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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 | 0:00:10 | |
Let's make hay while that sun shines. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
Each week, one pair of duelling dealers will face a different | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
daily challenge... | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
I've got a heavy profit here. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:19 | |
..putting their reputations on the line. | 0:00:19 | 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 | |
HE GROWLS | 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 | 0:00:35 | |
Ready for battle. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:36 | |
..from buying and selling. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:39 | |
Get in there! | 0:00:39 | 0:00:40 | |
Coming up, Christina Trevanion meets her match... | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
I ain't dropping it no more, | 0:00:45 | 0:00:46 | |
no matter how much you stand there batting your eyes. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:49 | |
..Mark Stacey hits the big time. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:52 | |
And who knows, I might have found something by Faberge. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:56 | |
And will this little piggy ever find a home? | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
I was hoping to get about £150 for him. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:01 | |
Oh, 150? Deary me. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
Oh, really...! | 0:01:04 | 0:01:06 | |
This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
Welcome, antiques aficionados and foraging fans, | 0:01:23 | 0:01:27 | |
to a mighty contest of the collectables. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
Where a pair of trade experts take up | 0:01:30 | 0:01:32 | |
arms against each other, in a scrap for the biggest profit. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:36 | |
And today, we have two of telly's most terrific tusslers. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:41 | |
For your delectation and delight, | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
in the blue corner is a welterweight of the wares, | 0:01:44 | 0:01:49 | |
it's Mark "The Maverick" Stacey! | 0:01:49 | 0:01:53 | |
Who's a pretty boy, then? | 0:01:53 | 0:01:55 | |
And in the red corner is an auctioneer with all the right moves. | 0:01:55 | 0:02:00 | |
She's Shropshire's own, Christina "The Magpie" Trevanion! | 0:02:00 | 0:02:06 | |
Who dares, wins. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
This pair of shooting stars will be colliding in Lincoln antiques fair, | 0:02:09 | 0:02:13 | |
where they'll be putting £750 worth of their own money on the line, | 0:02:13 | 0:02:18 | |
with all the profits destined for their chosen charities. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:22 | |
So, Mark Stacey and Christina Trevanion, take to your corners, | 0:02:22 | 0:02:26 | |
it's time to put your money where your mouth is. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:30 | |
Good morning, Christina. What are we doing here? | 0:02:30 | 0:02:33 | |
-Look at this. -You look frozen, but you're all wrapped up, looking gorgeous. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:37 | |
-Well, I've got my thermals on. -Have you? So have I. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:39 | |
Long johns, vest, everything. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:42 | |
Oh, my goodness, £750 to spend. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
-I mean, look, it looks huge. -Are you going to spend it all? | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
-Oh, I don't know. -I feel in a spending mood. -Oh, you tease. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
-Yes, I feel there's going to be something big in this fair. -Really? | 0:02:50 | 0:02:54 | |
-Something big to suit Mark Stacey. -I hope so. -Do you think it'll be pink? | 0:02:54 | 0:02:58 | |
-Well, I'd hope so. Shall we go and find out? -Let's. -Come on. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:02 | |
So, Mark wants to shell out on something big and pink - fabulous. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:07 | |
And Christina wearing long johns - not so fabulous. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
But she may have made the right decision, | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
as the weather today is downright drab. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:14 | |
Even though the weather is not quite what you'd expect in the Bahamas, | 0:03:18 | 0:03:23 | |
it is what you expect in Lincoln. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
And I hope they'll be in a mood to sell, and sell at a right price. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:30 | |
Yes, ever optimistic, | 0:03:30 | 0:03:31 | |
Mark is bravely battling the great British downpour. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
And Christina also seems undeterred by the elements. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:38 | |
It may be cold and wet and, frankly, horrible out there, | 0:03:38 | 0:03:42 | |
but it hasn't dampened my spirits. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:43 | |
I'm feeling super-competitive today, so let's go shopping. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:47 | |
So, both our buyers are keeping calm and carrying on. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:51 | |
And it's Mark who's first to pick up the scent of a potential | 0:03:51 | 0:03:53 | |
profit packer, in the form of some porcelain poodles. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:58 | |
Oh, these are rather kitsch, aren't they? | 0:03:58 | 0:04:00 | |
Well, that's one word for them. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:02 | |
I mean, I love this. I mean, look at him. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
Look at that face, how could you not fall in love with it? | 0:04:06 | 0:04:09 | |
And he's smoking his pipe and he's got his umbrella here. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:13 | |
They're made in Italy, they're probably 1950s or '70s. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
They do look in fairly good condition. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
The problem with these sort of things is, there's so much | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
complication in the design, you're bound to find the odd little chip. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
Darling, can I have a quick word with you? I love these poodles. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:28 | |
-They're very kitsch, aren't they? -They are so kitsch, aren't they? I think they're rather fun. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:32 | |
I was thinking of trying to sell them to the poodle parlour. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
-That would be rather fun, wouldn't it? -Good thinking. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:37 | |
-What could you do for the three, do you think? -Is 30 any good? | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
I think we're getting close, because I was thinking more of 20. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:44 | |
-It is wet and miserable. -How about 25? -25 quid for the three. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:49 | |
-I think we'll call that the first deal. Thank you very much. -Thank you. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:53 | |
And with that, Mark is off the starter's marks, | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
£25 lighter and three porcelain poodles heavier. | 0:04:56 | 0:05:00 | |
I think that's a bargain, don't you? | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
Where can you buy three pedigree dogs for 25 quid? | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
Perhaps the question should be, where could you sell three | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
pedigree dogs for more than £25? | 0:05:08 | 0:05:11 | |
Well, meanwhile, out in the rain, | 0:05:11 | 0:05:13 | |
Christina has found a way to brighten up her day. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
Look at these! | 0:05:18 | 0:05:20 | |
I mean, you couldn't get further away from thinking about a margarita on a beach today, could you? | 0:05:22 | 0:05:27 | |
But that looks fantastic, doesn't it? | 0:05:27 | 0:05:29 | |
Look at all those colours in there. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
They haven't got a huge amount of age to them, | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
but I'm thinking if I sold them to a bar or a nightclub, | 0:05:33 | 0:05:37 | |
they would look pretty cool as a bit of an interior design piece. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:41 | |
How much have you got on the signs? | 0:05:41 | 0:05:43 | |
-£120 each. -£120 each. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:45 | |
And where are they from? | 0:05:45 | 0:05:48 | |
-Because they haven't got a huge amount of age to them, have they? -No. Not at all. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
-They're just nice, interior bits. -They're made by Mexican artisan families, | 0:05:51 | 0:05:55 | |
who grabbed what metal they can and... | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
-So, it's premium upcycling, if you like? -Definitely, definitely. -Oh, cool. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:01 | |
So would there be any flexibility on that price, Peter? | 0:06:01 | 0:06:03 | |
-I could do £100 each. -£100 each? | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
OK, well, I like the margarita one. Would you be open to 80? | 0:06:06 | 0:06:10 | |
I'm afraid not. No. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:11 | |
-I'd like to nudge it under 100, if I can. -99? | 0:06:11 | 0:06:14 | |
-That is... -99.99, I could do. -Peter. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:18 | |
-97? -97, 97. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
-97, it's a deal. Thank you very much. -Margarita. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
Margarita! Please! | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
So, with £23 off the ticket price, Christina thinks she's bagged a bargain. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:31 | |
And across the fair, that's exactly what Mark is after as well. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:35 | |
Lots of bits and pieces here. I just feel there may be something. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:39 | |
Nothing is grabbing my attention. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
You've got to look at everything at fairs like this, because lurking in amongst all the | 0:06:41 | 0:06:46 | |
bits and pieces, there may just be something important. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:49 | |
Not on this occasion. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:51 | |
They're Worcester. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:54 | |
-80 quid, the pair. -Gosh, really? | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
-And what about this? -160, the pair. They're unusual. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:00 | |
-I thought they were going to be a bargain. -Well, they are. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:03 | |
It was going so well, wasn't it? | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
Back to the drawing board, I think. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
Poor old Mark, he can't seem to catch a break. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:12 | |
Oh, gosh. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:13 | |
Christina, however, has a mischievous glint in her eye. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:17 | |
So, I think I might have a little bit of a sneaky advantage | 0:07:17 | 0:07:19 | |
over Mark here, but sssh! Don't tell him. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:21 | |
There's store holders here that I've met recently | 0:07:21 | 0:07:24 | |
and they specialise in beautiful leather boxes. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:26 | |
There's one in particular that I'm quite interested in. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:30 | |
Look at this. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:31 | |
Shabby, tatty, | 0:07:31 | 0:07:35 | |
needs a lot of work. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
Old box, right? | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
Wrong. Look at this. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
This is a beautiful, leather covered cartridge case. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:45 | |
And if we look inside, we can see that it would've had divisions originally. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
It would've held shotgun cartridges. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:50 | |
So, leather covered example, but the magic for me | 0:07:50 | 0:07:53 | |
is this lettering on the front here. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
It says, "F Mainwaring, Oteley, Ellesmere." | 0:07:55 | 0:07:59 | |
Ellesmere is about five minutes away from where I live in Shropshire. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:03 | |
And if I can't find a new home for this in Shropshire, nobody can. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:08 | |
-Can I talk to you about this box? -You can, my love. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:11 | |
-Now, it's a bit tatty. -It's scruffy. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
I quite like that it's a bit scruffy. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
You've got £85 on it, what could be your very best? | 0:08:15 | 0:08:18 | |
A tenner off it, 75 quid. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:20 | |
All right, that's a fair price and I'm prepared to pay it. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:23 | |
-Thank you so much. You're an angel. -Thank you. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
So, Christina gets the price, pays the dealer | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
and she's away with her second purchase under her belt. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
Mark has finally stopped flapping | 0:08:31 | 0:08:33 | |
and has picked up a few pieces of silver. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:36 | |
I like this little pair of beakers, I suppose you'd call them. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:39 | |
They are silver gilt. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:41 | |
And they do have Russian hallmarks on them. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:44 | |
84 standard. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:46 | |
You do have to be careful with Russian silver these days, | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
because there is a lot of reproduction pieces. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:51 | |
Particularly with the enamel work on them, | 0:08:51 | 0:08:53 | |
after such famous designers as Carl Faberge. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:56 | |
These, to me, look quite interesting. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
I mean, they're very nicely chased. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
This decoration we call chasing on here, with the scales. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:06 | |
And they've been gilded as well. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:08 | |
And they're gilded inside. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:09 | |
So they would have taken some sort of alcoholic liquid, I suppose. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:13 | |
Not that I'd know anything about alcoholic liquids, you understand. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
No, of course you don't(!) | 0:09:16 | 0:09:18 | |
So, the dealer says they are £75 each. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
But he said if I buy the two, that I can have them for 120. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:24 | |
I think I'm going to have a go at those, I rather like them. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:27 | |
I think they're quite interesting. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:28 | |
And who knows? I might have found something by Faberge. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:33 | |
Let's hope it's Carl and not Beryl. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:35 | |
Oh, yes. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:36 | |
Beryl Faberge, Carl Faberge's aunt, no doubt. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:39 | |
Not so good with silver, but she did make a lovely cup of tea. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
Now, Christina isn't known as "The Magpie" for nothing. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
Oh, I just can't help myself. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:47 | |
Our jewellery expert is unable to resist the call of the small, | 0:09:47 | 0:09:51 | |
-shiny items. -Look at him! | 0:09:51 | 0:09:53 | |
-Hello. -Hello. -Is there any chance I could just have a little look at that | 0:09:54 | 0:09:58 | |
-little silver pincushion there? -The piggy? | 0:09:58 | 0:10:01 | |
Yeah. Very sweet. So we've got a little silver pincushion. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:04 | |
Usually early 20th century. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:06 | |
Is this one hallmarked? He's not... | 0:10:06 | 0:10:09 | |
-I think he's marked "Sterling". -Oh, he is, isn't he? -Yes. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:11 | |
-So not British hallmarked. -It would be wonderful if he was hallmarked. -Wouldn't it just? -Yeah. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:15 | |
-The icing on the cake that would be, wouldn't it? -Everybody wants the hallmark. -Exactly. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:19 | |
-So, we've got £98 on him. -Yeah. | 0:10:19 | 0:10:22 | |
-Hallmarked, it would be 150. -Yeah, exactly. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:24 | |
What could be your best price on him? | 0:10:24 | 0:10:27 | |
-70? -Is there any chance you could nudge... | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
nudge any more? Nudge, nudge, nudge. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:34 | |
-OK, we'll do it for 60 and that's it. -SHE SNORTS | 0:10:34 | 0:10:37 | |
-£60? -£60. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:39 | |
-I'm a happy girl at £60. Thank you. -Wonderful. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
That's very kind. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:45 | |
With three purchases to Mark's two, | 0:10:45 | 0:10:47 | |
Christina is as happy as a pig in Shropshire with her porky purchase. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:52 | |
Mark is also on a farming bent, as he finds a piece of kitsch glassware. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:57 | |
Look what I've just found. | 0:10:57 | 0:10:58 | |
Isn't that rather fun? | 0:10:58 | 0:11:00 | |
It's press moulded glass. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
Can you guess what you might use it for? | 0:11:03 | 0:11:06 | |
Hmm, is it some kind of glass chicken hat? | 0:11:06 | 0:11:10 | |
It's to put eggs in, on the side in the kitchen. You keep your eggs there. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:13 | |
And it's rather fun. It's quite nicely modelled. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:17 | |
I can't feel any chips or cracks. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:19 | |
I've just noticed that says, "Any items on this table, £10." | 0:11:19 | 0:11:23 | |
Which I still think is too much for this. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:26 | |
-That's rather kitsch, isn't it? -Yes. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
-You put your eggs in it, I think, on the side, don't you? -Yeah. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:31 | |
I rather like that. I don't think it's terribly old. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
-Can it be a fiver? -Yeah. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:36 | |
Oh, we're on a roll. £5. | 0:11:36 | 0:11:38 | |
-I'll have it for a fiver, I think it's rather fun. -Yeah. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:41 | |
-And I'm sure I can find a buyer for that. -Thank you very much. -That's great. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:44 | |
-If you could gift-wrap it, it would be lovely. -I will gift-wrap it for you. -See you later. I love that. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:49 | |
It's a really quirky item and I think, hopefully, | 0:11:49 | 0:11:53 | |
I could get maybe 20, 25 quid for it. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:55 | |
So, for a fiver investment, it's not bad, is it? | 0:11:55 | 0:11:57 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:11:57 | 0:11:59 | |
Well, with both dealers scrambling to find the bargains, | 0:11:59 | 0:12:01 | |
we've come to the midway point of buying. | 0:12:01 | 0:12:04 | |
So, let's take a look at what they've spent so far. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:08 | |
From a £750 budget, Mark has picked up three purchases and has | 0:12:08 | 0:12:12 | |
spent £150, leaving him with £600 | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
still burning a hole in his pocket. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:18 | |
Christina has also bought three items, totalling £232. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:22 | |
Meaning she has £518 to spend. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:27 | |
-Christina, what have you done? You've stopped the rain. Well done. -Have I? -Yes, it's gone. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:32 | |
-I thought that when you arrived, the sunshine would come out. -It only shines on the righteous. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:35 | |
That's true, that's why it's cloudy. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:38 | |
-Yeah, exactly. -I do lots of jumping around. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:40 | |
-We've been buying. -I've been spending like water. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:43 | |
-Really? -Yeah. -Are you regretting any of it? | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
-Not yet, but I might do tonight. -THEY LAUGH | 0:12:46 | 0:12:48 | |
-How about you, are you spending up? -I haven't spent a huge amount. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
I spent one decent amount on something that I think is | 0:12:51 | 0:12:54 | |
-quite interesting. -Oh. -I hope. -Oh, I like it. | 0:12:54 | 0:12:58 | |
-How intriguing. -But I still need to spend more. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:00 | |
-OK. Go on, you get spending. I look forward to seeing that thing when we get back. -And you. -Bye. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:05 | |
Both our experts are putting on friendly faces | 0:13:05 | 0:13:07 | |
and keen to get back to the job in hand. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:09 | |
But competitive Mark still has his eye on the ultimate | 0:13:09 | 0:13:13 | |
goal of winning the competition. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:15 | |
I want to try and find something a little bit more substantial. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:19 | |
I've got a few cheap lots that should give me, | 0:13:19 | 0:13:21 | |
percentage-wise, quite a lot of profit. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:23 | |
But in order to try and win, you have to find that | 0:13:23 | 0:13:25 | |
item that is going to make you a couple of hundred pound profit. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:29 | |
Will I do it? | 0:13:29 | 0:13:31 | |
That's the question. And with Mark feeling he hasn't spent enough | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
to win today's competition, | 0:13:34 | 0:13:36 | |
Christina is thinking the exact opposite. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:39 | |
I'm a little bit anxious, because Mark tells me he's not spending a huge amount of money. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:44 | |
Whereas, I, on the other hand, seem to be spending money like it's going out of fashion. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:49 | |
However, as far as I'm concerned, who dares, wins. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:54 | |
Yes, the old magpie feeling plucky today | 0:13:55 | 0:13:59 | |
so much so that she's even looking at items completely outside of her comfort zone. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:04 | |
-What about your MG grille? -150. It's off a 1950s MG Magnette, I think. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:10 | |
Or MG TF, I'm not quite sure. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:11 | |
We could be talking German, | 0:14:11 | 0:14:13 | |
I don't know what that means. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:15 | |
-It's like a sporty old car. -Ah, OK, I know that. OK. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:18 | |
That is quite fun. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:20 | |
I mean, it's got that iconic logo on the front of it, hasn't it? | 0:14:20 | 0:14:24 | |
-Yeah. -It's quite fun, isn't it? | 0:14:24 | 0:14:25 | |
-I mean, it's a bit of a boy's toy. -Yeah. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:28 | |
It's got your name all over it. | 0:14:28 | 0:14:30 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:14:30 | 0:14:31 | |
-What could be your very best on that? -125. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:35 | |
-Your very best. -115. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:38 | |
-Cold hard cash. -115. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:42 | |
-95 and you've got a deal. -Go on, then. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:45 | |
-90 and you've got a deal. -No, that's not a deal. -80 and you've got a deal. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
-That's the worst deal in the world. -95? -Yeah. There you go. -£95. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:53 | |
-It's a pleasure. -What have I just done? | 0:14:53 | 0:14:55 | |
Yes, it seems Christina is dead set on throwing caution - and cash - to the wind. | 0:14:56 | 0:15:01 | |
But why? | 0:15:01 | 0:15:03 | |
I think it's a really iconic looking thing. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:05 | |
I love this combination of this chrome and this wonderful logo here. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:10 | |
It's very Art Deco, it's very funky. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:13 | |
And I'm hoping I'll be able to find an enthusiast who will like it as much as I do. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:17 | |
So, Christina has taken chances to try and take the lead, but only momentarily. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:23 | |
As Mark is quick to respond, when he does a double purchase - | 0:15:23 | 0:15:27 | |
picking up a teapot and a dish for £50 in total. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:32 | |
The first item is quite charming, it's Chinese. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:35 | |
Generally what we refer to as famille rose ware. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
This is because of these pinks and greens on the pattern here. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:42 | |
If it had been an early 19th-century one, it would be used | 0:15:42 | 0:15:45 | |
as a chestnut basket for the dining table. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:47 | |
It would have had a stand to go with it. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:49 | |
This, I think, is probably early 20th century, 1900, 1910. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:54 | |
The other item, I love. I've never bought one of these. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:57 | |
They're known as barge ware teapots. | 0:15:57 | 0:15:59 | |
And I presume that they were used on barges that went up | 0:15:59 | 0:16:03 | |
and down the canal system in the UK. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:05 | |
Made in Staffordshire about 1870, 1880, I suppose. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:09 | |
I love the little plaque here. "A present to a friend." | 0:16:09 | 0:16:12 | |
All these little bits are cut out the clay and then stuck on and fired. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:17 | |
The handle is missing, the spout's broken. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:19 | |
This spout is chipped. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:21 | |
And you're wondering why I bought it. Well, I just love it. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:24 | |
And they're not terribly common any more. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:26 | |
You don't see them as often as you used to. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:28 | |
I think if I can find a nice, quintessential English | 0:16:28 | 0:16:31 | |
country tearoom, what better item to put on your shelf? | 0:16:31 | 0:16:37 | |
And maybe even have a cream tea at the same time. | 0:16:37 | 0:16:40 | |
Sounds like a plan, doesn't it? | 0:16:40 | 0:16:42 | |
Hmm, yes, it does. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:43 | |
Mark has clearly found his pace, | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
as he quickly moves on to his next item. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:48 | |
What sort of price is your folio stand? | 0:16:48 | 0:16:50 | |
-I'll take 125 for this. -125? -Beautiful. | 0:16:50 | 0:16:53 | |
-Irish, it is. -Where's it from in Ireland? -It came out of a house, | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
-in Bantry House, outside County Cork. -Oh, right. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:59 | |
I'd like to go a bit lower than that, if I can. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:01 | |
110, because it's you. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:03 | |
I'd be really comfortable if it was 95. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
-You're a hard man. There you go. -You are kind. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:09 | |
Thank you so much. Basically, it's a folio stand. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:12 | |
And you've got to imagine a grand house in the 19th century, | 0:17:12 | 0:17:15 | |
you would have a library. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:17 | |
You would want to show that you were a man of learning. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
So, after dinner, you would come in and show your friends | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
your latest acquisition in prints. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
And you'd house it in something like this. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
This happens to be a fairly simple, mahogany one. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:32 | |
It has, certainly, sort of a Regency look about it. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:35 | |
I think it's probably been made up a bit. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:37 | |
I'm thinking maybe somebody with a nice art shop. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:40 | |
If they're selling a lot of big prints, you could stack quite | 0:17:40 | 0:17:43 | |
a lot of them up in here, and they would be something | 0:17:43 | 0:17:46 | |
elegant for somebody to look through while they were thinking of buying. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:49 | |
So, Mark already has plans to find a buyer for his folio. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:53 | |
Meanwhile, Christina has her eye on a glass cabinet. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:56 | |
What have you got on your display cabinet? | 0:17:56 | 0:17:58 | |
Because that looks quite smart as well. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:00 | |
The best I could do that is 160. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:02 | |
-It's a nice cabinet. -It is, isn't it? | 0:18:02 | 0:18:06 | |
Look at that step base, that's very Art Deco, isn't it? Is it oak? | 0:18:06 | 0:18:09 | |
It is oak, yes. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:11 | |
Oak. And glazed all the way round, which is quite nice. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:14 | |
-You've got one shelf in there. -There's one missing. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:16 | |
The shelf, it wouldn't cost a fortune to replace, would it? | 0:18:16 | 0:18:19 | |
-Probably about 30, 40 quid. -It's got nice little clasps there. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:23 | |
I'm thinking, if I were to sell it to an antique centre or something | 0:18:23 | 0:18:26 | |
like that, they could put a little lock on one side, couldn't they? | 0:18:26 | 0:18:29 | |
-Yeah. -So, what would be your very best on it? | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
-Very best... -Very best. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:33 | |
The best I could do is 150, I can't go any less. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:36 | |
-I've got to make a profit. -Can you nudge it, nudge it? -No, no. I can't nudge it. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:40 | |
-Go on. -No. | 0:18:40 | 0:18:42 | |
Oh, looks like Christina may have met her match with this bloke. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:46 | |
130, best price, I ain't dropping it no more, | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
no matter how much you stand there batting your eyes. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:52 | |
Batting my eyes? | 0:18:52 | 0:18:54 | |
Yes, he's got her number. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:56 | |
130 quid, that is rock bottom. | 0:18:56 | 0:18:57 | |
-120 and you've got a deal. -125 and you've got a deal? | 0:18:59 | 0:19:02 | |
-120 and you've got a deal. -125. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:04 | |
-120, I'm a woman that sticks to my guns. -No, you've beaten me down enough. -120? -No. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:07 | |
-Cold hard cash. -Go on, if it's cash. -120? | 0:19:07 | 0:19:10 | |
-120. -It's a deal. -Deal. -Thank you. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:14 | |
Yes, Christina proving there that with sticking to your guns, | 0:19:14 | 0:19:17 | |
and perhaps a little batting of the eyelids, | 0:19:17 | 0:19:20 | |
you really can get the price you want. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:22 | |
Now, she's all bought up. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:23 | |
But Mark has caught the buying bug. | 0:19:23 | 0:19:26 | |
Quite intrigued by this little dish. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:28 | |
This is modelled after an old, what they called an arms dish. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:32 | |
It's got the hallmark here for London. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:35 | |
It's not terribly old, this. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
But it's got the Jubilee mark there for, I think, 1977. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:40 | |
And a very good maker, Mappin & Webb. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:42 | |
Very prolific, very well-known. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:45 | |
Would have originally come in a box, I think. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:48 | |
But it's quite a nice weight to it and it's quite nice quality. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:51 | |
And I also like those. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:52 | |
Do you know what those are used for? | 0:19:52 | 0:19:55 | |
If you're very posh, like me, when I sit at home in the evening | 0:19:55 | 0:19:59 | |
on my chaise longue, I get my butler to cut my grapes for me | 0:19:59 | 0:20:04 | |
and feed them to me. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:05 | |
And those are for cutting grapes. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:08 | |
They're etched design, these are silver-plated. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:11 | |
Sir, how much are these pieces? | 0:20:11 | 0:20:14 | |
First of all, how much is the little arms dish? | 0:20:14 | 0:20:16 | |
-£70. -£70. And this one? -25. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:21 | |
-Gosh, that's a lot. For a pair of silver-plated ones. -They are nice. | 0:20:21 | 0:20:25 | |
So, that's 95, then, isn't it, for the two? | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
What's the very, very, very best for the two? | 0:20:28 | 0:20:30 | |
-The very, very best... -To help you out, because you don't want to take them home. -No, we don't. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:35 | |
I'll do 80. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:36 | |
Is there any way we could do them for 70? | 0:20:36 | 0:20:39 | |
-Shall we say 75 for the two? -75 will do. -Wonderful. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:41 | |
-Thank you so much. -Thank you. -Thank you very much. Well, I'm very pleased with that. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:45 | |
I've got two nice bits of silver and, hopefully, | 0:20:45 | 0:20:49 | |
I shall snip a profit out of them. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
Yes, with all their bargains bagged, Mark | 0:20:52 | 0:20:54 | |
and Christina will hope to snip profits from all their acquisitions. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:58 | |
So, before they run a critical eye over each other's items, | 0:20:58 | 0:21:01 | |
let's find out how they got on. | 0:21:01 | 0:21:04 | |
From a £750 budget, Mark made eight purchases and spent £370. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:11 | |
Christina bought fewer items, but spent more. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:15 | |
Five objects, costing £447. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:18 | |
Now, with the buying behind them, | 0:21:18 | 0:21:20 | |
our pair of colliding collectors can head indoors to compare their wares. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:25 | |
Christina, it wasn't too bad, was it? | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
It was cold. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:29 | |
-It was cold, but I think, under the circumstances, we've done rather well. -I think... | 0:21:29 | 0:21:33 | |
Do you know, I think this is just such a brilliant, eclectic mix? | 0:21:33 | 0:21:37 | |
Tell me about this. Because this is rather nice. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:39 | |
This is lovely. And you know what? | 0:21:39 | 0:21:41 | |
Under normal circumstances, I'd just walk straight past it. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:44 | |
But the thing for me is that writing on the front. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:46 | |
-It says, "F Mainwaring, Oteley, Ellesmere." -Wonderful. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:50 | |
Which is about five minutes away from where I live. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:52 | |
-Well, I'm doomed. -No, you're not. Don't be daft. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:56 | |
-Moving on from something sublime to the ridiculous. -Yeah. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:59 | |
-SHE LAUGHS -I don't know what you're talking about. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:01 | |
You certainly do. The margarita sign. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:04 | |
-Margarita! -Pracatan! | 0:22:04 | 0:22:06 | |
Yes, I mean, I think it's wonderful. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:09 | |
-Now, I have to be honest with you, Mark... -Yes? | 0:22:09 | 0:22:12 | |
-I love what you've got, apart from... -I know what you're going to say. | 0:22:12 | 0:22:16 | |
-What am I going to say? -You're going to say my adorable poodles. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:19 | |
-Adorable? -Absolutely. -Really? | 0:22:19 | 0:22:21 | |
-Can you see anything through these glasses? -Hello, Christina? | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
Please don't tell me you paid much for them. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:26 | |
-£25 for the three. -Did you? These?! | 0:22:26 | 0:22:29 | |
Those are great, aren't they? | 0:22:29 | 0:22:31 | |
-These are beautiful. Please tell me they're Russian? -They are Russian. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:35 | |
And they did cost me quite a lot. They cost me £120 for the two. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:38 | |
But I think they are period ones, I think they are pre-revolution. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
Potentially, there could be quite a reasonable profit in those. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:44 | |
Yeah, I'm worried about those. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:46 | |
I think you've bought brilliantly, and I wish you the very, very best of luck. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:49 | |
I think I'm going to need it, because I think you did very, very well, Christina. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:53 | |
So, our experts emerge from their buying chrysalises and spread | 0:22:56 | 0:22:59 | |
their selling wings. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:01 | |
Transforming themselves into beautiful butterflies of profit, | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
fluttering home with their nectar of knick-knacks. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
Yes, down in his Brightlingsea base, | 0:23:07 | 0:23:10 | |
Mark has been assessing his haul | 0:23:10 | 0:23:12 | |
and is struggling to find buyers for some of his more fabulous items. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:16 | |
Overall, there are some very positive things about Lincoln | 0:23:16 | 0:23:19 | |
and there are also some very negative things. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:23 | |
The dogs - you know what they say, buy in haste, | 0:23:23 | 0:23:26 | |
repent at leisure - well, I can tell you, I've been repenting | 0:23:26 | 0:23:29 | |
since the day I got them! | 0:23:29 | 0:23:31 | |
The egg cup holder, again, was one of those things, I just thought | 0:23:33 | 0:23:36 | |
it was charming at the time, and it was cheap. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:39 | |
And you know cheap isn't necessarily profitable. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
Let that be a lesson to you. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:43 | |
I adore my two Russian silver beakers. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:47 | |
I think they were such a good buy. | 0:23:47 | 0:23:49 | |
I have done a bit of research, I know they're hallmarked in Moscow. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:52 | |
I like the grape scissors. | 0:23:52 | 0:23:54 | |
They're very from that sort of aesthetic period, | 0:23:54 | 0:23:57 | |
with the etched bamboo and the butterflies. | 0:23:57 | 0:24:00 | |
The teapot, it is an antique item. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:03 | |
I think a nice tea shop. | 0:24:03 | 0:24:06 | |
But then, I do fancy a cream tea now and again. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:09 | |
At the same time as buying the barge ware teapot, | 0:24:09 | 0:24:12 | |
I bought that charming famille rose chestnut basket. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:16 | |
Chinese, late 19th century, early 20th century. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:19 | |
And I think that should be OK, actually. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:22 | |
I should be on the money with that, 25 quid. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
The silver dish is OK. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:27 | |
It's hallmarked in 1977, the Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:32 | |
But it is Britannia silver. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:34 | |
Now the difference there is that it's 95.4% silver | 0:24:34 | 0:24:38 | |
rather than 92.5%. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
And there's a buyer for that, I'm sure. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:44 | |
And I'm not even going to mention the folio stand. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:48 | |
I've had enough. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:49 | |
Oh, dear! Mark clearly has his work cut out to find the buyers - | 0:24:49 | 0:24:54 | |
especially as he's gone off the boil with some of his items. | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
Whilst over in Shropshire, Christina already has plans | 0:24:57 | 0:25:00 | |
afoot for selling. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:02 | |
I've already tracked down a descendant of F Mainwaring | 0:25:03 | 0:25:07 | |
of Ellesmere there. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:08 | |
I can't wait to find out who F Mainwaring was. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:11 | |
The next little thing I bought was my very cute little silver pincushion there. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:15 | |
I'm really hoping to find either a pig breeder, | 0:25:15 | 0:25:18 | |
collector, or even an embroider that would like a new pincushion. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:21 | |
Dates to the early 20th century, and I think he's very cute. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:25 | |
Then, of course, we've got this oak display cabinet here. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:28 | |
It's very large. And, I assure you, it's actually incredibly heavy. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:32 | |
Oak cased. I might be able to find maybe an antique centre or | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
maybe a vintage clothing shop, something like that, that will | 0:25:35 | 0:25:38 | |
have this and use this as a shop display. | 0:25:38 | 0:25:42 | |
I'm hoping to have a lot of fun with this Margarita sign. | 0:25:42 | 0:25:45 | |
I'm hoping to find a cocktail bar who needs a new sign, potentially. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:49 | |
Finally, I've got my MG grille down there - I've already got on to various car collectors' clubs, | 0:25:49 | 0:25:55 | |
trying to source what on earth car it came from. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:57 | |
It's quite a large, eclectic mix. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:00 | |
I spent quite a lot of money... | 0:26:00 | 0:26:02 | |
and I'm slightly dreading it. But I'll be very disappointed | 0:26:02 | 0:26:05 | |
if my little piggy-wiggy doesn't make more than Mark's dreadful poodles. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:10 | |
Ah, yes, the classic tale of piggy-wiggy | 0:26:10 | 0:26:13 | |
versus poodle-woodle is yet to come. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:16 | |
But now both our profit-seeking players must scour | 0:26:16 | 0:26:19 | |
and search using all the tools available to them and match up their | 0:26:19 | 0:26:22 | |
objects with the perfect buyers - in order to accentuate the best | 0:26:22 | 0:26:26 | |
possible profit and eliminate their opponents from the competition. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:30 | |
As ever, no deal is made until a hand is shaken and the money is taken. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:35 | |
First up is Mark, | 0:26:35 | 0:26:36 | |
who's travelled to Coggeshall in Essex | 0:26:36 | 0:26:38 | |
and is hoping to cut an early lead with his first sale. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:42 | |
Well, I'm here, hopefully, to sell my grape scissors. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:45 | |
Now, I've been thinking out of the box and I've been on the | 0:26:45 | 0:26:47 | |
internet and I've discovered there are vineyards in Essex. | 0:26:47 | 0:26:50 | |
Yes, vineyards in Essex. And what do vineyards grow? Grapes. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:54 | |
So, I'm hoping they're going to love a pair of Victorian grape scissors, | 0:26:54 | 0:26:58 | |
and I'll learn more about the types of wine we grow in England. | 0:26:58 | 0:27:01 | |
So, will vineyard owner Jane help him snip | 0:27:01 | 0:27:04 | |
out a profit from the £15 they cost him? | 0:27:04 | 0:27:07 | |
I've only just moved to Essex. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:09 | |
-I didn't realise we had vineyards here. -Ah. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:12 | |
We produce a white, a rose, a sparkling white and a sparkling rose. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:16 | |
-Wow. -Yeah. So far, so good. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:18 | |
-I think we're at the cutting edge. -Oh, fantastic. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:21 | |
Well, talking of cutting edges, I sent you a photograph, | 0:27:21 | 0:27:23 | |
-didn't I, of a pair of grape scissors I've got? -Yes. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:26 | |
Now, they're Victorian silver plate, | 0:27:26 | 0:27:29 | |
and I particularly like this aesthetic design on them, | 0:27:29 | 0:27:33 | |
with the bamboo and little butterflies. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:35 | |
Why bamboo on grape scissors? | 0:27:35 | 0:27:37 | |
It's the theme. There was a period in British design, | 0:27:37 | 0:27:41 | |
the sort of 1870s into the 1880s, | 0:27:41 | 0:27:44 | |
where they liked the Oriental influence. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:46 | |
-So Chinois... -That's right. | 0:27:46 | 0:27:48 | |
A lot of Japanese and Chinese-inspired design. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:52 | |
I think they are a lovely, pretty little thing. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:55 | |
And I'm interested in all things to do with wine, so I think they are... | 0:27:55 | 0:27:58 | |
I certainly like drinking wine. | 0:27:58 | 0:28:00 | |
I think it's one of life's great pleasures. | 0:28:00 | 0:28:03 | |
Absolutely, I couldn't agree more. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:04 | |
So, what would you like to offer for that? | 0:28:04 | 0:28:07 | |
-45. -45... | 0:28:07 | 0:28:09 | |
HE MUTTERS | 0:28:09 | 0:28:11 | |
Well, if I came down, say, to 55... | 0:28:11 | 0:28:16 | |
-Meet you in the middle. -Oh, I've fallen for it again. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:19 | |
-I've fallen for it again. £50? -£50. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:21 | |
Well, I think it's a snip at that. But I'm happy to sell it. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:25 | |
-Thank you very much, Jane. -OK. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:26 | |
So, Mark's cut the selling ribbon with a respectable profit | 0:28:26 | 0:28:29 | |
of £35 for the grape scissors. | 0:28:29 | 0:28:33 | |
Well, I'm thrilled with that. Sometimes it IS worth thinking out of the box, | 0:28:33 | 0:28:37 | |
and I've made a rather fruity profit. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:40 | |
Yes, a strong start from Mark. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:42 | |
Christina, however, is starting her selling somewhere in Shropshire | 0:28:42 | 0:28:45 | |
and a very foggy one at that. | 0:28:45 | 0:28:47 | |
She's hoping to find a buyer for her first item, | 0:28:47 | 0:28:50 | |
if she can actually see where she's going. | 0:28:50 | 0:28:53 | |
Yes, it might be a little bit foggy, | 0:28:53 | 0:28:55 | |
but I've brought my leather box here to show Claire, | 0:28:55 | 0:28:57 | |
who I know has family connections to this place, Oakley, in Ellesmere. | 0:28:57 | 0:29:01 | |
And I'm hoping she might be able to tell me | 0:29:01 | 0:29:04 | |
a bit more about our "F Mainwaring" on the box here. | 0:29:04 | 0:29:06 | |
And if I'm lucky, she might even want to buy it. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:10 | |
Remember, the cartridge box cost her £75. | 0:29:10 | 0:29:15 | |
So, what is the connection? Tell me all about it. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:17 | |
My husband's family are based at Oteley, | 0:29:17 | 0:29:21 | |
and I think that's probably his great-great-grandfather. | 0:29:21 | 0:29:25 | |
Oh, really? | 0:29:25 | 0:29:26 | |
He was Charles, but his middle name was Frank | 0:29:26 | 0:29:28 | |
-and that was what he was known by. -Is this our man? | 0:29:28 | 0:29:30 | |
This is Charles Frank. There are two pictures I've got of him. | 0:29:30 | 0:29:34 | |
This one, and this one of him holding one of his children as well, | 0:29:34 | 0:29:37 | |
-which I'm not 100% sure which one it is. -Oh, that's gorgeous. | 0:29:37 | 0:29:41 | |
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but is Oteley still there? | 0:29:41 | 0:29:44 | |
The original house that was there burnt down | 0:29:44 | 0:29:46 | |
and then another house was built, which is this one that we have here. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:49 | |
Oh, is this it?! | 0:29:49 | 0:29:50 | |
-So that was there. -It's huge! | 0:29:50 | 0:29:52 | |
I know. It's not there any more. | 0:29:52 | 0:29:54 | |
But that was there in Frank's time. | 0:29:54 | 0:29:57 | |
Actually, it must have come from this building. | 0:29:57 | 0:30:00 | |
Yeah, it would have come from there. | 0:30:00 | 0:30:02 | |
I mean, it was a cartridge box for shotgun cartridges originally. | 0:30:02 | 0:30:07 | |
And I think gentleman, turn of the century, country pursuits, | 0:30:07 | 0:30:11 | |
all that sort of thing - it would have been part of the fixtures and fittings of the house. | 0:30:11 | 0:30:16 | |
But I think that's amazing to actually see, A, | 0:30:16 | 0:30:18 | |
where it came from and, B, who it belonged to. | 0:30:18 | 0:30:21 | |
-Who it belonged to, yeah. -It's amazing. | 0:30:21 | 0:30:23 | |
-It's nice to get them back together. -It really is, isn't it? | 0:30:23 | 0:30:26 | |
-Because, obviously, I need to find a home for this. -Yeah. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:28 | |
-And I'd love you to have it. At a price. -Yeah. | 0:30:28 | 0:30:32 | |
I appreciate it is a little bit tatty and it might need a little bit of.. | 0:30:32 | 0:30:35 | |
-TLC. -Tender loving care, yes, exactly. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:38 | |
But... | 0:30:38 | 0:30:39 | |
-I was hoping to get a couple of hundred pounds for it. -Right. | 0:30:39 | 0:30:42 | |
What's your thoughts about that? | 0:30:42 | 0:30:44 | |
100? | 0:30:44 | 0:30:45 | |
If I said 150... | 0:30:46 | 0:30:49 | |
-OK. We go for 150. -Yeah? -Yeah. -Are you sure? -Yeah. | 0:30:49 | 0:30:53 | |
Brilliant. Thank you very much. £150. | 0:30:53 | 0:30:56 | |
Family history, reunited in the right place. | 0:30:56 | 0:31:00 | |
-Brilliant. -Thank you. -Thank you. | 0:31:00 | 0:31:02 | |
Christina emerges with a profit of £75 for the box, | 0:31:02 | 0:31:05 | |
and brings the sales to 1-1. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:08 | |
So often you see these things | 0:31:08 | 0:31:09 | |
and they've been split from their family over the mists of time, | 0:31:09 | 0:31:12 | |
so I'm so pleased that that box has been reunited to the family it came from. | 0:31:12 | 0:31:17 | |
And a great profit - what's not to love? | 0:31:17 | 0:31:21 | |
Mark's next sale is brought to you by the letter T. | 0:31:21 | 0:31:25 | |
Guess what? It's tea-time, and I've come to the charming village of Fincham Field, | 0:31:25 | 0:31:29 | |
hopefully to sell my teapot to a teashop. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:32 | |
And I've got quite a gathering here. | 0:31:32 | 0:31:35 | |
The geese are following me. | 0:31:35 | 0:31:37 | |
The teapot cost Mark £25, so will he be able to pour out a strong | 0:31:37 | 0:31:42 | |
profit from tearoom manager Nikki? | 0:31:42 | 0:31:45 | |
-Tell me all about it. -Well, it's actually known as barge ware, | 0:31:45 | 0:31:48 | |
because you often find these on the old Victorian barges. | 0:31:48 | 0:31:52 | |
Oh! My husband has a Thames sailing barge. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:54 | |
-Oh, that's interesting. There's the connection. -Yes. | 0:31:54 | 0:31:57 | |
This one has had a bit of a hard life. | 0:31:57 | 0:31:59 | |
I mean, somebody has treasured it and broken it. | 0:31:59 | 0:32:02 | |
But what I really like is the little plaque in the front, it says... | 0:32:02 | 0:32:07 | |
-"A present to a friend." -Which is rather sweet, actually, isn't it? | 0:32:07 | 0:32:10 | |
-It's really rather quaint. -It is quaint. -I think it's actually rather charming | 0:32:10 | 0:32:13 | |
and it would certainly be a talking point. | 0:32:13 | 0:32:15 | |
So, yes, definitely, I am interested. | 0:32:15 | 0:32:17 | |
Now, I think I said to you in my e-mail £40 to £70, didn't I? | 0:32:17 | 0:32:21 | |
Which is incredibly reasonable. | 0:32:21 | 0:32:23 | |
I know, you can't believe how inexpensive it is. | 0:32:23 | 0:32:26 | |
Now you're pushing it. Let me see, let me think. | 0:32:26 | 0:32:29 | |
I think I could probably stretch to 48. | 0:32:29 | 0:32:33 | |
-48?! -Yes. -(What's going on here?) | 0:32:33 | 0:32:36 | |
Well, I mean, we're going in the right direction, aren't we? | 0:32:36 | 0:32:39 | |
-50, end of. -Oh, don't be mean. 55? | 0:32:39 | 0:32:42 | |
And we've got a deal. That fiver might help. | 0:32:42 | 0:32:46 | |
-Go for it. -Wonderful, 55. -55. | 0:32:46 | 0:32:48 | |
Now I can tuck in to my cream tea. | 0:32:48 | 0:32:51 | |
Finally, Mark gets to scoff his scone | 0:32:51 | 0:32:54 | |
and escape with a profit of £30 for the teapot. | 0:32:54 | 0:32:57 | |
So after some initial concerns about his items, | 0:32:57 | 0:33:00 | |
Mark is gaining ground. | 0:33:00 | 0:33:02 | |
He looks like he might break further into the lead | 0:33:02 | 0:33:04 | |
as he finds a possible buyer for the silver dish that cost him £60 | 0:33:04 | 0:33:09 | |
in the form of Colchester-based collector, 16-year-old William. | 0:33:09 | 0:33:13 | |
Well, this is wonderful and I know you like Wedgwood a lot. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:16 | |
You've got quite an interest in rare pieces of Wedgwood, haven't you? | 0:33:16 | 0:33:19 | |
Tell us what this is, William. | 0:33:19 | 0:33:21 | |
It's a Wedgwood binocular dating from around 1790. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:25 | |
1790. So this is Wedgwood Jasperware, isn't it? | 0:33:25 | 0:33:28 | |
Yes. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:29 | |
And then these are silver plate. Well, to me these are very rare, William. | 0:33:29 | 0:33:34 | |
-There's only about eight in the world. -Eight! | 0:33:34 | 0:33:36 | |
That's an amazing find. | 0:33:36 | 0:33:38 | |
I did send you photographs of a silver dish that I had? | 0:33:38 | 0:33:40 | |
-Yes. -Now this is the piece in reality. | 0:33:40 | 0:33:43 | |
It's very nice. The size, the weight, | 0:33:43 | 0:33:45 | |
and I've been looking for a bigger one because I've already got a smaller one out there. | 0:33:45 | 0:33:50 | |
Oh, you've got a smaller one? I call them arms dishes, | 0:33:50 | 0:33:53 | |
but they're not really, are they? | 0:33:53 | 0:33:54 | |
No, they're called Armada dishes. | 0:33:54 | 0:33:56 | |
Because it was found from a ship from the Spanish armada which came to fight England | 0:33:56 | 0:34:00 | |
and which was sunk and then it was discovered. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:04 | |
What about the price, though? Are you going to be very mean with me, William? | 0:34:04 | 0:34:08 | |
Maybe. We'll just see how it goes. | 0:34:08 | 0:34:11 | |
Well, obviously, I'm going to start off with £100. | 0:34:11 | 0:34:16 | |
And I'm going to wait for you to make me an offer, William. | 0:34:16 | 0:34:20 | |
70? | 0:34:21 | 0:34:23 | |
Well, he may be young, but he knows how to bargain already! | 0:34:23 | 0:34:26 | |
If we can do it for 75, I'd be very happy. | 0:34:26 | 0:34:29 | |
-Yeah, that's fine. -Are you sure? | 0:34:29 | 0:34:31 | |
-Yeah, that's fine. -Thank you very much, William. | 0:34:31 | 0:34:33 | |
The dish earns Mark £15 - not the biggest profit, but certainly one of the youngest collectors. | 0:34:33 | 0:34:40 | |
Well, I sold it, but I think I might have been a bit timid there. | 0:34:40 | 0:34:44 | |
I think I probably could have got a bit more, but a profit is a profit. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:47 | |
Christina is up next with her piggy pincushion. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:52 | |
She's put out some feelers that have led her to | 0:34:52 | 0:34:55 | |
the Shropshire village of Hadnall. | 0:34:55 | 0:34:57 | |
I found somebody who might be interested | 0:34:57 | 0:34:59 | |
in my little silver pincushion | 0:34:59 | 0:35:00 | |
but, unfortunately, he's out of the country at the moment. | 0:35:00 | 0:35:03 | |
So, I've come to see a relative, | 0:35:03 | 0:35:04 | |
who might be interested in purchasing on his behalf. | 0:35:04 | 0:35:07 | |
Yes, Christina isn't going to let | 0:35:07 | 0:35:09 | |
someone being in another country stop her making a deal. | 0:35:09 | 0:35:12 | |
She's meeting mother-in-law Jean, | 0:35:12 | 0:35:14 | |
who's agreed to broker a deal for her son-in-law John, | 0:35:14 | 0:35:18 | |
to buy a present for her silver- and pig-loving daughter, Fenella. | 0:35:18 | 0:35:22 | |
Have you got all that? | 0:35:22 | 0:35:23 | |
Good. The pig cost Christina £60, so will it bring home the bacon? | 0:35:23 | 0:35:29 | |
-So, I contacted your son-in-law.... -That's right, John, yes. | 0:35:29 | 0:35:34 | |
..because I know that Fenella | 0:35:34 | 0:35:36 | |
-collects small, little bits of silver. -Yes, that's her thing, yes. | 0:35:36 | 0:35:40 | |
-She loves her little, silver bits. -Right. | 0:35:40 | 0:35:42 | |
She's been collecting them... Oh, a good six years. | 0:35:42 | 0:35:45 | |
-OK, so does she like pigs? -She does. I like them even more, but, yes, | 0:35:45 | 0:35:50 | |
-she does like pigs. -Oh, does she? -Yeah. -Oh, thank goodness! -Yes, so... | 0:35:50 | 0:35:54 | |
-Are you ready, then, Jean? -Yeah. | 0:35:54 | 0:35:56 | |
Are you ready? It feels like a grand reveal, doesn't it? | 0:35:56 | 0:36:00 | |
I've brought you this to show you and I'm hoping... | 0:36:00 | 0:36:03 | |
How sweet. What do you think? | 0:36:03 | 0:36:04 | |
Oh. | 0:36:04 | 0:36:06 | |
-Little piggy... -Well, I'll have it if she doesn't. | 0:36:06 | 0:36:09 | |
Hey, might be able to start a bidding war. | 0:36:09 | 0:36:12 | |
-He's very cute. -He's obviously a pincushion. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:16 | |
-Mm. -And you'd, obviously, as an Edwardian lady, | 0:36:16 | 0:36:18 | |
you'd pop your pins in there, should you need to. | 0:36:18 | 0:36:20 | |
-Mm. -He's stamped sterling, rather than British standard hallmark. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:25 | |
-Right. -So, possibly, an import from the Continent. | 0:36:25 | 0:36:27 | |
-So, has John left you any instructions regarding price? -Yes. | 0:36:27 | 0:36:32 | |
-Oh, has he? Oh, no! I'm nervous now! -Sorry! | 0:36:32 | 0:36:36 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:36:36 | 0:36:37 | |
I was hoping to get about £150 for him. | 0:36:37 | 0:36:40 | |
-Oh. -So, what instructions have you been given, Jean? | 0:36:40 | 0:36:43 | |
-Not quite that much. -Oh, really? | 0:36:43 | 0:36:45 | |
150, deary me. | 0:36:45 | 0:36:46 | |
Oh! | 0:36:46 | 0:36:48 | |
-What can we do? -Oh, OK. | 0:36:48 | 0:36:51 | |
What was his top, top price? | 0:36:51 | 0:36:53 | |
Well, he said, "Start at 70." | 0:36:54 | 0:36:56 | |
Could I nudge you closer to the £100 region? | 0:36:56 | 0:37:00 | |
Can I take you down to 90? | 0:37:00 | 0:37:01 | |
What about 95? | 0:37:01 | 0:37:03 | |
-We'll do that. -Yeah? -Yeah. -Brilliant. Well, £95. | 0:37:03 | 0:37:05 | |
-I'm happy at that, Jean. -Oh, well done. -Thank you very, very much. | 0:37:05 | 0:37:08 | |
-I'll be thrilled for her. -I don't think it's going to get to Fenella, | 0:37:08 | 0:37:11 | |
-I think it might stay here. -Oh, no! He is rather cute though, isn't he? | 0:37:11 | 0:37:14 | |
He's VERY cute. | 0:37:14 | 0:37:17 | |
Well, Jean's no pushover. | 0:37:17 | 0:37:18 | |
Still, Christina makes £35 profit on the pig. | 0:37:18 | 0:37:21 | |
So, the question is, | 0:37:21 | 0:37:23 | |
will Mark's poodles fare any better when he comes to sell them? | 0:37:23 | 0:37:27 | |
Only time will tell. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:28 | |
But, for now, he's doing a little research into his silver-gilt cups. | 0:37:28 | 0:37:32 | |
I think I've found out the maker for this. | 0:37:34 | 0:37:37 | |
This is Moscow and it's AK | 0:37:37 | 0:37:41 | |
and I think it's for Andrei Antonovich Kovalsky. | 0:37:41 | 0:37:45 | |
He was working between 1821 and 1856 and it clearly shows a mark here, | 0:37:45 | 0:37:51 | |
"AK 1851", which is what's on this, so that's nice. | 0:37:51 | 0:37:55 | |
I've got a mark for this. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:57 | |
This one is slightly less easy to make out, the mark. | 0:37:57 | 0:38:01 | |
I think it says BC. Erm... | 0:38:01 | 0:38:05 | |
And I'm just looking and there are several BCs here. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:08 | |
The closest one I think I've got to is Viktor Vasilyevich Savinsky. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:14 | |
But, either way, it's looking quite positive. Ja. | 0:38:14 | 0:38:18 | |
Or even "da", as they say in Russia. | 0:38:18 | 0:38:21 | |
So, Mark is hoping to hit the big time with his cups, | 0:38:21 | 0:38:24 | |
but how far has he got to go to gain a lead on Christina? | 0:38:24 | 0:38:27 | |
Let's take a moment to look how our pair are doing so far. | 0:38:27 | 0:38:31 | |
Mark has made three sales and brought home a profit of £80. | 0:38:31 | 0:38:36 | |
Christina is behind with two sales, but ahead with a profit of £110. | 0:38:36 | 0:38:42 | |
So, Mark has some catching up to do, | 0:38:42 | 0:38:44 | |
but that is suddenly made all the harder when disaster strikes | 0:38:44 | 0:38:48 | |
and our hero slips and breaks his ankle. | 0:38:48 | 0:38:51 | |
The maverick ends up with his leg in plaster, | 0:38:51 | 0:38:53 | |
so he decides to call Christina to give her an update. | 0:38:53 | 0:38:56 | |
She might be at the hairdressers. | 0:38:56 | 0:38:58 | |
Oh, hello, how are you? | 0:38:58 | 0:38:59 | |
A chance would be a fine thing! Tell me, how are you getting on? | 0:38:59 | 0:39:02 | |
-Oh, it's agony, Christina. -Aww. | 0:39:02 | 0:39:05 | |
I've got my foot up here and it's set me back, of course, | 0:39:05 | 0:39:08 | |
with the selling. How are you getting on? | 0:39:08 | 0:39:10 | |
I've sold two things and I've got £110 profit at the moment. | 0:39:10 | 0:39:13 | |
How are you doing? | 0:39:13 | 0:39:14 | |
-I've sold about three things from the antiques fair. -Yeah? | 0:39:14 | 0:39:17 | |
How much profit have you made? You're being very cagey. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:20 | |
I've been making what I call working profits. That's not much! | 0:39:20 | 0:39:24 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:39:24 | 0:39:26 | |
Anyway, listen, it's lovely to talk to you, and keep selling. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:28 | |
All right, darling. Well, take care. | 0:39:28 | 0:39:30 | |
If there's anything I can do to help, just let me know. | 0:39:30 | 0:39:33 | |
-Thank you so much. -Take care. Bye. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:34 | |
Actually, I do need a bed bath. | 0:39:34 | 0:39:37 | |
Oh, no! That doesn't even bear thinking about! | 0:39:37 | 0:39:40 | |
Anyway, Christina is far too busy to play nurse, | 0:39:40 | 0:39:43 | |
as she's headed to Chester for her next sale. | 0:39:43 | 0:39:46 | |
When you think of the clean lines and style associated with the | 0:39:46 | 0:39:50 | |
Art-Deco period, Chester might not instantly spring to mind, | 0:39:50 | 0:39:53 | |
but that's exactly where I've brought my beautiful Art-Deco cabinet, | 0:39:53 | 0:39:56 | |
but it's not down here on the high street - | 0:39:56 | 0:39:58 | |
oh, no, it's up there, which is why I've had it delivered. | 0:39:58 | 0:40:01 | |
So, will the cabinet that cost her £120 suit bespoke tailor Patrick? | 0:40:01 | 0:40:07 | |
-How did you cope, getting it up all those stairs? -It took a bit of time. | 0:40:07 | 0:40:10 | |
-Did it? -But it's up here now. | 0:40:10 | 0:40:13 | |
So tell me about Patrick, and tell me about the business. | 0:40:13 | 0:40:16 | |
We're solely bespoke, so we don't carry any stock. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:19 | |
-So each customer would have three fittings. -Three fittings? | 0:40:19 | 0:40:22 | |
-I didn't have that many for my wedding dress. -Well! | 0:40:22 | 0:40:26 | |
-But it's taking tailoring back in time, really. -To how it was. | 0:40:26 | 0:40:31 | |
To how it was. | 0:40:31 | 0:40:32 | |
-Well, that's what I thought about this cabinet, you see. -Right. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:36 | |
-It's in oak, which goes with your floorboards. -Yep. | 0:40:36 | 0:40:39 | |
So it all, sort of, ties in. | 0:40:39 | 0:40:40 | |
It's got these wonderful four-sided, glazed panels. | 0:40:40 | 0:40:43 | |
It's very trendy at the moment. | 0:40:43 | 0:40:45 | |
It is, the vintage look, and it fits, it fits with our building. | 0:40:45 | 0:40:50 | |
-Exactly. -I would use this for a display cabinet | 0:40:50 | 0:40:55 | |
-to put a dressed mannequin in. -Oh, great idea, | 0:40:55 | 0:40:58 | |
so it looks almost like a work of art in its own right in a display. | 0:40:58 | 0:41:02 | |
-Exactly. -To be perfectly honest with you, I was hoping for | 0:41:02 | 0:41:04 | |
-£3-400 for it, because I think it's a beautiful thing. -Right, OK. | 0:41:04 | 0:41:07 | |
A very beautiful thing, and I think it's probably worth that... | 0:41:07 | 0:41:11 | |
even though you've had to lug it up four flights of stairs! | 0:41:11 | 0:41:14 | |
-I know! Do I not get a discount for that? -Maybe just a very small one! | 0:41:14 | 0:41:17 | |
I would be happy to do 275. | 0:41:19 | 0:41:22 | |
275. | 0:41:22 | 0:41:24 | |
-300? -That is my limit. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:26 | |
275, it's a deal. Thank you very much. | 0:41:26 | 0:41:29 | |
-No problem. -Brilliant. Thank you, Patrick. | 0:41:29 | 0:41:31 | |
Well, would you believe it? | 0:41:31 | 0:41:33 | |
Christina makes the biggest profit so far - | 0:41:33 | 0:41:35 | |
an impressive £155 for the cabinet, and she's not stopping there, | 0:41:35 | 0:41:40 | |
as she pops around the corner for another sale. | 0:41:40 | 0:41:43 | |
While I'm in Chester, I thought I'd try and find | 0:41:43 | 0:41:45 | |
a home for my margarita sign here. I found an achingly cool cocktail bar. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:50 | |
Let's hope they're thirsty for it. | 0:41:50 | 0:41:52 | |
The sign cost Christina just under £100 at the antiques fair, so she's | 0:41:52 | 0:41:56 | |
hoping it will bring in another good profit from marketing manager Ryan. | 0:41:56 | 0:42:00 | |
-Ta-da! -Lovely. Really nice. | 0:42:00 | 0:42:02 | |
-What do you think? -It's great, love the colour. | 0:42:02 | 0:42:04 | |
It's quite cheerful, isn't it? | 0:42:04 | 0:42:06 | |
-All those jolly colours. -Nice and bright, like us. | 0:42:06 | 0:42:08 | |
Yeah, exactly, which is exactly why I brought you it. | 0:42:08 | 0:42:11 | |
You've got this wonderful, traditional building, | 0:42:11 | 0:42:13 | |
which you've given a really contemporary twist on, haven't you? | 0:42:13 | 0:42:16 | |
-Yes, yes. -So, obviously, it's a really funky sign. | 0:42:16 | 0:42:20 | |
I don't think there's a huge amount antique about it at all. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:22 | |
In fact, I'd be surprised if it was particularly old at all, frankly. | 0:42:22 | 0:42:26 | |
But, nonetheless, it's a great, fun thing, isn't it? | 0:42:26 | 0:42:28 | |
-Yes. -I would be looking somewhere in the region of, say, £300 for it. | 0:42:28 | 0:42:33 | |
-I think 300's just a little bit too much. -Oh, right. | 0:42:33 | 0:42:36 | |
So, what would you be looking to pay for it? | 0:42:37 | 0:42:39 | |
Maybe 150? | 0:42:39 | 0:42:40 | |
What about meeting in the middle - £200? | 0:42:40 | 0:42:42 | |
£200? | 0:42:42 | 0:42:43 | |
I could do £200. | 0:42:43 | 0:42:45 | |
-Yeah? -Yeah. -It's a deal. | 0:42:45 | 0:42:46 | |
-Great. -It's a deal if you show me how to make a margarita. | 0:42:46 | 0:42:50 | |
-Yeah. -Would you? -Definitely, definitely. | 0:42:50 | 0:42:52 | |
Brilliant. Thank you very much. | 0:42:52 | 0:42:53 | |
With £103 made on the sign, | 0:42:53 | 0:42:56 | |
Christina certainly knows how to make a profit | 0:42:56 | 0:42:58 | |
and she just has some time to | 0:42:58 | 0:43:00 | |
learn how to make a non-alcoholic margarita. | 0:43:00 | 0:43:03 | |
Well, she's driving. | 0:43:03 | 0:43:05 | |
Oh, I feel like Tom Cruise. | 0:43:05 | 0:43:06 | |
Give it a good smack on the top. | 0:43:06 | 0:43:08 | |
And then you're going to hold it and shake. | 0:43:08 | 0:43:09 | |
This could be deadly. | 0:43:09 | 0:43:11 | |
-Is it going to explode? -No, no, you'll be fine. | 0:43:13 | 0:43:15 | |
You've just got to go... | 0:43:15 | 0:43:17 | |
-There we go. -Ooh. | 0:43:18 | 0:43:20 | |
-Cheers. -Cheers. -Thank you very much. Oh, yum. | 0:43:21 | 0:43:24 | |
So the score is 4-3 and Christina has one left to go, | 0:43:24 | 0:43:28 | |
which means Mark needs to get his skates on. | 0:43:28 | 0:43:31 | |
Or, in his case, a wheelchair. | 0:43:31 | 0:43:33 | |
I know I've broken my ankle but I've got my partner here, Santi, | 0:43:33 | 0:43:36 | |
who's helping me, and I've come to The Lady and The Tramp. | 0:43:36 | 0:43:39 | |
No, that's not me and Christina, | 0:43:39 | 0:43:41 | |
it's actually a dog-grooming parlour. | 0:43:41 | 0:43:43 | |
And I'm hoping to sell my collection of hounds. | 0:43:43 | 0:43:45 | |
Yes, Christina made £35 on her pig pincushion. | 0:43:45 | 0:43:49 | |
So, how much will dog-groomer Philippe | 0:43:49 | 0:43:51 | |
like the poodles that cost Mark £25? | 0:43:51 | 0:43:55 | |
And how will poodle Freddie feel about them? | 0:43:55 | 0:43:57 | |
I love these type of kitsch ornaments from the 1950s, '60s, | 0:43:57 | 0:44:02 | |
and I found these three-set of poodles. | 0:44:02 | 0:44:05 | |
These were made in quite large numbers | 0:44:05 | 0:44:07 | |
Often, they are humorous, like the one in the centre, | 0:44:07 | 0:44:10 | |
who's smoking a pipe and holding an umbrella. | 0:44:10 | 0:44:13 | |
-That's very nice. -What do you think of it? | 0:44:13 | 0:44:16 | |
Sausages, right. | 0:44:16 | 0:44:18 | |
And you said that you quite like them? | 0:44:18 | 0:44:20 | |
Yeah, I think they are quite good. | 0:44:20 | 0:44:22 | |
From doing some pottery lessons at the moment, I can say | 0:44:22 | 0:44:24 | |
this is very difficult to do. Probably made by hand. | 0:44:24 | 0:44:27 | |
I did a little statue of a dog last week. | 0:44:27 | 0:44:31 | |
It is not as good as this. | 0:44:31 | 0:44:32 | |
What sort of offer would you be happy to make on them? | 0:44:34 | 0:44:36 | |
-£40. -£40? | 0:44:36 | 0:44:39 | |
I think I could accept 40. | 0:44:39 | 0:44:40 | |
That's very nice of you, thank you very much. | 0:44:40 | 0:44:43 | |
-Thank you very much. -And, Freddie, look. | 0:44:43 | 0:44:45 | |
What do you think of them, Freddie? | 0:44:45 | 0:44:47 | |
-I'm not quite sure he likes them. -I don't know. | 0:44:49 | 0:44:51 | |
No, Freddie's not impressed. | 0:44:51 | 0:44:54 | |
And with just a £15 profit, | 0:44:54 | 0:44:56 | |
it means Mark has lost the battle of piggies versus poodles. | 0:44:56 | 0:45:00 | |
Now, Christina has one more item left to sell - | 0:45:02 | 0:45:05 | |
her MG car grille, and in order to maximise her profits, | 0:45:05 | 0:45:09 | |
she's travelled to Abingdon to carry out some research. | 0:45:09 | 0:45:12 | |
She's meeting car enthusiast Paul at the site of the old MG factory | 0:45:12 | 0:45:17 | |
and he's got a surprise. | 0:45:17 | 0:45:18 | |
-This is identical, isn't it? -It is. | 0:45:18 | 0:45:21 | |
Ah, only yours is an awful lot cleaner than mine! | 0:45:21 | 0:45:25 | |
So tell me about your car. | 0:45:25 | 0:45:26 | |
Well, this is a 1956 MG Magnette, which came out of this factory in | 0:45:26 | 0:45:32 | |
that year and I've owned it for about 40 years. | 0:45:32 | 0:45:36 | |
-40 years? -40 years. -That's wonderful. | 0:45:36 | 0:45:38 | |
Would this have been the car that my radiator grille came from? | 0:45:38 | 0:45:42 | |
Absolutely. Yes, the grille doesn't fit any other MG, just this type. | 0:45:42 | 0:45:46 | |
So when you had the car, | 0:45:46 | 0:45:48 | |
did you have to restore it or was it in good condition? | 0:45:48 | 0:45:50 | |
It was pretty good when I bought it. | 0:45:50 | 0:45:52 | |
I bought it from a guy who'd had it virtually all its life. | 0:45:52 | 0:45:55 | |
He looked after it and it cost me 150 quid. | 0:45:55 | 0:45:58 | |
-£150? -Yep. | 0:45:58 | 0:46:00 | |
When I told you that my grille cost me nearly £100... | 0:46:00 | 0:46:04 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:46:04 | 0:46:06 | |
-And you paid another £50 for the whole car! -Things have moved on! | 0:46:06 | 0:46:09 | |
Can you tell me anything about the Magnette and my grille? | 0:46:09 | 0:46:12 | |
Well, the Magnette came out at the 1953 motor show. | 0:46:12 | 0:46:15 | |
It was the next generation of cars from the | 0:46:15 | 0:46:17 | |
-square, boxy 1930s-style cars to the streamlined 1950s cars. -Yeah. | 0:46:17 | 0:46:22 | |
And it was made till 1958 and they made about 36,000 together. | 0:46:22 | 0:46:27 | |
Yours looks completely beautiful in comparison to mine, | 0:46:27 | 0:46:30 | |
which, actually, is looking a little bit pitied, isn't it? | 0:46:30 | 0:46:33 | |
Is there any way that I could get rid of that? | 0:46:33 | 0:46:35 | |
I don't think it's too bad, actually, Christina. | 0:46:35 | 0:46:38 | |
I reckon if you get some polish and really work at it with | 0:46:38 | 0:46:41 | |
a bit of elbow grease, that would turn out a lot better. | 0:46:41 | 0:46:43 | |
I have to say, it's been an absolute joy to see it. Thank you so much. | 0:46:43 | 0:46:46 | |
I wish you many more happy days, happy hours and happy miles in it. | 0:46:46 | 0:46:50 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:46:50 | 0:46:52 | |
The icing on the cake for me was seeing an identical grille on | 0:46:52 | 0:46:56 | |
the front of the MG Magnette. | 0:46:56 | 0:46:57 | |
I feel like I've learned so much and hopefully I'll be able to | 0:46:57 | 0:47:01 | |
impress the potential buyer of this with my new-found knowledge. | 0:47:01 | 0:47:05 | |
So, while Christina goes in search of a buyer for her final item, | 0:47:05 | 0:47:09 | |
Mark still has four to go, one of which is the folio stand. | 0:47:09 | 0:47:14 | |
Mark has been regretting buying it since | 0:47:14 | 0:47:16 | |
he paid £95 back at the antiques fair, | 0:47:16 | 0:47:19 | |
so as he arrives on his old stomping ground of Brighton, | 0:47:19 | 0:47:22 | |
will he be able to stack up a profit by selling it to auctioneer Andrew? | 0:47:22 | 0:47:26 | |
I really struggled at the fair, I must admit, because there were | 0:47:26 | 0:47:29 | |
so many stands, but the problem was it was cold, miserable and raining. | 0:47:29 | 0:47:34 | |
-Right. -But I did actually like this, | 0:47:34 | 0:47:36 | |
cos I like antique furniture, and I like the format of this. | 0:47:36 | 0:47:41 | |
It would, of course, have been in a gentleman's library or | 0:47:41 | 0:47:44 | |
-something originally, wouldn't it, with antique folios? -Possibly. | 0:47:44 | 0:47:47 | |
Why are you laughing? | 0:47:47 | 0:47:48 | |
-Erm... -Are you going to be nasty? | 0:47:48 | 0:47:50 | |
-No, no. -What do you think? Be honest. | 0:47:50 | 0:47:53 | |
-It's different. You don't see these things every day. -No. | 0:47:53 | 0:47:57 | |
We could probably use it in the auction. | 0:47:57 | 0:47:59 | |
I was thinking, particularly if you've got a collection of prints, | 0:47:59 | 0:48:02 | |
which weren't framed, you could slide them in | 0:48:02 | 0:48:04 | |
and people can browse them. | 0:48:04 | 0:48:06 | |
-I'm interested. -You're interested? -Interested. | 0:48:06 | 0:48:09 | |
This is going to be tricky, I can tell. | 0:48:09 | 0:48:12 | |
You know... Would £80 do it? | 0:48:12 | 0:48:15 | |
Andy, I just felt an arrow through my heart. | 0:48:15 | 0:48:18 | |
Yes, I have one. | 0:48:18 | 0:48:19 | |
I'll be honest with you, I paid 95 for it. | 0:48:19 | 0:48:22 | |
-Oh, right, so you need to make a profit? -Even a fiver, Andy. | 0:48:22 | 0:48:25 | |
As you're a Brighton boy, just like me, obviously, | 0:48:25 | 0:48:28 | |
-you can tell with the accent... -Of course. | 0:48:28 | 0:48:31 | |
-..I think I'm willing to give you 110 for it. -110? | 0:48:31 | 0:48:35 | |
Oh, let's shake hands quickly before you change your mind. | 0:48:35 | 0:48:38 | |
Mark quickly shakes and he's relieved to get away with | 0:48:38 | 0:48:40 | |
a £15 profit for the folio stand. | 0:48:40 | 0:48:43 | |
Phew! | 0:48:45 | 0:48:46 | |
Do you know, I've had such a struggle trying to sell that. | 0:48:46 | 0:48:48 | |
I actually thought I was going to make a loss on it. | 0:48:48 | 0:48:51 | |
To make a £15 profit on it, I'm over the moon. | 0:48:51 | 0:48:54 | |
And the profits keep rolling in, as Mark sells his egg dish to an | 0:48:54 | 0:48:58 | |
antiques dealer for a further £5 | 0:48:58 | 0:49:00 | |
and so he's onto his penultimate item - the Russian silver-gilt cups. | 0:49:00 | 0:49:05 | |
Now, I'm rather excited. | 0:49:05 | 0:49:06 | |
I'm in Brighton, I'm here to meet Gary at his friend's shop | 0:49:06 | 0:49:09 | |
just round the corner. | 0:49:09 | 0:49:10 | |
He's seen the photos of these lovely silver-gilt Russian beakers | 0:49:10 | 0:49:14 | |
and is interested. I love them, | 0:49:14 | 0:49:16 | |
so I'm really going to fight for a good profit on these. | 0:49:16 | 0:49:19 | |
And I hope to make it big. Da! | 0:49:19 | 0:49:22 | |
Excellent Russian. | 0:49:22 | 0:49:23 | |
So, will antiques collector Gary be RUSSIAN to help him make a profit on | 0:49:23 | 0:49:28 | |
the £120 they cost him? | 0:49:28 | 0:49:30 | |
-Gary. -Mark. -Lovely to see you again. | 0:49:30 | 0:49:33 | |
-I gather you've had a bit of bother. -Er, yes. | 0:49:33 | 0:49:35 | |
-Broke my ankle. -Oh, dear. -I dropped my wallet on it. | 0:49:35 | 0:49:38 | |
Oh, that's not what I heard. I heard it was pantomime practise. | 0:49:38 | 0:49:42 | |
You fell on your stillies. | 0:49:42 | 0:49:43 | |
Stilettos, I know. I can't carry it off any more. | 0:49:43 | 0:49:47 | |
You're absolutely right, Gary. | 0:49:47 | 0:49:49 | |
-Now, I sent you photographs of these. -Yes. -Russian, of course. | 0:49:49 | 0:49:54 | |
-Interesting. -Russian silver-gilt. | 0:49:54 | 0:49:55 | |
-Right. -I think one is about 1854 and the other one is 1870-something. | 0:49:55 | 0:50:00 | |
The quality, I think, is lovely. | 0:50:00 | 0:50:02 | |
The engraving is good. | 0:50:02 | 0:50:04 | |
And I think the gilding has got that nice 19th-century mellow feel to it. | 0:50:04 | 0:50:08 | |
-Yeah, exactly. -Well, now you've seen them, | 0:50:08 | 0:50:10 | |
do you think you might be interested in them? | 0:50:10 | 0:50:13 | |
Well, obviously, it depends on how much you... | 0:50:13 | 0:50:16 | |
Well, I think I said between 200 to 300. | 0:50:16 | 0:50:18 | |
I must have been generous when I wrote that e-mail. | 0:50:18 | 0:50:21 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:50:21 | 0:50:22 | |
Cos there are two, you know, not just one | 0:50:22 | 0:50:24 | |
Well, yes, but they're not a pair. | 0:50:24 | 0:50:26 | |
-No, that's true, and pairs are better. -That's right. | 0:50:26 | 0:50:29 | |
And, of course, the Russian market has come down. | 0:50:29 | 0:50:32 | |
Gary, are you trying to drop the price on me? | 0:50:32 | 0:50:34 | |
-Well... -LAUGHTER | 0:50:34 | 0:50:36 | |
However, they are good, and it's, erm... | 0:50:36 | 0:50:40 | |
I do need it for a present. | 0:50:40 | 0:50:43 | |
And I think they would be perfect. | 0:50:43 | 0:50:46 | |
-180? -180, well, it's... | 0:50:47 | 0:50:49 | |
I think we're very close. | 0:50:50 | 0:50:52 | |
Can I squeeze you up another 10? | 0:50:52 | 0:50:55 | |
190, let's do it. | 0:50:55 | 0:50:57 | |
Let's do it. | 0:50:57 | 0:50:58 | |
Mark makes a sterling £70 profit on the cups, | 0:50:58 | 0:51:02 | |
which means he's now got one item left to sell, as has Christina, | 0:51:02 | 0:51:06 | |
who still has her MG grille to shift. | 0:51:06 | 0:51:09 | |
Now, despite all her research, | 0:51:09 | 0:51:11 | |
she's struggled to find a classic car restorer who's interested, | 0:51:11 | 0:51:14 | |
so has hatched another plan for the grille that cost her £95. | 0:51:14 | 0:51:18 | |
So, I'm here in Chiswick in west London with my grille here. | 0:51:20 | 0:51:24 | |
Now, I found that it's from a 1955 MG Magnette. | 0:51:24 | 0:51:28 | |
I couldn't find anyone that needed a spare one, sadly, | 0:51:28 | 0:51:31 | |
but I thought outside the box | 0:51:31 | 0:51:32 | |
and I've contacted a chap called Guy, who is salvage upcycler. | 0:51:32 | 0:51:36 | |
Let's go and see if he's interested. | 0:51:36 | 0:51:38 | |
Yes, some smart thinking there from Christina. | 0:51:38 | 0:51:41 | |
Upcycling is all the rage. | 0:51:41 | 0:51:42 | |
So, will Guy want to drive off with her grille? | 0:51:42 | 0:51:45 | |
What do you think? | 0:51:45 | 0:51:46 | |
It's a shame it's got, er... | 0:51:46 | 0:51:48 | |
-I think that might come off, actually. -I'm reliably informed, | 0:51:48 | 0:51:51 | |
Guy, that it will definitely come off with a bit of elbow grease. | 0:51:51 | 0:51:54 | |
I've discovered that it's from a 19... About 1955 MG Magnette. | 0:51:54 | 0:51:58 | |
It looks fabulous on the front of a car. | 0:51:58 | 0:52:00 | |
I think this could make, er... | 0:52:00 | 0:52:03 | |
quite a nice mirror. | 0:52:03 | 0:52:04 | |
-A mirror? -Yes. -How on earth would you turn it into a mirror? | 0:52:04 | 0:52:07 | |
Well, you know, you're not going to see yourself through the grilles. | 0:52:07 | 0:52:10 | |
-No. -So, when I put a mirror plate on, | 0:52:10 | 0:52:13 | |
I take this piece out the back here. | 0:52:13 | 0:52:14 | |
-Yeah. -I'll put a mirror this side and a mirror that side. | 0:52:14 | 0:52:17 | |
Silicone it, so you won't see any of the nasty glass | 0:52:17 | 0:52:20 | |
but it will now become functional. | 0:52:20 | 0:52:22 | |
And somebody who's an MG fan would love to have that, | 0:52:22 | 0:52:25 | |
-say as his shaving mirror... -Yeah. -..in his bathroom. | 0:52:25 | 0:52:28 | |
-Yeah. -Just a bit funky and a bit different. | 0:52:28 | 0:52:30 | |
-And it should look something like... -Oh, fantastic, yes. -..up there. | 0:52:30 | 0:52:35 | |
That's already had a bit of elbow grease, hasn't it? | 0:52:35 | 0:52:37 | |
That's had a little bit of elbow grease. | 0:52:37 | 0:52:39 | |
OK, so, obviously, it needs some work doing to it. | 0:52:39 | 0:52:41 | |
I was hoping to get a couple of hundred pounds for it. | 0:52:41 | 0:52:43 | |
-Oh. -Oh, Guy, don't do things like that. | 0:52:43 | 0:52:45 | |
It will go very nicely with your other one that you've got. | 0:52:45 | 0:52:47 | |
There's quite a bit of work. We've got to make hooks to hang it on. | 0:52:47 | 0:52:50 | |
We'll take it out, we'll cut the mirror. | 0:52:50 | 0:52:52 | |
I'm thinking more around the, sort of, £80 odd. | 0:52:52 | 0:52:55 | |
Oh, Guy, that doesn't give me much money. | 0:52:55 | 0:52:58 | |
I may be able to go to 100. | 0:52:58 | 0:53:00 | |
-100? -There we are, 100. | 0:53:00 | 0:53:01 | |
OK. Can I nudge you up to 120 maybe? | 0:53:01 | 0:53:06 | |
-OK, we'll do 120. -Yeah? It's a deal. | 0:53:06 | 0:53:09 | |
Thank you. | 0:53:09 | 0:53:10 | |
Yes, Christina's grille may get | 0:53:10 | 0:53:12 | |
a new lease of life, and her piggy bank expands by £25. | 0:53:12 | 0:53:15 | |
And she's all sold up. | 0:53:15 | 0:53:17 | |
Mark is down to his final item, the chestnut basket that cost him £25. | 0:53:17 | 0:53:22 | |
I've come to meet Mike, | 0:53:23 | 0:53:25 | |
who is a specialist dealer in Oriental works of art, | 0:53:25 | 0:53:27 | |
and he rather likes my chestnut basket, | 0:53:27 | 0:53:30 | |
so I'm hoping he's going to buy it. On the other hand, | 0:53:30 | 0:53:32 | |
I might have been nuts to have bought it in the first place. | 0:53:32 | 0:53:37 | |
Mike, I know you're a dealer in various items, but you particularly | 0:53:37 | 0:53:40 | |
-like Oriental works of art and objets d'art, don't you? -Yes, I do. | 0:53:40 | 0:53:44 | |
I sent you a photograph of this chestnut basket and you said | 0:53:44 | 0:53:48 | |
you might like to look at it. | 0:53:48 | 0:53:49 | |
Yes, the only thing that would be of concern to me is, | 0:53:49 | 0:53:53 | |
unfortunately, it's missing its stand. | 0:53:53 | 0:53:55 | |
-I would use it as a serving dish. -I guess that was broken. | 0:53:55 | 0:53:59 | |
It was beyond repair and somebody threw it away. | 0:53:59 | 0:54:02 | |
What I liked about it was | 0:54:02 | 0:54:04 | |
the sort of multicoloured bamboo-type piercing | 0:54:04 | 0:54:07 | |
and the famille-verte green to it. | 0:54:07 | 0:54:10 | |
Would you agree with me that it was probably made, sort of, 1900, 1920, | 0:54:10 | 0:54:13 | |
that sort of period? | 0:54:13 | 0:54:14 | |
I would have put it earlier than that. | 0:54:14 | 0:54:16 | |
I'd have put it, sort of, mid-1850 to 1890. | 0:54:16 | 0:54:20 | |
-Well, the price is going up, then. -Oh. No, it's brand-new, I think! | 0:54:20 | 0:54:25 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:54:25 | 0:54:27 | |
I'd like to try and get somewhere in the region of £60-£80 for it. | 0:54:27 | 0:54:31 | |
Now you've seen it, am I in the right area? | 0:54:31 | 0:54:35 | |
For me, personally, if it had its bottom plate and | 0:54:35 | 0:54:38 | |
-its serving dish, I would have paid you £80 happily. -Right. -But... | 0:54:38 | 0:54:43 | |
at the moment, for this...I'd start about £50. | 0:54:43 | 0:54:47 | |
Do you think there's any chance we could do that old cliche | 0:54:47 | 0:54:50 | |
of saying, shall we meet in the middle and say 55? | 0:54:50 | 0:54:55 | |
-Yeah, I'd be very happy with that. -Would you? | 0:54:55 | 0:54:57 | |
I would be very happy with 155. | 0:54:57 | 0:54:59 | |
You see? Robbed again. | 0:54:59 | 0:55:01 | |
-Thank you, Mike. -No problem at all! Thank you! | 0:55:01 | 0:55:04 | |
Oh, dear, it seems Mark could have haggled a little harder. | 0:55:04 | 0:55:07 | |
The question is, | 0:55:07 | 0:55:09 | |
will that £30 profit be enough to secure him a win? | 0:55:09 | 0:55:12 | |
Soon, we'll reveal exactly that, but, before we do, | 0:55:12 | 0:55:15 | |
let's remind ourselves of how much our experts spent. | 0:55:15 | 0:55:18 | |
Starting off with a budget of £750 each, | 0:55:21 | 0:55:23 | |
Mark Stacey spent £370 on his eight items. | 0:55:23 | 0:55:28 | |
Christina only bought five but spent £447. | 0:55:28 | 0:55:32 | |
So, who has made the most profit? | 0:55:32 | 0:55:35 | |
All the money from this challenge | 0:55:35 | 0:55:36 | |
will go to Mark and Christina's chosen charities. So, let's find out | 0:55:36 | 0:55:40 | |
who is the Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion. | 0:55:40 | 0:55:44 | |
-Oh, darling, hello. -Hello, how are you? | 0:55:44 | 0:55:46 | |
-I'm all right. Better than you, I think, sadly. -Yes. | 0:55:46 | 0:55:48 | |
-That fair... -I really enjoyed it. -You did enjoy it. I didn't. | 0:55:48 | 0:55:52 | |
-Oh, why? -I don't know. My brain wasn't in gear. If I had one. | 0:55:52 | 0:55:55 | |
Well, yeah. Is there one in there? | 0:55:55 | 0:55:56 | |
Somewhere. Honestly, it's about the size of a pea. | 0:55:56 | 0:56:00 | |
You bought some really nice things. | 0:56:00 | 0:56:02 | |
Well, do you know my lovely cartridge box? | 0:56:02 | 0:56:04 | |
-Yes, now, did you find the family? -I did, yes. | 0:56:04 | 0:56:07 | |
-And were they delighted? -Reunited it with its family. | 0:56:07 | 0:56:10 | |
I think that's charming. | 0:56:10 | 0:56:11 | |
They showed us photographs of him and where it would have been in | 0:56:11 | 0:56:14 | |
-the house. -Oh! -It was magic. | 0:56:14 | 0:56:16 | |
I loved your cabinet, your shop cabinet. | 0:56:16 | 0:56:18 | |
Oh, yes! Yes, I sold that to the most wonderful tailors. | 0:56:18 | 0:56:21 | |
I think those two really shouted out for me. | 0:56:21 | 0:56:25 | |
Please tell me you didn't make any money on them at all? | 0:56:25 | 0:56:27 | |
-I did make money on them. -They were so dreadful! | 0:56:27 | 0:56:29 | |
Philippe, who owns The Lady is a Tramp poodle parlour. | 0:56:29 | 0:56:34 | |
And I didn't think of you, I promise you. | 0:56:34 | 0:56:37 | |
Much! | 0:56:37 | 0:56:39 | |
Well done. Brilliant. | 0:56:39 | 0:56:41 | |
And I found a nice buyer for the two Russian beakers. | 0:56:41 | 0:56:43 | |
Oh, my goodness. Yes, I was very worried about those. | 0:56:43 | 0:56:46 | |
They're going to a chap who's giving them to his nephew as a present, | 0:56:46 | 0:56:49 | |
who lives in America. | 0:56:49 | 0:56:50 | |
-So, they're going to cross the pond. -Very well-travelled beakers. | 0:56:50 | 0:56:53 | |
They are. From Russia to here... | 0:56:53 | 0:56:54 | |
-From Russia with love. -From Russia with love and a small profit. | 0:56:54 | 0:56:58 | |
-Shall we find out? -I'm slightly dreading this. | 0:56:58 | 0:57:00 | |
-No. -I think you've beaten me. | 0:57:00 | 0:57:03 | |
-No, I don't think so. -I think you have. One... | 0:57:03 | 0:57:06 | |
-Two... -Three... | 0:57:06 | 0:57:08 | |
-Yes. -Oh! -No, you did very well. | 0:57:10 | 0:57:13 | |
-Oh, my goodness. -You bought well. But I'm very happy I made a profit. | 0:57:13 | 0:57:16 | |
Well done, you, that is good. | 0:57:16 | 0:57:18 | |
Wowee. | 0:57:18 | 0:57:19 | |
-It's all over. -It's all over. -Good. | 0:57:20 | 0:57:23 | |
By almost doubling Mark's profits, Christina is today's winner. | 0:57:25 | 0:57:31 | |
Winning is great. I mean, who doesn't love winning? | 0:57:31 | 0:57:33 | |
However, for me, | 0:57:33 | 0:57:35 | |
today was all about reuniting things where they belong | 0:57:35 | 0:57:38 | |
and where they should be. | 0:57:38 | 0:57:39 | |
The antiques market was a great disappointment for me. | 0:57:39 | 0:57:42 | |
It rained on my parade. I looked and looked and looked, | 0:57:42 | 0:57:44 | |
but I just couldn't find interesting items, | 0:57:44 | 0:57:47 | |
apart from the silver-gilt Russian cups, | 0:57:47 | 0:57:49 | |
which I did all right on, | 0:57:49 | 0:57:50 | |
but Christina bought extremely well and, deservedly, she won. | 0:57:50 | 0:57:55 | |
And all the money they've made will be going to their chosen charities. | 0:57:55 | 0:57:59 | |
For Mark, that's The Dream Factory in Essex. | 0:57:59 | 0:58:01 | |
My charity is a small charity who make dreams come true | 0:58:03 | 0:58:06 | |
for children and young adults | 0:58:06 | 0:58:08 | |
with life-limiting and severe disablement. | 0:58:08 | 0:58:11 | |
My profits will be going to the Beechtree Community Centre | 0:58:11 | 0:58:13 | |
in Whitchurch, which includes a day centre for elderly people | 0:58:13 | 0:58:16 | |
to combat loneliness and isolation within the community. | 0:58:16 | 0:58:19 | |
Our experts have successfully found new homes for all their items, | 0:58:19 | 0:58:23 | |
including Christina's little piggy, which, thankfully, Fenella loved. | 0:58:23 | 0:58:27 | |
Her MG grille, however, has since been transformed into | 0:58:27 | 0:58:30 | |
a mirror and is still looking for one careful new owner. | 0:58:30 | 0:58:33 |