Anglesey 25 Bargain Hunt

Today we are at the Anglesey antiques fair.

It's very exciting.

This is completely new territory for me.

For 12 long years as an expert on Bargain Hunt, I've waited for

this day, when I can say,

"Come on...

"let's go bargain hunting, yes?!"

-Yes!

-Oh, that felt really good!

Take a gander at this.

There are 120 antique stall holders

for our Red and Blue teams to buy from today.

They have the £300, they have the 60 minutes to find that ultimate

treasure to take to auction from North Wales.

Here's a taster of what's coming up.

Can the Reds seek divine inspiration to be today's winner?

Are they actual Pope clothes?

LAUGHTER

Oh, yes, the ones on the back.

They are, aren't they?

Or can the Blues out top them to become top dog?

Good sized top hat, really. Look at that.

THEY LAUGH

All will be revealed at the auction.

I don't believe it. We have slithered a loss at a fiver.

£20 in the room...

Tom, Tom, Tom.

No, no!

But before all that, let's meet the teams.

On Bargain Hunt today, we have friends Lauren and Ollie.

And the newly engaged couple Joe and Sophie. Hello to you all.

-Hi.

-Good to see you. Now, Lauren, tell me about yourself.

I just graduated university in Swansea,

-so just working in a toy shop at the moment, really.

-Good for you.

While I look for a real life job.

-What's your plan for the future, Lauren?

-Well, I'd love to work in

the environment, so in conservation or forestry or something like that,

-or maybe even for the Met Office. Big dreams.

-And this Welshman with that

big beard, tell me, how did you guys meet...and become friends, Lauren?

Well, I met Ollie on a night out in Swansea.

And I didn't realise we did the same course until, a couple of days later,

I saw him on a field trip, and how could you miss that beard, really?

-Absolutely.

-I introduced myself and...

-We've been friends ever since.

That's nice, well done. What are your career plans for the future?

I currently work in a supermarket.

I did it part-time throughout my degree.

And I want to progress with wine,

it's my passion, and I've been on lots of courses

and I've enjoyed drinking it since I was 18. I want to go and be a buyer

-in the head office.

-How much is a good bottle of wine?

-I'd say between £8 to £11, probably.

-OK, mental note.

And tell me, what is this about your grandmother and her antique interest?

Well, she loves it. She lives for Bargain Hunt.

So, ever since I was little, we've been mooching,

mooching round her antiques in the cupboard and stuff.

So she will be chuffed.

Ollie, it's also your grandmother who is

responsible for your antique interest.

When I was younger I used to go round her house,

and she showed me some of the antiques. I was really fascinated.

What are your tactics today?

Well, I think we want to kind of buy low and sell high,

-that's the aim, really.

-Buy low, sell high.

-I will haggle.

-She will bat her eyelids.

-Goodness me.

You're going to haggle very, very hard. Well, thank you, Reds.

Thank you so much. And now over to the Blues.

-Hello.

-Hello.

Joe and Sophie, Sophie and Joe, you're lovebirds?

-You've been engaged how long for now?

-For a year now.

-Wow, and still love?

-Yeah?

-Just.

-Still fells like yesterday, Joe?

-Yeah.

Good man. That's a very good answer.

So tell me, how did you two meet and get together?

-Well, we first met in high school.

-No!

-Yeah.

It was just after my GCSEs and the school were doing a music week,

so I thought I'd help out.

And that's where I met Sophie, really, I got talking to her.

And apparently she used to say hi to me all the time,

-and I used to ignore her.

-Really?

-Yeah.

And rumour has it you don't do things by halves,

-you got engaged somewhere very special.

-Yes, the Ritz hotel in London.

Goodness me. What a way to live.

I thought I would make it that bit extra special by asking

Sophie to marry me.

And I came over with a cloche, and she said yes.

Good for you. And away from all that glamorous living of engagement,

what do you do, Joe, on a daily basis?

Well, on a daily basis, I'm doing a local...

in a local college, I'm doing a policing degree.

Ultimately I would like to join the police force, either in North Wales or somewhere else.

Away from your work, Joe, you are also a bit of a drummer?

That's correct, yeah.

I play drums, been playing for around about five years,

and I also teach drums at my local school.

-In more ways than one, the beat is on.

-That's right.

-That's a boom, boom.

And tell me, Sophie, I understand you want to be a probation...

-A probation officer.

-It wasn't me. It wasn't me.

It wasn't me.

And why is that, just because...

Just helping, sort of, criminals get back on the right track,

making sure, like, avoiding them to reoffend and stuff like that.

I find that really interesting.

And we can maybe find you out on a Sunday morning, bleary eyed,

and a bit tired. You're a great car boot fanatic. Antique fair.

Definitely. Me and my grandad are there on a Sunday morning.

-What are your tactics?

-Look for something unique,

-something that in the auction they have never seen before.

-Yes.

-Definitely.

-That sounds very good.

This is the most important moment of all.

I've got here for you, Joe and Sophie, £300.

Goodness me. Lauren and Ollie. Spend it wisely. Get out of here!

Get out of here and off you go!

So let's meet today's experts.

There will be no dodgy deals with Claire Rawle around.

She'll be enlightening the Reds.

And going potty with the Blues is Thomas Plant.

So, teams, what's the plan of attack?

I'd like to look for some military memorabilia.

My dad is in the army and I've always had a keen interest in it.

OK, that's interesting. What about Lauren?

I was thinking something silver, maybe a bit decorative.

-Sophie and Joe, are you excited?

-Very excited.

-What are we going to be looking for today?

-I want to look for jewellery.

A girl after my own heart. And what about you?

-Anything musically related, really.

-You're a musician, aren't you?

-That's correct, yes.

-Well, we will do our best.

You better get fishing for a bargain because your hour starts now.

-Let's go.

-OK. Let's go shopping.

That's quite a shopping list.

Let's hope they can find what they're looking for.

There's quite a lot to choose from.

Are they actual Pope clothes?

Oh, darling Lauren, Pope-wear is so on-trend this year.

The clothes. They are, aren't they?

-Don't think he'd like to hear you say that.

-THEY LAUGH

Anyway, moving on, as the Blues have tuned into

a piece of broadcasting history - a mid-20th century radio.

I really like that. It seems in good condition.

The thing is, at auction, we can't sell electrical goods

unless they have been PAT tested.

PAT tested means they have been tested by an electrician

and they are safe to go.

The other way of doing it is,

you just snip the wire off the back here,

and they have to be rewired, which is such a shame.

The auctioneer doesn't want to be sued for selling an electrical good

which could sort of send somebody across the room,

it's never a good look, is it?

Good on you, Tom. Always looking out for us auctioneers.

What did you like about it?

Because it was vintage, it looked very vintage.

It does look vintage and it is popular, isn't it?

-I do like the look of it.

-Cool item as well, isn't it?

Yes, I like the way you're looking at it.

You've got a younger eye to me.

At least half my age, so I quite like that.

It's quite interesting.

What... I would say this is worth between 30 and £50.

What's the price of this?

-45.

-45. So there we are. What's the best price?

-90.

-Don't be silly!

-What's that call from the back?

-We could come down to 40.

£40.

-What do you guys think?

-I think we'll leave it for now.

-Because of the cutting the wire.

-How about if you did it for 30?

-Would you be interested in taking it down?

-Come in at 35.

-We'll take it.

-You liked it. Yes, you want to go for it?

-Yes.

-Your first item in minutes.

-Wow!

The Blues are tuned in. That's the first item in the bag.

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much.

I'm really pleased with that item.

I think you should be, it's got everything you want, really.

Chop, chop, Reds, you're playing catch-up.

-Lauren, here's some sparkly things.

-I love the shine.

-Are these tea strainers?

-Yes.

-I like them.

Very often, I don't know if they're a mote spoon,

they've got a spiky bit on the end so you can clear tea from the spout.

What are these miniature chairs there?

They are literally just miniature chairs.

They wouldn't be put in a doll's house or anything,

-or would they be kept on the side?

-Cabinet pieces, really.

Do you have anything special hidden away anywhere?

Yes, we have a few interesting items.

The chairs, for example, are always very collectable.

And are they made of silver?

They are solid silver, most of them are English and over 100 years old.

-I like the one at the back with the wheel on.

-I like that one.

-That's a Dutch one.

-Oh, OK.

THEY LAUGH

-It is about 1920s.

-Yes.

It's actually quite heavy.

Does it have an import mark on it, or is it just a Dutch mark?

-It's got the Dutch mark.

-It's at the bottom.

-Sword on the bottom.

It is quite nice, isn't it?

-I like it, I think it is quite...

-It is quite different.

I could do that one for £60.

Is that the lowest you could do?

It's... I've gone straight in at my lowest price.

You couldn't do a little bit better?

Like a tiny bit, maybe £50?

I love a good haggle.

Well, I have to make a small profit.

I'll meet you in the middle at 55.

-55.

-You never know at auction.

-Could go either way.

-Yes. But you are in with a chance of that, I think.

I think we should go for it. Should we go wild?

-Yes, let's do it.

-Yeah, we'll take it.

Excellent.

Thank you.

Thank you very much, thank you.

So, top negotiation skills there, Lauren. Good work.

Now, mirror, mirror on the stall,

who's the best team of all?

-What do you think of this?

-Oh, wow.

-It is a shaving...

-A shaving mirror.

Just what every man needs these days.

It's a really nice, unusual piece.

Oak base, this very elegant telescopic stem.

And you've got a really nice bevelled mirror.

These two are...replacements, but that is not the end of the world.

-Does that matter?

-No, because you can put your soap in there.

You could upscale it by putting a slightly sexier brush with it.

-But it's better with than out.

-You like it, don't you?

Yeah, it's lovely. I'd love to have that in my bathroom.

-What a fun thing. How much is it?

-It's 32.

It's £32.

And could there be a two in front of it?

-It could be 28.

-28. About 25.

27.

-That's about...

-That's an odd number!

-I'm an odd girl.

-26.

-26.

-26.

-Go on.

-Excellent.

Sophie, you're not hanging about.

You have no say in it, Thomas!

I have no say.

When you want something, you go for it, don't you?

Is that when you saw him? When you wanted him, you went for him.

-Yeah, definitely.

-Absolutely. Thank you very much. It's very kind.

Right, two items down, let's go get another one.

I reckon you can put your feet up, Thomas,

these guys are cruising on their own.

Oh, look at those cars.

-Yeah. These sell really badly at the moment.

-OK.

They are just...bleurgh!

Er, yeah, that is a definite no, Ollie.

Those bottle openers, but I don't know if they are worth very much.

Not a lot, no. You want a function to them, really.

That's another no, then.

We'll just move on. Right.

-160.

-160.

-I like that.

-Very nice, isn't it?

-Blues, what have you done with poor Thomas?

-Tom. Tom.

-We've found something.

-Oh, they do love you.

Now, can I just take a wild guess?

-Sophie, you found this?

-Yes.

SHE LAUGHS

-No, Joe chose this one.

-Let me just see if I can get my glass.

-What attracts you, it's the colours?

-The colours. Very bright.

Yeah, they are bright, aren't they?

It's a real mix match of stones.

You have diamonds, topazes...

..sapphires.

My, that's quite a collection!

Do you think it would make money at auction?

-No.

-No.

-Not at £160.

-OK.

That's that then, team. Consider yourself told, Sophie.

Onwards and upwards.

Now, Ollie, you're after some militaria. What have you found?

We've got World War I, the Tom, Dick and Harry. My great-grandad has these at home.

-I think they look really cool.

-They are a nice group. There are lots of them around.

They are common because they were given to pretty much everyone who served, weren't they?

The good thing is, if they were a casualty,

because if they were killed they are worth more.

All these medals are named. This one on the back, these have been named round the rim.

They tell you his number, his name and his regiment.

Yeah. And then you can look it up, unless they have already done it,

to see if they were a casualty or not.

Yeah. No, I like them.

Oh, 105, gosh. If it is a casualty, it is close.

But...rarely with a trio,

you're looking at 50 to 70 at auction at the moment.

Hello, do you know if these are casualty groups at all?

Have you researched...? They are not, OK.

So what would your very best price be on that trio...the trios, particularly.

105, so you can be 90.

-And can't come down any lower?

-Can't come down any lower.

-OK, that is fair enough.

Mmm, that's a lot of lolly, Ollie. You'd be off your trolley.

-We'll have a think, shall we?

-OK. That's lovely. We might come back.

-Thank you very much indeed.

-Thank you.

-Bye.

-Thanks.

So how are we doing for time?

We've had about 25 minutes. That's not bad, we've had a purchase, but keep an eye on the clock,

-cos I find sometimes these last few minutes...

-Run away...

-..run away.

We don't want to end up running at the end.

-No, no, no and buying something in a desperate attempt...

-Yes.

-Yes.

Heaven forbid. Watch this space.

I knew you Blues had some class.

It's a good-sized top hat, that. Look at that.

LAUGHTER

Ha-ha! How are they getting on, Thomas?

It's going well, we've bought two items. Yes, they're both under £40.

They're actually probably, yes,

they're pretty low, one was at 35 and one was at 26.

Sophie is the decisive one of this pair.

Joe's quite happy to be led along and I'm really keen

for the third and final item to be HIS decision.

I'm a bit, a bit masculine at the minute,

so, I think we should get something for you.

I would really like jewellery.

If I could find some good pieces of jewellery,

then I'd be really pleased.

Good on you, Soph.

Put some sparkle back into your life.

Now take a look at this, which proves not all antiques

have to be found at fairs or auction houses.

Only two years ago,

when I went out one misty grey day with my detector,

I found this silver shilling.

500 years old

and minted during the reign of a lady who died in 1603.

Who's that?

Yes, it's Elizabeth I.

You've got the coat of arms, which are obviously...

indistinct through wear.

What is this coin worth now? I know you want to know. Well,

I would value this at probably between 25 and £35.

It might buy me a very basic Doulton figure,

on an unassuming Beswick cow.

Would I swap this for anything else in the world? No way, Jose.

It's my find and it's my link to a wonderful Elizabethan past.

Back to the shopping now

and have our teams unearthed any more buys?

Ooh, I like that one. Try that one on.

Yes, I don't know whether it will be genuine.

-No, it isn't...

-It's not, yes.

-It's a bit plastic.

-No, it's a reproduction.

-It looks too new.

40 minutes in and the Reds still need two more items.

Yes, these are quite fun, though. Sort of funny old stools and things.

-Welsh cheese and milking stool.

-Quite different, isn't it?

-Yes.

-Yes, I quite like that.

-Do people still cut cheese on the table?

No, I don't think so, but people do buy, you said you liked wood,

-people do like bits of treen, bits of vernacular furniture.

-Yes.

-It is quite collected.

-Yes.

-What about the price?

-It's 125 on that.

-£125.

It isn't 100 miles out.

You want to get it a bit less really

and there's the milking stool, which looks exactly the same.

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

-Yes, it is a bit...

-You want to fit under your low slung cow.

-I think they're quite cool.

-Not your modern dairy cow.

-I tell you what, sycamore.

-That's £99.

It is heavy. But you accept the fact that...

Yes, I think it's quite cool with the marks there.

Yes, sort of bits. It's got a nice feel to it, actually.

-This is a lower price to start with from that.

-Yes, that's...

I'm not going to lie, I think the cheese is more unusual than the milk.

-Yes.

-Yes. Well, if you can get the price down.

-I guess it all comes down to price, doesn't it?

-Yes, yes.

-OK, let me go and see him and I'll be back in a moment.

-Thank you.

Good luck, Claire. Work your magic.

-OK, I've spoken to the gentleman. Yes. He'll do 95 on this one...

-Yes.

..or 75 on the milking stool.

-And that's it, that's...

-What would you say?

-Well, you're about there with a chance on both of them, to be absolutely honest.

-OK.

This one, if you want to make a profit, we're going to be 100 plus.

-I like the cut marks.

-I'd go for that one over that one.

What's that, Lauren?

You like the 'udder' one? Sorry.

-95? Happy?

-Yes.

-Brilliant.

-Deal.

-I'll tell the man, he'll be very pleased.

-OK.

-Well done.

Too right, Claire. He'll be over the MOON.

-Two down, one to go.

-Two down, one to go.

Let's check in with the Blues.

That's cute. You like that?

-That's nice, that.

-CHILD IN BACKGROUND LAUGHS

Ooh.

-I like that.

-You like that?

-Mm.

-Is it heavy?

-That is pure slate.

-Yes?

-Is it pure slate? Pure Welsh slate.

-Yes.

-That's a really nice piece.

-Have you heard of Welsh slate before?

I know where it's made.

-Wales!

-Obviously, yes.

-What part?

Isn't it Blaenau? Blaenau Ffestiniog?

-You are...

-I'm pretty sure.

-..educating me on this one.

SOPHIE LAUGHS

I love this, sort of, bit of carving here where you'd rest your pens.

Everyone uses a pen nowadays, don't they?

-Well, this is a bit of artistic licence. Yes?

-Oh, right.

It could've been a dip pen in there, which is like an ink pen, but a dip pen.

If I can just take that out and you hold the top,

would you mind turning that over?

Look at that age on that.

-Wow. It's been used.

-It's got a bit of age, hasn't it?

-It's definitely been used.

I think it's early Victorian.

I've done quite well with these Welsh slate things before,

there are collectors for them. They're lovely.

-Wow.

-Quite a handsome thing. It's £48.

-What do you think you're going to get it for?

-£40.

-Yes, I'm sure, can't we?

-And a bit more.

-Can't we?

30?

But it's our last item and we've got lots of money left.

-You've got lots of money left.

-Lots of money left.

But we don't want to spend a lot of money, do we?

We need to make a good profit.

You do, that's a very sensible, very sensible way forward.

Why don't you put that down,

go and have a word with the stallholder and see what you can do?

-All right, I'll do my best.

-Do your best.

Right.

Go on, Joe! Do your best.

Oh, the suspense is killing me.

40.

Got eight quid off it.

40. So, what do you think?

-I think so.

-You think so?

-You happy with that?

-Yes, I want it.

-You happy with it?

Yes, I chose the first two, so I think I've got to.

-The third and final.

-Yes.

-Our shopping is done.

-Definitely.

Let's go and buy it now, come on.

Well done, Blues. You've gone great guns today.

Now what have the Reds found?

-Right, we need to find another thing.

-Quicker looking. All right.

-Right.

Oh, what's that? Is it a hammer?

-LAUREN LAUGHS

-It looks like one. It's actually a powder measure.

In the days when the guns had to be primed with black powder

and you fired a, sort of, like a lead bullet out of them

-rather than a cartridge, you had to...

-Tip it in at the top.

-Yes.

You had to have an exact measurement,

otherwise you didn't do your gun a lot of good.

-That hasn't got a maker's mark on them, or...?

-Yes.

-Oh, good.

-Shall I hold that one for you?

-That one says "Ward and Son" on it.

-Yes.

-Right.

-Thank you.

-DEALER:

-Even got a... They actually work.

-Oh, wow, look.

If they haven't been used for 100 years...

Yes, and see, you can alter the...on the side there,

-you've got a little...

-The amount?

-..and the actual measurements.

-I like that, it works, which is cool.

-I don't think this one works.

-One's a shot measure and one's a powder measure.

-OK, yes.

-DEALER:

-Sometimes you get them just for powder or just for shot.

-Yes.

So, yes, because you've got, yes, yes, look.

Come on, team! Five minutes left!

Do you reckon you could maybe do that one for 30?

-Have a look at the book.

-LAUREN LAUGHS

-Yes, OK.

-That's brilliant.

-Are you sure?

-Yes.

-Thank you very much indeed.

-Brilliant, thank you.

-Thank you. Thank you very much.

It's time to weigh in, because time's up.

-That's it.

-We're done.

-Everything's done. Well done.

-Very happy.

-Excellent.

-Thanks.

So we'll have to keep our fingers crossed it all makes a profit.

We're done. Thanks very much.

Well, there you have it, one hour, two teams and six items.

Let's check out what the Reds bought.

They were sitting pretty with their first buy,

the Dutch miniature silver chair cost them £55.

Next up, they're hoping to turn a profit

with a milking chair after paying £95.

And finally they took a pot shot at the brass powder measure.

£30 was paid.

OK, so how was it, team?

-We had loads of fun, didn't we?

-Really good fun, really enjoyed it.

And did it come to you? Did it come to you?

Those antiques came to us.

Ollie, tell me, what was your favourite item?

Mine was the shot measure.

It was quite cool, quite quirky, quite cheap.

Tell me, Lauren, what will bring the biggest profit?

-We bought a splendid little silver chair.

-Silver chair?

-Yes.

-That size?

-Very, very small one.

-It's very small but it's lovely.

-My goodness me, that could be very royal.

-Yes.

So, you spent how much in total?

-£180.

-180.

-Oh, my goodness me.

So, guys, that means you've got £120...

-Yes.

-..coming over to me. Moi.

Over to you, Claire. Good luck, what's the plan?

-Thank you, I'm not sure I've got one.

-No plan?

-Might just formulate something.

-You're a wise lady.

Get out of here! See you, Claire.

On that happy note, let's check out how the Blues have done.

First up, they were on the same wavelength

when they bought their first item.

The old radio cost them £35.

Next to make the cut was a shaving set. £26 paid.

And their last item was a slate desk set and inkwell.

They paid a rock bottom price of £40.

So, Joe and Sophie, it wasn't quite down to the wire, was it?

SOPHIE LAUGHS

-No.

-No.

-This girl knows what she wants!

And she really, really wants...

If I said to you, Sophie, what's been your favourite buy today?

My favourite buy was definitely the radio.

Were you wired up too for that radio?

Well, I liked it, but I think I preferred the, er,

-writing quill set.

-Really? OK. But you're lovebirds, aren't you?

So, if I said to you, what's going to bring the biggest profit?

-It's probably the radio.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Madam?

-The radio.

-I like your style.

-Definitely.

-I like your style.

-So, tell me, you spent how much in total?

-£101.

-OK.

-Which leaves me how much money left over?

-199.

Yes, I like your maths, there we are. Out it comes.

Thanks ever so much.

Tom, 199 is a funny number, isn't it?

199 is a funny number,

but I feel tremendously hip with these two, because they're young.

They're half my age. Can you believe that?

So, I'm going to buy something.

Tom, I'm going to give you £199, mate.

-Oh, good, mate.

-What's the plan?

Well, the plan is to buy something hip and cool,

cos I'm in with the in crowd.

You're a Flash Harry. Get out of here, Tom. Get running.

And while Tom's running, we're hopping,

we're hopping to Cheshire with a big Cheshire grin

to an auction in Northwich.

I'm at Northwich Auction Rooms with auctioneer, Peter Critchley.

Out with the Red team with Lauren and Ollie was Claire Rawle

and their first buy at the Anglesey antiques fair

was this very nice,

I think most collectable,

silver hallmarked, wheel-backed, doll's house chair.

What do you think of it?

I think it's quite nice. But it's very modern, 1978...

And there isn't a deal of workmanship in it.

Some of the workmanship of some of those earlier ones

is absolutely fabulous.

There's dozens of hours of work. This is fairly straightforward.

It is a silver chair, it is hallmarked

and these things are always popular, but I think, really,

it's not going to set the world on fire.

-What's it worth here today in Northwich?

-We're looking at £40-£60.

Hmm, OK, well, it needs to run a bit

-because they paid £55 after much negotiation.

-55, we may get there.

You think so? I hope so.

Well, rolling on from the chair, which isn't a rocker, is it, sadly?

-Not really.

-Not yet, anyway. We go to three legs.

This very nice Welsh milking stool, which could be a cheese stool.

You can use raised platters to cut cheeses on,

but that hasn't got cut marks on it that we'd expect,

-so we would think it is probably a milking stool.

-It is 19th century.

-It has a wonderful patination.

-Clearly the top has some age.

-Probably a bit more aged than the legs.

-What's it worth?

-We've put 30-50.

-How much?

-30-50.

The three of them were very keen to buy it and it was £95.

-£95 is very strong, but...

-Peter...

-..I don't think we will get there.

..you need to pick me up now.

Things are looking a little dicey for the Reds.

Their third and final item, tell me about it.

It is a powder item that you use to fill your shotgun cartridges with.

It's very nicely made and it's probably 120 years old.

-What's it worth?

-20-40.

-That's a wide guide.

-20-40, it's a good guide.

-Will it hit the target?

-I hope it will.

-Let me tell you, it cost our team £30.

It certainly stands a chance.

Well, Peter, based on the three buys, I think

the stool is a little insecure.

With that thought in mind, they may need their bonus buy,

and let's find out what Claire found in Anglesey.

Lauren and Ollie, you spent the grand total of how much money?

-£180.

-£180.

-Leaving Mrs Rawle...

-Mmm.

-..£120.

-Claire, feeling confident?

-Oh, yes, I always feel confident.

-Will it make money?

-Positive.

-OK, let's reveal this.

-Wow!

-Ooh.

-Well, I remembered your interest in militaria.

This is a Princess Mary First World War Christmas tin

they sent out to the troops, usually with chocolates and things.

Sadly, no contents,

but I did buy something else that was with it, which is

a Lusitania medallion, which was cast in memory of the Lusitania,

which, of course, was sunk by the Germans. Do you want have a look?

It's very shiny.

This is, I suppose, Claire, real militaria maritime history

from that time of that very sad Great War.

Well, that's right, yes, exactly.

There are a lot of these tins around, but they still sell really well.

Obviously, if they have the contents in there, they make a lot of money.

I've never seen anything like this before and think it looks quite nice

and it's quite worn, so you can see the age on it.

-How much did you pay for them?

-OK, I spent £25 on the two.

-On both?

Yeah, yeah.

I think that's quite good because the tins alone, I quite often see making

over £20-£25, so I'm hoping this will make between 30-40, maybe £45.

I think it's an inspired buy.

I think for Queen and country, and for the viewers at home,

let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Claire's tin and token.

Well, Peter, I learned from Claire quite quickly she's a great

lover of social history.

If this object could talk, and there's not just one thing

but two here, what could it tell us?

It's a Princess Mary chocolate tin or cigarette tin or tobacco tin

depending on what you wanted in the First World War.

It was given to every man in uniform

so there were over a million of them made.

I thought Claire was quite clever here.

-She's also bought this to go with it.

-It's a Lusitania medal.

What would you get for the two together?

-We've estimated 40-60 for the two.

-Have you really?

The medal's in good condition

-but the box is a little bit bashed about.

-Well, Claire is in luck.

-She only paid £25 for the two together.

-She should do well.

For me, I would hope they might come together and make £45-£50.

I would hope so too. They're worth that each.

So on a buzz with the Reds,

let's find out what Tom did with his contestants, Joe and Sophie,

and their first buy is a pretty spectacular radio.

-I wouldn't perhaps go as far as spectacular.

-Jazzy then?

-Jazzy's a better word.

-How do you rate it?

-We see a few of them.

It's nice, clean condition but the acid test is often

when you plug it in and turn it on, which we did and nothing happened.

-No, no. What's it worth?

-We've said 20-40.

-Double up, boy, because they paid £35 for it...

-£35.

..and, to me, this is very much the antique of the future,

which I think will become more vintage and more collectible,

so, for £35, it could be in trouble.

Anyway, we then go to what I think is a particularly nice

shaving mirror.

Tell me about it.

Well, we see it as probably late Victorian.

A fairly artisan cup.

It's amateur-made, the base, certainly.

But it's got the single-sided mirror.

-It's got the badger brush on it.

-I quite like it, Peter.

-What's it worth?

-We thought 60-80.

-How much?

-We thought £60-£80.

Really? Why so much?

-It's just the right combination. We rather like that.

-Really?

-We could be on a high, because they only paid £26...

-£26?

..so you're predicting possibly trebling up?

Possibly, although nothing's guaranteed as you well know.

It's the roller-coaster of the auction.

Sophie and Joe then came across an object which, I suppose,

to them was very close to home. This very nice Welsh slate ink stand.

-Do you like it?

-No.

-Why not?

-It's very heavy. It's very plain.

It has a non-conforming inkwell, which is glued in.

-What's it worth, Peter, cometh the hour?

-We think 30-50, Charles.

30-50? Well, that's not too bad. It cost them 40.

We're sitting in the middle.

We're not on thin ice, so it could be a near miss or a near win.

-It stands a chance.

-Well, if this shaving stand does so well,

-they might not need the bonus buy...

-They may not.

..but, as always, for the viewers at home,

let's find out what Thomas Plant found for the true Blues.

-So how are the nearly-married couple?

-Good, thank you.

-Still together?

-Yeah.

-I can't believe it.

You only spent £101, leaving Thomas £199 to go go.

It's really good, isn't it, 199. It's price point, isn't it?

Now, I had a lot of money. Did I spend it? What do you reckon?

-I don't think you have.

-You don't think I have?

-I reckon you spent it all.

-Oh.

-Wow!

-I bought this.

This is a retro or vintage Smith's clock.

It's electric or you could put a quartz movement in there,

but, primarily, Sophie, I bought it for you because you love vintage.

You're the easy one to buy for.

I think Welsh is quite difficult, I'm sorry.

Have a look at it and tell me what you think.

-It's definitely different, isn't it?

-It's very kitsch. It's quite now.

-Joe, you're open-mouthed.

-Um, I think it's awful.

-You think it's awful?

-I think it looks horrible.

Oh, no, you're still together, right?

-Could you not see it on our wall?

-No.

Cos it's in great condition, I spent the grand total of £20 on it.

-Oh, wow.

-Yeah.

-That's good.

This could make £30-£50.

-I like it.

-For the viewers at home,

let's find out what the auctioneer

thinks about Tom's very, very retro,

vintage, 1950s' clock.

So, Peter, Tom, he went all retro,

because he bought this.

-A Metamec electric clock.

-Isn't it stylish?

It is, it is. I mean, I think a lot of people threw a lot of those away

in the '60s and '70s and '80s,

but they're certainly making a comeback now, the colours.

It's in good condition.

It's in good condition, it may work, we have not tested it.

-What's it worth?

-We've said £30-£50.

That's good, because it only cost Tom £20.

I think that'll do OK.

And I will be very surprised, and quite disappointed,

if it didn't make £35.

-So would I.

-Peter, the clock's ticking.

-The clock's ticking.

-Are you taking the auction?

-I am.

-Gavel at the ready?

-Gavel at the ready.

-Let's go.

OK, Peter, the room looks raring to go,

so hold tight.

-Are you buzzing?

-Yes.

-Yeah, good. Hold tight.

-OK.

-Enjoy the ride.

-Thank you.

It can be a roller-coaster.

Your first lot, that wonderful silver backed armchair,

it's coming up now.

London 1978,

I've got commission interest at

-£20 only, £20 I have.

-Oh!

-That's cheap.

I look for 25 and I've got 30.

35? 35 in the room.

The room has it at 35.

40, back of the room.

- 45, Sir? No? - Come on!

That's £40, it is £40.

-£40 for you, sir.

-Oh, no, we've sold,

which means we're £15 down.

It cost you 55, sold for 40, 15 down.

-A long way to go.

-Next, we have lot number 467.

Here it comes, second lot, that wonderful cheese stool.

I'll start the bidding at £40.

£40 I have, I have with me at £40.

Hovering online?

Do you want 45, online?

Don't hover!

-Buy it.

-Hovering,

can't wait any longer, sorry.

Hovering, online. £40.

Oh, my God. Goodness me,

I don't believe it.

We're £55 down, which makes £70 down.

We're 70 down, but the shot measure is coming up now.

This really needs to impress.

Cost you 30, guide between 20 and 40.

The back of the room has it at £10,

12 online, 15, sir?

15, 18? 20...

-Go on.

-Come on, says Lauren.

25, 30...

25, lady seated, 25.

-Oh, I don't believe it!

-A fiver!

We have slithered a loss at a fiver,

cost you 30.

We're now grandly, but not out,

£75 down.

Anyway, cometh the hour,

cometh this lady, cometh Claire.

-Cometh the Bonus Buy.

-The hero.

Knight in shining armour.

-And there she is.

-It's got to go some, hasn't it?

I'll tell you what, there's still one Big Dipper left in this ride,

and that is your Christmas tin,

together with medallion.

I know, Ollie, you're a great militaria fan.

-Yes.

-Is it a foregone conclusion?

We've got to go for it and I think it will do well.

Lauren, we're only £75 down, it could be a winning score.

-I have great faith, so much faith.

-In Claire.

-Yes, let's do this.

-Let's do it.

Well, let me tell you, the auctioneer's really behind it,

-he's put a sparkling guide price on of between 40 and 60.

-Awesome.

It only cost you £25.

Personally, I feel it may even be worth a bit,

so hold tight, team.

-No pressure.

-No, none at all, no.

-There's a long way to go.

Let's see how it goes.

And it's coming up now.

Here we are.

Cost you 25, guide between 40 and 60.

I think it has legs.

£35, then, a commission bid,

for the two items, for the medal

and the Christmas tin.

I have 35, is there 40 anywhere?

35.

ALL: Oh!

-It was getting close.

-Again, we salute you.

-A bit of profit, yes.

-That there is absolutely...

And, you never know, that £10 profit could help in your winning score.

You are less £65.

It's a hard old game and I think you had a hard deal today.

-However, £65 is no bad feat...

-Not too shabby.

-No.

..and you never know,

-it could be a winning score.

-Yes.

-Well done.

-Thank you.

-How nervous are you feeling?

-Quite nervous.

-Is it your first auction?

-Yes.

-Really? And, Joe?

-I just want to get on with it, let's do it.

Do you? Just because you see it as a journey, or...?

Oh, it's been an emotional journey...

LAUGHTER

There could be tears, there will be drama.

And your first lot, let's get jazzy.

It's the radio. It's coming up now.

It cost you £35.

We've got 10, 10 is bid. 10 in the room.

We have 10 in the room, looking for 12 now. £10?!

Gentleman at the back of the room, just in time. 15,

15, 18? 18, 20?

-20, 25? No, are you sure?

-Let's go. We're moving now, hold tight.

£20 in the room takes it.

Sold for you, sir, £20.

So that £25 means we are £15 down.

A long way to go.

Second item, your wonderful shaving stand.

He predicts it's going to be a clean cut

-between 60 and 80...

-Vintage.

It's coming up now.

I can start the bidding on this item at £50.

£50, the bid is with me at 50.

Looking for 55 now.

£50 on commission, I have.

£50 on commission. Looking for 55.

£50 on commission, is there any further interest?

It's a nice item this, a usable item.

£50 is bid.

Is there any further interest?

Anything else we can do on it? £50.

-That's wonderful, I can't believe it. That was £50.

-That's £50.

-Which gives you a profit of how much?

-£24.

-£24. You are now £9 up.

And before we know it, the desk stand is coming up now.

The desk stand cost you 40.

15, Sir.

18, 20, 25, 30.

-One more, come on!

-Come on!

£30 with the gentleman,

is there 35 anywhere?

£30.

What a shame. You were £9 up, and you're now minus 1.

Tom, Tom, Tom.

-Oh, no!

-Well, you know what, that's disappointing.

-Yes.

-But it's not over yet.

-No.

It's not over yet, because are you, do you, don't you,

maybe you do, will you go with this man's very fine

1950s' green plastic, vintage, retro clock?

-Yes.

-Joe?

-Yes, we're going to have to. Go for it, yeah, why not.

-Are you sure?

-Yes.

-No, Joe, no, you don't...

-Well, you know...

-Come on, Joe.

-Yeah, go on.

-You want to do it?

-Awful...

-Just look at your wife to be, what does Sophie say?

-I'll go with what Sophie says.

-You're not going to row about this?

-Are you sure?

-Yes.

-Fine.

Might as well, it could be a wheezer or we could make the money back.

Yes, we're going with the clock and I can tell you the news is good.

It's a headliner.

The auctioneer has informed us

it ought to make between 30 and £50.

Wow.

It's coming up now.

It's a great online lot as well. Here it comes.

I've got two commission bids on this item.

And I'm starting the bidding at £30.

Yes, go on. You're in!

£30 I have.

It's a simple little lot, this one.

I have £30, I'm looking for 35.

Come on!

35 anywhere? £30 we have.

I sell it at £30 only.

Give him a high five, give him a high five.

-Well done.

-You naysayer!

Wow. Wow-ee.

Guys, I don't believe it,

you made a £10 profit,

which means you're plus 9 up.

That's really good.

And, Tom, as you know, on this great Bargain Hunt journey,

that could be a winning score.

-Can you feel it, the pressure?

-Yeah.

-The intensity?

-Yeah.

-You have no idea, do you?

-No.

Fine, well, let me tell you all, because it was so close!

It was so close, it was so close, in fact, I can tell you

that it's very, very clear water

between the winners and the losers,

and the profits and the losses.

And today, let me tell you, the rich Reds,

you are our runners-up.

I'm sorry.

-CHEERING

-I'm sorry.

We had a complete clear slate of losses, but then cometh the lady,

cometh the expert, we raised £10

to leave us with a minus sum of £65.

That's life. And in Bargain Hunt terms,

it could be far worse.

But raising the bar today,

it's Joe and Sophie.

Tom, you did us proud.

£10 on that sterling clock ticking Metamec wall clock.

Congratulations, team Blue.

Here's your £9, Sophie.

-Thank you very much.

-What will you spend it on? Any ideas?

-I don't know. Probably a pint.

-Yeah, a pint.

A refreshing pint after all of this.

Now, tell me, all of you, have you enjoyed yourselves?

-Yes, definitely.

-Had a good time?

-Definitely.

-Really enjoyed it?

-Marvellous.

-We're not quite going, going, gone yet,

but for the first time, hold tight,

for the second time,

join us again for some more bargain-hunting, yes?

ALL: Yes!