0:00:02 > 0:00:03This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,
0:00:03 > 0:00:06the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts
0:00:06 > 0:00:10against each other in an all-out battle for profit.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Let's make hay while that sun shines.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Each week, one pair of duelling dealers
0:00:14 > 0:00:17will face a different daily challenge.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18I've got a heavy profit here.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Putting their reputations on the line...
0:00:21 > 0:00:22Who's there?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26..they'll give you the insiders' view of the trade.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Along with their top tips and savvy secrets.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32That could present a problem for me.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Showing you how to make the most money...
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Ready for battle.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39..from buying and selling.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Get in there.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Coming up, Mark discovers the fashionable side of pottery.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Although blue and white is a little out of fashion,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51little unusual shapes like this, you can normally find a buyer for.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Christina is overwhelmed.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Everybody is getting into the back of everyone's vans,
0:00:56 > 0:00:58and I'm feeling like I should be in the back of a van.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01And there's a lot of mincing going on.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Oh, it's slimy and cold and horrid!
0:01:04 > 0:01:07This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Welcome, antiques lovers and thrill seekers everywhere, to this twisting
0:01:26 > 0:01:28tale of buying and selling,
0:01:28 > 0:01:33as a pair of inglorious bargain seekers are unleashed and go head-to-head
0:01:33 > 0:01:36in search of prize-winning profits.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39First up, they call him Mr Pink, because he's always in the pink.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42He's rarely blue and never in the red.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Just watch this space.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48It's going to be a hoot.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52And he's up against a one-woman army of knowledge,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55highly trained in the art of hand-to-hand negotiation,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58and always prepared to do her duty to get a profit.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00You cheeky monkey!
0:02:02 > 0:02:06I'm feeling super competitive today, so let's go shopping.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Today, they are at Ford Airfield car-boot sale in Sussex,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12with £250 of their own money to buy,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15sell and make a profit for their chosen charities.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19So, Mark Stacey and Christina Trevanion -
0:02:19 > 0:02:22it's time to Put Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Oh, Christina.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25- Good morning!- Oh, is it?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Can you see me through those peepers?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30No, not quite. It's so early, isn't it?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32It's really early. It's almost dark.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34There is an ill wind as well, you know. I hate being cold.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Well, you've got to do some moving around.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Yes. Maybe later, once I've spent some money.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41How much have we got?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44250 whole Great British pounds to spend at a car-boot sale.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48If I spend even a fraction of that, it will be going some.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49I want to spend it all, Christina.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- Oh, really?- Come on! Enthusiasm.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- This is not just a car-boot sale. This is Ford Market. - I've not been here before.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- This is quite a good car-boot sale. - Is this going to be a treat for me? - This will be a treat.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Splendid.- You know, you might find some bling.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- Really?- Shall we go and find out?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Yeah, let's!
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Oh, that got her excited.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08So, in spite of his dislike of early starts...
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- Morning. - ..Mark has the advantage,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14having visited this boot sale before,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16while Christina is the new girl on the block.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19It's no wonder he is full of beans.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Gosh, it's so exciting.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24You never know what is going to come out of a van, do you?
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Whereas Christina is already looking bewildered by the pace of the day.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29My goodness.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32I don't think I've ever seen anything like this.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36People are just arriving and there are hundreds of people here,
0:03:36 > 0:03:39and everyone is getting into the back of everyone's vans,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42and I'm feeling like I should be in the back of a van.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- How much have you got on that? - Sold, ma'am.- OK, thank you.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Oh, dear. It seems this breakneck start to the day
0:03:49 > 0:03:51is putting Christina off her game.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56Mark, however, old pro that he is, is playing it oh, so cool.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Right, I'm in the middle of the car-boot sale.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02The vans have been unloaded.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05The problem is that everybody is ducking and diving and grabbing
0:04:05 > 0:04:08everything that's coming out, but I'm not going to do that.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12I'm just going to wait and see what they bring out, and hopefully find the treasure.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Hold on, he's going backwards!
0:04:14 > 0:04:19Still, as he walks, that way and this way, his calm approach is working,
0:04:19 > 0:04:21as something catches his eye.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25I quite like this. This is what they call a pouffe.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29They were very fashionable, I think, in the '70s, weren't they?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Leather circular seats that you could flop on.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34This is actually quite a nice one.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35It's leather.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37I'm not sure how old it is,
0:04:37 > 0:04:41but I quite like this sort of almost Aztec design in the leather,
0:04:41 > 0:04:44and it's got a sort of vintage look about it.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45How much is this, darling?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47- 85.- Pounds?
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Yes.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53That is one of the most expensive pouffes I've ever seen.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- Done one like this before? - Don't be nasty.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- OK.- You are very good-looking,
0:04:58 > 0:05:00so I'm going to have trouble with this lady.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Yes, she knows you too well.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Maybe she can reel you in with something else.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- Do you like handbags?- Sorry?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- Do you like handbags? - Only at the weekend.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- What's this funny little thing? - It's an Avon perfume brooch.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14An Avon perfume?
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Yes, it's got a little bit of perfume in the back of it.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Oh, gosh.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19So, what, do you open it up?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Open it up, yeah, on the back.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Good Lord. That's very '70s, isn't it?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Lovely, isn't it? Yeah, it's lovely.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26- That's cheap, is it?- Tenner.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31I'll tell you what. How about 65 for the two?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- Make it 70.- I've got to make a profit.- You will.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Yes, he's thinking about it.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Oh, he's gone for the hand.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Mark kicks off the buying with two retro purchases under his belt.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49So, is he buying with his head, or will his heart sink
0:05:49 > 0:05:52when he has to sell this brooch and pouffe?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Or "pouff-ay", as he likes to call it.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59I've bought this rather nice embossed leather pouffe.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01And this Avon perfume.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03I mean, it's actually very cheaply made.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06It's only gilt metal, with a little aquamarine glass eye.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09You would open this up and inside would be a little block of perfume
0:06:09 > 0:06:12you can use. And when you're not using it as a perfume,
0:06:12 > 0:06:15then you actually just clip it on as a little brooch.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19With Mark swimming into a 2-0 lead,
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Christina is paddling hard to catch up, having found a timepiece -
0:06:23 > 0:06:24well, a piece of a timepiece.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- What's on that, darling? - That's come out of an 18-carat pocket watch.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31- A fiver.- It's quite sweet, isn't it?
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Can I give you a pound for it?
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Go on, then.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37A whole Great British pound.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Thank you very much.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Well, that cheeky pound gives Christina a cheeky 80% discount.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45Incredible.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48It would have been part of an 18-carat gold pocket watch originally.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51It's the pocket watch face, and movement,
0:06:51 > 0:06:53and very nicely engraved on the back.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56JH Bexfield, 65 High Street, Chatham.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59So I'm going to try and find somebody who needs a potential movement and face.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Some brilliant quality, for a pound!
0:07:02 > 0:07:06One pound - not exactly the last of the big spenders, eh?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08All that money must be weighing her down,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11as she hasn't gone far before she spots
0:07:11 > 0:07:13a piece of agricultural equipment.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16These are quite fun. Are these yours?
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- They are indeed.- Are they potato weighing scales?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- Yes.- So you'd put your sack on there,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25and then you'd put your weights on there.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27- They're quite fun, aren't they? - Yes, they're very good.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30What have you got them marked at? Oh, you've got £38 on them there.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33What would your best offer be on that?
0:07:33 > 0:07:37I've already lowered them to 35, would be the lowest I can go.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39£30 and you've got a deal.
0:07:39 > 0:07:40OK.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- Yeah?- Yeah.- You're an angel. Thank you very much.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Christina agrees the price for the scales,
0:07:46 > 0:07:49but what use are scales without weights?
0:07:49 > 0:07:53So, when the dealer reveals he has a set, she's interested.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55But there's a catch.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- Would you throw those in with the price?- No.- Oh, go on.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- I can't.- Do they... See how much I weigh. Put them on there.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03How much is that one?
0:08:03 > 0:08:04I'll do them at a fiver each.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06I think, to be honest, I think
0:08:06 > 0:08:08- I'm just quite fond of the scales. - The scales, OK.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Unless those come for free.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12£15 for the weights.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13- Five.- No.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- Ten.- Eight.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Go on, then. £8.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- Thank you very much.- OK.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21I'm going to need some change now, adding insult to injury.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- Thank you very much. - Keep the change?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25No!
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- You cheeky monkey!- Hold on.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29Yes, it seems today Christina
0:08:29 > 0:08:32is out to get the best bargains at the boot,
0:08:32 > 0:08:35and the scales and the weights tip the balance in her favour,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38costing her £38 in total.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40So, I've just bought these potato weighing scales.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42I think they're quite fun.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Probably French. Obviously there is green paint on there.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Might be a little bit of woodworm,
0:08:46 > 0:08:48but nothing that can't be treatable.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51But what I'm thinking is I could sell them potentially to
0:08:51 > 0:08:54a farm shop or some sort of country store, something like that.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56I think they are really quite good fun.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Christina's weighty purchase means she has the advantage,
0:08:59 > 0:09:02but Mark has found a little piggy he's thinking about
0:09:02 > 0:09:04taking all the way home.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06That's quite fun, isn't it?
0:09:06 > 0:09:11It's a little piggy with a sort of onyx, polished onyx body.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Looks like it might be silver, actually.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Now, how much is that?
0:09:14 > 0:09:16I can do that for £20.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19It's quite a lot for a little pig, isn't it?
0:09:19 > 0:09:22You can do it better than that, can't you?
0:09:22 > 0:09:23I can do it for £15.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Well, we're heading in the right direction,
0:09:25 > 0:09:27because I don't want to end up with a pig in a poke.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Can't you do it for a tenner? It's only a little thing.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32You don't want to take him home. He might get broken.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36- You can have it for a tenner. - Shall we shake hands at- 10? Yes.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39So Mark gets 50% off the asking price,
0:09:39 > 0:09:43but will the pig help bring home the bacon?
0:09:43 > 0:09:44I really like this little thing.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46It's not terribly old.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48It's a little ornament, really,
0:09:48 > 0:09:51and you've got either silver or silver plate head
0:09:51 > 0:09:54and the little curly tail at the back, and his little feet.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58And then the body is actually polished onyx.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00And it's got quite a nice little grain to it.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02But I think just somebody who collects pigs -
0:10:02 > 0:10:04pigs are very collectable -
0:10:04 > 0:10:06so, I must be able to make a few pounds on that.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08So I think that's a good buy.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Yes, that old hand Stacey is hoping to trot off with a profit.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Well, he is a heavyweight opponent.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Well, there's only one question.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Who's going to be the champion of this car-boot sale?
0:10:19 > 0:10:22So, with a typically eclectic collection of collectables filling
0:10:22 > 0:10:23our experts' pockets,
0:10:23 > 0:10:28let's see how much of a dent all this has made in their wallets.
0:10:28 > 0:10:33From a £250 budget, Mark has three items so far,
0:10:33 > 0:10:38costing £80 and leaving him with £170 still to spend.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Christina has picked up three for just £39,
0:10:41 > 0:10:45meaning she has £211 in her kitty.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49- Hi, sunshine.- Hi, how are you doing? - All right. At least it's light now.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51It is. It's good fun, isn't it?
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Seriously, I felt this morning when it was slightly dark, and everybody
0:10:54 > 0:10:55was just around, sort of rummaging
0:10:55 > 0:10:58through everything, I was like, "Oh, it's quite exciting, isn't it?"
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- You've bought, haven't you? - A few things, yes.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03- How about you?- Well, I have, but the problem I have is
0:11:03 > 0:11:06I see a van coming in, and it's, like, everybody heads to it -
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- it's like a swarm of locusts all over it.- Yeah.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11And the difficulty is I rush over there
0:11:11 > 0:11:14when they're rushing over there, and I'm thinking, "Hang on,
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- "I'm losing it here."- Finding yourself in the wrong place?
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- But I have bought something. - I like that you're not a sheep.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21You're going in the other direction to the crowd.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23I've spent all my life going in the other direction.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- Why doesn't that surprise me? - It's all right at the moment.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27We've got more things to buy.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29- Yes.- So which direction are you going?
0:11:29 > 0:11:31- This way.- OK. See you later.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33Yes, Mark is no sheep,
0:11:33 > 0:11:37and much more of a salmon swimming against the current.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Maybe not. But in this eclectic car-boot,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43it's easy to find something unique and different,
0:11:43 > 0:11:45and it seems Christina has found
0:11:45 > 0:11:47a Dutch vendor with some very interesting items.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Hello there, sir.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51So, you brought all these things over for you from France?
0:11:51 > 0:11:52I quite like those.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- These are from Holland. - Did they come from a shop?
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Yes, from a shop. They're perfume dispensers.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Oh, perfume dispensers.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01- Yes.- Hmm.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Eau de Cologne. So what is Boldoot?
0:12:05 > 0:12:07You don't speak German?
0:12:07 > 0:12:09No. I speak a little bit of Dutch.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13- Dutch, OK.- Yeah. And I know "kwallen."
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- Yeah.- It's jellyfish, isn't it?
0:12:15 > 0:12:19- Yeah, yeah.- That is pretty much the only word I know in Dutch.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21And how much have you got on those?
0:12:21 > 0:12:23The two, 35.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24- For you.- For the both?
0:12:24 > 0:12:26- Yes, for both.- Euros?
0:12:26 > 0:12:27Er, pounds.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30- Are you sure?- Yes.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34What about 30 for the two, and I'm a happy girl?
0:12:34 > 0:12:36- OK.- Yeah? Brilliant.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Thank you very much.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41I've just bought these perfume dispensers.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44It's a serious amount of perfume that you can fit in there,
0:12:44 > 0:12:46aren't they? So, they're old shop fittings, I think.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51And, look here - we've got this wonderful JAM, number 182, and 1970.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53So a good date on there as well.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55I'm hoping I might be able to sell them
0:12:55 > 0:12:57to some sort of perfume retailer,
0:12:57 > 0:13:00but, if not, wouldn't they make the most amazing pair of lamps?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02I'm thrilled with them.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05So thrilled, in fact, that while Mark is still rummaging,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Christina goes straight back to the same stall.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12This time, she has her eye on some wooden moulds.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Those are lovely, aren't they? What have you got there?
0:13:14 > 0:13:16You've got a sheep, a duck...
0:13:16 > 0:13:18How much have you got on those?
0:13:18 > 0:13:20- 20, altogether. - For all of them?- Yes.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23I don't know what I'd do with them, though. What would I do with them?
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Sell them!
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Yeah, very good point.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Would you like to swap places?
0:13:29 > 0:13:31THEY LAUGH
0:13:31 > 0:13:33What about - bearing in mind
0:13:33 > 0:13:35I've just bought the perfume bottles as well -
0:13:35 > 0:13:38would you take £10 for the lot?
0:13:38 > 0:13:39OK. OK.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Thank you very much. £10.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Judging by this little windmill down here,
0:13:44 > 0:13:47I'd say that they probably are Dutch. I think they're sugar moulds,
0:13:47 > 0:13:48chocolate moulds, gingerbread moulds.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50And the thing that I really,
0:13:50 > 0:13:52really love about them is that you can see they've been used.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Look, you've got this wonderful charring down here where those have
0:13:55 > 0:13:57obviously been in the oven.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59I think there is another example here, look - look at that.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01They've been used, they've been loved,
0:14:01 > 0:14:03and I'd love to sell them to somebody
0:14:03 > 0:14:05who is going to use them again.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06But, if they don't get used,
0:14:06 > 0:14:09I think they are really quite decorative at the same time.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11So, £10 for all this!
0:14:11 > 0:14:13That's why you've got to love a car-boot sale.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Meanwhile, Mark is lagging behind,
0:14:15 > 0:14:18with three items to Christina's five.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20- Hello.- Hello, how are you?
0:14:20 > 0:14:21And there may be a reason.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23He's got his dealer's head on,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26and has got sidetracked looking for things he thinks
0:14:26 > 0:14:28some of his contacts could be in the market for.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32I've got a friend who collects Wedgwood,
0:14:32 > 0:14:34has a very good collection of Wedgwood.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37So I'm looking for a piece of Wedgwood pottery,
0:14:37 > 0:14:39but it has to be a really good piece.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43But I can't seem to find anything of that vein at the moment.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46But plenty of time.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Coming to an eclectic car-boot and looking for specific items can be
0:14:50 > 0:14:55distracting, especially if what you want to find, you can't.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56Are you buying here today?
0:14:56 > 0:14:58I am trying to buy here today.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01But I'm looking for a couple of things, and I can't find them.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05- Oh, right.- My brain is confused, and it's very easily done with me.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06I get very easily confused.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11I am looking for... You haven't got any early Wedgwood, have you?
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Christina, however, has no problem picking up her sixth item,
0:15:15 > 0:15:17a ceiling lamp for £100.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20I found this lamp, which I absolutely love -
0:15:20 > 0:15:22it is my favourite purchase of the day.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23It's from an old railway station,
0:15:23 > 0:15:25and it's obviously made of copper here.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Love the fact that it was originally a gas lamp,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31and still has all its guts and its innards for it to be a gas lamp.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33And it has got the on-off there.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35I just completely fell in love with it.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37I had to pay £100 for it.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Personally, I would hang this in my own home.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42I just think it's gorgeous, and I can't wait to find somebody
0:15:42 > 0:15:44who is going to love it as much as I do.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46And with that buy in the bag,
0:15:46 > 0:15:50Christina decides to call it a day at the car-boot.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53So, that's it. I'm done! And I spent quite a lot of money.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Normally, I'm really quite stingy at a car-boot sale,
0:15:55 > 0:15:57but I've spent quite a lot of my money, really,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00so I'm quite pleased with that. Done, finished.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Time for a bacon butty, and Mark Stacey is still out there shopping.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Yes, Mark is still at large with his lengthy list of desirables.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13But, as the day draws on, has he left it too late?
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Come on.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Happily, he happens upon some pottery.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20However, it's not the Wedgwood that is calling out to him.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22I like that little box.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24- Right.- Can I have a look at that?
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- Yeah, it's Spode and Copeland. - That's right.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31This is rather sweet, actually. You can see straight away from this,
0:16:31 > 0:16:32it's transfer printed blue and white.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36This is quite a well-known pattern by one of England's oldest
0:16:36 > 0:16:38pottery manufacturers, Spode.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40And it's called the tower pattern.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44What is quite nice about it is this is a little heart-shaped box,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47and you don't see things like this very often.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51This is actually the beginning of the 20th century,
0:16:51 > 0:16:54and although blue and white is a little out of fashion,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57little unusual shapes like this, you can normally find a buyer for.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59How much is that, dear?
0:16:59 > 0:17:01£10. £10.
0:17:01 > 0:17:02And that's the best price, is it?
0:17:02 > 0:17:04We can take £2 off with no problems.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- So, there you go.- Oh, wonderful. So we'll have it for £8?
0:17:07 > 0:17:08- You can, yes.- That's wonderful.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09Thank you very much indeed.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- You're welcome. - I really like that, actually.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15And everybody loves a big heart, don't they?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Yes, no time for romance now, Mark,
0:17:18 > 0:17:22as having spent so much time sounding relaxed...
0:17:22 > 0:17:24- Plenty of time. - ..messing about...
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Don't want to end up with a pig in a poke.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27..and walking backwards...
0:17:27 > 0:17:30I'm in the middle of the car-boot sale.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33..he's running out of time.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34Gosh, I've got to be really quick,
0:17:34 > 0:17:36because people are packing up everywhere now.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Actually, half the fair has disappeared
0:17:40 > 0:17:42while I'm aimlessly walking around,
0:17:42 > 0:17:47so I think I really have to try and find this last item.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Mark won't want to leave the car-boot without
0:17:50 > 0:17:53sufficient ammunition to win this battle.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54A-ha! He spots something.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Oh, actually, that's quite fun.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58But will it spell out success?
0:17:58 > 0:18:01This is a late 19th-century sampler.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04It's a sort of needlework picture, and it was an educational tool.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Children, particularly girls, were encouraged to learn
0:18:08 > 0:18:10the alphabet and numbers by embroidering.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13So, here we've got a very simple one.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14But it has got a name -
0:18:14 > 0:18:18it's Amy Ethel Bill, Church School, Bideford,
0:18:18 > 0:18:191892.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22And in quite a nice sort of churchy type frame.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24A sort of slightly Gothic frame.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27It would be quite nice to do some research to see if...
0:18:27 > 0:18:30what the church school was in Bideford, and whether, actually,
0:18:30 > 0:18:33there is a Bideford historical society
0:18:33 > 0:18:37that may be interested in buying pieces back for the local area.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42I tried to get it for 25, after the original quote of 40.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45And she would not go not go a penny below £30.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48I don't think I'm going to make a huge amount of money from it,
0:18:48 > 0:18:51but I'm certainly going to have a lot of fun researching this,
0:18:51 > 0:18:55and it's going to lead me into an interesting story, I think.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59But the best thing about this is I'm now shopped out.
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Shopped up? Whatever it is.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Christina, put the kettle on!
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Yes, shopped up or shopped out - either way,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09both our Sussex spenders can slope off for a sit-down
0:19:09 > 0:19:12as we tot up what they spent at today's car-boot.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16From a £250 budget,
0:19:16 > 0:19:20Mark bought five items and spent just under half his cash,
0:19:20 > 0:19:23forking out £118.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Christina bought more and spent more -
0:19:26 > 0:19:28six items for £179.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31But what did they make of their day?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34How did you find that, Christina?
0:19:34 > 0:19:36- Loved it.- I can see you loved it.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Loved it! Oh, it was brilliant.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42- Really?- Yeah! The only thing I sort of think, oh, why did you buy that?
0:19:42 > 0:19:43- Can you guess?- The clock.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Yeah. What do you think I paid for it?
0:19:46 > 0:19:47Fiver? £1.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- Oh, Christina!- Well, I thought, as spares and repairs, but...
0:19:50 > 0:19:52I'll tell you what I do love, is I love - tell me about this,
0:19:52 > 0:19:54this copper light.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56I saw this and I swooned.
0:19:56 > 0:19:57I did actually swoon.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00I love it. And copper - I don't know whether you know, darling,
0:20:00 > 0:20:01but copper is so in this season.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- Is it?- Yeah.- So in this season.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Did you get that? You heard it here first.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- I think it's great. - And, do you know, I love this.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12- It's great fun, isn't it? - This is fab.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15The thing about me with samplers is they're just...
0:20:15 > 0:20:17I mean, you could not get more hand-wrought, could you?
0:20:17 > 0:20:20No, you can't. I look at your hoard, and, you know,
0:20:20 > 0:20:21size is important to you.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Seriously, I've gone big. I have gone big, yeah.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26If you look at my little selection...
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Yeah, what's going on?
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- And what on earth is that? - It's a solid perfume brooch.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- So, almost like a... - Like a little block.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- Oh, OK.- But you can actually use it as a brooch as well.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38- It's fab. I love that. - And it was again 10 quid.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40I love that it's got a dual purpose. I like that.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43What we both know, Mark Stacey, is that size doesn't always matter.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47No, it doesn't, but I'm hoping for the sweet smell of success.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48Oh, I see what you did there.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Now our pair head home and have time to research their items.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Over at his Brightlingsea base,
0:20:59 > 0:21:03Mark has dug up some info on his Victorian sampler.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07These are historical documents and unique to that person.
0:21:07 > 0:21:13Sadly, I found out that this young lady died in 1904, aged 22.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17So my initial plan of finding family members may not prove successful.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20But who knows? I shall keep searching.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24The other items - the pouffe, it is an attractive thing,
0:21:24 > 0:21:27and these sort of retro things are back in fashion.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Actually, the thing that I'm going to have most fun with, I think,
0:21:30 > 0:21:35is that little piggy, and I'm sure he's off to market.
0:21:35 > 0:21:40Mark also needs to find a buyer for his brooch and the heart-shaped box.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41While, over in Shropshire,
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Christina is focusing her research on the best places to sell.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49This is from a railway station, originally. It's gas,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52and I'm hoping that whoever I find to buy it will keep it as it is,
0:21:52 > 0:21:56because it's so important - look at this wonderful mechanism here
0:21:56 > 0:21:58that you can use for turning on and off the gas.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01My scales I paid £38 for, including the weights.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Hoping to find a farm shop that I can maybe sell those to,
0:22:04 > 0:22:05that would be quite useful.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08These perfume bottles, or perfume dispensers -
0:22:08 > 0:22:11I'm hoping to find a person who creates
0:22:11 > 0:22:16wonderful smelly smells and perfumes that might find these useful.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18And then I bought this.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20A little pocket watch movement.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Why did I buy it? Oh, yes, because it was £1.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27I'm sure I can find somebody that will give me a profit on that,
0:22:27 > 0:22:28even just for spares and repairs.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32But, overall, I am thrilled with what I got,
0:22:32 > 0:22:35and I can't wait to get selling it now.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Yes, there is no time to waste.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Our battlers must do the research and put in the hours
0:22:40 > 0:22:43to find the buyers that'll put them on top.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Remember, no deal is sealed
0:22:45 > 0:22:48until the hand is shaken and the money is taken.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51It's Mark who is first to get a whiff of a sale
0:22:51 > 0:22:53that might well hog the limelight.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Well, I've come to a pig farm, surprisingly enough,
0:22:56 > 0:22:58to sell my little piggy.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02I'm here to meet Tracey, and I can't think of a more appropriate place.
0:23:10 > 0:23:11- Morning, Tracey.- Morning, Mark.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13- How are you?- I'm good, I'm good.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Lovely to be here. I mean, tell me about this.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17You've got a big operation here.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Well, yes. It's gradually got bigger over the years,
0:23:19 > 0:23:21but it wasn't always this big.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24You know, I only started out with 30 pigs at the beginning,
0:23:24 > 0:23:26and now I've got more like 700.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28My goodness.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29700 pigs! That'll take some looking after.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31They do, yes.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Well, the reason I'm here, of course -
0:23:35 > 0:23:38not just to look at your wonderful pigs and learn about your business.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40But I bought something which I thought
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- was so appropriate for a pig farmer. - That is lovely.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- It's so sweet.- And, actually, looking at some of the pigs now,
0:23:46 > 0:23:48it really does look like one.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50And it looks like it's actually giggling.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52It does, doesn't it? I mean, it's...
0:23:52 > 0:23:55The centre bit is, like, a polished green onyx,
0:23:55 > 0:23:59but the head and the tail are 925 silver.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01I think I'd be interested in buying it.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- You would?- Yes. - And at what sort of price?
0:24:04 > 0:24:07I know this is going to be too easy, too easy.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08£60.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09- £60?- Yes.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Do you think we could do 65?
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- Oh...- Or am I pushing you too hard?
0:24:14 > 0:24:15No, I think we could go to 65.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- Are you sure?- Yeah. - That would be lovely.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20- You're welcome.- I brought it to the right place.- You have.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24Yes, Mark makes a meaty profit of £55, but, before he leaves,
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Tracey wants him to get hands-on.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28Oh, my gosh, Tracey.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Now, this has got to be mixed together.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Oh, God. I suppose I ought to help.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Oh, it's slimy and cold and horrid!
0:24:36 > 0:24:39It's not that bad! You're over exaggerating matters, I think.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Now we've got to get this content
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- to this one, back into this machine. - Back into this one.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- That looks a lot better, doesn't it? - That does. It does, doesn't it?
0:24:46 > 0:24:50So what we're going to have to do now is to get the right size and
0:24:50 > 0:24:53the amount. It looks like I'm better than you at this.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Wow, Tracey, I don't think you're going to offer me a job, are you?
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Well, everyone has to start somewhere.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04Indeed. And Christina is starting in the pub.
0:25:04 > 0:25:05But it's not what you think.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08She's brought her beloved copper gas lamp
0:25:08 > 0:25:10to Market Drayton in Shropshire.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14I'm here to see Steve, who fixes up and refurbishes his pubs
0:25:14 > 0:25:16with vintage and genuine antiques.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19I bought this from the car-boot sale and I totally fell in love with it,
0:25:19 > 0:25:22so I'm really hoping that he loves it as much as I do.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26I did pay a lot for it. Here's hoping.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28The lamp owes her £100,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31so will proprietor Steve shine a light on a profit?
0:25:31 > 0:25:34So, you basically have pubs, don't you,
0:25:34 > 0:25:37that you refurbish and use the vintage fixtures and fittings in -
0:25:37 > 0:25:38- is that right?- Yes.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42I mean, all the... As much as we can, we try to buy original things,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44and we try to use reclaimed materials.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Always do, if we can.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49- It's all about going to the local pub.- And getting the experience.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Having a proper pint, pulling a beer.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53I believe you used to work in a pub back in the day.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Oh, many moons ago.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56Many, many, many moons ago.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00I've brought you, obviously, this lamp,
0:26:00 > 0:26:03which I bought because I absolutely loved it.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06And, obviously, it's copper, and you've got an enamel top there.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10Apparently, it came from Bridlington station. So, down south.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13So, it was reclaimed from the station.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16And it's a gas lamp rather than an electric one.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Is it the sort of thing you would use to have
0:26:18 > 0:26:22- as a fixture or fitting in a pub? - Yeah, no, it's a very lovely thing.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26And, funnily enough, you brought a gas lamp, which is tricky to use.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28- Yeah.- Because there isn't much gas.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30But we do have a pub with gas lighting, still.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32- Really?- We still use gas lighting.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- Really, really?- Yeah.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Less than half an hour from here.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37I mean, I think, really,
0:26:37 > 0:26:40it would retail in the region of around £300 or £400.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42What are your thoughts?
0:26:42 > 0:26:44- Um...- What would you be happy to pay for it?
0:26:44 > 0:26:46I am not sure I can quite get that far.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- OK.- Would a couple of hundred do it?
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Would you meet me in the middle at 250?
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Or is that pushing you too far?
0:26:56 > 0:26:58I think we can probably get that.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00And we would probably pay, for a repro version...
0:27:00 > 0:27:03- Yeah.- ..we would probably be paying a couple of hundred.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- Yeah.- So a little bit of a premium for something that is the real deal.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09That's genuine, original grunge, as you said.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12- Unpolished. - Unpolished, original grunge.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Christina pulls in a profit of £150 for the lamp,
0:27:15 > 0:27:18making for a good start to her selling.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21It brings joy to my heart that it is still going to be kept as a gas lamp
0:27:21 > 0:27:24in its original condition, and a great profit.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Onwards and upwards.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29But it's Mark who's back into the fray next.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33He's in Halston in Essex with his heart-shaped pottery.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Well, something for the romantics now -
0:27:35 > 0:27:37this lovely little heart-shaped Copeland Spode box.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40I found a dealer who specialises in jewellery,
0:27:40 > 0:27:45but she thinks she may be able to use it somehow in her marketing.
0:27:45 > 0:27:50I hope she's not a hard-nosed dealer and has a romantic, sensitive side.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54The box cost Mark £8, so will antiques dealer Kim love it enough
0:27:54 > 0:27:57for him to walk away with a profit?
0:27:57 > 0:27:59You sell a lot of jewellery, don't you, that sort of thing?
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Well, I love transfer printed work.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04And Copeland Spode, of course, a very important factory.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06You don't often see the heart shape, do you?
0:28:06 > 0:28:09No. You can use it in lots of different ways, really.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13I could tip the lid and put some jewellery sort of across it,
0:28:13 > 0:28:15and coming out, spilling out of it
0:28:15 > 0:28:16would look really pretty.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Sometimes you get little dates stamped in the bottom,
0:28:19 > 0:28:22but that round mark tends to be sort of 1920s, '30s.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25I think I said between 15 and 25.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27- And...- Oh, yeah, but that's very rare.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Because you often find on heart-shaped pieces,
0:28:30 > 0:28:34- you get that little glaze chip. It's a sign of quality.- Really?
0:28:35 > 0:28:37I believe you(!)
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Yes, Mark. There is no pulling the wool over Kim's eyes.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44But I'm thinking, because it's got a chip...
0:28:44 > 0:28:45Yes.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47..and it's not very old, 10.
0:28:47 > 0:28:48Oh!
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Oh. Oh, dear.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Oh, dear, where's that darkened room that I need to go and lie down in?
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Oh, I couldn't do 10.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00I mean, it cost me £8.
0:29:00 > 0:29:01I'll give you 15.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03I think I should be nice to you,
0:29:03 > 0:29:05because you've come up quite a lot. Let's say 14.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08- And then we're both compromising. - Really? That's good.
0:29:08 > 0:29:09So, are we happy with 14?
0:29:09 > 0:29:12- I am.- And, you know, you haven't broken my heart.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Oh, that was terrible!
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Mark dropping his price?
0:29:18 > 0:29:19Very out of character!
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Kim must have won his heart.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Still, he makes a £6 profit on the item,
0:29:24 > 0:29:26earning him two sales to Christina's one.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30But The Magpie is not resting on her laurels.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34She's taken her wooden moulds to Tarporley in Cheshire.
0:29:34 > 0:29:35To be perfectly honest,
0:29:35 > 0:29:37I'm not entirely sure what these were used for.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40But I'm sure they'll be able to shed some light on the subject,
0:29:40 > 0:29:43and maybe even want to buy them. Who knows?
0:29:43 > 0:29:45They set her back £10,
0:29:45 > 0:29:47so will they help her cook up a profit
0:29:47 > 0:29:49from chocolate shop owner Charles?
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Charles, I thought they might be chocolate moulds,
0:29:52 > 0:29:55but I suspect you might tell me that they are not.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57They are emphatically not chocolate moulds.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- Really?- The old chocolate moulds were beautiful metal moulds
0:30:00 > 0:30:03with a very, very high shine on the inside,
0:30:03 > 0:30:07and this was to make the chocolate release when it set.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09These, I think, are bakery moulds.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13Almost certainly, these would have had a biscuit mix
0:30:13 > 0:30:14or something like that.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17So, not desirable for chocolate making?
0:30:17 > 0:30:18Not for chocolate making,
0:30:18 > 0:30:22but within the chocolate, confectionery and baking industry,
0:30:22 > 0:30:24they are wonderful.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27- Oh! Phew!- I like them. I like them.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29I mean, there are ten moulds here.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33- Yes.- What about 80...
0:30:33 > 0:30:3680... £80?
0:30:36 > 0:30:38£80.
0:30:38 > 0:30:39Christina...
0:30:41 > 0:30:44You're clearly not seeing how we make our chocolates.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46We spend hours making our truffles,
0:30:46 > 0:30:50and we have to make an awful lot of truffles for £80.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52I will give you a proposition.
0:30:52 > 0:30:59- Oh!- I will pay you £60 cash if you will come and dip some truffles,
0:30:59 > 0:31:02so that you can appreciate how long it takes us.
0:31:02 > 0:31:03- £60.- Yes.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Truffle-making. Do I get to taste one?
0:31:06 > 0:31:08You get to keep what you dip.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- Is that all right?- Done! Done!
0:31:11 > 0:31:13My goodness, she nearly ripped his arm off.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17And it's probably not because she got a £50 profit on the moulds.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Please tell me that is a vat of chocolate.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23That is milk chocolate.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Oh, that looks amazing. Can I just put my head in it?
0:31:26 > 0:31:28No.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32I get a choccy and I delicately throw it in?
0:31:32 > 0:31:36Yes. Move it around with the forks until it's covered in chocolate.
0:31:36 > 0:31:37- OK.- And then take it out.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39- How's that?- That is very good.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41- That's very good, yes.- Really?
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Like the egg and spoon race.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Oh. Oh, my goodness.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48That's brilliant.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50- Ta-da!- You're a natural.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54And, powered by a sugar high,
0:31:54 > 0:31:57she takes her potato scales and weights
0:31:57 > 0:32:00to Northwick-based fruit and veg seller Ian...
0:32:00 > 0:32:04Ian! I can never say no to a man in a cravat.
0:32:04 > 0:32:10..who pays £60 for the set, adding a fruity £22 profit to her pot,
0:32:10 > 0:32:13and brings us to the halfway point in this selling bonanza.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16So, let's see who is the heavyweight at the moment
0:32:16 > 0:32:19and who still needs to bulk up.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Mark has so far sold two items,
0:32:21 > 0:32:25turning a respectable profit of £61.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Christina has sold three items,
0:32:27 > 0:32:31but made an impressive £222.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35So, Christina is ahead in items sold and money made.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37But there's still everything to play for.
0:32:37 > 0:32:42Until Mark's game is thrown into disarray when he incurs an injury.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Everything was going incredibly well.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46Swimmingly well, in fact.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49I was getting out there, doing deals, then catastrophe struck,
0:32:49 > 0:32:51and I broke my ankle.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55But then I thought to myself, this could actually be quite good.
0:32:55 > 0:33:00I could use my time to search the internet to find those right buyers,
0:33:00 > 0:33:03to make sure that I get as much profit as I can.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Christina, of course, not that I want you to go out and break a leg.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08No, I really don't. Honestly, I don't.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10No, of course not, Mark.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14But as he hits the phones, his profits hit the floor.
0:33:14 > 0:33:19Selling his sewing sample to Paula, a dealer in Lansing, for £30,
0:33:19 > 0:33:21making not a penny profit.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Seems Mark The Maverick needs to see the whites of his buyers' eyes
0:33:24 > 0:33:27to turn the screws and make some money.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Yes, he must put in the legwork...
0:33:29 > 0:33:31or wheelwork, in this case.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34So, he travels to Margate to meet a possible buyer
0:33:34 > 0:33:36for his pufferfish perfume brooch.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Do you know what? I'm not going to let a broken ankle put me off
0:33:40 > 0:33:43finding a buyer and making profits.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45I've brought Santi, my partner, along,
0:33:45 > 0:33:47who's helping me get from A to B.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50I'm here to sell my vintage perfume brooch.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54I'm in Margate. There's a lovely vintage shop that specialises
0:33:54 > 0:33:57in this type of thing. Let's hope I make a huge profit.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Are you with me? Forward, Jeeves!
0:34:00 > 0:34:03So will Deborah, the owner of the vintage shop,
0:34:03 > 0:34:07be interested in puffing up Mark's profit margins?
0:34:07 > 0:34:08I found this little brooch.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10I sent you a photograph of it.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13- Oh.- And it's one of those sort of perfume brooches.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15I think it's marvellous.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17It's a nice bit of whimsical American...
0:34:17 > 0:34:18- Kitsch.- Kitsch, yeah.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21I'm thinking from the sort of '70s or something, do you think?
0:34:21 > 0:34:23'60s, '70s, I'd say.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25So, you know the firm?
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Yeah, Fuller Brush. They are kind of like an Avon from America.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30They started off in the 1912s,
0:34:30 > 0:34:32around about that time, in Connecticut.
0:34:32 > 0:34:33And it was like a brush company,
0:34:33 > 0:34:36and they went round door to door, selling stuff.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39And, hopefully, if I open it up, there should be perfume inside it.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41Do you know, I haven't actually found how you open it.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45- There is a hinge there somewhere, isn't it?- Should be, yeah.
0:34:45 > 0:34:46There we go.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Oh, it smells like Nana's!
0:34:48 > 0:34:49Does it?
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Yeah. It's lovely.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Oh, it is quite strong, isn't it?
0:34:53 > 0:34:56I mean, now that you've seen it, is it something you'd like?
0:34:56 > 0:34:57I like it for myself, yeah.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00And I'd probably wear it as a pendant on a necklace.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02- Oh, wow.- And scrape out the perfume, maybe, and put, like,
0:35:02 > 0:35:06- lip gloss or something in it. - Oh, wow, really?
0:35:06 > 0:35:09I was hoping to get in the region of sort of £15-£25.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Is that way off? Because it does smell delicious.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Oh...
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Keep breathing it in, we might get to 40!
0:35:18 > 0:35:21I mean, I would really pay, for something like this,
0:35:21 > 0:35:24- about £15-£18. - £15-£18?
0:35:24 > 0:35:26- Can we do 18? - Oh, as it's you, darling.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28- Are you sure?- I feel sorry for you!
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- Yeah.- Oh, I know. - Buy you some new pyjamas!
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Yeah, I will. Don't tell her, but I'll take it off later,
0:35:34 > 0:35:35cos I can walk normally.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37No, viewers, he really can't walk.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41But he rolls out with a profit of £8 for the vintage brooch.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46Meanwhile, Christina has a buyer in mind for her perfume containers,
0:35:46 > 0:35:49and is headed for edgy East London to a luxury barbers.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53Remember, she paid £30 for the pair.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56We've talked about these eau de Cologne dispensers.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58- What do you think? - They look amazing.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01- Do they?- Really, really good. - Good. Phew!
0:36:01 > 0:36:04Obviously, we're in a gentleman's barbers, and I thought of you,
0:36:04 > 0:36:06cos they are quite a masculine thing, aren't they?
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Yeah, and we do a lot of fragrance work ourselves.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12We design all our own fragrances from British ingredients,
0:36:12 > 0:36:16so I think this is definitely something that would look good in one of our places.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Buying them myself, I'd say £100 for the pair.
0:36:18 > 0:36:19£100 for the pair?
0:36:19 > 0:36:23Oh, my goodness. Well, I was hoping for a bit more than that.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27It's time for a proper East End 'aggle!
0:36:27 > 0:36:29If you were to see them in a shop today,
0:36:29 > 0:36:31they would definitely be marked up at £150 apiece.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33- For each piece?- Yeah.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35- Move up a little bit.- OK.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37I think we could go up to 130.
0:36:38 > 0:36:39Blimey. We've got a long way to go.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43If I came down to 250 for the two?
0:36:43 > 0:36:46I don't think I could go quite to that, though.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49Oh, God, you're a good haggler, aren't you? Very good haggler.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53I think for the two, we'd be prepared to go up to 160.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- For the pair.- OK.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Meet me in the middle at 180 and you've got a deal.
0:37:00 > 0:37:01Say 170?
0:37:01 > 0:37:04180. I'm a girl that sticks to my guns, Jacob.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06- 180 it is.- 180. Thank you very much. Well done.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Good haggling.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Oh, yes. She had to work hard,
0:37:10 > 0:37:14but that's a stunning £150 profit for The Magpie.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17Now, both our experts have one item left,
0:37:17 > 0:37:19and Mark is rolling into Ramsgate,
0:37:19 > 0:37:22where he is hoping antique shop owner Andrew
0:37:22 > 0:37:25will like the pouffe that cost him £60.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27This really struck me when I saw it, cos it's a nice,
0:37:27 > 0:37:30- solid lump of leather.- Yes, yes.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33It's got that sort of gentleman's club look about it.
0:37:33 > 0:37:34- The colour of it.- Definitely.
0:37:34 > 0:37:39But you've got that rather nice sort of Aztec or Mayan decoration on it.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41- Yes.- And I think these type of items are in,
0:37:41 > 0:37:45because people want occasional seating furniture.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48It's also good for somebody in your situation.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Oh, yes, Andrew. I've had my leg up on it.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- I bet. - Well, what do you think, though?
0:37:52 > 0:37:55Well, I do like it, and I've actually got a customer
0:37:55 > 0:37:59on my books who's asked me to look out for one of these.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01And I found a couple for them in the past,
0:38:01 > 0:38:03but they've never been quite right.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07- Quite right.- Because they've been too bright and too modern-looking.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10Whereas this has got a lovely colour and a lovely age.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13So, I might have a customer that I can move this on to.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17Wonderful. I mean, I was hoping to get, as an initial thought,
0:38:17 > 0:38:20at around the £100 mark for it.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Now, I mean, can you get anywhere near that, do you think?
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Nowhere near, no.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29- You are a meanie. - I mean, I was thinking around about
0:38:29 > 0:38:30the 60, £70 mark.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32- Around about that. - Well, that's getting closer.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35I'll be absolutely honest with you. I paid 60 for it.
0:38:35 > 0:38:41- OK.- So I would be happy if we could, say, do 90.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45- 90.- Could you get anywhere close to that?
0:38:45 > 0:38:48- I could get to 80.- 85.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51Can I push you another fiver, for that client?
0:38:51 > 0:38:53- Well...- Who I know would love it.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56I think I might make a small profit on it, so I think 85.
0:38:56 > 0:38:57- Are you sure?- I'm sure.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59- Wonderful.- Thank you.
0:38:59 > 0:39:00Thank you. Goodbye, old friend.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Thanks for supporting me.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Mark makes £25 profit on the pouffe,
0:39:05 > 0:39:08and he's all done and dusted.
0:39:08 > 0:39:09Well, that's a good result, isn't it?
0:39:09 > 0:39:12I've made a good working profit on the pouffe
0:39:12 > 0:39:16and what's better still is I'm sold up for the car-boot sale.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20But, for Christina, the clock is still ticking,
0:39:20 > 0:39:22and she's taken it to London.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25You might think I might have gone a little bit crazy, having bought
0:39:25 > 0:39:28this pocket watch movement here with absolutely no case to it whatsoever.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30They are a bit ten-a-penny, to be honest.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33But it's not necessarily about what the watch is -
0:39:33 > 0:39:35it's what's written on the back.
0:39:35 > 0:39:36And this says Bexfield.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38So, I've brought it to Daniel Bexfield,
0:39:38 > 0:39:42hoping that he might want to buy a little bit of his ancestry.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Hello, Daniel. Here we are.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45Now, don't hate me.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47I... No. Go on.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49I've brought you something really special.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- Really special.- Really special? - Yeah.- OK.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56- We've got a pocket watch movement. - Yes. Look what it says on the back.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00- Look! Look!- No, I'm wondering where the case is.- Ah.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Obviously, it should have had a case, shouldn't it?
0:40:02 > 0:40:04- It would have been...- Wow, OK.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07Is that more interesting now?
0:40:07 > 0:40:09It is quite interesting.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13In 36 years of dealing, I've never seen one with Bexfield on it.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16As a piece of Bexfield family history...
0:40:16 > 0:40:19As a future present for my son.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Yes. Who might not thank you for it!
0:40:22 > 0:40:25So, what do you think I should be paying for this?
0:40:25 > 0:40:27- I...- It is interesting, and as I say, I've not come across it.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31Exactly. It's got to be worth 50 quid, hasn't it?
0:40:31 > 0:40:33No. I'll be a laughing stock.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35£40.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38- That's ridiculous! - Oh, come on, Daniel!
0:40:38 > 0:40:4035. No, I meant to say 30!
0:40:40 > 0:40:42- I've now said 35!- 35, done.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Thank you. Thank you very much.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48Oh, my goodness. What a legend. There is probably nobody else
0:40:48 > 0:40:51that would have bought that pocket watch. It was relatively valueless.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54But because it had that Bexfield connection on the back of it,
0:40:54 > 0:40:56I managed to eke a profit out of it.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Happy days.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Christina makes a final profit
0:41:00 > 0:41:03of £34 and brings the selling to an end.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06So, before we find out who has won,
0:41:06 > 0:41:09let's remind ourselves of how much money our experts invested.
0:41:12 > 0:41:18From a £250 budget, Mark bought five items and spent £118.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22Christina bought six and spent £179.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24But all that matters now is profit.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28All the money from today's challenge
0:41:28 > 0:41:32will go to our dealers' chosen charities, so let's find out
0:41:32 > 0:41:37who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.
0:41:37 > 0:41:38Darling, how are you?
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Very well. How are you?
0:41:40 > 0:41:41I'm fine. I'm fine.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43- Good.- The car-boot, Christina?
0:41:43 > 0:41:46Do you know, I think this was possibly - no, it definitely was -
0:41:46 > 0:41:48my favourite buying location.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51It is a very good market, there are a lot of dealers there.
0:41:51 > 0:41:52It's fantastic.
0:41:52 > 0:41:53I love your lantern.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Oh, I didn't want to sell it.
0:41:55 > 0:41:56It was just so beautiful.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59And you bought some other lovely things as well.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01I did. I bought those perfume dispensers.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Oh, yes. Those, I was intrigued about.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05I think you paid nothing for those?
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Sold them to a gentleman's beard maintenance hairdressers type place.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12- Really?- Yeah.- Did he ask the inevitable question?
0:42:12 > 0:42:15- What?- Something for the weekend, madam?
0:42:15 > 0:42:18And what about that fabulous brooch? I loved that. It was gorgeous.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21It was great fun. I sold it to a vintage shop.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23- And you got a good price? - I made a reasonable profit on it.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25I didn't spend enough, that's the problem.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27I always think afterwards, I should have spent more.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30- Should have been more courageous, like you.- I don't know about that.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32- I'm not looking forward to this. - Me neither. You ready?
0:42:32 > 0:42:34- One...- Dos...
0:42:34 > 0:42:36- Oh.- Tres...- Tres!
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Oh! Oh, Christina!
0:42:39 > 0:42:40I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
0:42:40 > 0:42:41I'm closing the box.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- I can't look.- Do you know, this is such a surprise to me!
0:42:44 > 0:42:47I didn't realise. Honestly, that's amazing.
0:42:47 > 0:42:48So, that's respectable.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Yes.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54That's right. Christina is today's winner,
0:42:54 > 0:42:57and manages to bring in a comfortable victory.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02Early mornings obviously make me haggle hard, and, boy, did I haggle.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05But it obviously shows in the final results.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08The Ford car-boot sale - that's my old stomping ground!
0:43:08 > 0:43:10I really should have won this.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12Christina's just got a natural eye.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15But Mark will get a chance to retaliate tomorrow,
0:43:15 > 0:43:20when The Magpie and The Maverick head to Belgium to battle again.