0:00:02 > 0:00:04This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,
0:00:04 > 0:00:05the show that pitches TV's
0:00:05 > 0:00:08best-loved antiques experts against each other
0:00:08 > 0:00:10in an all-out battle for profit.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Let's make hay while that sun shines.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16Each day, one pair of duelling dealers will face a mighty challenge...
0:00:16 > 0:00:19I've got a heavy profit here.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21..putting their reputations on the line...
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Who's there?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26They'll give you the insider's view of the trade...
0:00:26 > 0:00:28HE GROWLS
0:00:28 > 0:00:30..along with their top tips and savvy secrets...
0:00:30 > 0:00:32That could present a problem.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35..showing you how to make the most money...
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Ready for battle.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39..from buying and selling.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Get in there!
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Coming up, David reveals that old age is all the rage
0:00:45 > 0:00:47when it comes to leather.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50I love worn-out leather.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53It just improves with age.
0:00:53 > 0:00:58You can't get that pattern-ation without use, abuse and wear.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Phil's haggling technique backfires.
0:01:01 > 0:01:0315, I could do.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04PHIL WEEPS
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- Now it's 225 again.- No! No, no, no!
0:01:06 > 0:01:10And when it comes to selling, it's all about knowing the right lingo.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14You'd use this to swing the dingy-thing.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Swing this dingly-dongler, I think we call it in the trade.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Welcome, one and all, to our foreign foray.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Today, we're in Maastricht antiques market in Holland,
0:01:44 > 0:01:49famed for its cheese, tulips and the birthplace of Vincent van Gogh,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52and of course, the European Union.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54In this historic city,
0:01:54 > 0:01:5850 stalls of wondrous wares await our dealers as they battle to buy,
0:01:58 > 0:02:01sell and earn a winning profit.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04First up, it's our fancier of finery.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06He knows his Rembrandts from his rubbish.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09With his eyes on the prize and a head for haggling, it's...
0:02:11 > 0:02:14I'm hovering like a hyena.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15And trying to beat David
0:02:15 > 0:02:18is a man whose antiques artistry knows no bounds.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22A forward thinker of fortune with a penchant for the priceless, it's...
0:02:25 > 0:02:28I can feel a bit of a spend coming on.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33They both have £750 worth of their own euros to spend as they go
0:02:33 > 0:02:35head-to-head to make a profit,
0:02:35 > 0:02:39which will all be sent to our dealers' chosen charities.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42So, David Harper and Phil Serrell,
0:02:42 > 0:02:45it's time to put your money where your mouth is.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48- I'm cold!- You know what they say about you, Dave.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50- You never 'mass a tricht'. - Oh!- Topical, you see!
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- Oh, I can't beat it, Phil. - It's best not to, really.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- I thought we were in Belgium. Where are we?- I've been telling you
0:02:56 > 0:02:58for days we're going to Holland.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- Hol-land.- Right. How much money have you got?- We've got £750...
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- And a lot of stalls to go round. - It looks good.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Shall we try and find something vernacular?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08- Vernacular? What, clogs? - Well, you know, local to the area.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- A bit of cheese.- Cheese?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- Yeah.- Cheese and clogs! - Tulips.- Good combination!
0:03:12 > 0:03:16- See you later on.- Good luck. - Take care.- Yeah.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Mmm, so now our big spenders have agreed on where they are
0:03:19 > 0:03:22and which souvenirs they're going to take back home,
0:03:22 > 0:03:25it's time to get down to business, and with "The Fox" out of ear shot,
0:03:25 > 0:03:28"Devilish" can dish the dirt.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Right, fantastic,
0:03:29 > 0:03:32away from Phil Serrell and his dreadful jokes,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34that I've heard 48,000 times.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36I'm on my own in a foreign fair,
0:03:36 > 0:03:40so I'm going to be looking for something out of the ordinary.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Not the kind of thing you might find at a British fair.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47So I'm looking for a little bit of Continental flair.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Yes, David's plan is to get right in there
0:03:49 > 0:03:52with the curious Continental collectables.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Whereas for Phil, that's the one thing that's worrying him.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Foreign markets are great. I absolutely love them.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02The thing is, you really are a fish out of water here because you're
0:04:02 > 0:04:05looking at things that are very local and specific to this area,
0:04:05 > 0:04:09and I'm going to buy them here and take them back home.
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Is that a clever thing to do?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Well, yes, Phil, that's exactly what you're here to do.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Hmm, while Phil ponders on his position,
0:04:16 > 0:04:18David is like the early bird.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20The very, very early bird.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- Morning.- Good morning.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Hold on, where is everybody?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28I think this is the trick, you know. Get here early
0:04:28 > 0:04:32and watch things unload. But have you noticed? There are no buyers.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35There's only Phil Serrell and me. I can't believe it!
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Here is a massive opportunity for people to get here and bag the best
0:04:39 > 0:04:43pieces. If this was in England, I think it'd be teeming with buyers.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47With "Devilish" confident that he's got the market almost to himself,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50it's not long before he spots a wall light he likes the look of.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Now, let's see how much of the local lingo that he's learned.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Hello, there, good morning. Um, I don't speak Dutch, I'm afraid.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- Er, none, then. - Do you speak English?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- A little bit.- Oh, good. A little bit is enough.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- How much is the little wall light there?- 65.- 65. OK.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08I don't know where I'd go with that one.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11What else have you got? What about this doggy here?
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Is this a greyhound? Oh, he's actually a pot.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Terracotta, I think.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18No great age to him.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Sorry, her.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22- A broken paw there. How much is the doggie?- 25.
0:05:22 > 0:05:2425 euro?
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Um, can I give you 20?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- Yes.- 20. You're a delight.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Thank you very much, thank you very much. I've bought myself a pet.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35David's porcelain pooch sets him back 20 euros,
0:05:35 > 0:05:38or £14.81 when converted.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43And his new pet is already pulling at his heartstrings.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47Now, come on. Who could fail to fall in love with that face?
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Isn't she just absolutely gorgeous?
0:05:50 > 0:05:54A good-sized greyhound or a whippet, probably 20-30 years old,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57the odd chip here and there, a little scar down her neck,
0:05:57 > 0:06:00but this all adds to her character.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03She is absolutely gorgeous, and we as a nation, the British,
0:06:03 > 0:06:05love our animals.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08And I'm going to find someone who falls desperately in love with this
0:06:08 > 0:06:10gorgeous creature.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14So, along with his canine companion, David is off the blocks.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Meanwhile, Phil is on the hunt for his first purchase,
0:06:17 > 0:06:21and it appears he's looking for the finer things today.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23This is a tuning-fork watch.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26If you keep it to your ear, you will hear it hum.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Zzzzz! And that's the humming of your tuning fork.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31- And that is 350?- 350, yeah.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- OK, thank you much indeed. - You're welcome.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36But it seems the price tags on the things he likes...
0:06:36 > 0:06:38120 euros.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39..are a little too high.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41How much are the tiles, please?
0:06:41 > 0:06:4395 euros.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46No good. There's no middle ground at this fair.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50Things are either really cheap and, actually, not too much quality,
0:06:50 > 0:06:52or really expensive.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Yes, Phil's struggling with his pricing points today
0:06:55 > 0:06:58and is keeping his euros under wraps for now.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59But across the market...
0:06:59 > 0:07:03This fair is tiny, but brilliant.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Really interesting objects.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07And, I think, incredibly cheap.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Ah, well, there's one man that doesn't agree with you,
0:07:11 > 0:07:13but he's just spotted something he likes the look of.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15A bit of automotive memorabilia.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Hello.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- How much, please?- 20.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- Could you take ten euros? - 15 euros!- Ten!
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- 15. No!- Oh, look at the look on his face. Look at the look on his face,
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Hmm, recognise that, do you, Phil?
0:07:29 > 0:07:3115. I'll have that off you.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- Yes?- Yes, thank you very much.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Yes, Phil knows a good deal when he sees it,
0:07:35 > 0:07:36and those shallow pockets get
0:07:36 > 0:07:40some action as he bags his first buy of the day
0:07:40 > 0:07:43for 15 euros, or £11.11.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46This is from that great golden era when
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines
0:07:49 > 0:07:52and Monte Carlo Or Bust! and all that sort of stuff.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53So you've got the early days
0:07:53 > 0:07:56of motoring and the earlier days of aviation,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59and wouldn't it be just lovely if this came from this period?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01It doesn't. It's out of period.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03This poster's probably ten or 20 years old.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07But I think it's quite stylistic. It conveys a really good,
0:08:07 > 0:08:10strong image, and I'm hoping I'm going to find somebody who is either
0:08:10 > 0:08:13into their flying, or their cars, who might want a poster.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Or perhaps someone with a flying car! Ha-ha!
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Close by, David is still looking for the unusual.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22But it appears that when he said he wanted collectables
0:08:22 > 0:08:24from the Continent,
0:08:24 > 0:08:27he wasn't necessarily limiting himself to the European one.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31I'll tell you what, tribal art is a fascinating area.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Right now, I'm very much into this sort of ethnic carving.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37But you have to really understand it thoroughly, or otherwise,
0:08:37 > 0:08:40you can badly get your fingers burnt.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43It's going to take me a couple of years probably of reading, studying,
0:08:43 > 0:08:47handling before I feel completely and utterly confident
0:08:47 > 0:08:50to go out there and spend big money on this stuff.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55It's a minefield but massively fascinating.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Yes, very sensible.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00Meanwhile, Phil is still being cautious with his cash.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02- How much?- 125.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04And back it goes.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06This could be a long day.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08How much is that?
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- It's 700 and... - No, too much for me.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15After a close inspection of almost every item on the stall,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Phil finds a pair of white metal vintage pens and a
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Napoleonic-style, early 20th century straw trinket box.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25But there's that all-important question again.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28What is the very, very best you can do for those two?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- 50 together.- 50 euros together?
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- Yes.- I'll have both those. Thank you very much.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Well, we got there in the end, and Phil gets two pens
0:09:37 > 0:09:40and the straw box for a combined price
0:09:40 > 0:09:43of just over £37 when converted.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45So, what made him splash the cash?
0:09:46 > 0:09:47Boys and their toys.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Now, I've got a ballpoint pen and a fountain pen.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52I think they're really cool things.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54White metal overlay cut
0:09:54 > 0:09:57and they would adorn and grace any gentleman's desk.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00And at the money I paid, there's got to be a profit in these.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03And for me, the real little treasure is this straw workbox.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06French prisoners of war got straw,
0:10:06 > 0:10:10coloured it and split it and covered boxes and they made things just like
0:10:10 > 0:10:14this. It's a real good old-fashioned antique and there's got to be a
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- profit in that.- And that double purchase means that our
0:10:17 > 0:10:20hard-bargaining Brit now has three items to his opponent's one.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22But on the other side of the market,
0:10:22 > 0:10:25David could be ringing up his next purchase.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28MS Bremen.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Any idea where that's from?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- German.- German, yeah.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34And dated 1911 as well.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36That's handy. Is it a ship's bell?
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- Yes.- From a ship, yeah?- It's a good sound.- Good sound, is it?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- Can I...?- You can try it.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44That would wake the sailors up!
0:10:44 > 0:10:46You can hear it from one mile.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50- A mile! Is that the idea? - Yeah.- Really?- Yeah.- My gosh!
0:10:50 > 0:10:53That's very powerful. What sort of price is that?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- 15.- 15 euros?
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- It's not expensive at all.- Yes.- I don't think I could say no to that.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01I think I'm going to say yes. Thank you very much.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02Without even a haggle,
0:11:02 > 0:11:04David chimes in his second purchase
0:11:04 > 0:11:07and spends just over £11.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Mmm, someone feels like they're getting good deals today.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15That is a really...quite an interesting ship's bell,
0:11:15 > 0:11:17lovely with the date - 1911,
0:11:17 > 0:11:22just three years before the outbreak of the First World War.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24German, certainly.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26In period, absolutely.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28This is one of the big worries with objects like this.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30You know, is it a reproduction?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Well, I'm very happy that it's not.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35It's got lots of age to it. It's not the best quality thing
0:11:35 > 0:11:37in the world, but it wasn't meant to be.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38It's a functioning bit of kit.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41And the Bremen would've had lots of these bells,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44and then when it's being broken up, bells and all,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46bits and pieces of ship, and then just distributed
0:11:46 > 0:11:48and sold off. So there we go.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49And it rings really well.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51HE RINGS BELL
0:11:51 > 0:11:55- Time to go shopping.- Well, there is just a little snag with that.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58This is it. We have kind of come to the end of the fair.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01It's a tiny little fair, in actual fact.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05That's it! But lots of stuff and it's certainly cheap,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08there's no doubt about it.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Yes, David's wallet is still bursting at the seams and,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14as he heads back to the stalls, he finds somewhere to rest it.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16So, this thing is a low table
0:12:16 > 0:12:20designed as a little smoker's table or a wine table.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22What's nice about it...
0:12:22 > 0:12:24It's a real thing. It's not a repro.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26It shows it as well.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30People may criticise it cos it has been kicked and dropped so many times.
0:12:30 > 0:12:35It has seen action, this thing, which, to me, adds great character.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Now, "Devilish", what were you just saying
0:12:37 > 0:12:39about this being a cheap market?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Probably not much more than five euros.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- 60. 60 euros.- 16?- 60!
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Oh, 6-0. Oh!
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- Right, OK.- 6-0, yeah.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Sorry, language barrier.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Yeah, sure, sure.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- Can it be 40 euros? - 50 will be my best price.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- I'm going to have it for 50 euros. Thank you.- Thanks.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Thank you very much indeed.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04- You're welcome.- A good piece of period Art Deco.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Clap your eyes on that beauty.
0:13:06 > 0:13:0850 euros.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Maybe not as cheap as he would have liked,
0:13:11 > 0:13:14but David snaps up this faux tortoiseshell side table
0:13:14 > 0:13:17for £37.04.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Super stylish, don't you think?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22And absolutely no money.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27An in-period, Art Deco, little wine or smoker's table
0:13:27 > 0:13:31dated to about 1935, certainly pre-Second World War.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Original condition - worn a little bit - but you've got the chrome,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37you've got the metal and then you've got a cast-iron base to give it
0:13:37 > 0:13:39plenty of weight, cos this is a small table
0:13:39 > 0:13:42and you don't want it getting knocked over.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46And then the original top, which is faux tortoiseshell.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49And it's so twee, but super, super cool.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51I absolutely love it.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54And while David continues to build his cache of collectibles,
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Phil has some breaking knick-knack news.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00This is David Harper, filming Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,
0:14:00 > 0:14:03for the BBC, at Maastricht in Holland.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Actually, it's not really. It's me.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11And that awful impression brings us up to the midway point.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15It's time to see who's thriving on this foreign antiques adventure
0:14:15 > 0:14:18and who's in need of an international rescue.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20So, how much have they spent so far?
0:14:22 > 0:14:26With £750 worth of euros to spend,
0:14:26 > 0:14:31David has so far bought three pieces and spent £62.96,
0:14:31 > 0:14:36which leaves him just over £687 in his kitty.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Phil "The Fox" had a slow start,
0:14:38 > 0:14:43but has also got three items and spent just £48.15,
0:14:43 > 0:14:47leaving him with over £701 to attack the second half.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51But before that, they have time for a quick catch up.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Wow! It's not getting any warmer, that's for sure.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59And, I tell you what, this is a really interesting fair.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01I can't believe there are no buyers here.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03I think the stuff is really cheap.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04- They don't get up, do they? - They don't.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07They're sensible, but they should be up because I reckon
0:15:07 > 0:15:09there are some stonking bargains.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12- The early bird and all that.- We're a pair of early...- Talking of which,
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- I haven't got time. I've got to get buying.- Oh!- See you.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Well, have you ever seen Phil move so fast?
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Could it be that David said something he didn't like
0:15:21 > 0:15:24the sound of? Perhaps it was that "C" word - cheap.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26David has been doing this for many, many years,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29and if there is something cheap out there,
0:15:29 > 0:15:31you can bet your bottom dollar he'll go and find it,
0:15:31 > 0:15:35so I'll have to get my skates on and really concentrate now.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39So, all geed up and ready to sink some of his money into this market,
0:15:39 > 0:15:43Phil homes in on some vintage leather luggage.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- How much is that, please?- 65.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- It's real leather. - Yeah. Pigskin. Yeah.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50It's a lovely thing, isn't it?
0:15:50 > 0:15:53But you've got to sort the interior out, haven't you?
0:15:53 > 0:15:56You've got to line this, really, haven't you?
0:15:56 > 0:15:58- Yes.- What's your best price?
0:15:58 > 0:16:00- 65.- Would 50 euros buy it?
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Yeah, it's OK.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Thank you. I can go on my holidays now, look.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09A case!
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Well, he certainly dipped into his holiday fund
0:16:11 > 0:16:15with his fourth and most expensive item so far,
0:16:15 > 0:16:17spending just over £37.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21But there's more going on here than meets the eye.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Everything in life is not always what it seems.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28This looks like a suitcase, but it hasn't been. If you look inside,
0:16:28 > 0:16:30this was originally fitted out
0:16:30 > 0:16:32probably for a gentleman's vanity case.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36I think the way forward is to line this and you've then got
0:16:36 > 0:16:38a really cool,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41probably pigskin vintage case.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43I'd love to own that.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46I just hope someone else feels the same way.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50The gentleman's vanity case gives Phil a 4-3 advantage and,
0:16:50 > 0:16:52with his chokehold on the cash loosening,
0:16:52 > 0:16:55it's not long before he spots another potential purchase.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59- But what is it? - How much is that, please?
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- 20 euros. - It's interesting, isn't it?
0:17:02 > 0:17:04- Made out of oak. Yeah. - PHIL KNOCKS ON ITEM
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- It's for shoes.- For shoes?- Cleaning.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- For cleaning things, is it? - Yeah, yeah.- Cleaning things.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12What's the best you can do it for?
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Would 15 euros be good?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17- 15?- Yes.- Thank you very much.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Bye-bye.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23So, Phil pays £11.11 for the box,
0:17:23 > 0:17:27but he thinks it wasn't made for shoes but for salt.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32This is probably mid-19th century, made out of oak,
0:17:32 > 0:17:38and I think in England that's worth probably between £40 and £80,
0:17:38 > 0:17:40something like that. So, at 15 euros,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43I'm kind of hoping there's a profit in that.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46So, Phil is hoping for a healthy profit there come the selling.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50And, with that, "The Fox" has nudged ahead with five purchases to David's
0:17:50 > 0:17:53three. Meanwhile, our man "Devilish"
0:17:53 > 0:17:55is still looking for the unusual.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Now, strike a pose.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59That is a tiny, tiny mannequin.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Never seen a mannequin so small.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05Shop fitting type things are very, very good news in actual fact,
0:18:05 > 0:18:09but they've got to have a bit of style as well. It's lost the style.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11I know, darling! It's so last season!
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Oh, have a look at that, though.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15You know what I want? A man-bag.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19Seriously, I've been thinking for ages about getting a man-bag.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Good leather gets better with age.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23How much for the man-bag?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- 25.- 25 euros.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26Do you wear a man-bag?
0:18:26 > 0:18:31- No.- No, not everybody can get away with wearing a man-bag.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Mmm, I bet you can, though, David.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35How old is it? Ten, 20 years old?
0:18:35 > 0:18:371950, 1960.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39You think it's as old as that? Cool.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40You can have it for 20.
0:18:40 > 0:18:45So, as soon as I model it, obviously I look so rubbish,
0:18:45 > 0:18:46it goes down in price!
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Marvellous! 20 euros, that's great, actually.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52It's very cool. You should wear a man-bag.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53You would suit a man-bag.
0:18:53 > 0:18:58OK, I'm going to buy a man-bag, but not for myself.
0:18:58 > 0:19:03I need to find a friend, who is a man, who wants a man-bag.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05I'll have it. Thank you.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09- Nice day!- You, too. Get a man-bag.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Sorry, what type of bag was it?
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Let's just review to find out.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16You know what I want? A man-bag.
0:19:16 > 0:19:17- Sorry, come again?- Seriously,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20I've been thinking for ages about getting a man-bag.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Man-bag. Man-bag.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Man-bag. Man-bag, man-bag, man-bag...
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- man-bag...- Oh, man-bag!
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Got it! So, our fashionista of finery picked up his
0:19:31 > 0:19:35"you know what" bag for £14.81
0:19:35 > 0:19:38and has fulfilled a lifelong dream.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40You know, this is a very big day for me.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44This is the day that I first buy a man-bag.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46I've always wanted one.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49I love worn-out leather.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52It just improves with age.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55You can't get that patination without use,
0:19:55 > 0:19:58abuse and wear, and it's fantastic.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Date-wise, the chap thinks it's 1960s.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03I think it's a bit later, but I don't think it matters.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07It's good quality, nice, thick stitching. Good, thick leather.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Worn in all the right places. Loads of pockets and slips.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14It's just brilliant. You can fill it with all sorts of rubbish.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16This is it. It is now mine.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18I am going to attempt to sell it, obviously.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22But in the meantime, before I do sell it, I'm going to wear it.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24# Papa's got a brand-new bag... #
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Yes, very nice.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30And that means our designer dealer is trailing Phil by one item now.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35"The Fox" has gone from a gentle simmer to a hot-boiled bargainer
0:20:35 > 0:20:38as he turns up the heat with his next seller.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40So, tell me about these stoves.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41- How much is that one?- 175.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45- But that's sort of Art Deco-ey, isn't it?- That's Art Deco, yes.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47- That one?- 675.- Oh!
0:20:47 > 0:20:49I like that one.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52- It's a good one.- And how much is that one?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- 275.- You see, I was thinking a lot less than that.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Oh! You can try...
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- I can try.- But I have the freedom to say no.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Absolutely right, yeah.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04I'll give you 200 euros for it, and that's me finished.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07I haven't got any more. 200 euros.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09- Sorry.- Oh, dear!
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Phil's not getting the deal he wants.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- But, wait!- 215 I could do. - PHIL WEEPS
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Oh, it looks like the market's got the better of him.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- Now it's 225 again.- No, no, no.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21HE LAUGHS
0:21:21 > 0:21:25What about... Look, if I gave you 205 and that gives me a chance.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26- OK.- You're a gentleman.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Thank you, thank you.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Having left a big impression all over the seller's scarf,
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Phil walks away a happy camper,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36getting his wood burner for 205 euros,
0:21:36 > 0:21:39or £151.85.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44One of the things I love about this business is the way we recycle
0:21:44 > 0:21:48everything. This is a cast French stove from about 1900, 1940,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51something like that. But we can still use it today.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55This would look great in one of the yurts, if you want to go glamping.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58My only real regret is I didn't get some wood to put on it,
0:21:58 > 0:21:59because it is so blooming cold.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02# Relight my fire... #
0:22:02 > 0:22:05He might have been economic with his euros all day.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06Phil's final purchase,
0:22:06 > 0:22:10though, has also been the biggest and means he can beat a triumphant
0:22:10 > 0:22:13- retreat.- Well, that's me finished, shopped up.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16And this has been a really interesting antiques market
0:22:16 > 0:22:20because it's not that big, but there are some really good things here,
0:22:20 > 0:22:23and some not such good things here. I just hope that
0:22:23 > 0:22:25my, uh, eyes haven't let me down.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Well, you've certainly been watching your wallet closely enough!
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Now, with dozens of stalls to choose from,
0:22:32 > 0:22:35David ends up at the vendor where Phil bought his wood burner.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39And while "The Fox" turned on some very suspect tears to good effect,
0:22:39 > 0:22:42David is brewing a charm offensive.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Who fancies a rather nice cup of tea?
0:22:45 > 0:22:49I've just been talking to this lovely chap here about a fascinating
0:22:49 > 0:22:52- kettle.- It is!- And amazing that it still has its gas connector.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54The gas came out of the wall...
0:22:54 > 0:22:58- Yeah.- ..so that they had tea or hot water all the time.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00It's amazing. And then you don't
0:23:00 > 0:23:03have to actually take it off its cradle, you simply pour like so.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- You're missing a bit on the handle. - No, I don't think so.- Yeah, here.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- It's coming away.- This is original. - Yeah, that is original,
0:23:10 > 0:23:12but the wicker would have come all the way to the end.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15I don't think they'd leave that raw, would they?
0:23:15 > 0:23:16It's not actually a criticism of it.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20I think it's just a sign that it is very original.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23This was a very, very posh bit of kit.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26I mean, this was for somebody with a lot of money.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- Talking of money... - 150 euros for it.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31- 150?- Yes.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- Could it be much cheaper? - My best price would be 125.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38- 125, thank you very much. Yeah, thank you.- You're welcome.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41So, David's cooking on gas and secures his kettle
0:23:41 > 0:23:43for a hefty £92.59.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50You know, I really can't tell you how interesting this thing is to me.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53It's not just a kettle on a stand.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56It is so incredibly modern.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59When you think it was designed and made in the late 19th century,
0:23:59 > 0:24:03it's incredible. It's almost spaceship style.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06In completely original condition.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09This is the absolute height of fashion
0:24:09 > 0:24:11and very expensive, circa 1890,
0:24:11 > 0:24:16and the fact that it's still plumbed in for its gas is mind-blowing.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18More tea, Vicar?
0:24:20 > 0:24:24And with that, the buying is done and a heady day of canvassing,
0:24:24 > 0:24:28negotiating and procuring all manner of wonderful wares comes to an end.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32It's time to see what our dealers have spent.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36They both started the day with £750 worth of their own euros to spend.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39David found the bargains today and bought five items
0:24:39 > 0:24:43for £170.36.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Phil was trying not to spend,
0:24:45 > 0:24:49but bought six items and spent much more than his opponent -
0:24:49 > 0:24:53£248.15.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Well, that was the fair that was, wasn't it?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Not bad for our first visit to Holland.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02I've really, really enjoyed it. We've got a great Dutch takeaway. It was a good old fair, wasn't it?
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Great fair. Look at this! Such a Continental environment.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07- Absolutely right.- It feels distinctly different, doesn't it?
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Yeah. So, go on, tell me.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Out of all yours, which is your very favourite piece?
0:25:11 > 0:25:14The best object, probably, is the kettle.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16- It's quite a cool looking thing, isn't it?- Gas powered.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19You take it home, plug it into your gas system...
0:25:19 > 0:25:21- Blow yourself up!- Marvellous!
0:25:21 > 0:25:24But my man-bag, I've never bought a man-bag before.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26- I like that.- I saw you wearing a man-bag the other day,
0:25:26 > 0:25:28- and I was admiring it. - No man should be without a bag.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- You're right.- Absolutely right, yeah, yeah.
0:25:31 > 0:25:32On the luggage front, you see, I love that.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- That, I would use that. - It's such a good case, isn't it?
0:25:35 > 0:25:36Really, really lovely.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38I tell you what, it's getting that cold here,
0:25:38 > 0:25:40do you have any wood I could put on the fire?
0:25:40 > 0:25:41We could do that, actually.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44- I've got a mistake, though, I think. - What's that?- Well...
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Phil, we both love cars, so you'd be expected to buy that.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Yeah, I know, I know. And I couldn't help myself,
0:25:49 > 0:25:51but I don't think there's much profit in it.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54But, hey-ho! So, we've done the really easy part, haven't we?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- Buying is just a doddle. - And it's good fun buying. Love it!
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Yeah, but the tough part is selling it.
0:25:59 > 0:26:00Well, we've got a long train journey.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04- Yeah.- We can plot, scheme and plan our selling strategies.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06- I've got an idea.- What's that?
0:26:06 > 0:26:09I'm going to buy all of your stuff, and you buy all of my stuff, it's
0:26:09 > 0:26:11- job sorted.- Job done!
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Selling to each other is, of course, against the rules.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21So, instead, our pair of Maastricht maestros must head back to good old
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Blighty and uncover their own buyers.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Using all available methods,
0:26:26 > 0:26:30David and Phil will scour our green and pleasant land to find perfect
0:26:30 > 0:26:33homes for all their foreign loot,
0:26:33 > 0:26:36focusing on stacking up the biggest possible profits
0:26:36 > 0:26:39to go to their chosen charities.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Back at his County Durham digs,
0:26:41 > 0:26:46the devilish one is giving his Dutch haul some serious consideration.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49I've got to say, that was an amazing experience.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51My very first visit to Holland.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Look around you, I mean, come on.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Look at that face of the greyhound. She is absolutely wonderful.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59I've spoken to a couple of friends of mine
0:26:59 > 0:27:01that have two rescue greyhounds
0:27:01 > 0:27:04that they are in love with, rightly so.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06So, I think, you will be sorted, don't you worry.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10The bell, I've spoken to a girl about this, she's very interested.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14Her dad toured the world on ships, and she collects anything maritime.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16The table is really cool.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19And I know the coolest man,
0:27:19 > 0:27:24and he loves Art Deco and he loves chrome and he loves black,
0:27:24 > 0:27:29and I think he is going to go crazy over that table.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32So, David has a few cast-iron plans up his sleeve,
0:27:32 > 0:27:36but he also needs to find buyers for his late-Victorian gas kettle
0:27:36 > 0:27:39and that man-bag.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41At his Worcestershire lair,
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Phil is perusing his pile of precious things.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46They've sent me to Holland, and what do I come back with?
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Well, I've got a French automobile poster.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53I think I might have got that sold to a man who loves cars
0:27:53 > 0:27:57and loves posters. I've got a French straw workbox.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59I've got a West German pen set,
0:27:59 > 0:28:01and I've got this lovely French stove,
0:28:01 > 0:28:03which I thought I might struggle with,
0:28:03 > 0:28:07but I've found somewhere that I think is going to give it
0:28:07 > 0:28:08a perfect home.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11So all I've come back with, really,
0:28:11 > 0:28:14is just a little bit of Dutch courage.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Well, he may need that
0:28:16 > 0:28:20as he also needs to find buyers for his salt box and vintage case.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Filled with competitive spirit,
0:28:22 > 0:28:25both our eager beavers are raring to get going,
0:28:25 > 0:28:28hitting the phones and the internet and the road
0:28:28 > 0:28:30in a bid to turn their purchases into profit.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32But, remember, no deal is sealed
0:28:32 > 0:28:36until a hand is shaken and the money is taken.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38And ding-dong!
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Who's this, up bright and early?
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Yes, David's launching his selling spree in his hometown
0:28:43 > 0:28:45of Barnard Castle.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49He's taking his £11 ship's bell to show antiques dealer Heidi,
0:28:49 > 0:28:52and if she can't see him coming in those trousers,
0:28:52 > 0:28:54she'll certainly hear him. BELL RINGS
0:28:54 > 0:28:56- Ooh, hello.- Hello, Heidi.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58- Hiya, how are you?- Very well.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00- I've heard all about you. - All good, I hope?
0:29:00 > 0:29:03And what's this connection with you, Heidi, and maritime?
0:29:03 > 0:29:04Have I got this right?
0:29:04 > 0:29:07Um, I did spend a lot of my youth on boats, on yachts.
0:29:07 > 0:29:12My dad had a boat, so we got dragged along and had many great holidays.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15- We crossed the North Sea...- No way! - ..went to Holland,
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Germany, Denmark...
0:29:17 > 0:29:21That's a real adventurous childhood, isn't it?
0:29:21 > 0:29:23- It was a bit, yeah.- And you're back in Barnard Castle, what went wrong?
0:29:23 > 0:29:25I know, I know!
0:29:25 > 0:29:28- You should be on the high seas, in Fiji or something.- No, no.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Well, you might just be able to help me with this bell.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34- OK.- So there is the bell.- Oh!
0:29:34 > 0:29:38- Now, you say you sailed to Holland. I bought this in Holland.- Right.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40MS Bremen.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44I mean, I've researched the Bremen - there's a number of them...
0:29:44 > 0:29:47- Right.- ..and I don't know which one this came from.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50There was a Bremen that was launched in 1896...
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- Right.- ..and then dismantled in 1929,
0:29:53 > 0:29:56but whether it comes from that ship or not, I'm not sure.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Why else would you have...put the name on something?
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Well, it could be a vintage reproduction.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03It's not a new reproduction. It's got patina.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06- Mm-hm.- It's good quality and it's made to be used.
0:30:06 > 0:30:07It doesn't half ring,
0:30:07 > 0:30:10and the guy I bought it off said to me that these things,
0:30:10 > 0:30:13the sound would travel, in fog, one mile.
0:30:13 > 0:30:14Tiny little bell...
0:30:14 > 0:30:17BELL RINGS
0:30:17 > 0:30:18That is loud, yeah.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20- Have a feel of it.- OK.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23It would look lovely hanging on a chain.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27- And one of these attached. - Now, what's all this about, then?
0:30:27 > 0:30:30You would use this, then, to swing the ding-y thing.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34Swing this dingley-dongler, I think we call it in the trade.
0:30:34 > 0:30:35- LAUGHS:- I don't know!
0:30:35 > 0:30:37So, what would you use it for if you fancied it?
0:30:37 > 0:30:41I'm kind of half tempted to put it outside my house.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43- Well, the neighbours will love you, won't they?- Oh, they do.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46When someone knocks at your door at two in the morning, bing-bong.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48They're not that close!
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Well, listen, it's £40.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- SHE GASPS - Is that a lot?
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Well, I thought you were going to say about 100, so...!
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Talk about...falling flat on my face.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01It's 140, that's what I said!
0:31:01 > 0:31:03£40...
0:31:03 > 0:31:06To be honest, for £40, I won't bargain with you.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09- Well...- I think £40 is a reasonable price, so I will...
0:31:09 > 0:31:12- Yeah.- Fantastic. That doesn't happen very often to me.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14I've totally underpriced it.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Thank you very much, Heidi. Been an absolute delight!
0:31:16 > 0:31:21David rings up a starting profit of £28.89, but is he happy?
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Well, I've got to say, nice sale, lovely, fun person.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29But you know what? It could have been more! Aargh!
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Yes, while David goes off to add some more noughts to his price list,
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Phil is at the foot of the Malvern Hills,
0:31:35 > 0:31:38with the stove that cost him just over £150.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41The Fox is hoping he can find a permanent home for it
0:31:41 > 0:31:44with holiday park owner Jim.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47You've sort of specialised in doing these wonderful
0:31:47 > 0:31:49- shepherds' huts, have you? - Absolutely, yeah.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53We started off with just building the one, which I built as a hobby.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56We thought we'd try and let it out, and it went really well, and this
0:31:56 > 0:31:58winter we're going to build another one again,
0:31:58 > 0:32:00so we'll have four altogether.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02The one we're going to build this winter is going to have
0:32:02 > 0:32:04- a very rustic, antique-y feel. - Really?- Olde-worlde.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07- So this might be of interest to you? - It could well be, yes.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09And will it be a bigger hut than this or the same size?
0:32:09 > 0:32:10It's going to be a little bigger.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13I was thinking at first that this might be a bit too big
0:32:13 > 0:32:15for a space this size, but I suppose if you've got a bigger hut,
0:32:15 > 0:32:17it'll do the job, won't it?
0:32:17 > 0:32:20- Especially on cold winter days. - That's a traditional English fire,
0:32:20 > 0:32:22- isn't it?- Yeah. - And this is a French fire.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24I would imagine it's a better stove than one of those.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26- I think it'll look better in here. - It will.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29I don't know what your budget is for replacing these...
0:32:29 > 0:32:31They're not expensive.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33See, that's not what I wanted to hear, that, really, Jim.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36- It isn't?- That's, just, no, that's not what I hear at all, really.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38- What did you want to hear? - I wanted to hear £300,
0:32:38 > 0:32:41- that's what I wanted to hear, Jim. - Did you?- Yeah, I did.- Right.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44- OK.- Yeah. See, it's gone quiet again, now, hasn't it?
0:32:44 > 0:32:46- It's nice...- The temperature's dropped a little...
0:32:46 > 0:32:48It is nice, Philip. Would you take an offer on it?
0:32:48 > 0:32:51- I suppose I would, cos I want to sell it.- Yeah.- What's your offer?
0:32:55 > 0:32:57£240?
0:32:57 > 0:32:59I think it's worth close to £300, right?
0:32:59 > 0:33:01And I'd like to get as close to it as I can get,
0:33:01 > 0:33:04so you make me your very best offer...
0:33:04 > 0:33:06- Right.- And I will...
0:33:06 > 0:33:09It'll be a yay or a nay from me.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11OK. What about, what about £250?
0:33:11 > 0:33:13- Is that your best?- I think so, yeah.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15All right, OK. I'll shake your hand on that.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Thank you very much indeed. Gosh, he grabbed my hand rather quickly,
0:33:18 > 0:33:20didn't he? I've just begun to wonder whether I got myself burned here.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23Well, that's still a toasty £98.15 profit,
0:33:23 > 0:33:26and the competition is hotting up.
0:33:26 > 0:33:30Not to be outdone, dapper David has donned his man-bag,
0:33:30 > 0:33:34for hopefully the last time, and catwalked over to Stockton-on-Tees.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41It cost him just under £15,
0:33:41 > 0:33:43so fingers crossed his man friend, Chris,
0:33:43 > 0:33:45likes the man-bag.
0:33:45 > 0:33:50In Holland, everybody - and I mean everybody, it's by law -
0:33:50 > 0:33:51men wear man-bags.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54By law, I can't believe that, but I do see it's an original.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Yes, it's vintage.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58- It's very nice leather. - Good leather.
0:33:58 > 0:34:03- What sort of year?- I would say that's 1970s to '80s, I'm guessing.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05About the time I was born.
0:34:05 > 0:34:06- Exactly.- Yes.
0:34:07 > 0:34:12How much would you pay for a man-bag of that size and that quality, new?
0:34:12 > 0:34:14I, I think, brand-new...
0:34:14 > 0:34:19- Yeah.- Possibly around £100, £110, but it's used.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23But it's got that added, kind of, extra value, because it's vintage.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26OK, David, I'll make one offer.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28It's a take it or leave it offer.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31- OK?- And it's £45.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Ooh... So, I will never see that man-bag ever again?
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Only me wearing it.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38I would like to see you wearing the man-bag.
0:34:38 > 0:34:39- We have a deal?- We've got a deal.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41- We have a deal. - Chris, you've made it.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Welcome to the world of man-bags.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47Devilish reluctantly relinquishes his handbag, sorry, man-bag,
0:34:47 > 0:34:52but at least he has that £30.19 profit to remember it by.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54So, David's sold two items to Phil's one,
0:34:54 > 0:34:57but Foxy's not in the mood to lag behind,
0:34:57 > 0:35:00and is revving his engine back in Worcestershire.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04I've got my really cheap car poster and I'm going to try and sell it
0:35:04 > 0:35:07to a friend of mine who's got some, well, not so cheap cars.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11I just hope there's a little bit of money left in his wallet that
0:35:11 > 0:35:13I can try and eek out for my poster.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17Well, as long as car enthusiast Will has more than £11 to spend,
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Phil will be in the black.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21- Nice to see you.- How are you?
0:35:21 > 0:35:24- What do you think, then?- Well, it'd be better if you turned it round.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Well, you've seen a picture on my phone, haven't you?
0:35:26 > 0:35:29- I have, definitely.- And there's the little beastie, look.
0:35:29 > 0:35:30Little, not so little.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33- Nice.- And, erm... I love it cos it's sort of...
0:35:33 > 0:35:37For me, it's very evocative of those early days of motoring,
0:35:37 > 0:35:39and of aviation as well.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41What age would you put on it?
0:35:41 > 0:35:42- The original?- The original.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45I would think the original has got to be somewhere between about
0:35:45 > 0:35:481905, 1910. I could just see,
0:35:48 > 0:35:51you know, Tony Curtis driving it in The Great Race
0:35:51 > 0:35:53or Those Magnificent Men And Their Flying Machines.
0:35:53 > 0:35:54You know, it's that sort of era for me.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57It's lovely. And I love the family looking up at the airplane.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Well, if you... The real beautiful thing about this poster is,
0:36:00 > 0:36:03if you look very carefully, just down by those trees...
0:36:03 > 0:36:05- Yeah.- You've got the Malvern Hills.
0:36:05 > 0:36:06How'd you know?
0:36:06 > 0:36:08Well, just a little bit of artistic licence.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12I do like it. It's very, very nice.
0:36:12 > 0:36:13Clearly, there is no age to the poster.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16I think you and I are older than this is.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18And it's missing a bit of wood off the bottom.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21It warrants better than languishing where I found it.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23It warrants being put on a wall,
0:36:23 > 0:36:26or dare I say... Your walls look pretty full right here.
0:36:26 > 0:36:31But...there's a whole ceiling you haven't started, so I think...
0:36:31 > 0:36:33- that this could be just bolted up there, couldn't it?- Yeah.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35I think you're right.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38I'll make sure it goes somewhere where people see it.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40No, it's a super picture, that is. I really like it.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Are you interested in buying it off me?
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Um, well, I will for the right money, yes.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48I was sort of, kind of, hoping I might get, I don't know, £40 for it?
0:36:49 > 0:36:50Hm.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Yeah. How would you feel about £18?
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Where the hell has £18 come from?
0:36:57 > 0:37:00- £18?!- I made it up. - Yeah, well, make another one up.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02- OK...- I didn't like that at all.
0:37:02 > 0:37:03- £15, then.- No, no, no.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Let me just... If I could just stop you just for one minute, right?
0:37:05 > 0:37:08If I could just try and explain it to you.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10- You're going the wrong way.- OK! - The way this works,
0:37:10 > 0:37:15the price is supposed to go higher, not lower.
0:37:15 > 0:37:21OK, let's say, then, how would you feel about £20?
0:37:21 > 0:37:23I don't think too much to £20, Willie, cos it's a lot...
0:37:23 > 0:37:26I mean, you're going up in twos, here.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29I tell you what, I know you're a fair man,
0:37:29 > 0:37:32bearing in mind I asked for £40,
0:37:32 > 0:37:35you give me what you think your best shot is.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37- £25.- And that's your best shot?
0:37:37 > 0:37:39- Yep.- Go on, I'll take you.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42That haggle went up, down, flying around,
0:37:42 > 0:37:45but magnificent Phil ends up pocketing a steady profit
0:37:45 > 0:37:48of £13.89.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50But, it seems, his work here is not yet done.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52While you're hanging around,
0:37:52 > 0:37:54how about giving my car a bit of a polish?
0:37:54 > 0:37:56- You what?- And don't... Do it properly, this time, as well.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00The things I have to do!
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Mind you, I'm sort of polishing a profit, here.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Use some elbow grease, Phil! Yes.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08Let's catch up with David, who's gone walkies down south
0:38:08 > 0:38:11to Buckinghamshire with his terracotta greyhound.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13You know, I've got to tell you,
0:38:13 > 0:38:15I'm really growing quite attached to this little greyhound.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18She really is absolutely gorgeous.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21I've come to see a friend of mine, Anthony, who, like me,
0:38:21 > 0:38:25is a big dog lover, but he has a particular passion
0:38:25 > 0:38:27for greyhounds, so I'm hoping
0:38:27 > 0:38:31he's going to give this gorgeous little creature a really happy home.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Whether David can sniff out a profit
0:38:33 > 0:38:36rather depends on Anthony and his doggies,
0:38:36 > 0:38:40Swift Chocolate Orange and Polaris, taking a shine to her.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42So they're both rescue dogs, aren't they?
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- They are. - You are gorgeous, you really are!
0:38:45 > 0:38:47Now, talking of gorgeous creatures, I mean...
0:38:47 > 0:38:51Could you get any more gorgeous than the creature that I purchased,
0:38:51 > 0:38:54with you in mind, whilst in Maastricht?
0:38:54 > 0:38:57Have you seen this, Orange? What do you reckon to that?
0:38:57 > 0:38:58"It's great!"
0:38:58 > 0:39:01- Um...- Well, look, I mean, what it is, it's a vintage
0:39:01 > 0:39:04glazed terracotta model of...
0:39:04 > 0:39:07I'm guessing the model is of a greyhound.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09It could be. I think it's either a greyhound,
0:39:09 > 0:39:11an Italian greyhound, or a whippet.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14It's probably more whippet-like, I think.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15Although the paws are very large.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18I don't think it's a very tasteful piece.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20- Don't you?- No, not really.
0:39:20 > 0:39:21Oh. So, hang on a minute.
0:39:21 > 0:39:26I'm getting the idea that you don't particularly like the model
0:39:26 > 0:39:28of my little greyhound. Is that true?
0:39:28 > 0:39:31- No, it's not appealing to me at all. - It's not appealing to you, OK.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Is there going to be some good news?
0:39:33 > 0:39:34Yes, it does interest me.
0:39:34 > 0:39:40- OK.- I would like to buy it from you, but then donate it to a charity,
0:39:40 > 0:39:42for them to raise funds for greyhounds.
0:39:42 > 0:39:47- OK.- I would certainly think that an auction would find someone
0:39:47 > 0:39:48a little more appreciative of it.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51So, I'm going to try and sell you something
0:39:51 > 0:39:53that you really don't like,
0:39:53 > 0:39:56but you want to donate to a really good cause.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00Listen, she owes me almost nothing.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02£15, or something.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04- I'll offer you £50 for it. - DAVID GASPS
0:40:04 > 0:40:05We'll have to high-five on that.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09Well, without even needing to beg, roll over or play dead,
0:40:09 > 0:40:12David managed to make £35.19 profit.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15And that complete turnaround brings us to the halfway mark.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18It's been a busy first half of selling
0:40:18 > 0:40:22and a closely contended fight so far, but who is in the lead?
0:40:22 > 0:40:25Well, that's what David and Phil want to know.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29So they've been given a chance to meet up and find out who's been
0:40:29 > 0:40:31pocketing the most profits so far.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33- Good to see you in London. - How are you?
0:40:33 > 0:40:34- Well, not that good.- Really?
0:40:34 > 0:40:37- It's just been a disaster from start to finish.- Really?
0:40:37 > 0:40:38I really feel down.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40- I know I can talk to you.- I hate it when you're down.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43- I know, cos you're nice like that. - Yeah.- I appreciate it.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45- How down are you?- Very down. - Really?- Yeah.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49Sad, that! I mean, sorry. That's awful, that, David. Don't get down.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52- Shall we see how we're doing?- Yeah. No, don't get down. Oh!
0:40:52 > 0:40:53What's that say?
0:40:53 > 0:40:56So far in the competition, you have made more profit than your opponent.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59- I told you.- You're down, aren't you? - It's all downhill for me now.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02- I'm over!- I hate it when you're down.- Oh, thanks, Phil.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04- Shall I take that?- Yeah, would you mind? Just take that away.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07He's really down, he is. He's really, really down.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Well, let's see just how far ahead Phil is.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14Trailing slightly, David has sold three items,
0:41:14 > 0:41:17making a profit of £94.27.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21But, in the lead, Phil has only sold two items,
0:41:21 > 0:41:26but notched up more profit, just over £112.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31I can't believe it! I was only pretending to be worried.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33I've been making some cracking profits
0:41:33 > 0:41:35and if Philip Serrell is beating me,
0:41:35 > 0:41:38it means I've really got to double the ante. Thanks, Phil.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42Yes, David must now dig deep and fight
0:41:42 > 0:41:45for that extra profit to overtake his rival.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Now, back in Worcestershire,
0:41:48 > 0:41:51profit rocket Phil is keen to increase his lead, so has
0:41:51 > 0:41:54invited pen collector Jonathan to his saleroom to see if his German
0:41:54 > 0:41:59scribblers, that cost just over £22, can mark up a bigger margin.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Thank you for coming. Well, first off, how many pens have you got?
0:42:02 > 0:42:04About 1,000.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06What's the Holy Grail of pen collecting?
0:42:06 > 0:42:11For me, this pen here. This is a 1937 Onoto Magna.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13The nib is a two-tone gold.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17That's a beautiful thing, isn't it?
0:42:17 > 0:42:19This is one of my favourite pens.
0:42:19 > 0:42:24Oxo, I believe, did a competition for schoolchildren.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27And if you got commended in your handwriting,
0:42:27 > 0:42:28they sent you a pen.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31And the great thing about that is it's got the box
0:42:31 > 0:42:33and the original postage, which says
0:42:33 > 0:42:35October 1936.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37And it's immaculate.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41And that, to me, is a wonderful piece of history.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- So how much was that?- That was £20.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47Would you like to see an old one?
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- Yeah.- So, this is a 1905
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- sterling silver marked one. - May I look?
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Now, what would the value of something like that be?
0:42:57 > 0:43:00That one is about £300.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03- Why?- Because it's...cos it's so fine.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06So, now, tell me about these. Tell me how old they are.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08Yeah, I would think '70s, '80s.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10- Yeah.- Um, not totally mass produced,
0:43:10 > 0:43:13but certainly more produced than those type.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17What might you bid for those, at auction, do you think?
0:43:18 > 0:43:22I would hope to get them for around about the £60-£70 mark.
0:43:22 > 0:43:26OK. HOPE to. That means you might pay a bit more, doesn't it?
0:43:27 > 0:43:31- MIGHT do.- If I asked you for £90 for those, would that be excessive?
0:43:31 > 0:43:34That would be excessive. I wouldn't be able to go to £90.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37- Would you be able to go to £80? - I will give you £80 for those.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40- Really?- Cos they're nice pens, and I'll keep them in my collection.
0:43:40 > 0:43:41- And you're happy with that? - I'm happy with that.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44- You're a gentleman. Thank you very much.- Pleasure.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46Phil writes up a neat profit of just under £58.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49And, keen to add even more money to his coffer,
0:43:49 > 0:43:53sells his mid-19th century salt box to antiques dealer Ian,
0:43:53 > 0:43:55in Worcestershire...
0:43:55 > 0:43:57- I could push you to £70. - Can I shake your hand, my friend?
0:43:57 > 0:44:00- Good man.- Thank you very much. - Thank you, Phil.
0:44:00 > 0:44:02..sprinkling another £58.89
0:44:02 > 0:44:05on top of his ever-growing pile of well-earned riches.
0:44:05 > 0:44:10Now, rather surprisingly for a man with, shall we say, very short hair,
0:44:10 > 0:44:13David is in London to see hairdresser Stuart Phillips.
0:44:13 > 0:44:17But no, he's not here to get a cut, he's here to MAKE a cut,
0:44:17 > 0:44:21on the Art Deco table that cost him just over £37.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24- Now, you love glamour.- Yes.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26You love style and fashion. What are your favourite colours?
0:44:26 > 0:44:30- Black, silver, chrome-y, sparkly. A bit like the salon, really.- Yeah.
0:44:30 > 0:44:34Perfect. And that's why, when I saw that little Art Deco table
0:44:34 > 0:44:38- in Maastricht, I thought of you. - Did you?- I did!
0:44:38 > 0:44:41- It's actually really... Can I grab it?- Go for it.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44- Do you know what, David? You got the colours almost bang on.- Almost?
0:44:44 > 0:44:46- Love the chrome.- Good. - Love the black.- Yeah.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49I'm not 100% sure on the brown.
0:44:49 > 0:44:52OK. Do we chop that off, then, Stuart?
0:44:52 > 0:44:55Do you have another table top?
0:44:55 > 0:44:57No, I do actually really like this table.
0:44:57 > 0:44:58I actually really do like it.
0:44:58 > 0:45:02- Now, how old is it?- It's a genuine, in-period Art Deco piece.
0:45:02 > 0:45:07You know, the Art Deco period officially started in 1925
0:45:07 > 0:45:09with the Paris Arts and Decorative Fair.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12And then it ends, really, at the beginning of the Second World War,
0:45:12 > 0:45:15'39, so this dates positively...
0:45:15 > 0:45:17- Yeah.- ..to '25 to '39.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20This, you know, has lived in Holland
0:45:20 > 0:45:24- during the war.- Really?- This has seen an awful lot of interesting,
0:45:24 > 0:45:26historical events unfold.
0:45:26 > 0:45:30And to make that to that standard and sell it in a nice shop,
0:45:30 > 0:45:34- it's going to be £700 or £800.- Yeah. - At that quality.- Yeah.
0:45:34 > 0:45:37But that's, as an original vintage thing,
0:45:37 > 0:45:38it's £85.
0:45:38 > 0:45:41As soon as I saw it, the first thing I said was, "I want it."
0:45:41 > 0:45:43- That was the first thing I said. - Good.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46What do you think about the price? Do you think it's surprisingly cheap?
0:45:46 > 0:45:50- Yes, I do.- Yeah.- I thought it was going to be more than that, yes.
0:45:50 > 0:45:52Yeah. Well, I'd like to think, then,
0:45:52 > 0:45:55- that you think it's good value at 85.- No, I do.- So...
0:45:55 > 0:45:58- Do we have a deal at 85? - We do have a deal, sir.
0:45:58 > 0:46:00- Stuart, you are an absolute gentleman.- Pleasure, mate.
0:46:00 > 0:46:04That's a snip under £48 profit, and everybody's happy.
0:46:04 > 0:46:08Our dealers are neck and neck at four items each.
0:46:08 > 0:46:10And hoping to make it five is Mr Serrell,
0:46:10 > 0:46:13who's in Malvern with his straw box.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16He's rather cleverly targeted hay and straw dealer Alan
0:46:16 > 0:46:18as a possible buyer,
0:46:18 > 0:46:22but can he rake in more than the £14.81 he forked out?
0:46:22 > 0:46:24Mr Hughes, how are you?
0:46:24 > 0:46:26- Philly!- Good to see you, my friend.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28- Lovely to meet you. - I'm a farmer's son, you know,
0:46:28 > 0:46:31so all this brings back memories to me...
0:46:31 > 0:46:33- Wow.- And I can remember, as an 11-year-old, my job,
0:46:33 > 0:46:35my dad's smallholding...
0:46:35 > 0:46:38- Yes.- ..was to drive the truck around the fields,
0:46:38 > 0:46:40and they'd be loading hay and straw.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43Now, what I've brought you is this little chap here, look.
0:46:43 > 0:46:47- Oh, yes?- Now, there's an interesting story behind these, because...
0:46:49 > 0:46:51..in the Napoleonic wars, prisoners of war,
0:46:51 > 0:46:55to augment their really meagre food rations, they used to make things.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58- Yes?- And they used to make straw workboxes, just like this.
0:46:58 > 0:47:01- Well...- Now, this is a later one. This isn't an original one.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04If it was an original one I should be asking an awful lot of money.
0:47:04 > 0:47:06- Yes...- But, if you look at it,
0:47:06 > 0:47:09- you can see all the different strands of straw.- My goodness,
0:47:09 > 0:47:12- gracious me...- Right? Straw is almost tubular, isn't it?
0:47:12 > 0:47:15It is. Oh, yes, it's tubular. It's hollow. Yes.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18It's hollow. So, what they did is they got a splitter...
0:47:18 > 0:47:20And they split the straw, and then you just...
0:47:20 > 0:47:23- You'd have different...- Yeah.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25- ..pieces of it, just like that. - Yeah, I see. Yeah.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28- And you just, sort of, lay it on, like that.- Yeah, yeah, yeah, I see.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31And then you've got different colours, and you can try and dye them.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33That is incredible, isn't it?
0:47:33 > 0:47:34- Did you know that? - No, I didn't know that.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37I can feel the different strands in it, actually.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39- It's quite a nice little thing, isn't it?- It is indeed.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41And have you seen anything like this before?
0:47:41 > 0:47:45I have never, ever seen or heard of this before.
0:47:45 > 0:47:48And it's very fitting in our business, isn't it?
0:47:48 > 0:47:52I was hoping I might get around £50 for it.
0:47:52 > 0:47:53Well! Were you?
0:47:53 > 0:47:55Yeah. It's much, much better to travel in hope
0:47:55 > 0:47:57than arrive in disappointment.
0:47:57 > 0:48:02Well, I think I'm really, very interested in this little box,
0:48:02 > 0:48:06but I think we're just getting a little bit high in the clouds
0:48:06 > 0:48:08money, Philip, you know, for me.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11Would you accept £40 for it?
0:48:11 > 0:48:13I will, sir. You're a gentleman.
0:48:13 > 0:48:15Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17I tell you what, then, you go and put that on the shelf
0:48:17 > 0:48:20- and I'll carry on doing what you were doing.- OK.
0:48:20 > 0:48:24Aw! Phil bales up a profit of just over £25,
0:48:24 > 0:48:26and gets to relive his farming youth.
0:48:31 > 0:48:34Now, David is still in London and has decided to visit
0:48:34 > 0:48:37the Vestry House Museum in Wolthamstow.
0:48:37 > 0:48:40He wants to find out more about his Victorian gas kettle
0:48:40 > 0:48:43so he can maximise its selling potential.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46He's meeting assistant curator Gary.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49The Victorians were brilliant at inventing stuff.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51I mean, it was almost a fashion, wasn't it?
0:48:51 > 0:48:53- In the late 19th century. - Yes, it was.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55Things were coming out every week, almost.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58- Yeah.- And, you know, to have the most up-to-date sort of thing
0:48:58 > 0:49:00that was on the market, just the same as it is today.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03So these are our collection of irons.
0:49:03 > 0:49:06In the early Victorian period, obviously, it would be heated
0:49:06 > 0:49:07- on the range.- Yeah.
0:49:07 > 0:49:11- So then we move onto what?- You can see the electric iron, the gas iron.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13Interesting, because it's the same period as my kettle.
0:49:13 > 0:49:17- Exactly, yes.- 1890.- About that. About 1900, perhaps.- Yeah?
0:49:17 > 0:49:20- And it didn't last very long, did it?- No, I think definitely
0:49:20 > 0:49:22the electric one outlived the gas,
0:49:22 > 0:49:25- but possibly the gas was dangerous, so...- I would've thought so.
0:49:25 > 0:49:26Yes.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31The first domestic gas supplies were extracted from coal
0:49:31 > 0:49:34and did indeed lead to more house fires.
0:49:34 > 0:49:35But, despite the dangers,
0:49:35 > 0:49:38having it piped to the door was a modern convenience
0:49:38 > 0:49:41no self-respecting middle class home was without.
0:49:41 > 0:49:46- This is a Victorian parlour. - It's a reproduction of about 1880,
0:49:46 > 0:49:50what life would've been like in a sort of middle class parlour.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53It's a fascinating period - the British Empire,
0:49:53 > 0:49:55the last days of Queen Victoria.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58And I think my kettle here, that I bought in Maastricht,
0:49:58 > 0:50:02falls into that category. I mean, that is very bang on trend,
0:50:02 > 0:50:03- we might say.- Absolutely, yeah.
0:50:03 > 0:50:051890, Arts and Crafts.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07- Yep.- No doubt made for a very wealthy person, I'm guessing.
0:50:07 > 0:50:11Certainly. There was always a kettle in the kitchen,
0:50:11 > 0:50:13but then there was a better quality kettle
0:50:13 > 0:50:15probably up in the dining room.
0:50:15 > 0:50:16If you were entertaining,
0:50:16 > 0:50:18you would have your own tea service and kettle.
0:50:18 > 0:50:21- It was a real showy-off bit of kit, that.- It's wonderful, isn't it?
0:50:21 > 0:50:23Have you ever seen one before?
0:50:23 > 0:50:25I've never come across a gas one.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28We've got these electric kettles from the 1920s.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31That, I must admit, is the first gas one I've ever seen.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34- That is definitely museum quality, isn't it?- It certainly is.
0:50:34 > 0:50:37So, it seems David may have quite an unusual piece
0:50:37 > 0:50:40of Victorian innovation on his hands.
0:50:40 > 0:50:44That should push up the price. And talking of making money,
0:50:44 > 0:50:48Phil is on the case in Malvern with his vintage, uh, case.
0:50:48 > 0:50:52It cost just over £37, so he's hoping antiques dealer Jeremy
0:50:52 > 0:50:54can dig a little deeper.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56Jeremy, how are you?
0:50:56 > 0:50:58- I tell you what, you've got a job. - Just tidying it up.
0:50:58 > 0:51:01I tell you what, do you want to have just a quick...?
0:51:01 > 0:51:04- Yeah, well, why not?- Shoulders. - A bit there.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07- A quick...?- No, I can't do them with that.- OK.
0:51:07 > 0:51:09Um...
0:51:09 > 0:51:11- I came up and saw you the other day. - Yep.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13- And said I'd got a suitcase for you.- Yes, you did.
0:51:13 > 0:51:15- There's the beast.- Right.
0:51:15 > 0:51:18- Nice looking case.- Well, I bought it in Holland.
0:51:18 > 0:51:21I just thought it was a really nice case.
0:51:21 > 0:51:23- A vanity case, I would think. - Righto.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25- Cos there's a mirror in there.- Yeah.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Which I'd probably take out and throw away.
0:51:27 > 0:51:28No. Nice mirror, nice mirror.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30- Would you use it?- Yeah, yeah.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32- There's a few bits missing inside. - Yeah. When I bought it,
0:51:32 > 0:51:34I sort of toyed with the idea of getting it relined.
0:51:34 > 0:51:37- I just thought it would make it more usable.- No, I'd just leave it.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39- Would you?- Yeah, leave it alone.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42Let somebody else do it if they want to do it. Other than that,
0:51:42 > 0:51:45mirror's nice. Original mirror. Yeah, that's a nice case.
0:51:45 > 0:51:47- Well, I thought it was a really lovely case.- Yeah.
0:51:47 > 0:51:49And you could use it as a small weekend case.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52But I also thought, you know, I could see a businessman using it.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55- Yeah. It'll probably be a young girl that buys that.- Really?- Yep.
0:51:55 > 0:51:56Put her things in for the weekend.
0:51:56 > 0:51:59That's who we sell them to, yep.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01- A few bashes. That actually adds to it.- Really?
0:52:01 > 0:52:03I'd have bashed it a bit more if I'd known that.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06- So it's of interest to you? - Yes, it certainly is, yeah.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08OK. I bought it for the thick end of £40,
0:52:08 > 0:52:11and ideally I'd like to double my money.
0:52:11 > 0:52:13It's a bit tight at that.
0:52:13 > 0:52:17- Go on, then.- I see it at about 50.
0:52:17 > 0:52:19Where's the about come into it?
0:52:19 > 0:52:21Might be a touch more.
0:52:21 > 0:52:24- 55 quid?- Yeah.- You happy with that? - If you're happy with it.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27- Yeah, yeah, absolutely, right. - Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:52:27 > 0:52:33Phil packs a profit of just under £18, and that was his final item.
0:52:33 > 0:52:35Well, that's me all sold up,
0:52:35 > 0:52:39and I've really enjoyed it. I just hope I've got enough in the bank
0:52:39 > 0:52:40to beat Mr Harper.
0:52:42 > 0:52:45Well, it's not long till we find out.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47David just has to shift his last item -
0:52:47 > 0:52:49the Victorian gas kettle.
0:52:49 > 0:52:52He's been told it's quite a rare piece
0:52:52 > 0:52:54so has been honing his sales pitch
0:52:54 > 0:52:59and thinks Bloomsbury cafe boss Toby will be the perfect new owner.
0:52:59 > 0:53:01Remember, it cost just under £93,
0:53:01 > 0:53:04so it's full steam ahead.
0:53:04 > 0:53:07Here we are in London. I mean, this is cafe society.
0:53:07 > 0:53:11- Yes.- You know, people are spending long hours chatting.- That's right.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14And Bloomsbury, traditionally, you know, the Bloomsbury set
0:53:14 > 0:53:15with their coffees and their hot chocolates.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17Didn't seem to hurt their literature,
0:53:17 > 0:53:20- so we're very proud to be Bloomsbury.- I'm sure it helped.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22It's all that...that social inter-reaction
0:53:22 > 0:53:24- stimulates the old brain, doesn't it?- It certainly does.
0:53:24 > 0:53:27- The little grey cells. - So you have a love of tea?
0:53:27 > 0:53:29- Big tea lover. - Cos that's why I'm here.
0:53:29 > 0:53:33I want to introduce you to something that, actually, is very, genuinely,
0:53:33 > 0:53:36very special, and designed for hot water for drinks,
0:53:36 > 0:53:39but I think there is much more going on there.
0:53:39 > 0:53:42Interestingly, my kettle took me on a visit to a museum,
0:53:42 > 0:53:45and we've talked about how people were socialising
0:53:45 > 0:53:49- during this period, which is about 1890.- Wow.- So it's a proper antique.
0:53:49 > 0:53:52It's got that Arts and Crafts kind of shape...
0:53:52 > 0:53:55- Yeah.- But, bearing in mind it's well over 100 years,
0:53:55 > 0:53:58- it still has a modern look. - It does, and it's very brassy.
0:53:58 > 0:54:01- Very brassy.- Which goes with the sort of livery we've got going here.
0:54:01 > 0:54:03We've got a few bits of brass...
0:54:03 > 0:54:06- Yeah.- So that, that could fit in, and we have an awful lot of teas.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08- Well, it's a talking point, that's what it is.- Yeah.
0:54:08 > 0:54:11And what's really doubly interesting and I think makes it actually
0:54:11 > 0:54:15of a museum standard, genuinely, is this tap down here.
0:54:15 > 0:54:17- Yeah, I was wondering about that. - Yeah, it's a gas tap.
0:54:17 > 0:54:20- My goodness. So you light it and then keep it warm?- Yeah.
0:54:20 > 0:54:24It's something that somebody with plenty of money
0:54:24 > 0:54:28would have in their living room, in their drawing room,
0:54:28 > 0:54:29- in their entertaining room.- Yeah.
0:54:29 > 0:54:34And they would literally plug the blighter into a gas pipe
0:54:34 > 0:54:38- in the wall, in the days when only the super rich had gas.- Yeah.
0:54:38 > 0:54:42If you were living in 1890, if you had that, you were uber cool.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44- Can I pick it up, have a look? - Go for it.- Thanks.
0:54:44 > 0:54:47- The kettle will come away. - Oh, yeah... Oh, OK.- Yeah.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50So, it's definitely solid brass, then?
0:54:50 > 0:54:52Oh, oh, completely.
0:54:52 > 0:54:55I mean, really well constructed. Look at the rivets, here.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57- Yeah.- So, when we talk about Arts and Crafts,
0:54:57 > 0:55:00we talk about something that is fundamentally handmade.
0:55:00 > 0:55:04Cool, and it's definitely had quite a bit of use.
0:55:04 > 0:55:07And you talk about the Bloomsbury set, this was certainly in existence
0:55:07 > 0:55:11and probably being used at the same time the Bloomsbury set were doing
0:55:11 > 0:55:13all of what they were doing right here, within a stone's throw,
0:55:13 > 0:55:15- weren't they?- Wow, yeah.
0:55:15 > 0:55:18And the building itself is roughly the same age as this.
0:55:18 > 0:55:20I think 1880-something.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22Well, there you go, 1888.
0:55:22 > 0:55:23It's bang on date, isn't it?
0:55:23 > 0:55:28- So I'm thinking it's kind of in keeping with our vibe.- OK.
0:55:28 > 0:55:31But I'm interested in how much it is - you know,
0:55:31 > 0:55:32we're not super lucrative as yet.
0:55:32 > 0:55:36OK. Look, honestly, genuinely, it's cheap and cheerful and, you know,
0:55:36 > 0:55:38I think it could be more, but I need to turn it over quickly...
0:55:38 > 0:55:41I'm looking at £140.
0:55:41 > 0:55:43- £140?- Yeah.
0:55:43 > 0:55:46- What do you think?- I think OK.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48- Yeah?- Yeah. Yeah, you've got a deal.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50- Really?- £140.- Good man.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53Well, David ends his selling spree on a high.
0:55:53 > 0:55:58That's a refreshing profit of £47.41, and he's all sold up.
0:55:59 > 0:56:03It's almost time to find out who's scaled the dizzy peaks of profit,
0:56:03 > 0:56:06and whose dosh has washed down the drain.
0:56:06 > 0:56:09First, a quick reminder of how much our experts spent.
0:56:09 > 0:56:13Having each started the day with £750 to spend,
0:56:13 > 0:56:15David bought five items,
0:56:15 > 0:56:18spending a total of £170.36.
0:56:18 > 0:56:22Phil bought six items, at £248.15,
0:56:22 > 0:56:25but who has made the most profit?
0:56:25 > 0:56:28All of the money that David and Phil have made from their challenge
0:56:28 > 0:56:31will go to charities of their choice, so let's find out
0:56:31 > 0:56:35who is our Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.
0:56:35 > 0:56:38- David, how are you? - Philip, very good. How are you?
0:56:38 > 0:56:40- I tell you what, this is very cool. - Have you spotted it?
0:56:40 > 0:56:42- That's really good, I love that. - It's a man-bag!
0:56:42 > 0:56:45- Well, you bought one, didn't you? - I did buy one, but I was unsure
0:56:45 > 0:56:46whether I was ready for a man-bag...
0:56:46 > 0:56:49- Oh, no, no... - I sold it to my mate - £45.
0:56:49 > 0:56:52- Snapped his hand off. - That's really, really good.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54- Man-bag did me well. - That's fantastic!
0:56:54 > 0:56:56But which was your star lot, then?
0:56:56 > 0:57:00- The most interesting object in the end was the kettle on stand.- Really?
0:57:00 > 0:57:03- That had a look, didn't it?- Great look.- And you did well with it?
0:57:03 > 0:57:05I did all right. I made about 50 quid.
0:57:05 > 0:57:06My best thing was the stove.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09- Yeah.- Because I sold it to a man who's sort of into -
0:57:09 > 0:57:12I'm not sure what the word is glamping, but like a shepherd's hut?
0:57:12 > 0:57:14- Yeah, cool. - And he was building a new one...
0:57:14 > 0:57:17- Brilliant.- ..and wanted a stove... - Perfect.- And this was just ideal.
0:57:17 > 0:57:19- Did it do you well? - I made nearly £100 out of it.
0:57:19 > 0:57:20DAVID GASPS
0:57:20 > 0:57:23- Philip Serrell, now I am worried. - Is it the moment of truth?
0:57:23 > 0:57:25- It is!- Come on, then.
0:57:25 > 0:57:27- Oh, my goodness, gracious me. - Are we there?
0:57:27 > 0:57:29- Shall I count?- Yeah.- Three...
0:57:29 > 0:57:32- Two...- One!- Woo. Woo!
0:57:32 > 0:57:35Oh, my gosh... You have nailed ME, Philip Serrell!
0:57:35 > 0:57:38- I think that's down to my stove, you know?- Well done, you.- Well...
0:57:38 > 0:57:40- Come on, I'll talk to you about man-bags.- Really?
0:57:40 > 0:57:44- They give you great confidence.- I need that. I do, I do, I need it...
0:57:44 > 0:57:45So, Phil triumphs
0:57:45 > 0:57:48and it was the stove that earned him his biggest profit.
0:57:48 > 0:57:52This is a very, very strange emotion for me, because I've won,
0:57:52 > 0:57:53and that doesn't normally happen.
0:57:53 > 0:57:55I can't believe it!
0:57:55 > 0:57:57I did so well, but Philip Serrell did better.
0:57:57 > 0:58:02But in one way, I'm a winner cos he's really jealous of my man-bag.
0:58:02 > 0:58:06Between them, they've made over £460, and every penny of that
0:58:06 > 0:58:07will go to good causes.
0:58:07 > 0:58:11My charity is The Friends Of The Darlington Memorial Hospital
0:58:11 > 0:58:15who help and support patients and the hospital itself.
0:58:15 > 0:58:19And my charity is ABC - Anorexia & Bulimia Care,
0:58:19 > 0:58:23which offers support for people with eating disorders.
0:58:23 > 0:58:27Our excellent experts have really put their money where their mouths
0:58:27 > 0:58:30are and shown they can make a profit from buying and selling antiques
0:58:30 > 0:58:32when their own money is on the line.