0:00:02 > 0:00:06MUSIC: Take My Breath Away by Berlin
0:00:11 > 0:00:14'OK, Charlie. You're cleared for takeoff.'
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Roger that.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Let's go Bargain Hunting!
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Across the road from the Air Museum
0:00:42 > 0:00:44is another amazing collection of antiques.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Well, it's chocks away for two teams of high-flyers
0:00:51 > 0:00:54here today at the Newark Antiques Fair.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Just who's going to be top gun?
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Here's a brief glimpse of what's coming up.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03On today's show, the Reds are game for a laugh.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- How's the action?- Let's have a look and see, is it going to score there?
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- Oh!- 40! Yeah!
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Whilst the Blues hit a bum note.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14- Also known as...the bum nut. - Ha-ha!- Of course, yes!
0:01:14 > 0:01:18- Because...- When you turn it over. - Look at them cheeks. Ha-ha!
0:01:18 > 0:01:21'Down at the auction, the Reds get a surprise.'
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Girls! Who'd have believed it?
0:01:24 > 0:01:27'And the Blues make all the right choices.'
0:01:27 > 0:01:28Oh! Oh!
0:01:28 > 0:01:31- 32!- Ooh!
0:01:31 > 0:01:32Aw!
0:01:33 > 0:01:35But that's all for later.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Now for today's programme, we have two pairs of great friends.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42For the Red team, we have Marianne and Pat.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46And for the Blue team, we have Liz and Jane. Hello, all of you.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51- ALL:- Hello!- Oh, my goodness gracious me, that was positively deafening.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- Now Pat, you're a retired teacher?- Yes.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58- What age group did you teach? - Well, I taught every age group.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00- I started off in the primary sector.- Yeah?
0:02:00 > 0:02:03I went on to teach teachers in IT
0:02:03 > 0:02:05in the early days of IT.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07I taught in secondary school as well.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Goodness gracious me. So, you really have an amazing CV, haven't you?
0:02:11 > 0:02:13- Well, I don't know about that! - Well, I do.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15It sounds absolutely fascinating.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19- Now, Marianne, you also taught as well, didn't you?- I did, yes.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22I went into teaching quite late on in life.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- Well, recently, I went to university when I was about 45.- Did you?- Yes.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- A mature student? - A very mature student.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31And I had some wonderful years training.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Now you're also something of an action girl, aren't you?
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Well, I do like doing lots of things in the fresh air
0:02:37 > 0:02:38and in the outdoors.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40And, um...
0:02:40 > 0:02:45After my husband died, I wanted to start doing things off my own bat.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48- Yeah.- And I decided that the first thing I would do would be
0:02:48 > 0:02:52to cycle from John O'Groats to Land's End.
0:02:52 > 0:02:53How long did it take you?
0:02:53 > 0:02:58- It was about two weeks. I'm not a very fast cyclist.- Two weeks?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00I think that's phenomenal! SHE LAUGHS
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Takes me two weeks to cycle to Bicester. I'm only two miles away.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- I don't believe you. - You're a fit girl!
0:03:06 > 0:03:09What do you do while she's doing all these ridiculous things?
0:03:09 > 0:03:10Well, I'm an outdoor girl too
0:03:10 > 0:03:13but not an outdoor action girl like Marianne.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Just sort of stand in the garden, do you?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Well, I do a little bit of it in the garden!
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- And I've got an allotment, I grow all my own food.- Yeah.
0:03:21 > 0:03:26And I also oversee the running of a community allotment
0:03:26 > 0:03:28in a local village near here at Screveton.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Well, you're as busy as Marianne, aren't you?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33- In a slightly less active way, if I may say so?- Yes.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Now when it comes to the nitty-gritty, to the shopping,
0:03:36 > 0:03:37are you going to be spending enormous
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- or just in miserable little bits? - I'd like to think enormous.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44I don't often get the opportunity to go and spend enormous like that.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Well, I'm going to be giving you a lot of money
0:03:46 > 0:03:47and make sure you spend it.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Wonderful, girls.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Now, Elizabeth and Jane.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Now, Elizabeth, it was your husbands, I think,
0:03:52 > 0:03:54that brought you together, wasn't it?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57That's right, they both belong to the same running club.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00So, we used to turn up to support, do a bit of coat holding.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Then they moved on to cycling so we trundled along to the cycling.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07So we started having coffee and cake while they were out and...
0:04:07 > 0:04:11- They did the running and cycling and you did the coffee and cake?- Yeah.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- Sounds my sort of exercise. - I think we got a better deal, yeah.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Now, Liz, you're not a cycling widow any more
0:04:16 > 0:04:18because you cycle yourself, don't you?
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Yeah, I ride the back half of a tandem.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22That, of course, is the half to be on, really.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24- Do you do any of the pedalling? - Not a lot, no.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26- If I can help it. - HE LAUGHS
0:04:26 > 0:04:28You're a wonderful one to have on a tandem.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Now, Jane, you're a school cook, aren't you?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Which must mean you're a busy girl.
0:04:32 > 0:04:38I am. Every day, term time, I cook for about 500 children.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- 500 children?- Yes.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Goodness me, do they all eat their meals?
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- They don't like their veg. - Nothing changes.- No.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49And you also like a bit of kitchenalia, don't you? As well.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52- Yeah, bits and pieces.- Do you just collect them or do you use them?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54No, I just like looking at them.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- Would you be looking for those sort of things today?- Well, maybe.- Yeah?
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- Yeah.- Big copper pans?- No.- No?
0:04:59 > 0:05:02You have to clean copper pans, Charlie.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Well, not for today, you don't.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- Once it's sold, you'll never see it again.- Well, that's true.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- But you're going to have fun, aren't you?- Of course we are!
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- You're going to enjoy it, everyone?- Indeed.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Now, there's a missing ingredient here, isn't there?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- What are you going to need? - Some money.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Some money! Absolutely.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20- Now, girls, I've got 300 of the best for you.- Thank you.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25- 300 of the best for you.- Oh, thank you.- Off you go.- Thank you!
0:05:25 > 0:05:27These girls are going to have a lot of fun.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31But before the fun begins, they'll need a couple of experts.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38There'll be no stopping the Reds as they have go-getter Ben Cooper.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Hoping to get the Blues off the hook, it's Natasha Raskin.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Right, girls. We're here so have you got any idea what you'd like to buy?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49I'd quite like something small and silver.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53But truly, as long as we beat the Reds, I'm not really bothered.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56I do like Victorian jewellery.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Well, if she's going small and silver,
0:05:58 > 0:06:00- I'm going to go big and rusty. - COW MOOS
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Your 60 minutes starts straight away.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Shop! KLAXON HOOTS
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Let's not waste any time. Let's go, let's go.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Let's head off and see what we can buy.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15OK, Jane's straight in. No, she's not. She's out.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- Well, it's just... - She's in, she's out.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Well, our girls are raring to go today.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Use your eyes and see what talks to you.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- Shame about the chandeliers!- Oh!
0:06:28 > 0:06:30- Got to think profit at auction.- Yes.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32That's the general idea, Ben.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Did you hear that, Blues?
0:06:34 > 0:06:36These cabinets. Oh, yes.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- They'll be pretty expensive. - Beyond our...?- Yeah.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40Beyond our wildest, are they?
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Currently, for whatever reason,
0:06:42 > 0:06:44quite popular at the moment in auction,
0:06:44 > 0:06:48are these small specimen cabinets or specimen cabinets architect...
0:06:48 > 0:06:51You know, those low cabinets that are really thin
0:06:51 > 0:06:52for the architects' drawings.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55As a result, at the fairs, we see really high prices.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59So we just want to try and find something that maybe the dealer
0:06:59 > 0:07:03has not cottoned onto this trend and we can get it a fair price.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Good advice, Natasha.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08It's OK to spend big but there must be a profit in it.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- Two cabinets.- Something that talked to me at this stall.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12The bagatelle has caught my eye
0:07:12 > 0:07:16and it's probably just childhood memories of playing it.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Would you like to have a closer look?- That would be lovely.- Right.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22So...now there we go.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Yeah, it's quite good condition, isn't it?- Yes, yes.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29It's in lovely condition. And you slide back here.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- So you can sit there and...- Yeah. - How's the action?- Right.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34And there's a question!
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Let's have a look and see. Is it going to score there?
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- Oh! Yes!- 40! Yeah! - HE LAUGHS
0:07:41 > 0:07:43- Well done.- Why don't we...? - Can I feel?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- It's like a leather surface. - Yeah, and it's...
0:07:46 > 0:07:48obviously the original covering.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50- Because of the way you've got the numbers on.- Yeah.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54- The one I used to play with was all wood.- Yeah.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58- Shall we ask the gent what he's got on it?- Yes, please. Yes.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Hi there, can you tell us what have you got on it?
0:08:00 > 0:08:02- £25.- £25?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Now, what do you think, girls?
0:08:04 > 0:08:06What's your best price?
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Oh, I can do £20.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- What do you think? - Well, put it this way.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- At £20, you're not going to lose an awful lot.- Mm-hm.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17- I wouldn't say you're going to make an awful lot.- No.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19But at the same time, it's quite nice you're both agreeing.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22BOTH LAUGH
0:08:22 > 0:08:25You end up with absolutely no agreement.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27- It's up to you, girls. - Yeah, go for it, shall we?
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- Do you want to go with it? - Yes, I'm very happy.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32- You've got to shake the gent's hand, then.- A really nice price.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- Thank you!- Thank you so much. - Thank you.- And thank you!
0:08:35 > 0:08:39That's all right. Thank you. Well, that was all a bit quick.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43We're only a couple of minutes down, we've got at least 50 minutes to go.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45We've got two more things to buy.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47- We've got plenty of money to play with.- Bye-bye!
0:08:49 > 0:08:53Have they bagged a bargain with the bagatelle? Only time will tell.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Anyway, well done, Reds. That's your first buy.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57What have you clocked?
0:08:57 > 0:09:02- The big seed pod.- Oh, the seed pod. Also known as...?
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- No, it's a coco... - Coco de mer. Also know as...?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- I don't know the other name for it. - The bum nut.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- Ha-ha!- Oh, of course, yes! - Because...- When you turn it over.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- Look at them cheeks! - SHE LAUGHS
0:09:14 > 0:09:17So good, is it not? I mean, it's a little bit naughty looking.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18And they grow in the Seychelles.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20That's the only place from which they originate.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23They fall off the tree and they float on the water.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25So, quite often, sailors would pluck these out of the water
0:09:25 > 0:09:29and they would carve intricate tea caddies and all sorts out of them.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32This one here has become a kind of basket of sorts, hasn't it?
0:09:32 > 0:09:35With the handle. But still, it's been quite nicely worked.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- Now...- There's no price.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40There is no price on it and we need to find out what it's worth.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44- £140.- £140 and that's the absolute death?- £140?- Yeah.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46I would say at auction,
0:09:46 > 0:09:48because of the way it's been worked, probably...
0:09:48 > 0:09:49It's not going to get that.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53..we'll be talking about £80-120, £70-90, something like that.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57- But £140...- No.- I don't know, do you want to splash that much cash?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- No.- No?- No.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Well, you certainly have an eye for finding quality, Blues.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Whilst the Reds have an eye for something else.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07- BOTH LAUGH - Calm down, calm down.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10I don't want it but... It caught my eye!
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Hmm, matron! Just move on, then.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16You're moving awfully quickly. Are you going straight in?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- We're going to...- Going straight to the back room.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20- To the back?- And work our way to the front?- Yeah.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23This is looking a bit more like it.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26OK, Liz. You're in like Flynn. Show me what you're looking at.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29I really like that little heart-shaped perfume bottle.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- I think it's really attractive. - Very attractive, isn't it?
0:10:31 > 0:10:35And what's handy is that our stall holder has put the date on it,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37so we are literally turn of the century,
0:10:37 > 0:10:39first year of the 20th century.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41We're 1900, we're marked in Birmingham.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44So, it's a big major assay office but it also has
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- quite a hefty price tag. - It does have a hefty price tag.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49I've got expensive tastes!
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Well, I'm sure you've been told that before.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55'That's the third pricey item, girls, with no margin for profit!
0:10:55 > 0:10:56'Time for a rethink, maybe?'
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- Well, that brooch is quite nice. - I like that.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01- It's not a gold one.- Oh, right.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03And what is the cost of that then?
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- Well, the best on that will be £90. - Do you mind if I have a look?
0:11:07 > 0:11:10- I do rather like that, Marianne. - Yes, I do as well.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14This is, I would have thought, is around about 1860, 1850 in date?
0:11:14 > 0:11:15I agree.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18What's useful with earlier jewellery like this,
0:11:18 > 0:11:20you feel the weight of it.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- It actually is quite lightweight. - Oh, yes!
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- Which means it can be worn on modern fabrics.- Yeah.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27So it is a very wearable piece.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- So it could be worn either way, couldn't it?- Yeah.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- And it also could be put onto a pendant, even.- Yeah.- Yeah...
0:11:34 > 0:11:36I mean, I don't know...
0:11:36 > 0:11:37I mean, are the stones...
0:11:37 > 0:11:39They're just paste, are they? I would have thought.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42This would look lovely on something dark, wouldn't it?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- I go to sort of things... - And when it's...
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- It looks nice on there. - It looks very nice on you.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- It would look a bit odd. I mean, it does look...- It suits you.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- Does it?- It looks beautiful. - It brings out my eyes?- Yes, it does!
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- I mean, the lady has already quoted us £90.- Right.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57She might be able to do a little bit more. We can have a...
0:11:57 > 0:12:00I mean, is there any chance you can do any better for us?
0:12:00 > 0:12:03We'll do it for £80. There is a ticket price of £100 and...
0:12:03 > 0:12:07- £135 on it.- Oh, I didn't see that.- 130, yes! Yes!
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- Well, at £80, I think the lady is being...- Very reasonable.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- Is being very fair.- I can't... - So what are you thinking, girls?
0:12:13 > 0:12:17- So is it a yes?- Yes.- Yes.- Would you like to shake the lady's hand?
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- Indeed! Thank you so much. - Thank you so much.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Thank you for the information.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24I say, ladies. That's two buys in 25 minutes.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Which is more than can be said for our Blues
0:12:26 > 0:12:28who haven't bought a single thing.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29So, they're talking tactics.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34It's quite expensive in here. We should perhaps go back outside.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35We'll give Natasha a call?
0:12:35 > 0:12:36- Natasha?- Yes.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40- We're going back outside. We think it's a bit too much.- Back outside?
0:12:40 > 0:12:41- Too expensive?- Yeah.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44We all like a plan, especially a good one.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- The clock!- Don't look at the boxes, they're too expensive.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Don't look at the boxes, get out. Thank you!
0:12:49 > 0:12:52- They're worth it but they're too expensive.- They're so cute.
0:12:52 > 0:12:53Will you stop? Stop it!
0:12:53 > 0:12:54Yes, focus, ladies.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57You guys are going to fall out, are you?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59They may not fall out but they may run out of time.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Lead the way, Natasha.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03We don't even have one thing under our belt.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- We don't have anything! - We don't have anything.- Right.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Maybe we could appeal to the gentleman.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10- Is there anything interesting that we're missing?- The decanter.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12The silver collar. It's pretty chic, isn't it?
0:13:12 > 0:13:13OK, let's have a little look.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I mean, that's got a serious weight to it
0:13:15 > 0:13:17so we're talking lead crystal here.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19OK, not so scary.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21I'm not so scared of your price tag. Do we have a hallmark on it?
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- Oh, we do. Mappin & Webb. - Oh, that's really...
0:13:24 > 0:13:28So we have here a designer decanter. Do you know the date on it?
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- I think it's on the tag. - Oh, is it on the tag? 1937.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35OK, so we are in that sort of mid-war period.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39It's 1937, we've got a beautiful piece of cut glass here
0:13:39 > 0:13:42which no doubt would have been on display on the mantelpiece
0:13:42 > 0:13:45because this is not a piece to hide.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Mappin & Webb is a piece to display and to show your wealth.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51- And it is lovely, isn't it? It's super attractive.- It's beautiful.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56- So, it's marked up at £95.- £95. And the best you can do, sir, is?
0:13:57 > 0:13:59I'll do it for 80.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Let me tell you, I reckon auction estimate for this
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- is going to be 60 to 80, 50 to 70. - Go on, then, Natasha.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- It's sort of all the money at £80. - Yeah. We'll go for it.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- You're quite happy to go for it? - We're happy!
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Yeah, we'll go for it, we'll feel happier when we've got something
0:14:12 > 0:14:14- under our belts.- OK. It's risky but you're keen?
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- Yeah, we'll risk it.- Yeah.- OK. - We'll risk it for a Swisskit.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Well, I would say shake the gentleman's hand.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Thank you very much. So I'll put that back down there.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25They'll keep it aside for us. And thank you ever so much, bye-bye.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30Oh, at last! But that's only a first item with only a half an hour gone.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Well, buying two items in 25 minutes is doable
0:14:33 > 0:14:35as the Reds have proved.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37So shop on, teams.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Now I have something to show you.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42I want to stand up for good old British brown furniture.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53I'm fed up with people denigrating brown furniture.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57Yes, I agree a lot of 19th-century furniture is bulbous and heavy.
0:14:57 > 0:15:02But a really good piece of brown furniture can't be beaten.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05That's why I've brought this example along. This is perfect.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10It's about 1800 in date. Where things were delicate.
0:15:10 > 0:15:15And here is the most wonderful example of a tilt-top tripod table.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17And I'll work from the bottom up.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21It has a tripod base, umbrella base,
0:15:21 > 0:15:25shaped like an umbrella being opened out. A vase turned stem.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28There you can see the vase at the bottom of the stem.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Come to the top and you have a mahogany oval top.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36Let's tip it up and I'll tell you why I want to tip it up.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40Because I want to see just how much of this table is original.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Let's look at the bottom. Look at the catch here. This is brass.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Now, had that broken off at some stage or been replaced,
0:15:48 > 0:15:52you would see some other hole marks where the original one was.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55That's been there for 200 years.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59I want to check that the bearers, and here we have the bearers,
0:15:59 > 0:16:01are original. How do I tell?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03No other marks on the bottom here
0:16:03 > 0:16:05where some other bearers might have been.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09The block is original, fitted to the stem.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Close it up.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Now I bought this table recently for £200.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18I was astonished to buy it for £200.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21If this were retailed in a smart shop,
0:16:21 > 0:16:26you could see a price tag of £895, £995 on it.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27And I'm sure somebody would buy it.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31So, pooh-pooh to people that don't like brown furniture!
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Good brown furniture is perfect.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Right, back with our teams.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41The Reds are looking very comfortable having bought two items.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42The Blues, however, have just the one
0:16:42 > 0:16:47and there's nothing else on the horizon with only 17 minutes left.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- 43 minutes gone.- No!- No!- Probably...
0:16:50 > 0:16:52ALL LAUGH
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Probably 44 by the end of that no!
0:16:55 > 0:16:58It's all a little bit frantic though, isn't it?
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- That's quite cool, isn't it? The baby's sort of pen.- Yeah.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Does that... Do you hate that?
0:17:04 > 0:17:05You hate that, OK.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Nice try though, Natasha.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12At long last, the Blues have got their hands on something.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15A tea caddy marked up at £42.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Here's a sarcophagus-shaped box.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Let's have a look inside.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22We've got silk lining but we don't have any compartments.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Little bit of staining, French polish would sort that out.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Let's have a little look.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29We've got nice cross-banding across the front.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31We've got a nice clean brass escutcheon.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35- That's all there, no problem. We've got bun feet.- Four bun feet.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38We've got four of them, they're all there. Yes!
0:17:38 > 0:17:41It's veneered wood and you can see it's quite crudely done.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45But I think that if we take this to our stallholder, plead with him
0:17:45 > 0:17:46- and say...- Greatly.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50- "Kind sir, we want this for less than half price."- Yes.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52- "It's in a bad way and so are we."- Yeah.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- "Give it to us for 20 quid, no more."- Go for it, Jane!
0:17:55 > 0:17:57- I was going £15?- Go for it.- Go for it, Jane!
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Jane, take the lead.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Don't come back here without that box!
0:18:01 > 0:18:03- How do you think she's going to get on?- She's going to do it.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06She's going to come out of that really well.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09That's the spirit, Blues!
0:18:09 > 0:18:11What kind of a face is that? You're hard to read, Jane.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13- Your hard to read here.- Sorry.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18- The bad news, the lowest he'll take is £30.- What do you think?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20We're running out of time, missus!
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Do we take it?
0:18:21 > 0:18:25- You can do it and we'll go back to plan A.- Oh, what's plan A?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28That was to go up and ask for the cheapest thing on the next stall.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30SHE LAUGHS
0:18:30 > 0:18:32That's not a plan of which I was aware!
0:18:32 > 0:18:35But I tell you what, at this stage, it's a plan I like.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Maybe it's a plan that could have been put to use earlier, girls.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Right, let's take it and run because listen, we've got ten minutes left.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46We need to find one more item and we need to do it pronto.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- Couldn't have put it better myself, Natasha.- Go, go, go.- Go, go!
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Choose your stall wisely.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Talking of final buys, our Reds seem to have slowed right down to.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56We're down to our last ten minutes.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00It was all going so well and we seem to have kind of lost time. So...
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- Refocus.- We need to refocus, look carefully
0:19:03 > 0:19:04and we need to buy something.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10- Marianne, what do you think about the glass?- Yeah.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14- I like them, you know, very much. - What are they?- They're dumps.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- Dumps?- Called dumps.- All right. - They're paperweights.- Right.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Condition's important.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21So, some you can see and they're priced accordingly.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23- Because they've been bruised And what have you.- Right, yes.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Well, we're quite short on time.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29Shall we see if the gentleman has got much movement in his prices?
0:19:29 > 0:19:31- So, is the guy there? - Yes. You all right there?
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- Do you mind...?- Yes, it's my stall. - We're really very desperate.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36- I shall help you out.- Right.- Good.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39And these, sort of five or six years ago,
0:19:39 > 0:19:41- were probably about £120.- Yeah.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- They've come down a lot. - Yes, but we're talking...
0:19:43 > 0:19:47- It's all relative.- Indeed.- And what kind of movement have you got?
0:19:47 > 0:19:52- Say for the large one?- Uh, £55. Yes.- £55.- It's in lovely nick.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55You know, it's in lovely nick. They use them as doorstops.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57- You know, it's too damaged. - Windowsills.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- I rather like that one there. - You like this one?
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- This one has got a bit of a bish... - Oh, right. OK.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- ..on it and bished on the side. - Oh, even more so.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- What about that one there? - Ooh.- Whatever.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15- He's actually...- He's not bad. - Not bad. What can that chap be?
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- Uh, £40.- £40.- What do you reckon, Marianne?- That is a definite.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20- Are we short of time? - We're short of time.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- So are we going to make a profit? - I don't think we're going to...
0:20:23 > 0:20:25I think they're going to be a bit of a break even.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27I don't think there's going to be much to be made.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- But I think the gent's being very generous.- Right.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I think it's about time you shake your hand before the big gong goes
0:20:33 > 0:20:35- and we've failed.- Done! - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Thank you very much, sir. Cheers.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Well done, Reds. Now with just a few minutes to go,
0:20:40 > 0:20:43panic well and truly kicks in with the Blues.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44I don't know, I couldn't make a decision.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46You'll have to make the decision.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Ladies, we haven't gone back to the coco de mer.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- The bum nut, we've abandoned the bum.- We have.- What do you think?
0:20:51 > 0:20:54- Plan B for bum.- Plan B for bum! - And we're running.- Go for it.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56- OK, I'm following you, ladies. - Let's go!
0:20:56 > 0:20:59- Don't even know where it was! - It wasn't on this row.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00It wasn't on this row?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03If they chuck us out, don't worry, I'll vouch for you.
0:21:03 > 0:21:04Right.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09- Oh, found it!- Oh, she's found it. Right. There we go.
0:21:09 > 0:21:10There she is! Ha, ha!
0:21:10 > 0:21:14- Wielding a bottom. Normal. Here we are.- Bum, bum!
0:21:14 > 0:21:15We didn't meet you before, sir.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Hello, we are the Blue team, collectively,
0:21:17 > 0:21:19it's how we're known.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21And we like this lovely coco de mer.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25- Ladies, take it away.- What is your best price on this, please, sir?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Very best, I think that'd cost £140.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29£130 would be the absolute best.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- Can we not just do a round £100? - No.- It's the end of the day.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34End of the day.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36- No, I've owned it a week. - It may well be the end of the day
0:21:36 > 0:21:40but that's the gentleman's best price. So we have to respect that.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43So...three minutes left on the clock. What do you reckon?
0:21:43 > 0:21:47- Yeah, three minutes. We can't take the strain!- Can't take the strain?
0:21:47 > 0:21:50- I say if that's as far as he's going, go for it.- Take it.- Why not?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Yes. £130, sir.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- Thank you very much. - Thank you very much.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55Ah!
0:21:57 > 0:21:58HORN BLOWS
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Right, teams. Stop clowning around. Your time is up.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Hey! Oh, brilliant. Well done.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Let's see what the Red team have bought.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09First, they picked up the bagatelle game for £20.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Their second buy came in the shape of a yellow metal
0:22:15 > 0:22:18and red paste brooch for which they paid £80.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23And lastly, they paid £40 for the glass dump paperweight.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Pat, Marianne. It was all plain sailing for you, wasn't it?
0:22:29 > 0:22:33- Relatively so, I think.- It was a piece of cake!- Well, thanks to Ben.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- How were they, Ben? - They were a delight.- A delight?- Aw!
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- Did you rush at the end, girls? - Yes.- Yes.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41- There was a little bit of a panic, wasn't there?- Yes!- Oh, dear.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- But you got there in the end?- We did.- And what's your favourite lot?
0:22:44 > 0:22:48- For me, definitely the brooch, the Victorian brooch.- The brooch, yes.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50- I quite like the bagatelle. - And you liked the bagatelle?
0:22:50 > 0:22:54- Which is just going to bring you the biggest profit?- I feel the brooch.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56- You feel the brooch. - I'm hoping the bagatelle.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58You're hoping the bagatelle.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59Well, how much did you spend?
0:22:59 > 0:23:03- Uh, we spent...- £140.- £140, yes.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Of course, the dangerous thing here
0:23:05 > 0:23:08is you're leaving this Ben with £160.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12- We're relying on Ben.- Do you trust him? Do you trust him with £160?
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- Yes, of course.- Definitely. - Well, hand it over, then.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- Right, there we are.- I will hand it straight over to Ben.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21- Marvellous. - Ben, that is a lot of money.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22What are you going to do with it?
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Well, I'm going to try and find something which the girls
0:23:25 > 0:23:29will enjoy and make them think, "Ooh, he's thought about us!"
0:23:29 > 0:23:31- That's the idea.- That's very nice.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Well, while Ben goes off to buy something
0:23:34 > 0:23:36the girls will really like...
0:23:36 > 0:23:39let's see what the Blue team have bought.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44They bought the Mappin & Webb silver collar glass decanter for £80.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48And next, they somewhat panic-purchased the wooden box
0:23:48 > 0:23:50for £30.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Finally, they splashed out £130 on the coco de mer.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Liz and Jane. Decision-making is not your forte, is it?
0:24:00 > 0:24:03- No, definitely not. - No, Mr Ross. It's not.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- But you got the things bought, didn't you?- We did.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10- What's your favourite item?- Mine's the little crystal decanter.- Yes.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14- And yours?- It's got to be my bum nut.- Your bum nut.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16And what's going to make the biggest profit?
0:24:16 > 0:24:19- I'm hoping it's the decanter. - You're hoping it's the decanter.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21I think it could be the decanter.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Well, it looks like being the decanter, doesn't it?
0:24:23 > 0:24:29- How much did you spend?- £240.- I'm impressed. That is a really good.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30£240.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Hand over £60.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- That's all you've got, Natasha! - Sorry, Natasha.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38But frankly...I think that's more than enough for you.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41I really wasn't expecting to be left with so little
0:24:41 > 0:24:44because I thought we were just going to buy any old thing.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49But we bought big so I'm going to try to get us something cheap
0:24:49 > 0:24:51- but good, ladies. We need that.- We definitely...
0:24:51 > 0:24:54So while Natasha goes off to use her discretion,
0:24:54 > 0:24:55we're off to the auction!
0:25:04 > 0:25:08We've come about 50 miles down the road to Etwall in Derbyshire
0:25:08 > 0:25:12- to Charles Hanson's sale room. Charles, hello.- Charlie, welcome.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15- How are you?- Very well, thank you, Charlie.- Lovely to see you.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17- Good to see you here. - And we start with the Red team.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20- And Marianne chose this bagatelle board.- Yes, yes.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Because it reminded her of her youth.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25It's a bit alien today, bagatelle.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28But from what I can see, it's in nice condition,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31it's vintage and I think it's quite collectable.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33- Have you ever played it? - Never, Charlie.- It's fantastic.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35- This is a spring-loaded one.- OK.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38The one I had had a stick and you pushed the balls up.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41- The balls are kept in a compartment at the bottom there.- Yes.
0:25:41 > 0:25:42What's it worth?
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Charlie, we've put a guide price on it between £10 and £20.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49- Well, if it can hit the top end, £20 is what we paid.- Good, OK.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52So moving on to the brooch. Now I'm not sure about the brooch.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55It's chunky. It's what the market today likes.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57It's really decorative.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01It's a statement piece but it's not intrinsically of value.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06- We feel it's worth between £40 and £60.- Cost...£80.- Right, OK.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09- Yeah.- Right. - I wonder whether it was bought
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- in the hope that it might have been gold.- Correct, correct.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15We'll see, we'll see. And what about the paperweight?
0:26:15 > 0:26:20Of course, dumps we know were made from the leftover glass
0:26:20 > 0:26:23in the great Stourbridge, West Midland glasshouses.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26I love the interior. I love that...
0:26:26 > 0:26:28It's a wonderful vase of flowers, isn't it?
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- You wonder how they made...- Cleverly done.- I really rate it.- That's good.
0:26:31 > 0:26:32Then what's it worth?
0:26:32 > 0:26:36- We've put a guide price on it between £20 and £30.- Yeah.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38It cost £40.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Will they need their bonus buy?
0:26:41 > 0:26:42Let's have a look at it.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Marianne and Pat, this is the exciting moment.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48What's under the cloth?
0:26:48 > 0:26:49Shall we have a look?
0:26:50 > 0:26:52- Ooh!- Ooh, yes! - SHE GIGGLES
0:26:52 > 0:26:55- Ooh, you'll like that, Marianne? - Well, yes, I do.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57So, what do you think with £160,
0:26:57 > 0:27:01- how much do you think I actually spent?- Oh, my gosh.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04- Well, I'm going to say about £60. - No idea.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08- I actually spent £30.- Ooh!
0:27:08 > 0:27:12- Well, that's why I'm...- Now, it's a true antique. Three pieces.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16They date to around about 1810, 1820.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20Not 100% sure of the factory but it's very much after Worcester.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22But each piece at only a tenner.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25So, how much do you think it's going to make?
0:27:25 > 0:27:29Well, I hope it should double its money.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- It might not. - OTHERS LAUGH
0:27:33 > 0:27:35But fingers crossed.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Anyway, that's what we think about it.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39I wonder what the auctioneer thinks about it.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43You are of course the porcelain man, aren't you?
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Charlie, I just love English porcelain
0:27:45 > 0:27:49because it takes you back to the great ceremony of taking tea.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52And this of course is part of a larger tea set.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54And it's very much typically of 1790.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57So, we are in the 18th rather than the early 19th century?
0:27:57 > 0:28:01- I think we are just in the 18th century.- Just.- About 1795.- Right.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05Hopefully, it will make, on a good day, between £25 and £35.
0:28:05 > 0:28:10- Well, they paid right in the middle of that. £30.- Good.- Yeah, yeah.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12- Charlie, with a push, it might make some money.- Yeah.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- Well, shall we have a look at the Blue team?- Yes.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17And they kicked off with this decanter.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20I have fairly strong views about this. What do you think?
0:28:20 > 0:28:23- It's heavy.- Yeah? - It's well cut.- Yes.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25- It's hallmarked 1937.- Yes.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30It's a quality item with a good faceted mushroom stopper.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- Yes.- And it's a great object, Charlie.- I love it.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36And I love the fact that it's got that silver neck.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39And I simply don't understand why they don't make more money.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Do you know what you'd pay for that new today?
0:28:41 > 0:28:44- Charlie, it's frightening.- Hundreds of pounds with a silver neck.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46For somebody, it's a really good buy.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49- Value?- My guide is between £40 and £60.- Yes.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51- I am hoping...- Hmm.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54- ..it will double up.- They would be very, very thrilled if you did that
0:28:54 > 0:28:57- because they paid pretty good money for it. They paid £80.- OK.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59The other item is the caddy.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Great shape, isn't it? And it's wonderful mahogany
0:29:04 > 0:29:06and it's strung beautifully in boxwood.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08But it's got problems.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11The interior has been obviously modernised
0:29:11 > 0:29:13to create a jewellery box.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15I don't mind that because a jewellery box
0:29:15 > 0:29:17- is now very functional. - But it's this, Charlie...
0:29:17 > 0:29:22Maybe the original Empire lion mask style of handles have been lost.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Yeah, but having said that, what a pleasing object.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28- And it's going to make? - We've gone in between £20 and £30.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30- It cost £30.- Oh, good.- So they're in with a chance.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32That's good, Charlie. There's a chance there.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35And then the object and they've spent some money here,
0:29:35 > 0:29:37- on the coco de mer. - Have they really?
0:29:37 > 0:29:39- Lodoicea maldivica.- What's that?
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Well, that's the Latin name for it.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44- OK, sorry, Charlie.- Quite difficult. - I never read Latin at school.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47- Where do they come from? - The Seychelles.- The Seychelles.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49- I think. Yeah.- Well, I think just one particular island
0:29:49 > 0:29:51- of the Seychelles.- Yes.- That rare?
0:29:51 > 0:29:54I would love to go there and just see...
0:29:54 > 0:29:59how they carve and create what is now an exquisite basket.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01- Yes, it's fabulous. - From this coco de mer shell.
0:30:01 > 0:30:06I think it will do well because it will appeal to online global buyers.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Well, I hope you put a punchy estimate on this, Charles.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12My guide is 100 to 150 but really I'll be quite wide
0:30:12 > 0:30:14and say it might make 100 to £200.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17- They weren't shy buying it, they paid £130.- Did they really?
0:30:17 > 0:30:20- Yeah, yeah.- Good object, Charlie. - Yes.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22- One never knows until the gavel falls.- No, no.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Well, if it falls just short, of course,
0:30:25 > 0:30:28it's just possible they'll need their bonus buy.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31- OK.- Perhaps we ought to have a look at it.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34- Elizabeth and Jane, you were spenders, weren't you?- We did, yes.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Spend, spend, spend!
0:30:36 > 0:30:40Leaving lovely Natasha with just £60.
0:30:40 > 0:30:41Did she spend it all?
0:30:41 > 0:30:43Well, I was tempted to spend it all
0:30:43 > 0:30:45because it's not a huge sum of money.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48But I thought to myself, we need an opportunity to claw back.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51- Because what if it all just goes south.- Downhill?
0:30:51 > 0:30:55So, I played it a little safe but sparkly too.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58- Ah!- Lovely...- OTHERS:- Ooh!
0:30:58 > 0:31:01- Barred brooch.- Oh, I like it.- And it's pretty, isn't it?
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- Do you want to have a hold? So, what do you think?- Gorgeous.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06- Love it, love it, love it. - Is it Victorian?
0:31:06 > 0:31:10Well, probably slightly later than that. It's 20th century.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Hmm, little elegance of the Edwardian era.
0:31:12 > 0:31:13That's what we can see.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15I think for its age, it's in lovely condition.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17What do you think it's worth, girls?
0:31:17 > 0:31:20- Um, I think you probably spent about £30 for it.- OK.
0:31:20 > 0:31:21Yeah, I'll go with that.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Quite chuffed with that because I paid £25.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Oh! I love you, love you!
0:31:26 > 0:31:28- And it's going to make 30, 35.- Yeah?
0:31:28 > 0:31:31- It's just I think it's so commercial.- It is.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Now, you don't have to go with it.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35- You can make a decision at the auction.- Oh, I don't know.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Whether you go with it or whether you don't go with it...
0:31:38 > 0:31:40I wonder what the auctioneer thinks of it.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45Well, Natasha went off and purchased this item.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Oh, that's pretty, Charlie. That's pretty nice.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50- It is nine-carat gold. - Is it? You've tested it?
0:31:50 > 0:31:52- It's rolled gold. We have indeed. - Good.
0:31:52 > 0:31:53I love the oval amethyst as well
0:31:53 > 0:31:56and it's going to appeal to a marketplace.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58And it's quite nice to have it in a box.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01- And I suspect not a lot of money. - Not really, Charlie.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05I hope it will make anything from between let's say £20 and £50.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08- That's a wide range. - That's quite wide, Charlie.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11- It sets me a challenge to climb. - Well, keep climbing.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14It cost £25 so they've given you every chance to show a profit.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Now when it comes to the excitement, you'll be on the rostrum, won't you?
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Charlie, I thrive on selling
0:32:19 > 0:32:22and I can't wait to hopefully sell these objects really well.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25And I can't wait to see young Charles in action.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38- Are you excited, girls? - Yes, yes! Bit apprehensive.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Well, you look as if you're absolutely ecstatic!
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Have you been to an auction before?
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Many years ago when I was first married
0:32:44 > 0:32:46and I've also been to car auctions.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49Oh, have you? What about you, Pat?
0:32:49 > 0:32:51- I've been to livestock auctions.- Oh.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54Well, first up today is the bagatelle board.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56- Which I think you chose, Marianne, didn't you?- I did, yes.
0:32:56 > 0:32:57There you are, we like this.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02There we are, it's a wonderful 1930s bagatelle board. And a nice frame.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Where do we start this?
0:33:04 > 0:33:07I'm bid 5, 8, 10, 12, £15.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09Bid 18 now. 18, I'm out.
0:33:09 > 0:33:1118 bid, look at this object.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13- 18, 22.- Yes!- 2, 5, 8.
0:33:13 > 0:33:14Man with the dog. 8, 30.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16- Girls!- For our bagatelle!
0:33:16 > 0:33:20The exotic excitement of your bagatelle!
0:33:20 > 0:33:22£30? No. 35, madam?
0:33:22 > 0:33:25You've come so far. Are you sure?
0:33:25 > 0:33:26Bid me a fiver.
0:33:26 > 0:33:31I sell to you, sir, your lady and the dog. All out at £32.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Going, going...sold!
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Plus £12, girls.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Now hold on, don't get too excited because the brooch is coming up.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44A really gorgeous, gorgeous brooch. And I'm bid £30.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Do I see £5 now? It's gorgeous. 35?
0:33:48 > 0:33:5135, madam? 35. 40? 45?
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Were it gold... They're doing better. It cost £80!
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Are you sure, madam? It will suit you so much as well.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Just look at the brooch and look at me. No? Thank you.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- Halfway to paradise. - Right at the back.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04- Do I see 5 now? Or I sell it?- Oh.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07- £40, going, all out.- Do you know...?
0:34:07 > 0:34:10At £40 right at the back.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12- Fair warning.- Oh!
0:34:12 > 0:34:16You've just demonstrated how to divide the price by two.
0:34:16 > 0:34:17Minus £40.
0:34:17 > 0:34:22So you're overall minus £28. But here comes your wonderful weight.
0:34:22 > 0:34:27It's a very nice Victorian dump of circa 1880.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30And I'm only bid for this great object, £12, I'm bid.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32Do I see £15 now?
0:34:32 > 0:34:3515, 18, 22, 5, 8. 25...
0:34:35 > 0:34:37I've got 8 here, sir. 32, 5.
0:34:37 > 0:34:408, 40, I'm out. 40, I'm bid.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Do I see 2 now? I'll take 2.
0:34:42 > 0:34:4440, I'm bid. Do I see 2 online?
0:34:44 > 0:34:47- At £40. Come on!- Which is better than a loss, girls.- For the dump.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Do I see 2?
0:34:49 > 0:34:51At £40 for the first, second, third time.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54You've got the dump. It's yours!
0:34:54 > 0:34:55Yeah, there we go. £40.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59Plus and minus nought, so overall, minus £28.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01- That's not too bad. - That's quite good.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05You'd probably settle for that when you went shopping, wouldn't you?
0:35:05 > 0:35:09Now, the bonus buy. Do you want to go with it or not?
0:35:09 > 0:35:11- What do you think?- I think we should just go for it.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14- I've got every faith in you. - Well, thank you, girls.
0:35:14 > 0:35:15- Do you know?- Fingers crossed!
0:35:15 > 0:35:17When I first met you girls, I thought,
0:35:17 > 0:35:19"They are girls that are going to go for it."
0:35:19 > 0:35:21And they're going for it.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24And I can say that the auctioneer Charles Hanson
0:35:24 > 0:35:26is a passionate porcelain lover.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29He will do his utmost to get you a profit off this.
0:35:29 > 0:35:33This late 18th-century porcelain
0:35:33 > 0:35:36in a great neoclassical style.
0:35:36 > 0:35:37Very interesting lot, this.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39We like it. Where do we start this?
0:35:39 > 0:35:42How many, bid? I've got 12, 15, £18 here.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44I'm asking 20 now.
0:35:44 > 0:35:45Circa 1790, where were you?
0:35:45 > 0:35:4718, I'm bid. I'm asking...
0:35:47 > 0:35:51It's phenomenal value for a true piece of English porcelain.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54I'm asking at 20 now. 18, come on!
0:35:54 > 0:35:56- Bid 20.- Come on.- It's got to go?
0:35:56 > 0:35:59I'm asking 20. Fair warning.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02You're all out. I shall sell it.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Are we sure? That's it, at £18.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08Going...going...
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Sold!
0:36:10 > 0:36:11Sold at £18.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15You've lost another juicy £12, which added to the £28,
0:36:15 > 0:36:16makes a loss of £40.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18It's a nice round number.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20It's a lovely round number and remember, girls.
0:36:20 > 0:36:26- Minus 40 is really, in the overall swing of things, not too bad.- Oh.
0:36:26 > 0:36:31- You may have won. But remember, not a mutter to the Blue team.- OK.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Zippo! Thank you.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45- Well, girls. Are we all excited? - Nervous.- Very, very.- Very excited?
0:36:45 > 0:36:49- Been to an auction before? - No. Liz has.- Yeah, I have.- Have you?
0:36:49 > 0:36:51- Do you like auctions? - Yeah, they're all right.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54- You just get a bit carried away sometimes.- You can do.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- Don't get carried away today. Don't try buying your own things.- No.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01That could be fatal. Enjoy the moment because here is the decanter.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Showing it for you there,
0:37:03 > 0:37:05a lovely decanter and stopper.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06It's heavy, it's cut
0:37:06 > 0:37:08and it's mighty fine.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11116, where do we start this?
0:37:11 > 0:37:14I'm only bid £20. It's silver.
0:37:14 > 0:37:1722, 25, 28, 30, 5. I'm out.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19I'm asking 40 now.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21I can't believe this, girls. Come on!
0:37:21 > 0:37:24- What did we pay for this, Charlie? - £30? You paid £80.- Oh!- 50.- Ooh, ooh.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28- Are you sure?- He estimated 40 to 60. - 55. We've come so far.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30- Yeah, come on!- I'll take one more. - Come on!- Is that a yes?
0:37:30 > 0:37:32- 55, 60.- Yes, come on!
0:37:32 > 0:37:33Are you sure, madam?
0:37:33 > 0:37:35I'm asking online, 60.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Fair warning, I sell to the lady.
0:37:37 > 0:37:38Oh, no!
0:37:38 > 0:37:40All out, we are at 55.
0:37:40 > 0:37:41You're out, the lady here is in.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43That's it, fair warning.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45- What do you think, girls? - Ah!- Oh, £55.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48- Minus £25. - It wasn't as bad as we thought.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51Girls, girls, girls. Here comes the caddy.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54It's a magnificent, again, late George III.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Satinwood banded mahogany tea caddy.
0:37:57 > 0:37:58It's not bad at all.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00And it's got a lovely silk lining.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02I'm only bid £20.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04I'm asking 5 for it now.
0:38:04 > 0:38:05- It's gorgeous.- Oh!- Shh!
0:38:05 > 0:38:07- 25, 35, ma'am. 35?- Oh, oh!
0:38:07 > 0:38:09I've got 30 here.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11- I'll take- 2. Ooh...
0:38:11 > 0:38:12I'm out.
0:38:12 > 0:38:142 I'm bid, takes my commission.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Do I see 5 now? Come on!
0:38:16 > 0:38:18- £32, I'm bid. Surely a fiver? - £32! £32!
0:38:18 > 0:38:19Look at this caddy.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23- 5, 8, 40!- £40? 5!
0:38:23 > 0:38:26- Madam, you were so near.- Aw!
0:38:26 > 0:38:28£40 I'm bid.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31Or I sell to you, lady. Thanks for coming.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34All out at £40 today.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37- Sold!- Yes!- Plus a tenner!- Yes.
0:38:37 > 0:38:42- You're only down £15.- We've clawed some back.- And here comes your...
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Lodoicea maldivica!
0:38:45 > 0:38:46Your coco de mer.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49A most magnificent coco de mer,
0:38:49 > 0:38:51Seychelles, carved as a basket.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54I am bid £65.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57I'm asking £70 for it now. Come on!
0:38:57 > 0:38:58Bid £70?
0:38:59 > 0:39:04Really good Seychelles basket carved from that coco de mer.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06- 70, 5, 80...- Oh, here we go.
0:39:06 > 0:39:115, one more? 90. I'll be out.
0:39:11 > 0:39:1385, I'm bid, 90.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15- You're in? It's cheap. - Gone very quiet.
0:39:15 > 0:39:1890, I'm bid. Do I see 5 now?
0:39:18 > 0:39:20- Go on!- A rare object. £90?
0:39:20 > 0:39:22Surely 5 online?
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Or I shall sell to a lady. Bid 5?
0:39:24 > 0:39:27- You're all out, to the lady. - Uh-oh.- That's it.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30- That's it.- At £90.- And goodnight.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33- Fair warning.- Oh!- Minus £40.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37- That's minus £55.- A valiant effort.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40So, before we get too excited...
0:39:40 > 0:39:43we have the little matter of the bonus buy.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47We've got the bar brooch. It cost £25.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- I'm not going to lead you but what are you going to do?- Yeah.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52- We're going to go with it. - Going to go with it?
0:39:52 > 0:39:56Well, the estimate the auctioneer's put on this is £20-£50.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57- Oh!- OK.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00So, either you could nibble away at your loss here.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04A bar brooch set with oval facet-cut amethyst
0:40:04 > 0:40:07in its lovely brown Morocco box.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10I'm only bid for this...
0:40:10 > 0:40:1312, 15, 18, 20, 22, 5, 8, 30.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17It's so attractive! 30, madam.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19No, 28 down here, 30. 2.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23It's really attractive, come on!
0:40:23 > 0:40:25- £32,- 5, 8. Ooh!- 8, madam?
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Either of you? 8, 40. 45.
0:40:27 > 0:40:28Now we're going!
0:40:28 > 0:40:29Good object, this. 45, 50.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31- A lovely, lovely bar brooch.- Yes.
0:40:31 > 0:40:3445 I am bid, madam. 50 on the front row?
0:40:34 > 0:40:37No more? 45, the lady standing.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Bid 50 out online.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42- And we sell to a lady.- No!
0:40:42 > 0:40:45Good morning. So, at £45...
0:40:45 > 0:40:48- it's yours.- £45!- £45!
0:40:48 > 0:40:49So, plus £20.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54- You lost £55 so you're only down 35 smackers.- Oh, way down!
0:40:54 > 0:40:56THEY LAUGH
0:40:56 > 0:40:59But we bought big so that's all right.
0:40:59 > 0:41:00You've done really well.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03You spent a lot of money, you've had an absolute ball and frankly,
0:41:03 > 0:41:06- at £35, have you ever had such value for money?- No.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10- Entertainment for 35 quid. - Absolutely.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12- Anyway, not a word to the Reds.- No.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15- Because you never know, you may well have won.- Ooh!
0:41:22 > 0:41:28Sometimes on Bargain Hunt, girls and boys, there is a massive gulf.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32This time, the difference is wafer thin.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34- Did you think you'd done well?- No.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36- Did you think you'd done well?- No!
0:41:36 > 0:41:37Well, I can tell you you're both right.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39ALL LAUGH
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Neither of you did well. But one team...
0:41:42 > 0:41:45did slightly worse than the other one. And they are...
0:41:45 > 0:41:48the Red team. OTHERS YELP
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Extraordinary. You started so well, girls.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54You went off out of the blocks like the clappers.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Plus £12.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Then the brooch.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02And then you broke even with that weight, the dumpy weight. Yeah.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05And then you decided to go with Ben's,
0:42:05 > 0:42:08and I have to say it was lovely, cup, the saucer and the plate
0:42:08 > 0:42:10and you lost £12.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13- Have you enjoyed it, Reds? - Enormously.- Yes.- Enormously?
0:42:13 > 0:42:17- Immensely.- Oh, that's charming. - Thank you.- Well, Blues. Well done.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21- Thank you.- You were down £55 and you were losing.
0:42:21 > 0:42:22- Until...- Natasha!
0:42:22 > 0:42:28Over the brow of the hill with the cavalry came Miss Natasha Raskin.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31- Who bought that wonderful brooch, which you both liked?- We did, yes.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35- Sensibly went with it.- Loved it. - It cost £25 and it made £45!
0:42:35 > 0:42:37£45! Whoo! High-five.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41So that 20 quid did it for you. So, well done.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- I have to say that my pockets are empty.- Ah!
0:42:44 > 0:42:48No money to dish out but never mind. Lovely having you on board.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Both teams have been absolute stars.
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