0:00:02 > 0:00:04This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,
0:00:04 > 0:00:05the show that pitches
0:00:05 > 0:00:07TV's best-loved antiques experts
0:00:07 > 0:00:09against each other in an all-out
0:00:09 > 0:00:10battle for profit.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Elementary, my dear dealers!
0:00:12 > 0:00:13And gives you the insider's
0:00:13 > 0:00:14view of the trade.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Each week, one pair of duelling dealers will face a different
0:00:20 > 0:00:22daily challenge...
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Catch me if you can!
0:00:23 > 0:00:25The axe-man cometh.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28..putting their reputations on the line...
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Uh! Ready for battle.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35..and giving you their top tips and savvy secrets
0:00:35 > 0:00:39on how to make the most money from buying and selling.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Get in there!
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Today, trading tiger James Braxton goes head-to-head with dealing
0:00:46 > 0:00:49diamond Catherine Southon at an antiques auction.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Coming up - James feels the pressure.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57I've yet to buy anything and I think Catherine's been
0:00:57 > 0:00:59as busy as a bee out there.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03I can feel this, like, hot flush going on, on me old head!
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Catherine buys wild and wacky...
0:01:05 > 0:01:10You may be wondering why and I am asking myself the same question.
0:01:10 > 0:01:15- And Bingo's faced with a whopper... - James, could you fillet this for me?
0:01:19 > 0:01:22I don't think I can even lift it!
0:01:22 > 0:01:24This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is!
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Salutations, one and all.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Welcome to a historic event in the making.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47A battle of bidding, bartering and banter, as two colossi of
0:01:47 > 0:01:49the antiques world come face-to-face
0:01:49 > 0:01:52in a clash of the south coast titans.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Our two gods of the gavel are swapping their day jobs
0:01:55 > 0:01:58for a taste of life on the other side of the rostrum,
0:01:58 > 0:02:01descending to the pits of the sale room.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04First up, it's the Apollo of antiques himself,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07a man whose knowledge is only bettered by his burning desire
0:02:07 > 0:02:11for victory. God of bric-a-brac, it's...
0:02:15 > 0:02:18After all, I've got to try and make a profit on this.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22His rival leaves mere mortals lying in her wake.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25She's the goddess of strategy and queen of the saleroom,
0:02:25 > 0:02:27our own Athena of Kent, it's...
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Buying is easy. Selling is quite another matter.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Today's prize-purchasing battle takes place at Tamlyns Auctions
0:02:38 > 0:02:41in Bridgwater in Somerset, where our gods of the gavel will be
0:02:41 > 0:02:44risking £1,000 of their own money,
0:02:44 > 0:02:48all in the name of making the most profit for their chosen charities.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53So, James Braxton and Catherine Southon,
0:02:53 > 0:02:54bidding cards at the ready,
0:02:54 > 0:02:57it's time to Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is!
0:02:58 > 0:03:02- Hello, Catherine.- James! Always a pleasure. How are you?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- Very well. How are you? - Welcome to Bridgwater.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05I know, the sun is shining.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09- But it's a bit chilly, isn't it? - It is a little bit nippy, yes.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- Raring to go for the auction?- Raring to go. I've read the catalogue.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- And you?- I've had a look.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19- There's about 15 things I've got my eye on, so...- 15?!- I know!
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- That's pretty good, isn't it?- That's very good, you've done your homework.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- Well, I don't know. Who knows? We'll see what happens.- Yeah.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29- And £1,000 to spend, James. - £1,000!- Impressive.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32You could almost buy the sale for 1,000.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36And have some left over for tea afterwards. Come on!
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Well, there's certainly no time for tea now,
0:03:38 > 0:03:41as the countdown to today's auction is under way.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46It's a general sale with only 465 lots on offer and no estimates,
0:03:46 > 0:03:49which means they'll need their best strategies to root out
0:03:49 > 0:03:54the profit. But it seems Bingo is in his element!
0:03:54 > 0:03:58There's a good lot of furniture - ceramics, decorative items.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00But the good news is there's no internet bidding,
0:04:00 > 0:04:02so whoever's here is my competition.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Or whoever's been at the view day and has left a commission bid.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10So James is feeling pretty chipper. Canny Catherine,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12on the other hand, is already worrying...
0:04:13 > 0:04:19Looking around...I may struggle to spend three figures.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24I hope that James is having the same problems as I am.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27He looks like he's enjoying himself a bit too much for my liking.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Well, you know Bingo, he's always got a smile on his face!
0:04:31 > 0:04:35# When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you
0:04:35 > 0:04:37# When you're laughing... #
0:04:37 > 0:04:39As our polished professional surveys the saleroom,
0:04:39 > 0:04:43he soon spots something that brings him to his knees - quite literally!
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Sometimes you have to get down on your knees to find
0:04:48 > 0:04:51all these little fellows. Now,
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Ladybird books. I was brought up on these lovely little Ladybird books.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58And they're just really nicely laid out books.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04These are books with content. They're not all flim-flammy. And they often
0:05:04 > 0:05:07had individual subject matters, people in history,
0:05:07 > 0:05:11or natural history. Look, really well illustrated.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Just a really lovely book.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16And you collected them, you spent your pocket money on them.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19There's well over 100 here
0:05:19 > 0:05:21and I think they would be definitely worth a punt.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Yes... Well, he may be the most dapper man in the business
0:05:25 > 0:05:28but he's not afraid to crawl on the floor in the hunt for profit!
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Across the saleroom, canny Catherine
0:05:30 > 0:05:32is eyeing up a copper tray.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Looks sort of handmade.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Looks almost Newlyn style.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39I like the fact that there is a sort of hammered quality to it.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42On the back of it, it says, "The Birmingham Guild Ltd."
0:05:45 > 0:05:47I just think it's got a real appeal to it.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51And I would say that it looks Arts and Crafts.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53So, Catherine marks her catalogue,
0:05:53 > 0:05:54and across the saleroom,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57her rival has spotted another potential profit maker.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01But he needs to put it to the trademark Bingo Test.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03The acid test of a chair, really,
0:06:03 > 0:06:04is if it can bear my weight,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07it can generally bear the weight of others.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09This feels quite sound.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Let's give it a once over.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13It's Edwardian.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15This... Edwardians was the great housing boom,
0:06:15 > 0:06:171900, 1910.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19A lot of those red brick terraces,
0:06:19 > 0:06:21coastal towns were developed then,
0:06:21 > 0:06:23and they needed furniture to fill them.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27It's made of mahogany, with this boxwood stringing round here.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29It all seems quite sound.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30If I can buy it cheaply enough...
0:06:30 > 0:06:33I want to buy if for about 40, 50 quid.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36..I should be able to sell it for 100-150.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38That's the spirit, Bingo.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40But time's up for viewing now,
0:06:40 > 0:06:42as the sale is about to get under way.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44So, we'll go straight through,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46starting at the back with Lot 1 in the cabinet.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Now, there's no internet at this auction and the saleroom is packed.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52And it seems that suits Bingo just fine.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54There's lots of people here.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58So, you know, there is a world there without the internet.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Yes, he obviously likes to look his enemy in the eye.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05So, our profit hunters are poised,
0:07:05 > 0:07:06bidding cards are at the ready,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09and it's canny Catherine who's first into the fray,
0:07:09 > 0:07:12as a collection of silk scarves catches her eye.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16- AUCTIONEER ANNOUNCES BIDS - Not amazing,
0:07:16 > 0:07:17but maybe worth a punt,
0:07:17 > 0:07:19if they're cheap.
0:07:19 > 0:07:2221 A, assorted silk scarves.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25£5 anywhere for it, please? £5?
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Five seated. Eight standing? Eight.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Catherine bids, but she's got competition.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Well done, keep going, sir.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34And again? 12 in the middle at the back.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37At £12, yeah. 15 it is. At £15.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Selling at £15.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41We're on a roll now.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44And that's buy one in the bag for team Southon at just
0:07:44 > 0:07:47over £18 with commission.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Bingo feels he's missed a trick.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50I didn't see them.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53You see, it always pays to look at everything.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56When you haven't seen something and your opponent buys it,
0:07:56 > 0:08:00you immediately feel very suspicious and envious.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Well, you're not going to like this then, Bingo,
0:08:02 > 0:08:05as Catherine's slipped another one past you
0:08:05 > 0:08:08and is bidding on a box of buttons.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09£4.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16Winning them for just under £5 with commission.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Sewing is the new baking.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20Forget cupcakes,
0:08:20 > 0:08:22think pincushions.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26And this little tin of buttons
0:08:26 > 0:08:30will soon be a pot of gold.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31How?
0:08:31 > 0:08:34I don't know, but I'm going to have a lot of fun trying.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Turning buttons into gold?
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Is she some sort of auction alchemist?
0:08:39 > 0:08:41That's two buys in the bag for Catherine
0:08:41 > 0:08:43and she's got her rival rattled.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46I've yet to buy anything
0:08:46 > 0:08:51and I think Catherine's been as busy as a bee up there.
0:08:51 > 0:08:52Does that make me feel nervous?
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Yeah, I can feel a slight hot flush going on, on me old head.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59But there we are, stay calm.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Yes, that's good advice.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02So, he keeps his nerve
0:09:02 > 0:09:06and goes straight in on a bid for a collection of seaside postcards.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09At £10, 12, fresh bidder.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13At 12 it's going to be, all done at £12.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Not a lot of money,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17I thought it was going to make 40 or 50 quid.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21That shows you how little I know about postcards.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Well, he may not be a postcard pro,
0:09:23 > 0:09:25but at £14.59,
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Bingo is off the starting blocks.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29But Catherine is well ahead,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32as she bids on the copper tray she had her eye on.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Lot 63 A...
0:09:34 > 0:09:37This is the copper tray.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Can I start this one away at £20? At £20.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Do I see two anywhere? Bid's with me at 20.
0:09:41 > 0:09:4322, 25, 28, 30.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44- 32, 35...- It's going up.
0:09:44 > 0:09:4738. At 38, 40, away on my left.
0:09:47 > 0:09:5142, 45, 48, 50.
0:09:51 > 0:09:525, fresh bidder.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54- 60,- 5... Oh, damn.
0:09:54 > 0:09:5670, at 70. 75.
0:09:56 > 0:09:5980, 85.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01- This is so much.- 90, 95.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04No. At 95, in the room here at 95.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07I put 40 next to it, that's what I was going to spend.
0:10:07 > 0:10:1095 it is, then. Are you all done? It's going to sell at £95.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14It is nice. £95, plus commission.
0:10:14 > 0:10:19I'll be lucky to make a good profit on that, but I just had to have it.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21At over £115 with fees,
0:10:21 > 0:10:24that's more than double what she hoped to pay.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27And Catherine can't stop splashing the cash,
0:10:27 > 0:10:29as she soon puts her hand in the air
0:10:29 > 0:10:31for a mixed lot of telephone cards and coins.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33£70.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Which takes a substantial £85.12 from her pocket.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40So, why did she splash the cash?
0:10:41 > 0:10:46I have gone way out of the traditional antique box here
0:10:46 > 0:10:49and I have bought something from the 1980s,
0:10:49 > 0:10:53I've bought a set of hopefully collectable phone cards.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58It's a really good, comprehensive collection here, from the 1980s.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Some of these are very collectable.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04It's just a matter of trying to find the right people.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08In addition to these phone cards, we've also got...
0:11:08 > 0:11:10..this box of coins.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Now, a little dickie bird has told me in the saleroom,
0:11:15 > 0:11:16one of the other buyers,
0:11:16 > 0:11:21that amongst these coins is a real treasure.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23I don't know what it is,
0:11:23 > 0:11:25but I'm going to find it
0:11:25 > 0:11:29and I'm going to make myself lots of money.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Mm! So, Catherine gets a sneaky tip off!
0:11:32 > 0:11:34With four lots to Bingo's one,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36you might think she'd sit back and relax,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39but oh, no, she's got her eye on a pair of wooden boxes.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41At 28, 30.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44All done? It sells at £30.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45HAMMER STRIKES
0:11:45 > 0:11:49She quickly seals the deal for just over £36 with fees.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Across the saleroom, Bingo's bidding card
0:11:53 > 0:11:55looks like it might finally be back in action,
0:11:55 > 0:11:59as a set of three framed tapestries have caught his eye.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01At 28, it's going to be, then.
0:12:01 > 0:12:02- HAMMER STRIKES - 28.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06He quickly sews up the deal for just over £34.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13This is after Lowry, the famous Salford, the Manchester artist.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17Coming From The Mill, it's painted after, done in 1930.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20This one is done considerably later. I rather like it.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23I think it's got a great sense of humour
0:12:23 > 0:12:25and I'm very pleased, £28.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27It's a bargain.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30So with our bidding buccaneers well under way,
0:12:30 > 0:12:33let's take a look at who's spent what.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38Our two experts each arrived with £1,000 of their own money.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40James Bingo Braxton has had a slow start,
0:12:40 > 0:12:43winning just two lots for less than £49,
0:12:43 > 0:12:48leaving a whopping £951 still to spend.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Canny Catherine Southon has been a bidding whirlwind,
0:12:52 > 0:12:56bagging herself five lots for just over £260,
0:12:56 > 0:12:59leaving nearly £740 in her kitty.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Now, Bingo may have taken it easy so far,
0:13:04 > 0:13:09but with wads of cash to spend, he's in prime purchasing position.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11And it's his set of children's books up next,
0:13:11 > 0:13:14but he's not the only one who's spotted them.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18I saw on the floor a big box of these hardback books.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21I used to have these when I was little.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23And I think...
0:13:23 > 0:13:25..I'm going to have a punt.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28I know Catherine has got this marked.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32So I had a sneaky look at her catalogue
0:13:32 > 0:13:35and I see that she's also marked 186.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- CATHERINE WHISPERS - James is going for it as well.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40And these I start straight in, I've got £22. At 22.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Bidding card at the ready, Bingo bides his time.
0:13:44 > 0:13:4530, 32.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49No, 32. The bid's with me, then. 35. 38.
0:13:49 > 0:13:5040, either of you?
0:13:50 > 0:13:53£38, the bid's at 40. 42 still, 45...
0:13:53 > 0:13:57And when Catherine thinks she's home and dry, he swoops in!
0:13:57 > 0:13:59At £45.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01James has got those.
0:14:01 > 0:14:02So, James won the battle
0:14:02 > 0:14:07and the books cost him just under £55 with fees.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09I think I've paid the money for those.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12And while Bingo wonders if he got carried away,
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Catherine throws her bidding card in the air
0:14:14 > 0:14:16for a pair of picnic baskets...
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Are you all done? It's going to sell then at £30.
0:14:20 > 0:14:21HAMMER STRIKES
0:14:21 > 0:14:25..and wins them for just over £36 with fees.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29These are my impulse buy.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32I bought these literally on a whim at the time.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35This is the best picnic set.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38I would say it's probably 1970s.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40I have got someone in mind for this.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44This is retro, this is funky, this is now.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46And I'm happy.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Well, if you're happy then we're happy!
0:14:48 > 0:14:51She's not the only one making quick fire purchases, though,
0:14:51 > 0:14:54as Bingo has just bought himself a mixed lot of barrels and jars
0:14:54 > 0:14:57for just over £34.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02A good under-the-table auction lot here.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06I've got three sherry barrels here.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07These are pretty useless.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10All, sort of '60s, '70s, really out of fashion.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12This one, make a garden seat out of it,
0:15:12 > 0:15:16could've been a water filter, or maybe a bigger barrel.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21These jars, very often used for cider or other liquors.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24That one's a lead-glaze fellow,
0:15:24 > 0:15:26but this is the star, the salt-glaze fellow,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29it's got this orange peel glaze here
0:15:29 > 0:15:30and we've got a Bristol maker here.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34This will make a fabulous, rather splendid lamp.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Get rid of those, left with the three, big profits.
0:15:38 > 0:15:39Up you get, old man!
0:15:39 > 0:15:43So, with that he has four buys to Catherine's six.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45But after hearing a mixed lot went unsold,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48she quickly puts in an offer at the sales desk
0:15:48 > 0:15:50and secures it for just £2.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51But what did she buy?
0:15:53 > 0:15:58You may be wondering why, and I am asking myself the same question.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02But for £2, we have life jackets, we have some waders,
0:16:02 > 0:16:06which I don't think have probably ever been used.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09And we've got some other safety equipment.
0:16:09 > 0:16:15£2, I paid for this. I'm going to sail away to sweet success.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Well, the life jacket is certainly making her feel buoyant!
0:16:18 > 0:16:20That's £2.43 with fees,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23and, with that, Catherine calls it a day.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25She may be able to kick back and relax,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28but, with just four buys in the bag,
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Bingo's revving up for a grand finale,
0:16:30 > 0:16:32or so he hopes!
0:16:33 > 0:16:35This is a crucial stage,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38because I've got the bulk of my items,
0:16:38 > 0:16:40but I don't want to lose any and this is one of them.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Nice little trunk and I've got £15 on it here. At 15. Do I see 18 now?
0:16:44 > 0:16:4718 and I've got 20 at the very back.
0:16:47 > 0:16:4922, 25,
0:16:49 > 0:16:5128.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53- No, 28...- Hurry up.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Hurry up. Get your card up quickly.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57A good tip - when the bidding's finished,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00and she's groping around for more bids,
0:17:00 > 0:17:02try and find somebody else to take you up,
0:17:02 > 0:17:05get your number up. That sort of focuses her.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Ah, a bit of inside knowledge from the squire of the saleroom!
0:17:08 > 0:17:10So, once you add commission,
0:17:10 > 0:17:12the trunk cost Bingo just over £34.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14And he quickly bags himself
0:17:14 > 0:17:17a pair of framed maps, as well.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Bid's in the middle at £15.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21- Come on, get your number on! - 15 it is.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Map of Greece...
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Do I know any Greeks?
0:17:25 > 0:17:26I'm sure I do.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Well, the maps cost our Greek god just over £18
0:17:29 > 0:17:31and, when he gives them a closer look,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34they really get his pulse racing.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38I bought these two maps. I've just taken them off the wall
0:17:38 > 0:17:41and it confirms that this one of North Devon is rubbish.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44But this one of Greece is better than expected.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46First of all, when I picked it up,
0:17:46 > 0:17:48I thought "Goodness, that's a good weight,"
0:17:48 > 0:17:51and the reason why it's a good weight is it's got the plate glass
0:17:51 > 0:17:53at the back, but the lovely thing about it,
0:17:53 > 0:17:56just reinforces my opinion about it,
0:17:56 > 0:17:58it's got this lovely ivorine plaque,
0:17:58 > 0:18:02so it's a sort of plastic thing, carrying the name of the retailer.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Lovely item, beautifully framed and then here, in the corner,
0:18:05 > 0:18:09circa 1676.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11And that is old - Charles II.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13I'm really pleased with this.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16In fact, I'm very excited. £28 plus the bits,
0:18:16 > 0:18:18I think I can add a nought to this.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Catherine, you'd better watch out!
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Bingo's last-minute spending spree is coming up trumps!
0:18:24 > 0:18:28And he has a final flourish when he wins that Edwardian chair
0:18:28 > 0:18:30he spotted earlier, too.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32It's going to sell then at 55.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Taking a final chunk of £66.88
0:18:35 > 0:18:38out of his pocket. So that's it.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Our duo have stormed the saleroom, brandished their bidding cards,
0:18:42 > 0:18:44and bagged themselves plenty of bargains,
0:18:44 > 0:18:46but how do the figures stack up?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Our brave buyers arrived at the auction with £1,000
0:18:50 > 0:18:53of their own money. James had a slow start,
0:18:53 > 0:18:59but ended up with seven lots at a total cost of £256.58.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Catherine also bought seven lots,
0:19:01 > 0:19:03but spent slightly more
0:19:03 > 0:19:05at £299.13.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09So what do they make of each other's efforts?
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Catherine, how did you find it?
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Interesting, different. But I'm very happy. What about you?
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- You are very happy?- Mm.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22- Did you spend a lot of money? - I didn't spend a huge amount, no.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24I think my biggest purchase
0:19:24 > 0:19:26was probably my Arts and Crafts copper tray
0:19:26 > 0:19:28but I am happy with it.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Now, your first purchase, I noticed, was the scarves.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Why the scarves?
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Well, I went for these purely because of the name.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39I saw in the catalogue that there was a name that jumped out at me.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42And now I have noticed that they came in this bag,
0:19:42 > 0:19:46- which isn't an ordinary bag, James. - Isn't it? What sort of bag is it?
0:19:46 > 0:19:48- No, no, no, no. - It looks nylon from here.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- It's a Prada bag. - A Prada bag?
0:19:52 > 0:19:56So we have designer scarves in a designer bag.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00- Designer price, I feel coming on. - That sounds very good. Well done, you.
0:20:00 > 0:20:06And from the sublime to the ridiculous. What is with the life jackets?
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Oh, James, I don't know.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09They didn't sell and then stupidly,
0:20:09 > 0:20:11I went and bought them for £2.00.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- £2.00.- But they have got waders.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18You must know something about fishing and wading.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- Have they got studs on the bottom? - Yes.- That's for rivers.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23- It was impulsive but I am happy.- £2.00.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26That is, to me, is my childhood in a box.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- All those books, Ladybird books. - I saw you bidding on that.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- I really wanted those. - Why did you stop?
0:20:32 > 0:20:36I stopped quite early on because I can't see big noughts...
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Big profits.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41I think you might struggle to make a big profit on them.
0:20:41 > 0:20:47- Anyway, I think my top item is my map.- Yes. I'm a bit jealous here.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50- I wish I had seen those maps. The one of Greece is fabulous. - Yes, it is.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- That's a couple of hundred pounds, I think.- I think it is.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57It is going to be a lot of work, a real lot of work here but, er...
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- Anyway, good luck.- Yes. Good luck, James.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08So our twosome leave the saleroom behind and head home.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Now they take on the challenge
0:21:10 > 0:21:12of finding buyers for all that auction booty.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14And it all comes down to profit,
0:21:14 > 0:21:18so they need to pull out all the stops to make the very best sales.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21At Bingo's pad in East Sussex,
0:21:21 > 0:21:23he's pondering his wares.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Well, it was a funny day at the auction.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29On initial inspection, there didn't seem to be a lot there.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30It was a general sale.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33But the more I started bidding,
0:21:33 > 0:21:35the more I quite liked it.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Barrels. People like these big, decorative barrels.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41What would they suit? Maybe, possibly a pub. Ladybird books.
0:21:41 > 0:21:46I've got a lot of books here but I am still unsure who to sell it to.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Postcards. Who will I sell that to?
0:21:48 > 0:21:53There is quite a rare picture of Brighton fish market
0:21:53 > 0:21:55and what better place to sell it to
0:21:55 > 0:21:59than Brighton's oldest fish restaurant?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Lowry. I will reframe that
0:22:01 > 0:22:04and it will look so much better. And then the map.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06One map, pretty ordinary.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10But the other, the Greek islands, is a lovely map. I am going to get that
0:22:10 > 0:22:13in the hands of the end buyer, ie, a private collector.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18Bingo also needs to sell his Edwardian chair and leather trunk.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20Over in Kent,
0:22:20 > 0:22:25Catherine's enthusiasm for her purchases appears to have subsided.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30Now I am back and looking at the items I bought at auction,
0:22:30 > 0:22:33I can't say that I'm overjoyed, because it is a bit of a mishmash.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38My first disappointment is these phonecards.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40I've done some research.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Apparently, the worst thing that you could have collected
0:22:44 > 0:22:47over the past 20 years is phonecards.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50I don't know who I'm going to sell these to.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54That's going to be struggle number one.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57But the phonecards did come with this box of coins
0:22:57 > 0:22:59and apparently in that box of coins
0:22:59 > 0:23:01there is something which is rather special.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03But I have yet to find it.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06The buttons, I thought perhaps I could try
0:23:06 > 0:23:12and contact somebody who does do some needlework and, you know,
0:23:12 > 0:23:15really make something upcycle items.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Probably one of the best buys, I think,
0:23:18 > 0:23:22of the whole collection is the Arts and Crafts tray.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25I think it might be difficult to try and get a big profit on it.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28I don't think people are going to get really excited about it
0:23:28 > 0:23:33but I think it is probably one of the better items that I bought.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38These waders are by a well-known maker and if you were to buy them
0:23:38 > 0:23:43new, retail, you're looking at about £25-£30, apparently.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47So I think they will definitely give a profit.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Nevertheless, there is some success here.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51I've just got to find it.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55She also needs to sell her picnic baskets, wooden boxes,
0:23:55 > 0:23:57and collection of scarves.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01So now our selling supremos need to track down the best buyers,
0:24:01 > 0:24:04and haggle hard for top prices.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Any profits will go to their chosen charities, and remember,
0:24:07 > 0:24:10until they've shaken on it, no deal is ever sealed.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Catherine has hit the ground running
0:24:13 > 0:24:16and has headed north of London in search of her first buyer.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18I'm in Hertfordshire and I've come to see Mark,
0:24:18 > 0:24:21who's got one of the biggest collections in the world
0:24:21 > 0:24:23of phonecards.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25I sent him photos of the ones that I have got
0:24:25 > 0:24:27and he is a little bit sceptical.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29But I am hopeful that in here
0:24:29 > 0:24:32is the one phonecard that he hasn't got in his collection!
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Catherine bought the cards
0:24:35 > 0:24:38along with a box of coins for just over £85.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Oh, wow - this, this is the collection already.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46- I've got a few out to show you, yes. - Is this the entire collection?
0:24:46 > 0:24:50- No, I have got about 80,000 cards, mostly up in the loft. - Well, here we are.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Straight away, the thing that I am seeing is that
0:24:53 > 0:24:56all of yours aren't sort of advertising ones.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58- A lot of these are advertising. - Yes.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01The earlier cards mainly don't have logos.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03From the very early '80s.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07Most of the normal cards were fairly widely available.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09It is getting the sort of older, rarer cards.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12I'm still hoping to find one of those in the collection.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16I will say, though, that I'm quite excited by that card.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18I knew you would be. You haven't got that one, have you?
0:25:18 > 0:25:21I am quite excited by that card. That is one of the rarer cards.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- I knew you would be.- There are obviously quite a lot there.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- Certainly, maybe we can do a deal. - Can we? Lovely.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32- What sort of figure are we talking? - £20, £25?- £20, £25.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37- Tell you what - 30 would be lovely. Can you do 30?- I will do 30.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Will you do 30? That is wonderful.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42So that's £30 in the bank,
0:25:42 > 0:25:45which is less than half of what she paid for the lot,
0:25:45 > 0:25:47so until she finds a buyer for the coins,
0:25:47 > 0:25:49her profit is up in the air.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Meanwhile, Bingo has hit the road too,
0:25:52 > 0:25:54and decided that for his auction items,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57he's going to do a grand tour of the south coast!
0:25:59 > 0:26:03First up, he's in Horsham, East Sussex, to get his Lowry tapestry
0:26:03 > 0:26:05reframed before selling it.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08But he's hoping to kill two birds with one stone.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12I've come to a local framer to see David.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16I'm hoping he can transform my Lowry tapestry panel.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19I think it needs a black frame, and who knows,
0:26:19 > 0:26:22if it looks really good, they might even buy it.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27James paid £34 for the Lowry, along with the two other tapestries.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33Hello, David. You're keeping a very tidy place.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Well, we like to keep neat.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- Now, David, this is the thing I spoke about on the phone.- OK.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41But I thought, as I said to you,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43I think it's been killed by the frame.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45I would agree with that, yes.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47I was sort of thinking that I might go for a black frame.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Black would certainly fit that bill.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54- David, how much will it cost for that mount and frame?- £25.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57- Get on with it, David, then. - OK.- Thank you.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00So Bingo got a good deal on the framing,
0:27:00 > 0:27:04but will he manage to put the second part of his plan into action
0:27:04 > 0:27:06and convince David to purchase his picture?
0:27:08 > 0:27:13- Hello there.- David, oh! Surprised! I am ready. Surely.
0:27:15 > 0:27:21That is superb, isn't it? Look at that! That is transformed, isn't it?
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- It certainly is, yes. - What do you think of it?
0:27:24 > 0:27:28I think it's a great improvement. Really sets it off well.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32- Is it something you would buy, David? - We may well consider it.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34If I said to you, David, you could buy that for £100,
0:27:34 > 0:27:36would you be grabbing my hand?
0:27:37 > 0:27:40I think I would like that on my wall for £100.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43David, you've got yourself a deal!
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Smoothly done, Bingo -
0:27:45 > 0:27:48after the framing costs, he gets £75 for the Lowry,
0:27:48 > 0:27:51and then sells the other two tapestries
0:27:51 > 0:27:54to an antiques dealer in Lewes for £10,
0:27:54 > 0:27:59taking £85 overall and netting a profit of £50.95 on the lot.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03And sticking on the coast, he sells his Edwardian chair to George,
0:28:03 > 0:28:07a dealer in Eastbourne, for £110, topping up his profit pot
0:28:07 > 0:28:10by £43.12.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Next up, Catherine heads to South London for her second sale.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16She's hoping to press the right button with Inma,
0:28:16 > 0:28:18a Battersea-based craft teacher.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Inma, hi. Catherine. Lovely to meet you!
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Hi, Catherine.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26- This is a super place you've got here.- Thank you.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29I don't know, I feel very creative as soon as I walk in!
0:28:29 > 0:28:32- I'm getting inspired already. - Thank you.- Right.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35- I have brought here a tin of buttons.- Lovely tin.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38So is this something that you'd be interested in purchasing?
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Yes, I would be. I think the tin looks fantastic
0:28:40 > 0:28:42and it has got really nice buttons inside.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44I think we would be interested.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46- There are some nice buttons. - They are, yes.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49What sort of value are we talking?
0:28:51 > 0:28:56- I think it will range between £12-£14.- I mean, 15 would be lovely.
0:28:56 > 0:29:02- Is that too much for you?- I will say 14.- 14? I'm happy with that.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04- £14.- Brilliant.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08So that's £9.14 profit, and our expert's triumphant.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14I don't think you were too impressed with those buttons, James.
0:29:14 > 0:29:20But I have almost tripled my money. Who's laughing now, Bingo?
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Mm! Fighting talk from canny Catherine!
0:29:23 > 0:29:24And she's on a bit of a roll
0:29:24 > 0:29:27when she also finds a buyer for her pair of picnic baskets,
0:29:27 > 0:29:32selling them to an antiques dealer who runs a cafe in West Sussex...
0:29:32 > 0:29:37- OK.- Yeah? Happy with that? - Shake on 55.- Thank you so much!
0:29:37 > 0:29:40..banking a tidy profit of £18.52.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43So Catherine now has three sales under her belt,
0:29:43 > 0:29:45but Bingo's never far behind.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48And he's back on the coast in search of his next buyer.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53I'm just outside Brighton with my little clutch of postcards.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57One of which is rather special. It is of the fish market in Brighton.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00I am about to see a man who I have bought fish from for many years,
0:30:00 > 0:30:03who, had he been around in 1900,
0:30:03 > 0:30:05would no doubt have been here.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Bingo bought the cards for just under £15,
0:30:09 > 0:30:13but before he meets his favourite fishmonger,
0:30:13 > 0:30:15he needs to dress for business.
0:30:18 > 0:30:19Lovely hairnet, James!
0:30:21 > 0:30:25- Hello, Michael. How are you?- Very well. And yourself?- Very good.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27What are you tucking into there?
0:30:27 > 0:30:30I am just putting some scallops on the half-shell
0:30:30 > 0:30:33for an order that has got to go out later on today.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35Now, here is the little collection of postcards.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39- Brighton fish market. - This is the one. Isn't that amazing?
0:30:39 > 0:30:41- So that was the West Pier, wasn't it?- That was, yes.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45The rest of the cards you might as well, really,
0:30:45 > 0:30:49put a stamp on and use them. They have absolutely no value.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53- They're very generic. What would be a fair price? £35?- £25?
0:30:53 > 0:30:58- No, I would like £35.- Say we meet in the middle at £30, then.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00£30. I am very happy with that.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03So that's a very tasty profit of £15.41.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06But Bingo doesn't get off that lightly.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09James, you couldn't give me a hand with this order?
0:31:09 > 0:31:13- Of course I can, Michael. Make the most of me.- OK.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- Can you start scaling and gutting the sea bass for me?- Scaling.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20- I'll have a go. I am a fisherman, you know.- You get 7/10.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Right, James, you seem to have coped quite well there.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- I will go and get you a bit more to get on with.- OK.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Bingo may be happy tackling the tiddler,
0:31:32 > 0:31:34but there's something else in the water.
0:31:34 > 0:31:35MUSIC: THEME FROM "JAWS"
0:31:35 > 0:31:39James, could you just fillet this for me?
0:31:39 > 0:31:43Blimey! I don't think I could even lift it!
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Maybe it's time to head back to the world of antiques, eh, Bingo!
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Now while he changes out of that hairnet,
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Catherine has been hard at work.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55She's headed to Hungerford
0:31:55 > 0:31:59and sold her pair of wooden boxes to dealer Rita for £55,
0:31:59 > 0:32:03topping up her profit pot by £18.52,
0:32:03 > 0:32:05and then heads next door
0:32:05 > 0:32:07to meet specialist dealer Pete with her box of coins.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10- Had a good rummage?- I did.
0:32:10 > 0:32:15Are there any gems in there, first, because I... One gem?
0:32:15 > 0:32:16That one.
0:32:16 > 0:32:17That's German, three marks,
0:32:17 > 0:32:21and it's aluminium but it's in quite good condition.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25- And my offer, just on that one, would be £15.- Oh, really? Is that all?
0:32:25 > 0:32:27£15, just on that?
0:32:27 > 0:32:33- So what is the offer for everything? - £48.- Oh, really? £48.- Yes.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Well, that's fair.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37Oh, dear - not a great outcome there.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40When she adds in the £30 for the telephone cards,
0:32:40 > 0:32:44Catherine's made a loss of £7.12 on the entire lot.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50Well, not quite the result I was hoping for but you win some,
0:32:50 > 0:32:52you lose some.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Well, whilst Catherine heads home to formulate her next
0:32:55 > 0:32:59plan of attack, let's take a look at the scores so far.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01James has sold three of his auction buys,
0:33:01 > 0:33:03and his profits stand at £109.48.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Catherine has found buyers for five of her lots,
0:33:06 > 0:33:08but taking her loss into account,
0:33:08 > 0:33:12she's only made a profit of £39.06.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17So James is making headway in this selling frenzy,
0:33:17 > 0:33:20but it's Catherine who wades into the next sale.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22She's meeting
0:33:22 > 0:33:25ex-employee and keen fisherman Peter in Nuthurst in West Sussex.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28She's hoping to shift her lot of wet weather gear
0:33:28 > 0:33:30but as her life vests aren't up to safety spec,
0:33:30 > 0:33:32she's decided not to sell them,
0:33:32 > 0:33:37so has to make over £2.43 on the waders to make a profit.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40- Hi, Peter.- Hello, m'dear. - How are you?- Fine.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43You haven't got any wellies on. Where are your fisherman's wellies?
0:33:43 > 0:33:48- Oh!- And for that I have brought you these. What do you think?
0:33:48 > 0:33:54- They're very good. - What are you after? £25?- 20.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59Go on, then. £20. And I expect you to catch something.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02- On one condition.- What?- You put them on and test that there are no leaks.
0:34:02 > 0:34:07I think...no, come on, I think £25, if I go in there.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09That's fair - come on, Peter.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11- All right.- Yeah.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13If they've got a hole in, I'm going to cry.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15The profit is tantalisingly close -
0:34:15 > 0:34:18the boots just need to pass the test.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22- Pete, I've got some bad news. - What's that?
0:34:23 > 0:34:25I think this one's got a hole in it.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- Look at that.- Uh...oh, yeah.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30How do you repair something like that?
0:34:30 > 0:34:33Put a bit of rubber along, like a puncture repair kit.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37- Dip your foot in and see if you feel water coming in.- Right.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39- Can you feel any water coming in?- Oh!
0:34:39 > 0:34:41Give it a little while. SHE GROANS
0:34:41 > 0:34:45- Right, we'll see. - Right...well, confession.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47I think a little bit seeped in.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49What's the discount?
0:34:49 > 0:34:51SHE SIGHS
0:34:51 > 0:34:53- 15?- Well, as I did go in - go on, then, 15.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55- 15, OK.- 15?- 15.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58£15 for a pair of leaky boots?!
0:34:58 > 0:34:59Maybe Peter took pity on her.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Either way, she makes a £12.57 profit.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Just goes to show - you should try before you buy.
0:35:07 > 0:35:12But I made a profit - that's pretty good for me!
0:35:12 > 0:35:14So whilst Catherine goes home to change her socks,
0:35:14 > 0:35:17Bingo is still on his south coast adventure -
0:35:17 > 0:35:20this time heading to Weymouth with his mixed lot of barrels.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23He heads straight to the oldest pub in town
0:35:23 > 0:35:26and manages to sell one of them to landlord Kevin.
0:35:26 > 0:35:31- I'll give you £35 for that one. - £35 for that one.- Yeah.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34You've gone and got yourself a deal. I'll take the other ones away, Kevin.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38He had thought about turning the salt-glazed jar into a lamp,
0:35:38 > 0:35:39but instead decides against it
0:35:39 > 0:35:41and sells it with the rest of the collection
0:35:41 > 0:35:44to two separate dealers in Weymouth and Southsea
0:35:44 > 0:35:47for a total of £60, taking his profit on the lot
0:35:47 > 0:35:50to an impressive £60.95.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54And his coastal adventure doesn't end there,
0:35:54 > 0:35:57as he heads further west with his map of Greece.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01I've trundled along the Devon coast
0:36:01 > 0:36:05to see artist Peter, who's spent a little time in Greece
0:36:05 > 0:36:09and I hope this map may navigate me to profit!
0:36:09 > 0:36:11James bought the Greek map, along with one of Somerset,
0:36:11 > 0:36:13for just over £18.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17- Hello.- I see the master at work.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Well, not master, but working.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21JAMES LAUGHS
0:36:21 > 0:36:22Now, this is the map,
0:36:22 > 0:36:27which I'm sure you know considerably more about than I do.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31Ah, yes - well, we lived a long time in Greece, as you probably know.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34And it's a very interesting map if you know Greece well,
0:36:34 > 0:36:36because it's actually moderately inaccurate.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39- JAMES LAUGHS - How old is it?
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Well, it's early - they think about...
0:36:41 > 0:36:43It's late 1600s.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46- Interestingly, if we look at the back as well...- Yes?
0:36:46 > 0:36:50..you can see the sort of title page, the description of Greece,
0:36:50 > 0:36:53and I'm sure this will have an enormous amount of inaccuracies.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57- Say...circa 1676.- Yes.
0:36:57 > 0:37:03I'm very happy to take a fair offer. What is your offer for it?
0:37:03 > 0:37:07Well, I'll try an offer on you. I'll try £55.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10I am very happy for you to have it at £55.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Good - well, that pleases me very much.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Well, that was quick!
0:37:14 > 0:37:17And Bingo sells the other map for £15
0:37:17 > 0:37:18to a gallery in Dorset,
0:37:18 > 0:37:20so banks a tidy profit
0:37:20 > 0:37:24of £51.76 on the pair.
0:37:24 > 0:37:25James is streaking ahead
0:37:25 > 0:37:28but in Kent, Catherine is on the hunt for a buyer
0:37:28 > 0:37:30for her most expensive item -
0:37:30 > 0:37:33the copper tray that cost her a whopping £115.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36She's hoping Arts and Crafts specialist John
0:37:36 > 0:37:37will take a shine to it.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40- Hello, John, lovely to see you! - Hello, Catherine.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44I've brought you an Arts and Crafts tray.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48- OK, so...- It's Birmingham Guild, it's stamped on the back.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52I'm guessing this is late 19th, early 20th century.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55Yes, that's what I'd expect it to be. Um...
0:37:55 > 0:37:56And this is all handmade, isn't it?
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Yeah, that it is the great thing about the Arts and Crafts period -
0:37:59 > 0:38:02as you know, it's all about being handmade.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06But, yeah, no, that's straight-up Arts and Crafts, Birmingham Guild.
0:38:06 > 0:38:11Before we get to the crunch, I did purchase this at auction.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15- And I did have to battle a little bit to get it.- OK.
0:38:15 > 0:38:20Well, I'm thinking in the region of around...150, 160.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22I was hoping for a bit more, John.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Would 200 be too much?
0:38:24 > 0:38:26I understand you asking for that...
0:38:28 > 0:38:29How about 185?
0:38:31 > 0:38:33- OK - 185.- Is that all right? - That's good.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37It's a massive sale for our diamond dealer
0:38:37 > 0:38:41and banks her a very shiny profit of £69.48,
0:38:41 > 0:38:44more than doubling her total so far.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46And she crosses the finishing line
0:38:46 > 0:38:49when she sells her scarves and handbag to a shop in Kent,
0:38:49 > 0:38:51bagging herself a final profit
0:38:51 > 0:38:53of £31.76.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57Meanwhile, Bingo's been retracing his steps along the south coast
0:38:57 > 0:38:59and has sold his cube-shaped trunk
0:38:59 > 0:39:02to an antiques dealer near Portsmouth for £40,
0:39:02 > 0:39:06making him a modest profit of £5.95.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Now, with one item left to sell,
0:39:08 > 0:39:11he ends his grand tour of the south coast back on home turf.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17I'm here on an East Sussex farm, not to see a farmer, but to see Nick,
0:39:17 > 0:39:19who runs a nursery school.
0:39:19 > 0:39:25What better place to sell these books than a place that has story time?
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Well, the books cost Bingo nearly £55,
0:39:27 > 0:39:30so let's hope there's a happy ending!
0:39:30 > 0:39:34Nick, what valuable tome are you reading there?
0:39:34 > 0:39:36- I'm reading all about Sir Walter Raleigh.- Really?
0:39:36 > 0:39:40- Yes, yes. - My vast array of Ladybird books.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43The lovely thing about Ladybird books is they were very well illustrated.
0:39:43 > 0:39:48- Yes.- I liked them and reading...key to learning, is it?
0:39:48 > 0:39:50It is the key learning, isn't it? For everybody.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53And at this age, they are really interested in books.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57Nutty business - price. Now, how do you value learning?
0:39:57 > 0:40:01- I want to try and get about 55p a book.- How about...
0:40:03 > 0:40:04..£45 for the lot?
0:40:04 > 0:40:08I tell you want, 55, and you've got yourself a deal.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Why don't we split it in the middle, then? 50.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Go on, put it there - 50. Thank you very much indeed
0:40:13 > 0:40:15and I hope you put them to good use.
0:40:15 > 0:40:16We will indeed.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18They may have found a good home,
0:40:18 > 0:40:19but that sale makes a loss
0:40:19 > 0:40:21of £4.72.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24But, as Bingo said, you can't put a price on learning.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27Now children, are you sitting comfortably?
0:40:27 > 0:40:30Hello - I've got the most fabulous story for you!
0:40:30 > 0:40:33I've got Piggly Wiggly Plays Truant.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37And I know children love hearing about naughty children, don't they?
0:40:37 > 0:40:43"Lazy little Piggly Wiggly often stayed in bed to snore
0:40:43 > 0:40:48"after Mother Pig had called him, for he always snored before.
0:40:48 > 0:40:53"Piggly washed and gobbled breakfast, packed his school books in a rush.
0:40:53 > 0:40:59"Hurried round in getting ready, never gave his clothes a brush."
0:41:00 > 0:41:03I think you've found yourself a new fan base there, Bingo!
0:41:03 > 0:41:06And with that tall tale, our selling story is over
0:41:06 > 0:41:09and it's nearly time to reveal who'll be walking away
0:41:09 > 0:41:11with today's Put Your Money crown.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15But first, let's remind ourselves of what they spent at auction.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Our duo took £1,000 each
0:41:20 > 0:41:22to the Somerset saleroom.
0:41:22 > 0:41:23James bought seven lots
0:41:23 > 0:41:25and, including the new frame for the Lowry,
0:41:25 > 0:41:28spent £281.58.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Catherine also bought seven lots
0:41:31 > 0:41:33and forked out just slightly more,
0:41:33 > 0:41:36at £299.13.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39But of course, it all comes down to profit.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42All the money James and Catherine have made from today's challenge
0:41:42 > 0:41:44will go to charities of their choice.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46So now it's finally time to find out
0:41:46 > 0:41:51who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion!
0:41:51 > 0:41:53- Hi, James. How are you? - Hi, Catherine, how are you?
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Good to see you. You well?
0:41:55 > 0:41:58- Auction.- How did you do?
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Well, I have to say, tricky in many ways -
0:42:01 > 0:42:02tricky because even at the auction,
0:42:02 > 0:42:05I couldn't find anything I really, really wanted to buy.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08I bought one thing that I loved, which was that copper tray.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10- That was all right. - Did that do well?
0:42:10 > 0:42:13That wasn't bad. Everything else was patchy.
0:42:13 > 0:42:14What about you?
0:42:14 > 0:42:15I had that Lowry
0:42:15 > 0:42:18and I transformed it with a new frame.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20- It did look good. - Good for you.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22So, that did well.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25The map! The map - I was jealous of the map.
0:42:25 > 0:42:26Yeah, the map did all right.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28- Well, shall we see? - Shall we see?
0:42:28 > 0:42:32- Moment of truth. - One...two...three...
0:42:32 > 0:42:35Oh, James! Well done! You did really well in the end.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37That's not bad, is it?
0:42:37 > 0:42:41- Champagne on me!- I think that sounds good.- This way.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44So it's a resounding victory for Bingo,
0:42:44 > 0:42:47with over £70 in it.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49I knew I'd done quite well at the auction,
0:42:49 > 0:42:51and so did Catherine do quite well,
0:42:51 > 0:42:55but in the end, I had it and, you know...winning is the key.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59Well, there we have it. Well done, James.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03Not too bad a difference there, but you just pipped me to the post.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06So...congratulations.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08But Catherine gets another chance
0:43:08 > 0:43:10to knock her opponent off the top spot tomorrow,
0:43:10 > 0:43:14when our duo go into battle at an antiques fair in Sussex.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17Everywhere I go, there's opportunity after opportunity.