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The Bidding Room Season 7 Episode 14
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00:00Every day here is full of surprises, it's just one interesting thing, after another interesting
00:11thing, after another interesting thing. No, sorry, I think that belongs to you.
00:18In the heart of Edinburgh, sellers of the curious and collectible.
00:25I'll get my people to ring your people.
00:27Yes, OK, OK, fine. We'll meet five dealers with money to burn.
00:31Look into my eyes, you need this.
00:34Like vintage buyer JB, mid-century hunter Moses, 70s fanatic Estelle, scrap metal trader Mel,
00:44and brothers Sarkhan and Jay, dealers in mid-century.
00:50Auctioneer Simon is first valuing the item to nail the best sale.
00:53Could be a life-changing amount of money.
00:56So, how will today's lot do?
00:59Oh!
01:00Look at him go.
01:01That's the quickest I've seen Moses move in seven series.
01:0350 pounds.
01:04Joking.
01:05I want to surround it up to 200.
01:07Pushing it now, you're not that good.
01:09When they enter the bidding room.
01:10Here we go.
01:11This is what I came for.
01:13700.
01:14Go up.
01:15Go up.
01:16500 pounds.
01:17Getting a bit warmer.
01:18Do you accept our offer?
01:20It's yours then.
01:21Hey!
01:22Let's get the show started.
01:24Welcome to the bidding room.
01:25First into the bidding room is Stephen, with a colourful contraption that is sure to catch
01:40the dealer's attention.
01:41And wallets.
01:42I've brought up the type of thing you might find at a fairground or at a circus.
01:48And it's quite colourful and it's a little bit of light entertainment for friends when
01:51they come round and visit.
01:53Hello Stephen.
01:54Hello.
01:55How are you?
01:56Hello Stephen.
01:57Hello.
01:58How are you?
01:59Very good.
02:00How are you?
02:01Yeah.
02:02Good.
02:04Where did you find this?
02:05So I found that in an antique store.
02:06And I thought I'm going to buy that.
02:07I'm going to put it on the wall.
02:08And when my friends come round for a cup of tea, we've got a game to play.
02:11It'd be a hoopla game, wouldn't it?
02:12Hoopla.
02:13Yeah.
02:14From a standard point of distance, we would then throw the ring and hopefully we would get
02:20a five or a result.
02:23Or a result.
02:24They were sort of made from rudimentary bits that were lying about really, weren't they?
02:29Made of sort of planked construction, isn't it?
02:31Yeah.
02:32So it's almost as if somebody's taken a barn door, sawed it in half and given it a lick of
02:38paint basically.
02:39But our traditional happy clown's face in the middle with his little Rudolph red nose.
02:45Very difficult to date Stephen, because they did give them a spruce up at the end of each
02:50season.
02:51It's one of those, it is what it is.
02:53It's great fun.
02:54Yeah.
02:55We know anything to do with funfares and things.
02:56It's collectible.
02:57It always sells well, doesn't it?
02:58Yeah, it always sells well.
02:59And this is, you know, it's interactive.
03:01Yes.
03:02Great bit of fun.
03:03With the money you make, what are you going to do with the money?
03:05I've written my autobiography.
03:06Have you?
03:07So I'm either going to get some special hardback copies made just to give out to friends.
03:12Yeah.
03:13Or I'll use the proceeds to making it into a film.
03:16Which part would you like me to play in the film?
03:18I think we need to find a part for you.
03:19We need to have a chat.
03:20I'll get my people to ring your people.
03:22Yes, okay.
03:23Okay, fine.
03:24The question is, what do you think it's worth?
03:27In an auction, easily it would be 60 to 100 pounds.
03:33But I know with your gift of the gab...
03:35I think I might be able to talk them up.
03:36Yes.
03:37Do you think I'd offer them a free book and bribe them?
03:39I think you should try that.
03:40I'm going to do that.
03:41Yeah.
03:42I'll try that.
03:43Yeah.
03:44Push the fun elements.
03:45That's the big selling point here.
03:46Yeah.
03:47Fairground is always popular.
03:49It's a great fun game.
03:50I'm sure they'll have a good play with it.
03:51Happy to meet you.
03:52And you.
03:53And very best of luck.
03:54Thank you very much.
03:56Okay, thanks.
03:57Bye.
03:58So, shall we have a go?
03:59Of course, then.
04:00All right, then.
04:05Thank you very much.
04:06Wow, wow, wow, wow.
04:09I guess if I get anywhere in the region of 100, 150 pounds,
04:12I'd be happier.
04:13If it goes for more, I'd be happier.
04:15So I might try and get them to up their price a little bit more
04:19by giving them a free copy of my signed book.
04:22It might actually drop the value.
04:23I don't know.
04:24But they're going to get a free copy anyway.
04:28Hello.
04:29Welcome to the bidding room.
04:31What's your name?
04:32My name's Steven.
04:33Hi, Steven.
04:34Hello, everybody.
04:35Hello.
04:36Would you like to reveal what's underneath you?
04:37Yeah, are you ready?
04:38Yes, indeed.
04:39I can't wait.
04:40Oh.
04:41Oh.
04:42Oh.
04:43Nice, isn't it?
04:44Oh, yes.
04:45I hate clowns, but actually, he's quite charming.
04:49Yeah, he's not terrifying, is he?
04:52No.
04:53No, he's a jolly clown.
04:54He's a friendly-looking clown, isn't he?
04:55Yeah, he is friendly.
04:56Is it a two-player game?
04:57Well, it's a three-player, because we've got three hoops.
04:59I think the brothers should demo it.
05:00Yeah.
05:01We'll see who the best brother is.
05:03I think we know that already, JB.
05:05It is a fairground game, and normally you've got to pay.
05:08We'll see when we get to the beginning.
05:10We'll see when we get to the beginning.
05:12Go on, go on.
05:13No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
05:14Age before beauty.
05:17Oh!
05:18Yeah, I'm going Chican.
05:23Oh!
05:24The board's at an angle.
05:25The board's at an angle.
05:26The board's at an angle.
05:27The board's at an angle.
05:28Go on, see if I can do any better than you lot.
05:31No.
05:32Have another go.
05:33No, see, lucky one.
05:34One more.
05:35One more.
05:36No!
05:37Oh, no!
05:38I do actually want to.
05:39But just remember, I only had one go, and everyone's having three go.
05:42Just...
05:43Just to...
05:46Oh!
05:47Yay!
05:48Finally!
05:49I've never tried it.
05:50I'm going to throw them all at once.
05:53Oh, yay!
05:54I've got one!
05:58What did Simon say about it?
06:00So, Simon thought it was really difficult to age.
06:02Mm.
06:03Because, of course, if it's original, it could have been painted over a dozen times.
06:07They utilise stuff until it's, you know, till the very end.
06:10It rocks, yeah.
06:11So, it will be painted over and over and over again.
06:13So, if it is from the 50s, I would expect lots of layers on it.
06:17I don't think it's 50s, personally.
06:19Mm.
06:20The problem is, is because this has become so popular in the past, say, five years, people
06:24are using the same methods as they did back then to fake it.
06:27Yeah.
06:28And they are so good that it's quite difficult to tell.
06:30I mean, it's age, it doesn't really matter.
06:32It's reality of being used in a fairground is the most important thing to us.
06:38With that in mind, I don't think it really matters too much whether it's a reproduction, whether
06:43it's old, whether it's original or not.
06:44I think the value is in its charm.
06:48You know, you've got a lot of charisma going on.
06:50Are you a salesman?
06:51I'm not a salesman, no.
06:53I'm a motivational speaker.
06:54Oh, well, that makes sense.
06:55So, I speak professionally.
06:56How did you even get into all of that?
06:58What's the story behind it?
07:00It was by accident, really.
07:01I was really badly bullied at school and my only escapism was motorbikes.
07:05And I bought a motorbike at the age of 13.
07:07At the age of 18, I lost my right arm on that motorbike.
07:10And, obviously, all my job opportunity had gone.
07:13So, I didn't know what a one-armed guy could do.
07:15So, I tried everything.
07:16And I found that I was good at things that had previously been rubbish at.
07:19And I drifted in and out of different areas.
07:21And I started restoring jukeboxes and one-armed bandits, would you believe?
07:27And I sold them all over the world.
07:29And then I invented a digital jukebox that earned a lot of money.
07:33And then I decided I wanted to face some of my fears.
07:36And my fears was that of horses.
07:38So, I took horse riding lessons.
07:40And I came third in the National Dressage Qualifiers.
07:43Wow.
07:44And then I was afraid of flying.
07:46So, I took flight training with the help of a charity called Flying Scholarship for Disabled People.
07:51I needed a prosthetic arm-making by the NHS.
07:54But that arm failed dramatically at 3,500 feet.
07:57So, I made my own prosthetic arm.
07:59And I became a private pilot in 2015.
08:02Wow.
08:03And off the back of that and all the successes, I wrote my book.
08:06And off the back of that, I became a motivational speaker being invited around the world to speak at different events.
08:11You're an amazing person.
08:14You really are.
08:15Well, I'm going to throw in a signed copy as well, along with this, to the winning bidder.
08:20Wow.
08:21So, hopefully that pushes the price sky high.
08:23Well, that's your job, because you're the motivational speaker.
08:26Well, I'm motivating you now.
08:27You've been motivated to spend some money.
08:30With the dealers motivated, can it reach Simon's £60 to £100 estimate?
08:35Actually, this would be great for my village fate.
08:39You've motivated me.
08:41I will start the bidding at £50.
08:44I think we should all stop clowning around, and I'm going to go in at £60.
08:48I'll go £70.
08:49£70.
08:50I'll put £80 on it.
08:51Don't forget, there's no such thing as failure.
08:53Only different degrees of success.
08:56With that in mind...
08:57With that in mind.
08:58You could be more successful if you owned this.
08:59I think I'll bid at £85.
09:03An extra £100, surely.
09:05£90.
09:06I'm going to round it up for you, £100.
09:08I like that.
09:09Who wants to round it up to £200?
09:10I like the sound of that.
09:11You're pushing it now, you're not that good.
09:13I'm not pushing it.
09:14In actual fact, you know, the winner can have a signed copy.
09:17Everybody else can have an unsigned copy.
09:19Oh.
09:20I'll give you a fiver to sign it.
09:22The price has gone up to £105 then.
09:24No, because I don't really want that.
09:26So I'm going to say that I'm out, but I will...
09:27Oh, don't be out.
09:28I'm sorry.
09:29Well, you can have a book anyway, but...
09:31You know what?
09:32I don't want to be going any further than £100, really.
09:34Couldn't go any more than £100.
09:36Could you go £110 in a cup of tea?
09:38Do you know, I don't drink tea.
09:40I don't like cups of tea.
09:42I don't know.
09:43I can't go more than £100, so I'm out.
09:46No.
09:47We are offering you a ton, sir.
09:49£100.
09:50Would you accept?
09:51Yes, I'm going to accept it.
09:52Yes!
09:53Thank you very much.
09:54Do you know, as dealers, when we sell something, we never sell the item.
09:58We always sell the story behind the item, and that has an amazing story.
10:02Thank you very much.
10:03Thank you very much.
10:04Oh, you're welcome.
10:05Thank you for buying.
10:06What did Simon value out, by the way?
10:07So he said he thought it was somewhere between £60 to £100, somewhere around there.
10:12I did OK.
10:13I think the book really pushed the bidding up.
10:16Here's the book.
10:17Here's your cash.
10:18Thank you very much.
10:19Steven Spielberg, I've got £100 in my pocket.
10:21If you want to start producing my book as a film, yeah, I've got an investment.
10:26Enjoy the book.
10:27Let me know what you think.
10:28Lovely meeting.
10:35All right, all right, all right.
10:37Oh!
10:40Oh!
10:41Oh!
10:42Oh!
10:43Shh!
10:49Next into the bidding room is Evie, with a decorative pair displaying an unusual subject.
10:56The pieces I've brought today are from the 30s, and they're made of board, and they're educational.
11:03You know, I broke my metatarsal.
11:05Sounds nasty.
11:07Hello, Evie.
11:08Hello.
11:09Lovely to meet you.
11:10Nice to meet you too.
11:11Welcome to the bidding room.
11:12Yeah.
11:13Look what you've brought in.
11:14So I've brought in two, I think, 1930s medical boards.
11:18Where did you find them?
11:19Just from a market.
11:20At the time I was studying radiography, and I really liked anatomy, and I just thought they were really interesting.
11:24I really liked them and wanted to put them on my wall.
11:26Are you still studying radiology?
11:28No.
11:29What are you doing now?
11:30I'm doing theatre and film.
11:31Do you know what you paid for them?
11:33For both of them I paid around £40.
11:35So you've got time to bring them to the bidding room?
11:37Mainly because I wanted to know more about them.
11:40Yeah.
11:41The name, I don't know if you noticed the name, was William Scholl.
11:44Yeah.
11:45A very famous name even in today's market for foot care products.
11:49Evie, if you've noticed the publishing dates, I think this one is 1937 and then 1939.
11:56These would have been produced reasonably early in his career because he didn't graduate until about 1922-ish.
12:01Really interesting chap, he produced over a thousand foot care products.
12:06Most of these charts were obviously for educational purposes.
12:09Yeah.
12:10He was really, really focused on promoting foot health because he believed that everything stemmed from that.
12:18I read that he encouraged the first self-serve shop as well.
12:21So they moved away from clerks and you could actually pick up the shoes yourself.
12:25Fascinating guy.
12:26We know they're connectable, they always sell.
12:29Yeah, they are, without the connection to be honest, just as decorative posters if you like really.
12:34Wherever you get, what would you do with it?
12:37So I run a local music collective in Edinburgh, so it will go back into that.
12:41Fantastic.
12:42Excellent.
12:43Brilliant.
12:44Put your best foot forward, how much are they worth?
12:48I think you bought quite well. I can see a profit.
12:52And actually, I don't think the condition's that bad, Evie, to be honest.
12:55A little bit of fading on the corners, but it's not affected the image at all.
13:00I'm going to quote you an auction value of between £50 and £80.
13:07Sound all right?
13:08Yeah, it sounds amazing.
13:09Fantastic.
13:10Way more than I thought.
13:11So, Evie, thank you so much for bringing them. It's been a joy meeting you. Thanks very much.
13:15Thank you so much.
13:17Bye.
13:18It was writing there.
13:19Yeah, it slightly faded.
13:20It was.
13:21Yeah, but we could write our own things in there.
13:23Yes.
13:24Ouch.
13:25You just trot on my big toe.
13:30They gave me a better evaluation than I thought, around £50 to £80.
13:34I'm very happy with that, considering I only paid £40 for them.
13:37I feel pretty confident because I know a lot about the area, and I also know quite a bit about the pieces now.
13:47Hello.
13:48Hello.
13:49Hiya.
13:50Welcome to the bidding room.
13:52And what's your name?
13:53My name's Evie.
13:54Hello, Evie.
13:55Hello, Evie.
13:56Would you like to reveal the item so we can have a look?
14:00Ooh.
14:01There you go.
14:02They're anatomical boards.
14:03If anyone knows the name of Dr Shawl at all.
14:05Oh!
14:06So you mean like the foot queen people?
14:07I've not heard of the company Shawl.
14:09You will have seen the shoe.
14:10Yeah.
14:11You know the wooden soled with the single strap across.
14:13Everyone wore them in 76.
14:14Oh, yeah.
14:15So they obviously made these to basically get the science behind the shoe, didn't they?
14:19I think that he gave to them to basically show other shoemakers about the science.
14:24Because he used to hold like classes to do with podiatry.
14:29To basically sell to shoemakers that you could be better at making your shoes if you know this information.
14:36So they're basically advertising.
14:41The colours are quite nice on them actually.
14:43They're extremely decorative.
14:45They are.
14:46Much more than I thought.
14:47What size feet are you, Moses?
14:49They look like a size 14.
14:50Mr Average Me.
14:51What size are you, Moses?
14:52Do you get yours handmade?
14:54Nice colours.
14:55And they're in fair good condition as well.
14:57Apart from a bit of light damage there.
15:00Yeah.
15:01They're quite decorative.
15:02They are.
15:03It's nice to have the yellow though, isn't it?
15:04Yeah.
15:05Because usually they're like white background and a little bit bland.
15:07But I think you've got two different markets for these.
15:09Which is interesting with anything anatomical.
15:11Because usually it's people who collect the macabre,
15:13collect the sort of weird and wonderful things.
15:15But you've actually got the advertising side of things as well.
15:18So you've got two markets to appeal to, which is quite good for you.
15:21And because they're quite brightly coloured as well, that also helps.
15:24Do you know what date they are?
15:25So on the bottom, one has 1939 and one has 1937.
15:30Why have you decided to sell them now?
15:32I'm not putting them anywhere.
15:33They're just in my cupboard.
15:34It's locked away.
15:35Yeah, I think someone else would enjoy the history a bit more than me.
15:39Yeah.
15:40OK, you lot, I think it's about time we got bid in.
15:45Oh, the dealers seem to be head over heels.
15:48But does Evie have enough of a foothold to secure Simon's £50 to £80 valuation?
15:55I have lovely feet, by the way.
15:57I think I'm going to put my foot straight in it.
15:59Go on in.
16:00At £30.
16:01I'd say £35.
16:04£40.
16:06£50.
16:07We'll do £60.
16:08Will you now?
16:09Nearly.
16:11£65.
16:12Ooh.
16:14£66.
16:20£70.
16:22Evie, I'm going to say that I'm out, but thank you.
16:25I'm also going to say that I'm also out.
16:28I'm out.
16:30I quite like him.
16:32£75.
16:33We, as in me and my brother, are going to step back and we are going to leave it to Moses.
16:40Do you accept £75?
16:42I would be very happy with £75.
16:44Oh, brilliant.
16:45Well done.
16:48Can I ask what Simon valued in that?
16:50Erm, he said £50 to £80.
16:52Can we ask what you paid for them?
16:53I paid £40.
16:54£40?
16:55Well done.
16:56That's a good boy.
16:58Everyone made a bid.
17:00Everyone was quite interested in the pieces, but Moses came out on top.
17:04I'm really happy with this because I get to put it back into my collective.
17:08We'll probably use the £75 to make our next magazine.
17:12Thank you so much, Evie, for coming in and allowing me to buy two beautiful decorative items.
17:18No problem.
17:19Thank you very much.
17:21Lovely to meet you.
17:23Bye.
17:29You know what?
17:30That Moses is always strides ahead.
17:35Get it?
17:36Strides.
17:37Very good, James.
17:39Very good.
17:40Don't give up your day job.
17:42I'm here all week.
17:43Are these those feet pictures that you like?
17:54I'm gonna ask you some questions on feet.
17:58And if you get the question right, you get the chance to eat.
18:03Always up for a chocolate brownie.
18:06So you ready?
18:07I'm ready.
18:08This part of the foot.
18:11Hmm.
18:12The brownie's looking good.
18:15Oh, the heel?
18:16You mean your heel?
18:18What's the right medical term?
18:21Helius heel.
18:23Helium, helius, heel, heel-age?
18:28It's not looking too good, is it, Melissa?
18:30What?
18:31I've given you a chance.
18:33I'm gonna have to.
18:35Oh, Moses!
18:37I hope it tastes like your foot.
18:43Third into the building room today is Ruth,
18:45with a luxurious item that's a cut above the rest.
18:49It is something that's about, I'm guessing, 70, 80 years old.
18:53It is made out of green velvet, I believe,
18:56and it has come from America.
19:01I think there's a reason why we're staying down here
19:04in the dealer's room for this one, isn't there?
19:06Oh, dear.
19:07Hello, Ruth.
19:10Hi.
19:11Welcome to the bidding room.
19:12Thank you for having me.
19:13Thank you for bringing this quite heavy piece of foam to it.
19:17I know, it's heavy, yeah, really heavy.
19:19I think it's a barber's chair, isn't it?
19:20Yes, you're right.
19:21And where did you find it?
19:22I found it in a shop that sells jukeboxes,
19:25just outside of Birmingham.
19:26Because you were after a jukebox?
19:27Yeah, my dad was, yeah.
19:29But you ended up with this?
19:30And a jukebox.
19:31And where does it live?
19:32We have a party room, and it lives in there.
19:35Why don't you invite Simon and I over for a party?
19:37It's too late now.
19:38My mum has decided the party room is no more,
19:40hence why I'm here with my chair.
19:41Do you remember what you paid for it?
19:43So, my dad bought it early 90s, and he paid £1,200.
19:47Did he now?
19:48Yeah.
19:49So, he'd have paid probably retail, in the retail market.
19:51Yeah.
19:52OK, we've got Simon here.
19:53I can't wait to hear what he has to say.
19:55Well, there's lots to talk about, isn't there, really?
19:57Yeah.
19:58Look at it, it's so much more than a barber's chair.
19:59It's almost a work of art.
20:01Yeah.
20:02There's so much going on.
20:03We've got fabric, we've got chrome, we've got enamel.
20:06It's all about the design from this period,
20:08which was very early 1900s.
20:10Oh, you think?
20:11Probably originally this was about 1910-ish.
20:13Oh, wow.
20:14Around then.
20:15You've probably noticed the maker on there, Emile Pader of Chicago.
20:19Yes, I did.
20:20One of the top makers at the time,
20:22and they became sort of synonymous, really, with this kind of chair.
20:26Originally, it wouldn't probably have had a fabric covering,
20:29because that wouldn't make sense with hair clippings.
20:31Yes, we did think that.
20:33And I love the footrest, because you think,
20:35oh yes, nicely decorated footrest,
20:37but of course, it does that as well for extra comfort.
20:41It's in absolutely beautiful condition, I must say.
20:44If you're going to be really, really picky,
20:47we've one little button missing on there.
20:49I love the way it still turns.
20:51It'd be a great TV chair almost.
20:53It's great, watching the telly.
20:55For a few years, my dad did use it to watch the TV.
20:58Really?
20:59Yeah.
21:00Until my mum told him to move it.
21:01Absolutely stunning, and very, very popular.
21:04A lot of these trendy barber shops would love to have this as a centrepiece.
21:07You walk in, you see one of those,
21:09oh yes, I'm going in there.
21:11So, Simon, what do you think my chair's worth?
21:15Well, it's a cut-up of the rest, Ruth,
21:17so I think you should be doing really, really well.
21:21I think a confident auction estimate would easily be in that
21:26£500 to £800 bracket.
21:28That sounds great.
21:29Yeah, I'm sure my mum will be very happy with that.
21:31Push the condition, I think that's fabulous.
21:33It's such a visual thing as well.
21:35I think instantly they will be hooked on it.
21:37Yeah, great.
21:38I think you'll do very well.
21:39I hope so.
21:40Nice to meet you.
21:41Cheers, likewise.
21:42See you later.
21:43Bye.
21:44If you had it at home, where would you put it?
21:47I quite like the TV idea.
21:48Yeah.
21:49Remote control.
21:50You can lean back, whatever you want.
21:51If you wanted to nod off during the advert break.
21:53Yeah, it's fantastic.
21:55The barber's chair has been valued between £500 and £800.
22:02When I get into the bidding room,
22:04I'm going to focus on how good the condition of the chair is.
22:07Maybe they can sit in it and see how good it really is.
22:12Hello.
22:13Hi.
22:14Hello.
22:15Hello there.
22:16Welcome to the bidding room.
22:17Thanks for having me.
22:18And what's your name?
22:19It's Ruth.
22:20Hello, Ruth.
22:21Good to meet you, Ruth.
22:22Could you do the big reveal, please?
22:24Ooh.
22:25Ooh.
22:26He's rather nice.
22:27So, has it been in your home?
22:28Yeah, we've had it at home for over 30 years now.
22:30Er, it was in the lounge for a bit,
22:31and my dad used to watch the TV on it.
22:34Nice, um, so, armchair.
22:36And then it's been in our party room ever since.
22:39I like your house, a party room!
22:41I know, yes, a party room.
22:43JB, what can you see from there?
22:45So, I think the upholstery's not original,
22:47so have you had this recovered?
22:49We haven't had it recovered, no, we bought it like that.
22:51Colours work really well together.
22:53So, it's an American one, so it's from Chicago.
22:55How do you pronounce the name?
22:56Padere.
22:57Padere.
22:58Padere.
22:59They were one of the leading brands of the time.
23:01Is this a 30s one?
23:02I thought it was 50s.
23:03Yeah.
23:04But Simon said it was early 1900s.
23:06Oh, really?
23:07Oh, wow.
23:08Yes, that was his estimation.
23:09It's so, so stylish.
23:11I mean, these have fallen off a little bit.
23:14Having said that, this is better than mostly you'll find.
23:19Could give you a beard trim.
23:20Do you need some scissors?
23:21No, no one's cutting my beard.
23:23Not today, not ever.
23:24How old's your beard again?
23:25I haven't shaved since 1994.
23:27Before you were born, JB.
23:28Older than me.
23:29I like it.
23:30We like it.
23:31We like it.
23:32We like it.
23:33We.
23:34We.
23:35You may like it, but we are going to pay for it, so...
23:38Right, bro.
23:40Give us a bit of a massage.
23:42I'll have it.
23:43I'll pull the beard.
23:44I would give you 100 quid if you just whipped out some scissors
23:47and just chopped that beard off.
23:48100 quid?
23:49You're not made of money.
23:51You've got to buy a barber's share.
23:52Sap your pound.
23:53Do you agree that barber's shares have gone off a little bit,
23:55having said that, if you're after one,
23:57that's probably the best you'll get.
23:58Yeah.
23:59Yeah.
24:00Do you know, I bought one of these five years ago
24:02and I've still got it.
24:04I can concur with that, because I also have as well.
24:06But mine's no way no as good as that, so...
24:08The thing is, there's loads and loads of traditional barber shops
24:13that decorate them in traditional barber's chairs like that.
24:17So, in reality, there should be a huge market for it.
24:20Yeah.
24:21I think with it being velvet, though, would it not work in a barber's?
24:24You'd have to recover that in vinyl.
24:26You can't sell it in green.
24:27No.
24:28I mean, the colour is very, very in at the moment, though.
24:31Yes, it's like green velvet.
24:32Those greens and stuff.
24:33The green is very, very...
24:34The colour suits my living room.
24:36It's that nice green I've got.
24:37There you go.
24:38You can watch it.
24:39You know, everything that we've been bidding on is all for your house.
24:42What the hell are we going to sell?
24:45With a price tag of £500 to £800, Ruth will want more than a trim for her barber's chair.
24:51I just think it's a shame they never invited me to the party.
24:55I'll start it off at £50.
24:58You're joking.
24:59Hold on.
25:01£150.
25:02£200.
25:03£250.
25:04£255.
25:06£260.
25:07It's beautiful.
25:09I agree.
25:10But I'm out.
25:11I am actually going to be out.
25:12If it was orange and plastic from the 70s, I probably would, but it's a bit too early for me.
25:16£270.
25:18£300.
25:19£310.
25:20Ho, ho, ho, ho.
25:21Whoa, whoa, whoa.
25:22Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
25:23I can see a lot of...
25:26Lads, shut up.
25:28£320.
25:34At £320, I think I am out.
25:37We are out.
25:38We are out.
25:39So we have £320 on the table.
25:42£325.
25:43Oh.
25:44Why are you dipping?
25:45Seriously.
25:46Seriously, you're not going to be another pound on this one.
25:51You're going to go one more, JB?
25:52Do it, JB.
25:53JB, don't do it.
25:54You're causing a problem.
25:55JB, do it.
25:56Do it.
25:57I'm going to say I'm out.
25:58Oh.
26:01Right, Ruth.
26:02They're all out.
26:03£325.
26:04Do you accept?
26:05I don't think I do, no.
26:06Oh.
26:07So, Ruth, what would be your absolute bottom line to leave it here today?
26:11I think £500.
26:12I'm so sorry we weren't able to get you a deal here today, Ruth, in the bidding room.
26:16I get the feeling your dad might be quite pleased about that.
26:19I bet he will be, actually.
26:20Back in the front room.
26:21The party room's back in business.
26:24We'd all have to come round for a party, though.
26:25Welcome any time.
26:26Fantastic.
26:27It's been lovely having you here.
26:28Thanks for having me.
26:29Fantastic.
26:30Thank you very much.
26:32The chair's coming home with me, and it will sit with the jukebox again until we find
26:42it a new home.
26:43Lads, you missed out there.
26:44Your beards do need a good trim, especially yours, Shaka.
26:46I didn't miss out.
26:47I didn't miss out.
26:48I didn't miss out.
26:49Jay looks gutted.
26:50Jay looks gutted.
26:51I think he was saved.
26:52I'm not going to hit the end of it.
26:53He's always going to remind me.
26:54Do you remember that time I saved it?
26:56Next in the bidding room is Stephen, with a collection of relics from a bygone era.
27:05So, today I have brought with me some collector's items that could be quite possibly over a
27:11hundred years old, well used and functional at the time, and a wee slice of history.
27:20Hello.
27:21Hello, Stephen.
27:22Welcome to the bidding room.
27:23Very nice to meet you.
27:24Nice to see you.
27:25All Things Cigar.
27:26We own a family tobacconist, which has been in my wife's family since 1957.
27:32These come from the shop, I take you?
27:34Yes, they do.
27:35They've been collected over the years, mainly by my father-in-law, and they've been given
27:39to us when we've taken over the shop.
27:41How very interesting.
27:42The big wooden rectangular pieces, they're actually Dutch cigar presses.
27:48Holland was the biggest producer of cigars in the 1800s in the world.
27:53You're right, Dutch, because this one is actually stamped on the back.
27:56Right.
27:57Dating late 19th century.
27:58What fascinates me is the box.
28:00This probably dates, what, early 1900s?
28:03It's what we call a dual top.
28:05Mm-hm.
28:06We've got a new manufacturer.
28:07We've got the DRGM mark underneath, and that slid out for you to get your little waste
28:12materials out.
28:13Yeah.
28:14What would you have put in that, then?
28:16So, that would be the head of the cigar.
28:18Is it true that the guys' and the girls' brooding cigars would have stories read to them?
28:24Yes, that's absolutely true.
28:26They have one person on a tannoy reading a story like Roman Juliet.
28:31The Count of Monte Cristo.
28:33Exactly.
28:34And then they would read that on the tannoy, and they'd just work away, you know?
28:37You know these two chaps here?
28:38Yeah.
28:39And what do you think about them?
28:41They're supposed to be tobacco pickers.
28:44Ah.
28:45That's when my father-in-law went to Cuba, and he's picked this up along the way.
28:48As a souvenir.
28:49I can see it in the street somewhere, in the street market, yeah.
28:52Yeah.
28:53Fantastic.
28:54Really great.
28:55OK, collectible?
28:56Yeah.
28:57But of course, we wouldn't recommend taking up the habit of smoking.
29:00But there are still very strong collectors for this kind of item.
29:04How much do you think the collection will fetch?
29:07So, we've got a good span of eras.
29:09We've got late 19th century here, we've got early 20th century, and then sort of mid-century
29:16as well.
29:17So, Stephen, I reckon as a whole collection, I'm going to give you an estimate of 500 plus.
29:25Yep.
29:26Sounds right.
29:27Yeah, it sounds right enough.
29:29Yeah.
29:30Fantastic.
29:31Well, thank you so much for bringing this in.
29:32Thank you very much.
29:33I appreciate it.
29:34Cheers.
29:35All the best.
29:36Bye-bye.
29:41Simon valued the whole collection between £400 and £500, and I think I would be happy
29:46to receive that.
29:50Hi there.
29:51Welcome to the bidding room.
29:53What's your name, sir?
29:54And where did you come from?
29:55I'm Stephen, and I'm from Edinburgh.
29:57We can't work out what that is, so if you could do the honours.
30:00Oh!
30:01So, we've got a collection of cigar-related items.
30:04Oh, look at those.
30:05What's the little paper mache figurine there?
30:08I don't know, they're just like two guys with hats.
30:10Yeah, no, these are Cuban farmers who will probably work in a tobacco field.
30:15Oh, okay, yeah.
30:16It does say at the bottom, it does say Cuban tobacco pickers.
30:19Oh.
30:20We do collect stuff like this.
30:21Yep.
30:22Although I do have a few of them.
30:25Nowadays, people use these as, you know, decorative, and I've even seen some of them being framed up and on the wall.
30:31Wow.
30:32But these, this is pretty good.
30:34I've not really seen one like this.
30:36You just leave it on the table and you put your cigar on it, and it just cuts it.
30:40And the models as well, they're really nice.
30:42Again, decorative, the model, yeah.
30:44Yep.
30:45There's a market and they're collectible, but at the end of the day, you know, smoking's bad for you.
30:49It's kind of gone out of fashion in the last couple of decades.
30:52They would make really, really good pen trays.
30:55Or you could use them for paintbrushes, pencils, crayons, magic markers, you know, that kind of thing.
31:00It would really fit into some London interiors to kind of, like, repurpose its actual use rather than try and use it for what it was made for.
31:10Stephen, how old did Simon say they were?
31:12I think we agreed on early 1900s.
31:15That is lovely, isn't it?
31:16Yeah.
31:17I must admit, there is a huge collector's market for anything tobacco-related, whether it's tobacchiana or whether it's for actual cigars,
31:23but this particular piece, out of all of them, this one I've never seen.
31:27It's quite an interesting little piece.
31:28Yeah, I've never seen it either.
31:29This is kind of our bag, but we're keeping our poker faces.
31:33You've not kept your poker faces very well, lads.
31:35In fact, you are rubbish.
31:37You just told me I wanted it.
31:38Absolutely rubbish.
31:40It's good we don't play poker.
31:42Yeah, no gambler.
31:43Right, so should we start?
31:44Go for it.
31:45The tobacco collection was valued at £500 plus, but will the dealers dig deep enough to meet Stephen's price?
31:55So I'm going to put 25 quid down.
31:58I'll go 50 quid.
32:0055.
32:01And is this for the whole collection?
32:03The whole collection.
32:04The shade.
32:05I know.
32:06I guess I'm out at that point.
32:08Sorry Stephen.
32:09OK, thank you.
32:10I don't really know too much about him, but I'll give him a go.
32:13£60 please.
32:14£60 please.
32:15Oh.
32:1665.
32:1770.
32:18Getting more there.
32:20100.
32:21I'm just after the cutter.
32:23I'm after the quarter.
32:25The cutter's worth twice that in itself.
32:27110.
32:28Because they're related to tobacco, I'm going to be out.
32:31I understand.
32:32I understand.
32:34120.
32:35150.
32:37Anything higher on 150?
32:39No, I'm going to say I'm out at that, Stephen, but thank you.
32:42OK.
32:44At 150 I think we'll...
32:45That's where we are.
32:46Where we are.
32:47Yeah, you know when I give me 170 for the lot.
32:50I want to make a bit of profit on him.
32:52I'd like to stick at 150.
32:54OK.
32:55Well, you've got to be in it to win it.
32:57And I will take 150 for him.
32:59Yay!
33:01Well done.
33:02APPLAUSE
33:03Can we ask what did Simon value that?
33:07He reckoned we'd get £500.
33:09Really?
33:10Oh!
33:11Yeah.
33:12Yeah, yeah.
33:13Melissa ended up going for the sale and I think she got a bargain.
33:17So with the hundred and fifty pounds that we will reinvest it in our new business venture, which is a coffee store
33:23Well Stephen, I am extremely happy with my bag today
33:26And thank you for bringing them in and telling us the history. It's been great. I'm glad you're happy and thank you for having me
33:31Thank you so much. It's been a pleasure to see you.
33:33Thanks very much.
33:40Do you know, I really like them. I can't wait to just fill them up, you know, with paint bushes and belt tips
33:46Do you know what you can do? You know the cigar cutter, you can cut the ends of your crayons with them
33:50Oh, I can sharpen things. Oh my goodness. That's amazing. Pencils, everything
34:02Last into the bidding room are Abigail and Jessica with a stylish practical piece that's bound to turn heads
34:09So today we've brought something that's quite big functional. It's teak and you could find it in a bedroom
34:16You know
34:20It's funny
34:21Mm-hmm because
34:22It looks as though it was on the floor and then they built something to pop it on top of their feet look as though. It's just gone
34:29Right. We'll just put it on there
34:32Hello you two
34:34Welcome to the bidding room. This is a nice piece of furniture. You probably know all about it
34:38I wish we did
34:40Oh, okay. First of all, where did you find it? We found it online
34:44Someone was giving it away
34:46Really? Um, yeah
34:48We liked the style of it, but we didn't know too much really about the designer
34:53Yes, what a great great find. It's just an area of furniture that
34:56Everybody wants at the minute
34:58It's so commercial
35:00We get all the information, don't we, when we open the top drawer
35:04We've got a little stamp in there for G plan, but not just G plan
35:08G plan Danish design
35:10And this was a range that started in
35:1362 somewhere around there and this is a covert Larson one and he was one of the the top guys
35:19I love the fact when you look at it from the front to start with you think three draw
35:23Of course, they're all split aren't they? Yeah, so it is in fact a six draw chest and I I think that's quite clever
35:30How clever is that? I think it's brilliant
35:31Keeps things simple and cluttered and then of course we've got as Nigel said quite a short
35:39Short leg, but that's what we expect this bit of a sweep on the edge there is typical of this range
35:46Did you do any sort of polishing up to it or was that how it was?
35:50There were a few ring marks and things like that and when we picked them up
35:52So we just lightly sanded it back and then just re-oiled it the only bit
35:55I'm not happy with ladies is is is the backboard
35:59I think that's probably a replacement. Yeah, but as with a lot of these
36:04They did tend to get woodworm affected, you know, but the front the bit you see the important bit
36:10Is is really really nice. So we know they're very collectible. They are and JB immediately came to mind. Yes. No, absolutely
36:17Moses is good too, isn't he? Yes, this sort of yeah, they're not going to lose on this. No dealers. No, you're in for zero
36:26So anything is going to be good news
36:28Hitting the jackpot, right? Um, whatever it makes what it what will you do with the money?
36:32And let me give you some advice get into the business because you seem to be very good at it. Well
36:37Yeah, I mean we are you already in the business are you we um upcycle and refurbish furniture, so
36:45Great, so you know how to do all this. Yeah, yeah
36:48Okay, it's time to ask that question. How much do you think it's worth?
36:52It's bang on commercial at the minute, so
36:55You shouldn't have any problem getting plenty of bids next door. I think in an auction room. It's going to be
37:01anywhere between
37:04Four and six hundred that kind of bracket lovely. I don't think you'll have to say much next door to be honest
37:10Um, yeah, just push on the commercial aspect
37:13Yeah, that's all you need to do. Perfect. Thank you. You're in for a treat. Thank you very much. Thanks for coming
37:19Thank you for having us. Nice to meet you. Thank you. Thank you. Bye
37:24Look at this. I love this. I mean, that's so clever
37:28Well made. Yeah, yeah, I know it's in a factory and everything. Yeah, sure. But they had pride in doing it, didn't they? They did
37:37Simon valued the Cofford Larson draws between four and six hundred pounds
37:42We're really happy with that because it's more than we'd originally thought we're feeling quite excited about it
37:46We're a little bit nervous, but yeah, quite excited
37:53Hello, hi, welcome to the biddy room. Thank you. What's your names? I'm Jess. I'm Abby. Hi, hi, Jess and Abby. Hi
38:03Who's gonna do the honors? Oh, you weren't wrong, Moses
38:06It's a nice chest of drawers
38:10That's a nice G plan chest of drawers
38:12Is it the Cofford Larson? It is. It's the Cofford Larson with the generous drawers
38:18With the generous drawers
38:20What if I can have a quick look? Absolutely
38:23Look at him go. That's the quickest I've seen Moses move in 17
38:27I've just been woken up
38:30It's by G plan, but it was
38:33um commissioned they commissioned a designer called Cofford Larson who did a collection of
38:40different types of styles this is particularly a good one because of the generous size of the drawers and the very very stylish front
38:49this one is in particularly reasonable condition just a little bit of wear at the bottom runners and
38:56um, it's a good example of mid-century modern design
39:00So why why are you selling it? We just found it online and someone was about to throw it in the tip
39:06So we rescued it and it's just been sat in our workshop. So have you guys done any work to that?
39:12Or yeah, yeah, it was um, it had a few ring marks and a few scratches when we picked it up
39:17I don't think it had much love for a while. So have you done anything to the front?
39:20It's just been re-eyed. So did Simon tell you anything else about the chest?
39:24He said that the back might have been replaced at one point, but that weren't done by us
39:29You've done well saving out of a skip
39:31That's amazing if you got it out of a skip
39:32And did you know what it was when you picked it up or did you just pick it up because you thought it was attractive?
39:37I mean mid-century we know it's
39:39It's quite good anyway, but yeah when we picked it up we did a little bit of research and we're really glad we saved it
39:45Lens on the old internet
39:47Yeah, well do you know something i'm not a furniture type of person
39:52And i know nothing so i'm kind of just listening to everybody with this because i'm hoping that you're going to just lead me
39:58These are popular for so many reasons like new build houses and flats and stuff in london
40:03That is the perfect chest because your bigger chest of drawers you're not going to fit it up the stairs and such
40:06So there is a huge market for it
40:09Especially this sort of range as well the danish inspired stuff
40:12It's a really nice compact piece of furniture it wouldn't look out of place in a living room or a hallway
40:17I think it's got a really nice sort of broad range of versatility with it
40:22Imagine a nice london flat
40:24With that in the nice record player on top
40:26North london somewhere nice
40:28See i see more of a manchester house with like a nice plant on top
40:32Manchester
40:33Going back to south london you know i'm awful
40:37You you you lot will be rubbish at poker
40:39Like poker babies have gone
40:43Abigail and jessica have a long way to go to meet simon's four to six hundred pound valuation for those drawers
40:49Actually, they look rather smart in my dressing room. I'll start the bidding at 50 pounds
40:5670 pounds
40:58100
41:00150
41:01160
41:02200 pounds i'm out of the bidding, but i'm sure you will get a very good price
41:08220 230 250
41:11255
41:12260
41:14275
41:15300 ouch
41:17305
41:18310
41:21That's gone too high for me for that one
41:24350
41:25320
41:26325
41:30I'm gonna say i'm out at that point but thank you for bringing it in yeah
41:34I think it's worth more than that
41:36330
41:37335
41:38Stop
41:41You should give it to me at 350
41:42I think these two are gonna be out because it's far too much
41:48It's hit my it's hit my limit good good
41:52But i'm gonna do one more cheek. We are gonna do one more cheeky one
41:56You sure you don't want to talk about it? No, we don't want to talk about it. We're telepathic now on this
42:00355
42:02A 355
42:07I'm out
42:09I've paid five pound more than i wanted to pay for that that was my top 350 was my top but 355
42:15Snatch his hand off
42:17Do you accept?
42:18Yeah
42:18Yeah
42:19Yeah
42:23And what did Simon value it at?
42:25Between 400 and 600
42:26Well done
42:27Whoa
42:27Whoa
42:29We're absolutely over the moon we picked it up for nothing and we're going home with 355 pounds worth of brunches
42:37Here's your tosh
42:39Thank you very much
42:40It's been a pleasure
42:41Thank you
42:45Yeah, we're happy we brought it up
42:47We're really glad we came on the show
42:48Yeah
42:48It's been a fun day
42:49Well, that was interesting wasn't it?
42:51We have south london on the right here versus north london on the left
42:57South london saw sense
42:58There is only one part of london moses
43:01North london
43:02North london forever
43:04Well, that was exciting
43:10Join us again for another great day on the bidding
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