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00:00Hello and welcome to Bargain Hunt from Kent.
00:04This is Leeds Castle.
00:07Back in the 1930s, it was a venue for some of the most lavish parties of the era.
00:14Movie stars, politicians and royalty all flocked to this glamorous retreat
00:20for weekends of decadence.
00:22There was even a swimming pool here with a wave machine.
00:26The hostess was a remarkable woman named Lady Bailey,
00:29and I'll be finding out all about her later in the show.
00:33But first, now it's time to get this party started.
00:37Let's go bargain hunting!
01:01Today's Reds and Blues will be trucking down the bargains at this lively antiques fair in Dettling.
01:07Each team is given Ā£300 and one hour to buy three items, one of which must cost at least Ā£75.
01:15And on top of that, they've got my tricky challenge.
01:19And the team that makes the biggest profit or the least loss at the auction wins the day.
01:24Let's meet today's teams.
01:27I'm Eileen.
01:28And I'm Joanne.
01:30And we're swimming our way to success.
01:33There's no crawling for us.
01:34Dive in, ladies.
01:35You're both keen swimmers, but are you close?
01:39We've lived together.
01:40Four, eleven, eleven.
01:42Is it eleven years?
01:42Eleven years.
01:43Time flies.
01:45Are you skilled buyers?
01:46I'm a fairly good haggler, I think.
01:49Perfect.
01:50What are you looking for?
01:52We really love very good quality stuff, so we won't go for tat.
01:55No.
01:56No tat.
01:56They're the Reds.
01:57Let's meet the Blues.
02:00Hi, I'm Steve.
02:01Hi, I'm Becca.
02:02He loves a bargain.
02:04She loves to spend.
02:06A match made in heaven, Becca.
02:08I hear Dad sprang this on you.
02:10Yeah, I found out once he had already applied.
02:12Now I'm quite excited.
02:13Ready for a bit of fun.
02:14Brilliant.
02:15Steve, any talents?
02:17Dad dancing.
02:18Dad dancing.
02:19Let's try any tactics.
02:21Our motto is, if you like it, buy it.
02:24Yeah.
02:25We're going to go with the gut instinct.
02:27Good luck, everyone.
02:28Let's get started.
02:30Hello, teams.
02:32Hello!
02:34Are we ready to go bargain hunting?
02:37Yeah!
02:38Excellent.
02:39So, what do you need before you can go bargain hunting?
02:42Money!
02:43Right, right.
02:44Red team, Ā£300.
02:47Lovely.
02:47Okay.
02:47Blue team, Ā£300.
02:51Okay.
02:51Now, what else do you need before you can go bargain hunting?
02:54A challenge!
02:55Quite right.
02:56There's yours, red team.
02:57There's yours, blue team.
02:58Do not open those envelopes until you're told to do so.
03:01No.
03:01So, you've got your envelopes, you've got your money.
03:04What else do you need before you can go bargain hunting?
03:06An expert!
03:36You're quite right.
03:37There's yours, it's Catherine Southern.
03:40Someone who can keep us on the straight and narrow.
03:42Hello!
03:43And for the blues, it's Jonathan Pratt.
03:47Time to open those challenges.
03:48An item with a connection to science or technology.
03:53Ooh, lovely.
03:54Microscopes, telescopes.
03:56Rockets.
03:58An item with a connection to time.
04:02Wow.
04:02I wonder what that might be.
04:05Teams, your time starts now.
04:09Come on, let's go, let's go.
04:11Come on, let's go.
04:12That's it, teams.
04:13An hour of shopping is ahead of you.
04:16Go chase those bargains.
04:18What has Joanne picked up for the Reds?
04:20It's supposed to be sort of in the form of a flower sort of opening.
04:24Like a chrysanthemum or something.
04:26Keeping in mind technology and science.
04:28Yes, true.
04:28That does look like technology and science.
04:30Mum's saying put it down.
04:32Yes, put that down.
04:32Keeping my challenge in mind right from the start.
04:35Nice work, Eileen.
04:37What have the blues spotted?
04:39I quite like model cars.
04:41Is a model car a good idea?
04:42Well, look, everything's a good idea at the right price.
04:44I don't know, no.
04:45I like more sort of 30s.
04:47The black one there is in the 30s.
04:49It's grey, isn't it?
04:50It's got to be like a dinky or a...
04:52Yeah.
04:52Yeah.
04:53No, move on.
04:54Let's move on.
04:54Next one.
04:55Quick decision-making, teams.
04:58You're both off to a flying start.
05:00Oh, this is interesting.
05:03We've got a picture of Concorde.
05:05Oh, I love that.
05:07Signed by chief Concorde pilot.
05:10So that's got to be probably 80s.
05:14Look how flat New York is.
05:16Yeah.
05:16Would that come under science or technology?
05:18I think not, no.
05:19Technology, but it's the best plane in the world until it won't.
05:22But who would buy it?
05:23Concorde enthusiasts.
05:24It's going to go to sort of aeronautica, people who are interested in aeronautica.
05:29I just think it's a bit too niche.
05:31We're thinking sort of in the right direction, but I don't think it ticks our science box.
05:34No.
05:35Yes.
05:35So I think we should move on.
05:36Okay.
05:36Fantastic.
05:37While the Reds keep browsing, after Blue's spotted an item for my time challenge.
05:43We're thinking time.
05:45Time.
05:46Okay.
05:46It's just a reminder of seeing something similar on my parents' mantel.
05:49Okay.
05:50So it's got that sort of 1920s shape, which is this sort of humped shape.
05:55But it's got a hint of the Edwardian still, so you've got checker banding, a bit of classical
05:58inlay, and you've got these Arabic numerals.
06:00This is a different colour, which suggests that this bit of moulding might have been added,
06:05actually.
06:05Would it make anything at auction?
06:07Probably.
06:07People who are buying period style, they'd probably go for the oak one, but they are in
06:11the 20, 30, 30 quid mark, really.
06:14No.
06:14I wouldn't want to pay too much.
06:16Just park it.
06:16Just park it.
06:17Park it for later.
06:18An idea.
06:18Yeah.
06:19Time to move on.
06:21Let's see how the reds are measuring up under pressure.
06:24Is that from a barometer?
06:25A ship or...?
06:26I mean, it's a bit utilitarian, isn't it?
06:29Yes.
06:29It doesn't look very nice.
06:30It's not in a nice wooden mount that you'd have in your home.
06:33No.
06:33I mean, can I just ask the price of your barometer?
06:35Let's pay.
06:36How much?
06:3635 pounds.
06:37These are just boxes you write on.
06:38What's your best on it, though?
06:40It's 10.
06:41Okay.
06:42I mean, that's 30 if we struggle.
06:44Okay.
06:45Yes.
06:47Good try.
07:16Keep looking, team.
07:17Look, you know, it's not a lot of money, but you want to try and be as frugal as you
07:21can.
07:22Under 10.
07:23We were just looking at this one.
07:24What would be your best price on this one?
07:27Best price on that?
07:28I could do that for 11 pounds.
07:30For 11 pounds?
07:3111 pounds.
07:32Okay.
07:32Okay.
07:33Worth bearing in mind.
07:34That's all you put in mind.
07:36The blues aren't made up about it.
07:38While Catherine can't contain her interest in my science and technology challenge.
07:45These are quite nice little ointment jars.
07:47Oh.
07:48Okay, so these are 19th century, even early 20th century, that would have lined the chemists.
07:54Yes.
07:54And they would have had, in Latin, the names of the ointments inside.
07:59Yes.
07:59The ones that are poisonous, they tend to make ribbed.
08:03So people who can read some inscriptions or what have you, so that they could feel they contain a poison
08:08or something like that.
08:09How much are your ointment jars?
08:11These nice sort of ceramic ones.
08:13That set is 160 for the five.
08:16It'd be 130.
08:17I think the thing is with those, they're lovely, but they're not quite all the same.
08:22No.
08:23Keep searching then.
08:24Over with the blues, and guess what?
08:27JP has spotted another scent bottle.
08:29I mean, it's a modern interpretation of an 18th century, a late 18th century type bottle.
08:34So you've got, you know, this sort of porcelain mount, which is very typically French, with a gilt metal, which
08:39would have been the flavour of the time.
08:41But it's 1930s.
08:42I think the back's a very deco-y feel.
08:44Yeah.
08:44Yeah.
08:45Well, that's 36.
08:47I might leave it for now.
08:49Okay.
08:49Yeah.
08:50We'll find others.
08:5220 minutes in, and you need to start buying soon, teams.
08:56The Reds are still looking at medicine bottles.
08:59Probably more ointment.
09:00These ones are quite nice.
09:01How much are those ones?
09:02Yeah, I was thinking it's quite nice.
09:0435.
09:05So could you do, how much would three of those be?
09:07I can do 60 for the three.
09:10What I would say to you is they're not that unusual.
09:12You do see them around.
09:14Right.
09:14But I think it's quite nice.
09:15They've all got the stoppers.
09:17They're a nice gilt label, which I think is lovely.
09:20Yeah.
09:21It's kind of, it's a set, so for display purposes.
09:23Yeah, quite nice.
09:24Can we do 59?
09:27Go on, then.
09:29I think that's good.
09:30Lovely.
09:31Okay.
09:31Let's go for those.
09:32Thank you very much.
09:33Thank you, sir.
09:35Well done.
09:36That's my science and technology challenge ticked off.
09:40Ā£59 for three apothecary bottles.
09:43Can the blues join the party?
09:45Cocktail sticks.
09:47Oh, okay.
09:47You know, so they go on your nice little bar in the corner of the sitting room.
09:50Yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:51Oh, it's quite fun.
09:53You like gold.
09:54I do like a bit of gold.
09:55Do you like a bit of gold?
09:57Kitsch, simply made, plated metal, plastic, bit of a giggle.
10:01Can I ask how much you've got?
10:05Ā£75.
10:06Ā£75.
10:07Ā£75.
10:07Is Ā£75 the best that you could do on those?
10:09I'd do Ā£55 for you.
10:10We'll keep that on the back burner.
10:12Thank you very much.
10:12Thank you very much.
10:14Keep going, blues.
10:15What's Catherine eyeing up?
10:18One, two, three draw.
10:20Three draw telescope.
10:21It's by quite a good maker, Baker.
10:24Have a little look.
10:24Shall we try?
10:25Yeah.
10:26Who can I look at?
10:27Anyone.
10:28Yeah, no, can't see anything.
10:29It's not, again, it's not that unusual that you won't find another one,
10:32but I just think that's quite a nice one.
10:34Baker's a good maker.
10:35The only thing we're missing is a lens cap at the end.
10:38Right.
10:39If you were being really picky, you could say you're missing a lens cap.
10:41I think not.
10:43They can't see a profit.
10:45What has Becca discovered?
10:47I was just intrigued by these little pink shells.
10:51Vaseline glass, which gives it that opaque look.
10:55They're a bit of fun, aren't they?
10:58Yeah.
10:59And I think they use arsenic to get the opaqueness in it.
11:03Pre-war just, I would say.
11:05Molded glass, but it's just nice quality for what they are.
11:09So we've got 85.
11:10Is that a...
11:11The very, very best on those would be 70.
11:14Yeah.
11:15The estimate would always be 40 to 60, something like that, I think, you know.
11:18And there's no movement below 70.
11:2265, absolutely.
11:23Absolutely.
11:23We're at bottom.
11:24Absolutely best.
11:24So we just park it and just have a quick look round.
11:27I think keep them in mind.
11:28Keep them in mind, yeah.
11:29Yeah, okay.
11:30Don't leave it to last minute blues.
11:33Catherine is keeping her eye on the time.
11:36It's a very nice sort of kitchen clock, isn't it?
11:38Yeah.
11:38Oh, that's beautiful.
11:39It might be a bit later than deco.
11:42Yeah.
11:42That's key round.
11:43Oh, is it?
11:44It's all original.
11:45Oh.
11:46There's the key.
11:47That is gorgeous.
11:50Do you like it?
11:52I do.
11:52What's the very best on your clock?
11:54I could do that for 70.
11:57Could it be any less than?
11:5950 would be my best.
12:01I think it's worth it.
12:02I think it's just really lovely stylized.
12:05A lot of them have been converted, and that's the only one that's, well, I've seen as original.
12:09You could do country kitchen, you could do modern kitchen, you could have it in a, you know, in an
12:14office space, or, you know, like a garden room.
12:17I think it's really beautiful.
12:18I think what's very important, I think it's in lovely condition.
12:20Yeah.
12:20It's slightly deco sort of style, but very much 1940s.
12:23What do you think at auction, though, Catherine?
12:25I reckon an auction estimate, they'd probably put 40 to 60 on.
12:29Okay.
12:30It could go 40, but it could go 60.
12:32But I think we need to make a decision and buy it.
12:34Right.
12:34What, buy it now?
12:35Yes.
12:36Right, we're buying it now.
12:3748 for you, give you a chance.
12:3948.
12:39Is that all right now, right?
12:40A job done?
12:41Well, it's a job done.
12:43Great work.
12:44Ā£48 for a ceramic wall clock, and that's your second buy.
12:48Nearly halfway through the shop teams, are the Blues ready to rock and roll?
12:52And lock in their first buy.
12:55What are the record coasters?
12:57They are literally coasters that you would put on your coffee cup.
13:01With putting a cup on?
13:01They're not in the best of condition, I have to say.
13:03Are they not?
13:04Okay.
13:05For the record?
13:06For the record.
13:07I think that's a good spot, actually.
13:12They're kind of cool, aren't they?
13:13I kind of like them.
13:15And it's got the hip parade, it's the drinks.
13:17It's just like gin, vodka.
13:19Yeah, yeah.
13:20Yeah.
13:21And I quite like the fact that it's in...
13:22It's in an old-fashioned record suit.
13:24Yeah, yeah.
13:24This is repairs, okay?
13:26So it's this brown paper tape that's...
13:27Yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:28But these are, I think these are obviously original.
13:30Yeah.
13:30If I said 15, would you do it for 15?
13:32Yes, I would.
13:33Give us a real chance.
13:3415?
13:35Yes, absolutely.
13:35That's for both of them?
13:36That's for both.
13:37Brilliant.
13:37Brilliant.
13:38Great stuff.
13:38Shake the hand.
13:39We've got a deal.
13:40We've got a deal.
13:41Well done.
13:41Thank you very much.
13:43Phew, nice work.
13:44But the pressure's still on.
13:46It's about half an hour.
13:47We've got to get a move on.
13:48Thank you so much.
13:49The Blues now have one buy, while the Reds have two.
13:53Our Joanne's found a silver case for money and matches.
13:57Well, so you press the button.
13:58Yeah.
13:59There.
14:00There.
14:00So you put your sovereigns in there.
14:02It's beautiful.
14:04And your...
14:04Your little matches in there.
14:06Matches in there.
14:06But a gent would have had something like that on his watch chains.
14:10Yeah.
14:11What's the best on that?
14:12150 is the best.
14:13It's going to be hard.
14:15Just too rich for the girls.
14:18With one item in the bag, the Blues can't decide whether to shell out for the glass fases that they
14:23saw earlier.
14:25I'm really liking those pink shells.
14:28You're a little bit hesitant.
14:30If you go for them, your third item will have to meet the Big Spend and My Time Challenge.
14:37And here's another item to throw into the mix.
14:40It's a Ā£5 coin relating to midnight on the Millennium.
14:45I've got it up at Ā£15.
14:46I can do it for Ā£12.
14:48That's quite quirky, isn't it?
14:49It's quirky.
14:50And it has...
14:50We need a big spend, though.
14:51Yeah, but we can get a big spend.
14:53But then that rules out...
14:54It does rule out the shells.
14:55The other ones as well.
14:55Yeah, it rules out the shells.
14:57I think we keep it in mind.
14:58Keep it in mind, yeah.
14:59Thank you very much.
15:00Oh, they aren't sold.
15:02But meanwhile, the Reds have spotted a writing accessory.
15:06I spied this ladies, right?
15:10Inkwell.
15:10Yep.
15:11Stamps.
15:12Yep.
15:13Pen rest.
15:14And then the glass.
15:15First of all, interesting to think about the proportions of it.
15:18It is a ladies' one, because the gents' one would be...
15:21To put on his desk would be much heavier.
15:24Probably like a nice big capstan.
15:25And that's quite nice, because it's elegant to be on a ladies' writing desk.
15:31Sort of 1930s.
15:32What sort of price are you looking for?
15:34Ā£75.
15:35It's a possibility.
15:36I mean, what I would say is it's lovely quality.
15:39Yeah.
15:40What would you see it in auction at, Catherine?
15:43On a very, very, very good day, it might make Ā£80.
15:47On a very bad day, it can make Ā£30, Ā£40.
15:50Right, I think it's too risky.
15:52Too risky.
15:53Good try.
15:54Keep looking.
15:5515 minutes left.
15:57Two items to go, Blues.
15:58One big spend.
16:00And my time challenge.
16:02Can JP help?
16:03Is this little purse clock?
16:05Oh, yeah.
16:05Quite sweet.
16:06What's the price on that one?
16:07It's Ā£280.
16:08Right.
16:09You know, it might be something they might do something on.
16:13Sometimes fortune favours the bold.
16:14Yeah.
16:15Yeah.
16:16It's Birmingham, 1934.
16:17OK.
16:18And it does work, but I don't wind them up.
16:21But it is working.
16:23I mean, people have got phones, watches on their phones, you know.
16:26Yeah.
16:26But some people still have very traditional taste.
16:29What's nice about it is you've got a tiny little seconds dial.
16:32Yeah.
16:32That's a nice feature.
16:33Yeah.
16:33Don't often see that.
16:35And it has a 1920s feel to it, doesn't it?
16:37What can you get to?
16:38The best I can put it is go to 190.
16:40OK.
16:41This finish here is unusual.
16:43Looks to me like it's been polished because it doesn't have,
16:46it's got a rather uneven finish.
16:47And then there's this recess here which suggests it might have been leather covered.
16:50But why would you have silver under the leather?
16:52Yeah.
16:52You know.
16:53If it helps, I'll do 180.
16:55It's a big spend, isn't it?
16:56It would be a big spend.
16:57A big, big, big spend.
16:59Would you do 179?
17:01OK.
17:02We'll go for it.
17:03All right.
17:03Thank you so much.
17:04You're welcome.
17:04Not a problem.
17:05Well done, team.
17:06You have done it.
17:07My time challenge is complete.
17:09And at Ā£179, that certainly is a big spend.
17:14I don't like spending money.
17:1714 favs to the bowl.
17:18Let's hope you're right, JP.
17:20Can the Reds band together and secure their big spend?
17:25So is it on silver?
17:27Yeah.
17:28Oh, it's definitely silver.
17:28Get in your eye, please.
17:29Don't be silver.
17:29I think what I like about it is the fact that the enamel's all lovely.
17:34So engine turned enamel.
17:36And I like the fact that you've got the spacers in the middle.
17:39Yeah.
17:40In black.
17:40Contrast is really lovely.
17:42And the light catches it.
17:44It gives it depth.
17:45I think it looks a bit more 3D.
17:47Hmm.
17:48Why don't you put it on, Nana?
17:49Oh, yeah.
17:52That's beautiful, isn't it?
17:53What price did you have on this one?
17:55I had $180, and I'll take one crispy.
17:59Could you come down a bit more?
18:02$140.
18:04$140, final offer.
18:05What do you think?
18:06Do you like it?
18:07I think it's beautiful.
18:08I do.
18:08I do, too.
18:09Very unusual.
18:10I haven't seen anything like that before.
18:12It's not going to make a massive loss.
18:14It might make a little bit of a loss, but it might also,
18:17if you've got a couple of people who do like it,
18:19it could make towards the top.
18:21It is a risk.
18:24Are you able to take us down a little bit more?
18:26I can do $130.
18:28Deal.
18:28Deal.
18:30Great haggling.
18:31The silver and enamel bracelet for Ā£130
18:34is your big spend and final item.
18:37Well done.
18:39Well done, ladies.
18:39Thank you, Mum.
18:40With just five minutes to go,
18:42the Blues have made a decision.
18:44They're returning to those shell barsers.
18:46Yeah, we're back again.
18:48We're back.
18:48Hello.
18:49You said 65.
18:50We're 65, the best.
18:51Could you do 64?
18:54Go on, then.
18:56Do you want to shout, ladies?
18:57Thank you so much.
18:58Thank you so much.
18:59Nerves of steel.
19:01These Ā£64 glass shell barsers are your final buy.
19:05Phew!
19:08That's it.
19:10Shopping's over.
19:11Well done.
19:12Time for a rest.
19:14Let's remind ourselves what the red team bought.
19:17They met my science and technology challenge
19:20with three late Victorian apothecary jars of Ā£59.
19:25Next was this French ceramic wall clock, Ā£48 paid.
19:31And they wrapped up their shop with their big spend,
19:35a silver and enamel bracelet for Ā£130.
19:41So, how was it, Reds?
19:42It was fabulous.
19:43Really, really fabulous.
19:45Great fun.
19:45Catherine, lots of joy?
19:47It was a huge joy.
19:49And what was wonderful is they were really decisive, weren't you?
19:51Yes, we were.
19:52OK.
19:52Eileen, of the three items you bought, I want to know your favourite.
19:56I really loved the bracelet.
19:58That was your big spend, wasn't it?
19:59It was, but it was lovely.
20:00And which do you think is going to give you the biggest profit?
20:04I'm going to go with the French clock.
20:07Are you now?
20:07Because it hadn't been fiddled with, and it had the original key.
20:11OK.
20:12Joanne, your favourite?
20:13The bracelet.
20:14It was beautiful.
20:15But I think certainly what will make us the most is the apothecary jars.
20:19There's no doubt.
20:19They are phenomenal, and I haven't seen them before, so...
20:22OK.
20:22And they were my challenge.
20:24They were the science and technology challenge.
20:26Yeah.
20:26How much did you spend?
20:27So, total was Ā£237.
20:29Right.
20:29And that means that we've got Ā£63 to give Catherine.
20:33Good.
20:33Wonderful.
20:34There you go.
20:35So, any ideas of what you're going to do with that money?
20:39Maybe something shiny, because we didn't get the shiny that we wanted.
20:42OK.
20:43Ooh.
20:43Oh, OK.
20:45So, while Catherine goes off to find the bonus buy,
20:49let's remind ourselves what the blue team bought.
20:53They got into the groove with two sets of record drinks coasters for Ā£15.
21:00They hit the big spend at My Time Challenge with its travel clock for Ā£100.
21:05Ā£1.79.
21:09And they finished with a pair of glass shell vases for Ā£64.
21:17So, how was the shopping, Blues?
21:19It was good fun.
21:20Yeah.
21:21I enjoyed it.
21:21It was, yeah.
21:22A bit stressful at times, but it was really good fun.
21:24Right.
21:24JP, were you stressed out at any stage?
21:26It was remarkably chilled.
21:29Although it was a bit panicky at times, because we didn't buy very much quickly, but it was rather nice.
21:34So, Becca, what's your favourite item?
21:36I think my favourite item has to be the pink shells that I saw at the start and then went
21:43back for at the end.
21:44OK.
21:44Which do you think is going to give you the biggest profit?
21:47The record coasters that we bought first.
21:50Oh, right.
21:51Yeah.
21:51Very novelty.
21:52Yeah.
21:52Steve, what was your favourite item?
21:54The vinyl record coasters.
21:56I just think they're really different, quite novel.
21:58OK.
21:59And where do you think the biggest profit's going to come from?
22:01Well, we got them really cheap, so I think the record coasters, I really do.
22:04Good.
22:05So, Blues, how much did you spend?
22:07We spent a whopping Ā£258.
22:10That's a good spend, isn't it?
22:12So, you've got how much to give there to JP?
22:16Ā£42.
22:16Ā£42.
22:17You'll accept that, will you not, sir?
22:19It's enough.
22:20It's enough.
22:20You can do some good with that, surely.
22:22There's lots of little things out there, and I've got my own a few things.
22:25So, while JP goes off to find his bonus buy, I'm off to learn about a glamorous local castle.
22:35Welcome to Leeds Castle.
22:37Now, despite the name, it's not in Yorkshire, but nestled in the beautiful Kent countryside.
22:44Since 1258, it's served as the home of six English kings and queens.
22:49But today, I'm here to learn about one of its more recent owners, Lady Olive Bailey,
22:55who bought the castle in the 1920s.
22:58To find out more, I'm meeting Heritage Director Dominique Bouchard.
23:03Dominique, it's lovely to meet you, but tell me a little bit more about Lady Bailey
23:09and how she acquired this amazing castle.
23:11Well, Olive, or Lady Bailey, as she came to be known, was an English-American heiress.
23:17She was born in Manhattan to an English father, but grew up in France.
23:21She had inherited a substantial amount of money from her grandfather
23:24and bought Leeds Castle at the age of 26.
23:28I mean, don't mind me asking, but at what sort of price?
23:31The princely sum of Ā£180,000 in 1926, which is the equivalent of about Ā£14 million today.
23:38So, not that much money.
23:40No.
23:41The castle is in quite a state, and so she invested a further Ā£100,000 into renovating it.
23:48She saved it for the nation, didn't she?
23:50She did.
23:50What you see today is really the result of her interest, her creativity,
23:54and her collaboration was incredible designers.
23:58Lady Bailey enlisted Art Deco designer Armand Albert Rato for the renovations.
24:04He brought her vision to life, a medieval-inspired retreat with modern luxuries,
24:10including hollow beams for telephone cables, en suite bathrooms and underfloor heating.
24:16But in the late 1930s, Lady Bailey decided that she needed to assert her own style.
24:26This is the castle dining room.
24:28This was one of the primary rooms that Lady Bailey designed in concert with StƩphane Boudin,
24:34a French designer.
24:36The floor in this room is thought to have come from the Palace of Versailles.
24:40We have a receipt in the collection from Lady Bailey's purchase of the floor.
24:44So, I mean, Marie Antoinette and Madame Pompadour could have paraded along that aisle that I'm looking up.
24:50That's amazing.
24:51In addition to being a family home, Lady Bailey hosted incredible, very famous parties here
24:56with the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Errol Flynn, and writers like Noel Coward.
25:01They'd all come here for a weekend of fun at Lady Bailey's, play games, and, of course, gamble.
25:06Lady Bailey's become Kent's answer to the Great Gatsby.
25:10I think that's absolutely right.
25:11She was a very keen gambler.
25:13And this is from the Tatler magazine, 16th of August, 1933.
25:17Lady Bailey, who has forsaken the beauties of Leeds Castle for the distractions of Monty,
25:22is the big noise in the gambling way, one of the very few, in fact, to play really high
25:27and give the onlookers something to see and talk about.
25:30What a lady.
25:31Her invitations to her parties were really sought after.
25:34She had exotic animals like zebras and llamas wandering around.
25:38There was an aviary with exotic birds, and she had a swimming pool with reportedly the first wave machine in
25:45England.
25:46There was a gramophone that pumped music into every room,
25:49and the parties were known for an occasional skinny dip in the moat.
25:53She had a secret staircase that she would use to leave the party when she felt like it,
25:58and I can take you there now.
25:59A secret staircase.
26:01This is getting better by the minute.
26:06This is where Lady Bailey's party guests would have come after dinner for cocktails and dancing.
26:11This was her secret staircase, and so midway through the party, Lady Bailey would often escape.
26:17It's larger than life stuff, isn't it?
26:18Shall we go see, and maybe even catch a glimpse of Lady Bailey on the way?
26:22Oh, let's go for it.
26:26Oh, there she is.
26:29And here we are, coming up the staircase into Lady Bailey's dressing room.
26:33Wow, I mean, we're in another world here, aren't we?
26:36It's pretty incredible.
26:37So just beyond here is her bedroom.
26:39Would you like me to take you there?
26:41Yes, please do.
26:47This was the first commission that the designer, StƩphane Boudin, did for Lady Bailey,
26:53and arguably, it's really the most incredible.
26:56It's got wow factor, hasn't it?
26:58I love the blue.
26:59It's got a very particular technique to achieve this colour and effect.
27:04So the artisans would take a wire brush to bring out the wood grain,
27:09then there'd be a lime wash, followed by a glaze,
27:13followed by a dry blue dye, and then covering with beeswax.
27:17So not particularly intensive at all to achieve this very shabby, chic finish.
27:22I mean, it's a stunning effect, isn't it?
27:24I mean, what a clever technique.
27:27Do you know, it's been a real treat until about the formidable Lady Bailey.
27:32But now it's time for us to head back to the auction.
27:40We're at Henry Adams' auction rooms, which are in Chichester,
27:44and we're joined by auctioneer Nick Hall.
27:47Nick, thank you for having us.
27:48You're always very welcome, Eric. Good to see you.
27:51This is our red team.
27:53This is Eileen and Joanne, and their expert is Catherine Southern.
27:57And their first purchase was my personal challenge
28:01to find an item connected with science or technology.
28:06So they're talking about medical science because they've got pharmacy jars.
28:09Oh, I think they're probably late Victorian Edwardian, maybe,
28:12so a bit of age about them.
28:13You know, there's three of them,
28:14and they've got the nice old labels on the front.
28:16The stoppers are still there, so Ā£30 to Ā£50 for the set.
28:19OK.
28:19They were hoping for a bit more.
28:20They paid Ā£59.
28:22We might need a miracle cure.
28:24OK, second item is the French ceramic wall clock.
28:29I like it. It's a good thing.
28:30It's a good decorative interiors piece.
28:33Estimate?
28:34Ā£30 to Ā£50.
28:35Ā£48 paid.
28:36OK, there's a chance.
28:37OK, everything's coming up roses.
28:39Let's move on to our third item, which was their big spend, OK?
28:43A Norwegian silver gilt, an enamel bracelet.
28:47Norwegian enamels always seem to do well.
28:49Oh, doesn't it? Just flavour of the month.
28:51And I particularly like the Gwilos enamelling on it,
28:54that lovely engine turning.
28:56Yeah, yeah, yeah.
28:56I mean, it's Ā£70 to Ā£100, and I expect to hit the top end.
29:00OK.
29:00Well, let's hope you do, because they paid Ā£130 for it.
29:03Yeah, I don't think that's insurmountable.
29:05OK.
29:06So that's our red team.
29:07Over to the blue team.
29:09This is Stephen Becker, and their expert is Jonathan Pratt.
29:14And their first item revolves around the 1960s hit parade
29:19with the coasters.
29:21This is rock and roll, baby, isn't it?
29:22Yeah, it certainly is.
29:24The odd thing is, they're made in Hong Kong,
29:26which, as far as I remember,
29:27wasn't the epicentre for rock and roll, was it?
29:29No, but it was for cheap plastic at one stage,
29:33without being unkind.
29:34Estimate?
29:35Well, I don't think we're going to have a number one hit,
29:37because we've gone Ā£10 to Ā£20 for them.
29:40Right.
29:40Well, they paid Ā£15 for them.
29:42Bang in the middle.
29:43OK, so their second purchase was the Big Spend,
29:47and my personal challenge to find an item connected with time.
29:51I like it.
29:52It's a classic sort of 1930s art deco,
29:55little gentleman's travel clock, if you like.
29:57Yeah.
29:58Silver case, because it snaps shut,
30:00and it's just a smart little thing, really.
30:02They normally fetch about Ā£80 to Ā£120.
30:05OK, well, they pushed the boat up, my friend,
30:08and paid Ā£179 for it.
30:11OK.
30:12OK.
30:12Right, well, we'll see.
30:13Let's move on to the third buy.
30:15This pair of Vaseline glass shell barsers.
30:19Yeah, well, they're smart, aren't they?
30:21A bit different, a bit unusual.
30:22Yeah, they're down as 1950s.
30:24They were bought as 50s, were they?
30:27These bevelled, mirrored bases are more typically late Victorian,
30:30so I think the bases are definitely Victorian.
30:33Bearing in mind there is a little bit of damage.
30:35We've put 30 to 50, but they could move on.
30:38Ā£64-pound paid.
30:40OK.
30:40Yeah.
30:41Yeah, I like them.
30:41They've got a chance.
30:42Good.
30:43I'm assuming you're going to be wielding your gavel today.
30:46I should be on the roster, mate, wielding my gavel,
30:48trying to do as well as we can for the teams.
30:51At Ā£120, gents standing.
30:53At Ā£120 it is, then hammer is up and selling at Ā£120.
30:58How were we feeling today?
30:59Really excited.
31:01Optimistic.
31:02Optimistic.
31:02Oh, that's a good combination.
31:03Yes.
31:04Listen, your first item's coming up.
31:06My personal challenge, science and technology,
31:09and you went with the apothecary.
31:11Yes, we did.
31:12Pay Ā£59 for them.
31:14Coming up now.
31:15Really smart-looking things, these.
31:17Who's got Ā£20?
31:18Surely bid me Ā£20.
31:20Thank you, sir.
31:21Ā£20-iron bid.
31:21Looking for Ā£22 now.
31:23At Ā£20-iron bid is Ā£20.
31:25Ā£22 right next to you.
31:26And Ā£5.
31:27Ā£25 is bid.
31:28Ā£27 now.
31:29At Ā£27.
31:30And Ā£30.
31:31And Ā£32 now.
31:33At Ā£32 now.
31:34Ā£35 now.
31:35At Ā£35.
31:37New bidder at Ā£37.
31:38And Ā£40.
31:39Ā£40-iron bid.
31:40Ā£42 now.
31:41At Ā£42.
31:43Do you want to try Ā£43, sir?
31:45Ā£43 is bid.
31:46Ā£44 is bid.
31:48Round it up.
31:49Go on.
31:50Ā£45.
31:51Ā£45 is bid.
31:53Ā£45.
31:53Ā£47.
31:54And Ā£48, sir?
31:56Ā£50 is bid.
31:57At Ā£50.
31:58All done.
31:59All sure.
32:00At Ā£50, I sell.
32:03Oh!
32:05Oh!
32:05OK.
32:06It was a mere Ā£9 loss.
32:08It was.
32:09OK.
32:09You've got everything else to play for.
32:11Right.
32:11OK.
32:12Second item is coming up is your French Art Deco Ceramic Clop.
32:16Oh, yes.
32:16I love this.
32:17Which you've got for less than Ā£50.
32:19Ā£48 paid.
32:20It can do British time as well.
32:22So, coming up now.
32:24It's this rather jazzy French Art Deco Ceramic Clop from 1940s.
32:30We're straight in online.
32:32Ā£50 I'm bid.
32:33Ā£50 I'm bid.
32:34Ā£50, Ā£50, Ā£60.
32:37And Ā£5 and Ā£70.
32:39Still live online.
32:40Ā£70 is bid.
32:41Anyone else coming in then?
32:43At Ā£70.
32:44All sure.
32:45All done.
32:46Ā£70 I'm selling now.
32:52So, Ā£22 profit, and you are actually plus Ā£13.
32:58So, well, eh, we're moving in the right direction, ladies.
33:03OK.
33:03Right.
33:04Next item is your big spend.
33:05It's the Norwegian gilt in enamel bracelet.
33:08You paid Ā£130 for it.
33:10It's coming up now.
33:12Lovely grillosh decoration to the enamel, and it's in great condition.
33:16What can I say?
33:17Internet likes it.
33:18We're straight in at Ā£100.
33:22Ā£100 I'm bid live online at Ā£100.
33:24Ā£110 new bidder.
33:26Ā£110.
33:27Ā£120.
33:28Ā£130.
33:29Ā£130 now.
33:30Ā£140.
33:31You're in profit.
33:32Ā£160.
33:33Ā£170.
33:34Ā£170 it is.
33:35Live in the room at Ā£170.
33:37Ā£170 I have.
33:39Ā£180 online.
33:41Ā£190 in the room.
33:42Ā£190 I'm selling.
33:45You're...
33:45Whoa!
33:46Brilliant.
33:47So you've just made yourselves a Ā£60 profit.
33:50You're now at plus 73.
33:52And...
33:53That's a good outcome.
33:54We have got...
33:55No, it is not the final outcome.
33:56It isn't.
33:56We've got the bonus buy.
33:58I'm too excited.
33:59Well, I should imagine.
34:01Ladies, would you be so kind as to close your eyes.
34:04OK.
34:05Off you go, Catherine.
34:07In you come, Catherine.
34:09You may open your eyes.
34:10This is a favourite.
34:12Oh, yes!
34:13That's what I wanted!
34:14You know what it is.
34:16It's an inkwell.
34:17But it was a lot of money.
34:19Wasn't it?
34:19It was over Ā£100.
34:20Ā£130.
34:21Well, I went back and I saw the storeholder and we shook on Ā£58.
34:27No!
34:28So that sounds like a bargain, but how much do you think it might make?
34:33We should get a profit.
34:34Maybe a small one.
34:35I think this is a silly question to ask you.
34:39But do you want to go with it?
34:41Yes, we do.
34:41Yeah, we're a team.
34:42We're a team.
34:43OK.
34:43The Reds are going to go with that bonus buy, but let's find out what the auctioneer had
34:47to say about it.
34:50It's a handsome thing, isn't it?
34:52It is, isn't it?
34:52And remarkably good condition.
34:54I mean, 1907, the hallmarks are.
34:57It's as fresh as a daisy.
34:59Ā£70 to Ā£100 for this.
35:00I think she did well.
35:01She got it for Ā£58.
35:03Great buy.
35:04Yeah.
35:04Good buy, then.
35:05OK.
35:07She's gone in with an estimate of Ā£70 to Ā£100.
35:11That would be nice.
35:13That would be...
35:13The silver itself, isn't it?
35:14Listen, we're in an auction.
35:16Yeah, anything can happen, Eric.
35:17OK, we're coming up now.
35:18OK.
35:19Lovely conditions.
35:20Super quality lots.
35:21Straight in at 65, 75, 80 iron.
35:25Come on.
35:26Any advance on 80, 85 new bidder.
35:2885 I have.
35:29Who's got 90 for it?
35:31Lovely condition.
35:33I'm looking for Ā£90, surely.
35:3585 I have.
35:37To my right.
35:38Hammers up.
35:39With you, sir.
35:39At 85 I sell.
35:42Woo-hoo!
35:43Brilliant.
35:45You've just made yourselves a Ā£27.
35:48Thank you, Fred.
35:49Thank you very much.
35:49OK.
35:50You've gone in to Ā£100.
35:53Oh, that's a nice round of sun.
35:55Brilliant.
35:56Well done.
35:57Fabulous.
35:57That's a good day in the office.
36:04Are we feeling confident?
36:07Hopeful.
36:07Hopeful.
36:08Hopeful.
36:09I think that's better.
36:10I think that's better.
36:12We're always hopeful, aren't we?
36:13Oh, yeah, live by that.
36:14We're live by that.
36:15You're quite right.
36:16Well, your first item's coming up.
36:17The hit parade's sort of the coasters, aren't they?
36:20Ā£15.
36:21It shouts profit to me.
36:23Coming up now, look.
36:24They're from the 1960s.
36:26Called it a lot.
36:26We've got a few bids starting at Ā£5, Ā£6, Ā£7, Ā£8, Ā£9, Ā£10.
36:31We're into double figures.
36:32At Ā£10, we're going to be in the hit parade at this rate.
36:36Ā£12.
36:36Ā£12, I'm bid.
36:3815.
36:38Yay!
36:4015.
36:4117 down here.
36:42At 17.
36:4420 pounds upstairs.
36:4620, I'm bid.
36:4722 online.
36:48At 22, bid online.
36:50Going five, sir.
36:5125 upstairs.
36:52With you, sir.
36:53At 25, I sell.
36:55Sold!
36:56Peace!
36:58Good start, teams.
36:59You paid 15.
37:00You just scored a Ā£10 profit immediately, OK?
37:04Listen, your next item is your big spend.
37:07It was also my personal challenge to find an item connected with time.
37:11A miniature travelling clock, OK?
37:13Good thing.
37:14Here we go.
37:14Here it is.
37:15It's lovely and hallmarked Birmingham.
37:181934, original Art Deco silver.
37:2150-iron bid up in the gallery.
37:22Five at the back of the room.
37:24Ā£60 on the far side.
37:2660-iron bid.
37:27Any advance?
37:28Any further bid?
37:29At Ā£60 in the room.
37:31Going once.
37:33Going twice.
37:34At Ā£60, I have to sell.
37:38There we are.
37:39OK.
37:39Yeah, yeah.
37:40OK.
37:40We've got some climbing to do now.
37:42You've lost Ā£119 on that lot.
37:44I am sorry to say.
37:46So the rolling total is a loss of Ā£109.
37:49OK.
37:51OK.
37:51Your final item is the pair of pink Vaseline glass glasses.
37:55They should make a profit in theory.
37:58Let's see in practical because it's coming up now.
38:01Lovely, facet-cut, mirrored bases.
38:04Really smart things, these.
38:05What do we bid?
38:06We're straight in then.
38:07I've got Ā£30, thank you.
38:09Ā£30, I am bid.
38:10At Ā£30 now, Ā£30, I am bid.
38:11Ā£32, Ā£5, Ā£35, I am bid.
38:13Ā£37 and Ā£40.
38:15At Ā£40, at Ā£40, don't...
38:18Ā£42, Ā£45.
38:20At Ā£45 now.
38:21It's against the internet.
38:22Try another.
38:23Come on, Ā£47, Ā£50, Ā£50, Ā£60, Ā£60 I am bid.
38:28Any advance on Ā£60?
38:29Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
38:31Any advance on Ā£60, the bid's live online.
38:34At Ā£60, try another, come on.
38:36Look at the colour, look at the quality.
38:38Ā£65 I am bid.
38:40Yay!
38:41You're in, Rob.
38:42Still going.
38:43Ā£70 is bid.
38:44At Ā£70 now.
38:46Any advance on Ā£70?
38:48Ā£75 now.
38:49The bid's live online.
38:51At Ā£75, Hammers poised.
38:53Here we go, and selling.
38:56Solve!
38:57Yay!
38:58You've just made yourselves an Ā£11 profit.
39:02You are now at minus Ā£98.
39:05OK, double figures, not three.
39:07And you've got another card to play.
39:09Your bonus buy.
39:10So close your eyes.
39:12Jonathan, would you like to disappear?
39:15OK, Jonathan.
39:17Here we are.
39:17OK, you may open your eyes.
39:21Ooh!
39:22Here we are.
39:24Little silver brooch.
39:25Model is an elephant.
39:26Yeah.
39:27Handmade in silver.
39:28It's Mexican.
39:29Quite cute.
39:30So, what did you pay?
39:31I paid Ā£35.
39:33OK.
39:33OK.
39:34I don't think it's going to make Ā£135.
39:36I'd like to think there's Ā£10 or Ā£15 in it.
39:38I think it's a really nice little decorative thing.
39:41I like it.
39:42You like it?
39:42Here for a penny.
39:43What have we got to lose?
39:44Yeah, what have we got to lose?
39:45So let's make this official blue team.
39:47You're definitely going with it.
39:49Yeah.
39:49Yes.
39:49Yeah, OK.
39:50So they're going to go with the elephant, but let's find out what the auctioneer had to
39:55say about Jonathan's bonus bike.
39:59I wasn't aware there were many Mexican elephants.
40:02They're very thin on the ground.
40:04People love elephants and they love brooches, so we'll put Ā£15 to Ā£25 on it.
40:09It paid Ā£35 for it.
40:11It could get there.
40:12Elephant lovers, who knows?
40:14Deep pockets and big trunks.
40:17The auctioneer's gone with what he calls a come and get me estimate.
40:20OK.
40:20Ā£15 to Ā£25.
40:23I think it's got legs.
40:24Well, I mean, it's got four legs.
40:26It's got three, actually.
40:26I think you've done the right thing, but I'm just an innocent bystander.
40:31OK.
40:32Coming up now.
40:33Vintage Mexican silver brooch in the form of an elephant.
40:36We're going to come in at 15, 17, 20, 22, 25.
40:42At Ā£25, the bid's online.
40:45At 25, I have 27 to my right.
40:49At 30, 32, 35, 37, 40, 42, 45, and 7, sir, 47, and 50.
40:58What about 51?
41:00Go on.
41:00What's a pound between friends?
41:0251 pounds.
41:0451, I've got 52 pounds.
41:06At 52 pounds.
41:07Over on my right.
41:08It's with you, madam.
41:09At 52 pounds.
41:11All done.
41:11All sure.
41:13All yours.
41:14Oh, he's on me.
41:14Goodness me.
41:16Well, you did yourselves all right.
41:17Well done there, Jonathan.
41:19Ā£17 profit.
41:20You've come down to a far more respectable at minus 81.
41:24How are you feeling?
41:25Come on.
41:26Yeah.
41:26I think, yeah.
41:27All right.
41:27Yeah, we made two profits, and then with JP, three profits.
41:31That's not too bad, is it?
41:38This is a game of ups and downs.
41:40One team had more downs and one team had more ups.
41:43So I'm here to tell you that the winning team today is the red team.
41:54I shall return.
41:55Blue team, you were bold.
41:57You spent big.
41:58We did.
41:59With your big spend, and it just didn't come off, did it?
42:01No.
42:02You did find yourself in the doldrums.
42:04Minus 81 pounds.
42:06The good news is you don't owe anybody any money.
42:09OK.
42:11But red team, here we are.
42:13Wow.
42:13Hey-o.
42:13Wow.
42:14Yeah.
42:14You got off to a bad start.
42:16But then, you know, the deco clock performed.
42:19Then your big spend did pay off.
42:22And it was all about the big spends today.
42:23And Catherine gave you a Ā£27 profit, which took your total to a very neat Ā£100.
42:33Sounds better than 99, doesn't it?
42:35Oh, it does.
42:36It does.
42:36There you are.
42:37There's no need to count it.
42:38I've checked it for you.
42:40OK.
42:40Lovely.
42:41Well done.
42:42I wish I could give you some money, boys and girls.
42:45But, you know, that's the way it is.
42:46Now, if you're watching at home thinking, you know, I could do better than that,
42:50then why don't you apply to be on the show?
42:52You can do so by visiting our website.
42:55There again, you can always follow us on social media.
42:58But better still, why not join us next time for some more Bargain Hunting?
43:03Yes?
43:03Yes!
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