0:00:02 > 0:00:04This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,
0:00:04 > 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 > 0:00:11Think 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 > 0:00:20- Oh, yeah!- ..putting their reputations on the line.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Ready for battle.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24They'll give you the insiders' view of the trade...
0:00:24 > 0:00:26I'm a big boy. I'm a player.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29..along with their top tips and savvy secrets.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32It's not all about what you spend. It's about what you make.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Showing 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 > 0:00:46Coming up, Eric comes over all continental...
0:00:46 > 0:00:47So French.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50A little naughty, you might say.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52..Ochuko gets carried away in the buying...
0:00:52 > 0:00:54I love it. Please!
0:00:54 > 0:00:57..and Eric tries not to scare off the customers.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01John, I'm creeping forward in trepidation here.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23The fortress town of Villeneuve-les-Avignon
0:01:23 > 0:01:27in the hills of southern France is bracing itself.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31The locals have been prepared for battle since the 14th century,
0:01:31 > 0:01:36but they never expected an antiques attack as bold as the one afoot.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39With a cloudless summer's day expected,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42this scrap is set to be a scorcher as our two commandos
0:01:42 > 0:01:45of collectables clash once more.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Blimey, it ain't half hot, Mum!
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Our first dealer to answer the call to arms
0:01:49 > 0:01:52is the sergeant major of souvenirs,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55a stiff-upper-lipped bastion of Britishness who's primed
0:01:55 > 0:01:58and ready to face the French heat.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00It's Eric "The Knowledge" Knowles.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03I am buying for Britain today.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07And ready to take the fight to foreign soils but maintain an entente cordiale
0:02:07 > 0:02:10with the locals, it's our new cadet on the block.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Any vintage item in his firing line had better take cover, and quick.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16It's Ochuko "The Hat" Ojiri.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20In francais, Ochuko le Chapeau!
0:02:20 > 0:02:24All of the profits made from selling today's items will go to
0:02:24 > 0:02:28our experts' chosen charities, so the stakes couldn't be any higher.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32This is not a drill. Repeat, this is not a drill.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35This is the early bird trying to catch the worm.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Morning, Eric. Beautiful, isn't it?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- It's lovely.- How great is it to be here?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41It's wonderful to be here in La Belle France.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43I mean, you're a regular in this part of the world?
0:02:43 > 0:02:45I'm more Italy, really.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48That's more my comfortable stomping ground to buy bits.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50I know what I'm looking for, but I don't know until I see it.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53It takes an awful lot of rooting and...
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- Is that not the fun? I like that.- I love this job.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00The painful bit is spending your own money, but hey-ho.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02It's the rules of the engagement.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- Yes!- OK.- Good luck, Eric. - Enjoy yourself.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08With £750 worth of euros to spend,
0:03:08 > 0:03:12our duelling dealers have each drawn up their battle plans.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15I'm looking for French objects.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17And by that, I'm looking for French objects
0:03:17 > 0:03:22that I'm not going to be able to find back in the UK.
0:03:22 > 0:03:23It's not an easy task,
0:03:23 > 0:03:24but I'm there and I'm going to ferret
0:03:24 > 0:03:26like there's no tomorrow.
0:03:26 > 0:03:31So, Eric's strategy is to use his surroundings to his advantage,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34while Ochuko is on a reconnaissance mission.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38What I really want do now is to just quickly spin around.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Not commit to anything.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43And just get a feel for the market.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46And is it giving off any particular vibe so far?
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- I feel a tingle. - Sacre bleu!
0:03:49 > 0:03:53It seems France is appealing to The Hat's flamboyant side.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Nice little PVC chair.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Gold, sparkly, like me.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Yes... With our boys armed with very different tastes,
0:04:01 > 0:04:04both advance deep into the market,
0:04:04 > 0:04:08but with every overseas campaign comes the element of surprise.
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Ooh-la-la!
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Another one of my brilliant French expressions.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20Ochuko's first sortie has uncovered one of the market's more colourful characters.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24He's got a curious little cabinet, and The Hat wants to know more.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25What year do you date this?
0:04:33 > 0:04:34BC!
0:04:42 > 0:04:43Um...
0:04:45 > 0:04:47(Walk away!)
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Ochuko retreats quickly, but is soon on the attack again as he spies
0:04:51 > 0:04:55an unusual folding bed, and he's all fired up.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57This is so interesting.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58It's almost like a sun bed.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Looks 1930s to me.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04And this is what I love about it. Look at this.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08And it's got age and it's all intact.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Something like this at the right price,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13I'm all over it. Something I wouldn't see in the UK.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14C'est combien?
0:05:14 > 0:05:16- 200 euro.- Ouch!
0:05:16 > 0:05:18I think I might need another tactic.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22I'm going to ask about a couple of items and maybe we can do a job lot.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Canny Ochuko knows a double deal might mean a better price,
0:05:26 > 0:05:28and thinks this vintage hostess trolley could be
0:05:28 > 0:05:30the perfect second item.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- Quel age?- It's 1950.
0:05:33 > 0:05:341950s.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36That's an interesting one.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37This, I can do 80.
0:05:37 > 0:05:3880?
0:05:38 > 0:05:41My brain's ticking. I've got to get a good price.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43- A price for the two-piece. - For the two, please.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- 200.- 200. 150?
0:05:46 > 0:05:48- 180, best price.- 180.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Let's meet, 170.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51- OK.- Thank you, sir.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Ochuko's new tactic pays off.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55His cracking double vintage deal
0:05:55 > 0:05:59secures the 1930s folding bed for just under £95
0:05:59 > 0:06:04and the 1950s hostess trolley for a smidge under £52.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Got two really great pieces.
0:06:06 > 0:06:081950s, 1930s.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Right up my street. Look at the work on this.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Beautiful iron, lovely patina.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18And these trolleys are all the trend right now back in the UK.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20And this is just so quirky.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22All intact, original.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Gorgeous pieces. So happy.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Ochuko is ahead, but there's no time to relax and soak up the rays,
0:06:28 > 0:06:30because Eric is on the prowl.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33I'm just wondering how Ochuko is getting on.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35I hope he's doing OK.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Not too OK.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Well, Eric, Ochuko is leading 2-0
0:06:40 > 0:06:44and is in his stride as he spots an unexpected collection.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Love this coral. Reminds me of a cabinet of curiosities.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Just the shapes...
0:06:48 > 0:06:52- Bonjour.- Bonjour. - Parlez-vous anglais?
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- A little bit. - A little bit. Is he from Hackney?
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Well, he's not from Paris, that's for sure.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58I love this coral.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Any information on it?
0:07:00 > 0:07:02- The thing I can tell you is the price.- Go on.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- 150 euros.- 150 euros.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07London guy...
0:07:07 > 0:07:09London prices.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10THEY CHUCKLE
0:07:10 > 0:07:14There are seven pieces on offer and Ochuko has a better deal in mind.
0:07:14 > 0:07:1510 euros apiece.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17- That's...- That's 70 euros.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19- I can't... - From a dealer to a dealer.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21I can't do that.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- Meet me in between the two.- 90.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Well, we said 80, didn't we, in between? Go on.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Well done. Thank you, sir.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- Brilliant.- You have to wrap them yourself, though.- Oh, no!
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Ochuko captures the vintage coral for just under £69,
0:07:34 > 0:07:36but can he see a profit?
0:07:36 > 0:07:37I love these bits of coral that I just bought.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40£69 for all of this
0:07:40 > 0:07:43and on a good day, I can get £69 for this one piece.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46£69 apiece is a bold claim,
0:07:46 > 0:07:51so can Eric boldly catch up with an art deco coffee set?
0:07:51 > 0:07:53That's a good shape, that.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55You know? If that was in pottery,
0:07:55 > 0:07:59it would be almost a bit of Clarice Cliff, wouldn't it?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01That very angular handle.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Nice quality. And then, there's the sugar box.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09Or as we say up north, pass me the sucriere, Mama!
0:08:09 > 0:08:12The north of where, Eric?
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- Bonjour.- Bonjour, monsieur.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Could you tell me a price?
0:08:16 > 0:08:17One, two, three, what would they...?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- 50, the three.- 50, the three.
0:08:20 > 0:08:21OK, I'll take those.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Eric's got himself a deal.
0:08:24 > 0:08:2850 euros, or just over £43 for the coffee set.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30But his work here is not done yet.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Eric's eagle eyes have spotted
0:08:32 > 0:08:34another piece of silverware, and he swoops.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37That's very Art Nouveau.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38This, I can do 40.
0:08:38 > 0:08:4040?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- 30?- 30?
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Oui. It's a French plate dish.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48It's attractive. Pure Art Nouveau, pure organic,
0:08:48 > 0:08:50and it's worth 30 euros of anybody's money.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55And 30 euros of Eric's money is £25.86 sterling.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Well, I've just gone and bought myself a very stylish French
0:08:58 > 0:09:04art deco silver-plated coffee pot with milk and sugar.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Date wise, around about 1925, 1930.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10It needs a jolly good clean.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11I'll get it gleaming,
0:09:11 > 0:09:15it will look far more desirable and obviously far more saleable.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Now, I bought this silver-plated dish
0:09:18 > 0:09:20which is obviously Art Nouveau period.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22That comes before art deco.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26We are looking at around about 1900 with something like this.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27And I assumed it was French.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31And then I turned it over and the mark is in English.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Not that this was made in England.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36It was made in the United States of America.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Um, Eric, what was your strategy?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43I'm looking for French objects.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Not a huge profit to be had there.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48I'm not quite sure what the market's like for American plated Art Nouveau
0:09:48 > 0:09:52dishes, but no doubt within the next few days, I will find out.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57So, Eric makes the score 2-3 and brings us to the halfway mark.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59So, let's find out who is charging into the lead
0:09:59 > 0:10:02and who's waving the white flag.
0:10:02 > 0:10:08From a £750 budget, Eric's bought two items and spent just under £69.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13Leaving him with just over £681 in his kitty.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Ochuko has spent considerably more -
0:10:15 > 0:10:19£215.52 on his three items.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Leaving him just over £534 for the rest of the day.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- Hi.- How are you doing?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28- Halfway there. - Yeah, we are, aren't we? Yeah.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- How are you getting on?- A slow start but I'm slowly getting there.
0:10:31 > 0:10:32- It's different.- It is.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34It's multi-various.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36It's a lovely market.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37I didn't see a lot of pottery.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39- No. No.- No.
0:10:39 > 0:10:40Ooh!
0:10:40 > 0:10:41Well, hey ho, you know.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43There is life after crockery...
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- There is.- ..you know. That's the important thing.- That's my life.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50It is your life. Problem is that there's so little time.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53- Yeah.- So don't think the rude, but it's always a pleasure.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- Move on.- Time's pressing!
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Yes, the day is getting on and both our experts have their work cut out
0:11:00 > 0:11:03if they are to escape from this mission with enough ammo
0:11:03 > 0:11:06to stand them in good stead when it's time to sell.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10So, how does the new recruit feel he's doing against the old guard?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12I don't see a lot of pottery here.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16And what I do see is maybe not the quality that Eric is used to.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19I think I've got an advantage on him there.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Well, I'm having to learn about Ochuko
0:11:21 > 0:11:23because he does keep his cards very close to his chest.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27But I think he was being absolutely genuine insofar as we are working
0:11:27 > 0:11:30very, very hard here today.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33The Knowledge and the Hat are, indeed, toiling away and next,
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Ochuko spies something that's right up his street,
0:11:37 > 0:11:38a mid-century hatstand.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41I think you're going to start to notice a bit of a theme.
0:11:41 > 0:11:46'50s, colours, screams at me.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49At the right price, I can do very well with this in my London market.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Let me try and find out how much it is.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- How much?- Er, 100.- 100 euros.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Petit small, small. Please, please.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Oh, where's he gone?
0:12:05 > 0:12:07I love it. Please!
0:12:09 > 0:12:1145? So I can sell.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- It's a good price.- 70.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17So, she put 70.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19We're nearly there. We are close.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20This... Please, one more, one more.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21You won't mind.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24One more.
0:12:26 > 0:12:27You are very, er...
0:12:32 > 0:12:33Yes!
0:12:33 > 0:12:34Thank you very much.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37So, 65 euros.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Ochuko they're proving it really can help to get down on your knees
0:12:40 > 0:12:44and beg as he hangs 65 euros, or just over £56 on the hatstand.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48What a lovely item.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Hatstand. It's like a harp.
0:12:50 > 0:12:521950s harp.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Something I wouldn't find in the UK.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55Very happy to find it here.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Look at these.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Gorgeous colours.
0:12:59 > 0:13:00Tactile item.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01It's not a lot to do to it.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03It needs a bit of a clean-up.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04I love the age.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06I think this old clothesline could do with a little bit
0:13:06 > 0:13:10of a spruce up, but apart from that, it's good to go.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13I can see in a lovely east London hallway.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Finally got somewhere to hang my hat.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21It might be better to keep your hat on as with the sun creeping higher,
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Eric's getting rather hot under the collar.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28Oh, I like those. Somebody being somewhat coquettish.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30So French.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34A little naughty, you might say, but still demure.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Interestingly enough...
0:13:37 > 0:13:40The artist here is called Casanova.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Casanove, anyway.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Paris 1927.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Yeah, don't doubt that one.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Anyone for tennis?
0:13:48 > 0:13:49Don't you love that? Yes.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52More Virginia Wade, I think, than Andy Murray.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- 120.- 120.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Do I want those? Yes, I want those.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Oui. Oui, oui, oui. Merci beaucoup.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Eric is clearly quite taken by the cheeky French Mademoiselles,
0:14:07 > 0:14:12shelling out just over £103 for the pair of pastel sketches.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Well, I don't normally go for graphic things,
0:14:15 > 0:14:17but this is all original.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19It's not a print.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Um... And I like the frame.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23It's not burr wood.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27It's all been done to resemble burwood...on both of them.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Does it matter?
0:14:28 > 0:14:32No. They're good, they're stylish, they're ready to hang.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34What more could you want?
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Eric's French flappers flip his number of buys up to three,
0:14:38 > 0:14:40but he's still trailing behind Ochuko.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Maybe he can draw even with this glass dish.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Oh, Schneider.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Very interesting.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52This is probably around about 1925, 1930.
0:14:52 > 0:14:53I love this frosted effect.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- Bonjour.- Bonjour.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03OK.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Monsieur. Merci beaucoup.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07And without even the merest whiff of a haggle,
0:15:07 > 0:15:10the decorative plate is Eric's for just over £86.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Not cheap, but will it serve up a profit?
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Well, I've gone down the art deco route once again
0:15:17 > 0:15:20with a piece of glass that, from a distance,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22I felt sure was going to be by Daum.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24D-A-U-M.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Now, they are a maker in Nancy.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28But when I turned it over, I find the name Schneider,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31which is a good glass-maker.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34I'm not normally happy to spend money, but I was very happy to spend
0:15:34 > 0:15:35100 euros on this dish.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40I think it's got potential, with a capital P.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Eric's P purchase makes it 4-all,
0:15:43 > 0:15:49until Ochuko finds a vintage TV unit with a T and V.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52He turns on and tunes in, buying it for just under £69,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55then drops out with his final item.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56So, what's he got?
0:15:56 > 0:16:00I think what's really working for me in this market, in a sea of brown,
0:16:00 > 0:16:05these beautiful bright mid-century colours are really singing to me.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Look at that yellow primary, look at the blue.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10So strong.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Classic 1950s.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Back in those days, you put your magazines down there,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17you put your big TV on here.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20It's all original. It's all in good condition.
0:16:20 > 0:16:25And in my market, I think I can get anything from 250 to 300 for that.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Maybe a bit optimistic, but watch me.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32Ochuko's finished spending, and just in the nick of time.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33Everybody is packing up, going home.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Midday sun is beating down.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40I'm all bought up. Started strong, ended strong.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Eric, on the other hand, is still beavering away and he needs to get
0:16:43 > 0:16:44a wriggle on.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47So far, my strategy has been working.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50I've been buying some good objects, I'm very happy with the prices I've paid.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53So I now go into the final phase.
0:16:53 > 0:16:58I have to buy more and so I am going to go into what I call
0:16:58 > 0:17:00desperation phase!
0:17:00 > 0:17:04Yes, it looks like it's D-Day for Eric, but being such a seasoned campaigner,
0:17:04 > 0:17:07he knows that some of the best bargains can be bagged
0:17:07 > 0:17:10at the very end of the day.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13What have you got here that you think should have sold today?
0:17:13 > 0:17:17Traders really don't want to take their unsold stock home again,
0:17:17 > 0:17:20so Eric is wisely using this to his advantage.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24The seller directs him towards an antique fishing basket.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27I've seen these. Looks like it's got some age to it, this.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31A creel. Ooh!
0:17:31 > 0:17:33120. That's a bit heavy.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37Bonjour. You must have very little fish in France.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Could you stick a fish in there?
0:17:39 > 0:17:41You are obliged to fish a special size.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Bigger. So if it goes in there, you cannot keep it.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Oh, is that it? Oh, I see.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48How old is this? Do you know?
0:17:48 > 0:17:52- How old?- I think beginning of the 20th century.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Yeah. Um... What is your best?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Your demi prix?
0:17:56 > 0:17:57Your demi, demi prix?
0:17:57 > 0:18:01- 100.- I'm going to take a risk on this because, do you know,
0:18:01 > 0:18:04I don't really know what that's worth.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07I just think it's an interesting object.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09In for a penny, in for 100 euros.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Yeah. Let's see what I've got.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14Goodbye, old friend.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Eric nets the fishing basket for just over £86
0:18:19 > 0:18:21and he's all bought up.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23And a little puzzled.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25What have I bought?
0:18:25 > 0:18:26I mean, living dangerously.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31I've bought myself quite a handsome, I think, woven basket fishing...
0:18:31 > 0:18:33They're called a creel, aren't they?
0:18:33 > 0:18:34It's got some age to it.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38I dare say this could have been around in the early part
0:18:38 > 0:18:40of the 20th century. I'm very happy with it.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42I mean, whether I paid too much or not, I don't know.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44And on top of that,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47it all got better because the lady I just bought it from
0:18:47 > 0:18:49gave me a fishing line!
0:18:49 > 0:18:53Anyway, she said the Mediterranean was that way.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56What she didn't say was that it was 45 kilometres away.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00And as Eric sets off for sea, the buying battle of
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Villeneuve-les-Avignon is over.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04But there's just time to tot up the totals.
0:19:06 > 0:19:11They both started the day with £750 worth of their own euros to spend.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Eric hopes his five finds will have that foreign flair
0:19:14 > 0:19:16that he was looking for.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20His total spend was £344.83.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23But Ochuko hopes his portfolio will win the day.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27His five sellables cost him £340.52.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Time for a bit of show and tell.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31- Hey!- Eric!
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- Good to see you again. - Got there!- We did!
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Hot work. Still is, isn't it?
0:19:36 > 0:19:40I want to know what you paid for that very nice little trolley there.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Lovely, isn't it? Roundabout £50.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45- Is that all?- Yes, I think I've done well with that. Yeah.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48That would have been a very expensive item when it was new.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50It's going to be an expensive item now.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52And what about a good night's sleep?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Do you think you'll get a good night's sleep on that sort of camp bed?
0:19:55 > 0:19:57I just love it. It's all original.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Well, I'd like to give it a try, but I mean, how long does it extend?
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Enough for you, not for me.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03OK. All right.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07Well, I can't compete with the organic side.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Although I can now go fishing.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Yeah, fishing for customers.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Well, I'm going to... I stuck my neck out with this.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18That cost me the equivalent of about £87.
0:20:18 > 0:20:19Where would you find it in the UK?
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Well, probably on the shoulder of a fisherman.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24It will be now.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28But I did go very much with the art deco, with my dish.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31That's by a firm called Schneider, a very good glass-maker.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- Where would you date that? - About 1930s.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- Yeah.- Thereabouts. - Nice smoked glass.- Yeah.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- Three years earlier, 1927... - These, I like these.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41I particularly like this lady.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- She is very coquettish, isn't she? - Yes, she is.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46So, I think it is fair to say...
0:20:46 > 0:20:48We've both done OK, haven't we?
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- We came, we saw and we conquered. - We did.
0:20:56 > 0:21:01And so, our French foragers make a sharp exit back to Blighty,
0:21:01 > 0:21:04leaving the Continent behind in order to see what wide range
0:21:04 > 0:21:07of opportunities they can cook up at home.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10They must both now attempt to turn their goods into gain,
0:21:10 > 0:21:14selling them for profit that's destined for their chosen charities.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18In his London lair, Ochuko is planning ahead.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21I love France. I got absolutely amazing pieces.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26My mid-century TV stand has been repainted but very true to the time.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28It could be a shop display.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Someone may even use it as a desk.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31Love this coat stand.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36I considered changing these strings, but in my experience,
0:21:36 > 0:21:40people that collect these kind of items want them all to be original.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Out of everything that I bought in France, this is my favourite.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Done some research on it.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47And it is actually called a cabinetta.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48Early 20th century.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51They were used for military campaigns.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55A real high-ranking officer would have this as his camp bed.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59What a brilliant way to rest your head in quite a traumatic situation.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02My coral. Very rare and valuable thing.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04A lot of people would love this in their home.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07People just have it on the side, people use it as bookends.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11Now, all I've got to do is sell it, and that's the difficult bit.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14And he's also got to find a buyer for the vintage trolley.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18In his High Wycombe kitchen, Eric is cooking up plans.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Well, of all the buying venues,
0:22:20 > 0:22:25I've got to admit that my favourite is the overseas market.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Took a bit of a flyer, I went out and I bought myself a fishing creel.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32A French fishing creel. What did I pay for it?
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Probably a tad too much.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38I boldly went where I shouldn't have gone in my right mind,
0:22:38 > 0:22:42but having said that, it's still a nice saleable object
0:22:42 > 0:22:44to the right person.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46But my favourite items have got to be
0:22:46 > 0:22:50my two drawings by a man called Casanove.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54He is listed and he seems to have been a very proficient
0:22:54 > 0:22:59commercial artist, working in France, I think in Paris,
0:22:59 > 0:23:02during the 1920s and the 1930s.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04The silver-plated tea set is art deco.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08You can tell that by the sort of cubistic shape, the panel forms.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12The use of what appears to be a Makassar-type ebony.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14I intend to polish this up
0:23:14 > 0:23:19and once that is gleaming, it will look the money.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21And Eric will also be looking for money
0:23:21 > 0:23:23from his silver Art Nouveau bowl
0:23:23 > 0:23:26and glass art deco dish.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29And so both our experts apply the necessary elbow grease,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32along with the leg, phone and web work
0:23:32 > 0:23:34to find the match for each item.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37They'll both try to turn their purchases into profit,
0:23:37 > 0:23:40but no deal is sealed until they've shaken on it
0:23:40 > 0:23:42and the money's changed hands.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45And first off the mark is Eric,
0:23:45 > 0:23:49who's in Kent, hoping to sell his pastel mademoiselles.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53I'm going to show them to a man that I know for a fact recognises
0:23:53 > 0:23:56good, freehand drawing when he sees it,
0:23:56 > 0:23:58so, fingers crossed, we can do a deal.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02The pictures cost Eric just over £103,
0:24:02 > 0:24:06so will fine art dealer Ashton help him draw out a profit?
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Ashton, hi. Good to see you.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11- Good to see you.- And you too. And you too. I come...
0:24:11 > 0:24:13I'd like to say I come bearing gifts,
0:24:13 > 0:24:16but I come bearing two women, in actual fact.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19- Really? Wow!- At first glance, you might think,
0:24:19 > 0:24:24that's an interesting print, but if you look very carefully...
0:24:24 > 0:24:26it is a drawing. This one is a bit more lively.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30- As in, anyone for tennis? - Right. OK.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33My tennis player has got a wonderful sense of movement,
0:24:33 > 0:24:37but as for this girl, there's a sort of demure, if I might even say
0:24:37 > 0:24:39sensuality about her.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40I love the styling of it.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Very confident line, as well.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45And dated, it's by the same artist.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I'm amazed that they are by the same hand.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49- They look so different.- Yeah.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Sort of thing you'd be interested in?
0:24:51 > 0:24:53I would. They are jolly nice quality.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56I can see that hanging in a little boudoir somewhere.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00- Me too. Me too.- And that in the games room.- Yes. Exactly.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03I reckon them around about 250, maybe a bit more.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- Gosh, wow!- We'll start at 250. That's for two.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Two originals.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11I would be looking more at the sort of 140-ish.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Right. I'll go down to 190.
0:25:14 > 0:25:19- Go on.- I think we'd need to go to about 160.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21We'll split the difference. 170.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22- 170, OK.- 170?
0:25:22 > 0:25:24- Yeah.- It's a deal.
0:25:25 > 0:25:30That's a profit of £66.55 for the two pictures.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35It was difficult to say au revoir to my two mademoiselles,
0:25:35 > 0:25:40but a profit is a profit. So, bonne chance, mademoiselles.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42The Hat is hoping for his first sale
0:25:42 > 0:25:46as he arrives in London's hip and happening Hackney.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50I'm here with my lovely 1950s atomic coat stand.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52I don't want to sell it but I've got to.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53I paid about £56.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55I'd love to double my money.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00So, Ochuko's got profitable aspirations for his retro stand,
0:26:00 > 0:26:03but will vintage shop and bar owner Hannah agree?
0:26:04 > 0:26:06It's a coat stand. I call it a hatstand.
0:26:06 > 0:26:07Of course you would.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10How old would you say this is?
0:26:10 > 0:26:11- To me, it's '50s.- OK.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- What would you say? - I would say the same.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17I have seen reproductions, but this kind of looks like the genuine article.
0:26:17 > 0:26:18This is what I love -
0:26:18 > 0:26:21to find something in such original condition.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24We're always looking for interesting ways of displaying things.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26- Yes.- We are a music venue at nights, so it's quite useful for people
0:26:26 > 0:26:29- to have somewhere to put their coats and hats.- Yeah, brilliant.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32So it might be something that we could accommodate.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34I'll be really straight. I wanted to go 180.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Ooh!
0:26:37 > 0:26:40But I'm going to start 165.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42- It's...- I've done your bit already.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46It's a bit steep. You have, you bargained yourself down, I like it.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48I know. It'll be £40.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52I'll just shut up. I mean, I'd hoped to be around the £100 mark.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54- £100, OK.- It is something I'm going to use.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57So, in that sense, I can justify spending a bit on it,
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- more than I would if I was going to be resell it.- Yes.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02What about if we say...
0:27:02 > 0:27:04130?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07120 and I could definitely meet you.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Let's say 125. In the middle. Brilliant.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11- Thank you so much. - Thank YOU so much.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Ochuko makes a profit of almost £69 for his first sale,
0:27:15 > 0:27:17making it one all in terms of sales
0:27:17 > 0:27:21and giving him the slight edge in terms of money made.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23I virtually doubled my money.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26I've got nowhere to hang my hat, but I've made a great profit.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28I don't know how the Knowledge is doing though.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Actually, Ochuko, Eric is in Kent,
0:27:30 > 0:27:35embarking on a journey into the world of art deco.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36Well, this is Westerham,
0:27:36 > 0:27:40and for years this has been something of an antique centre.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42But today a lot of people deal online,
0:27:42 > 0:27:45so it's always nice to have the opportunity
0:27:45 > 0:27:48to go into an antique shop or a gallery.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51I'm here to meet John, and he specialises in art deco.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54And I've got one very special art deco dish.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57So I'm off to do a deal.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00The dish owes him just over £86,
0:28:00 > 0:28:04so will art deco specialist John want to plate him up a profit?
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- John, hello. Hello, hello. - Eric, great to see you.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10- How are you?- Nice piece of furniture that, isn't it?- Thank you.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Yes, that's a modern burr walnut.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Talking about quality, John,
0:28:14 > 0:28:18I've brought what I think is very much a quality glass dish.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Now, who would you have thought would have made this?
0:28:21 > 0:28:23First impression would be Daum, something like that.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Daum? Absolutely.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26That's exactly what I thought.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29- Yeah.- And then I turned it over
0:28:29 > 0:28:31- and it says Schneider.- Oh, right.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33I've never seen a piece of Schneider glass like this before.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35No, more colourful usually, isn't it?
0:28:35 > 0:28:38Date-wise, I think it's probably round about 1930.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Yeah. There or thereabouts, absolutely.
0:28:40 > 0:28:41And it's in great condition as well.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44It's a bit of a statement, when you see them
0:28:44 > 0:28:47on a good art deco piece of furniture.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49One lifts the other.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51- Absolutely.- Let's have a look.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54Yeah, subtle. That is subtle, isn't it?
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Well, I have to say, it does complement it very well.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00It does do that. In a modern context, it just works,
0:29:00 > 0:29:02particularly with the more geometric detail to it.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05Yes. So, would this be on your shopping list?
0:29:05 > 0:29:07- Absolutely. No, it's just got to be the right price, Eric.- OK.
0:29:07 > 0:29:12I was wanting somewhere around about the 300 mark for it.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Yeah... I mean, that's not far away from a retail price.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18So I'm looking at, say, 175.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21- Is that too far for you?- I would...
0:29:21 > 0:29:26I would be happier if we could get nearer the two.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27I'm happy to do the two.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30- You're happy to do two? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's worth it.
0:29:30 > 0:29:31Good lad. Excellent. Well done.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33- Thank you, Eric. - Thank you very much.
0:29:33 > 0:29:38Eric makes an impressive profit of almost £114 for the dish.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Well, I think it's fair to say that I've made quite a good profit there
0:29:41 > 0:29:44but the main thing is that John is also left
0:29:44 > 0:29:47with an object from which he will also make a good profit.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50And in my business, that's the name of the game.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Yes, Eric makes the biggest profit so far
0:29:53 > 0:29:56and sends the ball flying back into Ochuko's court.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59So, from the charming market town of Westerham
0:29:59 > 0:30:01to super-stylish east London.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Back in my home turf of Dalston,
0:30:03 > 0:30:07I've come to one of the hippest hairdressers on the strip,
0:30:07 > 0:30:09and I'm going to sell them my trolley.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13You may think, drinks trolley, hairdressers? Watch this.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16The drinks trolley cost Ochuko almost £52,
0:30:16 > 0:30:19so will salon owner Andy want it
0:30:19 > 0:30:22and will he think about getting his hair cut?
0:30:22 > 0:30:24I've got something perfect for you.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26I know that you serve your customers drinks.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29- You're all about customer service. - That is a big part, yeah.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32- So, I've got a drinks trolley.- Nice.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35- How old is this?- I was told, as I bought it, 1950s.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38- OK.- But the more I've looked into it, I think it could be even 1930s.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42- All right.- This style, with the wrought iron, is a bit earlier.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44And I just... I love the oxidisation.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- I love the green.- Yeah, man, I love the colour.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Like you said, it's nice oxidation.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Perfect to serve, like, a cocktail or a fruit smoothie.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56I think it would be perfect, yeah.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58- How much do you want?- 200.
0:30:58 > 0:30:59200?
0:31:00 > 0:31:04Well, I was more hoping for half of that, £100, my friend.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06£100.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08I want you do have it. Let's say 175.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- 120...- 120.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13165?
0:31:13 > 0:31:15150, I'll have it straightaway.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Can you put a fiver on for luck?
0:31:17 > 0:31:19155?
0:31:19 > 0:31:21- Let's call it 160.- 160!
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Look at that! That's how you make a profit.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Indeed it is.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32That's a top profit of just over £108 for the trolley.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36While Ochuko is plying his trade in the Big Smoke,
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Eric's art deco pilgrimage continues
0:31:38 > 0:31:42and it's led him, and his polished-up silver coffee set,
0:31:42 > 0:31:46that cost just over £43, to the door of a man named Bevis.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49I feel a little bit like a time traveller because I'm surrounded by
0:31:49 > 0:31:54wonderful early-medieval buildings in the Hospital of St Cross,
0:31:54 > 0:31:56just outside Winchester.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00Now, I'm here to meet a gentleman who in the late 1960s wrote
0:32:00 > 0:32:02the very first book in English on art deco.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05So, if Eric is the Prince of Porcelain,
0:32:05 > 0:32:09Bevis is the Godfather of Art Deco.
0:32:09 > 0:32:10Well, I have to admit, Bevis,
0:32:10 > 0:32:13that you have always been a mentor to me.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17In the early days when I became interested in deco,
0:32:17 > 0:32:21your books were the only ones that were available at that stage.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Thank you very much, Eric.
0:32:23 > 0:32:28I wrote the first book on art deco when I was 28, in 1968.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30And I've still got a bit of art deco.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33Well, in all fairness, I've brought a few bits of deco.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36That's rather stylish. And French, I imagine.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38It is French. So, Bevis, what do you think?
0:32:38 > 0:32:43Well, I've always liked the later phase of art deco.
0:32:43 > 0:32:48I regard deco as essentially domesticated Cubism.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52And to me, Cubism doesn't belong in the frames, as pictures,
0:32:52 > 0:32:54it belongs in objects like this.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57And I think they are marvellous.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00So, what sort of price are you looking for?
0:33:00 > 0:33:05Well, I was thinking around about the 120 mark.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08I would be more in line for £80.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Do you think we might nudge it one more £10 note?
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Do you think we might get 90 for it?
0:33:13 > 0:33:16- I'd agree to that.- You'd agree to 90. Shake, OK.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20That's a profit of almost £47 for the coffee set.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24It's been a great privilege actually
0:33:24 > 0:33:27to meet up again with the great Bevis Hillier
0:33:27 > 0:33:32and the cherry on top of the cake is - I doubled my money.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34And the end of Eric's art deco journey
0:33:34 > 0:33:36brings us to the halfway mark of ours.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39So, let's see who is at the top of the leaderboard
0:33:39 > 0:33:42and who is at the bottom of the pile.
0:33:42 > 0:33:47So far, Eric has sold three items and made a profit of £227.24.
0:33:47 > 0:33:53Ochuko has only shifted two, but has made £177.25.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56So, Eric is in the lead, but there's plenty more work
0:33:56 > 0:34:00for both our boys to do, and it's still very much anyone's game.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Eric is all wellied up and hoping to cast a line
0:34:03 > 0:34:07and haul in some more profits with his next sale.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Well, I'm actually crossing the River Itchen,
0:34:10 > 0:34:14which is one of Hampshire's wonderful chalk streams.
0:34:14 > 0:34:15I'm here to meet John Hotchkiss.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18Now, he's an expert on fly fishing.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22I'm hoping he's going to take an interest in my wicker creel
0:34:22 > 0:34:26and obviously I'm hoping that I'm going to hook myself a sale.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29# Gone fishing
0:34:30 > 0:34:34# By a shady-wadey pool... #
0:34:34 > 0:34:38The fishing basket cost Eric just over £86,
0:34:38 > 0:34:39but will John bite?
0:34:41 > 0:34:43John, I'm creeping forward in trepidation here.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47Only because I know you can't startle the fish, can you?
0:34:47 > 0:34:50- Yes.- Good to see you anyway. - Yeah, good to see you.
0:34:50 > 0:34:51This is the fishing creel.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54- That's rather nice. - You have a handle of it.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56You can see that...
0:34:57 > 0:35:00..it's got what almost looks like an army issue canvas strap.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05- Yeah.- I mean, date-wise, I'm thinking maybe '30s...
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Yeah, I would have said that. Mid '20s, '30s.
0:35:08 > 0:35:14This is so splendid because I've got a lot of split cane rods,
0:35:14 > 0:35:18older rods, but that would sit perfectly in my fishing room.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21This is music to my ears. It really is.
0:35:21 > 0:35:22Well, I mean,
0:35:22 > 0:35:26my opening gambit on something like this would be £140,
0:35:26 > 0:35:28- something like that.- OK.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31I think I would be prepared to pay about...
0:35:31 > 0:35:34- 85.- 85.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38Let's say 120, are we getting anywhere near the mark, or...?
0:35:38 > 0:35:41- 90?- 90.- How does that sound?
0:35:41 > 0:35:45If we can just round that up to £100...
0:35:45 > 0:35:48- OK.- ..I think we've got a deal.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50- Eric, you've got a deal.- OK.
0:35:50 > 0:35:55Eric catches a tiddler of a profit, making just shy of £14.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59So, he has just one item to go - the silver dish.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01In London, Ochuko still has three,
0:36:01 > 0:36:03but he's hoping to sell two in one next,
0:36:03 > 0:36:08as he arrives at Spitalfields market with the vintage coral and TV stand.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12Together, the items owe him just under £138
0:36:12 > 0:36:15and he's visiting the shop where he used to work,
0:36:15 > 0:36:19in the hopes of squeezing a profit out of his old mentor, Fiona.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22It's just great to be back, you know. It's been a long time.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25This is where I've really learned to do what I've done.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28- I know, you've set it out. - I've set it out neatly for you.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32So, what do you think? It's a 1950s TV stand.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34It's something you can retail or a great display.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37Yeah. It pops out. It would be more of a prop for the shop.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39- Yeah.- It looks great.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41And as you know, coral is so on trend.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44And it's just... Look how sculptural it is.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46- Just how different... Different pieces.- Yes.
0:36:46 > 0:36:47Like you said, it's on trend.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50- Yeah.- We've got a little fish story going on.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53And we're going to continue that in our autumn/winter season.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56So, it's something that would fit in with what we do, definitely.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58OK. So, let's talk money.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02- What are you saying? - Let me go individual first.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06The coral, I want 200 for the lot.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10That'll be a bit of a struggle for us to sell it on at that price.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12I'm thinking maybe 120.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15I'm thinking 150.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18- 135.- 135.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21OK. We've got 135 for the coral, possibly.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25This desk... I think 190.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27I was thinking more 130.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30OK, 130. So that's 265 for both.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32It's lower than what I wanted.
0:37:34 > 0:37:35310.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38And that is pushing me.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41You're skinning me. Round figures. You know I like round figures.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43£300, you've got a deal.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Come on, you want to do it. Come on.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Yeah. Very happy with that.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50So, Ochuko makes just over £81 on the vintage coral
0:37:50 > 0:37:53and the same again on the TV stand.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55And he rounds off his sales in Taunton
0:37:55 > 0:37:58where he sells his camp bed to Sir Benjamin Slade,
0:37:58 > 0:38:01who hires out his family home for large events.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04Could possibly be very practical for the wedding business, yes.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Agreeing £150 for the bed,
0:38:06 > 0:38:10Ochuko makes a final profit of a shade over £55.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Thank you very much. Gentleman.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15Ochuko's splendid sale means he's all done.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21But Eric is also surrounded by splendour for his final sale.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Well, I'm in one of the many hallowed corridors
0:38:24 > 0:38:26of Cliveden house here in Berkshire.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30I'm here to hopefully do a deal on my American silver dish
0:38:30 > 0:38:35because there is a strong American connection with this stately home.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39Yes, it used to belong to a notable American family.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43Whether that will help Eric find a profit on the £23 it cost him
0:38:43 > 0:38:46from general manager Sue remains to be seen.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50The house itself, tell me, when did it all start?
0:38:50 > 0:38:53So, there's 350 years' worth of history.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55So, 1666, Duke of Buckingham.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57So he was the first to build here.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00But I think the period in time which is really so very interesting is
0:39:00 > 0:39:03really the Astors. So, so, first bought by William Waldorf Astor,
0:39:03 > 0:39:05wealthiest man in America.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08He came over with his family and bought this house in 1893.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10Queen Victoria was not impressed...
0:39:10 > 0:39:12- No?- ..that it had gone to an American.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14- Dreadful!- Well, for me,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17I have to say I would probably look at this piece as something of...
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Well, a piece of Americana.
0:39:19 > 0:39:24But when you look at it, it is pure French Art Nouveau.
0:39:24 > 0:39:29Stylistically, something like this, you would say dated to about 1900.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32It is only plate, but it is quite a rarity.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35- Do you just want to have a...?- It's a very attractive piece, isn't it?
0:39:35 > 0:39:38And I might imagine a house like this would have had
0:39:38 > 0:39:40a great store of silver, once upon a time.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43In fact, we still have a room below stairs
0:39:43 > 0:39:45which we know to be the silver room.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49I just saw that as... winging its way to Cliveden...
0:39:49 > 0:39:51- Something that might sit here? - Yeah, I did.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54Do you have an idea of what the value of this might be?
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Well, I've got a starting price.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01I thought that it would probably be in the region of maybe £80
0:40:01 > 0:40:04- or thereabouts. - Well, I was wondering
0:40:04 > 0:40:07if that might be somewhere nearer 45.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- I was wondering.- What about £55?
0:40:10 > 0:40:14Well, I think, at 55, I'd be pleased to have that in the house.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16- You would.- I would. I think we can agree on that.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19- Well, I want you to be pleased, Sue. OK?- I am.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Eric makes a smidge over £29 on the dish
0:40:21 > 0:40:24and brings the selling to an end.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27Well, I've had a fascinating time here
0:40:27 > 0:40:30learning about the Astors, and in all fairness,
0:40:30 > 0:40:34I don't think I will ever look at Cliveden house again
0:40:34 > 0:40:36with the same eyes.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38And on top of that, I actually managed
0:40:38 > 0:40:40to make a reasonable profit on my dish.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43So, all that remains now is to find out
0:40:43 > 0:40:44who made a mountain of profit
0:40:44 > 0:40:47and who is left with a molehill of despair.
0:40:47 > 0:40:52They both started the day with £750 worth of their own euros to spend.
0:40:52 > 0:40:57Eric bought five items and spent a total of £344.83p.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00Ochuko matched the number bought, but spent slightly less,
0:41:00 > 0:41:04picking up five for £340.52p.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06But all that matters now is the bottom line.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09All of the money that Eric and Ochuko have made
0:41:09 > 0:41:10will go to charities of their choice,
0:41:10 > 0:41:12so let's find out who is today's
0:41:12 > 0:41:15Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19- Hiya, Eric. How are you doing? We've made it.- We've made it.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21We have as well, yeah.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24So, quite an experience, buying over in La Belle France.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28I loved it. What I liked is that maybe trends that we have here,
0:41:28 > 0:41:29they don't have there.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32So it's a good opportunity to make money, to make a good profit.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35- That's what I found. - So, what was your favourite sale?
0:41:35 > 0:41:41I did very well on that 1930s, I think, actually, drinks trolley.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43- Oh, I like that.- A lovely thing. I made a great profit on it.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46- A lot of work in that, wasn't it? - Yeah, really ornate.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50- How about you?- Well, my art deco silver-plated coffee set,
0:41:50 > 0:41:54sold it to a mentor of mine called Bevis Hillier.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56- Did he love it?- Yeah, he did.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59And I was really pleased that he wanted it.
0:41:59 > 0:42:00He really did want it.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03- So, shall we see how we got on? - Shall we see? I'm curious.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06- I'm scared.- OK, well, don't worry,
0:42:06 > 0:42:09as they say in certain movies, we're all scared, son.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12OK. One, two, three.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15- Whoa!- The boy got there.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17- He came good.- He did.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- That's a healthy profit, isn't it? - That is a healthy profit.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22- A very healthy profit. - I think we've both done well there.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Well, I think, all things being equal,
0:42:24 > 0:42:28- I'm game to do another one in La Belle France, aren't you? - I'd love to go right now.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Yes, Ochuko takes it again
0:42:30 > 0:42:32because even though Eric took the single highest profit
0:42:32 > 0:42:36on the glass dish, Ochuko made more overall.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Wow! Can't quite believe that.
0:42:40 > 0:42:45I won by not a massive margin, Eric made a very respectable profit,
0:42:45 > 0:42:49but to beat someone of his knowledge and his stature is just an honour.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52So, I'm staring into the jaws of defeat,
0:42:52 > 0:42:55but it wasn't by a huge margin.
0:42:55 > 0:42:56And full credit to the new boy.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58I think he did very well,
0:42:58 > 0:43:02because that really was a tough French market.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04But Eric gets to fight once more
0:43:04 > 0:43:06when he takes on his opponent on his own turf,
0:43:06 > 0:43:10as they go head-to-head at the auction tomorrow.