0:00:09 > 0:00:11Hello, everyone! I'm heading to the front line
0:00:11 > 0:00:14for today's Bargain Hunt battle!
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Now, the Red and Blue teams will be fighting it out
0:00:16 > 0:00:18in two antique centres
0:00:18 > 0:00:20in the Hertfordshire town of Sawbridgeworth.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22So let's gather up the troops
0:00:22 > 0:00:23and head for the battlefield!
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Let's go Bargain Hunting!
0:00:48 > 0:00:51The people of Hertfordshire have seen their fair share of conflict
0:00:51 > 0:00:52over the centuries.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54The county played a key role in protecting London
0:00:54 > 0:00:56during the Civil War.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59And, more recently, the town of Sawbridgeworth
0:00:59 > 0:01:01was the location of a Royal Air Force Station.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Today, it's home to a battle of a different kind.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06One between our two Bargain Hunting teams
0:01:06 > 0:01:09who have two antiques centres to choose from.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12And remember, they have £300 and just one hour
0:01:12 > 0:01:15in which to buy three items to take off to auction,
0:01:15 > 0:01:17and hopefully make a profit.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Now, let's see what's coming up.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23The Reds have trouble with their expert.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Let's move on. I'm going to say no.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Looks like it's going to be of lowish value.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30The Blues practise their bowling technique.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- Sharon plays bowls.- Do you?
0:01:33 > 0:01:36But which team will be in with a sporting chance at today's auction?
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- The Reds?- Is that the sound of profit?
0:01:39 > 0:01:41- Yes, I'm afraid it is.- Or The Blues?
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Wonderful Bargain Hunters, you two!
0:01:44 > 0:01:46And I'm back in my tank.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- Do I fire the gun?- You do!
0:01:49 > 0:01:50But that's all for later.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Now, let's meet today's teams.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54And today, we have two married couples!
0:01:54 > 0:01:56For the Red team, we have Alan and Janet!
0:01:56 > 0:01:58And for the Blues, Sharon and Michael!
0:01:58 > 0:02:00- Hello, everyone! ALL:- Hello!
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Gosh! That was a resounding sound of enthusiasm
0:02:04 > 0:02:05of what's about to come up!
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Now, how did you two meet? You met at school, didn't you?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09We did. In the sixth form.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10In the sixth form?
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Yes, I was put in Mr Evans' history class and Mr Evans said,
0:02:13 > 0:02:16"Come in, Jenkins, you better go and sit over there next to Janet."
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- And that was it.- Oh, wonderful!
0:02:18 > 0:02:20And who was it that decided you wanted to come on the show?
0:02:20 > 0:02:22- Him.- Well, definitely him, was it?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- Yeah, definitely him!- Me, yeah.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26In fact, I wasn't told about it until the last minute.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- Until we got the call.- Had you started worrying about that?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- Or were you thrilled? - No, I was excited!
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Do you watch it quite a lot, then?
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Yeah! We slob out in front of the television.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36- Slob out?!- Yeah, absolutely!
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Cos we're working so hard and we get home at lunch time,
0:02:38 > 0:02:40you know, bang on Bargain Hunt
0:02:40 > 0:02:42whilst munching through the sandwiches.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44And usually think we could do better than anybody else, of course.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- And I'm sure you'll do better than anybody else!- I doubt it.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48THEY LAUGH
0:02:48 > 0:02:52Now, talking about work, you are a Methodist minister?
0:02:52 > 0:02:53I'm a Superintendent Methodist Minister.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Explain what that is.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Think bishop, but without the pointy hat and the stick.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59So are you in charge of several churches?
0:02:59 > 0:03:00Yeah. I'm in charge, actually, at the moment,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03of the Colchester circuit of Methodist Churches.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04- And you're the same, aren't you Janet?- Yes!
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- But I'm a deacon, which means I'm more of a community minister.- Right.
0:03:08 > 0:03:09So, although I'm based in church,
0:03:09 > 0:03:11I also work with the homeless.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Oh, gosh! That keeps you busy.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- Yeah!- And what about love of antiques?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Oh, I'm very fond of anything Scandinavian,
0:03:18 > 0:03:20because my grandfather was Danish.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Right. So... And I think their style is particularly nice.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Well, I like treen. Anything...
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- Do you?- And, you know, stylish silver.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Stylish silver. Yes! And you're going to spend lots of money?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Or are you just going to miserably spend a tenner or something?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37No, no, not a tenner.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39But I want a good deal, that's the point.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41She does the wheeling-dealing.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Oh, I see, you step aside, do you, at that moment?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46I do. If I wanted something, and they said it was,
0:03:46 > 0:03:48I don't know, 50 quid. I'd probably offer them 60.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Janet would say, "35, or we're walking away."
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- Yeah, that sort of thing. - Anyway, have a good shop.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55And most of all, enjoy it!
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Now Sharon and Michael, you also met
0:03:57 > 0:03:59while one of you was still at school.
0:03:59 > 0:04:00- Me.- Yeah.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Well, I'd finished school,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05but I used to collect Sharon from school in my MGB.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07What?
0:04:07 > 0:04:09You had a boyfriend with an MGB when you were at school?
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- I know, I know. I was very lucky. - It was an old one.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14It doesn't matter how old it was, I mean...
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Well, it saved me walking the mile and a half home.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18Carrying my school books.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Your friends must've been so jealous.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Well, yeah. Because it was a two-seater,
0:04:23 > 0:04:24they couldn't get a lift.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27And who was it that wanted to go on the show?
0:04:27 > 0:04:28- Me.- Sharon.- Really?
0:04:28 > 0:04:30You do surprise me, Sharon.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31She's very shy.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33And, Michael, you're retired now, aren't you?
0:04:33 > 0:04:34I am at the moment, yes.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Now, you spent your life in fashion, didn't you?
0:04:36 > 0:04:38I did, yes.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42- Men's? Ladies'?- Both, at the end, but originally men's fashion.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Yeah. What was the most exciting time?
0:04:44 > 0:04:48I would say when the mods were around was the most exciting, yeah,
0:04:48 > 0:04:50it was fun.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Now, Sharon, you've been on TV before, haven't you?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56I got a job as a milk lady on EastEnders.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- The milk lady on EastEnders... - I drove a milk float!
0:04:58 > 0:04:59That's fantastic!
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Are they difficult to drive?
0:05:00 > 0:05:06Not terribly hard, but you've got that pedal you've got to...
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Do that again for me, please.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Lovely. I love your action.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12So, are you a bit of a TV star, then?
0:05:12 > 0:05:13In the family, they think I am.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15But not to anyone else.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Now what about tactics. Spend big?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20I don't want to spend big. I want to slash those prices.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23I just want to get into those places and slash the prices
0:05:23 > 0:05:26and come out with bargains and sell at a great profit.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28You sound rather frightening to me.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30But I think we should have a look,
0:05:30 > 0:05:32we can't decide to go...
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Yeah, it's all about talking and seeing...
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Suck it and see. I'm going to give you some money.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37Oh! They're my favourite words!
0:05:37 > 0:05:39£300!
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- Thank you.- £300...
0:05:41 > 0:05:43For you! Thank you. Have a great shop!
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Well, there we have it. The ministers versus the milk lady!
0:05:48 > 0:05:51An intriguing competition, but who will win?
0:05:55 > 0:05:58So all our teams need now are, of course, their experts.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Hoping to be music to the Reds' ears, it's Colin Young.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09And at the wheel with the Blues, it's Jonathan Pratt.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Janet, Alan, great to see you.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Anything in particular that we're looking for?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Something really stylish, maybe Danish.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20So, Blues, do you know what you want to buy this morning?
0:06:20 > 0:06:22We're pretty open-minded.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24But some silver would be nice.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Alan, what's your forte?
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Treen, I think, Colin.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30I'm open-minded, but I'm definitely going to cut prices.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31CLOCK CHIMES
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Right, teams, your time starts now!
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Let's see what there is.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Let's go and have a look, there's lots to see. Come on.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Today's teams have opted to start their shopping
0:06:40 > 0:06:42in separate antiques centres.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Crammed, isn't it?
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Yes, it's difficult to see anything, there's so much stuff round.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Well, peel your eyes, the hour soon flies!
0:06:50 > 0:06:52There's lots of stuff in here.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55I mean, you can just see already, it's interesting.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Some interesting bits.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59Kitchen utensils.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02There is a chess set. May I?
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Looks like it's going to be a lowish value, from the box.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- OK, fair enough.- Yeah.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Colin's quickly vetoed that idea!
0:07:09 > 0:07:10But there's still all to play for.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14The Reds have a taste for Danish, and the Blues want to slash prices.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16What about that pepper pot?
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Yes, it's a pepper pot. You want to buy something that people will use.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21But there's going to be loads of other things here.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23So, I mean, don't buy the first thing you see.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27- No.- But just, you know, have a wander around.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31So, still no clear buying strategy from the Blues.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34And it looks like Alan's found something else
0:07:34 > 0:07:35to test Colin's expertise.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Is that a Vesta case here with the matchbox?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40I wouldn't call it a true Vesta case.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42That one's actually a matchbox sleeve.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- Yeah.- So if you think of the old little matchboxes,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46you would be able to just glide that in there.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48You've got a recess on there,
0:07:48 > 0:07:51so you'd be able to strike away on the side of the actual box.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55But it makes it look very posh, rather than a piece of cardboard!
0:07:55 > 0:07:58You're just not going to get any sort of money out of that.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- Not a lot in there, then. - But well spotted.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02Thank you.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Good try, Alan! Colin's a hard man to please.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10Now, over in the Blue team, something's got Sharon very excited.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13It's not expensive. It's a little bit blingy, and it's got a purpose.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- It's a magnifying glass. - It's not going to go anywhere.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Can you see yourself sitting down doing the crossword...?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- I personally wouldn't wear it. - Well, there we are, you see!
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Yeah, but somebody might! If we could get it for four or five.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25But you won't sell it for anything.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28All right. Advice taken and taken it on board!
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- Yeah.- Let's keep looking.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Keep looking, all right.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35I love your enthusiasm, Sharon!
0:08:35 > 0:08:36But Michael's got a point.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40Onwards, team! Now, Reds, does this count as treen?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42That's quite an interesting spirit barrel.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43It is actually coopered in oak
0:08:43 > 0:08:46and it's got a silver-plated banding around it,
0:08:46 > 0:08:48spout on the front.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51It has a certain 1970s cachet to me, if you know what I mean.
0:08:51 > 0:08:52That one's a little bit earlier.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Got that sort of more 1950s look.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57You know, ultimately, it's a nice little thing.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00If you're going for one cheap lot within everything,
0:09:00 > 0:09:01that's probably worth a go.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03- Yeah.- You would have thought.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04I'm happy with that.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06But I wouldn't invest all your money yet,
0:09:06 > 0:09:08just in case that one thing is there that we want.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10We'll remember where it is, top floor.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Then you can run upstairs for it later!
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Oh!
0:09:14 > 0:09:19So, a potential buy, but Colin's still not keen for them to commit.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21It's been a slow start for our teams.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Could that be about to change?
0:09:23 > 0:09:25What's that plate at the back there?
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Lucy Mabel Atwell.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28Yeah, Mabel Lucy Atwell.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Mabel Lucy. I always get it the wrong way round.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33It's £48, and it's a little boy.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35- He's crying. - Oh, that's sad, isn't it?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37No, we don't want to buy the boy that's crying.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39We're not going to buy anything that's crying, no.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41No, we don't want tears!
0:09:41 > 0:09:44But if we don't get a buy soon, we might just have some!
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Reds, what's next?
0:09:45 > 0:09:47More importantly, will Colin let you buy it?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49There's this Chinese silk panel here, Colin.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51What's your thoughts on that?
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Well, it's a good decorative lot.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Lovely colours. Blue silk really does bring out those figures
0:09:56 > 0:09:59in the pinks and the oranges and the browns.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01- There's a lot going on.- Early piece?
0:10:01 > 0:10:04You really are looking at early 20th century.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- OK.- You know, may even be as late as, I don't know, '30s,
0:10:07 > 0:10:09- something like that.- So made for the tourist market, really?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Very much for the tourist market.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13But it works, caught our eye, didn't it?
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Well, yeah, true.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18So very much to European tastes, even though very, very Chinese.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Priced at £24.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- It doesn't seem too bad. - Is there money in it?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24If you can buy it for £10, £15, yeah,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26there's always going to be a profit in it.
0:10:26 > 0:10:27OK, banker item, then.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29- But you've got to get it there.- OK.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Not going for it, Reds?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Maybe something for the back burner.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37So we're ten minutes in, and not a buy in sight.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Although Sharon's working jolly hard to find one!
0:10:40 > 0:10:42I actually quite like these.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44- Yeah, I can see. - It says here Murano.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46But I can't see it on the underneath.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Well, the thing is, Murano doesn't really mark,
0:10:49 > 0:10:50there's normally this little label on,
0:10:50 > 0:10:53little sort of shiny label for Murano.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57I'm not going to... I wouldn't recommend them.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00And that's another no.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Poor Sharon! Come on, Michael, get stuck in!
0:11:03 > 0:11:06The Reds seem to be drawn to oriental items today.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Could this vase be their first buy?
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Chinese pot.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- English.- Really?- Yeah, but done in an oriental style.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Obviously, you thought, "That's Chinese."
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- Yeah.- What's the first thing that you see on that, Janet?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20The dark background, which I don't like.
0:11:20 > 0:11:26OK. The first thing I see on it is all that restoration at the top.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28- Yeah.- There you go, look at that.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Really good restoration on it.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34But lo and behold, the very first thing I look at is,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36- "Oh, dear, there's a problem."- Yeah.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38- Let's move on.- Yeah, OK.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41It's a nice tip, Colin, but it's not the only problem.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44No-one's bought a thing! Sharon's trying her very best, though.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46It says bronze on there.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48And it's only £2.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50It's 1940s, just post-war.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53The neck's been damaged, it's got a dent on the side.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Sharon, you're picking out the most unusual things.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- Yes.- Maybe you should take over, Michael!
0:11:57 > 0:11:59We should carry on walking.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01- We should.- But I'm going to point out things as we go along.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- All right.- Might be wise, JP.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Now, I'm not sure what the Reds have found.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Is that a conductor's baton there, or some sort of...?
0:12:10 > 0:12:11I have no idea what it is.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13But what's it for, what's it made of?
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- Could be the end of a pipe.- A pipe?
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Oh, yes! To have a cheroot or something in it.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20- Could be.- Not worth looking at, though?
0:12:20 > 0:12:22I'm going to say no because if we haven't got a clue
0:12:22 > 0:12:23what the heck it is,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26then there's every chance nobody is going to at the auction.
0:12:26 > 0:12:27That's why I thought perhaps move on.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Yes, move on.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Blues, has your luck improved?
0:12:31 > 0:12:33There's a lot of writing on that bit of paper.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35I can't actually read it.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39It's £189 for starters. It's Birmingham hallmarked, 1904.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43So it's an Edwardian silver and enamel dressing table set.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45But they're not all the rage right now.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49- They don't really sell well?- And to go from £189 to get it to, I mean...
0:12:49 > 0:12:51The realms of 50 quid, I think.
0:12:51 > 0:12:52Yeah.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- Lower?- Possibly, yeah!
0:12:54 > 0:12:58That would involve some serious negotiating!
0:12:58 > 0:13:00But so far, we haven't had a whiff of that.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Now, could Janet have found the Holy Grail?
0:13:03 > 0:13:05What about this? It caught my eye.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06What caught your eye about it?
0:13:06 > 0:13:09- I think it's the colours. - OK. Standard blue-and-white,
0:13:09 > 0:13:12it's a design called the onion pattern.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17And this is actually dating, I guess, from early 20th century.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20But the one thing we notice is...
0:13:20 > 0:13:22- A chip!- Well done.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Always got to look on the back.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Not necessarily for the maker, but certainly for some damage.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30- Yeah. Shame.- So I think that's going to be a no-buy for us, I'm afraid.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Oh, dear! And just when my hopes were up!
0:13:33 > 0:13:36At this rate, our teams won't be taking anything to auction.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38It's time for a reality check.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40- Michael.- Yes.- Sharon.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43We have had already 20 minutes.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45And we've not found anything.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49I think, as we wander round, we'll find the objects and you never know,
0:13:49 > 0:13:50you might find two in one go.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52I thought I'd be better at this, I really did.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54You're doing just fine. You're doing just fine.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Oh, chin up, Sharon!
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Reds, maybe this plate will be in better condition.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59That's a good old antique there,
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Flight Barr & Barr, Worcester platter.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- Circa 1820.- What are we looking at?
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Well, there's a piece of Worcester at the bottom there.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09A bit of porcelain. And nicely decorated.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Priced at £70.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Porcelain's not my thing, but if you think it's a good thing,
0:14:13 > 0:14:15then it's worth looking at, isn't it?
0:14:15 > 0:14:17- Well, we'll come back to it. - OK.- We'll come back to it.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20You lead the way.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22At this stage, Alan, it may be worth considering.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26That clock is ticking, and you're all still empty-handed.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Could the upstairs deliver that prized first buy?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Antique warming pan.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34They've got the price right, just about.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- 14 quid.- Yeah. And they're worth a tenner!
0:14:37 > 0:14:40- Right!- Well, you could work on the price, Blues!
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Now, has Colin spotted something he'll finally let the Reds buy?
0:14:44 > 0:14:46That's actually a miniature Gladstone bag.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48- Yeah.- That's priced at £45.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- Shall we have a look at it? - Let's have a look at that, then.
0:14:51 > 0:14:52Nick's on hand to open up the cabinet.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Who wants to go first?
0:14:55 > 0:14:56It's quite attractive, isn't it?
0:14:56 > 0:14:59It would be good for pills, wouldn't it?
0:14:59 > 0:15:01- Of course! - And being a Gladstone bag,
0:15:01 > 0:15:04don't you think that might be what it's meant to be!
0:15:04 > 0:15:07I think you've actually... I shall leave now!
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- What's the best you can do, Nick? - NICK:- The dealer will do 40.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Could you go down to 35?
0:15:13 > 0:15:17I'm sorry, but the very best we can do is the £40.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Well, we need to get something, don't we?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21We need to get something in the bag, don't we?
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- Yes, we do.- Go on, then. - So I think we will.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25OK. 40, go for it.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- And we will polish it! - Thank you very much.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Hurrah!
0:15:30 > 0:15:31A team has finally bought something.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34In just over 30 minutes, the Reds have item number one.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37And has Janet got an idea for item number two?
0:15:37 > 0:15:40I'd quite like to have another look at that porcelain.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41It's playing on my mind.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43- OK.- I quite liked it.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45You were vaguely drawn to it?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47- I was!- Over in the other antiques centre,
0:15:47 > 0:15:49are the Blues having better luck?
0:15:49 > 0:15:50It's a trophy of some sort.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52It's a drinking vase...
0:15:52 > 0:15:55It's basically a metalwork vase and glass.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58It's copying sort of the Viennese style, the secessionist style,
0:15:58 > 0:16:01late 19th century, which sort of WMF, you know,
0:16:01 > 0:16:02they would have been making.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03But it's not very old.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Goodbye, glass vase.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Deep breaths, Sharon. Need I ask how it's going, JP?
0:16:08 > 0:16:11I know full well they will buy three items before the hour's out,
0:16:11 > 0:16:13because I'll make sure they do it.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Quite whether we'll be happy with them
0:16:15 > 0:16:17and stand any chance of making any money out of them
0:16:17 > 0:16:18is another matter!
0:16:18 > 0:16:21That's what we like to hear, eternal optimism!
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Now, Reds, what about that Worcester porcelain plate?
0:16:24 > 0:16:26What do you think to that, then?
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Yeah, it's a proper antique, that, isn't it, Colin?
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Well, you're probably looking anywhere between sort of 1810, 1820,
0:16:31 > 0:16:33that sort of period, for this.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Impressed mark on there, FBB.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39That's the Worcester factory from probably about, I suppose,
0:16:39 > 0:16:411815, 1820, that sort of period.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44I saw the label on it, and it's marked at £70.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- Yeah.- And I'll be honest with you,
0:16:46 > 0:16:49I'd want to be buying it for 40 or 50.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51- NICK:- I can phone, I can ask.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53- Yeah.- We can go from there.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Fingers crossed, Nick comes back with the price they want.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57I think it's an attractive piece.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59- I like it for the age. - What's the verdict, then?
0:16:59 > 0:17:02He said he can go down as low as 50.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05- Oh.- Oh, not bad.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08I think that's worth a punt.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10- Do you want to go for it? - I think we go for it for 50.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- Shake the man's hand. - Excellent. Thank you very much.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15I'll let you shake hands.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18So a second item bagged in just under 40 minutes.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20The Blues, though, are trailing badly.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22They're still empty-handed.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24So could these lawn bowls give them a sporting chance?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26It's not a whole set, is it?
0:17:26 > 0:17:28No, it's four altogether.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31It's four bowls, one bag. What are they made of?
0:17:31 > 0:17:32I don't think they're wood, are they?
0:17:32 > 0:17:34They've got almost like a lacquered finish.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Yeah, but they're more modern,
0:17:36 > 0:17:37because old ones would have been wood.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40The old ones, you get these really dense woods, like, you know,
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- ebony and lignum. - Sharon plays bowls.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43- Do you?- She does.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46I'm not going to bowl it, because I'd break something,
0:17:46 > 0:17:47but that's how you do it.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49And you let go, and then bring your arm up.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Nice technique, Sharon!
0:17:51 > 0:17:53- They're £25.- They are £25.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55So you play bowls?
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Yes. £50 each, you'd be paying.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59- Are they?- Yes.- OK. - What do you think?
0:17:59 > 0:18:00Yeah, they're good.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Go for it.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06- She's found something! - Oh, I feel really positive!
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Your perseverance has paid off, Sharon!
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Go and find the lady downstairs - I think she's Jo -
0:18:11 > 0:18:13and Michael and I can have a quick look.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14We can just carry on.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- You've got rid of me, yay! - Just carry on shopping.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Let's hope that we've got one under the belt, because...
0:18:20 > 0:18:22- Hopefully.- Frankly, we can't do with...
0:18:22 > 0:18:24We've got 20 minutes or whatever, 25 minutes.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27So we're going to have to buy this one.
0:18:27 > 0:18:32Well, I think we're all relieved they finally found something.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37So while Sharon goes off to negotiate on the £25 ticket price,
0:18:37 > 0:18:38the Reds have found some art.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41I don't remember that being on their shopping list!
0:18:41 > 0:18:43I know it sounds weird, I recognise the bloke in that painting,
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- I can't think why.- Can you? Really?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Uncanny!
0:18:49 > 0:18:51No, I'm not sure who it is.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- It's all vaguely familiar! - Now, the bowls.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Well, this looks promising, Sharon has a beaming smile on her face!
0:18:57 > 0:18:59- Found anything yet, boys? - Oh! So what have you done?
0:18:59 > 0:19:01I got them for 15 quid.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Excellent. That's one down, and there's about 25 minutes to go.
0:19:04 > 0:19:05- Right.- Let's pop that down...
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- Yeah.- ..and carry on looking.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11- OK.- Brilliant. - See you in a minute, guys!
0:19:12 > 0:19:13Good for you, Sharon!
0:19:13 > 0:19:15But no slacking, Blues.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18You've got under 20 minutes now to find two more items.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20The Reds still need a third purchase.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24But still no sign of that treen or Danish collectable they were after.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- Colin?- Yes?- What do you think about Arts and Crafts?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Oh, I like my Arts and Crafts.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32It's a cigarette box, it's very, very plain, isn't it?
0:19:32 > 0:19:37- Yeah.- Just not stylised enough, I think, to excite everybody.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39- OK.- Let's have a look at the price.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44£26, so it's priced for what it's worth.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46OK. Yeah, no worries.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Right, moving on, then.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51I've lost count of all the items you've looked at, Reds!
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Now it looks like Michael has found something interesting.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56But will Sharon give it the thumbs up?
0:19:56 > 0:19:57Michael's spotted something.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59There's a petrol can fitted as a light.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Oh, my God! Definitely.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- Do you like it?- Yeah. Yeah. But it's got to be the right price.
0:20:05 > 0:20:10If you can get that down to half price, you go for it, don't you?
0:20:10 > 0:20:12I mean, it's kind of fun, isn't it?
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Somebody's actually worked on this to make it a light.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- Yeah, they've made it into a lamp. - But what do we want to pay for it?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Well, Michael says he'd like it for 40.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21You work your magic and get as close as you can.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23OK, I'll go and talk to the lady. Don't you worry.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26We're not worried, Sharon, but Joe from the antiques centre
0:20:26 > 0:20:30might be when you try to get a 50% reduction off this petrol can lamp.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- Ta-dah!- This one here, the old petroleum can?
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Yeah. It's got an £80 price ticket.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40I think the best price I could do on that would be £60.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44It's more than we wanted.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- It's definitely a lot more. 50? - ..but it's not bad.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49- 45?- It depends.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Is there anything else that interests you?
0:20:51 > 0:20:54- Because this is my stall.- Have you seen anything while I was away?
0:20:54 > 0:20:59We quite like this. It's seen better days, but...
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- It's got a good bit of provenance, that.- Ah, I love that word!
0:21:02 > 0:21:03It came from Standen Hall in Clitheroe,
0:21:03 > 0:21:05and it would have been a fountain at one point.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09OK. Well, look, it's 65. I don't think we should pay much more
0:21:09 > 0:21:11than 25 or 30.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16Could you do the two for 80, which would make them 40 each?
0:21:16 > 0:21:18For you, I'll do you 85.
0:21:18 > 0:21:19It's a deal.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- Is that a deal?- A deal? - OK, then we're done.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- Should we shake?- Yeah.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28You've got a deal. Excellent. High five.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Very, very good.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32I think we've pretty much stolen victory
0:21:32 > 0:21:34from the jaws of defeat there.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35In ten minutes, you worked magic.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37- Well done.- Lucky.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Well done you for turning this corner.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Exactly. Well done, you two. Excellent, let's go. Come on.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Wow, from nowhere, the Blues have finished with a garden statue
0:21:46 > 0:21:49for £40 and a petrol can lamp for £45.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54With just over ten minutes left, you still need one more item, Reds.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55So, what's the plan?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Do you think we should go back and look at the silk?
0:21:57 > 0:22:00- Why not?- Shall we?- Let's go and find it, if we can remember where it is.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03We haven't really seen... I think it's the next floor down.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04Silk hangings, here we come.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10Now, the one with the blue ground you said was better than the one
0:22:10 > 0:22:12with the green. Would you say?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14I would. I mean, if you could buy them as a pair...
0:22:14 > 0:22:16And we could get a good deal?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Yeah, if you can get plenty knocked off.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20- That's worth having a go for. - That's worth having a go for.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23- They're both priced at £24.- So if we can get the pair for 30...
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- Call it 25. That's 50, 48. - Yeah, or less.- Or less.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29- 30 or less.- We might. - Try and put an offer in for...
0:22:29 > 0:22:31- ..say £25 for the pair.- Right.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35That's nearly a buy-one-get-one-free deal!
0:22:35 > 0:22:36It could be a bit cheeky, Reds.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40- The news is in.- Go on, then.- Go on. - Do you want good news or bad news?
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- Bad news.- The bad news is that there isn't any good news.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47- Oh.- Oh, OK.- They can knock 20% off.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51So that means you're either going to go for the pair of them
0:22:51 > 0:22:54or just stick with your blue one and know that you're going to get 20%
0:22:54 > 0:22:57off 24. Do you want to go with it if we can get it in that ballpark?
0:22:57 > 0:22:58- Yeah.- You lead the way.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- We need your smile again. - We're running out of time!
0:23:01 > 0:23:05So, 20% off 24 is, by my reckoning, £4.80.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07We're going to go for one of them.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- You did say there's wriggle room, around 20%.- 20% indeed.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13So does £15 sound any good for a deal?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- Nice try, Colin, but that's closer to 40%.- Go on, please!
0:23:16 > 0:23:21- How much, 24?- Yeah.- You know you want to.- He does, doesn't he?
0:23:21 > 0:23:25- You can just tell. He does.- Please!
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- All right.- £15 is done. Thank you very much.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31You got there in the end, Reds.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36- Well done, team.- Thank you. - The finish line is there.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38- Don't I get a hug?- OK.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41I'm indiscriminate.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Right, teams. Your time is up.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51Let's check out just what the Red team have bought.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53It took them over half an hour
0:23:53 > 0:23:54to buy this miniature silver
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Gladstone bag for £40.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59Just minutes later,
0:23:59 > 0:24:01they agreed a deal on this Worcester
0:24:01 > 0:24:02porcelain platter for £50.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06And finally, with two minutes
0:24:06 > 0:24:08to spare, they settled on this
0:24:08 > 0:24:09Chinese silk for £15.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Alan and Janet, it went down to the wire, didn't it?
0:24:13 > 0:24:16- Have you had a good time? - Yeah!- What's your favourite item?
0:24:16 > 0:24:19The little silver Gladstone bag, Charlie.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Yes, it's pretty, isn't it? Your favourite?
0:24:21 > 0:24:23I think it was the porcelain plate.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25- And then it all got a bit panicky? - Yes, it did a bit.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29You ended up spending £15 on a Chinese wall hanging.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31So, what's going to make the biggest profit?
0:24:31 > 0:24:32Funnily enough, if it sells, probably that,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34because we spent so little on it.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38I don't know, because I think I got quite a good deal on the porcelain.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42You spent 105, which must mean you've got £195 left over.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47That is a deuce of a lot of money to give to a man like this.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49What IS he going to do with it? Colin?
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Well, I'm going to try and invest it well.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55If I can spend a good chunk of it, that would be in the spirit
0:24:55 > 0:24:58of the show and the spirit of the team.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01So, while Colin goes off to demonstrate the spirit of the show
0:25:01 > 0:25:03and the spirit of the team,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06we will check out what the Blue team have brought.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Just when I started to give up
0:25:08 > 0:25:10on them buying anything at all,
0:25:10 > 0:25:12the Blues knocked out a £15 deal
0:25:12 > 0:25:13on this set of bowls.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Then there was no stopping them.
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Next, they paid £40
0:25:18 > 0:25:20for this cherub fountain.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23And, finally, this novelty lamp,
0:25:23 > 0:25:25converted from a petrol can,
0:25:25 > 0:25:27bought for £45.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Sharon and Michael, not a bad spend, was it?
0:25:30 > 0:25:32- £100?- I think we did really well, actually.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Sharon, what's your favourite item?
0:25:34 > 0:25:37- The lamp.- Mike?- I agree with that.
0:25:37 > 0:25:38So two for the lamp.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40- The biggest profit? - I think from the lamp.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- The lamp?- I'm going to go with the garden ornament.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47Well, you spent 100. So, somewhere, you must have £200 on you.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48- Yes.- Hand it over.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50- It's not me.- Really? Are you sure you didn't...?
0:25:50 > 0:25:56Come on, you two! Honestly! Is it your influence that has done this?
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- Not at all, no.- There we go. What are you going to do with that?
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Well, Sharon's handled at least 100 items today,
0:26:02 > 0:26:07so I'm going to probably go back and have a look at one of those.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11So while Jonathan goes off to spend money on 100 different objects,
0:26:11 > 0:26:13I'm off to drive a tank.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Extraordinary!
0:26:22 > 0:26:26I've come east to the Norfolk Tank Museum to find out why one man
0:26:26 > 0:26:29has made tank-collecting a lifelong passion.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36The history of the tank goes back to the First World War.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40It was designed to break through barbed wire and end the stalemate of
0:26:40 > 0:26:43trench warfare on the Western Front.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Initially, the caterpillar-wheeled armoured vehicles were crude
0:26:46 > 0:26:50and unreliable, but by September 1916, the tank was deemed
0:26:50 > 0:26:53mechanically fit for action, and it made its debut
0:26:53 > 0:26:58in the first Battle of the Somme. The museum is a homage to the tank
0:26:58 > 0:27:00and is the life's work of 50-year-old
0:27:00 > 0:27:05collector and agricultural engineer Stephen McKay.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07So, Stephen, what got you into collecting tanks?
0:27:07 > 0:27:11My nanny found my grandfather's webbing belt and holster,
0:27:11 > 0:27:14which he'd had from the Home Guard when he was in the Second World War,
0:27:14 > 0:27:17and gave it to me when I was eight or nine years old.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19I was fascinated by it.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22I started collecting bits of memorabilia from car-boot sales,
0:27:22 > 0:27:24and it just led from there.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28It kicked off Stephen's passion for militaria and, by the age of 25,
0:27:28 > 0:27:32he'd moved onto the big stuff - tanks.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37This 1959 Saladin armoured scout car was his first collector's piece.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40It took him 18 months to restore and get into working order.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43How did you go about buying your first tank?
0:27:43 > 0:27:44Well, the days before the internet
0:27:44 > 0:27:46there was a magazine called Windowscreen,
0:27:46 > 0:27:49where other collectors were advertising their vehicles.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51- Yeah. - And you could buy through there.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Really? You just phone up and say, "I hear you've got a tank for sale"?
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Yes, as long as you have the money, you could buy them.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00A six-wheeled armoured car that can go like 60
0:28:00 > 0:28:03is one of Britain's latest military vehicles.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06The Saladin tank was a British reconnaissance vehicle.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10Its role was to scout out enemy movements and radio their
0:28:10 > 0:28:12exact position back to the Allied forces.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16But it meant working in incredibly cramped conditions.
0:28:16 > 0:28:17There's not much room to move.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21No, there isn't. You think three people working in this vehicle,
0:28:21 > 0:28:23we're in the fighting compartment.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26- And you're the commander? - I am, yes. Driver down the front.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28He's right below, isn't it?
0:28:28 > 0:28:31- He is, yes.- He's got to be incredibly skilful at his job,
0:28:31 > 0:28:34because his sightlines are really pretty narrow, aren't they?
0:28:34 > 0:28:37I think there's a two-foot-square hole as his main vision.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39So, sitting here, what would I have had to do?
0:28:39 > 0:28:41- Operating the gun. - Do I fire the gun?
0:28:41 > 0:28:43- You do, yes. - There's a button here, is there?
0:28:43 > 0:28:45There is, yeah. A big red button down there.
0:28:45 > 0:28:46Oh, I can see it!
0:28:46 > 0:28:49How long, at any one time, might somebody have been in here?
0:28:49 > 0:28:52You could be in here for 12, 18, 24 hours,
0:28:52 > 0:28:55depending on where you were deployed.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Stephen has built up a collection of 20 military vehicles,
0:28:58 > 0:29:01all of which are on show inside this hangar.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04This Centurion tank, the tank of the Royal Engineers,
0:29:04 > 0:29:07entered service in the British Army in the 1960s,
0:29:07 > 0:29:08and she's Stephen's favourite.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11- Where did you get this from? - I bought this direct off the MoD.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14What condition was it in when you bought it?
0:29:14 > 0:29:16It was a wreck. It was in real bad condition.
0:29:16 > 0:29:17The dozer blade was missing.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Where the heck do you go about finding these things?
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Hours on the phone, trying to find out who had bought it,
0:29:22 > 0:29:24where it had gone to, who had rebought it
0:29:24 > 0:29:25if somebody had sold it on.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28And finally, tracked it down to Newcastle.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31- You must have been thrilled when you found it.- Yes, big part of the tank.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34- How many of these did they make? - About 40 of them, they made.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- Is that all?- Yeah. - And you've got one!- I have, yes.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41- You must be a very proud man. - Oh, yes. Very proud.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45And Stephen also has this armoured command post vehicle
0:29:45 > 0:29:48that was vital during any ground offensive.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51It was fitted with radios and maps of the battlefield,
0:29:51 > 0:29:53and used to monitor and relay messages
0:29:53 > 0:29:56between the front line forces and HQ.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59- Five men in here.- Right. - Driver right at the front.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01- Yeah.- Commander in the middle here.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Radio operator in the corner, and then us two would be NCOs.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Non-commissioned officers. What are we doing?
0:30:06 > 0:30:07We'd be running the battle.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10We'd be taking information from the radio operator,
0:30:10 > 0:30:11feeding it onto the map.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15- Yeah.- Making decisions. Talking back to HQ via the radio operator again.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18And then relaying that information back to the front line.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20So we really are the nub of action here.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22- Yeah.- Aren't we?- Absolutely, yeah.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Well, thank you very much indeed, Stephen.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27It's been truly fascinating, but I do need to get back to the saleroom.
0:30:27 > 0:30:28Have you got a tank I can borrow?
0:30:28 > 0:30:30- Yes.- Marvellous.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36OK, driver. Let's head to the auction battlefield!
0:30:47 > 0:30:51Well, I've come 70 miles east to the Diss Auction Rooms,
0:30:51 > 0:30:54and here I am with the auctioneer herself, Elizabeth Talbot.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57- Charlie, hello.- Hello. - I hope every mile was worth it.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59Worth every mile, I can assure you.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Now, Alan and Janet, our married couple,
0:31:02 > 0:31:05kicked off their buying with this rather sweet little Gladstone bag.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08It's very nice, but it's not as old as I'd like to see.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11If it were a 19th-century example, I'd get quite excited.
0:31:11 > 0:31:12But it just is what it is.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Yeah. Yeah, and what about a value for it?
0:31:15 > 0:31:17- It is silver, isn't it? - Yeah, it's stamped 935.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20We put 50-100 on it, which is quite a wide berth.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22They paid £40, so they might be safe.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23- They might.- Yeah, yeah.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27Now, Colin really chose this for them, and it's a true antique.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29He likes his Flight, Barr And Barr.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32- Do you?- Well, I do.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34You took the words out of my mouth. I was going to say,
0:31:34 > 0:31:36this is a traditional antique, as we would expect.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39And it's unusual. It's a plate - meat or a serving platter -
0:31:39 > 0:31:41rather than a cup and saucer or whatever from that time in the
0:31:41 > 0:31:43factory's history, the Worcester factory.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46But the paint is worn, there's a chip on the underside...
0:31:46 > 0:31:49- Yes.- ..and pretty,
0:31:49 > 0:31:52and old traditional ceramics don't sell particularly well.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55No. I fear you're absolutely right there.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Janet thinks it's going to make them the most profit.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59But we'll see. What are you estimating?
0:31:59 > 0:32:02- The estimate is 35-50.- Cost 50.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06It is just unfortunately not of the current climate.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10No. No. What about the pretty Chinese silk panel?
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Well, that is busy and it's fun and it's colourful,
0:32:13 > 0:32:14- and it's all ready to hang.- Yeah.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18But it's very much of the formula of sort of early 20th-century pieces,
0:32:18 > 0:32:21really geared up to the tourist of the day.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23- Yeah.- You know? So it's not academic,
0:32:23 > 0:32:26it's not collectable, it's a furnishing piece, really.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Yeah, Alan thinks it will make the biggest profit.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32Well, it may do. We've put £25-£30 as an estimate on it.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35- They only paid £15. - Well, there you go.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37- They should be all right. - So could be a profit.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39But of course, after all that, they might need their bonus buy.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Let's see what Colin bought.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46Now Alan and Janet, you didn't spend a great deal of money, did you?
0:32:46 > 0:32:48- Very abstemious.- Very abstemious.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50- £105, you spent.- That's right.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54Isn't that quite dangerous, leaving this man with £195 to spend?
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Probably dangerous leaving him 195 pence!
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Come on. Reveal all.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05I just took £150, and just burnt the lot on a stove.
0:33:05 > 0:33:06- Oh, wow!- Good grief!
0:33:06 > 0:33:10Well, it's actually a cast iron base that's been enamelled.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- It's French, it's called the chauffette, and date-wise...- Nice.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17Well, they were producing these really from the sort of 1890s
0:33:17 > 0:33:20in this sort of style, but I'd guess this is just post-1900.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22You'd be able to burn wood and stuff in it?
0:33:22 > 0:33:24- You would. Absolutely. So it has got a use.- It HAS got a use.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26- That's good. - It's not just ornamental.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Because they're really popular at the moment, aren't they,
0:33:28 > 0:33:30- wood burners? - Are you happy with it?- Yeah!
0:33:30 > 0:33:32You don't have to make up your mind now. Make up your mind later.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36Let's see if the auctioneer thinks that this stove is great.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Colin went off with quite a lot of money and bought a stove.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42- He did.- What do you think of it? - I like this a lot.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45- Yes.- And it's enamelled. - Yeah.- And the fact the enamel
0:33:45 > 0:33:48is in such good condition I think is a bonus. So I think it's lovely.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50- I actually like this very much. - And what about value?
0:33:50 > 0:33:54- We've put £100-£150 on that one. - He did pay £150.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58- I hope he'll get close. Yeah.- Good. Well, that's the Reds.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Now, moving on to the Blues.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Sharon and Michael, our married couple,
0:34:02 > 0:34:06bought really quite an unusual collection of objects,
0:34:06 > 0:34:10- I'm sure you'll agree.- Yes, very varied.- Some bowling balls.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12I should think there's a lot of bowls clubs around here,
0:34:12 > 0:34:14- aren't there?- There are, actually. It's a very popular hobby.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16But it's a very standard set.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18- I'd rather that were they more vintage than they are.- Yeah.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20If you are wanting to try it as a sport,
0:34:20 > 0:34:22and you don't want to spend a lot of money on them,
0:34:22 > 0:34:24because they can be quite expensive to buy, some bowls,
0:34:24 > 0:34:27this is the time to buy and spend a little bit of money.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29- They are what they are. - Yeah. Value?- 15-20.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33- They paid 15.- OK.- So there's not much downside, is there?
0:34:33 > 0:34:36- No.- What about this wonderful garden statue?
0:34:36 > 0:34:38There's not much finesse about him.
0:34:38 > 0:34:39Poor condition.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41It's looking very sorry for itself.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43- What about a value?- We put £50-£100.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47- Have you?- Yes.- Splendid! - You're very kind.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50- They paid 40.- Oh!- Marvellous!
0:34:50 > 0:34:52And Michael thinks it will make the biggest profit.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Well, fingers crossed for them.
0:34:54 > 0:34:55Now, what about the lamp?
0:34:55 > 0:34:58I've seen some strange lamps in my time -
0:34:58 > 0:34:59that is without doubt the strangest.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03There is a big wave of people converting items - vintage items -
0:35:03 > 0:35:07into lamps. They are selling. You might not like it,
0:35:07 > 0:35:09but it fits comfortably with the way people are addressing antiques.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12Well, Sharon is of your opinion, too.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15She loves this, and thinks it will make the biggest profit.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18- What about a value? - We put £40 to £50 estimate on it.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21Yep, yep, well, they paid £45.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23So they're smack in the middle of your estimate.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25- OK.- They may, of course, need their bonus buy.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Now, let's have a look at it.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32Sharon and Michael, you spent a very cool £100,
0:35:32 > 0:35:37leaving JP with a very cool £200.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- Shall we have a look?- Yeah. - OK, here we go.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Prepare yourself.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45- Ah!- Do you know what it is?- No.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48- A candlestick holder.- It is. A little chamber candlestick,
0:35:48 > 0:35:50little finger in there like there, like that.
0:35:50 > 0:35:51It's, erm, slip moulded,
0:35:51 > 0:35:55glazed and decorated, and you've got this little basket sort of shape
0:35:55 > 0:35:57in the middle here for the candle. Nicely decorated with flowers.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Look at that. Isn't that going to look beautiful on a nice little
0:36:00 > 0:36:01- side table?- Yeah.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04So, Michael, what do you think of the chamber stick?
0:36:04 > 0:36:05I think it's got potential.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08- Do you want to ask me how much I paid for it, before...?- Yeah.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10How much do you think I paid for it?
0:36:10 > 0:36:12- 20 quid.- I hope not.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15- 10!- No. £4!
0:36:15 > 0:36:18- That's my man! - I knew you'd like it, there we are.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20JP!
0:36:20 > 0:36:23They gave you £200, and you have spent 2% of it!
0:36:25 > 0:36:28But nevertheless, you don't have to make up your mind,
0:36:28 > 0:36:31about JP's magnificent chamber stick.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Meanwhile, let's see if the auctioneer thinks that this
0:36:33 > 0:36:39fabulous chamber stick is going to sail away above its £4 price.
0:36:39 > 0:36:44Well, Jonathan went off with £200, and bought that!
0:36:44 > 0:36:47A chamber stick. If you went shopping on a Saturday morning
0:36:47 > 0:36:49with £200, would you come back with that?
0:36:49 > 0:36:52- Anyway.- Do you know, I'd feel very disappointed.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Oh, no, look, it's sweet, but it's not rare.
0:36:55 > 0:36:56- No.- Nor special.
0:36:56 > 0:36:57- No.- Nor collectable.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00No. And your estimate, come on, make it bullish.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03£5-£10! 5-10, that's fantastic, he paid 4!
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Do you know what? I just hope we make a profit for him on that.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06That's all I can say.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Well, I assume it's up to you, you'll be taking the sale.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11All the very best with that!
0:37:11 > 0:37:13- Thank you, I shall have failed if I don't.- Absolutely!
0:37:15 > 0:37:1932, 35. Any advance on £35?
0:37:20 > 0:37:23- Are you excited?- Yes.- Yes, there's a certain tension in the atmosphere.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25There's a certain tension, yes.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Are you a regular visitor of the saleroom?
0:37:27 > 0:37:30- No, this is the first time.- Really?!
0:37:30 > 0:37:32What are your reactions?
0:37:32 > 0:37:34- Excited. - Janet, you LOOK quite excited.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Yeah, good, well, we're kicking off with the Gladstone bag,
0:37:37 > 0:37:39which is charming, isn't it?
0:37:39 > 0:37:42- It is.- The auctioneer liked it. It's up now, and it cost £40.
0:37:42 > 0:37:49Gladstone bag, it's stamped 925, and I start here at just £22.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52£22, 25, 28, 30 to the gallery, I'm out.
0:37:52 > 0:37:5532 below. 35 is the gallery, at 35 now.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57- May I say eight?- Come on!
0:37:57 > 0:38:00It's upstairs at 30, a choice piece at 35.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Are you all done at £35?
0:38:03 > 0:38:06- Ohh! - That was a bitter pill, wasn't it?
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Oh, dear, it was!
0:38:08 > 0:38:09Fiver down. You can get that back
0:38:09 > 0:38:11on a bit of Flight, Barr And Barr.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Here it comes now, cost £50.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17Very pretty Flight, Barr And Barr, 19th-century plate there,
0:38:17 > 0:38:19lovely platter, rose detail.
0:38:19 > 0:38:2115 to start?
0:38:21 > 0:38:22- 15 or 50?- 15.- Oh, 15!- Yes.
0:38:24 > 0:38:2715, gallery, thank you, 15 is the gallery, looking for 18 now.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30On the lovely plate at 15, all done?
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Was that 15? Oh, dear, that's minus 35.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38That means you are now minus 40.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40But here comes the Chinese silk!
0:38:41 > 0:38:44And I start here at just £15.
0:38:44 > 0:38:4718, 20, 22, 25...
0:38:47 > 0:38:51- Listen!- 32, 35, 38, I have 40.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54At £40 on the embroidery, and selling...
0:38:55 > 0:39:00- Yes!- A profit! - That's a profit of £25!
0:39:00 > 0:39:04Which, if you ease that into your £40 loss, you're only down £15.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06- Not bad!- Cor, that's fabulous!
0:39:08 > 0:39:10I mean, what are you going to do?
0:39:10 > 0:39:12- Oh, go on.- Yeah, go on, we'll go for it.- You're going for it?
0:39:12 > 0:39:15- Yes.- Absolutely certain, you're going for your bonus buy?- Yeah.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19- Well, here it is. - French Brown enamel stove.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Start me at 100.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25£100, surely, this is a lovely example.
0:39:25 > 0:39:26Oh, it's a lovely example.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Oh, dear.
0:39:29 > 0:39:3150, if you will?
0:39:31 > 0:39:3230, if you will?
0:39:32 > 0:39:3430, to the gentleman standing, at 30, thank you.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36We have a £30 bid. Where's two?
0:39:36 > 0:39:3732 is the back.
0:39:37 > 0:39:4035? 38.
0:39:40 > 0:39:4140 bid. 40, we have.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Go on, bid!
0:39:43 > 0:39:4442, well done.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48Where's five? It's still ahead of me at 42, and it will sell.
0:39:48 > 0:39:49Oh!
0:39:50 > 0:39:53- What a bargain. - So, £108 lost on the stove,
0:39:53 > 0:39:57£15 carried forward, loss,
0:39:57 > 0:40:00gives you a loss of £123.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Don't mention a word to the Blues.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04- No.- You may well have won with a £123 loss.
0:40:04 > 0:40:05I doubt it.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14Mike, Sharon, this is the moment. Your bowls are the first item.
0:40:14 > 0:40:19They're coming up, cost £15. Here they are.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Four bowls, two in a case.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24I'll start at £6.
0:40:24 > 0:40:25£6 is bid.
0:40:25 > 0:40:30And 8, and 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, new bidder.
0:40:30 > 0:40:3422, 25, 28, 30, 2,
0:40:34 > 0:40:38at £32 on the sofa, at 32...
0:40:38 > 0:40:40£32!
0:40:40 > 0:40:43That's plus £17!
0:40:43 > 0:40:45And you've still got a cherub statue to come!
0:40:47 > 0:40:51The cherub garden statue. I start at £30.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54£30 on the statue, at 30, I'll take the two.
0:40:54 > 0:40:5932, gallery, 35, 38 and 40, 2, 45.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01You are wonderful Bargain Hunters, you two.
0:41:01 > 0:41:0360, I have. Where's five?
0:41:03 > 0:41:04Go on, 65.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06I have 70. 70, I have.
0:41:06 > 0:41:0870!
0:41:08 > 0:41:1170, I have. Any advance now? It will sell at £70...
0:41:12 > 0:41:18Oh, plus 30. You are now up £47!
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Oh, my God, please do the lamp. Oh, God!
0:41:20 > 0:41:23The novelty lamp. 20 to start.
0:41:23 > 0:41:2520 the lady, 20, well done.
0:41:25 > 0:41:2720, I have, and it's a good vintage can, as well.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30Oh!
0:41:30 > 0:41:33At the 20, maiden bid.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36You've lost £25.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Oh, dear. You've got the real quandary of this exceptional
0:41:40 > 0:41:45- Japanese chamber stick. - Go on, we'll go for it.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49Here we have the 20th century Japanese ceramic chamber stick,
0:41:49 > 0:41:52and I start here at just £3.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56Four, gallery, five I have, six, eight, ten,
0:41:56 > 0:41:5712.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Any advance on £12?
0:42:01 > 0:42:03- Well done, JP.- Bingo.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05- £8.- Good man. - Unfortunately, the best.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Isn't that superb? You're going home with £30!
0:42:08 > 0:42:11- Not a word to the Red team.- No.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Well, in life, some people have a skill to make money,
0:42:19 > 0:42:23some people have an equal skill to lose money!
0:42:23 > 0:42:26And on Bargain Hunt, we see both these traits regularly.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Well, I can tell you that one of the teams today has lost a huge amount
0:42:30 > 0:42:33of money, and without beating around the bush, it is the Red team.
0:42:33 > 0:42:38- Yes!- They have lost £123...
0:42:38 > 0:42:40- Whoa!- ..which is marvellous.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43As for you, Blue team, clever clogs.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45You made money on your bowls,
0:42:45 > 0:42:48you made money on that wonderful garden statue.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52That was fantastic. And it was just that petrol can let you down.
0:42:52 > 0:42:57So, with that wonderful £8 from JP, you've got £30, look at that.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01- Whoa! Well done, thank you! - There you are.- Oh, thank you.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03- £30, congratulations. Have you had a good time?- Excellent.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05- Good. Enjoyed yourselves? - Yes.- It's been great!
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Well, it's been great having you all on.
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