0:00:02 > 0:00:03This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,
0:00:03 > 0:00:07the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts
0:00:07 > 0:00:10against each other in an all-out battle for profit...
0:00:10 > 0:00:12That could present a problem for us.
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 > 0:00:20Each week, one pair of duelling dealers will face a different
0:00:20 > 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.- Mwak!
0:00:27 > 0:00:28I wasn't a Girl Guide for nothing.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34And giving you their top tips and savvy secrets...
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Let's make hay while the sun shines.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39..on how to make the most money from buying and selling.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Get in there!
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Today, the going gets tough as the tough get going.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Super-seller Phil Serrell takes on hard haggling
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Katherine Higgins in the climax of the week - the Showdown.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Coming up, Katherine shows she is good with numbers.
0:00:57 > 0:01:02Hang on a second. I got maths A-level and I know that's more.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Phil meets a rugby superstar.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Well, I was hoping that I'd get...50 quid for it.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09BEN COHEN LAUGHS
0:01:09 > 0:01:12And there are crocodile tears at the auction.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Do you think you might lose 25 quid?
0:01:15 > 0:01:17That would be sad that, wouldn't it?
0:01:17 > 0:01:20This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Friends, Romans, and antique lovers everywhere,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41it's time to drop everything as two of this fair isle's
0:01:41 > 0:01:43most prestigious dealers
0:01:43 > 0:01:45prepare for a contest in which only one can succeed
0:01:45 > 0:01:47to the throne of victory.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52And it's a pairing worthy of a Shakespearean tragedy.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55First up, preparing to cry havoc, let slip the dogs of war,
0:01:55 > 0:01:59a man who loves treading the boards of an auction house.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Yes, it's the king of the gavel.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04It's Phil 'The Fox' Serrell.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Some wonderful things here.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11And Phil's opponent comes in the shape of an untameably shrewd
0:02:11 > 0:02:13fashion expert.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17She's the tenacious queen of selling well and buying even better.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Of course, it is Katherine 'The Great' Higgins.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25So much social history you can't take it all in at once.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Today, it's a four act drama as our noble players
0:02:28 > 0:02:32strut and stride from stage to stage, taking in a foreign market...
0:02:33 > 0:02:36..a car-boot sale...
0:02:36 > 0:02:38an antiques fair and an auction.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Our actors have £1,000 of their own money to spend
0:02:43 > 0:02:45and eight purchases to make.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47But, this is the Showdown, which means that
0:02:47 > 0:02:49just before the curtain falls,
0:02:49 > 0:02:52they have to hope their profits don't plummet as half
0:02:52 > 0:02:56their purchases go with trembling foot into a public auction.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00So, Katherine Higgins and Phil Serrell,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03it's time to put your money where your mouth is.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- Oh, how exciting! - This is it! This is it.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11All week we've been at it and this is the final conflict, isn't it?
0:03:11 > 0:03:15I am a bit anxious. But anyway, "Welcome to the mighty Showdown.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19- "The rules are simple."- They'll need to be.- For you.- Thank you.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23"You must each by two items at every one of your regular
0:03:23 > 0:03:27"Put Your Money challenges. You have £1,000 to spend."
0:03:27 > 0:03:28That's 1,000 items for you.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32"You can sell up to four items wherever you want.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35"The rest will be sold at the Showdown auction in direct
0:03:35 > 0:03:39"competition to your opponent, and the winner is the expert who
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- "makes the most profit. Good luck". - Good luck to you.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- Are you looking forward to the auction?- No.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48- I do really badly in this situation. - Excellent. Excellent.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Hm, don't let her false modesty fool you.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Katherine is ready for this challenge with every
0:03:53 > 0:03:55fibre of her being.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Proceedings kick off at the foreign market,
0:03:57 > 0:04:01or rather a number of markets in the Saint-Ouen area of Paris.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Buying here isn't cheap at the best of times,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07so how are our experts approaching today's challenge?
0:04:07 > 0:04:11I think the way to perhaps try and box a bit clever is to put
0:04:11 > 0:04:13cheap things in the auction.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16If they don't cost much, you can't lose much.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19My strategy today is to find pieces that are quite
0:04:19 > 0:04:21interesting in terms of interior design.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24So pieces that you'd really like to have in your home.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27So, Katherine is looking for unique items to dress her home
0:04:27 > 0:04:30while Phil doesn't mind what he buys, as long as it is cheap.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Very different game plans there. And speaking of games,
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Phil spotted his first possible purchase.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- I might guess these haven't got much age.- No, they haven't.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42They are replica balls.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- Can I buy one of those off you, please, for 40 euros?- Um...
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- And not a penny more. - We can do a deal.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51You're a gentleman. Thank you very much indeed.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Phil pays £30.30 for the rugby ball which she is hoping
0:04:54 > 0:04:57to convert into a profit when he comes to sell.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01If ever there was an English game, it's rugby.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Rugby school, sometime in the 19th century, William Webb Ellis
0:05:05 > 0:05:08was playing football and he picked up the ball and ran with it.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10That's how we get rugby football.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Now this has got no age at all.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17It's a replica rugby ball. But I'm sort of kind of hoping...
0:05:19 > 0:05:22..that I can find a rugby bod to sell this to.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27So, Phil's quickfire purchase of that replica ball puts him
0:05:27 > 0:05:30one up and he's found his feet at this Parisian market.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33And by the looks of things, so has Katherine.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37I think we forget today how special it is
0:05:37 > 0:05:40when you have a handcrafted pair of shoes.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43I mean, you just buy them...
0:05:43 > 0:05:47- No, they are still used. - I love them.- Yeah.- Price?
0:05:47 > 0:05:52- Meilleur.- Erm... - S'il vous plait. S'il vous plait.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56- 35 would be the best.- Alors. OK.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59So, the wooden moulds cost Katherine £26.52,
0:05:59 > 0:06:01but what exactly are they?
0:06:01 > 0:06:05I've bought what a shoemaker, a real shoemaker,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08that somebody who's got the skill of making shoes by hand
0:06:08 > 0:06:11would have used to mould the shoes.
0:06:11 > 0:06:17So these are bespoke pieces that were made for Professor Paolaggi.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19I couldn't leave them behind.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Well, it seems the great one's plan to buy homewares today
0:06:22 > 0:06:23hasn't panned out.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25And when she spots a novelty circus fan,
0:06:25 > 0:06:29she decides to blow caution to the wind yet again.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32OK. This is breaking a few rules of mine in the sense that the condition
0:06:32 > 0:06:34is not fantastic.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37But what you've got to remember is this is
0:06:37 > 0:06:41a paper fan with paper sticks, cardboard sticks.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46So it is actually done amazingly well to even get to my hands
0:06:46 > 0:06:51sort of 70 years after it was designed.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59The fan cost Katherine £22.73,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02so will it lead to a cool profit?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05What I loved about it, first glance,
0:07:05 > 0:07:09is this sort of verdigris colour background which is great.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11And then these images of the circus characters.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14And then the treat is on the back.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17You turn it over, it's promoting a brand,
0:07:17 > 0:07:22it gives information about the cafes in the local area in Bordeaux.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24It's really lovely, actually.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27So, Katherine has both purchases under her belt.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29But Phil is nipping at her heels
0:07:29 > 0:07:30when he picks up a pair of armorials
0:07:30 > 0:07:33for £75.76.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35I really like these. The guy I bought them from,
0:07:35 > 0:07:37he said they are from the Alsace region of France, probably
0:07:37 > 0:07:41back into the 19th century, 1860, 1880, something like that.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44And they are basically four armorials in later frames.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47I think they were cheap. You might well ask who's going to buy them.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Buy them... Who is going to buy them? Hm...
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Phil not sounding exactly confident there.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54And his ego takes a further bashing
0:07:54 > 0:07:57when Katherine turns up to give her twopence worth.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00What's happened? Something's wrong with them. The whole thing is...
0:08:00 > 0:08:02The holes, there are holes everywhere. They're...
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Don't hold back, love. You say what you think.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08You can rest assured Katherine will always do that, Phil.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Which brings us to the end of Round One.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12So let's take a glance at the score sheet.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Both our experts started out with £1,000 of their own money.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Phil has so far spent £106.06,
0:08:21 > 0:08:23leaving just under £894
0:08:23 > 0:08:25in his kitty.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30While Katherine is playing it safe and has only forked out £49.25,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33leaving over £950 left to spend.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39And so it's straight on to Round Two, the car-boot sale.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Our determined dealers dart down to Ford Airfield in Sussex
0:08:42 > 0:08:47and both are aware of all that money burning holes in their pockets.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50I'm looking for things that can go into auction.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53So, ideally, things that are quite big.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56It's going to be a big day for Katherine The Great.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59I've got nearly £900 in my pocket.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Now, at a car boot,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04there will be some stalls I'll be able to buy everything on them.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05I think so.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Yes. It might be tricky to make a dent in their kitties here,
0:09:09 > 0:09:13but Phil is never shy to spend when there is a potential profit
0:09:13 > 0:09:14in the offing.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18And he's the first to strike as he spots a rusty old cabinet.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- It's nice, look. - It's actually horrid.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27But I bought it. I delivered two of these to a fella's house...
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Cos I'll polish one and he said, "If you had touched it,
0:09:31 > 0:09:32"I wouldn't have wanted it."
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- It looks like it is 30 quid to me. - I can't.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38- It would hurt me at 30 quid. - How much pain can you take?
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- Another fiver. 45 quid. That is definitely...- 40 quid.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44I'll tell you what we're going to do.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48Listen, £42.50, just so I can tell my mates I won.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50- CHUCKLES:- Go on.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52- Done. - I have been absolutely kippered.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54I want me handle back.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56THEY LAUGH
0:09:56 > 0:10:00It's a rusting, filthy, horrible cabinet.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- Character!- And I've just given my new best mate here...
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- That's what it's called. - ..£42.50 for it.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10One of us is mad and it's not him.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Oh, dear. Still, the good thing is he can now learn his lesson
0:10:12 > 0:10:15and go for something a little bit more... Eh, what's this?
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Ah, another broken cupboard.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20You can have 15 quid and not a penny more.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- That'll do.- I don't like the way his hand's come out so quick.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25The two broken bits I've been trying to get rid of for weeks.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27I've just been done again.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30So, with his rusty cabinet and broken cupboard,
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Phil's car-boot buys are over before the day has even begun.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Now, Katherine's plan was to buy something big at the car boot
0:10:36 > 0:10:40and, yet again, her strategy appears long-lost.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45She's not a porcelain doll, she's not a top-end porcelain doll.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47She's a halfway house between that
0:10:47 > 0:10:51and the emergence of plastic as we know it in hard plastic dolls.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54And so in this sort of 1930s period,
0:10:54 > 0:10:59you get dolls that look as good as porcelain, but are made from fabric.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03Katherine pays £40 for the doll and heads to find her fourth buy.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04Now, with so many quirky
0:11:04 > 0:11:08and wonderful objects to choose from at this car boot,
0:11:08 > 0:11:11our queen of vintage appears to be casting a wide net.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14But is this box of fishing reels way out of her depth?
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Talk to me about fishing. What is this, then?
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- How much time have you got? - Oh, no, don't tell me the whole...
0:11:20 > 0:11:22- What do you want me to tell you? - Well...
0:11:22 > 0:11:24The big reel in your hand is an Allcock Commodore.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- That was made in the- '50s. Yes.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30The one that is sitting in the box that's similar was made in the '30s.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32It's got the brass feet on it, you see?
0:11:32 > 0:11:34But if you wanted the box to go to auction with...
0:11:34 > 0:11:35Yeah, that's what I was thinking.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38I'll give you that box for 90 and you'd make good money on that.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- Or a bit less than 90. - Erm, what about 91?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- I can't count. - Now hang on a second.
0:11:44 > 0:11:49- I got maths A-level and I know that's more.- Ask me what's the best.
0:11:49 > 0:11:55- Yeah, what is the best?- 150. That's better than 90, isn't it?- No! Nooo!
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Give me 85 and we'll have a deal.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- I tell you what, I'd love to do 75. - Would you?- I'd love it.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I'll shake your hand. Go on, I'll shake your hand at 75.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07What caught my eye was one particular reel that
0:12:07 > 0:12:12reminded me of a camera case. So I sort of recognised the quality
0:12:12 > 0:12:14and the period aspect of some of the reels.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18That's an attractive aspect from my point of view.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22I think that it's worth sometimes just getting out of your depth
0:12:22 > 0:12:24and giving it a go.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Katherine reels in another purchase and brings us to the
0:12:27 > 0:12:29halfway point of the buying.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32So let's see the scores on the doors.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Our experts each started with £1,000.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39Phil's four items have cost him £163.56,
0:12:39 > 0:12:41leaving over £836
0:12:41 > 0:12:43for the remaining two rounds.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48Katherine has spent a smidge more - £164.25,
0:12:48 > 0:12:51leaving over £835 for her to spend.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Next up, Round Three takes us to an antiques fair in Donington.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Things couldn't be closer in terms of the spending,
0:13:01 > 0:13:05so before delving into the stalls, our battling buyers collide.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08- How are you doing? - Well, it's not going that well.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- The thing is, we each got a huge chunk of money, haven't we?- I know.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14But I've got a bit of a plan cos out of the four things I bought
0:13:14 > 0:13:19so far, I've sort of kind of got two things set up for auction. You?
0:13:19 > 0:13:21I'm kind of in the same situation.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24But I need two more things here for the auction.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27And I just don't know, I mean,
0:13:27 > 0:13:28where I'm going to start actually.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Quite honestly.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- If you go to the door at the end. - Yeah.- And then turn right.- Yeah.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36- That's out.- Yeah. Bye-bye.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Yes, Phil there trying to win the contest
0:13:38 > 0:13:40by eliminating the competition.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44A more sure-fire way of course is to buy with profit in mind.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48And he thinks he does just that when he picks up a display item for £15.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Do you know what? That's quite a cool thing.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53I mean, it looks like it is '60s,
0:13:53 > 0:13:54it might be a little bit later than that.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57But what a great shop window dressing.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58You know, if you got a jewellers
0:13:58 > 0:14:02and got some really lovely gold chains or perhaps a pearl
0:14:02 > 0:14:06necklace hanging from here, that would look so cool.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Yes, Phil is hoping his hand will hand him a victory.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12But Katherine has decided to brave the weather and visit
0:14:12 > 0:14:16the outside part of the market where she has found an unusual device.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19- Do you know what this is for? - It's a check in.- It is a check in.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20That's what I thought was for...
0:14:20 > 0:14:23So when you go into the office or something, you just tu-du-du
0:14:23 > 0:14:24- and you...- That's right.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27It's a very good one actually. It's one of the better manufacturers.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31- What price are you suggesting for it?- Well, I've got 70 on it.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- I'd like it at 55.- Well...
0:14:34 > 0:14:37It's a reasonable bid but I think we should meet down in the middle
0:14:37 > 0:14:39there somewhere at 60 and...
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- 60 and shake on it. - 60 and shake on it. Why not?
0:14:43 > 0:14:45So what I've bought is a time recorder,
0:14:45 > 0:14:47the kind of piece that we don't use today,
0:14:47 > 0:14:52but we would have in working life in the past where you put a card in
0:14:52 > 0:14:56and punch it and it records the time and the date that you started work.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00I'd love to see it fly because it's a really interesting piece
0:15:00 > 0:15:04of social history and social working history.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08Yes, time is ticking for our experts and Phil has moved on to
0:15:08 > 0:15:12his next purchase picking up a decorative shield for £25.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14It's tin. It's painted.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17It's trying to look like it's 1700-and-something.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20But it's actually 1900-and-something.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22I would think probably 1950s.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26If I can find somebody who has got a pub...called The Swan...
0:15:28 > 0:15:30You never know, do you?
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Phil hoping to swan off with a profit on the shield
0:15:33 > 0:15:36while an item of jewellery has caught Katherine's eye.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39It's quite a nice setting that, isn't it?
0:15:39 > 0:15:40It's very pretty.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43But it's got to be the ultimate engagement ring, hasn't it?
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- Just need a bride on the day. - That would be quite handy.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48I don't suppose we could go for 70, can we?
0:15:48 > 0:15:54- 85, but I cannot do it for a penny less.- It's a deal. 85.- OK.
0:15:54 > 0:15:55Do you know what?
0:15:55 > 0:15:59Had we met 30 years ago, this could have been oh so very different.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- Shall I get down on one knee now? - Sadly, I'm taken.- Oh.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Aw, Katherine is breaking hearts, but will she break into a profit
0:16:06 > 0:16:07when she tries to sell it on?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10When I looked at it quite closely, you can see that it is actually
0:16:10 > 0:16:12what we call illusion set, so it's made up
0:16:12 > 0:16:17of a number of diamonds which, when put together
0:16:17 > 0:16:19in a clever setting, make it look
0:16:19 > 0:16:21as though it is one solid carat of diamond.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25It's the ultimate engagement ring. Well, that's what I think, anyway.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29And Katherine is certainly fully engaged with this battle.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32So as we reach the end of Round Three, let's check on the money.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Both our experts started the Showdown
0:16:37 > 0:16:40with £1,000 of their own cash.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Phil has still spent under a quarter of his budget,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45having forked out £203.56,
0:16:45 > 0:16:48leaving over £796 in his kitty.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Katherine is flouting her spend-thrift reputation
0:16:52 > 0:16:56and has splashed out £309.25,
0:16:56 > 0:16:57going into Round Four
0:16:57 > 0:16:59with just under £691.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06And in this case, Round Four is the Bellmans Auction in West Sussex.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08And while Katherine sees what is available,
0:17:08 > 0:17:13auctioneer Phil has come up with a clever plan to increase his chances.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15This is the last of a three-day sale
0:17:15 > 0:17:19and the auction estimates in this catalogue are really punching hot.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22I need to try to buy something cheap. I know the auctioneer.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26I'm going to see if he can find me something that hasn't sold
0:17:26 > 0:17:31over the last two days that might just, well, fit a foxlike bill.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36So, Phil has a sneaky meeting with auctioneer JP
0:17:36 > 0:17:38before the sale begins.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41I can find you something definitely. But you don't mind if it is ceramic,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44you don't mind if it's silver, you don't mind if it's furniture?
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Uh, as long as it's not too big for me to lift
0:17:47 > 0:17:49or take out or whatever, but, no.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53So, with the promise of a post-sale purchase, Phil can relax a little.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Meanwhile, Katherine has to do things the conventional way
0:17:56 > 0:18:00and is viewing a lot of museum cases containing airship fragments.
0:18:02 > 0:18:07So the first case relates to England in the First World War,
0:18:07 > 0:18:11particularly on the night of 3 September, 1916,
0:18:11 > 0:18:16one of our great, great aviation heroes shot down the airship.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19It crashed to the ground and fragments were scattered everywhere.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23So what you're looking at are fragments from that airship.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Also, in the same lot,
0:18:25 > 0:18:31we move onto the interwar period when Graf Zeppelin was flying.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32It was the largest airship ever built.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35And here is a piece of the Graf Zeppelin.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39So, Katherine marks her lot and the auction gets underway.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Morning, everyone. Welcome to our Friday sale.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46And it is the Zeppelin pieces that come up first.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Oh, this is it. Exciting.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50I like Led Zeppelin.
0:18:50 > 0:18:5190 I have.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53£90, where is 5?
0:18:53 > 0:18:5695. 100, seated. 110.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59120, 130, 140.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02She's got a very determined look, hasn't she?
0:19:02 > 0:19:04It's £180 and selling, fair warning.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09After auction costs, Katherine wins her lot for £223.20.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Now, Phil is up next as he spots a pair of antique wooden planters
0:19:13 > 0:19:15going cheap.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17All done, selling. £30.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21He spends £37.20 on them,
0:19:21 > 0:19:23sticking to his spend-low strategy it seems.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26It's at times like this you realise that perhaps
0:19:26 > 0:19:29I should have looked a little bit closer.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30I don't think they're that bad.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34What I really need is someone with a very, very, very small flat
0:19:34 > 0:19:38in London with a very, very, very small window.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42And then this is their very, very, very small window box.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Next up, Katherine has marked a novelty nutcracker.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Oh, it's the next lot, so I've got to listen to this.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50It's got an upper estimate of £150,
0:19:50 > 0:19:53and our queen of treen jumps in on the action.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57Hiding at the back there at 95. Anyone at £95? 100 just in.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59But it quickly goes up.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- 140.- 140's bid. "No," he says. It's 140...
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Ooh, I might get it.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06The hammer settles on £140.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09With costs, that's £173.60.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11But will it help her crack open a profit?
0:20:11 > 0:20:15You just pop your little nut in, twist the handle,
0:20:15 > 0:20:19screw it up, open your walnut and then you take it out.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23Late-19th century, early-20th century, made of yew wood.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25It's what we call a piece of treen,
0:20:25 > 0:20:29so it's a really nicely carved and richly patternated piece of wood.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31I've just got to find somebody who is nutty enough to love it.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35And with that, the hammer falls on Katherine's buying.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39But Phil's earlier plan comes to a head in the back storeroom,
0:20:39 > 0:20:41and true to JP's words,
0:20:41 > 0:20:45he's found Phil a rather broken Victorian pole screen.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Not the finest condition, but it is old. It's a Victorian one.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50That would have sat on there.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54And then this would have gone on there.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56And then this was designed, wasn't it, so that a lady who sat
0:20:56 > 0:20:59by a fire, basically her make-up didn't run or whatever
0:20:59 > 0:21:00and it kept the heat from her, yeah?
0:21:00 > 0:21:02- Exactly. - What's the absolute finish on that?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- To you, it's a tenner. Can have it for- £10. A tenner?
0:21:05 > 0:21:06You are a gentleman, sir.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10So, Phil's initiative gets in the pole screen parts for £10,
0:21:10 > 0:21:12and since he has bought it outside the auction,
0:21:12 > 0:21:14there are no extra costs.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16With their buying done,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18let's find out what they've spent across the four rounds.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25From his £1,000, Phil Serrell has played a very cautious game
0:21:25 > 0:21:28and ended up spending a paltry
0:21:28 > 0:21:31£250.76.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Katherine Higgins wasn't much further ahead until the auction,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37when a couple of big purchases pushed her total up
0:21:37 > 0:21:38to £706.05.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43We've witnessed two very different strategies in the buying,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46so what will they make of each other's wares?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50The sum total of a week's shopping.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- There is a certain contrast here, isn't there?- Yeah.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56I'm really worried about you leaning on that very rusty, old piece of...
0:21:56 > 0:21:58- This is quality.- OK.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00This is a quality item.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- Now, listen, when you're knocking this...- Yes.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06..at least it didn't crash and burn.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08It's aviation history.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10A bit of airship glamour with, erm...Graf Zeppelin.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12- Sorry, sorry? Glamour?- Glamour!
0:22:12 > 0:22:14The Graf Zeppelin. Glamorous.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17It was...it was the place to be seen in the 1930s.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- You have outspent me, haven't you? - I have...somehow. I don't know how.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23I got in a bit of a panic that I had to spend money
0:22:23 > 0:22:25cos you... I listen to what you say.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29And I spent, I think, just over £700.
0:22:29 > 0:22:30So, all we've got to do now
0:22:30 > 0:22:32is decide what we're going to put into auction.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34HE BANGS LOUDLY
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Or what the auction house will accept.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39- I'll see you there.- Absolutely.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48Now, our shooting stars must become stellar sellers
0:22:48 > 0:22:51as they face the final frontier.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Each hoping to make a big bang as all that buying matter
0:22:54 > 0:22:58explodes into a galaxy of powerful profits.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02Half of their items will be sold privately, half at the auction.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07So, over in Worcester, what tricks has Phil got up his sleeve?
0:23:07 > 0:23:12So, my pot cupboard, my pole screen, my shield...
0:23:12 > 0:23:14- HE BANGS LOUDLY - ..and this little beauty
0:23:14 > 0:23:18are all going into auction. They might not just look like they do now
0:23:18 > 0:23:19when you see them next.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Because this, for example, that's going to have a really lovely,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26vintage, warehouse look to it. So, the rugby ball,
0:23:26 > 0:23:28I'm really hoping is going to take me on a story.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31The planters... I haven't quite decided with those yet.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35And these armorials would be great just to try and find out
0:23:35 > 0:23:38where they've come from. And that, I mean, well...
0:23:38 > 0:23:41there's no harm in that, is there?
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Phil thinks he is pretty HANDY when it comes to strategising.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48So, over in Guilford, how is Katherine's game plan shaping up?
0:23:48 > 0:23:52I've selected the things that I think would work for auction,
0:23:52 > 0:23:54which is the zeppelin memorabilia.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58All my fishing items have to go into auction. They're perfect.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59The doll, she's lovely.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02She's a typical period treasure that people will love.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03And the ring...
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Erm, I've just discovered it's an evening sale
0:24:06 > 0:24:10in London and I'm guessing it's going to be full of romantics.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11So, I have high hopes for that ring.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14The other pieces, I'm going to sell privately.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17I'm confident about three out of four.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20It's going to be quite a challenge to wind the clock back
0:24:20 > 0:24:23and find a buyer for my timepiece,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26but hey, I love a challenge!
0:24:26 > 0:24:29With the shoe last, the fan and the nutcracker as well,
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Katherine will need to find a path to profit.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Now, our experts must get down to the research to find a buyer
0:24:35 > 0:24:40for every item knowing that no deal is sealed until a hand is shaken.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43And first off the mark is Phil in Worcester
0:24:43 > 0:24:47with the black glove model that made a £15 hole in his pocket
0:24:47 > 0:24:49at the antiques fair.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53I'm here to see local jeweller Anja and I'm hoping that she shares
0:24:53 > 0:24:56my vision that this delicate, little hand will display
0:24:56 > 0:25:00her pearls and jewellery to good effect in her window.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04I bought this particularly with you in mind, OK?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- Cos I thought in your window...- Yes.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10..with that holding a pearl necklace or something like that.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13I thought the colour of the pearls with the contrast,
0:25:13 > 0:25:15- that would look really, really good. - Black and white.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18- What do you reckon?- Yes, very good idea.- How much are these pearls?
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Eh, 4,800.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- Sorry?- 4,800.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Do you want the good news?
0:25:24 > 0:25:26My hand is not £4,800.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29- SHE LAUGHS - It's not even £480.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32- But if you knock the four off... - Yes.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34..you might be getting close to...
0:25:34 > 0:25:36- SHE SQUEALS INQUISITIVELY - What do you think?
0:25:36 > 0:25:38- And we could use it for our window display?- It would...
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Well, I just thought it would look really cool, wouldn't it?
0:25:41 > 0:25:45Oh, it would be good! Yeah, that would be good. £60, deal?
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- I'll meet you in the middle.- OK.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51The glove model hands Phil a first profit of...
0:25:51 > 0:25:52Well done, Mr Serrell.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54So, it's over to Katherine now
0:25:54 > 0:25:57who's kicking off her sales away from home.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59She's travelled all the way to Birmingham
0:25:59 > 0:26:02with the hopes of finding a cracking profit.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05I've tracked down this specialist dealer who just adores
0:26:05 > 0:26:06everything to do with wood.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11She specialises in treen and I think she will love it.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13But, will Sally, the wood-loving lady,
0:26:13 > 0:26:17give Katherine a profit on the £173 she paid?
0:26:17 > 0:26:20What I found you is this.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21Oh, right. OK.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- So, it couldn't be more wooden... - No, that's true.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26- ..which is...which is a good sign. - Yeah.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29This is, sort of, a 19th-century
0:26:29 > 0:26:32sort of Swiss or French nutcracker, but it's nice because it's yew wood.
0:26:32 > 0:26:33Yew wood is the nicest.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36- Well, I have clearly brought the right thing to the right place.- Yeah.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41So, I'd like to suggest starting around about 220,
0:26:41 > 0:26:42something like that.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46- 190.- 190. I think 190 would be...would be fantastic.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48- Yeah?- I'd be delighted with that.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Katherine shakes on the deal and makes a modest profit of...
0:26:52 > 0:26:54..and staying in the Midlands,
0:26:54 > 0:26:57decides to try and sell her clock device.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59I've brought my time recorder to Atherstone in Warwickshire
0:26:59 > 0:27:01where I found this lovely, little cafe,
0:27:01 > 0:27:03which is totally 1940s-themed.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06And I think the owner will really like this
0:27:06 > 0:27:08because I've dated it to 1940.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11- IMITATES OLD-FASHIONED BROADCASTER: - Yes, it's chocks away,
0:27:11 > 0:27:13or should that be 'clocks away', for this plucky dealer
0:27:13 > 0:27:15as she hopes to wave goodbye to the clock
0:27:15 > 0:27:19for which she paid 60 of Her Majesty's pounds.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Simon, I...I feel I am totally in the right place
0:27:22 > 0:27:24for what I've brought you.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Literally, I cannot move my head
0:27:26 > 0:27:29but see something from the 1940s within view.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32I mean, it's incredible what you've brought together.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36Yeah, we just, sort of, dropped them a theme that people are...
0:27:36 > 0:27:37thoroughly enjoying.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41What I brought you is a time recording machine by Gledhill-Brook.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45When we open it up, you can see there's a serial number inside
0:27:45 > 0:27:48and I've dated that to 1940, 1941,
0:27:48 > 0:27:51- between those two very precise years.- Yeah, OK.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54So, it fits beautifully with here.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56It's definitely a talking point.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58You can see it's such good quality.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00If it's working, we could even use it.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03I don't know whether the staff would agree with that, but, yeah.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05So, I would love you to have it at something
0:28:05 > 0:28:08around about the, sort of...
0:28:08 > 0:28:12£70, £75 mark would sit quite nicely with me.
0:28:12 > 0:28:13- 70.- 70?- OK.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17With that, Katherine clocks off with a profit of...
0:28:17 > 0:28:20..and Simon's staff will have to be on time from now on. Hmph!
0:28:20 > 0:28:24Meanwhile, Phil still has his replica rugby ball to sell
0:28:24 > 0:28:27and he's about to tackle the perfect buyer.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31If you've got an England match ball,
0:28:31 > 0:28:32what better person to sell it to
0:28:32 > 0:28:35than someone who's played rugby for England?
0:28:35 > 0:28:38I'm hoping that I can convert this into a profit.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Yes, Phil is going to meet former England rugby player
0:28:42 > 0:28:45and charity fundraiser Ben Cohen
0:28:45 > 0:28:48with a ball that cost him just over £30 in France.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51- Look what I've brought...- What have you got for me here?
0:28:51 > 0:28:53..specially for you. Look, an England match ball.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55- BEN SIGHS AND CHUCKLES - Brand-new, brand-new. But I was
0:28:55 > 0:28:58thinking if you signed that, Ben Cohen,
0:28:58 > 0:29:01then you could get some unsuspecting auctioneer to flog it for you...
0:29:01 > 0:29:04- Yeah.- ..you could make a huge amount of money at one of your dos.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06I... My next dinner is coming up soon,
0:29:06 > 0:29:08so I could do with a ball like this.
0:29:08 > 0:29:12Well, I was hoping that I'd get 50 quid for it.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14- BEN LAUGHS - So, how much are you going to...?
0:29:14 > 0:29:16The laugh says it all, doesn't it?
0:29:16 > 0:29:18I can tell you now, it cost me 30 quid.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Anything that you offer me, I will take
0:29:20 > 0:29:22- cos I know you are a fair man. - HE LAUGHS
0:29:22 > 0:29:26- All right? Anything you offer me. - Well, you... If it cost you 30...
0:29:26 > 0:29:28- and you want 50. - I'll meet you halfway.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30I'll meet you halfway.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Ben squeezes on the deal
0:29:32 > 0:29:34and Phil pops a profit of...
0:29:34 > 0:29:36..into his pot.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Now, neither of our experts seem to be making much of a runaway
0:29:39 > 0:29:42profit, so when Katherine runs away to the circus,
0:29:42 > 0:29:44in Stroud, with her French fan,
0:29:44 > 0:29:49it seems Nell, the circus producer, isn't up for playing games either.
0:29:49 > 0:29:55I don't even have any more than £20 on the site and I think...
0:29:55 > 0:29:58- I mean...- Well, maybe I'm just very nice and I give it to you.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Well, that's... I mean, wonderful.
0:30:00 > 0:30:01I mean, we do, in the end, want to
0:30:01 > 0:30:03develop a kind of circus collection museum.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06- I mean, most circus do, so... - Oh, I'd love...
0:30:06 > 0:30:08That's what... I would love to see it on display somewhere.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10I'd love to see it on the show.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13So, Katherine's decision to donate the fan to the circus
0:30:13 > 0:30:14makes her a loss of...
0:30:16 > 0:30:18But on the upside,
0:30:18 > 0:30:21she does get to see a dog riding a bear on a horse.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23From the silliness of the circus,
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Katherine heads to the far more refined countryside
0:30:25 > 0:30:28of King's Lynn, where she has arranged to meet Marcus,
0:30:28 > 0:30:31the director of shoe manufacturers Fairfax & Favor.
0:30:31 > 0:30:36He is interested in acquiring her wooden shoe mould known as lasts.
0:30:36 > 0:30:37This is quite an old shoe last.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41The way it works is these... The leather would be put on top of these
0:30:41 > 0:30:44and all around the last in order to make...in order to make the shoe
0:30:44 > 0:30:46and they'll press it on using machines now.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Really, this is...this is the most important part of the shoe.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51I should tell you a little bit of the history of them
0:30:51 > 0:30:55because they belonged to the last atelier,
0:30:55 > 0:30:59the last craftsman shoemaker, in the area, arrondissement,
0:30:59 > 0:31:01- the area that we were working in. - Right.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Well, you see, we do a lot of shows, so, actually, it would be...
0:31:04 > 0:31:06This is probably not good for negotiation tactics,
0:31:06 > 0:31:08but they would be useful for having on the stand
0:31:08 > 0:31:10cos they can show people how they're made.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13And...and they are... Some of our factories are over 300 years old.
0:31:13 > 0:31:18I'm looking for something in the region of...
0:31:18 > 0:31:21- £70-ish.- You say 60, and we've got a deal.
0:31:21 > 0:31:2360? We've got a deal.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Katherine slips off with a profit of...
0:31:26 > 0:31:28..for the shoe lasts.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Meanwhile, Phil has been busy selling his planters
0:31:30 > 0:31:32for a profit of...
0:31:32 > 0:31:33..to one antiques dealer.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36He then takes his armorials to another.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Katherine wasn't exactly over enthused by them in Paris,
0:31:39 > 0:31:42so will he prove her wrong when he takes them
0:31:42 > 0:31:44to Worcester-based dealer Gabriel?
0:31:44 > 0:31:47- I like...I like these, erm, frames. - I love the frames.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50They...they, obviously, aren't, you know, one of these Victorian.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53- In fairness...- 19...18, 19, aren't they?- Yeah, 1900.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55I wonder if there's been a whole series of them
0:31:55 > 0:31:58cos of the numbers - 23, 24, 22. So, you've got...
0:31:58 > 0:31:59you've got about a fifth of a...
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Well, there's the challenge for you, Gabriel,
0:32:02 > 0:32:03- go and find the other 20. - SHE CHUCKLES
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- Are they of interest to you? - Yeah, I would like to buy those.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08- Good.- And I will give you...
0:32:08 > 0:32:10- £125.- Fantastic.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13- Thank you very much, indeed.- OK? - That's lovely.- Oh, good.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16Mm. With not even a haggle, Phil is given a profit of...
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Brave move because now the selling is out of his hands.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Both our dealers must now brace themselves for the mighty
0:32:24 > 0:32:25showdown auction.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29Before it all kicks off, let's see how the scores are at this stage.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Phil's four private sales have brought him...
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Katherine has sold three items and given one away,
0:32:39 > 0:32:41so she's just made...
0:32:43 > 0:32:44With a lot of catching up to do.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49But now the haggling is over and no deals can be done
0:32:49 > 0:32:53as our experts' remaining items are thrown into the unforgiving arena
0:32:53 > 0:32:55of High Road Auctions in Twickenham.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57But before the battle begins,
0:32:57 > 0:32:59Phil and Katherine get a chance to catch up.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03We may have finished all of our sales, but the auction...
0:33:03 > 0:33:05- I'm terrified. - Well, I'm just so pleased.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07It's such a relief that the only things left for me
0:33:07 > 0:33:08is the auction stuff.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10And I sort of, kind of, think
0:33:10 > 0:33:12I might have boxed a little bit clever, which is...
0:33:12 > 0:33:14Don't normally happen, but I was...
0:33:14 > 0:33:16I've tried to leave my cheap bits for the auction.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18You see, why didn't I have that strategy?
0:33:18 > 0:33:20I should have listened to you!
0:33:20 > 0:33:23You know, there I was putting my most expensive things into the auction...
0:33:23 > 0:33:26- Is that what you've done?- Well, they're also quite specialist as well
0:33:26 > 0:33:29and they need a specialist auction, which is not what we've got today.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32- So, you've got your fishing reels? - Yeah, I know we're by the...
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Yeah, but...but... How can you fail?
0:33:34 > 0:33:37I like being in control and when I'm let on my own
0:33:37 > 0:33:38and I'm not in control, it all goes wrong.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Shall we just go and see how it's going, then?
0:33:40 > 0:33:42- SHE SIGHS OK.- Come on, I want to look
0:33:42 > 0:33:44- at your goodies. - SHE GRUNTS
0:33:44 > 0:33:46With tension mounting and nerves jangling,
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Phil and Katherine seek out their opponents' artillery
0:33:49 > 0:33:51to assess their chance of victory.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53This is an illusion set ring.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56That means the very small diamonds are meant to look
0:33:56 > 0:33:58a lot bigger than they are.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01If people get fooled by that, it might make £100
0:34:01 > 0:34:03and if they don't, it might make £60.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Well, this is listed as an early 20th-century plaque,
0:34:06 > 0:34:09and I'd be interested to know... I mean, that's where the story
0:34:09 > 0:34:11begins. It's an intriguing piece.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13Eh, I think it probably will sell...OK.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16I'm not sure he'll get his money back, but I'll be watching.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20I think this is a really risky buy for Katherine.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23This zeppelin lot, if it gets picked up on the internet,
0:34:23 > 0:34:25it could soar and fly. But if it doesn't,
0:34:25 > 0:34:29well, her investment could just crash and burn.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31I think Phil paid around about £40 for this
0:34:31 > 0:34:34and I think it was a very, very good buy.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37I mean, it has been totally transformed.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41It is not the piece that I first saw. And it's really on trend.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45Well, our experts' opinions are of no consequence now
0:34:45 > 0:34:48as the auction gears up and their items are out of their hands
0:34:48 > 0:34:50and into the lap of the gavel gods.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53First up for sale is Katherine's doll.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55So, it cost me £40
0:34:55 > 0:34:59and I've got to make 54 in order to break even, which is...
0:34:59 > 0:35:00And what will it make?
0:35:00 > 0:35:02I think it'll probably make 30.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05So, you think you might lose 25 quid?
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Yes, I do.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11That'd be...sad, that, wouldn't it?
0:35:11 > 0:35:15- Thank you, ten bid. 15?- 15.- 20? 25? 30?
0:35:15 > 0:35:18I've got it... I'm pretty close with what I thought it would make. Yes.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20That was the gentleman's bid on my right.
0:35:20 > 0:35:25It's your final time. We'll be selling at 25 to bidder number 178.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Yeah, I didn't really break even...
0:35:27 > 0:35:31I didn't lose that much and it's gone to a nice home.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33After costs, Katherine loses...
0:35:35 > 0:35:38So, she'll be hoping to do better with the fishing items.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41This is my star lot. Oh, it looks great.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Bid me 100, surely. Quickly, £50 for the lot?
0:35:44 > 0:35:47- Any fishermen at £50? The bid is... - Oh, gosh.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50- Final time, I've got to sell.- A bit more.- Done at 50. 50, online bidder.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54- Oh, no. That was my star lot. - I thought that would do well.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58Katherine's hopes of a profit sink without a trace as she loses...
0:36:00 > 0:36:04The showdown auction really can be an unforgiving mistress.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06So, how will Phil get on with his decorative shield?
0:36:08 > 0:36:10You see, I've only got to get...
0:36:10 > 0:36:13- You've only got to get £36.- ..36. - There will be somebody in this room
0:36:13 > 0:36:16that pays £36 for that because it's sitting at the front of the saleroom
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- for start.- Is it? Where?- Look.- This one right in front of the rostrum,
0:36:19 > 0:36:24- lot number 27, we're selling. £30 for it. £30, sir.- Oh, my gosh.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27- Well, that's just cost me six quid...- Not yet, wait a minute.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31- Wait a minute.- It's cost me six quid.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Actually, that's a total loss of...
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Now, Phil's had his metal cabinet stripped and waxed
0:36:38 > 0:36:41adding another £20 onto its costs.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44So it's currently standing him at £62.50.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47If you had to buy something new like that, it would cost you
0:36:47 > 0:36:50- £300, £400.- I'd like to think of myself as a trendy person, really.
0:36:50 > 0:36:51You know sort of up there with the kids.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54- You know, that's what I like to think.- It's all about fashion,
0:36:54 > 0:36:56- isn't it, for you?- Yeah. - A few bids on this.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58- We're going to start at 100. - There you go. Oh, my gosh.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01£100 on commission. 110 in the room.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03- Thank you, sir. 120. - That is so good.- 130.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06140, new buyer. I've got to go five, sir.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08- 150. That's really good. - 150 with the internet.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11That's...very good. HE BANGS GAVEL
0:37:11 > 0:37:12I think we should have portioned that,
0:37:12 > 0:37:14- so I could have a bit of that money.- That's a relief.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- Oh, yeah, without a doubt.- Yes, sadly, that's not how it works.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Every penny of a...
0:37:20 > 0:37:22..goes into Phil's kitty.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26Katherine has her chance now as her airship fragments come up.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29In a cunning bit of gameplay, she split the lot into two,
0:37:29 > 0:37:31so how will the first half do?
0:37:31 > 0:37:33This is the one that should do well
0:37:33 > 0:37:37but I fear the setting is not quite as sparkling as it should be.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39I hope, for you, they do well.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42- 120 bid.- Oh, please, yes.- 140 bid.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Well done, well done, well done.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47- I might just be selling it. Oh, my gosh.- Well done.
0:37:47 > 0:37:48- 170.- Oh, thank goodness.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51Any further interest? We're selling at 160.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53- Internet.- Do you know, I've got to tell you,
0:37:53 > 0:37:55I'm quietly relieved there cos that could have gone on.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57- That could have... Yes. - It could have gone on.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- I mean, it could have gone either way, couldn't it?- Yes.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02That's a good start from the first half of the lot
0:38:02 > 0:38:06but she still has to sell the second half for more than £140
0:38:06 > 0:38:08to break even on the whole.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10It will be interesting to see which way this goes.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12I mean, this is a piece of the Graf Zeppelin.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14I'll take 55.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16OK, I need 140...
0:38:16 > 0:38:19And we are slowly climbing towards that.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Unusual lot, at £95...
0:38:22 > 0:38:25- Yes, a little bit more. A little bit more.- Any further interest?- Yes.
0:38:25 > 0:38:26Got to sell it. Done at 95?
0:38:26 > 0:38:29- Oh, my gosh.- Internet once more. - So what's happened to that, then?
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Has that brought it all back to level?
0:38:31 > 0:38:33I mean, it's pretty close to what I originally paid for it,
0:38:33 > 0:38:36that's how I like to think about things.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Yes, but after auction fees have been taken,
0:38:38 > 0:38:43she makes a total loss of £29.16 across the two lots.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46So Katherine's items really are failing to fly today,
0:38:46 > 0:38:48but will her ring sparkle?
0:38:48 > 0:38:51It's really pretty.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53£55 with the internet.
0:38:53 > 0:38:54Cos it is really beautiful.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56I don't think anybody gets engaged around here.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58£55 only.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00OK.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02The very nice man I bought it from said that I would
0:39:02 > 0:39:05definitely make some money on that, cos I went off-piste there.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Men always say that to girls about rings.
0:39:08 > 0:39:13So Katherine's ring brings in a loss of £46.56 after commission
0:39:13 > 0:39:15and that's her all done.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Phil is back next with the marble-top bedside cabinet.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22It cost him £15 and has been restored at no extra cost
0:39:22 > 0:39:25after Phil called in a favour from a friend.
0:39:25 > 0:39:26So will it earn its money back now?
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Trying to make 24 quid to break even, so I'm hoping I'm all right.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Come along, thank you. 5.60, madam.
0:39:33 > 0:39:365 again, sir, 60 the lady's bid right in front.
0:39:36 > 0:39:37Oh, my gosh.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Are we done at 60?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42£60, madam, to bidder 213.
0:39:42 > 0:39:4460, you've broken even.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45No, you've made a profit.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Phil makes a profit of £27.48 for the cabinet.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52Now, his final item is the restored pole screen
0:39:52 > 0:39:53that he picked up on the cheap.
0:39:53 > 0:39:58He spent £15 restoring it, so it now stands in at £25.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00My pole screen, I was kind of hoping this would have been
0:40:00 > 0:40:01earlier in the sale.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05- I...- I wasn't sure if the glue would last that long.- I really...
0:40:05 > 0:40:07- Where are we going to be? £30, surely.- 35.
0:40:07 > 0:40:0935 online, bid me 40 in the room.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11The banner is worth that at £35...
0:40:11 > 0:40:14- So you made a profit. - I know. No, I haven't.- Yes.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16I have now, I've made four quid.
0:40:16 > 0:40:17Sells at 40.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20- 45.- 45, just in time, I'll take it.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23Phil makes a profit of £5.36 for the pole screen
0:40:23 > 0:40:26and brings this showdown auction to a conclusion.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29In just a moment, our winner will be revealed.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33First, let's remind ourselves of what they spent in total.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Both our experts started the challenge
0:40:35 > 0:40:37with £1,000 of their own money.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42Phil Serrell spent £285.76, along with his restoration costs.
0:40:43 > 0:40:48Katherine spent over twice as much, forking out £706.05.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51So now, it all comes down to profit.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53All of the money that Phil and Katherine have made
0:40:53 > 0:40:56from today's challenge will go to charities of their choice.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00So, let's find out who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Showdown champion.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05- The auction...- The auction.
0:41:05 > 0:41:11..I think is my last chance of just the nearest hint of respectability.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Er, the auction was a total disaster for me.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16It was, you know... I didn't get my paintbrush out
0:41:16 > 0:41:20and I didn't get my shot blaster out and I just bought traditional things.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22I think it should be five auctions next time,
0:41:22 > 0:41:23that's the way we should do this programme.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Anyway, I got to see Ben Cohen.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28- Did you?- Strictly Come doodah.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30- You lucky thing.- Rugby World Cup, all that sort of stuff.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32- You lucky thing.- Yeah.- I was...
0:41:32 > 0:41:35Yeah, losing on a number of different levels, actually.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Oh, joy, joy... Losing?
0:41:38 > 0:41:39- Yeah.- Katherine lost money?
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Just a few things that I didn't make money on.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44- Anyway, come on, let's do the first of.- OK.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Three, two, one, go.
0:41:46 > 0:41:51Is it in black or red? It's in red. Yeah, look at it, in red.
0:41:51 > 0:41:52Get in there.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55- Really?- I've never had anything in red before,
0:41:55 > 0:41:57- this is just...- Do you know what?
0:41:57 > 0:41:58I didn't know they printed red numbers.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00- I'm going to take a photograph of that.- No.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Just let me look, just for a few moments.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04So, Phil is today's winner
0:42:04 > 0:42:06after playing it like the old pro that he is
0:42:06 > 0:42:09and making profits at every turn.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11But there's one more thing to reveal
0:42:11 > 0:42:14and that is the winner across the whole week.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Three, two, one, go.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19- Look at that.- Ohh.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Do you know, that's a pretty fair result, I reckon, don't you?
0:42:22 > 0:42:24- I think you've done really well. - Come on then.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26You can afford to buy me a drink, you know.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28- I mean, I have done very well but... - Yes, you have.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30- But you did follow along behind. - Oh, I tried.
0:42:30 > 0:42:31Yes, Katherine is the overall winner
0:42:31 > 0:42:37but together they've made over £3,700 which will all go to charity.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40My chosen charity is The Fountain Centre for cancer care
0:42:40 > 0:42:41in Guildford and I've chosen them
0:42:41 > 0:42:44because they've been absolutely brilliant with me
0:42:44 > 0:42:46in the last year and my battle with breast cancer.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49At the moments when I had chemotherapy and I lost my hair,
0:42:49 > 0:42:53my eyebrows and my eyelashes, they gave me lots of moral support
0:42:53 > 0:42:56and they were there for me, so I wanted to be there for them
0:42:56 > 0:42:57and they deserve every penny.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01Katherine has had a rotten 12 months.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Now, she's one of the loveliest people
0:43:03 > 0:43:06you could ever wish to meet and she's also one of the bravest.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08So the money that I've raised this week,
0:43:08 > 0:43:10I'd like to give to her charity.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12Good on you, Katherine.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15Yes, our experts have really put their money where their mouths are
0:43:15 > 0:43:17and shown that they can make a convincing profit
0:43:17 > 0:43:21from buying and selling antiques when their own money is on the line.