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