London 12 Bargain Hunt

This is Spitalfields in London's East End.

And over the centuries, many notorious crimes have happened here.

Once upon a time, Jack the Ripper stalked these streets.

And in fact, murder, debauchery and, well, general bad behaviour,

were everyday occurrences in these parts.

One dastardly deed after another took place near Spitalfields market.

But, of course,

there'll be absolutely none of that on this show.

Well, at least I hope not!

Come on, let's go bargain hunting!

Well, the Reds and Blues won't be breaking any laws.

I can't promise they'll play fair.

It's going to be a tough competition.

But, surely, our teams can't go wrong here, in Spitalfields market?

Or is that wishful thinking?

Let's take a gander at what's coming up.

The Reds speak their minds.

-It's boring.

-Why would we want that?

-It's boring.

The Blues are put to work.

Just tidying away. She's just tidying away, Tobias!

And there are shocks and surprises at the auction.

Come on, madam.

I'm concentrating!

-Come on!

-Yay!

But before all that, I'd like to introduce you to today's teams.

It's going to be a cracker of a show because joining me here

at the noisy market are the Reds, Alice and Claire,

and the Blues, Tuoi and Tobias.

-Welcome, everyone. Hello!

-Hello!

That was a brilliant response!

Now, Claire, I'm coming straight to you.

You and Alice are great friends.

But tell us, how did you meet?

So me and Alice are both artists ourselves.

I started a job with an artist, helping him, last year.

And this year we needed a new assistant,

so I didn't know Alice before this,

but she applied and I interviewed her and then we employed her.

And since then we've just been really good friends.

So we work together and we're great friends as well.

Now, work is very important to you.

It's taking you to some rather far-flung places, hasn't it, Claire?

Yeah, earlier this year I went to Nepal for a little bit.

And I was teaching art at a school there, which was amazing

because none of the kids, kind of, do art as a subject.

So to get their kind of imagination and creativity out was just amazing.

Yeah. So, Alice, like Claire, you're an artist too.

But a different medium and one that raises a few eyebrows?

Yes, I'm a metal pourer.

So it's made my mum really proud, you know,

her only daughter pouring metal, leathered up.

So I do teaching but also make my own, kind of, objects,

in bronze, mostly.

So tell us about some interesting commissions that you've worked on?

So I was part of the fabrication team for the Queen's Jubilee barge,

so the bow, the gold sculptures at the front.

There was a team of about 40 of us,

but I was one of the casters for that.

-Really cool.

-Yeah.

So did that make your mum proud?

That did make my mum proud. I mean, yeah, definitely.

Well, good luck today, Reds.

It sounds like you're going to have far too much fun on Bargain Hunt!

Yes. So let's handover to the competition.

But they look so friendly!

Tuoi and Tobias. What a lovely couple.

Let's go to you first, Tobias.

Tobias Goodnight.

It's a brilliant name. Where did it come from?

Actually, I've got to admit to being a bit cheeky,

I stole it from TV.

I, basically, changed my name a few years ago by deed poll.

We were watching a Bond movie, The Man With The Golden Gun,

and the Bond girl was called Goodnight.

So I thought, that's a nice name, and now, here I am.

But what did you make of that, were you involved in the choosing?

Yes, most definitely.

It's very similar to my dad's name, Goodwin.

So it's sort of nice to be able to sort of somewhat carry on

the "Good" name.

-The good work!

-It's half the name!

-Yeah, exactly.

So, you two have just had an epic journey across Europe.

But, first of all, tell me, were there any James Bond-worthy moments?

Yes, there were a few, actually.

Tobias had a very much Daniel Craig-esque moment

when he came out of the waterfall in the middle of Spain

in his boxer shorts.

Oh, right. Nice, nice!

-Any photos?

-Yes, quite a few, actually!

-All deleted!

-Any Bond girl moments?

Yes, Tobias made me feel very much like a Bond girl

when we sipped Prosecco along the Grand Canal in Venice.

Oh, that's so lovely.

With a high-speed boat chase going on beside you!

-Not quite!

-Now, you know, there is something that I've heard,

it's a rumour, I don't know if it's true.

It's freaking me out so I think we should address it

here in front of the nation.

Do you genuinely have a collection of bellybutton fluff?

Yes.

Eurgh!

Exclusively your own?

Just my own, yes. I'm not that weird!

Sorry, you're not that weird?

Oh, yeah, because if anyone else's was in there,

that would just be weird!

She suggested that how about she holds on to it

and then one day she'll knit me a jumper with it.

Yeah, we'll save it and knit a jumper.

So that then sort of evolved to putting it in a jar,

which now sort of sits on our mantelpiece at home.

Well, I hope you won't find any antique bellybutton fluff

down in the market today! Maybe some dust.

What are your tactics as the Blue team today?

Mainly to have fun.

I would say we're here for the experience more than the money.

Well, it will be an experience, because we're in London,

the market's behind us, you're raring to go.

So let me give you some dosh.

£300 to the Reds.

£300 to the Blues.

Spend it wisely. Off you go, your experts are waiting to meet you.

Thank you!

Bellybutton fluff, have you ever heard the likes?

So we have truly terrific teams

with experts to match.

Unusual and interesting, that will float David Harper's boat.

He joins the Reds.

She's worldly wise, Christina Trevanion takes charge of the Blues.

Right, you Reds, then.

Come on, Alice, what are we going to go hunting for?

I want kitsch, I want glitter, I want gold, I want pink.

Well, I'm looking for something vintage.

Vintage? You're in luck, we are surrounded by Vintage.

-Claire?

-I want big and I want expensive.

Wow, dream girl!

Anything sort of retro, kitsch, cool.

-Sort of our personal taste, I think.

-Definitely.

You could be describing yourself!

Try not to lose your bearings, teams, your 60 minutes start now!

-Ready?

-Yes!

-Let's go.

Anything... What, kind of, is your style, guys?

-We've got kitsch, we've got...

-I quite like that chair.

This chair, because I've got a desk at home it would go perfectly with.

Do you remember that the whole concept of the programme

is that we are not buying for Tobias' house!

-OK.

-But I do like it, this is quite cool, isn't it?

What have we got here?

"Aluminium swivel chair from 1952, possibly military."

"From America." It's American.

-Budget, though.

-£360, and it's yours, team.

At that price, the chair is going to have to stay put.

Heads up, though, the Reds have found something.

-The big one?

-Do you like the big head?

-I love the big head.

-Can I touch the big head?

-Softly.

Can I softly touch the big head?

-Caress it.

-What is he off?

He's from an old fairground carnival, they would put it on...

Oh, right, actually like a head, like a mask?

-It's an actual head, yeah.

-Wow!

What sort of money is he? She?

-450.

-450? No, it's way out of our budget, sadly.

-Thanks anyway.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

It looks like our teams have champagne taste, but a beer budget.

Look, do you remember these as a child?

I used to have one of these as a child.

Do you remember these? Oh, wow!

Oh, wow, this is awesome.

Look at him, it's the Lone Ranger!

That's quite cool, actually.

Click it, and it goes through all the slides.

How do these... How do these do?

Oh, terribly. But isn't it fun!

Talking of fun, our artistic Reds have been drawn to some intriguing

pieces of sculpture.

This is the artist, Ted Atkinson.

-Yeah.

-How would you describe his work?

It's abstract.

These are very flat, but also quite 3-D-esque.

This is really bulbous, kind of quite Henry Moore.

Yeah. They're also quite intimate in a quite, like, exaggerated way.

-Yeah.

-How of the four or five we have there, which one do you like?

-I'm a sculpture girl.

-Yeah, me too.

Hello, hello, hello.

We were wondering how much this one was?

-It's 120.

-120?

-But you get the book.

If we could do 100?

It has to be 120, I'm sorry.

Is there any kind of, like, signature or any...?

-Go on, handle it.

-That's one where it's not signed.

I'd feel very happy that it is his work.

If you go through the drawings, you can see.

-Yeah. I think we should do it.

-I really like it.

-Are we going to have it?

-Would you not want that on your wall?

Yes, I would have it on my wall.

-I would have it on my wall.

-Not that way!

-Claire, would you have it on your wall?

-Yes. I'd have it on my wall.

OK, we're going to have it on our wall, for a little while.

It would certainly be a talking point!

-Thank you.

-Thank you, sir.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

Well done. And a great piece of art for two artistes!

-Yay!

-Give it. Done.

Well done, Reds. Look lively, Blues.

I quite like the look of this poster here.

Oh, that's awesome.

Yeah. London Theatre guide.

November the 21st to November the 26th, 1966.

Is that the year we won the World Cup?

It is. Yeah, it is. Absolutely.

So I'm assuming that these would have been in,

obviously, a clipboard that you would have seen

what was going on at the various theatres that week.

So you can say that, obviously, at...

So at Queens in Shaftesbury Avenue, you had, you know,

Jack Klugman and Victor Spinetti in The Odd Couple.

Oh, at The Palace, there was The Sound of Music!

# The hills are alive! #

-Come on, Tobias!

-No, you don't want to hear me sing.

-Really?

-He's got a really lovely voice.

-Has he?

-Yeah.

-Come on.

So are these collectable, then?

All right, change the subject!

I was about to burst into song!

I don't know whether they're collectable...

I think posters, as a rule, are collectable.

The typography I think is fantastic.

And that wonderful skyline of London.

Yeah. What have you got them in for?

Can do them 30 each, or the two for 55.

Would you do 40 for the two?

I can't, no. I can do 50 for the two.

How about meet in the middle, 45?

-Yeah. 45.

-45 for the two?

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

-Well, I think he's been kind.

-I think we should.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

Come on, let's go. One down!

-Thank you so much.

-Two to go!

Thank you. Woohoo!

So both teams have an item in the bag on the 15-minute mark.

Now, there's something, I think, that you two will hone in on

during the scan. I might be wrong.

Tell me if there's anything that you like.

-Ha-ha!

-The frame.

-Yes!

-Oh, my.

-This is boring.

-Why would we want that?

-It's boring!

What do you mean, it's boring?

How can you say that?

Nobody buys magazines any more.

-Yes, they do. It's not all online.

-Are you sure?

-It's all on the internet.

-Are you sure?

Compared to their first buy, it's pretty tame, David!

-It's not bold enough, it's not big and bold enough.

-OK.

I think you're going to have your work cut out with this pair.

-What do you think of that map? Do you like it?

-It's huge, it's big.

I think that's quite cool.

I like it, but I'm a bit worried that it would be quite selective.

You'd need a big wall to put such a big map on.

Well, yes, you would, but it means you wouldn't have to get wallpaper!

That's true.

Do we like it? I can't feel the love, Tobias.

-I don't know. how are you feeling about the map?

-I don't mind.

-I'm indifferent.

-You're indifferent, let's move on, then.

Let's move on, move on.

I feel our teams are really after weird and wacky.

A bit like this.

Tobias, we lost you then. What have you found?

I'm not quite sure, actually.

It looks like a sort of mannequin head

but it's very retro. It's very much my element.

So it's a polystyrene head.

Sort of reminds me a bit of Andy Warhol,

with sort of a sleeve with a lady's face.

So I guess you'd have a wig on there.

So it'll be for hats or...?

-Yeah.

-I think because I've never seen one of these before,

I don't know, it just, it warms me.

It warms you?!

It warms you!

-Hmm, OK.

-Right, OK.

Well, I'm glad you like it.

It's got £40 on it.

I mean, at auction I'd advise you £10 or £20.

-This...head.

-Head.

Head, yes, head.

-Where has it come from?

-I actually bought it in Paris.

-Right.

-But a lot of people think

it could be something to do with Mary Quant, because it's that era.

-It's sort of '60s, '70s.

-Yes. I mean, that's very Twiggy, isn't it?

-Yes.

-Would it have been a sort of advertising, a shop display?

I think so, yes. Hats or wigs, yes.

Put a wig on it, or something like that.

Because in the '60s, wigs were really quite popular, weren't they?

-Yes.

-You've got £40 on it.

We're looking at possibly £20.

I can't do 20. I could do 30.

Could you meet us in the middle at 25?

OK, 25.

-Yay! Excellent!

-Thank you so much.

I want to keep it, but as you love it, I'll pass on the love.

-Is this a sad day food you?

-It is a sad day for me.

Does she have a name?

-No.

-You don't like her that much!

Christina always tells her teams to buy with their heads.

Maybe Tobias and Tuoi are taking her too literally.

What have the Reds found?

-Bring him back.

-Oh, it goes in half.

-Bring him back.

-What do you mean, it goes in half?

-It goes in half!

-Oh!

-Oh, well. Oh!

-Ooh!

He's a desk paper knife.

-Ah, a paper knife.

-Letter opener.

-Letter opener.

-I would like it on my desk.

It would be very theatrical when you get a letter

-to, kind of, get your fish and go...

-Yes.

-..open up the letter.

It would be, wouldn't it?

Very cool.

And so designed for function, but also for beauty.

So to sit on a gentleman's desk, I would guess.

-Or a gentle lady's.

-Yeah, but it's more...

I've got to say, I'm sorry, but it's more of a man's thing.

It's a mantique, isn't it?

-A mantique?

-I'm sorry, girls.

It's just a base metal, a basic metal.

Nice decoration. Needs a bit of a clean.

-Yeah.

-But, you know, it's an interior design thing, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Yes. I know he's got 25 on that.

I think he'd be prepared to go to 20.

-OK.

-Is that any good to you?

-Well, I don't know.

-What are your thoughts on where it's from, age?

I think it's probably Indian, to be honest with you, or Middle Eastern.

Certainly of that sort of description.

I think it would have probably been made as a tourist piece.

Maybe to bring home.

But it is a very decorative thing, isn't it?

It would look fantastic on a desk, sitting like that.

-Yeah.

-And I think, you know,

men often like to have a good sort of object on their desk, don't they?

-Yes.

-Sort of a little macho piece.

-Yes.

-Don't you think, David?

I do think! I do, it's a mantique, that's what it is!

-A mantique.

-How about if we did 15?

-I'm into it, massively.

-I like it. Sounds like a bargain to me.

-Are we happy?

-We're happy.

Yes, please. We're going to have him. Thank you very much.

-Not at all.

-Thank you.

-No problem.

Brilliant, thank you.

Well done, Reds, you were angling after a discount and you got it!

That means both the Reds and Blues have netted two items

with 30 minutes left on the clock.

While they search for their final buy,

I'm going in search of a unique art collection on the market's doorstep.

The East End of London is home to an open-air gallery

of world renowned street art.

There is no entry fee, and it's open to the public 24/7, 365 days a year.

The street art scene has been growing in London since the 1980s

but what began as graffiti is now so much more.

Dave Stewart has been conducting tours

of this street art hotspot for 13 years

and is going to show me some of his favourite exhibits.

Right, we've come here cos there's just so much exciting art to see.

If you look over there, right,

the first thing we see is that pink car in a plastic box.

Now, that was put there in about 2004, 2005, by Banksy.

The street art legend.

Originally there was, in the driver's door window,

a skeleton driving the car.

-OK.

-So the driver of the car was like death

and the car was this weapon.

And what about this pink monster in the corner?

Well, that pink monster is by an artist called Ronzo.

And you see it has a gold coin

which it's chomping away at with its big teeth.

I see it now, yes.

Basically, he was accusing all the bankers and the traders

and the economists of causing the credit crunch.

So that is Crunchy, the credit crunch monster!

Yeah.

Like any artistic movement,

people have very different views on street art's cultural value.

It's been going through a transition of acceptance, you know.

Eight, nine, ten years ago,

very few people thought this was anything other than vandalism.

Now there's growing tolerance.

There's a whole culture, like a marketplace, if you like,

of exhibitions.

And we now see works by some of the top street artists,

people like Shepard Fairey and D*Face and Banksy

being regularly sold at the big auction houses

at their urban art auctions.

Pieces have sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds.

But Dave believes the best street art

is what's on display all around us.

Right, we're going to find a lovely piece of art

by an Irish artist, Conor Harrington.

-Oh, cool!

-Very kind of masculine subject, lush colours.

Lots and lots of drips pouring down there as well,

very, sort of, dramatic, sort of, urban aesthetic.

So how long would it have taken to execute a work of this scale?

Well, he'd have taken about two, maybe three, days to do that.

This artist had permission, but many others don't.

Either way, the volume of work on display is vast.

I don't think I would have taken this one

for street art, but obviously it is.

Ah, absolutely. Beautiful sticker by a street artist called INSA.

And its curious property is that it's kind of changing colour,

it's iridescent.

We call them petrol stickers.

And on a day like today when we've got sunshine shining on it,

it just looks stunning.

It really is quite beautiful.

This unique community gallery

attracts visitors from all over the world

who come to see an eclectic range of work which is constantly evolving.

This has been absolutely fascinating.

We're surrounded, obviously, by art, big and small.

And I couldn't be more grateful for the tour.

Thank you so very much.

A pleasure, thank you so much.

But, for us, it's time to head back to Spitalfields market.

We left our Reds and Blues

looking around for their final items and with just 25 minutes left,

where have they got to?

The teapot, yeah.

With the black pattern.

OK, that's on the other side.

-Do you want to go and have a look at that?

-Yes.

-OK, go around then.

-It's not exciting enough.

-No, you've gone off it already?

You two, honestly!

Timewise, I'm feeling very relaxed because, you know,

once they get into something,

actually it's great because they don't muck about.

They like it, they can afford it, they nail it.

So the Reds are going with their hearts,

while the Blues only seem to want heads!

No more heads!

You've broken me once!

It's cute!

Really?

-No.

-Really?

-Put it down.

Sorry.

You've been told, Tobias!

Oh, my gosh.

-I think you are in love.

-That is...

Yeah. That is...

-Are you both in love?

-Yes.

-Sir, is this your stand?

-Yeah.

-Can I try on one of the hats?

-Yeah, sure.

-Can I try on the...

Hang on, this isn't a fashion parade!

-David, do you want a hat?

-Yeah, go on, then.

Can I try a hat on, as well?

Thank you. I like your hat.

Thank you. Everyone says that

but I'm not going to sell my own hat!

You're not going to sell your own hat?

You see, I've got quite a big head.

I mean, a lot of people have said that about me.

I'm sure they love you, really.

Tell me about it, girls.

So it's made from

old industrial oil containers.

OK. Does it have the look of love?

-Yes.

-Yes.

-Do you both love it?

-I love it.

-Yeah, I do.

-What's it worth?

It's £55.

Says the ticket.

What sort of money can we buy it for?

The best I can do it for...is 45.

-Can you save it for us?

-Yeah, OK.

-That would be amazing.

-OK. Come on, you two.

-OK.

OK, something for the back burner.

Just remember, time's flying by.

Just 15 minutes to go.

Where have the Blues got to?

I quite like the look of this trunk.

-It's lovely.

-OK, so this, kind of, metal example here?

What have we got here?

OK. I...

..don't... I think this has been stripped.

Massively, massively stripped. Because the paintwork,

that looks kind of original,

but this looks a little bit forced to me, on the top.

So someone's, basically, sanded it down back to the metal.

Yeah. Which I think is quite cool.

-Do you want to ask how much the trunk is?

-Yeah?

-OK.

If it's cheap, then go for it.

OK. If it's not cheap, Tuoi, you're in charge.

Hi, Tuoi, lovely to meet you.

I'm just wondering what you got on the box, the trunk over there?

I've got 75 on that.

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

I can knock another tenner off.

-OK.

-65.

-I'm going to go have a chat with my team, and I'll let you know.

-OK.

-Thank you.

Thank you, have a nice day.

Is she good at haggling?

-So...

-We'll find out!

The best he can do

is 65 on that.

Well, as Tobias has left the store, I assume that's a no, Tuoi.

Tidying away. She's just tidying away, Tobias!

Well, we don't want to leave a mess, do we?

Back to the Reds.

Can you appreciate the decoration?

And the effort that's gone into producing it?

Yeah. So it's a decorative plate,

something that's been made for decoration,

not necessarily to be used for eating.

Decorated on the back as well.

Chinese, 18th or early 19th century.

It's painted in enamel.

-Do you like it?

-I do, actually.

What do you think it's worth?

-100?

-You think it's worth 100? I bet you...

Do you think it's worth 100?

-Yeah.

-I bet you any amount of money,

even though its Chinese and the Chinese market has gone crazy,

as nice as it is, it's worth 10% of that.

-Really?

-Might be worth ten, 20, 30 quid.

In auction, it'll make a bit more.

-Ask the chap how much it is.

-How much is it?

It's only £20.

It's 20 quid!

It's absolutely bonkers.

It's pretty bonkers, yeah.

I think,... I couldn't make this, Claire.

-You couldn't make it, no.

-But I could make heart.

OK.

This is the time and the workmanship taken into it.

-Yeah.

-It should be more than £20.

-Are we going to have it?

-Yes, please.

-I think so.

-Fantastic.

-Please may we have it?

-You can have it, yes.

Thank you very much, sir. Thank you. Thank you very much indeed.

Let's hope the bidders appreciate it as much as you.

That's your shop done and dusted with ten minutes left.

What have the Blues found on their travels?

-Wow, look at this!

-What are you looking at, guys?

-I think we like this thing, here.

-Oh, that's quite cool, isn't it?

What is it?

Well done, Tobias.

So, we've got some sort of Perspex...

..sign, which I can only assume, you've got this ridge here,

would have inset into something.

-Yeah.

-Maybe had a light, or something to light it up.

But it would have been within something larger, originally.

I mean, that's the Underground sign, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-I mean, it's such an iconic logo, isn't it?

-Yeah, definitely.

-I think it's beautiful, it's really nice.

But this is getting better in my estimate, this is not a head!

-Yeah!

-So that's a bonus!

How much do you have on your...?

It's 50 on that one.

-50!

-Yeah.

-50?

-Yes, 50!

-Tobias?

Yeah, I think it's fine. I'm not sure it's £50, guys.

No, that's a shame.

That's not actually mine, so I can give him a call and see.

How much do you think it would go for?

I think it's £20 or £30, guys.

Yeah. I mean, if you could give them a call, that would be amazing.

Oh, the suspense! And we've only got minutes to go!

He said he can do that for 30.

I do really like it.

I don't know, it's a tough one.

Just because there's so much damage to it.

Which obviously shows that it is old

but then, at the same time, it's like, I don't know.

Are you sure 25 wouldn't seal the deal?

He said 30 was his bottom, so he's knocked off quite a bit.

Rules are made to be broken, aren't they?

-25?

-Yeah!

-No, I'd get killed.

OK, well, we don't want any murders.

So, 30, shake the man's hand.

Right, I'm sorry, thank you.

Thank you very much.

£30, brilliant.

Believe it or not, teams, your 60 minutes are up.

The third item. Yay!

I am actually broken.

My limbs hurt.

Let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought.

The sculpture, thought to be by Ted Atkinson,

plus a book of his etchings, were £120.

They fell hook, line and sinker for the letter opener

in the shape of a fish. £15 paid.

David was gobsmacked that the Chinese dish was only £20.

Will it serve up plenty of profit?

So, one Bargain Hunt hour later, still best friends?

-Yes.

-Yeah.

Well done, you two. Claire, tell me, of the three items that you bought,

which is your favourite?

I think it would have to be our first one,

which was the bum sculpture.

Oh! Beautiful bottom.

-That's right.

-A red bum.

And what do you think's going to bring the biggest profit?

I'm going to go for the fish, the fish letter opener, I think, yeah.

Big fish market out there?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Alice, are you in agreement with your pal?

Yes, I actually am.

I was going to try and be a bit, like, mix it up.

No, I really enjoy, you know, I'm a sculptor myself, so that pleases me.

You've got a crazy collection, it's brilliant.

And it only cost you £155 in total.

It did. So, who's got 145?

There we go. Thank you very much.

David, £145, in Spitalfields market, what are you going to do?

Well, you know what? There's only one thing I can do.

I've got to stay on this art theme.

I'm going to buy you something arty and sculptural.

So as David gets his artisan's hat on,

let's remind ourselves what the Blue team bought.

They thought the vintage theatre posters were just the ticket.

£45 a pair.

The polystyrene mannequin was £25,

but will it turn heads at the auction?

And they had to rush at the end of their hour

to buy the London Transport sign. £30 paid.

Well, Tobias, Tuoi, all I can really say is, you got there in the end!

Right down to the wire.

They did, but I need to go and lie down in a very dark room.

We're so sorry!

No, that was a cool shop, you brought some pretty quirky stuff.

Tobias, which is your favourite of the three?

My favourite, which, sadly, I don't think is everyone else's favourite,

has got to be the head, the polystyrene retro head.

How did I know you were going to say that?

And you girls are just thinking, what on earth?

-What?

-Yeah, yeah.

It'd be one of those that'll make the most money!

That was my next question, actually.

Do you think it will bring the biggest profit, Tobias?

No. Sadly, I think probably the posters will bring the most profit.

So, Tuoi, tell me, what was your personal favourite item?

I think the posters.

-The posters?

-Yeah, they stole my heart, I think.

And for a good price, too.

And talking of money,

I would like that £200 back from you then.

We'll give it to Christina now. There you are.

What are you thinking of spending it on?

I mean, seriously, they broke me.

So I'm literally just going to throw it down the drain,

just throw them away!

No, they hate traditional antiques,

so I think I might go very, very traditional. Who knows?

Well, fantastic.

As Christina goes wild in the aisles and throws caution to the wind,

it's time for us to head to the auction to see how it all pans out.

We've left the East End of London and come west

to Special Auction Services in Berkshire.

With Thomas Plant.

Thomas, thank you for having us along once again.

-Absolute pleasure.

-Let's start off with the Red team,

we're going to start off with friends Claire and Alice.

They chose this together.

Is it by Ted Atkinson, a known British sculptor and artist?

So, with the sculpture,

there is no documentation to back up the fact that it is by Ted Atkinson,

so how do you go about cataloguing it?

We said a fibreglass sculpture, with a Ted Atkinson book,

if they want to put the two together, they can.

They have to make up their own minds.

So, bearing in mind that it's without attribution,

what would you say?

Well, I quite like it, £40-£60.

They paid £120 for the book and sculpture.

Right, OK.

Well, if it was signed and there was provenance,

I'd go with it, but we've got to be so careful these days.

OK, let's move onto something totally different.

A Middle Eastern letter opener.

It's very stylish, actually, isn't it?

When you look from a distance,

it is really stylish, just don't get too close.

-What happens then?

-Well, you get slightly disappointed.

But it is a paper knife,

you wouldn't want to fillet a fish with it.

So, what do you think it's worth?

-£10-£20.

-Well, that's all right, because the girls only paid 15.

-Brilliant.

-But, here we have, all of a sudden,

a little bit of famille rose.

It's cracked, it is famille rose, it's got a bit of age, 19th century,

a bit of pheasant design on it.

Yeah, it is what it is, and it's £30-£50.

OK, but they only paid £20 for it.

Well, I think they're in for a profit on that one.

Ah! Well, you heard what the auctioneer said,

he thinks they're in for a profit.

But just in case they need it,

let's find out what David bought as a bonus buy.

What have you bought for the ladies now?

Something completely different. I had to get back on track.

Oh! I thought your hand was part of it!

Did you?!

-It is, it's stuffed.

-The hand's just there.

-It's really scary.

-It's beautiful.

-That is cool.

-Can I touch it?

Please, take it. A lovely shape, triangular shape, which kind of...

I don't know whether I want to go with it being '50s or '70s,

I'm not sure.

-It's wild.

-I don't know if "wild" is...

-Charming!

-I don't know if it is wild.

What is it, if it's not wild?!

I think it's really interesting.

It's a really interesting shape.

-How much did you pay for it?

-What a very good question.

-15.

-What?!

-£15.

OK, that is a bargain.

That is wild, is it not wild?!

I'll take it back, it's wild.

-Thank you.

-Good, I'm very impressed.

Well, the Reds are impressed,

but let's find out if Thomas the auctioneer

is wild about David's dish.

So here's David's bonus buy.

You know, wax lyrical about this piece, because I bet you can,

you love glass.

It's very biomorphic, it's got that, sort of,

very tactile feeling to it.

I don't think it's the oldest thing to walk this Earth,

I think it's quite modern.

-That's OK.

-It's a '90s bit of glass.

I love the sunken centre.

-But what do you reckon it's going to make at the auction?

-Oh, £20-£30.

Brilliant, David will be chuffed, because he only paid £15.

-Well done, David.

-So let's move on to our Blue team, lovely couple,

Tobias and Tuoi.

We start off with our theatre guides, a wee bit tatty,

but are they salvageable?

No.

1964, these are poster bills, theatre guides,

they'd be up in London Underground, bus stations, you know,

they were used.

That's part of the charm, part of the social history to them.

They are £20-£30, all day long.

They paid £45 and, hopefully, they'll make a profit.

I doubt it, but let's hope.

Now, let's move on to this polystyrene,

sort of, wig stand, hat stand.

What it is, is, it's of an era.

From the point of view of a bit of social history, again, I get it.

It's £20-£30, our auction estimate.

OK. Tobias led them to this one, they paid 25.

-Well...

-So, there's hope there.

-There is hope there.

-Yeah, and sticking with, sort of,

London in the mid-20th century, towards the end of the 20th century,

here's this cool vintage London Transport sign.

Out of all the London Transport things they could buy,

they chose one which was, sort of, flaking and scratched...

It shows that it's got dignity,

that it's been chipped off the door from the London Underground.

But then again, it's logo, it's social history again,

you've got that style.

OK, so it's got London cool attached to it,

what kind of price are you attaching to it?

£10-£20.

OK, well, hopefully, you're not too accurate,

because they paid £30 for it.

-OK.

-Well, unless they are really lucky,

they are going to need their bonus buy,

so let's find out what Christina bought for the Blues.

You left Christina £200, what did you do with it?

Ready?

-Whoa!

-It's beautifully hideous!

-You broke me!

-You came to the dark side.

Look what I bought!

It certainly goes with the theme, come on.

I saw this, and I thought, this has got you guys written all over it.

And it looked amazing.

So the base lights up, because it's got a bulb in the base.

-Wow!

-And not only does the base light up,

the shade, obviously, lights up as well.

So, it's very cool, it's very funky,

it's very late 1960s, early 1970s.

Personally, I think it's hideous.

-But I know that you'll love it.

-But was it expensive?

-Yes.

-How much are we talking?

Normally, I'm frugal.

Normally I'm very frugal.

And I can't quite believe, but I spent £200 on this.

-Really?

-Yeah.

The Blues, sort of, seem sold

and I don't even really know if Christina's sold herself.

-No.

-So, let's see if Thomas thinks that he can sell the lamp

to his buyers.

Well, Thomas, what do you think

of Christina's very large standard lamp,

with this amazing, sort of, rocket-shaped shade

that's about to take off?

-It is, isn't it?

-It's straight out of 1970s Britain.

This is glass.

-I know, it's so cool.

-It is a beautifully made thing.

However, is it to everybody's taste?

What do you reckon this is worth?

Well, 30-50.

Christina is going to love you, because she spent £200.

-No!

-She did!

-I mean, lighting is popular.

Well, a cool light never goes out of fashion.

-No.

-So, Thomas, will you be selling

-all of these weird and wonderful things today?

-You bet.

Well, I wish you the best of luck, because, my friend,

you've got your work cut out.

339, 339, Dunhill gold-plated cigarette lighter.

Start the bidding. £30, 35, 40 now.

45, 45 it is.

Alice, Claire,

David, all present and correct?

-Yes.

-Yes.

-All nervous?

No, I'm excited. We're excited.

-I'm a little bit nervous.

-Here comes your first item, get ready.

Here we are, we've got this very interesting

fibreglass orange sculpture resembling a pair of large thighs,

it could be something else.

Also in the lot, a Ted Atkinson book.

Start the bidding with me here at £30.

Ooh!

Now, bear in mind, ladies, he doesn't have 30,

he's looking for 30.

-He's looking.

-Any advance at 30?

20 then.

There's got to be a bid here somewhere in the room or online.

No interest online. Ten, then.

Ten I've got, well done.

Ten I've got, against you all at £10.

-Are we done?

-Oh, my goodness me!

And just like that, the sculpture sold for ten,

which means a loss of 110.

Worry not, here comes the letter opener, you only paid 15,

-so it's going to make a profit.

-Come on.

401, a Middle Eastern fish knife, modelled as a sturgeon,

with pull-out blunt curved blade.

Start the bidding with me here at a fiver.

5, 5, I've got for the paper knife.

5, 5. It's in the room. 8 now.

10, I've got, at 10. 10, 12.

12 it is, at 12. 15, 15 I have.

You've got three people online. Come on, at 18 we have.

-Yes!

-Profit!

-22, it's moving on.

It jumped to 25.

Internet, it's your last chance.

-28.

-28!

-It's climbing!

-28, all done, last chance.

-Hooray!

-That's it, it's all over.

£28.

So, on that item you've made a profit of £13,

which means that you are now -97.

That's OK.

Next up, it's David's dish. £20 paid.

402 is a Chinese famille rose circular dish

with Asiatic pheasant.

Start the bidding with me here at £20.

£20 for the dish here.

22 I have online.

5, now. 25, 25, room bidder, lady has it.

28, make it 30, Madam.

-Go on madam!

-I'm concentrating!

-Come on!

30 now. 35 online.

Make it 40.

£50 we've got now.

-Come on!

-Jumped to 50 online.

Are we done at £50?

Once, twice at 50...

-Yay! Thank you.

-£30 profit.

Anyway, that made £30 profit,

which means that you were -97,

£30 profit, -67 in the end.

-It's not awful.

-But it's not over, it's not over.

David, bought you that gorgeous, gorgeous dish.

Now, what are you going to do?

You've got a loss, are you going to risk it and go for the bonus buy?

Yeah, most definitely.

Next on is 406, this is an art glass dish of triangular form,

with frosted flange there, sunken centre.

Start the bidding with me here at £10.

10 it is. Ten, sir, man of taste, at ten.

-12.

-Come on, go on!

15. Room bidder has it, once, twice.

-Aaah!

-Well, it, as David says, broke even.

So, we're still at -67.

I tell you what, ladies,

you got yourselves out of a three-figure loss

-into just a two-figure one, so well done.

-Well done.

Right, Tobias, Tuoi and Christina, this is it.

You're representing for the Blue team, you're at the auction,

-how are you feeling?

-Nervous.

Nervous, yeah, definitely.

Right, worry not. The next lot going under the hammer is yours.

And first up it's going to be your theatre guide billboards from 1964.

-Oh, I love these.

-So, you love them, let's see if the crowd loves them.

Here they come.

418 is two 1960s theatre bill guides, board posters.

There they are, very stylish things.

And I can start the bidding with me here, £10.

£10, OK.

No takers at 10? 10 I've got here.

10 it is. 12 anywhere else?

12 it is. Last chance, 12.

Once, twice...

Right, that was it. £12.

So, you've lost £33, but it feels a bit better than 35.

Oh, here we go. The next lot, Tobias...

Lot number 419 is a 1970s cardboard mannequin head,

a piece of social history.

Start me here at £10, at 10.

-Oh, come on.

-Is there any advance at 10?

I don't believe it.

5, then. £5.

Please, ladies and gentlemen, this has got to be worth a fiver.

Wait a minute, I think he's actually still looking for five,

-I don't think he's got it.

-Yeah, I don't think he's got five.

-Do I get to keep it?

-5, I've got online.

-Someone's got it online.

-You'll never find another one.

£5.

Oh! Sold for 5.

Right, so we are currently -53.

All hopes hinge on the transport triangular design.

Next lot 420, a London Transport triangular Perspex door sign.

Start me here at a fiver.

5, 8, 10, 12,

14?

15, 18, 20.

2, 5, 8, 28.

28 it is.

-It'll be a great coaster!

-Come on!

28, all done?

-Ah, £28.

-Boo!

Ah, "boo" from Tuoi!

Minus two. So, overall, you've lost £55, OK?

My next question is an important one.

Are you going to go with the standard lamp?

Yeah, yes, please.

You're going to go with it? Yeah.

-No...

-You're going for it, here it comes.

424, a 1970s glass standard lamp of tapered design

with rocket-shaped shade.

Start with me here at, start me at £30.

Yes!

Is there £30, at 30?

Surely it's got to be worth £30.

20, then.

£20, at £20, at 20 it is.

22, 25, 28...

-It's climbing.

-We should turn it on.

40, 5, 50.

50, I have.

Upper end of my estimate at £50.

All done then at £50.

We're not going home millionaires.

£50 paid means that there is a loss of 150 on the bonus buy alone.

-Yeah.

-But, overall, you have lost £205.

-Yes!

-I'm...proud.

I tell you what, if you're going to be proud of anything,

be proud of the loss you made on Bargain Hunt.

-You know, why not?

-We can't go home and tell anybody!

We've told too any people, yeah?

Well, clearly neither team got the memo about Bargain Hunt

focusing on profits at auction,

because my pockets are completely empty,

and I have got no money to give anyone,

which means it's anyone's game.

It's just a case of who lost more.

Our biggest losers today, or, shall we say, our runners-up?

-Are the Blues!

-Oh!

What?

THEY ALL LAUGH AND CHEER

Oh, that was fun!

What's going on?!

-Christina?

-No, don't you dare.

There's a line there for a reason!

It means that, by proxy, our winners today are the Reds, which is...

I can't believe it! That's so weird.

Let's head to the Blues first,

because you had a great time, didn't you?

-Yes.

-We did, yes.

-Ah, I'm so pleased.

And you stand by your items?

-Yes.

-We stand by them, they were our personal taste.

I'm not sure who had the bad taste,

whether it was the auction room, or if it was us.

Ah, but well done, nonetheless.

I personally loved having you on, so it was great.

So let's head to our victors, then. I bet you weren't expecting that?

No! I'm so shocked.

Because you only lost £67.

-Not bad.

-Not too bad!

-It's so good.

You guys are all living in

the most expensive city in the world, probably,

so how you're getting by I'm not sure, but I wish you luck with that.

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