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Famous for its festival of literature, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
Hay-on-Wye is quite literally bursting with books... | 0:00:04 | 0:00:06 | |
..by inspirational authors | 0:00:08 | 0:00:10 | |
like Shakespeare, Hemingway, Orwell and... | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
Oh, look. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:14 | |
No time to relax up, | 0:00:16 | 0:00:18 | |
let's go bargain hunting, yeah! | 0:00:18 | 0:00:20 | |
Bound by 60 minutes, | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
our teams will each be issued with £300. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:52 | |
They will leaf through | 0:00:52 | 0:00:53 | |
and make their selection of three special items | 0:00:53 | 0:00:58 | |
for sale at auction. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
The team with the biggest margin will be declared the winner. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:04 | |
OK? Well, here's a sneaky peek as to what's coming up. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:08 | |
On today's show, Charles finds himself in hot water with the Blues. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:13 | |
-Stop it... -You can do it again if you want to... | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
I'm sorry, I'm sorry! | 0:01:15 | 0:01:17 | |
Whilst the Reds boil over with excitement at the auction. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:22 | |
Yes! | 0:01:22 | 0:01:23 | |
Well, we've got some top teams on the show today, I tell you. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
We have sisters for the Reds, Edwina and Sarah. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
And, for the Blues, we have friends, Brigitte and Betty. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
-Hello, everyone. -ALL: Hello. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
Lovely to see you. Now, Edwina, you arrived very promptly today, | 0:01:37 | 0:01:41 | |
and promptness is part of your make-up, isn't it? | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
Yeah, I work as a consultant with schools around school attendance. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:49 | |
The other thing we do though, sometimes, | 0:01:49 | 0:01:51 | |
is we encourage children to go to school. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:53 | |
So, I have been known to dress up as a giant cat | 0:01:53 | 0:01:57 | |
and go into a reception class | 0:01:57 | 0:01:59 | |
and scare the bejeebers out of some four and five-year-old children | 0:01:59 | 0:02:04 | |
who I'm supposed to be encouraging to go to school, | 0:02:04 | 0:02:06 | |
but I probably have the opposite effect. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:08 | |
Now, Sarah, I'm told you're a bit of a mean baker. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:11 | |
Well, I like to think I am. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:13 | |
I run my own little company, erm, baking celebration cakes | 0:02:13 | 0:02:17 | |
and also cakes that I sell at markets | 0:02:17 | 0:02:21 | |
around Shropshire and Staffordshire. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:23 | |
And, typically, in a week, how many cakes would you bake, then? | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
Do you bake 50 cakes a week, or 100 cakes? How does it work? | 0:02:26 | 0:02:28 | |
That depends on what I'm selling and where I'm selling. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:31 | |
-Like last week, I had enough to sell about £400 worth of cakes. -Really?! | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
-Yeah. -That's a lot of cakes, isn't it? | 0:02:35 | 0:02:37 | |
-And I sold out of them all is well. -Did you? | 0:02:37 | 0:02:39 | |
-That's how good they are. -THEY LAUGH | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
-Well, you're a good investment for the business. -Thank you. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
Now, what sort of things will you two sisters | 0:02:44 | 0:02:46 | |
be going for today on Bargain Hunt? | 0:02:46 | 0:02:48 | |
BOTH: Cheap and cheerful! THEY LAUGH | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
-We like a bargain. -We do. We like a bargain, yes. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
So, that's your strategy, then, | 0:02:54 | 0:02:55 | |
-spend as little as possible? -BOTH: Yes. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:58 | |
OK, all I can say is, | 0:02:58 | 0:02:59 | |
-Hay-on-Wye, watch out. -THEY LAUGH | 0:02:59 | 0:03:03 | |
Now, Blues. Brigitte, tell me, how did you two meet? | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
We met at work. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
-I was taken on at the hospital, and I took Bette's job. -Yeah. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:13 | |
-And then about two, three years later, she came back. -Yeah. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
So, obviously, we worked together, and we became friends. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
And what is your job at the hospital? | 0:03:19 | 0:03:21 | |
We're telephonists, we work on the switchboard of the hospital. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:24 | |
-Oh, do you? -Yes. -So, you know exactly what's going on? | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
Oh, yes, yes! | 0:03:26 | 0:03:27 | |
Now, tell me, is it true that you telephonists | 0:03:27 | 0:03:30 | |
can listen in to all the conversations, or is that a fallacy? | 0:03:30 | 0:03:33 | |
-Oh, it's a fallacy. -Is it? -Yes. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:34 | |
-You can't listen in, not even a little bit? -No. -Yes, we can. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:38 | |
-Yes, we can! -THEY LAUGH | 0:03:38 | 0:03:40 | |
I knew you...! I knew that happened! | 0:03:40 | 0:03:42 | |
-We can, but we don't. -We're not allowed to. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
-Oh, no, you don't do it... -We don't do it. -But you could do it! | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
We could do it if we really wanted to. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:48 | |
If you really wanted to know what the consultants | 0:03:48 | 0:03:51 | |
-were saying about her! No... -THEY LAUGH | 0:03:51 | 0:03:53 | |
Only joking. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:54 | |
Now, Betty, you have worked in the health service for ever, have you? | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
-No, I was RAF to start. -Were you? | 0:03:57 | 0:03:59 | |
-What did you do when you are in the...? -I was a telephonist. -Never! | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
-Yes, and I stayed with it, yeah. -Really? -Yeah, I love the job. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
And as a result of your exposure in the RAF, | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
you have a passion for militaria, don't you? | 0:04:08 | 0:04:10 | |
I do indeed, cos when I left the hospital for two years, | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
I went to work at the SAS camp. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:15 | |
And I was able to buy quite a lot of stuff, you know, items of their... | 0:04:15 | 0:04:18 | |
-Secret equipment. -The tools. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
-Things that you're not allowed to talk about, right? -Yeah. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
I'd have to kill you if I tell you. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:24 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:04:24 | 0:04:25 | |
Bettes, that's the trouble with you special agents, isn't it? | 0:04:25 | 0:04:29 | |
So, what's your battle plan, then? | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
-Quality, and make lots of money. -Yes. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
-So you're going to spend a lot, then? -Well, if we can. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
They're going to spend nothing | 0:04:36 | 0:04:37 | |
-and you're going to spend everything. -We're going to win then. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
Well, there you go. This is going to be fun. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
Now, the money moment. £300 apiece. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
You know the rules. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:46 | |
Your experts await, | 0:04:46 | 0:04:47 | |
and off you go! | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
And very, very, very good luck. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:50 | |
I think today we're going to have a battle royal, don't you? | 0:04:50 | 0:04:54 | |
Our two terrific teams need two tremendous teachers. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:58 | |
Hoping to beat the opposition today, | 0:04:58 | 0:04:59 | |
it's Jonathan Pratt with the Reds. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:01 | |
And hoping to teach JP a lesson, | 0:05:03 | 0:05:05 | |
it's Charles Hanson for the Blues. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:07 | |
It's a lovely blue sky today. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:09 | |
-CHARLES: -It's a wonderful day. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:11 | |
What are we going to buy? | 0:05:11 | 0:05:12 | |
Er, we're going for cheap and cheerful, I think. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
Cheap and cheerful? | 0:05:14 | 0:05:15 | |
-Spend big, and win. -Oh, I like that! Yourself? -Yes, the same. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:19 | |
Just want to spend as little money as possible. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:21 | |
And as make as much profit. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:22 | |
-And upset Tim in the process. -Yes! | 0:05:22 | 0:05:24 | |
Brilliant stuff, let's go, come on. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:26 | |
-Follow my lead. -THEY LAUGH | 0:05:26 | 0:05:28 | |
To begin at the beginning, | 0:05:30 | 0:05:32 | |
your time, teams, starts now. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:35 | |
SHOP BELL RINGS | 0:05:35 | 0:05:37 | |
Right, teams, so many shops, so little time. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:40 | |
Hmm. Looks like the Reds are having a right royal knees up. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:46 | |
-Look at that. -Yeah. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:47 | |
-That's surely not real diamonds. -No, no. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:50 | |
-A bit of fun though. -Yeah. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:51 | |
It's fancy dress, it's children's... | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
They love dressing up as princesses. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:55 | |
-OK, ready, go. -OK, we need a fanfare. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
THEY IMITATE FANFARE | 0:05:57 | 0:06:00 | |
-Oh, it fits. -Oh, yes! THEY LAUGH | 0:06:00 | 0:06:03 | |
Oh, do I look like the Queen? | 0:06:03 | 0:06:07 | |
Oh, that's lovely. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:09 | |
-You felt regal as well, did you? -Yes, I did. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:11 | |
I wonder how much that is. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:12 | |
Best ask Paul, the shop manager. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:14 | |
-How much is the...? -That's £195. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
THEY GASP | 0:06:17 | 0:06:19 | |
-Deep gasp and intake of breath. -Yeah. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:21 | |
Oh-oh, a king's ransom price tag. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
Time to check in with BH's very own Prince Charles. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:28 | |
-What you think of that, ladies? -Colourful. -Isn't it nice? | 0:06:28 | 0:06:32 | |
What we've got here is just a nice... | 0:06:32 | 0:06:33 | |
It's a lead-glaze earthenware. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
It's...got almost a maritime feel | 0:06:35 | 0:06:38 | |
in that you've got the anchor on the shell work. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:41 | |
It's a sweet majolica jug. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
-Probably worth between £20 and £30 because... -Cracks at the bottom. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
Well, you know what, I know, but it's 120 years old. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:48 | |
I suppose, in retrospect, it's been used, hasn't it? | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
As we age, we bruise, don't we? | 0:06:50 | 0:06:52 | |
We bruise, and get a bit older and wrinkly. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:54 | |
These objects get a bit crackly. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:56 | |
-Speak for yourself. -Oh, right, sorry. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:59 | |
Oh, these Blues love a bit of banter. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
Now, Reds, remember, your cunning strategy, | 0:07:02 | 0:07:04 | |
cheap and cheerful. Any joy? | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
This Bakelite stuff, see the Fox there, | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
it's a lady called Lea Stein. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:09 | |
-Oh, yes! -There! -And she sells quite well, doesn't she? | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
-She can do. -Yeah. -Yeah, she can do. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:14 | |
-I like the eyes, the shape of the eyes. -Yeah. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:16 | |
The sort of lady of the '30s, '20s or '30s, | 0:07:16 | 0:07:18 | |
would have a stole of fox fur hanging down, | 0:07:18 | 0:07:21 | |
and it's meant to drape, isn't it? | 0:07:21 | 0:07:22 | |
So...that's sort of where the idea, I suppose, comes from. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
-And what, what, is it made of Bakelite? -It's Bakelite. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
-It is Bakelite. -Which is a sort of, you know, an early plastic. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
-See, I would buy that. -Yeah, I like that, actually. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:33 | |
I like the eyes of it. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:35 | |
-Says here £56. -THEY GASP | 0:07:36 | 0:07:39 | |
-And it is red for the Red team. -BOTH: It is! | 0:07:39 | 0:07:42 | |
-A cunning red fox. -I just do really like that. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:44 | |
They have occasionally come up at auction, | 0:07:44 | 0:07:47 | |
but they are smaller value. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:48 | |
You're not going to get a roaring profit... | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
but it's buying what you like. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
And then you just hope there are other ladies in the room | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
that will like the same thing. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:56 | |
It's quite faded, isn't it, that...label? | 0:07:56 | 0:07:59 | |
So, looks like he's had it here quite a while. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:02 | |
Well spotted, Sarah. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:03 | |
-We could be helping him out. -Yeah, we could be. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:05 | |
Wanting to get rid of it. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:07 | |
Oh, Paul's back, look. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:09 | |
-SARAH: -What's your best price on this? | 0:08:09 | 0:08:11 | |
I'd do that for 42. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:12 | |
Could you do it for...30? | 0:08:13 | 0:08:16 | |
Erm, meet you halfway, do 35? | 0:08:16 | 0:08:19 | |
BOTH: 35... | 0:08:19 | 0:08:20 | |
I do really like that but | 0:08:20 | 0:08:22 | |
and it's something I would buy and wear myself. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:24 | |
-Yeah. I think ladies would like that. -Yeah. -Yeah. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:27 | |
Could you do it for 32? | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
-Go on, then. -32? -Yeah. -Brilliant, OK. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
-Yeah? -Yeah. -32? -Yeah. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:35 | |
-PAUL: -You'd like it? -Our first buy! | 0:08:35 | 0:08:36 | |
-Yes, thank you. Oh, fantastic. -Brilliant. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:39 | |
I'm so excited. Brilliant. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:41 | |
Good work, girls. One item bought. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
Although, you know, you can't keep it, right? | 0:08:43 | 0:08:45 | |
OK, team, onward and upwards! | 0:08:47 | 0:08:48 | |
Where to? Straight on? | 0:08:50 | 0:08:51 | |
-Straight on. -Come on then. -DOG BARKS | 0:08:51 | 0:08:53 | |
Down, boy! | 0:08:53 | 0:08:55 | |
Not you, Charles. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:57 | |
Get up, man. | 0:08:57 | 0:08:58 | |
-Oh, Charles, I like that. -What have you found? | 0:08:58 | 0:09:00 | |
It's a shoehorn and a button doer upper. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:03 | |
Yeah, what do we think of that? Is that silver or...? | 0:09:03 | 0:09:05 | |
-Yeah, it is silver, wow. -That's lovely. -Good for you. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:08 | |
What do you think of this little lot here? | 0:09:08 | 0:09:09 | |
Come on, Brigitte, pay attention. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:11 | |
-It's pretty. -Isn't it? -Yeah. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
I don't know if the box is original, | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
but what you obviously have is a shoehorn | 0:09:16 | 0:09:19 | |
which will have a glossy chrome-plated horn... | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
And then the handles which ought to be | 0:09:22 | 0:09:25 | |
very indistinctly...marked silver. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:29 | |
-Oh, wow. -They're marked, they're Birmingham. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
They're about 1916. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:33 | |
And the boot hook is also quite nice. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:35 | |
You've got the, again, silver handle, | 0:09:35 | 0:09:37 | |
which will have very indistinct marks. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:39 | |
-Is it...a matching pair, obviously? -Yeah, quite a sweet lot, really. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
I would say, if they came into my saleroom, | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
I would say to a vendor, | 0:09:45 | 0:09:46 | |
the two together would probably make between £15 and £20. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:50 | |
-How much are they? -22. -Yeah... | 0:09:50 | 0:09:52 | |
So, really, unless they were a tenner... | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
-Yeah. -And then, you might only make £5. -Right. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
-But they're nice. -Would it be something that sells? | 0:09:58 | 0:10:00 | |
Yes, very much so. Commercially, it's a thumbs up from me. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
They're good. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:04 | |
So, all we need now is someone to do a deal with. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:08 | |
Cue Glenys. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:09 | |
Come stand by me. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:10 | |
OK, ladies, do your stuff. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:12 | |
-We quite like this. -Mm-hm. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:14 | |
-It's marked up at £22. -Yeah. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:16 | |
-What would be your best on that? -I could do it for 15 for you. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:21 | |
15, Charles, what do you think? | 0:10:21 | 0:10:22 | |
Maybe 12? Can you do it for 12, please? | 0:10:24 | 0:10:28 | |
-BRIGITTE: -Pretty please! | 0:10:28 | 0:10:29 | |
Mm... | 0:10:31 | 0:10:33 | |
-Yes, OK. -Yes! -£12? | 0:10:33 | 0:10:34 | |
-Thank you very much. -Yeah. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:36 | |
-Shall we say going... -BOTH: Going... | 0:10:36 | 0:10:38 | |
Gone! | 0:10:38 | 0:10:39 | |
-We'll sell it, no, we'll buy it! -Thank you. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:41 | |
Shake her hand, there we go. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:42 | |
Awkward... | 0:10:42 | 0:10:43 | |
Well done, Glenys. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:45 | |
Excellent, girls! So 25 minutes in, | 0:10:45 | 0:10:47 | |
and our two teams are level pegging with one item apiece. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:51 | |
Over the road, with the Reds, | 0:10:51 | 0:10:52 | |
shop owner Sally is waxing lyrical about a couple of curios. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:56 | |
-SALLY: -I'll just show you ladies the Brighton Bun. | 0:10:57 | 0:10:59 | |
Oh, it's a candlestick. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:01 | |
It's what aristocratic ladies used when they were travelling. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:05 | |
BOTH: Oh! | 0:11:05 | 0:11:06 | |
-A sort of... -It's just quirky. -It is quirky, isn't it? | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
-The finish is, you know... -It's a bit rough, isn't it? | 0:11:09 | 0:11:11 | |
-Well... -SALLY: -It's old, like me. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:13 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:11:13 | 0:11:15 | |
But, you know, when, there's rough and there's that sort of, you know, | 0:11:15 | 0:11:18 | |
-that worn lived-in sort of feel. -BOTH: Yeah. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:20 | |
Remember, girls, cheap and cheerful. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:22 | |
-How much would that be? -They're 48. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:24 | |
EDWINA: Oh, dear, it's a bit dear, isn't it? | 0:11:24 | 0:11:26 | |
-SARAH: -Yeah. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:27 | |
Um...could you come down a little? | 0:11:27 | 0:11:30 | |
I'd do 40. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
-JONATHAN: -Oh, right, so you wouldn't go down to 20, then? -No. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:35 | |
I'd do 38. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
I know nothing about them, I've never seen them before... | 0:11:37 | 0:11:40 | |
And, if I have, they'd probably gone into, you know... | 0:11:40 | 0:11:43 | |
-They came from a very old...antique dealers' collection. -OK. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:48 | |
-I don't know, what do you think? -I don't know. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:50 | |
I think they're a bit expensive for what we're looking for, really. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:53 | |
-For auction? -Cheap and cheerful, then... | 0:11:53 | 0:11:55 | |
No, I don't think so, but thank you very much... | 0:11:55 | 0:11:58 | |
-No, you're very welcome. -It's a lovely item though. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:00 | |
-It's just something a bit different. -SARAH: -It is, yeah. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:02 | |
I mean, if it could be about 35... | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
-Yes, go on, I will. -JONATHAN: -Want to try it at £35? | 0:12:05 | 0:12:08 | |
Shall we give it a go? | 0:12:08 | 0:12:09 | |
I'm out of my comfort zone, OK? | 0:12:09 | 0:12:11 | |
I've no idea, it's a bit of a punt. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:13 | |
I think they're just that little bit different though. | 0:12:13 | 0:12:16 | |
They just feel so nice. They feel smooth... | 0:12:16 | 0:12:18 | |
That's what treen, that's why people are attracted to treen, | 0:12:18 | 0:12:21 | |
-because it's a very, you know, it's wood, it's tactile. -Yeah. -It is. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
-It just feels so nice. -Warm to the touch. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:25 | |
-SARAH: -I suppose, when it's together, it does look like a bun. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:28 | |
Yeah, yeah. OK. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:29 | |
-Shall we go for it? -35? -Yeah. -Yeah. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:31 | |
-That'd be great, thank you very much. -Thank you. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:33 | |
-Right, two down, wonderful. -Thank you. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:35 | |
Oooh! | 0:12:35 | 0:12:37 | |
You just can't get away from your love of baking, hey, Sarah? | 0:12:37 | 0:12:41 | |
The Brighton Bun for the Reds making up their second item. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:45 | |
Talking of food, here's something rather nutty. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:47 | |
Now, I've come across some oddball objects in my time, | 0:12:49 | 0:12:53 | |
but this thing just about takes the pip. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:56 | |
What's special about it? | 0:12:56 | 0:12:58 | |
Well, on the surface, | 0:12:58 | 0:12:59 | |
we seem to have simply a high-quality silver box | 0:12:59 | 0:13:03 | |
and the green stone, a piece of jade, | 0:13:03 | 0:13:07 | |
that has been exquisitely fitted. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:09 | |
Indeed, the silver box is hallmarked Birmingham 1905. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:16 | |
But, if we open it up, | 0:13:16 | 0:13:18 | |
you can see that it's been especially made | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
to contain this thing, | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
which is a nut. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:26 | |
Actually an entada nut. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:30 | |
And the entada grows in equatorial climes. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:35 | |
And, occasionally, it sheds its seeds into the water. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:39 | |
It says on the bottom, | 0:13:39 | 0:13:41 | |
"These beans are looked upon as charms | 0:13:41 | 0:13:44 | |
"in the islands where they're found. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
"Received as gifts, they're supposed to bring good luck. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:52 | |
"If purchased, the reverse." | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
The whole story gets more interesting though | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
if you read what it says on the outside of the box. | 0:13:58 | 0:14:02 | |
It says, "Seed of Fairy Bean | 0:14:02 | 0:14:07 | |
"from Gulf of Mexico. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
"Brought by the Gulf stream to the island of Uist." | 0:14:10 | 0:14:14 | |
Now, Uist is in the Hebrides. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:17 | |
Someone in 1905 was wandering along a Scottish beach | 0:14:18 | 0:14:24 | |
and they picked up that bean. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:26 | |
And they were so intrigued by the bean, | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
and the fact that it had come to Scotland, | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
thousands of miles across the Caribbean, | 0:14:32 | 0:14:36 | |
and across the entire width of the Atlantic, | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
they decided they'd have this silver box made to put it in. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:43 | |
And on the bottom, there's a further inscription. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:45 | |
It says, "To Ralph and Marjorie, from AF, Christmas 1907." | 0:14:45 | 0:14:51 | |
And I guess that AF was a visitor to some friends on the island, | 0:14:51 | 0:14:57 | |
and after he'd found it, he went back to London, | 0:14:57 | 0:15:00 | |
had the box made, and presented it the following Christmas. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:04 | |
Now, how many of these boxes and beans are there knocking around | 0:15:04 | 0:15:08 | |
in the United Kingdom today? | 0:15:08 | 0:15:11 | |
I would say there are precisely one, ha! | 0:15:11 | 0:15:15 | |
And this is it. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:17 | |
What's it worth? | 0:15:17 | 0:15:18 | |
Well, in my view, because of its unique nature, | 0:15:18 | 0:15:22 | |
it's actually priceless. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:24 | |
Actually, you'd have to pay for it £160, | 0:15:24 | 0:15:28 | |
which is, I guess, just peanuts. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:31 | |
Well, that's food for thought. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:34 | |
Back over to Carlos. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:36 | |
Remember, the Blues still need two items | 0:15:36 | 0:15:39 | |
and they're over halfway through the shop. | 0:15:39 | 0:15:41 | |
-That's quite nice. -Oh, wow, I like that. -Look at this. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:45 | |
Come in here, come in here, quick. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:47 | |
Isn't that nice? | 0:15:47 | 0:15:48 | |
-Is that a writing set? -Yeah. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:50 | |
I think it's a very nice Victorian ink stand. | 0:15:50 | 0:15:53 | |
And that glass inkwell, I think, | 0:15:53 | 0:15:56 | |
-the way it sits in there... -Fits in nice. | 0:15:56 | 0:15:58 | |
It almost is quite stiff. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:00 | |
It's ebonised wood... | 0:16:00 | 0:16:02 | |
Probably circa... | 0:16:02 | 0:16:03 | |
1870, 1885, 1890-ish. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:08 | |
-What do you think? -I quite like that. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:10 | |
-Is there any, ah, is there something missing, or is it just... -Not really. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:13 | |
-No, you've had your... -You'd put your pens. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:15 | |
-You'd have a quill, would you? -Your quill... | 0:16:15 | 0:16:17 | |
Your feather would have gone in and out. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:19 | |
We have got a few issues, in the sense, | 0:16:19 | 0:16:21 | |
you can see here, where the timber's split, | 0:16:21 | 0:16:23 | |
and that may have been caused by central heating. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:26 | |
Can you see, it's been priced initially at 125. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:30 | |
Now it's come down to £75. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:33 | |
I reckon, if we play our cards right... | 0:16:33 | 0:16:36 | |
It's an object I've just got a feeling, as a sixth sense, | 0:16:36 | 0:16:39 | |
the dealer wants to get rid of. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:41 | |
Call in Glenys. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:42 | |
Yeah, let's give her a shout. Three, two, one... | 0:16:42 | 0:16:45 | |
-Glenys. -Glenys. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:46 | |
Pathetic, team. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
-TEAM: Hello. -Glenys. -Yes. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:51 | |
I think it's been here a long time. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:53 | |
-Probably. -THEY LAUGH | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
What's your best price? | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
What have I got on it? | 0:16:58 | 0:17:00 | |
-25... -25, yeah. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:02 | |
-Oh, no, no. -75. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:03 | |
I was going to say... 75. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
-I'll do 35, would be my very best. -How much?! -35. -Oh, my... | 0:17:07 | 0:17:11 | |
Not sure about your poker faces, team. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:13 | |
35? | 0:17:13 | 0:17:15 | |
It's a really nice desk set, | 0:17:15 | 0:17:16 | |
and I would say, for £35, shake her hand. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:19 | |
-Thank you very much again. -That's a bargain. | 0:17:19 | 0:17:21 | |
-BRIGITTE: -That's a bargain. -GLENYS: It is. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:23 | |
Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
Easy, tiger. That's two in the bag, team. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
One to go and 20 minutes left on the clock. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:31 | |
Ladies, do you think we should go to the antiques centre now? | 0:17:34 | 0:17:36 | |
Yes, definitely. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:37 | |
We haven't got long, so let's get a move on, come on. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:40 | |
Go, run, run, run, run. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:41 | |
We'll find the way. I don't know where it is. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:43 | |
Keep an eye out for the Blues. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:45 | |
It looks a bit cosy in there. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:47 | |
What's that wonderful... | 0:17:47 | 0:17:48 | |
Now, be careful what you are handling, Carlos. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:51 | |
-Little...sorry. -Excuse me! HORN SOUNDS | 0:17:51 | 0:17:54 | |
Naughty! Steady, Carlos. | 0:17:54 | 0:17:55 | |
-I was getting a grope there. -Sorry! -A grope! | 0:17:55 | 0:17:58 | |
-You can do it again if you want... -I'm sorry, I'm sorry. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:02 | |
Sorry, sorry about that. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:05 | |
Will you behave? I'm telling you what... | 0:18:05 | 0:18:07 | |
Charles, you seem to have gone the same colour as your jacket. | 0:18:07 | 0:18:10 | |
I feel so embarrassed... Sorry. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:13 | |
Anyway... | 0:18:17 | 0:18:18 | |
Back with the Reds. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:19 | |
It's a little watercolour of Gibraltar. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:22 | |
-We went to Gibraltar when we were kids, didn't we? -Yeah. | 0:18:22 | 0:18:25 | |
And it's cheap and cheerful. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
-£10. -£10, gosh. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:29 | |
I like to pick these things up, just to see who they're by. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
But that's signed in pencil, Thornley... | 0:18:32 | 0:18:35 | |
-Can't work that out, to be honest. -No, no... | 0:18:35 | 0:18:38 | |
Can't work the date out either. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:39 | |
-But, you know, you can see the paper's faded at the edges. -Yeah. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:42 | |
-So it's got some age to it, hasn't it? -Yeah, that's probably '49. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:45 | |
But, for £10, I mean, minimum bid at auction's a tenner pretty much. | 0:18:45 | 0:18:49 | |
Two bids, and you've got a profit. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:50 | |
Easier said than done, JP. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:52 | |
Back to the Blues, and Carlos is back on his knees. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:56 | |
Charles...what do you think of this? | 0:18:56 | 0:18:58 | |
What have you got there? Oh, that's interesting... | 0:18:59 | 0:19:02 | |
-A riding crop. -Oh, that's nice. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:04 | |
That is nice. Oh, my God, Brigitte, where did you find that? | 0:19:04 | 0:19:07 | |
Oh, I can find a bargain. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:09 | |
I like your style. That is nice. | 0:19:09 | 0:19:11 | |
The reason I like, I like this is, straightway, | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
it's not just the handle or the collar, | 0:19:13 | 0:19:15 | |
which we normally look at. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:17 | |
-It's the actual shaft. -I love it. -That's a very good shaft. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:19 | |
-Bamboo, is it? -It is bamboo in style. -Bamboo? -It is. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:22 | |
So, the hallmark ought to be on the collar there, | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
and it's marked with a big H for Hanson. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:28 | |
-I like your style, I like your style. -Oh, yeah, made for you, see. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:31 | |
-And, just here, very indistinct. -Come on, Hawk-eye... | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
There it is, Hawk-eye's got the mark. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:35 | |
It is Birmingham, and it is 1907. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:38 | |
-Wow. -Bargain. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:39 | |
With a lovely, lovely horn handle as well, | 0:19:39 | 0:19:42 | |
but what really impresses me is the shaft. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:45 | |
And it's worth at auction, | 0:19:45 | 0:19:46 | |
probably...between £60 and £90. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:51 | |
How much is it? | 0:19:51 | 0:19:52 | |
148. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:54 | |
Mate, it's a wonderful crop. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:55 | |
You will not find a better one. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:57 | |
Do you ride? | 0:19:57 | 0:19:58 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:19:58 | 0:20:00 | |
What are you giggling at? | 0:20:00 | 0:20:01 | |
I'll take that as a no then, girls. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:04 | |
Now, have those Reds come to a decision, 10 minutes left? | 0:20:04 | 0:20:08 | |
-If we got that for like a fiver. -See what they say. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:11 | |
-It's, it's well painted. -It is, it is nice. I do like it. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:15 | |
-Yeah, shall we go and ask? -Yeah. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:16 | |
Just the deal to seal then, Reds. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:19 | |
Meanwhile, the Blues need to crack the whip. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:21 | |
To me, it's a big price, | 0:20:21 | 0:20:23 | |
and really, if were going to get it down, we need some help, | 0:20:23 | 0:20:26 | |
by, hopefully, a very keen dealer, do some business. | 0:20:26 | 0:20:29 | |
-Shall we cry for help? -Yes, I think we better had, yes. -Yeah, OK. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:32 | |
Hello. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:33 | |
Glenys? | 0:20:33 | 0:20:34 | |
Glenys...? | 0:20:34 | 0:20:35 | |
Oh, wait. She's with the Reds. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:37 | |
Hiya. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:39 | |
Just wondered...what would be the best on this picture? | 0:20:39 | 0:20:43 | |
Let me have a look for you. | 0:20:43 | 0:20:45 | |
-I'm sure Jane would do it for five for you. -A fiver. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:49 | |
-SARAH: -Yay! | 0:20:49 | 0:20:50 | |
-Shall we have it? -I think that's very good. -Yeah, thank you very much. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:53 | |
-You can't lose on that, can you? -Thank you. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:55 | |
And we've spent, probably, less than £100. | 0:20:55 | 0:20:57 | |
Oh, well, less than £100. It's cheap and cheerful! Yes! | 0:20:57 | 0:21:01 | |
-Tim will be disappointed. -THEY LAUGH | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
Too right. I'll be having words. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:06 | |
Well done, all the same. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:08 | |
It's another story though, with the Blues. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:10 | |
Five minutes left. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:11 | |
Time to get negotiating with dealer, Sara. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:13 | |
-OK, well... -We like this... | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
So, what is your very bottom, bottom price? | 0:21:17 | 0:21:20 | |
-GLASS SMASHES -Oh, Lord, that's smashed it. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:24 | |
We can't take you anywhere, Brigitte. | 0:21:24 | 0:21:26 | |
I guess that's another breakage I'll be forking out for. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:28 | |
Chequebook, please. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
-I'm mortified! -Brigitte, look at me. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:33 | |
The dealer is laughing, | 0:21:33 | 0:21:35 | |
and we can do some business, can't we...still, Sara? | 0:21:35 | 0:21:38 | |
Yes, we can still do business. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:39 | |
-Ask the question again. -Thank you, Sara. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:41 | |
-I'm too ashamed to ask now. -Get out of here! | 0:21:41 | 0:21:43 | |
What would be your very bottom, bottom price on that? | 0:21:43 | 0:21:46 | |
And pretty please. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:48 | |
My absolute def would be £95. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
Please don't break anything else. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:52 | |
CHARLES LAUGHS | 0:21:52 | 0:21:55 | |
Otherwise, this might be used on you, OK? | 0:21:55 | 0:21:58 | |
-You ready? -Yes... | 0:21:58 | 0:21:59 | |
No pressure, hey, Brig? | 0:21:59 | 0:22:01 | |
-So, are we having it? -Yep. -Come on then, right. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:03 | |
-That's a deal, thank you very much. SARA: -Thank you. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:05 | |
Ah, they're still all friends. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:07 | |
Cheque's in the post, Sara. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:09 | |
Time's up! | 0:22:09 | 0:22:10 | |
Let's check out what the Red team bought, hey? | 0:22:10 | 0:22:12 | |
Their first foray was fantastic Mr Fox. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:17 | |
They shelled out £32. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:18 | |
Next, they forked out some dough on the Brighton Bun. | 0:22:20 | 0:22:23 | |
£35 paid. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:25 | |
And, finally, a rock bottom price of £5 | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
was paid for the Gibraltar watercolour. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
OK, girls. Well, you didn't spend so much, did you? | 0:22:31 | 0:22:33 | |
BOTH: No... | 0:22:33 | 0:22:34 | |
-How much, exactly? -£72. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:36 | |
£72 on all three items. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:40 | |
Now, that is what I call cheap, cheap, cheap. £72. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:44 | |
That means I want, 20... I want 228, please. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:47 | |
228. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:48 | |
So, which is your favourite... Miserable, I mean, um... | 0:22:48 | 0:22:53 | |
Which is your favourite purchase? | 0:22:53 | 0:22:54 | |
-We bought a lovely Lea Stein brooch that is so beautiful, so... -Yeah. | 0:22:54 | 0:23:00 | |
..that's my favourite. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:01 | |
-One of those lovely plastic ones? -Yes, yeah. -Yeah. Exactly. OK. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
Edwina, what's your favourite? | 0:23:04 | 0:23:05 | |
Well, I like the brooch as well, | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
but I also like the Gibraltar picture, | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
the watercolour, | 0:23:11 | 0:23:12 | |
-cos it reminds us of a childhood holiday we had. -Yeah. -OK. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:15 | |
-So I do like that as well. -So, you've got two personal favourites. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:18 | |
And which piece is going to bring the biggest profit? | 0:23:18 | 0:23:20 | |
-I think it's the picture, cos it was so cheap. -Yeah, very cheap. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:25 | |
Yeah, you both lit up there with the cheap word. Look at that. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:28 | |
OK, JP, it's clearly been one of those days for you today. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:32 | |
But it does mean that you can go now and run riot, doesn't it? | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
Oh, yes. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
And, because they're adamant they want to save money, | 0:23:37 | 0:23:40 | |
-I might just now blow the lot of it. -BOTH: Aw! | 0:23:40 | 0:23:43 | |
-You can be a bit contrary like that, can't you? -Oh, yes. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:46 | |
-Anarchy! -OK. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:47 | |
Well, good fun. | 0:23:47 | 0:23:49 | |
Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blue team bought, hey? | 0:23:49 | 0:23:52 | |
Their first item was the button hook and shoehorn. | 0:23:52 | 0:23:55 | |
They paid £12. | 0:23:55 | 0:23:57 | |
Next up, they paid £35 for the desk stand with inkwell. | 0:23:57 | 0:24:01 | |
And, finally, they had a whip round for the riding crop at £95. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:07 | |
-Well, was that good, Brig? -Loved it. -Was it. -Loved it, yes. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:10 | |
-All right for you, Bettes? -Oh, I loved it, yeah. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:13 | |
-And you've bought everything inside this shop? -We did. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:16 | |
-We didn't need to go anywhere else. -Exactly. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:18 | |
-One-stop shopping, hey? -That's right, yes. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:20 | |
Now which is your favourite bit, Brig? | 0:24:20 | 0:24:22 | |
-It's got to be my crop, my crop, my riding crop. -Really? | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
-You're a bit like that, are you? -Oh, yes. -Yeah, a bit of stick. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:28 | |
-OK, fine. -A bit of leather. -Bettes, what about you? | 0:24:28 | 0:24:30 | |
I like the inkwell. We bought a nice wooden...with the glass. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:33 | |
-That's your favourite, is it? -Yeah. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:35 | |
Which piece is going to bring the biggest profit? | 0:24:35 | 0:24:37 | |
-Oh, my crop. -The inkwell. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:38 | |
OK. Very nice to be linked like this, isn't it? | 0:24:38 | 0:24:41 | |
And you spent how much in total? | 0:24:41 | 0:24:43 | |
-142. -142. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:44 | |
142. Then, I would like 158...please. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:49 | |
158, thank you. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:50 | |
-158 goes straight over to Carlos. -Thank you very much. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:53 | |
-Now, you love to go and blow the lot, don't you? -Yeah, I do, | 0:24:53 | 0:24:55 | |
and I intend to, the whole lot. | 0:24:55 | 0:24:57 | |
Anyway, buck up, because we're about to shove off to the auction. | 0:24:57 | 0:25:00 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:01 | |
Well, we've come 62 miles from Hay-on-Wye | 0:25:12 | 0:25:14 | |
to the outskirts of Shrewsbury | 0:25:14 | 0:25:16 | |
to Halls Auction House | 0:25:16 | 0:25:18 | |
to be with Andrew Beeston, our auctioneer du jour. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:21 | |
-Andrew. -Thank you very much. Good to see you. -Nice to be here. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:24 | |
What a mixture we've got, hey? | 0:25:24 | 0:25:26 | |
Now, the Reds have gone with the Lea Stein plastic brooch. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:30 | |
-These are quite popular, aren't they? -They are. | 0:25:30 | 0:25:32 | |
This one's quite late, being 1990s, um... | 0:25:32 | 0:25:36 | |
The fox motif sometimes isn't to everybody's, um, taste. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:42 | |
Maybe been a...tad optimistic with the estimate... | 0:25:42 | 0:25:46 | |
-Which is? -£25 to £30. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:48 | |
-OK, well, our team paid £32. -Hmm... | 0:25:48 | 0:25:50 | |
And I don't know, every time I see one of these coming up, | 0:25:50 | 0:25:53 | |
I'm always surprised as to how well it does, actually. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:56 | |
Yeah, the earlier ones, 1950s ones, do really well. | 0:25:56 | 0:26:00 | |
Er, this is quite late. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:02 | |
All right, fine, well, we'll see what happens. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:04 | |
Let's be positive and optimistic. | 0:26:04 | 0:26:05 | |
Now, what about these candlesticks? | 0:26:05 | 0:26:07 | |
Er...Brighton Bun form. | 0:26:07 | 0:26:10 | |
Right, what does that mean? | 0:26:10 | 0:26:12 | |
They sort of come apart and go back together again | 0:26:12 | 0:26:14 | |
and form the shape of a popular pastry. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:18 | |
The original ones were sort of campaign candlesticks | 0:26:18 | 0:26:21 | |
from the 18th century in brass or silver. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
I think I've seen them in brass or silver | 0:26:24 | 0:26:26 | |
but never in turned wood, like this. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:28 | |
And, what about the price, Andrew? | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
20 to 40 as a useful pair of candlesticks, really. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:34 | |
Well, our team paid an unbelievable £35. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:37 | |
You wouldn't catch me paying £35 for these, I have to tell you. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:40 | |
And let's again be optimistic. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:41 | |
-Have you ever been to Gibraltar? -I haven't, unfortunately. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:44 | |
Me neither. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:45 | |
So, I don't know whether this is a good view of the Rock or not. | 0:26:45 | 0:26:49 | |
-It's quite a pleasant watercolour, isn't it? -It is, it is. | 0:26:49 | 0:26:52 | |
It's signed T Thornley, | 0:26:52 | 0:26:54 | |
possibly a follower of William Thornley. | 0:26:54 | 0:26:58 | |
William Thornley, a marine artist of the 19th century. | 0:26:58 | 0:27:02 | |
Well, probably not going to be in the realms of William Thornley | 0:27:02 | 0:27:06 | |
in estimate, though. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
-So, what is the price, do you think? -£10 to £15. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:11 | |
Well, they only paid £5 for it. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:13 | |
-I fancy it's just an amateur hand. -Yeah. | 0:27:13 | 0:27:15 | |
Maybe a naval officer visiting the Port of Gibraltar | 0:27:15 | 0:27:18 | |
and doing a bit of a watercolour. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:21 | |
OK, fine. Well, there's a possibility of a profit there. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:23 | |
I don't see anything whopping, though, do you? | 0:27:23 | 0:27:26 | |
-There are sort of playing it safe, aren't they? -They seem to be, | 0:27:26 | 0:27:29 | |
and that's probably why they try to spend the minimal amount of money. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:32 | |
Only £72. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:34 | |
Anyway, I fancy they're going to need their bonus buy, | 0:27:34 | 0:27:36 | |
so let's go and have a look at it. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:38 | |
Now, hey, girls, this is fun, isn't it? | 0:27:39 | 0:27:40 | |
BOTH: It is. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:41 | |
Your strategy was to spend practically nothing. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:44 | |
-BOTH: Yep. -Yep. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:45 | |
And you only spent £72, so you succeeded there. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:47 | |
You gave JP £228, | 0:27:47 | 0:27:49 | |
and I fancy he said he was going to possibly blow the lot. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:52 | |
-So, JP, show us what you bought. -Ooh, better not. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:55 | |
I was in that mood that day. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:56 | |
I thought maybe I would go and blow the lot, | 0:27:56 | 0:27:58 | |
and what I've found was, I thought I'd find something feminine | 0:27:58 | 0:28:01 | |
and a little bit of jewellery. | 0:28:01 | 0:28:02 | |
-Oh, wow! -So there we have. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:04 | |
Um, it's a little silver brooch. I think it's Scottish. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:08 | |
It's very much in the tradition of Iona, one of the Scottish islands. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:11 | |
They had a cottage industry there, | 0:28:11 | 0:28:13 | |
producing...silverwares with this sort of | 0:28:13 | 0:28:16 | |
Nordic type of style about it. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:18 | |
I mean, it's the Celtic and Nordic influences, | 0:28:18 | 0:28:20 | |
so you have these boats and you sometimes have... | 0:28:20 | 0:28:22 | |
I don't know, sort of knot designs and things like that. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:25 | |
If you put it on the scales, | 0:28:25 | 0:28:27 | |
you're looking at probably about 1.5lb worth of silver. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:29 | |
So, you know, the metal has no bearing | 0:28:29 | 0:28:31 | |
other than it is a precious metal. | 0:28:31 | 0:28:34 | |
It's all about style, this, um... | 0:28:34 | 0:28:37 | |
-I do like that. -It's really pretty. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:39 | |
-Can I hold it? -Course you can, yeah. Here you are. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:41 | |
And, what did you pay for it, first? | 0:28:41 | 0:28:44 | |
Er...I paid... | 0:28:44 | 0:28:46 | |
£30. | 0:28:46 | 0:28:48 | |
BOTH: Oh! | 0:28:48 | 0:28:49 | |
And what do you think it could make in auction? | 0:28:49 | 0:28:52 | |
If it were Iona, then, | 0:28:52 | 0:28:53 | |
-you'd expect it to make maybe £70, £80 perhaps. -Yeah. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:56 | |
£60, £70, £80. | 0:28:56 | 0:28:58 | |
If not, it might only squeeze a small profit. | 0:28:58 | 0:29:00 | |
So, girls, do you think you're going to pin all your hopes on it? | 0:29:00 | 0:29:03 | |
-Hmm, don't know, it's nice though. -I do like it. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:06 | |
I think it's beautiful. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:07 | |
-And I have a piece of Iona... A brooch at home. -Oh, yeah, you do. | 0:29:07 | 0:29:12 | |
You do? Well, there you are. I knew that, of course. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:15 | |
-Of course. -Yes, yes. -Of course, yes. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:17 | |
So, yeah, it's gorgeous. | 0:29:17 | 0:29:19 | |
OK, well, you, you seem to be hot to trot for that, girls, yeah? | 0:29:19 | 0:29:22 | |
Well, you don't decide right now, | 0:29:22 | 0:29:23 | |
you decide after the sale of your first three items. | 0:29:23 | 0:29:26 | |
But let's find out from the auctioneer | 0:29:26 | 0:29:27 | |
what he thinks about JP's brooch. | 0:29:27 | 0:29:30 | |
Now, Andrew, on the surface, that doesn't look dazzling, does it? | 0:29:31 | 0:29:35 | |
Not really. | 0:29:35 | 0:29:36 | |
It's based on the designs of a silversmith | 0:29:36 | 0:29:40 | |
called Alexander Ritchie, um... | 0:29:40 | 0:29:43 | |
Scottish silversmith on the island of Iona. | 0:29:43 | 0:29:46 | |
And this is sort of a follower of in sterling silver. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:50 | |
But not hallmarked. | 0:29:50 | 0:29:52 | |
Not hallmarked. | 0:29:52 | 0:29:53 | |
Therefore... £25, £35 as a decorative bar brooch. | 0:29:53 | 0:29:57 | |
-Well, JP paid £30. He's paid the right price. -Yeah. | 0:29:57 | 0:30:01 | |
And if there's some Scot tuning in on the internet, | 0:30:01 | 0:30:04 | |
-it might do all right, mightn't it? -It could do, yeah. | 0:30:04 | 0:30:06 | |
OK. Good. | 0:30:06 | 0:30:08 | |
Now, Brigitte and Betty have gone for this wacky group. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:12 | |
A button hook and a shoehorn with silver handles. Any good? | 0:30:12 | 0:30:18 | |
George V silver-handled button hook and shoehorn in an associated box. | 0:30:18 | 0:30:25 | |
We see a lot of these. We really do. | 0:30:25 | 0:30:28 | |
There are collectors of them. | 0:30:28 | 0:30:30 | |
But the availability is such that nobody really pays a lot for them. | 0:30:30 | 0:30:35 | |
-Like how much? -£15, £25. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:38 | |
That's OK, our lot only paid £12. So that's £6 each. | 0:30:38 | 0:30:41 | |
So they've done brilliantly on that. They might even make a profit. | 0:30:41 | 0:30:44 | |
-Possibly. -What a miracle. Now, the ink stand. | 0:30:44 | 0:30:49 | |
So we've got a decent bottle | 0:30:49 | 0:30:52 | |
and a rather dull, brass and ebonized base. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:55 | |
We have indeed. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:58 | |
-But it's a pressed glass bottle rather than cut. -Oh. | 0:30:58 | 0:31:03 | |
-So, cheap? -Well... | 0:31:03 | 0:31:05 | |
Yes, it's a cheaper version of the cut glass inkwell. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:08 | |
-OK, how much? -£40 to £60. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:11 | |
Oh, fret not, £35 our team paid. | 0:31:11 | 0:31:13 | |
They seem to be paying the right | 0:31:13 | 0:31:15 | |
money for their stuff even though it's not much cop. | 0:31:15 | 0:31:17 | |
OK, now, finally, talking about cop, comes the crop. OK. | 0:31:17 | 0:31:22 | |
And of course, this is an equestrian area, isn't it, | 0:31:22 | 0:31:24 | |
-all around Shrewsbury? -Oh, very much so, yes. | 0:31:24 | 0:31:27 | |
This crop with a silver mount, 1907, for the make in Narborough. | 0:31:27 | 0:31:32 | |
Best known, really, for the military swagger sticks. | 0:31:32 | 0:31:36 | |
-Particular maker of mounts but it's in good condition. -Yeah. | 0:31:36 | 0:31:41 | |
Antler handle on there. | 0:31:41 | 0:31:43 | |
-And what's it worth? -About £30, £40. -Is that all? -Well... | 0:31:43 | 0:31:47 | |
-Not much, is it? -Well, you know, it's a riding crop. | 0:31:47 | 0:31:52 | |
OK, fine, well, our lot paid £95 for it. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:55 | |
If it was a swagger stick by this maker, then... | 0:31:55 | 0:31:59 | |
OK, well, what happens if we just chop the leather bit off the end | 0:31:59 | 0:32:02 | |
and turn it into a swagger stick? How's that? | 0:32:02 | 0:32:04 | |
Oh, I think they might notice. | 0:32:04 | 0:32:06 | |
On this basis, this team is definitely going to need | 0:32:06 | 0:32:08 | |
its bonus buy. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:10 | |
Let's crack on and have a look at it. | 0:32:10 | 0:32:13 | |
Ah, Brigitte and Bettes. | 0:32:13 | 0:32:16 | |
You spent 142, you gave Charles £158 which is quite a responsibility. | 0:32:16 | 0:32:22 | |
-It is, Tim. -Why did you do? | 0:32:22 | 0:32:23 | |
It's always nice to spend, spend, spend but when I saw this | 0:32:23 | 0:32:26 | |
I had to buy it because the art of auctioneering | 0:32:26 | 0:32:28 | |
is sometimes conducting. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:31 | |
-Oh, that's nice. -That's nice. -Are you ready? OK. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:33 | |
Because within is a wonderful old conductor's baton. | 0:32:33 | 0:32:38 | |
-Well, take it out. -Wow. -Put it together for me. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:40 | |
-Just screws together, does it? -Absolutely, so out it comes. | 0:32:40 | 0:32:43 | |
And the reason I like this is it's by Boosey | 0:32:43 | 0:32:45 | |
who are a leading manufacturer, | 0:32:45 | 0:32:46 | |
they've been making these batons for many years. | 0:32:46 | 0:32:50 | |
Prior, they were a firm established | 0:32:50 | 0:32:52 | |
in the late 18th century. | 0:32:52 | 0:32:54 | |
Ebonized and silver, Tim. | 0:32:54 | 0:32:56 | |
And it's amazing the market for these online. | 0:32:56 | 0:32:58 | |
There's a huge collector's market, it's in good condition, the tip... | 0:32:58 | 0:33:02 | |
-Is this silver? -It is, hallmarked | 0:33:02 | 0:33:04 | |
for circa 1905, 1910. | 0:33:04 | 0:33:06 | |
And it's just, Tim, I feel, | 0:33:06 | 0:33:08 | |
a really good baton of its type | 0:33:08 | 0:33:11 | |
by a really good name and of a quality with silver marks. | 0:33:11 | 0:33:14 | |
-And ready to go, right? -And good to go. -How much did you pay? | 0:33:14 | 0:33:16 | |
Well, I'll tell you. | 0:33:16 | 0:33:17 | |
I think it's worth, | 0:33:17 | 0:33:19 | |
probably at auction, I'd hope, | 0:33:19 | 0:33:21 | |
pushing the boat out 100 to 150. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:24 | |
-Maybe 118 to 120. And I've bought it for you. -Especially. | 0:33:24 | 0:33:29 | |
For the both of you, £95. | 0:33:29 | 0:33:31 | |
-Ooph. Right. -Well, that's hot, isn't it? -Hot to trot. | 0:33:31 | 0:33:35 | |
-£95 and he sees it as 100 to 150. Yes? -Yes. | 0:33:35 | 0:33:38 | |
I think you're reaching for the right note, though, Charles. | 0:33:38 | 0:33:40 | |
-Hope so, Tim. -Good. | 0:33:40 | 0:33:42 | |
On that, I think we should move on and find out | 0:33:42 | 0:33:46 | |
what the auctioneer thinks about Charles' baton. | 0:33:46 | 0:33:48 | |
Well, Andrew, how about that for a baton? | 0:33:50 | 0:33:52 | |
Oh, two-section baton. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:55 | |
-Early 20th century. -Yeah, what a nice thing, isn't it? -Yeah. | 0:33:55 | 0:33:58 | |
I mean, that's ebony and solid silver | 0:33:58 | 0:34:00 | |
and it's made by Boosey & Co, look. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:02 | |
It is a good...good retailer. | 0:34:02 | 0:34:05 | |
-I think founded in around 1760. -Oh, were they? | 0:34:06 | 0:34:09 | |
Still going, publishers of music. | 0:34:09 | 0:34:12 | |
And they retail instruments too, I think. | 0:34:12 | 0:34:13 | |
But that's a fantastic bright-cut thing, as you say, in two sections | 0:34:13 | 0:34:17 | |
and we've got this little presentation card here | 0:34:17 | 0:34:20 | |
from the Palace theatre, presumably in Orpington, which is rather sweet. | 0:34:20 | 0:34:25 | |
A little bit of provenance there with it, which is always nice. | 0:34:25 | 0:34:28 | |
What sort of money do you get for them? | 0:34:28 | 0:34:31 | |
80 to 120. | 0:34:31 | 0:34:33 | |
Well, you've struck the right note there because Hanson, | 0:34:33 | 0:34:36 | |
our maestro conductor paid only £95 for it. | 0:34:36 | 0:34:39 | |
-Should be on song with that. -Ooph. | 0:34:39 | 0:34:41 | |
How long have you been thinking of that for, Andrew? | 0:34:41 | 0:34:44 | |
Anyway, good luck today on the rostrum. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:46 | |
-Thank you. -Thank you very much. | 0:34:46 | 0:34:47 | |
Right, Andrew, grab your gavel and rise to your rostrum. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:53 | |
-So, girls...what's your expectation, Edwina? -Um... | 0:34:54 | 0:34:59 | |
I think maybe we paid a little bit too much for the brooch. | 0:34:59 | 0:35:03 | |
Yeah, it's still beautiful though. | 0:35:03 | 0:35:04 | |
Listen, you girls, you only paid £72 for the whole shebang | 0:35:04 | 0:35:07 | |
so you can't have paid too much. | 0:35:07 | 0:35:09 | |
I reckon you're going to be all right | 0:35:09 | 0:35:11 | |
and then you've got the bar brooch to fall back on if you need to. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:14 | |
-You happy with that? -Yeah. -Yeah. -We like that brooch, don't we? | 0:35:14 | 0:35:17 | |
Now, your first item | 0:35:17 | 0:35:18 | |
is old fox face, the brooch. | 0:35:18 | 0:35:20 | |
Lea Stine brooch and here it comes. | 0:35:20 | 0:35:22 | |
Straightaway, I'm bid £10, £15. | 0:35:22 | 0:35:24 | |
At 15, 20, 25, 30, | 0:35:24 | 0:35:26 | |
35, 40 in the room. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:28 | |
Yes! | 0:35:28 | 0:35:29 | |
-At 40, internet, you're out. -I told you you'd be all right. | 0:35:29 | 0:35:32 | |
40, 45, fresh bidder, fresh bidder at £45. | 0:35:32 | 0:35:36 | |
50 on the internet. | 0:35:36 | 0:35:38 | |
55 in the room. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:40 | |
Look at this, girls. | 0:35:40 | 0:35:41 | |
55 internet, you're out. | 0:35:41 | 0:35:43 | |
At £55. | 0:35:43 | 0:35:46 | |
GAVEL BANGS | 0:35:46 | 0:35:47 | |
-Brilliant. -Yes! | 0:35:47 | 0:35:48 | |
Plus £23. Easy, peasy. Here we go. | 0:35:48 | 0:35:51 | |
Now here comes your travelling candlesticks. | 0:35:51 | 0:35:54 | |
Start me at £10, 10. £10 at the start, unusual lot. | 0:35:54 | 0:35:58 | |
£10 to start the bidding, where are you? 10? | 0:35:58 | 0:36:00 | |
10 bid, 12? £10 starters bid. | 0:36:00 | 0:36:05 | |
-'Should be 12.' -Come on. -'At £10 starters bid...' -Uh-oh. -No! | 0:36:05 | 0:36:08 | |
Make no mistakes. £10 only. | 0:36:08 | 0:36:12 | |
GAVEL BANGS | 0:36:12 | 0:36:13 | |
-£10. -It's minus 25, which means you are minus £2. | 0:36:13 | 0:36:18 | |
Now, Gibraltar, look out. | 0:36:18 | 0:36:20 | |
Yes, here we go, back up again. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:22 | |
Start the bidding £10. 10? | 0:36:22 | 0:36:24 | |
10 and start. £10, no? | 0:36:24 | 0:36:27 | |
10 on the internet. Internet bidder at 10. | 0:36:27 | 0:36:30 | |
-10, 10, that's fine. -Come on. -Bit of profit. -It's a profit. | 0:36:30 | 0:36:33 | |
£10 internet bid, make no mistakes. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:36 | |
Don't believe it, that's plus £5 which means, girls, | 0:36:36 | 0:36:39 | |
-you are plus £3. -Yes! -That's £1 each. | 0:36:39 | 0:36:42 | |
One for Jonathan, one for Sarah and one for Edwina. | 0:36:42 | 0:36:45 | |
OK, now, what are you going to do? | 0:36:45 | 0:36:46 | |
Are you going to go with the bar brooch? | 0:36:46 | 0:36:48 | |
I do really like it, I must say. I think it's... | 0:36:48 | 0:36:50 | |
-Well, they went for the Lea Stein. -Yeah. Let's go... Shall we go for it? | 0:36:50 | 0:36:54 | |
-Yeah, we'll go for it. -We're going to go for it. No, we're going. | 0:36:54 | 0:36:57 | |
-You like it? -Yeah. -You like it, don't you? -Yeah. | 0:36:57 | 0:36:59 | |
You like it, you rate it. He spent £30 on it. You're going to do it? | 0:36:59 | 0:37:03 | |
-Yes. -We will do. -OK. | 0:37:03 | 0:37:05 | |
Well, despite having a magnificent profit of £3, | 0:37:05 | 0:37:07 | |
the girls are going with the bonus buy. | 0:37:07 | 0:37:10 | |
And now you've decided to go with it, JP paid £30, the estimate | 0:37:10 | 0:37:14 | |
from the auctioneer is £25 to £35, so that's right in the middle. | 0:37:14 | 0:37:17 | |
And with any luck, it's on the internet, you'll do all right, OK? | 0:37:17 | 0:37:20 | |
Anyway, decision's made, we're going with the brooch, here it comes. | 0:37:20 | 0:37:23 | |
£20, 20? Iona bar brooch, £20. | 0:37:23 | 0:37:27 | |
£10 is bid, £10 bid. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:28 | |
15 on the internet. 20 in the room. At 20. | 0:37:28 | 0:37:33 | |
-Go on. -Come on, one more. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:35 | |
-Bid's in the room, you're out on the net. -Come on, net. | 0:37:35 | 0:37:37 | |
Come on, Internet. | 0:37:37 | 0:37:38 | |
25 on the internet. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:40 | |
-Yes. -Go on. | 0:37:40 | 0:37:41 | |
REDS: Go on! One more! | 0:37:41 | 0:37:43 | |
£25, it's an internet bid, you're out at £25. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:49 | |
-Oh, no. -No! GAVEL BANGS | 0:37:49 | 0:37:51 | |
What a tragedy. | 0:37:51 | 0:37:52 | |
Oh, no, £25, that's minus £5, | 0:37:52 | 0:37:55 | |
you're back at being minus £2. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:57 | |
-Oh, no. Never mind. -Minus £2. No folding money to go home with. | 0:37:57 | 0:38:02 | |
-But listen, it could be a winning score very easily, right? -Yeah. | 0:38:02 | 0:38:06 | |
-Could be, couldn't it? -Yeah, could be. | 0:38:06 | 0:38:08 | |
Look at that face. I'm so sorry. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:10 | |
-Anyway, listen, don't say a thing to the Blues. -No. | 0:38:10 | 0:38:13 | |
-OK, lovely stuff. Thank you very much. -Thank you. | 0:38:13 | 0:38:15 | |
-Happy, girls? -Yes. -Yes. -Do you know how the Reds got on? -No. -No. | 0:38:20 | 0:38:23 | |
Good, we don't want you to know. | 0:38:23 | 0:38:25 | |
Right, first up then is the button hook set jobbie. | 0:38:25 | 0:38:28 | |
And here it comes. | 0:38:28 | 0:38:29 | |
-Let's start the bidding nice and quickly, £10. -Come on. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:32 | |
'10, £10 to start, 10?' | 0:38:32 | 0:38:34 | |
-10 bid. -Come on. | 0:38:34 | 0:38:35 | |
-15 on the net. -Yes! -18 in the room. | 0:38:36 | 0:38:39 | |
20 on the internet. | 0:38:39 | 0:38:41 | |
-25 in the room. -25! | 0:38:41 | 0:38:43 | |
25. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:44 | |
-This is remarkable, girls. -Come on. | 0:38:44 | 0:38:46 | |
You're out on the internet, at £25. | 0:38:46 | 0:38:49 | |
Seated bid at 25... | 0:38:49 | 0:38:52 | |
GAVEL BANGS | 0:38:52 | 0:38:53 | |
-BLUES: Yes! -Come on. -That's £13. | 0:38:53 | 0:38:55 | |
-Plus £13, how good's that? -Very good. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:58 | |
Lot number 234, the Victorian ebonized | 0:38:58 | 0:39:00 | |
and coromandel veneered desk stand. | 0:39:00 | 0:39:04 | |
-I really like this. -This is nice. | 0:39:04 | 0:39:05 | |
£30, 30? £30? 30 on the internet. | 0:39:05 | 0:39:08 | |
-Internet bid at 30. At £30, should be 5. -One more. | 0:39:08 | 0:39:12 | |
-35. -Yes! | 0:39:12 | 0:39:14 | |
-Now, one more. -At £35 seated. | 0:39:14 | 0:39:15 | |
One more, Charles, you need a profit, please. | 0:39:15 | 0:39:17 | |
-40 on the internet. -Yes! -Yes! | 0:39:17 | 0:39:20 | |
At £40, make no mistakes. | 0:39:20 | 0:39:23 | |
GAVEL BANGS | 0:39:23 | 0:39:24 | |
-Yes, profit, good. -£40, it's plus £5 it means you're plus 18, team. | 0:39:24 | 0:39:27 | |
-Yes. -Great. -Now, here comes this old crop. | 0:39:27 | 0:39:31 | |
Start the bidding, you've all seen it. £20. 20 and start. 20? | 0:39:31 | 0:39:36 | |
Where are you? £20. 20 bid. £20 bid. | 0:39:36 | 0:39:38 | |
Come on. | 0:39:38 | 0:39:40 | |
25 on the internet. | 0:39:40 | 0:39:42 | |
-30 in the room. -Come on. | 0:39:42 | 0:39:43 | |
Is this ours? | 0:39:43 | 0:39:44 | |
35 on the internet. | 0:39:44 | 0:39:46 | |
Let's ride us home. | 0:39:46 | 0:39:47 | |
At £35. 40 now? | 0:39:47 | 0:39:49 | |
£35, make no mistakes. | 0:39:49 | 0:39:52 | |
Internet bidder at £35. | 0:39:52 | 0:39:56 | |
GAVEL BANGS | 0:39:56 | 0:39:57 | |
Listen, team. That's £35, which is minus £60, | 0:39:57 | 0:40:00 | |
which means overall you are minus £42. | 0:40:00 | 0:40:04 | |
-Oh, no. Well, we're going to have to go. -You're minus 42. | 0:40:04 | 0:40:08 | |
What are you going to do about the old baton? | 0:40:08 | 0:40:10 | |
-We're going to have to go for it. -We've got faith in Charles. | 0:40:10 | 0:40:13 | |
-Have you? -Yeah. -Yeah. -Why's that? -Let's roll. -Because he's lovely. -OK. | 0:40:13 | 0:40:17 | |
You've got faith in Charles cos he's lovely. | 0:40:17 | 0:40:19 | |
-Anyway, we're going with the bonus buy? -Yes. | 0:40:19 | 0:40:21 | |
We're definitely going with it. | 0:40:21 | 0:40:22 | |
-Thank you, team. -Absolutely. -We're going with the bonus buy. | 0:40:22 | 0:40:25 | |
I have to tell you now the auctioneer's estimate | 0:40:25 | 0:40:27 | |
-is £80 to £120. -Wow. -Let's roll. -You paid £95, Charles. | 0:40:27 | 0:40:30 | |
You paid the right price, apparently, | 0:40:30 | 0:40:32 | |
according to the auctioneer. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:33 | |
If he's right and you get £120, you guys are nearly out of trouble. | 0:40:33 | 0:40:37 | |
Right, here we go. Let's be positive. Here comes the baton. | 0:40:37 | 0:40:40 | |
This is a two section conductor's baton with a silver mount. | 0:40:40 | 0:40:46 | |
Where are we going to start? Should be £100. 60 to start me. 60? | 0:40:46 | 0:40:50 | |
£60 to start the bidding. 60 on the internet. | 0:40:50 | 0:40:53 | |
Let's roll. | 0:40:53 | 0:40:54 | |
-80, 85. -Come on, madam. | 0:40:54 | 0:40:56 | |
-Oh, well done. -Let's go. | 0:40:56 | 0:40:58 | |
£90 is in the room. | 0:40:58 | 0:41:00 | |
-Fair warning, internet, at £90. -One more, go on. | 0:41:00 | 0:41:03 | |
Conductor should be bidding on this. | 0:41:03 | 0:41:05 | |
At £90, 5 now? | 0:41:05 | 0:41:07 | |
At 90. | 0:41:07 | 0:41:09 | |
-GAVEL BANGS -Disappointed. -Never mind, we tried. | 0:41:09 | 0:41:12 | |
-You did, you did, you punted. -Yeah, sorry, team. | 0:41:12 | 0:41:15 | |
Minus 47. | 0:41:15 | 0:41:18 | |
-Listen, girls... -Never mind. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:20 | |
It's minus £47, all right, which could be a winning score. | 0:41:20 | 0:41:24 | |
So say nothing to the Reds, all right? Bad luck though, Charles. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:27 | |
-Thanks, Tim. -So close but yet so far. -Brilliant. | 0:41:27 | 0:41:31 | |
-Well, teams, this has been great fun today, hasn't it? -It has. | 0:41:36 | 0:41:39 | |
-Have you not loved it? You two sisters haven't fallen out? -No. | 0:41:39 | 0:41:42 | |
-And you two friends haven't fallen out? -No, not yet. -Not yet, great. | 0:41:42 | 0:41:46 | |
Now, do you know what the results are today? | 0:41:46 | 0:41:48 | |
-ALL: No. -No idea? | 0:41:48 | 0:41:49 | |
-BLUES: No. -Just as well. | 0:41:49 | 0:41:50 | |
Well, I'm afraid nobody's going home with any cash. | 0:41:50 | 0:41:52 | |
ALL: Oh! | 0:41:52 | 0:41:54 | |
So you're safe on that front but there is a bit of a gap | 0:41:54 | 0:41:57 | |
and the team with the most losses today by quite a chalk are... | 0:41:57 | 0:42:01 | |
the Blues. | 0:42:01 | 0:42:02 | |
Oh, no! | 0:42:02 | 0:42:03 | |
Yes, Betty. | 0:42:03 | 0:42:05 | |
REDS: Losers! | 0:42:05 | 0:42:07 | |
Oh, I don't think that's very nice. | 0:42:07 | 0:42:09 | |
We have runners-up on this programme, actually. | 0:42:10 | 0:42:13 | |
Anyway, there we go, runners-up, bad luck. | 0:42:13 | 0:42:15 | |
And that minus £60 on the riding crop did you in, really, didn't it? | 0:42:15 | 0:42:18 | |
-Yes. -My fault, then. -Her fault. | 0:42:18 | 0:42:20 | |
Well, I wouldn't say it's anybody's fault, it just wasn't today's sale | 0:42:20 | 0:42:23 | |
for that particular object cos it torpedoed your chances at minus 47. | 0:42:23 | 0:42:27 | |
Apart from that, you were doing rather well. | 0:42:27 | 0:42:29 | |
Yes. So, I'm sorry about that. But you've been really British about it. | 0:42:29 | 0:42:32 | |
Great stiff upper lip. | 0:42:32 | 0:42:34 | |
And the victors today managed to win by only losing £2. | 0:42:34 | 0:42:39 | |
Yes! | 0:42:39 | 0:42:40 | |
Minus £2. | 0:42:40 | 0:42:41 | |
£23 profit on that plastic brooch was quite something else, wasn't it? | 0:42:41 | 0:42:46 | |
-Yeah, that was good. -It was. And a nice profit on Gibraltar. | 0:42:46 | 0:42:49 | |
The cheapest watercolour this side of the Andes. | 0:42:49 | 0:42:52 | |
And you went with the bonus buy | 0:42:52 | 0:42:53 | |
when that, unfortunately, | 0:42:53 | 0:42:55 | |
didn't help you on your way there. | 0:42:55 | 0:42:57 | |
-So there we go. It's the rollercoaster of life, yes? -It is. | 0:42:57 | 0:42:59 | |
-But you had a good time, sissies? -Yes, brilliant. -We have. | 0:42:59 | 0:43:01 | |
We loved having you on the show. | 0:43:01 | 0:43:03 | |
In fact, join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes? | 0:43:03 | 0:43:05 | |
ALL: Yes! | 0:43:05 | 0:43:07 |