Southwell 26 Bargain Hunt

Today, we're at Southwell Racecourse

in Nottinghamshire.

There's no racing going on as it's been taken over

by a big antiques fair.

So sorry. You might be having a day off, but I've got work to do.

So, time for me to saddle up and let's go Bargain Hunting!

There are 200 stalls here at the racecourse and with 60 minutes

on the clock and £300 each, will it be the Reds or the Blues

who will be first past the post and romp home with huge profit?

So, let's study the form. Is it going to be a close race today?

There's fighting talk from the Reds...

-Well, first of all, we're going to win.

-Oh!

-Oh, no!

..equal determination from the Blues...

We absolutely want to win and we want a golden gavel.

..so, place your bets on either the Reds,

or the Blues, on who will come out on top at the auction.

Selling at 25.

But that's all for later.

Let's meet our teams today

-and we've got some serious girl power here today!

-Yes!

For the Reds, we have Angie and her mum, Kate,

and for the Blues, it's Jane and her daughter Anne.

-Hello, everybody.

-Hello!

Now, Angie, you've chosen your mum to be your team-mate today.

Does that mean you're going to be a force to be reckoned with?

Absolutely, yes.

We, my mum's a massive fan of the show and we always like doing

lots of nice things together.

So, I thought we'd apply and have some fun

-and generally we go for the same things, don't we?

-Similar.

We have slightly different tactics sometimes,

but I think we'll make a really good team.

Now, Angie, after helping other people to find jobs,

you've had a change of career yourself.

-What are you doing now?

-I have.

Up until very recently, I worked at a college

and put lots of training courses together

for people that are out of work.

Having two young children myself, I was finding that

the work-life balance really wasn't working for us,

so I'm now a full-time mum,

plus I help my husband with his business as well, part-time.

And Kate, what do you do for a living?

I work for a very well-known retailer,

I work on the food department.

Most people get very stressed when they're shopping for food.

Rather than shopping for clothes, which is more of a pleasure.

So, what are going to be your tactics today?

-Well, first of all, we're going to win.

-Oh!

Really?

I think we'll do it all by spending lots of money, or most of it.

-However...

-We'll rein her back and have some smaller items.

We'll try and compromise, I think.

-We tend to work well together, don't we?

-Usually, yes.

-Excellent.

Now, that's our Red team, now for our Blue team.

Jane, tell me why you've chosen your daughter Anne

to be your team-mate today?

Well, we get on extremely well.

We're like two peas in a pod, really.

Erm, we don't always agree, but we're really great pals.

You've recently retired from your own HR business

but you're keeping yourself busy?

Yeah, I just do a little job for a local electrician

and I'm a chair of a local charity that raises funds every summer

for a festival in our local community, so I really enjoy that.

Anne, you work at your local church.

I'm the administrator for our church,

so that involves just basic administrative stuff

but also quite a lot of pastoral care for people who come in.

What do you do outside of the church?

Well, I've been singing since before I could talk, I'm reliably informed!

And so, I trained in opera and jazz, but I'm now with a community choir.

It's fabulous, it's about 200 of us in the choir.

I can't help noticing you're wearing a lovely bonnet.

Yes, I'm a bit of a hat freak, so I collect hats.

I have about 20 or 30 and I love my trilbies and my bell hats,

I particularly like vintage.

Right, Blues, what are your tactics going to be?

-Well, we want to win, don't we?

-We do! We absolutely want to win.

And we want a golden gavel. We really want a golden gavel.

Well, girls, you'll need some money, then.

-£300 here, £300 here.

-Thank you.

-Your experts await, so off you go and very, very good luck.

-Thank you.

This should be fun. Mums and daughters, what a combo!

So, let's meet today's experts.

Aiming for the back of the net, it's Raj Bisram.

And I'm sure the Blues will be bowled over by Mark Stacey.

So, girls. What are we looking for today?

I'm looking for jewellery, mainly silver.

I'd like to find a nice vase. A glass vase would be lovely.

Crystal would be fantastic.

And I love boxes, any type of boxes.

I'd like some militaria, would be great.

-OK.

-Vintage stuff, Second World War.

This is going to go very well, I can see it.

Let the race begin. Your time starts now.

HORN BLARES

Let's go shopping.

-Come on.

-OK.

And they're off. Let's see this girl power in action.

Come on, then.

-Are we going to be decisive?

-Yes.

-Hopefully.

-Good.

Well, let's get the first one under our belt. That would be nice.

It pays to be decisive in this game.

-I like that.

-You like that?

-A football one.

-Got lots of football fans in our...

-Have you?

-In our house, yeah.

Who does your husband support?

Tottenham, Everton.

-I'm a Tottenham supporter.

-Oh, no.

It's not Match Of The Day, Reds.

It is bronze, it's not an old one, but it is a nice one.

The Reds aren't hanging about,

but are the Blues about to put their feet up?

It's quite fun, it's a little child's garden seat, isn't it?

Cast metal. And I love the giraffe.

It is, but the fact it's got a chunk out of it, I don't like that.

-You don't like chunks out of things?

-No.

Right, there we are, then.

Looks like you've got your work cut out today, Mark.

Reds, how's that statue going?

Looks in quite good condition. Not any marks or anything on it?

What is the best that you can do on it?

I'll do 100 on it.

-Could you do 70, please?

-80.

-75?

-'75.'

-What do you think, girls? I can't believe this?

-Yes.

-You like this?

-Really?

-Definitely.

-If you're happy at 75, shake the man's hand.

Thank you very much, thank you.

-Thanks once again, lovely.

-Cheers, Raj.

-All the best.

Goodness me, first buy for the Reds in just three minutes.

Now, Blues, I thought you were going to be the decisive team?

This is a jockey hat, isn't it?

Well, they're quite interior design features now, these little hats.

-They're popular at...

-They are, they're very in at the moment.

-OK.

-But they could be out tomorrow.

-Right, so it's not...

Shall we have a look over there?

Trot on, Blues, but a jockey's hat could be an appropriate buy

considering we're at a racecourse.

I think we're going to go inside.

Go and join the Reds indoors, Blues.

No, I was thinking those. You like your boxes, don't you?

Is this going to be a right royal buy, Blues?

-What is it? Is it George VI?

-"God save the King."

-Oh, gosh, God bless him.

-And what's round the back?

-The flags and Queen Elizabeth.

-Oh, and Elizabeth, yes.

It's funny because there was a time, 1936, where we had three kings?

-Yes. George V, Edward VIII and George VI.

-Only £385.

-Well, we won't be buying it.

-That's a wonderful price, my lovely.

-I'm sorry...

-It's lovely.

-It is, it is beautiful.

It's certainly a wonderful price and way over budget.

Now, Reds, this £20 compact is definitely within budget.

Mother of pearl is lovely, but you always have to check for damage

because it's not so easy to repair sometimes.

But that looks absolutely in really good condition.

You girls have a look at it.

See what you think, open it up. Has it got a maker's name?

-Says Stratton.

-Stratton.

-English make, isn't it?

-Yeah, well known.

Is the mirror OK?

-Yeah?

-Mirror is OK.

How much was on the ticket?

'It's got 20 on both Strattons. That's the other Stratton.'

So, you've got two Strattons and what could be the best for the two?

30 for two.

We've got a nice little lot there.

Could we twist your arm for a little less for the two?

OK, 25.

That's brilliant, thank you very much.

-There're lovely.

-I would shake hands with the lovely lady.

-Thank you ever so much, thank you.

-Thank you very much indeed.

Well done, Reds, item number two.

With nearly 20 minutes on the clock,

the Blues still haven't got past the first post.

We're finding lots of things, but unfortunately,

-we're not buying anything.

-I know, I know.

-So, shall we see if we can find you something soon.

-Yes.

Now, this looks like a quirky cabinet.

Yes, there's some nice silver in here.

-Oh, there's lovely things in here.

-I like that, a sword!

That looks interesting. Shall we have a look at that?

Can we look at some of them?

-Can we just have a look at the sword?

-Yeah, sure.

Thank you very much.

This is quite fun. Now, what is it used for, I wonder?

-Unless it's like a...

-Is that silver-gilt?

Well, it looks like silver, shall I get my little eyeglass out?

-It doesn't look like an English one to me.

-Oh, right.

I'll just try and not put my eye out.

-There is a little mark there, but I have no idea what it means.

-OK.

What I can see is I think the quality is quite nice.

-If you look at the work on here.

-It's very good.

The interesting thing is, as well, if I look again at the end.

-Yes, there's a little...

-There's a little hook or something at the end.

It's like a little crochet needle or something.

Have you any idea why that hook's in the top there?

'Yes, it's just been professionally done

-'so you don't prick yourself, basically.'

-Oh!

-Oh, so it's not for any...

-It makes sense.

-Because if that...

'It's very sharp.'

It would be very sharp, it would be quite dangerous,

even though it's only small.

It's a quirky thing, isn't it?

-It says of German origin.

-Of German origin? Well, there we are.

I think there's something rather intriguing about that.

What would be your best price on this?

Well, the best price I can do is £80 and that would be it.

-It is.

-I mean, it's other sort of thing...

75?

Unfortunately not, that's it. £80.

I've never seen one.

It's a gamble, everything is a gamble in life.

But there won't be another one of these in the auction.

-I like the look of it and I think...

-You want to go for it?

-Yeah.

-It's decided, isn't it?

-Yes, so do I shake his hand?

I think you should shake his hand and say thank you very much.

-Thank you very much.

-That's lovely.

Finally, the Blues have made a purchase.

Their first item, just shy of 30 minutes.

So, whilst the teams carry on with the shopping,

I want to show you something that might have you in stitches.

I'm no needle woman.

And if truth be told, I cannot sew a button on a shirt.

But I love textiles and I love embroidery

and I find Victorian schoolgirl samplers particularly appealing.

They have a naive charm about them.

But samplers have been about since the 16th century

and in those very early days,

before the times of pattern books or instruction manuals,

intricate embroidery stitches from across the world

were displayed on samplers.

This was a way of recording new or favourite stitches.

They were avidly collected by professional and amateur

needle workers and they were passed down from hand-to-hand

and generation to generation.

These 16th-century samplers were of the highest quality

and some could be regarded as works of art.

By the 19th century, samplers were used as an educational tool

for girls and formed part of the formal genteel education.

This little Victorian sampler was sewn by wee Jessie Miller.

Now, it's a fairly simple affair and I reckon that wee Jessie

could have been no more than eight or ten years old.

Her name, her home, Callender, a wee town in Scotland,

and the date, 1840, is sewn at the bottom.

I paid £30 for this and I fear here in the Midlands,

that's probably all it would get.

But if this was magic-carpeted to a place near Callender,

its location, and sold there, it might double its money.

And wouldn't that be so, so good?

Back to the shopping here at Southwell Racecourse.

We're over halfway through. So far, it's 2-1 to the Reds.

-Is the going good, Raj?

-Girls are great.

They found two things that they really like, the football bronze

is not that old, but their family are all into football

and they love it.

And Kate loves the compacts.

We're having a little bit of difficulty finding a third item,

but we're going to keep looking.

Raj seems happy.

So, Blues, are these vases, priced at £45, of interest?

It's always nice to have a pair of things.

You're looking at between sort of 1910 to 1920.

They are very much of that period.

-Things were mass-produced but then coloured over by hand.

-Yeah.

And that matte black finish was quite a popular design then.

Lots of big factories did that has well.

-They're in good condition.

-Well, they look in good condition.

-How much are they?

-Right.

-They're a pair of Bretby vases.

-Oh, Bretby?

Yes, dating to the 1920s.

And I think there're beautiful but the very best price

for the pair is 30.

-30 for the pair?

-'That's the very best.'

-That's not a huge amount of money, is it?

-No.

-Talk to you, don't they?

-They do.

And then we've spent 110, so we've still got quite a bit of money

for our third item, and to leave me some change.

-Yeah, what do you think?

-Do you do 25?

I really can't.

I need to make a living somehow, so £30 is the bottom line.

29?

'No, it's going to have to be 30. I need to make something. So, 30.'

OK, well, I was just trying. 29, no.

OK, we'll buy them for 30, thank you very much.

Jane certainly likes to haggle. Well done, Blues.

So, that's two items apiece.

The race is on for both teams to find their final item.

But who will get to the finishing line first?

I think it's time to show my face.

Well, girls, well, aren't you doing well?

-Two items in the bag, 25 minutes to go.

-That's right.

-Don't get complacent because that time will go like that.

-Yes.

-Well, that's told us, we better get on.

-Definitely.

Yes, get cracking, blues. You're in the final furlong.

Same goes for you, Reds!

-Girls.

-Yes?

-No panic yet, but we've got just under 20 minutes left. OK?

-Let's get looking, then.

-OK!

-Sounds like a plan.

Now, Blues, is this ticking a box?

It's a tea caddy.

-You see, that's got a space for a mixing bowl.

-Right.

The larger tea caddies had two sections for green and black tea.

And a little space for a glass bowl to mix your type of brand.

-Do you mind if I pick it up?

-'Not at all.'

-'But see, it's had a scar.'

-Oh, gosh, yes.

Things like this really put people off. It will put some people off.

I think... Can we just come back to it, if we need to?

Yes, of course we can.

Maybe one for the back burner, then, Blues.

So, Kate, you're a fan of boxes. Here's one for £80.

It's a nice thing but at auction, tops,

30 to 50 and it could make top estimate.

65 and that would be it.

That would be it, yes.

I just don't think at auction... It's a nice thing.

Don't get me wrong, and it is an old one, which is really quite nice.

Ah, that's a shame, then, Reds, but before we move on,

time for a quick hello.

Two items, that's absolutely wonderful,

-but you've only got ten minutes to go.

-Oh!

In that case, Anita, I'm afraid we cannot stop and talk to you.

As much as I'd love to, we've got to go. We've got to go, OK?

-The girls have been good?

-They've been absolutely fabulous, fabulous.

-Well, good luck.

-Thank you!

-We'll see you later.

-Come on then, let's get moving.

-Yeah, ten minutes left, girls.

Well, I think Raj is feeling the pressure,

but time is of the essence.

-You still want a bit of silver, a little glitzy bit?

-Yeah, yeah.

What about this, then? This looks interesting.

-What about that there?

-That's a double-ended block.

It's rather nice, isn't it?

Blues, now's not the time to dilly-dally,

you need to be decisive.

Reds, what's in the cabinet?

These little silver vesta cases,

pretty run-of-the-mail, but it depends what they can do it for.

You best find the stall holder.

Blues, any closer to buying anything?

-What about this?

-Oh, the little pillbox.

-Yeah.

Well, that looks silver, doesn't it?

Have a look at it, you need to buy something!

-'It's 1905.'

-Oh, is it?

-'Yeah.'

-That looks quite nice, actually.

-It's lovely.

Now, Reds, you're running out of time.

Would this vesta case, priced at £48, be worth an investment?

About 1920, early 1920s, it's got a couple of dents in it as well.

-A bit damaged.

-It's a little bit plain. Oh, really, no, sorry.

-No, it's all right.

-No, sorry.

-Got a little couple.

It's got couple of little marks on it.

We're running out of time and we want one more thing.

-I can do 25 on that.

-Did you hear that, Reds?

The stall offered £25. Time isn't on your side.

Same for you, Blues. What about the pillbox?

Yes, it's quite sweet, 38.

I mean, it would sell, but it's quite light.

-But it is reasonably priced.

-The age is great.

And it's a nice Edwardian one.

-I quite like that.

-I like it as well.

Reds, have you had second thoughts about the damaged vesta case?

We're down to the wire, it's quite a nice little thing.

-Will you go for 20 for it?

-'I can't.'

-How about 22?

-Yeah, go on, have it for 22.

-22? Are you happy with that?

-'That'll give you a chance.'

-Absolutely, yes.

-That gives us a bit

-of a chance. Shake the lady's hand, girls.

-Thanks very much, thank you.

Thanks very much.

-Phew! Job done.

-Phew! We made it.

Come on, Blues. Decision time.

Are you buying the pillbox priced at £38?

What is your very best on that one?

-'I'll do it for 30.'

-25?

'I've got to try and make something on it.'

-26.

-'Oh, go on, then.'

-Thank you very much. Thank you so much.

-You have found three items.

Well done, Blues, but you've only just managed it.

That's it, teams. Time's up.

-I need to go and lie down in a darkened room.

-Yes, me too.

-Let's go.

-Me too, thank you.

Let's check out what the Red team bought.

First up, Angie and Kate got the ball rolling

and bought this football statue for £75.

Next, they're hoping to be made up at the auction

as they paid £25 for these two compacts.

And finally, did they strike a good deal on this vesta case

bought for £22?

Well, girls, you were a pretty confident team at the beginning.

-Are you still confident?

-Absolutely.

-We are, yes.

-Oh, excellent.

What was your favourite item?

-The bronze of the footballers.

-Oh, right?

Is that the item that's going to make the best profit?

I don't think so, no. Possibly not.

I think the vesta case will.

The vesta case.

Well, those are a great favourite on Bargain Hunt.

What about yourself? What's your favourite?

My favourite was the two compact mirrors. Well, compact cases.

My nan, when she was alive, never went anywhere

without her powder compacts, so it really reminds me of her.

So, definitely my favourite.

-Oh, will it make the most profit?

-Probably not.

I think I agree with Mum, I think it'll be the vesta case

that makes the most money.

Right, so you spent 122.

Not a huge amount, you wanted a big spend.

-I know!

-So 178, please.

And the rest, and the rest. Now, the girls wanted to spend big, Raj.

I've got plenty of money. Let's see what I can go and find.

Well, I wish you luck with that, Raj.

But let's check out what the Blue team bought.

First up, do Jane and Anne have a stab at a profit

with this paper knife sword bought for £80?

Next up, will the birds on these vases help them fly at auction?

£30 paid.

And finally, a profit on this pillbox

would be the perfect medicine.

£26 paid.

Well, the girls, that was fun.

-You were cutting a bit fine at the end there.

-We were a bit.

We got a bit scrambled at the end.

What's your favourite item?

I absolutely adore the sword come...

Well, it's not a letter opener, but it's something like that

-and I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it.

-It's beautiful.

-I absolutely love that.

-But is that going to make the best profit?

No, I think the Bretby vases is probably,

they're the thing that's going to make the most profit, I think.

Uh-huh. And did you like the little sword as well

-or do you have another favourite?

-I did like the little sword, yes.

I quite like the silver pillbox we got at the end.

What is going to make the most profit, in your opinion?

-Erm, the pillbox could, I think. It could.

-It's a good item.

-It's 1905 and silver and, yeah.

-It's got everything going for it.

-It has, I think.

-OK, you've spent £136.

-Yes.

Can I have 164 of leftover lolly?

I think she has the money.

-Right, Mum's got the money, 164 to you, Mark.

-How good is it?

-Have you an idea of what you're going to buy?

-I have, Anita.

-I've got something of quality and sentimentality, romanticism...

-Oh!

-..and inexpensive.

-Well, good luck.

While Mark goes off to spend his money,

we'll head off to Colin Young's auction at Bourne.

-It's lovely to be here, Colin.

-Great to see you, Anita.

-Terrific.

Now, first item for our Reds is this bronzed figure group of footballers.

Tell me what you think of that?

I think it's a really nice item. Nice and decorative.

-There's going to be plenty of buyers.

-What's your estimate?

You're being very positive on that one.

Well, I've put an estimate of £50 to £80.

We get a lot of these types of bronzes

sent through all the salerooms

and so, we've got a reasonable idea of what it's likely to realise.

-Yes. They paid £75.

-Yeah, OK.

So, they have a slim chance of making something on it.

They do, yes.

Coming up next, we have two Stratton compacts and I suppose

if you're going to buy compacts, Stratton are the compacts to buy.

It is, it's certainly the name you want.

It's been such a collectors' market, really, for the last 25 years.

They make so many different versions of this.

These we do see on a fairly regular basis, but nevertheless,

-there'll be a queue of people that want them.

-Excellent.

What's your estimate on these?

I've placed 15 to 30 estimate on them and I think that does

reflect what the market's going to be.

They paid £25, so we're sort of straddling it.

-It might, it might not.

-Yes.

Their third item, the little silver match sleeve.

And although this was a bit of panic buying at the end,

they did like it and they did think it would bring them most profit.

Tell me what you think, Colin.

I suppose if it's going to bring the most profit,

-how much did they pay for it?

-SHE LAUGHS

They paid £22. What's your estimate?

OK, I've put 15 to 30.

So, there's a chance of a profit in there.

But the thing, really, with vestas is that the more desirable ones

are the vertical ones with the flip top.

That tends to be where the collectors go for.

The sort of a laid horizontal sleeves, less so.

But nevertheless, it is silver.

It's nicely engine-turned, it's a good example.

-So, we've got a good chance?

-Yeah, reasonable chance.

-They might be right.

-They might.

-So, they may or may not need their bonus buy.

-OK.

But we're going to go and have a look at it anyway.

Well, Angie, Kate, you spent £122

and you gave Raj 178 smackers.

Raj, what did you buy?

Well, I didn't spend that much money, but I bought

a stereoscope.

-OK?

-What is it?

-What is it?

It's an early photographic piece of equipment.

You would put the slides in here.

These lenses are for the left and the right eye

but when you look down it, it looks like one three-dimensional image.

-Is it going to make any money?

-I think so.

-How much did you pay for it?

-I only paid £25 for it.

-Oh, that's not too bad.

-Which I think is really cheap.

-This should make £40 to £60.

-Oh, OK.

It should do on a good day.

-Let's hope it is.

-With the wind behind us!

-So, that's my guestimate.

-OK.

You don't have to make up your minds at the moment, girls.

But we're going to find out what Colin, our auctioneer's view,

is of Raj's viewfinder.

-For his bonus buy, Raj bought this stereoscope.

-Yes.

A Victorian home entertainment system.

What do you think of this, Colin?

I think that's a really good piece of energy efficiency.

You're not going to need to plug it in.

And as you know, we get plenty of these through the salerooms.

And generally, the viewers are worth anywhere between £10, £20.

The value is always in those cards. What is the subject?

That's the key to the value on all of these things.

Having looked at these, they're fairly mundane scenes.

There's nothing there that's going to sort of excite the collectors.

So with that, I've placed an estimate of the standard £15 to £30.

Raj paid £25 for it.

I can see what you mean,

it is a fairly simple, straightforward stereoscope.

If it had been perhaps mahogany with inlay, more detail on it,

we would have crept up there.

-Moving onto the Blues, Colin.

-Mm-hm.

What do you think of this little paper knife?

So-called paper knife, in the form of a rapier.

It's exquisitely made.

You look at the rope work around there,

the hilt in that basket shape, it's just so well engineered.

Condition of the blade is good as well.

What's your estimate on that, Colin?

Well, estimate wise, I've only put £25 to £40 on it.

They paid £80 for it.

-Ooh!

-So...

That stirs seem a little bit steep, but I do sort of understand

why you would do that.

They could be lucky to make a profit on that.

I think they'll struggle, but it wouldn't surprise me.

-Now, Jane collects vases.

-Yes?

She wanted to buy vases and these Bretby vases took her fancy.

-Do you like them, Colin?

-I do.

I mean, Bretby is one of those factories

that tends to be underrated.

And you get an awful lot of pot, a really well-made thing,

for really not a lot of money.

So I hope estimate for these, which are essentially

a standard, ovoid baluster shape, nicely hand-painted,

a black background isn't always the most desirable of designs.

25 to 40 is what I've put on them.

How painful is that?

-They paid £30.

-OK.

So your estimate is good and you can see a profit in these.

The condition, the decoration and the shape are all going

-for these vases, so I think there could be a profit there.

-Yes.

Our third item is the silver pillbox. What do you think?

I think little is the size

and I think the little is going to be the estimate.

But nevertheless, let's start off with what is it?

It's Edwardian. It's hand-finished.

I mean, it's a nice piece of workshop craftsmanship,

which has been applied to a fairly standard model box.

This is the one that Jane thinks is going to make the most profit

and the one that she liked the best.

I can understand why she likes it the best.

The question of is she going to make a profit on it comes down to

how much did she pay for it?

-They paid £26.

-OK.

I'd put an estimate of 15 to 30 on it,

so that sort of straddles either side of what was paid.

So, it can go one way or the other and you're perhaps not too hopeful

-on the little sword.

-No.

So, our teams may need their bonus buy

and we're going to go and have a look at it.

-Well, well, well, girls, are you excited?

-We are.

This is the Christmas morning moment. Mark, you had £164.

-Reveal all.

-You're going to like this.

-Oh!

-Oh, I do.

-And it is romantic.

-It is, it's heart-shaped.

It's heart-shaped, it's a little lady's inkwell for a desk.

-Oh, it's nice!

-And it's solid silver and it's hallmarked in Chester.

-Oh, wow.

-Oh, I really like it.

-And it's late Victorian.

-I really like that.

-I think it's absolutely wonderful.

That's delightful.

-Girls, you seem very enthusiastic.

-I really like it.

-Really, really like it.

-How much?

-£65.

-Oh! OK.

-That's not bad, is it?

Which I think is very good, actually.

And how much do you think it will make?

Well, if I was estimating on that at auction, I would certainly put

the cliche, £80 to £120 on it,

because I think it's just a lovely, wee object.

-It's delightful. It's so beautiful!

-Absolutely, can I have it?

I'm afraid not, I'm afraid not. But you seem to like it.

-We really like it.

-You like the price?

-Yes.

-You quite excited about it?

-That's beautiful, absolutely beautiful.

-Thank you, I really like that.

-You're welcome.

Girls, you don't need to make up your mind right now.

But let's find out if the auctioneer loves it as much as the girls do?

Now, Mark Stacey is an old romantic, as we both know.

And he has bought for his bonus buy

this delightful little, heart-shaped inkwell.

What do you think? It is silver.

Yeah, it is, and a nice, crisp example.

With that wonderful little gadrooned rim to it,

-just adds that little bit of finesse, should we say?

-Mm-hm.

And nice-cut crystal as well, the hallmarks are good.

-Chester Assay as well.

-Yes, Stokes & Ireland.

-Yes, it is.

All these little tick boxes say this is a really good item.

-And you like it?

-Absolutely.

What's your estimate of this delightful little item?

Very easy one, £50 to £80 every day of the week.

Mark paid £65 for this,

so there is the chance of a reasonable profit on that.

Yeah, they've got a chance with that. I think that was a good buy.

However romantic he was over it,

I think he certainly had the right choice.

Thank you very much, Colin.

Now, are you going to take our sale today?

-I will be on the rostrum today, Anita.

-I can't wait.

21, 30 now do I see?

At 120, 120, finished and going that at £120, no more.

How do you feel?

-Are you excited?

-Excited! Yeah, very.

You've got a packed room here.

-Have you been to an auction before?

-I have.

I haven't, but you have, haven't you? My first experience.

-First experience?

-Hope it's good!

So do I, I hope it's a good one for you as well.

OK, your first item is coming up.

-It's your bronze sculpture of the two footballers.

-Yes.

-Terrific item!

Here it is, coming up now.

Who's going to start me at £100?

£100 would be a low start, 100. 100 anybody?

'80 to go then, 80. 50 if you like, 50.'

30, £30. 30 at the back of the room,

'at 30 bid, make it 5 now.'

At 30 bid, do I see 35? Bid 40, 5, 45, 50 bid.

5,

'60. 5, 70.' Yes, come on!

'75 now, 75 bid, £80,'

85 bid, 90 bid, 5,

'95, £100 bid.'

100 now, surely, at 95, I'm bid.

95, girls!

100 on the net, 110 coming from the bidder.

'120 now on the net, do I see?

'110 is my commission bid,'

at 120 on the internet. At 120, 130 now do I see?

'At 120, all done and finished'

and going then at £120, no more.

£120, girls!

That's a fabulous start and that is plus £45.

-What a blooming start.

-That's a really good kick-off to it all.

Let's hope you can maintain that with your two Stratton compacts.

Our two Stratton compacts.

This time, one with a mother of pearl finish

and the other with the enamel decoration.

There we go, nice pairing, these, and who's going to start me at what?

£40, 40? 30 will do, then, £30, everyone. 30.

I'll take 20 then? £20.

'20 is with you,'

at 20. And 2, do I see?

22 bid, 25, 28 and 30.

-Yes!

-'30 bid now, £28 bid.'

30 anywhere else now?

At £28, are we all are done? 30 anywhere else?

Last call then.

'Selling at £28, 30.'

2, surely, 32, 2 bid, 35 bid.

-This is good.

-'38 now.'

35. 38, surely, at £35.

'You're all out in the room...' I'm excited!

Commission bidder, final bid takes it at £35.

35! Girls, that's plus 10!

Two lots of pluses,

which takes you to plus 55.

One more item to go.

That's your little match sleeve.

George V silver match sleeve or vesta there,

got some matches in it as well.

Who's going to start me at 10?

£10? 10, 12?

15, 18,

-'20, 2 bid, 5 bid, 28.'

-Yes!

The golden gavel!

It's even got the matches. 28, 30.

'2 again now? No, at £30 bid.'

2 now, may I say? At £30, are we all done?

Straight in front of me here. 2 now do I see at £30?

All done at 30.

-£30.

-Yes!

That's plus 8, which takes you to a total

-of 63 in profit!

-Brilliant.

Isn't that absolutely wonderful? Wonderful, wonderful.

-Unbelievable, yes.

-Girls, are you going to take the bonus buy?

-No.

-No. Sorry!

-Are you sure?

-Yes!

-I'm disappointed. I'm disappointed.

Well, Raj paid 25 and I can tell you that

the auctioneer estimated it at 15 to 30.

And it's coming up right now.

What shall we say for that? Who's going to start me with a perfect bid

at £50? 50 anybody? 50, 50.

30 will do, then. £30 anybody? 30. Anybody got me 30?

'I'll take 20 to go, then. 20 and 10.'

10 bid, 10. I'll make it at 12 bid,

'15 now, 15 bid, 18 bid,'

20 at the back. 2, 25.

At 25 right in the back of the room. At 25 bid. 28, surely?

At £25, are we all done? 8 from anyone else there? 25 bid right at

'the back of the room, selling at 25.'

-Thank you.

-£25!

-There are no losses made on that.

-No.

-There were no losses made.

-But you decided not to take a chance.

-We did.

But you're at plus 63!

-What a wonderful score!

-I'm so pleased.

-Well done.

-Thank you very much.

-My pleasure.

-Are you happy, girls?

-Elated.

I think what we want you to do is calm down a wee bit.

You can't go out there with a big smile on your face.

Don't say anything to the Blues.

OK, girls, this is the moment,

this is the moment when all your lovely things will be sold.

-Have you been to an auction before? BOTH:

-Once.

-Once, did you enjoy it?

-Yeah, it was good.

-Well, you're going to enjoy this even more.

-Tell me how you feel.

-I'm questioning everything!

Are you getting a wee bit worried now?

I still love everything we bought, but I am now,

I'm hoping everybody else loves it too.

Your first item's coming up, girls. It's that wonderful little sword.

White and yellow metal paper knife, it's modelled as a cavalry sword.

It's absolutely exquisite work,

who's going to start me at £100 for it? 100, 100?

80 to go, then, surely?

£80, anybody? 50 to go, then.

'50, everybody got me 50?'

50. 30 will do. £30, 30.

Come on!

£20? £20, come on, ladies and gentlemen. £20 for it.

-It's so beautiful.

-'And 10 to go, then, surely?'

10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 2? No?

£20 down here.

'2, surely? At 22, surely?'

But 20 is here, surely. Coming back? And £20 bid, 22 from Russia.

-22 from Russia!

-'28 now, 28 bid now.'

Quickly now, 28 bid. 30, do I see? 30 bid.

32 now do I see?

No, at £30, the bid's in the room now. £30, are we all done?

'2 from anywhere else?' Selling then at £30.

Oh.

Oh, that was so disappointing.

Well, that's minus 50, girls.

That's a big chunk, but you've still

got two to go, so let's be positive.

Let's be optimistic!

Your next item, a pair of Bretby vases and Jane,

you love these, you collect vases.

Let's see if the bidders love them

because they're coming up right now.

Wonderful pair of Bretby vases there,

decorated with birds, insects and also apple blossom.

There we go, who's going to start me at 50? £50, anybody? 50?

40 to go, then. £40. Anybody on 40.

'30 to go, then, surely? 30.'

20 if you like, then. Who's first in? £20.

£20, not going to go any lower, surely? £20.

'Come on, ladies and gents,'

-£20 for Bretby.

-Oh, dear.

'I can go lower, if I'd lower the seat.

'Who's going to start me at 10?'

10 is a go on, at £10.

It should be a "come and buy me"!

At 10 bid, 12 on the internet.

12, 15 now, we're into a rhythm now, 15 bid.

-'18 now do I see? At 15 bid.'

-It's creeping up, ladies.

'18 now, surely? No?'

At 15 bit. 18, do I see now? £15, are we all done?

'18 anywhere else?'

At 15, are we all done?

Going at £15, any more bids?

Going then at £15.

Ah, the hammer come down at 15.

Bad luck, girls. Bad luck.

So, that was minus 15 on that.

Oh, girls, minus 65.

Hard luck on that.

But we've still got the little pillbox coming up.

We can pull back, be positive. And it's coming up right now!

It's an Edwardian silver pillbox, nice circular form and hand-finished

with that more sort of hammered or beaten finish to it as well.

Really nice thing, ought to be what? £30 to £40.

Who's going to start me at 20 for it? 20? 10 to go, then, surely?

10, anybody? 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 22, 5, 28, 30 now? 30 bid and 2?

At last. '£30 bid, 32.'

35 now, 32 on the internet. 2 do I see now?

At 32, any more now? 5, do I see?

Another bidder!

Are we all done? At 35, 38 now.

'38, surely? At 35.'

Now then, 38 bid.

40, I've got you, £40 bid, 2 now. At £40.

Bid's standing here. 2, surely? 42. 2, 45, 45 bid now.

-Come on!

-'45. 48 now, do I see?'

48 bid now. 48, surely.

48 bid, 50, 50 bid now.

-Yes!

-'50 and 5 now, at £50 bid.'

At £50 bid down here. 5, surely? At £50, are we all done? 5 again.

'Last call for the net, for the room.'

Lady's bid down here and we sell at £50.

-Yes!

-Wonderful.

£50, girls.

That is wonderful.

A profit of £24.

Girls, you're at minus 41. Are you going to go with the bonus buy?

-Absolutely.

-Definitely.

-Mark paid 65 and the auctioneer's estimate was 50 to 80.

-OK.

-So, you have a chance of a profit on that.

-Yes, great, OK.

We'll find out what it gets right now.

A Victorian cut glass and silver inkwell, heart-shaped,

one of the sweetest things you're going to come across

in today's sale, ought to be over £100 of anybody's money.

Start at 100 and we'll count on from there. £100 anybody?

100, 100. 100?

'80, it just needs loving.'

'80, 80 bid, 5 anywhere else? At 85.'

85. 5. 85, 85.

'90, do you have for me now? 85, at 90 bid.'

95 and 100.

110 now, at 100 bid, 110, surely?

-£100 with 10. 120 now, do I see 120? 130 now.

-Yes! Yes!

'At 120, a bid at 120.'

130 now, do I see it?

'120. Any more bids? I'll take 30 now.'

Last call for everybody, then, going at £120!

Yes!

£120!

Girls. You took the bonus buy, you were absolutely right.

It takes you into profit of £14.

-Yes!

-Remember, girls.

Don't tell the Reds.

-Did we all have a great time? ALL:

-Yes.

Oh, we had a wonderful time!

But we do have winners and we do have runners up.

And unfortunately, our runners up today are at the...

-..Blues.

-Oh!

But, Blues, despite making a loss on your first two items,

you decided to go with Mark's bonus buy.

So, in the end, you have a profit of £14, so well done, girls.

That was quite, quite marvellous.

But our Reds today, your profit was £63!

Well done, girls.

Not only are you getting the profit, you are getting the golden gavels,

girls, because you made profits on every single item.

Girls, wear them with pride.

We will. Definitely.

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