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Did you know that the first jar

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of a well-known yeast spread was

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produced here in Staffordshire, as a result of the by-product

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of the brewing industry, nigh on 100 years ago?

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Well, our teams today are going to love it in Staffordshire. Why?

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Because let's go bargain hunting!

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-Yeah! Mmm!

-HE CRUNCHES TOAST

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We're at the Stafford Showground,

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with our two teams hot out of the stalls and raring to go.

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They each get £300 and then are to shop for three items.

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And then it'll be the first past the post to collect all that cash.

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Let's take a sneaky peek as to what's coming up...

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The Reds are blowing the budget.

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I'm afraid we've spent our money. We haven't got that much left.

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While the Blues are counting the pennies...

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-We've got to have you spend a bit more money, guys.

-Ooh!

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Come on, come on!

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-Down at the auction, the Reds have gone a bit "hatty".

-Go on!

-Come on!

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And the Blues are keeping tight-lipped.

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Let's meet today's teams.

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Well, it's girls versus boys today,

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with our ravishing ladies wearing red, Sue and Anne.

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And for the Blues, it's Tex and Ren.

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-Hello, everyone!

-Hi, Tim!

-Hello!

-Sue...

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-Yes?

-You are looking fantastic, girl!

-Thank you!

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So, what's all this red titfer business?

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Based loosely on Jenny Joseph's poem, Warning -

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"When I'm an old lady, I shall wear purple and a red hat

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"that doesn't suit and doesn't go.

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"And spend a pension on brandy and we shall have no butter."

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Ah... So, it's a rather disrespectful

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Pensioners Association then, is it?

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-Well, you could put it like that!

-Ladies growing old disgracefully.

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Oh, how lovely! And you always go in this garb, with this colour scheme?

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There's only two rules and one is, if you're out, you were purple clothes

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-and a red hat...

-Yes...

-..and you have fun.

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OK, what sort of fun do you have then?

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Well, we've done hot-air ballooning,

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we've been on a trip to see the Northern Lights.

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-Gad about a bit then.

-Mm!

-Well, this is lovely, isn't it?

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What about The Unruly And Cheeky Old Tarts? Where's that come from?

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-THEY LAUGH You choose a silly name for your chapter.

-Oh, do you?

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And we tried to think of something that would encapsulate what we are.

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Now, Anne, how did you two meet? Was it in a debauched state?

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No, no, we were very sedate young ladies, 17 years ago,

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-we met at work and then we became very great friends.

-Brilliant.

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-Where did you work?

-We work for our local GP.

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What I CAN ask you about, though, is your hair-raising hobbies.

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-Like what?

-Like...parascending off perfectly good mountains

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in New Zealand. Jumped off and he kept it up for 40 minutes.

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You came down smiling anyway. That was the main thing.

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Very good. How are you going to get on, you two, today,

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when it comes to buying all this stuff for Bargain Hunt?

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Well, we're very hopeful, aren't we, Anne?

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We work as a team at work, so we can work as a team here.

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Yeah, exactly. Anyway, welcome to Bargain Hunt.

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I think you'll do jolly well. Now, chaps!

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We've got these regal queen bees here but it was actually

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the Queen's Head that brought you together, wasn't it?

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-Yes, it was, Tim.

-Is that your boozer?

-It was our local boozer.

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-You've had all sorts of adventures together?

-Yes, we have.

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We've been out for Ren's stag do, dressed as nurses, in full outfits.

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-Really?

-With smocks.

-Smocks?

-Wearing tights...

-Miniskirts?

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-Erm, so-high...

-Fishnet tights? Really?

-Yes.

-That is real boy bonding, that, isn't it?

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-Well, we have no shame!

-No. But your career, Tex, should mean that you're

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-very comfortable with our crew and all this stuff today.

-Yes, yes.

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-It feels weird being THIS side of the camera...

-What exactly do you do?

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I'm a cameraman/vision mixer for a shopping channel here in the UK.

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-Brilliant. Ren, what you do for a living?

-I'm an ambulance technician for West Midlands Ambulance Service.

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And have you ever had any interesting callouts?

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-From time to time I get called up to do something a bit more extraordinary.

-Like what?

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-I've boiled an egg for somebody and I've turned TVs off.

-You ARE joking!

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-No, no.

-Do you not get cross as an ambulance man being called out to boil somebody's egg?

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You calm down a bit when you realise they can't get out of their armchair.

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-Ah, yeah.

-Their carers haven't turned up and they get a bit cross themselves.

-Yes, exactly.

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-I mean, there are all those excuses, of course. And you're a bit of a grease monkey?

-A little bit, yes.

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-You ride a motorbicycle yourself?

-I do, yes. I ride a Harley-Davidson.

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-And what's that called?

-Erm, it's actually called a Fat Boy.

-Oh, is it?

-Yes.

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So, will you be buying "automobilia" today on Bargain Hunt, if you can find it?

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If I see something that takes my fancy, I might do.

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What sort of things are going to rev your engines then, Tex?

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-Well, I like ceramics. I'll be keeping my eye out for a nice piece of ceramic.

-OK, fine.

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Well, this is teamwork. I can see this building already.

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-Now, the money moment. Here's your £300.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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You know the rules, your experts await. And off you go!

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And very, very good luck. Jolly nice red hats!

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Let's meet today's experts.

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And another one with his hat on, it's Thomas Plant for the Reds.

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Hoping to ring up a profit for the Blues, it's Christina Trevanion.

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The hats are off and the Reds mean business.

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Now, what's on today's shopping list?

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What are we going to be buying today?

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-Something quirky, I think.

-Quirky.

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Something that, sort of denotes our red hat quirkiness.

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Christina has gone over to the dark side.

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I feel like I'm with a couple of super villains. Tex and Ren!

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THEY LAUGH

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-Something which reflects, you know, the red hat ladies.

-Yes.

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What's our plan?

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-Buy cheap, sell expensive.

-Buy cheap, sell expensive. OK.

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OK, teams, hop it. Let's start the clock.

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-WHISTLE

-Ribbit.

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-Let's go, come on.

-THEY LAUGH

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Let's go.

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It is your show.

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Your chance to shine

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-Yeah.

-And I'd like to see your fresh eyes on stuff.

-Oh, dear.

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-My grandad used to make a lot of pottery.

-Make it?

-Yes.

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-Oh, fantastic.

-So I've got a bit of a love, soft spot for pottery.

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-OK, all right, so if we look for some pottery.

-Yes.

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And I'm thinking something medical.

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-See what we find.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Let's see what we can find.

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Right, let's have a really good look around.

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The girls are already causing Tom some problems.

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-Where are you going?

-Can't see something...

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-I leave you for five minutes...

-Sorry, you said it was our show...

-Yes, there you are, but...

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..see everything, go round everything.

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Tex knows what he likes.

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-There's a vase on this table that's caught my eye.

-This one here?

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Oh, that is rather beautiful, isn't it? It's quite a late one.

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Originally it would've been made in a pair,

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this wonderful baluster shape and really impressive, beautiful, sizeable pieces.

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But I think without its pair, and quite late...

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It's a very reasonable price, £65,

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if we can get that down slightly that would be great,

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-but it's a nice decorator's piece.

-Sure.

-OK?

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-What would your best price be on this? DEALER:

-I'll do it at 50.

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-50?

-I still think that is quite top end for me.

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-We'll leave that for now and we can come back...

-I think it's a beautiful thing...

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And it's blue, people like blue.

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They do like blue, absolutely. Great colours, yes.

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-We'll come back to this if we need to later.

-Yes, great.

-Righto then.

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But while one door closes for the Blues,

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another door opens for the Reds.

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That's lovely.

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The letter rack, yes? OK.

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-It's not quirky, but it's a bit of wood.

-Yes.

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-Why don't you pull out the draw at the bottom.

-Yes, OK.

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This is when you get to see the real quality.

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Got to look at those dovetails here. Look at that craftsmanship, yes?

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How old do you think it is? There's something on the top,

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it's a bit of a clue,

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to see how old it is.

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Actually in there.

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In your own time, girls.

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Do you mean on the front there?

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On the front, there's maybe numbers which tell you how old it is.

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-1897.

-1897.

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THEY LAUGH

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There you go.

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-Do you know what happened in 1897?

-No.

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I wasn't around.

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Well, I wasn't insinuating you were around!

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-Go on, then.

-Diamond Jubilee.

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The Jubilee in June 1897

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commemorated Queen Victoria's 60th year on the throne.

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How much is it?

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-DEALER:

-Well, absolute death, 150.

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Are you sure that's the absolute?

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130.

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But that is it.

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-That is it, is it?

-That is it.

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-ANN:

-Even for poor pensioners out for a good time?

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Well, I think, you girls go and have a chat, go and have a chat

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and I'm going to have a look, no, with the man, with the man...

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That's it, Thomas. Keep those Reds in order.

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-ANN: Would you take 125?

-No, honestly.

-You really wouldn't?

-Yes, truthfully.

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-It's made for us, really.

-Yes, I think so.

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They certainly seem to like it. What do you think, Tom?

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The quality is second to none. I've not seen a better one.

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-I think we'll go for that.

-Yes, we well.

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The dovetail and the quality, thank you.

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-You have yourselves...

-Got a deal, have we?

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-ANN:

-You have indeed, thank you so much.

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-I wish you all the best with it.

-Thank you.

-I think you'll do well with that.

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Well, £130, let's hope the deal is right on that one.

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Well done, Reds. Now, how are those Blues getting on?

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So, we've got here a wonderful stork or crane.

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So, that's fantastic, isn't it? Great colours.

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OK, so he's been made in what we call slip mould,

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so he's been made in a mould like that, OK?

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So we've got this wonderful body here

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and then he would've been glazed with these wonderful drizzle glazes and things.

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As long as there's no breaks on the beak. TAPPING

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So I'm just checking for some restoration...on the beak there

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but he looks in excellent condition. Really does.

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That would look quite nice sat on a mantelpiece, or by a fireplace.

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Yeah, I mean, it's a piece of studio pottery. The price looks to be quite reasonable.

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The only thing that would put me off slightly is the colour.

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Maybe it's a little bit drab but we can't change that,

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unless you want to get your paintbrush out.

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-I think it's quite eye-catching.

-Yeah?

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I mean, it's quite sort of 60s-70s feel to it, in a way.

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It's a focal point. It would certainly get people talking.

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-Ren, what's your thoughts about our stork?

-I actually like the colour.

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-I know that would go very good next to my fireplace.

-Oh, would it?

-It would, yeah.

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-Oh. OK. Right. Shall we ask the price?

-Yes, sure.

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-Go on, then, Tex. Go for it.

-OK.

-15 on that for you.

-£15.

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What do you think of that, Christine?

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I would say, he's got some very interesting things on his stall,

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so maybe before we settle on one thing,

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let's have look at the rest of the stall first.

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-I know you're very keen and eager.

-I want to take him home!

-I know.

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Cradle him with you!

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I think Tex is hoping for a special delivery with

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that stork. Let's see if the Reds have any new arrivals.

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-You're ten minutes in, teams.

-I like it because of the Dragon.

-Yes.

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-The scales, the workmanship on it and it's raised.

-Yes.

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My estimate at auction would be £40-60.

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-Well, let's think about it, then.

-Yes.

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-I mean, I think it's a very nice...

-It is a nice...yes.

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Don't get me wrong.

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The Blues have found another item with a £25 ticket price.

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What d'you think about the little antelope there? Or deer?

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-Is that floating your boat as much?

-Not as much as the stork.

-This is...

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It's such a great colour, isn't it?

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This wonderful sort of greenie, rich jade, malachi colour. Yeah.

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Very Art Deco, that sort of stylised figure there.

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-It's really rather beautiful.

-Almost Celtic.

-Yeah, it is, exactly, yeah.

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-What do you think?

-It's nice.

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-Not as much as the stork?

-I do like that one better.

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-Stork or...stork or deer? Stork or deer? What do we think?

-Deer.

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Dear, oh, dear! Looks like the Blues can't agree.

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-We were going to give him the piece of pottery, weren't we?

-Yeah.

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I think if you can get it for sort of £10 or £12,

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-ie, it's less of a risk...

-OK.

-OK?

-I shall try my best.

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Go on, Tex. Go on!

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-Is he good at dealing?

-Yeah.

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-Would you be able to go any lower on the stork? Yes.

-£12?

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I think I paid about £12 for it.

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-Go on!

-What did I quote you before?

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-Ten.

-Fif...

-Ten!

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SHE LAUGHS

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15 before. Three pounds. Please!

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-Go on, then.

-Thank you.

-£12.

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That's brilliant. Yay! First one down. Well done, team.

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At last. Let's hope it takes flight at auction, lads.

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So, guys. We've had 16 of our 60 minutes, a quarter of our time gone.

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We've got one thing, which is fantastic

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but I would quite like to get something for Ren now.

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-It's only fair.

-He's been quite quiet so far, hasn't it?

-Yes. He's not normally this shy and retiring.

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-Is he not?

-No.

-Tell you what. Why don't we go through to this hall, and see what's through here?

-OK.

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While they find something nice for Ren, Thomas

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and the girls are working up quite a thirst.

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-Oh, you'd like that.

-We don't drink beer, though.

-We're not German.

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-Why not?

-We drink wine. It's a bit big for a glass of wine.

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-Do you think?

-Well, I don't know.

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You'd have a good time if you drank all of that in wine.

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This is what we call a tankard. Tankards have lids, mugs don't.

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It's got a porcelain top of a, you know,

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a rather elegant-looking gentleman there with flowers in his hair and

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a glass of red and...a bit like a member of one of your team, really.

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-Absolutely.

-I adore red wine.

-You enjoy red wine, naturally.

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So this is flashed glass, made in Bohemia,

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-or Germany - in probably Bohemia.

-So it's German.

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It's quite a good fun thing. Now, I would work at this price.

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-Yeah, yeah.

-It's a lot of money to begin with.

-Yes.

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And I think you need to talk to the lady to see what you can do. Have a word.

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-I will certainly have a word.

-I could go down to 70 and that would be it.

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That's it. You see, it's not profitable at £70.

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-No, not profitable at 70. If it was 40, yes.

-Yes.

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-It's worth buying at 40. But not at...not at...

-No. Fine.

-Thank you.

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You've got to be...you've got to be tough, ladies, and you've got to...I like your bangle, madam.

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-Oh, thank you.

-Could we buy that?

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-It's not for sale, not for sale.

-That's a shame,

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we want to buy the bangle.

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No bangle and no tankard for the Reds.

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Come on, teams -

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you've still got two items to go.

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We're looking for something medical, aren't we?

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-Maybe something medical, yeah.

-Cos you're our ambulance men.

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-I've just seen something medical.

-You've seen something medical?

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Oh, what's that?

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Here's one.

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Shall we see if there's any reflexes?

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-At this time of the day?

-Probably not.

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What have you seen, Thomas?

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This is quite good a good-looking trunk.

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What you think of that?

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-Yeah.

-It's nice, lovely slight dome to the top.

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I like the decoration. Are you just going to lift it up?

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You got brass handles, you've got a slip-in drawer.

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What's the price on the trunk?

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130?

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-£100, I think we'd go for it.

-110 and you've got a deal.

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What I like about it is it's got that...

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-Can we just have a look at the base? I'd quite like to...

-Yes, of course.

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-Let me move out of the way.

-Look at that.

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Look at these old rollers here, these hidden rollers.

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That's nice.

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-SELLER: This looks like a ship's piece.

-It's got a real look to it.

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It's almost a campaign look -

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military expeditions as well, biological, scientific.

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-What do you think?

-It's a nice piece of furniture.

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I quite like the shape.

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I would say it's a stained beech and inside...

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-SELLER: I think it's walnut.

-It's walnut, yeah.

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And what's this here?

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Like a pine, a pine inlay. I love these handles.

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This is Victorian.

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Quite a good thing, good quality.

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-A beautiful piece.

-Good quality, unusual.

-Yeah.

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That's got a chance of making money

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-and you've got a lot there for your money.

-Right, yes.

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I think you could do worse than that.

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Right. What was your best price again?

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-Best price is £100.

-100? Done.

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-£100.

-That is to you.

-Done.

-OK.

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-SUE: Done for the Red Hat ladies.

-Thank you.

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Another big bit of furniture - now, can we look for something pretty?

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Yes.

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Thomas is certainly taken by the big old trunk.

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Well done, Red Hatters - that's your second item.

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How do you feel, team?

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Having seen those two items,

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we just had to have them.

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There's been a little cajoling from me, I have to say...

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maybe pointing...

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which is good

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but also bad because I think they want to buy something pretty

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and we both bought two masculine items.

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While they're looking for a winner at the fair, let me show you

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something that's always a big hit in the auction room -

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a gavel.

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It's the symbol of all auctioneers.

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This particular example is most beautifully made,

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it's made of a hardwood.

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It's not ebony

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but it's got a reddish tinge

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and I think it's probably a Chinese hardwood called zitan.

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There's one very unusual feature about this particular gavel

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and you have to look carefully on the end.

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Look at that - what is stamped in to the wood?

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It is a miniature crown.

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Which gavel makers are there who stamp gavels with crowns like this?

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I know of none...

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but I do know this mark as being associated

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with a particularly fine chesspiece manufacturer called Staunton's.

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They made chesspieces in the 19th century

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of exceptional quality in boxwood and ebony and ivory

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and I reckon this is quite a rarity.

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Now, the dealer here in Stafford who showed me this piece

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also said in the same lot, he bought this object.

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I can tell you this has nothing to do with auctioneering -

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although there is a similarity

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because we've got, again, a high-quality turned handle

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but it then extends into a silver column

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with a terminal in the form of a crown.

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It's called a tipstaff.

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It's an object which you would hold in an official capacity,

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perhaps as part of an ancient city livery company

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or as an alderman in a council -

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whoever it is, would hold the little tipstaff like that

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and all the people in the meeting or the public parade

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would know that this is a person with some status.

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Which particular office is this tipstaff associated with?

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I haven't got the faintest idea.

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You'd need to do a certain amount of research

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which is, after all, part of the fun of this game.

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What I can tell you is, though, you have to make a snappy decision.

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Are you going to invest £150 in these two objects?

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If the gavel is Staunton,

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then it's certainly going to be of interest to a whole tribe of folk

0:18:520:18:56

in the chesspiece collecting community

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and this thing could be worth anywhere between £150-£250.

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The tipstaff?

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Well, that's just in it for the bunce.

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Now, how are the teams getting on with the shop?

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Have the Blues found something to get Ren's heart racing yet?

0:19:110:19:15

-Oh, yeah, look at that.

-Yeah.

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A first-aid box.

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-Look at that, that's very appropriate.

-Yeah.

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Do you ever get these in the ambulance?

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Ours tend to be a little bit bigger and made of plastic.

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-Oh, do they?

-Yeah.

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That's quite fun though, isn't it? I mean, how appropriate for you

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to have a look at that. It's got First Aid on the top

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and then we've got here,

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"Manufacturing chemist, Nottingham," so a nice British piece,

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obviously red interior there

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so you've got all your different compartments...

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-Still functional.

-Still functional and it's a nice vintage piece.

-Yeah.

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If you can get that for not very much,

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-I think that's very appropriate for you.

-Thank you.

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-What do you think, Tex?

-Go for it.

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-I love it.

-Yeah?

-It's straight up his street so...

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It is, exactly.

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You probably wouldn't use it these days on the ambulance though.

0:19:550:19:58

No, not on an ambulance, no. Definitely a home thing.

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-Five or ten pounds...

-Yeah.

0:20:010:20:02

-I don't think you can go wrong.

-OK.

-All right?

-Yeah.

0:20:020:20:05

Ooh, wish him luck.

0:20:050:20:07

Hiya, mate. I spotted this,

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what's the best price you could do on that for me?

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The very, very... I'll kill you for it, is 15.

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£15. Well, I think as a novelty thing, it's not bad at £15.

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I don't think we're going to make a huge amount of profit on it

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if we make any profit at all, to be honest.

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-What about 12?

-Go on, 12.

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-£12, guys.

-Anything for the pretty face.

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Steady.

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-TEX: Oh, thank you!

-What do we think, guys?

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-Ren's choice.

-It's Ren's choice.

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-£12.

-Are you happy, Ren?

-I'm happy with that, yeah.

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-Sure?

-Yeah, definitely.

-Let's shake the man's hand. Fantastic.

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-Whoop, there you go.

-Thank you.

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An early first-aid tin for our Blue boys.

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Let's hope it's not a quick fix.

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Are we thinking that we might spend a bit more now

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cos we haven't spent a lot yet really, have we?

0:20:470:20:49

-No, we've been quite conservative so far.

-You have been

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quite conservative. I suppose we're sticking to the plan, aren't we?

0:20:510:20:54

-Yeah.

-I should like this because it leaves me quite a lot of money

0:20:540:20:57

-at the end but I feel like we need to spend a bit more money, guys.

-Oh.

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Come on, come on.

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While the Blues refuse to splash the cash,

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the Reds are having quite the opposite problem.

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-This is by Royal Worcester.

-Yes.

0:21:070:21:09

Royal Worcester, a premier factory.

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I love the orange,

0:21:120:21:13

the burnt orange against the dripping fire of the gold.

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-What's your very best on that?

-SELLER: 100.

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£100, £100.

0:21:190:21:22

-We haven't got that much, have we?

-I don't think we've got that much,

0:21:220:21:24

-have we?

-No.

-No. I'm afraid we've spent our money,

0:21:240:21:27

we haven't got that much left.

0:21:270:21:28

MUSIC: Big Spender by Shirley Bassey

0:21:280:21:30

Those Reds are going to blow their entire budget

0:21:300:21:32

if they carry on like this.

0:21:320:21:33

Meanwhile, the thrifty Blues are still not impressing Christina

0:21:330:21:36

with their frugal choices.

0:21:360:21:38

-They look very modern, I think we'll leave those there.

-OK.

0:21:380:21:42

That told them.

0:21:420:21:43

How do you think it's going, boys?

0:21:430:21:44

It's going very well. We've made some good decisions,

0:21:440:21:46

got some good purchases, we're happy so...

0:21:460:21:49

We're sticking to the plan, buying cheap.

0:21:490:21:50

It's quite exciting.

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No, really decisive,

0:21:520:21:54

we haven't spent a lot of money at all

0:21:540:21:56

so I think we probably want to start thinking about

0:21:560:21:58

spending a little bit of money - I mean, we've only got one thing left

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and when you get the chance to come out with so much money

0:22:010:22:04

to an antiques fair.

0:22:040:22:05

I'd like them to spend a bit of money if we can.

0:22:050:22:07

Good luck with that, Christina.

0:22:070:22:08

Now, there's 20 minutes left of the shop.

0:22:080:22:10

Have the Reds found a third item?

0:22:100:22:12

I like this Crown Devon set here...

0:22:120:22:14

and what do you think this is for?

0:22:140:22:16

-Coffee.

-Coffee.

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Coffee. Date?

0:22:170:22:20

I would think it's got to be turn-of-the-century, just after.

0:22:200:22:23

-Yeah, 1920, 1925.

-'20s, yeah.

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It's about that sort of date.

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It's by Royal Crown Devon, Staffordshire, yeah?

0:22:260:22:30

-Good factory.

-A great factory.

0:22:300:22:33

It's got these applied jewels of enamel to the powder blue

0:22:330:22:37

with the flowers and the lovely bird decoration

0:22:370:22:41

against that powder blue which is very attractive.

0:22:410:22:45

SELLER: I've got £95 on that.

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Without any argument, £75 for that.

0:22:470:22:50

-We haven't got 75.

-No, sorry.

-65 and you've got a deal.

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SELLER: We can't do 65. It actually is too near my own price.

0:22:540:22:59

68?

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-Go on, then, 68.

-68.

0:23:010:23:03

-Thank you.

-You're going to go with that?

0:23:030:23:05

-OK, ta, yes.

-I think we'll go with that.

0:23:050:23:07

Hooray -

0:23:070:23:08

that's a third purchase for our red hat ladies.

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Big spenders, those girls.

0:23:110:23:13

MUSIC CONTINUES

0:23:130:23:15

# Hey, big spender

0:23:150:23:16

# Spend a little time with me... #

0:23:160:23:22

With one item to go and less than 15 minutes on the clock,

0:23:220:23:26

Christina's determined to buy big for the Blues.

0:23:260:23:29

-These are quite interesting, guys.

-Very kitsch.

-Very, very cool.

0:23:290:23:32

-Very in trend.

-..kitchen. They are very in vogue right now,

0:23:320:23:36

they really are. Fantastic.

0:23:360:23:38

These are 1950s... 1940s-1950s kitchen cabinets

0:23:380:23:42

so this would have been the equivalent of a fitted kitchen, OK?

0:23:420:23:46

-They look very familiar.

-Really? Did you have any at home?

0:23:460:23:48

No, but I've been to many houses that have had them.

0:23:480:23:50

It's also got a brand name there as well so it's great to have that

0:23:500:23:54

especially with online bidding to get people attracted to it.

0:23:540:23:58

It just goes on and on and on - look at all the storage.

0:23:580:24:01

Christina sees herself as quite the domestic goddess.

0:24:010:24:04

..a housewife in the 1950s, I mean this would have been...

0:24:040:24:07

-That would have been like the TARDIS for her.

-Exactly.

0:24:070:24:09

-Shall we can ask a price on it?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, sure.

0:24:090:24:11

-OK, you stand by it, don't let anyone else look at it...

-Guard it.

0:24:110:24:14

..and I'll go and ask a price, OK?

0:24:140:24:15

-Yeah, guard it, hide it, hide it.

-Quickly, quickly.

0:24:150:24:18

And they're certainly the right lads for the job.

0:24:180:24:21

-CHRISTINA:

-Oh, hello, Red Team.

0:24:210:24:22

-How are the Blues doing?

-Brilliant.

0:24:220:24:25

We're home, hosed, bathed and ready.

0:24:250:24:27

I don't think I like the idea of Thomas in the bath.

0:24:270:24:30

I think being as though they finished first,

0:24:300:24:32

-they should buy the tea.

-I think that's a very good idea!

0:24:320:24:34

I don't think so, no...

0:24:340:24:36

-Good luck.

-And you.

-We'll see you for a cup of tea.

0:24:360:24:39

-Yes. Sorry to crash your party.

-No, don't worry, any time.

0:24:390:24:43

The red team's all finished.

0:24:430:24:45

Now, how about that price, Christina?

0:24:450:24:46

-No-one else has bought it in the meantime, have they?

-No, no.

-We scared them off.

0:24:460:24:50

I think he was asking 120-something,

0:24:500:24:52

he says he'll take 115 - he drives a very, very hard bargain.

0:24:520:24:55

I think it stands... I think it could make you a profit at auction.

0:24:550:24:58

I think they're very in vogue right now.

0:24:580:25:00

How much do you think it's looking at at auction?

0:25:000:25:02

Well, I sold a not very nice one

0:25:020:25:04

at an auction a few weeks ago for £90.

0:25:040:25:07

I think we should risk it.

0:25:070:25:09

-We'll give it a risk.

-You wanted to spend big...

-Risk it for a biscuit.

0:25:090:25:12

-Yeah.

-I think it's quite cool, I think you guys are quite cool.

0:25:120:25:15

-Yeah.

-Spend big - it's big.

0:25:150:25:16

-Yes, let's do it.

-£115, that is our third and final item.

0:25:160:25:19

-Well done.

-I'm breaking out into a sweat - £115.

0:25:190:25:22

Checkmate -

0:25:220:25:23

time's up.

0:25:230:25:24

-I think we should go for cup of tea.

-I think you're absolutely right.

0:25:240:25:27

-Come on, let's go for a cup of tea.

-Definitely.

0:25:270:25:29

Yeah, get the kettle on -

0:25:290:25:31

I'm feeling a bit parched myself.

0:25:310:25:32

Let's check out what the Reds bought.

0:25:320:25:35

They opened with a Victorian oak stationery compendium for £130,

0:25:350:25:40

They packed £100 in to this campaign trunk

0:25:400:25:45

and they poured away £68 on an exotic bird coffee set.

0:25:450:25:50

Hats off to the gals -

0:25:500:25:52

whoops, I mean hats on again.

0:25:520:25:54

'Ha - will they make up their minds?'

0:25:540:25:56

Sue, Anne,

0:25:560:25:57

the plan didn't work out exactly, did it?

0:25:570:25:59

-No, not quite.

-No, but you had a good time though?

0:25:590:26:02

-We had a wonderful time.

-Susan, what is your favourite piece?

0:26:020:26:05

-The coffee set.

-Is it? Oh, good. What about you, Annie?

0:26:050:26:08

Absolutely unanimous,

0:26:080:26:10

the coffee set is absolutely lovely.

0:26:100:26:11

Right, is the coffee set going to bring the biggest profit?

0:26:110:26:14

-No, I don't think so.

-What will, then?

0:26:140:26:16

-I think the stationery box...

-And I think the chest.

0:26:160:26:19

There we go, we have a split prediction there

0:26:190:26:22

-and you spent up magnificently, I know.

-We did.

0:26:220:26:25

-Remind me how much again.

-We spent £298.

0:26:250:26:28

You are quite magnificent, you girls. £298 is the right answer.

0:26:280:26:32

-Can I have two pounds, please?

-You may.

-Two pounds only.

0:26:320:26:35

Now, Thomas Plant loves a challenge.

0:26:350:26:38

What are you going to do, Tom? Come on.

0:26:380:26:40

Do you know, it is impossible. It is such a challenge

0:26:400:26:43

-but I'm up for it...

-Good.

0:26:430:26:45

-..I've no idea what you're going to end up with.

-£100, I hope!

0:26:450:26:49

-I hope so, I really... That would be marvellous.

-Wouldn't it?

0:26:490:26:52

Well, it's the ultimate challenge, Tom, and I know no better man

0:26:520:26:56

to pick up the baton. Well done, Thomas.

0:26:560:26:59

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

0:26:590:27:02

They flew off with a bargain pottery stork for £12,

0:27:030:27:08

and early first-aid tin came to the rescue, also at £12,

0:27:080:27:14

and they fitted in a 1950s kitchen cabinet for £115.

0:27:140:27:19

OK, Ren, Tex -

0:27:190:27:21

sounds like a type of paint, doesn't it?

0:27:210:27:23

-Did you have fun?

-Yes.

-Yes, it was great fun, Tim.

0:27:230:27:25

Very entertaining shopping. So, Ren, which is your favourite piece?

0:27:250:27:29

I'm torn between my first-aid box and Tex's stork.

0:27:290:27:33

I think I'm leaning towards liking Tex's stork quite well.

0:27:330:27:37

And what about you, Tex?

0:27:370:27:38

Mine was my stork. It leapt out at me, I fell in love with it instantly.

0:27:380:27:42

OK. Is he going to bring the biggest profit, your stork?

0:27:420:27:45

-Probably not.

-No?

0:27:450:27:46

-It's more sentimental than anything.

-All right, fair enough,

0:27:460:27:49

so what is going to bring the biggest profit?

0:27:490:27:51

-The kitchen units that Christina picked for us.

-Yeah?

0:27:510:27:54

-You'll hate it.

-Trust your expert.

0:27:540:27:56

-How much did you spend, chaps?

-£139.

0:27:560:27:59

£139 - so that's one off 40 so that would be £161, please.

0:27:590:28:03

-Yes.

-161 -

0:28:030:28:06

-it's quite a heap of money, this, isn't it?

-There's 160...

0:28:060:28:08

-160, one to come...

-..and the one.

0:28:080:28:10

-..there we go.

-Why, thank you.

0:28:100:28:12

Now, Christina, my darling, what have you got in mind?

0:28:120:28:15

It's all been very masculine and very male

0:28:150:28:17

so I think it might have to be some jewellery.

0:28:170:28:19

TEX GASPS

0:28:190:28:21

-Look, I've got so much money to spend.

-You have.

-Spend wisely.

0:28:210:28:25

-OK, will do.

-I can see you're itching to go.

-Seriously.

0:28:250:28:28

Well, whatever you do, you're going to have to go smartly because we,

0:28:280:28:31

right now, are getting ready to shuffle off to the auction.

0:28:310:28:35

Well, I can't tell you how excited I am to be in Lichfield.

0:28:440:28:47

Gosh, it is a lovely place, isn't it, Richard?

0:28:470:28:49

It's fab and I'm excited to have you.

0:28:490:28:50

Well, very pleased we are

0:28:500:28:52

to be at Richard Winterton Auctioneers of Lichfield

0:28:520:28:55

and for the Reds, they've got a selection.

0:28:550:28:58

First up is the oak stationery compendium.

0:28:580:29:01

-Quite grand, that, isn't it?

-I have seen grander.

0:29:010:29:04

-Oh. How much?

-£50-£80.

0:29:040:29:08

-Not grand enough.

-Isn't it?

-No, £130.

0:29:080:29:11

-HE GASPS

-It's a difficult thing to value,

0:29:110:29:13

I think, cos I'm not sure who buys these stationery cabinets any more.

0:29:130:29:16

There is a market for them but they are looking for the better model

0:29:160:29:19

and a bit more going on. That's a bit straight and a bit, you know...

0:29:190:29:24

Lovely. Well, you know about these things, lovely.

0:29:240:29:26

Stand by for a bit of a loss on that. Now, what about this trunk?

0:29:260:29:29

-That's a fantastic trunk, isn't it?

-Ah, fabulous. Yeah, great.

0:29:290:29:32

-Great example, I should think it is American.

-Probably American, yeah.

0:29:320:29:35

I was going to say, I think it's American. Yes, it's lovely,

0:29:350:29:38

beautifully built, it's got that look about it.

0:29:380:29:41

-It's a lovely thing, Tim, I think it's great.

-Yeah,

0:29:410:29:44

-anyway, that's super. What's it worth?

-We've got 120-130.

0:29:440:29:49

-That is a very good estimate, £100 these guys paid for it.

-Yeah.

0:29:490:29:51

The potential for profit in that and the downside in this

0:29:510:29:56

-are equally balanced so they may finish up as squits.

-Yeah.

0:29:560:30:00

Their last item is the coffee set...

0:30:000:30:02

-OK.

-..which looks a bit to me slightly old hat.

0:30:020:30:07

It's trying to be Carlton, it's not as good as Carlton

0:30:070:30:10

therefore, what's it going to do?

0:30:100:30:13

I like this sort of thing, I think it's got a lovely blue.

0:30:130:30:15

I see exactly where you're coming from,

0:30:150:30:17

the market for this has definitely slowed

0:30:170:30:20

-but it's still got a real nice, crisp blue...

-Yeah.

0:30:200:30:23

-..with all the gilding going on...

-Might it make £68?

-It could do.

0:30:230:30:27

We've got 40-60, it could well get there, couldn't it?

0:30:270:30:29

OK, they might wipe its face. OK, fine. Overall, then,

0:30:290:30:32

I fancy they're not going to be too much up or too much down -

0:30:320:30:35

whether they need the bonus buy or not, I don't know

0:30:350:30:37

but let's see it anyway.

0:30:370:30:40

Now, girls, this is exciting, isn't it?

0:30:400:30:43

You spent £298, you gave your poor expert Thomas £2 only.

0:30:430:30:48

Thomas, what did you spend it on?

0:30:480:30:50

Well, I love a challenge.

0:30:500:30:51

You didn't spend it all, did you?

0:30:510:30:53

Anne.

0:30:550:30:56

Here we are, girls. So, I bought a pair of...

0:30:560:30:59

THEY LAUGH

0:30:590:31:01

..wait for it, don't laugh.

0:31:010:31:03

19th-century, old, Sheffield plate trencher salts...

0:31:030:31:08

-Oh.

-Fantastic.

-..for your table with Bristol blue glass liners.

0:31:080:31:14

They are simply wonderful. For your rock salt in here

0:31:140:31:19

or your Maldon salt on your dining-room table and

0:31:190:31:23

-(for £2.)

-I can't believe it.

-Thank you.

0:31:230:31:26

OK, you Red Hatters, what do you think about them?

0:31:260:31:28

-Fantastic.

-They're lovely.

0:31:280:31:29

OK, girls, so, there's it, then.

0:31:290:31:31

You've got it? £1 each for these, unbelievable.

0:31:310:31:34

-Ask him how much they're going to bring.

-Yeah,

0:31:340:31:36

how much do you think they'll make?

0:31:360:31:37

-Well, they might make £5. They might...

-Each?

-Yes, each.

0:31:370:31:42

-Each.

-Yeah, they might make £10 for the pair.

0:31:420:31:44

I think with that price, we've really got to think about these.

0:31:440:31:48

Do you think they might make £30, Tom?

0:31:480:31:49

-If they make £30, I'll be dancing a jig.

-Will you?

0:31:490:31:52

-Do you promise?

-I do.

-Yeah, right. Fantastic.

0:31:520:31:55

OK. You don't pick now, you pick later. Right now,

0:31:550:31:57

let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Tom's trencher salts.

0:31:570:32:00

Well, poor old Thomas only had £2

0:32:020:32:03

and he went out and bought these two condiments.

0:32:030:32:06

-Oh, I'm so pleased you said that.

-What?

-To find out...

0:32:060:32:09

-He's done well to find them for £2, hasn't he?

-Well, hasn't he?

0:32:090:32:11

It's got Bristol blue liners in - look, perfect.

0:32:110:32:14

Which could easily end up in a far better...

0:32:140:32:17

-Boat?

-Of course it could, than what there is there

0:32:170:32:20

-so those are worth the £2 on their own.

-Of course they are.

0:32:200:32:23

Perfect, what's your estimate?

0:32:230:32:24

-We've gone 10-15.

-Have you really?

0:32:240:32:26

Well, he's done very well with those. That's super.

0:32:260:32:29

-Yeah.

-That's those two done

0:32:290:32:30

and whether the team go for it or not's another matter.

0:32:300:32:33

Now, for the Blues.

0:32:330:32:35

We have got for Tex and Ren, the crane.

0:32:350:32:39

-RICHARD LAUGHS

-It looks to me

0:32:390:32:41

a bit like that, what's it called, that German stuff, lava...

0:32:410:32:44

-I think you are dead...

-lava ware, isn't it?

-Yes.

-How much?

0:32:440:32:48

-10 to 15.

-OK, £12 paid.

-Yeah.

0:32:480:32:50

I mean, that Brown lava-type, glutinous glaze

0:32:500:32:55

is not everybody's cup of tea but there are collectors, right?

0:32:550:32:58

-There's not many of them.

-OK, fine.

0:32:580:33:00

Next is the Boots tin which is for the first aid.

0:33:000:33:05

Every business needs a first-aid tin.

0:33:050:33:07

-Do you like him?

-10 to 15 for me.

0:33:070:33:09

Is it? £12 paid.

0:33:090:33:10

-That's OK.

-There's a theme going here.

-We're ahead here. There certainly is.

0:33:100:33:14

Now you've got the Hygena kitchen cabinet

0:33:140:33:16

which is so evocative of an era.

0:33:160:33:19

-Yeah.

-There it is, back there.

0:33:190:33:21

-And it's fab, it's OK.

-Isn't it good? Yeah.

0:33:210:33:23

We have a lot come through, it's £30-50 all day long.

0:33:230:33:27

People want deconstructed kitchen fittings, don't they?

0:33:270:33:31

They don't want the fitted kitchen look any more,

0:33:310:33:34

if you're going for that period thing.

0:33:340:33:35

You know, that's in at the moment, that sort of thing.

0:33:350:33:38

-Well, they paid £115.

-HE GASPS

0:33:380:33:40

-We've got the internet to help us.

-We have, I mean, we'll need it.

-OK.

0:33:400:33:43

Well, if it lets us down, they can go with the bonus buy.

0:33:430:33:46

Let's go and have a look at it.

0:33:460:33:48

You spent £139, you gave Christina £161.

0:33:480:33:52

Christina, what did you spend it on?

0:33:520:33:54

I totally indulged myself, it's very selfish

0:33:540:33:56

and I bought you a little bit of jewellery, I'm sorry to say.

0:33:560:34:01

Here we go.

0:34:010:34:03

In this lovely little box, we've got

0:34:030:34:05

an Art-Deco jade and sea-pearl nine carat white gold necklace, OK?

0:34:050:34:10

What do you think?

0:34:100:34:11

On first impressions, that's quite nice.

0:34:110:34:14

-Oh, there we go.

-SHE LAUGHS

0:34:140:34:16

I thought that you might appreciate it, it's typically Art Deco.

0:34:160:34:19

If you think of the Art Deco period, you've got that wonderful love

0:34:190:34:22

of contrasting colours. They used a lot of coral and black

0:34:220:34:24

and green and white and green and black so it's typical of the period

0:34:240:34:28

but still very wearable today

0:34:280:34:30

and very much a style that is very fashionable today.

0:34:300:34:33

-Do you want to have a little look at it?

-How much?

0:34:330:34:36

-How much did we pay for it?

-Oh, straight to it.

0:34:360:34:37

-Oh, straight to the money.

-Blimey, there we go, straight to the point.

0:34:370:34:40

I was hoping to sell it a bit more to you first.

0:34:400:34:43

Well, you left me with £161.

0:34:430:34:46

I have change of a pound...

0:34:460:34:49

-Ah.

-..so I spent £160 on it.

0:34:490:34:53

-She's got to get into our ethics of spending low.

-Yeah.

-Yeah,

0:34:530:34:56

but very, very popular

0:34:560:34:57

and especially with the Chinese market being very buoyant,

0:34:570:35:00

they do love jade and it's beautifully carved as well

0:35:000:35:02

-so very wearable.

-What sort of profit do you see in this?

0:35:020:35:05

Well, I would hope as a nice piece of jewellery,

0:35:050:35:07

I see it making at auction between £150-200.

0:35:070:35:11

Good, and you spent 160 so there's the maths.

0:35:110:35:13

Thank you very much, chaps. Thank you, Christina.

0:35:130:35:15

For the viewers at home,

0:35:150:35:17

let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about the necklace.

0:35:170:35:20

Well, there you go. Christina had a tonne of money

0:35:200:35:23

-and she fell in love with the jade pendant.

-Ooh, OK.

0:35:230:35:27

-Does it pluck your heartstrings?

-Not a lot, I have to say.

0:35:270:35:30

If you were taking a punt and you were being really strong,

0:35:300:35:32

-what would you put on it?

-£50-£80.

0:35:320:35:35

Well, Christina paid £160 so...

0:35:350:35:37

She's gambling on the jade being red-hot at the moment

0:35:370:35:41

in the market and in our auction world so...

0:35:410:35:43

We'll find out in a minute. Thanks, Rich.

0:35:430:35:46

Well, Richard's ready,

0:35:460:35:48

the room's packed

0:35:480:35:50

and the teams are poised.

0:35:500:35:51

Gosh, you are colourful, you two, aren't you? Absolutely amazing.

0:35:530:35:57

First up is the compendium and here it comes.

0:35:570:36:01

1489 - one, two, three bids on the book.

0:36:010:36:04

-I can start at £60.

-Hey.

-£60 I'm bid...

0:36:040:36:06

£60 I'm bid, £60 I'm bid...

0:36:060:36:09

£70, at £80...

0:36:090:36:11

At £80 with me, at £80...

0:36:110:36:13

Room's out, £80 with me...

0:36:130:36:14

-Uh-oh.

-Uh-oh.

-All done, I'm sold

0:36:140:36:17

-at £80...

-£50 loss.

0:36:170:36:18

£80 is minus 50.

0:36:180:36:20

-We'll make it up on the others.

-We're going to have to.

-Never mind.

0:36:200:36:23

Now, cross your legs for the trunk.

0:36:230:36:25

..campaign trunk now. Lot of interest on this lot.

0:36:250:36:28

In, £120, bid's on the book

0:36:280:36:30

At 120, 130, 140...

0:36:300:36:32

140 with me, 140...

0:36:320:36:34

Internet's out, 140, here at 140...

0:36:340:36:37

All done? 140, top of four bids...

0:36:370:36:39

Sold at 140...

0:36:390:36:42

Goes for 140.

0:36:420:36:43

-Which is plus £40.

-Minus ten, then.

0:36:430:36:45

You are minus ten, you are so genius.

0:36:450:36:49

Lot 4951 we go to now, the coffee set.

0:36:490:36:50

£20, start me...

0:36:500:36:51

£20, £20 I'm bid...

0:36:510:36:53

£20 I'm bid, £20 I'm bid...

0:36:530:36:55

20, £30 I'm bid...

0:36:550:36:57

30, five I'm bid, 35 I'm bid...

0:36:570:36:59

40, the internet, £40 I'm bid, the internet...

0:36:590:37:02

45, the internet, 45...

0:37:020:37:04

£50, the internet, £50, the internet...

0:37:040:37:07

£50, the internet, are you all done?

0:37:070:37:09

-£50, sold then at £50...

-Uh-oh.

0:37:090:37:14

Internet bid, £50.

0:37:140:37:15

-ANNE:

-£500.

-No...

-£50 is minus £18...

0:37:150:37:17

..oh, God. ..which means overall, you're on minus 28.

0:37:170:37:20

-This is quite taut, actually.

-It's tight.

0:37:200:37:23

Tight, so what are we going to do about the salts -

0:37:230:37:25

-go with the salts?

-Ooh, at that money, perhaps we will.

-OK, yeah.

0:37:250:37:28

OK, the decision is made - we're going with the salts

0:37:280:37:31

and here they come.

0:37:310:37:32

£2, 2 to go, 2 to go...

0:37:320:37:36

2 bid...

0:37:360:37:37

6 bid, 8 bid, 10 bid, internet...

0:37:370:37:41

10 bid, the internet...

0:37:410:37:42

10 bids the internet, 10 bid...

0:37:420:37:43

The internet at £10, £10, £10...

0:37:430:37:46

£15, the internet...

0:37:460:37:48

£15, the internet...

0:37:480:37:50

Sold then at £15...

0:37:500:37:53

That is phenomenal, isn't it?

0:37:530:37:55

Plus £13, you are clever.

0:37:550:37:57

That means overall, you're only minus 15.

0:37:570:38:00

-You have clawed it back, girls.

-Thank you.

0:38:000:38:03

Well done - and that could be a winning score.

0:38:030:38:05

Tex, Ren, how are you feeling?

0:38:100:38:13

I'm not sure if it's the caffeine but I'm getting a bit nervous.

0:38:130:38:16

First up is the German crane. Now, here it comes.

0:38:160:38:20

Starting on my book, £2...

0:38:200:38:22

2, 3, 4...

0:38:220:38:24

-6, 8,

-10... Come on, come on.

0:38:240:38:26

-15, £20...

-Yes, yes.

-Brilliant.

0:38:260:38:28

Front row, £20, £20, front row...

0:38:280:38:31

£20, £20, £20...

0:38:310:38:33

You're out, madam. £20, nope?

0:38:330:38:35

I have to say, I'm slightly in shock.

0:38:350:38:36

Shaking her head, £20 on the front row, sold then at 20...

0:38:360:38:39

-Well done, well done.

-Fantastic.

0:38:390:38:41

Plus £8, that's a good start.

0:38:410:38:43

That's great.

0:38:430:38:44

..lot 5128...

0:38:440:38:47

Well done.

0:38:470:38:48

Now, we go to the first-aid tin.

0:38:480:38:50

£2... Oh, come on.

0:38:500:38:51

2, 4, 6...

0:38:510:38:53

8, 10, 15...

0:38:530:38:54

-Come on.

-REN:

-Lift it up a bit.

0:38:540:38:56

-15 right away...

-You're in profit.

0:38:560:38:57

£15, a bid in the room, 15 in the room...

0:38:570:39:00

-£15, in the room at 15...

-REN:

-Come on.

0:39:000:39:01

All out? Sold then at 15...

0:39:010:39:05

Yours it is...

0:39:050:39:07

Plus £3 - nothing the matter with that.

0:39:070:39:10

..lot 1513, the kitchen cabinet.

0:39:100:39:12

£10 I'm bid, £10 I'm bid, the cabinet at £10...

0:39:120:39:16

-15, £20, 25...

-REN:

-Come on.

0:39:160:39:18

£30, 35, 35 her on the front...

0:39:180:39:22

-£40 the internet...

-Good.

0:39:220:39:24

£40 the internet, £40, £40 the bid...

0:39:240:39:26

45 the internet, 50 the internet...

0:39:260:39:29

60 the internet, 60 the internet...

0:39:290:39:32

-Room is out, 60 the internet...

-Oh, go on.

0:39:320:39:35

70 the internet, £80 the internet...

0:39:350:39:37

-Go on, internet.

-Keep going, come on.

0:39:370:39:39

£80, leaning back, relaxing...

0:39:390:39:41

-£80, one more bid...

-Come on.

0:39:410:39:43

No, it's not, £80 the internet, all done...

0:39:430:39:45

All finished, £80...

0:39:450:39:47

-So close.

-£80 is minus 35

0:39:470:39:51

and so, that makes you minus 24.

0:39:510:39:54

Oh, it was going so well.

0:39:540:39:56

Nothing like as bad as it could have been, lads.

0:39:560:39:59

-Are we going to do the jade pendant or not?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

0:39:590:40:01

-We'll go with it.

-Seriously? You're going to go with this bonus buy?

0:40:010:40:04

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Oh, guys, OK. So what did the auctioneer say?

0:40:040:40:08

The decision is made, the die is cast - now you've said that,

0:40:080:40:10

I can tell you the auctioneer's estimated it at 50-80, right...

0:40:100:40:13

-Boo.

-Oh.

0:40:130:40:14

-That seems very mean.

-..which I think is very mean.

-Here we go.

0:40:140:40:17

Here it comes.

0:40:170:40:18

Lot 1517 we go to now,

0:40:180:40:19

we'll start at 50...

0:40:190:40:21

£50 I'm bid, £50 I'm bid...

0:40:210:40:24

-60, 70...

-REN:

-Yes, yes.

0:40:240:40:26

£70, at £70, internet, you're all out...

0:40:260:40:28

At £70, at £70, I'm bid at £70...

0:40:280:40:30

At £70, we have £80, the internet...

0:40:300:40:33

At £80, the internet, at £80, the internet...

0:40:330:40:36

At £80...

0:40:360:40:37

-£80, the internet, room's out...

-Oh, guys.

0:40:370:40:39

Sold then at £80...

0:40:390:40:41

Oh, no.

0:40:410:40:43

-I'm so sorry.

-£80 is minus £80...

0:40:430:40:45

Oh, I'm so sorry...it's minus 104.

0:40:450:40:48

Oh, guys, hey - we broke the £100 barrier!

0:40:480:40:50

Well, the trouble is it just shows how chancy

0:40:500:40:53

some of this stuff is, isn't it?

0:40:530:40:55

One day the thing's going to make £200,

0:40:550:40:57

the next day it's going to make £100.

0:40:570:40:59

I'm really sorry, guys.

0:40:590:41:00

-That's OK.

-But, you know, there you go. All right?

-We've had fun.

0:41:000:41:03

-Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

-Exactly.

-And who knows -

0:41:030:41:06

£104 minus might be a winning score.

0:41:060:41:09

-We've seen worse win before so, yes.

-Exactly.

-Yeah.

0:41:090:41:13

Well, well, well, what's going on here? Have you changed allegiances?

0:41:200:41:24

-You two guys?

-Just partaking in the fun.

-We was robbed.

0:41:240:41:27

-THE BLUES LAUGH

-Did they nick them?

-Yes.

0:41:270:41:29

Very sweet, chaps. Anyway, there it is.

0:41:290:41:32

There is a chasm between our teams today

0:41:320:41:35

and I'm afraid, on the other side of the divide

0:41:350:41:39

-are, today, the Blues.

-Oh.

0:41:390:41:42

Anyway, there you go, chaps - minus £104

0:41:420:41:45

but we've had the most brilliant dynamic

0:41:450:41:48

because before we got to the bonus buy moment

0:41:480:41:52

on the leaderboard, the Blues were ahead.

0:41:520:41:56

-Oh, no.

-Yes, and if they hadn't gone with the bonus buy,

0:41:560:42:02

-they might be winners today.

-I'm really sorry.

0:42:020:42:06

Don't feel too badly about it because the winning team

0:42:060:42:10

managed to select the bonus buy that did make a profit,

0:42:100:42:14

and had you not gone with the bonus buy, Tom's profit

0:42:140:42:17

-would have put the Reds in the lead anyway.

-Oh.

0:42:170:42:21

Is that not a complicated double whammy?

0:42:210:42:24

Has this scorpion not got a sting in its tail?

0:42:240:42:27

Anyway, you lost today, Blues, by a substantial £104

0:42:270:42:31

-but did you have a nice time?

-Fantastic.

-Really great.

0:42:310:42:33

Well, thank you very much for joining us. It's been great.

0:42:330:42:36

The victors today are the girls, who've only managed to fail to make

0:42:360:42:40

£15 which is... Minus 15 is your overall total score

0:42:400:42:43

-and you had a nice time?

-Fantastic.

-Wonderful, thank you.

0:42:430:42:45

Yeah, we've loved having you. Anyway, congratulations

0:42:450:42:48

-on your victory...

-Thank you very much indeed.

0:42:480:42:50

..and join us soon for some more bargain-hunting, yes?

0:42:500:42:52

-ALL:

-Yes!

0:42:520:42:53

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