Carmarthen 3 Bargain Hunt

Today, I'm in Carmarthenshire in the south-west of Wales,

famous for its coastline, castles and its cricket.

In fact, the first-ever recorded Welsh cricket match was played in

1783, just outside the county town of Carmarthen.

Will our teams be bowled over at the antiques fair, or will they be hit for six at the auction?

THEY CHEER

Let's go Bargain Hunting!

Today's antiques fair is set in the beautiful grounds of the

National Botanic Garden of Wales near Carmarthen,

which has been transformed into a treasure trove of the unusual and

unique, with over 100 stalls dotted around the site.

Now, our teams have £300 and just one hour in which to buy three items

to take off to auction and hopefully make a profit.

Now, let's have a sneaky peek at what's coming up.

The Reds are embracing all things Oriental.

-Do you read Chinese?

-No, I wish I could.

-Well, you're no use to me, are you?!

The Blues believe hope will spring eternal.

65.

-Yeah.

-But it had 72 on it.

-It had 72 on it.

-So it's coming down.

-It's coming down, yeah.

They're keen to get rid of it.

Over at the auction, the Reds are feeling tense.

-12, 12, that's OK.

-Ooh!

-15.

-Taking off now.

And the Blues get a surprise.

-35.

-Ooh!

-Oh!

-We're in, we're in.

-God, your dad's good, isn't he?

And I get to indulge my passion.

Don Bradman was to cricket like Pele was to football.

But that's all for later. Now let's meet today's teams, and for the Red

team we have mother and daughter Gloria and Ceralyn.

And for the Blues, we have father and daughter Berwin and Emily.

Hello, everyone. ALL: Hello.

Now, Gloria, you're supposed to be retired, but you do an awful lot,

-don't you?

-I do, I keep myself busy.

-What do you do?

-I learned to play the guitar when I was 60.

-Good Lord!

-I've been playing for 17 years.

-Yeah.

-I do open nights, I do a bit of gigging.

-Yeah.

-I like to write my own songs.

-Do you?

-I love to entertain.

I like being entertained.

Could you sing me a song, one that you've written yourself?

# I wandered that mountain

# Alone and blue

# Oh, oh

# Shadow there behind me

# I keep thinking that it's you. #

-Well, it probably was!

-Well, don't tell anybody.

-That's wonderful.

Fantastic. How do you relax, then?

I've got a caravan home down in West Wales, see...

-Yes.

-..about five miles from Tenby.

-Yeah.

-So I spend the biggest part of my summer down there, and, there

again, I was late when I learned to swim.

What age did you learn to swim?

58, 60?

-Good grief. You're a late starter, aren't you?

-I've got an awful lot of catching up to do, you know.

You have, but you seem to be doing a very good job of it.

Thank you!

Wonderful. Now, Ceralyn, how do you keep up with this active mum of yours?

Well, I don't, really.

-She's a lot more active than I am, I can tell you.

-Is she?

How do you spend your time?

Relaxing. I enjoy crosswords.

-Yes.

-Sudoku,

and I've recently acquired a new dog, so I take her walking quite a lot as well.

Ooh, lovely. What about work?

I'm a social care worker, part-time.

-Yes.

-So I'm out in the community a lot...

-Are you?

-..mostly with the elderly, and I just love my job.

-I get a lot of job satisfaction out of it.

-Do you? Yeah, yeah.

-Yes, I do.

-Tremendous.

Now, what about antiques, you two?

Any love of antiques?

Being an antique myself, I am quite experienced.

No, I have a few.

We both collect Nao and Lladro porcelain.

-Yeah.

-Which isn't really antiques, but it's...

-No, but it's quite collectable.

-Yes, yes.

-Good. Will you be getting on?

Will you be going for the same sort of things?

We've got a lot of interests the same, so I think, yeah, we'll do very well.

-There won't be any squabbling over items?

-Oh, I hope not.

-Oh, definitely not.

-I hope not.

-Not in all these years, we've never quarrelled.

-Really?

-So I hope we don't have to do it today.

-There's always a first time, on Bargain Hunt!

-Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

-Don't say that!

-Well, good luck to you two.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you, the Reds.

Now, onto the Blues - Berwin and Emily.

Berwin, what do you do for a living?

I'm a farmer, then, I'm coming from several generations of our family

-have been farming, then.

-Really?

So, livestock?

Crops, livestock and pheasants.

-Pheasants?

-Yeah. We've got hundreds of cows and I know most of them by

-sight and by name.

-That's absolutely amazing.

The pheasants, I'm still working on them.

And what do you do in your spare time?

I get myself involved in a lot of organisations that are involved in

the countryside. I've been a past chairman of the Welsh Ploughing Society,

when the Welsh ploughing match was in our area.

Really? Now, Emily, are you a good plougher?

No, not really.

My dad doesn't really trust me on the tractors that much.

-Does he not?

-No, unfortunately.

-Do you get involved on the farm at all?

-Yes, yeah, I enjoy helping my dad out, yeah.

-Yeah, yeah.

-But actually, you're studying medicine, aren't you?

-I am, yes.

At the moment I'm living in Cardiff.

-I'm in my third year, studying medicine.

-Yeah.

Hopefully, one day, I'll be moving back to West Wales.

-You want to do that?

-Yeah, I hope to pursue a career as a GP.

Well, good luck with that.

What do you do if you have any spare time, which you probably don't?

Well, I'm a member of the Young Farmers Club and I enjoy doing all

sorts of things, like acting and flower arranging, etc.

But I also like to do a bit of travelling.

-Yes.

-So last summer, I went to Vietnam and Cambodia.

-Really?

-Fantastic experience.

-Yeah.

-Gosh, how wonderful.

-And hopefully by the time I leave university,

I've got plans to go to South America.

We're leaving Dad at home, are we?

-Yes, unfortunately.

-Leave him with the pheasants.

-Yeah, he has to stay on the farm!

Now, when it comes to tactics, you two, how will you get on?

THEY SPEAK WELSH

-What does that mean?

-I'm sure we'll get along just fine.

-Oh, good.

-Supposedly, I'm the brains behind my dad's business mind, so...

-we'll see!

-Now what you will need, of course, if you're going shopping,

is a little bit of...

Money!

Money, money, money.

Now, steady, steady, Gloria.

It's all coming. £300 for you and £300 for you.

Have a great time. ALL: Thank you.

Off you go shopping. ALL: Thank you.

We have social work versus farming,

but who will milk a profit?

So let's meet the experts who'll be giving our teams a helping hand.

Hoping to churn out a profit for the Reds, it's Nick Hall.

And stirring things up for the Blues, it's Gary Pe.

Now, what's on the shopping list?

I'd like to look for maybe a little bit of Georgian silver.

-BERWIN:

-Possibly some agricultural equipment or rustic farmhouse furniture.

I'm prone to liking crystal.

Well, I like crystal, too.

-Maybe some old toys, or anything that's going to make us a profit, really.

-OK.

Right, teams, your time starts now.

-NICK:

-Come on.

-GARY:

-Let's go!

Now, that's quite a shopping list,

but luckily there's plenty on offer

here under this spectacular dome,

the largest single-span glasshouse in the world.

Don't be distracted by this beautiful environment.

And straightaway, the Blues have spotted something from their

-shopping list.

-A lot of wood, a lot of rustic.

-I like that toy.

-Really?

-It's fantastic, yeah.

There's another one behind it as well.

-Oh, my goodness. Oh, that's a bit more lifelike.

-BOTH: Yeah.

This one is a bit more country, I think.

Yes. You know, with sort of the barrel body, which is a bit more unusual.

Has it been modified, do you think?

-Or is it...?

-It's a home-made piece...

-Ah, right.

-..I think.

-In its original state?

Yes. Well, a few bits missing, as you can see from the ear.

-Yes, yes, yeah.

-That is more traditional.

-Yeah.

-Probably '50s, '60s.

I think I prefer that one, but then that one's more unusual.

-It has a charm about it.

-Yeah.

It almost looks like, sort of, a puppet.

-Yes.

-Out of those one of those children's shows, isn't it?

Well, that sounds intriguing.

Now, have the Reds found something just as captivating?

Is that what they call fairy lustre?

Oh, if only it was.

-No?

-It is lustre.

-Right.

-Fairy lustre is a design by Daisy Makeig Jones for Wedgwood

-in the 1930s, and it's smothered in fairies.

-Right.

This, of course, has got little lizards in it.

-Oh.

-It's by a different firm.

The mark's rubbed. I suspect it's probably Crown Fieldings,

-Crown Devon, mimicking the Daisy Makeig Jones lustres, but back in the '30s.

-Right.

If you look closely, you see the gilding on the edge?

-Yeah.

-Ah, right, OK.

-That's worn off. It is £35.

-Right.

-Now, if it had been by Wedgwood, I'd have said,

-"Yes, we'll go for it."

-OK.

-Because it's a...

a relatively minor factory in not great condition, we might struggle.

-OK. All right, then.

-But it was a great spot.

-Yeah.

-I love your eye.

Well done, Gloria.

A promising start. Right, Blues, so what's the news on the horses?

We were wondering, these two wonderful horses, how much do they cost?

That one there is £65.

-Right.

-And that one's 50.

-Right.

-Emily?

-Yes.

-The person who owned it said it was called Emily.

-Oh, right.

-It's got your name all over it.

-Well, well.

Well, if that's not a sign, I don't know what is.

That possibly has more commercial appeal.

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-But then this probably more has artistry.

-Do you prefer this one?

-Oh, I don't know.

-You choose, Dad.

-No, God, no, you choose! No, no.

Well, someone had better make a decision. Gary?

We're really interested in this horse.

-Yeah.

-Emily?

-Yes.

The best price I think is £40.

Oh, no, no.

It doesn't work like that. Where we come from, I make you an offer for it.

-It's got to be 40.

-We'll do 35 in it. Yeah?

-Look, my hand's out, Terry.

-Hold on, just a minute.

It's nothing to do with me, this one.

I hope you haven't scared the poor man off!

-There's hope!

-Yeah, there is always hope, yeah.

-Yeah, you've got it. £35.

-Thank you so, so much.

You can ride that home. It's called Black Bess now.

-Oh, Black Bess, she is, now?

-Not Emily?

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you very much.

Well, that's a great start.

The Blues are out of the gates with their first purchase,

and they're not even ten minutes in.

We've got our toy.

-Yeah.

-Brilliant.

-So time for your agricultural equipment.

Now, with farming on their mind, the Blues plough on.

The Reds, though, are looking for something far from rural.

There's a silver trumpet vase there.

This one on the bottom shelf?

-Yeah.

-Yeah. OK. See, that is what we're looking for.

That is a full set of hallmarks.

Birmingham assay mark.

It's an early 20th-century piece,

loosely based on an 18th-century Georgian style,

that sort of neoclassicism.

145.

Wow! It's £145, which is a bit of an issue.

Yeah, it is an issue.

-I think you're going to struggle to make a profit, if I'm honest with you.

-Yeah, I think so too.

Good advice, Nick - so the vase stays put.

Found anything rustic yet, Blues?

This has come from some country kitchen sort of in the middle of nowhere.

It's got a lot of character to it.

-Character, yes.

-Very, very authentic.

-Yes, exactly.

-Yeah.

-I'm not sure if it was in auction on its own it wouldn't look as impressive.

-No.

-All right, OK.

-I think we'll leave that one.

So that's a no, then. Anything else here?

-A lovely detail here, this porcelain.

-BOTH: Yeah.

What does it say? Justice and..."fides".

Ah, right.

Now, what is "fides"?

Is it fidelity?

I can't remember. I failed my Latin, you know.

LAUGHTER

Well, you've done better than us, at least you've tried it.

I've never done Latin before!

-More of a kitchen item.

-More a kitchen, that's right.

So I want more enthusiasm than that.

So, whilst Gary fails to impress his team, is Nick faring any better?

I've got something slightly unusual which I think you might be intrigued by.

-Ooh.

-Oh, yes.

Do you know what that is?

It's a water bottle of some sort?

A kettle, a

-water heater?

-You're not far off.

It's a Chinese bed warmer.

Oh, good gracious!

Not a bed-wetter, a bed warmer.

-They're very different things.

-Yeah.

Age-wise, I'm not hugely convinced it's period.

I suspect it's probably an export piece, made in the style of the 18th

and early 19th-century wares, but it's just unusual.

I like the fact that it's tactile.

-It's got a nice shape to it.

-It is, I like the shape.

I like the gilding, I like the fact I don't know what that says. Do you read Chinese?

-No, I wish I could.

-Well, you're no use to me, are you?!

It's just an unusual thing.

What price is on that then, Nick?

Well, that's not so good news.

It's £120 before we negotiate.

OK. Oh, it is quite heavy, isn't it?

-Is it?

-Yeah, feel it.

-I quite like it.

-I do, yes.

Well, it certainly is unusual.

I wonder if the dealer can enlighten us further.

I had a Chinese lady who yesterday came and explained to me

-exactly what it was.

-Right.

-She said, that is a blessing in Chinese.

-Oh!

-OK.

And that is a little spring poem.

It's something about the sun comes out in the sky,

the flowers start to bloom,

and then we know that spring has arrived.

Well, that sounds like Carmarthen, doesn't it?

-It does indeed!

-What sort of price can we do on it?

-I've got 120 on it.

-I know.

-I can do it...95.

A bit lower than that,

-please?

-Could you go anywhere nearer sort of the 70 mark?

-Er...

-Is that possible?

Does that leave you a bit of a profit?

-Come on.

-Does that warm your bed?

-75.

-Does that warm your bed?

-75 and we've got a deal.

-73.

-73!

That seems a nice, round, unusual number, doesn't it?

-£73.

-73, go on, then.

-OK.

-We're done.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you very much.

Great job, Reds, and Gloria seals the deal.

So, after 20 minutes, it's all square with one item apiece,

but there's no rest, and Emily's had an idea.

What about this very traditional Welsh blanket over here?

-It's very colourful, isn't it?

-That's right.

-I really like this one.

Do you think it's handmade?

I wouldn't have thought so.

-I think the patterns are a bit too regular for it to be handmade.

-BOTH:

-Yeah.

-Certainly very colourful.

-I don't think so, Emily.

-I'm not sure.

-We need something that oozes an antique quality,

especially when it comes to fabrics.

-We'll move on.

-We'll move on.

So it's a no for the Welsh blanket.

Meanwhile, Nick has a tempting offer for the Reds.

Would you like to get a quick, cheap,

easy second item and give you a full half-hour for your last one?

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-I've just spotted something.

-Oh, right, OK.

Well, who could resist a tempting offer like that, eh?

Now, don't be a SORE loser.

-Men's tools.

-It caught my eye because there is a growing movement

-for collecting early tools.

-Right.

Now, by early tools we're talking about 19th-century.

Look at this, solid brass top there,

stamped with the maker's names and all the relevant details you want,

but a really nice British fruit wood handle,

all shaped in a wonderful patination and, if you turn it

over, look at the quality of the fittings on that.

-Are they all original fittings as well?

-All original. All of that...

That's not the date, is it, on there?

25.1.94.

-Yeah.

-That could well be the date.

I mean, it would be 1894, which would be in keeping,

because this is clearly a piece of Victorian tool.

And I just think, for the princely

sum of £12 before we've haggled,

this is a nice collectable boys' toys, chap's thing, you know?

-Yes.

-I like it.

-12 quid, get it for a tenner, what do you think?

-Yeah. Excellent.

-Shall we try?

-Yeah.

-Yes, definitely.

Try and get it for nine if you can.

Cor, she's good!

So, whilst Nick goes off to cut a deal, what have the Blues picked up?

The spring mechanisms are still there and intact.

-Yes, yes.

-The seat's been replaced at some point in its life.

Could do with a bit of a polish.

-It's an antique!

-Ah.

-You expect a bit of dust...

To have gathered over the years?

-Original dust.

-Ah!

It's got 65, but it had 72 on it.

-It had 72.

-So it's coming down.

-It's coming down.

-Coming down!

They're keen to get rid of it.

Yeah, Berwin, there's hope for a bargain here,

but haven't you already got a wooden rocker?

We've had a rocking horse already.

-Yeah.

-Do we need a rocking chair as well?

-Yeah.

Too many rocking things.

-Yeah. We'll come back to it.

-We think we'll leave it for now, Gary.

OK, one for the back burner, but remember, time is flying.

Now, what about that £12 saw, Nick?

-Oh, I'm working hard for you today!

-Good.

We've got it for £9, if you want it.

Yeah, definitely.

-Right, I'm going to go and pay the man.

-Yes.

-You've got your tools. You go and find me that third thing.

-OK.

-Lovely.

-Thank you.

-Thank you!

Well, that was easy.

Now, over to the Blues.

-Closing in on half an hour.

-BOTH: Yeah.

So, with the pressure mounting and the Blues scouting out purchase number two,

I've got something which is sure to knock you for six.

Look at this - a tatty old book.

If you were clearing a house and you saw this,

you'd be sorely tempted to just put it straight in the bin, wouldn't you?

Well, I bought this at auction.

It was catalogued as a book containing autographs.

For a cricket lover, they're priceless.

Inside the frontispiece, John Trevor Jones of Peckham -

the man that obviously owned it.

But in the 1930s he must have spent his time going from cricket ground

to cricket ground, collecting these absolutely amazing autographs.

First up here, Duleepsinhji -

born in India and then came to England for his education and ended

up playing cricket for England.

He was so good, even today he has one of the finest batting averages

of anybody in the history of English cricket.

Turn over another page

and you've got the Oxford University side from 1930.

And in those days, the university sides produced a lot of players that

went on to play for England. Here, we've got the name Pataudi, the Nawab of Pataudi,

a particularly significant figure in cricket

because he played for both India and England.

He came to England to finish his education,

played for England, then went back to India and captained India.

What a man. And you go on through here and we come to some of the

great, great cricket sides of all times,

and here we have the Australian side 1934, in cigarette card form,

and here is the greatest name of all - Don Bradman.

Don Bradman was to cricket like Pele was to football, even more than that.

He was the greatest player ever to play the game.

Remarkable to have his signature here.

And on and on we go through here, with lists of the England team,

other county sides... This person, Jones, met all these iconic figures.

To a lot of people, these wouldn't be worth much, but I'm absolutely

convinced that, in the right area,

in the right auction, if necessary,

these would make £300 or £400.

What a return!

But they're mine, and I'm not selling them.

Now it's time to get back to our teams.

They're over halfway through,

and the Reds have raced ahead with two items.

We've got plenty of time.

-We've got quite a bit of cash left.

-That's right.

And the Blues are yet to find their second bargain.

But that may all change.

-Some tools.

-Oh, I tell you, I'm too old to use a pitchfork now.

Things for youngsters, pitchforks.

How about this little beauty here?

-A scythe.

-If that isn't agricultural, I don't know what is.

Well, I know. 50, 60 years ago, there would be ten,

20 men going out with a scythe like that to cut hay in the same field.

-When you say 50 years, that's good, so that means this predates 50 years.

-Yeah. Oh, yes. Yeah.

Careful, Berwin.

I tell you, you could do a bit of damage with these!

Looks very dangerous to me.

Please don't try this at home.

You had to pull it right back like that,

and you'd be doing that for hours on end.

Do I get the feeling this is something that ticks the box?

It ticks the box, definitely, you know,

and the handle is a very good quality handle, isn't it?

-It is.

-Yes.

-It's a real...

-Now, what's the wood?

-What type of wood would you say that is?

-Well, it looks...oak.

Yeah, I thought that it might be myself.

Yes, I think it's oak, yes.

-Maybe this bolt has been added here.

-Right, just for reinforcement?

Yeah, to give it more strength, you know.

-Now, question is...

-Yes.

-What's the price?

-£30, they're asking for it.

I'm sure we'd manage to knock it down to 20.

-I think that's a good starting point, don't you think?

-Yeah.

Sounds promising, Blues.

Now, have the Reds found that silver they were looking for?

You've got lots of very interesting bits of silver in this cabinet.

Pair of silver mice.

I think they're probably salt and pepper pots.

-They look like a salt and pepper pot.

-Now, they're very unusual, aren't they?

-Yeah. Yeah.

That's rather nice as well, that little novelty spoon with the bird on it.

-Oh, right.

-Ooh, yes.

Looks pricey, Reds - and remember, you've only got £168 left.

You have champagne taste and beer money, I'm afraid.

-Aw!

-Oh, no!

The prices, I'm afraid, are beyond our means.

-That's a shame.

-Yeah.

Never mind. Onwards and upwards.

Well, that piece of silver is out there somewhere, Mum.

-Yeah.

-We will find it.

That's the attitude, Ceralyn.

Now, back to business with the Blues, and Gary has tracked down the dealer of the scythe.

-We're interested.

-Yes.

-Yeah.

I'm going to be frank, there isn't much movement on the price.

Push me to 25, but that's going to be it.

-20?

-20 would be our best.

No, no. You know, I don't blame you for asking, but I'm being honest.

-Yeah.

-I can't do it. It's a very good piece.

What if we went halfway between 20 and 25 - say, 22?

No, I'm going to stick at 25.

Looks like Berwin and Emily have met their match.

The dealer is not budging.

I thought I'd have managed to squeeze him a bit harder than that, you know?

I'm a bit disappointed in that.

-Shall we go for it?

-Oh, I think we will.

-Yeah?

-And I'm sure we'll make money on that.

-Yeah.

-I'm sure we'll make money on that.

-There we are.

-OK.

-All agreed on that, then?

-I agree.

-Very good.

-Yeah?

-We have decided, then.

-You've decided?

-Yes, yes, £25, we'll take it, sir.

-Thank you very much for that.

-Oh, excellent.

-Yeah.

-Thank you very much.

Phew! And with just 20 minutes to go, both teams now have two items.

The Reds, though, are still looking for that elusive bit of sparkle.

There's some little knives in there, Victorian,

fruit knife with mother-of-pearl handle, £45.

Yeah, it's each knife.

-Oh, yeah.

-I thought they were too good to be true, there.

If you could buy the whole packet for £45, you'd be doing well!

Oh, never mind, Gloria.

Meanwhile, Emily has found a reminder of home.

A plate with pheasants on it, Dad.

-Oh!

-Oh! Berwin, do you need another pheasant to add to your 20,000?

I don't like the look of those.

Ah-ha! What's this, blankets again?

-These blankets, Gary.

-Welsh blankets.

-Yeah.

-Aren't they stunning?

-They are stunning, aren't they?

-Yes.

-How old are these blankets?

-They're from different eras.

They're from the '50s, the '60s, the '70s.

-They were very popular wedding presents at one point.

-Oh, right.

All made in Wales.

Nowadays, a lot of people like to decorate their holiday cottages with

-traditional Welsh blankets.

-Indeed. Yes, yes.

What grabs you?

I like that dark green one by here.

-Right.

-The pattern's called knot garden and it's probably one from

the 1960s because it's got fringes.

-Right.

-Double weave,

-so the pattern's different on the other side, so you get two colourways.

-Oh, it's pretty.

Two patterns for the price of one.

It might be worth considering, Blues.

Meanwhile, Nick is working hard to impress his ladies with a bit of glamour.

Is that what you had in mind?

A whole collection of silver-mounted cut-glass scent bottles.

-Yes.

-Is that ticking your box?

-Definitely, yes.

-Yeah, yeah.

Come a little closer, ladies.

Gosh, you're spoilt for choice, there, aren't you?

I know. I like that tall one.

-That's unusual.

-What is it that draws you to that one particularly?

It's because it's got the glass at the bottom and it's also got the

-glass top...

-It's different.

-..as well.

-Yes.

-It's a nice shape.

This is what we call hobnail cut glass.

-Right.

-Very particular to the Edwardian era.

The stopper fits nice and snug.

It's probably the original stopper.

Someone's loved it, they've polished it so much the mark's nearly

-gone, but it's still there.

-Yes.

-We can read it.

-OK.

Underneath, there's no...

-Oh, there's a little bit of a chip, there.

-Oh, yeah.

Tiny chip underneath.

-Right.

-What I need to do is to go and track the stallholder down and

-get the price.

-OK, that's lovely.

So whilst Nick is off to negotiate a price,

how are the Blues getting on with their blanket?

What do you think, now that you've got it in your hands?

-I really like it.

-You really like it?

What do you think, Dad?

It's very, very, very good condition.

What sort of price are you looking at?

We've got £150 on it.

CHARLIE: Not exactly a steal, Blues, but worth a haggle.

Go on, Berwin!

You do realise that we need to be selling this for a profit, you?

Yes! Well, I'm sure we could negotiate.

Well, team.

Oh, I dunno.

I see the sparkle in your eyes.

I really, really like it!

Well, you know, in light of our situation, you know,

I don't think we could offer you more than 110 for it, you know.

120?

Oh, 15, 15, we'll do a deal?

Oh, go on, then, yes.

Oh, thank you. You're very kind.

THEY SPEAK WELSH

Good man, Berwin.

You've clinched your final deal.

EMILY SPEAKS WELSH

-Whatever that means. I assume it's thank you.

-Thank you.

-Thank you!

CHARLIE: You are a fast learner, Gary.

Now, with less than ten minutes to go, any news on the glass decanter, Nick?

Now, that one can be yours for £20.

-Right.

-Now I think for a perfume bottle with silver mounts,

that's got the sweet smell of success, hasn't it?

It's quite a weighty one. You feel the weight on it.

It's quite a nice weight to it.

Oh, it's deceiving.

-It's got a little bit of damage but there again, for the price that we'll be paying...

-And the age.

-It's got some quality to it.

-Yes.

-It's a stylish thing and you wanted

-cut glass, you wanted silver.

-BOTH: Silver.

-Are you happy with that?

-Yeah, yeah, I am.

-Definitely?

-Yeah, very happy.

Look, all we've got to do now is just take that off there, and put a

little bit of that behind there and there.

I'll go and pay £20 and I think, ladies, we are all shopped and done.

-We are!

-Well done.

Phew! And the Reds have done it, too, with only minutes to spare.

It's time to "bale out".

Your time is up.

-We're all bought, we're all shopped up.

-Yeah.

-Let's go and celebrate. Come on!

-Whoo!

Now, let's just remind ourselves what the Red team have bought.

Firstly, they fell in love with this Chinese bed warmer,

setting them back £73.

Next, they cut a deal on this Victorian steel and brass saw,

costing them £9.

And finally,

will this silver glass scent bottle come up smelling of roses?

Price paid, £20.

Well, Gloria and Ceralyn, you had a good time, didn't you?

-Brilliant.

-Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Good. Now, what's your favourite lot, Gloria?

I think the...Chinese bed warmer.

-The Chinese bed warmer.

-Yeah, that's what I would go for myself.

But what will make the biggest profit?

-I think the saw.

-The saw?

I think, too, that the bed warmer...

-Yeah.

-..could potentially make us the most profit.

-Yes.

-But again, I think the saw,

-that's got a lot of history to it as well.

-Yeah, good.

So that could make us quite a bit as well, hopefully.

-Well, you didn't spend a huge amount, did you? £102?

-We did, indeed.

So 198 to hand over.

-Yes.

-There's the notes.

Goodness me.

And there's £3, there.

You're giving this man £198!

-We are, indeed.

-You must have lost your sanity.

Yeah, they've put a tracker on my ankle.

-What are you going to do with that?

-I'm going to blow it.

I'm going to find something ancient and intriguing.

-Ooh, my word.

-Sounds good!

While Nick goes off to find something ancient and intriguing,

we'll check out what the Blue team have bought.

Firstly, they were charmed by this rustic, home-made, wooden

rocking horse, costing them £35.

Then Berwin fell in love with this late Victorian scythe.

With only £25 paid, it could harvest them a healthy profit.

And finally, Emily warmed to this Welsh blanket,

costing them a whopping £115.

Well, that was a good shop, wasn't it?

-It was.

-Indeed.

-They call him Berwin the blanket.

-Did you have a good time?

-Indeed, yeah.

-Fantastic.

-Enjoyed ourselves.

Emily, what's your favourite lot?

I think it is the blanket.

-Is it?

-But we'll see if it will make us a profit or not.

Well, what will make the biggest profit?

I think maybe the rocking horse, but we'll see.

The rocking horse. What about you, Berwin?

-What's your favourite lot?

-No doubt, the scythe. You know?

-The scythe?

-Yeah.

-And will that make the biggest profit?

-Oh, definitely. Definitely.

Oh, without a doubt. Anyway, you spent £175...

-We did.

-..which is a jolly good spend.

-Yeah.

-So one of you's got £125 to give me.

-Here we go.

-And I'm going to pass that on to the great man and what's

-he going to do with it?

-It has to be country.

It's not going to be rock and roll.

So, while Gary goes off to the country, I'm off to the auction.

I've come down the road to Cardiff, to Rogers Jones,

to meet up with the auctioneer, Ben.

-How are you?

-I'm very well.

-How are you?

-Yeah, very well indeed, thank you.

Now, Ceralyn and Gloria kicked off with this hot water bottle.

How old is it?

My thoughts are...

not particularly old.

No. I think you're probably right.

When you unscrew the top...

-The thread looks a bit sharp, doesn't it?

-It does, it does, really.

How much of an important factor is age these days?

Not that important, as long as it's decorative - and it is quite decorative, so...

-Yeah.

-What about value?

Not an easy thing to value, is it?

No. We've put £30-£40 on it, an auctioneer's favourite.

If in doubt, go 30-40.

-Quite.

-They paid 73, which seems a bit punchy to me.

It sounds a bit high.

Now, something completely different is the saw.

I suspect you like the saw.

I love the saw. It's so nicely put together.

This one has definitely got age.

Two excellent factors going for it,

-it's got the maker's name and it's got the original carpenter, which I love.

-Yeah.

-So, value?

-30-40.

Do you know, they bought that for £9?

That is a bargain.

-It's amazing.

-Mmm.

-And very different again is the scent bottle.

Yeah, quite an ordinary scent bottle, really.

Would be nice as part of a set.

-Yes.

-But on its own, fairly plain Jane, hobnail cut,

we see lots of those. £10-15, Charlie.

Yeah, they paid 20.

I mean, I can understand that.

It's quite a good-looking object, isn't it?

-It's OK.

-But of course, they just might need their Bonus Buy.

Let's have a look at what Nick has bought for the Red team.

Ceralyn and Gloria, this is the moment, isn't it?

You've given him £198 and he ran off into the mist,

-saying he was going to buy something ancient and intriguing.

-Mmm, I know!

-Do you think he did?

-I hope so.

-Shall we have a look?

-Yeah.

-I have something I think you'll be intrigued with.

-Wow!

Ancient amber bead necklaces.

-Oh, I like those.

-Good.

-Ooh!

-You don't get to wear them or keep them, but I'm glad you like them.

-Yeah.

How old are they?

Well, this is an enigma.

If they are genuine and right, I mean, they're millions of years old.

-Good gracious.

-If not, they were made in Taiwan three weeks ago.

Have you met our expert?!

Even now, gemologists in jewellery sales are cataloguing amber quite

cautiously with little get-outs -

"in the style of," "possibly", "in the manner of".

-Right.

-Unless you've got a certificate with them,

it's really hard to be 100% accurate, but I think they're right.

I think you'll do well with them.

How much did you pay for them?

Now, I paid £75, and that's not each, that was for the two.

-What's your gut feeling?

-My feeling is they'll do well.

Right, OK, then.

Now, girls, you don't have to make up your mind now.

Leave it until the auction.

Meanwhile, let's see what the auctioneer thinks of these amber necklaces.

What do you know about amber beads?

I hope it's more than me.

I'm not an expert, I have to profess.

-They look OK to me.

-Yes.

It looks like Baltic amber.

-Yes.

-Uncut and...

..the irregularity would say that it's come straight from the mine, probably.

-Yeah.

-We've put £70-100 on them.

-Have you?

-Yes.

-At 70-100,

I think the team would be quite pleased because Nick paid £75 for those,

so he's in with a chance, in your expert opinion?

There is a possibility, I think.

Yeah. Well, that's good.

That's it for the Red team.

Now, let's have a look at the Blues.

Now, Emily and Berwin kicked off with the rocking horse.

-What do you think?

-Not a lot, quite honestly.

It looks like the sort of thing that was put together in the garage one afternoon.

I'm really lost for words, in all honesty.

CHARLIE LAUGHS

It's a rocking donkey, I think.

CHARLIE LAUGHS

OK. Have you been able to attach a value to it of anything at all?

It's going to struggle. We've put £30-40 on.

Have you? Seems quite bullish to me.

They paid £35 for it which is smack in the middle of your estimate.

OK. And it's a very different thing from the English scythe that they

bought, which I rather like.

It's got a sort of Gothic look to it.

It has got a look about it, yeah.

I like this. It's the sort of thing that is collected by Welsh people in agricultural Wales.

-Yeah.

-Could go on a barn conversion, or perhaps...

-Yes.

-..a restaurant.

And you can just imagine some late-Victorian farm worker breaking

his back in the fields with it, can't you?

God, wow. You paint such a picture.

-What about a value?

-30-40.

Well, they paid £25. It was quite a reasonable buy, I think, wasn't it?

-They've got a good chance.

-Probably better than the rocking horse.

-I think so.

CHARLIE LAUGHS

And then they bought a blanket. Now, you must see a lot of these.

We sell lots of Welsh blankets here in Cardiff.

And they're very popular.

-Are they?

-Perennially popular.

They go into cottages.

They go over your sofa.

Perhaps for a picnic.

Depending on the colour and the size and the age,

they usually make between 50 and £70.

Yeah, the only trouble is,

they did go a bit of a bundle on it. They paid £115.

That's pushing it a bit, isn't it?

Probably about right for retail, but not at an auction.

Right, so it seems to me they might well need their Bonus Buy.

Let's have a look and see what Gary has bought for the Blue team.

Now, Emily and Berwin, you spent £175,

leaving Gary with 125, and what did he say?

"I'm going to buy something country, not rock and roll."

Let's have a look.

-ALL: Ooh!

-More Willie Nelson...

More Willie Nelson than Elvis Presley.

Oh, fantastic!

-I love it.

-Isn't that a reaction?

-Yeah.

-The good thing about this, it's a two in one piece of furniture.

-Yeah.

-Because it converts into...

-This is a simple IQ test.

-We're going to...

-Yes, yes.

-Ah.

-Ah.

-Ah, right.

-Oh, my gosh!

-Well done.

-There.

-Oh, very nice.

-I do like it.

Typical Edwardian, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-So what sort of money did you give for this, then?

£35.

-Oh!

-And how much do you think it'll go for?

As a good country piece of furniture, a child's furniture...

-BOTH: Yeah.

-..which should add to the value, £60, maybe?

-Yeah.

-Brilliant.

-I can honestly see that doing £60.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Well, it seems to me that you like it, but you don't have to make

up your mind as to whether you go with it or not. Leave that until the auction.

Let's see what the auctioneer thinks

of this rather splendid metamorphic chair.

-What do you think of it?

-Yeah, well, we've seen a few of these in our time.

-I'm sure you have.

-Yeah, they're ingenious.

I mean, the design work is fantastic.

-Yeah.

-But they're not uncommon.

No. There's almost one in every sale I go to.

I think they are and this one's badly stained.

Someone's had a bit of a restoration job on it.

It's OK, but it isn't going to set the world alight, I'm afraid.

No, it's not a 100-pounder, is it?

-It's not, no.

-What sort of value?

35, 45?

Well, that's not too bad. Gary only paid £35 for it, so...

-About right.

-You should get a little profit out of that, shouldn't you?

-Quite possibly.

-You'll be taking the sale?

-I will.

-Well, we look forward to it hugely.

Good luck with this rather eclectic mix.

70 bid. £80, then.

90 now. 100 anywhere?

Hammer's up now, 100.

Well, girls, the excitement is intense.

-It is, indeed.

-Are you, are you nervous?

No, I'm really excited.

-Are you?

-Oh, yes, I can't wait.

Do... Are you confident?

I really am.

Now, he's kicking off with the Chinese hot water bottle.

Lot 104, it's a Chinese hot water bottle.

I thought it was for curling.

If anybody wants to start curling, this would be ideal.

£40. I've got 15 at the bottom.

-What?!

-15, 20 now.

-Oh, dear.

-£20 before you online.

20's in the room. At £20 in the room, the bid.

At 25 now.

Is there 30? 30 bid.

-At £30.

-Oh, God.

-Come on, getting there.

At £30. At £30, is there 5?

At 30, everybody done, then?

-Ooh, no.

-Aw!

-£30, to...

Do you know, you've lost £43 on a hot water bottle?

-Oh!

-Never mind, here's your saw.

It only cost £9.

The auctioneer loves this.

Very nice quality saw, late 19th century, it's got the maker's name,

beautiful piece. £40.

40. Start me at 30.

-Bid me 20.

-Oh, no!

Come on, surely.

-Oh, dear.

-I've got eight, £8.

Ten, anybody? Ten in the room.

-Ooh, you're into a profit.

-At £10, £10.

Is there 15?

At £10, the price is making me sore!

Oh! "The price is making me sore!"

Everybody done at £10?

Oh, my goodness, at 10.

-12.

-Ooh!

-12, that's OK.

-15 if you like, madam.

-Taking off now.

12 I have. 15?

15 bid. £18.

Is there 20?

£18, gentleman's bid.

It's undersold at £18. I'm going to sell, though, at 18.

-£18...

-It's a profit.

Profit of nine. So you're actually now only down £34, and here comes

your scent bottle, which only cost £20.

-It did.

-Lot number 106, interest on the book starts with me at £15.

At 15, is there 18? 20? 20 I have.

-Is there 2?

-Good, it's washing its face.

28, your bid now. At 28, at 28.

-I smell a profit.

-At £28, everybody done?

28 and the hammer's up at 28.

-£28.

-28, £8.

£8! This is getting better by the minute.

-You're only down £26.

-I think we should go with them.

-Yeah.

-Do you want to go with the amber beads?

-Yes.

-He spent £75 on these beads.

-I know.

-What was the estimate?

-70-100.

-Ooh.

-NICK:

-That's encouraging.

-Wow!

Yeah. Doesn't mean they'll make 70-100.

-No, no.

-NICK:

-But here it comes.

-BEN:

-Strings of Baltic amber, raw and unpolished, £100, 100.

Bid me £70.

-NICK:

-Ooh!

-BEN:

-£70. 50.

You tell me where. £30 at the bottom.

Anybody want these?

20. 20.

-At 20, now.

-Oh, dear.

Just before you online, 20's in the room.

Five if you like. At 20 now.

At 20 now, all done?

£20.

-Oh!

-That's £55 lost.

-Oh!

Someone had a good buy, there.

-Do you know how much you've lost, girls?

-How much have we lost?

-£81.

-Oh! Never mind. We made two profits.

You did, yeah.

-Oh.

-And that may be a winning score.

-Well, hopefully.

-Yes.

-Fingers crossed.

Right, Emily and Berwin, this is it, isn't it?

Frankly, this is the moment in your lives when it could all happen.

-It will.

-It will?

-It will. Are you excited?

-Very excited.

You're very excited, aren't you, Emily?

We kick off with your rocking horse, cost £35.

-You loved it, didn't you, Emily?

-I do. He's beautiful.

-Here he is.

A home-made wooden rocking horse.

Very Trojan in its look, don't you think?

-Trojan.

-£30.

30. Bid me 30.

It's all gone quiet, Emily.

-20.

-It's never going to win the 2.30 at Plumpton, is it, to be honest?

Bid me ten. Ten bid.

15 if you like at the back.

15, there. 20 if you like.

20 bid, now. Is there five?

-At 20, at 20, at 20.

-Come on!

-At 20.

All done, by my side, the bid at 20?

£20.

-It's only £15, Emily, don't look worried.

-Only lost £15.

Here comes the scythe.

Berwin's going to pull you into profit, here.

Lot 129, the English scythe.

I've got to start at 35.

-Ooh! GARY:

-Oh!

-We're in, we're in.

God, your dad's good, isn't he?

Your dad is a star.

40 in the room. 45 bid.

£45.

Is there 50?

At 45, at 45.

-Harvesting a profit, here.

-Massive!

-All done at 45, and the hammer's up.

At 45.

-Plus 20.

-Very good.

-Yay!

Do you know, you're up a fiver?

-Yeah, yeah.

-And you've got a blanket to come.

Now, it did cost £115.

The auctioneer loved this.

Nice Welsh wool blanket, 50 to start.

I've got 40, £40.

5 anywhere? 5 online.

-50 I have.

-Come on.

£50 with me. Anybody else, now, at £50?

5, 60. Even better.

£60.

At £60. Online, a bid.

Anybody new now, £60, before this one goes at 60?

Everybody done? £60, to...

Minus 55.

You had made a fiver profit, so you're down a cool £50 now.

Just a round £50.

Yeah. Yes, only 50.

-Of course, you've got the great man's Bonus Buy to come.

-Yeah.

-Do you want to go with it?

-We'll have to.

Definite, yeah, definite.

The metamorphic chair.

Cost 35.

Yeah, I'd say it'll double its money.

Yeah, it's like a transformer. It's brilliant.

Like a transformer? It is.

-Here we go.

-The vintage metamorphic highchair, in wood,

folding to become a stroller, £40.

40. Bid me 40.

-Come on. GARY:

-Come on.

-Come on.

This is a nice thing.

Start me at 20?

20 bid now.

Five anywhere. £20, is there 5?

Oh, this is too cheap.

£20, is there 5?

£20, have we all done at 20?

Hammer's up, 5, just in time.

30 if you like. 30 bid now.

-GARY:

-Oh, there's a bid.

-BEN:

-Got to be quick.

-One more, Gary.

-It's in the room now.

£30 now. Everybody done?

Hammer's up now, 30. £30.

Oh. Well, that's lost you £5.

-I'd have loved...

-Put that on top of your 50, you've lost £55.

It's got a nice ring to it, hasn't it?

-55.

-Yeah, yeah.

-The trouble is, it's got a minus in front of it.

Ceralyn and Gloria, Emily and Berwin,

what is the idea of Bargain Hunt?

ALL: To make a profit. To make a profit, yes.

You have singularly failed... ALL: Aw! ..both teams, to make a profit -

in fact, you both lost really quite a lot of money.

ALL: Oh, no!

But don't worry, we don't have winners and losers.

We have winners and we have runners-up.

-Right.

-The runners-up today are...

-..Ceralyn and Gloria. BERWIN:

-Yes!

-CERALYN:

-Oh, no!

-But don't you get too smug.

I've just got one thing to say to you girls.

Had you never met Nick...

-We would have...

-You would have won.

-I know!

-Ahh!

-Aww. No!

I'm so sorry!

You did well on a couple of things. Your saw was good and your scent bottle was good.

The less said about the amber beads, really, the better.

-Yes.

-Now, before you get too smug, Emily and Berwin,

you managed to lose money on three items

and you made one little profit.

You did make profit on that scythe, didn't you?

Indeed, yeah, I know my stuff.

You know your scythes!

-Indeed.

-The rock and roll scythe.

-Yeah, the rock and roll scythe, yes.

-Have you had a good time?

-A fantastic time.

-Fantastic.

-Thank you.

-Brilliant. You've been fabulous contestants.

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Yes? ALL: Yes!