0:00:04 > 0:00:07We've come to beautiful Builth Wells in Mid Wales,
0:00:07 > 0:00:11an area renowned for its agricultural heritage.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14So let's be bullish about this. Ha-ha!
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Let's go Bargain Hunting. Yeah.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48Today we are at the Royal Welsh Showground, which is normally
0:00:48 > 0:00:51a great shop window for the farming community.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55But today it's going to be a great shop window for Bargain Hunt,
0:00:55 > 0:00:59with the Red team and the Blue team each needing to find three items
0:00:59 > 0:01:04to take away and hopefully sell for a profit later at auction.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Let's take a sneaky peek as to what's coming up, eh?
0:01:08 > 0:01:11On today's show, Phil goes begging for profit.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14- Here we are.- I could walk around with that, couldn't I?
0:01:14 > 0:01:16It was made for me, this was.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18And then...for forgiveness.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Do you do confessions?
0:01:21 > 0:01:22The Blues try and drive the price down.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27- We've got to make a profit. - Just a little bit.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Tweak it, a little bit. Please.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30And then back up again.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34- Come on, come on, come on. More. - 65.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37So let's meet today's teams.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Well, we have a team of friends on today's programme.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Well, they're friends at the moment.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46It's Judy and Jane.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49And for the Blues we have a daughter-and-father combo,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Fionella and Malcolm. Hello, everyone.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- ALL:- Hello!
0:01:53 > 0:01:54Hello, hello, hello.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Now, Judy, I don't have to ask you what your profession is.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- No, we've both rather given it away today.- You're sporting dog collars.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04- We are.- So what is the good bits about being a vicar?
0:02:04 > 0:02:06It's incredibly varied.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09You never know quite what you're going to be doing from day to day.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Just being part of a local community
0:02:12 > 0:02:14and there for people whatever is going on in their lives,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17the difficult and the great, is a privilege.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19But you had another life as a vet.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21I did. Yes, yes.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26I qualified as a vet at Bristol and then I taught vet students
0:02:26 > 0:02:29and ended up specialising in horse colic.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32If you want to know anything about horse gut, I'm your person!
0:02:32 > 0:02:34So, what happened?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Where was your epiphany? That you were dealing with horse guts
0:02:36 > 0:02:39one minute, and you thought, "I can't stick this any more...
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- No, no, no.- "..I'm moving on."
0:02:41 > 0:02:44It had been a background thought since I was about 15 that
0:02:44 > 0:02:48at some point some kind of full-time Christian work was in the offing.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51So, Jane, how long have you known Judy for?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54I've known her for 20 years, when she arrived as our vicar
0:02:54 > 0:02:57and I was, innocently, not a vicar at the time.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00You're relatively new to the Church, aren't you?
0:03:00 > 0:03:05Yes. I've not been a vicar for more than six years.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08- Before that I was a teacher, a geography teacher.- Oh, yes.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11I decided really - this doesn't sound too good - that there would be
0:03:11 > 0:03:13a point when I couldn't run up sand dunes any more.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16What are your tactics going to be today?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Are you going to spend all the cash? Spend every last penny?
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- No, I don't think so.- You're not? - We're very careful.- A bit cautious.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- Oh, yes.- You'll regard it as the collection money?- I think so.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- Exactly.- It's on loan. - Good stewardship.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- That's a better word. - Everything is stewardship.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Good fun. Lovely to meet you.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- Now, Fionella. It says here that you're an estate agent.- I am indeed.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- Well done, for your pains. - Absolutely.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45- Some people are very rude about estate agents, aren't they?- They are.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- That's incredibly unfair. - Unfairly, really.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- Do you love your job?- I really do.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54- I get paid to talk to people all day.- Yes. And you like that?
0:03:54 > 0:03:58Yes, generally I do. Most people are really nice.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00There's an awful lot of ground to cover here
0:04:00 > 0:04:03at the Royal Welsh Showground and you are very fit, right?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- Because you like to run. - I do like to run, yes.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- I hope that'll be to our advantage. - In a big fair like this, it probably will.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Absolutely. I want to get there first before the other team!
0:04:13 > 0:04:17- Now, Malcolm. You also like to keep fit, don't you?- I do, I do.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19I walk seven miles to the baths in Shrewsbury.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23- Do you?- Then swim for 40 minutes, 45 minutes.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25- Do you mind my asking how old are you?- 77.- Are you?
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Malcolm, it's not so often we have a person on the show
0:04:29 > 0:04:31who has been awarded an MBE.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34So congratulations for that. Tell us about the circumstances.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36My wife and I, we do foster.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39My wife has fostered longer than I have because I worked,
0:04:39 > 0:04:41I was a car salesman.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45When I retired I became the foster carer's assistant
0:04:45 > 0:04:48and we really, really enjoyed it.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52- And how many children have you fostered?- Just over 140.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Have you really? That is quite something.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59- Do you guys ever get together at auctions?- Yes, we do go to auctions.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- But we don't give Dad a free rein very often.- Why is that?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Because he buys things nobody else wants
0:05:04 > 0:05:06and then we have to resell them again at a loss.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09I see! It's that good a business, is it?
0:05:09 > 0:05:13No, what it is, Tim, the poor old auctioneer's struggling there
0:05:13 > 0:05:16to get a bid, and I think I'll start the bidding off for him.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Of course nobody else bids and it's knocked down to me.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23On that happy note I think we should have our £300.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26- Here comes the £300, there we go. £300.- Thank you.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29You know the rules. Your experts await, and off you go!
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Godspeed.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Let's get things started and meet today's experts.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Rooting around for the Reds, it's Phil Serrell.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45And aiming to rake in a profit for the Blues, it's Ben Cooper.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47What are you looking to buy, do you think?
0:05:47 > 0:05:53We're looking for, I think, small items, intricately made.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- Small and intricate?- Yes.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59- Is that not you?- But you've got me!
0:05:59 > 0:06:04- I like silver.- Right. - And something that is unusual.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- And is going to make us a profit. - And quirky.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10I'm kind of hoping that with you two we might get a bit of divine help.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12I think we might need it.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Get skating, teams, cos your time starts now.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17TRAIN WHISTLE
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- Let's do it.- Come on, let's do it. Come on.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- Come on, let's have a go.- OK.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23We need to speed up.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Very much a gentleman's thing. It's quite cool, isn't it?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33What about one of these retro deckchairs? What do you think, Dad?
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- Do you like them?- Yes, I think they are very now, and what people like.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- Do you know how to put them together?- They just fold up, don't they?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Do you like that or not?
0:06:42 > 0:06:46- Silence...- I'm not sure, I'm not sure.- Silence means rubbish.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- Silence says, no, we don't really like it.- Follow me, follow me.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50- Oh.- Oh, dear.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Oh, Lordy! Here's a fact.
0:06:52 > 0:06:57Deckchairs were first used on the decks of ocean liners in the 1860s.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- Is it a retro one? - It's not so much about age,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02what you are trying to find is something which will make a profit.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- A profit, yes.- How much have you got on the deckchair?- 20 each for those.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- They're 20 each?- OK.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11- How are you feeling? - And how much for us?- 20 each!
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Oh, we've got to make a profit.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- Just, just, just a little bit... - Tweak it a little bit.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Just tweak a little bit. - We'll go 16, then.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23- 16.- 16.- I think the gentleman is being very...- Fair.- ..fair.- Yes.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27Could we put it behind for just, like, ten minutes?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29And we will come back to you? Fab. Let's do it.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Right, OK. We've only got started. Only five minutes in.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37So let's see what else we can find and maybe come back to this later.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38One for the back burner then, Blues,
0:07:38 > 0:07:41but there's no time to sit back and relax.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Now, will this make an impression with the Reds?
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- What do you think to this?- What is it?- It's an old company seal.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Right, OK.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53In the days when any limited company had to have its company seal.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55And its own seal.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58And here, you stamped it down,
0:07:58 > 0:08:02it impressed into the paper what your registration was, effectively.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04It's beautiful, actually, isn't it?
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Yes, it's quite nice, because that's a locking device there.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11You can't actually use it as a seal with that lock in place.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16We've got a tonne of seals and all sorts going on.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18These are plain ones.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21I've got to say, I don't think this box has got anything to do with it,
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- but it does the job, doesn't it?- It does.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28The real key to all of this - let's just pop it back how it was -
0:08:28 > 0:08:31is, in all its glory, do you like it?
0:08:33 > 0:08:35- Yes, I do.- Yes. Both of us.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38It's £65.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Let me have a word with the dealer and I can see what they can do.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Go and see if you can seal the deal, Phil.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Now, what has Malcolm spotted?
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- Who would want to buy that, Dad? - I don't know.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- Is that what they call a mahjong something or...?- Yes, a mahjong set.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59- Yes.- But who would want it? - Ben?- Yes?
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- Would that be of interest to anybody?- A mahjong set.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04What is a mahjong set?
0:09:04 > 0:09:07It's a Chinese game and to be honest I have no idea how you play it.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11But it's about building walls and so you've got to have all the tiles...
0:09:11 > 0:09:14That's the character for chung, which is central.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Often they are made out of ivory. This one's not.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20By the looks of things it's a complete set
0:09:20 > 0:09:23with some spare blank tiles, which is always useful
0:09:23 > 0:09:25because you're bound to lose some.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27They're always sought after and I often get asked by people,
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- "Have you seen a mahjong set recently?"- Right, OK.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35- So it may be...- Yes, but it depends on the price, doesn't it, Ben?- Yes.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38- This one's £78.- Yeah.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- It's not a desperately old set... - No.- ..looking at the box.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- No, the case is not very old. - No, no.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46It's nicely made.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52In all honesty I don't think there's going to be much of a profit.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56Even if the gentleman would be very kind to us, I still don't think
0:09:56 > 0:09:59it's necessarily something that'll be great in a general auction.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01OK, well, let's move on.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Back to Phil, who has price news on the seal stamp.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09I think she's been really kind to us. She said we can have it for £45.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- 45?- There's one crucial question you haven't asked yet.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- What do you think it will sell for? - You've got it! You've got it!
0:10:15 > 0:10:17She's got it.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20I think if you have a bad day, it's £30.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23If you have a good day, it might make 60.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28I think it's quirky enough and it's just a lovely-looking piece
0:10:28 > 0:10:33- which somebody's used, haven't they, and that's what we wanted. - It's different...
0:10:33 > 0:10:37- I wouldn't mind it on my desk. - Are you going to buy it?
0:10:37 > 0:10:41- Yes.- You're going to write to the bishop?- Send him a seal. Absolutely.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- Send him a seal.- I think so.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Right, I think you've done really well
0:10:45 > 0:10:48because you've only just started, first lot gone.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49Well done you. Come on.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54And in ten minutes the Reds are stampeding ahead.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56One item in the bag.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57Are the Blues going to be as snappy?
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- Why do you think about this?- Oh!
0:11:01 > 0:11:03- Looks like a big crocodile.- Yes.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08It's a stationery box, is what it was originally made for.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Date-wise, I would have thought
0:11:09 > 0:11:12you're looking around the turn of the century.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15In 1947, it became illegal to import crocodile skin
0:11:15 > 0:11:18into the UK, but this piece is late 19th century.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Oh, Dundee.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- That wouldn't be Crocodile Dundee, would it?- Er...no.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29- No. Oh.- Edwards & Sons, Regent Street.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32That will be the retailer and they probably made them as well.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36In lovely condition. What you can't fake is patina,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39that wonderful word we have in the antiques trade.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42You've got this patina, where it's been handled.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47Your fingers go there. Lovely marks.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49That can't be faked.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- So, it's a great box. It's got 160 on it.- Right.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55I'd have thought, if you asked him what his price...
0:11:55 > 0:11:57he'd give, probably, about 140.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- I think you'd need to get it a bit lower than that...- OK.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01..to be able to make a profit.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- All right.- See if you can use your charm.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- Go on, Dad, see what you can do. - I'll have a word.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Have a word with the gent.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Excuse me, sir.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Now, some words of wisdom from Phil.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- See that there?- Yes.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19If you've got a long case clock and the bottom's rotted,
0:12:19 > 0:12:22and someone pinches the movement and the hood's a bit warped,
0:12:22 > 0:12:26- what you do is cut it out and make a cupboard out of the trunk.- Right.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28All clever stuff, this.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Wise words, Phil.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33How are the Blues getting along with that stationery box?
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- How did you get on?- We've cracked it, I think. £110, Ben.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41- I think he's been very generous. - That's our first buy.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Shaking his hand, you've done it.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45The Blues are moving forward with the box
0:12:45 > 0:12:47and both teams have one item each.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49We've used up 20 minutes, we've only got one item.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51I think we need to crack on.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Let's get into the warmth, we've got two more things to buy.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55Come on, let's do it.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57I'm already in the warm and I've spotted something
0:12:57 > 0:13:00that, at first glance, might not catch your eye.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08So, what have we got here?
0:13:08 > 0:13:12On the face of it, rather a tatty album.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16The spine here, look, has rotted and come away.
0:13:16 > 0:13:23And if, as I did, wondering around outside here at Builth Wells,
0:13:23 > 0:13:27you passed this too quickly you would miss a real treat.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34Because this is a photo album with a difference.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Depress the brass catch to let the spring off to enable the top
0:13:38 > 0:13:43to open, and inside that front cover is a rather unusual feature.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Two little catches, look.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48If I pull the silk string it opens up a compartment
0:13:48 > 0:13:51with two empty sections.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55What's all that about? Well, you'll find out in a minute.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Open it up inside and it reveals the standard
0:13:59 > 0:14:04late-Victorian photo album image sleeve.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07You would tuck into that a snap of your loved one
0:14:07 > 0:14:12and indeed it would appear that Idris Fletcher's daughter Marian
0:14:12 > 0:14:16once sat inside this album.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20But the images of the loved ones have largely been removed
0:14:20 > 0:14:23before the album, clearly, went up for sale.
0:14:23 > 0:14:28Except that there's one image left and that is of...
0:14:28 > 0:14:30"My Dad".
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Look at that!
0:14:33 > 0:14:37But apart from the interest in the album itself,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40this one contains a secret.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45To reveal that, all I have to do is to depress the hinge.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Like that.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50MUSIC
0:14:52 > 0:14:56As if by magic, from within the volume itself,
0:14:56 > 0:14:59in the secret base
0:14:59 > 0:15:03we have a mechanical musical device.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Isn't that amazing?
0:15:05 > 0:15:10This particular type of mechanical musical device is called
0:15:10 > 0:15:12a polyphone.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16It's a type that uses a thin steel disc
0:15:16 > 0:15:20that's been pierced, which enables the tune to play.
0:15:20 > 0:15:26This particular steel disc says "Mikado-Walzer".
0:15:26 > 0:15:31Do you remember in the lid of this album we had some compartments?
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Funnily enough the compartments are exactly the right size
0:15:35 > 0:15:36for these polyphone discs.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39So effectively you would have some spare discs
0:15:39 > 0:15:42in the lid of the photograph album,
0:15:42 > 0:15:47so when you get fed up with one tune, rather like a CD, you change them.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51You bring out some fresh music, which is quite fun.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53In fact, it's a lot of fun,
0:15:53 > 0:15:57and that's why this thing is such an amazing find.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02These polyphones come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06If you're a collector of mechanical music you simply have to have one
0:16:06 > 0:16:09of every example in your collection.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11A little fellow like this,
0:16:11 > 0:16:15of no great quality but interesting as a novelty
0:16:15 > 0:16:17to a mechanical music fan,
0:16:17 > 0:16:23could be worth as much as £150-£250.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26What would it cost you here in Builth Wells
0:16:26 > 0:16:29wandering around an outside stand?
0:16:30 > 0:16:32It could be yours for £10.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Now, that's what I call music to my ear.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39MUSIC
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Back to the shopping and both teams have one item each
0:16:46 > 0:16:48and with just over 20 minutes on the clock.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50So, Blues, what's the plan?
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- We need some purchases.- We've only got one thing bought at the moment.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Yeah, we've got one thing on standby as well.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03- There's always a deckchair to fall back on.- Yeah, literally!
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- These are topical, aren't they? - Oh, look!
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- No, no! No, no, no, no! - We could have...
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Guide Me Oh Thou Great Redeemer, Come All Ye Faithful.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- What's that?- How about, God loveth a cheerful giver?
0:17:17 > 0:17:21I could walk round with that, couldn't I? Made for me, this was.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25- I think we should be restoring that to somebody, don't you?- £98.- £98?
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- What sort of wood is that? - Expensive!
0:17:28 > 0:17:30No divine inspiration there, then.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34We haven't looked at many things, have we? Is that all right, though?
0:17:34 > 0:17:38You best had, though - time's ticking.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40I quite like these bowls and things.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Is there anything else that takes your shine?
0:17:42 > 0:17:46- I quite like the shape of this.- Do you?- A malt shovel.- A malt shovel.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- A malt shovel?- For shovelling malt. - That's all right.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Why do you like it? Why do you like it?
0:17:52 > 0:17:55There is the feel of it, there's the... Is it old?
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Yeah, I would think that's 19th century.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00It looks as if it's done some work but that wouldn't matter, would it?
0:18:00 > 0:18:04No, that actually adds to it. That's what we call patina.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06- Patina.- Right.- How much is it?
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- It's 65, is it?- 59.
0:18:11 > 0:18:1459. Let's have a word with our good lady.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- How are you? - I'm fine.- Are you well?- Yes.
0:18:17 > 0:18:22- Your malt shovel, do you think it's made out of beech?- Yes, I think so.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- Yes.- 19th century?- Yes.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- £45.- You can do it for 45?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Thank you very much indeed. Thank you.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Right, you've got a decision to make.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36We bought something in our first 20, we're looking at our second 20.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Need to make a decision. Yes, no? Yes, no? Yes, no?
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Do think there's a chance of it making a profit?
0:18:41 > 0:18:44I think that's going to make £40-£60. All day long.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49We're only looking to tip over the edge, aren't we?
0:18:49 > 0:18:52- Thing is, we like it, don't we? - It's decision time.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- I think, yes?- We'll go for it? Yes. - We'll go for it.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Our vicars are digging deep.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59That's two in the bag.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Now, Ben, how are we doing for time?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- 35 minutes gone.- Right, OK. - One thing bought.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- We've got two more to go. - Two more to get.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- Get your eyes peeled, let's hone in to what you want.- What we want.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- Silver.- Yes, please. - Right.- Let's do it.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17- Let's walk down. I can see a stand of silver just in front.- OK.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Right, we're on a budget of time and money.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25Have you got anything that you could drastically reduce us
0:19:25 > 0:19:27to make a profit at auction?
0:19:27 > 0:19:30I don't like the sound of a drastic reduction but I will help a little.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- OK.- What sort of thing are you thinking of?
0:19:33 > 0:19:35I like silver oddities, so something that's...
0:19:37 > 0:19:39..interesting.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43There's a wonderful little enamel and silver mirror there.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45I do like that.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Mirror's a little bit frosted, as you'd expect with an aged mirror,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51but it's still a beautiful picture.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53The mirror won't detract hugely
0:19:53 > 0:19:57because people don't buy it as a mirror to use.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Originally, it would have hung, as you can see,
0:20:00 > 0:20:02off a chatelaine or something.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05But it's really for silver collectors to buy little things,
0:20:05 > 0:20:08also enamel collectors.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Hallmarks are very important. They've got to be nice and clear.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13OK, which they are. Do you like it, Dad?
0:20:13 > 0:20:15I do. I think it's lovely.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- What's the price on it? - How friendly can you be?
0:20:18 > 0:20:22- VENDOR: 98.- Oh, no! Please! - We said "friendly".
0:20:22 > 0:20:27- Oh, discount, oh.- Please, please. - 98. How about if I said £80?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29- Take my hand at 70. Come on.- Please!
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- 75 and you've got a deal. - We're running out of time.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34I think 75 is a very fair price.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36To be fair, with silver, as I said earlier,
0:20:36 > 0:20:38- you've got intrinsic values, as well.- OK.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41What about, then, if we say £72?
0:20:41 > 0:20:45- Oh, go on. 72.- Yes!- Well done. - Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47TIM: The Blues have got their silverware.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Both teams now have one more item to find,
0:20:50 > 0:20:54so will these maps keep the Reds moving in the right direction?
0:20:54 > 0:20:57"Wartime maps of Scotland." Do you like those?
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- Well, I'm a geographer so... - Yeah, but I'm not.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02I'm not a very good one, though.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05I wouldn't even have known if they were Scotland.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08The thing is, who do you think is going to buy these?
0:21:08 > 0:21:12- Well, at an auction in England, I don't know.- No, you're right.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- If it was Scotland, maybe, but... - Yeah.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Maps of Scotland by and large probably sell well in Scotland,
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- not England.- Not England. - Plenty of exiles, though.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- She's good, isn't she? - Oh, she is good.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25She probably doesn't like them either. I get that impression.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- Well, I think I'm not as keen as you.- Prejudiced and good.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Yeah. The thing is, Judy, these are wartime maps.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- Can I just say something to you? - Yeah.- Ten minutes left.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35- Right, ten minutes. - JUDY GASPS
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- Ten minutes left. - I'd rather go and look around.- OK.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Whilst the maps are lost on Judy,
0:21:42 > 0:21:44the Blues have found some more silver.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Let's have a little look at the vesta.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- What do you think, Malcolm?- I think it's very nice. It is silver.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- There's a hallmark?- Yeah, it's got a hallmark.- What do you think, Ben?
0:21:59 > 0:22:04- Well, it's priced at only 45. - What do the silver hallmarks say?
0:22:04 > 0:22:05We've got...
0:22:05 > 0:22:07the anchor for Birmingham.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09We've got the lion and the date letter...
0:22:09 > 0:22:13I haven't got a book with me but, looking at the work,
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- it's probably around about 1900, 1910, somewhere in that period.- OK.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22- And it's a nice, honest little vesta case.- Yes, I think it would appeal.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Shall I go and see what we can get it for, then, Ben?
0:22:24 > 0:22:26See what you can do, Malcolm.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30- Use your charm and your good looks and we'll see what we get.- Well...
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- Good luck, Dad. - SHE LAUGHS
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Work your magic then, Malcolm. Our vicars can't escape the day job.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38They've spotted a church collection box.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41That's what you should have.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46- This is gorgeous. 1850. It says all the details about it.- Oh!
0:22:46 > 0:22:50Oh, no, it's from a church! We keep coming across church items
0:22:50 > 0:22:51and we're both vicars.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53There we are, a theme. A theme is developing.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56It hasn't got any alms in it still, I suppose?
0:22:56 > 0:22:58- No, unfortunately not, no. - It's alm-less.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01So, Malcolm, what's the deal with the vesta case?
0:23:01 > 0:23:02I've had a word with the guy.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06Nice chap and, as he said, there's not much margin in it,
0:23:06 > 0:23:07but he will let us have it for 40,
0:23:07 > 0:23:10which I think is very, very reasonable.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13- I think 40 is... - Very generous.- Yes, absolutely.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15I think it looks like the deckchair is down.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18- Yeah, and the silver vesta... - The vesta is up.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19We've done all three.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22You go and shake the gentleman's hand and say,
0:23:22 > 0:23:23"Thank you very, very much."
0:23:23 > 0:23:27That's job done for the Blues. Cor, they're smoking hot.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29- I think it's time for a cup of tea. - Let's do it.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- Oh, wonderful, wonderful!- Come on, guys.- Yeah. You're buying?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35What? No, no, no, no. Don't be silly.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Reds, it all hangs in the balance.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42You need to level things up and find your final item. Just minutes left.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- What do you think of these?- Well, they're quite nice, aren't they?
0:23:45 > 0:23:47The price is quite high but they're different.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49They're parcel rates, aren't they? Parcel scales.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53- I would think they're probably... - Do you think original or not?
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Well, some are and some aren't, aren't they?
0:23:57 > 0:24:00- What do you think, Jane?- Do you like them?- I like it actually, yes.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02I like it because of that.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Because it's got the rates on it.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- What about that? That Alex Hartley sign, do you like that?- Yeah.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11- I wouldn't.- She doesn't.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15Do you know what? She doesn't exactly hold back, does she?
0:24:15 > 0:24:17When she's going to give you a kick, you get a kick.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20- You say we're short of time so... - Takes no prisoners.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Absolutely none at all. None whatsoever.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24How much is it?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26£65.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Sir, could we have a quick word with you?
0:24:28 > 0:24:30These goodly ladies here,
0:24:30 > 0:24:34they're interested in your letter scales, postal scales.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38VENDOR: They're good ones, being parcel scales
0:24:38 > 0:24:41rather than small letter scales. They're a bit rarer.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Now, I tell you what I'm going to do now. In you go, in the middle.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49In you go. Now then, we've got two ladies of the cloth here.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- We've got two reverends, right? - Bless you.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55All the best. All the best.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59- TIM: Go for it, girls.- What's the best you could do for us on this?
0:24:59 > 0:25:02- Absolute best.- Normally, the absolute would be 90.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05They cost me 80. But as I know you're trying to make a profit
0:25:05 > 0:25:09and I do understand, you can have them at cost for £80.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- That would be brilliant.- That would be wonderful. Thank you very much.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17- Good luck.- Thank you.- Thank you very much indeed.- Thank you.- Bless you.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21That's all three items for the Reds. Amen.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- I like his sign.- I know you do. - I know you do.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Oh, no! No, no! I can tell what's coming.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29I think that's a really cool thing.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32CLOCK CHIMES Time's up!
0:25:32 > 0:25:36Let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought, eh?
0:25:36 > 0:25:41First up, the Reds made their mark and paid £45 for this seal stamp.
0:25:42 > 0:25:47Next, they forked out another £45 for the wooden malt shovel.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53And finally, they weighed in with these scales. £80 paid.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55It's all in the balance.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00- Well, Rev, Rev.- Hello.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02- Are you feeling revved up? - Oh, we have been, yes.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Oh, I bet you have. What's your favourite piece?
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- The shovel.- The shovel is your favourite piece?- The shovel, yeah.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- Do you agree with that? - I like the seal stamp.- OK.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- This is just personal favourites. - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- What's going to bring the biggest profit?- The seal stamp will.- Do you?
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Is that the biggest profit for you too, Jane?
0:26:19 > 0:26:23- I always agree with Judy, yes. - Lordy.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25And nobody agrees with Phil, right? THEY LAUGH
0:26:25 > 0:26:27- Anyway, you spent £170.- We did.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- I'd like £130 of leftover lolly, please.- There you go.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Thank you very much. That 130 goes straight to PS.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35So, what are you going to spend it on, Philip?
0:26:35 > 0:26:38I don't know but with these two I need some sort of a sign, really.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42- What, from above?- Mm.- Really?- Mm.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Well, we won't hang about here. It looks rather grey.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blue team bought, eh?
0:26:48 > 0:26:54First, the Blues got things moving with this stationery box for £110.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Next, they liked the look of this silver mirror and paid £72.
0:27:00 > 0:27:06And finally, they invested £40 in the silver vesta case. How sweet.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Fionella, Malcolm, how was that shopping for you?
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Fantastic, thank you. Really enjoyable.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- Can you tell me, how much did you spend?- £222.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20That is a magnificently mature amount. I'm so proud of you.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24- Thank you!- I'd like £78 of leftover lolly, please. Thank you very much.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Now, Malcolm, which is your favourite piece?
0:27:26 > 0:27:29My favourite piece I think is the...
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- vesta case. - Do you agree with your dad?
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- No.- Which is your favourite piece? - The little miniature mirror.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- The miniature mirror.- Yes.- Is that going to bring the biggest profit?
0:27:38 > 0:27:40- I think the vesta is going to bring the biggest profit.- OK.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- And you think the vesta case? - I do. I do.- Perfect.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46OK, well, it's a relatively modest amount of money
0:27:46 > 0:27:48to hand over to your expert,
0:27:48 > 0:27:52but I'm sure he'll do all he can to go forth and multiply, won't you?
0:27:52 > 0:27:54- I'll do my best. - And good luck with that.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Meanwhile, we're about to shove off to Shrewsbury for our auction.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59Ooh-aah.
0:28:00 > 0:28:05I'm here at Halls Saleroom to catch up with auctioneer Jeremy Lamond.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Jeremy, good morning.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- Welcome, Tim. Nice to see you again. - Thank you for having us.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Judy and Jane, very excited.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17They've invested heavily in this seal stamp,
0:28:17 > 0:28:19which I have to say is one of my favourite objects.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23I love the idea that the company would lock up their seal
0:28:23 > 0:28:24using a padlock.
0:28:24 > 0:28:30So, there's some pre-gummed, as if it was sealing wax type, seal.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33In it goes into the old plunger.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37Give that a ram down like that. Plonk.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Jeremy, what do you think about that?
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Well, that's fantastic, isn't it?
0:28:41 > 0:28:45There was a silver maker in Victorian Britain, James Collins.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47I think it might have the bidder's seal of approval
0:28:47 > 0:28:49as you've got all the kit.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51You've got the seals, you've got the sealer,
0:28:51 > 0:28:54everything there for your bespoke...
0:28:54 > 0:28:56In fact, it's worth setting up a company,
0:28:56 > 0:28:58- James Collins and Co Limited. - Just to be able to use the seal.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02Just for this. And I think, in the age of the internet,
0:29:02 > 0:29:07to bring back this sort of sealed letterhead would be a novelty,
0:29:07 > 0:29:10- probably something somebody will pay for.- How much?- £20 or £30.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14- Is that all?- Yeah.- Anyway, £45 they spent, so we shall see.
0:29:14 > 0:29:19Next is the so-called malt shovel.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23And malt, for me, it's for moving toasted grain
0:29:23 > 0:29:25for distilling purposes,
0:29:25 > 0:29:28and hops are a stuff for beer, right? Could be for hops.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30I'll drink to that. Yes, I'll drink to that.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32I'm sure it's all of those things
0:29:32 > 0:29:36but now it would be classed as a very large piece of treen,
0:29:36 > 0:29:40and I don't think anybody's going to use it as a malt shovel any more,
0:29:40 > 0:29:44but that doesn't matter, does it? It's a nice object in its own right.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47How much would you say for this particular shovel?
0:29:47 > 0:29:51Well, for all that craftsmanship, Tim, we've said £20 or £30.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54- Is that all?- It should fly, really. - It should do.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58Well, they paid £45 for it. Now, the postage scales.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59How do you rate that, Jeremy?
0:29:59 > 0:30:01It's a good thing, isn't it?
0:30:01 > 0:30:06But they are less uncommon than you suppose.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09The smaller ones are more popular than the larger ones
0:30:09 > 0:30:13- because, again, where do you put it? What do you do with it?- Mm.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- How much?- 30 to 40.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19£80 paid, so I smell trouble ahead
0:30:19 > 0:30:21and I suspect they're going to need their bonus buy.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Judy and Jane, you gave Philip Serrell £130 of leftover lolly.
0:30:27 > 0:30:28Philip, what did you buy?
0:30:28 > 0:30:29Well, I needed a sign.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33- Oh, no.- Oh, no.- So I got one. There we are, look.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35- Alex Hartley.- Of Manchester.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Now, having thought about this since I bought it,
0:30:37 > 0:30:40it does create a rather narrow market, in that
0:30:40 > 0:30:42I'm looking for someone called Alex Hartley
0:30:42 > 0:30:44in Shrewsbury from Manchester.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- But you're not really, are you? - No, no.- Do you like it, girls?
0:30:47 > 0:30:50- Well, I do.- That's a "no" then. - And I don't.- You don't?
0:30:50 > 0:30:53OK. Material?
0:30:53 > 0:30:55It's bronze. It cost me 65 quid.
0:30:56 > 0:31:02I think if I have a bad day it's going to make £20 or £30,
0:31:02 > 0:31:05and if I have a good day it's 60 or 90, and the difference is
0:31:05 > 0:31:08whether there's one person in the room that wants it or two.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10- That's all that it boils down to. - Right.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14- So we need an Alex Hartley, really. - We need Alex Hartley.- We need two.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17I think it's just somebody who fancies the period nature of it
0:31:17 > 0:31:20for the decoration, actually.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Particularly in a rustic house, I could see that looking really cool.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Anyway, there we go. Think on, girls,
0:31:25 > 0:31:28because right now we're going to find out whether the auctioneer
0:31:28 > 0:31:30is suitably moved.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Is this your cup of tea, J?
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Well, I think it will sell
0:31:36 > 0:31:39to somebody called Alex Hartley from Manchester.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41- Let's hope so.- Is my bet.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44Any chance of finding a couple of them to bid against each other
0:31:44 > 0:31:45in the auction?
0:31:45 > 0:31:50Well, you know, there's the keyword search, Alex, Alexander Hartley.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53- How much would you say? - It might make £20 or £30.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56OK, £65 paid by Phil as a bonus buy.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Now, moving on to the much more traditional Blues,
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Fionella and Malcolm.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04First up, Malcolm found this stationery box. He loved it.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08- Do you love it, Jeremy?- Well, I think it's a very smart one, as they go.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12It's nicely lined, it's nicely put together, good hinges,
0:32:12 > 0:32:16beautifully made. Edwards & Sons. It's of their ilk.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18- It's a pretty good one. - I don't care who you are,
0:32:18 > 0:32:19if you want to keep your envelopes
0:32:19 > 0:32:22and a little bit of stationary in something smart...
0:32:22 > 0:32:24- That's the one. - ..that box ticks all the boxes.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27- OK, how much?- £30-£40.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30£110 paid, which is a huge amount, I have to say.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34Anyway, next is the chatelaine purse mirror.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38So, you would have that on your chatelaine.
0:32:38 > 0:32:39You would have it in your purse,
0:32:39 > 0:32:43and you would presumably do that in the 1920s?
0:32:43 > 0:32:44Well, it looks like it.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48Guilloche enamel on the back. Nicely marked. Good condition.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51Sometimes these were known as flirty mirrors, weren't they?
0:32:51 > 0:32:54- Were they?- Yes! Young ladies would powder their nose
0:32:54 > 0:32:57and look over their shoulder at whoever was looking at them.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00- Check out the blokes?- Yeah, they're known as flirty mirrors.
0:33:00 > 0:33:01How interesting.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05What you don't know about, Jeremy Lamond, is just amazing.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07OK, flirty or not, how much?
0:33:07 > 0:33:10The enamel, all-important, is in good condition, so £30 or £40.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- It is in good condition. - Uh-oh. £72 paid.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15OK, now the vesta case.
0:33:15 > 0:33:20Nothing more standard than a little bright-cut vesta case like that.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23There are millions on the market. Is it worth £20?
0:33:23 > 0:33:27Well, it's been well-thumbed, this, so, no, I wouldn't say it...
0:33:27 > 0:33:31Well, it might make £20 but they're making 15-20 at the moment
0:33:31 > 0:33:34unless there's something exceptional about them.
0:33:34 > 0:33:39Well, Malcolm paid £40, so it looks as if he's paid double
0:33:39 > 0:33:41what an ordinary, unexceptional one might be.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45So, let's go and have a look at their bonus buy.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48Fionella and Malcolm, a treat.
0:33:48 > 0:33:53- You spent £222. I'm so proud of you. - Oh.- Thank you.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56£78 of leftover lolly went to Ben-bo.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58- Ben, what did you buy? - Something good, I hope.
0:33:58 > 0:34:03- Well, I trawled back through things we'd looked at.- Right.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06- And you can probably guess... - Oh, fantastic!- Oh, no!
0:34:06 > 0:34:07But a stripy one.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10You were looking at the green one so I got the stripy one.
0:34:10 > 0:34:11I like that a lot.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15And also I managed to get them down to £15 on it.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18- Brilliant.- How much?
0:34:18 > 0:34:21- Be pleased, Malcolm.- Yes! - Be pleased.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Are you pleased, Malcolm?
0:34:23 > 0:34:25- Erm... Yes, ecstatic.- I am.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28- THEY LAUGH - I am. That's fabulous.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Well, I looked round and there wasn't a lot of money to spend
0:34:30 > 0:34:32and I know you'd looked at silver frames and things
0:34:32 > 0:34:37- but they were all beyond budget. - It's got no brand mark on it, has it?
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- No, I haven't seen any brand on it. - So is there a profit?
0:34:40 > 0:34:43- I don't think it's going to make a lot.- No.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47But it should be hopefully 20-25-ish, I would think.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Quick, look over there, Fionella! See that pig flying?
0:34:50 > 0:34:53SHE GASPS
0:34:53 > 0:34:55For the audience at home right now, let's find out
0:34:55 > 0:34:58whether our auctioneer thinks it's a good buy or not.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00Goodbye.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04- Do you think they nicked it from the beach?- I hope not.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07It doesn't say "Brighton District Council" on it, anyway,
0:35:07 > 0:35:09cos sometimes they have branded marks, these deckchairs.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13But not this one. It would have been good to have, say,
0:35:13 > 0:35:15- "Titanic" branded on it.- Oh, yeah.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Then it would have been worth something. This one is...
0:35:18 > 0:35:20A deckchair is a deckchair is a deckchair.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23And what might it bring?
0:35:23 > 0:35:26It might bring £10 if you're lucky.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28Well, £15 was paid by Ben.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32Anyway, good fun and I thank you again for having us
0:35:32 > 0:35:34and we look forward to some dazzling success.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44- Have you been to auctions before? - I used to go to cattle auctions
0:35:44 > 0:35:47- but I don't think they're quite the same, are they?- I don't know.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49They are! We both did cattle auctioneering in our youth.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52- That's how I started off.- Right. - Absolutely right.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54A good deal muckier than this business, eh, Phil?
0:35:54 > 0:35:57- My first job was cleaning out the sheep pens.- Yes, exactly.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Well, on that happy note, we're going to start out with the seal.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02Here it comes.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04£20 bid. Already at 20.
0:36:04 > 0:36:05At £20. At 20, I've got.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07At £20. I'll take 5.
0:36:07 > 0:36:1025 at the very back of the room. At £25.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14At £25 and I'm selling to the back of the room at £25...
0:36:14 > 0:36:16GAVEL BANGS That is wicked, isn't it?
0:36:16 > 0:36:19All complete for £25. Phil, I could weep.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21£25 is minus £20.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24The malt shovel, typical form, lot 98.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28And commission's here at £25.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31- At 25. At £25 it is. - It's worth more.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34- At £25. 30 where? - Keep going, keep going.- At £25.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Who hasn't got a malt shovel? At £25.
0:36:36 > 0:36:3830. Somebody on the internet hasn't.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41- £30 is bid.- Keep going. - At £30 I've got. At 30.
0:36:41 > 0:36:445 again if you like. £30. At 30...
0:36:44 > 0:36:48- GAVEL BANGS £30 is minus £15.- Oh, dear.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52- We're doing well, then!- Oh, dear. - Now, come on, these are Post Office.
0:36:52 > 0:36:5599, the set of late-Victorian brass postage scales.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58There they are, lot 99. I'm bid 30 already. At £30. At 30.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- More, more, more.- At £30 it is. 5 where?
0:37:01 > 0:37:0535 now. In the room at £35. Room bid at 35.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08- 40, 5, 50...- Keep going. Two people.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11- £50. The bid is 50 at the back of the room.- Keep going, keep going.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13- Selling at £50.- No, no, no!
0:37:13 > 0:37:15GAVEL BANGS Just as well I'm not depressive.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19- Oh, dear.- OK, £50 is minus £30, which is minus 50, minus 65.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20A loss on everything.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22What about Alex Hartley and his lovely plaque?
0:37:22 > 0:37:24THEY SIGH
0:37:24 > 0:37:28- We disagree.- We do.- I like it. - Keep me out of this one.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31- I don't!- Oh, go on.- We'll go for a big loss.- We'll go for big.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32- Let's go for it.- We'll go for it.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34I think it's a lovely piece.
0:37:34 > 0:37:39Hartley or not, take heart, girls, because you have made a decision here
0:37:39 > 0:37:41that could be earth-shattering.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Lot 103, the 19th-century bronze retail plaque
0:37:44 > 0:37:46cast with "Alex Hartley, Manchester."
0:37:46 > 0:37:50Is he in the room? This is for him.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54- I'm bid 30 already.- Oh. - At £30. At £30. At 30.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58At 30. At £30. Alex, if you're out there, bid now.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00- At £30 I'm selling, then, to a commission bid.- Oh!
0:38:00 > 0:38:02All done at 30?
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- GAVEL BANGS - Do you do confessions?
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- Sometimes, but we don't always... - For a price.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10We don't always absolve, though.
0:38:10 > 0:38:11Anyway, there we are.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14I'll tell you what it does, it rounds you up to the ton, right?
0:38:14 > 0:38:16- That's what we wanted. - You are minus £100.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19But the way things are going, who knows,
0:38:19 > 0:38:22it might be a winning score, so say not a word to the Blues.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Absolutely not.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34Here we go, then. Your first item is the stationery box and here it comes.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38119 is the late Victorian leather-bound stationery box.
0:38:38 > 0:38:44£30 is bid already. 30 I'm bid. At 30, 30.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46£30, 5, 40.
0:38:46 > 0:38:535, 50. 5, 60, 5, 70, 5, 80. 80 here on commission.
0:38:53 > 0:38:59At £80 it is. 5, 90. One more?
0:38:59 > 0:39:03100. Have another go.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05- We're going to make a profit. - £100, then.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- At £100 I'm selling it. - No, we're not.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10- All done at 100?- Just shy.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14£100, well done. Taste wins out.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Too far out.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22- Next one.- The silver and guilloche enamelled chatelaine purse mirror,
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Birmingham 1920. Lot 120.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28£30 bid. 5 where? At 30.
0:39:28 > 0:39:32At £30, 5 on the internet. 40 here.
0:39:32 > 0:39:37At £40, commission bid at £40. Internet, 5. Commissions are out.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39At £45 on the internet.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42At £45 anywhere else? At 45.
0:39:44 > 0:39:4750 just in time in the room. At £50.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- Somebody's having a bargain here. - 5, internet.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53- Somebody's having a joke.- At 55, still on the net, and selling at 55.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58- 55.- He sold for 55. Five short of 60.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02That's 12, that's minus 17. That's minus 27.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05This has got to make more than £40.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Lot 121, the late-Victorian silver vesta case.
0:40:08 > 0:40:13- £15 bid.- Cross everything, darling. - Already crossed.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15£25 here on commission at 25. 30 on the internet.
0:40:15 > 0:40:20Commission is out at £30. It's an internet bid, then.
0:40:20 > 0:40:2335 in the room. At £35, room bid.
0:40:23 > 0:40:28- At £35.- Come on!- Selling at 35.
0:40:29 > 0:40:36- £35 is minus £5, which means minus £32.- There's been worse than that.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40In relation to the estimates you have done brilliantly.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44What are you going to do about the deck chair, want to go with it?
0:40:44 > 0:40:45Definitely.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49- I do as my daughter tells me. - Definitely.- Go with it.- OK, fine.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51You're going to go with it.
0:40:51 > 0:40:56125 is the late-20th-century British hardwood deck chair.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00What about that? Who is going to start me for £10?
0:41:00 > 0:41:05£10 bid, 15. No? 15 here. Bidding at the back?
0:41:07 > 0:41:11- 20.- There you are.- 25, 30.- He knows his onions.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Very back of the room at £30.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15I'm selling it at £30.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19He doubled his money. Ben, you are brilliant. Anyway, there we go.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22You have £15 profit on that, thank you very much.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24Which means you are only minus £17.
0:41:24 > 0:41:29Listen, minus £17 could be a winning score. Say not a word to the Reds.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38- Haven't we had fun? - We've had wonderful fun.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40It's been a treat meeting you.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Just a question of the scale of the losses today, I'm afraid.
0:41:43 > 0:41:49And the team with the largest number of losses by far are the Reds.
0:41:54 > 0:42:00Minus £100 is a fair old strike when you've only spent 117 to start.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04Anyway, let's not dwell on the detail, hey?
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Let's just say that today was not the day to be selling those things
0:42:07 > 0:42:08here at auction.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Either the auction room wasn't kind or the market wasn't kind.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13One way or the other it's not been your day.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17- No.- But that doesn't matter. Have you had a nice time?- We did.- Did you?
0:42:17 > 0:42:19We loved having you on the show.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22It's been brilliant, actually. Super-duper stuff.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26But the team that is winning today, by only managing to lose £17,
0:42:26 > 0:42:27are the Blues.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31And there's one Malcolm who's looking very happy.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33You're pleased about this, aren't you?
0:42:33 > 0:42:35- Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. - Ecstatic.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38The only profit of the day was the object you loathed,
0:42:38 > 0:42:41which was the deck chair. Which turned in £15 thanks to Big Ben.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44So that's a result.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46I'm not going to dwell on the detail.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Suffice to say that I've loved having you on the show today.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50I hope you've enjoyed it at home.
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