0:00:02 > 0:00:04MUSIC: William Tell Overture by Rossini
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Today, we're at Epsom Racecourse in Surrey
0:00:06 > 0:00:09and the track, which is one mile and four furlongs long,
0:00:09 > 0:00:13has seen some spectacular wins and some devastating losses.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17Let's hope that our Reds and Blues are on track today,
0:00:17 > 0:00:19as we go Bargain Hunting.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47We won't be placing any bets on horses here today,
0:00:47 > 0:00:50but our teams do have one hour on the clock
0:00:50 > 0:00:53and they each have £300 to take a punt
0:00:53 > 0:00:57on three items found here, at the antiques fair.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Let's hope that they all gallop home with profits at the auction
0:01:01 > 0:01:04but, in the meantime, let's find out what lies ahead.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Caroline's piling on the pressure.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12- He who dithers...- Yes.- ..loses. - Yeah.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16David's feeling the pressure.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Next time, be quicker, right?
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Go, go, go, go, go. Speed.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25And at the auction, the pressure keeps on mounting...
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- Oh, guys...- ..and mounting.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- Ooh...- That's all for later.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35First of all, let's meet our teams.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38To my right, we have friends Colin and Paul on our Red team
0:01:38 > 0:01:41and to my left, Christina and Pauline for the Blues.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43- Hello, teams, welcome. ALL:- Hello.
0:01:43 > 0:01:48- Let's start with you two, Colin and Paul. Very welcome today.- Thank you.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52- Colin, you are a retired butcher. - I done butchery for 42 years.- Wow.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Had three shops. Very hard work, long hours,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59so it's nice not to have to get up in the morning now.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Now you find yourself on the golf course, is that correct?
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Three times a week, I play.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05What do you get up to when you're not playing golf?
0:02:05 > 0:02:08I like gardening, fishing, shooting.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- OK, the hunting, shooting, fishing set.- Yeah, yeah.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13I think Paul might be a bit jealous of that
0:02:13 > 0:02:16- cos you're not a man of leisure yet, are you?- No, hopefully soon.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20- What do you do? - I do some work at the golf club,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22look after the societies and make sure they have a good time,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25and I do a bit of security and a bit of driving.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- OK, so three jobs.- That's it.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30While this guy's swanning around, fishing them out of the bunkers.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- That's it.- Or are you a bit better than that?- No.- Yes.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- No?- What's a bunker?- How do you reckon you're going to get on today?
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Do you have any tactics?
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Well, we'll buy well, cheap, sell for lots.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- Yeah, and we'll take advice. - We'll take advice, yes.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Well, we've got a good expert lined up for you,
0:02:46 > 0:02:48so I'm sure you'll be in very capable hands.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Let's head over to our Blue team.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- Christina and Pauline, welcome, ladies.- Thank you.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56You two met nowhere near here, other side of the world, is that correct?
0:02:56 > 0:03:00- That's right, yes.- Whereabouts did you find yourselves meeting?
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Well, we were living next door to each other, in Tehran in Iran.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- OK, wow!- We worked as journalists.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Then the revolution happened and then we were still there,
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- we still managed to stay there.- Wow!
0:03:12 > 0:03:14But we had a wonderful relationship
0:03:14 > 0:03:17because, literally, she was just over a 12-foot high wall
0:03:17 > 0:03:20and if we needed to have a drink with each other
0:03:20 > 0:03:22or sit out in our gardens,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24we would just, sort of, pop over the wall.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28You've retired now. Christina, what do you do with your time these days?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31I still do some sailing but I play golf and walk
0:03:31 > 0:03:35and I'm writing a memoir because my grandchildren don't believe
0:03:35 > 0:03:39- that I've lived such a rackety life. - Wow, a memoir! What's it called?
0:03:39 > 0:03:42The working title is just Granny's Story.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45That's a great title! Amazing. When you say they don't believe you,
0:03:45 > 0:03:47is that because your stories are quite whacky?
0:03:47 > 0:03:51Some of them, yes, and I don't think bear repeating on television,
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- but never mind.- Now, Pauline, tell me about yourself.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- In your retirement, what do you do? - I live on a boat a lot of the time.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00- Wow!- I've had the boat for 40 years.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03It's a sailing boat and needs lots of care and attention.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Oh, well, like we all do. What are your tactics today?
0:04:06 > 0:04:11One of my tactics is to stop Pauline buying something utterly stupid,
0:04:11 > 0:04:15because she's very impulsive. I tend to be the opposite.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18I'm waiting for something to jump up and say, "Buy me."
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Hopefully, it does.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23I shall rely very heavily on our expert, I have to say.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26It sounds like they're going to have their work cut out, ladies.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28- I think so, yeah. - In order to go shopping,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31you're going to need some money, and I have got £300 for each of you,
0:04:31 > 0:04:34so Reds, here's your £300,
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Blues, here is £300 for you.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Off you go and very good luck.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43It's a battle of the sexes today. Did someone say, "Girl power"?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Which of our experts are in the saddle today?
0:04:48 > 0:04:52It's good odds for the Reds with Caroline Hawley.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57And hoping for a full house, for the Blues, it's David Harper.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Colin, what are you looking for today?
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Silver items - snuffboxes, jewellery.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08If I find something that screams, "Buy me," then I'll do it.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12- Paul, what are you looking for? - Anything.- Large items, small items?
0:05:12 > 0:05:17- Large, possibly.- Large. Expensive? Cheap?- Expensive.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19- Pauline?- Yeah, something very old.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- Very old?- Preferably for a boat. - Oh, wow.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Right, teams, you're under starter's orders
0:05:24 > 0:05:27and your 60 minutes start now. GONG RINGS OUT
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- Shall we go?- Yes.- Come on!
0:05:29 > 0:05:30Let's go!
0:05:33 > 0:05:36- Eyes peeled. - That's the spirit, Reds.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42- What attracts you on this stall? - Not a lot.- Right.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Don't hold back, Pauline!
0:05:48 > 0:05:52- Have you found anything, Colin? - Um...- Is anything jumping out?
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- Is that a scent bottle?- Yeah. - What price would that be?
0:05:57 > 0:06:00It's £98. Have a look.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04- Is that enamel?- That's porcelain.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07A little voice inside my head tells me that this will be French.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11It's delightful and it's got its original glass stopper
0:06:11 > 0:06:14which is very, very good because very often they haven't.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18I think, in auction, we're going to have our work cut out
0:06:18 > 0:06:20to get £98 for that, if I'm really honest.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22It would be £80 and I won't go a penny less than that.
0:06:22 > 0:06:27I would estimate that at £40 to £60 as a come-hither estimate.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- Bit too dear. - Thank you very much.- We may be back.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37There's plenty of stalls here, at Epsom, to explore, Reds!
0:06:37 > 0:06:42- Now, is this screaming, "Buy me, Blues"?- Is this a biscuit barrel?
0:06:42 > 0:06:47- Yes.- I haven't seen a biscuit barrel for, oh, 50 years or so.- Really?
0:06:49 > 0:06:53- I like that.- I think it is more of a modern one.- It is a modern one?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55- It is.- But I love the colours. - Good colours.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- For £20, it's no money is it? - I really like that.- OK.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- Are we interested? - It's pretty ugly, isn't it?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Pauline's clearly not one to mince her words!
0:07:05 > 0:07:09- Are we going somewhere else? - Yes, but we may come back for that.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- I really quite like it. - Thank you, ladies, thank you.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Looks like these ladies are going to keep you on your toes, David.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16Good luck.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Now, Paul, Colin, I need a quick word.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22I don't want to rush you or stress you,
0:07:22 > 0:07:24but we're a third of the way into the shop
0:07:24 > 0:07:28- and we haven't got a third of our items.- OK.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- I'd like to get this, if we could. - You'd like to get that?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- You've decided?- Yes, I have. - Hang on, have you even looked at it?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- It's just, it's cheap. - Cheap isn't always good.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40I believe it's a cigar box or cigarette box, I don't know.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44It could be a jewellery box cos people don't really smoke anymore.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- That reminds me of a boat.- It does, a ship's wheel.- A ship's wheel?
0:07:48 > 0:07:51They're asking £12. We could probably get it for, I don't know...
0:07:51 > 0:07:55- A fiver?- 8 to 10, maybe? - Would you like to...?- Yes.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Can you find the owner of this fine thing?- We have to find him.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- Excuse me.- Hmm, what are your haggling skills like, Reds?
0:08:02 > 0:08:06- Could you do £8?- I've got £12. I could do £10.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11- £9.- That's the bottom line, £10. - Really?- Yeah.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13We can always come back, can't we?
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- Yes, but we are a third of the way into the shop.- We are.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Thank you very much for that. We might be back.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21With 20 minutes on the clock,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24I wouldn't leave it much longer to bag your first item.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29- He who dithers...- Yes.- ..loses. - Yeah.- Wise words, Caroline.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33- Now, what have the Blues spotted? - How about this?
0:08:34 > 0:08:38- Oh.- That is not a maritime bell. - PAULINE RINGS BELL
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- That looks like a temple bell or something.- Do you like it?
0:08:41 > 0:08:45- It's solid bronze. You don't like it?- Mmm, not really, no.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- Do you two agree on much, generally, or...?- No.- No.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- We have totally different taste. - Right.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Oh, dear. What about this plate then?
0:08:53 > 0:08:59That is ridiculously cheap. I haven't even handled it. £11.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03It's damaged but it's an Imari, Japanese, hand-painted plate,
0:09:03 > 0:09:08shipped from the port of Imari. It's 200 or 300 years old.
0:09:08 > 0:09:13- It's got a rather intensive-looking crack in it.- But, you know what?
0:09:13 > 0:09:16People say in this business, "Don't touch it if it's damaged."
0:09:16 > 0:09:20I say exactly the opposite because it's damaged and repaired,
0:09:20 > 0:09:24you buy it for no money, yet it's still a beautiful object.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- I'm going to see if we can get it for £8.- Shall we handle the object?
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- Right.- Right, there we have it. - You're right, it is very beautiful.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35- Look at the painting, hand-painted. - I know, that IS beautiful.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38That burst of oriental flowers with an oriental vase on a stand.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- I love it.- Japanese pieces should be decorated on the back.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- I wanted you to turn it over, yes. - OK, there we have it. Look at that.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- Oh, it's so pretty.- It is.- Do you know what these little marks are?
0:09:48 > 0:09:54It's stood in the kiln on five tiny little thin pieces of wood,
0:09:54 > 0:09:58maybe slivers of bamboo, stood there 200 or 300 years ago, to fire it.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02- Oh, we have to get it.- And it hasn't changed in all that time,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- apart from the big whacking crack. - Let's have it.- Yeah, no, no.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- Definitely.- We want it, we're going to buy it.- Yes.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Let's see how good you are at negotiating down.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- Hello.- Hello.- Hi, there.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16We love this, but it does have a very serious crack.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Could you do it for £8?
0:10:19 > 0:10:22A lot of work's gone into restoring it so it's stable,
0:10:22 > 0:10:27but it's your lucky day. £8.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28- Thank you very much. - We've done the deal.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- Thank you very much. - That's good.- Marvellous.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- That is so pretty.- Right, you two. One purchase in.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Next time, be quicker, right? Go, go, go, go, go. Speed.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Then we might miss something important and interesting.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- No, it's all about speed.- Too fast.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47Good advice, David, but I think it's probably falling on deaf ears.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51So, one in the bag for the Blues.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54- Are the Reds about to cut their first deal?- Fruit knife.
0:10:56 > 0:11:02- Is that a silver one?- Yes. - Hallmark's silver.- How old?- How old?
0:11:02 > 0:11:07Now, that is Sheffield, 1921.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12- £12. Now, really, for a bit of silver, that's cheap.- Yeah.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16That's not a lot of money. I think... Is that damage?
0:11:16 > 0:11:21I always say this. Feel with your fingers as well as your eyes.
0:11:21 > 0:11:26- There is a bit of damage, yeah. - A tiny bit. Really, that's not bad.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30- What do we need to try and get this for?- That's cheap.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- See if it can be £8. - Yeah.- Says me, running away!
0:11:34 > 0:11:39- The expert says £6 to £8. - Um, £10 is the best.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Could you do £8 for these really nice guys?
0:11:42 > 0:11:45We need to make a profit and we haven't bought a thing yet.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49- Get them started, please.- Sorry, £10 I can get all day long.- Annoying.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53- Just to give us a chance.- No. - He's not going to move, I can tell.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57- He's not going to move.- We'll go for it, shall we?- Yes, we should.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- Are you happy with that?- Yep, very. - Brilliant.- Yep?- £10? All done?
0:12:01 > 0:12:04- All done.- Excellent. Thank you so much.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09So, Colin has his silver knife. Well done, Reds. It's 1-1.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13But we're halfway though, teams. You might want to step it up a gear.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Have our journalists found a potential scoop
0:12:15 > 0:12:18- with this mysterious box? - Oh, it's broken.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21THEY LAUGH
0:12:21 > 0:12:23- VENDOR:- It slips out. - Oh, it gets worse!
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- Look at that!- Oh, I see.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- And then you... - Put this in the centre, like this.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36- It's like a miniature kneehole desk. - Yes.- This comes open.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40And what I love, my favourite bit,
0:12:40 > 0:12:44look at the condition of this lacquerwork in there.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- Isn't that amazing? - Oh, that's beautiful.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- The Japanese are master craftsmen. - Absolutely.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52The parquetry inlay here, the way it's put together.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- The condition as well. - It's not very old though, is it?
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- It is, it's 19th century.- Is it? - It is, yeah.- It's a true antique.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00- Oh, yeah.- How do you know?
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Well, because I've been in the business for 500,000 years,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07and I can tell, from 40 feet away,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09that it was made in the 19th century.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- I've caught sight of the price, you see.- How much is it?
0:13:12 > 0:13:16The ticket says £240, David, so is that the best price?
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- VENDOR:- The best price would be £180.- £180.- £180.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22It's a bit specialist. I think in a...
0:13:22 > 0:13:25In a general sale, it probably wouldn't fly, would it?
0:13:25 > 0:13:29- No.- VENDOR:- I've just had the nod to say I can do £150.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Who are you talking to? The spirits?
0:13:31 > 0:13:35- No, my husband's over there! - Oh, is he?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- Leaves us too short, really. - Does it?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- PAULINE:- £140. - VENDOR:- £145 is the best.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45You won't go to £142? That's only 3 quid - that's a cup of tea.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47I know, that's what I'm thinking!
0:13:47 > 0:13:49THEY ALL LAUGH
0:13:49 > 0:13:53- Right, it's £14...5.- 5, yes.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Or walk away. You could lose £50.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00You could, very easily. But if you're risk-takers, do it!
0:14:00 > 0:14:04- We'll do it.- Do it!- We'll do it. - Marvellous. Thank you vey much.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Well sold.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09These ladies ARE risk-takers. Well done, Blues.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12That's your second item. With under half an hour left,
0:14:12 > 0:14:15you'll need to keep it together to clinch your third.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19- Where is our partner in crime? - Oh, dear, Pauline's wandered off.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Now, Reds, are you about to balance things up?
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- Actually, I like that. - What do you like?
0:14:26 > 0:14:30- This. That's brass, is it? - VENDOR:- No, it's bronze.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- Bronze.- The scales of justice.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35She's blindfolded.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37On a marble base.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40I don't think she's got a lot of age,
0:14:40 > 0:14:46- but she's rather sexy, isn't she? - She is.- I would put £60 to £80.
0:14:47 > 0:14:52- What's the price?- £80.- £80? Oh, well.- That is the best price.- Is it?
0:14:52 > 0:14:56- It was £100, yeah.- Let's be fair. Think of justice.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- Yeah, that's right. £80 - that's justice.- Oh!
0:14:59 > 0:15:03- Could you do her a little bit less? - £79.- Oh!
0:15:03 > 0:15:07- No, I...- There's a couple of people interested in that.
0:15:07 > 0:15:12- You really like it, do you?- Yes, but I think for £70, maybe, not for £80.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16- And do you want it at £70? - At £70, I think...
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- Well, if Colin was OK with that? - We shake on your hand at £70?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21- VENDOR:- In the middle, at £75.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24If we get £70, I don't think we'd lose money.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26- I think, hopefully, we'd get our money back.- Come on!
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- VENDOR:- No, I'll hold at £75.- £74.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34- Ooh...- £74? Oh, go on, cos I'm tired.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- Go on then.- Yep, £74.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39£74! Well done. Two in the bag.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44So, we've got one more item left and we haven't got that long to go.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- Lead on. - Yeah, let's follow you, man.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50No, you don't. There are less than 20 minutes remaining.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Now, are you happy with how things are going, Caroline?
0:15:55 > 0:15:58It looked like they weren't going to buy anything at all,
0:15:58 > 0:16:02but they've managed to catch up. Fortunately, Paul spotted something.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05She happened to be a semi-naked female, but whatever.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09- We've got it, so it's going well. - Excellent!
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Now, this looks a bit ethnicy, doesn't it? I like that.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14What's all this about?
0:16:14 > 0:16:17"Everything on the table - £5 to £25."
0:16:17 > 0:16:19- Pauline, what are your thoughts? - I like this, you see.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23- It think it's a nice piece.- Back to your biscuit barrel.- It's pewter.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28- Yeah.- It's lovely.- Tell me why you're drawn to that.- The shape.- OK.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32- And the fact that it's pewter. - Do you like pewter?- I love pewter.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Any impressed marks? There normally are.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38There are. There are some pewter marks in there.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42They're well and truly rubbed. No maker. And its purpose?
0:16:42 > 0:16:46- It's got some age. Biscuits.- It's a biscuit barrel. Biscuits.- Biscuits.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- You like your biscuit barrels. - I like my biscuits
0:16:48 > 0:16:50and I like my biscuit barrels.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54- How much would you like to pay for it?- £5.- £8. £5, £8.- £5, £8?
0:16:54 > 0:16:58- Something like that.- I'll go and find out. Wait there.- Even £10.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02- Would you have it at £10?- Yes. - Christina?- Yes.- OK, wait there.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06- Yes.- Go and work your magic then, David.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10So, Reds, are you still trotting along nicely?
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- What do you think of this, Paul? - I quite like that, actually.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15- Caroline, what do you think? - I do like that.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19- That's a lot of horse for your money, isn't it?- What's it made of?
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- I would think that's spelter.- OK. - Late 19th, early 20th century.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27- Originally, it would have been one of a pair.- OK.- Rearing horse.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- If it was in bronze, that would be lots of money.- Yeah.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35Spelter was a cheaper way of making things affordable to the masses,
0:17:35 > 0:17:39- but still looking magnificent. - I like it.- I do.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42And it would still make a statement today, wouldn't it?
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- You could even have it in the garden.- Yeah. Love it or hate it.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- Yeah.- Do you both love it? - Do you like it?- I do like it.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50- I'd like to make an offer on it anyway.- Would you?
0:17:50 > 0:17:54- What could be your very best?- £25. - £25? And that's your best price?
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Can you do a bit better? - OK, I'll do it for £20, yes.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- Can you shake your hand on that? - Red's my colour.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04- Thank you very much.- My golly goodness!- Thank you very much.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08- Thank you.- Appreciate that. That's lovely.- Well, hey, guys, woo-hoo!
0:18:08 > 0:18:12- Well done!- We're done.- I'm pleased with that, yeah.- Three items bought.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Gosh, you were slow burners, I have to say,
0:18:15 > 0:18:17but once you got off the starting block...
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- That's it.- You did it! - We're done, we're done.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- Come on! Woo-hoo! Cup of tea. - Well done, Reds.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Go and grab yourselves a well-deserved cuppa.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28We're going to get a table.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Now, David, what's the best price for the biscuit barrel?
0:18:33 > 0:18:37- OK, I have some news for you.- Yes? - She thinks it's a tea caddy.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38It could be a tea caddy.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41It's a caddy of some sort, for biscuits, tea, whatever.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46- How much do you think it is?- £15. - £10? £8?
0:18:46 > 0:18:49£15 is the best price.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Not £1 less. It's take it or leave it time.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58I'd take it. Then we can go and have a drink!
0:18:58 > 0:19:02- Oh!- Not so fast, Pauline. Christina has spotted something else.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05I really like that. Look at this.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- There's a lot of work in here. - Great work.- It's beautiful.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11It almost has... I'm just going to try and get Pauline excited here.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Pauline, what does that shape remind you of?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- You could not get me excited about that!- I can, I can. A boat.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- It looks like a boat.- No.- No? You're not excited?
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- Not the kind of boat that I know. - Put your excited face on.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Right, shall I go and find out how much it is?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- Please, so we can be really sure. - Hold that. Thank you.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Ha, you're earning your money today, David!
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Has it been different to how you imagined it was going to be?
0:19:34 > 0:19:38- I think it's been better than what I thought it would be.- Really?- Yeah.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42- Yeah.- Stressful?- Yeah, it is.- It is, isn't it?- It's not easy.- No.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45When you sit indoors, you think, "That's easy. I'll give it a go."
0:19:45 > 0:19:49I bet you sit on the sofa and say, "Ah, I can do better than that!"
0:19:49 > 0:19:54- Yes.- I think we all do that. Now, David, do you have a price?
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- Right, I've got news. - You've got news?- I've got news.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Pauline, how much do you think it is?
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- £15 again.- OK, Christina?- £4.- £4?!
0:20:05 > 0:20:09- How can it be £4 on a table that says £5 to £25?- Oh, yes, sorry. £5?
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- It's £5.- Oh.- £5.- OK.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16So, the lady says she thinks it's for mixing pigments.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Who knows? Who cares? It's interesting.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21I can give you a couple of options.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23You can either buy that or that
0:20:23 > 0:20:25or buy the pair and put them together,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28- which would be a bit of an odd thing to do.- Yes.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- That would detract from either of them.- Yes, it would.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36- So, what are we going to do?- Make up your mind time.- This.- The caddy?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38- Yes.- You want the caddy? - I want the caddy.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- Shall I go back and say we've done it?- Yes.- Marvellous!
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Pauline, well done, you.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46- Well done, Christina, well done. - HORN BLARES
0:20:46 > 0:20:50I'll pass that on. News just in. Time is up.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Three very unusual items. I'm going to call them quirky.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57Come on, let's go. I'm going to buy you a nice drink.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00So, let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05First up, will this fruit knife cut the Reds a profit?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Next, will the jury be out
0:21:10 > 0:21:12with this scales of justice statue?
0:21:15 > 0:21:17And in the final furlong,
0:21:17 > 0:21:20they cantered home with this horse and rider statue.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26Here we are, back with our Red team. Colin, Paul, how did you get along?
0:21:26 > 0:21:30- Very good.- Good. It's a quick hour, isn't it?- Flies by.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Tell me, which is your favourite item, Colin?
0:21:33 > 0:21:36I think the favourite item was the bronze statue of the lady.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40And which do you think is going to bring the biggest profit at auction?
0:21:40 > 0:21:42I would like to think the horse.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- Seeing as we're at a racecourse, after all.- Yes.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48- Paul, do you agree with Colin? - I do. I liked the statue the best
0:21:48 > 0:21:51but I think we'll make more money from the horse.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55- How much did you spend overall? - £104.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Hmm, yeah, I was counting along. It wasn't a lot, was it?
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- Quite a mean amount.- Yep. - So, £196, if you don't mind.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Thank you very much. And a pound coin for good measure.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07- Straight over to Caroline Hawley. - Thank you very much.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10They've left you a lot of money. What do you reckon you'll be buying?
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Well, I've had a good look round and I've got some ideas.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16We'll let Caroline brew her idea
0:22:16 > 0:22:19and we'll find out what the Blue team bought.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23First up, will this Japanese plate serve up a profit for the Blues?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Sticking with the oriental theme,
0:22:28 > 0:22:32our journalists bought this writing desk for £145.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38And finally, let's hope they don't crumble with this biscuit tin.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Well, well, well, here we are, our Blue team. How did you get on?
0:22:45 > 0:22:48- We'll see, won't we? - We will see.- At the auction.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Christina, were you led by David? Did you take his advice?
0:22:50 > 0:22:54- Absolutely. All the time.- Did you? - Yes.- I don't recall that!
0:22:54 > 0:22:57What was your favourite item, Christina?
0:22:57 > 0:22:59I think the travelling bureau.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02OK, and what do you think will bring the biggest profit at auction?
0:23:02 > 0:23:06- Oh, dear, the Imari plate.- Pauline, do you agree with all of this?
0:23:06 > 0:23:09- What was your favourite item? - Er, the plate.- The plate, OK.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11So, we're in accordance here.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- And for auction profit, what are you thinking?- I haven't the faintest.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- Haven't the faintest? - I wouldn't hazard a guess.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22- Wouldn't hazard a guess. But do you remember what you spent?- £168.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26£168, OK, sort of halfway there. So, that leaves £132.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29If I could please have that back, that would be brilliant.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32I'm going to hand that straight over to your trusted expert.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34- Thank you, Natasha. - David, any ideas?
0:23:34 > 0:23:37It's going to be quite nice not to have to be herding all the time,
0:23:37 > 0:23:39so I can go and spend some money.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43- Mmm, it's what you do best.- It is. I'll see you later.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45While David's off buying something rather lovely,
0:23:45 > 0:23:48let's take a trip to somewhere rather lovely too.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58I've come to Parham House in Sussex. It's a well-loved Elizabethan home.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01It's just behind me there and, believe it or not,
0:24:01 > 0:24:04only three families have lived here
0:24:04 > 0:24:07since the foundation stone was laid in 1577.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11I've come to meet Lady Emma Barnard,
0:24:11 > 0:24:15whose great-grandfather bought this house in 1922.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Lady Emma and her family have lived here since 1993.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Hello. I have to say, "Wow and hello." Nice to meet you.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- Welcome to Parham. - Thank you very much.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Here we are in your home and please do tell me the story,
0:24:28 > 0:24:29the history of Parham.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Parham used to belong to the monastery at Westminster
0:24:32 > 0:24:35but in 1540, after the dissolution of the monasteries,
0:24:35 > 0:24:37a chap called Robert Palmer bought it.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41And his son decided that he needed a slightly grander house
0:24:41 > 0:24:46and in 1577, his grandson, little Thomas, aged two and a half,
0:24:46 > 0:24:49laid the foundation stone of this house.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53They thought it was good luck for a little boy to lay a foundation stone
0:24:53 > 0:24:56because it would bring prosperity for the house in the future.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Anyway, that little boy grew up
0:24:58 > 0:25:00but he didn't really like Parham very much, I don't think.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02He much preferred life at sea
0:25:02 > 0:25:05and he became an adventurer with Sir Francis Drake
0:25:05 > 0:25:08and had all sorts of adventures on the high seas.
0:25:08 > 0:25:13So, eventually, in 1601, he actually sold Parham to Thomas Bysshopp.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Your family bought this property from the Bysshopps
0:25:16 > 0:25:18- in 1922, didn't they?- That's right.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21My great-grandfather, Clive Pearson, and his wife, Alicia,
0:25:21 > 0:25:23completely fell in love with it
0:25:23 > 0:25:25and it was in rather a sorry state by then.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27My great-grandfather was an engineer,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29- so I think he saw a wonderful project.- Mmm.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33And my great-grandmother loved paintings and chattels and books,
0:25:33 > 0:25:36so they were the most amazing team to take Parham on
0:25:36 > 0:25:38and that's what they did.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40It was very much still standing
0:25:40 > 0:25:43but it had a very badly leaking roof and it had no electricity
0:25:43 > 0:25:45and the drains left a lot to be desired.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49And they restored the house to its original Elizabethan splendour.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55I take it these paintings that surround us weren't here
0:25:55 > 0:25:57- when they arrived.- Some of them were here, but very few.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00They had spies in all the London auction houses
0:26:00 > 0:26:02and they bought a lot of things which Parham HAD had -
0:26:02 > 0:26:07furniture, needlework, tapestries. They made an amazing job of it.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14At the beginning of World War II, the house was reorganised
0:26:14 > 0:26:17and the largest furniture was put into storage.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21The Pearsons took in 30 evacuee children from Peckham in London.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25By 1942, they were relocated
0:26:25 > 0:26:28to make way for soldiers from the Canadian army.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32So when, finally, the war came to a conclusion,
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Alicia and Clive made the decision to open the house to the public.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38- Why was that?- A scholar friend of my great-grandmother,
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Rupert Gunnis, suggested that they open it to visitors.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43At first, they were absolutely horrified -
0:26:43 > 0:26:46not because of the thought of strangers coming into the house,
0:26:46 > 0:26:49but they genuinely thought they weren't grand enough.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53And he said, "Rubbish, you've got wonderful things. Open it up."
0:26:53 > 0:26:56So, with great trepidation, they decided to do so
0:26:56 > 0:26:58and they were in terrible fear and trembling
0:26:58 > 0:27:01that nobody would want to come. And, of course, people DID want to come.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09One of the rooms Lady Emma is keen to show me is the Long Gallery.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12- Now, close your eyes. - Close my eyes, OK.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- Close your eyes. - Eyes are closed.- Open them!
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Oh, wow! Oh, Lady Emma, this is amazing!
0:27:22 > 0:27:26- It just goes on and on and on. - The room is 158 foot long.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29I think it's the third longest in a privately owned house in England.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Centuries ago, it would have been open to the rafters
0:27:32 > 0:27:34and they would have done all sorts of things up here -
0:27:34 > 0:27:38walked on rainy days, they would have played games.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41And there was one chap, one of the Cecil Bysshopps,
0:27:41 > 0:27:43who lived here during the Napoleonic Wars,
0:27:43 > 0:27:47and he used to drill his troop of soldiers up and down this room
0:27:47 > 0:27:50when the roads were too bad and the weather was awful.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54This ceiling is amazing. This was your great-grandparents' legacy.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58This was. When they put it in, many people raised their eyebrows
0:27:58 > 0:28:00and thought it was absolutely horrible,
0:28:00 > 0:28:02but I don't agree with them.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05- Lady Emma, thank you so much for having us along.- You're welcome.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Now, talking of raising things, the big question now is,
0:28:08 > 0:28:10will our contestants raise the roof at the auction?
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Well, I've whizzed over from Epsom to Wisborough Green
0:28:22 > 0:28:25and I'm here in Sussex with auctioneer Jonathan Pratt.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27- JP, thank you for having us. - You're welcome.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29We are moving straight on to our Red's first lot.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32It is a hallmarked silver fruit knife. What do you think of that?
0:28:32 > 0:28:35I like to see these little things cos it's a bit of history.
0:28:35 > 0:28:36You've got the silver blade.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39They would have used it when they were travelling around
0:28:39 > 0:28:42and they would eat their fruit with it and it conjures up a nice image.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45But there's lots of them, so they have a limited value,
0:28:45 > 0:28:46but they're quite decorative.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48When you say they're decorative and not rare,
0:28:48 > 0:28:52- what kind of price are you talking in the auction today?- £5 or £10.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Well, £10 paid, so not a disaster there for the fruit knife.
0:28:55 > 0:29:00Let's move on, JP, to item number two. Here she is, in bronze no less.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03We've got the divine law and order goddess, Themis.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06Yes, I think she's nicely made. It's nice quality.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09She's not terribly old, but this is the sort of thing
0:29:09 > 0:29:11that would sit on a desk in your legal office,
0:29:11 > 0:29:13and so, it needs to be quality
0:29:13 > 0:29:15because that industry's got a lot of money anyway.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Coming up at auction with an estimate of £50 to £70,
0:29:18 > 0:29:21- I think I can do quite well with it. - You've gone for £50 to £70?- Yeah.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24- Well, Caroline and the Reds paid £74.- Right.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26- So, that's not too bad, is it? - I don't think so.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29- I think there's still plenty of room for that.- There is.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Finally, we have item number three.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35After Coustou, we have this rearing horse,
0:29:35 > 0:29:39reined in by the groomsman and it's all very French.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43Yeah, you see these in pairs in bronze in the 19th century.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46They're copies of the much, much larger, life-size marbles
0:29:46 > 0:29:49in the Louvre in Paris, but it's decorative.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52- What did you stick on it?- £20 to £30.- They only paid £20 for it.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54- That's good.- So that is good.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Well, Jonathan thinks it's all a bit safe around here,
0:29:56 > 0:29:59so perhaps the Reds won't need their bonus buy,
0:29:59 > 0:30:01but let's find out what it is anyway.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05Hello, Paul and Colin. This is the exciting bit.
0:30:05 > 0:30:11You had £196 of leftover lolly. Caroline, what did you spend it on?
0:30:11 > 0:30:15- Do you have any ideas?- None whatsoever.- Right, there you go.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18- Ooh, we're getting married. - Congratulations!
0:30:18 > 0:30:21I should have got down on one knee, shouldn't I?
0:30:21 > 0:30:22Let me tell you what it is.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26Sapphire, two diamonds, 18-carat gold.
0:30:26 > 0:30:31- How old?- I would think that's, sort of, 1920s, '30s.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34- What would be the estimate in auction?- I paid £140.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37I think it's got to make £150, £160,
0:30:37 > 0:30:40so there's not going to be a huge profit,
0:30:40 > 0:30:43- but I think there'll be a profit on it.- Very nice.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46- Were you expecting to see a sparkly ring underneath there?- No.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Caroline's gone out on a limb with her sparkly ring,
0:30:49 > 0:30:52but let's find out what our auctioneer thinks of the bonus buy.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57Now, what do we expect from the glamorous Caroline Hawley
0:30:57 > 0:31:00but a beautifully glamorous sapphire ring. What do you think of that?
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Are you a traditional jewellery sort of man?
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Yes, I quite like traditional style
0:31:04 > 0:31:07and this three-stone sapphire and diamond ring
0:31:07 > 0:31:11is what you'd expect. He's a little bit rubbed, sadly, on the facets.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14- I can see it, yeah. - That has a bit of effect on it.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17But it's in 18-carat gold and the condition,
0:31:17 > 0:31:21- other than that, is pretty good. - What did you put on it?- £80 to £120.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25Oh, OK. Perhaps, as they would say, all the money. Caroline paid £140.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28But I have the opportunity to give a sensible estimate
0:31:28 > 0:31:30and, you know, then you have a chance to push it on.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34- You've got to get people interested. - A come-get-me price, shall we say?
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Well, hopefully, they'll come and get it.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Shall we move onto our Blues,
0:31:38 > 0:31:41starting off with their first item, the Japanese plate?
0:31:41 > 0:31:43- 18th century, would you agree? - Absolutely.
0:31:43 > 0:31:4518th century in this Imari palette.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48- I don't need to point out what's happened to it.- We can all see!
0:31:48 > 0:31:52But there's a strong market for Asian porcelain and pottery.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55It's got a certain price, doesn't it? What would you say that is?
0:31:55 > 0:31:57It's worth £10 or £20.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59That's great news, actually, because somehow,
0:31:59 > 0:32:03Pauline managed to convince the vendor that they should be paid £8.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05- Yeah.- That's all right, isn't it? - It is.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07It's earlier and it's nicer in that respect, so that's great.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11Now, we're sticking with the East. We've got our traveller's desk here.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14- Good bit of parquetry. Does this appeal to you?- I rather like it.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16It's a bit fidgety. It makes you want to touch it.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- Those very dainty handles are just dying to be touched.- Yeah.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21It's a lovely item.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24It's got style about it and they were really clever with their style.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28- What about your estimate? How do you feel about it?- £80 to £120.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Mmm-hmm, is that a come-get-me price once again, Jonathan,
0:32:31 > 0:32:33because £145 was paid?
0:32:34 > 0:32:37I have the opportunity to maybe be a little bit mean
0:32:37 > 0:32:39cos that's what I could do, so maybe I have.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42But if we get to £145 and excess, I'll be pleased.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Now, our final Blue lot. This pewter biscuit barrel.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47- It's got some fun handles, does it not?- It does.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49The handles make it. If you took those off,
0:32:49 > 0:32:53it's a pretty straightforward Victorian biscuit barrel
0:32:53 > 0:32:55and this adds that little thing to it, brings it to life.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59- What kind of price have you put on this?- £10 to £15 is what it's worth.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02- £15 was paid.- Yeah.- And I think those handles will do it.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04- I think they're just too much fun. - Yeah.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07Anyway, it all sounds as though it could be a bit risky.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09They might be on the edge here, the Blues,
0:33:09 > 0:33:11so they may well need their bonus buy,
0:33:11 > 0:33:14so let's go and find out exactly what David bought for them.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Well, this is thrilling stuff, Chris and Pauline,
0:33:18 > 0:33:23because you left David Harper £132 of leftover lolly. What did you buy?
0:33:23 > 0:33:26- Are you ready, you two?- Yes. - I've got one each
0:33:26 > 0:33:30and I think you're going to be devastatingly impressed.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33- Ooh, look at this.- Oh, well.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36We have, here, an airship, a zeppelin,
0:33:36 > 0:33:38flying over a mountain range.
0:33:38 > 0:33:43First World War and marked on the back WMF,
0:33:43 > 0:33:46a famous German maker, particularly known for Art Nouveau.
0:33:46 > 0:33:51- I think they're incredibly rare. - How much did you spend?
0:33:51 > 0:33:53You're showing so much enthusiasm, I love it(!)
0:33:53 > 0:33:55- We gave you a lot of money. - Well, I did spend a lot.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59- How much do you think?- Goodness me, I don't know. £20?- £25?- Oh, my God!
0:33:59 > 0:34:05- £20.- £70.- Oh, Lord! - What is it going to make at auction?
0:34:05 > 0:34:09They are either worth a five or ten pound note or a couple of hundred.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12- All depends on whether we capture the right market.- Hmm.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14David, let's hope for the latter.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18Ladies, you don't have to choose now. Let's zip back to JP
0:34:18 > 0:34:21and find out what the auctioneer thinks of our bonus buy.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26We have got these airships, passing over this mountain range.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28What, for me, is so interesting about them is,
0:34:28 > 0:34:31when I think of trench art, I think of wee trinkety things,
0:34:31 > 0:34:33periscopes that have been made, vases.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35I just do not think of these interesting plates
0:34:35 > 0:34:39and lo and behold, a mark on the bottom, WMF.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41Yeah, they're WMF marked there.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43They're very hard to find, actually, initially.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45As interesting as they are,
0:34:45 > 0:34:48is that going to translate into cold hard cash?
0:34:48 > 0:34:51- I've got a low estimate on them. - How low?- £10 to £15.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53- David paid...- Yes?- ..£70, the pair.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56That does seem like a lot of money but I might have been quite mean.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59- Are you on the rostrum today? - I am indeed.- Fantastic, JP.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01I can't wait to see you in action.
0:35:02 > 0:35:0465 to you, sir. 65. 70 for them?
0:35:04 > 0:35:08- One more? Selling. - HE BANGS GAVEL
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Colin, Paul, tell me how you're feeling.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13- We're here, in the auction room. What are you thinking?- Very excited.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17- You're very excited?- We're going to make loads of money.- Loads of lolly!
0:35:17 > 0:35:21Listen, gentlemen, the fruit knife is going under the hammer right now.
0:35:21 > 0:35:22Let's watch JP in action.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25It's a small, folding fruit knife with silver blade,
0:35:25 > 0:35:27mother-of-pearl handle, Sheffield, 1921.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31I've got three bids on the book. Three bids to start me.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34- I've got 5, I've got 10, I've got £12.- Yes!
0:35:34 > 0:35:38- You are instantly in profit, well done!- 20.- Here we go.- 25.
0:35:38 > 0:35:4325 has it here. 30 to the left of you. 30. Do you want to go one more?
0:35:43 > 0:35:4735? 35. I'll sell at 35.
0:35:47 > 0:35:48Last chance, it's £35.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51- Fair warning at £35. - HE BANGS GAVEL
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Oh, my goodness! £25 profit!
0:35:54 > 0:35:57That's brilliant. Well done.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Right, here comes your favourite lot, the bronze figure.
0:35:59 > 0:36:04A modern patinated bronze figure of Themis.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07I've got bids to 25, 35, 40 I have.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11OK, paid £74. He's starting at... Oh.
0:36:11 > 0:36:1455 now. 55. Who's got 60?
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Cost a lot more on the internet, these. £50 here.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20Any more bids? Come on. £55. Another bid.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Who's going to stick their hand up? I'm selling. Yours, sir, at 55.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26HE BANGS GAVEL 55.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29OK, so £19 loss, but you're still plus £6.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32- It's OK, it's OK. - We're in the money.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35- This, you think, is going to be your biggest profit.- Yes.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39After Coustou. A Marly horse here, being restrained by a groom.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Spelter model. I've got £25 straight in.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Straight in at 25.
0:36:44 > 0:36:49- 30. 5. 35 there.- This could be it.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52- Looking for 40 now. 40.- New bidder.
0:36:52 > 0:36:565. 45. Still on the right at 45. One more, sir?
0:36:56 > 0:36:58I think you're going to come away with a good profit here.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- Fair warning. It's going at £45. - HE BANGS GAVEL
0:37:01 > 0:37:03£45 - brilliant!
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Plus £25, means overall, plus £31.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Gentlemen, well done!
0:37:08 > 0:37:11But this is decision time
0:37:11 > 0:37:16because it all rests now on whether or not you go for the bonus buy.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19- We're going to go with it because we trust her.- You trust her?
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Of course you do. Fingers crossed we do well on the bonus buy.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Let's see how it goes.
0:37:24 > 0:37:2818-carat gold, sapphire and diamond three-stone ring.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31I've got bids at 40, 50, 60, £65. On the book at £65.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35Looking for 70. Thank you. 70. But I'm out now, at £70.
0:37:35 > 0:37:385. 80.
0:37:38 > 0:37:4085. 90.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44- 95. 100. And 10.- Yes!
0:37:44 > 0:37:48- A couple more needed. - Go on, one more, madam. 120. 115?
0:37:48 > 0:37:51115. 120.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53One more? OK, £120 on the left.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55At £120. Any more at £120?
0:37:55 > 0:37:59- Selling, 120, fair warning... - Oh, guys.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03- HE BANGS GAVEL Oh!- Oh!- Close.- A valiant effort.
0:38:03 > 0:38:08- Don't worry. Only £20 lost, which means it's plus £11.- Ooh.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11I cannot believe you've come to Bargain Hunt and made a profit.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- That can't be bad.- Very well done. Plus £11 could be our winning score,
0:38:14 > 0:38:18so don't say a word to the Blues, OK? Keep it mum.
0:38:19 > 0:38:2150.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31Here we are. Chris, Pauline, David, we're here at the auction.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35- The time has come. How are you feeling?- Very curious.- Curious.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Better than nervous. And how about you, Chris?
0:38:38 > 0:38:42Yes, curious, a bit nervous, a little bit of trepidation, yes.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44A bit of trepidation.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47But you're well-travelled ladies - you don't fear anything.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51So, our first lot under the hammer is our 18th-century Japanese plate.
0:38:51 > 0:38:52Let's see how it goes.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55A Japanese porcelain plate, early 18th century.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58I've got, to start, 5, 8, £10. Straight in at 10.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02- Profit straightaway.- Profit! - With me at £10. 12 at the front.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04- 15 anywhere?- Go on!
0:39:04 > 0:39:08£12 is getting it. All done at 12?
0:39:08 > 0:39:10- There's got to be one more. - Come on, a bit more!
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- Fair warning.- Bit more.- Selling.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15- £12. - HE BANGS GAVEL
0:39:15 > 0:39:19- Ladies, it sold for £12. Plus £4. You're in profit.- That's 50%!
0:39:19 > 0:39:23- OK.- Sounds much better, 50%. - A lot better.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27- Here comes the traveller's chest. - Small parquetry traveller's cabinet.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30- I've got bids to start me at £60. - Ooh.- £60.
0:39:30 > 0:39:35- It's got to be worth more than this. - Oh, God.- £60. Where's 5 now?
0:39:35 > 0:39:38£60 with me. 65 and 70 with me.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- 70.- 75. 80 with me.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43- Getting there.- Ooh...- Come on. - 80 with me.
0:39:43 > 0:39:4685. Gets it now at £85. Commission's out at £85.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50- Looking for £90 though. 90. - Oh, 90, new.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52- Come on!- Down the front at 90.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Any more at 90?
0:39:54 > 0:39:56- It's terrible.- Ouch, ouch ouch.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59HE BANGS GAVEL Oh, £90. What have we lost?
0:39:59 > 0:40:01- It's your fault!- I know, I know.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05We've lost £55, which makes you minus £51.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09So, we are depending on the biscuit barrel. Here it comes.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13A late 19th-century pewter biscuit barrel. I've already got a fiver.
0:40:13 > 0:40:18- Oh, a fiver! A Lady Godiva.- 8 here. Where's 10?- Come on!
0:40:18 > 0:40:21It's got to be worth a tenner, come on. Only £2 more.
0:40:21 > 0:40:248 down the front here, on the sofa. 10.
0:40:24 > 0:40:2712. 15? 15, go on.
0:40:27 > 0:40:2915 is bid. 18.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32- Oh, you're in profit! - 20. One more. 22?
0:40:32 > 0:40:35£20 on my right and selling. Last chance, 20...
0:40:35 > 0:40:39HE BANGS GAVEL £20. It's a profit on that.
0:40:39 > 0:40:44A fiver, which means that we are minus £46.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47- I don't want to know.- Minus £46. - Oh, dear.- Don't worry about it.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51- You look so devastated.- No, we're going to make it on the zeppelins.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55Do you reckon? Because that is now the decision.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57It is whether or not we go with David's bonus buy -
0:40:57 > 0:41:01- the trench art, WMF plates.- Yes. - You hated them, you hated them.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04- I hate them.- We'll go with them. - You're going to go with them!
0:41:04 > 0:41:06You've gone for the bonus buy, the trench art plates,
0:41:06 > 0:41:09for which David paid £70. Here they come.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12It's a pair of World War I brass trench art plates.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17Very nice little things, these. Bids starting with me straight in at £55.
0:41:17 > 0:41:22- Straight in at 55, ladies! - What? What?- Look at that.- Come on!
0:41:22 > 0:41:25£60 here, looking for another 5. £60. Come on, another fiver.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Keep going. £60 here. Any more at £60?
0:41:27 > 0:41:31- Two zeppelins for 60 quid. - Any more? No? All done.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34- It's going, last chance, 60... - HE BANGS GAVEL
0:41:34 > 0:41:37- Oh!- Well, it could have been worse. - Yeah. It's minus £10.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41It means that you are minus £56 overall, ladies.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45You should be proud of that, I tell you, minus £56. Do you know what?
0:41:45 > 0:41:49On Bargain Hunt, a loss can sometimes be a win,
0:41:49 > 0:41:52so you never know. It could be a winning score.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Promise me you won't say anything to the Reds.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57- Don't worry, ladies, keep your chin up.- Not a word. Zipped.- Yeah!
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Here we are, Reds and Blues.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11- It's result time and that was all good fun, wasn't it?- Great fun.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14- Did you have a great time? ALL:- Yes.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16I tell you what, we've got two results
0:42:16 > 0:42:19that are very different today, believe me.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21I'm afraid our runners-up today are the Blues.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24- Oh!- Christina and Pauline, I'm so sorry to tell you
0:42:24 > 0:42:27that you do not go home with any money today.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31- Minus £56. A valiant effort though, I'd say.- Oh, dear.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Let's move on to our winners today, the valiant Red team,
0:42:34 > 0:42:39- who go home with £11 profit.- Yes! - It's very exciting, isn't it?
0:42:39 > 0:42:43Twice, you made £25 profit - not only on the fruit knife
0:42:43 > 0:42:48but also on your spelter figure after Coustou. Very well done.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50- Happy with that?- Oh, yeah. - Good fun, nice day.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Let me give you some money. Quite hard to split £11.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55- Paul, you're after it?- Thank you.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57A ten pound note and a one pound coin.
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