0:00:02 > 0:00:06We've all seen them on TV, but how will the country's favourite antiques experts fare
0:00:06 > 0:00:09when they're challenged to make a profit with their own cash?
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Excellent.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14He who laughs last, laughs loudest.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17From car boot sales to auction houses,
0:00:17 > 0:00:21our experts will be recreating some of their real-life deals
0:00:21 > 0:00:25as they go head-to-head and try and make the most money
0:00:25 > 0:00:27for their chosen charities.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28Purchase of the week!
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Fantastic! I'm thrilled with that.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33The challenge to our experts is clear -
0:00:33 > 0:00:36dealers, put your money where your mouth is!
0:01:05 > 0:01:10Today's duelling dealers are auctioneer John "The Hammer" Cameron
0:01:10 > 0:01:14and princess of profit Katherine "The Great" Higgins.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17I'm very competitive. I went to an all-girls school
0:01:17 > 0:01:20and I was kind of brought up to like a competition
0:01:20 > 0:01:22and to win, most importantly.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27Katherine's vast knowledge of antiques and collectables has served her well,
0:01:27 > 0:01:29whether it be writing books and articles
0:01:29 > 0:01:32or revealing the true value of people's heirlooms
0:01:32 > 0:01:34on the Antiques Roadshow.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38I get seriously excited about retro design, really.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Things that people can use in their homes,
0:01:41 > 0:01:43but have a real history behind them.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47It's only through those items that you've a real living history.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49You can find out who owned the items
0:01:49 > 0:01:51and do lots of research attached to them.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55That's what makes me buzz and that's kind of me, really -
0:01:55 > 0:01:56a bit of a modernist at heart.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Her opponent started out as an apprentice carpenter,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03but a back injury forced John to seek out an alternative career
0:02:03 > 0:02:06and the rest, as they say, is history.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11He's now a respected auctioneer and a valuer of antiques and fine art.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14My route into antiques came via my grandfather,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16who I spent a lot of time with.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19He was an antiques dealer outside of the family's fruit and veg business
0:02:19 > 0:02:22and I really wanted to be like him and I grew up.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24I thought that was fascinating.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26John's a firm favourite on Cash In The Attic
0:02:26 > 0:02:28and when he isn't valuing antiques,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31he can be found selling from the auctioneer's podium.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33At 420, then...
0:02:35 > 0:02:38So we have our experts, they have the knowledge,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41the contacts and a fierce determination to win,
0:02:41 > 0:02:45so it's time for us to find out the aim of today's game.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48- Katherine The Great! - Mr Hammer. How are you doing?
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- What a beautiful day!- It is indeed. I have something for you here.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54I've got a pressie for you, too.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57John and Katherine, your challenge today is to spend
0:02:57 > 0:02:59up to £1,000 of your own money on antiques.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01You must then resell your purchases
0:03:01 > 0:03:04with the aim of making as much profit as possible.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08The winner is the presenter who makes the most cash.
0:03:08 > 0:03:14Today you must buy all your antiques from an auction. Good luck.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18- Right, I guess we'd better find ourselves an auction.- OK.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24So, Katherine and John can spend up to £1,000 of their own money
0:03:24 > 0:03:27on antiques before trying to sell on their wares
0:03:27 > 0:03:30for the biggest possible profit.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33The backdrop for today's epic auction battle
0:03:33 > 0:03:36is Winchester in Hampshire.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38There are hundreds of items on offer,
0:03:38 > 0:03:42but our experts will be targeting lots with their potential buyers in mind.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45As today's contest gets underway, it seems as though the early bidding
0:03:45 > 0:03:48will be dominated by pictures and paintings.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52John has got his eye on a Victorian picture of a donkey with children
0:03:52 > 0:03:57painted by a British artist and an etching of an English battleship.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01His rival has spotted a very collectable item
0:04:01 > 0:04:04but she wants to keep her bidding plans to herself.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10This is a moment of great excitement for me.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15I'm not a picture person but I think I might have seen something that's a little bit special.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20There is a portrait in there, it's very striking, a pencil drawing of a girl,
0:04:20 > 0:04:25nude model, sitting down. It's catalogued as being after Epstein.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30Jacob Epstein was the predominant modernist sculptor of the 20th century.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33He led a very colourful life. He had several wives
0:04:33 > 0:04:38and many, many mistresses. This particular drawing
0:04:38 > 0:04:43was actually once owned by Lady Epstein and apparently given to a friend of hers.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48I looked very closely at it. I'm not a picture girl but let's see, I might be right!
0:04:48 > 0:04:52So, Katherine's not sure that the Epstein is an original,
0:04:52 > 0:04:55but it's not the only work of art she's got her eye on.
0:04:55 > 0:05:01Another interesting thing in there is a full-length portrait of a girl,
0:05:01 > 0:05:03inscribed "Kelly" at the bottom.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05She looks very far away and distant
0:05:05 > 0:05:08and she's dreaming and it instantly caught my eye.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11I thought that it looks like something else
0:05:11 > 0:05:13and it's actually by Sir Gerald Kelly.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Sir Gerald Kelly is a very important British portrait artist.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19He's known for his work in the 20th century,
0:05:19 > 0:05:22right up until his death in 1972.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27He painted the royal family. He's a very good, established artist.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29This is a pastel drawing by him.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34It's very accomplished, very detailed and I think a steal, really,
0:05:34 > 0:05:37at the estimate of £150-£200.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Sir Gerald Kelly generally signs his work "Kelly" at the bottom,
0:05:40 > 0:05:43and this has been catalogued as simply "Kelly."
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Because it's a portrait of a girl,
0:05:45 > 0:05:50someone looking at the catalogue might just think it's the girl's name, the name of the subject,
0:05:50 > 0:05:53rather than the artist, so it could be easily missed.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56It's only if you know about Kelly's style and his work
0:05:56 > 0:05:58you would be able to attribute it to Sir Gerald Kelly.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02So, I think I've spotted something.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03At £30, are you all done?
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Last time.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08So, that's two potential picture purchases for Katherine.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12In the sale room, the auction has started and it's John's donkey picture
0:06:12 > 0:06:16which is about to go under the hammer.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Lot 30, young girl leading a donkey.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21£60? 50 here?
0:06:21 > 0:06:2440 if you like. Start me at 30 then.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26£30, surely. £30? £30 here.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28And selling. Is there two?
0:06:28 > 0:06:33At £30, then. We'll sell at this price if you're all done.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34At £30, the last time.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Nicely done, John. With no opposition in the room
0:06:38 > 0:06:42he snapped up the picture, and with commission he's paid just over £35.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45He'll be hoping it'll be plain sailing again
0:06:45 > 0:06:49as the etching of the English battleship goes before the bidders.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50We have a commission bid.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55I'm going to start the bidding at £40. Is there five in the room?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58At 45. 50. And five.
0:06:58 > 0:07:0157. 60.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Commission bid is out.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06£60 in the room. Is there five? At £60 and selling, then.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Are you all done at £60? Last time.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15Got that at £60. Hopefully I'll be able to turn that, maybe make £100, £120 on that.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Yes, that's another quick purchase for The Hammer.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Including commission he's parted with just over £70,
0:07:21 > 0:07:23but what exactly has he bought?
0:07:24 > 0:07:27I instantly recognised the ship here. It's HMS Victory,
0:07:27 > 0:07:30probably one of England's most famous ships and Nelson's flagship
0:07:30 > 0:07:32at the Battle of Trafalgar.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Now in dry dock in Portsmouth's naval dockyard.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38When I also saw it I thought of William Wylie -
0:07:38 > 0:07:40very famous Portsmouth artist,
0:07:40 > 0:07:44known for his painting of ships and known for his mastery
0:07:44 > 0:07:47of this medium here, which is called a dry point etching.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49However, it's not by Wylie.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53It's signed down here in the border by Charles H somebody or other.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55The auctioneers aren't too sure,
0:07:55 > 0:07:58it's indistinctly signed, but it's a limited edition, number 56 of 75.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Now, etching is a form of printing.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05A copper plate is covered with a resin, you then scratch
0:08:05 > 0:08:09your design into the surface of the resin to expose the copper plate.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11The plate is then dipped in a vat of acid
0:08:11 > 0:08:15and the acid bites into the copper plate creating the intaglio
0:08:15 > 0:08:17which would then take the ink.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18The advantages over engraving?
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Much more spontaneity.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23As you can see here this looks like a pencil drawing.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25A very nice piece indeed.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27I'm sure that down in Portsmouth
0:08:27 > 0:08:29I should be able to find a buyer for this.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34Well, time will tell if John's confidence is well placed.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Katherine is still to get off the mark.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Her pencil sketch will be coming before the room shortly.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43But first, John's hoping to pick up a print of yachts
0:08:43 > 0:08:47by one of the country's most popular living maritime artists.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51OK, next coming up is another maritime lot I'm interested in.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55I may well have put all my stock in one theme, but hopefully
0:08:55 > 0:09:00I won't have to go hard astern and tack in a different direction.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Anyway, it's a limited edition print by J Steven Dews
0:09:03 > 0:09:07of the J Class yachts, very famous yachts, racing off Cowes.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Nicely framed. Limited edition.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14This would probably cost about £300 to £400 in a gallery.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16The estimate is £50 to £80.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21I've put down £65 to £70 as my highest bid. Let's see how I go.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Lot 96,
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Steven Dews.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30- Let's watch his style. Does he have style?- I'll start the bidding at £50.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Is there five in the room? At 55.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Oh, he's the action of the fountain pen.
0:09:36 > 0:09:4270. And five. 80. At £75 and selling. Is there 80?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44At £75 then. Are you all done?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Last time.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51Well, got that for £75 plus my 15% commission.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54I'm pretty happy with that.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58Well, the jury's out about whether he did it with style,
0:09:58 > 0:10:00but that's The Hammer's third buy of the day.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03With commission, it cost just under £90.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06With her rival having bagged himself another lot,
0:10:06 > 0:10:11Katherine needs to start buying and it's time for the "after Epstein" pencil sketch
0:10:11 > 0:10:13to go before the room.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Just coming into the Epstein lot now.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Lot 48, after Epstein. £100, surely.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21£100? Thank you. And ten. At £100.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23I like coming in at the last minute.
0:10:23 > 0:10:29£100. No? 110. 120. 130.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31140. 150.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36160. £150 at the front. At £150 and we are selling.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37Think I might get it!
0:10:37 > 0:10:39£150 then for the last time.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Oh, wonderful!
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Oh, joy of joys! 'Tis mine!
0:10:43 > 0:10:48Indeed it is! And including the auctioneer's commission,
0:10:48 > 0:10:50she's paid just over £175.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Time to see if she'll have similar success
0:10:56 > 0:10:58with the pastel portrait of a girl.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Start me at 200. £200?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02£200? 150, then.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04150? 150? £100 if you like.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06£100.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07OK, I've started the bidding.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10110. 120. 130. 140.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- Katherine's in, but once again the price is climbing.- 160. 170.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- 180. 190.- I love a bidding battle.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19180 at the front here. 190. 200.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22And 20. £200 is still at the front.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Shame it's not in millions, that's what I'm used to!
0:11:24 > 0:11:28At £200, are you sure? Last time.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Great, I got that, as well.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Very, very pleased. That's an extremely good buy.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34I know exactly who's going to buy it,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36I know what they'll pay me for it
0:11:36 > 0:11:39and you'll just have to watch the rest! Magic.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41It sounds as though Katherine's got
0:11:41 > 0:11:43a potential buyer in mind for the portrait.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45And although it didn't cost her millions,
0:11:45 > 0:11:47she did part with a big chunk of her budget.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50A certain interest, lot 148, eight Pirelli calendars.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53And continuing with her picture buying theme,
0:11:53 > 0:11:56she also snaps up a collection of iconic calendars
0:11:56 > 0:11:57for just under £60.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59At £50 for the last time.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Excellent.
0:12:02 > 0:12:07I wonder what she's got in store for those? I'm hoping she has a client.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Yes, was it me or did The Hammer seem to be speaking
0:12:10 > 0:12:12through gritted teeth there?
0:12:12 > 0:12:14With his rival on a bit of a buying streak,
0:12:14 > 0:12:16John is hoping to strike back.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Coming up now is a little lot I'm interested in.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22It's a pottery cigarette box, the Balkan Sobranie cigarettes.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25I'm glad to say not a brand I'm familiar with, however I do know
0:12:25 > 0:12:28some buyers of early advertising ware,
0:12:28 > 0:12:31although cigarettes aren't the most popular things to sell.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36However, I am going to have a go at this but I'm not going to go above the £60 upper estimate.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- Let's see how we get on. - Start me at £40 on this. £40?
0:12:39 > 0:12:4230 if you like. £30?
0:12:42 > 0:12:45At £30. Are you all done? Last time.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Well, £30, not bad.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52I wasn't prepared to go over the 60, but I got it for half the money!
0:12:52 > 0:12:55That's another lightning fast purchase for the Hammer.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58With commission, he paid just over £35
0:12:58 > 0:13:01and he seems flushed with success.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05It's a little piece of Edwardian history.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08It's a cigarette box, but no ordinary cigarette box.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12It's made of pottery by Fieldings of Stoke-on-Trent,
0:13:12 > 0:13:18and the brand, the Balkan Sobranie cigarette. Interesting.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Now, I know smoking's not terribly fashionable, but there's a big
0:13:22 > 0:13:26collecting market for advertising wares from the 19th century.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Now, when you think back to the Industrial Revolution,
0:13:29 > 0:13:31that's when manufacturing really, really took off
0:13:31 > 0:13:35and firms were quick to cash in on the decorative effect
0:13:35 > 0:13:42of their packaging and everything from ginger jar bottles to paste jars, soap packaging
0:13:42 > 0:13:45and the humble cigarette box had the makeover.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47It's an interesting design.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50It's a monochrome transfer print of, I'm guessing,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53a Balkan scene with some figures in there.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56It does have a little bit of damage here just on the edge,
0:13:56 > 0:14:01but I think it's unusual enough to tempt my potential customer.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Both our experts are concentrating hard
0:14:03 > 0:14:06and using all of their expertise and know-how
0:14:06 > 0:14:09to try and snap up lots that they can sell on for a profit.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12But which of them has been splashing the cash
0:14:12 > 0:14:15and who's been keeping their powder dry?
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Katherine and John are allowed to spend up to £1,000
0:14:18 > 0:14:21of their own money in today's auction.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23After three successful bidding battles,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Mrs Higgins has parted with almost £470
0:14:26 > 0:14:30leaving just over £530 in her kitty.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33John on the other hand has spent less than half that,
0:14:33 > 0:14:36giving him over £770 still to play with.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Katherine may have spent more than her rival,
0:14:42 > 0:14:44but she's bought one item less.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47There are still plenty of lots to come up for sale, though,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50and earlier in the day she picked out a piece
0:14:50 > 0:14:53she thought could hold a potential profit.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Ah, this is interest... This is where all the ceramics lie
0:14:59 > 0:15:02and it's worth spending some time looking at these.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04This is a great piece, actually.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06A biscuit barrel, fantastic condition.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Carltonware, a great British factory that really grew out
0:15:10 > 0:15:12of a firm called Wiltshire & Robinson
0:15:12 > 0:15:16which was founded in the 1890s and by the 1920s had kind of adopted
0:15:16 > 0:15:18the Carltonware name.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Carltonware is dramatically underrated.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24As the prices for Clarice Cliff have gone through the roof,
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Carltonware is still appreciating in value.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31It's a great piece, a very desirable collectable and the estimate is £40
0:15:31 > 0:15:35to £60 for this and the plates, so I think if I got it for the low end
0:15:35 > 0:15:37of the estimate I'd do quite well,
0:15:37 > 0:15:41because I know someone who would love to buy this from me now for £60.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Well, it might not be as glamorous as some
0:15:43 > 0:15:45of the other items she's bidded on,
0:15:45 > 0:15:47but the aim of this game is to make a profit
0:15:47 > 0:15:50and if Katherine gets this lot for the right price,
0:15:50 > 0:15:52she seems confident she can do just that.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Our two experts have approached today's contest
0:15:58 > 0:16:01with two very different strategies and have so far
0:16:01 > 0:16:04bid on very different items, but there is one lot in the room
0:16:04 > 0:16:06that has caught both the expert eyes.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14It's this beautiful handmade Daum vase.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15We'll find out very shortly
0:16:15 > 0:16:18if either of them is able to snap it up,
0:16:18 > 0:16:21but before that big showdown, Katherine has spotted
0:16:21 > 0:16:25a late Victorian, early Edwardian ladies' dressing table set.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28I'll start at £100. Is there ten in the room?
0:16:28 > 0:16:29110. 120. 130.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31The commission bid's out.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33130 in the room. Is there 140? 140.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38We've got commission bids and she's not in the bidding yet.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42160 at the back and selling. At £160. 170.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Katherine's joined the bidding late. Will it prove to be a decisive move?
0:16:45 > 0:16:48180. 170 right at the front.
0:16:48 > 0:16:53At £170 and selling then if you're all done. Last time.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- 205.- Thank you.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Including commission, Katherine's paid almost £200
0:16:59 > 0:17:03for the dressing table set, and next, she's hoping to snap up
0:17:03 > 0:17:09the Carltonware biscuit barrel and plates with an estimate of £40 to £60.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Unfortunately for her, the bidding is approaching £300.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14300...
0:17:14 > 0:17:17This is something that I picked and I knew would do well, and look at it!
0:17:17 > 0:17:22280 in the room. At £280, then. If you're all done, last time.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Great sadness. I had to control myself there.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Wasn't easy, but I did.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32So the Carltonware was too expensive for Katherine,
0:17:32 > 0:17:36but it's now time for her and John to go head-to-head
0:17:36 > 0:17:38for the Daum vase.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44438 is the glass vase.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49It's Katherine The Great...
0:17:51 > 0:17:53..versus The Hammer.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57Who will emerge victorious?
0:17:57 > 0:18:01It's time for the headline battle of today's auction.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07- Start the bidding at £90. - John is first to bid.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Is there 100? And ten. 120. 130. 140.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14I'm so sorry. The girl has to...
0:18:14 > 0:18:18140. 150.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Shall I be kind?
0:18:20 > 0:18:24- I'll be kind.- 140 there. At £140.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Gosh, that's tempting, but it's over my limit.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29I said I was going to be controlled.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31- At £140... - I'm going to let him have it.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35So, Katherine may not have bought the vase, but she certainly
0:18:35 > 0:18:37made John pay more than he wanted to.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Well, I got that at 140.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44I would have got it for 120 if it hadn't been for those meddling kids!
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Well, it ended up more of a polite challenge
0:18:46 > 0:18:48than a clash of the titans,
0:18:48 > 0:18:52but John only needed to part with just under £165 to secure the vase.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56The Hammer will also be hoping to make a profit
0:18:56 > 0:18:57from a Royal Doulton
0:18:57 > 0:18:58limited edition plate and mug
0:18:58 > 0:19:01celebrating the history of the Ashes.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05That including commission set him back just under £45.
0:19:05 > 0:19:11- At £37 then are you all done? Last time.- Got that.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Both our experts have worked hard to secure
0:19:14 > 0:19:17potentially profitable lots in today's auction.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20With money left to spend, Katherine's keen to snap up
0:19:20 > 0:19:25another item and has her eye on a 1950s German tinplate toy bird
0:19:25 > 0:19:27with an estimate of £40 to £60.
0:19:27 > 0:19:34Lot 617 is the tinplate bird with his twittering action.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37I am going to start you here at £20.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Anybody else in? 25. 28. 30. Yes?
0:19:40 > 0:19:45- Yeah.- And two.- Yeah, yeah. I'm game. I like twittering.- £35, then.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46Lady's bid at £35.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51Anybody else in at 35? All done at £35 then.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56Exactly what I wanted to pay and, fingers crossed, I can find the right buyer for it.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Including commission, the tinplate toy bird
0:19:59 > 0:20:02has cost Katherine just over £40.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06Finding the right buyers for all of their items is going to be crucial
0:20:06 > 0:20:10for both our experts if they want to win today's contest.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13With the buying part of their challenge now over,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16it's time to find out how many items they've bought
0:20:16 > 0:20:18and how much cash they've spent.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Katherine and John started the day with up to £1,000
0:20:21 > 0:20:23of their own money in their kitties.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28Mrs Higgins bought five items and parted with almost £710.
0:20:29 > 0:20:35Her rival bought six items and spent just over £436.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Time will tell which of our experts bought most wisely,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42but before they head home to try and sell their auction purchases,
0:20:43 > 0:20:48Katherine and John are keen to sneak a peek at their opponent's wares.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53Mr Hammer! What an exhausting day.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- How did you do?- I did brilliantly.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Well, no, OK, I did extra brilliantly! Sorry!
0:20:59 > 0:21:02What did I find? Well, all this array of things,
0:21:02 > 0:21:06but that's a real treat and a real favourite of mine.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10I just love that. It's a Sir Gerald Kelly pastel,
0:21:10 > 0:21:13very eye-catching and it's got potential.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17I can see why you like it, but what about the Pirelli calendars?
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Oh, girls love those kind of things, you know that!
0:21:20 > 0:21:25- I thought it was more your kind of garage guys sort of thing. - Maybe a few garage guys.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27- Good luck with that. - Thank you. How about you?
0:21:27 > 0:21:30My favourite item has to be my Steven Dews print,
0:21:30 > 0:21:32J Class yachts off the Isle of Wight.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35I'm sure I can find a buyer for that down my neck of the woods.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38It makes me want to sail away. What have you got in here?
0:21:38 > 0:21:41You've got quite an interesting box, or...
0:21:41 > 0:21:42It's got a chip on it.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Well, we've all got a chip on our shoulder,
0:21:45 > 0:21:46but that piece will do all right.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49It's early advertising and I think I have a buyer for that,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52so he who laughs last, last longest.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55I'm laughing!
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Well, we better get our gear packed up and get our buyers lined up.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59Time to go.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04So, as our duelling dealers head home, John's hopes of victory
0:22:04 > 0:22:08rest on... a drawing of a donkey by an unknown artist,
0:22:08 > 0:22:10a print of racing yachts,
0:22:10 > 0:22:13an etching of an English battleship,
0:22:13 > 0:22:16an early 20th century cigarette box,
0:22:16 > 0:22:18a Royal Doulton mug and plate
0:22:18 > 0:22:20commemorating the Ashes
0:22:20 > 0:22:23and a highly collectable Daum vase.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Katherine will be hoping to sell...
0:22:26 > 0:22:29a nude which she believes is an Epstein original,
0:22:29 > 0:22:31a portrait of a young girl,
0:22:31 > 0:22:33eight Pirelli calendars,
0:22:33 > 0:22:35a walnut ladies' dressing set
0:22:35 > 0:22:39and the German tinplate toy bird.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Having gone head-to-head, John and Katherine
0:22:47 > 0:22:50have made their way home to prepare themselves
0:22:50 > 0:22:52for the final part of their challenge -
0:22:52 > 0:22:54to sell on their items and make as much profit
0:22:54 > 0:22:56as possible for their charities.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59I could come over. What day did you have in mind?
0:22:59 > 0:23:02They're working their way through their little black books
0:23:02 > 0:23:05putting deals together on the phone and by email.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09Pretty much everyone they try to do deals with will be aware that
0:23:09 > 0:23:13they're on a mission to try and raise money for charity,
0:23:13 > 0:23:16but until they've shaken on it and money's changed hands,
0:23:16 > 0:23:18no deal is truly done.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21With just six lots to sell, John knows he has to maximise
0:23:21 > 0:23:25the profit from every single sale if he's going to beat Katherine.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29First, he's hoping to cash in on his donkey picture.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32The things I'll do to make a profit!
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Ah! I see donkeys.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41The Hammer paid just over £35 for the picture.
0:23:41 > 0:23:42Can he make a profit?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Hi, John!
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Hello, Helen.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48- Nice to see you.- Good to see you.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51I'm feeling a little bit nervous around all these donkeys.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53You don't mind coming to see me, do you?
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Every time I see you, you've got something for me.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Have a look at the detail in there.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03It's 19th century, beautifully done in coloured pencils.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06It's not signed, but I think the work speaks for itself.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- So what do you think of it? - I love the donkey.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13The little girls are nice. The only trouble being I've got so many donkey pictures, John.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Have another look, Helen, look. I think this is you.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18I think this could be a young Helen here with
0:24:18 > 0:24:21the foxgloves coming back from the garden centre
0:24:21 > 0:24:22and your two daughters.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- This is made for you, this picture! - Have I the space?
0:24:25 > 0:24:29I'll tell you what, Helen. I was prepared to bid £200 for this.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32I bought it a lot cheaper than I thought.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I can sell it to you today for £100.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37How does that sound?
0:24:37 > 0:24:40- Expensive.- You are joking me!
0:24:40 > 0:24:42You're not serious.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46You're not serious! You mean you're not going to pay me...
0:24:46 > 0:24:48You've got to pay me £100 for this.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50I'll pay you £100, John...
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- Right.- ..on the condition you do a little job for me.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54I will shake your hand for £100.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58Now, what... What am I have to do for my money?
0:24:58 > 0:24:59Help me muck out the stables.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Help you muck out the stables.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Well, you have to hand it to him,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06John Cameron will go to any lengths to bank a profit.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11Well, I'm glad Katherine can't see me now, but one thing I do know,
0:25:11 > 0:25:14where there's muck, there's brass.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16You can't fault him for effort
0:25:16 > 0:25:18and Mr Cameron has banked
0:25:18 > 0:25:20almost £65 worth of profit.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23He might be willing to get his hands dirty,
0:25:23 > 0:25:26but his rival is taking a much more ladylike approach
0:25:26 > 0:25:28to her pursuit of profit.
0:25:30 > 0:25:37She's arranged for a meeting to try and sell the iconic calendars that set her back almost £60 at auction.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41I hope she likes them. Fingers crossed.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Oh, hello. Oh!
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- I've brought you these, but they are so heavy.- Let me help you.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50The great thing about these,
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Annabel, is that you will not see these everywhere.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56They were issued exclusively to the Pirelli top clients
0:25:56 > 0:25:58by the UK division of the firm.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03They're not quite the archetypal posed studio shots that you see today.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06I mean I like this gritty realism. I love that kind of, you know,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09real close up but also a play with lighting,
0:26:09 > 0:26:11a play with, you know,
0:26:11 > 0:26:13the way he's treated the face and captured it.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17So these are lovely, how much?
0:26:17 > 0:26:22Well, I was thinking of around £160.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27Well, I'm prepared to pay...£90?
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Could we meet in the middle, maybe?
0:26:29 > 0:26:32What about 110?
0:26:32 > 0:26:37- £110. I'll do £110. Done.- Good.- OK. - Deal done, excellent, Annabel.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Do you want to see where I'm putting them?
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- Those would look really good in the dining room.- Fabulous.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50£110 might not have exactly been in the middle,
0:26:50 > 0:26:53but our very own Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is pin-up girl
0:26:53 > 0:26:56has banked a profit of just over £50.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Despite her best efforts at the auction,
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Katherine came away with just five lots.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Her cheapest item was the German tinplate toy bird
0:27:04 > 0:27:07which she paid a little over £40 for.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09What about £48?
0:27:09 > 0:27:10- Perfect. Deal done.- Fantastic.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13- And we'll both be singing like birds. - Indeed.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Well, it was a quick and easy sale,
0:27:15 > 0:27:20but unfortunately for Katherine not a particularly profitable one.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23You can't double your money every time and, anyway, you know what?
0:27:23 > 0:27:27I think Mr Hammer's going to be struggling selling that broken cigarette box.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Oh, that's fighting talk from Mrs Higgins, but The Hammer
0:27:31 > 0:27:36is a formidable foe and it seems he's also quite a jolly one.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40# Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside
0:27:40 > 0:27:44# Oh, I do like to be beside the sea. #
0:27:44 > 0:27:46He might seem quite merry,
0:27:46 > 0:27:50but our gentleman crooner is actually a little worried.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54When he got his etching of a battleship home,
0:27:54 > 0:27:55he had some doubts about it,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58so he arranged to meet a local gallery owner
0:27:58 > 0:28:02to try and find out what it was and to try and make a sale.
0:28:02 > 0:28:03Hi, Richard.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07In order to make a profit, he'd need to seal a deal for more than £70.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10OK, this is the picture I told you about.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15Now, when I saw this in the auction house, from a distance, I'm thinking
0:28:15 > 0:28:19- my favourite Portsmouth artist, William Wylie.- No, sadly not.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23No, well, on closer inspection I saw the signature.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25I looked at the catalogue description,
0:28:25 > 0:28:27they didn't know who the artist was.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29They catalogued it as "Charles H?"
0:28:29 > 0:28:33- I didn't recognise the signature. - No.- You know, I'm hoping you do.
0:28:33 > 0:28:38Yes, it's actually by Charles Herbert Clark,
0:28:38 > 0:28:41a little-known etcher from...
0:28:41 > 0:28:45Well, I think he was born in about the 1890s and this
0:28:45 > 0:28:51etching would date from about 1920, that sort of era, 1920, 1930.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54So he is contemporary with the end of Wylie's life, isn't he?
0:28:54 > 0:28:57- Yes. Yeah.- Well, on realising it wasn't Wylie,
0:28:57 > 0:28:59I had a look at the catalogue description...
0:28:59 > 0:29:02And it said HMS Victory, and I thought,
0:29:02 > 0:29:05"Well, I must be able to sell that down my neck of the woods,"
0:29:05 > 0:29:07and then I bought the painting, took it home,
0:29:07 > 0:29:09and then the penny dropped.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11I count two gun decks, not three.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15- Well, easily done.- So, would this picture interest you, Richard?
0:29:15 > 0:29:20Um...yes, I think we could probably sell it in here.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24Well, look, I was hoping for about £150 for it.
0:29:24 > 0:29:31Oooh. £100, I think, would be my best offer.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Well, Richard, you've enlightened me.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37I will certainly go to bed tonight wiser than I woke up.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39I'd be happy to take your £100.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42- Thank you very much, sir. - You're welcome.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45- OK.- Well, he might have bought in haste at the auction,
0:29:45 > 0:29:47but The Hammer's not a man to panic under fire
0:29:47 > 0:29:50and he's still claimed a victory banking a profit
0:29:50 > 0:29:52of almost £30 with his etching.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55His profit pot receives another boost as he makes almost £27 from
0:29:55 > 0:29:59his limited edition Royal Doulton plate and mug.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02John might be sealing profitable deals on the south coast,
0:30:02 > 0:30:06but his rival is waiting for one of her contacts at a safe house.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Or, as it's otherwise known, her home.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13Her mission is to try and sell a pencil sketch which she thinks
0:30:13 > 0:30:15could be an Epstein original.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19If she's right, it could be worth thousands,
0:30:19 > 0:30:23but she only paid a little over £175 for it.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Hang on, I'm pressing you in.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Well, I know you haven't seen it before, but stand there
0:30:28 > 0:30:31and I think you're going to be completely wowed by it
0:30:31 > 0:30:34as I turn it round and your client is going to want this.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- What do you think? - Oh, yeah. No, it's lovely.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Who is it? Do you know who it is?
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Well, now, this is the... This is the interesting bit.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43When I saw it in the auction rooms,
0:30:43 > 0:30:47kind of mixed and matched with all these other pictures...
0:30:47 > 0:30:49- Yeah. - ..I thought, "Looks familiar."
0:30:49 > 0:30:52And I could see when I looked really closely, if you look down here,
0:30:52 > 0:30:54I could see a tiny signature,
0:30:54 > 0:30:57or what I thought was the basis of a signature and it's...
0:30:57 > 0:30:59On the reverse there's an indication
0:30:59 > 0:31:02that it could be by the Sir Jacob Epstein.
0:31:02 > 0:31:03Oh, right.
0:31:03 > 0:31:08It's got this label which does kind of link it even further to Epstein.
0:31:08 > 0:31:13It's a debate as to whether you can go by it, but it talks about it being ex collection of Mrs K Fields...
0:31:13 > 0:31:17- Right.- From the Petersfield Galleries in Hampshire, who was a friend of Lady Epstein,
0:31:17 > 0:31:23- and that's what I've been working on to try and work out whether or not there was a direct association.- Yes.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26If there was, it makes it more likely that it might be by him.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Hand on heart, you know what I'm going to say,
0:31:28 > 0:31:31I'm going to say that I don't think it is right.
0:31:31 > 0:31:36So, in terms of price then, if it isn't an Epstein, what were
0:31:36 > 0:31:40you thinking because obviously that changes things a little bit.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43I think this is worth every bit of £400.
0:31:43 > 0:31:51I'd like to buy it, but I'm thinking more sort of around the £280 mark, if it's at all possible.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54You interior designers are such hard work!
0:31:54 > 0:31:57So, £400 is slightly out.
0:31:57 > 0:32:03I can slide down the slippery snake a bit and go for maybe £350.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05The problem is, it could be anything.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09It could be a student's work, it could be anything, but it is lovely.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12Say £300?
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Too low still. I want to meet on...
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Let's meet on £320.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18- Is that a fair bet? - That's a good deal.
0:32:18 > 0:32:19- Hey!- Cheers.- Great.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Thankfully you're right next to the mantelpiece
0:32:22 > 0:32:24so get your cheque book out and write the cheque!
0:32:24 > 0:32:29- OK.- They don't call me demanding for nothing.
0:32:29 > 0:32:30So, despite her best efforts
0:32:30 > 0:32:34Katherine was unable to unearth any concrete evidence that the sketch
0:32:34 > 0:32:37was actually an Epstein original,
0:32:37 > 0:32:41but she still banked a fabulous profit of over £144.
0:32:41 > 0:32:46Both experts are doing everything they can to maximise their profits from their auction lots,
0:32:46 > 0:32:50but who's the selling superstar and who needs to raise their game?
0:32:52 > 0:32:56Katherine has made sales totalling just under £480
0:32:56 > 0:32:59and banked a little over £200-worth of profit.
0:33:02 > 0:33:07Her rival, on the other hand, has sold £270-worth of goods
0:33:07 > 0:33:10and made a profit of just over £120.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16So, today's contest could still go either way.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20In Portsmouth, John's got the perfect buyer for his cigarette box,
0:33:20 > 0:33:25but he knows that any hope of a huge profit has already gone up in smoke.
0:33:29 > 0:33:30Confession time.
0:33:30 > 0:33:36When I bought this Edwardian pottery cigarette box at auction, I was pretty sure I'd turn a profit
0:33:36 > 0:33:39with one of my specialist collector, even though the corner was damaged.
0:33:39 > 0:33:45Well, that was before some poor packaging on my part resulted in me damaging the other corner,
0:33:45 > 0:33:47and whilst I glued the piece back on,
0:33:47 > 0:33:51I'm pretty sure this collector will seize upon the opportunity to beat me up on price,
0:33:51 > 0:33:56so if I get out of this with any sort of profit, I'll be breathing a sigh of relief.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00Remember, he bought the box for just over £35.
0:34:00 > 0:34:05- Hi, Martin.- John! How are you doing, mate?- All good. I brought the box I told you about.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07Brilliant. Come on in. See what we can do, mate.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11Martin, every time I see the collection it looks better,
0:34:11 > 0:34:15which is why when I saw this, I knew it would sit pretty amongst your collection.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19- Have a look at that.- Rightio. - Turn of the century.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22Yeah, about 1890, 1910.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25- Original label is interesting. - It is very interesting.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Not as interesting as the damage.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29Were you going to mention that?
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Well, I thought you might spot the damage, Martin,
0:34:31 > 0:34:34but, yeah, I know it's had a chip on the corner.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- I bought it like that... - And the other corner?
0:34:37 > 0:34:40I did break that bit, but I've got the pieces there and it's glued back on.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44Hasn't damaged the overall image. It's still a nice box.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48I do tend to buy mint, so I think you'll have to allow for your chips.
0:34:48 > 0:34:53I thought you were going to start all this, Martin, and I thought we were friends, you know?
0:34:53 > 0:34:55We are, but when it comes to money...
0:34:55 > 0:34:57It's not personal, right?
0:34:57 > 0:35:01- It's not. Go on.- OK. So, look, what do you see that valued at?
0:35:01 > 0:35:03To me, about 30 quid.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06I was hoping for 50, Martin, and I think it's worth that.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09A bit... A bit over the top, John, on that.
0:35:09 > 0:35:15- What can we do?- 35?- 35, you do know how to strike below the belt, Martin, I give you that, yeah?
0:35:15 > 0:35:17£45.
0:35:17 > 0:35:1945 is top dollar, John.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21£45 and it's yours and you haven't got one,
0:35:21 > 0:35:24and you can put that straight on a shelf, Martin,
0:35:24 > 0:35:28amongst all this other monochrome printed advertising pottery.
0:35:28 > 0:35:29You got the gift of the gab, mate.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31- £45.- Thank you, Martin! - Cheers.- Cheers.
0:35:31 > 0:35:37Well, it's not big bucks, but that's almost £10 for his kitty.
0:35:37 > 0:35:42There's better news on the yacht print though, which secured John over £72 of profit.
0:35:45 > 0:35:50Mr Cameron's rival is on her way to the south coast to try and seal a deal for her portrait of a girl.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54Since she got the portrait home, Katherine's been doing her research
0:35:54 > 0:35:56and has decided that it's not a real Gerald Kelly,
0:35:56 > 0:36:00but she's still hoping to bank a profit by selling it to a familiar face.
0:36:00 > 0:36:07I must say, I'm a bit excited about going into this house because it's the home of Wayne Hemingway,
0:36:07 > 0:36:10one of Britain's greatest designers and do you know what?
0:36:10 > 0:36:13I grew up with his shoes on my feet.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- Hiya.- Mr Hemingway, I'm delighted to meet you.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21- How are you?- Very well.
0:36:21 > 0:36:26- That's a grand looking lass... - She's a great...- ..on that print. - She's a great girl.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29- Can she come in?- She can.- Excellent.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33- Wow! That...- ..is a giant Tretchikoff!
0:36:33 > 0:36:37..is certainly the largest Tretchikoff I've ever seen.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Attractive women there, attractively lady here.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42- Look at that.- Oh, there she is.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44- Is it you?- It's not me.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47When I bought her I was interested in the Kelly link,
0:36:47 > 0:36:49that's the sort of signature at the base here,
0:36:49 > 0:36:55but I explored it thinking there may be an association with Sir Gerald Kelly, who was,
0:36:55 > 0:37:01you know, the famous Royal favourite or portraitist at that point when this was probably painted.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05So why would that go on if it wasn't him?
0:37:05 > 0:37:06It's the mystery.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10It might have got... There could well have been followers of him.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14I mean, he was very prolific at that point with his own work,
0:37:14 > 0:37:17there's a hope that it might be by him, but I don't think it is
0:37:17 > 0:37:21and I've had various colleagues that have looked at it,
0:37:21 > 0:37:24who are Kelly specialists, and they feel that it isn't quite...
0:37:24 > 0:37:27quite right, but they might be wrong.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31If I saw this in, you know, just lying around, I'd want to buy it
0:37:31 > 0:37:35because I haven't got it and it fits in with so much that I have...
0:37:35 > 0:37:37that I have got that, you know, that...
0:37:37 > 0:37:39I'd just have to have it as a collector.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42I'll offer you £301 for it.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45What does that...? That's just over the £300.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49That's pretty good. Can I up you a little bit, to say £320?
0:37:49 > 0:37:54Well, how about roughly splitting the difference and we'll call it at £310.50?
0:37:54 > 0:37:57- £310.50.- Yeah.- A bargain.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01- I've got a 50p upstairs.- A deal. - Do it.- Deal done.- OK.- Perfect.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04Well, it might not have been a genuine Gerald Kelly,
0:38:04 > 0:38:08but Katherine still banked a healthy £76-worth of profit.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14Today's contest could still go either way.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17John's most expensive purchase at the auction was a glass vase
0:38:17 > 0:38:20which he and Katherine went head-to-head on.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23It promised to be a battle of epic proportions,
0:38:23 > 0:38:26but at the crunch, Katherine graciously withdrew from the contest.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31Including commission, the vase cost John just over £160,
0:38:31 > 0:38:36so the big question is, how much profit is left in it?
0:38:36 > 0:38:42It's Daum, one of the best French 19th-century manufacturers. I know it's 20th century, but look,
0:38:42 > 0:38:45it's handmade, it's a classic inverted bell shape,
0:38:45 > 0:38:48and those blue and clear air bubble inclusions, I think, are fantastic.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52It will dazzle in your collection, Ian. Have another look.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55It's handmade. Look at those air bubble inclusions.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57John, I want to see cameo and carving.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00You don't see those pieces in the saleroom - they're becoming rare.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03We have to look for later pieces. Look again.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08Well, he's working hard and if John's going to win today's competition,
0:39:08 > 0:39:11he needs to squeeze every possible penny of profit from the vase.
0:39:11 > 0:39:16His rival is also working hard to emerge victorious from today's contest
0:39:16 > 0:39:20and is hoping to seal a deal for the ladies' walnut dressing table set
0:39:20 > 0:39:23that cost her almost £200 at the auction.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- Ah, Robert.- Hello, there, how are you?
0:39:26 > 0:39:28- Katherine.- You've brought the box.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30I thought you'd like to see it.
0:39:30 > 0:39:35- Shall we go this way and we'll have a good look at it?- Perfect. Ideal.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38It's not an ordinary box, it's got a special secret inside
0:39:38 > 0:39:41and I'm sure you probably know what it is, actually.
0:39:41 > 0:39:46I mean, obviously it's a typical dressing box or toilet box,
0:39:46 > 0:39:48but it's got a hidden extra.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Yes, yes, I can see it just there.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53You've got the secret drawer.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Obviously the lady's jewellery would go into there.
0:39:56 > 0:40:01You know, it really is, for its age, in super, super condition.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03What kind of money are you looking for it?
0:40:03 > 0:40:08I think I'd be looking at around about £420, £400, that sort of figure.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10We're not that wealthy in Lincolnshire.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13That's not what Katherine wanted to hear.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17Both our experts are working hard to make the profit to win today's auction battle.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19We'll find out shortly if John's Daum vase
0:40:19 > 0:40:23or Katherine's ladies' dressing set prove to be the decisive deal
0:40:23 > 0:40:27because it's now time to tot up the totals and find out how much they've made.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30Both our experts were allowed to spend
0:40:30 > 0:40:33up to £1,000 of their own money at today's auction.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Katherine spent just under £710,
0:40:36 > 0:40:41her rival on the other hand parted with just over £436.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44All the profits they make will be going to charity,
0:40:44 > 0:40:46so without further delay,
0:40:46 > 0:40:52it's time to reveal who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.
0:40:52 > 0:40:53Katherine, how are you?
0:40:53 > 0:40:56- It's lovely to see you, John, as always.- Likewise.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59- So, how did you get on from your auction challenge?- I love auctions.
0:40:59 > 0:41:04That was where I was born and brought up really and I just felt very comfortable there.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08And I thought, "What better place than to bid you up on a lovely vase?"
0:41:08 > 0:41:12- Thanks for that(!)- It was rather nice.- I would have liked to have bought it a bit cheaper.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15But how about you with your Pirelli calendars?
0:41:15 > 0:41:18Those were absolutely, astonishingly beautiful.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21I sold them to someone who's equally beautiful and she loved them.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- She?- Yeah, bought by a girl! Can you believe that?
0:41:24 > 0:41:29Well, I never. Well, enough polite chit-chat, I want to know how much profit you got in your case.
0:41:29 > 0:41:34- I'm hoping a lot. Let's count it down. OK.- Three, two, one.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40- Oh!- Whoa!- You slaughtered me! - Almost double!
0:41:40 > 0:41:45- Well, I'm shocked.- Almost.- I feel completely humbled, Katherine.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48I think you were a very good rival on that day.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51And you are a worthy adversary.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Right, let's go and make some more money.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55I don't know if I'm up to this now!
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Despite his best efforts,
0:41:59 > 0:42:04John only managed to bag a little over £35 for his Daum vase.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06£200, a nice even figure.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09- Go on, John. - Top man. Thank you very much, Ian.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13Katherine, though, cashed in on her walnut ladies' dressing set
0:42:13 > 0:42:17banking over £125 of profit.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20What about towards £350?
0:42:20 > 0:42:24I tell you what, I'll meet you halfway, £325, how about that?
0:42:24 > 0:42:26That sounds like a great deal to me.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Well, I'm completely gutted. Katherine wiped the floor with me at the auction.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34I'm delighted. Everything did really well that I bought and, yeah,
0:42:34 > 0:42:36I nearly doubled my money on everything.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39John, well, you know, he just didn't have my eye, really.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41He just isn't Katherine The Great!
0:42:41 > 0:42:45It's a victory for Katherine, but both our experts worked round the clock to sell their items
0:42:45 > 0:42:50and every penny of their profit will be going to their chosen charities.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54The charity I've chosen to give my money to is the Emasi Children's Project,
0:42:54 > 0:42:57which is an orphanage in Cape Town in South Africa.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00My charity is the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.
0:43:00 > 0:43:06John may have tasted defeat today, but tomorrow he'll have the chance to get his revenge
0:43:06 > 0:43:11when our duelling dealers go head to head at a Parisian antiques market.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15I see no ships, but I do potentially see a profit.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19OK, she says in London that I'm going to be able to sell this for... 500 euros.
0:43:21 > 0:43:26She'll have a tough ride because I'm coming up the outside rail and I'm not going to fall at the last fence.
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