0:00:02 > 0:00:07Stafford is blessed with ancient architecture and tales to tell.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10King Charles I used this magnificent Tudor house
0:00:10 > 0:00:16during the English Civil War to plan, plot and rest his noggin.
0:00:16 > 0:00:22Of course, he finished up by losing not only the war but also his head.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Let's hope that today's teams manage to keep theirs.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Let's rally the troops. TRUMPET PLAYS
0:00:29 > 0:00:32And let's go Bargain Hunting, yeah!
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Today we are at the Stafford Antiques Fair.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59I tell you, our teams are going to have a struggle today to
0:00:59 > 0:01:01get around this lot in an hour.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06So many people. Anyway, let's take a peek as to what's coming up.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10The Reds hunt for gadgets from yesteryear.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13That is a little contraption, isn't it? It's perfect.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16The Blues search for bygone bargains.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18No sartorial elegance.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21And there are surprises all round at the auction.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23I can't believe this.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Go on!
0:01:25 > 0:01:28But before all that, let's meet the teams.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31On today's show, sporting red,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34we have an engaged couple, Matt and Nicki.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39And on my left, on the Blues, a pair of chums. Steve and Russ.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41- Hello, everyone. ALL:- Hello.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Thank you very much for dressing up for the occasion.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Now, I can't ignore your extraordinary getup.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Particularly in the hat department. What's all this about, Matt?
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Well, Tim, we are part of the British Steampunk Society,
0:01:52 > 0:01:57a community of people interested in Victorian-inspired science fiction.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02So your role in your partnership in steampunk is what?
0:02:02 > 0:02:06I make a lot of the contraptions and the equipment, things like that.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10- Nicki makes a lot of the dresses. - So she is the costumier
0:02:10 > 0:02:12And you are the props department?
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- Yes. - Do you live in a Victorian house?
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Yes, we've got a Victorian terrace in Gloucester and we've managed
0:02:18 > 0:02:22to put back into it all the things that were taken out in the 1970s.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- Lovely.- And restore it to some of its grandeur. But with a little twist.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27What's the twist?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- Well, we are steampunks. - THEY LAUGH
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- Brilliant. Now, Nicki, you are about to get married.- We are.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Are you going to have a special celebration?
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Yes, we thought we would do a steam punk wedding. We thought we had to.
0:02:38 > 0:02:39Where is it going to be?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42We'd like it around Gloucester Docks because they are Victorian.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44It's near to home. So that would be great.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47But we are still trying to source a venue that suits what we want.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50And, Matt, how do you feel about today's competition?
0:02:50 > 0:02:51Are you going to be good at it?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54I think the other team don't stand a chance.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56LAUGHTER
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- Anyway, good luck.- Thank you.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02- Very, very good fun. So, Steven.- Tim.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05You look as if you're familiar with the bow tie.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07You are not just taking the mickey, are you?
0:03:07 > 0:03:11No, we can only try to compete with your sartorial elegance, Tim.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Right. So you're fond of all the gentlemen's gear, are you?
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Yes, I just like a type of gentlemen's attire from a more
0:03:18 > 0:03:19- civilised time.- Mm-hmm.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23And will you be buying things that relate to this on Bargain Hunt today?
0:03:23 > 0:03:29- Yes, we both like cocktail parties from the 1920s.- Oh, right.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- Bit of Art Deco perhaps? - Yes, absolutely.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35But the other thing you like is to do a bit of foraging, don't you?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- Absolutely, yes.- Tell us about that.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42- I like to forage for fruits, sloe gin is my speciality.- Oh, yes.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45That I enter into one of the local fairs.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49- It's been voted Best In Show for the last three years.- Good stuff.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54Now, Russ, you are in training for an incredibly important
0:03:54 > 0:03:57international sporting event right now.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Yes, Steve and I are undergoing some very high-carbohydrate diet
0:04:00 > 0:04:03and we are doing some high-altitude training.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06And next month we'll be taking part in the
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Pooh Sticks World Championships.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11I love it, don't you? Now, tell us about pooh sticks
0:04:11 > 0:04:13for those who don't know about pooh sticks.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15It's a very in-depth technique of dropping
0:04:15 > 0:04:18a stick off of a bridge, running to the other side of the bridge
0:04:18 > 0:04:19and seeing whose stick comes out first.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- Right.- We are obviously all out to win. To be the world champions.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25But we have a horrible feeling that we could be
0:04:25 > 0:04:27beaten by a five year old in the first round.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29- We'll give it our best try. - It could happen, couldn't it?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32So, you are used to all these high octane competitions.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34What about Bargain Hunt? You know what the form is?
0:04:34 > 0:04:35We know all the tricks.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Do you? Oh, well. Here we go. A couple of experts.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Now, the money moment. £300 apiece. There is your £300.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45You know the rules. Your experts await and off you go.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47And very, very, very good luck.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49I feel a bit of a punk here.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54Huh! Who are guiding our Bargain Hunters today?
0:04:54 > 0:04:57He's hoping to strike a chord with the Reds. It's...
0:04:59 > 0:05:00She'll keep cool under pressure.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Kate Bliss teamed up with the Blues.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10So, you steampunks. Exactly what are you looking for today?
0:05:10 > 0:05:13I'm looking for some silver, delicate silver items.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- I can see you are well prepared there.- Absolutely, yes.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Looking good. So what are you going to be looking for?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Cocktail-making stuff. Twizzle sticks. That type of thing.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Something unusual. Interesting. Quirky.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Or little contraptions, something like that.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29I hope you're interested in snuff boxes,
0:05:29 > 0:05:32hip flasks and maybe some silver picture frames.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34OK, teams, your time starts now.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36KLAXON BLOWS
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Let's go shopping.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- We better get started. - Absolutely. Hurrah!
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Let's get to it. We've got some silver on this one.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Do you want to have a look here?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- Yes, sounds good.- Yeah? Let's have a little look.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49You said hip flasks. There is a hip flask straightaway.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52It might be quite expensive, that's the only thing.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Is that a silver one or plated?
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- It's all silver.- It's all silver? Can we have a little look at that?
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Of course you can.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02That would be perfect for your sloe gin, Blues.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Lovely, thank you very much.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07This is quite nice and plain. It's quite slim, isn't it?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- It is.- It would fit in the pocket really nicely.- Curved?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Yeah, that's so it will fit in really neatly.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Against your body. Have we got a hallmark?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18- You've got your...? - I have. Let's have a little look.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- Yeah, I think its '30s, isn't it?- 1943.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25It was made during the war because people bought
0:06:25 > 0:06:30silver during the war as a form of currency if it went the wrong way.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34- 365, though, guys. - Right, you would have to come down.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36What would be the best on that?
0:06:36 > 0:06:39The very best, to give you a chance...
0:06:39 > 0:06:41200.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43What would that sell for, Kate, do you think?
0:06:43 > 0:06:47I would probably say anything from 80 to 150.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50I think we'll give it back to the gentleman. Have a think.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51We can always come back.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Trust your experts, teams. They've got eagle eyes.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- What have you spotted?- That. - What is it?- Well, I don't know.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02That's why I looked at it. Oh.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Dymo-Mite Tapewriter.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09You know all those little bits of tape where you print
0:07:09 > 0:07:10out your name or...
0:07:10 > 0:07:14- A label creator.- Stick them on... - Little badges and things like that.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16It's a nicely made, isn't it?
0:07:16 > 0:07:19But it's not got a great deal of age to it, has it?
0:07:19 > 0:07:23I don't know whether it's any good for us but it's interesting.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- It's lovely.- There we go. It's... - 41.- Priced at £41.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- It's not going to sell really.- No.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- Someone is going to look at it and go, "What can I do with that?"- Yeah.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34I think the same thing. I think a lot of people will pick it up
0:07:34 > 0:07:36like I just have and go, "Oh, what's that?"
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- Yeah, but are they going to buy it? - It's a no-buyer I think, isn't it?
0:07:39 > 0:07:42So much choice. So little time.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44As the Blues are finding out.
0:07:44 > 0:07:45Let's go that way.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49- It's hard, isn't it? So many things. - There are lots of things.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50It's very difficult.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- What about those, Kate? - Those are stick pins for a cravat.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- Right.- Or tie.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- Maybe a little bit out of fashion perhaps at the moment.- Right, yes.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Probably why I like them.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04I like your style, Steve. But will KB like these vases?
0:08:04 > 0:08:07I'm not sure how old they are.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10I'm curiously drawn to them for some reason. Are they a pair, Kate?
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- I think they are a matched pair. - They have a nice look about them.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16How much, sir? 250?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Rather beyond our price range, I'm afraid.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24You would need a big wallet for that sort of cash, Blues.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28Talking of which, what have our steampunks stumbled across?
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- I like the little silver purse.- Yep.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33I love these little silver chain mail purses and things like that.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37- But it's not perfect so we just want to have a look at...- We'll see...
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- Found something you like?- Yeah, I like that one. I think that's nice.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- Do you think it's a possibility? - It is.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46- If you don't mind something that's not quite perfect.- No, no.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49You know, it's OK but value is going to be low tens.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50It's not going to be big money.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53But, yeah, it's worth asking the question and finding out
0:08:53 > 0:08:55if it's saleable.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57How much is the little purse?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- The little purse. Let me have a look at it.- Please.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01'It seems our stallholder is a little shy
0:09:01 > 0:09:04'but he is not shy about doing a deal.'
0:09:04 > 0:09:05£40.
0:09:05 > 0:09:0840. It's lovely.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Go on, then, Matt, are you going to do the negotiations?
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Would you take 30 for it?
0:09:13 > 0:09:17You are bigger than me so I will have to, won't I, I suppose?
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Yeah, go on. LAUGHTER
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- Has he just done the deal? - He has just done a deal.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25'You didn't get your chance to have your two penny worth there, Colin.'
0:09:25 > 0:09:29I've never seen a deal done so quickly ever.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Stick with me, chap.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Well done, Reds.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Only ten minutes down and you are steaming ahead of the Blues.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39They are struggling to find their first item.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- I quite like this box here. - Is this mother-of-pearl, Kate?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44It is mother-of-pearl, yes.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46Thank you very much.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51- Well spotted, Russ. - This is a card case.- Right.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55You see them of this design with abalone shell or
0:09:55 > 0:10:00- mother-of-pearl, like in this case. - It's very striking.- It is.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05This one has got a papered inside, which probably isn't original.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08I suppose a purist would like the original lining, wouldn't they?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- That's right.- Is there anyway of telling how old that is?
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Look at the hinges. Look at the clasp.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17I would say it's 20th century rather than Victorian.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- How much is that, just as a matter of interest?- 80 on that.- 80?
0:10:21 > 0:10:22- Yes.- Mm.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24- It's a bit steep, that. - Let's pop that back.
0:10:24 > 0:10:25Yeah, I think we'll leave that one,
0:10:25 > 0:10:28but what about the hip flask at the back there?
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Well spotted, Russ. May we have a look at that please, madam?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33He's got a good eye, hasn't he?
0:10:33 > 0:10:36He has, hasn't he? It's silver, isn't it?
0:10:37 > 0:10:43Now that's quite nice cos we've got a monogram on there. Dated 1879.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Which is in keeping with those hallmarks.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46Is that the original stopper there?
0:10:46 > 0:10:49It certainly looks like it. Let's have a little look.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52It's a screw top, like that. Then the cork inside acts as a stopper.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- I see.- Looking at it up close, is that more likely to have been
0:10:55 > 0:10:58a perfume bottle rather than an alcohol bottle?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01No. It's definitely a hip flask. And I'll show you why.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05- Because that comes off and there you can...- You can drink out of it.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- I like that.- Brilliant. - I do like that.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09- Neat, huh?- BOTH:- Yes.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10- I like that.- Really neat.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13And they have even gone to the bother of gilding the inside
0:11:13 > 0:11:16so the alcohol does not corrode the silver.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19The other really nice feature is that you see the faceted glass.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23It's not just been moulded, they've gone to the trouble of cutting
0:11:23 > 0:11:28it and faceting it, which just gives it a real air of quality.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Can you see that with sloe gin in there, Russ?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32I can see that with sloe gin, Steve.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34What do you think it would make, Kate, at auction?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Well, if I was being really mean,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39I'd probably put an estimate of 70 to 100.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43But hip flasks are very commercial. And this is a lovely quality one.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46So it may make over the 100 if two people want it.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- How much are you selling that one for?- 120.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55And what would be the price for two fine English gentlemen and lady?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57I can come down to 105.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00If you could drop it to 90, we'd say yes.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- I'll go 95. - What do we think then, guys?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06- I think we should go for that one. - Is that a deal?- 95.- Right.- OK.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- Thank you.- Thank you.- Thanks very much.- Thank you very much.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- Thanks, Kate.- Thanks for your help.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Great! First purchase. Tick off the list.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16- Number one.- Number two and three now. Come on.
0:12:16 > 0:12:17- Let's go.- OK.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Lovely stuff, Blues.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22But things won't be handed to you on a silver platter.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Although there's lots of it around.
0:12:24 > 0:12:25I love this little vesta.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29Generally, vesta cases, the average price for them
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- at auction is somewhere between £25 and £40.- OK, so...
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- So you've got that as your... - Problem.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36OK, no worries.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Lots to weigh up there, Reds.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41But has Mr Young found something that could tip the balance?
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- Oh.- I love little things like that. - Right. Yeah.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45It's a sovereign scale.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48You get your half sovereigns and your full sovereigns in it.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Something mechanical, something Victorian. Does that appeal to you?
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Definitely interested in that one.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55And you've got the box as well.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- The original box.- Yeah. That's really nice. I like that.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- Gorgeous, isn't it? - It's lovely, actually.
0:13:02 > 0:13:03It's a really nice little piece.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06I don't know, it's just delicate, isn't it? It's made of brass.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09It's got that weight. I think it's lovely.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- I like it.- We love contraptions and things like that.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15And that is a little contraption, isn't it? It's perfect.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Yeah, it is. I like that, yeah.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20- For a collector or anything, it's ideal, isn't it?- Mm.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21And it's so beautifully made.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- How much is it? - The very best you can have is 60.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27- Do you think we could make a couple of quid on that?- Whoa.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30You'd make a bit out of it. But if you got it for 50.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36- I think 50 is a good price. I really do. Yeah.- He says he can't do it.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Honestly, I can't.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Would you take 55?
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- Please.- Oh, go on, then.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46- 55.- 55.- He's in like Flint, isn't he?
0:13:46 > 0:13:48My goodness, there's no stopping this man.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52So, 20 minutes gone. The Reds have two buys, the Blues have one.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Maybe Steve and Russ need to call for help.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57And I've found just the thing.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06We're all 100% familiar with these things, aren't we?
0:14:06 > 0:14:10There are billions of them about and everybody is using their
0:14:10 > 0:14:13mobile phone at all times of the day or night.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17But in the old days, around about 1900,
0:14:17 > 0:14:21you might have been using one of these.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26Well, not this particular model, because this happens to be
0:14:26 > 0:14:33a very unusual and rare tin-plate toy example of a candlestick phone.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36And this type of telephone started to be made
0:14:36 > 0:14:39just at the end of the 19th century.
0:14:39 > 0:14:44By the 1920s, it had grown a little dial on the bottom
0:14:44 > 0:14:48because by the 1920s, we started getting telephone exchanges
0:14:48 > 0:14:50and automatic dialling of numbers.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53This one has no dial on the bottom
0:14:53 > 0:14:58and therefore I would date it at somewhere between 1900 and 1910.
0:14:58 > 0:15:04The real candlestick phone had some dry cell batteries up
0:15:04 > 0:15:08the shaft of the candlestick, which is what powered up the phone.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11It had no bell unit within it.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16The bells were in a separate box, usually screwed to the wall nearby.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20And the clever thing about the candlestick phone is this.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23You'd pick up the receiver, which is the bit that goes into your ear,
0:15:23 > 0:15:25and make the connection.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27In other words, you'd answer the call.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29And to speak into it...
0:15:29 > 0:15:33you'd use this adjustable microphone on the top.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35And that would enable you to have your conversation.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39So the child at home, copying Mummy and Daddy on the phone,
0:15:39 > 0:15:40would do precisely this
0:15:40 > 0:15:44and learn what the etiquette was for answering the phone.
0:15:44 > 0:15:50And for the child, here's the bell on the side of the candlestick phone.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54You wind the handle like this and this incredibly simple mechanism...
0:15:54 > 0:15:57BELL RINGS
0:15:57 > 0:16:00..gives you the impression of the telephone ringing.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Now, are these common or garden toys? No, they are not.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07So my advice would be, if you can find one of these
0:16:07 > 0:16:14things in a fair like this for £12, you should get your money out PDQ.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19Because I fancy, in a specialist toy sale, a wee toy tin-plate
0:16:19 > 0:16:24telephone like this could be worth between 50 and £80.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26So get on with it.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Get connected.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30A little out of our price range, that one.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Back to the shopping. And there are 30 minutes left.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36The Reds haven't got far with item number three.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38What are we looking for?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- Inspiration?- Yes, inspiration.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43You're not the only ones.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46The Blues are desperate to find their second item.
0:16:46 > 0:16:52What about these wooden boxes here? Are they good buys?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Well, that one's a little bit more modern.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56That one's a tea caddy there.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- Lovely Georgian mahogany one. - I love tea caddies.- Do you?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Well, let's have a look at it.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06Now that is quite nice inside, isn't it? Look at that.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Originally, this would've had a lead lining, to keep the tea fresh.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12- Yes.- And of course, you've got two divisions
0:17:12 > 0:17:14for two different types of tea.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- Right.- There you can see traces of the lead, look.- I see.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Just there on the inside.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22And it's actually a soft wood box.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24And then veneered in mahogany.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28And they've saved the best bit of mahogany veneer for the lid there.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30You can see it's got that lovely grain in it.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Now, at first glance, this says to me that... Actually,
0:17:34 > 0:17:37I wonder if that is original. That inlayed oval there.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41Because very often on Georgian tea caddies you see a shell inlayed,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44or an inlayed motif there and on the front.
0:17:44 > 0:17:45Do you want to have a look, Steve?
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Yes. Do you think that was a label in there, with a crest on?
0:17:49 > 0:17:51I'm just going to check that out with my glass.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56Cos I can see a little bit of what's known as stringing there.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57Which is very fine inlay.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Can you see there's a little chequered effect,
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- just around the outside there? - I see, yes.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Now, it would be very difficult to keep that
0:18:05 > 0:18:08and change the oval veneer here.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10So I do think it's original to the piece.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12You've got a few condition issues.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14A little bit of veneer missing down here.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15But open it up...
0:18:15 > 0:18:18and look at that. I mean, isn't that lovely?
0:18:18 > 0:18:21- It's £45. That doesn't sound bad. - So he's come down.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23It originally had 75 on it.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25And how much do you think it might make?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27I would say £30 to £50.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29So with 45, we're pushing our luck a little bit?
0:18:29 > 0:18:33We're towards the top end, yeah. But let's put it back and have a think.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Meanwhile, with two buys in the bag,
0:18:35 > 0:18:38the Reds are getting a bit big for their boots.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40It's easy, this.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42THEY LAUGH
0:18:42 > 0:18:44This is the life. This is the life.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Come on, you pair.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49You might be good, but there's no point resting on your laurels.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50Cos you know what happens wi' laurels.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53They're wreaths. And we ain't leaving it to the death.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54Come on, team.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Quite right, Colin.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Now, Blues, it's been said you have a cup of tea, you get some sympathy.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- That is quite nice, actually. - I think that's wonderful.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- Would it be a tea caddy? - It is a tea caddy.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08I think the gentleman is going to get it out for us.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Great. Let's have a look.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12- It is silver-plate rather than silver, of course.- Right.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15We've got clearly engraved there - White Star Line, Liverpool.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19If this wasn't engraved, you'd have a pretty standard
0:19:19 > 0:19:21silver-plated on copper tea caddy.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Probably at auction...
0:19:23 > 0:19:2515 to £20. If that.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28But you've got this lovely engraving.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30And on the back - First Class.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Which says it all, really, doesn't it,
0:19:31 > 0:19:33about the quality of the piece?
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Absolutely. It does look very good.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Now, that dent on the back there is a shame,
0:19:37 > 0:19:39because that is going to put a few people off.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- What do you think, Russ? Do you like it?- Yeah. I do like it.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44And I think it's got the appeal for people
0:19:44 > 0:19:46that like the history of that shipping line as well.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50- Mm.- So we'd be looking sort of 1920s for that, would we?
0:19:50 > 0:19:51I think... The '20s, would you say?
0:19:51 > 0:19:54'20s, '30s. Yeah, '20s, '30s.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- I'm leaning towards it, Steve.- So am I.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59- Um...- 60.- You'd do it for 60?
0:19:59 > 0:20:04May we be really cheeky and ask for 45?
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- We're very keen.- I tell you what I'll do, you can have it for 50.
0:20:07 > 0:20:0950. What do you think, Russ?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11What would we be thinking at auction for something like that?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Because it's got that White Star Line interest on it,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16I'd certainly sort of put £40 to £60 on it.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17It has got that crease.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20But, you know, it's an affordable piece for somebody who's
0:20:20 > 0:20:22really interested, who wants to start their collection.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- I think that's item number two. - Yes.- Yes?- Let's go for it.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27- Quite happy?- Yes. - I'm OK with that.- Good.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29- Good decision.- Absolutely.- OK. - Thank you, sir.- Well done.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34Bravo, Blues. Let's hope it's plain sailing for the last 20 minutes.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- Down the next aisle. Up and down.- This one? Yeah.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Now, have the Reds run out of steam as they search for their third buy?
0:20:41 > 0:20:44We've not really looked at anything. We've... It's been very quiet.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- OK.- I think we need to get a bit of energy into this.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49To get that last purchase done.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52KB's got the right idea.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54They've got some cocktail shakers there but...
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- They're not very striking.- Right. - I'm not inspired at this point.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- Let's keep going. - No sartorial elegance.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Hurry up, Blues.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03I'll be calling last orders shortly.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07While the Reds might soon be toasting their final buy.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08What about that?
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Gosh, that's really... Go on, then, what is it?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14- Don't you know what it is? - I have no idea what it is.- No?
0:21:14 > 0:21:18- No.- Do you know what it is? - That looks like part of a gas lamp
0:21:18 > 0:21:20or something like that.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- OK, um...- But it seems to be sealed.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25It seems to be sealed at both ends.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26What if I just do this?
0:21:26 > 0:21:29There you go. Two sections.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Twisted pewter in the centre. Comes apart.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36It weighs a tonne!
0:21:36 > 0:21:41Very solid glass. There doesn't seem to be anything inside it.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- Filament or anything.- Filament. - You don't know what it is?
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- No, I have no...- Do you?
0:21:47 > 0:21:51I would think it is a collector or distiller of something.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Something to do with gas lamps.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56There is residue on the inside of it on both sides. So no, I don't know.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59OK. Well, the great news... Shall we ask the stall holder then?
0:21:59 > 0:22:00What is the story on this? What is it?
0:22:00 > 0:22:04Well, I believe it came originally from an apothecary's.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07They probably had some liquid in it, like on the shelf.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- More than that, I do not know.- Oh, so you don't know what it is either.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Well, that is three.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15So really you need to now be asking the expert what this item is.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19- Please.- Oh, go on.- Go on.- I haven't got clue what it is either.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23But I think... It is just intriguing.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- The expert?- Absolutely.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28It is intriguing enough to sort of have a look at.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31So on the basis that we don't know what we are buying and you don't
0:22:31 > 0:22:34know what you are selling, what sort of figure do you want for it, sir?
0:22:34 > 0:22:35The grand sum of £10 for it, sir.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37£10. It's the bargain of the day.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40It might go to auction and make an absolute fortune.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Yeah. We may be... Watch this space.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- Is it our third item?- Yeah.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46- Oh, we can't hang around like this. - Ten.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Oh, he just beat me to it.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51- Smashed it.- Let's spend the last 15 minutes with our feet up.- Let's go!
0:22:51 > 0:22:53There is a really good Chesterfield sofa out there.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- Oh, yeah, we are following you. - Goodbye.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00You just relax, Reds. The Blues, though, can do no such thing.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02So what do we think, anything? No?
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Nothing is leaping out at us at the moment.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Well, let's keep going. Let's go back into here.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10With time running out, the Blues have decided to divide...
0:23:10 > 0:23:11and hopefully conquer.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14And it is KB who gets the ball rolling.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16- Thank you.- So, what would this be?
0:23:16 > 0:23:20I thought at first it might have been what is known as a pounce pot,
0:23:20 > 0:23:23used to powder wigs.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26But because it is much later, I think it is a pepperette.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- But it is quite unusual. - What sort of age would that be?
0:23:29 > 0:23:32I am just unscrewing it, see if it will give me a clue.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35I think it has got a bit of age to it. It is certainly 20th century.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38- Perhaps have a look elsewhere, come back if we can't...?- OK.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Do you want to do that? You are not struck on this.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45- Not... No.- Well, there is this or there is your mahogany tea caddy.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47- Do you want to have a think about it?- Yes. Russ?
0:23:47 > 0:23:50How long have we got to think about it?
0:23:50 > 0:23:54- You have got eight minutes. - Oh, that is loads of time!- OK.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58- Come on, quick, eight minutes to have a really quick scan.- OK.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Time is not on your side, Blues.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Meanwhile, our punks are auditioning a new recruit.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06This bargain hunting is easy, isn't it?
0:24:06 > 0:24:10Bargain hunting is easy, but so is being punk.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11Oh, Lordy!
0:24:11 > 0:24:13- BOTH:- Far too modern.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Bad luck, Colin. Now, back to the Blues.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19And they have only got five minutes left. Chop chop.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21I was looking at some Minton plates,
0:24:21 > 0:24:23but I think they are going to be way out of our price range.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Yeah, that is a bit expensive.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Should we see it they will do just a wee bit more on that tea caddy?
0:24:27 > 0:24:30- Yeah. We got them down to 45 before, didn't we?- What do you think?- Yeah.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33- Come on then, quick. - I'll see if I can negotiate.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37We got him down to 45 before, do you think he'd go for 35?
0:24:37 > 0:24:41- Do you know, on the inside, it is nice.- It is.- Yeah. I do like it.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Well, why don't you go and have a chat, Steve? Where has he gone?
0:24:44 > 0:24:48- Where is our man?- He's down there. Quick, Steve!- Right.- Quick!
0:24:48 > 0:24:51- So what do you think about this? - It is not the sort of thing I like.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- I am not into the wooden box type thing.- Right.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56But this is more Steve's stuff.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00He likes it. And we'll...we'll see what he is going to come back with.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02How are you doing, Steve?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- What is the verdict?- Trust in me.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08The man said, being as we are so nice. And he likes you.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10£40.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- Hurrah, good man.- £40?- Yes. - Are we done?- Yes.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16BELL RINGS The end is nigh, folks.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17In fact...
0:25:17 > 0:25:19the end is now!
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- Hurrah!- Hurrah! Hup, the Blues!
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Let's check out what the Red team bought, eh?
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Is there any profit in this white metal purse?
0:25:31 > 0:25:37Did they pay way over the odds for the brass sovereign scales at £55?
0:25:37 > 0:25:40And will they work out what this is in time for the auction?
0:25:40 > 0:25:42The mystery item cost £10.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46- Well, you punkers, was that fun? - It was fun, it was great.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48- You spent a miserable amount of money, though.- I know!
0:25:48 > 0:25:51- I can't believe how little we spent. - How little was it, actually?
0:25:51 > 0:25:53- £95.- Good Lord! OK,
0:25:53 > 0:25:58- £205 of leftover lolly, please. - Indeed.- £205. Thank you.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01That is a huge wodge. Which is your favourite piece?
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- My favourite piece was the silver purse.- Silver purse.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05And do you agree with that, Matt?
0:26:05 > 0:26:08My favourite piece is the sovereign scales.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12- And are the sovereign scales going to weigh in the most profit?- Of course.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Do you agree?
0:26:14 > 0:26:16- No. I think the silver purse. - Very good for you.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Well, those are the predictions anyway. And good luck with that.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Now, Colin, you are off the hook now.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25You have a complete blank canvas and £205.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27- That is a lot of money, isn't it? - That is a lot.- It is.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31I think I'm going to have to keep with the punk attitude
0:26:31 > 0:26:33and buy something mainstream.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36- Mainstream?!- Oh!
0:26:36 > 0:26:38- Look at the fear in your eyes. - I know!
0:26:38 > 0:26:41The sin beyond all sins. Well done, Colin.
0:26:41 > 0:26:42Right now, though, we are
0:26:42 > 0:26:45going to check out what the Blue team bought, aren't we?
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Will they be the toast of the auction with his Victorian hip flask?
0:26:53 > 0:26:57£50 was paid for the electroplated tea caddy.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01And this mahogany one cost them £40.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02Cup of tea, anyone?
0:27:03 > 0:27:07OK, you two look-alikes. Ha-ha!
0:27:07 > 0:27:11They say imitation is the best form of flattery, don't they?
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Anyway, which is your favourite piece?
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- My favourite piece was the hip flask.- Hip flask?- Yes.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19- It fits Steve's sloe gin in it as well.- Exactly.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21That is why you are joined from the hip, you two.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23- Do you agree with that, Steven? - Surprisingly, I do.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Well, that is a miracle.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29And will your hip flask bring the biggest profit, Steven?
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- I think it could.- Really?
0:27:31 > 0:27:35I think our White Star Line tea caddy will bring the biggest profit.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- Do you? You don't get a sinking feeling with that?- No.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- I am very buoyant about it. - THEY LAUGH
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Touche! Excellent. So how much did you spend in toto?
0:27:44 > 0:27:49- £185.- 185, I would like £115 of leftover lolly, please. Thank you.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54- Which is a nice little wodge.- It is. - Isn't it, Kate?- Thank you very much.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58- Spend wisely.- I think I can do some damage to it, definitely.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Whatever you do, go forth and multiply, that is the answer.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Thank you very much, Kate. And good luck with that.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07Meanwhile, we are going to prepare ourselves for the journey
0:28:07 > 0:28:08to Stratford-upon-Avon.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Well, we have whizzed the 60-odd miles
0:28:19 > 0:28:23from Stafford to Stratford-upon-Avon.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27And very nice it is to be at Bigwood's saleroom with Mark Ashley.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30- Good morning, Tim.- Good morning and very nice to see you, Mark.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Now, we have got a nice mixture here.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36First of all, the white metal mesh lady's purse.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39It is decorative. Someone might find a use for it.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41It could be silver, couldn't it?
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Yes. Not marked, but it most probably is.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45- I think we have probably called it white metal.- Yes.
0:28:45 > 0:28:46Did you notice? Is it missing
0:28:46 > 0:28:48a couple of bits of decoration on the bottom?
0:28:48 > 0:28:51- Two balls.- There probably would have been a whole row of them.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53- Yeah.- So condition issues on it. - It is not a high-value thing.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56- What do you think it will bring? - We've only put 10 to 20.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Oh, have you? Well, they paid 30. They'll just about get
0:28:58 > 0:29:00- their money back, depending. - With a bit of luck.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04And then we go on to the rather amusing sovereign scales.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07I mean, the very fact that you had to use a scale to
0:29:07 > 0:29:09weigh your coinage would be a bit worrying, wouldn't it?
0:29:09 > 0:29:13Well, you see, in the day when gold coins were gold,
0:29:13 > 0:29:16of course what had happened way back was people would trim a little bit
0:29:16 > 0:29:19- off the edge of every coin that passed through their hand.- Yeah.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Then, of course, it added up.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24So you see, you'd have one of these to prove that the coin
0:29:24 > 0:29:27- you were being offered was the right thing.- Yes.- What a process.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Anyway, what is it going to bring?
0:29:29 > 0:29:31We've only put 15 to 25, but actually, I think
0:29:31 > 0:29:34- it could do a bit better than that. Cos it has got the box.- Yeah.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- You often see them without the box. - It needs to.- It could do all right.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Needs to. Cos £55 is the target.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44- So there we are. Lastly, this is an interesting object, isn't it?- It is.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47It is unusual. A lot of people have wondered what it is.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51It is actually the very first type of soda -
0:29:51 > 0:29:55- well, not siphon because the soda siphon follows - soda maker.- Yeah.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59You'd have soda in the top, water in the bottom, shake it vigorously,
0:29:59 > 0:30:02hence it's robustly made, cos otherwise it'd explode.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05I like that. It is quirky, it's different.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08- I think someone will go for that. - Yeah. How much?
0:30:08 > 0:30:11- I rate that, 40 to 60. - Good on you. £10 paid.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Well, I think they have done well. It is a good thing.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Lovely. Well, we have all learned a little something.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17- Perfect.- Anyway, that is great.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20If you are right and the soda maker bails them out,
0:30:20 > 0:30:21they won't need the bonus buy.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24If you are wrong, they will need the bonus buy,
0:30:24 > 0:30:25so let's go and have a look at it.
0:30:26 > 0:30:32Well, kids, £205 went to Colin Young. Colin, what did you spend the 205 on?
0:30:32 > 0:30:37- I went out and spent 75. What about that for a contraption?- Wow!
0:30:37 > 0:30:40- Oh, my goodness.- So, it's a money box, is it?- It is a money box.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43And, as I am sure you have already guessed, it is
0:30:43 > 0:30:45based on a World War I tank.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47- Yep.- That's it, absolutely.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Probably made in the '30s, something like that.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52There is a big old question to ask here, though, isn't there?
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Quite an explosive question, really.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56- How much is it going to bring? - Yes, what do you think?
0:30:56 > 0:30:58I know plenty of tank collectors,
0:30:58 > 0:31:02and I would expect that to realise anything up to £100, £120.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05- OK.- Brilliant. Thank you very much, Colin.
0:31:05 > 0:31:06Right now, though, for the audience at home,
0:31:06 > 0:31:10let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Colin's tank.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Isn't that the most extraordinary thing, Mark?
0:31:13 > 0:31:14Well, that is fun, isn't it?
0:31:14 > 0:31:18It is very well modelled as a First World War tank.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21And I love the fact that someone has used baked bean cans,
0:31:21 > 0:31:24I think, to make these turrets. It is great.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26But then when you start to look at it a little closer,
0:31:26 > 0:31:30you start to see it is probably not as old as it would like to be.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34I really wouldn't put it as trench art of the 1914-18 war.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37It looks like it has been spray painted in here.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39These certainly don't look terribly old.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41- But it is decorative.- Yeah. - It is a good-looking thing.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44- They probably made this ten or 20 years ago.- Most probably.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Yeah. But it is a good, fun object.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49And if you want a money box that looks unlike any other money
0:31:49 > 0:31:53- box, it is great. What is it worth? - We have put 25 to 35 on it.- OK.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Well, Colin paid 75. But you never know,
0:31:55 > 0:31:58something extraordinary might happen in the auction.
0:31:58 > 0:32:04Next, for the Blues, they have the very nice little drinking flask.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07- Do you like that?- I do. I like that very much. Nice quality.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09It is good glass. Silver.
0:32:09 > 0:32:14Got the nice removable cup at the bottom of the gilded interior.
0:32:14 > 0:32:15- I like that.- What is it worth?
0:32:15 > 0:32:16Well, we've put 80 to 120 on it.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Because it is a Victorian one, isn't it?
0:32:18 > 0:32:22- Yeah.- I like that.- The team paid £95, so they paid the right money.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24I'm not so sure about this tea caddy,
0:32:24 > 0:32:26though, cos it is only plate, isn't it?
0:32:26 > 0:32:29- How do you rate that? - Well, we have put 30 to 40 on it.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Which I think could be a little optimistic
0:32:31 > 0:32:34cos at the end of the day, it is a silver-plated tea caddy. I think
0:32:34 > 0:32:37- the inscription... - White Star Line, Liverpool.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Hm... Makes you think possibly off the Titanic.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43- Ooh...- I think that is what they're trying to make us think.
0:32:43 > 0:32:48Anyway, 30 to 40. £50 paid. I think that is too strong a brew for me. Ha!
0:32:48 > 0:32:52Moving on is the tea caddy, the Georgian mahogany one.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Now, that is a period piece and absolutely fine.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58Well, 20 years ago, this would have done really well.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01- But the market has gone. - So, what is the current price then?
0:33:01 > 0:33:05- The massive sum of £30 to £40. - Well, fair enough, they paid £40.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09Anyway, if they do as well as I think they're going to do with
0:33:09 > 0:33:11the silver flask, they won't need their bonus buy,
0:33:11 > 0:33:14but let's go and have a look at it.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18- Now, Kate Bliss, this is exciting. You had £115.- Are you ready?
0:33:19 > 0:33:22- I remember seeing this, yes.- Ah!
0:33:22 > 0:33:25- Cos you didn't like it at the time. - I wasn't quite certain, no.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27- But I did like it.- Yes.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30- OK.- Well, I think this is really neat.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32It is, obviously, in the form of a bowling ball.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35We have got a little bit of gilt detail on the top.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39And inside, you would put your pepper. The engineering is lovely.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42It fits together really nicely.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45And you have got, on the bottom, a little maker's name -
0:33:45 > 0:33:46Mappin & Webb.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50- And what did you pay for it? - I only paid £20.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52I am liking it more and more.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55So if that doesn't make a profit, I will be seriously disappointed.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58- Are you happy?- Yes. - OK, brilliant.- Ever hopeful.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01Let us, for the audience at home, find out
0:34:01 > 0:34:04whether the auctioneer thinks it is just lot of old balls.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08- Now, how charming is that? - Well, I like this.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11It is high-quality silver-plate.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13But it is such a great novelty pepper pot.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16And people collect novelty pepper pots.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19- What is your estimate?- 30 to 50. - Might make 60?
0:34:19 > 0:34:20I think it could.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23OK, £20 paid by the clever Kate Bliss.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Let's hope the team go with it.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29- Are you taking the sale today? - Yes.- We are in safe hands.
0:34:32 > 0:34:3540. 40. Five. 50.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37- Now, Matt, Nicki, this is exciting.- It is.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39How many auctions do you get to go to?
0:34:39 > 0:34:42- Not many. We have only been to a couple, haven't they?- Have you?
0:34:42 > 0:34:44- Yeah.- But you are not auction virgins, anyway.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46- No, not virgins.- We are not virgins.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48First up is your purse. And here it comes.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51Start me off. Who has got £15 for it?
0:34:51 > 0:34:54Surely. Tenner then to start. Thank you, sir. Ten.
0:34:54 > 0:34:5712, the lady. Who has got 14 for me?
0:34:57 > 0:35:00At 12 then. It is the lady's bid.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03Are we all sure? I'll be selling at £12.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05I can't believe this. This is...
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- £12.- £12 is minus £18.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11Bad luck on that. But it ain't finished yet.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13This is rather nice.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17A little set of brass warranted sovereign scales.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21- And I can start this straight off here at £30.- Yes!
0:35:21 > 0:35:22- Yes!- Bid me five.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26At 35, sir. I can take you on a little way. 40.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29Come back five, Sir. 50. Five?
0:35:29 > 0:35:31- Oh, go on, sir.- Go on.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33You really ought to, sir.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37- At 50. Nice to have the box. - Don't want to miss it, sir.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41It is £50 then with me on commission. And I will sell at £50.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Are you all sure?
0:35:43 > 0:35:47- £50.- Well, better than his 15 to 25 estimate, anyway.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50But sadly, minus £5. You are minus 23.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53Now, this was a little bit of a mystery item,
0:35:53 > 0:35:57but I believe it to be a very, very early soda water maker.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01You put soda in the top, water in the bottom, shake it all up,
0:36:01 > 0:36:02and that is why it is so robust.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06Rare thing, surely. £30 for it.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08Not getting biddy with the fizzy, are they?
0:36:08 > 0:36:10You will probably never see another one.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13So if you don't buy this one, you will regret it.
0:36:13 > 0:36:14Who has got £10?
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Not exactly effervescent.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19Surely £5. Sir, thank you very much.
0:36:19 > 0:36:20Gentleman's bid at £5.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23He will have something that no-one else in Stratford has got.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26At £5. Do I see eight?
0:36:26 > 0:36:29I'll sell it then at five. Are you all sure?
0:36:29 > 0:36:33£5. Minus £5, which means overall, you are minus 28.
0:36:33 > 0:36:34Now, are you going to go with
0:36:34 > 0:36:36the tank or are you going to park
0:36:36 > 0:36:38it at minus £28, which could be a winning score?
0:36:38 > 0:36:40MATT LAUGHS
0:36:40 > 0:36:42I don't know.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44We feel Colin has found such a fantastic thing that is us,
0:36:44 > 0:36:47- we are going to take a chance on it. - For the fun of it.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50- Absolutely.- We are going to go with the bonus buy, and here it comes.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54Painted metal money box there. Fashioned as the Great War tank.
0:36:54 > 0:36:55Rather nice, we think.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57They are probably baked bean cans at the side.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59That is rather fun, isn't it?
0:36:59 > 0:37:02So surely, who has got £30 for it?
0:37:02 > 0:37:05Start me off. Who has got £10 for it?
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Two people, straightaway. I saw you first, madam, at ten.
0:37:08 > 0:37:1215, gentleman standing. 20, madam. Five.
0:37:12 > 0:37:1430. Five.
0:37:14 > 0:37:1830 back you, madam. The gentleman is out. I am at £30.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Are we all done?
0:37:20 > 0:37:21This is going in the tank, isn't it?
0:37:21 > 0:37:23The lady at the back at 30, and I'll sell.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25There's probably that in the money box.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29At the very back, seated, madam. You were there all the way. 40.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- Have another, sir? Surely. - Go on, have another.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35It probably has got some money in it as well, you know.
0:37:35 > 0:37:3745. 50, madam.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Five, sir. Fallen asleep?
0:37:39 > 0:37:43It is back to the lady. The lady's bid at £50.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46And I'll sell. £50.
0:37:46 > 0:37:5050 is minus 25. Which means you are minus 53.
0:37:50 > 0:37:51Anyway, you are in it for the fun.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54- We are.- Thank you very much for coming and playing.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57- Don't say a word to the Blues and all will be revealed in a minute.- OK.
0:37:57 > 0:37:58Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07- OK, Steve, Russ, how are you? - Good. Really nervous.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10- Do you know how the Reds got on? - No idea at all.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Good, we don't want you to know. First up is the flask.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15And I pray God it makes its money in the auction today
0:38:15 > 0:38:17cos it is worth 120.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19- Here it comes.- That is a good flask.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Isn't it? Handsome flask, that. Love it.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24That surely is £100, isn't it?
0:38:24 > 0:38:27Who has got £100 for that? Any less and it is given away.
0:38:27 > 0:38:2950 then to start me.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32Sir. 50 bid. Do I see five?
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Good thing. Five. 60. Five.
0:38:35 > 0:38:3670. Five.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38(Keep going, keep going.)
0:38:38 > 0:38:41Five. 80, I am back to you at the moment, sir. At 80.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45- Do I see another face? It is a good thing.- It is.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47Surely we will have another. 80 then.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51- It has levelled at five on the net. - No!- 90, sir. Will you kindly...?
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Thank you. 90, bid in the room.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55- We paid 95?- 90, I think.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59I have 90 in the room. And I will sell it in the room.
0:38:59 > 0:39:00- Come on!- Oh, dear!
0:39:00 > 0:39:02£90.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04God. I mean, so close, lads.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06It is just a touch, that's all.
0:39:06 > 0:39:07Just bad luck. Minus five.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10OK, now, the copper tea caddy.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14Plate on copper, the little tea caddy there. It is inscribed.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15Nice little piece.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19£30 for it. 20 to start me. Who has got £20?
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Start me off. Madam, 20, bid at 20.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26Do I see five? Thank you, madam. 25.
0:39:26 > 0:39:2930. Have another. 35.
0:39:29 > 0:39:3140. 45.
0:39:31 > 0:39:3350. And five, madam.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35No? Are you sure?
0:39:35 > 0:39:37We are even at 50.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41It could be from the Titanic, you know. Lady in the room at 50.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44I'll sell at 50. Are you all sure?
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Yours, madam, £50.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Which is no profit, no losses. Wiped its face.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51So you are still minus £5.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53Let us hope for this caddy now.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Lovely little thing. It is high quality.
0:39:56 > 0:40:01- Would you believe I can start it at a measly £25?- Oh.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Do I see 30 bid? You are surely not going to let it away?
0:40:04 > 0:40:07- It is a lovely one.- Come on! - 30, sir. I am now with you.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09My commission is lost.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12- Gentleman's bid at 30. - Come on!- Madam,
0:40:12 > 0:40:16surely you were thinking about it. 35. 40, sir. It is a good thing.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19At 35, I am back to you, madam. Are we all sure?
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Be selling it now. Are we all done?
0:40:22 > 0:40:23One more.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25- 35.- Shocked from Sussex. It could be a winning score, though.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28- There we go. We are going with the bonus buy?- Absolutely.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30We are going with the bonus buy. We are all trusting Kate.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32We think it is a lovely object. And here it comes.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35Mappin & Webb. Princess plate.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39Little pepperette in the form of a bowling ball.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42- Isn't this a very good thing? - Yes!- Yes!- I like this.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44- £40, surely.- Come on!
0:40:44 > 0:40:4720. Who has got 20? That is for nothing.
0:40:47 > 0:40:48Madam, at £20.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52It is still a cheap thing at 20. Five on the net.
0:40:52 > 0:40:5330, madam. It is a good thing.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55You are in profit. Well done, Kate.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57I have 30, the lady's bid in the room.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59- Get on!- Make us a quid.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01- We want an overall profit. - Lady's bid at 30.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03- Go on!- It is going to sell at 30.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06- One more.- Are you sure? 30.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08I can't believe this. At £30,
0:41:08 > 0:41:09you made plus £10.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11You were minus £10 before.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Now you have got absolutely nothing.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16It could have been a lot worse. Well done, you.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19And so listen, getting absolutely nowhere
0:41:19 > 0:41:20might be the best thing you ever did
0:41:20 > 0:41:22today cos that would be a winning score.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Hold that thought. Don't say a word to the Reds.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27And all will be revealed in a moment.
0:41:27 > 0:41:28Very good fun.
0:41:34 > 0:41:39Gosh, this is exciting, isn't it? The denouement. Have you been chatting?
0:41:39 > 0:41:42- No.- No? Not at all. So nobody knows anything about the score.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Well, it is no secret that nobody is going home with any money today.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47THEY LAUGH
0:41:47 > 0:41:51That is the name of the game. So nobody has got huge profits.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54But there is a running-up team, as usual.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57And the runners-up today, I'm afraid, are the Reds.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01The Reds, with a minus 53 score.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04But don't get too cocky, because you didn't make any profits.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08They actually wiped their face, which for a winning team to
0:42:08 > 0:42:11make no profit, no loss, to get absolutely nowhere through
0:42:11 > 0:42:14the whole experience but yet to win with nothing is an achievement.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16So it is a special day.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19- So, you steampunkers, right, it didn't work out, did it?- No.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22- Cos it is all minus all the way down the line.- We were robbed.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Robbed, you were?
0:42:24 > 0:42:28- Well, you were robbed and bled white with all of this pain.- I blame Colin.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Anyway, I'm not going to go through it.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32- Except to say, did you have a nice time?- We had a fantastic time.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36- Brilliant.- Yes. Well, thank you for dressing up and looking so splendid
0:42:36 > 0:42:39for us and taking the trouble. Which is fantastic.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42As long as you've had fun, that is the main thing. Keep at it.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Keep the day jobs.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47But for the victors, who managed to score
0:42:47 > 0:42:49nothing on anything that they bought....
0:42:49 > 0:42:51In fact, they had a minus ten.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54But fortunately, Kate came forward with the bonus buy,
0:42:54 > 0:42:58which made £10, which wiped everything clean, so that was fine.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00A satisfactory result, wouldn't you say?
0:43:00 > 0:43:02We are not retiring, but we loved the day.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Anyway, it has been great fun.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07Such fun you should really have a bird's-eye at our website
0:43:07 > 0:43:10and of course join us soon for some more Bargain Hunting, yes?
0:43:10 > 0:43:11ALL: Yes!