0:00:01 > 0:00:03This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,
0:00:03 > 0:00:07the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts
0:00:07 > 0:00:10against each other in an all-out battle for profit.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13It gives you an inside view on the secrets of the trade.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20Coming up, hot tips on the antiques of the future.
0:00:20 > 0:00:24If you're keen to start collecting and this appeals to you,
0:00:24 > 0:00:26now is the time to buy it.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30How you've got to be hard as nails to make it as a dealer.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35- I think 325 is a fair figure.- No, otherwise I'd have accepted it.
0:00:35 > 0:00:40And how to wrestle your way to a deal, Knocker-Knowles-style!
0:00:40 > 0:00:42- Are we getting near?- 100.- 100?
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Today's epic clash pitches two giants of the antiques world
0:01:01 > 0:01:04against each other on foreign soil
0:01:04 > 0:01:06as Phil "the fox" Serrell...
0:01:09 > 0:01:12..and Eric "Knocker" Knowles invade Belgium.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17Their challenge to see who can make the biggest profit from buying and selling antiques.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21It's Lancashire's likely lad...
0:01:21 > 0:01:25It reminds me of a good gate at Burnley football club on a Saturday.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28..versus the Midlands mighty mauler.
0:01:29 > 0:01:3550 euro for one? They've just become very dear pens. He's just written himself out of the market!
0:01:35 > 0:01:40Both our war horses are risking their reputations and their own hard-earned cash
0:01:40 > 0:01:43as they compete to see just who is the better dealer.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51Today, our mighty veterans will be buying their antiques
0:01:51 > 0:01:53in the Belgian capital of Brussels,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56where they must battle it out in not one but two markets.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01First, the famous flea market in the Place de Jour de Belle,
0:02:01 > 0:02:06and then amongst the exclusive antique stalls of Le Sablon.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10With £750 of euros to spend, they need over a week of challenges
0:02:10 > 0:02:14to make the most profit possible, all of which will go to charity.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Eric Knowles and Philip Serrell, it's time to put your money where your mouth is!
0:02:18 > 0:02:22- Have you got a strategy?- I'm going to try and keep in my comfort zone.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27I'm going to look at late 19th century, 20th century, and decorative. And you?
0:02:27 > 0:02:32If I've got one, I want to buy as much as I can, early doors. Get things in the bag.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36- I want to get going now. - Starters orders. Au revoir and bonne chance!
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Two British gentlemen on a grand overseas dealing adventure.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45From the starting pistol, our rivals are off,
0:02:45 > 0:02:50scouting out every inch of this flea market to find the most profitable pieces.
0:02:52 > 0:02:58The Fox's strategy is to move fast and buy quickly, propelled by the joys of exploring new territory.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03It's exciting because I'm in a different city, different country. What might I find?
0:03:03 > 0:03:09It's a flea market. There's everything here - African heads, carpets, chairs, there's everything.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13And what a treasure trove this promises to be for Knocker,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17who's focused on ceramics and all things decorative.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20This place is just completely smothered
0:03:20 > 0:03:25in glassware and ceramics and all manner of things.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30It's quite exciting because your eyes are going everywhere. Well, mine are!
0:03:30 > 0:03:36I don't know what day it is here in Belgium, but it's my birthday!
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Our Knocker is like a kid in a candy shop.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42But as they pound the aisles, our brave boys must beware.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46This place is so packed, that valuable antiques litter the ground.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49In this market, you need tiny feet.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52It makes you wonder how much stuff gets broken here.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54CLATTER OF CHINA
0:03:54 > 0:03:56And as if by magic...
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Don't focus on this, cos this will bring me out in a rash!
0:03:59 > 0:04:03The sight of broken china and I'm getting all itchy!
0:04:03 > 0:04:07It can't be easy being such a hopeless potaholic, Eric!
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Sticking like a limpet to his "buy quickly" strategy,
0:04:10 > 0:04:16the Fox circles and is first to strike, bagging a 19th-century brass cauldron.
0:04:16 > 0:04:1835 euros.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20- No.- Hang on. Hang on.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- 40.- Get out of here! Go on, then!
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Phil stumps up the full asking price - 40 euros, or just over £36.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30But he's confident of a good return.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34When I started in this business in England, 30 years ago,
0:04:34 > 0:04:38copper warming pans were £90 and copper kettles were £80.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41So what I have been and bought? Brass.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44I think this will make a great log bin for somebody.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47I'm hoping I can double my money.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52In another corner of the market, Eric has locked on to his first target.
0:04:53 > 0:04:58This was made probably somewhere around 1880, 1890. You can just imagine
0:04:58 > 0:05:03somebody being served that very thick Turkish coffee
0:05:03 > 0:05:05on a tray like this.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10But what I love about it is the fact that this is all hand-enamelled.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Le dernier prix c'est trente-cinq.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Trente-cinq. That's about 35... Oui, oui, oui.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19- Monsieur, voila!- OK. Thank you. - Tres bonne. Thank you.
0:05:19 > 0:05:24The 35 euros Eric pays for the tray comes to just under £32.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28The Fox is already sizing up his next target.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33If you look here, you can see this oak.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36You can see how it's had lime rubbed into the grain
0:05:36 > 0:05:39and it gives it that faded, almost distressed look.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42But that's quite a trendy look back home just now.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45The worst part about these is this.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47This is just horrible.
0:05:47 > 0:05:52But if I can find some nice print, a leopard print or something like that to cover these,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54either in this market or back home,
0:05:54 > 0:05:58it'll make these look a million dollars. It's all down to price.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Leopard print, eh? Nice!
0:06:00 > 0:06:02But first let's see if you can buy them.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- I'll give you 30 euros, the two. - Non.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- Non.- No? 35 - best offer.
0:06:08 > 0:06:1140 is the best offer.
0:06:11 > 0:06:17The Fox is as hard as nails. He stays put, lets the dealer sweat, and bingo!
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Eh, bien. 35, the two.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- 35, the two?- Yeah.- Oui.- OK. Thanks.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25That's a good deal. It pays to hang around here.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28That's just under £32 for the chairs
0:06:28 > 0:06:31and our speedy Fox bags his second buy.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37Potaholic Knocker isn't managing quite the same pace.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40That's a big one.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43That's a good-looking pot.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49From all four corners of this market,
0:06:49 > 0:06:52pots of every conceivable size and shape
0:06:52 > 0:06:54are calling out to our Eric!
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Those pots, the minute you see them, you know they're German.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04But they're West German, made in West Germany
0:07:04 > 0:07:06during the 1950s and '60s.
0:07:06 > 0:07:1120-odd years ago, you'd find these things in charity shops
0:07:11 > 0:07:16and people would look at them and regard them as nothing more than kitsch.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21Very bad taste. It has got that retro look, which is very much in vogue at the moment.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Knocker knows his stuff
0:07:24 > 0:07:27and sniffs potential profit from a new generation of buyers
0:07:27 > 0:07:31who believe pieces of West German kitsch are the antiques of the future.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35He's going for a deal for the lamp and the grey jug.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37140 is my best price.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39That's your best price, I can tell. It's a deal.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44140 euros is just over £127
0:07:44 > 0:07:47for the lamp and the jug.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50And there's no dragging Eric away from the porcelain.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Let me just say that if you are keen to start collecting
0:07:53 > 0:07:55and this type of pottery appeals to you,
0:07:55 > 0:08:00now is the time to buy it. It's all period. This is not repro.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04With Eric merrily indulging his porcelain addiction,
0:08:04 > 0:08:07the Fox is prowling, determined to snap up
0:08:07 > 0:08:10speedy buys on anything potentially profitable.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12And now it's antique kitchenalia!
0:08:14 > 0:08:18This is really interesting. It's a herb chopper.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22That would sit on there and you'd rock it back and forth to chop herbs.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26It probably dates to around 1900, 1910.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Phil snaps up the herb chopper
0:08:28 > 0:08:31for 45 euros, or just under £41.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Knocker is still hopelessly lost in ceramics ecstasy.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39It's Christmas, Eric!
0:08:39 > 0:08:44He's already bought two West German pieces and now another is tugging at his heart.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- What is our best price?- Best price for this piece, 30 euro.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- 30 euro?- 30, yes.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52OK. All right.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55It's talking to me. It's saying, "Buy me."
0:08:55 > 0:08:56So I'm going to buy it, OK?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Thank you.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Another great Knocker romance with a happy ending!
0:09:01 > 0:09:03OK. Lovely.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Eric's third West German purchase
0:09:05 > 0:09:08costs him just over £27.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14The flea market now has less than an hour to go.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Our duo need to make the most of their remaining time.
0:09:17 > 0:09:24Fox has been moving fast, but it seems his sense of direction can't always keep up.
0:09:25 > 0:09:30When I was going round earlier, I saw a nice marble Art Deco clock set.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33And now I can't remember where it is!
0:09:33 > 0:09:35So if you see something at these fairs,
0:09:35 > 0:09:38always put a mental marker as to where it is!
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Well, there are plenty of marble Art Deco clocks round here, Phil.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44But the bad news for you is
0:09:44 > 0:09:46it's Knocker who's homing in on them!
0:09:47 > 0:09:51I quite like these clocks. You can see they're marble.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55But this one is more interesting. It has a couple of side supports.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00They're to offer that central clock moral support!
0:10:00 > 0:10:04- Combien, monsieur? - 20 euros.- 20 euros.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07OK. 20 euros, monsieur, oui. Bonne, bonne.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10So it's Eric who's first to bag an Art Deco clock
0:10:10 > 0:10:12for just over £18.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16There was another one to the side for the same money.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18I couldn't leave it, so I've bought two!
0:10:18 > 0:10:23As Knocker bags his second clock for the same price as the first,
0:10:23 > 0:10:27it looks like he's the one who's stolen all the cunning!
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Phil's foxiness seems to have deserted him!
0:10:30 > 0:10:33He's no idea his rival has snapped up the clocks
0:10:33 > 0:10:39because he's fully immersed in haggling for what looks like a boxful of old wood!
0:10:39 > 0:10:41How much for those?
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- Those?- Yeah.- Give me 30.
0:10:44 > 0:10:4625 and I'll take them.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49- Oh, it's good.- Yeah?- Yeah. - Good man. Thank you.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53Phil seals the deal for just under £23.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56But what on earth has he bought?
0:10:56 > 0:10:59These are all moulding planes, or box planes.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02That, for example, if you look at the way that's formed there,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05as you plane that, it's going to give you a groove.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10I'll try and sell them to somebody who does woodwork. That's the plan.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15With time ticking away, our mighty rivals must scour this market
0:11:15 > 0:11:18for every gram of profit left.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21But they also need to hold back enough cash for Le Sablon,
0:11:21 > 0:11:24the buying location they'll head to next.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Five?
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Phil is quick to purchase an old goat's skin,
0:11:29 > 0:11:32with a plan in mind for the two chairs he bought earlier.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37I'm not sure it's big enough to fit the seat of the chairs,
0:11:37 > 0:11:42but at five euros, I reckon I can just sell that at a profit anyway.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46One potential seat covering for less than a fiver.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Eric is staying bang on strategy,
0:11:50 > 0:11:53seizing on yet another pot in his bid for profit.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- Val Saint Lambert. - Val Saint Lambert.- Belgian, yes?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- Trente-cinq?- Yes. - Trente-cinq? Is that OK?
0:12:00 > 0:12:02- It's OK.- Trente-cinq is OK.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Monsieur, thank you very much indeed.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09That's just under £32 for the Val Saint Lambert vase.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Madame. May I look?
0:12:13 > 0:12:14So 12 is your best?
0:12:14 > 0:12:18After buying up everything from a brass cauldron to a herb chopper,
0:12:18 > 0:12:23the Fox is taking a religious turn with his final purchase at this flea market.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27See, at £10, I think that's quite interesting.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31It's got a look to it. I'm really just having a gamble here.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34I won't try and beat the lady down cos she looks a bit scary to me!
0:12:34 > 0:12:39What's this? The Fox? England's toughest deal-doer?
0:12:39 > 0:12:40Intimidated?
0:12:42 > 0:12:46But at least he bags his panel, and for less than £11.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51And with that, the first part of our duelling duo's Belgian bonanza is over.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Eric and Phil each started the day with £750 of their own money
0:12:59 > 0:13:01in their pockets.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03So far, Eric's bought six items.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Phil's also bought six items, but spent less.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23But the biggest spending is still to come.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Our duelling dealers have got £750-worth of euros to spend,
0:13:34 > 0:13:38buying antiques in Brussels that they must now sell back in Blighty.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43After their mad dash for bargains at the flea market,
0:13:43 > 0:13:47it's time for our warring warriors to invade a posher part of town.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Here at Le Sablon, the game steps up a gear
0:13:50 > 0:13:55because the stalls are more exclusive and the antiques a lot pricier.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00Well, I've walked up the hill and I'm in Le Sablon,
0:14:00 > 0:14:03and I've also gone upmarket.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Because everything here is just that little bit, that little bit special.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11Knocker and the Fox have both held back a mighty wedge of euros,
0:14:11 > 0:14:15hoping they'll have enough to snap up some profitable pieces.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Phil has over £600 left.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Back in Blighty, he's made his name as an auctioneer
0:14:21 > 0:14:25and here he's spotted a piece that is crying out to him.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29- Combien?- It's 465. Quatre-cent soixante-cinq.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31I've got an ivory gavel here.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Any auctioneer worth his salt, every time that comes down, you're earning.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39The laws on selling ivory are very strict, and so they should be.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42But you can sell old ivory beyond a certain date
0:14:42 > 0:14:46that has been worked. This falls into that category.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48It's not a problem from that point of view.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Would 305 euros be any good?
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- 350, that's the last one. - 350? OK.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58I'll give you that back and come back and see you. Thank you.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Hard as a rock, auctioneer Phil finds the ivory gavel hard to resist.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07But 350 euros is more than half his remaining cash.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10And he's not ready to part with it just yet.
0:15:10 > 0:15:15Mind you, 350 euros could be an absolute bargain given some of the prices round here!
0:15:17 > 0:15:19# Money, money, money,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22# Must be funny
0:15:22 > 0:15:24# In the rich man's world... #
0:15:24 > 0:15:25How much is that, can I ask?
0:15:25 > 0:15:271,400.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31- Combien?- 2,500 euro.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36One of the issues in going up a grade in quality, you go up a grade in price!
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Come on, chaps! Stiff upper lips, please!
0:15:41 > 0:15:44In this competition, you can't be shrinking violets.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48You have to get stuck in there! What say you, Eric?
0:15:48 > 0:15:51There's something out there, waiting for me to buy it.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54I just know. It's just a matter of trying harder.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57This is Baccarat.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01- Baccarat.- Yes. It's 1910.
0:16:01 > 0:16:02Can I ask how much they are?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04225.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06225.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10Knocker's expert eye has picked out some high quality glassware.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14But he's not sure it'll make enough profit back in Blighty.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Baccarat is a very good make.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20But it's not a vase that turns up in the British market very often.
0:16:20 > 0:16:25There could be a profit there, but not enough to make me pull out 200 euro.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30The Fox is waging a wily war of wills for his ivory gavel.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33He left the vendor asking 350 euros for it.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36He's walked around the block, left her to stew,
0:16:36 > 0:16:39and now he's back for round two!
0:16:39 > 0:16:41I've got 300 euros. Can I buy your gavel?
0:16:41 > 0:16:44- No, no, no. Sorry. - What is your very best?
0:16:44 > 0:16:47I told you, 350. 350 euros.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49I'll think. Thank you.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Well, that didn't go quite as planned.
0:16:52 > 0:16:57Could the Midlands mauler have met his match in this tough Belgian dealer? Time will tell!
0:16:59 > 0:17:01And time is ticking away.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06Both our boys have been dilly-dallying without buying so much as a sausage!
0:17:06 > 0:17:10One of them surely has to crack and splash some cash.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16I'm going back to look at those Baccarat vases.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19I'm 90 per cent thinking maybe.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24- Go on, Knocker! - 210 is the very best.- 210.- Euro.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Is 200 possible?
0:17:26 > 0:17:29- Yes.- If 200 is possible, we say yes.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33Well done, Eric. That's over ten per cent over the original asking price.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37Two Baccarat vases for just under £182.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40They are of a good pedigree, it's fair to say.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44You're buying a name with glass, and it counts for a lot.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49So, Knocker's feeling flush, but the Fox has still to spend.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53He's found some stalls with cheaper items
0:17:53 > 0:17:54and he's decided to pluck a pitch
0:17:54 > 0:17:59straight out of chapter one of The Dealer's Guide to Sob Stories!
0:17:59 > 0:18:02- I need help. Lots of help. - What can I do for you?
0:18:02 > 0:18:06I need to buy things and I haven't got any money.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08- Is this a cigar cutter?- Yes.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13I'm on home ground here, because I'm in Brussels
0:18:13 > 0:18:17and I've found an English hallmark.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21A cigar cutter. That lifts up like that and you put your cigar in there.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Then you just nip it like that.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25What's the very best?
0:18:25 > 0:18:29- 35 I can take. - I will take that. Thank you.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Phil bags the cigar cutter for just under £32.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35And he's not stopping there.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40This antique coffee cup is even cheaper.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41Vingt-cinq.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Vingt-cinq is 25 euro?
0:18:44 > 0:18:4715 euro. Any good?
0:18:47 > 0:18:51What about 20 euro? 20 euro and I'll buy it.
0:18:51 > 0:18:52- OK.- Yeah?- Right.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57So the Fox is proving there are bargains here, if you dig deep enough.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02The cup cost him just over £18.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05It's quite sweet. Any idea which factory?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- Bruxelle.- Brussels.- Yes.
0:19:07 > 0:19:12I'm really pleased. It would appear, if my French is good enough,
0:19:12 > 0:19:14that I've bought some Brussels china.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18With over £300-worth of euro still burning a hole in his wallet,
0:19:18 > 0:19:23Knocker's looking to spend big and deal the Fox a knockout blow.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27But how much profit could he squeeze out of an Art Deco archer?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29He's very stylish.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33But the casting is a bit squiffy.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36It's not 100 per cent as I would want it to be.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38It's 200 euro.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41I'd feel happier if I could pay less than that.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43I'll give it a try, anyway.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Can you just give me the very best price on this?
0:19:46 > 0:19:48180. It's a very nice quality.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52The style, it's Art Deco, huh?
0:19:52 > 0:19:57- If it's 180, the best, the best, the best.- OK.- OK.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59The bronze archer costs Eric just under £164
0:19:59 > 0:20:03and he knows he's taking a bit of a gamble.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07The casting is not as good as I would want it to be.
0:20:07 > 0:20:13But anything of that ilk is always going to be desirable.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Thank you very much indeed. Lovely.
0:20:17 > 0:20:23Our tustling twosome are practically out of time in the upmarket stalls of Le Sablon.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29But the Fox still has the intransigent dealer of an ivory gavel to sort out.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34The only thing he hasn't tried is pure undiluted Midlands charm.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39I think I'm going to buy that. Can you help me on price at all?
0:20:39 > 0:20:41I'll take 340, then.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42340 euros.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Can I do 330?
0:20:44 > 0:20:49- I know I can be difficult, so yes. - I'll give you 330, yes? - OK.- I love you!
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Oh, I say. The charm pays off
0:20:52 > 0:20:56and Phil had bagged his beloved gavel for £300.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59He certainly had to work for it, though!
0:20:59 > 0:21:01She has financially undressed me!
0:21:01 > 0:21:05"I would love to help you, but I can't." Thanks so much(!)
0:21:05 > 0:21:08I've just been kippered. Properly kippered.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10She's lovely, isn't she?
0:21:10 > 0:21:14I say, I think there could be a spot of chemistry, there!
0:21:14 > 0:21:19But our duelling dealers' brief encounter with the city of Brussels is now over.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22So how's their Belgian balance sheet looking now?
0:21:25 > 0:21:28After starting the day with £750-worth of euros each,
0:21:28 > 0:21:32Eric's spent a grand total of £600 at the prevailing exchange rate
0:21:32 > 0:21:34on eight items.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38Phil has bought nine items but spent less than his rival,
0:21:38 > 0:21:41a total of just over £497.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44But it will be the profit they make when they get home
0:21:44 > 0:21:46that decides the winner.
0:21:47 > 0:21:52Before they cross the Channel, Eric and Phil get the chance to compare purchases.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Can I just say, out of all this stuff, those, they're stunning.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00- You like my vases?- Yeah.- I'm quite taken by your chairs, actually.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- They were 35 euros.- No!
0:22:03 > 0:22:06- For the pair?- Yes, for the pair.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10- I thought they'd got that shabby chic look of today.- Lovely.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14The bad news is, I bought that as something to re-upholster them with.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16But the look says it all, Eric.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20The best thing you can do with that is give it the last rites and bury it!
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Now Knocker Knowles and Phil the Fox Serrell must make as much profit as they can
0:22:24 > 0:22:27on the items they've bought here in Brussels.
0:22:27 > 0:22:33As well as his Baccarat glassware, Eric must sell a hand-painted enamel tray.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37Three pieces of '50s and '60s German pottery,
0:22:37 > 0:22:39two Art Deco marble clocks,
0:22:39 > 0:22:41a Belgian glass vase
0:22:41 > 0:22:44and an Art Deco bronze archer.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46As well as his chairs and animal skin,
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Phil must sell a brass cauldron,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52a herb chopper and tray,
0:22:52 > 0:22:54some old carpentry planes,
0:22:54 > 0:22:56a bronze panel,
0:22:56 > 0:22:58a cigar cutter,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00a 19th-century coffee cup
0:23:00 > 0:23:03and an antique ivory gavel.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10Their Belgian buying bonanza is over.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14Now back in Blighty, our masters of the antiques universe
0:23:14 > 0:23:17must draw on all their legendary guile and experience
0:23:17 > 0:23:19to try and sell their way to victory.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23They're working their way through their little black books
0:23:23 > 0:23:26and putting together deals by phone and email.
0:23:26 > 0:23:32But until they've shaken on it and the money's changed hands, no deal is truly sealed.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35As always, some items are harder to shift than others!
0:23:36 > 0:23:38The problem I've got is this chap.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43If this was an Amazon lady with long legs,
0:23:43 > 0:23:46I'd have little problem placing her.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50But because it's a male subject, I do. It's the way of the market.
0:23:50 > 0:23:56The Fox is supremely confident that his two limed-oak chairs are a star buy.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02Those chairs, I bought them for nothing, and I should sell them with minimal effort.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04The gavel is a different kettle of fish
0:24:04 > 0:24:07because I think I paid all the money for that.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16At Fox HQ, Phil has come up with a cunning plan
0:24:16 > 0:24:21to squeeze maximum profit out of his chairs by impressing a high-end buyer.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Have a look at that seat. It's wholly unattractive.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28If we put that on there, in the short term,
0:24:28 > 0:24:33it will be illustrative to this lady who's got a really good gallery in the Cotswolds
0:24:33 > 0:24:36selling 20th-century furniture.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41Phil's roped in his daughter Clem to help him give the chairs a revamp.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47If I hold it there, do you want to watch my fingers? Aghh!
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Ouch!
0:24:49 > 0:24:54100 miles away, Knocker is waxing lyrical about the attributes of his bronze archer.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57No, he's got long legs. Definitely got long legs!
0:24:57 > 0:25:04There's nothing lacking in the leg department with my archer, I assure you!
0:25:04 > 0:25:07But with a whole pile of other pieces from Brussels to shift,
0:25:07 > 0:25:12our profit-hungry duo can't afford to stay at home making phone calls.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17Oh, no. Eric is heading for an antiques centre in Kent to get his selling underway.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21He's going to offer the retro lamp he bought at the flea market for £90
0:25:21 > 0:25:24to specialist dealer, Colin.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26There we go.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31If I'm not surprised, that's a piece of German technology there, Eric.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35- Somebody mentioned the word Scheurich to me.- It looks like one.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37It's that sort of colour base.
0:25:37 > 0:25:43They were very well known for the reds and browns and the mixture between these combinations.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47- They call it Fat Lava. - Why do they call it Fat Lava?
0:25:47 > 0:25:51They call it Fat Lava because a number of factories developed this approach
0:25:51 > 0:25:58of having this other colour glaze which is rough. The colour schemes aren't complimentary.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02- They clash, in many cases. - I'd like to think
0:26:02 > 0:26:05- this is sort of top notch. - Yeah, it's good.
0:26:05 > 0:26:12- It's good.- OK. I was hoping for somewhere in the region of around about £180
0:26:12 > 0:26:15because I did stick my neck out and have a good punt on this.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20That's an audacious asking price from Knocker. It would double his money.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24I would see it somewhere about 130.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28If you could see it somewhere near 140,
0:26:28 > 0:26:32I'd be very tempted to stick that hand about there and wait for yours to join it.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Yes, that's vintage Knowles. In a cracking start to his selling,
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Eric's made a profit of nearly £50 on the German lamp.
0:26:43 > 0:26:48The pressure is on the Fox. But Knocker's not the only one who can be bold.
0:26:48 > 0:26:53Phil's taken the bull by the horns and decided to go straight for a sale of his highest value piece,
0:26:53 > 0:26:55the ivory gavel.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00It was expensive. It was £300.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05But I think it's just about one of the best ivory gavels I've seen.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09As he prowls through his home town of Worcester,
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Phil's hoping a fellow auctioneer will be knocked out by the gavel
0:27:12 > 0:27:16and be prepared to pay him good money for it.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Wish me luck. There's a lot riding on this!
0:27:18 > 0:27:20- Champ, how are you?- Serrell!
0:27:20 > 0:27:24To make a decent profit on the £300 he paid for the gavel,
0:27:24 > 0:27:28the Fox needs to be at his wily and persuasive best.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32- I've got just the selling tool for you, Champ.- You're selling!
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Want to see it? Isn't that the business?
0:27:34 > 0:27:38- What are you quoting for that? - I want £400 for it.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42All you have to do is be up there on the rostrum
0:27:42 > 0:27:45selling one of your multi-million-pound properties
0:27:45 > 0:27:48and the extra commission that that will earn for you
0:27:48 > 0:27:50will be realised in a... "Sold! Yours!"
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Oh, that's clever!
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- I wasn't expecting 400 quid! - Have you ever seen a better gavel?
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Probably not.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01I can always take it to another auctioneer in town.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05- I'll give you 300.- You're getting warmer, Champ. No, 400.- OK.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09325. I quite fancy holding that, actually.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11I agree. You'd look brilliant.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15But don't deprive yourself of the opportunity for an extra 25 quid.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Yes, this is the Fox at his very best!
0:28:19 > 0:28:23- I think 325 is a very fair figure, don't you?- No!
0:28:23 > 0:28:24Otherwise I'd have accepted it!
0:28:24 > 0:28:29Tell you what, this is my best shot, finished, that's the end of it. £350.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32All right. I'll do a deal at 350.
0:28:32 > 0:28:33Thank you.
0:28:33 > 0:28:38That was a master class in tenacious dealing from the Fox,
0:28:38 > 0:28:42matching opponent Eric every step of the way with a profit of £50.
0:28:43 > 0:28:48I wanted £400. It was my big buy in Brussels.
0:28:48 > 0:28:49But would he have paid more?
0:28:49 > 0:28:53I don't know, but I've got to be happy with my £50 profit.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58Knocker is vying for the advantage again. He's on his way to see Cheryl,
0:28:58 > 0:29:01one of his specialist contacts in Kent,
0:29:01 > 0:29:06with one of the marble clocks he snapped up at the Brussels flea market for just under £20.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10- I think they're jolly nice quality.- They're fabulous,
0:29:10 > 0:29:12- but I must do one thing, Eric.- Yeah?
0:29:12 > 0:29:17It's like having the knife and fork the wrong way at the dinner table!
0:29:17 > 0:29:20- Oh, I see!- I like the continuity of the marble here.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Another thing I need to do. Can I check your pockets?
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Yes, what are you looking for?
0:29:25 > 0:29:26- The key!- Oh!
0:29:26 > 0:29:31It didn't come with a key, but I don't think that is a major issue
0:29:31 > 0:29:35because with a clock like this, it's all to do with appearance.
0:29:35 > 0:29:41I like big, bold faces and I can imagine that on a lovely white marble mantelpiece.
0:29:41 > 0:29:47I'm here to try and persuade you to pay somewhere in the region of £200 for this.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49£200 is too much.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53Only because the clock doesn't work. As it stands,
0:29:53 > 0:29:57I'm going to give you £50.
0:29:57 > 0:30:02I would probably home in at, let's say, £120.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06That's a big drop, isn't it. Put it there. Put it there. OK.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Where are we with this? We're at 120 with this.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11- Are we getting near?- 100.- 100!
0:30:14 > 0:30:17- Yes?- A hundred pounds. You're on.- Thank you.
0:30:17 > 0:30:22Nice work, Knocker. A broken wrist, but a whopping profit of over 500 per cent!
0:30:22 > 0:30:28And nearly £82 in the bank for his first flea market clock.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31But it doesn't stop there.
0:30:31 > 0:30:37Eric sells his second marble clock for £60 and nets a profit of just over £40.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40Our Lancashire lad's in the zone!
0:30:40 > 0:30:44You will sell, you will sell. Keep chanting, Eric, you will sell.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47So the Fox really needs to up his game.
0:30:47 > 0:30:52He's brought his revamped chairs to the upmarket Cotswold village of Broadway.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55They cost him just over £30.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58He's taken personal charge of their restyling,
0:30:58 > 0:31:02and it's time for their proud presentation to prospective buyer Amanda.
0:31:04 > 0:31:05Oh.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Those aren't like the photos you sent me.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13They looked more contemporary with the plain yellow covers on.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Oh, Phil, what a boo-boo!
0:31:16 > 0:31:21What would you put on them to give them a contemporary look?
0:31:21 > 0:31:27- Something very pale and plain. - Like what was on them before?- Yes!
0:31:27 > 0:31:32- Aside from that, they're pretty chairs. Woodworm anywhere? - No, they're sound.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36I'd think they were probably 1930s. Do you want to buy them?
0:31:36 > 0:31:38How much are they?
0:31:38 > 0:31:40- £60 a chair.- Each chair?
0:31:40 > 0:31:44No. I might give you 60 for the two.
0:31:44 > 0:31:45This won't be easy!
0:31:45 > 0:31:47- Have them for 100 quid.- 100 quid?
0:31:47 > 0:31:51I don't want them that bad, Phil! Come down a bit.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55Tell you what, I'll go to 70.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58You can have them for £80, the two. And that's it finished.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00And I'm finished with them!
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Deal!
0:32:04 > 0:32:07The Fox knows when to take the money and run.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09He nets himself a profit of just over £48,
0:32:09 > 0:32:13but he's had to work hard for it!
0:32:13 > 0:32:15She looked such a lovely girl!
0:32:15 > 0:32:21Dear me! Still, they cost me £35 or thereabouts and I've more than doubled my money.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25But I think I've earned every single penny!
0:32:25 > 0:32:27With the chairs gone,
0:32:27 > 0:32:31Phil is good to offload the goatskin he bought as an option for re-covering them.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34It makes him a profit of just 45 pence!
0:32:34 > 0:32:37But he does a lot better with his large brass cauldron,
0:32:37 > 0:32:40purchased for just over £36,
0:32:40 > 0:32:43taking a profit of just under £14.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47So, with this selling battle bubbling away,
0:32:47 > 0:32:50who's surging ahead and who's slipping behind?
0:33:10 > 0:33:13And with more sales to come,
0:33:13 > 0:33:15this game could still go either way.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Knocker's might profit band wagon is still a-rolling.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26He's picked out a specialist glass dealer in London's Mayfair
0:33:26 > 0:33:31to try and cash in on the Art Nouveau vases he believes are made by French firm Baccarat.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35He paid just over £180 for them,
0:33:35 > 0:33:39but will Jagoda be interested in buying them?
0:33:39 > 0:33:42- That's one.- OK. - They're in good condition.
0:33:42 > 0:33:47- Check their sound. Yes, it's a good sound. So no cracks or chips.- No.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50I think they're Baccarat. That would make sense
0:33:50 > 0:33:52because Baccarat were not marking at this stage.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56They used to put a little paper circular label on the base.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00But with all these things, over 110 years or more,
0:34:00 > 0:34:03they get washed off or one thing or another.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07That's normal for the age. But still it's such a nice pair in good condition.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10I'd like to know how much you're asking for them.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12I'm looking in the region of £300.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15They have no mark, so... What is the best you can do?
0:34:15 > 0:34:20Well... As it's you, we could probably come down to about 280.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23- What about 250?- You're pushing me hard, you know that?
0:34:23 > 0:34:25- Pushing hard.- I'm a dealer.
0:34:25 > 0:34:30- 250. You pay me 250, you've got a deal.- 250 is OK.
0:34:30 > 0:34:31- OK.- Thank you.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35Good work, Eric. That's a tidy profit of more than £68
0:34:35 > 0:34:37for the Art Nouveau vases.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41And our Knocker makes more money on his Brussels glassware
0:34:41 > 0:34:46when he sells his Val St Lambert vase for a profit of just over £28.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53The Fox has really got his work cut out now.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56He's been burning the midnight oil trying to find out more
0:34:56 > 0:35:00about the 19th-century coffee cup he bought at Le Sablon.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04But he's running out of time and needs to make some money and fast.
0:35:04 > 0:35:09So he decides the best option is to sell the cup onto his contact Lee.
0:35:09 > 0:35:15I've got a feeling that there was a Brussels factory that was producing these things
0:35:15 > 0:35:19around 1800, 1820. But the truthful answer is I don't know.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23The thing for me is the challenge to find out a bit more about it.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27Just looking at the base, I can see some incised marks.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30That's a benefit of you, Lee, cos I can't see those marks!
0:35:30 > 0:35:33There's a little scroll here, and then an S.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36It's very difficult to see. It's only in a certain light.
0:35:36 > 0:35:41So that will be our starting point for perhaps finding out where it's from.
0:35:41 > 0:35:46- Are you interested in buying it? - The answer is yes, Philip.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49It's an interesting thing. It's a nice thing to own.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52I want 25 quid for it, which isn't a huge amount of money
0:35:52 > 0:35:57as if you can put a name to the factory, you could double your money and good luck to you.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59- Deal?- Yes. - Cheers, Lee.- Thank you.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02It's a small profit for Fox.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Just under £7.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07But a dealer's got to do what a dealer's got to do.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11And Phil goes to another contact of his, Martin,
0:36:11 > 0:36:14to try for a deal on his bronze panel.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17If you want to sell to the trade, I'm bidding you 50 quid!
0:36:17 > 0:36:21He makes just over £39 on the bronze panel
0:36:21 > 0:36:23and it all helps in his battle against Knocker.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28Our Lancashire lad is back pounding the pavements of London
0:36:28 > 0:36:31armed with another of his West German pots.
0:36:31 > 0:36:35He's targeting a well-known expert on 20th-century ceramics,
0:36:35 > 0:36:37the very dapper Mark Hill.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41- He's a rather handsome one. - Well, I thought so, too.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46- It's got that very nice '50s angular handle, hasn't it?- It has.
0:36:46 > 0:36:52- I'm going to start off at £65.- It's a big price and it's not a big pot.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56What I'd like to see, for £65, is something that big.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59This stuff has got to be value for money.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02If you can buy a big pot like that for £65.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07- These have to be the antiques of the future.- Come on, give me an offer.- I'll say £50.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11OK. Come on. Put it there. Thank you very much, kind sir.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Yes, a real battle of experts, that one,
0:37:13 > 0:37:19but potaholic Knocker nets himself a profit of just under £23.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22And Eric goes on to further triumphs.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25He sells his final ceramics piece, another German jug,
0:37:25 > 0:37:28yielding a profit of over £40.
0:37:28 > 0:37:33And he scores a another hit with his 19th-century hand-painted enamel tray.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39This is unusual, colourful, and I haven't seen anything quite like it.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44Another very tasty profit for Knocker of just over £68.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49And that leaves Phil at home in Worcester, plotting feverishly
0:37:49 > 0:37:54to rake in maximum profit from his remaining Brussels booty.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Enter friend and bon viveur, Roddy
0:37:57 > 0:38:01a prime target for the sale of the silver cigar cutter.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03I'm going to hit you with one price
0:38:03 > 0:38:05and one price only.
0:38:05 > 0:38:11For you to be generous is something very much against the grain, but I'm listening!
0:38:11 > 0:38:15- It's 40 quid.- 40 pounds?!- 40 pounds.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19It's a nice little item. I think we could do that.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21- Sure?- Yep. I'm absolutely certain. Deal.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25Yes, he's still as hard as nails.
0:38:25 > 0:38:30The Fox's unrelenting approach nets him a profit of just over £8.
0:38:30 > 0:38:35But the ups and downs of Phil's selling campaign don't end there.
0:38:35 > 0:38:40He makes a loss of just under £3 when he sells his carpentry planes.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44But a profit of just over £9 on his antique herb cutter.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53That means the final outcome of today's mighty battle
0:38:53 > 0:38:56all comes down to whether Knocker Knowles
0:38:56 > 0:38:57can sell his Art Deco archer.
0:38:57 > 0:39:02It's just my luck. The most expensive thing I bought in Brussels
0:39:02 > 0:39:05is the last thing I've got to sell. What's more, I'm late.
0:39:05 > 0:39:10Knocker took a big risk on the archer and paid a whopping £163 for it.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14And he's been concerned from the start that this gilded athlete
0:39:14 > 0:39:16could be his Achilles' heel.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20He's hoping a decorative specialist will think otherwise.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22- It's definitely bronze? - It is. Hang on.
0:39:22 > 0:39:28- And the gilding and everything is... - As far as I'm aware, it all looks as right as rain.
0:39:28 > 0:39:36- OK.- I mean, it's not a great casting, but he looks better when you've got him at eye level.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Once he's in a cabinet against a plain wall,
0:39:38 > 0:39:42I think that's his optimum selling area.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46- That's right.- So he is for sale.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49- We haven't really covered the price, have we?- No.
0:39:49 > 0:39:54Like all these things, it really does depend what sort of money it is.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57It's nice, but it is only stylised. It's not signed.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01Oh, Knocker, the stress is unbearable.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Is your archer a calamity or a corker?
0:40:04 > 0:40:07And have you handed the fox a chance to steal the game?
0:40:07 > 0:40:09We'll soon find out.
0:40:09 > 0:40:14It's time to tot up the totals and reveal who's made the most cash.
0:40:16 > 0:40:21Both our dealers had £750-worth of euros to spend in Belgium.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Eric parted with a healthy £600 in his quest for profit.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29Whilst opponent Phil was more cautious in his spending
0:40:29 > 0:40:31risking just under £500.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38Over a week's challenges, all the profit that Eric and Phil make
0:40:38 > 0:40:40will go to a charity of their choice.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44So, without further ado, it's time to find out who's made the most cash
0:40:44 > 0:40:48and who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52Bonjour, mon ami, Monsieur Reynard, ze foxy one!
0:40:52 > 0:40:54What about Brussels?
0:40:54 > 0:40:59For me, the chairs were just lovely. I was going to go on such a voyage to re-upholster them.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02Boy, did I get absolutely dressed down.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05This lady I sold them to, she destroyed me.
0:41:05 > 0:41:12I'm very sorry to hear that. But on the continent, you get there hoping to find a real treasure.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17I didn't find treasure, but I did find things that were affordable. That's always a bonus.
0:41:17 > 0:41:22I'm looking forward to this one. Ready? On one, two, three,
0:41:22 > 0:41:23go!
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Lord above!
0:41:25 > 0:41:30- Ooh!- Absolutely caned! - Well, what do we say about that?
0:41:30 > 0:41:33I'm going to say, "Back to the drawing board!"
0:41:33 > 0:41:36- How did you do that?- It's a case of...- I want a break-down, now.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39- Listen...- I want a break-down. - No.- I want a break-down!
0:41:39 > 0:41:42You'll get it later. I'm going to buy you that drink.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46Looking at your face, you need one. I'll explain it all later.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49I don't want a break-down, I think I'm having one!
0:41:49 > 0:41:50How did you do that?
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Knocker is triumphant. And why?
0:41:53 > 0:41:57Because his bronze Art Deco archer landed him an impressive profit after all.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01- If I came down to 240, would that be enough to tempt you?- Yes.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04- Pleased with that.- Put it there. - Thank you very much.
0:42:04 > 0:42:09Eric's profit on the archer sealed the Fox's fate in today's hard-fought contest.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15The trouble for me was that Knocker Knowles was in his element
0:42:15 > 0:42:20and I didn't pay enough attention to who was going to buy the bits off me that I bought.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23That's when I lost my way.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26It's always good to win, but for some reason it's that bit sweeter
0:42:26 > 0:42:29when you win on foreign soil.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33The strange thing was, it was the cheaper items that carried the day.
0:42:33 > 0:42:39But the main issue today is the fact that my charity are that little bit better off!
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Don't count your chickens yet, Eric.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46Plenty more challenges yet before you can bank that profit.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Tomorrow's challenge is a boot sale.
0:42:49 > 0:42:55I was looking for a mark that's like a rising sun, and there it is!
0:42:55 > 0:42:57- I'll give you ten pence.- 20 pence.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59- Ten pence and I'll buy it.- 15. - No, ten pence.
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