Peterborough 11 Bargain Hunt

Today, we're in Peterborough.

In 1850, Great Northern Railway's main line

from London to Peterborough transformed the town.

The floodgates were open and soon it became a thriving industrial centre,

all thanks to the railways.

TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS

Let's hope we have some fast-track teams aboard today.

So, full steam ahead - let's go Bargain Hunting.

The East of England Showground at Peterborough, twice a year,

holds host one of the largest antiques fairs in the UK

so, with £300 and 60 minutes,

our teams have got a lot of ground to cover,

so let's see what's coming up.

On today's show, the Reds are on the lookout for a bargain...

What I can't do is see a profit in this. I see no ships.

Not in Peterborough, you won't.

..and the Blues have coffee tables on their minds.

-A table. Maybe put some little legs on it.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, you can't...

-A coffee table?

-Yeah.

-Coffee table?

I'm going to ban you from saying the words "coffee table".

Down at the auction, the Reds want more...

Come on. Come on, internet. One more.

60 in the room.

'..and the only way is up for the Blues.'

-Another one would be nice. Another one would be nice.

-That's £30.

Well, that's all for later, so let's meet today's teams.

Today we have mothers who have each brought along their daughter,

and for the Reds, we have Joy and Emma,

and for the Blues, we've got Julie and Sarah.

-Hello!

-Hello.

-Hello.

Now, Joy, you're recently retired.

-I am, yes.

-I envy you that. Tell me more. How is that going for you?

Fantastic. I love it.

I don't know how I found time to go to work, to be honest.

-I do a couple of mornings a week in a charity shop. I volunteer.

-Yeah.

-That's a lot of fun. You have a lot of laughs in there.

-Right.

And I do a creative writing course.

Now, I understand you're a wee bit of a collector?

I am. I used to collect glass jugs.

Yeah, and they kept breaking, so I've moved on.

I now collect tins.

Initially, I started, I bought two tins - 50p each.

Any early ones?

Unfortunately, no. I'm on the lookout.

Now, Emma, you run your own travel business, yeah?

Yeah, I do, yeah. I've been running my own travel business

-for about four years now.

-Yeah.

I specialise in long-haul and luxury holidays.

I do a lot of honeymoons and weddings

-and I also do business travel.

-Very good.

You must be a traveller yourself?

Oh, I love to travel. Yeah.

One of my favourite places is Bermuda.

As a travel agent, I can tell you that it's one of those few places

that it is more beautiful than the brochures give it credit for.

Now, tactics. I mean, do you think you're going to work well together?

I think we'll work well together.

Emma's good at the haggling business and I'll be looking it out.

I'll be reining Mum in when she gets a bit overexcited.

You're going to have fun. I can tell. I like your style.

-Now, over to the Blues. Sarah, now...

-Hello.

..I envy your academic background.

You studied archaeology, did you not, at uni?

Yeah, yeah, I did had, yeah.

It was very interesting. It was really good.

Any big discoveries on digs, Sarah?

I did have a big discovery but I also destroyed it.

-I...

-What?

It was one of my very first digs and it was a Saxon site.

All of a sudden, I was like "clunk".

I was like, "Oh, what's that?

"Oh, my goodness!"

A pot - a very, very old half a pot,

with a really nice, clean break -

fresh break - all the way through it.

It was a nearly-whole Saxon wine flagon.

I was devastated.

It was, like, probably the best and the worst moment of my entire life.

-Calamitous and wonderful in equal measure.

-It was. It was. Yeah.

-Now, Julie, I believe you're a bit of a fan of Bargain Hunt?

-Hello.

Yes. I tend to see what...

-goes for quite a bit of profit and what doesn't...

-Right.

..so I've been making notes over the last few weeks.

-Making notes? Mental notes?

-Mental notes, yeah.

Tell me you don't sit there with a clipboard and a pen.

-No. Oh, no, no, no, no.

-What do you do for a living, Julie?

I work part-time as a teaching assistant.

OK, now, both of you, tactics?

Do you have any and how good a team are you going to be?

Well, our main aim is not the money, OK?

Our main aim is to get that golden gavel.

-Right.

-A bit of money would be nice.

Yeah, yeah, a little bit. The main...

-We, we, we want that... We want that prize.

-Oh, yes, absolutely.

We want that golden pin, to pin to our chests, you know? That's what...

So our main tactic is to buy as cheap as possible.

-Buy cheap.

-Yes, buy small.

-Buy small, buy cheap.

Well, I wish you both luck.

Now, the money moment.

-I've got £300 for the Reds.

-Money, money.

-Thank you.

-There you go. Here's your 300.

-Thank you.

Go and spend it wisely. Your experts await.

Off you go, and the very best of luck.

I live in fear that they stumble across a jug,

because Joy could buy it or Sarah could smash it.

So, which of our experts will be helping our teams today?

-Flying the flag for the Reds, it's Phil Serrell...

-Whoa!

..and hoping to have a roaring success with the Blues,

it's Christina Trevanion.

So, what are we looking for today?

-Toys.

-Toys?

-Toys in their original boxes.

-Teddy bears.

-Boxes, teddy bears...

Well, I quite like Staffordshire dogs.

I quite like those, and slate clocks, maybe.

-Wacky and wild. Something wacky and wild.

-She's barking, isn't she?

-What about you, Sarah?

-I think anything that can be upcycled.

Maybe something silver,

but I also love travel, so something travel-related.

Time to be on the lookout, teams.

-Time starts now.

-Come on!

-Yay!

-WHISTLE BLOWS

-All right, let's go Bargain Hunting. Come on.

-What would you like to buy?

-OK, let's have a look.

-Not that fast. Just, you know, I mean...

-I just want a gentle pace.

-Let's have a look

and see what they've got.

You're on the clock, remember, Phil.

-Look at all these wonderful things.

-Oh, gosh.

-Wow.

What do you think?

So, straight away, are the Blues on the right track?

-So, girls, here's some toys. Lots of them.

-Oh, good.

-Lovely, aren't they?

-Yeah.

-Great in their original boxes, as well.

I quite like, sort of... Yeah, that one. That's lovely, isn't it?

Look at that. That's splendid. "Hornby Dublo Tank Locomotive".

-What have we got on that?

-Good price.

-Yeah.

-We've got the £70 and we've got £5.

I thought it was the £5.

-£5 would be good.

-Yeah.

-No chance.

It's worth a try, Christina.

We need to remember, girls. I mean, what's our...?

Are we going to spend big or spend small? Cos this has got...

-But the price...

-It's a beautiful thing

and the price is reflected in that.

-Yes, yes.

-Obviously, it's not everything going for it.

You could do it for 60? We've only just started.

It's the first thing that we've looked at,

-so why don't we bear it in mind and keep going?

-Yes. Yeah.

-What do you think?

-OK.

-We can always come back for it.

-Yes, yes.

-Don't buy the first thing you see.

-DOG BARKS

-No, no.

-And that dog agrees.

It's early days, Blues. Move on.

Now, what have the Reds spotted?

-What? What's this?

-Do you like that?

-Mum, do you like it?

Well, it's OK. It's a blast from the past, isn't it? Comptometers.

I don't know. I've never seen it before. Not from my past, it isn't.

-I've never seen one of these before in my life.

-No. Let's have a word...

-Excuse me, good sir.

-That's your early laptop.

-This is a calculator, is it?

-It is, yes.

So, could you multiply 479 by 83?

-17,624.

-He's good, isn't he?

-Good grief.

-I tell you what, we don't need that.

-It's wrong.

-You don't need that.

-How much are you?

You should have used the comptometer -

It's actually 39,757.

How does it actually work?

You add up by pressing the keys

and then use the handle to clear the additional numbers on here.

-Oh, right, I see.

-So, this shows the totals.

-It's a cool thing, that, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-It is.

-But would anyone buy it?

-Yeah.

-Made in Chicago in probably about 1920s.

It might have been used somewhere like Sears Roebuck

-or a big mail-order company.

-Right.

Lots of people sitting in a row,

-doing their accounts.

-All with one of those.

-Yeah.

-Do you like this?

-I really like it. I really do.

-It's unusual and that's what appeals to me.

-Does it work?

-It does, yeah.

-What's the absolute death on that?

I can do that for £35 for you today, sir.

I think that's going to make between £30 and £50, all day long,

and don't ask me why I think that, because I haven't got a clue,

but it's a bit of good fun.

-Shall we do it, then?

-I think we should buy it.

-OK, it's a deal.

-Thank you very much.

-It's a pleasure. Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

It's starting to add up for the Reds -

a £10 discount for their first item

with ten minutes on the clock -

so, Blues, you need to hop to it.

We've got a little pyjama case here.

Right, looking at the eyes, there, he looks like a 1950s-1960s example.

-And with what you said, initially, looking for teddy bears.

-Yes.

When you're looking for teddy bears, collectors want names.

Yes, yeah.

In England, the best company that you want to look for is,

and I think we've got a nice label here - we've got Merrythought,

which is made in my home county,

-so I'm particularly proud of them.

-Is it?

-Oh!

-"Merrythought, Ironbridge, Shropshire."

-How much is it?

-It's got £38 on it.

-38. If we...

Cos, you've also got... You've got a blue...

And a replaced blue ribbon, obviously,

-around the neck, there.

-Right, yes, yes.

-And it's missing some whiskers.

-Oh.

-But it's very sweet.

-Yes, and he is, you know,

in quite good condition, considering...

-Exactly, and...

-So, the original zip and...?

-Certainly looks like it.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, it certainly looks like it,

and the original lining, everything there,

-so lovely thing.

-OK.

-Right, so...

-The original bubble-wrap.

Shall we make an offer? Shall we ask?

-I think he ticks your toy boxes, doesn't he?

-Yeah, he does.

-Yeah.

The price mark I've got on it?

-It's 38.

-Right.

-Would you do it for 25?

-Yeah, I'll do 25.

-No, hang on a minute, what? What?

-Too late!

-Whoa!

Hold on, Sarah. You're like a rabbit caught in headlights.

Would you be open to offers?

-Open to offers? Yes.

-Open to offers, super.

Right, go for it, go for it.

£10. £10? No.

-12?

-What would be...?

-12? Please?

15 is the lowest I could go.

-14?

-Oh, gosh, she's good, isn't he?

-Go on, then, 14.

-Thank you so much. What do you think, girls?

-Yes, I think, 14, good.

-Shake the lady's hand. You have a deal.

-Well done.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you so much. That's really kind, thank you.

-Thank you.

-Great.

Well done, Blues. Let's hope it makes a thumping profit at auction.

Now, are the Reds hoping for the same

with this sewing machine at £160?

It's an industrial sewing machine, isn't it? Singer?

Well, I think they call them long-arm sewing machines,

-because the idea is that you can get something over this arm.

-Oh, right.

-So, whether it's for stitching up boots...

-But I like it.

Who would buy something like this at an auction?

-My mum?

-Yeah, your mum, yeah.

And the thing is, you know, old sewing machines used to be...

No-one wanted them but they are becoming more and more

and more collectable. What's it worth? I don't know.

-I would kind of think it's worth £50-£80 but I don't know.

-Right.

-Well, shall we find out? Right.

-OK. Let's go.

-Excuse me.

Your sewing machine.

-Yeah.

-What's the very, very best you can do on it?

Oh, £300.

-Oh, my.

-Really?

No, £90. I can't go any less than that.

- £90. - Yes.

£90? Let's see what Phil says. Phil?

-I'm here, I'm here.

-He's here. He's come running round.

What do you think it is?

I know what it is. It's a cobbler's sewing machine.

-It's a Singer one.

-Yeah.

-It was manufactured about 1895.

It's got what's known as a walking foot, and if you turn...

-I've got two of those.

-I know you have.

I think, if you have a bad day, it's 50 quid.

If you have a good day, it might be 150 quid.

-I'd tell you what I'd like us to do, if we can.

-Yeah?

Could you hang onto that for us for an hour.

Fine. No problem.

-You're a gentleman.

-Thank you very much.

-That's a really good idea.

-It is nice. I like it.

Move on, then, Reds.

Do the Blues have some divine inspiration?

That's rather fab, isn't it? Probably a Bible box, that one.

It's got 135 on it, girls,

-and it's beautiful. It's actually carved oak on there.

-Wow.

You can see that wonderful carving

-and those amazing hinges there are fabulous.

-I personally love it.

-Yeah?

-I would have it

-but I don't think it's got a huge wide appeal.

-No?

To everyone? Yeah, it's quite...

You have to have the certain look in your house

-to have this in your house.

-OK.

And, also, you can't use it, like, for a coffee table.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-No, I don't think we can...

-Come on, then, let's move on.

-Yeah.

It doesn't pass the coffee table test.

Now, could these signs be up Joy's street?

-What is it?

-Joy.

-Yeah?

-Don't look.

Don't look.

-Emma, your mum collects biscuit tins, doesn't she?

-She does.

-Yes.

-Right, don't look. I have never seen anything like these.

Look at those. What do you think?

-What's she going to like to those?

-She's going to love them.

-Is she?

-Well, looking, this side, they're a bit rusty.

-Really?

Well, you won't get many biscuits in there. Oh, wow.

-Oh, "biscuts"?

-Yeah.

-Not biscuits.

-I hadn't noticed that.

-No, I hadn't and I don't want to.

I've spoken into the dealer. He bought these for £50 for two,

-and he'll take a tenner profit, so he wants £60 for them.

-Wow.

-I just...

-I think it's a bit too pricey, honestly.

-Do you?

-Yeah.

-I just, I'm not sure because I'm not sure who would buy them.

A biscuit tin collector. If you're a biscuit tin collector?

-Like you, Mum.

-Sorry, I'll say that one more time.

-Yeah, but...

-If you're a biscuit tin collector...

-But I'd only pay £5.

Yeah, but you're mean, aren't you?

-You are mean.

-Don't you want to pay a fiver?

Oh, crumbs!

I think our biscuit tin collector

thinks you're taking the biscuit, Phil.

Now, Blues, this looks like an unusual music box.

-I can't figure out what it's playing.

-Oh, hang on.

-MUSIC BOX JINGLES

-# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo. #

-Oh, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.

-Smoke Gets In Your Eyes!

# Smoke gets in your eyes... #

-Smoke gets in the eyes of the Blue team.

-That's unusual tune for a...

-A child's music box?

-That's a pew.

-You'd think it would be a nice hymn or something.

-Yeah, a hymn or...

# Bread of heaven. #

-You get some nice, rousing hymns, don't you?

-Yeah.

-Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.

-Oh. Oh, well.

Well, don't let the smoke get in your eyes, Blues. Just focus.

So, what's next, Reds?

-Something a bit travel-related.

-Yeah.

-I like that telescope.

-Do you? Why do you like that?

I just like the look of it. It caught my eye as we walked past.

Right, I'm really mean, here, right.

-Really mean, cos the first thing I do is look at the price.

-OK?

And this chap's asking 175 for it.

It's going to knock a hole in the budget, isn't it?

What I can't do is see a profit in this. I see no ships.

-Not in Peterborough, you won't.

-That's very good.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

No ships and no profit.

You'd best sail on, Reds.

So, whilst time's ticking on the shopping,

I'm keeping a close eye on the time, myself.

What have you there, Paul, you ask?

Well, we have, in my opinion,

what I consider an extremely fine

George III silver pear-cased verge pocket watch.

When I turn it over and I do that, and show you an extremely fine

Repousse watch rococo-influenced back and you go, I hope,

"Wow! That is exquisite."

I may surprise you at this juncture by saying this story

isn't about the watch, it's actually about this object here

at the other end of the chain.

So you may wonder why I'm now presenting you with what looks

for all the world like some old limit fishing weight.

Well, I shall now turn the silver mount around and reveal to you

an engraving which reads, Waterloo, 1815.

Waterloo was the battle at which Wellington, Blucher, et al

finally defeated Napoleon himself.

CANNON FIRES

BATTLE SOUNDS

Is it perhaps the most famous and important battle

in European history?

Now we see the import of this little object.

Of course, it's not a fishing weight, is it?

This is a musket or pistol shot from that momentous battle

presented, rather nicely, in silver and is a watch fob.

This piece beggars the question,

under what circumstances was this shot recovered?

Now, after the battle, Waterloo became and instantaneous tourist

destination of choice and on the back of tourists, what do we get?

We get tourists' souvenirs.

I think it's entirely likely this particular shot was recovered

at the battlefield of Waterloo, 1815.

Never mind the watch, the fob on its own was found on an online

general auction and purchased for all of £120.

But given this fantastic and fascinating provenance,

at a specialist sale of Waterloo memorabilia,

that's worth £300 or £400 of anyone's money.

Back to it! We're over halfway through and it's one apiece.

So, Blues, what's next?

What have we got? So, we've got £49 on that.

-Obviously an old crate.

-Yes.

And it's got Leslie Gardner Ltd, 23 Kings College Road, London.

I would suggest probably the crates with their branding

might have more appeal.

I think the big one.

Uh-oh! Let me guess...

A coffee table?

That can actually be used to make into a coffee table.

Oh!

Coffee table!

Coffee table?!

I'm going to ban you from saying the words "coffee table".

I think you should have been on Philip Serrell's team.

Oh, dear!

Speaking of Phil' team, how are they doing?

-We've got 20 minutes left.

-Yeah.

-Do you want to go and buy that sewing machine now?

-Shall we do it?

-Yes.

-And then we know we've got it.

-Do you remember where it is?

-I'll find it.

-OK.

-Go on, then.

-OK.

Off you go, Reds.

Now, are these crates still stacking up for the Blues?

My girls are interested, potentially, in buying one of these.

-The small one.

-You prefer...?

-There's a bit of damage on that one.

OK. People use them now as vegetable stores in their kitchens,

things like that, to add to the vintage home,

but, originally, they were used just as boxes that,

literally, would have been thrown away. They were utilitarian items.

-Now, we regard them as things of beauty.

-Yes.

-So...

-Yes.

You're interested in that one, are you, girls?

BOTH: Yes.

Is there any negotiation on the price on that one?

The best I could do would be 38.

All right. What do you think, girls?

-I think we should.

-OK.

-Do you want to go for it?

-I think it might...

-I think it would sell, definitely.

-Yes.

-Is there any more that could come off that price?

-Please!

Pretty, pretty, pretty please!

-35.

-35.

-That is the very bottom.

-What do you think, girls?

-Yes, yes.

Shake the man's hand and say thank you very much.

-Thank you very much.

-Thanks.

-We could put legs on it.

-Most people turn them into coffee tables.

No!

-Stop it!

-Thank you for that. Any little legs we could put on it?

No, unfortunately.

Coffee tables aside... This way, girls. Thank you.

Hats off to you, Blues.

Item number two in the bag with just under 40 minutes on the clock.

-So, Reds, have you tracked down the Singer sewing machine?

-Look!

-I do like it. What do you think?

-Yeah.

-We've only got 20 minutes left.

-Let's bite the bullet.

-Go on, then.

-Actually, Reds, more like 15 minutes.

-What's your best price?

-Is £90.

-That's your very best?

-Yes, it is, unfortunately.

-Ah, what do you think, Mum?

-In that case, it's a deal.

-You're a star. Thank you.

-Thank you.

Item number two sewn up for the Reds.

Just over ten minutes left. So, Phil, what's next?

What I would love to do now is but something for Emma,

something that has just got that little bit of a travel

connotation to it, so I'll go see what I can find, then.

What about you, Christina? Maybe a coffee table?

I'm a little bit concerned.

There doesn't seem to be kind of a decisive decision-making

process, so it feels like I'm sort of trying to make them

make a decision, but we will get there.

It's all right, I have faith in my girls.

Now is not the time to have a wobble, Blues.

-What are you looking at, girls?

-The jelly mould.

-A jelly mould.

A French copper jelly mould. What is it that you like about that?

The history behind it. And obviously everyone is into cooking at the moment.

It's got £18 on it. What could be your best price on that?

My best, best, best price to you girls,

-because I know you are in a competition, £12.

-£12.

-That's quite good.

That's potentially something we could come back to.

-All right, splendid.

-At £12, I'd bear that jelly mould in mind, Blues.

-So will this tick a box for the Reds?

-What about this?

-Oh, that is nice.

-Do you like that?

-I think that is really nice.

-I like the look of it.

-So this... It is a leather trimmed canvas.

I think this is probably for a hat or something like that.

You've got a bit of damage there, which is a bit of a problem.

It belonged to G. Perhaps it was King George.

-You never know.

-It will be when we finish with it.

It's just a good decorator's lot, isn't it? I quite like it.

-What do you think?

-I quite like it.

-Quite?!

-I do like it.

-Quite?!

-I LOVE it.

-There you are, you see?

-I think we need to get it for a lot less than 95.

-Two questions here.

-What would you pay for it?

-OK. I would pay £90 for it.

-And what would you let her pay for it?

-60.

-OK.

-Ah!

Work your magic on the price, Phil. There's just under ten minutes left.

Time is of the essence, ladies, so let's get looking,

let's get looking.

It looks like the Blues have spotted another jelly mould.

-I like the tier one at the back.

-This one here?

Beautiful. Look at that.

-What a stunner. That's a work of art in itself.

-It is beautiful, isn't it?

So, made of copper.

Obviously you've got the three tiers,

or even four tiers there in fact.

I mean, gracing any fine dinner party,

that would have been quite splendid, wouldn't it?

I think that would have quite universal appeal

-because it's what I would consider is the classic shape.

-For a jelly.

-For a jelly.

-And I would say it is probably Victorian or Edwardian.

What does that say? It says, "Copper jelly mould with three levels height.

"Victorian-Edwardian." It's got £165 on it, girls.

-Oh.

-Gosh.

-Well, hmm...

-Crikey, Blues.

-Remember, the other jelly mould only cost £12.

-We could afford it.

We could afford it, yes.

At auction, they are quite a niche collector's area.

I think we should risk it. As we've still got quite a lot left.

Sir, could we ask you, what could be your best price on this jelly mould?

-Do 142, and that's the bottom.

-Could you do it for 140 flat?

OK. Done.

-Is that what you really, really want?

-I really, really want it.

-You really, really want it. £140.

-I'm happy.

-I bet you're happy.

THEY LAUGH

-Brilliant. Right, that's it, team, well done.

-Woo!

We are done. Fantastic.

-Wobble, wobble, wobble.

-That's it.

That's all your jelly on a plate.

Job done with just four minutes to spare.

Time is ticking, Reds, so don't keep us in suspense, Phil.

Have you got a good price for the travel case?

-What did you say you wanted to pay for it?

-I said I would pay £90.

-And what did you say she said pay for it?

-£60.

-60.

-OK. Can we have it for 60?

-60.

Yay!

BELL RINGS

-Time for tea. Time's up.

-All right, well done, you.

-And we've got three minutes left to go have a cup of coffee. Come on.

-Fantastic.

Let's take a look at what the Red team have bought.

First up, hoping the figures stack up at auction,

they bought this comptometer for £35.

Next, for £90, will this Singer sewing machine run them up

a nice profit?

And finally, will they be stitched up with this travel box?

£60 paid.

-Joy, Emma and Phil, you visions in red.

-Oh!

That appeared to be rather a sedate, civilised affair, was it not?

-It was a lot of fun.

-Yeah. It was brilliant.

-You bought an adding machine to clock up your profits.

-We did. Hopefully.

There's no minus button on it.

THEY LAUGH

I like that.

-So, tell me, Mum, your favourite buy.

-I think the sewing machine.

-Is their profit in the sewing machine?

-I'm not sure.

-I think it might be the comptometer.

-OK.

Emma, tell me, your favourite purchase.

-I think it's got to be the travel trunk.

-And profit in it?

Um, I hope so, yes. I think we got it for a good price,

so I'm hoping we might be in for a profit.

-The total spend on this smorgasbord?

-185.

-OK, healthy, so you owe me £115, someone.

-I have it.

-There you go.

Look at that. And over to the trustee, Philip Serrell.

-What are you going to do with that, then?

-I'm going to try and find something that meets with

-the seal of approval with these girls.

-Sounds like a good idea.

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

First up, they pulled this rabbit out of the hat and paid £14.

They hopped on and invested £35 in this wooden crate,

or should I say coffee table?

And finally, will their profit wobble with this jelly mould?

£140 paid.

Julie, Sarah, what happened to the "we are going to be judicious

-"and cautious" tactic?

-Um, sort of went out the window, really.

From the first five minutes.

Tell me, then... I was just going to wave goodbye to your plans...

THEY LAUGH ..just over there.

-Julie, your favourite lot.

-I liked the crate.

-OK.

Are we well enough to make the most profit,

-or does something else get that title?

-Possibly, yes.

Does Daughter agree with Mum?

-I agree that the crate will probably make the most profit.

-OK, but?

-But my favourite has to be the jelly mould.

-No!

THEY LAUGH

I'm just going to assume this position.

It is awesome. It is an awesome jetty mould.

It was a good buy!

We are going to insist that the auctioneer catalogues it

-as an "awesome jelly mould".

-Yes!

How much did the awesome assemblage cost?

We got it down from 165 to 140.

Just for... For everything?

-No, just for the jelly mould.

-OK. For everything?

189, altogether.

So you owe me, one way or another, £111. OK.

HE LAUGHS Thank you very much.

I'm going to entrust the wonderful Christina Trevanion,

the awesome, the awesome Christina Trevanion with 111. Any plans?

-Well, we didn't get your box toy, did we?

-No.

-And I've got plenty to splash.

-A nice coffee table.

THEY LAUGH

No more coffee tables...ever!

While Christina goes off to invest wisely, we are

off to Lichfield to the auction.

Well, today we are at Richard Winterton's auction

rooms at Lichfield, with auctioneer Richard Winterton himself.

-How are you?

-I'm very well, thank you. And welcome.

Thank you very much. Look at this offering for the Reds.

Joy and Emma bought some statement pieces, did they not?

Not the least of which, I guess, is our comptometer.

-What do you make of that?

-Interesting.

-And a good example...

-It looks very smart to me, very presentable.

-That is all there.

Which is a good plus, it is good.

And these surely are the objects that will be collected

in the future, as we have entered the digital age.

This is essentially entry-level computing, is it not?

I think you've got it bang on there.

Have you done the sums, have you added up the numbers?

-What's it worth?

-We've gone 15 to 20.

-OK.

Well, that looks a wee bit of a challenge.

They paid 35, which is not a lot of money.

-I think we should be there or thereabouts.

-Good stuff.

From one piece of computing technology to the mother

of all mechanical sewing machines. What do you think of that brute?

It is a brute, but it is shouting history at you.

I would have thought it's... What do you think, shoes, are we going shoes?

-Leather working, is that where we are with this?

-Yeah.

-Oversized, strong.

Love this big horizontal beam above.

I mean, it is a joy of a piece of engineering...and casting.

We see its merit. Do we see value in it?

There are people out there who collect sewing machines,

and there's a really strong market. We've gone 20 to 25.

It could make a touch more. I've got the history there, so...

OK, it needs more than history, it needs legs under the hammer.

Because they paid £90 for that.

I can't see us getting to the 90, I have to say.

I'm not surprised they paid the 90, but we will have to see on the day.

Fingers crossed.

Well, then, from these big metallic brutes to a fine

-piece of vintage lockage. What do you think of that, Richard?

-Love it.

I love it, and it is in at the moment,

-isn't it?

-Isn't it just?

-It is right in there. It's got some...

The leather on it, it's got everything about it, it is

a bit rubbed, I know, but that wouldn't take much to bring back.

Bang on trend with luggage.

Emma thinks that's the one with the profit in it. The moment of truth.

-Where are you pitching this?

-We've gone 40 to 50.

-It is nudging in the right direction. They paid 60.

-Great.

So we are in the right ballpark, are we not?

-Emma could be right.

-Perfect.

Well, they may or may not need their bonus buy.

I suspect they may with the sewing machine.

Let's go see what Phil has pulled out of the hat.

-Joy, Emma, this is exciting stuff, is it not?

-Fantastic.

You left Phil £115. Phil, what did you invest that in?

-Well, I spent all of it.

-Get in.

-£115.

-And I bought these little seals, look.

-Oh.

-I'm going to show you one.

-Oh, wow, I like those.

-That is the best one, I think, which is Blue John.

Oh, that is lovely.

-And I think two of them might be...MIGHT be gold.

-When you say seals...

They would have been on the end of a watch chain.

I think they are worth between £30 and £50 each.

-What do you think they will make at the auction?

-I would be bitterly disappointed

-if they didn't make the thick end of £150.

-Right.

Ask Phil why he has singled out the Blue John matrix.

Yes, why did you?

Blue John is hugely, hugely collectable.

-Probably worth... Well, I won't say worth more than gold, but not too far behind.

-So, it is a valuable...

-Yes, very, very much so.

-Flavour of the moment.

So, you don't have to decide on the fob seals now,

we have to wait until your lots have sold.

But in the meantime, let's see if the auctioneer thinks Phil's

fobs will seal the deal for the Reds.

Well, our man Mr Serrell craftily acquired not one,

but four 19th-century fob seals, including a Blue John example.

-Do you like?

-I do, now you have shown me the Blue John.

But as a collective lot together, I'm hoping he's bought them quite well.

OK. Well, it remains to be seen, Richard.

You tell me, what do you think of them?

We've gone £20 each, we've gone at 50, 60-ish, somewhere around there.

OK. Well, they maybe need to do closer to £30 a pop

because £115 was paid.

But perhaps the fact we do have Derbyshire Blue John, it is such a

striking mineral, and there seems to be a feeding frenzy around it.

Maybe therein lies salvation.

I think you are probably right, because that could be worth 60, £70 on its own.

Now, over to the Blues with Sarah and Julie.

-What do you think of little pyjama case?

-It's got likeable value.

It's got a good name attached to it. Good character, good manufacturer.

Shirley liked it. Is she going to like your estimate?

-We've gone 25 to 30.

-Absolutely fantastic!

-They snapped it up for £14.

-A good buy!

-We are off and flying.

-Now, the antidote to the plush toy, the wooden crate.

-It's good.

Again, in at the moment. People are using them.

Me, personally, I like that sort of thing.

Very sad. I don't mind admitting I do like them.

We've gone 20-25, and again I would expect a tad more than that.

A tad more than that. They paid £35.

Again, spot-on with the estimate, spot-on with what they bought.

Happy with that.

Sarah and Julie love this as much as you clearly do

and they think this is where their profits lie.

Well, looks like we're on a roll.

-The copper jelly mould - how much you like that?

-It's lovely.

I love these jelly moulds.

I love the copper, I love that look about it.

A little bit extra with this - it's got that little step.

You see that little step going up there. It goes into the three.

The only slight downer, is got quite a bit of damage to it,

which ruins it for that serious collector.

If that was spot-on, you'd be pushing an £150-£160,

-but gone 40-50...

-So it's got an Achilles heel.

It would need to fly.

-They'd need to overlook that because the team has paid £140 for.

-Ouch!

Christina may need to find a little joy here to recover the situation.

Let's go and see what she found.

Right, Sarah, Julie, you spent 189, which is healthy enough,

leaving Christina £111.

Have you got anything underneath there?

ALL EXCLAIM

-That's not what I expected.

-Do you like it?

-Yeah, it's really sweet.

So, it's a little silver lady's fob watch, OK?

If we open the back, we've got a 935 stamp,

which tells us that it's silver. So very sweet.

Got a nice little white enamel dial with Roman numerals,

and this gilding as well,

which sets it apart from a fairly standard fob watch.

-Have a little look at it.

-I do like the back, it's very pretty.

So often you find that they are initialled or monogrammed

-and that one isn't.

-OK.

It might need a little bit of TLC, but nonetheless...

-What kind of period is it?

-It would probably be about 1875, 1880.

-OK.

-Do we like?

-I like it very much.

-Is it actually working, though?

-Um...

-LAUGHTER

...broken...

Which is why I say it does need a little bit of TLC,

but that is reflected in the price that I paid for it.

-And now to the crunch.

-Yeah, how much should you pay for it?

-£15.

-THEY GASP

-Ooh!

-That's really good!

At auction, I mean,

they regularly make somewhere in the region of £30-£50.

-Something like that.

-Oh, right.

-You don't have to decide now.

We'll leave that to after your lots have sold.

But meanwhile, let's go and see

if the auctioneer thinks Christina's timepiece is one to WATCH.

Should they need their bonus buy,

Christina Trevanion purchased that little fob watch. Do you like?

They are picked up, they are sold. People want them still.

So there is a market for it.

And being silver, you've got that added thing.

-It's quality, yeah?

-Yeah. It all depends what she paid for it, mind.

We've gone £20-£25.

Well, I think Christina would be quite happy with that

because she paid 15.

-All bodes well.

-She's a goodie on that one.

This will be an interesting auction. Are you taking it, Richard?

-I am.

-Well, I for one cannot wait. Good luck to you.

There's great, thank you.

10. 12.

30 in the room.

At 30.

-How are the nerves? Brimful of optimism or sheer terror?

-Um...

-I'm optimistic.

-I'm excited!

-Yeah, these are good!

-Now it's the comptometer. Here it comes.

-£20. 15? Tenner?

10. 15.

£15 bid. With me at 15. With me at 15. Internet is out. Room is out.

£15... Are we all finished? All done?

-20. Thank you, sir.

-Oh, come on!

£20. Are we all finished?

£20. A £15 loss on that.

Don't be despondent, it's all to come, I'm sure.

Your sewing machine, here it comes now.

£15. £20. 25. 30. 35.

-35 away.

-Oh, no!

-40, the internet. 45, the room.

-Come on!

45, the room. 50, the internet.

60, the room.

-Come on, internet!

-60, the room.

All done. Sold at 60.

-There was healthy competition.

-I think we've been stitched up.

Stop it! Minus £55.

Here's your last lot. It's down to the travel trunk. Here it comes.

Again, I've got four or five bids. These are popular at the moment.

£20. 25. 30. 35. 40. 45.

50. 50 at the back of the room. 50. 50.

-Come on!

-Back of the room. 60. Thank you.

60 here. I'll take a little 'un. 65?

60 down here. At 60, you're all out.

Down here. Sold at £60.

That was a break-even. The final hurdle.

Leaving us a grand loss of £45.

-That's not bad!

-It's not too bad.

In fairness, in Bargain Hunt world, that isn't bad.

So stay optimistic. Go with the bonus buy, the fob seals.

-We're going with the bonus buy.

-Positively, without a shadow of doubt, here they come now.

2. 4. 6. 8. 20. 25. 35. 45.

50. 60. 70.

At £70 on bid. Internet at £70.

-At £70 with the internet.

-Oh...

-At £70 with the internet.

-One more!

At £70 only... At £70... £80, madam!

£90.

-£100.

-Come on!

-110.

-Come on, one more.

-The Blue John's in there, do not forget.

110 - that's worth it on its own at 110. 120.

130.

At 130.

Are you out?

-140.

-140.

150.

Let them have it. 150.

Internet is at 150. All in. Sold. 150.

-Sold.

-CHEERING

There's the man! Legend!

A £35 profit - almost put you back in.

You're down a tenner by the end of the day

-and I think that's an absolute belter.

-Yeah.

Now, you've got to keep shtoom about this, OK? Tell no-one, no conflab.

Could be in with a chance, even with your £10 notes.

-How are you feeling?

-Very excited.

-And nervous.

-Excited and nervous?

-OK, why? Specifically nervous or generally nervous?

-Generally.

-I've never been to an auction before.

-Really?

-No, I haven't.

-This is my first time as well.

-Thumper! It's on now!

There it is. What's it going to be? 15? 10?

£8 to start me?

Where are you going to start me? Anyone?

£10, the internet. £15. Nice and commercial there. At £15.

£15. With a nightdress, at 15. £15, the internet. Come on!

£15, the internet. £15.

No-one coming in the room? £15. We're on the internet.

You're all finished?

-That's great, isn't it?

-It is.

-Yeah!

It's better than the other way. You didn't think it was going to sell.

Here's the crate.

And it's £8 I'm bid. £10 I'm bid. £15. £20.

With me. 25. £30 with me.

£30 I'm bid. £30. 35.

£30 I'm bid. At £30 with me.

-At £30... Are you all done?

-Oh, no!

-Selling at 30.

No shame in a £5 loss.

Now to 383. It's the jelly mould.

£20 I'm bid. 25 I'm bid. 30. 35.

40, back of the room.

At £40.

At £40. £45.

-£50. £60.

-Oh, gosh!

£60 in the doorway. At the back of the room at £60.

At £60. At £60...

At the back at 60. All done?

Sold at 60?

Oh, dearie me. That is a loss of £80 on the mould.

A loss of 84 all in.

In Bargain Hunt world, that need not be a catastrophe.

And you have a fallback in the silver fob watch.

-I think we're definitely going for it.

-Definitely. Yeah.

-Definitely going to go with the bonus buy.

-Definitely.

This is it, last chance saloon. Here it comes now.

£8 I'm bid. Straight in. At £8 I'm bid.

£8. 10. 12. 15.

18. 20. 22.

25. 30.

-£30 I'm bid.

-Double money.

-Double your money.

£30 I'm bid. All done. Sold at 30.

Hats off. Doubling your money is no mean feat in this game.

Your watch made you £15, which lessens the pain down to £69 loss.

I've got to say, we've all seen worse on Bargain Hunt.

So, keep your hopes up, but say nothing to the Reds, OK?

Absolutely not!

Could be a win in Scotland.

LAUGHTER

£40. We are on the internet.

I've heard it said there are no losers on Bargain Hunt,

just runners-up.

Well, today, in terms of profits,

there are certainly two teams of losers before us!

What do you think of that? But, sadly for one,

there's a greater loss involved, and today it's the Blues.

GROANING

-Girls!

-Never mind.

It started humbly but positively with a little pound profit.

-A pound profit, we did.

-We thought that would grow.

Then after, you appeared to be in freefall - £69 down the Swanee.

-Did you enjoy it?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, it was great.

It was great fun having you. But victorious!

CHEERING The reds!

Look at you guys!

That said, not basking in glory in terms of numbers...

And then, the Philip Serrell, Blue John and all...

Recovered the situation,

but still, at the end of the day, a wee loss of £10.

-Oh...

-But a winning score! CHEERING

-Happy days?

-Happy days!

-We enjoyed it?

-It was great fun.

If you'd like to learn more about the bargain experience,

visit the website and certainly join us

next time for some more Bargain Hunting, yes?

ALL: Yes!