Bargain Hunt

Cruella Christina sticking stiletto in at the end

 

The Dalek did unerestimate but came good at the Auction with barking excitement.

Dully Grabby always seems disinterested unless there are some young men to perk her up.

Perhaps you can go round later with your large shiny creamer to cheer her up.

 

Which one is the Gargoyle?

 

An all action display from Christina today.

 

BBC approved preamble:
Peterborough 13
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jnzr
Bargain Hunt Series 64
Christina Trevanion and the teams shop for antiques in Peterborough, where experts Catherine Southon and Kate Bliss are on hand to help with the search. Christina flummoxes the fairgoers with a 2,000-year-old antique, and then it's off to Lichfield for the day’s auction.

The Translation:
Looks like it's the same time, presenter and experts as the Pikeyborough Xmas Specials. So no Xmas jumpers and no Xmas themed Challenges, no Santa'd up Auctioneer. No Randy Grabby Southon drunkenly loitering under the mistletoe. No Trilly wearing an even tighter dress and downing the egg nog next to the photocopier looking for the ideal opportunity to photocopy her arse and then disappear into the bogs with her capture for the night. No Christina as Mother Christmas bouncing excited schoolboys on her knee while their Dads look on and dream that it's them in the reverse situation. Finally, no tinselled up Dalek on the rostrum, barking out the bids end exterminating the skinflints and the malingerers.

The Staff:
[Gaffer] Steamstress Christina Trevanion, she sets the heat controller to 11
[Red Team Expert] Catherine Burning Bush Southon, super posh, super dull, super randy, super useless
[Blue Team Expert] Kate Shrilly Trilly Bliss, so posh it hurts
[Auctioneer] Richard Dalek Winterton
[Auction Location] Skaro aka Lichfield
(Miserlin Rating: Unlisted)



The Teams:
[Red Team] Methodist minister Father and Nursey Daughter
(Challenge: Mythical creature)
[Blue Team] Civil Servant Stepfather and Beauty Therapist Daughter
(Challenge: Comes as a pair)

The Shopping:
Reds: Papier mache face screen (35) struggle, Stone Gargoyle (Challenge 35) OK, Model gate and fence post (85) ouch.
Blues: Boxed Willie Fangel's Connector building set (14) OK, Boxed WWI binoculars (39 Challenge) struggle, Art Deco silver and enamel compact (95) topend.

The Distraction:
Christina wearing her special gloves has intercourse with 2,000 fairgoers all over an ancient make-up grinder. Desperate Grabby will be on the more popular Grindr later. You never know she might team up with Sarky. What a grim prospect.

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The Auction:
Reds: Papier mache face screen (largish loss), Stone Gargoyle (evens stevens), Model gate and fence post (largish loss).
Dully's BB is a Glass Eye (40), 10-20, 15. Eye spy a loss.



Blues: Boxed Willie Fangel's Connector building set (one note profit), Boxed WWI binoculars (nice profit), Art Deco silver and enamel compact (small profit). Golden Gavel.
Trilly's BB is a Pair of late Victorian silver salt (35), 60-80, 80. Excellent profit Trills.

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The Aftermath:
Dully's Reds bought some real rubbish and her BB was as groteque as that Gargoyle and made a poor loss. Trilly's Blues on the other hand picked up some decent items which secured a Golden Gavel and then Trilly found a bargain BB to make an 80+ note profit contrasted to Reds -90 note loss.



The Hi-Kick:
Standard indoor kick. Good effort all round. Red Minister a tad late though. Yes, YES!!

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Yes, a pair of scissors, there are 2 blades.

 

More likely down to the direction provided by the expert. The don't buy that it's rubbish and won't make any money advice. Dully often yurns her nose up at decent items and directs towards rubbish like today. Trilly knows her jewellery and silver which helped her clean up today.

 

Strict Natasha, Roo and Muttley in North Wales.

Linked challenges.

Blue bloke has hair disaster and ring through nose.

Potential furniture disaster.

Roo has her boots on.

There's a butter churn in shot. Avoid like the plague.

Cheap silver pill box. No-brainer.

 

Muttley hates Wade Whimsies.

Roo says she's going to be a BFF. Imagination goes into overdrive.

Strict Natasha can't do her LL's for Llangollen. Instant DQ.

Dog collar for Strict Natasha shenanigans.

 

First time I've seen a swear bleeped out.

Feel both experts are doing well.

The old lady is doing well in trying to get an extra pound off from the dealers too.

Good, basic bargain hunting habits going on today.

 

Yer, she was being really helpful and sympathetic. Makes a nice change to those Scots misers.

 

Hairy Dalek.

Two people pulling over the items.

Auction portents are good apart from that wardrobe.

Fark me, the wardrobe, 140. GG and Muttley. LOL.

Success goes to his head.

A one note profit for an item for both teams.

 

That mirror - I can see myself in that.

 

Phil's mirror goes for 140. Phil watching like 'that doesn't happen at my place.'

 

he was shocked by his own unexpected competence

 

muttley surely right to be cross about that chest there. 200 years old and nice, ffs!

 

Ggs all round (except Muttley with his brown wooden chest).

 

'radiogram'

Lovely word for a lovely thing.

Glad to see the market is starting to pick up for them.

 

Decent Dalek Auction. 2 GGs and only Muttley's rush of blood to the head prevented a clean sweep.

For a Covid special this was a decent episode.

 

It's refreshing to hear that you cast a reflection Moog

 

Was that Muttley over the Wade Whimsies?

 

Viewing Partner (ageing female, feminist) declared Bluebird to be "one of the ugliest exhibits ever seen on BH".
"If you have a face like that, why double down with that haircut?"

Sisterly solidarity somewhat lacking...

 

mind you, Reg, i bet no-one on here has watched as much bloodsucking neck action as you ...

 

Among the Film Collecting folk, there used to be a bloke called Louie who dressed like a vampire. Mind he was often seen in the daylight lugging a table worth of goodies at a fair. Ingrid Pitt (Countess Dracula) was a frequent guest and Caroline Munroe too (Dracula AD 1972) at these events.

 

She's no oil painting but I've seen far worse.

 

Where is Roo's hand?

 

hahaha, exactly what i replied; added 'you should watch more closely - some of the contestants they have on this show could moonlight as emetics"

 

That Tiffany Lamp is well loved.

 

With that view, no wonder the Parrot is looking happy.

 

BBC approved preamble:
Wrexham 13
Bargain Hunt Series 59
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000xwls
Natasha Raskin Sharp is in Wrexham with experts Roo Irvine and Philip Serrell and the teams before heading to Lichfield for today’s auction. Natasha also visits Plas Newydd to learn about a fascinating 18th-century friendship.

The Translation:
Today, Hollywood glamour comes to BH. Strict Natasha rolls out the Red Carpet in Wrexham and welcomes glamourous leading lady Roo Reynolds wearing sequined tartan and Slob McElMuttley who has jestisoned a tuxedo and corset for his famous very shabby chic of Ragtime scarf and Holy (full of holes) jumper. Later on the golden envelopes will be opened and winning bids barked out by the Hairy Dalek at LA on Skaro. Let's hope the only Oscar highlights are Wildean witticisms and not a attention-seeking hissy fit followed by retribution of a Glasgow kind as Strict Natasha, The Razor Queen, removes Muttley's ears after he makes inappropriate comments disrespecting Wade Whimsies.

The Staff:
[Gaffer] Strict Natasha Raskin Sharp, Glasgow Southside enforcer
[Red Team Expert] Philip Muttley Serrell avec scarf de tat et pull-over de moth
[Blue Team Expert] Delightful Roo Irvine, full of Eastern Promise
[Auctioneer] Richard Dalek Winterton, the hirsute hammerer.
[Auction Location] Skaro aka Lichfield
(Miserlin Rating: Unlisted)



The Teams:
[Red Team] Married couple Full time mum and Technical Director
(Challenge: Hands or arms)
[Blue Team] Married couple Charity worker and Technical operator, hair disaster zone.
(Challenge: Legs or feet)

The Shopping:
Reds: Edwardian mahogany and boxwood mirror (75) struggle, Boxed Corgi Forward March military figures (29 Challenge) good, Birmingham engine-turned silver napkin ring (10) fine.
Blues: Damaged mid-century Radiogram (14 Challenge) Bargain, London silver pill box (14) Good, Tiffany-style lamp (95) topend.

The Distraction:
Strict Natasha visits Plas Newydd to learn about the The Ladies of Llangollen. After necking a bottle of Bucky, Strict Natasha tells us about the Sisters of Southside before stabbing the script supervisor with her stilettos and giving the boom operator a kiss and a spell in casualty he'll never forget.

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The Auction:
Reds: Edwardian mahogany and boxwood mirror (large profit), Boxed Corgi Forward March military figures (1 note profit) GG surely, Birmingham engine-turned silver napkin ring (small profit). Yup, GG time.
Muttley's BB is 18th Century Oak mule chest (130), 60-80, 90. Success goes to his head and he blows half their profit. Bad dog Muttley.

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Blues: Damaged mid-century Radiogram (decent profit), London silver pill box (one note profit), Tiffany-style lamp (small profit). GG for the Blues.
Roo's BB is a Japanese hand-crafted wooden cigarette dispenser box (15), 10-15, 25. Nice item and a nice profit Roo.

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The Aftermath:
Decent Auction from the Covid hairstyled Dalek. Some decent items today and some risk taking too, the Mirror for the Reds and the Tiffany-style Lamp for the Blues. Both teams had decent profits on 1 item and then scraped profits for the remaining items to ensure Golden gavels. Muttley then had a rush of blood to his head for his BB which wiped out half of the Reds Profit. You should have bough those Wade Whimsies Muttley. Roo found a nifty, quirky wooden cigarette dispenser which made a nice profit, so good work from the lovely booted doll.



The Hi-Kick:
Outdoor Covid diagonal kick on uneven grass. Excellent kicks all round particularly from Strict Natasha and the Blue team. Yes, YES!!

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Good point.

p s. note the very high kick and vigorous Fourth Reich 'BH not AH' salute from Herr Disaster Bluebloke. Obvious plonker but fairplay for the joining-in spirit?

p.p.s. did the swinging kinetic weight of Roo's twin peaks come close to knocking her over there?

 

ooh, one can never forget her sultry brunette turn in Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter.

Quite a talent combo there: Brian Clemens, Munro, and Laurie Johnson