We bought a nice wooden...with the glass.

0:24:300:24:33

-That's your favourite, is it?

-Yeah.

0:24:330:24:35

Which piece is going to bring the biggest profit?

0:24:350:24:37

-Oh, my crop.

-The inkwell.

0:24:370:24:38

OK. Very nice to be linked like this, isn't it?

0:24:380:24:41

And you spent how much in total?

0:24:410:24:43

-142.

-142.

0:24:430:24:44

142. Then, I would like 158...please.

0:24:440:24:49

158, thank you.

0:24:490:24:50

-158 goes straight over to Carlos.

-Thank you very much.

0:24:500:24:53

-Now, you love to go and blow the lot, don't you?

-Yeah, I do,

0:24:530:24:55

and I intend to, the whole lot.

0:24:550:24:57

Anyway, buck up, because we're about to shove off to the auction.

0:24:570:25:00

Thank you very much.

0:25:000:25:01

Well, we've come 62 miles from Hay-on-Wye

0:25:120:25:14

to the outskirts of Shrewsbury

0:25:140:25:16

to Halls Auction House

0:25:160:25:18

to be with Andrew Beeston, our auctioneer du jour.

0:25:180:25:21

-Andrew.

-Thank you very much. Good to see you.

-Nice to be here.

0:25:210:25:24

What a mixture we've got, hey?

0:25:240:25:26

Now, the Reds have gone with the Lea Stein plastic brooch.

0:25:260:25:30

-These are quite popular, aren't they?

-They are.

0:25:300:25:32

This one's quite late, being 1990s, um...

0:25:320:25:36

The fox motif sometimes isn't to everybody's, um, taste.

0:25:360:25:42

Maybe been a...tad optimistic with the estimate...

0:25:420:25:46

-Which is?

-£25 to £30.

0:25:460:25:48

-OK, well, our team paid £32.

-Hmm...

0:25:480:25:50

And I don't know, every time I see one of these coming up,

0:25:500:25:53

I'm always surprised as to how well it does, actually.

0:25:530:25:56

Yeah, the earlier ones, 1950s ones, do really well.

0:25:560:26:00

Er, this is quite late.

0:26:000:26:02

All right, fine, well, we'll see what happens.

0:26:020:26:04

Let's be positive and optimistic.

0:26:040:26:05

Now, what about these candlesticks?

0:26:050:26:07

Er...Brighton Bun form.

0:26:070:26:10

Right, what does that mean?

0:26:100:26:12

They sort of come apart and go back together again

0:26:120:26:14

and form the shape of a popular pastry.

0:26:140:26:18

The original ones were sort of campaign candlesticks

0:26:180:26:21

from the 18th century in brass or silver.

0:26:210:26:24

I think I've seen them in brass or silver

0:26:240:26:26

but never in turned wood, like this.

0:26:260:26:28

And, what about the price, Andrew?

0:26:280:26:30

20 to 40 as a useful pair of candlesticks, really.

0:26:300:26:34

Well, our team paid an unbelievable £35.

0:26:340:26:37

You wouldn't catch me paying £35 for these, I have to tell you.

0:26:370:26:40

And let's again be optimistic.

0:26:400:26:41

-Have you ever been to Gibraltar?

-I haven't, unfortunately.

0:26:410:26:44

Me neither.

0:26:440:26:45

So, I don't know whether this is a good view of the Rock or not.

0:26:450:26:49

-It's quite a pleasant watercolour, isn't it?

-It is, it is.

0:26:490:26:52

It's signed T Thornley,

0:26:520:26:54

possibly a follower of William Thornley.

0:26:540:26:58

William Thornley, a marine artist of the 19th century.

0:26:580:27:02

Well, probably not going to be in the realms of William Thornley

0:27:020:27:06

in estimate, though.

0:27:060:27:09

-So, what is the price, do you think?

-£10 to £15.

0:27:090:27:11

Well, they only paid £5 for it.

0:27:110:27:13

-I fancy it's just an amateur hand.

-Yeah.

0:27:130:27:15

Maybe a naval officer visiting the Port of Gibraltar

0:27:150:27:18

and doing a bit of a watercolour.

0:27:180:27:21

OK, fine. Well, there's a possibility of a profit there.

0:27:210:27:23

I don't see anything whopping, though, do you?

0:27:230:27:26

-There are sort of playing it safe, aren't they?

-They seem to be,

0:27:260:27:29

and that's probably why they try to spend the minimal amount of money.

0:27:290:27:32

Only £72.

0:27:320:27:34

Anyway, I fancy they're going to need their bonus buy,

0:27:340:27:36

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

0:27:360:27:38

Now, hey, girls, this is fun, isn't it?

0:27:390:27:40

BOTH: It is.

0:27:400:27:41

Your strategy was to spend practically nothing.

0:27:410:27:44

-BOTH: Yep.

-Yep.

0:27:440:27:45

And you only spent £72, so you succeeded there.

0:27:450:27:47

You gave JP £228,

0:27:470:27:49

and I fancy he said he was going to possibly blow the lot.

0:27:490:27:52

-So, JP, show us what you bought.

-Ooh, better not.

0:27:520:27:55

I was in that mood that day.

0:27:550:27:56

I thought maybe I would go and blow the lot,

0:27:560:27:58

and what I've found was, I thought I'd find something feminine

0:27:580:28:01

and a little bit of jewellery.

0:28:010:28:02

-Oh, wow!

-So there we have.

0:28:020:28:04

Um, it's a little silver brooch. I think it's Scottish.

0:28:040:28:08

It's very much in the tradition of Iona, one of the Scottish islands.

0:28:080:28:11

They had a cottage industry there,

0:28:110:28:13

producing...silverwares with this sort of

0:28:130:28:16

Nordic type of style about it.

0:28:160:28:18

I mean, it's the Celtic and Nordic influences,

0:28:180:28:20

so you have these boats and you sometimes have...

0:28:200:28:22

I don't know, sort of knot designs and things like that.

0:28:220:28:25

If you put it on the scales,

0:28:250:28:27

you're looking at probably about 1.5lb worth of silver.

0:28:270:28:29

So, you know, the metal has no bearing

0:28:290:28:31

other than it is a precious metal.

0:28:310:28:34

It's all about style, this, um...

0:28:340:28:37

-I do like that.

-It's really pretty.

0:28:370:28:39

-Can I hold it?

-Course you can, yeah. Here you are.

0:28:390:28:41

And, what did you pay for it, first?

0:28:410:28:44

Er...I paid...

0:28:440:28:46

£30.

0:28:460:28:48

BOTH: Oh!

0:28:480:28:49

And what do you think it could make in auction?

0:28:490:28:52

If it were Iona, then,

0:28:520:28:53

-you'd expect it to make maybe £70, £80 perhaps.

-Yeah.

0:28:530:28:56

£60, £70, £80.

0:28:560:28:58

If not, it might only squeeze a small profit.

0:28:580:29:00

So, girls, do you think you're going to pin all your hopes on it?

0:29:000:29:03

-Hmm, don't know, it's nice though.

-I do like it.

0:29:030:29:06

I think it's beautiful.

0:29:060:29:07

-And I have a piece of Iona... A brooch at home.

-Oh, yeah, you do.

0:29:070:29:12

You do? Well, there you are. I knew that, of course.

0:29:120:29:15

-Of course.

-Yes, yes.

-Of course, yes.

0:29:150:29:17

So, yeah, it's gorgeous.

0:29:170:29:19

OK, well, you, you seem to be hot to trot for that, girls, yeah?

0:29:190:29:22

Well, you don't decide right now,

0:29:220:29:23

you decide after the sale of your first three items.

0:29:230:29:26

But let's find out from the auctioneer

0:29:260:29:27

what he thinks about JP's brooch.

0:29:270:29:30

Now, Andrew, on the surface, that doesn't look dazzling, does it?

0:29:310:29:35

Not really.

0:29:350:29:36

It's based on the designs of a silversmith

0:29:360:29:40

called Alexander Ritchie, um...

0:29:400:29:43

Scottish silversmith on the island of Iona.

0:29:430:29:46

And this is sort of a follower of in sterling silver.

0:29:460:29:50

But not hallmarked.

0:29:500:29:52

Not hallmarked.

0:29:520:29:53

Therefore... £25, £35 as a decorative bar brooch.

0:29:530:29:57

-Well, JP paid £30. He's paid the right price.

-Yeah.

0:29:570:30:01

And if there's some Scot tuning in on the internet,

0:30:010:30:04

-it might do all right, mightn't it?

-It could do, yeah.

0:30:040:30:06

OK. Good.

0:30:060:30:08

Now, Brigitte and Betty have gone for this wacky group.

0:30:080:30:12

A button hook and a shoehorn with silver handles. Any good?

0:30:120:30:18

George V silver-handled button hook and shoehorn in an associated box.

0:30:180:30:25

We see a lot of these. We really do.

0:30:250:30:28

There are collectors of them.

0:30:280:30:30

But the availability is such that nobody really pays a lot for them.

0:30:300:30:35

-Like how much?

-£15, £25.

0:30:350:30:38

That's OK, our lot only paid £12. So that's £6 each.

0:30:380:30:41

So they've done brilliantly on that. They might even make a profit.

0:30:410:30:44

-Possibly.

-What a miracle. Now, the ink stand.

0:30:440:30:49

So we've got a decent bottle

0:30:490:30:52

and a rather dull, brass and ebonized base.

0:30:520:30:55

We have indeed.

0:30:550:30:58

-But it's a pressed glass bottle rather than cut.

-Oh.

0:30:580:31:03

-So, cheap?

-Well...

0:31:030:31:05

Yes, it's a cheaper version of the cut glass inkwell.

0:31:050:31:08

-OK, how much?

-£40 to £60.

0:31:080:31:11

Oh, fret not, £35 our team paid.

0:31:110:31:13

They seem to be paying the right

0:31:130:31:15

money for their stuff even though it's not much cop.

0:31:150:31:17

OK, now, finally, talking about cop, comes the crop. OK.

0:31:170:31:22

And of course, this is an equestrian area, isn't it,

0:31:220:31:24

-all around Shrewsbury?

-Oh, very much so, yes.

0:31:240:31:27

This crop with a silver mount, 1907, for the make in Narborough.

0:31:270:31:32

Best known, really, for the military swagger sticks.

0:31:320:31:36

-Particular maker of mounts but it's in good condition.

-Yeah.

0:31:360:31:41

Antler handle on there.

0:31:410:31:43

-And what's it worth?

-About £30, £40.

-Is that all?

-Well...

0:31:430:31:47

-Not much, is it?

-Well, you know, it's a riding crop.

0:31:470:31:52

OK, fine, well, our lot paid £95 for it.

0:31:520:31:55

If it was a swagger stick by this maker, then...

0:31:550:31:59

OK, well, what happens if we just chop the leather bit off the end

0:31:590:32:02

and turn it into a swagger stick? How's that?

0:32:020:32:04

Oh, I think they might notice.

0:32:040:32:06

On this basis, this team is definitely going to need

0:32:060:32:08

its bonus buy.

0:32:080:32:10

Let's crack on and have a look at it.

0:32:100:32:13

Ah, Brigitte and Bettes.

0:32:130:32:16

You spent 142, you gave Charles £158 which is quite a responsibility.

0:32:160:32:22

-It is, Tim.

-Why did you do?

0:32:220:32:23

It's always nice to spend, spend, spend but when I saw this

0:32:230:32:26

I had to buy it because the art of auctioneering

0:32:260:32:28

is sometimes conducting.

0:32:280:32:31

-Oh, that's nice.

-That's nice.

-Are you ready? OK.

0:32:310:32:33

Because within is a wonderful old conductor's baton.

0:32:330:32:38

-Well, take it out.

-Wow.

-Put it together for me.

0:32:380:32:40

-Just screws together, does it?

-Absolutely, so out it comes.

0:32:400:32:43

And the reason I like this is it's by Boosey

0:32:430:32:45

who are a leading manufacturer,

0:32:450:32:46

they've been making these batons for many years.

0:32:460:32:50

Prior, they were a firm established

0:32:500:32:52

in the late 18th century.

0:32:520:32:54

Ebonized and silver, Tim.

0:32:540:32:56

And it's amazing the market for these online.

0:32:560:32:58

There's a huge collector's market, it's in good condition, the tip...

0:32:580:33:02

-Is this silver?

-It is, hallmarked

0:33:020:33:04

for circa 1905, 1910.

0:33:040:33:06

And it's just, Tim, I feel,

0:33:060:33:08

a really good baton of its type

0:33:080:33:11

by a really good name and of a quality with silver marks.

0:33:110:33:14

-And ready to go, right?

-And good to go.

-How much did you pay?

0:33:140:33:16

Well, I'll tell you.

0:33:160:33:17

I think it's worth,

0:33:170:33:19

probably at auction, I'd hope,

0:33:190:33:21

pushing the boat out 100 to 150.

0:33:210:33:24

-Maybe 118 to 120. And I've bought it for you.

-Especially.

0:33:240:33:29

For the both of you, £95.

0:33:290:33:31

-Ooph. Right.

-Well, that's hot, isn't it?

-Hot to trot.

0:33:310:33:35

-£95 and he sees it as 100 to 150. Yes?

-Yes.

0:33:350:33:38

I think you're reaching for the right note, though, Charles.

0:33:380:33:40

-Hope so, Tim.

-Good.

0:33:400:33:42

On that, I think we should move on and find out

0:33:420:33:46

what the auctioneer thinks about Charles' baton.

0:33:460:33:48

Well, Andrew, how about that for a baton?

0:33:500:33:52

Oh, two-section baton.

0:33:520:33:55

-Early 20th century.

-Yeah, what a nice thing, isn't it?

-Yeah.

0:33:550:33:58

I mean, that's ebony and solid silver

0:33:580:34:00

and it's made by Boosey & Co, look.

0:34:000:34:02

It is a good...good retailer.

0:34:020:34:05

-I think founded in around 1760.

-Oh, were they?

0:34:060:34:09

Still going, publishers of music.

0:34:090:34:12

And they retail instruments too, I think.

0:34:120:34:13

But that's a fantastic bright-cut thing, as you say, in two sections

0:34:130:34:17

and we've got this little presentation card here

0:34:170:34:20

from the Palace theatre, presumably in Orpington, which is rather sweet.

0:34:200:34:25

A little bit of provenance there with it, which is always nice.

0:34:250:34:28

What sort of money do you get for them?

0:34:280:34:31

80 to 120.

0:34:310:34:33

Well, you've struck the right note there because Hanson,

0:34:330:34:36

our maestro conductor paid only £95 for it.

0:34:360:34:39

-Should be on song with that.

-Ooph.

0:34:390:34:41

How long have you been thinking of that for, Andrew?

0:34:410:34:44

Anyway, good luck today on the rostrum.

0:34:440:34:46

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much.

0:34:460:34:47

Right, Andrew, grab your gavel and rise to your rostrum.

0:34:490:34:53

-So, girls...what's your expectation, Edwina?

-Um...

0:34:540:34:59

I think maybe we paid a little bit too much for the brooch.

0:34:590:35:03

Yeah, it's still beautiful though.

0:35:030:35:04

Listen, you girls, you only paid £72 for the whole shebang

0:35:040:35:07

so you can't have paid too much.

0:35:070:35:09

I reckon you're going to be all right

0:35:090:35:11

and then you've got the bar brooch to fall back on if you need to.

0:35:110:35:14

-You happy with that?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-We like that brooch, don't we?

0:35:140:35:17

Now, your first item

0:35:170:35:18

is old fox face, the brooch.

0:35:180:35:20

Lea Stine brooch and here it comes.

0:35:200:35:22

Straightaway, I'm bid £10, £15.

0:35:220:35:24

At 15, 20, 25, 30,

0:35:240:35:26

35, 40 in the room.

0:35:260:35:28

Yes!

0:35:280:35:29

-At 40, internet, you're out.

-I told you you'd be all right.

0:35:290:35:32

40, 45, fresh bidder, fresh bidder at £45.

0:35:320:35:36

50 on the internet.

0:35:360:35:38

55 in the room.

0:35:380:35:40

Look at this, girls.

0:35:400:35:41

55 internet, you're out.

0:35:410:35:43

At £55.

0:35:430:35:46

GAVEL BANGS

0:35:460:35:47

-Brilliant.

-Yes!

0:35:470:35:48

Plus £23. Easy, peasy. Here we go.

0:35:480:35:51

Now here comes your travelling candlesticks.

0:35:510:35:54

Start me at £10, 10. £10 at the start, unusual lot.

0:35:540:35:58

£10 to start the bidding, where are you? 10?

0:35:580:36:00

10 bid, 12? £10 starters bid.

0:36:000:36:05

-'Should be 12.'

-Come on.

-'At £10 starters bid...'

-Uh-oh.

-No!

0:36:050:36:08

Make no mistakes. £10 only.

0:36:080:36:12

GAVEL BANGS

0:36:120:36:13

-£10.

-It's minus 25, which means you are minus £2.

0:36:130:36:18

Now, Gibraltar, look out.

0:36:180:36:20

Yes, here we go, back up again.

0:36:200:36:22

Start the bidding £10. 10?

0:36:220:36:24

10 and start. £10, no?

0:36:240:36:27

10 on the internet. Internet bidder at 10.

0:36:270:36:30

-10, 10, that's fine.

-Come on.

-Bit of profit.

-It's a profit.

0:36:300:36:33

£10 internet bid, make no mistakes.

0:36:330:36:36

Don't believe it, that's plus £5 which means, girls,

0:36:360:36:39

-you are plus £3.

-Yes!

-That's £1 each.

0:36:390:36:42

One for Jonathan, one for Sarah and one for Edwina.

0:36:420:36:45

OK, now, what are you going to do?

0:36:450:36:46

Are you going to go with the bar brooch?

0:36:460:36:48

I do really like it, I must say. I think it's...

0:36:480:36:50

-Well, they went for the Lea Stein.

-Yeah. Let's go... Shall we go for it?

0:36:500:36:54

-Yeah, we'll go for it.

-We're going to go for it. No, we're going.

0:36:540:36:57

-You like it?

-Yeah.

-You like it, don't you?

-Yeah.

0:36:570:36:59

You like it, you rate it. He spent £30 on it. You're going to do it?

0:36:590:37:03

-Yes.

-We will do.

-OK.

0:37:030:37:05

Well, despite having a magnificent profit of £3,

0:37:050:37:07

the girls are going with the bonus buy.

0:37:070:37:10

And now you've decided to go with it, JP paid £30, the estimate

0:37:100:37:14

from the auctioneer is £25 to £35, so that's right in the middle.

0:37:140:37:17

And with any luck, it's on the internet, you'll do all right, OK?

0:37:170:37:20

Anyway, decision's made, we're going with the brooch, here it comes.

0:37:200:37:23

£20, 20? Iona bar brooch, £20.

0:37:230:37:27

£10 is bid, £10 bid.

0:37:270:37:28

15 on the internet. 20 in the room. At 20.

0:37:280:37:33

-Go on.

-Come on, one more.

0:37:330:37:35

-Bid's in the room, you're out on the net.

-Come on, net.

0:37:350:37:37

Come on, Internet.

0:37:370:37:38

25 on the internet.

0:37:380:37:40

-Yes.

-Go on.

0:37:400:37:41

REDS: Go on! One more!

0:37:410:37:43

£25, it's an internet bid, you're out at £25.

0:37:430:37:49

-Oh, no.

-No! GAVEL BANGS

0:37:490:37:51

What a tragedy.

0:37:510:37:52

Oh, no, £25, that's minus £5,

0:37:520:37:55

you're back at being minus £2.

0:37:550:37:57

-Oh, no. Never mind.

-Minus £2. No folding money to go home with.

0:37:570:38:02

-But listen, it could be a winning score very easily, right?

-Yeah.

0:38:020:38:06

-Could be, couldn't it?

-Yeah, could be.

0:38:060:38:08

Look at that face. I'm so sorry.

0:38:080:38:10

-Anyway, listen, don't say a thing to the Blues.

-No.

0:38:100:38:13

-OK, lovely stuff. Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

0:38:130:38:15

-Happy, girls?

-Yes.

-Yes.

-Do you know how the Reds got on?

-No.

-No.

0:38:200:38:23

Good, we don't want you to know.

0:38:230:38:25

Right, first up then is the button hook set jobbie.

0:38:250:38:28

And here it comes.

0:38:280:38:29

-Let's start the bidding nice and quickly, £10.

-Come on.

0:38:290:38:32

'10, £10 to start, 10?'

0:38:320:38:34

-10 bid.

-Come on.

0:38:340:38:35

-15 on the net.

-Yes!

-18 in the room.

0:38:360:38:39

20 on the internet.

0:38:390:38:41

-25 in the room.

-25!

0:38:410:38:43

25.

0:38:430:38:44

-This is remarkable, girls.

-Come on.

0:38:440:38:46

You're out on the internet, at £25.

0:38:460:38:49

Seated bid at 25...

0:38:490:38:52

GAVEL BANGS

0:38:520:38:53

-BLUES: Yes!

-Come on.

-That's £13.

0:38:530:38:55

-Plus £13, how good's that?

-Very good.

0:38:550:38:58

Lot number 234, the Victorian ebonized

0:38:580:39:00

and coromandel veneered desk stand.

0:39:000:39:04

-I really like this.

-This is nice.

0:39:040:39:05

£30, 30? £30? 30 on the internet.

0:39:050:39:08

-Internet bid at 30. At £30, should be 5.

-One more.

0:39:080:39:12

-35.

-Yes!

0:39:120:39:14

-Now, one more.

-At £35 seated.

0:39:140:39:15

One more, Charles, you need a profit, please.

0:39:150:39:17

-40 on the internet.

-Yes!

-Yes!

0:39:170:39:20

At £40, make no mistakes.

0:39:200:39:23

GAVEL BANGS

0:39:230:39:24

-Yes, profit, good.

-£40, it's plus £5 it means you're plus 18, team.

0:39:240:39:27

-Yes.

-Great.

-Now, here comes this old crop.

0:39:270:39:31

Start the bidding, you've all seen it. £20. 20 and start. 20?

0:39:310:39:36

Where are you? £20. 20 bid. £20 bid.

0:39:360:39:38

Come on.

0:39:380:39:40

25 on the internet.

0:39:400:39:42

-30 in the room.

-Come on.

0:39:420:39:43

Is this ours?

0:39:430:39:44

35 on the internet.

0:39:440:39:46

Let's ride us home.

0:39:460:39:47

At £35. 40 now?

0:39:470:39:49

£35, make no mistakes.

0:39:490:39:52

Internet bidder at £35.

0:39:520:39:56

GAVEL BANGS

0:39:560:39:57

Listen, team. That's £35, which is minus £60,

0:39:570:40:00

which means overall you are minus £42.

0:40:000:40:04

-Oh, no. Well, we're going to have to go.

-You're minus 42.

0:40:040:40:08

What are you going to do about the old baton?

0:40:080:40:10

-We're going to have to go for it.

-We've got faith in Charles.

0:40:100:40:13

-Have you?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Why's that?

-Let's roll.

-Because he's lovely.

-OK.

0:40:130:40:17

You've got faith in Charles cos he's lovely.

0:40:170:40:19

-Anyway, we're going with the bonus buy?

-Yes.

0:40:190:40:21

We're definitely going with it.

0:40:210:40:22

-Thank you, team.

-Absolutely.

-We're going with the bonus buy.

0:40:220:40:25

I have to tell you now the auctioneer's estimate

0:40:250:40:27

-is £80 to £120.

-Wow.

-Let's roll.

-You paid £95, Charles.

0:40:270:40:30

You paid the right price, apparently,

0:40:300:40:32

according to the auctioneer.

0:40:320:40:33

If he's right and you get £120, you guys are nearly out of trouble.

0:40:330:40:37

Right, here we go. Let's be positive. Here comes the baton.

0:40:370:40:40

This is a two section conductor's baton with a silver mount.

0:40:400:40:46

Where are we going to start? Should be £100. 60 to start me. 60?

0:40:460:40:50

£60 to start the bidding. 60 on the internet.

0:40:500:40:53

Let's roll.

0:40:530:40:54

-80, 85.

-Come on, madam.

0:40:540:40:56

-Oh, well done.

-Let's go.

0:40:560:40:58

£90 is in the room.

0:40:580:41:00

-Fair warning, internet, at £90.

-One more, go on.

0:41:000:41:03

Conductor should be bidding on this.

0:41:030:41:05

At £90, 5 now?

0:41:050:41:07

At 90.

0:41:070:41:09

-GAVEL BANGS

-Disappointed.

-Never mind, we tried.

0:41:090:41:12

-You did, you did, you punted.

-Yeah, sorry, team.

0:41:120:41:15

Minus 47.

0:41:150:41:18

-Listen, girls...

-Never mind.

0:41:180:41:20

It's minus £47, all right, which could be a winning score.

0:41:200:41:24

So say nothing to the Reds, all right? Bad luck though, Charles.

0:41:240:41:27

-Thanks, Tim.

-So close but yet so far.

-Brilliant.

0:41:270:41:31

-Well, teams, this has been great fun today, hasn't it?

-It has.

0:41:360:41:39

-Have you not loved it? You two sisters haven't fallen out?

-No.

0:41:390:41:42

-And you two friends haven't fallen out?

-No, not yet.

-Not yet, great.

0:41:420:41:46

Now, do you know what the results are today?

0:41:460:41:48

-ALL: No.

-No idea?

0:41:480:41:49

-BLUES: No.

-Just as well.

0:41:490:41:50

Well, I'm afraid nobody's going home with any cash.

0:41:500:41:52

ALL: Oh!

0:41:520:41:54

So you're safe on that front but there is a bit of a gap

0:41:540:41:57

and the team with the most losses today by quite a chalk are...

0:41:570:42:01

the Blues.

0:42:010:42:02

Oh, no!

0:42:020:42:03

Yes, Betty.

0:42:030:42:05

REDS: Losers!

0:42:050:42:07

Oh, I don't think that's very nice.

0:42:070:42:09

We have runners-up on this programme, actually.

0:42:100:42:13

Anyway, there we go, runners-up, bad luck.

0:42:130:42:15

And that minus £60 on the riding crop did you in, really, didn't it?

0:42:150:42:18

-Yes.

-My fault, then.

-Her fault.

0:42:180:42:20

Well, I wouldn't say it's anybody's fault, it just wasn't today's sale

0:42:200:42:23

for that particular object cos it torpedoed your chances at minus 47.

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Apart from that, you were doing rather well.

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Yes. So, I'm sorry about that. But you've been really British about it.

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Great stiff upper lip.

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And the victors today managed to win by only losing £2.

0:42:340:42:39

Yes!

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Minus £2.

0:42:400:42:41

£23 profit on that plastic brooch was quite something else, wasn't it?

0:42:410:42:46

-Yeah, that was good.

-It was. And a nice profit on Gibraltar.

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The cheapest watercolour this side of the Andes.

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And you went with the bonus buy

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when that, unfortunately,

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didn't help you on your way there.

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-So there we go. It's the rollercoaster of life, yes?

-It is.

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-But you had a good time, sissies?

-Yes, brilliant.

-We have.

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We loved having you on the show.

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In fact, join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?

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ALL: Yes!

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