0:00:04 > 0:00:06Did you know that here in Staffordshire
0:00:06 > 0:00:12there are more miles of canal than in any other county in England?
0:00:12 > 0:00:13So our teams today
0:00:13 > 0:00:17are literally going to be barging round the stalls.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Let's go bargain hunting, yeah!
0:00:43 > 0:00:48Today we're heading towards the Stafford Antique & Collectables Fair
0:00:48 > 0:00:51with each of our teams armed with £300
0:00:51 > 0:00:53and an hour to shop for three objects,
0:00:53 > 0:00:55but will they sail off into the sunset
0:00:55 > 0:00:59or will they meet a watery end over at the auction?
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Let's check out how they do.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Thomas has double trouble with the Reds.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- No idea. - I think I'm being closed out.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Closed out. I can see this happening.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13The Blues have hit their funny bones.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15You said you wanted quirky.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17I did want quirky but what would you do with him?
0:01:17 > 0:01:20But will it be all smiles at auction?
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Let's meet today's teams.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33Well, we've got a gorgeous group of sheilas here on the show today,
0:01:33 > 0:01:36all of whom have a link with down under.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39For the Reds, we have got Sandra and Susan
0:01:39 > 0:01:43and for the Blues we have Christina and Rachel. Hello, everyone.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- G'day, Tim.- G'day, Tim. - Oh, g'day. That's very nice.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Now, Sandra, you have come a long way to join us today.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51I have, Tim. I've come all this way just to see you.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54I have to say that you don't sound terribly Australian.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56- I've been there 27 years. - Have you?- I have.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- And what's your town?- Perth.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- I live in Freemantle. - Is it lovely over there on the West?
0:02:02 > 0:02:03It is, it's lovely.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06- Good weather all year round.- Yeah.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09And you're what they call a sporty girl, aren't you?
0:02:09 > 0:02:12I am, I play tennis. I am the Midweek Ladies Captain
0:02:12 > 0:02:13at the local club.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Stand to attention. And you play doubles or singles?
0:02:16 > 0:02:20- Both, mainly doubles.- Mainly doubles.- With the Midweek Ladies.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23And do you ever let the men in at all or is it all girls?
0:02:23 > 0:02:27- Oh, all girls on a Tuesday. Oh, yes. No men allowed on Tuesdays.- OK.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30That must be the day to visit then. Now, you are identical twins.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Was it terribly tough on you going to Australia like that?
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Not really, because Susan came as well.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37- Did you really?- Yes. - But you came back?- I did.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Like full-time back?
0:02:39 > 0:02:40I keep going back to visit
0:02:40 > 0:02:42cos I've still got my daughters out there
0:02:42 > 0:02:44so I go back for three months every year.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Now, Susan, you've also seen a fair bit of the world, haven't you?
0:02:47 > 0:02:51I have, yes. I've lived in Australia, New Zealand,
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Philippines, Borneo and Malaysia.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- Which is exciting, isn't it? - It's really exciting.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59So what sort of things are you gorgeous twins going to buy?
0:02:59 > 0:03:00Are you going to agree on everything?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02BOTH: No!
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Here we go. Lovely.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05We're looking forward to it immensely
0:03:05 > 0:03:07and thank you very much for joining us
0:03:07 > 0:03:08all the way from Australia.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- Now, Christina, you are also from Australia.- Yes, I am.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17And you swapped barbies and all that glorious countryside
0:03:17 > 0:03:19and temperature and whatnot for which town?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21- Birmingham.- Oh, lovely.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22THEY LAUGH
0:03:22 > 0:03:25And why did you come then, darling? Did your husband drag you or what?
0:03:25 > 0:03:28- I do have a French husband. - A French husband?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Yeah. So he's still got some family in Paris and around
0:03:31 > 0:03:34and originally we were meant to settle there
0:03:34 > 0:03:36but I can't speak French. I tried and I just can't.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Yeah, best to go to Birmingham in those circumstances.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Yeah, I learned that language pretty quickly.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44You're pretty safe from the French in Birmingham.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Not so many French there. You also have a passion for music.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Tell us about that.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Yeah, ever since I was little I've always had many instruments
0:03:51 > 0:03:56in the house so I started on drums and percussion, I can sing a bit.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Is that your link with Rachel, then, through the music?
0:03:59 > 0:04:02It is. Yeah. So Rachel plays synth and sings
0:04:02 > 0:04:05so we met through our local church, basically, in Birmingham.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- Yeah, that's how we became friends. - Brilliant.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11So, does this being a musician keep you pretty active, Rach?
0:04:11 > 0:04:13It does, yes. It takes up quite a lot of my time.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16I practice once a week and I play most Sundays.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Now, it says here that you sing
0:04:18 > 0:04:21so would you like to give us just a little twirl?
0:04:21 > 0:04:27Just off-the-cuff, give us one of your favourite little numbers.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28Yeah, we can give it a go.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Give that the groove.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33# Amazing Grace
0:04:33 > 0:04:36# How sweet the sound
0:04:36 > 0:04:43# That saved a wretch like me. #
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Oh, you're so good!
0:04:46 > 0:04:51It's so horrible being put on the spot. How could I do that to you?
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Well, anyway, well done. Now, you know all about antiques, don't you?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- Bits and bobs. - We do car-boot sales occasionally.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59You will be very, very well qualified on Bargain Hunt.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- Now, the money moment. Here we go, £300 apiece.- Thank you.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05You know the rules, your experts await
0:05:05 > 0:05:08and off you go, and very, very, very good luck.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10I love Australia.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Now, let's meet our experts.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Earning his badge for the Red Team
0:05:16 > 0:05:19it's Thomas Plant. Dib-dib, dob-dob.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22And hoping to snap up a bargain for the Blues,
0:05:22 > 0:05:24it's Christina Trevanion.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29It looks like Thomas has got two for the price of one.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- Twins.- Yes.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- I have twins.- Do you?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Yeah, but mine are fraternal so I have a boy and a girl.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37So it's quite easy to know who's who
0:05:37 > 0:05:39but today I'm going to have a nightmare.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42So, ladies, £300.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- Yes. - What's the plan?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Well, I would like to go for something
0:05:46 > 0:05:47kind of quirky and unusual.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Maybe a Victorian item that nobody knows what it is any more.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51OK.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- What are we into?- Something big, something unusual.- Yes.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Something that really grabs our attention.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Some kind of toy, really old toy. Something like that.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02OK, right, that sounds pretty select.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Let's go see if we can find them.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06- Let's go.- OK.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Right, teams, your time starts now.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18They just don't know where to start.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- Oh, wow. - There's just so much to choose from.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24There's just so many antiques, I feel slightly giddy.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Thomas will have to work hard to guide those twins.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- Sandra, what do you think we should get?- I've no idea.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31I feel like I'm being closed out, I'm being closed out.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33I can see this happening.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35You've got your hands full with those two.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38What are the Blues after?
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- Weird and wacky art, hugely in vogue at the moment.- Yeah, I think so.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Yeah, let's go super wacky.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47And creepy-crawly, Christina.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Oh, yeah. He's away!
0:06:50 > 0:06:52He's had a coffee.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54THEY LAUGH
0:06:54 > 0:06:55What do you think?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58So that's a Japanese tin plate toy there,
0:06:58 > 0:06:59obviously a little beetle bug.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Just let's have a look at his little antennae
0:07:01 > 0:07:03because don't know whether those are...
0:07:03 > 0:07:05No, they look like they're genuine, actually.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07And we've got obviously Made In Japan there.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09I mean, the Japanese were brilliant at making these toys
0:07:09 > 0:07:11and they are collectable.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12How old do you think he might be?
0:07:12 > 0:07:14I'd say he's, what, 1960s, 1970s?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- VENDOR:- '60s.- Yeah, 1960s.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18- Yeah.- He is quite cute.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19- Really cute.- He's great, yeah.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- Yeah.- He's fantastic.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23I like that. What could be your best price on that?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25You've got £25 on him.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- £20.- £20.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30I mean, at auction I'd say £15-£20.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33I'd give £15 for him, I think he's wicked.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34- £15.- Hours of fun.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- I'll do £18.- £18.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38£17?
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- Oh, go on, then! Go on, then. - Just to get rid of her.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Oh, my goodness me. Did you want to talk to me about that or...?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- No?- Deal.- Fine!
0:07:50 > 0:07:52These girls sure know how to negotiate.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- Do you like it?- I think he's lovely.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- Do you like it?- Yes.- You happy?
0:07:56 > 0:08:00- Yeah, I think he's really good fun. - Well done. Well done, little bug.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03The Blues have bagged a buy with that beautiful bug.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Is Thomas having any luck steering Susan and Sandra
0:08:06 > 0:08:07in the right direction?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09What about this one?
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Carry on, carry on. Carry on.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- What about that?- No.- No?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- Too modern?- Let's look.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16That's a no, then.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Oh, wait. What have you found, Thomas?
0:08:21 > 0:08:24A pair of identical chairs for identical twins.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26- Couldn't be better.- Perfect!
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- Have a rest.- Perfect.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29- Let's just check them over first. - OK.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36They are a little bit wobbly but that's not the end of the world.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40They have called them 1920s/1930s inlaid chairs.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Yes, they are inlaid. They're inlaid with vegetable ivory
0:08:44 > 0:08:48which is not ivory, it's nuts and then satin wood.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51And this is rosewood here
0:08:51 > 0:08:53and then we've got sort of like a mahogany here
0:08:53 > 0:08:55inlaid with satin wood.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57They're really quite fun, aren't they?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- Yes, I like those. Do you, Sandra? - Yeah, I do and the price is good.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02And they're not 1920s, they're a little bit earlier.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03- Oh, are they?- They're Edwardian.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05- Oh, are they? - Yeah, they're turn-of-the-century.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07This is re-covered though, isn't it?
0:09:07 > 0:09:11They're recovered in green velour which is ghastly, isn't it?
0:09:11 > 0:09:12THEY LAUGH
0:09:12 > 0:09:14And you could really do something with them
0:09:14 > 0:09:17by changing the upholstery and making them look rather good.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18I think you need to get a bit more off.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21- You think we could make a profit on that?- Yes, I do.- You do? OK.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Pays to know an expert, doesn't it, Sandra?
0:09:23 > 0:09:26I would say you should get these...
0:09:26 > 0:09:28I'd have a conversation and say, "Could I have them?"
0:09:28 > 0:09:30- And if she says £40, I would do it. - £40 for the two?
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Shh!
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- See what you can do.- OK.- Right. - I've got real faith in you two.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38OK, no problem.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42What would be your best price on these pair of chairs here, please?
0:09:42 > 0:09:47- The two of them?- For the two of them.- £50.- 50?- Oh, dear.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- That's a bit high. - They're a bit wobbly.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Yeah, but they're 100 years old
0:09:51 > 0:09:54so I think we're all getting a bit wobbly, I know I am.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- I'd go a couple more pounds to £48. - £45 and we'll take them.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59No, I'm going to stick at £48.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02The first time they've been out and they really are nice chairs.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Yes, they are. Really caught our attention. They're beautiful.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07- Thank you very much. - Thank you very much for your help.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09- What are you going to do?- It's £48.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- Yeah, are you going to buy them? - Yes.- Yes.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12Shake the lady's hand.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14- Thank you, very much. - You're welcome.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- Well done.- Thank you. - First item.- Yes.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19- Let's move on.- Yes, we better.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21No sitting around.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22Hurrah, eh?
0:10:22 > 0:10:26This beautiful pair and Thomas have a twin set of chairs.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29It only took them 22 minutes.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Now, the Blues are hunting for something weird
0:10:34 > 0:10:37but how about something ghoulish?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Good day, ladies.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43You have got... Wacky, quirky.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44- Wow!- Very thin.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46He even has a whistle.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47THEY LAUGH
0:10:47 > 0:10:49- He's even is ready to party, as well, isn't he?- Wow.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- What you think of him? - He's really cool but...
0:10:53 > 0:10:55You said you wanted quirky.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57I did want quirky but what would you do with him?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- Scare people. - Scare people in the window.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02- Bring him out at Halloween.- Yeah.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05What do you think though? Because it fits the remit, does it not?
0:11:05 > 0:11:08It does fit the remit but I'm kind of after something
0:11:08 > 0:11:10where you don't know what it is
0:11:10 > 0:11:12and I think for us this is quite obviously a skeleton.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Yeah.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17THEY LAUGH
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Challenging me today, aren't you? I know there's always one.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Oh, rejected again.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Oh, chin up, old boy.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Now, are the Reds impressing Thomas with their finds yet?
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- Keep looking.- Keep looking.- You're doing well. You're doing well.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36But let's carry on.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37Come on, you lot.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41You still have two items each to find.
0:11:41 > 0:11:42What's this?
0:11:42 > 0:11:45The Blues are looking puzzled.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46No.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Don't pull it, don't pull it!
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Press this up here.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52And then it comes out.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54A card case. Isn't that lovely?
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- Is it like cards like playing cards? - Yeah.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01So it's red lacquer in there with brass bound.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Lovely that we've got these wonderful moths and bats
0:12:03 > 0:12:04and they were symbols of good luck.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08- Right.- That's really lovely. £98.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10What could you do that for?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- £70 it's worth for you.- £70.- £70.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Can we take a look at some of the cards?
0:12:15 > 0:12:17- Yeah.- Pull!
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Oh, the Joker. How appropriate.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25And another Joker!
0:12:25 > 0:12:26This is a sign.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Let's hope it's a sign of good luck, hey, girls?
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- What do you think?- Yeah, I really like that. I think it's really nice.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35I like the fact that its use isn't immediately obvious
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- and that's exactly what you wanted. - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42At auction I would say £50-£70.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44I think it's quite fun. Is there anything more...?
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Could you do £50 on it? Would £50 be a possibility?
0:12:48 > 0:12:50- £60.- £60.
0:12:50 > 0:12:51- It's £60 minimum.- OK.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53- What's your thoughts? - I'm happy with that.- Yeah.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57- What do you think?- Yeah.- Yeah. - £60?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Good. Thank you very much.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03I think it's a sign, there's a little R on the Joker.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04Rachel.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09So your fortune's in the cards, Rachel. Well, hopefully.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12We've bought two things so we've just got one more thing to buy.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14I'm quite aware that if I don't keep them focused
0:13:14 > 0:13:16we're going to completely run out of time.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Because although it sounds like we've got quite a lot of time left,
0:13:19 > 0:13:21it will go in the blink of an eye.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Speaking of time, you are half an hour into the shop, teams.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28How are those twins getting on?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33So is that solid silver?
0:13:33 > 0:13:36- Well, it would be very thin silver. - Is it fairly new?
0:13:36 > 0:13:40No, this would be more Edwardian. Here's the hallmarks.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42What's the price of this? £25.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46I mean, it's what they're worth, between £20 and £30.
0:13:46 > 0:13:47- Look into the mirror. - Look in the mirror.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50I think I'm seeing double.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53On reflection, the mirror is not for them.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55And it seems the Blues have lost their way.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59I don't think we've been down here, have we?
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- Ladies, I fear we're drifting. - We are.- Yeah.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07It's about time those Reds secured a second item,
0:14:07 > 0:14:09don't you think, Thomas?
0:14:09 > 0:14:13We've bought one item and we've kind of like got 25 minutes left.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- Oh, right, we better get a move on. - We better get a move on.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- I've just seen something, I'm looking at it now.- OK.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24I want to have a look at this ottoman. It's mad, it's unusual.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Look at this. It's regal, it's camp.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30- It looks very theatrical, doesn't it?- It is, absolutely.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32What is it? There's the ticket.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Here we are, a Victorian upholstered scroll slipper box
0:14:35 > 0:14:38for putting one's slippers on.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41I think it looks old and faded and tatty.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42- Really?- I do, yes.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46But that's what the antiques business is about, old things.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Nothing wrong with being old, faded and tatty, Susan.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Or is it Sandra, Susan? Oh, dear.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55- Sandra, what do you think? - I think it's brilliant.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58I think it's absolutely brilliant. It's well sprung.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59You like the springing to it.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- I like the springing to it, yeah. - You wanted something different.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04- Something to complete the set. - And this is different, isn't it?
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- You said that at the same time, didn't you?- We did.
0:15:07 > 0:15:08- We do that quite often. - We do that a lot.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11- Finish each other's sentences off as well.- I bet you do. I love that.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- Madam, is this yours? - It is mine, yes.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18Now, you've got £98 on it.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20I'm here, I'm almost on my knees.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22I can see, I like it.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24How much?
0:15:24 > 0:15:25£80.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27- Oh!- Oh, dear.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29I really am on my knees now.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32THEY LAUGH
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- £70.- Is that your best price?
0:15:35 > 0:15:38- Can you go a bit lower than that? - You wouldn't go to £60, would you?
0:15:38 > 0:15:39£65, in the middle. And that's it.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41- In the middle. - What do you think, Sandra?
0:15:41 > 0:15:43- What do you think? - We all saved a bit of face there.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44- I think that's good.- Do you?
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- Do you really like it? - I think that's a fair bargain.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- Oh, looks like Thomas has bought it already.- I've bought it anyway.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51- He's bought it anyway. - Thank you very much.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53- Thank you.- Brilliant. Thank you. - Second item.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- I think it's marvellous. - I like that, it's different.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57It is different.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- We need to buy another one then, don't we, Sandra?- OK, right.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02That's your second item, Reds. Well done.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04But with only 15 minutes left at the shop,
0:16:04 > 0:16:06the Blues are having a change of heart.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11At the beginning we saw a skeleton and at the time I wasn't too sure.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14I wanted to have a little look around first to compare
0:16:14 > 0:16:15but as we've gone round
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I think I've started to fall in love with him a little bit.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Yeah. It's just different. Haven't seen anything like that.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Fallen in love with a skeleton?
0:16:23 > 0:16:25He's not my usual type of guy, to be honest.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28You know we actually have to buy these things to sell them.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30- Oh, I can't keep him?- No.- OK.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Do you want to go and see if he's still there?
0:16:34 > 0:16:36- Yeah, let's go and check that out. - Yeah.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40Love is in the air, I can feel it in me bones.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Now, is Thomas having any luck getting a third item
0:16:42 > 0:16:44for Susie and Sandy?
0:16:44 > 0:16:47This is the most frustrating time.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49We have got loads of money
0:16:49 > 0:16:52but we haven't seen anything we really, really want and I am
0:16:52 > 0:16:56worried that we could buy something for a lot of money and it bomb
0:16:56 > 0:16:59at the auction just because we want to spend money
0:16:59 > 0:17:00and not think about it.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04And weighing heavily on Rachel's mind, it's still Mr Skinny Bones.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Your dream man.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- Yeah!- Here he is!
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- Here we go. - Still looking very skeleton-y.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17- Yes.- I have to say, he's not old but that's great.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19I'm not looking for an older guy.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25We've got £120 on him. That is a lot of money to spend...
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- On a skeleton. - On a plastic...
0:17:27 > 0:17:29He's a bit bendy, to be honest.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31OK, if we can get it for a good price,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34if we can get it for about £60 or £70, I think let's go for it.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36If we can't, then we're just going to have to move on.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39But we are really, really, really running out of time now.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41So let's go and ask. Go, go, go. Deliberating.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Well, he's really got under Rachel's skin.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Let's see if she can work her charms on the dealer.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- What's your name?- Gary. - Gary, lovely to meet you, Gary.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- What an attractive team. - I think we should call him Gary.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- Yeah!- He should be Gary. - Yes, Gary the skeleton.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56If you're nice to us we might call him Gary.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59I think really we'd be looking around the £60 mark.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02- Can't do it.- Is there anything better you could do on that?
0:18:02 > 0:18:04£75. But that is it.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07You are gambling on an impulse buyer...
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- Who doesn't realise the value. - Who thinks it's a bit of fun.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Like we do. Who obviously wants a date like you do.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19- Right, what's the decision? - Yeah, let's go for him.- Gary.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Well done, girls. You bagged yourself your third item and a date.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Come on, Reds. There's just five minutes left to shop.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Where's your third item?
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- I wonder what that is. - Open it and smell it.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40My sense of smell isn't that great.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43It probably would have been cleaned out. How much is it?
0:18:43 > 0:18:47- I've got it for £120.- £120.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49What's your best price on that?
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Best would be £90. £90 on that.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- I like that.- It's quite nice, Sandra.- It's quite fun, isn't it?
0:18:55 > 0:18:58- It is an interesting tantalus. - It is.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02- £85.- Mahogany box, moulded glass, the stoppers,
0:19:02 > 0:19:06the tops are something else, though. They're really good.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Yeah, I like that. I think we should go for it.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12We haven't got a lot of time left really to make a decision,
0:19:12 > 0:19:14- have we, either?- So what was your best price on that again?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- £90.- £90, you couldn't go any lower than that?
0:19:17 > 0:19:20I could do it for about £85.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23I would prefer to see it at £70.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26- Oh, would you?- My honest opinion.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30- How low can you go? - I'll do £80 and that's my best.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- I think it's really good, I like it. - Yeah?- Yeah.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- It's different. - You want to go for it?
0:19:34 > 0:19:36- Yeah.- How long has it been going out for?
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- First time I've put it out. - Fantastic.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42That's three first-time items.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44- Oh, good.- £80.- Thank you.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47- That's brilliant.- Thank you.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Stop clowning around, you lot, because time is up.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51BOX PLAYS POP GOES THE WEASEL
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Oh! See what I mean?
0:19:54 > 0:19:57You girls have exhausted me.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- Yes, we're exhausted ourselves, to be honest.- You've exhausted me.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05And you've exhausted me. Let's remind ourselves what they bought.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10The twins couldn't resist a twin set of Edwardian chairs for £48.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15They put their feet up on an Art Deco ottoman for £65.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20And they poured out £80 on a travelling tantalus
0:20:20 > 0:20:21complete with bottles.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- Well, that was fun, girls, wasn't it?- It was.- Yes.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- Anyway, Tom, was it fun?- It was fun.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29I mean, I thought I could manage twins, but no.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Anyway, you're both equally gorgeous.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Just tell me, which is your favourite piece?
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Mine is the unusual tantalus.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- That is your favourite?- It is, it is.- Do you agree with that, sister?
0:20:38 > 0:20:40- No, I like the chairs best. - OK, very good.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Which is going to bring the biggest profit?
0:20:42 > 0:20:43- The chairs.- Tantalus.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46There we go. This is the joy of being a twin.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49- How much did you spend, girls?- £193.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54£193 which leaves me with £107.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55£107.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- There we are. - That's coming from your hot pocket.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Very good. Right then, Tom. There's a little task for you now.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03This is where Thomas Plant shines.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06He's going to go and find your bonus buy.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07We've left you a lot of money, Thomas.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10I know, I'm going to love it as well.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15OK, on that happy note, why don't we check out what the Blue Team bought?
0:21:16 > 0:21:20They crawled off with a tin toy plate ladybird for £17.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26They gambled £60 on a Chinese red lacquered playing card case.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31They loved every bone in his body,
0:21:31 > 0:21:36a skeleton they call Gary stole their hearts for a mere £70.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39OK, Rach, Christina, Christina, was that fun or what?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- It was, it was brilliant fun. - How lovely. So, da business.
0:21:42 > 0:21:43Which is your favourite piece, Rach?
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- My favourite piece has to be the skeleton, yeah.- Why?
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Well, he's just so different, isn't he?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51I mean, who thinks to go to an antiques fair
0:21:51 > 0:21:52and come away with a life-size skeleton?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Exactly, sounds absolutely deadly to me.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55THEY LAUGH
0:21:55 > 0:21:59- OK, Christina. What is your favourite piece?- The lady beetle.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00The lady beetle.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Yeah, because it's really cute.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03It's exactly what we wanted and, yeah.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05That's your favourite-favourite.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- Is it going to bring in the biggest profit?- I think it will, actually.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10- Do you reckon?- Yeah, I think so.- OK.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12And you agree with that, Rach, do you?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14I think it's fair to say that the skeleton probably
0:22:14 > 0:22:16might not fetch as much profit.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18- So we'll say the lady beetle. - We'll say the lady beetle.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- How much did you spend? - We spent £147 today.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- £147. I have £153 of left over money, please.- That is right.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26- There you go.- Thank you very much.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27£153 go straight over to Christina.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28There we go, darling.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31You love this bit, don't you? It's one of your favourite bits.
0:22:31 > 0:22:32It is.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Meanwhile, we're heading off to the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Gosh, how spangly.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter is Britain's largest volume
0:22:44 > 0:22:48producer of gold jewellery, which is exported all over the world.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51It's also home to the world's largest assay office
0:22:51 > 0:22:54which hallmarks around 12 million items a year.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58I am at the Museum Of The Jewellery Quarter
0:22:58 > 0:23:03which occupies the site of the former jewellers
0:23:03 > 0:23:08Smith & Pepper who traded from this address from their foundation
0:23:08 > 0:23:14in 1899 right up until the time that they closed in 1981.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Let's have a butcher's, shall we?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26I'm here to meet the museum curator Oliver Buckley.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Ah, Oliver.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Ah, hello, Tim. Welcome to the Museum Of The Jewellery Quarter.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35I can hardly believe this is a museum. How did it all come about?
0:23:35 > 0:23:38So Smith & Pepper were a man called Charles Smith
0:23:38 > 0:23:42and his uncle Edwin Pepper who were the founding partners that
0:23:42 > 0:23:45came together to form a new business.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49In 1899, Charles Smith took over as the managing director himself
0:23:49 > 0:23:52and three of his own children went into the business making
0:23:52 > 0:23:56jewellery here until they retired, basically, in the 1980s.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58In fact, it was Charles Smith's daughter, Olive,
0:23:58 > 0:24:00known to the staff as Miss Olive,
0:24:00 > 0:24:03who ran this little office part of the factory.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06- And they clearly didn't like change much.- No, absolutely.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10In fact, much of the inside of the museum as it is now
0:24:10 > 0:24:15is very much stuck in the 1920s, 1930s in terms of its decor.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18We found actually 70,000 objects here that we could look at
0:24:18 > 0:24:22and record, telling about history of the whole 80 to 100 years
0:24:22 > 0:24:24of jewellery making tradition.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Fascinating, isn't it?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29We've got an up-to-date piece of office equipment here
0:24:29 > 0:24:32which seems to be made out of two-by-four.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35- It looks like a dumbwaiter, is it?- It is, yes.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36And what would go in here is those orders
0:24:36 > 0:24:40for what the factory needed to make. They'd put those in there
0:24:40 > 0:24:43and her brother Tom down below, he would start making those things
0:24:43 > 0:24:45and when they were all finished, all polished up,
0:24:45 > 0:24:48they'd put them in little trays and up they would come
0:24:48 > 0:24:51ready for the girls in the office to dispatch in boxes and send out.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- So this is a vital piece of kit. - Very much so.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56We've even got original jam pots from the factory
0:24:56 > 0:24:58where they would make a piece of toast
0:24:58 > 0:25:01and Miss Olive would send it down to Mr Tom down below, her brother,
0:25:01 > 0:25:03and he could have a little piece of toast or a cup of tea.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06How marvellous. Anyway, it all happened downstairs.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09- Shall we have a look? - Let's have a look, yes.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Oh, look. The downstairs bit of our dumbwaiter.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19I feel the toast coming down.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23That's absolutely right because here we are in Mr Tom's work space
0:25:23 > 0:25:25and he is the factory manager.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28So his sister is up above in the office and he is waiting here.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31He comes in very early, 6.00 in the morning
0:25:31 > 0:25:33ready for his morning cup of tea.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37And we've got laid out here the basic components of a bracelet.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40This is one of Smith & Pepper's real signature pieces.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43These bamboo bangles were very, very fashionable
0:25:43 > 0:25:46around the turn-of-the-century and into the 1920s
0:25:46 > 0:25:48because, of course, Britain had an empire
0:25:48 > 0:25:51and people were going to places like China,
0:25:51 > 0:25:53and the designs of things like bamboo
0:25:53 > 0:25:55were influencing the fashions in jewellery.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59What about this serpent necklace and bangle?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01We see quite a few of those in the fairs.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Yes, well, actually, this is not so much a bangle as an armlet.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09It's got a spring inside it so it would cling to a lady's arm
0:26:09 > 0:26:11and these became very, very fashionable
0:26:11 > 0:26:16around the time of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20They came back into fashion in the 1960s when Elizabeth Taylor
0:26:20 > 0:26:22was in a film with Richard Burton,
0:26:22 > 0:26:24a famous film called Cleopatra.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25And throughout the film
0:26:25 > 0:26:27she wears a snake armlet.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29So everyone wanted to have one of these.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Smith & Pepper had the tools and just put them
0:26:32 > 0:26:33straight back into production.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37Before ultimately the serpent bit Elizabeth Taylor
0:26:37 > 0:26:39and Cleopatra was no more.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Indeed, that's right.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Well, absolutely fascinating.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46I can't thank you enough, Oliver, for giving us
0:26:46 > 0:26:48an insight into your brilliant museum.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52The big question now is, of course, are our teams over at the auction
0:26:52 > 0:26:56going to slither away and make a good profit?
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Well, we've trotted along to Richard Winterton Auctioneers
0:27:08 > 0:27:12in Lichfield to be with the great man himself, Richard Winterton.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15- And welcome to you.- Thank you very much. Lovely to be back.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Now, these Reds have gone slightly off-piste
0:27:18 > 0:27:21and they've bought two inlaid chairs which they call parlour chairs
0:27:21 > 0:27:24but you could put them wherever you like, really, couldn't you?
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- You could. But I think it is part of a bigger suite, isn't it?- It is.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29With a lady's chair, gent's chair, do you think
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- would have gone with it as well? - Probably.- Yeah, all sorts.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35But it's beautifully inlaid and beautifully made and ready to go.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36What's your best estimate?
0:27:36 > 0:27:39- We have gone £30-£40.- Oh, steady!
0:27:39 > 0:27:44£15 each? For all that inlay and stuff?
0:27:44 > 0:27:46I know, but there's only so much you can do with it.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49- £48 they paid.- See? We're not far off.- Not far off.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53But it's very, very vital to get up those last few pounds,
0:27:53 > 0:27:54as you well know.
0:27:54 > 0:27:59Next up we have a small ottoman and it certainly is a small one,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02- not that size should matter, you understand.- Of course, Tim.
0:28:02 > 0:28:07But there is a bit of a move for at the end of the bed ottomans
0:28:07 > 0:28:10and the like, so it's had a bit of a comeback in the last year or so
0:28:10 > 0:28:11so we've gone £40-£60.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Have you? £40-£60. Very good. £65 they paid.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18- Now, the last object, I have a funny feeling came from a yacht.- OK.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20I'm getting a yacht vibration
0:28:20 > 0:28:23- because it is made out of solid mahogany.- OK.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27It has got that kind of chunky yacht fitting look to it.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30It's a bit of an industrial box the way it looks but
0:28:30 > 0:28:34I can see where you're coming from for making it secure and the likes,
0:28:34 > 0:28:36and the bottles are quite attractive in there as well.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39They're fairly crude bottles but I like the tops, though.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Of course these bottles are odd, aren't they?
0:28:41 > 0:28:44Because it says Haywards on the side of the bottle,
0:28:44 > 0:28:48like cast into the glass. And do you know anything about Haywards?
0:28:48 > 0:28:49- I don't.- Nor do I.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53But they might have been purveyors of hooch in the '30s, mightn't they?
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Could well be. So my £40-£50 is probably too low now.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Well, I don't know because boat fittings, if you can sow
0:28:59 > 0:29:01the seed about a boat fitting, it does help the sale, doesn't it?
0:29:01 > 0:29:04- Yeah, it does.- Anyway, £80 paid.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07And on the face of it, if the drinks box doesn't do very well
0:29:07 > 0:29:09and the ottoman doesn't do very well, they're going to need
0:29:09 > 0:29:12their bonus buy, so let's go and have a look at it.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Well, Sue, where is Sandra?
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Sandra hasn't been very well, actually.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22She's in Australia and unfortunately she has been in hospital
0:29:22 > 0:29:25but she's recovering now and she's at home,
0:29:25 > 0:29:27so, I'm very pleased to say.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Good. She was planning then to fly back for the auction.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Yes, she had a flight booked.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34She's absolutely devastated that she can't be here.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38- Oh, dear! Well, that is bad luck but she's getting better?- She is.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41- Yes.- OK. Now, this is the leftover lolly moment, OK?
0:29:41 > 0:29:45So, for Susan and Sandra in Australia,
0:29:45 > 0:29:47show us what your bonus buy is, please.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Well, I could have spent it all
0:29:49 > 0:29:50but I didn't.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- I bought this.- Oh, wow!
0:29:53 > 0:29:54That is unbelievable.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58This is a keepsake box from the Second World War.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Oh, that's really special.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02So somebody has painted this after VE Day.
0:30:02 > 0:30:08Somebody... It's for Mrs Clough, obviously his wife or his mummy,
0:30:08 > 0:30:11and he's painted this and he's got it all on there
0:30:11 > 0:30:13and it's just a lovely thing to keep in your shed.
0:30:13 > 0:30:19- So how much did you spend? - It was a grand total of...£16.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22- That's unbelievable! - It was £16, yeah.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25It really could make a good profit then, couldn't it?
0:30:25 > 0:30:27It could double its money, it could. It's what we're after.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30- That's your prediction, is it, Tom? - Yeah.- Double your money.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32- You don't pick right now.- OK.
0:30:32 > 0:30:37You and hopefully Sandra via the internet will be able to make
0:30:37 > 0:30:39that decision during the course of the auction,
0:30:39 > 0:30:42but right now for the audience at home, let's find out
0:30:42 > 0:30:45what the jolly old auctioneer thinks about Tom's box.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49- Right, Richard.- OK.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52A pretty dull and ordinary shed work box
0:30:52 > 0:30:54but it's intriguing, isn't it?
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Yeah, it's lovely, isn't it? And poignant. It's just fabulous.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59- It's a one-off, isn't it?- Yep.
0:30:59 > 0:31:05That Mrs Clough had her name almost professionally painted on that box.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07But all the rest of it is done by a child, isn't it?
0:31:07 > 0:31:12You've got Popeye here on the end, Fido, another cartoon character
0:31:12 > 0:31:16running like stink across the front of the box. I think it's charming.
0:31:16 > 0:31:17It is, it's fun.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20So, what's a little emotive box like that worth?
0:31:20 > 0:31:21We've gone £30-£40.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25- Have you really?- Yeah. - £16 paid by Thomas Plant.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27OK, got to be a winner. Lovely.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30I'll pop that, I think, in pride of place
0:31:30 > 0:31:32on the top of our tiny ottoman.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Brilliant. Now, that's it for the Reds. Now for the Blues.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38We've got a Japanese tin plate ladybird.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41It is what it says on the tin, isn't it?
0:31:41 > 0:31:45The top end of toys will fly in a lot of interest
0:31:45 > 0:31:48but these would have been turned out in their many thousands.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Yes, that is the problem.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52If it needs to be rare from the '50s
0:31:52 > 0:31:53if it's going to make any money.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55- Yes.- OK. So, what are you saying?
0:31:55 > 0:31:57- You're saying £10-£20?- £10-£20.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59Well, that might hop along all right. £17 they paid.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02- That's about right, isn't it? - Yeah, it is. OK, fine.- Yeah.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06Next, we've got the brass mounted lacquer box.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Now, how old is that, Richard?
0:32:08 > 0:32:10I would have thought a month or two.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Oh, right. If it is brand-new, it ain't worth much, is it?
0:32:13 > 0:32:14No, we've got £20 on it.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16OK, well, £60 was paid.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- So that is a bit of a hole. Anyway, moving on.- OK.
0:32:19 > 0:32:20Talking of holes.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22The next object,
0:32:22 > 0:32:26I don't think we've ever sold a medical skeleton before.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28- Because that is brilliant, isn't it?- And fun.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31It'd be a few hundred pounds, you know, in a medical school.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35Must be, mustn't it, because it all will articulate and work properly.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38I do think it's a fantastic object for me.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41- How much?- £50-£80.- OK.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45£70 paid. I still think £70 is dirt cheap because if it doesn't
0:32:45 > 0:32:48do very well, they're in deep shtuck and they will need their bonus buy.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51So let's go and have a look at it.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54- Christina, Rachel, Christina. - Oh, yes!
0:32:55 > 0:32:59How lovely to have two Christinas. A brace of Christinas and a Rach.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Now, listen, girls, you spent £147
0:33:01 > 0:33:05and you gave our Christina £153 to buy your bonus buy.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07So, Christina, what did you find?
0:33:07 > 0:33:10- I'd like you to try and figure out what it is.- Oh.- Oh.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12It looks a little bit like...
0:33:12 > 0:33:13Oh, so it's...
0:33:13 > 0:33:15It doesn't actually open?
0:33:15 > 0:33:16It doesn't open. Is it broken?
0:33:16 > 0:33:20Is it broken? Has she bought broken...
0:33:20 > 0:33:23It does! Oh, my goodness. This is the magic of it, you see?
0:33:23 > 0:33:26If you turn the top
0:33:26 > 0:33:28it's actually a hip flask.
0:33:28 > 0:33:34- Well, well, well.- So I hope that I've fulfilled one of our criteria.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37It looks like a cigarette case but it's actually a hip flask
0:33:37 > 0:33:39and it's just a bit of fun.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43- I spent £28 on it.- Is that all? - Really?- £28?
0:33:43 > 0:33:44- That's really good.- £28.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47Now, how many of these have you ever seen in your life before?
0:33:47 > 0:33:48- That's the first one. - Funnily enough.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50- That's what we like.- Yeah. - Funnily enough.
0:33:50 > 0:33:51THEY LAUGH
0:33:51 > 0:33:53You don't pick now but why don't we find out,
0:33:53 > 0:33:57for the audience at home, what the auctioneer thinks about the flask.
0:33:58 > 0:34:03- OK, Richard, have a cigar. - Yes, this is fab.- Yeah.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07- You're trying to trick me. - Would I do that, Rich?- You would.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11You would. But this is just a fun piece, beautifully made.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14It's a great thing. I love this.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16A really, really nice object.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18That in silver is worth £400, isn't it?
0:34:18 > 0:34:21- Yes.- At least. What's it worth, mate, in plate?
0:34:21 > 0:34:23We've done £40-£50.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27I would get on and get that bought because that is a good object.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30OK. Christina, cunning monkey, paid £28 for it.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33- That is the right price, isn't it? - Yeah, brilliant.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Well, let's hope this team go with the hip flask, that's all I can say.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40- Are you taking the sale today? - I am indeed.- We are in safe hands.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47Also in safe hands is Sandra for the Reds who is joining us
0:34:47 > 0:34:49from down under via the interweb.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Hi, Sandra, thank you for joining us on the internet.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54'Thank you. Nice to be here.'
0:34:54 > 0:34:56And I hope you're feeling better, darling.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59'I am feeling a lot, lot better, thank you.'
0:34:59 > 0:35:01What time is it in Australia?
0:35:01 > 0:35:05- 'It's now 6.36.'- Very good.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09It's about 11 o'clock in the morning here in jolly old Lichfield.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12Anyway, your first lot is about to come up
0:35:12 > 0:35:16which is the inlaid pair of chairs and here they come.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18The inlaid parlour chairs, 1357.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22Commission bids are with me at £10. £15.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24£20. £20 I am bid.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26- You paid £48.- £20 I'm bid.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29- £20, £25.- Go on!
0:35:29 > 0:35:33£25, £30. £35. £35 I am bid. At £35.
0:35:33 > 0:35:34The room is out.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Bid's on the book at £35.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39- Oh, well.- All done, sold at £35.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Goes commission bid to...
0:35:41 > 0:35:46£35 is minus £13. £35 is minus £13.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48- Oh, dear, never mind.- Not too bad.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51The little upholstered small ottoman, nothing on my book.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55I'm in your hands. £10 to start me. £10 to start me.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57£10 to start me, a little ottoman at £10.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59£10 to start me. £10, I'm bid.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02I've got you at £10. £10 bid. £10 bid. £15.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04£20. £25.
0:36:04 > 0:36:09£30. £30 on the front row. £30 I am bid. £30.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12£30, £30, £30, £30. £30 I am bid.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16- Not liking this.- All in. Sold at £30.
0:36:16 > 0:36:21- £30 is minus £35. Oh, lordy. - Oh, dear.
0:36:21 > 0:36:22God, this is not going well.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25We go the port wood tantalus there, nice looker.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28Where are we going to be? Commission bids on the book. £20 I am bid.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32- £25, £30, £35.- You'd think we'd get a lot for this because it's so nice.
0:36:32 > 0:36:33£35 in the doorway. £35 I am bid.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37£40 I am bid, internet. £50 in the door. The hand up.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38£50 the very back.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42- £50 I am bid, in the door. £60. - Oh, good. £60.- £60 the room.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46£60 in the room. £60 in the room. £60 in the room, doorway is out.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48£60.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51£60 is minus £20. Oh, lordy.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Just as well you're in Australia, darling.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58Anyway, £48 is minus £68.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Minus £68, Sandra.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Minus £68. Not such a brilliant start.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Now, do we go with the bonus buy or not?
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Bonus buy, Sandra. Yes, we will.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12- Thank you, Thomas.- Yeah, £16 paid, yes. You are going to go with it?
0:37:12 > 0:37:15- Yes.- OK, we're going with the bonus buy, then.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Thank you very much and here it comes.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21I have this little thing here, the V-E Day keepsake box there.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25Bit of interest on the book, £10 I am bid. £10 I am bid. £10.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28£15. £18. £20. £25.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31£25 I am bid. With me at £25.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Room is out. £25 I am bid. £25 I am bid.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Room is out. £30 the internet. £30 the internet.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39£30 come the internet.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42Sold at £30. Goes internet bid.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46- Well done, Tom.- Thank you, Thomas. Thank you.- That is plus £14, Sandra.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48So that takes your score down
0:37:48 > 0:37:52- to minus £54.- Oh, minus £50...
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Which is not as bad as it might have been.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56THEY CHUCKLE
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- Anyway, thank you, Sandra.- Thank you very much for including me.
0:37:59 > 0:38:04- It's been wonderful. Just what the doctor ordered.- Bye, Sandra.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Now, one last thing, Susan. Don't say a word to the Blues, all right?
0:38:07 > 0:38:10I won't, no. Promise. My lips are sealed!
0:38:15 > 0:38:19Christina, Christina, Rachel. I love that, don't you?
0:38:19 > 0:38:23- Now, Christina, do you know how the Reds got on?- No.- Good.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26Even though we have an absentee in Australia,
0:38:26 > 0:38:29she was able to join us over the internet, which is lovely,
0:38:29 > 0:38:32so Sandra did take part, which is lovely.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- First up is the Japanese tin plate ladybird.- Good luck, girls.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37And here it comes.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41We go to the little tin plate ladybird, lot 1379.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44Nothing on mine. £2 a bid. £2 I am bid.
0:38:44 > 0:38:45£2?!
0:38:45 > 0:38:49- Ladybird at £2.- £4. £5. £5 bid.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52£6 bid. £6 a bid. £6 a bid. £6 a bid.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54£6 a bid. £6. £8.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56£8 a bid. At £8 I am bid.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59Down on the floor at £8. At £8. At £8.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01No-one else coming in? £8. £8.
0:39:01 > 0:39:02- £10.- Yes!- Front row.
0:39:02 > 0:39:08£10, front row. £10. £10, all out. Sold at £10.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- Yours at £10 on the floor. - £7, that's really...
0:39:11 > 0:39:13That is going to bug me, that is.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18We move now to the lacquer playing card box.
0:39:18 > 0:39:23£20 bid. £25. £30. £35.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26£40. £45. £50. £50 with me.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29£50 I am bid. At £50. At £50.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31At £50. Internet at £50.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35With me at £50. Sold then at £50.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- Oh, bad luck. Minus £10. - Not as bad as it could be.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42Exactly, it did a lot better than predicted.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44- Now, here comes Gary.- Yes! - Come on, Gary.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Now the skeleton.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Nothing on my book, 1381. I am in your hands.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53- Come on, Gary. - £20 bid. £20 front row.
0:39:53 > 0:39:58£25. £30. £35. £35. Fun thing.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00- I can hear everyone sort of... - £35. £40.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04- £40. £40. £40. In the room at £40. - Come on, Gary.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06- £50.- Yes!- Come on, Gary.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09£50. £60. £70.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13- Are you upset to see him go? - £80. £90.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15£90 at the back. £90 I am bid.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18- £100.- Yes!
0:40:18 > 0:40:20£110.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23£110 at the very back. Right away at £110.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Sold £110.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Yours at £110.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32- Look at that, girls. Plus £40. - That is fantastic. Well done.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35You were minus £17 so you're now plus £23.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37How good is that?
0:40:37 > 0:40:40So, what are you going to do, then, about the bonus buy?
0:40:40 > 0:40:43- The hip flask.- We'll go for it, yeah.- You're going to go with it?
0:40:43 > 0:40:44- Go for it, yes.- OK.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48Standby then, here comes the dummy hip flask. And here it comes.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52We go to 1385, the novelty hip flask there.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Commission bids on the book, £20 I am bid.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57£20 I am bid. £25. £30.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59- We've done it.- £35. £40. £40 I am bid.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03£40 I am bid. £40. £45. £50.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05£50 a bid. £50 with me. £50 I am bid.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Internet, you are out at £50.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10At £50. At £50. £50 I am bid.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14All done at £50. Sold then at £50.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Goes at £50. Going at £50.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21Plus £22. You had £23, you've now got £45.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- Wow!- £45 profit.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27Well, isn't that amazing? Congratulations.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30That is so cool. Well done. Well done, Christina.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34Now, don't say a word to the Reds. That could be a winning score.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36All will be revealed in a moment. Thank you very much.
0:41:42 > 0:41:43Well, this is fun, isn't it?
0:41:43 > 0:41:46- Now, everybody happy?- Yes.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48- Been chatting about the results?- No.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52Well, there's a fair old gap between the teams, I can tell you.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55And the team that is running up substantially today
0:41:55 > 0:41:57are the Reds.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Oh!
0:41:59 > 0:42:02And I think we have already telephoned Sandra
0:42:02 > 0:42:04to tell her what the score is.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07We next need to telephone her to tell her the results
0:42:07 > 0:42:09because minus £54 is your score.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12She knows about that but she won't know what the Blues,
0:42:12 > 0:42:14the victors today, have scored for a bit.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16And I don't think going through the individual numbers
0:42:16 > 0:42:18helps particularly.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21- I'd rather you didn't! - No, so we'll whitewash over that.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23But the main thing is we're very, very sorry
0:42:23 > 0:42:24- not to have your sister here. - Thank you.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27But very, very pleased that she's getting better and that
0:42:27 > 0:42:28- is the good news, really.- Thank you.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31And thanks so much for joining us, Sue. That's great.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33But the victors are going home with some cash.
0:42:33 > 0:42:34They're going home with £45.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36THEY GIGGLE
0:42:36 > 0:42:38There is £45.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41Now, who would have thought that the plastic skeleton would
0:42:41 > 0:42:43contribute £40 profits?
0:42:43 > 0:42:46So, he's no dead stiff.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51And the hip flask which made a dreamy £22 profit
0:42:51 > 0:42:53so congratulations, Christina, on that.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55That was a very, very good buy.
0:42:55 > 0:42:56Wasn't it good fun? It was good fun.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Such good fun that you ought to join us soon
0:42:58 > 0:43:01for some more bargain-hunting. Yes? Yes!