0:00:02 > 0:00:04This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, the show that pitches
0:00:04 > 0:00:07TV's best-loved antiques experts against each other
0:00:07 > 0:00:10in an all-out battle for profit.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11Let's make hay while that sun shines.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Each week, one pair of duelling dealers will face
0:00:14 > 0:00:17a different daily challenge.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18I've got a heavy profit here.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Putting their reputations on the line...
0:00:21 > 0:00:22Who's there?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26They'll give you the insider's view of the trade...
0:00:27 > 0:00:30..along with top tips and savvy secrets...
0:00:30 > 0:00:32That could present a problem, I think.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34..showing you how to make the most money...
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Ready for battle!
0:00:37 > 0:00:39..from buying and selling.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Get in there!
0:00:41 > 0:00:47Coming up, Butterfingers Bliss shows how not to handle antiques.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Ooh! Ooh! Oh, I'm so sorry!
0:00:50 > 0:00:53James reveals that you need to look to the past if you want
0:00:53 > 0:00:55up-to-the minute interiors...
0:00:55 > 0:01:00This has survived since the early 1960s and I think this is sort of
0:01:00 > 0:01:02bang-on trend.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05And Confident Kate's not too shy to blow her own trumpet.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Today, we're at Hemswell car boot in Lincolnshire,
0:01:29 > 0:01:33where our treasure trackers are up bright and early in a bid to uncover
0:01:33 > 0:01:35some serious boot-sale spoils
0:01:35 > 0:01:39and brush the dust off the best bargains.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43First up, it's the Indiana Jane of today's antiques dig.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45She's armed to the teeth with expert knowledge
0:01:45 > 0:01:47and she won't rest till
0:01:47 > 0:01:50the rarest relics are nestled safely in her satchel.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53It's Kate "Absolute" Bliss.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56I think it's time to go up a gear and get this in the bag.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Her rival is a veteran raider of the lost artefacts,
0:02:00 > 0:02:04whose enviable experience keeps his eye on the prize and his mind on
0:02:04 > 0:02:09the profits. He wants the best idols and won't stop until he's got them.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12It's James "Bingo" Braxton.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15I think I'm going to beat that Bliss.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19They've each got £250 of their own money to spend
0:02:19 > 0:02:24and all the profits go to their chosen charities, so here we go -
0:02:24 > 0:02:26James Braxton and Kate Bliss,
0:02:26 > 0:02:29it's time to put your money where your mouth is.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- Hello, Kate.- Hi! Well, this is exciting, isn't it?
0:02:32 > 0:02:33It all happens up north.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36It does. Well, Lincolnshire, 800 stalls.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39- That's a lot, isn't it? - 800 stalls. And £250 to spend.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Yeah. So, what's your strategy, then?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44I'll buy quickly - small, portable things, I think.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- OK.- Cheap.- You're not going for the big furniture this time?
0:02:47 > 0:02:48- No, no.- OK.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Too much work. Never buy work, Kate.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54What about you? Small and precious?
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Well, actually, maybe not small and precious, unless it leaps out at me,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59- of course.- Are you giving me some kind of code, Kate?
0:02:59 > 0:03:04- What's going on? - But I think I'm going to go for something a bit wacky.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05- Wacky?- Yeah.- OK.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07What, plastic, '50s?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10No, a bit wackier than that.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- Good luck.- Best of luck, best of luck.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16It's set to be a painstaking and precise hunt for heirlooms.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20Kate has had a quick scoot around the outdoor and indoor stalls
0:03:20 > 0:03:22and has formulated her plan.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27They look like quite established stalls inside, whereas outside here,
0:03:27 > 0:03:29all the action's happening.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Car boots are arriving all the time and I think this is where
0:03:32 > 0:03:35the fresh-to-the-market stuff that I want is.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40So, outdoorsy Kate is resolutely sticking to the antiques-rich atmosphere
0:03:40 > 0:03:42of the exterior stalls.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43And what about James?
0:03:43 > 0:03:47Does he think he's forged a winning system?
0:03:47 > 0:03:52My tactic today is just to engage the stallholder, draw them out,
0:03:52 > 0:03:54see what sort of goodies they've got
0:03:54 > 0:03:57lying on their little blue tarpaulins.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00So, Bingo's on the charm offensive, is he?
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Well, we all know flowers are a good start.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Look at this! What are these? Sunflowers?
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Well, I hope so, yeah.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Nice bit of oak, isn't it?
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Is this your own work, madam?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- No, it isn't.- It isn't?- No.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16There it is, the old Braxton charisma in full effect.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19And it seems to be working.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Yeah, I think it's rather attractive.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23You've got the taste. I like it.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28- How much have you got on it? - Well, I'd probably ask about 14.
0:04:28 > 0:04:2914? Really?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31I think it's really nice.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33They're not real flowers, Bingo!
0:04:33 > 0:04:34How about a tenner, madam?
0:04:34 > 0:04:35- Yeah, go on. Seeing as it's you. - Go on!
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Oh, you lovely lady!
0:04:37 > 0:04:39- OK, cheers.- You lovely lady!
0:04:39 > 0:04:41He parts with £10 for the painting
0:04:41 > 0:04:44and Bingo the Bewitcher made that look easy.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48Well, it's nice to find an antique at a car boot.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50And this certainly fulfils it.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53It's a nice fielded panel, painted on oak.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54When was it painted?
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Well, it has a really Edwardian feel.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00It reminds me...you know, if you were going to encapsulate a garden,
0:05:00 > 0:05:04a garden near me in East Sussex is Great Dixter,
0:05:04 > 0:05:09and this really is Great Dixter, the extension was Edwin Lutyens,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11sort of natural products,
0:05:11 > 0:05:12these lovely flowers there...
0:05:12 > 0:05:17That's who I need to sell it to - I need to sell it to a great gardener.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Yes, jubilant James thinks he can smell a profit in his first purchase.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23What a positive start to the day.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Across the market, Kate is also having a smashing time.
0:05:28 > 0:05:33Look at this - this is a copy of a Faberge egg.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36What a shame it's not the real one.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Ooh! I'm so sorry!
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Thank goodness it's not a real one, Kate!
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Am I banned? Nothing broken!
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Better move on quick, Kate, before you get chucked out.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49A pair of knightly bottle toppers has caught her eye,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52and she sets out on a crusade to rescue them.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- How much are these?- You can have them for a tenner.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Let's have a little look. I thought I saw a bit of damage on there,
0:05:58 > 0:06:00but I'm just going to check that out.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05Yeah.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Will you do a fiver, just because there's a bit of a nick on the top?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Yeah, I'll take a fiver.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15Done.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- Thank you.- Good luck with them. - Thank you.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Kate slashes the price in half,
0:06:22 > 0:06:24and without even clashing swords with the vendor.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29But before the money's out of her pocket, she spots something else.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34- Isn't that fun?- I think it's to do with the Teddy Bear Club.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39It says silver.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46A little club medallion or something?
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- Never seen one of those before. - I haven't.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51I'll give you a tenner for the two.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Yes? Great.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Brilliant.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Don't need any change.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- Brilliant.- Thank you.- Thank you very much. Have a good day.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03- Cheers.- Great! Two buys in one.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Indeed, and with that,
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Miss Bliss has leapt in front of her rival and leads two items to one.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12I think I have got a bargain here.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16The first thing, a pair of bottle pourers, so they act like stoppers,
0:07:16 > 0:07:20but you flip up the novelty visors on these helmets
0:07:20 > 0:07:23and you can actually pour through them.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26They're not very old, but I think they're great fun.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Silver plate, and there's got to be a profit there.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32But the second thing is really interesting.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Now, I've never seen one of these before.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39It's a little lapel fob, so you would wear it through your buttonhole.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42And on the medallion here it says,
0:07:42 > 0:07:45"The Most Cheerful Order of Merrythoughts."
0:07:45 > 0:07:50Now, Merrythought was a company producing soft toys from the 1930s,
0:07:50 > 0:07:54based in Shropshire, and it particularly specialised in teddy bears.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56I think this is great fun.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58It's probably silver, and the little wishbone
0:07:58 > 0:08:02on the end here is going to be my good-luck charm.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03Yes, and you may need that luck,
0:08:03 > 0:08:06as James has only gone and found a...
0:08:06 > 0:08:08let's say a vintage chair?
0:08:09 > 0:08:11It's got a really good look, hasn't it?
0:08:11 > 0:08:15And Bingo knows the best way to secure a seat is to sit on it.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18This has a good house-clearance feel about it.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21It is house-clearance stuff.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23How much is that... How much is this chair?
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- 35.- Oh, it goes back, as well, look.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28So it has two settings.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Do you know, I'm getting quite excited about this chair now,
0:08:31 > 0:08:35because not only does it fold, but it also has two settings.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37I've just found it out.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Madam! Come over here, tell me about this folding chair.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Good look, isn't it?
0:08:42 > 0:08:46- Yeah.- It's survived, as well. - Well, yeah. Yeah, it's a good chair.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48The thing is, well,
0:08:48 > 0:08:51it's still got its plastic.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Yeah, a bit grubby, but apart from that, it's all right, isn't it?
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Yeah, clean up good, scrub up lovely.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58And would you take 30 for it?
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- I will take 30. - You've got 30, madam.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04These are the antiques of the future.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Well, they're the antiques of now, madam, aren't they, now?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- Absolutely, sir.- Blimey.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Yeah, blimey indeed. So much for only buying small items!
0:09:12 > 0:09:18Bingo's, um, "antique" chair is his for £30 and, as with so many things
0:09:18 > 0:09:22from the '60s, it's really set off his imagination.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Do you know, this has got...
0:09:24 > 0:09:26It's very Bond-like, this.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28This is early '60s, isn't it?
0:09:28 > 0:09:33It has that sort of Dr No, Goldfinger look about it.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35It's painted gold, the frame is all gold,
0:09:35 > 0:09:38and it's got this rather fun sort of plastic.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Very simple way of upholstering a chair.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44It's just a cord that is wrapped
0:09:44 > 0:09:47round and round and round, and the gold
0:09:47 > 0:09:50and the light blue looks really good, it looks really sunny,
0:09:50 > 0:09:55it looks very sort of American and it's just a really clever design.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Look, I just fold it up like that, I just put it down, shake it,
0:09:59 > 0:10:02and there we are! Go on, Dad, you sit down.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05And, oh! It's in the reclining mode.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09So you just bring these two things up here, just bring it around,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11slap them down and then you're sitting up.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13What a lovely piece.
0:10:13 > 0:10:18This has survived since the early 1960s and I think this is sort of
0:10:18 > 0:10:19bang on trend.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23This is retro, vintage, it's folding, and I'm off.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25I'm going to go and enjoy the sun.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Yeah, watch you don't trap your Goldfinger in there.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30The man with the Midas touch
0:10:30 > 0:10:32is jolly excited about his retro recliner,
0:10:32 > 0:10:36and he's not the only one in a tizzy, because Miss Bliss,
0:10:36 > 0:10:41as predicted by James, has found a stall full of bling and is besotted.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Look at that. Cor, look at that!
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Oh, you've got earrings to match. Ooh!
0:10:48 > 0:10:51I quite fancy these.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52I love the colours in that.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54There's not a lot she doesn't like here.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Our treasure hunter has struck gold.
0:10:57 > 0:10:58So what could you do if I took...
0:10:58 > 0:11:00I can't decide whether that one or that one.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02A fiver for the two.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- Fiver for the two?- Yeah.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06That's nice.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09OK. Fiver for the two?
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- Yeah.- Done. Thank you very much. Lovely.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Kate has somehow restrained herself from emptying the whole stall,
0:11:15 > 0:11:20and nabbed two necklaces for a bargain £5.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Now, these two bits of costume jewellery certainly
0:11:23 > 0:11:24don't have much age about them,
0:11:24 > 0:11:27but they've got a lovely look about them,
0:11:27 > 0:11:29and the reason I bought them is, this one particularly
0:11:29 > 0:11:31is a little bit in the style
0:11:31 > 0:11:33of an American costume jewellery designer
0:11:33 > 0:11:39who was working in the 1920s right through to the '60s - Miriam Haskell.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Now, Haskell pieces are highly desirable,
0:11:41 > 0:11:43so I've bought these as a bit of fun.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47So, Miss Bliss has made a light-hearted purchase,
0:11:47 > 0:11:51but what of our veteran deal-doer James Braxton?
0:11:51 > 0:11:54He's bound to be taking things a lot more seriously...
0:11:54 > 0:11:56See, this is value for money, isn't it?
0:11:56 > 0:11:57..or not!
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Eight quid. Don't look so shocked, sir.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04That is very good, isn't it? Very comfy.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- Oh, yeah, that's the one. - That's the one, isn't it?
0:12:07 > 0:12:09That's very nice.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- Cos you've got to dress accordingly for any event, haven't you? - Absolutely.
0:12:12 > 0:12:13You look very fine.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19With Kate in the lead, it's time for James to swap that hat for his thinking cap,
0:12:19 > 0:12:22cast his net wide and see what he can catch.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24He's got a nibble.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28That's quite cool, isn't it?
0:12:28 > 0:12:30For a chippy.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Now, how much have you got on it?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- 12 quid.- Would you take a tenner for it?
0:12:35 > 0:12:37I've got a tenner. Come on. Like that.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Bingo got his pincers into that little pot, and he wouldn't let go.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44But what is it?
0:12:44 > 0:12:47So, this is a salt shaker.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Often single hole for salt, you can regulate.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Salt's not so good for you, so you don't want too much.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55If you have lots of holes, it's generally for dusting sugar
0:12:55 > 0:12:57over strawberries or whatever.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00What attracted me to it is, one, the feel of it -
0:13:00 > 0:13:03it's got this fabulous eggshell glaze.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05And it's got a great motif.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08But I love the lobster. Look at that, nice, red lobster.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11We've got the lobster pot, we've got stylised fish.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Sort of era, '60s, '70s.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14It's got a great retro look,
0:13:14 > 0:13:19and a retro fish-and-chip shop would absolutely love this.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21And it was mine for a tenner.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24And with that, our dealers are neck and neck with three buys apiece.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26We're at the halfway mark,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29so let's see who is leading and who is floundering.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33Both our dealers arrived with £250 of their own money to spend.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38James has spent £50 so far, leaving £200 in his kitty.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43Kate, however, has spent considerably less - just £15 -
0:13:43 > 0:13:48leaving her with a much larger £235 for the rest of the day.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Hey. You found the sausages!
0:13:52 > 0:13:56Yeah. I've had such a good morning, I've been strolling around.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- Really?- And I'm just restoring the minerals now.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01- Are you?- Yeah. Have you been inside?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Yeah, I've been inside all the time, actually.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Some great stuff in there. Definitely worth a look.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- You're giving me a bum steer, aren't you?- Am I?- Are you?
0:14:09 > 0:14:10JAMES LAUGHS
0:14:10 > 0:14:14I stayed in the sunshine and I managed to find bits and bobs.
0:14:14 > 0:14:20- Yeah?- I think the youngest item I bought is about 50 years old, and I bought some antiques.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24- Yeah? I found the odd one, I have to say.- Have you?- Sun's come out - I'm feeling quite relaxed.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26What, small and precious? Or not?
0:14:26 > 0:14:30No, not, actually. Little bit of shiny stuff, blingy stuff.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32- Any furniture?- No furniture yet.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- Really?- How about you?
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Yeah, I've bought some furniture.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38- Yeah?- No other clues, though, Kate. - OK.- No other clues.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40All right. Well, I'm off for one of those.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Well, good luck.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Well, what a shocker.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49Sneaky old Kate's trying to send her rival on a wild goose chase indoors,
0:14:49 > 0:14:52while James is playing secret squirrels over his stash.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Mind games are rife today.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56Poor old Kate.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00There's still the same smile, but there's real panic in the eyes.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Anyway, I am having a lovely time in the sunshine
0:15:02 > 0:15:05and that's where I'm going to stay.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Now, it's quite late morning now
0:15:06 > 0:15:09and things are definitely getting harder to find.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I think I need to get a shift on.
0:15:12 > 0:15:13That's the spirit.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Kate is planning to speed up in order to buy up.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Better buckle up, then.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Ooh, this might help.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24- Can I have another look at this buckle, please?- Course you can.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25There you go.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- It's a nice bit of enamelling, isn't it?- It is, yeah.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30It's all there - there's no damage to it.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34I think it's about 1920s, 1930s. I've not dated it yet.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- How much is that?- That's 35.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Hm.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41It's a job to know... Buckles used to be really in, didn't they?
0:15:41 > 0:15:42They did, yeah. Yeah.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45They've just gone off the boil a wee bit.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- It's a lovely bit of enamelling, though.- Yeah.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50It's nice.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I'm just...wondering.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- I'm going to have a think. I might well come back.- Yeah, no problem.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57I'm dithering.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01Dithering?! Rather than putting her foot down as planned,
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Kate has put the brakes on for now.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07And while she ponders her options,
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Bingo has dug up a bit of old iron
0:16:09 > 0:16:12he hopes he can polish into a precious profit.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Now, I've just bought this from a stall.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17I'm rather pleased with this. I bought it only for £15.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Orme & Sons. Now, the clue is in the name.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Manchester. It's incredibly heavy.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24It's like an iron, a flat iron.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29And I know this is for smoothing the baize of a billiard table.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31We've got the smooth side there,
0:16:31 > 0:16:33so after you set up your billiard table,
0:16:33 > 0:16:37you'd smooth it out, tighten it all up, fabulous.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40That is a lovely item, for only £15.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42This weighs almost the same as me.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43It's quite a specialist item.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46I'm going to have to find a sort of billiards club
0:16:46 > 0:16:49or a mad billiards player who will love this.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Really lovely item.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53An item from a bygone era.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56# Any old iron, any old iron
0:16:56 > 0:16:58# Any, any, any old iron... #
0:16:58 > 0:17:00And while Bingo wanders off to do the ironing,
0:17:00 > 0:17:05Kate has buckled up and belted over to, well, a belt buckle stall.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- Can I have another look at your buckle?- Course you can.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12What's the very best you could do on it?
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- 29.- Oh!
0:17:15 > 0:17:17- Really?- Yeah.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- Really?- It's nice, cos under the enamel, as well,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22you've got the rose, you've got the lovely pattern.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24- Yeah, it is nice. - The pin's hallmarked, as well.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- Yep.- It's nice.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28It's not loose, is it? It's quite...
0:17:28 > 0:17:31No, you're right. It is really nice quality.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33I can do 28.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Go on, then. Thank you.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42That's Kate's biggest spend so far, and she's enamoured.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Now, there are quite a lot of people out there who collect buckles,
0:17:45 > 0:17:48and this is a really nice example.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51I can tell you the date exactly because it's made of silver
0:17:51 > 0:17:55and it's hallmarked just on the back here for 1911.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58But the best thing about it is the enamel work,
0:17:58 > 0:18:02and this is where the silver has been engraved in a beautiful little
0:18:02 > 0:18:06pattern of roses, and then the liquid coloured enamel,
0:18:06 > 0:18:08or liquid glass, has been laid over the top,
0:18:08 > 0:18:10and it's in really good condition.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12And that's key when you're buying enamelled items.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15If there is any damage, then the price plummets.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17This one's perfect.
0:18:17 > 0:18:22Bingo has now finished his ironing and is looking for his next chore.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26Our domestic goddess has settled on the idea of baking.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29How much for a load of stuff like that, then, Janet?
0:18:29 > 0:18:3225 for the lot.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34- For the lot? - Yeah, for the whole lot.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37There's some Forster's pieces in there.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Cos we're all baking mad now.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45It's gone crazy, honestly.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49- There's tonnes of it. - How does that go, then?
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Yes, he's no Paul Hollywood and that's for sure.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Erm... Don't ask!
0:18:56 > 0:18:58"Finest for all sponges"?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Absolutely.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- Is that good?- Absolutely. Yeah.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05MAN SPEAKS QUIETLY
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Really? So that's what I should be buying, should I?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Baking stuff?
0:19:10 > 0:19:15- Don't know. This is... You know, I'm not used to baking stuff.- Yeah.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Neither was I ten years ago.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Can I make you a bid for that cookware?
0:19:20 > 0:19:24- You can. A sensible bid. - A sensible bid? How does 15 sound?
0:19:24 > 0:19:2715? 18 and they're yours.
0:19:27 > 0:19:2818 and they're mine?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Really? All that baking.
0:19:30 > 0:19:3118 quid and that lot's yours.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35Do you think, you know, with that, I could sort of get into Bake Off,
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- couldn't I? Carry the box... - Yeah, take it there.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Take it there.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43I'll assault them with me rock cakes, shall I?
0:19:43 > 0:19:4518. There you are.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- That's for you, Janet. - Thank you.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Goodness me - Mary Berry won't know what's hit her.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54Do you know what? Tins are close to the nation's heart.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57And here's this lovely heart-shaped tin.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59You'd get a little sponge shooting out of this.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Everything raises in a tin like this.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03Made in the 1940s.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06And then you come over to a later tin here,
0:20:06 > 0:20:08and this is sort of slightly mechanical.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10So if you've got a sticky bottom,
0:20:10 > 0:20:14that you just rush this round here and then out it comes.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17You know, I never knew I was into baking until I found this box.
0:20:17 > 0:20:23£18 of tins, and this is my route to fame and fortune.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26So, with five items rising in his proving drawer,
0:20:26 > 0:20:28James calls it a day.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30But, across the market,
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Kate hasn't forgotten she's on a quest for something quirky.
0:20:34 > 0:20:39- How much is your trumpet?- 35.- 35.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- Is it all working?- Yeah. - It looks like it's all working.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45I don't want to pay 35, what could you do?
0:20:45 > 0:20:48I think the lowest I could go to is 25.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Ooh.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54I was hoping for about 15.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- No, sorry.- No?
0:20:57 > 0:20:59This vendor isn't dancing to Kate's tune yet.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Time to blow a bit harder.
0:21:03 > 0:21:0420 quid, final offer.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06- 23.- 23?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09No.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11I'm thinking 20, will you do 20?
0:21:11 > 0:21:15- Mm...- I think that's a fair price, if you're happy with that.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- OK, yeah.- Yeah?
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Brilliant, thank you.
0:21:22 > 0:21:23And she's done it.
0:21:23 > 0:21:28Band leader Bliss trumpety-trumped her way to a £20 deal.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Now, this is what you call the punt of the day.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34I am not a trumpeter, but I can tell you it hasn't got a name,
0:21:34 > 0:21:35and I know the better-made ones
0:21:35 > 0:21:39certainly would have a good retailer or maker's mark on it.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42It has got its case, though, and looks to be in working order.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44So this is a bit of a gamble,
0:21:44 > 0:21:46but let's hope, when it comes to selling,
0:21:46 > 0:21:47I hit the high note.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Well, with Kate off to blow her own trumpet,
0:21:50 > 0:21:52and the stalls starting to pack up,
0:21:52 > 0:21:55our national treasures have completed their search.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58But before they reveal their discoveries to each other,
0:21:58 > 0:22:00it's time to tot up the totals.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05They both started the day with £250 of their own money to spend.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09James is hoping he's seen off the competition with his five purchases,
0:22:09 > 0:22:11costing £83.
0:22:11 > 0:22:17But Kate thinks she's dug deeper with her five items that cost £63.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21Of course, all that matters now is profit.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Our deal-doing duo have spent their dosh,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26and now it's time to compare their wares.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Now, you look far too relaxed, waltzing around there.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31And now I can see why.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Now I've seen all your lovely things.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35I know, they're very bizarre, aren't they?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Well, do you know, I can see you doing many things, James,
0:22:37 > 0:22:40but baking isn't one of them.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Well, I'm a polymath, Kate, as you know.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44- We all have to bake now.- Yep.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Have to raise something, don't you?
0:22:46 > 0:22:47Bicarbonate...
0:22:47 > 0:22:49I like your Yorkshire pudding tin. I'd use that one.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50- Would you?- Yeah.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54- What's the tip there?- Fat in first, really hot,
0:22:54 > 0:22:55then the batter.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Then the batter.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Oh! I can taste it now!
0:23:00 > 0:23:03And what about you? What are these carbuncles over here?
0:23:03 > 0:23:04Yeah, you like these?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Do you know, these really shouted at me.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09The lady had a load of costume jewellery and these just leaped out at me.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10This one particularly.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12I thought it was quite Miriam Haskell,
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- that American costume jewellery designer.- OK.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18They're a bit of fun, really. I mean, they weren't expensive.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21So what are they - fiver each, tenner each?
0:23:21 > 0:23:22- Fiver for the two. - Really, fiver for the two?
0:23:22 > 0:23:26- Yeah.- That's good value.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27Now, tell me about this.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Trouser press?
0:23:29 > 0:23:34No, it isn't. It's so heavy - it's in fact for billiard tables.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38- Is it?- It's for ironing the baize. - That is amazing!
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Flattening the baize. It's lovely, isn't it?
0:23:40 > 0:23:44- You wouldn't think it had a sporting association. - Nor did the stall holder.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46He thought it was just a doorstop or something.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47That's fabulous. How much was that?
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- 15.- Not bad.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Not bad. And your trumpet?
0:23:52 > 0:23:54My trumpet is a bit of a punt.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- I'm not a trumpeter.- No.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58But it's in working order. I think it looks great.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01- You've got the case. - Nice case, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03And what, £50 for that?
0:24:03 > 0:24:06- 20.- That is cheap, Kate.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10- Is it? Are you a trumpeter? - That is so cheap.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13- That's outrageous!- Tell me about your Van Gogh lookalike.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14My Van Gogh...
0:24:14 > 0:24:18With the lovely sunflowers, it's painted on a fielded oak panel.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22I'm looking for a sort of Edwardian gardener.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24- Yeah.- And I'm full of gardens around me,
0:24:24 > 0:24:27so I think, you know, that's going to be elevated to the home now.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29It's going to be hung.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32- Maybe.- Maybe.- No, I like it. I do like it.- Maybe. Maybe.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Well, we've certainly got variety, haven't we?
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Haven't we? You can't dispute that.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37We've done very well.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Well done, Kate. Happy selling.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45So, our booter rooters leg it home
0:24:45 > 0:24:47to hatch some shrewd selling strategies.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50This part of the challenge is the real game-changer.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Matching the right buyer to the right item
0:24:53 > 0:24:56can make a world of difference in this game of profit.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01Back at Braxton Towers, Bingo is sizing up his stockpile.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04I had to work quite hard to find my antiques in my Lincolnshire
0:25:04 > 0:25:08car-boot sale, but the first one I found was this rather nice fellow.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Painted about, sort of, 1890s to 1910,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15were these rather lovely sunflowers.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19When I saw it, I thought, grand house, grand gardens.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21So I've got to find a combination of the two for that.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23And then, this rather lovely 1960s chair.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27Very clever form of upholstery here.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32You've just got a plastic cord that's wrapped round.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Very cheap. It's got one small tear there, but otherwise perfect,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38and that's lasted 50 years, which is quite remarkable.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40And I love this. This really stood out.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Why did it stand out? Because of its rather clever design.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45It's a salt cellar.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47This is a salt shaker here,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50and it's made by a good maker called Crown Devon.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52It has this lovely eggshell glaze.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54A very nice touch, that.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55And with the lovely lobster.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58A small clutch of items, but watch out, Miss Bliss,
0:25:58 > 0:26:01let's see what profits I make from them.
0:26:01 > 0:26:02Indeed.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04James has also to find buyers
0:26:04 > 0:26:09for his vintage baking tins and Victorian flat iron.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Over in Herefordshire, Kate is confident with her cache.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16My trumpet, you can see, is fairly straightforward.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18It's all in working order,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21and it would be lovely to sell this to somebody who's just learning
0:26:21 > 0:26:25or perhaps even to somebody who's just started playing in a band,
0:26:25 > 0:26:26and to see it used.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30Because I'm a firm believer that instruments were made to be played.
0:26:30 > 0:26:36Now, my bottle pourers here, in the shape of knights' visors or helmets,
0:26:36 > 0:26:41I think, are great fun, and at £5, I think they're a steal.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45And it would be great to offer these to perhaps a vineyard that does
0:26:45 > 0:26:49wine-tasting, perhaps a vineyard at a castle, even better -
0:26:49 > 0:26:51where the knights theme can come in.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54I don't know. That needs a little bit more work.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57My buckle, with its beautiful enamel,
0:26:57 > 0:27:00is probably the best-quality piece.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03It's silver hallmarked, it's in fantastic order,
0:27:03 > 0:27:05which is unusual for enamel pieces.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07And they've even gone to the bother
0:27:07 > 0:27:10of putting this lovely wreath of roses around it.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13I'm thinking a buckle collector for this,
0:27:13 > 0:27:16because they are not the most commercial items.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17It's more of a cabinet piece
0:27:17 > 0:27:20for somebody who collects little objets d'art like this,
0:27:20 > 0:27:21or pieces of enamel.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25Kate also needs to line up buyers for her Mary Thorpe lapel fob
0:27:25 > 0:27:28and modern costume jewellery.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32It's time for our dealers to knuckle down and exhaust all available
0:27:32 > 0:27:36methods in a bid to accumulate the most money for their chosen charities.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40But remember, until they've shaken on it and the money has changed hands,
0:27:40 > 0:27:43no deal is truly sealed.
0:27:43 > 0:27:48James has decided the picturesque Suffolk market town of Bury St Edmunds
0:27:48 > 0:27:51is the perfect place to launch his selling campaign.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55He's brought the Crown Devon lobster motif salt shaker that cost him £10
0:27:55 > 0:27:58to show local French restaurateur Pascal.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02But will Pascal think it's worth shelling out more for?
0:28:02 > 0:28:04I've brought you a salt cellar.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07I bought it, funnily enough, in this sort of market,
0:28:07 > 0:28:12and what I was attracted to was this very bold lobster,
0:28:12 > 0:28:16with his lobster pot, and then these rather stylised, I suppose,
0:28:16 > 0:28:19little sardines or whitebait or whatever.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21- Yeah, yeah.- Rather fun, I thought.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24- What do you think of it?- So, yeah.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27So, tell me about it. So, it's from Devon?
0:28:27 > 0:28:29- Yeah.- Is it hand painting, or...?
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Yeah, it's a pattern that was moulded,
0:28:31 > 0:28:35and then this decoration would have been transferred onto it,
0:28:35 > 0:28:38and then somebody would have added the colour with a paint brush.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41So, it has some human interaction.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43OK. Do you know the year, or...?
0:28:43 > 0:28:48Yeah. Stylistically, it's '50s, '60s.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50My mum has got Crown Devon collection
0:28:50 > 0:28:52and my mum has started to give me some of them.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55- Funny!- So, I didn't know that.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59So, when I came up, I thought, "Oh, Pascal, restaurateur, chef.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02"He will like it because of the fish," but...
0:29:02 > 0:29:04So, you have Crown Devon?
0:29:04 > 0:29:08Now, price-wise, I wanted to put it in the hands of somebody good.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11What would you be willing to pay for that?
0:29:11 > 0:29:14- It's a nice item. - What have you got on your mind?
0:29:14 > 0:29:16I was thinking about £70, Pascal.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21£70...
0:29:21 > 0:29:26I wish to have the pepper with it and do a set. Um...
0:29:26 > 0:29:29I will go for £50.
0:29:29 > 0:29:34- £50.- £50.- Pascal, as in the tradition of all remaining friends,
0:29:34 > 0:29:37how about in the middle? £60.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40- 55.- 55?- 55.- 55. 55.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44- The five will pay... - You say three times 55 - deal done!
0:29:44 > 0:29:46The five will pay for the petrol.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Well, Bingo's catch has come in.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51He's more than quintupled his money,
0:29:51 > 0:29:54making a delicious £45 profit on sale number one.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57Well, that was an unexpected pleasure.
0:29:57 > 0:30:02Not only did he like the item, but his mother collects them.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04What a stroke of luck!
0:30:04 > 0:30:08Also hoping for a bit of good fortune is Miss Bliss.
0:30:08 > 0:30:14She's in Hay-on-Wye looking for a magpie who's keen to take those sparkly necklaces off her hands.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17I've heard about a new dress agency that's opened up in Hay
0:30:17 > 0:30:20that also sells costume jewellery,
0:30:20 > 0:30:24and I'm hoping that the owner might want to build up her stock a bit and take a look at my necklaces.
0:30:24 > 0:30:29They owe her £5, but will shop owner Brenda think they're worth a higher price?
0:30:29 > 0:30:35So, we have this one, which I think will look super with a, sort of,
0:30:35 > 0:30:38- little black dress...- Oh, great. - You could call it vintage style.
0:30:38 > 0:30:43- It does look vintage, yeah. - But I don't think there's any great age to it,
0:30:43 > 0:30:48- um...so I think it was probably made in the last ten, 20 years, I would say.- Very, very pretty.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52- It's quite nice with the white pastes on it.- Yeah.
0:30:52 > 0:30:56And then there's this one as well, which is very different,
0:30:56 > 0:31:01- which is a bit of fun, really. - It is, yeah.- Lovely blue colours.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03- It's quite jazzy.- Nice and cheerful.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04Yeah, it is, isn't it?
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Quite chunky, so would they be your cup of tea, do you think?
0:31:07 > 0:31:09- They would.- Start you off in your new cabinet.
0:31:09 > 0:31:10They'd be perfect, yeah.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13So what sort of price were you thinking of?
0:31:13 > 0:31:17Well, I'm thinking possibly about, um...
0:31:17 > 0:31:20about 25 each. How does that sound?
0:31:20 > 0:31:23- Hm. Prefer a little bit lower.- Mm.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- Cos I need to make a mark-up on it, obviously.- Sure.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Of course. Where do you see them at?
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Say...40?
0:31:30 > 0:31:32- 40 for the two?- Yeah.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36- If that's good for you, that will do for me.- Oh, wonderful. That's great. That was easy!
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Wasn't it? Thank you very much indeed!
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Thank you. That's super.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44Kate sells the necklaces for an astonishing eight times the price she paid,
0:31:44 > 0:31:47making her first profit of £35.
0:31:47 > 0:31:48What a glittering start!
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Our ambitious pair are on fire.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53And keen on fanning those profit flames,
0:31:53 > 0:31:58James has travelled to the Big Smoke, and is following a hot lead.
0:31:58 > 0:32:03I'm in the London borough of Hackney, and I've come across a little market
0:32:03 > 0:32:07which has just suddenly sprung up in the last five years.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09I'm hoping to sell my bakers' tins.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12Well, let's hope the stallholder James has in mind likes them.
0:32:12 > 0:32:18The tins cost £18, but will Bingo rise to the challenge of getting Terry to buy them?
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Ah, Terry, it's your lucky day, mate.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25I've got all these fabulous tins.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28You are... The ladies are going to be falling over you.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32- OK. I'll even throw in a dog bowl. - Terrific. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:32:32 > 0:32:37And we've got lots of cupcakes, you know... Still got its tin...
0:32:37 > 0:32:40This is quality stuff. This isn't your modern stuff,
0:32:40 > 0:32:44- and especially...- What are you looking for all this?
0:32:44 > 0:32:48- ..especially look at this! They're going to love that, aren't they?- Yeah, yeah. Terrific.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Now, I'm sure you can shift this, Terry.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52It's a little box of interest.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Well, what do you want for it?
0:32:54 > 0:32:57I was thinking that, OK? I love that.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59- Yeah.- I think that's five or ten quid.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02I'll give you 30 quid for the lot.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04I tell you what -
0:33:04 > 0:33:08I'll throw that one in, for the lot,
0:33:08 > 0:33:10and 40 quid for the lot.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12- Go on, then.- Well done, Terry.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14You know it makes sense.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18James provided all the ingredients for a tasty £22 gain,
0:33:18 > 0:33:22proving he's a master baker when it comes to cooking up a profit.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25Back in Herefordshire, Kate's had her head in the books,
0:33:25 > 0:33:28and she's made a surprising new discovery
0:33:28 > 0:33:30about her little lapel fob,
0:33:30 > 0:33:34and it's not what she thought it was.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38Now, I've been doing a little bit of research into my wishbone fob here,
0:33:38 > 0:33:42which is probably one of the quirkiest items I've ever bought.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46Now, originally, because it says "Order Of Merrythoughts" on the medallion,
0:33:46 > 0:33:50I thought it was connected to the Merrythought teddy bear company,
0:33:50 > 0:33:54but in actual fact, it's got nothing to do with that whatsoever.
0:33:54 > 0:34:00I've done a little bit of digging around, and found in an archive from the Glasgow Herald newspaper,
0:34:00 > 0:34:02dating from 1931,
0:34:02 > 0:34:07that there's a little piece that introduces exactly what this is,
0:34:07 > 0:34:10and it says, "The Most Cheery Order Of Merrythoughts..."
0:34:10 > 0:34:14It's NOT seeking subscriptions from the public,
0:34:14 > 0:34:18but nevertheless, "everyone is invited to take up membership,
0:34:18 > 0:34:21"and assist in the spreading of its gospel
0:34:21 > 0:34:26"by being an optimist, a cheery soul, and a good sport,"
0:34:26 > 0:34:29and it just goes on to say that this organisation
0:34:29 > 0:34:34has actually been formed under the Companies Act in 1931
0:34:34 > 0:34:39"to bring happiness amongst all classes in Great Britain"
0:34:39 > 0:34:43and its watchword is "jingle your wishbone."
0:34:43 > 0:34:47This was given to subscribers of the Daily Chronicle newspaper
0:34:47 > 0:34:52in the 1930s, and was a symbol of that club,
0:34:52 > 0:34:56which actually, if there's anything serious about such an order,
0:34:56 > 0:35:00it says here, it's that it supports children's holiday charities.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03Now, I think that is a lovely idea.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06But now I know exactly what it is,
0:35:06 > 0:35:11I think that can't but help me to sell it and add value to it.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15So, armed with all the happy facts, Kate takes the £5 silver fob to Hereford
0:35:17 > 0:35:21to show goldsmith Colin, and is hoping her research pays off.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24I've brought you something quite quirky.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28It's a little fob chain, I would call it.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- Yeah.- I think you would probably wear it through your buttonhole.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33I think you probably would. Through a lapel.
0:35:33 > 0:35:34It's that sort of length, isn't it?
0:35:34 > 0:35:36It is, isn't it? Yeah.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38It says on the little medallion,
0:35:38 > 0:35:42"The Most Cheery Order of Merrythoughts."
0:35:42 > 0:35:44And I thought, "That's interesting - what's that?"
0:35:44 > 0:35:47And I found out, it basically was
0:35:47 > 0:35:50a club formed in about the 1930s
0:35:50 > 0:35:54by members who read the Daily Chronicle newspaper.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56I'm pretty sure it is silver.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59It says sterling on the fob, it feels like silver.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03- And I like the wishbone on the end. - The wishbone is lovely, isn't it?
0:36:03 > 0:36:06That's the bit I love. And funnily enough, in America, apparently,
0:36:06 > 0:36:09wishbones are known as merrythoughts.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11It's a sort of nickname.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15- Yeah.- Hence the combination of the two, I guess, the association.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17It's very nice, yes.
0:36:17 > 0:36:18And I've got a friend who would love this.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21- Really?- Yes, I do, who is a cheery soul.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24I was hoping for somewhere between sort of £30-£50.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27How does that sound?
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Well, I'd certainly do 30.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32- OK.- You might tempt me up a little bit.
0:36:32 > 0:36:33- Really?- You could tempt me.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37Could you sort of go for the middle area and say 40?
0:36:37 > 0:36:39- OK, yeah. I will.- Fantastic.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42- Thank you very much.- Lovely. I really hope the friend likes it.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44So do I!
0:36:44 > 0:36:48Nothing gives Kate merry thoughts like a £35 profit.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Our jolly girl has drawn level.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52But Bingo is not about to be outdone.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56Not even a rainy day will dampen his profit-hunting spirits.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Spot the contrast. Umbrella, deckchair.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03The two don't rather go, but anything can go in Norman Road.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07The epicentre of trendy Hastings.
0:37:07 > 0:37:08Anything goes, eh?
0:37:08 > 0:37:13James is hoping home interior design shop owner Samantha will agree,
0:37:13 > 0:37:16and give him a stylish return on his £30 investment.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Here is the fellow in person.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20Nice.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23What-what do we call this colour?
0:37:23 > 0:37:24- Azure?- Azure.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27- That sounds very exotic, doesn't it? - I think so.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31The reason I bought this item is it's a great survivor - 1960s.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35But what I loved about it, you just lift the arms, easy peasy,
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- and you've got a recliner. - Yeah, that's lovely.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- It's clever.- You see this plastic tubular thing now.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44I've seen it, it's come back around.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46- Has it come back around?- It has.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48So for an old dinosaur like me,
0:37:48 > 0:37:52if I wait long enough, it comes back, doesn't it?
0:37:52 > 0:37:54It's definitely come back around.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57I didn't know I'd be bang on trend today!
0:37:57 > 0:38:01- It's a lovely chair.- It's a lovely chair and it's a lovely colour.
0:38:01 > 0:38:0745 years old, how about a pound for every year of its life, Sam?
0:38:07 > 0:38:10Wow. I would... I would say 30.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12- 30?- Yeah.
0:38:12 > 0:38:13I've got to make a bit of money on it.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16How about in the middle, 42?
0:38:16 > 0:38:17SHE LAUGHS
0:38:17 > 0:38:19No.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20THEY LAUGH
0:38:20 > 0:38:23No, I'm toying. 40? £40.
0:38:23 > 0:38:2440, 40.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26- I would say...- Come on, Sam!
0:38:26 > 0:38:32- 38.- 38, you have yourself a deal.
0:38:32 > 0:38:37And that small but comfortable £8 profit brings us to the halfway mark.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40So let's find out how our knick-knacking ninjas are doing so far.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47In the lead, James has sold three of his five items,
0:38:47 > 0:38:50racking up a starting profit of £75.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Trailing slightly, Kate has done two deals,
0:38:54 > 0:38:58and has a profit of £70 in her pocket.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00This game is incredibly close,
0:39:00 > 0:39:04but Kate is one of the most determined experts around.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07She wants to win, and changes up a gear
0:39:07 > 0:39:09to make sure she leaves James in her dust.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11She's travelled to Gloucestershire,
0:39:11 > 0:39:15and our prize-fighter is preparing for battle.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Now, I think my bottle pourers were a real steal at the car boot,
0:39:18 > 0:39:21and I always had in mind for them either a vineyard,
0:39:21 > 0:39:25to put on wine bottles, or a castle, because they're knights' helmets.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29Or a vineyard and a castle, but that was a bit of a tall order,
0:39:29 > 0:39:31so I've gone for the vineyard.
0:39:31 > 0:39:32Did you follow that, viewers?
0:39:32 > 0:39:34The pourers cost Kate £5,
0:39:34 > 0:39:40but will vineyard boss Thomas top up her "bouteille de profits"?
0:39:40 > 0:39:43- Hello, Kate.- How do you do? - Very nice to meet you.- And you.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46- So, how many vines have you got? - We've got 75 acres.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49We make about 250,000 bottles of wine a year.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52Gosh, that is a lot of wine, isn't it?
0:39:52 > 0:39:57- Well, yeah, for you or me to drink, it would be a heck of a lot of wine to drink!- Yeah!
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Well, I thought you must do tastings here, obviously.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01- Just one or two.- Just one or two!
0:40:01 > 0:40:06So I wondered if bottle pourers might come in handy.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10Have a look. They're a bit of a novelty, really.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12- They are, aren't they?- They are.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15They're obviously knights' helmets, and you flip the visor up
0:40:15 > 0:40:19and you... There's a little pouring aperture there.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22But I would say, they're definitely plated, as you can see,
0:40:22 > 0:40:24silver-plated, I would suggest.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26They've certainly got a little bit of age.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28- I wouldn't say they were antique, though.- No.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Are they for wine or are they more for whisky?
0:40:30 > 0:40:32You just wonder whether they're...
0:40:32 > 0:40:35you know, whether they're more for spirits than for wine.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Would you say? Cos the aperture is quite small.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41You might be waiting a while for your wine to pour!
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Well, what do you think?
0:40:43 > 0:40:44They're a bit of fun, aren't they?
0:40:44 > 0:40:48We sell a lot of bottle pourers, because it's always fun to have
0:40:48 > 0:40:50a bit of nonsense about the place.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52- Yeah, a bit of a talking point, perhaps.- Yes.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55OK. Lovely. Well, because it's a pair,
0:40:55 > 0:40:58I was hoping for around the sort of £150 mark.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00- Hm!- How does that sound?
0:41:00 > 0:41:04- I would have thought that's fairly. expensive.- Hm-mm. OK.
0:41:04 > 0:41:05£60?
0:41:05 > 0:41:08I was hoping really for about the sort of 120 mark.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11That's quite a lot of money, isn't it? £60 each?
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Can we go to 110?
0:41:14 > 0:41:17- That's good for me.- OK, super. - Thank you very much.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21My goodness me. She's £105 up!
0:41:21 > 0:41:26Her glass is brimming with earnings and Kate is brimming with pride.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30Bingo is suddenly playing a serious game of catch-up.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32He's back in Hastings with his sunflower picture,
0:41:32 > 0:41:35and whilst he hasn't tracked down a grand house to sell it to,
0:41:35 > 0:41:38he has found a green-fingered florist.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41He's hoping the £10 he paid for it is but a seed
0:41:41 > 0:41:44that will bloom into a beautiful profit.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47But will shop owner Mao want to pluck it?
0:41:49 > 0:41:51- Hello, Mao.- Hello, James.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Here's my lovely sunflower panel. I think it's very attractive.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Sort of painted in about the 19...
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Turn of the century, about 1900.
0:41:58 > 0:42:03- Right.- And I must say, I think it would look rather good on your...
0:42:03 > 0:42:05in your thing. It really stands out, doesn't it?
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Yes, the colour goes with all the wreaths we've got here.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10It does. It does.
0:42:10 > 0:42:16I was rather hoping to get somewhere in the region of £40-£60.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19I think it's a beautiful painting, and it's on oak.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Yes, maybe 40.
0:42:21 > 0:42:2340? Ohh! You see?
0:42:23 > 0:42:25You think around 40?
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Yes, I think so, yes.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Could you do a little more, 45?
0:42:30 > 0:42:34Er, no, I'd like to keep it for 40, I think.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37I'm not going to fiddle around. You can have it for 40.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39- Wonderful. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47Well, James has cultivated a fragrant profit of £30,
0:42:47 > 0:42:48and is closing in on his rival.
0:42:50 > 0:42:55Meanwhile, Clever Kate, knowing that knowledge is power and power equals pounds,
0:42:55 > 0:42:56has travelled to London,
0:42:56 > 0:43:02hoping professional jazz musician Andy Davis can give her some intriguing info on her trumpet
0:43:02 > 0:43:06and help her make more brass from her brass.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13- Andy! That sounded amazing! - Oh, thanks a lot. Thanks.
0:43:13 > 0:43:14- Great to meet you.- Nice to meet you, too.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18- Sounds like you've been playing a little while. - It's been a week now...
0:43:18 > 0:43:19No, it's been about 20 years.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22- Has it?- Yeah, yeah, so done a fair bit of practice in my time.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24Well, your trumpet looks lovely.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26It's a Bach Stradivarius trumpet.
0:43:26 > 0:43:30This one is worth round about £2,000 bought new.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32Well, from your lovely trumpet,
0:43:32 > 0:43:35- which sounds amazing, I have to say...- Thank you very much.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37- ..to my little number here...- Yeah.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39- I'm a musician myself, actually. I play the violin.- Oh, wow.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42I have not got a clue about brass instruments,
0:43:42 > 0:43:45- so I took a bit of a punt on this. - Yeah.
0:43:45 > 0:43:51OK? So have a little look at it. Now, the one thing that struck me,
0:43:51 > 0:43:54the one thing I know about instruments generally
0:43:54 > 0:43:56is that, obviously if they've got a name
0:43:56 > 0:44:00that helps you to date it, and it's also a sign of quality.
0:44:00 > 0:44:02- Now, I could not find a name on this.- I can't see anything on it!
0:44:02 > 0:44:08- No. At all.- I've never, ever seen this before. There's not actually a make on it.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10It's a trumpet with no name.
0:44:10 > 0:44:11And that's unusual, is it?
0:44:11 > 0:44:14Yeah. I've never seen it before in my life.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17- Ooh.- I'm going to play this trumpet now.
0:44:17 > 0:44:20HE PLAYS A SIMPLE SCALE
0:44:20 > 0:44:22Ooh.
0:44:22 > 0:44:24Well, at least it works.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26I've never played a trumpet like this before.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29- First impressions, I have to say, aren't so good.- OK.
0:44:29 > 0:44:33It has a weird, um, pitching on it.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36It plays like a C trumpet, but it looks like a B flat trumpet.
0:44:36 > 0:44:40- I've brought you an enigma!- Yeah, this is crazy. This is crazy.
0:44:40 > 0:44:45If I was going to sell it to, say, a music shop
0:44:45 > 0:44:47- that retails second-hand trumpets, for instance...- Yeah?
0:44:47 > 0:44:50..are we in the sort of £100 ballpark,
0:44:50 > 0:44:53are we in the sort of £40-£50 ballpark
0:44:53 > 0:44:54or are we in the sort of tenner?
0:44:54 > 0:44:58- I would say you're looking at the £50 ballpark.- Would you?- Yeah.- OK.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01Well, it seems Kate has more questions than answers,
0:45:01 > 0:45:05and while Andy can't identify her unusual trumpet, he can teach her how to play it,
0:45:05 > 0:45:08and just how musical is Miss Bliss?
0:45:08 > 0:45:12All you have to do is play the first three notes
0:45:12 > 0:45:15of the C major scale, which are C, D and E. OK?
0:45:15 > 0:45:18TRIES TO PLAY NOTES
0:45:22 > 0:45:24Can't do it without laughing!
0:45:24 > 0:45:26This is terrible.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28Yeah - better stick to the violin, eh?
0:45:28 > 0:45:32Now, also on a fact-finding mission is our Bingo,
0:45:32 > 0:45:36and like Kate, he knows that unearthing valuable information
0:45:36 > 0:45:38can booster sales and increase profits.
0:45:38 > 0:45:42He's brought his flat iron to show restorer Peter Ludgate,
0:45:42 > 0:45:46who's a specialist in cue sports, no less.
0:45:46 > 0:45:49This is the mighty item I want to know more and more about.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52- It's a billiard flat iron.- Yeah.
0:45:52 > 0:45:55Orme and Sons from Manchester.
0:45:55 > 0:45:59- Are they a really good manufacturer? - They were one of the best Victorian manufacturers.- One of the best.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02That would go on the range in the kitchen.
0:46:02 > 0:46:07What, for all those Victorian industrialists building their mighty houses
0:46:07 > 0:46:09with...what, everybody had a billiard room, did they?
0:46:09 > 0:46:14Absolutely, and the under butler or somebody, it would be his job to heat it up
0:46:14 > 0:46:19and then iron the billiard table before the master played a game of billiards,
0:46:19 > 0:46:22but the problem was that they got terribly hot,
0:46:22 > 0:46:26so you had to be very careful you didn't scorch the table.
0:46:26 > 0:46:30Billiards most likely developed from the French for bille or balles,
0:46:30 > 0:46:33and the game called trucco,
0:46:33 > 0:46:36which was similar to croquet and played on lawns.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40When the game moved indoors, green cloth was used to simulate the grass,
0:46:40 > 0:46:44and the clubs replaced with cues.
0:46:44 > 0:46:48By the mid 19th century, the quality of tables had improved considerably,
0:46:48 > 0:46:53with slate bases and newly discovered vulcanised rubber used for cushions,
0:46:53 > 0:46:56but the quality of the baize was key,
0:46:56 > 0:46:59and caring for it was paramount.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02So you heat the iron up,
0:47:02 > 0:47:04and it's always best to put a slight angle on it
0:47:04 > 0:47:06and take it up the table
0:47:06 > 0:47:08and it smoothes the mat down,
0:47:08 > 0:47:09and you always...
0:47:09 > 0:47:10It would smooth the mat.
0:47:10 > 0:47:12Now, you put it a slight angle
0:47:12 > 0:47:15so that it doesn't leave lines, like a tennis court.
0:47:15 > 0:47:20You certainly don't do what one of our clients did, which was have stripes going up and down,
0:47:20 > 0:47:23which was...he was very proud of but completely messed up the game!
0:47:23 > 0:47:29- Does it always go...- From the baulk up to the spot end.
0:47:29 > 0:47:30It always runs up the table.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32On a really good quality cloth,
0:47:32 > 0:47:34when the ball goes up the table,
0:47:34 > 0:47:36it's smooth and silent. When it comes back,
0:47:36 > 0:47:37there's a gentle hiss
0:47:37 > 0:47:40as it runs against the baize.
0:47:40 > 0:47:44So James knows how to use his flat iron, but how much is it worth?
0:47:44 > 0:47:47What's the best price you've ever got for a smoothing iron?
0:47:47 > 0:47:51- I think the best price I've got is about £200.- Really?
0:47:51 > 0:47:53Yeah.
0:47:53 > 0:47:58This is... This is a particularly nice one, in good condition.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00I bought this for 15.
0:48:00 > 0:48:02Well, I think you've probably got a bargain.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Now I've just got to find a purchaser.
0:48:04 > 0:48:08- Really I need to target somebody who has a nice billiard room.- Yeah.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10- Absolutely.- Part of the furniture.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13And if they had a William Orme table, they might be very tempted.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16So, James could be sitting on a little gold mine!
0:48:16 > 0:48:21Now, back to Kate. Her trumpet research threw up some interesting questions,
0:48:21 > 0:48:24but all she knows for sure is that it cost her £20,
0:48:24 > 0:48:27so armed with nothing but her new musical talents,
0:48:27 > 0:48:30she heads to a music shop in Cheltenham
0:48:30 > 0:48:34and hopes owner Ian wants to buy her brass.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36- # Yeah, yeah - Let's get down with the trumpets
0:48:36 > 0:48:38- # Yeah, yeah - Let's get down with the trumpets
0:48:38 > 0:48:41- # Yeah, yeah - Let's get down with the trumpets. #
0:48:42 > 0:48:45This is the trumpet I told you about on the telephone.
0:48:45 > 0:48:47- Have a look inside.- Oh, right.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49There it is.
0:48:49 > 0:48:53Right. Pity, really, because the case is a bit nicer than the trumpet.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55Oh, that's not a good start, I would say.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58This is something that's made in India, I think.
0:48:58 > 0:49:00And is probably not as old as it looks.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03So, what makes you say that it's from India?
0:49:03 > 0:49:06I recognise the finger buttons, to start with.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09I've seen those on instruments of the same ilk.
0:49:09 > 0:49:13- Right.- It's not very well-made - that's the other giveaway.
0:49:13 > 0:49:15And they didn't bother stamping a name on it,
0:49:15 > 0:49:18because if it was well-made, they'd want to put their name on it.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20- Right...- Not terribly exciting, but go on.
0:49:20 > 0:49:22OK, do you want to try it out?
0:49:22 > 0:49:24Let's see if we can get a note out of that, shall we?
0:49:24 > 0:49:26Yeah. Interesting, just while you
0:49:26 > 0:49:28put that in, what do you think of the mouthpiece there?
0:49:28 > 0:49:30That's actually an American mouthpiece.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33Made by Old's. It's actually a flugelhorn mouthpiece.
0:49:33 > 0:49:38So it's the wrong mouthpiece for the instrument anyway, but it will work.
0:49:38 > 0:49:40- I'm sure.- It'll work? - Well, let's see.
0:49:40 > 0:49:41All right.
0:49:41 > 0:49:45HE PLAYS A FEW NOTES
0:49:45 > 0:49:47Oh, beautiful, isn't it?
0:49:47 > 0:49:49It sounds good when you play it.
0:49:49 > 0:49:50It sounded great!
0:49:50 > 0:49:56I took it to a very good jazz trumpeter, and he tried it out for me, had it a little go,
0:49:56 > 0:50:00and he thought that it looks like a B flat trumpet
0:50:00 > 0:50:04but it plays more like a C trumpet, he thought,
0:50:04 > 0:50:09which he didn't quite understand, so that might fit with the fact that it's not
0:50:09 > 0:50:12particularly well-made, that it's slightly off-pitch.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15It's because they've copied an old instrument,
0:50:15 > 0:50:17which would have been a high-pitch instrument,
0:50:17 > 0:50:19- which was the old military band pitch.- Yes.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21A modern orchestral pitch is low pitch.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23- It's about a quarter of a tone sharp...- Right.
0:50:23 > 0:50:25..to what it should be.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28I see. Because they've copied it. They haven't copied it that accurately.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31Well, they've copied the old instrument very accurately,
0:50:31 > 0:50:33but it's no good for modern pitch.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35And what about the mouthpiece?
0:50:35 > 0:50:37- The mouthpiece is the nicest thing. - Is it?- Yeah!
0:50:39 > 0:50:42- What's that worth?- If you wanted to buy that new, probably £45.
0:50:42 > 0:50:43OK, all right.
0:50:43 > 0:50:47Lovely. After all that, would you like to buy it?
0:50:49 > 0:50:51I might take a punt.
0:50:51 > 0:50:53You might take a punt?
0:50:53 > 0:50:57What if we said 25 for the trumpet and...
0:50:57 > 0:50:58um...
0:50:58 > 0:51:0220 for the mouthpiece?
0:51:02 > 0:51:04- 45 altogether?- 45 altogether.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06And the case, of course.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09- And the case. - You get the case thrown in.
0:51:09 > 0:51:10All right, we'll do that.
0:51:10 > 0:51:11- 45, yes?- Yeah.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13See if we can make a go of that.
0:51:13 > 0:51:17Wonderful. Thank you very much indeed.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19Well, that ended on a high note.
0:51:19 > 0:51:22A £25 profit and even better,
0:51:22 > 0:51:25with that trumpet off her hands, she won't be able to play it again.
0:51:25 > 0:51:29With just his well-researched flat iron left to sell,
0:51:29 > 0:51:32James is armed with all the info he needs to make a killing,
0:51:32 > 0:51:39including a tip-off on a possible buyer in the shape or snooker fan John in East Sussex.
0:51:39 > 0:51:40Here we go.
0:51:40 > 0:51:43- Hello, John.- Good to see you. - Very nice to see you.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46Now, here's the mighty... Feel the weight of that.
0:51:46 > 0:51:48Let me feel that.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50- Feel the weight of that. - That is some weight.
0:51:50 > 0:51:52It is heavy, isn't it?
0:51:52 > 0:51:53- Four kilos?- I would have thought so.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55Anyway, you know what it is.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57- It's a smoothing iron. - Smoothing iron.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00- Yeah. Do you have one? - I don't. I have a modern one.
0:52:00 > 0:52:05It's electric, it's got a thermostat control.
0:52:05 > 0:52:08It takes a little while to heat up, but probably not as long as this.
0:52:08 > 0:52:11I'm really pleased to see Burroughes & Watts label there.
0:52:11 > 0:52:15They were the sort of Rolls-Royce manufacturers.
0:52:15 > 0:52:19And Orme & Sons were the big boys up in Manchester,
0:52:19 > 0:52:20so, the Northern ones.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23Burroughes & Watts were London-based.
0:52:23 > 0:52:28And they, in fact, acquired Orme & Sons in Manchester,
0:52:28 > 0:52:34and I love the fact that they've got this lovely industrial design.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37If we can get sort of anywhere between 100 and 200,
0:52:37 > 0:52:40- I'd be a very happy bunny.- OK.
0:52:40 > 0:52:43How do you...? Now, looking at it, are you sold on it?
0:52:43 > 0:52:45- I'm certainly interested. - You are interested.
0:52:45 > 0:52:50I'm interested. I'll give 100 quid for it.
0:52:50 > 0:52:53But I'll give you an extra 50 quid
0:52:53 > 0:52:57if we have a game of who gets closest to the cushion.
0:52:57 > 0:53:00Fabulous. No, I'm well up for that.
0:53:00 > 0:53:05And it's the nail-biting finale to Bingo's selling spree.
0:53:05 > 0:53:10Can he get his yellow ball closer to the cushion than John's green ball
0:53:10 > 0:53:14and walk away with that extra £50 bonus?
0:53:14 > 0:53:18- On the count of three. - On the count of three. OK.
0:53:18 > 0:53:19Three, two, one.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22It's a steady shot from both players.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26Oh, James has it!
0:53:26 > 0:53:28Aah, there you go!
0:53:30 > 0:53:31I'd better get the cash out!
0:53:33 > 0:53:35# Snooker loopy, nuts are we
0:53:35 > 0:53:38# Me and him and them and me... #
0:53:38 > 0:53:40Well, with surprising skill and cue control,
0:53:40 > 0:53:43James won the higher price fair and square
0:53:43 > 0:53:47and walks away with £135 profit.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49Nobody expected that.
0:53:49 > 0:53:51Bingo is all sold up.
0:53:51 > 0:53:55But over in Cheltenham, Kate has one final chance
0:53:55 > 0:53:57to make her fortune with the silver belt buckle.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00It was Kate's most expensive item at £28,
0:54:00 > 0:54:03but can she tempt vintage boutique owners
0:54:03 > 0:54:06Theresa and Paul with more?
0:54:06 > 0:54:08I told you about this on the telephone,
0:54:08 > 0:54:11and I'm hoping it might fit in with your mix.
0:54:11 > 0:54:12Either the vintage fashion, maybe,
0:54:12 > 0:54:16or even as a little cabinet piece for a collector.
0:54:16 > 0:54:19As you can see, it's a little buckle, but the enamelling on it -
0:54:19 > 0:54:23which is why I liked it - is really lovely, because...
0:54:23 > 0:54:25- Beautiful.- Yes. - Nicely hallmarked there.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27It's Birmingham 1911.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30- Right.- And in fact it's L and S, which is Levi and Salomon.
0:54:30 > 0:54:32So, just into the reign of George V.
0:54:32 > 0:54:34Exactly. Just into George V.
0:54:34 > 0:54:35A real sign of quality.
0:54:35 > 0:54:38They're known for their nice quality works.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40It's quite stunningly simple, as well.
0:54:40 > 0:54:41Very elegantly simple.
0:54:41 > 0:54:45- That's right.- And wearable today. It's still a practical piece.
0:54:45 > 0:54:48Exactly. For those people who like to wear nice quality period pieces,
0:54:48 > 0:54:52because they don't really make things like that these days -
0:54:52 > 0:54:55not in that sort of detail, obviously with the age.
0:54:55 > 0:55:00- Yes.- So, I was hoping for sort of towards 150-ish.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02How does that sound?
0:55:02 > 0:55:05That's probably a little bit rich for us, actually.
0:55:05 > 0:55:09Well, Kate is certainly aiming high with this sale.
0:55:09 > 0:55:11Remember, James was slightly in the lead at the halfway point,
0:55:11 > 0:55:15and after his success with the flat iron,
0:55:15 > 0:55:17this sale could be the decider for Kate.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20Before we reveal all,
0:55:20 > 0:55:24let's have a quick reminder of how much they spent at the boot sale.
0:55:24 > 0:55:30From his £250 budget, James bought five items, costing £83.
0:55:30 > 0:55:35Kate also made five purchases and spent a total of £63,
0:55:35 > 0:55:38but who has made the most profit?
0:55:38 > 0:55:40All the money that James and Kate have made
0:55:40 > 0:55:42will go to charities of their choice.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45So, without further ado, let's find out who is today's
0:55:45 > 0:55:48Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52Hi. Glad you could show up!
0:55:52 > 0:55:55- How are you doing? - I'm very good, very good.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57The car boot was quite a struggle, wasn't it?
0:55:57 > 0:55:59You know, it was a bit of a struggle.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01It's finding those gems,
0:56:01 > 0:56:03and they were a bit thin on the ground, I thought.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05I like that lovely enamelled buckle.
0:56:05 > 0:56:09- That was really nice. A really nice quality piece.- Big profit, Kate?
0:56:09 > 0:56:11Sold OK, sold OK.
0:56:11 > 0:56:13JAMES LAUGHS
0:56:13 > 0:56:16I want to know about your... First of all, your lovely flower picture.
0:56:16 > 0:56:20- That was pretty, wasn't it? - Yeah, your Van Gogh in the making.
0:56:20 > 0:56:22I sold that to a very lovely flower shop.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25- Did you?- Yeah. Looked very good on the wall.
0:56:25 > 0:56:28So, what about your unusual flat iron, your table iron?
0:56:28 > 0:56:31Do you really want to know, Kate?
0:56:31 > 0:56:33- Oh!- Beware of humble objects.- No!
0:56:33 > 0:56:35- It did really well, didn't it? - Beware.
0:56:35 > 0:56:37Beware. Shall we see how well?
0:56:37 > 0:56:39- I've got bad vibes.- No, rubbish!
0:56:39 > 0:56:41I've got really bad vibes.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43Come on, put me out of my misery.
0:56:43 > 0:56:45- One, two, three.- Go!
0:56:45 > 0:56:48262, 240!
0:56:48 > 0:56:51- How close is that?!- See, Kate?
0:56:51 > 0:56:55- Oof! That was close.- That was close.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59Wow, Mrs Bliss.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01Look at that - just a few drinks in it.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04- I'm buying the drinks.- Ohh!
0:57:04 > 0:57:06Come on, it was pretty close.
0:57:06 > 0:57:08Yes, Kate "Absolute" Bliss triumphs,
0:57:08 > 0:57:12and it was her buckle that strapped her into the winning seat...
0:57:12 > 0:57:15My thoughts are probably around £80.
0:57:15 > 0:57:20Could you just do a wee bit more and say the £100 mark?
0:57:20 > 0:57:23- How would 90 sound? - £90 sounds good to me.
0:57:23 > 0:57:25- Fantastic.- Thank you very much.
0:57:25 > 0:57:26Thank you very much.
0:57:26 > 0:57:31..giving her a smart £62 profit and making her the champion.
0:57:31 > 0:57:34Well, I think Bingo thought he had that one in the bag.
0:57:34 > 0:57:37He was pretty confident about his flat iron.
0:57:37 > 0:57:41It may only have been by that much, but I beat him.
0:57:41 > 0:57:42I enjoyed the car boot.
0:57:42 > 0:57:46A bit of a struggle, but I managed to find some nice wheat amongst
0:57:46 > 0:57:51the chaff, but still it wasn't quite enough to beat "Absolute" Bliss.
0:57:51 > 0:57:56Between them, they've made over £500 and every penny of that will go to good causes.
0:57:56 > 0:58:00My chosen charity is the Herefordshire branch of SSAFA,
0:58:00 > 0:58:02because it gives lifelong support
0:58:02 > 0:58:05to servicemen, veterans and their families.
0:58:05 > 0:58:09My chosen charity is the Windmill Hill Windmill Trust,
0:58:09 > 0:58:11bought at auction over 20 years ago,
0:58:11 > 0:58:15saved from dereliction and about to grind corn.
0:58:15 > 0:58:19Our excellent experts have really put their money where their mouths are,
0:58:19 > 0:58:25and shown they can make a profit from buying and selling antiques when their own money is on the line.