0:00:02 > 0:00:05Today, I'm in Wetherby in Yorkshire,
0:00:05 > 0:00:08and this is Wetherby Bridge.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11The bridge is iconic to the town.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Originally built in the 13th century,
0:00:14 > 0:00:16it's the town's oldest monument.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19Now, if you look carefully, you'll see that this is a marriage of
0:00:19 > 0:00:22not one, not two,
0:00:22 > 0:00:28but three bridges that have been rebuilt and modified over the centuries.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32An historic bridge which has stood the test of time.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36But will our two teams show the same staying power at the antique fair
0:00:36 > 0:00:37down the road?
0:00:37 > 0:00:39So, let's go Bargain Hunting!
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Welcome to the great Wetherby Racecourse Antiques Fair.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Now, both our teams have £300 and one hour
0:01:12 > 0:01:14in which to buy three items.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17But which team is tipped to win?
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Let's see what's coming up.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22There's disarray on the Red team.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24I know it doesn't suit you, but we're not buying it.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25we're buying it to sell, aren't we?
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Well, I wouldn't put it in my garden.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29There's pandemonium on the Blue team.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30- You don't want it? - No, I don't want it.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32- OK.- I want to go somewhere else.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33OK, let's go.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Oh!
0:01:35 > 0:01:37But will it all come together at the auction for the Reds?
0:01:37 > 0:01:40- £45.- Oh! We're in profit.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41Or the Blues?
0:01:41 > 0:01:43200 I'm bid, I'll take 220.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46But all that is coming up later.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48So, let's meet today's teams.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51And, for the Reds, we've got married couple Mark and Kirsty.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55And, for the Blues, we've got father and daughter Simon and Sammy.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56- Hello. ALL:- Hello.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58So, Mark, tell me how you two met?
0:01:58 > 0:02:01We've met at our local operatic society.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Kirsty was a dancer, I joined as the chorus.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04That was 34 years ago.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07A few years later, we did have a date and nobody said it would last,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10and two days ago we celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary, so...
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Congratulations.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13..we've lasted, yes.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15So, you're obviously a theatrical couple because,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17I know for a fact, Kirsty,
0:02:17 > 0:02:20that you do a little bit of tap dancing amongst other things, yes?
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Yes. I started dancing from the age of four.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26I had the privilege to appear on Leeds Grand Theatre
0:02:26 > 0:02:27doing the can-can.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30We did it for a week and on the last night, unfortunately,
0:02:30 > 0:02:35I fell leaving the stage and ended up in A&E with a fractured ankle.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38So, I'm really looking forward to the high kick at the end of this show.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- Yeah, she's been practising!- Oh! - Yeah, yeah.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42So, Kirsty, tell me, what to do for a living?
0:02:42 > 0:02:44I'm a midwife at Barnsley Hospital.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Part of the hospital is called the BBC,
0:02:46 > 0:02:49which is the Barnsley Birthing Centre, and it's very popular with
0:02:49 > 0:02:51ladies in the area and outside the area.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54So, it's a really fulfilling and wonderful job.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55And you've been to New Zealand?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57So, what did you get up to there?
0:02:57 > 0:03:00We went because my son's living there at the moment.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01He's been there for three years.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05So we went to visit him and his new girlfriend and we just thought we'd
0:03:05 > 0:03:08take advantage of the whole country and travel it as much as we could.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10So, how do you two think you're going to get on today?
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Well, we always agree on everything, Eric, but, the thing is, tactics,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16we can't really give you all our tactics, because the Blue team are
0:03:16 > 0:03:18just there and it is a competition.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20So, let's just say that we're going to buy it cheap
0:03:20 > 0:03:21and sell it expensive.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25- So, you're keeping your cards close to your chest?- We are, Eric.- OK.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Well, turning to the Blues.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Sammy, tell me, what do you do for a living?
0:03:29 > 0:03:32I currently work in a school in Leeds as a special educational needs
0:03:32 > 0:03:35teacher, but I've done a degree in biology and a masters in
0:03:35 > 0:03:39conservation and biodiversity, and what I really want to do is a PhD in
0:03:39 > 0:03:41some kind of conservation research.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42Right, OK.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Now, Sammy, I believe you've got an adventurous spirit,
0:03:45 > 0:03:47insofar as you do like to travel?
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Yeah. I've been to Africa and I've been to Malaysia,
0:03:49 > 0:03:53where I lived for three months to do a project on how palm oil impacts
0:03:53 > 0:03:55the biodiversity in south-east Asia.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56That was really interesting.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59You did meet a little bit of local wildlife, I believe,
0:03:59 > 0:04:00when you were down there?
0:04:00 > 0:04:03I met an alligator, just strolling along the path I wanted to go on.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05I had to decide whether to follow him and risk being eaten,
0:04:05 > 0:04:07or just turn around.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09But I did follow him and he didn't eat me, so, that's OK.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Well, turning to Simon, I believe this sense of adventure is obviously
0:04:13 > 0:04:16in your DNA, cos you like jumping out of aeroplanes, don't you?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Many years ago, when I first started work, I was talking to a friend of mine.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22I said, "What I'd really like to do is go parachuting."
0:04:22 > 0:04:25He said, "I tell you what we'll do, we'll do it for charity."
0:04:25 > 0:04:28So, he arranged it and we went down to Bridlington,
0:04:28 > 0:04:29and we did exactly that.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30We jumped out of aeroplanes,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33and we it twice because we enjoyed it so much.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35So, I've actually flown in an aeroplane twice,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37but never landed in one once.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39So, what about the antiques side of it?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Who's going to be the guiding light today of you two?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Samantha's the boss, without a shadow of a doubt,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46but I'm a little older, obviously,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48so I have a little bit more experience.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51So, it'll be, maybe, "Sammy, what to think of this?"
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- "No, Daddy, don't be stupid." - Yep, definitely.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55And then it'll be, "Daddy, what do you think of this?"
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- "Certainly, Sammy." - Right. Excellent.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00So, you're looking forward to doing some spending today, yes?
0:05:00 > 0:05:01- Yes.- Yeah.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Well, before you can do any spending,
0:05:02 > 0:05:05you've got to have some money, and that's true of you, Reds.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09So, I have got for each of you, £300.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12£300.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Spend it wisely.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17But this is the time where you now go off to meet your experts.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Excellent!
0:05:18 > 0:05:19So, catch you later.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23In the meantime, I think that theatrics are in the air.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26But the question is, will these teams deliver on the day?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30All our teams need now are their experts.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Going great guns with the Reds, it's Nick Hall.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Hoping to keep the Blues buoyant, it's Jonathan Pratt.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45So, teams, what's the plan?
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Kathy, what's on your shopping list?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49I'm looking for something silver today.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Something Art Deco, cos I like the shapes and the materials
0:05:51 > 0:05:52involved in that era.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53And what about you, Mark?
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Something for the garden, like a stone ornament, something like that.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58- Agricultural salvage?- Yes. - I love it.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Anything with social history I think's interesting,
0:06:00 > 0:06:03just because I like that sort of thing.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05What? What's that?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Teams, your time starts now.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08FANFARE
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Well, let's trot on, go and get it bought. Come on!
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Let's go and find some stuff.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Good luck, teams.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20It looks to me like the main stands and all the indoor stalls are in
0:06:20 > 0:06:24there, so if we work our way up the hill - but keep your eyes peeled on the way.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Yes, there's plenty to look at.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Blues, at £120, does this tick a box?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31That's definitely the social history thing, isn't it?
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Yeah. I just think it's quite an interesting thing.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35What do you think?
0:06:35 > 0:06:36People like these features in their homes,
0:06:36 > 0:06:39and if you're buying an Edwardian townhouse, you'll find one of these
0:06:39 > 0:06:41up in the scullery up on the wall.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- A nice object and maybe something we should think about.- OK, OK.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46One to remember, Blues.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Inside, and Kirsty's tracked down some silver already.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- I like that.- Nick?- Looks like a nurse's belt buckle.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- You've found your bling early, haven't you?- She did.- Yeah.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- So you've git a little buckle there? - Yeah.- Silver?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Well, there's some kind of mark, there.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Ah! Yeah, it's a little hallmark in the corner.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03- I love all the thistles on it.- Yeah.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06It's obviously a Scottish theme.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07£95, though.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09OK, we need to get price that down.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- It's a lot more than we would spend. - What do you think it would fetch?
0:07:11 > 0:07:14I think, an auction, 60, 80 quid, something like that.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Yeah, if you're lucky.- So, if you can get it around that sort of mark,
0:07:17 > 0:07:18I think there's a margin in it.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20What's the best you would do on that?
0:07:20 > 0:07:23The very best on that would be 60.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- The very best.- That's not bad.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29We've spoken to Nick about the auction prices and it's sort of
0:07:29 > 0:07:31£60-ish at the auction.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33If we could get it for under 60,
0:07:33 > 0:07:35even just a couple of pounds, it would help.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38I mean, 57, something like that, just to give us a £3 profit.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39Oh, he's a trier, isn't he?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41- He is a trier, isn't he?- Yeah.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42- OK.- You're a star.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- 57? We'll shake your hand on that. Thank you very much.- First one!
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- Thank you very much, that's brilliant.- Thank you.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50And well done. Well spotted, well negotiated. You don't need me.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51- Eight minutes in...- Get in!
0:07:51 > 0:07:54..and a great buy. We've got plenty of time.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- Let's have a nice, leisurely wander for item two.- Your turn this time.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58- Come on.- Come on.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Speedy work, Reds. Blues, are you enjoying the fun of the fair?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03I do quite like them, but I don't know how saleable...
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Put them at the top or the back of a bed, something like that.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07How many people would think of that?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Well, you'd have to tell them, wouldn't you?
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- What do you think about them?- These, I guess, would have been panels off of
0:08:12 > 0:08:14a carousel or something like that, aren't they?
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Well, do you know, it's all about what things cost, really.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- You've got to think about how it's going to be used.- Yeah.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22I mean, how many people are going to think about putting them over a bed?
0:08:22 > 0:08:23- Yeah.- How much are they?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25180.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26Oh.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29They're a sort of architectural antique, as you find them,
0:08:29 > 0:08:30these sort of novelty things,
0:08:30 > 0:08:32They're great and people go to these sorts of fairs
0:08:32 > 0:08:34to buy furnishing pieces.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36They don't necessarily go to auction expecting to find something
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- like this and buy it.- No.- You just won't get the right money for it.
0:08:39 > 0:08:4315 minutes in, I think JP's advising you to move on, Blues.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45What's Nick got his eye on?
0:08:45 > 0:08:48That's quite pretty. I picked it up because I looked at the price ticket
0:08:48 > 0:08:50and it said £17 on it.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51Wow.
0:08:51 > 0:08:56Now, my initial thought is, it must be damaged or restored in some way,
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- but I can't see any.- No.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00What's the mark on the bottom?
0:09:00 > 0:09:06Well, the mark is from Devon Crown Fieldings, and they were producing
0:09:06 > 0:09:09these lustrewares in the 1930s.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11It's got this sort of Oriental influence,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13what we call a chinoiserie decoration.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Is that a signature there?
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Yes, so you've also got the signature of the artist on there.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- Wow.- You've got these wonderful butterflies in this gilt
0:09:20 > 0:09:25on this really vibrant, lustrous red, that ruby-fire red.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28We said we weren't going to buy a vase, but that's actually really cute.
0:09:28 > 0:09:29Yeah.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32I think what I need to do is go and have a conversation with the owner,
0:09:32 > 0:09:35and see if there is any restoration on there that he is aware of
0:09:35 > 0:09:36- that we don't know.- Brilliant.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Hang on to that, I'll go and have a conversation
0:09:39 > 0:09:41- and I'll come back to you. - Brilliant, thanks.- Lovely.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Go and find out what the best price could be, Nick.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Blues, could this be a roaring success?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48We both quite like this tiger.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50What is it you like about it?
0:09:50 > 0:09:52I like kind of how he's a bit raggedy.
0:09:52 > 0:09:53And he looks quite heavy.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- What about you, Simon? - I might be wrong.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57I like heavy, because I think heavy's quality,
0:09:57 > 0:09:59but I might be totally wrong.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- I'm sad about his eye.- It doesn't necessarily equate to quality.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03It's got the eye missing.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05I'm not sure about age or anything, really.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07- No.- I don't know. It's cast iron,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10and there's a certain quality about it which, you know,
0:10:10 > 0:10:12it's not like a bronze, but it has that...
0:10:12 > 0:10:14You like it, and you picked it up, you want it,
0:10:14 > 0:10:16and you like it for that reason. Other people will, as well.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18It's all about the right price.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20It says £90 on the label.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23I mean, I would be wanting to go at £40, that's where I'd want to go on it,
0:10:23 > 0:10:25you know, that's where I'm looking at.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27I couldn't go down as low as that.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29I could probably go to about 65?
0:10:29 > 0:10:30It's entirely up to you, guys.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- I think we should leave it. - Leave it and maybe come back?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35I think we need to buy something
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- but I think we just need to be a bit faster.- All right, Sammy.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Move on, Blues, you really need to think about buying something.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44I think the Reds might be about to seal the deal on their second item.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47- Guys.- He's here.- OK, what do you think?
0:10:47 > 0:10:49- Yeah.- Yes, definitely.- You like it?
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- It's not what we've come for.- What sort of price would you be comfortable with?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55We're trying to get that down to a tenner, I think.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Do you know, we're all on the same page with this because I've just
0:10:58 > 0:10:59negotiated that for £10, if you want it?
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- Superstar.- Absolutely.- Shake the man's hand.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Are you going to have it? Are you going to buy it for £10?
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- Definitely, yes.- Yeah.- Well done, Reds, two items in 25 minutes.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09So, after Sammy's mini-meltdown,
0:11:09 > 0:11:11the Blues have remained at the same stall,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14and they've spotted a silver pencil holder for £22.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18- What do you like about it?- I like little things that you can put other
0:11:18 > 0:11:20things inside. I'm a bit obsessed with boxes,
0:11:20 > 0:11:21and this is kind of like a miniature box.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23I quite like stationery as well.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25This is like silver stationery.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27- What do you think?- I do like that.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29I think that's a nice thing.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33It's a nice little thing, and people collect nice little bits of silver.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34And it's not a lot of money.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35- No.- So, as a first purchase,
0:11:35 > 0:11:38bearing in mind the clock's running and we've probably gone past
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- 25 minutes already...- OK, let's buy something, then.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43..then, it's really about, something like this,
0:11:43 > 0:11:46it's finding the price and seeing if we're going to agree on it.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50- Right, OK.- We all like it and we would like to walk away with it but
0:11:50 > 0:11:52we would like to walk away with it at the right price.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55So, what do you think your very nicest price on that could be?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57The very nicest price would be 17.
0:11:57 > 0:11:5915.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01- OK.- Yes, thank you.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03OK. Start with one, that's it, go for it.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05- Shake the man's hand.- Thank you.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07We've bought something!
0:12:07 > 0:12:10So, with the Blues finally off the mark after 30 minutes,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12let's leave the teams shopping.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Now, why don't you join me for a cuppa?
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Well, in this part of the world,
0:12:16 > 0:12:20they all say you can't beat a cup of Yorkshire tea.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23But if I'd have been drinking tea way back in 1800,
0:12:23 > 0:12:25I would have needed a teapot.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29Not only that, I would have needed a fair amount of money because tea,
0:12:29 > 0:12:32way back then, was incredibly expensive.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35But the teapot I've brought along today, if it could speak to you,
0:12:35 > 0:12:38would do so with a Yorkshire accent,
0:12:38 > 0:12:42because this teapot must have been made about 15 miles away in a place
0:12:42 > 0:12:45called Castleford, possibly by a man called
0:12:45 > 0:12:50David Dunderdale. And it's quite typical of a teapot that dates from
0:12:50 > 0:12:53roundabout 1790 to 1810.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57So, what are the characteristics of a typical Castleford teapot?
0:12:57 > 0:13:02It's typical insofar as it's always in this lovely white type of ceramic.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04It's called feldspathic porcelain.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08In other words, they've got feldspar which they've crushed into a
0:13:08 > 0:13:11white powder, and they've mixed it with a china clay,
0:13:11 > 0:13:13and it gives a very resilient surface.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16As teapots go, this is elegance.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21It's been based on a silver shape that dates from the same sort of period,
0:13:21 > 0:13:24and it would have been made in sections, the handle, the spout,
0:13:24 > 0:13:29and the body, and obviously the cover would have been made separately.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32I think what makes this exciting is the fact that,
0:13:32 > 0:13:35not only has it got the sort of typical sprigging,
0:13:35 > 0:13:41also they have this tendency to use a royal blue trim for additional
0:13:41 > 0:13:45decoration. This one is that little bit special because it's been
0:13:45 > 0:13:50hand-decorated in colour enamels with a landscape.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53A landscape at this side, which could be anywhere, I mean, let's think,
0:13:53 > 0:13:56it's somewhere around the corner in Yorkshire.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59But when I turn it around, it gets little bit more exciting because
0:13:59 > 0:14:00it includes a figure.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02And not just any old figure,
0:14:02 > 0:14:06because that figure can be identified as a packman.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10This is somebody who is travelling on foot between village and town,
0:14:10 > 0:14:13and he's carrying whatever wares he wants to sell, on his back,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16and it's suspended from a packman's stick.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18And if you look very carefully there,
0:14:18 > 0:14:21you'll see on his shoulder a curled stick.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Now, the minute I saw this teapot I just had to have it,
0:14:23 > 0:14:27because I've never seen a Castleford teapot with a landscape that
0:14:27 > 0:14:29incorporates a packman.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33I think I ended up paying around about £80 by the time I'd paid my
0:14:33 > 0:14:35premium. And I was delighted.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Well, the market for a Castleford tea wares in my part of the world is
0:14:38 > 0:14:41a little bit soft at the moment, prices are down.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44There was a time I might have had to pay as much as £200,
0:14:44 > 0:14:45£250 for that teapot.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48I think it's fair to say if you're going to pour tea for anybody,
0:14:48 > 0:14:50you might as well do it in style.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53This teapot was the state of the art,
0:14:53 > 0:14:56and it said more about you than money ever could.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Back to it, we're 35 minutes in, it's 2-1 to the Reds,
0:15:01 > 0:15:04who've decided to move outside to find their final item.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07What's Kirsty spotted in the distance?
0:15:07 > 0:15:09That way. Dog!
0:15:09 > 0:15:12- Oh, yeah.- There.- Nick...
0:15:12 > 0:15:14- It's there.- There is a concrete dog down here,
0:15:14 > 0:15:16I don't know if you want to have a...
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- Concrete...?- Just down, laid down there on the...
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- You like that, do you?- Well, you wanted something funky and quirky,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24rustic and for the garden...
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Kirsty's wandered off to look at the dog.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Seems the boys are looking at the sack lifter.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32I have no idea what it is, but I kind of like it, I'm drawn to it.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34It's a bale lifter or something like that?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Is it? A bale lifter!
0:15:36 > 0:15:39You could put a tray of plants on it, to sort of cascade over...
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- You could put...- Hey, lads, I thought we were a team!
0:15:42 > 0:15:43- I'm down there.- Sorry.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- What's going on?- We're looking at this thing here.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- What the heck is that?- Oh, dear, Kirsty's not impressed.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Hello, sir. Could you tell me what that is, please?
0:15:51 > 0:15:54We've got bale lifter as a guess...
0:15:54 > 0:15:57No, it's a sack lifter. 18-stone bags.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- So it's a real... - It's about 134 years old.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02I see, so it's from the 19th century.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03- Yeah.- OK.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06And it's a real bit of... What you call a rustic bygone, isn't it, really.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09- Yeah.- Agricultural salvage. Is it expensive?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- No.- How much is it?
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- 80 quid.- 80 quid.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15I thought you said it weren't expensive!
0:16:15 > 0:16:18I'll go a bit less. I'll do it for a bit less.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20OK. So it's negotiable.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22We've got a lot of time left to look,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25so what I think we're going to do is we're going to hold that as...
0:16:25 > 0:16:28As a kind of a plan B and maybe come back after we've had a bit of a look
0:16:28 > 0:16:32- round.- I'll do a deal on it. - OK, well, we'll come back and we'll do a deal when we come back,
0:16:32 > 0:16:34if that's OK. We'll just have a quick look round.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36That's very good of you, though, thank you very much.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38- I'll do you a deal on it. - One for consideration -
0:16:38 > 0:16:40but something tells me Kirsty's not convinced.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43The Blues appear to be sticking to one stall.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Blues, what's item number two going to be?
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Have you got any military wristwatches?
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Somewhere about... I'm sure...
0:16:51 > 0:16:55I've got... I bought these at an auction the other day and I
0:16:55 > 0:16:59haven't had a chance to kind of assess them yet or sort them out.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02That's a World War I trench watch...
0:17:02 > 0:17:06- Yes.- And a lot of these, you've got to remember, early watches, the money's in the face.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09- Yeah.- You've got to have the right dial and it's got to be in
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- good condition.- That's a Roamer, which is quite a...
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Yes. It's quite a well-known brand.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- ..a well-known name.- It has a sort of antique value and a
0:17:16 > 0:17:18military value and a watch collector's value as well.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20- Yeah.- It's a nice example.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- Yeah.- Yeah. What would you be looking to sell it for?
0:17:22 > 0:17:24This one here,
0:17:24 > 0:17:25I'm going to have to ask for 90.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- What do you think?- I think that would be one to go for.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- We are all in agreement.- And that was...
0:17:30 > 0:17:3290 would be the death on that, I couldn't go any less.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35What about 87, because then if somebody bids 90 we've still made £3 profit.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- I'll go to 87, OK. - Thank you very much again!
0:17:38 > 0:17:40- OK.- Yes! Two things.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43- You're a good man, thanks very much. - Cheers, thank you very much.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Two down, OK?
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- And we haven't moved.- One to go!
0:17:47 > 0:17:49And 20 minutes left.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53- We're doing so well!- Right, I think we should definitely go indoors now, and warm up.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- Let's go inside, it's cold.- Yes. Thank you very much. - Thank you very much.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58- Well done.- Thank you, bye.- Cheers, take care. Bye-bye.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02Yes, well done, Blues. Didn't take you quite as long to buy your second item. See if you
0:18:02 > 0:18:04can find your third on a different stall.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Kirsty seems keen to show the boys the dog she spotted earlier.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- Is that the dog you saw?- Yeah, that one.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Well, it looks nicely house-trained, doesn't it?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16It's a handsome beast, isn't it?
0:18:16 > 0:18:17- Yeah.- I don't know what breed he is.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Oh, there's some weight to it.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- What's it made of?- Now,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24it's what we call reconstituted stone which is concrete, basically.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28- Yeah.- It's modern... It's the sort of thing you'd buy in a garden centre,
0:18:28 > 0:18:30but it's just got that lovely look to it.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32- Mm.- Do you like that, Kirsty?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34- Your sort of thing?- Er, it's a lot better than that piece of
0:18:34 > 0:18:36greasy, old machinery you were looking at.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- What?! Bit of garden rust.- If we get that for the right money,
0:18:39 > 0:18:41that's good value, is that.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Anyway... yours is the buckle, yours is the vase.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- The next one's mine.- Look, he's getting all assertive now.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- Is he often like this?- Well, we're outside, aren't we?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50This is the garden stuff.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53I would put that in my garden, but I wouldn't put that...whatever, sack lifter.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Well, the good news is we don't have to put either in YOUR garden...
0:18:55 > 0:18:58- No, that's true.- ..we shall be putting it in Yorkshire.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- I think that would be more popular than the...- They do
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- sell up there, don't they?- Mm.- You might be winning the boys over, Kirsty.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06How much is this, please?
0:19:06 > 0:19:09- 260.- 260?- Ahh!- That's a lot more than we are looking to spend, I'll be honest.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- We haven't got that much.- I couldn't go below 240.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16- Really?- Yeah.- I think... - That's made our decision.- There's your answer, then, isn't it?
0:19:16 > 0:19:20- Yeah.- It's a lovely thing, but what we're trying to do today, it's not going to be for us.- No.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- No.- Bad luck, Kirsty - the dog's over your budget.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Blues, how are you getting on inside?
0:19:26 > 0:19:29I'm told, from a proper man in the know, Seiko,
0:19:29 > 0:19:31early Seikos are something to watch.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- OK.- They really are.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36No more watches.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37That's you two told!
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Reds, how's the hunt for a garden ornament going?
0:19:40 > 0:19:43I thought outside there would be an abundance of garden stuff.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47- Yeah, yeah. - Yeah.- I'm struggling to find what you're looking for, really. What are
0:19:47 > 0:19:51- your thoughts?- Er... Well, I'm just sorry that dog wasn't cheaper...
0:19:51 > 0:19:55- Yeah, yeah. Well, we can't do anything about that.- ..cos I think he's probably going to go back
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- to the sack lifter.- Well, the sack lifter ticks all the boxes, doesn't it?
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- Not for me, but...- I know it doesn't suit you. We're not buying it -
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- we're buying it to sell, aren't we? - I know...- I wouldn't put it in my garden, put it that way.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Well, it's not for our garden, it wouldn't suit our garden.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10I think it's a gamble worth taking at that point.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12- Right.- But, look, let's walk towards it...
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- Let's go and see him.- Yeah.- There might be something else on the way.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- OK.- You might end up with that sack lifter after all, Kirsty.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Blues, any ideas for your final item?
0:20:21 > 0:20:24One of the tricks is to look for something on a stall that they wouldn't
0:20:24 > 0:20:28normally sell. So, you know, not a bad thing.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30- Yeah.- Why don't you ask them?- Shall we ask about that?
0:20:30 > 0:20:32You can if you want.
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Did you get that?
0:20:33 > 0:20:37- LAUGHTER - Yeah.- Over to the gentleman. Ask the man.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Well, the very best would be 180.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42And that would be the very best.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45But they are very useful.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48People are using them now for logs.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Yeah, log baskets, log burning, yeah.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52I think that's a bit steep for us, don't you?
0:20:52 > 0:20:54It does sound a lot, really.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56I do like it, I like copper.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00But I think for our needs today, I think that's a little bit steep.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03I'm not sure Sammy would have let you buy it anyway!
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Reds, what's it going to be?
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Here we are, guys, we are back here, are we going to do this?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10I don't know, it's down to the money, really.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12But if we don't buy it, what are we going to buy?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14I don't know. I mean,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17I know it's an adventure and we should be spending it and we should
0:21:17 > 0:21:20be doing something with it but we still want to win the Golden Gavel.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22I wouldn't worry too much about that.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Let's have a bit of fun, push the boat out,
0:21:24 > 0:21:26have a bit of jeopardy in our lives.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27What do you think?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29- Let's have a word with him, then. - Yeah.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Here he is. I found him, the star of the moment.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34It's down to the price of it.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36£60.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38We won't be going 60, that's the problem.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40- 55.- We are thinking nearer 30.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41Oh, no.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- A bit more than that.- Did you...?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45What's the lowest you would go to?
0:21:45 > 0:21:48- 50.- What about 45?
0:21:48 > 0:21:5045.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- There's a deal.- I tell you what, because they go up in fives,
0:21:52 > 0:21:54can I do 44 with you?
0:21:54 > 0:21:56- Go on, then.- You are a star.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58- Thank you.- £44.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- We don't know, do we?- That's it, we've bought the third and final thing.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- We're done.- Thank you, sir. - What a great thing to finish with.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Well, it's a big piece of kit, isn't it?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08So, you can pay the man, someone has to wheel it home.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10- Yeah.- Kirsty...?
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Well, the boys think it's a good item.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16We'll see who's right at the auction.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Job done, though, Reds.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Blues, with time ticking, it's over to you.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22How much do you think, time-wise, you've got?
0:22:22 > 0:22:24- 15 minutes.- Nine minutes.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Eight minutes left.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Eight minutes left. Eight minutes left and we don't have an idea.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Bells, the bells. I want to get the bells.
0:22:31 > 0:22:32Yeah, we know where they are.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34They might not be there any more.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Otherwise, there's a trunk on the same stall which I liked.
0:22:37 > 0:22:38Gosh. In eight minutes.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- In eight minutes.- Walk this way. - Go, go, go.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Chop, chop, quickly, Blues.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46Now it looks like Kirsty is travelling in style.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49It is a bit of a bumpy ride, lads.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52I didn't think I'd end up having to deliver it myself.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55- That's the trouble buying big, heavy things.- You and your big ideas.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- I know I shouldn't have listened to you.- I'm carrying the vase next time.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00Yeah, you can carry your wife as well.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Put your back into it, boys and put your foot down, Blues.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05Here, there. Look... Blue bells.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09You'll recognise it when you see it.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Sammy saw this,
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- the Victorian bell...- System.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17I think originally you said a price of £120.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19- Yeah.- Could it be 99?
0:23:19 > 0:23:20That would really help us.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24I'll be honest with you, I'm really struggling on it.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25Struggling to sell it?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27LAUGHTER
0:23:27 > 0:23:29I do want 15.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32We've got to make a decision because we're running out of time.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35You've got two minutes. This has been scrubbed up considerably.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39You can see that. That's the thing that got me, it's not the original...
0:23:39 > 0:23:41It's got no patina whatsoever on the wood.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45But the glass is original and fine and you've got the bits inside.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47- OK.- Is it 110?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49100...
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Did you say 110?
0:23:51 > 0:23:53There is a minute left, guys.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54What about 107?
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- I can't do that.- 110, you can do?
0:23:56 > 0:23:59115, it's got to be.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01- 100... No!- 115!
0:24:01 > 0:24:04That was not a team decision!
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Well done. Down to the wire.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Indecision was getting you all the
0:24:09 > 0:24:11way through but you've got to be really pleased.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14You've got back here. You got what you wanted, eventually, didn't you?
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Yeah. It was the first thing I saw.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17- It was, yeah.- Very good.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Anyway, you should be very pleased.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20I like it, I do like it.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22KLAXON BLARES
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Attention, teams. Your time's up.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Well done, thank you, let's go.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Let's go and lie down in a darkened room.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36First up, Kirsty didn't waste any time in finding the silver she
0:24:36 > 0:24:38wanted and paid £57 for this buckle.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Next up, they thought that this Devon Fieldings vase was a bargain
0:24:44 > 0:24:46and paid £10 for it.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52And finally, Mark paid £44 for this agricultural sack lifter.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Kirsty wasn't convinced.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56We'll see who was right, at the auction.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01Reds, I've got to tell you that you two have brought the term
0:25:01 > 0:25:05speed shopping to Bargain Hunt in a different meaning altogether.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Nick, you almost had to rein them in.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12I know we are at Wetherby, but they were like thoroughbreds, these two, the way they shot off.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14You were very happy with your purchases, it's fair to say.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- Absolutely, yes.- So much so, I've got to ask you, Kirsty,
0:25:17 > 0:25:19what is your favourite piece?
0:25:19 > 0:25:23My favourite is the piece that I chose which was the silver belt buckle.
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Oh, yes, with the thistles.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- Yes, that's it.- OK, what about you, Mark?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29It was the agricultural sack lifter.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Oh, yes, the thing everybody should have in the corner of their
0:25:32 > 0:25:34- drawing room!- Nobody had a clue how much it was going to cost.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Or how much it was going to make.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39But, yeah, that's my favourite.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42OK. Well, on the subject of money, Kirsty, what do you think is the,
0:25:42 > 0:25:45of the three, is the one item that's going to give you the biggest profit?
0:25:45 > 0:25:48- I think it's the vase.- Oh, the vase. - I think that's going to be the best.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Right. And what about yourself, Mark?
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Yeah, I think the vase is going to make the big money.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54Right, OK.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56So tell me how much you spent.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57£111.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00OK, that means you are going to give me £189, yes?
0:26:00 > 0:26:03- That's correct, yeah.- Excellent. Here it comes.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05- There you go.- OK. Thank you very much indeed. Mr Hall...
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- Do I get all that?- Yeah...
0:26:08 > 0:26:10- That's a tidy...- Like the winnings at the Tote, isn't it?
0:26:10 > 0:26:12I think with that amount of money,
0:26:12 > 0:26:15I'd like to find something with a bit of age and a bit of antiquity.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17- That would be nice.- Yeah, that would be good.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19- That would be really good.- Well,
0:26:19 > 0:26:22while Nick goes off to find something with age and antiquity,
0:26:22 > 0:26:24let's remind ourselves what the Blue team bought.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27They took their time to buy the first item but they settled on this
0:26:27 > 0:26:30silver pencil lead holder, £15 paid.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34With their eyes on the time,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37they paid £87 for this World War I military watch.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42And finally, with seconds left,
0:26:42 > 0:26:46they bought this Victorian bell box for £115.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Well, Blues, I think fair to say that you probably thought it was easy
0:26:50 > 0:26:54just watching it on the telly but when you are in this competition,
0:26:54 > 0:26:56it's not quite as easy as it looks, is it?
0:26:56 > 0:26:59- Definitely not.- I have to say, JP,
0:26:59 > 0:27:04that my fist was in my mouth with your final buy. What was it,
0:27:04 > 0:27:0659 minutes and 30 seconds?
0:27:06 > 0:27:09I mean, by the seat of your pants, you two.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Tell me, what is your favourite buy, Simon?
0:27:12 > 0:27:14My favourite buy is the last buy, which was the bells.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16The servant bells.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18I think they were absolutely great and in nice condition.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22- Yes.- I don't think they will definitely make the most money but I
0:27:22 > 0:27:24- think they're great.- OK, what about you, Sammy?
0:27:24 > 0:27:27I think my favourite item was the little silver pencil holder.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29On that subject,
0:27:29 > 0:27:32what do you think is going to be the biggest profit maker of the three?
0:27:32 > 0:27:33Possibly the watch.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36I think if there's someone there for it, it'll make some good money.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38OK. Excellent. What about you, Sammy?
0:27:38 > 0:27:41I agree. I think the watch probably is more collectable out of the
0:27:41 > 0:27:43- things we bought.- So, what was the final spend?
0:27:43 > 0:27:45£217.
0:27:45 > 0:27:46Quite a healthy spend.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48So, £83, please.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52Thank you. There you go, Jonathan, £83.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Got your eye on anything?
0:27:54 > 0:27:56- No.- No? No! OK.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Haven't got a clue. I'd just like to make a profit and that's what I'll
0:27:59 > 0:28:00try to do this time.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04So, while Jonathan goes off to find a bonus buy without a clue,
0:28:04 > 0:28:05we're going off to the auction.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16Well, today, we are in Darlington, at the saleroom of Thomas Watson.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19And I'm joined by auctioneer David Elstob.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21- David, good to see you. - Good to see you.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23It is good to be here.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27Right, starting with the Red team, this is married couple Mark and Kirsty.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30First item is a silver belt buckle.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Nice quality. A fairly recent manufacturer, though.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37- Is it?- It is. But it's nice quality, it's very pretty.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39It's nice to have the thistles.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41- I think it'll do OK.- What's the estimate?
0:28:41 > 0:28:43- 40 to 60.- They paid top end.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47They paid £57 for that so it's in with a chance.
0:28:47 > 0:28:52- In with a shout.- The second item is the Fieldings Crown Devon lustre vase.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Nice quality object, would you say?
0:28:54 > 0:28:56It's a good factory.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59They are up there with Carlton Ware, producing ceramics in the '20s and '30s.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01Very nice quality.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04The glaze is a little bit scratched on it but it is a very pretty design.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07I'm intrigued to know what your valuation is?
0:29:07 > 0:29:09I've put 30 to 40 on this.
0:29:09 > 0:29:10They paid £10 for it.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12That was a seriously good buy.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14It was, wasn't it?
0:29:14 > 0:29:17And the third item is this amazing contraption.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19- Yes.- How would you describe that?
0:29:19 > 0:29:22- Large. - LAUGHTER
0:29:22 > 0:29:24It's a very rare rural bygone.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26It's nice and rustic.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Probably not usable but very decorative.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Somebody might use it in their garden.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32I think it would make a nice feature.
0:29:32 > 0:29:33- You would?- Yeah.- So, your estimate?
0:29:33 > 0:29:3660 to 90.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39OK. They paid £44 for it so they could be on to a bit of an earner there.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41There's lot for your money.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44That's true. So, when it comes to the bonus buy,
0:29:44 > 0:29:47they may or may not need it but let's take a look at it anyway.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53So, Mark and Kirsty, you gave Nick £189.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Nick, you said you were going to go
0:29:55 > 0:29:57out and seek something with antiquity.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59I did, didn't I? Yeah.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03I'm going to take you back 200 years to the times of the Napoleonic Wars.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Prisoner of war, straw-work box.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09- It's amazing.- Look at the detail, the workmanship.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11This is all coloured straws,
0:30:11 > 0:30:14painstakingly pieced together to make that
0:30:14 > 0:30:16beautiful, beautiful little artefact.
0:30:16 > 0:30:17And that's 200 years old?
0:30:17 > 0:30:19- It is.- It's in perfect condition as well.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21It's not quite perfect.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23If you look closer, there are minor flaws.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25- But I don't mind that. - No, it shows of age, doesn't it?
0:30:25 > 0:30:27It's part of its history.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Its tale, if you like.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32- How much did you pay for that, then? - I gave £80 for it.
0:30:32 > 0:30:33- Wow.- But it's a proper collectable.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35It's a proper antique.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37- Antique, yeah.- Yeah.- What do you think that's going to do?
0:30:37 > 0:30:40I've seen them make more. I've seen them make about that.
0:30:40 > 0:30:41Remind us how much you paid, Nick.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43I gave £80.
0:30:43 > 0:30:44- I love it.- Yeah, it's beautiful.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47I mean, that is something so unusual.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50We have seen similar things on the TV but I've never seen anything close-up
0:30:50 > 0:30:53and that is just so intricate, it's just beautiful.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Remember, you don't have to make your decision now.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00Once you've your three items, then it's make your mind up time.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02But in the meantime,
0:31:02 > 0:31:03let's find out what the auctioneer
0:31:03 > 0:31:06had to say about Nick's Napoleonic straw-work box.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12So, David, would you like to explain what we're looking at?
0:31:12 > 0:31:16We're looking at a beautiful prisoner-of-war straw-work box from the early
0:31:16 > 0:31:2019th-century, retaining some beautiful vivid colours here.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24- It's fabulous.- So, we're talking sort of Napoleonic period?
0:31:24 > 0:31:27- That period, exactly.- What is the market like these days for
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- prisoner-of-war work?- It's a while since I've sold a piece.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34But it's in nice condition, so I think someone might come out of the woodwork for
0:31:34 > 0:31:38- this one.- OK. What sort of money are you looking at, then?
0:31:38 > 0:31:3950 to 70.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41They paid 80 for it.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44We will have to wait and see if they go for it.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Meanwhile, let's take a look at the Blue team.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Sammy and her father Simon.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55Their first item up is the pencil lead holder.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58It's a lovely little thing, bears a Chester hallmark 1900.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01It's a lovely little container, really,
0:32:01 > 0:32:03where you'd keep your leads in for your pencils.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05It's in nice condition.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09- So, estimate? - 30 to 40.- They paid £15 for that.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11- I think they've done very well. - You do?- I do.- OK.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14Second item is the wristwatch.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Now, they both think this is going to give them the biggest profit.
0:32:17 > 0:32:18What are your thoughts, David?
0:32:18 > 0:32:20It's not great. Unfortunately,
0:32:20 > 0:32:23it does have the second hand missing from the dial.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26The case is a little bit bruised, as you'd expect.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30It is collectable but I just wish it was in slightly better condition.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32- What's your estimate?- 30 to 40.
0:32:32 > 0:32:33Whoa.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36They paid £87 for it.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Really? OK. Might have to take a little bit of pain on that one.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43Yeah. And the final item, these wonderful kitchen bells.
0:32:43 > 0:32:44Bell boxes, we tend to call them.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46Bell box, right.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49- OK.- This one is largely intact.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Often they're in a sorry state. This one's good.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54- People buy them, what, just purely decorative?- Decoration.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57They look the part in a Victorian house.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59What sort of estimate are we looking at?
0:32:59 > 0:33:01I've put 40 to 80 on it.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03We've had a lot of presale interest.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05- Have you?- So I'm expecting it to do well.
0:33:05 > 0:33:10They are going to need a lot of presale interest because they paid
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- £115 for it.- Well, fingers crossed.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Fingers crossed. So,
0:33:15 > 0:33:19it strikes me that the Blues may well need their bonus buy.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Either way, let's find out what it is.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24So, Sammy and Simon, how are we feeling?
0:33:24 > 0:33:26- Positive.- Yes, excited and nervous.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Positive excitement!
0:33:28 > 0:33:31You gave JP, there, £83 to go and spend and you said you were going to
0:33:31 > 0:33:33look for quality, Jonathan?
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Yes. I did.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- Very good.- Little piece of silver, very nice quality,
0:33:38 > 0:33:40it's late 19th century.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43It's very sort of classically inspired with these two winged...
0:33:43 > 0:33:46playing musical instruments and what I love about it,
0:33:46 > 0:33:48you've got a little frog dancing down there at the bottom.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52- Do we like that?- Yeah, I really like it.- I like that. I think you've done very well.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55Little fairies and things on it, it is quite, like, magical.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Yeah. It is that sort of, yes, a fantasy sort of thing.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00- Yes.- It's just nice quality and nice weight as well.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03- How much was it?- I paid £55 for it. - Yeah, that's really good. It's a bargain.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07- I think you've done very well. - There are people who collect these sorts of things and they would pay
0:34:07 > 0:34:11something more than I paid for it. I don't think it's going to run away massively but again,
0:34:11 > 0:34:13I think there's a sure-fire profit in it.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Yeah. I really like that.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17You don't have to make your minds up now.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19You sell your first three items...
0:34:19 > 0:34:21- For a profit!- OK.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24In the meantime, let's find out what the auctioneer had to say about JP's
0:34:24 > 0:34:26silver bonbon dish.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29So, there we go.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32It's worth picking up because it's quite weighty.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34It is a heavy gauge.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37Usually, these are quite a thin gauge of silver but this one is
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- really nice and thick.- And quite a nice hallmark, what is that telling you?
0:34:40 > 0:34:43A nice well struck mark for London, 1896.
0:34:43 > 0:34:44So, definitely an antique?
0:34:44 > 0:34:46So, what sort of an estimate?
0:34:46 > 0:34:4850 to 70.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52OK. Jonathan paid £55 for that so that was quite a canny buy.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Yes, I think he's in with a chance on that one.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57So, who's going to be up at the rostrum today doing the auction?
0:34:57 > 0:34:59- That will be me.- Good news.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03So, as they say, cometh the auction, let's hope, cometh the buyers.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12First time at an auction?
0:35:12 > 0:35:16No, we came to an auction just before we were married but we bought dross so...
0:35:16 > 0:35:17- I hope that's not...- OK.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Your first item is the silver buckle with the thistles.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22You've paid £57 for it.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24- Your favourite, Kirsty.- Yes, it is.
0:35:24 > 0:35:25Anyway, it's coming up now.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28337, Scottish silver two-piece buckle with a thistle design.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30It's quite a recent hallmark.
0:35:30 > 0:35:31A pretty thing. I'll start you at £30.
0:35:31 > 0:35:3330 I'm bid, the buckle.
0:35:33 > 0:35:3630, I'm bid. I'll take 35.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39- Come on.- 35. 40. 45 on the gallery.
0:35:39 > 0:35:4145 on the gallery.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Gentleman's bid in the room at 45, to see 50, surely.
0:35:43 > 0:35:4745 bid it is, then, at 45, are we all done and finished?
0:35:47 > 0:35:49- It weighs a tonne!- At £45, all done.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Oh.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53£45.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57OK. So, you paid 57 for it, it just sold for 45.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59- Yeah.- Minus 12.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01I think it did deserve to do better.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03We thought about £60.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07Well, you did your best. Anyway, the next one coming up is your Fieldings lustre vase.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10You think this is going to give you the biggest profit, don't you?
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Listen, you only paid £10 for it.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Let's see how we go, it's coming up now.
0:36:14 > 0:36:15Lot 340.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19A nice piece of 1930s pottery, Crown Devon Fieldings vase.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22I'll start you at £25.
0:36:22 > 0:36:2425 bid.
0:36:24 > 0:36:2525, to see 30.
0:36:25 > 0:36:2930 bid. £30 bid in the room, with 30, do I see five?
0:36:29 > 0:36:30That is more like it.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33One bid in the room, I'm going to sell at £30.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Are we all done? At 30.
0:36:35 > 0:36:3730 is all right.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39- It's a good profit.- OK,
0:36:39 > 0:36:45so that's given you a £20 profit which takes you to plus £8.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48OK. Your next item is your sack carrier.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50OK? You paid £44 for it.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52You get a lot for your money, don't you?
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Come on, this is going to make money, this.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56If you are into engineering, this is for you, isn't it, big-time?
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Either way, it is coming up now.
0:36:58 > 0:37:03Lot 343, an EJ Tong & Sons vintage sack barrow lifter.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Very interesting thing, this, nice piece of engineering.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10I'll start you with interest at £45.
0:37:10 > 0:37:11- Oh!- Profit!
0:37:11 > 0:37:1445, I'm bid, the sack barrow, 45, to see 50.
0:37:14 > 0:37:1650 bid online.
0:37:16 > 0:37:1855 bid with me.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20At 55, do I see 60?
0:37:20 > 0:37:23At £55, 60 online.
0:37:23 > 0:37:2560 online, I'll take 65 next.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28It's £60 on the internet, then, fair warning.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Are we all done at £60?
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- Yes.- £60.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36That's given you a profit there of £16.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40That's taken us nicely to a plus £24.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43You've got now to make your decision about your bonus buy.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Remember, Nick paid £80 for it.
0:37:46 > 0:37:47How are you going to play this?
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- Will we risk your profit?- No,
0:37:50 > 0:37:51if we were higher profit
0:37:51 > 0:37:53we could afford to lose a bit but...
0:37:53 > 0:37:55But he did well on the vase.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58Yes, he did, but it means he's done it once and will he do it again?
0:37:58 > 0:38:00- The vase was cheap.- Right. - I'm not going to go with it.- OK.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02So, that's a joint decision, Kirsty?
0:38:02 > 0:38:03Yeah. OK. All right.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05So you are going to give it a miss.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07- Yeah.- It is coming up now.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09349. One of the best lots of the sale really.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11It's a POW straw-work box.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Lovely, vivid colours inside it. Early 19th-century.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16I'll start you with interest at £35.
0:38:16 > 0:38:1735, I'm bid.
0:38:17 > 0:38:1935, I'll take 40.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22At £35, £40, I'll take 35, 40.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Five. 45 bid.
0:38:24 > 0:38:2650 bid.
0:38:26 > 0:38:2850 bid it is. At 50 bid, I'll take five.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31At £50 bid, are we all done and finished?
0:38:31 > 0:38:33At £50, I'm going to sell.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35At £50. All done.
0:38:35 > 0:38:36Right. Well, that sold for 50.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38It did deserve to do better.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- It really did.- It was the right move for you to make.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43You are going in there with a plus £24 profit.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46All right. So you've got a lot to smile about but you are not allowed
0:38:46 > 0:38:48to say a word to the Blues.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49Not a word.
0:38:54 > 0:38:55Do you come to lots of auctions?
0:38:55 > 0:38:57- We've done a few, yeah. - We've done a few.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59OK. So you have an idea how it all works, then.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02Anyway, your first item is coming up.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04It's your Chester silver pencil lead holder.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06You paid £15 for it.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Let's see if there is a profit to be had.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- Coming up now.- 365, pretty little piece of Chester silver,
0:39:11 > 0:39:13it's a pencil lead holder.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Hallmarked for 1900.
0:39:15 > 0:39:16I'll start you at £20.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18£20, I'm bid.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- Oh!- I'll take 25.
0:39:21 > 0:39:22At £20, I'm bid, any interest at 25?
0:39:22 > 0:39:24- 25 in the room.- 25.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Gentleman's bid at 25.
0:39:26 > 0:39:27I'll take 30 next.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29At £25, 30 anywhere?
0:39:29 > 0:39:34At 25, then, fair warning, I'm selling at 25.
0:39:34 > 0:39:3525.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Well, you paid 15 for it.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Plus ten.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Always nice to start off with a plus.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Your next item is your watch and both think it is going to be the
0:39:44 > 0:39:46biggest profit. You paid £87 for it.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48And it's coming up now.
0:39:48 > 0:39:49368.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51World War I military silver watch.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54I'll start you with interest at £25.
0:39:54 > 0:39:5625, I'm bid.
0:39:56 > 0:39:5730, I'll take next.
0:39:57 > 0:40:0130. 35. 40. 45. 45 in the room.
0:40:01 > 0:40:0345. 50, I'll take next.
0:40:03 > 0:40:0650 online. I'll take five next.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08- 50.- The room's clear.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11- It's an online bid, then. - £50, I'm selling.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13At £50.
0:40:14 > 0:40:20Oh! Sorry to say, that's a minus £37.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25It leaves you with a rolling total of minus 27.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27So the next item is your late-Victorian bell box system.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30You like this one, Simon, it's your favourite?
0:40:30 > 0:40:33- Yeah.- You paid £115 for it and it's coming up now.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35We are inundated with commission bids on this one.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37There's been a lot of interest.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39I'm going to have to start you at £200.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41- ALL EXCLAIM - 200, I'm bid on commission.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44200 I'm bid. I'll take 220.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46200 bid, 220, 240.
0:40:46 > 0:40:51At 240. 260. 300. 320. 340.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54At 340 bid, my book's out, it's your bid, sir, at 340.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Are you all done and finished, then?
0:40:56 > 0:40:59I'm selling at 340.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02£340!
0:41:04 > 0:41:08So, you just made £225 profit.
0:41:08 > 0:41:09- Bonus buy.- We love it.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11- We love it.- Whatever happens, we love it.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13It's fine, we can't make a loss now, can we?
0:41:13 > 0:41:15You can't, no, you're going to win, I'm sure.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18- You are both agreed?- Absolutely. - OK, well, it's coming up now.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21377 is a late-Victorian silver bonbon dish.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23London hallmark - 1896.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25It's a nice heavy gauge of silver.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28I'll start you with interest at 40 bid.
0:41:28 > 0:41:2945 and 50.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33Five bid. Up on the gallery at 55.
0:41:33 > 0:41:34I'll take 60 next.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37At 55, then, lady's bid it is. I'm going to sell.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40At £55. All done.
0:41:40 > 0:41:4355. Well, it didn't make a jot of difference.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45- No.- Broke even at 55.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47I thought it was going to do a bit better than that, JP.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50I did think so, too.
0:41:50 > 0:41:56So, you're going in with a rolling profit of £198.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58- Not a word to the Reds. - Absolutely not.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Well, the good news, teams, is that you are both in profit.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09CHEERING
0:42:09 > 0:42:10Which is good to know, isn't it?
0:42:10 > 0:42:13So, let me get straight to the point.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17The runners-up with a £24 profit - is the Red team.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19CHEERING AND LAUGHTER
0:42:19 > 0:42:22The Red team. You made a credible £24.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24But the Blue team,
0:42:24 > 0:42:27I'm never going to look at a bell box the same way
0:42:27 > 0:42:29because you paid, what,
0:42:29 > 0:42:31£115 for that thing?
0:42:31 > 0:42:33And I'm thinking,
0:42:33 > 0:42:35"That could have come a cropper."
0:42:35 > 0:42:38But instead, it sold for how much?
0:42:38 > 0:42:39£340.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42ALL EXCLAIM
0:42:42 > 0:42:43£340.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46- Amazing.- Well done, guys.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50- Very good. - So, a plus of £24.- Yes. Thank you.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54Which... Much less than that has been a winner before today on this programme,
0:42:54 > 0:42:56- so take that as some consolation. - Thank you.
0:42:56 > 0:43:01If I can heave out £198.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04- There we go.- Thank you.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07- That's amazing.- I tell you, it's been a roller-coaster of a ride.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09- Have we enjoyed ourselves? - Yes, we have.- Absolutely.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11Brilliant, absolutely fantastic.
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