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00:00Today we're turning off the PlayStations, Game Boys and Xboxes.
00:05In fact, we're pulling the plug on the lot.
00:09Instead, we're dusting off the dice, unboxing board games
00:13and rediscovering forgotten tabletop treasures that were essential on rainy days.
00:19One flick of the finger and I'm back in the 70s.
00:22Goal!
00:25Remembering games that tested our patience.
00:28Ah, checkmate!
00:30And those that gave us a smash in time.
00:33Yes!
00:35And if you're thinking of investing in some classic gaming collectibles of your own,
00:39later I'll have some top tips that'll be less ace of spades, more ace of trades.
00:45Snap!
00:46So what are we waiting for?
00:48Let's go bargain hunting!
00:58The venue for our gaming extravaganza is the Brighton Toy Museum, which has hundreds of examples of vintage gaming classics.
01:19Yes, we're going to be flipping the lid on forgotten board games and tabletop teasers bought by our teams over the years.
01:28On today's show, we'll meet contestants who were bowled over.
01:32How's that?
01:33Yay!
01:34And teams who had a trick up their sleeves.
01:37I just think it reflects you as a magician.
01:40We'll also find out who made the biggest profit in our chart countdown.
01:45Right, heads down.
01:46Let's roll the dice and meet our first team.
01:49Couple, Anna and Nigel, who were shopping in the market town of Wadebridge in Cornwall.
01:54It hasn't got your name carved on the inside of the desk, has it?
01:58If it was mine, it would have had a list of all my girlfriend's initials.
02:02They were out and about with expert Philip Serrell, and they quickly liked the sound of something.
02:09Oh, that's a trumpet. That's a good start.
02:12Can you play the trumpet?
02:13Yeah.
02:14Can you?
02:15Yeah.
02:16Can we get a note out of it?
02:17No, I think it needs a new film.
02:19Not my finest note.
02:26It's not the best, is it?
02:27Yeah.
02:28So let's put that back and have a wander round.
02:31Moving on.
02:32And the Reds were soon in the swing of things.
02:35Not too hard.
02:37Whee!
02:38Well, you're no good.
02:39This is everything.
02:40Come on, you have a go.
02:41Come on, Nigel.
02:42You have a go.
02:43Right.
02:44Come on, then.
02:45Whoa!
02:46I've missed them as well.
02:47We'll just keep my dignity in one place.
02:49Yeah.
02:50We've got nine pins.
02:51Yeah.
02:52And I think the centre one is always known as the kingpin.
02:54Yeah.
02:55Right?
02:56Hence the expression kingpin.
02:57And this would have sat in the corner of a pub, wouldn't it?
03:00What I love is that's lignum vitae.
03:02That's a wood.
03:03It's a wood, right?
03:04But lignum vitae is typified by this very dark bit and this light bit here.
03:09Yeah.
03:10What does that say down there?
03:12Look, John Jakes and son.
03:13Jakes, with a great name.
03:15You're right, Phil.
03:17Jakes of London is one of the most influential names in British gaming.
03:21They've been knocking about since 1795.
03:24Proper old school.
03:26But things really took off in Victorian times.
03:29Jakes games popped up everywhere, from posh parlours to picnics on the lawn.
03:34But more than 200 years later, good old fashioned tabletop skittles remains one of the company's biggest hits.
03:42So what are the rules?
03:44You've got to go round the post.
03:46Let's have a go.
03:47One.
03:48Two.
03:49Oh, yes.
03:50Come on.
03:51There's...
03:52Oh, come on.
03:53Yes!
03:54And we've got two more goes, because you get three goes at this.
04:00It's tougher than it looks.
04:02So what was the ticket price on the red skittle game?
04:05Good, sir.
04:08That's a bit of fun, that, isn't it?
04:09Is it all original?
04:10Yes, sir.
04:11What's the best you can do that for?
04:14I'll do that for 60 pounds.
04:16It's up to you.
04:17Do you like it?
04:18Yeah, I think it's...
04:20Yeah, it's got style.
04:21I can see it.
04:22I can see there's a certain amount of hesitancy creeping into your own.
04:24Yes, I was thinking 55.
04:26Where did you find these people?
04:29Some.
04:30Really?
04:31Do you want to buy it?
04:32Yeah.
04:33Yeah, we'll buy that.
04:34Looks like we bought it then, didn't it?
04:35It certainly did, Phil.
04:37Find out later how those tabletop skittles fare at the auction.
04:41Next, we're off to Kingston-upon-Thames in Surrey,
04:44where the blue team were looking to work their magic.
04:47I'm Nick.
04:48I'm Charlie.
04:49And we're going to make the hopes of the red team disappear.
04:52Well, Nick and Charlie, you've got me.
04:54Hey.
04:55Their expert was Thomas Forrester, and he had a question for his team.
04:59Do you know what they're called?
05:01I don't know what they're called.
05:03You're Flandering, aren't you?
05:04We are.
05:05No idea.
05:06No idea.
05:07So they're Japanese.
05:08Oh, right, OK.
05:09They're called a Netsuki, which is the purse holder.
05:12So these are the purses.
05:14Yep.
05:15Yeah, which are called in rows.
05:16OK.
05:17And then to hold your in row onto your belt, you needed a Netsuki,
05:20and these are carved in boxwood, and they tell certain myths.
05:24But the older ones are much better than the more modern ones,
05:27which these ones are.
05:28Right.
05:29So shall we just walk this way?
05:30Yeah, yeah.
05:31And now you've had a brief look at something,
05:32we can carry on looking at other things.
05:33Yeah, that's good.
05:34The blue's passed on the Netskis, but what about this?
05:38The dragon.
05:39Now, it looks old, but it's not old.
05:41Mm.
05:42And these were produced in quite large numbers.
05:44Right.
05:45It's a decorative piece, and yes, at £150, that's a properly decent price.
05:50As you said, there are so many made.
05:52I think we leave this.
05:53We move on.
05:54We move on.
05:55Let's go that way.
05:56OK, come on, off you go.
05:58It's just so much to have a look at, isn't it?
06:00There is, isn't there?
06:01£75.
06:03£75.
06:04But I don't know anything about this type thing.
06:06Do you like it, Charlie?
06:08I'm not a big fan of this one either, to be honest.
06:10Good, good, good.
06:11So am I.
06:12Let's move on.
06:13OK, fine.
06:14Excellent.
06:15The clock was ticking, and the team were getting desperate.
06:18A pair of boots?
06:19What on earth?
06:20Well, you know.
06:21I think they'd suit you, Dad.
06:23Yeah, you could, you know...
06:24No.
06:25I've only ever once, well, worn anything remotely approaching the...
06:30..this type of thing.
06:31I don't want to know.
06:32I would never do it again.
06:33I don't want to know.
06:34Do you know what?
06:35I think the sun doesn't want to know as well.
06:37Moving swiftly on...
06:39..Thomas was hoping for more luck with this early card game counter.
06:43It's an olive wood because what's grown there...
06:47..within the Mediterranean is olives inlaid with this lovely little bird.
06:53I just think it reflects you as a magician.
06:56Do you want to hold it and have a look?
06:57I would like.
06:58Charlie, what do you think?
06:59It's okay.
07:00It's okay.
07:01That's a start, isn't it?
07:02I'm not completely sold on it, but...
07:03No, okay.
07:04The blues weren't blown away, but before score pads or even pencils became standard,
07:11card game counters kept track of points in popular games like whist.
07:16Back in the day, using your own whist counter was seen as a mark of taste.
07:21Some even matched their counters to their outfit or their card case.
07:26Card game counters first appeared in Europe around the 16th century, often with numbered sliders or dials and detailed engravings that made them miniature works of art.
07:38But were the blues about to deal in on their counter?
07:42It's got a price on $110, but we can always ask...
07:45My query, how old is it?
07:48That's such a good question and I like that.
07:51I think that's about a hundred years old.
07:54So why don't we ask, see where we can be.
07:56Okay.
07:57Hi, I'm just interested in this piece and I've wondered what's the best price you could give us on that.
08:04Absolute bottom line is $58.
08:06So shall we go with that?
08:08I think, I think let's go for it.
08:09Yeah.
08:10Yeah, you want to do it?
08:11Yes, we do.
08:12Well done, you two.
08:13Well done indeed blues.
08:14We'll see how that fared at the auction later on in the show.
08:18Time now though, to head to Anglesey in North Wales, where I was leading the lovely red team, Earl and Sandra.
08:26And it wasn't long before Earl spotted something with a local connection.
08:30Welsh Dragons.
08:31Welsh Dragons.
08:32That'd be a lot of money.
08:33$600.
08:34I'll tell you what it is.
08:35They're too dear for us today.
08:36Too dear, let's go.
08:37Too hot to handle.
08:39But would this be more in the red's price range?
08:41I have a little chessboard.
08:43It's a little bit different actually, it's quite nice.
08:46And you've got the drawer.
08:47I do quite like that.
08:48What drew you to it?
08:50It's just the shape and then putting the chessboard in the middle of it, then a tree, and the work has gone into it.
08:57It's quite nice isn't it really?
09:00And having the drawers as well.
09:01It's decorative that's for sure.
09:03Or somebody who is a chess player.
09:05Yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:06And there's plenty of about, don't get me wrong.
09:08Bit of an understatement from me there.
09:10Did you know chess started in India over 1500 years ago?
09:15Yep, back then it wasn't just a game, it was a way to train for war.
09:21It was called chaturanga, playing pieces with soldiers, elephants, horses and chariots.
09:28A whole battlefield on a board.
09:30The goal?
09:31Outsmart your opponent and capture the king.
09:34All without anyone actually getting hurt.
09:37By the 15th century, the game evolved into the version we know today, with kings and powerful queens.
09:45This period gave rise to modern rules and a surge in popularity around Europe.
09:52Chess boards can rake it in at auction.
09:54In 2019, one belonging to King Charles I went under the hammer for more than £600,000.
10:01I'm not sure the one we found in Anglesey was quite as valuable.
10:06£25,000, I could knock that down to a tenner maybe.
10:10Mmm, well, what do you think Sandra?
10:12I do quite like it, yeah.
10:14I haven't seen anything like that before.
10:16Shall we see what the best prices we can get?
10:17Yeah.
10:18Hiya.
10:19Your job.
10:22Hi.
10:23What is the best price, could you give me on that please?
10:27£50.
10:28Could you make it £12?
10:30Just so we can just edge a profit.
10:33Do £13.
10:35Oh, that's unlucky.
10:36Oh.
10:37You're £14.
10:38£12.
10:39Unlucky for some.
10:40Unlucky for some.
10:41£12.
10:42£12.
10:43Go on then.
10:44Which one?
10:45I will.
10:46Oh, thank you very much.
10:47Yeah, brilliant.
10:48Checkmate.
10:49Keep watching to find out how the chess board did at auction.
10:52Right, let's take a break from the shopping to find out about this museum here and their very special collection of vintage games.
11:00Brighton, famous for its seaside charm, pebbled beaches and something else a little more unexpected.
11:11Tucked under the station arches is Brighton Toy and Model Museum.
11:15A time capsule bursting with childhood favourites and a place where toys and classic games come to life.
11:22But it's not just trains and teddies in here.
11:25The museum is also home to a collection of rare and vintage board games.
11:31To find out more, I'm meeting museum manager, Jan Etches.
11:38This place is absolutely amazing.
11:40How long has it been going?
11:41So, the museum opened in 1991.
11:44There's over 12,000 items in the collection.
11:47Never!
11:48Yeah, absolutely.
11:50Which cover the golden age of toy making, so the late 1800s through to the 1950s and 60s.
11:56There really is something for everybody here.
11:58But we also have a very interesting collection of unusual and quite rare board games.
12:07This first one here, this is the one that really draws to my eye.
12:10You know, it brings me back to me youth, Snakes and Ladders.
12:13It's gotta be one of the most popular board games going, surely.
12:17It's a classic, isn't it, Danny?
12:18It is.
12:19We all grew up with this one.
12:20Snakes and Ladders has a rather unusual history that not many of us know about.
12:25Because it actually started in ancient India.
12:28It had a moral message where ladders were good deeds that led you closer to enlightenment.
12:34And the snakes, of course, were if you did something wrong and it dragged you back down.
12:39Makes sense.
12:40Absolutely.
12:41It was brought over to Victorian Britain in the 19th century.
12:46Where it was adapted to suit Christian morals, okay?
12:49Still teaching a lesson about what's right and what's wrong.
12:52But with a little bit less karma.
12:54There was me thinking it was all about just getting home to the top of the board.
12:58Next up is Bombardo.
13:01A board game made in the 1920s by injured ex-servicemen recovering from the events of the First World War.
13:08I just can't understand what's going on here, to be honest.
13:12I know, it looks quite complicated.
13:13It does!
13:14So, what we have in front of us is a three-fold board.
13:18Yeah.
13:19Celluloid balls, which are sitting in metal rings.
13:22Yeah.
13:23A spinner in the middle and a striker.
13:25So, the idea is we set the spinner off.
13:29You let go of the striker.
13:31And what it starts to do is ricochet off the spinner and attempts to knock the balls off.
13:37The player, who has got the most balls left, is the winner.
13:41Each player chooses their favourite colour.
13:43So, you can be pink.
13:44Right.
13:45And I'll be green.
13:46Right, here we go.
13:49And then I'll let this go.
13:52Come on.
13:56Good spin.
13:57Oh, that's one pink gone.
13:59But as things stand, there are two green and one pink.
14:04I think I'm the winner.
14:05I'll give you that one.
14:06I'll give you that one.
14:07I'll tell you what, we'll move on from this game.
14:09Yes, it's not easy, is it, Danny?
14:10Not at all.
14:11It was very popular with older children and adults up until about the mid-20th century.
14:16But it is quite rough, and so not many of them have survived.
14:20So, I suppose this model is quite rare.
14:22Yes, it is, Danny.
14:26We're looking at a couple of games now, which are from the 1960s, which reflect popular culture
14:31at that time.
14:32So, over here we have one called Grand Prix, which was very popular at the time that Formula
14:37One was taken off.
14:38It's like a primitive form of video game simulator.
14:41I mean, it's even got the bargain on colours.
14:45Shall we see if it works?
14:46Yeah.
14:47Let's have a look.
14:48How does it work?
14:49So, you turn the wheel.
14:50Oh, that's clever.
14:51And then a magnet underneath moves the car around the board.
14:56Too hard for me, this one, but this one seems a bit more up my street.
15:00James Bond.
15:01Yes, absolutely.
15:03It's the James Bond 007 Secret Service game.
15:08This one is a little bit different from other games at that time.
15:12Players had to retrieve a briefcase and a secret formula and get it back to base.
15:18I mean, were these games popular or was it more merchandising, advertising?
15:24Well, that's interesting because with both of these games, it was a nod towards the start
15:29of popular merchandising.
15:31In actual fact, the James Bond game came out in 1965, which was the same year as Thunderball
15:38was released.
15:39Oh, yeah.
15:40Sean Connery.
15:41Well, I won't do the impression.
15:43You could say to some degree that these are like antiques, but are they worth anything?
15:50What's the value?
15:52That is a question that I get asked a lot in this museum.
15:56And as you will know with your background, that actually, it's only worth what somebody
16:01is prepared to pay for it at that time.
16:03Yeah.
16:04The value is sentimental, of course, because it actually takes people back to their childhood
16:09and it brings back childhood memories and nostalgia.
16:12And what price can you put on that?
16:13Well, there is that.
16:15Priceless.
16:16Thank you very much for showing me just a small part of this great collection you've
16:22got here.
16:23It's been a real pleasure and, of course, very educational.
16:26Do you think we should have round two with Bombardo?
16:28I'm game for that.
16:30So while me and Jan keep on gaming, let's get back to the shopping, where new team, mother
16:35and son duo, Rachel and Charlie, search the stalls at Lingfield Racecourse in Surrey.
16:42We're going to smash the blues right at the park.
16:46Well, I know my stuff.
16:48They were led by expert John Cameron and straight away, they seem to have the right idea.
16:54I love stags anyway.
16:56Yeah.
16:57That's not very expensive, is it?
16:59It's brass, isn't it?
17:00Yeah.
17:01It's nicely decorated.
17:02This would be your pen stand up here.
17:04So you could literally put your quill between the antlers there.
17:08Would it do well at auction, do you think?
17:10If I'm honest, I like stags, so I'm interested.
17:13I have, you know, I have bronze stags heads at home, so we can keep an eye on that.
17:17We're just on the clock.
17:18Yeah.
17:19Yeah?
17:20Right.
17:21That's a potential.
17:22The brass stag inkwell was on the maybe list.
17:25But what about this animal-themed table lighter?
17:28It's a nice design, isn't it?
17:30Hmm.
17:31How does it work?
17:32Oh, so you have a match or a wick, as they call it?
17:34A wick in there.
17:35Yeah, yeah.
17:36And as you light it out, as you pull it out, creates a spark.
17:38Yeah.
17:39Lights the light.
17:40The office at Light Industries table lights, there's on the label.
17:42There you go.
17:43There's another one there.
17:44Oh, this is the other one?
17:45Yeah.
17:46I'd prefer this one, though.
17:47That one's quite nice with the zebras on it.
17:49Different, isn't it?
17:50Yeah.
17:51We'll keep that in Mahan.
17:52We know it's got the name on it.
17:53Yeah?
17:54The lighter was also on the back burner.
17:57Hmm.
17:58How would they tackle their next find?
18:00Cebuto does have a following.
18:02This was the thing to have when we were young.
18:04And there's rugby.
18:05I haven't seen the rugby one before.
18:06Yeah, that's quite unusual, isn't it?
18:07Boxes in good condition as well.
18:08Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:09It's 1971 as well.
18:11A bunch of my friends, who are pushing 60 now, still meet up to play Cebuto.
18:16Do they?
18:17It's just an excuse to get out.
18:18I know.
18:19They do.
18:20Random fact.
18:22The tabletop football game Cebuto, which was launched in 1947, was named after a species
18:27of bird called the Falco Cebuto.
18:31Cebuto quickly gained popularity in post-war Britain as an affordable way to enjoy football
18:37at home, even if your living room was a bit tight on space.
18:42By the 1970s, Cebuto was a household name.
18:46Different sports were featured, including hockey, cricket, and even fishing.
18:50But did the Reds like the rugby version of this tabletop classic?
18:55I mean, the condition of that is superb, isn't it?
18:58The box is perfect, isn't it?
19:00I think that's a potentially good deal.
19:02Yes, I do.
19:03If you were interested.
19:04Yeah.
19:05Would you take £75 for that?
19:08Yeah, I'd take £75 for that.
19:10Are we good with that?
19:11Yep.
19:12Done deal then.
19:13There we go.
19:14There we go.
19:15You scored a good one there, Reds.
19:17Stay tuned to see if the auction room liked it, or whether you got kicked into touch.
19:24Time now for our next team, and we're heading to Scotland, where a buoyant blue team couldn't
19:29wait to get started at an antiques fair in Edinburgh.
19:33Gaming fanatics Gary and Kieran were led by expert David Harper.
19:38But could the boys work out what this was?
19:41I think I've got inkling.
19:42Go on, bro.
19:43So then you put that on the floor.
19:44Yeah.
19:45And then you put your shoe in it.
19:46Right.
19:47And then I don't know.
19:48Oh, does it help you take a boot off?
19:50Yeah, I was like, yeah, boot on and boot off.
19:52Come on, keep going, keep going.
19:54I suppose it's to keep the floors clean.
19:56You were right in the way.
19:57You do put your foot in it.
19:58You do.
19:59But there should be another one.
20:00Yeah.
20:01And it's attached to an animal.
20:03Oh, for a horse?
20:04Yes!
20:05Is it?
20:06It's a stirrup.
20:07South American, Spanish, sometimes called conquistador stirrup.
20:11I like it.
20:12It's a piece of art.
20:13It's a novelty thing.
20:14Anyway, how much is it?
20:15The best I could do, actually, is 60.
20:1735.
20:18Oh, I'm doing what you're doing.
20:20We're taking deep breaths in.
20:22How can...
20:23I can't believe it.
20:24I can't believe it.
20:25He's like so rude.
20:26I'm so sorry.
20:27I'm on your side.
20:28I'm gonna eat tonight.
20:29I feel it's too much.
20:31It was a no to the single horse stirrup.
20:34But was this up the boys' street?
20:36Ooh.
20:37Isn't that absolutely magnificent.
20:40No way.
20:41It's been a tone.
20:42This is the tennis game.
20:43If ever you've seen it or heard, it's the noise.
20:45Flip, flip, flip, flip.
20:46Yeah, this is...
20:47Have you played before?
20:48Pong, and then they rebranded it into every other bat sport,
20:51even though it was the exact same game.
20:53Yes.
20:54Look at that.
20:55Tennis, football, squash, and practice.
20:56But do you know what they all were?
20:58Two lines with a top going...
21:00That's it.
21:01This plays on any size, any brand, colour, or black and white TV, boys.
21:07Black and white.
21:08That's what we played on a black and white TV.
21:10Binnatone was launched in Britain in 1958 by the Lalvani brothers,
21:15who named the company after their sister, Binnah.
21:19In the mid-1970s, Binnatone dived headfirst into home entertainment,
21:24pumping out game consoles like the Binnatone TV Master.
21:29And nowadays, Binnatone consoles are nostalgic and collectible.
21:34But are they valuable?
21:36Well, it all depends.
21:37Mint condition models with a well-kept box can fetch one to 200 pounds.
21:43Back to the Blues games console then.
21:45And it was definitely sparking some memories for David.
21:48Oh, my. Let me just smell that. Let me smell it.
21:51I like this.
21:52I love that.
21:53Oh, just hold that moment.
21:55For that old box smell.
21:56This is what I recall as a kid.
21:58There you go.
21:59There's a special technique to that.
22:00Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
22:01It's like a flick, flick, flick like that.
22:03Orange in colour, 1970s.
22:06It is absolutely fantastic.
22:08With its original sauce.
22:09Hello, are you the stall holder?
22:11Yeah, I am. I'm Gina.
22:12Hello, Gina.
22:13Hello, Gina.
22:14Does it still work? The electrics...
22:15As far as I know.
22:16How much is it?
22:17£28.
22:18OK.
22:19You're into games.
22:20What's your feeling?
22:21The price is good.
22:22Yep.
22:23We are nerds.
22:24I like it.
22:25The box is there.
22:26I love it.
22:27I'm sold on it, definitely.
22:28If we can get the price down a little bit, I think this is an instance.
22:30I think we should put the price up if you like it so much.
22:32Oh, yeah, wait.
22:33No, I'm doing it wrong.
22:34Wait, wait, wait, wait.
22:35Poker face.
22:36It's all right.
22:41Can we say 25?
22:43I think that's fair.
22:44I think that's fair.
22:4525, yeah.
22:46Thank you so much.
22:47Well done.
22:48Thank you very much.
22:49Did the bidders think that console was pixel perfect when it went to auction?
22:52We'll find out shortly.
22:53One more team to go and this time we're in Hardinline, West Sussex, where Amrik and Sian were keen to get shopping.
23:01Pretty, pretty.
23:02Yeah.
23:03Nice to meet you.
23:04Showing them the ropes on the day was expert Tim Weeks.
23:08And Sian spotted something that Tim knows all about.
23:11Oh, a gavel.
23:12It's not golden though.
23:14Oh, my favourite.
23:15And it works.
23:16Yeah.
23:17That's fine.
23:18Yeah.
23:19Very nice.
23:20It's nice to have the block as well.
23:22Okay.
23:2338 pounds.
23:24Yeah.
23:25I think the auctioneer would probably put it at 20 to 30 pounds.
23:27Yeah.
23:28How much is yours worth, Tim?
23:29Priceless.
23:30Because of the owner.
23:31Yeah.
23:32Very careful.
23:33Should we see what we can get for this?
23:34It's worth knowing, isn't it?
23:35Yeah, let's have a look.
23:36Yeah, why not?
23:37Cool.
23:38So I'll grab it.
23:39Hey, what's your best price for this gavel?
23:41I could do 28.
23:4228?
23:4328.
23:4428.
23:45What do you think?
23:46Oh, what do I think?
23:47Oh, it's on me.
23:48Oh, it's on me.
23:49Oh, it's what I think.
23:50I can, okay.
23:51Yeah, okay.
23:5228.
23:53I think, do you reckon we can go a little bit lower or it's 28?
23:54The lowest I can do is 25.
23:5525.
23:56Okay, let's have a talk.
23:58Thanks so much.
23:59I think a back burner at this point.
24:00I think it's a back burner.
24:01Yeah, yeah.
24:02And I think it's a good back burner at 25 pounds.
24:03It's a really fair price.
24:04Yeah.
24:05The gents that's after us there.
24:06Thank you, sir.
24:07Go in, go in, but not quite gone.
24:10The reds kept browsing.
24:12This looks interesting.
24:13I like the decoration on top.
24:15That is nice, isn't it?
24:16Some art deco sort of style, isn't it?
24:17What would you use it for, then?
24:19I don't know.
24:20Well, I guess you put your post in it or something.
24:21We haven't looked at what it says in the city yet, so this is anyone's guess.
24:23Yeah, but that's quite a good game though, is it?
24:24We don't have a guess what it is, what we see.
24:27So, you know, it's got to be smoky when I look at those.
24:29Oh, okay.
24:30But that's a really nice smokers box.
24:31Yeah.
24:32And what date do you reckon that is, style now?
24:35I'd put it down as 1930s.
24:37It's got a windy thing, so I guess it's...
24:38Oh, musical.
24:40So, I guess now...
24:41I open it.
24:47Oh.
24:48This keeps getting better.
24:50It's nice, yeah.
24:51What was the price?
24:5268.
24:5368.
24:5450 would be the best.
24:5550, okay.
24:56Good to know.
24:57What's your expert opinion?
24:58I think this is more special than the gavel, because it's smoking related.
25:01Is it going to be used for that purpose?
25:02Yeah.
25:03Back burner then, do you reckon?
25:04I think it's back burner.
25:05Let's keep going.
25:06Let's get in the sun, come on.
25:07Thank you so much.
25:08Yeah.
25:09The Mabes were mounted up.
25:11Would this bowl them over?
25:13I like it, but I'm worried it's going to be out of our price range, because it looks
25:16really nice and big.
25:17It does look nice.
25:18Shall we have a look at the...
25:19Yeah.
25:20Oh.
25:21I think that's too much.
25:22That's £260 as well.
25:23Yeah.
25:24Not £260.
25:25£2.16, no.
25:26£100.
25:27How much do you want for it?
25:28£100.
25:29£100.
25:30£100.
25:31That's pretty.
25:32What a discount that is.
25:33Yeah.
25:34I thought that the discount is outrageous.
25:35I know.
25:36But does that mean because no one's been interested in it before?
25:38Well, no.
25:39It's because this is a niche item.
25:41Yeah.
25:42Okay.
25:43When you take this to auction, there's a niche buyer for it.
25:44I want us to have a closer look.
25:45Yeah.
25:46I can just about see it here.
25:47Look.
25:48So, it's called Cricketers.
25:49It's obviously a cricket-related game.
25:50Oh.
25:51Can you see the name?
25:52Oh, Don Bradman.
25:53Bradman.
25:54Don Bradman.
25:55I have no idea who he is.
25:56Greatest batsman of all time, perhaps.
25:57Okay.
25:58I'm not surprised, Tim.
25:59She's a beauty.
26:00At the turn of the 20th century, before telly or even the wireless, there was one place
26:09to get your entertainment fix.
26:11Yes.
26:12The good old Penny Arcade.
26:15And nowadays, they're not just fun.
26:18They're collectible.
26:19A cracking example like this, in good nick and still working, you're looking at between
26:25£500 to £800.
26:27Now that's a lot of pennies.
26:29So, was there an even better deal to be done on the Reds Cricket Penny Arcade?
26:34And at £100?
26:35I'm up for it.
26:36Do you reckon try and squeeze a little bit more?
26:39Or just go for the...
26:40Just feel like it's such a good...
26:41I mean, you could go for it.
26:42Yeah.
26:43What do you think?
26:44Are you thinking 95 or 99?
26:45Yeah.
26:46Just say, like, final...
26:47Why don't you just shout, like, 95, you got a deal, mate.
26:5095, you got a deal.
26:52How much?
26:5395.
26:54Go on.
26:55Go on, then.
26:56Yeah.
26:57Go on.
26:58Come on.
26:59Legend.
27:00Thank you, sir.
27:01Thank you so much.
27:02That's great.
27:03Hey, how's that?
27:04Yeah.
27:05Get in there.
27:06What a great innings.
27:10And that's our final buy.
27:12We'll see how all six of our teams get on at auction shortly.
27:16But first, Charlie went to meet a record-breaking collector of a very well-known board game.
27:23I think about a quarter of a million pounds.
27:24I think about a quarter of a million pounds.
27:26I think about a quarter of a million pounds.
27:28Can you guess what's hidden behind these shutters?
27:30Can you guess what's hidden behind these shutters?
27:33I bet you didn't imagine it would be this.
27:35A collection of monopoly boards.
27:37Thousands, in fact.
27:38And they're all owned by one man.
27:40Neil, this is absolutely jaw-dropping.
27:44It's extraordinary.
27:45So how much have you spent overall on this lot?
27:49I think about a quarter of a million pounds.
27:54This very pricey obsession began when Neil was a boy,
27:57and he bought his first set as a holiday souvenir.
28:00He now claims to buy over 200 sets a year,
28:04but he doesn't want old ones.
28:06He's after one-offs and rarities,
28:08commissioned by companies and organisations,
28:10or made for special occasions.
28:15Now, some of them are very much limited editions, aren't they?
28:18Yes.
28:19A nice braille set, you could be over 100 pounds.
28:21This one here is for a hotel in Paris.
28:23That is 100 pounds to buy from their shop.
28:26The Trump edition would be worth 300 pounds sealed,
28:30but you open it, you'd go down to about 50 pounds.
28:32Gosh.
28:33Is there one particular one you're looking for?
28:35Yes.
28:36The Iceland World Cup edition,
28:39because they only have 350,000 population,
28:41they made only a few sets,
28:43and it was for Iceland for the Russia World Cup.
28:46Are you going to go round the world looking for this one?
28:48Where will you start?
28:49I want to mostly try and do a day trip to Iceland to find one.
28:52Are you likely to find one?
28:53I hope so. Keep my fingers crossed.
28:57This collection has cost Neil a fortune,
28:59but, amazingly, he claims to have never played the game.
29:03But that hasn't stopped him investing.
29:05An investment, he says, will pay off big time.
29:08In 2035, it'll be the 100th anniversary.
29:12100 years for a toy is amazing,
29:14so I think there'll be a mass interest.
29:16So you could describe these as the antiques of the future?
29:19Yes, and I do, and now even people are surprised
29:22how many there are now.
29:23In another few years or more,
29:25there's going to be a lot, lot more out.
29:27Ever-increasing demand.
29:28Yes.
29:29Neil currently holds the world record
29:33for the biggest collection of Monopoly boards
29:35at 1,999.
29:38However, he's added a few more since they last totted them up,
29:41so he's asked me to do an unofficial count.
29:44That's 2,249.
29:48A new world record.
29:53It goes to show a classic game will never go out of fashion.
29:57Right, it's time to see how our team's purchases got on at auction.
30:01First up, Anita went to Devon to meet auctioneer David Sumner
30:05to see what he thought about the vintage table skittles game.
30:10I think it's a good, fun lot.
30:12Well, the bidders like it.
30:13I think so.
30:14They used to be very, very commercial, these things.
30:16If you're running a pub or something like that,
30:18it's a good thing to have.
30:20Could you tell me your estimate, please?
30:22I think about 30 to 50, but I have sold them for more in the past.
30:25Yeah, they paid £55 for it, so there's the chance of a profit there.
30:29A small chance of profit.
30:31Good, good.
30:32What's the auctioneer on the money?
30:34Let's find out.
30:35I can jump in at 20.
30:3722.
30:3825.
30:3928.
30:4030.
30:4132.
30:4235, I'm out.
30:4335.
30:44Fresh face.
30:4538.
30:4638.
30:4740.
30:48It's creeping up, Anita.
30:50Not at 42.
30:51I'm looking 42.
30:5242 in front.
30:5445.
30:55Not at 45.
30:56Back of the room.
30:5745.
30:5848 in front.
30:5950.
31:0052.
31:0155.
31:0258.
31:0360.
31:0462.
31:0565.
31:06Not at 65.
31:07Last chance, internet.
31:08Selling in front at £60.
31:13£60.
31:14It's given you a profit of £5.
31:17The bidders played ball and the Skittles game brought home a smashing profit.
31:22Next, we're off to Chippenham where Natasha checked in with auctioneer Tim Weeks.
31:28What did he make of the Blues card game marker?
31:32Look at your face.
31:33You love this.
31:34It's beautiful.
31:35I love it.
31:36The inlay card design.
31:38Obviously, it can, so it would have been sold perhaps as a tourist piece perhaps.
31:42It's in lovely order because so many times those markers would snap off and break.
31:46This is majestic.
31:47I have to be sensible.
31:48I put 30 to 40, but it's easily one of my favourite lots in the wholesale today.
31:52OK.
31:53Well, £58 was paid.
31:54I think that's fine.
31:56Tim loved it, but did the sale room?
31:59I've got commission.
32:00I go straight in at 48.
32:03Oh, it's close.
32:04It's close.
32:0550, 55, 60.
32:07I'm 65.
32:08Yes!
32:09Get in!
32:10£70, you're in.
32:11Where is £75?
32:12Commissions are out.
32:13There should be more.
32:14Where's £75?
32:15Gents going to do it then.
32:17What a buy.
32:18At £70, I sell.
32:21An expert move because it's just sold for £70, which is a £12 profit.
32:27Oh, so well done.
32:29What a deal.
32:30The bidders came up trumps with a £12 profit.
32:35Next, we're heading to Cheshire.
32:37Now, what did auctioneer Robert Stones make of the red team's chess board?
32:43I don't like it.
32:44It's sort of holiday airport art type stuff, isn't it?
32:50Very poor quality, really.
32:51Yeah.
32:52I've not put a lot of money on it, £10 to £20.
32:54Yeah.
32:55Well, they only paid £12, so they might make a profit.
32:57Well, they could make a profit.
32:58You never know.
32:59It wasn't a lot of money, was it?
33:00Yeah.
33:02Touch and go on this one.
33:04Let's find out how it went.
33:06The chess set.
33:07A lot of interest in this.
33:09£30 a bid at £35 on the net.
33:12£40 on commission.
33:14£45 is there on the net.
33:16£45.
33:17£50 on commission.
33:19£55 is there now.
33:21£55 do I hear?
33:22How good am I?
33:23£50 the bid's here with me on commission at £50.
33:25At £50, here's the bid with me.
33:27£55 in the audience.
33:29At £55 there.
33:30There's the bid.
33:31At £55...
33:33Yes!
33:34£55.
33:35That is a profit of £43.
33:44Wow!
33:45The auctioneer didn't rate it, but the bidders did.
33:47What a profit!
33:49Three down, three to go.
33:51And cards on the table.
33:52I didn't see that chessboard profit coming.
33:55Talking of cards, have you ever wondered where the playing variety came from?
34:00Charlie went to find out.
34:04The origins of playing cards are thought to lie in China in the 9th century.
34:10But it was another 500 years before they made it to Britain.
34:14Today, most houses will have a deck of cards tucked away in a drawer somewhere.
34:19But the collection I'm about to see is like nothing you've come across before.
34:23Thomas Forrester is here to tell me more.
34:26Card playing started in the early 1400s.
34:29Right.
34:30With the soldiers coming back from the Hundred Years' War, or midway through the Hundred Years' War,
34:34they had seen cards played on the continent, they were bringing back sets.
34:39However, we didn't start printing until the end of that century.
34:43So these British cards will only come from the late 1400s.
34:47Yeah.
34:48Cards really caught on in Britain with the arrival of printing presses.
34:53Though popular, card games also proved problematic.
34:57What happens with card games?
34:59People gamble.
35:00They bet.
35:01Yes.
35:02They lose money.
35:03Cheat.
35:04They gain money.
35:05They cheat.
35:06The history of card playing and the history of cards have involved acts of Parliament,
35:11edicts from the King.
35:12Yeah.
35:13They are fascinating.
35:15And I am just touching the tip of the iceberg with this collection we have in.
35:21I'm right in saying I think with all these earlier cards, they're plain-backed, aren't they?
35:25Do you know why they're plain or patterned?
35:27Haven't got a clue.
35:28Well, you're obviously somebody who's a very honest card player like myself.
35:31Yeah.
35:32With a patterned back, you can't mark the card.
35:36That's the reason why.
35:37They're absolutely beautiful.
35:38And actually, the king today, you just have a king or a queen or whatever.
35:42These are actual kings.
35:43Yes, they are kings.
35:44Charles here.
35:45Yeah.
35:46John there.
35:47John there, yeah.
35:48They are all kings of various areas around the world and countries.
35:51Playing cards featured all kinds of designs, including some valuable information.
35:57Such as these cards showing maps by famous cartographer Robert Morden.
36:01The interesting thing about the Robert Morden cards, they are the first set of cards and maps to represent roads which all lead to the major cities such as London.
36:11Yeah.
36:12These special cards are done by a particular artist?
36:15These are all engraved cards.
36:16Yeah.
36:17By the famous engraver John Lenthal.
36:19I mean, they're all works of art, aren't they? All these things.
36:22They are tremendous works of art.
36:24Now, the centre of the table.
36:26Yeah.
36:27Is a set of, two sets of playing cards.
36:29Yeah.
36:30One, the Proverbs of Britain.
36:32Yeah.
36:33And the other is the warnings about love.
36:36We've moved away from political, historical knowledge.
36:40Yeah.
36:41And we've gone into the 18th century.
36:42Yes.
36:43Now, 18th century, all we think about then is we think about the gaming houses of Bath.
36:47Yeah.
36:48In London.
36:49And those frivolity and that sense of fun and that sense of gentlemen enjoying themselves.
36:54Yeah.
36:55And that's what we have here.
36:56These are fun cards.
36:57They're beautiful.
36:58And look at the size difference as well.
37:00They're much bigger because printing.
37:01Getting bigger.
37:02Because printing was more available.
37:03Yeah.
37:04Therefore, you could afford to print a bigger card.
37:06Yes.
37:07And we've got the Proverbs here.
37:08Can I read one?
37:09Yeah.
37:10Oh, we know this.
37:11Really?
37:12No gains without pains.
37:13Well, there you are then.
37:15We think of no gain without pain, don't we?
37:17But no gains without pains.
37:19And it shows an early plough.
37:22What about values?
37:23So, these are worth about £2,000 to £3,000?
37:25Crumbs.
37:26These are £1,500 to £2,500?
37:28Yes.
37:29And the morden between £3,000 and £4,000?
37:31Yep.
37:32And the lengthals here are £300 to £500 a set.
37:35That's a huge amount of value.
37:36But I'm not surprised because they must be rare.
37:39And these are conservative values.
37:40Yeah.
37:41Have you ever seen the like?
37:42Never.
37:43Thank you, Thomas.
37:44An amazing education.
37:45And what a find.
37:49What a find indeed.
37:50But right now it's time to check in with the rest of our teams
37:53and see how their buys did going under the gavel.
37:57Christina headed to Cranbrook in Kent
37:59to get the lowdown on that rugby Cebuto game.
38:03Hello, Raj.
38:04Hello, Christina.
38:05Now, what do you think of these?
38:06This is rugby and, of course, Cebuto, the famous ones of the football.
38:09We've estimated to see £20 to £40, but I think that's a come-and-buy-me price.
38:13Well, look, they paid £75 for it.
38:16Fingers crossed.
38:19Fingers crossed indeed.
38:20Take it away, Raj.
38:22It's the new international edition.
38:24This is quite rare.
38:26I'm going to start off at £30.
38:28£30 I have, looking for £40.
38:30Brilliant. £30 straight in.
38:31£35 I have now, looking for £40.
38:33This still seems really cheap at £35.
38:36Come on, come on.
38:37Come on, come on.
38:38Come on, come on.
38:39£40 anywhere else.
38:40Hammers raised at £35.
38:43Oh, no!
38:44Oh, no!
38:45Sold, £35.
38:46Oh, Charlie!
38:48That is a £40 loss, unfortunately, on your Cebuto.
38:53What a shame.
38:54No scrum for the rugby Cebuto game.
38:56Nice try, though, Reds.
38:59It's those video game-loving blues next
39:01and their vintage console.
39:03Natasha was in Edinburgh to ask auctioneer
39:06Sybil Thompson for her thoughts.
39:09I've never played this game,
39:10but I can well see why they bought it.
39:12It was one of the early TV games
39:14and I'm sure lots of young lads had it
39:16in the sort of 80s.
39:18And as such, we would estimate it at £10 to £20.
39:21They thought this was a bit of a steal at £25.
39:24I may be proved wrong on this one.
39:25It's not my field of expertise.
39:27Well, fingers crossed,
39:28this could be more of an internet buyer's bag.
39:30I would have thought so, yes.
39:31So, did the console connect with the bidders?
39:35130B is a Binetone box TV game.
39:40I can start this lot again at £15 here with me on commission.
39:44Go on!
39:45With me now at £15.
39:46£20 online.
39:47£25 with me.
39:48With me now at £25.
39:49On commission at £25 this time.
39:51On commission at £25.
39:52Come on!
39:53At £25.
39:54We're all done at £25.
39:55Oh, I can't believe it.
39:56You've drawn a blank there.
39:57Oh, well lads, it was a passion piece and you didn't lose any money.
40:04Game over though.
40:06And finally, it's back to Cranbrook where Charlie asks Raj about that cricket themed Penny Arcade.
40:14It's really been fiddled around with, hasn't it?
40:16It has.
40:17But you know, it is a nice piece.
40:19Yeah.
40:20It's great for a restorer.
40:21And we've estimated this £100 to £150.
40:23They spent £95.
40:25Oh, it's going to be close then.
40:27Yeah, we're all quite bowled over by this lot.
40:29Ah, yeah.
40:30I think this could go for six.
40:31I'll do the jokes round here Raj.
40:34You stick to the auctioneering.
40:36The next lot is a vintage cricketer's penny slot machine.
40:40So let's start off at £100.
40:42And £100 I have.
40:43£100 I have.
40:44£120.
40:46£120 I have.
40:48£140 I have.
40:50Did you spot this, Sean?
40:51Here we go.
40:52£160 I have now.
40:54This is a golden moment.
40:56Can I have £180 anywhere?
40:58£180 I have now.
41:00£200 I have now.
41:01Oh, yes!
41:02Do I have £220?
41:03£220 I have.
41:04£220 I have.
41:05£220 I have.
41:06£240 I have now.
41:08£260 I have now.
41:10This is getting ridiculous.
41:11£280 I have.
41:14£300 I have now.
41:16£300 I have now.
41:17£300?
41:18I see you're hovering there at £300.
41:20I'm in shock.
41:21The hammer is raised at £300.
41:25So!
41:26Oh, brother.
41:27Well done, Miss Sortsner.
41:29That's a profit of £205.
41:32Wow!
41:33That's quite incredible.
41:34It goes to show vintage gaming collectibles really are a hit with bidders.
41:39I bowled over.
41:40What a great finish!
41:42But where did our team's items rank?
41:45Time for a chart countdown.
41:47At number six was the Rugby Cibutio game.
41:50Come on, come on.
41:51Come on, come on.
41:52Come on, come on.
41:53It was kicked into touch with a £40 loss.
41:56At number five was the Binetone Games console.
41:59Oh, I can't believe it.
42:00It didn't quite download with the sale room and broke even.
42:04In at number four was the Vintage Table Skittles game.
42:0858.
42:0960.
42:1062.
42:11There is a god.
42:1265.
42:13It swung into action with a tidy £5 profit.
42:16Into the top three and at number three was the French card game marker.
42:19Yes!
42:20Get in!
42:21Dealing in with a £12 profit.
42:24At number two it was checkmate for the unusual wooden chess board.
42:29Yes!
42:30It made £43.
42:33And taking the top spot at number one was the cricket-themed slot machine.
42:39I'm in shock.
42:40The sale room was hit for six and it made an astonishing £205 profit.
42:48Well sadly we've run out of time on our tour of vintage gaming collectibles.
42:56Hopefully you've picked up some hints and tips along the way and got your head in the game
43:01when it comes to investing in some classics of your own.
43:05Don't forget to follow us on social media and be sure to join us again for some more bargain hunting.
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43:11Yes!
43:12Yes!
43:13Good luck!
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