0:00:02 > 0:00:05Hello. Today's show comes from the Nottinghamshire town of Southwell,
0:00:05 > 0:00:07or does it?
0:00:07 > 0:00:09The pronunciation of the town's name has caused
0:00:09 > 0:00:14a centuries-long argument, often dividing visitors and locals alike.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Well, there's only one way to find out.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20- Question - South-WELL or Southwell? - Southwell.- South-WELL.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23- Southwell.- You're both... Are you local?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26- Yeah.- South-WELL.- Southwell. - Oh, South-WELL, without a doubt.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Well, that's as clear as mud.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31But whatever way you say it,
0:00:31 > 0:00:34we're here, and we're going bargain-hunting.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58The Southwell Racecourse is hosting today's antiques fair,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01and with up to 150 stands,
0:01:01 > 0:01:06our teams are going to be spoilt for choice on which three items to spend
0:01:06 > 0:01:09up to £300, and with 60 minutes on the clock.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Let's have a look at what's coming up.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15The Reds drive a hard bargain...
0:01:15 > 0:01:18I was thinking 15.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Oh, my Lord! Even I'm shocked and horrified!
0:01:21 > 0:01:23The Blues have expensive tastes...
0:01:23 > 0:01:28- £350?- Ooh!- And at the auction, the Reds are dumbfounded...
0:01:28 > 0:01:30- ALL:- O-o-o-o-oh!
0:01:30 > 0:01:32..while the Blues stay hopeful.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Bit more. Bit more, bit more.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Well, all that is coming up later, so let's meet today's teams,
0:01:39 > 0:01:43who are all sets of friends and who all hail from Nottingham.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45For the Reds, we've got Liz and Tracey, and for the Blues,
0:01:45 > 0:01:49- we've got Nick and Harry. So, hello. TEAMS:- Hello!
0:01:49 > 0:01:51So, Liz, tell me, how did you two meet?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Well, we met about 26 years ago,
0:01:53 > 0:01:57and Tracey moved into a flat above the one I was living in at the time.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01- Mm-hm.- And it had a very narrow, winding staircase.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- Yes?- And I heard all this commotion outside,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06and there was Tracey with her husband, trying to push a settee
0:02:06 > 0:02:10up these stairs. So I went to help them and it was just hilarious,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12and we just got on straightaway.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Tell me, you work for Citizens Advice?
0:02:15 > 0:02:19- I do, yes, yes.- I believe you also do a little bit of moonlighting in
0:02:19 > 0:02:21- the guise of another job.- I do, yes,
0:02:21 > 0:02:25I'm also a registrar in the summer, and I marry people.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28So I get to go to some beautiful venues on people's big day,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31which is an absolute privilege, really.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34So, Tracey, tell me a little bit more about your job.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Well, I'm a community midwife in the centre of Nottingham.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40I delivered Liz's baby when I was newly qualified.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44- So that baby is very special. - Yeah, and how old is that baby now?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46- Can I ask?- She turned 20 last week.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Isn't that terrible? How dare they grow up? How dare they grow up!
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Now, I believe that you've got a few connections in the antique world.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Well, my mum's an antiques dealer, and she had a shop,
0:02:57 > 0:03:01and I used to mind it as soon as I was old enough.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04No pressure, fellas, OK?
0:03:04 > 0:03:06No pressure. So, tactics today, ladies.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09- What's it going to be?- Well, I think we're going to go out there
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- and try and buy the first thing quickly.- Pressure off.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- Yeah.- Yeah, good thinking. All right, well, good luck.- Thank you.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17So, turning to the Blues, Nick and Harry.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19So, Nick, tell me, how did you two meet?
0:03:19 > 0:03:22We met at school, we went to school in Southwell, just down the road.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Harry always says, whenever we meet new people, he's always like,
0:03:25 > 0:03:27"Oh, yeah, Nick used to bully me on the school bus."
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- I'll just get that out there now - I didn't bully him.- No.- At all. Six years later,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34then we met through a mutual friend on a night out and we've been best
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- mates ever since.- Excellent. So, what do you do for a living?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39I'm in the military and I teach armoured vehicle tactics.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- Do you?- Yeah. The trained troops come to us,
0:03:42 > 0:03:45driver, commander, and then we just teach them how to employ the
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- vehicles tactically.- So, Harry, what do you do for a living?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I'm a senior architectural technician for a leading housing
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- developer in the UK.- He lives in one of the houses he's designed, so...
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- Which explains one of the many design flaws of the house. - LAUGHTER
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Goodness me! That's quite something, isn't it
0:04:01 > 0:04:03to be in the house you have designed, you know?
0:04:03 > 0:04:07It's nice, it's a nice feeling to have designed something, yeah, definitely.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10What about antiques? What's your knowledge like on antiques?
0:04:10 > 0:04:14- Nothing.- But that's not going to deter us from winning today...- No, no.- ..because obviously we're going
0:04:14 > 0:04:17- to smash it.- Exactly. So, have you got any form of tactics?
0:04:17 > 0:04:21We're going to go with an unorthodox tactic and go with buy low,
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- sell high.- That is a great formula, isn't it?
0:04:24 > 0:04:27We're going to listen to our expert and we're going to go with the gut,
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- though. Go with the gut, always listen to the gut.- Before we do any
0:04:30 > 0:04:33of that, you're going to need some money, aren't you?
0:04:33 > 0:04:37£300 for the Reds, and £300 for the Blues.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40And this is where I say cheerio to you as you go off to meet your
0:04:40 > 0:04:42respective experts.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45So, will our teams still be friends at the end of the day?
0:04:47 > 0:04:51To keep them focused on antiques, they'll need some help.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55So, stepping out in style with the Reds, it's David Harper.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01And directing the action for the Blues, it's Gary Pe.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03What are we going to be looking for?
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Well, I like silver Scandinavian jewellery, Art Deco...
0:05:06 > 0:05:09I'm thinking more going down the military route, maybe.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13I think we should look for either really practical things or anything
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- really beautiful.- I was thinking maybe some timepieces.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Basically, toys for boys?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- Yep.- It's all about weighing up your options.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Teams, your 60 minutes start now. BELL RINGS
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- Yeah, let's do it!- Let's do it. - Let's get to it.- Do it.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Liz is in. What are you doing, Liz?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32The Reds start by eyeing up some pretty things...
0:05:32 > 0:05:36- Maybe a case for a small lady's pocket watch.- Oh. Yeah.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- Yeah.- ..while the boys head straight for the toys.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Fairly run of the mill, nothing exceptional about it.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- So, what do you think? Shall we go inside?- Yeah, let's go inside.- All right, let's do that.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Indoors, the Reds are working through their shopping list.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Could this be the beautiful item they want?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54So, Liz, tell us why you like it.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- Just got a little bit of...- Well, it's quite pretty, it's practical.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- Yeah.- It looks quite old, with the silk.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- It's still there, isn't it?- What age do you think it is?
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- '30s.- 1900, or something? - Yeah, I think it's a bit earlier.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10- Do you?- I think it's more 1880. - Oh, really?- Particularly with that colour, that very deep purple.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- It's very Victorian.- Oh! Hmm, what would it have been?
0:06:13 > 0:06:17- Probably a jewellery box of some sort.- Yeah?- It's missing an awful lot of stuff.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- It is, isn't it?- Yeah.- It's just a box.- Yeah, I think we're going to struggle with that.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- Yeah, I'd rather something a bit meatier.- Yeah, yeah.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Keep looking, Reds. Blues, have you found anything from YOUR wish list?
0:06:27 > 0:06:31- Is that a timepiece? What's that there, Gary?- Oh, OK.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Right, it's a pocket watch.
0:06:37 > 0:06:391920s, 1930s.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43Silver, a good starting price of 38.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48Normally, with pocket watches, you know how they were used originally.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53- Yeah, yeah...- You'd have them in chains or something, just hanging around the pockets,
0:06:53 > 0:06:56or with leather straps, which they call fobs, which they...
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- Then flip out...- ..hang around, exactly, yeah, yeah.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02But it looks like a good, clean piece.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07The enamelling is in good condition, so I'm quite happy with that.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11- There's no breaks of the glass. So...- Solid piece.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13It's a solid piece.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17You've got your normal engine turn decoration in there.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21One good thing is, it is devoid of any inscriptions.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24So, that's what people like. How do you feel about it?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26I'm happy to go with that one.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29To begin with, I'd like you to be able to get this
0:07:29 > 0:07:33for something like 25.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- We're in with a chance. - On at 38.- It's 38.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- Start at 20. Let's go cheaply. - So...- Cheaply.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- Go for it.- So, we're thinking 20.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45I can't do 20, unfortunately, no. The best I'd do would be 30.
0:07:45 > 0:07:4930? What if we meet at 28?
0:07:49 > 0:07:53- 28 will be fine.- Happy with that? - I'm happy with that. Is Gary happy with that?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- What do you think, Gary?- I like it, it's a good piece, clean,
0:07:56 > 0:08:00- silver.- Let's go for it, then. - Go 28?- Why not?- Yeah, 28.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02- 28.- Bosh.- Thank you.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- Thank you very much.- Thank you. - Cheers, thank you.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Well, well. The first toy for the boys. The Cheeky Boys.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12With the cheeky Blues buying their first item in just
0:08:12 > 0:08:15eight minutes, the Reds are now playing catch-up.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Anything shouting out?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Images of dogs. Anything to do with dogs is always very good news.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Yeah, I can imagine someone who likes little terriers liking those,
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- can't you?- Yeah, absolutely. So, the cufflinks, crystal...
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- They're not any kind of metal, are they?- No.- They're just a bit of...
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- Base metal, isn't it?- ..white metal, or whatever you call it.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Yeah. If they were nine-carat gold, they'd be very desirable.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- Yeah, they would, wouldn't they?- But they're lovely things.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39- Yeah, just...- But cufflinks aren't...
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- What's your best price you can do on that?- Oh, she's in!
0:08:42 > 0:08:46- I can do them for 30. - I was thinking 15.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Oh, my Lord! Even I'm shocked and horrified!
0:08:50 > 0:08:5225 would be the rock bottom on that.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- What do you think?- Shall we try? - Yeah.- Let's do it.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- Go on, let's get them. Let's get them.- Don't ask my opinion at all.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59You said you liked them!
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Never mind, David, at least they're decisive.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Right, well done. Well, first purchase, I think well done.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Over with the Blues, Gary is being put to the test.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11- Military?- Yeah.- Maybe, yeah.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15I have to tell you now, they're not my speciality.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- They're not mine either. I just... - You just like them?- Yeah.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21- Right.- The first medal issued by the British Government to soldiers with
0:09:21 > 0:09:25combat experience, regardless of rank, was the Waterloo Medal in
0:09:25 > 0:09:291815. Some can fetch thousands at auction.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31These examples are more recent.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- I mean, we can pretty much date them, because...- They carry the
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- heads of...- King George VI.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40That was awarded for Palestine.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43And the other bits, I don't know.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46So I think we need to sort of ask the dealer.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50OK, well, the Palestine medal is a pre-Second World War medal.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55- Right.- Then you've got the '39-'45 for the Second World War,
0:09:55 > 0:09:57the African next to that,
0:09:57 > 0:09:59the Defence next to that, and the War Medal.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02The only medal that's named is the Palestine medal.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- Were these awarded to the same person?- They were awarded to the same person.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- All right. What are we talking about, price wise?- £350.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Oh!
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Way out of your price range, Blues.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Meanwhile, the Reds' animal instincts are being tested.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- Let's get to grips with what he is. - Any ideas, ladies?
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- An elephant.- Well done, Liz!
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Isn't she clever? Is he an Asian elephant or an African elephant?
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- Well, he's got small ears. - Good. Meaning what?
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- Not sure.- Does mean something, doesn't it?- It does mean something.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37- Indian, I think.- Indian. - Indian elephant.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40- So he's probably made in India, do you think?- Absolutely, I do, I think so.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- It's brass. Lovely little green eyes, they'll just be...- Yeah.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47- They will be glass, won't they? They're not going to be emeralds. - Is it for putting matches in?
0:10:47 > 0:10:51- Yeah.- Is there a striker on it, though?- Yes, there... How...?
0:10:51 > 0:10:55- Where is all this information coming from?- I've been there before, you see, so when in here, it's in here.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- Is this all new to you?- Whether I like it or not.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- There's your striker.- Oh, that's where you do it?- Yeah.- On his neck. And how old?
0:11:01 > 0:11:05- Do you think he was a little tourist thing?- Could be a tourist thing.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- He could date from the Raj...- Yeah. - ..late 18th, 1800s,
0:11:08 > 0:11:12- early 1900s, that sort of period. It's quite unusual.- It is nice.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- It's quite sweet.- It's a lot of money as well.- It is, 85.- Hmm.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19- That's too much money.- I think it's 30 to 50 in auction. - Yeah, yeah.- As a novelty thing.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23- But we know it's there.- OK, does that mean, "Put it back in"?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- Yeah, I think so.- All right, OK.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29- Lovely, thank you for that.- And from one miniature to another.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31What about this spy camera?
0:11:31 > 0:11:35- It's quite cool, isn't it?- Quite like that.- Wow!- So, nice little piece, isn't it?
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- I'm liking that.- Wow. - GARY LAUGHS
0:11:38 > 0:11:42Mycro cameras like this one were made in Tokyo, in Japan,
0:11:42 > 0:11:45and first went on the market in 1939.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Second World War, obviously.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50But 1,100...
0:11:50 > 0:11:54- I don't...- Slightly too high? - No, well...- No, no, it's not 1,100.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- No? What is it, then?- 100.- It's 100.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Oh! Oh, well.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- This changes the game. - Well, absolutely.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Also, if you look down there,
0:12:05 > 0:12:07there's a box of film for it as well.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- Mycro, can you see?- This one, OK.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12I think there's only one film in it, though.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- Is that still classed as one item, is it?- Yes, yes, absolutely.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19And it has the proper label.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23- Now, that changes the game, guys. - Yeah. I'm liking this game. I'm
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- liking it a lot.- I mean, that's good enough, but with this
0:12:27 > 0:12:31- and the box...- And the film. - ..and a spare film.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35- I'm liking that, yeah. - I like that a lot.- I like it a lot.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39What do you think, price wise?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Oh... What is the absolute death, sir?
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- I'll make it 65, how's that? - 65? I...
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Yeah, I like it, I'm happy, I like that.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Yeah, shall we do the deal?
0:12:49 > 0:12:53- Let's do it.- Sir, that was very generous.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55- Thank you very much indeed.- At nearly half the purchase price,
0:12:55 > 0:12:57that's the Blues' second item
0:12:57 > 0:12:59snapped up within the first 17 minutes.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02The Reds, though, have two more items to buy.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05So, while the shopping steps up a pace, I'm off to show you that
0:13:05 > 0:13:09detective work is often the key to unlocking the story
0:13:09 > 0:13:11behind an antique.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Recently, I found this unusual black glaze presentation mug at an
0:13:22 > 0:13:27antiques fair, and a few things about it immediately puzzled me.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30So the first thing you do with any pot, you want to know who the
0:13:30 > 0:13:32maker might be.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36But in this case, as you can see, there is no mark whatsoever.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40When you talk about black glaze,
0:13:40 > 0:13:42you tend to be talking about the factory of Jackfield -
0:13:42 > 0:13:45late-18th-century and early-19th-century
0:13:45 > 0:13:48black glaze pottery that was made in Shropshire.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51The very fact that this is a mid-19th-century shape,
0:13:51 > 0:13:54based on a silver mug with a handle,
0:13:54 > 0:13:59with a kick and a double spur that you tend to associate from somewhere
0:13:59 > 0:14:01round about 1840,
0:14:01 > 0:14:06dismisses Jackfield as being the area from which it originated.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09So it wasn't from the Shropshire factory,
0:14:09 > 0:14:12but there were a few other clues that suggested its pedigree.
0:14:12 > 0:14:18Looking at the decoration, you'll see the gilding is exquisite.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Not only have you got this beautiful flat gilding,
0:14:21 > 0:14:23but you've got raised gilding.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27That is basically white enamel that's been laid on and then it's
0:14:27 > 0:14:29been covered over with gilt.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32That just makes it so very, very special.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35This is Stoke-on-Trent at its best.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Make no mistake about it.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41But when I look at good quality pots of this period that are not marked,
0:14:41 > 0:14:45and black glaze pots, I think of one factory.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48I think of the Dudson factory.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52They didn't really mark their wares until well after 1860.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55This is dated 1853 - it's already a contender.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00I've had it looked at also by the Dudson Museum.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03They love it, they think that it is Dudson.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08So, we now know it's a Staffordshire mug, reputedly made by the oldest
0:15:08 > 0:15:11surviving manufacturers of tableware in the country.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13But who was it presented to?
0:15:13 > 0:15:17You can see that this was presented to a certain J Sinzininesc.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Yes, it's a bit of a mouthful, isn't it? Not only does it have the
0:15:21 > 0:15:24name, but underneath that, I'm reading the name Jean,
0:15:24 > 0:15:29so I'm thinking that this must be somebody of Continental origin.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33I then get in touch with a couple of my friends who were genealogists.
0:15:33 > 0:15:39My friends were able to tell me that a certain Augustus Sinzininesc came
0:15:39 > 0:15:43over from Poland in the late 18th century.
0:15:43 > 0:15:49His son James was born in 1817 and died in 1884.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53They were able to establish that James was in actual fact
0:15:53 > 0:15:58a schoolmaster working in the Cheadle area,
0:15:58 > 0:16:01and he was working at a place called Tean,
0:16:01 > 0:16:06which basically means that I have misinterpreted the name Jean when I
0:16:06 > 0:16:11should have been looking at Tean - T-E-A-N.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14But it just goes to show that, with a little bit of detective work,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17an ordinary antique can become something rather special.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Back at the fair, and with nearly 20 minutes gone,
0:16:27 > 0:16:31the Reds still need two items and the Blues just one.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33And already, Gary has something in his sights.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37- Boys, what do you think of this? - What, the big silver thing?- It looks German to me.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40I mean, it's got the element of hunting.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43It's in the Art Nouveau style.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48Art Nouveau was an ornamental style popular between 1890 and 1910.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53It's got this embossed decoration right in the middle,
0:16:53 > 0:16:55of a hunting scene.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Anything with dogs, anything to do with hunting,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00and the Art Nouveau style.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02So it's got three things going for it.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- I like it.- Mm-hm. - How much is the...?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- 95? How do you feel about this? - It's doesn't really stand out to me.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- What do you think, Nick?- It's not massively appealing to me either, Gary.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15- No? Well, look, we've got the time. - Keep it on the back burner?- Yeah.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18While the Blues play it safe, the Reds are feeling the pressure.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22- What time are we on? Whereabouts are we?- 25 minutes you've had.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- Really?- OK, so 35 to go.- Wow.- Yeah.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- So I'm not going to say panic just yet...- Yeah.- No.- ..but I'm not far off it.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Right, OK. Get a bit of a speed on.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35And the ladies waste no time.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37- Liz, you like boxes, I think, don't you?- I do, I really like boxes.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- There's lots of boxes.- Yeah. - That, do you like that?
0:17:40 > 0:17:43- I quite like that little Arts and Crafts box.- Yes, it's very lovely.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46You see, listen to you as well, you're getting all the terminology.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- Look, it's made from a cigar box. - Oh!- Isn't that quite cute?
0:17:49 > 0:17:54- It is.- It's very lovely, I love that.- Do you?- It's all made by a man in his shed.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57I like it, I'd be really happy to have that on my mantelpiece.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59How old is it? Come on, let's get to the bones of it.
0:17:59 > 0:18:04- I think it is sort of 1920s to '30s.- I think it's a bit earlier. - Bit earlier, 1910?
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Yeah, yeah, it might be even First World War period.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- Oh, right.- What do you think? - Yeah, let me have a look, let me have a hold.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15- It's... They've made it around a cigar box.- Yeah.- Which is quite
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- lovely.- It's very, very cute.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22- What's it going to be?- 22. - Yeah.- Hmm, at the most.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26- Ladies?- At the moment, you've got... - 35.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- Could maybe do it for 30? - Could it be any less?
0:18:29 > 0:18:31- What about 22?- Could do 28.
0:18:31 > 0:18:36In auction, it's 20 to 30 quid, probably.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38- I like it.- I like it.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43- 27?- We'll do 27, then. But that's it.- You have done it.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44You've done it. Thank you.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48Nice negotiating, Reds. And you've ticked off something
0:18:48 > 0:18:50beautiful and practical from your shopping list.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Now, back to the Blues, where Gary is waxing lyrical.
0:18:54 > 0:18:59The candlestick. The reason I like it is because it reminds me of the
0:18:59 > 0:19:01design of Christopher Dresser.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Christopher Dresser designed functional objects and is regarded
0:19:05 > 0:19:09as one of the most talented British designers of the 19th century.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14And anything that is Christopher Dresser, and can be attributed to
0:19:14 > 0:19:18him, by him, makes very big money.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- Shall we have a look at it, then, shall we?- Shall we?- Yeah.- OK.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- Hmm...- It's got 38 quid on there.
0:19:25 > 0:19:2738 quid.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31It's in copper, there's a bit of brass in there,
0:19:31 > 0:19:35and looks like steel of sorts.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38He did a lot of copper work and brass work
0:19:38 > 0:19:40for the firm of Benham & Froud,
0:19:40 > 0:19:43about 1880s or so.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45And even if it isn't an original Dresser,
0:19:45 > 0:19:48it is inspired by a lot of his designs.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53So that alone, you know, speaks volumes.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55If we could get a good price for this...
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Yeah, we're going to have to knock him down.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59- Go on, then.- Shall we do it?- Shall we try it?
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Your turn?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04We're thinking £20.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12I'll do 22.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13- 22?- Yeah, I'm happy with that.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- Are you happy, Gary?- Go for it.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- I'm dancing.- Thank you very much. - Fantastic, Blues.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21That's your final item, you're all done and dusted,
0:20:21 > 0:20:23and within 30 minutes.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24The pressure is now on, Reds.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26- What about the tray?- Yeah, shall we have a look?
0:20:26 > 0:20:27Thank you.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32OK, made from what?
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- From Chinese lacquer. - But what is that?
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Your mother's going to be so proud of you when she's watching this.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40I do like Chinese lacquer, it's one of the things I really like.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Well, tell us about Chinese lacquer, then.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- It's wood with a bit of... It's a very, very cheap wood...- Yeah.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- ..usually, that's been lacquered. - And how do they lacquer it, often?
0:20:48 > 0:20:50- Oh, I've no idea.- Sap, tree sap.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52- Effectively.- Tree sap? Is it?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55That's the traditional form of lacquer.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57I don't know whether this would fall into that category.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59What age do you think it is?
0:20:59 > 0:21:02I think it's probably 1920, something like that,
0:21:02 > 0:21:04I would guess, '30s.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07- Again, probably more like a tourist piece.- BOTH:- Yeah.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Interesting three-clawed dragon.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12The five-clawed dragon is the highest-ranking dragon.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Oh, right, OK.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17And there was a period in time in Chinese history
0:21:17 > 0:21:19where only the Emperor or his immediate family
0:21:19 > 0:21:22could own an object depicting a five-clawed dragon.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- So, we were not worthy? - No, you're not worthy.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26- Basically, no.- You are definitely not worthy,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28because he's got three claws.
0:21:28 > 0:21:29- Right.- But an interesting one.- Yeah.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- Is it ours or not?- I don't think so.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34- No?- I'm a bit worried about who's going to buy it.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36OK, no problem, but it's very nice. ..Thank you.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38It is lovely.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40The Reds still need their final item,
0:21:40 > 0:21:42and the clock is ticking. Come on, ladies.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45The Blues, meanwhile, have time to relax.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47You'll have to make do with coffee.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Tea?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- Cheers.- BOTH:- Cheers.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53To winning Bargain Hunt.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Now, Reds, there's just 20 minutes left.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58What about this piece of retro for your third item?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01I'll just shout, save some time.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Hi, there. What sort of price have we got on the...?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Little TV stand, or whatever it is.
0:22:06 > 0:22:081960s.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09I've got 58 on him.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11- Do you want to have a look at it? - Let's have a little look.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13- All right.- I like the little castors.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- I like that, it's got...- Turn it, let's have a look at the castors,
0:22:16 > 0:22:18see if they are... Yeah, they're original.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21It's got a good look to it, in general, hasn't it?
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- It's very iconic, isn't it?- Yes, it is, it's got a good look to it.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Plywood, vintage, retro, falls into all of those things.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31But the thing is, you'd be surprised how little they still make.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- Yeah.- Go into a London designer store,
0:22:34 > 0:22:36and, yes, pay 300 or 400 quid for it.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Then you go to a provincial saleroom and they make 20 quid.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Yeah. I can't do 20.
0:22:43 > 0:22:44What can you do?
0:22:45 > 0:22:4735, max.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Are we allowed to spin coins?
0:22:48 > 0:22:50I haven't spun a coin for years.
0:22:51 > 0:22:5330 or 35 on the spin of a coin.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Let's go back to medieval bartering.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58- Go on, then.- OK. Don't worry about this.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59I've got it sorted.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01This could be risky.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02You can call, ready?
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Right, I'll go heads.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06OK, don't worry.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08- Everything is fine. Oh.- Yes!
0:23:08 > 0:23:10SHE LAUGHS
0:23:10 > 0:23:12- I got the wrong coin out.- Everything is fine.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Oh, well.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15- 35.- OK...
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Oh, dear. I hope that doesn't make the difference
0:23:17 > 0:23:19between winning and losing.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- It's a pleasure.- I bet it's a pleasure, thank you very much.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- But it's been good fun.- We've had a good day.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- Yeah, brilliant.- And we've got 15 minutes left.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31With both teams finished, I'm going to call time.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35Let's remind ourselves what the Red team bought.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38First up were these terrier dog cufflinks.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Price paid, £25.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46Next, the Arts and Crafts box set them back £27.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48And finally, with the toss of a coin,
0:23:48 > 0:23:52they won this retro TV console for £35.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56So, ladies, you got off to a very prompt start there.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58I mean, you said you were going to go in quick.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01So quick that I don't think you knew what was happening, Dave.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02Well, I was half sentence, really,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05giving my expert opinion, and they'd bought it.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Right, OK.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10- So, favourite item?- I think the little box, the Arts and Crafts box.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12And the one that's going to give you the biggest profit?
0:24:12 > 0:24:16- Probably the box. - The box, OK. Come on, tell me.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17I like the cufflinks,
0:24:17 > 0:24:19but I'm not sure they're going to bring us the biggest profit.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21I want positive!
0:24:21 > 0:24:24What's going to give you the biggest profit after all this, Tracey?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26I think the box as well.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30OK. So, ladies, how much did you spend in total?
0:24:30 > 0:24:32£87.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34We went wild in the aisles.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35You went bonkers out there, didn't you?
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Come on, give me the difference, which is...
0:24:37 > 0:24:39£213.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42That is good, by my reckoning. And yours too, David.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44- Hmm.- You could do some serious buying with that, can't you?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46You mentioned the word "bonkers".
0:24:46 > 0:24:48I think I've got enough money here to really go bonkers.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50So, that's where I'm going, Eric.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52I'm going bonkers.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55So, while David goes off on a bonkers mission,
0:24:55 > 0:24:57let's remind ourselves what the Blue team bought.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Their first buy was the pocket watch at £28.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09Next was the Mycro camera, snapped up for £65.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14And finally, the candlestick holder, price paid, £22.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Well, an interesting shop, Gary.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18I mean, these fellows,
0:25:18 > 0:25:20they had a shopping list and they virtually went for it,
0:25:20 > 0:25:21bang, bang, bang, didn't they?
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Yes, no problem whatsoever.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25The easiest buy I've ever had.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Well, we're very impressed.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29So, Harry, tell me, your favourite item.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Favourite item of the day for me was the spy camera.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Came in a leather case and came in the original box
0:25:34 > 0:25:35with a spare film in it.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36Of the three items,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39which is the one that's going to give you the biggest profit?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41I think it's going to be the brass candlestick holder.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43- Oh, do you?- Yeah, got it for £22,
0:25:43 > 0:25:45so it's quite a good bargain, I think.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46Hmm. And what about yourself, Nick?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48I'd have to agree with Harry.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Yeah, I do like the miniature camera,
0:25:50 > 0:25:53but I do think, because of our expert over here...
0:25:53 > 0:25:55And the price we paid.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56And the price we paid, 22 quid.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58- Yeah.- Steal.- But having said that, how much did you spend?
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- £115.- So, you're going to give me...
0:26:01 > 0:26:02- 185.- 185.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05There you go, Gary, you could do quite well with that, can't you?
0:26:05 > 0:26:07I think I'll stick to the theme.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08Toys for boys.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Toys for the boys.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15Well, while Gary goes off looking for a toys-for-boys bonus buy,
0:26:15 > 0:26:17we're going off to the auction.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Well, we've moved from South-WELL -
0:26:27 > 0:26:29or is it Southwell? -
0:26:29 > 0:26:30to Lincoln.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33We're at the saleroom of Golding Young & Mawer.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35And I'm joined by Colin Young.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37An absolute delight to have you with us once more.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Thank you. Right, we're looking at the Red team.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42This is Liz and Tracey.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46They've bought a pair of Essex crystal cufflinks.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48A nice lot.
0:26:48 > 0:26:49I looked at it straight away.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53I was always hoping that with that magical name of Essex for crystal,
0:26:53 > 0:26:57they were perhaps going to be late 18th century, a bit more exotic.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59But they're a bit newer.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- They are.- But nevertheless, they've got the look, haven't they?
0:27:02 > 0:27:06And what I feel was a buoyant estimate of £40 to £60 on them.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10That should be good news because they paid £25 for those.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12That seems like a banker for starters, really, doesn't it?
0:27:12 > 0:27:14A good start for the Reds.
0:27:14 > 0:27:19Item number two is the 20th-century copper Arts and Crafts casket
0:27:19 > 0:27:20over there.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23It would be great if you got a stamp on there, maybe KSIA.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Keswick School of Industrial Arts.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27- That's what it is, yes.- Something like that.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29- You would want those type of names on there.- You would.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Take it away, it doesn't have that good feel about,
0:27:32 > 0:27:34you know, the fine design, to be honest with you.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36It is what it is.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40Yeah. I was fairly basic with my estimate of £25 to £40.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43OK. £27 paid.
0:27:43 > 0:27:44Both Liz and Tracey think
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- that's going to give them the biggest profit.- No pressure, then.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49No pressure. None whatsoever.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54And then I think an interesting piece of late-20th-century design
0:27:54 > 0:27:56is this little table.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57Obviously in Bentwood.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00I'm struggling really to know exactly where to sort of date it
0:28:00 > 0:28:03because, you know, obviously, it's a design
0:28:03 > 0:28:05that would have come out of the '60s
0:28:05 > 0:28:07that would have continued production thereafter,
0:28:07 > 0:28:10and, of course, you can still buy the stuff today.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12So, yeah, the date is a ponderable.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14But what's your estimate?
0:28:14 > 0:28:16£25 to £40.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Well, they paid a midway estimate on there.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21They paid £35 for it.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24- Ah, right.- Well, methinks they may well need their bonus buy.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26So let's find out what it is.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28I'm looking at your faces -
0:28:28 > 0:28:30it's like two small girls on Christmas morning.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34- I mean, great expectations, or what? Are you bubbling?- Yeah.
0:28:34 > 0:28:35Yeah, you are? Excellent.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38- Can't wait.- Well, you gave David £213 to go and spend.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40- I know.- Show the girls what you bought.
0:28:40 > 0:28:41- OK, here we go.- OK.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44- Oh!- Oh!
0:28:44 > 0:28:46Is that a good "oh" or not?
0:28:46 > 0:28:48- Well, you did say bonkers. - What is it?- I did say bonkers.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50It does get better, David. Turn it round.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53It does get better. There you go. There's the better side.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55- Do you know what it is?- A bell hose?
0:28:55 > 0:28:57- It's like a horn.- It has an attachment.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Yes! So, get ready...
0:28:59 > 0:29:05- I'm ready.- It's 12 o'clock at night, you're out at sea, it's a bit foggy,
0:29:05 > 0:29:07it's pre electric lighting,
0:29:07 > 0:29:09you're a little concerned there are other boats nearby,
0:29:09 > 0:29:12so what do you do every now and again?
0:29:12 > 0:29:14HORN BLARES
0:29:14 > 0:29:16THEY LAUGH
0:29:16 > 0:29:18It's a Triton foghorn.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20- So it's a patented foghorn.- Oh, wow.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22And how much do you expect that to achieve?
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Well, how much do you think I paid for it?
0:29:24 > 0:29:25A tenner?
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Come on, you can do better.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29120.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31That's more like it. I'd like it to make that.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33I think it was a steal.
0:29:33 > 0:29:34- 40 quid.- Marvellous.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36- Marvellous.- Give it a blow.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38HORN HOOTS SOFTLY
0:29:38 > 0:29:40THEY LAUGH
0:29:40 > 0:29:42You're such a natural!
0:29:42 > 0:29:43And now, listen, ladies,
0:29:43 > 0:29:45you know full well you don't have to make your minds up now.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Wait till you've sold your first three items,
0:29:48 > 0:29:50and that's when you make that big decision.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52But in the meantime,
0:29:52 > 0:29:55let's find out what the auctioneer has to say
0:29:55 > 0:29:57about David's Triton foghorn.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02So here it is, Colin. It's a Triton foghorn.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04I mean, every home should have one.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07It's one of those amazing lots that comes into a sale, isn't it,
0:30:07 > 0:30:10that you think, what the heck is that?!
0:30:10 > 0:30:11Yeah, you think you've seen it all before.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14You do. And then something like this comes along.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Let's just hope that the expert knows his onions.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18Our estimate is 25 to 40.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20David went out and paid £40 for it.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23So all is not lost.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25- Yet.- Oh, ye of little faith!
0:30:25 > 0:30:29But having said all that, let's turn our attention to the Blue team.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31This is Nick and Harry.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33The first item they came up with is the fob watch.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34We see a lot through the sale.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37So that's probably the only negative that you're going to say.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40It doesn't have an individual character about it.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42We've placed it at quite a...
0:30:42 > 0:30:44A good estimate on it at 40 to 60.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47Well, that should please them, they paid £28 for that one.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49- OK.- So that could be a real goer.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Second item is this miniature camera.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Not quite a spy camera, which makes a lot of difference.
0:30:55 > 0:30:56That makes an enormous difference.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59The spy cameras have got that sort of
0:30:59 > 0:31:02evocative feel for them, and makes the market get really excited.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05They are what are known as subminiature cameras,
0:31:05 > 0:31:08as opposed to being the spy, just the next grade up.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11The Mycros were first produced in Japan in 1939.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14This looks like... The 3A is the later model,
0:31:14 > 0:31:17probably as late as maybe 1950, 1953.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19They do come on the market fairly regularly.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21So I was fairly accurate with my estimate...
0:31:21 > 0:31:23- Which is?- 25 to 40.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26They actually paid £65 for it.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29That was a bit of a punt, wouldn't you say?
0:31:29 > 0:31:34- Yeah.- But in the meantime, let's go on to item number three,
0:31:34 > 0:31:36which they got all excited about.
0:31:36 > 0:31:41- With good reason.- Yeah, that magical name of Dr Christopher Dresser.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44Design iconology from the 19th century.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48But that design has to then transform into
0:31:48 > 0:31:50the mechanics of the object.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52- And the maker?- Yes.
0:31:52 > 0:31:53And there's no maker on that.
0:31:53 > 0:31:58There's no maker. To me, the quality really, really isn't there.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02- What's it going to make?- I've ended up with an estimate of £40 to £60.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05They paid a very modest £22.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07I'd be reasonably excited at that price.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Yeah. Something of a mixed bag there, Colin.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Will they need their bonus buy?
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Well, let's find out what it is.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19Nick, I mean, you're standing there, we're obviously a man down.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21I believe that Harry is under work pressure.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Yeah, it's all got too much for him...
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- Stress.- ..and he won't be able to make it today.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27- Stress related, yeah.- Is it?
0:32:27 > 0:32:29So you're the last man standing, aren't you?
0:32:29 > 0:32:30Last man standing, yeah,
0:32:30 > 0:32:32but I'm here to fly the flag for the Blue team.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35OK. Well, you two lads, you gave Gary £185.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37What did you come up with? Go on.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41- A toy for the boy. - Right. Elephant.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Elephant. Yeah, good powers of observation.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45- Leather elephant.- There's an elephant in the room.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47You see that lock?
0:32:47 > 0:32:49- Yeah.- That opens up this.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53- It's a money box.- All right.
0:32:53 > 0:32:54Hand crafted in leather...
0:32:55 > 0:32:59..and that trunk sticking up like that is also a sign of luck.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02- So I thought, well...- It's a sign.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06Made in England. Apart from that, which is marked India.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10- I'm actually liking it. It's very... - Tactile.- ..unique.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12I've not seen anything like that before. So...
0:33:12 > 0:33:16It's very reminiscent of a line of products
0:33:16 > 0:33:19that were sold in Liberty's in the 1960s.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Very expensive things when they came out.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25- I'm liking it. How much did you pay for it?- £25.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27What do you think it will make at auction, then?
0:33:27 > 0:33:31I'd be disappointed if it didn't make 40. 50 would be nice.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33- Yeah.- Nick, you don't have to make your mind up now.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Wait till you've sold your first three items,
0:33:36 > 0:33:38and then make your decision.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42In the meantime, let's find out what the auctioneer has to say about
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Gary's leather elephant money box.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Well, here is one bonus buy.
0:33:48 > 0:33:49It's quite well made, isn't it?
0:33:49 > 0:33:54- It is.- You could imagine a stamp on there saying Asprey.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Yeah, you certainly could.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00I mean, it's got that look of that type of high-end retail market.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03But a little bit sort of non-fashionable now, I think.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Yeah, true.
0:34:05 > 0:34:06Well, anyway, estimate?
0:34:06 > 0:34:07Let's go for £10 to £30.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Gary paid 25 for it.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13He obviously has great faith in this particular elephant.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15So who's taking the sale today?
0:34:15 > 0:34:18Well, I have that privilege, Eric.
0:34:18 > 0:34:19And we have the privilege
0:34:19 > 0:34:22of watching a master auctioneer in action.
0:34:22 > 0:34:2740, bid, five, 55, 65, 75...
0:34:27 > 0:34:29- Sold.- OK, girls, how are we feeling today?
0:34:29 > 0:34:32We've had a really good time so we're on a winner already.
0:34:32 > 0:34:33We're with the dream team here.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35No wonder they're feeling quite relaxed.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Every day is just a bonus, isn't it?
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- Yeah, it is.- Well, your first item is coming up.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42It's those lovely Essex crystal cufflinks.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44I like these. You paid £25 for them.
0:34:44 > 0:34:45Coming up now...
0:34:45 > 0:34:49Lot number 160, a pair of Essex crystal cufflinks.
0:34:49 > 0:34:50Who's going to start me at 50?
0:34:50 > 0:34:52£50. £50.
0:34:52 > 0:34:53All you need is a wallet. Just whip it out.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55LAUGHTER
0:34:55 > 0:34:5720 to go, then. Surely. Let's get on. 20.
0:34:57 > 0:34:58I can't believe at £20.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00- Where do you want to start? - Come on!- 10.
0:35:00 > 0:35:01£10. That's very disappointing.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04He's looking for a bid, I'm looking for a pulse out there.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07- I mean, where are...?- The only bid I have so far is the £1 bid.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09- THEY GASP - £1 bid.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Two, three, everyone now.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Five, eight, ten, £12 bid.
0:35:14 > 0:35:15Any more now, then? 12.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17I'll offer you 13 because I'm really struggling.
0:35:17 > 0:35:2013, 14, 15.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22£14 bid. Lady's bid at £14.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24- TRACEY:- Oh! For goodness' sake.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Lady's bid takes it at £14.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30- Oh!- Never mind.- Oh, not to worry. They were pretty.
0:35:30 > 0:35:31£14.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32You're minus 11.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Here is your second item, ladies.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37It's the early-20th-century Arts and Crafts style box.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Paid £27 for it.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41- Come on, then.- Coming up now.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44162, a really nice piece of Arts and Crafts copper here.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Who's going to start me at £40 for this?
0:35:46 > 0:35:48£40. 40. 30 to go, then, surely.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50£30, anyone? I'll offer you 20 to go?
0:35:50 > 0:35:5120, anybody? 20 to have.
0:35:51 > 0:35:5320 and 10... 10, the bid's on the net.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55- At 10... 12.- Oh, come on!
0:35:55 > 0:35:5715, 18, 20.
0:35:57 > 0:35:58Two bid. No.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00At 20 bid. Two for anyone else now.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02- £20. Are we all done?- Come on!
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Last call, then. Selling at £20.
0:36:05 > 0:36:0620.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08Oh, OK. Minus seven.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11It gives us a rolling total of minus £18.
0:36:11 > 0:36:16OK. The third item coming up - it's your late-20th-century coffee table.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18You paid £35 for it.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Here you go, we're off.
0:36:20 > 0:36:26164 is the 20th-century birch ply veneer coffee table.
0:36:26 > 0:36:27Who's going to start me at £40 for it?
0:36:27 > 0:36:28£40, anybody? 40.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30- Go on.- £30 to go, then, surely.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32£30? £20?
0:36:32 > 0:36:33Ten to go, then, surely.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Ten to go.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37- There he is.- 12, 15 bid.
0:36:37 > 0:36:3818 bid. 20 now.
0:36:38 > 0:36:39- Better.- £20 bid, surely.
0:36:39 > 0:36:4222 is bid now.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Go on! Squeeze it.
0:36:44 > 0:36:45I'm at £22. Are we all done?
0:36:45 > 0:36:47At 22. Last call.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50Going, then, at £22.
0:36:50 > 0:36:51Thank you.
0:36:51 > 0:36:52Oh, 22!
0:36:52 > 0:36:54It cost you 35.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Minus 13, I'm afraid, there.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00It gives me a rolling total of minus £31.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04We now come to...
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Oh, what should we do?
0:37:06 > 0:37:08- That moment of decision.- What do you think?
0:37:08 > 0:37:10- I think we should get it.- I think so.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12In for a penny.
0:37:12 > 0:37:13- In for a penny.- Let's do it.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15It's the Triton foghorn.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17- You paid £40 for it, David, didn't you not?- Yes.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Let's see where we go.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20Lot number 169.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24It's the foghorn. Start me at £40 for it. £40, anyone? 40? 30?
0:37:24 > 0:37:26£20, anybody?
0:37:26 > 0:37:2820? Ten?
0:37:28 > 0:37:29I've got a bid at ten. 12 bid.
0:37:29 > 0:37:3115, 18, 20, 20 bid.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Two bid. Five bid. 28, 30.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36At 30. 32. 35 on the net.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38- At 35.- Come on.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Come on, Lincoln! Come on, pull your finger out.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Last call for everybody, then.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45And we sell at £35.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48- Oh!- 35.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- No taste.- That was a minus £5 loss,
0:37:51 > 0:37:55added to your minus 31 gives us minus 36.
0:37:55 > 0:37:56Well done, you two.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59It's brilliant, that. That's a result, isn't it?
0:37:59 > 0:38:00- Yes.- Marvellous.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04Many a Bargain Hunt has been won on a score
0:38:04 > 0:38:07with a far bigger minus than that. So, take solace.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11Take solace and take into account not a word to the Blue team, OK?
0:38:11 > 0:38:12OK.
0:38:16 > 0:38:17So, how are you doing, Nick?
0:38:17 > 0:38:20I mean, is there excitement for two here, or what?
0:38:20 > 0:38:23Yeah, I'm feeling the love from Harry at work at the minute. So...
0:38:23 > 0:38:26- Oh, well...- I told him about the bonus buy.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28You've told him about the bonus buy?
0:38:28 > 0:38:29OK. And he's OK with that, is he?
0:38:29 > 0:38:31- Yeah.- So your first item is about to come up.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33It's that white-metal fob watch.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35- Yep.- You paid £28 for it.
0:38:35 > 0:38:36- Yep.- It's coming up now.
0:38:36 > 0:38:37Lot number 185.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40A continental, engine-turned, silver white-metal fob watch.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Stamped silver. Who's going to start me at £80 for it?
0:38:42 > 0:38:4380. 50 to go, then.
0:38:43 > 0:38:4450. £30 to go, then.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46£30, anyone? Come on. 30, where do you want to be?
0:38:46 > 0:38:4830. 30 on the net.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49Yes.
0:38:49 > 0:38:5030 bid. Two now, surely.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52At £30, are we all done? £30 - are we all done?
0:38:52 > 0:38:54No more bids from the room, then.
0:38:54 > 0:38:55Selling on the net at £30.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Maiden bid takes it.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Well, it's a plus two.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01It's a good start. It's a start.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04It's a positive start, OK?
0:39:04 > 0:39:05Coming up now is the camera.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07You paid £65 for it.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Here it comes.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Lot number 187 is a Mycro 3A subminiature camera.
0:39:12 > 0:39:13Who's going to start me at 80 for that?
0:39:13 > 0:39:1480. 50 to go, then.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16£50. 40. £40. 30, anyone?
0:39:16 > 0:39:19- Where do you want to be? - A bit more, a bit more.
0:39:19 > 0:39:2020 to go, then. £20 for the camera.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22£20. Ten, then, anyone?
0:39:22 > 0:39:23£10.
0:39:23 > 0:39:24- Come on!- Shocking.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Quickly now. £10.
0:39:26 > 0:39:27That's a surprise. 12, 15.
0:39:27 > 0:39:2915 is here. 18 now, do I see?
0:39:29 > 0:39:3115 is bid. 18, now, surely.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33It's even got its case to go with it as well.
0:39:33 > 0:39:34£15. Are we all done? No more now?
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- Oh!- Oh, no.- £15 seems cheap, though, but going.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41Make no mistake. In the room at £15.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Shame. Such a shame!
0:39:43 > 0:39:45That was a shocker.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47That's a minus £50.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49A rolling total of minus £48.
0:39:49 > 0:39:50Anyway, here's the next lot.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53The Arts and Crafts copper and brass candlestick.
0:39:53 > 0:39:54Paid 22 for it.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56It's coming up now.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59Lot 189 is a late-19th-century candlestick,
0:39:59 > 0:40:01very much in the manner of Dr Christopher Dresser.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Where do you want to be for this? Start me at 80 for it.
0:40:03 > 0:40:04£80, anybody? 80?
0:40:04 > 0:40:0750 to go, then. 40, 30?
0:40:07 > 0:40:08£30? £30?
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Take me at 20, then. £20, anybody?
0:40:10 > 0:40:12£10, anybody. 10.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Who's first? 10 is bid.
0:40:14 > 0:40:1512 now, do I see?
0:40:15 > 0:40:18- At £10. 12.- Come on, get it up there.
0:40:18 > 0:40:19At £12.
0:40:20 > 0:40:21At £12.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24Last call, then, going at £12.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Oh, dear.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28I don't believe that.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Minus £10 on that lot. And a rolling total of minus £58.
0:40:32 > 0:40:33Let me ask you, Nick,
0:40:33 > 0:40:36are you going to go with the bonus buy on this one?
0:40:36 > 0:40:38I think it would be rude not to, wouldn't it?
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Gary paid £25 for it.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Let's hope it is a lucky elephant.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45We need a bit more luck, don't we?
0:40:45 > 0:40:49Lot 194 is an unusual brown leather money box.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Who's going to start me at £30 for it?
0:40:51 > 0:40:53£30, anybody? 20 to go, then.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Very good quality. £20?
0:40:55 > 0:40:56£10? Surely 10?
0:40:56 > 0:40:58You'd be a Nellie not to bid for it!
0:40:58 > 0:40:5910? At 10 bid.
0:40:59 > 0:41:0112. Is anybody else going to join in now?
0:41:01 > 0:41:0512, 15, 18, 20, 22 now.
0:41:05 > 0:41:06Yes! Come on!
0:41:06 > 0:41:0922 bid. Two, five, five, sir?
0:41:09 > 0:41:1023, if you like.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Let's keep going. 23. 24. 24.
0:41:13 > 0:41:14You know the answer's yes. 25.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16Let's keep going. 25. £26, madam?
0:41:16 > 0:41:1826 for you again.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20We're in profit, we're in profit.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23I will sell at £26.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27Oh! Hey, listen, that was a profit there.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30£1 profit.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32So, in total, minus £57.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34How are we feeling?
0:41:34 > 0:41:35A bit gutted, really.
0:41:35 > 0:41:36I thought the chamber stick
0:41:36 > 0:41:38would have done a little bit better myself.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40- Oh, well, it wasn't to be today, was it?- We did hope.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Anyway, not a word to the Reds.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44No.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Well, Reds, what do you say, good time?
0:41:49 > 0:41:51- We've had a great time.- Come on.
0:41:51 > 0:41:52What about Blues?
0:41:52 > 0:41:53We had a great time, didn't we?
0:41:53 > 0:41:54You're shouting for two.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56I know, yeah. That's good.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58What do you think, Harry?
0:41:58 > 0:41:59Whatever. Whatever!
0:41:59 > 0:42:01He's here in spirit, isn't he?
0:42:01 > 0:42:06So the downside today is that nobody made a profit.
0:42:06 > 0:42:07Oh!
0:42:07 > 0:42:09OK. So there's no money.
0:42:09 > 0:42:15In fact, there is a difference of £21 between the two teams.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18- Ooh!- So, it is relatively close.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20But we have a winner,
0:42:20 > 0:42:22and the winner today...
0:42:22 > 0:42:23..is the Red team.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26- Oh, no!- Is the Red team.
0:42:26 > 0:42:27We won by losing?!
0:42:27 > 0:42:29It's a remarkable programme.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31That's the story of my life!
0:42:31 > 0:42:32The weird thing is,
0:42:32 > 0:42:33I'll come back to it later,
0:42:33 > 0:42:36but you didn't make a profit on anything.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39In your defence, Nick - and Harry - you made two profits today.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41- I know.- The one thing that let you down today
0:42:41 > 0:42:42was the camera, wasn't it?
0:42:42 > 0:42:44- Yeah.- Blame the guy who's not here today.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48- OK.- Yeah, it's Harry's fault. - Yeah, exactly. But, Reds!
0:42:48 > 0:42:49- Look at these...- Shambles.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51These big eyes.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53You didn't make a profit on anything.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Remarkable, that's what we are.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59Well, the main thing is, have we enjoyed ourselves?
0:42:59 > 0:43:02- Yes!- And we hope you've all enjoyed watching at home.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05In the meantime, you can catch us on our website
0:43:05 > 0:43:06or follow us on Twitter.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08But better still,
0:43:08 > 0:43:11why not join us next time for some more bargain-hunting?
0:43:11 > 0:43:12- Yes? ALL:- Yes!