0:00:04 > 0:00:08It sounds unbelievable, I know, but a presenter's shoes,
0:00:08 > 0:00:10I'm going to try and fill them!
0:00:10 > 0:00:13So come on, best foot forward.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Let's go bargain hunting!
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Today, we're in Peterborough,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44a city in the heart of rural East England.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46It's an area which is famously low -
0:00:46 > 0:00:49in places, below sea-level.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53In complete contrast, we're in high spirits!
0:00:53 > 0:00:57We're up for hijinks, and hoping for high profits.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58Let's go see what's coming up.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04'The Red team bring their expert to his knees.'
0:01:04 > 0:01:06SIGHS HEAVILY
0:01:08 > 0:01:13Whilst the Blues have a go at negotiating some rock-bottom prices.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16- Use your charms, but go in at 60. - You step back, you step back.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19- Watch how the experts do it. - OK.- You tell him.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22'And I'll reveal how this piece of old brass
0:01:22 > 0:01:26'had a hand in changing Great Britain, and the world, for ever.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29'But before that, let's meet the teams.'
0:01:31 > 0:01:36Well, today's teams comprise best friends, and a husband and wife.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40And, for Reds we have Sandra and Carrie,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42the Blues, we've got Kate and Jonathan.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Welcome, everyone.
0:01:43 > 0:01:44ALL: Thank you. Hi!
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Sandra. Well.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49You, I believe, have a prominent
0:01:49 > 0:01:51role very much at the heart of your community.
0:01:51 > 0:01:52What's all that about?
0:01:52 > 0:01:57I do, yes. I started at a community centre, as a volunteer, 18 months
0:01:57 > 0:02:03ago and that developed then, into a full-time position as a cook.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07And it's now a cafe, it's now run as a community cafe, non-profit
0:02:07 > 0:02:11organisation, but it's there for the community to come in and share
0:02:11 > 0:02:14stories, share some time together and get people mixing, really.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- That sounds wonderful. - Yes, it's great.- A great place to be.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19- It's fantastic, lovely. - Over to Carrie.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Well, they tell me that you are pretty much 24-7
0:02:22 > 0:02:25with your husband, you can't be parted. What's all that about?
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Mmm. Well, I help him with his business, at home.
0:02:29 > 0:02:30I take all his appointments
0:02:30 > 0:02:33and he plays in a local band
0:02:33 > 0:02:35and he's also a single artist, as well.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39And I go along and just mix with the crowd.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43- A groupie!- A groupie.- A PA by day, groupie by night!
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- It's fabulous. Love it.- It sounds like it.- Love it, yes.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49So, a really close relationship with your husband, but, one way or
0:02:49 > 0:02:52another, you manage to squeeze in time for your friend, here.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Always, yes. We're like sisters, really.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Do we have tactics, or not?
0:02:57 > 0:03:01Well, erm, we did say we'd choose one each.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02One item each.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05And then one together. If we can agree.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Or disagree on one together - whatever the time allows!
0:03:08 > 0:03:10We'll see what happens.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- Well, good luck.- We're just going to have fun, anyway.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- I think you'll be a right pair. - BOTH: Thank you.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Right then, over to the Blues.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Tell me, Kate, you are another very busy lady,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- a company director, are you not? - Yes, I am, yes.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27I own an independent living and mobility shop in Chesterfield
0:03:27 > 0:03:28and it's a nice job to do, because
0:03:28 > 0:03:31you're helping people living independently, in their own homes.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Wonderful! Well, when you're not leading your business life,
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- what do you do for kicks?- I like going to the theatre, I like travelling.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41We love snorkelling, so we tend to go on snorkelling holidays.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42- A very active pair?- Yes.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Now, Jonathan, I want to believe that there should be
0:03:46 > 0:03:50no end of parents out there grateful to you for the joy you've
0:03:50 > 0:03:53brought into their kids' lives! Tell me about that, what do you do?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Well, I hope so, yeah.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58I design playgrounds and bespoke play equipment.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00That sounds like a job with benefits, if ever I heard one.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- Tell me you product-test your designs?- I do, yes.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05LAUGHTER
0:04:05 > 0:04:07We do in the office, when they're built.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Purely in the interests of quality control, of course!
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Obviously. Yes, no, it's part of the job.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16But tell me, what's this about? Your first date involved
0:04:16 > 0:04:18a barbecue, which I get, but a bath?!
0:04:18 > 0:04:21About 25 years ago, I had a new house barbie
0:04:21 > 0:04:24with all my mates and things, and I invited Kate.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25Kate didn't turn up.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28So I was a bit, you know, a bit miserable, actually.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31And I went back down to the pub with a couple of the mates
0:04:31 > 0:04:34and I was going, "Well, she didn't turn up, that's it, then".
0:04:34 > 0:04:37And one of them said, "Go and see her, call on her".
0:04:37 > 0:04:40So I walked up to her house, about a mile away.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41Dutch courage helped?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah!
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Knocked on the door and she answered the door,
0:04:45 > 0:04:48and I said, "Do you fancy coming out for a drink, then?"
0:04:48 > 0:04:51And she just went, "Well, if you go home, have a bath and get dressed,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53"I might consider it", and shut the door.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55- And he came back!- I came back.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- Standards, eh? - I came back an hour later, spotless.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Well, it's an approach that worked! 23 years later,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- there was something in it, that's for sure.- Yes.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Well, it's over to money time!
0:05:05 > 0:05:07I have, for each of you,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10a not inconsiderable £300.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- There you go.- Thank you, very much.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17You have experts awaiting, so off you go and very good luck!
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Come on, the Blues!
0:05:19 > 0:05:21I wonder if after today's shenanigans,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23they'll all need a bath!
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Scrubbing up for the Reds today,
0:05:25 > 0:05:29it's our very dapper Philip Serrell.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31And making himself presentable for the Blues,
0:05:31 > 0:05:33it's the very fine Richard Madley.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38So, Sandra and Carrie,
0:05:38 > 0:05:41have you got any plan as to what's going to happen?
0:05:41 > 0:05:46Well, we do have different opinions on things that we like.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Now, tactics today. Should I start with what are we NOT allowed to buy?
0:05:50 > 0:05:54- We're not buying Toby Jugs. - We're not buying Toby Jugs.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- We MIGHT be buying Toby Jugs.- No. There'll be war if we have one.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- Maybe boxes, dovetails...- I like something quirky and unusual.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- So we want something crafty and quirky?- Silver, maybe?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- How about something sporting? - Yeah, I don't mind sporting.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Don't mind sporting?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- Yes, sporting's very good. - WHISTLE BLOWS
0:06:09 > 0:06:1360 minutes on the clock... Time starts now!
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- What I do know is, we are going to have to get on with this.- Right, OK.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- OK, let's go bargain hunting. - OK, brilliant.- Come on, let's go.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Bargain Hunters, off you go!
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Wow, and the Blues aren't hanging around today!
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Looks like Kate's already dishing up some suggestions.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- That's lovely, isn't it?- That is, yes.- Yes, you like that?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- That is lovely.- Hand painted.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- Don't drop it.- Careful! - THEY LAUGH
0:06:38 > 0:06:40You've got to look for bigger names.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Gray's, it's a good name, but I think we can probably do better.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48- Do better than that, OK?- But we're getting your eye in. This is good.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52'And hats off to the Reds for making a quick start, as well!'
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- That's £65.- I think that, at auction,
0:06:57 > 0:07:01would make probably between 30 and 50, £40-£60?
0:07:03 > 0:07:06It depends what you can get for it, it depends how much you like it.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11- It's unusual, isn't it? - Unusual, but I'm not very keen.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12What do you think?
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Put it back then, if you're not keen.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Let's try at this stage to have
0:07:16 > 0:07:18a certain amount of unanimity about the job.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Don your thinking caps, ladies.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23This one's not for you!
0:07:23 > 0:07:25You're aiming us towards the Toby Jugs, aren't you?
0:07:25 > 0:07:26- I'm just...- I can tell!
0:07:26 > 0:07:28I've been told that there is a Toby Jug collection
0:07:28 > 0:07:33just around the corner, with some nice old cricket bats,
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- and you and I'll be fine there, Jonathan.- That'd be brilliant, yeah.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41- Indeed.- I like the bear!- Yeah, I like the bear. A bronze figure.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Hmm. Can you tell us something about your bear?
0:07:44 > 0:07:47All I know is that it is cast hollow bronze,
0:07:47 > 0:07:49with a really unusual patination.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53- I'd love him. Can I pick him up? - Not very old, obviously.- No?
0:07:53 > 0:07:55He's charming.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00He is substantial, he has got decorative appeal,
0:08:00 > 0:08:05so, I think that if you could find a fellow bear lover out there,
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- or somebody who just likes it sculpturally.- Yeah.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10He's a nice object, he occupies a lot of space.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12The big question is...
0:08:12 > 0:08:16- He's a bit expensive, isn't he? - Well...- For us. Ha-ha-ha!
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Yeah, you know, in the nicest possible way,
0:08:18 > 0:08:22- is there any movement... - You have him at 135?- 135.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Would you do him for 90?
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- 95. - 95. Ooh, what would you think?
0:08:27 > 0:08:2895, done.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- Is 95 OK?- He's a good object. - I think he's lovely.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33I'd have him, yeah.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Some 'bear-faced' cheek during that negotiation, Blues!
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Well done. 11 minutes gone, and one item down.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44But you're not out of the woods yet!
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Two more items to go.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50The Reds are still a fair few steps behind.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52As daft as it looks, I like these stepladders.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- I bet you that's £50-60.- Really? STALLHOLDER:- £60.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59- I'm good at this.- He's right, yes. - 'Modest too, Philip!'
0:08:59 > 0:09:03At auction, that's going to make probably between 20 and 40 quid.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05So it's too much money for us at auction, but it's
0:09:05 > 0:09:06just a nice thing.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Thank you for your time.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Come on, Sandra and Carrie!
0:09:11 > 0:09:14You really need to find a way to climb ahead here.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18- They are French. - Ooh-la-la! He's good.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19How did I know that?
0:09:19 > 0:09:21It's got France written on the label!
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- LAUGHTER - Well, good at reading.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28In terms of date, I would say these are late 19th century.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32I've looked at the price and even with a discount,
0:09:32 > 0:09:34I can't see us making a lot.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- I like Toby Jugs.- Indeed.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39If we have a Toby jug, we're getting a divorce.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Now, around the corner, I'm sure there's an old cricket bat, must be.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- Is there? - LAUGHTER
0:09:44 > 0:09:47If he buys a Toby Jug, I'll be using it...
0:09:47 > 0:09:50You could be testing Kate's boundaries here, lads(!)
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Time to move on!
0:09:52 > 0:09:56Over with the Reds, and the ladies are still looking stumped.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58This is a little three-legged stool.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02And three-legged stools were originally called crackits.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- Crackits?- Crackits. And then the term became cricket.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07- Yeah?- Which is where you get a cricket table from.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10- Because people think it's the three stumps, but it's not.- Oh, right.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14And one of the reasons why crackits are quite sought after,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17is because, in three legs,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20it's always even on an old flagstone floor.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24But this one's got a problem in that that link has been replaced.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27In my eyes, that makes it like 15 to 30 quid's worth in the saleroom,
0:10:27 > 0:10:31which is where we've got to sell it, so... He's got it priced at £110.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35- 110? Oh, no... - We wouldn't get anywhere near that.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38I think it's worth all of that with three legs.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Another no sale. No pressure, ladies! But the clock's against you
0:10:42 > 0:10:45and Kate seems to have spotted a hidden treasure...
0:10:46 > 0:10:50- What is that?- It's very dirty, isn't it?- There's a lot of tray there.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54- STALLHOLDER:- Doulton Lambeth.- Doulton Lambeth, is it? Right. Impressive.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- No, that's good.- Is it out of our league?
0:10:57 > 0:11:01Erm... I don't know yet. Oh, great, great eye you have there, Kate.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05- What's the price?- Well, 480.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- Fourteen eighty? - FOUR-eighty, £480.- Ah, OK.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11So, that's the Doulton factory when they were still in south London,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14before they moved up to Burslem in Staffordshire.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Perhaps something a little bit smaller...
0:11:16 > 0:11:21At 480, smaller in price, I think, Kate.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23The Reds have the right idea.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25They found a cheaper stool at £85.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28And this one has an extra leg.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- It's too much money.- I know.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33I'll tell you what... What would you bid me for it? Forget the price.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35What would you bid?
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Erm, I'd bid you 20 quid for it, because at auction, it's £20-£40.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- I'll take 25.- 25?- You need to buy something, don't you?
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- Are sure you can't come down to 20 for us?- No, sorry.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- If I were you, I should buy it. - Yes, thank you.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51But let's just have a look at this. You bought it. It's a lovely thing.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54This is made out of oak. It's a lovely colour
0:11:54 > 0:11:56and this'll polish wonderfully well.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Erm, you got it at 1780. It's about that.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03It's around 1800 or something like that.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06If you look at the bottom, this has never been touched.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11- Just natural.- It's just the way it is.- I bought it well.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14- So, he's done you a real good favour there.- Thank you. Thank you so much.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17- Thank you.- You've done well with that.- I like that.- Well done.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Thank you very much indeed.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23It's been a long time coming, but at last the Reds are off the mark.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24Well done, team!
0:12:26 > 0:12:28We've done 20 minutes, bought the bear,
0:12:28 > 0:12:31we're now at the middle stage of our adventure.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- OK, let's keep going, then. - All right!- So, let's go.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36The clock's beginning to count down for the Reds
0:12:36 > 0:12:38and they look like they're grinding to a halt.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42Time for me to see if I can spur them on.
0:12:42 > 0:12:43Hello!
0:12:43 > 0:12:47Mid-flow, mid-negotiation, mid cogitation, how goes it?
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- Well, we've sort of meandered, haven't we?- We've meandered.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55Now that's given us the spur. We've got one item, two to go. Lovely!
0:12:55 > 0:12:58I wish you well. You're against the clock.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02- I'd better go and leave you alone. Good luck!- Thank you!- Goodbye.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06Look out, Kate, Jonathan's spotted a Toby jug. This could be awkward.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08That is... That is the man in the moon, isn't it?
0:13:08 > 0:13:11It is indeed...
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Yeah, it is... It's not to my taste.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16I'm getting a "yeah, yeah, no" from over here...
0:13:16 > 0:13:19I LOVE that vase, but...
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Nice diversion there, Kate!
0:13:22 > 0:13:26- This silvery vase, you love that? - I DO like that.- I DO like that!
0:13:26 > 0:13:28- You do? - Shall we have a look at it?
0:13:28 > 0:13:32- Yes, absolutely.- Yes.- Let's have a look then, what have we got here?
0:13:32 > 0:13:36- You take it down.- Ooh, a lot lighter than I was expecting.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38- Very 1950s/1960s... - What do YOU think of it?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41I wasn't expecting it to be WMF, I must confess.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45- But that's a sign of quality. You have a look at it.- Oh, its metal!
0:13:45 > 0:13:49- Its metal.- I thought it was going to be glass!
0:13:49 > 0:13:53- Now, you see, I DO love that. I would buy that!- Yes, I'd buy that.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57- It's quite cool, isn't it? - It's on at 85,
0:13:57 > 0:14:00go in at 60. You should...
0:14:00 > 0:14:02You step back. You step back.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Watch how the experts do it.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07I love this vase.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09You've got 85 on it.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- What would be your best on that?- For definite, 60.
0:14:12 > 0:14:1660. Absolutely def... Could you do just an eency bit more? Just 50 for us?
0:14:16 > 0:14:18- Got to be 60.- 55?
0:14:18 > 0:14:21- 55.- 55.- 55, done. - Brilliant. Thank you very much indeed.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25- Excellent. Well done! Thank you very much indeed.- Thank you very much.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- Absolutely gorgeous.- It's good, isn't it? I'm pleased with it.
0:14:28 > 0:14:29- It's very stylish. - Can I take that home?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Bad news, Kate. You can't take it home.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34But the good news is, after half an hour,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37you've only got one item left to buy!
0:14:37 > 0:14:40The Reds, on the other hand, have only bought one item.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44If they don't hurry up, they could come a cropper.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- Hallmarked in Birmingham.- Yeah?
0:14:47 > 0:14:51- Silver - it's got silver on its handle.- It's been well used, that, hasn't it?
0:14:51 > 0:14:53These notches represent the hunts.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56It's got crosses underneath as well as on the top.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00- So, that's a well-seasoned huntsman. - Do you know, I never knew that?
0:15:00 > 0:15:02- Did you not?- No. Is that right?- Yeah, yeah.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Because Stamford is quite a big hunting area, isn't it?
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- I think so, yes.- Well, you clearly know more about these than I do.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10So, what is that going to make at auction, do you think?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- How much is it?- £69.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17- Is it £40-£60? - I would say 40 to 60, yeah.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20If we could get it for 40, that would be good, I think.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- STALLHOLDER:- 60 is the very best offer.- That's the finish, is it?
0:15:23 > 0:15:25- That's it. - What do you think, Carrie?
0:15:25 > 0:15:29Well, I don't know anything about horse riding things. You DO.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31No, but would you LIKE to buy it or not?
0:15:31 > 0:15:33- Not for £60, no.- Not for 60...
0:15:33 > 0:15:35I don't think you'd get that in Yorkshire.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38- I think we'll leave that by. - Thank you.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42Thank you for that, but we'll have a think, if you don't mind.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45While the Reds try to get back in the bargain-hunting saddle,
0:15:45 > 0:15:47I want to show you a real piece of history.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Once in a lifetime,
0:15:58 > 0:16:01if you trawl enough collectors' fairs,
0:16:01 > 0:16:07scan enough auction catalogues - and you're very, very lucky,
0:16:07 > 0:16:10you may stumble across something that is so important,
0:16:10 > 0:16:13it's too BIG, too GOOD for your collection.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18It's of NATIONAL importance. What do you think of that for an intro?
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Well, why, Laidlaw, when you're talking in such terms,
0:16:21 > 0:16:23are you holding what looks for all the world like a piece
0:16:23 > 0:16:28of plumbing or engineering on a little piece of black plastic?
0:16:28 > 0:16:34Well, if we rotate this 180 degrees, the story unfolds.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36And it's a big one.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39It tells us that this is the cap
0:16:39 > 0:16:43of the first naval shot fired
0:16:43 > 0:16:46in the war, the Great War.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49And if you're like me, you'd go, "I'm sorry, what?! The first...?
0:16:49 > 0:16:53"This is a big statement!" Well, it goes on.
0:16:53 > 0:16:59It was fired at the Koenigen Louise by Lieutenant J Fraser
0:16:59 > 0:17:04aboard HMS Lance, August 5, 1914.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09At around 2300 hours, 11 o'clock at night on 4 August,
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Britain declared war on Imperial Germany.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15In the morning of the fifth, HMS Lance
0:17:15 > 0:17:19and another vessel is on patrol in the North Sea.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24And it encounters, off Holland, the Koenigen Louise,
0:17:24 > 0:17:26a German vessel, laying mines.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32'They gave chase and when within range, Lieutenant J Fraser
0:17:32 > 0:17:36'of HMS Lance, fired the first shot from the destroyer's four-inch guns.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40'This shot was the first of any to be fired in anger
0:17:40 > 0:17:45'by the British forces and helped to destroy Koenigen Louise.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48'It was the first German naval loss of The Great War.'
0:17:51 > 0:17:55Wait a minute. Are we REALLY holding
0:17:55 > 0:17:58the safety cap from the FIRST naval shell
0:17:58 > 0:18:01fired by the British during the First World War?
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Indeed we are.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06This could have been thrown away, but thankfully,
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Fraser pops down to London, into Regent Street
0:18:09 > 0:18:13and says, "I say, would you be so kind as to mount this?
0:18:13 > 0:18:17"And would you engrave a plaque, so for posterity we will know
0:18:17 > 0:18:22"what this is?" If you're like me, this takes your breath away!
0:18:24 > 0:18:28Now, this turned up on an internet auction
0:18:28 > 0:18:31described as a paperweight.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35The price paid for this was £130.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37What is it worth?
0:18:37 > 0:18:40The value of this is more than monetary.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43This should be in a national collection.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45What's the moral in this story?
0:18:45 > 0:18:50Well, if you scour enough at fairs like this,
0:18:50 > 0:18:53visit enough car-boot sales and read enough auction catalogues,
0:18:53 > 0:18:57you may, if you're very lucky, just stumble across
0:18:57 > 0:19:00something that's of HISTORIC import.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Good luck.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10Back to the shopping.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13And with 45 minutes gone and only one item bought,
0:19:13 > 0:19:16the Reds are starting to feel the pressure.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19I think we should probably go and buy your hunting crop.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- Hunting crop?- What do you think? - Yeah.- Yeah, please.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23- Because you're running out of time, aren't you?- Yes.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Let's go back for that!
0:19:26 > 0:19:28They may be a bit late, but they're off!
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Out of the stalls and racing towards the finish line.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33But the Blues are out in front on the final stretch,
0:19:33 > 0:19:35with two items bought. Will this be a clean sweep?
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Or could we be looking at a photo finish?
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Hi. I hope you don't mind, but we've come back.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45We've had a think and... Would you still be prepared to sell for 60?
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- £60.- 60? Fantastic. Thank you. - Thank you very much.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Thanks very much for that.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Sold! Well done.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55With the riding crop bought, the Reds are now in a more stable position.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00As the ladies are catching up, the Blues need whipping into shape.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04- Just keep moving on. Nice... - I'm out with two bossy men!
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- Two BOSSY men?- Two bossy men. - Well, we've listened to you.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11We haven't bought a Toby jug yet. We haven't bought a cricket bat.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12- I sense it's round the corner!- Aah!
0:20:12 > 0:20:16- Well, we've got plenty of time, Jonathan, haven't we?- Yeah!
0:20:16 > 0:20:20Not THAT long, team. Ten minutes to go!
0:20:20 > 0:20:24- That's nice, but it's a lot of money. STALLHOLDER:- 170, I'd go 140.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26I really, really like it.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30There's just one question that I can't avoid asking myself.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33What the hell are you ever going to do with it?
0:20:33 > 0:20:37LAUGHTER I'd have a piece of reinforced glass made for the top
0:20:37 > 0:20:38and have it as a table.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Can you do any better on that for us?
0:20:40 > 0:20:44130. I know it's a big old lump, but it's a beautiful old lump.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48I know, but do you really want to take it home with you?
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- I really want to make a profit! - Keep it for us for 15 minutes.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52How much time have we got?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55You haven't got any Valium or anything like that, have you?
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Erm, no...what do you need that for?
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Just calm me down a bit. Ease my nerves.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03So, an item on hold for the ladies.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07But with time against them, Philip's definitely starting to feel the strain.
0:21:08 > 0:21:14- How old is it?- Well...- It's French. - It's French. Great.- I quite like it.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18- That's around 1900, I'd say. - What's the price?- 150.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- LAUGHTER - 150?!
0:21:20 > 0:21:22I can come down, I can come down.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24I don't think I can bear to be parted from it!
0:21:24 > 0:21:27- What, you love it, as well? - I love it, too!
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Well, it could be yours for 160...
0:21:30 > 0:21:31LAUGHTER
0:21:31 > 0:21:35I told you he was good! Come on, teams, decisions needed.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Your 60 minutes are nearly up.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- The Blue Team aren't going to turn up with a barrel, are they?- No. No.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- Well, there we go!- No...- Five minutes left, get over there.- Right.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49I think I'm OVER a barrel at the minute.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55- We're driving him to distraction! - You go and buy the barrel, my love.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58- You go and buy the barrel.- Come on, Sandra.- Let's go for the barrel.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00HE SIGHS DEEPLY
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Nearly there, Philip. Nearly there.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08- Let's have a look at the claret jug, then.- We like this. Kate and I...
0:22:08 > 0:22:10- Kate spotted this...- Yeah? - It's pretty. It's... It's nice.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14- I would have it.- ..and liked it automatically and I do like that.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16- You like it as well? - I like the shape of it.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Silver-plated and then a moulded... moulded glass.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22But is in good condition? Are there any chips? Always check...
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- Put your finger at the top there... - Pretty good nick.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30- Good shape to you, yeah? What's the price we've got on this?- 38.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32I wouldn't see us losing much money on that.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36If we look at it tactically. Is it your turn now, to be nice to...?
0:22:36 > 0:22:39No, I'll suggest a price to Kate
0:22:39 > 0:22:42and Kate will use her lady charms.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46- Woman-to-woman type thing.- OK. Right, then.- In at 20...
0:22:46 > 0:22:48There you go.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51This is why I do the negotiation - because it's with a smile!
0:22:53 > 0:22:55It's neck and neck, with two items each.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57But as the Blues ask for a price,
0:22:57 > 0:23:01are the ladies about to make their final purchase?
0:23:01 > 0:23:05- Hello!- We've come back for the barrel. What was the best price?
0:23:05 > 0:23:11- 130... I can't do any... - 130, is that your last?- Yeah.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- Well, thank you. I like that barrel. - A good old barrel.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18Sold! All done, Reds. Congratulations!
0:23:18 > 0:23:22But how is Kate doing with her negotiating skills?
0:23:22 > 0:23:24- STALLHOLDER:- I can do that for 38... - Right.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Probably thinking more in the sort of 20 region. Could you come down?
0:23:27 > 0:23:32- I can't, no.- Meet me halfway?- No. - 30, because it's a nice round number?
0:23:32 > 0:23:36- We like round numbers.- I know, but 35 is even rounder.- 35...
0:23:36 > 0:23:38There you go, 35. I think that's good!
0:23:38 > 0:23:41- Thank you very much indeed. Thank you.- That's great.- Thank you.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46Thank you very much indeed! Great! We've got all three items!
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Sold! That's both teams finished.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Time's up!
0:23:51 > 0:23:56Philip's had a pretty rough ride. It's now time to sit back and relax.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00You haven't got one that says "wrecked", have you?
0:24:00 > 0:24:03You can just strap it to my forehead...
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Fill it with port for you.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08The downside is that you've got to carry it back to the car.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Poor Philip! It's been a tough day. Now...
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Let's put the Reds in the frame.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Sandra and Carrie hope to "churn" a profit
0:24:15 > 0:24:18with a 19th-century oak milking stool bought for £25.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22They hedged their bets on a silver-mounted,
0:24:22 > 0:24:25leather bound riding crop for £60.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30And they finished in good spirits with an oval
0:24:30 > 0:24:31oak and iron Port barrel,
0:24:31 > 0:24:33bought for £130.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38- Sandra, Carrie, a wee birdie tells me you were indecisive.- We were!
0:24:38 > 0:24:43- Yeah...- It was a bit overwhelming. We got there in the end.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45I thought we had words about this.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47LAUGHTER
0:24:47 > 0:24:51- Your favourite?- The barrel. - The barrel.- In unison, the barrel?
0:24:51 > 0:24:55- Has the barrel got profit written all over it?- We hope so.- Yes.
0:24:55 > 0:25:01- How much did you spend for your purchases?- 215.- Two-fifteen! Good work!
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- Don't say it TOO loud! - I like the sound of that.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06So, by my reckoning, you owe me...
0:25:06 > 0:25:10- £85.- £85.- I like your style.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- Thank you, my friend.- Indecisive, but heavy hitters in the end?
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Well, do you know, I'm going to just try and find something
0:25:17 > 0:25:19that might guide us into calmer waters.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23- LAUGHTER - Do we need it? - Was there a hint there?- Well done!
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Well, good luck with that, Philip.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Meanwhile, let's see how the Blues have gotten on.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31Kate and Jonathan got their paws on a cast-metal bear figure
0:25:31 > 0:25:34with a painted marble finish for £95.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38They hope to blossom with their purchase of
0:25:38 > 0:25:41a silver-plated vase for £55.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44And they look for a full-bodied profit with a moulded glass
0:25:44 > 0:25:46claret jug for £35.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- Well, then - Kate, Jonathan, what was it like?- It was brilliant.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53- Absolutely fantastic. - Really?- Really good fun, yes.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56I should ask you first then, Kate, favourite purchase?
0:25:56 > 0:26:00- A vase, metal vase.- OK. - I just liked it. You know.- Stunning.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03- Are you under orders to say stunning?- No, no, no,
0:26:03 > 0:26:06I believe that. Absolutely, yeah.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10- Is that going to make the biggest profit?- Oh, who knows? Erm...
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- possibly...- The bear. I just thought the bear was the best.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17- What then did all of this cost you? - We spent £185.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19That sounds prudently cautious.
0:26:19 > 0:26:24- So, 115 coming back to me and I see it there.- There we go!- Richard.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29- Not a bad budget. Any ideas?- I was thinking about another tweed jacket,
0:26:29 > 0:26:31- so perhaps... - LAUGHTER
0:26:31 > 0:26:33..a set of three...
0:26:33 > 0:26:35No, on the way through, there were a few clues given
0:26:35 > 0:26:39and I think I know where to go back to find something that will
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- perhaps, hopefully, please you both. - Toby jug...
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- Not!- NOT a Toby jug!
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Good luck. Well, let's see what happens at the auction!
0:26:57 > 0:27:00So, here we are at Batemans Auctioneers at Stamford
0:27:00 > 0:27:03in the more than capable hands of auctioneer David Palmer.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Good to see you, David.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09The first thing Sandra and Carrie bought was this primitive stool.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11What do you make of that?
0:27:11 > 0:27:13I love this and I'm glad you used the word "primitive".
0:27:13 > 0:27:16I don't think it's a milking stool, but it's a lovely little
0:27:16 > 0:27:19footstool that would sit next to a range or anything. Good colour.
0:27:19 > 0:27:24- Love the chamfers on the legs. Brilliant.- Good. What do you reckon?
0:27:24 > 0:27:28- Only 10 to 20. - Well, they've pitched in at 25, so we're not a country mile off.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31- No, no, it's there or thereabouts. - It might happen. Moving on.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Next, the riding crop. What think you of that?
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Well, they do crop up quite... Pardon the pun!
0:27:37 > 0:27:40But they do turn up in auction quite a lot around here.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- But they do go 40 to 60, that sort of price.- Yes.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Now, they paid 60, our high estimate.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49But, with the wind in our sails, might get out of it clean.
0:27:49 > 0:27:55However, I suspect you may feel we'll need divine intervention
0:27:55 > 0:27:58to get out of the barrel purchase clean. Or am I wrong?
0:27:58 > 0:27:59Talk to me about big barrels.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02They DO go. It's nice and decorative, isn't it?
0:28:02 > 0:28:05The oval section, that rich, treacly patina
0:28:05 > 0:28:08and the overall proportion, I think it does have the edge
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- over your generic old whisky barrel...- Oh, yeah.
0:28:11 > 0:28:12..to be lopped into two platters.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16Being oval and with all the metal banding on it does make it
0:28:16 > 0:28:19- interesting.- Yeah, it really does. - 50 to 80 would the estimate be.
0:28:19 > 0:28:25I fear you're right. However, they've stumped up £130 for that.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28So, they might need a good Bonus Buy.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Let's go see what Phil pulled out of the hat.
0:28:32 > 0:28:37Carrie, Sandra, YOU spent all of £215. A very healthy sum.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40- You left Phil all of £85.- We did!
0:28:40 > 0:28:42What on earth have you underneath there, Phil?
0:28:42 > 0:28:46Well, I couldn't spend it all. I only spent £25.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50But I thought that these two needed some guidance to calmer waters.
0:28:50 > 0:28:51Oh...
0:28:51 > 0:28:54- So, I bought that.- Ah!- Which I think is absolutely lovely.- Oh, wow!
0:28:54 > 0:28:57And it's like... You'd find this on the bridge of a ship.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59It's a model by Chadburns of Liverpool.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03And it's all "Ahead", "Stop" and all the rest of it there.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05You surprised us, there. That's fabulous.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07There's no age to it at all.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10I would think it's somewhere between '50s and '60s.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13The modelling, the engineering of that ship's telegraph,
0:29:13 > 0:29:15that's sophisticated. And I'm impressed.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19And it pertains to a specific vessel. The HMS Farndale.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23- So, you tapped into real history. - 1941 to 1962.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26- I think it will make between £30 and £50.- Really?
0:29:26 > 0:29:30Yeah, I'd be surprised if you lost money on it and I'd be surprised if
0:29:30 > 0:29:32it made much more than 50 quid
0:29:32 > 0:29:35- but in my eyes, you're between £30 and £50.- That's quite a certain...
0:29:35 > 0:29:38- We quite like that, don't we? - Yeah, we do like that.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42Now, let's see what the auctioneer thinks of it.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45- What do you make of that, David? - I think that's brilliant.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46Wonderful piece.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49And the bit of oak is probably some of the decking from the ship itself.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53It's got to be the case, has it not? She is an interesting vessel.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55This much I happen to know.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Erm, she serves in just about every theatre.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02This vessel is of no mean import. So, we love this.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04Estimate on that, David?
0:30:04 > 0:30:07The estimate's £30-£50, but that may be a bit low.
0:30:07 > 0:30:14I hope so and I suspect it could be. £25 paid. The man is a genius.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18- That just stands out, does it not? - I'm surprised he got it so cheaply.
0:30:18 > 0:30:23Well, this bodes well at the end. Erm, however, the Blues...
0:30:23 > 0:30:26An entirely different flavour to their purchases, is it not?
0:30:26 > 0:30:31First off, well, I don't know what to make of it. Our bear...
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Where are we going with that?
0:30:33 > 0:30:35You stole my lines, because I was going to say
0:30:35 > 0:30:38I have no clue what to make of this. It's metal, but it looks like stone.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42- If this is the first one of its type, it should do well.- Indeed!
0:30:42 > 0:30:47- People hopefully will pay £50-£80 all day long.- I reckon you're right.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50- They've stumped up £95. - Ooh! Ooh, right!
0:30:50 > 0:30:54The antidote to this piece of metal work MIGHT be
0:30:54 > 0:30:57the WMF Ikora vase.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01- Now, do you like this?- Funnily enough, I do! I really like it.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04That would look good on a shelf next to some old bear.
0:31:04 > 0:31:05PAUL LAUGHS
0:31:05 > 0:31:08I think it's got brand, it's got condition and you
0:31:08 > 0:31:11and I both like it. Erm, how much do you like it?
0:31:11 > 0:31:14This sort of stuff has dropped in the market.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- Yeah.- The estimate would reflect that at £20-£40.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20Cautious and possibly realistic, they've stumped up 55,
0:31:20 > 0:31:26which I don't think is an unfair figure. But it may be a struggle.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29Let's not abandon hope. Or should we?
0:31:29 > 0:31:34Because here we're left at the end with your granny's silver-plated
0:31:34 > 0:31:36mounted claret jug.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39How commercial is THAT?
0:31:39 > 0:31:42I don't think it would have been granny's pride and joy!
0:31:42 > 0:31:45It's horrible. I can't pretend otherwise.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49It's cheap, old pressed metal on just pressed glass.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52OK. Estimate on that?
0:31:52 > 0:31:55We've had to put a figure on it. It's the lowest figure we can put on.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00- £10-£20.- They paid £35 for it. I think it will be a minor miracle.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02They're going to need a Bonus Buy. What did Richard buy?
0:32:05 > 0:32:08- You spent a very credible £185. - Mm-hm.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Leaving a healthy budget of 115.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14Well, with that money I thought about something that I thought
0:32:14 > 0:32:17- would definitely appeal to Jonathan. - Oh, dear!
0:32:17 > 0:32:19But I'm not quite sure
0:32:19 > 0:32:21if Kate's going to love this as much as he will.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24- She will. She will.- Are you ready? - Yeah.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28- Oh, God! Hideous!- Brilliant! Oh, that's amazing!
0:32:28 > 0:32:30All the way from the Congo.
0:32:30 > 0:32:35- Indeed, yes.- From the Songey tribe. - Songey tribe?- Indeed.- How old is it?
0:32:35 > 0:32:40How old? I think in terms of dates, let's just call it 20th century.
0:32:40 > 0:32:45- I see where we're going with this, yes!- So, it's modern.- It's modern.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49- Late 20th century. - So, it's not going to cast a spell on anyone then, is it?
0:32:49 > 0:32:53No, it's not, but it is an authentic piece,
0:32:53 > 0:32:55because it will have been made by the Songey people,
0:32:55 > 0:32:57to their traditional doings,
0:32:57 > 0:33:00perhaps by hereditary artisans.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Whatever you paid for it was too much!
0:33:03 > 0:33:06- LAUGHTER - This is the controversy!
0:33:06 > 0:33:11- How much? - The seller was asking £115.
0:33:11 > 0:33:16- Erm, and I bought it for 70. - Oh, you were done.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18- Please, can I have it? - Of course you can!
0:33:18 > 0:33:21You're not selling this to Kate at ANY price.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23But what do you think it might make?
0:33:23 > 0:33:27Well, I think it could make anywhere between
0:33:27 > 0:33:29£80 and £120.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31You don't have to decide about this now,
0:33:31 > 0:33:34I'm glad to say, but for now,
0:33:34 > 0:33:36let's see what the auctioneer
0:33:36 > 0:33:39thinks of the mask and whether it will go for a SONGEY or not.
0:33:43 > 0:33:49Now, David. Richard has speculated on that piece of ethnic art.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52- Tell me about it.- I think it's a tourist piece.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54These pieces may not have age, but they have integrity,
0:33:54 > 0:33:59insofar as they are made by native artisans to traditional
0:33:59 > 0:34:05aesthetics, and we suspect it could be Congolese, Songey people.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08These distinctive chevrons and an aggressive visage is what
0:34:08 > 0:34:10we would expect from that region.
0:34:10 > 0:34:15So, at the right money, you're getting something with a heritage.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19- But what's the right money?- I would suspect it's going to make
0:34:19 > 0:34:22- £40-£60 in auction.- £70 paid.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25- Let's see what happens under the hammer!- Indeed.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27It couldn't be at the hands of a better man.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30Fingers crossed we get out of this whole and make a profit!
0:34:36 > 0:34:39Sandra and Carrie, how's the blood pressure?
0:34:39 > 0:34:41- Ooh... High!- It's going up and up!
0:34:41 > 0:34:44Any regrets thus far?
0:34:44 > 0:34:46- No, no.- No.
0:34:46 > 0:34:47- No, we'll stand by our lots!- Yeah.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51This is the spirit! The fighting spirit.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53The first one's coming up now.
0:34:53 > 0:34:58£10 to start. 10. 10 I'm bid. 10, 12. At 12 now. Here at £12. Take 15.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01- Down the middle... Is that it? At 12, two bids and we're done.- Come on!
0:35:01 > 0:35:06At £12, no-one else? At 12, done then at £12.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08I sell then at £12...
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Oh, bless!
0:35:10 > 0:35:13- I think you were unlucky.- Unlucky. There was interest...
0:35:13 > 0:35:15And then it just petered.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18So, you lost £13 there.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20The crop's next.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22The silver-mounted riding crop.
0:35:22 > 0:35:2440 anywhere? 40 quid...
0:35:24 > 0:35:25£20, then?
0:35:25 > 0:35:28INDISTINCT £20, the riding crop.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30- Tenner, the riding crop? - Oh, no, too cheap.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34- There's hands. Come on!- At 22, are you in at 25?
0:35:34 > 0:35:3625, 28 - you're going 28? 28.
0:35:36 > 0:35:37Him at 28.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40And 30? In green at 28. Selling on at 28.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44- The bidder's in the room here at £28 now.- Oh, it's not expensive. Come on!
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Is that it at 28? I sell, then, if that's it.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51Here, then, at 28, it goes then at £28. No-one else?
0:35:53 > 0:35:56That's even below the auctioneer's expectations.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58He thought 40 to 60.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02- Yes.- I don't think justice was done to that lot there, or to you.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Now, fingers crossed for the barrel!
0:36:04 > 0:36:08The port barrel. Start me 50 for it! Well, where you will. £30, then.
0:36:08 > 0:36:1130 I'm bid. 30. Take two, now. 32,
0:36:11 > 0:36:15- 35, 38... 38, 40. At 40. And five. Goes in at 40.- Come on!
0:36:15 > 0:36:17At £40. I sell at 40. Make no mistake.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20- 45 here. In the middle at 45. - Oh, yes, yes, yes!
0:36:20 > 0:36:24At 45. I sell in the middle at 45. 50, anywhere now?
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Sell then, at 45. Goes at £45. Make no mistake, I'm selling
0:36:27 > 0:36:31in the middle of the room. With you, sir, at £45.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36Our auctioneer is scraping the bottom of that barrel! £45.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39- Oh, dear, dear, dear. That's... - A loss of 85 on its own,
0:36:39 > 0:36:42we saw it coming. We were unlucky.
0:36:42 > 0:36:47Erm, giving you a total LOSS, I'm sorry to say, of £130.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52- Is this a record?- Take solace in the fact that it's NOT!
0:36:52 > 0:36:56Do we get brownie points for the record?
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Now, the Bonus Buy. Over to you.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02- Do we? We're not even going to think about it!- We're going with it!
0:37:02 > 0:37:05The good news is the auctioneer doesn't think he's overestimated.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08He thinks he's cautious at 30 to 50.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11And frankly, I agree with him all day long.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14Whatever it takes, we're going to know in a minute.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17Start me at £50 for it. Come straight in at 50.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- 20. Anybody, 20?- Come on! - 20 on the net. The net at 20.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22- What did we say? Come on!- 22.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25In the room at 22. Sell in the room at 22.
0:37:25 > 0:37:2825, 28, back in the room at 28.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32At 28... 30... Here at 30. And two again. Go with the two. 32.
0:37:32 > 0:37:37- Good man, good man!- At 32 now, the room at 32. I'm selling at 32.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41- Make no mistake. It goes, then, at £32.- I think we've just been sunk!
0:37:42 > 0:37:45You squeezed another £7 out of it,
0:37:45 > 0:37:48which takes your colossal damage down
0:37:48 > 0:37:50to -£123.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54- That's not too bad! - It is pretty bad!
0:38:02 > 0:38:04- Kate and Jonathan, how are you feeling?- Great.- Great.- Great?
0:38:04 > 0:38:07So, the glass is half full, not half empty? Yeah?
0:38:07 > 0:38:11We're kicking off with your lots. And it's the bear. Let's see how it goes!
0:38:11 > 0:38:15- Put it in at £50. Straight in. 50 quid, the bear.- Come on, come on!
0:38:15 > 0:38:19£20, the bear, then. 20 I'm bid. Two, 25, 28. You at 28. This side at 28.
0:38:19 > 0:38:24At 28. Done then, at 28. Make it 30. £30 now. 32, 35, 38. This side at 38.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26And 40. 40 now. 45, 50.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30Back then, at £50. Is that it at 50? 55...
0:38:30 > 0:38:3360... At 60 now. Against you at 60. 5? 65.
0:38:33 > 0:38:3570! At 70. 75.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37- I told you!- At 75. Goes at 75.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41- The bear lover.- Come on! - Finish then, at £75...
0:38:42 > 0:38:45That's all right!
0:38:45 > 0:38:48You may have lost £20, but I think that was a good result.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49Let's see how the WMF does.
0:38:49 > 0:38:54£20. 20 I'm bid. Take two. Sell at 20, two if you like. At 20.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57Done and finished then, at 20. You all done...
0:38:57 > 0:39:01- At £20, make no mistake, I shall sell at 20.- Don't sell at 20!
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Ouch!
0:39:04 > 0:39:06This is the point. It takes two.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10- I think there was a happy bidder at the end of that.- Yes.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12Fingers crossed!
0:39:12 > 0:39:16Lot 67 is the moulded glass claret jug. A handsome example of its type.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20Come in at a tenner. £10? Anyone, 10?
0:39:20 > 0:39:22Fiver! Fiver for the jug. The claret jug.
0:39:22 > 0:39:27Five pounds. Five, six. Down here at six. Seven. Eight.
0:39:27 > 0:39:32In the room at eight. Flip a bid. At eight, nine, 10. 10 in the room.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34In the room at £10 now. Is that 12?
0:39:34 > 0:39:38At 10, I'm selling in the room at £10. 12. The man at 12. 15?
0:39:38 > 0:39:43With him at 15. I sell in the room at 15. It goes at 15. 18. The net at 18.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47Back with the net at £18. All done at 18. No-one else at 18?
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- Very well...- £18 is -£17.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- You don't have to say that! - I'm afraid I do.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00It comes to -£72, by my reckoning.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Now, look, it's the mask. Where are we?
0:40:03 > 0:40:08- We've got to go for it. - Do we? Do we? Do we, Kate?- We do.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12- Take a punt on it. You've got to take a punt on it.- We do, we do.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15- You're sure?- Yes. This is on Jonathan.- Yes. It's on me.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17- I trust Richard.- And I do.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20The auctioneer rates it at 40 to 60.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22I think that's cautious. Here's the mask.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27Straight in at 40 quid. 40 quid. £40 for the mask.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30- £20 for the mask, then.- Oh, no! - Where's the end to this?
0:40:30 > 0:40:32£10? Fiver for the mask? Five I'm bid.
0:40:32 > 0:40:33At five only. And it goes at five.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Take six. At five... This is for nothing!
0:40:36 > 0:40:41At five, six, seven, eight, nine. Nine, 10. At 10, now. At 10.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Net at 12. Is that it at £10? 12 on the net.
0:40:44 > 0:40:49The net at 12. It's still cheap at 12. All done at £12.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50No-one else at 12?
0:40:52 > 0:40:55- Oh, well...- Erm, boys, don't mention the mask.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58- Is this payback for the jug? - It's payback for the jug!
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Now, I've got to run the numbers.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Running with the men's advice, Kate,
0:41:02 > 0:41:08we just compounded your loss from 72 to 130.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Now, look, don't panic. Actually...panic!
0:41:10 > 0:41:15- What was the loss on the mask?- -£58!
0:41:15 > 0:41:17What with the loss on the claret jug?
0:41:17 > 0:41:20- Erm, 17.- Thank you. Thank you.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24Vindication of some sort, I am sorry to say. Now...
0:41:24 > 0:41:25I've got two weeks of this, now!
0:41:25 > 0:41:28LAUGHTER
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Well, well, well... Look at this.
0:41:38 > 0:41:43Two teams basking in post-auction glory.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47No, actually, hang on a minute! No, no, wallowing in a mire of shame!
0:41:48 > 0:41:50LAUGHTER
0:41:50 > 0:41:54However, the gap between yous is
0:41:54 > 0:41:57all of £7!
0:41:57 > 0:42:00GROANING AND LAUGHTER
0:42:00 > 0:42:04Now I'm seeing little glimmers of hope in everyone's eyes.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Maybe it's not over! But there's got to be a runner-up.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10And today, I'm sorry to say,
0:42:10 > 0:42:12it's the Blues.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14LAUGHTER
0:42:14 > 0:42:18£130 down the swanny. But did you have fun?
0:42:18 > 0:42:21- It was absolutely fantastic. Brilliant.- It was brilliant.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24You had fun squandering money willy-nilly!
0:42:24 > 0:42:26- We really, really enjoyed it. - It was great having you.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30And thank you, Richard. Now, the victors.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Our colleagues, the Blues, lost a whopping £130.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37But before the Bonus Buy,
0:42:37 > 0:42:41you had also lost £130.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46- How do you like them apples? - LAUGHTER
0:42:46 > 0:42:51But steaming in over the horizon came Mr Serrell
0:42:51 > 0:42:55with a £7 profit, which wasn't enough...
0:42:55 > 0:43:00- But it was enough to give you victory today.- Yes!- Good fun, yeah?
0:43:00 > 0:43:03- Yes.- Yes!- Join us again next time for some more bargain-hunting. Yes?
0:43:03 > 0:43:05- ALL:- Yes!