Kedleston 18 Bargain Hunt

Today, Bargain Hunt is in the glorious dales of Derbyshire.

Well, I'm all kitted out, I've got my thermos, I've got my flask,

I've got my water.

All I need now is an antique fair and two teams.

But first, I've got to find them!

A-ha, there they are.

Let's go Bargain Hunting!

Our fair is in the grounds of Kedleston Hall

and the stalls are brimming with antiques and collectables.

Well, I made it.

Well, our intrepid teams are ready to step out with £300

with which they've got to bag three bargains

in the space of 60 minutes.

But first, let's see what lies ahead.

The Reds love a bit of retro.

This watch is from 1977 and it's going great.

Well, the old stuff is sometimes the better stuff,

we all know that.

The Blues have their eye on the prize.

And there's lots of fun down at the auction.

-We've got it!

-Yeah!

-22.

I'm getting more excited than you are.

Sold!

But that's all coming up later. So, let's meet today's teams.

Two sets of friends, yes.

For the Reds, we've got buddies Alison and Chris

and for the Blues, we have Louise and Lisa.

-Hello. ALL:

-Hello!

Resounding hello.

So, Alison, how did you two meet?

My friend Jane, who I've worked with for a long time,

-Chris is her husband.

-So you've borrowed him for the day?

I have, I have certainly.

So, Alison, what do you actually do for a living?

I work for UCAS as a relationship manager

and I support all the higher education providers in the north.

We've probably had correspondence at some stage, you never know.

We might've done.

So, tell me about your passion.

My passion is antiques. I live in an Art Deco apartment block

and it's full of things that I've collected

so I like my Art Deco and my Art Nouveau.

I've got a lot of mid-century things like pottery and glass

and the other thing that I've got tucked away,

that I don't really show everybody, is my collection of Rupert annuals.

Cos my dad bought me a Rupert annual every year

from when I was very small until I was about 28.

But my little secret is that I've got a Rupert tattoo.

-And that's tucked away somewhere secret as well, I assume?

-It is.

We're not going to go there.

We're going to let all the Bargain Hunt fraternity

-let their imaginations run riot, OK?

-That's good.

Chris, are you a tattooed man in that department or...?

-Er, I do have one but I won't get that one out.

-Oh, right.

I believe you've had quite a transformation in your career.

Yes, I started out as a builder when I left school

and then I sort of moved away from that and got into the care industry,

eventually working as a mental health social worker

and then I've progressed from that now

and I actually teach social work at university

so I'm a senior lecturer at university.

But there's a lot more to you, isn't there?

You are in a band and you play.

Yeah, well, I sing in an '80s covers band

so we do a sort of an eclectic range of tunes,

anything from the '80s, basically.

What's the one tune you like to sing more than any other?

Well, I think the one that I enjoy doing is

-Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel, I enjoy singing that.

-OK.

-That's quite fun.

-You do enjoy that?

-Yeah.

-So you're going to be aiming high today?

-We are going to be aiming high.

-Golden gavel all the way.

-Oh, yes, definitely.

-Golden gavel.

Fighting talk, Blues, don't you think so?

Well, we'll see.

Louise, how did you two become friends?

We met on our first day at university.

So we went to Sheffield University, so we met the first evening

in the queue for tea in the hall of residence

and we've been friends ever since.

But things have obviously moved on for you, haven't they,

in the last 20-something years?

Yes, at university I trained to be a speech and language therapist

-so that's the job that I've had for the last 25 years.

-Yeah.

So basically I work with children, young children under three,

so I spent all of my day working with other teachers,

trying to work out what can get this child motivated to talk,

-what can help them, how can we get them to communicate.

-Yeah.

And then I come home where I've got three really loud, noisy children

-so I come home and tell everybody, "Stop talking!"

-Really?

"No more talking, don't talk to me, we're just having silence."

-Yes.

-Oh!

-But, Lisa.

-Hello.

-You've also been teaching along the way.

Yes, I started as a teacher teaching young children

and occasionally I would ring Louise going,

"I've got this child with this problem,

"I don't understand what the speech therapist said, talk me through it."

So she has been useful over the years.

But now I've had to stop teaching for family reasons

but I've become a school governor for a school in Sheffield,

it's really fascinating work.

And you're something almost of a professional bargain hunter,

I'm being told here?

Oh, well, I like a good fettle around a charity shop.

No, listen, for the benefit of people down south,

could you explain what a fettle is?

-Well, a good root through.

-OK.

-Sort through a bargain bucket.

-You do.

So, you're quite well matched, you two, aren't you?

I mean, no two ways about it.

Where do the tactics come into all of this?

I've done all the research,

-Lisa's told me what the strategy is.

-OK.

Listen to our expert.

Haggle well, try and get a good deal.

Well, I think before you follow your nose,

you're going to have to have some inducement in the form of £300.

-Marvellous.

-Thank you.

-£300.

-And also for the Reds, we've got £300.

-Thank you.

-Go forth and find your relative experts.

-Thank you.

-OK.

Well, let's see if they're friends at the end of the day.

Now to the experts.

Sailing away with the Reds, it's Danny Sebastian.

And scaling the heights for the Blues, it's Jonathan Pratt.

OK, guys, what are we looking for today?

I fancy something mid-century, maybe some glass or ceramics.

-And Chris?

-Maybe something to take me back to my childhood,

maybe a toy, something like that.

-LISA:

-I'm looking for something that I like...

-Yeah.

..therefore I think somebody else would like

-and therefore they would buy it.

-That is very good advice

-and I'm going to be following your advice too. Come on, let's go.

-OK.

-Let's go and have a look.

-OK.

Have our teams got the killer instinct?

Your time starts now.

ROARING

-Run!

-Are we running?

You Reds are keen! Save your energy.

There are over 400 stalls here, guys.

-You can buy a unicycle.

-I had that pram!

This is quite interesting, isn't it?

What's caught the Reds' attention?

Yes, these old chemist jars and things do...

-Yes, they're very commercial, they do like them...

-35.

-..they're great props, you know?

-Chipped.

-Nothing chipped.

-Nothing chipped or broken.

I think that's a good point they're making there with,

you know, nothing chipped. That's when these items are so old

-you kind of sometimes expect a little bit of damage.

-Right.

-So we can always keep that in mind.

-OK.

-Yeah, OK.

Don't forget, this clock is running

so there's nothing that's absolutely fantastic here.

-We've got to keep moving.

-Yep.

And the Reds are good at that.

Now, where are the Blues?

So what are you looking at, ladies?

-Lisa's pointed out these but it hasn't got a price on.

-OK.

-I think they're cute.

-Are they silver and do people use them?

They're what we call bean end coffee spoons because...

Oh, they've got the coffee beans shapes.

-And normally they're just all-black.

-Yeah.

-Right.

So you've got these colours

which would suggest a slightly later date.

-SELLER:

-I've had a couple of sets of these

and we've always known them as harlequin sets

because of the different colours on the ends.

-So what age are they, then?

-The case is, you know, 1910...

-Yeah.

-..prewar, you know, that sort of thing.

-Yes.

But then what you're looking at is a bit of '50s styling

because the shape of the bowls are different as well,

-the old ones are literally sort of tapered...

-Yeah.

..generally speaking, they're like a little tapered bowl

whereas this is more round, almost like a mini soup spoon sort of shape.

It makes me think more of the 1950s.

-So, what price have you put on that?

-I've got £25 on those.

So at auction, would it be nearer, like, 10, 15?

-Probably.

-Right, OK.

-Sorry.

-OK.

-I couldn't drop as low as ten.

-Two fish suppers?

-LISA:

-Yeah.

-Do 15?

-SELLER:

-Go on, then. Yeah.

-We like that.

-You negotiated, you got to a price.

-You really like them?

-LISA:

-Yes, I do like them.

There you go, that's purchase number one.

-It's purchase number one.

-Yeah.

-Very good.

-Thank you very much.

-SELLER:

-Thank you very much.

-LISA:

-Thank you!

Effortless, Blues, and you're only eight minutes in.

So that was amazingly quick for a first purchase.

-I'm very, very proud of you for that.

-Thank you.

Two more to go with loads and loads time.

It's not coming quite as easily to the Reds.

-It's forever ticking that clock, you know.

-OK.

And we've got nowt yet.

Best not to panic, Reds.

Oh, what have you found?

An inkwell there, it's a bell inkwell. £180.

Oh, not sure about that.

I think you've got more chance of it, you know, sort of

going into auction and making big money if it's practical,

-if people can really use it, you know?

-Yes.

-Yeah.

Are you really going to put jam in it or something?

You know, that's the thing!

-You'll not get much in an inkwell.

-No.

Off to find something practical then, Reds.

Come on, guys. Let's try and buy.

-Let's focus.

-Let's try and purchase something.

Good advice, Danny, focus like the Blues,

who have focused in on a piece of glass.

So you've got a silver framed magnifying glass

and it's a decent size

with this really nicely sort of twisted handle.

-We've got a Birmingham maker mark and it's 19...

-13.

-..13.

-Mm-hm.

-Yeah. There we are. Nice thing.

-Right.

-Condition's nice.

-I like it.

-I like that.

You've got 68 on it, what could you do?

-SELLER:

-It'd have to be 60.

-60.

-That's it.

Anything beginning with a five? Not even 59?

Not even 59.

-I just think cos at the auction...

-No, no, I know.

-..and they go up in five, go up in fives.

-No, I'm sorry.

Sorry, it'd have to be 60.

What do you think?

-So I think...

-Under the microscope or the magnifying glass.

-I think we should go for it.

-Yep.

-Yes.

-Yes.

-So, 60?

-SELLER:

-60 it is, yeah.

-LISA:

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you very much.

-SELLER:

-OK, thank you.

The Blues have clinched their second deal in just 30 minutes

and yet the Reds haven't bought anything

so they need to get their skates on.

It's quite nice, isn't it?

How old is it?

-SELLER:

-Probably about '70s.

-Right, OK, yeah.

This watch is from 1977 and it's going great.

Well, the old stuff is sometimes the better stuff,

-we all know that.

-Yeah. What do you reckon, Alison?

-I quite like it.

-Well, I like my watches too so if it's something

that you're interested in then, go for it.

-Can I have a look at it? Is that all right?

-SELLER:

-Yeah.

-It's £48.

-It's got £48 on the box.

Expandable bracelet.

What's the best that you can do on that?

I'll knock a tenner off, 38.

-I can hear ticking.

-Can you? That's a good sign.

It's working. What you thinking, Chris? Talk to me.

Would you take 30 for it?

-SELLER:

-No, I can't do 30.

-Is that the absolute, absolute deck?

-35 and that's it.

35. What do you think?

Is it in good order, the strap?

In fact, with the condition of the strap,

you'd actually think that someone hasn't worn it a lot

because it is in nice condition.

-ALISON:

-The glass isn't scratched either on the front

-which is a good thing.

-You're getting too good at this, you are!

With watches, you don't call them used, you call them pre-loved.

-Oh.

-Hey, you've got all the words between them.

-We've just got to try and agree a...

-I fancy it.

-You fancy that, don't you?

-Do you?

-Shall we get it?

-Yeah.

-Is that all right?

-Let's go for it.

-35. Thank you very much.

-Much appreciated.

-SELLER:

-You're welcome.

Well, you've just bought your first item.

How are you feeling? By the way, it's took you 30 minutes.

Oh, I'm feeling a bit panicky then.

I'm feeling very relieved that we've found something

so it's great news, it's a good start.

Agreed, and with that, it's Blues two, Reds one.

But there's still work to be done, teams.

Now, while they carry on shopping,

I'm getting away from the hubbub of the fair to show you something

that would be right at home in Kedleston Hall itself.

Well, this is a case of me bringing a little bit of Derby

back to Derbyshire because this soup dish

was made at William Dewsbury's Derby factory in around about 1820.

Now, if I had been invited to dinner here at Kedleston,

I would've expected to have my Brown Windsor soup

out of a dish like this.

And I can tell you it would look quite magnificent

laid out there on a banquet table.

Now, this type of decoration is referred to

primarily as Chinoiserie.

That is a European interpretation of the Orient

so there's a bit of Chinese, mixed with a little bit of Japanese.

In fact, at Derby, these designs were referred to as Japan designs.

What I loved about this one, which I didn't notice when I bought it

and I cleaned it, I found three little ducks on a pond.

I have to say, it didn't look like this

when I picked it up at an antiques fair.

But with a little bit of tender care and some washing up liquid,

I found that my ugly duckling was a real swan.

At the moment, I don't mind telling you,

it resigns in a cardboard box in my loft

with about a dozen other similar,

all picked up at either antique fairs

or car boots for not a lot of money.

This plate cost me the princely sum of £10.

If I was to sell it as a one-off,

well, I might, on a very good day, get £100 for it.

But if this dish could talk, what a story it might tell.

Back to the shopping where the Blues are leading with two items to one

and they're just over halfway through.

So, what's your plan, Blues?

-We've spent something like £75.

-Yeah.

So I think let's look for something in the 100...

-that's worth 500. Yeah.

-That's easy.

-That's the plan.

-Simple, let's go.

-Yeah.

And what about you, Reds?

A bit slower than I thought, actually.

It's taken time, there's so much to go through, isn't there?

-We definitely need to up our game, Chris.

-We do, we do.

-Yeah.

Off you go, then, Reds.

Oh, Alison's found an old friend.

Is that one of your family there, Alison? That's a Rupert sat here.

Oh, it's a Rupert Bear! It's a Rupert Bear, lovely.

-Shall we buy him?

-Aw.

Oh, he's got real hands, look.

He's got plastic hands, like rubber hands.

-Come on, we'll be here all day.

-Right, come on, let's go.

Let's keep rolling.

If you're going to up your game,

you need to start making decisions, Reds.

Remember what you said about focus.

Now, what about the Blues?

-So is that a pin thing?

-Yeah.

A pin thing, it's exactly what it is.

-Pin thing?

-It's a pin tray, a little girl bathing her feet.

Again, it's just a nice,

very typical sort of Art Deco sort of subject.

-It's not, you know, Rene Lalique.

-Yeah.

It's not, you know, your top end but if that were a Lalique figure,

it would be a few hundred pounds.

-Yeah.

-If you bought that for £40, £50 or,

-I mean, go whatever you like.

-Right.

-Make an offer.

-You like it, don't you?

-Yes.

-Do you?

That's a, "Yes, but we've got about 20 more minutes

-"so I'm not going to leap in."

-OK.

While these guys are as cool as cucumbers,

the Reds are still flapping.

I'm beginning to panic a bit.

Yeah, well, don't worry, we've still got time and it can be achieved.

Nice optimism, Danny.

And the Blues seem to be very positive

about their potential third and final item, a glass vase.

-I like the look of that.

-OK, so I'll take the middle out.

There we are.

-And that's simply engraved glass, trumpet-shaped.

-That's nice.

There we are.

And that's the base, silver-plated.

Unfortunately... So, basically, it's a spill vase and you'd put...

-When the trumpet shape's in the middle...

-Yes.

..you have your flowers in it and water in it and its weight...

Feel the weight of that.

So it's got a lead weight at the bottom

or a metal weight in the bottom to stop it being tippled over.

It looks fine from there and there's a hint of the sort of

-the Art Nouveau in this little bit here.

-Yeah.

But you can see that there's... This has been cut-off

-and it would've initially had four round there.

-Oh, right.

Well, in great order, it would be sort of £50-£70.

-It's a good-looking and useful thing.

-It is.

We can negotiate on the price

-because there's a lot of things that happened to it.

-OK, all right.

I like the shape of it,

I think it's really elegant and my eye is drawn to it.

I would have that in my home and I think if I like it,

-then somebody else probably would.

-I think it depends on the price.

-65 is a lot from what Jonathan said.

-OK.

So we need to talk to the guy.

While they negotiate a price,

Alison's found something that's right up her street.

-There's a bit of mid-century stuff here, actually.

-All right, cool.

So I quite fancy a bit of a dig around, actually.

Remember, Alison, time is tight.

You've just over ten minutes to buy two items.

There's some bits of glass over there on that table.

-Have a look.

-That's nice. Is that hand...? Is that blown or...?

-What, this blown glass vase?

-Yeah.

-It's really nice.

You can see the bubbles in it so it's been hand-blown, it's really...

Should we ask him how much this one is?

-Is there a price on it at all?

-I don't think there is.

-No.

-No, but, ooh, it's got the ground...

-It's got...

Sign of quality.

-Indeed.

-No, it's got no price on it, that.

We need to ask him, then, don't we?

I just wanted to find out how much this lovely piece of glass is?

-The best price.

-SELLER:

-I've got £40 on that. I'd do it 35.

I believe it to be probably '70s.

-From the top, I'd say that it's probably Scandinavian.

-OK.

And it's just a nice decorative piece.

-Do you like that?

-CHRIS:

-Yeah, I do. That's cool.

And what's your best price on it?

-SELLER:

-Well, like I said, I've got it for 40, I'll do it for 35.

I think it needs to be in the 20s, really.

-You know...

-That's what I was thinking.

..mid-20s we may have a chance.

-SELLER:

-I'm perfectly happy to take 28.

-Shake the man's hand.

-Shall we do 28?

-Shake his hand.

-Yes, let's do it.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

-SELLER:

-You're welcome.

-Thank you very much.

-You're welcome.

Second one in the bag, Reds.

But with only eight minutes to go, you've really got to get a move on.

Back with the Blues, Jonathan's negotiated a fantastic price of £20

on the fluted vase so, what about it, girls?

-Shall we go for the vase?

-Yes.

Right, we'd like to buy your vase. 20.

Lovely. Thank you, young lady.

Thanks very much indeed. Thank you. Thank you very much.

Thanks, Jonathan. Bye.

-Are we done?

-We are done.

You've spent less than £100.

-Yes, but we would like to double our profits.

-Yes. There you go.

Fighting talk with the Reds.

Alison's still in her element at the same mid-century stall,

so with five minutes to go, can they find their last item?

-That's nice.

-That is nice. What is it?

It's Danish teak ice bucket

-by a designer called Quistgaard.

-Oh, right.

-You're right.

-I think that's pronounced right, I don't know.

And is that the right price for it?

I don't know to be honest, I know they do really well.

-Danish is very desirable.

-It is very desirable.

-Yeah.

People have home bars and so forth, it's in nice condition.

Very nice wood, this teak.

What do you think we should be paying for it, though?

I think that wants to be about...

£55, £60.

I don't really think this gentleman

-is going to come down to that but...

-He might do.

We've just spend money with them.

-We've just spent money with him.

-Mm.

-Yeah, yeah.

Excuse me. Can we ask you about this ice bucket, please?

-Keep smiling, Alison, keep smiling.

-OK, I'll keep smiling.

I'll keep smiling.

-What's your def on that?

-SELLER:

-Well...

-We know what it is.

-We know it's a nice piece.

-Yeah, that's the thing. It's...

you don't see them every day, you know?

But we really want to be in with a chance.

It's got to go to auction, we've got to get two people there to buy it.

I know but it's priced to go, but I will do it for 80.

-What do you think?

-What do you think?

What do you reckon, Danny?

I think, in London, you'd probably make a bit money on it.

-We just need a couple of people there, really.

-Will it be online?

If it's online, people might see it and know what it is.

-Good point.

-That's true.

-Yeah.

-Fantastic point.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

So, and at that money...

Is 80 the absolute, absolute def?

-SELLER:

-Would you like me to drop it under the 80 for you,

-just under the 80?

-Just be careful.

-CHRIS:

-Just to make it sound a bit nicer.

-SELLER:

-You mean 79?

-CHRIS:

-Yeah. What do you reckon?

-What do you think?

-I think that sounds...

-He's a kind man, isn't he?

-If he's a kind man, that's a good idea.

-Right, shall we do it?

-Are we making a deal?

-I think we should.

Thank you very much. Much appreciated.

-SELLER:

-You're welcome. Good luck.

-Thank you very much. Thank you.

-Danny.

-Thank you very much. Lovely.

Yay!

Phew! The Reds were close to the wire but they did it.

PHONE RINGS

Well, the news just in - that time is up!

Let's have a team hug.

-Or a cocktail!

-Even better, let's go. Come on.

Let's see what the Red team bought.

They picked up a wristwatch, price paid £35.

The mid-century glass vase cost £28.

And the teak ice bucket,

will the buyers pour cold water over it or will it heat up the saleroom?

They paid £79.

It's 30 minutes before you made your first purchase.

What took you so long?

I've got to admit, I did feel a bit panicked towards the end.

Yeah, well, I have to say that watching Danny there,

I was amazed at his self-control.

But when it comes to favourite buy today, Alison, what was it for you?

It was the Danish ice bucket, the teak ice bucket.

Are you in agreement with this one?

Well, if you asked my family, they'll tell you

that I won't go anywhere without buying a watch

so I think my favourite is probably the watch.

We just wish you'd been looking at yours, you know,

-when you started the programme.

-Possibly, yeah!

When it comes to the biggest profit, where's it going to come from?

I'm still going to go with the ice bucket.

-I think that could do pretty well. Yeah.

-All right.

I'm agreeing with Alison there, I think the ice bucket's the one...

if people pick up on what it actually is,

it should make a healthy profit, I think.

Well, I've totted it up, you've spent £142

which means you owe me £158.

-Yep, I've got it here. There's the notes.

-Lovely.

-And three coins there.

-Three coins which are then going to be placed in

-Mr Danny Sebastian's hand.

-Thank you very much.

-What are you going to spend it on?

-I haven't got a clue!

I've been hanging out with Chris and Alison too long,

I've become indecisive. But I'll buy something.

Well, I'm glad to hear it cos I used to be indecisive

but now I'm not so sure.

Well, in the meantime,

let's remind ourselves what the Blue team bought today.

Will the coffee spoons be a big hit with the buyers?

Price paid, £15.

They bought a George V silver magnifying glass for £60.

And will the trumpet vase herald the bidders?

Cost £20.

Well, if I could find a song for you two to sing,

it would be Hey Small Spender.

I mean, you set out, "Oh, we're not going to spend much,"

-and you kept it, didn't you?

-Yes.

I mean, didn't you get encouragement from a man who knows better?

-We thought we'd leave more money for the man who knows better.

-Yes.

Well, you've certainly done that today.

But of the items that you've bought,

Louise, which do you think is your favourite?

I think my favourite is the large magnifying glass.

-OK.

-Yeah.

-What about yourself, Lisa?

-I like the set of spoons...

-The set of spoons.

-..I think.

Right, OK. But what about the item

that's going to give you the biggest profit?

-We bought this vase, a trumpet vase.

-Yes.

-I think that'll give us the biggest profit.

-Yes.

Cos it's quite nice and we didn't pay a huge amount for it.

Well, you didn't pay a huge amount for anything, really,

-did you, let's be honest?

-We paid less for the vase, yeah!

-And you're in agreement on that?

-Yes, I think that'll make profit.

Well, you spent £95

-so that means £205 is going to be placed in my hand.

-I have that.

OK. Which I'm now going to give to JP.

-Thank you very much.

-Anything out there that you've spotted

that you think you're going to go for?

Well, the ladies said at the start

that they want to have something that was, was it old,

expensive and useful? But you were busy.

-But I'll find something, I'm sure.

-Cheeky monkey.

Well, while Jonathan goes off to try and spend that money,

we're going to the auction which is just down the road.

Well, we're now in Etwall and if you don't know where that is,

it's in south Derbyshire because we are at Hansons

with the very man himself, Charles Hanson.

-Thank you, Eric. Good to see you.

-Good to be here.

-Let's get down to business with our Red team.

-Yes.

-Alison and Chris.

-Yes.

Their first item is the Rotary watch which is in its original box.

-Yes.

-Which is a bit of a giveaway for age, don't you think?

It is a giveaway for age and almost you want a Rotary wristwatch

-which just maybe extends into that word vintage.

-Mm.

-Rather than being maybe 1970s, 1980s, if not '90s.

-Yes.

-And I think it is the latter.

-Yes.

-Yeah, I like it, it's chunky

-but, really, that's as far as it goes.

-OK. Estimate?

Between £20-£30.

-OK.

-Yes.

-Well, they paid £35 for it.

-OK.

-So they're not a mile away, are they?

-No, no.

-OK.

-Second item is the rather interesting...

-Yes.

-..decorative glass vase.

-Yes, yes.

-And I'm not really a retro man, more of an antique man.

-Mm.

I like the old-fashioned, but I can appreciate style.

I can appreciate objects which have almost that Italianate appearance.

It's very organic.

-But I don't quite believe it.

-In other words you're thinking

it would not speak to you with an Italian accent.

No, no, it wouldn't be a, "Ciao Bella".

I think you might be suggesting that it might speak to you in Mandarin.

It might speak to me and say "Ni hao," hello in Chinese.

-Is that right?

-I do believe it could be a Chinese import,

maybe no more than 20 years old.

So the estimate there?

-Between £20-£30.

-Well, they paid £28 for it.

OK, well, onto their third and final item

which just happens to be their favourite item,

it's described as a mid-century ice bucket

-by a Danish designer called Jens Quistgaard.

-Yes, yes.

And it's almost, unlike the previous object,

this is true to its period.

This is 1950s and the way that that Scandinavian design

came together, this epitomises that.

This great designer Quistgaard, cos I'm Danish historically,

-you know, Hanson comes from...

-Is that?

-It is so...

-What a rapid learning curve I'm on.

-So... Thank you.

So I have a relation to this and I do think it is so evocative

and that's important in the collectors market today.

-So with that pedigree...

-Yes.

-..what's your estimate?

Between £50-£70 but I do feel if the online buyers get behind it...

-Yes.

-..it could do quite well.

-Good, cos they paid 79 for it

but, you know, we both know when it comes to mid-century design,

-it's quite often in a designer's name.

-Exactly that.

So it's got the right credentials.

Well, it's obviously all in the balance so it looks like

they may need their bonus buy so let's have a look at it.

Well, Reds, Alison and Chris, it's bonus buy time.

I was able to give Danny £158 of what you didn't spend.

Danny, it looks like you bought big, yes?

-Sure have.

-You sure have.

Would you like me to help you do the reveal?

-You're going to have to, my hands are tied.

-Are you ready?

One, two, three.

Oh, nice.

I got it at quite a good price, to be honest.

I think it's quite commercial as well.

You know, it's quite what people want nowadays,

nice polished steel and when you reveal inside,

there's six lovely drawers.

That's nice, I like that.

So, yeah, the big question is, how much was it?

-£68, I paid.

-That's not bad.

-Right.

And I think there's plenty of room there for profit.

What do you reckon? How much do you expect out of that?

I think we should be able to manage £80-£100 in auction.

Cool, I like it. Yeah, what do you think? I like it.

-I'm undecided at this point.

-A bit of doubt, a bit doubt there!

Just a bit of doubt there.

Not patternised enough for you, is it?

"Not patternised?"

Well, remember, you don't have decide just now though.

But either way, let's go and find out what Charles thinks

about Danny's bonus buy.

So, Danny went out and got this particular bonus buy,

as you can see, it's a filing cabinet of sorts, in metal.

It looks very industrial but that's something of a buzzword these days,

-isn't it?

-It is. I just feel it's something which maybe

when we look at the regions of our great country,

it's almost more suited to maybe north London, east London.

We'll will do our best with it.

We're live online, we will let the market see it worldwide.

-Bu I'm just slightly concerned it might just struggle.

-OK.

Well, after that, Charles, come on, knock me out with your estimate.

-Between £20-£30.

-OK.

Well, Danny went and paid £68.

-I think que sera sera, what will be will be.

-Indeed.

So what will be with our Blue team's buys?

There they are, Louise and Lisa.

And their first item is the set of six coffee spoons

in a fitted case.

I mean, they're just attractive, aren't they?

They've got that sort of jazz look,

they're probably late '20s, '30s maybe.

If you enjoy a coffee and you're quite trendy,

have a bean with a colour on top.

So, really, although they're plated, you can't go wrong.

-OK, estimate?

-£10-£15.

-OK, they paid £15 for it.

-OK.

-So, you know, we're in the right direction there.

-We are.

Item number two is the magnifying glass.

-Yes. Yes. By a nice maker.

-OK.

Deakin & Francis, they were formed in around 1786.

-What I like about this magnifying glass is it's a big glass.

-Mm.

And it's got a lovely almost organic foliate handle.

It's quite decorative and rather than have it in your pocket,

you might have it on your sideboard

to admire your connoisseur's collection of whatever.

-Or maybe your stamps.

-Indeed, or your stamps, yeah.

OK, so what's the going rate here in south Derbyshire?

Well, Eric, we put a guide price on of between £40-£60.

OK, well, again, you know, they're in with a chance

cos they paid £60 for it.

-I'm always quite cautious.

-You are?

-Yes.

-Good.

-OK, well, no bad thing.

-No.

The third item is down as an Edwardian trumpet vase

but maybe it could just be very late Victorian.

It could be I think, Eric, with those fern leaves

and different plants on that lovely glass spill vase,

it could be circa 1895, give or take five or ten years.

It's just nicely done.

It's quite old-fashioned though.

Either way, what did you go with the estimate?

Well, I've been quite gung ho

because I think it's a good statement object,

as an antique, it is an antique, between £40-£60.

Well, they paid £20 for it so with an estimate of 40-60,

-I think their optimism is quite well founded.

-Yes.

So, let's now take a look at the Blue's bonus buy.

You did spend £95 which meant that I could give Jonathan here £205

to go out and find something that little bit special.

Reveal all, Jonathan.

-Any ideas?

-Yes.

Right, OK. Well, there we are, look.

I really like this.

This sort of thing strikes me as being a proper antique.

Early 19th century meat plate.

It's a Spode pattern this Bridge of Lucano

and it's not a very, very straightforward, basic pattern,

it is actually a slightly more academic pattern,

but it's not the rarest. So, most importantly though, do you like it?

Yes, I do like it.

I like it depending on how much it will make.

Well, you spent £95 on all three items,

I bought this for £95.

And do you think you can sell it for...?

I reckon it's worth £120-150.

Oh, good. I like it!

She's gone, "Kerching!"

-I would be very, very disappointed if there's no profit in it.

-Right.

Well, for what it's worth, I like it as well,

but let's find out if Charles likes it as much as we all like it.

Right, here is the bonus buy.

This is what Jonathan went out and purchased.

You always wonder, Eric, who has cut the meat on there.

Hey, listen, we are talking the eve of Waterloo

-with something like this.

-Exactly. It's circa 1820.

It's very much in that Spode tradition and I just love it, Eric.

I think it's a lovely object.

So when it comes to the estimate, what are we talking here

in South Derbyshire?

Eric, I hope the juices will drip off this. I've gone in quite bold.

-Yep?

-100-150.

-Oh, I think that's fair.

-Good.

I think that's very fair and I think at £95 it was a reasonable spend.

-I think it was money well spent.

-I agree.

Good, and so it's auction time

and today Charles's handed the reins over to auctioneer Isabel Balmer.

OK, Alison and Chris, how are we feeling, dare I ask?

-Fine.

-Fine.

-I've got the Geoff Hurst of the Antiques World here.

-We're going to get a hat-trick with bonuses.

-Oh, is that right?

I'm very nervous. There's a lot playing on this.

There's a lot playing on this.

Hey, listen, you're here to enjoy yourselves, isn't that right?

The first lot's coming up. It's the gentleman's Rotary wristwatch.

You paid £35 for it. It's coming up now.

Lot 94 - it's our Rotary wristwatch.

It's a gorgeous wristwatch this one and what shall we say?

Just £20 to start on this one.

-20 is bid straight in. Where's 2 now?

-Straight in!

-£20.

22. 25, sir.

-25 is bid.

-25.

-I'm looking for 28 now.

-25. Come on.

-28. 30, sir?

No, 28. I'll take 30.

30. Bid 2 now. Come on, 32.

New place. 35. Go on, sir. £32 with you, sir, standing.

Asking 5 now.

-35. 38, 40.

-We've got it!

-Yes!

38, 40, sir. One more bid, sir.

Might just do it. He says no.

Bid me 40. Selling. All done at £38. Sold.

-Brilliant!

-OK, well... You're off to a positive start.

You're plus £3. Anyway, on to the next lot which is the...

It's the glass vase.

Decorative hand-blown glass vase.

Very, very stylish this one.

20. £20. £20. Bid me 20.

-One of a kind. Bid me 20.

-Oh, come on.

-Where's 20?

Looking for 20.

Who had like it for 20? Asking 20.

I'm getting more excited than you are. Bid me £20.

Where's 20? Bid me 20.

Forcing me down. £10 then. £10. 10 is bid. Thank you, madam.

£12. Bid me 12. Asking 12.

-At £10 with you, madam.

-Go on!

-12, 15.

-Oh, yes, action.

-15, 18.

-Somebody's woken up in the front row.

-Yes!

18 on the internet. New place.

A little belatedly there, internet, but thank you anyway.

£20, madam? At £18, Internet bid.

-I'll take 20 now. Asking 20.

-Come on, someone.

At £18. Selling.

-THEY GROAN

-Oh, what a shame.

So £18 gives you a -10 there.

So next lot is the teak-lined ice bucket.

Everything to play for.

Everything to play for, OK?

We have a teak-lined ice bucket.

Start me at just £30.

£30 to start. Just £30. Where's 30?

Let's try 20 then. £20.

20 and 2 and 5 and 8.

28 on the internet. 30, madam.

30 bid. Looking for two now.

£30 is bid. Internet asking 2.

Bid 2. £30. Bid 2. 32, 35.

£35, the bid.

At £35. All done.

38. 40, madam. 40 bid.

Asking 5. At £40 here in the room.

All done. Fair warning.

Selling.

GROANING

£40. Sorry, boys and girls,

that -39 takes you up to -46.

So what are you going to do about your bonus buy?

-What do you want to do?

-Lose big.

-Do you want to lose big?

-Yeah, lose big.

-Go on. Let's lose big.

-Yeah, we'll go with it.

-You want to lose big?

-Let's lose big.

We're going to lose. Oh, we might make something.

-Hey, could be a wee score, that!

-OK, we're on. We're on.

We have the collectors' cabinet showing there.

Six drawers. I can start on commission.

I've got £20 to start us off.

-Oh, well, that's a commission bid.

-Bid me 2.

£20 with me. I'll take 2.

22 is bid. I'm out. Where's 5 now?

-Oh, no!

-28 and 30.

-Come on.

-30 at the back.

30 and 2. 35. Come on, madam. 35.

35, 38. 40 is bid.

40 and 5. Are you sure, madam?

£40 right at the back there.

Asking 5. Asking 5.

I sell at the back. All done, all sure? We are selling.

GROANING

-28 there so that gives us a total of...

-74.

-Never mind.

-Well, you know, when you wish to lose big

sometimes your wishes come true.

-Don't they just.

-If you say it quickly, it doesn't sound a lot.

-Anyway. And as we all know...

-We had fun.

-..and that's what it's about, isn't it?

-We had fun.

-Either way, not a word to the Blues, OK?

-OK.

OK. Excellent, good.

Louise and Lisa, you have now entered the theatre of dreams.

One or two people do have nightmares in here as well.

We'll look on the positive side, so are you feeling positive?

-I don't think it'll be my new day job.

-You don't think so.

-Anyway, the first item's coming up.

-There's no backing out now.

It's the set of six of the EPNS coffee spoons. Here it is.

The EPNS coffee spoons.

Nice and bright and colourful. And what shall we say?

Just £10 to start. £10. 10 is bid, straight in.

12, 15.

-15, 18.

-Yes!

-18.

-18.

-20.

-LISA:

-We got 15!

-AUCTIONEER:

-18, lady's bid. Looking for 20 now.

20, new place. 22. She says no.

£20 with you, madam.

Looking for 2 on that now. £20.

At £20. Selling in the room.

Sold at 20.

I'm quite transparent.

-Sold at 20, paid 15.

-£20.

-You're plus £5 start.

The next lot is the George V magnifying glass.

The George V silver magnifying glass.

-And that's a fabulous magnifying glass.

-Double twist loop handle.

Who would like to start the bidding for this at £20?

Just 20. 20 bid, straight in.

22. Hands everywhere, I'll come back to you, madam.

22. 25.

£50 is bid, straight in.

-Straight in.

-£50. Where's 5 now?

55. 60. 5.

70.

65, gentleman's bid. With you, sir, at 65.

70, new place. 75. 80.

75 is bid. Still with you, sir, at £75.

It's a fabulous thing, this one.

£75 in the room with you, sir.

Sold at 75.

-75.

-75. So, that's another 15.

-20 up.

A rolling total of 20, plus 20.

In we go, the trumpet vase.

We have an Edwardian trumpet vase.

Who would like to start at 20? £20. Just 20.

£20 on the internet. Have we got 2 now?

Looking for 2 now. It's cheap at this.

Give me £22.

-22, thank you, madam, is bid.

-22.

-Where's 5 now?

£22 in the room. 25, 28.

She says no. £25 with you, madam.

At 28. 30, madam.

30 is bid. Asking 2.

32, I've got you.

35.

35 is bid. Asking 38.

-38.

-38.

-40, madam. Come on, madam. Just one more.

She says no. She's definitely out.

So I'm selling this on the internet for £38.

-Sold.

-OK. £38.

That's all right, you did yourself a plus 18

so that's giving us a plus £38 with the profit.

So the question is, are you going to go for the bonus buy?

-Do we have to say now?

-We do have to say now.

Well, yes. We're up. Yes or no?

-It's a no.

-It's a no.

-Right.

-It's a no.

Let's now see how much you might've have added to your total

or otherwise.

It's our 19th-century blueprinted earthenware meat dish.

Fabulous meat dish, this one. Good size.

Who would like to start the bidding at £40? £40.

40 bid. Thank you, madam. Have we got 5 now?

£40, lady's bid.

I've got you at 40. 45. 50.

50. 5.

£50.

Are you all sure? Fair warning.

I sell to you, madam. Well done.

-Oh, that was...

-That's an absolute steal at £50.

-OK.

Then you would've been minus £7 had you gone with that lot.

-Right.

-Yes.

-So your total

at the end of your lots, your three lots

-was a positive of £38.

-Yes!

-In the meantime, not a word to the Reds.

-Nope.

-OK?

Try not to look too smug.

Well, I say it every time, we may have a winner on this programme

but we never have a loser, we always have a runner-up

and we've got two teams today,

one in the positive and one in the negative.

And when it comes to the negative,

I've got to turn to my Reds and say sorry, you two.

But you gave it a valiant go but that being said,

you ended up with a minus 74.

-Ooh.

-No, hey, listen, let me tell you now,

people have won with a bigger minus than that.

So take some comfort in that.

-Have we had a good time?

-Fantastic.

-Had a brilliant time, thank you.

And you get to work with the great Danny Sebastian as well.

-Absolutely.

-We did. It's been fantastic.

Well, turning my attention to the Blues, what do I say,

-didn't you do well?

-Yes.

You did have that opportunity to add to by going for the bonus buy,

-but on the day, you were wise not to.

-I know!

But they liked what you brought to the table, did they not?

And you ended up with a plus £38.

And I have got for you, in my pocket, there we go,

-that's part of it. £3, OK.

-Thank you.

But more importantly...

Yes, yes, you know what's coming, don't you?

Yes, and this is far more important to you than money, isn't it?

-The golden gavels! Yes, take it.

-Look at those!

-Wear those in any auction room you want to.

-Thank you.

You will get R-E-S-P-E-C-T, OK?

-So, you've had a lovely time?

-Great.

-Brilliant.

Well done, ladies. Well done, Jonathan.

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