Newark 19 Bargain Hunt

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Hello!

Let's go Bargain Hunting!

The race is on for today's teams here at Newark Antiques Fair,

to find three items in one hour with £300.

No mean feat, cos it's the biggest one in Europe!

Let's take a look at what's coming up.

The Red team know what they like...

I mean, at 50 quid, I think I'd buy it.

You would?

..and what they don't.

I wouldn't.

Whilst the Blues question their beliefs.

Are you sure?

You think I shouldn't be sure?

At the auction, the Reds' expert could make or break them.

No pressure, Ben.

I might just take my coat now and go.

And the Blues finally regain their faith.

Look at the object, just look at it and believe.

I'm asking.... Look at it for the first time.

Going, going.

Now, that's all for later.

Now, today, we are pitting courting couples against padres and for

the Reds, we've got Paige and Adrian. And for the Blues,

we've got Edward and Paul.

-Hello, everyone. ALL:

-Hello!

Now, the Reds. Adrian, you, I guess,

are bit of a danger addict, because for a living you're a spark.

So, you play with 240 volts?

Yeah, I do that with my job. And, obviously, my job before

was jumping out of aeroplanes.

Of course it was. Under what circumstances?

Well, I was in the Army and my job was a freefall instructor.

-Right!

-So, we used to take soldiers all around the world

-and teach them how to freefall skydive.

-Right.

I became national champion in 1996,

8-way formation motion skydiving.

And that's what you're judged on, I take it?

Yeah, how many formations you can make as you leave the aeroplane.

Inevitably, you're going to hit the bottom, of course.

Well, hopefully not hit the bottom too hard. Open your parachute

-before that happens.

-Very good. Now, Paige,

you're not averse to jumping out a perfectly good aircraft yourself,

-are you, I believe?

-No, I've also done one skydive.

I did a tandem skydive, to raise money for the preschool I work at.

-Very good!

-It was really exciting.

-Really?

-Yeah.

Scarier than Bargain Hunt right now?

It's a close run thing, is it?

Jumping out of planes or shopping

for antiques with someone else's money?

Yes, I guess the aeroplane's a little bit more scary.

-Good luck to you.

-Thank you.

Now, over to the Blues, Paul and Edward.

Now, Edward, tell me about these dangerous goings-on

that take place in your church sometimes.

Well, a couple of years ago, I went on a circus skills training weekend

and from that, I learned to do fire eating,

which I then incorporated into our baptism services in church.

Fire signifies the holy spirit, a big part of baptism services.

So, to try and draw people into the celebration

and give them something to take away as well.

Now, you're a bit of a football fan?

I certainly am. I'm a Hull City supporter living in Grimsby,

which is a little outside of the usual.

But I love my football and when I was a child growing up,

all I wanted to be was a goalkeeper.

-Right.

-I attended Bob Wilson's goalkeeping school,

where I was coached by the Arsenal legend himself, Joe Corrigan,

-the former England goalkeeper.

-My word!

I can't resist the pun - from saving goals to saving souls,

that's quite a journey.

-Indeed.

-Now, Paul, you're a historian, I believe.

I was a historian and a history teacher,

-before I became a Church of England priest, yes.

-Yes.

-For three years.

Any particular eras and fields?

I particularly love Victorian, Edwardian, late Victorian,

British, European, that sort of stuff and railway history as well.

If the Victorian and Edwardian era is particularly

your fancy, from a historical perspective, do you collect?

And, if so, are objects from that era up your street?

Victoriana is the sort of thing that I prefer above everything else.

-Seriously?

-It's not the most fashionable stuff any more,

-that's the trouble.

-I was going to say, you're that guy I've heard of

-that collects Victoriana.

-Yes, yeah.

-Pleasure to meet you, sir.

-You're an endangered species. Do you know that?

-I know, we're not looking

-for much today.

-I'll tell you,

you'll have you pick out here, it'll be all yours.

Well, it's the moment where I prime you with all of £300.

There you go, Paige. Look at that, £300.

Now, your trusty experts are awaiting you eagerly.

So, off you go and the very best of luck to you.

-Thank you.

-Bye-bye!

-Vamoose!

What with skydivers and padres,

are we going to be bringing home profits on a wing and a prayer?

Font of all knowledge, for the Reds, it's Ben Cooper.

The Blues have the WHEELIE clever Natasha Raskin.

OK, lovely Paul and Ed, what on earth are we looking for today?

-Ed, start us off.

-I'm looking for something expensive,

something shiny maybe. I'm thinking maybe something with a bit of

-a military, militaria type thing.

-I want something small.

You know, is it going to be something that we would be able to

get a profit on?

I think something small, silver, bit exquisite.

OK, teams, you've got 60 minutes.

Get stuck in!

Let's start shopping.

Small and shiny. I mean, certainly, there's a lot of glistening over

-here, but I don't know...

-Probably more silver than glassware.

More silver than glassware.

Oh, they're a bit scary.

-Yeah.

-Oh, God.

You're a couple of magpies, aren't you?

Straight in for the shiny, shiny.

Oh, yes. Made in China.

Definitely not Victorian then.

What about this? I think it's a gun case, isn't it?

Yeah, absolutely. It's known as a leg of mutton, because of its shape.

Obviously, you know, when you break the gun in half you have the barrel

and the butt, so it makes it a shorter case for carrying.

By being leather, of course, it will allow it to breathe.

So, you don't want to have the gun sitting in moisture, obviously,

particularly out on the field.

-I quite like the look of that.

-She's got £60 on it.

She's trying to make living, but we're also trying to make a profit,

so we've got to find our balance.

-See if there's a bit of a bargain.

-Is there any move that you can do on

-the 60?

-I can do 50, but no less.

-So, the lady said 50.

-50 quid? If it's a good quality one and...

-I mean, it looks nice to me.

-Do the straps do up?

Looks like it's proper old leather.

All the straps are still here, the handle's in good condition.

Often, you'll see where it's been re-stitched

where the handle comes apart.

Who would buy something like this at auction?

There's mixtures of people.

Obviously, there's members of the trade,

who specialise solely in sporting memorabilia. You also have people

who specialise in shop displays.

So, some of the big gunsmiths in London and, of course,

they want to have a period look and so they will be scouting options to

buy things like this. So, it's a bigger spectrum of people

than you might think would be looking out for a piece like this.

The lady's been very generous.

I think there's a chance that it could make a profit at auction.

-It's in a good state. Look inside.

-Oh, it you can smell it.

-Oh, it's wonderful, isn't it?

-It's wonderful, yeah.

So, what do you think? Are you going to go for it?

Yeah, it's not small and silver. We might need something small

-and silver to look at.

-I think it could be your turn next time, Paige.

Right, let's give the lady 50 squiddlydids.

-Thank you ever so much.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

That's a great start, Reds. First buy in ten minutes,

paid in squiddlydids.

Now, the Blues seem to be ignoring my advice.

-I'm a big Victoriana person.

-Me too, I'm all about it.

-Yeah?

-There's some things that I like,

but I don't know whether anybody would buy them or not.

You know, these anchors, I think they're really interesting.

Anchors are great. Bearing in mind,

we're going to an auction in Derbyshire.

While the Reds are all at sea, the Blues are struggling too.

Anything at all? Anything coming at you?

-No.

-You're not into your glassware.

-Any time that we see glassware, you sort of...

-No.

-Instantly turned off.

Unless it's really good, classic '60s stuff,

I think that's probably the only thing that people are really into

-at the moment.

-So, things like this vase do fit into that.

-Yes, they do.

-Almost like a lava lamp sort of idea.

-Yeah, yeah.

Ed's terrified. Horrified.

-Let's have a look.

-Do you want to have a look at it?

-Yeah, let's have a look.

-See if we can find any marks on the bottom,

cos that's what it's all about. But I think it's a nice bit of

decorative glass. So, we can see it's hand-blown, it's got a pontil

mark at the bottom. Someone's taken the time to really grind that down

to make it a nice smooth pontil.

I think one thing it's got going in its favour

is a really minimalist, but super-attractive shape.

Yeah. Yeah. It goes with the modern minimalist style.

Shall we ask how much this is?

-Yeah, do you want to ask away?

-He cannot believe that you're asking

about glass. Cannot believe it. Why not? Excuse us, sir,

sorry to interrupt you from your lovely breakfast cooking.

We're wondering how much you have on the vase?

-£15.

-£15.

Plenty of room in that for you.

Possible. Mark it down as a possible?

It's a possible or is it a strike while the iron is hot?

There are two choices. The clock is ticking.

I'll leave this one over to you, I think.

I've got 25 on it and I took a tenner straight off it.

-Come back.

-Come back? OK. Well, hopefully it's still here.

-That was very kind of you.

-I'm not an impulse buyer, but, yeah.

If it's gone when you come back, it's gone.

-Yeah.

-I know. We'll only have ourselves to blame.

Yeah.

That's a cracking offer, but as we near the 20 minute mark,

I wouldn't mull over it too long.

Back with the Reds, and Adrian's blokey item bagged,

Paige is on the lookout for something that's more her.

You like looking in these sort of things, don't you?

I do. I like the look of this.

Initially, I thought it was silver, but feeling it,

I'm thinking maybe not.

It's obviously plated.

You can see where the silver has rubbed through the top

and shown the copper underneath.

I mean, it would probably only go for, at auction, £15 to £20,

-that kind of price.

-Oh, OK.

OK, you're on the right lines.

But, like Ben, I think there's better out there.

Now, are the Blues still debating the vase?

Do you think we should...

-You think I shouldn't be sure?

-You look quite smitten.

Well, I was, but...

Yeah, do you think so? Go for it now?

I think it's a great buy at 15 quid, to be honest with you.

I think it's a gorgeous thing, very trendy at the moment.

-We do need to make a first buy.

-Yeah, yeah...

Yeah, we'll get our first buy. At least we'll

have accomplished something. That would be good.

-You're going to go back and have a bash?

-Yeah.

-You said 15.

-Yes.

We're looking to make on this.

-Right.

-12, could you do it for 12 as a best price?

I'll do you a really, really, really big favour.

-You can have it for £10.

-Oh, right.

That is on. A cracking deal. That's got to be a deal, mate.

That really is a deal. We're really impressed with this.

-God bless you, sir.

-Thank you.

What a legend.

-Thank you, bye-bye.

-But a lengthy debate over a £10 purchase is

a sure-fire way of running out of time.

By contrast, the Reds aren't hanging around.

I'm an electrician. We're just walking past a load of lights.

I was looking for something that, sort of, they used to sort of dangle

down from the ceiling of a factory or something like that,

-that's been repurposed.

-Some of the big enamel ones?

There's also some which I saw down there, which have got the holophane

-shades on.

-Yeah, those ones, yeah.

-They're probably going to be beyond

our realm. What kind of money have you got on these?

£50 on the green ones.

-Yeah.

-£30 on the yellow ones.

The yellow's got a little tiny crack.

-Has it?

-In the actual lens.

-Oh, I can... Yeah.

On the ground, they look like the glass shades.

They're a plastic shade. They're not actually as old.

-You see the labels on top.

-Yeah, they've got the CE sign.

-Yeah.

-I mean, at 50 quid, I think I'd buy it.

-You would?

-Yeah.

-I wouldn't.

Good on you, Paige.

Adrian's had his turn.

Now, Blues go from the vibrant and modern to the complete opposite.

Look at this beautiful circa 1880 rostrum.

That's a lovely thing, isn't it?

My Victorian taste, yes, but...

Have you got Paul Laidlaw hovering around your mind right now?

He's ever-present in my mind.

I think it's a cool thing.

It just reminded me of you guys giving your sermons,

but maybe you want to get away from that today.

-Very possibly.

-Very possibly.

It looks kind of good from the front. From the back, does it...

-Is it a solid piece?

-It is solid from the back.

I think it's all right. It's got a kind of an easel stand.

There's a little hinge on one side

that makes sure it doesn't go too far and falls if you put

a particularly heavy tome, like one of your Victorian Bibles,

on top, it wouldn't go too far and collapse.

It's just smacks of a little bit of quality.

-Is it walnut?

-I think it's veneered in walnut.

And that walnut veneer is continued on to the easel back as well,

on to the stand. I think it's a really pretty thing.

-But it's not cheap.

-It's 90 quid, almost, for a book stand.

And books are a little bit out of fashion.

-Could you go a little lower?

-Have it at 60.

-You'd do it for 60?

-60.

-What do you reckon?

-I had my way with the vase.

You have your way with the books, yeah?

If you're not going to get a book, get the next best thing.

Next best thing. OK. I think that's a deal, sir. Thank you so much.

-Did that just happen? £60?

-It did.

-OK. OK, well,

let's say thank you very much and go find our third item.

-Thank you.

-Thank you, bye-bye. Off we go.

Well done, well done.

The Blues prove they can make quick decisions

and there's still half an hour to play with.

Now, while the teams crack on,

I'd like to show you something that in its day

was at the cutting edge of technology.

Now, in an age where your mobile phone,

your television and probably also your car will be obsolete within

a decade, let me show you something that had a useful working life

of almost 400 years.

Standing next to me is what I'm sure you will call a chainmail shirt.

But you'd be wrong. As that term wasn't coined until likely

the 19th century. This is a shirt of mail.

Mail armour was in use from classical times.

The Roman legionary would use it.

The Bayeux tapestry shows Saxons and Normans wearing it.

And in the Sudan in the 1890s,

certain Mahdist cavalry fighting the British wore shirts of mail.

If you look at these links, they are solid.

There's no break,

like that watch chain of yours, where the lengths butt together.

These links are either welded or riveted solid.

So, it's incredibly difficult to pull them apart.

And therein lies its protective strength.

Now, this particular shirt was found in the hands of

a general antique dealer. But it didn't look like this.

It was longer in the arm and longer in the body.

And of a form that we would associate with

the aforementioned Mahdist troops fighting in North Africa

in the late 19th century. And it was brought on that basis.

Under close examination, its true nature was revealed.

We have, before us, a heart of medieval mail,

probably made in Italy around 1510.

This was picked up for all of £200.

In its restored state, as it would have appeared back in 1500,

its true value today is £3,000 or £4,000.

And that is a margin I'm not going to get shirty about.

Back to the shopping, and with 25 minutes left,

the Reds only have the gun case. Whereas, the Blue team

have bought a vase and a book stand.

And it seems there's a pattern emerging with their tastes.

I think, to be honest with you,

the only way in which we would get any money back

is if we were to buy the whole lot for about a fiver.

Pewter dishes are so out of fashion, to be honest with you.

-Yeah.

-When it comes to buyers...

Yeah, it's the same as Victoriana stuff.

No, no, don't listen to that Paul Laidlaw.

Aye, you cheeky young scamp.

It's not shouting out at me saying, "Buy me."

Now, come on, Reds.

I think you've lost your early vigour.

I will admit there's nothing hugely enthralling.

No.

Blues have an answer for that.

They're heading indoors.

It's where the high class, high risk gear is.

We've got to stay focused and determined.

And, you never know, something completely bonkers

might catch our eye.

I like the look of this.

I don't know what it is, but it's pretty and it's silver.

It is a silver handle for a cane, for a walking cane or stick.

-Oh, OK.

-So, it's designed to sit in your hand.

-It's got a nice clear hallmarks on the side.

-Very pretty.

Come on, dazzle us with your knowledge.

-Where were the marks from?

-Well, you've got the lion passant.

The lion's on all four.

That means it's English silver, of sterling quality.

So, it's 975 purity.

If you've got a lion sitting on his back, he'll be a Scottish chap.

This is an English one. Then you've got the leopard's head

in the middle. That means it was assayed in London,

early 20th century to the late 19th century.

-OK.

-And what you've got is a very nice, chased design.

There is a huge amount of people who collect canes.

And also people find a nice cane, but they haven't got a nice top.

Ah, I was just going to say, would this be a collectors item in its own

-right, or would it be collected and used?

-There are some people who

collect them. I mean, they are...

The one thing I find, when you look at a piece like this,

there's a lot of workmanship goes into this

-and the ticket price is only £18.

-I was thinking it seems reasonable

without haggling. We have to haggle though.

You've got to go down a little bit. I must admit, you know,

at a price like this, if I was selling it,

I wouldn't be selling it down to a tenner, because it is so reasonably

priced already. So, why don't you ask...

-Here, Paige, your turn.

-I think it's very pretty

and I'd like to ask £15. What do you think?

I think that's very fair and very reasonable.

Do you think £15, sir? Would you take £15 from us?

Yes.

-Thank you. It's very pretty.

-Great, thank you very much, sir.

-Cheers.

-Loving your work, team.

Upping the pace and grabbing your second buy with 15 minutes to go.

So, it's even-stevens as the Blues drop down a gear.

So, time is going to run away from us if we carry on kind of ambling.

Good heavens!

Let's leave the Blues meandering and see if we can pick up the pace with

-the Reds.

-I'm going to go and have a look at those,

there's some cabinets over there and stuff.

-Do you want a quick look?

-Quickly?

-Yeah, let's do it.

-Quickly?

-Right.

-We've got to be quick, because we've only got 12 minutes.

Yeah, that's right, Ben.

Now, the Blues have spotted some Victorian bling.

It's quite flashy. £130.

It's a lovely card case made of mother-of-pearl.

OK, thank you very much.

Time is running out.

Let's have a look. OK.

So, gents, have a peer, have a feel.

Very tactile objects and made for the inside breast pocket.

And they're made to be pulled out,

so they would have been touched a lot.

Is your index finger a wee bit sore?

Look, it's left a little dot on your finger, because it wouldn't normally

have left that. Because it would have a nice, wee,

round, soft button on it. So, it's a little bit damaged.

We can see there is some damage there.

No hallmark on the silver,

but we can quite confidently say it's silver.

You wouldn't bother overlaying silver plate onto mother-of-pearl.

It's got its original lining and the hinge works quite nicely.

How do you feel about card cases as functional items in today's society?

Probably not a huge demand for them.

Perhaps, to a collector, it is a piece that might appeal.

It's decorative, seems to be well made.

The thing we really need to talk about is the price.

I can't go below 100.

Not even down to about...90, 95?

No.

With time so tight, the Blues might be forced to pay top dollar.

While they negotiate, how are the Reds getting on?

I quite like both of those.

Either of those look interesting?

The bottom bowl is really quite simple.

It's not going to catch the eye a lot.

The top... Can't even tell whether it is silver.

It doesn't look like it is, but let's get it out

-and have a little look.

-It's an interesting piece.

It is nice, it's marked at 45.

It's not my cup of tea, really.

I think it might not be mine, initially,

but, actually, I think it's quite interesting.

There we go, we have got a hallmark on the side.

So, it is silver, even though it's very tarnished.

-London, probably around 1890.

-Oh.

And, actually, what's nice

is it's in good condition.

-Very often...

-I was going to say, it looks too new.

Well, yeah, very often in polishing, people get overzealous and they can

wear away, particularly in a decoration, it can wear too thin.

I would not have thought that was that old at all.

-Well, it is.

-I'm shocked.

-It's old and interesting.

-It's old, it's interesting...

-Like us.

You are not old.

But it's... No, it's in lovely condition.

I really like this piece.

So, you reckon it's between this and the lights, really, isn't it?

We're going to need to buy this now or...

Shall I just leave it in your hands

-and I'll go across and ask the dealer.

-If we think this is...

You know. I don't know. I wouldn't buy it.

-Leave it to Ben, see what he comes back with.

-We've got a bit of

good news. She's done more. I was expecting at a price like this,

for a silver bowl it would be £40. She said 35.

-35.

-So, that's a tenner off.

So, we think there's a bit of profit in there, auction-wise?

Yeah, yeah, certainly. I'd have thought at auction it should have a

-£50 to £80 estimate. Should do.

-Right. Let's do it.

Third item.

Three items down. We've done it.

Right, cup of tea time.

-Cup of tea time.

-Nicely done, Reds.

And with time to spare for a brew.

We are in the dying minutes now and the Blues are still trying to get

a deal on the final item.

And there's no way we could get the card case in two figures?

-Definitely not.

-Definitely not?

-Definitely not.

-It's got to be 100.

-95. 95 and we'll take it.

-No.

OK. OK.

OK, this is your splash of the cash, this is your expensive item.

This is the splash of the cash.

-Let's do it.

-OK, go for it then.

Thank you very much.

Sacre bleu! That was close, because...

time's up.

Terrifying.

Let's reflect on what the Red team bought.

Quick as a shot,

they picked up the leg of mutton gun case for 15 squiddlydids.

Sorry, pounds.

The silver cane finial appealed to Paige,

who was happy to pay £15 for it.

And to finish, they walked away with the late Victorian silver sugar bowl

for £35.

Paige, Adrian, that seemed a leisurely affair.

-It was good.

-We're pretty calm, aren't we?

It seems it.

So, tell me, what was your favourite lot, Paige?

I like the small silver pot.

I really like the decoration on it

and the fact that it was solid silver.

Works for me. Is it going to be most profitable, though?

I think so.

Do we have a consensus, Adrian?

-Favourite lot?

-My favourite lot is the gun case, definitely,

from a personal point of view. But I think Paige's probably right,

I think the most profit - probably going to be

-in the little silver pot.

-We're of one mind.

-Did you hear that?

Feel good?

Savour it. Now, what did you spend in all?

£100.

£100?

Frugal. What we suggested.

It's more than I was expecting.

-Someone owes me £200.

-You got it?

-No.

No-one goes until I get my money.

-It must be me.

-Thank you very much, Paige.

Not holding it for long. Ben, seen anything on your travels?

I've seen a few things.

And it's nice to have a decent dollar to spend.

So, we'll see what we can do.

Meanwhile, let's go see what the Blues have bought.

After much deliberation,

they brought the decorative glass vase for £10.

Next, they paid £60 for the Victorian walnut music stand.

Lastly, they picked up the mother-of-pearl

and white metal card case for £100.

-Paul, Edward, what happened at the end?

-We ran out of time!

-Had to make a snap decision.

-Panic set in, I'm afraid.

So, tell me, what's your favourite purchase?

Is it the obvious one?

No, my favourite purchase is the one at the end, the card case.

-Because it's beautiful, it's lovely.

-Is there profit in it?

-Is that the one?

-No.

Well, we'll see. But I don't think so, I don't reckon so.

-But it is lovely.

-OK. Edward, do you agree?

What's your favourite lot first?

I think my favourite one would definitely be the book stand.

It's more my kind of thing. I think as an object as well,

-it's really nice.

-Could it be the most profitable?

I think possibly the vase, actually.

-Right.

-I think that might do it for us.

It was a very good deal on the vase.

What did it all add up to, price-wise?

170.

£170.

So, who's got £130 change?

-I have here. There we are.

-Thank you very much.

Natasha Raskin, are you going to be good with this?

Listen, I'm going to try and find something.

I don't know, a little less...

stressful. Plain sailing, I think, for the bonus buy.

Right.

And relax.

So, whilst Natasha does the business for her team,

let's cross over to the saleroom.

Well, we have headed west from nought to Derbyshire

at Hansons Auctioneers with Charles himself.

-How are you, Charles?

-Hello, Paul. Very

-well, thanks. Good to see you.

-You, too.

-What think you of this offering?

For the Reds, we kick off with this leg of mutton gun case.

-What do you think of that, is that your thing?

-Yeah, I think, Paul,

the team have brought something which really does fly

in Derbyshire. Anything which is sporting related.

This is patinated, glowing and my guide is between 40 and £60.

Well, that sounds healthy enough. The team paid £50.

-Good start.

-But we go from there to the piece of silver.

I believe it's off of a walking stick,

what you might call a finial or the pommel, palm end.

And it's really not overly popular in the market.

It's London, in 1913, it's nicely chased.

So, in terms of value, Paul,

I've been quite hard to say between 10 and £20.

Safe to say, £15 was paid. So, we are out of the danger zone.

-It sounds fair enough.

-Good, good.

So, from a piece of something to, in its entirety,

rather a pleasing little sugar bowl.

Paul, that's better because it has this market of fresh appeal.

What I like about this is it dark.

It hasn't been cleaned

and you can just be the depth of detail jump out at you

in that recousse embossed work.

This is London 1893, very, very stylish.

I hope it might make between 30 and £50.

Well, yet again, we seem to be in safe territory.

£35 paid.

They may not need a bonus buy.

But, in case they do, let's go and see what they've got.

Paige, Adrian, you spent a conservative £100,

leaving Ben a considerable 200 to invest.

Show us what you bought.

The lights.

Oh!

I don't know how you managed that.

75, I spent on the two.

-Right.

-Oh, good.

Did we say these weren't the proper antique ones?

Yeah, they're not old, no.

They're the look. They're modern copies.

The shades are plastic, as opposed to the original glass holophane.

But they've got the look, they've got the real

sort of industrial feel, which is really popular at the moment.

I like the look of them. I think they'd look great

dangling from a long lead and from a high ceiling.

We're chuffed.

They should get up to the hundred-ish.

Right. Because I think 40 quid a pop for those is...

If you were buying them new, they would probably be in the region of

-£200, £300 each.

-Yeah, I would've thought so.

That's the kind of money for lighting.

-Brilliant.

-Excellent.

-Happy with that.

-Yeah, really pleased.

-Thumbs up all round then, is it not?

You don't have to decide now. We know you like them.

You don't have to decide whether you're going to run with this bonus

buy until after the sale of your lot. But in the meantime,

let's go see if the auctioneer thinks our lamps

are going to shine on sale day.

Well, prominently displayed,

Ben's purchase of two bang on trend industrial looking ceiling lights.

-Do you rate them?

-They are bang on trend.

But are they true to their period, are they 1960s or '70s?

Have they got a hint of age?

No. But, Paul, they're lumpy,

they're decorative and if we get the interior decorator here who's not so

driven by a bit of age, they might just move.

It's all style and no...

profit?

I mean, Paul, I think they'll do well.

I really hope they make about £30.

-The pair?

-Yes, are you happy with that?

Poor old Ben, he staked £75 on that.

-£75.

-Oh, crikey.

-But I reckon if anybody's going to get them

-in the room, it's going to be you.

-Paul, I'll try.

Fingers crossed. Well, that was the Reds.

The Blues, there's a varied offering.

We kick off with that exclamation mark of a vase.

-Do you like it?

-That looks to be... What would you say? Late '70s?

That's exactly where I'd put it.

Late '70s. And I think it's got a certain look about it.

I get that. And we see,

that is orange encasing a milk glass. That almost gives it a self

-illuminating feel.

-It's got depth in that colour, if not just one colour,

you're quite right. It ought to make £20.

The Blues will be very happy, doubling their money.

-Oh, wow.

-And knowing that you're a cautious auctioneer...

-I am.

-..maybe they'll do better than that?

-Crossed fingers.

-We're off to a great start, we're flying.

-Good.

-From the 1970s to, I guess, 100 years earlier,

our walnut music stand.

What do you make of that?

It's very aesthetic.

It's very...

of that period, 1880s.

Having looked at the reverse and one can see it has come off

-that old style piano.

-Would that be a bad thing?

-Not really, Paul.

-Given the piano would perhaps be

-more difficult to sell than the stand.

-Correct, correct.

My top estimate is £30.

-Bottom, 20.

-Half of what the Blues paid.

Oh, no. They paid £60 for it?

They did indeed. But it will be the only one in the sale.

-Exactly.

-And if you want it,

you better by this one, because you'll not get another chance.

-Exactly, Paul.

-The next one's got a great big

-unsalable piano bolted to it.

-Exactly.

Take it away, please. Take it away.

Now, we finish with a lovely little visiting card case.

-Is it a good one?

-This is magnificent.

I love the chased, engraved, ornate mother-of-pearl shell case.

It's a really beautiful object and we always say buy quality.

Quality counts, quality matters

and this calling card case is that, Paul.

On a really bad day it shouldn't, but it might, make 50 or £60.

On a really good day with the wind blowing, it might do 125, 130, 135,

if we get a good day.

Well, I hope the weather's right, because we need that wind blowing.

£100 was paid.

Well, on the whole, we may need a bonus buy.

Let's go and take a look at what's been pulled out the hat

in that department.

Edward and Paul, you spent a healthy £170,

leaving Natasha all of the 130 to invest wisely.

What did you do with the 130, Natasha?

Yes, I spent some of it, shall we say.

Some, not all, on this lovely Mappin and Webb candleholder.

Isn't it so cute?

-It is.

-It's got a touch of the Wee Willie Winkie about it.

But it's not a wee, downtrodden item.

It's Princess plate, so, good-quality silver plate.

It's a gorgeous thing. And what do you reckon I paid for it?

45?

45?

I managed to work the dealer down to £10 for it.

How good is that?

-Oh, that's brilliant.

-Very good.

The asking price was 38 and I thought, "Come on,

"I've got to make a cheeky offer here." So, I did and he said, "OK."

And it was the end of the day. So, luck was on my side.

-Yeah, definitely.

-What does Natasha think it's worth under the hammer?

More than £10?

30-£50? 20-40, a bit conservatively.

-But what do you think of it?

-It looks nice.

That is timelessly elegant.

You don't have to decide whether you're going with it now,

we'll do that after the sale of your three lots.

But in the meantime,

let's go and see if the auctioneer thinks Natasha's chamber stick will

light up the saleroom or the Blues' hopes will be snuffed out.

Now, are you going to be like Wee Willie Winkie over that

or Ebenezer Scrooge?

Isn't it wonderful, Paul, seeing an object serving its purpose?

Often, we see these chamber sticks lacking its snuffer.

It's a charming object.

Mappin and Webb. And that looks a million dollars.

It looks desirable.

Tell me the numbers, what's that going to make?

I hope it will make £20 to 30.

Well, I hope you're right and I'm sure you are.

Natasha cleverly paid £10 for that.

Surely, how could she go wrong?

-Exactly, Paul.

-She saw the light.

Yeah, she did. May I, Paul, do the honours for you?

Because it's great to use an original snuffer

with a chamber stick. There we go.

You're the man, Charles. Good luck to you.

Thanks, Paul.

£50 for the gold earrings!

Paige, Adrian, how's it going?

-It's good, it's good.

-Cool as cucumbers or nervous wrecks?

A little bit of nervous excitement.

You can feel the excitement in the room.

The first lot up is that leg of mutton gun case.

-Here it comes now.

-A really nice item here.

Bid here £20. Do I see five now?

Surely, five. Five, ma'am.

30. Five. Are you bidding? 35.

40's my commission...

-Five.

-45.

I'm out. At £45 bid...

-Oh, it's close, come on.

-At 45 to a lady.

Bid 50.

Come on!

She says no, I say yes.

Come on.

45 to a lady, we are going, going at £45.

Well done. It's yours.

You could smell that profit, it was that close.

If we could have got it for a fiver less.

A £5 loss. Here comes your best silver.

A cane handle off a cane.

George V. I'm only bid £8, I'm asking 10 now.

8 I'm bid. Got to go.

Bid 10. The silver's worth that.

8 I'm bid. Surely a tenner.

Come on, you can buy a mystery gift for someone.

10, 12, 15, sir.

15. Surely 18?

15 to a gentleman.

All done? Fair warning.

I shall sell to you, sir.

-It's yours.

-Well, hey, no shame in that.

That's fair enough. In Bargain Hunt world, this doesn't look bad.

Now, lastly, it's your favourite, the silver bowl. Here it goes.

Beautiful bowl, it's very fresh from the market, it hasn't been cleaned.

1893, it's a cracker.

28, 32.

I'll take 2. Who wants that?

All done? I'll sell it on commission. Bid me 2.

Fair warning, selling.

-That's it.

-Couldn't have tried any harder.

Look, another £5 loss. Do you know what?

That's the £10 loss, which is going to be disappointing,

but in Bargain Hunt world, that's no disaster. £10 loss.

-But the big question...

-It's not a weekend away.

You're certainly not getting a weekend away

without gambling on the bonus buy. What are you going to do?

-We're definitely going for it.

-Go for it, yeah.

Definitely. Ben's going to bail us out.

-No pressure, Ben.

-I might just take my coat now and go.

A very, very nice pair of modern, industrial style

ceiling hanging lights fitting. They've got that retro look,

haven't they? There we are. Very nice.

Do I see £10 for these?

They are very, very striking. They are a pair as well.

Come on. You're bidding 10 there, I'm asking 12 now.

They are wonderful value.

Come on, let's roll on.

Surely £12.

Come on. Fair warning, I shall sell.

For the first time, 12, 15.

Are you sure, sir? They're out.

18 online, come again.

Don't miss it for one bid.

-That's my dad online.

-Three times, selling at £15.

Going, going...

Dear me, I am so sorry.

That's a loss of £60.

We'll forgive you.

How are you feeling, guys?

-This is it.

-Apprehensive, yeah.

-Yeah?

-We are.

-Do you think you should be apprehensive?

-Is there anything to be nervous about?

-The card case, I think.

-Your big spend?

-It was a big spend, yeah.

Here's your first lot. It's the orange vase.

A really striking vase of the late 1970s, we believe.

Bid me 8 now. A fiver, 8 online.

10 bid, bid 12 now.

Give us a profit, give us a little profit.

It really is dazzling.

At £12. Bid 15 now, come on.

Bid 15. You're out in the room, fair warning.

We're live online.

I shall sell it. Bid £15.

At £12 today. Sold.

That's a 20% profit.

Look at it that way. OK, now, up comes your stand.

This is a Victorian walnut music stand.

I'm only bid £12.

I'm asking 15 now.

It's a gorgeous object to enjoy.

Come on. 12, 15, 18, 20 online.

I'm asking 2 now.

At 29 bid, do I see 2?

Just look at the object, just look at it and believe.

At 29 bid, 2 I'm bid.

I'm asking 5 now, look at it for the first time.

At £22, surely a fiver?

Bid, thank you, ma'am. At £25.

Bid 8. Bid 8 online.

It's a really nice object.

I shall sell it.

I'm asking 8 online.

28, yes or no?

Quickly. 25 in the room.

Going.

Going. It's yours, ma'am.

£25.

That's a £35 loss.

So, overall, we are at a loss of 33 after the first two lots.

All hopes on this card case.

Paid £100. Estimate is 50 to 130.

-Oh, that's an odd testament.

-It's low and wide.

-It is vague.

-Circa 1890,

you could place your credit or debit card in there as well.

It has got a modern purpose.

45's my bid.

Do I see 50 now?

45 I'm bid, I'm asking 50.

50, 5. 60 I'm bid.

Do I see 5 now?

60 on commission. Do I see 5 online?

60 I'm bid, do I see 5 now?

It is an absolute cracker, come on.

Look at this. Hello?

Surely.

-The man is on his feet.

-At £60.

Make no mistake, we shall sell it at £60.

Going, going. Gone.

OK, £60.

That's a loss of £40 on our card case,

giving an aggregate loss of £73.

Now, what are we going to do?

Are we going to try and recover the situation with the chamber stick or

-are we cutting and running?

-We know what we're going to do.

We will certainly go for it.

Try and retain some dignity.

-Claw some back.

-It's a chamber stick.

Very, very nice, Mappin and Webb.

Well made. It's complete with its snuffer as well.

Showing for you there, I only bid £12, I'm asking 15.

It really is terrific.

At 12, 15. 20 I'm bid online.

As 20 I'm bid, do I see 2 now?

At 20 bid, surely 2.

Come on. Look at this object, it glistens in our light.

22, hello, there. 22.

5 online, yes or no?

Come on, internet. Click your mouse.

Come on, internet.

At 22, bid 5 online.

Or I sell to a lady, you're out over here.

All out to a lady at £22.

Going, going...

-Thank you.

-Well done, Natasha.

A profit of 12, bringing your loss down to £61.

But it could be a winning score.

Keep schtum out there. You'll be quietly confident.

Well, well, well, well, well.

Heads hanging suitably in shame, I hope.

But the fact that I've introduced the prospect

of no great results today, sparked hope where there was none.

Maybe we lost money, but we didn't lose as much as the others?

Well, I shall put you all out of your misery and say that amongst

two teams who each managed to lose money,

sadly, it was the Reds that lost the most.

THEY GROAN

-Good grief!

-Wow!

There was nothing in it, all of £9 separate you.

And I shall go further.

If we ignore the bonus buys,

it would have swung the other way and you'd have won.

-What do you think of that?

-Oh, sorry!

It's no catastrophe, overall - lost a tenner.

But then you made the mistake of putting your faith

in the bang on trend industrial light

and you blew it all to a sum of £70.

-But did you have fun?

-Yes.

-We did, yeah.

It's good, isn't it? Well, you played the game

and I like your style. We're not dwelling on the bonus buy.

But the Blues who thought you'd lost it and recovered it, miraculously,

I've got to say. There was light at the end of the tunnel

and it was Natasha with a chamber stick.

Did you enjoy it? Was it good?

-It was great, fantastic.

-Yeah, great.

-Well, we all had fun.

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