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 > 0:00:07best-loved antiques experts
0:00:07 > 0:00:08against each other
0:00:08 > 0:00:10in an all-out battle for profit.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11I think I see a bargain.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Each day, one pair of duelling dealers
0:00:14 > 0:00:16will face a mighty challenge...
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Oh, yeah!
0:00:18 > 0:00:19..putting their reputations
0:00:19 > 0:00:20on the line.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Ready for battle.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23They'll give you
0:00:23 > 0:00:25the insider's view of the trade...
0:00:25 > 0:00:26I'm a big boy, I'm a player.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28..along with their top tips
0:00:28 > 0:00:29and savvy secrets.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31It's not all about what you spend,
0:00:31 > 0:00:32it's about what you make.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35..showing you how to make the most money...
0:00:35 > 0:00:36It really is war.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38..from buying and selling.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40You've got to be in there like a whippet.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Coming up... Jonty unearths a boot-sale bargain...
0:00:45 > 0:00:49£75 for a pair of chairs, stupidly cheap.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52..and fate draws Danny towards a special lot.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Says Bobby Moore on it, and guess what? To Danny.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57What's my name?
0:00:57 > 0:01:00But who will survive the toughest showdown test,
0:01:00 > 0:01:03- the auction?- You've made a mistake!
0:01:03 > 0:01:05- I don't believe it.- That will do me.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07I'm in the wrong game.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28In today's showdown, our dealers prepare to ride
0:01:28 > 0:01:29headstrong into battle
0:01:29 > 0:01:31for the ultimate accolade of top dealer.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33There is only one way to win,
0:01:33 > 0:01:36make the most profit and the crown is theirs.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39First up is our moniker of moneymaking,
0:01:39 > 0:01:41a well-polished pro with a ravenous hunger for bargains,
0:01:41 > 0:01:44and a relentless thirst for antiques.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47He's suave, sophisticated and deadly to his competition.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49It's...
0:01:51 > 0:01:53I'm not here to play games.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54I'm here to win.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58His opposition is the Prince of Purchasing,
0:01:58 > 0:02:02a dauntless dealer with an eye for kitsch and a killer sales pitch.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05His cheeky charm hides a core of pure profit-making steel.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07It's...
0:02:09 > 0:02:12You've picked the wrong chap to be messing with Jonty, let me tell you.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Our experts have £1,000 of their own money
0:02:15 > 0:02:18to spend across four different locations -
0:02:18 > 0:02:20a car boot,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22an auction,
0:02:22 > 0:02:24an antiques fair,
0:02:24 > 0:02:25and a foreign market.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Once they've secured their hoard,
0:02:29 > 0:02:31they must use their wit and wisdom to sell the lot,
0:02:31 > 0:02:33and any profit they make
0:02:33 > 0:02:36will go to the charity of their choice.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38But the showdown has a twist.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43At least half their items must be sold at the special showdown auction
0:02:43 > 0:02:46where our dealers have no control over the buying public.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49As the drama unfolds, they will just have to stand and watch
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- as their items go under the hammer. - Selling!
0:02:52 > 0:02:57There will be only one victor, but who will it be?
0:02:57 > 0:02:58Danny, my man, how are you?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Yeah, not bad at all, Hitman, not bad at all.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02I have got some rules here, listen to this.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Welcome to the mighty showdown, the rules are straightforward.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09You must each buy two items across four different locations,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12you have £1,000 to spend.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15You can sell up to four items wherever you want.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18The rest will be sold at the showdown auction,
0:03:18 > 0:03:20in direct competition with you.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25The winner is the expert, that's me, who makes the most profit.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27- Do you reckon so?- Good luck.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28- See you later.- See you later.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Our rivals are raring to go,
0:03:31 > 0:03:33so we'd better get started.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35It's round one, the car boot.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Our moneymaking maestros have arrived at Ford Airfield
0:03:39 > 0:03:42in Sussex, where they will need to procure two items,
0:03:42 > 0:03:45so what have they got in store for their sterling?
0:03:45 > 0:03:47There is plenty of furniture here,
0:03:47 > 0:03:51but I don't think I want something like that to go into the auction.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54What I'm after is a couple of little nice little pieces
0:03:54 > 0:03:59that I can probably buy cheap, keep that Hitman on the ropes.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Now, when it comes to buying showdown items in a car-boot sale,
0:04:03 > 0:04:08sometimes it's quite tricky because the showdown is just so important.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11I'm just looking for those really great golden nuggets,
0:04:11 > 0:04:15but in a market like this, you never know where they're going to be.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Well, they could be right under your nose.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20So you just pulled this out of the van?
0:04:20 > 0:04:22- Yes.- What price do you want for this?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24- I've got two of them.- So how much for the pair?
0:04:24 > 0:04:26- 75.- 75 for the pair.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27- For the pair.- Really?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29- Yes.- Do you want to get the other one out for me?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- I will do.- Yeah? This is an absolute bargain.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35£75 for a pair of chairs.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36Stupidly cheap.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40Watch this. Could you tell me more about these?
0:04:40 > 0:04:41I brought them from Holland...
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- Yes.- ..from an old house.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- Yes.- ..but the stylish is not Dutch any more.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47You can't sell these?
0:04:47 > 0:04:50No, not in our shop. No, no, that's why I bring them over.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51Would you take £50 for the two?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Give me 60.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54£60, you have a sale.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- Thank you, sir.- What a complete and utter bargain.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00These chairs are in really good condition.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03You have got to make sure that the springing is sound in the seat
0:05:03 > 0:05:04and look at these legs.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09Those legs there tell me that these chairs are 100 years old,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12they could be re-covered, I can sell these back to the trade.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14They are absolutely beautiful.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18For £60, oh, my word, Danny, it's all over!
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Jonty is out of the blocks but Danny is not dilly-dallying.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26He's spotted an unusual lighter and would like to strike a deal.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27That is quite cool, isn't it?
0:05:29 > 0:05:30I do quite like it.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32It's unusual, it's quirky.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34You don't see that many of them.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- I'll give you a fiver.- Give me six, squeeze a bit more.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Yeah, I'll go at six, I'll have a deal at six.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- Go on.- Many thanks.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Yeah, lovely. What a bargain.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49Six pounds. A lovely spelter figure from around the 1930s period.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Open the helmet, got a lovely little lighter inside.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55I think it's missing a little plate off the bottom,
0:05:55 > 0:05:59but it doesn't affect the item at all. Lovely condition.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01It looks a little bit grey, I like that.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03I think it's a great patina,
0:06:03 > 0:06:06there's a lot of age behind it, let's hope it gets on fire.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Indeed, and it's not the only thing on fire,
0:06:09 > 0:06:12as Jonty bowls over to these bowls,
0:06:12 > 0:06:15throwing £50 at them.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17These are great, tactile objects.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Beautiful hard timber, lignum vitae,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23which is what these lovely garden bowls would have been made of
0:06:23 > 0:06:25in the early 20th century,
0:06:25 > 0:06:28and that's the sort of date I think these bowls are.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31And you can tell that, not by looking at the bowls,
0:06:31 > 0:06:32but actually looking at the box.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34And if it had been slightly older,
0:06:34 > 0:06:38this whole set would have been in a much smarter presentation box.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42I noticed that there's a maker's mark on the inside here,
0:06:42 > 0:06:44it's Ayres of London, so I'm looking forward
0:06:44 > 0:06:47to doing a bit of research on this set.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Jonty's car-boot buys are in the bag, but DJ Danny's not done yet
0:06:51 > 0:06:55and quickly spins towards potential purchase number two.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57How much do you want for the lot?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- How much for the lot?- For the lot, 20 quid.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01No! I'm thinking a lot less than that,
0:07:01 > 0:07:03I'm thinking you don't really want these records.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05- There's a bit of that, isn't there? - There is a bit of that,
0:07:05 > 0:07:07but not too much. Eh, 15.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09I mean, that is an absolute bargain.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10They spent ages making those.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Would a fiver buy the lot?
0:07:12 > 0:07:14- No, a tenner.- Eight.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Yeah, go on, then.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18- Deal.- Thank you.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19I'll have them.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21When you're talking vinyl,
0:07:21 > 0:07:24what everyone is really after is punk rock,
0:07:24 > 0:07:28reggae, you know, The Beatles, stuff like that.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30I'm going to need to have a nice sift through here
0:07:30 > 0:07:33and see if I can find any little rarities.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36One thing's for sure, if I get a good number...
0:07:37 > 0:07:40..Jonty is going to be on the ropes.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41Our connoisseurs of collectables
0:07:41 > 0:07:44have spent their way sensibly through round one,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46but winning this showdown rests on
0:07:46 > 0:07:48how much they can sell their items for.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Both our experts started the showdown with £1,000
0:07:51 > 0:07:56of their own money to spend. Jonty has spent £110 so far,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59which means he has £890 left in the kitty.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Danny's haul has cost him a minuscule £14,
0:08:02 > 0:08:06leaving him £986 for the next three rounds.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10And so begins round two, the auction.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13They've arrived at Chiswick Auctions in London
0:08:13 > 0:08:15with a very clear idea of what they want.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19London is a great place to buy quality,
0:08:19 > 0:08:21and that's what I'm looking for,
0:08:21 > 0:08:23real genuine quality.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26I love furniture, paintings, sculpture,
0:08:26 > 0:08:28I just know that I can get my money back on them bits,
0:08:28 > 0:08:30and there's plenty of it here today.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34I tell you what, style never goes out of fashion,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36- and I've got plenty of that.- Indeed.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Our battling behemoths must each bag two items,
0:08:39 > 0:08:43and they've got money to spend, so let the bidding begin.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46And fashionable Jonty is out first.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49He's spotted something he thinks could even out-cool Danny.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53This next lot is a beautiful pair of Louis Vuitton sunglasses
0:08:53 > 0:08:55in their original case.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58They are so stylish, retro, I'm in love with them.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Estimate £60 to £80.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03If I can get them roughly within that sort of ballpark,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06I'm sure there's a profit in it.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Can Jonty put Del Boy in the shade with this lot?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Straight in at £60 on the value board.
0:09:12 > 0:09:1470.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- Five.- A pair of shades for a shady character.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19- Perfect.- 100.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24100 on my left then, selling them on my left for £100.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27A little bit more than I wanted to pay.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28But don't tell Danny.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33The Hitman plays a blinder, securing the sunglasses for £124,
0:09:33 > 0:09:34costs included.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36But will he see a profit?
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Now, what do you think about these?
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Top-of-the-range, they look like they have never been worn.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Date, probably 20 or 30 years old.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50I know somebody is going to pay me lots more for these
0:09:50 > 0:09:52than I paid for them.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55And spurred on by the thought of afternoons in the sun,
0:09:55 > 0:09:59he spots a mixed lot of lawn games and strikes.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00At £55, all done.
0:10:01 > 0:10:0355, 756.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Result!
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Paying £68.20, fees included, and he's cock-a-hoop.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Now this is a relatively contemporary croquet set.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17You can tell that by looking at the shaft,
0:10:17 > 0:10:19and looking at the head of this mallet.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21There's no real age to this at all.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25I happen to know that contemporary croquet sets
0:10:25 > 0:10:29are hundreds of pounds so there has to be a margin.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32So while Jonty dreams of croquet, Danny dreams of football.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35A tantalus with an inscription from soccer legend Bobby Moore
0:10:35 > 0:10:37is up next.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Danny wants it in the back of his net.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43It says Bobby Moore on it, and guess what? To Danny.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44What's my name?
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- Say no more.- 100 is bid, in the room at 100 now.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50- Selling for 100.- Here we go!
0:10:50 > 0:10:51110.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53120.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54130.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56140. 140, it is then.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58- Hey, up!- 150.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01At £150.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04150, 755.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06I've just bought myself a winner.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10He shoots, he scores, and dribbles off with the tantalus for £186,
0:11:10 > 0:11:13including fees.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17These two bottles here, they are put into this little wooden frame,
0:11:17 > 0:11:19the lid goes on them, and they are locked.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23That was to stop the servants from getting in there
0:11:23 > 0:11:24and having a tipple.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Cut crystal glass, it's all there, there's no chips.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31I see it says "To Danny with sincere thanks from..." who?
0:11:31 > 0:11:33The great Bobby Moore.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35October, 1970.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39With one item left to buy at auction and a huge painting up next,
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Danny might just get the work of art he was after.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45661, we jump to now, the Geoffrey Beasley, The Machinist.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47I've got bids at the bottom estimate already, £100.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- 10, I'll take.- Oh, hold on, I'll have a bit of that.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51You'll have a bit of that? 110.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54We are going to sell at £110, we are selling.
0:11:54 > 0:11:55110.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Danny was quick to jump in, and, with no bids against him,
0:11:58 > 0:12:02wins the painting for £136.40, including costs.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06And Danny knows a thing or two about the artist, Geoffrey Beasley.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Now, with my research, I've found out
0:12:08 > 0:12:09that he's actually had a painting
0:12:09 > 0:12:11in the National Portrait Gallery.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Straight away, that tells me he's a good artist.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19The actual date on the picture is 1997, late 20th century.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22You know something? I might stitch Jonty up.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Our auction room avengers have survived round two,
0:12:25 > 0:12:27so let's tot up the totals.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Our dealers started out with £1,000 of their own money to spend
0:12:30 > 0:12:33and they've now bought four items each.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Jonty's purchases have cost £302.20,
0:12:36 > 0:12:40leaving him with just under £698 in his coffer.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Danny spent £336.40,
0:12:44 > 0:12:48leaving him with just under £664 for the next two rounds.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Time for round three at the antiques fair.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Their third battleground is Ardingly Antiques Fair
0:12:56 > 0:12:57in West Sussex,
0:12:57 > 0:13:00where they will be running the gauntlet of 1,700 stalls,
0:13:00 > 0:13:02hoping to snaffle the best bargains fast,
0:13:02 > 0:13:05and leave their opponent for dust.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09The Hitman is first to spot a potential nice little URN-er.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11I've just noticed, actually, you've got these pair of urns here,
0:13:11 > 0:13:13what's the damage on these, then?
0:13:13 > 0:13:17What? The shake-hand-damage that you can make a profit on?
0:13:17 > 0:13:19280 for the pair.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21260, we've got a deal.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22265, and we're there.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24265.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28Now, from the style, they have an early 19th-century feel,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30but they're more like 1950s.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34They are slightly smaller than an antique pair of garden urns,
0:13:34 > 0:13:36but nonetheless, we have this antique look
0:13:36 > 0:13:39and anything in a pair is very good news.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41And our gentleman dealer is so delighted,
0:13:41 > 0:13:43he hops back to the same stall
0:13:43 > 0:13:47and procures a real antique this time, a top hat...
0:13:47 > 0:13:49- Job done.- ..for £130.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Top drawer, top hat!
0:13:52 > 0:13:56This hat can be dated to around the turn of the century.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Is it 100, 120 years old?
0:13:58 > 0:14:00It's around that sort of date,
0:14:00 > 0:14:03and you can tell that just by looking at the writing
0:14:03 > 0:14:06on the inside of a hat like that.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Then you look at the quality of the box that it came in.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12With the initials on the outside of the box as well,
0:14:12 > 0:14:13you know it's all integral.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16This is a great purchase.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17Well done, old boy.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Jonty is first to secure his two antiques-fair purchases,
0:14:21 > 0:14:22but Danny is about to step up.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26This is a bit of classic retro.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29They was in every house in the 1970s, every house had them.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31As a stool...
0:14:33 > 0:14:34..and you got a little step there.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38I'm going up in the world! Ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:14:39 > 0:14:41What's the best you could do me one of these for?
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- I'll do 20 for that.- Would you take 15 quid?
0:14:44 > 0:14:45I'll take 18.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47What is going on?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49I can guarantee if I walk round this market,
0:14:49 > 0:14:51I can find one of these for a tenner.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53- Go ahead, then.- Oh, don't be so...
0:14:53 > 0:14:55- I challenge you.- Ooooh!
0:14:55 > 0:14:57There's a double challenge on now.
0:14:57 > 0:14:5916, we've got a deal, we'll keep it even.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00Lovely, thank you very much.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04So they agree on £16, but there's a problem.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- Have you got change?- No.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Here's a penny. A penny for you.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13All said and done, he's come round to my way of thinking.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16He's now sold it to me for 15 because he's got no change.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18I'm happy with that.
0:15:20 > 0:15:21How's about that then?
0:15:21 > 0:15:24I got myself a nice little step-stool here,
0:15:24 > 0:15:26and what I like about this is that all the little rubber strips,
0:15:26 > 0:15:28they're all intact,
0:15:28 > 0:15:30that stops you from slipping when you're going up the step stool.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33It's just a nice, practical lump,
0:15:33 > 0:15:36that I think is still usable today.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39I'm going to get this home, give it a little bit of a clean-up,
0:15:39 > 0:15:41and I'm sure the price will be going up.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45And he swiftly makes it two in a row with this unusual carrier.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49- 28, while there is no-one here. My hand's ready.- OK.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50Lovely, thanks very much.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55I'm quite happy with that, it's a little baby's cot,
0:15:55 > 0:15:56it's a little carrying cot.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- Really?!- 1930s, somewhere around that.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02The wickerware is in great condition.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03There's a little window there,
0:16:03 > 0:16:06so I suppose the baby can see out while it's being transported.
0:16:06 > 0:16:07Quite nice, quite quirky,
0:16:07 > 0:16:09but nowadays, you wouldn't put a baby in there,
0:16:09 > 0:16:12you'd probably put your dog or your cat if you're going to the vet,
0:16:12 > 0:16:13that will do me.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16And with that, Danny has strapped us in our pram
0:16:16 > 0:16:18and pushed us to the antiques fair finish line,
0:16:18 > 0:16:21so let's see where they stand after round three.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28From his £1,000 budget Jonty has spent £697.20,
0:16:28 > 0:16:31which leaves a tad under £303.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Danny has spent a total of £379.40 so far,
0:16:35 > 0:16:39leaving him with just under £621 for round four.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43So all that cash comes with them to the foreign market.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Our savvy spenders have arrived in the French town of Annecy
0:16:46 > 0:16:50for their final profit-finding fling.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54My strategy for the showdown is to get something a little bit unique,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57something with a bit of class, a bit of je ne sais quois.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00What I'm really trying to find are those items
0:17:00 > 0:17:03that you just can't readily get back in the UK.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06That's what the market wants at home, the unusual.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09With both our boys on the lookout for curiosities,
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Jonty immediately swoops towards this 1950s bronze bird,
0:17:13 > 0:17:19and flies off with it for 100 euros, or £86.21.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23I've just bought this beautiful bronze bird, diving into the sea.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Look at the waves, look at the movement in it.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27It really is made of the finest bronze.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31If you look at these marks here, this is all hand beaten,
0:17:31 > 0:17:33so somebody has taken an awful long time
0:17:33 > 0:17:36to produce this beautiful stylised bird.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37This is flying back to the UK.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40And talking of flying,
0:17:40 > 0:17:44our dapper chap always likes to look spit-spot on a journey,
0:17:44 > 0:17:47so homes in on something which could prove useful.
0:17:47 > 0:17:52Wow. What I'm looking at here is a lady's 1920s travelling case.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56It all looks as if this is in really good condition.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59We have scent bottles here which are only silver-plated,
0:17:59 > 0:18:00they are not solid silver.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04The price tag here is 30 euros.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06I'm just going to see if he'll take a little less for it.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10If he will, then that's an absolute steal.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12TRANSLATION:
0:18:15 > 0:18:17I'm not going to quibble.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Jonty think that's a bargain at £21.55,
0:18:22 > 0:18:26but can he preen up a profit back in the UK?
0:18:26 > 0:18:30I have a sense here that this has really never been touched.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32If you have a look at all the glass bottles here,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35these are in mint condition, and you open up here,
0:18:35 > 0:18:38we have a little nail set, and then we look at the brushes,
0:18:38 > 0:18:39the brush set itself,
0:18:39 > 0:18:43which is all, again, in great condition so at 25 euros...
0:18:43 > 0:18:44wow!
0:18:44 > 0:18:46That's such a steal.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48I'm going to put this straight into the auction sale.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Will it make more than £20?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Of course it will!
0:18:53 > 0:18:56And with that, Jonty completes his showdown haul.
0:18:56 > 0:18:57His rival has scanned the stalls
0:18:57 > 0:19:00and has settled on a quirky antique bell.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02What a lovely little thing I've picked up here.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Probably had it on a shop counter.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- BELL RINGS - You ring the bell,
0:19:06 > 0:19:07and they come too.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09It looks to me to be just spelter.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13It's not bronze, but very nice.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15It looks like it's got a baby kid there,
0:19:15 > 0:19:17they've got a skipping rope in their hand.
0:19:17 > 0:19:2075 euros, looks to me to be all of its money.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24But astute Del Boy knows a double deal can secure a better price,
0:19:24 > 0:19:28so searches out another object.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30These bottles are absolutely fabulous. They're apothecary.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33They're very in vogue and very, very liked.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35They are just great props.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37These metal tops are not original.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40I'm sure, back in the day, they would have had a cork top.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43I don't really like them, but...
0:19:43 > 0:19:45I do like the bottle.
0:19:45 > 0:19:50They are 35 euros a pop, and I'd really need at least two of them.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I might try and get a deal and all with that bell over the back.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57With the price tags adding up to 145 euros,
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Danny gets his haggle on.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Monsieur...
0:20:00 > 0:20:02TRANSLATION:
0:20:04 > 0:20:06100.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Pour trois. 90.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10HE MOUTHS
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- Non, 90.- 85.- 85.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Merci, monsieur. Merci, monsieur.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Danny gets a sweet 60-euro discount and splits the buys
0:20:21 > 0:20:23£41.38 for the vintage bottles...
0:20:24 > 0:20:27..and £31.90 for the antique bell.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Lovely labels on the front of these bottles.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32The only thing I'm not really happy with
0:20:32 > 0:20:34is that it's not got the original corks.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37I'm sure, over time, they've deteriorated.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40These two bottles, they must be nearly 100 years old.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44And then my star piece comes. It is also round about 1910.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47This is going to go and look fantastic
0:20:47 > 0:20:50in a hotel foyer or even in a shop.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51I've got a good buy.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Goodbye!
0:20:53 > 0:20:56So there we go. Our epic buying journey is over.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Let's look at the figures.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00From a £1,000 budget
0:21:00 > 0:21:05Jonty has paid out a hefty £804.96,
0:21:05 > 0:21:11while Danny struggled to spend the cash, having spent only £452.68.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Before our dealers turn their minds to selling,
0:21:13 > 0:21:16how are they feeling about the journey ahead?
0:21:16 > 0:21:19So, Danny, we've done all our buying for the showdown.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- Favourite items?- My favourite item has got to be my great big oil.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- Beasley. Machinist.- Very nice, very nice.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26A big lump. I've still got a bit of work to do
0:21:26 > 0:21:29to find out where I'm going to place it, but it's a very nice piece.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Also, do you remember my tantalus?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Oh, yeah, you'll score with that one.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35I will score with that one, I will score with that one.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Bobby Moore and all that.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Yeah, yeah. That's quality.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40And then I've got a lovely little bell,
0:21:40 > 0:21:42like a hotel bell, if you would.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Now, ding, ding. I was thinking of you when I bought it, you know,
0:21:45 > 0:21:46let's get this round over and done with.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- What's your best?- Three pairs, really.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- Three pears? What, fruit?- A pair of garden urns.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- Pair of garden urns, I remember them.- Yeah. And also the
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- pair of chairs from the Ford car-boot sale.- They were nice.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58You'll get them reupholstered, won't you?
0:21:58 > 0:22:00No, I'm not going to do that, there's not enough money
0:22:00 > 0:22:02but I will sell those, I'm sure I'll do well.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05I know you'll sell them, without a shadow of a doubt is he going to sell them.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- And a pair of sunglasses. My Louis Vuitton sunglasses.- Very chic.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Those are nice too so I'm very happy with my purchases.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13- It seems that there's going to be a good battle.- I know.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16And the next time I'm going to see you is in the auction room.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- On that note...- See you there. - Ta-ta.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27Now our brave buccaneers must make some critical decisions as
0:22:27 > 0:22:29they have to divide their treasures in two.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32They need to hunt down private buyers for one half
0:22:32 > 0:22:35and then send the rest to the nail-biting showdown
0:22:35 > 0:22:38auction, where prices are in the hands of the bidding public.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41With any profits going to their chosen charities,
0:22:41 > 0:22:43they need a watertight strategy.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49At his Oxfordshire retreat, Jonty has made his four showdown auction
0:22:49 > 0:22:53- choices.- Well, here we are, I'm very pleased with what I've got here.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58I've done a bit of research on my stylised bird and similar bronzes
0:22:58 > 0:23:01have sold for in excess of £1,000 at auction.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04This is going straight back into auction.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07My top hat, good quality, straight to auction, I feel.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11As well as my croquet set and, look, two set of boules,
0:23:11 > 0:23:13perfect for an auction.
0:23:13 > 0:23:18And my French vanity case from the 1920s/1930s, that
0:23:18 > 0:23:21needs to go straight into the auction sale because it is so clean,
0:23:21 > 0:23:25it's so crisp, it really does look like it's never been used.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27I'm very confident about this.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30So, Danny, the Del Boy, you are in for trouble.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34So Jonty needs to line up private buyers for his 1950s
0:23:34 > 0:23:37garden urns, designer sunglasses,
0:23:37 > 0:23:41early 20th-century bowls and the pair of early 20th-century chairs.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46Over at Del Boy HQ, Danny is assessing his sellables.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Well, what a selection I've got here for the showdown.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53The picture that when I bought it in the auction it looked fantastic,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56now I've got it down, it's nearly as tall as me.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01Who's going to have a wall that is six to ten foot spare in a house?
0:24:01 > 0:24:03So I'm a little bit concerned where I'm going to move this.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06My records, I've had a good look through and to be honest,
0:24:06 > 0:24:09there's no cream in there, there's no rare records,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12there's no great Beatles first edition
0:24:12 > 0:24:15so I might have to think outside the box with that bunch,
0:24:15 > 0:24:18but my cream, it has got to be my tantalus.
0:24:18 > 0:24:19A lovely set this.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23But the best part of it, it's got to Danny from Bobby Moore.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26No, it's not to me, it's to Danny La Rue.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28I've done a little bit of research.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32Now, we all know Danny La Rue was a great entertainer back in the '70s
0:24:32 > 0:24:36so, you know, I've got two angles to hit there.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37I tell you what, Jonty,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39you better dig deep mate because I tell you something for a fact,
0:24:39 > 0:24:43I'm feeling good about this haul that I've got here.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Of his eight purchases, Danny has decided to put into auction the
0:24:46 > 0:24:52apothecary bottles, spelter bell, knight lighter and retro step stool.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54So it will be private buyers for everything else.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58With pride and profit on the line our dealers throw themselves
0:24:58 > 0:25:01into the challenge like men possessed.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03They track down potential purchasers
0:25:03 > 0:25:05using their extensive contacts books,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08but until they shake on it and the money has changed hands,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10no deal is truly sealed.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14And Jonty is straight out of the starting blocks on the hunt for profit.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17He rolls down to Abingdon Bowling Club
0:25:17 > 0:25:20with his antique bowls that cost him £50.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23So will club chairman Colin play ball?
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Have a look on the inside of this.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26There we go.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- Oh.- Now, these are proper, proper
0:25:30 > 0:25:35lignum vitae, which is beautiful African hardwood.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40I think that this collection here is probably sort of like 1930s.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- We're interested. - OK. All down to price, I suppose.
0:25:43 > 0:25:44Well, I'm afraid so.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47I think we would just like to see one or two rolled up
0:25:47 > 0:25:49to see if they roll all right.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51- Shall we have a go?- Yes, surely do.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Stand back. You'll need to stand back for this.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Jonty takes aim on a potential profit.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58It's going the wrong way!
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Though after a quick demo from the pro...
0:26:03 > 0:26:06- Oh!- ..Hitman hones in on the target.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08- You have seen my bowls.- Yes.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11I'm looking for £140 for the set.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14I would think we should be closer to the roundabout 80.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- What about 120. - I'm prepared to go up to 90.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19- I'll do 100.- Yes.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23- We're on?- We're on.- So Jonty doubles his money and banks £50 profit,
0:26:23 > 0:26:25and hoping he can make it two in a row,
0:26:25 > 0:26:30he pairs his 19th-century style urns with garden lovers Ken and Ros.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32So 350 for the pair?
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- Very pleased.- Yes.- Brilliant.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37The Hitman continues his profit quest at a gallop with a
0:26:37 > 0:26:40further £85 in his pocket.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44He's had a strong start but Danny isn't one to be left behind.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48He finds a toy shop in Kettering where owners Sally and Andrew take a
0:26:48 > 0:26:51shine to his wicker carrier that cost £28.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Do you know, I can see that in my window?
0:26:53 > 0:26:55I can think of a wonderful display to put in that.
0:26:55 > 0:27:02- 128.- 128. Sounds like a bargain. - It is.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04- Oh, hey up!- 128. - I'm grabbing that hand.
0:27:04 > 0:27:09Kicking off Danny's profit quest with a whopping £100,
0:27:09 > 0:27:12and he's got his eye on an even bigger prize now.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14He's hunted down a contact in Lancashire
0:27:14 > 0:27:16who collects football memorabilia,
0:27:16 > 0:27:22but will Mark pour our Del Boy a profit on his £186 tantalus?
0:27:27 > 0:27:29On the face of it, a tantalus isn't really something
0:27:29 > 0:27:32I would collect but what's the background with it?
0:27:32 > 0:27:37It was presented to Danny La Rue by Bobby Moore for a charity event,
0:27:37 > 0:27:39and I suppose they've raised a lot of money,
0:27:39 > 0:27:43and for each individual that helped him he then gave them one of these
0:27:43 > 0:27:46tantaluses. Great condition right through.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Not a chip on it, you know, nice cut glass crystal.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51- It has a silver-plated top.- OK. - Great history.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54I mean, Bobby Moore, a fantastic man.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56The thought Bobby Moore holding this who, you know,
0:27:56 > 0:27:59in 1966 had the World Cup in his hands, you know,
0:27:59 > 0:28:01that's got me interested, to be honest.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02So, yeah, I like it.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05- But it's all about what the price is, I suppose.- I'd love to achieve 600.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08I think you've been drinking the contents of that!
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- DANNY LAUGHS - No, no, no.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14You know, I'm looking at 250, 300 for that.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17- How about if I said five and a half? - No, no.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20I tell you what, I'll go to four.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23- Could you go four and a quarter? - I'll shake your hand at 410.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27- 420?- 415.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28I'll grab it.
0:28:30 > 0:28:35He shoots, he scores a colossal profit of £229 on the tantalus.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Wallop! Back of the net. I've doubled my money.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Even Bobby Moore would be proud of that one.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46Jonty, I think you are sat on the sub bench, mate,
0:28:46 > 0:28:49because I've won this game all day long.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53- Yeah!- So super striker Danny heads to the dressing room for a half-time
0:28:53 > 0:28:57orange. In Oxfordshire Jonty has perused his little black book
0:28:57 > 0:29:02and thinks contact Fiona will love his designer sunglasses.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04- Very nice.- Ooh, very good.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07- 150? Go on.- Oh!- You have a sale.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09- Yay!- And enjoy the sun.
0:29:09 > 0:29:10I will do. Thank you.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Earning himself £26 profit.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19And now he's focusing all his attention on his £60
0:29:19 > 0:29:21pair of boot sale chairs,
0:29:21 > 0:29:25hoping upholsterer Gary will see him to a profit.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26I recognise my chairs anyway.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29Yes, they're beautiful, they are turn-of-the-century, French.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32- Yes, yes.- Bergere.- Yeah, yeah. Do you like them?
0:29:32 > 0:29:35I do like them, I think, you know, these are perfect for us for what we would need them for.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37We tend to train a lot of our youngsters
0:29:37 > 0:29:40- to do the traditional upholstery. - Yes.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43I think they would need complete re-upholstering from beginning.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Yes, the legs are in pretty good order.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- Legs are in good condition. - And these are original casters.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51- They are.- This is the difference between British casters
0:29:51 > 0:29:53- and continental casters.- Yeah.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Continental casters are actually made of timber,
0:29:55 > 0:29:57but we never did that in the 19th century,
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- they were either brass or... - Ceramic, weren't they? - Or ceramic, yes.
0:30:00 > 0:30:01So the pair of chairs,
0:30:01 > 0:30:04I thought that they would be worth a cool £300.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07I would be reluctant to pay that much. I'll be honest.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11Would you accept 200? If we could meet halfway, 250,
0:30:11 > 0:30:13- you've got a deal? Yes?- 250.
0:30:13 > 0:30:19- Go on, then.- Good man.- That's a final profit injection of £190 into
0:30:19 > 0:30:24Hitman's coffers, and he heads back to base to prepare for auction.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27Having failed to find any records of value in his vinyl collection,
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Danny decides to turn them into a piece of modern art
0:30:30 > 0:30:35which he sells to a retro shop for a quick £17 profit.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39Now he can concentrate on selling his biggest showdown buy,
0:30:39 > 0:30:42the oil painting he bought for £136.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45He's got an appointment at an art gallery in Peterborough,
0:30:45 > 0:30:48but will owner Dawn be wowed?
0:30:48 > 0:30:51I bought this because I thought it was absolutely fantastic.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55- It was painted by Geoff Beasley. - Yes.- He's from Leicester.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58He has had a great portrait of his son
0:30:58 > 0:31:00in the National Portrait Gallery.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03The quality of the painting is actually quite good.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05It's quite impressionistic.
0:31:05 > 0:31:12So this is a bit of social history but this is not a popular theme when
0:31:12 > 0:31:14you're talking about selling paintings.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18I still think that the quality here is great.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21The perspective is really good and the proportions are really good.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24- What are you thinking of?- 900.- No.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28No chance. I looked at that and I thought straightaway 150.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Ooh, no. Six sounds good to me.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34- I'll go up to 250.- Give us 490 then.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Right, three and that's all I'm doing.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Give us 400 quid, that's it.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40- No.- No, no, no.- That's it. - I'll give you 375.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43390, we've got a deal.
0:31:43 > 0:31:49Del Boy worked his haggling hat off and walks away with over £253 profit
0:31:49 > 0:31:50on his final private sale,
0:31:50 > 0:31:55so now with the auction looming let's see who is sitting pretty.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Both our experts have now sold four items.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Jonty has racked up £351 profit
0:32:03 > 0:32:07so far but Danny is out in front at this stage.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11His private sales have banked him a profit of £599.60.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17There's everything to play for but all bets are off
0:32:17 > 0:32:20because the day of the mighty showdown auction has arrived.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24Our brave profiteers' fates lie in the unpredictable hands of the
0:32:24 > 0:32:28bidding public at Criterion Auctioneers in South London.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31With their own cash on the line, nerves are running high.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35- Danny, its auction day.- Morning. It is, yeah.- How are you feeling?
0:32:35 > 0:32:37All right. We're down The Old Smoke.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40- You know...- We are. - There's plenty of money here.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41- Big London Town.- Yeah.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43But the auction is going to be quite expensive, I think.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46The commission rates for smaller items is quite high, I think.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48You've got no worries there, have you?
0:32:48 > 0:32:51- No, I haven't.- I've actually got some small lots in there so who
0:32:51 > 0:32:53- knows how it's going to pan out? - Shall we get inside?
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Yeah, let's go and have a look.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59So size matters and Del Boy's nerves are jangling,
0:32:59 > 0:33:03while Hitman is keeping his cool, or so he says,
0:33:03 > 0:33:07but before the sale gets underway our duo take the chance to check out
0:33:07 > 0:33:10their opponent's treasures.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Danny's table lighter.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16You open up his head to reveal the lighter and it doesn't work.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19He'll probably get his money back but that's all.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23Now, this is a lovely piece of bronze.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27I wouldn't really say it's an interesting subject, a bird flying,
0:33:27 > 0:33:31but they've got an estimation on it of £600-£800.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Hello?! I don't think so.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36So these are Danny's medical storage jars,
0:33:36 > 0:33:40and I have to admit that these are my favourite items of Danny's.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42He'll probably get his money back and, yes,
0:33:42 > 0:33:44I think he should make a profit too.
0:33:44 > 0:33:45Well, what have we got here?
0:33:45 > 0:33:47A croquet set and the boules set.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50The thing is, he's bought them from auction in London
0:33:50 > 0:33:54and he's going to resell at auction in London.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57So we're looking at a pair of steps that are, what, maybe 50 years old.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59It's seen better days.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Estimate £20-£40?
0:34:02 > 0:34:05I don't think so. Not on this one, Danny.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10What a lovely top hat we have here.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13The thing is he's paid 130 smackeroos for it.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Now, that is too much money,
0:34:15 > 0:34:18so if you ask me, he's going to lose money on this piece.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Better for me!
0:34:20 > 0:34:22And on that note it's hammer time.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28- Good luck.- I'm not going to need it, but, I'll accept it.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31The first of our gents' items into the spotlight
0:34:31 > 0:34:33is Jonty's bronze bird.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35This is the big one.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37- It is for you.- I paid them 100 euros, so that's £80/85.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- Have you seen the estimate on it? - Yes, it's worth every penny.
0:34:40 > 0:34:45- Oh, well, we'll soon find out.- Watch it fly out of the auction room.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47- Lot number 120...- There it is.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51- Stylised Art Deco bronze bird on a marble...- Come on! Come on!
0:34:51 > 0:34:55- I'm going to start here on the internet at £1,000.- What?
0:34:55 > 0:34:59- 500 then, start me at 500. - It's not sold yet.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Got to be £100 somewhere. 100 bid, thank you.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04110, new bidder. 120, 130, madam.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08- 140 now.- It's going up a bit. - 150?- Still at the bottom end though.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11I've got £160 at the back of the room.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14- Got to be worth more than that. - 170 back in.- Oh, it's creeping up.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16- It's creeping up.- 190, Internet?
0:35:16 > 0:35:19- At 180, I'm selling.- A good start.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Wow, honestly, I was hoping for more,
0:35:22 > 0:35:23but that's the luck of the auction room.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27- You just don't know.- So the high estimate was a pipe dream,
0:35:27 > 0:35:30and after commission Jonty makes £52.15 profit.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33He's holding his nerve though as his croquet set and boules
0:35:33 > 0:35:38- go under the hammer.- I've got to be honest with you, Jonty,
0:35:38 > 0:35:40am I living in the wrong neighbourhood or what?
0:35:40 > 0:35:43I think you are, Danny, it's a very popular game.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46These owe Hitman over £68.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49- £30, 35 anywhere?- Deary me.
0:35:49 > 0:35:5235, it sounds like you've made a loss there.
0:35:52 > 0:35:57The bidders didn't play ball and Jonty makes a devastating loss of
0:35:57 > 0:36:00£56.74. A dealer's worst nightmare.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07But he gets a chance to regain his composure now as Danny is up
0:36:07 > 0:36:09next with his £15 step stool.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13This stool is the finest lot in the auction room.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17- It's the best.- I mean, I'm glad you think that, Jonty.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20I mean, let's be honest, I mean, it's practical.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22It's practically useless.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24And I've got to start here at £35, I'll take the £40 bid next.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28- What?- Straight in at 35, now that's...
0:36:28 > 0:36:29Bid, internet, if you wish to bid.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33- Keep it going.- Keep it going. - Keep it going.- 35, I have.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Excuse me, you've made a mistake, you've made a mistake.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Do you want to make that gentleman very happy? £35 I've got,
0:36:38 > 0:36:41- I'll take...- It's an error, it's a genuine error, I promise you.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44£35, I've got, are we all sure?
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- I don't believe it.- That will do me. - I'm in the wrong game.
0:36:48 > 0:36:53Well, listen, just follow my lead, you'll be OK. Follow my lead.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56I'm off, I'm off.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59- That's what I'm talking about.- Yeah, don't get too carried away, Danny,
0:36:59 > 0:37:04as after commission that's a bijou profit of just £1.37.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07Perhaps his apothecary bottles could bring in the big bucks.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10I paid just over £41.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12They should really make that money.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14It's going to be very interesting to see.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16And start me here at £100 for these.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20- Cheap.- Got to be £100 somewhere. Internet?
0:37:20 > 0:37:21Bid me 50 then?
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Internet, I can see you're hovering, bid me 50, straight in.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25- That's what I'm talking about. - £50 we've got.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28- There's one at the back.- £50.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31- GAVEL BANGS - £50.- Lovely.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Is that profit though? Cos you've got commission on top of that?
0:37:33 > 0:37:36- Don't worry about that! - You realise there's commission,
0:37:36 > 0:37:38this is not a free market, you realise.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Yes, sadly for Danny, Jonty is right,
0:37:41 > 0:37:45as after commission the bottles come in at £10.28 loss.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49With half their lots gone, both our boys are in the red,
0:37:49 > 0:37:54so the pressure's really on and Jonty is back in the spotlight.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58- Top hat.- I mean... - Top hat's cost me.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00- A top bit of kit, this, I mean... - Top bidders in the room.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03- We have two telephone bidders. - Two telephone bids!
0:38:03 > 0:38:06- Top telephone bidder start me at 80. - It's got to make about 150 quid.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10- Right.- To make a profit.- You're struggling by the looks of things.
0:38:10 > 0:38:11Do I see 85 on the second?
0:38:11 > 0:38:13- You should.- No, he's dropped out.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16- £80.- What? Dropped out at 80!
0:38:16 > 0:38:17Is there 90 anywhere else?
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Selling to the internet at 85.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Oh, I'm ever so sorry, Jonty.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25I'm not sure he's being sincere.
0:38:25 > 0:38:30Jonty loses a whopping £67.83 on the hat and a terrible pattern
0:38:30 > 0:38:34seems to have emerged. So will his £21.55 vanity
0:38:34 > 0:38:36set fail to dazzle?
0:38:36 > 0:38:37£30 in the room anywhere?
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Where shall we go?
0:38:39 > 0:38:41- £10?- What?
0:38:43 > 0:38:46£10 bid. Thank you. 15, sir? 15 bid.
0:38:46 > 0:38:4920. 25? 30. 35?
0:38:49 > 0:38:51- Tell you what... - Come along. Come on.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53£35, internet, you're out.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57He's hit with a final £5.18 loss
0:38:57 > 0:39:00after commission and that's him all sold up.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03Some were up and some were way down.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05So where I've come, I sort of think...
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Some were up, do you mean one's up?
0:39:07 > 0:39:12- Yes.- One is up and some are way down.- Yes.
0:39:12 > 0:39:13He's got a point.
0:39:13 > 0:39:18Jonty's only managed to make a profit on one item today.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20Although things don't look much better for Danny.
0:39:20 > 0:39:25He makes a miserable loss of £5.71 on his little spelter bell.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27I think that was quite shy really, to be honest,
0:39:27 > 0:39:30I would've liked to have thought that it's worth a bit more.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33This has been an auction of crushing blows for both our dealers.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37Danny's last chance at glory is his spelter knight lighter.
0:39:37 > 0:39:42It only cost him six pounds but the saleroom has been unforgiving.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45I think we're going to set the place on fire with this.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Well, you could do, but it's got no lighter fuel in it.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50- Got to be a £20 bid.- Come on, somebody, put your hand up!
0:39:50 > 0:39:53£10 then. £10 bid, thank you.
0:39:53 > 0:39:5615 at the back. £20? 25? 30 now.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58- Come on, don't be shy.- £30, no?
0:39:58 > 0:40:0125 we've got. The gavels up and I'm going to sell...
0:40:03 > 0:40:05- Merci beaucoup.- Well done.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Absolutely fabulous.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Danny dodges a third loss
0:40:10 > 0:40:13and scrapes a 55 pence profit after fees.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Well, that's the auction done and dusted and as ever the showdown
0:40:16 > 0:40:19had a sting in its tail.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23We'll reveal the victor in a moment but first let's remind ourselves of
0:40:23 > 0:40:25what they spent originally.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29Both our experts started out with £1,000 of their own money.
0:40:30 > 0:40:35Jonty splash the cash, spending £804.96,
0:40:35 > 0:40:40while Danny spent less than half his budget, £452.68.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44All of the money the gents have made from today's challenge will go to
0:40:44 > 0:40:48charities of their choice, so hold on to your hats,
0:40:48 > 0:40:51let's find out who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
0:40:51 > 0:40:53showdown champion.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57- There he is.- There you are.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00- Nice to see you again.- Always a pleasure to see you, Jonty.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03So, as far as the showdown is concerned, big hits?
0:41:03 > 0:41:06Of course you're expecting a big hit, Jonty.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08- Do you remember my tantalus? - Yes. The Bobby Moore one.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11- That was presented to Danny La Rue. - Oh, was it? Yes!
0:41:11 > 0:41:14- So a little bit special.- Yes.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16I found a collector and it was a big hit.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19- You did all right with it? - I did very well, I must admit.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Well, I was doing all right apart from the auction sale.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Do you remember the bird
0:41:23 > 0:41:25estimated £600-£800 in auction?
0:41:25 > 0:41:27- I remember, yes.- Kind of went...
0:41:27 > 0:41:30- Flew down.- I know. - So what about the chairs?
0:41:30 > 0:41:34They were sold to an upholsterer and he was going to give them to his
0:41:34 > 0:41:36apprentices so that they could do them up.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39- Fix them up.- Yeah. That worked really well, I was very pleased.
0:41:39 > 0:41:40A good profit.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42I was a little bit worried with them, to be honest.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45- So shall we see how we have done? - Let's have a look how we've done.
0:41:45 > 0:41:46One, two...
0:41:48 > 0:41:49- Oh, Jonty!- Wow!
0:41:49 > 0:41:52- I've moved on again. - You've done it again.
0:41:52 > 0:41:53So you score with Bobby Moore.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56I did score with Bobby Moore, even he were proud.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00Danny triumphs, thanks mostly to the oil painting
0:42:00 > 0:42:02and tantalus but it doesn't end there.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06Both our experts have been building up their profit pots over a week of
0:42:06 > 0:42:09challenges so who is the overall winner?
0:42:09 > 0:42:12- Right, shall we see how we've done? - Let's have a look.- Here we go.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14- One, two, three. - Oh, my word, look at that!
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- Oh, Jonty!- A massive figure.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Well, I want to shake your hand
0:42:19 > 0:42:21because I think you have done so well.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24- I'm sure it was that lucky hat. - It was this lucky hat.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Now, I'll tell you what, let's talk about the contents of that tantalus.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Let's!
0:42:30 > 0:42:32A resounding victory for daring Del Boy.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36Between them our boys have made over £4,200.
0:42:36 > 0:42:41Every last penny of which is winging its way to charity.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43My chosen charity is Blue Skye Thinking.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47Blue Skye Thinking help research into the treatment of brain tumours
0:42:47 > 0:42:49in children.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53My chosen charity is to the Rosemere Cancer Foundation.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57They provide support to patients and families in the Lancashire
0:42:57 > 0:42:59and South Cumbria areas.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03It's been a week of daring dealing and profit-hunting prowess.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06Our experts really have put their money where their mouths are
0:43:06 > 0:43:10and shown they can make a profit from buying and selling treasures
0:43:10 > 0:43:13when their own money is on the line.
0:43:13 > 0:43:14Champion!