0:00:02 > 0:00:03Every now and again,
0:00:03 > 0:00:06the rare four legged-breeds on show at the Royal Welsh Showground
0:00:06 > 0:00:09here in North Wales make way for thousands
0:00:09 > 0:00:12of the two-legged antique variety.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15I have brought two rare breeds with me today,
0:00:15 > 0:00:18and boy, do they stand out in a crowd.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20- ALL:- Let's go bargain hunting!
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Oi, you lot, that's my line!
0:00:48 > 0:00:53At this fair there are no first place rosettes on offer,
0:00:53 > 0:00:58simply a collection of these rather gorgeous golden gavels.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03'Which, if our teams make a profit on all three items, they could win!'
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Let's take a sneaky peak as to what is coming up.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08The Blues are feeling nostalgic.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11You are harking back to your youth again. Did you have hair like that?
0:01:11 > 0:01:14- I was thinking more of you! - Well, mine could possibly manage it.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- The Reds are in disagreement. - I personally prefer the jack.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19I like the fire extinguisher.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20Right, there is going to be a row coming,
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- I can sense it straightaway. - Fisticuffs.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Down at the auction, the Blues get a shock.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27- Bit of a disaster.- That's terrible.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29And even I get excited with the Reds.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Yes! He's done it, he's cracked it, the clever old fruit.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35'Let's meet the teams.'
0:01:35 > 0:01:40Today's Bargain Hunt is all about parents and their offspring.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43For the Reds, we have mother and son Samantha and Peter.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47And for the Blues, we have father and daughter Roger and Holly.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48Hello, everyone.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50- ALL:- Hello! - Lovely to see you.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Now, Sam, it says here you are a pigeon fancier.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56I am, yes, my husband used to keep pigeons with his father when
0:01:56 > 0:01:58he was young, so my husband is teaching me,
0:01:58 > 0:01:59and yes, we race pigeons.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01So, have you had to build a loft?
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Yes, we have now got two lofts and aviary.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08You will send your pigeons hundreds and hundreds of miles away,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10- won't you? - Can do, yes.- Then what happens?
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Well, we have inland races, which are sort of 100 miles,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17which are in England, and then we also send over France as well,
0:02:17 > 0:02:21for the over-the-water races, and they can go up to about 600 miles.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22That's amazing, isn't it?
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- Yes, yes.- And what proportion find their way back to you?
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Probably closer to around 80%. You do have some losses, yes.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Do you have some winners or are they just average flappers?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33We'd like to think we've got a few winners,
0:02:33 > 0:02:36but we're more often than not average flappers, yes.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40- Are you?- Yes.- But good fun?- Oh, yes, tremendously good fun.- Very good.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Now, Peter, you've finished your A-levels...
0:02:43 > 0:02:45- Yep.- ..but you're incredibly keen
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- on gaming about, aren't you?- Yes.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50For the past two years I have collected
0:02:50 > 0:02:53a multitude of different board games.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56How many board games do you reckon you have got in your collection?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- Between 40 and 50.- Really?- Yes.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01And some of them are worth quite a lot of money, aren't they?
0:03:01 > 0:03:04There are, I haven't got any, because I have no money.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07I have heard of ones that can go for... Ancient ones that
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- go for about £100 or something.- Exactly right.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12So will you have the monopoly of the purse strings today?
0:03:12 > 0:03:14SAMANTHA LAUGHS
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- I think so, yeah.- You will?- Yeah.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- You will be telling your mother what to do, for a change.- Yes, yes.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Well, anyway, good luck with that. Great.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Roger, you are in an unusual line of work.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27You could say that, Tim.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29You have carved out quite a career for yourself.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32That is exactly what I do.
0:03:32 > 0:03:38For the last 25 years almost I have been carving wooden fish.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42- Trophy wooden fish.- So those marvellous things you sometimes see,
0:03:42 > 0:03:47with a socking great marlin that's on a wall, six-foot long,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49you've carved the carcass, have you?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51That is exactly it.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54I carve them from pictures of people send after
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- they have actually caught the actual fish.- Do you paint it too?
0:03:57 > 0:03:58I do the whole job.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Which is great, because you can be a sculptor
0:04:00 > 0:04:02and a painter at the same time.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05You've been able to do this for royalty.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08I was asked to carve a birthday present for the Queen of Denmark.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Which I did.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13And I also carved David Shepherd, the wildlife artist,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- his 60th birthday present. - And was that a fish?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19That was actually a little wren, about that big,
0:04:19 > 0:04:23so I do carve other things apart from fish occasionally.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28- Holly, you are also an artist.- Yes. - What sort of things do you get up to?
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Well, I think I inherited some of my dad's painting genes.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Last year I graduated with a degree in fine arts
0:04:35 > 0:04:37from Aberystwyth University.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39And that was split between painting and printmaking.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42- So you do it on copper plates, do you?- Yes.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46And you have your own burin, and make the correct...
0:04:46 > 0:04:50- Etch it in ferric chloride. - No, great fun.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Anyway, what are your tactics going to be today?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- Are you going to spend the lot? - We might well spend the lot.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59If we see something special, we are going to buy it.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Oh, Lord. Goodness only knows what's going to happen. Haw-haw-haw.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- £300 apiece, there you go. HOLLY:- Thank you.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09You know the rules, your experts await. Off you go!
0:05:09 > 0:05:11And very, very, very good luck.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Ooh-ar.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Let's meet the experts.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Hitting the right note for the Reds, it's Philip Serrell. Oh, dear.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Hair today, gone tomorrow for the Blues...is Ben Cooper.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- I do hope we haven't got that Philip Serrell.- Oh, God...
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Hey, less of that!
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Oh, dear me. What are you doing sitting down?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- BOTH: We're waiting for you. - I'm here now.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37What have you got in mind to buy today?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Something a bit interesting,
0:05:39 > 0:05:42hopefully with a bit of craftsmanship to it.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Something... jazzy, attractive, unusual.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47And I would like to buy a picture.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- A picture.- I think we should see what we can find.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53OK, teams, stick your oar in. Your 60 minutes starts now.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54CAR HORN HONKS
0:05:54 > 0:05:55- Go, go, go, go!- OK!
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- Let's head off and start buying. - Let's bargain hunt.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Hey, what did I say about pinching my lines?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03First one, let's just go, dive in.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08OK, this is going to be good, I can sense it, I can feel it in me water.
0:06:11 > 0:06:17- That's interesting.- It's Swiss. - It's a Swiss climbing stick.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- For mountaineering? - I think it's...
0:06:19 > 0:06:21It's what we were looking for.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- I think it is unusual, I think it is...- Yes, very original.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27..a good thing, and I think it is in good condition,
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- which ticks all of the boxes.- Yeah.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31It's in lovely original condition, so you can see here,
0:06:31 > 0:06:35the handle is made out of the horn of a small deer.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37And there we go, we have got the hoof.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39And this part is hand-carved, isn't it?
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Yes, that would be hand-carved, and then the fur wrapped around there.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Nice steel spike on it, and date-wise,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47you're looking at 1920, 1930, for something like this.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Let me see how long it is if I was going to take a walk up the Alps.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- That's probably not too bad. - Not bad, is it?
0:06:54 > 0:06:56That's almost a good thing, I reckon. What do you think, Hol?
0:06:56 > 0:07:00- Yeah, has this been painted on? This text?- Yeah, that has been...
0:07:00 > 0:07:02It's just painted on.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05"Luzern." You can see it is worn a little bit.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- Yeah, yeah.- But it's in lovely, lovely original condition.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- I do quite like that.- But you don't know how much it is, do you?
0:07:11 > 0:07:12We don't know how much it is.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14- How much is it? - I'm asking 75 for that.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- CHUCKLING:- Seems like a lot of money.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22- It's a good price.- It's a really nice thing. Would you take £60 for it?
0:07:22 > 0:07:26I couldn't take 60, sorry. It's a bit skinny.
0:07:26 > 0:07:2965 I will do, I could do it for you, yes.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31- 65.- Yes, I can let it go at that.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- What do you want to do, team? - That is a good price.- Blue Team...
0:07:34 > 0:07:35we are on the cusp.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40It is what we were saying, it is an interesting, interesting object.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- It's quirky, it's different. - OK then, yep.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- Deal.- Let's go with this.- Thank you.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- Thank you very much.- You're welcome.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50'Crikey, Blues, first buy, in record time, I reckon.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54'Reds are already looking for refreshment.'
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- Hip flask with a map on it! - Oh, that I like.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59That's not worth a great deal though, it's brand-new.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- Probably not, no.- We've got a hip flask theme going on here.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05There is some more over here, but I think that we want something
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- a bit better.- OK.- You see, there is a lot of hip flasks.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10I like the ones with the covers.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Well, I like these covered ones,
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- but at £32, that at auction... - Yeah, that doesn't look very good.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20- It's like two quid. - Ah.- Oh.- So that's a pass-by.- Right.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23That's OK, Reds, not quite ten minutes gone.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26The Blues crack on, and Roger has spotted something that's more
0:08:26 > 0:08:27stuffed horse than warhorse.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I had one of those when I was a little kid.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31BEN LAUGHS
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- One of those little horses? - Oh, bless.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Oh, that is really sweet.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37I really like that.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41What do you think, Ben?
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Well, this might turn into the quickest shop we've ever had,
0:08:44 > 0:08:49- think we're up to about six minutes now. I mean...- He's cute, he's cute.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- It will have appeal, people will want that.- Hi there.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Can you tell us how much is...?
0:08:54 > 0:09:00- Erm, 28.- 28 on him.- Has he got a maker, is he anything, do you know?
0:09:00 > 0:09:03- Probably Tri-ang. - It looks like a Tri-ang.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06And Tri-ang was one of the main makers of toys in
0:09:06 > 0:09:07the early 20th century.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11- OK.- So, erm...- And he's got a bit of age to him, hasn't he?
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- Well, I'd have thought he's... - Little bit of wear.- He's been...
0:09:14 > 0:09:16He's been well-loved and well-used.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18I was going to say, he's been played with,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21- but maybe you can call that loved. - And you can feel it.- Straw-filled.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24He's straw-filled, which is a sign of age,
0:09:24 > 0:09:26so I'd have thought he's just post-war.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Bit of restoration on his tummy.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- LAUGHING:- Fine needlework. - His appendix.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33THEY LAUGH
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- 'Ah, so cute. But it's a "neigh".' - Thank you very much.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39'The Reds seem to be casting their net a bit wider.'
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- What's this ball here?- Well, it's a fishing float.- Oh, I like that.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48- Right. Let's just pick him up. - Oh, gosh, that looks heavy.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51I think that's a really cool thing. See, it was 100 and...
0:09:51 > 0:09:55- That's clearly a label off something else.- Yeah.- Priced up at £75.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- 75...- What would you think to that?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00I think at auction it's sort of £40-60 worth.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03So if you could get it for a good price. It's lovely...
0:10:03 > 0:10:04But the thing,
0:10:04 > 0:10:08what we set out to do here was buy something that was A - different...
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- Yes.- ..and B - that you both liked.- Yes.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- So let's just ask our questions. - That is different.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- And do you both like it? - Definitely, that's the sort of thing
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- I would have at home anyway. - Let's ask this good lady.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21What's the best you could do that for, my dear, please?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- I'd do it for 60.- OK. Would 60 be the absolute finish on that?
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- Yep.- It would.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Shall we have a look and see if there's anything else,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- perhaps we can make a bit of a parcel on this stall?- OK, yeah.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Well, there's plenty of it, teams.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Meanwhile, the Blues are looking for their second item.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Some pictures down here.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41I wonder if that is a whole lot on its own.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Could well be, but amongst all those, because they are prints
0:10:44 > 0:10:47and they're not going to be of any great value,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49they are really just sort of decorative things.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52So I would have thought, leave those. Even if they are a job lot,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- I don't think there is going to be much hope at auction.- OK.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59The Blues' traditional taste is in stark contrast to the Reds,
0:10:59 > 0:11:01who definitely like the eye-catching.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02- Do you know what that is?- Ooh!
0:11:02 > 0:11:05No idea, but it's got diamond-y things on it.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- That is jazzy, isn't it?- What is it?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Well, it's got a pointy end and you hit it...
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Some giant thing you put in the ground. Or is it a chisel?
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Oh. Or is for measuring with the string?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17- What is it?- Right first time.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- A corkscrew.- No.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22You put that in the ground, and then this just spins round and round.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26And you see where the light catches the little mirrors?
0:11:26 > 0:11:29It is designed to attract larks. It's a lark lure.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Hugely sought-after. That is £140.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35- But it's different and it's quite attractive.- And it's too much.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37And it's too much money.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- Let's go and have a wander round this way.- OK.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41- This is an interesting stall. - It is, it's lovely.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43I agree, but with 20 minutes gone,
0:11:43 > 0:11:47time is flying by and you have yet to make your first purchase, Reds!
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Now, what has Holly spotted?
0:11:51 > 0:11:55- Nice chair.- Too new. I reckon it is a new thing. What do you reckon?
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- Well, it is 1970s.- Yeah. - Seventies rocker.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Is there a market for seventies rockers?
0:12:00 > 0:12:01BEN LAUGHS
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Probably the ones with long hair rather than...
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Probably includes both of us at one stage.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Yeah, I am more of a cha-cha-cha man myself.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14- These are quite fine, these grain measures.- What is it?
0:12:14 > 0:12:18- It's a grain measure. - A French grain measure.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21- I would think that is probably 50, 60 years old.- Oh, right.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23But people polish them up, use them,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26put dry flowers in, use them as stick stands.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- Yep.- These are probably nicer ones over here, look.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34So they, I prefer, to those.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- You don't like that one?- I don't like that one, but I like these.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- There's two of them. - Yes, there's two of them.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41- They fit inside each other.- Ohh.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44So perhaps if you bought these two, then, and the float?
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- Yes, I quite like that. - How much are those?
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Just these two?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52- They're going to be 35 for the two. - 35.- For the two? Yep.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55See, the thing is, we've had nearly half an hour,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58so we have really got to apply our mind to this and buy something.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00- Yeah.- So the float, you want to buy.- Definitely.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Take those, go and see the dealer over there,
0:13:02 > 0:13:05they've quoted us £35 for these and £60 for the float, I think
0:13:05 > 0:13:07if you can get them for 80 something,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09that'd be fantastic. Go and see what you can do.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13- Come on then.- Let's go.- I like your thinking there, Reds.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16The Blues have found another seventies rocker.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19You're harking back to your youth again. Did you have hair like this?
0:13:19 > 0:13:20I was actually thinking more of you!
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Well, mine could possibly manage it.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Sideburns.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26THEY LAUGH
0:13:26 > 0:13:27How have you got on?
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Lady said we were on bottom doodah as it was,
0:13:30 > 0:13:34so 95 for the two, we've had a chat, we think that's OK.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37- You going to go?- Yeah, that's two items bought and 95 spent.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39So now the pressure is off, isn't it?
0:13:39 > 0:13:42- Yes, so we look for something really marvellous for the last one.- Yes.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45- POSH VOICES:- Marvellous.- Marvellous. - Marvellous, dahling.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47- Come on, then. - Great stuff, Reds.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Items one and two bought together at 30 minutes in, so while
0:13:50 > 0:13:52you look for "marvellous" out in the fair,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55I've found "marvellous" already.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05They are lovely, these Welsh hills, aren't they?
0:14:05 > 0:14:07And here we are at an antique fair,
0:14:07 > 0:14:13basically in the middle of Wales, close to no centre of population.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17There is no large city around the corner here, but it's amazing
0:14:17 > 0:14:22the international and oddball objects that you can find.
0:14:22 > 0:14:28Take this miniature obelisk, for example. What do you make of this?
0:14:28 > 0:14:34The tapering shaft is finely engraved with lines that relate to
0:14:34 > 0:14:38the blocks of masonry that have been used in its construction.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42We've got these four pillars around the outside, traditionally hung
0:14:42 > 0:14:47with chains to keep the population away from a memorial obelisk.
0:14:47 > 0:14:53It's got a sphere on the top which could basically be anything.
0:14:53 > 0:14:59Four letters around the sides - E-N-O-S.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Now, when I found this on the dealer's stand, I said,
0:15:02 > 0:15:03"What is this?"
0:15:03 > 0:15:06He said, "I haven't got the faintest idea."
0:15:06 > 0:15:09I looked on the bottom and it says "Ecuador".
0:15:09 > 0:15:12The thing is made of silver, low-grade silver,
0:15:12 > 0:15:14and we know where Ecuador is,
0:15:14 > 0:15:20but do I know somebody that died perhaps in Ecuador called Enos?
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Or who had those initials?
0:15:22 > 0:15:27Now, for £5, this is a very nicely-made little silver object.
0:15:27 > 0:15:33I did a bit of research, and I found that Ecuador, of course,
0:15:33 > 0:15:39is spanned by the equator - surprise, surprise.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42I also found that slap-bang on the equator,
0:15:42 > 0:15:49just outside the capital city, is the destination for tourists
0:15:49 > 0:15:53that marks precisely the spot of the equator.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57Visitors go there to put one foot on one hemisphere
0:15:57 > 0:16:01and one on the other and actually straddle the equator.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06And that undoubtedly is where this souvenir came from.
0:16:07 > 0:16:13A good hint would be what ENOS stands for. Work it out.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18"Suh" is for south, "Eh" is for east, "Nuh" is for north,
0:16:18 > 0:16:20and "Oh" is for west.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26The four cardinal points on the compass. But, in Spanish.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30But why is this thing in North Wales?
0:16:30 > 0:16:35Haven't got the faintest idea, but coming here it's a treat to
0:16:35 > 0:16:41dig out such oddball objects with an international significance.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Right, back with the teams, then.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48The Blues bought their first item in the first five minutes for £65,
0:16:48 > 0:16:49but nothing since.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53The Reds strolled for 30 minutes before buying two items
0:16:53 > 0:16:55together for £95.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57So, it is all to play for with 25 minutes left.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- Let's go up this way. - Where we going?- Garden implements.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05I like garden implements. It's whether they will make at auction.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Specialised, isn't it?
0:17:07 > 0:17:11I love that sign there. "Bishop's Castle." Do you like that?
0:17:11 > 0:17:12I quite like it.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14How much is your sign?
0:17:14 > 0:17:18- £240.- Did you say £40? - No, I didn't.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19240.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21I think that is a lovely thing,
0:17:21 > 0:17:24and selling that in Shrewsbury would be quite a smart move.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Well, that would be your target audience, wouldn't it?
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- But it is £240.- That is an awful lot of our money, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33I mean, 140 you could perhaps have a go, but 240...
0:17:33 > 0:17:35- No.- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Not to worry, Reds.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Now, it wouldn't be Wales without a dragon, would it, Blues?
0:17:40 > 0:17:43It's going to have to be a bit of a group decision on this one,
0:17:43 > 0:17:46because I think it might be extra-quirky.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48- No...- What about that?
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- Actually, no... - 275.- I've already seen the price.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52I'm putting my foot down.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54HOLLY LAUGHS
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- You think that's too much money? - Think he's out of our budget.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Even if you got a really good price on him, it would
0:17:59 > 0:18:02- leave very little for your third. - Exactly.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04And nothing for me for your exciting bonus buy,
0:18:04 > 0:18:06and I need to have a little bit to spend.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09GONG CRASHES OK, teams, 20 minutes to go.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- What about the hats? These are nice. - Oh, I do like a hat.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- MIMICKING TOMMY COOPER: - "Not like that."
0:18:14 > 0:18:17"Not like that - like that. Like that.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19"What's one of them? Dead one of them."
0:18:19 > 0:18:20HE MIMICS TOMMY'S LAUGH
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Oh, I love Tommy Cooper.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26Hats with boxes, that looks like an original box, what do you reckon?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- What you have got to look at... - Yes.- ..Tress & Co of London,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32does it say Tress & Co of London inside the hat?
0:18:32 > 0:18:36- It does, so that is an original box there.- The other thing is...
0:18:36 > 0:18:38small heads, or big head, you know?
0:18:38 > 0:18:41I think that Edwardian people had smaller heads.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Did they have smaller heads generally?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45I think they probably did.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49So people will use these and we have them, and they collect them.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53But with a ticket price of £120, they won't get A-HEAD with this hat.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Back with the Blues, who are on a tea break.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- I like that one. - What's the story on that, then?
0:19:00 > 0:19:04It's rosewood, it's a tea caddy. Not a lot of money, actually, at 48.
0:19:04 > 0:19:09- The caddy dates from around about 1840, 1850.- OK.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13When you bear in mind that tea was one of the most precious things that
0:19:13 > 0:19:18a household could have, they would make wonderful bits of furniture...
0:19:18 > 0:19:21And this is a small bit of furniture, to house your tea.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24And it was always locked, just to make sure that your staff
0:19:24 > 0:19:28didn't have a little moment and swipe a little bit of tea.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31I don't believe that those are original, the lids inside.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- It looks a bit like it's been re-glued, doesn't it?- Yeah.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35This wouldn't have had separate liners,
0:19:35 > 0:19:38it would have been just zinc-lined.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42- So it had zinc inside. - So those are missing now.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45- That's missing, it perishes. - Is it a collectable thing?
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Yeah, it is always buyers for boxes, what's nice is, it is rosewood.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- Which has this wonderful feeling. - Beautiful grain.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- Yeah, really nice grain. - Are those feet original?
0:19:55 > 0:19:58No. I was about to get to the feet!
0:19:58 > 0:20:03Originally, it would have had, almost certainly, sort of flat...
0:20:03 > 0:20:06- In metal or wood? - In wood, in rosewood.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Do you like it, or are you a bit...?
0:20:08 > 0:20:11I do like it, I like its age, and I think you're right,
0:20:11 > 0:20:12I think it is an antique.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Holly, you have been saying we ought to buy things that are
0:20:15 > 0:20:17- going to make us a profit. - Yeah, that's true.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20And it's had a lot of restoration and replacement bits.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23So I think it would have to be quite a lot cheaper than £48,
0:20:23 > 0:20:24to be honest with you.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Holly, do you want to ask the gent and see what he is able to do?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29- I will give it a go. - Give it your best shot, Hol.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Yeah, go on, Hol!
0:20:31 > 0:20:32SAMANTHA GASPS
0:20:32 > 0:20:34(Look at that.)
0:20:34 > 0:20:36OK, it's...interesting, mother.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40- Well, look at it though, it's Henley Regatta-ish.- Mother, it's new.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43"Mother, it's new, mother doesn't..." OK.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Well done, Phil. Earning your keep today, boy.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- Right, Holly.- How'd you get on? - I worked very hard.- Good girl.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53- And he came down to 45.- Ohh.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55And then I took him down to 40.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57That is his absolute best.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01- 40 quid... Let me have a look at this.- I do feel there is a chance.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- You think there's a chance? - Are you happy with this, Hol?
0:21:04 > 0:21:08- Yep, I'm happy with it.- In that case, it is your responsibility...
0:21:08 > 0:21:09I will take responsibility for this caddy!
0:21:09 > 0:21:13- I've bought the stick, you can buy the caddy.- I'll have the caddy!
0:21:13 > 0:21:17Well, they may be restored, but Holly thinks the box has legs.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20That leaves both teams chasing their third and final buy.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Time to focus, maybe?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Now, do we go that way, do we go outside,
0:21:24 > 0:21:26where do you want to go?
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- That table, I like this... - This table? OK.- OK.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33- That...- This one, yes, this one.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36That is pretty new. Chinese hardwood figure. Pretty new.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Pretty new, pretty new, pretty new.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41- That's actually nice.- Do you like that?- Is that a matchbox?
0:21:41 > 0:21:45It's a matchbox cover. I was hoping it might be silver, but it isn't.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46SAMANTHA AND PETER: Ohh.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- It's plated.- That would be nice otherwise.- What about that?
0:21:49 > 0:21:52- That's plated.- OK.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- Do you know how you can tell they're plated?- No.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56- Can you see that yellow there? Look.- Yes.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59As you polish it, you're effectively taking a layer of silver off.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01You've got the nickel coming through,
0:22:01 > 0:22:03and it's always on the higher bits
0:22:03 > 0:22:05- that you get that. - Ahh.- That there.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Nice tip, Phil, but get a move on, eh? 15 minutes left.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- What do you think of that? - Is that agate?- That is agate.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18It's a hard stone. It is not a precious stone.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19Used a lot in the Far East,
0:22:19 > 0:22:22where there is a lot of natural resources of agate.
0:22:22 > 0:22:27- We also see it here in jewellery. - OK.- So... And this...
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- What is it?- It is a little pin tray or a salt...
0:22:30 > 0:22:33I would have thought really made as a pin tray.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37It is almost translucent, isn't it, when you look at it? Look at that. Smoky.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41When you hold it up to the light, you can see the striations of the stone.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43I just love agate.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Is it a thing that would sell just on its own, even though it is
0:22:46 > 0:22:48- only a small thing like that? - They do.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52I've got to admit, this is one of those things which is my taste.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Whether it is massively commercial.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- The gentleman has got £20 on it. - Would have that been machine cut?
0:22:57 > 0:23:01Yes, this would be machine cut. It is not desperately early.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- OK.- I would say. It is certainly 20th century.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07And I would have thought it was probably in the last 30 years, something like that.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11I almost wish it was slightly more interesting patination.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- Can I do a complete compare and contrast?- Yes.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18With our beautiful agate handmade pin tray...
0:23:18 > 0:23:21and...a clockwork ladybird.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Oh!
0:23:23 > 0:23:27- But is that a good thing?- That is actually a really good thing.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- You're going harking back to your youth now, aren't you?- I know.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33It is because we didn't buy the little straw horse.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Do you think it has got legs, Ben?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37THEY LAUGH
0:23:37 > 0:23:39It seems to have six. And it is a proper ladybird.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43It has got the right number of spots on it. And it is Tri-ang. It does have its box.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47- Oh, it is quite heavy as well. - It is a really fun, quirky thing.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49The best on this, the gentleman said, is 28.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53What do you think, Blue team?
0:23:53 > 0:23:56I really like this as an object because it is just so fun.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58- £20, we'll buy it. - STALLHOLDER:- 24 best.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01- 24 best.- 24. That's quite fair. - What do you think, Hol?
0:24:01 > 0:24:06I would say, for £24, I would be happy to go with this.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- I think Holly is saying a yes. - I'm saying yes.- Roger.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12All I hear is yes. Yes.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- STALLHOLDER:- OK. - Thank you very much.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16We've bought a clockwork ladybird.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Well done, team, that's your third item bagged with 12 minutes to go.
0:24:19 > 0:24:24- Time to start firefighting, I fancy, Reds.- Do you like that?
0:24:24 > 0:24:28- It is an old fire extinguisher. - Yeah, we like that.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31- A bit battered.- Yes.- I think we should keep having a look around. Keep that there.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Keep that in mind because we both like it.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36There's another daft and dangerous thing there,
0:24:36 > 0:24:40- if you want daft and dangerous. - What dangerous? What's daft and dangerous?- Well, look at this, look.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44- Oh, yes, I like that.- What is it? - I don't know, but I like it.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48- Is it a farm implement?- No, I think it is a cart jack.- A cart jack.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53- So you get...- For the big wheels? - Yes. So that you would put under the body of your cart,
0:24:53 > 0:24:58- or probably on the axle. And you can just lift it up. - What age would you say that is?
0:24:58 > 0:25:01I would think that is... Well, you've got to think logically here.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05When did they use carts? Which is probably from about 1880...
0:25:05 > 0:25:10Well, 1880, 1890, 1905. That sort of era.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14- Which do you prefer out of the two? - I personally prefer the jack.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16- And you? - I like the fire extinguisher.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Right, there's going to be a row coming, I can sense it straightaway.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22- Fisticuffs.- So the thing is, they are both ticket priced at £45.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- So the swaying factor might be which comes cheaper, mightn't it?- Yes.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- Yes.- Well, let's go and have a quick whizz round,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30see if there's anything else. If not, we'll come back.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- We'll run back.- He won't have sold them both, will he?- No.- Right, OK.
0:25:33 > 0:25:38While the Reds try to find their third item, the Blues just chill out.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Right, well, it is not exactly the weather for it,
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- but I think, Roger, you said vanilla.- You are a gentleman.
0:25:43 > 0:25:48- I've got a toffee do-da.- Toffee. Thank you.- I think we can enjoy these.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50- We've got plenty of time. - Whilst the Reds carry on shopping.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52- Oh, well done.- Mmm!
0:25:53 > 0:25:57That looks tasty. Now, let's see if I can sort the Reds out.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02- How is it going, team? Sorry to interrupt you.- All right.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06- We are doing quite well. - How long have you got left? - We've got about ten minutes left.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10We have a minor issue, in that Ma likes one thing,
0:26:10 > 0:26:11son likes t'other thing.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13They're both priced at £45,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16- and I think there could be a bit of a row looming.- Really.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20- Well, you'll be diplomatic about it. - Oh, yes. Diplomatic, they call me, Tim.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Mmm. So while the Blues make the most of their ice creams,
0:26:23 > 0:26:27the Reds do the deal on their last item, but did they go for the cart
0:26:27 > 0:26:31jack or the fire extinguisher? Both priced up at £45.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36- We've got this, we bought it. £35.- I think that is really good, actually.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40- £35?- Yes.- And who did the deal? - Peter.- Yes, me.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- Well, I tell you what, I think that's really good. - GONG SOUNDS
0:26:43 > 0:26:47- Time's up.- Home and hosed, five minutes to spare. Come on.- Let's go.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Let's check out what the Red team bought, eh?
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Oh, dear.
0:26:53 > 0:26:58The glass fishing float was bought for £60.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59And at the same store,
0:26:59 > 0:27:03they sorted the pair of grain measures out for £35.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12And they pumped £35 into the fire extinguisher.
0:27:12 > 0:27:13Wow.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17- How are we feeling? - Marvellous, yes.- Finished?- Yes.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19- Happy?- Yes.- How happy?
0:27:19 > 0:27:24- Very.- Which is your favourite piece? - The floater thing.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- Is it?- Yeah.- Better than a sinker. - Yes, it is.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- What about you, Ma? - I like the fire extinguisher.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33- Did you?- Yes. - That's your favourite?- Yeah.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- Is that going to make the biggest profit?- I think so, yes.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40- I think it was very reasonably priced, and I think that is going to do well.- Good.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- And do you agree with that? - Yes, that was... Yeah.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Best thing to do is to agree with your mother. How much did you spend?
0:27:46 > 0:27:50- £130.- 130. I would like £170, please, of leftover lolly.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52With a bit of change there.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55So Philip can go out and spend the lot, hopefully.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59- I'm going to spend more than they did.- Are you?- Determined to.- Oh!
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Stand by then anyway. Good luck, team, go have a cup of tea.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06Good luck, Phil. Why don't we check out what the Blue team bought, eh?
0:28:06 > 0:28:09They walked away with the Edwardian horn handled climbing
0:28:09 > 0:28:12stick for £65.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17Next, the rosewood Victorian tea caddy was carried off for £40.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22And finally, they spotted a push and go ladybird tin plate toy,
0:28:22 > 0:28:26paying £24. How's that?
0:28:26 > 0:28:29- Perfect. Was that good for? - Great fun.- Great fun.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33- Time for ices, which is something. - We did well.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Well, you are Speedy Gonzales after all. Now, just tell me,
0:28:36 > 0:28:40- which is your favourite bit, Holly?- I like the clockwork ladybird that we
0:28:40 > 0:28:44- bought right at the very end.- OK. What about you, Roger Dodge?
0:28:44 > 0:28:47I was convinced with the Alpine walking stick as being a good
0:28:47 > 0:28:50thing, and maybe the best thing. And now I love the ladybird.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52I think that is the best thing.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55- And what's going to bring the biggest profit?- It could be the ladybird.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57It could be that much of a little quirky collectable.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01- I think the Alpine walking stick probably.- For the biggest profit?
0:29:01 > 0:29:04- And how much did you spend in total? - £129.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07And I would like £171, please.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11- OK.- Thank you. 171 goes to Ben.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13- Big Ben.- Thank you very much.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15OK, Ben, what are you going to spend it on, matey?
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Well, I think it might be a bit of a curveball, something small.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21- Quirky, I think, for these two. - You are such a tease, Ben.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25Good luck with that. Meanwhile, we are shovelling off very, very swiftly to the auction.
0:29:25 > 0:29:30We are crossing the border to England, and we're off to Shrewsbury.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Well, here we are in Shrewsbury, which is
0:29:41 > 0:29:43lovely, for our auction today with Jeremy Lamond.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46- Jeremy, how nice to see you. - Welcome, Tim. Nice to see you again.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50Now, Samantha and Peter bought the fishing float.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53It is probably one of the biggest ones I've seen,
0:29:53 > 0:29:55and I think for that reason it will be popular.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58It is a good decorator's piece, especially that size
0:29:58 > 0:30:03- and in such good condition.- What's the estimate?- We think 40 to 60.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06OK, £60 would float their boat, so that's the target to go for.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10Next are the graduated measures.
0:30:10 > 0:30:11French, I guess.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15Bits of birch, steamed, bent, and then metal bound.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19- This is an agricultural area, people will love those, won't they? - Yes, I think so. I think...
0:30:19 > 0:30:22They are dinky things, it is a good graduated set.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26- It is a couple of wastepaper baskets now, really, isn't it?- Yes.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29- Perfectly useful. What are they worth?- 20, 30.- OK, £35 paid.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32So they are a bit under, but nevertheless, we live in hope.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36Next is the fire extinguisher. I mean, an oddball object.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39- Who is going to buy that, Jeremy? - Well, I think
0:30:39 > 0:30:42somebody who likes a good stretch of copper in their home.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44I mean, it is a good, strong shape, isn't it?
0:30:44 > 0:30:48You could possibly fill it with water and do your roses with it.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52- Mm-hm. What's it worth?- 20 to 30. - OK, £35 paid.
0:30:52 > 0:30:56So we have three objects which are estimated at below the purchase
0:30:56 > 0:31:00price. There could be trouble ahead. Let's have a look at the bonus buy.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03- Sammy.- Yeah.- Pietro.- Yeah.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07- Are you up for this?- Yes.- Yeah. - Great. £130 was spent by you, team.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09And £170 of leftover lolly went to P Serrell.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13- Philip, over to you, boy.- Well, I gave it a go, Tim. I gave it a go.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- Look at that.- Oh, I like that. - Oh, that's a step in the right direction.
0:31:16 > 0:31:21- I don't know what it is, but I like it.- It is a great little coal box...
0:31:21 > 0:31:23that you could turn into a magazine stand or box,
0:31:23 > 0:31:25you could put booze in there.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28But what I loved about it was the colour of the leather
0:31:28 > 0:31:31and the studding on it, which I think is a real look of today.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34That's what people want. It cost me a lot of money.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36- How much?- It was 140 quid.- Oh!
0:31:36 > 0:31:39And what would you expect it to go for in a sale?
0:31:39 > 0:31:43If you get two interior decorators who really want to buy that,
0:31:43 > 0:31:46it could make anywhere between 120 and £180.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49But the thing is, half the battle in this business is do you like it?
0:31:49 > 0:31:51- Yes!- I like it.- And if you like it and you like it
0:31:51 > 0:31:53and I like it and we'd all take it home with us,
0:31:53 > 0:31:56- you kind of think other people might think the same way.- Yes.- Yes.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Well, let us hope, Phil, that the right buyers are in the room
0:31:59 > 0:32:01- because that's the secret, as he said, really.- Yes.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04And that's the high-risk bit, if you need to take the bonus buy
0:32:04 > 0:32:06when you come to that moment.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08But let's find out for the audience at home
0:32:08 > 0:32:11just how potty about this the auctioneer is.
0:32:12 > 0:32:17Well, there we have it, Jeremy, is it coalbin or is it a cellaret?
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Well, you could use it for either one, couldn't you?
0:32:19 > 0:32:20Is it a desirable object?
0:32:20 > 0:32:23I think it's quite a stylish object, yes.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26It's sarcophagus-shaped which might put some people off
0:32:26 > 0:32:29but it's well made and it's in good condition
0:32:29 > 0:32:31and the old leathery look suits some people.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34- It's a bit gentleman's club, isn't it?- It is indeed.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36- What's your estimate? - We think £20 to £30.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Oh, dear. £140 paid.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Well, maybe the team won't go with the bonus buy.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Anyway, that's it for the Reds.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48Now for the Blues, Roger and Holly, their walking stick.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52- But that's no ordinary walking stick, is it?- Well, no, Tim,
0:32:52 > 0:32:56these were very popular in the late Victorian period
0:32:56 > 0:32:58with European hikers actually
0:32:58 > 0:33:02and often when you find these, they're often covered
0:33:02 > 0:33:07in little badges of mountains that they have conquered
0:33:07 > 0:33:11so this one hasn't had much travel perhaps, it's marked Luzern,
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Switzerland, of course.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15No, good fun. So, what's it worth, Jeremy?
0:33:15 > 0:33:17- 20 to 30.- £65 paid.- OK.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19OK, fine, moving on.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Next, we have the rosewood tea caddy, pretty standard object, that,
0:33:22 > 0:33:24isn't it? But nice condition.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Yep, it is, except that it is simulated rosewood
0:33:27 > 0:33:28- rather than rosewood.- Is it?
0:33:28 > 0:33:31If you look, this is a feathered grain here,
0:33:31 > 0:33:34- it's not actually rosewood.- That's the painted-on stuff, isn't it?
0:33:34 > 0:33:38- Yeah, so you're buying an exotic wood for not an exotic price.- Yeah.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Bit of a fake, then, actually.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44Well, it was done at the time, 1820 or so, something like that.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47- £30 or £40.- Brilliant. £40 paid.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49So we've just about got to the lower estimate with that.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53- And lastly is the little toy.- Yep. - So, plastic and tin plate.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55When do you think that dates from, Jeremy?
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Probably the late '50s, early '60s,
0:33:57 > 0:34:00it's a Tri-ang Minic in its original box.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04The end of it's missing but kids wanted the toys quickly,
0:34:04 > 0:34:06- didn't they, as they always do? - They did.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10And I guess that's why if one of these things is in perfect condition,
0:34:10 > 0:34:13- that's when the toy collector goes mad.- That's it.- Yeah.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15But, you know, ladybird's a lucky little insect, isn't it?
0:34:15 > 0:34:17So we may be lucky with it.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19How much do you think it's worth?
0:34:19 > 0:34:22I think in that condition, £15, £20.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24OK, £24 paid, so that's close enough, isn't it?
0:34:24 > 0:34:28If it all goes to despair, we've got the bonus buy to fall back on.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Let's go and see that.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34- Well, kids, this is special, isn't it? BOTH:- Very exciting!
0:34:34 > 0:34:38Anyway, Ben, you had £171 of leftover lolly,
0:34:38 > 0:34:41you've clearly gone out and done something maverick, tell us about it.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44- Well, I thought I'd go for something quirky...- Yes.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48..something which might make you laugh so let's...
0:34:50 > 0:34:53- Oh, wow!- Wow!- A field stretcher.
0:34:53 > 0:34:54- Just what we need.- Yes!- Wow.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58At least whatever happens, we'll be able to be carried out.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00I reckon it's probably sort of around about
0:35:00 > 0:35:01the sort of Second World War time.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05It's got canvas in good state and I just quite liked it, really.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- What do you think I might've paid for it?- 60.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10- 35.- Wow.- Wow. That's surprising.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12So I think there is a chance of a profit in it.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16- Anyway, happy with that? - Yeah, I think so, I'm happy.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20- I think for 30 quid, that's got to be a good thing.- Yeah.- Yeah, yeah.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Anyway, you don't pick now, you pick later but right now,
0:35:22 > 0:35:25let us find out whether our auctioneer
0:35:25 > 0:35:28is uplifted by Ben's stretcher.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34- Well, there it is. I mean, handy if you need one.- Yes.
0:35:34 > 0:35:39Who's going to buy a field stretcher, apart from a militaria fanatic?
0:35:39 > 0:35:43Well, I think you've hit the nail on the head, Tim, a militaria fanatic
0:35:43 > 0:35:48would want a field stretcher, re-enactment fans, museums.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51OK, and the estimate?
0:35:51 > 0:35:53We think 20 to 30.
0:35:53 > 0:35:54£35 paid by Ben.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57Well, it'll be interesting to see what happens in the auction.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- Are you taking the sale?- Yes, I hope I don't get stretchered off.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03HE LAUGHS I think we're in safe hands.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05The conversion set...
0:36:05 > 0:36:1065, 75, 85.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14- So, how are you feeling, sweet pea? - OK. Quite excited.- Are you?
0:36:14 > 0:36:17- Do you go to many auctions? - A few.- Do you, yes?- Yeah.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20- So you're experienced?- Slightly. - You're not virginal at this.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- No.- No.- I am.- What about you, Pietro?- I've not been.
0:36:23 > 0:36:24- You've never been before?- No.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Anyway, your first item though is coming up now and here it comes.
0:36:27 > 0:36:32141, the vintage glass fishing float of globe form.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34I'm bid £35. At 35.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36At £35. At 35.
0:36:36 > 0:36:3840. 5.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41At £45. I'm selling at £45.
0:36:42 > 0:36:47£45. I wouldn't want to knock that for £45. Minus £15.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Lot 142 is a graduated set
0:36:49 > 0:36:52of two metal-bound grain measures,
0:36:52 > 0:36:54indistinctly stamped.
0:36:54 > 0:36:55Various commissions here.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58At £40. At £40.
0:36:58 > 0:36:5945 at the very back.
0:36:59 > 0:37:00At £45. 50 where?
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Profit, profit, profit.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06Bid's at the back of the room. At £45 and I'm selling at 45.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09£45 is plus £10,
0:37:09 > 0:37:13you were minus 15, you are now minus five.
0:37:13 > 0:37:14This is looking up.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17Now, here comes your fire extinguisher.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20143, the Dixon & Sons copper and brass
0:37:20 > 0:37:24hand-pump fire extinguisher with retractable footplates.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Various commissions here at £25.
0:37:27 > 0:37:28At 25.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30I'll sell, then, at £25.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Any more at £25?
0:37:32 > 0:37:34- 30 on the internet. 35 on commission.- Come on!
0:37:34 > 0:37:37At £35. Last chance.
0:37:37 > 0:37:3835.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42- Oh, no.- Aw!- Wiped its face, but no shame in that.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45£35 is perfectly fair.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49That means overall you are minus £5.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51You don't have to take the bonus buy but if you fancy it,
0:37:51 > 0:37:56- that leather-covered jobbie. - I think we should go for it.- You do?
0:37:56 > 0:37:58- I like it. - We're not risking anything
0:37:58 > 0:38:00because we haven't made anything so...
0:38:00 > 0:38:02- OK, we'll go for it, then. - We'll go for it.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05I have to tell you now what the auctioneer's estimate is
0:38:05 > 0:38:07- which is £20 to £30.- Oh, dear.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10We're going with the bonus buy and here it comes. Phil's old box.
0:38:10 > 0:38:15So 148, a leather-bound and studwork oak cellaret or coalbin.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Various commissions so starting this lot at 90, 100,
0:38:18 > 0:38:21110, £110.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- 120. 130.- Come on, one more!
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- 140. 150.- Yes!
0:38:27 > 0:38:31At £150 and I'm selling to a commission at 150.
0:38:33 > 0:38:38Yes, he's done it, he's cracked it, the clever old fruit. £150.
0:38:40 > 0:38:45Perfect. £150 is plus £10, plus £5 overall.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48- Well done, Phil. Super. Don't say a word to the juggernaut Blues.- No.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51- All right, mum's the word. Thank you very much.- Lovely.- Thank you.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58- OK, guys, do you know how the Reds got on?- No, no idea.- Not a clue.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00We don't want you to, that's great.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04So, tell me, Holly, you're a chip off the old block.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06How are you feeling?
0:39:06 > 0:39:09Erm, pretty apprehensive about the lots, to be honest.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13Excited, but not sure how much profit there's going to be today.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Are you the same, Rog?
0:39:15 > 0:39:16Tim, I've been to lots of auctions
0:39:16 > 0:39:19and I've never been more excited than I am today.
0:39:19 > 0:39:20- I'm absolutely loving it.- Oh, good.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24Anyway, first up is the walking stick from Luzern and here it comes.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Lot 164, who's got £20 for it?
0:39:27 > 0:39:30£20. £20. £20.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Anybody want it?
0:39:33 > 0:39:35- I can't bear it.- Somebody...
0:39:36 > 0:39:3820 at the very back. At £20.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Selling it, then, at £20.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44£20, that is terrible.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48- That's a big old loss.- Minus £45. - Never mind, eh?
0:39:48 > 0:39:50- I can't bear it, I could weep. - It could be worse.
0:39:50 > 0:39:55Lot 165, the early Victorian rosewood tea caddy.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57What about £20 for it? Start me at £20.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59- £20, who's got 20?- God...
0:39:59 > 0:40:00- Little bit of...- That's terrible.
0:40:00 > 0:40:0220's bid at the back of the room.
0:40:02 > 0:40:03At 20, I'll take 5.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06At £20, at 20. Be quick.
0:40:06 > 0:40:07At £20...
0:40:07 > 0:40:08GAVEL BANGS
0:40:08 > 0:40:13£20. Minus £20, that's minus 65.
0:40:13 > 0:40:18Lot 166 is the vintage Tri-ang push and go toy ladybird.
0:40:18 > 0:40:19What about it? £10 for it.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21£10 for the ladybird.
0:40:21 > 0:40:2210's bid on the internet.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26At £10, 15 where? At £10, I'm selling.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28£10.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30- It's not fair, sweetie. - Oh, that's so sad.
0:40:30 > 0:40:31£10 is minus 14.
0:40:31 > 0:40:3465, 75, minus £79.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Anyway, there we are. Are we going to do the walking wounded?
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Are we going to do the field stretcher?
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Are we going to go with it?
0:40:41 > 0:40:43We're going to need something to carry us out in.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46I'm intrigued to see what it makes so I think let's go with it.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49- You're a couple of brave punters, that's all I can say.- Yeah.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50We're going with the stretcher.
0:40:50 > 0:40:55The estimate is £20 to £30, you paid £35, Ben, and here it comes.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Khaki canvas cover, lot 170, there it is.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00I'm bid £20 for it. 20's bid.
0:41:00 > 0:41:01At 20. Where's 5?
0:41:01 > 0:41:0225 at the very back of the room.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05At £25, selling at 25.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08£25 is minus £10
0:41:08 > 0:41:10which means overall you're minus £89.
0:41:10 > 0:41:15- That was close though.- It was close. - It could've been a lot worse.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17And it could be a winning score so say nothing to the Reds.
0:41:17 > 0:41:18Thanks, team.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28Well, I have to ask myself, are these two teams on the same planet?
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Because they've shopped in the same place, right,
0:41:30 > 0:41:34they spent more or less the same amount of money - one spent 129
0:41:34 > 0:41:39and one spent 130 but the difference in the score is unbelievable.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42It is my duty to reveal that the runners up today
0:41:42 > 0:41:45by a significant margin are the Blues.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47- I knew it!- Aw!
0:41:47 > 0:41:51- Minus £89.- Ooh, we did quite well, really.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Which is a fair old whack, really, isn't it?
0:41:53 > 0:41:57I'm afraid all minus scores all the way through the whole thing.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59The stretcher was going to carry you away, wasn't it?
0:41:59 > 0:42:03- It could've been worse.- Anyway, we've loved having you on the show.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05- Thank you very much.- It's been great.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Continue with the fantastic carving work, Roger Dodge.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12Anyway, it is my pleasure to be handing our only profit for a bit,
0:42:12 > 0:42:14which is a £5 note.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16LAUGHTER How about that?
0:42:16 > 0:42:21The Reds win by making a £5 note, which is essentially
0:42:21 > 0:42:24contributed by the very nice leather-covered
0:42:24 > 0:42:29and studded cellaret/coalbin, thank you very much. Da-dum!
0:42:29 > 0:42:33This is the bonus buy that was decried generally through
0:42:33 > 0:42:37the auction room but actually came up trumps because the silver fox
0:42:37 > 0:42:39spotted it and it did very well, so well done for that.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42- Have you enjoyed it, Sam?- Very much so. Thank you for having us.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45- It's exciting, isn't it?- Very much. - The rollercoaster of it all.- Yes.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Absolutely splendid-o.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Almost as splendid as a visit to our website and, of course,
0:42:50 > 0:42:54the opportunity of joining us soon for some more Bargain Hunting, yes?
0:42:54 > 0:42:55- ALL:- Yes!