0:00:07 > 0:00:11Builth Wells nestles in Powys,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14the largest county in Wales,
0:00:14 > 0:00:17astride the River Wye.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Why are we here today?
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Well, let's find out.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Let's go Bargain Hunting, yeah.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Here we are at the Royal Welsh Showground, surrounded by hundreds
0:00:58 > 0:01:00and hundreds of stalls.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Spoilt for choice, you might say.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Well, here's a snippet as to what's coming up.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Reds get their wires crossed...
0:01:10 > 0:01:12He's hung up on you! He's hung up on you!
0:01:12 > 0:01:13He's hung up on you!
0:01:15 > 0:01:17..Blues have a confession...
0:01:17 > 0:01:20I'm not very good with antiques, whereas I think something just
0:01:20 > 0:01:25- looks nice.- Then why are you on an antiques programme?- I don't know!
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Quite! ..and there are ups and downs at the auction.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33£20, and down here, I'm bid.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37On Bargain Hunt today, it's all about the sisterhood.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42For the Reds, we have very, very, very best friends,
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Ruby and Evie,
0:01:43 > 0:01:48and for the Blues, we have the sisters Jackie and Elaine.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- Hello, everyone!- Hello.- Hello.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Now, Ruby, you graduated last year,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56but you love university so much, you haven't been able to leave?
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Yeah. Basically, I got elected into one of the seven sabbatical officer
0:02:00 > 0:02:02positions we have at Warwick,
0:02:02 > 0:02:03and I'm the sports officer.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Are you? So, what did you have to do to get elected?
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- A week of very hard campaigning. - Was it?
0:02:10 > 0:02:1424/7. Literally the best week, but the hardest week of my life.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17And then the result on the Friday night was obviously brilliant.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Well, great fun. It says here you like to collect. What do you collect?
0:02:20 > 0:02:22I've always been a bit of a collector. Even when
0:02:22 > 0:02:25I was a young kid, I used to love Pokemon cards which
0:02:25 > 0:02:28isn't very girlie, and then some different trading cards as I got
0:02:28 > 0:02:32older. So, yeah, I've always had an interest in little things, mainly.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34So, you're going to love our £300 today...
0:02:34 > 0:02:36- Yeah!- ..and heading out?- Yes.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Now, Evie, it says here that you are a very safe pair of hands.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41Is that right?
0:02:41 > 0:02:43You could say that, yes.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46I've played women's rugby for a few years now.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49- I play for Bristol Ladies at the moment...- Good for you!
0:02:49 > 0:02:52..and also for Newport Gwent Dragons.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56But your new professional path is opening up in front of you.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Tell us about that.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00So, I started a midwifery degree, last September.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Gosh! What got you going with midwifery, then?
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Well, I've always been a bit obsessed with babies
0:03:06 > 0:03:09and pregnancy, to which Ruby can...
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- Attest?- ..attest, yes.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14And it's nice to just do something where you're helping people.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17What's the best bit so far? Have you been to many births?
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- I've delivered two babies now... - Really?- ..which is amazing.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- It was incredible.- Did you cry?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25No. I was expecting that I would be in floods of tears
0:03:25 > 0:03:27and find it really emotional. I don't know, I was just...
0:03:27 > 0:03:29- Quite cool about it?- ..quite serene.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- Are you looking forward to this Bargain Hunting business?- I am.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- Can't wait.- OK, great. Nor can we. And very good luck.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- Now, girls. Jackie.- Hello.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41It says here you are very sporty. Is that right?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Yes. I absolutely adore sport.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Always have, although I didn't play rugby.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47I've done over 100 marathons.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48- You never have!- Long-distance runner.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I did ultra marathons and running in Conways in
0:03:51 > 0:03:55South Africa, when I was as a sister in theatres, working in Africa.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- What are your knees like? - They're good.- Are they?
0:03:58 > 0:03:59Isn't that marvellous?
0:03:59 > 0:04:03- Do all those marathons and still have good knees!- At the moment!
0:04:03 > 0:04:06So, what greatness did you achieve in your running career?
0:04:06 > 0:04:09I did run with the elite women in the London Marathon,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12and I actually won the Weston-super-Mare Marathon.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Were you wearing a tutu at the time?
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- No.- Brilliant!
0:04:16 > 0:04:20And Elaine, you share your sister's love of sport?
0:04:20 > 0:04:22No, sorry. I'm not sporty at all.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26- You're not?- No.- You do a bit of dancing, though, don't you?
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- Well, that was quite some while back.- OK.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31I won't give you any of my moves!
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- Why not? Let's just have one move. - No!
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- OK.- I used to do disco dancing.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- Yes.- And I've got medals for that. - Have you got your own glitter ball?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Not at the moment, no. I might find one in the fair!
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Well, you might do, mightn't you? I did the other day. Yeah, great.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Now, the money moment. Look, girls. 300 smackers. There you go.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52You're looking forward to this. You know
0:04:52 > 0:04:56the rules. Your experts await and off you go.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Very, very, very good luck. Gosh!
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Rugby players...
0:05:00 > 0:05:02long-distance runners.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Whatever next?
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Cracking teams! But what about those experts?
0:05:08 > 0:05:12BAND-ing together with the Reds... it's Philip Serrell.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16Ahoy there, shipmates. Blues have Ben Cooper.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19So, have you two got a plan?
0:05:19 > 0:05:20Not really.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23I'm quite excitable and Evie calms me down.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Have you got any idea what you want to buy today?
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Well, first and foremost,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I'd like to buy windscreen wipers for my glasses.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31We both quite like maps
0:05:31 > 0:05:34and globes, and that kind of thing.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- I'd like to buy something for the kitchen.- The kitchen?- Yeah.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38- Something nice and old.- Right.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Right, then, teams. Your time starts now.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Let's go Bargain Hunting.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Hey! You get your own catchphrase.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49They are dangerous with those things.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Head in out of the rain and get stuck in, girls.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- Do you like the wheelbarrow? - I'm not a fan. No.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- They make great loo roll holders. - WOMEN LAUGH
0:06:01 > 0:06:05I just think they're a bit plain, not very exciting.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Yeah, I think you can find me more exciting things,
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- something a bit quirky.- Yes.- OK.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- A ballot box?- A ballot box.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- Parliamentary election. - County of Lancaster.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18That's all very well, but we are going to be selling in Shrewsbury.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20- Hmm.- The nays have it.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23What about that sort of Staffordshire pottery,
0:06:23 > 0:06:26- that one there, that's quite nice. - The Lorna Bailey.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28- Lorna Bailey, is that...? - Yeah, Lorna Bailey, it's modern.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32I mean, it is... I think she's stopped producing now.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34It started off really as
0:06:34 > 0:06:36an affordable way to buy an Art Deco look,
0:06:36 > 0:06:39but now a lot of the prices are certainly way up there
0:06:39 > 0:06:42because certain designs were only produced for a very short time.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- What do you think, Elaine? - I quite like that.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- Out of those, I like that. - I like that one best.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48As you can see, it's very clean.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Lorna Bailey doesn't claim to be old,
0:06:50 > 0:06:52it's not trying to be a fake
0:06:52 > 0:06:55and when you look at it, you see it's £80.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- What is the lowest you would do on this, please?- DEALER:- I'd do it 70.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04At auction, I think it could be difficult to get the money back,
0:07:04 > 0:07:08but at the same time, it is very difficult to get hold of, so...
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Will they put it on hold? That might be our last-minute run back.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13Might well be.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Well, if anyone can do any running, it's you, Jackie.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Now it seems Phil has taken his girls into a world of boys' toys.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- That's wicked!- What is it?
0:07:23 > 0:07:27That's a beam engine. But it is also £650.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Remember, they only have £300, Phil.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- You like the cars and the buses and things, yeah?- Yeah.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- I like the bus and I like the Morgan.- I like the Morgan too.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Is that a Morgan? Well, it's a lovely old car, isn't it?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40I think that might be a bit out of our price range,
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- but shall be have a look and see? - Yeah.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45How much is your...whatever it is, good sir, please?
0:07:45 > 0:07:46- DEALER:- £1,200.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49See, I thought we needed to start saving, didn't we?
0:07:49 > 0:07:52It's a very rare item, it's the only car
0:07:52 > 0:07:56- that was ever produced in the '30s with a female driver.- Wow!
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- That's lovely, isn't it? And very apt for us.- I like that, yeah.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- But just a touch out of our price range.- Ever so slightly.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- Is the bottom shelf more in our price range?- Yes.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07So, how much would that be?
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- 950.- Right. And that?- 50.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- OK. What about the petrol pumps? - A tenner each.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17- Do you like the petrol pumps? - Yeah, they're quite cute.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- Do you like them?- Yeah, I think they're a bit different.
0:08:20 > 0:08:26See, I'm thinking that if we bought one, two, three...
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- Could we have three for 20? - DEALER:- Yeah.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- Do you like those three for 20 quid? - Yeah, I think they're cute.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32I like the red, blue, green.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Yeah, and we've got three different brands of petroleum.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Yeah, I like that. What date are they from, then?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41I would think these are perhaps '30s, are they, or later?
0:08:41 > 0:08:42- DEALER:- They are more likely '50s.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47'50s, just post-war. And that was in the days when petrol was probably...
0:08:47 > 0:08:52It was sold by the octane, not the star, and I bet it was probably...
0:08:52 > 0:08:54I don't know, sixpence a gallon or something.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- Ah, the good old days! - And they are £20, yeah?
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- Yeah, I'm happy with that. - OK. You're a lovely, lovely man.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- Thank you very much. - DEALER:- What I'll do is...
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- We can keep the box?- That's ever so kind, thank you very much.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- I think he's done us proud, don't you?- Yes.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Well done, Reds. First buy in 15 minutes.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Time you weighed up your options, eh, Blues?
0:09:16 > 0:09:17- I actually like this a lot. - You like this a lot?
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Yes, very much, but what do you think?
0:09:19 > 0:09:23- I like it.- I think it's great. When you look down here...
0:09:23 > 0:09:26And we are obviously pre-decimalisation...
0:09:26 > 0:09:28I'm amazed that glass is there.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31It's so clean I thought the glass had gone!
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- It's the first thing that goes, is the glass.- Yeah, that's right.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37And the other thing, because it is enamelled,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40is that very often, you know, you get chips.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43This would have been sitting in a shop somewhere
0:09:43 > 0:09:45and it would have been bashed and bished,
0:09:45 > 0:09:47which is quite a miracle really.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51And Avery, one of the biggest scale manufacturers.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53What sort of price would you charge us on that, please?
0:09:53 > 0:09:58- Well, it's 55 on it. I could do... - Could we get really, really low now?
0:09:58 > 0:10:01We desperately want to win this!
0:10:01 > 0:10:05- I can do it for 40.- You can do 40? - That's the very best.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- I think that is being very generous. - Yes, I think so too.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09What do you think? Go for it?
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- Time is running on. - I think we should go for it as well.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14- There we go, that was nice and easy. - Thank you kindly.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Thank you very much.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Great! That's balanced things up. One item apiece.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24I really like that skeleton painting up there, that's cool.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- I think that's cool. - Painting, poster?- Do you?- Yeah.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30This sort of medical stuff is actually quite sought-after.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32I think that would do reasonably well at auction.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Why, I don't know, but it's quite a cool thing, isn't it?
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Yeah, I like it. I can see it in some trendy...
0:10:37 > 0:10:40The only thing we need to look at is how old it is
0:10:40 > 0:10:45and, actually, I tell you what, it's brand new. 2003.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46- Yeah.- We've...
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- Doesn't it pay to look?- Doesn't it? - Doesn't it pay to look?
0:10:48 > 0:10:52So, all of these clearly haven't got that much age, have they?
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- No, which is a shame because they're nice, but...- Absolutely.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57That's the thing with antiques fairs,
0:10:57 > 0:11:01they are often filled with modern stuff masquerading as old staff.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03THEME MUSIC: Steptoe And Son
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- Oh, that's unusual. What is it? Is it meant to be...?- Faces, isn't it?
0:11:06 > 0:11:10Well, there we go. It's Oriental, obviously.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14There's a Chinese mark. I wouldn't say he's got great age to him.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16He's wanting to be old.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18When we don't know what something is,
0:11:18 > 0:11:20we refer to it as being a spurious mark.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22It's an archaic Chinese script,
0:11:22 > 0:11:24which is probably trying to say
0:11:24 > 0:11:25that it's from the Ming Dynasty.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27It clearly is not.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31I just like it cos it's quirky. Is that the hear no evil, see no evil?
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- It's not that thing, is it?- It's got four.- Four faces, so it's not.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35And no monkeys.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37THEY LAUGH
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Just as well you're here, then, Ben, isn't it?
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Right, teams, 25 minutes gone, 35 minutes to go.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52See, I really like...
0:11:52 > 0:11:54I really, really like these. Do you like them?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Yeah, but they haven't got a bottom.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58No, that would be called a house.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01No, I just think they'd be quite cool in the garden.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Yeah, but you can't put flowers in them
0:12:03 > 0:12:05because they haven't got a bottom.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Yeah, but if you put them on the ground,
0:12:07 > 0:12:09they wouldn't need a bottom, would they?
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Yeah, but you couldn't move them.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- We don't like them. - We don't like them.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Do you ever get the feeling that you're outvoted here?
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Go on, off you go.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Always pays to know when you're beaten, Phil.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Ben, how are you feeling with your girls?
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- What about the cat? - Right, they're Poole.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Pretty expensive, aren't they, for both of them?
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Well, the thing is, again, it's down...
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Like we had with the Lorna Bailey earlier
0:12:32 > 0:12:34is that with the collectable names,
0:12:34 > 0:12:35then they are going to be...
0:12:35 > 0:12:38They are what people want, so they are going to be more money.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41What sort of money could we get off of those, possibly?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43I'd do 30.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44I'm not feeling the love.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47LAUGHTER
0:12:47 > 0:12:52- I don't really like cats.- Well, if you don't really like cats...
0:12:52 > 0:12:54So, Elaine doesn't like cats
0:12:54 > 0:12:57but Evie has spotted something on their wish list.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- A globe!- That would be out of our price range, I think.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- 75.- 75?!
0:13:03 > 0:13:04I really...
0:13:04 > 0:13:07I like this bit around the edge, it's really pretty.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09- This is a little bit damaged. - Is that star signs?
0:13:09 > 0:13:10This has got no age at all.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12These are called table globes
0:13:12 > 0:13:16and what I love about things like this is that, in the 18th century,
0:13:16 > 0:13:20Richard Cary who was a map-maker to King George III,
0:13:20 > 0:13:24he made table globes and you get terrestrial and celestial globes.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25Terrestrial are of the Earth
0:13:25 > 0:13:27and celestial are of the sky.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30And what I think is just great about globes is,
0:13:30 > 0:13:33let's just say Tasmania isn't discovered,
0:13:33 > 0:13:34so you buy your globe,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37then through the post you get a bit of paper with Tasmania on it
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- with instructions as to where to stick it.- Really?- That's cool!
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Yeah, I just love all that sort of stuff.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44It's not too old, is it?
0:13:44 > 0:13:48- No, but it's...- It's got a look, hasn't it?- It's got a look about it.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51- Yeah.- And what's the best price you could do that for, my dear?
0:13:51 > 0:13:54I've got it at 75. Erm...
0:13:54 > 0:13:57I could do it for 60?
0:13:57 > 0:13:59- Shall we have a think about it? - Yeah, we'll have a think.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Yeah, I wouldn't think for too long, though, team.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Just over 25 minutes left. Did you hear that, Blues?
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- Are you throwing a curveball at me and looking at glass?- Yes.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13- I actually like those ones there. - The cranberry?- Right.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17There we go. So that's Royal Scot cranberry glass.
0:14:17 > 0:14:18It's obviously not particularly old,
0:14:18 > 0:14:20it's not a Victorian piece of cranberry -
0:14:20 > 0:14:22they didn't have stickers back then.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- THEY LAUGH - But it's not a lot of money at £10.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29- What do you think, Elaine? - Do you think that that's a pair?
0:14:29 > 0:14:34Well, they're both from the same... from the same factory.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35And so...
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Yes, I mean, you could... With the money in them,
0:14:38 > 0:14:42you could buy them as a pair and put them together as one lot.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48- Decisions, decisions, girls. - Elaine, what do you think of that?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50- I really like that. - I prefer that as well.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Let's get that one out. Right.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55- You can see it's moulded glass. - I like that.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- It's very pretty. - It's French, it's very pretty,
0:14:58 > 0:15:00it's useful as well, it's something which...
0:15:00 > 0:15:04Often with things now, people like to buy things that they can use
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- and when they're not being used, they look nice.- Yes.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- And £25 is not a lot of money. - No. It is a bit much.
0:15:10 > 0:15:15- How much...?- What's your best? - DEALER:- 22.- You can do 22.
0:15:15 > 0:15:21- Can we ask for a little bit more on that? 15?- I'll do 20 and that's it.
0:15:21 > 0:15:2420. Well, the lady has given more than 10%, I think that's very fair.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- I think that's very fair.- Are you happy with it?- Yes, happy with that.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30- Thanks, Ben. Will we say yes? - Lovely, thank you.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Thank you kindly.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37Well done, Blues. Second buy from a camera-shy dealer.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39- What else grabs your fancy? - Those phones are really cool.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43I like the bright coloured ones. That purple one is really cool.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47- I quite like the clear-through one. - Very '90s.- Which one do you like?
0:15:47 > 0:15:51- Do you want to buy a phone?- Maybe. I like how they've got places on them.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- I didn't realise that was a thing. - Where's Ellon, then?- I've no idea.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Let me help you. It's in north-east Scotland.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00So you like that one, you like that one
0:16:00 > 0:16:01and I like that one.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05How is this going to work, then? One each?
0:16:05 > 0:16:06PHONE RINGS
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Oh!
0:16:08 > 0:16:12- So, what's your best price? - Is that Sid?- It's Sid.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- He's saying £40.- £40.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- What do you reckon?- Not too bad.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20If you smile at him nicely, he'll do £35.
0:16:20 > 0:16:25He's hung up on you! He's hung up on you! He's hung up on you!
0:16:25 > 0:16:27MUSIC: Hung Up by Madonna
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Now, my knowledge of telephones is somewhat limited.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Which of these is going to sell better at auction?
0:16:32 > 0:16:34I think I'd probably say the orange one.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38- I've an orange one the side of my bed like that.- Really?
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- But I've got a purple one in the kitchen.- Really?- Yeah.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44I think we need to buy one and leave very quickly.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- Let's go with the orange. - Yeah, orange.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48We'll have the orange one, thank you very much.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52- And thank you for looking after us. - Thank you, yeah.- Thanks.
0:16:54 > 0:16:59So, with just over ten minutes left, the Reds ENGAGE their second buy. Ha!
0:16:59 > 0:17:04I quite like that microscope. Do you like that sort of thing?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06They are a very specialist thing
0:17:06 > 0:17:07and so if you are going into an auction,
0:17:07 > 0:17:11if you've got a specialist auction for scientific instruments,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13then, yes, the buyers are going to be there
0:17:13 > 0:17:15and what I do know with things like microscopes,
0:17:15 > 0:17:18it's all down to the manufacturer. I've got to confess,
0:17:18 > 0:17:22my knowledge on microscope manufacturers is not at the top.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23OK, we'll move on.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26- Now, what has Phil spotted? - I love all this stuff.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29There's great bits of social history. That's a wool bowl.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31When the lady of the house sat knitting,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34you put your ball of wool in there and however much you yank it,
0:17:34 > 0:17:36the wool ball just spins round and round
0:17:36 > 0:17:38and she can pull her wool ball.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40That is a thing called a finger carrot.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43You take the top off, put talcum powder in it
0:17:43 > 0:17:46and then you could put it down the finger of the lady's glove,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49shake the talcum powder out and she can pull it on.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51They are not convinced, Phil.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53There's so many things, I've just lost it now.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- Your brain is beginning to melt. - Yeah, I'm getting overload.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- Getting overload.- And I'm not very good with antiques,
0:17:59 > 0:18:02whereas I think if something just looks nice...
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- Then why are you on an antiques programme?!- I don't know!
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- Meanwhile...- This is a sewing clamp,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11so that would clamp on to your table.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14That's a spice tower over there.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Is there anything on the table that you really would
0:18:16 > 0:18:18- like to have a go at? You don't like the...?- Hmm.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Right, OK, thank you very much, good sir, thank you.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23It was worth a go, Phil.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27And with six minutes left, have the Blues found their final item?
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- I like the lamp.- The miner's lamp. It is an unusual...
0:18:30 > 0:18:32- That's what you were saying. - ..an unusual model.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36There we go, so it's got all the right bits we want to see.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40CEAG lamp, whatever that means.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- It's a British patent, it's got its trademark.- I like that.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45- You like that?- Yeah, I really do like that.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49It's obviously been cleaned up because it would have been used.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53A lot have been reproduced. I don't believe this is in any way.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Now, this is obviously somebody's number,
0:18:56 > 0:18:58where it was D/72/B.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00And it's been cleaned back.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03You can't actually fake that kind of look.
0:19:03 > 0:19:08It's all part of that wonderful word we use in the trade - patination.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10And this is obviously...
0:19:10 > 0:19:12It's a battery one by the feel of things. There we go.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- Oh, wow!- Yeah, but could you use it now?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17You can! There are specialist firms
0:19:17 > 0:19:19who do create the batteries for them.
0:19:19 > 0:19:24- I mean, it's not sporty. - No, or silver.- Or silver.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29But it's local to Wales. It's a miner's lamp and that means a lot.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30Check out the price.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33I'll ask them what sort of price it is, if we can get a bit of a deal.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- What can you do on it? You've got 48.- What's your best price?
0:19:37 > 0:19:3835 would be the very best.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43- 35.- What do you think on that?- Well, that is a very generous discount.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48- It is a generous discount.- Can we shake hands, say thank you so much?
0:19:48 > 0:19:52- Well done. Third and final buy. - And we can go now and drink coffee.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57- Drink coffee! Marvellous! Warm up. Right.- Excellent.
0:19:57 > 0:20:02OK, Reds, one item left and three minutes to go!
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- I'm getting a bit nervous. - Yeah, so am I.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- We're chatting quite a lot.- So am I.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09- You've got the globe here at 60. - I like that.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11We said we wanted a globe, didn't we?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Yeah, we said we wanted a globe, we saw a globe,
0:20:13 > 0:20:15we should probably get the globe.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17I know it's not very old but I do think it is quite nice.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21- It's nice and decorative. - Globe it is, then.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22See what we can do.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24You'll need to be quick, girls.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26To give you a chance, I'll do it for 50.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30- Oh, that would be amazing.- Yeah? - Shall we go for it?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Yeah, I think so, I really like that. Yeah, we'll take that, please.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34- Thank you.- Thank you. Thank you.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37HORN BLOWS Right.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39That's it, time's up.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43- So you got it, then? - Yes.- £60?- 50.- Skilful girls.- Yeah?
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought, eh?
0:20:46 > 0:20:53They raced off with the set of three die-cast model petrol pumps for £20.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57They dialled up £40 for the bright orange rotary telephone.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04Finally, they bought the terrestrial table globe for £50.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07- Well, girls, that seemed like fun. Was it?- Yeah, it was great fun.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11What did you finish up by spending in total in the end?
0:21:11 > 0:21:13- We spent 110 in the end. - Did you?- Yup.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17OK, £110. I'd like £190 of leftover lolly, please.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- There you are.- Thank you, but before I give it to
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Philip Serrell, Roobs, I want to know, what's your favourite piece?
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Well, I'm really fond of the phone that we bought, I really like that.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- And, Evie, do you agree? - Yeah, I like the phone.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30But I do really like the globe, that is definitely my favourite.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32These are just personal favourites.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Which is going to bring the biggest profit?
0:21:34 > 0:21:38- I think the little petrol pumps. - Yeah.- The petrol pumps?
0:21:38 > 0:21:41OK, lovely predictions. Anyway, my friend, £190.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Have you any idea what you're going to do now?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47No, but I'll get the bottom of something.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Ah, there could be a hint there.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Anyway, happy days.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Right now, though, why don't we check out what the Blue team bought, eh?
0:21:55 > 0:22:00After weighing up the Avery shop scales, it cost them £40.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04They dished out £20 for the modern glass bowl.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11Lastly, the battery-powered miner's safety lamp was unearthed for £35.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- Well, this is fun, isn't it? - It is. It's great.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19Somebody told me that your expenses were paltry, is that right?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21It was, but we've bought some wonderful items so cheaply
0:22:21 > 0:22:23so as we can get the golden gavel.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27Here we go, it's all strategy with you, Jackie, isn't it?
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- Anyway, Elaine, which is your favourite piece?- The scales.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33- And do you agree, the scales? - No, definitely not.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34It's the miner's lamp.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Are your scales going to weigh in a profit?
0:22:36 > 0:22:40- They're going to bring in a huge profit.- Are they? Do you agree?- No.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43No. Not as much as the lamp.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Please may I have £205 of leftover lolly, please?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- Thank you, 205. Over to our man. - Thank you very much.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54- You could buy half of that fair out there with £205.- I could try.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57I do hope you're going to spend a lot.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00I'll see what I can do but I can't promise it.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- OK.- I'm going to find something which will,
0:23:02 > 0:23:05I don't know, maybe show the quirk of the girls, possibly.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08That covers a very, very, very, very broad brush.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Anyway, good luck with that.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Meanwhile, we're heading off somewhere absolutely splendido.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17From Builth Wells, it's a quick jaunt
0:23:17 > 0:23:20across the Welsh border into Shropshire.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Although nature has softened the landscape over time,
0:23:23 > 0:23:27it's still somewhat incredible that such a beautiful county can
0:23:27 > 0:23:30lay claim to being the very birthplace
0:23:30 > 0:23:32of the Industrial Revolution.
0:23:37 > 0:23:43At the start of the 18th century, the first large-scale production
0:23:43 > 0:23:48of cast iron was perfected by Abraham Darby the first,
0:23:48 > 0:23:50and that led to this -
0:23:50 > 0:23:57the world's first iron bridge, constructed in 1779 and it stands
0:23:57 > 0:24:03today as a lasting testament to the enterprise and vision of the time.
0:24:09 > 0:24:14Darby perfected the secret of smelting iron with cheap
0:24:14 > 0:24:19and plentiful coal instead of the more laborious and expensive
0:24:19 > 0:24:24charcoal, a development that was about to change the world ever.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31To find out more, I'm here at the Museum of Iron to talk to
0:24:31 > 0:24:36Tamsin Bapty, the curator of library and archives.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40So how did the bridge come to be built here specifically?
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Well, very simply. Broseley, on the south side of the river
0:24:43 > 0:24:47and Madeley, on the north side, were very busy industrial centres
0:24:47 > 0:24:49but there was no link between them.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53You had to go two-and-a-half miles down the road to cross the river
0:24:53 > 0:24:56and that made transporting raw materials very difficult.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Having a bridge across the river made it much easier to
0:24:59 > 0:25:05transport carriages and heavy loads like limestone and iron ore.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07- So how was the bridge paid for, Tamsin?- Well, Tim,
0:25:07 > 0:25:11the bridge was actually paid for by a consortium of subscribers.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15These included local landowners and local business owners.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Right, and they somehow cobbled together a design, did they?
0:25:18 > 0:25:20No, Tim. Actually, in 1773,
0:25:20 > 0:25:24the Shrewsbury architect Thomas Farnolls Pritchard
0:25:24 > 0:25:26actually put forward three designs for the iron bridge.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29- And these are they, are they? - And these are those, yes.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32And, as you can see, three very different designs.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36How do you possibly pick one or other of those?
0:25:36 > 0:25:39It had to be a single-span bridge, for a start, to let
0:25:39 > 0:25:42the Severn trows, the barges, get underneath it.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46So, effectively, Pritchard based his designs on existing
0:25:46 > 0:25:49masonry bridges and carpentry bridges as well.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51But what was eventually built?
0:25:51 > 0:25:55Well, Tim, actually what we ended up with was a bridge which really used
0:25:55 > 0:25:58elements from all three of Pritchard's design.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00So we can see the roundels here, which were
0:26:00 > 0:26:04featuring in the second design, and the sort of jigsaw effect
0:26:04 > 0:26:09on the castings here, which is very similar to the third design.
0:26:09 > 0:26:14But it's much lighter and airier and more spindly, somehow, isn't it?
0:26:14 > 0:26:16That's right, yes. I mean,
0:26:16 > 0:26:21cast iron is actually very brittle under tension, so basically they had
0:26:21 > 0:26:25to join together about 800 separate parts to make this bridge strong.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Gosh, it's a marvellous thing.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30And, of course, it's stood the test of time, Tamsin, hasn't it?
0:26:30 > 0:26:31Indeed, Tim, yes.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35In fact, not long after it was built, there was a great storm,
0:26:35 > 0:26:37a great flood in Ironbridge and many of the bridges
0:26:37 > 0:26:39across the Severn were swept away
0:26:39 > 0:26:41but it was said that the iron bridge actually
0:26:41 > 0:26:44raised its head above the torrent and stood firm against the storm.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46TIM CHUCKLES Well, that's marvellous, isn't it?
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Thank you very much for explaining for us a little more, Tamsin.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53I think right now, though, we should shove off to the auction
0:26:53 > 0:26:57and find out who is going to raise their head with pride
0:26:57 > 0:27:00and - who knows? - even make a profit.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13If you were a crow and you were in Builth Wells,
0:27:13 > 0:27:14you'd fly about 60 miles
0:27:14 > 0:27:18and eventually you would come across Shrewsbury, which is what we've done.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21How lovely to come to Halls' marvellous saleroom
0:27:21 > 0:27:24on the outskirts of Shrewsbury to be with Jeremy Lamond.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- Jeremy, good morning. - Welcome, Tim, nice to see you.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Yup, I'm a worn-out crow. Anyway, here we go.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Ruby and Evie, our lovely youngsters,
0:27:33 > 0:27:37they went, or were rather steered by Philip Serrell, into the petrol
0:27:37 > 0:27:40pumps in an incomplete box that has nothing to do with the petrol pumps.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42They look a bit play-worn
0:27:42 > 0:27:44but I suppose there are collectors for these, are there?
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Yeah, there are. I mean, it would be nice to be in the right box,
0:27:47 > 0:27:50which they aren't, of course, they're in a Frog aeroplane box.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55- They're a little bit chipped but... - Aren't we all?- ..they're fine.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59- For how much?- 10 to 20. - OK, £20 paid, so that's in the frame.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03Now, do you remember telephones like this when you were a kid?
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Only in a creamy yellow, not in that two-colour way.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10I mean, that looks like a 1970s orange, doesn't it?
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Yeah, we're getting towards the psychedelic colours here, aren't we?
0:28:13 > 0:28:17- Yeah, we are.- Uranium orange and magnolia, an unusual combo.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20But on trend today, what?
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Well, now it would be called mid-century modern.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25When I was a kid it was called a telephone, so...
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Anyway, moving on, how much is it worth?
0:28:28 > 0:28:30I think 10 to 20, possibly more
0:28:30 > 0:28:35- because of the two-colour effect of it.- OK. £40 paid.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38Now, the last thing is this table globe and half of me
0:28:38 > 0:28:42wants to open this up and discover a small cocktail cabinet inside
0:28:42 > 0:28:45because that's the sort of period of this thing, isn't it?
0:28:45 > 0:28:50Well, I mean, it's really got a late '70s, early '80s look to it.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53It's in pretty poor condition, really.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Well, anyway, the contestants really wanted a globe
0:28:55 > 0:28:59and they were pushed and they didn't think it was very old, so...
0:28:59 > 0:29:01That does affect the value,
0:29:01 > 0:29:04though, cos the early ones make lots of money, don't they?
0:29:04 > 0:29:08Very much so. Several years ago, we did sell one for about 12,000
0:29:08 > 0:29:11but this isn't in that bracket, shall we say.
0:29:11 > 0:29:16- Moving on quickly, what's it worth? - 10 to 20.- OK, fine, £50 paid.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19So that could be their comeuppance and, if it is, they're going to
0:29:19 > 0:29:22need their bonus buy, so let's go and have a look at it.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25- Well, girls, this is exciting, isn't it?- Yes.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28What did the silver fox Philip Serrell go out
0:29:28 > 0:29:32with £190 of your leftover lolly and finally pick?
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Do you ever get that sense of deja vu?
0:29:35 > 0:29:36Oh!
0:29:36 > 0:29:38That be a chimney pot, that be.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42Yeah, well, it be one of four and you've seen these clearly
0:29:42 > 0:29:44and I knew that you were so overwhelmed -
0:29:44 > 0:29:47or was it underwhelmed? - with them. They're great things.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51£110 for four, make great garden plant...
0:29:51 > 0:29:54You're just not impressed, are you? You're really, really not impressed.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56- I'm glad you got four.- Yeah. - I think that's nice.- Yeah.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00All four, I thought they'd just make funky garden planters, you know.
0:30:00 > 0:30:01Out on the patio, that sort of thing.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Period-wise, Phil, when do they come from?
0:30:03 > 0:30:08I would think these are about 1880-1890, perhaps a little later.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11I think they're going to make between 100 and 150 quid,
0:30:11 > 0:30:12that's what I think.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Yeah, I think they're a clever buy
0:30:14 > 0:30:17if the right person's in the room, but you never know, do you?
0:30:17 > 0:30:21- We'll read the room, I think.- Yeah. - PHIL AND TIM:- "Read the room!"
0:30:21 > 0:30:23THEY LAUGH
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Anyway, super duper. Well done, girls.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Right now, though, for the audience at home,
0:30:27 > 0:30:30let's find out whether our auctioneer can read the room.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Well, I know you're potty about pots
0:30:34 > 0:30:38- because ceramics is your favourite subject, Jeremy.- Absolutely.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42But I guess chimney pots are not the thing that ignites you.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46I think we see too many of them for me to be ignited by a chimney pot.
0:30:46 > 0:30:47Erm...
0:30:47 > 0:30:52They will sell for £30-50. You've got four of them.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54I hope their profit doesn't go up in smoke.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58Hmm. £110 was paid by Philip Serrell.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01I think I'm going to have to be forcing the bids today.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03When has life ever changed, J?
0:31:03 > 0:31:06With any luck, the team won't go with the bonus buy and they'll be OK.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Now, Jackie and Elaine.
0:31:08 > 0:31:13Passionate about kitchenalia, they went with the Avery scales.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Well, the thing about the Avery scales is the condition.
0:31:16 > 0:31:22A lot of these are heavy use items. The enamel is chipped.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23This one isn't.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27The only problem with it, if there is one, is it's huge.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Imagine where you'd put it in a kitchen.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32It's more of a retailer's set of scales than anything else.
0:31:32 > 0:31:38- No grams on it so that's not good for the metric youngster.- That suits me!
0:31:38 > 0:31:41- OK, so what's it worth, then?- 20-30.- OK.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43£40 paid so that could be a problem.
0:31:43 > 0:31:48Erm, the glass bowl in the Lalique style. Any good?
0:31:48 > 0:31:49Yeah, I think Lalique would be
0:31:49 > 0:31:54spinning in his grave to know that this is in his style.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57I think it's a long way south of his style, really.
0:31:57 > 0:32:02- £10 or £20, really.- Oh, dear, that bad? They only paid £20.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04They thought it was practical and that's what it is.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06And lastly, we've got
0:32:06 > 0:32:11this wee lamp which I know is the sort of thing that you adore.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Well, it's a safety lamp, isn't it?
0:32:13 > 0:32:18Because it covers the flame and so, of course, in the old days
0:32:18 > 0:32:22they had naked lamps and you could run into the gas in a tunnel
0:32:22 > 0:32:25and blow the place up, so they eventually covered them
0:32:25 > 0:32:27and that's why it's called a safety lamp.
0:32:27 > 0:32:33This one was designed in 1912 following a government competition
0:32:33 > 0:32:36- for a new safety lamp by CEAG of Barnsley.- Oh, right.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40They won £600 making this and by 1919,
0:32:40 > 0:32:42- they'd made half a million of them. - Gosh.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45So that will tell you that it's not a rare safety lamp, sadly,
0:32:45 > 0:32:48but collectable perhaps.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52- So what's it worth, then? - £10 or £20.- OK. £35 paid.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55There are a number of dark holes in this team's items
0:32:55 > 0:32:58and I think almost certainly they're going to need their bonus buy,
0:32:58 > 0:33:01so let's go and have a look.
0:33:01 > 0:33:06- Well, this is fun, isn't it?- It is. - Great. Now, £95 is all you spent.
0:33:06 > 0:33:11Miserable! But you gave £205 to big Ben. What did you buy, Ben?
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Well, I was hunting for something quirky.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18Went back to some of the things you looked at and they'd sold.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21But then I had a little urge to actually buy something real
0:33:21 > 0:33:25and antique, so I found...
0:33:25 > 0:33:27a pearlware teapot.
0:33:27 > 0:33:28With no lid.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30LAUGHTER
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Gosh, you're a sharp girl!
0:33:33 > 0:33:36But what do you think I paid for it?
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Fiver?
0:33:38 > 0:33:40I think you're being a bit rude.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43I tried to spend more money, but I actually got it for £20.
0:33:43 > 0:33:49But bearing in mind that this teapot dates from around 1810-1820,
0:33:49 > 0:33:51so it's knocking on a bit.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54And it's got lovely decoration all the way round
0:33:54 > 0:33:55and now a lot of people use them
0:33:55 > 0:33:58decoratively as vases for flowers and things like that.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00So how much do you think it'll make in the auction?
0:34:00 > 0:34:04Well, I would hope that it should make somewhere...
0:34:04 > 0:34:0630 to 40-ish, something like that.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10Anyway, that's it for now because you pick later, but for our audience
0:34:10 > 0:34:14at home, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Ben's pot.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19OK, J. Give us your worst on that. Is it pearlware?
0:34:19 > 0:34:20Well, it is pearlware,
0:34:20 > 0:34:25in that pearlware is a finish on a light earthenware.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28The potters, thinking that they were making Chinese porcelain,
0:34:28 > 0:34:31put a drop of cobalt in the glaze
0:34:31 > 0:34:34to make it look like Chinese blue and white.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36That's why it's got this little blue-ish tinge.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40I would say that this is about 1800-1820.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43What's nice about it, even though it's got no lid,
0:34:43 > 0:34:46is that it is bordered with this blue border here,
0:34:46 > 0:34:51so I personally could live without a lid cos I've got a border instead.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53It's maybe...
0:34:53 > 0:34:54Well, it certainly is a teapot
0:34:54 > 0:34:57because it's got a grill inside and it's quite decorative.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59You could live with that on a high shelf.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01- We've got £20-30 on it.- £20-30.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04Well, that's fine because Ben bought it as a bonus buy.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07He invested £20 and if you can get £30 or £40 on it,
0:35:07 > 0:35:11frankly, you've doubled his money and that's very respectable for the team.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13- Well, we'll have a go. - That's lovely.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Anyway, good luck on the rostrum.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17I'm bid £20 already.
0:35:17 > 0:35:2030, five, 40, five.
0:35:20 > 0:35:2150, five.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Selling at the back of the room at 150.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26- Now how are you feeling, girls? - Excited.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29- Are you?- Nervous. - Why are you nervous, Evie?
0:35:29 > 0:35:32I don't know. I don't think we're going to make much money!
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Don't be nervous, Evie.
0:35:34 > 0:35:35Just enjoy the experience.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Thank you. First up are your petrol pumps and here they come.
0:35:38 > 0:35:4355, the set of three die-cast model petrol pumps - BP, Shell and Esso.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Who's got a tenner for them?
0:35:45 > 0:35:46£10? 10 bid at the back of the room. At £10.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48At 10. 15, where?
0:35:48 > 0:35:50At £10, I'm selling. At £10.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52At the very back of the room at £10.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54- Is that all?- Any more? Last chance.
0:35:54 > 0:35:55At £10.
0:35:56 > 0:35:57Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01Phil, that's not good. £10. Minus £10.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04OK, now, stand by for the phone.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06The British model 706 type rotary-dial
0:36:06 > 0:36:09telephone in vermillion and cream colourway
0:36:09 > 0:36:12is lot 56. Have we any phone bids on this lot?
0:36:12 > 0:36:14TIM GUFFAWS
0:36:14 > 0:36:18Worth a go, wasn't it? Erm, what about that? Bid me £20 for it. 20?
0:36:18 > 0:36:21£20 is bid on the internet. £25 in the room here.
0:36:21 > 0:36:2325, 30. At £30.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26- 35 on the internet. 40, I'll take.- Oh!
0:36:26 > 0:36:28And £35 it is.
0:36:28 > 0:36:2940 now, just in time.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31In the room at £40. Internet, be quick.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33At £40.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36OK, £40. It wiped its face.
0:36:36 > 0:36:37No shame, no gain.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39All right, kids, now the globe.
0:36:39 > 0:36:40Cross your legs.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Lot 57,
0:36:42 > 0:36:44the oak-framed terrestrial table globe.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47What about that? £20 for it?
0:36:47 > 0:36:5020 I'm bid. At 20. £20 here on commission.
0:36:50 > 0:36:51Commission, that's good.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54At £20 it is. At 20. Where's five?
0:36:54 > 0:36:58At £20. I'm selling then at £20. All done at £20?
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Oh, dear. It didn't go global.
0:37:00 > 0:37:01£20.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05Minus £30, which means overall, you're minus £40.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07It might have been considerably worse.
0:37:07 > 0:37:08- It could be worse.- It might be yet!
0:37:08 > 0:37:12- But what it gives you a chance to do is to test our Phil, right?- Yes.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14If you decide that you want to go with the pots.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Well, I'm reading the room.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18- And I think we go for it. - Yeah?- Yeah.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21We're going with the bonus buy and here it comes!
0:37:21 > 0:37:25OK, 61, the set of four Edwardian terracotta chimney pots.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27I'm bid £30.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29£30 is bid for these. At 30.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Five, front row. At 35 now.
0:37:31 > 0:37:3240 on the internet.
0:37:32 > 0:37:3345.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35That's cheap. That is cheap.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Selling at 45.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39- At £45...- Phil, you killed us!
0:37:39 > 0:37:43- ..that's 55. That's minus 65. - I'm so sorry, girls.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Which equals minus 105, all right?
0:37:46 > 0:37:52But I tell you, four pots for £45. I mean, I can't bear it really.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54It's all gone up in smoke.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Anyway, you're gorgeous. Thank you very much, both of you.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- Don't say a word to the Blues and we'll crack on, yes?- Yes.- Yes!
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Now just tell me, how are you feeling?
0:38:09 > 0:38:14Erm, well... like as if...we're going to win.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17- Oh, you're confident? - Yeah, that's confidence.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Jackie, that is what I love about you, darling.
0:38:19 > 0:38:24You have that innate sense of being here and it's going to be OK, right.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26I love it.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30Anyway, first lot up is the Avery scales and here they come.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34The early-mid 20th century Avery retail scales.
0:38:34 > 0:38:35At £20 I'm bid already.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38At 20, where's five? At £20. At 20 it is.
0:38:38 > 0:38:4025. 30.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Against you. Five. Commission's out.
0:38:42 > 0:38:43£35, front row.
0:38:43 > 0:38:44Go on, one more.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47At £35. Anyone else weighing them up?
0:38:48 > 0:38:50At £35. Selling at 35.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Minus £5. It could have been a lot worse.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57- Minus £5.- Went above his estimate as well, though.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01Yes. Exactly right. Now here comes your bowl.
0:39:01 > 0:39:0577, the modern decorative glass bowl. Here it is, lot 77.
0:39:05 > 0:39:06Who's got a tenner for it?
0:39:06 > 0:39:09£10? Who's feeling fruity? £10 for it?
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- Come on!- 10? It's got to be worth a tenner.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15£10? If not, bid me a fiver.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19Uh-oh.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21£5 for a fruit bowl? Five, go for it.
0:39:21 > 0:39:22£5.
0:39:22 > 0:39:27- Oh, dear.- Anybody else? At £5. Selling at £5.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30£5 is minus £15 which means you're minus 20.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32We might need our bonus buy.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Hang on a minute, here comes the safety lamp.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38Lot 78, the British battery-powered miner's safety lamp
0:39:38 > 0:39:40by CEAG of Barnsley.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42Lot 78, there it is.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45Who wants to mine that one for a tenner?
0:39:45 > 0:39:5010 at the very back of the room. At £10. At 10. 15 on the net.
0:39:50 > 0:39:5220 at the back of the room. At £20.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Selling it, then, £20.
0:39:54 > 0:39:5625, just in time on the net.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59At £25. Internet bid at 25.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02- 25.- 25.
0:40:02 > 0:40:0425 is minus £10.
0:40:04 > 0:40:10You are, girls, overall only minus 30 as a result of that.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14- Well, we may go with your bonus buy. - Yes.- To try and recover.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Either recover or just sink into oblivion.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19- Yeah.- We've lost anyway, so... - So that's your decision, is it?
0:40:19 > 0:40:22- It is indeed. - You're happy with that? Yeah. OK.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24So we're going to go with the £20 teapot.
0:40:24 > 0:40:25Here we go. Here it comes.
0:40:25 > 0:40:2882, the pearlware teapot.
0:40:28 > 0:40:29Who's going to start me? For £10 only.
0:40:29 > 0:40:3110? £10, start me for a tenner.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33At £10, the pearlware teapot.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Oh...
0:40:35 > 0:40:37It's got to be worth a tenner. £10, the internet thinks so.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39At £10. 15, where?
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Oh, please!
0:40:42 > 0:40:45At £10 it is. At 10. First bid, then, at £10.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Anybody else? Be quick.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49£10.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51SOBS: I can't believe it!
0:40:51 > 0:40:54£10 is minus £10.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56- At least everything sold.- Yes.
0:40:56 > 0:40:57It was consistent!
0:40:57 > 0:41:00Yeah, everything sold for less than we paid for it.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04Never mind. It's minus £40, all right? Oh, well.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08But we know, girls, that on another day in another place,
0:41:08 > 0:41:11these things could all make a different price.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13It's just that today is not your day, all right?
0:41:13 > 0:41:15- So don't despair about it. - We won't.- Who knows?
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Minus £40 could be a winning score.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Say not a word to the Reds and all will be revealed in a moment.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22I think you're so brave, girls!
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Well, well, well, what fun.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Everybody's smiling, that's the main thing,
0:41:33 > 0:41:36- so that means you've not been discussing the scores, yeah?- No.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Well, there are some remarkable similarities between today's teams.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44No team is going home with any money. No team has made a profit on any lot.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47None of the bonus buys have done brilliantly,
0:41:47 > 0:41:51but apart from that, we've had the most fantastic show, haven't we?
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Who cares about cash?
0:41:53 > 0:41:56It's so passe, winning with real money, isn't it?
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Just a question of the scale of the losses today
0:41:59 > 0:42:03and the team with the whopper loss today are the Reds.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05- Oh.- All right?- Hey!
0:42:05 > 0:42:09- But like I said, girls, this is not your fault. It's...- It's his.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13LAUGHTER No, it's not!
0:42:13 > 0:42:14Don't be beastly now.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17What was the best bit for you? Meeting Phil Serrell?
0:42:17 > 0:42:18Well, that, of course.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20The phone, which broke even,
0:42:20 > 0:42:22because Phil said it wasn't going to do well.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24- Yeah.- I'm a bit smug that it did OK.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27Anyway, thank you very much, Phil, for taking part.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30- Thanks for looking after our girls. - Pleasure to work with them.
0:42:30 > 0:42:31LAUGHTER
0:42:31 > 0:42:33Don't be like that.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37Anyway, the victors today, who win by only losing £40.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Which is pretty cool, isn't it? What was the best bit for you, Jackie?
0:42:40 > 0:42:44- I think the fact that it wasn't our money.- Oh, really?
0:42:44 > 0:42:48- OK.- And actually, working with Ben. - Ah.- Ben the best.- Thank you, girls.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50OK. Well, we've loved having you on the show.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53In fact, apart from looking at our website, you should join us
0:42:53 > 0:42:55soon for some more bargain hunting.
0:42:55 > 0:42:56Yes? Yes!