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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 | 0:00:07 | |
against each other in an all-out battle for profit. | 0:00:07 | 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 | 0:00:19 | |
Putting their reputations on the line... | 0:00:19 | 0:00:21 | |
Who's there? | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
..they'll give you the insider's view of the trade... | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
HE GROWLS | 0:00:26 | 0:00:28 | |
..along with their top tips and savvy secrets... | 0:00:28 | 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 | 0:00:35 | |
Ready for battle. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
..from buying and selling. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:39 | |
Get in there! | 0:00:39 | 0:00:41 | |
Coming up - things get ugly in the auction room. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:44 | |
I know who's bidding against me. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:47 | |
Del Boy running me up. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
Eric shows his rival how it's done. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:52 | |
He's not even letting the dust settle. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:54 | |
He's started selling already. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:56 | |
-And Danny meets his match. -Style never goes out of fashion. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
Absolutely. And fashion never goes out of style. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:02 | |
Hey, hold on a minute. Are you nicking my lines, or what? | 0:01:02 | 0:01:04 | |
This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:07 | |
Welcome, one and all, to another ultimate war of acquisition. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:26 | |
Today's battlefield is the picturesque town | 0:01:26 | 0:01:28 | |
of Crewkerne in Somerset. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
It may look quaint and charming but make no mistake, | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
battle lines are being drawn as two commanders | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
of collectables prepare to advance on an auction house. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:40 | |
Leading the charge is a decorated officer of all things porcelain. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:45 | |
He's a crack shot auction assassin, | 0:01:45 | 0:01:47 | |
it's Eric "The Knowledge" Knowles. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:50 | |
You've got to have confidence in your goods. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:52 | |
And I have. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:55 | |
And ready to repel Eric's assault | 0:01:55 | 0:01:57 | |
is a profit-seeking private on parade. | 0:01:57 | 0:02:01 | |
AS WINSTON CHURCHILL: Never has so much been considered for so many | 0:02:01 | 0:02:05 | |
by just one man. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:07 | |
It's Danny "Del Boy" Sebastian. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:11 | |
Let's get busy. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:12 | |
Today's battlefield is Lawrence's Auction Room. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
Our boys have £1,000 of their own money | 0:02:17 | 0:02:19 | |
to deploy at will, | 0:02:19 | 0:02:20 | |
with all profits heading straight to their chosen charities. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
So, Eric Knowles and Danny Sebastian, | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
it's time to put your money where your mouth is. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
-Well, good morning, sir. How are you? -Good morning, Eric. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
-I'm good, thank you. -You are? -I am. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:38 | |
-Are you a regular at the saleroom? -Not at all. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:40 | |
We've got a full, a full morning ahead of us. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
You was here last night so you've seen the catalogue | 0:02:43 | 0:02:45 | |
and you know what's going on. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
Yeah, well, it was only a sneaky preview because... | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
-That's all you need. -Well... -It's the great Eric Knowles. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
500! Thank you, we're going to get on well, me and you. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:02:56 | 0:02:57 | |
That being said, 500 lots to get through today | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
so I think we are going to be really businesslike, you know. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
So I'll give you a tip, Danny. Follow your nose. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
-Follow your gut also. -OK. On that note, go for it. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:09 | |
Yes, it's nose against gut. Eugh! | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
So, will Eric's slow and steady, old-school approach | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
get the better of his challenger's cheeky chutzpah? | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
As Eric took the initiative to preview the lots last night, | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
he's got a head start on Danny, but as the auction house fills up, | 0:03:22 | 0:03:26 | |
Del Boy is hopeful his rival's strengths | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
will prove to be his weaknesses! | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
I know Eric Knowles loves good-quality porcelain and china, | 0:03:33 | 0:03:38 | |
and I've not seen it here today | 0:03:38 | 0:03:40 | |
so I'm going to have a good look around | 0:03:40 | 0:03:42 | |
and I think I might be in with a chance of winning this one. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:46 | |
Young pup Danny is hopeful that success awaits, | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
but Eric is an old hand at auctions | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
and has more than one trick up his sleeve. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:54 | |
One thing I've learned to do is I've... | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
I go through the lots | 0:03:57 | 0:03:58 | |
and, the things I really want, I put a star against them, | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
but I'll also mark up a few other lots. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
Now, the other lots are not star lots, | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
they are what I call desperation lots. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:08 | |
Yes, you'd have to get up very early in the morning | 0:04:08 | 0:04:11 | |
to get one over on old Eric | 0:04:11 | 0:04:12 | |
and, since he arrived at the auction last night, | 0:04:12 | 0:04:15 | |
Danny has his work cut out. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:17 | |
Now, Knowlesy has already eyed up the bargains and is considering | 0:04:17 | 0:04:21 | |
sailing into unfamiliar waters, with a 19th-century engraving. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:25 | |
Well, I'm going to have to sort of cast my bread upon the waters | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
and, er, and to boldly go where I would never normally go before, | 0:04:31 | 0:04:35 | |
because what's on offer in here, it's a bit limiting - I don't mind | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
telling you - but up there, there's a lovely sort of coloured print. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:43 | |
It's in a nice frame. Maybe, if I get it, | 0:04:43 | 0:04:46 | |
I might do a little bit of research on HM steam frigate Geyser! | 0:04:46 | 0:04:52 | |
That's what it's all about - "geezer", which reminds me... | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
I wonder where Danny Boy has gone off to? | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
Hmm! He's on the other side of the auction house, | 0:04:58 | 0:05:01 | |
eyeing up a mahogany chair. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:03 | |
It's real nice condition. It's got a lovely scroll back, | 0:05:03 | 0:05:07 | |
it's got that patina on it where it's been worn. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
I think it's really lovely. And it seems all structurally sound, | 0:05:09 | 0:05:14 | |
there's no woodworm. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
This might be a piece that I'll be going after. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
Everyone's got an office in the house, or if not, | 0:05:19 | 0:05:21 | |
in their office. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:23 | |
An office in their office? That's a lot of office. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:26 | |
Meanwhile, Eric has spotted another print - he's gone all whispery. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:31 | |
I like the one behind me, I don't want to draw attention to it, see, | 0:05:31 | 0:05:36 | |
cos it's one of my favourite American artists. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
A man called Maxfield Parrish, and it's in nice condition and... | 0:05:39 | 0:05:44 | |
I want to buy that. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:47 | |
Oh, Eric's all excited | 0:05:47 | 0:05:48 | |
and Danny is getting worked up too by an old workbench. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:52 | |
This, I love. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:55 | |
A nice workbench, it's an industrial piece, | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
probably used in something like a woodworker's workshop. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:01 | |
I would say it's about 1950s, probably 1960s. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:05 | |
Very in vogue. All the sorts of marks and chips, | 0:06:05 | 0:06:09 | |
it just gives it character. Generally, people love that. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:14 | |
If I can get that for about £60, £70, £80, | 0:06:14 | 0:06:18 | |
I'll be a happy man. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
Danny is wearing his heart on his sleeve, | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
but Eric is still in whisper mode, as he homes in on another item. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:26 | |
It's um...nice... | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
Chinese fourfold screen inlaid with mother of pearl. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:33 | |
A lovely thing. It's missing bits of mother of pearl, not too much. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:38 | |
But you know, it's a costly business to get things like this restored. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:42 | |
It's the last but one item in the sale, and that's when | 0:06:42 | 0:06:47 | |
you hope that everybody's lost interest. They'll all gone home | 0:06:47 | 0:06:53 | |
and there's just you and the auctioneer in the room. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:57 | |
That might be the hope, but will it be the reality? | 0:06:57 | 0:07:01 | |
Only time will tell if Eric's undercover scheming can beat | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
Danny's gung ho enthusiasm! | 0:07:04 | 0:07:07 | |
First, the bidders must gather, | 0:07:07 | 0:07:09 | |
the auctioneer must take to his seat on high. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
HE BANGS GAVEL | 0:07:12 | 0:07:13 | |
Morning, everyone. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:14 | |
And our experts take to their positions. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:17 | |
They are up against the rest of the room, | 0:07:17 | 0:07:19 | |
not to mention the reserve bids on the auctioneer's book. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:23 | |
It's Eric who's first to have a punt on a deceptively youthful lady. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:27 | |
Well, there is a lot coming up which is just described | 0:07:29 | 0:07:32 | |
as a statue on a plinth. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:34 | |
It looks ancient, it looks like it could be 18th century. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:36 | |
It's not, I think it's probably precast concrete. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:39 | |
It'll look good in somebody's garden, | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
it looks like it's been around | 0:07:41 | 0:07:43 | |
since before the Battle of Trafalgar. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:45 | |
Lot 41, statue on a plinth. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
35. 38, 40, 2, now. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:50 | |
At 42 on my right. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:52 | |
All done, I sell at 42. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
HE BANGS GAVEL | 0:07:54 | 0:07:55 | |
Oh, he's got me a little bit worried here now. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:59 | |
I didn't even spot this statue on a plinth. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:01 | |
And so the old guard takes an early 1-0 lead | 0:08:01 | 0:08:05 | |
against the young pretender, | 0:08:05 | 0:08:07 | |
taking home his decorative lady for £51.83, including fees. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:12 | |
She might actually be one of a set of four, | 0:08:13 | 0:08:16 | |
maybe one of the four seasons, so we would be looking at summer. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:21 | |
Well, what she does have to her advantage is that | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
she's been around for, not a long time, | 0:08:24 | 0:08:27 | |
but enough time for lichens to build up on the surface | 0:08:27 | 0:08:31 | |
and this gives it a sense of antiquity. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
All in all, she comes complete with a lucky horseshoe. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:39 | |
And it does seem to bring him luck, | 0:08:39 | 0:08:41 | |
as he also snaps up the collection of prints | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
which includes the Maxfield Parrish picture he saw earlier. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:47 | |
That's my Maxfield Parrish. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:49 | |
£18! | 0:08:49 | 0:08:51 | |
And with fees, that's a total of £22.21 for the prints. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:54 | |
Eric is showing Danny a thing or two about auctions, | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
but it's The Knowledge who's taken a leaf out | 0:08:57 | 0:09:00 | |
of Del Boy's book next as he spots a lot which might just help | 0:09:00 | 0:09:03 | |
him reach great heights. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:04 | |
83 is coming up. It's a wooden stepladder. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:11 | |
But I've noticed that it's quite... | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
It's got a bit of vintage going on here. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:15 | |
Everybody is using ladders nowadays as props. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:18 | |
It's something that I always go for, because they're so handy, | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
they're shelving, you know, they make a great prop. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
I would never normally go for anything like that, | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
but, again, if it's at the right price... | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
Let's hope I buy 'em at the right money. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:30 | |
Great minds, eh? | 0:09:30 | 0:09:32 | |
With Eric 2-0 ahead, | 0:09:32 | 0:09:33 | |
this is Danny's first opportunity to get in the game. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:37 | |
Lot 83 is a wooden stepladder. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:39 | |
Interest here, I have to start at 25. At £25 with me. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:43 | |
-All done, I sell... -Look at that, simultaneous bidding! | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
30, 32. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:48 | |
-Neither of them is backing down. -38. 40. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:52 | |
42. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:54 | |
At 42 on my right, at 42. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:56 | |
All done? Selling at 42. All done? | 0:09:56 | 0:09:59 | |
I know who was bidding against me. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
Del Boy, running me up. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:05 | |
He can have them. £42 just a little bit | 0:10:05 | 0:10:08 | |
too much money, I feel, for them. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:10 | |
Well, actually, after auction costs, Eric pays £51.83. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:14 | |
He may have outbid Del Boy, but was it a wise step? | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
Well, this is my ladder. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:19 | |
This is something I think | 0:10:19 | 0:10:21 | |
probably dates to the early part of the 20th century, um... | 0:10:21 | 0:10:25 | |
It could well date, you know, to actually before the First World War. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:29 | |
However, I might do a little bit more finding out | 0:10:29 | 0:10:33 | |
and at least I know that there was one other person | 0:10:33 | 0:10:37 | |
keen to acquire it. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:40 | |
And when that one person just happens to be your opponent, | 0:10:40 | 0:10:44 | |
then victory is made just that little bit sweeter. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:48 | |
Ah, the sweet smell of a 3-0 lead. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
But Danny is hoping to wheel himself into the game | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
as he has spotted a bit of gardenalia. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
There's a lovely rustic, distressed wheelbarrow | 0:10:56 | 0:10:59 | |
just coming up, so I just want to get something in the bag. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:02 | |
With a bit of luck, they'll think it's rotten and going a bit, | 0:11:02 | 0:11:05 | |
you know, distressed, a bit holey. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:08 | |
I might get it for nowt, this one. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:10 | |
-Lot 98. -Here we go. -Interest here, I start at 30. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:14 | |
-Oh! -30, 32, 35, 38. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
Always the way - what I want, so does everybody else. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:20 | |
All done, I sell. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:23 | |
45. 48. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:24 | |
50. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:26 | |
Five, 60. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
I sell at 60. Yes, sir. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:31 | |
-928. -Whoops-a-daisy, Danny. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
Dropping my paperwork, | 0:11:34 | 0:11:35 | |
everything's going all over the place, | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
I'm so excited, or am I nervous? | 0:11:37 | 0:11:39 | |
Hold it together, Del Boy. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:41 | |
His nerves are jangling like a wind chime as he pays just over £74 | 0:11:41 | 0:11:45 | |
for the wheelbarrow, and he's off to a start. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:48 | |
Eric, however, has three buys already | 0:11:48 | 0:11:50 | |
and is bidding on his next. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:52 | |
90, 95, 100. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:54 | |
At £100, all done. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:56 | |
He is back on again! | 0:11:57 | 0:11:59 | |
I don't know what is going on here | 0:11:59 | 0:12:00 | |
but he's finding a lot of lots early. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:02 | |
I've got to level with you, I'm not sure what I've bought, | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
but...instinctively, I liked the picture. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:08 | |
Eric's bid blind on a picture and spent a whopping £123.40. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:14 | |
It's a risky strategy, so what's he got himself? | 0:12:14 | 0:12:18 | |
I just love the composition. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:20 | |
It obviously was painted in around about 1900, | 0:12:20 | 0:12:23 | |
give or take, 1890, maybe 1910. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:26 | |
It's an unusual composition. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:29 | |
It's...it's not signed. I would've liked it to be signed. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:33 | |
Hmm... | 0:12:33 | 0:12:35 | |
I'll have to play this one very carefully. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:38 | |
Um, I did spend a fair amount of money on it | 0:12:38 | 0:12:41 | |
but, you know, you've got to speculate to accumulate. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:45 | |
Hmm, Eric sounds a little uncertain his impulsive buy was a good one, | 0:12:45 | 0:12:49 | |
but with four buys to Danny's solitary wheelbarrow, | 0:12:49 | 0:12:52 | |
Del Boy is getting anxious! | 0:12:52 | 0:12:54 | |
I want him to just finish, | 0:12:54 | 0:12:55 | |
sit down and leave the rest of the game to me. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
Yeah, there's not much chance of that. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:00 | |
So I'm having a go on a couple of brown stoneware jars. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:06 | |
They are sort of barrels, really. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:08 | |
£70. £70 with me. One more. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:11 | |
It's against you. 75. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:13 | |
My far right at 75. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:15 | |
-Last time. -He's won another! | 0:13:15 | 0:13:18 | |
I tell you what, Eric's nearly there, he's nearly done and dusted. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
# Roll out the barrel... # | 0:13:21 | 0:13:23 | |
Yes, his overnight preparations are apparently paying off. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:27 | |
Eric takes the two flagons for £92.56, after fees. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:32 | |
Technically, they are referred to as salt-glazed barrels, | 0:13:34 | 0:13:39 | |
and they are barrels that would have taken spirits | 0:13:39 | 0:13:42 | |
and they would have actually been in a pub | 0:13:42 | 0:13:45 | |
in around about... about 1820, or thereabouts. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:50 | |
I paid a reasonable amount for them, they weren't overly expensive, | 0:13:50 | 0:13:53 | |
there's still a profit in them, I'm convinced, | 0:13:53 | 0:13:56 | |
and that's what this business is all about. | 0:13:56 | 0:13:58 | |
Are you listening, Del Boy? Are you listening? | 0:13:58 | 0:14:00 | |
Hmm, could it be that our mild man of memorabilia | 0:14:00 | 0:14:03 | |
is getting a tad overconfident? | 0:14:03 | 0:14:05 | |
Let's just see how far ahead he is at this stage of the buying. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:09 | |
Both our dealers arrived with £1,000 of their own money. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:14 | |
Eric has an impressive five lots to his name, costing £341.83, | 0:14:14 | 0:14:20 | |
leaving just over £658 in the bank. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:23 | |
Danny has spent a smidge over £74 on his one purchase, | 0:14:23 | 0:14:28 | |
leaving him almost £926 to fight with. | 0:14:28 | 0:14:32 | |
Are you enjoying yourself? | 0:14:34 | 0:14:36 | |
Well, I was until you started buying up everything. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
I thought, "Hold on a minute. Am I going to get a chance?" | 0:14:39 | 0:14:41 | |
-I'm not buying the things you want, Danny! -No, we do... | 0:14:41 | 0:14:43 | |
Actually, we did. There was a pair of ladders came between us. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:47 | |
Yes, there was a pair of ladders! | 0:14:47 | 0:14:49 | |
Yes! I just thought you paid too much for that. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:51 | |
Well, there was somebody bidding underneath me | 0:14:51 | 0:14:53 | |
who nearly paid too much. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:55 | |
-Well, it was me... -Exactly! That's I'm trying to say. -Ooh! | 0:14:55 | 0:14:58 | |
-£42?! -Listen, when was the last time you bought a ladder | 0:14:58 | 0:15:02 | |
for that sort of money? | 0:15:02 | 0:15:04 | |
Listen... Hang on for a second. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:05 | |
-What, are you still bidding? -Not yet. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:07 | |
-There's something up in a sec... -I thought you'd bought all you lots? | 0:15:07 | 0:15:10 | |
I've bought a few. How many have you...? | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
My stuff is coming up, it's coming up. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
-After dinner, my stuff is coming up. -I knew it. -Hopefully... -I knew it! | 0:15:14 | 0:15:17 | |
-You're pacing yourself? -Of course I am, yes. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:20 | |
I thought, "There's a man that doesn't peak too soon." | 0:15:20 | 0:15:23 | |
-I tell you what I thought. -Go on. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:24 | |
-Half of this crowd will be gone home. -Yes. | 0:15:24 | 0:15:27 | |
-Might be cheaper. -A lot of them will be picking up their | 0:15:27 | 0:15:29 | |
-children from school. -Exactly. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:32 | |
Exactly. Well, we'll let you know. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:33 | |
Hang on, what's he up to? | 0:15:33 | 0:15:35 | |
Listen, I'd love to chat, but I've got to bid. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
-Nothing personal. -See you later. -I'll be watching you. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
Oh, the daggers are out in the auction today | 0:15:40 | 0:15:43 | |
with Eric lauding his strong start over Danny. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:45 | |
There will be blood, yes, before this is over, | 0:15:45 | 0:15:48 | |
unless Danny can pull his socks up. So, what's the plan then, Del Boy? | 0:15:48 | 0:15:52 | |
There's a few things that I've got marked down, | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
and they sort of come one after the other, | 0:15:55 | 0:15:58 | |
not directly, but, you know, they are going to be coming real quick. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:01 | |
Now, if I can win them lots, I'll have caught up to Eric Knowles. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:05 | |
I'll be back in the game. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:07 | |
Yes, you can't keep a good man down. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:10 | |
Although Eric is certainly trying to do just that, | 0:16:10 | 0:16:13 | |
as the engraving he saw earlier comes under the hammer! | 0:16:13 | 0:16:17 | |
12 to start, or I'll move on? | 0:16:17 | 0:16:18 | |
Got 12! | 0:16:18 | 0:16:19 | |
-12 bid. 15 I have? One more I need? -Yes. -18 is bid, thank you. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:23 | |
-I'm glad I saw you. -£18. Thank you. -Selling this one at 18. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:26 | |
Eric's winning bid tips the scales even further in his favour, | 0:16:26 | 0:16:30 | |
as he sails away with the engraving for just over £22, with fees. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:35 | |
Now, Danny was hoping that the lack of pottery | 0:16:35 | 0:16:37 | |
at this auction might work to his advantage, | 0:16:37 | 0:16:39 | |
but what's this? | 0:16:39 | 0:16:42 | |
Eric found a job lot with a hidden treasure. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:46 | |
It's a fabulous bohemian enamelled glass vase and cover | 0:16:46 | 0:16:49 | |
in tiptop condition. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:50 | |
£60 is bid. At 65. 70, 5, 80. | 0:16:50 | 0:16:55 | |
-Oh, they've spotted the vase. -£90, still with me | 0:16:55 | 0:16:58 | |
at 90 on the book. 95. | 0:16:58 | 0:16:59 | |
100, 110, 120. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:01 | |
130. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:04 | |
At 130 in the room now, last time. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:06 | |
HE BANGS GAVEL | 0:17:06 | 0:17:08 | |
The job lot costs Eric £160.42 with fees. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:12 | |
So was his hidden gem worth it? | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
I've just gone and bought this job lot. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:18 | |
However, there's only one object there I want | 0:17:18 | 0:17:21 | |
and it's this glass vase and cover. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:23 | |
I know it looks like ceramic. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:25 | |
I can see that all the gilding is good, | 0:17:25 | 0:17:28 | |
the enamelling is exquisite. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:30 | |
You've got these two storks or cranes. | 0:17:30 | 0:17:35 | |
All that is hand-decorated, all hand-enamelled. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:39 | |
This is as good as the day it was made | 0:17:39 | 0:17:42 | |
and it was probably made in around about 1875, | 0:17:42 | 0:17:46 | |
no later than 1895, I think. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:49 | |
Up next, it's one of Danny's desirables, at last! | 0:17:49 | 0:17:54 | |
I've got a nice set of leather riding boots coming up. | 0:17:54 | 0:17:58 | |
They're vintage, I'd say they are about 1950s, | 0:17:58 | 0:18:00 | |
got a lovely pair of trees in them as well. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
And Danny's up against the bids | 0:18:03 | 0:18:04 | |
on the auctioneer's book for the boots. | 0:18:04 | 0:18:07 | |
-At 45, we're selling. -Here we go. -50. 50, 55, | 0:18:07 | 0:18:10 | |
60, 65. 70, 75. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:13 | |
-Are you bidding? -Go on, then. -£80. Selling at 80 now. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:17 | |
Selling? | 0:18:17 | 0:18:18 | |
I didn't really want to pay that much for it. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:21 | |
Eric's got me on the back foot, he's got all his lots, nearly, | 0:18:21 | 0:18:24 | |
and I'm just starting mine. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:26 | |
I don't know what he's doing, | 0:18:26 | 0:18:28 | |
but he's just paid £80 for a pair of leather boots. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:33 | |
I mean, I can only hope they were at one stage worn by Elvis. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:39 | |
AS ELVIS: Thank you very much. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:40 | |
Danny pays £98.72 for the boots, | 0:18:40 | 0:18:43 | |
so will they help him walk off with a profit? | 0:18:43 | 0:18:47 | |
I've had a good look around them and they are in lovely condition. | 0:18:47 | 0:18:51 | |
All the leather, it's not cracked or overly worn, the heels are good | 0:18:51 | 0:18:56 | |
and they've got a lovely pair of antique trees inside. | 0:18:56 | 0:19:00 | |
It's got a little maker's name on it. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:02 | |
Faulkners and Son. Lovely condition. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:07 | |
Nice little handles, it's just a nice lot | 0:19:07 | 0:19:10 | |
and can really be used anywhere. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:12 | |
A great decorative piece. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:14 | |
# One of these days, these boots are gonna walk all over you... # | 0:19:14 | 0:19:19 | |
Go on, then! | 0:19:19 | 0:19:20 | |
With his boots in the bag, Danny marches on | 0:19:20 | 0:19:22 | |
and gets his hand in the air, bidding on a box of retro Meccano. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:27 | |
It's my time now. My pieces are coming up and I'm winning 'em | 0:19:27 | 0:19:31 | |
at a reasonably good price as well. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
Watch this space! | 0:19:34 | 0:19:35 | |
We are watching, Danny, and we've just seen you spend £92.56 | 0:19:36 | 0:19:41 | |
on a box of Meccano and we all want to know... Why? | 0:19:41 | 0:19:45 | |
This is a lovely lot. This is 1950s boy toys. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:50 | |
I mean, this stuff withstands the test of time, | 0:19:50 | 0:19:53 | |
purely because it's made of metal, you know, so it's robust! | 0:19:53 | 0:19:58 | |
It's a great lot. I'm going to have some fun with this. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:02 | |
Danny now has three items to his name and he makes it four | 0:20:02 | 0:20:06 | |
when he buys the 1920s mahogany chair that he saw earlier | 0:20:06 | 0:20:10 | |
by bidding Yorkshire-stylee! | 0:20:10 | 0:20:12 | |
-Hey-up! -All done at 140. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:15 | |
I'm happy with that lot. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:17 | |
Costing a total of £172.76 with fees, | 0:20:17 | 0:20:22 | |
so it's 4-7, and Danny's catching up with Eric. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:25 | |
The workbench is up next | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
and it's another must-have item for Del Boy. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:30 | |
-I've gotta win this. -55 anywhere? All done at 55. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:34 | |
-Hey-up! -60. 65? | 0:20:34 | 0:20:37 | |
70. 75? | 0:20:37 | 0:20:39 | |
-80. -Go on, then. -Is that a bid? -Yes. -85. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:43 | |
-90? -Yes. | 0:20:43 | 0:20:44 | |
95? No? | 0:20:44 | 0:20:46 | |
On the right there at 90, and selling. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:48 | |
It seems like they like industrial down here. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:52 | |
£95. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:54 | |
Plus the fees, just over 100 quid, but it's a nice piece. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:57 | |
I'm going to wax it up, I'm going to pretty it up, | 0:20:57 | 0:20:59 | |
I'm going to make it look good, | 0:20:59 | 0:21:01 | |
and I know it's going to sell for good money. | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
I'm happy with that last lot. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
The workbench puts him back £111.06, including fees. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:11 | |
So, hopefully, there's still a workable profit in it | 0:21:11 | 0:21:14 | |
and, with his fifth item, Danny hangs up his bidding paddle. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:18 | |
That's me done, bought my last lot, happy with it. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
It's been a good day all round. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:23 | |
Go and pay my bill now and pick up my items. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:26 | |
Yes! Danny's come back from nowhere and decisively bought | 0:21:27 | 0:21:31 | |
what he hopes will be a winning assortment of sellables, | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
but old Eric's not done yet. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
He's still hanging in there and he's not the only one! | 0:21:36 | 0:21:39 | |
All these people are standing around. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:43 | |
I'm pretty certain they're all going to bid on this fourfold screen. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:48 | |
That's why they're here. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:49 | |
Or should I say that's why they're STILL here. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:53 | |
48. Do you want to go 50? With the lady at 50. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:56 | |
Eric bides his time and comes in at £65. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:59 | |
70? 75, 80. 85, 90? | 0:21:59 | 0:22:03 | |
It's with the gentleman at 85. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:05 | |
HE BANGS GAVEL | 0:22:05 | 0:22:07 | |
Well, I didn't think I was going to get that for £85, so, I mean, | 0:22:07 | 0:22:11 | |
with the premium, I'll probably pay just over £100 for it and, um... | 0:22:11 | 0:22:16 | |
I'm very pleased with that buy. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:18 | |
Having bought it, of course, I've now got to sell it, | 0:22:18 | 0:22:21 | |
so you've got to have confidence in your goods. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
And I have. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:27 | |
Eric seals his final deal for £104.90 for the folding screen | 0:22:27 | 0:22:32 | |
and, with that, the auction comes to an end. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:35 | |
Our experts must head home with their antiques under their... | 0:22:35 | 0:22:39 | |
Hold on, what's Knowlesy up to now? | 0:22:39 | 0:22:41 | |
Make me an offer I can't refuse. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:42 | |
Yes, I'm quite happy to give you £50 for the few pieces that... | 0:22:42 | 0:22:46 | |
-£50? -Yes. -Put it there. -OK. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:49 | |
Eric is already doing deals on the unwanted items | 0:22:49 | 0:22:53 | |
from his job lot of china. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:54 | |
The lot cost Eric £160.42 and he's already made £50 of that back. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:59 | |
Thank you very much. The deal is done. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:01 | |
Eric's not even letting the dust settle. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
He's started selling already. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:06 | |
I've got to pull my socks up, I tell you. Gotta pull my socks up. | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
Yes, our young pretender still has a thing or two to learn | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
from the grand master. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:13 | |
From a £1,000 budget, Eric ended up walking away with eight purchases, | 0:23:13 | 0:23:18 | |
shelling out £629.36. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:22 | |
Our late bloomer, Danny, managed to squirrel away five items, | 0:23:22 | 0:23:26 | |
costing £549.14. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:30 | |
Time to glance over each other's hauls. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:33 | |
-Are you happy with your purchases? -Oh, I'm over the moon. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:37 | |
Tell me... I mean, I do know for a fact that your wheelbarrow, for me, | 0:23:37 | 0:23:42 | |
somehow had your name written on it. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:44 | |
"Shabby chic", without going on, is the order of the day at the moment. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:49 | |
-It's what people want. -It is, yes. Yeah, yeah. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:51 | |
And I quite like... I did like that wheelbarrow. | 0:23:51 | 0:23:53 | |
Nice French rustic... But to be honest with you, | 0:23:53 | 0:23:56 | |
I can't find a favourite lot at the minute, | 0:23:56 | 0:23:59 | |
because I love my workbench, | 0:23:59 | 0:24:02 | |
I love the 1920s chair. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:04 | |
-It's all good lots here today. -Yeah. And you almost loved...my ladder. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:09 | |
I just felt that, at that money, | 0:24:09 | 0:24:13 | |
40, going on, bits on top, £50, | 0:24:13 | 0:24:16 | |
I thought, "I'll let you keep that one, Eric." | 0:24:16 | 0:24:18 | |
OK, well, that's very generous of you on our first meeting. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
You're welcome. Your favourite piece? | 0:24:21 | 0:24:23 | |
Favourite piece, I think, has to be the glass vase. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:27 | |
The glass vase. And what's going to bring in the most profit, | 0:24:27 | 0:24:30 | |
now you've made half your profit on this lot already, | 0:24:30 | 0:24:33 | |
-the glass vase? -Well, it's a very good question. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:36 | |
I'm hoping that it might be the screen. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:38 | |
-I need to have a good look at that. -Mm-hm. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:41 | |
Danny, this is a game of look and learn. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:45 | |
Our pair of intrepid experts have finished the buying, | 0:24:48 | 0:24:51 | |
so now it's time to sell. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:53 | |
But before we dive into those turbulent waters, | 0:24:53 | 0:24:56 | |
our heroes are back home with their hauls. | 0:24:56 | 0:24:59 | |
Danny is in Wellingborough, ironing out his plan of attack. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:02 | |
Well, all said and done, um, the auction was a good day, really. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:06 | |
It was a bit difficult initially, but it came to a head | 0:25:06 | 0:25:09 | |
where I've bought this lovely workbench. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:11 | |
It may look like a bit of tat at the minute. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:13 | |
As soon as I get it waxed and sanded, | 0:25:13 | 0:25:15 | |
it's going to look absolutely fabulous. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:18 | |
I've got a chap, a friend of mine who restores and refurbishes, | 0:25:18 | 0:25:22 | |
so he's going to sand it, he's going to wax it, | 0:25:22 | 0:25:26 | |
I think he's even going to put a shelf underneath, | 0:25:26 | 0:25:28 | |
just to make it look a bit more gutsy and strengthen it up. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:31 | |
Then, of course, it's going to be worth strong money. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
I've got this Meccano box, didn't cost me too much money. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:37 | |
There's a lot of gear in it, so it'll make a good profit on that. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:41 | |
Now, my Edwardian chair, this desk chair. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:45 | |
Fantastic, lovely scroll back on it. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:48 | |
I'm going to have to find a new home for that. | 0:25:48 | 0:25:50 | |
My barrow, my old French barrow, very nice. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:54 | |
I know a fair few gardeners, florists, | 0:25:54 | 0:25:57 | |
so I don't think I'm going to struggle with that. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:00 | |
My boots and my trees, these are great. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:03 | |
They're going to need a polish, | 0:26:03 | 0:26:04 | |
just to freshen them up a little bit, | 0:26:04 | 0:26:06 | |
they're about 1920s, 1930s, I would have said. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:09 | |
They're going to get a healthy profit and I'm going to try | 0:26:09 | 0:26:12 | |
and sell them at a sort of equestrian centre. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:15 | |
All said and done, I think it was a good day. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:18 | |
I know Eric bought a lot of stuff that day, | 0:26:18 | 0:26:21 | |
but I think, with what I've got, | 0:26:21 | 0:26:23 | |
they all warrant fairly strong money, | 0:26:23 | 0:26:25 | |
so therefore I'm not worried that Eric's going to run away | 0:26:25 | 0:26:29 | |
and leave me in profit. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:31 | |
I'll be right on his shirt. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:33 | |
So it's fair to say Danny's confident, | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
but over in Wycombe, | 0:26:35 | 0:26:36 | |
how is Eric feeling about his considerably large haul? | 0:26:36 | 0:26:40 | |
I was very happy with what I did buy, | 0:26:40 | 0:26:42 | |
even if it is a lot. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:43 | |
In fact, I've got eight items here. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:46 | |
Certainly, my two stoneware spirit barrels, | 0:26:46 | 0:26:51 | |
and also my Chinese hardwood screen, | 0:26:51 | 0:26:55 | |
not forgetting the girl on the plinth. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:59 | |
As for my painting, which I've shown to a friend of mine, | 0:26:59 | 0:27:04 | |
and he's got quite a good knowledge of this area, he liked it. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:08 | |
He thinks it might be by a gifted amateur, | 0:27:08 | 0:27:12 | |
but what I really need to do is take the back off, | 0:27:12 | 0:27:15 | |
just to see if there's any signature. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:17 | |
It would make a world of difference, cos I love that painting. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:20 | |
I don't want to sell it, but I've got to. | 0:27:20 | 0:27:23 | |
But that being said, if I was to say which of all the things | 0:27:23 | 0:27:27 | |
I bought is going to offer me the biggest profit, | 0:27:27 | 0:27:30 | |
well, fingers crossed, | 0:27:30 | 0:27:32 | |
it's going to be my continental enamelled blue glass vase and cover. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:38 | |
So all I've got to do now is actually do the selling. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:43 | |
Both our dealers must get down to business, | 0:27:43 | 0:27:47 | |
as they scour the land for the right buyers, | 0:27:47 | 0:27:49 | |
utilising every resource available to find a match | 0:27:49 | 0:27:52 | |
and maximise their profits. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:55 | |
And remember, no deal is sealed without the shake of a hand. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:59 | |
Danny is the first to get moving, but he's playing the long game. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:03 | |
Rather than sell his workbench as it is, he has bigger plans, | 0:28:03 | 0:28:07 | |
but it's going to cost, so he takes it to upcycler Phil | 0:28:07 | 0:28:11 | |
to find out just how much. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:13 | |
What I really want is I want it structurally sound, | 0:28:13 | 0:28:17 | |
this filled back in - | 0:28:17 | 0:28:18 | |
whether you just use, you know, | 0:28:18 | 0:28:19 | |
-whether you put some bits low... -All right. -..and then just | 0:28:19 | 0:28:22 | |
a nice piece that sits on it, just to bring it flush with this. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:26 | |
I also want a shelf on the bottom. Obviously, treated as well. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:30 | |
I think, for a basic sort of restoration job, | 0:28:30 | 0:28:32 | |
where you just strip it down, brace it up, shelf it out, um, | 0:28:32 | 0:28:35 | |
you're probably talking... | 0:28:35 | 0:28:37 | |
60 to 80 quid? | 0:28:37 | 0:28:38 | |
I do appreciate that we've all gotta eat, I do appreciate that, | 0:28:38 | 0:28:42 | |
-But I know you'll sand that, wax that... -Wax it, treat it. | 0:28:42 | 0:28:45 | |
-..in a couple of hours. -Job done, yeah. -Yeah! | 0:28:45 | 0:28:47 | |
-It's not... -All right, let's have a deal, let's shake on it. | 0:28:47 | 0:28:49 | |
-What's that? 70 quid? -75 for it. 75 quid. -Give me your hand! Nice one! | 0:28:49 | 0:28:53 | |
So, Phil gets sanding while Danny sets up his selling. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:56 | |
Now, Eric is heading to London and going underground in search | 0:28:56 | 0:29:00 | |
of his opening profit from the flagons that cost him £92.56. | 0:29:00 | 0:29:05 | |
Well, here I am in the cellars | 0:29:06 | 0:29:08 | |
of one of London's oldest wine merchants. | 0:29:08 | 0:29:11 | |
They've been here since the 17th century. | 0:29:11 | 0:29:14 | |
They're Berry Brothers & Rudd, and I'm here to meet Simon Berry, | 0:29:14 | 0:29:19 | |
um, because he's expressed an interest in my spirit barrels. | 0:29:19 | 0:29:24 | |
-Hello, Simon, I've found you. -Eric, you have, yes. | 0:29:24 | 0:29:27 | |
-It's a warren, I'm sorry about that. -No, fascinating, fascinating. | 0:29:27 | 0:29:30 | |
Yeah, this is a place you can lock me in overnight, not a problem. | 0:29:30 | 0:29:34 | |
-Not an issue. -As long as you've got a corkscrew. -Oh, of course, yes. | 0:29:34 | 0:29:37 | |
Of course. Well, anyway, these are the barrels. | 0:29:37 | 0:29:40 | |
I think quite fascinating. | 0:29:40 | 0:29:42 | |
We are looking somewhere between 1820, maybe 1835. | 0:29:42 | 0:29:47 | |
They're 200 years old, almost. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:49 | |
Well, yeah, they're getting on that way. | 0:29:49 | 0:29:51 | |
-Certainly getting on that way. -What would they have been used for? | 0:29:51 | 0:29:54 | |
I mean, would they have been in a pub or a private house? | 0:29:54 | 0:29:58 | |
Yeah, I think they would have been in a pub. | 0:29:58 | 0:30:00 | |
I don't think it's the sort of thing you would get in a private house | 0:30:00 | 0:30:03 | |
unless, of course, it was down in the butler's pantry, or whatever. | 0:30:03 | 0:30:07 | |
Do you think that they are going to find home in this establishment? | 0:30:07 | 0:30:11 | |
Because you have a bit of a collection | 0:30:11 | 0:30:13 | |
of wine memorabilia and suchlike. | 0:30:13 | 0:30:15 | |
We've got a collection of wine memorabilia | 0:30:15 | 0:30:17 | |
and indeed stoneware, but nothing like this. | 0:30:17 | 0:30:20 | |
So, personally, I'm always looking for things | 0:30:20 | 0:30:23 | |
that have a little bit of interest there. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:27 | |
And because they've got the royal warrant, | 0:30:27 | 0:30:29 | |
and because they've got the Prince of Wales's warrant as well, | 0:30:29 | 0:30:32 | |
and we hold the warrant for both the current Prince of Wales | 0:30:32 | 0:30:35 | |
and for Her Majesty the Queen, | 0:30:35 | 0:30:37 | |
I think I know exactly where I'm going to put them. | 0:30:37 | 0:30:40 | |
I was looking for in the region of a couple of hundred pounds | 0:30:40 | 0:30:43 | |
-for the pair, but... -For the pair? | 0:30:43 | 0:30:45 | |
Yeah, but, you know, I am open to negotiation. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:50 | |
How about if we went for... | 0:30:50 | 0:30:55 | |
£80 each, therefore 160 for the pair? | 0:30:55 | 0:30:57 | |
160 for the pair? | 0:30:57 | 0:31:00 | |
I think, if we could just nudge it, just nudge it that £10 note, | 0:31:00 | 0:31:04 | |
do you think we could do something at 170? | 0:31:04 | 0:31:06 | |
-OK. -Do you think so? -Yeah, I think we could. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:09 | |
I am for hire if you need anybody here for sampling. | 0:31:09 | 0:31:14 | |
Now, now, it's a bit early for a celebratory tipple, | 0:31:14 | 0:31:17 | |
but with an opening profit of £77.44, | 0:31:17 | 0:31:20 | |
Eric is delighted to have popped his cork. | 0:31:20 | 0:31:23 | |
Well, that was a fascinating place to do business. | 0:31:24 | 0:31:27 | |
It's like stepping into the age of Charles Dickens, | 0:31:27 | 0:31:29 | |
but it was a very gratifying sale because my spirit barrels | 0:31:29 | 0:31:33 | |
are now where they would have been back in | 0:31:33 | 0:31:35 | |
the early 19th century. | 0:31:35 | 0:31:37 | |
While Eric's returning his items to their original setting, | 0:31:37 | 0:31:40 | |
Danny is returning his items to their original state. | 0:31:40 | 0:31:44 | |
These boots - they're just leather. I paid almost £100 for them | 0:31:45 | 0:31:51 | |
and they just need a polish up, they need the clean, they need to | 0:31:51 | 0:31:55 | |
look £100 worth at least, so I'm going to polish and clean them up, | 0:31:55 | 0:31:59 | |
just to make them look a little bit more presentable. | 0:31:59 | 0:32:02 | |
You know, all the imperfections, really, are sort of hidden. | 0:32:02 | 0:32:07 | |
Polishing boots is all very well, | 0:32:07 | 0:32:09 | |
but Eric is already onto his second item. | 0:32:09 | 0:32:11 | |
He's had his statue delivered | 0:32:11 | 0:32:13 | |
to Kings Langley-based landscaper Jason, hoping he'll be hauling off | 0:32:13 | 0:32:17 | |
a heavy profit on top of the £51.83 it owes him. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:22 | |
-I see my girl's arrived? -She has! | 0:32:22 | 0:32:24 | |
-I realise that it's not of any great age. -No, no. -But we're... | 0:32:24 | 0:32:28 | |
We're looking for decorative effect? The thing is that, obviously, | 0:32:28 | 0:32:33 | |
she's been made in recent years, but what I like about it | 0:32:33 | 0:32:36 | |
are these sort of lichens that have grown over the years. | 0:32:36 | 0:32:41 | |
Can I ask you a question? Because you deal with this sort of thing | 0:32:41 | 0:32:44 | |
-on a regular basis? -Yes. -I was told that, if you put... | 0:32:44 | 0:32:47 | |
If you put natural yoghurt on a figure like this, | 0:32:47 | 0:32:51 | |
-then you get more of a growth? -It speeds up the ageing. | 0:32:51 | 0:32:55 | |
Yes, the idea is it's supposed to, with the natural yoghurt, it's | 0:32:55 | 0:32:57 | |
supposed to increase the bacteria on the surface and make it older, | 0:32:57 | 0:33:00 | |
but I wouldn't recommend it - you can get streaks with that. | 0:33:00 | 0:33:03 | |
-I'd be a bit cautious of that. -OK. | 0:33:03 | 0:33:04 | |
So, I'm looking for a good home for this girl, you know. | 0:33:04 | 0:33:07 | |
I really am, you know. She's not just any old girl. | 0:33:07 | 0:33:11 | |
-Have you got any, er...? -I have, I have. | 0:33:11 | 0:33:13 | |
-I've got a customer that might be interested in her. -OK. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:16 | |
Um, and what I'm thinking is that she could be elevated up | 0:33:16 | 0:33:19 | |
with a nice shrubbery behind and a light in the garden at night-time, | 0:33:19 | 0:33:24 | |
which would really bring the figure almost like a sort of | 0:33:24 | 0:33:27 | |
ghostly feel in the garden. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:29 | |
-Well, you're talking this up, Jason, lad! You're talking it up! -I am! | 0:33:29 | 0:33:31 | |
-I don't want to talk it up, do I? -ERIC LAUGHS | 0:33:31 | 0:33:33 | |
Well, let's face it. I mean, if you've got a client for her, | 0:33:33 | 0:33:36 | |
I mean, this client doesn't want some just cheap figure, does she? | 0:33:36 | 0:33:39 | |
-JASON LAUGHS -She wants something with a bit of... | 0:33:39 | 0:33:42 | |
-But she may not want something expensive either, Eric. -Oh, right. | 0:33:42 | 0:33:46 | |
-OK, well, we've got to find a happy medium. -We have, we have. | 0:33:46 | 0:33:48 | |
I would be hoping for around about £160? | 0:33:48 | 0:33:53 | |
Hmm! | 0:33:53 | 0:33:55 | |
That's a little bit more than I wanted to spend, really, 160, um... | 0:33:55 | 0:33:59 | |
I was thinking more maybe... maybe about £100? | 0:33:59 | 0:34:03 | |
I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what, um... If we could do... | 0:34:05 | 0:34:08 | |
Could we do around the 120 mark? | 0:34:08 | 0:34:11 | |
How about 115, we've got a deal? | 0:34:14 | 0:34:16 | |
-115? We've got a deal. -We've got a deal. | 0:34:16 | 0:34:18 | |
Eric makes a statuesque profit of £63.17 for the statue, | 0:34:18 | 0:34:23 | |
and makes it two sales to Danny's nil. | 0:34:23 | 0:34:26 | |
But Del Boy is hoping he'll soon be off the mark, as he heads to Olney, | 0:34:26 | 0:34:30 | |
a village just north of Milton Keynes. | 0:34:30 | 0:34:32 | |
He's taking his now-polished-to-perfection boots | 0:34:32 | 0:34:35 | |
to show Kathryn, a co-director of an equestrian shop. | 0:34:35 | 0:34:38 | |
I'm just wondering, have I come to the wrong place? | 0:34:38 | 0:34:40 | |
Because I've got a nice vintage pair of riding boots, but these, | 0:34:40 | 0:34:43 | |
all these boots here, to me, look like fashion boots. | 0:34:43 | 0:34:46 | |
Oh, we've got a bit modernised, yes. | 0:34:46 | 0:34:48 | |
You have got a bit modernised, haven't you? Yeah. | 0:34:48 | 0:34:50 | |
Tell me, do these sell? What's going on here? | 0:34:50 | 0:34:53 | |
Yeah, well, these are dressage boots here. | 0:34:53 | 0:34:54 | |
These are probably for training. | 0:34:54 | 0:34:56 | |
So, I mean, which one looks the best, then? | 0:34:56 | 0:34:59 | |
I've got my beautiful vintage... | 0:34:59 | 0:35:01 | |
I'd date them around about the 1920s. | 0:35:01 | 0:35:03 | |
-Yeah. -Very well-made. I mean, this is a classic design. | 0:35:03 | 0:35:06 | |
-Style never goes out of fashion. -Absolutely. | 0:35:06 | 0:35:09 | |
And fashion never goes out of style. | 0:35:09 | 0:35:10 | |
Hey, hold on a minute, are you nicking my lines or what? | 0:35:10 | 0:35:13 | |
-What's going on? -They look like they've been really well-kept, | 0:35:13 | 0:35:15 | |
really well looked after. | 0:35:15 | 0:35:17 | |
That was the hard work I put into it. | 0:35:17 | 0:35:18 | |
-You should have seen them. -You polished them yourself? | 0:35:18 | 0:35:21 | |
You'd think I was in the forces, wouldn't you, | 0:35:21 | 0:35:23 | |
-with a polish like that? It's like a mirror! -Exactly. | 0:35:23 | 0:35:25 | |
You must have heard of this name, Faulkner & Sons. | 0:35:25 | 0:35:27 | |
Yes, beautiful boot trees, aren't they? | 0:35:27 | 0:35:30 | |
-This is going to fit right into this shop, you know. -Absolutely. | 0:35:30 | 0:35:33 | |
What do you think they'd be used for? | 0:35:33 | 0:35:34 | |
I think originally these boots would have been for hunting, | 0:35:34 | 0:35:37 | |
going out in the field. A good general boot. | 0:35:37 | 0:35:39 | |
What would you use them for? | 0:35:39 | 0:35:41 | |
We'd use them as a nice prop. | 0:35:41 | 0:35:42 | |
We could make them look beautiful in the shop. | 0:35:42 | 0:35:44 | |
Would they be something that you're interested in? | 0:35:44 | 0:35:46 | |
Yeah, absolutely. I think they'd really fit in with our shop. | 0:35:46 | 0:35:50 | |
It's all down to price, isn't it? | 0:35:50 | 0:35:51 | |
-Mm-hm. -I was thinking roundabout the 240 mark. | 0:35:51 | 0:35:55 | |
OK, we were thinking more about the 120 mark. | 0:35:55 | 0:35:59 | |
Excuse me? | 0:35:59 | 0:36:00 | |
-120? -Yeah. | 0:36:00 | 0:36:02 | |
-You've chopped me right in half. -I know. | 0:36:02 | 0:36:04 | |
Well, it needs to be a bit more than that, Kathryn. | 0:36:04 | 0:36:06 | |
What about 160? | 0:36:06 | 0:36:08 | |
Oh, Kathryn. | 0:36:08 | 0:36:10 | |
That beautiful smile's going to succumb me, I know, but... | 0:36:10 | 0:36:12 | |
-I hope so. -It needs to be a little bit richer than that. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:17 | |
Oh, Kathryn, how about 195? | 0:36:17 | 0:36:19 | |
180. | 0:36:21 | 0:36:22 | |
185 and we've got a deal. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:24 | |
-Great, OK. Deal. -Oh, thank you very much. Thank you, Kathryn. | 0:36:24 | 0:36:28 | |
There's only one word I use when I have a great deal like that | 0:36:30 | 0:36:34 | |
and make plenty of profit. | 0:36:34 | 0:36:35 | |
Boot-iful. | 0:36:35 | 0:36:37 | |
Yes, a boot-iful profit of £86.28 | 0:36:37 | 0:36:40 | |
means that Danny has entered the race. | 0:36:40 | 0:36:42 | |
But it's Eric next with his Chinese screen. | 0:36:42 | 0:36:46 | |
Well, I'm in rural South Oxfordshire. | 0:36:46 | 0:36:48 | |
I'm here to meet Teesha. | 0:36:48 | 0:36:50 | |
Teesha has a gallery in Oxford, but she is also | 0:36:50 | 0:36:54 | |
something of a multi-tasker because she's got | 0:36:54 | 0:36:57 | |
a bed and breakfast out here. | 0:36:57 | 0:36:59 | |
I'm here actually to do a deal on my Chinese screen. | 0:36:59 | 0:37:04 | |
Teesha's family hails from the same part of China as the screen, | 0:37:04 | 0:37:08 | |
so will she want to buy it? | 0:37:08 | 0:37:10 | |
How can I best describe it? | 0:37:10 | 0:37:12 | |
Well, as you can see, fourfold, inlay. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:16 | |
I think date-wise about 1880. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:20 | |
It has got this wonderful inlay | 0:37:20 | 0:37:24 | |
and, if you look at the tree here, you can see it's very, very ornate. | 0:37:24 | 0:37:28 | |
Do you ever see this type of screen in China? | 0:37:28 | 0:37:32 | |
Older days, yes, they used, but now people do not often use this. | 0:37:32 | 0:37:38 | |
Would that look the part in your gallery in Oxford, do you think? | 0:37:38 | 0:37:42 | |
It could be. What's the price? | 0:37:42 | 0:37:44 | |
I was looking for around the £300 mark. | 0:37:44 | 0:37:47 | |
I was thinking around the 200 mark. | 0:37:47 | 0:37:50 | |
What if we went 250, would that go? | 0:37:50 | 0:37:53 | |
250 is not a good figure. | 0:37:53 | 0:37:55 | |
Chinese like eight. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:57 | |
Oh, do you? All right, then, 280! | 0:37:57 | 0:38:01 | |
-OK. -I was thinking 218. | 0:38:01 | 0:38:04 | |
Oh, 218! If we said 238, | 0:38:04 | 0:38:09 | |
would that be just as good? | 0:38:09 | 0:38:11 | |
-OK. -Are you sure? -Yeah. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:12 | |
-You are sure? -Yeah, you sure? -Yes, I'm sure. | 0:38:12 | 0:38:15 | |
-Shake hands. -It's a deal. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:16 | |
Eric makes an impressive profit of a smidge over | 0:38:16 | 0:38:19 | |
£133 for the screen. | 0:38:19 | 0:38:22 | |
He then goes on to sell the gilt-framed pictures, | 0:38:22 | 0:38:24 | |
including the Maxfield Parrish, to gallery owner Chrissy | 0:38:24 | 0:38:27 | |
for a further profit of £97.79. | 0:38:27 | 0:38:30 | |
Danny needs to catch up. | 0:38:31 | 0:38:33 | |
Having paid £75 for the restoration of his workbench, | 0:38:33 | 0:38:37 | |
it now owes him over £186, so he's had it delivered | 0:38:37 | 0:38:41 | |
to Stockport Antiques Emporium owner Gabby, | 0:38:41 | 0:38:45 | |
hoping he can still carve out a profit. | 0:38:45 | 0:38:47 | |
Oh, yes! | 0:38:47 | 0:38:49 | |
This has come up 100%. Absolutely fabulous! | 0:38:49 | 0:38:54 | |
Cor, considering that this was a total mess, it looked very | 0:38:54 | 0:38:59 | |
dark and dismal, now it's been treated, all the woodworm's | 0:38:59 | 0:39:03 | |
been treated, we've waxed it and we've sanded it. | 0:39:03 | 0:39:07 | |
This now is worth a lorra lorra money! | 0:39:07 | 0:39:10 | |
Del Boy thinks he's spent his money right, | 0:39:10 | 0:39:13 | |
but what will Gaby make of his upcycled workbench? | 0:39:13 | 0:39:17 | |
-Hey, I tell you what, it looks well, here. -It does indeed. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:20 | |
-What do you think, Gabby? -It's come home. | 0:39:20 | 0:39:21 | |
Love it. This is very now. Everyone's after one of these. | 0:39:21 | 0:39:25 | |
In actual fact, I've probably got a buyer straight away | 0:39:25 | 0:39:28 | |
-for a shop fitting, as a front counter. -Oh, wow! | 0:39:28 | 0:39:32 | |
-I mean... -And I've also seen them with a bit of slate set in here, | 0:39:32 | 0:39:35 | |
as well, which is really nice, especially in the kitchen, | 0:39:35 | 0:39:38 | |
and you can oil them down. | 0:39:38 | 0:39:40 | |
-A bit of slate? -Mm, dropped in, just into the tool well, here. | 0:39:40 | 0:39:44 | |
-Let's talk about price. -Come on, then. Spit it out. | 0:39:44 | 0:39:49 | |
550. | 0:39:49 | 0:39:50 | |
Ouch! OK. | 0:39:50 | 0:39:53 | |
Got to be a bit more in it for me. | 0:39:54 | 0:39:57 | |
Listen, Gabby, there's plenty in it for you. | 0:39:57 | 0:40:00 | |
I mean, I've priced it up, I've reckoned it up. | 0:40:00 | 0:40:04 | |
I've seen about what these are going for and it's a great thing. | 0:40:04 | 0:40:08 | |
There's a little quirky bit here with this little door. | 0:40:08 | 0:40:10 | |
There's two vices. It cost me a lot of money, you know. | 0:40:10 | 0:40:14 | |
Two vices, yeah, OK, I'll take that. | 0:40:14 | 0:40:16 | |
It cost me a lot of money as well to get it restored. I've put... | 0:40:16 | 0:40:19 | |
-You know, time, getting it delivered up here! -Hmm... | 0:40:19 | 0:40:23 | |
500? | 0:40:23 | 0:40:24 | |
Will you go 520? | 0:40:26 | 0:40:28 | |
No. I've got to screw these hinges off. | 0:40:28 | 0:40:32 | |
-Yes, I know. -They're horrible. -I know, they are horrible, yes. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:34 | |
They wouldn't have been so bad had they been inside, | 0:40:34 | 0:40:37 | |
-but they are quite... -Cheap. -510. | 0:40:37 | 0:40:39 | |
500, come on, we like round numbers. | 0:40:39 | 0:40:40 | |
-We do like round numbers. I'll have a deal at that. -Right. | 0:40:40 | 0:40:43 | |
-Thank you very much, Gabby. -Thank you. | 0:40:43 | 0:40:45 | |
Incredible! Danny's strategy pays off, | 0:40:45 | 0:40:48 | |
and he makes the best profit so far, almost £314 on the bench. | 0:40:48 | 0:40:54 | |
He's back in the game and understandably as pleased as punch! | 0:40:54 | 0:40:58 | |
Brimming with confidence now, | 0:40:58 | 0:40:59 | |
Danny decides it's a good time to call Eric for a quick catch up. | 0:40:59 | 0:41:04 | |
Mr Danny Sebastian, how are you doing? | 0:41:04 | 0:41:07 | |
-Not so bad. -'Good!' -Not so bad. | 0:41:07 | 0:41:09 | |
'I've gotta drop this one on you, you know. | 0:41:09 | 0:41:11 | |
'Do you remember my riding boots? | 0:41:11 | 0:41:13 | |
'Yes, I can remember them, yes.' | 0:41:13 | 0:41:15 | |
If I remember rightly, at some point, you were saying to me, | 0:41:15 | 0:41:18 | |
"You won't get no money for them"! | 0:41:18 | 0:41:20 | |
-I tell you what, Eric... -'Yeah?' | 0:41:20 | 0:41:23 | |
-I more than doubled my money on them. -Did you really? | 0:41:23 | 0:41:25 | |
I thought I'd just drop that one, because, um, you know... | 0:41:25 | 0:41:28 | |
You didn't want to put your foot in it, did you? | 0:41:28 | 0:41:30 | |
-That's the thing. -THEY BOTH LAUGH | 0:41:30 | 0:41:32 | |
-Sorry! -Hey, don't you get clever! Anyway... -'OK. Anyway, come on.' | 0:41:32 | 0:41:36 | |
-I see you getting onto your jokes, so I'll move off that subject. -'OK.' | 0:41:36 | 0:41:39 | |
-How are you finding it? -You know I found that the girl on a plinth? | 0:41:39 | 0:41:43 | |
-Oh, yeah? -She managed to find a landscape gardener | 0:41:43 | 0:41:47 | |
who took a shine to her, so, you know, | 0:41:47 | 0:41:50 | |
-we more than doubled up on that. -Oh, nice one! You made a bit? | 0:41:50 | 0:41:53 | |
Yeah, and the same true with the spirit barrels. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:57 | |
Listen! I don't believe you! I think you're just trying to give it all | 0:41:57 | 0:42:01 | |
that old flannel, cos I told you I'd done very well with my boots. | 0:42:01 | 0:42:04 | |
So, on that note, I've had enough now, I've heard enough! | 0:42:04 | 0:42:07 | |
-I'm busy. -OK. -You take care. Ta-ra! | 0:42:07 | 0:42:11 | |
I've said it before. I'll say it again. | 0:42:11 | 0:42:13 | |
Bonkers! | 0:42:13 | 0:42:14 | |
He may just be, but how is he doing in the scores? Let's find out! | 0:42:14 | 0:42:18 | |
Eric has so far done five deals, giving him at total profit | 0:42:19 | 0:42:23 | |
of £384.48. | 0:42:23 | 0:42:26 | |
Danny has only sold two of his five, | 0:42:26 | 0:42:29 | |
but after his success with the bench, | 0:42:29 | 0:42:31 | |
he's just in the lead with a little over £400 of pure profit. | 0:42:31 | 0:42:35 | |
With figures like that, only a fool would speculate | 0:42:39 | 0:42:42 | |
on who's going to win today's clash | 0:42:42 | 0:42:44 | |
and we're seeing two very different approaches. | 0:42:44 | 0:42:47 | |
So, will Eric's old school style | 0:42:48 | 0:42:50 | |
win over the young upstart's upcycling tendencies? | 0:42:50 | 0:42:53 | |
Danny's risky approach was never more evident than when he picked up | 0:42:55 | 0:42:59 | |
a box of construction toys, so he's decided to seek | 0:42:59 | 0:43:02 | |
some expect advice to find out what he got for his money. | 0:43:02 | 0:43:06 | |
I've dragged this box of Meccano all the way down to Brighton! | 0:43:06 | 0:43:10 | |
I'm at the Toy Museum and I'm here to see two enthusiasts. | 0:43:10 | 0:43:14 | |
Now, they know everything you need to know about Meccano. | 0:43:14 | 0:43:18 | |
I'm just hoping that they're going to be able to enlighten me | 0:43:18 | 0:43:20 | |
and educate me on my box of Meccano, so that, when I come to sell it, | 0:43:20 | 0:43:25 | |
I'll get a good price for it. | 0:43:25 | 0:43:27 | |
Since its humble Liverpool beginnings in 1901, | 0:43:27 | 0:43:31 | |
interest in this classic construction toy has built | 0:43:31 | 0:43:33 | |
and built. Now, it's seen as a highly desirable | 0:43:33 | 0:43:37 | |
and collectable item for enthusiasts all over the world. | 0:43:37 | 0:43:40 | |
It was created by a Liverpudlian clerk by the name of Frank Hornby, | 0:43:40 | 0:43:45 | |
who also created, you've guessed it, the Hornby train set! | 0:43:45 | 0:43:49 | |
Meccano was first made to amuse Hornby's sons | 0:43:49 | 0:43:51 | |
and has been embraced by children and adults ever since | 0:43:51 | 0:43:55 | |
and some original kits can now sell for as much as £15,000! | 0:43:55 | 0:44:01 | |
Danny is meeting enthusiasts Jim and Geoff, but the big question is | 0:44:01 | 0:44:05 | |
will anything in his mixed up box be worth enough to get him | 0:44:05 | 0:44:08 | |
the £93 investment back and hopefully a profit on top? | 0:44:08 | 0:44:13 | |
-Oh! -What do we think? | 0:44:13 | 0:44:15 | |
-It is just a general collection. -Common? | 0:44:15 | 0:44:18 | |
Oh, dear! Not exactly what Danny wanted to hear. | 0:44:18 | 0:44:20 | |
But as they continue to search through, | 0:44:20 | 0:44:22 | |
they uncover a possible piece of gold amongst the rusty iron. | 0:44:22 | 0:44:26 | |
-Jim... -Oh, heavens! | 0:44:28 | 0:44:29 | |
That's the headlights from the No 1 Car constructor, | 0:44:29 | 0:44:33 | |
and it's nice, because it's usually missing from the cars. | 0:44:33 | 0:44:37 | |
So that's a really nice find. | 0:44:37 | 0:44:39 | |
So, if you found that, chances are we might find some other bits. | 0:44:39 | 0:44:42 | |
An early spanner. | 0:44:42 | 0:44:44 | |
Um, of moderate interest. | 0:44:44 | 0:44:46 | |
It's in good condition. | 0:44:46 | 0:44:48 | |
-Another gem, Geoff? -Absolutely, Jim. | 0:44:48 | 0:44:51 | |
That's a nice little piece. It's a steering wheel... | 0:44:51 | 0:44:54 | |
-Yes. -..from the motor car outfit that we found the headlights for. | 0:44:54 | 0:44:58 | |
I think, you've sifted through it, | 0:44:58 | 0:45:00 | |
there's nowt here really of any consequence, | 0:45:00 | 0:45:03 | |
apart from a steering wheel and pair of headlights! | 0:45:03 | 0:45:06 | |
To summarise, yes, they're the best parts. | 0:45:06 | 0:45:09 | |
Without those part, this is... I wouldn't even bid on it. | 0:45:09 | 0:45:12 | |
-It's just... -Rubbish? -I'm afraid so, yes. | 0:45:12 | 0:45:15 | |
Oh, don't sugar-coat it, then, Jim and Geoff! | 0:45:15 | 0:45:18 | |
Still, Danny establishes his most sellable items are the headlights | 0:45:18 | 0:45:22 | |
and the steering wheel from the No 1 Car constructor kit. | 0:45:22 | 0:45:25 | |
There you go, I've heard from the experts | 0:45:27 | 0:45:29 | |
that I've pretty much brought a load of scrap! | 0:45:29 | 0:45:32 | |
I'm going to need a good bit of magic to get me out of this one! | 0:45:32 | 0:45:36 | |
Perhaps not the answer Danny was hoping for, | 0:45:36 | 0:45:38 | |
but never one to be beaten, he has a plan to use the knowledge | 0:45:38 | 0:45:42 | |
he's acquired and put the Meccano into an online auction. | 0:45:42 | 0:45:46 | |
My Meccano lot, I'm going to split it into three different lots. | 0:45:46 | 0:45:51 | |
There's two dainty little pieces that I know are probably | 0:45:51 | 0:45:55 | |
the best bits in the box, to be honest, | 0:45:55 | 0:45:57 | |
so I'm going to put them on one listing. | 0:45:57 | 0:45:59 | |
Now, all the rest of the Meccano, I'm going to put on another listing | 0:45:59 | 0:46:03 | |
and the box that the Meccano came in, | 0:46:03 | 0:46:06 | |
I'm going to put that also on a separate listing, because, | 0:46:06 | 0:46:09 | |
whoever wants the Meccano, I'm sure they're not going to want the box. | 0:46:09 | 0:46:13 | |
Meanwhile, Eric is continuing on his selling quest | 0:46:14 | 0:46:17 | |
with his prize buy, the blue glass vase. | 0:46:17 | 0:46:21 | |
The vase still owes him over £123, | 0:46:21 | 0:46:23 | |
so will London-based antiques dealer Mousa | 0:46:23 | 0:46:27 | |
like it enough to find some profit in it? | 0:46:27 | 0:46:30 | |
I was intrigued to know your opinion. | 0:46:30 | 0:46:33 | |
Would you say Bohemia, rather than France? | 0:46:33 | 0:46:37 | |
I think it might be any, Bohemian or French, | 0:46:37 | 0:46:40 | |
but in my opinion, it is French. | 0:46:40 | 0:46:42 | |
But the date, I think about 1870, 1880. | 0:46:42 | 0:46:45 | |
-Beautiful. -It's beautiful, yeah. | 0:46:45 | 0:46:47 | |
Well, I'm expecting around the 400 mark, | 0:46:47 | 0:46:50 | |
so where do you come in on that one? | 0:46:50 | 0:46:53 | |
I would be coming to £300. | 0:46:53 | 0:46:56 | |
Can I just push my luck and go to 370 or...? | 0:46:56 | 0:47:01 | |
Then why don't we shake hands on 350? | 0:47:01 | 0:47:03 | |
350, we've got ourselves a deal. | 0:47:03 | 0:47:06 | |
Eric walks out with his biggest profit so far. | 0:47:06 | 0:47:09 | |
Remember, the vase was bought as part of a job lot and, | 0:47:09 | 0:47:12 | |
with the rest either sold at the auction house | 0:47:12 | 0:47:14 | |
or given to a charity shop, | 0:47:14 | 0:47:15 | |
it means Mr Knowles has made almost £240 on the lot. | 0:47:15 | 0:47:20 | |
That is what, in the business, you call a sleeper, | 0:47:22 | 0:47:24 | |
when you get a price like that. | 0:47:24 | 0:47:26 | |
Having said that, I'm only too pleased | 0:47:26 | 0:47:28 | |
that I had an early night before the auction. | 0:47:28 | 0:47:32 | |
But Eric's up late for his next sale - the stepladder. | 0:47:32 | 0:47:36 | |
Well, there are three types of people you might find walking | 0:47:36 | 0:47:39 | |
through the streets with a ladder. | 0:47:39 | 0:47:41 | |
One might be a fireman and the other one may be a window cleaner | 0:47:41 | 0:47:44 | |
and the third? Well, it could be a cat burglar. But in this case, | 0:47:44 | 0:47:48 | |
you got an antiquey person, not that this ladder is antique, | 0:47:48 | 0:47:52 | |
it dates probably to around about 1925, so it qualifies as vintage | 0:47:52 | 0:47:57 | |
and, let me tell you, vintage these days is the buzzword! | 0:47:57 | 0:48:01 | |
Danny pushed the price up to just over £50 at the auction, | 0:48:01 | 0:48:04 | |
so will the sale price climb even higher as Eric takes it | 0:48:04 | 0:48:08 | |
to Buckinghamshire antiques dealer Chloe? | 0:48:08 | 0:48:11 | |
There it is. And it's got one, two, three, four... | 0:48:11 | 0:48:15 | |
-What do you call them? ..platforms or... -Treads. | 0:48:15 | 0:48:19 | |
-Treads! OK! -SHE LAUGHS | 0:48:19 | 0:48:20 | |
All right! Well, you're obviously well ahead of me. | 0:48:20 | 0:48:23 | |
-I mean, have you sold ladders like this before? -I have sold | 0:48:23 | 0:48:25 | |
-a few ladders before. -Have you? -Um, interior decorators do like them, | 0:48:25 | 0:48:29 | |
particularly the ones just with the rungs, cos they like | 0:48:29 | 0:48:31 | |
to hang their towels on them in the bathrooms. | 0:48:31 | 0:48:34 | |
Florists kind of like these ones, actually, because they like to use | 0:48:34 | 0:48:37 | |
-them for decorating with their pots and things. -Oh, plant pots? -Yeah. | 0:48:37 | 0:48:41 | |
-That would look good. -It'd work in a good conservatory as well. -Yeah. | 0:48:41 | 0:48:43 | |
That would be another good use for it. | 0:48:43 | 0:48:45 | |
I think it needs a nice coat of wax and, yeah, that would be good | 0:48:45 | 0:48:49 | |
for using indoors, I think, perhaps not for its usual use. | 0:48:49 | 0:48:52 | |
If I was to tell you that I was hoping for | 0:48:52 | 0:48:56 | |
somewhere in the region of around about £80, I mean...? | 0:48:56 | 0:49:01 | |
-OK. -I'm open to persuasion, Chloe. | 0:49:01 | 0:49:03 | |
-I think my opening offer to you would probably be £50. -OK. | 0:49:03 | 0:49:08 | |
Um, well, then, I might come back at 70, but do you think | 0:49:08 | 0:49:13 | |
-we might nudge it a bit? -Um, shall meet halfway at 60? | 0:49:13 | 0:49:19 | |
-Is that halfway? -Between 50 and 70. | 0:49:19 | 0:49:21 | |
Yeah, it probably is, isn't it? Put your hand there. | 0:49:21 | 0:49:24 | |
Eric makes a profit of £8.17, | 0:49:24 | 0:49:27 | |
for the ladder, so Danny needs to catch up, | 0:49:27 | 0:49:30 | |
and he's hoping to do just that with his chair! He's back at | 0:49:30 | 0:49:34 | |
the same Stockport emporium where he sold his workbench, | 0:49:34 | 0:49:37 | |
but this time, meeting dealer Laura, who has another stand. | 0:49:37 | 0:49:40 | |
Remember, the chair set Danny back over £172. | 0:49:40 | 0:49:44 | |
This is a nice early 20th-century scroll top, | 0:49:46 | 0:49:50 | |
with a rail back and a solid seat. | 0:49:50 | 0:49:52 | |
I'd say it's got a 360-swivel and it's also got the rocking action. | 0:49:52 | 0:49:57 | |
-Oh, yeah. -What do you think of it? | 0:49:57 | 0:49:59 | |
Well, it's a wonderful piece. I mean, it's got such great curves | 0:49:59 | 0:50:02 | |
and it's certainly not the type of desk chair | 0:50:02 | 0:50:05 | |
-you see every day. -You like it? | 0:50:05 | 0:50:06 | |
I do like it, I do like it, but I think what I need to find out | 0:50:06 | 0:50:09 | |
is if I'm going to like the price. | 0:50:09 | 0:50:11 | |
Say 300. | 0:50:11 | 0:50:13 | |
300, OK. That is a little high, | 0:50:13 | 0:50:17 | |
I think, for this chair. | 0:50:17 | 0:50:19 | |
Would you do 225? | 0:50:19 | 0:50:21 | |
-HE SIGHS -260. | 0:50:23 | 0:50:25 | |
-I can do 250. -255. We'll go in the middle. | 0:50:25 | 0:50:28 | |
-I'll do that. I'll do that, 255. -Oh, Laura, it's been a pleasure. | 0:50:28 | 0:50:32 | |
Danny makes a profit of £82.24 for the chair! | 0:50:32 | 0:50:36 | |
He then sells his wheelbarrow to a tearoom in Ribchester, | 0:50:36 | 0:50:39 | |
as a shop display, and wheels out a profit of £65.96, | 0:50:39 | 0:50:44 | |
which means all he has left to do is | 0:50:44 | 0:50:46 | |
wait to see how his Meccano does online. | 0:50:46 | 0:50:49 | |
Eric bought his watercolour with his heart, | 0:50:49 | 0:50:51 | |
so the question is - can he use his head to get a good price? | 0:50:51 | 0:50:55 | |
A little bit of investigation fails to reveal a signature, | 0:50:55 | 0:50:58 | |
but it does lead him to the door of picture dealer John, | 0:50:58 | 0:51:01 | |
hoping he has a good reason for him to buy it. | 0:51:01 | 0:51:04 | |
Well, I've got to admit that, when I saw this, | 0:51:04 | 0:51:07 | |
I was just captivated by it. | 0:51:07 | 0:51:08 | |
I've had it out of the frame, there is no signature. | 0:51:08 | 0:51:11 | |
However, initially, I did know there was a name on the back | 0:51:11 | 0:51:15 | |
that said Cortez, C-O-R-T-E-Z, | 0:51:15 | 0:51:18 | |
so I start looking online | 0:51:18 | 0:51:21 | |
and I can't find anybody with the name Cortez. | 0:51:21 | 0:51:25 | |
However, I then thought, "Well, maybe it's Cortes," | 0:51:25 | 0:51:30 | |
and, when I did that, I came up with Edouard Cortes, | 0:51:30 | 0:51:34 | |
and then I started seeing that this man was prolific. | 0:51:34 | 0:51:37 | |
He was born in, I think, 1882, or something like that, | 0:51:37 | 0:51:41 | |
died in 1969, and I start looking at his oil paintings. | 0:51:41 | 0:51:47 | |
And several of his oil paintings I find that he features a mother | 0:51:47 | 0:51:51 | |
and a child side by side. | 0:51:51 | 0:51:53 | |
-There are several problems with that attribution. -Go on. | 0:51:53 | 0:51:57 | |
Born in 1882, and we reckon this is about 1900, 1905, | 0:51:57 | 0:52:03 | |
it would be a very juvenile picture at that stage of his career. | 0:52:03 | 0:52:08 | |
I can't see anything stylistically in the handling of the medium | 0:52:08 | 0:52:12 | |
which would make me think it was by Cortes, I have to say. | 0:52:12 | 0:52:15 | |
Frustrating that there's absolutely nothing on the back whatsoever. | 0:52:15 | 0:52:19 | |
-Nothing. -I might die before I discover who it's by, | 0:52:19 | 0:52:22 | |
but it's very, very charming. | 0:52:22 | 0:52:24 | |
I'm prepared to make an offer on it, something just over £200. | 0:52:24 | 0:52:28 | |
Are we near the 220? | 0:52:28 | 0:52:29 | |
-About 220, yes. -About 220. -Yeah. | 0:52:29 | 0:52:31 | |
-Have we got a deal? -We've got a deal. | 0:52:31 | 0:52:33 | |
He may not have got a definitive answer on the artist's name, | 0:52:33 | 0:52:36 | |
but Eric's instincts pay off | 0:52:36 | 0:52:38 | |
and he makes a profit of £96.60 on the painting, | 0:52:38 | 0:52:42 | |
which means he's down to his final item - | 0:52:42 | 0:52:44 | |
the engraving of HM frigate Geyser. Eric heads up to London hoping | 0:52:44 | 0:52:48 | |
to sell it to a maritime art specialist by the name of David. | 0:52:48 | 0:52:52 | |
I have been doing a little bit of research. | 0:52:54 | 0:52:56 | |
I'm told that this vessel was laid down in about 1840. | 0:52:56 | 0:53:00 | |
-It's a technical term, isn't it, being laid down? -Yes. -Being built. | 0:53:00 | 0:53:04 | |
I believe that it was sort of broken up, um, in the 1860s, so it didn't | 0:53:04 | 0:53:10 | |
-have a very long life. -No, no. -No. -It seems like a lot of effort's | 0:53:10 | 0:53:13 | |
gone into it for such a short period of time to operate, | 0:53:13 | 0:53:16 | |
but I guess it probably did a lot of work in its time that it was built. | 0:53:16 | 0:53:19 | |
-Well, let me have a look at it. -Good. | 0:53:19 | 0:53:22 | |
Looking at this particular piece, and looking at the paper that | 0:53:22 | 0:53:25 | |
it's printed on, and generally the fact | 0:53:25 | 0:53:27 | |
that it's sort of survived in such good condition, | 0:53:27 | 0:53:30 | |
I believe it's what's known as a restrike, I'm afraid. | 0:53:30 | 0:53:32 | |
The term restrike basically means when a print is republished | 0:53:32 | 0:53:37 | |
using the original printing plates. | 0:53:37 | 0:53:40 | |
So, the company Ackerman, although they no longer exist, | 0:53:40 | 0:53:44 | |
at some point sold their plates to another company, who have reprinted | 0:53:44 | 0:53:48 | |
it in the exact same fashion as the original would've been produced - on | 0:53:48 | 0:53:52 | |
good quality paper, hand coloured, the same look and the same feel. | 0:53:52 | 0:53:57 | |
I would say that probably the print is contemporary with that frame, | 0:53:57 | 0:54:00 | |
which would be 20 to 30 years. I would think, | 0:54:00 | 0:54:03 | |
if it were a period piece in a period frame, it would make | 0:54:03 | 0:54:09 | |
somewhere in the region of 4... £300-£400, something like that. | 0:54:09 | 0:54:13 | |
Would I be asking too much if I was, say, asking for £50? | 0:54:13 | 0:54:18 | |
-My instinct would be more around the £40 mark. -OK. | 0:54:18 | 0:54:22 | |
But maybe we could meet in the middle, say 45? | 0:54:22 | 0:54:25 | |
45? Listen, 45 is perfectly good by me. | 0:54:25 | 0:54:29 | |
Not quite the result he was looking for, but Eric sells the picture | 0:54:29 | 0:54:32 | |
for a profit of £22.79, meaning he's all sold up. | 0:54:32 | 0:54:37 | |
He may be done, but Danny is still | 0:54:37 | 0:54:40 | |
nervously awaiting the results of his online sale, | 0:54:40 | 0:54:42 | |
so let's remind ourselves of how much our experts spent today. | 0:54:42 | 0:54:47 | |
From a £1,000 budget, Eric bought eight lots and spent £629.36. | 0:54:47 | 0:54:54 | |
Danny bought only five items, but adding restoration costs | 0:54:54 | 0:54:57 | |
and online auction charges, spent more in the end, £654.11. | 0:54:57 | 0:55:02 | |
But who brought home the biggest profits? | 0:55:02 | 0:55:05 | |
Now, it's time to find out who is today's | 0:55:05 | 0:55:08 | |
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion? | 0:55:08 | 0:55:12 | |
-Hey, how are we doing? -Not so bad. | 0:55:12 | 0:55:14 | |
-How are you? -I'm fine. -Always a pleasure to see you. | 0:55:14 | 0:55:17 | |
Oh, thank you, Danny. Well, it's nice to get back into | 0:55:17 | 0:55:20 | |
the auction scene, for me. | 0:55:20 | 0:55:21 | |
I spent most of my life working for an auction house. | 0:55:21 | 0:55:23 | |
What was your best buy? | 0:55:23 | 0:55:25 | |
It's got to be that job lot with all the miscellaneous china, | 0:55:25 | 0:55:29 | |
most of which was worth very little. | 0:55:29 | 0:55:31 | |
There was a glass vase and cover. | 0:55:31 | 0:55:33 | |
-Right. -It was fabulous. | 0:55:33 | 0:55:35 | |
And it was about 1880, probably Bohemian, | 0:55:35 | 0:55:39 | |
beautifully enamelled, | 0:55:39 | 0:55:41 | |
and, um, I found a man who really was keen to have it. | 0:55:41 | 0:55:45 | |
So what was your best buy, Danny? | 0:55:45 | 0:55:47 | |
Well, my best buy, funnily enough, would have been my workbench. | 0:55:47 | 0:55:50 | |
-Do you remember that workbench full of...? -Yes, I do. | 0:55:50 | 0:55:53 | |
-..woodworm and all sorts going on. -Yeah, yeah! | 0:55:53 | 0:55:55 | |
Yeah, well, I got it treated, I got it sanded, I got it re-waxed, | 0:55:55 | 0:55:58 | |
I got a little shelf put on the bottom. | 0:55:58 | 0:56:01 | |
Then I sold it to this lady, she's got a big antiques centre. | 0:56:01 | 0:56:04 | |
-Oh, right. -Went down very well. But it looked the business. | 0:56:04 | 0:56:08 | |
-Come up trumps. -Good lad. | 0:56:08 | 0:56:10 | |
-OK, well, let's see if you're going to come up trumps here. -Yes. -OK. | 0:56:10 | 0:56:13 | |
-Let's have a peep. -Are you ready? -I am. | 0:56:13 | 0:56:16 | |
-We'll do a one... -A one... | 0:56:16 | 0:56:18 | |
A two, and a three! | 0:56:18 | 0:56:21 | |
-Ooh! -Ooh! | 0:56:21 | 0:56:23 | |
Well, hey, that's a very healthy profit. | 0:56:23 | 0:56:26 | |
-Yours is even healthier! -And that's what matters! | 0:56:26 | 0:56:29 | |
-In your box, it does, yeah, but not in mine. -Come on. -Come on, then. | 0:56:29 | 0:56:33 | |
Yes, Eric wins today's contest by a country mile, after Danny's online | 0:56:33 | 0:56:37 | |
auction plans didn't quite bring in the result he was hoping for. | 0:56:37 | 0:56:41 | |
He had some initial success with the two rarer pieces. | 0:56:41 | 0:56:44 | |
Oh, yes! We've got a bid! In fact, we've got four! | 0:56:46 | 0:56:50 | |
And it's made £50. | 0:56:50 | 0:56:52 | |
But even though he did sell every item, after postage, packaging and | 0:56:52 | 0:56:57 | |
auction costs, he only made a total profit of just over £7 for the lot. | 0:56:57 | 0:57:01 | |
Well, I realise I came up with a tidy profit there, | 0:57:03 | 0:57:06 | |
but in all fairness, Danny really did give me a run for my money. | 0:57:06 | 0:57:11 | |
So, at the end of the day, I have to be eternally grateful | 0:57:11 | 0:57:14 | |
to one Bohemian glass vase and cover. | 0:57:14 | 0:57:16 | |
I'm absolutely gutted. | 0:57:16 | 0:57:18 | |
I actually thought I was going to win that one. | 0:57:18 | 0:57:21 | |
It just goes to show, | 0:57:21 | 0:57:22 | |
don't count your chickens before they're hatched. | 0:57:22 | 0:57:24 | |
And also, check your chickens before you sell them, | 0:57:24 | 0:57:27 | |
as Danny discovers when he receives a surprising phone call | 0:57:27 | 0:57:30 | |
from one of the winners of his online auction. | 0:57:30 | 0:57:32 | |
-'I found something I thought you may be interested in.' -What's that? | 0:57:34 | 0:57:38 | |
-'There were two coins in the bottom.' -Was there? | 0:57:38 | 0:57:42 | |
-LAUGHTER ON THE LINE -'One of them is an Irish ha'penny. | 0:57:42 | 0:57:44 | |
'It's worth a couple of quid. I looked at the other one | 0:57:44 | 0:57:47 | |
'and it's an old penny and it's, er, 1918. | 0:57:47 | 0:57:51 | |
'I must admit, this one isn't in particularly good condition. | 0:57:51 | 0:57:54 | |
'It's still worth about 40 quid.' | 0:57:54 | 0:57:55 | |
Oh, dear! But even if he had realised, the coins wouldn't have | 0:57:55 | 0:57:59 | |
brought in enough to beat his opponent this time. | 0:57:59 | 0:58:02 | |
However, our experts have together brought home a total | 0:58:02 | 0:58:05 | |
of almost £1,300 for good causes. | 0:58:05 | 0:58:10 | |
My chosen charity is Prostate Cancer UK. | 0:58:12 | 0:58:15 | |
It helps more men survive prostate cancer. | 0:58:15 | 0:58:19 | |
My chosen charity is Beagle Welfare. | 0:58:19 | 0:58:22 | |
Now, they take in orphans and beagles in need of a home | 0:58:22 | 0:58:26 | |
and look after them till the end of their days. | 0:58:26 | 0:58:29 | |
Both our experts have worked hard and shown they've got what it takes | 0:58:29 | 0:58:32 | |
to buy and sell antiques in order to make profits | 0:58:32 | 0:58:35 | |
when their own money is on the line! And you can't say fairer than that! | 0:58:35 | 0:58:39 |