0:00:02 > 0:00:06Today, we're in Hay-on-Wye, famous for being the town of books.
0:00:06 > 0:00:07And books are everywhere.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Reading between the lines though,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15I think it's going to be the antique shops that interest our teams
0:00:15 > 0:00:18and with just one hour to scour those shops,
0:00:18 > 0:00:20I have a feeling that today's programme is going to be
0:00:20 > 0:00:21a real page-turner.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24So, if you're ready, let's go Bargain Hunting.
0:00:53 > 0:00:59Our teams today will have £300 to bag three items to take to auction,
0:00:59 > 0:01:01but there can only be one winner.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03It's going to be a real cliffhanger.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Let's have a gander at what's coming up.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09The Reds are divided...
0:01:09 > 0:01:13If you don't mind, I'm going to shake the man's hand and say yes.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14OK.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- You've got a deal.- Thank you very much, thank you, thank you. Perfect.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21What have we done, Paul? Seriously, what have we done?
0:01:22 > 0:01:25..and the Blues race against the clock.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26This way!
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Who's got a tenner?
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Well, there are big surprises at auction.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Has this ever been done before?
0:01:37 > 0:01:40And done. Thank you.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43But before all of that, it's time to meet our teams.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46And I'm so pleased to tell you, I feel like a bit of a spare wheel.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48I'm joined by two lovely married couples.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51To my right, in the Red Team, I've got Chris and Claire.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Welcome. And to my left, Sally and Jim.
0:01:54 > 0:01:55- Hello to all of you. ALL:- Hello!
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Thank you for joining us today. I'm going to start with the Reds
0:01:58 > 0:02:02and, you, Chris, actually, tell us, you've been married six years.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04- How did you meet? - We met through her uncle.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06I used to come home from leave from the Army
0:02:06 > 0:02:08and we used to sit round a big table in the pub
0:02:08 > 0:02:11and I noticed her in the corner of my eye and
0:02:11 > 0:02:13I asked her uncle if it was all right and he said yeah.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15We've been together for nine years and married for six.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18That's lovely. So, you said you were on leave from the Army?
0:02:18 > 0:02:20So, a real Army boy. Tell us about that.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Yeah, I spent some time in the Coldstream Guards
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- based over in Windsor and also in Chelsea.- OK.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27So, yeah, I had some fun doing that.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Fantastic. Fun or quite rigorous training, I would imagine?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Rigorous training, but there was a bit of fun.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Obviously, standing outside the palace and things like that.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38- That was quite good fun, so...- Did anyone ever try and make you giggle
0:02:38 > 0:02:39- or anything?- Yeah, we had that all the time.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42The Horse Guards as well, they seem to almost trample on you
0:02:42 > 0:02:44and they sneeze on you and things like that,
0:02:44 > 0:02:46so I think they do that on purpose.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Now, tell me, because as well as your comrades,
0:02:48 > 0:02:51you have some pretty slippery friends, do you not?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- Tell us about those.- We do, we have Bruce, he's our snake.
0:02:54 > 0:02:59I've always wanted one and Claire, for my birthday last year,
0:02:59 > 0:03:02got me Bruce and, yeah, he's brilliant.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- He's only that big!- He's a fat worm. He's a fat worm at the moment,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07but he's getting bigger, he's getting bigger.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09But now, let's move over to you, Claire.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Because you have, together, two wee ones...
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- Yes.- ..which must keep you very busy.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- You're always running around after them.- Two boys.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Yeah, Jack and Oliver. Very, very busy.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19OK. Nails are a big part of your life.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21I think we should have a wee look at these.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Look at that bow, that's spectacular, one on each side.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26I started doing it about four years ago.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Just thought, didn't really want to go back to work full-time because of
0:03:29 > 0:03:31the kids, so it can work around the kids and that.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Tell us about tactics. Obviously, you're a team as a couple,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37but do you reckon you'll work well as the Red Team on Bargain Hunt?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Obviously, Claire's looking for something
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- that's appealing and shiny.- Yeah, you don't want silver, do you?
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- No.- But I do. I want some sparkly.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46- Something sparkly to match your nails.- Yes.- Oh, fantastic.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Thank you very much for telling us your tactics.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51I'm sure the Blues have been listening,
0:03:51 > 0:03:52so let's move over to them.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Sally and Jim, lovely to have you with us.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Tell us, these guys are just newlyweds, six years,
0:03:57 > 0:03:59you have been married for 25 years. Tell us, Jim,
0:03:59 > 0:04:01the secret of your success.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Yes, I'm not sure.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05We must've got married when we were about eight!
0:04:06 > 0:04:10We met when we were 16 and we met when...
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Sally's very talented, she's into amateur operatics.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- Oh, wow.- And I was involved in that
0:04:16 > 0:04:19in a fetching and carrying capacity, really.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22And I think Sally, the one time that I was invited on stage,
0:04:22 > 0:04:27I was wearing a very attractive spray-on silk suit, white silk suit.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29- Lovely.- And I think it was love at first sight.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31I don't know what I was thinking.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- A spray-on white silk suit.- Yeah, that sounds quite scary.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36You just couldn't resist, could you?
0:04:36 > 0:04:37- No.- I couldn't!
0:04:37 > 0:04:38That's brilliant.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Obviously, we're here on Bargain Hunt to hunt for antiques.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- Do you have any collections at home? - My qualifications are geology based.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47So, I've got a fossil collection, which...
0:04:47 > 0:04:49So, age-wise, I think that's the ultimate antique.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Pretty much, isn't it? Yeah, that's a good way of putting it.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55I'll be looking for something like that, if there's any today.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- Lovely, well, you'll know what you're looking for at least...- Yes.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00..with your qualifications. Now, Sally, onto you.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- What is it that you do for a living? - I work for an
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- environmental consultancy...- OK. - ..three days a week.- Mm-hm.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09Because, obviously, I'm a mum as well, two twin daughters.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12I'm interested to hear about when you were an opera singer.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14That's fantastic. Do you have a favourite aria?
0:05:14 > 0:05:17I don't think it was... I think Jim has probably built that up
0:05:17 > 0:05:20a little bit too much. Amateur dramatics is not quite opera.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Is it something you've always been interested in, the arts?
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Yeah, I like things with style, so if I see anything Art Deco,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- anything sort of- '30s... OK. - ..appeals to me,
0:05:30 > 0:05:32bit of jewellery, perhaps.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Oh, lovely. Well, these are popular genre -
0:05:34 > 0:05:36jewellery, in general, and Art Deco too.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38It just gets even more interesting as time goes on.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Now, you've got to go shopping, because your hour's about to begin.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43In order to do that, you need some money.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45So, let me give you £300, Reds.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47- Thank you.- Exciting.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48Let me give you £300, Blues.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- Thank you.- Your experts await,
0:05:51 > 0:05:53so I'm going to send you in their direction!
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Off you go and lots of luck!
0:05:54 > 0:05:57It's going to be an all-singing all-dancing affair today,
0:05:57 > 0:06:00but hopefully it won't end in tragedy.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Let's meet the experts.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Giving it some dramatic razzle-dazzle for the Reds...
0:06:10 > 0:06:13And aiming to squeeze every penny for the Blues, it's...
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Chris, Claire, this is it!
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Now, Chris, you're in high-powered international sales, are you not?
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- That's correct, yep.- What are you like, though, never mind selling,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25what are you like at buying?
0:06:25 > 0:06:27I am a salesman's dream. I would buy anything for
0:06:27 > 0:06:28twice the price it should be.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30What?!
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Now, Jim and Sally, are you excited?
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- Very excited.- Great, so what are you going to be looking for?
0:06:34 > 0:06:36- Something stylish, bit like me! - Oh, absolutely.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- What about you, Jim? - I've got no mind,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41but I really want to make some money, so a bargain,
0:06:41 > 0:06:42- that's what I'm looking for. - I'm haggling.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- You're the haggler?- Don't let him buy, don't let him buy, at all.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- Not at all.- Right, teams, your 60 minutes start...
0:06:48 > 0:06:50now.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Picker, haggler, the team.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- Yep.- Let's go do it!
0:06:54 > 0:06:55Let's go!
0:06:58 > 0:07:00With all these wee shops, you've a lot to choose from
0:07:00 > 0:07:02here on Hay-on-Wye, teams.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Are we seriously window shopping now, guys?
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- Is this what we're doing?- Yeah!
0:07:08 > 0:07:10You're going to love it in here.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Come on!
0:07:12 > 0:07:15If it grabs you, it might grab an auction audience.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Well, um, it's your call. Hey, hey!
0:07:20 > 0:07:24Boom-boom! This is a game show, not a comedy show, Jim.
0:07:24 > 0:07:25I don't like it, don't like it.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29What have the Blues spotted?
0:07:29 > 0:07:31What do you think of that?
0:07:31 > 0:07:35- Is it a brooch?- It's not a brooch, it's actually a pendant.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37- Right.- It's quite a large pendant.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- I don't dislike it.- It's a maybe. - It's a maybe.- Think about it.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- Let's keep looking. - Yes.- OK.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Not for now, but the Blues have started well.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48While the Reds are still window shopping.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- That's a corker, isn't it?- Really?
0:07:51 > 0:07:52- Yeah.- No.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Reds, is there trouble already?
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- What about this wooden jug?- Do you know, I was looking at that, Jim.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- Can I take that down? - Let's have a look, yeah.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- Do you like that?- Well, yeah, I like wooden things.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09Oh, look, it's got a lid as well.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- It's quite nice. - Oh, it says it's a whisky grog jug.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Probably Scottish in origin.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- That's put a smile on your face! - Yeah, that's...
0:08:18 > 0:08:21It's a lot of money. 125.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23It's a really nice thing of quality.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26You know, you've got your oak, which was used a lot in barrels.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- Yeah.- And really strong wood.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31And then you've got this lovely brass coopering.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32- I love these little rivets. - Yeah.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37You know, which hold it together and then this lovely-shaped spout
0:08:37 > 0:08:41and handle and then you've got your lid on the top there.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43It's certainly, I would say, you know,
0:08:43 > 0:08:45late 19th century in date, Victorian.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46You can get a lot of whisky in there!
0:08:46 > 0:08:48You could get a lot of whisky in there!
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- Shall we ask what's the best price is?- Yes, let's.- I'd like to, yeah.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53What could you do for us on that?
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- How much has it got on the case? - So, we've got 125 on there.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59125, take 100.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02I'd do it for £75.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Would you?
0:09:03 > 0:09:05I had 60 in my head.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- Right.- Because it's going to auction and we need to just feel that we can
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- make a little bit on it. - No, absolutely, Sally.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- Yeah.- What would you pay, Jim?
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Yeah, I'd wonder if you'd take £60 for that?
0:09:18 > 0:09:20I'd be happy with that, I think.
0:09:20 > 0:09:21Er...
0:09:24 > 0:09:25Go on, then.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27- Shall we go for it?- Let's have it, let's have it.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29- First item.- Very good.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- Well-spotted!- It's my height.- He's tall, I never look up there.
0:09:32 > 0:09:33- We'll do it, yes.- Well done!
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Smooth talking there, Blues.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37You've nailed your first item. Well done.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40But how are those Reds getting on?
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Now, we window-shopped on the way in.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45May we see the desk set in the window?
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Of course you can, if you can just bear with me just for a moment.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50OK, yeah, so there you go.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- What is it?- This is a desk set. Here...
0:09:53 > 0:09:56we have our pen and pencil combination, perhaps.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00- Yeah. - And, even today you'd slip your...
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Would it have come originally with the original pen and pencil in it?
0:10:03 > 0:10:05- Would that matter?- Perhaps, perhaps not.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- OK.- This is a blotter, this was redundant, yeah?
0:10:09 > 0:10:13One of these pens was a fountain pen and before you fold it up and stick
0:10:13 > 0:10:18it in the envelope, to stop the ink bleeding and running, we blot.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- What does that say?- "Asprey."
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- That mean anything to you? - I've heard of it, yes.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27This is high-end retail, yeah?
0:10:27 > 0:10:31Brand sells at auction as well as it does in Oxford Street.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35- Right.- That name is as resonant now as it was when this was due,
0:10:35 > 0:10:38which I guess, was from the 1950s.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43And is a ticket price of £45 anything to write home about, Paul?
0:10:43 > 0:10:46I don't mind telling you I don't think it's dear,
0:10:46 > 0:10:50but we're in this to turn a wee bit of a profit.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52I personally don't like it at all,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55but I do know the name and I do know it's a good name and I know you're
0:10:55 > 0:10:58happy about it, so I'm more than happy to go with it.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Can you help us? You've heard everything I said, there.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02It depends what you're offering.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- Do you want to make an offer?- Go on. - £20, sir.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Not a hope. Followed by, how many instalments?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Can you do 35, please?
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Seeing as you've asked me, I'd do it for 35, but that is the death.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17We've got a buy!
0:11:18 > 0:11:19A first buy!
0:11:20 > 0:11:25That's one-all and just 13 minutes in and now the Blues have found some
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- kitchenalia.- Hey, pretty little cake stand.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- Oh, yeah.- What do you think?- I love that.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- This one?- I really do like that.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38It looks like, because... I love the colour of this, the creamware.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Wedgwood did exactly that.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43They called it creamware and it looks very much like it.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46I think it's quite a bit later because Wedgwood
0:11:46 > 0:11:50were producing it in the Victorian period in the 19th century.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53This is sort of like a fairly modern copy of it.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56But the piercing on it is so pretty, isn't it?
0:11:56 > 0:12:00- It is. Do you like the odd cupcake in your house?- Yes.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04I make the odd cupcake, so I could see my cakes on there.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- Yeah?- I could see that in a lot of modern-day kitchens as well,
0:12:07 > 0:12:09a love of cream, sort of Shaker-style kitchens,
0:12:09 > 0:12:11I think that would look really smart.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15I'm looking for bargains, not antiques, necessarily.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Well, I think, because it's something that's practical
0:12:18 > 0:12:21and looks attractive, I think at the right price,
0:12:21 > 0:12:25if we can get him down from 28, you know, I think sort of £15,
0:12:25 > 0:12:27that would be a good buy.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29So, shall I give Paul a shout, get the best price?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- Yes.- Let's do it.- OK, Paul, are you about?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- Yes.- Look what we've spotted.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Yes, very nice, isn't it?
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- It's on for 28. - Yes.- It's a little bit steep.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Do you think you could do it for 15?
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- How about 20? - I don't know.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48I think 15 would get more interest in a saleroom?
0:12:48 > 0:12:49OK, you can have it for 15.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53- Brilliant.- Thank you.- Thank you. - That's fantastic.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55You're more than welcome.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57A piece of cake, Blues.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02Now, with Blues, two, Reds, one, let's leave them shopping while I
0:13:02 > 0:13:05show you something stranger than fiction.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14I'm going to show you a magic trick.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Right in front of your very eyes,
0:13:16 > 0:13:20I'm going to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Let me tell you a bit more about the item here.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27It's a pretty standard Regency period brass snuffbox.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29It's got a really nice curved shape to it,
0:13:29 > 0:13:33it fits beautifully into the palm of one's hand,
0:13:33 > 0:13:37the lid lifts up on its hinges and allows you to get into that snuff
0:13:37 > 0:13:39area quite easily.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44But if I close that lid, it's inscribed J McIntosh.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46And then we have this crest.
0:13:46 > 0:13:52An interesting motto it has, "Touch not the cat but a glove."
0:13:52 > 0:13:56And then the emblem of a Scottish wildcat.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00This is the motto of the McIntosh clan,
0:14:00 > 0:14:04which came into effect around the time of the Battle of Culloden,
0:14:04 > 0:14:09the Jacobite uprising and this is a warning from the McIntosh clan...
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Don't come at us, because we are wildcats.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16If you do, we will show you our claws.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20It has on the back, a rather interesting dent.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27Now, is it just me, or could that be a bullet dent?
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Was this a fight to the death,
0:14:28 > 0:14:30perhaps a love affair in which he was embroiled?
0:14:30 > 0:14:36Perhaps he had to show his manliness and they drew pistols and boom,
0:14:36 > 0:14:38it's a little bit of drama?
0:14:38 > 0:14:42This snuffbox went under the hammer and raised £95.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Without that McIntosh association, what's it worth?
0:14:45 > 0:14:4720, 30 or so.
0:14:47 > 0:14:52So, even the most ordinary item can be elevated into the echelons of
0:14:52 > 0:14:56extraordinary with just a little bit of history
0:14:56 > 0:14:58and a touch of imagination.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Back to the shopping and just over half-time,
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Blues are beating Reds, 2-1.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Here we go, here we go, here we go.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17But the Reds might be about to change all that.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22- Right then, folks.- Oh, I like the look of this one.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23He's in there already.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25- What one?- This one.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30I think the detail is fantastic. It's solid silver, as well.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33People that play golf and have time to play golf, have a lot of money,
0:15:33 > 0:15:34have expensive cars.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38They wouldn't think twice about paying £40 for this.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40But it's not £40, is it? It's 68.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42But if we can get it for the right price,
0:15:42 > 0:15:43I think we're onto a winner.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Paul, what do you think it would fetch at auction?
0:15:46 > 0:15:51Well, it is stamped 925 and sterling but doesn't have British assay marks
0:15:51 > 0:15:54which would allow us to date it to a year.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Because if you come down on this idea of it being early,
0:15:57 > 0:16:01then I think that's worth 50, £80 all day long.
0:16:01 > 0:16:07But if it's relatively modern, then it's only worth 20, 30, maybe 40.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10This is serious. I think there's a relationship on the line here.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13- Definitely, definitely. - I think you're right.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Without a doubt. Who's sleeping in the shed if this flops?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Let's hope the Reds can seal a deal then and seller, Paul,
0:16:20 > 0:16:22is the man to ask.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26- Hello.- You like that one? - No.- You don't?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30- But my husband does.- Your husband does?
0:16:30 > 0:16:32OK. I can do that for 50.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Our expert says it might only be worth 20 to 30 maximum.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38We need to make a profit. We're Reds. We need to win.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39I know you do.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42- I want to offer 20. - Oh, my God!
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Erm, no. The best I can do on it is 40.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49I can't do any less than 40.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52It's my buy because you bought the last one.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- I'll put my neck on the line. - That was Paul's buy, in fairness.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58The Asprey was Paul's in fairness.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01You've got the next one and you've got plenty of money left.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04If you don't mind, I'm going to shake the man's hand and say, "Yes."
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- OK.- You've got a deal.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Thank you very much, thank you.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11What have we done, Paul? Seriously, what have we done?
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- Thank you.- Excellent, thank you.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16And your thoughts, Paul?
0:17:16 > 0:17:20I'll tell you there is more resting on the sale of that brooch than on
0:17:20 > 0:17:21the next Ryder Cup.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25If it does not make a profit, Chris had better get used to that shed.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29While the Reds try to find the last item they can agree on,
0:17:29 > 0:17:33over to the Blues who are toying with life in the fast lane.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37What do you think about little dinky toys?
0:17:37 > 0:17:38What do you think about those, guys?
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Well, don't you have to have a box and it be in perfect condition?
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Yes, to get the really top prices,
0:17:45 > 0:17:48it would be great to have them boxed and in mint condition,
0:17:48 > 0:17:50but that's not to say that other examples make good money.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Right. Let's have a look.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- Let's have a little look.- So that's a dinky.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Little bit rubbed on the corner there.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02That's a Triumph TR4, I think.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Yes. Well done, you.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10£22. How old are these then, did you think?
0:18:10 > 0:18:15I would think, looking at that, that is probably late '50s, early '60s,
0:18:15 > 0:18:17but without looking it up, I'm not quite sure.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21So you're looking for original condition and I would say
0:18:21 > 0:18:23this looks good. You've got a little bit rubbed,
0:18:23 > 0:18:26but you've got your man and your transfers of the number there
0:18:26 > 0:18:30- are still really nice.- Maybe if we're going to go this way,
0:18:30 > 0:18:32maybe we should get a few together.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- You want to blow some money, don't you?- Yeah. It's too cheap.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38- Is he always like this, Sally?- This is too cheap.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40- Too cheap.- More expensive.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42That's a similar sort of age.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45That's an MG Midget. That's priced at 10.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48I like that one because it's got the little man on it where that one
0:18:48 > 0:18:49- hasn't, has it?- True.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52So what's the auction price on that, would you say?
0:18:52 > 0:18:53On just that one?
0:18:54 > 0:18:57I'd certainly say 15 to 25. Shall we think about that one?
0:18:57 > 0:19:01- I think that is a very warm one, isn't it?- Yes.- I like that one.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Let's put him back but maybe come back for this one.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05OK. Do you want to have a quick look elsewhere?
0:19:05 > 0:19:06Yes, let's do that.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08Don't hold out too long, Blues.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11You've just under ten minutes to go and the Reds seem to be
0:19:11 > 0:19:14planning a party.
0:19:14 > 0:19:19What do you think to this? It says 1920s cut glass.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- Crystal.- Cut glass, cut crystal. High lead crystal.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Punchbowl and cups.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27I don't agree with the date. I don't think that is 1920s.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29I think that is late 20th century.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31- Right.- Is that important?
0:19:31 > 0:19:36No, because I hate to think what someone paid for that.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39That could have been a four figure price tag without
0:19:39 > 0:19:43- any trouble at all. Do you like?- I do.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46That would look amazing on a dining room table, wouldn't it?
0:19:46 > 0:19:47Stunning.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- What's the damage on this, potentially?- 135.- 135.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- What do you think?- If I was asked to put an auction estimate on that...
0:19:57 > 0:20:00..do you know what I think? I'd be bullish and say £100-£200,
0:20:00 > 0:20:03but that's me being bullish, make no bones about it.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07- If you love it...- I really love it but I think...
0:20:07 > 0:20:09- 135?- No, 100.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10Do you think 100 is too much?
0:20:10 > 0:20:13A lot of money. I'm getting a sweat on.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14A lot of money, isn't it? I know.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17And you're not the only ones feeling the tension.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26- Have you seen anything in here? - Well, I still like the toy cars.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28I think that's becoming more of a favourite.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32I haven't seen anything else, yet, that I really want, so, maybe...
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Maybe a couple more minutes in this place and then...
0:20:35 > 0:20:36Make a decision and go back.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39You like to cut it fine, don't you? Come on then.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Downstairs, quick squinny and then to the cars. Sounds a plan.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47With just minutes to go, it is make your mind up time, Blues.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52This way.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Come on in, guys.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00The cars that we looked at. Lovely, can we have another look?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03We're really short of time but we quite like these.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06What do you think, guys, now you've had a second look?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08What's the price that we've got on those two, then?
0:21:08 > 0:21:11There's 22 on that one and 10 on that one.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Would you go 25? It's our last lot of the day.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18No, I'll do 26. Meet you in the middle.
0:21:18 > 0:21:2026, OK. I think 26. We've got a chance.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25- Are you happy, guys?- Seeing as though it's number 24, 25, for 26.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Look at that! It was meant to be.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Well I think that's great. Are you happy?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31- Yes, I'm happy.- Great, we'll take the two.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34- Thank you very much.- We're done. Put it there.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Well done, you. Time for a cup of tea.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- And cake.- And some cake.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42Hooray, you've clinched the deal on all three items.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Now, will the Reds get their party piece?
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Here's seller, Paul.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- Hiya. All right?- Can you do anything on the price, do you think?
0:21:49 > 0:21:52I'm thinking under 100.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53So, maybe 90?
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- Erm, how much is that? - 135.- 135.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00I'd like 100.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06- Meet in the middle? 95? - 95?- Please.- Go on, then.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- Yes! Thank you. I love you. - Love you too.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Your 60 minutes are up.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14I'm excited.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18Fantastic, Reds. All three items in the bag.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Let's remind ourselves what the Red Team bought.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28They've got the posh Asprey writing set bought for £35.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Let's hope the golf pin gets a hole in one at the auction.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Ticket price, £40.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41And can the cut-glass punchbowl set, bought for £95,
0:22:41 > 0:22:45punch above its weight in the sale room?
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Claire and Chris, how many times have you seen time run away from
0:22:48 > 0:22:51contestants on Bargain Hunt? And now it happened to you.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52Can you believe how quickly it went?
0:22:52 > 0:22:56- Unbelievably.- Claire, what's your favourite item of the three?
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- My punchbowl. - Ah, your pricey punchbowl, too.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02- Yeah.- And those lovely glasses, but you had to have it.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04- Yeah, definitely, yeah.- Now, it was your most expensive buy.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Do you think it holds the most profit or could that be something
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- you don't particularly love?- I think so.- We know Claire's position.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13What's yours, Chris? What's your favourite item?
0:23:13 > 0:23:15- The golfing brooch by a long way. - The golfing brooch by a long way.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- It's silver and you wanted a bit of silver.- 1920s, yes, it's spot on.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21It's going to pay some of the mortgage off, I think.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Going to pay some of the mortgage? Do you reckon that's going to make
0:23:24 > 0:23:26- the biggest profit?- Without a doubt.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- You two are going to come to blows here.- He may be in the doghouse.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31- Living in the shed.- With Bruce. - Yeah.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36We'll soon find out what happens, but I need to know what you spent.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38- How much in total?- £170.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41170. Quite a princely sum. Well done.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45And that leaves 130, which I'll take from you. Paul, £130.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Not too shabby. How are you going to spend it?
0:23:47 > 0:23:50You guys, you want something showy, don't you?
0:23:50 > 0:23:53And I'd love to deliver, but nothing is going to stand up to
0:23:53 > 0:23:56that crystal punchbowl. I'll do my best.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Let me tell you, Paul Laidlaw always delivers.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01And on that note, let's remind ourselves what the Blue Team bought.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07First up, the 19th-century whisky jug for £60.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15Will the £15 ceramic cake stand be the icing on the cake
0:24:15 > 0:24:17when it goes under the hammer?
0:24:18 > 0:24:21And can someone race away with the two Dinky cars?
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Price paid, £26.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Well, Sally and Jim, you were off like rockets and although you ambled
0:24:28 > 0:24:31around a wee bit, you got there in the end with time to spare,
0:24:31 > 0:24:34so, well done. Jim, tell me, of the three that you've chosen,
0:24:34 > 0:24:35which is your favourite item?
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Definitely the wooden whisky jug.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39- Really like that.- How did I know you were going to say that?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41So that's right up your street, isn't it?
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Yes, it's wooden, it's tactile and what I was looking for, yes.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Fantastic. I'm glad you liked it, but do you think it's going to
0:24:47 > 0:24:50- bring the biggest profit?- Yes, definitely the whisky jug.- Yes, OK.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Quite confident about that. And you quite liked it too?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55I liked it, but not as much as the cake stand.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57So, is that your favourite or do you reckon
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- it's going to bring the biggest profit?- Both.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Stylish, and definitely in for a profit on that one.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06So a really varied collection, but not an expensive one.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09- What did you spend in total? - We spent £101.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11101, which leaves 199.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Gosh, that's a lot. I'll take it from you, Sally, if that's OK -
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- well, £199 is for you, Kate. - Thank you.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Quite a lot. Has anything caught your eye already?
0:25:20 > 0:25:25I might go back to the original culinary theme, maybe.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Kate sounds like she's got a plan, and let's see how it all works out.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Let's go straight to the auction.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48I'm here in Malvern with the lovely Philip Serrell
0:25:48 > 0:25:49at Serrell's saleroom.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- Phil, I'm delighted to see you. - It's lovely to see you here.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54- Are you well? I'm very well, you?- I'm brilliant.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58I'm ecstatic because we're starting with designer goods.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- We are indeed.- In the Red Team, we're starting with this beautiful
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Asprey London red leather desk set.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Are you as excited as I am?
0:26:07 > 0:26:11I'm really excited by the name because, you know,
0:26:11 > 0:26:15it's a name and a brand that's up there and it carries all before it,
0:26:15 > 0:26:19but it's a bit 1973, isn't it?
0:26:19 > 0:26:22It's not quite got that Victorian appeal.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26It doesn't quite have the retro appeal. It sits somewhere...
0:26:26 > 0:26:28It doesn't quite have the pens either, does it?
0:26:28 > 0:26:29It doesn't have the pens.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Whoever buys this is just going to buy the name.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- It's £20-£40 worth. - OK, well, the team paid £35 all-in.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38- In with a sniff.- We'll keep our fingers crossed for them.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Then we move on to this golf-related brooch.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Do you putt, pot, pitch? I don't know.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47I've been known to play around on the fairway
0:26:47 > 0:26:48and lots of people play golf.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Lots of ladies play golf and I think there's going
0:26:51 > 0:26:53to be a bit of demand for that, and I think it's going to make...
0:26:53 > 0:26:56I don't think there's a huge age to it, but I think it's going to make
0:26:56 > 0:26:59- £20-£40.- Do you know, I think you're about right.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01They paid the top end of the estimates - 40.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03I know that if I had been the expert,
0:27:03 > 0:27:05I would've bought that, because novelty brooches,
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- you're onto a winner here. - They're cool things, aren't they?
0:27:08 > 0:27:09But I don't know, had I been the expert,
0:27:09 > 0:27:12if I would have gone for our third and final lot
0:27:12 > 0:27:14which is this cut-glass punchbowl,
0:27:14 > 0:27:18vase and glass affair. It's all just a bit much, isn't it?
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Well, I know that I wouldn't have gone for it.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21You definitely wouldn't have?
0:27:21 > 0:27:24There's no great age to it, and glassware like that doesn't demand
0:27:24 > 0:27:28huge bucks in the saleroom. In my eyes, that's £15-£30 worth.
0:27:28 > 0:27:33- What did they pay for it?- In Paul's eyes and the Red Team's eyes, £95.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37That's enough, in my humble opinion. That is enough.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Well, things have been a little bit punchy with their price
0:27:40 > 0:27:43so they might need to depend on Paul's bonus buy.
0:27:43 > 0:27:44Let's find out what it is.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Chris and Claire, I must say, it was all very diplomatic
0:27:48 > 0:27:51when you shopped because you spotted the first one together,
0:27:51 > 0:27:53then you took one each.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Now you're in the hands of a Scotsman, Paul Laidlaw.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00You left him £130.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Paul, what did you spend it on?
0:28:02 > 0:28:07Obviously, I wasn't going to find anything to outdo the cut glass,
0:28:07 > 0:28:12- was I?- Obviously. - But what do you think of that?
0:28:12 > 0:28:16- I like it.- I like that. - If you're looking for an ice pail,
0:28:16 > 0:28:19you're not going to get better than this.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Victorian frivolity, novelty.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26Loop handle dripping in icicles.
0:28:26 > 0:28:31The rim, likewise, this rather unusual moulded base.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34It is silver-plated, 19th-century.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38It's complete with its drainer and ice claws.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Whoever buys my punchbowl is going to buy that, aren't they?
0:28:40 > 0:28:42- Of course.- Obviously.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Could have them sitting next to each other in the auction.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- I like that a lot.- It all seems very trusting at the moment.
0:28:47 > 0:28:48You did good.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53- But how much was it? - I got that for £50.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55- 50?- £50.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00I think that is worth £100-£150 of anyone's money.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02- Really?- Yes, really.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04- OK.- I'm your friend again.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10Well, it's time to find out whether or not Phil is hot or cold about
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Paul's Victorian ice bucket.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Now, Phil, I haven't been able to convince you with the punch,
0:29:15 > 0:29:17but if you were going to have some punch,
0:29:17 > 0:29:19would you like some ice with it?
0:29:19 > 0:29:22- What do you make of this? - It's quite cool, isn't it?
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Cool, it's icy cool.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27I'm not quite sure that these tongs have got too much to do with it,
0:29:27 > 0:29:30but in my eyes, that is going to make between 30 and £50.
0:29:30 > 0:29:31£30-£50.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Do you know what? Paul paid the top end of your estimate - 50.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38But when was the last time you saw an ice bucket with icicles dripping
0:29:38 > 0:29:40all over it and rocks at the base?
0:29:40 > 0:29:42- It's making me feel cold. - It's making you feel cold?
0:29:42 > 0:29:44I'd rather it made you feel excited.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Anyway, we'll move on to our Blue Team, Jim and Sally,
0:29:46 > 0:29:49husband and wife. We started off with quite an usual lot.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51We've got this mounted coopered barrelled jug.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55It's quite an unusual thing. Is it something you're into, Phil?
0:29:55 > 0:29:58I think it's got a good look. I think you could use it.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00- That's a plus.- Yes, it is a plus.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03But I actually, personally, I quite like this coopered...
0:30:03 > 0:30:05The staving of the barrel just down here.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08- I think that is really quite nice. - So, in that case, what do you think
0:30:08 > 0:30:11- it's going to make?- I think it's going to make between 30 and £50.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13- What did they pay? - They paid £60 for it, Phil.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- That's up there, isn't it? - It's all the money.- It's up there.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18Then we move on to something that everyone loves.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Cake. Do you love cake?
0:30:21 > 0:30:24- What do you think?- I think you've never touched the stuff.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28I personally love it and I think this three-tiered cake stand
0:30:28 > 0:30:31is something that someone will want to go home with today.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33I'm trying to be upbeat about it.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37I think that is an acquired taste and I don't think that I've required
0:30:37 > 0:30:40that taste just yet, really.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42What do you reckon it's going to make, Phil?
0:30:42 > 0:30:44I see that making between 10 and £15.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47They paid £15 for it, so hoping you do a wee bit better.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50- I'm not sure how much you love the barrel. Not much.- No.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52Not taken with the cake stand.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54- Definitely no.- But I bet you're taken with the Dinky cars.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Oh, I love the cars. I mean, we've got archetype 1950s
0:30:57 > 0:30:59British sports cars. We've got a Triumph and an MG.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Collectors of these want them to be totally original.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06They don't want the little bit of paint loss,
0:31:06 > 0:31:08they want them in original boxes but nonetheless,
0:31:08 > 0:31:11I think those are really sweet. They're going to make £10-£15.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Kate and the team paid 26 for them.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Fingers crossed there are more car enthusiasts in the saleroom
0:31:16 > 0:31:18- than just you.- Absolutely.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Well, Phil thinks this might be on the edge,
0:31:20 > 0:31:23so let's see what Kate bought for the Blues as her bonus buy.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Well, Jim and Sally, you did very well.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30You already have three veritable bargains
0:31:30 > 0:31:32because you only spent £101.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36But that means that Kate Bliss was given £199.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Now, Kate, tell us, what did you buy?
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Well, we were very much drawn to things related to food and drink,
0:31:42 > 0:31:45were we not? Cake stand.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49So I carried on that theme and I've bought you...
0:31:50 > 0:31:52..a little teacup.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54Have a little closer look at it,
0:31:54 > 0:31:56because this isn't just an ordinary teacup.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58What do you think of it, Sally?
0:31:59 > 0:32:01It's very dainty, very pretty.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03It's very small, yeah.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07- It is very small.- It's for people that don't like much tea.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Or perhaps for people in the 18th-century when tea
0:32:10 > 0:32:14was very expensive and it was a bit of a luxury.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17OK, so this little teacup would have been the ideal size, actually,
0:32:17 > 0:32:23for sipping tea in about 1770, which is when this dates from.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- Gosh, that's really old. - It is really old.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27It's a piece of Worcester porcelain
0:32:27 > 0:32:31despite the very Chinese decoration it's got on it.
0:32:31 > 0:32:36But this piece is particularly nice because you've got a tiny little
0:32:36 > 0:32:39mark on the base there which is actually the decorator's mark.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43So, you could go through the factory archives, with time,
0:32:43 > 0:32:47and maybe pinpoint that to the actual decorator in 1770
0:32:47 > 0:32:48with the right resources.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50But the other thing is that not only
0:32:50 > 0:32:53have they gone to the bother of decorating it in blue,
0:32:53 > 0:32:58but they just highlighted it in gilt here and around the inside.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00For an 18th-century bit of porcelain,
0:33:00 > 0:33:04to have gilt decoration like that in good order
0:33:04 > 0:33:06is actually really unusual,
0:33:06 > 0:33:10because the gilt will rub off with age and with wear.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11It's in really nice condition.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14I'd like to know how much of our money that cost.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Well, you left me a good wedge, didn't you?
0:33:17 > 0:33:20- We did.- But I only blew 25.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22No! Well, that seems a real bargain to me.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25I thought that would be a little bit more than that,
0:33:25 > 0:33:27so how much profit would that make, do you think?
0:33:27 > 0:33:33Well, I would hope that it might make £30, £40, £50 on a good day.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37It has got that gilt, which just gives it a little bit extra.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Well, the condition is good, the reaction was good, but will
0:33:40 > 0:33:45Philip Serrell think that this early bit of Worcester is his cup of tea?
0:33:45 > 0:33:47We're in Worcestershire,
0:33:47 > 0:33:50so you should like this first period Worcester cup.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52A little bit of gilding, nice mark on the bottom.
0:33:52 > 0:33:53It is, it's lovely.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55These things don't make anything like the money
0:33:55 > 0:33:57that they should, really.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00When you think of the age of that, we're talking 240,
0:34:00 > 0:34:02nearly 250 years old.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05- I think that's going to make between 15 and £30.- 15 and 30?
0:34:05 > 0:34:07- No money.- Do you think that's because people just don't
0:34:07 > 0:34:10- display things like they used to? - I think you're absolutely right.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13There aren't collectors around in the way that they used to be.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17You might have your work cut out, because Kate paid £25 for it.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20But do you know what? I believe that you're on the rostrum today.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23- I am indeed.- Anything is possible.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Let's see Phil work his magic.
0:34:27 > 0:34:28110, 120, 130, 140...
0:34:31 > 0:34:37100, 110. Any more? 110 in the room. 120.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42OK, Chris and Claire.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45This is the ultimate test of a marriage, wouldn't you say?
0:34:45 > 0:34:47Yes. It is. It's all about the golf brooch.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49See how it goes today.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53This is Bargain Hunt auction, real-time excitement.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55- Are you feeling it?- Petrified.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Petrified? Don't be nervous.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Asprey is the name on everyone's lips and it's there
0:34:59 > 0:35:03embossed into the leather, but we need it to make 35 at least.
0:35:03 > 0:35:04Here it comes.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07The Asprey desk set. Bid me £50.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12Oh, right, OK. Who's got £40?
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Give me 30. To start.
0:35:16 > 0:35:1930, I'm bid, five. One more? 40.
0:35:19 > 0:35:20Perfect, profit.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22At £40, down here at 40.
0:35:22 > 0:35:2440 bid. At £40, I'm only bid.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28It's your bid, sir. I sell then at £40 and done.
0:35:28 > 0:35:29Thank you.
0:35:29 > 0:35:33Yes, £40. Immediate profit of five.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36Now we're onto your brooch, Chris. We need a good price, here.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Bid me for that little golfing brooch.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Bid me for that lot. 60 or £70 to start me.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Bid me 50. Who's got a tenner?
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Quickly. Don't be so mean, the lot of you.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48I've got £10 everywhere.
0:35:48 > 0:35:5115 on the net. 15, I'll take 20 anywhere.
0:35:51 > 0:35:56At £15, and done, then at 15, and done. Thank you.
0:35:57 > 0:36:03£15, it sold for, which means you've made a loss of 25.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07- Here comes the punch set. - Who's got £50?
0:36:08 > 0:36:09Anybody having a party?
0:36:10 > 0:36:11It's amazing.
0:36:12 > 0:36:1710 on what? No way, not a tenner. You can't let it go for a tenner.
0:36:17 > 0:36:2315, 15, 20, five, 25 here. Gentleman's bid.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25At £25 only.
0:36:25 > 0:36:30It's your bid, sir. At £25 and done, then, at 25 and done. Thank you.
0:36:30 > 0:36:37OK, so, that sold for 25 which is a loss of £70,
0:36:37 > 0:36:41which means overall, you're minus £90.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44I told you this was a marital test.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48Stick with one another, and will you stick with Paul Laidlaw?
0:36:48 > 0:36:50That Victorian ice bucket.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53You're not allowed to ask him if you should go for it or not, but I can
0:36:53 > 0:36:56remind you that Paul paid 50 for it.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58- What do you think?- Yes.- Definitely, definitely go for it.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01100%. We've got every faith in him and not in ourselves.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03And here comes the auctioneer.
0:37:03 > 0:37:04Who's got £20 to start?
0:37:04 > 0:37:0920, I'm bid at 20. Five, 30, five, 40, five, 50, five,
0:37:09 > 0:37:1160, five, 75.
0:37:11 > 0:37:17Any more? 80 bid. 80. 80 bid. At £80. There's the bid. At £80.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19I'm bid at 80. Any more at all?
0:37:19 > 0:37:23At £80, it's your bid, sir, and done at £80, and done.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Thank you.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29- OK, £80.- Not enough. - Paul made you £30.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33It means you're minus 60 overall. Have you seen Bargain Hunt before?
0:37:33 > 0:37:36- You know as well as I do, that could be a winning score.- It could.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39So, keep it to yourself and don't say anything to the Blues.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41- Promise?- Promise.- OK.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Jim and Sally, this is it, the moment is here.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52I hope you're excited, because the auction is now.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55- How are you feeling, Jim?- All right. Looking forward to this.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59The first one is the lovely barrel-style jug.
0:37:59 > 0:38:00Let's watch him go.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03There you are. Will you bid me for that? Start me off, someone.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Bid me, I don't know, 60 or £70 for it.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Surely worth that. Got £60 on the net.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Bid at 60. 60 bid. £60 only.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14At 60. Any more? Who's got 70? At £60 only.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Just one more. Well, that's it.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20The maiden bid will take it, and it's done then at £60 and done.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Thank you.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24- Well done, Jim! - It could have been worse.
0:38:24 > 0:38:29You can hold your head up high, but we still need to make some money.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Hopefully we will on this three-tier cake stand.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Who's got a tenner?
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Well done, madam. At 10, I'm bid at 10.
0:38:35 > 0:38:3710, I've got a 10 here. 15, if you like.
0:38:37 > 0:38:4015. At £15.
0:38:40 > 0:38:41At £15 out of that.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44There's the bid. £15 only.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47Any more? £15, there's the bid.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51Well done, you. At £15 and done, then, at 15.
0:38:51 > 0:38:52That's £15.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Again, we're still on zero.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Come on, Dinky toy. £26.
0:38:58 > 0:38:59We want to make some money.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02The Dinky cars. Bid me for these. Who's got...?
0:39:02 > 0:39:04I don't know, £30 to start, someone.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Who's got 20?
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Who's got a tenner, then? They're cheap to run.
0:39:09 > 0:39:1310, I'm bid. 15 now? 15. At £15 only.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Don't want to make a loss.
0:39:15 > 0:39:16- Come on.- £15 I'm only bid.
0:39:16 > 0:39:22Any more? At £15 and done at 15. Thank you.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24So eventually we did lose some money.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Didn't make any profit.
0:39:26 > 0:39:27So we're minus 11.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33Don't worry, you've done pretty well because it is a tough, tough gig.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Here we are now deciding whether or not to go with
0:39:36 > 0:39:38that first period Worcester cup.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- I think we are now, aren't we? - I think we need Kate's help.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43We obviously haven't chosen very well.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45We haven't got a lot to lose, literally.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47- No.- You're going to go with it?
0:39:47 > 0:39:50I think we're going to go for that. Attempt at a profit.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Let's find out if you made the right decision.
0:39:52 > 0:39:53Here comes Kate's cup.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57£10 bid at 10. 10 bid. £10, £10, £10, at 10.
0:39:57 > 0:40:0015, 20, five, 30, with me.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03At £30 here. At 30. 30 bid.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Any more? And five, 35.
0:40:06 > 0:40:11Any more at all? At £35 and I sell at 35 and done.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Thank you.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17Oh, my goodness. Well, Kate Bliss saved your bacon there.
0:40:17 > 0:40:18You've made £35 on that.
0:40:18 > 0:40:23A £10 profit, which means overall, you're minus just £1.
0:40:23 > 0:40:28- No!- The story of your shop has almost seen you break even.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31- Not quite there. - It's a brilliant story anyway.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34But do you know what? Minus £1.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36How many times have you seen a negative score
0:40:36 > 0:40:39turn into a positive result? If you can just, you know,
0:40:39 > 0:40:42keep up the good thoughts and positive vibes.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45- Who knows?- Just don't say anything to the Reds, that is all I ask.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48- Do you promise?- Promise. - Thank you very much and well done.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56Chris and Claire, Jim and Sally, experts,
0:40:56 > 0:40:58I'm going to tell you why I love Bargain Hunt so much.
0:40:58 > 0:41:03It's because there is never a loser, only ever runners up.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07And in most circumstances, winning it involves making some money.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10But neither of you did that today, did you?
0:41:10 > 0:41:16- No!- We both ended up minus numbers.
0:41:16 > 0:41:22But someone, well, one team ended up losing just a little bit more
0:41:22 > 0:41:26than the others. In fact, quite a lot more.
0:41:27 > 0:41:28Our runners up today...
0:41:30 > 0:41:31..are the Reds. Oh!
0:41:32 > 0:41:36Minus 60, Reds. That's what you came in at. Minus 60.
0:41:36 > 0:41:41We started off with a profit and it was just downhill from there,
0:41:41 > 0:41:44and it was going to be a crystal-clear profit, was it not?
0:41:44 > 0:41:47With that gorgeous crystal punchbowl.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50What did it lose? £70.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53But who got you out of a lot of trouble?
0:41:53 > 0:41:55None other than Mr Paul Laidlaw.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59You made a £30 profit on that bonus buy and it took you to minus 60.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02So I don't have anything to offer you except our thanks.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05You did ever so well and, of course, you've been such good sports,
0:42:05 > 0:42:08so thank you for that. Wouldn't you like to know how much our winners
0:42:08 > 0:42:11today...? "Winners" are the Blues.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13They lost just £1.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16- So close.- It was ever so close.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Our first two lots, you broke even.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20It's just almost unheard of.
0:42:20 > 0:42:28Zero, zero and then minus 11 but Kate Bliss, she was your superhero.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31£10 profit on a bonus buy and you came in at minus one.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Again, I've got nothing to give you except my congratulations,
0:42:34 > 0:42:37because in the end, you are our winners today.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40- But we all had good fun? - We did.- Yes.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44And you too can find out everything you need to know about Bargain Hunt
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0:42:48 > 0:42:52But let me invite you to do something much more important
0:42:52 > 0:42:55- than that. Join us next time for more bargain hunting, yes? ALL:- Yes.