0:00:05 > 0:00:08Today, we are in Newark in Nottinghamshire.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12And do you know, one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century
0:00:12 > 0:00:14used to enjoy a good old game of snooker
0:00:14 > 0:00:16in this gentleman's club.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17The Newark Town Club.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Can you guess who it is?
0:00:19 > 0:00:23Clue number one - he famously fought with some desert tribes.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30Clue number two - Peter O'Toole portrayed his character
0:00:30 > 0:00:32in this epic film.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Well, of course you've got it.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40It was none other than Lawrence of Arabia.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43But will it be the Reds or the Blues that strike it lucky today?
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Well, it's time to find out.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Let's go Bargain Hunting!
0:01:13 > 0:01:15So with two antique centres to rummage around,
0:01:15 > 0:01:17there's plenty of choice for our teams.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21They have £300 and just one hour
0:01:21 > 0:01:23in which to buy three items to take off to auction
0:01:23 > 0:01:25and, hopefully, make a profit.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28So let's take a sneaky peek at what's coming up.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32The Reds have a secret weapon.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34I'll set my wife on you.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36No, no.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39And the Blues are struggling to make themselves heard.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40- Julie!- Julie!
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- Hello, Julie!- Julie.- Julie.- Julie.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47And at the auction, there's plenty of excitement for the Reds.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48Brilliant.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50And surprises for the Blues.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Gavel!
0:01:53 > 0:01:54That's all for later.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Now let's meet today's teams,
0:01:56 > 0:01:57and for the Reds today,
0:01:57 > 0:01:59we have Angela and Ken,
0:01:59 > 0:02:01and the Blues, Frank and Susan.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02- Hello, everyone.- Hello, Charlie.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Lovely to see you all.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Now, Angela, how did you two meet?
0:02:06 > 0:02:08- We met in a cupboard.- A cupboard?
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Yes, we were playing sardines.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13- How old were you?- 16?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Isn't 16 a little old for sardines?
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Oh, no, no.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19It is very good for sardines.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22And then we got married five years later.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24You're not still in the cupboard, are you?
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- Yeah, I am.- You have been in the cupboard all your life.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- All my life.- Never mind.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Now, you used to be a teacher, didn't you?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Yes, I was headteacher of a primary school.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34What do you do now then?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Well, I'm retired now.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38I help at the church,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41I do the children's services at the church
0:02:41 > 0:02:44and I get them learning and doing poetry.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- Yeah.- It makes them learn good poetry.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Oh, wonderful. Now, Ken, you are retired.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- I am, yes.- What did you do when you were earning a crust?
0:02:52 > 0:02:53Well, I was an engineer.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56I took over my father's engineering business
0:02:56 > 0:02:59and after he retired, I ran it until I retired.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03- Yeah.- So what I do now is walk the dog...
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- Yes.- Do what Angela tells me to do quite a lot.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09- Go in the cupboard.- Go in the cupboard a bit.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10And we have travelled an awful lot.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13So when it comes to the shopping, what about tactics?
0:03:13 > 0:03:14Have you discussed it?
0:03:14 > 0:03:15Well, we have discussed it.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Yes, but we forget that.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21And so I might get one and Angela, I think, will probably get two.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25We'll have a quick look and then I'll decide.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Will you be spending small or big?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29- Oh, big.- We are going for profit.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Spending big, going for profit, can't wait.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Anyway, enjoy your shopping.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36- Thank you.- Thank you, Reds.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Now, for the Blues, Susan and Frank.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Susan, how did you two meet?
0:03:40 > 0:03:42- At a party.- At a party?
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Yes, there were three single ladies and three single men
0:03:46 > 0:03:48and I thought, "Oh, I'll pick Frank."
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- You picked Frank.- And I'm still here.
0:03:50 > 0:03:5238 years later.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54It has all gone swimmingly since then?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- Yes.- Now, Susan, what did you do before you retired?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00I was a health visitor and then a midwife before that for 20 years.
0:04:00 > 0:04:01Extremely rewarding.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- Oh, yes, yes.- You get a prize at the end of it every time.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Well, as a midwife we got all the credit for delivering babies,
0:04:07 > 0:04:11but actually the ladies delivered the babies, but we took the credit.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Frank, what about you?
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Now, before you retired, what were you doing?
0:04:14 > 0:04:16I had been a truck driver for 30 years.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19So I have had a chance to travel around a bit,
0:04:19 > 0:04:23that is why, me and Suzy, when we say we have been together,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26we are learning to be married now, if you know what I mean.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Frank, you are also a keen caravanner, aren't you?
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Oh, yes, I love going caravanning.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34I think people get stressed when you get behind them,
0:04:34 > 0:04:36but, actually, when you're behind the wheel,
0:04:36 > 0:04:38it is so relaxing, I think, caravanning.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40So have you ever been on holiday in a caravan together?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42We have, haven't we, love? Yes.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43We went on holiday in the caravan
0:04:43 > 0:04:46and Frank got there and he'd forgotten all his trousers.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Oh, that were another thing. That were another case.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51I was so excited to set off, and one thing or another...
0:04:51 > 0:04:53This is like Carry On Bargain Hunt!
0:04:53 > 0:04:55I went back home to get my clothes.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59I think that is enough about your trousers.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00What will you need for your shopping?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- Money.- Very quick.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04£300, please.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Absolutely. Well, I've got £300 for you.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09It's a lot of money to a Yorkshireman.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13A huge amount. I've got £300 for you.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Now, off you go, have a wonderful shop.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Thank you.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Well, we have the cupboard dwellers versus the caravanners,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23but who will be going home with a golden gavel?
0:05:24 > 0:05:28And we've lined up a couple of talented experts for today's teams.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31It is super-softy Philip Serrel for the Reds.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37And cutting it for the Blues, it's Charles Hanson.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Have you got a plan?
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Yeah, I want something Art Nouveau or maybe wooden.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Feeling confident? What is your plan?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49We are from Yorkshire so we don't want to spend a lot of brass.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51- ANGELA:- Something I like.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53There is not much "we" in this, is there, really?
0:05:53 > 0:05:54- No.- Is there ever?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56No, not really.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I am looking for something bright.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59Yellow is my favourite colour.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03Better to travel in expectation than arrive in disappointment.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Follow me, we'll go left down here. Come on.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Right, teams, your time starts now.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Well, the teams have quite some shopping list,
0:06:11 > 0:06:13but, luckily, there is plenty to choose from
0:06:13 > 0:06:15here at the local antique centres.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17OK, let's wander around and have a look.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21But remember the time is on, our hour is ebbing away.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22And it looks like the Blues
0:06:22 > 0:06:25might have already spotted a potential purchase.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27What I saw in front of me is a gorgeous table.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32- Yes.- And I think this table, just looking,
0:06:32 > 0:06:34it is described as being 1790.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38In fact, looking at this ballister-block construction,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- I think it is more like 1680.- 1680?
0:06:41 > 0:06:45In fact, I think what we have got here is a late 17th-century table.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49If you saw this table, Susan, what's it worth?
0:06:50 > 0:06:52300? It might be all our money.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56No, I am looking at maybe about 180.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58180.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Did you see the ticket price?
0:07:00 > 0:07:02No, honestly, I did not see the ticket price.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- Is it 180?- It is 185.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- I am on the money.- I think the stallholder is over there.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08Hello, madam.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Here comes Julie from the antique centre to talk prices.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Could we try about 90, just keep it under 100?
0:07:15 > 0:07:19- Try about 90?- I'll have a word and see what I can find out for you.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Thank you.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23While the Blues are waiting for a price,
0:07:23 > 0:07:24what have the Reds stumbled across?
0:07:26 > 0:07:28One of the reasons why I love this job...
0:07:29 > 0:07:31..is the social history.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32So what is that for?
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Pay?
0:07:33 > 0:07:40No, this would come on a long pole and it is for stabbing eels.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- Really?!- For stabbing eels?
0:07:42 > 0:07:46- An eel catcher?- When they are coming past you, it is an eel fork.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Oh, that's fantastic.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49It is just a nice bit of social history, isn't it?
0:07:49 > 0:07:53Yes. That is the kind of thing I like.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54- Let's keep wandering.- Right.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Sounds like a plan, Reds.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Off you scoot. Meanwhile, will it be good news for the Blues?
0:08:00 > 0:08:02- Hello.- Hello,
0:08:02 > 0:08:03I've had a word with the dealer...
0:08:03 > 0:08:08- Hold tight.- ..and he said the best that he can do is 120.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10That is really good to know.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11I mean, isn't that good?
0:08:11 > 0:08:14I was going to say, I was looking at that sort of price.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Should we mental-note it?
0:08:16 > 0:08:18And we can come back to it?
0:08:18 > 0:08:20We'll come back to it, thank you.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Thank you, Julie.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25OK, not quite the discount you were after,
0:08:25 > 0:08:27but definitely one to consider.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Now, the Reds are racing ahead.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Hey, look at this bike.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Oh, I like this.
0:08:33 > 0:08:34You like the bike.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Why do you like the bike?
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Because it is genuinely old, and it had a use.
0:08:39 > 0:08:44It's not just a useless bit of something that is old.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45And also I REMEMBER these.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47- No!- I do.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48- No!- I do remember them.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51They used to bring our vegetables when I lived in Plymouth.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- Really?- Yes.- It hasn't got a chain, it wants restoration,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57so it's really a decorative item.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- Yes.- It's a decorative item,
0:08:59 > 0:09:05but I think these are great advertising signs.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09If you have got the local butchers, the baker, the candlestick maker,
0:09:09 > 0:09:10have it nicely done up.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13You haven't said much yet.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17You noticed my wife's enthusiasm for the bike.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Then I thought, "Well, I'll just stand back and let her...
0:09:20 > 0:09:22- Be enthusiastic.- "..buy the bike."
0:09:22 > 0:09:24It is always good to have someone to blame, isn't it?
0:09:24 > 0:09:25That is the way I work.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27It's all down to money, isn't it?
0:09:27 > 0:09:28- As ever.- How much is it?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Well, I think, if you have a bad day,
0:09:31 > 0:09:32it's going to make 100 quid.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35If you have a good day, it could make 250, 300.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- Really?- Yeah, but you really are in the lap of the gods in this.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Difficult, isn't it?
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Well, time to get a price from the owner of the antiques centre.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43Simon?
0:09:45 > 0:09:46Don't say, "On your bike!"
0:09:48 > 0:09:49We like your push-bike.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Yeah.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53What's the ticket price on that?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- 220.- I was thinking one and a half, if we could?
0:09:56 > 0:09:57Yeah. Please.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01- 160.- 155.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02- Go on.- Can I just...?
0:10:05 > 0:10:06I wouldn't argue with her, honestly.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08I've had a word with Ken.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09It's best not to argue.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- 155?- 155, yeah.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- Thank you.- Well done.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19A good haggle and your first buy, all in just 15 minutes.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- Let's go that way, OK?- Right.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22Well done, Reds.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25But are the Blues any closer to finding their first item?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27That's nice. Come in here, Frank, with me.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29What's in there that you've seen?
0:10:29 > 0:10:31I like the little silver inkwell and the stand.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- Why?- I don't know. It's pretty and I like writing letters.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- Do you? Well done.- Yes. - In the old-fashioned way?
0:10:36 > 0:10:38- Yes.- That's lovely.- Snail mail.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40It's marked Edwardian, Edwardian period.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42When did Edward VII die?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44I will test your knowledge.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45To be honest, I can't tell you.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47- 1910.- 1910, yeah.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51So, we know it's a real antique, it's pre-1910.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Take it out, have a handle.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55What's lovely is it's hallmarked.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- Yeah.- And I can tell you, they have called it Edwardian.
0:10:58 > 0:11:04The date code on there is for Birmingham, 1901.
0:11:04 > 0:11:051901.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08That melt was made for that lovely...
0:11:08 > 0:11:14What you might call a navette George III neoclassic inkwell
0:11:14 > 0:11:16with its lovely cut-glass bottle.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- I like it.- I like that an' all.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22- I like your look. - But how much is it worth, Charles?
0:11:22 > 0:11:23Julie's over there.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Julie, would you see how much we could get for that, please?
0:11:26 > 0:11:27The best price.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31The best that we can actually do on it is £40.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35I think that's our first buy there, I think it is.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38And I would agree with Frank.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39- Yes.- Sold! First buy!
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Sold. Thank you. Brilliant.
0:11:41 > 0:11:42Going, going...
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- ALL:- Gone.- Thanks ever so much.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46And there you have it, Blues.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Your first item in the bag, just over 20 minutes in.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Back to the Reds, who have spotted some rather scary equipment.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53That is terrifying, isn't it?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55It is terrifying, isn't it?
0:11:55 > 0:11:58All of these horrendous looking instruments inside there.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01My teeth! How much is that?
0:12:01 > 0:12:04- Too much.- 445.- 445.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05- Just a bit too much.- Just a bit.
0:12:05 > 0:12:06- Oh, no.- But this is interesting.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08- What's that?- It's a Morse key.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- Dot-dot-dot-dit-dit-dit.- Yeah.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12- Shall we have a look at that? - Yeah, I think we should.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17MACHINE CLICKS
0:12:17 > 0:12:20There's someone trying to get through!
0:12:20 > 0:12:23- Bit missing there.- Yeah, there's a chunk off there.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25It's made in Bakelite, which is quite cool.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27I quite like that.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29I like that. I like funny things.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31I know, I know, I know!
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- Bank that.- What do you think?
0:12:34 > 0:12:37£39. I mean, I think we'd get...
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- 25.- 20 quid for it.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43- 20?- Any chance we could get nearer the £20 mark?
0:12:43 > 0:12:45I can't go to 20, but I will do 25.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47I will set my wife on you!
0:12:47 > 0:12:49SHE LAUGHS
0:12:51 > 0:12:52I don't think that's too bad.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55I like it. It's a very interesting piece.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57I've no idea what it would do but...
0:12:57 > 0:12:58- We've just bought it.- I think so.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00- I think so.- God bless.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01- Thank you.- Thank you very much.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03You make this game look easy.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Item two is in the bag just under the halfway mark.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09So, how do you think it's going, team?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11I think we are doing very well in the time.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13- Yeah.- Half an hour.- I think so too.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- Does Phil agree?- I thought Ken and I were going to buy the next thing,
0:13:16 > 0:13:19but I've got a sneaking suspicion that it might just go Angela's way.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22But it's all good fun, and I think they've done really, really well.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Back to the Blues, and Charles is getting rather excited.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28I quite like that bowl down there
0:13:28 > 0:13:32because, actually, it says an antique Chinese bowl,
0:13:32 > 0:13:35but I think that bowl could be about 500 or 600 years old.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38If I say to you, look in the inside, if I lift you up...
0:13:38 > 0:13:40I will lift you up.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41Just look on the inside of that bowl.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43- Can you see?- Yes.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- What's inside it?- Speckles.
0:13:45 > 0:13:50I think that is crustaceans when it's been within the sea.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54- In the sea.- And it is a piece of shipwrecked porcelain.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56It could be real sunken treasure.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57- Yeah.- I think it's wonderful.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59And how much is it, Charlie?
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Price label says...
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Hold tight, £28.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04- Oh.- Isn't that wonderful?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07And when it goes to auction, will they describe it like you are?
0:14:07 > 0:14:11I would hope they would put "shipwrecked porcelain -
0:14:11 > 0:14:13a very early... Etc, etc,"
0:14:13 > 0:14:16And they will do their homework, I'm sure.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Do you think 18?
0:14:18 > 0:14:21- Let me go and get Julie.- If you'll get Julie, please.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24You two negotiate, you are a marriage made in heaven.
0:14:24 > 0:14:25And hopefully the bowl...
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Oh, yeah, I hope it's back in one piece when you come back.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- It's got cracks.- It's the age.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- It's the age of it.- I know. - Do you know what I mean?
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Go on, then, Julie.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35We are showing a bit of interest in this, Julie.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37The dealer said 20.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Would he consider a little bit less?
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Maybe 18?
0:14:41 > 0:14:44£19? Under 20.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46He will push it to 18.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48- He will? Thank you.- Oh, right.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49A contract, I think, is made.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- 18.- OK.- Thank you, Julie.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- That's all right, is that. - Thanks ever so much, Julie.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Guys, great. That's two down.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58We have got almost half an hour left over.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- Come on. Let's go.- Yes, thank you.
0:15:01 > 0:15:02So, off you go, Charles.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Work your magic. Meanwhile...
0:15:14 > 0:15:16While the teams carry on with their shopping,
0:15:16 > 0:15:21I am off to see Kevin Winter at the National Civil War Centre in Newark.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22And I am going to find out more
0:15:22 > 0:15:25about one of the 20th century's most iconic figures -
0:15:25 > 0:15:26Lawrence of Arabia.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Kevin, it's lovely to meet you,
0:15:33 > 0:15:37especially in these extraordinarily atmospheric surroundings.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Can you tell me, just who was this man behind the famous robe?
0:15:41 > 0:15:44He'd started life as an archaeologist,
0:15:44 > 0:15:46worked in Syria for three years,
0:15:46 > 0:15:471911 to 1914.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51And it was that knowledge of the Arab tribes that he developed
0:15:51 > 0:15:52while he was there
0:15:52 > 0:15:55that made him useful to the intelligence community.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00So, when World War I broke out in 1914,
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Lawrence joined the military
0:16:02 > 0:16:06and soon became a liaison officer between the British and the Arabs.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Fighting alongside Prince Faisal and the desert tribes
0:16:09 > 0:16:11during the 1916-18 Arab revolt,
0:16:11 > 0:16:15he eventually helped topple the Turkish Ottoman Empire.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19So, how did this relatively unknown officer become such a famous figure?
0:16:19 > 0:16:21I think it was because he knew
0:16:21 > 0:16:25how to lead the tribes in a way that nobody else did.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28He essentially invented what we now understand
0:16:28 > 0:16:30as modern guerrilla warfare,
0:16:30 > 0:16:34with small groups attacking infrastructure and railways
0:16:34 > 0:16:37and escaping back into the desert as quickly as they could.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39They described him as like a mist.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Turned into a celebrity by the end of the war
0:16:44 > 0:16:48and immortalised by Peter O'Toole in the classic 1962 film,
0:16:48 > 0:16:51his legacy has always been subject to scrutiny and doubt.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55But recently, a team of archaeologists
0:16:55 > 0:16:57from the Great Arab Revolt Project
0:16:57 > 0:17:00discovered artefacts in the Jordanian desert
0:17:00 > 0:17:04which were able to shed new light on Lawrence's role in the war.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06So, Kevin, what have we got here?
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Well, these are items mainly from the Hallat Ammar Ambush.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12This site is actually mentioned, isn't it,
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- in the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, his book?- It is.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17The Seven Pillars of Wisdom was Lawrence's own account
0:17:17 > 0:17:19of his role in the Arab Revolt
0:17:19 > 0:17:22and the archaeologists from the Great Arab Revolt Project
0:17:22 > 0:17:24took that with them into the desert
0:17:24 > 0:17:26and they were able to find the sites
0:17:26 > 0:17:29almost exactly as Lawrence described them.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Gosh. That really is definitive proof, isn't it?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- Absolutely. Yeah. - And what have we got here?
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Well, this is part of the sleeper and plate.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Because they are in the desert,
0:17:39 > 0:17:41most of the sleepers aren't made of wood.
0:17:41 > 0:17:42They are metal sleepers.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- Yeah.- And the broken bits are pieces of the rail
0:17:45 > 0:17:47that were blown up as part of that raid.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50But of course, a key part of Lawrence's iconic image
0:17:50 > 0:17:53has always been the traditional Arab dress.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55My word.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Now, this is a famous robe, isn't it?
0:17:57 > 0:18:00It is. This was worn by Lawrence.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02We're fairly sure that he wore this in the desert.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05And certainly when they came to London in 1919,
0:18:05 > 0:18:07he is certainly pictured in this robe.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Now, you've also got something here
0:18:12 > 0:18:14that has a connection directly with the area, haven't you?
0:18:14 > 0:18:15We do.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- Here it is. - What a piece of machinery!
0:18:24 > 0:18:27- Beautiful, isn't it? - A Brough Superior?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Brough Superior, SS100.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Guaranteed to do at least 100mph.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33So, what is the specific connection
0:18:33 > 0:18:36between the Brough Superior and TE Lawrence?
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Well, Lawrence owned seven of these Broughs,
0:18:39 > 0:18:42each one picked up from the factory in Nottingham.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44He used to ride it into Newark once a week
0:18:44 > 0:18:46to play snooker at the town club.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48And for a man that liked a bit of action,
0:18:48 > 0:18:50this is the sort of bike to have?
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Absolutely. There are records of him racing a fighter...
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- Really?!- ..along the lanes of Lincolnshire.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- Yeah.- And sadly, of course,
0:18:59 > 0:19:02he was quite possibly going too fast at the end.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06Possibly, yeah. He came up a dip in the road.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08There were two delivery boys riding two abreast,
0:19:08 > 0:19:09and he swerved to miss them,
0:19:09 > 0:19:11clipped the back wheel of one of them,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14went across the road and hit his head against a tree.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Tragic, tragic end to an extraordinary life.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- Absolutely.- Yeah.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21Kevin, thank you so much.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25A fascinating tale of an extraordinary man.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Meanwhile, let's find out
0:19:27 > 0:19:29just how our teams are getting on with their shopping.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37It's two-all, and Charles is starting to feel the pressure.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Team, we've got 15 minutes to go.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- Not 50, 15.- 15.- So, come on.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45And Angela is yet again on the case for the Reds.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47This looks interesting.
0:19:47 > 0:19:53- What is it?- It's a gentleman's canvas and leather holdall.
0:19:53 > 0:19:5895. It would have to be a lot less, but I quite like that.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02I think that means that you and I probably quite like it as well.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Do you think it's a saleable product, Phil, do you reckon?
0:20:05 > 0:20:07That could make between £30 and £50, I think.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09- I think we're struggling.- Yes.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10OK. Let's put that back then.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13We've got ten minutes left, and I've seen something down here.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14It's not small.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- No.- But it... I think it's a great bit of social history.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Right. Shall we go and have a look? Let's have a look.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20- Let's have a look.- Go for it.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Wise decision, Phil,
0:20:22 > 0:20:24especially as time is fast disappearing.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Meanwhile, the Blues are trying their luck upstairs.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Into battle, we go upstairs.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32- Ooh!- Sorry.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Steady on, Charles.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36I think, just get looking.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Now, have the Reds found something that might just sweep up a profit?
0:20:42 > 0:20:43Look at these. Look.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45- Let me just...- Oh, yeah.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Vacuum cleaners.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48- Vacuum cleaners.- Very old.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51This one is £66.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54- Yes.- And this one is £33.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56I can't quite work this one out for a minute.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57- Pump action.- Right.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- OK. Got it.- They are both operated...
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- I can see this.- ..on a bellows action.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02Yeah.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05So, in terms of age, always have a good look,
0:21:05 > 0:21:07because you never know what you might see.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08There we are.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11The Reeves Pneumatic Broom.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16It says here, look, patented, July the 23rd, 1913.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19So we therefore know that it is post-1913.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22If you want to be really mean, perhaps offer him, I don't know,
0:21:22 > 0:21:2520 quid for that one, or 30 or 40 quid for that one,
0:21:25 > 0:21:27or perhaps the two.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28- Simon.- I think the two.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31We are hoping we might clean up here.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- That's really good.- Thanks.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35What's the best Simon can do on this one?
0:21:35 > 0:21:36That one can be 20.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- Yeah.- Good.- Best on that one is 45.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41And if we bought the two, can we tickle a...?
0:21:41 > 0:21:42- No.- That's the finish, is it?
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- Right.- Right, if it were me...
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Yes?
0:21:46 > 0:21:48I would buy that one for 20 quid.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50- Right.- If it were me.- I think, this time...
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- Sorry. Sorry.- She's going to make a decision.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- For us.- For us.- Thank you.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56I think, this time, we will go with you, Phil,
0:21:56 > 0:21:58and we will buy just that one.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59No, I am in shock now.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01So, can we shake the man's hand?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Have we agreed?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05- Up to you, my love. - What do you think?
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Shake the man's hand. 20 quid.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08- 20 quid.- Really good.- Thank you.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10- Well done.- Done. - I'm glad we bought that.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12THEY LAUGH
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Loving your style, Reds.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16All three items done and dusted.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Right, Blues. Time to step up your game.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Less than five minutes left.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21Come over here with it.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- How much is it?- I was going to say, there's no price on it.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26That's one of the better ones, is that.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Is this for me?
0:22:28 > 0:22:29- Go on.- Yeah, yeah.- Go on, then.
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Could we ask Julie about that, then?
0:22:30 > 0:22:33OK. I'll go and find Julie. I'll leave you with him and the loco.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35- There's no price on it, Susan. - No, there's no price.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Whilst Charles rushes off to get a price, the pressure is off the Reds.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40There's five minutes left, so we can...
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- We've done well.- ..relax.- We can.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Well, almost.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Now you can look for your bonus buy.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47Back to the Blues...
0:22:49 > 0:22:51- 90.- 90?!
0:22:51 > 0:22:52Nine zero.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55We have three minutes to go, Charles, or less.
0:22:55 > 0:22:56I'll put it back. Susie, get racing.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Come on, quickly. Put the train down.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Come on, Sue. This is when you've got to move.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Candlesticks on the table.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Two minutes to go, hurry up.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05Full steam ahead.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10So, basically, we have got a minute and a half left.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14- Yes.- We either go for this table, which I adore.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16What else do we see?
0:23:16 > 0:23:17I only see the table.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19- Do you really?- I do, yes.
0:23:19 > 0:23:20We'll have the table. You've convinced me.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Obviously, Charlie Ross...
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Charlie, obviously, is a very old-fashioned man.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29I think he will greatly respect us for going antique and furniture.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31And you are going down on your knees.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Exactly. I love the table.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35I think it's a beautiful, beautiful table.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38- We're having the table. - So, we've got 25 seconds left.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Have we done the deal? Where's Julie?
0:23:39 > 0:23:41- Julie!- Julie! Quick, please.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43- Julie!- Julie!
0:23:43 > 0:23:45- Julie!- 19 seconds...
0:23:45 > 0:23:47- Hello, Julie.- Julie?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Julie?
0:23:49 > 0:23:5015 seconds...
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Julie!
0:23:52 > 0:23:53- Don't panic.- Julie.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Now, team...
0:23:55 > 0:23:56- Yes.- It's a yes from us.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59- The table.- 120 is the very best?
0:23:59 > 0:24:00- Yes. Yes.- We'll take it.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02We'll take it at the price because it is a good price.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- Ten seconds left.- Ten seconds left.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06In the Yorkshire way, we have got it.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- Yes.- Well done, team. We were mean on time.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13Well done, Blues. You clinched your final item in the nick of time.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14BELL RINGS
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Checkmate. Right, teams, your time is up.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Now, let's have a look at what the Red team have bought.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24They raced ahead with this delivery man's bicycle,
0:24:24 > 0:24:27costing them a whopping £155.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32Next up, they bought this brass Morse key, setting them back £25.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36And finally, will this vintage vacuum cleaner clean up
0:24:36 > 0:24:40or bite the dust at the auction? Price paid, £20.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Angela and Ken, what a perfect marriage.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Angela, you go off and buy a butcher's bike
0:24:45 > 0:24:46and Ken buys a vacuum cleaner.
0:24:46 > 0:24:47What's all that about?
0:24:47 > 0:24:51This is a proper sort of splitting of duties, isn't it?
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Did you have a really nice time?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- We did.- We did.- It was fantastic.
0:24:55 > 0:24:56- Really, really good.- Wasn't it? - It was.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Sorry?
0:24:58 > 0:24:59THEY LAUGH
0:24:59 > 0:25:02When she pauses, you have to get in quick, otherwise...
0:25:02 > 0:25:04You just don't get a chance to say anything.
0:25:04 > 0:25:05Phil and I had to struggle a bit.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07We got through it eventually.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08Which is your favourite lot?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Well, the vacuum cleaner.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12It's going to make a fortune!
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Which will make the biggest profit?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Maybe the vacuum cleaner.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Maybe not. We'll see.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20- What about you?- The butcher's bike.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- Yeah?- Yes.- I take my hat off to you, you spent £200.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25We did. We did well, didn't we?
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- We did our best.- You did very, very well.
0:25:27 > 0:25:28- Yes.- Now, you've got £100 left.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30- Yes.- Can I have it, please?
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Don't look so begrudging about it.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35It's going to the great man here.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36£100.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39I'm sure he'll buy us something fantastic.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Well, we'll find out. What are you going to do with it, Phil?
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Well, I don't know, but I think I'm going to try and blow the lot and
0:25:44 > 0:25:46while they're cleaning up with the vacuum,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48I'll try and see if I can find something to do the windows.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53So, while Phil goes off to meet the window cleaner,
0:25:53 > 0:25:55we'll check out what the Blue team have bought.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58They signed the deal on this Victorian silver inkwell
0:25:58 > 0:25:59costing them £40.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Then they paid £18 for this pretty Oriental bowl,
0:26:04 > 0:26:06hoping it will serve up a profit.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09And finally, in the nick of time,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12they splashed out on this oak gate-legged table.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Price paid, £120.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Frank and Sue, that was a bit down to the wire, wasn't it?
0:26:18 > 0:26:19- It was.- Seconds.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23Goodness me. But you ended up with ten seconds to spare buying the
0:26:23 > 0:26:27- first thing that you saw.- Yes. We didn't really want anything big and brown, but we ended up with...
0:26:27 > 0:26:31You bought something very big and very brown and very expensive,
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- didn't you?- Yes.- Now, what's your favourite lot, Sue?
0:26:34 > 0:26:37I like the little inkwell, the little silver inkwell.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- Yeah. Do you think that will make the biggest profit? - Maybe the bowl will.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41- But I'm not sure.- Maybe the bowl?
0:26:41 > 0:26:44- What about you?- I like the table, really.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46- You like the table? - Oh, I do, I like the table.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Do you think that will make the biggest profit?
0:26:48 > 0:26:50No. I think possibly the bowl on the price.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53You think the bowl, buy on price?
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Yes. Well, you spent £178.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59- We did.- Which, by my reckoning, leaves 122 left over.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Who's got the 122?
0:27:02 > 0:27:03I can't possibly imagine.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05122.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Come on! Come on!
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Well done. Now, that goes off to young...
0:27:09 > 0:27:12- Thank you.- ..Mr Hanson there.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15- What are you going to do with it? - Well, I think the art of antique
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- buying is all about educating my team.- Yes.- So, may that continue.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20While Charles goes off to school, we're off to the auction.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34I've come down the road to Nottingham to Mellors & Kirk
0:27:34 > 0:27:36and today, I'm with the boss, Nigel Kirk.
0:27:36 > 0:27:37- Hello.- Very welcome.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Now, Angela and Ken, the Red team,
0:27:40 > 0:27:43kicked off their purchases with this splendid chariot.
0:27:43 > 0:27:44It's great, isn't it?
0:27:44 > 0:27:48- A genuine delivery man's bicycle, probably the 1930s.- Yeah.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51It's the sort of thing somebody would buy and put outside a butcher's shop
0:27:51 > 0:27:53or grocery shop or something.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56What about a delivery bicycle for Mellors & Kirk?
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Good idea. Would be rather quaint.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02- What about value?- £40-60.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04- Yeah.- It could make more, couldn't it?
0:28:04 > 0:28:06- I'd like it a bit more than that. - Yes.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09£155.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11I suppose they're hard to find.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14- Yes.- It wouldn't surprise me if it made that sort of money.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18- No.- But it's dangerous to put too much of a high estimate on.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20- Limited market.- Yeah.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Well, moving on from there, what about the Morse code tapper?
0:28:23 > 0:28:24Beautifully made, isn't it?
0:28:24 > 0:28:28- Yes.- Apparatus like that of that period, the early 20th century,
0:28:28 > 0:28:32is always very well engineered, superb materials.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35The only disappointment is so many of these things have no provenance.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38- No.- If one could say it had come from a particular ship or...
0:28:38 > 0:28:41But in the absence of provenance, £20-30.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Well, they paid 25 so...
0:28:43 > 0:28:44- That's all right.- ..should be pretty safe.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Now, the latest broom here.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51Yes. I think Sir James Dyson even would be hard pressed to improve on
0:28:51 > 0:28:54that. It's a splendid machine, isn't it?
0:28:54 > 0:28:56It's magnificent. You'd have to be quite fit to use it though.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Yes. Well, of course, you wouldn't use it, because
0:28:58 > 0:29:01the person that bought it was the lady of the house.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04- Yes.- She would've had servants and staff to use it.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Of course. What about value?
0:29:06 > 0:29:08I would've thought £20-40.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10They only paid £20.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12- Can't go wrong.- A couple of quick bids...
0:29:12 > 0:29:16- Yeah.- ..from your swiftly wielding gavel and you'll be away.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Wonderful. But of course they might need their bonus buy.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Let's have a look at what Phil bought.
0:29:21 > 0:29:22Well, Angela and Ken,
0:29:22 > 0:29:25you left him £100 and he said he was going off to blow the lot.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28- Right.- Has he? - Yes, I did.- Shall we have a look?
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32- What have you got for us?- Wow!- Oh!
0:29:32 > 0:29:34- That's lovely.- It is, isn't it?
0:29:34 > 0:29:36This is the stairway to success.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38- To heaven, yes.- It's superb.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41I like it. I think it's really nice, I really do, actually.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45- Do you honestly think that counts for anything? - No, it doesn't count for a lot.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47I just thought I'd say, you know?
0:29:47 > 0:29:50- How much did you pay for this, Phil? - Well, they cost me £100.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Right. How much do you think we'll get?
0:29:53 > 0:29:55I think they're neither fish nor fowl, these.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57They're either going to make 30, 35 quid, or 150, 200.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59I don't think there's anywhere in the middle.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02What you need is two people to believe in them.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04- Yes.- Well, you don't have to make up your mind now.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07- Yeah.- Anyway, meanwhile,
0:30:07 > 0:30:09let's see what the auctioneer thinks about the steps.
0:30:09 > 0:30:14Well, if you've got a library, you could have some bamboo library steps.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18You could indeed. They look really quite interesting.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21- Yes.- They could be Regency period, or early Victorian.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24- Yes.- But on close examination, they're not old.
0:30:24 > 0:30:25No.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28They'd be worth a lot of money if they were early 19th-century,
0:30:28 > 0:30:31- wouldn't they?- Oh, they would. Library furniture is extremely sore,
0:30:31 > 0:30:32thousands of pounds.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34- Yes.- And they look good.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- Yeah.- They look the part, but they're not genuine.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39No, no, so that's going to hamper the value.
0:30:39 > 0:30:40I suggest £40-60.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44Mmm. Phil went and splashed out £100 on these.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- Did he?- Mmm. - It does seem rather a lot.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Do you think he knew something we didn't?
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Perhaps they might be older, but I'd be...
0:30:51 > 0:30:52No, I think you're right.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55I think you're right, you're going to have to work on those, I think.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59Well, that's the Red team, now let's have a quick look at the Blue team.
0:30:59 > 0:31:04And Susan and Frank started off by buying this silver inkwell.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Now, we've got a bit of a problem with this inkwell.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10It's quite a nice object, but something's missing, isn't it?
0:31:10 > 0:31:13It's incomplete. It's missing the cover that would have sat on top of the glass well.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Well, I have to say, Nigel, when they bought it, it had the cover.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Yes. And it's gone missing somewhere.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22So, if you could give us a value on it as it is...
0:31:22 > 0:31:24I think it's worth £20-30.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Yeah. After all it is silver and it's a pleasing-looking object.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31- Yes.- Now, of course, all-important, had it had the silver lid,
0:31:31 > 0:31:33what would it have been worth?
0:31:33 > 0:31:35I suppose it's £60-80, had it been complete.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38That sounds pretty good, really, because they paid £40.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Oh, it's such a shame in that case,
0:31:40 > 0:31:42because I think they would've made a profit.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44Yeah. Now the bowl.
0:31:44 > 0:31:45Where do you think it comes from?
0:31:45 > 0:31:49I think it's probably Southeast Asian, could well be Vietnamese.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52Yeah. What about age? I find these things so difficult to age.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54I think it almost certainly 19th-century.
0:31:54 > 0:31:55Do you? Yes.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57- What about a value? - I think with that one,
0:31:57 > 0:31:59the glaze is very heavily pitted.
0:31:59 > 0:32:04- Yeah. - So, £20-30 as an interesting curio.
0:32:04 > 0:32:05- Well, they only paid £18. - Very fair.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08The third lot they bought was the oak gate-legged table.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Now, I've had a damn good look at this oak gate-legged table
0:32:11 > 0:32:13and I'll be very interested to hear what you think about it.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16It's a marriage, and not a very felicitous one,
0:32:16 > 0:32:18because it's got a wrong top.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Although the base is 18th-century,
0:32:21 > 0:32:23the top is of later date
0:32:23 > 0:32:26and buyers do not want those.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28No, I think Charles was carried away in the heat of the moment, really.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31- So what have you managed to put on it?- £60-80.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34- Yeah. I think that's actually quite a generous estimate.- Oh, dear.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37- He paid £120 for it. - Well, that's even more generous.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41Well, yeah. Well, of course, now they might need their bonus buy.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Let's have a look at it.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Well, Susan and Frank, what did he say?
0:32:45 > 0:32:48He said he was going to go away and "educate his team".
0:32:48 > 0:32:53I would've thought there's more chance of you educating him, really, but we'll see what happens.
0:32:53 > 0:32:58- What have you got? - Charlie, sometimes in my team it's good to roll back the years.
0:32:58 > 0:33:03To really roll back to a time, a year before the Battle of Trafalgar.
0:33:03 > 0:33:04Where were you?
0:33:04 > 0:33:08And this young girl Dorothy Lowe was here,
0:33:08 > 0:33:10stitching this wonderful sampler.
0:33:10 > 0:33:15I just love it, because it has sentiment and it has a charm.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18And the verse reads, "Child of the summer charms."
0:33:18 > 0:33:23- That's lovely.- And this young girl was a charm, and a stylised foliage,
0:33:23 > 0:33:25got these chairs here, they're unusual.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27There's a stained mark here, Frank, have you noticed that?
0:33:27 > 0:33:28Oh, yeah, but that's age.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31- What do you think of it? Good?- Yeah, I do like it, yes.- You like it.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34- What about cost?- How much did you pay for it, Charles?
0:33:34 > 0:33:37What's it worth? I'm asking you, you've been on the hour in Bargain Hunt,
0:33:37 > 0:33:41- what would you pay for it? - £70-80?
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Um...I'd go about £60.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45OK, well, I'm a Derbyshire man,
0:33:45 > 0:33:48so a bit more than the Yorkshireman in his pocket!
0:33:48 > 0:33:51It cost me £90.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54I'm hoping it might make £100-150.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57- Good.- Well, I think the great thing is that all three of you like it.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00- Oh, yeah.- But what will the auctioneer think of it?
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Right, now, Charles went shopping,
0:34:04 > 0:34:08and purchased this sampler.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11- What do you think of that?- I think this is really a very attractive
0:34:11 > 0:34:14sampler that's spoilt by this staining and fading.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16It's a shame, isn't it?
0:34:16 > 0:34:22I see it was worked by a young girl at Carsington School in 1804.
0:34:22 > 0:34:23So it's early enough, isn't it?
0:34:23 > 0:34:26- It's early enough. - And it's not a bad frame.
0:34:26 > 0:34:27Not a bad frame, good size.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30I think it's worth £80-120, you'd give it a guide.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33Well, he paid £90, so it's right in the middle of your estimate.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35It's OK, I'd have thought.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37- You'll be taking the sale, no doubt? - I will.- Good.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Well, let's see how Nigel gets on with these objects.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Right. Brimming with excitement?
0:34:50 > 0:34:52- Absolutely.- Of course. Absolutely.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55- I'm overcome!- You're overcome.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57- Yeah.- Are you regulars of the saleroom?
0:34:57 > 0:34:59- Yes.- Are you?
0:34:59 > 0:35:01- Buying and selling?- No, just buying.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Just buying. Never sell anything!
0:35:03 > 0:35:08Well, anyway, the bicycle cost £155.
0:35:08 > 0:35:09Here it is, in all its splendour.
0:35:09 > 0:35:15Lot 196, the CWS delivery man's bicycle, with its basket.
0:35:15 > 0:35:21£30, only bid for it at 30, five, 40, 45. 45 I'll take for it.
0:35:21 > 0:35:2345, £50, 60, 70.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25At £60, 70, 80.
0:35:25 > 0:35:2780 for it, surely.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31At £70, £80, 90 for you.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35- 90.- You see?- 100, 110, 110, 120,
0:35:35 > 0:35:40130, 140, 150, 160...
0:35:40 > 0:35:41Sure?
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Yes? That's a bid.
0:35:43 > 0:35:48- 160...- You've done it!- 170. You sure?
0:35:48 > 0:35:50160 in the room. I sell.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52170 on the internet.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55- 180?- Go on, sir, try another.
0:35:55 > 0:35:56- Hard to find.- He's done another!
0:35:56 > 0:36:03190. At 180 in the room, I sell at £180.
0:36:03 > 0:36:08Brilliant! You've made £25 on an old bicycle!
0:36:08 > 0:36:11Phil and Angela and Ken!
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Here's the Morse key.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Lot number 197, it's a brass signal key,
0:36:16 > 0:36:18the Morse key. £20 for it, somebody.
0:36:18 > 0:36:2020. 20 I'm bid.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22At 20. 25 for it?
0:36:22 > 0:36:25At £20 only, maiden bid of 20. 25 anywhere?
0:36:25 > 0:36:27- Come on.- 25 I'm bid online.
0:36:27 > 0:36:28But can you get to 30?
0:36:28 > 0:36:31At £25, 30 for it now?
0:36:31 > 0:36:34- What a profit.- £25 only.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39- No loss.- You're still £25 up.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41And you've got this fabulous vacuum cleaner to come.
0:36:41 > 0:36:42This is going to soar away.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45The Reeves pneumatic broom.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Good original condition, £20?
0:36:47 > 0:36:4820 is bid.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51At 20, 25. 25 for it.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54£20. 25, 30...
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Profit, well done!
0:36:56 > 0:36:59At £30, any advance?
0:36:59 > 0:37:01I'm selling at £30.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Well done, you've made a tenner on that.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06You are now £35 up.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10- And you've still got a bamboo ladder to decide.- No, we're going to go...
0:37:10 > 0:37:12- What's the decision?- We're going, we're going with it.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14- Are you sure?- Absolutely certain. - Absolutely.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17Do you want to know what the auctioneer's valued this ladder at?
0:37:17 > 0:37:19- Not really.- Good, I won't tell you, then! I tell you what,
0:37:19 > 0:37:22when it's sold I'll tell you what the auctioneer's estimate was.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24OK. That's fine.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26£600-800... Oh, no!
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Right, here it is! Look at that ladder.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Lot 204, the bamboo library steps, with wood treads.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35And £30 for it, please?
0:37:35 > 0:37:4130 I'm bid. At 30, five, 40. 40, 45, 45, 50 I'm bid.
0:37:41 > 0:37:4360, 70, 70?
0:37:43 > 0:37:45- £60.- Come on!
0:37:45 > 0:37:5070 for it? At £60, at the back of the room, your bid, 60.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52£60.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56- Never mind.- Well, I can just let you into the information that until you
0:37:56 > 0:37:58met Philip Serrell, you were £35 up.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00And now we're £5 down!
0:38:00 > 0:38:02You are a mathematical genius, Angela!
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- And yet you still love Philip Serrell?- Absolutely!
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- Phil...- I'm doing their cleaning weekend next week!
0:38:10 > 0:38:12I still love the ladder!
0:38:12 > 0:38:14You love the ladder. Well, somebody else does.
0:38:14 > 0:38:15I think they've got a bargain.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- I do as well.- I really do.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22- Anyway, not a word to the Blues. - No.- Not a word to the Blues.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Have you been to an auction before?
0:38:30 > 0:38:31- Yes.- You have, lots of times?
0:38:31 > 0:38:32I've been to a couple of them.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34- Buying, selling?- Buying.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38Always buy. Right, now, the inkwell.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41It lost its little silver top in transit.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45The estimation was £20-30 by the auctioneer,
0:38:45 > 0:38:47but he didn't know it had a top. So I said to him,
0:38:47 > 0:38:49"What would it have been worth with the original top?"
0:38:49 > 0:38:52And he said, "£60-80."
0:38:52 > 0:38:56So to be fair, we're going to pay you out £70 willy-nilly.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Now, here it comes, let's see what it makes.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02Lot 220, Victorian silver inkwell.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04£20 for this, please.
0:39:04 > 0:39:0620, £20.
0:39:06 > 0:39:07Any interest at 20?
0:39:07 > 0:39:10£20. 20 I'm bid.
0:39:10 > 0:39:11At 20. 25 for it?
0:39:11 > 0:39:1625, 25, 30, 30, 35, at 30.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19All done, £30, a commission bidder and selling for 30.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Well, that's interesting,
0:39:21 > 0:39:24it's made the top of his estimate without the lid.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27But you get £70, so you've made a profit of £30.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29- So we're £30 up.- Which is fair.
0:39:29 > 0:39:30Now, here comes your bowl.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34Lot 221, Vietnamese blue-and-white bowl.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36And £20 for this, please.
0:39:36 > 0:39:37Blue-and-white bowl for 20.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Ten, ten I'm bid, at ten.
0:39:39 > 0:39:4115, 20, 25...
0:39:41 > 0:39:46- Hang on!- At 20, in the room this time, and selling for £20, I sell.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49- Plus £2!- We can't grumble, can we?
0:39:49 > 0:39:52One more profit, you're onto a golden gavel.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Here comes your gate-legged table.
0:39:54 > 0:39:58The oak gate-legged table, the top of later date.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Oh! "Top of a later date"?
0:40:00 > 0:40:0230? 30, I'm bid at 30.
0:40:02 > 0:40:0635, 45, 50. At 45.
0:40:06 > 0:40:0750 for it?
0:40:07 > 0:40:09£45 the bid.
0:40:09 > 0:40:10All done at £45.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12It's one big shake.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14I'm ever so sorry, team, about that.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18You've lost £75 on one lump of wood.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22So, you're actually down £43.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26But it just shows what good value furniture is. £45!
0:40:26 > 0:40:29It's ridiculous. I agree with you. But you've got to make a decision about your sampler.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Do you want to go with it or not? It cost £90.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33- Keep the faith.- Yes.- Are you sure?
0:40:33 > 0:40:36- Yes.- You love this man, you love the sampler.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39- Do you want to know what the auctioneer put on it?- Go on, then. - 50 quid?
0:40:39 > 0:40:41£80-120.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43- That's brilliant!- Fantastic.
0:40:43 > 0:40:48- Here it is.- 228, linen sampler, dated 1804.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52And £40 I'm bid for the sampler.
0:40:52 > 0:40:53At 40, five for it?
0:40:53 > 0:40:5645, 50, 60.
0:40:56 > 0:40:5750 I'm bid.
0:40:57 > 0:41:0260 for it? £50, 60, 60, 70. £60.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04An internet bid at 60...
0:41:04 > 0:41:10- Come on!- Selling at £60, fair warning, at £60.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13It just shows what great value, Charlie, you can buy at auction.
0:41:13 > 0:41:14What a lovely thing. You know,
0:41:14 > 0:41:17- I honestly think that frame is worth £60, personally.- Yes.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20But anyway, you've lost £30.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Hitherto you had lost £43.
0:41:23 > 0:41:24It means you're down £73.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27- It's painful.- Now, before you get too despondent,
0:41:27 > 0:41:31I can tell you a lot of people have lost a lot more than 73.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34- Don't mention it to the Reds. - Oh, no!- Not a word!
0:41:34 > 0:41:37- And we'll have a bit of fun later on.- Thank you.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Well, we set out on Bargain Hunt, don't we, to make money?
0:41:46 > 0:41:49- Yes!- And sometimes we succeed, don't we?
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Yes!
0:41:51 > 0:41:54But never mind, we don't have losers, of course.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56- No.- We have runners-up!
0:41:56 > 0:42:02- And today, the runners-up without a doubt are indeed the Blues!- Oh!
0:42:03 > 0:42:05I'm afraid so! There we are!
0:42:05 > 0:42:08And you started so well, didn't you?
0:42:08 > 0:42:10You made a profit on your inkwell,
0:42:10 > 0:42:13you then made another couple of pounds on your bowl.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15- A very good start. - But the gate-legged table.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17It only lost £75.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19So that didn't really matter, did it?
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Because you've gone down by £73 today.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24- Well done.- Thank you very much!
0:42:24 > 0:42:28Now, before you get too smug, you didn't make a profit, did you?
0:42:28 > 0:42:31- Nearly!- You did very, very nearly.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33In fact, had you not met Mr Serrell,
0:42:33 > 0:42:35you would have made a profit, of course!
0:42:35 > 0:42:40- No!- You were £35 up, before you went with that ladder.
0:42:40 > 0:42:41But I liked the ladder.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45You liked the ladder. But for the ladder you would have made a profit. As it is, you lost £5.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48- Yes.- And you've won the competition!
0:42:48 > 0:42:51- Exactly!- Yes! Anyway, have you had a good time?
0:42:51 > 0:42:53- Lovely, thank you!- Marvellous. Have you enjoyed yourselves?- Yes.
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