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This episode is a kids' Fathers and Daughters Special and sees the Red team (of Jess and Ruth Ward from Harrowgate) compete against the green team of David and Lucy Hawkins. Hosted by Gilly Goulden and assisted by Lars Thorp, the teams are in Tunbridge Wells, where they are given £250 and have to hunt around the shops to find items to sell at auction. However, they are also tested on a variety of games in order to pick up points, such as dating antique dog collars, Guess the Object (where the daughters have to describe items to their fathers in another room to see if they can guess what it is), Guess the Item and Price It, then off to auction, where the winning team then face the chance to choose from a number on antique objects to take home as a prize - the twist here is that one of them is worth a LOT of money. But can they guess which one?
The Great Antiques Hunt was a superb game show presented by Gilly Goulden that ran in from 1994 to 2000. Sadly it is rarely repeated now, but it is a far better show that Bargain Hunt, as it allows the contestants to shop about for antiques on their own, while also featuring a number of games as the teams try to boost up their points tally. By chance a few years ago I saved this episode from Youtube to put on DVD that since then has disappeared from there, so I decided to upload it here for people to see for themselves what a great game show it was and for those seeking it out. Guest stars in the antiques world include Tim Wonacott and Penny Brittain, while Lars Thorp is a calm guide for Gilly Golden as they watch the teams in progress. The dating may or may not be correct, but having checked through what details exist (and the fact that it mentions a new programme during the end credits called "Home Visits with the Antiques Inspectors", I've narrowed it down to August 19th 1999. Please note that as this is a recording there are a couple of glitches, such as the sound temporarily disappearing at 2mins, plus the screen ratio (which is nothing to do with me. It's just how it is). Anyway, I hope you enjoy this rare episode and here's hoping there are more out there for fans of this superb and sadly forgotten show.
The Great Antiques Hunt was a superb game show presented by Gilly Goulden that ran in from 1994 to 2000. Sadly it is rarely repeated now, but it is a far better show that Bargain Hunt, as it allows the contestants to shop about for antiques on their own, while also featuring a number of games as the teams try to boost up their points tally. By chance a few years ago I saved this episode from Youtube to put on DVD that since then has disappeared from there, so I decided to upload it here for people to see for themselves what a great game show it was and for those seeking it out. Guest stars in the antiques world include Tim Wonacott and Penny Brittain, while Lars Thorp is a calm guide for Gilly Golden as they watch the teams in progress. The dating may or may not be correct, but having checked through what details exist (and the fact that it mentions a new programme during the end credits called "Home Visits with the Antiques Inspectors", I've narrowed it down to August 19th 1999. Please note that as this is a recording there are a couple of glitches, such as the sound temporarily disappearing at 2mins, plus the screen ratio (which is nothing to do with me. It's just how it is). Anyway, I hope you enjoy this rare episode and here's hoping there are more out there for fans of this superb and sadly forgotten show.
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00:00But I've forgotten it fab. I must say Hoover the bloodhound is well impressed. Now, Hoover's got a double role to play this time. Not only is he going to help sniff out some bargains, but he's also going to crop up again in one of the games. But now it's time to introduce our rather special father and daughter teams.
00:17Hi, I'm Jess Ward and this is my daughter and team mate.
00:20Hi, I'm Ruth Ward. I'm 14 years old and we're the red team from Harrogate.
00:23I'm a social worker and I collect anything as long as it's unusual.
00:26And this is a fortune cup that I found at a jumble sale. So I'll be able to tell who's going to win the great antiques hunt this week, but I'm not telling.
00:36I collect anything to do with dolphins.
00:38Dolphin posters, ceramic dolphins and even dolphin clocks.
00:43And they'll be competing against the green team.
00:46Hello, I'm Lucy Hawkins and this is my dad and team mate.
00:49Hi, I'm David Hawkins and we're the green team. I collect pie funnels.
00:55Unfortunately, I'm the one who has to eat the pies.
00:59I love my animals. My rabbit flops in, my hamster shredded wheat.
01:03One of my favourite hubbies is going on my trampoline. If I can get my dad off.
01:11Hello teams. Hello Lars Tharp. As ever, absolutely pleasurable to see you here in Royal Tunbridge Wells.
01:18Now, this surrounding area is called the Pantiles and it's been a fashionable shopping area for 200 years.
01:23So it seems an ideal place to set you on your way shopping.
01:27Now, will you pass those along, Jess, please?
01:29Those are maps to show you where the shops are and where we recommend you go and look.
01:33Now, I'm going to give you the other important thing.
01:35250 pounds each team.
01:38With it, we want you to buy a piece of pottery or porcelain that you think you can sell at a profit.
01:42Remember, that's the key.
01:43Now, Lars, advice, please.
01:45Well, basically, anything made of clay is pottery or earthenware, porcelain.
01:49If it looks good, then have a look at it.
01:51And 250 pounds is a decent amount of money to have a jolly good shop even here.
01:56So I'm looking for you to, in particular, to find the deal.
02:35How much do you reckon it will make one?
02:45I'm not sure, really.
02:46No, I've seen it.
02:47It's attractive.
02:48I just think it would appeal to...
02:50Yeah, it is, actually.
02:52Very nice.
02:54Wilkinson, England.
02:55Yes.
02:58Oh, Lars!
03:01What did the guy say?
03:0275.
03:03Did he?
03:04Yeah.
03:05I bet he'd go down a bit more on that.
03:09Is this Clarice Clip as well?
03:10Clarice Clip, Newport.
03:12It's very tempting to be led by the fashion for a particular name, but you've got to realise
03:17that a particular name isn't always going to be particularly sought after.
03:21No, there are bad Clarice as well as good.
03:24But the colour's wonderful on it, isn't it?
03:26Yeah, it's right.
03:26It's 220 pounds.
03:27That's a flat back.
03:29It's about 1850.
03:30It's best gold.
03:31You pour the cream...
03:32That's lovely.
03:32Look at his lovely golden horns.
03:34Is that a he, actually?
03:35Oh, gee.
03:36I'm sorry.
03:37What is that one?
03:39200, that one.
03:41That crack will be original.
03:42That's where they've joined together.
03:44Right.
03:44No price.
03:45Should be on the other side.
03:47Oh, right.
03:48595.
03:49There'd be a trade.
03:50Yeah.
03:50You know, the usual 10%.
03:52Yes.
03:52Yeah.
03:54Put it down.
03:55Even with that, I don't think we can manage it.
03:58Dad?
03:58Yeah?
03:59Do you like the figures or not?
04:00I do, but I'd like to find something a bit more special than the figures.
04:05I don't think you'd make much on the shoulders with you.
04:09Like the ironstone jugs, do you?
04:10No, not really.
04:12No, you don't like them.
04:13The blue's too bright.
04:14Yeah, but people go for them, you see.
04:15Yeah.
04:16Shorter and some eight-piece fish set.
04:19What sort of age is that?
04:20It's a very, very large carp.
04:22I suppose to a hard thought.
04:23That's about 1930.
04:25G.F. Boas.
04:27Circa 1845.
04:29£10.05.
04:30It's a lot of money.
04:32You can buy four of those at auction for that price.
04:35It's quite nice.
04:36It's got a nice, long-painted flower design in the bottom.
04:43Oh, this is good exercise, Lucy.
04:45Come on, Dad, we've got Lucy.
04:46They're in and out of these shops like yo-yos, aren't they?
04:50They've got to hurry up.
04:51We've only got five minutes.
04:53I like that cow.
04:55It's nice, isn't it?
04:56With the lid as well.
04:57Yeah.
04:57Oh, look at those plates, Lucy.
05:00Yeah.
05:00Clarice Clare.
05:01That looks quite an unusual Clarice Clare plate, that one.
05:05The design's called wicker.
05:07And what was it?
05:07A butter plate, did you say?
05:08Bread and butter.
05:09They came with a tea service.
05:10They'd have cuts and saucers and jugs.
05:12And what would be the best on that one?
05:15We'll do that for 90.
05:17Not 85.
05:20Try buying the pair for 170.
05:22A Copeland and Garrett-Lakes boat dish, unpainted, scene of Maidstone.
05:27If you're within 20 miles of the town that's depicted on the piece of porcelain, you can bet your bottom dollar it's going to be priced up to the hilt.
05:34It's paid to mind.
05:35It's the main picture of its office.
05:36Yeah, it's nice.
05:37Oh, Clarice Clare plate, doesn't it?
05:41Oh.
05:42So nice.
05:44Oh, 125 per pair.
05:46Do you want us to get that out?
05:47Yeah, can I have a look at those, please?
05:49But they're a lot cheaper, aren't they?
05:54They're a matching pair, too, which is unusual.
05:57A matching pair is unusual.
05:58They're so unusual, they've got another pair in the other shop.
06:01Different colour than this, though.
06:08One's more valuable than the others, like, depending on the colour.
06:12No, it's a pair, so it's being in the basket weave, and it's, you know, a nice matched pair, and they're pretty perfect.
06:21What's the best we could do?
06:22100.
06:23Hmm, 110?
06:26105.
06:27We'll wrap them up carefully for you.
06:29Well, I think we've lost our heart to Clarice Clif.
06:33Oh, have you?
06:34If the price is right.
06:35If the price is right.
06:37What is the best you can do?
06:39200.
06:41190.
06:43195.
06:44195.
06:44195.
06:49So, Lars, our chance to see these things close up.
06:52This is so sweet.
06:54Look, is it a rarity?
06:56I have to say, it's possible.
06:57It could be a bit difficult, because this isn't, you know, typical, jazzy, deco, Clarice Clif, which is where the big money is.
07:04But still, it is a rarity, and it could just be that we're going to catch some Clarice Clif collector who hasn't got one of these.
07:10So, what do you pay for it?
07:11195.
07:12195.
07:13Well, you beat her down.
07:13And that's the good news.
07:15Well, another piece of Clarice Clif.
07:17Again, it's not exactly jazzy, but it is more geometric, more striking, I suppose, than maybe that piece over there.
07:26We've got to be careful about this, because, you know, at an auction, anything can happen.
07:30It really is quite difficult to predict, so I don't think you did too badly on that.
07:34So, 105 for two plates, an upside on that?
07:37Yeah, I think maybe, if I had to put money on it, maybe that one stands at a little bit of an edge over the other one.
07:43Anyway, as usual, there are no points for these pieces yet, because that depends on how well they sell at the auction at the end of the programme.
07:50In the meantime, we're off to study a rather unusual fashion accessory.
07:56Leeds Castle has been described as the loveliest castle in the world, and it was a favourite of King Henry VIII, who spent lavishly to transform it from a rugged fortress into a royal palace.
08:07Set on two islands in the middle of a lake, the castle is a treasure house of arts and antiques, including the country's finest collection of antique dog collars.
08:17You could say this is the moment that Hoover has very much been looking forward to.
08:22He's got the chance to model this antique dog collar, which dates from 1701, and I think you could say he's pretty excited about the next game in general.
08:33As you might have guessed, it's about dog collars.
08:35We want our teams to examine four antique dog collars and date them to the nearest century.
08:40There are 80 points to play for. Our red team, that's Jess and Ruth, are first to go, and they've only got three minutes to perform the task.
08:49Hello.
08:52Right, Ruth.
08:53That's nice.
08:54Yeah, I mean, dates, obvious dates on it or anything.
08:59It's a crest.
09:01Obviously a royal dog.
09:03Right, there's this one.
09:051779.
09:06God, it's heavy, though, isn't it?
09:07Yeah.
09:08It's a bit of a strong dog.
09:09AJV.
09:10Pretty straightforward, I think.
09:141779.
09:14Sorry.
09:15Yeah.
09:16So we'll put the 18th century on that one.
09:18This one looks almost medieval, doesn't it?
09:20It'd have to be a big dog.
09:21A guard dog or something, yeah.
09:25A war dog.
09:26A dog of war.
09:28Honestly, going into battle.
09:31See, we'd done a lot of damage, that, running amongst the horse's legs.
09:35Pretty deadly.
09:38What do we know about that one?
09:40What about this one?
09:43What about this one?
09:44It's nice, isn't it?
09:46What is it since then?
09:47Bulldog champion collar, founded by Honourable Arthur Wellesley.
09:53Wellesley.
09:54This one looks the newest, I think.
09:56That guy.
09:56Let's look at this one again.
09:571779, isn't it?
09:59So we'll put the 18th century on that one.
10:01Right.
10:01I think this one will be the newest, yeah?
10:07I mean, 19th century.
10:09Yeah, go on.
10:10Yeah.
10:12And it's going to be, I think, 16th for this one.
10:18Yeah?
10:1916th century, then.
10:20And the 17th century for that one.
10:22Yeah.
10:23You happy with it?
10:24Yeah.
10:25Yeah.
10:25Right, Lucy, let's have a look at these.
10:30Hmm.
10:31Obviously a dog with a very long neck.
10:32That's what I was going to say.
10:33Yeah.
10:35So that, does it come?
10:36There's a crust on there.
10:38That looks pretty old, isn't it?
10:39Obviously quite a well-off dog, that one.
10:43Hmm.
10:44Rich dog.
10:45Can't see much on that.
10:47This one.
10:48That looks like a date.
10:501779.
10:52Yeah.
10:52Which would be 16th century.
10:56No, that's the 18th.
10:57Oh, yes, you are right, sorry.
10:59Yes, I think we've got that one, which is 18th century.
11:03Right, so that's definitely the 18th.
11:03Definitely the 18th.
11:04Look at the next one.
11:07That's very uncomfortable.
11:09Looks pretty crude.
11:11I would have thought that's maybe the oldest one, that one.
11:13What about that one?
11:14Anything on there?
11:16It says, to Harry.
11:18From Frank to Harry.
11:19Yeah.
11:20It looks pretty.
11:21No, I'm not sure about that.
11:23So then we think that one's the 18th century.
11:26Definitely 18th.
11:28And that one's the oldest, do you reckon?
11:29Yep.
11:30That one is 16th.
11:33I reckon that one's the newest one, because that one, the inside of it really sort of looks
11:41old.
11:41Yeah, this one's a lot cruder.
11:43I mean, it's nice, but it's very crude.
11:45And the inside's worn.
11:46Plus the leather looks really old, doesn't it?
11:49Yeah, I reckon.
11:51That's the newest.
11:51It's 19th.
11:53Yeah.
11:53I agree.
11:5517th.
11:5617th, right.
11:57On there.
11:59Right.
11:59Great.
12:00Mm-hmm.
12:01Well, Philip Warren, I don't know if it's great minds thinking alike, but there seem to
12:05be very remarkably similar answers.
12:08Anyway, let's go through them one by one.
12:09This first one here, both teams agreed, was 17th century.
12:13And they're both absolutely right.
12:15It is 17th century.
12:17And it's dog collar from Italy.
12:20And it has some of the classic features of 17th century design that you find not only on
12:25dog collars, but also on furniture and metalwork and balustrades.
12:28It's quite interesting that very much in the same way that we now put sort of like, you
12:32know, my name is Rover and I live out, this family crest would have identified a dog.
12:37So a very wealthy Italian dog from the 17th century.
12:41So absolutely right.
12:42Now we've got some sort of bull neck dog that would have worn this because it's very heavy
12:46and it's got a bit of a clue on it, doesn't it?
12:48And both teams, I think, spotted it and said 18th century.
12:51And right again, you are right.
12:53Yes, it is 1779 and leather with these wonderful 18th century escutcheons in the shells here.
13:02And this great big lead weight to which the leash would have been attached.
13:05Anyway, this absolutely fierce thing, which looks like a harrow actually, 16th century,
13:10so they think.
13:10What about that one?
13:11And right again.
13:12It is actually a German collar from the 16th century and it was worn by hunting dogs.
13:18In the 16th century, they'd have been hunting for wild bears, even wolves and wild boars.
13:23The most vulnerable part of a dog was its throat because it's the softer spurt.
13:27And obviously these hunted animals would turn around and try to savage them.
13:30So the spiked collar actually protected the throats.
13:32Mm, very good.
13:34OK, this rather more delicate one here, the 19th century, it has to be silver collar.
13:39Yes, it's silver metal.
13:41And you all had a look at the engraving.
13:44And there were clues in here.
13:46And listed inside is about it being a presentation for having a long pedigree.
13:50And that's a very 19th century thing about looking at the pedigree of an animal.
13:55And there's the name of the Right Honourable Arthur Wellesley, who was the Duke of Wellington.
13:59So there is the man who is going to win the Napoleonic Wars for Britain,
14:03also demonstrating his interest in doggy things as well.
14:06And what was that, a bulldog, was it?
14:07Yes, it was.
14:08It was a bulldog.
14:09So patriotic Britain as well.
14:11Very good.
14:11So you both score a magnificent 80 out of 80.
14:15So, well done both.
14:16Very good.
14:18Well, the first points are level pegging.
14:20It's 80 to the red team, Jess and Ruth, and 80 to the greens, David and Lucy.
14:26And now we're off to another of Kent's fantastic castles, to test our team's powers of description.
14:33Heaver Castle was the family home of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's ill-fated bride.
14:37In 1900, the wealthy American William Waldorf Astor bought Heaver and, deciding it was far too small,
14:46set about building an exact replica of a Tudor village in the grounds for his many guests and retainers.
14:52Now it's on to the game and we're going inside the castle, into the inner hall.
14:57And we want the daughters to really work hard.
15:00We want them to describe two antiques in such great detail
15:04that their fathers tucked away out of sight on a gallery
15:08have a chance of describing exactly what the pieces are
15:11and, what's more, putting a value on them.
15:14Cooey! Jilly!
15:16Oh, Tim Wannacut!
15:17I didn't say you're the expert.
15:19You are, of course.
15:20Now, please, will you tell us what the points are?
15:22Just the hundred points, Jilly, just the hundred.
15:24Now, are you going to come across my drawbridge?
15:26You can't keep me away.
15:27Any moment now.
15:28Um, it's, it's like a sort of chest thing.
15:37How big?
15:39It's about as long as my hand.
15:41Yeah.
15:41And about as wide.
15:42What, square?
15:44No, rectangular.
15:45Where, like, sort of shaped at the front, it goes in.
15:49Right.
15:49Has it got a lid?
15:51Yeah.
15:52Can you open it?
15:52Yeah, and it's, like, got two pull-out lids
15:56and there's, like, two gaps inside.
15:58What, so there's two compartments?
16:00Yeah, two compartment bits.
16:01And what's in it?
16:02Just plain?
16:02Yeah, it's just silver on the bottom.
16:04Silver?
16:05Looks like tinfoil.
16:09Right.
16:10And it's, like, got white, sort of, looking like ivory stuff in it.
16:14What, inlay?
16:15Yeah, but the box is, like, looks like different kind of woods.
16:19Yeah.
16:20And it's got, like, another sort of rectangular bit in the middle
16:23with, like, a silver plate on it, saying P-E-B.
16:27Does it look like you could put cigars in it?
16:29No, it's just, like, a little storing box, I think.
16:33So it could be something like a jewellery box,
16:36maybe a cigar box or something like that?
16:39Yeah.
16:39OK.
16:40It's a little silver, like, it looks like a pair of scissors.
16:53Right.
16:54It's not very big.
16:56It's about maybe three inches.
16:58What, in length?
16:59Maybe more.
16:59Yeah, height.
17:01It stands up.
17:02What, the scissors stand up?
17:03Yeah.
17:04There's, like, a turtle at the bottom, a small turtle.
17:07Yes.
17:07And it's all silver.
17:08It looks silver, anyway.
17:10Yes.
17:10And then there's, like, the one part of the scissors,
17:13you know, where you put your fingers in.
17:15Yes.
17:15And that's got one of his legs on it.
17:17Right.
17:17And then there's another one out the side.
17:19Yes.
17:20And that's got another leg on it.
17:21Then there's the bird's body and his beak makes the scissors or tweezers,
17:25whatever they are.
17:26The scissors actually look like a bird.
17:28Do they look like decorative woman's type scissors for needlework or something like that?
17:35No, they don't look like they could cut much,
17:37because, like, there's a gap in between them,
17:39so they don't close completely.
17:42They don't close completely.
17:43They're more like tweezers.
17:44That was gripping stuff.
18:00It really was.
18:01In fact, I can see how tricky it is,
18:03because you could be led astray,
18:05but I don't know if Dave was led astray or not.
18:06So we've got here this inlaid box,
18:09is how Dave describes it,
18:10value 350.
18:12Well, I've done this game,
18:13so I know just how difficult it is,
18:14and it really is difficult.
18:16An inlaid box is not quite right.
18:18But what you might have picked up on
18:20was your excellent description,
18:22ha-ha,
18:22on the silver foil line interior.
18:24I mean, it is a tea caddy,
18:26so I think you might have just got that.
18:28Otherwise, you did terribly well,
18:29so we'll dock five points for that.
18:31And on your description,
18:33which I thought was fantastic,
18:34you might just have said tortoiseshell,
18:37that's the only thing,
18:38because it isn't a wood,
18:39it is, in fact, this tortoiseshell stuff.
18:41You've done very well anyway,
18:4215 marks for the descriptive bit,
18:44and the value,
18:45we've put down 400 to 600 pounds on this box.
18:48It's early 19th century,
18:49it's missing its feet,
18:50it's got some damage to it,
18:51which depreciates the value a bit,
18:54but you've got 350 pounds,
18:55so I think out of 25,
18:56you should get 20 marks for that.
18:57Sounds good to me.
18:59So out of 50, you score 35.
19:01Pretty astonishing, well described.
19:04What about this extraordinary little fellow
19:06standing on top of a tortoise here?
19:08I know, well, this is a tough one again, isn't it?
19:11Eyebrow tweezers.
19:13I mean, why not nostril tweezers?
19:16In fact, it's a ribbon threader.
19:18On the basis of the description,
19:21you get 20 out of 25 for it,
19:24which is pretty good.
19:25And then on the value,
19:26they said 1250 pounds, Tim.
19:28Well, it would be a very expensive
19:29little piece of silver at 1250 pounds.
19:31Our value on it is 150 to 200 pounds,
19:35so I'm afraid that's pretty well out.
19:38I don't think really we can award any points.
19:39Nothing for the value.
19:41You did so well.
19:43Out of a maximum of 100 points, 55,
19:45so very well done.
19:48Right, it's a cup and saucer,
19:51and it's pink with decorations on it.
19:54It's got like a hole
19:55and then a moustache-shaped thing.
19:57You know, those ones that you drink,
19:59so your moustache don't get wet, I think.
20:01Oh, with a bit of cover over the one edge?
20:03Yeah.
20:04It's quite big,
20:06and it's got like a pattern on it.
20:08What's the pattern?
20:09It's a cross with,
20:10forget me, not written in the middle,
20:12and then it's just got blue splodges along it,
20:15and it's got these like big gold flower things stuck to it.
20:20Yeah.
20:20Is there anything written on the bottom of the plate or the cup,
20:22saucer or the cup?
20:23On the cup, it's got 37,
20:26and saucer, it's got 16.
20:29It looks fairly old,
20:30because most of the gold stuff's come off.
20:33A love token cup,
20:35value probably 140 pounds.
20:42Right, it's heavy.
20:45Yeah.
20:45It's a clockwork bell thing,
20:51and it's a turtle.
20:52Ooh.
20:54It rings.
20:55If it's sat there.
20:57Yeah.
20:57As a turtle.
20:59Yeah.
21:00Can you turn it,
21:01can you make it ring without turning it upside down?
21:04Yeah, if you move it to the tail.
21:07Yeah, what does it look as though it's made from?
21:09It's different colours.
21:11The shell's like a really deep, brassy colour,
21:13but the head and the legs are black,
21:15and they've had gold paint on them,
21:17like gold lines, you know, where the joints are.
21:20Yeah.
21:20Is it copper?
21:21Yeah, it could be.
21:22The shell could be, but...
21:24A hotel bell push,
21:28220 pounds.
21:34Well, I must say,
21:35you've got some very intriguing pieces to describe,
21:38and I think, Jess, you coked very well,
21:40but did you do the right thing?
21:41Now, just to go on to this cup here,
21:44we've got quite a detailed description from Jess.
21:46Cup and saucer, pink, gold, white,
21:48moustache, forget me not, love token cup,
21:50and he's got the numbers,
21:51and he valued it at 140 pounds.
21:53I think he's going to do extraordinarily well with this.
21:56You've covered the whole picture here.
21:57I'm going to pick it up.
21:59This is a cup made for me, right?
22:01Did you know it was made for me?
22:02Yes, you did, because you called it a moustache cup.
22:04I mean, you know this wonderful Victorian gentleman
22:06who have moustachos that come all the way out here
22:08with waxed ends and all the rest of it?
22:10They'd spend pounds and pounds on pomade
22:12to make these things,
22:13and they wouldn't have a cup of tea and wash it all away.
22:16So they'd have one of these moustache cups.
22:17Stop the thing getting too kind of drippy, you know?
22:19It's rather fun, isn't it?
22:20And you spotted that, though, very beautifully spotted it.
22:24The only thing you might have said
22:26was perhaps German or hard-paced,
22:30which would be incredibly difficult to do.
22:32So you get 20 points for the description piece.
22:35And, Gillie, where were we with value?
22:36Value, 140.
22:38Well, we thought value for this would be about 60 to 80 pounds.
22:42It would take 10 points off
22:43because you're a wee way off on the price,
22:44but basically very well done for that.
22:47Why would a bloke want a pink moustache cup?
22:50Ah, things are different in those days.
22:52Now, on to this very charming and intriguing tortoise,
22:57or is it a turtle?
22:58Jess thought that it was a tortoise, heavy copper,
23:01hotel bell push,
23:02and he gave it a £220 price tag.
23:05Well, like the curate's egg, you're right in part with this.
23:09In fact, what it is, it's cast iron.
23:12The whole thing is cast iron.
23:14You think these little guilten black bits are another metal,
23:18but they're very cunning because they just put some japanning,
23:20or black paint, on the top, on these little scaly legs.
23:24You've jolly nearly got full marks, really, on the description.
23:28The only thing I'd criticise you for,
23:29do you call it a hotel bell push?
23:31I think it could be much more domestic than that.
23:34It could easily have been in a drawing room or a dining room
23:37calling for the servants to come and clear, you know.
23:40So, on the description end,
23:42we just dop you five points on that.
23:44So you scored 20 points on that bit.
23:46And where were we on value?
23:48We've got a £220 value.
23:51£220.
23:51Well, that, again, is just a tad over the top.
23:55We thought probably about £100 to £150.
23:58So, score-wise on that,
24:00I think it's fair to give you 15 points for that section, too.
24:05And we come out with out of 170 points.
24:07Very good.
24:08Very good.
24:10So, now Ruth and Jess have pulled slightly ahead with 150 points,
24:14while Lucy and Dave, the greens are on 135 points.
24:26Heaver's almost as famous for its fantastic gardens
24:29as it is for the castle itself.
24:31And one of the big attractions is this very cunning maze.
24:34Now, I've been ferreting around in here for ages,
24:37trying to find Penny Britton,
24:38but at last I think I've got there.
24:40Penny, I'm so pleased to find you.
24:42Hello, Jilly.
24:43Now, what have you got here for me?
24:45I've lured you in to show you this lovely piece of Tunbridgeware
24:47with a view of the front of Heber Castle.
24:50How lovely.
24:51Isn't that beautiful?
24:53Tell me about Tunbridgeware.
24:54Well, this is something that was very, very popular,
24:57particularly in the 19th century.
24:58It looks incredibly intricate.
24:59Is this sort of inlay here?
25:01Each little tiny bit is a different wood.
25:05And what you've got is slices of wood,
25:07which are then stuck together in a block,
25:09and then you take a slice,
25:10and then you lay it down to make the borders to go round.
25:13All these woods are meant to be local woods to Tunbridge and Tunbridge Wells.
25:17It's a marvellous technique and, of course, made it famous worldwide.
25:20I mean, it was really collectible from the moment it appeared on the market.
25:24We've borrowed six different pieces from Tunbridge Wells Museum for our next game,
25:29and it's for the girls to decide what each piece actually is,
25:33and for their dads to plump for the insurance value.
25:35There are 90 points on offer,
25:37and it's the red team Jess and Ruth to go first.
25:39What do you think this is, then, Ruth?
25:43Erm, it looks like a beehive, doesn't it?
25:45See if the top comes off.
25:47Yeah.
25:48Yes?
25:48Now look inside it.
25:50What have you got?
25:51It's got a push thing.
25:52A pin?
25:53In the hole there.
25:54Yeah.
25:55So what would possibly go through there?
25:57Oh, a cotton reel or something.
25:59A cotton reel, yeah?
26:00Yeah.
26:01So...
26:01Come out that end.
26:02And if you look on the top of there,
26:04there's a sharp bit.
26:05Cut it off.
26:05So we can snap it off on there when it's done.
26:09So what do you think it is, then?
26:11Something you put cotton in?
26:13Yeah, I suppose so, yeah.
26:14Yeah.
26:14Okay, come on to the next one.
26:16Looks like a saving box, doesn't it?
26:18It's not big enough for a sale, it looks like.
26:22Papers?
26:23Okay.
26:24Anything else like that?
26:27Envelopes?
26:28Yeah.
26:29It can lock as well.
26:30See if you have to carry it around with you, won't you?
26:32It's nice.
26:33Hmm.
26:34Yeah?
26:35Are you happy with that, then?
26:36What do you think it might be?
26:37Not really, but, yeah, go on.
26:39Yep.
26:41Now then, what about this?
26:44It's not the typical type of tunbridge, well, is it?
26:46There's no actual...
26:46It's got no little bits of wood in it, has it?
26:48No fancy patterns except for the spindly pattern.
26:50Hmm.
26:51So what would you say it is?
26:54Probably, I don't know,
26:54wrapping cotton on these bits,
26:56making tapestry or something.
26:58Yeah, because the cotton would go through the holes, wouldn't it?
26:59Yeah.
27:00Right.
27:01Let's get the cards in.
27:03Erm...
27:04So what did we say this was?
27:05Cotton...
27:06Cotton reel-er thing.
27:08Cotton reel dispenser?
27:09Yeah.
27:10Cotton holder.
27:12And the value...
27:14Erm...
27:15180 to 250.
27:18You don't want it.
27:19Put that one to the side.
27:22Next one.
27:24Erm...
27:24What did you say could possibly go in there?
27:28Paper and envelopes, stuff, yeah.
27:30Stationery?
27:30Mm-hmm.
27:32Stationery box.
27:34I think, price-wise...
27:36Quite a lot.
27:39Mm-hmm.
27:39It'd be about 950...
27:42to 1100 pounds.
27:47Right.
27:48Maybe not.
27:49No.
27:50No.
27:51What did you say this was?
27:52Um...
27:52Things put tapestry on, innit?
27:55That you wind it around.
27:57Tapestry holder.
27:59Yeah?
27:59Tapestry maker.
28:00Tapestry...
28:01Maker.
28:02I think on that...
28:04Yeah.
28:04...150.
28:06No, a bit more than that.
28:07To 180.
28:08Mm-hmm.
28:08So, you had some very interesting things to look at, and I must say, my heart is taken
28:16by this dear little thing here, which you thought was a cotton reel dispenser, and you
28:21valued it at a stingy 180 to 250.
28:24You thought it was a beehive, which is completely right, and I was very impressed by the fact
28:29that you found the little cutter at the top, because, in fact, it's not completely right,
28:34Ruth.
28:34It's for string rather than cotton.
28:36Now, what would the value on that be?
28:38Well, they were a little on the high side, really, Julie.
28:42Um, we've estimated it in the region of about 125 pounds, so not too bad.
28:47So, what are you going to score them for this one?
28:49Well, out of 30, I'm going to give you 25 for that, so it's almost full marks.
28:53How about that, Ruth?
28:54Very good.
28:54She's pretty good.
28:55Now, we're on to something much bigger.
28:57You called this a stationary holder, and you gave it a price tag of 950 to 1100.
29:02Well, two things.
29:03First of all, I like the way that you valued it.
29:06You liked it.
29:07You thought it was to hold something precious, lockable, all very good, but, in fact, it's
29:12for jewellery, Ruth.
29:13Oh.
29:13Yeah?
29:14And what makes this piece particularly special, of course, is it's got this very elaborate
29:17mosaic patterns around the edge.
29:21Yeah.
29:21And you put a value of...
29:22You put a value of 950 to 1100 on it.
29:25950 to 1100.
29:26And I hear you a bit on the low side, because I think, really, that is a super piece, and
29:30I think we're talking more about 1700.
29:33Right.
29:33So, would you say, really, as a rule of thumb, the more inlay, the more expensive?
29:37Yes.
29:38I think, without doubt, the more intricate the pattern.
29:40So, what, are you going to score this one, Penny?
29:42Well, as they got the function marginally wrong, I'm only going to give you 20 on that
29:48one, I'm afraid.
29:48Having said, the more intricate, the more valuable, I'm very intrigued by this piece we're coming
29:52to, which has no inlay at all, although, presumably, it's still Tunbridge Ware, and the team thought
29:57it was a tapestry maker at 150 to 180.
30:01Obviously, they spotted it as being completely different, but this is where Tunbridge Ware started.
30:05Dates were about 1850, and here, the design is actually stamped onto the background and
30:11then hand-painted.
30:12And, Ruth, I have to think you probably don't sew a tapestry.
30:15It's a face screen.
30:16So, if you were sitting at a chair beside a fire, the heat of the fire damaged your skin
30:22and you got a glowing face, which was very unbecoming for a woman in those days.
30:26And for the value, you put...
30:28150 to 180, we got.
30:30150 to 180.
30:31Well, it's made by a well-known maker called Barton, and it's there for £375 or thereabouts.
30:40So, you were a bit low there, completely wrong on the usage.
30:45On the function.
30:45So, it's a thumbs down here, and it's a big, resounding five points only.
30:51Right.
30:51It's a bit of 30.
30:51Never mind.
30:53Out of the maximum 90 you could have scored there, you picked up lots on your earlier
30:56one.
30:57So, you got 50 out of 90.
30:59Very good.
31:00What do you think?
31:01I reckon it might be bookends or something, put books in there.
31:05That looks good.
31:07Like, lengthen it.
31:08For various sizes.
31:09Yeah, depending on how big the books were or whatever.
31:13Right.
31:14Let's have a look at that one.
31:16What do you think?
31:18Oh, I think that's what...
31:23Like, jewellery or something?
31:26Somebody with a lot of jewellery.
31:28It's rather, isn't it, actually?
31:29I reckon it could be, like, sewing or something.
31:33Right.
31:33Sewing box, something like that.
31:35Because it's nice, isn't it?
31:38Yeah.
31:38Yeah.
31:39Yeah.
31:39Right.
31:40And then this little one here.
31:42Looks like a yo-yo.
31:44Hmm.
31:44I wonder if it is, though.
31:47Yeah.
31:48I reckon it could be.
31:50Yeah, I think you could be right there.
31:52Hmm.
31:52Let's go for that, then.
31:56Right.
31:56So, we've got...
31:58I reckon it is.
32:00Sliding bookends.
32:02Yeah.
32:04What's it like?
32:05And this one.
32:09Tiny bit missing there.
32:11Value?
32:13450, say.
32:14450?
32:15Okay.
32:16Yeah.
32:17Whatever.
32:20This.
32:20Right.
32:23What do you think about this, then?
32:25Oh.
32:27Did you say needlework?
32:28Yeah, that's what I said.
32:29Say needlework table or something?
32:32Yeah.
32:33I thought that's a lot of money.
32:37Yeah, it's nice, isn't it?
32:383,000.
32:403,500.
32:41Mm-hmm.
32:42And this one.
32:44And that one.
32:45Do you reckon it's you or not?
32:46Yeah.
32:46What?
32:47I reckon it is.
32:48I reckon.
32:48Yeah?
32:49Yeah.
32:51150.
32:53150.
32:53150.
32:54I don't know.
32:5450?
32:5520.
32:55I don't know.
32:56Yeah.
32:56Yeah.
32:5720.
33:00Well done.
33:01Finished just in time, Dave and Lucy.
33:03And I must say you've got some more glorious pieces of this Tunbridge wear.
33:06Now, Penny, this piece here, they said was a sliding bookend and 450 quid.
33:12And you were absolutely right.
33:14So that was very good that you investigated so well.
33:18And you looked at the price and decided it was 450 pounds.
33:23And I can't really fault you on that because I actually thought 375.
33:27So we're not a million miles apart on that one.
33:29So very good indeed, Lucy.
33:32Sounds like 30 out of 30 on the first one.
33:34Now we're on to a much bigger and incredibly impressive piece.
33:38All this inlay.
33:40You've called it a needlework box.
33:41And you valued it at 3 pounds.
33:44You both liked this very much, didn't you, Lucy?
33:46Very nice.
33:47And do you know, in the top here, in the butterfly, there are meant to be 12,000 little bits of wood.
33:5312,000?
33:53This mosaic is what made this Tunbridge wear so famous.
33:57What I loved, Dave, was you said this has got to be expensive.
34:01But it's not expensive enough.
34:03So at 25,000 pounds, now that tells you that it's a very, very special piece.
34:09So I'm going to give you 15 points for the description, which was excellent.
34:14But I'm afraid it's the big zero.
34:16Zero for that.
34:17Zero for the cost.
34:18Very good.
34:19We've got this intriguing piece at the end here.
34:22A yo-yo, you think it is.
34:24And you value it at 120 pounds, wouldn't it?
34:27And what did you do?
34:28You zoomed over here.
34:30You picked it up and said, it's a yo-yo, Dad.
34:33And you're too cute by half, aren't you?
34:35Because it is a yo-yo.
34:37Very good.
34:38Very good.
34:39And what about this price, 120 pounds?
34:41Can you spend as much as 120 on a yo-yo?
34:43Well, in fact, if she wanted to buy this yo-yo, she'd have to part with a bit more.
34:47How about 600 quid, you see?
34:49Oh, my God.
34:50That's an awful lot.
34:51Well, it's because it's, you know, they're very rare.
34:55It's anything to do with childhood is very collectible.
34:58So you've got it completely right, but not the price.
35:01Dad, I'm sorry.
35:02Not out of.
35:04No.
35:05But we'll give you 15 points for the yo-yo and not for the value.
35:08But you did very well indeed.
35:09Well, I make that 60 out of 90, which I call pretty good.
35:13Going into the final auction round, Jess and Ruth are still just in the lead with 200 points,
35:19while Dave and Lucy have 195 points.
35:23As well as selling the Clarice Cliff pieces bought in the shops in Tunbridge Wells,
35:27each team is selling another two pieces chosen from a selection we provided.
35:31Jess and Ruth have chosen a serve deep dish bought for 45 pounds
35:35and a Mason-style stoneware jug bought for 40 pounds,
35:39while Dave and Lucy have chosen a sucreé stand and cover
35:43bought for 60 pounds
35:44and a Staffordshire flat-back figure bought for 20 pounds.
35:49Well, everything now rests on this final round.
35:52The girls have bravely decided to be our auctioneers,
35:55and expert Lars Tharp is on hand to give them some essential auctioneering advice.
35:59As long as you keep smiling at the people bidding,
36:02they will all be absolutely charmed by your auctioneering techniques.
36:05So I'm going to wish you the very best of luck.
36:08As always, this is a real auction with genuine buyers,
36:11and every pound profit made by our teams adds another point to their score,
36:16but every pound lost loses a point.
36:18Top of the room at 120 pounds.
36:20Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
36:26I'm Lucy Hawkins, and this is my dad and team-mate David.
36:29Brave of Lucy to take the rostrum.
36:30She's our youngest ever auctioneer, I think.
36:33I will start with lot 100,
36:34which is an English porcelain sugar bowl stand and cover,
36:38decorated with roses and strawberries.
36:39Very commanding, isn't she?
36:41She will start me at 30 pounds.
36:42She's very assertive.
36:4430, 35, 40, 45, 50.
36:51Okay.
36:52Bought for 60 here, so she's not made a profit.
36:56101, Victorian flat-back figure of a girl with a rabbit hutch.
37:00Will anybody start me at 10 pounds?
37:02I love this, but I'm a bit sentimental.
37:04I think it's sweet.
37:05It is a very pretty thing, isn't it?
37:0730, 35, anybody else?
37:11Okay.
37:12Selling at 35.
37:15Is she putting the hammer down too soon, do you think?
37:18There is a temptation to panic if you feel that the thing's not going well.
37:21I'm going to Clarence Cliff, bread and butter plates,
37:23from the 1930s or later.
37:25Will anybody start me off at 30?
37:28The bike.
37:2930, 35, 40, 45, 50.
37:34But look at Lucy.
37:35I mean, look at this cool.
37:36She's doing magnificently.
37:38Cucumber coloured and cucumber cool.
37:41And her porter is helping her very well.
37:43I'm going to get back.
37:4490.
37:4595.
37:46Any more on 95?
37:47Any more on 95?
37:49They're lovely plates.
37:53Okay.
37:54Selling at 95.
37:56Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
38:02I will start with lock 103.
38:04This is a 19th century served circular shallow bowl.
38:09I will start the bidding at 40 pounds.
38:1140, 45, 50, 55, 60, 75, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 210.
38:40I'm selling at 210 pounds.
38:42Do I have any more bids?
38:44Okay.
38:45210 pounds.
38:45210 pounds.
38:46210.
38:47210.
38:48A colossal.
38:50165 points up on that very first piece.
38:5319th century.
38:53Mason's type.
38:55Buff glazed stoneware jug.
38:56Okay.
38:56I will start the bidding at 20 pounds.
38:5920.
39:0025.
39:0230.
39:0335.
39:0440.
39:0545.
39:0650.
39:0755.
39:07For 40.
39:0955.
39:09Any more bids?
39:10Pushes in profit again.
39:11Blow me down.
39:1260.
39:13Okay.
39:14Sob 60 then.
39:15Give me a name, please.
39:15It looks like the pendulum is swinging firmly towards the red team.
39:19It's a rare Clarice Cliff Toby jug.
39:21I'll start the bidding at 40 pounds.
39:23I think the Clarice Cliff mark is the best thing about this jug, isn't it?
39:26I'm afraid it is.
39:2760.
39:28And it's...
39:2965.
39:29I think she's going to have hard work with this.
39:3175.
39:32Any more bids on 75?
39:33It's a very rare and nice piece, this one.
39:3880.
39:3985.
39:39If this did not have that signature, it would have stopped at 15 pounds.
39:44Okay.
39:44Selling at 90 pounds.
39:46She knows again.
39:47Okay.
39:50Well done.
39:56I always feel like a bit of an executioner at this moment, because I have to tell one of
40:00the teams that they didn't pull it off.
40:03Now, they've came into the auction very nearly level pegging, but we have got a winner.
40:07Our red team won.
40:08Very well done.
40:14You're a blow.
40:15Both our auctioneers, I think, were absolutely terrific, but I'm going to give the consolation
40:22prize to Lucy and her father, 200 pounds of antiques vouchers.
40:27Meanwhile, you can follow me to choose your prize from our top table.
40:31Come, Ruth and Jess.
40:32Oh, goodness me, that was so good, but I wish Lucy could have won as well, you know.
40:41It's always very disappointing, but you did so brilliantly.
40:43I can see your career stretching ahead of you.
40:46Yes.
40:47And it's brought you here to prize giving.
40:49Now, over there is a table, as you know, laid out with six antiques, five valued in the
40:54region of four to five hundred pounds, but one, our star prize, at about a thousand pounds.
41:00We're tough, though.
41:01You only get 30 seconds to take your pick, and it starts now.
41:05It's quite nice, isn't it?
41:33Here.
41:34Yes.
41:37I'm walking as slowly as I can, but I have arrived.
41:42And the moment has come when you have to plump for your prize.
41:45What's it to be?
41:48You're going for the scent bottle, Lars.
41:50Tell us about it.
41:51The scent bottle, right.
41:52Let's have a look.
41:52Well, it's a very, very nice piece.
41:54It's a sort of magnesium-coloured outer case that's been cut through with these lovely facets,
41:59and then it's got a terrific piece of silver on top there.
42:02Lovely, beautiful, decorative object.
42:04Who's going to take it away?
42:05That's what I want to know.
42:06It's from Mum.
42:07It's from Mum.
42:08Oh, that's, that's really nice.
42:09Now, you, you, that's not actually the star item in terms of value, but the nice thing
42:14is to choose something I think that you like.
42:16The most expensive piece is this nautical clock.
42:19That was made sometime around 1870.
42:22It is really rather a splendid object, but take something you like.
42:26It's a good idea, I think.
42:27Very good.
42:28Well, I hope you're going to enjoy that, and I hope Mum's going to enjoy that.
42:30But I'm afraid that's all for the moment.
42:33The end of a very special edition of The Great Antiques Hunt, which ends the current run.
42:37But do join us again very soon for a brand new series of The Great Antiques Hunt.
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42:45Well, that was mine.
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