0:00:06 > 0:00:10Now, one antiques fair, two sets of contestants.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13What is that catch-phrase?
0:00:42 > 0:00:47Welcome to Shrewsbury, close to the border between England and Wales.
0:00:47 > 0:00:52Our teams will each have £300 and an hour to shop for three items.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56But will they be crossing the border between profit and loss?
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Coming up, the reds barter hard.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03- Any chance we could do 22? - Yes, go on, then!
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Oh, well done!
0:01:05 > 0:01:08There's a difference of opinion in the blue camp!
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- Do you seriously like that? - That's quite sweet!
0:01:11 > 0:01:15- She doesn't like it.- I'm not struck.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17- All right.- You can think about it.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20We'll keep looking. Keep looking.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24But will it all be worth it when the gavel goes down?
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Let's meet the contestants.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Just look at these four lovely people who've joined me today.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Now, Alan and Heather, how long have you known each other?
0:01:38 > 0:01:41We met when I was 14 and Alan was 16.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Gosh! That would be a year or two back!
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Slightly! We've been married 48 years this year.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Have you really? Congratulations.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55- You're retired now.- Yeah.- What did you do when you were working?
0:01:55 > 0:01:57A variety of jobs. I left school at 14.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00I became a barrow boy on the fish dock.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04A few months later, I was on deep-sea trawlers heading to Iceland.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Then you were a paratrooper.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11I was a paratrooper and then I worked at the National Coal Board.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12I worked at three collieries.
0:02:12 > 0:02:19- Right.- Then I decided to change career and went to teacher training college.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24- My gosh, you have been round the houses!- I've been round the block a few times!
0:02:24 > 0:02:26That's extraordinary as a career route.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- Very good luck.- Thank you.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Now for the blues, lovely sisters Carrie and Shona.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Have you got any antique experience between you?
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Yes, we have a bit. Our father collected antiques.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44Every Saturday we had to go to auctions, round antique shops.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Are antiques your biggest love?
0:02:46 > 0:02:50No, I think horses probably are my biggest love.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- How many do you have? - I've got two horses and a pony.
0:02:53 > 0:02:59So apart from saying giddy-up, what tactics have you got, you horsey girls?
0:02:59 > 0:03:05Ooh, well, we've decided to go for items not above £100.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09- Smaller items, we thought. Silver items.- Nothing tribal.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- Nothing tribal!- Don't like tribal.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14- No, no.- OK, fine.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Now, here we go. Here's £300. £300 apiece. You know the rules.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Your experts await. Off you go.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23The hour of bargain hunting is about to begin.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Our experts will be helping not one, but two sets of teams today.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Guarding the reds is Colin Young.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34While David Harper patrols with the blues.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39With all these goodies, the teams will have a tough job today.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47I like that silhouette because of the pig.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- The pig is gorgeous. - The pig is nice, actually.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- OK.- What is it with pigs?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01This is the most barmy bargain hunt ever!
0:04:01 > 0:04:05Yes, barmy bargain hunting blue team comes to mind!
0:04:05 > 0:04:08But will they bring home the bacon at the auction?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17A carpet-beater. Or a husband-swiper!
0:04:17 > 0:04:20A what? A husband-swiper?!
0:04:20 > 0:04:23We hadn't better be buying those!
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Hours of fun, but probably no profit!
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Husband-beater? Let's hope Alan keeps in Heather's good books!
0:04:35 > 0:04:38That's quite pretty and it looks complete.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42- Rather bonny, that. Hand-painted. - How old would you think it was?
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- That's 1930s.- Do you seriously like that?- It's sweet.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- She doesn't like it. - No, I'm not struck.
0:04:49 > 0:04:56- But OK, I'll let you...- You told me earlier you had similar tastes. This is not a good start!
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- Oh, well, all right, then.- No...
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- You can think about it. - OK. We'll keep looking.
0:05:02 > 0:05:08I've a feeling today's bargain hunting won't be straightforward for the blue sisters!
0:05:12 > 0:05:15But could some divine intervention help the reds?
0:05:15 > 0:05:20A bible. These have had a bit of a resurgence lately.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24They really have been selling badly for the last 20 to 30 years.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29- But all of a sudden, we've been able to...- It's not written in, that. Oh, it is, down there.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33There's a lot of stuff in here. A lot of history with it. 1858.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Probably a little bit later.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- A little bit shabby around the edges, but we could see how much it is.- Yes.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- How much is the bible? - We've got 65 on it.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47- Yes.- But I will come down on it.
0:05:47 > 0:05:54I think that'll be too rich for us. I think that's as good as it'll do in the sale. Thanks very much.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- OK. You're welcome. - Thanks for letting us look.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01Well, let's pray(!) that one of our teams finds a bargain soon.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- What do you think of that bronze? - Not us!- You don't like it?
0:06:13 > 0:06:18- No.- No.- Why? Tell me why you don't like that bronze. - Tribal. Don't like tribal.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23- I don't like that at all.- I love it. - Really?- It's a Benin bronze made in Nigeria.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Every single bronze they make is individual and unique.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30You might find two that look similar, but every one is different.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35That is probably 19th or early 20th century. But he looks much older.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38In the right setting... I'm not convincing you!
0:06:38 > 0:06:39It's Nigerian.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Cheeky!
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Hey, what's all this laughing? This is serious.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48This is bargain hunting!
0:06:53 > 0:06:55I'll tell you a bit about them.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57They're silver-plated rather than silver.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00It's a classic reeded column.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04The capitol, or top part, is what's known as Corinthian.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07A scrolling top, floral decoration within it,
0:07:07 > 0:07:09acanthus leaves.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- A very popular model, that.- Yeah.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14If you like it, there's a good chance somebody else will.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Shall we see how much they want for it?- Yes.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- It says 35 on the others. - Priced on the other one, it's 35.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Do a bit of negotiating. See how well you do.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25We really like these.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29Just wondering what your best price would be?
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Best price I can do for 25.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33That's not bad, is it?
0:07:33 > 0:07:34Any chance we could do 22?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Yes, go on, then.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Well done!
0:07:38 > 0:07:42- He's got the touch, hasn't he? - It's the smile!
0:07:42 > 0:07:46- Thank you very much.- You're welcome. You'll make a profit.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48A profit predicted. We'll see!
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Let's go and spend some more money.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Finally, the reds are on a roll.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- I do like that.- It's pretty.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05Yes. Lovely frame. Nice colour.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- It's £180. - Well, it's what she's worth.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09I just want to see what that is.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13That's a baby's teether.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- What's that like?- This one here?
0:08:18 > 0:08:20- Talk to me about that. - Is that silver, do you think?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Plated.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Oh, it's plated.
0:08:23 > 0:08:29- And that will be...- Bone or ivory. - Ivory, I'd think.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- It's got to be 1930s. Do you think? - Do you not like that?
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- No.- You don't like it? But Shona, you like it?
0:08:35 > 0:08:40I like it because it's small and I know rattles are quite collectable.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- Very much.- It's quite...- I'm prepared to go with it if you like it.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48It's in quite good order and it's still got a good rattle.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51I'm happy with that if it's what you like.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- There's a mark on the base. EPNS. You know what that stands for?- Yes.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57- What?- Electro-plated nickel silver.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Oh, you're good. You're good!
0:09:00 > 0:09:04- Have a word with him about price. - You've got £38 on this.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08- Could you come down a bit more? - 28.- 28.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- What's going on here?- Ooh!- Hello!
0:09:11 > 0:09:14This is terrible! Got trouble with your teeth?
0:09:14 > 0:09:18- Not yet!- Any minute now, though!
0:09:19 > 0:09:25- How much is it?- It's £38 and we've got it down to 28.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Not bad going, Tim, is it?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Look at his baby face!
0:09:29 > 0:09:30Oh, thank you!
0:09:32 > 0:09:33Marvellous.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35I think that's really good.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39- I think we'll have that.- OK.- We'll have that, please.- Marvellous.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- Thank you.- It's a decision, David. A decision!
0:09:42 > 0:09:44But is it the right decision?
0:09:44 > 0:09:49I hope the blues won't be throwing out all their toys at the auction!
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- I quite like the shape of that. - I like the shape of that.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Ah, they agree on something! That's a very good sign!
0:09:55 > 0:10:00It's actually made by Wedgwood. It's very unusual.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04- It looks more like Royal Worcester. - I agree with you.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07What date is it, would you say?
0:10:07 > 0:10:10- Ooh.- Wedgwood. England.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- England.- Post-war.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16I'm guessing here.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- No?- No, England certainly not before 1892.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Because in 1891, '92, they started marking "England".
0:10:24 > 0:10:27First World War, 1920s, they started marking "Made in England".
0:10:27 > 0:10:31So that is very Worcester looking, circa 1900.
0:10:31 > 0:10:331900, 1910.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34All hand-decorated.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- Gilded. Got a number.- I think it's nice.- It's got a number on it.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42What would be the absolute best, the trade price?
0:10:42 > 0:10:4350.
0:10:43 > 0:10:4550 quid.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49- Would we get that back? - Real porcelain.- It's beautiful.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53You're really taking a chance. But don't you just love taking a chance?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Oh, it's very risky, David!
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- We're living on the edge. - Ooh! 50 quid!
0:11:00 > 0:11:04I like it, but at £50, I don't know whether we'd make a lot of profit.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Well, can you tempt them any more?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08£45. I'm prepared to go with that.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12- Shall we do that?- Shall we go with it?- Yes, we will.- Thank you.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Nice to see the sisters agreeing!
0:11:14 > 0:11:17That gives them buy number two.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Let's have a look at that.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Is she known? That's the thing, isn't it?
0:11:29 > 0:11:33- I've never heard of her. - Well, there you go.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35That's not a negative. Many people say to me,
0:11:35 > 0:11:37"Have you heard of Artist X?"
0:11:37 > 0:11:42The answer is, there are 130,000 artists that go to auction every year.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45I can remember a few, but not all of them.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49So the reality is, it's not the finest quality, it's a good amateur.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53There's not a lot going on, that's the negative.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- But it's priced at 45.- It's not bad and it's not a bad price, actually.
0:11:56 > 0:12:02The reality is I think that'll be top end of the estimate when it goes to auction.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04How much you can negotiate on the price
0:12:04 > 0:12:08is going to determine how much profit you're going to make.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- Do you want to have a chat to the stallholder?- OK. - See what you can do.
0:12:13 > 0:12:19We're wondering if there's any leeway on this. What would be your best price?
0:12:19 > 0:12:21I would do it for 30.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25- What about 25? - No, don't push your luck!
0:12:25 > 0:12:28I've already come down far enough!
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- Brilliant. Job done.- Thank you. - Thank you very much. A pleasure.
0:12:33 > 0:12:38So, £30 for the watercolour. But will it put the reds into the black at auction?
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- Do you like that?- Sell it to me! - Oh, right!
0:12:45 > 0:12:47OK. You've walked into my shop.
0:12:47 > 0:12:53OK. So that is a mahogany sarcophagus-shaped box.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56But what was it originally? BOTH: A tea caddy.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- Bang on.- Together! - Well done, you two. How old is it?
0:12:59 > 0:13:03I'll give you a clue. The sarcophagus shape should date it.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08- 1820...- Perfect. 1820.- 1820.
0:13:08 > 0:13:13- 1820, 1830.- Does it matter that the inside... It would have been tin-lined.
0:13:13 > 0:13:18- Of course. It would have had a bowl here and two tin...- And a lock.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21It's got the lock. It's missing its key.
0:13:21 > 0:13:27But it's strung in satinwood. It's a proper antique. It's 45 quid and it's not expensive.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30That's a bit decisive of you, David!
0:13:30 > 0:13:34- Decisive? I would have bought it five minutes ago!- Would you?
0:13:34 > 0:13:37- Yes!- I quite like that.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38- I think it's a wise move.- Do you?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41What would the best trade on this be?
0:13:41 > 0:13:45I'll knock a tenner off. There's not much in it anyway. For 35 quid...
0:13:45 > 0:13:46It's a wonderful antique.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51- I like it. Do you want to run up and down?- Run up and down for ten minutes.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55- Can you keep it for ten minutes? - I'll keep it aside.- Thanks. - All right.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- While we persuade her. - We'll have a run up and down.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03- I'll come back with broken arms! - Thanks a lot. Appreciate it.
0:14:03 > 0:14:08So maybe wisely, the blues decide to scout the market some more.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- That is something that's great. Do you like it?- Yes.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- Anything you don't like about it? - The price!
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Yeah, OK.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27210 is enough money. But there are two of them.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30It's by the Royal Worcester factory.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33You're looking about 1907, 1908, that period.
0:14:33 > 0:14:39In a retail environment at £210, I think they are a good retail buy.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43The problem is, when it goes to auction, we'd really struggle.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47So it's great, it's Worcester, an early piece, a good design.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49But we'll have to pass on this one.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- Isn't that pretty!- Are we having a bowl-fest here?
0:14:58 > 0:15:01She's having a bit of a china moment.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04I like the pink lustre. It's very pretty.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08And very Chinese, or Japanese. Oriental in its style.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12- But Maling.- Maling is... - Newcastle.- Newcastle.
0:15:12 > 0:15:17Yes. Oh, she's back again! The best saleswoman in the tent!
0:15:17 > 0:15:21- Hello!- We were just admiring it, really.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25- It's quite nice.- Rings nicely. - That's a nice piece.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30- Here's the second best salesman in the tent!- Barmy, you are!
0:15:31 > 0:15:36We'll think about that. Thank you very much. We'll think about the bowl.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Come on, teams! Time's running out.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Decisions need to be made.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- Colin, what do you think? - Well, I like it.
0:15:51 > 0:15:57- What is it?- It's a magic lantern. Date-wise, early 20th century
0:15:57 > 0:16:00more likely to be just late 19th century.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Good brass fittings. It's anodised. Tin plate.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05It's got a few glass slides with it as well.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09And the original tin box to go with it as well. A good portable example.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- What's the price on it?- 75.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14I like it at 75. What about you?
0:16:14 > 0:16:19- I'd like it at 65. - And you?- I'd like it at 60!
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Excellent. Can we do anything at 60?
0:16:21 > 0:16:2269.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26- 69.- 69. My favourite number.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Yours and mine, 69. Let's do the deal.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34That's it. The reds bag their final item.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38- All the money spent.- Well done. - Time for a cup of tea.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43And we can watch a film while we're spending the extra minutes! Brilliant!
0:16:43 > 0:16:46You go and put your feet up, reds.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Meanwhile, it looks like the blues are back on for the tea caddy.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- We've come back, pal.- Nice to see you.- We want it.- Lovely.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- Marvellous.- Best news all day.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01- I was going to have it myself, anyway!- It's your cup of tea. Cup of tea!
0:17:02 > 0:17:04He's good. He's very good.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- I think you'll do all right on this. - I hope so.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10- Thanks again.- Thank you very much. - Always a pleasure. All the best.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Come on, then. We'll have some lunch, shall we?
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- Oh, yes.- Come on, girls. Lead on.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21We'll see later if profit from the auction will pay for the blues' nosh.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26That's it. Shopping's over.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31And now time to sell, and we've hopped over to Halls' showroom in Shrewsbury.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33But first let's remind ourselves what the red team bought.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39First to catch the reds' eye was a pair of electroplated candlesticks.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47For £30, will this watercolour deliver a splash at auction?
0:17:49 > 0:17:54And finally, for £69, they bagged a 19th-century magic lantern.
0:17:54 > 0:17:55Magic!
0:17:57 > 0:18:00So, Heather and Alan, the bonus buy moment.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03It looks to me as if Colin has a picture there,
0:18:03 > 0:18:07but it might be a tray. You never know, he's so coy!
0:18:07 > 0:18:13Anyway, you gave Colin 179 of your leftover pounds.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16What did you spend 179 on, Colin?
0:18:16 > 0:18:23- Well, I spent 170...- Ah.- ..of 179, so no messing about here.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25A serious purchase!
0:18:25 > 0:18:27A Picasso!
0:18:28 > 0:18:30A horse with stumps.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34- Who's painted it?- Over to the left
0:18:34 > 0:18:36is a signature. Joseph Lawrence.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39A 19th-century equestrian artist.
0:18:39 > 0:18:45The good news is, this artist regularly commands four, six, seven hundred pounds
0:18:45 > 0:18:48- for works of this subject matter. - Wow! Wow!
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Here's the negatives for it.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54It has been restored to within an inch of its life.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58There's some over painting. There are a few negatives with it.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01So those big flash figures I was quoting you at the beginning
0:19:01 > 0:19:03you're a long way from there.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05How do you rate it, Alan?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Well... Yes.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10You clearly love it(!)
0:19:11 > 0:19:15- Yes, I think it's very good. - It's the name that will sell it.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Well, thank you very much, Colin. You can decide later, reds.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Now for the blues and let's remind ourselves what the team bought with their £300.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28At £28, will this 1930s child's rattle and teether
0:19:28 > 0:19:30secure a profit?
0:19:31 > 0:19:36Wedgwood's a great name. So is £45 a fair price for this fruit bowl?
0:19:36 > 0:19:40At at £35, will this mahogany tea caddy
0:19:40 > 0:19:42brew up a storm at auction?
0:19:43 > 0:19:46- You gave your man £192.- We did.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49David Harper, what did you spend £192 on, please?
0:19:49 > 0:19:53Something devastatingly gorgeous, just like these two, Tim.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57I want them to like this a lot, so give them a compliment!
0:19:57 > 0:19:58Sucker!
0:20:01 > 0:20:03- Ooh!- Now, you saw the name.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07- Did you see the name? - That's nice. That's Tiffany.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Yes, Tiffany, New York. Incredibly posh, refined.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13It's a calendar.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17If you remove that back, it's a complete calendar.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19All the months, all the days.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21- I think it's rather pretty. - Good, yes.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- Good!- Well done. - How much do you think I paid?
0:20:24 > 0:20:28- Tiffany.- Mmm.- It's got the name.
0:20:28 > 0:20:2980? 90?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Very good. 90.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34It should make over £100. It really should.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37You are such a salesman! I think I'm going to vomit!
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Well, we'll see pretty soon about reaching over £100.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45We're off now to the auction.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48UK internet bid of £150.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Are we all done, then, at 150?
0:20:54 > 0:20:58- Are you excited?- Yes. Yes. - Whatever's going to happen?
0:20:58 > 0:21:04- We're going to make lots of money. - We've had that prediction before!
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Anyway, first up are your electroplated candlesticks.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09- Here they come.- Lot 50.
0:21:09 > 0:21:14A pair of electroplated Corinthian column candlesticks.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19What about these? Very smart. £20. Who'll bid me £20 for them?
0:21:19 > 0:21:2120 only. At £20.
0:21:21 > 0:21:2620? 20 is bid. Front row. £20 I've got.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Well, it's a start.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32Who'll go two? At £20 it is. 22 at the back.
0:21:32 > 0:21:3525. £25.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39- Front row at £25. - We're in profit, kids.- 25.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44It's selling. Front row bid at £25. All sure at 25?
0:21:44 > 0:21:48That is plus £3. Good. That's a good start.
0:21:48 > 0:21:53Lot 51. The Florence R. Walker, a noted listed artist.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Riverbed scene in a wooded landscape.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Exhibited in the 1930s.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59£30 for it.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03£30 only. 30 is bid, sir, with you. At £30.
0:22:03 > 0:22:0435 on the internet.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Good old internet!
0:22:07 > 0:22:10At £40 we've got in the room, against you, internet.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13At £40. The bid is in the room.
0:22:13 > 0:22:1445. The internet is back.
0:22:14 > 0:22:1745. It's against you again, sir.
0:22:17 > 0:22:2050. At £50 I've got. Internet?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23You'll have to be quick.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25£50. The bid is in the room.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28At £50. The bid is in the room. I am selling it.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Are we all finished then, at 50?
0:22:30 > 0:22:34Yes! Good result. £50 is plus 20.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37You are £23 up.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Now the magic lantern.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44Now the late Victorian magic lantern in a tin carrying case.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45£30. Who'll give me 30?
0:22:45 > 0:22:48This vintage magic lantern.
0:22:48 > 0:22:5130 immediately at the back of the room. £30 I've got.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Who'll go two? 32.
0:22:53 > 0:22:5635. 38. 40.
0:22:56 > 0:22:5845? 45.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00At £45.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Who'll go 50?
0:23:02 > 0:23:06At £45. Last chance. Yes? 50.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07Come on!
0:23:07 > 0:23:11At £50. The bid is standing at the back of the room.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13At £50. 50.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16£50. That is minus £19.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19But overall, lads, you are plus four pounds!
0:23:22 > 0:23:23How good is that?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26So, you've got four pounds in your pocket.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30What are you going to do? Risk your £4 profit
0:23:30 > 0:23:34with going with the gee-gee? Are you a gambling man?
0:23:34 > 0:23:36I think he's first past the post.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- The gee-gee.- You're going with it?
0:23:39 > 0:23:41- We're going with it. - Definitely?- Definitely.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43- We're going to risk it. - Risk it.- We are.
0:23:43 > 0:23:48We're going with the bonus buy. Here it comes.
0:23:48 > 0:23:53Lot 56. The Joseph Lawrence portrait of a bay hunter in stables setting.
0:23:53 > 0:24:00I can start this lot at £50. 50. £50 is bid.
0:24:00 > 0:24:0260 at the back of the room.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05At 65 here, internet.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10- 65. 70.- Yes. So much riding on this. - The bid is in the room
0:24:10 > 0:24:12at 75. 80.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14At £80 now. At 80.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19At £80. No more interest at 80. Are you sure? At £80. All done?
0:24:21 > 0:24:22That is minus £90.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28- It's fine.- £90 off. You had £4.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32Now the score is minus £86. I'm so sorry about that.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35But you never know, it might be a winning score.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38You never know!
0:24:45 > 0:24:48- Carrie and Shona, do you know how the reds got on?- No.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Not been chatting? We don't want you to know.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55First up is your child's rattle teether. Here it comes.
0:24:55 > 0:25:0171 is this EPNS child's rattle and teething ring.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- Quite a bit of interest in this. - Ooh!
0:25:03 > 0:25:08- I am bid here 25, £30 I'm going to start.- Into profit!- £30.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10- You're straight into profit.- £30.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Already. At £30.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14It's a commission bid at £30.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18At 30. Five. 40. At £40 now.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20At £40 it's with me.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23At £40. Are we all finished, then?
0:25:23 > 0:25:25At £40.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- Yes!- £40 is plus £12.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31Well done, girls. I knew you sisters had it in you!
0:25:31 > 0:25:36Lot 72. A Wedgwood porcelain old ivory ground fruit bowl.
0:25:36 > 0:25:41Hand-decorated. £30 bid me. £30. 30 I've got on the internet.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43At £30.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45The bid is 30 on the internet.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- Go on.- At £30. Who'll go two?
0:25:47 > 0:25:52At £30. 30. It's an internet bid now. At £30.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56I will sell it. Are you sure? At £30.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01£30. You have lost £15. You had 12. Now you've got minus three.
0:26:01 > 0:26:02Oh, Lordy!
0:26:02 > 0:26:08Lot 73 is the mahogany and boxwood strung sarcophagus-shaped tea caddy.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13Already the bid is with me at £30. At 30.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17At 32. 35. 38. 40.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Look at this. You're back in profit. Yes.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23- 48. 50. Lady here.- Good auctioneer.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26£50. At £50. The bid is in the room at 50.
0:26:26 > 0:26:32£50. You are plus £15. So overall, you're plus 12!
0:26:32 > 0:26:36What about Tiffany the calendar? You've got £12 in your pocket.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Go for it!
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Remember, you did have £12 in your pocket.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44You're going with the bonus buy. Risk all. Here it comes.
0:26:44 > 0:26:50Now we come to the Tiffany rather smart silver-framed desk calendar.
0:26:50 > 0:26:55Already I've got interest at £40. 40.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Five. 50. Five. Commission's out.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00At £55, the bid. 55.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03At 60. Five.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Against you standing.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10At 65 here, seated. Lady here at £65. 65. You're out at the back.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14- Come on!- At £65. Are we all finished at 65?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Minus 25!
0:27:18 > 0:27:21That means overall you are minus 13 smackers.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23That's not much, really.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25You're a risk-taker, you are!
0:27:25 > 0:27:28You had £12 in your back pocket.
0:27:28 > 0:27:33Don't talk to the reds at all. Because minus £13 could be a winning score.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35I think it's quite good, actually.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- Do you?- Ever optimistic, me!
0:27:38 > 0:27:39And they were right!
0:27:39 > 0:27:43The blues -£13 was a winning score. Well done!
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Coming up, will our next two teams fare any better?
0:27:47 > 0:27:48We'll see.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54Meanwhile I'm off to North Yorkshire to investigate the fading fortunes
0:27:54 > 0:27:57of a family and their belongings.
0:27:57 > 0:28:03Richard Graham inherited Nunnington Manor from his uncle.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06In 1675, he became MP for Cockermouth
0:28:06 > 0:28:11and a valued servant of King Charles II.
0:28:11 > 0:28:18He was appointed envoy extraordinaire to the Court of France in Versailles,
0:28:18 > 0:28:20a sort of posh spy, actually.
0:28:20 > 0:28:26He claimed that his post was opened twice - on each side of the Channel.
0:28:29 > 0:28:35He described the job as "difficult", but it did allow him to come back with some handsome souvenirs,
0:28:35 > 0:28:40which should have been kept out of sunlight. Surviving to this day,
0:28:40 > 0:28:46out of the original house furnishings from Richard Graham's period
0:28:46 > 0:28:50are this series of magnificent tapestries.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53They depict the life of Achilles,
0:28:53 > 0:28:58the hero from the Trojan Wars who was dipped in the River Styx
0:28:58 > 0:29:03and we can see this moment in this particular tapestry.
0:29:03 > 0:29:09You can notice that his mother is hanging on to his heel during the immersion,
0:29:09 > 0:29:17meaning that his heel was not protected and that ultimately, of course, led to his downfall.
0:29:22 > 0:29:29And in the drawing room there are some more tapestries, but in a completely different style.
0:29:29 > 0:29:34These are called verdure tapestries, made at about the same period
0:29:34 > 0:29:40at the end of the 17th century, but densely, densely woven,
0:29:40 > 0:29:42always with trees and foliage.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46You can see that predominantly the colour scheme is bright blue.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50That's because the indigo dyes have hardly faded at all.
0:29:50 > 0:29:56If you look in these other spaces that look pale yellow and cream now,
0:29:56 > 0:30:00originally you would have had pale greens
0:30:00 > 0:30:04and a much more subtle range of colours throughout the whole piece.
0:30:04 > 0:30:09The problem is that those softer colours fade
0:30:09 > 0:30:15and you have no idea the destructive effect of direct sunlight.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21Back at the Shropshire And West Midland Showground in Shrewsbury
0:30:21 > 0:30:24we're about to find out whether our next two teams
0:30:24 > 0:30:27can pick three objects capable of making a profit at auction.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29We've got a student and her gran...
0:30:31 > 0:30:34..and another student and his mum.
0:30:34 > 0:30:35Let's meet them.
0:30:35 > 0:30:40On today's team we have Sophie and her grandmother Maureen.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44- Hello, girls.- Hi.- Hello. - All right?- Yes. You?- Not too bad.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48- Now you get on particularly well with your gran.- I do! She lives next door to me.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52- Yes.- Does she keep an eye on what you get up to?
0:30:52 > 0:30:55- You would, wouldn't you?- Yes. - You would.- I like to know.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59- Quite right, too. A protective umbrella.- Absolutely.- Yes.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03You've started your career on a particularly fashionable path.
0:31:03 > 0:31:08Yeah, I just finished my foundation course at St Martin's in London.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12Now I'm going to go off to Manchester to study textile design.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16Maureen, do you follow Soph's passion for design?
0:31:16 > 0:31:18I love design, but interior design.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22Now, rather like your grandaughter, you're a bit of a raver, aren't you?
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Yes, I love to dance.
0:31:24 > 0:31:29- What sort of dancing?- I like the salsa and, em, I like to dance.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34And have you got the right moves between you to find the bargains?
0:31:34 > 0:31:40- I think so.- We shall try. - We'll try our best.- You'll make a delightful couple of contestants.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44Good luck. Now for the Blues, who are quaking in their boots here!
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Mother and son combo, Kay and Mitchell. Welcome.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52You're passionate about your career.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55I've been nursing for 25 years now.
0:31:55 > 0:32:01I'm still a practising nurse, but I moved into education. I work in a Faculty of Health.
0:32:01 > 0:32:08I'm principal lecturer there and I'm currently doing my doctorate in education.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11- It says here you're incredibly active.- Quite active.
0:32:11 > 0:32:17- Tell us about your activities. - I go to the gym, I'm just starting a Zumba class.
0:32:17 > 0:32:22- What class?- Zumba. - Zumba?! What's Zumba?
0:32:22 > 0:32:27It's supposed to be a mixture of salsa and fitness dancing.
0:32:27 > 0:32:33Mitchell, have you inherited the gene of all this active, outdoor stuff from your mum?
0:32:33 > 0:32:37Of course! Yes, indeed. I'm a fitness instructor now.
0:32:37 > 0:32:42I go to the gym quite a bit and I'm going on another course.
0:32:42 > 0:32:49- But my main sport is rugby. - Is it?- Yes. And I've been playing since around the age of ten.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52- Where do you play? - Wolverhampton Rugby Club.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56- Lovely. Now the money moment. Here we go - £300 apiece.- Thank you.
0:32:56 > 0:33:02You know the rules. Your experts await. And off you go! And very, very good luck.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Gosh, what charming teams we've got today.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17- What do you like?- I don't know. Lots of different things.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21- Anything, really.- Anything? No plan?- No plan.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25No plan, no agenda. Let's just get on with it.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29- What are you looking for? Kay?- Maybe some sort of jewellery.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33- Or silver.- A bit of bling?- Yeah.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37Something possibly to do with sport? But keeping the price low.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41- A man after my own heart!- Yes. - The price low, not the sport bit!
0:33:41 > 0:33:44We've got one hour. Let's go.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50- -- It's old. - -- ..what model it is?
0:33:50 > 0:33:53- As a little table piece.- Yeah.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56- What do you think?- Not really!- No.
0:33:56 > 0:34:01- No? Is it the damage? - I think so. That puts me off.- OK.
0:34:01 > 0:34:08- What do you reckon? A fireman's helmet.- I quite like that. - Yeah, that's interesting.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Portmeirion. It's very retro.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14That's probably '60s, '70s. Ten years ago,
0:34:14 > 0:34:20it would have been worthless. Now anything Portmeirion from that period...
0:34:20 > 0:34:23- It's got that youth. You like it?- Yes.
0:34:23 > 0:34:28- It's got a bit of a modern look. - A great modern look.- There's no cup. - Oh, we're missing a cup?
0:34:28 > 0:34:33- What's your best on that one? - I could do 50 on that set, if that's any good.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37I think I'll think about it because it's not a set.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- Is that OK? - Yeah, that's fine.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44No buy there, then.
0:34:44 > 0:34:51- What are the Reds up to? - How about that? That doesn't look "two deer"?- Oh, funny, ha-ha(!)
0:34:51 > 0:34:56- Deco, good repro piece. - Quite nice. Is this spelter?
0:34:56 > 0:35:00- It is spelter, yeah.- I like that. Do you?- Yeah, I like it.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04- Do you want to find out how much it is?- Yeah.- Go and ask him, then.- Me?
0:35:04 > 0:35:06Oh, yeah. You're in charge.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10Hiya! I'm just wondering how much this is?
0:35:10 > 0:35:13- That's 70 to you. - 60?
0:35:13 > 0:35:16- Come on... - A hard bargain! Go on, then.
0:35:16 > 0:35:22- Do you like it?- I think it's OK. It's one of those lots that's bold. You might do OK with it.
0:35:22 > 0:35:27- It ain't gonna race away.- OK. - But it's not too bad at 60.
0:35:27 > 0:35:33- And it's pretty, isn't it? - Do you want to spend the money or would you rather come back?
0:35:33 > 0:35:37- Do you want to think on it?- Yes. - Definitely.- Oh, dear.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39They're as indecisive as the Blues.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43- It's not blingy enough for you. - Not shiny enough!
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Well, Kay is being decisive now.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49- Do you like it?- No, he doesn't.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52Still nothing bought by either team.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58- What about that cylinder top desk at the back?- Lovely.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02- Do you like that?- Yeah, that's nice. - It's not very old, is it?
0:36:02 > 0:36:06- Yeah, it's Edwardian.- How much? 175.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10In that case, we'll go in and have a look.
0:36:10 > 0:36:17The wood that it is is mahogany and it's got satinwood or boxwood stringing in it.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21Nice cylinder. It's in good order and these often warp.
0:36:21 > 0:36:27And, hopefully, this drawer will come out and turn it into a writing table. It does - fantastic.
0:36:28 > 0:36:34Drawer linings are OK on it. Everything's stacking up so far as being OK.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37- And the very, very lowest?- 160.
0:36:37 > 0:36:41- 150 you wouldn't do? - Couldn't do 150.- No?
0:36:41 > 0:36:44- It would have to be 160.- 160.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46It is a nice piece, isn't it?
0:36:46 > 0:36:52- Yeah, go for it. - Looks like the deal is done. - Excellent, then. 160?
0:36:52 > 0:36:56You'd better get that money out of your pocket.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Well done. You've got the Reds up and running,
0:36:59 > 0:37:04but David can't persuade Kay and Mitch he's spotted a profit maker.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07You don't like that? Surprise(!)
0:37:07 > 0:37:10- Is it you or not?- Hmm.
0:37:10 > 0:37:15- It's up to you. I don't particularly...- Not sure. - Honestly, these two!
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Lady's jewellery box.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21French.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26It's leather-bound, embossed around the edges.
0:37:26 > 0:37:2819th century.
0:37:28 > 0:37:33- 1870, maybe. Something like that. - Good pitch, David!
0:37:33 > 0:37:38- I'm convinced.- What do you think? - I personally prefer the tea set rather than that.- OK.
0:37:38 > 0:37:43Oh, dear. Come on, the clock's ticking.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46That's quite interesting.
0:37:46 > 0:37:54- What is it?- A trivet. Something you would stand something hot on, like a kettle or a pot.
0:37:54 > 0:37:5819th century. Really well made. You see these things all over.
0:37:58 > 0:38:05What's unusual is that - the Star of David? That could do well, particularly online.
0:38:05 > 0:38:12If anyone collects anything with a Jewish feel, that could be very good news. It's only six quid.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16- It's one of those chancy numbers. - Yeah.- A fiver?
0:38:16 > 0:38:20- You can have it for five. - Marvellous! We've done a deal.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- Always good to do a deal!- Thank you.
0:38:23 > 0:38:29Right, come on. Well done, we've bought something! We've spent some money.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34So they've only got £295 left. Meanwhile,
0:38:34 > 0:38:39- what are Sophie and Mo doing with their remaining 140?- Over there.
0:38:39 > 0:38:45A flapper's dress! Go on, you lead the way. Looks like you found something you want.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53The question is, is it old?
0:38:53 > 0:38:57- Should we ask? - I think we should.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Er, it's 1960s.
0:38:59 > 0:39:04- OK, so it's more of a sort of Quant-type thing.- Yeah.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06It's reasonably priced at £20.
0:39:11 > 0:39:17- That's lovely, Sophie. Do you like that?- Yeah.- Ah! A name to conjure with as well.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21- Is that a name you know? - Not that I know of.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24- It must be somebody...- OK.
0:39:25 > 0:39:30- What do you think, Sophie? Do you like it?- I really like it.
0:39:30 > 0:39:36- Doesn't it say 12 in there? Or is that the size?- The size! - Oh, that's a shame. OK.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40We always lie about sizes, so how about 14? Is that any good?
0:39:40 > 0:39:44- 15 and that is it. - 15, that's good.- An odd size.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47- Shall we go with it?- OK, super.
0:39:47 > 0:39:53- Yes, you'd like that. You pleased with that, Colin? Would you wear it?- In the evening.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56- Indoors?- It's not really my sort of day thing.
0:39:56 > 0:39:5915. Thank you very much.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03Sophie was absolutely sure about that. Can Mitch match her?
0:40:03 > 0:40:08- What about your coffee set? - I'm still thinking about that.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12If we could get it down to 40, it would be a definite.
0:40:12 > 0:40:17- Kay? It's literally over there. If it's 40, can I have it?- Yeah.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21- Right, come on.- I'll try my best. - Go on. It's a woman.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Charm her. Come on.
0:40:23 > 0:40:29OK! Bargaining techniques. Will masculine charm work on a female stallholder?
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Right, go on, do your stuff.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35- Hi.- Hello!- We're back again.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39- We've been thinking about the tea set.- Yes.- It's a coffee set.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42- Coffee set.- I knew what you meant.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46I was wondering... if you could possibly do it for 40?
0:40:46 > 0:40:49And that would be a definite.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Please?
0:40:55 > 0:41:00- Go on, then. £40.- Thank you very much.- I'm very impressed.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Charmed by Mitch! Great bargaining.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Both teams now have two items.
0:41:05 > 0:41:10Not scrimshaw. It's transfer printed. A very nice piece of treen.
0:41:10 > 0:41:16What does it hold? Absolutely nothing, but one of those general wares
0:41:16 > 0:41:18sometimes called Mauchline wares.
0:41:18 > 0:41:23But this is actually a German-manufactured one.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Transfer printed with the Bank of England.
0:41:26 > 0:41:34- If it was ten, you'd have it now. Do you go for good old safety, spending 15...- Let's get the deer.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37They've got a plan.
0:41:37 > 0:41:42- Have the Blues?- Do you like that? - It's...all right.
0:41:42 > 0:41:47- It's funky. Is it you? - I don't really...- Not you, Mitchell?
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Not really.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53- I'm trying my best. - Another rejection by the Blues.
0:41:53 > 0:41:59As the Reds hunt down the deer, which I seem to remember were marked at £60.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02If you get it to 50, that's a safer option.
0:42:02 > 0:42:07I'll go for it. ..Hiya. Is the deer still here?
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- The thing we looked at before. - It is, yeah.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14- - It was 50... - It wasn't.- No, it was 60.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- We'll beg 5 if that's a possibility. - 55?
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- Cos we do really like it. - That's my bottom line.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Shall we do the last begging?
0:42:22 > 0:42:25We'll beg for 58 if we can get away with it.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29£2 makes the world of difference to us. Is that possible, sir?
0:42:29 > 0:42:34- The pleading technique, eh? - Yeah, go on.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38That's the Reds all done! Will the Blues make it with 6 minutes to go?
0:42:38 > 0:42:43- Any restoration?- It's been relined in the Victorian period.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47- It looks quite dark. - It will lighten once it's cleaned.
0:42:47 > 0:42:52The colours will shine through, but that is how dealers like to buy them,
0:42:52 > 0:42:55rather than sparkling and new.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Do you think it'll make a profit?
0:42:58 > 0:43:03- Well, it's got every chance. - I think it will. I do think it will.
0:43:03 > 0:43:08- Do you like it?- Yeah. - 70 or 90 on the toss of a coin.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12- 80 or 90.- 80 or 90. Happy? - The frame will cost you!
0:43:12 > 0:43:14Have you got a coin?
0:43:16 > 0:43:19- Good man. You call.- Tails.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23- Heads.- You won!- 80. Marvellous!
0:43:24 > 0:43:30- Thanks.- That's an old Harper trick, that, tossing a coin.
0:43:30 > 0:43:35Marvellous! Well, you didn't half perform there!
0:43:35 > 0:43:39- Three minutes to go. - Just in time.- Just in time.
0:43:39 > 0:43:43- On the spin of a coin. Isn't that exciting?- It is.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46- And it worked out well for us. - We've done it!
0:43:46 > 0:43:50Right, that's it. Time's up.
0:43:50 > 0:43:56The shopping's done, time to go to auction, and we've returned to Halls' showroom in Shrewsbury.
0:43:56 > 0:44:00But first let's remind ourselves what the red team bought.
0:44:00 > 0:44:05Sophie and Mo pulled in a writing desk for £160.
0:44:06 > 0:44:10A flapper-style dress came off the hanger for £15.
0:44:10 > 0:44:14And the Art Deco deer were rounded up for £58.
0:44:16 > 0:44:20Now, Mo-Mo, Soph, you spent, you petals, £233.
0:44:21 > 0:44:28You gave your man £67 for the Bonus Buy. Colin, what did you buy with £67?
0:44:28 > 0:44:30Are you ready for the reveal?
0:44:30 > 0:44:33- Yes.- Yes.- It is...
0:44:35 > 0:44:37- Nothing?- Nothing?- It's...
0:44:38 > 0:44:42- The rug!- Well spotted! - Oh, the rug!
0:44:42 > 0:44:44Oh, right.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46Oh, well done.
0:44:47 > 0:44:51- I think you've got two underwhelmed people here.- No, I love it.
0:44:51 > 0:44:56- You do like it?- Yeah.- Sophie? - No, I do like it, actually.
0:44:56 > 0:45:02- That's beautiful. - It's a rug which is copying an earlier period.
0:45:02 > 0:45:08It's probably 1940s, 1950s. So it's around that mid-20th century sort of period.
0:45:08 > 0:45:12It's a design that comes from the Northern Caucasus area.
0:45:12 > 0:45:19Nice geometric patterns. Standard colours of the blue, red, but it is that little bit later.
0:45:19 > 0:45:25- So how much did you have to pay for it?- £60.- OK. - I saved £7 for good luck.
0:45:25 > 0:45:30But £60 and I think a rug such as this, in pretty good order,
0:45:30 > 0:45:33just a little bit of fraying,
0:45:33 > 0:45:38I would hope that it would make over £100. It won't make a fortune,
0:45:38 > 0:45:42but I think at £60 that's a pretty good Bonus Buy.
0:45:42 > 0:45:44Well, decide later, you reds,
0:45:44 > 0:45:48but in the meanwhile let's discuss the blue teams three items.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50Let's have a little reminder.
0:45:50 > 0:45:54A brass trivet cost them just a fiver.
0:45:54 > 0:45:58They spent £40 on a stylish coffee set.
0:45:58 > 0:46:03And a toss of a coin allowed them to pick up a painting for £80.
0:46:03 > 0:46:07- Now Mitch and Kay, you spent £125. - Yeah.- Perfectly respectable.
0:46:07 > 0:46:13- You gave David Harper £175.- Mm-hm. - And what you've got is quite small. - It is. Thank you very much.
0:46:14 > 0:46:21- Kay, we were looking for silver. - Yes.- And something a bit sporty, as he's obviously sporty.
0:46:21 > 0:46:25I might have got a combination. Have a look at that.
0:46:25 > 0:46:31It's silver, quite obviously. And it's real silver, hallmarked, 1905. It's an import piece.
0:46:31 > 0:46:35It's of British standard quality. Very good quality thing.
0:46:35 > 0:46:40- And does the fish count as being sporty?- Yes!- That counts.
0:46:40 > 0:46:44- Yes, yes.- Is it like a matchbox? - It's a vesta case.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46A matchbox holder.
0:46:46 > 0:46:49But quite a modern one.
0:46:49 > 0:46:53It's good quality, very expensive to buy new.
0:46:53 > 0:47:00And it's nice to find new things in old quality. That's something you might find in the 19th century.
0:47:00 > 0:47:04- How much did you pay? - Straight to the money! £20.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07New... Gosh.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10£100? £150? I would imagine, probably.
0:47:10 > 0:47:16- Can you see it making a profit? - Definitely. Definitely. It should make a profit.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19We'll see, there's time to ponder.
0:47:19 > 0:47:24The auctioneer, Jeremy Lamond's gavel is good to go - let's sell!
0:47:24 > 0:47:25130. A telephone bid...
0:47:25 > 0:47:32- OK, Soph and Mo-Mo, how are you feeling, kids?- Nervous. - But you were so cool before!
0:47:32 > 0:47:37What's happened to you, darling? Are you worried about anything in particular?
0:47:37 > 0:47:41My dress. I'm really worried about my dress.
0:47:41 > 0:47:44Listen, you only paid £15 for it.
0:47:44 > 0:47:48- He's estimated £20-£30.- Really? - He knows about the label.
0:47:48 > 0:47:51He's looked it up. You'll be fine.
0:47:51 > 0:47:57- The cylinder writing desk is your big number. You spend £160 on that. - Yes, we did.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00He says various things about it.
0:48:00 > 0:48:02- Nice things?- Not particularly.
0:48:02 > 0:48:05And he's put £80-£120 on it.
0:48:05 > 0:48:11Your Deco group of the deer, though, I think is super.
0:48:11 > 0:48:16- I can see that thing making £100. - Oh, really?- Or £120. Yeah, I can.
0:48:16 > 0:48:21And it may just save your bacon on your cylinder bureau.
0:48:21 > 0:48:27- Oh, dear.- Or we could all be absolutely wrong and you'll need to go with the Persian rug.
0:48:27 > 0:48:33Anyway, here we go, girls. We're starting with your cylinder writing desk. Here it comes.
0:48:33 > 0:48:39Now we have this delightful Edwardian mahogany and boxwood strung cylinder bureau.
0:48:39 > 0:48:42Plenty of interest in it. Nice size.
0:48:42 > 0:48:47- And I can start this at £120. - Get away!
0:48:47 > 0:48:50At 120. Who'll go more?
0:48:50 > 0:48:54At 120. 130. It's a telephone bid.
0:48:54 > 0:48:56At £130 now.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58130 - on the telephone!
0:48:58 > 0:49:02140 in the room. At 140.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04Against the telephone. 150.
0:49:04 > 0:49:08- 160.- Hey! - At 160 in the room. 170.
0:49:08 > 0:49:09180.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12At 180 in the room.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15At 180. 190. At 190.
0:49:15 > 0:49:16200.
0:49:16 > 0:49:18At 200.
0:49:18 > 0:49:23£200. At 200. The bid is in the room. On the aisle at £200.
0:49:23 > 0:49:28Are we all finished? At £200. Internet, you are out.
0:49:28 > 0:49:33Well done. £200 is plus 40. That is a proper result, isn't it?
0:49:33 > 0:49:37We're all going to have to apologise.
0:49:37 > 0:49:41- Now, Soph... - A flapper-style dress.
0:49:41 > 0:49:44Showing for you here. Bit of interest if you're going out.
0:49:44 > 0:49:47I can tell you I am bid already £20.
0:49:47 > 0:49:50At 20. £20 is bid.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53At 20. 22. 25.
0:49:53 > 0:49:5528. 30.
0:49:55 > 0:49:5835. 40.
0:49:58 > 0:50:02£40. It's a commission bid. At £40. Any more?
0:50:02 > 0:50:05At £40 to a commission bid.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08Are we all finished? At £40.
0:50:08 > 0:50:14I got into a flap about that! Anyway, plus £25. That is very nice.
0:50:14 > 0:50:19You are £65 up, girls. Now, here comes the little deer.
0:50:19 > 0:50:23Various commissions here. I am bid £60.
0:50:23 > 0:50:26You're in profit again!
0:50:27 > 0:50:29Come on.
0:50:29 > 0:50:32At £60 to a commission. At £60.
0:50:32 > 0:50:35- Come on!- All finished? At 60.
0:50:35 > 0:50:40That's disappointing, but a profit. £60 is plus £2.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42You are £67 up, girls.
0:50:42 > 0:50:47You've got a profit on every item, which is a really good thing.
0:50:47 > 0:50:51- Are you going to go with the Bonus Buy or not?- Yes. What do you think?
0:50:51 > 0:50:57- Sophie, darling, do you want to win the competition?- Yes. - And go home with money?- Yes.
0:50:57 > 0:51:02- GO with the rug or not?- Do it. - Are you sure?- Yes, let's do it.
0:51:02 > 0:51:08- You're going with the Bonus Buy. The decision is made. - A very smart rug there.
0:51:08 > 0:51:13I have interest in it already and I can bid £35. At 35.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16It's to a commission. 40. 45 against you.
0:51:16 > 0:51:2150. Commission's out. 5. 55. Gentleman here.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24At £55. 60 at the back. 5.
0:51:24 > 0:51:28- 70. 5. 80. - Hey, look out!
0:51:28 > 0:51:32- 90. 5. - Look at this, girls!
0:51:32 > 0:51:36120. 130. 140. 150.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39160. 170.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42With you, sir, at £170.
0:51:42 > 0:51:45- Colin! - Are we all done at 170?
0:51:47 > 0:51:51- Did he say 170? He said £170.- That's brilliant.
0:51:51 > 0:51:55That is so brilliant. Everybody take their toupee off to Colin.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58That is plus 110. Yes?
0:51:58 > 0:52:03Which means you are plus £177.
0:52:03 > 0:52:08- Up!- Well done, Sophie. You can have that for your holiday.- Brilliant!
0:52:14 > 0:52:19- Any pre-match nerves, Mitch? - A little bit, but I'm confident. - Are you?
0:52:19 > 0:52:25- What about you, Ma? - I'm not confident! - You look a bit shifty, love.
0:52:25 > 0:52:29Feeling a bit shifty? Is it the painting that's doing it?
0:52:29 > 0:52:33Your Welsh interior. I'll put you out of your agony.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36He's estimated £60-£80 on it.
0:52:36 > 0:52:38Now you paid £80 for it.
0:52:38 > 0:52:44I have to say it is one of the darkest, gloomiest things I've seen in a long while.
0:52:44 > 0:52:49But he's very positive about it because it has a smashing frame.
0:52:49 > 0:52:55He says somebody will pay more for that and stick a mirror in it, than they would for the picture.
0:52:55 > 0:52:59If you park that one, your coffee set, which you paid 40 for,
0:52:59 > 0:53:03he's estimated 330-£40. You're OK with that.
0:53:03 > 0:53:09And the trivet, he thinks that's really rare. You paid a fiver. He's put £15-£20.
0:53:09 > 0:53:14And if all else fails, you've got Harper's reserve fund,
0:53:14 > 0:53:19which is the match case cover, to fall back on.
0:53:19 > 0:53:24Anyway, first up is the Star of David trivet. Very unusual. And here it comes.
0:53:24 > 0:53:28We have the Victorian brass trivet with the Star of David. Unusual.
0:53:28 > 0:53:33What about that? Who'll bid me £15 to start it?
0:53:33 > 0:53:36- At £15.- Come on.- 10? £10?
0:53:36 > 0:53:3810. 10 is bid.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41Who'll go 12? At £10 it is.
0:53:41 > 0:53:4312 anywhere? At £10.
0:53:43 > 0:53:48I will sell it at £10 if there is no further interest.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50At 10.
0:53:50 > 0:53:55- It's still a result. You still doubled your money. - It's a profit.- We'll take it.
0:53:55 > 0:54:001960s Portmeirion Greek pattern coffee service. Susan Williams Ellis.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02I am bid already £30.
0:54:02 > 0:54:0532. 35.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08- At £35. 35.- Go on!
0:54:08 > 0:54:10- GO on!- Any more?
0:54:10 > 0:54:13At 35, I am selling it. At £35.
0:54:15 > 0:54:19- £35. You had £5 profit. You've now just lost £5.- Right.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21So you have absolutely nothing.
0:54:21 > 0:54:26Welsh cottage interior. Showing there in an impressive gilt frame.
0:54:26 > 0:54:30£60 I am bid already. At 60.
0:54:30 > 0:54:3265. 70.
0:54:32 > 0:54:355. 80. 5. Commissions out.
0:54:35 > 0:54:39£85. It's a room bid. At £85. Any more?
0:54:39 > 0:54:41At £85. I'm selling it.
0:54:41 > 0:54:45At £85 to you, sir. 85.
0:54:46 > 0:54:50Well, isn't that amazing? You had a £5 profit, you lost it.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53You just made £5 again. £5 profit.
0:54:53 > 0:54:57How extraordinary is that? You are plus £5. What will you do?
0:54:57 > 0:55:01- Going to have a go at this piece of silver?- Yes.- Definitely.
0:55:01 > 0:55:06We have a sterling silver vesta holder. Set with a leaping fish.
0:55:06 > 0:55:11By Links of London. I am bid £25.
0:55:11 > 0:55:1425. 30. 32.
0:55:14 > 0:55:1735. At 35. The bid is in the room.
0:55:17 > 0:55:21At £35. 35 it is. Here in the room at £35.
0:55:21 > 0:55:2438. £38. One more? 40.
0:55:24 > 0:55:26Yes!
0:55:26 > 0:55:2942. 45. It's an internet bid now.
0:55:29 > 0:55:3345 here. 48 at the back.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36At £48. Are we all done at 48?
0:55:38 > 0:55:40Well, that's amazing, isn't it?
0:55:40 > 0:55:44£48 is plus £28, which means...
0:55:44 > 0:55:48you are plus 33. Now listen, girls and boys.
0:55:48 > 0:55:54- This could be a winning score. - Could be!- Don't say a word to the Reds. All will be revealed.
0:55:54 > 0:55:58- Congratulations, David. Well done. - Marvellous.
0:56:03 > 0:56:10There is a buzz of excitement because we have two teams of winners! Isn't that gorgeous?
0:56:10 > 0:56:15Both teams are going to go home with oodles of cash,
0:56:15 > 0:56:20which is unusual enough, I can tell you. But which team has nudged ahead?
0:56:20 > 0:56:25Well, the runners-up today, I regret to tell you, are the Blues.
0:56:25 > 0:56:27Oh, no!
0:56:27 > 0:56:32The Blues are the runners-up, yet they go home with £33.
0:56:32 > 0:56:38- Thank you!- That's right. She said thank you. Look at Kay, grabbing the cash.
0:56:38 > 0:56:42- It's going to Mitch.- Aww. - You had this switch back.
0:56:42 > 0:56:48You made £5, you lost £5. You made £5 and then along came David Harper
0:56:48 > 0:56:52with his vesta doo-dah and you made £28.
0:56:52 > 0:56:58- So you must be very pleased.- Yes. - Thank you.- We're pleased, too. That's a splendid result.
0:56:58 > 0:57:04- Congratulations. Have you had a nice time?- Wonderful.- And you go home with money.- Mitchell does.
0:57:04 > 0:57:10Well, Mitchell... Has it not always been thus in a mother/son relationship?
0:57:10 > 0:57:15We've loved having you on, but the victors today by a big chalk
0:57:15 > 0:57:20- are the Reds who are going home with £177.- Oh, my lord!
0:57:20 > 0:57:26Now this is £177 plus, because they made a profit on each item,
0:57:26 > 0:57:31- you get the Golden Order of the Gavel.- Wow!
0:57:31 > 0:57:36We've run out of gavels, so these days we present you with lovely stickpins.
0:57:36 > 0:57:39Take one out, darling. For you to keep forever.
0:57:39 > 0:57:45- Here's one for Gran.- Lovely. - And one's fallen out in my pocket for Uncle Colin.
0:57:45 > 0:57:48Because Uncle Colin gets one, too.
0:57:48 > 0:57:52And what is very appropriate for Uncle Colin is
0:57:52 > 0:57:56- that he's largely responsible for this wodge of cash. Right?- Yes.
0:57:56 > 0:58:03Because his Bonus Buy contributed £110 of profits. How about that for a Bonus Buy? Look at that.
0:58:03 > 0:58:08- Thank you!- Do you get to keep this, Soph?- She's having a holiday. - I love it!
0:58:08 > 0:58:14The same thing applies, Kay! It goes straight to the ever-open hand.
0:58:14 > 0:58:19- Have you enjoyed it?- Yes. - Maureen?- it's been really good.
0:58:19 > 0:58:24We've loved having you two. Join us soon for some more bargain hunting! Yes!