0:00:02 > 0:00:03This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,
0:00:03 > 0:00:06the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts
0:00:06 > 0:00:10against each other in an all-out battle for profit.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Let's make hay while that sun shines.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Each week, one pair of duelling dealers
0:00:14 > 0:00:17will face a different daily challenge.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18I've got a heavy profit here.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Putting their reputations on the line...
0:00:21 > 0:00:22Who's there?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26..they'll give you the insiders' view of the trade.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Along with their top tips and savvy secrets.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32That could present a problem for me.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Showing you how to make the most money...
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Ready for battle.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39..from buying and selling.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Get in there.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Coming up, Mark discovers the fashionable side of pottery.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Although blue and white is a little out of fashion,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51little unusual shapes like this, you can normally find a buyer for.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Christina is overwhelmed.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Everybody is getting into the back of everyone's vans,
0:00:56 > 0:00:58and I'm feeling like I should be in the back of a van.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01And there's a lot of mincing going on.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Oh, it's slimy and cold and horrid!
0:01:04 > 0:01:07This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Welcome, antiques lovers and thrill seekers everywhere, to this twisting
0:01:26 > 0:01:28tale of buying and selling,
0:01:28 > 0:01:33as a pair of inglorious bargain seekers are unleashed and go head-to-head
0:01:33 > 0:01:36in search of prize-winning profits.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39First up, they call him Mr Pink, because he's always in the pink.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42He's rarely blue and never in the red.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Just watch this space.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48It's going to be a hoot.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52And he's up against a one-woman army of knowledge,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55highly trained in the art of hand-to-hand negotiation,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58and always prepared to do her duty to get a profit.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00You cheeky monkey!
0:02:02 > 0:02:06I'm feeling super competitive today, so let's go shopping.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Today, they are at Ford Airfield car-boot sale in Sussex,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12with £250 of their own money to buy,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15sell and make a profit for their chosen charities.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19So, Mark Stacey and Christina Trevanion -
0:02:19 > 0:02:22it's time to Put Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Oh, Christina.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25- Good morning!- Oh, is it?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Can you see me through those peepers?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30No, not quite. It's so early, isn't it?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32It's really early. It's almost dark.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34There is an ill wind as well, you know. I hate being cold.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Well, you've got to do some moving around.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Yes. Maybe later, once I've spent some money.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41How much have we got?
0:02:41 > 0:02:45250 whole Great British pounds to spend at a car-boot sale.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48If I spend even a fraction of that, it will be going some.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49I want to spend it all, Christina.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- Oh, really?- Come on! Enthusiasm.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- This is not just a car-boot sale. This is Ford Market. - I've not been here before.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- This is quite a good car-boot sale. - Is this going to be a treat for me? - This will be a treat.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Splendid.- You know, you might find some bling.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- Really?- Shall we go and find out?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Yeah, let's!
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Oh, that got her excited.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08So, in spite of his dislike of early starts...
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- Morning. - ..Mark has the advantage,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14having visited this boot sale before,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16while Christina is the new girl on the block.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19It's no wonder he is full of beans.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Gosh, it's so exciting.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24You never know what is going to come out of a van, do you?
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Whereas Christina is already looking bewildered by the pace of the day.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29My goodness.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32I don't think I've ever seen anything like this.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36People are just arriving and there are hundreds of people here,
0:03:36 > 0:03:39and everyone is getting into the back of everyone's vans,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42and I'm feeling like I should be in the back of a van.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- How much have you got on that? - Sold, ma'am.- OK, thank you.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Oh, dear. It seems this breakneck start to the day
0:03:49 > 0:03:51is putting Christina off her game.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56And even Mark is being jostled for the stallholder's attention.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Oh, it's wonderful, isn't it?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- How much for the lamp?- 15.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- I'll come back. Thank you. - Thank you.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07But it doesn't ruffle this old pro's feathers.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10He's playing it oh, so cool.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Right, I'm in the middle of the car-boot sale.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15The vans have been unloaded.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18The problem is that everybody is ducking and diving and grabbing
0:04:18 > 0:04:21everything that's coming out, but I'm not going to do that.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24I'm just going to wait and see what they bring out, and hopefully find the treasure.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Hold on, he's going backwards!
0:04:27 > 0:04:32Still, as he walks, that way and this way, his calm approach is working,
0:04:32 > 0:04:34as something catches his eye.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38I quite like this. This is what they call a pouffe.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42They were very fashionable, I think, in the '70s, weren't they?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Leather circular seats that you could flop on.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46This is actually quite a nice one.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48It's leather.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49I'm not sure how old it is,
0:04:49 > 0:04:54but I quite like this sort of almost Aztec design in the leather,
0:04:54 > 0:04:57and it's got a sort of vintage look about it.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58How much is this, darling?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00- 85.- Pounds?
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Yes.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05That is one of the most expensive pouffes I've ever seen.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09- Done one like this before? - Don't be nasty.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- OK.- You are very good-looking,
0:05:11 > 0:05:13so I'm going to have trouble with this lady.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Yes, she knows you too well.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Maybe she can reel you in with something else.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19- Do you like handbags?- Sorry?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21- Do you like handbags? - Only at the weekend.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24You must have some other little treasures in there
0:05:24 > 0:05:26- that you can tempt me with. - Let's have a look.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28How about a nice gold pair of earrings?
0:05:28 > 0:05:29- Are they gold, are they? - They are.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- One butterfly's missing, though. - Oh...- I know, sorry.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- Kills it, doesn't it? - It does a little bit, yes.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38- What's this funny little thing? - It's an Avon perfume brooch.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39An Avon perfume?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Yes, it's got a little bit of perfume in the back of it.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Oh, gosh. So, what, do you open it up?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Open it up, yeah, on the back.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Good Lord. That's very '70s, isn't it?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Lovely, isn't it? Yeah, it's lovely.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51- That's cheap, is it?- Tenner.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56I'll tell you what. How about 65 for the two?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- Make it 70.- I've got to make a profit.- You will.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Yes, he's thinking about it.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Oh, he's gone for the hand.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Mark kicks off the buying with two retro purchases under his belt.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14So, is he buying with his head, or will his heart sink
0:06:14 > 0:06:17when he has to sell this brooch and pouffe?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Or "pouff-ay", as he likes to call it.
0:06:19 > 0:06:24I've bought this rather nice embossed leather pouffe.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26And this Avon perfume.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28I mean, it's actually very cheaply made.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31It's only gilt metal, with a little aquamarine glass eye.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34You would open this up and inside would be a little block of perfume
0:06:34 > 0:06:37you can use. And when you're not using it as a perfume,
0:06:37 > 0:06:40then you actually just clip it on as a little brooch.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44With Mark swimming into a 2-0 lead,
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Christina is paddling hard to catch up, having found a timepiece -
0:06:48 > 0:06:49well, a piece of a timepiece.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- What's on that, darling? - That's come out of an 18-carat pocket watch.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- A fiver.- It's quite sweet, isn't it?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Can I give you a pound for it?
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Go on, then.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02A whole Great British pound.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03Thank you very much.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Well, that cheeky pound gives Christina a cheeky 80% discount.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Incredible.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14It would have been part of an 18-carat gold pocket watch originally.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16It's the pocket watch face, and movement,
0:07:16 > 0:07:18and very nicely engraved on the back.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21JH Bexfield, 65 High Street, Chatham.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25So I'm going to try and find somebody who needs a potential movement and face.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Some brilliant quality, for a pound!
0:07:27 > 0:07:31One pound - not exactly the last of the big spenders, eh?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34All that money must be weighing her down,
0:07:34 > 0:07:36as she hasn't gone far before she spots
0:07:36 > 0:07:38a piece of agricultural equipment.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42These are quite fun. Are these yours?
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- They are indeed.- Are they potato weighing scales?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- Yes.- So you'd put your sack on there,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50and then you'd put your weights on there.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52- They're quite fun, aren't they? - Yes, they're very good.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56What have you got them marked at? Oh, you've got £38 on them there.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59What would your best offer be on that?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02I've already lowered them to 35, would be the lowest I can go.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04£30 and you've got a deal.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05OK.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- Yeah?- Yeah.- You're an angel. Thank you very much.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Christina agrees the price for the scales,
0:08:12 > 0:08:14but what use are scales without weights?
0:08:14 > 0:08:18So, when the dealer reveals he has a set, she's interested.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20But there's a catch.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- Would you throw those in with the price?- No.- Oh, go on.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- I can't.- Do they... See how much I weigh. Put them on there.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28How much is that one?
0:08:28 > 0:08:29I'll do them at a fiver each.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31I think, to be honest, I think
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- I'm just quite fond of the scales. - The scales, OK.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Unless those come for free.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37£15 for the weights.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38- Five.- No.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- Ten.- Eight.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Go on, then. £8.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44- Thank you very much.- OK.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46I'm going to need some change now, adding insult to injury.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- Thank you very much. - Keep the change?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51No!
0:08:51 > 0:08:53- You cheeky monkey!- Hold on.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Yes, it seems today Christina
0:08:55 > 0:08:57is out to get the best bargains at the boot,
0:08:57 > 0:09:00and the scales and the weights tip the balance in her favour,
0:09:00 > 0:09:03costing her £38 in total.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05So, I've just bought these potato weighing scales.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07I think they're quite fun.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Probably French. Obviously there is green paint on there.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Might be a little bit of woodworm,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13but nothing that can't be treatable.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16But what I'm thinking is I could sell them potentially to
0:09:16 > 0:09:19a farm shop or some sort of country store, something like that.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21I think they are really quite good fun.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Christina's weighty purchase means she has the advantage,
0:09:24 > 0:09:27but Mark has found a little piggy he's thinking about
0:09:27 > 0:09:30taking all the way home.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32That's quite fun, isn't it?
0:09:32 > 0:09:36It's a little piggy with a sort of onyx, polished onyx body.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Looks like it might be silver, actually.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Now, how much is that?
0:09:39 > 0:09:42I can do that for £20.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44It's quite a lot for a little pig, isn't it?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47You can do it better than that, can't you?
0:09:47 > 0:09:48I can do it for £15.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Well, we're heading in the right direction,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53because I don't want to end up with a pig in a poke.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Can't you do it for a tenner? It's only a little thing.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57You don't want to take him home. He might get broken.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01- You can have it for a tenner. - Shall we shake hands at- 10? Yes.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04So Mark gets 50% off the asking price,
0:10:04 > 0:10:08but will the pig help bring home the bacon?
0:10:08 > 0:10:09I really like this little thing.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11It's not terribly old.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13It's a little ornament, really,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16and you've got either silver or silver plate head
0:10:16 > 0:10:20and the little curly tail at the back, and his little feet.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23And then the body is actually polished onyx.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25And it's got quite a nice little grain to it.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27But I think just somebody who collects pigs -
0:10:27 > 0:10:29pigs are very collectable -
0:10:29 > 0:10:31so, I must be able to make a few pounds on that.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33So I think that's a good buy.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Yes, that old hand Stacey is hoping to trot off with a profit.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Well, he is a heavyweight opponent.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Well, there's only one question.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Who's going to be the champion of this car-boot sale?
0:10:44 > 0:10:47So, with a typically eclectic collection of collectables filling
0:10:47 > 0:10:49our experts' pockets,
0:10:49 > 0:10:54let's see how much of a dent all this has made in their wallets.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58From a £250 budget, Mark has three items so far,
0:10:58 > 0:11:03costing £80 and leaving him with £170 still to spend.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Christina has picked up three for just £39,
0:11:06 > 0:11:10meaning she has £211 in her kitty.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Hi, sunshine.- Hi, how are you doing? - All right. At least it's light now.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16It is. It's good fun, isn't it?
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Seriously, I felt this morning when it was slightly dark, and everybody
0:11:19 > 0:11:21was just around, sort of rummaging
0:11:21 > 0:11:24through everything, I was like, "Oh, it's quite exciting, isn't it?"
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- You've bought, haven't you? - A few things, yes.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28- How about you?- Well, I have, but the problem I have is
0:11:28 > 0:11:31I see a van coming in, and it's, like, everybody heads to it -
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- it's like a swarm of locusts all over it.- Yeah.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36And the difficulty is I rush over there
0:11:36 > 0:11:39when they're rushing over there, and I'm thinking, "Hang on,
0:11:39 > 0:11:41- "I'm losing it here."- Finding yourself in the wrong place?
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- But I have bought something. - I like that you're not a sheep.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46You're going in the other direction to the crowd.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49I've spent all my life going in the other direction.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51- Why doesn't that surprise me? - It's all right at the moment.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53We've got more things to buy.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54- Yes.- So which direction are you going?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56- This way.- OK. See you later.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Yes, Mark is no sheep,
0:11:58 > 0:12:01and much more of a salmon swimming against the current.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Maybe not. But in this eclectic car-boot,
0:12:04 > 0:12:07it's easy to find something unique and different,
0:12:07 > 0:12:09and it seems Christina has found
0:12:09 > 0:12:11a Dutch vendor with some very interesting items.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Hello there, sir.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15So, you brought all these things over for you from France?
0:12:15 > 0:12:16I quite like those.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- These are from Holland. - Did they come from a shop?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Yes, from a shop. They're perfume dispensers.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Oh, perfume dispensers.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26- Yes.- Hmm.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Eau de Cologne. So what is Boldoot?
0:12:30 > 0:12:32You don't speak German?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35No. I speak a little bit of Dutch.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- Dutch, OK.- Yeah. And I know "kwallen."
0:12:38 > 0:12:40- Yeah.- It's jellyfish, isn't it?
0:12:40 > 0:12:44- Yeah, yeah.- That is pretty much the only word I know in Dutch.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46And how much have you got on those?
0:12:46 > 0:12:48The two, 35.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49- For you.- For the both?
0:12:49 > 0:12:51- Yes, for both.- Euros?
0:12:51 > 0:12:52Er, pounds.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56- Are you sure?- Yes.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00What about 30 for the two, and I'm a happy girl?
0:13:00 > 0:13:01- OK.- Yeah? Brilliant.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Thank you very much.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06I've just bought these perfume dispensers.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09It's a serious amount of perfume that you can fit in there,
0:13:09 > 0:13:11aren't they? So, they're old shop fittings, I think.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16And, look here - we've got this wonderful JAM, number 182, and 1970.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18So a good date on there as well.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20I'm hoping I might be able to sell them
0:13:20 > 0:13:22to some sort of perfume retailer,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25but, if not, wouldn't they make the most amazing pair of lamps?
0:13:25 > 0:13:27I'm thrilled with them.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30So thrilled, in fact, that while Mark is still rummaging,
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Christina goes straight back to the same stall.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37This time, she has her eye on some wooden moulds.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Those are lovely, aren't they? What have you got there?
0:13:40 > 0:13:41You've got a sheep, a duck...
0:13:41 > 0:13:43How much have you got on those?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- 20, altogether. - For all of them?- Yes.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49I don't know what I'd do with them, though. What would I do with them?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Sell them!
0:13:51 > 0:13:52Yeah, very good point.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Would you like to swap places?
0:13:54 > 0:13:56THEY LAUGH
0:13:56 > 0:13:58What about - bearing in mind
0:13:58 > 0:14:00I've just bought the perfume bottles as well -
0:14:00 > 0:14:03would you take £10 for the lot?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05OK. OK.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Thank you very much. £10.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Judging by this little windmill down here,
0:14:09 > 0:14:12I'd say that they probably are Dutch. I think they're sugar moulds,
0:14:12 > 0:14:14chocolate moulds, gingerbread moulds.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15And the thing that I really,
0:14:15 > 0:14:18really love about them is that you can see they've been used.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Look, you've got this wonderful charring down here where those have
0:14:21 > 0:14:22obviously been in the oven.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24I think there is another example here, look - look at that.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26They've been used, they've been loved,
0:14:26 > 0:14:28and I'd love to sell them to somebody
0:14:28 > 0:14:30who is going to use them again.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31But, if they don't get used,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34I think they are really quite decorative at the same time.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36So, £10 for all this!
0:14:36 > 0:14:38That's why you've got to love a car-boot sale.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Meanwhile, Mark is lagging behind,
0:14:41 > 0:14:43with three items to Christina's five.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45- Hello.- Hello, how are you?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47And there may be a reason.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48He's got his dealer's head on,
0:14:48 > 0:14:51and has got sidetracked looking for things he thinks
0:14:51 > 0:14:54some of his contacts could be in the market for.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58I've got a friend who collects Wedgwood,
0:14:58 > 0:14:59has a very good collection of Wedgwood.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02So I'm looking for a piece of Wedgwood pottery,
0:15:02 > 0:15:04but it has to be a really good piece.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08But I can't seem to find anything of that vein at the moment.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11But plenty of time.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Coming to an eclectic car-boot and looking for specific items can be
0:15:15 > 0:15:20distracting, especially if what you want to find, you can't.
0:15:20 > 0:15:21Are you buying here today?
0:15:21 > 0:15:23I am trying to buy here today.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26But I'm looking for a couple of things, and I can't find them.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30- Oh, right.- My brain is confused, and it's very easily done with me.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31I get very easily confused.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35I am looking for... You haven't got any early Wedgwood, have you?
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Across the market, Christina is hunting for something
0:15:39 > 0:15:42that could light the way to profit.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45They are... Probably carriage lanterns,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48but unfortunately, the glass is cracked in that one.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- SHE INHALES - And in that one.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53And they've been repainted.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58So the lacklustre lanterns don't make the grade, and on she goes.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01But the Magpie is quick to swoop on a replacement,
0:16:01 > 0:16:05bagging herself a ceiling lamp for an illuminating £100.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08I found this lamp, which I absolutely love -
0:16:08 > 0:16:10it is my favourite purchase of the day.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12It's from an old railway station,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14and it's obviously made of copper here.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Love the fact that it was originally a gas lamp,
0:16:16 > 0:16:19and still has all its guts and its innards for it to be a gas lamp.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22And it has got the on-off there.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24I just completely fell in love with it.
0:16:24 > 0:16:25I had to pay £100 for it.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Personally, I would hang this in my own home.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31I just think it's gorgeous, and I can't wait to find somebody
0:16:31 > 0:16:33who is going to love it as much as I do.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34And with that buy in the bag,
0:16:34 > 0:16:38Christina decides to call it a day at the car-boot.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41So, that's it. I'm done! And I spent quite a lot of money.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Normally, I'm really quite stingy at a car-boot sale,
0:16:44 > 0:16:46but I've spent quite a lot of my money, really,
0:16:46 > 0:16:49so I'm quite pleased with that. Done, finished.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Time for a bacon butty, and Mark Stacey is still out there shopping.
0:16:53 > 0:16:58Yes, Mark is still at large with his lengthy list of desirables.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02But, as the day draws on, has he left it too late?
0:17:02 > 0:17:03Come on.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Happily, he happens upon some pottery.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09However, it's not the Wedgwood that is calling out to him.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10I like that little box.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12- Right.- Can I have a look at that?
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- Yeah, it's Spode and Copeland. - That's right.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19This is rather sweet, actually. You can see straight away from this,
0:17:19 > 0:17:21it's transfer printed blue and white.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25This is quite a well-known pattern by one of England's oldest
0:17:25 > 0:17:27pottery manufacturers, Spode.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29And it's called the tower pattern.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33What is quite nice about it is this is a little heart-shaped box,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36and you don't see things like this very often.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39This is actually the beginning of the 20th century,
0:17:39 > 0:17:42and although blue and white is a little out of fashion,
0:17:42 > 0:17:46little unusual shapes like this, you can normally find a buyer for.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47How much is that, dear?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49£10. £10.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51And that's the best price, is it?
0:17:51 > 0:17:52We can take £2 off with no problems.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- So, there you go.- Oh, wonderful. So we'll have it for £8?
0:17:55 > 0:17:57- You can, yes.- That's wonderful.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58Thank you very much indeed.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- You're welcome. - I really like that, actually.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03And everybody loves a big heart, don't they?
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Yes, no time for romance now, Mark,
0:18:07 > 0:18:10as having spent so much time sounding relaxed...
0:18:10 > 0:18:12- Plenty of time. - ..messing about...
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Don't want to end up with a pig in a poke.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16..and walking backwards...
0:18:16 > 0:18:18I'm in the middle of the car-boot sale.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22..he's running out of time.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23Gosh, I've got to be really quick,
0:18:23 > 0:18:25because people are packing up everywhere now.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Actually, half the fair has disappeared
0:18:28 > 0:18:31while I'm aimlessly walking around,
0:18:31 > 0:18:35so I think I really have to try and find this last item.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Mark won't want to leave the car-boot without
0:18:38 > 0:18:41sufficient ammunition to win this battle.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43A-ha! He spots something.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Oh, actually, that's quite fun.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47But will it spell out success?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49This is a late 19th-century sampler.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53It's a sort of needlework picture, and it was an educational tool.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Children, particularly girls, were encouraged to learn
0:18:56 > 0:18:59the alphabet and numbers by embroidering.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01So, here we've got a very simple one.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03I mean, it's a sweet little thing.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05The problem with samplers, they're not as collectable
0:19:05 > 0:19:08as they used to be, and most people want the early ones,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11want the late 18th-century or early 19th-century.
0:19:11 > 0:19:141892 is quite a late one.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15And it has got a name -
0:19:15 > 0:19:19it's Amy Ethel Bill, Church School, Bideford,
0:19:19 > 0:19:201892.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23And in quite a nice sort of churchy type frame.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25A sort of slightly Gothic frame.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28It would be quite nice to do some research to see if...
0:19:28 > 0:19:32what the church school was in Bideford, and whether, actually,
0:19:32 > 0:19:34there is a Bideford historical society
0:19:34 > 0:19:38that may be interested in buying pieces back for the local area.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43I tried to get it for 25, after the original quote of 40.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47And she would not go not go a penny below £30.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49I don't think I'm going to make a huge amount of money from it,
0:19:49 > 0:19:52but I'm certainly going to have a lot of fun researching this,
0:19:52 > 0:19:56and it's going to lead me into an interesting story, I think.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00But the best thing about this is I'm now shopped out.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Shopped up? Whatever it is.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Christina, put the kettle on!
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Yes, shopped up or shopped out - either way,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10both our Sussex spenders can slope off for a sit-down
0:20:10 > 0:20:14as we tot up what they spent at today's car-boot.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17From a £250 budget,
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Mark bought five items and spent just under half his cash,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24forking out £118.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Christina bought more and spent more -
0:20:27 > 0:20:30six items for £179.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32But what did they make of their day?
0:20:34 > 0:20:35How did you find that, Christina?
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- Loved it.- I can see you loved it. - Loved it! Oh, it was brilliant.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- Really?- I just love everything that I bought.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43I know that sounds completely ridiculous, but I don't normally
0:20:43 > 0:20:47enjoy all the busy-ness and the "aargh!" franticness,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50- but I loved it. - Well, I loved the first part,
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- and then I sort of dipped a bit. - Aw!- I don't know. I lost my mojo.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- Oh, no, you didn't?!- I did. - Did you re-find it?
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- Well, eventually.- Oh, phew!
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Yeah! The only thing I sort of think, "Oh, why did you buy that?"
0:21:01 > 0:21:03- Can you guess?- The clock.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Yeah. What do you think I paid for it?
0:21:05 > 0:21:06Fiver? £1.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- Oh, Christina!- Well, I thought, as spares and repairs, but...
0:21:09 > 0:21:12I'll tell you what I do love, is I love - tell me about this,
0:21:12 > 0:21:13this copper light.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16I saw this and I swooned. I did actually swoon.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- I love it.- I tell you what is good about it.- Yeah.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22It's certainly in all the design magazines at the moment.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- This industrial retro look is in, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29But warmer, because that lovely copper look, which is...
0:21:29 > 0:21:31It's an original railway gas lamp. It's still got
0:21:31 > 0:21:34- all its fittings in it. - Oh!- It's just heaven.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36And obviously, that's your on and off just there.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- It sounds expensive.- Well, I did have to pay through the nose for it,
0:21:39 > 0:21:43but I totally fell in love with it. I can tell you,
0:21:43 > 0:21:45I bought that with my heart rather than my head.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49- How much?- I paid £100 for it.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52I think there's a profit there if you can find the right buyer.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- Exactly, that's the key to it, isn't it?- That's the thing.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57And copper - I don't know whether you know, darling,
0:21:57 > 0:21:58but copper is so in this season.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- Is it?- Yeah.- So in this season.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Did you get that? You heard it here first.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- I think it's great. - And, do you know, I love this.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09- It's great fun, isn't it? - This is fab.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12The thing about me with samplers is they're just... I mean,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14- you could not get more hand-wrought, could you?- No, you can't.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Is that your favourite piece that you bought?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Yes, I think it probably is now, looking at it.
0:22:18 > 0:22:23- But I do love my pouffe, as the French call it.- What?
0:22:23 > 0:22:25This big leather seat in front.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Oh! I didn't see that!
0:22:27 > 0:22:31- But that, I think, is great.- I love the design on the front of that.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33- The Aztec design?- Yeah, that is fab. What did you pay for that?
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- Quite a lot. 60 quid. - But it's leather, isn't it?
0:22:36 > 0:22:39It is, and it's... It's got a vintage look to it.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Yeah. I like that.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- And I love your perfume dispensers. - Do you love everything of mine?
0:22:43 > 0:22:46I do! But then, I'm naturally polite.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49I'll say later what I really feel.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50But I...
0:22:50 > 0:22:53- No, I do, I think you've done very well.- I'm very pleased.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56I look at your hoard, and, you know,
0:22:56 > 0:22:57size is important to you.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Seriously, I've gone big. I have gone big, yeah.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02If you look at my little selection...
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Yeah, what's going on?
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- And what on earth is that? - It's a solid perfume brooch.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- So, almost like a... - Like a little block.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- Oh, OK.- But you can actually use it as a brooch as well.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- It's fab. I love that. - And it was again 10 quid.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16I love that it's got a dual purpose. I like that.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19What we both know, Mark Stacey, is that size doesn't always matter.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22No, it doesn't, but I'm hoping for the sweet smell of success.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Oh, I see what you did there.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29Now our pair head home
0:23:29 > 0:23:32and turn their attention from buying to selling.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35This is the moment where they'll need to assess their arsenal
0:23:35 > 0:23:37and ensure they put in the hours.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Each will be hoping to keep their prices high,
0:23:40 > 0:23:43their profits big and their victories mighty,
0:23:43 > 0:23:45as they both try to collect a bag of loot
0:23:45 > 0:23:47for the charities of their choice.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Over at his Brightlingsea base,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Mark is assessing his boot-sale bounty.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Ford car-boot sale for me is always very good,
0:23:55 > 0:23:58because I know the area quite well, although on this particular day,
0:23:58 > 0:24:00it was small. There wasn't as many dealers as normal.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02But I did pick up some interesting items,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05particularly this charming sampler,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08dated 1892 by Amy Ethel Hill.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11But I'm going to keep plodding on with that,
0:24:11 > 0:24:13and who knows what I'll find out?
0:24:13 > 0:24:16The other items - the pouffe, it is an attractive thing,
0:24:16 > 0:24:19and these sort of retro things are back in fashion.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Actually, the thing that I'm going to have most fun with, I think,
0:24:22 > 0:24:27is that little piggy, and I'm sure he's off to market.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29The Copeland box and cover I bought
0:24:29 > 0:24:32purely because I'm a real sentimentalist at heart, you know.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34And I love the heart shape of it,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37and i think that's going to find a buyer.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40The little brooch came with the pouffe,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43so it was a sort of double purchase.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Hoping for a sweet smell of profit on that.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48But overall, I'm pleased with the items
0:24:48 > 0:24:50and I think I'm going to do all right.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54So, Stacey's feeling confident, and he's not the only one,
0:24:54 > 0:24:56as over in Shropshire,
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Christina's full of boot-sale beans.
0:24:59 > 0:25:04Have to be honest, normally I dread car-boot sales. But look what I got!
0:25:04 > 0:25:07I mean, this amazing selection of things for under £180.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09I am thrilled with what I got.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13This I just saw and swooned over.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18I just think it is the most gorgeous copper and enamel lamp.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21It was from a railway station originally. It's gas,
0:25:21 > 0:25:23and I'm hoping that whoever I find to buy it
0:25:23 > 0:25:26will keep it as it is, because it's so important.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Look at this wonderful mechanism here
0:25:28 > 0:25:30that you can use for turning on and off the gas.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32My scales, I paid £38 for, including the weights.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Hoping to find a farm shop that i can maybe sell those to,
0:25:36 > 0:25:37that would be quite useful.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40These perfume bottles, or perfume dispensers -
0:25:40 > 0:25:43I'm hoping to find a person who creates
0:25:43 > 0:25:48wonderful smelly smells and perfumes that might find these useful.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50And then I bought this.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52A little pocket watch movement.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Why did I buy it? Oh, yes, because it was £1.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59I'm sure I can find somebody that will give me a profit on that,
0:25:59 > 0:26:00even just for spares and repairs.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02And the gingerbread moulds and chocolate moulds there,
0:26:02 > 0:26:06I'm hoping to find maybe a baker or a chocolatier
0:26:06 > 0:26:09who might be looking for some vintage moulds in order to use them.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13But, overall, I am thrilled with what I got,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16and I can't wait to get selling it now.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Yes, there is no time to waste.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Our battlers must do the research and pull out all the stops
0:26:21 > 0:26:23to find the buyers that'll put them on top,
0:26:23 > 0:26:26using the phones, the internet, and their little black books.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Remember, no deal is sealed
0:26:28 > 0:26:32until the hand is shaken and the money is taken.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35It's Mark who is first to get a whiff of a sale
0:26:35 > 0:26:37that might just bring home that bacon.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Well, I've come to a pig farm, surprisingly enough,
0:26:40 > 0:26:42to sell my little piggy.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46I'm here to meet Tracey, and I can't think of a more appropriate place.
0:26:54 > 0:26:55- Morning, Tracey.- Morning, Mark.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57- How are you?- I'm good, I'm good.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Lovely to be here. I mean, tell me about this.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01You've got a big operation here.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Well, yes. It's gradually got bigger over the years,
0:27:03 > 0:27:05but it wasn't always this big.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08You know, I only started out with 30 pigs at the beginning,
0:27:08 > 0:27:10and now I've got more like 700.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12My goodness.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14700 pigs! That'll take some looking after.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15They do, yes.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18When I was growing up, actually, one of the treats sometimes
0:27:18 > 0:27:23during the week for supper was faggots and mash with peas.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26And I've never really understood what a faggot was.
0:27:26 > 0:27:27It's the off bits, isn't it?
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Years ago, a traditional faggot had loads of offal in it, you know?
0:27:30 > 0:27:33It was the liver, the lungs, the heart, the kidney and everything.
0:27:33 > 0:27:39But these days, our lean pork meat, we have chopped liver,
0:27:39 > 0:27:41a little bit of sage and onion. But it is all coming back.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44All these cuts of meat are coming back these days, you know?
0:27:44 > 0:27:49But will Tracey want to add Mark's little onyx piggy to her herd?
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Remember, it cost him £10.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Well, the reason I'm here, of course -
0:27:54 > 0:27:57not just to look at your wonderful pigs and learn about your business.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59But I bought something which I thought
0:27:59 > 0:28:02- was so appropriate for a pig farmer. - That is lovely.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05- It's so sweet.- And, actually, looking at some of the pigs now,
0:28:05 > 0:28:07it really does look like one.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09And it looks like it's actually giggling.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11It does, doesn't it? I mean, it's...
0:28:11 > 0:28:14The centre bit is, like, a polished green onyx,
0:28:14 > 0:28:18but the head and the tail are 925 silver.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20I think I'd be interested in buying it.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23- You would?- Yes. - And at what sort of price?
0:28:23 > 0:28:26I know this is going to be too easy, too easy.
0:28:26 > 0:28:27£60.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29- £60?- Yes.
0:28:29 > 0:28:30Do you think we could do 65?
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- Oh...- Or am I pushing you too hard?
0:28:33 > 0:28:35No, I think we could go to 65.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37- Are you sure?- Yeah. - That would be lovely.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39- You're welcome.- I brought it to the right place.- You have.
0:28:39 > 0:28:44Yes, Mark makes a meaty profit of £55, but, before he leaves,
0:28:44 > 0:28:48Tracey wants him to get hands-on making some of her pork faggot.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53In this bowl here, we've got lean pork, chopped pork,
0:28:53 > 0:28:55- liver and onions.- Right.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58- And we're going to tip this one into the machine.- Right.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01- Is it all going in?- Yeah.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04- That's it. Oh, yes, all in. - That's all in.
0:29:06 > 0:29:07Watch, it's all going to come out.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09The minced ingredients are then added to
0:29:09 > 0:29:11a bowl of finely ground rusk.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15- See, it's all... - Oh, Tracey.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Oh, my gosh, Tracey.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Now, this has got to be mixed together.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Oh, God. I suppose I ought to help.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Oh, it's slimy and cold and horrid!
0:29:24 > 0:29:28It's not that bad! You're over exaggerating matters, I think.
0:29:28 > 0:29:29Now we've got to get this content
0:29:29 > 0:29:31- to this one, back into this machine. - Back into this one.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35- That looks a lot better, doesn't it? - That does. It does, doesn't it?
0:29:35 > 0:29:39So what we're going to have to do now is to get the right size and
0:29:39 > 0:29:42the amount. It looks like I'm better than you at this.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Wow, Tracey, I don't think you're going to offer me a job, are you?
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Well, everyone has to start somewhere.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Well, he may not have made the butchery grade,
0:29:51 > 0:29:54but Mark's certainly carved himself some cash.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Well, I thoroughly enjoyed that. I've met pigs, I've seen pigs,
0:29:58 > 0:30:01I've made a faggot... I've made a profit!
0:30:01 > 0:30:03I'm delighted.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Across the country, Christina is kicking things off in a pub.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08But it's not what you think.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10She's brought her beloved copper gas lamp
0:30:10 > 0:30:12to Market Drayton in Shropshire.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16I'm here to see Steve, who fixes up and refurbishes his pubs
0:30:16 > 0:30:19with vintage and genuine antiques.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22I bought this from the car-boot sale and I totally fell in love with it,
0:30:22 > 0:30:25so I'm really hoping that he loves it as much as I do.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28I did pay a lot for it. Here's hoping.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30The lamp owes her £100,
0:30:30 > 0:30:34so will proprietor Steve shine a light on a profit?
0:30:34 > 0:30:37- Brought you a lantern.- I'm guessing you brought me something
0:30:37 > 0:30:39and you're not just here for a beer.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Well, not this time. Maybe next time.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44- Have you got somewhere you can prop that?- Yeah, yeah, sure. How's that?
0:30:44 > 0:30:48Oh, it looks beautiful! It looks really beautiful.
0:30:48 > 0:30:49So, you basically have pubs, don't you,
0:30:49 > 0:30:52that you refurbish and use the vintage fixtures and fittings in -
0:30:52 > 0:30:54- is that right?- Yes.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58I mean, all the... As much as we can, we try to buy original things,
0:30:58 > 0:31:00and we try to use reclaimed materials.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Always do, if we can.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05- It's all about going to the local pub.- And getting the experience.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07Having a proper pint, pulling a beer.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09I believe you used to work in a pub back in the day.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Oh, many moons ago.
0:31:11 > 0:31:12Many, many, many moons ago.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16I've brought you, obviously, this lamp,
0:31:16 > 0:31:19which I bought because I absolutely loved it.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22And, obviously, it's copper, and you've got an enamel top there.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26Apparently, it came from Bridlington station. So, down south.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29So, it was reclaimed from the station.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32And it's a gas lamp rather than an electric one.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Is it the sort of thing you would use to have
0:31:34 > 0:31:38- as a fixture or fitting in a pub? - Yeah, no, it's a very lovely thing.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42And they are now being reproduced. That style is being reproduced,
0:31:42 > 0:31:47and we're putting them back in pubs, that kind of retro finish.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50This kind of lightened my heart when I walked in and saw this.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53- I thought, "Ooh!"- Well, I've seen some of those being produced
0:31:53 > 0:31:56in a very similar way, but they don't have the same patina,
0:31:56 > 0:31:58and they don't quite have that sort of bit of grunge around them.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01You're absolutely right, they don't have that grunge around them!
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Yes, that's right, yeah. I notice you've not polished that.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05I was in two minds, because I thought if I polished it,
0:32:05 > 0:32:07it would look really shiny and really beautiful,
0:32:07 > 0:32:10but then you wouldn't have that patina, would you?
0:32:10 > 0:32:11I mean, is it the sort of thing
0:32:11 > 0:32:14- that you would polish up and shine and...?- No, I think you're right.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17I'd leave it as it is. Maybe you might polish the highlights
0:32:17 > 0:32:19now and again, but it's got a nice enamel lid on it,
0:32:19 > 0:32:25which is just very high quality. I think it's very, very nice.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28And, funnily enough, you brought a gas lamp, which is tricky to use.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30- Yeah.- Because there isn't much gas.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33But we do have a pub with gas lighting, still.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35- Really?- We still use gas lighting.
0:32:35 > 0:32:36- Really, really?- Yeah.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Less than half an hour from here.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40So rather than taking all its innards out and guts,
0:32:40 > 0:32:42- you could actually re-use it as a gas lamp?- We might,
0:32:42 > 0:32:44if you'll give me a handsome discount.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46We may well have a go at it.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48I mean, I think, really,
0:32:48 > 0:32:51it would retail in the region of around £300 or £400.
0:32:51 > 0:32:52What are your thoughts?
0:32:52 > 0:32:55- Um...- What would you be happy to pay for it?
0:32:55 > 0:32:57I am not sure I can quite get that far.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59- OK.- Would a couple of hundred do it?
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Would you meet me in the middle at 250?
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Or is that pushing you too far?
0:33:06 > 0:33:08I think we can probably get that.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10And we would probably pay, for a repro version...
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- Yeah.- ..we would probably be paying a couple of hundred.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16- Yeah.- So a little bit of a premium for something that is the real deal.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19That's genuine, original grunge, as you said.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22- Unpolished. - Unpolished, original grunge.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25- You're certainly going to struggle to find another one.- Exactly.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28So I'll tell you what, I'll do you 250, but you can pour the beer.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30- Can I?! It's a deal. Brilliant! - Thanks, Christina.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Lovely. Gosh, I haven't done this for years. I look forward to it.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35- Right, can I come behind? - Yeah. Go for it.- Brilliant.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Christina pulls in a profit of £150 for the lamp,
0:33:38 > 0:33:42and now she relives her time as a barmaid.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44I'm not going to give you too many tips,
0:33:44 > 0:33:47- cos I know that you have done this, a while back.- OK.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49- I'm sure it's all coming back to you.- Not really, no.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51But you can't have more than 5% foam
0:33:51 > 0:33:54- if it's going to be a proper, acceptable pint.- Right, OK.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56- Go for it.- OK, ready?
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Oh! That's not good.
0:34:00 > 0:34:01Yeah, it's OK.
0:34:01 > 0:34:02Oh!
0:34:03 > 0:34:06You'd have to be a fair bit quicker than that if you're going to
0:34:06 > 0:34:09- get a job here, but that's not bad. - Oh, really?- Yeah. That's OK.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13Yes... Maybe stick to the day job, eh, Christina?
0:34:14 > 0:34:18Oh! I have to be honest, I am completely gutted
0:34:18 > 0:34:20that I've sold that lamp. I just loved it.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23I could see it hanging in my kitchen. But never mind.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26It brings joy to my heart that it is still going to be kept as a gas lamp
0:34:26 > 0:34:29in its original condition, and a great profit.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Onwards and upwards.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34But Christina doesn't get a chance to go anywhere,
0:34:34 > 0:34:36as Mark is back into the fray next.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40He's in Halston in Essex with his heart-shaped pottery.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Well, something for the romantics now -
0:34:42 > 0:34:45this lovely little heart-shaped Copeland Spode box.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47I found a dealer who specialises in jewellery,
0:34:47 > 0:34:52but she thinks she may be able to use it somehow in her marketing.
0:34:52 > 0:34:57I hope she's not a hard-nosed dealer and has a romantic, sensitive side.
0:34:57 > 0:35:02The box cost Mark £8, so will antiques dealer Kim love it enough
0:35:02 > 0:35:05for him to walk away with a profit?
0:35:05 > 0:35:07You sell a lot of jewellery, don't you, that sort of thing?
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Well, I love transfer printed work.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12And Copeland Spode, of course, a very important factory.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14- You don't often see the heart shape, do you?- No.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18- And anything that's a heart shape sells well.- I can imagine.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20- Whether it's your silver or whatever.- Romantic.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22- And not just for Valentine's. - Oh, really?
0:35:22 > 0:35:25- SHE LAUGHS - But no, it's lovely.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28You can use it in lots of different ways, really.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31I could tip the lid and put some jewellery sort of across it,
0:35:31 > 0:35:33and coming out, spilling out of it
0:35:33 > 0:35:34would look really pretty.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37I don't know if you know much about the Copeland Spode factory.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39- Not really.- It's one of the oldest, actually.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42The original factory of Spode was founded
0:35:42 > 0:35:43in the very late 18th century,
0:35:43 > 0:35:46and it went through several partnerships,
0:35:46 > 0:35:49and a lot of people recognised as Copeland Spode.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51This particular pattern was one of the earliest
0:35:51 > 0:35:54blue and white ones they did. It's called the tower pattern.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58- Which was originally done, I think, in about 1798,- 1800. But this isn't.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00But this is not. No, no, this is much later.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03- This is early part of the 20th century.- Yes.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Sometimes you get little dates stamped in the bottom,
0:36:06 > 0:36:08but that round mark tends to be sort of 1920s, '30s.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11- And it's got England on it, of course.- And it's got England.- Yeah.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15- Which dates it.- Which is after 1891, which is, as you quite right-
0:36:15 > 0:36:17HE INHALES DEEPLY SHE LAUGHS
0:36:17 > 0:36:20You know, suddenly, we're all experts(!)
0:36:20 > 0:36:23And you're quite right, there are certain keys
0:36:23 > 0:36:26that give you date factors, aren't there?
0:36:26 > 0:36:28I mean, now you've seen it in the flesh, what do you think?
0:36:28 > 0:36:30I think it's really pretty.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33And at the right price, it's really commercial.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36- Oh, that dreaded... You see, up! Up! - It's got to be said!
0:36:36 > 0:36:38- Up and then down. - It's got to be said!
0:36:38 > 0:36:41I think I said between 15 and 25.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43- And...- Oh, yeah, but that's very rare.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Because you often find on heart-shaped pieces,
0:36:46 > 0:36:50- you get that little glaze chip. It's a sign of quality.- Really?
0:36:51 > 0:36:53I believe you(!)
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Yes, Mark. There is no pulling the wool over Kim's eyes.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Even so, she is interested.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02But I'm thinking, because it's got a chip...
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Yes.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06..and it's not very old, 10.
0:37:06 > 0:37:07Oh!
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Oh. Oh, dear.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14Oh, dear, where's that darkened room that I need to go and lie down in?
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Oh, I couldn't do 10.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18I mean, it cost me £8.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20I'll give you 15.
0:37:20 > 0:37:21I think I should be nice to you,
0:37:21 > 0:37:23because you've come up quite a lot. Let's say 14.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- And then we're both compromising. - Really? That's good.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27So, are we happy with 14?
0:37:27 > 0:37:30- I am.- And, you know, you haven't broken my heart.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Oh, that was terrible!
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Mark dropping his price?
0:37:36 > 0:37:37Very out of character!
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Kim must have won his heart.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42Still, he makes a £6 profit on the item,
0:37:42 > 0:37:45earning him two sales to Christina's one.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48But The Magpie is not resting on her laurels.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52She's taken her wooden moulds to Tarporley in Cheshire.
0:37:52 > 0:37:53To be perfectly honest,
0:37:53 > 0:37:56I'm not entirely sure what these were used for.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58But I'm sure they'll be able to shed some light on the subject,
0:37:58 > 0:38:01and maybe even want to buy them. Who knows?
0:38:01 > 0:38:03They set her back £10,
0:38:03 > 0:38:05so will they help her cook up a profit
0:38:05 > 0:38:07from chocolate shop owner Charles?
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Charles, I thought they might be chocolate moulds,
0:38:10 > 0:38:13but I suspect you might tell me that they are not.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15They are emphatically not chocolate moulds.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- Really?- The old chocolate moulds were beautiful metal moulds
0:38:18 > 0:38:21with a very, very high shine on the inside,
0:38:21 > 0:38:25and this was to make the chocolate release when it set.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27These, I think, are bakery moulds.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31Almost certainly, these would have had a biscuit mix
0:38:31 > 0:38:32or something like that.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35So, not desirable for chocolate making?
0:38:35 > 0:38:36Not for chocolate making,
0:38:36 > 0:38:40but within the chocolate, confectionery and baking industry,
0:38:40 > 0:38:42they are wonderful.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- Oh! Phew!- I like them. I like them.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48My family have been involved with confectionary
0:38:48 > 0:38:51in its various forms for nearly 100 years.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54- Yeah.- And we have nothing.- Really?
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- There is obviously a gap in our business...- Brilliant!
0:38:57 > 0:39:00..for showing what we used to be used in, eh confectionary.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04They are also something which I would think a lot of people
0:39:04 > 0:39:07would enjoy having, because there is so much work gone into them.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09I would absolutely agree with you,
0:39:09 > 0:39:12and I think it's quite interesting, isn't it, that these started out
0:39:12 > 0:39:15life as being totally utilitarian pieces, but you're
0:39:15 > 0:39:18absolutely right, now they are actually works of art
0:39:18 > 0:39:20in their own right, completely. And on a wall,
0:39:20 > 0:39:22they would look quite stunning, I think.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24I would love you to buy it and I think it's the start of
0:39:24 > 0:39:27a new collection for you, I like that idea.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31But obviously we need to talk about price, Charles.
0:39:31 > 0:39:32Which makes me a bit nervous.
0:39:32 > 0:39:33I mean, there are ten moulds here.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37- Yes.- What about 80...
0:39:37 > 0:39:4180... £80?
0:39:41 > 0:39:42£80.
0:39:42 > 0:39:43Christina...
0:39:45 > 0:39:48..you're clearly not seeing how we make our chocolates.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50We spend hours making our truffles,
0:39:50 > 0:39:55and we have to make an awful lot of truffles for £80.
0:39:55 > 0:39:56I will give you a proposition.
0:39:56 > 0:40:03- Oh!- I will pay you £60 cash if you will come and dip some truffles,
0:40:03 > 0:40:06so that you can appreciate how long it takes us.
0:40:06 > 0:40:07- £60.- Yes.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Truffle-making. Do I get to taste one?
0:40:10 > 0:40:12You get to keep what you dip.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15- Is that all right?- Done! Done!
0:40:15 > 0:40:17My goodness, she nearly ripped his arm off.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21And it's probably not because she got a £50 profit on the moulds.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Please tell me that is a vat of chocolate.
0:40:26 > 0:40:27That is milk chocolate.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31Oh, that looks amazing. Can I just put my head in it?
0:40:31 > 0:40:32No.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36I get a choccy and I delicately throw it in?
0:40:36 > 0:40:40Yes. Move it around with the forks until it's covered in chocolate.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42- OK.- And then take it out.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43- How's that?- That is very good.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- That's very good, yes.- Really?
0:40:46 > 0:40:47Like the egg and spoon race.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Oh. Oh, my goodness.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52That's brilliant.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54- Ta-da!- You're a natural.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Ho! Wowee, £50 profit,
0:40:59 > 0:41:01and I got to make my own chocolates!
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Not sure I was very good at it, but never mind.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06Let's just hope that Mark's profits aren't quite so sweet.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Well, he's certainly trying to sweeten his success, by doing
0:41:11 > 0:41:14a bit of extra research into the Victorian sampler.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17I particularly like the sampler,
0:41:17 > 0:41:21because there are historical documents and unique to that person.
0:41:21 > 0:41:26The first thing I did was to go onto the Devon Family History Society,
0:41:26 > 0:41:30and I found out quite a bit about Amy Ethel Hill.
0:41:30 > 0:41:36She was the daughter of Frank Hagman Hill and Isobel, and they were
0:41:36 > 0:41:41married in 1981, so this, again, fits in nicely with the sampler.
0:41:41 > 0:41:46Sadly, I found out that this young lady died in 1904 aged 22,
0:41:46 > 0:41:50so my initial plan of finding family members may not
0:41:50 > 0:41:54prove successful, but who knows, I shall keep searching.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57And while Stacey plays detective,
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Christina is hoping to tip the profit scales in her favour.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04I've brought my scales over the border to Cheshire here,
0:42:04 > 0:42:06to a farm shop. They sell fresh fruit and vegetables here
0:42:06 > 0:42:09and I thought they would make a really lovely display piece.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11I've had them delivered, cos they're quite heavy,
0:42:11 > 0:42:13let's go and see what Ian thinks.
0:42:14 > 0:42:19Remember, the scales and the weights cost her £38.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22- Ian, hello.- Hi, Christina. - Very nice to meet you, how are you?
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- Very well, thank you. - These look amazing!
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- Grand, isn't it? - Are you using them already?
0:42:28 > 0:42:31- I certainly am.- I'm going to have to charge a hire fee!
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Well, it just fits into the environment we have here.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36It really does, this is fantastic.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Do you have many other vintage shop fittings around?
0:42:39 > 0:42:43Oh, the shop inside is full of old-fashioned shop fittings
0:42:43 > 0:42:47- that we've reclaimed from vintage shops.- And I think my scales...
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Oh, your scales - pride of place.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52- ..will be a valuable addition to the market store.- They will indeed.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Do you think you'd keep them on here?
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- It's just made for it, isn't it? - It really is, yeah.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00- Don't forget the weights you've got here.- Of course.
0:43:00 > 0:43:05That should, when that goes on there, that comes up and balances.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Ahh. They might need a little bit of TLC, Ian.
0:43:08 > 0:43:09Yeah, probably a little bit of oil.
0:43:09 > 0:43:13- Might need a bit of tender loving Ian care.- We can do that.- Brilliant.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15Oh, I like, it, positive thinking already.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17IAN LAUGHS
0:43:17 > 0:43:20So, price-wise, what's your thoughts?
0:43:20 > 0:43:24- Erm, bearing in mind you said they need some tender loving care...- Yep.
0:43:24 > 0:43:28- ..let's go to £60.- OK. Is that your best offer?- That's my best offer.
0:43:28 > 0:43:32OK, I can never say no to a man in a cravat.
0:43:33 > 0:43:35So that adds a fruity £22 profit
0:43:35 > 0:43:37into Christina's pot,
0:43:37 > 0:43:40and she's keen to see them in action.
0:43:40 > 0:43:44- I'd like two "kilogs" of... - Two kilos of?- ..of grapes, please.
0:43:44 > 0:43:48- No, I'm joking!- No, no, no. Let's go two kilos of...
0:43:48 > 0:43:51- Potatoes.- Potatoes!
0:43:51 > 0:43:54Do you think they actually work? I don't know whether they do.
0:43:54 > 0:43:58- I think they're going to need a bit of oil.- I think you might be right.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01No, I think that's you playing with it there.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03Oh, well, I'm so pleased you've just paid £60 for
0:44:03 > 0:44:05- a pair of scales that don't work. - That don't work!
0:44:05 > 0:44:07LAUGHTER
0:44:07 > 0:44:09- They will work.- Aesthetically though, they look fantastic.
0:44:09 > 0:44:13- Exactly.- Whether they're used or just for decoration purposes,
0:44:13 > 0:44:14- a great addition.- Brilliant.
0:44:14 > 0:44:18Well, lucky for Christina, Ian was very understanding,
0:44:18 > 0:44:22and that brings us to the halfway point of this selling bonanza.
0:44:22 > 0:44:24So, let's see who is the heavyweight at the moment
0:44:24 > 0:44:27and who still needs to bulk up.
0:44:27 > 0:44:30Mark has so far sold two items,
0:44:30 > 0:44:33turning a respectable profit of £61.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36Christina has sold three items,
0:44:36 > 0:44:40but made an impressive £222.
0:44:40 > 0:44:43So, Christina is ahead in items sold and money made.
0:44:43 > 0:44:45But there's still everything to play for.
0:44:45 > 0:44:50Until Mark's game is thrown into disarray when he incurs an injury.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53Everything was going incredibly well.
0:44:53 > 0:44:54Swimmingly well, in fact.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57I was getting out there, doing deals, then catastrophe struck,
0:44:57 > 0:45:00and I broke my ankle.
0:45:00 > 0:45:03But then I thought to myself, "This could actually be quite good.
0:45:03 > 0:45:08"I can use my time to search the internet to find those right buyers,
0:45:08 > 0:45:11"to make sure that I get as much profit as I can."
0:45:11 > 0:45:15Christina, of course, not that I want you to go out and break a leg.
0:45:15 > 0:45:16No, I really don't. Honestly, I don't.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18No, of course not, Mark.
0:45:18 > 0:45:22But as he hits the phones, his profits hit the floor.
0:45:22 > 0:45:27Despite all his research into the sampler, he hits a dead end
0:45:27 > 0:45:31and ends up selling it to Paula, a dealer in Lansing, for £30,
0:45:31 > 0:45:34making not a penny profit.
0:45:34 > 0:45:38It seems Mark The Maverick needs to see the whites of his buyers' eyes
0:45:38 > 0:45:41to turn the screws and make some money.
0:45:41 > 0:45:43Yes, he must put in the legwork...
0:45:43 > 0:45:45or wheelwork, in this case.
0:45:45 > 0:45:47So, he travels to Margate to meet a possible purchaser
0:45:47 > 0:45:49for his pufferfish perfume brooch.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54Do you know what? I'm not going to let a broken ankle put me off
0:45:54 > 0:45:56finding a buyer and making profits.
0:45:56 > 0:45:58I've brought Santi, my partner, along,
0:45:58 > 0:46:00who's helping me get from A to B.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03I'm here to sell my vintage perfume brooch.
0:46:03 > 0:46:07I'm in Margate. There's a lovely vintage shop that specialises
0:46:07 > 0:46:11in this type of thing. Let's hope I make a huge profit.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14Are you with me? Forward, Jeeves!
0:46:14 > 0:46:16So will Deborah, the owner of the vintage shop,
0:46:16 > 0:46:20be interested in puffing up Mark's profit margins?
0:46:20 > 0:46:21I found this little brooch.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23I sent you a photograph of it.
0:46:23 > 0:46:26- Oh.- And it's one of those sort of perfume brooches.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28I think it's marvellous.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30It's a nice bit of whimsical American...
0:46:30 > 0:46:32- Kitsch.- Kitsch, yeah.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35I'm thinking from the sort of '70s or something, do you think?
0:46:35 > 0:46:36'60s, '70s, I'd say.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38So, you know the firm?
0:46:38 > 0:46:41Yeah, Fuller Brush. They are kind of like an Avon from America.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43They started off in the 1912s,
0:46:43 > 0:46:45around about that time, in Connecticut.
0:46:45 > 0:46:47And it was like a brush company,
0:46:47 > 0:46:49and they went round door to door, selling stuff.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52And, hopefully, if I open it up, there should be perfume inside it.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55Do you know, I haven't actually found how you open it.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58- There is a hinge there somewhere, isn't it?- Should be, yeah.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00There we go.
0:47:00 > 0:47:01Oh, it smells like Nana's!
0:47:01 > 0:47:03Does it?
0:47:03 > 0:47:04Yeah. It's lovely.
0:47:04 > 0:47:06Oh, it is quite strong, isn't it?
0:47:06 > 0:47:09It's actually quite rare to find it in the brooch,
0:47:09 > 0:47:11cos usually they're half-full. So obviously the women made
0:47:11 > 0:47:12a bit of an effort and put it behind
0:47:12 > 0:47:14their ears for their husbands when they come home
0:47:14 > 0:47:17from whatever they done in America in them days.
0:47:17 > 0:47:20Mind you, that pungent smell, you'd keep the mosquitoes away.
0:47:20 > 0:47:21THEY LAUGH
0:47:21 > 0:47:23I mean, now that you've seen it, is it something you'd like?
0:47:23 > 0:47:25I like it for myself, yeah.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27And I'd probably wear it as a pendant on a necklace.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30- Oh, wow.- And scrape out the perfume, maybe, and put, like,
0:47:30 > 0:47:33- lip gloss or something in it. - Oh, wow, really?
0:47:33 > 0:47:36I was hoping to get in the region of sort of £15-£25.
0:47:36 > 0:47:39Is that way off? Because it does smell delicious.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41Oh...
0:47:41 > 0:47:44Keep breathing it in, we might get to 40!
0:47:46 > 0:47:49I mean, I would really pay, for something like this,
0:47:49 > 0:47:51- about £15-£18. - £15-£18?
0:47:51 > 0:47:54- Can we do 18? - Oh, as it's you, darling.
0:47:54 > 0:47:56- Are you sure?- I feel sorry for you!
0:47:56 > 0:47:59- Yeah.- Oh, I know. - Buy you some new pyjamas!
0:47:59 > 0:48:01Yeah, I will. Don't tell her, but I'll take it off later,
0:48:01 > 0:48:03cos I can walk normally.
0:48:03 > 0:48:05No, viewers, he really can't walk.
0:48:05 > 0:48:11But he rolls out with a profit of £8 for the vintage brooch.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14Christina has also picked up perfume containers,
0:48:14 > 0:48:16although hers are a little larger than Mark's.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18Yes.
0:48:18 > 0:48:19I'm here in edgy East London,
0:48:19 > 0:48:21where I'm rather hoping that this
0:48:21 > 0:48:23luxury gentleman's grooming establishment might be
0:48:23 > 0:48:26in need of a couple of retro shop fittings.
0:48:26 > 0:48:27Let's go and find out.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31Remember, she paid £30 for the pair.
0:48:31 > 0:48:35- Well, hello.- Hello. - You must be Jacob.- Nice to meet you.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37Lovely to meet you, Jacob, I'm Christina.
0:48:37 > 0:48:40So tell me, I have never been into a gentleman's barbers before
0:48:40 > 0:48:42- you might be surprised - or a gentleman's, what was it,
0:48:42 > 0:48:45- a luxury grooming establishment? - Yeah.
0:48:45 > 0:48:48But there does seem to be this kind of resurgence of interest
0:48:48 > 0:48:50- in gentleman's grooming, isn't there?- Absolutely.
0:48:50 > 0:48:52One of the biggest trends in recent years
0:48:52 > 0:48:53is obviously the beards came back.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56- I haven't got one myself... - Yeah, why not?
0:48:56 > 0:48:59Well, after 23 years I still can't quite grow one.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01- CHRISTINA LAUGHS - Something to aspire to.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03Yeah, one day.
0:49:03 > 0:49:06But I think despite a lot of people thinking the beards would
0:49:06 > 0:49:08bring back a more scruffy look,
0:49:08 > 0:49:10it's actually something that's quite refined,
0:49:10 > 0:49:13takes a lot of maintenance, which is why things like
0:49:13 > 0:49:15cut-throat razors have become much more in fashion.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17And there's all sorts of things,
0:49:17 > 0:49:18like beard moisturiser, beard shampoo.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21Wow, I didn't know they were such high-maintenance things.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24No, absolutely, you have to clean them, moisturise them, brush them.
0:49:24 > 0:49:27- Really?- There's a lot of work that goes into them.- Oh, wow.
0:49:27 > 0:49:30So, we've talked about these eau de Cologne dispensers.
0:49:30 > 0:49:32- What do you think? - They look amazing.
0:49:32 > 0:49:36- Do they?- Really, really good. - Good. Phew!
0:49:36 > 0:49:38So they would have been full of eau de Cologne,
0:49:38 > 0:49:40and then somebody would have gone in
0:49:40 > 0:49:43with their refillable bottle of eau de Cologne, and they would have
0:49:43 > 0:49:44dispensed it here from this measure,
0:49:44 > 0:49:47and through some sort of rubber tube
0:49:47 > 0:49:48- or something.- Piping, yeah.
0:49:48 > 0:49:51Obviously, we're in a gentleman's barbers, and I thought of you,
0:49:51 > 0:49:54cos they are quite a masculine thing, aren't they?
0:49:54 > 0:49:56Yeah, and we do a lot of fragrance work ourselves.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59We design all our own fragrances from British ingredients,
0:49:59 > 0:50:00so I think this is definitely
0:50:00 > 0:50:03something that would look good in one of our places.
0:50:03 > 0:50:05Buying them myself, I'd say £100 for the pair.
0:50:05 > 0:50:06£100 for the pair?
0:50:06 > 0:50:10Oh, my goodness. Well, I was hoping for a bit more than that.
0:50:10 > 0:50:13It's time for a proper East End 'aggle!
0:50:13 > 0:50:16If you were to see them in a shop today,
0:50:16 > 0:50:18they would definitely be marked up at £150 apiece.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20- For each piece?- Yeah.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22- Move up a little bit.- OK.
0:50:22 > 0:50:24I think we could go up to 130.
0:50:25 > 0:50:26Blimey. We've got a long way to go.
0:50:26 > 0:50:30If I came down to 250 for the two?
0:50:30 > 0:50:33I don't think I could go quite to that, though.
0:50:33 > 0:50:36Oh, God, you're a good haggler, aren't you? Very good haggler.
0:50:36 > 0:50:40I think for the two, we'd be prepared to go up to 160.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43- For the pair.- OK.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46Meet me in the middle at 180 and you've got a deal.
0:50:47 > 0:50:48Say 170?
0:50:48 > 0:50:51180. I'm a girl that sticks to my guns, Jacob.
0:50:51 > 0:50:53- 180 it is.- 180. Thank you very much. Well done.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55Good haggling.
0:50:55 > 0:50:57Oh, yes. She had to work hard,
0:50:57 > 0:51:01but that's a stunning £150 profit for The Magpie.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04Well, what a perfect example of what happens when you take the
0:51:04 > 0:51:06right things to the right market.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09£150 profit, I am absolutely delighted with that, and even
0:51:09 > 0:51:12more so because they are going to look great inside that shop.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15Hopefully that will edge me ahead of Mark in the old profit stakes,
0:51:15 > 0:51:17but we'll have to see.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19Now, both our experts have one item left,
0:51:19 > 0:51:22and Mark is rolling into Ramsgate,
0:51:22 > 0:51:25where he is hoping antique shop owner Andrew
0:51:25 > 0:51:27will like the pouffe that cost him £60.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29- Andrew, how are you? - I'm very well, how are you?
0:51:29 > 0:51:32Can I give you this? Well...
0:51:32 > 0:51:34I've had a bit of a war wound, I'm afraid,
0:51:34 > 0:51:37I've broken my ankle and it's been pinned.
0:51:37 > 0:51:41- Seven pins.- Oh, my goodness.- I don't recommend it.- No, definitely not.
0:51:41 > 0:51:45And I promise it's genuine, it's not for effect.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48- It's not for effect?- It's not to tug on your heartstrings.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50This really struck me when I saw it, cos it's a nice,
0:51:50 > 0:51:53- solid lump of leather.- Yes, yes.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56It's got that sort of gentleman's club look about it.
0:51:56 > 0:51:57- The colour of it.- Definitely.
0:51:57 > 0:52:02But you've got that rather nice sort of Aztec or Mayan decoration on it.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04- Yes.- And I think these type of items are in,
0:52:04 > 0:52:08because people want occasional seating furniture.
0:52:08 > 0:52:10It's also good for somebody in your situation.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13Oh, yes, Andrew. I've had my leg up on it.
0:52:13 > 0:52:15- I bet. - Well, what do you think, though?
0:52:15 > 0:52:18Well, I do like it, and I've actually got a customer
0:52:18 > 0:52:22on my books who's asked me to look out for one of these.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24And I found a couple for them in the past,
0:52:24 > 0:52:26but they've never been quite right.
0:52:26 > 0:52:30- Quite right.- Because they've been too bright and too modern-looking.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33Whereas this has got a lovely colour and a lovely age.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36So, I might have a customer that I can move this on to.
0:52:36 > 0:52:40Wonderful. I mean, I was hoping to get, as an initial thought,
0:52:40 > 0:52:43at around the £100 mark for it.
0:52:43 > 0:52:45Now, I mean, can you get anywhere near that, do you think?
0:52:45 > 0:52:47Nowhere near, no.
0:52:48 > 0:52:52- You are a meanie. - I mean, I was thinking around about
0:52:52 > 0:52:53the 60, £70 mark.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55- Around about that. - Well, that's getting closer.
0:52:55 > 0:52:58I'll be absolutely honest with you. I paid 60 for it.
0:52:58 > 0:53:04- OK.- So I would be happy if we could, say, do 90.
0:53:04 > 0:53:07- 90.- Could you get anywhere close to that?
0:53:07 > 0:53:11- I could get to 80.- 85.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13Can I push you another fiver, for that client?
0:53:13 > 0:53:16- Well...- Who I know would love it.
0:53:16 > 0:53:19I think I might make a small profit on it, so I think 85.
0:53:19 > 0:53:20- Are you sure?- I'm sure.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22- Wonderful.- Thank you.
0:53:22 > 0:53:23Thank you. Goodbye, old friend.
0:53:23 > 0:53:25Thanks for supporting me.
0:53:25 > 0:53:28Mark makes £25 profit on the pouffe,
0:53:28 > 0:53:30and he's all done and dusted.
0:53:30 > 0:53:32Well, that's a good result, isn't it?
0:53:32 > 0:53:35I've made a good working profit on the pouffe
0:53:35 > 0:53:39and what's better still is I'm sold up for the car-boot sale.
0:53:39 > 0:53:43But, for Christina, the clock is still ticking,
0:53:43 > 0:53:45and she's taken it to London.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48You might think I might have gone a little bit crazy, having bought
0:53:48 > 0:53:51this pocket watch movement here with absolutely no case to it whatsoever.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53They are a bit ten-a-penny, to be honest.
0:53:53 > 0:53:56But it's not necessarily about what the watch is -
0:53:56 > 0:53:58it's what's written on the back.
0:53:58 > 0:53:59And this says Bexfield.
0:53:59 > 0:54:01So, I've brought it to Daniel Bexfield,
0:54:01 > 0:54:05hoping that he might want to buy a little bit of his ancestry.
0:54:05 > 0:54:07Hello, Daniel. Here we are.
0:54:07 > 0:54:08Now, don't hate me.
0:54:08 > 0:54:10I... No. Go on.
0:54:10 > 0:54:12I've brought you something really special.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15- Really special.- Really special? - Yeah.- OK.
0:54:15 > 0:54:19- We've got a pocket watch movement. - Yes. Look what it says on the back.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22- Look! Look!- No, I'm wondering where the case is.- Ah.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25The case is probably in the melting pot, very sadly.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27Obviously, it should have had a case, shouldn't it?
0:54:27 > 0:54:30- It would have been...- Wow, OK.
0:54:30 > 0:54:32Is that more interesting now?
0:54:32 > 0:54:34It is quite interesting.
0:54:34 > 0:54:38In 36 years of dealing, I've never seen one with Bexfield on it.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40- Exactly.- Actually, it's starting to work a little more. Ohh.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42See? See? There's life.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45It is a Bexfield movement - it gets working eventually.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50As a piece of Bexfield family history...
0:54:50 > 0:54:53As a future present for my son.
0:54:53 > 0:54:56Yes. Who might not thank you for it!
0:54:56 > 0:54:59So, what do you think I should be paying for this?
0:54:59 > 0:55:02- I...- It is interesting, and as I say, I've not come across it.
0:55:02 > 0:55:06Exactly. It's got to be worth 50 quid, hasn't it?
0:55:06 > 0:55:07No. I'll be a laughing stock.
0:55:07 > 0:55:09£40.
0:55:09 > 0:55:12- That's ridiculous! - Oh, come on, Daniel!
0:55:12 > 0:55:1435. No, I meant to say 30!
0:55:14 > 0:55:16- I've now said 35!- 35, done.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20Thank you. Thank you very much.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22Oh, my goodness. What a legend. There is probably nobody else
0:55:22 > 0:55:26that would have bought that pocket watch. It was relatively valueless.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28But because it had that Bexfield connection on the back of it,
0:55:28 > 0:55:30I managed to eke a profit out of it.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33Happy days.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35Christina makes a final profit
0:55:35 > 0:55:37of £34 and brings the selling to an end.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40So, before we find out who has won,
0:55:40 > 0:55:44let's remind ourselves of how much money our experts invested.
0:55:46 > 0:55:52From a £250 budget, Mark bought five items and spent £118.
0:55:52 > 0:55:56Christina bought six and spent £179.
0:55:56 > 0:55:58But all that matters now is profit.
0:56:01 > 0:56:03All the money from their challenge
0:56:03 > 0:56:06will go to our dealers' chosen charities, so let's find out
0:56:06 > 0:56:11who is our Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.
0:56:11 > 0:56:12Darling, how are you?
0:56:12 > 0:56:14Very well. How are you?
0:56:14 > 0:56:15I'm fine. I'm fine.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17- Good.- The car-boot, Christina?
0:56:17 > 0:56:20Do you know, I think this was possibly - no, it definitely was -
0:56:20 > 0:56:22my favourite buying location.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25It is a very good market, there are a lot of dealers there.
0:56:25 > 0:56:26It's fantastic.
0:56:26 > 0:56:28I love your lantern.
0:56:28 > 0:56:30Oh, I didn't want to sell it.
0:56:30 > 0:56:31It was just so beautiful.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33And you bought some other lovely things as well.
0:56:33 > 0:56:35I did. I bought those perfume dispensers.
0:56:35 > 0:56:37Oh, yes. Those, I was intrigued about.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39I think you paid nothing for those?
0:56:39 > 0:56:43Sold them to a gentleman's beard maintenance hairdressers type place.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46- Really?- Yeah.- Did he ask the inevitable question?
0:56:46 > 0:56:49- What?- Something for the weekend, madam?
0:56:49 > 0:56:52And what about that fabulous brooch? I loved that. It was gorgeous.
0:56:52 > 0:56:55It was great fun. I sold it to a vintage shop.
0:56:55 > 0:56:57- And you got a good price? - I made a reasonable profit on it.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59I didn't spend enough, that's the problem.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01I always think afterwards, I should have spent more.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04- Should have been more courageous, like you.- I don't know about that.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07- I'm not looking forward to this. - Me neither. You ready?
0:57:07 > 0:57:08- One...- Dos...
0:57:08 > 0:57:10- Oh.- Tres...- Tres!
0:57:10 > 0:57:13Oh! Oh, Christina!
0:57:13 > 0:57:14I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
0:57:14 > 0:57:16I'm closing the box.
0:57:16 > 0:57:19- I can't look.- Do you know, this is such a surprise to me!
0:57:19 > 0:57:21I didn't realise. Honestly, that's amazing.
0:57:21 > 0:57:23So, that's respectable.
0:57:23 > 0:57:24Yes.
0:57:26 > 0:57:29That's right. Christina is today's winner,
0:57:29 > 0:57:32and manages to bring in a comfortable victory.
0:57:33 > 0:57:37Early mornings obviously make me haggle hard, and, boy, did I haggle.
0:57:37 > 0:57:39But it obviously shows in the final results.
0:57:39 > 0:57:42The Ford car-boot sale - that's my old stomping ground!
0:57:42 > 0:57:44I really should have won this.
0:57:44 > 0:57:46Christina's just got a natural eye.
0:57:48 > 0:57:52Together they've made £500, all of which will go to good causes.
0:57:52 > 0:57:56And for Mark, that's The Dream Factory in Essex.
0:57:56 > 0:58:00My charity is a small charity who make dreams come true for children
0:58:00 > 0:58:05and young adults with life-limiting and severe disablement.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07My profits will be going to the Beechtree Community Centre
0:58:07 > 0:58:10in Whitchurch, which includes a day centre for elderly people
0:58:10 > 0:58:14to combat loneliness and isolation within the community.
0:58:14 > 0:58:18Yes, it's been a rollercoaster ride of thrills and spills,
0:58:18 > 0:58:21and our excellent experts have really put their money
0:58:21 > 0:58:24where their mouths are and shown they can make a convincing profit
0:58:24 > 0:58:30from buying and selling antiques when their own money is on the line.