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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
00:13on the railways.
00:14But what if I told you that some railway workers belonged to a department that was affectionately known as the
00:21Stinks?
00:22Dave Smith was one of them. He was a scientist with a very important job that you probably don't know
00:28much about.
00:28I'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.
01:05Today's teams will be exploring the stalls at this busy antiques fair at Utoxeter Racecourse.
01:12With 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 two.
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?
01:33I'm Darren.
01:34I'm Sarah. We haven't got a clue.
01:36But winnings what we've come to do.
01:38Aiming high. I like it.
01:40Who's the boss?
01:41I think I will be in charge.
01:43Yeah. Cracking away.
01:44It'll be like a child around a candy store.
01:46Any antiques knowledge?
01:48Absolutely none.
01:50Yeah, 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.
01:59Any message for the Blues?
02:00Be afraid. Be very afraid.
02:04That's fighting talk. Let's see who you're up against.
02:08Hi, I'm Barbara.
02:09I'm Amanda.
02:10And we're Grannies After Gabbles!
02:15You're on a mission.
02:17What 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.
02:24Things that are useful we think are quite good,
02:27because then there's a purpose to people buying them at auction.
02:29Will you work well as a team?
02:32I think we get on so well.
02:33We do.
02:34We're not competitive or anything, are we?
02:35We just like each other's career.
02:36Are we? 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.
02:53Hello.
02:54Hi.
02:55How are you feeling?
02:57Yes, excited.
02:57Amazing.
02:58Excited, amazing.
03:00I'm going to give each team £300.
03:02Who's taking it for?
03:03The sensible one.
03:04Sarah.
03:05Are you the sensible one?
03:06I am competitive.
03:07Right, okay.
03:08And who's taking it for the blues?
03:10I'll have the cash.
03:10Are you also sensible?
03:12Yes.
03:12And challenge, that means Darren you get one.
03:15And Barbara, a challenge for you.
03:17But the least challenging part of your day is meeting your antiques experts.
03:21They're so lovely.
03:22And are you ready to meet them?
03:23Can't wait.
03:23Well, it's about to happen right now.
03:25So let's get on with it.
03:26Teams, best of luck.
03:27Oh, thank you.
03:28But 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.
03:39I wonder how many of them do you like it?
03:42For the reds, it's Irita Marriott.
03:44And somebody who's fun.
03:46Oh, bossy and fun.
03:48And for the blues, it's John Cameron.
03:52Let's open my challenges.
03:54An item used to store or save food.
03:57Oh!
03:59An item with a connection to a farm.
04:03That's amazing.
04:04The farmer's daughter.
04:06Grab the bull 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!
04:19On you go!
04:21The blues are wasting no time getting stuck into my farm challenge.
04:25I've seen a pig already.
04:26Oh, you've seen a pig?
04:28You don't mess around, do you?
04:29Bacon press.
04:30The bacon press.
04:31Have you ever seen...
04:31What?
04:32So, like, if you get a ham and...
04:34Yeah, yeah, yeah, I like that.
04:35I don't know.
04:35That is for when you've got a hot plate and the bacon,
04:38you know, it sort of curls up as it's cooking.
04:40Oh, that bit!
04:41Oh, I was thinking about a big ham, but yes, that makes sense.
04:44I think that's what that's for.
04:45I've just noticed a little bit of a...
04:47Oh, well done.
04:48Yeah, you spotted that.
04:49Good spot there.
04:49What have we got on the bacon press?
04:51We know there's a little bit of damage.
04:53Yeah, we just spotted it, but...
04:54...as a possible, if we don't find...
04:56Bearing that in mind, 20.
04:57All right.
04:58Okay, we'll come back.
04:59Oh, okay.
05:00The bacon press is a maybe.
05:03The Reds are also thinking about their challenge,
05:06an item to store or serve food.
05:09I really like this.
05:10I 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's got some sort of...
05:19Yeah.
05:20So, it's made out of copper.
05:22A tray made of copper from HMS Britannia.
05:27That's really cool, really, isn't it?
05:30Circa 1900, it actually says,
05:33made from old copper taken from HMS Britannia.
05:38As a collectible piece, it ticks a lot of boxes.
05:41Boxes, yeah.
05:41Now, £145.
05:44I know.
05:44Do you want to ask and see what it could be?
05:47Yeah?
05:48Go on, then.
05:49I think it's that chap behind you.
05:52Hello.
05:53Hi.
05:54I come asking for good news.
05:58We really like you, Trey.
05:59Okay.
06:00It is the first thing that we've seen today,
06:03but it would tick our big spender item.
06:06What would be your very best price?
06:09Er, £110.
06:10The very best.
06:11£110.
06:12Could I ask, possibly, could you do a £104?
06:17No?
06:18£109?
06:19No, £110.
06:19Well, £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.
06:25So, £109.
06:25That's lovely.
06:26So, if we think about it, £100, I'd be happy with that.
06:29It's a risk, but...
06:30So, are you...
06:30Shall we come...?
06:31Is that okay if we park it here?
06:34Yeah.
06:34Because we've literally just started.
06:36Yeah, yeah.
06:37And we can come back to it.
06:38Okay.
06:38Yeah?
06:39That's brilliant.
06:40Thank you very much.
06:42Both teams are off to a strong start.
06:45And the Blues have spotted more pigs.
06:48Yeah, so what have we got?
06:48A little tea set.
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.
06:56Is that sugar?
06:57Yeah.
06:58And you've got salt and pepper there.
07:00Fruit.
07:00A mug.
07:01And a little mug.
07:02That's so cute, isn't it?
07:02And that's the whole...
07:03And that's the whole set.
07:04That's the whole set.
07:05Yeah.
07:05Yeah.
07:06Okay.
07:07Oh, that's cute, isn't it?
07:09I love that.
07:09It 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, into single figures, do you think?
07:22Nine.
07:23Nine.
07:23What do you reckon?
07:25Is it going to make...
07:26It can't make...
07:27We can't make a loss.
07:28We can't make a loss.
07:29We can't make a loss.
07:29One, two, three, four, five.
07:30Six pieces for nothing down.
07:32There you go.
07:33Yeah.
07:33There you go.
07:33I think we've got to take that.
07:34Yeah, I think so.
07:35Nine pounds.
07:36Thank you very much.
07:37I think we'll do that.
07:38That's a deal.
07:39Thank you very much indeed.
07:41Thank you very much.
07:42Thanks a lot.
07:42That's great.
07:43There you go.
07:45The Blues have their first item.
07:47A novelty Japanese pig tea set.
07:49For nine pounds.
07:50Which completes my farm connection challenge.
07:54It's going to fly at auction.
07:55People say pigs don't fly.
07:57Yeah, we'll see.
07:58Come on.
07:58Oh my God, they're getting worse.
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.
08:13All spice.
08:14Nutmeg.
08:14Nutmeg.
08:15And ginger.
08:15Yeah.
08:16So it's a little spice tin.
08:18I love the colour.
08:20Oh, it's really quirky.
08:21Yeah.
08:21You know that gold.
08:22How old do you think that is?
08:23How old do you think that is?
08:251900, 1910.
08:26Oh, OK.
08:26That sort of age.
08:28The gold.
08:29I think that's really sweet.
08:30Yeah, that is lovely.
08:31I mean, I don't like the price tag.
08:33The 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, OK.
08:45We don't have to do a deal.
08:46No.
08:47We can just have it as an option.
08:48At least we've got a couple of options as well.
08:49Yeah.
08:50Yeah.
08:50So the spice tin is another possibility.
08:53John is showing the Blues some silver spoons.
08:57So 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...
09:05Is that...
09:06Yeah, these would be sort of Danish inspired, I would have thought.
09:09Right.
09:09Is it Norwegian?
09:10Norwegian.
09:11Norwegian, yeah.
09:12Yeah.
09:12Do you like those?
09:13Yeah, I do kind of like this.
09:14And again, they're functional, aren't they?
09:15Quite expensive, though, aren't they?
09:17I mean, I don't know.
09:18They're decorative.
09:19No, I mean, that's...
09:20Are they silver?
09:21Definitely silver.
09:21Yeah, they're silver.
09:22But Norwegian silver.
09:23Yeah, OK.
09:24So they're 125 quid on those.
09:26Yeah.
09:27Maybe a bit too much money.
09:29Pop them back.
09:30Once I Rita 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.
09:44Intricate.
09:44Yeah.
09:45Yeah, it is crystal and it's hand cut.
09:48Oh, yeah.
09:48And the top is silver.
09:50Is it?
09:50The 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, OK.
09:58The 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.
10:08The whole mark.
10:09Yeah.
10:10It hasn't been rubbed off.
10:11I like that.
10:13Yeah, it's very nice.
10:14I just think it's pretty.
10:15Yeah.
10:15I've no idea how much it is.
10:17Yeah, of course.
10:18How much is your pretty perfume?
10:21We can do 40.
10:2340.
10:23That's not...
10:24What's your best price?
10:26Maybe that's price.
10:2735.
10:2835.
10:28Could I just pick...
10:29Could you do 34?
10:31Yeah, yeah, I can do.
10:32Yeah, yeah.
10:32Just in case.
10:33If it goes up in five, we want that.
10:35Yeah, of course.
10:36Yeah, no problem.
10:36I like that.
10:37I want that.
10:38Oh, my God, you agree.
10:39Yes.
10:39We're going to agree with that one, aren't we?
10:41We love it.
10:41That is really nice.
10:42It's a lovely cut on it.
10:43Good spot.
10:43I love it.
10:44Yes, really.
10:45Are you going to shake hands?
10:47Can we shake hands?
10:48You can.
10:48Thank you so much.
10:51Well done, Reds.
10:53You're off the mark with this cut glass and silver scent bottle for £34.
10:57One down.
10:59Two down.
11:01Back to the blues.
11:02Who'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.
11:09That's really nice.
11:10How long is it?
11:11I mean, is it one that sits more like a choker?
11:12Are you thinking about trying it on?
11:14No, I'm just thinking, is it one that sits more like a choker?
11:16Or is it a longer one?
11:18I would have thought that's a choker, isn't it?
11:20Yeah.
11:20Yeah?
11:21It's got £145 on it.
11:23Yeah, that's quite expensive, isn't it?
11:25Yeah.
11:25I think we should ask a price, don't you?
11:26Yes.
11:27I think we should have a price on that.
11:28Let's ask a price.
11:29What are you?
11:30We're looking at the necklace here.
11:33Yeah.
11:34Shining.
11:34Shining.
11:35Yeah.
11:36You've got £145 on it.
11:37What's the best you do on that?
11:39£110.
11:40£110.
11:41OK.
11:42Have you got any George Jensen?
11:43I have.
11:44I'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.
11:55And they're really nice.
11:58They're in the other cabinet.
11:59Do you want to take a look at those?
11:59Yeah, 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.
12:07Look at that!
12:08I mean...
12:09A fish one.
12:11Yeah.
12:13It's certainly a look.
12:15It definitely is.
12:16It'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.
12:27Not 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!
12:46But it ticks the bar.
12:47OK, keep walking.
12:49Not 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.
13:04So then you're going to appeal to the Jensen people.
13:06What's the ticket price, say, £125?
13:09Yeah.
13:10Right.
13:11Normal Caddyspoons, like, you know, 20th century are not that dear, but it's the name.
13:15Yeah.
13:15It's the George Jensen name, isn't it?
13:16Yeah?
13:16You've got that.
13:17And then this is the...
13:19It doesn't look typically Jensen, does it?
13:21You've got it down there as a Jensen Modernist bottle opener.
13:25Wow.
13:26Bit more functional.
13:28Yeah, definitely.
13:29This 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.
13:44Albert Sharning.
13:44So 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.
13:57This one, you're going to be at 80.
13:59Yeah.
13:59Right.
14:00OK.
14:00And that one, obviously, I've said 110.
14:02110 on that.
14:03OK.
14:03So what do you think, girls?
14:05We did say Jensen.
14:07We did?
14:08Yeah.
14:09I think that's the rarest.
14:12Do you think that's the better bet?
14:12That's the rarest.
14:13OK.
14:13They're Caddyspoon characters.
14:15I just said that.
14:16Shall we go with that?
14:17I think the Caddyspoon is a good piece.
14:19Shall we make a decision?
14:20I think so.
14:22I'm happy to make a decision.
14:23Yeah.
14:23OK.
14:24So we'll make a decision.
14:25On that?
14:26Yeah.
14:26A decision made.
14:27If John thinks it's good, then I'm happy.
14:29Thank you, ladies.
14:31Everyone's happy.
14:32Halfway through the shop, and the Blues have bagged their big spend.
14:35A George Jensen Caddyspoon for £75.
14:39Right, girls.
14:39Two in a bag.
14:40Just over halfway gone.
14:41And I only spent £84.
14:43Come on.
14:43Let's go.
14:44Final rest of it.
14:47The Reds are still looking for their challenge item.
14:50Something used to serve or store food.
14:53I love the colour.
14:54Yeah.
14:55The colour stands out.
14:57Die for.
14:57It looks as if it may be porcelain, but it's not.
15:01It's actually glass.
15:03Wow.
15:03OK.
15:04And it's opaline glass.
15:05It's for strawberries.
15:06Oh.
15:07Strawberries, sugar and cream.
15:09Oh, yes.
15:09You've got the strawberries on there.
15:10Oh, my God.
15:11I love it.
15:11So you'd put your strawberries there.
15:12You've got your sugar, your cream.
15:14What do you think of it?
15:15Do you like it?
15:16It is beautiful.
15:16I like how unusual it is.
15:18Yeah.
15:18I've never seen one before.
15:19That's not the kind of thing.
15:20Yeah.
15:21Now, where are we when it comes to price?
15:23£55.
15:24How does that compare to your metal tins?
15:30What do you prefer more?
15:31I like that.
15:32Depends on price, maybe.
15:34Yeah.
15:34I agree.
15:35It depends on price.
15:37Yeah.
15:37Hello.
15:38As I say that, he lifts his head up.
15:40It's got £55 on the ticket.
15:42What is the very best price?
15:43I can take a tenner off for you.
15:46What do you think in your export opinion?
15:49£43, to give you a chance.
15:52£43, he says, is the best.
15:54I mean, in auction, it would have had an estimate of £30 to £50.
15:58Yeah.
15:58So we're in the part.
16:00Yes.
16:01Would you consider at all £39?
16:03And we'll go for it straight away now.
16:05So it's London, so we can get a golden gavel.
16:07I know what it's about.
16:10Go on.
16:11Amazing.
16:12Thank you so much.
16:13That's brilliant.
16:14Thank you so much.
16:16Some good haggling there, Reds.
16:18£39 for the Victorian glass and enamel strawberry dish.
16:22And my challenge is ticked off.
16:25I like it.
16:26Derek!
16:27I like it.
16:29Come on then.
16:29Let's go find it.
16:30Let's go.
16:31The Reds are on a mission.
16:33With 20 minutes to go, both teams need one more buy.
16:37And Barbara's spotted a gardening roll maker.
16:40My dad used to have a wooden one on his allotment,
16:44because all of his seeds were in exact lines,
16:47so he used to use the lines.
16:48So a string line, almost like a bricklayer uses as well, isn't it?
16:51How old is it?
16:52Do they use it?
16:52I don't know.
16:53I think you're probably on the money there,
16:54because it looks like that would do the job, wouldn't it?
16:57Do they sell well at all?
16:58I don't know.
16:58I've never seen them.
16:59Oh, right, right.
17:00That's what you said.
17:01That's why I asked Barbara what it was.
17:03I know.
17:03Well, I...
17:04Yeah.
17:06If it's the same thing as my dad used to have on the allotment,
17:08yeah.
17:09Yeah, well, okay.
17:10That's Garden Ailey, though, isn't it?
17:11Yeah.
17:12It is Garden Ailey.
17:12It's got to be Garden Aelia.
17:13What else have we got here?
17:14We like things in the garden.
17:16If it's not on the right lines, move on.
17:18It 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.
17:32It's just so...
17:32Although it's quite chunky, like the actual bracelet's so dainty.
17:38It's actually a necklace.
17:39Yeah.
17:40How pretty.
17:41Yeah.
17:41I absolutely love that.
17:42I 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.
17:51Albert Twirling.
17:52Modernist enamel necklace.
17:55£145.
17:56That would definitely be our big spend.
17:58Yeah, definitely.
17:59I mean, that is what we're looking for.
18:01Yes.
18:01A big spend.
18:02Right.
18:03Should we ask?
18:04Yeah, let's do it.
18:05Yeah.
18:06Excuse me.
18:10They have a question for you, sir.
18:12Hello.
18:13Yes, hello.
18:14Would you accept a cheeky offer of £99?
18:19Yeah.
18:20I'm going to put it out there.
18:21I 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.
18:33Oh, my God!
18:33You're doing a deal.
18:34Thank you so much.
18:36Decisive buying, Reds.
18:38Well done.
18:39That's your big spend and final item.
18:41A Norwegian silver gilt and enamel necklace for £99.
18:46You've done it!
18:47Yay!
18:48Ah!
18:49Strawberries and cream?
18:50Strawberries and cream.
18:51Definitely.
18:51Or local oat cakes?
18:52Oat cakes.
18:53Oh, okay.
18:54Come on, let's go.
18:56With less than 15 minutes left on the clock,
18:59the Blues are looking for their final day.
19:01What about the fox?
19:02I like the fox.
19:04Yeah, it's really heavy.
19:05Let's have a look.
19:06Losing its thing, but it's got charm.
19:08It's got a nice face.
19:10Yeah.
19:10It's reconstituted stone, so it's not carved stone.
19:13Obviously, it wouldn't be...
19:14You 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.
19:23I like that.
19:24You do?
19:24Yeah, I do.
19:25Well, I do.
19:25Do you 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.
19:31But I'm going to get an offer.
19:32We know it's not going to be huge sums of money, is it?
19:33No.
19:34No.
19:34All right?
19:35John is going to take some persuading on the fox.
19:38Time for one last quick look around, while the Reds can relax.
19:42I have to say, I'm really impressed.
19:44You were calm the whole entire way.
19:47You bought quality.
19:49So...
19:50I'd say cheers.
19:51Cheers to that.
19:51Cheers to that.
19:53Here's hoping.
19:54Right.
19:55Blues.
19:55Can you find anything better than the fox?
19:58We'll pop it on there.
20:00Do you know we've got 12 minutes as well left, you know?
20:02Yeah.
20:03Oh.
20:05Yeah.
20:06That's a nice colour, don't you think?
20:07What 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.
20:15It's just what side of the price that we bought it at is really the big question, isn't it?
20:19Yeah.
20:20Yeah.
20:20What do you like the most out of them?
20:22The fox.
20:24We'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 ask me.
20:30You buy the fox?
20:31I don't know.
20:32What do you think?
20:33Because that's what...
20:34If 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.
20:43All right.
20:44So let's get a price on those items, yeah?
20:46Yeah.
20:46We'll do that for 25.
20:4825 on that.
20:49It's not bad.
20:49And the fox, the concrete fox.
20:52Five pound on that.
20:53Five pound on that.
20:54Oh, she wants that now, don't you?
20:56It's up to you.
20:58The fox.
20:59Yeah.
20:59You want to buy the fox?
21:00Yeah, I think so.
21:01Done.
21:02Fox, we'll take the fox.
21:06You've been out foxed, John.
21:08For just five pounds, the Blues have their final bag.
21:12Teams, that's the end of the line.
21:14The shopping's done.
21:15Well, we've done it, right?
21:17We have.
21:17We've done all our challenges.
21:19And I say, you know, let's go and have a cup of tea.
21:21But I actually think I need something stronger.
21:23I've got to be honest with you, girls.
21:25Jim, the tonic's on you.
21:27Let's remind ourselves what the red team bought.
21:30They started with this Edwardian cut glass and silver-mounted scent bottle for £34.
21:38Next, at £39, this Victorian glass and enamel strawberry serving dish met my food-related challenge.
21:48And for their big spend, they fell in love with the Norwegian silver gilt and enamel necklace for £99.
21:56Darren, Sarah, Aretha, you have done it.
21:59You've shopped.
22:00Can you breathe a sigh of relief?
22:03Oh, definitely.
22:04Yeah.
22:04The 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.
22:11Just class.
22:12So that was the big spend.
22:14Is it going to bring the biggest profit?
22:15I think so.
22:16Sarah, what about you?
22:17Favourite item?
22:18I really like the serving plate.
22:21And will it bring the biggest profit?
22:22I'd like to think so, yeah.
22:23Yeah, okay.
22:24So you're all about the necklace, Darren.
22:26You're all about the strawberries and cream sort of vibe.
22:29Yes, beautiful.
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?
22:43So who has 128 for Aretha?
22:46I'll keep for the money.
22:47I'm warming my palm.
22:49Yes, yes, yes.
22:50Ready for it.
22:51Yes, yes, yes.
22:53Thank you very much.
22:53So Aretha, do you know what you'll be buying?
22:56No.
22:57No, I really, I feel under pressure because they bought so well.
23:01I've got some serious work to do.
23:03So Aretha's off to find a quality bonus buy for the Reds.
23:07And let's now remind ourselves what the blue team bought.
23:11The Blue Team bought one for the Reds.
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
23:30for only £5.
23:33Barbara, Amanda, John, you've done it, you've shopped up.
23:37Can you choose your favourite one, Barbara?
23:38I think my favourite is the George Jensen silver.
23:41And you fancied a bit of George Jensen.
23:42We did, yeah.
23:43And it was your big spend.
23:45It was.
23:45So which is going to bring the biggest profit?
23:47Probably the fox.
23:49The £5 fox, yeah.
23:51The £5 fox can't go wrong.
23:53And what about you, Amanda?
23:55First 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.
24:13Amanda, you're still the sensible one, are you?
24:15I can't ask too much to get out.
24:16Here we are.
24:17Right.
24:18So it's a big budget and a big responsibility.
24:21Yeah, it is.
24:21But they've left me plenty of choices to go back
24:24and see all 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.
24:39The Railways of Britain officially launched
24:42on the 27th September 1825
24:45to much excitement and fanfare.
24:48Steam engines changed the face of the country
24:51and as the rail network grew,
24:52it created a whole series of challenges
24:55and importantly, plenty of new jobs.
25:00I've come to Amerton Railway in Staffordshire
25:04to meet Dave Smith,
25:05who spent 34 years in an unusual railway career.
25:10Dave, it's really great to meet you
25:12and 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?
25:21Well, I worked on the railways
25:24and I joined in 1962
25:26as an analytical chemist.
25:29My job was in effect
25:31to 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
25:40because the laboratory absolutely stunk
25:43and when you entered home at night,
25:45your clothes and everything
25:46reeked of the chemicals
25:48you'd been playing with during the day.
25:52Britain's first railway chemist
25:54was introduced in 1864
25:56and they worked with steam engines,
25:59testing coal and water used on the trains
26:02and drinking water for passengers.
26:05When Dave started in 1962,
26:07the railways were moving over to diesel engines,
26:10which created a whole host of new challenges
26:12for the stinks.
26:16Dave has brought along some items used on the job.
26:20So these test tubes here, for instance,
26:23would date back to the earlier 20th century.
26:26In your car,
26:27you might change your oil every 20,000 miles, say.
26:31We don't do that.
26:32We change the oil when it's worn out
26:35and so we have kits like this
26:37that allow us to measure
26:38the viscosity of the oil.
26:40To give you an example,
26:42we get a tube
26:43and you can see,
26:45can you see the type of,
26:46the bubble moves to the top?
26:48That's very satisfying.
26:49Yes, right?
26:50So you can tell
26:52what a good oil is and a bad oil
26:54by that's a very good one.
26:55The bad one will be very slow
26:57and it's got to be either
26:58between the good and the bad
27:00to continue in service.
27:04Experiments to test oil moved on
27:07and became more sophisticated
27:08during Dave's time.
27:10But much like the chemists before him,
27:12Dave and his colleagues
27:13continued to record their findings in notebooks.
27:16So we'd have a little notebook,
27:18this is from my colleague in Glasgow,
27:22Roger,
27:22and in there he would log down
27:24what he did on the day
27:25and record it.
27:27So he'd record the weights of things
27:29or the samples he did
27:30and somebody would check the figures for him
27:33and so forth, yes.
27:35Railway chemists also had to tackle
27:37an annoying problem
27:38we've all encountered
27:40standing on a platform.
27:47How can a simple leaf
27:49cause so many problems?
27:51In autumn we have leaves
27:53falling on the line
27:54which the train will run happily along
27:56until there's a bit of moisture.
27:59So if it rains
28:00or there's a bit of dew in the morning
28:02this suddenly becomes a lubricant.
28:06And so the train that was going normally
28:09suddenly hits this
28:10and it's got no traction,
28:12no adhesion at all.
28:15Historically,
28:16sand would have been spread
28:17on the tracks to create grip
28:19but this wasn't practical
28:20so Dave and his team
28:21were tasked with finding
28:23a better solution.
28:25And what we happened upon
28:27was watching a programme on TV
28:29one night,
28:30Tomorrow's World,
28:31where somebody had invented
28:32an inorganic material
28:34called lapinite
28:36which was very similar
28:37to wallpaper paste.
28:38So we rang up the BBC
28:40got a sample
28:41and we made this material
28:43called sandite.
28:45Sandite acted almost like sandpaper
28:48creating a surface
28:49the train wheels could grip to
28:51instead of the slippery leaves.
28:53It's all down to BBC
28:55and Tomorrow's World
28:56that we discovered sandite.
28:59After more than a hundred years
29:01of railway chemists,
29:03the privatisation of the railways
29:05in 1996
29:06led to the stinks
29:07being closed down.
29:09But Dave and his colleagues
29:10were determined
29:11to record their history.
29:13And I believe
29:14you've co-authored a book.
29:16Yes.
29:16We realised that
29:17the people who'd
29:19done this work
29:21were really
29:22backroom boys
29:23that nobody knew about
29:24and their history
29:26would be totally lost.
29:27So our intention
29:29was to bring to light
29:30the sort of
29:31day-to-day work
29:32we did
29:33so it wasn't forgotten.
29:35Well Dave,
29:35it's been a pleasure
29:36chatting with you.
29:36Thank you for explaining
29:37everything so clearly
29:38and every time I experience
29:40leaves on the line
29:41I shall be thinking of you.
29:42Thank you very much.
29:43It's our pleasure.
29:44But it's time now
29:45for us to steam over
29:47to the auction
29:47to see if our teams
29:48can make a profit.
29:56Before the auction itself
29:57let's talk things through
29:58with auctioneer
29:59Colin Young.
30:01Colin,
30:01the teams have given us
30:02a lot to talk about.
30:03They have.
30:03Quite diverse, isn't it?
30:05Very diverse.
30:06Let's start with Darren
30:07and Sarah
30:08and Aretha.
30:09We are beginning
30:11with the scent bottle.
30:12It's the classic
30:13hobnail cut
30:14to the glass.
30:15You've got the silver
30:16top which is
30:17hallmarked for 1903.
30:19So it's Edwardian
30:20and then the top
30:22of course
30:22is repoussé decorated
30:23with a little bit
30:25of Rococo design.
30:27You're looking at
30:28£25 to £40.
30:30£34 was the ticket price
30:32in the end.
30:33Now my challenge was
30:34find an item
30:35from which you can serve
30:37or in which you can store food.
30:39So it has to be
30:40this dish.
30:41You've got the two
30:43receptacles in there
30:44your strawberries
30:45in the front
30:45beautifully decorated
30:47and of course
30:47it's in the shape
30:48for a strawberry leaf.
30:49So what's your estimate
30:50for it?
30:51£25 to £40
30:52hopefully will encourage
30:53people to have a dip
30:54for it.
30:55£39 paid
30:56for my challenge item.
30:59This necklace.
30:59We have Norwegian
31:00silver gilt.
31:02We have lovely enamel
31:04that classic white
31:05almost like a Viking
31:06bolt that shape.
31:08It's just gorgeous.
31:10I think they're going
31:10to be queuing up for it.
31:11OK.
31:12So I've placed
31:13£80 to £100 on it.
31:15Now the Reds were happy
31:16to pay £99 for this Colin
31:17so they'll be happy
31:19if it makes over £100
31:20but the Blues won't be
31:22because Amanda and Barbara
31:24rejected this necklace.
31:26They had the opportunities
31:27but it'll all come out
31:29in the wash.
31:30Let's move on
31:30to the Blues.
31:31Amanda and Barbara
31:32with John Cameron
31:34by their side
31:35and with a challenge
31:36to buy a connection
31:37to farm animals
31:39they decided to buy
31:40this piggy themed tea set.
31:42It's a good subject
31:43so of course it was
31:44potted many times over.
31:46You know it used to be
31:47really really collectible
31:48but just in recent times
31:50there doesn't seem to be
31:51too much money paid for them.
31:52So what do you think
31:53they'll pay?
31:54Well estimate wise
31:55if we're really struggling
31:56it's going to be £10
31:57if they're keen
31:58it could be £30.
31:59Well the team
32:00you'll be pleased to hear
32:01paid £9.
32:02Oh excellent.
32:03Yeah the big spend now
32:04this Caddy Spoon
32:06George Jensen
32:07I'm sure when you saw
32:08that name
32:08you knew it would be
32:09the big spend.
32:10It's a lovely thing
32:11the design is
32:13the thing that
32:13everybody's looking for
32:14at the moment
32:15of course it is silver.
32:17For me the design
32:18certainly should bring it
32:19up to say £40 to £60.
32:20Colin did I say
32:22it was the big spend?
32:23I did.
32:23£75 was paid.
32:25Right we'll go on
32:26to a concrete garden
32:28ornament that's seen
32:29better days
32:30but it's a sweet wee fox.
32:31My worry is that
32:32he's had a bit of
32:33a nibbled ear.
32:35And that doesn't
32:36sort of bode well
32:37I don't think.
32:38So for that reason
32:39I've gone for a fairly
32:41lowly £10 to £20.
32:43Only £5 was paid.
32:44Really?
32:45They are the last
32:46of the big spenders
32:47these blues.
32:48£5, £9, £75
32:50they spent as little
32:51as they could.
32:52Yeah.
32:52But will it pay off
32:53Colin?
32:53Who's your money on?
32:54The excitement
32:55is with the reds
32:56but the safety
32:57is with the blues.
32:58Ah interesting.
32:59Well the results
33:00are really in your hands
33:02so Colin best of luck.
33:08Darren, Sarah,
33:10and Rita
33:10how are you feeling?
33:11Can you sum it up?
33:12Quietly confident.
33:13Oh good.
33:14So excited.
33:15We are starting
33:16with your scent bottle.
33:18What a lovely
33:19pretty place to start.
33:20£34 paid.
33:21And we start
33:22surely £30.
33:23£30 anybody?
33:24£30 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.
33:292 bid.
33:29£5 now.
33:30£22, £25 again now.
33:32£5 to £5.
33:32Do I see now.
33:33£25 at a bid.
33:33£25.
33:34£28 now.
33:34Do I see?
33:35£28.
33:35Nice Rococo top.
33:37£30 bid.
33:37£30 bid.
33:38£32 bid.
33:39£35 now.
33:40Do I see?
33:40£32 bid.
33:41Bid me £5.
33:41I can offer you £33 if it helps.
33:44£33 helps.
33:45Oh yes.
33:46We're £23.
33:47Keep going.
33:47£34.
33:48£35.
33:49That was a definite no
33:51wasn't it?
33:52£35.
33:53The bid is online then.
33:54We sell it £35.
33:56Yes!
33:58Now you worked hard to shave off those extra pounds
34:00and it just paid off because £35 is a £1 profit.
34:05I'll take that.
34:05I love that.
34:06Now my challenge to you was to buy something related to food.
34:09The strawberry dish for £39 is lovely.
34:12Give me £40 for it.
34:13£40.
34:14£20.
34:15£20.
34:16£20 now bid.
34:17£20.
34:17Do I see?
34:18£20.
34:19£20 bid.
34:20£5 now.
34:20My £22 is in the second row.
34:22£22.
34:23£25.
34:24£28.
34:24OK.
34:25We're getting closer.
34:25The hammers up.
34:26I sell in the room in the second row at £28.
34:30That's a bargain.
34:30£28.
34:31It has wiped out your lovely pound profit
34:33because that is an £11 loss
34:35so we are minus 10
34:37as we go into the big spend.
34:40£99 spend.
34:41You adore it.
34:42So go on.
34:43£100 would be a great start.
34:44Come on.
34:45And we start the bidding at £50.
34:47£5 now for the room.
34:48£50.
34:49£5.
34:50£65.
34:51£70.
34:52£70 bid.
34:54£75.
34:54£80 bid.
34:56Are you going to bid me £82?
34:57Yes.
34:57£82.
34:58£85 now to a C.
34:59£85.
35:00£85.
35:01£88.
35:01£88 in the room.
35:03£90.
35:03£2 now to a C.
35:05£92.
35:06£92.
35:07£92 but a bid.
35:07And £5.
35:08Oh, yes.
35:09Come on, we need one moment.
35:11My bid is at £95.
35:13The hammer's up.
35:13We sell.
35:14Unless you change your mind.
35:16Oh, my God.
35:18£95.
35:20So close.
35:21That is a loss of £4.
35:22And you had minus 10, so it's minus 14.
35:26After three lots, but on Bargain Hunt, we sell four.
35:29It'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?
35:39Yes.
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.
35:47So I bought little salt and pepper pots in form of little cherries.
35:54They are so unusual.
35:55What do you think?
35:56I mean, it's 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.
36:05So 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 would she pay for them?
36:16£29.
36:18Hmm.
36:18What are you thinking?
36:19Well, going with the food theme, we're going to risk it for a biscuit.
36:23Yeah.
36:23And we're going to do it.
36:24We've got every faith.
36:25So 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.
36:32They'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.
36:49So he thinks there's money to be made
36:51and you need them to make money, Reds.
36:52Yes.
36:53Here they come.
36:53Pair of salt and pepper shakers.
36:56£40, £40.
36:5730 to go then surely.
36:58£30.
36:59£20.
36:59£20.
37:00Don't want to be any less.
37:01£20 bid.
37:01£22 bid.
37:02£25 now.
37:02£25.
37:03£28.
37:03£28.
37:03£30.
37:04£30 bid.
37:04£32 now.
37:05£30.
37:06£30 bid at £30 bid.
37:07£32 now.
37:08£32 online.
37:08£35 in the room.
37:09One more.
37:10£38.
37:11£40.
37:12£2 now then.
37:13£40 in the room.
37:14Oh, so close.
37:15Lady's bid at £40.
37:16Look at the two.
37:16£42.
37:17£45.
37:18Oh, yeah.
37:19We're going to both be broken.
37:19£48.
37:20Vindoussy.
37:21£48.
37:22Oh.
37:23£50.
37:24£50 bid.
37:25My bid is in the room and I will sell this time at £50.
37:29Yes.
37:30Yes.
37:31£50.
37:32£50.
37:33£50 is a £21 profit.
37:37Minus 14.
37:38We'll add 21 to it.
37:39Hello, £7 profit.
37:41Yes.
37:42That's so much better.
37:43Never any doubt.
37:45No, no, no.
37:46No one had any doubt at any point.
37:48And £7 on Bargain Hunt.
37:50A, amazing.
37:51B, could be a winning £7.
37:53It could.
37:59Amanda, Barbara and John, this is your moment to shine.
38:04OK.
38:05Are those pigs going to make you a fortune?
38:07Absolutely.
38:07Oh, God.
38:08Yes.
38:09You only paid £9.
38:12Come on, pigs.
38:13Make a profit.
38:13A whole clan of pigs.
38:16£20.
38:17Come on, you know you want them.
38:18£20.
38:18They're charming.
38:20£10 to go then.
38:21£10.
38:22Come on, give me a £5.
38:24£5, his beard.
38:26£5.
38:26£6, bid.
38:27£7 now.
38:28£7, £7, £7, £7, £8, £8, £8, £9.
38:31£9, £9, £9, £9, £9, £9.
38:48£9 and £10 now.
38:54£10 and a George Jensen Caddy Spoon.
38:57I'll go with my lowest bid then.
38:59I have a bid from Australia at £30.
39:01£30 bid, £32 bid, £35, £38 bid, £40, £5 now, £45, £50, £5, £60, £5, £70 is bid at £70.
39:14Are we all done then?
39:15Hammers up then.
39:16I sell it £70.
39:18£70.
39:19Oh, no!
39:22£70.
39:23But you had a £1 profit, so you're not minus five, you're actually minus four.
39:27As we move into the £5.
39:30The Fonds could do it.
39:32£10.
39:33£10 bid, £12 now, we'll see it.
39:35£10, £10, £10, £10, £10 bid, £10, £12 now then.
39:38We now have £12 bid.
39:40Yes!
39:41£15 we have.
39:42£18 now then.
39:44£18 bid, are we all done then?
39:46£18 we go at £18.
39:49Yeah!
39:53So that is a £13 profit.
39:55You were minus four, but now you're back in front with a £9 profit.
40:00Wow!
40:00Brilliant, well done, girls.
40:01Nice!
40:01Well done.
40:02So you left on £211.
40:05Please go and grab your bonus buy.
40:08And ladies, you will need to close your eyes firmly, please.
40:12OK, girls, open your eyes.
40:13Do you remember this?
40:14Oh, my God!
40:15We do!
40:17The stock pot.
40:18I liked it, you liked it.
40:19Yeah, we looked tatted.
40:20Yeah, we did.
40:20What do you think it'll make?
40:21I'd pay £25 for it.
40:23I'd actually...
40:24I would use this.
40:26You know, anything's a risk, so it's up to you.
40:28Go with it.
40:29We should go with a team.
40:30I think we're a team, John.
40:32We're a team.
40:33We came as a team.
40:34I can't stand the pressure if I lose one.
40:37If 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 boys are going with the bonus buy.
40:45It's big, it's beautiful, but what does Colin think?
40:48Well, 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.
41:01I need to tell you what Colin thinks, and he says £25 to £40.
41:05Oh!
41:06Well done, John.
41:07Well done about that.
41:09It hasn't come out of the hammer yet.
41:11What a great lot.
41:12Who's going to start me at £30 for that?
41:14£30, anybody?
41:14£30.
41:15£20 to go then, surely £20.
41:17Anybody surely can't start any lower?
41:18£20 bid, £22 bid, £22 bid, £25 now.
41:22£25.
41:23£28.
41:24£30 now there.
41:25My £28 is bid.
41:27At £28 bid, £30 now.
41:29Do I see it?
41:30£28.
41:30Back of the room has it, selling at £28.
41:33£28!
41:34Thanks, John.
41:35Ladies, it was a £3 profit.
41:37And you do get into two figures.
41:40Yes!
41:41Plus nine becomes plus 12.
41:43Yes!
41:44I'm so pleased for you.
41:48Listen, you did not spend a lot of money,
41:50and all of your profits and losses were marginal too,
41:53so you kept it low, but you kept us smiling.
41:56So thank you very much.
41:56You've done really well, but £12 feels like a winning score right now.
42:00Absolutely.
42:01Is it a winning score overall?
42:09Today, just £5 separates the teams.
42:15Oh, yes!
42:15Yes!
42:16So I can reveal that the bigger profit was made by...
42:21The Blues!
42:22Oh!
42:23The Reds!
42:25I love you!
42:27Thank you!
42:28And they can't believe that.
42:30I can't believe it!
42:31Because they didn't make much.
42:33But whilst you think you didn't make a lot,
42:36the Reds, they made £7, and they were happy with it.
42:38Let me tell you.
42:40They were happy with their £7.
42:42Well done, Reds.
42:43Yes, you are today's runners-ups.
42:46Thanks.
42:46But yeah, you have made some memories, haven't you?
42:48And that's what it's all about.
42:49Yeah.
42:49It's fantastic.
42:50Yeah.
42:50Brilliant time.
42:51But the Blues can go home and say,
42:52after all that, we made £12.
42:56And it is a jolly old sum, £12 to hand over.
43:00I'm so pleased.
43:02You had a really good time, didn't you?
43:04Yeah.
43:04We had a great time.
43:04We came for an adventure, and we've had an adventure.
43:07It's been great.
43:07But I'm pleased that you had fun, teams.
43:10I really am, because 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,
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