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Bargain Hunt - Season 72 Episode 28 -
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00:00And I'm limbering up, ready for a busy day.
00:04The thing is, I've got to stay fit and healthy
00:07if I'm going to keep up with today's teams.
00:18Well, that's enough of a workout for me today.
00:21But later on, I'm going to be finding out about a local chap
00:24that made all this look so easy.
00:27His name was Louis Martin, and he's often described
00:30as the greatest British weightlifter ever.
00:35But first, it's time to find out
00:37which of today's teams are strong enough to win.
00:41Let's go bargain hunting.
00:57The venue for today's shopping showdown is this bustling antiques fair in Stonely, Warwickshire.
01:11And the Reds and Blues will need to follow a few rules.
01:14Each team have got £300 and one hour to buy three items.
01:20One must cost £75 or more, and they'll have to meet my challenge.
01:25Whoever makes the biggest profit when their items go under the hammer wins.
01:29Let's meet today's teams.
01:31Hi, I'm Jo.
01:33Hi, I'm Natasha.
01:34And we're here to leave the Blues feeling blue.
01:37So, who's in charge today?
01:39Me, because if I leave it to Jo, we'll only have one item.
01:43Bit disorganised, eh, Jo?
01:45Yeah, definitely, I'm not in charge. It's probably for the best.
01:47It might avoid any arguments.
01:49Yeah, we're getting married here next June, so let's hope we're still going to be getting married next June.
01:55Let's hope so. In it to win it?
01:57We want to leave here in profit and with a golden gavel.
02:00Yeah, that's the plan.
02:02They're the Reds. Let's meet the Blues.
02:05Hi, this is Dickie.
02:07And that's Shelley.
02:08We're the Blues.
02:10And we'd better not lose.
02:12Any tactics?
02:14Buy cheap, sell high.
02:16That old chestnut?
02:17That old chestnut always, eh, but it works.
02:19What's your antiques knowledge like?
02:22Absolutely rubbish.
02:23Oh?
02:24It will be as good as our experts.
02:27Hoping to win?
02:28We're here to beat our own expectations.
02:30Patience.
02:31And that will be enough to beat the Reds.
02:32The Reds, yeah.
02:33Time to get this show on the road.
02:36Hello, teams.
02:38Are you ready to go bargain hunting?
02:41Yes!
02:42Excellent.
02:43So what do you need before you can go bargain hunting, teams?
02:45Money!
02:46Quite right.
02:47Red team, here is your £300.
02:51Blue team, your £300.
02:54What else do you need, teams?
02:56Challenge!
02:57Quite right.
02:58So there's your challenge, Reds.
02:59Blue team, there's your challenge.
03:01What else do you need, teams?
03:02Experts!
03:03Well, the good news is your experts are here.
03:06They're just around the corner and they're looking forward to meeting you.
03:09So off you go and the best of luck.
03:11Yay!
03:12There you go.
03:13So I wonder what they're hoping for from their experts.
03:15I'm looking for someone charismatic.
03:16Somebody who's really knowledgeable in their trade.
03:17Somebody patient.
03:18Somebody with a competitive spirit.
03:19Somebody lively.
03:20Boo!
03:21I love that!
03:22Boo!
03:23hierarchy.
03:24For the Reds, it's Caroline Hawley.
03:27Blue team!
03:28Yay!
03:29For the Reds, it's Caroline Hawley.
03:34Blue team!
03:36Yay!
03:37And for the Blues, it's Tim Weeks.
03:40Yay!
03:41Right, what's in those envelopes?
03:44A functional glass item.
03:46Ooh, I think it'd be great.
03:48An item in the Art Nouveau style.
03:51Yay!
03:52Let the shopping begin.
03:55Your time starts now.
03:57Come on, let's get free and let's go shopping.
04:00They're up and running.
04:01We've got a nice day for it.
04:03Shall we go inside?
04:04Good idea.
04:05You don't want to get off to a damp start.
04:07What are the Reds looking for?
04:09I really like the idea of silver.
04:11Right, OK.
04:12And jewellery.
04:13There should be plenty of that about.
04:15And what should we be looking out for with silver?
04:18Something reasonably priced.
04:20So is anything in here leaping out to you?
04:23Hmm.
04:24Don't worry, we've got a whole hour.
04:26OK, good.
04:27You've got lots to go.
04:28So if it's not, don't...
04:29Don't panic.
04:30No, don't panic.
04:31Good advice, Caroline.
04:32The Blues are going down a less traditional route.
04:35Oh, my goodness.
04:36What country would we say this is?
04:38What country are you thinking that this has come from?
04:40Maybe somewhere in southern Africa?
04:42Yeah.
04:43Talk to me about the money.
04:44It is.
04:45So it's 38.
04:46I'm thinking at the moment that's a bit too niche.
04:48OK.
04:49Too niche?
04:50Maybe too niche to start with.
04:51OK, but...
04:52I like the word niche at auction.
04:54That is a really, really good spot, I think.
04:56It's definitely worth, though, finding out what the very best is.
04:59Oh, you were listening to us.
05:00No, I wasn't.
05:01Yeah, you were.
05:02You were listening to us.
05:03You heard what we said.
05:04We do like this.
05:05I love him.
05:06He's mid-70s to early 80s.
05:08Yeah, yeah.
05:09Yeah.
05:10I can do 25.
05:11What if we went half?
05:12I'd take a pound off 24.
05:14We could risk parking it and have a look round and maybe come back.
05:18Is that OK?
05:19Should we do that?
05:22That's really fair you've been to us.
05:24Finding your first buy can be tricky.
05:25One for the back burner.
05:27Joe has spotted an item that could work for their challenge.
05:31I find that quite an interesting item.
05:33Medina.
05:34Mm.
05:35That's a paperweight.
05:36And is this the Medina...
05:37Yeah, that's the Medina vase at the back.
05:40Oh, wow.
05:41It's heavy.
05:42Yeah, and is it marked to the bottom?
05:44No, it's not marked to the bottom, but it's in good condition.
05:47If it's not marked, would that be an issue?
05:49I'm sure that...
05:50No, I'm sure that is still Medina.
05:52Can you tell us about the glass?
05:54Yeah, Medina, bulbous bud vase.
05:57Sometimes Medina mark them.
05:59Sometimes Medina don't.
06:01Maltese factory is still in operation.
06:03Yeah, and very often use these lovely sea colours, don't they?
06:06Indeed.
06:07They're unbelievably catching on the eye, though.
06:09Yeah, it is.
06:10What do you think, Tash?
06:11Yeah, no, I love it.
06:12Yeah, it's beautiful.
06:13I like the line.
06:14It's priced up at 50.
06:16We can take £40 for it.
06:18Would you come any leather, £35?
06:20I can go £35.
06:22Yeah, £35.
06:23If you'd like it, yeah.
06:24Would it make that?
06:25I think it could well make a little bit more.
06:28It's like, this is something I would take home myself.
06:30Yeah, right.
06:31You know, it's just...
06:32Yeah.
06:33Have we got our first buy?
06:34Within five minutes?
06:35I know, is that OK?
06:38Well done, team.
06:39That's my functional glass challenge in the bag.
06:42Fuck, stop.
06:43Come on, let's get on.
06:45You're playing catch-up now, Blues.
06:47Keep those eyes open.
06:49Blue team.
06:50Blue team.
06:51What does this mean to you?
06:52Anything?
06:53Tim's hoping to light up his team with this.
06:55Railway lamp.
06:56Keep going.
06:57Does that mean anything to you?
06:59Pye Hill?
07:00No, Pye Hill, no.
07:01Oh, I thought I was going to impress you with that.
07:02Sorry, no.
07:03But you're Derby locals.
07:04I know, well, we're only about 30 minutes from Derby,
07:06but coming sort of south of Derby, so no, not actually.
07:09So this, GNR, do you know what GNR is?
07:12Great Northern Railway.
07:14Great Northern Railway, so nice to have that.
07:16Pye Hill, a Derbyshire station, defunct.
07:20So it's got the Marklet, the Lamp Manufacturing Company, London.
07:23£75, not dead cheap.
07:26We would want to get that for a bit less.
07:28Give ourselves a bit of headroom.
07:30You're going to hold it.
07:31Yeah.
07:33Whilst Tim goes off to find a stall holder, the Reds are still on the hunt for silver.
07:39That looks like a mustard pot.
07:41Oh!
07:42Wow.
07:43It's just quite cute.
07:44It's very cute.
07:45It's like a barrel.
07:46Yeah, it's got a little spoon.
07:47The blue glass liner, that would protect the silver.
07:50That's 220.
07:52Birmingham 1913, A & J Zimmerman is the maker.
07:56But I think you would struggle to make a profit on that.
07:59Really?
08:00Yeah.
08:01Right.
08:02It's just not cutting the mustard.
08:03Back with the blues.
08:04Can Dickie strike a deal on that lamp?
08:06What would be your best price on this?
08:0865, that could be.
08:10Would you go to 55?
08:12No, sorry.
08:13No.
08:14I couldn't quite go that low.
08:15Sorry.
08:16I'll do 60, if you like.
08:17I think I'd rather look round for it a little bit more.
08:19It's still early in her time.
08:20It's still early in her time.
08:21It's still early in her time.
08:22Thanks.
08:23Onward?
08:24Onward.
08:25Good to have one on the back burner.
08:27What's Natasha spotted?
08:29Oh, that's nice.
08:30Now, that's Reynolds Angels.
08:32Wow.
08:33No, no, that's on there.
08:34It's in fairly good condition.
08:36The glass is a little bit scratched.
08:38Can you see?
08:39Yeah.
08:40It's actually quite good, because it makes you look better.
08:41Yeah.
08:42Let's have a look every time.
08:43No, you need it.
08:44You look beautiful.
08:45There's no dents in it, no damage.
08:48Yeah.
08:49It's weighty, because this is just a sheet of silver with the repoussé decoration,
08:54and inside it's filled up with plaster.
08:57Right.
08:58Yeah, sometimes it can break, and the plaster breaks up behind, it gets loose.
09:03Right.
09:04And it shakes, and you can hear it shaking behind, but that's in good order.
09:08Yes.
09:09And it's made in Chester, and it'll be late 19th century.
09:13It's a nice thing.
09:14It's a nice thing, yeah.
09:15I love the angels.
09:16Should we ask for the price?
09:18You're looking at the price for that one?
09:19Yeah.
09:20We have got 50 on it, but the very best would be 40.
09:22Okay.
09:23Would you take 35 for it?
09:26Go on, then.
09:27Oh, thank you.
09:28It's a deal, then.
09:29Aw, thank you so much.
09:31All right, my love.
09:32Another buy in the bag.
09:33Well done.
09:34You're wasting no time.
09:35What a dream team.
09:36They've got two items done, including their challenge.
09:40Just the big spend to go.
09:42What fun.
09:43Spontaneous.
09:44See it.
09:45Buy it.
09:46Yes.
09:47Hopefully, some of your spontaneity will rub off on the blues who still haven't bought
09:52a thing.
09:53Bit of Art Nouveau.
09:54Quite sweet, that, isn't it?
09:55Desktop calendar, functional.
09:56Nice to have something with age.
09:58Okay.
09:59Bakelite?
10:00Yes, it is.
10:01Does it work?
10:02Test it.
10:03Yeah, let's see.
10:04Test it out.
10:05Oh, yeah, definitely going.
10:06I like this.
10:07Okay.
10:08And I'm happy it would tick our challenge.
10:09Are you sure, Tim?
10:10You need something in the Art Nouveau style.
10:12What's it worth?
10:13Okay.
10:14No, no.
10:15What's it worth?
10:16I wouldn't want to pay more than about £30 for it.
10:18Yeah, yeah.
10:19I think you're in the ballpark.
10:20I don't want to spend...
10:21I'm closer to that, by the way.
10:22Art Nouveau generally is not cheap.
10:24This is a pretty good, cheap and cheerful Art Nouveau buy.
10:28What is the price?
10:29What is the price?
10:30I've got £45 on it.
10:31Okay.
10:32But we can wiggle.
10:33Could we fall down the stairs?
10:35We could fall down the stairs.
10:37I was thinking I can do it for £28.
10:41I feel like we could do a couple more stairs.
10:44I think we're close.
10:46We're close.
10:47We're close.
10:48We're getting very well.
10:49I didn't need to train these two.
10:51So I'd be looking at £20.
10:54And I can't do £20, unfortunately.
10:57How close could you get to £21?
11:00£21?
11:01No, I can't.
11:02£25 would be...
11:03What do you see that doing at all?
11:04I'll tell you again, we're quite...
11:05Or £24.
11:06I'm squeezed completely.
11:10Let's go at £24.
11:11Shall we do it?
11:12Yeah, let's do it.
11:13Thank you very much.
11:14Thank you very much.
11:15So to meet my Art Nouveau style challenge, the Blues have bought a Bakelite calendar for £24.
11:22Let's hope it fits the bill.
11:2423 minutes gone.
11:25There's another haul that way.
11:26Pull him in.
11:27Okay.
11:28With two of their items purchased, the Reds are just lucky for their big spend.
11:33Look at that.
11:34Is it a pig?
11:35This one, yeah.
11:36And this here is rather beautiful.
11:39I think that's by somebody called Hannah Barlow.
11:42She's specialised in this lovely scroffitio work from animals, but the mice is quite unusual.
11:47It's lovely.
11:48How much is it?
11:49£1,800.
11:50Oh.
11:51Would you take £200?
11:52I wish I could.
11:54Thank you so much.
11:56Worth a try, Jo.
11:58The Blues are also looking for their big spend.
12:01It's a set of Georgia-Dingston tunes for London.
12:041929.
12:051929.
12:06Okay.
12:07So you've got the Danish marks and then an English import mark for 1929 which corresponds
12:11with it being a Bond Street box.
12:13Okay.
12:14So how much are they?
12:15The very best on them would be 260.
12:18Oh, my gosh.
12:19Wow.
12:20I think that is way beyond what I thought.
12:23You've got good eyes, right?
12:25You know what you're looking for.
12:26Yeah.
12:27Unfortunately, you haven't got the budget to match.
12:29Oh, wow.
12:30Look at this.
12:31What's caught your eye, Reds?
12:33It's a pin cushion.
12:35Oh.
12:36So you put the pins into his little back, but he's a hatching chick.
12:40Someone's fell in love with it.
12:42Yeah.
12:43And he's silver and he's made in Chester.
12:47Ah.
12:48And he's made by Samson Morden & Co.
12:51Which is a great make.
12:54Oh, they love him.
12:55Would the chick do well at auction?
12:57Yes.
12:58He would do very well at auction.
12:59Oh.
13:00These pin cushions were made in all manner of different designs, different animals, different objects.
13:07But I think this hatching chick is rather iconic.
13:11Yeah.
13:12And rather sweet.
13:13And it'll be early 20th century.
13:15Oh, wow.
13:16It's sweet.
13:17The price on here is 130.
13:19Okay.
13:20Do you think the dealer will come down?
13:22I don't know.
13:23I could go and ask.
13:24Yes, please.
13:25That'd be great if you can.
13:27Hopefully Caroline can hatch a great deal.
13:29I've got good news.
13:30Oh, good news.
13:31I like good news.
13:32She's very kindly given you an amazing price, I think, at £90.
13:37Wow.
13:38However, we've still got 25 minutes left.
13:43Do we risk it and go on and have another look?
13:46Okay.
13:47Yeah.
13:48Can we price Natasha away from the chick?
13:50I doubt it.
13:51You might just have to take me.
13:52She'll be guarding the chick.
13:53I know.
13:54She will be guarding the chick.
13:55Come back in 10 minutes.
13:56She will.
13:57As Natasha is dragged away for another look around the fair, the blues haven't moved.
14:03And they've found more Danish silver.
14:05George Jensen, acorn pattern, cheese slice, good early piece.
14:11Yes.
14:12So, before we even find the price, what we still get with this is we get the name.
14:16It's George Jensen.
14:17It's where the market is.
14:18Okay.
14:19So, how much is this?
14:21£70 would be the very best.
14:23What does that face me?
14:26That's cool.
14:28But if this was our big spend, would you have something that would be over £70?
14:34We've got a couple of pieces of George Jensen.
14:37I think we need something that we could put forward as a pair.
14:40Okay.
14:41Oh, that's lovely.
14:43Is it the same pattern?
14:46Okay.
14:47So, the acorn pattern, two pieces in the same pattern.
14:50Two pieces in the same pattern.
14:51So, that's going to be the key, isn't it?
14:52Someone's got an import mark for 1968.
14:55What is the best price for the two?
15:00£145 for the two.
15:03Okay.
15:04£140 for the two.
15:05There you go.
15:06Would you do, please, please, please, please, please, please, £120 for the two?
15:09Can't do that, no.
15:10Can't do that, no.
15:11So, if we can't do £120, can we do £125?
15:15Yes, why not?
15:16The gent's looking after us as well.
15:18He's really trying to help us out.
15:19He's working hard for us, actually.
15:20You are very kind.
15:21Thank you so much.
15:22Happy?
15:23Are we doing it?
15:24Let's do that.
15:25Let's run at that.
15:26Done.
15:27Thank you so much.
15:29Great negotiating.
15:30That's your big spend sorted.
15:32The Georg Jensen cheese slice and pickle spoon for £125.
15:36Just one more item to find.
15:40Right, come on, let's go shopping.
15:42What's tempting the reds?
15:44There's a tea set, and all of this is Haddon Hall pattern by Minton,
15:49but that tea set, I think she's priced it all separately.
15:53Yes.
15:54Right, I see.
15:55Because the sugar bowl, can you see, is £12, and are they £16?
15:58They're £16 a bowl, and then the teacups are £11.99.
16:03Teapot, £89.
16:04So, it would add up to quite a lot.
16:06So, you've got to spend £75 or more.
16:09What was we working out as a tea set, how much you would sort of add up to?
16:12Hi there.
16:13Yeah, we're just looking about, if we grouped together,
16:16what the best price would be to group the teapot.
16:18The teapot, the sauces, the teacups.
16:23I'd do that for £200 for you.
16:25£200 as a total.
16:26They're nice, but they don't beat the chick.
16:28Looks like we're going back for the chick then.
16:30Let's go.
16:31Let's go.
16:32Let's hope it's still there.
16:34What have you spotted, Blues?
16:3630% off.
16:37You like that?
16:38Well, you are on bargain hunt.
16:40I like this.
16:42I think it just catches my eye that it's something different.
16:45Interesting.
16:46Could come on to Kitchenalia.
16:47Yeah.
16:48However, it's due rehearsal, which is machine sewing cotton.
16:51Yeah.
16:52I feel like that's got potential to catch the eye.
16:54That's got an audience.
16:56It's this that sells.
16:57It's a bit of advertising, isn't it?
16:58I think so, yeah.
16:59Advertising to the lids.
17:00Have you seen the price?
17:01I haven't seen the price.
17:02I can see the price.
17:03Is that good news?
17:04OK.
17:05Well, that's what you've got.
17:06Good taste.
17:07Still not budget.
17:08Here we go, look.
17:09So, Hobbs Welsh Design, an English sewing company, which you pointed out.
17:11Yeah.
17:12So, we've got £120, but there's this huge sign that says 30% off.
17:16So, it takes it down to 80.
17:18I think that's way too much.
17:20What did you think it was going to be?
17:21You thought it was going to be cheap and cheerful, didn't you?
17:22Yeah, it actually did, yeah.
17:23Yeah, I really did think that was going to be sub-40.
17:26The reason it isn't is purely because of the advertising element.
17:29We know there's specialist auctions for just advertising.
17:33It's a nice thing.
17:34Why don't you ask for a best price?
17:37We do like this.
17:38You've got £120.
17:39Is that then 30% off the £120?
17:43Yes.
17:44And the best you can do for it is £60.
17:46OK.
17:47I feel like that.
17:50Shall we go have a little team talk?
17:51We might come back, Tom.
17:53Thanks for having us.
17:54Right, come to me, team.
17:55It's getting serious now.
17:56With just over ten minutes left, the Reds are heading back to the silver chickpin cushion.
18:01On the in-look.
18:03Oh.
18:04He's still here.
18:05Oh, no.
18:06There he is.
18:07He's waiting for me.
18:08He's waiting for you.
18:09So, £90.
18:10Are you happy?
18:11Very happy.
18:12You sure?
18:13Natasha's happy, I'm happy.
18:14Yeah.
18:15That's the secret of a happy man.
18:17Yeah.
18:18Well done, team.
18:19That chick completes your big spend at £90 and you're finished.
18:23Let's go and have a cup of tea.
18:24Let's have a cup of tea.
18:25Come on.
18:27With time ticking, the Blues are having a team talk.
18:31Have you noticed next to it there's a little plate?
18:35It's £20.
18:36What it's on?
18:37I'll show you.
18:38Look.
18:39I feel like that's got an audience.
18:43And that's going to be 30% off that 20.
18:46It's European, isn't it?
18:47Italy.
18:48It's sort of a holiday piece, would you say?
18:49Yeah.
18:50It's a tourist piece.
18:51Yeah, but that's okay.
18:52Because it's got age to it.
18:54It's probably 1970s, maybe 80s.
18:57Italian studio wares, always popular and fashionable.
19:00So what do we think?
19:01We're getting towards five minutes to go.
19:03Right.
19:04I really like this.
19:05If that was, what, say, £45.
19:07I think so.
19:08You would go for that if he would do that.
19:10Do you think he will, though?
19:11Well, we can ask.
19:12He's half the price already.
19:13And is it worth finding out the very best price on this as well?
19:16Yes, definitely worth that.
19:17I mean, we're 30% off.
19:19If he can come down to £9, I think.
19:21Can we have you back?
19:22Yep.
19:23Okay, we'll ask the question.
19:25Cheeky, cheeky, cheeky price.
19:27Would you do it for £45?
19:29I'll do it for £50.
19:31And that is a lot.
19:33I do want to ask about this piece.
19:36Would you go to £9 for that?
19:38Yep.
19:39Would you have gone to £8 for that?
19:41No, no, I'm not.
19:42Yeah, I know.
19:43That's not like you.
19:44You ruined that.
19:45You were so good all day.
19:47I know what I want to pay for.
19:49Okay, fine, fine.
19:50You're a fair man.
19:51Does something pull at the heart for a collector?
19:54And will that find its audience?
19:57Or will somebody think that's quite eye-catching,
20:00but it might only make a pound or two?
20:03Let's go big.
20:04Come on.
20:05Yeah, let's do it.
20:06£50, you're happy, Tom.
20:07Thank you very much.
20:08Thank you, buddy.
20:10You will.
20:11Decision made.
20:12And they have gone with a ceramic cotton reel jar for £50.
20:16That's it, teams.
20:17Shopping's over.
20:18Hey, we're happy, aren't we?
20:19We're happy.
20:20Three items.
20:21Challenge is smashed.
20:22Smashed.
20:23Just don't smash that, all right?
20:24No.
20:25Because we quite like that, all right?
20:26Let's look after that, okay?
20:27Let's remind ourselves what the red team bought.
20:30To meet my functional glass challenge, Natasha and Joe picked up this Medina vase for £35.
20:38Their second item was this silver hand mirror for £35.
20:43And finally, Natasha fell in love with this chick pin cushion for £90, fulfilling their big spend.
20:51Caroline, quick assessment.
20:53Well, they were absolutely the dream team.
20:56Really?
20:57Okay.
20:58So, Natasha, three purchases.
20:59Yeah.
21:00Which is your favourite?
21:01My favourite was the hatching chick pin cushion.
21:04All right.
21:05Yes.
21:06And then, where do you think the biggest profit's going to come from?
21:09The chick.
21:10You do?
21:11Yeah.
21:12Yeah, I loved the chick.
21:13It's my number one.
21:14Okay.
21:15Joe, what about yourself?
21:16Mine would be the vase.
21:17The vase.
21:18But having said that, which do you think is going to give you the biggest profit?
21:22Well, as I've learned in life, Tasha's never wrong, so I'm going to go with the chick.
21:25Okay.
21:26You're going to go with the chick?
21:27I'll go with the chick, yeah.
21:28Okay.
21:29So, how much did you spend, Red Team?
21:30We spent £160.
21:32Okay.
21:33Which means you have £140 to give to the lady in green.
21:38There we go.
21:39That's £140.
21:40Thank you very much.
21:41All right, Caroline.
21:42Plenty to go for out there, isn't there?
21:43Absolutely.
21:44I just have to do as well as the team.
21:46Okay.
21:47So, while Caroline goes off to find that bonus buy, let's remind ourselves what the blue team bought.
21:54Challenged to buy an item in the Art Nouveau style, Dickie and Shelley picked up this Bakelite calendar for £24.
22:01Next, they tackled their big spend and got a Georg Jensen cheese slice and pickle spoon for £125.
22:09Finally, they followed their hearts and went with a ceramic cotton reel jar for £50.
22:15So, Tim, how was the shop?
22:18Well, when you're shopping with negotiating machines like these two, it's very easy.
22:22Oh, really?
22:23Yeah.
22:24Oh, really?
22:25Dickie, come on.
22:26Tell me of the three items that you bought today, which is your favourite?
22:29I really, really, really did like the Dewar sewing clayware.
22:33Okay.
22:34Come on.
22:35Where's the money going to come from?
22:36The big profit.
22:37I think that's got the biggest potential too.
22:39So, that was really nice that the two things came together.
22:41Yeah.
22:42Okay, Shelley, then you tell me your favourite item.
22:45The same.
22:46Oh, really?
22:47Yeah, really.
22:48We both walked past and it just caught our eye.
22:50Where's the profit going to come from?
22:51I think it will come from that, actually.
22:53Really?
22:54Yeah, I really do.
22:55I think it will catch somebody's eye.
22:57Okay.
22:58Well, that's interesting.
22:59How much did you spend?
23:00£199.
23:01So, £101 is going into the pocket of Mr Weeks.
23:06Is that correct?
23:07Exactly.
23:08So, Tim, you can do some serious damage with that, can't you?
23:12I can, but I am going to impress this team with my negotiating skills.
23:17Nice.
23:18Oh, right.
23:19Fantastic.
23:20Okay.
23:21So, while Tim goes off to find his bonus buy, I'm off to learn about a legendary local sportsman.
23:27Between the late 1940s and the early 1970s, many thousands of people came to the UK from the Caribbean in search of work and new opportunities.
23:46One of them was a young Jamaican man called Louis Martin.
23:50He arrived here in the mid-50s and settled in Derby, where he took up weightlifting as a hobby.
23:57Louis' physical strength was immense and before long, he started taking part in international competitions.
24:03And his list of achievements was impressive.
24:06He won four world titles, four European championships, three Commonwealth Games and two Olympic medals.
24:15To this day, many people consider him to be Britain's greatest ever weight lifter.
24:20To find out more about this remarkable man, I've come to meet Louis' eldest son, Louis.
24:27Well, it's great to meet you, Louis.
24:29And lovely to meet you, Eric.
24:31I can see you've brought along a few of your dad's medals and trophies.
24:34So, this is an ensemble of trophies and medals that my father gave to me and members of my family.
24:41This is a bodybuilding trophy that he was awarded in 1957.
24:45And then here, this is a British championship plaque from 1967.
24:50And then we've got some European and world medals.
24:55These include medals from the World Championships of 1961, 1964 and 1965.
25:03I'm interested to know a little bit more about his early life.
25:07Well, he was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1936.
25:11Just a normal sort of upbringing.
25:13He'd got an older sister and an older brother.
25:16He was the youngest and he was the smallest in the family.
25:19And that is one of the reasons why he decided to pick up the weight.
25:24As a teenager, for him, Great Britain was where he wanted to come to.
25:30And he'd got a friend in Derby who told him that if you come to Derby, there'll be work for you.
25:36My father sort of started his career as an apprenticed electrician in Kingston.
25:40So he had his sights set on working on the railway in Derby.
25:44Starting with a gym in the garden at home in Kingston,
25:48Louis was determined to carry on lifting weights in Britain.
25:52He'd been told by colleagues, if you need to know anything, you go and ask a police officer.
25:56He saw a police officer and he said, excuse me.
25:58He says, I'm looking for a gym.
26:00So the police officer took out a small notebook and looked through and found that there was a gym in a place called Eagle Street.
26:06He gets into the gym and this chap's training in there and they looked at him and sort of weighed him up a bit.
26:12But he was quite muscular and well-developed and very, very strong.
26:15He joined the gym and he said, Louis, within a couple of weeks, I've got two best friends.
26:19And he said everything was looking up for him.
26:21How did he start competing?
26:23Initially, he trained as a bodybuilder.
26:27And there was a weightlifting coach who saw him in the gym and says, now listen, Louis.
26:30He says, when you compare bodybuilding to weightlifting, bodybuilding is very subjective.
26:34He says, what you really want to do is weightlifting, which is completely objective.
26:38That appealed to him because he was very competitive.
26:41After moving to weightlifting, Louis soon became a local champion.
26:45And in the late 1950s, he began to win national competitions, catching the eye of the British weightlifting team.
26:52By this time then, he's working as a full-time railway worker and electrician.
26:58On the occasion where he went to represent Great Britain in the World Championships in Warsaw in 1959,
27:04he had to take leave from work and pay travel over to Poland, where he faced the might of the Soviet Union.
27:10So you can imagine the height of the Cold War, 1959.
27:14He went up against the East Germans, the Russians themselves, the Bulgarians, a very high standard.
27:20He managed then to lift the same weight as the reigning champion.
27:26But because my father's body weight was lighter, he won the championship, the Russians were not happy.
27:30I mean, with so much success, he must have been constantly training.
27:34He was always in the gym after he finished work.
27:37And after he trained, he would come home, he would have a couple of steaks, and he would have two pounds of Guinness every night.
27:44And that was his training diet.
27:46Oh, God!
27:47And he didn't look bad on it.
27:49I think, genetically, he was very strong.
27:51He was only five foot nine.
27:52He was a fine specimen.
27:53He was a very, very strong man.
27:54But for Louis, success wasn't just down to physical strength.
27:57He was also a great believer in training the mind.
28:01I'm a lover of poetry.
28:03I find I could use this in my preparation.
28:08When I train and rest, I read, I recite, I find terrific comfort in this.
28:15On a Saturday morning, we'd prowl around the house, quoting Henry V and Julius Caesar.
28:19Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more, was his favourite.
28:22He would take the actions of a tiger.
28:24He would sort of meditate on this poetry.
28:27He said he found it very effective.
28:29Away from weightlifting, Louis met a local girl, fell in love and got married in 1964.
28:36They went on to have two sons, Louis and his younger brother, Richard.
28:41They were very devoted to each other.
28:42They were very loving to each other.
28:44I had a lovely upbringing.
28:46It was very idyllic.
28:48In 1970, Louis retired from competitive weightlifting to focus on family life.
28:54He stayed involved through coaching until he passed away in 2015 and to this day remains one of the true icons of the sport.
29:03Louis, thank you so much for telling us all about your remarkable father.
29:09And thank you, Eric.
29:10So, now it's time to find out if our teams can make some weighty profits as we head off to the auction.
29:18And I'm heading across to Derby to meet auctioneer James Lewis.
29:26Always a delight to be here.
29:28Always fabulous to have you.
29:29So, this is our red team.
29:31This is Joe and Natasha.
29:33Okay.
29:34Their expert is Caroline Hawley.
29:35Yep.
29:36Their first item, it meets my challenge.
29:39Okay.
29:40And this was a functional piece of glass.
29:41Okay.
29:42So, it just about takes one single flower.
29:45So, what do you think?
29:47It's classic of its time, isn't it?
29:49It's got to look.
29:50And I think somebody's going to go for that.
29:51I like it.
29:52I should think it's worth £15 to £20, something like that.
29:55Oh, £35 paid.
29:56Yeah, it might do.
29:57All right.
29:58Second item is the mirror.
30:00Embossed with Reynolds Angels.
30:01It would have been part of a big dressing table set.
30:04Edwardian 1906.
30:06It's a sad thing to say, but it's yesterday's antique in it.
30:10Estimate, £15 to £20.
30:11£35 paid.
30:12Yeah.
30:13It's worth it.
30:14It's just fashion.
30:15It's so frustrating.
30:16Yeah.
30:17Now, their third item is, I can tell you now, is their big spend.
30:20It's going to be.
30:21Edwardian little pincushion.
30:23People collect birds.
30:24People collect silver.
30:25And people collect pincushions.
30:27I like it.
30:28I think it's £60 to £100.
30:30And they paid £90.
30:31Worth a punt.
30:32Good.
30:33So, from the reds to the blues, this is Shelley and Dickie.
30:37And their expert is Tim Weeks.
30:38Yeah.
30:39First item, it's the Bakelite perpetual calendar.
30:43Yeah.
30:44Now, this forms my challenge to find a piece of Art Nouveau.
30:49It's stylish, but it's not Art Nouveau.
30:53It's Art Deco.
30:54Right.
30:55Art Nouveau based on nature, scrolling leaves, scrolling flower heads.
30:59Yeah.
31:00Art Deco, angular.
31:01A complete rebellion against the Art Nouveau.
31:04It doesn't actually qualify for my challenge.
31:08And in a situation like this, it is disqualified.
31:12Yeah.
31:13So, we'll leave that.
31:14And I'd like to go on to the second buy.
31:17And we're with the magic name of Georg Jensen.
31:20Great name.
31:21People that are trying to get a dinner service or dessert service together
31:26will be looking for this sort of thing.
31:28I mean, I really like them.
31:30£30 to £50.
31:31It was their big spend.
31:32Okay.
31:33They spent £125.
31:35Did they?
31:36Yeah.
31:37That's a lot.
31:38Well, we'll give it a go.
31:39Right.
31:40Let's move on to their third item, the advertising cotton reel box and cover.
31:45You can put your sweets in it, your cotton reels in it, whatever you like.
31:48Yeah.
31:49There's a date on it.
31:50And I thought, oh, it's modern.
31:511980.
31:52But then you think, oh, it's not as modern as we think.
31:57And it's £15 to £20.
31:59Okay.
32:00Well, they paid £50 for it.
32:01Did they?
32:02They had a lot of belief in that.
32:04Well, let's see.
32:05I mean, it's a novelty.
32:06You'll be taking the auction today?
32:07I will.
32:08Gavel in pocket and ready.
32:09Safe pair of hands.
32:11£40.
32:12£45.
32:13£50.
32:14£50 for you.
32:16So, Natasha and Joe, the waiting's over.
32:18Yes.
32:19How are you feeling?
32:20Purpose.
32:21Good?
32:22Excited?
32:23The first item's coming up.
32:24The first item's coming up.
32:25It's the Adina-style lollipop type blue gloss files coming up now.
32:30£20 starts at £25.
32:32Do I see?
32:33£25.
32:34£30.
32:35£35 for you.
32:36£40 now.
32:37£40 bid.
32:38£45.
32:39£40 bid.
32:40£45.
32:41£50.
32:42£50 bid.
32:43£50 bid.
32:44With you at £50.
32:45How's it at £55 do I see?
32:47In the room, at £50.
32:48Yes!
32:49Oh!
32:50Not a bad start.
32:51You've made yourself a £15 profit.
32:52So, the next item is the Silverhandmower.
32:53People like Chester Silver.
32:54Come on.
32:55I've got an absentee bid to start it at £30.
32:57Excellent.
32:58£35.
32:59£35, anyone?
33:00£35 do I see?
33:01£35.
33:02£35.
33:03£35.
33:04£35.
33:05£35.
33:06£35.
33:07£35.
33:08£35, anyone?
33:09£35 do I see?
33:10£35.
33:11£35.
33:12£35.
33:13£35.
33:14£35.
33:15£35.
33:16£35.
33:17£35.
33:18£36 with me.
33:19£37.
33:20£40 bid.
33:21£40 bid.
33:22£42 do I see?
33:24£42, anyone?
33:27£40, £42 do I see?
33:30£40.
33:32£40.
33:34£40.
33:35So...
33:36You've just made an extra £5.
33:39That's a profit.
33:40You're at £15.
33:41You're at £20.
33:42Rolling total.
33:43Fantastic.
33:44So, the next item is the big spend.
33:46We need profit.
33:47We need profit.
33:48OK?
33:49We need a golden gavel.
33:50So, £75 is with me.
33:52£80.
33:53£85.
33:54£90.
33:55£95.
33:56£100.
33:57£100 and I'm out.
33:59£110 do I see?
34:01£100.
34:02Such a sweet thing.
34:04£100.
34:05£100.
34:06Well done.
34:07Yes!
34:08Well done.
34:09Yes!
34:10Well done.
34:11Well done.
34:12Well done.
34:13£10 profit.
34:14You're now at plus 20.
34:15You're now at plus 30.
34:16Yes.
34:17And we have got...
34:18Yes.
34:19The golden gavel.
34:20The golden gavel.
34:21OK?
34:22Fantastic.
34:23But there is the possibility of another golden gavel for your expert.
34:27If you go with a bonus buy.
34:29So this is...
34:30Close your eyes.
34:31OK?
34:32Close it.
34:33Caroline, would you like to go off and get the bonus buy?
34:36So, Red Team, you may open your eyes.
34:40Ooh!
34:41Ooh!
34:42I like this.
34:44Isn't it gorgeous?
34:46Now, it's lily of the valley.
34:48Beautiful flower.
34:49And turn it over and it's solid silver.
34:52Hallmark for Birmingham, 1920.
34:55And I think that would look gorgeous.
34:57I agree.
34:58It looks gorgeous.
34:59Yeah.
35:00How much was it?
35:01It's a beautiful thing.
35:02Well, it's not all about the money.
35:03How much do you think I paid?
35:05I would say a lot of money.
35:07£70 plus?
35:08I would agree.
35:09£100?
35:10I don't know.
35:11£15.
35:12Oh!
35:13Oh, wow.
35:14And what do you think it will make?
35:16I think it will get £30, but it could get more.
35:18You haven't let us down yet.
35:20So that's a yes?
35:21Yes.
35:22Yes.
35:23Excellent.
35:24So that's a yes from the Red Team, but let's find out what the auctioneer has to say about Caroline's brooch.
35:30Pretty.
35:31Hallmarked Birmingham, 1920.
35:33Got a lot going for it.
35:35I think it's worth more than the estimate that we've put on of £15 to £20.
35:39What did she pay?
35:40Well, she'll be happy with that because she paid £15.
35:43Oh, that's good.
35:44He likes it.
35:46I mean, he says it's going to make 20 plus.
35:49So, come on, let's get Caroline a golden gavel, yes?
35:51Yes.
35:52Yes.
35:53Coming up now.
35:5420 to start it.
35:5520.
35:56I thought that was...
35:57Oh!
35:58That was great.
35:5920 and five.
36:00At 20...
36:01Five.
36:0230.
36:0330.
36:04Five.
36:05It's jolly pretty.
36:0635.
36:0740.
36:0845.
36:09At £40.
36:10Has it in the room.
36:12At £40.
36:14Well, congratulations all round, eh?
36:19£25 profit.
36:20Wow.
36:21You were on plus 30.
36:22You are now on plus £55.
36:24And it's golden gavels all round.
36:25Oh, the gavels!
36:26Yes!
36:27Oh, the gavels!
36:28Yes!
36:29Shelley and Dickie, how are we today?
36:30Very good.
36:31Very good.
36:32Yeah, we're ready to go.
36:33OK, that's good.
36:34We're like positivity.
36:35But, however, I've got to tell you, we've got an issue with your first item because we
36:48were looking for an Art Nouveau item and you ended up with an Art Deco item.
36:53So it didn't meet my challenge, so we have to disqualify it.
36:56OK.
36:57Not only do we have to disqualify it, you spent £24 on it and we have to start you at
37:03minus 24.
37:05You've taken it very well.
37:06That is all on me.
37:07We're going to come back.
37:09So here it is.
37:10Let's see what it might have made you.
37:13£30 do I see?
37:14£30.
37:15£20.
37:16£20.
37:17£20 bid?
37:18£25 bid?
37:19At £25.
37:20£30 anyone?
37:21It's a stylish thing.
37:22£25.
37:23£30 do I see?
37:25At £25...
37:29Oh!
37:30Wow!
37:31Well, as I listened to, you missed out on a £1 profit.
37:33£1 profit.
37:34OK.
37:35However, let's see where we go with your second lot.
37:38Your second lot.
37:39Now, it was your big spend.
37:40It was.
37:41You're guessing it doesn't come cheap, does it?
37:42No, I know.
37:43So £125 spent and let's see if we can get a nice profit for you.
37:47And I've got a bit of £50, a bit of £60, one higher.
37:51£65.
37:52£70 do I see anywhere?
37:54£65.
37:55£70 do I see?
37:56At £65.
37:57£70 now?
37:58At £65 it's with me.
38:01Anyone else?
38:03Anyone else?
38:05£50 bid?
38:06Sorry.
38:07You made a £60 loss, I'm afraid.
38:09Well, we're doing...
38:10Minus £60.
38:11So you're now minus £84.
38:12So your third item, you love it, don't you?
38:15Oh, I love it.
38:16It's the Advertising Ceramic Joran cover.
38:18Dewhurst Silco label.
38:19Let's see.
38:20Coming up now.
38:21And £50 is bid.
38:23£50 and £5 do I see?
38:25£565.
38:26Yes!
38:27£570.
38:28Oh!
38:29£50 and £5 do I see?
38:31£565.
38:32Yes!
38:33£570.
38:34Oh!
38:35Well done!
38:36Yes!
38:37£75.
38:38£80.
38:39£80 and £5.
38:41£80.
38:42£85.
38:43£85.
38:44£90.
38:45£90.
38:46£95.
38:47£95.
38:48£95.
38:49£100.
38:50£100.
38:51£110.
38:52£100.
38:53£120.
38:54£120.
38:55£130.
38:56$150.
38:57Yes!
38:58I'll have what she's having.
38:59At $130.
39:00At $100.
39:01$140.
39:02$150.
39:03$170.
39:05$160 has it.
39:08$170.
39:09At $160.
39:11$170.
39:12Gavel's right.
39:13$170.
39:14$180.
39:15$180.
39:16At £180.
39:17Pound or £180.
39:19hundred and eighty pounds so you're 130 pounds better off and I thought all
39:31together you're gone from minus 84 to plus 46 and it gets better because you
39:40still get your bonus by we're on a roller coaster kids so this is where I
39:44should close your eyes 10 would you be kind would you go off and get your bonus
39:48by all right to blue team up your eyes
39:54I think in the end you make the right decision by the way
40:00just in case you didn't I thought I'm going to go back and get this which we
40:04liked it we liked the color we liked the scene being dark red ground we like that
40:10it's made in Italy lovely teardrop shape we liked it yeah what did you pay for it
40:15I got it for five wow okay what do you think I always thought it would go so the
40:31blue team have agreed to go with the bonus by but let's find out if the auctioneer
40:35thinks that's the right decision it will probably be a great investment for
40:41somebody I just don't think it's going to make a lot yet 15 to 20 pounds he
40:47snapped it up for a fiver oh I don't feel guilty now so the auctioneer likes it
40:52hopefully you're going to be in for a profit coming up now do I see a bit of 20
40:56anywhere do I see 20 for it 20 bid down the center 20 has it five online 25
41:05anywhere at 25 30 yeah 30 has it ladies bid at 30 has it at 30
41:17well done she just made a 25 pound profit you have ended up with that from going
41:26from minus 24 to plus 71
41:29you gave me the roller coaster of all shows today both teams made a profit in
41:46double figures yes but let me tell you now that the winning team today is the
41:54blue team
41:56but let me just say reds you managed to get a 55 pound profit okay not only that you
42:06may have lost but you still earn yourselves the golden gavel first of all let me
42:12give you earnings so that's 55 pounds and here are your golden gavels so runners up with
42:21golden gavels so blue team first of all your first item was disqualified so you
42:28started off with minus 24 so it's not where you start it's where you end up there you go
42:34from minus 24 to plus 71 pounds stuff of dreams so well done now those of you that watch you thinking
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