Bargain Hunt

Tash, Muttley, Roo, Dalek Auction. Emergence from Covid episode.

Trading Standards Partners. Quick Put the Bootlegs and DVDs back in the van and scram, Reds.

Married BAME box ticking Blues.

Empty echoey Auction Centre.

Looking for a bit of fun are you. Will I do?, asks Roo. YES!!!



Arrrrgggghhhhh Quirky.

The Blues like it. Don't we all.

Phil points out a Bargain and Red Troll doesn't like it. She wants an apple sauce pot instead. Muttley not impressed.

 

Ah OXO, what does thst remind me of?

 

These indoor empty Antique Centre episodes really do need the contestants to raise it above the humdrum. 2 sets or really boring contestants. Just can't rely on shots of Roo and Muttley mugging at the camera.

Reds have bought some very dull items. Even the Dog poster doesn't come close to getting tails to wag.

Roo isn't going to blow it all. Booooo.

She nicely fondles the male looking chess piece.



The Dalek is ready to Exterminate the Sauce Pot. They haven't even put a value on it. They hate it that much.

The Work Bench is alco Exterminated.

Shiiiity garden furniture is not a hit either.

Portents not good at all.

Let's see what D1ckie Dalek can do. Bunker Auction.

Tash looking nice in a quick release zip jacket.

Pot goes up im single increments. It makes 2.

Dog poster wipes the Dog's arse.

Bench sells for 100. Trouble is they paid 200.

I think Phil is in one of his couldn't care less moods.

Hi BB is a Join the Wrens framed poster. 15 notes. Bargain.

The Dalek loves it. His Plunger goes to one o'clock.

Sells for 80. 65 profit.

That big loss is severely dented to -33.

They might win.

Some good arm flinging can't stop the chess set losing a tenner.

Shiiitty garden furniture loses 24. Got what it seserved. It was pure skipware.

 

Awful opera glasses are up. They actually make 12 note profit. They were dreadful.

Roo's BB is a Copper Swing basket for Swinging couples.

25 notes. Would probably require 25 notes worth of polish too to keep it maintained.

Dalek likes. IT IS GORRRRRGE-OUUUSSSS.

Sells for 60. 35 note profit. Blues end on +13.

Do we end on Growlers?



Terrible camera angle but Tash gives us a good 'un but Roo is in too close. Boo.

What a dull episode. Watch if you really must.

 

In the dull mists of time, last July, this was discussed ..........

Reg:
Today is a Wrexham Series 59. One of these is a bona fide classic. Let's see if there are enough clues provided in the pre-credits sequence.

Tash wearing her mourning dress?

Things can't be that bad.

No, it's not THE classic episode I was alluding too.

Muttley and Purple-booted Roo.

Linked challenges to please @wfcmoog

That metal knight turns up in another episode (The classic one).

Haggle-free zone so far.

Poor Phil, he gives them an excellent profit making suggestion.

A bicycle not for riding, how depressing.

What's wrong with Apple sauce.

Red idiots. They've lost their expert already. Standby for some half-arsed buys.

It's Har-leck-h not Har-lick or Har-luck.

Devil in the shawl as opposed to the Devils in Skirts.

Slow coach centre wonk. How long does it take to get a quote on a dog poster?

No guide price for the sauce pot. LOL.

Oh dear the Dalek doesn't like the bench. LOL.

Or the garden furniture. Haha.

Celebrations over a 2 note profit on the sauce pot.

Decent BB from Muttley. Makes the loss respectable.

Copper basket for swingers.

Decent BBs today but also some real tat.

OK episode not helped by 2 sets of idiot/boring contestants.

Moog:
Great bonus buys. That workbench must rank as one of the dumbest purchases of all time. As soon as that was bought, it was game over.

Dalek is a great auctioneer. Doesn't get the overspends that a peak Habson or Weeks can ring out of their besotted audiences, but gets a proper market price. What his Gavel comes down at is a great maker guide.

Reg:
He loves flinging his arm, he really gets into it. It's obvious he really loves his job. We have the WWH, Weeks, Winterton, H****n.

Remember ......., Remember ...........

 

Re-up from last July with additions.
BBC approved preamble:
Wrexham 14
Series 59
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ywrg
Natasha Raskin Sharp and experts Roo Irvine and Philip Serrell search for antiques in Wrexham, before heading to Lichfield for today’s auction. Natasha hears the fascinating story behind a famous painting.

The Translation:
Strict Natasha turns up again in Wrexham, North Wales for another 45 mins of Jumble Tomfoolery. Helping to keep order and Tash away from the liquor, after 2 bottles of Bucky she things she's Judge Dredd, She Is The Law, will be the always delightful Roo Irvine and Benny the Ball's Dustbin mate, Muttley Serrell, still one of the Top 2 experts. Auction is with D1ck1e Dalek at his Lichfield Showroom on Skaro. It's Series 59, so a Post-Lockdown episode with the Experts blinking and seeing the sunlight after several months scrabbling in the dark, and the Dalek still operating out of his Skaro Bunker. Some of these have been very good. Fingers crossed for another blinding episode.

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]

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The Teams:
[Red Team] Trading Standards Partners. Dinner conversation must be amazing. How much fake perfume did you confiscate today, Darling?
(Challenge: Kitchenalia)
[Blue Team] Married Civil Servant Wifey and Consultant Hubby (BBC BAME box ticked). No excitement with these 2. The Dullest EVER couple?
(Challenge: Gardenalia)

The Shopping:
Reds: Apple-shaped apple sauce pot (5 Challenge) no guide price LOL, Vintage dog breed poster (60) OK, 19th century pinewood joinery bench (200) oh dear 30-40, the Dalek self-destructs.
Blues: Wooden Chess board with Lead figures set (55) OK, Rusty knackered garden furniture with bird bath (114 Challenge) struggle, Opera glasses/binoculars (8) bang-on.

The Distraction:
Strict Natasha hears the fascinating story behind a famous Welsh painting. For comparison purposes, she has brought along a very famous Scottish depiction showing a town painted red. Let's all drink to that. Strictly has her rule book and Red Card at the ready, scanning the art work for inconsistencies in the provenance of the Welsh scene. After a few wee drams the painting looks like any other painting as her head spins like a top. Bottoms up. It looks like Tubby is the Devil's Own.

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The Auction:
Reds: Apple-shaped apple sauce pot (2 note profit), Vintage dog breed poster (evens stevens), 19th century pinewood joinery bench (big loss).
Muttley's BB is a Framed Join The Wrens vintage poster (15), 10-20 the Dalek ejaculates, 80, big profit. Excellent work Muttley.

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Blues: Wooden Chess board with Lead figures set (loss), Rusty knackered garden furniture with bird bath (largish loss), Opera glasses/binoculars (nice profit).
Roo's BB is a Antique copper swing basket (25), 20-30 Dalek barks Profit, 60. Nice item Roo. Excellent work.

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The Aftermath:
Shopping under 1 roof in an Antiques Centre with minimal contact and minimal haggling. Coming out of Lockdown special. Poor The Dalek. He was given some real tat to sell today and did his best to drum up some profit despite the Covid restrictions, no audience, some screens, with no evidence of phone intervention. Reds ignored Muttley's decent suggestion for their Challenge with a naff Apple-shaped sauce pot. You could tell it p1ssed him off and he mildly sulked from that point onwards. The Red male idiot set his heart on some genuine skipware out of the Squeak catalogue and paid a whopping Squeak-busting 200 notes. Surprise, surprise, it tanked. Serrell's BB then almost saved the day with a superb framed poster which clawed back a good chunk of money and they ended with a 33 pound loss instead of a close to 3-figure deficit. Roo's Blues were so conservative and cautious in their tastes and choices. They passed on the metal knight which becomes a feature in another episode from this set. The rusty furniture and chess board were overspends and the cheap and crap binoculars/opera glasses, were so knackered, nobody knew exactly what they were. Anyway, Roo saves the day with another excellent BB for today, a copper basket for swingers and they end with a small 13 note profit. An OK episode, not helped by the contestants, rescued from mediocrity by 2 excellent BBs.

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The Hi-Kick:
Outdoor Covid diagonal on uneven grass. Not the best camera angle. Strict Natasha excellent as always with a lovely Growler kick. Everyone else OK bar Blue bloke and Red woman who are both poor. Coordination haphazard. Yes, YES!!

 

Actually, it is worth watching for the Metal Knight which the idiot Blues passed on, serves the boring dullards right, along with Muttley and Roo's excellent BBs with the Dalek's face going from forlorn disdain over the general spend items to sheer joy when shown the expert's chosen items.

 

Every bone would be golden.

 

As you know, I'm a big fan of European Cult cinema, particularly of the golden decades, 60s, 70s, and 80s. I stumbled across this conversation where someone was explaining the difference between an Italian Giallo and Polizetto. Enjoy.

"But as a fan of the genres, I'd not compare polizetto to giallo, the genres are different.

Milano Calibro 9 or Live Like a Cop, Die Like A Man are clearly not Giallo, but they are obviously eurocrime or poliziottesco. The crime, criminal/cop/mafia/action/car chase aspect of those films are handled differently than in giallo.

After watching eurocrime from Italy Dirty Harry feels like a slow moving, artistically and tastefully done drama. The misoginy, the deranged car chases, the violence, the nudity and sex and exploitation angle is ramped up to eleven in a lot of them. They're glorious films that are well worth checking out.

Giallo have a lot more whodunnit or murder mystery angle to them, supernatural and horror elements, proto-slasher feel to them than the poliziottesco genre. If a mysterious person is wearing black gloves and stabbing gorgeous and bosomy nude females to death in their beds, it's probably a Giallo. If a mafioso with a glorious mustache is being chased by a hardnosed cop with a glorious mustache on a motorcycle it's probably eurocrime, to put it like that."

Superb documentary on 1970s Eurocrime:



And some lists, if you fancy tracking some down:

 

Uncle Eric on his bike, The Squeak, Bawley, and Beardy Blackmore at Rickets Central.

Standby for appalling dress-sense, language, and low, low, profits.

Eric looks like a highlighter pen in that top.

At least it's a fair.

Teacher Bloke and easy on the eye Bird Sustems something Reds, met in Church

Beard and splaphead Blue Bloke. Looks like the bloke out of Sightseers.

Boo cries Hawley in her Giallo Hat. Squaeek in his Yeeeowww Hat.





Holds liquid/Related to science

 

Pilkington Glass - my brother worked for them - developing car windscreens.

 

old stools? About right for the squeak. Surprised he's walked away.

then shows us why he's an expert. How do you think they'd so at auction? would they be worth it?" And the expert says.... "Well I suppose that depends on price really."

Really? you don't say... I'd never have thought that... wow, it depends on price.

 

Daniel the Tat Magnet.

Perhaps if he rubs the teapot the Tat Genie will come out.

Squeak squeak squeak.

Anything scientific he squeaks. His voice is too high foe anyone to hear what he asks.

Back to the shiiit ink pots.

More Squeak Skipware.

Are the objects Jericho Shout proof?

Dark wood. Foghorn loves it. Poor John has a lot to live up to.

Some old radio crap for 115. Terrible for a terrible loss.

Rushed big spend item for the Reds.

Knackered hat box for 80 notes. Disaster.

Three items for the Reds that will struggle. Red Bird will have to do favours as recompense. I'm sure Red Bloke won't mind.

Real, genuine, binware for the Blues. Awful.

 

I was house captain of one of the Pilkington heirs... developing his character, I suppose.

 

To be fair both Hawley and Dustbin Dan could both be stand-ins for Worzel.

 

Foghorn shouting and bellowing. Jeez. Shut up, you gorgon.
She is in a 1940 hat.
If only a 1940 bomb would fall on it.

I know it is naff but I love that drinkies globe.

Ghastly David Steel shirt on auctioneer.

There is a slight whiff of Sandie Shaw about Bluebird. (Bare feet?)

 

Tell me about your Trans ........ fixation, orgy? no America experience.

 

Beardie valuations.

First aid bags , Globe also, Hat Box downer.

He loves his 30-50.

Teapot OK, Ink Bottles very undervalued, Radio items very undervalued.

Got potential over the radio items. Very good Eric.

The Squeak looking like the shabbiest ever Pimp.

Blues on first. Not good.

Teapot loss. Their best chance.

Now we're rolling squeaks The Squeak. It Squeaks a tenner.

Anti-GG failure saved.

Dutch start on the Radio.

Down to 20.

Oh dear. Only bidder. 95 loss. LOL. It was really bad. LOL.

Squeak BB. God knows whayhe'll inflict. Fob watch. Bit battered. 25 notes. Squeak bargain maybe?

75 notes. 50 profit. Still an overall loss -37 when it could easily have been 3 figures.

I've never been so up and down says Blue Bloke. Blue Bird looks forlorn.

Red's wipe face on the First Aid bags.

Globe drinks cabinet. Jeez straight to 120, now 150.

Yes, bawls Jericho.

160. Blimey. Somebody needs a drink. 170. 110 profit.

Red Bird will be up for anything later. Red Bloke rubs his hands in anticipation.

Hat box creeping up but falls a 10 note loss.

Foghorn BB. Silver? Yes. Ladles of Georgian silver. 40. Ladles of profit? Red Bird eventually says Yes.

It's a BB not gross perversion. That comes later.

15 notes. 115 overall profit. Wasn't expecting that.

Chalk and Cheese. Squeaky chalk, no cheese for the Tatty Mouse and a Stinky Tartan rinded cheese for Bawley. Yes, YEEEEEEEESSSSSS, she screams.

 

"it's broken...a bit of a minus"
Still a nice thing, tbf
...
oh, vg!
Rare moment of glory for the skipdipper

 

oooh, the great globe is spinning! drinkies all round!

Redbird could be Sarah Hadland's fitter sister.

Good episode, despite the experts' aural and visual pollution

 

TBF that's not a high bar.

 

on a positive note I have a brand spanking new Dizzie episode to look forward to on Friday. Well well, oops, dear me, I seem to have put "Dizzie" and "spanking" in the same sentence. What was I thinking?

 

Real rollercoaster auction today. Some hefty losses, including on the variable resistors, or whatever they were, plus some huge wins. First Danny' broken watch (a fitting metaphor as like him, it's right twice a day) and then the globe.

Great television.

 

About a year agao, we group experienced this .................

Reg:
Lordy, cover your ears and shield your eyes, it's Foghorn and Squeaky.

It'll be terrible but highly entertaining.

BOOOOOOOOO says Foghorn.

Blues have to find something related to Science. Squeak freak of nature fits the bill.

Dreadful set of ink bottles. The Squeak loves it.

Eeek eeek eeek.

Fussy Red Bird. Poor Red bloke. Fancy an early night. Nah, I don't like it.

Inspector Clouseau peaked hats.

WWII Bulgarian items. Was Bulgaria an Allied country?

A box for Resistance.

Squeak squeak northern squeak.

It's a varse not a vayse you idiot.

Dealer says 75 for the ink bottles. Saw them coming.

Squeak's Blues with a typical range of pure tat.

2-5 pounds for The Squeaks teapot.

Beardy Blackmore is very pessimistic. LOL.

Dutch auction LOL.

Ooof a disaster LOL.

The Squeak has found a watch with broken arms. Ho ho.

Mary Quant is dead, so lots of mini-skirts and hot pants on the news. Well done Mary we applaud you.

OT78:
staggered by that watch result.
was p*ssing myself over Squeak's admission that it didn't even work....but he had the last laugh. (or squawk.)
**Wonderful** globe.
i was salivating over screen as though Christina was on

redbird had nice hair. elements of early Dotrice about her.



Am i going senile or did Foghorn look quite fit today?

[Comment: Obviously a moment of seniority]

Reg:
Victoria Valentine nee Fritz is on BBC News Channel NOW. Pant, Pant.



OT78:
arrgh! am nowhere near a telly! oh, the humanity

that govt emergency mobile phone alert thing they are trialing later this month...they should use that to alert us whenever victoria appears on screen

omg! she has had a makeover. and it is wonderful!!

Happy siesta guaranteed today....

Reg:
She has just said, "Remember you can get in touch with me anytime."

 

Re-up from April last year with additions.
BBC approved preamble:
Cheshire 7
Series 58
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sm5q
Eric Knowles hosts as the teams go bargain hunting at the Royal Cheshire Showground with experts Caroline Hawley and Danny Sebastian, before heading to Stockport for today’s auction. Eric heads to Knutsford’s penny farthing museum to learn about the appeal of the Victorian big wheel.

The Translation:
Lord help us. Poor Uncle Eric. His ears will need a de-waxing and his special shades will also need an airing as he he plays host to Foghorn and The Squeak at the Royal Cheshire Showground. Beardy Blackmore, with his dysfunctional plaid-lite wardrobe and his unmighty gavel will be attempting to extract brass from the Lancs skinflints online when they're not busy grooming or moaning about immigrants or Brexit.

The Staff:
[Gaffer] Uncle Eric Knowles, Steady Eddy
[Red Team Expert] Tartan Kraken Caroline Hawley, sporting her new McGiallo Stab my Eyes Out Collection outfit with matching hat
[Blue Team Expert] Squeak squeak squeak Sebastian avec chapeau stupide et gilet shabbie
[Auctioneer] Tom Beardy Blackmore
[Auction Location] Maxwell's, Stockport, Rickets Central
[Miserlin Rating] Approved

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The Teams:
[Red Team] Mixed couple, Teacher and System Broker who met in a church. She will tempt you into sinful thoughts and deeds.
(Challenge: Holds liquid)
[Blue Team] Mixed engaged couple, Baldy, Beardie Mechanic, looks like a long-lost cousin of the Auctioneer, and Sales Exec other half.
(Challenge: Science)

The Shopping:
Reds: Bulgarian WWII Red Cross First Aid bags with supplies (25) topend, Globe with wooden drinks cabinet (60 Challenge) struggle, Leather hat box (very rushed) (80) ouch.
Blues: Knackered electroplated teapot (12) 2-5 LOL, Pair of boxed drawing ink bottles (75) ouch, Radio switching equipment (115 Challenge) another ouch.

The Distraction:
Uncle Eric fiddles with a Pennyfarthing. He was hoping for a Boneshaker followed by a knee-trembler. Well he has to find some use for his old pump.

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The Auction:
Reds: Bulgarian WWII Red Cross First Aid bags with supplies (evens stevens), Globe with wooden drinks cabinet (big profit), Leather hat box (very rushed) (loss).
Foghorn's BB is are a pair of 1796 London silver ladles (40), 50-80, 55. A decent item actually makes a decent profit for Jericho.

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Blues: Knackered electroplated teapot (2 note loss), Pair of boxed drawing ink bottles (small profit), Radio switching equipment (big loss).
The Squeak's BB is a Gold and silver with enamel Fob watch in a case with broken arms (25), 60-100, 75. Like a stopped watch, but not one with broken arms, The Squeak makes a profit on his BB.

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The Aftermath:
Poor Beardy auction. It's never great with him. He looks like a member of the Groom's party who has had to change his trousers after an accident. Both The Squeak and Eyeburn make a profit on their BBs. All of the Blues Squeak items were the purest of pure tat. As sure as Night follows Day they make an overall loss. However, after making a big loss on the skip worthy Radio equipment, a cheap knackered hand-less fob watch makes the overall loss more bearable and saves it from another Dustbin 3-figure losing tribute. Who saw that one coming? Foghorn's Reds hit paydirt with the globe drinks cabinet. This along with her silver ladles means a rare 3-figure profit for Stuka. Poor Hubby John won't hear the last of it as it'll be ringing in his ears forever like a bad case of Tinnitus. Hold on, that could be another nickname for Jericho.

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The Hi-Kick:
Outdoor Covid diagonal on uneven grass. A decent effort from everyone including a double synchronised Growler kick from Red Bird and Jericho. Yes, YES!!

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Double Growler-tastic today.

 

BH continuing the ongoing The Prisoner theme.

 

You also forgot to mention her fiddling too.

 

All The Squeak's items were all bin rescued. He was in his hypersonic element. Like a pig in muck.

Entertaining episode. Uncle Eric's episodes are rarely dull or uneventful.

 

Guess who's on tomorrow? Christina in one one of her famous episodes from Leominster. Double yum, treble slurp. Lovely.

 

finding out about tribal art apparently. lots of wood to fondle?

 

Top comedy on Roadtrip just now: Roo got a helmet stuck in her lovely hair.
Must happen a lot, tbf.

 

titter:
"Eric fiddles with a Pennyfarthing. He was hoping for a Boneshaker followed by a knee-trembler. Well he has to find some use for his old pump."

 

Some wood flinging to start.

Woody challenge?

Married Beardie and his foreign ball and chain by the sounds of it.

Retired Blue couple. He's into Camels.

Dirty Laugh already.

Keen and eager and raring to go says the Princess.

Trilly descends.

Chuko too.

In the form of an animal/Find on a desk.

Achtung Wokesfuhrer Auction at his Chippenham Bunker.



Nasty industrial desk lamp.

I'll give you a clue. There's 2 little holes says Trilly. Cough.

Beardie bails on the negotiating. He does not wear the trousers.

Christina's Animal Challenge.

Visual joke as something is heard to reak off screen.

Christina tells us to search for cracks.

The Centre Manager loves a 99. Our hostess loves .......

Time for fingering of rims.

A single ender, Trilly usually has a good eye for double-enders.

Quirky ALERT!!!!!