0:00:05 > 0:00:07Welcome to Stafford Market Square.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Today a great place to go shopping or visit
0:00:09 > 0:00:11an exhibition in Shire Hall.
0:00:14 > 0:00:19But if you came to the Shire Hall a couple of hundred years ago,
0:00:19 > 0:00:23you could seriously be in big, big trouble,
0:00:23 > 0:00:26because behind these doors are the criminal courts
0:00:26 > 0:00:29where wrongdoers, counterfeiters,
0:00:29 > 0:00:33even murderers, were sentenced to hang.
0:00:33 > 0:00:38Well, I'll be keeping law and order over proceedings today.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Let's go bargain-hunting! Yeah!
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Today's show comes from Stafford Antiques Fair,
0:01:05 > 0:01:09where over 300 stands offer everything from the refined,
0:01:09 > 0:01:10to the more rustic.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15So much to learn, and so little time.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Our teams have one hour, and £300 to find their three items.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Let's take a peek at what's coming up.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Sisters Bev and Jet, for the Blues, are full of the theatrics.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31And the Reds only have one thing on their mind.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32- Oh, look, a sewing box!- Oh, yes.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- How about that?- That's a sewing box. - It is a sewing box.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38- A 19th-century one. - Oh, another sewing box!
0:01:38 > 0:01:41And at the auction, there are giggles and gasps.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43But, before all that, let's meet the teams.
0:01:45 > 0:01:477621.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51Right, today, we're going to find out whether blood really is thicker
0:01:51 > 0:01:55than water, because for the Blues, we have Bev and Jet,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57who are sisters.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02And for the Reds, jolly good friends Anne and Sue. Hello, everyone.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03- ALL: Hello!- Hello!
0:02:03 > 0:02:08Now, Anne, your favourite pastime is quilting? Tell us about that.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Oh, well, I've been quilting for about 30 years
0:02:11 > 0:02:15and I prefer the hand sewing, which is applique.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17And I've made two Baltimore quilts,
0:02:17 > 0:02:21which take about two years each, and I'm on the third one.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Are you? Now, tell us about the Baltimore quilt,
0:02:23 > 0:02:24what's special about that?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Why does it take so long?
0:02:26 > 0:02:31It's all hand sewing, and you form the flowers as three-dimensional
0:02:31 > 0:02:34flowers first, then you sew them onto the background,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37and each block, or each square is completely different,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40so you have 20 squares, all different.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44So, when you're not chain piecing or prairie-ing,
0:02:44 > 0:02:45what do you get up to?
0:02:45 > 0:02:50Oh, watercolour painting, family history, and darts.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51- Really, darts?- Oh, yes.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54So you like to go into the pub and have the few pints, and...?
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Oh, no. This is all in aid for the WI.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- Oh, it's the WI darts? - WI dart competitions.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- I thought that was all Jerusalem, and jam and cakes.- Oh, no, no.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- We do other things. - I've never heard about darts.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- Oh, yes.- That's an interesting twist.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07- A regular annual event.- Is it? - Oh, yes.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- You like a good bull's-eye too, don't you?- I do, yes, yes.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13I have my dartboard on the kitchen door.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16So when I'm cooking, I chuck arrows at the kitchen door.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21What? Let's put the sprouts on! That's quite fun, isn't it?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23It is, it's great. Actually, it's wonderful practice.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- You're looking forward to this Bargain Hunt lark?- Oh, I am.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28- Yes.- Yes. So, anything connected with the WI,
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- you'll go for that, won't you?- Yes, we will.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Anything connected with darts or needlework.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33I mean, there's a raft of interest here.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- Oh, we've got everything to go for. - We have.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Well, we'll look forward to it with interest. Good luck, girls.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- Now, Bev.- Hello. - You are no stranger
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- to performing in public, are you?- I'm not, no.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48So, tell us about your performing past.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- I used to be a professional dancer. - Did you?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- A lot of work out in Bahrain, Oman, Dubai.- Yeah?
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- A lot of work out there. - They love it, do they?- They do.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59It says here that you're a bit of a miniaturist.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- I am. I have doll's houses. - Do you?- 12 scale doll's houses.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- Do you like to go and shop for miniature objects?- I do.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Indeed, here at Stafford, I've been to a miniature dolls fair here.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10They have them here, twice a year.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13I mean, these things are exquisite, often, aren't they?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15- Yes, they are.- I mean people think they're for children,
0:04:15 > 0:04:17and playthings, but it's not at all.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Now, Jet, tell us about your dance career.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Yeah, I used to work on the UK holiday centres.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26I started off as, um, a dance captain.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Then I moved on my way, through the years to entertainments manager.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- You used to dance and do a bit of panto, didn't you?- I did, yes.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37When I was younger, I used to be in the local amateur dramatic
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- pantomime group, yep, in our village.- And you've had co-stars?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- I have had co-stars, yes. - Famous co-stars?
0:04:43 > 0:04:46A particularly famous co-star, yes.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49I was in panto with Gary Barlow.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52- Gary Barlow! What, from Take That? - From Take That.- Good Lord!
0:04:52 > 0:04:54- Why were you performing with him? - Well, he just...
0:04:54 > 0:04:57obviously just wanted to be with me, didn't he, really?
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Exactly, so he heard that you were in the panto, and he signed up!
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- How lovely was that?- It was lovely.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Well, almost as much fun
0:05:03 > 0:05:05as we hope you're going to have on Bargain Hunt today.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Here we go, here's the money moment.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10- £300 a piece. There's your £300. - Thank you.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13You know the rules, your experts await, and off you go!
0:05:13 > 0:05:15And very, very, very good luck!
0:05:15 > 0:05:18I always fancied a bit of quilting myself.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Helping the teams navigate their way to a bargain
0:05:25 > 0:05:28is dedicated supporter Colin Young.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31And for the Blues, Kate Bliss is getting in the groove.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39- Now, Bev and Jet, it's great to have a sister team.- Yep.- Yeah.- Go, girls.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42So, ladies, what are we going to buy?
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Well, I want to buy sewing bits and bobs
0:05:44 > 0:05:46and perhaps antique lace bobbins.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- What are we looking out for, Bev? - I've absolutely no idea.- Really?
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- No idea whatsoever.- No, we're going to go with the flow today.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- Have you got any idea at all, Jet? - No, whatever takes my fancy.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00On reflection, teams, your 60 minutes starts now.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- WHISTLE BLOWS - Let's go shopping.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- Shall we go to it?- Yes.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07I've got a good feeling about this. Go, Reds.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09And they're straight in to the sewing.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- I think that's a possibility. - Yeah, the sampler.- Yeah.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17- Don't knock it all down. - Is there a date on it?- No.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19No, and it looks a bit too modern.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21It does look a bit modern but let's have a look at the price.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25- That's the important thing. - 18.- £18.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29- Well, you know... - It's a modern sampler.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33It is a modern sampler and at £12... would you buy it
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- if you went to an auction? That's always going to be the...- Mm...
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- No, I don't think so.- No.- That's a no, isn't it?- How about the bonnet?
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- No, I don't think I fancy the bonnet. - No, you don't?
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- You don't fancy a bonnet?- No. - She doesn't like the bonnet.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- She doesn't like the bonnet. - It doesn't suit me.- Pop that back.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47I like the bonnet.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- I know dancing is a huge part of your life.- Yes, it is.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- It is, yeah.- Absolutely. - And I think we're probably
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- going to see quite a lot of dancing figures around.- Yes.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59She's got a bit of an ugly face.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- Do you think she has, Bev? - Yeah, she's got dodgy eyebrows.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- Don't hold back now. Say it as it is.- And look at that foot.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- She can't have that foot.- No, she's got a dodgy foot.- Oh, has she?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09She's got what we would call a sickle.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11It's when your ankle goes in the wrong direction, so...
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- So, we don't want any sickles? - Absolutely not.- No.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Ooh, harsh critics.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19- Sewing.- Sewing. Think of sewing.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Stick with sewing. Stick with what you know.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26- Yeah, bobbins, sewing boxes... - No, I haven't seen anything.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27Nice hats.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32- Look at that one. That's quite nice. - Yeah.- Lovely, thanks.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34So, is this the kind of thing you would have worn in the theatre?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- Oh, yes, definitely.- Yeah, definitely.- Have a little... Oh, Jet.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- Fab colour.- Oh, is it my colour? - Go on, give us a twirl.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42No, it's not your colour. You're the Blues.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47- Oh, look, a sewing box!- Oh, yes.- How about that?- It looks a bit modern.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51- Do you know how to date something like that?- No.- Well, very simple.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53You take it out for a meal, buy it a few drinks
0:07:53 > 0:07:55and I've always found that's worked.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Oh, Colin, stop flirting and start purchasing.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Let's hope the Blues are taking things a bit more seriously.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04- There's a nice top hat. - We need to start buying, don't we?
0:08:04 > 0:08:06We do need to get a buy in. There's a frame in the corner there
0:08:06 > 0:08:09but that looks quite modern. That's a pretty one.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11We quite like the frame there, is that a period one?
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- It is a period one. Yes. - It's very pretty.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15What do you think of that, Jet?
0:08:15 > 0:08:20I think that's lovely, yeah. I like the detail on it. It's lovely.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- So how much is that? - Let me just check, please.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28- It is hallmarked, isn't it, Kate? - Birmingham 1906.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- 1906 is real art.- And it's 158.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- £158, eh? Crikey.- Well, let's have a closer look at it.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Now, let's just look for the hallmark,
0:08:37 > 0:08:38- which should be somewhere...- There.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40There we go. Right at the bottom there.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44So it's very early 20th-century, just Edwardian.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Nice clear hallmark.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49But the other really nice thing is that you've got the original back.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- The original.- Yeah. It tells a story, doesn't it?
0:08:52 > 0:08:55It's a bit worn but it is...
0:08:55 > 0:08:59I would much prefer to have a worn original one
0:08:59 > 0:09:00- than a replacement...- And this is
0:09:00 > 0:09:02fabric in here as well, isn't it?
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Yes, it is. That's silk.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06It's a little bit dirty and a bit marked but I suppose
0:09:06 > 0:09:09you'd be a bit dirty and a bit marked at that age, wouldn't you?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Yeah. What would be the best price on that?
0:09:11 > 0:09:15- Yeah, let's talk about the price. Madam.- Yes.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18What would you pay for it, Bev. What's your gut feeling?
0:09:18 > 0:09:20I would only have paid about £70 for it.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Yeah, I would have said 70, 80. That's what I would have said.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Obviously we're going to put it into an auction,
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- which is a wholesale environment, which is very different.- 75.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33- 75, my goodness.- 75.- I think 75 is worth a chance, I really do.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34I think it's a really nice one.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- Shall we go for it?- Yeah. Definitely.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Are you sure about that, madam?
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- First purchase, thank you so much. - Thank you ever so much.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Wow, the Blues have got the photo and frame for half price.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46So what about those Reds?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Now, how long have we got?
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- We've got another 50 minutes. - Oh, brilliant!- Fantastic!
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- We're doing well.- We're doing better than I thought.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Doing well? You haven't bought anything yet.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01- That's a sewing box. That's a sewing box.- It is. A 19th-century one.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04- Another sewing box.- Yep. - Yes.- Do you like it?
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- Is it a lid on the top or just drawers?- It's mahogany.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10- Just a single drawer to it. - Very nice.- Yeah.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12It's a bit scratched on the top. Would that polish off?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- Neither here nor there.- That's nice.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- Right, how much is it? - Oh, look at that.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- Yeah, it's got bits as well. I like that.- You do like it?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Yes, I do like it. How much is it?
0:10:24 > 0:10:29At auction I would have expected that to realise maybe 120, £150.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- Something like that.- Oh, right! - Well, that would be all right.- So...
0:10:32 > 0:10:36But they can retail at quite a lot higher so let's see.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- Who's going to ask the question? - I'll ask the question.- Sue will.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43- And you know where your parameters are.- Yeah.- Do not go beyond them.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- Do not go beyond the 120. - No, but inquire.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Can you give me a price on the sewing box?
0:10:49 > 0:10:51- No, unfortunately, I can't. - Oh, why not?
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Cos it's not my stall.
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Whoopsie.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58- That's a good one, innit? - Well, make a guess.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- Go on, make a guess.- I tell you what, you can have it for a fiver.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05No, no, I didn't say that. It's this stall here.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11- I think it's actually that chap.- OK. I'll go...- Go and have a wander.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13See what you can do.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- What did he say?- He wants 135 for it. - Oh!- Oh, that's...
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- Do you think he'd take 100 for it? - Well, I...
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- Do you think...? Can we be cheeky? - Yeah, go on.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Well, I wouldn't argue with you.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Oh, you cheeky devils, you.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30All right, I'll go and see what I can get.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Here she comes back again. Come on, then, Sue, what have you got?
0:11:33 > 0:11:37- He said 110.- 110. Oh, well, that seems fair.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- Are you happy with that?- So I said I'm happy with that
0:11:39 > 0:11:43- and I'm sure you will be.- Oh, yes, that's no problem.- Right.- OK?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- Deal done.- Deal done.- Great. Lovely. - Brilliant.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Good work, girls. One sewing box in the bag.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53With all that chatter, I thought they'd never do the deal.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Meanwhile, the Blues haven't got far.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57They're still at the same stall.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- What is it anyway?- A powder compact.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- Yeah, open it up.- And what's this? MUSIC PLAYS
0:12:03 > 0:12:07- Oh!- It's a musical powder compact. - What do you think of that, Kate?
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Well, I think it's lovely that it's musical.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12- I mean, that's an added feature, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Powder compacts are very collectable
0:12:16 > 0:12:18but their commercial appeal
0:12:18 > 0:12:20depends on the design,
0:12:20 > 0:12:21but also the name.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- People do like leading manufacturers.- Right, yeah.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Let's just have a little look at this.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Ah, now this is Clover we've got on there.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Now, that isn't one of the leading manufacturers
0:12:33 > 0:12:36but it's quite nice that we have got a name. Glass is all in condition.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- It obviously works. - So, what do you think, Kate?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Well, I think it's rather nice. Let's find out the price.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46- How much on that, madam?- Well, I had with the lighter for 48.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51- So it comes with the lighter? - Oh, I see. That's matching. Right.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- It's a matching set. - So, altogether, best price...
0:12:54 > 0:12:56I can go half. 20.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Because it's got the musical aspect I think you're onto a good thing
0:12:59 > 0:13:03- there. You've got another one there. - This one is a Stratton.- Aah!
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- That's what Kate was just talking about.- Lovely.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07So, this has got a leading name.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Stratton were leading British manufacturers of compacts.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12It's a great shape. Do you see that nice curve there?
0:13:12 > 0:13:16So it would fit in the pocket really well, which is quite nice.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18It's a little bit more worn.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23Condition isn't just quite perfect but if we open it up, there we go,
0:13:23 > 0:13:26it's in really nice order inside and there we have the Stratton name,
0:13:26 > 0:13:30which is really nice. So how much just for this one?
0:13:30 > 0:13:32- 30.- 30.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Or do you want all for 40?
0:13:36 > 0:13:39- So, all three pieces for 40? - Yeah.- 38?
0:13:39 > 0:13:43- No, I can't do it. Please. - No. It is a good price.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- Yes?- You're the boss, you make the decision.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49- You prefer that one...- Yeah.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53- I prefer this one so that sounds like a deal really, doesn't it?- Yeah, OK.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- Job done.- Job done.- Thank you very much indeed.- OK.- Thank you so much.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Pleasure, pleasure.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01I hate to tell you this but there is a huge fair out there.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- I know, and we've stayed with this one lady.- But this lady was so nice.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- Come on, come on. - These girls make a jolly good team.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- Two buys down.- Yeah, two really good buys and we're only halfway through.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12- Halfway through.- Halfway through!
0:14:12 > 0:14:14So, what do they make of it all so far?
0:14:14 > 0:14:18- That poor lady had everything we wanted.- Yeah, she had everything.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21We told you we didn't like shopping very much, so I'd have just bought
0:14:21 > 0:14:23a third one off her and gone, "Let's have a cup of tea!"
0:14:23 > 0:14:25- Or a glass of wine. - Or a glass of wine.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Meanwhile, there's only 30 minutes left
0:14:27 > 0:14:31and the Reds still have two items to buy.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Right, Colin, what do you think?
0:14:33 > 0:14:37- What do I think?- Well, it's a little Dinky sewing machine.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Well, I suppose we'd need to find a little bit more about it.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- Do we know if it's working or not? - Is it working?
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Yes, it's fully working. They do actually sew
0:14:45 > 0:14:48but because there's no bobbin in the bottom it doesn't hold.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Don't forget it was made for a child in the 1960s.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- It was the stallholder's.- Oh! - It was actually this child's.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Well, that does add quite a lot to it.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59£25. I'm going to say it's too much because it's not an antique
0:14:59 > 0:15:01because this young lady...
0:15:01 > 0:15:06Clearly, if it was in her youth, it does not
0:15:06 > 0:15:08have the age whatsoever
0:15:08 > 0:15:11and I think that really you should be down to about 15.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12How about 18?
0:15:12 > 0:15:16- Oh, all right, then.- Go on, then. - Are you going to go for it?- Yes.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- Thank you very much. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23It's the first time charm's ever worked in my life.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Well, the charm's working on Anne and Susan.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29They just can't stop giggling.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31And now for something I found in Stafford.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38What about this?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41You could say, "From the sublime to the ridiculous."
0:15:42 > 0:15:45The big question is, which is the sublime one
0:15:45 > 0:15:48and which is the ridiculous?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50For me, the sublime one, in terms
0:15:50 > 0:15:53of the way in which it's been made,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55has to be this little toad.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00Made of two-colour glass, blown first in clear glass
0:16:00 > 0:16:03and then with an overlay of green glass,
0:16:03 > 0:16:09and to create that effect in glass is a skilful job.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Now, stuck in its mouth is the secret to the whole thing
0:16:12 > 0:16:14because we've got a turned button there,
0:16:14 > 0:16:18and if I take the button out, that shaft should be connected
0:16:18 > 0:16:22to a long ivory or bone spoon
0:16:22 > 0:16:26because this thing, in China, would have been used as a snuff bottle.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30What would it cost you? Well, if you had your eyes open,
0:16:30 > 0:16:33you might acquire it for as little as £90.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35What might it be worth?
0:16:35 > 0:16:39To the international snuff bottle collecting society,
0:16:39 > 0:16:43I think you get as much as £300-£400.
0:16:43 > 0:16:49As to the ridiculous, well, you can't fail but to smirk
0:16:49 > 0:16:55when you see this cheaply produced glass-blown container.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57And its relevance is of course that
0:16:57 > 0:17:01the wallaby is holding a cricket bat and this was made
0:17:01 > 0:17:06for some entrepreneurial sweetie manufacturer.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10It's got a tin-plate screw-on bottom, look,
0:17:10 > 0:17:14and the sweetie manufacturer would have filled the wallaby
0:17:14 > 0:17:18with brightly coloured sweets, and if you went to the Oval,
0:17:18 > 0:17:22no doubt these things were on sale around the ground
0:17:22 > 0:17:26for parents to buy their children their sweeties in.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30Except this one didn't get thrown away by that little boy
0:17:30 > 0:17:34and he was incidentally a very keen fisherman.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36How do I know that?
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Because the bottom of the screw-on cap has got lots of little holes
0:17:40 > 0:17:46in it, look, and this little boy liked to go fishing with live bait.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48So, he'd go into the garden, dig up a few earthworms,
0:17:48 > 0:17:53shove them in the, by then, empty sweetie bottle, screw on the bottom.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57Those are the air holes to keep his bait alive when he went off
0:17:57 > 0:18:01with his rod and hook to try and catch a fish in the river.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02Isn't that charming?
0:18:02 > 0:18:06So, what might you have to stump up for such a thing?
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Well, in a fair like this, it could be yours for £8.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13And what might you get for it when you sell it?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Goodness only knows.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17How's that?
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Back with our teams, both have one item left to buy
0:18:21 > 0:18:23and only 20 minutes to do it.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26A miniature fan, Bev has spotted something small
0:18:26 > 0:18:29but perfectly formed.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Look at that little miniature set, talking of miniatures.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34- Oh, look!- Oh, yes, look at that! - Have a look at it, if you want.
0:18:34 > 0:18:35Do you want to have a look?
0:18:35 > 0:18:38- Yeah, let's have a look, shall we? - What do you think, Jet?
0:18:38 > 0:18:42- Yeah, absolutely. Yeah.- So, it's the four pieces, is it?- Yeah.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46- They're sweet, aren't they? - They're lovely, aren't they?
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- Yeah. They're quite heavy, actually. - Are they?- Yeah.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53I've never actually bought any silver for my doll's houses.
0:18:53 > 0:18:58I've got wooden and it's cost me that amount of money too, so...
0:18:58 > 0:18:59I think they're rather sweet
0:18:59 > 0:19:01and then you've got a bit of abalone shell in there.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03And how much was it?
0:19:03 > 0:19:05- Yeah, how much was it?- 85.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07What's your very, very best?
0:19:07 > 0:19:10- I can do 75.- 75.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11Can we have a think about it?
0:19:11 > 0:19:15- Cos we've got some time, haven't we?- We have got a bit of time, yeah.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- We've got some time, haven't we? - Would that be your very best?
0:19:18 > 0:19:21I would think so, really. There's not a lot in it for me at that.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22Well, let's keep that one in mind.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26- Can we keep it in mind if we've got a bit of time?- Let's do that.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30- Don't sell it.- Please don't sell it. - I'll try not to.- Please.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Clever play from the Blues. Banking an item for the future, eh?
0:19:34 > 0:19:37The Reds however are about to get a nasty shock.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41- You've only got seven minutes left. - Seven minutes?- Oh, dear.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- Oh, my word! - Better get a move on, then, girls.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46I know we bought all those things off that lady's stall
0:19:46 > 0:19:48- but she's given us some really good bargains.- Yes.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Do you think there's something else we'd find on her stall cheap?
0:19:51 > 0:19:52What about the miniature doll's...?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- Or do we go to the miniature silver? - I just think £75 is too much.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58We could go and offer her a wee bit less and see.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- Shall we go and see if we can knock down a bit?- You like that idea, Jet?
0:20:01 > 0:20:03- Do you?- I think it's us, isn't it?
0:20:03 > 0:20:07I'm worried if there's nothing on the stall that we like
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- on the other one, we're stuffed. - Yeah.- OK, let's go.- Come on.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14- Let's see.- With only five minutes to go, the Reds are still dawdling.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Ah, but look, something sewing-related.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21So what exactly is this? But I love it.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24It's actually, er, 19th-century... It's Chinese silkwork,
0:20:24 > 0:20:28- what's known as a rank badge. - A rank badge?
0:20:28 > 0:20:32- Can you tell us a little bit more about it?- Yeah, sure.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35This is what they call a fifth rank badge and the beauty about this
0:20:35 > 0:20:39is the colour, the closeness of the weave or the knot.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41It's called a Peking knot.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45- Peking, which is...- Is it actually embroidery, rather than woven?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47- It is embroidered.- It is embroidered, not woven.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Now, normally to get a rank badge like that
0:20:49 > 0:20:52you'd probably be talking about...
0:20:52 > 0:20:57..anything from 800 to 1,200.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02- I want 150 quid for it.- So, no? Yes?
0:21:02 > 0:21:08- No, no, I like it.- Sue?- I like it. - It's your choice but...
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- Yes. I like it.- Let me just have a closer inspection.- Yes.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15- Well, you like your needlework. - We do, we do.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17- That's a good example by any stretch.- Yeah.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19If we don't do a deal now, we've just got to choose
0:21:19 > 0:21:23- one of the other two things.- No, that one. I think we all agree.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- You will go for that one? - Yes, I will.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- A bit of an appreciation of the quality here.- It is the quality.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30I think it's beautiful. It shines through.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32The work is absolutely beautiful.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34OK.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37You said 150. You know I'm going to turn around and say 100.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Can we end up at 120?
0:21:39 > 0:21:44- We can get, er, at 125 but that is the death.- 125?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- Yeah, that's fine.- Are you happy with that?- Yes, I'm happy with that.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50- Excellent.- Have we got a deal? - We have got a deal.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- I'll put my hand out, then. - Brilliant.- Well done, girls.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Well done, girls. That's their three items bought and paid for
0:21:57 > 0:21:59but the Blues are cutting it fine.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05- How long have we got left? - About 30 seconds. Quick!
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- We couldn't find you. - OK, let's have another look.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12We've literally got about two minutes, madam.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13I think the first question has got to be,
0:22:13 > 0:22:16is there anything you can do on price for us?
0:22:16 > 0:22:17I am a doll's house collector
0:22:17 > 0:22:19so I do understand them so...
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- Pretty please? - What do we think, guys?- Please!
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- I could do 70.- You could do 70?
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- Yes, but honestly it's the best I can do.- 70 is the best?- Yes.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28- From 95. - 68?
0:22:30 > 0:22:31- Go on, then. - Oh!
0:22:31 > 0:22:33- You're a star, madam.- Brilliant.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35- Shall we go for it?- Yeah, go for it! - Let's do it!
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Thank you very much indeed. You are brilliant.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39- Thank you so much. That's lovely. - Thank you.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41The time's up. Fancy a bouffant, eh?
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- And one, two, and three, and four... - The Blues just want to dance.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46..five, six, and seven, and eight...
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Let's check out what the Red Team bought, eh?
0:22:48 > 0:22:51The Reds are sewing mad and couldn't resist
0:22:51 > 0:22:54this needlework table for £110.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Not content with the table,
0:22:56 > 0:22:59they bought a little sewing machine for £18,
0:22:59 > 0:23:03and for £125 they bought this embroidery,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05making a trio of sewing buys.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11- Well, girls, you did all right, didn't you?- Oh, very well, yes.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- You tested his mettle, I tell you. - We did, we did.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19- How much did you spend in total? - 253.- Lovely. That's a mature amount.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21- I'd like £47 of leftover lolly, please.- There you go, sir.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25- There's the £47.- Yes.- Now, Anne, which is your favourite piece?
0:23:25 > 0:23:31The last one, the fifth rank badge embroidered. Beautiful.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- But I do like the sewing box, as well.- So you have two favourites?
0:23:34 > 0:23:36- Yes.- OK, well, that's fair enough.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Which piece is going to bring the biggest profit, Sue?
0:23:38 > 0:23:42- I'm hoping it's going to be the embroidery.- Yeah, definitely.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Yeah, well, it's got to be with your interest, hasn't it?
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Anyway, here we go.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Not so much cash for you to spend this time, Colin,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- but how do you feel about £47 coming your way?- I think it will be OK.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57A couple of things that we're going to go down with the bonus buy.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01- Maybe something oriental, maybe Japanese, Chinese, maybe.- Oh, yes.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05But of course we do have the backup of anything needlework related.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08You never know what's going to come out next with Colin.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Anyway, we stand by, Colin. Thank you very much.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Right now, though, let's check out what the Blue Team bought, eh?
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Is this a face that launched 1,000 ships?
0:24:16 > 0:24:19And how much will this one in a frame make?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21More than the £75 paid, I fancy.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25This charming collection cost the girls just £40.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31They haggled hard to get this miniature suite for £68.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37- Well, girls, that was great, wasn't it?- It was.- Brilliant.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41- You spent 180 odd but how much was it?- 183 we spent.- 183.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43- I'd like £117, please.- OK.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46I was actually allowed to have the money, which is unusual.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Were you, Jet? Well, you've been jetting about today.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- There we go. Thank you. - God, you've got some thrust.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Now, tell me, which is your favourite piece?
0:24:54 > 0:24:58- Mine was the silver photo frame. - Silver photo frame. Sister, agree?
0:24:58 > 0:25:00No. My favourite is the miniature set,
0:25:00 > 0:25:03the sofa and the chairs and the table.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Is that going to bring the biggest profit?
0:25:05 > 0:25:08No. I think the compacts that we bought,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- the little trio with the two compacts in.- Yeah, I think so.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13- That will bring the biggest profit? - I think so too. Yeah.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17OK, well, we have agreement there between the sisters from heaven.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19- Now, Kate Bliss... - Thank you very much.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- ..here is your £117...- That's good.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25..which is handy. Quite a lot of cash, actually.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- I think I'll make a good hole in that.- Good.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Brilliant. Is that a promise or a threat?
0:25:31 > 0:25:33These girls have kept me on my toes.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Well, good luck with your quest because we're about
0:25:36 > 0:25:40to head off to Stratford-upon-Avon for the auction. How lovely is that?
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Our host auctioneers today are Bigwood,
0:25:46 > 0:25:51and I'm chatting to auctioneer Mark Ashley about our items.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54- Good morning, Mark.- Morning, Tim. - It's a treat to be here.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Now, the Red Team have bought a lovely selection of goods
0:25:57 > 0:26:00starting off with this mahogany worktable.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Does that light the cockles of your heart?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Well, when I took the fabric store out
0:26:05 > 0:26:07cos naturally the fabric's replaced,
0:26:07 > 0:26:11that under carcass is made of plywood, quite new plywood,
0:26:11 > 0:26:14so it could be a conversion of probably a little side table.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17So presumably that is reflected in your estimate?
0:26:17 > 0:26:20- It is. We've put 60-80 on it. - OK. Well, they spent £110.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22It could do better than our estimate
0:26:22 > 0:26:25but probably I'd stick with our estimate, I think.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Well, thank you for looking at it so closely, that's great.
0:26:28 > 0:26:34Let's hope for the best. Next is the charming tin-plate child's toy.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Will this sort of thing sell?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37It's got its box, it looks pretty virgin to me.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Well, that's what I like about it. It's in good condition, got the box.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- It's made by a firm called Stucco. - What might it bring in the sale?
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Well, we've only put 15-25 on it.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- The team paid £18 so they should make a profit.- Fair.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- I think they paid a sensible price. - Brilliant.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Now we move on to the silkworked picture
0:26:57 > 0:27:02and if you look in detail at that and added up the number of stitches
0:27:02 > 0:27:06per square inch, I mean, it's unbelievable, isn't it?
0:27:06 > 0:27:08There's a lot of work in it.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12It's a lovely thing and most probably silver or gold threadwork.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15When I look at that wing and I see it's sewn on
0:27:15 > 0:27:21OVER some silk stitching and the beak is sewn on over stitching,
0:27:21 > 0:27:23that didn't start out life like that, did it?
0:27:23 > 0:27:26It looks like it's probably been overlaid on top of the panelling.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28I think that's why we've probably been
0:27:28 > 0:27:31- a little conservative in the estimate.- How little conservative?
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- Well, we've only put £30-£50 on it.- How much?
0:27:34 > 0:27:38- 30-50.- The team paid £125...- Right.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40..which is a big old wodge, isn't it?
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Whether we'll get there, I don't know.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45That could be the dark pit into which they're about to plunge.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49But if that's the case they'll need their bonus buy.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50Let's go have a look at it.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55- OK, girls, £253 is what you spent. - Yep, that's it.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58I'm so proud of you. And you gave the 47 to our Col.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Colin, what did you spend it on?
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- Oh!- Oh. Rather small.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06- It's rather small, isn't it? Yeah.- What is it?
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Well, it's actually a Japanese tsuba.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12It's a guard that you would expect on the front of a sword or katana
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- or something like that.- Oh, right.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18It's not one of the metallic ones that would be used in action.
0:28:18 > 0:28:24- This is more of a decorative item. - Right.- I think at £47...
0:28:24 > 0:28:28- You spent the lot, then?- You spent £47?- On that?- I did, yes, yeah.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32Wow. Money well-spent.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36- Well done, Colin.- Do you reckon?- How much are we going to get for it?
0:28:36 > 0:28:39I'm hoping that we get at least 48 for it
0:28:39 > 0:28:42but a possibility of maybe 60 or 70 if we're really lucky.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Well, that would be OK.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- Susan, what do you think about it, honestly?- What do you think?
0:28:47 > 0:28:48Go on, handle it.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51- It doesn't really float my boat. - Does it not?- No.- Aw.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Why don't you like it?
0:28:53 > 0:28:57- Well, it's brown.- OK, brown.- Right.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00That is on the horizon after the sale of your first three items.
0:29:00 > 0:29:01- Right, OK.- No problem.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04So, gather yourselves together and have a little think.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06- We will consider.- Consider. - We will consider.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08- Think on, as they say. - We will think on, yes.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Meanwhile, for the audience at home, let us think on and find out
0:29:11 > 0:29:14what the auctioneer thinks about Colin's little doobry.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19- OK, Mark, what do you make of that? - Well, I don't think it's horn,
0:29:19 > 0:29:24it's not bone. I'd hate to say, it might almost be resin, you know.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26It probably is resin. It's not Japanese either, is it?
0:29:26 > 0:29:30- Chinese, isn't it?- Chinese, yeah. So Chinese, probably resin,
0:29:30 > 0:29:34- a nice design...- Yes, I agree. - Nothing to do with swords.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- I wouldn't have thought so.- No.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40As for it being a tsuba, I really don't know.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43We've put 30-40 but probably now we've been talking about it,
0:29:43 > 0:29:46I think I've probably been a bit optimistic at 30-40.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48- OK, 30-40 is your estimate. - Yeah, that's what we've put.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Well, Colin paid £47 and in fairness to Colin,
0:29:51 > 0:29:53he didn't have an awful lot of time and he only had £47 to spend...
0:29:53 > 0:29:56- He spent all his money. - ..and he spent the whole lot.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Now, moving on, that's the end of the Reds. Onto the Blues.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03They've got the Boots Pure Drug Company photo frame.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Well, tell us about that. What's it got to do with Boots?
0:30:05 > 0:30:08- Well, they actually had a silver department.- No?
0:30:08 > 0:30:09- Yeah, absolutely.- Really?
0:30:09 > 0:30:12It wasn't all pills and tablets and hair lotions.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14- Well, that makes it rather fun, doesn't it?- I like it.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17It's a nice little frame. Always popular are picture frames.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Yeah. What's it worth?
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Well, we've only put 40-60 but I think that's pessimistic.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25- I think it'll do better than that. - So it might make 60-70?
0:30:25 > 0:30:28- I would have thought it ought to. - OK, £75 they paid.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32Now, next are the powder compacts. Anything special about those?
0:30:32 > 0:30:36Well, one's by Stratton, which is a nice little Birmingham factory,
0:30:36 > 0:30:39which is a good thing. They're collectable.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42And what is fun about the one with Mount Fuji on the front
0:30:42 > 0:30:43is it's musical, so you open it
0:30:43 > 0:30:46and there's a little musical movement, which is quite sweet.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48- Yeah.- Yeah, it's a nice little thing.- OK.- Absolutely.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50So what sort of money are we talking about?
0:30:50 > 0:30:52To be honest, I don't think we put enough,
0:30:52 > 0:30:53when I come to think about it.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56We've put 20-30 and I think they'll do better than that.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58- Like 40 or 60?- Absolutely. I think they could do that.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Well, that's good cos the team paid 40
0:31:00 > 0:31:03and I think for three pieces it jolly well ought to be OK.
0:31:03 > 0:31:08And then lastly I think they bought this little suite of miniature
0:31:08 > 0:31:12not quite doll's house, is it? But it's something to go in the cabinet.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Absolutely. A nice little thing to put in a cabinet.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17- They're well-made. - What sort of value?
0:31:17 > 0:31:18Well, we've put 60-80 on them.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21OK, fine. Well, £68 was paid so they paid the right money
0:31:21 > 0:31:26and I have a funny feeling that with a fair wind this team won't need
0:31:26 > 0:31:31their bonus buy, but you never know so let's go and have a look at it.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35£117 went to Kate Bliss. What did you spend it on, Kate?
0:31:35 > 0:31:38We were quite girlie, weren't we, ladies, in our purchases?
0:31:38 > 0:31:41- Yes, we were.- Yeah. - So I have bucked the trend
0:31:41 > 0:31:47- and I've gone for something for the gentlemen.- Oh!- Are they buttons?
0:31:47 > 0:31:49- They are cufflinks.- Cufflinks!
0:31:49 > 0:31:54Yeah. So, we've got a pair of cufflinks and they have
0:31:54 > 0:31:55hound heads on the inside here...
0:31:55 > 0:31:57- Right, OK.- ..cos I know you're animal lovers, aren't you?
0:31:57 > 0:32:01- Yes, we are.- So, we have some little dog heads in there.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05Now, these are very much in the manner of crystals
0:32:05 > 0:32:07known as Essex crystals.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11However, they are a simulant, if you like, a lookalike,
0:32:11 > 0:32:14which makes them much more affordable.
0:32:14 > 0:32:15So, how much were they, Kate?
0:32:15 > 0:32:19- I spent 20.- £20? Wow. - They're brilliant.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23- My husband would love those.- I think it's a jolly, jolly nice buy.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- Yeah.- We're really pleased, really pleased.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28- Really like them. - Really British of you, Kate.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31- Everybody happy?- Very happy. - Excellent.- Very good.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Let's find out for the audience at home whether the auctioneer...
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Find out whether he's happy.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40These are rather charming, aren't they, Mark?
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Well, it's a good subject, isn't it?
0:32:42 > 0:32:46It's rather nice these crystal intaglios, with the dog's heads.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50I think they've got all the things to make them sell,
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- I would have thought. - How well might these dogs sell?
0:32:53 > 0:32:57Well, we've put 40-60 because I think they're good present material.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00£20 paid by that cunning Kate Bliss.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04The big question is, will the team go with the bonus buy?
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Now, enough of all that chatter.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09It's time for Mark to take to the rostrum.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12- Now, Anne, Susan?- Mm-hm.- Uh-huh?
0:33:12 > 0:33:15- All ready for the big bucks.- Are you?- Yes, we're retiring early.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19Yes, exactly. Well, first up is the worktable and here it comes.
0:33:19 > 0:33:25Lot 93 now, a useful little thing. Who's got £70 for it?
0:33:25 > 0:33:29- Start me where you will.- With that lovely write-up.- Madam, thank you.
0:33:29 > 0:33:3430 bid. You are my saviour, madam, at £30. Do I see 5?
0:33:34 > 0:33:40- It's 35 on the internet.- More bids.- 35.- 5 please, internet.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Come back for another. It's against you in the room.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45- The casters are worth that. - I have 45 on the net.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48I have 50, the lady's bid in the room at 50.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51- Come on.- Do you have another? Are we all sure?
0:33:51 > 0:33:55- GAVEL BANGS - Madam.- £50 is minus 60. Oh, girls.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58I think this is building up to be a bit of a bloodbath in here.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02- Right, let's hope little Betty does better.- Oh, yes.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06Lot 94, the Little Betty child's sewing machine.
0:34:06 > 0:34:11Isn't this rather fun? That's got to be £20 of anyone's money, hasn't it?
0:34:11 > 0:34:13- £20, surely.- That's your favourite lot, isn't it?- It is.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16So what about it? Who's got a tenner for it? That's nothing.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20Sir, at £10. Do I see 12? It's still cheap.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24At £10, madam, 12, 14, sir, don't let her have it.
0:34:24 > 0:34:2716, don't let him have it. The gentleman's bid at 14
0:34:27 > 0:34:29and I'll sell it at no mistake.
0:34:29 > 0:34:34- At £14 it's away.- Uh-oh.- Sir, 14.
0:34:34 > 0:34:35Minus £4.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38That's our best item.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41Now, if you think things are bad, girls...
0:34:42 > 0:34:44- dig deep.- Oh, dear.- OK?
0:34:44 > 0:34:50Lot 95 is the Mandarin rank badge.
0:34:50 > 0:34:51It's probably about the fifth rank,
0:34:51 > 0:34:54so it's probably someone in charge of paperclips.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57- There we are, what about this one, then?- Oh, that's not true.
0:34:57 > 0:35:02- Wicked man.- It's a good line, though. - Who's got £50 for it?
0:35:02 > 0:35:05- It looks lovely, doesn't it? - Yeah, it's beautiful.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07£30 then, surely?
0:35:07 > 0:35:11Who's got £30? Looking around at an empty room desperately
0:35:11 > 0:35:16looking around, surely 20? Who'll start me off?
0:35:16 > 0:35:21£10, thank you, sir. £10 bid. The internet's come in at 15.
0:35:21 > 0:35:2620, 5, please on the net. 25, 30...
0:35:26 > 0:35:28We're going to be all right.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30I have 30. The gentleman's bid in the room.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32The internet has now gone to sleep.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35- Are we finished? We'll sell at £30. - £30, girls.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38- GAVEL BANGS - 7621.- £30 is minus 95.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43You were minus 64 before. I make that minus 159.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47OK. What are we going to do about this bonus buy business?
0:35:47 > 0:35:51- Oh, we'll go for it. - Good old Colin.- Yeah?
0:35:51 > 0:35:54- We're pinning our hopes on you. - We're going for the bonus buy.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57We're at minus 159, we're going to go with the bonus buy, all right?
0:35:57 > 0:35:59This bonus buy has come in. Now, I have to tell you
0:35:59 > 0:36:02that the auctioneer is not so frightfully keen on this bonus buy.
0:36:02 > 0:36:03Oh!
0:36:05 > 0:36:08All right? He doesn't really like it awfully.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11There's a bit of a chip in it and he sees what he thinks
0:36:11 > 0:36:14might be a bit of a resinous business going on.
0:36:14 > 0:36:15We've got a decision here.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18You're minus 159, you want digging out, you're going to go
0:36:18 > 0:36:21- with the bonus buy and here it comes.- Right!
0:36:21 > 0:36:26- Lot 99. There was a lot of controversy on this piece.- Oh, good.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30- Good.- Oh, excellent.- It's been described as Japanese and Chinese.
0:36:30 > 0:36:36It's been described as a tsuba. Bid me on it. £10 to start me.
0:36:36 > 0:36:37Who's got £10?
0:36:37 > 0:36:41Sir, 10 bid. At £10 we'll sell it.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43Are you all sure?
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Gentleman's bid. At 10, are we all done?
0:36:46 > 0:36:48- Sir. - GAVEL BANGS
0:36:48 > 0:36:52£10 is minus 37 so that's not so good.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54That's six.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58I make that 196 so minus 196 could be a winning score.
0:37:00 > 0:37:01- He says.- He says.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- Do you reckon?- No. But it could be.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14- OK, now, this is exciting, isn't it?- Yes.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16- Do you know how those Reds got on? - No.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18You don't want to know, I can tell you.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Now, Jet propelled, you're looking a bit shifty to me.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22What's the matter with you, girl?
0:37:22 > 0:37:24I think we might be paying a lot of money.
0:37:24 > 0:37:25I think we paid too much money.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27- You think you've paid too much? - Yeah.- Do you?- Yeah.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30We're a bit... Yeah. But we'll see.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34Your first item is the Boots Drug Company solid silver
0:37:34 > 0:37:35picture frame and here it comes.
0:37:35 > 0:37:41Lot 112 now is the rather nice little silver photograph frame.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45Who's got £50 for such a nice little frame as that? Start me off.
0:37:45 > 0:37:50Where will we start? £30. Who'll start me? Madam, straightaway at 30.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53- Oh, good, madam.- 40 on the net.
0:37:53 > 0:37:575, 50, 5, 60, 5?
0:37:57 > 0:37:5970, net, please.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01I have 65 bid in the room.
0:38:01 > 0:38:0370. It's now jumped to 80.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05- I think there are two screens here...- 80, yeah!
0:38:05 > 0:38:09..having a little bit of a battle in cyberspace. We're at 80. 90 now.
0:38:09 > 0:38:10- SHE GASPS - 90?
0:38:10 > 0:38:13Two screens are having a go. Are we going to finish at £90?
0:38:13 > 0:38:15- No, we're not.- Madam, I may come back to you and say,
0:38:15 > 0:38:19"For this lovely frame would you bid me £100?"
0:38:19 > 0:38:23- Yes, go on. Have another.- Come on! - You're looking at each other.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Go on, it's a lovely thing and you won't see many
0:38:25 > 0:38:31pieces of silver from Boots. At £100, the lady's bid at 100.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Is the internet now out?
0:38:33 > 0:38:39I'm with the lady in the room at £100 for the frame and I'll sell it.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42- GAVEL BANGS - Well done, girls. £100. Hoo-rah-rah.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Plus 25. That's what we like to see.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47- Wow.- Now, you've got the compacts.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50These must make more than £40, please.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52So, now we have 113.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55We have two powder compacts there.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57One is by Stratton, good Birmingham firm.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01Another one with the little musical movement. Who's got £20 for those?
0:39:01 > 0:39:04That will be for nothing. Straightaway, a hand at no mistake
0:39:04 > 0:39:09at 20. Do I see 5? At 25, sir, 25.
0:39:09 > 0:39:1230, 5? 40, 5?
0:39:12 > 0:39:14No? 40 at the very back then at 40.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17- Go on.- It's still a good lot.
0:39:17 > 0:39:22At 40. I'm sure there's mileage in it. Who will have 45?
0:39:22 > 0:39:24- £40 and we'll sell. - Oh, one more.- 41?
0:39:24 > 0:39:26- GAVEL BANGS - 40 sold.
0:39:26 > 0:39:2840. Bad luck. You've wiped your face, that's fair enough.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31No profit, no loss, no pain, no shame.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35Now we have lot 114.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38This is a lovely little suite of furniture for the cabinet
0:39:38 > 0:39:40and would you believe with all the interest,
0:39:40 > 0:39:46- I can start it straight off here at £60.- That's what we like.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Do I see 5?
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Look, she's bidding. She's straight in.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53- I'm now with the lady at 75. Commission is out.- You're in profit.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56- 80, sir, standing. 5, madam, surely.- Go on, madam.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59It's 80 with the gentleman standing at the very back.
0:39:59 > 0:40:00Are you sure, madam?
0:40:00 > 0:40:02- Will you not have one more? - One more, go on.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05I'm with the gentleman then standing at the back of the room.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07At £80 and I'll sell.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10£80. That's very nice. Thank you very much.
0:40:10 > 0:40:15That's plus 12 so you had 25, 35... You have plus 37 now.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Your big decision now is you can part with 37,
0:40:17 > 0:40:19- which is a nice bit of profit, right?- Mm-hm.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Nice for anybody to take home, that's folding money,
0:40:21 > 0:40:24or you can go with the Essex crystals. What are you going to do?
0:40:24 > 0:40:27- We both like them.- The worst we could do is lose £20, isn't it?
0:40:27 > 0:40:28- We both love them. - You both love them.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Anyway, you have plus 37 so that's brilliant
0:40:30 > 0:40:33and we're going with the bonus buy and here it comes.
0:40:33 > 0:40:40We now have lot 118, the little 1920s, '30s gilt metal
0:40:40 > 0:40:44and glass cufflinks in the Essex crystal-style there,
0:40:44 > 0:40:49in the Harrods box. £50 will start me. Straightaway and 5.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53Thank you. 55. Who's got 60? I should think so.
0:40:53 > 0:40:54- Look at that, Kate.- Yes!
0:40:54 > 0:40:56- At 55...- You can spot them, Bliss.
0:40:56 > 0:41:01I'll take another. At £55 with me here and I'll sell.
0:41:01 > 0:41:0260, 5, 70?
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Have another. 65. Oh, go on.
0:41:04 > 0:41:09I bullied you before but can I bully you again? At £65.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- I'm on the book at 65 and I'll sell.- I think I might faint.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15- Oh, don't.- I'll sell them for 65.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18Are you all done? Are you all sure? They're away.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20- GAVEL BANGS - 65.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24Fine. So, that means you've made a profit amazingly of £45.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28Well done, Kate, on your bonus buy, which takes the total to plus £82.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33- How cool is that?- Brilliant.- I mean, that's, like, seriously cool.
0:41:33 > 0:41:38- Anyway, the cool thing is...- Amazed. - Amazed? But very happy, right?- Yes.
0:41:38 > 0:41:39I bet. Well done, Kate.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Anyway, say not a thing to the Reds, all right? Well done, girls.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44- Chill.- Well done. Have a quick fan.
0:41:51 > 0:41:52Well, well, well, well, well.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Are we on the same planet, these two teams?
0:41:54 > 0:41:57- Have you been chatting at all about the score?- No.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00No? You just can't believe they've been shopping in the same place
0:42:00 > 0:42:03and selling in the same place all according to the performance
0:42:03 > 0:42:08- because today the Reds are the runners-up by a long chalk.- Really?
0:42:08 > 0:42:11- Really.- Really?
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Minus 196, that's what it is.
0:42:14 > 0:42:19- I mean, you spent 253 and you lost 196 of it...- Well, you know.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21..which is pretty cool, isn't it really?
0:42:21 > 0:42:25- Anyway, I'm not going to go through the Reds' score.- No, please don't.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27- It just hasn't been your day, has it?- No, no, don't.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30You two have laughed from beginning to end on this programme
0:42:30 > 0:42:32and we've loved having you on it,
0:42:32 > 0:42:34- I have to say.- It's been great. - We have enjoyed it.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36- Yeah, exactly.- Every minute. - Thank you very much
0:42:36 > 0:42:37for coming and giving us such fun
0:42:37 > 0:42:40cos I'm going to hand out profit, substantial profit,
0:42:40 > 0:42:44- of £82 to the Blues. - THEY CHEER
0:42:44 > 0:42:48So look at that, it's a £50 note, that one, and the two.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Look at that. You nearly made a profit on all three items.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54Two profits and a wiped face is very, very close
0:42:54 > 0:42:58to the territory that a lot of people aspire to.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01- Congratulations.- Thank you. - It's been wonderful.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04Well, why not have a little bit of a bird's-eye at our website?
0:43:04 > 0:43:06It's a good place to go
0:43:06 > 0:43:10- and of course join us soon for some more Bargain Hunting, yes?- Yes!