0:00:04 > 0:00:09Today's show comes from the historic spa town of Malvern in Worcestershire.
0:00:09 > 0:00:14Famous for its pure waters, ancient hills and spectacular views.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20No wonder this place has inspired great writers and composers,
0:00:20 > 0:00:23from JRR Tolkien to Sir Edward Elgar.
0:00:27 > 0:00:32Marvellous! Well, over there is one of the UK's largest flea markets.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35So let's get going, let's go Bargain Hunting!
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Here at the Three Counties Showground,
0:01:02 > 0:01:04there are hundreds of dealers,
0:01:04 > 0:01:06so plenty for our teams to find a bargain.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13With £300 and one hour to find three items to take to auction,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16let's take a sneaky peek at what's coming up.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21The Reds just can't agree.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23I'm beginning to lean that way.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Yes. And which way are you leaning, Claire?
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- Is it still too expensive?- Well...
0:01:29 > 0:01:31And love is in the air for the Blues.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34The second most beautiful girl I've seen today!
0:01:34 > 0:01:38And over at the auction, there's plenty of excitement.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39At £25.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40But will it stay that way?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44But all that is coming up later.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49So let's meet today's teams who are couples who all admit to having
0:01:49 > 0:01:51something of a travel bug.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53For the Reds, we've got Rod and Claire.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- Hello.- And for the Blues, we've got Jess and Caroline.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- So hello. BOTH:- Hello!
0:01:59 > 0:02:02So, Rod, you two have been married for 34 years.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04So how did you first meet?
0:02:04 > 0:02:08To begin with, we almost didn't meet because I was leading a group of
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Christian students out to Italy to build a conference centre.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15And I was outside Victoria Railway Station with a banner saying,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17meet here. And I was left on the outside
0:02:17 > 0:02:21- and everybody else had met inside! - Right.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24And finally we did all meet up and went out to Italy.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27So tell me, what is it you do with your spare time now?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Well, in the past I made a spinning wheel and a loom
0:02:30 > 0:02:33and I'm trying to get back into woodwork now, which is quite good.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37And then we've just got a Mazda MX5 and the plan
0:02:37 > 0:02:40is to drive around Europe.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41Fantastic, fantastic.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46So, Claire, I believe you're always up for a challenge, is that right?
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Well, yes, I guess so!
0:02:48 > 0:02:51We certainly go travelling and we've been out to Africa and we visited
0:02:51 > 0:02:54our daughter who was working with her husband with the Massai on the
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Tanzanian-Kenyan border.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57That was really interesting.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00How are you at the Maasai jump? Are you...?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03No, I haven't quite mastered that yet, I don't think!
0:03:03 > 0:03:06No, I learnt about jewellery making, but not so much about the jump!
0:03:06 > 0:03:08So what about your tactics?
0:03:08 > 0:03:12I think we're going to go for fairly cheap, perhaps under £50.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17Unusual. And silver, not silver plate.
0:03:17 > 0:03:18And things that are useful.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21And as it's so cold today, I'll be looking for a brass monkey!
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Well, good luck with that one!
0:03:23 > 0:03:26But turning my attention to the Blues. Caroline, hello.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28- Hi.- Now, you two are both Australian?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- That's right, yes.- So how did you both meet?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33We met in Australia at a friend's party.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35And we were actually in the line for the toilet.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37So it was a fairly humble beginning for us!
0:03:37 > 0:03:39But it worked out well, yes.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42So what was it that brought you to the UK?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Well, I've been working for a few years as a teacher and then I really
0:03:45 > 0:03:47wanted to do some postgraduate study in history,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49so I've come over to the UK, to Oxford, to do that.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52So fulfilling a dream a bit, yeah.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- What are you reading?- I'm reading medieval history, postgraduate, yeah.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57So Jess, tell me, what are you doing for a job?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00So I'm working at a publisher, I'm working at Oxford University Press,
0:04:00 > 0:04:04which is great. So designing, yeah, book design for high school students.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07- Fantastic job! - It is great, I really love it.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10So, yeah, looking at all the things that I probably should've learnt
0:04:10 > 0:04:14in high school, I'm learning it again now through design, which is great.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15So what do you do in your spare time?
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Oh, I love all types of things,
0:04:16 > 0:04:19but I really love hiking and sort of getting outdoors.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21So a couple of years ago I went to Nepal with some friends,
0:04:21 > 0:04:24which was great and we trekked up to Everest base camp.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Unfortunately I don't love flying as much,
0:04:26 > 0:04:28but it's always worth it when I get to the other end.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31So I'm wanting to know, what are your tactics today?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Well, I think everything we've learnt,
0:04:33 > 0:04:35we've learned from watching Bargain Hunt!
0:04:35 > 0:04:39About antiques. So I think we're going to go for things that are
0:04:39 > 0:04:43small but well made, and we're going to aim for things that are probably
0:04:43 > 0:04:46under the £100 price range, but we'll see how we go.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Well, you're both going to need some money.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51So here's £300 for the Blues.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53And here is £300 for the Reds.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56So this is where you go off to meet your experts.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Well, it strikes me that we've got a programme here
0:05:00 > 0:05:02with something of an international flavour.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07And, of course, our two teams will need some guidance along the way.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Hoping to turn up the heat for the Reds, it's Caroline Hawley.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17And trying hard for the Blues, it's Thomas Plant.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20So Rod, Claire, what are you looking for today?
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Something small, interesting, useful.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Excellent. And Claire, what about you?
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Silver, but not silver plate, I think.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30- Caroline?- Well, as I study history, anything with a bit of a past.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32- Anything antique. - What about you, Jess?
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Oh, something old and kind of printed I think, maybe.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Magazines or posters or anything in that kind of genre.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- OK, so reflecting what you do? - I think so. A little bit, yeah.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45OK, teams, get your skates on because your 60 minutes starts now!
0:05:45 > 0:05:47OK, we've got our instructions, shall we go?
0:05:47 > 0:05:48- Yeah.- Let's go!
0:05:51 > 0:05:54And the Reds get straight on the case.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55I quite like that case thing.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Yeah, a lot of people put glass tops on.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00What's the best on that one?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- Best on that one is 60. - You wouldn't go to 59?
0:06:03 > 0:06:05- 60 is the death.- See it's really useful getting under that 60,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- I know that!- We'll think about that.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09- OK.- Thank you very much.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11One for the back burner already.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13You don't mess around, Claire!
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Quick, we'd better move!
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- No, no, it's not...- Oh, what have the Blues spotted?
0:06:19 > 0:06:24- Come this way.- What's this little item, here?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26So the little piece here is the Bayeux tapestry key fob.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- Oh, of course.- Very interesting.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31- But it's only a fiver.- Yeah.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Well, you have plenty of time to play with...for now.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Back to the Reds who are looking for something pretty.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39- Oh, I like that rabbit. - How much is your rabbit?
0:06:39 > 0:06:42110. It's a Winstanley.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- That's lovely.- He is very beautiful looking.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- You wouldn't go under £100? - How much under 100?
0:06:48 > 0:06:53- A lot!- I don't know, I don't know, 69?
0:06:53 > 0:06:54No?
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- I don't know how much under. - What's your best, then?
0:06:56 > 0:06:58- 90.- 90?
0:06:58 > 0:06:59No, could you come down a bit more?
0:06:59 > 0:07:01So, under the ten, like 75?
0:07:01 > 0:07:06- 85.- 85, oh, I don't know. What do you think?- That is definitely it.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07That's a lot of money.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- 85 is it.- It's going up, we said we wouldn't spend that much.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13OK, we'll leave him for the minute then, thank you very much.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14- But he is nice.- He is nice.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17What is the figure that you were hoping to get?
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Do you have a figure for whatever it is, it's got to be 69?
0:07:19 > 0:07:20Well, we did say under 50,
0:07:20 > 0:07:23but I did once see a rabbit that sold for a bit more.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Or a hare, he's a hare, isn't he, not a rabbit?
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- He's a hare.- OK, we've got time to look around.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- Can we run back?- We can run back.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Not as fast as that hare, though!
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Come on. Thank you, sir.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36That's another maybe for the Reds, then.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37But remember, time is flying.
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Now, where have the Blues got to?
0:07:42 > 0:07:45There are some interesting things on here, though.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- Look at this, here.- Oh, wow.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49This is sort of like, it's like a netsuke.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51It's a Japanese netsuke, yes.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- Yeah.- To hang their robes, they need to keep something to...
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Yes, so in their robes, so they've got their belt on.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00And they were wore like inro, which is like a purse,
0:08:00 > 0:08:02and they want to hang it off their belt,
0:08:02 > 0:08:05and they want to keep it on their belt with something decorative.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- Right.- And that's a boxwood Japanese netsuke.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- I like that. It's cool. - What does it say on here?
0:08:10 > 0:08:15This is a Chinese, twin headed dog carving from a large nut.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19But it has got these typical two holes you get for a netsuke.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- OK, right.- He's called it Chinese.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25I mean, I've must admit, the Chinese temple dogs are Chinese.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Yeah, I thought it looked Chinese to me first off.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32But it's an interesting thing that we both thought it could be one,
0:08:32 > 0:08:34you know, we both thought it could be a netsuke.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Do you think, I guess it's hard to tell the age of something like that?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40£59. It is expensive, but widely collected.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- OK.- We might come back to that, I think.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44- You might, OK.- That's great.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46So that's a, "No," then for now.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Back to the Reds, and what's Rodney spotted?
0:08:49 > 0:08:52What about the type of stoneware bottles?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54There's an awful lot of them about.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- And they're not great sellers. - OK, we don't want those then.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- No, right.- OK, move on then, Reds.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Meanwhile, with the Blues, Thomas is looking rather excited.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07That's great!
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- Look at that!- Come around here, come round here.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Are you Napoleon fans?
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Well, I'm not a big fan of Napoleon himself.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18But it's a great little item, I have to say.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20You don't like Napoleon?
0:09:20 > 0:09:22It's horrible!
0:09:22 > 0:09:25- It's kind of, you know... - Is it a fire curtain?
0:09:25 > 0:09:27- It's memorabilia. - It's a fire screen.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Not something you probably need for Australia!
0:09:30 > 0:09:33It's Jacques-Louis David's copy, right?
0:09:33 > 0:09:34It is Jacques-Louis David.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36It's Berlin wool work.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40- OK.- And it's in this walnut frame, and it's marvellous.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Has it got a price on it?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44I don't know. How much is the fire screen?
0:09:44 > 0:09:48- 110.- £110?- Yes.- £110?!
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Try not to be too shocked, it's Napoleon!
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- I know it's Napoleon.- I was more like thinking two figures.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56I'm quite happy to let it go for what I paid for it, which was 80.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58I just don't know if anybody would buy it.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59It's not that I don't like it, I just...
0:09:59 > 0:10:01There are Napoleon collectors out there.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04It's interesting, though because it's got all those names and things.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- Bonaparte.- Carolus Magnus.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08I think it says Charlemagne.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- Charlemagne, yeah.- Hannibal.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12I mean, look, I'm quite happy for you to...
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- I don't know. I'm a bit unsure. - If you like it, I mean, she said 80.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17- But we could do even better, potentially.- 80's pretty good.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Do you think we could squeeze you just a little bit more?
0:10:19 > 0:10:2270. That is my bottom.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24- 70, no more.- It's Victorian.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26It's decorative.
0:10:26 > 0:10:27It's a proper antique.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- True.- £70 isn't a great deal of money
0:10:30 > 0:10:32for something which looks that good.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- So are we going to go for it? - I think we are going to go for it.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- I think so, yeah. I like it, yeah. - I like it as well.- Yeah!
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Not that keen, Oh, we'll find something you like.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44I will reserve my judgment, we'll see what happens!
0:10:44 > 0:10:46- £70?- Brilliant.- I think we're going to go for it.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Sold. Thank you very much.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- Thank you very much. Good job. - Right, first item down.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53- Brilliant!- Two more left.- Let's go.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Well done, Blues. Good work.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Now, are the Reds any closer to making their first purchase?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- Oh, yes.- What about...?
0:11:00 > 0:11:03There's an old shoe, what about that?
0:11:03 > 0:11:04Oh, wow. I quite like that.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07I can see that planted up with something in the garden.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Can you get inside? What happens inside? Don't drop it!
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Certainly weathered and aged, isn't it?
0:11:13 > 0:11:14- It is.- Is there any...?
0:11:14 > 0:11:16What do you think?
0:11:16 > 0:11:17I think it's interesting.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21I think you could plant it up with something.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Let's ask. Where is the man, there's nobody round.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25If you have a nice garden full of...
0:11:25 > 0:11:28I think that would be quite fun. Because I've got a stone shoe in our
0:11:28 > 0:11:29garden and I quite like it.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31My mum loved it when we bought her one.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33It's already got drainage holes in.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35It certainly has got some drainage holes.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37We just need to know how much they want for it.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Let's see if I can find somebody. - OK.- Excuse me, sir.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Is this your boot?
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Yeah, it belongs to me.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- Yeah.- How much is your boot? - It's £120.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- You'll get it for ten.- Ten?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- Ten.- No, would you do 8 for it?
0:11:52 > 0:11:54OK. £8.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56- Oh.- Brilliant. Shall we have it?
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Go for it. Shake the hand.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Well done, Reds. You've got your first item.
0:12:01 > 0:12:07Time to head indoors where the Blues are eyeing up a piece of glass.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Now what you've got here, you've got a little bit of an opalescence.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14- Even against my black glove... - You can see...
0:12:14 > 0:12:18..there's an opalescence. Now it's marked Lalique, France.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21If this was going to be made
0:12:21 > 0:12:24when he was alive, it would be marked R Lalique.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- OK.- So we know... And we can see by the box, it's a modern box.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29- Yeah.- So it's a modern piece of Lalique glass.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31- OK.- But I personally think having the female figure with a
0:12:31 > 0:12:34cornucopia of flowers, etc, around her, I think it's rather nice.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36What is the very best on this, please?
0:12:36 > 0:12:39What have we got on it at the moment?
0:12:39 > 0:12:41You've got the grand price of £95.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43£85?
0:12:43 > 0:12:44I was thinking a little bit less.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- I'll give you 10%.- Extra off.
0:12:46 > 0:12:4870?
0:12:48 > 0:12:49MUMBLING
0:12:51 > 0:12:53- I think £70 is quite good.- £80.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57£80. Could we...? What about £75?
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- Go on, then, we'll do it for that. - £75?- Yeah, I like it.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- I love it.- Yeah, yeah. - I love the fact that you spotted it.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- Yeah?- Yeah.- She's gorgeous. Let's do it.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- We'd love to do that. - She's gorgeous.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10She's gorgeous, but don't get too excited,
0:13:10 > 0:13:12she's not as gorgeous as your girlfriend.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15She's the second most beautiful girl I've seen today.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17You're quite right there, Jesse.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Back to the Reds who've spotted some silver.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25Is it marked, this one?
0:13:25 > 0:13:27- It's marked 925.- 925. Do you know what that means?
0:13:27 > 0:13:29No. What does it mean?
0:13:29 > 0:13:33It means there's 925 parts silver to 1,000.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36And it is generally continental silver marked,
0:13:36 > 0:13:38it is not British standard.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42It is really pretty, isn't it? There's a little tiny one.
0:13:42 > 0:13:47- A little tiny stamp. - It's got stamps on it.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50They were very popular in Edwardian, Victorian times.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52These will be more recent.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- They are, yes.- They're quite modern.- Are they quite modern?
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Fairly modern. They'd be about '70s, '80s.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- Oh, I see.- Yeah. But they're charming little pieces of silver.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06So this big one is £30 and this one is £25.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08- Right.- Are you interested in both of them as a lot?
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- What about...?- What?- Would you be able to do them both as a lot?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13£55.
0:14:13 > 0:14:19If you'd like to buy them as a lot, leave something in it for you...
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- I could do it for 35. - You wouldn't do 32?
0:14:21 > 0:14:23I would do 33.
0:14:23 > 0:14:24- 33.- Go for it.- Go for it?
0:14:24 > 0:14:27What would you... Do you want to go for it?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- Yes, because...- I'm beginning to...
0:14:29 > 0:14:31I'm beginning to lean that way.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33- Yes?- Is there a better price?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Oh, go on, then, I'll go to 32.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39- 32, that's what I said.- All right, then. Go on.- Go on, then.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Thank you very much.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- Yes. I'm going to take my glove off.- Well done, Reds.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46That's two items down and one to go.
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Leaving the teams shopping,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53I'm heading off just down the road to the Malvern Museum.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11I'm going to meet local historian Cora Weaver,
0:15:11 > 0:15:14to find out about Malvern's famous water.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18So, Cora, tell me,
0:15:18 > 0:15:24why was it that Malvern became one of this country's premier spa towns?
0:15:24 > 0:15:28It goes back a long way, back to at least the 1500s,
0:15:28 > 0:15:34where people came from all over the place to Malvern to drink the water,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37bathe in the water, wrap themselves up in strips of wet linen,
0:15:37 > 0:15:39and they did it just according to custom.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43And then in 1842, Dr James Wilson
0:15:43 > 0:15:48and Dr James Gulley came to Malvern and they attracted wealthy
0:15:48 > 0:15:51people, and quite famous people.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Charles Darwin came.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Alfred Tennyson.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Florence Nightingale.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Florence Nightingale said, "It shouldn't be called the water cure,"
0:16:02 > 0:16:06she said, "because people think that it is only the water alone that does
0:16:06 > 0:16:07"the curing, but it's not."
0:16:07 > 0:16:09The water cure was a package.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14Drinking water, bathing in it, wrapping in it, fresh air,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17exercise and a good diet.
0:16:20 > 0:16:25So, tell me about the chilling realities of a water cure
0:16:25 > 0:16:26establishment here in Malvern.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29It meant getting up early, six o'clock.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33And then your water cure attendant would prepare your bed for the pack
0:16:33 > 0:16:36that was usually the first treatment of the day.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38So what exactly was a pack?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41The pack was one of the most important treatments.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44The body was wrapped in a cold wet sheet,
0:16:44 > 0:16:46which stimulated the circulation.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52The sitz bath was used for people with blockages in their lower
0:16:52 > 0:16:55intestine, and so it gradually released those blockages,
0:16:55 > 0:16:58but apparently it was also good for people with bad tempers
0:16:58 > 0:17:02- and boils on the bottom.- So were there any other treatments?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05There is one, and it was the douche, the descending douche.
0:17:05 > 0:17:11And there would be, six metres up, a pipe and out would come cold water,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13so it's really good for the circulation.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18So it's the body's response to heat and cold that does the trick,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21so it's you healing yourself rather than today,
0:17:21 > 0:17:24where you have pills and potions and a knife.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27So tell me about some of the objects that we can see here.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Very poorly people couldn't have such cold water,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33it would probably kill them, it would give their body such a shock.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36So if they were in a bath or they were being wrapped up,
0:17:36 > 0:17:39they would have slightly warmed water,
0:17:39 > 0:17:43and that's what we have this hot water jug for.
0:17:43 > 0:17:48So you would just slightly warm the water and the doctor would say
0:17:48 > 0:17:50how warm the water had to be,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53so the water cure attendant had to be able to read the thermometer.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57Fascinating. Thank you so much for sharing that story with us.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00But meanwhile, let's check with our teams back at the fair.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Back to the shopping and both teams have two items each.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16We're just over the halfway mark and Thomas has spotted a didgeridoo.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- Are you sure you can't play it? - Definitely not, no.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23And the Reds are talking strategy.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25So we've no idea at all?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Not really, no. But we think it's going somewhere that grabs us.
0:18:28 > 0:18:29Come on.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35- Look at this. What do you think of this?- Cool!- A cannonball.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- That is awesome.- A nine pounder.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41- Wow.- That is amazing, isn't it?
0:18:41 > 0:18:43- Can you feel the weight?- Yeah.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44It's heavy.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49That's... Yeah. It's got to smash through a ship, so...
0:18:49 > 0:18:52- Wow.- Cannonball!- Fantastic. - A cannonball, isn't it?
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- Where has it come from?- It came out of a stately home near Exeter.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57A stately home in Exeter.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59- And what is the price?- £45.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01- I think that's rather fine.- Wow.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05- Yeah.- Do you think it's going to blast us into a profit?
0:19:05 > 0:19:08I don't know. It's quite funny, people love cannonballs, don't they?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- What's the very best it could be? - The best on it could be £40.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13- We might keep looking, maybe. - You want to keep looking?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15I think we should keep looking.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17I think it's quite interesting, but £40...
0:19:17 > 0:19:19I think you'd be hard pushed to find something that interesting.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- True. We might come back. - You might come back? OK.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23- We'll see.- All right.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26OK, team, move on. Only 20 minutes left.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30Over with the Reds and Rodney still has his eye on something pretty.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- Do you like it? - What have you spotted?
0:19:34 > 0:19:37- It was just that...- That. - Enamel bracelet.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41- Bracelet.- It says Art Nouveau, doesn't it?
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- I love a bit of Art Nouveau. - Do you?- Yes.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Silver and enamel Art Nouveau.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- We need to have a look. - OK.- Do you want to go and ask?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51- You go and ask.- OK.- Go on, Rod.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54So, after a quick word with the shy stallholder,
0:19:54 > 0:19:57will it be good news for the Reds?
0:19:57 > 0:19:59He's going to let us have a look at it, but...
0:19:59 > 0:20:03He thinks it's about £65 at the moment, but it only says
0:20:03 > 0:20:04silver on it, so is that...?
0:20:06 > 0:20:10It's not the Art Nouveau, it's not an original Art Nouveau.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11- Oh.- I wouldn't have thought.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Well, leave it for the minute and we'll come back.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- There's another one there...- Are you sure?- .. with silver things
0:20:16 > 0:20:18- in there. Come on, quick. - We need to move.- Right. OK.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21It's a, "No," from Claire. Never mind, Rodney.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Onwards and upwards.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26And back to our straight talking Blues.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28- How about this?- What is it?
0:20:28 > 0:20:29- It's a little, you know...- A plumb bob?
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Yeah, if you need to tell if something's straight not,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35you wind it out, and because this is quite heavy and it's pointed,
0:20:35 > 0:20:37it'll tell you whether it's straight or not.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- Thomas?- We have a disagreement.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42- You have a disagreement? - Well, not a disagreement.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45What do you think about this? It's a little vintage plumb bob.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47- Right.- It's only £16.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50- OK.- I don't know if it's got much age to it, but it's a nice thing.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53I don't... I'm not so keen, but I'm not against it.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55- I just want to make sure we make a profit.- I'm not against that.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59You know what people like to use these things for?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- As for light switches.- OK.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05You know, there's a multiple use to them, but it is what it is.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06- OK.- Yeah. All right, let's keep going.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Right, teams, only 15 minutes to go and you both still have to get
0:21:10 > 0:21:11your final item.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Back with the Reds, Caroline has spotted something unusual.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17I've no idea what it is.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19It is a snooker cue tipper.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20- Oh!- No, not true.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22It's a snooker cue...
0:21:22 > 0:21:24It earlier than that. It's a billiard cue.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26OK, a billiard, snooker...
0:21:26 > 0:21:28A billiard cue tipper.
0:21:28 > 0:21:33Yeah. You put the billiard cue in there and then you clamp it tight.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36The bit on the top, here, it should have a little chain
0:21:36 > 0:21:38with a flat file.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42You file the top of the cue and then you slack it off,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45you shove it up here, you glue on your tip,
0:21:45 > 0:21:47ram it up against there and pull it tight.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50- A new tip.- And when it's dry,
0:21:50 > 0:21:54you hang it up on your peg in the billiard hall and off you go home.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Yeah, I like that.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57Do you like that?
0:21:57 > 0:22:00- It's...- I quite like that.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02It's very different, but is it missing a file.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05It would have a little chain with a flat file.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07With a file on it.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- Yeah.- Would that matter much? I don't know.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10It depends how much you're asking.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15- I could certainly do 20. - Can you go below 15?
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Can you go what?
0:22:16 > 0:22:20- Go below 15 for us.- 14?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Pete, would 14 be all right?
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- Oh, go on. Go on.- All right, 14.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Brilliant!
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Yeah, we're happy.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- Absolutely brilliant.- Well done.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36- Come on.- Wow.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Oh, let's go and have a sit down.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42A cup of tea, hot water bottle.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Well done, Reds, you've done it.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46A last-minute push and you've finished ahead of the Blues.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50Come on, just ten minutes to go.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52What about the trinket box? That's quite useful.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53Have a look, open it up.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57- It's nice.- Sheffield.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59- Silver.- How old is it?- 1926.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02- So it's...- That's good. - Which King was on the throne then?
0:23:03 > 0:23:05- George.- George the...?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07- Fifth.- Fifth, yes.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09God, this is so much fun.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11You know your British history.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12- I don't know.- 130 though, I mean...
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- You could always do a deal. - Well, that's right.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- What have we got left? - 155.- 155.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21What's your best price you could do on this item?
0:23:21 > 0:23:24- What have we got on it?- £130.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26- That is a little bit more than we... - Somewhere around...
0:23:26 > 0:23:29£95, if there's any...
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- For your two...- You are trying to bankrupt me.- I know...
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Very difficult. It's on the cusp.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38It needs to be a bit less to make a profit.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40I don't know if we're going to squeeze him any further.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- Well, you can always try and ask. - We can try. £85.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46- You've got literally five minutes left.- 85.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50- It's tense stuff.- I'm really kind of done at 90.
0:23:50 > 0:23:51£90 flat.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56And then we're done.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58- OK, £90. - It's a lovely little item.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01- That's a really good discount. - Thank you very much.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- Thank you so much.- No problem at all.- Thank you.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07BELL RINGS
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Teams, your time is up.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12- We're done.- So impressed with you.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Let's remind ourselves what the Reds bought.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20First, they walked away with his wooden boot for £8.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25Then they took a shine to these silver metal stamp boxes,
0:24:25 > 0:24:28costing them £32.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32And finally they struck lucky with a wooden cue stick topper
0:24:32 > 0:24:33for just £14.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36The all-important question is, did you have fun?
0:24:36 > 0:24:38- Yes, we did.- We definitely did. - It was great.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42- Had a great day.- So, Claire, tell me, what is your favourite item?
0:24:42 > 0:24:44I'll go for the silver envelope, stamp envelopes.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45Yeah. Stamp cases.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49And which of your three buys do you think will give you the biggest profit?
0:24:49 > 0:24:53I think the shoe will, if it doesn't fall apart before the auction.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56- Yeah.- What about you, Rod? What do you think?
0:24:56 > 0:25:00I was rather taken by our last item, which was the billiard cue tipper...
0:25:00 > 0:25:03- Yeah.- ..which I've never seen anything outside it.- Right.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Hopefully... I like that because it was just unusual.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- Right.- And hopefully there will be a lot of people out there playing
0:25:08 > 0:25:10snooker and billiards who will like it as well, so...
0:25:10 > 0:25:13OK. Which do you think is going to give you the biggest profit?
0:25:13 > 0:25:16For those reasons, I think that will give us
0:25:16 > 0:25:18more than any of the others.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20So what was the final spend?
0:25:21 > 0:25:25- £54.- £54.
0:25:25 > 0:25:32Right. Which means you're going to give me £246, is that right?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- If I have to.- You have to. Where's the pound?
0:25:36 > 0:25:38It all counts. Well, Caroline.
0:25:38 > 0:25:43- Thank you.- You can do a lot of good with that.- I can, indeed I can.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47I'm going to find something sparkly, shiny, silver,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- but not silver plate. - No, not silver plate.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54- Thank you.- In the meantime, let's find out what the Blue team bought.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00First up, Caroline and Jess warmed to this 19th-century fire screen,
0:26:00 > 0:26:03costing them £75.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Next, they fell in love with this beautiful Lalique lady.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Price paid - £75.
0:26:09 > 0:26:14And finally, this silver dressing table box bought for £90.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17So, was that ripper or what?
0:26:17 > 0:26:19- Absolutely.- Pretty good. - Fantastic, thank you.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- You've enjoyed yourselves? - Absolutely, yeah, it was great.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24So, Caroline, what's your favourite item?
0:26:24 > 0:26:28I think my favourite was the silver trinket box that we got last.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Yeah, I think we did really well with that.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33What do you think is going to give you the biggest profit?
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Probably more likely to be the Lalique statuette, I think.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Jess, what was your favourite object?
0:26:38 > 0:26:41I think my favourite was the little Lalique statue that we picked up,
0:26:41 > 0:26:42I thought was really nice quality.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45But I think the object that will bring us the biggest profit is the
0:26:45 > 0:26:47little silver box that we bought.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- OK.- Yeah.- So how much did you spend, you two?
0:26:50 > 0:26:52We spent £235.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55- OK.- So we have...- Which means you are going to give me £65.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56Which I am going to give to Thomas.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59- Thank you.- Thomas, got your eye on anything in particular out there?
0:26:59 > 0:27:02I have, actually. Something we might have seen.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04- Oh, I see.- We might not have seen.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07- Excellent.- But you two were amazing. - Thank you.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08Absolutely amazing. It has been a pleasure.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11- Lovely doing business with you. - Yeah.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14So, while Thomas goes off to spend his £65,
0:27:14 > 0:27:16we're going off to the auction.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29Well, we quite literally nipped up the hill to the Malvern sale room,
0:27:29 > 0:27:33and I'm joined by auctioneer and legend, Mr Philip Serrell.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Eric, it's lovely to see you.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Thank you, lovely to be here.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39We're going to be business-like.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42We're going to start with the Reds, now this is Claire and Rodney.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45And their first purchase, yes,
0:27:45 > 0:27:50was this huge wooden clog or boot or whatever you want to call it.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- Well, log.- Log!
0:27:53 > 0:27:54It's an interesting thing.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58When I first looked at it, I didn't think too much to it, really.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59It's got a bit of age, hasn't it?
0:27:59 > 0:28:01I think it has.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05Whether or not it might have been a street sign, you know,
0:28:05 > 0:28:09for a cobbler, or has it just been a novelty jardiniere with a few
0:28:09 > 0:28:11flowers coming out of it?
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Well, it's a first for me, because I have never sold a log before.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18I think it's going to make £5-£10.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22The only chance that it might have, is if someone sees something in it
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- that I haven't.- But anyway, it's all in the eye of the beholder.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27They paid £8 for it.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30So I think it was a pretty good buy, all things considered.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34- Yeah.- Well, the next lot, we're going down a peg or two in scale
0:28:34 > 0:28:37and we've gone for stamp boxes.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39I think they are probably Continental.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41They're stamped 925 which means they're silver.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44I would think they're probably copies of perhaps ones that would've
0:28:44 > 0:28:47been made in Birmingham which was famous for producing
0:28:47 > 0:28:49this type of thing at the back end of the 19th century.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53- I think they will make between £20-£40.- £20-£40.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57They paid, actually, 32, so there's room for movement there.
0:28:57 > 0:28:58Yeah, we're in with a chance, aren't we?
0:28:58 > 0:29:00- In with a chance.- Good.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04The final item is one that might even qualify to most people
0:29:04 > 0:29:06- as a mystery object.- I love it.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10Would you like to explain that to me because it's described as a
0:29:10 > 0:29:11boxwood, metal snooker cue holder.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Right, well, the first one of these I bought, someone told me it was for
0:29:14 > 0:29:17holding a fishing rod so you put your fishing rod up there,
0:29:17 > 0:29:19you did that and you hung it on the wall.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21But this is a snooker cue holder.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25Either way, what do you reckon it from a value point of view?
0:29:25 > 0:29:27I've been a bit mean, £5-£10.
0:29:27 > 0:29:28If people like it, it might make 20.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Do you know what they paid for it?
0:29:30 > 0:29:3214. I mean it's a conversation piece, isn't it?
0:29:32 > 0:29:35- Absolutely right.- Pass it around at a dinner party.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38Well, after all that, will they need the bonus buy?
0:29:38 > 0:29:39Let's have a look.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Claire and Rod, a day of great expectations?
0:29:43 > 0:29:47- We hope so.- Yeah, well, for all of us, it goes without saying.
0:29:47 > 0:29:53But in the meantime, you left Caroline the tidy sum of £246
0:29:53 > 0:29:59to go out and spend. So, Caroline, reveal your bonus buy.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Now, look at this.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06- Oh, is that enamel? - It is enamel.- It's very pretty.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10It's on silver, it's of the Art Nouveau period...
0:30:10 > 0:30:12- Yes.- ..which I absolutely adore.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- But...- But what?- How much?
0:30:17 > 0:30:19What did you pay?
0:30:19 > 0:30:21I paid £75 for it.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23£75.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25What do you think it would make at an auction?
0:30:25 > 0:30:30I think if two people want it in a fair wind,
0:30:30 > 0:30:32it could well make 90.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Yes, it's really pretty,
0:30:34 > 0:30:38- it is very pretty but over what we'd have spent.- Right.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40OK, remember you don't have to make your decision now.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43In fact, you've got to wait until all your first three items have been
0:30:43 > 0:30:46sold, but in the meantime, let's find out what our auctioneer
0:30:46 > 0:30:49has to say about Caroline's bonus buy.
0:30:51 > 0:30:52So, here's the bonus buy.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Well, that is lovely, isn't it?
0:30:54 > 0:30:59It's enamelled, it's aping that sort of really strong Charles Horner,
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Art Nouveau design and I really like that.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04I think it's very wearable.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07A bit small, but it depends what you're spending.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11I think it's going to make between £50-£80, that sort of region.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14- What did she pay for it? - She paid 75 for it.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- Good punt.- We both agree it's got potential.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18- Yeah, I think so.- OK.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Right, well that's the Reds. Now for the Blues.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24This is Jess and Caroline and their first purchase is this fire screen.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28I think it's lovely. It's a bit of an age gone by and if you're
0:31:28 > 0:31:31a Napoleon Bonaparte fan, there's the lot for you.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34But I love the frame that it's in.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37These tramlines, here, show you that that's the beginning
0:31:37 > 0:31:40of the influence that we took to the Edwardian era.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42But it's got one problem with it.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45- You've got that lovely sort of swirling scroll over here.- Yes.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48And then on this side it's either been broken off or flatted off.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52- It holds it back in my view. - It does.- I put £40-£60 on it.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55I think if it was all there, it's a £100-£150 screen.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59I'm with you. Well, they paid £70 so, you know,
0:31:59 > 0:32:01we're in fighting territory.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05- We've got a chance.- OK, so next item is a piece of Lalique.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Not a very great age, Phil, but tell me what you think.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12Eric, you're the man that knows more about Lalique than anybody else,
0:32:12 > 0:32:15so I'm going to tread very carefully here.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19- I mean, to me, that hasn't got great age.- No.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22But it is Lalique and it's £40-£60 worth.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26- Now you tell me.- Basically you can see you've got the original box.
0:32:26 > 0:32:32It was probably made in the late 1990s but it's a nice thing.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34They paid 75 for it.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37It's a magic name, Lalique, isn't it?
0:32:37 > 0:32:39And I think that could be a selling factor.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43- OK.- But the final lot is something that me and you
0:32:43 > 0:32:45have seen a lot of over the years, haven't we?
0:32:45 > 0:32:48The thing is, it's like being transported back in time for me.
0:32:48 > 0:32:54This is a staple diet of an antique fair at the local hotel in 1983.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58- Yeah.- And these things were bought in huge quantities
0:32:58 > 0:33:02as part of a larger dressing table set and they have kind of fallen
0:33:02 > 0:33:06out of fashion because today, things have got to be functional,
0:33:06 > 0:33:07- so what are you going to do with it? - Exactly.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09I think it's going to make £40-£60.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11What did they pay for that?
0:33:11 > 0:33:14They paid the princely sum of £90 for it.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18- Punchy, that.- Taking all three lots into consideration,
0:33:18 > 0:33:21it looks to me as though they may be in need of their bonus buy,
0:33:21 > 0:33:25so let's find out what Thomas went out and bought.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28So, Caroline and Jess,
0:33:28 > 0:33:31I think it's fair to say you had a pretty healthy spend, didn't you?
0:33:31 > 0:33:33- Yeah, we did quite well. - I think we did OK.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Can you remember exactly how much you did spend?
0:33:35 > 0:33:37235?
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Or was it 230? Something along those lines.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44235, that meant that Thomas had £65 to go out there and spend.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47So, Thomas, show us what you bought with that £65.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Well, I bought something I think we all quite liked.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Oh!
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Lovely. I was hoping it would come back.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58Absolutely, so this wonderful Chinese boxwood Netsuke
0:33:58 > 0:34:02with these carved dogs of Fo heads.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04They've got little black, glass eyes.
0:34:04 > 0:34:05I just think it's got tremendous quality.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09- It's great.- Good size.- So can you remember how much it was?
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Was it 40 something, 45?
0:34:11 > 0:34:13It was marked more expensive than that.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17- It was like 65.- So what did you get it for?- 45 is what I paid.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19- 45. Very nice.- Excellent, OK. Great.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21Do you think it will make any profit?
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Do you know, I think it's got a really good chance.
0:34:23 > 0:34:24I think it's a nice thing.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27- Look at the little faces. - The faces are really sweet.
0:34:27 > 0:34:28Almost two for the price of one, really.
0:34:30 > 0:34:31Cut it in half and sell them both.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35Having said that, it goes without saying you've got to wait until
0:34:35 > 0:34:39you've sold your first three items before you decide whether to go
0:34:39 > 0:34:41with the bonus buy or not.
0:34:41 > 0:34:42But in the meantime,
0:34:42 > 0:34:47let us find out what our auctioneer has to say about Thomas's bonus buy.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51So, here it is.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55Best described probably as Oriental, a little carved wood.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57What would you describe those characters as?
0:34:57 > 0:34:59It's from that neck of the woods, isn't it?
0:34:59 > 0:35:01And these are dogs of Fo, aren't they?
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Yes, or even Buddhistic lions or something.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05It's much the same thing, isn't it?
0:35:05 > 0:35:08And I mean I'm not sure whether it's a dog of Fo or what it is, really,
0:35:08 > 0:35:13but it's very difficult to put a price on these Oriental items.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16It's certainly not my area of expertise but I would think that's
0:35:16 > 0:35:17going to make £20-£40.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Thomas went out and paid £45 for it.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23What I really love is his eyes, look at his little eyes.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25That one is looking at you and this one is looking at me.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28You looking at me? You looking at me?
0:35:28 > 0:35:30So, you're the auctioneer today.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32- I am indeed, Eric.- Go up there and enjoy yourself
0:35:32 > 0:35:36and try the old smile now and then.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45OK, I just want to check on the excitementometer.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48The excitementometer is quite high but a bit nervous too.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51- Don't be.- Have you done auctions before?- Once, once before.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53- I've done two.- You've done two?
0:35:53 > 0:35:55OK, so here's your first item coming up.
0:35:55 > 0:36:02It is your driftwood shoe for which you paid the princely sum of £8.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05A bid at ten, £10. At ten, ten bid.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08This is for nothing. 15, 20.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10At £20.
0:36:10 > 0:36:1220 bid. Any more at all?
0:36:12 > 0:36:13At 25.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15At £25. At 25, at £25.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19And I sell, then at £25. And done, thank you.
0:36:20 > 0:36:27£25. That means that you're plus £17.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31Here's your second lot coming up, it's your little white metal
0:36:31 > 0:36:33stamp boxes and they're coming up now.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37Put me in a bidding. Start me off £50, the two.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38£20 the two, quickly.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Bid 20. 20 bid.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44At £20, and five, 30, 30 bid, five, 40 with me.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46At £40 on the book.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48£40 bid, is there any more?
0:36:48 > 0:36:50At £40, commission bid.
0:36:50 > 0:36:55At £40 and I sell then at 40 and done, thank you.
0:36:55 > 0:37:00£40, OK, so you're plus £8.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03So here's your third item, your snooker cue holder. Here it comes.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Start me off wherever you want it to be, I don't know,
0:37:05 > 0:37:07£20 for it.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09- Go on, Phil, get them a profit. - Who's got a tenner? Quickly.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11- They want a profit.- Five bid. Five bid.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Oh, I've got 15 on the net bid.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- 15!- 15? Really?- £15.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19On the internet at £15 only.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Any more? 15 and done, thank you.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Plus one.
0:37:24 > 0:37:29That gives you a collective total of £26.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33So I need to ask you the question, what about the bonus lot?
0:37:33 > 0:37:34What about the bonus lot?
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Well, it's a bit more than we spent.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40- But it is really pretty. Shall we go with it?- I think we'll be brave.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- Yeah. It might do it.- Be brave. - Go for it.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46273a, there we are, the enamel pendant.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Who's got £50 for it?
0:37:48 > 0:37:49Who's got £20?
0:37:49 > 0:37:52This is no money, really no money.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55£20. I'm bid 20, 20 bid.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59- Show it the audience.- 20, 20 bid. And five, 30. 35, on the internet.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02At 35, 40, 40 bid, on the net.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03Come on.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05At £50. Any more at all?
0:38:05 > 0:38:09At £50 on the net and done... 60.
0:38:09 > 0:38:1360 bid. At £60 on the net. 70 bid on the net. Bid at 70.
0:38:13 > 0:38:1770 bid. £70, thank you.
0:38:17 > 0:38:18£70.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24In all fairness, you're only minus £5 as a result
0:38:24 > 0:38:29which gives you now a pretty reasonable total of plus £21.
0:38:29 > 0:38:30And the golden gavel.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34And, yes, as you no doubt remember.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37OK. All right, hold on and just remember,
0:38:37 > 0:38:42you know what I am going to say, not a word to the Blues.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Wipe the smiles off your face. Deadpan.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Well, Blues, have you been to an auction before?
0:38:56 > 0:38:59- No, we haven't, actually. - It's your first one.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01And it's up here in the northern hemisphere.
0:39:01 > 0:39:02That's right.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Excellent. Here comes your first item, it's the fire screen.
0:39:06 > 0:39:0850, I'm bid, 50, 50 bid.
0:39:08 > 0:39:1160, 70, thank you.
0:39:11 > 0:39:1480, 80 bid, 90, 90 bid.
0:39:14 > 0:39:19- 100, 110.- That's good.- 110. 120.
0:39:20 > 0:39:26On the contraption at £120. At £120 and I sell, then, thank you.
0:39:26 > 0:39:27Well done.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30You just made yourselves a £50 profit.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Here comes your second item.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35The amber Lalique glass figurine.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37- Here it comes.- £50 to start.
0:39:37 > 0:39:4120 I'm bid at 20, 20 bid. £20 only.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44And five, 35, I've got 60 on the net bid.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46A bit more, a bit more.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49At 70. Here's the bid at £70.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51- On the net. Any more at all? - One more, a little fiver.
0:39:51 > 0:39:56At £70 and I sell, then, at 70 and done, thank you.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Oh, galling.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Minus £5, so your third item is coming up,
0:40:03 > 0:40:06this lovely little silver dressing table box.
0:40:06 > 0:40:07Here it comes.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Start me off, who's got £40 for it?
0:40:10 > 0:40:14At 40, 40 bid, 45, 45, any more?
0:40:14 > 0:40:17- At £45.- No! No!- Is there any more at all?
0:40:17 > 0:40:21At £45 on the net. Any more?
0:40:21 > 0:40:26At £45 and I sell, then, and done, thank you.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Oh, no!
0:40:29 > 0:40:36Minus 45. I'm afraid that takes your positive to a zero, I'm afraid.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42So we are in a situation where I have to ask the question,
0:40:42 > 0:40:44are you thinking about going with your bonus buy?
0:40:44 > 0:40:47- I think we should, yes.- I don't want to put words in your mouth.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50- We don't have anything left.- What would you say, Tom?
0:40:50 > 0:40:51I think you've got nothing to lose.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53- Go for it.- Exactly.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56Lot number 301 is a little Netsuke.
0:40:56 > 0:40:5820 I'm bid on the net. At 20, 20 bid.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00And five, 25, 30 bid.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Before you.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05I've got five on the net, 35, 35, 35.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Any more? At £35.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Internet bid. Any more at all?
0:41:09 > 0:41:13At £35 and done, thank you on the net.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16£35. OK.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18So close.
0:41:18 > 0:41:23I've got to say that your cumulative total is minus £10.
0:41:23 > 0:41:29- That is no big deal, don't worry about it, OK?- Not too embarrassing.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32So the next thing I'm going to say to you is I want you to walk out
0:41:32 > 0:41:36of here with deadpan faces and don't say a word to the Reds.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39MUSIC PLAYS
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Well, it was a near run thing this, teams, I don't mind telling you.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53But before I do tell you, how has it been for you?
0:41:53 > 0:41:55- Wonderful.- Yeah.- Really enjoyed it. - Good fun.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57You'd recommend it to friends, wouldn't you?
0:41:57 > 0:41:59- Absolutely.- Of course you would.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03But we have to have a winner, but we never have a loser,
0:42:03 > 0:42:07we only ever have a runner-up.
0:42:07 > 0:42:12And I can tell you today that our runners up are the Blue team.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15So near, yet so far.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19But you put up a valiant, valiant effort.
0:42:19 > 0:42:20Yeah, we had a lot of fun.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23That's all that matters. Well done, Tom, anyway.
0:42:23 > 0:42:28So turning now to... Yes, your faces,
0:42:28 > 0:42:32you look like two small children on Christmas morning, you really do.
0:42:34 > 0:42:35Before I give you the money,
0:42:35 > 0:42:38let me give you something that money cannot buy.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41You have achieved the dream,
0:42:41 > 0:42:46the dream of earning yourselves each a golden gavel.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- Thank you very much.- Excellent.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51It's, as I say, better than money can buy.
0:42:51 > 0:42:57In the meantime, here are your earnings, OK? £21.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00- That's very nice, thank you. - So, fantastic.
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