0:00:07 > 0:00:09Today, Bargain Hunt's in Exeter,
0:00:09 > 0:00:12and this magnificent clock hangs here,
0:00:12 > 0:00:14in the city's cathedral.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17It's actually said to be the inspiration for the classic rhyme
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Hickory Dickory Dock.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22The clock's ropes were greased in fat which, of course,
0:00:22 > 0:00:25attracted rodents, hence the rhyme,
0:00:25 > 0:00:28"Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock."
0:00:28 > 0:00:30So, before the clock strikes one,
0:00:30 > 0:00:33it's time to run off to Exeter's Westpoint Arena.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36So, come on, let's go Bargain Hunting.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08Well, our teams have 60 minutes and £300 each to find three items that
0:01:08 > 0:01:10will, hopefully, make a profit at auction.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13They say time waits for no man so, on that note,
0:01:13 > 0:01:17let's get cracking and see what's in store today.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19The Reds are feeling the pressure.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21But what is this? I can't believe it.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24We're missing out on... We haven't got it.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27For the Blues, there doesn't seem to be any pressure.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29- Better move on. - How are we doing for time, anyway?
0:01:29 > 0:01:31We've got hours and hours.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34By the auction, the Reds are hedging their bets.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Could go one way or the other.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39And the Blues, well, they're taking it all in their stride.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Ever hopeful. What could go wrong?
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Before all that, let's meet today's teams of married couples.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50The Reds are Martin and Jenny and the Blues are John and Caroline.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52- How are you?- Hello. - Very well, thank you.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54- Excited?- Yes, absolutely.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58We'll come to the Blues in a moment, but for the Reds, Jenny,
0:01:58 > 0:02:00tell me where you met Martin.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04I met Martin many years ago in Gibraltar, when I was in the RAF.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- Really?- Yes. Well, we were both in the RAF.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08- Both in the RAF?- Yes.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Many moons ago. How long have you been married, then?
0:02:10 > 0:02:1240 years.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- My respect goes out to you. - Thank you.
0:02:15 > 0:02:16Well done and congratulations!
0:02:16 > 0:02:17Thank you.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19So what did you do in the RAF?
0:02:19 > 0:02:23I was a nurse - Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Now, Martin, what branch of the RAF did you serve in?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28I was a communications engineer.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Technician, originally - when I joined, when I was 19 -
0:02:31 > 0:02:34and then served 35 years and retired as a Wing Commander.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Now where, precisely, did you meet Jenny?
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Gibraltar. I arrived in September and the first person I saw,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44as I came out in my brand-new uniform,
0:02:44 > 0:02:49was Jenny going to work in her nice, white nurse's uniform,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51sun-bronzed and I looked like a moon.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53- PAUL LAUGHS - Lily-white.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55I mean, it's a cliche but love at first sight?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Very much so. First person I spoke to.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59I thought, "Cor. She's nice."
0:02:59 > 0:03:02That's no' far off a wee fairytale, that one.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Clearly, you've got your skills,
0:03:04 > 0:03:08but what do you know about antiques, tell me?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- Well...- Much?- We've been to a few auctions, and...
0:03:10 > 0:03:14- OK.- I tend to like bronzes, that sort of thing.- I see.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15- Love them.- Similar tastes?
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Similar sort of things. We'll see how we go on the day.
0:03:17 > 0:03:23OK. Jenny, Martin, ex-RAF types, do you have a military strategy today?
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Well, working on the principle that
0:03:25 > 0:03:27no plan survives contact with the enemy,
0:03:27 > 0:03:32I think we're going to be relying a lot on our expert and, erm...
0:03:32 > 0:03:35and, basically, just try and spend as much as we possibly can.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Good luck. Well, that's the Reds.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Over to the Blues - John and Caroline.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41You still doing all right?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43- Yes. Hi, Paul.- Yes, thank you.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Now, step forward, PC Woodfield.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Right...
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Back in line.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52So, clearly, both had careers in the police force?
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Yes, that's right. Yes. We're both retired now.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56So did you meet in the police?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58No. No, no, we actually met at a running club,
0:03:58 > 0:04:00so it's called Hash House Harriers.
0:04:00 > 0:04:01- So...- Hash House?
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Yes. The idea is that somebody goes out in the woods
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- and lays a trail with flour...- OK.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09..and the idea is that you then run and try and follow that trail.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11There's different ways you split off, and the faster runners
0:04:11 > 0:04:13go off and try and find the right trail.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- And end up where?- And you end up back at a pub, normally.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18- Of course you do. - And that's where I met Caroline.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20I believe you cycle as well.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Tandem cycling.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22We do a lot, yes.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24OK. You're very tied to your partner.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Is this a good thing? Does it work?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28It's a very good thing, cos otherwise he'd just be off
0:04:28 > 0:04:30in the distance and I'd never see him.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Whereas now, he can't get away from me
0:04:32 > 0:04:33and I can chatter in his ear all day,
0:04:33 > 0:04:35cos I sit on the back and look around
0:04:35 > 0:04:37and he has to do all the hard work, steering
0:04:37 > 0:04:39and working out where we're going.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Now, clearly, you're an effective team out on your tandem.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46What are you going to be like as a pair of Bargain Hunters, tell me?
0:04:46 > 0:04:47We've got very little experience.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Probably, Caroline's a bit better than me,
0:04:49 > 0:04:51but I've got no knowledge at all, so
0:04:51 > 0:04:53I think our plan is going to be opposite to the Reds
0:04:53 > 0:04:56and we're going to try and spend as little as possible, and...
0:04:56 > 0:04:57damage limitation...
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Well, I wish you both good luck,
0:04:59 > 0:05:01but there's something you're going to need to get you going,
0:05:01 > 0:05:04and that's all of £300.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- Wow, thank you.- Bring nothing back.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09- And you...- Wow.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- Thank you, Paul. - ..bring back as much as possible.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Off you go. Meet your experts, and good luck to you.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16- Thank you.- Thank you very much.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17What do you think of that?
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Well, will the Reds reach for the sky and come out on top,
0:05:21 > 0:05:24or will it be a fair cop for the Blues?
0:05:26 > 0:05:29So, let's meet today's experts.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31The Reds will be hoping to make some serious dough
0:05:31 > 0:05:33with the help of Richard Madley.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38And, hoping to clean up for the Blues, it's Charlie Ross.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Martin, Jenny, we've got 60 minutes and £300.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43What are we going to buy?
0:05:43 > 0:05:45We're going to look for Art Deco, Art Nouveau,
0:05:45 > 0:05:49agricultural things for the garden, maybe.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51What are you going to be looking for, John?
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Well, I quite fancy something industrial,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54but I guess I'll know when I see it.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56You won't be looking for industrial, will you, Caroline?
0:05:56 > 0:05:58- Definitely not. - What will you be going for?
0:05:58 > 0:06:00I'm going more countrified, something animal-y...
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Animal. Animal and industrial.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- Martin?- Oh, militaria, probably.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Wooden, you know - treen, that sort of thing.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Right, teams - your 60 minutes start now. BELL RINGS
0:06:10 > 0:06:12I think I know where we can get started.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13- Yeah.- Follow me.- Right, OK.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Well, let's go hunting. Come on.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Are you as excited as I am about this?
0:06:21 > 0:06:22- Very excited.- Are you?
0:06:22 > 0:06:24- Very excited. - That's the spirit, Blues.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28And straight away, Jenny has spotted something right up her street.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31I know that you have got a little bit of interest in bronzes, so,
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- from this...- Yes. - ..from this distance here,
0:06:33 > 0:06:37what I will say, from the outset, is that the chances of us finding...
0:06:37 > 0:06:38erm...
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- a decent bronze... - Never say die.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42I'm... I like your spirit.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43I do like your spirit.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Remember, you've only £300.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49Well, I like your champagne taste with regards to bronzes,
0:06:49 > 0:06:52but I would think that our budget is probably nearer to
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- house red or...- Yes.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56I'll drink to that, Richard.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Spending as little as possible was the Blues' game plan.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01So are they moving in the right direction?
0:07:01 > 0:07:02Well, the thing that's jumped out...
0:07:02 > 0:07:06- This, erm, little compass, here. - That's really fascinating.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07What do you think that's made of?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09That's steel and a...
0:07:09 > 0:07:11brass base, I think.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12But it's got age.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14And it's not just a compass, is it?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- It's a sundial.- A sundial as well.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18- It's a sundial.- And then that raises up. Yes, that's...
0:07:18 > 0:07:21I've never seen anything quite like that.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23That's an interesting object.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24I love it. I love your taste.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- Thank you.- But I think your taste is going to be a bit too big...
0:07:27 > 0:07:28- Really?- ..for your pocket.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- OK.- Hold your breath.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33I'm not sure holding your breath is going to help,
0:07:33 > 0:07:35but go and find out the price, Charlie.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- Little frog thing.- Can you see the little frog on the...
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Bad news, team. We're into a couple of thousand pounds for that,
0:07:41 > 0:07:43and I'm not surprised. It's a very...
0:07:43 > 0:07:44What an amazing eye you have.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47I'd love for you to buy that, but we'd need to take a nought off.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- OK.- Come on. - You certainly will, Blues.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53So, Reds - has anything caught your eye?
0:07:53 > 0:07:54Dental surgeon box, there.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- Yeah, I saw that.- Yeah.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- Yeah, I love things like that. - It's actually quite fun, isn't it?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01- Well, it's got a price tag down there.- Yes. Shall I have a look?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Go on. Let's have a look.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05We've got to find out, haven't we?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Oh...champagne taste.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- And?- 240.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16- 240.- Yes.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18That's going to make everything difficult, isn't it?
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- It is.- I think so, sadly.- Yes.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22I think it will, Reds.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Crikey, our teams have expensive tastes today.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Now, are our bobbies about to find their first item?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31You're a man with a bit of swagger, Charles.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Now, what have you got to look for here?
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Length is the first thing cos, quite often, they're worn away.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41That's got a good length. You feel? That's a proper...
0:08:41 > 0:08:43- Nice.- ..proper length walking cane.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Sometimes they're bashed at the bottom.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Somebody's actually put a modern rubber ferrule on there,
0:08:49 > 0:08:51to stop it getting damaged at the bottom.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54You need to check the condition of it, which is,
0:08:54 > 0:08:56generally, pretty good.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58It's cane and it's lacquered.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00It's really rather lovely.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01It's tactile.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05It's got a ferrule here and here,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08and here we are - we've got the hallmark.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12It's got a Birmingham hallmark, an anchor, and a date letter.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16I would imagine it's about 1910-20.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17What do you think that's worth?
0:09:17 > 0:09:21I'm the auctioneer. Going, going, gone. How much did it sell for?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- 45.- 45.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Erm...
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- 35.- 35.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28Price...
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- 25!- Wow.- Look at that.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Do you know, and this nice stallholder might even give you
0:09:34 > 0:09:36a little shave off. Go on, John - do your best.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38So, Mr Davison, what's your best price on that, do you think?
0:09:38 > 0:09:41I agree with you that an auction price is somewhere between
0:09:41 > 0:09:43- 30 and 45...- Yeah.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45So, to give you a chance, I'll do that for 20.
0:09:45 > 0:09:4720? Would you go to 18?
0:09:47 > 0:09:50I couldn't at 18, but I could do 20.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53I think we should say, "£20 - thank you very much indeed."
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- OK.- Thank you. - Right, thank you, sir. I'll...
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Shake your hand, if we don't break it.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59And that's another 400 for the breakages.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00Steady on, Blues.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04But, well done - first buy with 15 minutes on the clock.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08Now, it seems like the Reds are sticking to the team colours.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11That price of £65 is looking more like it.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13I absolutely love this.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- I love it.- What do you think? - What do you think?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- Edgy.- I like the style.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22I like the style. It's got a sort of Deco-y sort of look about it.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24- Yes, it has, hasn't it?- Yeah. - Has Martin tested it for comfort?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- Yeah, I think you ought to, Martin. - Yes, I'll go and try that.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Let's have a look. What do you think there?
0:10:29 > 0:10:30Oh...
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- Yes.- Yeah?- Definitely.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34- Good length.- Lovely. - Good length on the legs.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- It's working, indeed.- Really nice.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Right, well, if it's comfortable...
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- Very comfortable.- How much is it? - Well, it's got a price tag on it.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Do you think it's one we should try and find out if we could...
0:10:43 > 0:10:44I think so, yup.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Perhaps we could call the owner. Sir?
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Could we ask you about your...?
0:10:49 > 0:10:51- Yes.- Your red chair. - ..your chair.- It's too cheap -
0:10:51 > 0:10:55- you want to give me extra?- No! - Too cheap!- It's lovely, isn't it?
0:10:55 > 0:10:56Now, it's got a price on it...
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- Yes.- And we're wondering how much more friendly you could be
0:10:59 > 0:11:00to us today.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01If I'm really pushed,
0:11:01 > 0:11:02it can be 50 quid.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- Shall we go for it?- Yeah, we'll go for it.- OK, thank you very much.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Thank you.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Sold for £50!
0:11:09 > 0:11:13First purchase for the Reds with 18 minutes on the clock.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Let's hope their champagne budget ideas are
0:11:15 > 0:11:18finally out of their system.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20The Blues are still at the same stall,
0:11:20 > 0:11:23but they seem to be pushing along nicely.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Aren't they sweet? Real Arts and Crafts period, aren't they?
0:11:26 > 0:11:29- Mmm.- Lovely.- Do you think they are...?- They're...table condiments.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Table cruets - just what I was going to say.
0:11:31 > 0:11:32- I'm sure they are. - Ah...- Salt and pepper?
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- Yeah, could be. - Or possibly mustard and salt?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Don't know. How old would they be, do you think?
0:11:36 > 0:11:401900 or thereabouts,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43you know? Give or take a decade, we'd be about right, wouldn't we?
0:11:43 > 0:11:44- I would have thought so.- Yeah.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46It's just so nice to have the pair stay together.
0:11:46 > 0:11:47I think they're super.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- Yes.- Now, I'm going to do the test again cos, John,
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- you haven't seen the price... - I have seen it, unfortunately.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54- Have you seen it, Caroline? - I haven't seen the price.
0:11:54 > 0:11:55What would you pay for those?
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- Well, I've no real idea. - I know, it's very unfair, isn't it?
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Wheelbarrows are not my speciality, but...- Do you do a bit of gardening?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- ..£15-£20?- £15-£20.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05- Would that be anywhere near it? - She's a good valuer, isn't she?
0:12:05 > 0:12:08The price on here is £22.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12What would be your best price on those little devils?
0:12:13 > 0:12:16- What about 18?- Any chance of 15?
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- JOHN:- What you think that would go for in auction?
0:12:18 > 0:12:19They're going to be narrow in terms
0:12:19 > 0:12:21- of market as to who's going to want them...- Mmm.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24The average person would not want these on their table.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27I, as a rather quirky antique lover,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30would love to put those on my dining table.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32- I don't know.- I'm leaving it entirely up to you.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34- Shall we go for 16?- It's your game. It's not mine.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36I was at 18, you're at 15 - I would go to 16.
0:12:36 > 0:12:3716? 16, yeah?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- Shall we go with 16? - Are we going to have them?
0:12:39 > 0:12:41- Yes, I think so.- Let's do it.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- Let's do it. - Thank you very much again.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Impressive haggling skills, Blues.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49So that's item number two, with nearly 20 minutes on the clock.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52- Come on, team.- Where to now?
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Well, if we can buy a third thing here...
0:12:54 > 0:12:56- We'd better move on. - How are we doing for time, anyway?
0:12:56 > 0:12:57We've got hours and hours...
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Just 40 minutes left, so back on the beat, Blues.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05Meanwhile, the Reds have moved back to the dentist's box,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08but they'll need to get the price down from £240.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10- Shall we ask the owner? - Yes, that would be lovely.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Come over here and help us a little bit on the price.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16- SELLER:- Well, it's come from house clearance.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17I could probably do it for 130.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- MARTIN:- That's, that's... - Quite pleasant.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21What about 110?
0:13:21 > 0:13:23- SELLER:- No. - So 130 is your final figure?
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Now, that is... That's the gentleman's final figure.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29- Yeah, that's within... - We don't wish to insult you at all.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32If there was a chance at 120, I think we'd shake your hand now.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- MARTIN:- Go in the middle... - SELLER:- I'll do 125, and that's it.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- I think that's fair.- There you are.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39- There come the handshakes. - Thank you.- Well, thank you.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41You've come down from 240 to 125
0:13:41 > 0:13:43which I think is a very generous gesture.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- Thank you very much indeed. Reds, are we happy?- Yes.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48- We are indeed.- You're happy? Great, then. Let's move on then.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Hats off to you, Reds. Box ticked.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55Our RAF couple are flying along nicely with two items in the bag.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58So, we're approaching the halfway mark.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01How do you feel it's going, Richard?
0:14:01 > 0:14:02They're doing really well.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06They started a little bit slowly, but they soon picked up and then,
0:14:06 > 0:14:12when we got into it, they made two purchases in about five minutes.
0:14:12 > 0:14:13And the Blues, Mr Ross?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15I've done a lot of Bargain Hunts but, frankly,
0:14:15 > 0:14:19these are two of the most positive people I've ever met,
0:14:19 > 0:14:20and they've got a good eye.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24In my opinion, they are two thirds of the way to a golden gavel.
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Now I've lost them.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28I'm sure our bobbies will track you down, Charlie.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31But there's no rest for the wicked, so back to the shopping.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33- Look at that!- Charlie!
0:14:33 > 0:14:34There you are! Stop running off!
0:14:34 > 0:14:36- Sorry.- What have you found?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Well, I've found a ceramic sieve.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40I'm not suggesting we buy it, but isn't it magnificent?
0:14:40 > 0:14:42- It is.- Feel the weight of that.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44What would they sieve in it? So many things it could be for.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Do you think milk?
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Could be for cheese, where they do the curd stuff...
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Anyway, but it's singularly useless.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54- We found a nice phone. Come and have a look at this.- Right.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55They're at it.
0:14:56 > 0:14:57- Couple of things over here.- Yeah.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00- I love these.- I'll tell you what I like about this - it's got the...
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Kipling 7655.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04And, for the police dial 999.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07I can remember my parents having a phone like this.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Well, it's marked up at 125...
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- It's tight.- What sort of thing would you make that...?
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- If it went to auction, it might make £100.- OK.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- So shall we carry on? - I think that's a good idea.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19We'll remember where this is...
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Yup. We can always phone them up.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Keep the phone on hold then, Blues.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25You can call on it in an emergency.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Now, Reds, where are you up to?
0:15:27 > 0:15:28You've stopped in your tracks already.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31I've just been looking at... Is it a screen?
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Is it a screen? That is, that is a screen.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- A scream?- And I would say this -
0:15:36 > 0:15:38if you could buy it for what you've got left in your kitty...
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- Can I?- You are a magician. - Yes, thank you.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44- It would be... It's going to be way out of our price range.- Yeah.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46I think you could be right, Richard.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49That Tibetan painted door is going to be over your budget.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51I'd move on, Reds.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54So, Blues, are you still trotting along nicely?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57- Caroline, have you seen these? - I haven't.- Come and have a look.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59I was just looking at the lovely crops he's got.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01They're farriers' bags for a...for a motorcycle.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03- Oh, they're nice...- Aren't they beautiful?
0:16:03 > 0:16:05- ..with the horseshoes. - Farriers' bags.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Can you imagine what it would cost to make something like that?
0:16:08 > 0:16:10And that really finishes them off...
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- I like the little horseshoes. - ..cos that tells you what they are.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- And the stitching is amazing... - The stitching's wonderful
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- and the straps haven't been broken. - But there's no price on them.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22I have to say, don't ask me to value those because I haven't got a clue.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- SELLER:- 140.- 140.- 140. - CAROLINE:- Yeah, it's a lot of money.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27I like them. But we've still got time,
0:16:27 > 0:16:29- so I think we should keep looking.- Yeah.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32So it's a no for the farrier bags from the Blues.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35And the Reds are still admiring the painted door.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37But just how expensive is it?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41There's no price on it, is there?
0:16:41 > 0:16:44So it's going to be expensive, isn't it?
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Oh, no, there isn't a price on it. It's my husband's.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49We don't want to take it back on the van, so...
0:16:49 > 0:16:50I don't know. 175?
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- I actually can't afford that.- Right. - You knew I was going to say...
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- I haven't.- Yeah.- This is the last item....- Right.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59But I absolutely adore it.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01OK, what's your best offer?
0:17:01 > 0:17:03How much money have I got, Martin?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06You have 125 left.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08And I've got to save something for Richard...
0:17:08 > 0:17:09We've got to leave a pound for Richard...
0:17:09 > 0:17:11..so I can only offer you 120.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13No, I don't think we can let it go for that. Thank you.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17Oh, dear. What a shame. If only we'd come here first.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- But you know the rules. - That's life. Yes.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Champagne tastes strike again then, Reds.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Move on.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28So, with less than 20 minutes left, go and find your final items.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Blues, what's on the menu now?
0:17:33 > 0:17:37Do you know, I don't think I've seen such intricate menu card holders.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40They are absolutely lovely. How much are they, my dear?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- SELLER:- 65. - JOHN:- 65, for the pair.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Not a great deal of money.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- Do you think that's... - May I look at one?
0:17:45 > 0:17:49- SELLER:- It's a bargain. - That's what were hunting for.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51- They're very pretty, aren't they? - Beautifully made.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55- Are they hallmarked, at all? - They are.- They are. Fully marked.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Stuart Clifford, London, 1901.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Stuart Clifford was one of the world's great menu holder makers.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05The only thing is the price. Erm...
0:18:05 > 0:18:06What would you think at auction?
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Well, I'll tell you what I think they would make at auction.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10£40-£60.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11So, on the money there.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16Well, it depends on whether the lady's got any movement or not
0:18:16 > 0:18:21and how she values them. Whether she thinks that she is chancing it or...
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Isn't that right, madam? Have a look at your stock and see.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26How about 50?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Would you, by any chance, do 45 for them?
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Tell you what, I'll go 45 then.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34Well, they're not my favourite but, Caroline, if you like them,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- I'm happy to go with that. - Caroline, you are the decider then.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Is that for me then? Is this for me then? Yes, I'd love to.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42If you want then you have my... Ooh, she's done it.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- She's done it, John. - I've done it. I'm on it.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46- Thank you very much indeed. - Thank you very much.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Well done, Caroline
0:18:48 > 0:18:51That's job done for the Blues.
0:18:51 > 0:18:52So it's down to the Reds.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Now, do you remember Jenny wanted to find a statue?
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Well, with 50 minutes left, it looks like she's found one.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01But with only £125 in their pocket,
0:19:01 > 0:19:03can they afford it?
0:19:04 > 0:19:08- Well, it's way again beyond what money I have, but...- Typical.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- ..I'm quite interested in this. - That is you.- Yes.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14That is exactly what you would go for, and I do like that.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15It's a charming group.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Continental, maybe Belgian or French, circa 1930.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21But we got to make two assumptions.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23One, that we can get the price down
0:19:23 > 0:19:28- from 165 down to 124.- Yes.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Some haggling skills are needed here then, Reds.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Now, we've seen the price on it...
0:19:34 > 0:19:37- SELLER:- Yes.- And is there...the friendliest price
0:19:37 > 0:19:38without insulting you?
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Well, you tell me what you've got left.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42124.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44124 you've got left?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46- Yes.- So, you've really got 125 then?
0:19:46 > 0:19:48- Yes.- Er, yes. - MARTIN:- But he needs a pound.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52- I get the pound.- Yes, but that is the price that we can...
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Well, if you can go another five...
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- If you can find another five somewhere...- That's all we've got.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59130 I would take.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01But what is this? I can't believe it.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03We're missing out on... We haven't got it.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06- MARTIN:- That's the second time now. - 1-2-4...
0:20:06 > 0:20:09I think the Reds are finally feeling the pressure.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12- SELLER:- Considering that it is quite big for me to carry round...
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- Yes, yes.- ..we'll say OK.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17- All right?- MARTIN:- Excellent. - Thank you, madam.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- SELLER:- Cos you've got a nice face. - Thank you. So have you.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22- I'd like to shake your hand. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- I haven't had your money yet! - I know, I know!
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Well!
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- Thank you! - I didn't see that coming.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32- I did!- You did.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Hats off to you, Reds - you're all done!
0:20:37 > 0:20:39That's it - time's up!
0:20:39 > 0:20:41So, are you OK with the quid then?
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Give me the pound - where is it? Where is it?
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50First up, Martin and Jenny are
0:20:50 > 0:20:52hoping for a comfy profit, with this
0:20:52 > 0:20:54red chair, bought for £50.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Next, they are hoping this wooden
0:20:56 > 0:20:58chest will be filled with profit,
0:20:58 > 0:20:59bought for £125.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03And, finally, they continued to
0:21:03 > 0:21:04splash the cash - this time,
0:21:04 > 0:21:07£124 for this bronze statue.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12Well, Jenny and Martin, you said you were going to do it and you did,
0:21:12 > 0:21:14you spent big!
0:21:14 > 0:21:18You couldn't have spent any bigger!
0:21:18 > 0:21:19And you bought some big objects.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- We did.- A chair, a chest...
0:21:21 > 0:21:23- No regrets?- No regrets.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- None?- None at all. - A teensy-weensy?- Yet!
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Jenny, what's your favourite out of that interesting trio?
0:21:29 > 0:21:32I quite liked the oak box.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36- Yes.- So whether it'll make any profit, I don't know.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Well, if it doesn't make profit, what will?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Most probably the chair.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Martin, are you as confident about your chair?
0:21:43 > 0:21:44What's your favourite lot?
0:21:44 > 0:21:46- The chair, definitely.- Is it?- Yeah.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48It sort of sang to me when I saw it.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50- Is that your most profitable lot? - I think so, yes.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Well, we know how much you've got left.
0:21:53 > 0:21:54Who's got the pound?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Richard, a one pound coin.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Now, that could terrify you or it could liberate you.
0:22:00 > 0:22:01There's only so much you can do with a pound.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04I'm going to have to go down on bended knee
0:22:04 > 0:22:06around these kind stallholders and ask,
0:22:06 > 0:22:09"Will anybody sell me something for a pound?"
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Well, good luck. Put your pleading face on.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13Whatever it takes!
0:22:13 > 0:22:15I'll do my best.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18While Richard's off saying his prayers and hoping for good fortune,
0:22:18 > 0:22:21let's go see what the Blues have bought.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23First up, the Blues paid £20
0:22:23 > 0:22:25for this walking stick,
0:22:25 > 0:22:26but will it stand up at auction?
0:22:28 > 0:22:29Next, they wheeled out these
0:22:29 > 0:22:31table condiments, bought for £16.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35And finally, these menu cardholders
0:22:35 > 0:22:38were bought for £45.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- John, Caroline - what was that like? - Oh, a lot of fun, lot of fun.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- Yeah?- Yeah. - Tell me your favourite purchase.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Well, I like the wheelbarrows, myself -
0:22:45 > 0:22:47the little Arts and Crafts wheelbarrows condiment set.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Are they going to make the most profit?
0:22:49 > 0:22:52- I'm not sure. Perhaps the cane - that was a bargain.- OK.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53So, Caroline - you're going
0:22:53 > 0:22:55to disagree on favourite lot, aren't you?
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Well, my favourite is the little hunting scene.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- Sweet.- Being a horsey person, I like them.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Ticked that box!
0:23:03 > 0:23:05- Is that where the profit lies? - Well, I don't know.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08It was our most expensive item at 45, so...
0:23:08 > 0:23:11I like to think it's in a good, horsey area.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Someone will love them as well.
0:23:13 > 0:23:18So by my reckoning, you've got £219 worth of change for me?
0:23:18 > 0:23:22There you go, that's the folding stuff and four gold ones together.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Wowee. Mr Ross!
0:23:24 > 0:23:26- Now, we're watching you...- Oh...
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Are you going to stick with the planned strategy
0:23:29 > 0:23:32of spend no money, take no chances?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35How can I divert from that?
0:23:35 > 0:23:36I shall be frugal...
0:23:37 > 0:23:39..and give them a fourth profit.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43Well, Mr Ross forecasts a profit!
0:23:43 > 0:23:45We'll see at the auction. In the meantime,
0:23:45 > 0:23:48I'll go and see what the forecast is like down at the Met Office.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56Well, as we're in Exeter, in the midst of some real weather,
0:23:56 > 0:23:59I thought I'd pop down to the Met Office,
0:23:59 > 0:24:04the UK's National Weather Service, who moved to the city in 2003.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07The service was set up in 1854,
0:24:07 > 0:24:08and 20 years later
0:24:08 > 0:24:11it issued its first forecast to the Brits.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13It was there that the British love affair with the weather
0:24:13 > 0:24:14really found a focus.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20The archive library here holds one of the most comprehensive
0:24:20 > 0:24:23collections in the world, and Katharine Ross, the archivist,
0:24:23 > 0:24:27is going to tell me more about the history of forecasting.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31The Met Office was founded in 1854 by Rear Admiral Robert FitzRoy.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- OK.- And it wasn't founded in order to forecast,
0:24:34 > 0:24:36it was actually founded in order to understand more about
0:24:36 > 0:24:37the weather at sea,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39in order to protect life and property.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43And what was FitzRoy's role in the forecasting?
0:24:43 > 0:24:47He'd been an illustrious seaman and then coming to the Met Office,
0:24:47 > 0:24:51he collected all this information together and started to feel that
0:24:51 > 0:24:52he could forecast,
0:24:52 > 0:24:55but he couldn't persuade anybody else that this was possible,
0:24:55 > 0:24:58and then in 1859, there was a major storm called
0:24:58 > 0:24:59the Royal Charter Storm,
0:24:59 > 0:25:02in which 450 lives were lost on the Royal Charter alone,
0:25:02 > 0:25:06and FitzRoy was then able to persuade Parliament to allow him
0:25:06 > 0:25:09to start a Storm Warning Forecast and it still exists today,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11obviously not quite in the same format -
0:25:11 > 0:25:13it's now known as the Shipping Forecast,
0:25:13 > 0:25:16and it's believed to be the longest forecasting service in the world.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19- RADIO ANNOUNCER: - 'The Met Office issued the following gale warning to shipping...'
0:25:19 > 0:25:22The development of the electric telegraph in the 1870s
0:25:22 > 0:25:25and the increasing number of observation stations meant
0:25:25 > 0:25:28more detailed analysis could be created on synoptic charts,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31like these weather charts we recognise today.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Of course, it's not all about forecasting bad weather, is it?
0:25:35 > 0:25:38What most of us wants to know is, when's the sun going to shine?
0:25:39 > 0:25:42I seem to recall from my uni days, that instrument measures sunshine,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44- does it not?- Yes, it does.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47This is a Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50and you can probably tell why we nickname it "the crystal ball".
0:25:50 > 0:25:54The sun focuses through this glass sphere and creates a point of light
0:25:54 > 0:25:57and it burns onto a card like this.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01You've got your hours marked out during the day, and then it burns
0:26:01 > 0:26:05a very clear line when the sun is shining and you can see when it
0:26:05 > 0:26:08gets cloudy, because there's then a break in the hole.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10In this case, there's just over 11 hours of sunshine,
0:26:10 > 0:26:12so this was a particularly sunny day.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16Between the end of the 19th century and the outbreak of World War II,
0:26:16 > 0:26:18the Met Office greatly expanded.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Forecasting was becoming more detailed and there was an increasing
0:26:22 > 0:26:24appetite for forecasts from the general public.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27- RADIO ANNOUNCER:- 'Here, with the weather forecast, is Bert Ford.'
0:26:27 > 0:26:31The first televised forecasts were on our screens in 1936
0:26:31 > 0:26:35and, of course, the information was provided by the Met Office.
0:26:35 > 0:26:40By 1954, George Cowling became the first forecaster to be in vision,
0:26:40 > 0:26:42standing in front of a map.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Well, we can clearly see how presentation styles
0:26:44 > 0:26:46have changed over the years.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50But I want to know how forecasting has become more sophisticated,
0:26:50 > 0:26:53so I've popped upstairs to meet chief operational meteorologist
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Andy Page to find out.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58I'm dazzled by this thing behind us. What's it telling us?
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Now, this is showing us a satellite that's above the equator,
0:27:01 > 0:27:04cos it's a geo-stationary satellite, so the white bits are the cloud
0:27:04 > 0:27:07and, also, we've got radar.
0:27:07 > 0:27:13So radar's land-based, picking up where we've got the areas of...
0:27:13 > 0:27:16I'll say precipitation, because it's not just rain today.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19So, colour's radar, the black-and-white's the satellite?
0:27:19 > 0:27:21- That's right. - But what're these crosses?
0:27:21 > 0:27:22Well, that's picking up
0:27:22 > 0:27:25where there's been lightning strikes over the last hour.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26The red ones are the most recent.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28So we then need to see how that's
0:27:28 > 0:27:30going to change as we go into the future,
0:27:30 > 0:27:32and this is where our computer models come in.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- Right.- So we need to know what it's doing now,
0:27:35 > 0:27:38we need to assess are the computer models
0:27:38 > 0:27:40handling that situation correctly?
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Yeah. So, I've got to ask the burning question...
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Tell me how accurate your forecasts are.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Our forecasts today...
0:27:48 > 0:27:50for four days ahead
0:27:50 > 0:27:54are as accurate as our one-day forecast was 30 years ago.
0:27:54 > 0:27:55Fantastic.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59Now, I shall hotfoot over to the auction room,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02where I'm forecasting a period of high pressure.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Well, today, we're at Ottery Auction Rooms with auctioneer David Sumner.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- How are you, David?- Very well, thank you.- Good, good.
0:28:20 > 0:28:21Well, look at this for an offering.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23The Reds,
0:28:23 > 0:28:26they have waded in deep and they've bought a very diverse offering,
0:28:26 > 0:28:28kicking off with this rather funky red armchair.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30- What do you think of that? - You've hit the nail on the head.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32It's funky, retro. It's got it all going on.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34The type of lot that sells very well at the moment.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36OK. Condition's all right?
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Condition's very good. It's very comfortable as well.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40PAUL LAUGHS What's your estimate on that?
0:28:40 > 0:28:43A cautious 30-50, but it could well exceed that.
0:28:43 > 0:28:44Well, fingers crossed.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47They have paid the higher end of your estimate, at £50
0:28:47 > 0:28:48but they could be right,
0:28:48 > 0:28:51- it could be the one that makes them the profit.- I think so.
0:28:51 > 0:28:56Now, the antidote to our funky red leather is our 19th-century oak box.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59- What do you make of this interesting plaque?- Well, it's a mishmash -
0:28:59 > 0:29:02it's a 19th-century oak box
0:29:02 > 0:29:07with a sort of 1930s/1940s dental practice plaque being popped on it.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10- OK, something off the practice front door?- Yeah, exactly.- I see.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13- Exactly.- So a question for you.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14The dentist's plaque -
0:29:14 > 0:29:17do you think it helps or hinders the box?
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Honestly, I think it hinders a little bit.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21What's your estimate, then, given all of the above?
0:29:21 > 0:29:23About 50-80.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25We'd need to double that, to be honest with you,
0:29:25 > 0:29:29because they stumped up £125, so that's looking like a problem.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32It is quite... It is...
0:29:32 > 0:29:36It is quite a bit. You never know, two people might...be here,
0:29:36 > 0:29:38one of them may be called Shepherd.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41- And a dentist at that! - And a dentist.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Well, we'll cross everything, shall we?
0:29:43 > 0:29:47And then we go to rather a smart-looking sculpture, there.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49- Do you like?- I do. I do.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52It's quite traditional, but it's a statement piece.
0:29:52 > 0:29:53I like the size of it.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Unfortunately, it's not bronze. It is only painted spelter.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58However, it's a statement piece.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01I've, again, cautiously estimated it at 60-80.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03It wouldn't surprise me if it topped that.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05They paid £124.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07I think there may be a small loss looming.
0:30:07 > 0:30:08Okey dokey.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12Well, I suggested earlier on that Martin and Jenny had waded in deep.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16They spent £299 of their £300 budget.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18They may need a bonus buy.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Let's see how much Richard's managed to pull out the hat
0:30:21 > 0:30:23with just one pound.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29Well, for a pound it doesn't go a long way, but I went a long way.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Probably 5,000 or 6,000 miles...
0:30:33 > 0:30:34..to find you this.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- Oh...- Oh...- Ooh...
0:30:36 > 0:30:38For a pound, that's amazing.
0:30:38 > 0:30:39You like it? Well, I think it's...
0:30:39 > 0:30:41It's probably from south-east Asia.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43I mean, possibly Indian...
0:30:43 > 0:30:46- Yes.- ..and it's a decorative panel.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48What it was made for, I don't know.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Too small for a piano. Maybe a tabletop, a table throw...
0:30:51 > 0:30:53For a pound coin, we can't go wrong.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55- You can't go wrong.- Do you think there's any profit in it?
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Well, I hope the auctioneer's going to open the bidding
0:30:57 > 0:30:59at least at five pounds, at five...
0:30:59 > 0:31:01maybe go to six or even seven.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05So there could be a 500, 600 or 700% profit in this.
0:31:05 > 0:31:06- Well done.- Thank you.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Thank you.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Well, let's go see what the auctioneer thinks of Richard's
0:31:11 > 0:31:12one pound purchase.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16What do you make of that?
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Well, I think he's in money.
0:31:18 > 0:31:19I really like this thing.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23It's very pretty - silk work, and for a pound...
0:31:23 > 0:31:24Bargain.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27How big a bargain is it? What's your estimate?
0:31:27 > 0:31:29I think it could do about 20 to 30.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Well, that's one serious margin, is it not?
0:31:32 > 0:31:33£30 from a pound.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37My hat would be off and it sounds reasonable enough to me.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Right, it's going to be an interesting one for the Reds.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Now, over to the Blues.
0:31:41 > 0:31:46Caroline and John, they were more frugal in their purchasing.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49They've got these three items here. Kicking off with the cane -
0:31:49 > 0:31:51how good an example is that, David?
0:31:51 > 0:31:55What I like about the cane is it's a tall cane
0:31:55 > 0:31:57- so it's usable.- Oh, I see.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00A lot of earlier canes, especially Victorian ones,
0:32:00 > 0:32:02are quite short cos they were much shorter.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05And this one's quite high so even someone of my height,
0:32:05 > 0:32:06five foot nine, could use it.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09Estimate on that, about 15 to 25.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12Well, that's good news because they paid £20 for it.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14So, bang in the middle of your estimate,
0:32:14 > 0:32:16and you said you're cautious, so it bodes well.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19But from there we go to John's favourite lot,
0:32:19 > 0:32:21these rather unusual little brass wheelbarrows.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23What you think of those?
0:32:23 > 0:32:24I really like them. Very unusual.
0:32:24 > 0:32:25Quirky. We like quirky.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Quirky's good.
0:32:27 > 0:32:32- W&P. Did some research on W&P. Couldn't come up with anything.- OK.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35I'm not 100% sure of the function for them, actually.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37We've put them down as table condiments,
0:32:37 > 0:32:39but you could use them for anything.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41I can't imagine they paid an awful lot for them,
0:32:41 > 0:32:43but I think they'll do quite well.
0:32:43 > 0:32:44What's your estimate?
0:32:44 > 0:32:46About 15 to 20.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49Music to the Blues' ears, I have no doubt.
0:32:49 > 0:32:50They paid £16.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Well, from John's favourite lot to Caroline's and, indeed,
0:32:53 > 0:32:56the one that she thinks will make the most profit -
0:32:56 > 0:32:59the silver cardholders.
0:32:59 > 0:33:00I love these.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04I love these. Given the area - West Country, country pursuits -
0:33:04 > 0:33:06I've got buyers lined up for these already.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08When they came out the box, fantastic.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10I just... Yeah.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11I, I...
0:33:11 > 0:33:13I'm struggling to find words.
0:33:13 > 0:33:14It's a shame it's not a set of six.
0:33:14 > 0:33:15That's the only downside.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Well, tell me the estimate.
0:33:17 > 0:33:18Again, very, very cautious.
0:33:18 > 0:33:2340 to 60. It wouldn't surprise me if they raced away to, potentially,
0:33:23 > 0:33:24a lot, lot more than that.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Well, John and Caroline will be happy enough at that. They paid £45.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30So, I'll tell you what, a lovely trend developing there.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34It is all looking positive for the Blues.
0:33:34 > 0:33:39They may not need the bonus buy, but let's go and take a look regardless.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Charlie, put us out of our misery.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45What on earth did you spend the money on?
0:33:45 > 0:33:47- I've spent quite a lot of money... - OK.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49But I've gone for quality, and I've gone for age,
0:33:49 > 0:33:51and I've gone for that!
0:33:51 > 0:33:53Da-da-dah! It's a hip flask.
0:33:53 > 0:33:54Well done!
0:33:54 > 0:33:55Go to the top of the class!
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Not only a hip flask, but it's Victorian.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59It's 1876.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Ever heard of the name Asprey's?
0:34:01 > 0:34:04- No.- I have.- Well, there you go. - That's a London...
0:34:04 > 0:34:07No, it wasn't the answer I was looking for, that, was it?
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Wonderful, high-quality,
0:34:10 > 0:34:15West End jewellers and objets d'art of the very finest quality,
0:34:15 > 0:34:18and they are highly collectable items,
0:34:18 > 0:34:21and I normally see them for quite a lot of money,
0:34:21 > 0:34:24and I bought this because I thought it was worth the money.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Go on, then, Charlie - how much did you pay?
0:34:26 > 0:34:27OK, I paid £110 for it.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29- 110.- Oh, I was going to say a couple of hundred!
0:34:29 > 0:34:32You were going to say a couple of hundred?
0:34:32 > 0:34:34I wish you'd said that before I said 110.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36- I think that is worth a profit.- OK.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38But we don't choose now, do we?
0:34:38 > 0:34:41- You don't.- No, OK. - It's a gamble, it is a gamble.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43And you don't need to make your decision now.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Leave that until the sale of your three items at the auction
0:34:46 > 0:34:49and, in the meantime, let's go see if the auctioneer thinks Charlie's
0:34:49 > 0:34:53hip flask will bring SPIRITED bidding at the saleroom.
0:34:55 > 0:34:56How much do you like our
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Asprey silver hip flask?
0:34:59 > 0:35:01It just gets better, doesn't it?
0:35:01 > 0:35:05The condition is pretty good, it's got a couple of little dings,
0:35:05 > 0:35:08but I don't think that will make any difference at all.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10What's it going to make? What's your estimate?
0:35:10 > 0:35:14I've put about 150 to 200 but, potentially,
0:35:14 > 0:35:15with that Asprey's tag on it,
0:35:15 > 0:35:17it could run a bit more.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21Charlie's rather cleverly purchased that for £110.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23He's a canny, canny fellow.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Are you taking the auction, David?
0:35:26 > 0:35:29- I am.- Are you looking forward to this lot?- I am, definitely.
0:35:29 > 0:35:30I can see that.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32And I am too.
0:35:32 > 0:35:33Can't wait.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39I've got to ask, how are the nerves?
0:35:39 > 0:35:42Come on, you have put it all on black, as it were.
0:35:42 > 0:35:47Well, yes, but it could go one way or the other...
0:35:47 > 0:35:48No two ways about that.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50First up is the red armchair.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52- So here goes. Good luck.- Exciting.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56Retro red leather easy chair, terminating on stainless steel legs.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Can start with me at £40.
0:35:58 > 0:36:0042, will you?
0:36:00 > 0:36:02- 42. 42.- Yes, yes...
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Very good.
0:36:04 > 0:36:05£60 for this lot.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Seems like a cheap lot at £60.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10£60. 60. 62. 65.
0:36:10 > 0:36:11That's his commission.
0:36:11 > 0:36:12On the internet, 65.
0:36:12 > 0:36:1468. Any interest in the room,
0:36:14 > 0:36:16at £68?
0:36:16 > 0:36:17£68?
0:36:17 > 0:36:18Internet, it's your bid.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20God bless the internet. £68.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23That's a profit of £18.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25Now it's the dental box.
0:36:25 > 0:36:2819th-century oak blanket box,
0:36:28 > 0:36:30with a later-applied bronze plaque.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32I can start with me at £50.
0:36:32 > 0:36:3355, will you?
0:36:33 > 0:36:3555, anywhere in the room?
0:36:35 > 0:36:3755, 60, 65...
0:36:37 > 0:36:39I'm looking for £65 for this lot.
0:36:39 > 0:36:4065, anywhere?
0:36:41 > 0:36:43Yes, lovely.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Don't want to lose it, do they?
0:36:45 > 0:36:47£75. Make no mistake,
0:36:47 > 0:36:50I'm selling at £75...
0:36:50 > 0:36:51- £75.- Yeah.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Sadly, that's a loss of £50,
0:36:53 > 0:36:55bringing your running total to
0:36:55 > 0:36:56a loss of £32.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58- Right, OK.- So...
0:36:58 > 0:37:01The sculpture he likes, here it comes now.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Spelter figure of a boy singing
0:37:03 > 0:37:05to his ducks, set on a marble base.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09Who'll start me away at £100 for this lot?
0:37:09 > 0:37:10£100. £100.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12£50, then. £50, I've got.
0:37:12 > 0:37:1455, will you?
0:37:14 > 0:37:1655, 60.
0:37:16 > 0:37:1765...
0:37:17 > 0:37:1965, 70, 75...
0:37:19 > 0:37:2175, anywhere?
0:37:21 > 0:37:22Patrick, 75?
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Make no mistake, I'm selling at £70.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27- Ooh...- Oh...
0:37:27 > 0:37:28Ouch!
0:37:28 > 0:37:31Now that is a loss of £54,
0:37:31 > 0:37:33bringing your total to a loss of
0:37:33 > 0:37:37£86, by my reckoning.
0:37:37 > 0:37:38Oh, what can I say?
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Well, we tried.
0:37:40 > 0:37:41It started well.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44We predicted a good start with the chair, and then it slipped away.
0:37:44 > 0:37:45Yeah. OK.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48A world record now for an Indian textile.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Is there £100 in this?
0:37:51 > 0:37:53It'd be a first. It would be a first.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55- Excellent.- You never know.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59I'm obliged to ask the question,
0:37:59 > 0:38:02but I'll be surprised if I can't predict the answer.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Are you going to go with the one pound bonus buy?
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- Of course we are! - We thought we might.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Here it comes, now. Bonus buy. Good luck.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Vintage Indian silk tapestry wall hanging,
0:38:14 > 0:38:15with woven gold thread.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17I've got conflicting bids.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19I can start me away at £12.
0:38:19 > 0:38:2215, will you? £15, £15.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Let's move to the room. £15 for this lot.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26- Excellent.- DAVID:- 15, anywhere? - MARTIN:- That's done well.
0:38:26 > 0:38:2815, do I see 15?
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Commission bid's going to buy it,
0:38:30 > 0:38:31at £12.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Well done, that man.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35£12 is a profit of 11 which takes
0:38:35 > 0:38:40the sting out to the tune of £75.
0:38:40 > 0:38:41So sorry!
0:38:41 > 0:38:45As we all know, in Bargain Hunt land, that could be a winning score,
0:38:45 > 0:38:46- could it not?- It could be.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49So we're going to hold on to that hope,
0:38:49 > 0:38:50and we're going to hold on to the numbers.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53We're not going to tell anything to the opposition.
0:38:53 > 0:38:54Keep mum.
0:38:54 > 0:38:55Forgotten already.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07You got lovely big smiles on your faces.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Does that belie a nervous condition or not?
0:39:10 > 0:39:11- Bit nervous, yes.- Are you?
0:39:11 > 0:39:13What could possibly go wrong, though?
0:39:13 > 0:39:15First up is your walking cane,
0:39:15 > 0:39:16and here it comes now.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Silver-banded rattan walking stick,
0:39:19 > 0:39:20by Henry Howell and Co.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23Who'll start me away at £20?
0:39:23 > 0:39:24- JOHN:- Go on.- DAVID:- £20.
0:39:24 > 0:39:25£10 I've got. Thank you.
0:39:25 > 0:39:2712, will you? £12 for this lot.
0:39:27 > 0:39:2912, 15, 18...
0:39:29 > 0:39:3018, 20, 22...
0:39:30 > 0:39:31Not at 22.
0:39:31 > 0:39:3322, 25.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Not at 25. Selling at 22, then.
0:39:35 > 0:39:36That's your bids.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- Number please, sir. - That was it. £22.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Plus two pounds after your first lot.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Now, next up the novelty wheelbarrows.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45Here they come now.
0:39:45 > 0:39:46Condiment set,
0:39:46 > 0:39:49modelled as wheelbarrows, stamped W&P.
0:39:49 > 0:39:5015, will you?
0:39:50 > 0:39:5215. 15, 18, 20...
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- Yes. Profit again! - 20. Not at 20.
0:39:55 > 0:39:56I'm looking for £20 for this lot.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58£20, anywhere in the room?
0:39:58 > 0:40:00It's with me for 18.
0:40:00 > 0:40:01£18.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03That's another two pounds.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Lastly, the menu holders
0:40:05 > 0:40:08the auctioneer loves - maybe his favourite lot in this sale.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12You paid 45. The estimate's 40 to 60, but he thinks they'll fly.
0:40:12 > 0:40:13These tick all the boxes.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15This is a really pretty lot.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17I can start me away at...
0:40:17 > 0:40:18£82 with me.
0:40:18 > 0:40:2085, will you?
0:40:20 > 0:40:2285? 88, I'm out.
0:40:22 > 0:40:23I'm going to move to the room at 88.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26£88, anywhere in the room?
0:40:26 > 0:40:29£88... Let's move to the internet.
0:40:29 > 0:40:30Got 90...
0:40:30 > 0:40:32I feel a golden gavel coming on!
0:40:32 > 0:40:36Make no mistake, I will sell to the internet at £90...
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Well done, you. £90.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42That's a profit of £45 on the holders.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45£49 profit overall.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Are you going to risk this profit?
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Shall we go risk averse here?
0:40:49 > 0:40:52- I think we're in profit... - We're going to...
0:40:52 > 0:40:53hold our profits.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55- Are you?- Yes. Stick with it.
0:40:55 > 0:40:56So we're not going with the bonus buy.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58A silver and leather-bound
0:40:58 > 0:41:01hip flask, by the known maker Charles Asprey.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03I've got to tell you the auctioneer loves it.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06He thinks £150-£200 and, I've got to say,
0:41:06 > 0:41:07I hope he's wrong for your sake.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10I can jump straight in at £80.
0:41:10 > 0:41:1190, will you?
0:41:11 > 0:41:1390, 100, 110...
0:41:13 > 0:41:15£110.
0:41:15 > 0:41:16(One more.)
0:41:16 > 0:41:18110, 120, 130...
0:41:20 > 0:41:21£130.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Hats off to Charlie.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25A £20 profit.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Got to be happy, but you've got to give nothing away to the Reds.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30So, solemn faces. Keep schtum, yeah?
0:41:41 > 0:41:42Well, well, well.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46What an interesting competition this was.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48But I've got to say, sadly,
0:41:48 > 0:41:53one team made the fatal mistake of not trusting their expert,
0:41:53 > 0:41:56and not going with the bonus buy.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00So, it's with regret that I inform the teams that
0:42:00 > 0:42:02the runners up today are...
0:42:02 > 0:42:04the Reds.
0:42:04 > 0:42:05GASPS AND LAUGHTER
0:42:07 > 0:42:08Quelle surprise.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Sadly, you waded in deep.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15You committed the £299 and it didn't pay off.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19But, I've got to say, the Blues...
0:42:19 > 0:42:21My word, golden gavel-ers.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24Look at this! It's got to feel good?
0:42:24 > 0:42:26- It's good.- Yes?- It's amazing.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Happy days. Well, you'll want me to give you your
0:42:28 > 0:42:30substantial £49 profit...
0:42:32 > 0:42:34..and we'll give you the highly coveted and prestigious
0:42:34 > 0:42:37- golden gavel.- Oh, amazing.
0:42:37 > 0:42:38There you go, Caroline. Well done.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40- Thank you kindly.- One for John.
0:42:40 > 0:42:41Thank you.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45Well, thank you all for being such good sports.
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