0:00:02 > 0:00:03This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,
0:00:03 > 0:00:06the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts
0:00:06 > 0:00:10against each other in an all-out battle for profit.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11I think it is a bargain.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Each day, one pair of duelling dealers
0:00:15 > 0:00:16will face a mighty challenge.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17Oh, yeah.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Putting their reputations on the line...
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Ready for battle.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24..they'll give you the insider's view of the trade.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26I'm a big boy, I'm a player.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Along 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 > 0:00:38- It really is war. - ..from buying and selling.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39You've got to be in there like a whippet.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Coming up, Chuko panics in the auction room.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Real sinking feeling and a feeling of desperation,
0:00:47 > 0:00:49to be brutally honest.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Eric's eye is firmly in the past.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Victoriana, so not now, but am I bothered? No.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59And Chuko broadens his customer base.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00What do you think? Good?
0:01:00 > 0:01:01Have I done well?
0:01:01 > 0:01:03This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Ladies and gentlemen, prepare for a galactic clash
0:01:21 > 0:01:25as a pair of antiques experts fight the ultimate battle to buy,
0:01:25 > 0:01:29sell and make interstellar profits for their chosen charities.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Our first contender is a man with such gravity
0:01:32 > 0:01:36that his rivals burn up in his atmosphere.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38It's Eric 'The Knowledge' Knowles.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Let the battle commence, you might say.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45He is on a meteoritic collision course with greatness as he enters
0:01:45 > 0:01:49his rival's orbit. It is Ochuko 'The Hat' Ojiri.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51It's going to be me knocking him out.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Our pair have boldly arrived
0:01:53 > 0:01:55at Reeman Dansie auction house in Colchester,
0:01:55 > 0:01:59where they'll be putting their own money on the line.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01This truly promises to be an antiques contest
0:02:01 > 0:02:03that is out of this world.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06But who will come out on top?
0:02:06 > 0:02:08- Good morning.- Morning, Eric.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10- How you doing?- Very well, sir.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11What are you like with auctions, then?
0:02:11 > 0:02:14It's not my thing. But I'm going to have a real good look.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16I don't want come over as being smug,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19but there's so many fantastic things in there
0:02:19 > 0:02:20if you know where to look.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22- LAUGHING:- When you know what you're doing.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25That being said, we've got how much to spend?
0:02:25 > 0:02:28- £1,000?- Yes, but it's not really, because you've got to bear in mind
0:02:28 > 0:02:31that you can spend about 800 of that,
0:02:31 > 0:02:34the rest goes in your buyer's premium and all that stuff.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36I don't think there's £800 to spend in there.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39- Oh, you don't? Really?- Let's see.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41I might have to borrow some from you, then.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45So, remember, the motto today is - don't worry, be happy.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46Be hatty.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48THEY LAUGH
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Yes, as you might expect, two contrasting approaches.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55For Eric, an auction house is like putting on a pair of well-worn slippers.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Chuko is way out of his comfort zone.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03It's not my natural habitat, I don't blend in here.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04City boy hits the country.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10But before the bidding begins, our contestants consider the path ahead.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12This is a very diverse sale.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15So I'm going to have to spread my net far and wide.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17In other words, I will take into account
0:03:17 > 0:03:22ceramics, furniture, pictures, textiles.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25So Eric's keeping an open mind and Chuko, too,
0:03:25 > 0:03:27seems to be warming to the auction room.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32The more I've looked around here, the more optimistic I'm getting.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35There is no way I won't find something here.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37There's always a diamond in the rough.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43And, sure enough, he quickly spots a possible diamond.
0:03:43 > 0:03:49A nest of tables with a guide price of 20 to £40.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51These are really interesting to me.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Pull one out.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59Strong British company - G Plan.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02For me, it's a feeling, it's the colours. It's the palette.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05These tiles scream the '50s, and for my market,
0:04:05 > 0:04:07that is absolutely perfect.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11There's a little-known scene called granny chic that's really come into
0:04:11 > 0:04:13fashion and these are bang-on-trend.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17From granny chic to the grandaddy of ceramics,
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Eric has found a porcelain figure he likes the look of.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Well, this is an interesting figure insofar as,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26in the catalogue, it says Charles Vyse.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Charles Vyse was a potter doing figures similar to this,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33down in Chelsea.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37It's quality insofar as the way it's all been hand-painted.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Quite a nice, believable face.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Little rosebud lips.
0:04:42 > 0:04:48Date-wise, it's probably somewhere around about 1910.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50If she's struggling to find a buyer...
0:04:51 > 0:04:54..I may well end up in this gal's suitor.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Not sure what Mrs Knowles would say about that.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Meanwhile, Chuko has found a pestle and mortar.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Marble.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03- GROANING:- Heavy.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Heavy lump of a piece.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07I've no idea what the age is.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11All I know is it's beautiful and it's got a story, again.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12I'm looking at these colours.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16Look at these lovely ambers and greys
0:05:16 > 0:05:19and little dents and marks.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21We use these to crush our food,
0:05:21 > 0:05:24they were also used to crush and create medicines.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Interesting, practical and beautiful.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Auction estimate of 40 to £60,
0:05:31 > 0:05:35so if I can get this anywhere in between that, I'll give it a go.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37And so, as the bidders take their places
0:05:37 > 0:05:39and the auctioneer assumes his position,
0:05:39 > 0:05:42the time for perusing is over.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43I love this bit.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45It's nerve-racking.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48There's an energy in the room, I can feel it. Am I going to win?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Am I going to lose?
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Chuko's nerves are jangling, a fact which Eric is planning to exploit.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57The auction's not his natural habitat.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59I hope he just doesn't come a cropper.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- Well, I don't really, but... - HE LAUGHS
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Eric, you devil, you.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07And so, with hearts aflutter, our brave pair take a deep breath
0:06:07 > 0:06:09and prepare for the inevitable
0:06:09 > 0:06:11as the auction kicks off.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Start now, then.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17And first to get his hand in the air is Eric on the pottery figure,
0:06:17 > 0:06:20estimated at 60 to £80.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Somewhere in the back of my mind,
0:06:21 > 0:06:24I think I've seen that type of decoration before.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28It's obviously early-20th century, but it's not signed.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32Signed or not, it's not long before the bidding approaches the estimate.
0:06:32 > 0:06:3655, 60. 65.
0:06:36 > 0:06:4070. 75. 80.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44£80, over here, all done. 80.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46We're off to a start.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49There are a lot of ceramic dealers here today.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51I'm going to be given a run for my money.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56Eric wins the figure for just shy of £100 including costs
0:06:56 > 0:06:58and he's up and running.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Eric's giving me a cheeky look.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Chuko is keen to get going, too.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06But as the prices start to soar...
0:07:06 > 0:07:09150. No?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11..he struggles to get a bite of the cherry.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14This really is a baptism of fire.
0:07:14 > 0:07:1755, £55 on my left.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20They are crushing me.
0:07:20 > 0:07:2134 in our place.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23- Is he going for it?- £34?
0:07:23 > 0:07:24All done.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Real sinking feeling and a feeling of desperation,
0:07:27 > 0:07:29to be brutally honest.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Oh, dear.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Well, this is bidding.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Yes, but he will have to win something
0:07:34 > 0:07:36to stand a chance in this game.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Although, it's Eric with his hand in the air next.
0:07:39 > 0:07:40And he goes after a job lot
0:07:40 > 0:07:42including a stationary cabinet,
0:07:42 > 0:07:47a mahogany box, and a slop pail with a guide price of 30 to £60.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50All this lot, at 20 now. £20 only.
0:07:50 > 0:07:5222, 24.
0:07:52 > 0:07:5526. 28.
0:07:55 > 0:07:5630 anywhere?
0:07:56 > 0:07:5930. 32. 32?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Bidding? 34.
0:08:01 > 0:08:0336.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05£36.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Another one hits the dust.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Eric wins the lot for £44.64 all in,
0:08:10 > 0:08:14but just what exactly is the rag-tag bundle he's bought?
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Well, this is the lot.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19It is a slop pail -
0:08:19 > 0:08:22not a very romantic term -
0:08:22 > 0:08:26but it is by Royal Doulton, it was probably made up there in Burslem
0:08:26 > 0:08:28in Stoke-on-Trent.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32To the best of my knowledge, it is not damaged in any shape or form.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36But it's just a nice sort of Arts & Crafts type of design.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Transfer printed and then hand-painted on top.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40A bit of a bonus, really,
0:08:40 > 0:08:42is the fact that it's got this stationary box.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47It has got a pencil and various other little bits in it.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Little box. And what have we got here?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Oh, look! Well, that's interesting, I didn't see that,
0:08:54 > 0:08:58that's come off the front, though, that's 1914.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00So that's rather poignant, isn't it?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02So, pop that back in there.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06It's been through the wars, I can see it's got a bit of a tear there.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Hopefully, I may even get my money back
0:09:09 > 0:09:11just selling the stationary box.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13We'll see.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Eric is pleased with his second purchase,
0:09:15 > 0:09:20while Chuko is hoping to get in on the action with a pestle and mortar.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23I'm not going to let this go, no-one will beat me.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24He says.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Yes, but it looks like Chuko has competition and it's not long before
0:09:27 > 0:09:31it's heading towards the top end of the guide price of £50.
0:09:31 > 0:09:3446. 48.
0:09:34 > 0:09:3550.
0:09:35 > 0:09:3855. 60.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41£60 at the back.
0:09:41 > 0:09:42All done.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46He's done it. He's bought something.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50And that something was a pestle and mortar that cost him £74.40
0:09:50 > 0:09:52after auction costs.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56But Eric is really settling into his stride now as he eyes up a selection
0:09:56 > 0:09:58of botanical watercolours.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Got an estimate of 60-80.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03I'd be happy to get them nearer the 60.
0:10:03 > 0:10:0450.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07So Eric gets going with the subtlest bidding style
0:10:07 > 0:10:09in Put Your Money history.
0:10:09 > 0:10:1250 I have. 55 down here now.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Let's see that again.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Yes, that's the bid.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Selling now at 55.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24And Eric wins the lot and buys the pictures for £68.20 all-in.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26So, what's he got?
0:10:26 > 0:10:32They're four framed and mounted watercolours of botanical specimens.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35They're obviously probably lifted from an album
0:10:35 > 0:10:37or maybe rescued from an album.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42I do have somebody in mind who is very big when it comes to botany,
0:10:42 > 0:10:46but the actual drawings themselves are obviously, I would suspect,
0:10:46 > 0:10:50early-19th century. That being said,
0:10:50 > 0:10:53I'm way out of my comfort zone with something like this.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56But in times of need, needs must.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Well, that very profound note signals Eric's third buy
0:11:00 > 0:11:02and brings us to the halfway mark.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05From a £1,000 budget,
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Eric has bought three lots and spent just over £212,
0:11:09 > 0:11:14leaving him with almost £788 still burning a hole in his pocket.
0:11:14 > 0:11:19Chuko has only won one bid costing £74.40
0:11:19 > 0:11:23meaning he has £925.60 to spend.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- How are you, Eric? - Oh, Chuko, I'm fine, thank you.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28- How you getting on?- Slow but sure.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30It's not easy, is it?
0:11:30 > 0:11:31- No.- It's not going cheap.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33No, these people know what they want, don't they?
0:11:33 > 0:11:35And they're quite prepared to pay for it.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37- Halfway through.- We're halfway through, aren't we?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- I think we're doing all right. - Well, we're off the mark.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41- There's still a lot to play for. - Yep.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- You follow your nose and I'll follow mine.- Good luck.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Mmm, a bit of bluffing there from Chuko,
0:11:46 > 0:11:48who's only bought one thing. With a 3-1 lead,
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Eric is able to relax
0:11:50 > 0:11:53while Chuko will need to pull his socks up to catch up.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57Maybe a new auctioneer will bring him luck as a bound collection of
0:11:57 > 0:11:59newspapers from 1918 go up.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04With an upper estimate of £30, the lot is reaching the top end.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05I'll take 28.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07And Chuko wants in.
0:12:07 > 0:12:1028. 30? Why not?
0:12:10 > 0:12:12£30 is bid.
0:12:12 > 0:12:1432. 34?
0:12:14 > 0:12:15No, £32.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18At the back there. 32...
0:12:18 > 0:12:20I just got inspired at the last minute.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22I didn't really expect to go for that one.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Just too much of an interesting item.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29He wins the lot for just under £40, fees included.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33This is dated to Friday, February 1st, 1918.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35The final year of the First World War.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Real history, and that's what a lot of this is about.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40That is why I've bought it. It's emotive.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42The fashion, the style...
0:12:42 > 0:12:44I can see this going to a really good home with someone
0:12:44 > 0:12:47that loves war memorabilia. I think that's the way forward.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Chuko's hoping for a hefty profit margin on the newspapers
0:12:51 > 0:12:54and the next item he's after is even meatier.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56So I've got these early-19th century bone letters coming up.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59I really like these. They're kind of old and modern at the same time.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03The bone letters are estimated at 50 to £70.
0:13:03 > 0:13:0540. 40 bid.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06At £40 now. At 40.
0:13:06 > 0:13:0842. Two now there.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11At 42. All done at 42, then?
0:13:11 > 0:13:14I got that one easy. Easier!
0:13:14 > 0:13:17He buys the bone letter counters for a smidge over £52
0:13:17 > 0:13:18with fees included.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22So does he think a profit should be as easy as ABC?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Look at these lovely bone letters.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26Early-19th century.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28They could have been made yesterday.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32I could see them being made into jewellery, necklaces.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34A good thing, I think, is to sell them individually
0:13:34 > 0:13:37and the ones that I'm left with, I'll use for Scrabble.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41Our Chuko definitely appears to have found his stride now
0:13:41 > 0:13:43as he draws even with Eric.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Hopefully, the tide's turned and Lady Luck's on my side.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50It certainly looks that way as the tortoise of this race attempts to
0:13:50 > 0:13:55overtake the hare and Chuko goes after a selection of paperweights.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Although it seems like Eric's got wind of the fact.
0:13:57 > 0:14:0030 to 40 is a nice estimate.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01He might have to pay more.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03I've got a good feeling. I know the name.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07But the auctioneer already has bids online.
0:14:07 > 0:14:0940 I have. 42?
0:14:09 > 0:14:1142. 44?
0:14:11 > 0:14:136? 48.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Go for it, man.
0:14:15 > 0:14:1750. 5.
0:14:17 > 0:14:2160. 65. 68?
0:14:21 > 0:14:23I must go 70.
0:14:23 > 0:14:2675 clears me. 75, back of the room. Where's 80?
0:14:26 > 0:14:28That's enough, that's enough.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Put the hammer down. Put the hammer down.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32I'm selling at 75.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Dropped the hammer!
0:14:34 > 0:14:3675. Yeah, that was enough.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Yes. Really pleased.
0:14:42 > 0:14:43Wish you all the best(!)
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Eric's having a little cheeky nod over there.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49He's put his feet up and I've raced ahead of him.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52After commission, the paperweights cost Chuko £93.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56So was he bidding blind or has he got a plan up his sleeve?
0:14:56 > 0:14:57Really happy with these.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Decided to go with the limited-edition paperweights.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Caithness is a name that I recognise.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04They were founded in Scotland in the '60s.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07They were prolific throughout the '70s.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11Thanks to this book, I know that these are dated around 1970.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14I know there's a lot of collectors of these paperweights.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17I've just got to find one and sell them.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22Chuko is now leading 4-3 and keen to get back in on the action.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26Eric goes after a Victorian display unit known as a whatnot.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27It's proving popular
0:15:27 > 0:15:31and the bidding is already tickling the upper guide of £180.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35170. 180.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37190. 200.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39At 200 with the gentleman standing.
0:15:39 > 0:15:40Now at 200. It will be sold.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43All done? For £200.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44That's a big spend.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Yes, and it wins the whatnot for £248 with costs.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51So, why the whatnot and what's he got?
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Well, this is the most money I've spent today.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55It was, without question,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58one of the best objects and furniture that I've seen here today.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00The only minus point is that it is lacking
0:16:00 > 0:16:05a barley twist support at the back. That being said, it is,
0:16:05 > 0:16:09as they stay up North, it's a reet belter.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Because it's a good 'un. Victorian.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13If you look, they've got ceramic casters.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17We're talking around about 1850, 1860,
0:16:17 > 0:16:19so the time of the Great Exhibition of 1851.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21It's a very smart object.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Victoriana, so not now, but am I bothered?
0:16:25 > 0:16:26No! Quality item.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Go for quality every time, you'll never go wrong.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Well, that's the theory, anyway.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Yes, but whether it brings in a profit in reality
0:16:34 > 0:16:36remains to be seen.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40Eric and Chuko are now level pegging, each with four purchases.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44And up next is the nest of tables that Chuko saw earlier.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Auction estimate, 20 to £40.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50If I can get this for under 20, I'll be very happy.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52The auction room's emptied out a little bit.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56Chuko is not going to have much in the way of competition.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58He could be in for a nice surprise.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Let's face it, the lad deserves it.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Yes, the room has thinned out, but unfortunately for Chuko,
0:17:04 > 0:17:07there's still one tenacious bidder hanging in there.
0:17:07 > 0:17:0922. 24.
0:17:09 > 0:17:1226. 28.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15£28, then. And selling at 28.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Yes, sir. 618. Thank you.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20So happy. Got the G Plan.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Little bit over what I wanted to pay.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Good profit in there for me.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Yes, he stood his ground, and the tables are his for just under £35.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Chuko likes his retro,
0:17:30 > 0:17:34but Eric is steadfastly sticking to his plan of going for Victoriana.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37There is a jardiniere next that he's already looked at.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Unfortunately, he's not the only one.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43There's been a lot of... A lot of dealers looking at it.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46That never bodes too well.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49But, as Doris Day said,
0:17:49 > 0:17:51"Que sera, sera."
0:17:51 > 0:17:53What's that mean?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55It means, "What will be, will be."
0:17:55 > 0:17:58But whether this jardiniere will be going home with Eric is another
0:17:58 > 0:18:01question. The estimate is 40 to £60.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02£40.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Yes. Yes.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05- 30.- 30, I'll take.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Where's 2? 30 I have.
0:18:07 > 0:18:08Where's 2? 32.
0:18:08 > 0:18:1034. 36.
0:18:10 > 0:18:1338. 40. 42. 44.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16No, 42, then. 42 and selling.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21It's a weird thing, but the quirky often come good.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25So Eric's purse takes a final pounding of just over £52
0:18:25 > 0:18:28once costs have been added.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31It is quite a rustic-looking jardiniere.
0:18:31 > 0:18:36It's a coopered barrel on top of what appears to be something like a
0:18:36 > 0:18:38miniature cricket table.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40It's quirky.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43And Eric's quirky purchase takes us to the end of this bidding battle,
0:18:43 > 0:18:46so, before our competitors come together,
0:18:46 > 0:18:48let's see how they spent today.
0:18:50 > 0:18:56From a £1,000 budget, Eric made five purchases and spent £512.12.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01Chuko matched his five items, but only spent £293.88.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Hi, Eric. How did you get on?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Well, it was a gladiatorial contest, that, wasn't it?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- They weren't letting stuff go cheap, were they?- No way.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14I was surprised to see you go for paperweights.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15Shall I be really honest?
0:19:15 > 0:19:16Go on.
0:19:16 > 0:19:17I was desperate!
0:19:17 > 0:19:18THEY LAUGH
0:19:18 > 0:19:19- I was desperate.- Yeah.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21I thought, "If I'm going to buy paperweights,
0:19:21 > 0:19:23"buy the ones with the certificates."
0:19:23 > 0:19:25- Quite right. Quite right. - Collectable.- Yeah, yeah.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- Caithness.- Yeah.- Scottish.- Yeah.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30They were dated '70s.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- People want these.- Yeah.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34I'm shocked at these botanical prints.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36They're not prints, they're original watercolours.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37Are they? Have I missed a trick?
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Well, I don't know. Did you view them?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- I did view them. - Oh, then you missed a trick.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45On the back, there's a full description of what you're looking at.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- Massively on-trend.- Yeah.- All of that botanicals, massively on trend.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Which is your favourite object of the things you've bought?
0:19:50 > 0:19:52I love these little bone letters.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Yeah. See, I reckon those are probably Napoleonic prisoner of war,
0:19:56 > 0:19:57you know. Seriously.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- Wow.- Yeah. So I think you've done OK there.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05I'm going to turn them into some beautiful necklaces, I think.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- Have you got no conscience or what? - I've got conscience.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09I love beautiful things.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12- OK.- I love turning things from then into now.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15The one that fascinates me most, believe it or not,
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- is this figure. - Yeah. You're not going to like me.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20- Why is that?- That's my least favourite object.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Oh, that doesn't bother me at all.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23- It doesn't?- No. No, you're a nice bloke,
0:20:23 > 0:20:25but it doesn't mean you've got a monopoly in taste.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27- I know.- OK.- I've got a monopoly in bad taste!
0:20:27 > 0:20:29- Well...- Bad meaning good.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30I think, all things being equal...
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Not a bad day's work.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35..we did a pretty good day's work out there, yeah.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37- OK.- Let's discuss this over a cup of tea.
0:20:40 > 0:20:45So, our auction heroes pack up their purchases and head back to their
0:20:45 > 0:20:46respective base camps,
0:20:46 > 0:20:49where they must now turn their acquisitions into assets.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53And all of the money made will go to their chosen charities.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57In his London lair, Chuko is drawing up his battle plans.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59The auction was very difficult for me,
0:20:59 > 0:21:01but I think I did quite well
0:21:01 > 0:21:03considering I was out of my comfort zone.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06This pestle and mortar, I think, is my favourite object.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07I think this has been replaced.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09It's a bit too clean.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12But it's a great item.
0:21:12 > 0:21:13These paper weights...
0:21:13 > 0:21:17I'm not sure I've made the right choice on these.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Looking into it, maybe not quite as rare as I thought,
0:21:20 > 0:21:22but I will find a buyer for them.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24My lovely bone letters.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27When I first bought this, I thought that they were Napoleonic,
0:21:27 > 0:21:31but looking little bit more into it, digging a little bit deeper,
0:21:31 > 0:21:35the evidence points towards them being Victorian teaching aids
0:21:35 > 0:21:37and I've got a fantastic idea for them.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42I'm going to get then made into handcrafted brass necklaces
0:21:42 > 0:21:45and the good thing is, there won't be another like them.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48They will be unique, one-off pieces. But I think, all in all,
0:21:48 > 0:21:50I've got some great items
0:21:50 > 0:21:52and I'm really looking forward to selling them.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57So, Chuko also has to find buyers for the mid-century nest of tables
0:21:57 > 0:22:00and the bound early-20th century newspapers.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Over in his High Wycombe homestead,
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Eric is sifting through his sellables.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Well, buying at any auction can be tricky,
0:22:07 > 0:22:11but I'm very satisfied with what I've managed to buy.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Starting with my Royal Doulton slop pail.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Way back in the Victorian age, people had jugs and basins,
0:22:17 > 0:22:21usually in their bedrooms. After pouring the water into the basin,
0:22:21 > 0:22:27it then had to be disposed of and it was the maids' duty to pour it into
0:22:27 > 0:22:30the slop pail. It would be taken downstairs and then, of course,
0:22:30 > 0:22:32it would be disposed of.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Well, my Canterbury whatnot, I thought,
0:22:34 > 0:22:37was one of the best pieces of furniture in the entire auction.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41Now, just to explain, the Canterbury is the section below.
0:22:41 > 0:22:47Now, that is designed to take sheet music and its unusual when you
0:22:47 > 0:22:51combine it with another shelf, which forms the whatnot.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56This young lady is proving a little bit difficult for me to track down
0:22:56 > 0:22:57when it comes to maker.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01There's no signature on her, but it is a quality figure.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Completely hand-decorated
0:23:04 > 0:23:07and the modelling on the flowers is fantastic,
0:23:07 > 0:23:08but who made her?
0:23:08 > 0:23:13She is, without question, my mystery woman of the moment.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Eric also has to sell his botanical watercolours,
0:23:16 > 0:23:22the Victorian jardiniere and his early-20th-century stationery boxes.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Now, both players take to the roads,
0:23:24 > 0:23:28pick up the phones and draw on every resource available to help them find
0:23:28 > 0:23:32the right buyer for each item and turn profit up to the max.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36As usual, each deal must be secured with a handshake
0:23:36 > 0:23:38and the exchange of cash.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42And first to get going is Eric, having travelled to Kew Gardens,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45hoping to plant the seeds of success.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50Well, these four botanical watercolours are my favourite buy.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53And where better to sell them than Kew Gardens?
0:23:53 > 0:23:56I'm here to meet Richard. He's the Director of Horticulture
0:23:56 > 0:24:01and I've agreed to meet him somewhere near the Aquatic Garden.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05The prints cost Eric just over £68, but first,
0:24:05 > 0:24:07he has to find his contact.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10Eric? Not that way.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Looks like Eric's been sent up the garden path.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17So, after a bit of a diversion,
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Eric locates Director of Horticulture Richard.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Do you know when these were painted?
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Just looking at these sort of script that's been used,
0:24:27 > 0:24:30it strikes me maybe somewhere between 1820, 1850.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32I mean, I'm thinking early-19th century.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36- I'm just going to have a slightly closer look.- Please do.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39So, someone who has quite a good eye for detail.
0:24:39 > 0:24:44Someone who is clearly looking at the plants from a scientific perspective
0:24:44 > 0:24:47perhaps, rather than seeing them as being decorative art pieces.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52Around that period, it was often the pastime of gentlemen or ladies
0:24:52 > 0:24:56to spend their time doing such things and really taking care with
0:24:56 > 0:25:00- the detail to get things right. - So, having seen them,
0:25:00 > 0:25:05are these four drawings something you're going to be interested in?
0:25:05 > 0:25:07They have attracted my interest.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08From Kew's perspective,
0:25:08 > 0:25:12we do always look at new representations of things,
0:25:12 > 0:25:14even from old artists.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16My opening gambit is £400.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19£100 per watercolour, but let's see where we go.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23To be honest, Eric, I'd probably honestly be looking at suggesting
0:25:23 > 0:25:25something around 50 per artwork.
0:25:25 > 0:25:2650 per artwork?
0:25:26 > 0:25:29- Yeah.- So we're looking at £200.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31250?
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Would 240 be acceptable to you?
0:25:33 > 0:25:35240 would be acceptable to me.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37It's more easily divisible by four.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39- It certainly is. - Right, well, we have a deal.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- We have a deal.- Thank you so much. - It's a great pleasure.- Wonderful.
0:25:42 > 0:25:47Yes, that's a blooming good opening profit of almost £172 for the
0:25:47 > 0:25:49pictures and Eric is over the moon.
0:25:49 > 0:25:54Well, that was obviously a pretty good profit, but in all honesty,
0:25:54 > 0:25:58the money is incidental because what matters is the fact that those
0:25:58 > 0:26:01botanical watercolours have now been returned
0:26:01 > 0:26:04to what you might call their natural habitat.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08Chuko is also in his natural habitat of trendy East London
0:26:08 > 0:26:11and he's been carrying out his upcycle plans
0:26:11 > 0:26:14with four of the bone letters.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17I've done something absolutely spectacular
0:26:17 > 0:26:21with those lovely bone carvings. Look at these.
0:26:21 > 0:26:26A ring, two necklaces and a dog collar.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Upcycling to a different level.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Really happy with these.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33With an extra £120 spent,
0:26:33 > 0:26:38Chuko needs to make just over £170 before he's into profit.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Before the jewellery conversion, though,
0:26:40 > 0:26:43he showed the letters to Stoke Newington-based hairdressers
0:26:43 > 0:26:49Christophe, Declan, Faye, and Ella the dog.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51And now he's going to reveal his products,
0:26:51 > 0:26:53hoping they like what he's done.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56I've got your bespoke necklaces here.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00The inside... It's all carved bone.
0:27:01 > 0:27:06And they're Victorian, so they're at least 130 years old.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08And what we've had done, this is all solid brass,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11they're bespoke and all handmade. Shall we try and put this on Ella?
0:27:11 > 0:27:12- Yeah.- You do it. You have a go.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16- Come here, dog. - Oh, she looks amazing.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21So, what are your reactions? What do you think? Good?
0:27:21 > 0:27:23- Have I done well?- Really good. - I love it.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27- Yeah?- Very nice. I love it.- Shall we get stuck into the horrible bit?
0:27:27 > 0:27:30I'm going to go in at a very reasonable offer.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32£100 apiece.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33I would go for 50.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36The inside alone, I think, is 50.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38I think... What about 90?
0:27:38 > 0:27:41I'd stay at 50. Really.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- Yours may not be getting sold. - THEY LAUGH
0:27:44 > 0:27:46What do you think?
0:27:46 > 0:27:49I'd go on par with Christophe and say...
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Well, the potential is I'll be buying two.
0:27:52 > 0:27:53I'd say 55?
0:27:53 > 0:27:56I think the ring has got less. I'd say about 50.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58I can't do it for 50.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00My maximum is 60.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02OK, this is what we're going to do. 70.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05- Let's say 65.- 65?
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Yeah, I'd go 65.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09- Let's do it.- Yeah?
0:28:09 > 0:28:10Thank you very much.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Thank you.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Woof! So, four happy customers there.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Phew!
0:28:20 > 0:28:25Tip of the trade - never sell to more than one person at once.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28It was like a poker game and they all knew my cards.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32It was tough going, but I made a healthy profit.
0:28:32 > 0:28:37Indeed, and his total profit comes to almost £108 when he sells the
0:28:37 > 0:28:40rest of the letters for £20 to antiques collector
0:28:40 > 0:28:41Anthony in Brighton.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43But he's still behind Eric,
0:28:43 > 0:28:46who is in Limington next with his whatnot.
0:28:46 > 0:28:51I've actually sent my Canterbury walnut whatnot ahead of me.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53I've come here to meet an antique dealer
0:28:53 > 0:28:55that I've known for almost 40 years.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59I'm just hoping that the view that he has taken is a positive one
0:28:59 > 0:29:02because I'm hoping also he's going to buy it.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06When Eric won the lot of the whatnot, it cost him a lot.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09£248 in total.
0:29:09 > 0:29:10Ooh...
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Yeah, one or two nice things here, Charles.
0:29:12 > 0:29:13One or two nice things.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Well, we're trying to keep the standards up, Eric.
0:29:16 > 0:29:17I just buy what I like.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20I share that criteria and that was true, actually,
0:29:20 > 0:29:25when it came to buying a piece of Victorian furniture.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28It's beautifully made, a fine craftsman made that.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31- You couldn't even afford to make the drawer linings today...- No.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33..let alone get the veneers and the mahogany -
0:29:33 > 0:29:36which you're not allowed to cut down any more - to make it.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Even though they're not commercial any more, they will be,
0:29:39 > 0:29:41and I still think they're a work of art within themselves.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43It does come with a problem.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Which is, you've probably noticed,
0:29:46 > 0:29:48it's got one missing barley twist at the back.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51I had noticed that one. At least it's at the back, not the front.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54- True.- How much do you want for it? - Well, I would...
0:29:54 > 0:29:58What I'm hoping for is somewhere in the region of around about -
0:29:58 > 0:30:00and I don't want to be greedy here -
0:30:00 > 0:30:03around about the £300 mark.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Hm...
0:30:05 > 0:30:07- I'm thinking more like 240.- 240?
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Because I think we're going to have to spend a couple of hundred
0:30:10 > 0:30:11pounds on that to do the work.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13OK. Well, I'm not going to nit-pick.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17245. This is what they call damage limitation.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20- I think damage limitation's fair. OK.- All right.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22- I'll take it off you. - You're a good lad.- Thank you.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Eric loses £3 on the sale of the whatnot.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Didn't make a profit,
0:30:27 > 0:30:29but I only made a very small loss.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32I'm going to put it down to damage limitation.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36I'm not saying it was expensive when I bought it,
0:30:36 > 0:30:39but maybe it was a little dear.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43That's actually quite a big deer.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45In spite of this minor setback,
0:30:45 > 0:30:49Eric is soon zooming ahead again as he sells his jardiniere
0:30:49 > 0:30:51to Buckinghamshire-based pub manager Tina...
0:30:51 > 0:30:53- £105 and you've got yourself a deal. - Perfect.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57..for a profit just shy of £53.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59Eric now has a 3-1 lead.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03But not for long if Chuko's got anything to do with it.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04He's in Harpenden,
0:31:04 > 0:31:08having tracked down what he hopes is the perfect place to sell his
0:31:08 > 0:31:10historical bound newspapers.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12I'm at a newspaper archive.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Hopefully, they're going to give me good news.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17The bound newspapers cost almost £40,
0:31:17 > 0:31:20so he's hoping archive manager Thomas
0:31:20 > 0:31:22will help him unfold a profit.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24I've got my 1918 Daily Mail here.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Oh, fantastic. Let's have a look.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Will you be able to tell if this is the original thing?
0:31:29 > 0:31:31I mean, you can tell that it's an old document.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35- Yes.- It would be quite hard work to reproduce this with tea bags.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38And it's noticed that the front page itself,
0:31:38 > 0:31:41they didn't used to have any news on them.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45It was filled with classified ads, because that was the real estate,
0:31:45 > 0:31:48the selling space which is to fund the newspapers.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52So you didn't actually get into the nitty-gritty of the day's events
0:31:52 > 0:31:54until the second pages.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56This has probably got a bit of value for you.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00Yeah, as we approach milestone birthdays from 1918,
0:32:00 > 0:32:03people turning 100 years old,
0:32:03 > 0:32:06what better gift than a piece of real history
0:32:06 > 0:32:07from the time you were born?
0:32:07 > 0:32:09So let me try and sell it to you.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11How does 150 sound to you?
0:32:14 > 0:32:15It is a little high.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18We'd need to get them authenticated and stuff,
0:32:18 > 0:32:21so I'd be looking ideally below 100.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23What about 120?
0:32:23 > 0:32:25120...
0:32:25 > 0:32:29I mean, we could meet halfway and aim for the...
0:32:29 > 0:32:31- 115?- ..110 mark?
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Erm... 110's good.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36- Perfect.- Thank you very much, Tom. - Thank you.- That's a good deal.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40Chuko shakes and makes just over £70 profit on the newspapers,
0:32:40 > 0:32:44so let's just take a moment to read all about it
0:32:44 > 0:32:46and see how our pair are doing so far.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Eric has sold three items,
0:32:49 > 0:32:52making the biggest profit and the first loss,
0:32:52 > 0:32:56but totalling a running profit of almost £222.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00Chuko is behind in sales, having sold two lots,
0:33:00 > 0:33:03making just over £178 profit.
0:33:06 > 0:33:07Eric is in the lead
0:33:07 > 0:33:10and he's hoping to push further towards the finishing line
0:33:10 > 0:33:13by coming to Haslemere to plant the seeds of a good sale
0:33:13 > 0:33:15with flower shop manager Lucy
0:33:15 > 0:33:19and grow a pretty profit from the slop pail that cost him £30.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24What I do notice about your place is you're really big on what I call
0:33:24 > 0:33:25inventive displays.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29We're absolutely spoiled for all the beautiful things that we have in the
0:33:29 > 0:33:31shop, so, yeah, it's lovely.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Well, I've brought along a beautiful thing.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35- Well, I think it's beautiful.- Yeah.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38It might have been described as utilitarian
0:33:38 > 0:33:40when it was first put to use.
0:33:40 > 0:33:45Made by Royal Doulton, up at their Burslem factory in Stoke-on-Trent.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49- OK.- Probably in about 1905.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52- Yeah.- So it probably qualifies as Edwardian.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55But I just thought it was a wonderful splash of colour.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57It's a printed design
0:33:57 > 0:34:01and then they've hand-coloured on top of the printed design.
0:34:01 > 0:34:06- Oh, OK.- So when I saw that, I thought of your place.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09- Do you think it would work? - I think it would, yeah.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11I think it's really, really beautiful.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13- Excellent.- Yeah, really lovely.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15All right, I'm going to pitch
0:34:15 > 0:34:19- somewhere in the region of about £80 for it.- OK.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21But you come back at me.
0:34:21 > 0:34:22I'd say around 60.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25If I push you an extra £10, is that going to work?
0:34:27 > 0:34:29How about I met you in the middle at 65?
0:34:29 > 0:34:32OK. Meet in the middle, £65.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34- Lovely.- You've got a deal.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Eric makes £35 on the slop pail.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38That's flower power!
0:34:38 > 0:34:41So, that would be, like...
0:34:41 > 0:34:44- Well, that probably like so, would it?- Yeah.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48So, I just need to think this out.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50It's not 100% perfect.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52- It's a good work in progress.- Is it?
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Eric's flower-arranging skills might be lacking,
0:34:55 > 0:34:58but he knows how to arrange a sale
0:34:58 > 0:35:01and he sells his stationery box and mahogany box
0:35:01 > 0:35:04for a further profit of just over £20.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06Chuko is now trailing behind 2-4,
0:35:06 > 0:35:09but he's hoping to cook up some profits in London
0:35:09 > 0:35:11with his third item.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14I've got my pestle and mortar here all wrapped up.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16I'm at Dom's house.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19This guy's been integral in street food markets over the years
0:35:19 > 0:35:21and I think he'll find good use for this.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Hopefully, I can grind a profit out of him.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27So, with a purchase price of £74,
0:35:27 > 0:35:30will the pestle and mortar bring in a profit now?
0:35:32 > 0:35:35- Where did you find this thing, man? - I actually got it in an auction.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37- Really?- So it's circa 1900.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41It's beautiful. It's big. Not sure if it's going to fit in my kitchen.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43- But it's lovely. - Is that a bargaining tactic?
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- I'm just being straight up with you, man.- Just being real? - Yeah, I'm just being real.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48- I like it.- Do you know why I thought of you?
0:35:48 > 0:35:51Because for me, when I think of food and I think of drinks,
0:35:51 > 0:35:53- I think of you.- I hear you, man.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55I'm not sure if I need a bird bath, though, bruv.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57THEY LAUGH
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Do you know what I mean, though?
0:35:59 > 0:36:01But it's cool and we can definitely make this work.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04It's a solid piece. It's been around a long time.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06I even... I like these little nibbles and little knocks out of it.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09- Gives it a bit of character, yeah. - I think this may have been replaced.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11- That end. - That's very clean, isn't it?
0:36:11 > 0:36:14- That's pretty new. - And that's all walnut, solid.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16- OK.- And it's just a lovely thing.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- So, how much are you looking for it?- I want to be fair.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21I was thinking 150.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24OK... I can see why you're thinking that.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27How old did you say this is, 120 years?
0:36:27 > 0:36:29I was going to give you a pound for every year.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32- So if we say...- 125 years!
0:36:32 > 0:36:33Yeah!
0:36:33 > 0:36:35THEY LAUGH
0:36:35 > 0:36:37- 125, come on.- 125.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38Well done. Brilliant.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42Chuko grinds out a profit of £50.60
0:36:42 > 0:36:46and they toast the sale with a cup of Moroccan mint tea.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48- Cheers.- Nice one, man.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51And he makes further profits from his G Plan tables,
0:36:51 > 0:36:55selling them to Sophie, who works at a London coffee shop.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58- It looks really, really good, so I would go for 125, then.- Brilliant.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02Chuko makes just over £90 profit on the nest of tables.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04He's got one item to go,
0:37:04 > 0:37:08but in Marlow, Eric is also down to his last.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10There's been a floral theme to his purchases,
0:37:10 > 0:37:14but will the mystery flower girl that cost just over £99
0:37:14 > 0:37:18wilt under the gaze of vintage shop owner Sara?
0:37:18 > 0:37:23Well, I brought along a lady that initially I thought
0:37:23 > 0:37:25was an English flower,
0:37:25 > 0:37:30but I've come round to the reasoning that what I'm looking at
0:37:30 > 0:37:32- is probably a Fraulein.- Ah!
0:37:32 > 0:37:35So, let me introduce you to my flower girl.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- Has she got a name?- Well, I'm tempted to call her Gretel.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41The thing that fascinates me about this...
0:37:41 > 0:37:45Because, you know me, I'm a pot man, is the way it's been made.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49It's been made in such a way that it's not mass-produced
0:37:49 > 0:37:52because it's all hand-painted.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55The frustration about it is that it's not signed.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59And I don't mind admitting that when I bought that, I thought,
0:37:59 > 0:38:01"I'm sure I can find out who made it."
0:38:01 > 0:38:03And I've done a lot of homework,
0:38:03 > 0:38:08but what I do love is this design on this girl's gown
0:38:08 > 0:38:11because the more I look at that,
0:38:11 > 0:38:15the more I see that being a sort of a Viennese-y type of decoration.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19So, what do you think, Sara? Has she spoken to you?
0:38:19 > 0:38:22She's not the sort of thing I would normally go for
0:38:22 > 0:38:26but, actually, she's speaking to me now, just more as
0:38:26 > 0:38:29an interest than the person that she is, if you like.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32So, yeah, yeah, I think I'd be interested in giving her a go.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Gretel, by the way, she is bilingual,
0:38:35 > 0:38:37so what she's saying to you is, "Buy me."
0:38:37 > 0:38:40- Is she, now?- Yes, that's exactly what she's saying to you.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44I was hoping that I might get somewhere in the region of around
0:38:44 > 0:38:46- about £80 for her, but...- OK.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48- 50?- 50...
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Shall we do her 55?
0:38:50 > 0:38:51Why don't we do her 55?
0:38:51 > 0:38:52- £55.- Done.- OK.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56- Welcome, Gretel.- OK?
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Thank you. And, Gretel...
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Auf Wiedersehen, mein Liebchen.
0:39:00 > 0:39:06Yes, well, Eric loses just over £44 on his final sale.
0:39:06 > 0:39:07Now, you're probably wondering,
0:39:07 > 0:39:10why on earth did I sell that figurine at a loss?
0:39:10 > 0:39:13Well, the fact is that when I bought it,
0:39:13 > 0:39:17a profit was always going to be dependent upon me finding out
0:39:17 > 0:39:20who the maker was and, alas, I came a cropper.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24Yes, I bought it with my heart and not with my head.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28And if you're watching, Chuko, stop chuckling!
0:39:28 > 0:39:32Eric is done, but Chuko is in Taunton with one item to go -
0:39:32 > 0:39:36his 1970s paperweights that cost £93,
0:39:36 > 0:39:38but will baronet Sir Benjamin Slade
0:39:38 > 0:39:41want them for his extensive family home?
0:39:41 > 0:39:44I've got these Caithness paperweights.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45I bought them at auction.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47- Yeah.- And they just caught my eye.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50And I've got a bit of a magpie's eye.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52And I'm hoping that you have, too.
0:39:52 > 0:39:53I thought they'd make a great gift or...
0:39:53 > 0:39:56- Where did you buy them? - In Colchester.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59- Oh, yeah?- It was one of the few collectable things that I recognised
0:39:59 > 0:40:02there, so I'm hoping that you can show me a profit in there.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05Very handy to give a girlfriend, or I could
0:40:05 > 0:40:09just sort of put them on the paper to stop it blowing around in some of
0:40:09 > 0:40:10- the bedrooms.- Yeah.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Because we need...
0:40:12 > 0:40:15I really need about 34 of them because I've got 34 bedrooms.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18- I'm going to come back to you!- Yeah.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22So, I mean, reasonably, I thought £20 a head.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24140. That's just straight up.
0:40:24 > 0:40:25I didn't want to go...
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Well, I don't know.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30- I think...- I started too low.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33..I'd call it 120.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Can I nudge you up just a touch?
0:40:35 > 0:40:37- A touch?- Just a touch.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39- 130.- No, no, no, 125.
0:40:39 > 0:40:40125, that's fair.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42- Thank you.- Thanks, then.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46So, Chuko makes a final profit of £32 for the paperweights
0:40:46 > 0:40:48and he's done and dusted.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51It's almost time to reveal who's won, but before we do,
0:40:51 > 0:40:54let's remind ourselves of how much our experts spent.
0:40:56 > 0:41:02From a £1,000 budget, Eric made five purchases and spent £512.12.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06Chuko matched his five items but, after his upcycling costs,
0:41:06 > 0:41:09spent £413.88.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11All the money from this challenge
0:41:11 > 0:41:14will go to Eric and Chuko's chosen charities, so let's find out
0:41:14 > 0:41:18who is the Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21- How are you doing?- I'm good, Eric. How are you?- I'm fine.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Would you say that the auction world is your natural habitat?
0:41:24 > 0:41:27- I don't think it is.- No?- It's just that air of desperation
0:41:27 > 0:41:31- that you've got to buy something and if you miss a lot...- Yeah.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33- The odds are against you, aren't they?- It's a lottery, isn't it?
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Yeah. Tough, tough.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39- So... But you did buy.- I did buy. - Yeah. And what came good for you?
0:41:39 > 0:41:41I loved my bone letters. I did something very special.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44I turned them into these lovely little trinkets.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46- I didn't pierce them...- No? - Because they're beautiful objects,
0:41:46 > 0:41:49but they were just placed inside these lovely necklaces.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52- In fact, a dog collar, as well. - Oh, really?
0:41:52 > 0:41:55So a dog's walking around with a little 19th-century bone letter.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Somewhere in central London, obviously.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Obviously! Yeah. How about you?
0:41:59 > 0:42:03Well, I suppose the highlight really for me were the botanical drawings.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07Because they are now in a national institution.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- They were lovely.- They were lovely. - I wish I'd bought those.- Yes.
0:42:10 > 0:42:11So, erm...
0:42:11 > 0:42:13shall we do the business?
0:42:13 > 0:42:14Three, two, one...
0:42:17 > 0:42:18- Ooh!- Still healthy.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21- Still healthy! - Edged. I've edged away.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23You have. You have as well, well done.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Well done, he said, through gritted teeth.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27THEY LAUGH
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Now, this is a wonderful garden.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31I'm going to show you a very interesting tree. Come on.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35Yes, after Eric made two losses, Chuko is victorious,
0:42:35 > 0:42:37making money on every item sold.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40We've both made respectable profits.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43The auction's so difficult.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45I'm surprised I managed to pip Eric at that one.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47I think what I did was adding value.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Those bone carved letters were beautiful,
0:42:50 > 0:42:52but I think I made them more beautiful.
0:42:52 > 0:42:53Well, by their very nature,
0:42:53 > 0:42:57auctions are something of a lottery and you need a sleeper,
0:42:57 > 0:42:59something that nobody else recognises.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03I thought I'd found her in the pottery girl, the flower seller,
0:43:03 > 0:43:06but unfortunately, I couldn't track her down
0:43:06 > 0:43:11and it made the difference between victory and defeat. Defeat for me.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13But tomorrow,
0:43:13 > 0:43:16Eric gets to fight again at a car-boot sale in Chesterfield.