0:00:03 > 0:00:05Bargain Hunt is in a very wet Newark,
0:00:05 > 0:00:09and not far from here was the site of the UK's very first oilfield,
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Duke's Wood.
0:00:11 > 0:00:16Now a nature reserve, Duke's Wood closed its last oil well in 1989.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Things could have turned out very differently around here.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Well, our teams know the drill.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47And I can guarantee they will have a barrel of laughs over at the fair.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48So what are we waiting for?
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Let's go bargain hunting!
0:01:13 > 0:01:16With a pocket full of cash and tactics already sorted,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19our teams are raring to go.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21So let's take a look at what's coming up.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25It never rains but it pours with the Reds.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Oh, it's really raining now.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29This weather is wonderful.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30I feel like a duck.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36And the Blues seem to be doing more wading than trading.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Cometh the hour on Bargain Hunt.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41Look at that jug.
0:01:43 > 0:01:44There we go.
0:01:45 > 0:01:46But over at the auction...
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Go on!
0:01:49 > 0:01:50..things brighten up nicely.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54That's all for later. Now, let's meet today's teams.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57And for the Reds, we have best of friends Val and Kate.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01And for the Blues, we have Carl and, wait for it, the mother-in-law,
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Christine. Hello, everyone.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05ALL: Hello. Lovely to see you.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Now, Val, what on earth has been going on here?
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Well, I was fell walking and I fell walking.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13So I broke my ankle.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15You broke your ankle. Broke the ankle.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18So, Val, what keeps you busy when you're not walking the dogs?
0:02:18 > 0:02:22I'm in the WI, Sutton-on-Trent, and I love playing darts.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Do you? I do.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24And we are in a darts team.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27You are in the darts team. Can you play darts with your foot as it is?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30I can, because I actually throw left-handed,
0:02:30 > 0:02:33so the right is my trailing foot.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Oh, very well organised. I know.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37You must have thought about that when you were falling over.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Certainly was. Now, Kate, when you're not WI-ing, what do you do?
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Well, we have our own business, we make exhausts for Formula 3 cars.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47That's a specialist job, isn't it?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49It's very specialist, yes.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Do you get involved with making of them, or are you more admin?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54I'm more admin. Husband's making them?
0:02:54 > 0:02:55Husband makes them. Keeps him busy.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58I don't suppose there are that many people
0:02:58 > 0:03:00making exhaust for Formula 3 cars, are there?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Well, there isn't, no, so you have to get it right.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04I'm sure you do.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Does he ever get it wrong?
0:03:05 > 0:03:06No, he doesn't.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Oh, he's a good man.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Now, what about tactics, have you talked about tactics?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14We thought about buying cheap.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15And selling high.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Yes! I've never heard that before.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Have you not? No.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21I haven't either. Good luck.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Are you looking for a golden gavel?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Absolutely. Well, all the best to you, very good luck,
0:03:26 > 0:03:27hope you get the golden gavel.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Now, Christine and Carl.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Christine, you get on well?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Very well, yes. Do you?
0:03:33 > 0:03:36There's a bit of a story about how you two met, isn't there?
0:03:36 > 0:03:40There is indeed. Obviously when I was first dating Claire, my wife,
0:03:40 > 0:03:42I went to meet the parents,
0:03:42 > 0:03:46and sat down and decided to put my arm round my wife. As you do.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49About ten minutes passed and then my wife got up and walked out.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52And I'm still holding somebody's hand, and it was Christine's.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54So we had quite a formal introduction.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Goodness me. Do you remember that, Christine?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58I do, yes. What did you think at that moment?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01I don't know what I thought. No, I bet you don't.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Goodness me. Now, Carl, what do you do to keep yourself busy?
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Well, I'm always busy. Previously I was a store manager for a large
0:04:07 > 0:04:09supermarket for many years.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Now I'm at home looking after my six children.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Six children!
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Six children. Goodness me.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15And you send your wife out to work.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19I do, indeed. But do you see anything of your wife? Enough.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Now, Christine, you are retired now, aren't you?
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Yes. So, what do you do to spend your spare time?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Bingo. Yes.
0:04:28 > 0:04:29Antique fairs.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Antique fairs.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31Charity shops.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Oh, so you are a bit of an expert, are you?
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Yes. Yes, said very positively.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39No pressure, Reds, no pressure at all.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Brilliant. Now, what about tactics?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43You're going to be spending lots of money or as little as possible?
0:04:43 > 0:04:47As much as we can. Oh, I like that sort of attitude, that's splendid.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Who will make the final decisions?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Me.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53She's the expert. Without any hesitation.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55So, what do you need now to go shopping?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Money. Money.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Absolutely right. I've got ?300.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Thank you very much. I've got ?300 for you.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Thank you. Have a great time, off you go shopping.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Well, there we have it. The in-laws versus the dog walkers.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10I hope they don't get too exhausted.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15And our teams will need a helping hand today.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Blowing his own trumpet for the Reds, it's Philip Serrell.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22And dodging the dear items today,
0:05:22 > 0:05:24it's Charles Hanson for the Blues.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Couldn't ask for better weather. No, exactly.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30What's the plan, mother-in-law?
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Anything that takes my fancy.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33As simple as that. Yes.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37We are going to buy something with animals in it, something practical,
0:05:37 > 0:05:39something for the garden.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44And for yourself, Carl? "Mantiques", something that a man would like.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46So we want a practical animal in the garden.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48That's the one. Something like that, yes.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Hold tight, follow me!
0:05:51 > 0:05:53RINGING
0:05:53 > 0:05:57What's that? Right, teams, your 60 minutes starts now.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Oh, it's really raining now.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05You could do with a brolly before spending your lolly, Reds.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10Good luck out there, teams, this has to be one of the wettest shows ever.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Team, despite the weather, there is still plenty of stuff here.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Look in front of us, look.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Yes. Laden.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Can't wait. Tables laden.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23And we've even supplied Val with her very own scooter.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Steady, Val. Do you have a licence for that thing?
0:06:28 > 0:06:29Let's go over there.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32There's one stall there standing, OK. Follow me.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35That's it, teams, get stuck in.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Can you see that trunk?
0:06:37 > 0:06:40It doesn't say.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Phil, what do you think of this trunk?
0:06:42 > 0:06:46It's wet. I know it's wet, but what do you think?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48How much is your trunk, chaps, please?
0:06:48 > 0:06:4920.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Tenner would be better.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Let's meet in the middle at 15, then.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55There, look. It's damaged. Yeah.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58And it's been added on.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Oh, it's no good.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01For a tenner, it's all right.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Actually, no, I don't think it is, actually. No, it's not.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Thanks, chaps. Thank you ever so much.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08Thank you.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Play up, Kate, look out.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14She's after running across it!
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Val, I knew the scooter was a bad idea.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Will you pull her out of the way?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Oh, Lord, this is all just going wrong here.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25There we go. Yes, I promise I won't ever bring them ever again.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Phil, I have to be honest,
0:07:30 > 0:07:31you could be in trouble today.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34We need to buy something fast. We do, we do.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Back to the Blues.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Given the weather, only the hardiest of dealers are out there in these conditions.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Hello. I'll see if she's open.
0:07:44 > 0:07:45Are you open for business?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Yes. You are open.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49They are open. Thanks a lot.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54What's quite nice, when the weather comes down, in fact,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56I think there'll be some bargains.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57They'll want a quick sale.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59They want to get rid.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Get home. Get home. She's in the van, exactly.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06That's quite nice, a late Victorian or what you might call
0:08:06 > 0:08:08a George V set of dominoes.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Bone rather than being ivory, ebony as well.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Your sort of thing? Not really, no.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Not really. Well, thanks for inviting me.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19It's OK. Come on.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20Let's keep going.
0:08:20 > 0:08:21No to dominoes.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Time to see if the Reds are making progress, and yes, they are.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Val is back on her scooter.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Damp, isn't it?
0:08:30 > 0:08:31How much is that, please?
0:08:33 > 0:08:3525. I'll give you 15.
0:08:35 > 0:08:3620.
0:08:36 > 0:08:3815. Sorry.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41We're in a hurry, it's raining.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Go on, then. How short and sharp is that?
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Do you want me to tell you what it is, or are you going to tell me?
0:08:48 > 0:08:49So this is a spirit barrel.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53And they dress pubs really beautifully well.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57The other thing they do, is they put a little seat on there
0:08:57 > 0:08:59and you've got a stool.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00So this is salt-glazed,
0:09:00 > 0:09:05and it's called salt glaze because when it's been glazed in the kiln,
0:09:05 > 0:09:07they threw salt in. You get this mottle finish.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12And the original salt glazed-stuff is actually drainage pipes.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Oh, right.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Did he say 15? Yes, he said 15.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Did I? Yes, you did. OK. Are you sure?
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Are you sure? You are a gentleman.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Thank you very much indeed. Thank you very much, thank you.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26No one is messing about today, one down in ten minutes.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Well done, Reds.
0:09:28 > 0:09:29I've got tears in my eyes.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32It's the emotion of Bargain Hunt.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Not the rain? Not the rain.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38That's OK. This weather is wonderful, I feel like a duck.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43You can always rely on the great British weather.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Never mind golden gavels,
0:09:44 > 0:09:48you guys deserve medals after this showery shop.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49Take that little box here.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51I wouldn't call it little.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56No. How heavy is it? Hold that end. It's about 1860.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00If you owned a country house and maybe you were off somewhere,
0:10:00 > 0:10:01you would have your silver chest.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03What timber is that?
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Have a guess. Oak.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Oak, you're right. Cast iron studs.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10The lid opens like so.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11And of course in there,
0:10:11 > 0:10:15you might have had a tea set or a silver cafe au lait,
0:10:15 > 0:10:18or something to fill those divisions.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Second-half 19th century.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24But what's been lost over time, Carl, is a vacant cartouche there.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29That had the owner's initials on or name. I suppose, for security,
0:10:29 > 0:10:31it was taken off when it passed on.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33What's it worth?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35?30. Do you reckon so?
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Yes. Should we call him over?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Go on. Hello, sir.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43May my friend Carl ask you how much the box is?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45We've got 65 on him.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Because of the weather, and you want to get home,
0:10:48 > 0:10:50what's your bottom line?
0:10:50 > 0:10:51I like your style, Carl.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Wait for it.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00To get a tiny bit out of it, I'd need 55.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Is it possible you could do 45?
0:11:02 > 0:11:07We're not going to be able to do it. Meet you halfway, ?50?
0:11:07 > 0:11:10I'll do it for ?50 because of the weather.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12There you go, then. It's a deal, ?50.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13Shake his hand, Christine.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Thank you. Good seeing you.
0:11:16 > 0:11:17You're OK. Thanks a lot.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Good work, team. One down.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23The weather is definitely helping seal the deals today.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Well done, Blues.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27That's your first item in the bag,
0:11:27 > 0:11:28albeit a slightly soggy bag.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Right, Reds, how do some West German fat lava grab you, Phil?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37You see, that is one of those things
0:11:37 > 0:11:39where I know that I was born too soon.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Not a fan, then, Phil.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45In a serious world, you know, and I'm up there with the kids, me,
0:11:45 > 0:11:46this is bang on trend.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49That is easier to sell than a Staffordshire dog.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Right. Although that is, in my eyes, a dog in its own right.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56It's just really, really trendy.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58It wouldn't have to be a lamp, though.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00I would take the lamp part out.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03I would throw that away. Frankly, I would throw all of it away.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05I agree. Is it one of those Russian things?
0:12:05 > 0:12:08West German. West German.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Hang on, is it a screw one?
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Well, there's the original ticket price.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16This gentleman doesn't want to take it home, do you?
0:12:16 > 0:12:19So if you give him 20 quid not to take it home.
0:12:19 > 0:12:202o quid, it's yours.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Thank you, sir. That's very generous.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24Are you serious?
0:12:24 > 0:12:27We should shop in the rain more often.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Don't break our lamp!
0:12:29 > 0:12:30Don't break the lamp.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31Well done, Reds.
0:12:31 > 0:12:3415 minutes in, onwards.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Meanwhile, with the Blues, things are going swimmingly.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Literally. Cometh the hour on Bargain Hunt.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Look at that jug. Let's hold hands so we don't fall in.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46There we go.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48I'm very proud of you, teams.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51There's some dedicated bargain hunting today.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53I really rate that jug.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Have a handle. I'll tell you why in a second.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58I wonder how old he thinks it is.
0:12:58 > 0:12:59Could be a good bargain, this.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02I think this is probably 18th century.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Blue and white. A soapstone body,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08and it will date to around 1785.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10So it's Worcester.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Hello, sir.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13Sorry to bother you...
0:13:13 > 0:13:15on this fine day.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17How much is the jug, please?
0:13:17 > 0:13:18180.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Oh, I thought it may have been.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23I was hoping for a ?40 price tag.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24You and me both.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26What a shame.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Not everyone is keen to do a special rainy day price.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30There we go.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33You should have brought your waders today, Charles.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38I think Phil would just be happy with an umbrella right now.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40How are you coping with these conditions, Mr Serrell?
0:13:40 > 0:13:42I think they've done really, really well.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44About half an hour gone, they've bought two items.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Haven't spent much money,
0:13:45 > 0:13:48but I think they've bought sure-fire profits.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51It is fun, but it's very, very wet.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53But it's fab in the scooter.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Well, at least you're all enjoying yourselves.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Even you, Phil.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00We should have been ducks.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06Because we're quackers! We're quackers!
0:14:06 > 0:14:08You're telling me. Speaking of ducks,
0:14:08 > 0:14:12we're 30 minutes in, and I'm leaving the teams shopping as I duck inside
0:14:12 > 0:14:13for a history lesson.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23I've headed into the centre of Newark
0:14:23 > 0:14:25and to the National Civil War Centre,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28where I've joined curator Glynn Hughes.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Now, Glynn, for those that don't know much about the Civil War,
0:14:31 > 0:14:32can you give us a brief summary
0:14:32 > 0:14:34about what was possibly the deadliest
0:14:34 > 0:14:36conflict in the country's history?
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Certainly, Charlie. It's fought between
0:14:39 > 0:14:43the Parliamentarians on one side and the Royalists on the other side.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44The Royalists support King Charles.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Yes. And on the other side,
0:14:46 > 0:14:48the Parliamentarians support Parliament
0:14:48 > 0:14:51and basically the will of the people.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Newark was really put on the map, wasn't it, by the Civil War?
0:14:54 > 0:14:57It was. Newark becomes really significant
0:14:57 > 0:15:00because it started with the raising of the standard
0:15:00 > 0:15:02over at Nottingham, so 18 miles from here,
0:15:02 > 0:15:05and it ended at Kelham, about four miles outside of Newark,
0:15:05 > 0:15:07where Charles surrendered.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09How did the war pan out at the end?
0:15:09 > 0:15:10Well, at the end,
0:15:10 > 0:15:14the Parliamentarians destroyed the Royalist army
0:15:14 > 0:15:15at the Battle of Naseby.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17That was about it, then?
0:15:17 > 0:15:19It's not looking good for Charles at this point, no.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23He's the first king in British history
0:15:23 > 0:15:26to be found guilty of treason by the people
0:15:26 > 0:15:30and is beheaded outside the Banqueting House in 1649.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31And Britain becomes a republic.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Yes. And that, they say, is that.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36Well, we could go on there,
0:15:36 > 0:15:38but you've got some fascinating objects here.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40So, what is this?
0:15:40 > 0:15:42This is a 17th-century breastplate.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45It's basically 17th-century body armour, if you like.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49And you can see there, it's got a proofing mark on it.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51This is where the armourer would have tested it
0:15:51 > 0:15:53by firing a musket ball at it.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56However, there is evidence to suggest that
0:15:56 > 0:15:57they used to weaken the powder.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01So... So it wasn't a real test?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Well, sort of, but not as good as it could have been.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Right. And as you can see with this particular one,
0:16:06 > 0:16:10it's got a potentially fatal hole at the front here.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12It seems a trifle unfair, doesn't it?
0:16:12 > 0:16:14May I lift it up? You can, yes.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17I don't believe it.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21It is unbelievably heavy.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23They are heavy, yes, absolutely.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26They would have had a backplate as well, so it was double the weight.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28God. And what about this here?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30I see you've got my personal book.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Charles Ross. Charles Ross. That's right.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37This is called Eikon Basilike.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39What's really interesting is inside, it's got,
0:16:39 > 0:16:42this book belonged to the library of Charles II.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47Really? So this, CR isn't Charles Ross, it is Charles Rex.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50It is Charles Rex, basically, yes.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52And it's also got Charles II's signature inside it,
0:16:52 > 0:16:55which makes it rarer as well.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57But what's really interesting for me
0:16:57 > 0:17:01from my perspective is that it has a foldout illustration.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07In 1649, just as the King was executed,
0:17:07 > 0:17:12just after, the Royalists basically want to preserve his memory.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17And we have here Charles I, his earthly crown on the floor.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20And then we've got in his hand a crown of thorns.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23And then in the heavens we've got his heavenly crown.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Once the head's off.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Once the head's off. And that's where he's going.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30It's a sort of political cartoon in a way, isn't it?
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Sort of, yes, but it is Royalist propaganda in a sense.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37We've also got him as a rock in amongst tumultuous stormy seas.
0:17:37 > 0:17:38He's the rock, presumably.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Absolutely. He's the strength.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45It's been absolutely fascinating for me, thank you very much indeed.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48You're welcome. Well, from one battle to the next,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51let's go to the fair and see how our teams are getting on.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00After 40 minutes of shopping, things are looking pretty bleak.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02The Blues have just one purchase.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05However, the Reds are doing slightly better with two.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09Wow, it's wet and wild, Charles.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10Tough going?
0:18:10 > 0:18:13What's happening with the rain is dealers all around us are
0:18:13 > 0:18:14going home in their vans.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17The ones who are staying out are really keen to sell.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21So in many respects, now's the time to find the ultimate bargain.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Always the optimist, Mr Hanson.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25And just look, they're all loving it out there.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27THEY LAUGH
0:18:31 > 0:18:32Right, teams, crack on.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35All the stallholders seem to be vanishing as quick as your time.
0:18:35 > 0:18:3715 minutes left.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40That's a pretty jug.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Grimwades, yes.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48So, probably 1930s.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50With a kingfisher on.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Pretty. Pretty. Have a handle of the pot.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Sell it to me.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Yes, it's nice. Like a lustre.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02What's the condition like? Seems no chips.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Handle is OK. Foot rim's OK.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Good. What's the price on it?
0:19:09 > 0:19:12What does it say?
0:19:12 > 0:19:14?45.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15I'll do it for 35.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18And in the conditions?
0:19:18 > 0:19:2130 is my best. 25, we will snap it up.
0:19:21 > 0:19:2525, give me your money, come on, I'm going home.
0:19:25 > 0:19:26That's the way you do it.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28In this weather, that's the way.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Thank you, sir, we'll take it.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33?25, what a lovely Art Deco jug from Grimwades.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Shake his hand. Thank you very much.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Thank you.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Another stallholder wanting an early finish, then.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Two down, Blues. No pressure, but I think you and the Reds
0:19:43 > 0:19:46may well be fighting over the last stall soon.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48All the stallholders are going home,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51and we've got about ten minutes left,
0:19:51 > 0:19:54so I think we've got to buy something, but not that.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58That's it, Phil, rein them in.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Come on, team.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04I'm trying. It's now the time to dig deep.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08What do you think of this, Phil?
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Yes, lovely.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Come on, Reds, stop horsing around.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14You've only got five minutes left.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20The Blues are still chatting to the same stallholder,
0:20:20 > 0:20:22and it seems he's not keen to take his garden swing home either.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25?50 for the swing.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27That is cheap. Steady, Charles.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29That could be our inspired buy.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Look.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Have a seat. It's going to be dry.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38There's a dry patch. I'll try.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Come on, Christine, just here.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Very nice. Put your right cheek down there.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44You'll be OK.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Now, to me, look at this, team.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51It's a shelter.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53We are out of the rain,
0:20:53 > 0:20:54we could buy it now
0:20:54 > 0:20:58and literally stay here until the hour is over.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01But to me, it's kitsch, it's '50s.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05I like the vine leaves and the whole cast-iron green enamel.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Charles, you're certainly selling it.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09The important question is,
0:21:09 > 0:21:11would mother-in-law have it in a garden or not?
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Yes, I would. She would.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15That is key. You must buy what you like.
0:21:15 > 0:21:16And to me...
0:21:18 > 0:21:21..I say buy it. I really would. Yes, I think you're right.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Look at the man, he wants to get rid of it.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26And I think it's an absolute bargain.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Yes. Should we do it?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Yes. So your best is 50?
0:21:30 > 0:21:31My best is 50.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Sold. Thanks, sir.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Sold to the man in the rain.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39We are very, very grateful. Well done.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41That's it, Blues, all three items done and dusted.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48The Reds have finally found some shelter, and possibly a final item.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Some silver sugar tongs.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52So those are quite sweet-looking.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55And if you look just there, you've got the crown, which is Sheffield,
0:21:55 > 0:21:57the lion passant, which tells us it's silver.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01I love those little shell terminals there.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05And I actually think the way you have to look at this, this is ?35.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09?35 for a piece of hallmarked silver.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13If you went to buy that new today,
0:22:13 > 0:22:14it's three figures.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17What do you think? I think...
0:22:17 > 0:22:19I love them. I think they are brill.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Buy them. If you like them, buy them.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22I do like them. Buy them.
0:22:22 > 0:22:23Yes, I like those.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25OK, we'll have them.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26Thank you very much.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Thank you. Well done, girls.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Right, teams, your time is up.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34Well, for everyone watching at home,
0:22:34 > 0:22:37we can confirm that has been fun, hasn't it? Fab.
0:22:37 > 0:22:43Antiques everywhere, glorious weather, and top company.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Hour's up, shopping done, off we go.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Let's check out what the Red team have bought.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55First, the stoneware spirit barrel set them back ?15.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Next, the fat lava lamp cost them ?20.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06And finally, they paid ?35 for the sweet little sugar tongs.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Val and Kate, the conditions were challenging, weren't they?
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Oh, they were terrible. How was your scooter?
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Fabulous. Was it?
0:23:15 > 0:23:16Fabulous. Did you enjoy your shopping?
0:23:16 > 0:23:18It was absolutely fabulous.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20You didn't spend a great deal, though, did you?
0:23:20 > 0:23:23We didn't. But I think what we bought was good.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24Yes, we liked it. You do.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Now, Kate, what's your favourite lot?
0:23:26 > 0:23:27My favourite is the barrel.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30What will make the biggest profit, though?
0:23:30 > 0:23:32I think the sugar nips will.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34You think the sugar nips.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37What about you, Val? Mine was the lookalike lamp.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41And what about the biggest profit?
0:23:41 > 0:23:44We think it might be the sugar nips, don't we? Keen on them?
0:23:44 > 0:23:46What about you, Phil?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50I think the sugar nip. The lamp might do quite well.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52I mean, it's sufficiently horrid.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55It's gorgeous. It's young.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Let's not go into a big debate about that lamp.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59You either love it or you hate it.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Now, you spent ?70,
0:24:01 > 0:24:05which means you've got ?230 to give to that man. We have.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Who's got the cash? I have.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Is this safe? I don't know, I'm not sure.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Phil, what are you going to do with that?
0:24:15 > 0:24:17I'm going to try and find somebody
0:24:17 > 0:24:19that sells dry socks and boxers, Charlie.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22While Phil goes off to buy some dry clothes,
0:24:22 > 0:24:25let's check out what the Blue team have bought.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Their first item was the oak box.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Price paid, ?50.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Their next purchase was the Grimwade jug.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36They settled on a price of ?25.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42And finally, the wrought-iron garden swing cost them ?50.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Well, Carl and Christine, that was an interesting shop, wasn't it?
0:24:46 > 0:24:47Did you enjoy yourselves?
0:24:47 > 0:24:50I did indeed, yes. Did this man treat you right?
0:24:50 > 0:24:51He was very helpful. Was he?
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Pleased with your lot? Considering, yes, the weather.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56They are differing, aren't they?
0:24:56 > 0:24:57Which is your favourite lot, Christine?
0:24:57 > 0:24:59The swing. It's a good buy that, wasn't it?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Very good. ?50.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Yes, very good. What's going to make the biggest profit, though?
0:25:03 > 0:25:05The swing. The swing.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07It's all swings for Christine.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10And what about you, Carl? We are all swinging together. Are you? Definitely.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12You liked the swing?
0:25:12 > 0:25:13Biggest profit? Definitely.
0:25:13 > 0:25:14Charles, what do you think?
0:25:14 > 0:25:17I think, Charlie, it was really the weather was against us,
0:25:17 > 0:25:21but we really swung high - we found that swing at the end.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22And I'm really quite happy,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25I'm quietly confident in what we've bought.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27It's always nice when Charles is quietly confident,
0:25:27 > 0:25:30because he's not normally quietly anything.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Anyway, you've spent ?125.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35We did. So you must have ?175 left over.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Oh, I don't know.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Where is it, Carl? Hand it over.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41I'm going to give it to Charles.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Thank you, Mr Ross, very kind. Charles, what are you going to do with that?
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Well, I think we went quite antiquey, didn't we, for mother-in-law.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48I think it's now time to go more 20th century,
0:25:48 > 0:25:51go more modern for the young man, son-in-law.
0:25:51 > 0:25:52Very good.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55So while Charles goes more modern, we're off to the auction.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11We've come down the road to Nottingham to Mellors and Kirk,
0:26:11 > 0:26:14and I'm with the boss today, Nigel Kirk.
0:26:14 > 0:26:15Hello, Nigel. Hello, Charlie.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Thank you very much for allowing us in.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Now, the Red team, Val and Kate, let's have a look at their objects.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24They started off with this barrel here.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27What do you think of it? It's a perfectly good late 19th-century
0:26:27 > 0:26:30salt-glazed stoneware barrel, spirit keg.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33I think someone's turned it into a garden seat at some point.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35They've put something on the top of it, haven't they?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Very well made, well potted.
0:26:37 > 0:26:38Is it saleable? Absolutely.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40What sort of money?
0:26:40 > 0:26:4220 to ?30.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44They only paid ?15.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Bargain. They could kick off with a profit.
0:26:46 > 0:26:47Profit, I would have thought so.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Now, what about this object?
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Absolutely foul thing, isn't it?
0:26:53 > 0:26:54I was going to suggest someone ought
0:26:54 > 0:26:56really to use it for target practice,
0:26:56 > 0:26:58but it looks as though they already have.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Now, I think it was actually potted with the holes in.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02Oh, was it? Oh, right.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Very typical of the sort of West German 1960s pots
0:27:05 > 0:27:08brought back in huge numbers.
0:27:08 > 0:27:13In fact, we sold, in one lot recently, about 60 pieces of it.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17And I was fairly surprised to see them sell for ?300 or ?400.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Really? So what about this one, how much are you going to get for that?
0:27:20 > 0:27:22I should have thought 25, 35, something like that.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Well, they only paid ?20.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28They did quite a deal. The chap was asking quite a lot more money.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29Well, it is big, isn't it?
0:27:29 > 0:27:32It's about the only thing you can say for it, isn't it?
0:27:32 > 0:27:35It is. But you never know, we might be proved wrong, mightn't we?
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Let's hope so. And what about the sugar tongs?
0:27:37 > 0:27:41Well, they are lovely little things. Well made. Looking at them from here,
0:27:41 > 0:27:44one would easily think they were mid-18th century.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46In fact, of course, they are early 20th century.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Which will affect the price.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51But I would have thought 20, ?30.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Yes, they paid 35, which might be just a little top-heavy,
0:27:55 > 0:27:57but if you can't afford the real thing.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01Yes, well, the real thing would be 135, wouldn't it?
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Yes, of course. They might well get out of trouble with them.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Well, if they need to get out of trouble even further,
0:28:07 > 0:28:08they might need the bonus buy.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Let's have a look at it.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Well, Val and Kate, you left this man with too much money, didn't you?
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Far too much.
0:28:15 > 0:28:16Phil, what have you done with it?
0:28:16 > 0:28:19I've only just got dry, Charlie.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Did you buy some new boxers?
0:28:20 > 0:28:24I did indeed, a bit tight. HIGH-PITCHED VOICE: No, they're a bit... No, they're fine.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26I need you help here, could you whip...
0:28:26 > 0:28:28I could. Ready, girls?
0:28:28 > 0:28:29Yes.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Oh, no!
0:28:34 > 0:28:35What is this?
0:28:35 > 0:28:37How much did you pay for this?
0:28:37 > 0:28:40I paid ?45 for both lots.
0:28:40 > 0:28:41I think that's a really interesting lot.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43That's a mountaineer's ice-pick.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46And these are early clubs, obviously.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Stone Age. Exercise clubs.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Those are like the Victorian Pilates. Well, actually, it's not bad.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Oh, right, yeah, yeah.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55What do you think? What do you think it's worth?
0:28:55 > 0:28:58What do you think we'll get for it? I think it all depends on this.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Climbing stuff is really, really quite collectable.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05And I think if you get some climbing people latch onto that on
0:29:05 > 0:29:07the internet, it will do well. Oh, yes, yes.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09And if you don't, it won't. Right.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11A bit of a gamble, isn't it?
0:29:11 > 0:29:14A bit of a gamble. Well, you don't have to make up your mind now.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17In the heat of the moment, during the auction is when you make of your mind.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20But in the meanwhile, let's see what the auctioneer thinks
0:29:20 > 0:29:21of the pick and the clubs.
0:29:22 > 0:29:27Now, Philip Serrell is always an interesting man with his purchases.
0:29:29 > 0:29:30And he has purchased...
0:29:30 > 0:29:31A-ha. Nice axe, yes.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34..a mountaineer's axe.
0:29:34 > 0:29:39And we're not quite sure why, Nigel, but these come with it.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Exercise clubs.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Yes. There doesn't seem to be much synergy between the two.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48Not a lot, but they are quite nicely patinated pieces of treen,
0:29:48 > 0:29:50aren't they? Of their own age. This is nicely made.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52I presume this is ash, I'm pretty sure it is.
0:29:52 > 0:29:53It looks ash. Yes, yes.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55It's got some age, hasn't it?
0:29:55 > 0:29:57It has, it has. 1930s, perhaps.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01Yes, yes. So, difficult thing to value, I would imagine.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05What do you think on those? I hope the Iceman cometh and then we might sell it.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Perhaps 20 to ?40. 20 to ?40.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Well, Philip went for 45.
0:30:09 > 0:30:14So you might need to just squeeze your punters a little extra more.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Now, moving on to the Blues,
0:30:16 > 0:30:21Carl and Christine were led by Charles Hanson into this oak box.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23I wonder if it was a wise thing.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26It does sound rather final, doesn't it, Charlie?
0:30:26 > 0:30:28I'm afraid the ironwork is really rather rusty
0:30:28 > 0:30:30and it's just generally grubby.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32It's also missing the tablet,
0:30:32 > 0:30:36which has obviously been prised out of the piece years ago.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38How saleable is it? Not very.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40I thought you might say that.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42What sort of value? ?20 or ?30.
0:30:42 > 0:30:47Yes. Now, for some reason, they went for ?50.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Now, you and I don't quite see that, do we? I'm afraid I can't see that.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53But let's hope we're proved wrong. One never knows. No, you never know.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Now, what about the jug, Grimwades jug?
0:30:55 > 0:31:00Yes. It's a typical English pot of the 1920s or '30s.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Yes. In pseudo lustreware.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Yeah. Again, not hugely saleable, I'm afraid.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08No. I suppose if it was Wedgwood lusterware we'd be...
0:31:08 > 0:31:10It'd be several noughts on the price.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12I think it's probably ?20 or ?30.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Yeah, yep. Well, that bracket is what they paid, ?25.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Oh, that's all right, very fair.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21Now, the other item was far too large to put on the table,
0:31:21 > 0:31:22of course, the garden swing.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23Yes. Yes, I...
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Do you have people for garden swings?
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Well, yes, we do.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Garden objects are quite sought-after,
0:31:29 > 0:31:32and it's a quirky, interesting thing. Of no age, really.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34No. But it's quite attractive.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Yeah. If you went to buy one new, it would cost a lot of money.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39It would cost a great deal in a garden centre, wouldn't it?
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Yes. I would've thought 80 to 120
0:31:42 > 0:31:44should entice some bidding.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Well, the weather was quite bad when they were shopping,
0:31:46 > 0:31:49and the chap just said, "I don't want to take it home, you can have it for ?50."
0:31:49 > 0:31:51That sounds very reasonable.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Should be all right, shouldn't they?
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Profit, I would have thought. Yeah.
0:31:55 > 0:31:56Well, they might not need their bonus buy,
0:31:56 > 0:31:59but just in case they do, let's have a look at it.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Carl and Christine, Charles said he was going off
0:32:01 > 0:32:04to try and buy something a bit more modern, didn't he?
0:32:04 > 0:32:06He did, yes. 21st century, I think.
0:32:06 > 0:32:07Yes, do you think he's done that?
0:32:07 > 0:32:08Looking at that shape, yes.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Do you know where he is? No.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12No? Charles!
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Yes? Charles! Yes, I'm here.
0:32:15 > 0:32:16I think he's in what he bought.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Hello! Hello.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21There. See, what do you think?
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Yeah, definitely modern.
0:32:23 > 0:32:24It's warm in there, very warm.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27This is what we call a globe chair and in style,
0:32:27 > 0:32:29if you think back to sort of mid-20th century,
0:32:29 > 0:32:34the great age of the space age, it's quite light, it's airy,
0:32:34 > 0:32:35I think it sits well.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37Probably 1980s, Carl.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Yeah. Yeah, what do you think of it?
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Yeah. It's practical, it looks good, doesn't it?
0:32:41 > 0:32:45Yeah. To me, it's well-worn, it's not made yesterday.
0:32:45 > 0:32:46It has got some age.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49It's got a bit of age, you'd love it to have just a bit more age.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52The original ones of these are now making ?1,000, ?2,000.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Yes. What's it worth?
0:32:54 > 0:32:57?100?
0:32:57 > 0:32:59I'll take, I'll take... I'll take...
0:32:59 > 0:33:02online you'd get probably ?500.
0:33:02 > 0:33:03Come on!
0:33:03 > 0:33:05Yes. Right, what did you pay?
0:33:05 > 0:33:08It only cost me ?100.
0:33:08 > 0:33:09Bargain. Fantastic.
0:33:09 > 0:33:14Well, well, well. Carl thinks the globe chair is a complete steal,
0:33:14 > 0:33:16what will the auctioneer think of it?
0:33:16 > 0:33:19So, it's the swivel chair, what I would call a globe chair.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Yes. Quite an iconic item, isn't it?
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Very much so. And I think people give them all sorts of different names.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Yeah. It's very typical of its date. I think that's quite a speculative item.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Are you going to conduct your auction from it?
0:33:30 > 0:33:32It would be rather fun, wouldn't it?
0:33:32 > 0:33:34What about value?
0:33:34 > 0:33:3780 to 120, perhaps a little more.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40He paid ?100 so they didn't steal it. No, yes.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43It's got a chance, hasn't it? They stand a sporting chance, don't they?
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Yes. Splendid, I look forward to that lot. Now, you'll be taking the sale?
0:33:46 > 0:33:48I hope so. I'm looking forward to it.
0:33:48 > 0:33:49Could be quite exciting.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Girls, you're looking rather excited about all this.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Have you been to an auction before?
0:34:02 > 0:34:03No. No. Never?
0:34:03 > 0:34:05No. What are your first impressions?
0:34:05 > 0:34:07Amazing. Impressed.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Are you impressed with the lots you've bought?
0:34:10 > 0:34:11Yes. Yes, we are.
0:34:11 > 0:34:12Yeah, confident?
0:34:12 > 0:34:15We think. Yes. Going to make a profit? Yeah, we are.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Yes. Definitely going to make a profit. Good.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21Phil, you're looking a little astonished. I actually think they will. Yeah.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23You don't think they're going to go as far as...?
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Well, you never, ever know, Charlie.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27You never know. Oh, wouldn't that be exciting?
0:34:27 > 0:34:31We will. Anyway, kicking off with that spirit barrel.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Here it comes. It cost ?15.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38Lot 100. Salt glaze brown stoneware spirit barrel.
0:34:38 > 0:34:3919th century.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41?20 for it.
0:34:41 > 0:34:4320 anywhere. ?20.
0:34:43 > 0:34:44That's a bid at ?20.
0:34:44 > 0:34:4625 for it.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Yes. ?20 bid. 25 do I see?
0:34:48 > 0:34:52At 25. 30 I've got online.
0:34:52 > 0:34:5335 for it?
0:34:53 > 0:34:54?30.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Any further bids? Hammer's up, selling...
0:34:56 > 0:34:5835 I'm bid, thank you.
0:34:58 > 0:35:0140 for it? ?35.
0:35:01 > 0:35:02Done. Yes!
0:35:02 > 0:35:04That's absolutely amazing.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Do you know how much profit you made? ?20. Shh.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Now, here comes the vase.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13Lot 101, 1960s West German earthenware lamp.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Bottle shape. So called lava glaze.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17?20 for this, somebody?
0:35:17 > 0:35:1820. ?20.
0:35:18 > 0:35:2020 I am bid, thank you, sir.
0:35:20 > 0:35:2225 for it.
0:35:22 > 0:35:2325 for it.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25First and last bid at ?20.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28It's beautiful. No further bids? I love it. ?20.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30I shall sell it.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34Yes! Well, don't get too excited, you haven't lost
0:35:34 > 0:35:36and you haven't made anything.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39You've broken even there. Are you happy?
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Wiped its face. Here are your tongs.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43A pair of George V silver sugar tongs,
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Sheffield, 1923.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48?20 for these, please, for the tongs.
0:35:48 > 0:35:5020. That's worth 20.
0:35:50 > 0:35:5120 I am bid on the internet.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53At 20. 25 anywhere?
0:35:53 > 0:35:55And bid now. 25, ?30.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57That's it, come on. 35. At ?30.
0:35:57 > 0:35:5935 for them?
0:35:59 > 0:36:00One more! One more.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02?30, all done, and finished at 30.
0:36:02 > 0:36:0335, thank you, madam. Oh, yes.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07Got you out of trouble there. Fair warning. ?35.
0:36:07 > 0:36:08Yes! It's just even.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10So you're up ?20.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12So, now's the moment.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Do you go with the mountaineer's axe?
0:36:14 > 0:36:17And don't forget the exercise clubs.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Do you go with them or not? Shall we go with them?
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Cost ?45.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23We won't go. Are you sure?
0:36:23 > 0:36:25So, you're not going with them? No.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28Right. Do you want to know what the auctioneer put on these?
0:36:28 > 0:36:30Yes. What?
0:36:30 > 0:36:31?100... Oh, no, sorry.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33No, no, ?20 to ?40.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Oh. There they come.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39The mountaineer's ice axe with ash handle
0:36:39 > 0:36:40and a pair of turned wood clubs.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42?20 for them. 20 I am bid.
0:36:42 > 0:36:4425 for them. Oh, God.
0:36:44 > 0:36:4825. 30. 30, 35. 5 and 40.
0:36:48 > 0:36:49At 35 at the back of the room.
0:36:49 > 0:36:5040 online.
0:36:50 > 0:36:5245, another online bidder.
0:36:52 > 0:36:5450 now. 50, 60.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Have another. Oh, no! ?50 I am bid.
0:36:57 > 0:36:5960 for them? Philip Serrell!
0:36:59 > 0:37:01At ?50 I shall sell. ?60. 70?
0:37:01 > 0:37:0370 is it?
0:37:03 > 0:37:05?60, the hammer's up.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07?60, fair warning.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09?60.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13So that is a profit of ?15 which, unfortunately,
0:37:13 > 0:37:15means absolutely nothing to you.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Nothing. So, you've made ?20.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Yes. Could've been 35.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22It could've been. But it isn't.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24No. Now, it might be a winning score.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26It might be a losing score.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Not a word to the Blues, OK?
0:37:28 > 0:37:29OK. Absolutely nothing.
0:37:29 > 0:37:30They'll find out later.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Carl and Christine, been to an auction before?
0:37:39 > 0:37:42One. One. One, years ago.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45Did you buy things? No, I sold a teddy bear I found in a skip.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Did it do well? ?50.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51Marvellous. Well, if all your lots make ?50 today, we'll be all right, won't we? Yes.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54Well, it's the oak box that we're kicking off with.
0:37:54 > 0:37:55Cost ?50.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Confident? Yes.
0:37:57 > 0:37:58Hmm, so-so. Confident?
0:37:58 > 0:38:01Yes, I think so, Charlie. Good. Here it is.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03The Victorian iron-bound oak box.
0:38:05 > 0:38:06?20 for this box.
0:38:06 > 0:38:0820? ?20.
0:38:08 > 0:38:1020, 20 I am bid on the net.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12At 20. 25 for it.
0:38:12 > 0:38:1325 for it.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14At ?20, 25.
0:38:14 > 0:38:1730. 30? Get in there!
0:38:17 > 0:38:2125 I'm bid. At ?25, fair warning.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23At ?25.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25I can't believe this. I sell.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Oh, dear. Yeah.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30You've halved your money. Sold for 25.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Just shows what bargains there are.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Here comes the Grimwades jug.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Grimwades byzanta ware lustre jug.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40And I've got ?20 bid on the book for this here at 20.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43A commission bidder at 20. Come on, let's go. 25 online.
0:38:43 > 0:38:4530 for it? Oh! 30 now.
0:38:45 > 0:38:4635.
0:38:46 > 0:38:47?30 I am bid.
0:38:47 > 0:38:4935 online.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51Come on. 40 for it.
0:38:51 > 0:38:52?35, an online bidder.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Come on. That's not bad.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56?35.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58That's plus a tenner.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01Knocked that down from 45. That's very good.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03You're only ?15 down now.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05That's really good. Now, here comes the swing.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07This might swing high. The auctioneer quite likes this.
0:39:07 > 0:39:12Let's swing high. Very decorative lot, lot 126, ?40 I am bid.
0:39:12 > 0:39:1240. ?45.
0:39:12 > 0:39:1550. At 50.
0:39:15 > 0:39:1660. 70 for it.
0:39:16 > 0:39:17At 60.
0:39:17 > 0:39:2070 anywhere? ?60 only bid.
0:39:20 > 0:39:2170 now. ?80.
0:39:21 > 0:39:2390. At ?80.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Against you online. One more! ?90.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Online bidder. ?90.
0:39:28 > 0:39:33Fair warning. It sells to the internet at ?90.
0:39:33 > 0:39:34Well done!
0:39:34 > 0:39:36I thought it would do well.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40That has taken you into an overall profit of ?25.
0:39:40 > 0:39:41You were down 15.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43But you have added that 40.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45?25 up.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47All you have to do now is decide whether or not
0:39:47 > 0:39:50you're going to go with that globe chair.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52I like it, I like it. He likes it. Yeah.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55It's a funny old game, Charlie, you can never call it and...
0:39:55 > 0:39:58I'm feeling quite cautious today. Do you want to go with it?
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Christine? Yeah. Yes, definitely. Definitely.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Are you absolutely sure? We've got faith in our man.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04We've got faith in him. Oh, I don't believe it.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06But I have to say the auctioneer loved it.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Really? And he felt that it might fly a bit.
0:40:09 > 0:40:10I thought... Here we go, here we go.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Look at it. It's great.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Come on, team. Striking lot, isn't it?
0:40:14 > 0:40:16And ?50 I am bid.
0:40:16 > 0:40:17At 50, 60 for it.
0:40:17 > 0:40:2060 I am bid. 70, 80, 90...
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Go on, come on. 100, 110, 120, 130.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25At 120. 130 online.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27140 for it.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31At 130, 140 I am bid. Yes! 150.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35This is sensational. 140 in the room and I shall sell it.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37?140...
0:40:37 > 0:40:38And 50 I am bid.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41160, 170.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44At 160, a room bidder.
0:40:44 > 0:40:45The world's in a spin.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47?160. Yes!
0:40:47 > 0:40:51?160! Thanks. That's a ?60 profit.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Brilliant. That's marvellous.
0:40:53 > 0:40:5660 plus 25 is ?85.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58You are ?85 up.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Brilliant. I'm over the moon.
0:41:00 > 0:41:01That is stratospheric.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04It is. Now, not a word to the Reds.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08No. It might be a winning score but it might not be a winning score.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11?85 is no guarantee, I can tell you. No.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14So keep quiet and we will find out later.
0:41:14 > 0:41:15Happy, aren't we? Very happy. Yes.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Well, well, well, you lot, what a competition.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30Profits here, profits there, profits everywhere.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32But somebody has won.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35And we don't have losers, we have runners-up,
0:41:35 > 0:41:39who have acquitted themselves superbly and today,
0:41:39 > 0:41:42the runners-up are without doubt...
0:41:42 > 0:41:45the Red team. Oh, no! Yes!
0:41:45 > 0:41:50You still made ?20, though, which was magnificent.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52It could've been a bit more, of course,
0:41:52 > 0:41:54had you gone with the great man's axe.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Well, yes. But you are to be praised, really,
0:41:56 > 0:41:59you didn't lose money on anything at all.
0:41:59 > 0:42:00You made ?20 on that barrel,
0:42:00 > 0:42:04and the other two objects washed their face, didn't they?
0:42:04 > 0:42:07But here, what about you Blues?
0:42:07 > 0:42:10Led by the great man Hanson.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13You started off very badly, didn't you? ?25 lost on that box.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17Yes. Didn't do very well, but your garden swing!
0:42:17 > 0:42:18We swung high. Oh, yes.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20The garden swing made ?40.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24Oh, yes. Then, of course, you went with that extraordinary chair.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27The globe chair... Iconic chair. Which made ?60...
0:42:27 > 0:42:29So you made ?85.
0:42:29 > 0:42:30Wow. Well done.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Thank you.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36Remarkable. All that remains for me is to give you money.
0:42:36 > 0:42:37?20.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41Thank you! Yay! You clever clogs, ?85. Thank you. Isn't that magnificent?
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Brilliant. Lovely. Have you had a good time?
0:42:43 > 0:42:47Excellent, thank you. Enjoyed it? Lovely. Yes, brilliant. Good. Have you enjoyed it, girls? We have.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Has he behaved himself? No. No. No, I did think he would.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52Why change the habits of a lifetime?
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