0:00:02 > 0:00:04As a boy, you couldn't get me off my bike.
0:00:04 > 0:00:05Whee!
0:00:08 > 0:00:12And vintage bikes like the one I'm riding are now very collectable.
0:00:12 > 0:00:13But more of that later.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Youngsters!
0:00:15 > 0:00:17And today I'm back in the saddle
0:00:17 > 0:00:19in the mid-Wales town of Builth Wells.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Well, I haven't got time to relive my youth.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24I've got an important delivery to
0:00:24 > 0:00:27make just down there at the antiques fair.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30So, let's go bargain hunting!
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Bargain Hunt is back at the Royal Welsh Showground,
0:00:57 > 0:00:59and it's time for the Reds and Blues to get into gear.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Very soon I'll be delivering £300 to each team.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07And remember, they have just one hour
0:01:07 > 0:01:10in which to buy three objects to take to auction
0:01:10 > 0:01:12and hopefully make a profit.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Let's have a look at what's coming up.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17The Reds fall out over tactics.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18- 35?- 35.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20No, no, start at 30, I told you before.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24The Blues forget their manners.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25It looks cheap.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28- It does.- The stallholder's just there.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32At the auction, the Reds can't contain their excitement.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33Yes!
0:01:35 > 0:01:36And the Blues get all wound up.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Keep going, keep going.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44And I go to see a collection of quirky bikes.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46You had to be a bit odd yourself to ride one.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50But that's all for later. Now let's meet today's teams.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54And for the Red team today we have married couple Lee and Rachel,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57and for the Blues we have partners Greg and Stephanie.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59- Hello, everyone. ALL:- Hello!
0:01:59 > 0:02:04Oh, my word, in fact shouldn't I be saying, "Bore da"?
0:02:04 > 0:02:06- ALL:- Bore da!- Oh, was that right? - That's right.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Oh, good, good. My Welsh is coming on.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10Now, Rachel, you've been married for
0:02:10 > 0:02:12just one year, I think, haven't you?
0:02:12 > 0:02:13- Yeah, one year.- How did you meet?
0:02:13 > 0:02:18We met through friends and then messaging each other
0:02:18 > 0:02:21and then we went out on a date. Well, for a coffee.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24It went OK until we went in the car park
0:02:24 > 0:02:27and he turned to me and he said, "Is that your car?"
0:02:27 > 0:02:29And I went "Yeah, why?"
0:02:29 > 0:02:31He went, "Look at those tyres.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33I said, "What's the matter with them?"
0:02:33 > 0:02:35He said, "They are so shiny."
0:02:35 > 0:02:37- Bald?- Completely bald.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Not a policeman, are you?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- No, just a driving instructor. - Oh, a driving instructor.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- Oh, dear, dear.- Within a couple of hours, he rang me...
0:02:44 > 0:02:47He said, "Have you got your bald tyres sorted?"
0:02:47 > 0:02:48And I said, "Yeah, I have."
0:02:48 > 0:02:51So I thought, right, and then he just said to me, then,
0:02:51 > 0:02:54"What about if we go out for a proper date?"
0:02:54 > 0:02:56So I said, "Yeah that's fine. Now I've had my tyres done."
0:02:56 > 0:02:58He said, "It's OK, I'll pick you up."
0:02:58 > 0:03:00So, when you're not looking at bald tyres,
0:03:00 > 0:03:01what are you doing with your life?
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- I used to be a football referee. - Really?
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Yeah. I done that for 15 years.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09What do you need to be a good football referee?
0:03:09 > 0:03:10- Patience.- Patience?
0:03:10 > 0:03:15- That's where Rachel comes involved. She tests my patience! - CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Very good! And you're not refereeing any more?
0:03:17 > 0:03:19No, I appoint referees now.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Are you going to be as fair-minded today?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23- No.- No?- No, not at all.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25We're in it to win.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27I think you've got your work cut out, Stephanie and Greg.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30- What do you think about that? - Yeah, we're going to thrash them!
0:03:30 > 0:03:32- We're going to thrash them.- We're going to take the ref down.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34"We're going to thrash them?"
0:03:34 > 0:03:36I'm a bit worried about this competition here!
0:03:36 > 0:03:39So, Greg and Stephanie, where are you from?
0:03:39 > 0:03:40We're from Tonyrefail.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42- Tonyrefail.- That was very good! - Was that good?
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Yeah, it was bang on.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Now, Stephanie, you're a nurse, aren't you?
0:03:46 > 0:03:48- I certainly am, yes.- Tell me about it?
0:03:48 > 0:03:49I'm a stroke rehab nurse.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Are you attached to a hospital or do you go into people's houses?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53No, we work in the hospital.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Now, Stephanie, when you're not nursing,
0:03:55 > 0:03:57what do you like to do with yourself?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- Um, I enjoy gardening. - Yeah?
0:03:59 > 0:04:02So we tend our two allotments...
0:04:02 > 0:04:03- Oh, right!- ..every day.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Now, Greg, you've got a vision in life, haven't you?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- I have, yes.- Tell me about it.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12Well, I'd love to own a little plot of land somewhere.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- Yes.- I'd love to keep some pigs, goats and chickens,
0:04:15 > 0:04:17and have a little bit of a good life.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20A good life. So, does this fit in with you, Stephanie?
0:04:20 > 0:04:22- It certainly does, yes.- Does it?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Yes. I would love to build my own eco-friendly home
0:04:25 > 0:04:27and sustainable home.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Having chickens and pigs and ducks
0:04:29 > 0:04:31and goats would be a wonderful thing.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Marvellous. So, what are you going to need to go shopping with?
0:04:34 > 0:04:35- Money!- Money. I've got it for you...
0:04:35 > 0:04:37I've got £300 for you.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- Thank you.- And I've got £300 for you.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- Thank you.- So, off you go, join your experts.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Pob lwc!
0:04:44 > 0:04:46That means, by the way, "Good luck."
0:04:46 > 0:04:48And I think they might just need it...
0:04:50 > 0:04:54And helping our teams are a couple of thoroughbred experts...
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Under starter's orders, Phil Serrell joins the Reds.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04And hoping for a best in show, it's Thomas Plant for the Blues.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- Rachel, have you got a plan? - No, not really.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Stephanie, what are we looking for?
0:05:10 > 0:05:11I'm looking for some ceramics.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13What about you, Lee?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Whatever catches my eyes, Phil, to be honest.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18- So, whatever. - Whatever?- Whatever!
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- How about you, Greg?- Glass. Maybe a bit of John Ditchfield or the like.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25- How are you going to win? - By finding something different.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Right, which is?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- Something shiny.- So, something shiny and whatever.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- And whatever, yeah. - Sounds like a plan to me!
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Not much of a one, but it sounds like a plan to me!
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Right, teams, no foul play.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Your time starts now!
0:05:37 > 0:05:39COCKEREL CROWS
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- Let's go, come on!- Yes!
0:05:41 > 0:05:42And our teams are off!
0:05:44 > 0:05:47And the Reds are determined to stick to their game plan.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48Something shiny, isn't it?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- Something shiny...- Shiny. - Something shiny...
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Shiny, shiny, shiny...
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Well, they should easily find what they're looking for.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59There's sparkly stuff everywhere!
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Something here is sure to catch their eye.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Do you know what this is?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Hang on, this isn't shiny!
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Is it a bureau? A bureau, is it?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Well, you are close. This is a bible box.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- Oh, right.- OK, so bible boxes started flat.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Then they put a slope on them, and they put them on a table, like this.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23And the next thing they did was put legs on them,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25so you had a bible box on a stand.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29And then the next thing that they did was fill in in between the legs
0:06:29 > 0:06:31with drawers, so you've then got a bureau.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33So you're absolutely right with what you said.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- Yeah.- So that's the evolution of how a bible box
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- eventually turned into a bureau.- Yeah.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40But that's quite a nice little box.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Interesting, Phil. But their silence speaks volumes.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Maybe because it's brown and not shiny.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53Now, are the Blues sticking to their plan to buy glass and ceramics?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Now, clocks have always fascinated me.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57It seems not.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00I can never tell which one is good and which one is...
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Apart from that one, which is quite nice.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- What, the Deco one?- The Art Deco one, yeah, yeah.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Not as saleable as probably those miniature long case clocks.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14- Yeah.- What about the Black Forest? - I like that. I like that piece.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17As animal lovers, it must be that goat-like antelope
0:07:17 > 0:07:21or chamois on top of the clock that caught their eye.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23He is underneath the pine, the conifer...
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- Yeah.- ..which you see in the Alps.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29You've got the traditional rocky outcrop, oak leaf design...
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Chamois are known for their agility and speed,
0:07:32 > 0:07:34so will the Blues do a quick deal
0:07:34 > 0:07:37on the clock which is marked up at £35?
0:07:37 > 0:07:39I wouldn't give more than a tenner for it.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- OK.- Like you said, it's...
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- Paper face.- Yeah, I can see.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- I can see that.- So, if he doesn't come down to a tenner...
0:07:47 > 0:07:48Do you want to go and offer him that?
0:07:48 > 0:07:50I would like you to do that.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Would you? You're a bit nervous, are you?
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Yeah, no, not nervous, it's just that I trust you.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Your bargaining skills. - I'll have a conversation.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02While Thomas chats to the dealer,
0:08:02 > 0:08:04let's see if the Reds have found some bling.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07It's retro, isn't it?
0:08:07 > 0:08:08That's a no, then.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12- How much is it?- Best price on that to you would be about 90.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16- About? I like the "about" bit... - Yeah.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18I mean, 60 is about 90, isn't it?
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- £80.- Did he say 70? - Did you say 75?
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- I said 80!- First of all, do you like that?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- You don't...- I don't, no.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30That's got that sorted, then!
0:08:30 > 0:08:34Lee doesn't say much, but when he does, there no messing around.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Back to the Blues, and what news, Thomas,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40of getting the £35 clock for a tenner?
0:08:41 > 0:08:42So, what did he say?
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Well, I knew it wasn't going to be...
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Any easy bargaining?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Well, I knew we wouldn't get the £10 notes.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50I really did know that, because, you know,
0:08:50 > 0:08:54he's offered 35 and £10 is like... Ooft, that's a huge come-down.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- Yeah, it is. - Massive.- Massive, massive.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59But, you know, I spoke to him and he said, "Look,
0:08:59 > 0:09:01"there is a little bit of damage just there,
0:09:01 > 0:09:03"but the rest of it is perfect and it does work."
0:09:03 > 0:09:06And he went in at 25, and then I said, "No. 20."
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- And so it's £20, if you're interested.- OK.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11What do you think? I think 20 is too much.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13We could come back, maybe?
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Go shopping for ten minutes?
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- We'll put it down and have a look and come back if need be.- Yeah.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20So it's a maybe on the clock.
0:09:20 > 0:09:26Over with the Reds, Phil's also going with the alpine theme.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28I mean, winter's coming, isn't it?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30I think these are quite cool, aren't they?
0:09:30 > 0:09:33What I particularly like about these, look, is that they are...
0:09:33 > 0:09:36They're actually quite old. This one is missing it's boot clamp.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- Yeah.- It's got the maker's name on there, and they're from Zurich,
0:09:39 > 0:09:42so that's clearly a big ski centre, isn't it?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- Yeah.- They're laminated.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- Right.- Cos you can see there, you've got what looks to be mahogany.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50But they are fun things, aren't they?
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- Yeah, it's different.- And these would have been waxed.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54And the person who's going to buy
0:09:54 > 0:09:57these today clearly is not someone who goes skiing.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- No.- They're going to dress a pub wall, aren't they?- Yes. Yeah.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04- That's quite trendy. How much... Where's he gone?- I'm here.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- Where's my new best mate? - 35?- 35.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09No, no, no! Start at 30, I've told you before!
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- Start at 30.- 35, yeah?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13I tell you what, we don't want the pole.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- That will bring them down. - 35 will do it, then.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- 35 will do it? - Is there a profit in that, Phil?
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Well... I wouldn't call myself a ski expert, really,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23but I think they're quite fun.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25£35. Yeah.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27There we are, first buy done!
0:10:27 > 0:10:30And in just under 15 minutes.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Well done! Hopefully making a profit won't be an uphill struggle.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Talking of which, the Blues are finding their shop hard going.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38There's so much to see!
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- Yes.- Trying to distinguish the... - Woods from the trees, you know?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44That's exactly what everybody says.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47I find focusing on what you like can help.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49So, in your case, animals.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53- These are my favourite.- They are by Plichta.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55So they are by Plichta, yeah?
0:10:55 > 0:10:57So if you turn it over, it says Plichta on there, doesn't it?
0:10:57 > 0:10:59It certainly does.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03- Yeah, Plichta London. England.- And they are in the style of Wemyss.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08Wemyss is a Scottish pottery who made pigs.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12- Oh, right.- And this is Plichta and they are
0:11:12 > 0:11:15the London derivative of the Wemyss factory.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20And you can see they are influenced by the Scottish examples because of
0:11:20 > 0:11:22the thistles design on there.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- Yes, of course.- Aren't they?- Yeah. - OK.- How old would they be?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28They are going to be before the Second World War,
0:11:28 > 0:11:30so they're going to be first half of the 21st century.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- Seriously?- Yeah, they're not... They're not 1960s.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37- I would have thought later, yeah. - So would've I.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Stephanie, you go and have a chat to the stallholder.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40- I certainly am.- Yeah?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- Yeah.- Greg and I will have a chat while you go and do your magic.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- Barter with the stallholder. - Absolutely.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49So, Stephanie is after a deal on the £18 pigs.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Remember, Greg won't want you to pay more than £10.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Meanwhile, the Reds still have two items left to buy,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59and they're still on the hunt for something shiny.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Hang on, Phil - Tunbridge-ware doesn't count!
0:12:02 > 0:12:04This stuff used to be hugely, hugely collectable.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07I think I know when I'm beaten!
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Now, Blues, what's the word on those pigs?
0:12:13 > 0:12:16So, the gentleman said that they are £18 for one.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- Oh, right, not the two? - Yeah.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21He said the best he can do is £18 for the two.
0:12:21 > 0:12:22I did point out that there's no
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Plichta mark on the bottom of this one,
0:12:24 > 0:12:27and it does look pretty much like a reproduction...
0:12:27 > 0:12:29You're nothing but honest, are you, Stephanie?
0:12:29 > 0:12:30Well, you know, I'm a nurse!
0:12:32 > 0:12:36But I've said no. Because I don't think we'll make money on them.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38- Put it back.- So, it's another no.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41With 20 minutes gone, Blues, you need to start buying!
0:12:42 > 0:12:45The Reds, on the other hand, are searching for their second buy.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49What would you do with that over there?
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Tuba or baritone or whatever it is?
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Finally, something relatively shiny!
0:12:54 > 0:12:57You know what people do with those? Turn them into lamps!
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- Yeah.- Yeah.- I don't think they like it, Phil.
0:13:02 > 0:13:03- Let's keep walking.- Yeah.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08Why don't you find them something more glitzy?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10- Excuse me, how much is that tank? - 180.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Not what I had in mind!
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- It's a lot, isn't it?- That is cheap.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17That's what they all say in this business.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- Yeah.- It's a cool thing, that is.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Not if it's full of hot water, Phil!
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Which is what the Blues will be in
0:13:24 > 0:13:27if they don't buy something, sharpish!
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Right, can we have a look here? Is that all right?
0:13:29 > 0:13:30- Yeah.- OK. So.- Wow.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- Do you like ceramics? - I do.- Yes, we do.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35They are pretty.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37What about... One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Seven Copeland tiles.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42- Copeland.- So, where would they originate from?
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Copeland is an English factory,
0:13:46 > 0:13:49and it would be in the Staffordshire region.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Copeland, it's marked there.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53How old do you think these are?
0:13:53 > 0:13:54Um...
0:13:56 > 0:13:57- I would say...- '50s?
0:13:57 > 0:13:59- Yeah.- '50s?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01I would say, although I know what
0:14:01 > 0:14:03you mean when you say in the 1950s...
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- Cos of the style.- ..cos of the style and colour...- Yeah.
0:14:06 > 0:14:07..but probably 1870.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11- Top of the class.- Was it? Really.- He's top of the class.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13I think they're lovely things, actually.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- So do I.- I think the colours work quite well.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17- Yes, they do.- What's the best on these?
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Well, the very best I can do is ten.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24I was thinking more, five. Seriously.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26£10 the absolute best.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29But £17 is for retail, look, for seven.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32You know, we've got to take it to auction, you know. Could we...?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34I'll do eight. How's that?
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- Wow.- Eight quid then. That's our first deal. What do you think?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Yes. Yes, that was a piece of...work.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- Shall we shake on it?- Yeah. - Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- Thank you.- £8. You're a star. Thank you very much.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Your first item. Right, fab.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Come on, then, let's get going.
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Great stuff, Greg.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Seven antique tiles for under £10.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Finally the Blues are off the starting blocks.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Now, how are you doing, Reds?
0:14:59 > 0:15:02So, is there anything over here that catches your eye at all?
0:15:04 > 0:15:07At last, Phil's found something really sparkly.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Is it a submarine? Yes, it is.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Rachel, you've got to see this. In you get.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15It's nice and shiny, isn't it, though?
0:15:15 > 0:15:18I don't think... I don't think I'll get in there.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- It'll tip over.- Will you stop whining and get in there, Rachel?
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- In you go.- Come on, you're in, you're in.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- That ain't going to work, is it? - No. Not buying that.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Swiftly moving on, then.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Time to abandon ship, then, Reds.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37With each team needing two more items,
0:15:37 > 0:15:39it's going to be a sprint finish.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Meanwhile, I'm back in the saddle
0:15:41 > 0:15:44and off to see some weird and wonderful bikes.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Like 25 million other Brits, I have been the proud owner of a bicycle.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Our love affair with cycling began way back in the 1890s,
0:16:00 > 0:16:02when bikes became more affordable
0:16:02 > 0:16:04and were no longer the playthings of the rich.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10This building in Llandrindod Wells was one of Wales's first bike shops.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14And here you could buy all sorts of makes and models.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Well, sadly you can't buy a bike here any more,
0:16:16 > 0:16:18but it's well worth a visit.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23It's home to the National Cycle Museum.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25From Penny Farthings...
0:16:29 > 0:16:31..to futuristic racers...
0:16:35 > 0:16:38..this collection celebrates the evolution of cycling.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43It also has an extraordinary array of wacky bikes.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45You wouldn't want to fall off that one.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52Today I'm looking at some bikes that were innovative and imaginative
0:16:52 > 0:16:54but, sadly, massive flops.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01My guide is the museum's historian, Scotford Lawrence.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05The first bike he's showing me is his favourite, the Dursley Pedersen.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07- Looks like a hammock. - It is just that.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10They are referred to as a hammock saddle.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14It is a sprung seat, and if you look closely at that,
0:17:14 > 0:17:16that component actually moves
0:17:16 > 0:17:20and is held by tension wires to the rear hub.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23They are extraordinarily comfortable.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25I had one for many years.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- Really?- And rode it very happily.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Dursley Pedersens are now collectors' items.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34When they were made in the 1890s they weren't very popular,
0:17:34 > 0:17:35due to their unusual design.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40But, like all these odd machines,
0:17:40 > 0:17:44they never prevail over the standard ordinary bicycle.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47You had to be a bit odd yourself to ride one.
0:17:47 > 0:17:48Are you saying you're a bit odd?
0:17:48 > 0:17:52- Oh, yes. It goes with cycling. - Oh, does it?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56When bicycles were first produced in the early 1800s,
0:17:56 > 0:17:58they were made of wood. Then came metal bikes.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02But early manufacturers also experimented with unusual materials.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08A-ha. Is this what I think it is?
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Yes, it is indeed a bamboo bicycle.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16Made by the Bamboo Bicycle Company in 1896.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18The tubes are just that -
0:18:18 > 0:18:20they are lacquered bamboo,
0:18:20 > 0:18:23and they slot into aluminium lugs at the corners.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25So, it's very light.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27That was one of the selling points.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31But the bamboo bike quickly became very unpopular.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Bamboo could not be relied upon
0:18:33 > 0:18:37because bamboo was not strong enough to stand the torsional load.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40And they had a very short life.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42By the late 20th century,
0:18:42 > 0:18:46the popularity of plastic caught the imagination of bike designers,
0:18:46 > 0:18:50who came up with this, the Itera.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52But, despite being innovative,
0:18:52 > 0:18:56it had a bad reputation amongst cyclists.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01When put under load by pedalling, the whole machine bent and warped.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05And it picked up all sorts of derisive names -
0:19:05 > 0:19:09like riding a blancmange, like riding cooked spaghetti.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11And one of these came up for sale
0:19:11 > 0:19:14and a friend of mine put his hand up and bid £5 for it,
0:19:14 > 0:19:18amid howls of laughter, and got it for a fiver.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20And we said, "What on Earth are you going to do?"
0:19:20 > 0:19:23And he said, "Well, did you see where I parked the car?
0:19:23 > 0:19:27"I'm going to ride it as far as the car park."
0:19:27 > 0:19:30This collection is a treasure trove on two wheels.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32But now it's time for me to head back to the fair.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45With just under 30 minutes left on the clock,
0:19:45 > 0:19:48our teams have only bought one item each.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51And the Blues have only splashed out a measly £8.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53You have not spent very much money.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55- No. I know.- You're being really mean.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57- We are being mean. We are being mean.- Tight.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- Are you quite tight?- Yeah, yeah. - Really? Is he?- Extremely tight.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Oh, that's miserable, isn't it?
0:20:03 > 0:20:06I'm the big spender. He's the purse string puller.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07What about the Reds, Phil?
0:20:07 > 0:20:10They're very, very fussy, very pernickety.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14And I haven't found anything shiny yet.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16We had noticed.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Meanwhile, the Blues are back on safari.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22- Are you crocodile fans? - Like animals.- We do.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Have you ever seen a crocodile butter dish?
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- No.- I've never seen a crocodile butter dish before.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28However, it looks cheap.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- It does.- The stallholder's just there!
0:20:32 > 0:20:34I know. Sorry, sir!
0:20:34 > 0:20:36It's another no buy.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Now, come on, teams, you've got 20 minutes left,
0:20:38 > 0:20:41so it's time to big up the pace.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44I love these bits of social history.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- Your sugar cutters...- Yes. - I can't see a price on those.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49The ones on the stand are 95.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Hand-held ones which are 28, on the ticket.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57Sugar came in a cone, big inverted trumpet about that big.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Circular. Bit like the end of a trumpet,
0:20:59 > 0:21:01and you had to cut it of the cone.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05So, you used these things to, basically...
0:21:05 > 0:21:06That comes off there.
0:21:08 > 0:21:09And you cut your sugar.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14That then hammers it. And the thing is,
0:21:14 > 0:21:16a lot of these, incidentally, are broken there,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18so it's nice that this one is perfect.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22But the way that our world has changed is that these,
0:21:22 > 0:21:2525 years ago, would probably have been...
0:21:26 > 0:21:28..£50-100.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30And now, at £28,
0:21:30 > 0:21:33it is no money at all.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Do you like those? You like the price, don't you?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Yes, I like the price.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39What's the best you can do those for?
0:21:39 > 0:21:4125.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- You like them?- He likes them, yeah.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44- Yeah? Sure?- Yeah.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47I think we'll have a go at the sugar cutters.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Right. The hand-held ones?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- Yes, please, yes. - Yes OK, absolutely fine.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53That's lovely. Thank you very much indeed.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55What a sweet deal, Reds.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Although you still haven't got that shiny thing that Rachel is after.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02So, you've got 15 minutes left to find your last item.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04But the Blues still have two buys to go.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09- So, what do you think of her? - She's pretty looking,
0:22:09 > 0:22:11but I don't know what she's made of.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Well, it says on the thing, "Painted terracotta bust."
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Oh, right, OK. Yes. I didn't read that.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18- So I'm going to pick her up and have a look.- OK.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Well, she is terracotta.
0:22:22 > 0:22:27- She is.- It's Klite, that's who she is, she's Klite.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28- So, she's a goddess?- Yeah.
0:22:28 > 0:22:33In fact, Klite was a name given to a number of different figures in
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Greek mythology.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Copeland did these. The tiles that we've just bought,
0:22:38 > 0:22:39he did lots of these.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41This one isn't. This is a terracotta one.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43This is 19th-century Victorian.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45- And there's no markings.- There's no
0:22:45 > 0:22:47markings, but it has been overpainted rather badly.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- It's rather lovely, though.- It is pretty.- I quite like her.- I like it.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52She looks quite miserable.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55- Yes, she does look...- She's quite sad, looking at you.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- She's demure. That doesn't appeal to you?- No.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00OK, you've both said it - no. Let's move on, then, OK?
0:23:00 > 0:23:02OK-cokie.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Oh, dear, Thomas. You've really got your work cut out with this pair.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11And it sounds like the Reds are also keeping Phil on his toes.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12Why do you want to buy a tin trunk?
0:23:12 > 0:23:16Because they are in apartments. It's like modern...
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Trendy, you're thinking, are you? You're thinking...
0:23:19 > 0:23:22- Is she good at this?- Sometimes. - Sometimes.- Sometimes, not always.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24- I'm just thinking...- I'm not sure yet.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27- Not sure yet. The jury's out. - Yeah, definitely jury is out.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30So, how much is your tin box, sir, please?
0:23:30 > 0:23:34- Ticket price is 68. - And this is a hatbox, isn't it?
0:23:34 > 0:23:38- Painted hatbox.- Yeah. - Tinware. Victorian.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40I quite like that box there, the trunky thingamajig.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- They're both 68.- If we could get that under 60...
0:23:43 > 0:23:47If you gave me £50 you can have it.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Look at the little look of excitement on her face!
0:23:49 > 0:23:52- The smile says enough. - Yeah?- Yeah.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54We said we're going to buy different.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57I do think I've let you down though. None of its shiny, is it?
0:23:57 > 0:23:58No, it's not.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00- The lock's shiny.- The lock's shiny.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Well, that's it, then. Pay the man, pay the man.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- OK?- Yeah. Thank you.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07What a relief, eh, Phil?
0:24:07 > 0:24:11That's your third item in the bag with ten minutes to spare.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13- TELEPHONE RINGS - Telephone bid already, look.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14Yeah!
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Now the Blues are really under pressure.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22The clock's counting down and they still have to items to find.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24- I've found you a bit of Lalique. - Oh, my God.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28Oh, yes, Greg said at the start he was after some Lalique.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30They're famous for their glassware,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33and have been making glass fish since 1913.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36It's a modern piece of Lalique in its original packaging.
0:24:36 > 0:24:3895.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Now, that... You're not going to like that, £95, are you?
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- No. No.- You're not.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Wouldn't give more than 50 quid for that, but there we are.
0:24:46 > 0:24:47We could always offer them the money.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Right, now. The other thing I've
0:24:49 > 0:24:51seen while you've been down there is... You want a bid of ceramic.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55- Yes.- Now this is a modern studio vase...- OK.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59..in stoneware, but it's... I think is rather handsome.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01I think it's an handsome piece, actually.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02It's a really handsome...
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Now, when you think about how that's been made,
0:25:04 > 0:25:06it looks like it's a thrown pot,
0:25:06 > 0:25:08which means it's put on a wheel and thrown around.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10You can see that from the base there.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12It's quite a heavy pot.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16To have this, to do this decoration with these fabulous flowers,
0:25:16 > 0:25:20- is not a five-minute job, I have to say.- OK.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Then it gets glazed again.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26So that's a proper piece of, you know, art pottery.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28- So, how old do you think it is? - This is relatively modern.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31It's going to be made within the last...
0:25:31 > 0:25:3315, maybe 20-30 years.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34- OK.- It's not that old at all.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36It reminds me of the tiles that we've just bought.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Exactly. It's a bit of ceramic, it's got something...
0:25:38 > 0:25:41- And it's only £38.- £38.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Yeah, but it's quite a stylish vase.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- Yes, it is stylish. - It's got a look.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49In auction, really, 20 quid, that's all it will make.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51- Yes, so do I.- Right.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55In auction, really, I think, although it's Lalique,
0:25:55 > 0:25:58that would probably make 50 to 70 quid tops.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01So, it's an offer. We need to speak to the dealer.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Be quick, Greg - five minutes left and counting.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Going to come in with a cheeky offer of 50 quid for that.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- And 20 quid for that. - It's very kind of you, but no.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13No.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15So, what would be your best offer?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17My best on it - you can have the pair for 100.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20- Yes. 85?- 85. - Come on, then, 85.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24- Do you know what? Thank you very much.- Thank you very much.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28So, the stallholder has said £85 for the pair,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31which means that Greg got the fish for 70 and the vase for 15.
0:26:31 > 0:26:32Just in the nick of time.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37ACCORDION to me, it's time to stop shopping.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40I didn't think you'd do it. I didn't think you'd do it.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- Neither did I.- No, cos you're the most indecisive pair of people
0:26:43 > 0:26:45I've ever met in my life. Now come on, we're going.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Let's just check out what the Red team have bought.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Their first buy was a pair of wooden skis for £35.
0:26:53 > 0:26:58Up next, a pair of 19th-century sugar cutters, £25 paid.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01And with ten minutes to go
0:27:01 > 0:27:03they parted with £50 for this metal trunk.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Well, Lee and Rachel, you didn't find it that easy, did you?
0:27:07 > 0:27:10- No, I didn't in fact. No, I didn't. - You needed your man.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13I certainly did. But did he turn up?
0:27:13 > 0:27:14LAUGHTER
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- He did turn up.- We'll find that out later, won't we?- Yeah.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19So, what's going to make the biggest profit?
0:27:19 > 0:27:24I'm swaying to either the skis or the trunk.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Right. And what do you like the best?
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- The trunk.- Yes.- Must be the trunk, mustn't it?
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- Yeah. Yeah, it is the trunk, yes. - And what about the biggest profit?
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Biggest profit, I think the trunk as well.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- The trunk as well.- Yeah, I think. - So, what did you spend. £110?
0:27:36 > 0:27:38- £110, that's correct.- Marvellous.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40That means you've got £190 left over.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41- Yeah.- Hand it over.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43There we are, Philip.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45- Thank you so much.- Pleasure.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Charlie, I don't think I can spend that much money.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49I think you can. What are you going to do with it?
0:27:49 > 0:27:51I've absolutely no idea.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54LAUGHTER Not a clue.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58While poor old Philip goes to buy goodness knows what,
0:27:58 > 0:28:01let's check out what the Blue team have bought.
0:28:01 > 0:28:06Greg and Stephanie spent a paltry £8 on a set of tiles by Copeland.
0:28:06 > 0:28:11They then splashed the cash on this glass fish by Lalique, £70 paid.
0:28:11 > 0:28:16And finally, this studio pottery vase was secured for just £15.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19You didn't spend a lot, did you?
0:28:19 > 0:28:20- No.- No, we didn't.- No.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22What's your favourite item?
0:28:22 > 0:28:27Obviously the Lalique for me, but the pottery is quite nice, too.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30I think Thomas quite likes the pottery.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Yeah, I mean and for the money we paid for it...
0:28:32 > 0:28:34- It's a good buy.- So, what's to make the most profit?
0:28:34 > 0:28:36- I'd say the tiles. - The tiles?- Yeah.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38I'll go with the pot.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41- And what's your favourite item. - The tiles.- The tiles.
0:28:41 > 0:28:47Well, £93, which means you've got £207 left over...
0:28:47 > 0:28:49- Certainly does.- ..to give this man.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51- There we go.- There's the £207.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Do you know? I'm going to follow their lead.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57- Yeah.- I'm going to be tight.
0:28:57 > 0:28:58- You good man!- Tight!
0:28:58 > 0:29:03Marvellous. So, while Thomas goes off to be tight, oh, so tight,
0:29:03 > 0:29:04we're off to the auction.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10I've come down the road to Cardiff
0:29:10 > 0:29:13to auctioneers Rogers Jones and Co.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17And I'm here with the boss and auctioneer Ben.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19- Hello, Ben.- Croeso i Cymru, Charlie.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21- Gosh, what does that mean?- It means welcome to Wales, Charlie.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Oh, how wonderful. I feel wanted already.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28And so, I hope, do Lee and Rachel, who are the Red team here.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31And kicking off, Phil who was the expert,
0:29:31 > 0:29:34particularly liked these skis which he bought.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36What do you think of them?
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Um, they're interesting, but who wants an old pair of skis?
0:29:39 > 0:29:42People put them up on pub walls and things, don't they?
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Yeah, but are we in the right
0:29:44 > 0:29:48- location for ski-themed pubs? I'm not sure we are.- No.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52- What about an estimate?- We've put 30 to 40 on those, Charlie.
0:29:52 > 0:29:53Well, they paid £35.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56OK. They're in with a chance.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58And what about the sugar cutters?
0:29:58 > 0:30:01Interesting part of these is that they've got a little
0:30:01 > 0:30:05toffee hammer-like device on the ends to bash up the blocks.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09A modest estimate, I think - 15 to £20 on those, Charlie.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Yeah. They cost £25.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13We're not too far out, are we?
0:30:13 > 0:30:15- In with a chance. - What about the trunk?
0:30:15 > 0:30:19Bit of a plain Jane. No labels, turn-of-the-century.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23- 30 to 40 on that. - Right. Well, it cost £50.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27- So, they might need their bonus buy. - They might struggle with that one.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29If they need their bonus buy, let's have a look at it.
0:30:29 > 0:30:36Well, Lee and Rachel, how could you possibly give this man £190?
0:30:36 > 0:30:39- Isn't that dangerous?- Very dangerous.- Very, very dangerous.
0:30:39 > 0:30:44- Any ideas what he's bought?- No. - Haven't got a clue.- Not a clue.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- Are you confident in your man? - Absolutely not.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Well, Philip, what have you got?
0:30:51 > 0:30:54I would value your opinion as to where you thought these were made.
0:30:54 > 0:30:55Gosh. Not English.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59I think they're probably early 20th century, they're European.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02They've got almost a Deco look to the top of them, haven't they?
0:31:02 > 0:31:05They cost me £30. And I just think they've got a bit of a look to them.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08What do you think of them, Rachel?
0:31:08 > 0:31:12- Honest opinion? - Honest opinion.- I like them.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14- Good Lord! - CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:31:14 > 0:31:17I do like them. No, I do. I don't think Lee does, but I do.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Well, I'm going to try Lee. What do you think, Lee?
0:31:19 > 0:31:20- Interesting.- Interesting.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23That's probably the best word I can give it is interesting.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Well, you don't have to make up your mind now.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27You can leave it until the saleroom.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Then you can decide whether or not
0:31:29 > 0:31:32to go with Philip's £30 candlesticks.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Meanwhile, shall we see what the
0:31:34 > 0:31:37auctioneer thinks of Philip's dateless candlesticks?
0:31:38 > 0:31:41Well, Phil bought a pair of plated candlesticks.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43So, what do you think of these?
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Not particularly thrilled with those.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49People don't want to clean, that's half the problem with those.
0:31:49 > 0:31:54And two candlesticks, rather clunky... 15 to 20.
0:31:54 > 0:31:5915 to 20. Well he paid £30.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02I think Philip's been burning the candle at both ends.
0:32:02 > 0:32:03CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Now, onto Greg and Stephanie, with the Blue team.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09They were with Thomas Plant and they started off by buying some tiles,
0:32:09 > 0:32:12seven of them, Copeland, wonderful makers,
0:32:12 > 0:32:15but these aren't the best tiles ever made, are they?
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Rather ordinary, Charlie. The colours aren't a particularly nice,
0:32:18 > 0:32:21attractive palette, either - browns and greens.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Not for me, those.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27Not sure they're going to have a good night out on those tiles.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30- Ten to £15, Charlie. - Ten to £15.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34- They cost £8.- OK.- Now, the next lot is the Lalique fish.
0:32:34 > 0:32:39Yeah, it looks like something you'd get from a sweet shop.
0:32:39 > 0:32:40CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:32:40 > 0:32:44- Green or yellow?- I'm going with greeny yellow.
0:32:44 > 0:32:49Yeah, sort of kind of greeny yellow. Modern Lalique.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Not a lot going for it, unfortunately.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56- 20 to 30.- They really went bold on this.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59- They spent £70.- Did they really?
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Shall we move swiftly on to the studio pottery vase?
0:33:01 > 0:33:03I quite like this, Charlie.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07Good size, very fashionable, nice under glaze.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10No factory mark or studio pottery mark, which is disappointing.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12No. I've had a good look.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14You really want a name on that, don't you?
0:33:14 > 0:33:17You do. But a good minimalist piece, if you like.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19A bold statement in a house.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23- I quite like it. 20 to £30.- 20 to £30.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27Well, they only paid £15. I think that's a bit of a steal, £15.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Not bad. In with a chance on that.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32I think you're going to make a substantial profit for them on that.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Let's not get carried away, Charlie.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Anyway, of course, despite Ben's efforts,
0:33:37 > 0:33:40they still might need a bonus buy. So, let's have a look at it.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Come on, Thomas, reveal all.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46OK. Greg and Stephanie, here we go.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48I bought you a liqueur set.
0:33:48 > 0:33:54- Ooh!- Do you like a drink?- We do. - This is by a company in Sweden.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58Made by Orrefors. Have you heard of Orrefors?
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- Never heard of them.- No? Orrefors, Swedish manufacturer of glass.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03But what's more important is the designer.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05These are designed by somebody called Simon Gate.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08- How old do you think that is? - '20s?
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Yes. It's going to be 1920s-1930s, that was designed.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13It's fabulous, isn't it?
0:34:13 > 0:34:16It is fab, actually. I like the colour. You're not keen, are you?
0:34:16 > 0:34:18I knew.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21It looks like, well, cheap plastic little glasses.
0:34:21 > 0:34:22But, do you know, who knows?
0:34:22 > 0:34:25I don't know anything, you're the expert.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26Greg, Greg, Greg, I will just...
0:34:26 > 0:34:29These have been hand-blown. They have been polished.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33Here we've got the Orrefors mark, we've got the G for Simon Gate,
0:34:33 > 0:34:37and all the details of the manufacture of this fabulous...
0:34:37 > 0:34:39So, is Simon Gate well known?
0:34:39 > 0:34:42- Oh, yeah.- I do like the black bases on them.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44How much did you pay for them?
0:34:44 > 0:34:48Well, when I left you I said I was going to take a leaf out of your two
0:34:48 > 0:34:50- books, wasn't I?- Oh, yeah. - And I did.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53- Did you?- I did.- So you got them for two quid!- No!
0:34:53 > 0:34:55LAUGHTER
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Greg, I'm nothing like you, OK. I try,
0:34:57 > 0:35:01- but it's difficult. OK. £30.- Wow.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05That's good. And how much do you think they'll make?
0:35:05 > 0:35:08I think they've got a good chance of making at least 40 to £60.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10- I knew you'd say that. - It's a really lovely set.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Well, you don't have to make up your mind now.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Wait until the auction. Seems to me you rather like them.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18We know Thomas likes them.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21But does the auctioneer like the Orrefors glass?
0:35:23 > 0:35:27Thomas was left £207 by Greg and Stephanie,
0:35:27 > 0:35:29and he came up with this,
0:35:29 > 0:35:32which is Orrefors glass. Good name. What do you think?
0:35:32 > 0:35:35I think in the antique world you've got to be two things.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37Either practical or decorative.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39I'm not sure whether this sits in either camp.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42- What about value?- 15 to 20.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Hmm. Paid 30.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47We might just be a little short there, Charlie.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Oh, dear, dear, dear. I suppose you might be.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52- You'll be taking the sale? - I will indeed.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Good. Well, I have to say, I'm really looking forward to it.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04Lee and Rachel, isn't this exciting?
0:36:04 > 0:36:08We're going to kick off with the skis, which cost £35.
0:36:08 > 0:36:09Here they come.
0:36:09 > 0:36:1315 A, pair of Attenhofer wooden skis,
0:36:13 > 0:36:15has to start at £45.
0:36:15 > 0:36:16Is there 50?
0:36:16 > 0:36:19At 45, 50 in the room.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22- Is there five? At 50, 50, £50. - Come on!
0:36:22 > 0:36:24Is there five?
0:36:24 > 0:36:27At 50. £50. In the room, the bid.
0:36:27 > 0:36:28Everybody done at 50?
0:36:28 > 0:36:29£50.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Yes!
0:36:32 > 0:36:35That was fantastic. You're up £15.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Look, here come the cutters.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Sugar cutters, nice shape to these.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Bid me £20. Surely a ten.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48Come on!
0:36:48 > 0:36:49- Five to start.- Oh, dear.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Five in. At five.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Any advance now? Eight if you like.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55At five now. £8 bid.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57Is there ten? Ten anywhere? £8.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59Is there ten?
0:36:59 > 0:37:01At £8.
0:37:01 > 0:37:06All done, a lowly £8. Anybody else, before these go?
0:37:06 > 0:37:08£8.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Oh, you've lost £17. But you made £15.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12So you're down £2.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Right. Now your trunk.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18And I've got 20 to start. Is their five?
0:37:18 > 0:37:20At 20, at 20.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Five, surely? Clean and tidy, ladies and gentlemen.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Is there five? At 20.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26At £20 only. Five anywhere?
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Oh, no!
0:37:28 > 0:37:29Oh, £20, that's better.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31- Come on.- Is there 30?
0:37:31 > 0:37:32At 25, at 25.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Is everybody done?
0:37:34 > 0:37:3625 only. Hammer's up.
0:37:36 > 0:37:4025 to 5057.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44Oh, minus 15. Minus 17, you're minus 2,
0:37:44 > 0:37:47you're down £27. That's not bad, is it?
0:37:47 > 0:37:50Disappointing after the start we had, though.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53Yeah, but you've got a pair of candlesticks still to come.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55So, what do you reckon?
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- We're definitely going to go for it. - Yeah, go for it.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00You're going with those candlesticks. Good luck.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03Lot 201A. Pair of candlestick holders.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Starting the bid with me at £15.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10- Oh, well it's a start.- 15 with me.
0:38:10 > 0:38:11Against you now.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13At 15. £15 online.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15You're out. 18 if you like.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Do they want 18, Peter? At 15, 18.
0:38:17 > 0:38:1918 at the back.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- £18, wanting £20, wanting £20.- Come on!
0:38:22 > 0:38:25£18. 18 is at the door.
0:38:25 > 0:38:26Are we all done?
0:38:26 > 0:38:30- Come on!- Coming back to me online.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Everybody done at £18?
0:38:32 > 0:38:33664.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Philip's now added a cheeky little £12 loss
0:38:36 > 0:38:39onto the hitherto £27 loss,
0:38:39 > 0:38:43which brings you up to £39 loss.
0:38:43 > 0:38:44But never you mind.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Minus £39 has won a lot of Bargain
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Hunts over the years, hasn't it, Philip?
0:38:49 > 0:38:53- Absolutely right and it might today. - Yes, might well win.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56So, not a word to the Blues, OK? Don't discuss it with the Blues.
0:38:56 > 0:38:57- No, nothing.- And good luck.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Are you ready for it?
0:39:04 > 0:39:06- Yes! We certainly are.- You look as if you're up for it.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10- Yeah, can't wait.- OK, here we go. Copeland, good name.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14Our set of seven Copeland pottery tiles.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17With me at ten, £10, any advance?
0:39:17 > 0:39:19At 18. Is there 20?
0:39:19 > 0:39:21£10, 12. 15, if you like.
0:39:21 > 0:39:22That was good.
0:39:22 > 0:39:2418. Is there 20?
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Keep going, keep going.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29At £20. Is there two?
0:39:29 > 0:39:3022, second thoughts.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Is there five? 25. Is there eight, sir?
0:39:33 > 0:39:3625. Lady's bid. Was there somebody else at 25?
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Lady's bid, make no mistake, at 25.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Everybody done?
0:39:40 > 0:39:4225, 303.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46- Yes!- £17 profit.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Marvellous!
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Right. Here's the Lalique.
0:39:50 > 0:39:5437B, modern Lalique fish mascot.
0:39:54 > 0:39:55I've got ten to start.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59At £10, is there 12? 12 bid. 15. 15 I have.
0:39:59 > 0:40:0118 now. Is there 20?
0:40:01 > 0:40:02£18, 20 bid, two now.
0:40:02 > 0:40:0422. Is there five?
0:40:04 > 0:40:0522, 25.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08- We've got to make 70 or more. - Wow.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12£28. 30, new bidder. 35, anywhere?
0:40:12 > 0:40:13Come on!
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Two if you like, sir. £30. Do you want two?
0:40:16 > 0:40:18£30. All done at 30.
0:40:19 > 0:40:2130, 686.
0:40:21 > 0:40:26Oh, no! A loss of £40 here. You're now down £23.
0:40:26 > 0:40:27Here's the vase.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29I've got interest in this.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Straight in at £55. At 55.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33I have to start there. Is there 60 now?
0:40:33 > 0:40:36At 55, 60, anybody? 65.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39- Wow!- This is phenomenal!
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Just taken you into an overall profit.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Are we all done? 65, a good piece here at 65.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47Are we all done? Last call.
0:40:47 > 0:40:52- Yes! Thank you, thank you. - That is a £50 profit.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54- Fabulous.- Take off the little 23
0:40:54 > 0:40:59which lost earlier, which means you're £27 up.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01That's fantastic.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03£27. Now.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Sweden here we come.
0:41:07 > 0:41:08The Orrefors.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12I think we're going to go for it.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14- Yeah.- We trust you.- We trust you.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18Lot number 43A, liqueur set.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21I'm going to start. It starts with me at £25.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Is there 30 now?
0:41:23 > 0:41:25At 25. 30, anyone?
0:41:25 > 0:41:2730, 35 with me. 35.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31- Profit of £5. We're in.- Yes, yes. - Keep going, keep going.- Bit more.
0:41:31 > 0:41:3440 now. At 40, at 40, at 40.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38With me, then, at £40. Everybody done?
0:41:38 > 0:41:41That's fantastic!
0:41:41 > 0:41:42Last call at 40.
0:41:44 > 0:41:45Well done, Thomas.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48- Fabulous.- Thomas, I'm going to shake you by the hand.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50What a genius you are. Well done, you two.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54Do you know, you've made £37 on Bargain Hunt!
0:41:54 > 0:41:55I'm so chuffed.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58It's not a golden gavel...
0:41:58 > 0:42:00That's because of the Lalique.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02But other than that you did superbly.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04- Not a word to the Reds.- Nope.
0:42:04 > 0:42:05Zip up.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Well, that was a very hard-fought contest.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18Both teams did extremely well.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21But, of course, sadly there can only be one winner.
0:42:21 > 0:42:26Today's winners are the Blue team!
0:42:26 > 0:42:29- Yay!- Congratulations.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33Well done. But Lee and Rachel, it all started so well, didn't it,
0:42:33 > 0:42:36- with the skis? - Went downhill very fast!
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Went like the clappers. Then it went downhill very fast.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42But, actually, you only lost £39, didn't you?
0:42:42 > 0:42:45- It's not bad, is it?- Not bad. - Result.- Have you had a good time?
0:42:45 > 0:42:46Yes, brilliant time.
0:42:46 > 0:42:47Well, you've been great sports.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50But, as for you two, you've done extremely well, haven't you?
0:42:50 > 0:42:52Just a shame about the Lalique, wasn't it?
0:42:52 > 0:42:56- It was, I was gutted about that. - Gutted about the Lalique.
0:42:56 > 0:42:57I know. Your vase did so well,
0:42:57 > 0:42:59and then he added a bit more profit
0:42:59 > 0:43:01- as well, the great man. - Yes, indeed.
0:43:01 > 0:43:06So, actually, you have made £37. CHEERING
0:43:06 > 0:43:08There we go, look at that.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10- Thank you.- And I've got two more pounds for you.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12- Thank very much. - You're a very lucky girl.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14- Thank you, Charlie.- Give him some of it. Very good. Don't forget to
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