Newark 21 Bargain Hunt

Today's show comes from Newark in Nottinghamshire

and this is the town's castle.

Now, interestingly, DH Lawrence also lived in this fair county

and did you know that his most famous work,

Lady Chatterley's Lover, was published almost 90 years ago?

Oh! Well, don't look at me.

I'm a betrothed woman.

Let's go Bargain Hunting.

Now, as always, our teams have £300 but just one hour

to buy three antiques that they hope will make a profit at auction,

and believe me, that is not easy.

So, let's take a look at what's coming up.

The Reds are hungry for a bargain...

Prawn sandwiches, some scones at the bottom.

-Yeah.

-There we go.

-That'll be nice.

-Is it time for lunch yet?

..there's confusion with the Blues...

Feel that.

-300.

-£3.

Was it three? My eyesight's going!

..and there's real excitement in the saleroom.

(You're joking!)

But that's all for later. For now, to the teams.

We've got two pairs of married couples today.

For the Reds, we have Michael and Amanda,

and for the Blues, we've got Tina and Steve.

Welcome, everyone.

-ALL:

-Hello!

Thank you for joining us and we're going to turn straight to the Reds,

I'm not turning my back on you, Blues,

so tell us your romantic story.

How did you meet?

I was sat in the conservatory part of the restaurant

that I was working at in the hotel, I was the head chef,

and we were interviewing for a second chef.

The bus pulled up outside the hotel and this beautiful young lady

got off the bus and she came for an interview

and she was successful to get the job, and from there,

it was pretty much love at first sight.

Fantastic. So two chefs in the kitchen together?

No, I wasn't the chef.

I was interviewing for a waitress job,

which didn't last very long because I didn't like it at all.

Oh, right! Mike, now you do something different for work.

You're not in the kitchen any more.

I do. I work for one of the country's largest caterers.

I work in health care, um, division of the company.

So when you're not making sure that kitchens are germ-free,

-what do you get up to?

-I used to do quite a lot of DJing.

'80s music and a bit of DJing.

No! Chas & Dave kind of style?

Yeah, a bit of Rabbit, a bit of "rabbit rabbit."

Over to you, Amanda, what do you do now?

I work for the Yorkshire Ambulance Service

as an administrator in the education department.

And it's quite fitting that you worked in the Ambulance Service

cos I'm sure at one point you sustained an injury

-and Mike came to your rescue.

-Yes.

I spilt a great big glass... A tray of glasses,

and obviously, there was a couple of cuts,

so him being the resident first aid at the hotel, I think, at the time,

said, "I will bandage you up."

And if you know anything about kitchens, there are blue plasters.

-Yes.

-But I had about 50 on this hand and 50 on this hand!

I could not work at all.

-I'm sure Michael made you feel much more calm and relaxed.

-Yes.

And blue! But ironically today, you are the Red team.

-Yes.

-How do you think you're going to work together as a Red team

-on Bargain Hunt?

-I think we'll work together pretty well, don't we?

-Yeah, we are going to...

-We agree on most things.

Yeah. So I think we are going to be...

You might be doing the bargaining for us.

-Yeah, I hope so.

-You will take the lead when it comes to haggling.

-Well, I like to.

-Oh, fantastic.

He's Yorkshire.

-We have the war cry.

-You've got it in your blood.

-Yes. Yes.

-So, thank you very much, let's turn over to our Blues,

Tina and Steve.

Thank you for joining us and do you have an equally romantic story

-about how you met?

-Absolutely, yes.

-Gosh, yes.

-Tell us how it all came to be.

Well, I work on a holiday park.

I was the maintenance manager,

and my wife here was a domestic cleaner.

And I was doing my usual checks on the park, as you do,

and I spied this young lady, and I thought, "Hmm!

"I might go and offer her a cup of tea."

So I shot back to my office and made a cup of tea.

"Would you like a cup of tea, love?"

"Oh, yes, please," she said. And it sort of went from there.

And I took my pack up there and we shared it in the car

and we ended up on the beach having fish and chips.

That's lovely. That has to be the most British story of all time.

-Tea and fish and chips.

-Tea and fish and chips.

-At the holiday park.

-At the holiday park, yeah.

-Yeah, on the beach. Fantastic.

-That's ever so sweet!

So, when you're not chatting and making cups of tea and working hard

at the holiday park, how do you spend your spare time?

I have a model railway layout 00 gauge,

based on the LNER system.

-Really?

-Yeah, she's going to say "toy train set" in a minute.

That would upset you greatly.

That really does upset me, and anybody out there

who has model trains will know they are not toys.

They are proper engineered machines, yes.

And what about your hobbies? In your spare time, what do you get up to?

I like gardening. I love the garden and I like to go out

and sit in the garden and do my plants.

-Oh, right!

-Yeah.

-And do you grow anything?

I think you have an allotment.

I do, yes.

I go down and I've got plenty of vegetables.

Well, it sounds like you two are always busy.

Do you think that you will be busy bees when you go out shopping

or are you going to be laid-back?

What kind of tactics are you going to have?

A price limit on each object.

-Yes.

-We are going to look a bit for our expert,

hopefully he will get us a nice bonus buy at the end of the day.

-Might need it!

-Yeah, might need it!

You might, but you might not.

You never know. Think positively.

Well, you need to go shopping now, that's what we're here to do,

so I'm going to give you each £300.

That's for you, Reds.

And Blues, you get the very same. So off you go!

Your shops and experts await.

-Thank you.

-Well, we know it's happy camping at the holiday park,

but will it be happy camping here today?

Let's find out.

And the two experts who are helping out the teams today are...

Gary Pe, who will be rocking out with the Reds.

And keeping the Blues buoyant, it's Kate Bliss.

So, Michael and Amanda, what are you going to be looking for?

-Some silver.

-Really?

-Some silver.

-You're both agreed on that.

I'm going for silver.

-Yes?

-Probably a glass or two.

Nice trinkety bowls, silvery.

-OK.

-Bonbon dishes.

Yes, bonbon dishes.

-So, I'm thinking decorative, rather than practical maybe?

-Yes.

I'd love to buy some vintage 00 gauge model trains,

-but I don't know if the wife...

-You mean toys?

No! They are models!

ALARM RINGS

Get ready, get set, and go.

Your time starts now, teams.

-Well, I think the antiques hunt is this way.

-OK.

-Great.

-Come on!

One hour, let's find those bargains.

Super!

So, bling for the Reds and toys...

Sorry, Steve, model trains for the Blues.

Best get cracking, teams.

Oh, there's loads up here, guys.

Come and have a look.

Oh, look, now there's loads of shiny things here, Amanda.

-Perfect.

-Look at this.

-What do you think?

-The Staffordshire dogs?

Yeah, what do you think of them?

Right away from here, they are reproduction.

Nice work, Gary.

Moving on, then, team.

Oh, what's Michael spotted?

That's great. Thank you very much.

So, what were you saying, Michael?

These... The cup at the back, what would that be?

I think that might even be a little chalice for ecclesiastical use.

I thought you were going to say this little cup.

-Yes.

-Because I spotted that little cup.

-What do you think of that, Amanda?

-That's really sweet.

Because I had a peek in here...

It says on here, collapsible cup, Victorian, it's silver-plated,

it's not silver.

But I think if you very carefully push it down, just...

There we go. It concertinas down.

I think it would go even flatter than that, actually.

And then you can just pop it in your pocket.

So, it's like a little stirrup cup,

if you're on horseback or if a gentleman is about town

-and he wants to take a little nip...

-OK.

..with his friend...

-Yeah.

-..out comes the little cup.

-I think it's quite fun.

-Yeah.

Because it collapses, so I think, yeah.

The only thing against it perhaps is that it's silver plate,

rather than silver.

-OK.

-And some silver collectors are quite pedantic about that.

-Yeah.

-It has to be silver.

But it's just a nice little novelty object.

What do you want to do?

Do you want to have a think about that one or...?

-Again, with it being silver plate...

-Yeah.

-Think about...

I'd like to go for something with a hallmark and solid.

-OK. That's fine.

-OK.

Well, you're on the right lines, Reds.

Keep your eyes peeled for those all-important hallmarks.

Oh, it looks as though the Blues have beaten you to it.

I can see the anchor there,

which says that this was made in Birmingham.

What's this one for?

It could be a tea caddy.

You could put anything in here. Bonbons, spices...

Wouldn't that come as a set?

No. Not necessarily.

It's good enough to stand on its own.

I like the fact that the crystal has this bevelling.

So that was machine cut, not by hand.

If you feel the edges, you can see that they are quite sharp.

-Ridges.

-Yeah.

-Most of the pieces that you would find like this

are usually moulded.

-No damage.

-No damage. Exactly.

No sharp edges right there.

I could probably go for that one.

So the crystal is fine,

and it's sort of a nice Regency shape.

Right. And what sort of price would you put on that,

at an auction, like?

I would say 30-40.

-30-40.

-So it has a chance.

A bit of a chance. I think we'll go and have a haggle,

-unless you want to haggle.

-No, I'll leave it to you.

-I thought you might.

-You are the bargainer.

I will go and find the dealer and see if we can get

a little bit shaved off that price.

-Go on, then.

-Thank you.

-Do us proud.

I was thinking £18?

I will say 25.

Oh, you're killing me.

I tell you what...

£20, I'll shake your hand.

-You can.

-Thank you very much.

Thank you.

£20?

-Well done.

-Thank you.

Nice one.

First haggle of the day and I'd say that went pretty well, Steve.

Well done.

-That's the first one.

-First one done.

-Lovely.

-And everyone agrees.

-Yes.

-Good buy.

-Thank you.

-Yes.

It's another serving for the Reds.

There we go.

So, this chrome handle is almost a bit Art Deco, actually, in style,

which is quite nice.

But let's flip it up and let's see...

Ah, now that is exactly what I was hoping for.

So we've got a printed mark here for the factory,

which is Royal Winton ware.

-OK.

-Now, Royal Winton were based in Staffordshire

and they made a lot of what's known as chintz ware.

Lovely sort of patterns that remind you of an English cottage garden,

you know, floral sprigs.

This is a little bit different because, obviously,

it's imitating tapestry or embroidery.

But it's exactly how it started out in life

because both plates have that nice stamp.

We've got Royal Winton on both of them, which is really nice.

And here's the name of the pattern here.

Can you read that, Amanda?

Is it Queen Anne?

-Queen Anne.

-There we go.

So how old do you think this is?

Well, looking at the Royal Winton on the bottom there,

I would say that that is '50s, '60s in date.

Which is really nice. It's what collectors like.

They like them from the period, the vintage period.

And it's also really nice because the gilt edging just gives it

a bit of a lift, but it's also in lovely condition,

and it's the gilt that tends to wear first on a printed pattern.

-I really like that.

-I like that.

-I really like that.

-You could see some nice buns, cakes,

and some nice cream scones on there.

-Yeah.

-Oh, now you're talking!

Prawn sandwiches and scones on the bottom.

-Yeah.

-There we go.

-That'd be nice.

Is it time for lunch yet?

OK, so what would we like to pay? That's the next question.

-Because we've got...

-20.

-Yeah.

-I'd like to see it for ten, if we could.

-Would you?

-Yeah, I'd like to see that for ten.

Who is going to do the bargaining, then?

I shall leave it to the ladies, first one...for the first one.

Amanda. Jill.

Comes right on cue.

Jill, we really like this cake stand.

-OK.

-We really like it.

-OK.

So would you able to do ten on that?

Oh...I dare say 15.

Could you do it for ten?

I can go and enquire for you.

-Would you?

-Please. Do you mind?

-The man is here.

-OK, fantastic.

-Excellent.

A 50% discount - it's a big ask, but you never know your luck.

Meanwhile, back with the Blues.

She's found something.

-A horse and cart. Do you like that?

-Models.

-Not toys.

-It's got "toys" on it.

Is that something for you? Tin toys are very popular.

-Mm.

-Especially for men who sort of...

-Yeah.

-..think back to their childhood and remember...

Yeah, yeah.

Hm. It's not a train, though, is it, Gary?

Oh, Jill's back with the price.

Ah, here she comes.

Right. The dealer said ten.

-Fantastic.

-Yes.

You must have worked your magic!

-Fantastic.

-I said, "Ten," and he said, "Go on."

Thank you. That's fantastic. Thank you very much.

-Thank you. That's brilliant.

-Brilliant.

Well done, Reds. You've got your first item in just over 15 minutes.

It's a brilliant start. Well done.

Well done. So, only two to go.

-One down...

-One down, Golden Gavel on the way.

Cool, calm and confident.

I like your style.

Back with the Blues, Gary has sniffed out a classic collectable.

What do you think of this, team?

To me, it's just an empty glass.

Perfume bottle and it evokes the spirit of the 1930s.

Art Deco. Doesn't it remind you of Manhattan?

-It does, yes.

-The skyscrapers.

It does, yes. Definitely.

There is a very big following internationally for perfume bottles.

It says Parfum Modernistic, by the perfume company Landor.

It is, if you feel the stopper, it's all there.

-It's all there.

-It's not chipped or anything.

-It's original.

-It's quite light, though.

Yeah, no, but the stopper isn't. If you take the stopper out.

It's quite heavy.

Right, well, shall we haggle on that?

-I think we might have a haggle on that, yeah.

-Yeah.

-Do you want me to do this one?

-Go on then.

So, it's Tina's turn for a haggle.

The perfume bottle is priced up at £18

and it seems the Reds are also checking out the glass goodies.

It says it's Loetz style, but it's actually not Loetz.

I quite like that. Do you like that?

-The glassware, the green?

-Yeah.

-The great big...

-That's quite nice.

-Would it be for a candle?

-What would it be used for?

-Just... It's just a decorative vase.

-OK.

-It's not the actual use.

No.

Well, surely you can keep flowers in it.

-Here she comes.

-How did you do?

So, Tina, what's the verdict?

How much do you think?

I think you probably got it for 15.

£10!

Yes! And did you say yes?

-I did.

-Well done.

-Thank you.

-Well done.

-My first haggle.

-Fantastic.

Team, I think we are on our way to those...

-Golden Gavels!

-Yes!

Well done, Tina.

That's two down for the Blues.

We're almost halfway through the shop.

Let's leave the Reds searching for their second item.

Now, here's a Bargain Hunt favourite.

Keen-eyed viewers will instantly recognise

what I have in front of me.

It's a squat vase

by none other than William Moorcroft himself.

There is that famous green flash signature,

given that name of course because it's so wildly scrawled.

And then, below that, made for none other than Liberty & Co.

Well, what of this pattern itself,

this particular example?

We know its name is Hazeldene,

we know the palette is very tonal and discreet,

but this one in particular

is perhaps not as desirable

as some would hope.

You really, as a collector,

want those trees

not to have such a watery effect.

You can see that the glaze

has run a little.

Now, believe me, that's by design.

This is a man honing a style, but in the end,

the collectors want the clearer,

crisper examples of the Hazeldene pattern

and we couldn't truly say that this is one.

Furthermore, you will see all over the glaze here

little hairline cracks.

On ceramics, you call that crazing, and I think that any auction house

would be remiss not to mention

that this little vase is crazed throughout.

And just in case you were thinking, "I could live with that,"

in fact, there's another problem.

There's a great big chunk that's come out of the rim of the vase.

So, had it been in perfect condition,

maybe £700-800 would be the hammer price that we'd expect at auction.

But as it is, I think 150-250

would be a very responsible and conservative estimate

for such a lovely thing.

So, remember this pattern - Hazeldene.

It's a beautiful example of turn-of-the-century taste.

Not only that, it was designed by William Moorcroft himself,

one of the Potteries' most famous ever potters.

Right then, time to check out how the teams are getting on.

We are just over halfway through the shop,

the Reds are up against it with only one purchase.

The Blues however...

They are going to things that they like

and they are good hagglers as well,

and all of that points to that Golden Gavel.

Sure about that, Gary?

Feel that.

£300.

-Is it?

-Well, it's not £3.

Three. It's £3.

Is it three? My eyesight's going!

Come on, guys. Pull it together.

Hold on, what's Kate spotted?

Oh, I quite like that, though, guys, just before we do go down.

Do you know what that is?

-No.

-No, what's that?

So, the key thing is condition with these.

It's known as a little tea bowl and it's actually for drinking tea.

So it's a cup, essentially,

made after the Chinese model, of course,

if you think of the Chinese drinking tea from a bowl.

But this is actually English porcelain.

And I know that because of the feel of it.

It's what's known as a soft paste porcelain,

which is what we English produce,

or it's what we produced in the 18th century,

because this is how old this is.

-Wow!

-Really?

OK, so this could be sort of 1780, 1790 in date.

It's by a factory called Worcester

and I know that because that little, what's known as a crescent mark,

on the bottom there,

a little blue crescent mark was one of their symbols that they used

and this is blue painted floral decoration,

typical of their designs.

-OK.

-What do you think we should be paying for it?

Well, at auction, I can see that making anything from sort of

-£15-£20 up to sort of £40, really.

-OK.

-£40, 50.

See what we can get.

-See what we can get?

-Yeah.

Here comes Jill, right on cue.

Hiya, Jill. What's the best price you can do on this?

I would say 30.

I can go and ask the seller, who is here.

-OK.

-And see if they can do better than I can do.

-That will be lovely.

-Thanks, Jill. Great.

-What do you think, guys?

-I like that.

There's a nice bit of age on it.

-Yeah.

-You are cheeky, I have to say.

-Well, it's worth a try.

-You don't ask, you don't get.

-Definitely.

Exactly, Michael.

Meanwhile, the Blues have headed up the road.

No time to lose.

Oh, here she comes. What's the verdict, Jill?

Well, it's got to be 28.

What do you think at 28?

Is there still a profit in that?

I think, if I was buying it for myself,

I would probably say straightaway, but we're not,

we're buying it for auction.

-Yes.

-I think, why don't we keep it up our sleeve

and have a little look around?

-Right. OK.

-Thanks, Jill. Is that all right?

-Yes.

-Thank you.

Oh, well, you win some, you lose some.

Now, 20 minutes to go, the Reds have one item and the Blues have two.

Oh, look, Steve! A toy boat.

I mean, sorry, a model boat, of course.

Oh! I like that.

Is that for you?

Look, I said I'd let him free, but cor blimey, come on.

Trent River police.

-How much is it?

-£195.

Hmm, a tad on the pricey side.

Moving on.

Yes, they are.

Opera glasses are collectable, actually.

These ones are mother-of-pearl.

45, if they're nice condition, you know, they can make, you know,

25 to 40 again.

Those ones are particularly nice with the mother-of-pearl.

They look quite nice.

-Shall we keep it in mind?

-OK.

-Shall we have a wander?

-We can always come back, can't we?

-Yeah, OK.

Time to wander and ponder, Reds.

Hold on, what's Tina found?

-Trains.

-Where, where, where?

-Steve, look at that.

-Oh, look at that.

Oh, yes, see? Now I know.

Steve, I think our roles are going to be reversed with this one.

-I haven't got a clue.

-So, tell me about this.

I would love to.

I'm not sure if it's not a guard's torch.

Yes, that could be true.

Yes, but it could also be used in the train station, couldn't it?

It could indeed.

But it's a little bit...

rough.

I'm not sure.

-No?

-No. I think it's one to put back on the shelf for now.

Not quite model trains, but we're definitely on the right track.

-What have you spotted?

-Oh, look at this.

Oh, now that's sweet, isn't it?

So, what do you like about this?

It's just...

-It's lovely.

-It's got its hallmark at the back.

Ooh, well spotted.

Yeah, you're right.

-That's lovely.

-Is the hinge all right?

-Have a little look, Amanda.

-A quick...

-Is this the sort of thing you might have at home?

-Yeah.

Should it have a liner?

-Exactly. It should.

-The liner is missing.

It probably would have been silk lined, originally.

You're absolutely right, Mike.

That's missing, but I have to say, the silver looks in good condition.

The thing I always check with these little boxes is the hinge,

because that's the vulnerable bit, normally.

It's definitely got some age.

It's typically in the Edwardian style, if you like...

-Yeah.

-..with what's known as that reeded border,

the bow with the little floral wreath on the top there.

-It's a very sweet little piece, isn't it?

-Mmm.

What do you think it's worth?

It's up at 69 at the present.

Yeah. I would say that's the best part of certainly 50 to £70

-at auction.

-OK. Shall we ask for a cheeky...? Another cheeky...?

-We've been cheeky once.

-Yeah, we might as well do it again. Yeah.

We've taken a bit of a shine to your lovely trinket box.

-Yeah.

-What could you do for us?

Let's see.

What would be your offer?

Would you take 35?

Oh...

I will tell you what, for you guys, £40.

-I think we'll take that.

-If that doesn't make 40 at auction,

-there's something badly wrong.

-There's something wrong.

-Exactly.

I hope you will make more.

-Yes.

-Are you happy?

-Yeah.

-Fantastic. Thank you so much.

-Thank you very much.

-That's really helpful.

-Thank you.

Deal done. Two items apiece, teams.

We've got a little bit of time left for number three. Come on!

Chop chop, less than ten minutes left.

Oh, it's another bit of railwayana for the Blues.

It's got damage there, Gary, on the...

-That's the least of your worries.

-What's the price on that one?

£50.

It certainly has a lot more character than

the other one, doesn't it?

-It's got the badge.

-Oh, it's got all those markings...

-Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, see, that's original, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-You can tell that's original.

-Absolutely.

The Premier Lamp And Engineering Company from Leeds.

Registration mark with the instructions - fill to there.

And what do you think it'll fetch in an auction?

70, £80, myself.

-Yes.

-But I'm not an expert, you know what I mean?

But it's original, everything's... You know what I mean?

-Yes.

-Yes, it's been repainted, hasn't it? At some time.

It's been repainted, cos you can see it has.

And these are usually brass.

But the only thing that puts me off a little bit, Gary,...

I know you say it can be replaced, but I'm thinking,

the people in the auction, are they going to...

The real collectors will just ignore that.

And the thing going for it is it's got...

that.

LNER.

Which, if I'm not mistaken,

stands for the London and North Eastern Railway.

-And the manufacturer's stamps and everything.

-Yeah.

The registration marks.

Yes, I quite like this one. I'll see what I can do.

Good luck, Steve. Five minutes left.

Reds, time to make a decision.

-BOTH:

-I like the Worcester bowl.

Yeah, me too. I like the Worcester bowl.

You wouldn't budge on price, though, so it is...

-We know it's going to be 29.

-That's going to be all of the money.

-If we could get it, do another off 25?

-Well, it's worth an ask.

-It's worth an ask.

-I guess so.

-Come on, then.

-Let's go and ask.

Leg it, Reds.

Steve, what's the verdict?

-Oops.

-How do you do?

-So?

He wanted £50 for it...

-And?

-I tried my best. What do you think?

-And?

-Come on.

-40?

45?

-£30.

-No?

-Yes!

-Really?

-Yeah. Bargain of the day.

-Gosh.

-Oh, my goodness.

-Bargain of the day.

I don't know, mine was a good bargain.

With minutes to spare, that's all your three items bought up, Blues.

-It's still here.

-What do we think?

-It's still there.

-Yeah, there it is. It is a really nice example.

I really like that.

-Yeah?

-I really, really like that.

Is there any manoeuvre on that little tea bowl?

No, I'm sorry, it has to be 28.

So 28 is the death?

-It is, yes, yes.

-OK.

-Yes, it's out of his own private collection and...

-Mm-hm.

-Yes.

-OK.

-28?

-I think we go with it.

-Shall we do it?

-Yes, I think we'll go with the tea bowl.

-Let's do it!

-Well done.

-Great.

-Yeah.

Believe it or not, your time's up, teams.

I'm absolutely exhausted.

-Talk about to the wire!

-I know!

Let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought.

First up, the team bought the Royal Winton cake stand.

They paid £10.

Next, it was the small trinket box, which cost them £40.

And finally, it was the small blue and white tea bowl,

which set them back £28.

Well, that was a lot of fun, wasn't it?

-Excellent, brilliant.

-Down to five minutes. Nearly the whole hour!

A little bit stressful!

But, Amanda, you loved that cake stand.

I did. I wanted to take it home.

So are you thinking that's going to bring the biggest profit?

-We know it's your favourite.

-Yes, I do think probably

-the biggest profit, yeah.

-OK. Fantastic.

But after all that, you still only spent £78.

-Yes.

-So, Mike, you've got 222, believe it or not, Kate.

-Mm-hm.

-She believes it, she believes it.

-Straight over to you.

-Lovely.

And what on earth are you going to do with all that dosh?

Well, there was one thing mentioned, just before we started

the shopping, that you were both looking out for,

which we didn't actually find.

So I'm on a bit of a mission.

OK. So, while Kate goes and hunts for that one special item,

let's remind ourselves what the Blue team bought.

Their first purchase was a silver topped glass jar.

Price paid, £20.

Next, their Art Deco perfume bottle cost them £10.

And finally, it was the railwayman's oil lamp, which cost them £30.

Well, if that wasn't the most lovely, easy-going shop,

then I don't know what was.

I mean, Tina, you got an item that you loved. Steve, you got a train.

How good is that? Well, not quite, a lamp, but train related.

But do you think it's going to bring the biggest profit,

-because it was your most expensive?

-I hope so. I know.

It was a lot, wasn't it?

All of £30.

Now, you only spent £60.

I can't believe it. Last of the big spenders.

Which means £240 left.

Tina, you've got it.

-I have.

-And, Gary, I'm almost struggling to hand it over to you,

-it's so heavy.

-This is heavy, isn't it?

-I know!

240, how are you going to cope?

Do you have anything in mind?

I think I'll continue on with the cheap theme, but quality.

Ah, cheap, but not common?

-Exactly.

-Fantastic.

Well, good luck with that, Gary.

It's time to head to the auction.

Well, here we are. We've hopped south a wee bit,

we've gone from Newark to Nottingham and here I am in Mellors & Kirk

with the lovely Nigel Kirk.

-Nigel, thank you for welcoming us here today.

-You're welcome.

Let's start with Michael and Amanda, with the cake stand.

It's very typical of its period.

It's really very 1930s, isn't it?

In chintz, one of many patterns produced by Grimwades Royal Winton,

with a very fetching T-shaped chromium plated handle.

Note it's chromium plated, not silver-plated.

And I would hope it would sell fairly well.

I would have thought sort of 25, 35, perhaps a little more.

Well, that's pretty positive because Michael and Amanda only paid £10

for it. Fingers crossed it will be all cake at the auction.

-Yes.

-Now, how do you feel about this trinket box?

-Is it more your speed?

-It's always popular, small pieces of silver,

the smaller the size, the more saleable they are.

And a lot of people collect late Victorian,

early 20th century, pretty, small items of silver,

especially novelty pieces.

It's got its hallmarks, really clear.

It has. Birmingham, 1907 and in super condition.

OK, well, at what price?

It'll be interesting, that.

-40, £60?

-Fantastic.

Well, Mike and Amanda paid £40 for it,

so they'll be chuffed when they hear your estimate.

-Good.

-So we're onto their last item already.

-Yes.

-A little bit of Worcester.

Ceramics. 18th century.

-Absolutely.

-How are they faring?

Made at a time when tea was so expensive,

it was consumed in small bowls,

before we had the clever idea of adding a handle to make it

easier to drink. And it's transfer printed, not hand-painted,

with a pattern that has been

imaginatively called the three flowers pattern.

I'm glad someone came up with such an exciting name, Nigel.

Now tell me, have you got an exciting estimate placed against it?

30 to £50.

They did well to buy it at £28.

They will be delighted to hear 30 to 50 is your estimate.

-Good.

-It looks as though Nigel's pretty confident

about the Reds' buys, but what has Kate bought as a bonus for the Reds?

Well, Michael, Amanda, £222 is what you left Kate.

Are you terrified with the prospect?

Yes.

Kate, reveal.

I've found you a piece of glass.

-Nice.

-And, actually, it looks very dark in colour there,

but if I hold it up,

and we see a bit of light going through it,

can you see it's that gorgeous green colour?

Really nice bottle green, deep bottle green.

So this is a very solid and dense heavy - feel the weight of that -

piece of Scandinavian glass.

-How much did you pay?

-I paid £11.

-Really?

-Really?

-You're really smiling now.

-Happy with that?

-Yeah, really happy, really happy.

-Well, you don't make your minds up now.

-OK.

-Wait until the auction.

-All right.

-And let's head back to

our auctioneer to find out what Nigel thinks of Kate's green glass.

Well, Nigel, surely this is a rare piece of green glass.

How many of those do you reckon are kicking around Nottingham just now?

I hope no more than that.

-So, it is rare.

-It's rare.

But who's going to buy it?

I don't know. I think it's a pretty abstract design.

It's absolutely abstract.

It's very heavy, very dense, green glass.

But when it was made, I don't know, I guess,

maybe the 1970s or '80s even, what we're going to get for it,

I defy anyone to predict.

But if it's 10 or £15, I think the hammer comes down fast, don't you?

-OK.

-Well, hopefully we'll have some bidding.

Kate paid £11 for this.

-That's not bad.

-So she's not too worried about it.

Bearing that in mind, it's time now to head over to the Blues,

Steve and Tina. We are starting off with another bit

of Birmingham silver.

It's the jar here with the silver lid. What do you think?

That's, I think,

possibly part originally of a dressing table set

and it's rather nice because it's faceted.

I quite like the concave dished top, plain silver,

fortunately no engraved initials or inscriptions on it.

Perhaps 40, £60?

Fantastic. Well, guess what the team paid.

20. Only half of the lower end of your estimate.

-Cheap.

-Fingers crossed for them.

Now, we move onto another bit of glass,

this time to the Art Deco period.

I think this is really great. It's a commercial made,

quite inexpensively made, glass scent bottle,

but look at the design. It's a skyscraper.

-I love it.

-It's the era of Al Capone, isn't it?

It's 1920s, early '30s.

It's a triumph of the advertiser's art

of the skill of packaging and design.

How much do you think it's going to make that your auction?

Well, I've sort of estimated it at 30-50.

Well, it was cracking good value in the shop at £10 only.

-Where is the shop?

-I know!

Let's all go again.

Then the last item from Steve and Tina is totally different.

We go from elegant glass to brass,

with our railwayman's oil lamp.

It's a practical object, isn't it?

It's made of brass and ferrous metal, painted black,

and galvanised metal.

Fortunately, it's emblazoned with the LNER device,

so that immediately opens it up to people that collect memorabilia.

OK. What do you think it's going to make?

I would have thought £40-£60,

that sort of money.

Fantastic, great. Well, Steve and Tina only paid £30 for it.

-Very reasonable.

-Once again,

it looks as though you've got faith in these items.

So it's time to find out, will the Blues need their bonus buy?

Let's see what Gary bought.

Well, Tina, Steve, you left Gary £240.

-That's right.

-Couldn't even hold it in his hand, it was so heavy.

And now it looks like he's bought something pretty heavy.

So, Gary, what on earth did you spend all that money on?

Wow!

An Arts and Crafts brass tray.

English, around 1900.

Now, the artistic movement that created this piece was basically

a revolt against the ostentation of

the Victorian and methods of mass production.

In other words, handmade is better than machine-made.

-So it is handmade?

-Yeah.

And show the construction.

What did you pay for it?

Well, I paid £45.

There is a deathly silence.

Well, it sounds as though, Gary,

you've got your work cut out to convince these two.

You've convinced me.

But now it's time to find out if our auctioneer, Nigel,

is convinced that Gary's tray will serve up a profit.

Well, believe it or not, Nigel,

this brass tray is nowhere near as heavy as that glass bowl,

but what do you think of it?

Well, I liked it rather more when I first saw it than on close inspection.

Because it's a piece of Arts and Crafts repousse brassware.

And with such objects,

you always hope to find a distinguished maker's mark.

But a great deal of it was made at home by amateur craftspeople who had

often seen designs in the Studio Magazine, for example.

Now, sadly this piece is one of those.

It doesn't have any names on it and to make matters worse,

somebody's put a hole in it to hang it on the wall.

So I think we have to hope the bidders don't see the hole and they

might perhaps then pay £30 or £40 for it.

Gary paid £45 for the repousse tray.

And I think I've got faith in it at £45. I think it's a really decorative thing.

Do you know what? I might even hang it on my wall if I bought it.

Anyway, Nigel, do you think it's going to be a busy sale today?

Yes. I'm sure it is.

Great. Well, it's over to you.

247. Three Staffordshire flatback figures.

I'm bid at 20, 25 for them. 25.

Here we are, auction time, Mike and Amanda, are you nervous?

-Yes.

-Very.

-Is this your first auction?

-Yes.

-Yes.

-Terrified?

-Mm-hm.

-Yes.

Don't be scared. Que sera, sera.

-It's all going to be fine.

-We're after the Golden Gavel.

-You're after the Golden Gavel?

-Yeah.

Well, let's stay positive. Our first lot is the cake stand.

You only paid £10 for it, so hopefully it's a strong start.

Here it comes.

Lot 88, Royal Winton chintz cake stand.

£20 for it?

Is bid, at 20.

Yes, straight in.

£20 I am bid.

25 now. 30.

35.

The internet's going crazy.

£35.

Hammer's up.

£35.

That's amazing. You've just made an instant profit of £25.

Right, we are on track here.

Now it's the silver trinket box.

89, Edward VII silver trinket box

on three feet and £20 for this?

20, I am bid. 25, five, 30.

30. 35, 40.

40. 45.

Profit.

50 online.

60 now. I sell at 50...

-Yes.

-£50. Amazing.

Fantastic. So, you've made another £10.

You are at £35 profit.

And now it's time for the tea bowl.

17th-century Worcester, blue printed porcelain tea bowl.

Three flowers pattern. 20, I am bid.

25.

30, 35. 40.

-At 35.

-You've done it.

£35.

Any advance? At 35...

She talked you into that one.

£35.

You've just made another £7.

£42 profit and a Golden Gavel.

But now it's make your mind up time.

To bonus buy or not to bonus buy?

-That's the question.

-Go for it.

-Go for it.

-You're going for it?

-I'm not allowed to say.

This is it, bonus buy.

-Let's go.

-Lot 96, a green glass dish.

Abstract design.

£10 for it?

Any interest at 10? £10?

£5...only asked for it.

£5, I am bid.

Thank you. At £5.

I can't believe that!

-That's really disappointing.

-Let's not worry about it too much.

£5, it sold for, which means it lost six but overall,

you are still in profit by £36 and it doesn't affect your Golden Gavel.

-That's what we came for.

-OK, so now it's time to pull yourselves together,

-poker face.

-OK.

-And don't say anything to your rivals.

-OK?

-OK.

-Not a word.

Well done.

Blue team, Steve and Tina, are you excited?

-Yes.

-Definitely, yes.

-Because it's auction time.

-Now, tell me, have you been to an auction before?

-Yes.

-You have?

So are you quite calm and cool and collected?

Looks like it on the outside but inside...

So, you are first-time vendors and you have got three items going under

-the hammer.

-Yeah.

-We're starting off with your jar and cover.

George V jar and £10, only, asked for this.

10, 15, 20, 25.

-Profit.

-At £25, I sell in the room.

Guys, £25.

That's a £5 profit.

We're moving on to the glass perfume bottle.

Lot 113, Art Deco glass skyscraper form

perfume bottle and stopper,

and £20 for this, please?

20, I am bid. 25, 30.

-Yes!

-40, 45.

45 to you.

50, 50 to the hand.

-It's flying.

-70, 80.

90.

You're joking.

Can I sell at £90?

Yes!

£90.

That's a profit of 80.

-Yes!

-And that means you are at £85.

Now we've got your lamp.

You only paid £30.

Lot 114, railwayman's lamp, LNER.

£20, I have.

At 20. 25.

30. 35.

-Yes!

-40.

-You're in profit.

-40, I am bid.

At £40...

It sold for £40.

So guess what? You made another ten.

You are at £95 profit, Blues.

The bonus buy, it's make your mind up time.

-Yes or no?

-Yes.

-Yes. Go on.

Yes.

Lot 120, Arts and Crafts brass repousse tray.

£40 for it, please?

40 or 20?

20. 25.

30. £30

-Come on, come on.

-30.

Five online.

40 now. Selling at £35.

-Oh!

-Oh!

So close!

Sold for £35, so it's minus £10 and we're still £85 in profit.

You know what to do. You've got to sort of shake it all off,

try and look as glum as you can to fool the Reds.

And it'll all come out in the wash.

Look at this face.

How often can we say on Bargain Hunt that everyone today

has had the golden touch?

Ooh!

Ooh!

Which means that although we all made a profit on every item,

it was the Reds who made a slightly smaller profit.

-Yes!

-Ohhh!

You are today's runners-up.

Blues, you came in victorious.

Can you believe it? Everybody got a Golden Gavel, completely bonkers.

But we started with you, Reds,

-and I think you're itching to get a hold of these gavels.

-Yes.

You are. Well, first of all,

I'm going to give you your princely profit, it was £36.

But much more importantly than that, here they are.

Not one, but two Golden Gavels.

Let me pass one to you, Amanda...

-Thank you.

-There we are, one to you, Michael.

-Thank you.

-A round of applause.

Thank you.

So wonderful. Pop them in your lapel and wear them with pride.

And then on to today's winners, our Blues.

Well done. With a profit of £85.

Come on. So good.

There we are, I am giving that straight to the lady.

There we are. But it's your turn now.

Here we are. One Golden Gavel for you...

-Thank you very much.

-And one for you, Steve.

-Thank you very much indeed.

-How good does that feel?

Brilliant. Fabulous.

It's so good.

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