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This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:03 | |
the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts | 0:00:03 | 0:00:06 | |
against each other in an all-out battle for profit. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:09 | |
Let's make hay while that sun shines. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
Each day, one pair of duelling dealers | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
will face a mighty challenge. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
I've got a heavy profit here. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:18 | |
Putting their reputations on the line. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:21 | |
Who's there? | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
They'll give you the insider's view of the trade. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
Rawr! | 0:00:26 | 0:00:27 | |
Along with their top tips and savvy secrets. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
That could present a problem. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:32 | |
Showing you how to make the most money... | 0:00:32 | 0:00:34 | |
Ready for battle. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:35 | |
..from buying and selling. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:39 | |
Get in there! | 0:00:39 | 0:00:40 | |
Coming up - Mark is panicked by the saleroom... | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
It's all a bit pear-shaped. I don't want to look any more. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
..Christina shows a flair for the artistic... | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
They're after an incredibly famous artist called Angelica Kauffman, | 0:00:51 | 0:00:55 | |
and they're all stipple engraving | 0:00:55 | 0:00:56 | |
and they've all got hand-coloured highlights to them as well. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
..and there's straight talking in the selling. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:01 | |
-So what do you think of 40-60? -I don't like it at all, really. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:05 | |
This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
Ladies and gentlemen, | 0:01:26 | 0:01:27 | |
welcome to the best seats in the house for | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
this clash of the titans. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:32 | |
A pair of the antiques world's finest dealers | 0:01:32 | 0:01:34 | |
go head-to-head and heel to toe in a bid for profit. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:38 | |
Our male lead has marched all the way from | 0:01:38 | 0:01:40 | |
his Brightlingsea home. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:42 | |
Let the battle commence. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:44 | |
He's profit-hungry, but don't trust him. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:47 | |
He's a wolf in sheep's clothing. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
Baaa! | 0:01:49 | 0:01:50 | |
Yes, it's Mark "The Maverick" Stacey. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:53 | |
What's that smell? Profit! | 0:01:56 | 0:01:58 | |
Sharing the stage with Mark is the shiniest star | 0:01:58 | 0:02:00 | |
in the northern hemisphere. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
Hello, have we met yet? | 0:02:02 | 0:02:04 | |
An auctioneer by trade, no-one takes it more seriously. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:08 | |
I'll get my bidding face ready. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:11 | |
From Shropshire, it's Christina "The Magpie" Trevanion. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:15 | |
I will be bidding, and bidding furiously. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:17 | |
The setting for today's battle is Sevenoaks | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
and Ibbett Mosely Auction Rooms, | 0:02:21 | 0:02:23 | |
where our tussling two will be bidding for victory. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
Hold on to your seats. It's going to be a bumpy ride. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:30 | |
This could be quite an interesting battle. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:33 | |
They've each got £1,000 of their own money to spend, | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
and all the profits go to their chosen charities. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:40 | |
So, Mark Stacey and Christina Trevanion, | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
it's time to Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:47 | |
-Good morning, Christina. -A vision in blue! | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
-And a vision in tangerine and cream! -Why, thanks! | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
-Sunny Sevenoaks! -Isn't it glorious? Feel the heat. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
-But I'm so excited. -This is my natural environment. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
I'm a happy girl. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:00 | |
But you get a buzz, you see, out of cataloguing it and then selling it. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
And research. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:04 | |
And I get a buzz from trying to find | 0:03:04 | 0:03:06 | |
that little nugget that maybe other people have missed. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:08 | |
Well, if you find the nugget and I do the research, we're a dream team. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
We are, but then that really isn't the competition side, is it? | 0:03:11 | 0:03:14 | |
-Slightly defeats the object? -I like the idea, though. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:17 | |
-And we've got £1,000 to spend. -£1,000. -£1,000! | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
-Burning a hole in our pocket. -It really is, yeah. Let's do it! | 0:03:20 | 0:03:22 | |
Shall we get in there and start spending? | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
Yes, our brave bidders are full of beans | 0:03:27 | 0:03:29 | |
and up for the challenge ahead, but this path | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
will not be an easy one. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:33 | |
What's to be worried about? | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
Well, Mark, although there may be a wide selection of goodies here, | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
with the auctioneer's commissions on top, it's not always easy to | 0:03:40 | 0:03:43 | |
get those low prices. So does Christina have a plan up her sleeve? | 0:03:43 | 0:03:47 | |
My strategy for today is, basically, at auction, | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
you tend to get jewellery a little bit cheaper than you would | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
have to pay in a retail environment. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:57 | |
So I'm going to go for a little bit of jewellery | 0:03:57 | 0:03:59 | |
and there's also some really nice, good-quality pieces | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
that I might have to splash out quite a bit on. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
Christina is displaying a cautious, strategic approach to proceedings. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
Mark, well, he's already getting stuck in. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:10 | |
There's so much to see here and it's all rather cramped | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
so I'm knocking into everybody. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
But I've got to look, cos I'm going to find the treasures that way. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:20 | |
Indeed you do, Mark! | 0:04:20 | 0:04:22 | |
And, across the saleroom, Christina is mirroring his behaviour, | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
and has spotted something she likes the look of. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
We've got three mirrors here. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
The one that I'm interested in is at the front. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:33 | |
It's a giltwood mirror, an early 19th-century piece. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
I'm sort of hoping that it might be quite affordable | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
because we have got some damage. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
We've got a piece there that's come off. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:43 | |
There is a little bit of damage to this corner, sadly. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
So it would have been an over-mantle mirror originally, | 0:04:45 | 0:04:48 | |
and you can see that by the little bun feet that | 0:04:48 | 0:04:50 | |
are on the bottom there. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:51 | |
So often, you find these, and they're just carved | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
with leaves and flowers and they're fairly standard, | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
but this one, with its rope twist | 0:04:56 | 0:04:57 | |
has got quite a nautical theme to it. | 0:04:57 | 0:04:59 | |
I think it's really quite fun, and quite unusual. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:02 | |
Oh, sailor! | 0:05:02 | 0:05:03 | |
Christina is hoping the mirror will help her traverse the ocean of loss | 0:05:03 | 0:05:07 | |
and uncover the distant land of profits. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:10 | |
While Mark is considering a somewhat smaller body of water. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:15 | |
This is a Staffordshire pottery footbath. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:19 | |
Now, in the 19th century, if you were quite well-off, | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
you had wash jug and bowl sets in every bedroom. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
This is a transfer-printed pattern, | 0:05:25 | 0:05:27 | |
and I suppose it dates from about 1870, something like that. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:31 | |
There's a little bit of staining and crazing, | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
but, you know, it's been around since 1870. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:35 | |
I've got quite a lot of crazing on me | 0:05:35 | 0:05:37 | |
and I haven't been around that long. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:39 | |
No, not quite that long. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:41 | |
But it seems he's not the only one to have noticed the footbath. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:45 | |
There may be trouble ahead with that one. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
But now, Mark is on to his next target - a very small chair. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:52 | |
This is a chair I suppose you would use for a doll, | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
if you were a doll collector. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
It's nicely carved to simulate bamboo. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:00 | |
It is, in fact, beechwood or something like that. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:04 | |
It's got the original sort of carpet-type upholstery on it. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:07 | |
It's got some very bad repairs. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
Those are quite modern, I would say, | 0:06:10 | 0:06:12 | |
and there's quite a lot of people | 0:06:12 | 0:06:14 | |
who collect these miniature pieces of furniture. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:16 | |
And, I suppose, if you can pick that up for sort of £40-£50, | 0:06:16 | 0:06:19 | |
there should be quite a good profit at that. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:22 | |
On the other side of the auction room, | 0:06:23 | 0:06:25 | |
the Magpie is living up to her name, | 0:06:25 | 0:06:27 | |
as she is inexorably drawn to all that sparkles and shines. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:31 | |
This is a case set of six napkin rings. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
Each of them is silver, | 0:06:34 | 0:06:36 | |
each of them is hallmarked here, you can see. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:40 | |
So often, you find that these | 0:06:40 | 0:06:41 | |
have been split throughout the generations. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
Two have gone off to one member of | 0:06:43 | 0:06:44 | |
the family, another's gone off to someone else. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:46 | |
It's really quite unusual to find a | 0:06:46 | 0:06:48 | |
whole set that is still intact, still together. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
So that's going to get marked down in my catalogue. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:54 | |
So, with their items earmarked, | 0:06:54 | 0:06:56 | |
Christina and Mark take their carefully chosen positions | 0:06:56 | 0:06:59 | |
from which they hope to conduct their victorious campaigns. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:04 | |
I'll have to keep everything crossed. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
With catalogues in hand and hearts in mouths, | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
the auctioneer takes his place... | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
and we're off. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:13 | |
Auction started - here we go! | 0:07:13 | 0:07:14 | |
And they don't have to wait long for their first item, | 0:07:16 | 0:07:19 | |
as the footbath goes under the hammer. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:21 | |
Both of them were sizing it up beforehand, | 0:07:21 | 0:07:24 | |
so who's going to get it? | 0:07:24 | 0:07:26 | |
Well, we can't cut it in half and have half each, can we? | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
Not really, Mark, no. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:31 | |
Lot number 11. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:33 | |
So, as the auctioneer kicks off the bidding, | 0:07:33 | 0:07:35 | |
Mark is quick to get the first bid in. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
Is that worth £10? | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
-Oh, he's bidding. -Ten, I'm bid, at the top end, guy here, 12 now. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:45 | |
-Do I hear 12 to you? -Christina ups the price. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
15. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:49 | |
But Mark is sticking to his guns. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:51 | |
-18. -So, once again, she goes for it. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
£20. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:55 | |
Yes. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:56 | |
But drops out at £20. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:59 | |
It's the gentleman's bid. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:01 | |
And Mark wins the footbath. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:03 | |
Mark just bought that. I ran him up by £10. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:05 | |
He's going to be so cross! | 0:08:05 | 0:08:07 | |
And, once the commission is added, | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
Mark pays £23.60 for the footbath. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:12 | |
Which also comes with a sugar bowl, in case you need sugar. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:16 | |
On your feet. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:17 | |
I'm very happy. One down, lots more to go. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:22 | |
Or more lots to go, to be precise. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:24 | |
Now, things aren't going so swimmingly for Christina, | 0:08:24 | 0:08:27 | |
as it is not just the footbath she's lost out on. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:32 | |
190. | 0:08:32 | 0:08:34 | |
-180 then. -That's fine. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:35 | |
55, 60. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
Too expensive! | 0:08:37 | 0:08:39 | |
On my left at £90, then. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
64 lots in, | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
and I have nothing. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:46 | |
Oh, dear, it looks like Christina is showing signs of ABS - | 0:08:46 | 0:08:52 | |
Auction Bidders' Syndrome. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
Symptoms include... | 0:08:54 | 0:08:55 | |
He can see me bidding from here. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:06 | |
(So I might stand here instead.) | 0:09:10 | 0:09:12 | |
Because I have a feeling he might be out for some vengeance. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:19 | |
Something's happening. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:21 | |
She's trying to hide over there. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
Hmm, waving in the middle of an auction is not the best idea, chaps. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:29 | |
You may go home with something you didn't want. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
Hopefully, the napkin rings Christina saw earlier | 0:09:32 | 0:09:34 | |
will help her get back in the game. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
They've got an estimate of £40-£60, so I've got to find somebody | 0:09:37 | 0:09:41 | |
that is going to hopefully buy them from me | 0:09:41 | 0:09:43 | |
that regularly has six people for dinner. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:45 | |
And I'm bid £90, do I hear 100 to you? | 0:09:45 | 0:09:49 | |
110 here, 120. With you at 120. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:53 | |
At 120, then. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:56 | |
I'm in shock. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:58 | |
A terrible shame, isn't it? | 0:09:58 | 0:09:59 | |
Awful, really. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
Mark's looking a bit smug about Christina's dilemma, | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
but how will he get on when it's his turn to bid | 0:10:05 | 0:10:08 | |
on a selection of cow figures? | 0:10:08 | 0:10:10 | |
40 to you, 45. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:12 | |
50, 55, 60, 65. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:15 | |
Oh, he's not got it. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:17 | |
110, 120, 130, 140, 150. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:21 | |
160, then. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:22 | |
It's all a bit pear-shaped, I don't want to look any more. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:26 | |
Both our experts are struggling now, but, up next, | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
it's an Edwardian armchair that Christina has her eye on. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:33 | |
Worth £10? | 0:10:33 | 0:10:34 | |
She's getting ready to bid. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:38 | |
15 now. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:40 | |
15 to you, thank you. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:41 | |
She's off. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:42 | |
30. 35. 40. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:44 | |
-She's still bidding. -45. 50. 55. 60. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
65. 70. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:49 | |
65, back right? | 0:10:49 | 0:10:52 | |
All finished at 65, then? | 0:10:52 | 0:10:56 | |
(And I've got a lot!) | 0:10:56 | 0:10:57 | |
CROWD CHEERING | 0:10:57 | 0:10:59 | |
Yaay! | 0:10:59 | 0:11:00 | |
Oh, I can breathe now! I can breathe! | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
Her pink-upholstered armchair cost her £76.70 after commission, | 0:11:03 | 0:11:08 | |
so she takes the weight off her feet to get a closer look. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:11 | |
This chair is effectively wearing a badly fitting pair of trousers. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:17 | |
Reupholstered, beautifully upholstered, | 0:11:17 | 0:11:20 | |
this chair has a great, great shape to it. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:22 | |
But it's just not been upholstered particularly well. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
At the moment, it's a bit of an ugly duckling, | 0:11:25 | 0:11:27 | |
but one day, quite soon, it will be the most beautiful swan. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:32 | |
So, Christina finally draws even with Mark. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:35 | |
But it may not be for long, | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
as he has his eye on a small watercolour of a rural scene. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:41 | |
Is this worth £10? | 0:11:41 | 0:11:44 | |
Ten I'm bid at the back there, thank you. 15. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:46 | |
Oh, look! | 0:11:46 | 0:11:47 | |
Are we all finished at the maiden bid of £10, then? | 0:11:47 | 0:11:50 | |
At the top end of the room? | 0:11:50 | 0:11:52 | |
-Yes! -He wins the picture and then snaps up a second, | 0:11:52 | 0:11:56 | |
also for the starting price. | 0:11:56 | 0:11:59 | |
Total: £23.60 for both of them. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:01 | |
So, what's he got for his money? | 0:12:01 | 0:12:04 | |
This is a charming little sepia watercolour of a rural scene. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:09 | |
There's a little villager coming round the corner | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
with his oxen pulling the wagon. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
And it is signed down here and dated, | 0:12:15 | 0:12:18 | |
but there's also another lot next to it, | 0:12:18 | 0:12:22 | |
of a similar sort of... | 0:12:22 | 0:12:23 | |
But this is a coaching scene. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:26 | |
Now, I rather like these. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:27 | |
They're terribly out of fashion, of course, | 0:12:27 | 0:12:30 | |
as a lot of the antiques market now | 0:12:30 | 0:12:32 | |
is based on big, bold and decorative. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:35 | |
A bit like me, really. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:37 | |
And these subtle, little drawings are overlooked. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:40 | |
Don't you think that's charming? | 0:12:40 | 0:12:42 | |
Yes, he's big, bold and decorative, all right, | 0:12:42 | 0:12:44 | |
and has a 3-1 lead. | 0:12:44 | 0:12:46 | |
So Christina is playing catch-up again as she goes for a tea set. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:51 | |
It's most beautifully decorated, | 0:12:51 | 0:12:53 | |
so let's hope I can get it for under £1,000. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:57 | |
118. | 0:12:57 | 0:12:59 | |
Here we go. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:01 | |
Davenport paint-and-gilt-decorated tea set. Here we are. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:04 | |
Showing the front, 118. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:06 | |
20 to start? | 0:13:06 | 0:13:08 | |
20 I have. 22 now. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:10 | |
At 20, looking for two. 22. | 0:13:10 | 0:13:12 | |
25 now? | 0:13:12 | 0:13:14 | |
25. 28. 30. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
32. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:18 | |
35 anywhere else? | 0:13:18 | 0:13:19 | |
38 now, 38. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:23 | |
40 now? | 0:13:23 | 0:13:24 | |
At £40. Anywhere else? | 0:13:25 | 0:13:27 | |
At £40, all done? | 0:13:27 | 0:13:29 | |
It'll be fine, it'll be fine, it'll be fine. | 0:13:33 | 0:13:37 | |
Yes, it seems that bidding battle has our Magpie all flustered. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:40 | |
And, with commission, she spends a total of £47.20. | 0:13:40 | 0:13:44 | |
So will this Davenport crockery be worth the stress? | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
It's a really, really pretty, typically Victorian, coffee service. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:54 | |
But the thing for me is, A - the decoration's pretty. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:57 | |
But it's also got 12 settings. | 0:13:57 | 0:14:00 | |
We've got, unfortunately, only 11 cups, | 0:14:00 | 0:14:02 | |
but we've got 12 saucers, 12 plates, | 0:14:02 | 0:14:04 | |
a little bread-and-butter plate here, | 0:14:04 | 0:14:06 | |
and the slot bowl, which is really very, very pretty. | 0:14:06 | 0:14:09 | |
It's got a typical Davenport mark on the bottom there, | 0:14:09 | 0:14:11 | |
which was used about 1870, 1880. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:14 | |
And I just think it is absolutely exquisite. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:17 | |
I love the pattern on it, I love everything about it. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
Mark's probably going to be terribly rude about it, but I love it. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:24 | |
Christina's crockery brings us to the end of act one, | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
meaning it's time to see how our battling bidders | 0:14:27 | 0:14:30 | |
are braving the elements in today's tussle. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:32 | |
And, with a budget of £1,000, Mark has bought three items | 0:14:34 | 0:14:38 | |
and spent £47.20, leaving him with just over £952 to play with. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:43 | |
Christina has two lots, but has spent much more - £123.90. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:50 | |
That leaves a little over £876 to spend. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
Now, our experts' cash may not be spent, | 0:14:55 | 0:14:58 | |
but it appears their nerves are. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:01 | |
How tough is this? | 0:15:01 | 0:15:03 | |
Do you need a hug? | 0:15:03 | 0:15:05 | |
What's with the pink tea set? | 0:15:05 | 0:15:07 | |
-Oh, it's lovely, did you not see it? -No. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:09 | |
-And it was cheap. Estimate of 50-70, £40 bought. -Well, yeah. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:13 | |
-How are you getting on? -Well, it's tough. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:16 | |
Most lots I'm bidding on, I just can't touch. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:18 | |
No, exactly, and some I haven't even had a chance to bid on. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:20 | |
Those have just gone... | 0:15:20 | 0:15:22 | |
-But you've got a few lots, so... -Not really very many! | 0:15:22 | 0:15:26 | |
-I like that. -Be positive. -OK, will do. -Honestly, be positive. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:28 | |
-You'll get there. -Thank you, darling. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:30 | |
Right, go on, go on. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:33 | |
Oh, dear! In spite of Mark's efforts to cheer her up, | 0:15:33 | 0:15:37 | |
Christina is looking distinctly browbeaten by this auction. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
Could these be yet more symptoms of ABS? | 0:15:40 | 0:15:45 | |
Such as... | 0:15:45 | 0:15:46 | |
Mark Stacey says think positive. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:50 | |
I didn't even get the chance to uncross my arms. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:55 | |
Look! | 0:15:55 | 0:15:56 | |
-MUSIC BOX CHIMES -Aw! | 0:15:59 | 0:16:01 | |
Uh-oh, looks like it's contagious. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:06 | |
It's quite soothing, that music, isn't it? | 0:16:06 | 0:16:09 | |
Pull yourselves together, there's a competition to be won! | 0:16:10 | 0:16:13 | |
Next up, Mark is after a Royal Doulton pen stand. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:18 | |
£20 somewhere? | 0:16:18 | 0:16:19 | |
20 I have. Two now. At £20, looking for two. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:24 | |
All done, then, at £20? All done? | 0:16:24 | 0:16:26 | |
A confident move from Mark there, costing £23.60 with fees. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:33 | |
But, will it stand him a profit when he comes to sell it? | 0:16:33 | 0:16:37 | |
You can see it's an Art Deco desk stand. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:40 | |
You would put your fountain pen in here and keep your little | 0:16:40 | 0:16:43 | |
paper clips in there. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
And you can rest a pencil or something in here. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:47 | |
And this design, you would think is shagreen or lizard-skin. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:53 | |
Actually, it's far too heavy for that, and look, | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
when we turn it over, you can see it's Royal Doulton. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:59 | |
This was probably made in the 1920s or '30s. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:02 | |
Now, I know quite a lot of Art Deco dealers and people who like | 0:17:02 | 0:17:05 | |
unusual items. Totally useless in today's society | 0:17:05 | 0:17:09 | |
with e-mails and things, who would use fountain pens? | 0:17:09 | 0:17:12 | |
I don't. Not even to write my cheques. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:15 | |
And the next item to get him bidding is a romantic rainy-day painting. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:20 | |
172 is Stephen Stevens, Summer Shower | 0:17:20 | 0:17:25 | |
and at 80 I have to start on commission. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:29 | |
80, I'm looking for 90. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:30 | |
90. 100. | 0:17:30 | 0:17:33 | |
Going 110? | 0:17:33 | 0:17:34 | |
110 at the back of the room, everybody else is out. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:37 | |
With £110, all done at 110? | 0:17:37 | 0:17:39 | |
I bought it. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:40 | |
I bought it. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:43 | |
Hmm, looks like he's regretting it already. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:45 | |
The romantic scene sets Mark back a heart-wrenching £129.80. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:51 | |
But, up close, will he fall in love with it? | 0:17:51 | 0:17:53 | |
I love the subject - the two lovers just leaving a table, | 0:17:53 | 0:17:58 | |
the rain has started, the umbrella is up. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:01 | |
It's signed and dated in the corner here. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:03 | |
It's got very much a sort of Jack Vettriano look about it. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:07 | |
And I think it will appeal to someone, it's quite impressionistic. | 0:18:07 | 0:18:10 | |
When you think how much I spent on it, £110 plus the bits and pieces, | 0:18:10 | 0:18:15 | |
you can't even buy a framed print for that. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:18 | |
Mark now has a 5-2 lead over Christina, | 0:18:18 | 0:18:23 | |
who, in spite of her next efforts, is still unable to catch a break | 0:18:23 | 0:18:26 | |
losing lot... | 0:18:26 | 0:18:28 | |
Done at 350, then. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:29 | |
..after lot... | 0:18:31 | 0:18:32 | |
160. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:33 | |
..after lot. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:36 | |
Shucks. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:39 | |
Maybe things will go her way with the mirror she looked at earlier. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:43 | |
I'm seriously running out of A) Time, and B) Lots. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:46 | |
But not C) Money, which you have plenty of. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
I'm feeling a little bit anxious. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:51 | |
Hoping I don't have to pay a huge amount of money for it. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:55 | |
The next lot - wish me luck! | 0:18:55 | 0:18:57 | |
280 is the little over-mantle down in the corner, here. | 0:18:57 | 0:19:03 | |
So, with a look of...trepidation? on her face, Christina goes for it. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:09 | |
And I have 100 to start on commission. See 110 anywhere? | 0:19:09 | 0:19:13 | |
110. 120. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:15 | |
130. 140. 150. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:17 | |
At £150, all done? | 0:19:19 | 0:19:21 | |
£150! | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
At least she's bought something. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:26 | |
Christina's third purchase takes £177 with costs. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:31 | |
Which means Mark is still in the lead | 0:19:31 | 0:19:33 | |
with five buys under his belt | 0:19:33 | 0:19:35 | |
but, he's not resting on his laurels. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
I've still got a few more that I'm going to go for, | 0:19:37 | 0:19:40 | |
my opponent on the other hand... | 0:19:40 | 0:19:43 | |
..has still got a long way to go. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:45 | |
I think she's a little bit worried. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:47 | |
With the auction now drawing to a close, | 0:19:49 | 0:19:52 | |
Christina goes after three framed prints. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:54 | |
The next lot is these pictures, | 0:19:54 | 0:19:56 | |
which, hopefully, I'll get a look in. | 0:19:56 | 0:20:00 | |
288, Thomas Baker after Angelica Kauffman, | 0:20:00 | 0:20:03 | |
£10 anywhere for the prints? | 0:20:03 | 0:20:06 | |
£10 I have. 12 now. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:08 | |
At 10, looking for 12. All done, then, at £10? | 0:20:08 | 0:20:11 | |
That's cheap. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:13 | |
Happy days! £10 for three beautiful pictures? | 0:20:15 | 0:20:19 | |
That's made my day. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:20 | |
Yes, without a bid against her, | 0:20:20 | 0:20:22 | |
the three prints set her back just £11.80 in total. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:26 | |
So, what did she get for her money? | 0:20:26 | 0:20:28 | |
They're after an incredibly famous artist called Angelica Kauffman, | 0:20:28 | 0:20:32 | |
who was a female artist in the 18th century. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:35 | |
And they're all stipple-point engraved, or stipple engraving, | 0:20:35 | 0:20:38 | |
and they've all got hand-coloured highlights to them as well. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
They're wonderful classical scenes. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
No idea who's going to want them, but I think they're lovely. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
Yes, Christine showing us that, sometimes, | 0:20:47 | 0:20:49 | |
bidding blind can reap the rewards. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:51 | |
Meanwhile, the sale is almost over, | 0:20:51 | 0:20:53 | |
but Mark has one more potential purchase up his sleeve. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:58 | |
My last lot is coming up. | 0:20:58 | 0:21:00 | |
In fact, it's the last lot of the sale. | 0:21:00 | 0:21:02 | |
It's that rather nice 19th-century small chair. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:06 | |
I'm hoping to get it for £40-£50, | 0:21:06 | 0:21:10 | |
but who knows? | 0:21:10 | 0:21:12 | |
293, last lot of the sale, is the little doll's side chair. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:17 | |
Start me at £20 anywhere. 20 I have, 22 now. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:20 | |
At 20, looking for two. At £20. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:22 | |
Two anywhere else? 22. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:25 | |
25. £28 now? 28. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
30. 32? | 0:21:27 | 0:21:29 | |
30 at the back of the room. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:31 | |
Two anywhere else? | 0:21:31 | 0:21:32 | |
At £30, all done? | 0:21:32 | 0:21:35 | |
I got it! £30! | 0:21:35 | 0:21:37 | |
Now, one of the other dealers was bidding for it, | 0:21:37 | 0:21:39 | |
but I got it below what I thought. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
And I know it's only a miniature item, | 0:21:42 | 0:21:44 | |
but I hope my profit is not going to miniature at all. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:48 | |
Mark wins the final lot, | 0:21:49 | 0:21:51 | |
paying £35.40 for the doll's chair in total, | 0:21:51 | 0:21:54 | |
and that's it. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:55 | |
Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, | 0:21:55 | 0:21:57 | |
that's the end of today's sale. | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
Or is it? | 0:22:00 | 0:22:01 | |
I don't feel like I've spent either enough money or bought enough lots. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:05 | |
So I'm going to go and have a chat with the auctioneer | 0:22:05 | 0:22:07 | |
and see if there's any | 0:22:07 | 0:22:09 | |
lots still up for grabs, maybe do some after sales. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:11 | |
Yes, Christina, the Magpie, now flutters over to the auctioneers, | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
knowing that unsold items can still be negotiated over. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
And she has her eye on something shiny. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:21 | |
So we've not had that one, which is lot 113, | 0:22:21 | 0:22:25 | |
which is a little garnet set brooch or pendant, isn't it? | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
That's quite nice. Has that got a hallmark on it? | 0:22:28 | 0:22:30 | |
-It's not hallmarked. -And it's nine carat, OK. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:33 | |
-What could that be, what's your best? -If I said to you £50...? -No. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:36 | |
-I won't go lower than 35. -30, I'd be very happy. -OK. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:40 | |
-Would you be able to do it for 30? -32? | 0:22:40 | 0:22:44 | |
-I will split the difference with you at 32. -OK, OK! | 0:22:44 | 0:22:47 | |
Well done, thank you very much. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:49 | |
So, it may not have sold under the hammer, but, with auction costs | 0:22:49 | 0:22:52 | |
included, Christina pays £37.76 for the brooch. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:56 | |
But, was it left unsold for a reason? | 0:22:56 | 0:23:00 | |
Let's have a look at it. We've got this circular broach here. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:03 | |
Typically 1960s/1970s in design. | 0:23:03 | 0:23:06 | |
Look at these radiating bars here. | 0:23:06 | 0:23:08 | |
Set throughout with garnets - very sweet. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
And on this fairly bleak day, it's been like a little ray of sunshine. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:15 | |
Christina's shiny purchase brings us to the end of the buying half. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:19 | |
So, before we move onto the next act, | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
let's see how our experts spent today. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:24 | |
Our two auction heroes set off on the saga | 0:23:25 | 0:23:28 | |
with £1,000 of their own money. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:30 | |
Mark "The Maverick" Stacey bought six items, costing him £236. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:35 | |
Christina Trevanion acquired five lots at a total cost of £350.46. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:43 | |
So, with our tremendous struggle over, | 0:23:44 | 0:23:46 | |
our brave bidders take a moment to throw a critical eye | 0:23:46 | 0:23:50 | |
over each other's lots. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:51 | |
That was a tough auction. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:55 | |
It sort of slightly felt like this was a bloodbath. | 0:23:55 | 0:23:58 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:23:58 | 0:24:00 | |
Oh, stop it, Christina, that's another rib gone! | 0:24:00 | 0:24:03 | |
But I do worry a little about the tea set. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
But look how pretty! Look, so pretty! | 0:24:10 | 0:24:13 | |
Oh, I've never seen a prettier tea service by Davenport. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:16 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:24:16 | 0:24:18 | |
-But, actually, those were a bargain, Christina, for £10. -Really? | 0:24:18 | 0:24:22 | |
As were these, Mark, for goodness sakes, mine are just prints. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
Yours are originals. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:27 | |
-Beautiful little pen sketches. -I couldn't believe those. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:29 | |
I love your over mantle. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:30 | |
I know you had to pay a lot for that. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:32 | |
But, it is a good looking a good interior design thing. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:35 | |
That's what I thought. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:37 | |
Original back, lovely thing. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:38 | |
No, it's really nice. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:40 | |
But my favourite, favourite piece that you bought today... | 0:24:40 | 0:24:43 | |
Is...? Oh, I know. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:46 | |
-Do you know, I looked at it all through the sale. -Gorgeous. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:49 | |
It really has got that Vettriano look about it. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:52 | |
It certainly has. I just think it's so romantic. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:54 | |
-I'm very jealous about that. I think it's fabulous. -You are too kind. | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
And I think we bought really quite well between us. | 0:24:57 | 0:25:00 | |
Like always, Christina - | 0:25:00 | 0:25:02 | |
buying, they say, is the easy bit. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:04 | |
-Yeah, very true. -It's the selling that's the problem. | 0:25:04 | 0:25:07 | |
-Well, yeah. Well, very best of luck. -And to you. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
And so the dust of the final gavel is whisked away | 0:25:14 | 0:25:16 | |
by the winds of inevitable change, | 0:25:16 | 0:25:18 | |
and the buying season turns to selling. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:21 | |
Down in his Brightlingsea digs, Mark is evaluating his valuables. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:26 | |
I am quite pleased with what I bought, | 0:25:26 | 0:25:28 | |
particularly the charming pair of watercolours. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:32 | |
I really do like these. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:34 | |
They're so sweet. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:35 | |
I love the carriages, | 0:25:35 | 0:25:36 | |
the one with the peasants with the cattle coming round, | 0:25:36 | 0:25:39 | |
the other one with a slightly grander coach and horses. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:42 | |
The ink stand is quite interesting, | 0:25:42 | 0:25:44 | |
because this is from the Art Deco period. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:46 | |
And when I first saw it, I thought this was sharkskin or shagreen, | 0:25:46 | 0:25:51 | |
but it's not, it's porcelain decorated to look like it. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:54 | |
I love my little miniature chair. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:56 | |
I had to wait virtually to the end of the sale to see | 0:25:56 | 0:26:00 | |
whether I could secure it or not, and I'm jolly pleased I did. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:03 | |
The footbath, I'm afraid, is not my favourite buy, | 0:26:03 | 0:26:06 | |
but I might be able to get a profit or at least wash my face. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:11 | |
And this charming picture called me all through the auction. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:15 | |
It was in my direct eyeline from where I was standing. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:17 | |
I hadn't viewed it, I didn't know anything about it, | 0:26:17 | 0:26:20 | |
and I ended up buying it blind. | 0:26:20 | 0:26:22 | |
But I'm so pleased I did, because there's a lovely gallery label | 0:26:22 | 0:26:25 | |
on the back, saying the artist - | 0:26:25 | 0:26:27 | |
and it's an old gallery from Hove in Sussex, my old stomping ground - | 0:26:27 | 0:26:32 | |
and I do hope it doesn't rain on my parade. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
Talking of parades, Christina, how are you getting on? | 0:26:35 | 0:26:39 | |
Well, Christina is in Shropshire, coming to terms with her purchases. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:43 | |
I always say to clients, when you're looking at things, | 0:26:43 | 0:26:46 | |
looking for things, always try and buy things | 0:26:46 | 0:26:48 | |
in perfect condition if you can. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:50 | |
And I think it's fair to say that I haven't, indeed, | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
heeded my own advice, sadly. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:54 | |
Because, look - I bought a chair, which, it's fair to say, | 0:26:54 | 0:26:58 | |
has been beautifully upholstered by an enthusiastic amateur. | 0:26:58 | 0:27:01 | |
It's looking a little bit tired, | 0:27:01 | 0:27:03 | |
and hasn't been given the best of treatments. | 0:27:03 | 0:27:05 | |
I'll need to do a bit of work to that. | 0:27:05 | 0:27:07 | |
My tea service has got some damage throughout, | 0:27:07 | 0:27:09 | |
but, nonetheless, it's a beautiful thing and very displayable. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:12 | |
My mirror, over there, appears to have lost a foot | 0:27:12 | 0:27:15 | |
between the auction house and here. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:17 | |
And also some of the gilding has come away. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:20 | |
So, again, I need to do a bit of work to that | 0:27:20 | 0:27:22 | |
in order to find a buyer for it. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:24 | |
I have to say, I'm very pleased with these pictures, though. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:27 | |
I only paid just shy of £12. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:29 | |
And, to be perfectly honest with you, I think they're gorgeous. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:33 | |
They're early 19th-century, hand-coloured prints | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
depicting these wonderful diaphanously-clad maidens here | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
after Angelica Kauffman. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:40 | |
I'm hoping to find somebody who will love them just as much as I do. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:43 | |
But, overall, | 0:27:44 | 0:27:46 | |
I think it's fair to say | 0:27:46 | 0:27:48 | |
I've got some serious work to do. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
Indeed. Both Mark and Christina must now conduct the research, | 0:27:51 | 0:27:55 | |
make the calls and cover the ground | 0:27:55 | 0:27:57 | |
that will lead them on to profit and victory. | 0:27:57 | 0:27:59 | |
And, lest we forget, a deal is not a deal | 0:27:59 | 0:28:02 | |
until sealed with a handshake. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:04 | |
Christina is concerned about her sellables, | 0:28:04 | 0:28:07 | |
so she must feel heartened when she gets her first whiff | 0:28:07 | 0:28:11 | |
of a possible profit. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:12 | |
I'm here in Market Drayton in Shropshire | 0:28:12 | 0:28:14 | |
to visit a chap called Steve who has his own brewery and pub company. | 0:28:14 | 0:28:17 | |
Now, he comes into my auction house to buy items to refurbish his pubs. | 0:28:17 | 0:28:21 | |
So I'm hoping that these might be of interest. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:24 | |
-Looking busy, as always. -Christina, how are you? | 0:28:27 | 0:28:30 | |
-Very well, how are you? -Of course, busy. | 0:28:30 | 0:28:33 | |
Oh, my goodness! Right, let me put these up on here. | 0:28:33 | 0:28:35 | |
Have a little look at those. | 0:28:35 | 0:28:37 | |
Well, they're interesting. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:39 | |
There we go. I love your panelling, Steve. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:41 | |
Where has that come from? | 0:28:41 | 0:28:43 | |
This is our pride and joy - our Mouseman panelling we got | 0:28:43 | 0:28:46 | |
from auction. | 0:28:46 | 0:28:47 | |
So, people love it and they come and try and find the seven carved mice. | 0:28:47 | 0:28:52 | |
Seven? I imagine if there's a party in here do they start seeing double? | 0:28:52 | 0:28:55 | |
14 mice? | 0:28:55 | 0:28:56 | |
-Well, we have had people say that they've seen nine. -Oh, really? | 0:28:56 | 0:28:59 | |
There are only seven, so you've double counted some. | 0:28:59 | 0:29:01 | |
So, I kind of figure they walk around and around and the more | 0:29:01 | 0:29:03 | |
beer they have the more mice they see. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:06 | |
So, it's a very eclectic mix, how you furnish the pubs? | 0:29:06 | 0:29:08 | |
Yeah, all of ours... We try to give | 0:29:08 | 0:29:10 | |
them a lot of character so they're all a little bit different. | 0:29:10 | 0:29:12 | |
A lot of reclaimed material. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:14 | |
We come to your auction house quite often to get stuff. | 0:29:14 | 0:29:16 | |
So, every pub is a little bit unique. | 0:29:16 | 0:29:18 | |
And everything in there is a little bit different. | 0:29:18 | 0:29:20 | |
And it's quite in vogue, now, to use retro materials. | 0:29:20 | 0:29:23 | |
There's a lot of new stuff on the market which is reproduced retro. | 0:29:23 | 0:29:28 | |
So, finding the real thing is... | 0:29:28 | 0:29:30 | |
It just gives it a little bit more authenticity. | 0:29:30 | 0:29:32 | |
Talking of old and bashed. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:34 | |
I bought these pictures at an auction, you'll be happy to know, | 0:29:34 | 0:29:38 | |
and they are engravings of pictures | 0:29:38 | 0:29:40 | |
by an artist called Angelica Kauffman. | 0:29:40 | 0:29:42 | |
She's an 18th-century artist, and she's one of the first two | 0:29:42 | 0:29:45 | |
female members of the Royal Academy in 1768. | 0:29:45 | 0:29:48 | |
So they've got quite a good provenance to them. | 0:29:48 | 0:29:50 | |
And they've been actually done as etchings, | 0:29:50 | 0:29:53 | |
copies of her pictures into etchings, and then hand-coloured. | 0:29:53 | 0:29:56 | |
So they're not, obviously, oil paintings. | 0:29:56 | 0:29:57 | |
They are effectively reproduction prints, | 0:29:57 | 0:30:00 | |
but they are 19th-century examples. | 0:30:00 | 0:30:02 | |
-So they're quite nice, old examples. -They are lovely. | 0:30:02 | 0:30:04 | |
Something that's authentic is quite nice. | 0:30:04 | 0:30:07 | |
I was hoping to get about £150 for them. | 0:30:07 | 0:30:10 | |
But what would you consider being a fair price? | 0:30:10 | 0:30:13 | |
-I could do 150 if that's what you need. -Would you? | 0:30:13 | 0:30:16 | |
£150 for the three? | 0:30:16 | 0:30:18 | |
-Well, that's 50 quid each for me, isn't it? -Yeah. | 0:30:18 | 0:30:22 | |
-And they'll be seen by a lot of people. -Exactly! | 0:30:22 | 0:30:24 | |
-We'll put them in a great spot as a set of three. -As a feature. | 0:30:24 | 0:30:27 | |
-So, I'll bust my normal budget for you. -Brilliant. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:30 | |
Well, I cannot wait to see them in place. Thank you very, very much. | 0:30:30 | 0:30:33 | |
Now... How many mice are in here? | 0:30:33 | 0:30:34 | |
Eight mice altogether. | 0:30:34 | 0:30:37 | |
Seven on the panelling, but there's | 0:30:37 | 0:30:39 | |
one hidden mouse on a piece of furniture. | 0:30:39 | 0:30:42 | |
-OK, so I've got to eight mice before I go? -If you want to find them all | 0:30:42 | 0:30:45 | |
-there's eight. -Eight mice, right. OK. Wish me luck. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:48 | |
She may not have found all the mice, but | 0:30:58 | 0:31:01 | |
she did find a whopping £138.20 profit for the pictures. | 0:31:01 | 0:31:05 | |
What a profit! I'm thrilled! | 0:31:05 | 0:31:06 | |
I found the auction really, really quite difficult, | 0:31:06 | 0:31:10 | |
but never underestimate the Magpie. | 0:31:10 | 0:31:12 | |
Back in the race! | 0:31:12 | 0:31:14 | |
So, with Christina striding ahead in this race for profit, | 0:31:14 | 0:31:17 | |
Mark had better not stall at the start. | 0:31:17 | 0:31:20 | |
He's brought his romantic painting to rainy North London. | 0:31:20 | 0:31:24 | |
It cost him just under £130, | 0:31:24 | 0:31:26 | |
but will private art collector Bronwen shower him with a profit? | 0:31:26 | 0:31:30 | |
It was painted, and it's signed down here, 1961. | 0:31:32 | 0:31:35 | |
It's very similar in style, actually, | 0:31:35 | 0:31:37 | |
to an artist called Jack Vettriano. Have you heard of him? | 0:31:37 | 0:31:40 | |
I actually have. | 0:31:40 | 0:31:41 | |
He painted The Singing Butler. That's his most famous painting. | 0:31:41 | 0:31:45 | |
What is also quite interesting, from a sort of provenance point of view, | 0:31:45 | 0:31:49 | |
on the back, you can see there's a label | 0:31:49 | 0:31:52 | |
from a gallery in Hove in Sussex. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:55 | |
Shall we see what it looks like up on the wall? | 0:31:55 | 0:31:57 | |
Actually, it looks quite nice there. | 0:32:00 | 0:32:02 | |
It actually looks lovely there. | 0:32:02 | 0:32:03 | |
Now you've actually seen it in the flesh, what are your feelings? | 0:32:03 | 0:32:07 | |
I do like it very much. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:09 | |
What about 290? | 0:32:09 | 0:32:11 | |
How about 240? | 0:32:11 | 0:32:13 | |
Put the kettle on. | 0:32:15 | 0:32:17 | |
I think I would be really happy... | 0:32:17 | 0:32:19 | |
-At 250? -..at 275. | 0:32:22 | 0:32:24 | |
I was going to say 250! | 0:32:26 | 0:32:27 | |
-260. -260. -OK, then. -You've got it. -OK, my lovely. | 0:32:29 | 0:32:34 | |
I'm never buying a painting again! | 0:32:34 | 0:32:36 | |
I need somewhere to lie down. | 0:32:36 | 0:32:38 | |
There's the couch. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:41 | |
Mark makes a big splash of £130.20 profit | 0:32:41 | 0:32:44 | |
from his priciest auction purchase, and he's as pleased as punch. | 0:32:44 | 0:32:49 | |
Well, I don't know about you, but I'm rather singing in the rain. | 0:32:49 | 0:32:53 | |
So, it's almost even on the profit front. | 0:32:53 | 0:32:55 | |
Back at her Shropshire base, | 0:32:55 | 0:32:57 | |
Christina is having a look at the armchair | 0:32:57 | 0:32:59 | |
she planned to re-upholster. But there's a problem. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:04 | |
So, what happens when you upholster is that before you | 0:33:04 | 0:33:07 | |
put this final layer of fabric | 0:33:07 | 0:33:09 | |
on you should put a layer of calico which just holds everything | 0:33:09 | 0:33:11 | |
together and keeps its shape. | 0:33:11 | 0:33:13 | |
And then you put your final layer on as the final covering. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:16 | |
Unfortunately, in this instance, somebody has just padded | 0:33:16 | 0:33:19 | |
this full of wadding. You can see | 0:33:19 | 0:33:21 | |
unfortunately you've got the spring back and then the wadding. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:24 | |
And no calico. | 0:33:24 | 0:33:27 | |
Which is a real shame. A real, real shame. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:30 | |
So, my options are to spend a fortune on getting it reupholstered | 0:33:30 | 0:33:34 | |
or find somebody who wants a | 0:33:34 | 0:33:37 | |
fetching pink chair and a project piece. | 0:33:37 | 0:33:40 | |
Decisions, decisions. | 0:33:41 | 0:33:43 | |
Yes. To re-upholster or not to reupholster? | 0:33:45 | 0:33:47 | |
That is the question. | 0:33:47 | 0:33:49 | |
And, as Christina battles with her dilemma Mark has been | 0:33:49 | 0:33:52 | |
hard at work and found a potential buyer for his Doulton pen stand. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:57 | |
He's headed to Mouldon in Essex to meet, of all people, | 0:33:57 | 0:34:00 | |
a travelling auctioneer. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:03 | |
I'm here to see Robin, | 0:34:03 | 0:34:04 | |
who is a very busy auctioneer. | 0:34:04 | 0:34:05 | |
And he's got his hands full here | 0:34:05 | 0:34:07 | |
selling the contents of this grand hotel. | 0:34:07 | 0:34:09 | |
But I'm hoping to steal five minutes of his time because he's seen | 0:34:09 | 0:34:13 | |
photographs of this inkwell, and he likes Art Deco | 0:34:13 | 0:34:16 | |
and I'm hoping to write out a big profit. | 0:34:16 | 0:34:18 | |
Remember, Mark payed just under £24 for his pen stand. | 0:34:18 | 0:34:22 | |
Before we actually look at the item, I want to delve a bit deeper | 0:34:22 | 0:34:26 | |
into the hotel, cos there's hundreds of lots here | 0:34:26 | 0:34:29 | |
from the sublime to the ridiculous. | 0:34:29 | 0:34:31 | |
The important thing is the whole sale is no reserve. | 0:34:31 | 0:34:34 | |
But there is items here I've had to | 0:34:34 | 0:34:36 | |
put estimates on from £10-£15, up to £20,000-30,000. | 0:34:36 | 0:34:39 | |
So, it's an eclectic mix for everybody. | 0:34:39 | 0:34:43 | |
Well, I'm hoping to create a buzz with this. | 0:34:43 | 0:34:46 | |
I've never seen one of these by Doulton. | 0:34:46 | 0:34:48 | |
-Yeah. -When I first saw it I thought it was shagreen - sharkskin. | 0:34:48 | 0:34:53 | |
-It's trying to be. -It is. -This probably dates to early...1930s | 0:34:53 | 0:34:59 | |
Somewhere near that. The two little dimples here | 0:34:59 | 0:35:01 | |
for your pen wipes, and a pen rest or a pencil rest there. | 0:35:01 | 0:35:06 | |
You can see it in that Art Deco type... Very much that period. | 0:35:06 | 0:35:10 | |
And particularly by a well known name like Royal Doulton. | 0:35:10 | 0:35:15 | |
It's got the export mark on it. | 0:35:15 | 0:35:16 | |
This mark originally came in in 1902... Disappeared and came back in | 0:35:16 | 0:35:20 | |
1925/26 and carried on up to about '35, '36. | 0:35:20 | 0:35:24 | |
So it clearly dates it. | 0:35:24 | 0:35:26 | |
But do you like it? Now that you see it in the flesh. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:28 | |
I think it's got something going for it. | 0:35:28 | 0:35:31 | |
I'm not going to be too keen. | 0:35:31 | 0:35:33 | |
Honestly, it's like being at the dentist. | 0:35:34 | 0:35:37 | |
I really was hoping to get between 40 and 50 for it. | 0:35:37 | 0:35:39 | |
Can we do a deal at 40, then? | 0:35:39 | 0:35:41 | |
I think we can do it at 45. | 0:35:41 | 0:35:43 | |
I can feel your hand coming over, Robin, at 45. | 0:35:43 | 0:35:46 | |
I think we'll probably be able to do something at 45. | 0:35:46 | 0:35:49 | |
Mark makes a profit of £21.40 for the pen holder | 0:35:49 | 0:35:53 | |
and nudges into the lead. | 0:35:53 | 0:35:55 | |
Meanwhile, Christina has made a major decision, | 0:35:55 | 0:35:58 | |
and is heading to an old Abbey. | 0:35:58 | 0:35:59 | |
But it's all right, she's not joining the nunhood | 0:35:59 | 0:36:03 | |
She's on a profit pilgrimage | 0:36:03 | 0:36:05 | |
and decided not to reupholster her pink armchair. | 0:36:05 | 0:36:08 | |
I've come to Combermere Abbey, just over the border in Cheshire. | 0:36:08 | 0:36:12 | |
Now, they're currently undergoing a very extensive restoration project | 0:36:12 | 0:36:16 | |
to restore the abbey to its former glory, and I think they might | 0:36:16 | 0:36:19 | |
be in need of some new furnishings for some of their rooms. | 0:36:19 | 0:36:22 | |
Let's go and see what they think of my chair. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:24 | |
I've had it delivered because it's quite large, | 0:36:24 | 0:36:26 | |
so let's go and see if they like it. | 0:36:26 | 0:36:28 | |
As she's not re-upholstering the chair | 0:36:28 | 0:36:30 | |
it stands her at just £77. But, will Sarah, the current owner | 0:36:30 | 0:36:33 | |
of this magnificent former abbey want to take on the project? | 0:36:33 | 0:36:38 | |
-Hello, hello, hello! -Hi, there! -I found you! | 0:36:38 | 0:36:42 | |
I know, I'm so sorry. | 0:36:42 | 0:36:43 | |
-I was having a little play. -That looks fab! | 0:36:43 | 0:36:46 | |
Isn't it fantastic? Yes. | 0:36:46 | 0:36:48 | |
This is just the most stunning room, Sarah. | 0:36:48 | 0:36:51 | |
Absolutely, it is. It's the | 0:36:51 | 0:36:52 | |
pre-eminent room in the house, definitely. | 0:36:52 | 0:36:55 | |
And it has a history that goes back to the beginning | 0:36:55 | 0:36:58 | |
as the abbey as it was the abbot's lodge and then, in 1919, | 0:36:58 | 0:37:01 | |
my great-grandfather bought it. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:03 | |
-Ah! -So, it's really exciting. | 0:37:03 | 0:37:05 | |
-Very. -So, this is sort of the...pretty much the last piece of | 0:37:05 | 0:37:08 | |
the puzzle on the main abbey is the restoration of this wing. | 0:37:08 | 0:37:11 | |
-So, Sarah. -Yes. | 0:37:11 | 0:37:13 | |
Forgive me, but you have the most stunning house, | 0:37:13 | 0:37:16 | |
-packed full of antiques. -Yes. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:17 | |
You can't possibly want a chair. | 0:37:17 | 0:37:19 | |
I do. | 0:37:19 | 0:37:22 | |
-Really? -Because I am restoring this north wing | 0:37:22 | 0:37:24 | |
and it's going to be run as a B&B, | 0:37:24 | 0:37:26 | |
and I have no furniture for that side of the house. | 0:37:26 | 0:37:29 | |
I understand, obviously, that there will be an upholstery cost to you | 0:37:29 | 0:37:32 | |
as well, which does cost quite a lot of money. | 0:37:32 | 0:37:34 | |
So I will try and be very, very nice. | 0:37:34 | 0:37:37 | |
-I'm so glad! -In all honesty, | 0:37:37 | 0:37:38 | |
I was hoping to get a couple of hundred quid for it. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:40 | |
A little over my budget, actually, | 0:37:40 | 0:37:43 | |
because if I've got to upholster it and the fabric, | 0:37:43 | 0:37:46 | |
then it's not going to be quite so attractive. | 0:37:46 | 0:37:49 | |
Could you come down to closer to 100? | 0:37:49 | 0:37:53 | |
I would love to, | 0:37:54 | 0:37:56 | |
-but that really doesn't leave me a huge amount of profit. -Oh. | 0:37:56 | 0:37:59 | |
-What about... -It's going to go in a wonderful place. | 0:37:59 | 0:38:01 | |
CHRISTINA LAUGHS | 0:38:01 | 0:38:03 | |
Oh, yes, it will go in a beautiful place. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:05 | |
Don't try that with me! | 0:38:05 | 0:38:07 | |
What about 150? | 0:38:09 | 0:38:11 | |
Yes, that's meeting in the middle. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:13 | |
-Split the difference, meet in the middle. -That's acceptable. -Yeah? | 0:38:13 | 0:38:15 | |
-Yeah. -Happy with that? -Happy with that. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:18 | |
-Brilliant. And I'm very happy. -Shall we shake on it? | 0:38:18 | 0:38:20 | |
Yes, let's! Absolutely! | 0:38:20 | 0:38:22 | |
-Brilliant. £150. -Perfect. -But I'm entrusting you | 0:38:22 | 0:38:25 | |
to turn it from drab to fab. | 0:38:25 | 0:38:27 | |
It will be absolutely because the fabrics we are using | 0:38:27 | 0:38:30 | |
in this wing are just the tops. | 0:38:30 | 0:38:32 | |
Christina makes £73.30 profit on the chair, | 0:38:32 | 0:38:36 | |
and washes her hands of another sale. | 0:38:36 | 0:38:39 | |
Meanwhile, Mark has plans afoot for the footbath and sugar bowl | 0:38:39 | 0:38:43 | |
which he outbid Christina on back at the auction. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:46 | |
Footbath. Oh, gosh. It was a tough auction. | 0:38:46 | 0:38:48 | |
I've brought it to an antique centre. A dealer's interested in | 0:38:48 | 0:38:52 | |
seeing it. I hope I'm not in hot water and I can dip my toe | 0:38:52 | 0:38:55 | |
in the pool of profit. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:57 | |
-Now, this is a surprise to you, I know. -It is a big surprise, Mark. | 0:38:59 | 0:39:04 | |
It's Victorian. It's got a mark on the back. | 0:39:04 | 0:39:07 | |
-It's called... -Lotus. | 0:39:07 | 0:39:08 | |
..Lotus CM, which I think stands for Charles Meigh, M-E-I-G-H. | 0:39:08 | 0:39:15 | |
-Don't know them. -Well, it fits. | 0:39:15 | 0:39:17 | |
Look, it is worn, let's be honest. It's got a bit of wear. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:20 | |
-It is, but it's big. -It's big and bold. | 0:39:20 | 0:39:23 | |
And I love the colour. | 0:39:23 | 0:39:24 | |
I would use it, especially coming up to a function or a party, | 0:39:24 | 0:39:28 | |
I'd put loads of ice in it and some lovely big bottles of champagne. | 0:39:28 | 0:39:32 | |
Oh, do you know, that sounds wonderful. When am I coming round? | 0:39:32 | 0:39:35 | |
Any time you like. | 0:39:35 | 0:39:37 | |
I was hoping for somewhere in the region of sort of £40-£60, | 0:39:37 | 0:39:41 | |
but I'll throw in this absolutely charming Ming-period sugar bowl. | 0:39:41 | 0:39:46 | |
Well, this makes all the difference, doesn't it? | 0:39:47 | 0:39:50 | |
It is the icing on the cake! | 0:39:50 | 0:39:52 | |
Joking apart, it is what it is and it's OK, isn't it? | 0:39:52 | 0:39:55 | |
It's OK, but I don't think it should come into the negotiation, really. | 0:39:55 | 0:40:00 | |
Well, depending on how much you would pay, | 0:40:00 | 0:40:03 | |
-I thought I might give you it as a little freebie. -OK. | 0:40:03 | 0:40:06 | |
-It's nice of you - a present. -So what do you think of 40-60? | 0:40:06 | 0:40:10 | |
I don't like it at all, really. | 0:40:10 | 0:40:12 | |
Hit me with another price, Mark. | 0:40:14 | 0:40:16 | |
I'm going to be fair with you. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:18 | |
I paid about £23.50 for it in the auction. | 0:40:18 | 0:40:21 | |
So can I make a working profit on that with you, do you think? | 0:40:21 | 0:40:26 | |
Are we talking 30? | 0:40:26 | 0:40:27 | |
Well, if we must, but I was rather hoping | 0:40:28 | 0:40:31 | |
that there'd be something other than a zero after the three. | 0:40:31 | 0:40:34 | |
-31? -35. | 0:40:34 | 0:40:37 | |
33. | 0:40:37 | 0:40:38 | |
-35. -Oh, go on, then. | 0:40:38 | 0:40:40 | |
-Go on. -Go on, then. -And you get that as well. | 0:40:40 | 0:40:43 | |
-Oh, I'd forgotten this. -You'd forgotten it. | 0:40:43 | 0:40:46 | |
I had. 35 is fine, then. | 0:40:46 | 0:40:48 | |
Do you know, there we are. | 0:40:48 | 0:40:51 | |
You see, I've put my foot in it again, haven't I? | 0:40:51 | 0:40:53 | |
Mark makes £11.40 on the pottery, regaining his advantage | 0:40:55 | 0:40:59 | |
so, let's glance at the money made at this stage in the game. | 0:40:59 | 0:41:04 | |
Mark Stacey has sold three items and made a profit of £163. | 0:41:04 | 0:41:09 | |
Christina Trevanion has only sold two, but she's out in front in | 0:41:09 | 0:41:12 | |
profit terms, £211.50. | 0:41:12 | 0:41:15 | |
So, Mark is trailing at this point in the game. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:21 | |
And he really need to step it up a gear. But, instead, | 0:41:21 | 0:41:24 | |
he takes his foot off the gas, quite literally, as disaster strikes. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:28 | |
Yes, our hero, known as The Maverick, is now The Mangled | 0:41:28 | 0:41:32 | |
as he ends up with his leg in plaster. | 0:41:32 | 0:41:35 | |
Hey, tell me, how are you getting on? | 0:41:35 | 0:41:37 | |
I've broken my ankle. | 0:41:37 | 0:41:38 | |
You've broken your ankle. | 0:41:38 | 0:41:39 | |
How did you manage to break your ankle? | 0:41:39 | 0:41:41 | |
I fell over a plinth. | 0:41:41 | 0:41:42 | |
I know. Christina, I hadn't been drinking. | 0:41:42 | 0:41:45 | |
-Yeah(!) -Now, how are you getting on? | 0:41:45 | 0:41:47 | |
Very, very mediocre-ly. | 0:41:47 | 0:41:50 | |
It's not easy out there, is it? | 0:41:50 | 0:41:52 | |
No, it really isn't. | 0:41:52 | 0:41:54 | |
At least you've got lots and lots of time to make lots of phone calls | 0:41:54 | 0:41:56 | |
and do lots of sales and then you'll makes hundreds of pounds | 0:41:56 | 0:41:59 | |
worth of profit. | 0:41:59 | 0:42:00 | |
Anyway, listen, it's lovely to talk to you. Keep selling. | 0:42:00 | 0:42:04 | |
Yes, poor old Mark is up the creek. He's been knocked down | 0:42:04 | 0:42:07 | |
but he will get up again to start selling shortly. | 0:42:07 | 0:42:10 | |
Christina knows to give no quarter, though, and she's back | 0:42:10 | 0:42:14 | |
on the sell as she takes the gilt mirror that cost £177 | 0:42:14 | 0:42:18 | |
to the Shropshire village of Stanton upon Hine Heath. | 0:42:18 | 0:42:22 | |
I'm here to see a friend of mine, Marcus Moore, | 0:42:22 | 0:42:25 | |
who not only is an antiques dealer, but he's also a restorer. | 0:42:25 | 0:42:28 | |
Now, my mirror, unfortunately, does need quite a lot of work doing to it | 0:42:28 | 0:42:31 | |
and he's the only man that I know | 0:42:31 | 0:42:33 | |
who could potentially restore it to its former glory. | 0:42:33 | 0:42:35 | |
Let's hope he wants to buy it. | 0:42:35 | 0:42:37 | |
-Well, Marcus? -Well, it looks very interesting. | 0:42:40 | 0:42:43 | |
Very interesting, indeed. | 0:42:43 | 0:42:44 | |
But have you got all the bits? | 0:42:44 | 0:42:46 | |
-Well, hang on a minute. -That's the question. | 0:42:46 | 0:42:48 | |
I've got that bit. | 0:42:48 | 0:42:50 | |
-I've got that bit. -Is that anything to do with it? | 0:42:51 | 0:42:54 | |
I've got... | 0:42:54 | 0:42:56 | |
Oh, no, look! That bit. | 0:42:56 | 0:42:59 | |
-Right. -And that bit. -Is that it? -Yes. -OK. | 0:42:59 | 0:43:03 | |
Talk me through the construction of this piece, cos this is | 0:43:05 | 0:43:07 | |
gilt gesso. Isn't it? | 0:43:07 | 0:43:09 | |
-It is. -And it's quite a complicated thing to get right. | 0:43:09 | 0:43:12 | |
Well, basically, it's gesso onto a wooden frame and then round here | 0:43:12 | 0:43:16 | |
this is all wired | 0:43:16 | 0:43:18 | |
and then the gesso round the wire. | 0:43:18 | 0:43:20 | |
So it's plaster that they effectively pack around. | 0:43:20 | 0:43:23 | |
-Yes. -So it's quite a labour... -It is. It is very much a labour. | 0:43:23 | 0:43:29 | |
..of love. | 0:43:29 | 0:43:30 | |
I know that you're the man to buy it | 0:43:30 | 0:43:32 | |
-because you'd do such a brilliant job of restoring it. -Right. | 0:43:32 | 0:43:35 | |
What do you think would be a fair price, do you think, to pay for it? | 0:43:35 | 0:43:38 | |
Ordinary ones have got to be in the 80 to 120 region, haven't they? | 0:43:38 | 0:43:42 | |
But this is not an ordinary one. | 0:43:42 | 0:43:44 | |
So I'd suggest it was worth a couple of hundred pounds. | 0:43:44 | 0:43:47 | |
A couple of hundred pounds, OK. | 0:43:47 | 0:43:49 | |
That sort of figure, but, you know... | 0:43:49 | 0:43:51 | |
And even then, on top of that, | 0:43:51 | 0:43:52 | |
we're going to probably spend a couple of hundred pounds on it. | 0:43:52 | 0:43:56 | |
-Really? -Yeah. -OK. But, then, after that, it will be stunning. | 0:43:56 | 0:44:01 | |
It's going to be stunning. | 0:44:01 | 0:44:02 | |
Maybe 250? | 0:44:02 | 0:44:04 | |
-Yes. -Yeah? You're a gentleman. | 0:44:04 | 0:44:07 | |
Thank you very, very much. | 0:44:07 | 0:44:09 | |
In spite of the restoration required, | 0:44:09 | 0:44:11 | |
Christina is still able to | 0:44:11 | 0:44:12 | |
reflect on a £73 profit on the mirror. | 0:44:12 | 0:44:15 | |
Perfectly honest with you, I was a little nervous | 0:44:16 | 0:44:19 | |
about selling that mirror as it was my greatest expense. | 0:44:19 | 0:44:22 | |
But, I'm quite glad to have found a | 0:44:22 | 0:44:24 | |
home for it now, so, that's a relief. | 0:44:24 | 0:44:26 | |
Let's just hope that Mark's not mirroring my profits. | 0:44:26 | 0:44:29 | |
Yes, well the only thing Mark is mirroring right now is Ironside. | 0:44:30 | 0:44:36 | |
And, like a true wheelchair detective, he's tracked down another | 0:44:36 | 0:44:39 | |
potential buyer in Hadley, in Essex. | 0:44:39 | 0:44:41 | |
Where, he's hoping to find some interest in the two | 0:44:41 | 0:44:44 | |
watercolours that cost him £23.60. | 0:44:44 | 0:44:47 | |
Well, as you can see, disaster struck, so I'm now being | 0:44:47 | 0:44:51 | |
pushed around by my partner Santiago to get me | 0:44:51 | 0:44:53 | |
around in the wheelchair. | 0:44:53 | 0:44:54 | |
And I've come to see Jonathan, | 0:44:54 | 0:44:56 | |
who I used to work with at an auction house, | 0:44:56 | 0:44:58 | |
who loves watercolours and I think his house is covered in them, | 0:44:58 | 0:45:02 | |
so I'm hoping to get a good profit | 0:45:02 | 0:45:04 | |
out of this lovely pair of watercolours. | 0:45:04 | 0:45:07 | |
Fingers crossed, let's go and find out how we do. | 0:45:07 | 0:45:10 | |
Johnny, thank you so much for inviting us to your charming home. | 0:45:10 | 0:45:13 | |
-It's just as I pictured it - lots of watercolours. -There are, yes, lots. | 0:45:13 | 0:45:17 | |
-Hundreds, in fact. -Hundreds. | 0:45:17 | 0:45:19 | |
-Well, I think I've found you another two. -Just what I need! -I hope so. | 0:45:19 | 0:45:24 | |
-I sent you photographs. -You did. | 0:45:24 | 0:45:26 | |
I think you're going to like them better in the flesh. | 0:45:26 | 0:45:28 | |
I love this one with the coach and horses coming round. | 0:45:28 | 0:45:31 | |
It's very nicely done. | 0:45:31 | 0:45:32 | |
It's indistinctly signed, isn't it, I don't recognise that. | 0:45:32 | 0:45:35 | |
I know that artist. You see that a lot, don't you, Signed Indistinctly? | 0:45:35 | 0:45:38 | |
Yes. Yes, he's very famous. | 0:45:38 | 0:45:41 | |
Do you think they're mid-19th century? | 0:45:41 | 0:45:44 | |
-They must be, mustn't they? -I thought maybe 1840, maybe 1860. | 0:45:44 | 0:45:47 | |
Yes, I think 1840s. | 0:45:47 | 0:45:49 | |
A little bit of damage there, top right. | 0:45:49 | 0:45:52 | |
Oh, I didn't notice that. | 0:45:52 | 0:45:53 | |
That's just knocked it down by quite a portion. | 0:45:53 | 0:45:56 | |
There are aspects of this which are very nicely done, | 0:45:56 | 0:46:00 | |
but the back wheel looks a little bit ropey. | 0:46:00 | 0:46:02 | |
-I can see the price plummeting. -The price has plummeted instantly. | 0:46:02 | 0:46:06 | |
I was hoping to get a rather modest sum for them | 0:46:06 | 0:46:10 | |
of between 100 and 150 for the pair. | 0:46:10 | 0:46:12 | |
-That's not going to happen, is it? -Good Lord! | 0:46:12 | 0:46:16 | |
-Well... -Now you've seen them, you must be honest, Johnny. | 0:46:16 | 0:46:19 | |
-Oh, no, they're charming. -Why don't we start at, say, 90? | 0:46:19 | 0:46:23 | |
You can start where you like. | 0:46:23 | 0:46:25 | |
But, you know what they say, | 0:46:25 | 0:46:27 | |
it's not where you start, it's where you finish. | 0:46:27 | 0:46:30 | |
-Right, so I think probably £30 each. -£60? -Yes. -Oh, Johnny! | 0:46:30 | 0:46:35 | |
What's your very, very best price? | 0:46:35 | 0:46:37 | |
I should think 65, at an absolute push. | 0:46:37 | 0:46:40 | |
I've always said about you, Johnny, there's a heart of gold | 0:46:40 | 0:46:44 | |
lying somewhere in the deep exterior of your anatomy. | 0:46:44 | 0:46:47 | |
-Are you happy at 65? -I'm happy at 65. -Let's do 65. -65. | 0:46:47 | 0:46:51 | |
-Thanks very much indeed. -Splendid. | 0:46:51 | 0:46:53 | |
Mark paints himself a profit of £41.40 for the watercolours. | 0:46:53 | 0:46:56 | |
In this business you've got to | 0:46:56 | 0:46:58 | |
aim high and at least then you can drop down. | 0:46:58 | 0:47:01 | |
I got £65 for those which is nearly | 0:47:01 | 0:47:03 | |
tripling my money. | 0:47:03 | 0:47:05 | |
So. I'm very, very pleased. | 0:47:05 | 0:47:06 | |
Forwards, Sant. | 0:47:06 | 0:47:07 | |
And, as Mark wheels off in search of more profit, | 0:47:09 | 0:47:12 | |
Christina gets the ball back in her court | 0:47:12 | 0:47:15 | |
as she finds some possible interest in her brooch from | 0:47:15 | 0:47:18 | |
Shrewsbury-based jeweller Nigel. | 0:47:18 | 0:47:22 | |
-Wow! -It's where it all happens. | 0:47:22 | 0:47:23 | |
This really is the engine room, isn't it? | 0:47:23 | 0:47:26 | |
-The nucleus. -The nucleus, | 0:47:26 | 0:47:28 | |
-The wheels of industry turn here. -Literally, they do. Look at this! | 0:47:28 | 0:47:32 | |
-Yep. -What's this? -An old 18th century draw bench. | 0:47:32 | 0:47:35 | |
Basically, what you do, you can have a piece of wire | 0:47:35 | 0:47:38 | |
that's 1.5mm thick, and you want to draw it and make it thinner. | 0:47:38 | 0:47:42 | |
-Yeah. -You get a piece of gold wire and that fits into there | 0:47:42 | 0:47:45 | |
as such, and that stretches down, | 0:47:45 | 0:47:47 | |
and then you just put it through the holes. | 0:47:47 | 0:47:50 | |
-Blimey. -And, as you can see, over the years | 0:47:50 | 0:47:53 | |
we have worn the bench away with gold wire. | 0:47:53 | 0:47:57 | |
-Well, I bought this...here. -Right. | 0:47:57 | 0:48:01 | |
I know you're going to love it. | 0:48:04 | 0:48:07 | |
The auction house did test it. | 0:48:07 | 0:48:09 | |
They said it was 9-carat when they tested it. | 0:48:09 | 0:48:11 | |
It's obviously set with garnets throughout. | 0:48:11 | 0:48:14 | |
-I would say it's a 1960s/70s. -OK. It's a little bit dated | 0:48:14 | 0:48:19 | |
not terribly popular. | 0:48:19 | 0:48:21 | |
It's retro, darling. | 0:48:21 | 0:48:22 | |
I know, but brooches aren't terribly popular. | 0:48:22 | 0:48:24 | |
I think we'd have to try and do something with it. | 0:48:24 | 0:48:27 | |
Like re-design it. | 0:48:27 | 0:48:29 | |
How could you re-design it? | 0:48:29 | 0:48:30 | |
On a ribbon rather than a brooch, something like that. | 0:48:30 | 0:48:34 | |
-Or a pendant? -Something for a ball-gown. | 0:48:34 | 0:48:37 | |
There is a pendant loop on it. | 0:48:37 | 0:48:39 | |
It would need to be around these benches for while | 0:48:41 | 0:48:44 | |
-is what you're saying. -Yeah. | 0:48:44 | 0:48:45 | |
Really, you would just be buying the gold, wouldn't you? | 0:48:45 | 0:48:47 | |
Garnets are not an expensive stone. | 0:48:47 | 0:48:50 | |
No, they're not. These are Indian garnets | 0:48:50 | 0:48:52 | |
and, you know, they're not any great value to them. | 0:48:52 | 0:48:55 | |
But, gold wise, I suppose we're looking probably about £70. | 0:48:55 | 0:49:01 | |
Could I nudge you up a tenner? Could we say £80? | 0:49:01 | 0:49:05 | |
-£80 it is. -£80. | 0:49:05 | 0:49:08 | |
I'm a happy girl. | 0:49:08 | 0:49:09 | |
Some fine haggling earns Christina a glittering profit of £42.24, | 0:49:09 | 0:49:13 | |
and she's rightly chuffed. | 0:49:13 | 0:49:15 | |
Well, it was a risk, but none the less, a risk worth taking. | 0:49:17 | 0:49:20 | |
Doubled my money - can't be bad. | 0:49:20 | 0:49:23 | |
Actually, that was slightly more than double, and it means | 0:49:23 | 0:49:26 | |
Christina, like Mark, has just one item left to sell, | 0:49:26 | 0:49:30 | |
so, she heads north to Northwick in Cheshire, | 0:49:30 | 0:49:32 | |
famed for its smiling cat. | 0:49:32 | 0:49:35 | |
And she has a very important date at the Davenport Tearooms | 0:49:35 | 0:49:38 | |
that she definitely doesn't want to be late for. | 0:49:38 | 0:49:41 | |
I thought of you because I love this tearoom and the wonderful | 0:49:41 | 0:49:44 | |
-Alice In Wonderland theme that you've got going on. -Thank you. | 0:49:44 | 0:49:47 | |
Tell me, why did you choose that theme? | 0:49:47 | 0:49:50 | |
Well, Cheshire is the birthplace of Lewis Carroll. | 0:49:50 | 0:49:52 | |
It's only two and a half miles, so it says it all. | 0:49:52 | 0:49:55 | |
-It seems perfect. -Absolutely. -Very, very appropriate. | 0:49:55 | 0:49:58 | |
-What about your murals? Who did those? -I did those. -Did you? -Yes. | 0:49:58 | 0:50:01 | |
Well done, you. Gosh, you're very talented. | 0:50:01 | 0:50:04 | |
And I see they're taking tea, | 0:50:04 | 0:50:06 | |
which brings me to my tea service. It's a Davenport tea service. | 0:50:06 | 0:50:09 | |
-Oh, we like Davenport. -And you're a Davenport! | 0:50:09 | 0:50:12 | |
You are Belinda Davenport. I mean, it's amazing. | 0:50:12 | 0:50:15 | |
-So, are you related to the Davenport family as in the china? -No. | 0:50:15 | 0:50:20 | |
Right, but you like it because of your name. | 0:50:20 | 0:50:22 | |
Well, we like it because all of the Davenport ones | 0:50:22 | 0:50:26 | |
tend to do really good quality stuff, anyway. | 0:50:26 | 0:50:30 | |
So, obviously, it is Davenport. | 0:50:30 | 0:50:33 | |
-I agree. -Check it. Well done, Belinda. | 0:50:34 | 0:50:36 | |
Now, they used that mark between 1870 and 1886, | 0:50:36 | 0:50:39 | |
so it's a good Victorian piece. | 0:50:39 | 0:50:41 | |
And I love the fact that obviously it's got this wonderful | 0:50:41 | 0:50:44 | |
pink and gilt decoration. Do you like it? | 0:50:44 | 0:50:47 | |
-I do like it. -Do you? -It's very, very pretty. -Do you love it? | 0:50:47 | 0:50:50 | |
I love it, actually, yeah. | 0:50:50 | 0:50:51 | |
So, as a collector of Davenport, | 0:50:51 | 0:50:53 | |
Belinda Davenport, | 0:50:53 | 0:50:57 | |
what would you be looking to pay for a tea-service - | 0:50:57 | 0:51:00 | |
it's a beautiful tea-service - | 0:51:00 | 0:51:01 | |
such as this? | 0:51:01 | 0:51:02 | |
-You're going to try hard now, aren't you? -Yeah. | 0:51:02 | 0:51:05 | |
Got to be worth a couple of hundred pounds, hasn't it? | 0:51:06 | 0:51:09 | |
What do you think? | 0:51:09 | 0:51:10 | |
-150, then. -It's a deal. | 0:51:10 | 0:51:12 | |
I'm very happy that it's going to a Davenport. | 0:51:12 | 0:51:15 | |
Christina falls down the hole | 0:51:15 | 0:51:17 | |
and emerges with £102.80 profit for the tea set and she's all done. | 0:51:17 | 0:51:21 | |
What an amazing place. And such a talented lady as well. | 0:51:24 | 0:51:27 | |
And, bless her, she's just given me my last profit. | 0:51:27 | 0:51:30 | |
Happy days. | 0:51:30 | 0:51:32 | |
Mark is also down to his final sale. | 0:51:32 | 0:51:35 | |
It's the miniature chair that cost him just over £35 at auction, | 0:51:35 | 0:51:38 | |
and he's take it to a collector near Colchester. | 0:51:38 | 0:51:42 | |
Today I've come to see Michael who is an old-friend of mine who is a | 0:51:42 | 0:51:46 | |
collectable expert and he loves collecting miniature furniture. | 0:51:46 | 0:51:50 | |
So, hopefully, I'm sitting on quite a tidy profit, there, | 0:51:50 | 0:51:53 | |
do you get it? Sitting on a profit. | 0:51:53 | 0:51:55 | |
Come on, keep up. Let's go, Sant. | 0:51:55 | 0:51:58 | |
Well, I know you're an expert in collectables, | 0:51:58 | 0:52:01 | |
-but you like miniature furniture. -I do. | 0:52:01 | 0:52:03 | |
As we can see around us. | 0:52:03 | 0:52:04 | |
Yes, I've got quite a few over the years. | 0:52:04 | 0:52:07 | |
They're great. You don't see them as much as you used to, though. | 0:52:07 | 0:52:09 | |
No, no - they're quite scarce. | 0:52:09 | 0:52:11 | |
Well, I hope, you like this. I found this at an auction. | 0:52:11 | 0:52:15 | |
-Victorian, I think? -It is. | 0:52:15 | 0:52:17 | |
And this is possibly the originally sort of carpet type fabric. | 0:52:17 | 0:52:21 | |
I'm sure it probably is. | 0:52:21 | 0:52:22 | |
Without a doubt. | 0:52:22 | 0:52:23 | |
I liked it cos of this sort of simulated bamboo effect. | 0:52:23 | 0:52:26 | |
-But it's obviously come loose at some point. -Really(!) | 0:52:26 | 0:52:29 | |
I haven't had that mentioned to me before. | 0:52:29 | 0:52:32 | |
No, no. I'm keeping the best for last. | 0:52:32 | 0:52:33 | |
But underneath, I'm afraid, it's had a bit of an amateur repair. | 0:52:33 | 0:52:39 | |
-Oh, my goodness. -I think these are all later. -Oh! | 0:52:39 | 0:52:41 | |
-Are they(?) -Isn't that a dreadful repair? | 0:52:41 | 0:52:44 | |
These stainless steel things, are they modern(?) | 0:52:44 | 0:52:47 | |
Isn't it the worst repair you have seen? | 0:52:47 | 0:52:48 | |
I think somebody has just decided, because it was loose, | 0:52:48 | 0:52:51 | |
they've put those awful brackets in. Fortunately, they're underneath. | 0:52:51 | 0:52:54 | |
-This is old webbing. -It is, yeah. | 0:52:54 | 0:52:56 | |
It really needs to be stripped and glued again, Mark, and put together. | 0:52:56 | 0:53:01 | |
-I haven't got one similar. -You haven't? -No. | 0:53:01 | 0:53:04 | |
-Ooh. -That means I might have looked at some similar | 0:53:04 | 0:53:08 | |
and not purchased them, though. | 0:53:08 | 0:53:10 | |
-You never know. -Or, you haven't been able to find them. | 0:53:10 | 0:53:14 | |
They're hard to find in that condition, certainly. | 0:53:14 | 0:53:17 | |
-I thought the old auctioneer's cliche, 80-120. -Really? | 0:53:17 | 0:53:20 | |
Now you've seen it, are we anywhere near it? | 0:53:20 | 0:53:23 | |
Not quite as close as I'd like to be. | 0:53:23 | 0:53:26 | |
Where would you like to be | 0:53:26 | 0:53:28 | |
I'll throw those in. | 0:53:30 | 0:53:32 | |
Have we got a screwdriver? | 0:53:33 | 0:53:35 | |
Do you want to take them with you? | 0:53:35 | 0:53:37 | |
Can I give them back? Would that help? | 0:53:37 | 0:53:39 | |
I don't want to be unkind because you're a good friend. Thank you. | 0:53:43 | 0:53:47 | |
-£50. -Oh, Michael! | 0:53:47 | 0:53:49 | |
Can't we get closer to 80? | 0:53:49 | 0:53:51 | |
I'll go to 60, but no more. | 0:53:51 | 0:53:53 | |
-Oh, Michael! -60 is enough. | 0:53:53 | 0:53:55 | |
Well, the chair is a miniature and my profit is a miniature, | 0:53:55 | 0:53:58 | |
-but I'm happy with it. Michael, thanks so much. -A good deal. | 0:53:58 | 0:54:01 | |
Mark makes £24.60 on the chair. | 0:54:01 | 0:54:04 | |
It's a small profit, but a profit is a profit and I've found the perfect | 0:54:04 | 0:54:08 | |
home for that miniature chair, don't you agree? | 0:54:08 | 0:54:11 | |
And what's best of all is I've sold up. | 0:54:11 | 0:54:13 | |
It was a tough auction, but I've made profits on everything. | 0:54:13 | 0:54:17 | |
And so, with both our experts all sold up, | 0:54:17 | 0:54:19 | |
it's nearly time to discover who is today's winner. | 0:54:19 | 0:54:22 | |
Will Mark's maverick mentality | 0:54:22 | 0:54:24 | |
come out on top against Christina's sensational selling skills? | 0:54:24 | 0:54:28 | |
All will soon be revealed. | 0:54:28 | 0:54:30 | |
Our two towering experts set off on the saga | 0:54:32 | 0:54:35 | |
with £1,000 of their own money. | 0:54:35 | 0:54:38 | |
Mark "The Maverick" Stacey bought six items and spent £236. | 0:54:38 | 0:54:43 | |
Christina Trevanion picked up five lots at a total cost of £350.46. | 0:54:43 | 0:54:50 | |
But who made the most profit? | 0:54:50 | 0:54:53 | |
All the money our experts have made | 0:54:53 | 0:54:54 | |
in their challenge will go to their chosen charities, | 0:54:54 | 0:54:57 | |
so let's find out who is our | 0:54:57 | 0:54:59 | |
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion. | 0:54:59 | 0:55:02 | |
-Christina. -Darling, how are you feeling? | 0:55:02 | 0:55:04 | |
Cold and miserable, but how are you? | 0:55:04 | 0:55:07 | |
I'm all right. You brighten my day. | 0:55:07 | 0:55:08 | |
Oh, well, you've brightened mine as well. | 0:55:08 | 0:55:11 | |
That auction... | 0:55:11 | 0:55:12 | |
Don't let me relive it! It was bad enough the first time! | 0:55:12 | 0:55:15 | |
Oh, it was frightening, wasn't it? | 0:55:15 | 0:55:17 | |
Bearing in mind how difficult it was to buy, I think we bought | 0:55:17 | 0:55:19 | |
-relatively well. -Well, I was so full of hope when I saw this stuff, | 0:55:19 | 0:55:22 | |
and I thought, "it's not online, we've got a real chance, here". | 0:55:22 | 0:55:25 | |
-Exactly. -What happened? -I know. | 0:55:25 | 0:55:27 | |
But you did get some nice things in the end, didn't you? | 0:55:27 | 0:55:30 | |
I loved my tea service, very pretty, very pinky, beautiful tea service. | 0:55:30 | 0:55:33 | |
-Very girlie, that. -Very girlie. Did you like it? | 0:55:33 | 0:55:37 | |
Not particularly, no. | 0:55:37 | 0:55:39 | |
-It's not my cup of tea. -Ah-ha! | 0:55:39 | 0:55:42 | |
I did like the painting I bought. | 0:55:42 | 0:55:44 | |
-Oh, that was fantastic! -Yeah, I'm so glad I bought that, | 0:55:44 | 0:55:46 | |
because I found a nice lady in London who loved it. | 0:55:46 | 0:55:49 | |
-It was just so romantic. -It WAS so romantic. Just like us, really. | 0:55:49 | 0:55:53 | |
I mean it's like today. But, please don't rain. | 0:55:53 | 0:55:56 | |
So, did you make a good profit on that? | 0:55:56 | 0:55:58 | |
I did make a reasonable profit. | 0:55:58 | 0:56:00 | |
That was one of the only things I made a reasonable profit on | 0:56:00 | 0:56:03 | |
but it was very good. I'm very pleased. | 0:56:03 | 0:56:05 | |
The footbath - appropriately enough - didn't do very well. | 0:56:05 | 0:56:09 | |
I don't think feet and you are meant to go together. | 0:56:09 | 0:56:11 | |
Not at the moment, no, no. | 0:56:11 | 0:56:13 | |
Definitely not. | 0:56:13 | 0:56:14 | |
-Shall we find out? -Yes, let's do it. Are we ready? | 0:56:14 | 0:56:17 | |
Are you ready? One, two, three... | 0:56:17 | 0:56:20 | |
-Oh! -Oh, my goodness! | 0:56:22 | 0:56:24 | |
Gosh, you did very well. How did you do that, Christina? | 0:56:24 | 0:56:27 | |
In all honesty, I have absolutely no idea! | 0:56:27 | 0:56:31 | |
You must have made a huge profit on something. | 0:56:31 | 0:56:33 | |
I think I made quite a good profit on those pictures. | 0:56:33 | 0:56:36 | |
-You know, those three pictures. -Oh, the lovely 19th century engravings? | 0:56:36 | 0:56:39 | |
-Yes. -Coloured engravings? -Yes. After Kauffman. | 0:56:39 | 0:56:41 | |
They made about a £150. | 0:56:41 | 0:56:43 | |
Good Lord, that must be a record price in today's market. | 0:56:44 | 0:56:46 | |
Well done. It's about who you know, you see. | 0:56:46 | 0:56:49 | |
Well done, you. Thank you, and well done, you, darling. | 0:56:49 | 0:56:51 | |
I think you've done very well, | 0:56:51 | 0:56:53 | |
especially under these circumstances, Hopalong. | 0:56:53 | 0:56:55 | |
I'll have to start researching again. I clearly know nothing. | 0:56:55 | 0:56:58 | |
Mind you, I knew that at the beginning! | 0:56:58 | 0:57:01 | |
And so, Christina is the winner, | 0:57:02 | 0:57:05 | |
having more than doubled her money on the tea set and brooch, | 0:57:05 | 0:57:08 | |
then made over ten times her buying price on the framed prints. | 0:57:08 | 0:57:12 | |
If ever there was a buying location | 0:57:13 | 0:57:14 | |
where I didn't think that I would triumph, it was the auction. | 0:57:14 | 0:57:17 | |
I found it incredibly difficult, but, lo and behold, | 0:57:17 | 0:57:20 | |
it was that pink tea service that Mark was incredibly rude about | 0:57:20 | 0:57:23 | |
that helped win the day. | 0:57:23 | 0:57:25 | |
The auction was tough for both of us. | 0:57:25 | 0:57:26 | |
I thought I did rather well with the painting | 0:57:26 | 0:57:28 | |
and some of the other things. Christina really struggled, | 0:57:28 | 0:57:31 | |
but she still won. How did that happen? | 0:57:31 | 0:57:33 | |
Yay! | 0:57:33 | 0:57:34 | |
And, of course, all their profits will be winging it to their | 0:57:34 | 0:57:38 | |
chosen charities. | 0:57:38 | 0:57:39 | |
For Mark, that's the Dream Factory in Essex. | 0:57:39 | 0:57:41 | |
My charity is a small charity who make dreams come true | 0:57:41 | 0:57:45 | |
for children and young adults with life-limiting and severe | 0:57:45 | 0:57:48 | |
disablement. | 0:57:48 | 0:57:50 | |
My profits will be going to the | 0:57:50 | 0:57:51 | |
Beachtree Community Centre in Whitchurch, | 0:57:51 | 0:57:53 | |
which includes a day centre for elderly people to combat loneliness | 0:57:53 | 0:57:56 | |
and isolation within the community. | 0:57:56 | 0:57:58 | |
And, it's not just the charities | 0:57:58 | 0:58:00 | |
that have benefited from our experts hard work. | 0:58:00 | 0:58:03 | |
Since then, Kim has managed to sell the foot bath she | 0:58:03 | 0:58:06 | |
bought from Mark for a £15 profit. | 0:58:06 | 0:58:08 | |
Not so lucky, however, was the 1950s gold brooch Christina sold to Nigel. | 0:58:08 | 0:58:13 | |
It ended up in the melting pot and used for scrap. | 0:58:13 | 0:58:16 | |
Marcus, however, has restored Christina's mirror | 0:58:16 | 0:58:19 | |
to its former glory and likes it so much he's keeping it for himself. | 0:58:19 | 0:58:24 |