0:00:02 > 0:00:04Right now, all of us are feeling the pinch
0:00:04 > 0:00:06and our nation's charities are no exception.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08It's difficult to give as much as we used to
0:00:08 > 0:00:12and sadly it's the small charities that are suffering the most.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15It is a struggle to find extra money.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18I'm up to my limit. I can't work any harder than what I'm doing.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20These charities are run by volunteers
0:00:20 > 0:00:23who dedicate their lives to helping others.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24One adult, one child?
0:00:24 > 0:00:25That's correct, yep.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29'My life is a world away from Britain's struggling charities,
0:00:29 > 0:00:32'but now I want to give something back.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36'My name is Andrew Lamberty. I'm an international antiques dealer
0:00:36 > 0:00:39'based in London's Belgravia.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43'I find beautiful, esoteric, unusual, amazing things.'
0:00:43 > 0:00:46I've found a collection of glass eyes.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48I buy them and I sell them.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53'But now I think I can use my talent for buying art and antiques...'
0:00:53 > 0:00:56- 550, is it.- No. Well, 500 is it.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58'..to sell to my wealthy clients...'
0:00:58 > 0:01:01That has actually seen the Cuban Missile Crisis.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04'..and give the profits to these heroic small charities.'
0:01:04 > 0:01:07- Always go round the front of the horse.- Hi.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09'But it's not going to be easy.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11'The recession has hit the antiques trade too...'
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Well, they're not right for this room.
0:01:13 > 0:01:141,600 quid.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16MAN SIGHS
0:01:16 > 0:01:19In isolation, I probably wouldn't buy either of these.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23'..and making money is harder than ever before.'
0:01:23 > 0:01:26When the market was really buoyant, people would have to have your
0:01:26 > 0:01:28arm off for those, cos otherwise someone else would buy them.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31'I've given myself just three months to make the money
0:01:31 > 0:01:32'the charities need.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36'So I'm going to bid at auction, travel overseas to trade fairs
0:01:36 > 0:01:39'and even organise a special auction evening.'
0:01:39 > 0:01:41I am going to sell, thank you!
0:01:41 > 0:01:42CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:42 > 0:01:45'And rather than keeping the money, I'll give all the profits
0:01:45 > 0:01:49'to these small charities who make Britain a better place.'
0:01:51 > 0:01:54This represents changed lives, Andrew, it does.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09'I've been buying and selling art and antiques for the past 20 years.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11'Today I have a gallery in Belgravia,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14'but it hasn't been easy to get here.'
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Started as a van driver for a local auction house.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21I think my opening salary was 45 quid a week.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24I then left and worked for a dealer and in the evenings
0:02:24 > 0:02:27and at the weekends, I went to auctions
0:02:27 > 0:02:30and I started buying and selling, trading.
0:02:30 > 0:02:36Pine trunks, 50 quid, sell for 70 and it was graft.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41We call it in the trade "grocering", just simple buying and selling.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44And, you know, there was passion behind it, but I can't say
0:02:44 > 0:02:48the goods were particularly exceptional at that stage of my career.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50When you're driving around in a van that cost you 500 quid
0:02:50 > 0:02:53and you're driving 60,000 miles a year,
0:02:53 > 0:02:57you're on a steep learning curve and you're learning the value of money.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02'With some expert help, I've selected two small charities
0:03:02 > 0:03:04'whose donations are drying up.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07'In each case, I'm putting up my own money
0:03:07 > 0:03:09'to buy and sell art and antiques.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14'I'll do the work, the charities will get all the profits.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17'The first charity has brought me north of the border to Aberdeen.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21'In Britain, more than a million disabled people live alone
0:03:21 > 0:03:24'and this charity, called Future Choices,
0:03:24 > 0:03:27'provides a community club to bring disabled people together.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31'It's run by David Forbes, who's turned his own
0:03:31 > 0:03:34'family crisis into a reason to help others.'
0:03:34 > 0:03:37I was actually working. I got told to come through to the office
0:03:37 > 0:03:39and my manager at the time said,
0:03:39 > 0:03:41"Your mum's been rushed into hospital.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44"There's a taxi coming for you straight away."
0:03:44 > 0:03:48I realised it was a lot worse than that, cos you don't just get a taxi
0:03:48 > 0:03:50straight for you if it's just a fall.
0:03:50 > 0:03:55And I went into the room to see her lying on the bed, motionless.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59Seeing this person you've always called Mum lying there
0:03:59 > 0:04:03and then the doctor said that she'd been clinically dead...
0:04:04 > 0:04:06I was there...
0:04:09 > 0:04:11I was there all the time,
0:04:11 > 0:04:15by her side, talking a load of rubbish.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19It was three, four days down the line that nothing was happening.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22The machines was beeping and everything,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24the machines were keeping her there.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28And then there was one minute and her eyelash started to flicker and
0:04:28 > 0:04:35I've never shouted for the doctor so, so fast and so quick in my life.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38And then, when I went back in, she looked at me
0:04:38 > 0:04:40and I kind of thought... I didn't know what to expect,
0:04:40 > 0:04:43I didn't know if she was going to recognise me or who I was.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46And then when she said... silently whispered, "Hi, David."
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Nobody thought she would come through it and she did.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52They did some tests and it proved that she had a condition
0:04:52 > 0:04:55called hypoxic brain injury,
0:04:55 > 0:04:57and in English and broken-down terms,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00that's basically short-term memory loss.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04So it's made her require full-time, 24-hour care
0:05:04 > 0:05:08and so I decided to take the plunge, so to say.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10And a lot of people say that I was ridiculously stupid
0:05:10 > 0:05:11and, at such a young age,
0:05:11 > 0:05:14you're only mid-20 your life's just starting.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17But I decided to take care of her and eight years later,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20something like that, I love every minute of it.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24When the council was forced to reduce disability care
0:05:24 > 0:05:29because of budget cuts, David set up this charity to plug the gap.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Not only does the charity provide a weekly social group,
0:05:32 > 0:05:35they also run a minibus to collect members from their homes.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38It was bought second hand and now needs vital repairs
0:05:38 > 0:05:40to keep it on the road.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Without it, most of the members would be stranded at home, alone.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- Hello.- Hello.- I'm Andrew.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Hi, I'm David, I'm the chairman of Future Choices charity.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Hello, nice to meet you.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55I'm obviously here to learn a little bit about the set-up
0:05:55 > 0:05:59of what you do and how you operate and what you need.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04People come here to socialise and they get to do activities,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06so it's kind of like being back at school.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08They can have a good old laugh and joke, catch up.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Are a lot of them on their own for the rest of the week?
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Yeah, so this is the only time they get to see their friends.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15It is vital.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20It's a great place to come to, because you make new friends,
0:06:20 > 0:06:24you actually meet folk and you'd remember.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Yes. I mean, we all need things to live for.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29I mean, would you say that you live for coming here?
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Oh, yes. Definitely.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36On a scale of one to ten, how important is it to you?
0:06:36 > 0:06:40- Ten.- It is. Well, that was a quick answer, that was easy.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43'Another thing that struck me about the charity
0:06:43 > 0:06:46'was the number of young people volunteering.'
0:06:46 > 0:06:49It kind of seems really commendable that young people
0:06:49 > 0:06:51are coming and helping, you know.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53I think more young people should generally do it,
0:06:53 > 0:06:55cos it's a good thing to get into,
0:06:55 > 0:06:58it's not really any stress to do it and it's good to help out
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- other people that maybe aren't as fortunate as yourself.- Yeah.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03It's just something good to do, really.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05I'm learning what kind of difficulties people
0:07:05 > 0:07:07have got in life, you know what I mean?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09It's not easy going out there
0:07:09 > 0:07:11and trying to push yourself in a wheelchair.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14You know, it's not easy using a walking stick either.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17I can see these people with the disabilities they've
0:07:17 > 0:07:19got are benefiting a great deal from coming here.
0:07:19 > 0:07:25Not only that, terrific group of volunteers who are energetic
0:07:25 > 0:07:30and generous-spirited and I want to match that generosity of spirit
0:07:30 > 0:07:33and I want to contribute something here myself.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38'David runs this charity on just £5,500 a year.'
0:07:38 > 0:07:40So, what an interesting morning.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43I now need to know what you need
0:07:43 > 0:07:45and what kind of target I need to set myself.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49One thing that springs to mind automatically is our bus.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51It is second hand.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Always something to pay for to keep it running,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56to keep it legally on the road, et cetera.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59To pick up members, to take them to our class.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03So I'm looking for, say, 1,500 for the bus,
0:08:03 > 0:08:05just to keep the bus on the road.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09And then there's the social interaction and recreational
0:08:09 > 0:08:12activities and I would like a cinema screen, cos not
0:08:12 > 0:08:15a lot of people can go out into the town centre to go to the cinema, and
0:08:15 > 0:08:19a lot of our members would be over the moon in having a cinema screen
0:08:19 > 0:08:21so they can come together,
0:08:21 > 0:08:23very community-based group, come together.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27That would probably set us a target of around about £1,000.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28So we have to shake on that,
0:08:28 > 0:08:31on getting you £2,500, if I possibly can.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33And I shall go and head south and see what I can do.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35OK, thank you very much. Good seeing you.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37- My pleasure.- Thank you.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44'The bus is only just on the road.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48'David needs money for it as soon as possible.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51'Six years ago, making money was easy,
0:08:51 > 0:08:55'but even my wealthy customers are cutting back these days.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59'So there are no guarantees, and the market goes dead in January,
0:08:59 > 0:09:02'so I have to make the deals before Christmas,
0:09:02 > 0:09:03'which is three months away.'
0:09:03 > 0:09:07I'm going to buy a number of items that I think I can trade quickly.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10I'm going to use everything at my disposal to buy really
0:09:10 > 0:09:14well on behalf of these charities. I'm going to go to little auctions,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17I'm going to go to trade fairs, I'm going to get my address book out
0:09:17 > 0:09:19to make the most sales I possibly can,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21get into my private clients.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23And I'm going to have a big charity auction
0:09:23 > 0:09:26coming up to Christmas, cos that's the way to make the big money.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31'I absolutely love antique globes.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34'Not only are they beautiful objects
0:09:34 > 0:09:37'but they tell us so much about the way the world has changed.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40'Previously, the most valuable globes documented the age
0:09:40 > 0:09:45'of exploration, but I've spotted a rare and rather different one that's
0:09:45 > 0:09:47'coming up for auction in Cirencester
0:09:47 > 0:09:49'that is out of this world.'
0:09:50 > 0:09:52It's a globe of Mars and it's a big one.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55It's very rare, I've never seen one as big.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I'm hoping it's in good condition.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01I don't know, if you've seen a lot of globes, like I have,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04you get more interested in the quirky, rarer ones.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06So celestial globes, so the ones with the stars and
0:10:06 > 0:10:09the heavens, they're rather nice and they're always dark blue or black.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12And then the moon ones are very attractive, as well,
0:10:12 > 0:10:16and they were brought out after the lunar landings in 1969.
0:10:16 > 0:10:21You tend to gravitate towards the rare things, the unusual.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24And Mars globes are rare and unusual.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29'If the Mars globe is as good as I'm hoping, I should be able to
0:10:29 > 0:10:33'sell it on quickly to make a profit for the disabled community group.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36'I found an error in the catalogue.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38'That puts me at a distinct advantage,
0:10:38 > 0:10:41'as rival buyers are likely to overlook it.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45'In the antiques trade we call that a sleeper.'
0:10:45 > 0:10:49I must read you the catalogue description.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51"A good moon globe.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55"Unsigned and unlabelled by the maker.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58"Printed with named craters, mountain ranges,
0:10:58 > 0:11:02"valley seas and other distinctive features on stand."
0:11:02 > 0:11:05It's red. It's the Red Planet.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07The clue's in the colour.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09HE LAUGHS
0:11:09 > 0:11:13So it's a Mars, not a moon.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17'Today's a viewing day for dealers at this auction house which
0:11:17 > 0:11:21'specialises in historical artefacts and I'm in heaven.'
0:11:27 > 0:11:28Look at these.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33They're heavy, eh? Sorry, I'm meant to be looking for a globe,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36but I got distracted by machine guns. That's a...
0:11:36 > 0:11:39That is a rare Lewis gun.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Look at that.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Look at that.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Have a look at this.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51I rather like the old signs for buses and Tubes.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53In fact, I bought... Last year,
0:11:53 > 0:11:56I bought about ten of the old enamel
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Tube signs and they were really lovely.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00I made them into kitchen tables and they sold like that.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01CLICKS FINGERS
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Some quite interesting kit here,
0:12:08 > 0:12:12but I can't find what I'm looking for yet. So try another room.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Some seats from Concorde.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18'Concorde has its own collectors' market.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22'I once bought and sold the iconic nose cone, which was
0:12:22 > 0:12:25'a beautiful object, and I made a tidy profit.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30'But the seats, they're not pretty, so they're not saleable.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34'This is better. A wind tunnel model from the '60s.'
0:12:34 > 0:12:37A big one, as well. Nice, interesting.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39But the nose is down on the front,
0:12:39 > 0:12:41which is kind of not so attractive.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47'Right, back to what I've come here to find, the Mars globe.'
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Brilliant, the lot's really well hidden and it's basically been
0:12:51 > 0:12:55dumped under a girder in the corner and you can't see it.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58Oooh!
0:13:03 > 0:13:05It's nice!
0:13:05 > 0:13:10'This is one of the first ever globes of Mars,
0:13:10 > 0:13:14'with surface features provided by NASA's Mariner 4.'
0:13:14 > 0:13:18I don't want to attract too much attention to myself here.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21Let's view this quickly.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26It dates from the 1960s.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28That's a big Mars.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33'Sorry, I've got to say it - with globes, size is important'.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Well, Scotland have lucked out today.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Let's get out of here. There's more people coming.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41I really love it when you turn something up like this.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45It's like shucking oysters, isn't it, and then, "Whoa, pearl!
0:13:45 > 0:13:47"Result!"
0:13:48 > 0:13:52So what I'm going to do later on today is I'll book a telephone line
0:13:52 > 0:13:55and they will phone me live in the auction and I will bid live.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Top limit's a grand.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59I don't want to pay a grand. I want to nick it,
0:13:59 > 0:14:01I want to nick it for 250 quid.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09PHONE RINGS
0:14:09 > 0:14:11OK, this is the auction house.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15The globes, great, thank you. The globe, yep.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Yes, bid, good. Come in any time you like.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21150, we'll have that, yep, bid, bid, bid.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Yes, go.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28220. Yes.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Just bid 500.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Oh, did you? Oh, thank you, was it my bid?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Oh, goodness, I thought it was against me
0:14:38 > 0:14:40and I was going to try and blow them out.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42OK, we got it, done.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Often a good tactic in a auction,
0:14:44 > 0:14:49if it's kind of like you're going from 300, 320, 340, 360, 380
0:14:49 > 0:14:52and you get into a habit-forming thing where the person just bids.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Whereas if you actually stop them up by going, "No, actually,"
0:14:55 > 0:14:59bang, put in a big top bid, that normally holds them up.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01But he said actually they'd fallen out and that it was mine
0:15:01 > 0:15:03at £420, so yes, bought.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11'I'm on my way to meet the second small charity I'd like to help.'
0:15:11 > 0:15:14And I guess, in a way, these people are broadly similar to myself
0:15:14 > 0:15:16when I first started out.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19They are individuals with a passion or a drive who care
0:15:19 > 0:15:22particularly for something.
0:15:23 > 0:15:29In this case, it's not a business, but a charitable cause.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33'I'm going to use my expertise in the antiques business to help
0:15:33 > 0:15:37'the people who spend their lives helping others.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40'In Gosport on the South coast, Steve Dent
0:15:40 > 0:15:45'and his volunteers run a food bank on just £7,500 a year.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47'Relying on donations from the local community,
0:15:47 > 0:15:51'they provide emergency food parcels for families in crisis.'
0:15:51 > 0:15:55So, Steve, do you think demand is increasing, stayed the same?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57It's been increasing year on year,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00but this year we saw a significant increase.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02You think that's down to the economy?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Yes, yeah, undoubtedly.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07It's difficult to actually pinpoint if there's one particular thing,
0:16:07 > 0:16:11but we've saw a 40% increase compared to the same time last year.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15And that's not just cos you're reaching out to more people more successfully?
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I don't think so, no.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21I just think the demand, the need, has just grown to that level now.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25'Across Britain, the number of food banks has DOUBLED in the past year.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27'This charity operates from the back
0:16:27 > 0:16:30'of a second-hand furniture warehouse.'
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Full of particularly choice furniture, yeah.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35We are not in Belgravia.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37'Because of the increased demand,
0:16:37 > 0:16:40'the existing storage space for food is now too small.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44'Eileen is one of the charity's 30 volunteers.'
0:16:44 > 0:16:46I've come to have a look at your setup today.
0:16:46 > 0:16:47We'd like a bigger place,
0:16:47 > 0:16:50we'd like a place where we can speak to the clients more.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Yeah, it's a bit public here, isn't it?
0:16:52 > 0:16:55They find it embarrassing enough coming along.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59'Mark is one of 2,500 people in the Gosport area who use
0:16:59 > 0:17:01'the food bank every year.'
0:17:02 > 0:17:04- Oh, hi.- Hello, love.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07I've got a voucher.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Thanks. Have you been before, Mark?
0:17:10 > 0:17:12- Yes.- You have.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15And it's one adult and one child?
0:17:15 > 0:17:16That's correct, yep.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18OK, won't keep you long. There's a seat there,
0:17:18 > 0:17:22- if you want to have a sit down, but won't be long.- OK, thank you.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25So how do you end up... I mean, I know it's personal thing,
0:17:25 > 0:17:29but how do you end up stuck in a corner like you've...
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Well, I was in privately rented accommodation. Landlord decided
0:17:32 > 0:17:35- he wanted to put his house on the market, so we had to move out.- Yeah.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38And the council said the only place they've got at the moment,
0:17:38 > 0:17:42until they re-house us, is a family hostel.
0:17:42 > 0:17:47- Right.- All the food I had, like, frozen has been like defrosted now
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- cos there's no freezers at the hostel.- OK.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Basically, whatever I get here today, obviously,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54is going to help this week, until next week when I get paid.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Right, so how long do you think you'll be there?
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Well, they said, "Up to four months, you could be there."
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- Four months?- Yeah. - Wow, OK. Good luck, Mark.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- Thank you very much. - And have a nice journey home.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07And thank you very much for the food.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- You're very welcome.- Bye, Mark. - Thank you very much.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14- Hope it goes well for you. - Thank you, see you later.- Bye.- Bye.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18It was bit of an eye-opener to meet Mark.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22It's not that easy to witness it, actually. It's not that, you know...
0:18:22 > 0:18:25It's slightly uncomfortable, cos it's...
0:18:27 > 0:18:31You know, you feel very sorry for people
0:18:31 > 0:18:36who've arrived at that kind of position in life.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39I feel very lucky, feel a bit guilty to be so lucky.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Steve, thank you for asking me down here today.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48It's been an eye-opener meeting Mark, talking with him,
0:18:48 > 0:18:51talking with Eileen.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Now, what do you need?
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Well, as you've seen, where we
0:18:55 > 0:18:58currently are is just totally unsuitable.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00We just can't support the need.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02What we need is basically to move
0:19:02 > 0:19:05and we're under a tight timescale, really.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08I guess, you know, we're going to have to move within the next
0:19:08 > 0:19:11three, three and a half months if we're going to be able to continue.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14So you want to move. What's it going to cost and what do you...?
0:19:14 > 0:19:19Well, probably in the region of about £2,000 in terms
0:19:19 > 0:19:21of running costs, I guess.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25There's the cost of moving and the cost of rent.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29And then probably, you know, another thousand pounds, I guess,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32in terms of being able to get set up.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35OK, so I've got it clear,
0:19:35 > 0:19:38you need £3,000 to move
0:19:38 > 0:19:41and get a new place set up
0:19:41 > 0:19:45and you need that money in three and a half months' time.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48So I'm up against it on the time a little bit, as well?
0:19:48 > 0:19:51OK, well, I'll have to bear that in mind.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54That puts me under a bit of time pressure, but I'm sure I'll cope.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56I will do my very best.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Oh, bless you, thank you. That'll be fabulous.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01All right, well, I'm going to depart back for town.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04'Steve is on a deadline to move and I've only got three months to make
0:20:04 > 0:20:08'the money he needs, as the antiques market shuts down at Christmas.'
0:20:11 > 0:20:15'I regularly go to Paris on buying trips for my business so, while
0:20:15 > 0:20:17'I'm there, I can be on the lookout
0:20:17 > 0:20:20'for my first item for the food bank.'
0:20:20 > 0:20:23I'm here in Paris, the palaces of the Louvre to my left,
0:20:23 > 0:20:25formerly the seats of the kings of France.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27They were the wealthiest people in the world
0:20:27 > 0:20:29in the 17th and 18th centuries.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31It's not lost on me that I'm now here shopping for Steve
0:20:31 > 0:20:35and some of the most disadvantaged people in our country.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39'I've come to one of my favourite hunting grounds,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42'the Marche aux Puces on the northern edge of the city.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46'It's the biggest flea market in the world with over 2,000 stalls
0:20:46 > 0:20:48'and a huge variety of items on offer.'
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Great place to visit.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54You always feel a sense of anticipation coming up here.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56There's a lot of gear to look at and you always,
0:20:56 > 0:20:59always find something interesting here.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00It's inspiring too.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Few nice little pair of chairs here, always commercial,
0:21:05 > 0:21:07small pair of chairs.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10These little chairs are called salon chairs.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Now, 18th or 19th century?
0:21:12 > 0:21:15I know what they are just looking at them from here.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19First thing, style is 18th century, Louis XVI.
0:21:19 > 0:21:25This, stylistically, first came about in about 1780.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27What you want to do, though, is you want to look underneath the seat
0:21:27 > 0:21:30in here and you see that's cut by a machine, not by hand.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32If it's hand cut it's all serrated and rough,
0:21:32 > 0:21:34that would mean it's 18th century.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38If you look at the top here, it would be pegged here and here if it
0:21:38 > 0:21:39was an 18th century chair.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41This one is just tenoned through the joint.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44So, these, 18th or 19th century?
0:21:46 > 0:21:4919th, these came from about 18...
0:21:49 > 0:21:50Ah, here we are.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53These date from about 1890, 1880.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Smooth seat rail,
0:21:55 > 0:21:57wear on the bottom of the feet, not too much.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Nice original paintwork,
0:22:00 > 0:22:04but 120 years old, not 220 years old.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08I would only buy a 19th century chair if it was absolutely
0:22:08 > 0:22:12exceptional, a very interesting, quirky piece of design.
0:22:12 > 0:22:18Otherwise, the market is stronger in the 18th century.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22'I need to find an item that I can sell quickly.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26'Time is ticking and I need to make the food bank £3,000.'
0:22:26 > 0:22:29I've found a collection of glass eyes,
0:22:29 > 0:22:30old glass eyes.
0:22:30 > 0:22:35Judging from the box, I think they'd be around the turn of
0:22:35 > 0:22:38the last century, about 1900.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41They're fabulous. There's something really surreal about them.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44'The box is covered in shagreen, which is stingray skin,
0:22:44 > 0:22:46'and always an indication of quality.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49'It become fashionable, again, from 1900.'
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Vous m'avez dit mille cinq cents?
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Mille cinq cents.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56So these are 1,500. They're not cheap but it's given me an idea.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Today I think I might build a collection for Steve.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00That might be the way forward.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04When you put a lot of similar objects together, there's
0:23:04 > 0:23:08an added value in there and make the objects really more appealing.
0:23:15 > 0:23:16OK, we're in here.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18This is fantastic.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Really nice collections
0:23:23 > 0:23:25of starburst mirrors dating from the 1940s.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28They're metal spiky ones and they're really cool.
0:23:28 > 0:23:33I recently sold a set of ten of these for £11,000.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Oh, let's have a look at this fella.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38OK, this one, condition-wise,
0:23:38 > 0:23:40is what we don't want.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42That's all rusted and oxidising
0:23:42 > 0:23:44and the gilding's gone off it.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Nice plate, you do want that pitting on a plate there.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49That's a nice old mercury gilded plate.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50Let's have a look at the back.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Probably an original back, but it's not stamped.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54I bet one of these is stamped.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Let's find one with a stamp.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59'The stamp I'm looking for will read "Chaty Vallauris" after
0:23:59 > 0:24:01'the designer and town of manufacture
0:24:01 > 0:24:03'and is therefore an original.'
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Yes.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08OK, that's got an original back, that one there.
0:24:08 > 0:24:13Gold spray cardboard back, Chaty Vallauris.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15You should always look at the back of a piece of furniture.
0:24:15 > 0:24:20Look at its oxidation, grub, general rusting from use.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22You'd look for some wear on the hook where it'd been hung up,
0:24:22 > 0:24:24obviously got some old dents.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26You can tell it's an old one.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29There's also a very rare one, which will be the centre of the
0:24:29 > 0:24:32collection, which is an oval shape. I've never seen an oval one before.
0:24:32 > 0:24:38I know I shouldn't get excited about an oval sunburst mirror, but I can.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42Including the oval one behind me,
0:24:42 > 0:24:46I would like to buy... I've looked around and I'd like to buy nine.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48The price, it's...
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Nine... 2,700.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56For nine, let's call it 2,500.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58- No, no, no.- No?
0:24:58 > 0:25:01No, because I buy sometimes 200,
0:25:01 > 0:25:03sometimes I pay 250.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06When I sell for 200, I will only...
0:25:06 > 0:25:09So you want 2,700, but that includes this oval one here?
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Yes, this is one I sell for the same price,
0:25:11 > 0:25:13the big one I make the same price.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15- OK.- And sometimes I don't win.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20'At just under £2,200 they are a really good buy.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22'And I've got a client in mind.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Those...
0:25:28 > 0:25:31'I'm back in Britain with my haul of mirrors in the back of the van.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35'I've bought them at a great price. Let's hope I can sell them
0:25:35 > 0:25:37'for an even better one.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40'I'm meeting James Perkins at his country house
0:25:40 > 0:25:42'to try and make a sale.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44'He's a collector with eclectic tastes
0:25:44 > 0:25:48'who made his money as a rave promoter in the '90s.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51'I need to move these mirrors on quickly
0:25:51 > 0:25:55'so I'm looking to sell for around £3,500, £4,000.'
0:25:55 > 0:25:59I mean they're '40s/'50s. French, from Vallauris.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03A few of them have the original backs on with the stamped label.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07That's the really rare one, that oval one there.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08That's a really nice one.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Yes, I've never seen an oval one.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15I mean, my only comment would be they all seem to be quite
0:26:15 > 0:26:17similar types of starbursts.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Hmmm... No, that one's round.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22No, but you know in the way that they're detailed,
0:26:22 > 0:26:24they all seem to have this sort of roping around.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25With the rope twist, yeah?
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Let me get up on a chair and have a look up here,
0:26:29 > 0:26:31cos I think that's the only way you're going to get to see them.
0:26:31 > 0:26:36Well, the thing that I obviously have to ask is - how much are they?
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Well, you know I want to look after you.
0:26:39 > 0:26:423,800 quid for the lot.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47I mean, can I ask you what they cost you?
0:26:47 > 0:26:50You can, but I'd probably lie.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52HE LAUGHS
0:26:52 > 0:26:54See, that's honesty between friends, you see.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Err...
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Hmm...
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Well, look, they're very interesting.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04I think it's a bloody good look as well,
0:27:04 > 0:27:06and it's not a look that I've covered.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08That's the thing... I say I haven't covered it,
0:27:08 > 0:27:12- we're looking at a giant convex behind the polar bears.- Yes, yeah.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15- So shall we go and see if we can find a place for them?- Mmm.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19And then you can beat me up on the price.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20Well, that's good.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23I've learnt something - there's room for margin.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26There you are, I thought I'd better just feed that one out.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Let me have a think on it.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31I don't want to talk myself into it if it doesn't work.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Back in the day, when the market was really buoyant,
0:27:34 > 0:27:36people would have to have your arm off for those,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39cos otherwise someone else would just buy them.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42I'd put them in the window of my gallery, they'd be gone. 24 hours, bang, done.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44And for quite a lot more money.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47But we are in more cautious times. There's less money about,
0:27:47 > 0:27:50people are more cautious and they know they can drive a good bargain.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54He knows it. He knows I know it.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58'It's not lost on me,
0:27:58 > 0:28:00'the contrast between James' millionaire pile
0:28:00 > 0:28:03'and the food bank I'm trying to help.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08'I've left the mirrors with James so he can decide
0:28:08 > 0:28:10'whether to buy them or not.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13'Let's hope he does the decent thing.'
0:28:18 > 0:28:22'The Mars globe that I bought for the disabled community group
0:28:22 > 0:28:26'in Aberdeen has arrived from the auction house.'
0:28:26 > 0:28:28OK, well, I'll see you tomorrow night anyway...
0:28:28 > 0:28:32'The charity needs £2,500 to keep their bus on the road.'
0:28:32 > 0:28:35CAR ENGINE SPLUTTERS
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Jim has been a volunteer driver for the charity
0:28:42 > 0:28:45since his disabled wife joined the group six months ago.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51This bus, it needs a new fuel tank.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55We can only put half a tank of fuel in it.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59And it needs new heaters for starting the engine in the frost.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04And it's due an MOT in two or three months.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08It will fail its MOT without spending money on it.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Cos I used to be an MOT tester.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15HE LAUGHS
0:29:15 > 0:29:19The bus is a vital resource for the members who have mobility problems.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23Without it, they wouldn't be able to come to the community group.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26DAVID: 'They've already told me they're scared to lose the service.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30'If they lose the service, they have nothing left and I just can't...
0:29:30 > 0:29:32'I can't even think like that.'
0:29:32 > 0:29:37If we had £2,500, it would just be amazing.
0:29:37 > 0:29:43I mean, we would allocate £1,500 - it's a nice figure.
0:29:43 > 0:29:48We would have that for the bus, which I can't express how much...
0:29:50 > 0:29:53..that would mean, especially to the members.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56These people don't have anything
0:29:56 > 0:29:59and because they're on benefits,
0:29:59 > 0:30:03to have that kind of money to be given to us for the charity
0:30:03 > 0:30:05for us to spend on them...
0:30:05 > 0:30:07it would just... It would just be amazing.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10My fundraising team wouldn't stop fighting, my fundraising team
0:30:10 > 0:30:13would still be out there tomorrow getting as much things as
0:30:13 > 0:30:17they can, but it would be a morale boost for them and it would be
0:30:17 > 0:30:21a great boost of confidence and self esteem for the members.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30'It's now October. I've got just two months to make both charities
0:30:30 > 0:30:34'the money they need before the market goes quiet at Christmas.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36'I'm getting a little worried.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39'I've yet to hear from James Perkins about the starburst mirrors
0:30:39 > 0:30:44'and in my business, no news is usually bad news.'
0:30:48 > 0:30:51'I'm back in Paris for another buying trip for my business.'
0:30:51 > 0:30:55Not glamorous Paris, in gritty banlieue Paris.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58This is the Marche aux Puces, the flea market,
0:30:58 > 0:31:01largest antiques market in the world.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04'This is where I bought the starburst mirrors on my last visit
0:31:04 > 0:31:06'so while I'm here, I'll be on the lookout
0:31:06 > 0:31:08'for a companion piece for the Mars globe.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11'Collections have more impact and they're worth more money.'
0:31:11 > 0:31:13I don't know what I'm going to find here.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16This is not stuff that's going to feature on the internet.
0:31:16 > 0:31:17You know, this is graft.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20You have to just do the miles.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24'As yet, I've not made a penny towards the £2,500 the charity
0:31:24 > 0:31:26'needs to keep the bus on the road.'
0:31:26 > 0:31:30So you can see, there's a huge variety of stands here
0:31:30 > 0:31:32selling all sorts of things.
0:31:32 > 0:31:37'My strategy is to find pieces I can sell on quickly for profit.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40'That means not paying over the odds.'
0:31:40 > 0:31:42I like the look of this one.
0:31:44 > 0:31:45Le prix?
0:31:47 > 0:31:49OK, merci.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53So this is a very nice lamp by Pierre Giraudon and he
0:31:53 > 0:31:56pioneered making resin by putting
0:31:56 > 0:31:58large volts of electricity through
0:31:58 > 0:32:03it as it was drying and then that creates that kind of fractured look.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05He started as a chemist, actually,
0:32:05 > 0:32:08and then he became an artist and
0:32:08 > 0:32:12he worked for all the big fashion houses in the '70s,
0:32:12 > 0:32:14refitting shops and things like that.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16And this became terribly fashionable, this look.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18That's a very big one.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22Super cool, but it's 3,500 euros.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25That's a walk-away price.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29Oh, that's a big globe.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Combien, le monde?
0:32:33 > 0:32:36'The countries aren't labelled, so that tells me it's a military globe
0:32:36 > 0:32:40'and would've been used for basic navigational training by pilots.'
0:32:40 > 0:32:42I think it's expensive.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45I've bought and sold a lot of globes in my life.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48I think I can make a price.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50'I'd say from the look of it's '50s,
0:32:50 > 0:32:54'probably used during the Cold War by the air force or the navy.'
0:32:54 > 0:32:56So what's the best price?
0:32:56 > 0:32:59I can make 900.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02I'd want to pay more like 600 for that.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05I can make 750 cash.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07If we talk livres sterling now,
0:33:07 > 0:33:09cos I have livres sterling in my pocket.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13I mean, I really... 500 is it. 500 sterling.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15OK, give me £550...
0:33:15 > 0:33:18- No, 500.- 550.- 500.
0:33:18 > 0:33:19550 is it.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21No, 500 is it.
0:33:21 > 0:33:22- 500?- Yeah.
0:33:24 > 0:33:29500 is very difficult...
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Hmmm...
0:33:32 > 0:33:34OK, OK, OK.
0:33:34 > 0:33:35Done.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37500 is good.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Ambush. Thank you. OK, I'm happy.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49'At £500, I'm guaranteed to make a profit
0:33:49 > 0:33:50'for the disabled community group.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53'I'm going to see a collector who's bought many globes
0:33:53 > 0:33:55'from me in the past.'
0:33:55 > 0:33:58So, this chap.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01I am selling this on behalf of a charity based up in Aberdeen
0:34:01 > 0:34:03who are in need of some funding.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06'Now to talk up the provenance and seal the deal.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09'Where there's a story, there's a profit.'
0:34:09 > 0:34:13So I went to Paris and bought this from a trader there who
0:34:13 > 0:34:17bought it from an American who'd been based in Paris
0:34:17 > 0:34:19all his life who was, I don't know, an admiral.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21That's what he said, anyway.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24So we can actually probably imagine, looking at the date of it,
0:34:24 > 0:34:26from the '50s, that that has
0:34:26 > 0:34:29actually seen the Cuban Missile Crisis.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Oh, yes, of course, yes.
0:34:31 > 0:34:36It may have been plotting global defence.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38No, it's beautiful. It's rather unusual,
0:34:38 > 0:34:40because there's no names on it, country names.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43No, I think you're expected to know your geography
0:34:43 > 0:34:45if you're a rear admiral in the US Navy.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47So it's them and us.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49- This is a Cold War globe.- Yes.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53And these military globes are always very plain.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Sometimes you get just absolutely plain black ones
0:34:56 > 0:34:57which you can chalk on.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01- And rub out as you destroy the opposition.- That's it.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Very best on this is...
0:35:05 > 0:35:06750.
0:35:07 > 0:35:13- Fine.- And I think £750 is a very reasonable price.
0:35:13 > 0:35:14Yeah, no, I think that's fair.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16- I'm a good judge.- Yeah.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18- So shall we shake on that one? - I think we've got a deal.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20- Shall we get that done? - Thank you very much.
0:35:20 > 0:35:21Let's move that out of the way.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25'So I bought that globe in a Paris flea market for £500,
0:35:25 > 0:35:28'I just sold it for 750.'
0:35:28 > 0:35:32It's a good start. It's a profit, I'm on the way.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35'And with Pascal in a buying mood, I've sold him
0:35:35 > 0:35:40'the Mars globe as well, for another £750.'
0:35:40 > 0:35:45And you're now the proud owner of a rather wonderful Mars globe.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47OK, cheers, cheers, bye.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53'With both globes sold quickly, that's almost £500 towards
0:35:53 > 0:35:56'the two and a half grand that the disabled community group
0:35:56 > 0:35:58'need to keep that bus on the road.'
0:36:05 > 0:36:09'But, so far, I have failed in my efforts to make any money
0:36:09 > 0:36:11'for the Gosport food bank.'
0:36:11 > 0:36:13So James didn't buy the starburst mirrors,
0:36:13 > 0:36:15which is pretty disappointing.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19I need to get going with those and get them sold.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22They're a lovely-looking item and I've sold them before,
0:36:22 > 0:36:24so I've got to get my skates on.
0:36:24 > 0:36:25I haven't got long.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Steve needs to get that food bank open
0:36:27 > 0:36:29and I need to get him the money.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35The Gosport food bank is struggling to keep up with demand.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Tucked away in the back of a furniture warehouse,
0:36:38 > 0:36:42they desperately need more space so they can continue to operate.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51'Steve and one of the volunteers, Eileen,
0:36:51 > 0:36:54'have invited me down to see their potential new premises.'
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Ah, it's so much better. Look at the light coming in here.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59Yes, yeah, wonderful.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02It's over twice the space of where we currently are
0:37:02 > 0:37:07and we can actually store probably three to four times as much
0:37:07 > 0:37:10food here, which is absolutely wonderful.
0:37:11 > 0:37:16This is the room, Andrew, that we're planning to use as a reception room.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20And to make it more welcoming, we're going to be putting in some sofas.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24I can really feel for these people and want to lift them
0:37:24 > 0:37:30out of the mud that they're in, or whatever you want to call it.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34Just lift their lives, so they can have a better life.
0:37:34 > 0:37:39I have, in the past, had a hard time myself, way back in the past.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44I married young, unfortunately it was not a good marriage...
0:37:44 > 0:37:47but one perseveres.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50We were very hard up. I had two children,
0:37:50 > 0:37:53my first child had cancer
0:37:53 > 0:37:56and eventually died of the cancer...
0:37:58 > 0:38:01..and my husband was leaving me at the same time.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03So...
0:38:03 > 0:38:05It was not a good time in your life.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09No and very, very hard up as well... Excuse me.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14But that was a long time ago and things
0:38:14 > 0:38:17are much, much better. And...
0:38:17 > 0:38:20You bring the joy of your recovery to other people now, really, don't you?
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- Yes, I know... - You know there's a way.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27Yes, exactly. I know there is a way, things can happen.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- It's about...- Oh, come on.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40I'm no nearer to making the food bank the £3,000
0:38:40 > 0:38:42they need to move premises.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45I need to sell these starburst mirrors.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48And I've now just got one month to do it before the antiques market
0:38:48 > 0:38:50shuts down at Christmas.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55This is our dialogue with our customers
0:38:55 > 0:39:00right here and so I thought we'll put these in the window.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05They're quite Christmassy, we're coming up to Christmas,
0:39:05 > 0:39:09they're kind of jewel-like, they're jewellery for your wall.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13And I think they look absolutely terrific
0:39:13 > 0:39:16and I'm hoping we'll stop a bit of traffic.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18You know, people do actually drive past and call us up,
0:39:18 > 0:39:23so it's giving them the best shot they can possibly have.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34'I started in this trade 20 years ago,
0:39:34 > 0:39:37'buying antique boxes for 50 quid and selling them for 70.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40'With time against me, I'm going
0:39:40 > 0:39:44'back to basics to make a quick turn for the food bank.'
0:39:46 > 0:39:51'I'm seeing a local dealer who specialises in antique memento mori.
0:39:53 > 0:39:58'Memento mori is Latin for "remember you will die"
0:39:58 > 0:40:01'and this symbolic reminder has been used
0:40:01 > 0:40:03'mainly in Christian art since medieval times.'
0:40:03 > 0:40:05- Can we have a look at that?- Yeah.
0:40:08 > 0:40:09Thank you.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12Has it got its liner? Yes.
0:40:12 > 0:40:17This is made from brass, probably late 19th century.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20- What, 1890?- About right.- Yep.
0:40:20 > 0:40:21How much is it?
0:40:21 > 0:40:24That's £100.
0:40:24 > 0:40:25So, done.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27OK, thank you. Would you like it wrapped, sir?
0:40:27 > 0:40:29No, I don't need it wrapped, thank you.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32I don't need the full service. Trade price.
0:40:32 > 0:40:33I can take it out on my own.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37'I've got a collector in mind who I'm seeing tomorrow evening.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42'He's a bit of a fan of memento mori and I'm sure he's going to bite.'
0:40:46 > 0:40:48'At the end of our business dinner,
0:40:48 > 0:40:51'I slip the memento mori into the conversation.'
0:40:51 > 0:40:53You see, they remind you of your own mortality,
0:40:53 > 0:40:55they don't do anything to assuage it.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58So you still end up looking like that.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01I'm sure we can shake on...300.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Well, I'm going to pause for effect,
0:41:05 > 0:41:07but I'm going to take your hand.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Thank you.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12'That's a quick £200 for the food bank.'
0:41:16 > 0:41:20'And I've had some great news about the starburst mirrors.'
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Sold, yes.
0:41:22 > 0:41:23I got a phone call.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26They left a message on my mobile
0:41:26 > 0:41:29saying they'll take them.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31So we'll invoice those out today.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Sold for £4,000 for the whole lot.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37So a nice, tidy little profit, actually.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41'Added to the profit for the memento mori, that's £2,000 towards
0:41:41 > 0:41:46'the £3,000 total that the food bank need to move premises.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49'But with less than a month to make the rest of the money,
0:41:49 > 0:41:53'I've now got to turn my attention to the charity auction that I've
0:41:53 > 0:41:56'planned the week before Christmas.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00'My strategy is to buy small, luxury items that will appeal
0:42:00 > 0:42:01'to a festive crowd.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04'I'm hoping in a single night I'll make
0:42:04 > 0:42:07'the rest of the money for both charities.'
0:42:10 > 0:42:13'I'm going to buy for the food bank first and I've spotted
0:42:13 > 0:42:17'a piece of jewellery that's coming up for auction in Monte Carlo.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21'While it would be nice, I don't actually have to be
0:42:21 > 0:42:23'there in person to bid.'
0:42:25 > 0:42:29Phone call from Monte Carlo coming through any moment
0:42:29 > 0:42:31now for a rather lovely gold bracelet.
0:42:31 > 0:42:36'This gold bracelet with pearl inlay from the '70s is the perfect
0:42:36 > 0:42:40'impulse buy for my charity auction and it has a low estimate,
0:42:40 > 0:42:44'so I hope to nick it for less than 1,500 quid.'
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Deuxieme enchere.
0:42:49 > 0:42:50Cinq cents.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Sept cents.
0:42:58 > 0:42:59- Huit cents.- Huit cents.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Oui, OK.
0:43:01 > 0:43:02HE SPEAKS IN FRENCH
0:43:02 > 0:43:04GAVEL BANGS
0:43:04 > 0:43:08That is one beautiful 1970s gold and pearl bracelet.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11Very wearable, very chic, Parisian chic.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15'And at just under £1,400, it's a sure winner.'
0:43:23 > 0:43:27'From Monte Carlo to Paris for my next buy for the food bank.'
0:43:28 > 0:43:31- Bonjour.- Ca va?
0:43:31 > 0:43:35'It's a piece by French modernist sculptor Philippe Hiquily.'
0:43:35 > 0:43:38A long time. It's called the Roberts, you know about it.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41Yes, let me just say I can translate that, but I won't.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44But if you think about the first thing that comes into your head
0:43:44 > 0:43:46when you see this sculpture, that is the title.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49'Hiquily has been exhibited at the Guggenheim in New York
0:43:49 > 0:43:52'and the Pompidou Centre here in Paris.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55'This piece is made of Perspex and polished bronze.'
0:43:55 > 0:43:57Hiquily, he's quite irreverent, isn't it?
0:43:57 > 0:44:02It's always quite naughty and it's quite sexual and...
0:44:02 > 0:44:03Yes it was, he was.
0:44:03 > 0:44:07And the furniture's very organic, and that's his style, isn't it?
0:44:07 > 0:44:10Like this one, I mean, this is obvious what it is
0:44:10 > 0:44:13- but you know, it's kind of... It's kind of fun.- Yeah.
0:44:13 > 0:44:17You look at that and you know it's naughty and it makes you smile
0:44:17 > 0:44:19and it's quite sexy too.
0:44:19 > 0:44:24It is sexy and the title of the sculpture, Les Roberts,
0:44:24 > 0:44:26- in French means tits. - Yeah, I know....
0:44:26 > 0:44:31And a lot of sculptures,
0:44:31 > 0:44:36his work, is turn on erotic things.
0:44:36 > 0:44:37- Erotic things.- Yeah.
0:44:37 > 0:44:42Hiquily is not well-known in the UK except by people like me
0:44:42 > 0:44:43who are, you know...
0:44:43 > 0:44:45Collectionneur.
0:44:45 > 0:44:46Informed, yeah.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49He's more famous in New York.
0:44:49 > 0:44:52Come on, then, let's cut to some pricing.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55What are you asking for it in here, in the gallery?
0:44:55 > 0:44:57You know, my dear Andrew,
0:44:57 > 0:45:00- the price, le prix public...- Oui.
0:45:01 > 0:45:04- ..is 10,000 euro.- Yes.
0:45:04 > 0:45:08And the prix special pour le client special?
0:45:08 > 0:45:13The prix special is something like 6,000
0:45:13 > 0:45:14and I won't go under that.
0:45:14 > 0:45:18Jean-Marc, 6,000 is a very friendly price.
0:45:18 > 0:45:19Thank you, you have a deal.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21OK.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24'Although Hiquily is less well-known in Britain, I'm inviting
0:45:24 > 0:45:27'a number of international clients to the charity auction
0:45:27 > 0:45:31'and at 6,000 euros, that's a fantastic price.'
0:45:37 > 0:45:40With the sculpture and the gold bracelet bought for the food bank,
0:45:40 > 0:45:45I hope to make the additional £1,000 I need to reach my £3,000 target.
0:45:45 > 0:45:49'Now I'm turning my attention to the disabled community group.
0:45:49 > 0:45:53'So far, I've made just under £500 from selling the Mars globe
0:45:53 > 0:45:55'and the military globe.
0:45:55 > 0:46:00'But they need £2,500 to repair their minibus.
0:46:00 > 0:46:04'So I've decided to go for a famous name that is sure to drive up
0:46:04 > 0:46:05'the bidding on the night.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07'Pablo Picasso.'
0:46:08 > 0:46:11If you want to own a Picasso, then you buy a ceramic,
0:46:11 > 0:46:13because it's the inexpensive way to own one.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16They're also absolutely typical of his work.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19Anyway, this one, Dancing Figures, absolutely typical,
0:46:19 > 0:46:21it's absolutely wonderful.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23There's 400 copies of this produced in the world,
0:46:23 > 0:46:24only 400 of them.
0:46:24 > 0:46:28The guy's arriving any minute now, I've got an appointment with him.
0:46:28 > 0:46:29The price is right.
0:46:29 > 0:46:31If the condition's right, I'm going to buy it.
0:46:31 > 0:46:33DOORBELL RINGS
0:46:33 > 0:46:35Neil, come in. How are you?
0:46:35 > 0:46:38- I'm very good.- Nice to see you. - Good to see you as well.
0:46:38 > 0:46:39Come on in.
0:46:39 > 0:46:40One Picasso.
0:46:40 > 0:46:42Okey-doke.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46Oh, yes, look at that.
0:46:46 > 0:46:49So, you can see it's dated 1st August 1957.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52It's called Dancing
0:46:52 > 0:46:57and you have these three cavorting figures in the centre.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00'Picasso began producing ceramics in 1947 at the
0:47:00 > 0:47:02'Madoura Pottery in Vallauris,
0:47:02 > 0:47:06'the same French town the starburst mirrors were made.'
0:47:06 > 0:47:09Let's have a look at the thing at the back.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11Oops, I don't want to tip it over too much.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13So you've got the edition Picasso stamp.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16Yep, so the ones you want are the ones with the small editions.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19They're the really valuable ones, in the sort of 20s.
0:47:19 > 0:47:23Yeah, I mean, to be honest, what sells is a pretty plate.
0:47:23 > 0:47:24Yeah.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26So if it's pretty, it sells, even if
0:47:26 > 0:47:29it's an apres Picasso,
0:47:29 > 0:47:31- frankly, there's not... - Have a seat.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33..there's not too much difference in value
0:47:33 > 0:47:35whether it's an apres Picasso
0:47:35 > 0:47:37or whether it's an original Picasso plate.
0:47:37 > 0:47:41That is such a nice thing. I've been looking for one.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43I've been really looking for one, Neil.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45Thank you so much for bringing that.
0:47:45 > 0:47:49What are you asking for it, retail?
0:47:49 > 0:47:51Well, you have to remember that recently prices have zoomed
0:47:51 > 0:47:53- skywards for these things.- Yes.
0:47:53 > 0:47:57I'm suggesting a retail price of
0:47:57 > 0:47:59six and a quarter is quite a fair one
0:47:59 > 0:48:01and seeing as you're a dealer,
0:48:01 > 0:48:05I would afford you a 25% trade discount.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07- A modest 4,650.- Yes.
0:48:07 > 0:48:08How does that sound?
0:48:08 > 0:48:11Well, I said to myself,
0:48:11 > 0:48:14"If it's under 5,000, it's well priced."
0:48:14 > 0:48:16Yeah, I'll shake your hand on that and say thank you.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20I'm going to sell this in a charity auction
0:48:20 > 0:48:22and I'm going to give the profit away.
0:48:22 > 0:48:25- I think there is a profit in it. - I think there's a profit in it too.
0:48:25 > 0:48:29- If someone pays 7,000 for that, they've not done badly at all. - No, absolutely.
0:48:30 > 0:48:33- You take care. - And you.- Bye.- Bye. Good night.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39'I bought the second item for the disabled community group
0:48:39 > 0:48:40'through an online auction.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43'It's a beautiful decanter box, complete with four crystal
0:48:43 > 0:48:47'decanters and I stole it for £870.
0:48:47 > 0:48:51'To ensure the maximum profit, it's at my restorers for a sympathetic
0:48:51 > 0:48:53'clean and polish.
0:48:54 > 0:48:58'Dating from around 1870, the case is made from walnut and ebony.
0:48:58 > 0:49:02'It's the perfect small, luxury item for wealthy buyers
0:49:02 > 0:49:04'looking for Christmas presents.
0:49:04 > 0:49:08'It also has provenance, which gives authenticity
0:49:08 > 0:49:11'and will help attract a good price when I come to sell.'
0:49:13 > 0:49:15This case of four decanters was
0:49:15 > 0:49:18the property of Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman,
0:49:18 > 0:49:20one-time First Sea Lord.
0:49:20 > 0:49:24Resided at Copgrove Hall, near Harrogate.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26So it's come from Yorkshire.
0:49:26 > 0:49:29That is, presumably, something like his ex libris card.
0:49:29 > 0:49:33That's a super, super little box. That's going to find a new home
0:49:33 > 0:49:36and that's going to make some good coin.
0:49:41 > 0:49:44'The evening of the auction has arrived.
0:49:44 > 0:49:47'Tonight is my last chance to get the rest of the money
0:49:47 > 0:49:48'the charities need.
0:49:48 > 0:49:49'It's a black tie event
0:49:49 > 0:49:53'and I've invited my entire black book of international clients.'
0:49:53 > 0:49:54Hi, Andrew.
0:49:54 > 0:49:56'I've also invited Steve from the food bank.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58'I'm selling the gold bracelet
0:49:58 > 0:50:01'and the Hiquily sculpture on his charity's behalf.'
0:50:02 > 0:50:04Nice to see you in your glad rags.
0:50:04 > 0:50:08'I need to make him £1,000 tonight to reach my 3,000 total
0:50:08 > 0:50:11'so they can move premises.
0:50:11 > 0:50:12'David and volunteer Aaron
0:50:12 > 0:50:15'from the disabled community group are also here.
0:50:15 > 0:50:21'I've only made them £500 so far with the sale of the globes.
0:50:21 > 0:50:25'Tonight I'm selling the Picasso plate and the decanter set for them.
0:50:25 > 0:50:27'If I get the prices I want,
0:50:27 > 0:50:29'they will be able to repair that minibus.'
0:50:34 > 0:50:37'I'm going to be the auctioneer. I'm going to be working that room
0:50:37 > 0:50:40'and driving those prices up.'
0:50:40 > 0:50:45I hope you've all drunk plenty of wine and you're all talked out
0:50:45 > 0:50:48and now you're thinking about spending
0:50:48 > 0:50:51a few quid, all in a good cause.
0:50:51 > 0:50:54I am now going to get on with selling the first lot,
0:50:54 > 0:50:56so cut lead glass crystal,
0:50:56 > 0:50:58walnut case. It's burr walnut.
0:50:58 > 0:51:01It's English, it's from about 1840, 1850,
0:51:01 > 0:51:03and I'm going to get bidding under way.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06So, could you please, please start me at 800 quid on this?
0:51:06 > 0:51:08I have 900, 1,000,
0:51:08 > 0:51:111,300. Will I go 1,500 here?
0:51:11 > 0:51:121,600, thank you.
0:51:12 > 0:51:151,700, 1,800.
0:51:15 > 0:51:171,900. Was that a nod?
0:51:17 > 0:51:181,900.
0:51:18 > 0:51:19GAVEL BANGS
0:51:19 > 0:51:20Sold, thank you.
0:51:20 > 0:51:24Next, a plate by the world's greatest 20th century artist,
0:51:24 > 0:51:26Pablo Picasso.
0:51:26 > 0:51:274,500, I'll take 4,600,
0:51:27 > 0:51:29we'll go up in hundreds.
0:51:29 > 0:51:304,600, 4,700.
0:51:30 > 0:51:325,000, 5,100.
0:51:32 > 0:51:355,200, I do have 5,200.
0:51:35 > 0:51:365,300, sir.
0:51:36 > 0:51:385,600, 5,700.
0:51:38 > 0:51:39It's only money.
0:51:39 > 0:51:415,800, thank you. 5,800.
0:51:41 > 0:51:435,900.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46And I am going to sell for £5,900.
0:51:46 > 0:51:486,000 behind you.
0:51:48 > 0:51:506,000.
0:51:50 > 0:51:54£6,200, to the man who's heard of Pablo Picasso.
0:51:54 > 0:51:56I am going to sell, thank you!
0:51:56 > 0:51:57GAVEL BANGS
0:51:57 > 0:52:00I'm going to cut to Monaco, that's where I bought this.
0:52:00 > 0:52:03I would like to start you at £1,000.
0:52:03 > 0:52:041,000, thank you sir.
0:52:04 > 0:52:061,100.
0:52:06 > 0:52:081,200.
0:52:08 > 0:52:101,300. 1,400.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12Would you like to bid, madam?
0:52:12 > 0:52:131,700.
0:52:13 > 0:52:162,300 at the front here.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18Oh, 2,400!
0:52:18 > 0:52:20Hammer down pronto, sold.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23Thank you very much. I know you want it.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25This is an artist's proof,
0:52:25 > 0:52:28number one of the artist's proof.
0:52:28 > 0:52:32Les Roberts by Philippe Hiquily, Perspex and polished bronze.
0:52:32 > 0:52:36Who is going to start me at £4,000?
0:52:38 > 0:52:40Are you really not going to buy this?
0:52:40 > 0:52:41Come on!
0:52:42 > 0:52:44Do you know what these retail for?
0:52:44 > 0:52:48You'd be lucky to pick one of these up for under 8,000.
0:52:49 > 0:52:52£4,000? No?
0:52:53 > 0:52:57Is no-one going to buy this sculpture for 4,000, no?
0:52:57 > 0:52:59Cos I will pass. No?
0:52:59 > 0:53:01Pass.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04'I knew that Philippe Hiquily wasn't that well-known in Britain,
0:53:04 > 0:53:07'but I really thought that sculpture would sell.'
0:53:07 > 0:53:10We have made you some money, as well, on the two trades
0:53:10 > 0:53:13I've done, so you are going to be able set that thing up.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16- Thank you very much.- And if you can't from the money I've made,
0:53:16 > 0:53:17I'll make up the difference myself.
0:53:17 > 0:53:20Oh, bless you, thank you, that's really kind of you.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22I'll write the cheque, I don't care.
0:53:23 > 0:53:26'People can spend large sums in galleries like mine
0:53:26 > 0:53:30'quite easily and yet £3,000 will make such a difference
0:53:30 > 0:53:33'to small charities like the food bank.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35'And on the profits of the gold bangle alone,
0:53:35 > 0:53:38'I've made the final £1,000 they need,
0:53:38 > 0:53:41'which is fantastic and a relief.'
0:53:41 > 0:53:44So this is my wonderful Roberts, which didn't sell
0:53:44 > 0:53:47at the auction, which was a bit disappointing, actually.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50But the good news is it's sold now.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53So that has turned a £500 profit,
0:53:53 > 0:53:57which I shall add to Steve's total.
0:53:57 > 0:53:58And I'm very pleased too.
0:54:05 > 0:54:10I'm off to see Steve and I'm going to hand him over a fat cheque
0:54:10 > 0:54:15and I have to say it feels very good to be part of his team.
0:54:15 > 0:54:18'With the promise I made Steve at the auction,
0:54:18 > 0:54:21'today's the day they're moving into their new premises.'
0:54:21 > 0:54:23Three months of work, all condensed today
0:54:23 > 0:54:25into one piece of paper with some numbers written on it,
0:54:25 > 0:54:28which is going to make a lot of difference to a lot of people.
0:54:28 > 0:54:29That's a good feeling.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36- Andrew!- Hello.- Hi, welcome.
0:54:36 > 0:54:38- Happy New Year. - And to you, how are you?- I'm good.
0:54:38 > 0:54:41Well, Steve, the place looks fantastic.
0:54:41 > 0:54:45It's a hive of activity today, and we're really excited
0:54:45 > 0:54:47because this is the day that we've been waiting for.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50So, anyway, I wrote the cheque out earlier.
0:54:50 > 0:54:54The last bit of the cheque says 4p.
0:54:54 > 0:54:55STEVE LAUGHS
0:54:55 > 0:54:57But that's the less significant part of it.
0:54:57 > 0:54:58I don't know, it all helps.
0:54:58 > 0:55:00Anyway, there's a cheque for
0:55:00 > 0:55:02just over three and a half grand.
0:55:02 > 0:55:06Wow, thank you so much! That is amazing.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08That is just stunning.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11This represents changed lives, Andrew.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14It does. For those people that are going through
0:55:14 > 0:55:15a crisis in their lives,
0:55:15 > 0:55:17this makes a significant difference.
0:55:17 > 0:55:21So, genuinely, I mean this, thank you so much.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23Very pleasurable thing to be able to do, to make a small
0:55:23 > 0:55:27difference for someone like Steve and his dedicated team here.
0:55:27 > 0:55:31It's called the Basics Bank and as with many things in life,
0:55:31 > 0:55:34simple things done very well make a big difference.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36That's what he's doing here.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45'I've come back to Aberdeen to meet up with David
0:55:45 > 0:55:47'and the disabled community group.'
0:55:50 > 0:55:53I've got a cheque in my pocket for him and it's going to exceed
0:55:53 > 0:55:55his expectations and I'm delighted
0:55:55 > 0:55:57that I'm going to be able to give that to him,
0:55:57 > 0:56:01because it's a bit extra and if anyone deserves it, David does.
0:56:05 > 0:56:06How are you?
0:56:06 > 0:56:07I'm very well, how you doing?
0:56:07 > 0:56:10- I know you weren't expecting me. How's things?- I'm shocked.
0:56:10 > 0:56:12- How are you?- I'm very well, thank you. I'm doing good.
0:56:12 > 0:56:15Well, hopefully we've got you what you wanted, I think.
0:56:15 > 0:56:18So you'll be keeping your bus on the road
0:56:18 > 0:56:21and hopefully installing a cinema screen.
0:56:23 > 0:56:25That's for you,
0:56:25 > 0:56:27and it's a little bit more than...
0:56:27 > 0:56:30- Oh, my God.- ..you requested.
0:56:30 > 0:56:33And that should, as I said,
0:56:33 > 0:56:35keep the bus on the road
0:56:35 > 0:56:40and install a cinema screen, I hope, or a projector, yeah?
0:56:40 > 0:56:43- Good.- Thank you so much.
0:56:43 > 0:56:44- My pleasure.- Thank you so much.
0:56:44 > 0:56:47I know you give your heart and soul into this charity,
0:56:47 > 0:56:49- so it's nice to be able to help.- Oh!
0:56:51 > 0:56:53This means a lot.
0:56:53 > 0:56:56Oh, I'm shaking now. I'm shaking. Thank you.
0:56:56 > 0:57:00- Oh, I mean, this is going to fix...- Good.- ..so much
0:57:00 > 0:57:02and I just can't thank you enough.
0:57:02 > 0:57:04I really can't. Thank you so, so, so much.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07My pleasure, my pleasure, David. No, really, really.
0:57:07 > 0:57:11'In total, I raised £2,873
0:57:11 > 0:57:13'for David and the group.'
0:57:13 > 0:57:15Ah-ha.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20- WOMAN OFFSCREEN:- Which one, that one? - That one.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22'This has been a humbling experience for me.
0:57:22 > 0:57:24'I'm so glad I was able to help.'
0:57:24 > 0:57:28I've been... I've been working away, sort of ducking and diving
0:57:28 > 0:57:31and come up with that eventually.
0:57:31 > 0:57:33So I hope that's going to help out a bit.
0:57:33 > 0:57:35- Can I give you a hug? - Yeah, course you can.
0:57:35 > 0:57:37- Thanks very much. - Thank you, thank you very much.
0:57:37 > 0:57:40- Do I get one those every time I bring a cheque?- Yes.
0:57:44 > 0:57:47- Ah-ha.- Oh.- Down the bottom.
0:57:47 > 0:57:49This is brilliant, isn't it?
0:57:49 > 0:57:51Give me a kiss, I'm so happy. I'm so happy.
0:57:51 > 0:57:54It's going to be great, cos people are going to be more
0:57:54 > 0:57:55and more and more fun.
0:57:55 > 0:57:57People are going to get out and about.
0:58:02 > 0:58:05- DAVID:- Seeing the members happy is why I do it.
0:58:07 > 0:58:11I get to say to Mum that she's going to get out
0:58:11 > 0:58:15and she's going to see her friends
0:58:15 > 0:58:18more and it's just the best feeling.
0:58:18 > 0:58:22It's, you know, it's like Mother's Day all comes at once.
0:58:22 > 0:58:23It's the...
0:58:25 > 0:58:26It's just the best feeling.
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