Bargain Hunt

More Trailers for so called BBC "comedy. Come on we're waiting.

Ah blessed relief. Christina's great-grandfather Distraction episode.

Art Deco nudity alresdy.

Married Red Welsh team. He's a Pastor. Blessed is the presenting angel.

Blue Partners who met online. Cough.

A new innovation will be to fetch the 300 notes from Christina's pocket.

Horses/Birds.

Blue airhead doesn't like Birds.

We love 'em don't we!!!

Magic Roundabout toy. Good nostalgic start.

Shame Christina doesn't say Time For Bed as we all Boing.

Nice cheap horseshoe brooch. Discount time. Not bad. Generous. 8 notes.

Blue bird speaking her thoughts as they emerge in her head. This is not good.

A dilemna. Easy on the eye but annoying when she squeaks her thoughts.

Christina says a bird in the hand is ....... Phew.

Something will jump at us. Well I have something that just jumped up when the programme got going.

Peagreen boat needed. Emphasis on the pee. Where's Gary?

Pussy pleasure time.

Toilet water bottles. For the pee?

Sharp markings on the glass, it's faceted rather than moulded, which is better. Top Trilly Tip.

Reds are dithering.

 

Trilly focussing her team. Top experting.

Shall we go upstairs. You haven't got time for that.

Take the drawers and get ready to drop them when the Princess arrives.

M&S toy till.

That weird teapot I remember from before.

Reds have Horse Brooch, Victorian Cologne Bottles and the till.

Lovely Dirty Laugh.

Left over lolly. Gobble, slurp.

Blues have owl inkwell, pottery cat, Carltonware tea pot.

They were big and nailed Chrstina's ...... Challenge.

Christina's family history.

Titanic story too.

Christina has shivers down her spine. Phew.

Charming story. Christina's Granny lived to 109. Bless.

Not the Black Top for the valuation this time.

Telephone bid for Pussy already.

 

Is it bad that Christina getting emotional is a huge turn on?

 

Definitely conflicted feelings. I'm sure you could lend a shoulder for comfort.

 

We can see the action as it happens says the Princess with a big Dirty Laugh.

Horse Brooch profit. Nice.

Colon bottles. Treebeard on the phone. A loss.

Time will Till if they'll get a profit.

16 are you coming. Yes. Yes.

A loss though.

Trilly's BB is some Trilly silver. It'a snuff/vesta box.

Labour and Hope motto on there. Something we are all wishing for.

Trilly's sweet little box.

Nice 30 profit. They end +15. That's OK.

Another damaged in transit item.

The owl inkwell is valued 50 to 60 below the price for insurance.

Guaranteed loss. It is.

Pussy time. Heavy breathing on the phone. Low steady groan as it makes a messy profit.

Teapot with legs sprints to profit. 60 note profit and a Dirty Giggle.

JP's brown furniture BB. Spent all of the 42. Has loss stamped on it.

What do I know. It flies to 75.

Classic elegant timeless. Yes you are Christina.

Wow JPs Blues make 75.

Both teams make a profit so we get a huge Dirty Laugh.

Blue Bird's hand blocks view of the Archgoddess kick. Boo.

 

Mmm...I think Christina's got wet cheeks.
Also, a wet face.

snigger:
'Blue bird speaking her thoughts as they emerge in her head. This is not good.
Easy on the eye but annoying when she squeaks her thoughts.'

 

Christina's centenarian granny shows what good genes Princess has inherited. Good jeans too, if I recall that RegGrab from her other show...

 

Pratt by name.....

 

not at all.

 

iplayer subtitles man nails it again....

 

JP trying to get his hand in too...

 

Blue bird reminds me of someone, can't think who? One of pans people maybe? don't know. Or maybe I met her online once, or visited her website or something (snigger).

 

OOOhhhh - cash teleportation! I could do with some of that!

 

on another note....

 

Oooo extensive discussions from October last year, let the archive drooling commence ..........

Reg:
[OT78 said: JP understandably crowing that his ultra-rare profitable win beats a GG. He's glowing like the goofball who finally gets laid after three barren years at the front.]

Or by the gorgeous girl at school who is now 60.

OT78:

Mind you, as i approach 60, and thinking of the 4th formers I used to boss around when a prefect...

Reg:
I remember throwing this first year kid out of a building while on lunchtime prefect duty. Both his Worsted/Crimplene/Beau Brummel type blazer sleeves detached from the jacket body, which I retained. He looked like he was ready to direct the traffic with just his blazer sleeves on, much to the amusement of his giggling girly classmates.

[OT78 said: hmm. Anyone been watching this series? BBC1 later The Vintage French Farmhouse]

Antiques en France. On a buying trip to Provence, dealers are on the hunt for hidden treasures in its fabulous markets. Can they turn a profit from their purchases?
That bloke looks like a fat prospective Tory MP was his Blue Rosette and allegiance to Satan. A cross between Tubby Thomas and Sarky but without the wit of the latter.

Are there any Christina, Steph, Tash, Roo or Gropey equivalents?



OT78:
Was ghastly.
First ten minutes buying in a french town I know well was lovely fun but rest was self-indulgent tedium

Reg:
Guess who's on next?



From the Digital Spy Forum. Snap, I believe. Well, more or less. Hohohohohoho.



Moog:
We need these people on here.

Reg:
I think some of the more celeb-obsessed contributors would have a heart attack on here, or at the very least Canities subita (hair turns white due to shock).

OT78:
Transfer market opening?!
But what if DigitalSpy offer a fistful of fivers for Reg...
Can we afford to keep him? Fundraising alert.
I have some classic 1970s italian softcore dvds i can throw in, plus Luther Blissett's autograph.

Reg:
No chance of that, it's completely moribund on there. I know where the cool kids hang out.

1970s classic Latin overt hirsuteness. At least the softcore nature will banish hairy nutsackitis.

Moog:
[Reg said: It's the Ying to Southsea, and anywhere in Yorkshire or Scotland's Yang. This balance is needed. You also need somewhere to flog your stuff after you've cleaned up at the other places.]

One hopes that if I ever go on, I'll get Bourne End as my local hammer house. I'm gonna apply I think. Yes? YES!

Reg:
Are you allowed to have a preference of experts, presenter, location?

Will you be one of those contestants who hope for one of the girls or Catherine (natch) and end up with Gary, Carloss, or Tubby and you have to pretend you're really happy about it rather than looking skywards and mouthing a big "FARK NO!!!".

We get to relax with Christina says the continuity announcer. Yes please.

Squeaky Blue Bird, at least Danny isn't here aswell.

Magic Roundabout. BUY IT!!!!

Horsey done.

That Owl is stamped with LOSS.

JP lurking in the background like a stale fart.

Owl and Pussycat joke from Christina.

That cat is also a loss-maker.

That poor Blue Bloke.

Moog:
Well done Blues! That owl ticks your big spend, your shopping challenge and your guaranteed 3 figure loss in a single item!

Reg:
Anglepoise lamp in view. Leave well alone.

Dithering pastor is not a great look.

Hopeless directing by JP.

That teapot is the only profitable item for the Blues.

Moog:
That cat has been cleared out of some dead old lady's house by her kids who hated it.

It's worth all of 10-15 quid in Moog's expert opinion.

[Recent comment: Wokesfuhrer mentions telephone inquiry in the valuation so you know it's going to do well.]

Owl I'm valuing at 60-80

[Recent comment: So was damage in transit beneficial at setting the minimum it would make at 150?]

Contestants are all a little too Welsh for me.

I hated Gavin and Stacey.

Predicting no overall profits today. Blues to lose the least.

Reg:
That teapot for sale on ebay for 45 GBP.



Moog:
Won't reach that in auction. 20 quid.

Weeks overdue a haircut.

Christina's family history. I switched off a bit tbh, but looks like it might have been interesting.

Reg:
First bit was about the Master-of Arms who survived the Titanic and WWI.

Second bit was about Christina's Great-grandfather who won DSO and Legion D'Honour in WWI and was killed in 1916. He never recieved his campaign medals. Her Great-Grandmother then brought up 4 kids, Christina had to try and hold back tears, including her Granny who lived to a ripe old age of 108. Actually very touching. Some hugging could've been in order.

Moog:
Tim's gonna shiiit when he hears what they spent on the owl

Weeks agrees. I'm good at this.

Reg:
Horsey straight in there.

Rusty till seizes up.

Will profits be snuffed out on Trilly's Silver box.

Big Trilly Tick.

Smiley Blues now, but not after the Auction.

Insurance figure of 150 on the Owl, damaged in transit.

Cat gets the cream. It's a Winstanley which helps.

JP looks disinterested despite the profit.

The repressed upbringing coming to the fore.

Moog:
Not had a vesta box for ages. Used to be a vesta case and a scent bottle every episode. No more.

OT78:
Aye. They were staples of life, like bread and beer.
All smoking paraphernalia has dropped off a cliff, of course.
Even superglam nicely embossed antique silver ciggie cases seem to struggle. As a reluctant ex-smoker, I pang for such items.
I am told by Viewing Partner that scent bottles suffer because Modern Wimmin want to show they have the latest 'branded' perfumes in their telly-advertised bottles - whereas Edwardian Ladies wouldn't dream of promoting ghastly commercialist interests.

Reg:
You can't beat a Vesta Box.



Pah cigar paraphernalia please.

Something to show of this monster Brick House Mighty Mighty.

Brick House Mighty Mighty Maduro 6"1/4 * 60



Moog:
Liner damaged in transit.

Insurance estimates of 150! Fark me! It was 60-80.

Wow! 160! Did not see that coming.

Factory made, 10 a penny cat makes 70 quid. Wow.

Reg:
Winstanley cat. Adds 30-40 quid to it automatically.

OT78:
fabulous episode!
Rather fit birds too, albeit with annoying stupid welsh voices.

very nice humour from JP at the end.
Twice in a week he has done the business.
Is his agent running the BH BBC schedules?

hilarious cute Teapot clearly fantastic. what idiot sells that for a tenner?

 

Pumping eh. I bet Thomas's furniture is being well Revivoed behind her.

 

Lobby Cards I:

 

Lobby Cards II:

 

Lobby Cards III:

 

Some full-size ones, cough, for your pleasure:

 

Re-up from last Oct with additions:
BBC approved preamble:
Leominster 11
Series 59
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000zwy0
Christina Trevanion is in Leominster in Herefordshire, where the red and blue teams receive expert guidance from Kate Bliss and Jonathan Pratt as they buy three items to take to auction. Christina also meets an expert on medals and militaria, and discovers some family history of her own.

The Translation:
It's time for part 3 of our post-Apocalyptic Auction extravaganza series, Leominster 2020 Mad Charles III, Thunderdrome Jumble Sale, Bring And Buy Or Die! After escaping from Tewkesbury, The New Bronx, Warrior Queen Christina, charges off back towards Leominster with her silver maiden, Trilly Titus Dressus Furiosa Bliss back along Fury Road aka A417, hotly pursued by Lord JP Humungus Idiot Pratt with his cost more than its worth Torius Wheels Come Offium Battletruck. We all know that the Queen Christina's Turbo Dirty Laugh powered steam buggy will be more than an equal match to Humungous Pratt, who has the legendary reputation of going in for the kill and then massively farking up. Auction once again in the Wokeorium Gladiator Arean with Mudguts Toecutter Weeks, where the Radiation Hipsters go crazy for all this Industrial Chic. The fee, one tank of juice preferably Fig and Elderflower.

The Staff:
[Gaffer] Steamstress Christina Trevanion, she sets the heat controller to 11
[Red Team Expert] Posh Kate Shrilly Trilly Bliss, the tighter her dress, the shriller she gets
[Blue Team Expert] Gently effeminate, gaffe prone Jonathan JP Pratt with his Tory boy fashion style
[Auctioneer] Timpole Tudor Wokesfuhrer Weeks with Germanic floppy fringe.
[Auction Location] Wessex Auction Rooms, Chippenham
[Miserlin Rating] Unlisted

​

The Teams:
[Red Team] Married student wifey and hubby pastor, time for praying
(Challenge: Relating to horses)
[Blue Team] Nurse Bloke and Teacher Bird who met online
(Challenge: Relating to birds)

The Shopping:
Reds: Vintage Brass Horse and Horseshoe brooch (8 Challenge) good, Victorian leather cased cut-glass toilet water bottles (75) OK, Pre-M&S St.Michael cash register (22) might struggle.
Blues: Victorian silver-plated owl ink well (204 Challenge) ooooooff ouch and ooooffff aagain, Winstanley Pottery cat (44) good, Quirky Carlton ware teapot (10) solid buy.

The Distraction:
Christina also meets an expert on medals and militaria, and discovers some family history of her own. First bit was about the Master-of Arms who survived the Titanic and WWI. Second bit was about Christina's Great-grandfather who won DSO and Legion d'honneur in WWI and was killed in 1916. He never received his campaign medals. Her Great-Grandmother then brought up 4 kids, Christina had to try and hold back tears, including her Granny who lived to a ripe old age of 108. Actually very touching. Some hugging could've been in order. The queue for administering them would have been huge and snaking round the building several times over.

​

The Auction:
Reds: Vintage Brass Horse and Horseshoe brooch (nice profit), Victorian leather cased cut-glass toilet water bottles (loss), Pre-M&S St.Michael cash register (small loss).
Trilly's BB is a 1901 Victorian silver snuff/Vesta box (35), 30-50, 65. Excellent buy Trills.

​

Blues: Victorian silver-plated owl ink well, damaged in transit (large loss), Pottery cat (good profit), Quirky Carlton ware teapot (big profit).
Pratt's BB is a Mid to late Victorian mahogany hall chair (42), 30-50, 75. Like a stopped clock, JP for once makes a profit on his BB.

​

The Aftermath:
It's another good Pandemic Recovery episode. Post-Covid special, Antiques Centre, the Reds Centre manager was quite accommodating with the discounts which helped. The bunker-style hybrid-setup Auction with a very bedraggled Wokesfuhrer on screens and Treebeard Storm Terror compulsory bearded sidekick, who always looks like a Hilly Billy Tramp Jihadist, on the blower, to extract every morsel of profit out of the hungry punters. Christina looking fabulous and shedding a personal tear during the Distraction. Trilly's Reds think very hard about each of their items. They make a nice profit on the brooch but fare less well on the cased toilet water bottles and the knackered rusty toy till. They are dragged to an overall 15 note profit by Kate riding to the rescue on her trusty steed, Silver, with a nice Snuff Vesta box which makes 30 notes. JPs Blues, with very squeaky Blue Bird, took an age to buy anything, as JP stood back and didn't really direct them. They eventually settled on a heavily overpriced Owl, estimated 60-80, which is then damaged in transit (again), and then they get an insurance estimate of 150! What gives? It doesn't actually matter, only to us pedants, as it makes 160, still a sizeable loss. Another JP Masterclass of Crap? No, as the ceramic cat turns out to be Winstanley pottery and makes a decent profit and the teapot on legs, which they get for a tenner, an absolute steal as they are going for 45 notes on eBay (see above). It goes for 70 (60 profit). JP then astounds us with a brown furniture hall chair BB which makes a decent profit. He must have made a pact with Satan or it's stopped clock syndrome, or infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters. Oh yeah, they make a decent overall profit of 75 GBP. Another entertaining Christina-fronted episode. Dirty laugh-tastic. It takes me an hour to get out from the table.

​

The Hi-Kick:
Indoor Covid diagonal kick at a very tight angle. It looks like everyone hits par, as do I, with reasonable coordination, which I achieve too. Yes, YES!!

​

 

Martina Hingis?

 

So many RegGrabs of Princess...where to start? (Or, more importantly, finish?)

 

Princess and Laird Laidlaw on Really now.
Christina overload today.

 

Laidlaw buys a glass for a quid...sells it for £360.
Christina swoons.

 

that was one of the best Roadtrips ever, replay/catchup fans.
real chemistry, top bants, christina all innocent and lovely, laidlaw full of wit and smarts...

 

More Leg of Lambacy:
BBC approved preamble:
London 10
S46E09
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08frjwr
Natasha Raskin Sharp is at the helm as two friends take on a married couple in Kingston upon Thames. The reds go on a journey for 'cool' items, while the blues haggle hard! David Harper and Christina Trevanion are on hand to guide the teams, but which will make the most profit at the auction in Newbury? Natasha also gets her 19th-century groove on with some antique musical boxes.

The Translation:
Noooooooo, an unviewable episode with lovely leathered Tash, the gorgeous steamstress at her expert flirtiest with her laugh most dirtiest, and lurking in the shadows, Archbishop Basher of Pervebury DayGlo. Will they dare give another young female team to grope and grapple with under the illusion of greeting and comfort. Auction is with Tubby Thomas at SOS Newbury so don't expect great things.

The Staff:
[Gaffer] Natasha Raskin Sharp
[Red Team Expert] David Harper
[Blue Team Expert] Christina Trevanion
[Auctioneer] Thomas Forrester
[Auction Location] SAS Newbury
[Miserlin Rating] One Star

The Teams:
[Red Team] Best friends of 30 years Deborah and John who met at work, Next!! Not much to paw at for Pervy Dave.
[Blue Team] Married couple Peter and Wendy, love at first sight. Christina will test Peter's resolve.

​

The Shopping:
Reds: Jumbo brushed stainless steel petrol lighter (24) 20-30 OK, Pair of Chinese pram rattles (54) 30-50 topend, Art Deco travel scent bottles (74) 40-60 struggle. Total spend 152.
Blues: Pair of Terracotta chimney pots (60) 60-80 great, Edwardian butler's tray and stand (60) 70-90 dead popular good work, 1949 Birmingham Silver gilt compact (85) 70-100 small chance like your trouser department Tubbs. Total spend 205.

The Distraction:
Natasha also gets her 19th-century groove on with some antique musical boxes. Musical boxes eh. I wonder if she's ever seen Pussy Talk or Jess Franco's rip-off copy, Lulu's Talking Bunghole. It exists, I kid you not.

The Auction:
Reds: Jumbo brushed stainless steel petrol lighter (19 loss), Pair of Chinese pram rattles (36 profit), Art Deco travel scent bottles (29 loss).
DayGlo's BB is a 1970 hand-blown piece of modern art glass, looks like boiled sweets with gilt inclusions (30), 30-50 Tubby thinks he did well, 50. DayGlo actually makes a 20 note profit. Remember this day.
Blues: Pair of Terracotta chimney pots (10 loss), Edwardian butler's tray and stand (60), 1949 Birmingham Silver gilt compact (35 loss).
Steamstress BB is a 19th-century pitch pine collection box (40), 50-80 she's done well, 41. It just falls over the profit line.

The Aftermath:
Awful Dutch Auction start for the Reds. Bid drops to 1 pound. It sells for a fiver. 19 note loss. What a terrible start. Then a big profit on the Chinese rattle things. Must be the Chinese influence when they were buying any old Oriental shiiit. Then it's a typical Tubby loss on the scent bottles. They could smell defeat in the room. Finally, Pervy Dave's lump of 70s glass, it does sound terrible, makes 20 notes. A real all over the place Auction. Reds finish 8 notes up. Don't spend it all at once. What can the Steamstress Blue team do. Could be profits here if they are the right items. Here we go. The chimney pots stand proud, they've obviously been watching the Princess, but they climax too early and fall limp early. Is this now a bad sign for the tray and stand? Straight in at 50 but then no advance. Another tenner loss. Hopeless Tubby. Then it's the most costly item, the silver compact. Once again only 1 maybe 2 bids in. In at 50 and stays there. Bigger loss this time. Terrible Tubby Auction Atendees everything stops at 50. It's almost like they're paying with a postal order, no change given. So that's 3 losses and an Anti-GG for the Empress. "Well, variety is the spice of life, is it not?" says Christina with her BB. Yes, and I'm Mr Heinz and full of Beans. Can the BB save them? It creeps up to it's bought price of 40 thanks to an online bid and sneaks over the profit line at 41. At least it's not a Grand Slam of losses but they finish down by 54 notes. Another unsatisfactory Tubby conclusion. The equivalent of finding p1ss stains on your new suede shoes. Tash says, "Every cloud has a silver Christina" it certainly does, with a lovely tactile shape, firm prominent Chester hallmarks and a lovely snug opening for pouring in plenty of cream. A very attractive piece.

Reds +8
Blues -54

The Hi-Kick:
I bet Tash and Christina made it very memorable. Yes, YES!!

 

That episode above where Peter Shilton asks him what football team he supports and Proud Paul booms Scotland. LOL

 

some fine shape to Tash's jeans in that pic... Very nice indeed!

 

seems I've been awarded a trophy..


must be from Dizzie (in my dreams!)

 

I think you may be right - thanks

 

Today, is an old Squeak, whatever that sounds like. DIzzie and Bingo too. Lordy, another Kock and Bawley episode.



Squeak, squeak, squeak. SHOUT, SHOUT, SHOUT.

Danny shows us something large round and brown. Then he shows us a leather football.

BAME Red Team. Dart throwing Student Blue Team.

300 notes from The Squeaks stinky pocket.

Found on a Dining Table/Found in a Study or office.

Isn't it a good idea to look at the price tag before going through a long lecture about the pros and cons.

 

Bingo's great grandmother was from the Fairground. From Travelling Stock then. You definitely don't want to be messing with him then.

Moving items on then will be in the blood. Ideal genes for an Antique Dealer.

Mystery object time.

Yorks County Cricket Club Trophy. Not sure Dustbin Dan would be welcome there. Their reputation still lingers like the smell from a nasty blocked drain.

Cricket is obviously not The Squeak's game.

Will you do 2 for the pair?

They love it does Dizzie? Remember, she's not keen on Dark Wood.

Slide projector lamp. Anything more than a fiver will be too much.

OXO sign spotted, what's OXO associated with .......