0:00:02 > 0:00:04This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, the show
0:00:04 > 0:00:08that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts against each other
0:00:08 > 0:00:11in an all-out battle for profit...
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Yee-haw!
0:00:12 > 0:00:14..and gives you the insider's
0:00:14 > 0:00:16view of the trade.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17Who's there?
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Each week, one pair of duelling dealers
0:00:21 > 0:00:23will face a different daily challenge...
0:00:23 > 0:00:25The Axeman! Grr!
0:00:27 > 0:00:29..putting their reputations on the line...
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Ready for the ball.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34..and giving you their top tips
0:00:34 > 0:00:39and savvy secrets on how to make the most money from buying and selling.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Get in there!
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Today, the antiques master Eric Knowles takes on new boy
0:00:47 > 0:00:52and ace auctioneer Will Axon at a flea market in France.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Coming up... Will tries his luck.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Would you do those two for 50?
0:00:56 > 0:00:58HE LAUGHS
0:00:58 > 0:01:00This guy is kidding, isn't he? Come on!
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Eric's pottery pottiness hits new heights.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07I'm going to take it home with me and just love it for a while.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10And then I'm going to have to sell it.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13And the excitement gets a bit too much for Will.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14HE SNORES
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Hm. This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Welcome, antiques lovers.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36The Put Your Money express has steamed across the Channel
0:01:36 > 0:01:38for a buying bonanza in Paris.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41But no time to stroll down the Champs-Elysees.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43No trips up the Eiffel Tower.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47And certainly no "ooh, la, la" at the Moulin Rouge.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Oh, no, we've got two intrepid expert explorers
0:01:50 > 0:01:52with one sole focus -
0:01:52 > 0:01:55finding French finery that'll make a profit back home.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59So, let's meet our continental contenders.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01On the Right Bank...
0:02:01 > 0:02:05He may be the new boy in town, but he's no amateur, not a bit of it.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09He's an ace auctioneer who's raring to rummage for rarities.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13And he's determined to prove himself by landing a knockout blow.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14All the way from Suffolk, it's...
0:02:17 > 0:02:19It's going to have to be crunch time.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23But there is stiff competition on the Left Bank -
0:02:23 > 0:02:25a man who's a living legend.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27He's the Veteran of Value,
0:02:27 > 0:02:28the Prince of Porcelain,
0:02:28 > 0:02:30the creme de la creme of the curio.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32It's Lancashire's likeliest lad...
0:02:37 > 0:02:39He doesn't stand a chance.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Hm, fighting talk from Eric.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Our prize pair are going head-to-head at the Porte de Vanves
0:02:44 > 0:02:47flea market in the south of the city.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51They've each converted £750 of their own money into euros
0:02:51 > 0:02:53for this Parisian pas de deux.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55And once they've sold all their wares,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58any profits will go to their chosen charities.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01But don't be fooled into thinking this is all about the money.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Here in France, they need eagle eyes, excellent expertise
0:03:04 > 0:03:06and bags of British charm.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09And with these two, that should be no problem.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11So, euros at the ready,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Eric 'Knocker' Knowles and Will 'The Axeman' Axon,
0:03:14 > 0:03:18it's time to Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- THEY SIGH - Le Marteau, how are you?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Le Marteau, what's this?
0:03:23 > 0:03:27- French for Knocker.- Is it?!- It is. - Le Marteau, I quite like that.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- I don't know what The Axeman is, though.- No, but I know he cometh.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35He's now cometh to Porte de Vanves. It's a nice market, this -
0:03:35 > 0:03:36I've been here a few times -
0:03:36 > 0:03:39because it's doable, it's a nice size. Good.
0:03:39 > 0:03:45- And we've got, what, £750 in euros to spend?- That's a fair wad of cash.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- What are you looking to spend it on? - Well, I tend to play it safe here.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I'll go for Deco, Nouveau or whatever.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55But to be honest with you, anything where I get the sniff of a profit.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56So...
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Well, I think my tactic today is going to be - if I see it, buy it.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Because, you know, we've got a time limit, haven't we?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06So let's get the business done before the French
0:04:06 > 0:04:07totter off for their long lunch.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11- Listen, remember, you are batting for Britain, OK?- Wave that flag!
0:04:11 > 0:04:15- Good luck.- Au revoir!- Au revoir! Au revoir, monsieur!
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Ah, could you want two more delectable dealers banging
0:04:18 > 0:04:19the drum for Blighty?
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Not a chance!
0:04:22 > 0:04:23It's early in the morning
0:04:23 > 0:04:27and the stall holders are still laying out their wares.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Our two conquering heroes are straight into battle to see
0:04:30 > 0:04:31what's on offer.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34But have they refined their cross-Channel strategies
0:04:34 > 0:04:36in the hunt for their objets d'art?
0:04:36 > 0:04:39If you see it, forget about coming back for it,
0:04:39 > 0:04:42you've got to buy it there and then because you can bet your life,
0:04:42 > 0:04:45when you do come back looking for it, it's long gone.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47So I'm trying to be business-like today.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Well, good luck with that
0:04:49 > 0:04:52because Will has a secret weapon up his sleeve.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Yes, The Axeman is half Spanish,
0:04:55 > 0:04:57so he's au fait with European languages.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58And that includes French.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Eric's got the upper hand, he's been here before.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03But I think I might have him on the old lingo.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07So hopefully, he'll get his numbers mixed up and pay 90 instead of 20.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12Oh, let's hope so, mainly because it will be funny for the rest of us.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Both our boys have begun their browse,
0:05:13 > 0:05:18but it is Will who leaps in first, checking out some bookends.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21They are quite smart, aren't they? I mean, classic Art Deco, isn't it?
0:05:21 > 0:05:24That whole pelican, very stylised...
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Hm, lost eyes and so on.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30They would have to be very cheap. I'm going to leave them.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32I might come back to them.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36So, he has already abandoned his see-it-buy-it plan.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37And so early as well.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Mind you, Eric is not going great guns either.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42In fact, he is stalled.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44I've seen a few good objects,
0:05:44 > 0:05:47but, you know, they're at really good prices.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Not good for me, but good for the dealers.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54Yes, everywhere Eric looks, he is finding budget-busting prices.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Merci beaucoup. Yep.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59So... They want £1,000 for it.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01I'd love to buy it,
0:06:01 > 0:06:03but it is 3,000 euro.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06And a little out of my budget.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10- The price is...deux mille euro. - 2,000.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12But after a lot of searching,
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Eric spots something with a certain je ne sais quoi.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19It's ceramic, obviously, but will it be affordable?
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- What sort of price can we do?- Oh.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25What would be your best price?
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Quarante.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- 40, because he loves London... - I love London!
0:06:32 > 0:06:33..and he loves English people.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35He is a very nice man.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39All right, 40, 40 euro. OK, OK, I take it.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41- OK, fine.- Thank you.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43The Frenchman's flattery works.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44Convert that into sterling,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47and Eric pays £33.33.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52It's Japanese. It is around about maybe 1910.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Normally, it is the sort of thing you expect in cloisonne.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58In other words, with little wires enclosing it.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00But this is cloisonne-free enamel.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02And it is quite rare.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Mm! Sounds promising.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07So, Eric has got that all-important first buy under his belt,
0:07:07 > 0:07:10a hurdle Will is still waiting to jump.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13And he's also finding the Parisian prices a bit rich
0:07:13 > 0:07:18for his blood, despite his ability to negotiate en francais.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20I think the fair is still warming up a little bit,
0:07:20 > 0:07:23so no-one is really prepared to slash prices yet
0:07:23 > 0:07:26because there are people still arriving and stock still coming out.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29But before he gets too disillusioned, Will clocks
0:07:29 > 0:07:33something the French are particularly famous for.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35A quel prix, le vin?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Will then chats away in French,
0:07:37 > 0:07:38which isn't much good for most of us.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Pour les deux?
0:07:40 > 0:07:42The gentleman wants 80 euros for the two bottles,
0:07:42 > 0:07:46but Will gets him down to 60 and shakes on it, his first deal.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48- Six, yeah? 60.- Thank you.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Sir, it has been a pleasure. Good luck today. Cheers.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53After converting the currency,
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Will pays £50 for the vintage wine.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Chills.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01I spotted these bottles of wine. And Pauillac jumped out at me.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03That is my favourite grape. Delicious.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05The other interesting thing as well, of course,
0:08:05 > 0:08:09is you're selling alcohol on the street. How do you get round that?
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Well, you sell me the bottle, you give me the contents for free.
0:08:12 > 0:08:17Ah-ha! But maybe it is poor old Eric who could do with a warm tipple.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19He is not having much fun.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22I've still got an awful lot of leg work to do.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24I'd just like to buy a couple more
0:08:24 > 0:08:26and then I'll be getting more into my comfort zone.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Hm... Mr Knowles really is struggling to find his feet.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Young Axon, however, is into his stride.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33He is off and running!
0:08:33 > 0:08:36But the next thing to catch his attention is rather macabre.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38C'est quoi, ca?
0:08:38 > 0:08:42DEALER SPEAKS FRENCH
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Ah, so it is the throat.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46- Et le prix?- Cinquante euro.
0:08:46 > 0:08:4850 euros.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- Donne-le-moi pour trente. - Trente-cinq.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- Trente-cinq?- Trente-cinq. - Bon, bien, trente-cinq.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55Merci, monsieur.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58There he goes again, being all French.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01He agrees 35 euros for the anatomical model, which,
0:09:01 > 0:09:03let's be honest, is fairly gruesome.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06That translates to £29.17.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Well, what I've bought here, apparently,
0:09:08 > 0:09:12is a medical model of a throat or oesophagus.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Not everyone's cup of tea, I know. This one dates...
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Early 20th century? I like it. Hopefully, someone else will.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21And it'll be saleable. Fingers crossed. Or...
0:09:21 > 0:09:23I don't know, oesophagus crossed?
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Hm, that sounds painful!
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Eric might find that deal hard to swallow.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30But his own luck could be about to change.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34Well, I've just come across a moulded dish on a sort of a chrome stand.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38He wants 120 euro for this and...
0:09:38 > 0:09:40I don't know, I'm tempted.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Monsieur, can I ask you the...? Donne le prix.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- Cent.- Oui, oui. 100. Yeah.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Zut alors, Eric's done it!
0:09:50 > 0:09:52The seller comes down to 100 euros.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54That's £83.33,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57and Eric is looking pleased.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00It's period. It's 1920s.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02It's perfectly OK.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05You'd never buy anything like this with a hint of damage about it.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08This opalescent effect, this milky blue, is
0:10:08 > 0:10:13achieved by putting into the glass mix certain fluorites.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15A chemical reaction takes place
0:10:15 > 0:10:18within the glass as it begins to cool.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22I think, you know, at 100 euro, it represents value for money.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Whether it represents a profit remains to be seen.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Indeed it does.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Our two antiques entrepreneurs have each bought twice
0:10:31 > 0:10:33and seem to be in the swing of things.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36But with top-end prices on lots of stalls,
0:10:36 > 0:10:38they don't want to be caught napping.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40And wide awake Will is quick off the mark,
0:10:40 > 0:10:43buying an African head rest for 110 euros.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46That's £91.67.
0:10:46 > 0:10:52I've bought this carved African head rest, probably Ethiopian.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53Date wise...
0:10:53 > 0:10:56I think probably into the 20th century, maybe '20s,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58'30s, that sort of period.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01It's comfortable and it keeps the bugs out of your ears.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02Sounds like an important feature.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04It's midway through the morning
0:11:04 > 0:11:07and our competitors are anxious to compare notes.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Let's do the same and see how the figures stack up.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Eric and Will each arrived in Paris
0:11:13 > 0:11:16with £750-worth of euros to spend.
0:11:16 > 0:11:17Jittery about prices,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Eric 'Knocker' Knowles has so far only
0:11:20 > 0:11:23bought twice, spending £116.66,
0:11:23 > 0:11:27leaving £633.34 in his kitty.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Will 'The Axeman' Axon has gone
0:11:30 > 0:11:32further - three purchases
0:11:32 > 0:11:35for £170.84, meaning he's still got
0:11:35 > 0:11:40£579 burning a hole in his pocket.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43So, they've both still got masses of cash to splash
0:11:43 > 0:11:45and a lot of work to boot.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- How's it going?- Well, it's...
0:11:47 > 0:11:50It was a slow start, I don't mind admitting.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53You know, I've bought a couple of bits of glass...
0:11:53 > 0:11:55- Breakables?- Oh, yes.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- A bit of porcelain? A pot? I bet you bought a pot.- I bought a pot, yeah.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00What have you gone for? Come on.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05I've got medical, ethnographic and alcoholic.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08OK. Well, anyway, listen, time is of the essence.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11You should know that they are going to start closing down within
0:12:11 > 0:12:13the next hour or so.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16- Don't say that. - They will do, trust me.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- Good luck, Eric. - And you too.- All right then.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20- See you at the end.- See you later.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Well, both our boys need to pick up the pace.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27And our apprentice is relieved the guv'nor is feeling the heat, too.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Well, Eric seems to be a bit in the same boat as I am.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33He is sort of struggling a little bit with the prices.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36But he's bought a few objects, breakables.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38So I think we are pretty much neck and neck at the moment,
0:12:38 > 0:12:40halfway stage.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Eric, however, is suddenly much more relaxed about the whole business.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Somehow. And he's taking photos for tourists.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Are you ready? Are you all in?
0:12:51 > 0:12:54I want you to be the centre of attraction. Oh, you are.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55Here we go. One, two, three...
0:12:57 > 0:13:01But before you can say fromage, Eric's got his eye on another -
0:13:01 > 0:13:03you guessed it - breakable.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05I quite like this.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06It's nicely enamelled.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10Can I ask for the best price, as they say in English?
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- I can do 30.- 30?
0:13:12 > 0:13:14That's fine. For 30, I'm having it.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19Knocker's back on a roll, back in business and going for a job lot.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21- How much are the chairs?- 80.
0:13:21 > 0:13:2480, 80 each. Who made it, do you know?
0:13:24 > 0:13:25Matteo Grassi.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28If I took the two, how much would they be?
0:13:28 > 0:13:30- 140.- I'll take them.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Sacre bleu! Eric more than doubles
0:13:33 > 0:13:34his spend in one fell swoop.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37£25 for the enamelled glass dish
0:13:37 > 0:13:39and £116.67
0:13:39 > 0:13:41for the two designer chairs, and
0:13:41 > 0:13:44he's pretty pleased with himself.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Well, I'm very happy with this enamelled glass dish.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Date wise, it's probably around about 1925.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53It's got a few nicks, but at 30 euros,
0:13:53 > 0:13:55I was never going to say no to that. It's a great thing.
0:13:55 > 0:13:56And as for my chairs,
0:13:56 > 0:14:00well, they are after a design by Marcel Breuer.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03I think the originals date to around about 1930.
0:14:03 > 0:14:08Were they the real thing, I would not have bought the pair for 140 euros.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13I think I'd be paying more in the region of £2,000 to £3,000 each.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16I mean, 140 euro for two classic chairs...
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Thank you, thank you, thank you.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Well done, Knocker. And that double purchase puts him out in front.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25You know, this is great.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28And while Mr Axon considers a rather funky lamp,
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Knocker knocks another one out of the park.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33He pays 80 euros for a piece of French pottery.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36That works out at £66.67.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39So tell us what you've got, Knowlesy.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43Well, I've bought myself a piece of French faience.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46In England, we would call it a monteith.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49But the idea is that you put crushed ice in here
0:14:49 > 0:14:52and you take your wine glass bowls and you stick them
0:14:52 > 0:14:56in the crushed ice, so when you then want to pour your chilled
0:14:56 > 0:15:01white wine, you had a chilled wine glass ready to go.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03The thing is, I really like it.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06I'm going to take it home with me
0:15:06 > 0:15:10and just love it for a while, then I'm going to have to sell it.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Hm, I wonder if Mrs Knowles likes ceramics.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Their house must be full of the stuff!
0:15:15 > 0:15:19Anyway, after a cautious start, Eric is now well on his way.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Five items to Will's three.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24And our Axeman has lost his laissez faire attitude
0:15:24 > 0:15:27and he's worrying about prices again.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31Another one of these industrial lights, which I really like,
0:15:31 > 0:15:33but they're pricing them out of my market.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Look at that, the way the cogs are working.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36What were they originally,
0:15:36 > 0:15:40lathe working for when they're working on the metal turning tools?
0:15:40 > 0:15:43- Yeah.- Yeah. How much are you asking for that, then?
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Yeah, it's too much for me.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48At 200 euros, the lamp looks like a no go.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52But then he catches site of a pair of wooden duck decoys.
0:15:52 > 0:15:53Would you do those two for 50?
0:15:53 > 0:15:56HE LAUGHS
0:15:56 > 0:15:57This guy is kidding, isn't he?
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Come on! It's 80 each.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01Give me 100 for both.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- So, if we can say 80 the two... - No, no.- ..we've got a deal.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06- Meet me in the middle, 90.- 100.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Give me 100.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10- You are a nice guy...- Thank you, sir. - 100, thank you very much.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13- Oh, you got me!- We make a deal. - I was too slow.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Love a duck! The friendly Frenchman cheekily gets what he wants.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20But Will was holding out his hand. Silly boy!
0:16:20 > 0:16:23But things suddenly get better. Out of nowhere,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26the man offers Will a price that he can't refuse for the lamp.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31- Let's shake at that 120. - 120. Will, you got it.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33It is a double deal -
0:16:33 > 0:16:35an engineered industrial light
0:16:35 > 0:16:37for bang on £100 and a pair
0:16:37 > 0:16:40of quackers for £83.33.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43They are not going to be used as duck decoys nowadays,
0:16:43 > 0:16:45they are going to be used for their sculptural quality.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49You know, they are hand-carved, solid wood, original paint.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51A bit of folk art.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52Date wise...
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Could be turn-of-the-century, maybe 1920s, '30s.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59They are certainly not reproduction, they are the real McCoy.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Yes, Will is lit up with his latest purchases. But what about Eric?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Well, he still needs to get all his ducks in a row.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12I feel a sense of urgency, which is bordering on,
0:17:12 > 0:17:15but I am not allowing it to be, pure panic.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Yes, our Knocker is never one to give up easily.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22A last-minute scurry around the stalls,
0:17:22 > 0:17:25and he finds a particularly illuminating piece.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31THEY NEGOTIATE IN FRENCH
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Right. Yeah, we'll give it a go.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35The brass candelabrum costs
0:17:35 > 0:17:39100 euros, that is £83.33.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Well, I was hoping, you know, when I looked at the base,
0:17:41 > 0:17:43it might have had a bit of age.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47I think we are probably looking at maybe 1950s.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51I bought what, to all intents and purposes, is a decorative
0:17:51 > 0:17:53but useful object
0:17:53 > 0:17:58that takes no less than 17 candles.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01And at that point, Eric decides to call it a day.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Will, however, is under mounting pressure.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Well, I'd really like to get another item under my belt,
0:18:06 > 0:18:09but we really are in the last throes of this fair now.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13People are packing up, going home, tables are getting cleared.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16So I'm really going to have to keep my eyes peeled just to make sure
0:18:16 > 0:18:18I don't miss that one thing that I may have walked past.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22But he then remembers the first stall he visited this morning,
0:18:22 > 0:18:26the place with the pelican bookends. You know, the ones with dodgy eyes.
0:18:34 > 0:18:3580.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Thankfully, the pelicans are still there.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39But the store holder is about to leave,
0:18:39 > 0:18:41so Will is just in the nick of time.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Is there a deal to be done?
0:18:54 > 0:18:57I want one more item, so let's throw caution to the wind.
0:19:00 > 0:19:01Yes!
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Bon. Merci.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Bravo, Will. He feathers his nest with one final flutter.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13The book ends up costs £58.33.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16They are basically Art Deco bookends
0:19:16 > 0:19:20formed as pelicans, which is a very iconic sort of Deco theme.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23They are made of spelter rather than bronze.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25We know that the eyes are lacking
0:19:25 > 0:19:28and we know that they are signed - Franjou.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32I think Franjou is pretty mass-made Art Deco, French maker.
0:19:32 > 0:19:37But even so, they are genuine French Art Deco, what more do you want?
0:19:37 > 0:19:41Well, a profit would be good. And that fun is about to start.
0:19:41 > 0:19:46For now, the frantic fight at the French flea market is finished.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Both our experts arrived in Paris
0:19:48 > 0:19:50with £750-worth of euros.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Eric had a sluggish start,
0:19:52 > 0:19:54but eventually found his feet.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55He leaves with six items,
0:19:55 > 0:19:58having paid £480.33.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Will, on the other hand, bought more early on,
0:20:01 > 0:20:03but struggled in the later stages.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05He also heads home with six purchases
0:20:05 > 0:20:06and has a spent almost exactly
0:20:06 > 0:20:09the same - £412.50.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12So, with just four pounds in it,
0:20:12 > 0:20:15what do our boys make of their French fare?
0:20:15 > 0:20:17What a difference a few hours make!
0:20:17 > 0:20:19And I tell you what,
0:20:19 > 0:20:22what a difference in what you've bought and what I've bought.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24It just goes to show that there is literally
0:20:24 > 0:20:26something for everyone at the same fair.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Talk me through your lots, Eric.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Well, first of all, the little Japanese vase. It is enamelled.
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Very nice.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38And I'm looking for somebody who is about to become 17,
0:20:38 > 0:20:40because that is how many candles you can stick on that.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42- That's a big 'un. - It is a big 'un, isn't it?
0:20:42 > 0:20:47- Tell me about yours, because out for a duck, not quite.- My duck decoys!
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Bought as sculptural pieces rather than decoys.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51And what do you think to this?
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Well, first question, what is it?
0:20:54 > 0:20:56It is an African head rest.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59- Is it now?- It is. So a bit of ethnographic.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- I'm pretty sure that has got a bit of age to it.- OK.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04So, it is a case of all's well that ends well.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07But there again, all's well when we sell well.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08Ah! That is the key.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Good luck to you.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16So, our bargain hunters head back to Blighty.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Now they must forget about what has gone before and summon up
0:21:19 > 0:21:23all their courage, because this is where things get really tough -
0:21:23 > 0:21:26finding buyers for all those items.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27Once they've got people interested,
0:21:27 > 0:21:30they must eke out every possible penny,
0:21:30 > 0:21:34pounce on every pound and focus on the fight for finance.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37All their profits will go to charities they have chosen,
0:21:37 > 0:21:39so this is where they really earn their money.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45Eric is back at Knocker HQ, and he is feeling confident.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50Well, I do love that little Japanese vase.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54I know somebody who deals in Japanese works of art,
0:21:54 > 0:21:56and I think that might be right up his street.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Then, a little bit of Nancy.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Beautifully decorated French faience, entirely hand-painted.
0:22:02 > 0:22:07I've never come across a 17-light table candelabrum in brass.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11My little glass dish decorated with roses
0:22:11 > 0:22:15that most people would say are Mackintosh roses.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18But if you are in France, they are Paul Follot roses.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22And then a classic piece of French opalescent glass there
0:22:22 > 0:22:24by a firm called Julien.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28And finally, one of a pair of chairs that you find me
0:22:28 > 0:22:31sitting in, designed in around about 1928.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34I think I've got something to smile about
0:22:34 > 0:22:38and something for Will Axon to worry about.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41But Will is not concerned at all.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43He is now back home in Newmarket.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Here is my hoard of treasure.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48The pelicans, pleased with those.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Typical French Art Deco. Really stylish art metal.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Behind them, the two bottles of Chateau Collapso.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57I'm going to have to find someone who appreciates a nice
0:22:57 > 0:22:59drop of red, aren't I? The throat figure.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03As an auctioneer, we use our throats a lot. Made sense.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Next to that, the African head rest.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06I'm going to have to find
0:23:06 > 0:23:08a specialist dealer, I think, for that.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11And then the decoy ducks, which I really love.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Good decorator's pieces, really. Sculptural quality about those.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18I love my up-cycled industrial lamp, which I think I'm going to
0:23:18 > 0:23:21sell really well, because it is really on trend.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23But fashions change so quickly, who knows?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26It might just be out rather than in.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Well, only time will tell, Will.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32Our dealing duo must now dig deep into their contacts books
0:23:32 > 0:23:36and phone everyone they know to line up the ideal list of buyers.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39This requires rapid research and non-stop networking.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42And remember, until they shake on it
0:23:42 > 0:23:45and the money has changed hands, no deal is ever sealed.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Eric's mission begins with one of his favourite pieces -
0:23:49 > 0:23:51the Japanese enamelled vase.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54He has come to Kensington, in London, to see Howard,
0:23:54 > 0:23:57the son of a dealer he has known for years.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59They specialise in Oriental antiques,
0:23:59 > 0:24:03so will Knocker kick off his campaign with a solid profit?
0:24:03 > 0:24:05The vase cost him around £33.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- Howard.- Hi, Eric, how are you doing? - Good to see you.- Likewise.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13I feel that I have brought quite a humble little piece to show
0:24:13 > 0:24:16- you today.- Let's take a look at it. - Have a look, tell me...
0:24:16 > 0:24:18I would welcome your opinion.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23Under a powerful torch, you can see that there is no bruising, no faint
0:24:23 > 0:24:27hairlines that one can easily miss, but, yeah, that is all positive.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31It is a very nice what one would normally call a great
0:24:31 > 0:24:33commercial piece of Japanese cloisonne.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36I'm opening it at a couple of hundred pounds, so...
0:24:36 > 0:24:41I'd like to pretty much make it at £100 to keep, you know...
0:24:41 > 0:24:43to keep me to be able to make a profit.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Throw in a tenner and we've got ourselves a deal.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50- All right.- Is that a deal?- Done. - Put it there.- £110.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Thank you very much. Firm handshake, just like his dad.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Firm handshake.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Well, I hope he has got a safe pair of hands, too.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00And it is a good start for the professor of porcelain.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04The vase makes a profit of £76.67.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08I actually managed to more than treble my money there.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12And if you are watching, Will Axon, that is what it is all about.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17So, if you are not trebling your money, what are you doing wrong?
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Oh, that is what you call throwing down the gauntlet!
0:25:20 > 0:25:23But The Axeman is not one to duck out of a challenge.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26He kicks off his selling spree by staying local.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28He has brought his two ducks to
0:25:28 > 0:25:30a gallery at Thurston, near Bury St Edmunds.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33He paid just over £83 in Paris.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34So, will he profit here?
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Denzil, the gallery is looking wonderful, I might say.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44And I am hoping that my two little duck decoys
0:25:44 > 0:25:46will fit in beautifully, too.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49They are very nicely carved and I think they are the same hand.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52On the green one here, you have got a repair on the neck there.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54- So he has been decapitated at some point...- Oh, dear!
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- ..and his head has been put back on. - Yeah.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01- The paint on this one is good.- Yeah. - This one doesn't drive me quackers.
0:26:01 > 0:26:02Ho-ho-ho!
0:26:02 > 0:26:04I accept what you say about the green paint on that.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07How would 200 for the two sound?
0:26:07 > 0:26:09I'll spit at 180.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12High-five. Spit. Go.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Done.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Sealed with saliva! That's one way to do it.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21Our new boy takes to the selling business like a duck to water.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23He makes £96.67
0:26:23 > 0:26:25and gets off to a quacking good start.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29And that is the last duck gag, I promise.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Well, I think that went really well.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Those ducks are going to fit in perfectly with Denzil's stock,
0:26:33 > 0:26:36so I think he is pleased and I am pleased.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Knowlesy, you are going down!
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Oh, he is getting feisty!
0:26:40 > 0:26:43But our Knocker is prepared to go to any length to win.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Or depths, actually.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48And although he regards an antiques challenge as heaven,
0:26:48 > 0:26:49he is now heading to
0:26:49 > 0:26:51- SPOOKY VOICE:- 'the other place.'
0:26:52 > 0:26:57I am at the entrance to the Hellfire Caves in West Wickham.
0:26:57 > 0:27:03I am here to hopefully do a sale on my 17-light table candelabrum.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07As you can see, it is looking even more splendid now
0:27:07 > 0:27:10I've kitted it out with all the right type of candles.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15The man-made caves date from the 1700s, and they are a bit spooky!
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Eric is here to meet the assistant manager, Jen.
0:27:21 > 0:27:22Boo!
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Sorry.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28HE LAUGHS
0:27:28 > 0:27:31- I hope you are Jen. - I am indeed. Lovely seeing you.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Why Hellfire Caves?
0:27:34 > 0:27:39It was Lord Dashwood, the leader of the debaucherous, notorious
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Hellfire Club, who was determined to have his own sort of nightclub.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46So this was the rock'n'roll central of the 18th century.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Are we in haunted caves?
0:27:49 > 0:27:53This is, apparently, one of the most haunted sites in all of England.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57HE LAUGHS SPOOKILY
0:27:58 > 0:28:02Well, Jen, you very kindly agreed to meet me because you're doing
0:28:02 > 0:28:08the negotiation on my 17-light brass table candelabrum.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10First impressions?
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Gorgeous. And very fitting for this place.
0:28:13 > 0:28:18I'm looking for somewhere in the region of £180.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21I would say...150?
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Yes.
0:28:22 > 0:28:27- Wonderful.- Put your 18th-century hand there, my dear.- Thank you.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Well, nothing ghoulish about that deal.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Take off the £12 he spent on the candles,
0:28:32 > 0:28:34and Knocker makes a profit
0:28:34 > 0:28:36of £54.67.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38- It does look the part, doesn't it?- Glorious.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Let's put it to good use, shall we?
0:28:40 > 0:28:45Because there's a fair bit of cave between us and that entrance.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48- So, shall I lead the way? - Yes, please do.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Try not to get us lost.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Ooh!
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Mm, Will might be hoping they don't find their way back.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59But he's found his way to Bury St Edmunds BMI Hospital.
0:28:59 > 0:29:00Don't worry, no emergencies.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04He's meeting ear, nose and throat specialist, Mr Fahmy.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07And you've guessed it, he's brought his medical model
0:29:07 > 0:29:09of the oesophagus that cost just over £29.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13Mr Fahmy is in theatre, so Will's got to get into scrubs.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Blimey, let's hope no-one mistakes him for an actual doctor!
0:29:18 > 0:29:22- Mr Fahmy.- Hello.- It's a pleasure to meet you at last.- My pleasure.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25I see you've laid out some up-to-date,
0:29:25 > 0:29:28technologically correct models here.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Let me show you what I've got.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32You'll have to excuse the chips and so on,
0:29:32 > 0:29:34but it is... It is about circa 1920.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37It's actually quite a good model because it shows the anatomy.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39What would you do with it?
0:29:39 > 0:29:44I will probably put it in my office, and it will be a nice
0:29:44 > 0:29:48demonstration that complements what we show our patients as well.
0:29:48 > 0:29:54Yeah. So I was thinking of a figure, say, around the £50, £60 mark?
0:29:54 > 0:29:55That seems reasonable.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59Which one of the two? Shall I try and push you for the 60?
0:29:59 > 0:30:00It's your call.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04I'm going to take advantage of your kindness and say £60.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06- Do we have a deal?- Deal.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09He's doubled his money, and the prognosis is good.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12A healthy profit of £30.83.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Come on, Eric, you're playing catch-up.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19Actually, he's not, so don't get cocky, mister.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Knocker is actually leading by a few pounds at this point.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25And he is pretty hopeful he'll make a few bob
0:30:25 > 0:30:26on his opalescent glass dish.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28He paid just over £83.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32And is going to meet John, who owns a gallery in Westerham, in Kent.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37- Hello, hello, hello. How are you? - Great to see you.- And you too.
0:30:37 > 0:30:42Well, I can see that you've got Deco glass, iridescent, opalescent.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46- That's right.- And I've brought along my bit of opalescent.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48There is not a lot of scratches going on inside,
0:30:48 > 0:30:51- which quite often you get that. - Yeah.
0:30:51 > 0:30:52No chips on the rims.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55HE PINGS THE GLASS John, you always ping glass.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Yeah, I think anything that is ping-able is worth it,
0:30:58 > 0:31:00cos you know straightaway if there's a fault.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03- So, big question is, what are you looking for?- Yeah, well...
0:31:03 > 0:31:06I was starting around about the £140 mark.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09I'm happy to go to 120 on that.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13I'm not going to argue at 120. It does see me with a profit.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Well, that was quick and easy.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18The glass dish makes £36.67.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Well, I came, I saw,
0:31:20 > 0:31:23I sold and I made a respectable profit
0:31:23 > 0:31:27to a respectable buyer from a respectable seller.
0:31:29 > 0:31:30I don't know about that, Eric.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33And as he walks away with a few more pounds in his pocket,
0:31:33 > 0:31:36Will has rocked up on the beautiful Suffolk coast.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39He's on the pier in Southwold to meet his old pal, Peter,
0:31:39 > 0:31:41who's dotty about Deco.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45He's hoping he'll take a shine to his last ditch buy,
0:31:45 > 0:31:47the pelican bookends.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49- Peter!- Will, how are you?
0:31:49 > 0:31:51What did you think, I was going to arrive by boat?
0:31:51 > 0:31:55Anyway, look what I bought in Paris. Feel the quality.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58- Look, you've spotted that they're signed.- Signed as well.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Bearing in mind the little nicks and so on here, I mean,
0:32:01 > 0:32:04- what's your feeling? Do you like them?- Love them. Absolutely.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06They are right up my street.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09If you went to a saleroom and you saw these at 200 to 300,
0:32:09 > 0:32:12would you leave a cheeky bid at, say, the bottom figure or...?
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Yeah, I think I'd go in at the bottom end.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17- Shall we shake on 200 quid?- Great. - That was nice and easy!
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Go on, let's go and work the slot machines.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Wait, no gambling with the profits, Will.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25But he's every reason to celebrate - his pelican bookends have
0:32:25 > 0:32:28flown out of his hands for a very handsome profit
0:32:28 > 0:32:31of £141.67.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Wish you were here, Eric, wish you were here.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Well, Eric is near the seaside, just a little farther south.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41Well, I'm in Bournemouth and I'm here to meet Amber.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45And I've got my two very modernist chairs for her perusal.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47She has expressed an interest.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51I'm hoping to turn that interest into a firm sale.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55Amber specialises in mid-20th century furniture,
0:32:55 > 0:32:59but will she like the design classics that cost Eric nearly £117?
0:33:01 > 0:33:05- They've got embossed on the back there... "Matteo Grassi."- Yep.
0:33:05 > 0:33:10Who were a recognised Italian maker. It would be nice if they were period.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- And if they were period, they'd be, what, 1928?- Yeah.
0:33:13 > 0:33:14Something like that.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18I was thinking around about
0:33:18 > 0:33:21- £320 for the pair.- Right.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24I would probably want to pay £60 each for them.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Maybe if I went to 150 for the two.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29I'd be happy with 140.
0:33:29 > 0:33:34- Shall we do 145?- OK, yeah.- 145. - Yeah.- Put it there.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36- Thank you.- OK. Pleasure.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Oh, dear, Eric!
0:33:38 > 0:33:40He settles on less than half of what
0:33:40 > 0:33:43he wanted and makes just £28.33.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46But Knocker puts on a brave face.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Well, that was more of a wrangle than a haggle, wasn't it?
0:33:49 > 0:33:52I'm going in high, Amber comes in low.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55And at the price we've agreed, I've worked it out,
0:33:55 > 0:33:58it gives me about a 25% margin.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00So, when you look at it from that angle,
0:34:00 > 0:34:03it's not as bad as you really think.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Yes, it's still a lot less than you wanted, though, isn't it?
0:34:06 > 0:34:09So, has that ruined everything? Let's tot up their tallies.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12At the midway point in their selling session,
0:34:12 > 0:34:13Eric's done four deals
0:34:13 > 0:34:17and pocketed a profit of £196.34.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19But Will is ahead.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21He's sold fewer items, just three so far,
0:34:21 > 0:34:23but he's out in front
0:34:23 > 0:34:26with a profit of £269.17.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29So, it's all to play for and anything could happen.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33The Axeman's next port of call is in London's leafy Notting Hill.
0:34:33 > 0:34:38He's here to meet Brian, who's an expert in African carvings.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41- Brian, nice to finally meet you. - Nice to meet you, too.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43- Yeah, what a great shop you have here.- Thank you.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Really stylish and sort of, if I say sculptural,
0:34:45 > 0:34:48you'll know what I mean, with these African works of art,
0:34:48 > 0:34:52because that's what drew me to my head rest which I bought.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56It's Ethiopian. It's probably mid to late 1800s.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58- Wow.- So it's got a good age.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00Have you seen these in action?
0:35:00 > 0:35:03Probably up until about the middle part of last century,
0:35:03 > 0:35:05they were still using them.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Is there any chance I could try and tuck you up for £150?
0:35:08 > 0:35:10I would say, at a push, maybe 100.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13OK, I like it. It's a little bit unusual, this rim at the bottom.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17Could you stretch to £120?
0:35:17 > 0:35:20I always like how they split the difference, right? 110.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Listen, Brian, let's shake on that.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Only a small profit - £18.33
0:35:25 > 0:35:27That will be a relief to Eric.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30All this selling has worn Will out.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32HE SNORES
0:35:32 > 0:35:35Yeah, don't fall asleep on the job, Will. Will?
0:35:35 > 0:35:37Well, you snooze, you lose.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39And Eric takes advantage.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43He starts his final push by doubling his money on the enamel glass
0:35:43 > 0:35:45dish with pink roses.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48He sells it to a lady in Tunbridge Wells for £50,
0:35:48 > 0:35:50and walks away £25 better off.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Will has woken up and is back in business.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58He's taken his industrial lamp to Peter, who's an electrician
0:35:58 > 0:36:01he knows, to get it re-wired and tested to make sure it's safe.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03The work costs him £20,
0:36:03 > 0:36:06so he's looking for a high-voltage sale here.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09He's back in London at the antiques market at Old Spitalfields,
0:36:09 > 0:36:12and he's meeting dealer Aiden.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Here it is. And looking at your stock behind us, I think it's going
0:36:15 > 0:36:17to fit in beautifully, isn't it?
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Cos you've already got a few industrial pieces.
0:36:19 > 0:36:20I can see it in there, yeah.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24The lamp itself is vintage. And I think you pronounce it Gilda.
0:36:24 > 0:36:30- Gilda, that's it.- Which is a sort of lathe and machine lamps.- Factory.
0:36:30 > 0:36:31That's right, factory lamps.
0:36:31 > 0:36:35And what someone's done is they've mounted it onto this cog base.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37- I love the way that moves. - It's a differential, yeah.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40It is a differential. You know your mechanics.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44I think I'm going to be looking at around £200 mark.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48I was thinking more around the 130, 140 mark.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50I've got the certificate which says it has been fully tested
0:36:50 > 0:36:53and meets all the required standards.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Can we say 160, Aiden?
0:36:55 > 0:36:58- I think we have a deal. - You're a gentleman.- Thank you.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Take out the cost of the electrical work,
0:37:00 > 0:37:03and that's a £40 profit on the lamp.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Will is wired!
0:37:06 > 0:37:08The Axeman! Grr!
0:37:09 > 0:37:12Goodness! We can confirm he's had nothing to drink,
0:37:12 > 0:37:15but the vintage wine is still to come.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18But Eric gets in first with his last item - the French monteith.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20He's in Weymouth, in Dorset,
0:37:20 > 0:37:22to meet Colin, who loves pottery.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24So, they're kindred spirits.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28I could tell you now that this man has got a very good eye.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30So I'm hoping that he's going to be all eyes
0:37:30 > 0:37:36when he sees my Saint-Clement faience-monteith.
0:37:36 > 0:37:42Eric paid nearly £67 for the item, but hasn't told Colin much about it.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Risky strategy, Eric.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46So, Colin, you've always been a ceramics man.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49- We've always had that common bond, haven't we?- Yes, very much so.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53There's always a right time to buy and a right time to sell.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55- Very much so.- And the good news is
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- that it's the right time to buy. - Yes, it is.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00- ..a Saint-Clement...- Yeah.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03- ..French faience-monteith. - Oh, my goodness, that's nice.
0:38:03 > 0:38:08You've not handled this before, I've been hiding it from you.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10I think that's going to be about 1888, 1890.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Yeah, I would have thought so, too.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15And you'll find...you'll see little insects, look.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- Yeah, they cover up a blemish, I suppose.- That's right.
0:38:18 > 0:38:19I'm interested in that.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23I was hoping for around about £120.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25I would've thought around more like 80.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29If we could go at £95...
0:38:29 > 0:38:3190.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33- £90, come on.- OK.- Put it there, mate.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35It's a nice thing. Thank you very much.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38That's a nice profit - £23.33.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40So, Knocker's knocked out all his items,
0:38:40 > 0:38:43which means it's The Axeman's game to lose.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46And it all comes down to the vintage wine.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49It cost £50 and it's a grape that young William likes,
0:38:49 > 0:38:51so that might bode well.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55He's meeting David, who's a Master of Wine, in South London.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59I spoke to you briefly about the two bottles of wine I bought.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Now, what can you tell me about them?
0:39:01 > 0:39:03I can see what attracted you -
0:39:03 > 0:39:08Bordeaux wines have the ability to age for 30, 40 years and beyond.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11It's got Baron Philippe, who owns Mouton Rothschild.
0:39:11 > 0:39:12So, again, you know, you're building up.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14I've got a feeling there's a but.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18There is a little bit of a but, I'm afraid. The thing is...
0:39:18 > 0:39:21The most important thing is you want to have a chateau.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24And here, there's sadly no chateau name.
0:39:24 > 0:39:30And because Baron Philippe owned, at that time, two great vineyards,
0:39:30 > 0:39:33they would have used fruit from both those estates...
0:39:33 > 0:39:36- Right.- ..that possibly wasn't quite good enough to go into the first
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- wine, the Gran Vin. - The Premier Cru.- Exactly.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43And on top of that, 1971,
0:39:43 > 0:39:48- sadly, was not the strongest of vintages.- Oh, dear!
0:39:48 > 0:39:52But I tell you what, Will, I'm dying to taste it, so why don't I just
0:39:52 > 0:39:55say, I'll give you £5 for it and we pull the cork and try it?
0:39:55 > 0:39:59I'll tell you what, that sounds like a deal. £5 corkage.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02- But if it's any good, let's make it a tenner.- OK.
0:40:07 > 0:40:08Bottom's up.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14HE GAGS
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Sadly, it's £5.
0:40:18 > 0:40:19- It's gone, hasn't it?- Yeah!
0:40:19 > 0:40:21A fiver it is, I agree.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25Oh, no, Will's plonk makes him look a plonker.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28And he chalks up a full-bodied loss -
0:40:28 > 0:40:31£45 just disappears.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36Well, I'd like to say that didn't leave a nasty taste in my mouth,
0:40:36 > 0:40:38but... Ugh! It did!
0:40:39 > 0:40:42So that vintage error has left the match much closer than
0:40:42 > 0:40:44we might have thought.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46So, who'll be sipping fine champagne
0:40:46 > 0:40:49and who'll be forced to open Will's second bottle of wine?
0:40:49 > 0:40:51All will be revealed in just a moment.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Both our experts started off in Paris with the euro
0:40:55 > 0:40:59equivalent of £750 of their own money.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Eric Knocker Knowles made six purchases,
0:41:01 > 0:41:03and including the cost of those candles,
0:41:03 > 0:41:06he spent £420.33.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11Will The Axeman Axon also bought six times.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13And taking the re-wiring of the lamp into account,
0:41:13 > 0:41:17he spent a tiny bit more - £432.50.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22But now it all comes down to profit and who sold well.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25All of the money that Eric and Will have made from today's
0:41:25 > 0:41:27challenge will go straight to the charities of their choice.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30So without further ado, let's find out who is today's
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38- Monsieur Knowles, how are you? - Very well, very well indeed.- Bonjour.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Do you know what? I really enjoyed myself in Paris.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42- How about you, were you pleased? - Yes, I was.
0:41:42 > 0:41:47I mean, I've always enjoyed buying in la belle France. So best sale?
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Oh, yes, my pelican bookends.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53I found a private collector, who just happens to be a friend.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56He was really pleased with them and gave me a decent profit for them.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00- And I suppose my worst was the two bottles of wine I bought.- Oh, yes.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03No good, Eric. Should have been drunk 20 years ago,
0:42:03 > 0:42:06when you were scouring the fairs in Paris.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08What about yourself? Your favourite buy?
0:42:08 > 0:42:12Well, I did like that very nice Japanese enamelled vase.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14- It was in perfect condition. - Super quality.
0:42:14 > 0:42:15And on top of that,
0:42:15 > 0:42:18I did buy that rather weird sort of
0:42:18 > 0:42:2217-sconce brass table candelabrum.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26- Oh, yes!- I settled for somebody who had a really big cave.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30- Can I do the honours, as in...? - Are you going to count this down?
0:42:30 > 0:42:34- To three, in French.- Oh! - Un, deux, trois.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Ta-dah!
0:42:36 > 0:42:41- Oh!- Oh! Very close! - Hey, the boy did well.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45Listen, let's call it beginner's luck on my part because, you know...
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Yeah, let's. Let's call it beginner's luck.
0:42:47 > 0:42:48I'm all for you on that one.
0:42:48 > 0:42:53Yes, Will walks away the winner with less than £40 between them.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56The big profit on the pelican bookends helped him pull it off.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Well, who'd have thought it?
0:42:58 > 0:43:03The new boy topples the giant, the legend, Eric 'The Knocker' Knowles.
0:43:03 > 0:43:08And on his own stomping ground in Paris. I'm pleased with that.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11So I've just got to settle for that well-worn French
0:43:11 > 0:43:13phrase of c'est la vie.
0:43:15 > 0:43:16But Knocker mustn't fret -
0:43:16 > 0:43:19he gets another chance to take down The Axeman tomorrow.
0:43:19 > 0:43:23And it's all to play for in an auction at Market Harborough.