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00:00Hello and welcome to Bargain Hunt from Kent.
00:04We all love a rummage because you just don't know what you might find,
00:09especially when it comes to toys like action figures and dolls and train sets and teddy bears.
00:16Now there's one bear that captured the hearts of the nation over 100 years ago
00:22and has been loved by successive generations since then.
00:26Can you name that bear?
00:28Yes, we're talking!
00:30Rupert Bear!
00:31Later, I'll be learning all about the local Kent artist whose illustrations brought Rupert to life.
00:39But first...
00:40I can't bear the suspense.
00:42Let's go bargain hunting!
00:44Today's Reds and Blues will be scouring the stalls at this busy antiques fair in Dettling.
01:12Each team are given £300 and one hour to buy three items, one 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 wins the day at the auction.
01:28But first, let's meet today's teams.
01:33Hi, I'm Sarah.
01:34And I'm Jenny.
01:35And we're Bargain Hunt Ready!
01:37You see, I'm up for it.
01:39How did you become friends?
01:41We met at college.
01:43We wanted the last jacket potato in the canteen and there was only one, so we split it and shared it.
01:48And that's how we bonded.
01:49Yeah.
01:50Well, that is charming.
01:52But what skills will you be relying on today?
01:54I'm not afraid to ask someone what their very best prices.
01:57And I'm quite good at reading between the lines and trying to understand what something's really worth.
02:03What will you be looking out for?
02:05Snuff boxes, tea caddies, writing slopes.
02:08Jewellery especially.
02:10Absolutely love jewellery.
02:11Right.
02:12Let's see who you're up against.
02:15Hi, I'm Diggs.
02:16And I'm Jay.
02:16Today we're going to be hunting down the bargains.
02:18And banking profit.
02:19So you're in business together, but will you make a good team?
02:23He's the boss.
02:24I'm the employees.
02:24That's it.
02:25Maybe some fireworks today then.
02:28It could be.
02:28I might be looking for a new job tomorrow.
02:30Well, we'll see what happens.
02:31Much antiques experience?
02:33Yeah, but online auctions, we do a lot, don't we?
02:35Yeah.
02:36This guy's the king of the car boot.
02:37On the hunt for anything in particular.
02:40Oh, anything unusual really.
02:41I grew up in the 90s, I'd pretty much buy anything from that era.
02:44We're in for some fun today.
02:46Let's get started.
02:48Hello, teams.
02:50Hello.
02:50Hello.
02:51Are we ready to go bargain hunting?
02:53Yes.
02:54Excellent.
02:55So what do you need before you can go bargain hunting?
02:57Money.
02:58Right, right.
02:59Red team, there's £300 for you.
03:01And blue team, there's £300 for you.
03:04Lovely, great.
03:05So what else do you need before you can go bargain hunting?
03:08A challenge.
03:09Right, right.
03:09Red team, there's yours.
03:10Blue team, there's your challenge.
03:12Lovely, thank you.
03:12So you've got your money, you've got the challenge.
03:15Now what else do you need?
03:16An expert!
03:18Quite right.
03:18They're just around the corner.
03:20So off you go.
03:21Okay, thank you.
03:21Good luck, teams.
03:23I wonder what they think makes a good one.
03:27Someone who can push us in the right direction.
03:30Someone who knows what they're doing?
03:32Ultimately, someone who'll help us win that golden gavel.
03:35Golden gavel!
03:36Woo!
03:37How are you?
03:38For the Reds, it's Catherine Southern.
03:41Someone who'll help us ultimately win the golden gavel.
03:43Golden gavel, yes.
03:44Hey!
03:45Nice to meet you.
03:46And helping the Blues, it's Jonathan Pratt.
03:50Time to open my challenges.
03:52An item containing a precious or semi-precious stone.
03:57An item with a mechanism.
04:00Teams, your time starts now.
04:03Come on!
04:04Let's go, boys.
04:05Keep up, JP.
04:07Sarah has already spotted some pottery for the Reds.
04:11Wedgwood, I love Wedgwood.
04:13Do you?
04:13I think it's really pretty and elegant.
04:15You like the cameo effect on it?
04:16I do love the cameo effect.
04:18It's just...
04:18And this one's actually quite a pretty one.
04:20Like, some of them can be quite ugly, but there is no price on it.
04:24Looks like it's been torn off.
04:25Shall we ask?
04:26What's your very best price for this?
04:28£2.
04:28£2.
04:29Shall we put it on the back burner and come and think about it?
04:32Yeah.
04:32OK, yeah.
04:33It's still early, so the Reds are keeping their options open.
04:36The Blues are looking at another classic antique.
04:41What about the old Toby jugs?
04:43Are they popular these days?
04:45Look...
04:46If they're bought at the right price.
04:47Yeah.
04:48Fun fact for your Jay,
04:50Toby jugs depict a full-bodied figure,
04:53while character jugs show only the head and shoulders.
04:56Popular in the 18th and 19th century,
04:59these ceramics often featured fictional characters,
05:02historical figures and celebrities of the time.
05:06The thing is with these is they've got a number on the bottom of them.
05:08You can just Google it,
05:09and then there you've got, you know,
05:1025 quid for so-and-so, 10 quid for so-and-so.
05:13So they're so easy to track.
05:14Yeah.
05:15It's really hard to get anything more than that price.
05:17That price, yeah, sure.
05:18So, you know...
05:18Something more unique, maybe.
05:20Yeah.
05:20So something a little bit more anonymous, decorative.
05:23You know, that's kind of more like it.
05:24Move on, move on.
05:25So it's a no to the jugs.
05:28Catherine has spotted my favourite tool of the trade.
05:32That gavel was quite nice.
05:34People do collect them.
05:35They've got to be hardwood.
05:36If you've got a 600-lot sale,
05:38there's a lot of banging on there.
05:40What sort of age do you think that has?
05:42Could be 90-70.
05:43Has it got any cracks or damage?
05:45It's got a little bit of, like, I don't know, dents.
05:48A little bit of damage.
05:49It's quite nicely turned, isn't it?
05:50I mean...
05:51I just don't find it very interesting.
05:52There's no sparkle to it.
05:54No, it's so...
05:54I do understand that.
05:56What would be your very best price on this?
05:5915.
05:5915.
06:00Not 7.
06:02We'll do the 10, then.
06:04OK.
06:04What do you want to do at 10?
06:06I think you'd make money on it.
06:08Do you?
06:08Mm.
06:08I think we'd go with an expert view.
06:12It's not something that I would gravitate towards,
06:15but I don't know enough about the items.
06:16I suppose you could try for nine, couldn't you?
06:18And then you were getting a...
06:19Yes.
06:20Would you be able to do it for £9?
06:23Yes, I'll let you have it for £9.
06:24Oh, thank you so much.
06:25That's really kind.
06:25You're welcome.
06:25I really appreciate it.
06:26We'll take it, yeah.
06:27Great work, team, on hammering down that price.
06:31£9 for the gavel, and just over 10 minutes into the shop.
06:36Any joy with my challenge blues?
06:39Telephone this way.
06:40Telephone?
06:41Could be a mechanism.
06:43How old do you reckon that is?
06:44It'll be wartime, won't it?
06:45Yeah.
06:46Phones nowadays, it's all going to fibre.
06:48Yeah, sure.
06:49So these things are analogue, aren't they?
06:50Yeah, yeah.
06:51So they're more props than anything else, but you could...
06:53But, you know, the shell of it, you could probably update them,
06:55and there are reproductions of these things.
06:57Hmm.
06:58Slightly damaged on here.
06:59Excuse me.
07:0030.
07:01OK.
07:02I think move on.
07:03Jay's not keen.
07:05Keep moving.
07:06Jenny is making Catherine blush.
07:09I really love this.
07:11What is it?
07:11Little Vesta?
07:12Cheeky Vesta.
07:13Yeah.
07:13What is on it?
07:14It's pretty rude.
07:15It looks like someone lifting their skirt and showing their bottom.
07:19Jenny.
07:20Yeah.
07:21Very, dare you.
07:21Is it silver or anything?
07:23It looks silver.
07:24I don't know.
07:24So Vesta, essentially, lifting up the top,
07:27and you would have kept all your matches there.
07:28Much smaller matches.
07:30If you think about the matches today, often a lot bigger.
07:33That's your striker, so that's where you would have struck the actual matches.
07:37It's definitely silver.
07:39It's chased, quite nicely chased back and front.
07:421907, Edwardian.
07:44Ah.
07:44How much is that?
07:46What's your best price on that?
07:48Well, there's 65 on it, but the very best would be 59.
07:52I don't think it would make any profit, not at that price.
07:55I didn't expect it to be that high, actually.
07:58OK.
07:58Shall we pop it back?
07:59Yeah.
07:59Yeah, I think so.
08:01Good try, but keep looking.
08:03The Blues are yet to snack their first item.
08:06We need to get a move on.
08:07Try and buy something soon.
08:08Pick up the pace.
08:10Now, here's a bit of toy nostalgia for you.
08:13Thunderbirds toys.
08:14Ah, look at those.
08:16Look at that.
08:16Five boxed Thunderbird puppets at £100.
08:21Is there much of a demand for these toys, do you think?
08:23Obviously, these are quite modern.
08:24Yeah.
08:25I think they're not original ones.
08:2790s.
08:27It looks like it, doesn't it?
08:2999.
08:29Yeah.
08:30There we go.
08:31Look, it's a puppet, so...
08:32Yeah.
08:33Does that tick the box of a mechanism?
08:36Tick the box of a challenge.
08:37Because it could do, couldn't it?
08:37Well, I think it would.
08:38Yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:39Is it something we think we'll sell?
08:40How much are they?
08:41I'll do you a good deal.
08:43Five of them.
08:43Good deal would be a tenner each.
08:47A bit more than a tenner each.
08:48One of them's more than the others.
08:50See the third one along?
08:52Yeah.
08:53That's more expensive than the others.
08:54I'll do them at 15 each.
08:56There you go.
08:5615?
08:57That's a bargain.
08:58A cheeky beard would be like 40 quid.
09:0050, you've got to deal with it, as you said.
09:01Go on, 50 quid.
09:02I think we should walk a little bit further.
09:04Park that, sir.
09:04We've just started, sir.
09:05Yeah, go on.
09:06Yeah, yeah.
09:06That would fit my mechanism challenge,
09:08but the blues are pulling the strings
09:10and parking the puppets for now.
09:14Reggie, what have you spotted?
09:15This is interesting, isn't it?
09:17Ooh!
09:19A little bell.
09:21Yeah.
09:21Well, you'd have it on the shop counter.
09:23Yeah.
09:23Oh, that's interesting, isn't it?
09:27It's quite cute, yeah.
09:28How much is this one?
09:29I've got 155 on it.
09:31It is unusual.
09:32You see a lot of reproduction,
09:34ones of these,
09:36and they're just,
09:36they're not decorated in any shape or form,
09:38but this is nicely decorated.
09:40But I would say that that's quite a lot of money.
09:43While they keep searching,
09:45the blues are thinking big,
09:48bold and retro.
09:49Any sort of demand for old carousel fair signs?
09:53It's decorative interior stuff.
09:54That's what it is.
09:55Of course, yeah.
09:56You know, this is newly painted.
09:58Yeah.
09:59But it's the wall of death.
10:00Which is quite cool.
10:01Cool, again, definitely look good in the man cave.
10:03Exactly, yeah.
10:03On the right sort of track.
10:04Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:05How much are you asking for it?
10:06The very, very best is 60.
10:08Best is 60.
10:10I think it's just too much.
10:11Yeah, I think that's a bit too much.
10:13Move on then, team.
10:16Meanwhile, what are the Reds thinking?
10:19I think we've done okay with one item,
10:21but we could really do with a real push on.
10:24Shall we go inside?
10:26We might find our jewellery.
10:27Yes.
10:27Oh, yes.
10:28Yes.
10:29Anything shiny in here to take your fancy Reds?
10:33Come and have a look at this.
10:35That one there.
10:37Is that Mother of Pearl or something similar to Mother of Pearl?
10:41The white?
10:41Could be.
10:41It looks like the shell, doesn't it?
10:43I would say, in my experience at the moment,
10:46I would go for, like, pendants or earrings.
10:49Drop earrings are very fashionable at the moment.
10:51Okay, I agree.
10:52Quite saleable.
10:53Good steering, Catherine.
10:56Blue Team, what do you have your eye on?
10:58That telescope there, what do you think about that one?
11:00It's basically a reproduction of an old,
11:03early 19th, late 18th century telescope.
11:05Okay.
11:05It's a man cave thing.
11:07Yeah.
11:07It's all about what we can get it for,
11:09so just bear with, I've got to ask.
11:12What do you think?
11:12I quite like it, but...
11:13Yeah, it's cool.
11:14...we don't want to spend too much on it.
11:15No, no, no.
11:17Should we go to £60 for it?
11:18£60.
11:19I think the problem, if we buy that one,
11:20then we've still got to buy our £75.
11:22Yeah, sure.
11:22We're going to struggle, aren't we,
11:23with possibly doing that as well.
11:25Yeah, yeah, yeah.
11:26Against the clock, should we move on?
11:26Against the clock, yeah, let's move on.
11:28That's smart thinking.
11:30I like it.
11:32The Reds are eyeing up more jewellery.
11:35That's quite pretty.
11:37It's like a diamond.
11:38Yeah.
11:38It was very popular in the 1920s.
11:41Lots of people used to have marker seats
11:42rather than diamonds on the drawer
11:45if you couldn't afford diamonds.
11:46I think it's quite...
11:47Do you think...
11:47What date do you think this is?
11:49Is it 20s?
11:49I...
11:50It's probably more modern, isn't it?
11:51Yes.
11:52It's not...
11:53It doesn't have any great age to it.
11:55So what do you think?
11:57£19.50.
11:58Personally, I think we'd be better off
12:00buying, you know, more of an older piece.
12:03Yes.
12:03We could still look.
12:04We've got that there.
12:05We know where it is.
12:06And we can run back really quickly
12:08if we need that.
12:09So the necklace is a maybe.
12:12Back to the Blues who are retracing their steps.
12:15Will it be Thunderbirds are go
12:17or Thunderbirds are a no?
12:20It's a set.
12:21Yeah.
12:21It's a collection.
12:22You know, you're saying a tenner each.
12:23Yeah, yeah.
12:24But do you want to spend 50 on them?
12:26Mm.
12:26Shall we do it?
12:27You'll call if you want to, Jake.
12:28Yeah.
12:29You need to buy something.
12:30We need to buy something.
12:31Yeah, let's buy it.
12:31Let's buy them.
12:3250.
12:32Great stuff.
12:33Cheers.
12:33Great.
12:34Thanks for that.
12:34That's great.
12:34Well done, Blues.
12:36That's your first buy.
12:38£50 for five Thunderbirds puppets.
12:40And that completes my challenge.
12:42of an item with a mechanism.
12:44Right, so.
12:46Two more.
12:46Two more.
12:47Yeah, brilliant.
12:48Let's not hang about.
12:48Yeah, let's go.
12:49Less than half your time remaining now, teams.
12:52And it's 1-0.
12:55Don't forget, we need our big spend as well.
12:58I like the camel.
12:59I do like a pin cushion.
13:01The front one is by Aideen Lovkin, and that's £350.
13:06Right.
13:06Yeah.
13:07And the rear one is a German one, sort of the 1950s, 60s, and that's 180 quid.
13:13Right.
13:13I think we have to move on.
13:15Too pricey.
13:16But half the Blues found their big spend.
13:21Some little compasses around here.
13:23Yeah, these are neat.
13:25Yeah, they're nice.
13:26Quite sweet, aren't they?
13:27Yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:27Bit of military.
13:28Yeah.
13:29That's a Burr wall.
13:30Is it?
13:31How old are these?
13:32About 1890.
13:33Really?
13:35Flip the top down and say, what's on the top?
13:38Okay, so we've got an inscription or something on there.
13:40Major leg pattern, I should say.
13:42Okay.
13:43Luminous compass.
13:44I mean, good nick.
13:45I think it's quite cool.
13:46Yeah, I like it.
13:47With this sort of thing, they're collector's items.
13:50Sure.
13:50But this is historical.
13:51Yeah, exactly.
13:53What would you do that for?
13:54That's 95.
13:55I could do that for 85.
13:5785.
13:57You think you can come down to 75?
13:5975?
14:00Yeah, lovely.
14:01That's great.
14:02Thank you very much.
14:02Thank you very much.
14:04Great, thank you.
14:05Good work, team.
14:06That's your big spend sorted.
14:08A full war brass compass for £75.
14:13The challenges are out now.
14:14Good, great.
14:15So we just have to find the one item.
14:16Yeah.
14:17Fill your boots, guys.
14:18Let's go, let's go.
14:19The blues are steaming along, while the reds still have a pot to do.
14:24We've got 13 minutes left and we've still got two items to buy.
14:28And they're struggling with my tricky challenge.
14:31I have found a semi-precious stone.
14:33Yes.
14:33I think it's amethyst.
14:34I bet that Jenny might like a pendant.
14:36Okay.
14:36£75 would reach the...
14:38Is it on nine carat?
14:39Yes.
14:40Oh, yeah.
14:41That's unusual, isn't it?
14:42Because it's got different stones.
14:43I'm not sure how old.
14:44I don't think that's very old, to be honest.
14:46No, it's not old.
14:47I can do...
14:49£140.
14:51Okay, putting it down.
14:52Thank you very much.
14:54Too pricey again.
14:55What are the blues found here?
14:59What's that egg thing there?
15:00Is that quite unusual?
15:01A little thimble box.
15:02Gosh, it's sweet, isn't it?
15:04Oh, it's gorgeous.
15:05Marks are on the inside.
15:06It's silver gilt inside and gun metal on the outside.
15:10Paris, 1870.
15:12It's an interesting item, isn't it?
15:13Yeah.
15:14How much is it?
15:15£170.
15:16Gosh.
15:17I'm still trying to think of a man cave thing.
15:21Yeah.
15:21One that's an older Derm shell case.
15:23Oh, okay.
15:24And people use them as stick stands next to the front door.
15:26Yeah, yeah, yeah.
15:27It's leather, essentially, and canvas on the inside.
15:30But they're like the red ones and the green ones.
15:32Yeah, I like those.
15:33What is that?
15:35Yeah.
15:35What is it?
15:35It's 60s styling about.
15:37It's a mechanical...
15:38Yeah, it looks like Miss America.
15:40Besides, we've got the different states on that.
15:41Yeah, you're right.
15:42Yes, it is.
15:43It's 35 quid.
15:44All right, shall we head on?
15:45Yeah, keep moving.
15:47Hopefully, you're moving towards the decision, folks.
15:51Only ten minutes remaining, and the reds still need two items.
15:55Has Catherine seen a toy that might help?
15:58What do you think of this?
16:00This is clockwork.
16:01This is Shoe Co.
16:01It's 1930s.
16:03They're German makers.
16:05They made lots of different clockwork animals, clockwork toys,
16:10and this does a little tumble.
16:12Spot on, Catherine.
16:14Shoe Co was an internationally famous German mechanical toy producer,
16:18renowned for their unique clockwork tin toys,
16:21as well as toy replicas of cars and trucks.
16:26Oh, wow.
16:28A little bit warm, but he has got his original clothes on,
16:31and I think he's fantastic.
16:32And he is £69.
16:35Ladies said we can have that for 50.
16:37Yep, I think it's cute.
16:38I think we're running out of time, so let's just do it.
16:40Phew, well done.
16:42At £50, a Shoe Co. 1930s clockwork toy is your second buy.
16:47We've got one more item left to buy.
16:49And the Blues also need their final item.
16:53The clock is ticking.
16:54What's caught Jay's eye?
16:56Oh, there are some toy cars here.
16:59OK.
17:00Dinkies, Corgis, Rolls-Royce.
17:03I'm not an expert in these things.
17:04They will have an identifiable value.
17:06Sure.
17:07You know, you buy a box now.
17:08We don't know what we're looking at here.
17:09We don't know what you're looking at.
17:10Yeah, sure.
17:10It's 45 quid.
17:11Yeah, good.
17:12Still got seven or eight minutes.
17:13Thank you, sir.
17:13Thank you very much.
17:14We've actually got seven minutes.
17:15Seven minutes.
17:15Seven minutes.
17:16Both teams are feeling the pressure.
17:19With time running out, has Jenny found the Reds' big spend and challenge item?
17:25This one.
17:26What about this one?
17:26That's quite striking.
17:27I think it's striking, yeah.
17:29I don't think that's a lot of...
17:30I don't think it's very old.
17:31Mm.
17:32That's Marker Seat and Pearls.
17:35Age-wise, I would say that's Edwardian and probably the most commercial piece.
17:40Right.
17:41If you want to make money out of all of them, I would say that's the more commercial one.
17:45What do you think?
17:46We need to stick with an antique, a semi-precious stone that's going to also meet the £75 challenge.
17:52So I think, out of everything, that's our best bet.
17:54What's your very best price on it?
17:56I can do the very, very best on that would be £100.
18:00Would you accept £95?
18:02Oh, actually, £94 as an odd number, in case it goes up in increments.
18:06I will do £94, but only because you've been so pleasant.
18:09Only because you've been so pleasant, too.
18:10Thank you so much.
18:11Thank you very much.
18:12I appreciate it.
18:13With less than five minutes to go, the Reds have their final item,
18:17which meets my challenge of a precious or semi-precious stone and their big spend.
18:23£94 for an Edwardian, Pearl and Marker Seat pendant.
18:27Well done, girls.
18:28I think we've probably got about two minutes left.
18:30That's fine.
18:31Two minutes to go and get a cup of tea.
18:33Blues, you need to hurry.
18:36Got an idea.
18:37So near where the auction house is, is the Rolls Royce factory.
18:42Yes.
18:42And over on the stand over there, they've got a few Rolls Royces.
18:46We'll go back to the Corgi Man, see if we'll do one nice and cheap for us.
18:49Go for it.
18:49Go for it.
18:50Very strategic.
18:52Good thinking.
18:53We've got our eye on the little Rolls Royce there, maybe.
18:55Yeah, the little Rolls Royce.
18:56Silver Shadow.
18:57Let's get that out and you can have a look.
18:58I think it's mint condition.
19:01Biggest question, what's the price?
19:02Yes.
19:03I can do that for £35.
19:04£25.
19:05Go on.
19:06£25.
19:07Good.
19:08How about that?
19:09We've got a minute left.
19:10Shake the man's hand.
19:11OK.
19:12Thanks very much.
19:13Third and final item, a boxed dinky Rolls Royce car for £25.
19:19Looks like the shopping is over.
19:22Yeah.
19:22Yeah, yeah.
19:23Great stuff.
19:23Come on.
19:24Lovely.
19:25Let's remind ourselves what the Red Team bought.
19:29First, they paid just £9 for this antique-turned-hardwood gavel.
19:36Next was this should-go 1930s clockwork mouse.
19:40£50 paid.
19:43And this pearl marker seat and silver pendant ticked off my semi-precious stone challenge.
19:49And the big spend, £94 paid.
19:55So, Red Team, you know, you watch it on the telly and it looks quite straightforward,
19:58but how was it for you today?
20:00We loved it, but it was so much harder than we thought to find the stuff that we thought we wanted.
20:05Right.
20:05And it was a bit of a rush towards you, but it was great fun.
20:07Great fun.
20:08Yeah.
20:09Excellent.
20:09Your favourite item, Jenny, which is your favourite?
20:11It's got to be the piece of jewellery, the pendant.
20:14I love anything that sparkles or looks nice.
20:16Oh, right.
20:17Yeah.
20:17OK.
20:18So, tell me, of the three, which do you think is going to give you the biggest profit?
20:21I think it's probably going to be the wind-up toy.
20:25The Shoe Coat piece.
20:26Good name, good make.
20:28Sarah, your favourite item?
20:30The clockwork toy, for sure.
20:32Yeah?
20:32Yeah, absolutely.
20:33And which of the three items do you think is going to give you the biggest profit?
20:38Originally, I thought it would be the clockwork toy, but actually, I think it's going to be the gavel.
20:43The gavel?
20:45Yes.
20:45I think that was a real bargain buy.
20:48So, Red Team, what was your final spend?
20:51£153.
20:51So, somebody's got £147 to give to Catherine.
20:57The fair is your oyster.
20:59Yeah.
21:00Well, what have you got your eye on?
21:02I'm going to buy these ladies something really special because they deserve it.
21:05Aw.
21:07So, while Catherine goes off to find that bonus buy, let's remind ourselves what the blue team bought.
21:13They completed my item with a mechanism challenge with five box 1990s Thunderbirds Puppets for £50.
21:24They met their big spend with this Boer War brass compass for £75, but will it point them in the right direction at the auction?
21:38And they rounded off their shop with this dinky Rolls-Royce model car for £25.
21:43So, Blue Team, the shop, how was it?
21:49Stressful.
21:50Yeah, it was stressful.
21:51We worked out, what, half an hour and we hadn't bought anything.
21:53So, we rushed back to one of the vendors who we'd previously been to and walked away from to buy.
21:59And that happened again later in the shop as well.
22:01One minute to spare.
22:02One minute to spare, yeah.
22:04Anyway.
22:04So, Diggs, I want to know your favourite item that you bought today.
22:08I would say the Victorian Compass.
22:10Whoa, yeah.
22:11Boer War?
22:12Yeah, it was.
22:13Just a lovely item.
22:14We saw it and we thought, that looks like a good thing for us.
22:16Okay.
22:17And of the three, which do you think is going to give you the biggest profit?
22:20Tricky, but probably the Thunderbirds set.
22:24Okay.
22:24Jay, your favourite item?
22:26Favourite item, probably the Thunderbirds again.
22:28Only because it's something I probably would buy myself.
22:30The box is in great nick.
22:31Yeah, it's just corn from the era of stuff where I collect things.
22:34Okay.
22:35And let me ask you, of the three, which do you think is going to give you the biggest profit?
22:39I think the Compass, I just don't know anything about it, so hopefully that will be the item
22:44that gets us the big profit.
22:45Okay, Blues, how much did you spend?
22:47£150.
22:48So, you've got the same amount, £150, to give to JP.
22:52Yes, yes.
22:52Okay.
22:54Thank you very much.
22:55You can go and spend it without any panic stations.
22:58Anything come to mind?
23:00I'm going to step outside their comfort zone and buy something with a little bit more material value and something different.
23:07So, while JP goes off to find his bonus buy, I'm off to learn about a very famous bear.
23:17For more than a century, Rupert Bear has been a beloved children's character and is now the world's longest running children's comic strip.
23:25But who was the creator behind this iconic little bear?
23:30Art historian and Rupert Bear enthusiast Howard Smith has brought along some rare originals to show me,
23:38from Canterbury's Beanie House of Art and Knowledge, as well as highlights from his own collection.
23:44Howard, lovely to meet you.
23:46I've got to say, I am a bit of a fan of Rupert, although I've got to admit,
23:50I'm not sure about how he came into being, so can you enlighten me?
23:54Well, the first illustrator was Mary Caldwell, who was born at Canterbury Cathedral in 1874.
24:00She was a shy and dreamy child at school and drew pictures all the time.
24:05She went on then to the Sidney Cooper School of Art in Canterbury to study painting under Sidney Cooper,
24:11who was an animal artist.
24:13Yes.
24:13He was well known for taking his students to the local abattoir to learn about muscle structure.
24:19This little book here was one that Mary did, and it's got absolutely anatomically correct drawings of animals at work.
24:28This is 1901, just under 20 years before she produced Rupert.
24:33So you can see her skill level. It was extraordinary.
24:36You know, that's truly remarkable.
24:37But I'm intrigued to know, how did she go from producing artwork like this for books to developing Rupert?
24:42Well, it's the story of a marriage, really.
24:45She met up in 1898 with a romantic poet called Herbert Tutelle.
24:52Here we've got Herbert's diary, and in 1898, on November 9th, he met up with Mary Caldwell,
24:59who had done the illustrations for his poems.
25:01His entry says,
25:02She is the most beautiful girl, a daughter of the gods, divinely tall and most divinely fair.
25:07Her illustrations to my poems are simply splendid.
25:11He was absolutely smitten by her.
25:13I cannot see that, yeah.
25:14They got married in 1900, and eventually he gets a job with the Daily Express.
25:21Newspapers were trying to increase circulation by bringing in cartoon strips,
25:25and in 1915, the male brought out Teddy Tail, which was an anthropomorphic mouse and was very, very popular.
25:33Herbert proposed to his boss that his wife could create a new animal character based on a bear.
25:39Do we know where the first designs for Rupert actually came from?
25:43Yes, we do.
25:44I mean, this book here was a set of printed handkerchiefs that Mary was commissioned to do drawings for.
25:50On the front of it, you can see Edward Trunk, you can see the foxes, you can see the rabbits,
25:55and these were characters who were going to be later Rupert's friends.
26:00Inside, we were absolutely amazed to find the early pictures of Rupert with Mummy Bear,
26:06and here's Rupert looking around the door.
26:08Yeah.
26:09And this is the first sighting, really, of Rupert.
26:12The first sighting of Rupert. It's amazing that this has survived.
26:16Yes, it was found in an attic in Canterbury.
26:17So what did Rupert look like when he first appeared in the Express?
26:22We've got his first frame here, and you can see he's started to get the distinctive check trousers.
26:29Herbert did all the words and the poetry, and Mary did all the illustrations.
26:33The story followed Rupert leaving home, having an adventure, and coming back home.
26:39And this became the norm for children's books after that.
26:42Enid Blyton, for example, with the Famous Five.
26:44He was very popular with the proprietors of the Express, because the Express circulation rose to 1.6 million.
26:52That's incredible.
26:53Yeah.
26:54So how did the image of Rupert evolve over the years?
26:58Well, it developed into these books in colour.
27:01As you can see, Rupert there is in a blue jersey and in Czech trousers,
27:06because Mary, in fact, always stressed the fact that he was a boy and he should be in a blue.
27:11Bill Badger had the red top and the yellow trousers.
27:15Mary retired in 1935.
27:17So who took over?
27:18It was Alfred Bestell who took over.
27:20He was an illustrator of Punch magazine.
27:23The red top and the yellow trousers continued.
27:27Why do the swap?
27:28Because Bill Badger's clothes were actually more distinctive than Rupert's clothes.
27:34He's over 100 now.
27:35He's eight years older than Winnie the Pooh, 12 years older than Mickey Mouse,
27:40and 42 years older than Paddington, that other bear.
27:44So if anybody watching this is thinking about collecting Rupert memorabilia,
27:49where do you think they should start?
27:51Well, I think they can start on the annuals, really,
27:53because the more modern annuals, you can buy them for £1 to £2.
27:58Sets are always better than anything else.
28:00But the 1940s one are more collectible than anything else.
28:03They can fetch up to about £500.
28:06They came out during the war.
28:07Not many survived.
28:09So these are really rare.
28:10It's been a privilege to learn about Rupert there.
28:14He will always be a national treasure.
28:17My pleasure.
28:17But now it's time to see how our teams are bearing up over at the auction.
28:25We're now at Henry Adams Auction Rooms in Chichester,
28:29and I'm joined by Nick Hall.
28:30Welcome, I'd love you to see you, and welcome to our wonderful Baffins Hall.
28:33Let's get started with our red team, Nick.
28:36This is Sarah and Jenny, and they're experts Catherine Southern.
28:39And their first item up is what we would call a tool of the trade.
28:44Absolutely.
28:44It looks very familiar, doesn't it?
28:45And I like the wear and tear.
28:47That sold a lot of lots in its days, isn't it?
28:50Got a bit of age about it as well, I would suggest.
28:52Maybe 100 years old.
28:54So it's stood the test of time.
28:56Estimate?
28:57£20 to £30.
28:59I think it could be quids in.
29:00They paid £9 for it.
29:02Well, it's going to be going, going, gone, isn't it?
29:03Well, yeah.
29:04OK, second item is the little Shuku Clockwork Tumbling Mouse.
29:09Yes, from a bygone area, no screens involved, just playtime.
29:14And the magic name shook her, of course.
29:16It is, of course it is, yeah.
29:17Your estimate?
29:18We've gone £30 to £50.
29:20I think reflects the condition a little bit, but they can make more.
29:23OK, well, £50 was paid.
29:24OK.
29:25So we're within striking distance there.
29:27Yeah, yeah.
29:28Now, their third purchase was their big spend and my personal challenge
29:35to find a precious, semi-precious stone.
29:38And in all fairness to jewellers,
29:40they tend to incorporate pearls under the same heading.
29:44They do, don't they?
29:45Classic Art Nouveau style, a modern version, of course.
29:49Cultured pearls, marcozite, but on a nice silver frame.
29:52So it's got all the hallmarks.
29:55Your estimate?
29:56A bit worried now you've said it's their big spend,
29:57because we put £30 to £50 on it.
29:59Well, I hope they're right, because they paid £94 for it.
30:02Well, let's just hope those two people out there
30:04just fall in love with it.
30:05OK.
30:06So that's it for the Reds.
30:08We're now into the Blue team.
30:10This is Diggs and Jay, and their expert is JP.
30:14Their first item is all this Thunderbirds paraphernalia.
30:19And it was my personal challenge to find an item with a mechanism.
30:23They're iconic, aren't they?
30:24The Thunderbirds are go, they're FAB.
30:26Yeah, they are FAB.
30:28They're in their original boxes, they look to be in good condition,
30:31and a great collectible name for the vintage toy enthusiast.
30:34Your estimate, sir?
30:35£81.20 for the collection.
30:37Believe it or not, £50 paid.
30:39That was a good buy.
30:40I think it was.
30:41So their next purchase was their big spend, the Compass.
30:46Yes, an interesting object, and they're kind of collectible.
30:49Nice thing, really.
30:50Yeah.
30:50We put a bit of a paltry £20 to £30 on it.
30:54They actually spent £75 on it.
30:56Right, we'll see what we can do.
30:57Work some magic.
30:58So we now move into the car market.
31:01Dinky Toys 158 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow.
31:04Well, it's nice it's in its case, because it's protected it,
31:07the paint works in good condition.
31:09And, of course, we've got the great big Rolls-Royce headquarters
31:11just round the corner from here,
31:13so presumably there's a lot of Rolls-Royce enthusiasts
31:16and workers around these parts.
31:18Oh, God.
31:19So, your estimate is?
31:20For a second-hand roll of yours, Governor, £30 to £50.
31:23OK, £25.
31:25Brilliant.
31:25You're going to be taking the auction today.
31:26We should be up there driving the sale forward, Howard.
31:30£85 now, £90, £5, all go.
31:33£100 new bidder, £110, £120, going, going.
31:38We're gone.
31:40So, Jenny and Sarah, I mean, have you been to an auction before?
31:43Never.
31:44How are you feeling? That's what we need to know.
31:46Super excited. I've got butterflies in my tummy.
31:48Really?
31:49So, your first item's coming up.
31:51It's an auctioneer's gavel, and, gosh, you bought it for £9.
31:57It's coming up now.
31:58What am I bid? £20 for it.
32:01£20 I'm bid online, thank you.
32:02Yes! Come on!
32:03Oh, come on!
32:05£22 upstairs now.
32:07£25 is online.
32:09And £7, £27 now.
32:11£30 is online.
32:12Yes!
32:12Oh, yes!
32:13Yes!
32:13Yes!
32:13Yes!
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32:17Yes!
32:17Yes!
32:18Yes!
32:18Yes!
32:19Yes!
32:19Yes!
32:20Yes!
32:20Yes!
32:21Yes!
32:21Bid's live online at £32, hammer is poised, all done, all sure, we're going, we're gone
32:35for £32.
32:36Yes!
32:37Oh, there we are.
32:39Well done.
32:40Nice one, ladies.
32:41You just made yourselves a £23 profit.
32:45Aw.
32:46So, your next item is the Shuko Clockwork Tumbling Mouse, but it's coming up now.
32:51Surely going to start me at £20, surely?
32:5320 I bid.
32:5420 I bid.
32:5525 in the room, thank you, sir.
32:5727, £30.
32:5932 is online.
33:0035 the gent.
33:01Yes, keep going.
33:0237 online.
33:0338 is seated.
33:0440 is online.
33:0542 new bidder.
33:0645 is online.
33:07Yes, a little bit more.
33:08Any advance, the room's gone quiet.
33:09Come on, one more.
33:10Come on, one more.
33:1145 is online.
33:12My hammer's up.
33:13We're going.
33:14We're going.
33:15We're going.
33:16At £45, we're gone.
33:17So near.
33:18You only lost £5.
33:19Yes.
33:20Yes, that's not too bad.
33:21So, your next item is the big spend, and it's also the personal challenge, so you paid
33:38£94 for this.
33:39It's a nice thing.
33:40It's coming up now.
33:41We're going to start at £45.
33:45I've got 47, and 50, and 5, and 60.
33:50Come on, people.
33:51Come on.
33:5265 they're in.
33:53This wonderful bit of silver jewellery, smothered in pearls.
33:5870 a new bidder.
33:5975 online.
34:01Just a bit more.
34:02Oh.
34:03The room's quiet.
34:04Internet's up.
34:0575 for the bid.
34:06We're going and going.
34:0875.
34:09It's sold.
34:10Oh, 75.
34:11You've just lost £19.
34:14You've ended up at minus one.
34:16But you've got all to play for, because you've got the bonus buy.
34:19Catherine, would you like to go off and get your bonus buy?
34:22Okay.
34:23So, close your eyes.
34:24Keep your eyes closed.
34:25Okay.
34:26Here we go.
34:27Reggie, you may open your eyes.
34:29Ta-da.
34:30Oh, it's so pretty.
34:32Isn't that lovely?
34:33This lovely little pretty pendant.
34:35So, silver.
34:36We have to call it white metal, because it's not marked.
34:39And enamel.
34:40But I think it's the most beautiful arts and crafts pendant.
34:44It's unusual, isn't it?
34:45It is unusual.
34:46Unusual colours together.
34:47How much did you pay for it?
34:48Well, I did have to spend on it.
34:50I spent £75.
34:52And how much do you think it's going to fetch?
34:54I would hope we might just get there with a bit of profit.
34:58Okay.
34:59I trust you.
35:00Okay.
35:01What do you think?
35:02Yeah.
35:03Is that a yes?
35:04Yeah, absolutely.
35:05Are you sure?
35:06Well, the Reds are going with the bonus buy, but let's find out what the auctioneer has
35:09to say about Catherine's lovely enamel pendant.
35:14It's got that classic kind of Merle Bennett look about it.
35:18Obviously, it's not marked, not signed, it's anonymous, but it's got the right look, I think.
35:23It's not a high estimate because it's not any hallmarks or makers' marks.
35:27We've gone £20 to £30.
35:28She paid £75 for it.
35:30Well, I can see people falling in love with it and I can see it creeping up.
35:35The auctioneer likes it.
35:37And he thinks he's been very mean with the estimate.
35:40And I agree with him because he's gone in at £20 to £30.
35:44What?
35:45I know.
35:46I know.
35:47I know.
35:48So, you're at minus one.
35:49Let's hope the bonus buy can bring you back into profit, yeah?
35:52I really hope so.
35:54£75 paid, coming up now.
35:56I'm going to start straight in here.
35:58You'll like this.
35:59At £75.
36:01Yes!
36:02Get us back into the profit, baby!
36:04Come on.
36:05Is there any advance?
36:06Try another.
36:07Come on!
36:08£80.
36:09Hey!
36:10Oh, thank you!
36:11£85.
36:1385's the bid.
36:14We're going once.
36:16We're going twice.
36:17For the third and final time at 85 I sell.
36:21Sold!
36:22At £85.
36:23Woo!
36:24Yes!
36:25Yes!
36:2685 pounds.
36:28Plus £10 profit.
36:29So, you are plus £9.
36:32OK.
36:33Coffee paid.
36:34Plus, on this programme, I can assure you, it's something to be proud of.
36:38Yes, it is.
36:39OK.
36:40So, Blue Tim, are you regulars in auctions?
36:47Never been.
36:48Never been at all.
36:49First time.
36:50Really?
36:51First time.
36:52Oh, we can't wait.
36:53It was exciting, but we're not confident.
36:54All right.
36:55We'll see.
36:56OK.
36:57One of the items coming up.
36:58It's all the Thunderbirds members.
36:59Yes.
37:00Yeah, yeah.
37:01That fits the personal challenge.
37:03You paid £50.
37:04Yeah, yeah.
37:05Coming up now.
37:06We're going to come straight in at £65.
37:09£75.
37:10£80.
37:11Yay!
37:12Yay!
37:13This is FAB or go.
37:16£85 now.
37:17£90.
37:18£5.
37:19£100 new bidder.
37:20Wonderful.
37:21Come on.
37:22Will it on?
37:23£110.
37:24£120.
37:25£50.
37:26£120 is the bid.
37:27Thank you, sir.
37:28Going.
37:29Going.
37:30We're going at £120.
37:31£120.
37:32Yes!
37:33Great job.
37:34Great job.
37:35Good start.
37:36You've just found yourselves with a £70 profit.
37:39Really?
37:40OK.
37:41The next item is the big spend.
37:43And you come up with this amazing compass.
37:46£75 paid.
37:47OK.
37:48OK.
37:49Is there a profit coming up now?
37:50We're in at £22.57.
37:52£32.5.
37:53£37 is bid.
37:55I'm looking for £40.
37:56£40 is bid.
37:57£42.
37:58All that history.
37:59Don't stop there.
38:00£45 now.
38:01£47.
38:02Come on.
38:03Round it up.
38:04You've gone this far.
38:05£50.
38:06£55 is bid.
38:07£60.
38:08And again.
38:09£65.
38:10They're back in.
38:11£70 now.
38:12Any advance on £70?
38:14£75.
38:15They're back in.
38:16Yay!
38:17£80 now.
38:1980!
38:22£80 going once.
38:23£80 going twice.
38:25For the third and final time I sell.
38:28Sold at £80.
38:30Yay!
38:31Great job.
38:32Well done, Joe.
38:33Good work.
38:34Good work.
38:35It's all going so well, boys.
38:37£5 profit.
38:38Brilliant.
38:39Two profits.
38:40Three profits.
38:41Golden gavel.
38:42OK.
38:43Brilliant.
38:44And so we've got your Rolls Royce coming up.
38:45For which you paid £25.
38:46It's all there.
38:47Collector's item.
38:48Let's hope the collectors are here today.
38:50It's coming up now, look.
38:51Nice lock this.
38:52Nice thing.
38:53I'm in at £12.
38:54£15.
38:55£17.
38:56£20 I'm bid.
38:57At £20.
38:58New bid at £22.
38:59£25.
39:00£27.
39:01Hurray!
39:0230 is bid.
39:0332 is bid.
39:0435 is bid.
39:05And 37 now.
39:06There you go.
39:07Happy days.
39:08At 37 on my right.
39:09For the Rolls Royce.
39:10Are we done?
39:1137 I sell.
39:12Yay!
39:13Well done.
39:1437, guys.
39:15OK.
39:16Plus £12.
39:17Profit.
39:18Plus the golden gavel.
39:19Amazing.
39:20Amazing.
39:21Got a bonus bite to go for.
39:2237.
39:23Nice one.
39:24Nice one, guys.
39:25OK.
39:26Plus £12.
39:27Profit.
39:28Plus the golden gavel.
39:29Amazing.
39:30Got a bonus bite to go for.
39:31Yep.
39:32OK.
39:33All right.
39:34Now, that could be a golden gavel for your esteemed expert if we make a profit.
39:38So, JP, would you like to go and get it?
39:40I would.
39:41OK.
39:42Blue team, would you like to close your eyes?
39:43Yep, yep.
39:44Of course.
39:45OK.
39:46Keep those papers shut.
39:47In you come.
39:48All right, team.
39:49Open your eyes.
39:50Oh, interesting.
39:51What we've got here, a pair of, what are they, sort of first half 19th century French marble,
39:56gilt metal, probably bronze, candlesticks.
39:58OK.
39:59Classical style, nice bit of thing about them.
40:01Nice.
40:02Shortcans, little bit of damage on this one.
40:03Otherwise, really, really quite cool things, I think.
40:05Yeah, great.
40:06How much did you pay for them?
40:0740 quid.
40:08Are you confident?
40:09I thought they were cheap.
40:10OK.
40:11Well, we want to get you the golden gavel.
40:12Yeah.
40:14We've got to go for it.
40:15Come on, let's do it.
40:16That's a definite yes.
40:17Let's go for it, yes.
40:18Let's go for what the auctioneer has to say about Jonathan's bonus buying.
40:23I like these.
40:24Lovely marbling on them and then these sort of all-maloon mounts.
40:27A little bit of damage on this one, of course.
40:29But they're just a good, classic, nice quality antique.
40:32Yeah.
40:3340 to 60.
40:3440 pound paid.
40:35Good buy.
40:36I like them.
40:38These come in with an estimate of 40 to 60.
40:41Ooh.
40:42OK.
40:43So the omens are looking good.
40:46But all this is theory.
40:48We now get to the practical, because it's coming up now.
40:51Let's get the ball rolling at 50 pounds, surely.
40:5350 pound iron bid.
40:55Yes!
40:56He's going home with the gavel.
40:58Yeah.
40:59Don't stop there.
41:00Keep going now.
41:0155, 65, 70.
41:03At 75, 80.
41:05At 80 pounds is offered.
41:0785, thank you.
41:08At 85 pounds.
41:10You're going to leave it there?
41:1190 pounds we've got then.
41:13All done.
41:14All sure.
41:1590 pounds then.
41:16Yay!
41:17Yay!
41:18Thank you very much, Jason.
41:20Good night and God bless.
41:21Well done, everybody.
41:23Well done.
41:2450 pound profit.
41:25Brilliant.
41:26You have a final total of 137 pounds.
41:30Yay!
41:31Excellent.
41:32Excellent.
41:33But all that pales in comparison when I go golden gavel, golden gavel, golden gavel.
41:38That's what we're here for.
41:45So blue team, did you enjoy that?
41:47Yeah.
41:48Yeah, I loved it.
41:49Red team, did you enjoy that?
41:50Absolutely loved it.
41:51That's wonderful.
41:52Telly teams that both teams have made a profit.
41:55Yes.
41:56Yes.
41:57The winning team today is the blue team.
42:01Yay!
42:02Yes!
42:03Oh, look at the faces on these poor girls.
42:07Good girl.
42:08Oh no!
42:09Oh!
42:10Well look, you put up a really good fight.
42:12Your expert here came at you with a bonus by which you quite rightly decided to go with.
42:18And she took you from minus one to plus nine.
42:23So you're going to get some money.
42:25All right.
42:26There's nine pounds.
42:27Oh, yeah.
42:28Okay.
42:29So well done, Rez.
42:30You put up a good show.
42:31You really did.
42:32But blue team, what a storm.
42:34Yeah.
42:35Thunderbirds were go, weren't they?
42:37Yeah.
42:38Lift off.
42:39Right from the way go.
42:40It all ended up to 137 pounds.
42:43Yeah.
42:44137.
42:45Now, you also had three profits in a row.
42:49Yes.
42:50Which means that you get the golden gavel.
42:54There's one.
42:56There you go.
42:57Lovely.
42:58There you go, Dix, there's yours.
42:59Yes, thanks, Derek.
43:00And of course, JP here gets the golden gavel.
43:02Yay!
43:03So proud.
43:06So well done, everybody.
43:07Now, those of you watching at home and you're thinking, I could do better than that,
43:11then why don't you apply to be on the show?
43:14You can do so by visiting our website.
43:17There again, you can follow us on social media.
43:20But better still, why not join us next time for some more bargain hunting?
43:25Yes!
43:26Yes!
43:27There!
43:28Definitely.
43:29There he is.
43:30There, we go.
43:31There, we go.
43:32There.
43:33There, we go.
43:34There.
43:36There, we go.
43:37What are our stories at?
43:40The subscript instance?
43:42No one ischaeological.
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