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00:01Hello and welcome to Bargain Hunt from the beautiful county of Staffordshire.
00:07Now, most of us catch a train from time to time and we're pretty familiar with some of the jobs on the railways.
00:14But what if I told you that some railway workers belong to a department that was affectionately known as the Stinks?
00:22Dave Smith was one of them. He was a scientist with a very important job that you probably don't know much about.
00:29I'll reveal all later. It's not to be missed.
00:33But first it's time to make tracks and head to the fair.
00:40Let's go bargain hunting.
00:59Today's teams will be exploring the stalls at this busy antiques fair at Utoxeter Racecourse.
01:13With just £300, our teams need to buy three items here at the fair.
01:17Now, one of them must cost at least £75. That's the big spend.
01:21And then there's my challenge, which I don't want to make too easy.
01:25Then it's off to the auction and whoever makes the bigger profit or smaller loss will win.
01:30Right. Shall we meet today's teams?
01:32I'm Darren. I'm Sarah. We haven't got a clue.
01:35But we're into what we've come to do.
01:38Aiming high. I like it. Who's the boss?
01:41I think I will be in charge.
01:43Yeah. Cracking away.
01:44It'll be like a child ride a candy store.
01:46Any antiques knowledge?
01:48Absolutely none.
01:49Yeah, I'm afraid not much, really.
01:52Oh, dear. So hopefully you have some tactics.
01:55Buy with the heart.
01:56Yeah. Yeah, I agree.
01:58Any message for the Blues?
02:01Be afraid. Be very afraid.
02:04That's fighting talk. Let's see who you're up against.
02:08Hi, I'm Barbara. I'm Amanda.
02:11And we're Grannies After Gabbles!
02:15You're on a mission. What antiques do you like?
02:18A bit of gardenalia, maybe in the shape of an animal or something.
02:22I mean, I like cooking, so kitchenalia as well.
02:24Yeah.
02:25The things that are useful, we think, are quite good,
02:27because then there's a purpose to people buying them at auction.
02:30Will you work well as a team?
02:32I think we get on so well that, you know...
02:34We do. We're not competitive or anything, are we?
02:36We just like each other's good. Are we not?
02:38I'm not sure Barbara agrees.
02:40So who's in charge?
02:41You.
02:42You?
02:43You are!
02:44I listen to you all the time!
02:46It's a democracy.
02:48Right, let's get this show on the road.
02:52Hi, teams. Hello.
02:54Hi.
02:55Hi.
02:56How are you feeling?
02:57Yes, excited.
02:58Excited.
02:59Amazing.
03:00I'm going to give each team £300.
03:02Who's taking it for...?
03:03The sensible one.
03:04Sarah.
03:06Are you the sensible one?
03:07I am compared to it.
03:08Right, okay.
03:09And who's taking it for the blues?
03:10I'll have the cash.
03:11Are you also sensible?
03:12Yes.
03:13And challenge, that means Darren, you get one.
03:16And Barbara, a challenge for you.
03:17Thank you very much.
03:18But the least challenging part of your day is meeting your antiques experts.
03:21They're so lovely and are you ready to meet them?
03:23Can't wait.
03:24Well, it's about to happen right now.
03:25So let's get on with it.
03:26Teams, best of luck.
03:27Oh, thank you.
03:29But what do they reckon makes a good one?
03:32Someone knowledgeable.
03:34Somebody to give us some really good advice.
03:36Somebody fun.
03:38And nice hair.
03:40I wonder how many other times he likes it.
03:42For the Reds, it's Irita Marriott.
03:44And somebody who's fun.
03:46Oh, bossy and fun.
03:48Oh!
03:49And for the blues, it's John Cameron.
03:52Let's open my challenges.
03:55An item used to store or save food.
03:58Oh!
03:59An item with a connection to a farm.
04:02Oh, that's amazing.
04:04The farmer's daughter.
04:05Okay.
04:06Grab the bill by the horns, teams.
04:09Your 60 minutes start now.
04:12We're on the clock now.
04:13We've got an hour.
04:14And it does go really, really quickly.
04:17It started.
04:18On we go.
04:20The blues are wasting no time getting stuck into my farm challenge.
04:24I've seen a pig already.
04:26Oh, you've seen a pig.
04:27Oh, you don't mess around, do you?
04:29Bacon press.
04:30Bacon press.
04:31Have you ever seen?
04:32What?
04:33So, like, you get a ham and...
04:34Yeah, yeah, yeah, I like that.
04:35I don't know.
04:36That is for when you've got a hot plate and the bacon, you know, it sort of curls up as it's cooking.
04:40Oh, that bit.
04:41Oh, I was thinking about a big ham.
04:43I think that's to keep that.
04:44I think that's what that's for.
04:45I've just noticed a little bit of a dink.
04:47Oh, well done.
04:48Yeah, you spotted that.
04:49Good spot there.
04:50What have we got on the bacon press?
04:52We know there's a little bit of damage.
04:53Yeah, we just spotted it.
04:54But as a possible, if we don't find...
04:56Bearing that in mind, 20.
04:58Okay, we'll come back.
04:59Okay, well, we'll see.
05:00Oh, okay.
05:01The bacon press is a maybe.
05:04The Reds are also thinking about their challenge, an item to store or serve food.
05:09I really like this.
05:11I love the collar.
05:12What is it about it that you like?
05:14It was just shining as soon as I walked through the door.
05:17It got some sort of...
05:18It's got stamps.
05:19Yeah.
05:20So, it's made out of copper.
05:22A tray made of copper from HMS Britannia.
05:27Oh.
05:28That's really cool, really, isn't it?
05:30Circa 1900, it actually says, made from old copper taken from HMS Britannia.
05:38As a collectible piece, it ticks a lot of boxes.
05:41Boxes, yeah.
05:42Oh, £145.
05:43I know.
05:44Do you want to ask and see what it could be?
05:46Yeah, I'll do it.
05:47Yeah?
05:48Yes.
05:49Go on, then.
05:50I think it's that chap behind you.
05:52Hello.
05:53Hi.
05:54I come asking for good news.
05:57We really like you, Trey.
05:59OK.
06:00It is the first thing that we've seen today, but it would tick our big spender item.
06:06What would be your very best price?
06:09Er, £110, the very best.
06:11£110.
06:12Could I ask, possibly, could you do a £104?
06:17No?
06:18£109?
06:19No, £110.
06:20Well, £109.
06:21Just if it goes up in fives, we want the golden gavel.
06:23I'm not going to worry about the pounds.
06:25So, £109.
06:26That's lovely.
06:27So, if we think about £100, I'll be happy with that.
06:29It's a risk, but...
06:30So, are you...
06:31Shall we come...
06:32Is that OK if we park it here?
06:34Yeah.
06:35Because we've literally just started.
06:36Yeah.
06:37And we can come back to it.
06:38OK.
06:39Yeah?
06:40OK.
06:41That's brilliant.
06:43Both teams are off to a strong start.
06:45And the Blues have spotted more pigs.
06:48Yeah, so we've got a little tea set here.
06:49Well, it's...
06:50I thought it was only the teapot, but actually it's...
06:52Yeah, you've got the teapot.
06:53You've got a cream jug.
06:55Is that the sugar?
06:56A little sugar.
06:57Yeah.
06:58And you've got salt and pepper there.
07:00Fruit and a mug.
07:01And a little mug.
07:02That's so cute, isn't it?
07:03And that's the whole...
07:04And that's the whole set.
07:05That's the whole set.
07:06Yeah.
07:07Yeah.
07:08OK.
07:09Oh, that's cute, isn't it?
07:10I love that.
07:11It is a pig, which would meet our challenge.
07:12And if it's going to make a sorority.
07:14So, what's the best price?
07:15You've got 15 on it.
07:16I'd say 12.
07:1712 quid.
07:18Oh, what do you think, girls?
07:19Can I just knock it under?
07:20Into single figures, do you think?
07:22Nine.
07:23Nine.
07:24What do you reckon?
07:25Is it going to make...
07:26It can't make much worse.
07:27We can't make a loss, then.
07:28We can't make a loss.
07:29We can't make a loss.
07:30One, two, three, four, five.
07:31Six pieces for nothing down.
07:32There you go.
07:33Yeah.
07:34There you go.
07:35I think we've got to take that.
07:36Yeah, I think so.
07:37I think we'll do that.
07:38Thank you, yeah.
07:39That's a deal.
07:40Thank you very much indeed.
07:41Thank you very much.
07:43Thanks a lot.
07:44That's great.
07:46There you go.
07:47The Blues have their first item.
07:48A novelty Japanese pig tea set.
07:50For £9.
07:51Which completes my farm connection challenge.
07:54It's going to fly at auction.
07:56People say pigs don't fly.
07:57We'll see.
07:58Come on.
07:59Oh, my God.
08:00They're getting worse.
08:01Stop hamming it up, John.
08:03Irita and the Reds are still focused on their challenge.
08:06An item to serve or store food.
08:09Look at that.
08:11Cloves, all spice, nutmeg and ginger.
08:16So it's a little spice tin.
08:18I love the colour.
08:20Oh, it's really quirky, yeah.
08:21You know, that gold.
08:22How old do you think that is?
08:241900, 1910.
08:26Oh, okay.
08:27That sort of age.
08:28The gold.
08:29I think that's really sweet.
08:31Yeah, that is lovely.
08:32I mean, I don't like the price tag.
08:34The price tag says £85.
08:37Because I think in auction that would be put in at kind of 20 to 40, 30 to 50.
08:44Right, okay.
08:45We don't have to do a deal.
08:46No.
08:47We can just have it as an option.
08:48At least when we've got a couple of options as well.
08:49Yeah.
08:50Yeah.
08:51So the spice tin is another possibility.
08:54John is showing the blues some silver spoons.
08:57Hold on.
08:58So the silver and enamel.
09:00They're nice, aren't they?
09:01They are.
09:02Yeah.
09:03They're not kind of...
09:04Oh, yes, it is.
09:05Is that...
09:06Is that...
09:07Yeah, these would be sort of Danish-inspired, I would have thought.
09:09Right.
09:10Is it Norwegian?
09:11Norwegian.
09:12Norwegian, yeah.
09:13Yeah, I do kind of like this.
09:14And again, they're functional, aren't they?
09:15Yeah.
09:16Quite expensive though, aren't they?
09:17I mean, I don't know.
09:18They're decorative.
09:19No, I mean, that's...
09:20I don't think that's...
09:21Are they silver?
09:22Yeah, they're silver.
09:23But Norwegian silver.
09:24Yeah, okay.
09:25So they're 125 quid on those.
09:27Yeah.
09:28Maybe a bit too much money.
09:29Pop them back.
09:30Once Irita sniffed out for the Reds.
09:33What about something like that?
09:34Oh, a sand glass.
09:35A sand bottle.
09:36Like a sand bottle.
09:37Because feel how that feels in your hand.
09:40Oh, yeah.
09:41It is hand-cut.
09:42That would be beautiful.
09:43Intricate.
09:44Yeah.
09:45Yeah, it is crystal and it's hand-cut.
09:48Oh, yeah.
09:49And the top is silver.
09:50Is it?
09:51The one thing that you need to look for when you're buying glass is the base.
09:55So the star mark on the base...
09:57Oh, okay.
09:58The more...
09:59The better that is, the better quality it really is as piece of crystal.
10:03And what I like about the silver part is that it's really clear.
10:08Yeah.
10:09The whole mark.
10:10It's not been worn or not too much.
10:11Yeah.
10:12It hasn't been rubbed off.
10:13I like that.
10:14Yeah, it's very nice.
10:15I just think it's pretty.
10:16I've no idea how much it is.
10:17Yeah, of course.
10:18How much is your pretty perfume?
10:21We can do 40.
10:23What is it?
10:24That's not...
10:25What's your best price?
10:2635.
10:2735.
10:2835.
10:29Could I just pick...
10:30Could you do 34?
10:31Yeah, yeah, I can do.
10:32Yeah, yeah.
10:33Just in case.
10:34If it goes up in five, we want that.
10:35Yeah, yeah.
10:36Yeah, of course.
10:37Yeah, no problem.
10:38I like that.
10:39I want that.
10:40Oh, my God, you agree.
10:41Yes.
10:42We're going to agree with that one, aren't we?
10:43We love it.
10:44That is really nice.
10:45It's a lovely cut on it.
10:46Good spot.
10:47I love it.
10:48Yes, really.
10:49Are you going to shake hands?
10:50Can we shake hands?
10:51You can.
10:52Thank you so much.
10:53You're off the mark with this cut glass and silver scent bottle for £34.
10:58One down.
10:59Two down.
11:00Back to the blues who've moved on to jewellery.
11:05What do you think of that, girls?
11:07I think that's a look to it, hasn't it?
11:09Yeah.
11:10That's really nice.
11:11How long is it?
11:12I mean, is it one that sits more like a choker?
11:13Can we shake it out?
11:14Are you thinking about trying it on?
11:15No, I'm just thinking, is it one that sits more like a choker or is it a longer one?
11:18I would have thought that's a choker, isn't it?
11:20Yeah.
11:21Yeah?
11:22It's got £145 on it.
11:23Yeah, that's quite expensive, isn't it?
11:25Yeah.
11:26I think we should ask a price, don't you?
11:27Yes.
11:28I think we should have a price on that.
11:29Let's ask a price.
11:30What are you?
11:31We're looking at the necklace here.
11:33Yeah.
11:34Shining.
11:35Shining.
11:36Yeah.
11:37You've got £145 on it.
11:38What's the best you do on that?
11:39£110.
11:40£110.
11:41OK.
11:42Have you got any George Jensen?
11:44I have.
11:45I've got...
11:46I've not got any jewellery, but I've got a really nice caddy spoon, which is beautiful,
11:51and an Art Deco Jensen bottle opener.
11:55Oh, yeah.
11:56And they're really nice.
11:58They're in the other cavern.
11:59Do you want to take a look at those?
12:00Yeah, let's have a look at those.
12:01Amanda knows what she wants.
12:03While the blues keep browsing, something's brought a smile to the reds.
12:08Look at that!
12:09I mean...
12:10A fish one.
12:11Yeah.
12:14It's certainly a lock.
12:15It definitely is.
12:17It's quirky.
12:18What have we got?
12:19We've got brass and copper, hand plenished, so all of this has been hand hammered.
12:24The front and the back are kind of moulded.
12:28Not the greatest detail and quality about it.
12:31More than likely French or that area of the world.
12:36OK.
12:37Date-wise, about 1920s, 1940s, 50s...
12:41I mean, I don't really like fish, so I'm not getting it.
12:44Oh, well, put it down!
12:45It ticks the bar.
12:46OK.
12:47Keep walking.
12:48Not quite the right catch.
12:51Will these George Jensen pieces impress the blues?
12:54Well, first thing, we've got the Caddyspoon, which are collectible in their own right.
12:58So there are people that just collect Caddyspoons.
13:01So that would have that appeal.
13:02Then you've got this George Jensen too.
13:04Yeah.
13:05So then you're going to appeal to the Jensen people.
13:06What's the ticket price?
13:07Say £125.
13:09Yeah.
13:10Right.
13:11Normal Caddyspoons, like, you know, 20th century, not that dear, but it's the name.
13:14Yeah.
13:15It's the George Jensen name, isn't it?
13:16Yeah?
13:17You've got that.
13:18It doesn't look typically Jensen, does it?
13:21You've got it down there as a Jensen Modernist bottle opener.
13:25Wow.
13:27Bit more functional.
13:28Yeah, definitely.
13:29Isn't it?
13:30This is there, priced up, circa 1915, 1930, £120.
13:35Yeah.
13:36OK, let's put the three together.
13:38Yeah.
13:39And so we've got the Jensen, the Jensen, and the Sharning, yeah?
13:43Yeah.
13:44A bit of Sharning.
13:45So, I suppose we'd better ask, no messing, best price on the Caddyspoon?
13:5075.
13:51Oh, wow.
13:52Right.
13:53£75.
13:54That's a considerable discount as well.
13:56It is long, yeah.
13:57This one, you're going to be at 80.
13:59Yeah.
14:00Right.
14:01OK.
14:02And that one, obviously, I've said 110.
14:03110 on that.
14:04So, what do you think, girls?
14:06We did say Jensen.
14:07We did?
14:08Well...
14:09Personally, I think that's the rarest.
14:10Do you think that's the better bet?
14:11I think that's the rarest.
14:12That's the rarest, too.
14:13OK.
14:14They're Caddyspoon collectors.
14:15I just said that.
14:16That's my favourite.
14:17Shall we go with that?
14:18I think the Caddyspoon is a good piece.
14:20Shall we make a decision?
14:21I think so.
14:22I'm happy to make a decision, yeah.
14:24OK.
14:25So, we'll make a decision.
14:26On that?
14:27Yeah.
14:28A decision made.
14:29If John thinks it's good, then I'm happy.
14:30Thank you very much.
14:31Thank you, ladies.
14:32I'm happy.
14:33Halfway through the shop and the Blues have bagged their big spend.
14:35A George Jensen Caddyspoon for £75.
14:39Well, it goes two in a bag, just over halfway gone, and I only spent £84.
14:43Come on, let's go.
14:44Yay!
14:45The Reds are still looking for their challenge item, something used to serve or store food.
14:53I love the colour.
14:54Yeah.
14:55The colour stands out.
14:56Die for.
14:57Die for.
14:58It looks as if it may be porcelain, but it's not.
15:01It's actually glass.
15:02Wow.
15:03OK.
15:04And it's opaline glass.
15:05It's for strawberries.
15:06Oh.
15:07Strawberries, sugar and cream.
15:08Oh, yes, you've got the strawberries on there.
15:10Oh, my God, I love it.
15:11Yes.
15:12So, you'd put your strawberries there, you've got your sugar, your cream.
15:14What do you think of it?
15:15Do you like it?
15:16It is beautiful.
15:17I like how unusual it is, cos...
15:18Yeah.
15:19I've never seen one before.
15:20That's not the kind of thing, yeah.
15:21Now, where are we when it comes to price?
15:23£55.
15:24How does that compare to your metal tins?
15:29What do you prefer more?
15:31I like that.
15:32Depends on price, maybe.
15:34Yeah.
15:35I agree.
15:36It depends on price.
15:37Yeah.
15:38Hello.
15:39As I say that, he lifts his head up.
15:41It's got £55 on the ticket.
15:42What is the very best price?
15:44I can take a tenner off for you.
15:46What do you think...
15:48£43, to give you a chance, yeah.
15:51£43, he says, is the best.
15:53£43.
15:54I mean, in auction, it would have had an estimate of £30 to £50.
15:58Yeah.
15:59So, we're in the parts.
16:00Yes.
16:01Would you consider, at all, £39?
16:03And we'll go for it straight away now.
16:05Just sew it under, so we can get a golden gavel.
16:08I know what it's about, yeah.
16:10Go on.
16:11Aw, amazing.
16:12Thank you so much.
16:14That's brilliant.
16:15Thank you so much.
16:17Some good haggling there, Reds.
16:18£39 for the Victorian glass and enamel strawberry dish.
16:22And my challenge is ticked off.
16:25And we're not going home without a golden gavel.
16:28I like it.
16:29Come on, then.
16:30Let's go find it.
16:31Let's go.
16:33The Reds are on a mission.
16:34With 20 minutes to go, both teams need one more buy.
16:37And Barbara spotted a gardening rule maker.
16:40My dad used to have a wooden one on his allotment,
16:43because all of his seeds were in exact lines,
16:46so he used to use the lines.
16:48So a string line, almost like a bricklayer uses as well, isn't it?
16:51Yeah, how old is it?
16:52Do they use it?
16:53I don't know.
16:54I think you're probably on the money there,
16:55because it looks like that would do the job, wouldn't it?
16:57Do they sell well at all?
16:58I don't know.
16:59I've never seen them.
17:00Oh, right, right.
17:01That's what you said.
17:02That's why I asked Barbara what it was.
17:04Well, I...
17:05Yeah.
17:06If it's the same thing as my dad used to have on the allotment,
17:08yeah.
17:09Yeah, well, OK.
17:10That's Garden Ailey, though, isn't it?
17:11Yeah.
17:12It is Garden Ailey.
17:13It's got to be Garden Ailey.
17:14What else we got here?
17:15We like things in the garden.
17:16If it's not on the right lines, move on.
17:19It looks like the Reds have spotted a familiar necklace.
17:22Like that.
17:23I love that.
17:24Yeah, that's beautiful.
17:25That is beautiful.
17:26To say that that was kind of mid-century,
17:29it is as modern as it comes, really, isn't it, when you look at it?
17:32Yeah, it's just so...
17:33Although it's quite chunky, the actual bracelet's so dainty.
17:38Delicate.
17:39It's actually a necklace.
17:40How pretty.
17:41I absolutely love that.
17:43I love how it drapes.
17:44It kind of looks like Viking boats, doesn't it?
17:47Yeah, it does.
17:48And sea waves all at once.
17:50Yeah, Albert Twirling.
17:52Modernist enamel necklace.
17:54£145.
17:56That would definitely be our big spend.
17:58Yeah, definitely.
17:59I mean, that is what we're looking for.
18:01Yes.
18:02A big spend.
18:03Right, should we ask?
18:04Yeah, let's do it.
18:05Yeah.
18:06Excuse me.
18:08Hello.
18:10They have a question for you, sir.
18:12Hello.
18:13Yes, hello.
18:14Would you accept a cheeky offer of £99?
18:18£99.
18:19Yeah.
18:20I didn't actually...
18:21I'm going to put it out there.
18:22I didn't know he was going to go in.
18:23I thought he was just going to ask you for the best price, but...
18:25How could you resist these two little faces?
18:31Three.
18:32Oh, my goodness.
18:33Thank you so much.
18:34Oh, my God.
18:35You're doing a deal.
18:36Thank you so much.
18:37Decisive buying, Reds.
18:38Well done.
18:39That's your big spend and final item, a Norwegian silver gilt and enamel necklace for £99.
18:45You've done it!
18:46Yay!
18:47Ah!
18:48Strawberries and cream?
18:49Strawberries and cream.
18:50Definitely.
18:51Or local oat cakes?
18:52Oat cakes.
18:53Oh, okay.
18:54Oh, yes.
18:55Come on, I'm spout.
18:57With less than 15 minutes left on the clock, the Blues are looking for their final die.
19:01What about the fox?
19:02I like the fox.
19:03Yeah, it's really heavy.
19:04Let's have a look.
19:05It's losing its thing, but it's got charm.
19:08It's got a nice face.
19:09Yeah.
19:10It's reconstituted stone, so it's not carved stone, obviously.
19:13You can see all the aggregate in it, yeah?
19:15Yeah.
19:16So, like a lot of things, this is concrete, basically.
19:18Yeah.
19:19But, you know, people buy them.
19:20We sell them.
19:21Yeah.
19:22I like that.
19:23You do?
19:24Yeah, I do.
19:25Well, I do.
19:26You do like it as well.
19:27Let's have a look at what else.
19:28If we've got to be serious about it, then we'll get the guy to make an offer.
19:31Okay.
19:32But I'm going to get an offer.
19:33We know it's not going to be huge sums of money, is it?
19:34No.
19:35No.
19:36All right?
19:37John is going to take some persuading on the fox.
19:39Time for one last quick look around, while the Reds can relax.
19:42I have to say, I'm really impressed.
19:45You were calm the whole entire way.
19:47You bought quality, so...
19:50I'd say cheers.
19:51Cheers to that.
19:52Cheers to that.
19:53Here's hoping.
19:54Right, Blues, can you find anything better than the fox?
19:57Let's pop it on there.
19:59Do you know we've got 12 minutes as well left, you know?
20:02Yeah.
20:03Right.
20:04Oh.
20:05Yeah.
20:06That's a nice colour, don't you think?
20:08What are you thinking?
20:09We've got 32 quid on the label.
20:11Are you interested?
20:12It's just getting a price that we just...
20:14It's going to sell.
20:15What side of the price that we bought it at is really the big question, isn't it?
20:20Yeah.
20:21What do you like the most out of the...
20:22The fox.
20:23We've got to buy the fox, haven't we?
20:26Huh?
20:27I can't help myself.
20:29You want to buy the fox?
20:30You asked me.
20:31You buy the fox?
20:32I don't know.
20:33What do you think?
20:34Because that's what...
20:35If I had to choose on here what to buy, I would buy the fox.
20:37I want to see the fox go really well at auction and then I'll get egg on my face.
20:41I don't mind that.
20:42I don't mind that.
20:43Alright, so let's get a price on those items, yeah?
20:46Yeah.
20:47We'll do that for 25.
20:4825 on that.
20:49It's not bad.
20:50And the fox, the concrete fox.
20:52Five pound on that.
20:53Five.
20:54Oh, she wants that now, don't you?
20:56It's up to you.
20:57Why should we do?
20:58The fox.
20:59Yeah.
21:00You want to buy the fox?
21:01Yeah, I think so.
21:02Done.
21:03Fox.
21:04We'll take the fox.
21:07You've been out foxed, John.
21:09For just five pounds, the Blues have their final buy.
21:12Teams, that's the end of the line.
21:14The shopping's done.
21:15Well, we've done it, right?
21:17We have.
21:18We've done all our challenges and I'll say, you know, let's go and have a cup of tea.
21:21Yeah.
21:22But I actually think I'll need something stronger.
21:23I've got to be honest with you girls.
21:24Come on.
21:25Gin, the tonic's on you.
21:26Well.
21:27Let's remind ourselves of the red team bot.
21:30They started with this Edwardian cut glass and silver mounted scent bottle for £34.
21:37Next, at £39, this Victorian glass and enamel strawberry serving dish met my food-related challenge.
21:49And for their big spend, they fell in love with a Norwegian silver gilt and enamel necklace for £99.
21:56Darren, Sarah, Aretha, you have done it. You've shopped. Can you breathe a sigh of relief?
22:03Oh, definitely.
22:04Yeah.
22:05The weight has been lifted.
22:06So Darren, have you managed to decide which is your favourite item?
22:09It's got to be the necklace.
22:11The necklace.
22:12Just class.
22:13So that was the big spend. Is it going to bring the biggest profit?
22:15I think so.
22:16Sarah, what about you? Favourite item?
22:18I really like the serving plate.
22:21And will it bring the biggest profit?
22:23I'd like to think so, yeah.
22:24Yeah. Okay.
22:25So you're all about the necklace, Darren.
22:26You're all about the strawberries and cream sort of vibe.
22:29Yes.
22:30And that was a lovely way to take off my challenge.
22:32So well done.
22:34But I can't say well done for spending all the money.
22:37You've left Aretha a chunk of change.
22:39So you spent 172, is that correct, in total?
22:43Yeah.
22:44So who has 128 for Aretha?
22:46I do.
22:47I'm warming my palm.
22:49Ready for it.
22:50Yes, yes, yes, yes.
22:51Quite right.
22:52There we are.
22:53Thank you very much.
22:55So Aretha, do you know what you'll be buying?
22:56No.
22:57No, I really, I feel under pressure because they bought so well.
23:02I've got some serious work to do.
23:04So Aretha's off to find a quality bonus buy for the Reds.
23:07And let's now remind ourselves what the blue team bought.
23:12Challenged to find an item with a farming connection,
23:14they picked up this Japanese novelty pig tea set for £9.
23:20They spent £75 on this George Jensen silver caddy spoon
23:24to meet their big spend.
23:27And Amanda just couldn't resist this garden fox ornament for only £5.
23:32Barbara, Amanda, John, you've done it, you've shopped up.
23:37Can you choose your favourite one, Barbara?
23:39I think my favourite is the George Jensen silver.
23:41And you fancied a bit of George Jensen silver.
23:42We did, yeah.
23:43Yeah.
23:44And it was your big spend.
23:45It was.
23:46So which is going to bring the biggest profit?
23:48Probably the fox.
23:49The five pound fox, yeah.
23:51The five pound fox can't go wrong.
23:53And what about you, Amanda?
23:54First of all, your favourite.
23:55Yeah, I've got to agree with Barbara.
23:57I love the George Jensen little caddy spoon that we got.
24:00Biggest profit?
24:01It's got to be the fox.
24:02You're kind of playing the golden gavel game
24:04because you only spent £89, which is nothing.
24:08So who has 211 for John?
24:12Oh, I have.
24:13Oh, Amanda, you're still the sensible one, are you?
24:15I can't ask too much to get out of it.
24:16Here we are.
24:17Right.
24:19So it's a big budget and a big responsibility.
24:21Yeah, it is.
24:22But they've left me plenty of choices to go back and see
24:25all these things that they put by.
24:27I may well go and see if I can get one of those.
24:29So John's off to find a bonus buy for his blues
24:32and I'm off to learn about a really unusual job on the railways.
24:38The railways of Britain officially launched on the 27th September 1825
24:46to much excitement and fanfare.
24:48Steam engines changed the face of the country
24:51and as the rail network grew, it created a whole series of challenges
24:56and importantly, plenty of new jobs.
25:01I've come to Amerton Railway in Staffordshire to meet Dave Smith
25:05who spent 34 years in an unusual railway career.
25:10Dave, it's really great to meet you and I'm fascinated by what you did for a living
25:16but I'm a bit confused as well.
25:18So tell me, what was your job?
25:22Well, I worked on the railways and I joined in 1962 as an analytical chemist.
25:29My job was in effect to analyse things like the metals on the railway track
25:34to make sure they met the specification.
25:37Some people call us the stinkers or stinks because the laboratory absolutely stunk
25:43and when you entered home at night your clothes and everything
25:46reeked of the chemicals you've been playing with during the day.
25:50Britain's first railway chemist was introduced in 1864
25:57and they worked with steam engines, testing coal and water used on the trains
26:02and drinking water for passengers.
26:05When Dave started in 1962, the railways were moving over to diesel engines
26:10which created a whole host of new challenges for the stinks.
26:14Dave has brought along some items used on the job.
26:20So these test tubes here, for instance, would date back to the earlier 20th century.
26:26In your car, you might change your oil every 20,000 miles, say.
26:31We don't do that. We change the oil when it's worn out.
26:35And so we have kits like this that allow us to measure the viscosity of the oil.
26:40To give you an example, we get a tube and you can see...
26:45Can you see the type that the bubble moves to the top?
26:48That's very satisfying.
26:49Yes, right?
26:50So you can tell what a good oil is and a bad oil by...
26:54That's a very good one. The bad one will be very slow
26:57and it's got to be either between the good and the bad to continue in service.
27:04Experiments to test oil moved on and became more sophisticated
27:09during Dave's time.
27:10But much like the chemists before him, Dave and his colleagues
27:13continued to record their findings in notebooks.
27:16So we'd have a little notebook. This is from my colleague in Glasgow, Roger.
27:22And in there, he would log down what he did on the day and record it.
27:26So he'd record the weights of things or the samples he did
27:30and somebody would check the figures for him and so forth, yes.
27:34Railway chemists also had to tackle an annoying problem
27:39we've all encountered standing on a platform.
27:42Due to leaves on the line, the 12.15 in Cardiff will be delayed by 40 minutes.
27:48How can a simple leaf cause so many problems?
27:51In autumn, we have leaves falling on the line, which the train will run happily along
27:57until there's a bit of moisture.
27:59So if it rains or there's a bit of dew in the morning, this suddenly becomes a lubricant.
28:05And so the train that was going normally suddenly hits this
28:10and it's got no traction, no adhesion at all.
28:13Historically, sand would have been spread on the tracks to create grip.
28:19But this wasn't practical, so Dave and his team were tasked
28:22with finding a better solution.
28:25And what we happened upon was watching a programme on TV one night,
28:29Tomorrow's World, where somebody had invented an inorganic material
28:34called lapinite, which is very similar to wallpaper paste.
28:38So we rang up the BBC, got a sample, and we made this material called sandite.
28:45Sandite acted almost like sandpaper, creating a surface the train wheels could grip to
28:51instead of the slippery leaves.
28:54It's all down to BBC and Tomorrow's World that we discovered sandite.
28:59After more than a hundred years of railway chemists,
29:03the privatisation of the railways in 1996 led to the Stinks being closed down.
29:09But Dave and his colleagues were determined to record their history.
29:13And I believe you've co-authored a book.
29:16Yes. We realised that the people who'd done this work were really backroom boys
29:23that nobody knew about, and their history would be totally lost.
29:28So our intention was to bring to light the sort of day-to-day work we did,
29:33so it wasn't forgotten.
29:35Well, Dave, it's been a pleasure chatting with you.
29:37Thank you for explaining everything so clearly.
29:39And every time I experience leaves on the line, I shall be thinking of you.
29:42Thank you very much. It's our pleasure.
29:44But it's time now for us to steam over to the auction to see if our teams can make a profit.
29:49I'm heading east to Lincolnshire.
29:56Before the auction itself, let's talk things through with auctioneer Colin Young.
30:01Colin, the teams have given us a lot to talk about.
30:03They have. Quite diverse, isn't it?
30:05Very diverse. Let's start with Darren and Sarah and Irita.
30:10We are beginning with the scent bottle.
30:12It's the classic hobnail cut to the glass.
30:15You've got the silver top, which is hallmarked for 1903.
30:19So it's Edwardian.
30:20And then the top, of course, is repoussé decorated with a little bit of Rococo design.
30:27You're looking at £25 to £40.
30:30£34 was the ticket price in the end.
30:33Now, my challenge was find an item from which you can serve or in which you can store food.
30:39So it has to be this dish.
30:41You've got the two receptacles in there, your strawberries in the front, beautifully decorated.
30:47And, of course, it's in the shape of a strawberry leaf.
30:49So what's your estimate for it?
30:51£25 to £40. Hopefully we'll encourage people to have a dip for it.
30:55£39 paid for my challenge item. This necklace.
30:59We have Norwegian silver gilt. We have lovely enamel, that classic white, almost like a Viking bolt, that shape.
31:08It's just gorgeous.
31:10I think they're going to be queuing up for it.
31:12OK.
31:13So I've placed 80 to 100 on it.
31:15Now, the Reds were happy to pay £99 for this, Colin, so they'll be happy if it makes over £100.
31:21But the Blues won't be because Amanda and Barbara rejected this necklace.
31:26They had the opportunities, but it'll all come out in the wash.
31:30Let's move on to the Blues, Amanda and Barbara.
31:33With John Cameron by their side and with a challenge to buy a connection to farm animals,
31:39they decided to buy this piggy-themed tea set.
31:42It's a good subject. So, of course, it was potted many times over.
31:46You know, it used to be really, really collectable, but just in recent times,
31:50there doesn't seem to be too much money paid for them.
31:52So what do you think they'll pay?
31:54Well, estimate-wise, if we're really struggling, it's going to be £10.
31:57If they're keen, it could be £30.
31:59Well, the team, you'll be pleased to hear, paid £9.
32:02Oh, excellent.
32:03Yeah. The big spend now. This caddy spoon, George Jensen.
32:07I'm sure when you saw that name, you knew it would be the big spend.
32:10It's a lovely thing. The design is the thing that everybody's looking for at the moment.
32:15Of course, it is silver. For me, the design certainly should bring it up to, say, £40 to £60.
32:20Colin, did I say it was the big spend? I did. £75 was paid.
32:25Right, we'll go on to a concrete garden ornament that's seen better days, but it's a sweet wee fox.
32:31My worry is that he's had a bit of a nibbled ear.
32:34Mmm, mmm.
32:35And that doesn't sort of bode well, I don't think.
32:38So, for that reason, I've gone for a fairly lowly £10 to £20.
32:43Only £5 was paid.
32:44Oh, really? OK.
32:45They are the last of the big spenders, these blues.
32:48£5, £9, £75, they spent as little as they could.
32:51Yeah.
32:52But will it pay off, Colin? Who's your money on?
32:54The excitement is with the reds, but the safety is with the blues.
32:58Ah, interesting. Well, the results are really in your hands. So, Colin, best of luck.
33:08Darren, Sarah and Rita, how are you feeling? Can you sum it up?
33:12Quietly confident.
33:13Oh, good.
33:14Yes. So excited.
33:15We are starting with your scent bottle.
33:18What a lovely, pretty place to start. £34 paid.
33:21And we start surely £30.
33:23£30 anybody? £30, £20 to push.
33:25£20, £20.
33:26Got to be £20.
33:27£20 in the room.
33:2820, looking for two now then.
33:2920 bid, two bid, five now.
33:3022, 25 again now.
33:31Five bid to five.
33:32Do a C now.
33:3325 bid to bid.
33:3425, 28.
33:35Now do a C.
33:3630 bid.
33:37Yes.
33:3830 bid.
33:3932 bid.
33:4035 now, do I see it?
33:4132 bid, bid me five.
33:42I can offer you 33 if it helps.
33:4433 helps.
33:45Oh, no, we're two.
33:4633.
33:47Keep going.
33:4834.
33:4935.
33:50That was a definite no, wasn't it?
33:5235.
33:53The bid is online then.
33:54We sell it £35.
33:55Yes!
33:56Well done.
33:57Now, you worked hard to shave off those extra pounds and it just paid off because £35 is a £1 profit.
34:05I'll take that.
34:06I love that.
34:07Now, my challenge to you was to buy something related to food. The strawberry dish for £39 is lovely.
34:12Give me £40 for it.
34:1340.
34:14£20.
34:15£20.
34:16£20.
34:17£20 now bid.
34:1820.
34:19Do a C.
34:20Two.
34:21At 20.
34:22Two bid.
34:23Five now.
34:24My 22 is in the second row.
34:2522.
34:2625.
34:2728.
34:28OK, we're getting closer.
34:29The hammers up.
34:30I sell in the room in the second row at £28.
34:31Ah!
34:3228 pounds.
34:33It has wiped out your lovely pound profit because that is an £11 loss.
34:36So, we are minus 10 as we go into the big spend.
34:40£99 spend.
34:41You adore it.
34:42So, go on.
34:43100 would be a great start.
34:45Come on.
34:46And we start the bidding at 50.
34:47Five now for the room.
34:4950.
34:50Five.
34:5165.
34:5270.
34:5370 bid.
34:5475.
34:55Bid me 80.
34:5680 bid.
34:5785.
34:58£80 bid.
34:59Are you going to bid me 82?
35:00Yes.
35:0182.
35:0285 now to a C.
35:0385.
35:0487.
35:0592.
35:06At 92.
35:0792 but a bid.
35:08And five.
35:09Oh, yes.
35:10Come on, we need one moment.
35:11My bid is at 95.
35:13The hammers up.
35:14We sell unless you change your mind.
35:18Oh!
35:1995.
35:20So close.
35:21That is a loss of £4.
35:23And you had minus 10, so it's minus 14 after three lots.
35:28But on Bargain Hunt, we sell four.
35:30It's all very exciting because you left Irita £128.
35:34So please go and grab your bonus buy.
35:36Close those eyes.
35:37Are you ready, guys?
35:38Yes.
35:39Ready.
35:40Come on.
35:41Have a look.
35:42Oh, wow.
35:43I thought we needed some spice because you two are a little bit spicy.
35:47Oh.
35:48So I bought little salt and pepper pots in form of little cherries.
35:54They are so unusual.
35:55What do you think?
35:56I really think they're lovely.
35:58I think they're Scandinavian and they're just really, really sweet.
36:02There's a lot of collectors out there who love things like this.
36:05Yeah.
36:06So a novelty always sells.
36:07What do you think they will make?
36:09Well, I would have hoped that Colin will like these
36:12and he would have put £30 to £50 on them.
36:14Right.
36:15How will she pay for them?
36:16£29.
36:17Hmm.
36:18What are you thinking?
36:19Well, going with the food theme.
36:21Yes.
36:22We're going to risk it for a biscuit.
36:23Yeah.
36:24And we're going to do it.
36:25We've got every faith.
36:26So the Reds are going with the bonus buy.
36:27Does Colin think Irita has picked them perfectly?
36:31You can imagine those on a table.
36:33They're going to be a talking point, aren't they?
36:34Yes.
36:35What's your estimate?
36:36£25 to £40.
36:38£29 paid.
36:40Irita will be delighted.
36:42So Irita managed to pick up those cherries for £29
36:45and Colin says 25 to 40 as his estimate.
36:49Brilliant.
36:50So he thinks there's money to be made and you need them to make money,
36:52Reds.
36:53Yes.
36:54Here they come.
36:55And pepper shakers.
36:56£40.
36:5740.
36:5830 to go then surely.
36:5930.
37:0020.
37:01£20.
37:02Don't want to be any less.
37:0320 bid.
37:0422 bid.
37:0525 now.
37:0625.
37:0728.
37:0828.
37:0930.
37:1030 bid.
37:1132 now.
37:1232 online.
37:1335 in the room.
37:14One more.
37:1538.
37:1640.
37:17Two now then.
37:1840.
37:1940.
37:2040.
37:2140.
37:2240.
37:2350.
37:2450.
37:2550 pounds bid.
37:26My bid is in the room and I will sell this time at 50 pounds.
37:30Yes!
37:31Yes!
37:3250 pounds.
37:3350 pounds is a £21 profit.
37:37Minus 14.
37:38We'll add 21 to it.
37:39Hello, £7 profit.
37:41Yes!
37:42Yes!
37:43So much better.
37:44Never any doubt.
37:45Oh, no, no, no.
37:46No one had any doubt at any point.
37:49And £7 on Bargain Hunt.
37:50A.
37:51Amazing.
37:52B.
37:53Could be a winning £7.
37:54It could.
37:55Yes!
37:56Amanda, Barbara and John, this is your moment to shine.
38:04OK.
38:05Are those pigs going to make you a fortune?
38:07Absolutely.
38:08Yes!
38:09You only paid £9.
38:11Come on, pigs.
38:12Make a profit.
38:13A whole clan of pigs.
38:15£20.
38:16Come on, you know you want them.
38:17£20.
38:18They're charming.
38:19Ten to go then.
38:20£10.
38:21Ten pounds.
38:22Come on, give me a five.
38:25£5 his beard.
38:26Five, six beard.
38:27Seven now.
38:28Seven pound a beard.
38:29Seven, seven bit of £7.
38:30Seven pound a beard.
38:31Eight bit of £8.
38:32Eight pound.
38:33Nine.
38:34Nine pound a beard.
38:35Nine and ten now.
38:36Ten in the room.
38:37Ten in the room.
38:38Looking for 12 online now then.
38:39Going then at £10.
38:40Yes!
38:41Yes!
38:42Little do they know...
38:44Good job you got that extra pound off.
38:46Yeah, little do they know that you've just made a profit of a pound.
38:49So well done, ladies.
38:51Right, forget the pigs.
38:52It's time for big spend.
38:53You spent £75 on a George Jensen Caddy Spoon.
38:57I'll go with my lowest bid then.
38:59I have a bid from Australia at £30.
39:0130 bid.
39:0232 bid.
39:0335.
39:0438 bid.
39:0540.
39:06Five now.
39:0745.
39:0850.
39:09Five.
39:1060.
39:11Five.
39:1270 pounds his bid at 70.
39:14Are we all done then?
39:15Oh, no!
39:1670 pounds.
39:18But you had a £1 profit.
39:19So you're not minus five, you're actually minus four.
39:20Oh.
39:21As we move into the £5.
39:22The folks could do it.
39:23Oh, the folks.
39:24Yeah.
39:25Ten pounds.
39:26Ten bid.
39:27Twelve now.
39:28Ten.
39:29Ten.
39:30Ten.
39:31Ten.
39:32Anybody else now then?
39:33Ten pound bid.
39:34Ten.
39:35Twelve now then.
39:36We now have 12 bid.
39:37Yes!
39:3815 we have.
39:3918 now then.
39:4018 bid.
39:4118 bid.
39:42Are we all done then?
39:43At £18.
39:44We go at 18.
39:45Yeah!
39:46The folks.
39:47The folks.
39:48So that is a £13 profit.
39:49You were minus four, but now you're back in front with a £9 profit.
39:53Wow!
39:54Well done, girls.
39:55Nice!
39:56Well done.
39:57So you left, John, £211.
39:58Please go and grab your bonus buy.
39:59And ladies, you will need to close your eyes firmly, please.
40:00OK, girls.
40:01Open your eyes.
40:02Do you remember this?
40:03Oh, my God.
40:04We do!
40:05The stock pot.
40:06I liked it.
40:07You liked it.
40:08Yeah, we looked tatted.
40:09What do you think it'll make, John?
40:10I'd pay £25 for it.
40:11I'd actually use this.
40:12Anything's a risk.
40:13So it's up to you.
40:14We should go with a team.
40:15We're a team, John.
40:16We're a team.
40:17We came as a team.
40:18I can't stand the problem.
40:19I can't stand the problem.
40:20A team.
40:21A team.
40:22A team.
40:23A team.
40:24We came as a team.
40:25A team.
40:26A team.
40:27A team.
40:28A team.
40:29A team.
40:30A team.
40:31A team.
40:32A team.
40:33We came as a team.
40:34I can't stand the pressure.
40:36If we lose, it's your fault.
40:38That's fine.
40:39You're going to go with it?
40:40We're going to go with the bonus buy.
40:41OK.
40:42It's a risky move.
40:43The players are going with the bonus buy.
40:45It's big, it's beautiful, but what does Colin think?
40:47Well, I suppose it's just that sort of fashionable retro look, really.
40:52So I've put a broad estimate of £25 to £40.
40:56John is going to be bubbling.
40:58He paid £25.
40:59Lovely.
41:00I need to tell you what Colin thinks.
41:03And he says £25 to £40.
41:05Oh!
41:06Really?
41:07Well done, John.
41:08Well done about that.
41:09Let's see.
41:10It hasn't come under the hammer yet.
41:11What a great lot.
41:12Who's going to start me at £30 for that?
41:14£30 anybody?
41:15£30.
41:1620 to go then surely £20.
41:17Anybody surely can't start any lower?
41:1920 bid?
41:2022 bid?
41:2122 bid?
41:2225 now?
41:2325.
41:24Yes!
41:25Yes!
41:26Yes!
41:27Yes!
41:28Yes!
41:29Yes!
41:30Yes!
41:31Thank you, John.
41:32That's great.
41:33It was a £3 profit.
41:34And you do get into two figures.
41:35Yes!
41:36Plus nine becomes plus 12.
41:37Yes!
41:38Thank you, John.
41:39So pleased for you.
41:40Listen, you did not spend a lot of money and all of your profits and losses were marginal
41:53too.
41:54You kept it low, but you kept us smiling.
41:56So thank you very much.
41:57You've done really well.
41:58But £12 feels like a winning score right now.
42:00Absolutely.
42:01Is it a winning score overall?
42:09Today, just £5 separates the teams.
42:15Yes!
42:16So I can reveal that the bigger profit was made by...
42:21The Blues!
42:22And they can't believe that because they didn't make much.
42:33But whilst you think you didn't make a lot, the Reds, they made £7 and they were happy
42:38with it.
42:39Let me tell you.
42:40They were happy with their £7.
42:42Well done, Reds.
42:43Yes, you are today's runners-ups.
42:46But yeah, you have made some memories, haven't you?
42:48And that's what it's all about.
42:49Yeah.
42:50That was a brilliant time.
42:51But the Blues can go home and say, after all that, we made £12.
42:55And it is a jolly old sum, £12 to hand over.
43:00I'm so pleased.
43:01Thank you so much.
43:02You had a really good time, didn't you?
43:04Yeah.
43:05We came for an adventure and we've had an adventure.
43:07It's been great.
43:08But I'm pleased that you had fun, teams.
43:10I really am.
43:11Because that's what it's all about.
43:12It's not just about making money.
43:14But if you think that you can make more, then why don't you apply to come on Bargain Hunt
43:18via our website.
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43:21Give us a follow.
43:22Or join us again right here for some more bargain hunting.
43:25Yes?
43:26Yes!
43:27Yes!
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