0:00:02 > 0:00:04This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,
0:00:04 > 0:00:07the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts
0:00:07 > 0:00:10against each other in an all-round battle for profits...
0:00:10 > 0:00:12That could present a problem for Harry.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15..giving you the insider's view of the trade.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16HE LAUGHS
0:00:16 > 0:00:17HE GROWLS
0:00:17 > 0:00:21Each week, a pair of duelling dealers will face a different
0:00:21 > 0:00:22daily challenge...
0:00:22 > 0:00:24I've got a heavy profit here.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27..putting their reputations on the line...
0:00:27 > 0:00:28I wasn't a Girl Guide for nothing.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31FANFARE TRUMPETS
0:00:31 > 0:00:34..and giving you their top tips and savvy secrets...
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Let's make hay while that sun shines.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39..on how to make the most money from buying and selling.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Get in there.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Today, the saleroom supremo, Phil Serrell, goes into battle
0:00:46 > 0:00:50against the red queen of the antiques scene, Katherine Higgins.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Coming up... Katherine risks detention...
0:00:54 > 0:00:57I think those words were on my school report at one point. "Distracted.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01- "Easily distracted," they said. - Phil gets hot under the collar...
0:01:01 > 0:01:05I can see somebody buying that... Well, to...hang their...
0:01:07 > 0:01:12- And there's some risque selling ahead.- You're missing out, Phil.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Welcome, one and all.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34There's a heady mix of competition and petrol in the air today,
0:01:34 > 0:01:37as our duo prepare to go hell for leather
0:01:37 > 0:01:41around an antiques fair at Donington Park in Leicestershire.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44They'll be racing to hunt down the best trinkets and treasures,
0:01:44 > 0:01:48which they will then try and turn into oodles of lovely profits.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50# Life in the fast lane... #
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Up first, it's a finely-tuned motor from Malvern,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58a man who lives life in the antiques fast lane
0:01:58 > 0:02:01and can track down a potential profit from 50 paces.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05It's Phil "The Fox" Serrell.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08And the interesting thing here, you see, is I haven't got a clue.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11His rival today is a fiery redhead who doesn't plan
0:02:11 > 0:02:13on making any pit stops.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16She's the darling doyenne of the vintage scene,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19and keeps her pedal to the metal in the pursuit of victory.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21It's Katherine "The Great" Higgins.
0:02:23 > 0:02:29It really pays off making notes. I wasn't a Girl Guide for nothing.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33They each have £750 of their own money to spend, and they'd better
0:02:33 > 0:02:35be quick, as this antiques fair
0:02:35 > 0:02:37waves its chequered flag at lunchtime.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41So start your engines, Phil Serrell and Katherine Higgins,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44it's time to put your money where your mouth is.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51- Hello, lovely. How are you? - Ooh. On a cold and frosty morning...
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- Absolutely. Are you a Donington virgin?- I am, indeed.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55I've never been on a motorbike.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58I've been to car race meetings here, and in the past,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00I've been to an antique fair but not this one.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03So this is high-end, isn't it? How much money have we got?
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- We've got £750 to spend. - How much are you going to spend?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08- I might try and spend £50 of it. - What, a whole 50?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10This is an opportunity for you
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- cos you've got to spend some money here.- I'm feeling comfortable.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15I'm feeling like it's going to be a notch up from where we've been.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19It's kind of, you know, a calm, cool and collected approach.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23- Calm? Cool? We're on the start line. - The calm before the storm.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- It's about cars, girl. Come on. - You're a petrolhead.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Well, there's no time to waste as the crowds are gathering.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32The fair starts at 9am sharp
0:03:32 > 0:03:35but the stalls have been setting up since half seven.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Both our super-charged buying machines need to head inside
0:03:38 > 0:03:40and rev their engines.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42They really are up for it, these boys.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49And they're off. The doors to the fair are thrown open
0:03:49 > 0:03:52and it's every man, woman and dealer for themselves.
0:03:52 > 0:03:57Time for our treasure-hunters to unveil their expert plans of attack.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00If you want to be successful at a fair like this,
0:04:00 > 0:04:02you've got to have a really good plan.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07And I don't. And that will tell you something.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Hmm. Right then. Winging it, are we, Phil?
0:04:09 > 0:04:12I mean, I don't, I just sort of wander round, really.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14I'm in a complete world of my own.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Right, maybe our vixen of the vintage will have a more
0:04:17 > 0:04:21concrete strategy, or even a strategy, at that.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25I think the way to make sense of all this is to take a notebook,
0:04:25 > 0:04:28and a bit like your shopping list, write down things that you like,
0:04:28 > 0:04:32and then you'll remember where they are and you'll be able
0:04:32 > 0:04:35to go back to them if you're not going to buy them immediately.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38And I'm just making little notes in my little, green book.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Wow, that's a novel approach from our rummaging redhead.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44And who doesn't love a good shopping list?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46I'm sort of thinking I should be stopping, looking at things
0:04:46 > 0:04:49so I'm going to stop and look at something.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- All very sparkly over here, isn't it?- Yes.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55This is pretty, isn't it? You've just got to go through each of the boxes.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57I could be here for days.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Hmm. This is all very thorough,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02but is window-shopping really the way forward?
0:05:02 > 0:05:06I'm just going to basically look in detail at everything,
0:05:06 > 0:05:10and eventually, in about six hours, I might commit to buying one thing.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Actually, I've just been told it finishes around midday
0:05:13 > 0:05:17so I've not got very much time. I'd better get started.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Yes. More buy, less browse, maybe.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21On the other side of the market,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25- the fox has stumbled upon his first potential treasure.- They're lovely.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30- How much are they?- Um, about 85. - How much?- 85.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Go on, mate. 50 quid.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35- Split the difference. 55 and they're yours.- Can I toss you for it?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Yeah, toss me for it.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Heads, it's 55.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44You ready for this?
0:05:46 > 0:05:47Get in! Tails. Ka-ching.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50Oh, he's a wily one
0:05:50 > 0:05:55and at £50 that's buy one in the back of the net for striker Serrell.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58I would think these are probably... '50s.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Might be a little bit earlier.
0:06:00 > 0:06:05But what's interesting about them, there's no nylon or aluminium studs.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09These are leather studs that you had to nail into the sole.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12This is retro or vintage at its best and the place for these,
0:06:12 > 0:06:17I think, is in a really cool, retro or vintage clothing shop window.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18Look at those.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21So, the fox is dabbling with a spot of retro vintage,
0:06:21 > 0:06:24treading on Katherine's territory it seems.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Speaking of which, where is our browsing beauty?
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Just perusing. I'm just looking.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32I don't think this is the sort of place that you have to buy immediately.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36I reckon that if I see something and go back to it, it'll still be there.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40You're going to watch it for me anyway, aren't you?
0:06:40 > 0:06:42So it's going to be fine.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Yes, just don't forget the lunchtime deadline.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Across the market, the fox is already on the prowl
0:06:47 > 0:06:51for his second potential profit - an unusual, metal funnel.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55- Excuse me, how much is that, please? - 45 if that's any good for you?
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- OK. I'll have a think about it and might come back in a minute. - No worries.- If it's here.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03Mm... The mystery object has cause hesitation from Mr Serrell.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Maybe the browsing bug is catching.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09A few stalls away, it seems something has finally caught
0:07:09 > 0:07:12the eye of our mistress of Miscellania.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Perfect. This is exactly what I like doing.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20I feel this need to reunite these images with the setting
0:07:20 > 0:07:23which is depicted in the etching.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27Oh, that's really nice, they're signed by the artist. 1949.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31What I'm looking at here are two etchings of local pubs.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35What I'd love to do is take a trip to the Hatchet Inn
0:07:35 > 0:07:39and to the George Inn, and give them back a piece of their heritage.
0:07:40 > 0:07:46- Hiya.- Hello. Are these yours? - Yeah, they are. £10 for both.- Ooh.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51- £8 and you can have them.- Can I? OK, £8 is good.- That all right?- Yeah.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55- Can I shake on that?- Yeah. - Last of the big spenders here.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Yes, she's off the starting grid at last.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02And it appears the fox's ears have pricked up at the sound of a sale.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04- Did you spend money? - Do you know what?
0:08:04 > 0:08:06He wouldn't give them to me for free but I've spent £8.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08- Yes.- Cheapskate.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11I am the last of the big spenders, after all.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Well, she may be frugal but, at the end of the day,
0:08:13 > 0:08:16it all comes down to the big P - profit.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Having finished heckling the opposition,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22the fox scampers back over to try and back that metal funnel.
0:08:22 > 0:08:28- What did you say your best was? - 45.- 40 is not going to buy it?- No.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- There was a bit of doubt there. - Well...
0:08:30 > 0:08:32- There was!- ..it kind of owes me that much money.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37- If you want to sell it, 40 quid is yours.- Go on, then. 40 quid.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39And there's Phil's happy face.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42What am I going to do with it?
0:08:42 > 0:08:46- Well, wax lyrically in front of the camera.- Mm, I'm sure he will.
0:08:46 > 0:08:47But what is it?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49It's a 1950s speaker.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53There is no self-respecting garden show or local church fete
0:08:53 > 0:08:56that wouldn't have had one of these
0:08:56 > 0:08:59on the top of the organiser's roof in about 1955.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01I bet you're sitting at home thinking,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04"What on earth has he bought that for?" You know what?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06You can make this into a garden feature,
0:09:06 > 0:09:08you can make it into a light,
0:09:08 > 0:09:11you could put a speaker in there for your latest smartphone.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13This has everything going for it.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16So Phil's £40 funnel puts him in the lead
0:09:16 > 0:09:18with two buys to Katherine's one.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23But our foraging fashionista is on the hunt for some vintage chic.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26This is one of those things that you have to look at in detail
0:09:26 > 0:09:30and admire very fondly because smocking,
0:09:30 > 0:09:33which this little child's dress is made from,
0:09:33 > 0:09:37is incredibly difficult to do. A very nice, little dress.
0:09:37 > 0:09:42I'm not sure it's definitely worth buying at the moment but, bizarrely,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45I'm moving from the period to the more contemporary.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47I'm very interested in that.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51I think that is de rigueur for anyone who enjoys
0:09:51 > 0:09:53a bit of burlesque in their life.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56I'm in a bit of a dilemma as to which to go for,
0:09:56 > 0:09:58whether to go for the child's dress
0:09:58 > 0:10:02or to go for the sensational burlesque outfit.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04What would you like to see?
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- Well, as you ask... - OK, it's burlesque, isn't it?
0:10:08 > 0:10:13- What do you want for it? - Well, it's emu, I'm told. Um...25.
0:10:13 > 0:10:19- I'm just wondering if I could have it any less?- I'd do 20.- OK. £20.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- Thank you. Ta.- Thank you very much.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24We're going to watch that shimmy fairly soon.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29Ooh, risque. That's purchase number two for the great one.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31And talking of risque...
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Often, you go to these stands and you pick things up,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39and you just don't know what they're for.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42# Strike a pose... #
0:10:42 > 0:10:46Is our foxy having a Madonna moment? He's taking quite a shine to it.
0:10:46 > 0:10:52- What's the best you can do that for? - 15 quid.- 15? 1-5?
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Oh, done. I've got to have that, haven't I? 15 quid.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59What a gentleman. Thank you very much, indeed.
0:10:59 > 0:11:04So our speedy spender is now the proud owner of... Um... What is it?
0:11:04 > 0:11:09I've always been mesmerised by a lovely pair...of Art-Deco
0:11:09 > 0:11:12shop display stands. I'm not sure they're Art-Deco.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14I think they're more likely to be '60s,
0:11:14 > 0:11:16and I think, at some point or other,
0:11:16 > 0:11:20they've had a banner sign across there that may have been
0:11:20 > 0:11:24the make of the bra that they were trying to sell.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27I just think it's a cool, fun thing, this.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30I can see someone buying that, well to...
0:11:30 > 0:11:32hang their...
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Don't get your knickers in a twist, Phil.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39The word you're looking for is bra.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Now, whilst Phil's getting in touch with his feminine side,
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Katherine's bagged herself an interesting weather vane.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48I've just bought this. The seller was a little bit camera-shy.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52It really caught my eye because, as a child, I grew up watching
0:11:52 > 0:11:55many a bowling match in Guilford, which was my hometown.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59It's an iron weather vane that's actually enamelled over the top.
0:11:59 > 0:12:0320th-century. The enamelling has deteriorated a little bit.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Originally, the asking price was £40 and we ended up on £30.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11So for a piece of rural history and sporting history and,
0:12:11 > 0:12:16quintessentially, British history, that's not a bad price.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Well, she may have taken her time at the start
0:12:18 > 0:12:22but with that buy under her belt, Katherine has gained ground
0:12:22 > 0:12:25and is hounding her rival with three buys each.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27But what about that kitty?
0:12:28 > 0:12:32They each arrived with £750 of their own money.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Phil has spent £105 on his three deals,
0:12:35 > 0:12:40leaving himself a chunky £645 to play with.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44But a thrifty Katherine has kept a tight grip on the purse strings,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47spending just £58 on her three items,
0:12:47 > 0:12:51so she has a whopping £692 left to spend.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54But before their buying bonanza continues,
0:12:54 > 0:12:56it's time for a quick pit stop.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58How are you, lovely? Are you all right?
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- Well, I think I've done three stalls by now.- One question.
0:13:01 > 0:13:07- OK.- How much have you spent? - I've spent definitely under £100.
0:13:07 > 0:13:15- Possibly under 50.- You see, the budget for today is £750, not £75.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Yeah, but it's what you buy. It's the quality that you buy.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22- Now, what have you bought that's fascinating?- Quality.- Really?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25I bought a couple of things I think you might just like.
0:13:25 > 0:13:31- You've strayed into my territory? - I have. Just...
0:13:31 > 0:13:33I'm perplexed.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37Yes. Foxy knows how to ruffle the great one's feathers.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41And it seems her thrifty spending is playing on her mind
0:13:41 > 0:13:45as she ponders on what her opponent has been buying.
0:13:45 > 0:13:50Well, Phil sounded like he's bought some interesting things
0:13:50 > 0:13:54because he's crossed the boundaries. He's coming to my territory.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57I haven't bought anything boysie. I'm not quite sure whether
0:13:57 > 0:13:59I should be straying into his territory, actually.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01The fox has bowled her a curveball
0:14:01 > 0:14:04and our great lady seems all of a dither.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Generally, I'd say I get quite sidetracked.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Ooh.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11I think those words were on my school report at one point.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14"Distracted. Easily distracted," they said.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Yep. Here I am, easily distracted.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Surely Katherine hasn't lost her focus!
0:14:19 > 0:14:21That's a possibility.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24That's a possibility. That is a possibility.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29Um... Right. OK.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Just hang on there with me. I will buy something soon.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36You've just got to wait. Be patient.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Yes, we've got all the time in the world.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Or not.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43At least her opponent's going full steam ahead to find buy number four,
0:14:43 > 0:14:46a pair of railway spotter's guidebooks.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Are they complete?
0:14:51 > 0:14:55- Could you hold on to those, just for five minutes for me, please?- Sure, yeah.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58The More Than Maestro has a plan up his sleeve.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00He's straight on the phone.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Richard, it's Philip Serrell. I got it in my mind, somewhere,
0:15:03 > 0:15:05that you were a bit of a railway buff.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Lining up a buyer before he's even bought them.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10A super-sly move from the fox.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13How much have you got them priced up at?
0:15:13 > 0:15:15- 12.- And what can you do them for?
0:15:15 > 0:15:20- I can do them for a fiver. - A fiver? What a gentleman.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23What an absolute gentleman. Get my money out quick.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Well, he didn't hang around and that's Phil's fourth buy
0:15:26 > 0:15:29done and dusted for just a fiver.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Railway memorabilia is a big area of collectability
0:15:33 > 0:15:35and the earlier the better.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Now, these are 70 years old, really evocative of their period.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42I can only think of Agatha Christie but, you know, these, I suppose,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45were originally train spotter's pocket handbooks.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Aren't they great things?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50I bought them for £5 and I've got a feeling,
0:15:50 > 0:15:52when I come to sell these,
0:15:52 > 0:15:54it might just take me on a bit of a journey.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56AGATHA CHRISTIE'S TV THEME PLAYS
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Aah, he's thinking steam trains, Agatha Christie...
0:15:59 > 0:16:02You can just see Phil as Poirot.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04But it seems with that £5 buy in the bag,
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Phil is channelling someone far more frugal.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Albert Steptoe?
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Excuse me, sir, how much are these? How much is that?
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- 280.- No, I haven't got anything like that.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16How much is that, please?
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Could it be any less than a fiver?
0:16:18 > 0:16:21How much are those? 250? I can give you £2 for them.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23How much is your poster, please?
0:16:23 > 0:16:24HE GASPS
0:16:24 > 0:16:28Skimping Serrell. Who'd have thought it?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30And nearby, the queen of cheap, herself,
0:16:30 > 0:16:33has just netted a £5 buy too.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37I've just bought these lovely, linen and cotton tablecloths and napkins.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41I'm thinking I'm ready for a cup of tea with these, really.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45They are really lovely pieces of craftsmanship, for one thing.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Complicated cross-stitch coupled with pulled thread detailing
0:16:48 > 0:16:51and they're also a nice piece of social history.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52There's one that I've got here,
0:16:52 > 0:16:56which has actually got the name of the people that owned it
0:16:56 > 0:16:59and I think they will go to somebody who appreciates vintage
0:16:59 > 0:17:00as much as I do.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04So, our determined duo are neck and neck again
0:17:04 > 0:17:05with four buys each.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09But this morning's market is already beginning to pack up,
0:17:09 > 0:17:11so the race is on to find the final treasures.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Everybody else here's rushing round
0:17:14 > 0:17:18and I just seem to be meandering gently.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Gosh, he's so laidback he's horizontal.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24With the clock ticking, Katherine the great decides to hunt down
0:17:24 > 0:17:28her earlier shopping list spots but there's a problem.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31The only downside is, I didn't put down where I saw everything
0:17:31 > 0:17:34so I'm slightly... It's not terribly helpful.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36But hey-ho, you know?
0:17:36 > 0:17:40It's quietening down and nobody's started to pack up yet.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Or have they?
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Yes, they have, Miss Higgins. It seems there's a flaw in your plan.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49However, the man with no plan seems to be sauntering
0:17:49 > 0:17:54towards his final buy of the day and they've got a hefty price tag.
0:17:54 > 0:18:00We have got a set of Edwardian bowls. Basically four pairs.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03I've got a one-off deal. One-off offer. I've got 80 quid.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06- That's me finished. - Yeah, go on. That'll work.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08OK, good man. Thank you very much.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13So, Phil uses his foxy wiles to secure a quick end-of-fair discount.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16I expect you're thinking "This is a load of bowls."
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Well, it sort of is, really. Well, it's a box of bowls.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22They're 19th-century, made out of lignum vitae.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26Lignum vitae is typified by this light and dark,
0:18:26 > 0:18:30and it's very, very dense timber. It doesn't float.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Who am I going to sell them to?
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Well, you know, there's a decorative angle there.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38I could sell them to someone who's going to use them.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42But either way, I really like them. They're my sort of lot, really.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Pity I've got to sell them, really.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Well, those are the rules, Mr Serrell.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49So, that's our gutsy gavel swinger's priciest purchase.
0:18:49 > 0:18:55And with that, he's done for the day. All eyes now are on Katherine.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58This is the most desperate moment because I'm, literally, kind of,
0:18:58 > 0:19:03running backwards to get to the stall because people's lights are going on.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05They are, literally, packing up.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Right, over here, somewhere.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12Our red queen relies on her internal antiques homing instinct
0:19:12 > 0:19:14to draw her back to the treasure.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17And it seems she's straying into Phil's territory after all
0:19:17 > 0:19:20with some vintage fuel cans.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23I suppose my favourite would be...
0:19:23 > 0:19:25this one.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29- What sort of price are you thinking for that?- £12.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Can we go for a bit less than that? Can we go for, maybe...
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- I don't know, seven or...- Ten.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39- Oh, it hasn't got a lid. Eight. - Eight. All right, eight.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Eight cos it hasn't got a lid. Yeah.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46It's another cheap and cheerful buy for Higgins the haggler.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50It is simply a fuel can but what's quite nice,
0:19:50 > 0:19:52it's got the mark of the brand on it.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55I think it's definitely a post-war piece.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58You forget that it was, sort of, de rigueur to carry something like this
0:19:58 > 0:20:01because fuel tank size was much smaller in older cars,
0:20:01 > 0:20:03and I've got an old triumph, which, you know,
0:20:03 > 0:20:07I have to carry something like this just in case I run out of fuel.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10So today they're great interior pieces.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14It would look great in someone's home...
0:20:14 > 0:20:17or office...or bathroom...
0:20:17 > 0:20:18or anywhere, really.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Hmm. Let's hope she's not running on empty
0:20:21 > 0:20:23when it comes to the profits. And, with that,
0:20:23 > 0:20:27it's time to wave the chequered flag on this antiques grand prix.
0:20:27 > 0:20:33Phil and Katherine each arrived at Donington with a budget of £750.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38Foxy sniffed out five potential profit-makers and spent £190.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42But Katherine kept her costs on the down-low,
0:20:42 > 0:20:45spending just £71 on her five items.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Before they head home with their treasures,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50there's time to check out the competition.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Do you know what? There's a sense of symmetry here, isn't there?
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- There is.- Bowling, bowling.- Yeah. Great minds think alike.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00I wouldn't go that far. How much... I love that. How much was that?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- It was quite a good buy, I must say. - Wicked, wicked.- All of £30.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07- You have duplicated...with yours.- I know, I know.- How much did you pay?
0:21:07 > 0:21:1080 quid. You'd think, when they set this up,
0:21:10 > 0:21:13the cleaners would have got rid of all this old tat.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Real, real, great craftsmanship in that.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17- Fantastic tableware. - That's one of your lots?
0:21:17 > 0:21:21- Really nice linen tableware.- Really? - Yeah. Now, what else do I like here?
0:21:21 > 0:21:23I can imagine being a little boy with that GWR book.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- They're fun, aren't they? - Train-spotting, yeah.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27- They're really fun. - Really nice.- And of a period.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Sorry, just one question for you. How much have you spent?
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Probably around about 70.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38My...one lot...has cost more than all of yours.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Get out of here.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47Battle-weary and laden with booty, our duo head home.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49But there's no time to put their feet up
0:21:49 > 0:21:53as the pressure is about to really pile on as they undertake
0:21:53 > 0:21:56the gargantuan challenge of selling all their items.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59They must hunt down all the right buyers and deploy
0:21:59 > 0:22:04their hardest haggling skills in a quest to make the most profit.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Back at his auction house, Phil is assessing his weapons of war.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10That was a really good, little antique fair for me.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13It wasn't the biggest I've ever been to but if you looked,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15there were some interesting things there.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17These two little railway books...
0:22:17 > 0:22:19You went train-spotting in the '40s and '50s
0:22:19 > 0:22:21and every time you saw a locomotive that you hadn't seen before,
0:22:21 > 0:22:24you ticked it off in your little book.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27That's a great piece of social history and it's cost me a fiver.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30But I think that's going to take me on a bigger journey yet.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33However... Quite why I bought that, I don't know.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36I still think it would make a very, very cool thing.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38And my...over there.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42I think I'm missing some ends off the things...
0:22:42 > 0:22:43in the...there.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46I'm not sure how that's going to affect their saleability,
0:22:46 > 0:22:49but I still think they're a great lot for someone who's got
0:22:49 > 0:22:52a vintage shop. My bowls - there's a plan ahead for those
0:22:52 > 0:22:55but my favourite lot has got to be these footy boots.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Now, I'm not quite as old as those
0:22:57 > 0:23:00but can you imagine playing football in those?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04I'd like to see Mr Beckham in those.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07So, while Phil tracks down a vintage-loving sportsman,
0:23:07 > 0:23:11down in Surrey, Katherine's making sure her treasures shine.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Now, a real top tip.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16If you want to make your items really sell well,
0:23:16 > 0:23:19then make sure they look their best. So a little spot of cleaning.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Here I am busying myself, cleaning the glass up on these
0:23:22 > 0:23:25great pictures. I'm really pleased with these pictures.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28I'm going to make some social history by reuniting them
0:23:28 > 0:23:31with the pubs where they should quite rightfully be.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34So that's lovely, and I can feel a bit of shimmying
0:23:34 > 0:23:38coming on with my burlesque-style boa scarf.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40So that's going to be quite fun to work with.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44What amazed me is I've already spoken to somebody about the oil can,
0:23:44 > 0:23:47my last minute purchase, and it is going to be transformed in a way
0:23:47 > 0:23:50you are never possibly going to imagine.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52So I'm really excited about that.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54My linen, oh, it's going to be lovely.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57The only thing that's worrying me is the bowling.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59I'm not a great bowling specialist
0:23:59 > 0:24:02and the one call I have made was to somebody who said,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04"Oh, we've just had a new bowls club built, it's great,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07"we're really excited." And I said, "Have you got a weather vane?"
0:24:07 > 0:24:10And they said, "Yes, we've just bought one.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12"I wish we'd known about yours."
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Well, it's back to the drawing board on that one, then.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17It's all about the cold, hard cash now
0:24:17 > 0:24:21and our brave profiteers waste no time getting straight on the road.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Any money they make will go to their chosen charities.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26And remember, until they shake on it,
0:24:26 > 0:24:29and the money changes hands, no deal is ever sealed.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34For his first sale,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Phil is heading to his local bowls centre in Pershore.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41They're one of only a handful of official testers
0:24:41 > 0:24:44for the World Bowls Board, no less.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47But will his antique bowls make the grade?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Morris, I've bought you some bowls,
0:24:49 > 0:24:51and you are the local expert on bowls.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53But there's two types of bowls, isn't there?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Level green and crown green, yes.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58So one's flat and the other's got a bit of a dome in the middle.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01- That's right. - And all bowls have a bias.- Yes.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06They, sort of, go in a separate shape, is that right?
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Absolutely right, yes.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11- Are you going to tell me what I've got?- Right. These are old.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- How old do you think they might be? - 150 years, plus.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- Somewhere between 1840 and 1860? - I should imagine so, yes.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19- Will these get used today? - Yeah.- Why is that?
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Does no-one play crown green or...?
0:25:21 > 0:25:25These are not crown green or level bowls. They're lawn bowls.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27They were used on a rough and ready lawn.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32- But what I love about them is... This is lignum, isn't it?- Yes.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36- You've got that wonderful light and dark, haven't you?- That's right.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39But there's a bit of renovation work. The polishing up.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41It'll be a talking point within the shop.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45It's at this point we need to discuss whether you'd like to buy them off me or not.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48- Well, I will buy them off you. - Really?- Yeah. Yes.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51I'm hoping to get close to 200 quid for them. Hoping.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54- No. I've got a set of these in the shop...- Yeah.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58..I've given a pair of trousers for. You don't want a pair of trousers, do you?
0:25:58 > 0:25:59Well, depends how good they are.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03And there'd be a lot of cloth in them. Go on, then, what's your best?
0:26:03 > 0:26:06- I'll go 150.- And you're happy with that?- I'm happy with that.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Well, if you're happy, I'm happy and I'll shake your hand.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- You're a gentleman. Thank you very much.- Thank you very much.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15So, the fox kicks off his profit pot with £70
0:26:15 > 0:26:19and can't resist trying out his own bowls on the testing equipment.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- So, this machine tests the bias, really.- Yes.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Right, let's have a go, then. Let's just see what happens.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- Look at that.- There you go. - Look at that.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33It's gone straight round the end bend at the bottom, look.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37- Is that good or bad?- It's probably very good, from when they were made.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- I'm pleased cos they're yours. - THEY LAUGH
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- You take care, Morris. Good to see you.- Thanks very much.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46While Phil hotfoots it back to Serrell HQ, his opponent
0:26:46 > 0:26:50is hoping to get her selling spree under way with that vintage oil can.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53I've come to Chesterfield, in Derbyshire,
0:26:53 > 0:26:56to meet a man called Matt, who is a very creative designer.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01He loves to upcycle, and is brilliant at turning oil cans, like this,
0:27:01 > 0:27:03into things you could never even dream of.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06I hope he wants to buy mine and he likes it.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11It cost Katherine just £8 but can she turn a profit?
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Matt, this is definitely the right place for this oil can.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19You can turn anything into something else, very creatively.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23Thank you very much. It's nice to, sort of, keep the life going
0:27:23 > 0:27:25of something that, otherwise, would be discarded.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30- So, what I've brought you is this. - Yeah.- And I, sort of, felt a sense of guilt about bringing it to you
0:27:30 > 0:27:34because it didn't have a lid and it's a bit rough and ready around the edges.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Dating-wise, it's difficult to say, but certainly 50 years old, plus.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41- Yeah. Absolutely, yeah. - So what will you do to this?
0:27:41 > 0:27:44We're actually going to turn it into an mp3 dock.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46We'll seal this in with a clear sealer.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48We'll then cut the holes in for the speakers,
0:27:48 > 0:27:53and we'll fit the modern-style mp3, and turn it into a player.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Well, price-wise, I'm hovering around about the... Maybe the £20 mark.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01- That's what's in my mind.- I think £20... I think that's reasonable
0:28:01 > 0:28:04and it's certainly something we can work with and make alive again.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08The coolest bit of battered, vintage item that I've found
0:28:08 > 0:28:13- has sold for £20...- Fantastic. - ..and I will shake your hand, Matt.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16So, Katherine's can gets a new life as an mp3 dock
0:28:16 > 0:28:19and she pots £12 into her profit pot.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Meanwhile, Phil's travelled to the bright lights of London
0:28:25 > 0:28:29in search of his next buyer and he's feeling rather grand.
0:28:29 > 0:28:30BIG BEN CHIMES
0:28:30 > 0:28:33I'm outside the Houses of Parliament.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Now, this has nothing to do with the fact that my parents
0:28:36 > 0:28:38christened me Philip Martin, or "PM", Serrell,
0:28:38 > 0:28:42and everything to do with the fact that I'm here to see railway buff,
0:28:42 > 0:28:45the right honourable, the Lord Faulkner of Worcester,
0:28:45 > 0:28:49who will hopefully buy my little bits of railway memorabilia.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52PM Foxy. Now, there's a thought.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56Now, Lord Faulkner, everyone knows that your daytime job
0:28:56 > 0:28:58is Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords,
0:28:58 > 0:29:01but what I bet all the people at home won't know, is that
0:29:01 > 0:29:04you are a published authority on railway heritage. Correct?
0:29:04 > 0:29:07- Yes, that's true. - So I've got a feeling that I'm going
0:29:07 > 0:29:10to show you these two little books that I bought,
0:29:10 > 0:29:14and you're going to tell me more about them than I already know.
0:29:14 > 0:29:20I'll try. Well, Phil, these are very, very interesting and iconic...
0:29:20 > 0:29:22- Really?- ..little books. Yes.
0:29:22 > 0:29:27I mean, they are among the very first spotter's guides
0:29:27 > 0:29:30- produced by a company called Ian Allan.- Yep.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34And Ian Allan, in the years immediately after the war,
0:29:34 > 0:29:39saw that there was a demand for people who wanted to know
0:29:39 > 0:29:41what was running on the railway.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43If you're a collector of railway memorabilia
0:29:43 > 0:29:46then these should be on your shelves.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- Are these plentiful?- No. - Are there tonnes of them around?- No.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53I haven't seen pre-nationalisation ABC guides before.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57Mm... Sounding good. Time to go for a big price, then.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00Well, I'm going to tell you what I paid for them.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02They cost me £5. £2.50 each.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05Um, I'm not sure you should have told him that, Phil.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07- Would you like to buy them? - Oh, I would, please, yes.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10And the next question is, whatever you care to offer me,
0:30:10 > 0:30:13I will accept because I know you're a fair man and that will be it.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- I'll offer you a tenner for them, certainly.- You're a gentleman.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18Thank you very much indeed.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21He may have doubled his money but that's just a fiver profit.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Did the fox make a schoolboy error
0:30:23 > 0:30:25by admitting the purchase price?
0:30:27 > 0:30:28It's not all about the money.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31I'm really pleased because, in that instance, I sold those
0:30:31 > 0:30:35to a man who's clearly an enthusiast, and that's just great.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39Well, if you're happy then we're happy, Phil.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41And that's his second sale done and dusted.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45Across the country, Katherine the great is on her way to the pub.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50Well, here I am at the George Inn in Somerset, Norton St Philip,
0:30:50 > 0:30:52and it's still here, which is fantastic news.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55I'm hoping to sell my lovely engraving to,
0:30:55 > 0:30:58not only the owner of the pub itself, but the owner of the brewery.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01I think he might rather like it.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05She bought the picture, along with another, for a total of £8.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Time to unveil it to owner, Charles.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- Here we go. This is the moment. - Look at that.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15- I think you will recognise what you're seeing.- Yes, absolutely.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19- Isn't that lovely? - It has a tremendously long history.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Can you start me off where it began?
0:31:21 > 0:31:25Well, it was certainly an ale house in 1397, but it, you know,
0:31:25 > 0:31:30was also famous for the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685,
0:31:30 > 0:31:34when Monmouth brought his rebels up against James II and, reputably,
0:31:34 > 0:31:36he actually got shot at through the window, there.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39- Can we see that in this?- Yeah. That's the one... It's the north.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42- It's one of the oldest, which is that one, there.- Oh, my gosh.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44- And it all happened in that room? - That room, there.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47If it was just an engraving, without the signature,
0:31:47 > 0:31:51I'd think of it differently but because it's signed by the artist,
0:31:51 > 0:31:55and it's such an exquisite engraving, I'd like to, I suppose,
0:31:55 > 0:32:00open my bidding, so to speak, at 200, 220, that sort of price mark.
0:32:00 > 0:32:05- I would perhaps pay £100.- 100. Can I edge you up a little bit?- Well...
0:32:05 > 0:32:09- 120?- If we said 130? - £130, and thank you.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12I'm just delighted to have ended the journey here
0:32:12 > 0:32:14and brought you a piece of history.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17That is a fantastic result.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20She then goes on to sell the remaining picture in an
0:32:20 > 0:32:22online sale for just over £5.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24And after taking out postage and fees,
0:32:24 > 0:32:29makes a total profit of £122.60 for the two.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33So, that's two sales each to our battling bounty hunters
0:32:33 > 0:32:38but Katherine's taken the lead with the profits.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Back in Worcester, Phil's next sale has him hot under the collar.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47I bought this a long way from home and that was fine
0:32:47 > 0:32:52but now I'm wandering around my hometown holding a thing
0:32:52 > 0:32:56for displaying another thing that covers ladies' bits.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59I'm beginning to feel just a little bit...
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Well, people are looking at me.
0:33:01 > 0:33:06Oh, dear. Our red-faced fox skulks around the streets
0:33:06 > 0:33:08trying to stay incognito.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Finally, he makes it into a vintage shop
0:33:10 > 0:33:13and hurries in for cover with owner, Linda.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16I have severely been embarrassed today cos I've been walking
0:33:16 > 0:33:18round the streets of Worcester with this.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21I mean... Anyway... So, how old do you think that is?
0:33:21 > 0:33:24- I would say, sort of, perhaps '40s, '50s.- Really?
0:33:24 > 0:33:27- It's clearly missing something here. - Yes.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30I'm thinking it would have had a banner that would have said...
0:33:30 > 0:33:31Advertising the make.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34..Berlei or Playtex or whatever, and I was thinking that...
0:33:34 > 0:33:37See this is where... You've got to be creative in my business.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40I was thinking that you could have your shop name put across there,
0:33:40 > 0:33:42- couldn't you?- Mm... Yes.- Yeah.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46And "As handled by Philip Serrell," across the bottom. I thought that might be a selling feature.
0:33:46 > 0:33:47Really? Hm...
0:33:47 > 0:33:51I'd like to get as close to 60 quid as I could.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53£40, I would have said was quite a nice price.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56What about if we, sort of, met somewhere in the middle?
0:33:56 > 0:33:59Perhaps we could do that cos it would be a nice piece in the window.
0:33:59 > 0:34:04- People do love to look in my window. - I walk past it all the time.- Yes.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07- So 50 quid?- Yeah.- You're an angel.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11Phew. That's £35 profit but I think our blushing auctioneer
0:34:11 > 0:34:14is just glad to be shot of it.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16So, while Phil heads home to recover,
0:34:16 > 0:34:19let's have a peek at the figures.
0:34:19 > 0:34:24Phil has sold three of his five buys and banked himself £110 profit.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Katherine's only sold two items
0:34:26 > 0:34:32but is out in front with £134.60 in her profit pot.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37So it's a close-run race so far but with plenty of items left to sell,
0:34:37 > 0:34:39there's everything to play for.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43Katherine's next target is her bowling themed weather vane.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46She's managed to track down a bowling club in Surrey
0:34:46 > 0:34:47who haven't already got one.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50But will club secretary, Stuart, play ball.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54When I walked up, I noticed there was one thing missing on this
0:34:54 > 0:34:57brand spanking new clubhouse. It's a weather vane.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00I have to show you this because, personally,
0:35:00 > 0:35:04I was totally drawn to it because of that inter-war feel.
0:35:04 > 0:35:09- It's, sort of, 1930s, I think.- That is, really, very good. Excellent.
0:35:09 > 0:35:10And it would be rather nice to put
0:35:10 > 0:35:13on the end of our pavilion, there, wouldn't it?
0:35:13 > 0:35:17- Stuart, I suppose it comes down to the price.- I think it does, yes.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19I'm looking for something in the region of...
0:35:19 > 0:35:22£40, £45, that sort of price range.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24I was thinking of 30.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28The fact is that it's a bit smaller than I would have liked.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30It may be small but it is perfectly formed.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36Would we be able to negotiate, perhaps, a £35 finishing point?
0:35:36 > 0:35:39- I think we could do that. - Let's shake on 35.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41- Shake on 35.- Thank you.- Yes.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Well, at just a fiver, that's Katherine's smallest profit yet.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49But she doesn't seem to mind and jumps at the chance of a game.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53- You have a go.- Oh, my gosh. - Yes, that's good. You're a natural.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00- Oh...- So you've got the winner at the moment.- Ooh...
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Ooh, you're not supposed to do that but it's going to be close.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05Wow.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07SHE CHEERS HE LAUGHS
0:36:07 > 0:36:10Who knew our great lady was a budding bowler?
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Is there no end to her talents?
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Well, that was a great way to make a little bit of profit,
0:36:15 > 0:36:18and I've come away with a membership form to join the bowling club.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Yes, no time for that now.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24Our budding sportswoman heads off to bank some more cash
0:36:24 > 0:36:27when she sells her collection of vintage tablecloths
0:36:27 > 0:36:31to food writer, Sam, as a prop for her photoshoots.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34I think I could certainly make use of these in the shoots.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38At £25, they make her a tasty £20 profit.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Katherine is in the lead,
0:36:40 > 0:36:42four sales to Foxy's three.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45But, in Worcester, Phil's popped down the road
0:36:45 > 0:36:47to a local menswear shop.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50He's had a bright idea about those football boots.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Now, these boots, they are really, really old
0:36:52 > 0:36:56but not as old as my tailor's because they've been in Worcester since the 18th century,
0:36:56 > 0:37:00and I think these are going to look great dressing their window.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02I just hope they think the same.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Having paid £50 for them,
0:37:04 > 0:37:08will Phil be able to volley his profit into the back of the net?
0:37:08 > 0:37:09WHISTLE BLOWS
0:37:09 > 0:37:11- Have a look.- Wow.- They're archaic.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15I was thinking of getting a felt-tip and putting "S Matthews"
0:37:15 > 0:37:16on the bottom of them.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19- Do we know how old they are? - Well, I don't know.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21I think they might have been, sort of, 1930s.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24And we're probably looking at these as being good for the window,
0:37:24 > 0:37:26- do you think?- Well, that's what I was thinking.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29I think they'd look great in one of your windows with,
0:37:29 > 0:37:32I don't know, some colourful socks coming out of them, or whatever.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34See, I can't go too far cos I could get a job here
0:37:34 > 0:37:37as a window dresser and that's, you know... I'm just too busy.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39- Um...- No.- Are they of interest to you?
0:37:39 > 0:37:41I think they could be. Yes, they could be.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44I'd like to try and get as close to 120 quid as I could for them.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48- I am a retailer.- I'm not sure where this is going now.- Well...
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- I've got a feeling it means I'm not going to get 120 quid.- Possibly.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53- Yeah, yeah. Go on. - If we talked about £100.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57- If you talked about £100 I'd shake your hand.- Would you?- Yeah, I would.
0:37:57 > 0:37:58There you go.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01That's a Premier League score for our star striker,
0:38:01 > 0:38:03netting him £50 profit.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06And with one item left to sell,
0:38:06 > 0:38:10Phil heads to Lincolnshire to meet retro junk dealer, Jack.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13He's taking his, what he thinks is unique, tannoy speaker,
0:38:13 > 0:38:16hoping to make some money to shout about,
0:38:16 > 0:38:19but only to discover it's not so unique.
0:38:21 > 0:38:26- Jack, that's the same.- These were rare last week.- Yeah, and this week?
0:38:26 > 0:38:28This week, not so good.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Now, I don't know what you think, Jack,
0:38:30 > 0:38:33but I always think these things sell better in pairs.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36- Oh, dear. Sometimes. - So, that's about 1950s,
0:38:36 > 0:38:40- and it's been a PA system.- Yeah.- Who would be the buyer for these, then?
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Film props, probably. They're just decorative.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Well, Jack. Are you going to buy it off me?
0:38:46 > 0:38:49- How much do you want for it?- I was thinking it was worth 100 quid.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53Yeah? You have got a very vivid imagination, Phil.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58- I'd go...- Let me just stop you. - Right, go on, then.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00I know you are a very fair man, right.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03You just make me your best offer and I'll take it.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08Yes, because that strategy worked so well with the railway books.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- £75, Phil.- You're a gentleman, Jack. I said I'd take it.
0:39:11 > 0:39:16- Just a question now. How much is that one?- 125, about. Oh, Jack.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- How did...- This one's not so good because...- Shut up, Jack. Shut up.
0:39:23 > 0:39:24Mm... Now, now. Manners.
0:39:24 > 0:39:30It's a final £35 profit and our fox scampers over the finish line.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34Well, that's me sold up and I've almost doubled my money on that.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Can you hear me, Katherine?
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Um, she's hundreds of miles away in London, Phil.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43And if the bra stand made our fox blush,
0:39:43 > 0:39:45it's a good thing he isn't here for this.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Well, I've come to London, to the Hippodrome Casino
0:39:48 > 0:39:52to meet its founder, Jimmy Thomas. They put on loads of burlesque shows
0:39:52 > 0:39:55and I think this feather boa could be just the thing for them.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01Remember, it cost our fashionista £20 to buy and after a sneak preview
0:40:01 > 0:40:06of the show from dancer, Polly Rae, it's time to talk business.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10I have brought you something that I think will be
0:40:10 > 0:40:14just the ticket for Miss Polly Rae to wear in her next show.
0:40:14 > 0:40:15What do you think of that?
0:40:15 > 0:40:19- Oh, this is beautiful.- I'm longing to put it on you. Does it...
0:40:19 > 0:40:22- You see, there you go. - I want to go home in it.- Oh.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- It's beautiful. - I found it at an antiques fair
0:40:25 > 0:40:27and I think it's post-war
0:40:27 > 0:40:30and it's made from cock feathers so they are...
0:40:30 > 0:40:32They have that natural iridescence to them.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39She would love it if she would dance in that.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42When I bought it, I just thought "It has to go to the best
0:40:42 > 0:40:46- "burlesque dancer in the world." - Well, she is number one in London.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49So, in terms of price, I'm going to start high and be ambitious here,
0:40:49 > 0:40:54but I'm thinking around about £100 and see what happens.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Well, let's say, for Polly, I'll pay £100. It's beautiful.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59- Shall we shake on that?- Yeah.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03- Or shall we shimmy on that, I should say.- Why not?
0:41:04 > 0:41:05She's done it.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09So Katherine dances over the finish line with £80 profit.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14You're missing out, Phil.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Aah, if only he knew.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19That's both our experts sold up,
0:41:19 > 0:41:23but who'll be on the winner's podium and who'll be left for dust.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27Let's first remind ourselves of what they spent at the fair.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31Both our experts took £750 of their own money to Donington.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Phil bought five items and spent £190.
0:41:36 > 0:41:41Katherine also bagged herself five items, but spent a titchy £71.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45But now it's all a matter of profit and selling prowess.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47All of the money that Phil and Katherine have
0:41:47 > 0:41:51made from today's challenge will go to the charities of their choice.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53So, let's find out who is today's
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00- Hi, lovely.- Well, this is a sporting entrance from you.- How are you?
0:42:00 > 0:42:04Well, the chequered flag should be waving. I had such a nice time.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07- How about you?- I loved it. Let's talk about the experience.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09What was the best bit for you?
0:42:09 > 0:42:12The best bit, for me, was being in the Hippodrome
0:42:12 > 0:42:15- and watching the most amazing burlesque show.- Really?- Yeah.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17- You didn't ask me to come? - Well, you see,
0:42:17 > 0:42:19you were busy doing something else.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22- What were you busy doing? - Well, country boy goes to London.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26I got to sell something to the Deputy Speaker
0:42:26 > 0:42:27of the House of Lords.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31- Really?- Outside the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, doing a sale.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34You and your friends. Goodness me. What a contacts list.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Well, come on, time tells. Let's have a look.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38- OK.- Who's going to count?
0:42:38 > 0:42:39- Three.- Two.- Two.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42- One. Go!- Go!
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Ooh! Gosh!
0:42:44 > 0:42:49- I did not expect that at all. - I'm really pleased for you.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52Come on. Let's go and um...
0:42:52 > 0:42:54celebrate!
0:42:54 > 0:42:58So Katherine walks away the winner after an impressive display
0:42:58 > 0:43:01of treasure-hunting and profit pioneering.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05It's all about what you buy and not how much you spend.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Remember, Phil, I spent half of what you did
0:43:07 > 0:43:10but I made that little bit extra profit.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13They say that winning is habit-forming.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16Well, in this instance, so is losing.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19But Phil gets another chance at the top spot tomorrow,
0:43:19 > 0:43:23when they head to a car-boot sale in Sussex.
0:43:23 > 0:43:24HORN BEEPS