Warwick 29 Bargain Hunt

Yes, Milady?

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An antiques fair, Milady.

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At the British Motor Museum in Warwickshire, Milady.

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Oh, yes, it's all ready and prepared. I'm on my way, Milady.

Looks like Bargain Hunters are go!

The British Motor Museum has over 400 vehicles in its collection.

But it's not about cars today, as upstairs there's an antiques fair

taking place for our Reds and Blues to race around.

And they have just one hour and £300 to spend on three items

to take off to auction.

So, let's put our foot down and see what's coming up.

On today's show, the Reds have been paying attention.

I have seen those on Bargain Hunt go quite well.

Age is a concern for the Blues.

The only thing that puts me off is it was made in the same year

-as I was born and I don't like to think of myself as old.

-No!

GAVEL BANGS

But will there be cause for concern at the auction for our Reds?

I don't like the way he's going...

THEY LAUGH

Or our Blues?

Yes, that's profit!

And I take some time out to uncover

the military history of Cannock Chase.

What was the primary role of these camps?

-The camps were designed to hold 40,000 men on the Chase.

-40?

Yeah, that's what it was designed as.

But that's for later. Now, let's meet the two teams.

Two pairs of friends and for the Reds,

we have the two Js, Judy and June.

And for the Blues, we have Claire and Elizabeth.

-Hello, all. ALL:

-Hello!

-Oh, my goodness me. Looking forward to it?

-Yes, very much.

You look as if you're looking forward to it.

Now, you two, June and Judy.

-You've been friends for quite some time, haven't you?

-Oh, yes, we have.

-But it didn't start that well, did it?

-No, it didn't.

We were both teachers in a big college in Worcester and Judy

had a very nice, smart little office she'd had for a long time

and my office was being decorated so I had to move in with Judy

-for a short while.

-Oh!

So, I turned up with bin bags full of teddy bears, ornaments,

half-dead pot plants, all sorts of things.

It's a bit, you know, and I was thinking,

"Oh, who's she coming in," kind of thing. You know, with all this junk.

She said my half-dead spider plants were obscuring her view

-of the Malvern Hills.

-But, you get used to something, don't you?

You get used to our June.

Ever after that, Judy was my unofficial mentor

and teaching buddy which has stood me in good stead all my career.

-But you've now retired, haven't you?

-I have. Yes.

-So, Judy, what do you do now?

-I work for the National Trust.

-Wonderful.

-Whereabouts?

-I volunteer. Bromyard, Brockhampton Estate.

-Oh, fantastic.

Which I thoroughly enjoy. A tour operator and I work in the house and also in the book shop.

-Do you like antiques?

-Yes!

-Well, I like Judy.

-Oh!

How very rude.

-She's my friend.

-She WAS your friend. Goodness me.

Well, is teamwork going to be central in your buying?

-Oh, yes!

-Has to be.

-Oh!

-We've got a little bit of a plan going on, yes.

-That's right, yes.

We're looking at something that's going to give us a profit.

Really? Well, that would be a first. That's the Red team.

Now onto you Blues. Claire and Elizabeth.

-Have you been friends a long time?

-Since October last year

-when we started working at the same place.

-A fresh relationship!

-You're fundraisers, aren't you?

-We are, we're fundraisers

for the Queen Alexandra Hospital Home in Worthing

where we care for physically disabled ex-servicemen and women.

-Wonderful. And you're in charge, are you? Are you the boss?

-I am, yes.

-Yes, but we are very much a team.

-Yeah.

-And Claire?

-I'm a trust fundraiser.

Trust fundraiser? What does that mean?

I have to send off fundraising proposals to trusts to try

-and get big money in.

-And do you get big money in?

-Occasionally.

-Recently, we had in a pledge for £50,000.

-£50,000?!

You must have been very excited.

Yes, we were jumping round the office.

Marvellous. That must make you feel really good.

Absolutely, and every day we get to see the residents,

so we see directly where the money's going

so it's really inspiring to see everybody every day.

Now, Elizabeth, you once had a very famous boyfriend, didn't you?

I did, I did go out with Jarvis Cocker for a while.

But, I add, it was before he was rich and famous.

The timing was very wrong there.

Did he write that song to you? Was it...

# That's where I caught her eye... #

-No, I think that might have been about someone else.

-What a shame.

Maybe I was the Common People one.

THEY LAUGH

"I wanna dance with common people," was that it?

-Yes, yes, that's right.

-Gosh, well done, Jarvis.

So, you're good at fundraising -

what about spending? Good at spending?

-Yes.

-Well, we shall see.

-Yep, so you're all up for it?

-Yes.

-Ready to go?

-We are.

We've got £1.2 million to raise this year, Charlie,

so we're hoping that this is going to do it for us today.

Piece of cake, frankly. 300 into 1.2 million.

What are we missing?

-The money.

-The money!

I've got the dosh. There we are. I'm holding the folding.

-Thank you, Charlie.

-300 for you and we've got... Look at you.

-You're so excited, aren't you? £300.

-Oh, thank you!

-Right, have a great shop and off you go.

-Thank you.

They were such good friends.

But will it still be the same after they've been shopping?

So let's meet today's experts.

I spy with my little eye, Richard Madley for the Reds.

And bingo, it's Thomas Plant for the Blues.

So what will our teams be looking for?

-Have we come with a shopping list today?

-Yes, we have.

We were looking at something like snuff boxes or trinket boxes,

something like a desk tidy or ink stand.

We want something that's beautiful and practical

-and we particularly like Art Deco, Art Nouveau.

-Do you?

You know, something that's a bit batty, something a bit left-field.

Don't forget, though, we've got to make a profit, June.

-I like small and sparkly.

-Small and sparkly? I love small and sparkly.

Start looking, teams, because your time starts now.

WHISTLE BLOWS

-Yes.

-I think I know where we can start. Come with me.

Let's go shopping.

Good luck, teams.

It looks like the Reds are getting straight down to business

but I don't remember a dog being on your extensive shopping list.

Tiny dogs, they're very fashionable, people might like to buy them.

Shall we just find out, just out of interest, how much it is?

-£75.

-£75.

I think it's cast, isn't it? Made in two parts.

-It's cast and it's in two parts but at £75...

-That's a lot of money.

That is plenty of money.

I mean, I would like to see that being bought for

-nearer £50 if we were looking to make a profit.

-Hello.

-Hello, there.

We're admiring your French bulldog. Are we right in...

Well, I think it's actually a Boston terrier.

-A Boston terrier!

-Boston terrier...

There you go.

Because it's American, cast iron, probably Hubley,

which is an American manufacturer.

-About 1950, then?

-It could be, or it could be earlier.

-It could even be '30s.

-There we go.

They were making them through the '30s, '40s, through to the '50s.

-Is there some movement in the price?

-I could probably do it for 60.

-We're working really to 50.

-Go on, then. Go on, shake it.

Thank you. We'll look after him very well. Thank you dearly.

-Thank you very much indeed. Thank you.

-Was nice to meet you.

All right, let's take him for a walk, shall we?

Keep him on a tight lead, then, Reds. Well done.

First buy in five minutes.

Blues, you were after some Art Deco.

Can you spot the Deco? Because you said you're into Deco, didn't you?

-You're probably better at that than me.

-This one.

That one, yeah. That's quite a cool thing, isn't it?

It's like a centrepiece with the birds. So, it's marked at 48.

-Yeah.

-Do you want to ask the question we all ask?

-What's the best price you can do on it, please.

-I could do 36.

-36.

So, you know, a desk garniture.

Something for a sideboard, it's quite decorative, isn't it?

-Lovely.

-Now, these are spelter,

so spelter is an alloy of metal.

It's not a bronze but they've been bronzed up to make them

look like bronze on a hard stone base.

And do you think it will sell at auction, do you think...?

-Well, I think that 36 is quite an honest price for it.

-Yeah, yeah.

I mean, you're looking at it like a real pro.

Are you sure you haven't done this before?

-Well, I do buy things like this for myself.

-OK.

-But then, obviously, I don't resell it, so...

-No, no.

Claire, are you happy with this price at £36?

Yes, obviously would be nice to get a couple of pounds off it.

-Are you good with figures?

-I should be, in my job.

-She is, she's a fundraiser so...

-Every pound counts.

I'll do 32.

-OK, 32. So what do you think of that, 32?

-Yes, 32, then.

-32.

-Thank you very much indeed.

-Superb.

-Thank you.

-Well done, girls.

-That's the first item down. It's what you wanted, a bit of Deco.

-Yes.

The Blues seem happy with their first buy.

Both teams are certainly speeding around the museum.

Now, Reds, are you going to tick anything off that shopping list?

Personally, I'm interested in the mirror,

that looks to me as if it's Indian, possibly.

It is Indian, yeah. And Victorian.

And it's got the original mirror in as well.

A real Colonial piece and there is an interest in that period nowadays.

I think it's quite lovely. And I do think it's very sellable.

Shall we just find out how much it is?

-I've got 65 on it, I could do it for you for 55.

-Right.

-Well, look...

-Have a think.

-We know where it is.

We know what it is, and we know how much it is.

So, I'd like us to put that one in reserve and then maybe we

-could come back later.

-Yes, yeah.

-Is that all right with you?

-Absolutely, yes.

-Thank you, thank you very much.

-Thank you.

-Excellent.

So, upon reflection, the mirror is on the back burner.

Blues, is this sampler in the picture?

-1832.

-1832.

-Someone aged nine years.

Yeah, nine years old. Anno Domini, 1832.

There's the dog and the sheep here, and the little farmhouses.

It's lovely in that it's an old thing.

-But you're not that excited?

-No.

-No?

-No.

-No, I can see that.

-Sorry.

-It's decision made.

Claire, I think the decision maker out of this relationship...

is Elizabeth.

-It's cos she's the head of fundraising.

-Is it?

-Is she more senior than you?

-Yeah.

Always tricky working alongside the boss.

Back to the Reds, and what's Judy got her eye on?

I was looking at the Victorian tea caddy, June.

-It'll be full of...tea.

-Tea!

-It might be!

That particular style, it's called Bombay.

That means it's got shaped sides.

And I would say of Rococo influence.

-Hence the curly bits.

-Yeah.

So, stylistically, it looks 18th-century,

and this would've probably been made 1880, 1890,

in a base metal, by the looks of it, or a type of pewter.

The owner of this tea caddy,

and remember tea was very expensive in those days,

which is why they made caddies,

or katis, as they were originally called, to hold tea.

And, actually, the more I look at this, the more it's growing on me.

Again, it's all about price.

Perhaps you could give us some idea of what you're asking for it?

I had 59 on it.

-But I can do it for 45 for you.

-Right!

-Am I getting some buying signals here?

-Yes, I would like to...

Would you like to? Go on, then, shall we go for it?

Yes, it's very pretty.

In which case, we'd very much like to buy your caddy. Thank you.

Thank you very much. And I wish you good luck.

Thank you very much. Thank you.

It certainly is going well, Reds. Two items in just 15 minutes.

Now, Blues, what do you have there?

Is it one of those boot things?

-Like you would do for your laces...

-It's a button hook.

-Oh, I see.

But, actually, would that be for boots?

-Probably not, because it's not that strong.

-OK.

-I would've said gloves.

-Oh! I see.

-So, again, beautiful but not practical.

-Yeah.

Cos we don't wear those sort of gloves any more.

The Blues aren't 100% hooked.

See if you can find something beautiful AND practical.

Time for a catch-up with our experts. How's it going, Richard?

I think they've bought well, they've bought very, very quickly.

Now, the danger is, when you get this ahead of yourself,

is to just slow down and relax and think, "I've got plenty of time."

Well, there's 40 minutes left, Richard.

What about the Blues, Thomas?

Elizabeth is in charge. I mean, she's...

quite a decision maker,

which I really like.

And I think that Claire has got her own style,

and I think she certainly knows what she likes.

Let's see if Claire likes this bangle.

So, this is a hallmarked one for 1963.

So, it's silver.

-Good, good gate clasp on it.

-Yeah.

-That's actually quite nice.

-Yeah. Actually, it looks nicer on.

-Yeah, it does, doesn't it?

-What is it?

-Ooh, it's quite a lot.

-£25?

-Yes.

£25 for a bit of handmade silver with a proper working clasp.

I think that's quite good.

Even with a little bit off, I think that's a goer.

-Where's the hallmark?

-So it's hallmarked here.

-Can you see it there?

-Yeah.

The Birmingham and the lion passant and the "O" of 1963.

-You liked it.

-I do, yeah.

-Do you like it?

-I think it's good.

What's the best possible price?

-What have I got on the ticket?

-25.

-20.

-20.

The only thing that puts me off

is it was made in the same year as I was born,

-and I don't like to think of myself as old.

-No!

I never realised... I didn't think you were a '60s child.

Oh, well, there you go.

Stop flirting, Thomas!

-Gosh!

-It's a beautiful thing,

and if you want to go with it, I think we should.

We're going to trust you.

-All on me, is it? All on me?

-Yes.

-I think they should go for this.

-All right.

-And I'm going to say yes. Yes?

-Yes.

-Happy?

-Yes.

-Lovely.

-Thank you.

-You're most welcome.

Thank you very much.

-Are you happy?

-Very happy.

-Third and final to find.

And 30 minutes in which to find it.

The same goes for the Reds,

and this was definitely on their shopping list.

-A desk tidy. It looks Victorian.

-It does...

That light oak style was very popular 1880 to 1900.

Fitted stationery rack.

Keep your envelopes and your writing paper there.

Shall we find out, at least, how much they are asking for it?

-Yes, please.

-Hello!

-Hi.

-Hi.

-We see it is priceless at the moment.

-OK.

-Literally.

-It's 85.

It's 85 to start or 85 to finish?

-I would do 60.

-60? OK.

-Shall we just add it to the mirror?

-Yes.

Perhaps consider and compare.

Yes, I think that's a good plan for now.

Two items on the back burner, then.

Blues, have you finally found something beautiful AND practical?

Dates from the early 1900s,

and you've got a bevel glass mirror, you've got the drip pans.

It's always good to have the drip pans

for the umbrellas and the sticks.

It's immensely practical.

That would go really nicely in my house. I would buy that.

-We're not buying for you.

-No, I know.

But it's practical, isn't it?

You can put your coat on it, you can put your umbrellas in it.

-So, the price. £85.

-Yeah, that's punchy, isn't it?

Do you want to go and ask?

-You're probably...the thrusty one out of you two.

-"The thrusty one"!

Well, we could go together, and you could smile sweetly...

Go like this.

Yeah, yeah, you could smile, yeah.

And then you could do your "I don't think that's enough. I want more."

-All right.

-Go on. Go and do your thing.

Let's see how this works, then.

-The hall stand.

-Yeah.

-What's the...

-The best?

..the best price that you could do for us on it, please?

-Ideally I'd like 60 for it.

-A bit more than we wanted to pay.

OK. What did you want to pay?

-Um...50?

-I'll meet you at 55 - I could do that.

Quite a gamble, but it's a lovely thing.

But thank you for that.

I'm sensing our fundraisers feel that

it might not bring home the money.

-We've still got time.

-I think you're right.

I think you've got a lot more time than you think,

-and I don't think that's a bad buy at 55.

-No.

Definitely not. So, come on, let's go.

One for serious consideration, then, Blues.

But there's 20 minutes left on the clock.

So, are the Reds sailing along nicely?

-Ooh.

-A pond yacht.

This is a traditional model. It looks to be 1930s in design.

Sir, can you give us a little bit of history on it?

-It came from Belgium.

-Ah!

-Don't know much more about it than that, really.

-Right.

Do you know how old it is? No?

I would imagine it's not that old. Probably 1960s, something like that.

The important thing to us is the price.

Ah...

-Well, I've got 55 on it...

-Right.

What's your very best price?

45?

-50.

-50? £50?

I have seen those on Bargain Hunt go quite well,

-sell very well at auction.

-Right.

And it's big and it's striking.

We've got two smaller items, and we should go for

one big striking piece, and I think this is it.

-Deal?

-Yeah.

-A deal.

-A deal.

-Deal.

-Deal.

-Well, we're shaking hands.

-We'll take it!

We'll see if the owner will shake hands.

-We've got a deal, sir.

-Thank you.

-Thanks very much. Great. Thank you.

-Lovely. Cheers.

-We've done it!

-That's the three!

Well done, Reds. Job done.

So, Blues, it's down to you.

-We've got 15 minutes left.

-Yes.

From your saying we've got all this time,

-now we've got 15 minutes.

-Yes.

Get cracking, then, Blues.

But the Reds look very relaxed.

Are we happy with the morning's buying?

-Excellent. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

-Really happy.

-Great.

-Cheers to the Reds.

-Cheers!

-Cheers!

-Winners!

Cheers, Reds!

Blues, have you spotted your final item?

This is a guilloche enamel compact. It is slightly damaged.

I didn't notice that.

-Because enamel's got to be perfect, hasn't it?

-It has.

It's Deco.

You can see there's a little bit of a bruise just there to it.

-No. OK.

-Ah, that's a shame.

-Thank you.

Disappointment for the Blues.

Move on - just five minutes left!

Come on.

Thomas really does have his eye on the time.

-What is it?

-Sort of like a little travelling case.

-Travelling clock.

-Silver, leather.

-That is sweet.

I can do that for £25.

£20, you say?

-What did you say?

-I said 25.

-25.

London, "I", so it's going to be very early 20th-century,

very early 1900s.

Yeah, for the money...

-£20 can't...?

-No, it's a bit...tight at 20.

-Is it really tight at 20?

-Yes.

-22?

-22.

-You will? Do you think that's good, then?

-I do, I do. I think that's good.

-Over the hall stand?

I think you've got more of a chance of making money on this

than you have on the hall stand.

It is a nice thing.

-So, shall we do that? Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

Job done, Blues, with minutes to spare.

HORN HONKS

Right, teams, your time is up.

Right, come on, I want a cup of tea. Come on.

Now, let's have a look at what the Red team have bought.

First up, June and Judy are hoping they're barking up the right tree

with this dog figure bought for £50.

Next, will this tea caddy be filled with profit?

It cost £45.

And, finally, they dropped anchor and bought this model yacht for £50.

-Well, June and Judy, has this man treated you well?

-Very well.

Have they behaved themselves?

They've been impeccably behaved, Charlie.

-THEY LAUGH

-Mainly.

So, June, what's your favourite item?

Oh, the dog, the cast-iron Boston terrier.

That's my favourite lot.

There's going to be a dog lover who's going to love to

take that little dog home, I'm sure.

-Do you share those views?

-No.

-No? What do you think?

I like my tea caddy.

-You like your tea...

-My pewter tea caddy!

-Yes, yes.

-Yes.

But which is going to make the biggest profit?

-Probably the boat.

-The boat! The pond yacht!

-The pond yacht.

-I like pond yachts.

-That will probably be our best item.

-Keeping our fingers crossed there.

-Very good.

Well, you didn't do badly. You spent very nearly half your money.

-We did.

-145.

-That's right.

-Which should leave 155 for this great man.

-That's correct.

-Do you want to hand it over?

-Yes.

What's he going to do with this? 155.

These girls came with a shopping list this morning

which they tore up as soon as they went shopping.

And we bought three totally different items.

But I'm going to get us back on course,

and I've seen something that I think will appeal to you both.

-Oh!

-Superb.

So, while Richard goes off with his shopping list,

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

Fundraisers Elizabeth and Claire are hoping to raise a small fortune

with this Art Deco centrepiece bought for £32.

Next, silver and sparkly was on Claire's shopping list

and they paid £20 for this silver bangle.

Finally, they bought this travel clock for £22.

Claire and Elizabeth, you spent £74.

Stop giggling!

We're frugal fundraisers.

-Of course you are!

-That's what it is.

-Which is your favourite item?

The Art Deco marble thing with the birds.

-The thing with the birds.

-That's what I'd have in my house.

That's always a good acid test. Claire, what about you?

-I liked the silver bangle.

-Silver bangle, it's a nice thing.

Which do you think will make the most profit, Claire?

I think probably the Art Deco ornament.

The clock.

-Elizabeth, you think the clock?

-Because he told us.

LAUGHTER

Thomas, you probably won't dare come to the auction.

I think you're right, Charlie.

I think he's right. It's a nice thing.

Very good. Well, you've spent £74, which is rather feeble.

You're going to have to give me £226.

Hand it over. Do you know what a gamble you're taking, girls?

We trust him.

Thomas, what are you going to do with that?

These two have been so frugal

and it might rub off.

So while Thomas goes off to be particularly frugal,

I'm off to somewhere quite interesting.

Before we head over to Lichfield for today's auction,

I've diverted ten miles west of the city to the tranquil Cannock Chase,

3,000 acres of rolling open heath and woodland

divided by steep valleys.

It's hard to believe that 100 years ago,

at the onset of the First World War,

this area was the site of two army camps, Brocton and Rugeley.

And Lord Lichfield offered up free use of this land

to house the servicemen who had signed up to fight

for king and country.

During the winter of 1914, a massive workforce built two encampments,

with 1,500 wooden huts housing up to 40,000 men.

A military railway known as the Tackeroo

was built to transport construction materials to the top of the Chase.

This rather unassuming hut is a reminder of the role

that Cannock Chase played during the war.

I've come to meet local archaeologist Stephen Dean

to find out more about the camps.

This is amazing. Is this hut original to the camps?

It is.

It was built here in 1914 and was probably around until about 1919

when it was sold to a nearby parish council as a village hall.

It was in use until about 2006 when it was donated back to us

-at the county council.

-What was the primary role of these camps?

The camps were designed to hold infantry divisions,

so 40,000 men on the Chase.

-40,000.

-That's what it was designed as.

The camps were huge.

They cover large parts of the upland Chase and they had everything.

Basically, they were like two towns.

They had shops, we've got theatres, post offices, banks,

everything really that you do need as a small community was up here.

So what would have gone on in these huts?

They would have eaten here, they would have slept here,

they would have trained here.

When they were training, the beds would have been moved to the side,

you would have had your benches out, so they would be going over

training manuals, like rifle training,

like trench digging, that sort of thing.

Typically, how long would somebody be in one of these camps?

It might be as short a period as maybe two weeks.

It might be six, eight, ten weeks.

As the war effort continued, the training of troops became

more and more essential, so what was it like for the soldiers

preparing for the front line back here on the Chase?

What have we got here?

These are postcards from a chap called Erskine Williams.

Erskine was in the camps.

He was a fantastic cartoonist, and he sends postcards back home.

"Scrubbing the hut floor."

And I love the expression of himself.

"Observe your 'umble in the foreground."

"Your 'umble" is him, presumably, scrubbing away.

And then we've got one here, a "section drawing of bombing trench."

"This is the charming pastime we indulged in

"in the rain for three hours.

"Hope this is a clear illustration, especially of the rain."

In other words, it wasn't very nice. Gosh.

-Trying to get as near to the real thing as possible.

-Very much so.

Back in 2012, an exciting discovery was made here

right beneath my feet

which shows the extent of the training the soldiers were given.

So what was this discovery?

It's a terrain model of a section of a battlefield at a place called Messines.

This was in Belgium?

I notice now, we can't see anything of the model at all.

What's the reason behind that?

We've recovered it because it's actually in a very fragile state

so if we leave it exposed it could degrade very quickly.

How did you know this was here?

It's something we've known about for a while,

it's been on a lot of our maps of Cannock Chase.

We didn't really realise in what condition it survived in

until maybe 2012, when a small section of it was excavated

and it was brought to our attention.

So who built this model?

After the Battle of Messines,

sections of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade came back here

to their reserve depot on Cannock Chase.

Late 1917, early into '18, they were instructed to build

a terrain model with the help of German POWs,

so they selected the area of their success.

So why did they build a model? What was it for?

It was built to train troops in map-reading and topography.

It recorded farm houses, it recorded roads, railways, trench systems.

Everything was recorded to the finest detail.

So if you want to know how to take a trench,

this is how I took this trench on this model in reality.

-Yeah. Stephen, thank you very much indeed, fascinating.

-Pleasure.

Meanwhile I'm going to snap to attention and march swiftly

down the road to the saleroom in Lichfield.

I'm with Richard Winterton, auctioneer of this parish.

-How are you?

-I'm very well, Charlie, and welcome to Lichfield.

It's lovely to be back.

Our Red team have made three interesting investments,

starting with our little dog, what do you think?

I love him. It's a good start, I like it. I do.

-How old is he?

-1950s, would you say?

Bit of age, but we'd like him to be Victorian, wouldn't we?

-We certainly would.

-What is it worth?

-We've gone 20-40.

-Have you? They paid £50.

They deserve to get towards that.

Got a sporting chance, haven't we?

What about the tea caddy?

Sharp intake of breath.

Now I look at it in the cold light of day,

it's not really shouting at me very much.

We've got a punchy 40-60 on a bit of dull pewter.

It's a great Bombay form and we'd like it to be silver.

We'd love it to be silver.

-It cost £45.

-So we're in the right area.

I salute you with your estimate.

What about this fine yacht?

I love the yacht. They always sell well, they are always popular.

I think it's beautifully made. Is there a bit of water around here?

Not a lot.

That could be the only drawback. It's a bit too big for the bath.

What do you think about the value?

We've got 80-120. That's a fair offer for what it is.

They only paid £50.

That's a good buy, isn't it?

Of course, if they don't make enough money on the yacht,

they might need their bonus buy.

Let's have a look at it.

-Well, girls, this is the moment, isn't it?

-It is.

What is under that lovely cloth?

I bought you this -

an Art Deco moulded glass square vase

decorated with scenes of Pandora.

-Pandora's box.

-Pandora's box.

I'm so pleased.

This is quite extraordinary.

You can make the most ordinary objects seem quite wonderful.

-And they haven't even asked me how much I paid for it!

-£155.

It wasn't!

I'm delighted to say it was priced at £12.

-Is that all?

-I know!

I bought it for eight.

-Very good.

-Bargain.

-So it's not often that I say I can guarantee a profit.

-How much?

-I'd better not start now.

-How much?

-How much profit?

I think that we can confidently predict a profit of 100%.

I thought you were going to say £100. Not £100?

You are an optimist. We are going to double our money.

Or more.

Probably the only one that will make that!

O, ye of little faith!

You seem quite keen on that lot.

I think it's absolutely beautiful.

-I'd love to have it myself.

-They're happy!

-That's fantastic.

Of course, girls, you don't have to make your mind up now,

that can be done at the auction.

The girls are happy, Richard appears to be happy,

will the auctioneer be happy?

Here we have it, what do you think?

It's got a bit about it. I love how it sits in there.

With the maidens as well.

Art Deco in its form. What about the value?

-We've gone 40-60.

-Right. I think this could be an absolute wower.

-Do you?

-He paid eight.

That is really good, that's fantastic.

That's the Red team, now for the Blues.

Claire and Elizabeth have kicked off with the marble ornament.

What do you think?

I quite like it, it's got that style to it and lovely colour.

It really does shine. It's a nice thing.

-Saleable?

-Oh, yes, most certainly.

Certainly, at the right price, obviously.

In Lichfield, they'll like it.

-What do you think about the value?

-We've gone 80-120.

-Have you?

-They paid £32.

-That's a good buy.

Almost a steal. You sniff a profit there, don't you?

-There should be.

-That's a good start,

-what about the bangle?

-It's a bangle! It's popular,

we see tremendous lots of them. It's silver, 20-40 all day long.

Cost £20. I don't think we need to say any more about that.

And what about the travelling clock?

Fabulous thing, I love travelling clocks anyway.

I love the history behind them and it's just a nice example.

-And it's got a bit of age, 1924.

-Fabulous.

-Got 30-50 on it.

-They paid £22.

-Three good objects.

-Do I sniff a Golden Gavel here? It's possible.

If you can make your estimates come true, they probably

won't need their bonus buy, but just in case they do,

let's have a look at it.

Claire and Elizabeth, you look just a little bit tense here,

because you gave this man a whopping amount of money. £226.

-Do you think this man can be trusted with £226?

-Yes.

-I think so.

Really? I think you've rubbed off on me because I was immensely mean.

I bought a little bit of jewellery.

-That's lovely.

-Very pretty.

Like my contestants.

-Bless you.

-Isn't he lovely?

-We like him!

-Some of the time.

Look what it does.

-It flips open.

-Nice little photographs.

Two grumpy old men in there.

You've got grumpy old men. We're mostly grumpy.

Lockets are really popular and how much do you think I spent on that?

-£40.

-Less. Much less.

-25 quid.

-Wow!

-That's lovely.

Do you want to hold it?

How old is it, Thomas?

-It's probably 1910.

-It's got age.

Yeah, and it's a silver locket, it's lovely.

I think most ladies would like to own that, Thomas.

They would. How much do you think we'd get for it at the auction?

You mentioned a figure. £40 you thought I'd paid for it,

and I think that's what it should be worth. 40-60.

Very good. Girls, you like that.

You don't have to make your mind up now, make up your mind when

the auction is going on, so think about it, but if you like it,

there's a possibility that the auctioneer will like it.

We've got a little locket for you.

Again, it's a good, safe bet.

They're popular, it's a little silver locket,

and it's £30-50 all day long.

Little gem set there. Ruby or something. And you say 30-50.

25 paid, it should be OK.

-Should be OK on that if they want to go with it.

-Well done.

This could be quite a competition.

You'll be taking the auction?

-Yes, looking forward to it.

-Excellent, so am I.

-Are you excited?

-Really excited!

-Are you confident? Yes.

-We're going to do well today.

First up we've got your Boston terrier doorstop. Nicely catalogued.

Cast iron. In standing pose.

-Bit like us.

-There it is.

Here we go.

The cast-iron Boston terrier doorstop.

Start me off £10. £10 I'm bid.

15 I'm bid.

-20 I'm bid.

-20!

25 I'm bid. 25. 25.

In the room. £30.

35.

A little one.

£38. £40.

Nope. £40. There at 40.

£40 in the room. Sold at 40.

That's all right, you've only lost £10 on the doorstop,

that's not a bad start, is it? And here comes the tea caddy.

Victorian pewter tea caddy,

where's it going to be? £20.

Tenner. Nothing on my book. 10, 15.

18, £20.

-Cost £45.

-30.

35. 40. 45. 45 here.

45. 45.

And 45.

Everyone else out, all done.

Sold at 45.

Not bad. No profit, no loss.

After two items, you're only down £10.

Not bad, is it? Now the yacht.

Now, this is it.

Where are we going to be?

Start me £20.

Bid. £20. The yacht at 20.

25, £30.

£30 bid. 35, £40 bid.

£40, 45 the internet.

45 the internet. £50.

£50 in the room.

£60 the internet. £70 the room.

-£70 the room.

-Hold my hand!

£90 the room.

£90 the room. You are out.

£100 the internet. 110 the room.

This is incredible.

All done? Sold in the room,

110.

I have to say, that is amazing. That's a profit of £60.

Take that little tenner off that we lost earlier - £50!

Hang on, you've got to concentrate, girls, because we've got a bonus buy

to think about here. What do you think? Do you want to go with it?

-I think so.

-Do you think so? Do it.

We're in, thank you very much.

-Definitely.

-You've made your decision.

The auctioneer thinks it's going to be £40-60.

Here it comes now.

Now we go to 269.

The glass vase there,

bit of interest in this.

Three or four on the book,

we're in at £20.

-No!

-Straightaway!

2, 5, 8, 30, 2, 5, 8, 40.

£45 bid. 45. 45.

45 with me at 45, 45.

Lot of commissions on the book

-at 45.

-This is extraordinary.

We're all done, £50 the internet.

£50 the internet.

£50 the internet, room's out.

Sold at 50.

Bonus buy made a profit of 42.

-Do you know how much money you've made?

-No.

-£92!

-Wow!

It's a remarkable return.

You should be in the stock market.

Not a word to the Blues

because you never know, they might make hundreds of pounds.

How are you feeling about all these items? Confident?

Yeah. We didn't spend a lot of money.

You're looking slightly nervous.

Thomas, where's their confidence gone?

Come on! Some great items and you've got a really good chance.

I think you'll do well.

I just feel it in my bones, but here comes the desk ornament.

The marble desk ornament there,

£10 I'm bid. Tenner I'm bid.

£10 I'm bid. £10 I'm bid.

£10 I'm bid.

Need a bit more than this.

£20 with me, at £20.

£20 I'm bid. At £20.

With me at £20, room is out.

25 at the back, 25 at the back.

25 at the back of the room.

You're all out, £25, hammer up.

Oh, dear. Well, I'm afraid that's a loss of £7.

Soon make that up with the bangle. Here comes the bangle.

£2 I'm bid, 4 bid, 6 bid, 8 bid.

10 bid.

Starting low.

But he's going like the clappers.

-25 I'm bid.

-Profit!

25 in the room. 25 in the room.

Come on!

Sold at 25.

Profit of £5. You were £7 down, so you're now

only minus £2,

which is pretty good news.

Now, that clock, you liked the travelling clock.

I liked the travelling clock.

£20 straight in, on my book at £20.

£20 I'm bid, £20 I'm bid,

£20 I'm bid. £25 I'm bid.

-25. Profit.

-Oh, we're breaking even.

£35 I'm bid.

Making money on Bargain Hunt!

-£40 in the room.

-This is great!

Room bid, sold at 40.

£18 profit on that.

Shave off the £2 you were down

and you are still up £16,

which is just magnificent!

That is marvellous.

What do you want to do with your locket?

Are you going with the bonus buy?

-Come on!

-We trust him.

Cost 25. Auctioneer's estimate,

30-50. Here we go.

293. The little sweet circular silver locket.

£5 I'm bid,

£5 on the bid.

6 bid, 8 bid.

10 bid. 15 bid.

18 bid, 20 bid.

5 bid.

You're all right! Breaking even.

25 in the middle. 25 in the middle.

-£30 the internet.

-That's a profit!

£30 the internet.

Oh, joy, oh, rapture.

You're out, says no. £30 internet.

Thank you.

Thank you, Thomas. Thank you.

Thomas, I've never seen so many kisses in all my life.

You've made a £5 profit on there.

So with £5 on the bonus buy, £16 to date,

gives you a profit of £21!

Not a word to the Reds.

You may have won, you may have come second.

Every now and again on Bargain Hunt,

you get a golden moment and this is it.

I'm surrounded by profits.

Profits to the right of me, profits to the left,

here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

This is quite exciting, you've both made money.

Blues, you made a good profit.

Reds, you made an even bigger profit!

We don't have losers,

we have winners and we have runners-up,

and today, you are the runners-up.

You muddled along with a few profits,

your desk ornament lost a little bit of money, but not much,

and Thomas did his best with his bonus buy.

Tickled it on a bit more.

And you made £21, which I think is a pretty creditable performance,

to be honest. £21, it's better than nothing, isn't it, girls?

-It is.

-Have you had a good time?

-We've had a fabulous time.

-Marvellous.

As for you lot, these Reds made even more than £21.

£92!

Well done!

-And do you know how that happened?

-With a yacht.

Pond yacht!

You made £60 on a pond yacht!

That's absolutely magnificent,

and then, of course, the great man came in

with the bonus buy of the century,

who managed to turn £8 into £50, a £42 profit!

-Remarkable. So £92, have you had a good time?

-Lovely.

-Enjoyed it.

-I'm not surprised, you're going home with £92!

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