0:00:05 > 0:00:10Today we are in Sussex, a county steeped in Roman history.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13It was invaded around AD 43
0:00:13 > 0:00:19and at the command of a gent called Titus Flavius Vespasianus.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20How about that for a name?
0:00:20 > 0:00:25Let us hope that our teams today can mount their own successful invasion
0:00:25 > 0:00:29of the fair and uncover their own treasures.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33Right now though, let's go bargain hunting, yeah.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03We're at the Ardingly International Antiques & Collectors Fair,
0:01:03 > 0:01:06with over 1,700 stalls.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Our teams only have an hour and £300 to do their business,
0:01:09 > 0:01:10so they'd better get on with it.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Let's take a sneaky peek as to what's coming up. Oh, yes.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20- The Reds have some throwaway tactics...- Give me that! Hu-ah.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Oh, man!
0:01:23 > 0:01:26..while the Blues underestimate their expert.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30- I'm fitter than you think. Race you.- Oh, what? No!
0:01:32 > 0:01:34- And there's plenty of excitement in the saleroom.- £28...5. £35.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36One more. Come on.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40- Yes!- Oh, I say. Good Lord. - Yes! Well played.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43But before all that, let's meet the teams.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Well, it's all about media on the show today
0:01:45 > 0:01:50because we have filmmaking friends Will and Laurie for the Reds
0:01:50 > 0:01:53and a couple of playwrights, Ellen and Charles, for the Blues.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- Hello, everyone.- Hello! - Ooh, rousing.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Now, Laurie, you've been friends for absolutely ages.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Tell us about how your friendship truly blossomed.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06It started to blossom about eight years ago
0:02:06 > 0:02:10at Chelsea College of Arts and we've been friends ever since.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Yeah, I mean, we kind of met at a bar that served free curry
0:02:13 > 0:02:17every Monday night and, you know, like every student,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19you go where there is free food.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- So you collaborate at work a bit? - We collaborate.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24We're working on a short film at the moment...
0:02:24 > 0:02:26well, animation. Will is an animator,
0:02:26 > 0:02:29but I'm helping with the scriptwriting side of things.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33OK, and can you tell us anything about it?
0:02:33 > 0:02:38- It's about a depressed robot. - Sounds...- Sprightly?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Incredibly commercial.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Now, your profession should mean that you're going to be
0:02:43 > 0:02:45very comfortable in front of our cameras today.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- I'm more comfortable behind them. - Are you?- Yeah.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51- You're not feeling shifty now, are you?- No.- No.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- Will...- Hello. - ..you're also a budding filmmaker.
0:02:54 > 0:02:59- Yeah, I direct animation, both commercially and creatively.- Yeah.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01I work for a whole bunch of clients.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06One of my latest jobs was to do a One Direction music video.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08It wasn't so much one of their tracks,
0:03:08 > 0:03:09it was for their new world tour.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14The average stadium size for One Direction is about 75,000 a night.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Really? That's a bit of coverage, isn't it?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- So a lot of screaming kids, I think.- Yeah.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20So, what sort of things are you going to go for
0:03:20 > 0:03:22on the old bargain hunt today then?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- I think we're going to go all or nothing.- Is it? You reckon?
0:03:25 > 0:03:27- Yeah, I think so.- What, really spend every last penny?- Well...
0:03:27 > 0:03:29- Spend it all, yeah. - Really?- Spend it all.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- Look at that glint in his eye. - Leave them with nothing.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34He's determined. You're determined to do this, aren't you?
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- Going to leave him with nothing. Make him sweat.- OK.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40What fun we are going to have. Great, chaps, thank you so much.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45- Now, Ellen...- Hi.- You have creativity in your job, yeah?- Yeah.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46And it's that creativity
0:03:46 > 0:03:49that brought the two of you lovebirds together.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51You make it sound a lot more romantic than it was.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52Was is not romantic?
0:03:52 > 0:03:56- Our eyes met across a slightly darkened bar...- Smoky?
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- ..mid-afternoon. - Oh, mid-afternoon.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- That's the decadent, the mid-afternoon.- After a lesson.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04It was bored out of our minds in a classroom, wasn't it?
0:04:04 > 0:04:07- No, we were in a lesson.- I can tell the romance is oozing here.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11- You've been together now for three years.- Yeah, apparently so.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Don't look so surprised. Somebody's got to know these facts.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16So, tell me, Ellen, what do you do now, darling?
0:04:16 > 0:04:20You've done the university, you've done the MA, done the business.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22I'm currently writing plays. I've done a couple of groups
0:04:22 > 0:04:25with the Royal Court Theatre, which is good.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27I did their young writers group and their studio group.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30I'm currently editing a play that I've got to give to them, so...
0:04:30 > 0:04:33There is something about your writing because it starts off
0:04:33 > 0:04:35being terribly jolly and then what happens?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- Um... The word harrowing has been thrown around...- Has it?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40..in describing it, which is fun
0:04:40 > 0:04:42cos I'm such a chipper person naturally
0:04:42 > 0:04:45and then in all of my plays, I don't even kill off my characters
0:04:45 > 0:04:47- because that's too easy.- Oh.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51- So they all end up living forever in a terribly miserable state.- Do they?
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- Oh, yes. Everyone. - You two should get together.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56The depressed robot, I feel could have another life.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58But he can't die.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01This is going very nicely. Charles, you're also a playwright?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03My first passion, I'm very lucky,
0:05:03 > 0:05:06I work in customer service churning out coffees and beers,
0:05:06 > 0:05:08and I'm very lucky that I can satisfy that, but on the side,
0:05:08 > 0:05:11just for a little old laugh, I like to sometimes write a play,
0:05:11 > 0:05:13draw a comic book. SHE LAUGHS
0:05:13 > 0:05:15And you performed at the arts festival.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Yeah, The International Youth Arts Festival.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20I had my first show put on there a few years back.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- Well, that's very nice. - That was a live radio comedy.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25You seem pretty live wires to me.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27What are you going to be on the lookout for today
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- on the old bargain hunt?- I'd like something grotesque.- Would you?
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- It goes with his personality. - That could be arranged.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Well, you're going to have a challenge. That's brilliant.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38The first emotion you have to overcome is taking the £300.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Are you going to be able to do this? - Just about.- That's the £300.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44£300 apiece. You know the rules, your experts await
0:05:44 > 0:05:46and off you go, and very, very good luck.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Sparky or what?
0:05:49 > 0:05:53And, of course, our teams today need two experienced experts
0:05:53 > 0:05:55and we've got a right pair of Charlies.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02Planning his next move for the Reds, it's Charles Hanson.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06And he's tickled pink for the Blues - it's Charlie Ross.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Laurie, what's our plan?
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Oriental and strange is going to make us a load of money.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16We could go for some lovely bits of silver, bits of jewellery,
0:06:16 > 0:06:18a bit of Deco?
0:06:18 > 0:06:22I do like cameras as well, so maybe we'll look for some vintage ones.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26- Teams, your time starts now. - Feeling in focus?- Yeah, focus.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- I'm feeling very focused. - Let's go.- Follow me.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- Really, I like to take my time over these things.- Really?
0:06:32 > 0:06:36I thought you were a fit, thrusty guy on the way to make a profit?
0:06:36 > 0:06:41That's funny. Well, if you like action, Charlie...
0:06:41 > 0:06:46- I'll give you action.- Go on, you run ahead.- Let's go!- Oh, Lord.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Act One, Scene One, already off the pace.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56Well, let's hope you don't get the runaround today, Charlie.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Now there's shopping to be done and the teams are searching
0:06:58 > 0:06:59high and low.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- Have a good look.- OK. - See if there's anything you like.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- That's just scary, man.- No.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Ellen is focused on the competition, while Charlie just needs to focus.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Easy.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Reds are on a mission for something Oriental
0:07:23 > 0:07:25and I think they may have spotted something right up their street.
0:07:27 > 0:07:34- Isn't yellow...the colour they use in China?- Samuel Guane. G-U-A-N-E.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36I like the typographic element here as well.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- I just don't know what it's used for.- What is that?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41A sceptre is an ornamental staff carried
0:07:41 > 0:07:44by rulers as a symbol of sovereignty.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47If it was, let's say, Chinese Imperial...
0:07:47 > 0:07:51- Right.- ..and it was made for Emperor Quianlong's palace
0:07:51 > 0:07:54in the late 18th century...
0:07:54 > 0:07:57it might be worth a million pounds.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- What do you think of it?- I like it. I think the colours are pretty bold.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02I'm no expert on stuff like this,
0:08:02 > 0:08:06but if it's is as old as you say it is, it's certainly good quality.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10- What would be the absolute very, very bottom?- I'd do that for 300.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Oh, don't say that. Would you really?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15That's your entire budget, Reds.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Let's hope it's worth a million pounds for that price.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22- 250?- I couldn't do it.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- So it might just be a no-go. - Yeah, well, you know...
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Well, yeah. Let's have a walk and a wander.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31While Carlos tries to rein in the Reds,
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Charlie's got a lot on his plate with the Blues.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- I think you might be disappointed with us again.- You are, aren't you?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38I can't say I'm over the moon with it,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41but I would still rather you bought something you liked.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- Where are we here?- Right... India.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47India, spot on. What are we made of?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- Um... Not quite silver. Well, silver with...- Not wood.
0:08:50 > 0:08:56- If that was silver, it wouldn't be £18. It's brass.- Yes.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59OK. And it's got a typically Indian pattern on it,
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- which I think is quite charming. - Charming is the word.
0:09:02 > 0:09:08- It's not a lot of money.- No. - It's a safe sort of buy...- Yeah.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11..because, after all, at 18 quid, there isn't a lot of downside,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13is there? And you might be able to get a bit of a deal on it.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17- That's true.- It's certainly not earlier than 1900.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20I would think it could be as late as 1950s,
0:09:20 > 0:09:26- but it's a difficult thing to age. - 1930.- There we are, 1930s.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30- You see, the Oracle has spoken. - Thank you.- He can tell the age.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- And you can have it for a tenner. - Did you hear that?- A tenner?
0:09:33 > 0:09:36I tell you what, I like it when people spend loads of money.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39But at a tenner, if you can make something on that, frankly...
0:09:39 > 0:09:42We could hopefully at least break even with that.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- I think that's hard to pass up. - Should we go for a tenner?
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- Let's make it so.- Let's make it so.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Well done, Blues. You served up a bargain on your first item.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55But let's see if the Reds can ride in with a purchase too, shall we?
0:09:56 > 0:10:01Highly-detailed, Continental Silver oxen and carriage.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05- How much is it?- 139.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09I think that's quite expensive for a low-quality silver and something.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- My gut feeling is no. - Yeah, gut feeling is no.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14- For the time being. - For the time being.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17We're against the clock, so you don't know what's going to happen.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20We'll mental note it and perhaps come back to it.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- Thanks for your help. - Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26I think Carlos is struggling to impress these London lads,
0:10:26 > 0:10:30but the Blues have got to be joking about this next one.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- No! We don't want that! - It's awesome!
0:10:33 > 0:10:36A jester tobacco jar.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- Do you notice the...- A tobacco jar? - It's so heavy.- ..similarity?
0:10:39 > 0:10:44- It's uncanny.- No. Absolutely not, no.- You don't?- Oh, there it is.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49- Aah.- There we go.- You don't like it, do you?- I don't like it.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- Well, I would never go against you. - Would you not? Oh, dear. That's not very cutting edge, is it?
0:10:53 > 0:10:58- Only because you've already bought something.- I've already gone rogue. I can't go rogue twice.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- OK.- All right. Let's mosey. - Let's mosey.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Well, don't mosey about too much, Blues. The clock is still ticking.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06You're 20 minutes down. Charles is trying so hard,
0:11:06 > 0:11:10but is getting nothing but rejection from the Reds.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- I can't win.- Are you being serious?
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Give me that. Hu-ah.
0:11:18 > 0:11:19I can't believe it.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22They've now turned down an early 20th-century silver scroll box.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26I'll put it down.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34While the Reds are proving hard to please, those cunning young Blues
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- have got their eyes on a second item.- Oh, that's nice.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Charlie.- Yes?- Both of you. - Both Charlies.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42It's a standard object.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- Standard, yeah. It's very... - Mother-of-pearl. Open it up.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Let's have a look.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- Oh!- Oh, that's not a standard object.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- No.- That's the most wonderful interior.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56Normally there's no fittings inside -
0:11:56 > 0:11:58it's just plain satin or silk -
0:11:58 > 0:12:02- and that's got individual card, I think, isn't it?- Yes, it is.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- Would this have been added in later? - No, that is definitely original,
0:12:06 > 0:12:11in my humble opinion, because of the colouring and the gilding.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16- It does have this tile missing. - That is a problem.- Yeah.- Well done.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20- And very well spotted because to repair that...- Would cost...
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Well, it's the time in doing it. It's something you could do yourself
0:12:23 > 0:12:25if you could find a bit of mother of pearl.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28It's a sweet thing and it's 19th century I think.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30- I think it's just about Victorian rather than Edwardian.- Yeah.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- It's got some nice age to it. - How much is the price?
0:12:33 > 0:12:34- It says 60.- Yeah.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38What I would do with that is ask the lady if she can do anything
0:12:38 > 0:12:41better on the price. There's no harm in asking in this business.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- I think you should ask the lady. - All right, I'll give it a go.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- Give it a go.- Give it a go.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Dear, lady... THEY LAUGH
0:12:48 > 0:12:52..we're wondering, is there any price lower than £60
0:12:52 > 0:12:55we could push you, just given the damage and...wear and tear?
0:12:55 > 0:12:59- The very, very best I could do on that is 40.- 40?
0:12:59 > 0:13:02I wouldn't dare push you to 35...
0:13:02 > 0:13:05of course.
0:13:05 > 0:13:11- You can push me.- Can I?- Yes, 35. - You're such a star.- I know.- 35?
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- That's so generous. Thank you very much. That's a deal.- OK.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18Another Charles, another charmer.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Well done, team. That's your second purchase.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Now, I have a question for you.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27What is the similarity between these two objects?
0:13:27 > 0:13:29They're both made silver - wrong.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31They're both filthy - right.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35These two items came from an outside dealer
0:13:35 > 0:13:37and have been cleared from a house.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39This is actually made of silver plate
0:13:39 > 0:13:42and it's called a novelty knife rest.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45You'd have that on a late-Victorian dining table
0:13:45 > 0:13:49and put your carving knife on that to stop the dirty knife
0:13:49 > 0:13:51mucking up the nice tablecloth.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54And it's novelty because, instead of it just being
0:13:54 > 0:13:56an X-form support with a bar across the top,
0:13:56 > 0:14:01what we've got is a device that goes on top of a mine shaft.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03You've got the rope around the central tube
0:14:03 > 0:14:07and then these X supports on the end are textured,
0:14:07 > 0:14:11as if they were made of wood, and then the base itself is cast
0:14:11 > 0:14:13with grass and all the rest of it.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16In fact, it's a beautifully-made object.
0:14:16 > 0:14:22What's it worth? Well, to a novelty knife rest collector, at least £75.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26But the interesting thing that came with it is this fellow.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30Strictly speaking, this is a piece of jewellery called a torque -
0:14:30 > 0:14:33T-O-R-Q-U-E -
0:14:33 > 0:14:38and torque date way back to antiquity, to early, early
0:14:38 > 0:14:44Saxon times, before the Romans, when ancient peoples,
0:14:44 > 0:14:50particularly men, would wear bent, curved pieces of precious metal
0:14:50 > 0:14:54around their necks. But these things were crudely made
0:14:54 > 0:14:59and then displayed on men who were warriors.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03And if you look carefully, the whole thing is chased with designs.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05We've got two fish here, look, on the end.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09And then, running down the ridge, you've got some herringbone
0:15:09 > 0:15:13patterning here and then some diamond quilting.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Where does this thing come from?
0:15:14 > 0:15:18I have not got the faintest idea, but it's got some age
0:15:18 > 0:15:22and it's incredibly heavy. And, assuming this is silver,
0:15:22 > 0:15:25a gram of silver today scraps at 50p a gram.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29There's £100 worth of silver in this thing alone.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31So if the worst came to worst, you could melt it down
0:15:31 > 0:15:34and get your money back. How much money back?
0:15:34 > 0:15:40Well, scrap that, you get £100 for it. £70 for the novelty knife rest
0:15:40 > 0:15:45and these two items, on an outside stand, here at Ardingly today,
0:15:45 > 0:15:49would cost you the princely sum of £50. Not bad, hey?
0:15:49 > 0:15:53But what happens if actually this torque
0:15:53 > 0:15:57is not only made of solid silver, but it's actually got some age
0:15:57 > 0:16:02and you could perhaps attribute it to a particular period?
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Well, then its value would be transformed.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08In fact, it could be worth a fortune.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Back to the shopping. It's two-nil to the Blues with 20 minutes to go.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15The race is on, teams.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- I'm taking you to some posh antiques.- Excellent.- Magic.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23- And I'm fitter than you think. Race you.- Oh, what?! No!
0:16:23 > 0:16:25The Blues are well and truly in the lead,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28but the Reds aren't even off the starting blocks yet.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Come on, lads. Time to strike a deal, eh?
0:16:32 > 0:16:37- Nice.- Yeah.- I'm not sure. I feel like it's kind of like ski lodge.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39- Bearing in mind time is running... - Yeah, yeah.
0:16:39 > 0:16:45- I wouldn't mind getting a buy under our belt.- OK.- Do you like it?- Um...
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Gut feeling is... I've got hesitations about it,
0:16:48 > 0:16:51- but we're running out of time.- Yeah.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- Do you want to move on?- Let's move on really quickly. We'll be quick.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- Thank you, sir.- Charles is trying really hard with these Reds.
0:16:57 > 0:17:02- How about this hand-stitched sampler?- It's got a few holes in,
0:17:02 > 0:17:07it's stained and I'm hoping it will be...£40? How much is it?
0:17:07 > 0:17:11- It's 110.- We're going.- We're running out of time.- Come on.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14This has to be a first on Bargain Hunt - only 10 minutes left
0:17:14 > 0:17:16and the Reds still haven't bought anything.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20Thank goodness the Blues have bucked up, with only one item left to buy.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Is there anything else here that tickles your fancy?
0:17:23 > 0:17:24- Let's move on.- OK.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27With time running out for the Reds, they really need to get a move on.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31At this rate, they could be going to the auction empty-handed.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- I like that. Look at that.- Yeah.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38- That's really Aztec-y. - Yeah. I quite like that.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42But it seems not as much as that Chinese sceptre you saw earlier,
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- eh, lads? - I say, let's see our sceptre first.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47I've got this gravitational pull back to the sceptre.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50I've never had, in my career, such a gamble on that sceptre.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55- It could just go all wrong for us. - It could, yeah.- It could make £50.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- Yeah.- Stop laughing. This is serious.- Yeah, this is serious.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Frightening, isn't it, this show?
0:18:00 > 0:18:04- We've got to give you something for the leftover lolly.- Well, thanks.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07So I assume that's a no to the copper coal bucket.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Poor, old Carlos.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13It's turning into the most desperate hour because we've seen nothing,
0:18:13 > 0:18:16we've cherished nothing
0:18:16 > 0:18:21and we could end up gambling almost everything on that Chinese sceptre.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23This is like that situation where people go,
0:18:23 > 0:18:25"Oh, I've spent all the money on one thing."
0:18:25 > 0:18:28And we're doing that and we'll see how it goes for us.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- This is... Now we're answering those calls.- All or nothing.- Yeah.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34A risky strategy, lads.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37I just give up.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40I think Charlie has also got his hands full with the sprightly,
0:18:40 > 0:18:44- young Blues. Time check, please, old bean.- Five minutes left.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46- OK.- I'm going to make a suggestion.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Don't keep running round and round in circles -
0:18:48 > 0:18:52you won't focus on anything. Either buy something here
0:18:52 > 0:18:54and if you haven't found something in four minutes,
0:18:54 > 0:18:59we are about 43 seconds away from that grotesque lead tobacco jar.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03- I love grotesque lead tobacco jar. - Let's find something here.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- Right, well, let's get cracking.- OK.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10The boss has spoken. Now get a move on, teams. Time is running out.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15- Is it still here?- Oh, oh, oh... - Yes, there it is, glowing.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19- I just can't believe we've come back to this.- Yeah.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23Well, you know, like any good story, it goes round in a full circle.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26You had the Aztec bowl - you turned it down.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29The Bavarian clock, you said "No, thanks."
0:19:29 > 0:19:32There were other objects we saw and we've come back to this.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- Yeah.- Life's too short. - Life's too short. Exactly.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36And the hour is too short now.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- Excuse me, is this your sceptre, over here?- Yes.
0:19:39 > 0:19:45We have arrived at a scenario where we have bought nothing.
0:19:45 > 0:19:50- Right.- What's your best price on this?- Very best?- Yes.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54285.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00- I've never spent that much money on one item.- 285.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02280?
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Seeing as... ..I could do 280.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09We've got five minutes and we've bought this from you.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Have you anything else, where you could maybe throw in two items
0:20:12 > 0:20:17- for maybe a tenner?- I can show you two items. Let me just think.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- I'll show you one...- Bring them out to us and we'll just stand here.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24- OK, OK. Do you want me to bring them to you?- Please, bring them to us.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26- What have we done? - What about this lamp?
0:20:29 > 0:20:30Who is this guy?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33He's on your team, Charles, and frankly you need to buck up
0:20:33 > 0:20:35their ideas cos time is running out.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Just two minutes left and you still need two items. I can't bear it.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Let's take a breather and see how those Blues are doing
0:20:40 > 0:20:42finding their last item.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49That is a Victorian twisted glass walking stick.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53- I haven't seen that before. - And I would say this stands out.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- It certainly does.- Oh, la.- Do you know what's good about that?
0:20:56 > 0:21:01- Beautiful.- It's still full-length. They're nearly always broken...- Mm.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- ..and that isn't. It's a decorative item, obviously...- Certainly.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08..but I have seen these at quite a lot of money.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11I saw one yesterday that was...£60 or £70, I think.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15It was a different colour, perhaps a more attractive colour. It might be worth asking.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19- Do you like that?- I do quite like this.- We were looking for something glass as well.- We were.
0:21:19 > 0:21:24Well, we could always ask. Sir? What's the damage?
0:21:24 > 0:21:30- 20.- £20.- It's a steal at 20.- I have to say, that is amazingly cheap.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35Right, I'm not moving from this spot until you have made a decision.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37- That's going to make money at auction, I admit.- Yes.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41However, grotesque tobacco lead jester head is...
0:21:41 > 0:21:46- One and three-quarter minutes.- ..a grotesque lead jester tobacco head.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49But I think, I've never seen or even heard of anything like this before.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Let's take this and take the rest of the money down the pub.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- One and a half minutes. - All right.- One and a half minutes.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59I think with one and a half minutes to go, we've found our third piece.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02- You hold that.- All right.- We're going to buy it.- I'll miss you!
0:22:02 > 0:22:05- I'm going to give the gentleman 20 quid. Thank you very much.- Perfect.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09It's all right, dear, you got the case, I get the walking stick.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11- All right.- Are we good?- Yeah. - Awesome.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Well done, Blues. That's your final purchase.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Now there's only a minute left on the clock
0:22:17 > 0:22:21and the Reds are in trouble. Will the dealer save their bacon?
0:22:21 > 0:22:25This is one other item I've got, which is extremely pretty.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26LAURIE: How much is it?
0:22:26 > 0:22:29DEALER: It's only costume. It's not silver or gold.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Very, very pretty, but I must have £10.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- Perfect. Put it in our pile.- Put it in the pile.- Yeah, we'll take it.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Thanks a lot. What else have you got? Anything for a fiver?
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- There's one other rather unusual item.- Come on, let's get it out.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Two down, one to go.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Now I don't know an awful lot about this piece,
0:22:46 > 0:22:48other than it's an early bell. THEY LAUGH
0:22:48 > 0:22:52- Let's get that.- It doesn't work.- It doesn't work, no, but it's not wired.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54It's not wired at the moment.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- LAURIE: Oh, definitely.- We need a new bell.- I want the bell.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01- I think it's plastic, isn't it? - I think it's plastic.- No, no, no...
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Hurry up, lads, you need to make a decision.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- There?- You should find it's quite cold.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09I think you'll find it may be ceramic...
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Oh, it is china. It is ceramic, you're right.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15But it's an early... That, I would throw in for the £300.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17What I quite like about this...
0:23:17 > 0:23:19I like the chrome finish and the Bakelite
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- and obviously, on the back there, that little...- It's quite charming.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26- It's quite interesting how it's ceramic.- ..stoneware firing.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Now I'm going to be cheeky. Because we've spent 290 already,
0:23:29 > 0:23:34I need maybe at least a sliver of hope in the bonus buy,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37so could I maybe buy that for a fiver?
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Make it 295 all in...
0:23:40 > 0:23:42and you've cleared us almost all out.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Oh, you're a smooth talker.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Get out of here. Put it there. That's a sale. Done.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48Thank goodness for that.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50BELL CHIMES
0:23:50 > 0:23:54Stop. Teams, that's it. Time is up.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- Thanks a lot.- Thanks.- Never, ever...
0:23:56 > 0:23:59- You must be buying the beers.- Yeah. - Well, I don't know about that.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01We haven't got any money left.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05Well, Laurie, I kid you not, I will not sleep until that auction
0:24:05 > 0:24:10for fear, for panic, of dread of that sceptre completely bombing.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Yeah, well, it's going to haunt my dreams too,
0:24:12 > 0:24:13but hopefully in a good way.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18Let's remind ourselves what the Red Team bought, eh?
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Putting all their eggs in one basket and almost blowing
0:24:21 > 0:24:26their entire budget, they splurged £280 on the Oriental sceptre.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30Bought in a panic, £10 went on this piece of costume jewellery,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33a pendant in the form of a cross.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37And the dealer let them chime in with this bell push for £5.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Well, Charles, you've had some shopping experiences.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44These boys have taken you to a special place, haven't they?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Tim, I'm still recovering. It was frightening.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Now, I have to ask you, do you have a favourite piece?
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- Oh, yeah. It has to be... - The Chinese sceptre.- I think so.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56- A big investment.- This is a major, major risk.- We're confident in it. It's unusual.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59So the piece that's going to bring the biggest profit has to be the sceptre.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02I hope so, yeah. I think the bell is a nice object
0:25:02 > 0:25:05and I reckon that will probably make a profit,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08but I think we're going for the big guns.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Not like the monster profit that the sceptre could bring.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14- Yeah.- OK.- All our hopes are in... - This is such bravery.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18This is such courage, I can't tell you. Anyway, you spent quite a lot.
0:25:18 > 0:25:23- How much did you spend?- We spent 295.- This is so magnificent. Thanks.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26I'll have your £5 note. Thanks very much. That goes over to Charlie.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Normally, Tim, this moment can be the escape to victory, but...
0:25:30 > 0:25:32I just don't know what to do.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36Well, you could afford a cup of coffee and a meat pie,
0:25:36 > 0:25:37- and that's about it.- Exactly.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41Well, it's a challenge, Charles, and one to which I know you will rise.
0:25:41 > 0:25:42Well done, chaps.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46Why don't we now check out what the Blue Team bought, eh?
0:25:46 > 0:25:52First up was the Indian brass tray, served up for a mere £10.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Next, they gambled £35 on this 19th-century mother-of-pearl
0:25:56 > 0:25:59card case.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04And, finally, they toddled off with this glass walking stick for £20.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- Well, team, that was extraordinary...- Yeah, yeah.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11..largely because of your parsimony.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15- I mean, how much did you spend? - £65.- I don't believe it.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19- Why do we give them 300? - We don't like to be excessive.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Well, I'd like £235 of leftover lolly, please,
0:26:21 > 0:26:25and a security guard to guard me while I hand it over to Charlie.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29- There you are.- But you had great fun, didn't you?- Yes, definitely.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- Absolutely.- Very good.- Charlie, what's your favourite piece?
0:26:32 > 0:26:33The glass walking stick.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Ellen, which is your favourite, darling?
0:26:35 > 0:26:38I'm going to have to go with the mother-of-pearl card case.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- As your favourite?- Yeah.- And will that bring the biggest profit?
0:26:41 > 0:26:42Probably not, no.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46And, Charlie, which is going to bring the biggest profit, please?
0:26:46 > 0:26:48- The walking stick. - OK, the walking stick.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Out of the miserable amount, and the mouths of babes and sucklings,
0:26:52 > 0:26:55- comes a whole pile of dough. - I've never had so much fun
0:26:55 > 0:26:59- spending absolutely diddly squat in all my life.- Really?
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- But things are going to change. - Things are looking up.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04OK, well, standby for big things over at the auction,
0:27:04 > 0:27:08which we are about to scootle off to. Thank you very much.
0:27:26 > 0:27:31Here we are, between Selsdon and Warlingham, with Catherine Southon,
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- which is a thrill, Catherine.- Lovely to see you. Thanks for coming, Tim.
0:27:34 > 0:27:39Well, we're delighted to be here and at such high risk,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42I have to say, for the Reds, Will and Laurie, who have invested
0:27:42 > 0:27:48nearly all their dough in this Chinese reproduction ruyi,
0:27:48 > 0:27:52- or sceptre.- Yes.- I have to say that, as a modern reproduction,
0:27:52 > 0:27:54it does look the part.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58- It's very beautiful, isn't it? - Exactly that. It does look the part.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00From a distance, that looks like a rather nice piece.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03It looks like it might be a 19th-century ruyi,
0:28:03 > 0:28:07but as you get closer, you can see that this is reproduction,
0:28:07 > 0:28:10it is 20th-century. The enamel is in lovely condition.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13It's all there, it's got lovely colours, nice, bright colours.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17What made me laugh is the actual figure here with his nice quiff -
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- that's quite funny.- Who looks like Elvis, right?- Well, he does.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24He's got an Elvis quiff. He's overdeveloped, isn't he?
0:28:24 > 0:28:26- Yes, he is. - In the chest department.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28It just doesn't quite work, does it?
0:28:28 > 0:28:33So for our team to have paid £280, which is most of their money,
0:28:33 > 0:28:35- I have to say...- Gosh, yes.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38- That is a huge risk. - What's your estimate, by the way?
0:28:38 > 0:28:43We haven't gone anywhere near that. I've put £100 - £150.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45OK, so it really is risky.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49Anyway, they only had £20 leftover, so they went off and bought
0:28:49 > 0:28:54this bit of paste, which, for a £10 note, looks jolly good actually.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56It looks like a sapphire in the middle and it looks
0:28:56 > 0:28:59like diamond encrustations, doesn't it?
0:28:59 > 0:29:02- So is it worth £10, do you think? - Why not?
0:29:02 > 0:29:03- 10-to-15.- Perfect.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07Now we come to the bell push, which I think is pretty nonsensical,
0:29:07 > 0:29:12but so what? They spent £5 on it. Will it make £5?
0:29:12 > 0:29:16Oh, yes, yes. Definitely. If we don't make £5, there is something wrong.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19- What's your estimate then? - 10-to-20.- Perfect.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22So it all hinges on our ruyi here.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25and, if it all goes wrong, let's have a look at the bonus buy,
0:29:25 > 0:29:29which was acquired with only a £5 note.
0:29:29 > 0:29:34Will and Laurie, you've spent £295, which is an incredibly brave amount,
0:29:34 > 0:29:37and £5 went to Charles Hanson to find your bonus buy. Charles.
0:29:37 > 0:29:42Frightening, the amount we spent. £5 leftover and it was eyes down,
0:29:42 > 0:29:46and it was very much for my sort of thing - my spectacles.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50- There we go. - Oh, wow.- It is what it is really.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52I like the form because it's obviously quite
0:29:52 > 0:29:56a labour-intensive object and we've got mother-of-pearl on an
0:29:56 > 0:30:00ebonized spectacle case and, actually, if you open the base...
0:30:00 > 0:30:02- Look at that.- Hello, gentleman.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04- It is quite a nice little novelty. - It is.- What's it for?
0:30:04 > 0:30:06- Glasses.- It's for spectacles.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09So, back in the Victorian times, you would put your wirework spectacles
0:30:09 > 0:30:12- into your case.- Right. - This is called a frogmouth opening.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16- There we are, it's open and shut. - Nice.- And it cost me £5.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19- Yeah, mind it doesn't croak. - HE CROAKS
0:30:19 > 0:30:22- I like it.- I think you did all right.- It's got personality. Good job.- It has.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26It's unique because you will not find an identical spectacle case
0:30:26 > 0:30:28- in that condition.- The smell of it.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30You're hoping for big profits though, aren't you?
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Well, that's the plan but, you know, who knows?
0:30:32 > 0:30:36Well, you've invested very, very strongly and we're looking forward to the result.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38But right now, for the audience at home, let's find out
0:30:38 > 0:30:42what the auctioneer thinks about Charles's spectacle case.
0:30:42 > 0:30:47There we go, Catherine, a boring, lacquered spectacle case.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49- Are you about to make a spectacle of yourself?- A-ha.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53Well, that's just it. I mean, it is a little bit boring and it is a little bit tired,
0:30:53 > 0:30:57- but I love the mouth, frogmouth. Isn't it great?- Yes, frogmouth.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59It says it all, doesn't it?
0:30:59 > 0:31:02- But you try and get a pair of your spectacles in there today.- I know.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04OK, then, what's it worth?
0:31:04 > 0:31:06£10-to-£20.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10He only had £5, poor, old Carlos, and that's what he came up with,
0:31:10 > 0:31:12which is fair enough in the pressure of it all.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Anyway, that's it for the Reds. Now for the Blues.
0:31:15 > 0:31:20We've got the embossed Indian tray. Banaras.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23- Pretty standard object that, isn't it?- Pretty standard.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- I think probably a bit of tourist-ware, may I say?- Yeah.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30- Maybe £10-to-£15 on that.- And £10 was paid, so that's fair enough.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Yeah, I think that's fair.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Now the mother-of-pearl card case, is that yesterday's antique?
0:31:35 > 0:31:39This one, it's OK. It's got a few little bits of mother-of-pearl
0:31:39 > 0:31:42missing. Some of them have been stuck back on again.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46- It's been through the wars a bit, but it's OK. They always sell.- How much?
0:31:46 > 0:31:49- £20-to-£40.- £35 paid, so they paid the right price.
0:31:49 > 0:31:56- We should be all right.- Lastly is the novelty Nailsea-type walking cane.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59- I mean, they're just so wacky in glass these, aren't they?- It is.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02I mean, the Nailsea glassware...
0:32:02 > 0:32:06What used to happen, when they had been making their glass panes
0:32:06 > 0:32:10and whatever else, whatever bits of glass they had leftover,
0:32:10 > 0:32:12the glass blowers used to show off their talents
0:32:12 > 0:32:14and make walking sticks like this.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17This isn't actually Nailsea, but it is Nailsea-type.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19It's got a few little chips at the bottom.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Completely impractical, why you'd want one I don't know,
0:32:22 > 0:32:25- but it looks nice.- Yeah. Some of them are brightly coloured.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28That's very plain and dull. How much?
0:32:28 > 0:32:30- £30-to-£40.- £20 paid. They paid the right price.
0:32:30 > 0:32:31Yeah, I think they paid fine.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35- They've only spent £65, this team, on the whole lot.- How mean.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38So does the strategy to go out
0:32:38 > 0:32:41and blow the lot on something speculatively work?
0:32:41 > 0:32:45Or does being parsimonious and spending practically nothing work?
0:32:45 > 0:32:47- We have the perfect contrast here. - Yeah.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50And the perfect test for you, Catherine, today from the rostrum.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- Yeah.- Anyway, if it doesn't work out nicely for the Blues,
0:32:53 > 0:32:55they've got the bonus buy to fall back on
0:32:55 > 0:32:57and let's go and have a look at it.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00- Well, this is fun, isn't it? - Oh, yeah.- Very much so.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Have you any idea what Charlie Ross has bought you for your bonus buy?
0:33:03 > 0:33:07I'm starting to have a couple of suspicions about what it might be.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10I trust you less than I once did. THEY LAUGH
0:33:10 > 0:33:15Something's going on here, Charlie Ross. You had £235, old bean.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19- Yeah.- What did you spend it on? - I spent less than half.- Yowzer.- Wow.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21I know. I really thought that I would nail it
0:33:21 > 0:33:24and spend a couple of hundred pounds of your money, but I didn't.
0:33:24 > 0:33:29I spent... I'll tell you in a minute. I bought that.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32- I recognise this. - That is... I'm so happy.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36We're, I think, in the 19th century. We're in France.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39We're bronze and I think actually it would convert into a table lamp,
0:33:39 > 0:33:41- but I like it.- Yeah.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44It's absolutely marvellous, but there's a Gothic feel to it, I think.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46I know. I feel like it could be...
0:33:46 > 0:33:48It looks like it's come straight out of something that
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Edgar Allan Poe has written. First of all, what did you spend?
0:33:51 > 0:33:54- £85.- 85?
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Yeah, I know you're probably thinking,
0:33:56 > 0:34:00"85's a little on the strong side." I'd like it to make £100 at auction.
0:34:00 > 0:34:05- Yeah?- It's great. I'm really happy. Good job.
0:34:05 > 0:34:10- Tim's lost.- Would you own it? Would you buy it for home?- Personally, no.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14I don't think it would go in my flat, with all my fluffy cushions
0:34:14 > 0:34:17and cat posters.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19OK. Well, we are where we are
0:34:19 > 0:34:21and we're going to do what we're going to do.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24You pick it later if you want to. But right now, for the audience at home,
0:34:24 > 0:34:28let's find out what Catherine Southon thinks about it.
0:34:28 > 0:34:33Now, Catherine, that looks chunky. Bronze or brass?
0:34:33 > 0:34:37Brass. Brass made to look like bronze.
0:34:37 > 0:34:42It's been aged and I don't really rate it a huge amount.
0:34:42 > 0:34:48- It's gothic...- Style.- Gothic-style, absolutely. Gothic-style.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51But, yeah. Who knows when this has been made
0:34:51 > 0:34:53because this has all been aged.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56It's decorative, it's ready to go. Charlie loved it.
0:34:56 > 0:35:01- He paid £85. Will you get £85 for it in the auction?- I'm not sure.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05I can see why he went for it. 40-to-60, Tim.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- OK. 40-to-60, if you're lucky, on a good day?- Yes.- OK.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10It could be his good day, in which case,
0:35:10 > 0:35:12perhaps the team should leave it, but maybe they won't.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15When does the auction start? Any minute now?
0:35:15 > 0:35:17- Very soon. - OK, thank you, Catherine.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22OK, Catherine, it's time to get this sale underway
0:35:22 > 0:35:29- and take to your rostrum, girl. - £50, thank you. 5, 60, £100 then.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32- All done.- Right then, chaps.- Hello.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35You have chanced you arm here, haven't you?
0:35:35 > 0:35:42The first item is the sceptre. I mean, who knows? Risking all.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Well done, chaps, and here it comes.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46We've got a 20th-century
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Chinese canton enamel ruyi sceptre.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Who will give me £100 for it?
0:35:51 > 0:35:54£100, I'm asking for. 100 is bid.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57- Thank you.- He's straight in. - £100. 110.- Come on.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59I think we're onto a run now.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03120 standing. £120 down.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06130. 140, standing. 150.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10- Go on, son.- 160. 160 standing.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14It's against you, net at 160. £160 against you, net.
0:36:14 > 0:36:19- Going once...- Come on, net. - Going twice.- Oh!- £160.
0:36:19 > 0:36:25- Well, it didn't work, did it? 260... Minus 120.- Impressive(!)
0:36:25 > 0:36:30- It was worth a go, Tim. - I mean, £160 is not so far off £200.
0:36:30 > 0:36:35- No, no.- £200 is not so far off £280. It's just not quite there.
0:36:35 > 0:36:40We have a modern costume jewellery pendant in the form of a cross. £10.
0:36:40 > 0:36:45- £10 is bid. £10.- Come on, let's go.- I've got £10. £10, 15.- Profit!
0:36:45 > 0:36:49Any more at £15? I will sell.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52- £5.- WILL: Not bad, not bad. - Good stuff.
0:36:52 > 0:36:57OK, we now have a 1930s ceramic and chrome-plated bell push.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Straight in at £10.
0:37:00 > 0:37:05- £10. Any more at £10?- Come on. - 12, 15, 18, thank you.
0:37:05 > 0:37:10£20. No more. With me at 20? £20, all...
0:37:10 > 0:37:15Why not? 25, 30, 35, 40.
0:37:15 > 0:37:21- Yes! £40!- With me at £40. Any more, £40? £40 then, all done. 40.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26- Ding-dong.- Oh, yes!- £40. I don't believe that.
0:37:26 > 0:37:31It's £35 up, plus your other pound means that you're plus 40. Right.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Which means you're only minus 80 now.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35- Which doesn't sound so bad, does it?- No.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39- What are we going to do about the spectacle case? Are you going to go with it?- Go with it.- Yeah.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Well, unanimous vote in favour of that.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44You paid £5, Charles. She likes it. She's put £10-to-£20 on it.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48- Well, good.- Right, were going to go with the bonus buy and here comes. - Is this it?
0:37:48 > 0:37:54A late 19th-century papier mache and mother-of-pearl spectacle case.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58We would love £10 for this. Is bid. Thank you. 10, 12, 15, 18...
0:37:58 > 0:37:5920, come on! The escape is on.
0:37:59 > 0:38:04- 20. No. Any more? £20.- One more, sir. - £20.
0:38:04 > 0:38:1022, 25, 28, 30.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14- Charles.- One more, sir. Come on!- 5, £35. I've got 35.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18- 35, it's yours. £35.- One more.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22- All done at 35. It's done.- Yes.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26- We were so nearly...- Thanks. - That was great.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28That is plus £30. Well done, Charles.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31Which means, overall, you're only minus 50, which is nothing...
0:38:31 > 0:38:33- No, no.- Pretty good.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35That could easily be a winning score. Well done.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43- Ellen, Charles, how are you feeling? - Very good.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47- Do you know how the Reds got on? - Not at all.- Good, you don't want to.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51- Oh, God.- First up is your tray from the banks of the Ganges
0:38:51 > 0:38:53and here comes the tray.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57It's an early 20th-century Indian, large, brass tray.
0:38:57 > 0:39:02- Thank you, £10, I have. £10.- Can you believe it?- £10, any more?
0:39:02 > 0:39:03Nice and even.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06CATHERINE: £10. Surely worth a bit more than that. £10?
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Any more at £10? £10.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12- 11!- Come on, you can all put your drinks on that.
0:39:12 > 0:39:1515, 18. No more? £18.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18- It's yours at 18. Any more at 18? - You beautiful people.
0:39:18 > 0:39:19Thank you, 20. 22, 25.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Charlie, you're going to eat your words here.
0:39:22 > 0:39:2625, I've got here. All done. It's against you standing.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29- I think that was £25, if I heard it right.- Oh, my God.- It was.
0:39:29 > 0:39:30Which is plus £15.
0:39:30 > 0:39:35Lot 202, a late 19th-century mother of pearl card case. £20.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Come on, ladies. It's a gent.
0:39:37 > 0:39:43£20. 25, 30, 35.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46- 35. Do you want to bid, sir? - Come on! 40, sir.- £35. No?
0:39:46 > 0:39:53- It's your bid at 35. Against you on the internet. £35.- Oh.- All done, 35.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55- £35. It's washed its face. - That's broke even.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00- Washed its face?- Yeah. Now...the walking stick.
0:40:00 > 0:40:05Victorian, Nailsea-type, twisted, green glass walking stick.
0:40:05 > 0:40:11I have 20, 25, 28. I've got 30. With me at £30?
0:40:11 > 0:40:14£30. Any more at £30?
0:40:14 > 0:40:16- £30.- We can get the train home.- Yay.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20I'm going to sell on commission and 30. £30. Any more?
0:40:20 > 0:40:24Going once, going twice...
0:40:24 > 0:40:27- 35.- Yes!- Yes!- On the internet at 35. - Well-played.
0:40:27 > 0:40:32I'm selling then on the internet. All done, 35.
0:40:32 > 0:40:38- Major dosh.- Plus 15, plus 15 equals plus 30.- Yay!- You're £30 up.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Now what are you going to do about this candlestick?
0:40:41 > 0:40:43I think, if we're plus, we should go against it.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Are we being conservative?
0:40:45 > 0:40:48- I think we're being conservative. - You're not going with the bonus buy? - No.- No.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50You love it but you're not going with it.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52You have your £30. You're going to part with £30.
0:40:52 > 0:40:53- Yes.- Well done for that.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56We're going to sell the candlestick anyway, just for the fun of it.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58- Yes, of course.- Here it comes.
0:40:58 > 0:41:05A large, 19th-century-style, French, bronzed candlestick. £50.
0:41:05 > 0:41:10- Come on, £50. £45 on the internet at 45.- They haven't seen it.
0:41:10 > 0:41:15Any more at £45? I'm selling at £45...
0:41:15 > 0:41:19- No matter though. You didn't go with it. You didn't lose that £40.- No.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22You have plus £30, which could be a winning score,
0:41:22 > 0:41:25and don't say a word to the Reds, all right?
0:41:25 > 0:41:27- We won't, we won't.- We won't. - Aren't they lovely?
0:41:33 > 0:41:36Well, what fun this has been, hasn't it? Have you been chatting, you lot?
0:41:36 > 0:41:39- No!- About the score, no? - Not about the score.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41The moment has come to reveal the truth
0:41:41 > 0:41:44and I'm afraid the truth is quite unpalatable for one of the teams...
0:41:44 > 0:41:48- Oh.- ..and the team that it is unpalatable for are the Reds!
0:41:48 > 0:41:51- Yes!- Ohhh!- Well done.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55The Reds, who were so brave with their enamel sceptre.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58- Yeah.- Rats!- Rats. - THEY LAUGH
0:41:58 > 0:42:03It was minus £120, but you did a fantastic recovery run thereafter.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07- We got... Yeah.- And only minus 50 is an achievement, I have to tell you.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09We have a fleece to show for it.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Exactly. You haven't been fleeced, you've got one to go away with.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14- THEY LAUGH - How lovely is that?
0:42:14 > 0:42:15What a lovely attitude.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17- Aren't they great, those guys? - They're dynamite.
0:42:17 > 0:42:22- But the victors today go home with £30.- Yay.
0:42:22 > 0:42:27- Whoo-hoo! How about that, hey?- Take that, student loan.- Quite right too.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31That gorgeous tray, which Charlie loves so much,
0:42:31 > 0:42:34- your special choice, Charles. - Have a little faith, Chaz.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38- Yeah, I know. £15 on that. That walking stick, plus £15...- Yeah.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42..and you didn't go with the bonus buy, your wisest move of the day.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45We've learned a lot about Charlie Ross.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48Well said, Charles. Anyway, there we go. Had a good time?
0:42:48 > 0:42:50- Yeah, amazing, thanks. - Thanks for coming.
0:42:50 > 0:42:56- Thanks for playing. Join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?- Yes!