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00:00Hello and welcome to Bargain Hunt.
00:03Many of us love to explore the past through historic buildings
00:06and today we are visiting a Victorian example in the New Forest
00:11with an extraordinary story.
00:14This is Avon Terrell.
00:16It was built off the back of a winning horse bed
00:20and its unique design is full of surprises.
00:24It's called a calendar house
00:26because the total number of doors, windows and chimneys
00:29each correspond to a different unit of time.
00:33There are 365 windows, 52 rooms and 12 chimneys.
00:39More on that later, but first...
00:42Let's go bargain hunting!
01:06Today's Reds and Blues will be shopping at this huge antiques fair
01:10in Dettling, Kent.
01:12Each team are given £300 and one hour to buy three items,
01:17one of which must cost at least £75.
01:20And on top of that, they've got my tricky challenge.
01:24Whoever makes the biggest profit or the least loss
01:27wins the day at the auction.
01:29Let's meet today's teams.
01:32I'm Fiona.
01:34And I'm Millie.
01:34We don't hesitate, we negotiate.
01:37You sound confident.
01:39Will you make a good team?
01:41Definitely work well together,
01:43have kind of similar minds,
01:44so I think we'll be able to agree.
01:46Any tactics for the shop?
01:48We're definitely going to keep our eye on the time.
01:50I'm a pretty good negotiator,
01:52so I think that's going to be one of our big strengths.
01:55Are you going to play it safe?
01:57We won't be too risky.
01:58No, but we should at least take one risk with one of the items.
02:02Right, let's see who you're up against.
02:05Hi, I'm Martin.
02:06Hey, and I'm Carly.
02:07And we're here to sniff out a steal.
02:09In the hope of flipping it for a deal.
02:13What are your hobbies?
02:14I like climbing up mountains, running up mountains.
02:17And I really like heavy metal music,
02:19anywhere I can go on headbang.
02:21This should be fun.
02:22Are you a good duo?
02:24I'm really chaotic, so I'm quite bold.
02:27Might need to sort of bring in the reins,
02:29just a little bit.
02:30Just a little bit.
02:31Just a little bit.
02:32On the hunt for anything in particular?
02:35We're going to look at ceramics.
02:37I'm looking for things that are eccentric, really colourful.
02:40This is going to be a blast.
02:42Let's get started.
02:45Hello, teams.
02:46Hello!
02:47Are you ready to go bargain hunting?
02:49Yes!
02:49Excellent.
02:50So what do you need?
02:50Money!
02:52£300 for the red team,
02:54£300 for the blue team.
02:56Now, what else do you need?
02:57A challenge!
02:58Quite right.
02:59There you go, red team.
02:59There's your challenge.
03:01There's your challenge, blue team.
03:02What else do you need before you can go bargain hunting?
03:05An expert!
03:06Well, the good news, teams, is your experts are here.
03:09So off you go.
03:12So I wonder what they're hoping for from their expert.
03:16We're looking for someone who's fun.
03:18Someone with a bit of flair.
03:21To help keep us on track.
03:23And to help us find those bargains.
03:25Girls, I think you have found your lady.
03:28For the reds, it's Catherine Southern.
03:30We need someone that's going to help us get a golden gavel.
03:33Hello!
03:34Hello!
03:35Helping the blues, it's Jonathan Pratt.
03:38Time to open my challenges.
03:40An item with Asian connection.
03:44Something that comes as a matching pair.
03:47Oh!
03:49Teams, your time starts now.
03:53Right.
03:54OK, this is it, girls.
03:55We better go.
03:56Come on.
03:56Yes!
03:57Off you go.
03:59The reds have already spotted these.
04:03What about a walking stick?
04:04That's cool.
04:06Walking sticks can be fantastic.
04:08The important thing to look at for walking sticks,
04:09check the height, first of all.
04:11Is it a good height?
04:12Is it nice and straight?
04:14I'd say that's nice and straight.
04:16That's very good.
04:17Thinking about how old that is, though.
04:19And it's also got quite a bit of...
04:21Damage.
04:22Damage there.
04:23Yeah.
04:23We'll leave the walking stick, I think.
04:26Still early days.
04:27Keep going.
04:29Meanwhile, the blues are eyeing up ceramics.
04:32JP, would this be Clarice Cliff?
04:34Yeah, the cup's Clarice.
04:35The cup and saucer's Clarice.
04:36That's a bonjour shape milk jug over there.
04:39OK.
04:40So what's the little thing behind?
04:41Is that an egg cup, a square one?
04:43No, no, that's a candle holder.
04:45Is it?
04:45Oh, wow.
04:46Not a pair?
04:47Oh, no.
04:49Good point, JP.
04:50You need to meet your matching pair challenge.
04:54The Reds have also spotted a big name in the pottery world.
04:59What's in this jug?
05:01Oh, that's a Moorcroft.
05:04Do you like that?
05:05I think that looks pretty.
05:09I think it's really pretty.
05:10And it looks like it's in really good condition.
05:13Hmm.
05:14Do we want to spend that much on a jug?
05:16Does Moorcroft do well at auction?
05:18I will say to you at the moment that the Moorcroft has slightly gone off the boil.
05:22There was a lot of it that sort of has come on the market.
05:25A lot of big collections.
05:27And it is not doing that well.
05:29It's the early McIntyre stuff that does sell well.
05:32OK.
05:32But this is quite modern, I would say.
05:34OK.
05:35Moving on then.
05:37And Carly seems to be quite a pottery pro.
05:41Oh, I see already.
05:43What have you seen already?
05:44Lorna Bailey.
05:45I just really love the design.
05:47It's quite bold.
05:48Yeah.
05:49Lorna Bailey is a Staffordshire-based potter, well known for her art deco-inspired designs,
05:55which use geometric shapes and bold colours.
05:59It's sort of taking out deco and just adding it, you know, and taking it further.
06:04It's quirky.
06:05It's quirky.
06:06It's quirky, and I love quirky.
06:08Yeah.
06:08I like this one, because that's a little bit different.
06:12It's really avant-garde.
06:13That's interesting.
06:14I like using a teapot.
06:16Yes.
06:17So I would be wanting to know, does it dribble?
06:19Does it dribble?
06:20It might be, it doesn't.
06:21You know, she might be a real, you know, she understands her teapots.
06:25There's no price on it.
06:27It's $125.
06:28$125.
06:29Okay.
06:30Can we come back to that?
06:31Yeah, we'll have a think about that if you don't mind.
06:33It's not a problem.
06:34The teapot is on the back burner for now, while the reds are searching for my Asian connection
06:41challenge.
06:42Ooh.
06:44Made in China.
06:45Made in China?
06:47Oh, yes.
06:48It's got Asian style art around it.
06:50It's certainly Chinese, but I think the fact that it says in the back, Made in China,
06:55tells us that it's a 20th century sort of post-war piece.
06:59Okay.
06:59I would say probably produced in their thousands and not going to be worth very much.
07:06All right.
07:06I'm afraid.
07:07Good try.
07:09The Blues have found a big elephant in the room.
07:13That's a huge pincushion.
07:15It's a jumbo pincushion.
07:16It's a jumbo pincushion.
07:18Yeah, exactly.
07:18I've never seen one that size.
07:20Yeah, yeah.
07:21Yeah.
07:21It's great.
07:22Pewter elephant pincushion.
07:24It's useful in its novelty.
07:25Yeah.
07:25It's not silver, but it doesn't matter.
07:27No.
07:28Anyone who sews needs a pincushion.
07:30It's absolutely imperative.
07:32What would be the best price on this?
07:34Er, 40.
07:3540.
07:36Okay.
07:37Yeah, I'd probably want to pay a little less than that, but that's fair.
07:40Okay.
07:41The pincushion stays put for now.
07:44How's the Asian Connection Challenge going, Reds?
07:48Is this a mirror?
07:50Yeah.
07:50Japanese, sometimes with these they can have like a bamboo or something around the handle.
07:57Right.
07:57And I think that that one hasn't got anything around it.
07:59Hasn't got anything around it.
08:00And it would be quite nice if it were in a case.
08:04Yes.
08:04Worth keeping a lookout for another, perhaps.
08:08Scouting for their Matching Pair Challenge are the blues.
08:12I just drew my eyes straight away.
08:14Is that dolphins or fish?
08:16There's two of them.
08:17Yeah, dolphins, whether that's it, that's quite cute, isn't it?
08:19Would it be silver, would it, JP, or...?
08:21It probably would be, but it would be Scandinavian, or it might be a reproduction, and then it'd
08:25be stamps of 925 or 900 or 800, depending on where it was made.
08:29Can I have a look at it a bit closer?
08:31No.
08:31No.
08:32Okay.
08:34Collie knows her mind, and it isn't wasting a second.
08:39Could this meet the Reds' Challenge?
08:42Do you like that, ladies?
08:44I love it.
08:45I like it.
08:46It's an interior piece, isn't it?
08:47It's something that's a statement.
08:49You would have it on your, I don't know, perhaps a wall in your home or something like
08:53that.
08:53It's Japanese, lacquer, all sort of hand-painted, hand-decorated.
08:57It doesn't look damaged at all, does it?
08:58I wouldn't say no.
09:00I think it's quite quirky.
09:01It's a huge eight.
09:01The selling point of it is obviously the size, and it would certainly tick our box.
09:07I don't know what the price is.
09:08What shall we ask?
09:10$35.
09:10Could you do 25?
09:14Could you do 25?
09:16I'll do 25.
09:18Is 15 a bit of a push?
09:2020 would be my low.
09:2219.
09:23Oh, go on.
09:24Go on.
09:2519.
09:27Thank you very much.
09:29Fantastic negotiating team.
09:31£19 for a Japanese fan, which ticks off my Asian Connection Challenge.
09:36Now Blues, any luck finding a matching pair?
09:40What about something like that, JP?
09:41A pair?
09:42A pair of salts.
09:43Yeah.
09:44And people do like to have flaked salts.
09:45They are useful.
09:46Yeah.
09:47They're silver mounts, aren't they?
09:48Okay.
09:48I'm going to 25.
09:49Yeah.
09:5025, yeah.
09:50We were married on the 22nd of the 2nd, 22, known as Tuesday.
09:56Please, would you accept 22?
09:59Yeah, go on then.
10:00Yes.
10:00There's no more on that.
10:0120?
10:03Could you go stretch to 20, please?
10:05£20.
10:06Great.
10:06Go for it.
10:07That's okay.
10:07Check the man's hands.
10:08Thank you, sir.
10:09Your turn.
10:11Well done, team.
10:12£20 for a matching pair of table salts.
10:15That's your first buy, and it completes my challenge.
10:18One down, 25 minutes gone.
10:20Well done.
10:22What are the Reds bringing to the table?
10:24If you think, this is all bamboo, so it's all been handmade.
10:28Quite a nice table.
10:29And it's in good condition.
10:30I think it's a lovely design.
10:31How much is it?
10:33The best price I can do on it is 100.
10:34The ticket price is 165.
10:37Could you bring it down to 80?
10:39Yes, okay.
10:40If that'll give you a chance.
10:41I think you'd have to pay 300 pounds for something like that,
10:44and I think to buy something like that for 80 pounds is...
10:47I think that's a good bargain.
10:48Can we look at a few other things and then know that we've got this
10:51and come back for it?
10:52Absolutely.
10:54Seems like a strong contender,
10:56but what sort of game are the Blues playing?
11:00I remember playing cribbage.
11:01I love cribbage.
11:02Do you?
11:02I haven't played it since I was probably about 19, though.
11:05Rifles cribbage board.
11:06I do like that, though.
11:07Yeah.
11:08You've got the cribbage board where you do scoring.
11:10That's called your pegging,
11:11and on the back of it, you should have,
11:12or you normally have pegs.
11:14Does it come with pegs at all?
11:16But you'd just use matchsticks, wouldn't you?
11:17That's how they did it.
11:18Matchsticks, that's what we used to use.
11:19Yeah.
11:20That's quite cool.
11:21You've got 58 on there.
11:23What was your best price on there?
11:2548.
11:2548?
11:26What about profit, JP?
11:27Do you think you'll make any profit?
11:29Do you know,
11:30have I ever sold a cribbage board
11:31with a military emblem on
11:33as a single lot in an auction?
11:35No.
11:36Cards aren't as popular as they were,
11:38but keep that in mind.
11:39But, you know, thank you very much.
11:41And we're going to move on.
11:42Yeah.
11:43Keep on rolling, team.
11:45The Reds have found an unusual vase.
11:49Is Art Nouveau a popular era?
11:52Yeah, no, it is.
11:53It caught my eye a bit.
11:54Just the colours.
11:56Yeah.
11:56Like nice and bright.
11:57Yeah.
11:58We're both looking for maybe something with a lot of colours.
12:01Lots of colour.
12:02Right.
12:03Also scouting for bold colours
12:05are the blues.
12:08JP, I see more Lorna Bailey.
12:10Yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:10Oh, great.
12:12Although I do like these figurative ones.
12:13These are quite cool.
12:14Quite animated, aren't they?
12:16Yeah.
12:16Oh, but look at that little...
12:18Oh, yes.
12:19This green one.
12:20Yes.
12:21That is quite amazing.
12:22It's got a handle,
12:23so it must be a jug.
12:24It must be a jug.
12:24Depends if it has a spout.
12:25Yeah.
12:26Different colour, different shape.
12:28115.
12:29Oh, it's a lot for something small, though, isn't it?
12:32Yeah, I know.
12:32No, I think I prefer the other one,
12:34but the other one was more expensive.
12:36OK, all right.
12:36OK.
12:37Yeah.
12:37All right, keep running through here.
12:40They still have that teapot on their mind.
12:43Over with the Reds.
12:45Something is calling out to Fiona.
12:48Old phone.
12:49You won't remember these, Millie.
12:51You use them like this, don't you?
12:52Yes, Millie.
12:53You have to turn it.
12:55So that would be nine.
12:55We're going down the nostalgia route.
12:58Thinking about the old telephones.
13:00But aren't they fabulous?
13:01They are fabulous.
13:02I think it's cool.
13:04Would you just use that as a decoration?
13:06You could plug that in and use it.
13:08Could you?
13:09Yes.
13:09Oh, you could.
13:10You could still pull telephone numbers with it.
13:12Yeah.
13:13But you'd probably get frustrated very quickly.
13:17Yeah.
13:17The phone's on hold for now.
13:20The Blues have spotted something connected to Martin's past career.
13:25Look at this.
13:26Oh, sweet.
13:28That's military.
13:29Yes, it is.
13:30Royal Artillery Sweetheart.
13:32Royal Artillery.
13:33From World War I.
13:35Sweetheart cushions were handcrafted by British soldiers during World War I and sent home to their wives, sweethearts and mothers.
13:43Many soldiers took up needlework to pass the time while recovering from war wounds, often using it as a form
13:50of occupational therapy.
13:53And you're the Royal Artillery Sweetheart.
13:56Oh, this has potential.
13:58Isn't that all, JP?
13:59That's cool.
14:00And we've got the old logo for the Royal Artillery.
14:03It's glass beads.
14:05It's very, very nice.
14:06And it's well done.
14:06Really well done.
14:07Yeah, it really, really does.
14:08You've got £65 on it.
14:10£55.
14:11I'll do £55.
14:12Please would you go to £54.
14:15My heart's already...
14:16And it's also blue background, you know what I mean?
14:18Oh, now we're sold.
14:19Yeah.
14:20Thank you very much.
14:23You've snapped up your second item, team.
14:25A First World War heart-shaped cushion for £54.
14:30All we now need is our big spend.
14:32It's our big spend.
14:33I think we know where we're going.
14:35Do we?
14:36Oh, OK.
14:38Keep up, JP.
14:40Carly has set her heart on that teapot.
14:43The Reds are also weighing up an item they've already seen.
14:48What do you want to do?
14:48Do you want the table, yes or no?
14:50I'm thinking, I think we do want the table.
14:53Let's go to the table.
14:54Let's hope it's still there.
14:57It is.
14:58Was it £80 was your lowest price you were willing to go?
15:02£80, not £75.
15:04No.
15:05£80.
15:06£79?
15:08It really has to be £80, honestly.
15:11All right, you happy with that?
15:12We're happy with that.
15:13Very close.
15:13OK.
15:14Brilliant work, girls.
15:15That bamboo and raton coffee table is your big spend at £80.
15:21The blue team have ventured outside, where they spotted more ceramics.
15:27This used to make lots of money in the old days.
15:29Did it?
15:29Royal Albert, Old Country Roses.
15:31Used to sell it for a couple of hundred pounds for a tea service.
15:34It was so popular.
15:36I can't stop thinking about that original Lorna Bailey.
15:40We're just going to go and do it?
15:41I think we are.
15:41Just going to go and do it.
15:42Let's go.
15:43We've got 15 minutes.
15:45Yeah.
15:45Between now and going to buy the Lorna Bailey teapot, I'm going to find us something.
15:50Are you?
15:50I'm going to try and find us something for £75.
15:52I think it's nicer.
15:53All right?
15:54Well, you have the flair.
15:55Is that the challenge within the challenge?
15:57I'll take the dare.
15:58Yes.
15:58Go on, JP.
15:59Okay.
15:59While JP has set himself his own challenge...
16:03What are we going to do here?
16:05The red team are scouting for their final item.
16:08It's the full set, and it's got everything in it, including ink.
16:14In my mind, I think those are the sort of things you probably see quite a lot of.
16:18Yeah.
16:19I think they're quite mass-produced.
16:22You haven't really found any items yet, mons.
16:24I'm just waiting for something to catch my eye.
16:28What do you think of the bull?
16:30It's very you.
16:31It just caught my eye.
16:33Whether that's going to guess anything at auction.
16:36There's no set price on it.
16:38This looks moulded.
16:40It looks sort of Spanish, doesn't it?
16:41Spanish.
16:42I don't know.
16:43No.
16:43If it's no name or anything, I really don't know.
16:46We'll keep going.
16:47You're cutting it fine, teams.
16:49Less than ten minutes left.
16:51JP has found something he hopes might win over the blues.
16:55Oh, that is gorgeous.
16:56Yes.
16:57So this is very typically Edwardian or late Victorian.
17:00It's embossed silver.
17:01Yeah.
17:01So the thing about this is you'll find the hallmarks.
17:03So you've got Lion Pass on letter A, which is the 1900 marks for Birmingham,
17:07which is the anchor to the left there.
17:08Nice on this blue velvet back.
17:10That's quite sweet, isn't it?
17:11You know, with the little easel back.
17:13It's all in the money, really.
17:14What does it mean?
17:15So you've got 195 on it.
17:16Death on the mirror would be 130.
17:19120 might be, you know, would you do 120?
17:22I can't do that.
17:23I'm sorry.
17:24Has JP done enough to convince Carly?
17:26JP, if I thought about it, we're here once.
17:29If I'm going to buy for what I would want at home, it would have to be the teapot.
17:35Follow your heart, then.
17:36Yeah.
17:36OK.
17:37You just go for it.
17:38You go for it.
17:38It's fine.
17:38Teapot, let's get there.
17:39We haven't got longer.
17:40All right, let's go.
17:41Let's run.
17:42While they race back to the teapot, has Fiona spotted their third and final item?
17:49Japanese mirror.
17:50But this one's got the box.
17:51And would you say that's in quite good condition?
17:53Well, I think what's nice about it is the fact that it has got the case.
17:57And it's also got this, is that bamboo around it?
18:01Nice fitted case, which is lovely.
18:03Quite common themes of the blossom and the stalks, which is something you quite often find in Japanese.
18:09And again, slightly unusual.
18:11So I go £45 and let it go for £35.
18:13It was £45.
18:15It was £45 and I let it go for £35.
18:17Could you do £34?
18:19£34.
18:19£34.
18:20£34?
18:20£34, yeah.
18:21OK, £34.
18:22We'll take it.
18:23Well done, Red Team.
18:25£34 for a Japanese hand mirror.
18:27And that rounds up your shop.
18:29Well done, girls.
18:30We've gone very Asian.
18:31We have.
18:32We've gone little Asian to big Asian.
18:35Well done.
18:35We left the Blues running, but where have they run to?
18:40That's it.
18:41That's the one.
18:41That's the one.
18:42Hello, sir.
18:43You mentioned 125.
18:44It will be 125, sir.
18:46No wiggle room.
18:47I can't on this, I'm afraid.
18:49122.
18:51I'll do 122.
18:52We're going for it, right?
18:53We're going for it.
18:55We'll take it.
18:55Thank you very much.
18:57Sorry, JP.
18:58Carly got her way, and the Lorna Bailey teapot for £122 is the Blues' final buy and big spend.
19:06Well done.
19:08That's it, teams.
19:09The shopping is over.
19:11Grove hug.
19:12Come on in.
19:12Well done.
19:13Well done.
19:13Yay.
19:14No, it should be.
19:16All right.
19:17Enough, enough, enough.
19:18Let's go.
19:19Let's remind ourselves what the Red Team bought.
19:23They tackled my Asian Connection Challenge, paying £19 for this vintage Chinese fan.
19:31At £80, the bamboo and ratan coffee table was their big spend.
19:37And finally, they bought a Japanese hand mirror for £34.
19:43Reggie, did you enjoy that shop?
19:45We did.
19:46We had a great time.
19:47Very exhausting by the end.
19:48Tiny bit stressful with the time, but we had so much fun.
19:52Fiona, what's your favourite item?
19:54My favourite item was the fan that we bought, which was the challenge.
19:58It's a big one.
19:59Yes, it is.
20:00And of the three items you bought, which do you think is going to give you the biggest profit?
20:05I think the fan, actually.
20:06Right.
20:06Yes.
20:07Okay, Millie, your favourite?
20:08My favourite was the table.
20:10I think it's very unique, and Catherine picked that out for us.
20:14Yeah, stylish.
20:15Which of the three items do you think is going to give you the biggest profit?
20:19I believe the table will give us the biggest profit, yeah.
20:21How much did you spend, ladies?
20:24133.
20:24So you've got £167 to give to Catherine.
20:28Yeah.
20:28Okay.
20:30Thank you, thank you.
20:31Anything out there that's jumping at you?
20:33Well, the thing I loved about these two is that they really embraced the whole experience,
20:39and they really wanted to learn, so I want to get them something else that's a bit unusual.
20:44It's going to make them think.
20:45Okay.
20:46So, while Catherine goes off to find her bonus buy, let's remind ourselves what the blue team bought.
20:54Their first buy was a pair of silver and cut glass table salts, which met by challenge to find an
21:01item that comes as a matching pair.
21:05Next, they fell in love with a World War I sweetheart cushion, £54 paid.
21:12And Carly just had to have this lawn ability pot.
21:16It was their big spend at £122.
21:20So, how was the shopping, Blues?
21:23We loved it, didn't we?
21:24Had a great day.
21:25So much fun.
21:26It is.
21:26Fantastic.
21:26Yeah.
21:27So, Martin, favourite item?
21:28Royal Artillery, sweetheart cushion.
21:30You were in the Royal Artillery.
21:31I was indeed.
21:32And you have gone a sweetheart?
21:34I have indeed.
21:35All right.
21:35I need to know which of the three do you think is going to give you the biggest profit?
21:39I'm going to stick with the love hearts.
21:40Oh, are you?
21:41Yeah, it's unknown and could make a profit.
21:44Okay.
21:45So, Carly, your favourite item?
21:47I agree with Martin.
21:48I absolutely love the Royal Artillery, sweetheart.
21:51Okay.
21:52But, come on, let's talk money.
21:53Where do you think the biggest profit's going to come from?
21:56Eric, I would love it to come from the Lorna Bailey teapot, just to show JP how grey it is.
22:02Yeah.
22:02How much did you spend, Blues?
22:04£196.
22:05Right, £104 somebody's got.
22:08Would you like to give it to JP?
22:10Yeah.
22:10There we go, JP.
22:11Thank you very much.
22:11Spend it wisely.
22:12Oh, of course always.
22:13You are wiser beyond belief, so have you got your eye on anything at all?
22:17Yes, but I'm going to keep it sensible by something, you know, with intrinsic value this time.
22:23Okay.
22:23So, while JP goes off to find that bonus buy, I'm off to explore one of the very few calendar
22:30houses in the UK.
22:34Welcome to Avon Tyrrell.
22:36Tucked away in the new forest, this magnificent Lake Victorian mansion sits on a 65-acre estate.
22:45But there's more to this place than meets the eye.
22:48To find out all about it, I've come to meet the author and historian, Janet Byrne.
22:54Wow, this is an amazing building.
22:57It really is.
22:58What can you tell me about it?
23:00This is a calendar house, and a calendar house was based on the design that they had the number of
23:04days in a year, the number of months in a year, the number of weeks in a year, and also
23:10the seasons in a year.
23:12And let me guess, we've got 365 windows.
23:14We have 12 chimneys, 52 rooms in the house, and they're in the four wings of the house of the
23:20four seasons of the year.
23:22Goodness me.
23:22There are also seven front doors for the seven days in a week.
23:25That's amazing.
23:26I mean, who comes up with an idea like that?
23:28It's an Elizabethan idea.
23:30It showed that you were scientifically minded.
23:33Yes, very much so, yes.
23:35God.
23:35We think about ten built in this country, and this one being one of the last to be built.
23:41What year was this built?
23:42Between 1891 and 1892.
23:45We are in the arts and crafts period, are we not?
23:48Yes.
23:49And what about the architect?
23:50William Letheby.
23:51Very famous name in architecture.
23:54Yes, and he was very young.
23:55This was one of his first commissions.
23:57He was 32.
23:58Wow.
23:58Who's his client?
24:00Let me take you inside and show you a portrait of the original owner.
24:04The architecture and interior design are inspired by the arts and crafts movement,
24:09with its emphasis on traditional craftsmanship and the use of natural, locally sourced materials.
24:16This is Lord Manners and his horse seaman.
24:19Am I right to guess that this is the chap behind it all?
24:22Yes.
24:22Well, he must have been an incredibly wealthy chap to build a house like this.
24:26No, he wasn't a wealthy man.
24:28He was in the Grenadier Guards.
24:30One of his comrades said to him,
24:33I wonder if you could buy, train and ride a horse in the Grand National.
24:39And he took the bet up.
24:41And in 1881, 82, he went over to Ireland, brought a horse and he had the horse trained
24:47and he decided that he would ride it.
24:51And so in 1882, he was in the Grand National.
24:54It was a very bad day.
24:56It was snowing and a lot of the riders dropped out.
24:58But he decided he was going to go and ride the race and he won.
25:02And he won?
25:03And he won.
25:03He won £28,000, which in today's money is nearly £3 million.
25:08Wow.
25:09That's incredible.
25:10And then he spent the money building this house.
25:12And all on the strength of a bet.
25:14All on the strength of a bet.
25:15And what happened to the horse?
25:17They brought him back for retirement to here and he spent the rest of his life as a family
25:21pet and he's reputably buried in the garden.
25:25Oh, bless.
25:26So did Lord Manners and his wife have a family?
25:29They did have a family.
25:30They had five children, which they brought up here.
25:33Until the First World War, they gave it over as a convalescent home.
25:37So were the families still on site?
25:38They retained a few rooms and Angela Manners, the daughter of Lord Manners, she became the
25:44nursing charge of all the soldiers and the wounded.
25:47And we've got one of her letters she wrote here, assessing the work of one of the nurses,
25:52which is quite funny.
25:53It says,
26:17So tell me a little bit more about Angela.
26:19Angela organised an ambulance service and she took the ambulance over to Belgium to look
26:26after the British prisoners of war.
26:28Yeah.
26:29Later, the Germans arrested her.
26:31She managed to escape with the help of the Belgians and come back here and continue tending
26:36knee wounded from then on.
26:38And eventually, she was awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal.
26:42Well, she sounds like quite a formidable character.
26:44I'm a very brave lady.
26:46During World War II, the house was once again repurposed, this time as an intelligence post
26:53and hospital.
26:54Afterwards, the Manners family set up a trust and donated the house and the grounds to the
27:00youth of the nation.
27:01And it lived up to that promise, providing activities and courses for all ages.
27:08To find out more, I'm meeting Sharon McIntosh from UK Youth.
27:14So, Sharon, what sort of activities are going on here today at Avon Tyrrell?
27:19So, we've got a whole variety of different activities that take place across the centre
27:23from archery, climbing, canoeing, mountain biking, bushcraft.
27:27The centre operates with different groups, including schools, youth organisations and the specialist
27:33group.
27:34We work with about 20,000 young people across the year.
27:36Some of them come and stay in the house.
27:39I mean, how many young people get to stay in a Grade 1 listed house?
27:42So, what's the overall purpose of what you're doing here?
27:45So, the charity's very much about inspiring young people to get back to nature, to learn
27:50about the outdoor spaces and learn about themselves and each other.
27:53So, a lot of them will come for kind of team building activities.
27:56But the common thread that runs through everything is regardless of who they've come with or what
28:00they've come to do, it's about kind of giving them the opportunity to experience, to learn
28:04and to develop.
28:05I think it's just fantastic.
28:07And all this is happening in the shower of the great Calendar House.
28:11It is.
28:11Sharon, thank you so much.
28:13It's been our pleasure and it's great to be able to share the opportunity with you.
28:17Well, now it's time to go off to the auction.
28:24We're in Chichester and I'm joined by the auctioneer himself, Mr. Nick Hall.
28:29Nick, lovely to see you.
28:31You too, Eric, and you're very welcome.
28:32Let's get started with our red team, Nick.
28:35This is Fiona and Millie and their expert is Catherine Southern.
28:39OK.
28:39Their first item is this whacking big Chinese painted fan.
28:43I mean, it's typical tourist wear, isn't it?
28:46Something you'd bring back on your holes.
28:48I'm not sure it's quite old enough for the fan collector.
28:52But there we are, it's big and decorative.
28:54Estimate?
28:55£15 to £20.
28:56Oh, good news.
28:57£19 paid.
28:58Oh, well done.
28:59The next item was their big spend and it was this large vintage bamboo ratan coffee table.
29:07I mean, it's classic vintage, retro, mid-century, all those buzzwords that seem to have a bit
29:12of a following these days.
29:14We've got £30 to £50 on it.
29:16OK, £80 paid.
29:17Wow, OK.
29:18The third buy was the Japanese Hanmara in its case, Meiji period.
29:24So we're talking what?
29:26Well, it'll be late 19th into the very early 20th century.
29:30They're interesting things and they've got a bit of a following.
29:33Estimate?
29:34They've got £40 to £60 on it.
29:36OK, I think they did well there.
29:37Paid £34.
29:39That sounds all right.
29:40So that's the original, which is the blue team.
29:43Now, this is Carly and Martin.
29:46Their expert is one Jonathan Pratt.
29:48So their first item is my personal challenge and that was to find something of a pair.
29:53They came up with a pair of salts with matching, but later spoons.
29:58Yeah.
29:59And the case, which is always nice, to have them boxed.
30:02Yeah.
30:03Good, good.
30:03Estimate?
30:03At £20 to £30.
30:05Yeah, you managed to pick those up for £20.
30:08Good.
30:08Well, there's mileage in that.
30:09Yeah.
30:10So the second item is the World War I Sweetheart Cushion.
30:16Yeah.
30:17A real poignant piece of social history.
30:20It's a beautifully delicate object.
30:23Quite collectible.
30:24£40 to £60.
30:25£54 paid.
30:26OK, good.
30:27All right.
30:27And then their third item is the Lorna Bailey Bauhaus teapot.
30:33Wow.
30:34It's a great shape.
30:35It's amazing.
30:36It's wacky.
30:37I wouldn't buy it to use it, but what a great display piece.
30:40I think it is.
30:41£30 to £50, Eric.
30:42Yeah.
30:43They really, really want it.
30:43They paid £122.
30:45It was their big spend.
30:47It'll get a lot of interest, for sure.
30:48So, as always, you're going to be taking the gavel?
30:51I certainly will, and I'm looking forward to it, Eric.
30:54£85 now, £90, £5, all go, £100 new bidder, £110, £120, going, going.
31:02We're gone.
31:04So, Billy and Fiona, let me ask you, I mean, how are you feeling?
31:08Very excited.
31:09There you are?
31:10Yes.
31:10I think we'll do well.
31:12We deserve to do well.
31:13We bought great things, didn't we?
31:14We did.
31:15So, your first item was my personal challenge, to find an item with an Asian connection.
31:22It's that whacking big fan.
31:25Yes.
31:25For which you paid £19.
31:28Yes.
31:28It's coming up now.
31:30We're straight in online at £10 and £12 and £15, £17, £20, £22, £5, £7, £30.
31:36You're already profit.
31:38Any advance on £30?
31:40£32, they're back in now.
31:42£32.
31:43Well done.
31:43Who in the room's going to bid on this wonderful fan at £32, live online?
31:49Anyone else?
31:49I'm going to have to sell then at £32, sold online.
31:55Yes.
31:56We've got a profit.
31:57Nice shot, ladies.
31:59You made a £13 profit.
32:02Next item is the big spend.
32:04Yes.
32:05It's the bamboo and ratan table.
32:07Nice thing.
32:08You paid £80 for it.
32:09It's coming up now.
32:10£50 I'm offered.
32:12£55 and £65, £70, £75, £80.
32:16Any advance on £80?
32:18£85 back in online.
32:19Yes!
32:20£85.
32:21Excellent.
32:22£95.
32:23£100 is with me.
32:25Yes!
32:25Good, good, good.
32:27£110 is back on my commission buyer at £110.
32:31Any advance?
32:33£110.
32:33Hammers up.
32:34Fair warning.
32:35£110 and sold.
32:37Well done.
32:38Well, that's all right.
32:40That was a good thing.
32:41So, ladies, you just made yourselves £30.
32:43You're now on plus £43.
32:48£42.
32:48£42.
32:49We've got your next Asian lot coming up, which is the Japanese hand mirror.
32:55£34 paid.
32:56You've already made two profits.
32:58Third profit.
32:59Golden gaffer.
33:01OK.
33:01Oh, wish this.
33:03Wish it on.
33:04Who's got £40?
33:05Start me for it.
33:06It's a rare thing in great condition with an original box and case.
33:10Let's go £30 then.
33:11Get the ball rolling at £30.
33:13£30 I'm bid, thank you, sir.
33:15Any advance on £30?
33:17£32 here now.
33:19Thank you, £34 I'm bid.
33:20And £6, madam.
33:22£36 on my right.
33:23You've got your gaffer.
33:24£36.
33:25£36 is bid.
33:27Anyone else?
33:28Any advance?
33:29£36 I'm selling.
33:31It's yours.
33:33OK.
33:33It was a £2 profit.
33:36Still a profit.
33:37It was the most important profit you've made today.
33:39Yes.
33:40It is a hard profit to get.
33:41So, your rolling total has gone up to plus £45.
33:46OK.
33:46And it gets better.
33:47You've got the bonus buy to go for.
33:50Yes.
33:50If you go with it and it makes a profit, Catherine here will also get a golden gavel.
33:56So, Catherine, would you please go and get your bonus buy?
33:59Close your eyes.
34:00OK.
34:01Regime, you may open your eyes.
34:04Ooh.
34:06Now, this is actually a sailor's fid.
34:09So, it's something that you would have used, a sailor would have used, back in the 19th century,
34:13to undo ropes on a ship.
34:16And this is made of lignum vitae.
34:18It's a hard wood.
34:19It is a bit out there, but I just think it's a cool thing.
34:22And it is really nicely made.
34:24How much did you pay for it?
34:25I paid £25.
34:27OK.
34:28How much do you think it could go for?
34:31Once upon a time, something like that would have made over £100.
34:34But now, today, it could go either way.
34:37It's your call, Millie.
34:38What do you think?
34:39I want to go for it.
34:41OK.
34:41We'll go for it.
34:43All right.
34:43So, the Reds are going with Catherine's bonus buy.
34:47But let's find out what the auctioneer had to say about it.
34:51It's a good original one.
34:53I would suggest probably 19th century.
34:55Fairly rare.
34:56You don't see a lot of them around.
34:58We've got £30 to £50, but we might have been a little mean on that.
35:01I've seen them make a bit more, so I'm hopeful.
35:04Well, we can be hopeful, because she paid £25 for it.
35:06That's a great buy.
35:09The auctioneer really likes it.
35:11He's gone in with a £30 to £50 estimate.
35:14Coming up now.
35:16Lovely bit of marine antiquity, this.
35:18Who will start me off at £30, surely?
35:21£30, thank you, madam.
35:22Yes!
35:23Yes!
35:24£32 now.
35:25At £32.
35:26£35, madam.
35:27£35, £37.
35:28Go £40.
35:29Let's round it up.
35:30Try £38.
35:32£38.
35:32£40 with you.
35:34£42 is upstairs.
35:35This is actually climbing now.
35:37£45 is with you, sir.
35:38£47, the lady.
35:40And £50 is with you.
35:42£55 is upstairs.
35:43£55 is the bid.
35:45What about £56?
35:46£56 I've got.
35:48£57 is back upstairs.
35:49At £57, I have.
35:51Anyone else?
35:52Any advance?
35:53£57 I'm selling.
35:56Sold at £57.
35:58Well, at least we made a bit of profit.
36:00You just made yourself £32 worth of profit.
36:02Well done, you, Catherine.
36:04And so, your final total is £77.
36:08Brilliant.
36:09And a golden gavel.
36:11Brilliant.
36:13OK.
36:20Carly and Martin, I wonder, have you been dreaming about today?
36:24I have been dreaming about today.
36:26Are you happy with everything you bought?
36:27Really happy with the heart.
36:29That means so much to us.
36:30That's a nice thing.
36:31Sweet heart.
36:32It's a great thing.
36:33It is a great thing.
36:34I agree.
36:35OK.
36:35So, your first item is my personal challenge, to find something that comes in a pair.
36:40So, a pair of George V cooked glass salts, £20 paid.
36:45Coming up now.
36:46What am I bid?
36:47£20 for it, surely?
36:48£20 I'm bid.
36:49£22 now.
36:50Straight in.
36:51Come on.
36:5325 seated.
36:54£27.
36:55Lady at the back.
36:56£27.
36:57Do you want to go £28, sir?
36:59It's only another pound.
37:00£27 is the bid.
37:02All done.
37:03All sure.
37:04Madam, they're all yours.
37:05Woo!
37:06There you are.
37:07Seven quid.
37:08There we go.
37:09OK.
37:09Good start.
37:10Two more to go.
37:11Because it's a profit.
37:12£7 profit.
37:13OK.
37:14Your next lot is the World War I sweetheart cushion.
37:18£54 paid.
37:19All right.
37:21Coming up.
37:21Heart-shaped sweetheart cushion.
37:24What am I bid for it?
37:25£40 start me.
37:26£40 I'm bid.
37:27At £45 and £55 and £65, £70.
37:30£75.
37:32£75.
37:33Yes.
37:33There we are.
37:34Right.
37:34It's £75 online.
37:36Any advance, anyone else?
37:37£75 is bid.
37:38Hammers up.
37:39Fair warning.
37:40And selling at £75.
37:43Sold.
37:44Woo!
37:45APPLAUSE
37:45There we are.
37:47Yay!
37:48So, £75.
37:50That's a £21 profit there.
37:52OK.
37:53You're now rolling on to plus £28.
37:57So, that's two profits on a roll.
38:01Let's hope we can make that three profits on a roll.
38:05So, your next item is the big spend.
38:08Here we go now.
38:09Now, we all rest on the Lorna Bailey teapot.
38:11Yes, we are.
38:12OK.
38:12You paid £122.
38:15Here it is.
38:16£45 is offered online.
38:19£47, £50, £55, £60, £65, £70 is bid.
38:26Yeah, £70.
38:27Come on, we're getting there now.
38:28No, no.
38:29£75, I'm bid.
38:31Try £80.
38:32Come on, don't let it go.
38:33It's a rare thing, this.
38:35£80 we're bid.
38:37Any advance on £80?
38:39Going once, going twice.
38:42£85 is bid.
38:44At £85, all done, fair warning.
38:48Sold at £85.
38:50Oh!
38:51Oh, it's a clap.
38:53It's a clap.
38:55It could have been worse.
38:56I should have listened to the expert.
38:58You lost £37, so you've gone down to minus nine.
39:02OK.
39:03But you've still got the bonus buy.
39:05We have.
39:06OK.
39:06We have.
39:07All right, close your eyes.
39:08And Jonathan, would you like go and get your bonus buy?
39:11Keep them closed.
39:13So, blue team, you may open your eyes.
39:16Wow.
39:17OK.
39:18JP, that's beautiful.
39:19Doesn't it look like...
39:19I mean, it looks, obviously, like a big diamond.
39:22It does.
39:22I wish!
39:24It's 1890s.
39:25Late Victorian silver gilt.
39:27OK, so it's in silver, fully hallmarked on the bottom down there.
39:31And this is a piece of paste or rock crystal, something along those lines in there.
39:35It's set in the normal way with a cutaway collet that you might expect.
39:38So, it's an interesting thing.
39:39It's meant to look like a diamond ring, which I think is quite fun.
39:42How much did it cost to go, JP?
39:43How much did it cost to go, JP?
39:44OK, I paid £55.
39:46Ooh!
39:46All right.
39:47How much do you think it might make, JP?
39:49It could do as little as 20 and it could be as much as 70.
39:52OK.
39:52It depends how brave you feel.
39:54Oh, yeah.
39:55We're brave.
39:56What do you think?
39:56We're brave.
39:57We're pretty brave.
39:57Of course we are.
39:58You're going to shout out some, JP.
39:59Yeah, we're in it with you, JP.
40:00I'll do my best, thank you.
40:01Yeah.
40:01Yeah, I'll do my best.
40:02So, the blues are going with it.
40:04So, let's find out what the auctioneer has to say about Jonathan's bonus buy.
40:10It's an old ring, it's a hallmark for Chester, which is a nice hallmark to have, 1890, with
40:16that lovely, clear, facet-cut rock crystal in the middle.
40:20What's your estimate?
40:21At £20 to £30.
40:23You see, £55 paid.
40:25Well, JP knows his jewellery, so he could be right.
40:30Well, he's been a bit conservative.
40:32He's gone in at £20 to £30, OK.
40:34The proof of the pudding is in the selling, and that's just about to happen now, so let's
40:39see where we go.
40:40We're straight in here at £30 on line.
40:43£32, £35, £37, £40, £42, £45.
40:48I need £47.
40:49£47 is bid.
40:50£50 is bid.
40:52£55 is bid.
40:53Come on, round it up.
40:55£60.
40:56Yay!
40:58£65, £70, £75, £80, £85 pounds.
41:02Oh, really?
41:04Oh, JP!
41:05Any of ours on £85, we're going, we're going, at £85 I sell.
41:12Thank you!
41:13That's well done!
41:15Yes!
41:16Yes, JP!
41:17Right, you just made yourselves a £30 profit.
41:22Brilliant.
41:22You were at minus nine.
41:24Hey!
41:25You've now finished on plus 21 pounds.
41:30Who's got the key of the door?
41:31Yahoo!
41:38So, did you have a good auction?
41:39We did, thank you, yes.
41:40Did you make some money?
41:41We did, yes.
41:42OK.
41:42Did you have a good auction?
41:43We did.
41:44Did you make some money?
41:45We did.
41:45It's all getting interesting, isn't it?
41:47Because somebody's made more money than the other.
41:50OK, would you like to know right away?
41:52Yes, yes.
41:52I'm going to tell you that the winning side today, wait for this, is the red team.
41:59Oh!
42:00The red team!
42:02I'll be coming back to you, but let's talk to the blue team.
42:06Because, you know, you got off to a good start and then, bless her, the Lorna Bailey Bowers team.
42:13You really wanted that, T-Bot.
42:15I really did, Eric.
42:15And we all really wanted it to do well for you.
42:19Your bonus bi performed, courtesy of JP there.
42:23So, you added 30 pounds onto your total.
42:26You went from a minus to plus 21.
42:29There's the one pound and there's the 20 pounds.
42:32Thank you, Eric.
42:32Listen to the red team here.
42:34OK, I try not to gloat, but you did incredibly well.
42:39It is profit after profit after profit, isn't it?
42:41Which gave you a total of 77 pounds.
42:48Looks like you've got golden gavels as well, doesn't it?
42:51It looks like you've got golden gavels.
42:53There you go, Fiona.
42:55Millie, there's your golden gavel.
42:56And I've got an extra one here for your expert.
42:59Thank you so much.
43:01So, well done, everybody.
43:03And always, we hope you've had fun watching at home.
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43:23Yes!
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