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Bargain Hunt - Season 74 Episode 12 - Wetherby 4
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00:00Hello and welcome to Bargain Hunt. Today we're in Wetherby, just down the road from the city of
00:07Leeds, the birthplace of many a worldwide success, including the board game Cluedo
00:15and Mel B or Scary Spice, who in the 90s was in the best-selling girl group of all time,
00:22the Spice Girls. But did you know that 100 years earlier another spicy export from Leeds
00:29became a worldwide hit? A source called Yorkshire Relish. Later I'll be done in my detective hat
00:37to investigate how and why it became so popular. But first, let's go bargain hunting!
01:06Today's Red and Blues will be shopping at this antiques fair in Yorkshire. They'll have one hour
01:12and a budget of £300 to buy free items. One item must cost at least £75 and of course I'm
01:19going to
01:20chuck in a challenge for a good measure. The team that makes the biggest profit or smallest loss at
01:25auction wins. Simple. Let's meet today's teams. I'm Mike. And I'm Joe. We're here to win big on the
01:33Bargain Hunt show. Hunting for deals and treasures that dazzle. We're here to claim that golden gavel.
01:38Will you be wrapping with your expert today? We'll be wrapping them around our fingers today,
01:44the expert. Love it. So what are you into? I like classic cars. So I've got the Silver Cloud
01:51two Rolls Royce. Very nice. The old Bentley S3 gets me from A to B.
01:59Who will be driving the deals today? I'll play the good guy, you play the bad guy. No,
02:05I'm just a good haggler. Well, we'll soon see about that. Let's meet your competition.
02:12I'm Sue. I'm Sarah. We're savvy, sassy and set for success.
02:18Sounding strong. Will you work well together? Definitely. Yeah, definitely. We're very much
02:23alike. We can disagree though. We'll speak our mind. Interesting. Is there a game plan?
02:29Sarah can have it. She'll use her charm. I will, of course. Yeah. Can you charm your way to a
02:35golden gavel?
02:36Yes. Both teams are well up for this. So let's get going. Hello. Hello. How are you all? Fine, thank
02:45you.
02:46Hey, I tell you what, we've got a special day today because we've got mother and daughter. Yeah.
02:50And twins. Double trouble. Double trouble. Who's going to win? We are. Before you start shopping,
02:56what are you going to need? Money. Of course you are. Who's going to have the money on the... Mum.
03:01Sue?
03:01And on the reds. Me. Mike. Thank you. That's £300. Thank you.
03:05Secondly, of course, you're going to need a challenge. Of course you are. I'll take that.
03:09Well, your experts await. So away you go. See you later. Ta-da. You know, I always wonder,
03:15what are they looking for in an expert? Ooh, an expert's got to have a vibrant character.
03:21Someone who we can have fun with. Someone who's a great negotiator. Someone with a winning streak.
03:26I'm in the north. Hopefully, hopefully in the north. Steering the reds, it's Charles Hansen.
03:34Sadly, there's no one here that fits that. And the blues look pleased. They've got Philip Serrell.
03:41Let's see if they like their challenges as much. Huh? An item with wheels. An item with wheels.
03:47Oh, an item in the arts and crafts style. Oh, that's good. The gloves are off,
03:53teams. Your time starts now. I'll hold you all in. Let's go. Yeah.
03:58What would you suggest, Phil, as something we look at first?
04:01Well, I think we've just got to look at what's in front of us and see what we see.
04:04Okay. Wise words, Phil. Now, has Charles already spotted something for the reds?
04:10Yeah. So this is a lovely, what we call a punch ladle. It's got a small silver
04:18Georgian shilling in the back there. Put in to bring good luck. And that small shilling
04:25is the head of George III about... No, actually, it's not George III. It's Charles II.
04:33He was King of England from 1660 until 1685. So that coin is pre-1685. And the ladle in silver
04:43will date to around 1770. It's very unique and it's very historic in terms of how old
04:51this item is. How much do you think this is worth? Well, it's got no price on it. Well,
04:56how much is it? I can do that for 70. It's at your absolute best, sir. Is there a margin
05:02for you at 50? If we could get that 49 to give us that gavel chance. Yeah, let's do it.
05:07I think it's
05:08worth between £50 and £80, but we are going to shelve it for now. We'll come back. Yeah,
05:13keep it warm. Keep it warm. Sir, can we keep the punch warm? Thank you very much. Thank you.
05:19As they mull over the ladle, the Blues are looking for an item that meets their challenge to find
05:26something in the arts and crafts style. What about this, Phil? Yeah, that's nice. What sort of style is
05:33that, Phil? In all circumstances, read the bottom. And it says there, pewter, Charles Rennie McIntosh.
05:41Now, trust me, that's not by him. If it was by him, we'd be... So it's in the style of?
05:47Yeah.
05:47Charles Rennie McIntosh. He kind of did these stylised flowers, really. And he was an exponent
05:54of the arts and crafts movement. Born in 1868, Charles Rennie McIntosh was a Scottish designer,
06:02artist and architect from Glasgow, known for his elegant and distinctive style. Inspired by both
06:09the arts and crafts movement and the new Art Nouveau style, he mixed clean geometric shapes with
06:17delicate floral and natural patterns, creating some of the most innovative designs of his time.
06:24So this is very reminiscent of the kind of the floral stylised flower head designs that he put on the
06:31back of his chairs. Do I like it? No. Does it tick your challenge? Yes. Yes. Okay. Does it matter
06:38that
06:38it's quite dull and scratched? No, listen, I'm quite dull and scratched, but I've still got a value.
06:44I think that you're looking... I mean, at auction, I think that's going to make 10 or 15 quid. Right.
06:49Okay.
06:51But it ticks the box. It ticks the box, yeah. We don't even know how much it is, do we?
06:5625 quid. Oh. Could you get... That's too much, really, for us, sir, I think.
07:01What, about 15? 18 pounds, then. That keeps you under the 20.
07:06Well, do you think we should... Would you mind putting it by for 10 minutes for us or so?
07:09Keep it for now and we'll be back. The McIntosh-style vase goes on the back burner.
07:14Are the Reds any nearer to bag in their first bar yet? What I quite like is that dish there.
07:21Quite heavy. That's early, I would say. How early?
07:26Ooh. Is it older than you? Yes. Almost, just about. Almost medieval.
07:32It's like 1910. Look at the sweeping nature of the foliage. That's very evident of the style
07:40called the Art Nouveau. Not my cup of tea. Probably not my cup of tea. Is it not?
07:45How much is your little dish? How much? 8.50.
07:488.50. There's no decimal point in between? It's 8.50.
07:52I know you boys are big spenders, but we can't afford it. No. Sorry about that.
07:57Good job they didn't like it, Charles. And Phil's not doing much better.
08:03Does that appeal to either of you? No. Put that back, right? No.
08:08No. Lovely thing. Go on, Phil. Have another go. Yeah.
08:10The thing is with jewellery, it kind of needs to be a bit contemporary. Yeah.
08:14Yeah. So, I think if you've got a piece of Jensen jewellery...
08:18Ooh. Ooh, that's nice. That's pretty.
08:20I'll be 80 quid for that beer. You both like that. Yeah, don't you like it?
08:24No, I do. Oh, good, good. No, I do. I think it's not by George Jensen.
08:28It's still the same company, but it's later. But you've got a great George Jensen name.
08:34And does it have any hallmarks or anything on? Do we need to...
08:37You tell me what the marks say. What's it say?
08:39It says 925. Which is silver. George Jensen. How old is that?
08:44I'm not very old. No, it doesn't... Probably in the last 20 years.
08:46Yeah, but it's got... You won't accept 75, then.
08:5075, yes. What do you think, Mum? Shall we get it?
08:52Yeah, £75. Yeah. Brilliant. Yeah, we'll take that.
08:55I think that's really lovely. Thank you.
08:58Well done, team. First item bought and your big spend challenge ticked off.
09:03With only 18 minutes on the clock.
09:05The key thing is we've only bought one item. Yeah.
09:08Yep. We've still got our arts and crafts challenge to do.
09:10But let's go and have a look at the top here. Yeah.
09:13With a third of the time gone, have the Reds found an item with wheels for their challenge?
09:19Proper solid, isn't it? Definitely got some age.
09:24Look at those handlebars. That's turned wood. There's no sign of woodwork.
09:29And I think the condition, bearing in mind, is probably 125 years old.
09:33Wow. It really is quite early in the birth of cycling.
09:36It's hard. What's the very best price on this? It's got 120.
09:40What's the death on it? Eh, I think it'd be 100.
09:42Would it? Yes.
09:45It's expensive, but it's really early. OK.
09:47And I'd say it's probably Edwardian. And quite a rough ride, isn't it?
09:51Yeah. Yeah. Well, there's definitely no suspensions on this, yeah.
09:54I'd want to buy it for about £60. Yeah.
09:57Is that too low? Yeah, Cosmopan is too low.
09:59And there's no margin at any of the 60s at all? 67.
10:02What do you reckon, lads? At £67, are you going to roll with it?
10:08Think about it. Yeah. Let's have a quick think, can I?
10:11Let's put it to one side. I think if we can park it, literally,
10:14and come back in half an hour or so, it could be the chosen one for the wheels.
10:20Yeah. Back with the blues, and Phil has got a challenge of his own.
10:24Tell me what you think that is. Oh.
10:26Oh. Now I know what it is. Do these move? Oh, no.
10:30Hold it and have a look. Has it come from something else?
10:34Was it attached to another cabinet? No.
10:37It looks like it might have something wound round it.
10:40Well done. OK.
10:42But you got a lot closer than ever I thought you would.
10:45And it's been attached. It's been screwed to a wall.
10:49Oh. Bells? No.
10:54You're really close.
10:57Winding something round, so I don't know.
11:00Right. So this would have been, this would have been in a very grand country house.
11:05OK.
11:05It's a whip rack. A whip rack.
11:08Right. Yeah. So, so you're, you're coaching whips.
11:11Yeah, yeah.
11:11You would wind them around there and they hung in the hall.
11:15Wow. OK.
11:16And that's as rare, as rare, as rare, as rare.
11:19I think it's just shy of £100.
11:22Ah, OK.
11:22No.
11:23No. Not for us.
11:24Plunk it back.
11:25OK.
11:26Better crack on.
11:29Especially the Reds, who are still hunting for their first boy.
11:33They're unusual, aren't they?
11:34These are the little pearl.
11:36Yeah, so they're like hats.
11:37They're pretty.
11:38I love these.
11:39Yeah.
11:39Have a heart on your chest.
11:41That's gold.
11:42I think it's silver gilts.
11:44What's on the outside?
11:45Are there any hallmarks?
11:47So here's a hallmark.
11:48I've got it.
11:48Have you found it?
11:49I've got, wow, really well hidden.
11:51So it's Birmingham with a U.
11:53Yeah.
11:54So they are 1894.
11:57OK.
11:57You've got, obviously, the diamonds and the clubs here.
12:00Yeah.
12:01We haven't got the heart or the spades.
12:03OK.
12:03But they are a pair like you two, sharing the love.
12:06And they are victorious.
12:07Yeah.
12:08These are nice.
12:08What would you use them for?
12:10Pins in.
12:11Yeah.
12:11Something small like pins.
12:13If you put sweets on there or nuts.
12:14Too small for nuts.
12:15Yeah.
12:15How much are they?
12:18175.
12:19If they went to auction, I think the guide might be one to 200 pounds.
12:25A wide guide for the pair.
12:27They're worth between 50 and 70 each.
12:29Well, let's see if you can get a better price, eh, fellas?
12:33I would do one to zero, 120.
12:35That's a really healthy reduction.
12:38If we could do it at 99 so we get that bid, if they're going to 100, they'll stop.
12:43Because the twins are representers and a hat.
12:46Oh, right.
12:47OK.
12:47Well, I can't see anything else going, but I accept 99, the final price.
12:53You shake your hand.
12:54Wow.
12:55Great negotiating, lads.
12:57At 99 pounds for the mother of pearl pin dishes, that's your big spin sonar.
13:03They're an identical pair, almost like yourselves.
13:06Yeah.
13:06A lot of love for these as well.
13:07This is the better looking one, shall I?
13:10Hey, there's only one good looking guy around here.
13:13How are you doing, blues?
13:15Just having a look at these nutcrackers.
13:17What do you think of them?
13:18They just make me laugh.
13:21Because cats don't be quite, if they're quite rare, they don't like that.
13:26Well, it can't be that rare, there's three of them there.
13:28All right, fair enough.
13:30You've always been a tough nut to crack, Phil.
13:33Charles, on the other hand...
13:35I love that.
13:37...is much easier to please.
13:39It's really an ingenious lipstick mirror.
13:43It really is mid-century and it's made by Stratton,
13:46a really leading make of such compacts like this.
13:51I love that oval, almost field of jade.
13:56It's got that exotic 50s feel about being luxury.
14:00Yeah.
14:01Why is it pulled to you?
14:02Just that unusual green.
14:04I like the, yeah, the green.
14:07Priced at £25.
14:09Get that lipstick on, do some talking.
14:13We need a good price on this one.
14:15Hello, sir.
14:16Oh, hello again.
14:17It's at 25, what's the best?
14:20Ooh, I think we could probably do 15.
14:2310.
14:25Split the difference, 12.
14:28What do you think?
14:28Let's do it.
14:29Yes.
14:30Let's do it.
14:31Okay.
14:31Got a deal.
14:32You're shaking his hands.
14:33What a smacker.
14:34Team, you're on a roll.
14:36That's your second item.
14:38And I think Mike's pleased.
14:42The reds are jiggling for joy.
14:45As for the blues, do you like that?
14:48No.
14:49How much is that?
14:50Well, I don't know.
14:51I didn't get that far.
14:52It got rejected, didn't it?
14:53Don't worry, Phil.
14:54You still have that Macintosh vase you saw earlier.
14:58Wish I wouldn't go so far as to say I love that.
15:00No.
15:01Time is ticking, though.
15:03Right, let's move on, then.
15:05Let's move on.
15:05Over with the reds.
15:06Do you sell wheels?
15:08Wheels?
15:09Sure, with like a wheel impact or with a really interesting wheel.
15:14Anyway, come on.
15:16Sorry, sorry.
15:18I think you're going round in circles there, Charles.
15:22Now, can Phil fire up the blues with a second buy?
15:25And what's this?
15:27It's a go to bed.
15:28Oh, yeah.
15:29So you've got lots of matches in there.
15:33And a striker on the bottom.
15:36So you take a match out, strike it, plonk that on the top,
15:41and then off you go to bed.
15:42That's nice.
15:43I like that.
15:43Yeah.
15:44Yeah.
15:44It's priced at £55.
15:47£55.
15:47And would that do well at auction?
15:49That's probably £30 to £50 worth.
15:52No profit there, then.
15:54Let's just see if we can see anything else that takes your shine.
15:57OK.
15:58That's a nice box.
16:00That's beautiful.
16:01I prefer that.
16:02This one?
16:02Yeah.
16:03It's Tunbridgeware.
16:04So if you went on your holidays to Tunbridge,
16:07you would come back with a piece of Tunbridgeware.
16:09It's like, that is a late Victorian sticker rock.
16:11Right, OK.
16:12Souvenir from your holidays.
16:14It's your present from the seaside.
16:15Very pretty.
16:16I think it's lovely.
16:17It is £70, though, and it seems a lot of money.
16:20If you have a bad day at auction, it's £25, £30.
16:22OK.
16:23They're not keen on the train.
16:25Put it back, Phil.
16:27Now, how are the Reds doing?
16:29Have you got any wheels on silver, please?
16:30Well, you've got a fair few miniature cards.
16:33Miniature cards, yeah.
16:34Oh, now we're talking.
16:37Lots of wheels up there, yeah.
16:38And they look wheelie nice.
16:39Oh, dear.
16:41Is it wheel?
16:43Ship's wheel?
16:44Yeah.
16:44Maybe look at the ship's wheel, is that OK?
16:46Yeah, yeah, yeah.
16:47We've got a division here in which to place your menu card.
16:50We've got someone on there called Guy.
16:52What I like on the back, look, Guy, there's a date on there.
16:5519th of October, 1940.
16:58Is it a link to World War II?
16:59What's the story?
17:01Upside down.
17:02There's more.
17:03It's a love note, look, from Daphne and Geoff.
17:06Oh, wow.
17:07Hallmarks are nice.
17:08We can see.
17:09Feel the weight of that wheel.
17:12God, careful.
17:13It's really heavy, isn't it?
17:15Yeah, it's got some weight to it.
17:15Wow.
17:16Oh, so is the price.
17:18120.
17:19I think Charles might have to do some wheeling and dealing.
17:23Enough jokes, Reds.
17:25Remember, my challenge was to find an item with wheels.
17:29I can only see one here.
17:31What's the wheelie-wheelie best price you can do on this?
17:35Er, we'll do 70.
17:37I would go for this one if it was at 60.
17:40I would likewise, I'd follow my mate and say I'd go for that one if it's at 60.
17:4760, we have a deal.
17:49Wow, wow, yes.
17:52Thank you, Ben.
17:53Thank you so much.
17:54Great haggling.
17:55That's your third and final buy, but will it pass my challenge?
18:00We'll have to see.
18:02We've done it.
18:03Yes.
18:03We've won it and hopefully the golden gavel's coming into Yorkshire.
18:07Golden gavel.
18:07Come on.
18:08Come on.
18:09Back to the blues who still have two items to go and less than 15 minutes on the clock.
18:15Let's go get our second buy.
18:17So for their arts and crafts style challenge, it's back to the vase they saw at the start.
18:25Okay, and what did we say the best price on that was?
18:2718.
18:28Are you happy with 18?
18:29Phil, are you happy with 18?
18:31Oh, I'm ecstatic, but it ticks your box.
18:33It ticks the challenge.
18:34Yes, it's our challenge.
18:35I think you're in a good shape with that.
18:36Yeah.
18:36I really do.
18:37Shake the man's hand.
18:38Yeah.
18:38Let's go and find one other thing.
18:41Phil might not like it, but at 18 pounds, this vase meets my arts and crafts style challenge.
18:48Well done.
18:51With time to kill, Charles is showing Mike and Joe some moves of his own.
18:56I used to be called snake hips handsome.
18:58Oh.
18:59Oh.
18:59I've got snake hips.
19:00Okay, let's see.
19:01Or twinkle toes handsome.
19:02I can sort of move like that, right?
19:04Ooh.
19:05You know.
19:07That's quite.
19:10That's quite good.
19:13Showing off now.
19:18Right, you know what, boys, I can't match that.
19:21You know what, snake hips is out of the game.
19:24Let's get a cup of tea.
19:25Come on.
19:27On the subject of a copper.
19:29What about these coffee spoons?
19:31And I know they're not silver.
19:32What do you think, Mum?
19:34Yeah, possibility, yeah, we can consider that.
19:37Well, we've got to consider it fairly quickly, haven't we?
19:40Two right, Phil.
19:41Ten minutes left, get a prize pronto.
19:44I can't remember what I had.
19:45They were eight pounds.
19:46Eight pounds on the tag.
19:48Four?
19:49Four pounds?
19:49Yes, go on.
19:50We'll get them for four pounds.
19:51I think they're going to make, they're under a tenner and over and a five.
19:54Do you think we should just have a quick five minutes to the next couple of stalls
19:57and then if we don't see anything, we'll turn around and come back.
20:00Well, I'll leave them here, shall I?
20:01You leave them there.
20:02Sarah's silver plated spoons on hold.
20:05Can Mum Sue find an alternative quickly?
20:08Tea caddy.
20:08Tea caddy.
20:09Is that a tea caddy?
20:10Is it silver or plated?
20:11Silver.
20:12You want to spend big.
20:13Yeah.
20:14So you've got a £180 tea canister.
20:16You want to spend small.
20:18Yeah.
20:18And we've got four quid's worth of spoons.
20:21Yep.
20:21Who's going to win?
20:22I know who my money's on.
20:24I personally like spoons because I like coffee spoons.
20:28But Mum, what do we want to do?
20:30Do we want that golden gavel?
20:31I mean, don't think there's any coercive persuasion here at all.
20:34She likes this all the time, really?
20:36Yes.
20:37So, you know.
20:38Come on, then.
20:39Let's go back for the spoons.
20:41Come on.
20:42Come on.
20:43She is bossy, isn't she?
20:45Yes, we will have your lovely spoons.
20:49So, the silver plated spoons complete the Blues shop with just a few minutes to spare.
20:55That's it, teams.
20:57Your shopping's over.
20:58You spent four quid on some spoons.
21:02I told you I got the own way.
21:03You are beginning to have my every sympathy.
21:06Let's remind ourselves what the red team bought.
21:10First, they fell in love with two Victorian heart-shaped pin dishes.
21:14At £99, it was their big spend.
21:19Next was this 1950s lipstick holder for a pretty price.
21:24Just £12.
21:26And challenged to buy an item with wheels,
21:29they paid £60 for this shipwheel menu holder.
21:33Mike, Joe, Charles, how was it?
21:36It was brilliant.
21:37Fantastic.
21:38Absolutely brilliant.
21:38Very happy, aren't we?
21:39Very happy.
21:40Very happy.
21:40How was the challenge?
21:41Well, you know, it worked really, really well.
21:44I'm just going to hold you there a second.
21:46The challenge said wheels.
21:48Now, you bought one wheel, didn't you?
21:51The challenge was plural.
21:53But I'm going to sleep on it.
21:55Oh, my God.
21:57I can't believe it.
21:58A close look, there's actually two wheels with a gap between them.
22:00Yes, you're right.
22:01I hope for your sake there is.
22:03Otherwise, you might be on the back foot.
22:05Tell me, Mike.
22:06Yes.
22:06What was your favourite item?
22:07My favourite item was the silver trinket dishes.
22:11What do you think is going to make the biggest profit?
22:12The little silver wheels.
22:18And Joe, what's your favourite buy?
22:19Same favourite buy was the lovely trays.
22:23Very decorative.
22:24What do you think is going to make the biggest profit?
22:26I think the trays again.
22:28How much did you spend?
22:31£171.
22:32That should leave £129.
22:33Who's got cash?
22:34If you can hand it over to Charles.
22:36Yeah, thank you.
22:36There you go, Charles.
22:37Danny, you know, I always like to spend the money,
22:39and I like to go with the big bang and buy quality.
22:42Something maybe which is colourful.
22:45So, while Charles goes off to buy his bonus buy,
22:48let's remind ourselves what the blue team bought.
22:50First, they ticked off their big spend with this modernist pendant necklace.
22:55Price paid £75.
22:59Next, they spent £18 on a Mackintosh pewter bud vase,
23:03completing my challenge of an item in the arts and crafts style.
23:09And finally, Sarah scooped up six 20th century silver plated spoons
23:14for a frugal four quid.
23:17Tell me, how was it?
23:18It was great.
23:19We had a really good time.
23:21We did struggle with our challenge item.
23:22But we made it.
23:23Although he doesn't like it.
23:25He doesn't like it.
23:26No, he does not like it.
23:27What was your favourite buy?
23:29The necklace.
23:30What do you think is going to make the biggest profit?
23:31I think it might be the vase that Phil didn't like.
23:35Now, Sarah, what was your favourite item?
23:37My spoons.
23:38Four quid.
23:39Certain profit.
23:40Seems like, well, there's no guarantees in this game.
23:43And what do you think is going to make the biggest profit?
23:45The spoons.
23:46No, I think the necklace.
23:47How much did you spend?
23:49£97.
23:50£97, yep.
23:51Give you £300 to spend and you spend £97.
23:53That was my tactic.
23:54Well, I wanted to spend big, but Sarah didn't.
23:57So, who's got £203?
23:58I have.
23:59There you are, Phil.
24:00Thank you very much.
24:01Spend it wide.
24:01There's a lot of money there.
24:02What are you going to do with it?
24:03I'm going to try and find something almost as old as me.
24:06Ooh.
24:07Well, that might be difficult.
24:09That might be difficult.
24:10So, while Phil goes off to buy his bonus buy, I'm off to see a special collection with a
24:15Yorkshire connection.
24:24Ah, thanks.
24:25Now, I don't know about you, but most of us have a go-to table sauce.
24:29For me, there's nothing I like better than a good dollop of red sauce on me fish finger
24:35sardines.
24:36But 150 years ago, the best-selling sauce in the world was not ketchup.
24:41It was a local delicacy called Yorkshire Relish, and a collection of items all linked to this
24:48special sauce has recently been donated to the Leeds Discovery Centre.
24:54It has 1.3 million items in its collection, all connected to Leeds.
24:59I've come to see curator Kitty Ross.
25:02Now, tell me a little bit about this collection that you've got on the table.
25:05These have been collected by a chap called Mike Appleton.
25:08150 objects, all about Yorkshire Relish, which was a sauce made in Leeds.
25:13It was a really important sauce in its day.
25:16Sadly, he died last year.
25:18His family wanted to keep the collection together and to give it a good home.
25:22I've never heard of it.
25:23Yorkshire Relish was made by a company called Good Old Backhouse & Co in 1865.
25:27There were three chemists who came together to produce this company.
25:30Chemists?
25:31Chemists, indeed.
25:32In the Victorian times, a lot of chemists branched out into making all sorts of products,
25:36toiletries, food products.
25:38And it was based on the family recipe of Good Old's wife, apparently.
25:42How big were they?
25:44From the beginning, they were selling it across the world, certainly across the country.
25:48Across the world?
25:49Britain was at the centre of an empire at that time, so they were marketing it across the empire,
25:53but also Germany, America, wherever they felt they could have a market.
25:57And it sold?
25:57It certainly did. In the 1870s, they were producing about 670,000 bottles per month.
26:03Wow.
26:04Well, that was in their early days, so around the turn of the century,
26:07they went from selling about 8 million bottles per annum to over 30 million bottles a year.
26:13The factory in Leeds doubled in size.
26:15It clearly tasted good.
26:16They certainly managed to persuade a lot of people that it was a delicious thing to put on their food,
26:21yes.
26:21Well, but what was in it?
26:23Vinegar-based, sugar, fruit and also spices.
26:27Spices?
26:28They claimed that they had 27 Eastern spices.
26:31Oh, wow. Must have had a bit of a kick.
26:32It certainly had a good sort of warmth to it and depth of flavour,
26:37but not something that would blow your head off.
26:39I'd imagine, back in the days, the food was quite simple, maybe even quite bland.
26:44Certainly, without being able to add Yorkshire relish, they were.
26:48I can show you here, they have this little book that they produced
26:51as part of their marketing.
26:53It gives you recipes for all sorts of boiled meats and fish.
26:56There's a recipe here for hashed mutton.
26:59It is usual to flavour the gravy of hashed meat with pickled walnuts,
27:02mushrooms, ketchup.
27:04Nothing, however, is better for this purpose than a liberal mixture of Yorkshire relish.
27:08I knew who was going to say that!
27:09They give you the basic recipe and then say,
27:11so obviously that doesn't sound very interesting,
27:13but if we add Yorkshire relish, then it'll be perfect.
27:16I mean, they had great marketing skills, didn't they?
27:18My favourite is this one.
27:20Makes a bone a meal.
27:21You've got it.
27:22Makes a bone a meal.
27:23I mean, look at the advertising.
27:25It seems to be all over the place.
27:27Um, yes, I mean, they actually, by the end of the 19th century,
27:30were spending about £85,000 a year on advertising.
27:33So we've got a little set of sewing needles there in a packet.
27:36We've even got a little pencil here.
27:38We've got playing cards made by another Leeds company called Waddington's.
27:42The game makers.
27:43The game makers, yes, the makers of Monopoly.
27:45Yeah, yeah.
27:46We've got a little toy globe where the word Yorkshire relish actually goes around.
27:51There's the equator.
27:52It's even a little vesta case for sort of having your matches.
27:55Very savvy.
27:56I mean, they're bringing their advertising right into your home, aren't they?
27:59So what's this bad boy here?
28:01Uh, so this is a little badge and it just says on it,
28:04why are Yorkshire relish?
28:05Yorkshire relish.
28:06And inside right was obviously a position in a football team.
28:09They produced a full set and advertised them in scouting magazines,
28:12little boys.
28:12They would come free with a bottle of Yorkshire relish,
28:15but you obviously have to get a full team.
28:17Now that's clever.
28:18Godwell and Backhouse were innovators in imaginative ways
28:21of advertising their product.
28:23I've noticed that there's a slogan of thick or thin.
28:25Was there two different versions?
28:27Um, yes.
28:28In 1935, a lot of other competitors like HP were bringing out sauces.
28:32So they produced their thick sauce and they marketed that as YR sauce.
28:36Was it the highest selling sauce in the world?
28:38I think certainly at one point it was and it was outselling rivals such as
28:42Worcestershire sauce and Henderson's relish.
28:45Yorkshire relish continued to be popular during the Second World War.
28:49Rationing meant ingredients were limited and it pitched itself as a way to liven up
28:55restricted diets.
28:57What happened?
28:58You don't see it today.
28:59Did it fall out of flavour?
29:01Sadly, in the 1950s, when the last partner died, it was sold.
29:04It really sort of never recovered and lost out to other competitors.
29:08I'll tell you what, I'd love to have tasted it.
29:11Well, we do have a bottle here, but it's corked and it's probably well beyond itself by day.
29:16I think you're right there.
29:17The recipe has remained a closely guarded secret.
29:20So even if there are forms of Yorkshire relish being sold,
29:23they probably are not the original recipe.
29:25What a fascinating collection.
29:27I mean, it's great to see it back in its hometown of Leeds.
29:30Thank you very much for showing it to me, Kitty.
29:32And thank you for letting us share it with you.
29:34Well, now it's time to see if our teams can make some tasty profits over at the auction.
29:42Which today is in Newbold, near Beverley, with auctioneer Caroline Hawley.
29:48Caroline, how are you?
29:49I'm very well.
29:50All the better for seeing you, Danny.
29:51I'll take that.
29:53Now, we're going to move straight into the red team.
29:55That was Mike and Joe.
29:57They were led by Charles Hanson.
29:59The first item that they bought was this beautiful pair of Victorian little pin dishes.
30:05I think they're absolutely delightful.
30:081894.
30:09Great maker, Levi and Salomon.
30:12And the club and the diamond, I think, are going to be nine carat gold.
30:16They're not marked, but I think they probably are.
30:18I think they're lovely.
30:20What sort of estimate are you going to give me?
30:2180 to 120.
30:22The team paid £99.
30:25You might be able to chance there, I think.
30:27Moving on to the second item.
30:28It's a 1950s Stratton lipstick holder.
30:31Stratton's a good make, and it could be used today.
30:34I put 10 to 20.
30:35Well, they paid £12, so there's every chance.
30:37Yeah, there is, every chance, yeah.
30:39Did quite well, didn't they?
30:40So, moving on to the third item.
30:42It's a Hallmark silver menu holder.
30:44My challenge was an item with wheels.
30:48Just one wheel on there, isn't there?
30:49You're putting the cut among the pigeons, aren't you?
30:52I am.
30:54Right, that is a ship's wheel.
30:57I mean, I'm kind of in the same thinking as yourself, to be honest,
31:01but I'm feeling generous.
31:02Good, it's a good day, don't it?
31:04And I think, on this occasion, I'm going to let it pass.
31:08Tell me, what do you make of it?
31:09It's Birmingham 1937, John William Barrett.
31:13It's a good maker.
31:15I put 30 to 50 on this.
31:16They've paid 60.
31:17There's a very good chance it'll get there.
31:19OK, so that's the Reds moving across to the Blues.
31:23Now, this team was Sarah and Sue.
31:25They were led by Phil Serrell.
31:27The first item that they bought was this lovely George Jensen
31:30pendant necklace.
31:31What do you make of that?
31:33I think that's lovely and it's bang on trend.
31:36I knew you'd love this piece.
31:38Yeah.
31:38What's your estimation?
31:39I put 150 to 200.
31:41Well, they paid 75.
31:43They've done very, very well.
31:45They've done well, haven't they?
31:46Yeah.
31:46So, moving on to the second item, and it's the Charles René Macintosh.
31:51Well, style of.
31:52Yeah, it's got a look of Charles René Macintosh.
31:55It's not got the age.
31:57It's not got the quality.
31:58It's got style.
31:59It's got no substance.
32:00OK, what's your estimation?
32:0210 to 20.
32:04Well, they paid 18.
32:06OK.
32:07Moving on to the third item.
32:09Now, I like this.
32:10It's a set of a 20th century silver plated coffee spoons.
32:15I see a lot of these, mainly in silver, I have to say.
32:18These in plate, they're nice, but not a lot of money.
32:21I've put 10 to 20 on them.
32:23They only paid £4.
32:24Well, that's less than a pound a spoon.
32:26Exactly.
32:27Well, they should do all right.
32:30100, 110, 120, all done.
32:34Joe, Mike, Charles.
32:36Hi, darling.
32:37How are you feeling?
32:38Positive.
32:39Your first item that you bought was the two Victorian heart-shaped
32:42silver and mother-of-pearl pin dishes.
32:44This was your big spend.
32:45You paid £99.
32:47Yeah, come on, come on.
32:48It's coming up now.
32:49Let's see how it does.
32:50And I've got to start you at £30.
32:5330, £30 I have.
32:5535, 40, 45.
32:57Thank you, sir.
32:5845, 50, 55, 60.
33:03Not a lot of money.
33:04Go on, keep going.
33:05Come on.
33:06At 70, just 75.
33:09Go on, still going.
33:1080, £80 I have.
33:12Looking for 85.
33:14Come on.
33:15Any one more?
33:16All done.
33:19She worked so hard.
33:21That's a £19 deficit.
33:23The second item is the 1950s Stratton lipstick holder.
33:27You've only paid £12, so...
33:29Fingers crossed.
33:30My fingers are crossed for you as well.
33:32Here it comes.
33:32And I've got to start you at £20.
33:3620 pounds I have.
33:38Yes, come on.
33:3925 anywhere.
33:39All over.
33:4025, 30, 35, 40, 45, 45, 50.
33:48All done at £45.
33:52You're back in business.
33:53We're back.
33:53Very well done.
33:55That's a £33 profit.
33:57You was at minus 19.
33:59You're now at plus 14.
34:02Your third item that you bought was the Hallmark silver menu holder.
34:07The challenge was wheels, plural.
34:09Go on.
34:10And you know what?
34:11I'm feeling quite generous.
34:12You're very, very lucky.
34:14You're very lucky.
34:15We'll let this one slide.
34:17You're paid £60.
34:19Let's see how it does.
34:19There we go.
34:20I've got to start you at £15.
34:23Looking for £20.
34:25£15 I have.
34:2720 I have.
34:28It's for nothing.
34:2825, 30 I have.
34:3135, 40.
34:32Chipper a high.
34:33Yes, mate.
34:3445, 50, 55, 60, 65.
34:39Come on.
34:41At £65 I have you, sir.
34:44All done.
34:46We're up, we're up.
34:47Wow, that came nowhere, Danny.
34:49That's a £5 profit.
34:50You're now at plus 19.
34:52Very well done.
34:53It's not all over now, though.
34:55Charles, go get your phone.
34:57It's fine.
34:57Close your eyes.
34:58Close your eyes.
34:59Come on in, Charles.
35:00Open your eyes.
35:02This was made a year after Titanic sank in 1913.
35:06It was hallmarked in Chester.
35:09Solid silver with blue enamel.
35:12Very nice.
35:13How much we pay for it?
35:14£60.
35:15It was £120.
35:17What do you think it's going to make at auction?
35:19£1 to £150.
35:20It might fly, it might flop.
35:22OK, now I want a decision.
35:23Is it yes or no?
35:24I'm going to say no.
35:26As much as I like him.
35:27You've given me your answer.
35:28It's a no.
35:29It's a no.
35:29But we're still going to find out what the auctioneer thinks about Charles's bonus buy.
35:35I think it's absolutely delightful.
35:38Au Nouveau, Charles Horner.
35:41I'd put £80 to £120 on it.
35:43Charles paid £129.
35:45OK, I might have been a little mean on the estimate, but what's not to love?
35:50Her estimate is £80 to £120.
35:54Charles bought it for £129.
35:57Maybe, maybe you made the right decision, but we'll find out.
36:02It's coming out now.
36:03I have got bids coming in from all over at £110, 20, 30, 40, 50 pounds.
36:11Oh, there you have it.
36:13There you are, looking for £160.
36:14Oh, my God.
36:16£160.
36:17All done at £160.
36:21Oh, boys.
36:23And there you have it.
36:24Sometimes in life you're not worried.
36:25You're a wince on me, you're a wince on me.
36:26It's amazing, Danny.
36:28£160 it went for, but you didn't go with it.
36:30So, your final score was plus 19.
36:34OK.
36:34I think you've played a great game.
36:36Not a word to the Blues.
36:37No, not a word.
36:38Not a word.
36:39Lips are zero.
36:40That will do.
36:46Are you nervous?
36:47No.
36:48Yes, very.
36:49You're beside Philip Serrell.
36:51How on earth can you be nervous?
36:53And excited.
36:54And you're excited?
36:55Yes.
36:55Yeah, well, you should be because you've got three fabulous lots here.
36:58George Jensen, Danish modernist.
37:01You paid £75 for it.
37:02We did.
37:03It's coming up now.
37:04There we go.
37:06And we're straight in up.
37:08£150.
37:09Wow.
37:09I'm looking for £160.
37:12£170.
37:12I have £180.
37:14£190.
37:16£190.
37:17£200.
37:18£220.
37:19Is that a phone bid coming in?
37:21£220.
37:22£240.
37:23£240.
37:24£260.
37:26£260.
37:27£280.
37:27Where are you?
37:30£280.
37:31£380.
37:32Keep going.
37:33£300.
37:34£320 I'm seeking.
37:36Are we done?
37:37At £320?
37:39No, we're not.
37:39£340.
37:41£360.
37:42£380.
37:43£380 I have.
37:44All done.
37:46At £380.
37:49£380.
37:49Make no mistake.
37:50I can't believe it.
37:56I can't believe it.
38:00£380 smackeroonies.
38:03That's a £405 profit.
38:05Calm yourselves down now.
38:07Your next lot that's coming up is the Charles Rennie McIntosh pewter bud vase.
38:11You're paid £18.
38:13I think you're going to...
38:14Phil didn't like that.
38:15Phil didn't like that.
38:16Well, let's prove Phil doesn't like it.
38:18Let's try and prove him wrong.
38:20And I'm at £25, £35, £45, £50 and £55.
38:27I always said this was a good thing, didn't I?
38:30£55 I have.
38:32£60, £65, where are you?
38:36At £60, all done.
38:40I honestly thought that was awful.
38:43That's a £42 profit.
38:46You was at £305, you're now at £347.
38:51It's ridiculous, isn't it?
38:52If this next item sells for a profit, then you're in for a golden gavel.
38:58You're drinking true.
38:58It's a set of six early 20th century silver plated coffee spoons.
39:02Absolutely fabulous, they're not silver, but they are lovely.
39:05Yes.
39:05You paid £4, here they are, let's see how they do.
39:09And I've got £5, £10, £15.
39:13Yes!
39:13£15 I have, looking for £20.
39:16£20 in the room, thank you, sir.
39:18£25, looking for £30.
39:20£30 in the room at £30.
39:27Good.
39:30Well, you've got every right to be excited, I think you've played a fabulous game.
39:37That's a £26 profit, you was at £347, you're now at £373 in your back pocket.
39:48It's amazing, that's how you do it.
39:50That's how you do it.
39:51It's not finished yet.
39:53Oh, yes.
39:54Still a bit more room.
39:55It'd be nice to try and bake 400 quid, wouldn't it?
39:57It would.
39:58Shall I vanish?
39:58Go on, Phil, vanish, go and get your bonus by.
40:01Close your eyes, please.
40:02He's back.
40:03Open your eyes.
40:04Oh!
40:05So that was made in about 1770, so it's a piece of Worcester, and you can tell by that
40:12crescent mark there, it's called the fence pattern, and I paid £19.
40:19How much do you think it'll make?
40:21I think it should do £30 to £50 all day long.
40:23OK.
40:23It should do, yeah, all day long.
40:24Tell me, what's the decision?
40:27Well, in Phil we trust.
40:28Yes, definitely.
40:29You're going with it?
40:30100%.
40:31Yeah, 100%.
40:31OK, let's find out what the auctioneer thinks about Phil's bonus buy.
40:37It's not just any old Worcester.
40:39It's 18th century.
40:41They're not worth as much as they were.
40:43OK.
40:44So I put £20 to £40 on it.
40:46Phil went out and paid £19.
40:48Wow, he's done well.
40:49He's done well.
40:50Boy, he done well.
40:52Estimate £20 to £40, so that's what you said.
40:56But more than £19, which is important.
40:57Yeah, which is good.
40:58Which is fine, yeah.
40:59And we need Phil to get a golden cowboy as well.
41:01We do, we do.
41:02We're going to find out.
41:03It's coming up now.
41:04Let's see how it does.
41:04I've got a bid on the sheet of £10, £15, £20, £25.
41:10£30 I have.
41:11Here we go.
41:12£35 in the room.
41:13£40.
41:14£45.
41:15Looking for £50.
41:17£50, thank you, sir, in the room.
41:19Just one more.
41:20No, at £50 I have you on the front row at £50.
41:24Well done.
41:25Well done.
41:29Well done, thank you.
41:31Hey, very well done.
41:33That's a £31 profit.
41:35You've now got £404.
41:38Wow.
41:39That is absolutely fantastic.
41:43It's bonkers.
41:44That's bonkers.
41:52What a fabulous game it's been.
41:53I feel confident.
41:55You feel confident.
41:56Yeah, I do.
41:56And so you should.
41:58You've made a few profits.
41:59Yeah.
42:00The Blues made profits.
42:01Don't look so upset.
42:02Go on.
42:03Because you're the winners.
42:06Well done.
42:09I'm going to come back to you in a sec.
42:10Hey, Reds.
42:11Yeah.
42:11The first item that you sold made minus 19.
42:16And then you ended up making plus 19.
42:18Who's having the money?
42:19Go on, then.
42:20Go on, then.
42:21And there's some change here.
42:22£19.
42:23Very well done.
42:24I get the change.
42:25Must have been close, I think.
42:26Listen to this.
42:27Now I'm going to turn to the victors.
42:29They're the George Jensen necklace.
42:32Bought it for £75.
42:34How much?
42:34Well, it made £305 profit.
42:36I mean, it was just profit after profit after profit.
42:39And then Phil came along with his bonus buy.
42:42That made a profit as well.
42:43So there's three golden gavels.
42:45But the real beauty is the amount of money that they made.
42:50£404 profit.
42:51Brilliant.
42:52Golden gavels as well.
42:54One for you.
42:56It's been fabulous having you on the show.
42:59How's your experience been?
43:00It's been wonderful.
43:01That's great.
43:02A dream come true.
43:03A dream come true.
43:04Fabulous.
43:05Amazing.
43:06You've heard it yourself.
43:08Amazing.
43:08Fabulous.
43:09A dream come true.
43:10You want to get yourself on the show?
43:12Why don't you apply?
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43:22Yes!
43:23I hope you enjoy this.
43:36We'll see you next time.
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