Ardingly 20 Bargain Hunt

Here we are at Ardingly, but where do we begin?

To hunt for bargains far and wide, and try so hard to win.

We start the clock, an hour-long - dawdle if they dare.

It's time to go. Let us begin.

Let's go Bargain Hunting, yeah.

We are at the Ardingly International Antiques & Collectors Fair,

the largest fair of its type in the south of England.

With over 1,700 stalls to choose from,

our teams should get the pick of the crop.

Let's have a quick peek as to what's coming up.

Today, we have two teams with two types of tactics.

It's a bit of a riot with the Reds...

I'm panicking, David.

We've got to buy something now, team.

Whilst the Blues are cool, calm and collected.

-However, over at the auction, both teams go giddy.

-120, 130,

-150...

-Yeah.

-It's a profit.

25...no?

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

On today's show, we have a fun double act.

For the Reds, we have husband and wife David and Katie,

and for the Blues, we have partners in crime, Rachel and Glenda.

-Hello, everyone.

-ALL: Hello!

Gosh, how lovely. David, Katie, you're married

and you also work together as children's entertainers.

We are. For 27 years now, we've been doing children's parties -

-sort of a panto for any time of the year.

-Gosh.

-It's good fun.

-Must be quite tiring, isn't it?

-It is but it's very rewarding.

-We love it.

-You're also quite quick on your feet, Davido.

Yeah, I took up running about 15 years ago,

and Katie encouraged me to enter a few races, and my last success,

I came 79th out of 10,000 runners

when I did a race in Florida last year.

-My gosh, that's jolly good going.

-I know.

So, Katie, when you're not entertaining the kiddy-wids,

you like to leg it down to the stables?

Yes, I'm an instructor for

the Cranleigh Riding For The Disabled Group.

And what is it about a disabled child having that moment

-on the back of a horse? It does something electric.

-Oh, it does.

It does. It actually causes the core muscles to work, and...

Is that the case?

It actually... A child that cannot sit up,

hold themselves stable on a chair,

can hold themselves upright on a moving horse.

Now, the tale of your meeting could be a story from the movies.

-Is there a fairy-tale ending?

-Well, there is, yes.

At the time, David was working in a cinema as a cinema manager

and I got down to the last pound in my purse, so I needed a job,

and the job I got was cinema usherette.

Within six months, we got together

and we were on holiday in Florida, at Disney World,

and David hired an airship,

-flying over the Magic Kingdom, and David proposed to me.

-Gosh.

And then we got married one year later, back in Disney World,

and we had a Beauty and the Beast themed wedding - fairy-tale ending.

-It's a romance, how lovely.

-KATIE GIGGLES

Now, how are you two going to get on today on Bargain Hunt?

-Have you got any strategy?

-Yes.

-Yes.

Buy whatever Katie likes.

-OK.

-Well...

The recipe for a long and happy marriage.

-Anyway, I hope you enjoy yourselves.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

Good. Now, you girls are

-a force to be reckoned with, aren't you?

-We are.

We met about 20 years ago

when we were training to become the first female nightclub bouncers.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-So how does the bouncing job work, then?

You've got somebody who's really aggressive at the door

and you've got to peaceably try and deflect their anger.

How do you do that, Rach?

-Bat your eyelids.

-Is that what you do?

-Tell them off like you're their mum.

-Oh, really?

-Yes,

no-one wants to be told off by their mum

in front of lots of people,

-so if you just do it like that...

-Is that the way you do it?

-Yeah.

How brilliant. And did you have to develop skills as female bouncers?

-Yeah.

-Like, are you strong?

-Reasonably strong.

-Reasonably strong.

-Reasonably strong.

-But what about the powerlifting competitions?

-Yeah.

You've won powerlifting competitions, haven't you?

We've just started the powerlifting, haven't we?

-My husband's a power lifter...

-Is he?

..and he's a British and European champion,

and he also holds a few world records,

and he's got three gold medals from the Commonwealth Games.

-Gosh, he's good, then, isn't he?

-So...he is pretty good, yes.

-And he's giving you a few tips.

-He's giving us tips.

-Training us.

You're not only an ex-bouncer,

but also, you're a police officer.

I am. Yeah, I've been a police officer for nearly 11 years now.

Mm-hm, what's the good bit of the job?

Erm, I just like the variety. Not knowing what I'm going to...

-Yeah.

-..the excitement of the emergencies.

Now, you're no stranger to the laws of the land, are you, Glenda?

No, I'm not. I used to be a police officer myself,

but now I work in the law courts as an usher.

Tell me about your tactics today, then.

-Yeah.

-I'd like to spend big and Rachel wants to spend small.

-So, who's going to win, then, in this battle between you?

-Me.

Oh, that's decided, is it?

-Yeah, I'm good.

-Rachel is always the voice of reason

-and she's good at haggling.

-Good negotiator.

Are you? OK, well, we'll see exactly how you get on in a moment,

but right now, it's the money moment. £300 apiece.

-There you go, Glenda, £300.

-Thank you.

-Katie, £300.

-Thank you.

You know the rules, your experts await

and off you go!

And very, very, very good luck.

Well, we won't be naughty today, will we?

And, of course, our two terrific teams need two excited experts.

Charles Hanson will be flying the flag for the Reds,

whilst Charlie Ross will be clowning around with the Blues.

Do you know? I feel like I'm being escorted from a nightclub,

having been a naughty boy.

-Now, shopping - up for it?

-Yeah.

Of course, Katie and David, what really excites me

is you are entertainers, children's entertainers?

-Yeah, that's what we do for a living.

-I'm a big kid,

so entertain me now. What are we looking for?

Right, we're looking for something exciting

-and bright and colourful.

-Oh, yeah.

-What are you looking for, girls?

-Erm, small and pretty.

Small and pretty? Well, here I am.

-Anything silver and nothing that needs too much cleaning.

-Oh, really?

I don't think people like cleaning too much.

Right, teams, your 60 minutes starts now.

-WHISTLE BLOWS

-Now, I think we should do our

shopping inside. There's a good building in there,

lots of nice small things. Let's start there.

-Find a nice cabinet full of smalls.

-I agree.

-Yeah, full of nice little

-trinkets and things - sparkly, glittery.

-Silver, shiny things.

-Smalls.

-Always a good way to enter the hour.

I want to see your smalls, Charles. Let's go.

Ooh, lordy, that's a bit personal, David.

So, smalls are on the menu for our larger-than-life teams today.

Shall we buy that bulldog?

Don't buy that bulldog, it's not for sale.

Come on, Glenda, this is Bargain Hunt not Barking Hunt.

-Give me a shout if you see something...

-Hello, hello.

The Blues have spotted a jewellery stall already.

-So, love jewellery.

-You love jewellery?

-Don't we, Rach?

-Mm-hm.

-Yellow gold.

-Yellow gold.

-Yeah.

-Could we have a look at those, please?

-Yep.

Now, for a gold charm, what you want is something that's different.

Six grams. How much is a gram of nine-carat gold this morning, madam?

-I think it's about ten.

-About ten.

Six grams, 60 quid. There you are, you see?

That's quite sweet, isn't it?

-They're OK, I wouldn't buy them myself.

-No, that's fine.

I want you to buy something where you say...

We've always got it in our mind if we...

-"Really, really like it."

-Yeah.

Crikey, there's no messing around with you, girls.

-Onwards!

-Charlie...

Now, how is the Reds' quest for smalls going?

Mmm, furniture - not exactly small, is it?

-Nice oak Victorian chair.

-Yeah.

What I like is this cartouche back, with a vacant inner,

and it would date to around 1840, 1830.

-OK.

-And this one probably isn't stamped.

-David, look at the cobwebs.

-That hasn't had much cleaning, has it?

-No.

It comes with a free spider.

What I love, though, Katie, is the wood. It's fresh.

-Do you like it?

-I do. The only thing that I've spotted is this looks fine,

-but there's a little bit of damage here.

-I've just noticed that.

I didn't see that, so good spot.

-Eagle-eye David.

-Thank you, Mr Hanson.

-I like your style.

I wonder how much this chair is, sir.

-How about £50?

-Yeah, there you go.

-Good chair, you see.

-Mm-hm. It's the kind of thing

I'd be looking more to pay like 25 for, to be honest.

Our teams certainly know what they like today.

The Blues are still looking for that piece of jewellery.

-We both like that little... Is it jade?

-I do quite like it.

I think it's modern. I think it's jade. Jade is one of...

I find jade the most difficult thing in the world to date,

but jade is very popular

-and it's quite a charming little image of a Buddha.

-Yeah.

In view of the fact that you've only got an hour to shop,

and you've seen something you both like, and it is inexpensive...

Frankly, who am I to be churlish and tell you not to have a go at it?

-Who is the negotiator here?

-That's me.

-Rachel.

Hold out your hand.

What's the best price you'll go on that?

-18 would be my best price.

-18? You won't go any lower?

I can't, no. It's so cheap, anyway.

OK...

What do you think? 17? Cash.

-17?

-Go on, then.

£17.

-Madam, I'm going to pay for these girls.

-Right.

£20.

Knowing Rachel, she'll want a bit of change.

-Lovely, thank you...

-Loving your work, girls.

-One down, two to go.

-Come on.

Meanwhile, the Reds are still hunting for their first item.

Some quite nice, market-fresh, almost dusty antiques.

There's a funny little doll in a packet.

Oh, yeah, look, can you see her legs?

-Oh, her foot's broken off, though.

-Her foot's broken off.

-Right, girls...

-Back with the Blues, and Charlie's spotted an old friend.

-How's your golf?

-They let you in here?

-How's your golf?

-My golf is sensational...

-Come along.

-No time for chitter-chatter, Charlie, old fruit.

-Very good.

-I've got two absolutely delightful girls here.

-Hi!

-Hi!

Good to see you again. You've got to remember that fabulous things

aren't necessarily cheap, are they, sir?

-No.

-No, no. RACHEL: Look at the little heart.

-Yeah, and I like...

-You like the little heart?

-MAN: Yes, that is solid silver.

-That's the one I like.

MAN: That one, I would charge you £60.

-It has got engraving on it...

-It's got the monogram, yeah.

..which is, you know, possibly a bit of a disadvantage,

because if you wanted to give it to somebody as a present,

you'd obviously want to

-engrave your own initials on it, wouldn't you?

-Yeah.

-But what do you think, girls?

-I like it.

I do like it, but I think £60 goes against our ethos

-that we came with today.

-I'm with a couple of cheapskates.

-MAN: Which is what? Nothing over 20?

-Which is...

-No, I'm not.

I'm prepared to splash the cash. Rachel's the tight one.

Rachel, would you like to go and have a cup of tea somewhere

-for a minute?

-No, I'm not saying I'm really tight.

-I just want to make a bargain.

-No, I...

-MAN: Yeah, she wants to make a profit.

-Yeah, no, I agree with you.

-Yeah.

-So you'd need, if you were going to make money...

-Yeah, yeah.

-..to buy it for £40, and he would probably nod like mad.

-Oh, no, he's shaking his head.

-45.

Look, it's come down from 60 to 45.

And that would be my absolute minimum price.

-I can't believe...

-43? - What?

43. - 43?

What are you doing to me? I've got three children.

All right, go on. You've got a deal. - He'll do it!

Nice work, Raquel.

Those £2 could make all the difference at auction. Very shrewd.

That's two for the Blues in 20 minutes. They're on a mission.

Meanwhile, the Reds have tracked down a piece of Victorian treen.

Treen is the term given to

a small, tactile article made of wood, usually turned. Ha!

-Look at that, isn't that cute?

-Yes.

-That's really quite nice. Look at the ground pontil mark.

-Oh, yes.

-You see the roughness, the nature?

-Yeah, where it was...

-Blown off the pontil rod.

-Yeah.

And what I love is this treen case is a fruit wood -

could be an apple wood, could be a pear wood.

I love the... I love the wood.

-I love the little burr.

-I love it.

-Yes.

-I'm drawn to it.

-What's it worth?

-DAVID HISSES

Ah, I don't know. I'd hope they'd say 40 to 60.

-I would guide it, as an auctioneer, between £50 and £70.

-Hmm.

-Yes.

-So, if Mr Dealer is prepared to take £40 or £45...

-Yeah.

-Yes.

..I think there could be a deal.

-What's your best price?

-My best price is £50.

-And I will say to you, if we're all in agreement...

-Yes.

-..buy it.

In the interest of just trying to make a profit, though,

I wonder if the stallholder would accept £49.99?

No, sir. If you wish to go to the car boot, it's on on Sunday.

Touche. Worth a try, eh, Dave?

Right, Reds, you're almost back on track.

Let's leave them to it.

Time to stick the kettle on, I reckon.

Do you like a cup of tea? Well, half the nation likes a cup of tea.

Tea, after all, is the British favourite

and over two and a half centuries,

we've perfected some pretty classy ways of taking our tea.

For example, this fellow - a spirit kettle,

and this piece dates, I guess, from about 1905 or 1906.

The kettle bit is easy to recognise, isn't it?

It's got a swing handle on the top.

It's designed to take a hot fluid,

because this very finely woven raffia

has been crafted specifically to stop your hand getting too hot.

The oval cover itself has a turned beechwood knop on it,

in the form of an acorn, enabling you to fill the kettle.

And because this thing, when it's full, it would be quite heavy,

so the design includes a cunning hinged arrangement,

and her ladyship, when pouring afternoon tea,

would then simply not lift it but hinge it forward, like that.

And because it's double-hinged, it's possible to pull out that pin

and that enables you to pick the whole thing up off the stand.

All very handy.

Now, if we look at the stand itself, that has been crafted out of

silver plate too, and in a typically Arts and Crafts way,

the feet on the cabriole legs terminate in a little trefoil.

There is one peculiar thing about this stand though,

and that is that it doesn't have

a methylated spirit burner in the bottom.

Why is that?

Because this thing keeps warm with a miracle new material...

called electricity.

And that's what makes this teakettle extremely rare

and interesting.

If you look carefully, you can see stamped there,

110, 150 and 220,

and depending on which of the sockets that you plug in

using this lead, will give you more or less heat

on the element inside the tea kettle.

And to connect it to the power,

you've got this marvellous original cord.

It's a two-core cable, so there's nothing earthed and fused in this.

Technically, I guess,

quite a dangerous piece of electrical equipment.

So, just how unusual is this object?

Well, I have to tell you, in many, many years of my poking around

silver-plated items, I've never encountered

an electric-powered spirit kettle ever in my life.

I think it's an incredibly rare object.

The fact that it's rare - does it make it valuable?

Not necessarily so.

It would cost you, here today, in the fair, in Ardingly,

a comfortable £60.

What might you get for it in a specialist auction?

Well, I think it could bring as much as £150 to £200.

Mmm, I'll drink to that.

OK, so, we left our teams

-stewing for their final buys.

-Then we go round the other side...

We're halfway through the shop, and the Blues have the Buddha

in the bag, along with their pretty piece of silver.

However, the Reds only have the one item to their name.

Two different styles of shopping today, methinks.

You are so decisive. What would you like?

-Charlie, look at that.

-Oh, they're off again.

"Any person who omits to shut or fasten this gate

"is liable to a penalty not exceeding..."

ALL THREE: "..40 shillings."

-Isn't that lovely?

-I love it.

I mean, obviously, it is old.

It's been repainted anyway, but I think this is a new casting.

-OK.

-Oh, OK.

-You're going to ask me why I know that...

-Yep.

..and it's more of a gut reaction than anything else.

-I think that that is a reproduction that's been made.

-Right.

So, I think it's a great thing, it's great fun,

-but, you know, ten, 20 quid.

-It's not going to make any money.

-I don't think it's going to make money.

-Moving on, then.

Right, come on, Carlos, time to rally your troops.

-Erm, right, come on, team.

-Oh, look, David's spotted something.

-Charles.

-Yeah?

-Katie, come and have a look at this.

-What's that?

-Well, I'm not sure.

It just caught my eye. It was very shiny. Here we go...

"Circa 1930, musical pourer - very rare."

-Musical pourer?

-Yeah.

-What?

-Isn't that interesting?

-Do you know what that is?

-I've never seen one before...

-No, I have never...

..in my entire career.

So, essentially, it's a bottle-top that sits on the bottle like that.

You maybe, for novelty value, wind it up...

MUSIC CHIMES

And what tune is it playing?

-That is what I was trying to work out.

-I don't know.

-To reflect the art of a drink...

-Do you think it's French?

-Do you think it's Francais?

-Yes, it could be.

-That's lovely.

-It's something you would have at home

-as a novelty item on the dining room table.

-Yeah.

I would say 1930s-style.

I would say it's more kitsch, meaning more like 1950s.

-It's lovely.

-Really?

-He's saying no. He's saying no.

-How much, David, is it?

Well, it says 38. - It'll be 30.

Is 30 your absolute death?

-You couldn't go down to 25?

-No, I couldn't.

I'd go to 28, to help you.

-Let's do it. - OK.

-Let's do it.

-Thanks.

-Thank you.

-I'll drink to that. Well done, Reds.

-That means we've only spent £20...

-Yes.

-..plus 50, equals...

-£78.

-..meaning we've got how much left over?

-Quite a lot.

-222.

-That's a big amount of money.

-Come on.

-Let's go.

-Certainly is. Over two thirds of your budget left

and only one item to buy.

-So, what have you seen?

-It's this item here.

What an extraordinary thing. What is it?

It's a garden sprayer, isn't it?

Look, you hold that. I'll get my glasses out.

And I'll pump that.

Marvellous. We can do a team effort.

Oh...

-How's your French, girls?

-Erm, un petit peu.

-Not very good.

Step aside, girls. Roscoe to the rescue.

"Mode d'emploi."

-Do you know what that means?

-No.

-Absolutely not.

-How to use it.

-Oh.

And this is, "Whack your liquid in your pulveriser."

"Numero deux...

"Donnes trois au quatre coups de piston."

-A coup de piston...

-Three or four.

-That's it, you've got it.

-Three or four pumps.

-That is the coup de piston,

-and you do trois au quatre.

-Three or four.

-That's three or four.

Ah-ha! Tres bon, Charlie, old boy. Tres bon.

Erm, and then put it back where you found it.

Thank you very much.

You think it's a fire extinguisher?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Actually, perhaps it is.

-That's what I thought in the first place.

-That's what I thought.

I thought it was a garden spray.

-Right.

-All we need is a tube to join that to that.

-That to that.

How much is it?

-It's £60.

-£60 on it.

-£60.

-Shall we get her to do it?

-Off you go. Let's get her to do it.

Off you go and do it.

-We'll wait here.

-Do your thing, Rachel.

-You go and do it.

-What's the best price you'll do on that?

-Yeah.

Work your magic, Rachel, while we rush off and rummage with the Reds.

-At the back of the bike. Yes.

-Matchbox?

-Yes, a little Vesta case.

Probably George V, 1910-1915.

-OK.

-If it was silver, yes.

-Oh, it's not silver?

-It's not silver.

-I can tell it's plated by the nickel plate coming through.

-OK.

Come on, Reds, some decisions - soon, please.

Now, Blues, time for a bit of teamwork to get this deal pumped up.

I think it's a garden sprayer and they think it's a fire extinguisher.

-Who's right?

-MAN: Garden sprayer.

-Garden sprayer, hooray!

Would you take 52, please?

Look, we don't want to fiddle around with the twos.

-What about a £50 note?

-Yes.

-Thank you very much.

-Oh, that's wonderful.

Shake him by the hand, my darling.

-Thank you so much.

-Nous avons achete un vaporisateur.

-Merci beaucoup.

-Oh-ho-ho. In other words,

you've bagged yourself a crop sprayer.

Bargain Hunt couldn't be any easier than with you, girls.

-Thank you.

-Let's go and have a cup of tea.

Some superb shopping, team - with plenty of time left.

The Blues are off to put their feet up,

whilst the Reds are rushed off their feet.

-I'm panicking, David.

-I know, I know.

What's in that case?

-No way.

-No, butter knives.

That's ornamental. Yeah, very nice.

-Cup of tea?

-Ten minutes left to drink those teas.

Right, come on, Carlos, time to take charge.

-Now, look at the buttons down there.

-Yeah.

-And also, that little...

What appears to be a kettle or...

-Is it soapstone?

-I think that's jade, actually. I think.

Right, you... Now, let's look at this one first. I quite like that.

-What do you think?

-I'm not drawn to it.

It is jade, and the reason I quite like it, Katie, is because

the market of jade amongst our Oriental collectors has gone wild.

-Yes.

-But this isn't very old,

-but it's got, maybe, legs to run a bit.

-Yeah, I like it.

I wonder if there's just a little bit of damage there.

-That bothers me about it.

-Yeah, yeah.

-I'm not drawn to it.

-Well, you're going to have to

make a decision soon, team.

-Don't spill it!

-Now, it seems the only decision the Blues have

is what topping they would like on their crepe.

Oh, my goodness. So, take it. Right.

-Bon appetit, team.

-Happy Bargain Hunting.

-Mmm!

Someone's looking rather pleased with themselves.

Right, Reds, three minutes left. What have you found?

-Now, they're nice, aren't they?

-Are they all the same or all different?

No, they've got thistle

-and shamrock and rose and...

-They're nice, aren't they?

-Yeah.

They're also very much what I would call

in the Arts and Crafts style.

They're pierced with these foliate sprays

and you can just make out some hallmarks.

The maker, I don't know,

but they're London. They're about 1916.

I quite like them. Sir, what's the best price on them?

The very best on those, I would do for £70

-and that is the bottom line.

-Yeah, look at me, 70.

-It's £70.

-What do you think?

I like them. I'm tempted to say let's go for it,

because I'm curious to know what they'd get at auction.

-Look at me.

-I'm looking.

Are we going, going, gone? Cos literally, we've got a minute to go.

-I'm hypnotised. I'm in.

-Done.

-Are we in?

-We're in agreement.

-We'll take them. Thanks a lot.

-WHISTLE BLOWS

-Time's up.

I've never known an hour to go so quickly.

-Frightening, isn't it?

-Yes, it is.

Let's remind ourselves what those Reds bought.

First up, the apothecary bottle and piece of treen set them back £50.

Next, the musical bottle pourer hit the right note at £28.

Finally, they buttoned up the buttons at £70 paid.

Nice nails.

Gosh, how do you rate that shop, then?

Oh, well, it was a bit of panic at the end, but it was great fun.

Had momentum, I'd say.

-It was a bit of a panic buy, but I think we got away with it.

-We did.

-Which is your favourite, Davido?

-That musical pourer. Beautiful.

Do you agree with that?

Yes, I like it a lot as well,

but I also like the silver buttons.

Are they going to bring the biggest profit?

No, I think it'll be the musical wine pourer.

Musical wine pourer?

-I agree.

-Super. So you spent how much?

-We spent £148.

-148? I'd like £152 of leftover lolly.

There's two and that is 150.

Jolly good. Well, Charlie, there you go. A small fortune.

-It's no mean sum.

-You can spend it all,

but we want something really beautiful and profitable back.

-Don't let us down.

-I won't.

-No! As if he would!

Anyway, thank you, Charlie.

Now, though, why don't we check out what the Blue team bought?

First up, the jade Buddha pendant cost them £17.

Next, they fell in love with the silver vesta, £43 paid.

Finally, their coppers couldn't resist

copping a copper crop sprayer.

They settled on £50. Try and say that quick.

Well, I don't think I've ever seen two girls shop faster.

-Are you proud?

-Very proud.

-How much did you spend?

-£110.

-That's nothing to be proud about.

Seriously, £110 is quite modest, isn't it?

May I have the £190 of leftover lolly?

Oh, you are magnificent. Oh, look, a 50.

Super. Now, which is your favourite piece?

Probably the silver heart-shaped vesta case.

-Cos you're romantic, right?

-Yes.

-Do you agree with that?

I like the little jade Buddha.

Which piece is going to bring the biggest profit?

I like to think the garden sprayer.

Do you agree that the sprayer's going to do it for you?

Yeah, hopefully.

What's all this about crepes?

Charlie bought us a crepe and a cup of coffee

-because we finished so early.

-Did he treat you?

-He did.

-He did.

Gosh, must have dusted off the wallet!

-Here's the dough.

-Thank you.

-That's a lot of dough, that.

-It is.

I'm going to spend over £100,

something on one item that's going to knock these girls.

Are you excited?

-Very.

-Oh, good. That's what we like - a bit of excitement.

Super. Anyway, settle down, everybody, because very shortly,

we're going to be shuffling off to the exciting auction.

Well, we've popped up to Surrey. Where are we in Surrey, Catherine?

We are just outside Selsdon, Tim.

In the heart of Surrey, in a very beautiful place on a golf course,

which is where Catherine Southon Auctions are happening today.

It's a thrill to be here, Catherine.

Thank you for coming, you're very welcome.

Lovely. Now, for the Red team, they've got a mixture.

The apothecary fruitwood turned box is handsome

and it contains that bottle and stopper.

I love the treen case.

The bottle - that stopper I don't think is right.

I think originally it would have been a square stopper

and it just doesn't fit.

But worth what?

-£30 to £50.

-OK, they paid £50.

I think you could be struggling to get to the money on that,

personally, but good luck.

Next is the novelty plated musical booze-pouring gadget,

which is seriously weird, isn't it?

I mean, it's fun, it's kitsch.

What more can you say? Just as you pour the bottle, the music starts.

-How much, then?

-£10 to £20.

OK, £28 paid and I bet you get there, actually, in the auction.

The thing I'm feeling a bit dodgy about are these buttons.

Nice little set, but who wants them?

Who's going to buy them?

I think they'd do better in a box, don't you?

It would be nice to have the box.

-Otherwise, where do you put the things?

-Yes.

OK, so putting your best brave foot forward, Catherine,

what's your estimate?

I've been a bit mean, but 40 to 60.

OK, £70 they paid.

-That could be a problem.

-That could be a bit of a problem.

In which case, they're going to need their bonus buy,

so let's go and have a look at it.

-Now, team, well done.

-Yeah.

Look, you spent 148, you gave Charles Hanson £152.

Charles, what did you buy?

I did go for it, because it's always good to go with a bang

and to really milk a profit,

if we can. Are you ready to milk hard?

-Yeah...

-Surprise me.

-Look at that.

Interesting! Very interesting.

The reason it caught my eye is because it's quite unusual

and this lid is a cover of a certain substantial weight.

-If you have that...

-It's quality.

-Can I?

-London, 1929-made. Retailed but also made by Hemming & Co.

-Is it a butter dish?

-I think so.

The big burning question - how much did you pay?

It was good value, have a guess.

-25-30.

-It was really good value - it cost me £150.

-It did not!

Yes, it did!

-Did it?

-What?!

-Yes, it did.

-Is there 100...

-I don't have to decide now, do I?

-No, you don't.

If you melt that down, is it worth...?

I'm going to go to a darkened room now and have a think.

The ultimate decision is yours,

but right now, for the audience at home,

let's find out whether Charles Hanson has been milking it or not.

Well, Catherine, there we go.

An interesting mixture of oak and silver.

I really love this.

I think the milking scene is actually really nice.

It's nicely done and it's quite fun as well.

The only thing I'm thinking of is

whether this base is actually right to go with it.

It does fit really nicely.

It fits really snug, but I'm thinking

if it was a butter dish, wouldn't you have had a glass bottom?

I think you're right.

Also, this is so heavy and substantial and that's quite light.

-I don't know.

-I know what you mean.

Most of the time, this is repousse, it's embossed,

but that isn't, it's cast silver and Hemming,

as London retailers of luxury goods,

were top-flight in Conduit Street in 1900.

What's it worth?

I've put 80 to 120 on it.

Charles went completely bonkers and paid £150.

In my view, he'll be lucky to make a profit on that.

The team might be best advised not to go with it,

but we can't advise them,

they'll make their own choice and that's rather exciting.

Anyway, that's it for the Reds.

Now for the Blues.

Raquel and Glenda, their first item is the little jadeite pendant,

which looks as if it came from Hong Kong last week.

I'm afraid it does, Tim.

It's a jadeite pendant, it's not particularly well carved or anything

and it's worth not very much, £10 to £20.

Fair enough, they only paid £17.

I mean, it's just a bit of fun, isn't it?

If it came out of a cracker, so be it.

Next and rather better, I have to say, is the heart-shaped vesta.

Vesta cases - quite collectible,

but when it's in the shape of a heart, it touches everyone.

-That must be a mid-price range. How much?

-50 to 70.

OK, the team only played £43.

That's brilliant, cos I think that will do well.

Now this curious object, this cylindrical pump-action spray gun,

which is French, isn't it?

Yes, it is. This is all in French here.

We've got the maker's name on it, Muratori.

A pump-action garden spray -

wouldn't that look great in your orangery?

-What do you think it's worth?

-40 to 60.

OK, they paid £50, so it's neither here nor there, really,

and it may take off, because it's the sort of thing

that sometimes gets picked up on the internet, isn't it?

I think it will get picked up on the internet.

-I think people will be interested in it.

-There you go.

Good. On that basis, they won't need their bonus buy,

but just in case the internet fails us,

they might, so let's go and have a look at it.

Now, OK, girls, this is exciting.

You spent £110, you gave £190 to C Ross

and, C Ross, what did you buy?

-I've gone quite big, girls.

-Ooh.

Gone quite big, spent a fair proportion of your money,

on this wonderful object.

-Oh!

-Ooh!

-Do you like it?

-Erm...

Unusual. Is it a clock case?

Yes, I think it is a clock case.

It's certainly not a biscuit barrel, is it?

It's a clock case. It's Victorian, extremely ornate.

It is in superb condition, with this wonderful foliate decoration.

I'm not 100% convinced that the finial on top is right,

but I think it sits there quite well

and if you don't like it, you can take it off.

It cost £130.

-Ooh!

-Ooh!

-Ooh!

But I thought I'd take a gamble.

Feels nice, though.

-Are you warming to it, Rachel?

-I quite like it.

-I don't like it.

-You don't like it?

-I do.

-Thank you very much.

-OK, we've got a bit of a split decision,

but the thing is,

have we really asked Charlie...

-the question?

-How much do you think we're going to make?

I think it's going to make £150.

OK, fine. You watched his lips,

you heard what he said.

Right now, let's check it out with the auctioneer,

at least for the benefit of the audience at home.

That's pretty flash, isn't it?

Very attractive, actually. Very ornate, isn't it?

A lot of scrollwork.

The only thing I'm not so sure about is this little finial here.

I think this has been an afterthought.

-Yes.

-Nevertheless, the case itself is lovely, 1876 in date.

-It's very Charlie Ross, don't you think?

-Oh, yes.

-Very boudoir.

OK, now, what's it worth, Catherine?

We thought probably about 80 to 120.

Which is a good auctioneer's guide price,

because Rossco paid £130 for it,

so he paid a good price. But might make a small profit, yes?

Might get there.

To your luxury-induced Surrey crowd today.

-Yes.

-Yes, thank you, Catherine.

Right, Catherine, get your gavelling gear

and get those goods going, going gone.

-CATHERINE:

-I've never bid this low, £50.

-David, Katie, excited?

-Yes.

-Yes!

-You are?

-Yes.

-How excited, Katie?

-About this much!

Really? And you're in the entertainment business.

Right, first, the apothecary's box and here it comes.

Lot 68, we have a late 19th century treen case, glass apothecary bottle

and stopper. £30, please.

£30 I'm looking for.

Any interest at 30?

Come on, Miss Auctioneer! No!

Please, £30.

Is bid on the internet for £30. Five.

£35.

-Bid over there.

-40. Everywhere now.

Five.

-50.

-Come on, let's try and get this party started.

40, I've got 40. Do you want 45?

No. £40. 45.

55. Five.

-60.

-Yes, we're in profit!

-Five.

70. No more, thank you.

£70, I have £70.

Any more at £70, then?

Gentleman's bid at £70. Against you, net.

Selling, then, £70...

-Well done.

-Yes!

-Yes!

Plus £20.

Plus 20.

That's amazing, isn't it?

Well, certainly unusual novelty 1950s

chrome-plated musical bottle pourer.

It's a bit of fun.

Every home, bar, should have one of these.

Quirky, it's novel.

-As you pour, the music plays.

-Quite right.

We don't know what the tune is, we don't care.

When you've had a few, it doesn't matter.

Who's going to give me £10? Come on.

-£10, thank you.

-Thumbs up.

15.

-Yes!

-20. Five.

No, 25. 30.

Five. £35. Any more at 35? Come on.

Fun, fun, fun. Think about tonight, 35, you can celebrate.

£35.

All done at 35.

Yes! £7.

£7 profit. Well done, you are plus £27.

-Now...

-This is the tricky one.

-Yep, the buttons.

We've just got two there of six,

so we want a lot of money for these.

We want £40. Who's going to give us 40?

Thank you. Is bid straight away. I want to see 45, please, Five.

50.

£50. Against you, internet, I've got 50.

-Five. 60.

-Keep going.

60 I have. Five.

-70.

-Yes!

£70 standing. Five.

-No more, thank you. 75, I have 75.

-Yes!

Is there another? £75, then.

75. It's against you in the room on the internet.

£75. Thank you, net. Any more? All done? 75.

-Selling, then, £75.

-Wow!

-Yes!

-Yes!

-Yes!

-Plus £5.

-Plus 20.

-20 up! Ah!

-Marry me, handsome!

-Pleasure, pleasure!

Take a bow, well done.

You have a profit on each object,

so what are we going to do about this box, the old milker?

I'm sorry. I like you,

I like you a lot, but not that much!

The decision's made, you're not going with it,

you're banking your £32.

Nobody's going to take that away from you,

but let's see what happens to Charles' box.

Here we go.

This is a lovely piece.

We have a silver-topped box, rather charming box,

with a cast milking scene on the top there by Hemming & Co, 1929.

I would like £50 for this one, please.

£50 is bid. Thank you, 50.

-Five. 60.

-Funny old game.

£60. Any more? 60.

Come on, £60. £60. I've got 70.

It's a funny old game, this game.

We'll watch this.

75. 80.

Five.

85 in the room.

90.

Five.

95 in the room. 100, net.

No more? Are you sure?

£100. On the net at 100.

-Thank you, anyway. £100. Any more at 100?

-A shame.

-All done, 100.

-I'm pleased.

-Well done, mate.

-Didn't get to the 150. Bad luck, Charles.

That's minus £50. You didn't go with it, you're still plus 32.

That could be a winning score.

-Yeah!

-When you see the Blues, look a bit gloomy, all right?

-We will.

Do that. OK, very good.

Do you know how the Reds got on?

-No idea.

-Would you like to know how the Reds got on?

-Yes, please.

I'm not telling you.

First up is the jadeite pendant and here it comes.

Lot 87 is a carved Chinese jadeite pendant.

There we are and I would like £10, please. Who's going to give me £10?

-Nice little pendant there.

-Come on!

-It's gorgeous!

-Any interest at £10?

Is bid, thank you, £10.

£10 I have, lady's bid.

£10. Any more at £10?

12. 15.

-18.

-THEY CHEER QUIETLY

Profit!

No? £20? Your bid at 20. Any more at 20? 22.

25.

-25. Your bid at 25.

-It's a miracle.

Is there another?

25, there is.

-28.

-28?!

-28!

If they've got 25, they must have 28.

£28. £28. It's your bid at £28. Any more at 28?

I will sell. £28...

28 smacks.

28 is plus 11.

It is a cut piece of stone and from that point of view,

we have to admire it.

Well, that's the first step towards the Golden Gavel.

A silver vesta case.

Really charming piece, this, in the form of a heart.

I would like £50, please. £50.

Who's going to give me £50?

50! 40, then.

-£40 in the form of a heart.

-Do it!

-40 is bid, thank you.

40, but I'd like more. £40 on the internet.

-£40.

-What?!

-Any more? £40.

-Uh-oh.

-Come on!

-£40. Come on, we don't want to hear them say that.

-45.

-Yey!

-45. Lady's bid at 45.

-In profit.

-Against you, internet, 45 in the room.

-I love it.

£45. Any more? 45. I will sell, then.

It is cheap enough, but it's a profit.

A crying same at £45, but I'm selling.

-It's yours.

-Plus £2, thank you very much.

PHONE RINGS

They're ringing in now, but too late.

-GLENDA:

-Oh, no.

Lot 89 is an early 20th century French Muratori of Paris,

copper garden sprayer.

£40, then. Come on, ladies and gentlemen, £40.

-£40. Any interest at 40?

-Come on!

They are still making instruments and all sorts today.

£40 is bid, thank you.

-£40.

-50.

£40. Any more at 40?

-Gentleman's bid at 40.

-Oh, no!

£40, any more?

-Solo bid at £40.

-Where's Alan Titchmarsh when you need him?

-On the Isle of Wight.

-All done at £40.

THEY GROAN

-BOOING

-Boo!

Listen, that's minus £10. You had 13, you've now got three.

Plus £3 could be a winning score.

You don't have to, but you should just follow your instinct, girls.

Going to go with it.

You're going to do it, because you're punters, right?

We're going with the bonus buy, this is so exciting, I'm beside myself.

Lot 93, we have a late 19th century rather attractive

and ornate silver clock case.

Who's going to give me £100?

-£100.

-Go, Catherine.

Let's start big and work backwards. I have £100.

-Yes!

-I have £100.

-Wait a minute, we need 130.

-110 I have.

-Against you, net, at 110.

-Come on, net.

-£110. Is there another at 110?

-Surely!

-£110, I will sell.

-Bidding over there. Bidding over there.

-120.

-Yes!

-130.

140.

-150. Are you sure?

-Come on, Catherine!

-£150.

-It's worth more than this, sir, surely.

Any more at 150? It is a nice piece.

150, then.

It's against you, net, selling in the room.

At 150...

That is just bliss, isn't it?

You don't even have to buy them a sandwich, Charlie.

You had £3 before. That's £20 for the clock case,

plus £23, which could be a winning score.

-OK, are you happy, girls?

-Very happy.

-Don't say a word to the Reds.

All will be revealed in a moment. How exciting!

Well, we've had some close results on this show

and it's no secret if I reveal

that both teams are going home with profits today.

THEY EXCLAIM

This does not happen and there is between the teams today only the £9.

THEY GASP

The team that's marginally behind today is...

-the Blues.

-THE REDS CHEER

You get £11 off that little pendant, yes?

That was good. You get a couple of pounds off the vesta

and, of course, you went with the bonus buy

and that gave you another £20.

It is my privilege and my duty to present you with your £23, Rach,

to share with your old mate Glenda.

How about that?

Normally, that would be enough to wipe the slate on Bargain Hunt,

but not today, not with these fiendish Reds!

They managed to get £32 in the way of profit.

-THEY CHEER

-Here is your £30 and your £2.

-And my

-£2! You very sensibly didn't go with the bonus buy.

-Doesn't matter!

-That was your smartest move.

But you did get a profit on all three of your items,

which entitles you to join one of the most exclusive clubs in Britain,

which is the Order of the Golden Gavel.

-Ah!

-There we go.

Wear it with pride, take it down your high street

-and watch your neighbours look on with envy.

-Oh, yes.

-Katie, how do you feel about this?

-Oh, brilliant!

-Do you?

-What about you, Davido?

-Tim, this is what I came for.

Charles, well done, congratulations. Something for your collection.

-Couldn't have done it without you. Well done.

-Well done.

Barely did it with him! No, I didn't say that!

OK, it's been such fun.

Join us soon for some more Bargain Hunting, yes?

-ALL: Yes!

-Oh, my God, that's a kick, woman!

Wow-ee!