0:00:02 > 0:00:06I'm in Berkshire and as always I'm looking for something that's rare.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10And today I'm looking for a particularly rare animal.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12It's the Berkshire pig.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16It was a popular breed, but with only 300 breeding sows left in the
0:00:16 > 0:00:19country, I'm unlikely to find one.
0:00:19 > 0:00:24I have, however, spotted antique experts.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26So let's go Bargain Hunting!
0:00:49 > 0:00:53There are hundreds of stalls at the Newbury Showground for our
0:00:53 > 0:00:55contestants to rummage round.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And they have £300
0:00:57 > 0:01:00and just one hour in which to buy three items.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02So, let's see what's coming up.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09On today's show, for the Reds it's all about the hair.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11- I think it's quite a buyable thing, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13If I had hair, I'd buy one.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15You're doing all right in the scale of things.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17At least you can actually still use a brush!
0:01:19 > 0:01:21While the Blues feel the pressure.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Andy, time's ticking. We need to make our second buy!
0:01:25 > 0:01:27And over at the auction, there is tension...
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Gwen, hold my hand. Come on.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30We need a profit.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31..and pain.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Ouch! Double ouch, that one.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34Well, that's all for later.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Now, let's meet the teams, and today we have two pairs of friends.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41For the Red team, we have Eva and Bradley,
0:01:41 > 0:01:44and for the Blues, we have Andy and Gwen. Hello!
0:01:44 > 0:01:45- ALL:- Hello!
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Oh, my word. You sound as if you are up for it today.
0:01:48 > 0:01:49- We are.- Good, good, good.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Now, Eva, how did you two meet?
0:01:52 > 0:01:54We worked with each other for about two and a half years,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- selling life insurance.- Yeah.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01And we were desk buddies for most of that time, weren't we?
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- Pretty much so. - So, pretty much inseparable.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08Eva's first day, well, first week, I think, we had a bake-off at work,
0:02:08 > 0:02:12and Eva brought in these rocky road, marshmallow brownie things
0:02:12 > 0:02:15and I think that was the day I decided I was going to take her
0:02:15 > 0:02:18under my wing and we've become best friends from there!
0:02:18 > 0:02:20You're a huge animal lover, aren't you?
0:02:20 > 0:02:22- Yes.- Of all sorts?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24All animals, all different sizes.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26The more unusual, the more interesting?
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Yeah. Bradley's gotten in trouble a couple of times when we've been on
0:02:30 > 0:02:35the way to meetings at work when I've stopped to help an insect if it's, er...
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Help an insect?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38You were late for work because you were helping an insect?
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- Yeah!- What was wrong with the insect?
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Well, there was a time when there was a bee and a wasp having a fight.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Who won?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53The bee, because I held the wasp down with a stick
0:02:53 > 0:02:55so the bee could fly away.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58I think you should be working with animals, really, shouldn't you?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00And what animals do you have at home? Any?
0:03:00 > 0:03:05I have three cats at home - Louis, Marley and Maisie.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07And something's odd about one of them.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Oh, yeah. Louis has three legs.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- Ah, that was it.- Yeah.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13How did that happen?
0:03:13 > 0:03:17About six months ago he was in an accident.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Very sad, but I'm just glad that he's still about, really.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- And he's probably not bothered by it, is he?- No, he's really not.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25He's hopping about everywhere and
0:03:25 > 0:03:26you wouldn't even know the difference.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Wonderful. Now, Bradley, you're the DJ?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Yes, yeah. We've just set up a little community radio station.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33I'm going to be doing their breakfast shows for them.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35I've done a few already and it's lots of fun.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37What sort of music do you play in the mornings?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39You know, lots of old stuff, lots of new stuff.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Mostly fun things to wake you up, I think, really, is what I go for.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Right. Where are your musical tastes?
0:03:44 > 0:03:46I'm a bit more sort of rock and roll,
0:03:46 > 0:03:48I like my music loud and fast and heavy.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50You don't like that sort of music, do you?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52We can't have you on Bargain Hunt wanting that sort of music!
0:03:52 > 0:03:54It's all rock and roll in these sorts of things.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56You're not quite the same sort of lover of animals, are you?
0:03:56 > 0:03:57I'd like to be.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00I've had a few bad experiences.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04- Such as?- When I was quite young we went to an ostrich farm and we were
0:04:04 > 0:04:06wandering around and an ostrich had just laid some eggs.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10And they said, "If you'd like to, you could stand on these.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12"They're very strong, somebody can stand on them."
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Which is brilliant, until the ostrich is down the field and
0:04:15 > 0:04:19sees you standing on its egg, not very happy and came charging at me.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20Did it get you?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23No, luckily I got thrown over a fence and I was fine.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Now, have you got some tactics, you two?
0:04:25 > 0:04:29It has to be collectable and also it has to be...
0:04:29 > 0:04:30- In perfect condition.- Yes.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32We're accepting nothing but the best.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Right. Thank you very much, Red team.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Now, for the Blues, Andy and Gwen.
0:04:36 > 0:04:37Looking forward to it?
0:04:37 > 0:04:38- Yes.- Can't wait, yes.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40How did you two meet, Gwen?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Well, while we were at university in Scotland,
0:04:42 > 0:04:44we were both on the same university air squadron.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48However, Andy graduated and left the year before I joined.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52So, we actually met at a reunion summer event a couple of years ago
0:04:52 > 0:04:53and been friends ever since.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Oh, wonderful. Now, you're still studying?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- Yes.- And studying...
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- and studying!- And studying! Yes, I'm an eternal student, so, yes.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03My first degree was in psychology,
0:05:03 > 0:05:06and very early on I started to develop an interest in medicine.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Thought it was too late, my parents were like, "Never too late,"
0:05:08 > 0:05:10were incredibly supportive.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- How wonderful! - So, yeah, I'm very lucky.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16So, which is going to come first, you qualifying or your retirement?
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Who knows, who knows! Hopefully, qualifying!
0:05:19 > 0:05:21- Hope so.- But just! Yeah, hopefully, qualifying.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Well, good luck with all that.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25- Thank you very much.- Now, Andy, rather like the Red team over here,
0:05:25 > 0:05:27you've got a bit of an animal story, haven't you?
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- Yes.- Well, I'm very into cycle touring,
0:05:29 > 0:05:32and that involves putting your tent and your sleeping bag on your bike
0:05:32 > 0:05:35and getting out into the wilderness.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37In Japan, I was warned about bears.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Anyway, I pitched up my tent and then about half an hour later,
0:05:40 > 0:05:43it's pitch-black and I hear rustling outside,
0:05:43 > 0:05:46and I very quickly had to start screaming, singing, and scrambling
0:05:46 > 0:05:48my tent back into my bags.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53Cycled back down the mountain very quickly and hid in a phone box to avoid...
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Bear? Was this big? Was it huge?
0:05:54 > 0:05:55Oh, ginormous!
0:05:55 > 0:05:57No, Japanese bears are very timid and very small,
0:05:57 > 0:06:00but, at the same time, they're still a bear, so...
0:06:00 > 0:06:02What a bizarre situation!
0:06:02 > 0:06:03- Yes.- Now, what about tactics, you two?
0:06:03 > 0:06:06I'd like to go for items around £20 to £50.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- Yeah.- For us I think it's mostly about having a good story and
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- finding something that's really interesting and exciting.- Yeah.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13And the dream would be the golden gavel.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- The golden gavel!- I know, I know!
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Well, I'm not quite sure how this is going to pan out,
0:06:18 > 0:06:22but you will need some money, so I'm going to give you £300.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- Thank you very much.- You have to buy three things, remember.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26No more, no less.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Thank you.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Off you go - your experts await you.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Have a good shop.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Ostriches versus bears.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35An odd competition.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39So, let's meet today's experts.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Coming to the rescue for the Reds, it's David Harper.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48And keeping the Blues in the picture, it's John Cameron.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51What are we going to be looking for, Eve?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Er, so, probably nice boxes.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Erm, something silver maybe?
0:06:56 > 0:06:59I'd really like something exciting, interesting, something with a story,
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- maybe some militaria.- Ah, we're thinking clocks.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03- Yeah.- I quite like masks and things like that.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07- Gwen, how about you?- A chest or a children's toy, something like that.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- Do you agree with everything Eve says?- I have to, yeah!
0:07:10 > 0:07:11Right, it's a good plan!
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Are we going to be spending big or small?
0:07:13 > 0:07:15I'd like to spend a little bit.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17- And I'd like to spend a lot! - Oh, dear!
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Right, teams, make it snappy!
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Your 60 minutes starts now.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24ALARM
0:07:24 > 0:07:25Shall we go and do it?
0:07:25 > 0:07:26- Let's do it.- Yeah.- Let's do it!
0:07:26 > 0:07:29And let the battle commence, then!
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Now, Bradley, isn't this a bit of you?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Oh, yeah, definitely.
0:07:34 > 0:07:35I could see you in that.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38I think so. A little Bargain Hunt logo would be perfect.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Come on, David, let's focus.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42Is John being more useful?
0:07:42 > 0:07:45I like to get in amongst the cabinets because there's always lots
0:07:45 > 0:07:46of interesting things in there.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49So, have a look, anything catches your eye, just say. Right?
0:07:49 > 0:07:50What do you think these are?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Those are quite interesting, actually, aren't they?
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- Aren't they place settings or something?- Are they silver?
0:07:55 > 0:07:57They're not marked. They're white metal.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59And I don't know what they are, actually.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- What are these? - They're silver glass markers.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04You mark somebody's glass, so they've got the same glass
0:08:04 > 0:08:06on the next drink.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Perhaps in the theatre they do that as well,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10when you come out at the interval? Oh, OK.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Nice that there is a set of them, isn't there?
0:08:12 > 0:08:1612, I don't have 12 friends! They'd be no good to me!
0:08:16 > 0:08:18No-one believes you, John, move on.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Now, what have the Reds found?
0:08:21 > 0:08:22There's some trinket boxes.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- Yeah.- That was an enthusiastic yes, wasn't it?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27- Yes!- That went down really well, Bradley, well done!
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Yeah, yeah, congratulations.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32So, that's a "No" to the trinket boxes, Bradley.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34How are the Blues getting on?
0:08:34 > 0:08:35What do you think of those?
0:08:35 > 0:08:37- Yeah, I like those.- You like those?
0:08:37 > 0:08:39They're really nice. Really quaint.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42We've got £120 on those.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Are they silver?
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Oh, yeah. Look, they're sterling silver, it's on the bottom there.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48So, that would suggest that these are not English,
0:08:48 > 0:08:50because they would have English hallmarks on them.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51Six of them, they're in their fitted box,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54and they're beautifully embossed and chased with these little scenes.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57These elephants there and these are the pyramids in the background.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00I'd say they'd probably date pre-war, for me,
0:09:00 > 0:09:03because the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb sparked
0:09:03 > 0:09:05a big interest again, a sort of Renaissance interest.
0:09:05 > 0:09:06So, what do you guys think?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08I really like them. I do think they tell a nice story,
0:09:08 > 0:09:11so I think we should think about this one quite carefully.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15What better thing to get out with your medical students to toast, huh?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- Exactly!- Medicinal purposes only!
0:09:17 > 0:09:18Toast end of exams.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Right, so we've got £120 on them. Let's see what we can do.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22£80 on those.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25- Yeah, that'd be lovely. Thank you very much.- £80, all right.
0:09:25 > 0:09:26Shake the man's hand!
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- Thank you very much, lovely to meet you.- There we are, deal done.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30- Thank you!- Thank you very much. £80, there we are.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32We're off the mark and, hopefully,
0:09:32 > 0:09:33we'll be able to toast our success with those.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35There goes my £50-max budget!
0:09:36 > 0:09:39I told you this was going to be a good battle - come on.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40Thank you very much.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Come on, then.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Andy wins round one, spending a chunky £80.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46How are you looking, Reds?
0:09:46 > 0:09:50I'm going to test your skills and intelligence.
0:09:50 > 0:09:51Have a look, Bradley.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52There's a little anchor.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- That's great because Eve will tell us what that means.- Erm...
0:09:55 > 0:09:56(Birmingham.)
0:09:56 > 0:09:59That, er, means it was, er, made in Birmingham, actually.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00OK.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02That is good, that is. Seriously good.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03What else have you got?
0:10:03 > 0:10:04I've got a little line, as well.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06(Solid silver.)
0:10:06 > 0:10:07That means it is solid silver so it's, er...
0:10:07 > 0:10:09- Solid silver, OK.- Gracious!
0:10:09 > 0:10:11And a tiny "c".
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- (Haven't got a clue.) - Haven't got a clue.
0:10:15 > 0:10:16Two out of three ain't bad.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Right. OK, so a pair of brushes with good bristles.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Then you've got your fitted little case,
0:10:22 > 0:10:26and then we have the silver-topped comb. So, that's all matching.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28And then what's behind here? Probably a mirror, maybe.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30- A mirror?- Oh, look at that. - Very nice.- A mirror.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- It's a cracking little lot, actually.- Yeah.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34- I think it's quite a buyable thing, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37If I had hair I'd buy one.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39You're doing all right in the scale of things!
0:10:39 > 0:10:41- You can... At least you can still actually use a brush!- Yeah!
0:10:43 > 0:10:44It is £58.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46I think we could probably do a bit better than that, hopefully.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48OK. There's the gentleman.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52- Sir?- What would be your best price on this item?
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- £40.- Would you take...
0:10:54 > 0:10:56£35, maybe?
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- Yes, OK.- Thank you very much.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Thank you.
0:11:00 > 0:11:0335. The man has agreed. That's it, you've done the deal.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05- Keep up the good work.- Thank you.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06Move on.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09That's some speedy, focused shopping from both teams.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Ten minutes gone and they've bought one item each.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Now the Blues are still marching on.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17There's a nice military badge on there. Look at that.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19That's nicely carved. What's there?
0:11:19 > 0:11:20Ooh, lovely.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22So you guys can tell me, what's the military badge with
0:11:22 > 0:11:23the entwined serpents around there?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26It's a medical one and it's got the Queen's crown on the top,
0:11:26 > 0:11:28so it can't be that old.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29What do you think?
0:11:29 > 0:11:31We love it, but not quite sure...
0:11:31 > 0:11:32Who else would love it.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Right, so that's not one for us, no?
0:11:34 > 0:11:35- Unfortunately not.- What a shame.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- Yes, it is a shame.- We like it, but it's not one for us.- Yeah.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39- Let's soldier on.- Indeed.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Going with your heads and not your hearts - good discipline, Blues.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Now what about the Reds?
0:11:45 > 0:11:46What's inside there? Is it...
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- Oh, nothing.- No.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51So, it's a carriage clock box.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53So, you would put your carriage clock in there.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Nice velvet.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Original interior.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Leather, kind of tooled.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Balsawood case, I suppose, but it's pretty sturdy.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08- Look at that, little tiny brass buttons to act as feet.- Yeah.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10It's a really good-quality case,
0:12:10 > 0:12:13which means that was made for a really good quality carriage clock.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- OK.- Are you interested in that?
0:12:15 > 0:12:17- I like this a lot.- Yeah.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20OK. Wait there, I'll go and bring the stallholder over.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21Come on in, you. Oh, God!
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Isn't that a lovely thing?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25It's brilliant. It's a very clean case, isn't it?
0:12:25 > 0:12:27It is gorgeous.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29How much can it be to us as a double special deal?
0:12:31 > 0:12:33The absolute death on it is £40.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35- What do you think, guys?- I...
0:12:35 > 0:12:37- £40, risk it?- I think £40, I'm happy.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- I think we'll take it. Thank you very much.- Do it, then.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40Do the deal, thank you very much.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Thank you very much.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43That's number two done.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Well done! You are a dream team.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47Wow, they're good.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Just one item left to buy and only 15 minutes into the shop.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54Now let's talk tactics.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58We've still got one or two lanes we could go down, the sun is out,
0:12:58 > 0:13:01or we could go inside, where you've got lots of smaller things,
0:13:01 > 0:13:04lots of silver, porcelain and smaller bits and collectables.
0:13:04 > 0:13:05What do you think?
0:13:05 > 0:13:09- I think we fancy our chances with the smaller items inside.- Yeah?
0:13:09 > 0:13:10- I'll go with Andy. - Are you in agreement?
0:13:10 > 0:13:12I think so, yes, although bye-bye, sunshine.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16All right. Well, listen, I'm fair-skinned, don't like the sun,
0:13:16 > 0:13:19so I'm with you, let's go inside.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Keep on moving, Blues. You still have to more pieces to buy.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26However, the Reds can slightly relax.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29It's going very well. We've got lots of time.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30I'm really happy so far, the way it's going,
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- I think we're doing pretty well. - I'm loving these two.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35They've got youth and vigour on their side,
0:13:35 > 0:13:38which means speed and getting the job done.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40That's what I like.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43It's certainly a lot cooler indoors.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44I like the ice-cream maker.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46- Fun, isn't it?- Do you like that? - I really like that.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48And I like the price.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49I see!
0:13:49 > 0:13:51There's another one here, look.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Oh, look, there's another one here that's plastic for £45.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- Do you like the wooden one or the plastic one?- Well, what sells?
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Well, I don't know.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00They would be completely different markets, cos that has a real kind of
0:14:00 > 0:14:02'50s look about it, doesn't it?
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Which, again, is very retro.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07That has kind of more of a country look about it, doesn't it?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Do you like it?
0:14:09 > 0:14:10Do you want to have a look around?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- I do like it but...- Have a look around. Let's have a look around.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15We've just got here. Let's have a look around.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Cary on looking, Blues. There's still more shopping to do.
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Ah!
0:14:18 > 0:14:19DING-DING
0:14:19 > 0:14:21It's quite satisfying.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22Really?
0:14:22 > 0:14:25You're very easily satisfied, I think. Eh?
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- Hang on. Ah, yeah, I see what you mean.- Yeah!
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Very good. Totally satisfied.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32- Right, now we're satisfied, let's move on.- Yeah, let's.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Watch out, Reds - don't get distracted.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Let's hope the Blues are a little more focused.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41Andy, time's ticking. We need to make our second buy.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42What are we going to go for?
0:14:42 > 0:14:43- This is quite fun.- A drinking horn.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45A Russian drinking horn. I really like that.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47You love that kind of thing.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51So, the drinking horn or the ice-cream maker?
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Mmm, decisions, decisions.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56While the Blues choose, what are those Reds up to?
0:14:56 > 0:14:58What is that?
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Does that look fun to you?
0:14:59 > 0:15:01If you find a steep enough hill.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Oh, yeah, great fun with no brakes!
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Looks slightly dangerous, like you could just sort of roll that way.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Yeah, you could, couldn't you? Yeah.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Well, we'll leave that one to you, Eva.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13We'll come back, maybe.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16With no brakes, I'm not sure about that one.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Now, what are the Blues planning?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20I'm not sure whether we should head back outside.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22We were having a bit more luck out there.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23What do you think, Andy?
0:15:23 > 0:15:25- Yeah, we did have a few more items on the table.- Yeah?
0:15:25 > 0:15:28They seem to be a bit few and far between here for these things.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29All right. What I would suggest is,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32let's just walk around quickly and then go and work our way outside
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Just in case we spot something.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38I could browse for ages, but I think, move on.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Not a lot taking my eye here.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Anything else that's caught your eye along here?
0:15:43 > 0:15:45No? Nothing?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47So, how are the Blues getting on, John?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49There's lots of looking, not much buying.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51They are pondering, dithering,
0:15:51 > 0:15:54contemplating and needing to take the plunge.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Meanwhile, the Reds do know what they like.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00The hair-drying stand is...
0:16:00 > 0:16:02- The hair-drying stand?- Yeah.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- So, you like that, do you? - I think so.- Why?
0:16:05 > 0:16:06I don't know. It's just...
0:16:06 > 0:16:07Is it because it's really shiny?
0:16:07 > 0:16:09- It is shiny!- OK.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- Well it's not silver, you know.- No!
0:16:11 > 0:16:12Let's have a look.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14I'm not an expert, I can tell you.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18It's made by a company called Helene Curtis Industries,
0:16:18 > 0:16:24and it's described as the world's finest and fastest hairdryer.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28Isn't that just funky beyond belief?
0:16:28 > 0:16:29Very Art Deco-inspired.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31I can taste the milkshakes.
0:16:31 > 0:16:37It's just 1957 America at its absolute finest.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39How much is that, madam?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41It was around about the 165.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42Oh, right.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44But we could do it for maybe 100.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Is that the best? 100?
0:16:46 > 0:16:47Can it be less?
0:16:47 > 0:16:4895.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Is that the absolute death?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- It is, really.- OK.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Er, 95...it's more than what we were thinking of going for.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57We were planning on spending, yeah.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59But, I do quite like it.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Let me ask you a question. What would you rather buy?
0:17:01 > 0:17:07A lovely, sweet, little silver vesta case or a funky,
0:17:07 > 0:17:111950s, freestanding, chrome hairdryer?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13I think the freestanding hairdryer.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15- Bradley?- Sounds good to me.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Thank you. Madam, we're going to have it.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- OK, thank you.- Thank you very much.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21You two are amazing.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25And do you know what? You've got about half an hour left.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28So, I'm going to treat you to as much tea as you can drink.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Come on, that direction. Go.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32All three items in less than half an hour.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34That's close to a record.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37The Blues, however, still have a lot to do.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39I love this clockwork roasting spit.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41I do love that.
0:17:41 > 0:17:42What are you thinking of, Andy?
0:17:42 > 0:17:43- I really like it.- You like it?
0:17:43 > 0:17:44I'd like to see it working.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Yeah, I don't think it is working.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49And it's decorative, but it's not working, I think.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52If it was working, then it's got double appeal, hasn't it?
0:17:52 > 0:17:53I think we'll leave that.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Keep on looking, Blues.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58I'm off to chat to the Reds about one of the fastest shops
0:17:58 > 0:17:59I've seen on Bargain Hunt.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01COUGHS NOISILY
0:18:01 > 0:18:02I know.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Half an hour!
0:18:04 > 0:18:05- It's illegal.- Finished?
0:18:05 > 0:18:07- We're done.- And a hairdryer?
0:18:07 > 0:18:08And a hairdryer.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11The fastest hairdryer in the world.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- Exactly. - Yes, David, you really need it.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16You're jealous, aren't you?
0:18:16 > 0:18:18I certainly am. So what are you going to do now?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20We're going to drink copious amounts of tea.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22- Well, have a wonderful time. - Thank you.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23I wish I could join you.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Well, I wish you could.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Actually, we're better off on our own.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28So, while the Reds relax and the Blues focus,
0:18:28 > 0:18:32I'm off for a trip down memory lane to show you one of my true passions.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35How exciting is this for me?
0:18:35 > 0:18:36The Mini.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40The Mini was a style icon of the 1960s.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Twiggy had one.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44George Harrison had one.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Brett Ekland had one,
0:18:46 > 0:18:48and Charlie Ross had one...
0:18:48 > 0:18:50but not a very good one.
0:18:50 > 0:18:531959, the Mini was born.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Just up the road in Oxford at the Cowley works.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00It was a design by Alec Issigonis,
0:19:00 > 0:19:04who had this extraordinary idea of making a full, four-seater
0:19:04 > 0:19:07family car that was this size.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08How did it work?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10I'll show you.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Alec Issigonis had this extraordinary idea
0:19:15 > 0:19:16to turn the engine round.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21Hitherto, cars' engine blocks had run front to back.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24And he thought, "If I turn it sideways on,
0:19:24 > 0:19:27"I can really make the car considerably smaller."
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Look at that.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34The engine runs that way,
0:19:34 > 0:19:39so it's shortened the length of the car by, probably, two feet -
0:19:39 > 0:19:43but without impacting on the inside at all.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47This particular model is a Morris Cooper S,
0:19:47 > 0:19:52which was only made between 1964 and 1965.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55I remember one or two things happening with my Mini.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58The first problem was that if you went through a puddle,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00the water came up through the grill.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03The other thing that happened, and it actually happened to me once,
0:20:03 > 0:20:05was that the fan belt broke.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08What do you do? You haven't got a spare fan belt.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10My girlfriend had a pair of tights.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13So, discreetly behind a hedge,
0:20:13 > 0:20:18she removed the tights and I tied them round there and off we drove.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Piece of cake.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22These sort of cars were so easy to mend.
0:20:22 > 0:20:27It wasn't just under the bonnet that things had changed.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Come round the back.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30Look at the boot.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Turn the handle and it comes down that way.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Now, you might think there is not quite enough room in the boot here
0:20:36 > 0:20:39for a four-seater family saloon,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42but you can actually rest another suitcase on the back there.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44As long as it's not too heavy.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Tie it on with a couple of clips and off you go on holiday.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50And I can tell you that we, as a family of four,
0:20:50 > 0:20:53went on holiday in one of these.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54My brother and I in the back-seat,
0:20:54 > 0:20:58my mother doing the navigating and my dad, hanging on for grim life,
0:20:58 > 0:21:03steering us across France and across the Alps - would you believe? -
0:21:03 > 0:21:04down into Italy.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Now, I'm going to get into the car and relive those moments.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12Those moments that were so special to me as a late teenager.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Now, a standard Mini was less than £500.
0:21:15 > 0:21:21Today, a good Mini would be worth perhaps between £10,000 and £15,000.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25But, I think that this car, because of its rarity,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28would make between £30,000 and £40,000.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30And I'm going to have a little drive in it.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33MUSIC: You Really Got Me by The Kinks
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Well, that was a real treat.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Now, back to the shopping.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49We are over halfway through.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53The Reds are all bought up, but the Blues still need two more items.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Anything here at all?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57The telephone. Probably expensive.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Well, we can ask.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00How much for the telephone, chaps?
0:22:00 > 0:22:01£40.
0:22:01 > 0:22:0340 quid.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Date wise, I'd say probably first quarter of the 20th century,
0:22:06 > 0:22:08- I think it's quite early.- Mm-hm.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12Look at that wonderful kind of quadruple woven cord there.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13It's fantastic.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Something like this would have, I think, double appeal.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19There are collectors of vintage telephones.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22They actually sometimes go to the extremes of having them refitted out
0:22:22 > 0:22:24so they can be used today.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27But that, I think, is a nice, decorative object, too. don't you?
0:22:27 > 0:22:28Oh, yes, definitely.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29I think it's interesting.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32It's got Thames Board Mills SDG - don't know what that stands for.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35It's probably come from a company, I would have said.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Possibly just for internal use,
0:22:37 > 0:22:40but may well have been linked up to the main exchange.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41bit, it's a nice thing, interesting.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43- Do you like it? - I do, actually. Yeah, I do.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45I really like it. I think it's quite an interesting,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48exciting thing we could buy.
0:22:48 > 0:22:49Would you take 30 for it, please?
0:22:51 > 0:22:5235, I could do.
0:22:52 > 0:22:5432?
0:22:54 > 0:22:55Please.
0:22:55 > 0:22:56I can't resist a smile.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Thank you so much. Thank you!
0:22:57 > 0:22:59£32, well done. There we are.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- One more item to buy.- Boom.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02Come on.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06While the Blues head off to find the last item, the Reds are chilling.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07Well, look at this, I've got tea,
0:23:07 > 0:23:10and my two children have got ice creams, yeah.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12The sun's out.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Well, well done, kids. You've done ever so well.
0:23:15 > 0:23:16- Cheers.- Cheers.- Cheers.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21The Reds may be taking it easy, but the Blues are still on the hunt.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23Andy.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25What do you think of this?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27I really like it. What is it?
0:23:27 > 0:23:29That's a good question.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30Well, it is a pincushion.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32There is something about it I quite like.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35In particular, I love this little cushion here with this Union Jack.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Is that purple underneath?
0:23:37 > 0:23:39It is purple, and I think the way that's faded,
0:23:39 > 0:23:41that would suggest to me that is the original,
0:23:41 > 0:23:43that colour purple was very popular in the Victorian period.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45You see it a lot on upholstery, inside cabinets
0:23:45 > 0:23:47and things like that, and it's faded beautifully.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50It was the colour of the Suffragettes, as well.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52So, we've got £38 on the bottom.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Should be able to get a bit more than that off,
0:23:54 > 0:23:56so who's going to do the deal?
0:23:56 > 0:23:58- It's the last one - we need to buy good now.- Mmm.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00- Who's going to do the deal? - I'll do this one.
0:24:00 > 0:24:01- Go for it, Andy. - Decisive, I like that.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04OK, £38, dealer's there.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06- Fire away.- Excuse me, what's the best price you will do for this?
0:24:06 > 0:24:08It would be 30.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09£30.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11I think that's a really fair deal. We both really like it.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13- You happy with that?- I love it. - I think we're happy with that.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16That's a good price, good price off. Thank you very much.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Yes, thank you so much. Thank you.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19- Well done, guys. - Yes! That's our last item.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23We got there. The pressure was on, and I think we've probably got about ten minutes to spare.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25So, John helps with the final purchase.
0:24:25 > 0:24:26CLOCK CHIMES
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Your time is up.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30- Cup of tea?- We'll have a cup of tea.- Sounds like a plan to me.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Now, let's remind ourselves what the Red team have bought.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38First up, they're hoping to brush up a profit with the
0:24:38 > 0:24:41silver-backed vanity set, which cost £35.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Next, can the leather carriage clock case, bought for £40,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50clock up a profit?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52To finish, a 1950s express hairdryer.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Price paid, £95.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Eva, Bradley, you are looking rather pleased with yourselves.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00- Absolutely.- Had a good time?
0:25:00 > 0:25:03- Very nice, we had a nice ice cream earlier, didn't we?- Yeah.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05It's supposed to be about shopping, not ice creams.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09I know, that was the highlight, Charlie, the ice cream. Marvellous!
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- Did they behave themselves? - One word to describe this team -
0:25:12 > 0:25:16- fast.- Fast.- That's it.- Wonderful. What's your favourite lot?
0:25:16 > 0:25:20- Oh, me? I really liked the hairdryer, actually. - Hairdryer?- Yeah!
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- Hairdryer?!- Yep.- Biggest profit?
0:25:23 > 0:25:27- I think the hairbrushes maybe. - The hairbrushes. It's all about hair, isn't it?
0:25:27 > 0:25:30I think the biggest profit might come from the hairdryer.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- Well, you spent £170.- Mm-hm.- Yeah.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36It must mean you've got 130 left over.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Hand it over. You can't go home with it.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41- There we go, you lucky man. - Thank you very much.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Right, what are you going to do with that, David?
0:25:44 > 0:25:46I think something interesting.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50As interesting as the '50s hairdryer.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54While David goes and finds something that could possibly match a '50s
0:25:54 > 0:25:58hairdryer, we'll remind ourselves just what the Blue team have bought.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02They marched into action with these six miniature tankards,
0:26:02 > 0:26:05bought for £80.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08They're hoping to ring up a profit with the internal telephone,
0:26:08 > 0:26:10costing £32.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Finally, can they fly the victory flag with the Union Jack pincushion?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Price paid, £30.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Andy and Gwen, a bit of dithering, wasn't there?
0:26:20 > 0:26:22There was a bit, I got a little bit tense at times.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Dither, dither, and then panic.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27And I wanted to sprint out the inside.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- But it was OK.- But you enjoyed it? - Oh, loved it, loved every second.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32- Did this man look after you? - He was fabulous, yeah.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Thank you very much.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36- John.- It was a great time.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40We had a little bit of trouble getting off the mark, but once we got off, they were good.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41What's your favourite lot?
0:26:41 > 0:26:43I think my favourite is the telephone.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45The telephone. And yours, Gwen?
0:26:45 > 0:26:46I loved the pincushion.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48- Do you?- It is beautiful, yes.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50What's going to make the biggest profit?
0:26:50 > 0:26:53I'd say the telephone, as well - it could be a wild card for us.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55And I'm going to go pincushion again.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56Telephone, pincushion...
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Well, I liked the spirit cups, the silver spirit cups.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01- Yes.- Three differing views there.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Now, you spent £142, so I want 158.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06- Perfect.- Hand it over.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09- There we go. And the three. - And the small change.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11You lucky man.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- This is a big mistake.- What are you going to do with that?
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Spend it all if I can, Charlie, you know me.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21I do. So, while John goes off to spend, spend, spend,
0:27:21 > 0:27:22we're off to the auction.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36Well, not far away we find SAS auctions and Thomas Plant,
0:27:36 > 0:27:38who's looking rather chipper today.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39Oh, Roscoe, I'm always looking chipper.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Are you permanently optimistic?
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- Always.- I like that, I like that as an attitude.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47You might need to be for Eva and Bradley's lots.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49What do you think, first of all, of the vanity case?
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Well, the vanity case is what it is.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56The problem with that one is it's a gentleman's one and mainly brushes,
0:27:56 > 0:27:58there's one little mirror in there.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Vanity cases normally sell well when they're bottles
0:28:01 > 0:28:04and there's a hand mirror.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07But as a item, it's a fun thing.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09The case is in reasonable condition.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Yes, the case is in reasonable condition.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14It's just, there's no real end-use for that.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17- No, well, certainly wouldn't be for me, would there?- No.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21And I'm in tactical withdrawal, so probably not for me.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23- What have you estimated it at? - I've done 30 to 50.
0:28:23 > 0:28:24They paid 35.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26That's not a bad estimate.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28- No, no.- It might even make a profit.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29What about the clock case?
0:28:29 > 0:28:33So it's a carriage timepiece, or carriage clock travelling case.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36There is just one problem - it's not a big one, of course -
0:28:36 > 0:28:39it's just that it doesn't have a clock in it.
0:28:39 > 0:28:45It's empty. It's a fabulous mauve velvet.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Almost ecclesiastical in its look.
0:28:47 > 0:28:48What have you estimated this at, Thomas?
0:28:48 > 0:28:51- Ten to 15.- That could represent something of a loss.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54They paid £40 for the case.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58- Oh, dear.- And what about the hairdryer?
0:28:58 > 0:28:59I love the hairdryer, it's great.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02Helen Curtis, a huge name in the 1950s in cosmetics
0:29:02 > 0:29:04and hair salons in America.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07These things are really popular stateside.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10- And you like this, don't you?- I do like it. I think it's really good.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12£60 to £80 is my estimate.
0:29:12 > 0:29:13£60 to £80.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Well, nearly there.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17It cost £95.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21Well, they've got a chance. We've never sold one and it's a great bit...
0:29:21 > 0:29:22And it's a talking piece.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Well, either way, they might well need the bonus buy.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26Let's have a look at it.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Well, Eva and Bradley, the shopping was quite fun,
0:29:29 > 0:29:32you spent a lot of money, didn't you? £170.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36Which left the great man with just 130.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39- What did he buy you? - OK, was it as exciting as
0:29:39 > 0:29:43a 1950s American hairdryer?
0:29:43 > 0:29:47- Oh.- It's certainly not a hairdryer.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49No, it's not a hairdryer.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51First impressions?
0:29:51 > 0:29:54- Erm...- What is it?- Exactly.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58It is a hanging candle holder.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01A crucifix form, and these two little arms here protecting...
0:30:01 > 0:30:04If it's hanging against a wall, from banging against a wall.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06It's probably late 19th, early 20th century.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09- How much did you pay for it? - That's a big thing, isn't it?
0:30:09 > 0:30:10It's really good quality.
0:30:10 > 0:30:16It would cost you a lot of money to buy anything as remotely as good as that brand-new, I can tell you.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19- Hundreds of pounds.- And you left him quite a lot of money, didn't you?
0:30:19 > 0:30:21£130 he had.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24£130, it would cost you at least that to buy something like this new.
0:30:24 > 0:30:29But here's a example of just how inexpensive real antiques are.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Guess, Bradley.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33- 50 quid.- Eva?
0:30:33 > 0:30:36- £30?- Bang on, you're very good!
0:30:36 > 0:30:40£30. And it's a bargain, it really is.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42You've got plenty of time and while you're dithering,
0:30:42 > 0:30:47we'll see what the auctioneer thinks of David's cruciform.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51And here we have David's bonus buy for you.
0:30:51 > 0:30:52- Yeah, the hanging cruciform.- Hm.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54I actually don't mind this at all.
0:30:54 > 0:30:59It's St Michael, supporting the cruciform with two candles of devotional piece.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01This doesn't have great quality,
0:31:01 > 0:31:03but I quite like the piercing to it.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05I've estimated it at £30 to £50.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08That stands a reasonable chance. David's paid £30,
0:31:08 > 0:31:10so it's a competitive buy, isn't it?
0:31:10 > 0:31:12It is, it is. Well done, David.
0:31:12 > 0:31:17Now, for the Blue team, Andy and Gwen, they've bought some interesting items here.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20And I think you'll probably like the first item,
0:31:20 > 0:31:22which is the sterling silver tankards,
0:31:22 > 0:31:24the miniature tankards here.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26- Chosen by Gwen.- Yeah, these are great fun.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29They are sort of Art Deco, because you've got an Art Deco cartouche,
0:31:29 > 0:31:31just in there. I like them, they are silver
0:31:31 > 0:31:34and this sort of silver is quite collectable.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36It is beginning to move, isn't it?
0:31:36 > 0:31:39- It is, it is.- So, you've put a reasonable estimate?- £60 to £80.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42- And they paid 80.- Well, that could be a problem, then.
0:31:42 > 0:31:43But only marginally.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Marginally. We would always like a profit.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49What about this telecommunications item?
0:31:49 > 0:31:51What exactly is it? Is it a field telephone?
0:31:51 > 0:31:53I think it's a field telephone.
0:31:53 > 0:31:54It's not quite my cup of tea.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57No. But you probably have specialists that would buy something like that here,
0:31:57 > 0:32:02- wouldn't you?- Yes, we don't do telephone sales, not yet.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04No, but this could be the start of something enormous.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06It could be, it could be.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Everybody knows about telephones, don't they?
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Yes. What have you estimated it at?
0:32:10 > 0:32:12Well, we really didn't know. We put £50 to £100 on it.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Crikey! £32 paid.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Well, they could do all right.
0:32:16 > 0:32:17Well, they both liked it.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21- Absolutely.- They're in with a good chance there.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24And then we finish with the smallest item, which is the little pincushion.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26- What do you think? - I think this is great fun.
0:32:26 > 0:32:27Pincushions are always popular
0:32:27 > 0:32:31and having the union flag on there is lovely.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34- It's by a fabulous maker, Saunders & Shepherd.- Right.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38So, everybody knows this great manufacturer of good bits of silver.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41And it's honest. It's fun, isn't it?
0:32:41 > 0:32:43- You've dated it 1909.- Yeah.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45So it's got everything going for it, really.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Condition is not brilliant.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49No, but 1909.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52- If you were born in 1909, Roscoe... - I nearly was.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Very nearly. Anyway, estimate?
0:32:56 > 0:32:58We've put £30 to £50 on it.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Yep. Well, they paid bottom end, £30.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03So they're in with a good chance here, aren't they?
0:33:03 > 0:33:04They really, really are.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06But, of course, if Thomas doesn't work the magic,
0:33:06 > 0:33:08they might need their bonus buy.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Let's have a look at what it is.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Andy and Gwen, are you a little bit tense here?
0:33:13 > 0:33:16- A little bit apprehensive? - A little bit, a little bit.
0:33:16 > 0:33:22Well, you've left that man with £158, which is quite a lot of cash.
0:33:22 > 0:33:23Dangerous, dangerous.
0:33:23 > 0:33:28But I'm quite confident this little bonus buy will stay afloat once it
0:33:28 > 0:33:30gets to auction. So, there we are.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33- Voila.- Is it another pincushion?
0:33:33 > 0:33:36It is a pincushion!
0:33:36 > 0:33:40- It's no ordinary pincushion.- OK. - It's George V, early 20th century
0:33:40 > 0:33:41and it's by Mappin & Webb.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44So a very good maker, nice novelty item.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Nice big size, too.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49And I paid £100 for it.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52- What do you think?- I love it. Slightly apprehensive about the price, but I trust you.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54I think it's got to be upwards of £100.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56We've got to get that to make a profit.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59It's a gamble, but we'll either win big or lose big.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03- Let's win big.- You don't have to make up your mind now.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Make up your mind at the auction.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09Meanwhile, let's see what the auctioneer thinks of John's canoe.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Well, John has invested in another piece of silver.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16- There it is.- It's lovely, isn't it?
0:34:16 > 0:34:19It looks like something out of Swallows And Amazons.
0:34:19 > 0:34:20- I love it.- I like it.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Yeah, it's a great pincushion.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24- I don't know the cushion is contemporary.- No.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28But it's still a novelty pincushion and they are always collectable.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32- Could you date it? - No, the mark is immensely rubbed.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35- We tried to. We've called it George V.- So it's 1920-something.
0:34:35 > 0:34:40It is going to be from 1911 to 1935.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44But more likely to be George V period.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46- Estimate?- 60 to 80.
0:34:46 > 0:34:51Well, he went out a bit, John, on this and paid £100.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53It's got a chance, it's got a chance.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55Novelty pincushions sometimes fly.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57You'll be doing the auctioning, won't you?
0:34:57 > 0:34:58- Of course.- Well, good luck.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59Thank you.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Eva, you're looking so excited.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Bradley, you're almost looking excited.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12- I'm excited.- You are? Have you been to an auction before?
0:35:12 > 0:35:14- Never.- Never? First time.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16This is their debut, David!
0:35:16 > 0:35:18We're honoured, Charlie.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20- Honoured.- So we are going to start with the vanity case
0:35:20 > 0:35:22and you paid £35.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Here it comes.
0:35:24 > 0:35:30Lot 140, a George V vanity case, marked for Birmingham, 1927.
0:35:30 > 0:35:31Start me here at 15.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34At £15. 15, 15.
0:35:34 > 0:35:35Silver-backed brushes.
0:35:35 > 0:35:3715 I have in the room. 15 it is.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41Do you know, I think that little mirror is worth £20, actually.
0:35:41 > 0:35:4418 now. 18 against you, sir.
0:35:44 > 0:35:4820. 20 it is once, 20 twice, 20 it is.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51That's a little bit painful, isn't it?
0:35:51 > 0:35:55It's a minor loss of £15.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57- Now, here comes the carriage clock case.- Come on.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00It's just the case with leather surround, hinged lid
0:36:00 > 0:36:02and I can start the bidding straightaway at £10.
0:36:02 > 0:36:0512, 15. 15 against you, internet.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Any advance in the room?
0:36:07 > 0:36:09At 15. 18, 20.
0:36:09 > 0:36:10With me here at 20.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Is there two anywhere else?
0:36:12 > 0:36:13At £20.
0:36:13 > 0:36:14Ouch! Double ouch!
0:36:14 > 0:36:17Yes, that's done 20.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19That's a composite loss
0:36:19 > 0:36:20of £35 so far.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22But you've got the hairdryer still to come.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24And you only paid £95 for it.
0:36:24 > 0:36:29Lot 142, this is the Helen Curtis Empress 1950s hairdryer and stand.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33Lovely lot, this one here, could be converted to a lamp.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Start me at 40. I've got no bids on the book. Somebody start me at £40.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38£40. Surely it's got to be worth this.
0:36:38 > 0:36:39This is disappointing.
0:36:40 > 0:36:4330, then. Start me here at 30.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Frankly, at this price, it's worth growing some hair.
0:36:47 > 0:36:4920, at £20.
0:36:49 > 0:36:50Are they all bald in Newbury?
0:36:51 > 0:36:54No bids at 20? Where's your imagination?
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Thank you. £20 it is.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Now they're going. 22 now.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- Oh, now you are taking off. - 25, it's moving along.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- 28. 30.- Oh!
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Joy. Joy.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Are we done? £30 it is.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Oh!
0:37:10 > 0:37:13That's only lost you £65.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17So, you have to make an instant decision on the cruciform.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21What do you think? I mean, frankly, you might as well, mightn't you?
0:37:21 > 0:37:22What harm can it do?
0:37:22 > 0:37:24It could turn this around for us.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26So you're going with it, absolutely.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Let me tell you a little secret.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33The auctioneer estimates this at £30 to £50.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37- OK.- But then he has estimated other things beforehand, hasn't he?
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Lot number 147, a Continental hanging brass cruciform.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Start me at £15, at 15.
0:37:44 > 0:37:4515. Oh, dear.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Do you ever get the feeling it's not your day?
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- Yes.- Ten to get this one gone.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53Ten I've got. At ten it is. Thank you. Ten it is.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57Oh. Another 20 off. Right.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00In your defence, in the history of Bargain Hunt,
0:38:00 > 0:38:02there have been bigger losses.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Not many.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07And you may well find that the Blues have lost more money.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09And it's quite possible.
0:38:09 > 0:38:14So just go out of here with a vacant mind, you may have won,
0:38:14 > 0:38:16you may have lost.
0:38:16 > 0:38:17Not a word to the Blues.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26Seldom have I seen a young girl look so excited.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29- I can't wait!- Gwen, you are just thrilled about this, aren't you?
0:38:29 > 0:38:31- I am.- What do you think, Andy?
0:38:31 > 0:38:34I'm really excited as well, but not quite as excited as Gwen.
0:38:34 > 0:38:35I think it's difficult.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37- Are you confident?- Very.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39- Yes, yeah, come on.- Confident in your purchases?
0:38:39 > 0:38:43- Yeah, come on.- You've got those wonderful miniature tankards,
0:38:43 > 0:38:45- which you really like.- Yes.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49- You wouldn't have bought them if you didn't really like them. - No, not for £80.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Right, lot number 160, it's a set of six fine Art Deco
0:38:52 > 0:38:55sterling silver mark miniature tankards,
0:38:55 > 0:38:57and I've got bids with me at 65.
0:38:57 > 0:38:5970, 75, 85.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03You're into profit, Gwen! You're into profit.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Any advance? 90 new place.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Are we done? Gavel's up.
0:39:07 > 0:39:08Internet, are you going to do it?
0:39:08 > 0:39:10No. £90.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- That's OK.- £10 profit. Yeah.- £10 profit.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16- It's a ripping start. - Lot number 161,
0:39:16 > 0:39:20an early 20th century internal telecommunications device.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24Start me here for your interesting telephone at £20.
0:39:24 > 0:39:2520 I have.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27At £20, this room opening up.
0:39:27 > 0:39:28Gwen, hold my hand.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31- Come on!- Any advance on 20?
0:39:31 > 0:39:34At £20, are we done?
0:39:34 > 0:39:35Surely at £20.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38£20 it is. £20.
0:39:38 > 0:39:43Down 12, which means you're down just £2.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47So we're all right. Here comes the pincushion.
0:39:47 > 0:39:48Silver pincushion.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Start me here at £20.
0:39:50 > 0:39:5220 I have. Thank you. £20.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Any advance on 20? 22.
0:39:55 > 0:39:5725. 25, it's in the room.
0:39:57 > 0:39:5928 now. 30.
0:39:59 > 0:40:0135. No?
0:40:01 > 0:40:0340 now online.
0:40:03 > 0:40:0445 and it's moving on.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08- 50 now.- 50!- Any advance on £50?
0:40:08 > 0:40:11All done, then. Gavel's up, at 50.
0:40:11 > 0:40:16Sensational. You've turned your £2 loss into an £18 profit.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18But now you've got this canoe.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20What are you going to do with the canoe?
0:40:20 > 0:40:23I'm want to say yes and you'll want to say no.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26- Let's flip a coin. - Heads we go, tails we don't.
0:40:26 > 0:40:27Heads, please.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30- It's tails.- OK, you're not going with it.
0:40:30 > 0:40:36Well, the auctioneer loved it, but HE doesn't think it will make £100.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38He thinks 60 to 80.
0:40:38 > 0:40:39Lot number 167.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43This is a George V pincushion.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Model's a canoe by Mappin & Webb with Chester hallmarks on.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50We go straight in here at £85, straight in online.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52At 85, 90. 90 it's here.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56This is absolutely on edge. 90.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58£90 once, £90 twice.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Are we done at 90?
0:41:00 > 0:41:03£90 it is.
0:41:03 > 0:41:04- It was the right call.- Gosh!
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Otherwise, I would've been up the creek without a paddle.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Overall, it hasn't affected your result.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13You are still up £18,
0:41:13 > 0:41:16which is good. It's a positive result.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19It's a profit. It might be enough, might not be enough.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22Don't say a word to the Red team and we'll find out in a minute.
0:41:29 > 0:41:30- Have you enjoyed it?- Yes.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32You have. Have you enjoyed it?
0:41:32 > 0:41:34- Absolutely loved it.- Cor blimey! You've enjoyed it so much.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36And you haven't been talking to one another, have you?
0:41:36 > 0:41:39- No.- I should hope not, because this is quite a contest, really.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43Quite a contest. How wide is the Gulf of Mexico?
0:41:43 > 0:41:46- Oh.- Is it very wide?
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Because I can tell you however wide the Gulf of Mexico is,
0:41:48 > 0:41:52it's not as big as the gulf between you two.
0:41:52 > 0:41:59Because we have runners-up on my right here.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03With really, historically, a thumping loss.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07In fact, the only thing I can say about your performance, it was truly consistent.
0:42:07 > 0:42:12You lost on absolutely everything, so £120 down.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15But you've still enjoyed it.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19Losing money can be such fun, can't it?
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Now, as for old Smug-a-lots on the left here,
0:42:22 > 0:42:27you've got a thumping great £18 to go home with.
0:42:27 > 0:42:28Which can't be bad and I've got it here.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Thank you very much.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32- How is that?- Perfect, thank you.
0:42:32 > 0:42:33There's three more pounds to come.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Not very good at maths, are you?
0:42:36 > 0:42:37Good at Bargain Hunt, poor at maths.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42There you are, my dear. Well done, it's been great having you on.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46- Enjoyed it?- Thank you so much, we've had a fabulous time.- Good. And you've had a good time too.
0:42:46 > 0:42:47- Definitely.- Marvellous.
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