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00:01Hello and welcome to Bargain Hunt.
00:04Today we're turning off the Playstations, Game Boys and Xboxes.
00:09In fact, we're pulling the plug on the lot.
00:14Instead we're dusting off the dice,
00:16unboxing board games and rediscovering
00:19forgotten tabletop treasures that were essential on rainy days.
00:23One flick of the finger and I'm back in the 70s.
00:28Goal!
00:30Remembering games that tested our patience.
00:33Ah, checkmate!
00:35And those that gave us a smash in time.
00:38Yes!
00:40And if you're thinking of investing in some classic gaming collectibles of your own,
00:44later I'll have some top tips that'll be less ace of spades, more ace of trades.
00:50Snap!
00:51So what are we waiting for?
00:53Let's go bargain hunting!
01:16The venue for our gaming extravaganza is the Brighton Toy Museum, which has hundreds of examples of vintage gaming classics.
01:24Yes, we're going to be flipping the lid on forgotten board games and tabletop teasers bought by our teams over
01:32the years.
01:32On today's show we'll meet contestants who were bowled over.
01:37How's that?
01:37Yay!
01:38Get in there!
01:39And teams who had a trick up their sleeves.
01:42I just think it reflects you as the magician.
01:44We'll also find out who made the biggest profit in our chart countdown.
01:49Right, heads down.
01:51Let's roll the dice and meet our first team.
01:54Couple, Anna and Nigel, who were shopping in the market town of Wadebridge in Cornwall.
02:00It hasn't got your name carved on the inside of the desk, has it?
02:03If it was mine, it would have had a list of all my girlfriend's initials.
02:07They were out and about with expert Philip Serrell and they quickly liked the sound of something.
02:14Oh, there's a trumpet. That's a good start.
02:17Can you play the trumpet?
02:18Yeah.
02:19Can you?
02:19Yeah.
02:20Can we get a note?
02:21No, I think it needs a new film.
02:29Not my finest note.
02:30It's not the best, is it?
02:32So let's put that back and have a wander round.
02:36Moving on.
02:37And the Reds were soon in the swing of things.
02:40Not too hard.
02:42Whee!
02:43Well, you're no good.
02:44You have a go.
02:46Come on, Nigel, you have a go.
02:47Right, come on then, let's.
02:50Whoa, I've missed them as well.
02:51We'll just keep my dignity in one place.
02:54Yeah.
02:55We've got nine pins.
02:56Yeah, yeah.
02:56And I think the centre one is always known as the kingpin.
02:59Yeah.
02:59Right, hence the expression kingpin.
03:01And this would have sat in the corner of a pub, wouldn't it?
03:04What I love is that's lignum vitae.
03:07That's a wood.
03:08It's a wood, right?
03:09But lignum vitae is typified by this very dark bit and this light bit here.
03:14Right.
03:14Yeah.
03:15What does that say down there?
03:16Look, John Jakes and son.
03:18Jakes, with a great name.
03:20You're right, Phil.
03:22Jakes of London is one of the most influential names in British gaming.
03:26They've been knocking about since 1795.
03:30Proper old school.
03:31But things really took off in Victorian times.
03:34Jakes games popped up everywhere, from posh parlours to picnics on the lawn.
03:40But more than 200 years later, good old fashioned tabletop Skittles remains one of the company's
03:46biggest hits.
03:47So what are the rules?
03:48You've got to go round the post.
03:51Let's have a go.
03:52One.
03:53Two.
03:54Oh, yes.
03:55Come on.
03:56Oh, come on.
03:57Yes!
03:58And we've got two more goes, because you get three goes at this.
04:04It's tougher than it looks.
04:06Yes.
04:07So what was the ticket price on the Red Skittle game?
04:10Good, sir.
04:13That's a bit of fun, that, isn't it?
04:14Is it all original?
04:15Yes, sir.
04:16What's the best you can do that for?
04:19I'll do that for £60.
04:21It's up to you.
04:22Do you like it?
04:23Yeah, I think it's...
04:25Yeah, it's got style.
04:26I can see there's a certain amount of hesitancy creeping in here.
04:29Yes, I was thinking 55.
04:32Where'd you find these people?
04:34Sold.
04:35Really?
04:35Do you want to buy it?
04:36Yeah.
04:36You do?
04:38Looks like we bought it then, didn't it?
04:40It certainly did, Phil.
04:42Find out later how those tabletop Skittles fare at the auction.
04:46Next, we're off to Kingston-upon-Thames in Surrey,
04:49where the blue team were looking to work their magic.
04:52I'm Nick.
04:53I'm Charlie.
04:53And we're going to make the hopes of the red team disappear.
04:57Well, Nick and Charlie, you've got me.
04:59Hey.
05:00One expert was Thomas Forrester, and he had a question for his team.
05:04Do you know what they're called?
05:05I don't know what they're called.
05:08You're floundering, aren't you?
05:09We are.
05:10No idea.
05:10No idea.
05:11So they're Japanese.
05:12Oh, right, OK.
05:12They're called a netsuki, which is the purse holder.
05:17So these are the purses.
05:18Yep.
05:19Yeah, which are called in rows.
05:21OK.
05:21And then to hold your in row onto your belt, you needed a netsuki,
05:25and these are carved in boxwood, and they tell certain myths.
05:29But the older ones are much better than the more modern ones,
05:32which these ones are.
05:33Right.
05:33Shall we just walk this way?
05:35Yeah, yeah.
05:35And now you've had a brief look at something, we can carry on looking at other things.
05:38Yeah, that's good.
05:39The Blues passed on the netskis, but what about this?
05:43The Dragon.
05:44Now, it looks old, but it's not old.
05:47And these were produced in quite large numbers.
05:49Right.
05:50It's a decorative piece, and yes, at £150, that's a properly decent price.
05:55As you said, there are so many made.
05:57I think we leave this.
05:58We move on.
05:59We move on.
06:00Let's go that way.
06:01OK, come on, off you go.
06:03There's just so much to have a look at, isn't there?
06:05There is, isn't there?
06:08£75.
06:09£75.
06:09But I don't know anything about this type thing.
06:11Do you like it, Charlie?
06:13I'm not a big fan of this one.
06:15Good, good, good.
06:16So am I.
06:16Let's move on.
06:17OK, fine.
06:18Excellent.
06:18The clock was ticking, and the team were getting desperate.
06:22A pair of boots?
06:23What on earth?
06:25Well, you know.
06:26I think they'd suit you, Dad.
06:28Yeah, you could, you know.
06:29I've only ever once, well, worn anything remotely approaching this type of thing.
06:36I don't want to know.
06:37I would never do it again.
06:38I don't want to know.
06:38I think your son doesn't want to know as well.
06:41Moving swiftly on, Thomas was hoping for more luck with this early card game counter.
06:48It's an olive wood because what's grown there within the Mediterranean is olives inlaid with this lovely little bird.
06:58I just think it reflects you as a magician.
07:01Do you want to hold it and have a look?
07:02I would like.
07:03Charlie, what do you think?
07:04It's OK.
07:06It's OK.
07:06That's a start, isn't it?
07:08I'm not completely sold on it.
07:09OK.
07:11The blues weren't blown away, but before score pads or even pencils became standard,
07:16card game counters kept track of points in popular games like whist.
07:21Back in the day, using your own whist counter was seen as a mark of taste.
07:26Some even matched their counters to their outfit or their card case.
07:31Card game counters first appeared in Europe around the 16th century,
07:35often with numbered sliders or dials and detailed engravings that made them miniature works of art.
07:43But were the blues about to deal in on their counter?
07:47It's got a price on $110, but we can always ask.
07:50My query, how old is it?
07:53That's such a good question and I like that.
07:55I think that's about a hundred years old.
07:59So why don't we ask, see where we can be.
08:01OK.
08:02Hi.
08:03I'm just interested in this piece and I've wondered what's the best price you could give us on that.
08:09Absolute bottom line is $58.
08:11So shall we go with that?
08:13I think let's go for it.
08:14Yeah.
08:15Yeah, you want to do it?
08:16Yes, we do.
08:16Well done you two.
08:17Well done indeed Blues.
08:19We'll see how that fared at the auction later on in the show.
08:23Time now though, to head to Anglesey in North Wales,
08:26where I was leading the lovely red team, Earl and Sandra.
08:30And it wasn't long before Earl spotted something with a local connection.
08:35Welsh Dragons.
08:36Welsh Dragons.
08:37That'd be a lot of money.
08:38600.
08:39I'll tell you what it is.
08:40They're too dear for us today.
08:41Let's go.
08:42Too hot to handle.
08:43But would this be more in the reds price range?
08:46A little chessboard.
08:48It's a little bit different actually.
08:50It's quite nice.
08:51And you've got the draw.
08:52I did quite like that.
08:53What drew you to it?
08:55It's just the shape and then putting the chessboard in the middle of it.
08:59A tree, and the work has gone into it.
09:03It's quite nice isn't it really.
09:04And having the drawers as well.
09:06It's decorative that's for sure.
09:08You've got somebody who is a chess player.
09:10Yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:11And there's plenty of a belt.
09:12Don't get me wrong.
09:13Bit of an understatement from me there.
09:15Did you know chess started in India over 1500 years ago?
09:20Yep.
09:21Back then it wasn't just a game.
09:24It was a way to train for war.
09:26It was called Chaturanga.
09:28Playing pieces with soldiers, elephants, horses and chariots.
09:32A whole battlefield on a board.
09:35The goal?
09:36Outsmart your opponent and capture the king.
09:38All without anyone actually getting hurt.
09:41By the 15th century, the game evolved into the version we know today with kings and powerful queens.
09:49This period gave rise to modern rules and a surge in popularity around Europe.
09:56Chess boards can rake it in at auction.
09:59In 2019, one belonging to King Charles I went under the hammer for more than £600,000.
10:06I'm not sure the one we found in Anglesey was quite as valuable.
10:12£25,000.
10:13I'm going to knock that down to a tenner maybe.
10:15Mmm.
10:16What do you think Sandra?
10:17I do quite like it.
10:18Yeah.
10:19I haven't seen anything like that before.
10:20Shall we see what the best price is we can get?
10:22Yeah.
10:23And yeah.
10:24Your job.
10:26Hi.
10:27Why is the best price?
10:28Could you give me on that please?
10:29I do.
10:33Could you make it 12?
10:34Just so we can just edge a profit.
10:38Do 13.
10:39Oh, that's unlucky.
10:41Oh.
10:41Do 14.
10:4412.
10:45Unlucky for some.
10:4612.
10:48Go on then.
10:4912.
10:49I will.
10:50Yes.
10:50Thank you very much.
10:52Checkmate.
10:53Keep watching to find out how the chess board did at auction.
10:56Right, let's take a break from the shopping to find out about this museum here and their
11:02very special collection of vintage games.
11:08Brighton.
11:09Famous for its seaside charm, pebbled beaches and something else a little more unexpected.
11:16Tucked under the station arches is Brighton Toy and Model Museum.
11:19A time capsule bursting with childhood favourites and a place where toys and classic games come
11:26to life.
11:27But it's not just trains and teddies in here.
11:30The museum is also home to a collection of rare and vintage board games.
11:36To find out more, I'm meeting museum manager, Jan Etches.
11:42This place is absolutely amazing.
11:45How long has it been going?
11:46So the museum opened in 1991.
11:48There's over 12,000 items in the collection.
11:52Never!
11:53Yeah, absolutely.
11:54Which cover the golden age of toy making.
11:57So the late 1800s through to the 1950s and 60s.
12:00There really is something for everybody here.
12:03But we also have a very interesting collection of unusual and quite rare board games.
12:11This first one here, this is the one that really draws to my eye.
12:15You know, it brings me back to me youth, snakes and ladders.
12:18It's got to be one of the most popular board games going, surely.
12:21It's a classic, isn't it, Danny?
12:23It is.
12:23I think we all grew up with this one.
12:25Snakes and Ladders has a rather unusual history that not many of us know about, because it
12:30actually started in ancient India.
12:32It had a moral message where ladders were good deeds that led you closer to enlightenment.
12:39And the snakes, of course, were if you did something wrong and it dragged you back down.
12:44Makes sense.
12:45Absolutely.
12:46It was brought over to Victorian Britain in the 19th century, where it was adapted to
12:52suit Christian morals, okay?
12:54Still teaching a lesson about what's right and what's wrong, but with a little bit less
12:58karma.
12:59There was me thinking it was all about just getting home to the top of the board.
13:04Next up is Bombardo, a board game made in the 1920s by injured ex-servicemen recovering
13:11from the events of the First World War.
13:14I just can't understand what's going on here, to be honest.
13:17I know.
13:17It looks quite complicated.
13:18It does!
13:19So, what we have in front of us is a three-fold board.
13:23Yeah.
13:24Celluloid balls, which are sitting in metal rings.
13:27Yeah.
13:27A spinner in the middle and a striker.
13:30So, the idea is we set the spinner off, you let go of the striker, and what it starts
13:37to do is ricochet off the spinner and attempts to knock the balls off.
13:41The player, who has got the most balls left, is the winner.
13:46Each player chooses their favourite colour, so you can be pink.
13:49Right.
13:49And I'll be green.
13:51Right, here we go.
13:54And then I'll let this go.
13:57Come on.
14:00Good spin.
14:01Oh, that's one pink gone.
14:04But as things stand, there are two green and one pink.
14:08I think I'm the winner.
14:10I'll give you that one.
14:11I'll give you that one.
14:12I'll tell you what.
14:12We'll move on from this game.
14:14Yes, it's not easy, is it, Danny?
14:15Not at all.
14:15It was very popular with older children and adults up until about the mid-20th century.
14:21But it is quite rough, and so not many of them have survived.
14:25So, I suppose this model is quite rare.
14:27Yes, it is, Danny.
14:30We're looking at a couple of games now, which are from the 1960s, which reflect popular culture at that time.
14:36So, over here we have one called Grand Prix, which was very popular at the time that Formula One was
14:42taken off.
14:43It's like a primitive form of video game simulator.
14:46I mean, it's even got the bargain on colours.
14:50Shall we see if it works?
14:51Yeah.
14:52Let's have a look.
14:52How does it work?
14:53So you turn the wheel.
14:55Oh, that's clever.
14:56And then a magnet underneath moves the car around the board.
15:01Too hard for me, this one, but this one seems a bit more up my street.
15:05James Bond.
15:06Yes, absolutely.
15:08It's the James Bond 007 Secret Service game.
15:13This one is a little bit different from other games at that time.
15:17Players had to retrieve a briefcase and a secret formula and get it back to base.
15:22I mean, were these games popular or was it more merchandising, advertising?
15:29Well, that's interesting because with both of these games, it was a nod towards the start of popular merchandising.
15:36In actual fact, the James Bond game came out in 1965, which was the same year as Thunderball was released.
15:44Oh, yeah. Sean Connery.
15:46Well, I won't do the impression.
15:51You could say to some degree that these are like antiques, but are they worth anything?
15:55What's the value?
15:57That is a question that I get asked a lot in this museum.
16:00And as you will know with your background, that actually, it's only worth what somebody is prepared to pay for
16:06it at that time.
16:07The value is sentimental, of course, because it actually takes people back to their childhood and it brings back childhood
16:14memories and nostalgia.
16:16And what price can you put on that?
16:18Well, there is that. Priceless.
16:22Thank you very much for showing me just a small part of this great collection you've got here.
16:27It's been a real pleasure and, of course, very educational.
16:31Do you think we should have round two with Bombardo?
16:33I'm game for that.
16:35So while me and Jan keep on gaming, let's get back to the shopping, where new team, mother and son
16:41duo, Rachel and Charlie, search the stalls at Lingfield Racecourse in Surrey.
16:47We're going to smash the blues right out the park.
16:50Well, I know my stuff.
16:52Hello.
16:53They were led by expert John Cameron and straight away, they seem to have the right idea.
16:59I love stags anyway.
17:01Yeah.
17:01That's not very expensive, is it?
17:03It's brass, isn't it?
17:04Yeah.
17:05It's nicely decorated.
17:07This would be your pen stand up here, so you could literally put your quill between the antlers there.
17:13Would it do well at auction, do you think?
17:14If I'm honest, I like stags, so I'm interested.
17:18I have, you know, I have bronze stags heads at home, so we can keep an eye there.
17:22We're just on the clock.
17:23Yeah.
17:23Yeah?
17:24That's a potential.
17:26The brass stag inkwell was on the maybe list.
17:29But what about this animal-themed table lighter?
17:33It's a nice design, isn't it?
17:34Hmm.
17:35How does it work?
17:37Oh, so you have a match or a wick, as they call it.
17:40Yeah, yeah.
17:40And as you light it out, as you put it out, creates a spark.
17:43Yeah.
17:44Lights the light.
17:44The office at Light Industries table light says it on the label.
17:47There you go.
17:48The lighter at the bottom.
17:48There's another one there.
17:49Oh, this is the other one?
17:50Yeah.
17:50I'd prefer this one, though.
17:51But that one's quite nice with the zebras on it.
17:53It's different, isn't it?
17:54Yeah.
17:54Yeah.
17:54We keep that in mind.
17:55We know it's got the name on it.
17:57Yeah?
17:59The lighter was also on the back burner.
18:01Hmm.
18:02How would they tackle their next find?
18:05Cebuto does have a following.
18:06This was the thing to have when we were young.
18:09And there's rugby.
18:09I haven't seen the rugby one before.
18:10Yeah, that's quite unusual, isn't it?
18:11Boxes in good condition as well.
18:13Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:13Yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:14It's 1971 as well.
18:16A bunch of my friends, who are pushing 60 now, still meet up to play Cebuto.
18:21Do they?
18:21It's just an excuse to get out of it.
18:23They do.
18:25Random fact.
18:26Tabletop football game Cebuto, which was launched in 1947, was named after a species of bird
18:32called the Falco Cebuto.
18:35Cebuto quickly gained popularity in post-war Britain as an affordable way to enjoy football
18:41at home, even if your living room was a bit tight on space.
18:46By the 1970s, Cebuto was a household name.
18:50Different sports were featured, including hockey, cricket, and even fishing.
18:55But did the Reds like the rugby version of this tabletop classic?
19:00I mean, the condition of that is superb, isn't it?
19:03The box is perfect, isn't it?
19:05I think that's a potentially good easy launch.
19:08If you were interested.
19:09Yeah.
19:09Would you take £75 for that?
19:12Yeah, I'd take £75 for that.
19:34£75?
19:35Brilliant.
19:35Let's get started at an antiques fair in Edinburgh.
19:38Gaming fanatics Gary and Kieran were led by expert David Harper.
19:43But could the boys work out what this was?
19:45I think I've got inkling.
19:46Go on, bro.
19:47So then you put that on the floor.
19:49Yeah.
19:49And then you put your shoe in it.
19:51Right.
19:52And then I don't know.
19:53Oh, does it help you take a boot off?
19:54Yeah, I was like, yeah, boot on, boot off, yeah.
19:57Come on, keep going, keep going.
19:58So, I suppose it's to keep the floors clean.
20:00You were right in the way, you do put your foot in it.
20:03You do.
20:03But there should be another one.
20:05Yeah.
20:05And it's attached to an animal.
20:08Oh, for a horse?
20:09Yes!
20:09Is it?
20:10It's a stirrup.
20:11South American, Spanish, sometimes called conquistador stirrup.
20:15I like it, it's a piece of art, it's a novelty thing.
20:18Anyway, how much is it?
20:19The best I could do, actually, is 60.
20:2135.
20:23Oh, I'm doing what you're doing.
20:25We're taking deep breaths in.
20:27I can't believe it.
20:29I can't believe he's so rude.
20:30I'm so sorry.
20:31I'm going to eat tonight.
20:32I'm going to eat.
20:33I feel it's too much.
20:36It was a no to the single horse stirrup.
20:38But was this up the boys' street?
20:40Oh, isn't that absolutely magnificent.
20:45Been a tone.
20:46This is the tennis game.
20:47If ever you've seen it or heard, there's noise.
20:50Yeah, this is...
20:51Have you played it before?
20:52Pong, and then they rebranded it into every other bat sport,
20:56even though it was the exact same game.
20:58Yes.
20:58Look at that.
20:59Tennis, football, squash, and practice.
21:01Do you know what they all were?
21:02Two lines with a dot going.
21:04That's it.
21:05This plays on any size, any brand, colour,
21:08or black and white TV, boys.
21:12Black and white.
21:12That's what we played it on a black and white TV.
21:15Binnertone was launched in Britain in 1958 by the Lelvani brothers,
21:19who named the company after their sister, Binnah.
21:23In the mid-1970s, Binnertone dived headfirst into home entertainment,
21:29pumping out game consoles like the Binnertone TV Master.
21:34And nowadays, Binnertone consoles are nostalgic and collectible.
21:39But are they valuable?
21:41Well, it all depends.
21:42Mint-conditioned models with a well-kept box can fetch £100 to £200.
21:48Back to the Blues games console then.
21:50And it was definitely sparking some memories for David.
21:53Oh my, let me just smell that.
21:55Let me see.
21:55I like this.
21:57I love that.
21:58Oh, just hold that moment.
22:00So that old box smell.
22:01This is what I recall as a kid.
22:03There you go.
22:04There's a special technique to that.
22:06Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
22:06It's like a flick, flick, flick like that.
22:09Orange in colour, 1970s.
22:11It is absolutely fantastic with its original songs.
22:14Hello, are you the stall holder?
22:16Yeah, I am.
22:16I'm Gina.
22:17Hello, Gina.
22:18Hello, Gina.
22:18Does it still work?
22:19The electrics on the inside work.
22:20As far as I know.
22:21How much is it?
22:22£28.
22:23Okay.
22:23You're into games.
22:24What's your feeling?
22:25The price is good.
22:26Yep.
22:27We are nerds.
22:28I like it.
22:28The box is there.
22:29I love it.
22:30I'm sold on it, definitely.
22:31If we can get the price down a little bit, I think this is an instant sale.
22:34I think we should put the price up if you like it so much.
22:36Oh yeah, wait, no, I'm doing it wrong.
22:37Wait, wait, wait, wait.
22:38Poker face.
22:41It's all right.
22:46Can we say 25?
22:47I think that's fair.
22:48I think that's fair.
22:49I think so, yeah.
22:50Well done.
22:51Thank you so much.
22:51Thank you very much.
22:52Did the bidders think that console was pixel perfect when it went to auction?
22:57We'll find out shortly.
22:58One more team to go, and this time we're in Harding Line, West Sussex, where Amrik and
23:03Sian were keen to get shopping.
23:06Pretty.
23:07Pretty.
23:07Yay!
23:09Showing them the ropes on the day was expert Tim Weeks, and Sian spotted something that
23:14Tim knows all about.
23:16Oh, a gavel.
23:18It's not golden though.
23:19It works.
23:20It works.
23:21And it works.
23:21Yeah.
23:22That's fine.
23:23Yeah.
23:24Very nice.
23:24It's nice to have the block as well.
23:26Oh, okay.
23:27£38.
23:29I think the auctioneer would probably put it at £20 to £30.
23:31Yeah.
23:32How much is yours worth, Tim?
23:33Priceless.
23:34Because of the owner.
23:36Yeah, very careful.
23:36One very careful.
23:38Shall we see what we can get for this?
23:39It's worth knowing, isn't it?
23:40Yeah, let's have a look.
23:40Yeah, why not?
23:41So I'll grab it.
23:42Hey, what's your best price for this gavel?
23:45I could do 28.
23:4728?
23:4828.
23:49What do you think?
23:50Oh, what do I think?
23:52Oh, it's on me.
23:53Oh, it's what I think.
23:54I can, okay.
23:55Yeah, okay.
23:5528.
23:56I think, do you reckon we can go a little bit lower or it's 28?
23:59Lower is something to do is 25.
24:0025.
24:01Okay, let's have a talk, let's talk.
24:02Thanks so much.
24:03I think a back burner at this point.
24:04I think it's a back burner.
24:05Yeah, yeah.
24:05And I think it's a good back burner at £25.
24:07It's a really fair price.
24:09Yeah.
24:09The gents that's after us there.
24:10Thank you, sir.
24:12Going, going, but not quite gone.
24:15The reds kept browsing.
24:16This looks interesting.
24:18I like the decoration on top.
24:19That is nice, isn't it?
24:20Art deco sort of style, isn't it?
24:22What would you use it for, then?
24:23I don't know.
24:24Well, I guess you put your post in it or something.
24:26We haven't looked at what it says in the ticket yet,
24:27so this is anyone's guess.
24:28Yeah, but that's quite a good game though, is it?
24:29We don't have a guess what it is.
24:30Let me see.
24:32It's got to be smoky when I look at those reds,
24:34but that's a really nice smokers box.
24:35Yeah.
24:36That's cool.
24:37And what date do you reckon that is?
24:39Style now?
24:40I put it down as 1930s.
24:41It's got a windy thing, so I guess it's...
24:43Oh, a musical.
24:44So I guess now...
24:46I have to open it.
24:52Oh.
24:53This keeps getting better.
24:54It's nice, yeah.
24:55What's the price?
24:56What was the price?
24:5668.
24:5768.
24:5850 is a big advance.
24:5950, okay.
25:00Good to know.
25:01What's your expert opinion?
25:02Yeah.
25:02I think this is more special than the gavel,
25:04because it's smoking related.
25:05Is it going to be used for that purpose?
25:07Yeah.
25:07Back burner then, do you reckon?
25:08Yeah.
25:08I think it's back burner.
25:09Okay.
25:09Let's keep going.
25:10Let's get in the sun, come on.
25:11Thank you very much.
25:11Thank you so much.
25:14The Mabes were mounting up.
25:16Would this bowl them over?
25:18I like it, but I'm worried it's going to be out of our price range
25:21because it looks really nice and big.
25:22It does look nice.
25:23Shall we have a look at the...
25:24Yeah.
25:24Have a look at the tag.
25:25260.
25:26I think that's too much.
25:27That's 260 as well.
25:28Yeah.
25:292.16.
25:292.16, no.
25:31100 pounds.
25:31How much do you want for it?
25:33100 pounds.
25:34100 pounds.
25:35That's pretty.
25:36I'm like, this could be it.
25:37What a discount that is.
25:39I thought just the discount is outrageous,
25:41but does that mean because no one's been interested?
25:43Well, no.
25:43It's because this is a niche item.
25:46When you take this to auction, there's a niche buyer for it.
25:48I want us to have a closer look.
25:50I can just go back and see it here.
25:52So it's called Cricketers.
25:53It's obviously a cricket related game.
25:55Oh.
25:55Can you see the name?
25:56Oh, Don Bradman.
25:57Bradman.
25:57Don Bradman.
25:58I have no idea who he is.
26:00Greatest batsman of all time perhaps.
26:02Okay.
26:02The Australian opening batsman.
26:04I really like it.
26:06I'm not surprised, Tim.
26:07She's a beauty.
26:09At the turn of the 20th century, before telly or even the wireless,
26:13there was one place to get your entertainment fix.
26:16Yes.
26:17The good old Penny Arcade.
26:20And nowadays, they're not just fun, they're collectible.
26:24A cracking example like this, in good nick and still working,
26:28you're looking at between 500 to 800 pounds.
26:31Now that's a lot of pennies.
26:34So, was there an even better deal to be done on the Reds Cricket Penny Arcade?
26:38And at 100 pounds?
26:40I'm up for it.
26:41Do you reckon try and squeeze a little bit more?
26:43Or just go for the...
26:45I just feel like it's such a good price.
26:46I mean, you could go for it.
26:47Yeah.
26:47What do you think?
26:48Are you thinking 95 or 99?
26:50Yeah.
26:50Just say, like, final.
26:52Why don't you just shout, like, 95, you got a deal, mate.
26:55Mmm.
26:5595, you got a deal.
26:57How much?
26:5895.
27:00Go on.
27:00Go on, then.
27:01Yeah!
27:03Come on.
27:05Thank you, sir.
27:06Thank you so much.
27:07That's a great...
27:07Hey, how's that?
27:08Yay!
27:09Get in there!
27:13What a great innings!
27:15And that's our final buy.
27:17We'll see how all six of our teams get on at auction shortly.
27:21But first, Charlie went to meet a record-breaking collector of a very well-known board game.
27:32Can you guess what's hidden behind these shutters?
27:37I bet you didn't imagine it would be this.
27:40A collection of Monopoly boards.
27:42Thousands, in fact.
27:43And they're all owned by one man.
27:46Neil, this is absolutely jaw-dropping.
27:50It's extraordinary.
27:52So how much have you spent overall on this lot?
27:54I think about a quarter of a million pounds.
27:58This very pricey obsession began when Neil was a boy, and he bought his first set as a holiday souvenir.
28:05He now claims to buy over 200 sets a year, but he doesn't want old ones.
28:11He's after one-offs and rarities, commissioned by companies and organisations, or made for special occasions.
28:19Now, some of them are very much limited editions, aren't they?
28:22Yes.
28:23A nice braille set, you could be over £100.
28:25This one here is for a hotel.
28:27Yeah.
28:27Paris.
28:28That is £100 to buy from their shop.
28:32The Trump edition would be worth £300 sealed, but you open it, you'd go down to about £50.
28:37Gosh.
28:38Is there one particular one you're looking for?
28:40Yes.
28:41The Iceland World Cup edition.
28:44Because they only have 350,000 population, they made only a few sets, and it was for Iceland for the
28:50Russia World Cup.
28:51Are you going to go round the world looking for this one? Where will you start?
28:54I want to mostly try and maybe do a day trip to Iceland to find one.
28:57Are you likely to find one?
28:58I hope so.
28:59Keep my fingers crossed.
29:02This collection has cost Neil a fortune, but, amazingly, he claims to have never played the game.
29:08But that hasn't stopped him investing. An investment, he says, will pay off big time.
29:14In 2035, it'll be the 100th anniversary.
29:17A hundred years for a toy is amazing, so I think there'll be a mass interest.
29:21So you could describe these as the antiques of the future?
29:24Yes.
29:24Yes, and I do, and now even people are surprised how many there are now. In another few years or
29:30more, there's going to be a lot, lot more out.
29:32Ever increasing demand.
29:33Yes.
29:33Yeah.
29:35Neil currently holds the world record for the biggest collection of Monopoly boards at 1,999.
29:43However, he's added a few more since they last totted them up, so he's asked me to do an unofficial
29:47count.
29:49That's 2,249.
29:53A new world record.
29:57It goes to show a classic game will never go out of fashion.
30:01Right, it's time to see how our team's purchases got on at auction.
30:06First up, Anita went to Devon to meet auctioneer David Sumner to see what he thought about the vintage table
30:13Skittles game.
30:15I think it's a good, fun lot.
30:17Will the bidders like it?
30:18I think so.
30:19They used to be very, very commercial, these things.
30:21If you're running a pub or something like that, it's a good thing to have.
30:25Could you tell me your estimate, please?
30:27I think about 30 to 50, but I have sold them for more in the past.
30:30Yeah.
30:31They paid £55 for it, so there's the chance of a profit there.
30:34A small chance of profit.
30:35Good, good.
30:37What's the auctioneer on the money?
30:39Let's find out.
30:41I can jump in at 20, 22, 25, 28, 30, 32, 35, I'm out.
30:4835, fresh face, 38, 38, 40, 40, 40, 42, 42.
30:54Not at 42.
30:56I'm looking 42.
30:5742 in front, 45, not at 45.
31:00Back of the room, 45.
31:0248 in front, 50, 52, 55, 58, 60.
31:0862, 65.
31:08There is a god.
31:0965.
31:10Not at 65.
31:11Last chance, internet selling in front at £60.
31:1760 pounds.
31:1860 pounds.
31:19It's given you a profit of £5.
31:22The bidders played Bourne and the Skittles game brought home a smashing profit.
31:27Next, we're off to Chippenham, where Natasha checked in with auctioneer Tim Weeks.
31:32What did he make of the Blues card game marker?
31:37Look at your face.
31:38Look at your face.
31:38You love this.
31:38It's beautiful.
31:39I love it.
31:41The inlay card design, obviously, can, so it would have been sold perhaps as a tourist
31:46piece perhaps.
31:47It's in lovely order because so many times those markers would snap off and break.
31:51This is majestic.
31:53I have to be sensible.
31:53I've put 30 to 40, but it's easily one of my favourite lots in the wholesale today.
31:57OK.
31:57Well, £58 was paid.
31:59I think that's fine.
32:01Tim loved it, but did the sale room?
32:04I've got commission.
32:05I go straight in at 48.
32:08Oh, it's close.
32:09It's close.
32:1150, 55, 60.
32:12I'm 65.
32:13Yes!
32:15Get in!
32:16£70, you're in.
32:17Where is £75?
32:18Commissions are out.
32:19There should be more.
32:20Where's 75?
32:21Gents going to do it then.
32:23What a buy.
32:24At £70, I sell.
32:27An expert move because it's just sold for 70, which is a £12 profit.
32:33Oh, so well done.
32:35What a deal.
32:36The bidders came up trumps with a £12 profit.
32:40Next, we're heading to Cheshire.
32:42Now, what did auctioneer Robert Stones make of the red team's chessboard?
32:47I don't like it.
32:49It's sort of holiday airport art type stuff, isn't it?
32:54Very poor quality, really.
32:56I've not put a lot of money on it, £10 to £20.
32:59Yeah.
32:59Well, they only paid £12, so they might make a profit.
33:02Well, they could make a profit.
33:03You never know.
33:04It wasn't a lot of money, was it?
33:05Yeah.
33:07Touch and go on this one.
33:08Let's find out how it went.
33:11The chess head.
33:12A lot of interest in this.
33:14£30 a bid at £35 on the net.
33:17£40 on commission.
33:19£45 is there on the net.
33:21£45.
33:22£50 on commission.
33:24£55 is there now.
33:26£55 do I hear?
33:27How good am I?
33:27The bid's here with me on commission at £50.
33:29At £50, here's the bid with me.
33:32£55 in the audience.
33:33At £55 there.
33:35There's the bid.
33:36At £55...
33:37£55.
33:38Yes!
33:41£55.
33:43That is a profit of £43.
33:48Wow!
33:49The auctioneer didn't rate it, but the bidders did.
33:52What a profit!
33:54Free down, free to go.
33:55And cards on the table.
33:57I didn't see that chessboard profit coming.
34:00Talking of cards, have you ever wondered where the playing variety came from?
34:04Charlie went to find out.
34:09The origins of playing cards are thought to lie in China in the 9th century.
34:14But it was another 500 years before they made it to Britain.
34:18Today, most houses will have a deck of cards tucked away in a drawer somewhere.
34:23But the collection I'm about to see is like nothing you've come across before.
34:28Thomas Forrester is here to tell me more.
34:30Card playing started in the early 1400s.
34:34Right.
34:35With the soldiers coming back from the Hundred Years' War or midway through the Hundred Years' War.
34:39They had seen cards played on the continent.
34:42They were bringing back sets.
34:43However, we didn't start printing until the end of that century.
34:47So these British cards will only come from the late 1400s.
34:53Cards really caught on in Britain with the arrival of printing presses.
34:57Though popular, card games also proved problematic.
35:02What happens with card games?
35:04People gamble.
35:06They bet.
35:06Yes.
35:06They lose money.
35:07Cheat.
35:08They gain money.
35:08They cheat.
35:09So the history of card playing and the history of cards have involved acts of parliament, edicts from the king.
35:17Yeah.
35:18They are fascinating.
35:19And I am just touching the tip of the iceberg with this collection we have in.
35:25I'm right in saying I think with all these earlier cards, they're plain backed, aren't they?
35:29Do you know why they're plain or patterned?
35:31Haven't got a clue.
35:32Well, you're obviously somebody who's a very honest card player like myself.
35:36Yeah.
35:37With a pattern back, you can't mark the card.
35:40That's the reason why.
35:42They're absolutely beautiful.
35:43And actually, the king today, you just have a king or a queen or whatever, these are actual kings.
35:48Yes, they are kings.
35:48Charles here.
35:49Yeah.
35:49John there.
35:50John there, yep.
35:51They are all kings of various areas around the world and countries.
35:56Playing cards featured all kinds of designs, including some valuable information,
36:01such as these cards showing maps by famous cartographer Robert Morden.
36:07The interesting thing about the Robert Morden cards, they are the first set of cards unmatched to represent roads which
36:13all lead to the major cities such as London.
36:16Yeah.
36:17These special cards are done by a particular artist?
36:19These are all engraved cards.
36:21Yeah.
36:22By the famous engraver John Lenthal.
36:24I mean, they're all works of art, aren't they? All these things.
36:26They are tremendous works of art.
36:28Now, the centre of the table.
36:31Yeah.
36:32Is a set of, two sets of playing cards.
36:34Yeah.
36:34One, the proverbs of Britain.
36:36Yeah.
36:37And the other is the warnings about love.
36:41We've moved away from political, historical knowledge.
36:45Yeah.
36:46And we've gone into the 18th century.
36:47Yes.
36:48Now, 18th century, all we think about then is we think about the gaming houses of Bath.
36:52Yeah.
36:52In London.
36:53And those frivolity and that sense of fun and that sense of gentlemen enjoying themselves.
36:59Yeah.
37:00And that's what we have here.
37:01These are fun cards.
37:02They're beautiful.
37:03And look at the size difference as well.
37:05They're much bigger because printing.
37:06Getting bigger.
37:06Because printing was more available.
37:08Yeah.
37:09Therefore, you could afford to print a bigger card.
37:11Yes.
37:11And we've got the proverbs here.
37:13Can I read one?
37:14Oh, we know this.
37:15Oh, really?
37:16No gains without pains.
37:18Well, there you are then.
37:19We think of no gain without pain, don't we?
37:21But no gains without pains.
37:23And it shows an early plough.
37:26What about values?
37:28So, these are worth about 2,000 to 3,000.
37:30Crumbs.
37:31These are 1,500 to 2,500.
37:32Yes.
37:33And the modern between 3,000 and 4,000.
37:36Yep.
37:36And the lengthals here are 3 to 500 pounds a set.
37:39That's a huge amount of value.
37:41But I'm not surprised because they must be rare.
37:43And these are conservative values.
37:45Yeah.
37:46Have you ever seen the like?
37:47Never.
37:47Thank you, Thomas.
37:48An amazing education.
37:50And what a find.
37:53What a find indeed.
37:55But right now it's time to check in with the rest of our teams and see how their buys did
38:00going under the gavel.
38:02Christina headed to Cranbrook in Kent to get the lowdown on that rugby Cebuto game.
38:08Hello, Raj.
38:09Hello, Christina.
38:10Now, what do you think of these?
38:11This is rugby and of course Cebuto are the famous ones of the football.
38:14We've estimated this 20 to 40, but I think that's a come and buy me price.
38:19Well, look, they paid 75 pounds for it.
38:21Fingers crossed.
38:24Fingers crossed indeed.
38:25Take it away, Raj.
38:27It's the new international edition.
38:29This is quite rare.
38:31I'm going to start off at 30 pounds.
38:3330 I have, looking for 40.
38:35Brilliant.
38:3530 pounds straight in.
38:3635 I have now, looking for 40.
38:38This still seems really cheap at 35 pounds.
38:41Come on, come on.
38:42A bit higher, come on.
38:43Come on.
38:4340 anywhere else.
38:45Hammers raised at 35 pounds.
38:47Oh, no.
38:49Sold, 35.
38:51Oh, no.
38:53That is a 40 pounds loss, unfortunately,
38:56on your Cebuto.
38:57What a shame.
38:59No scrum for the rugby Cebuto game.
39:01Nice try, though, Reds.
39:03It's those video game-loving blues next
39:06and their vintage console.
39:08Natasha was in Edinburgh
39:09to ask auctioneer Sybil Thompson for her thoughts.
39:14I've never played this game, but I can well see why they bought it.
39:17It was one of the early TV games
39:19and I'm sure lots of young lads had it in the sort of 80s.
39:23And as such, we would estimate it at 10 to 20.
39:26They thought this was a bit of a steal at 25 pounds.
39:29I may be proved wrong on this one.
39:30It's not my field of expertise.
39:32Well, fingers crossed.
39:33This could be more of an internet buyer's bag.
39:35I would have thought so, yes.
39:38So, did the console connect with the bidders?
39:41130B is a Benetton box TV game.
39:46I can start this lot again at 15 pounds here with me on commission.
39:49Go on.
39:50With me now at 15.
39:5120 online.
39:5225 with me.
39:53With me now at 25.
39:54On commission at 25 this time.
39:56On commission at 25.
39:58Come on.
39:59At 25.
39:59We're all done at 25.
40:02Oh, I can't believe it.
40:03You've drawn a blank there.
40:04Oh, well lads.
40:05It was a passion piece.
40:07And you didn't lose any money.
40:09Game over though.
40:10And finally, it's back to Cranbrook.
40:13Where Charlie asks Raj about that cricket themed Penny Arcade.
40:18It's really been fiddled around with, hasn't it?
40:21It has.
40:21But you know, it is a nice piece.
40:23Yeah.
40:24It's great for a restorer.
40:25And we've estimated this 100 to 150 pounds.
40:28They spent 95 pounds.
40:30Oh, it's going to be close then.
40:32Yeah, we are quite bowled over by this lot.
40:33Yeah.
40:34I think this could go for six.
40:36I'll do the jokes round here Raj.
40:39You stick to the auctioneering.
40:41The next lot is a vintage cricketer's penny slot machine.
40:45So let's start off at 100 pounds.
40:47And 100 I have.
40:48I have 100 I have.
40:50120.
40:51120 I have.
40:53140 I have.
40:54Did you spot this?
40:55Here we go.
40:57160 I have now.
40:59This is a golden moment.
41:00Can I have 180 anywhere?
41:03180 I have now.
41:05200 I have now.
41:06Yes.
41:07Do I have 220?
41:08220 I have.
41:10220 I have.
41:11240 I have now.
41:13Oh my God.
41:14260 I have now.
41:15This is getting ridiculous.
41:17280 I have.
41:20300 I have now.
41:21It's 300.
41:22I see you're hovering there at 300 pounds.
41:25I'm in shock.
41:26Hammer is raised at 300.
41:30So.
41:31Oh.
41:32Bravo.
41:33Well done Mr. Thornton.
41:34That's a profit of 205 pounds.
41:37Wow.
41:38That's quite incredible.
41:39It goes to show vintage game and collectibles really are a hit with bidders.
41:44I bowled over.
41:45What a great finish.
41:47But where did our team's items rank?
41:50Time for a chart countdown.
41:52At number six was the rugby Subutio game.
41:55Come on come on.
41:57Come on.
41:57It was kicked into touch with a 40 pounds loss.
42:01At number five was the Binetone games console.
42:04Oh I can't believe it.
42:06It didn't quite download with the sale room and broke even.
42:09In at number four was the vintage table skittles game.
42:1358.
42:1460.
42:1562.
42:16There is a god.
42:1665.
42:17It swung into action with a tidy five pound profit.
42:20Into the top three.
42:22And at number three was the French card game marker.
42:25Yeah.
42:26Get in.
42:27Dealing in with a 12 pounds profit.
42:30At number two it was checkmate for the unusual wooden chess board.
42:34Yes.
42:36It made 43 pounds.
42:3850 pounds.
42:39And taking the top spot at number one was the cricket themed slot machine.
42:45Right.
42:46I'm in shock.
42:48The sale room was hit for six.
42:50And it made an astonishing 205 pounds profit.
42:55Well sadly we've run out of time on our tour of vintage gaming collectibles.
43:01Hopefully you've picked up some hints and tips along the way.
43:04And got your head in the game when it comes to investing in some classics of your own.
43:10Don't forget to follow us on social media and be sure to join us again for some more bargain hunting.
43:15Yes.
43:16Yes.
43:17Yes.
43:18Yes.
43:30Yes.
43:34So, no, no, no, no.
43:38So, yes.
43:40No, no, from the top three.
43:40Yes.
43:40Yes.
43:41Yes.
43:42Yes.
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