0:00:02 > 0:00:03This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,
0:00:03 > 0:00:08the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts against each other
0:00:08 > 0:00:14in an all-out battle for profit to give you the inside view on the secrets of the trade.
0:00:14 > 0:00:19Coming up, our dealers prove the old adage, "Seek and ye shall find".
0:00:19 > 0:00:23I said I was looking for a mark, which was like a rising sun.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Well, there it is!
0:00:26 > 0:00:30They reveal the lengths they'll go to keep expenses down.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32- I'll give you ten pence.- 20 pence.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Ten pence and I'll buy it. No, ten pence.
0:00:35 > 0:00:40And how a plethora of porcelain can set an expert's pulse a-racing.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44- How many pots have you got there? - There's in excess of half a million.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47There can't be many places like this, there really can't!
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Today's epic clash pitches two mighty veterans of the dealing world against one another,
0:01:04 > 0:01:10as Eric Knocker Knowles takes on Philip The Fox Serrell.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13They'll be wheeling and dealing their socks off
0:01:13 > 0:01:18to see who can make the most profit from buying and selling antiques.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22This is going to be a blazing battle -
0:01:22 > 0:01:25it's Lancashire's porcelain pounder...
0:01:25 > 0:01:28This is the only woman I've picked up since 1976.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30The last one I picked, I ended up marrying!
0:01:30 > 0:01:34..versus the mighty Midlands Mauler.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Well, I was thinking more like a fiver for it.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38- Are you trying to rob me?- Yeah.
0:01:38 > 0:01:44Both our war horses are risking their reputations and their own hard-earned cash
0:01:44 > 0:01:48as they fight it out to see just who is the better dealer.
0:01:48 > 0:01:54Today's battleground is a vast car boot extravaganza near Clacton in Essex.
0:01:54 > 0:02:01Our duelling duo have up to £250 of their own money to spend today. Their mission over a week of challenges is
0:02:01 > 0:02:05to make the most profit, all of which will go to their favourite charities.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09In today's car boot clash, there can be only one winner...
0:02:09 > 0:02:15Eric Knowles and Philip Serrell, it's time to Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:02:17 > 0:02:22I'll tell you what, Phil, you cannot beat an Essex car boot at the crack of dawn!
0:02:22 > 0:02:26And we've got £250 to go and seek the antiques.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28What is your strategy going to be?
0:02:28 > 0:02:33- Well, I am going to concentrate on finding anything with a hint of a profit left in it.- Phwoar!
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Well, you're the expert at these Eric. I've got no idea what to do.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40But what I'm going to do is perhaps try and talk to people and see if
0:02:40 > 0:02:43I can get something out of a car boot that is not out on sale yet.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Now, this isn't the natural habitat of The Fox,
0:02:46 > 0:02:51but there's no way this seasoned pro will let it get the better of him.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54His strategy is to look beyond what is displayed on the stalls
0:02:54 > 0:02:59to hunt down those hidden gems that might be lurking in the vendors' cars.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Is it going to work?
0:03:03 > 0:03:06I don't know, but I've got to beat Knowles, one way or another.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10My competition is the very same Mr Fox.
0:03:10 > 0:03:17Like his rival, Knocker has a rock-solid plan, and he's oozing car boot confidence.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20I have learnt with car boots that it's bulk-buying.
0:03:20 > 0:03:26You've got to buy a lot of things to make anything approaching a reasonable profit,
0:03:26 > 0:03:30so if I can buy it for a fiver and sell it for a tenner, I'm going to do it!
0:03:30 > 0:03:34And Eric is off and running, charming the vendors with his own unique brand
0:03:34 > 0:03:36of Lancashire wit and charm.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40A picture of him on there, look.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43That's a sort of Victorian chair given the treatment.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46I don't mind telling you, it's called Tiger Woods.
0:03:48 > 0:03:54Meanwhile, The Fox is about to hit Essex with his cunning car boot strategy.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Now, they tell me the way to score on car boots is to ask people
0:03:57 > 0:04:00if they've got anything in the boot that hasn't come out yet.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- No.- It's all out?
0:04:02 > 0:04:05There's got to be some hidden gems in the boot, hasn't there?
0:04:05 > 0:04:07No, unless you want a couple of doors.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10A couple of doors? This just isn't working, is it?
0:04:10 > 0:04:15Oh, dear, has Foxy's bright idea hit the buffers already?
0:04:15 > 0:04:17That would hand Knocker a crucial early advantage.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Is this you?
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- Yes.- Can I just have a quick look?- Sure.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Eric has homed in on four framed prints with a classical theme.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29I see you have got £16 on them. There's no point me offering you
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- 12 quid for those, is there?- No. - No? If I went in at, say,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- sort of, 14 quid, do you think that might twist your arm?- No.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39- You're tough, you really are tough, aren't you?- I'm a hard woman.
0:04:39 > 0:04:44- You ARE a hard woman! So, if I give you 15 quid for those, you're going to let me walk away with them?- Sure.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47And you're going to have that on your conscience!
0:04:47 > 0:04:52- Yes!- You are! Come on down, the price is obviously right, as far as you're concerned.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57Ooh, the first buy goes to Knocker, who reckons he's bagged a nice little earner.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Now, the actual vases themselves,
0:05:00 > 0:05:06either 500 BC Greek or they could even be Roman 1st Century AD,
0:05:06 > 0:05:10but more than that, they're stylish, they're ready to go.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14The Fox is still weaving his wily way through the aisles.
0:05:14 > 0:05:20He's determined to come out on top, but first, he needs to find a strategy that works.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24A quick change of plan.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27There's new cars pulling in here, so I'm going have a look at those
0:05:27 > 0:05:30and see if they're unloading some fresh stock
0:05:30 > 0:05:32and see if no-one has got there before me.
0:05:32 > 0:05:39Yes, like the steely predator that he is, he pounces on a stall where fresh boxes have just been unloaded.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43- Have you got anything old? - I've got a collection of these. - Oh, right.
0:05:43 > 0:05:49- These are quite interesting because these are Victorian moulded glass plates.- Yes.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54This is Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 1837 to 1887.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59That is George VI, which is the Coronation in 1937.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04- This plan might be working after all! How much would they be? - I'll do you the two for £15.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06No. It's got to be a bit less than that, my love.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10I think a fair price there, eight quid, I think, for the two.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13If you make it ten, you can have them.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Go on, then. I'll have them off you for a tenner.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Bingo! After a slow start, The Fox's strategy of "Get there first"
0:06:20 > 0:06:23could prove to be a corker!
0:06:23 > 0:06:27I said to that lady, "Have you got anything else I can look at?", and bang,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30two little moulded glass Coronation plates and souvenir plates come out.
0:06:30 > 0:06:38Just a few aisles away, ceramics addict, Eric, is introducing himself to a whole new set of mates.
0:06:39 > 0:06:45What we're looking at here is a selection of primarily Royal Doulton figures and other people as well.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46You get people who collect
0:06:46 > 0:06:49specifically character jugs like we've got here,
0:06:49 > 0:06:56look at these characters, and then you get the figurine collectors and these are typical of
0:06:56 > 0:07:02the figurines, and to be perfectly frank, this is a market that has taken a bit of a hammering
0:07:02 > 0:07:04in the last few years.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09Knocker passes on the Doulton, but the wily Fox has been lurking close by.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12He smells a profit, and he's straight in there.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14£10 and I'll have it off you.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- I'll do 12 then, go on.- No, ten.- No.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20No, cos my maths is awful, right, and if it's 12, I've got to start
0:07:20 > 0:07:23working out how much it's cost me, how much I'm going to pay for it...
0:07:23 > 0:07:26it's going to have to be a tenner, love.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27What am I going to do with this?!
0:07:27 > 0:07:30This is a brand-new Doulton figure,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33and the only reason I bought it is it's called "The Farmer",
0:07:33 > 0:07:37and I reckon, coming from Worcestershire, there's got to be a farmer somewhere
0:07:37 > 0:07:39that is going to buy one of these off me.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Well, what Knocker passes over, The Fox will gobble up.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45He's now got two buys to Eric's one.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54The great car boot battle of Essex is really hotting up.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59With the laser beam focus, Eric homes in on some Hornsea Pottery kitchen jars.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01- You've got three of them? - That's correct.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Sugar, coffee and tea.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08- How much are they?- They're £3. - I'm just going to say yes!
0:08:08 > 0:08:12What a bargain for Knocker! But keep an eye on The Fox...
0:08:12 > 0:08:16he's about to make an outrageous offer for a cocktail shaker.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- I'll give you ten pence.- 20 pence.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- Ten pence and I'll buy it.- 15.- No!
0:08:21 > 0:08:27- Ten pence.- Go on, then!- Lord above! That is the cheapest thing I think I've ever bought in my life!
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Have you got 90p for this young gentleman?
0:08:29 > 0:08:3290 pence change! This is just ridiculous!
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Ooh, sheer no-nonsense dealing from Phil, but hold onto your hats...
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Eric's bulk-buying strategy is about to take off.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43He splashes out £12 on a tea and coffee set...
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Fantastic! Lovely!
0:08:45 > 0:08:48..£30 on a pair of dolls' chairs...
0:08:48 > 0:08:50You've got yourself a sale, excellent!
0:08:50 > 0:08:54..and 35 on a Victorian table.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59The table is a bona fide antique, but it's a risky step for Knocker.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02I know it's Victorian because they had
0:09:02 > 0:09:07little brown stoneware casters and they seem to be around very much in
0:09:07 > 0:09:12the 1860/1880 period and I've got to say that at this moment in time,
0:09:12 > 0:09:19it is very unfashionable, so much so that that table, say, ten years ago,
0:09:19 > 0:09:26would have set me back the best part of, what, £150 and I've just bought it for £35!
0:09:26 > 0:09:30Yes...only time will tell if Knocker can turn a profit on his table.
0:09:30 > 0:09:37The Fox now finds himself chasing the game again, with only three car boot buys to Eric's five.
0:09:37 > 0:09:42I'm panicking a bit. I've got that £250 that is burning a hole in my pocket.
0:09:42 > 0:09:49His keen brain whirring away, Phil turns his mind to getting creative with some garden pots.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52I think they'll need instant "antiquing".
0:09:52 > 0:09:53There's two ways you can do that.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56One is to put yoghurt on something and leave it outside,
0:09:56 > 0:09:59and after a time it sort of grows fungus and moss all over it,
0:09:59 > 0:10:07and the other is to just put cow muck on it and it sort of has the same effect,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10but I don't want to be getting my hands dirty, ugh!
0:10:11 > 0:10:16Desperate to find something to make a profit on, Phil snaps up a modern hall table for a fiver.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20What have I done? What have I done?!
0:10:20 > 0:10:23But then, he spots something right up his street...
0:10:23 > 0:10:27a dazzling display of old tools.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29I love the stuff that you've got here.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32I do like to see the brass gleaming, you know.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36That strikes me as being the most appealing one.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- It's like a rosewood, so how much would that one be?- That one is ten.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Well, I quite like that one, so let's put that one there.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44- Right.- This is going to be a group purchase here now.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46So how old do you think this is?
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Oh, 50 plus.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- And how old is that?- This one?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- Possibly 60 years.- Right.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59- You've got the two priced up at, what, £19, was it?- That's right.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01- I want to buy them off you. - All right.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05But I don't want to pay £19. Twelve quid.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06Oh, no, I can't go quite that low.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- Go on!- I'll tell you what. £15 on that.- Well, I love them.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- That is a good buy. - You're a gentleman and I love them! Thank you very much.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16With his raid on the toolbox, Phil levels the game.
0:11:16 > 0:11:22Our warring warriors now have five car boot buys each, but how much have they spent?
0:11:26 > 0:11:32Eric and Phil arrived today with £250 of their own money in their pockets.
0:11:32 > 0:11:39So far, Eric has spent £95, leaving £155 still to spend.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Phil has spent more modestly - just £40.10,
0:11:42 > 0:11:45and he has nearly £210 left,
0:11:45 > 0:11:50but the bargain-hunting is only just beginning.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Yes, our dealers are cooking on gas.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Eric and Phil have each got £250 of their own money to spend buying up antiques.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04They will then sell them to see who can make the most profit.
0:12:04 > 0:12:12Now, the pressure to buy is building because many of these car booters will soon be heading home.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17I cannot take my mind off the business in hand,
0:12:17 > 0:12:21and the business in hand is to give Mr Serrell a run for his money.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26Phil The Fox is a car boot novice, but he's like a coiled spring...
0:12:26 > 0:12:29the urge to deal is pumping through his veins.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Do you know, even the ice cream man wouldn't knock any money off for me!
0:12:32 > 0:12:37I'm having a real panic now - it might not look like it, but I've got one hour left.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40I just think that Knowles has been and mopped up everything before me.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44In an ideal world, I'd like to buy another five items and perhaps
0:12:44 > 0:12:48get £100 spent, but I just don't know how I'm going to do it!
0:12:48 > 0:12:53Oh, come on, Phil! Finding genuine antiques at a car boot sale is no easy task,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56but if anyone can, you can!
0:12:56 > 0:13:01Ceramics guru, Eric, is sticking like glue to his strategy of bulk buying
0:13:01 > 0:13:05anything interesting that he can find.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07- Would you take 20 quid?- I would. - Would you?
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Yeah, OK, I'll take all three.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12When I say three, you've got two pairs and you've got two odd ones, yeah?
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Yeah, OK.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18Lovely. And this is biscuit - biscuit porcelain -
0:13:18 > 0:13:20I've seen thousands and thousands of these figures.
0:13:20 > 0:13:28I'm looking for a little sign which is like an oval with a sunburst and an HG underneath.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31that's for Heubach Gebruder - Heubach brothers.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37Hello, watch out Essex - The Fox is back on the prowl!
0:13:37 > 0:13:43With his tastes as unpredictable as ever, get ready for a master class in car boot horse-trading.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47I need to get out more but I quite like that.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49What is that off? Is that off a donkey or a pony?
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Pony. I buy and sell horses.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56- And that would fit on the back of a pony, yeah?- Yes.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00- So would this be about 1900/1910? - Yeah, about 100 years old.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02I really like that,
0:14:02 > 0:14:05but quite what I'm going to do with it, I don't know,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08but I don't know how much you're asking for it.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10I'm asking 50 quid for it.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Get out of here! It's never, ever 50 quid's worth!
0:14:12 > 0:14:15That, young man, is £15 worth.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17- He's gone quiet.- Yes...
0:14:17 > 0:14:19This is what we call a "pregnant pause"!
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Right, I'm going to stop messing around now.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24I will give you £20 for it.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- Another 20, then we'll have a deal. - No!
0:14:26 > 0:14:29I'm under real pressure here. There you are, look, £25.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- 35 and that's it! - No, 30 quid and we've got a deal!
0:14:31 > 0:14:36There you are, look. Here's the last one, £30, and I don't even want a bag... I'll take it.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Go on, then! You're a lovely man!
0:14:38 > 0:14:43Now the thing is, I'm trying to work out now whether he's done me or I've done him!
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Thank you ever so much.
0:14:50 > 0:14:57That was horse-trading in the extreme, and what a lovely, lovely lad, but the real funny thing was,
0:14:57 > 0:15:01I thought I was buying this, and I've ended up with all of it!
0:15:01 > 0:15:04What the hell I'm supposed to do with it, I really don't know!
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Well, Phil, we'll leave you to ponder.
0:15:06 > 0:15:12Knocker, the unstoppable buying machine, has found more biscuit porcelain...bisque.
0:15:12 > 0:15:19"Mrs Bardell, Pickwick Papers". This is a bisque figure.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21How much is Mrs Bardell?
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Three pounds sterling.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Three pounds sterling? I'll take that, if I may.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32Do you remember me buying those other little bisque figures, and I had said that they were unmarked,
0:15:32 > 0:15:36and I said I was looking for a mark which was like a rising sun?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Well, there it is!
0:15:39 > 0:15:40# Hallelujah... #
0:15:40 > 0:15:44And this is quite a rare little figure.
0:15:44 > 0:15:51I've not seen it before, I have to admit, but at that sort of money, hopefully, I will be in the money.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52Yes, you hope,
0:15:52 > 0:15:56clever-clogs Eric, and our Lancashire lad is so chuffed at picking up Mrs Bardell
0:15:56 > 0:16:02for just £3, he splashes out another £6 on three more bargains from the same stall.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07A Chinese bowl that looks like it's had a nasty accident...
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Well, for £2, I'll give it a go.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11I'm going to live dangerously, all right?
0:16:11 > 0:16:12..a biscuit tin.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Would you take two?
0:16:14 > 0:16:18- No, but I'll meet you halfway. - What, £2.50? It's a haggle and it's a deal.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21And a book on ceramics - what else? - for just £1.50.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22Splendid!
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Thank you very much indeed.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27That was a good old rummage. I really enjoyed it!
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Yes, our Knocker loves a good delve about
0:16:30 > 0:16:33and he's got four more buys in the bag,
0:16:33 > 0:16:38but now it's looking like today's car booters are beginning their exodus. The Fox is worried -
0:16:38 > 0:16:42he has spent less than a third of his £250 budget.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45This is actually quite unreal because
0:16:45 > 0:16:49if you look at a stall, you're in the process of buying something
0:16:49 > 0:16:53and then you turn around and, I mean, the place is just almost emptying.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55This is a real panic for me at the minute.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Knocker is roaring away.
0:16:59 > 0:17:05He has found a trader who is still open for business and offering a set of wares that is right up his street.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09True to form, he's bulk-buying to the bitter end.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13I've bought these two items but I am interested in this tea set,
0:17:13 > 0:17:16and this is Royal Albert, it's called Country Roses,
0:17:16 > 0:17:20it's very pretty and I have to say it's nice quality,
0:17:20 > 0:17:23but I do know for a fact
0:17:23 > 0:17:26that it's going to cost me £40, and the lady is not for moving. I'm a bit worried -
0:17:26 > 0:17:30whenever I pick up a cup like that, my finger goes out like that.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Do you think I should go and see my GP?
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Don't trouble yourself, Eric.
0:17:34 > 0:17:41With keen eyes aflame, the wily Fox is trying to pinpoint something exciting that isn't yet packed away.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46That needs to be sorted out just there, but it's OK.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50- I quite like that. Is this you, sir?- Yes, it's me.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52- Can I sit down?- Course you can.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- How much is that, then?- £25.- No, no.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Where would you find something like that for £25?- In a field in Essex!
0:17:57 > 0:18:00I'll give you, well, I was thinking, like, a fiver for it!
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- Are you trying to rob me?- Yeah! - We've got to try and earn a living.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06- Ten quid, that's my best offer, take it or leave it.- 30 quid.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- 30? That's going up now! - Oh, you go down, I'll go up.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12No, I'll tell you what, I'll give you a tenner for it.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16- You've bought it!- You are a gentleman.- And you have robbed me! - I know that!
0:18:16 > 0:18:22No wonder the mighty Midlands mauler has so much spare cash in his pocket with outrageous dealing like that!
0:18:22 > 0:18:25And as the curtain falls on this Essex car boot bonanza,
0:18:25 > 0:18:32The Fox is still on the prowl, with a whopping £170 still in his pocket.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Let's go down this way.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38Now, there are always great deals to be had when the traders start packing up.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43Can his loss push the profit Knockers camped out with the lady who sold him the tea set?
0:18:43 > 0:18:46So, what price have we got on the monkey?
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Well, I wanted 25 but I'll do 20.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53I see, last-minute deals, £20, and he's a Steiff, isn't he?
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- He has his button.- He's got his little button in his ear.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58So that's £20, we'll have that as well.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- What have we got in there? Is that a squirrel?- It's a squirrel.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Mr Squirrel - he's another Steiff. Is he the same sort of money?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- He is 15.- He is 15, is he?
0:19:07 > 0:19:11It's getting better. All right, well we'll have Mr Squirrel.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Put your hand in mine, OK?
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Eric spots profit and meets the asking price like a shot.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21Now he's got cuddly toys as well as ceramics to shift.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25That leaves rival Phil scraping the bottom of the car boot barrel.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28He banks a couple of soda siphons at a knock-down price.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Go on, £1 for the two, my love.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- Go on, then. - You're an angel. Thank you so much.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35But then what's this?
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Whoa!
0:19:36 > 0:19:39A stroke of last-minute daring dealing from The Fox.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43He started the day jumping on bargains fresh from the boot -
0:19:43 > 0:19:46he ends it pouncing on unsold goods being loaded back in,
0:19:46 > 0:19:49and it's the poor trader who sold him the screen.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Before you put that up there, how much is that?
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- A fiver.- Get out of here!
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- Child's rocking chair. - It looked a whole load better from over there!
0:19:59 > 0:20:01I'll take it further away.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04I think you might have to. It's a pound.
0:20:04 > 0:20:05£2 and that's it, done!
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- No, no, no, no! - Go on. There's two quid, look.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12- I can't even get a pint of beer for that!- Well, you shouldn't have such expensive taste!
0:20:12 > 0:20:14I can't help that - and you shouldn't drink so much anyway.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- I'm doing you a favour! - Oh, that's terrible!
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Twice in one day I've been robbed!
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Now, that's how you snap up bargains at the end of a car boot.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27The wily Fox leaves a trail of traders nursing broken hearts.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Oh, dear!
0:20:29 > 0:20:35So, how have our duelling duo fared as they wrap up their buying in Essex?
0:20:35 > 0:20:40After starting the day each with £250 of their own money,
0:20:40 > 0:20:45Eric made 15 car boot buys and spent a total of £203.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Phil struggled to spend his money,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50making nine buys for a total of just £83.10,
0:20:50 > 0:20:55but it's the profit our dealers make that will count in the end.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Before they go their separate ways to sell, Phil and Eric load up
0:21:00 > 0:21:03their goods and compare their car boot experience.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07I just struggled and struggled! The one thing I was really pleased about was my screen.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09What's your best buy?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11My best buy today,
0:21:11 > 0:21:16to be honest with you, it's a bit knackered, but I do like this bowl.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- Really?- And it didn't cost me any real money at all.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21I mean, it's had a big slice taken out of it.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24This is Chinese, it's 19th century.
0:21:24 > 0:21:29I mean, if it was 18th century, that would be the best part of £3,000.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32At this stage, it's just a case of getting all this stuff
0:21:32 > 0:21:35- packed away and let's just get on the road!- Good enough!
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Now, Eric and Phil must make as much profit
0:21:40 > 0:21:45as they possibly can on all the items they've bought at today's boot sale.
0:21:45 > 0:21:53As well as his Chinese bowl, Eric must also sell four framed prints, a set of Hornsey kitchen jars,
0:21:53 > 0:22:00two different tea sets, some biscuit porcelain figures, a pair of dolls' chairs, a Victorian table,
0:22:00 > 0:22:04a collectable biscuit tin, a reference book on ceramics,
0:22:04 > 0:22:09a wine funnel and pottery dolphin, and two Steiff toys.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13As well as his leather screen, Phil must sell
0:22:13 > 0:22:18two coronation plates, a Royal Doulton farmer figure,
0:22:18 > 0:22:24a cocktail shaker, a modern hall table, some old workman's tools,
0:22:24 > 0:22:30these leather and brass pony harnesses, two soda siphons and a small rocking chair.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40The buying was just the beginning. Now, the challenge really kicks off.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Two mighty veteran dealers, one goal -
0:22:44 > 0:22:49to make the most profit and vanquish their opponent.
0:22:49 > 0:22:56Knocker and the Fox must now turn their razor-sharp, tactical minds to their selling campaigns.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01They'll both need to phone-bash to find buyers, but remember -
0:23:01 > 0:23:05no deal is truly sealed until the final handshake.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15The Fox is on his home turf in Worcestershire, working up his strategy.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20He's got nine items to sell, but one is central to his quest for victory.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25My strategy at the car boot worked. I got the leather screen.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29It looks a bit shabby-chic, that, but now there's a plan, that with
0:23:29 > 0:23:36some sell elbow grease I can perhaps turn my £10 into £50 or £80.
0:23:36 > 0:23:42Knocker has a staggering 15 items to sell, and he knows he hasn't got a moment to lose.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47After his bulk car-boot buying, his strategy is bulk selling.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51I'm going to put together a few items
0:23:51 > 0:23:55and offer it as a job lot to a specialist buyer.
0:23:55 > 0:24:03In this case, we're talking a Steiff squirrel, a Steiff monkey and a couple of dolls' chairs.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06You will buy, you will buy, you will buy.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08You will buy.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Eric paid a total of £65 for the Steiff toys and dolls' chairs.
0:24:13 > 0:24:19He's targeted an antiques gift shop run by a contact of his to try for a sale,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22but will Knocker pull it off?
0:24:22 > 0:24:25So what do you think of my two furry friends?
0:24:25 > 0:24:30They're lovely, they're charming. He's got his EAN number.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- The what number?- EAN number.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35He's a Steiff, as you can see, with the button, which is great,
0:24:35 > 0:24:38but he is quite modern, probably 1970s, so...
0:24:38 > 0:24:43- Right, OK.- Give him another 30 years and he's going to have a little bit more value.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45What about me ape? What can you tell me...?
0:24:45 > 0:24:51This is a '50s one, I think. In fact, probably just into '60s with that button.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Oh, gosh, he's got his squeaker! That's great, too!
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Now, what about the chairs? Because I thought those chairs would
0:24:57 > 0:25:01probably be 1930s, or maybe just after the war. What do you think?
0:25:01 > 0:25:06Yeah, I think you're probably right. It's probably 1930s. No, possibly a little bit later.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10But they are charming, and I have a couple of ladies in mind who'd like these.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15I don't know if you've noticed, but I've got two doll teddies in the window,
0:25:15 > 0:25:18and they actually would look great sitting on these chairs.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22I was hoping that we might be talking around about £100 for the lot,
0:25:22 > 0:25:24because I'm looking at this as a job lot.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Yeah, but not £100.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28I was thinking more like £60.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32Ooh... 70...five pounds.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36- 70. I would manage 70.- 70?
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Just, you know, to show good faith,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42let's go in it at an incredible £72.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44- Fine, I'll do that.- 72.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48- It's all about compromise, isn't it, my dear?- Absolutely!
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Old hand Eric knows exactly when to take the money,
0:25:51 > 0:25:55and he's off the blocks with a slim profit of £7.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00Rival Phil has hit the road with grim determination. His aim - to try and sell
0:26:00 > 0:26:04the Royal Doulton farmer figure that he paid just a tenner for.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07I've been through my list and I've found a couple
0:26:07 > 0:26:10that come to every sale I have. They always bring me eggs.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14There's a tenuous connection there, and I'm just driving to their house
0:26:14 > 0:26:19to see if I can do a deal, but I feel I might be collecting eggs as a trade-off!
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Mr Furrow The Farmer!
0:26:25 > 0:26:27I think he's quite sweet!
0:26:27 > 0:26:31He'd appeal to a particular sort of person. What are you hoping to get?
0:26:31 > 0:26:33I was hoping I might get 30 quid.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37Oh, no, I think that's too much, I couldn't do that.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39I could do you £22 and a dozen eggs.
0:26:39 > 0:26:4325 and half a dozen eggs and you've got a deal.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45- We can do that.- Sure?- We can.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47You're an absolute angel. There you are.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Unfortunately, the eggs won't count as part of your profit,
0:26:51 > 0:26:53but you've made £15.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55What a cracking sale!
0:26:56 > 0:27:00Watch out, people, there's a Fox in the chicken house!
0:27:00 > 0:27:03- This is what you need! - Oh!- Give it a cuddle!
0:27:03 > 0:27:07I think I'm going to collect the eggs and run like hell here.
0:27:09 > 0:27:15Our profit-hungry duo will stop at nothing to squeeze every last penny of profit from their car-boot buys.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22Knocker's buffing away on the Victorian table he bought for £35.
0:27:22 > 0:27:28I'm definitely a leg man. I'm enjoying getting to grips with these legs. They're beautifully turned.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Mmm... And 100 miles away, the Fox is giving a serious makeover
0:27:31 > 0:27:37to his great hope, the old leather screen that cost him just a tenner.
0:27:37 > 0:27:42This is saddle soap. I got this from the local farmer's supplies place in Malvern.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Leather really is one of those in-vogue materials,
0:27:45 > 0:27:49and you can see already, I hope, if you look at the contrasts...
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Just stand here and look at the difference between there,
0:27:52 > 0:27:56which has got that rich, nutty-brown mahogany colour, and then look at this here.
0:27:56 > 0:28:02Already this is going to come to life, and all I've done is put one coat on this.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04It's going to need two coats at least.
0:28:04 > 0:28:10Well, while Phil hopes more soap will mean more profit, Eric's table is ready for action.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Well, something of a transformation, I think it fair to say.
0:28:14 > 0:28:20I'll show you the good side - the bit that's had the polish on. But look at the top!
0:28:20 > 0:28:27Now, if that table isn't worth 70, 80, 90, £100, I don't know what is!
0:28:27 > 0:28:33The problem is, you can lead a horse to water, but can you make them drink?
0:28:33 > 0:28:35Think about that one.
0:28:35 > 0:28:40Alas, Eric, in this instance it seems the answer is no.
0:28:40 > 0:28:45Knocker's hopes for his polished-up table prove wildly optimistic.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49He made just £5 profit from the £35 he paid.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53But you can't keep our Lancashire lad down.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57He's hoping for better with the car-boot buy he snapped up for just £15.
0:28:57 > 0:29:03He's off to try and sell his framed prints of classical vases to a friend in the ceramics trade.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- Hello, Debra.- Hello, Eric.
0:29:06 > 0:29:12- Hi, hi! Lovely to see you. - Good to see you, too. What have you brought me?
0:29:12 > 0:29:16- I found these very pleasing. - Well, they're quite charming.
0:29:16 > 0:29:21They remind me of the pots I saw when I first fell in love with ceramics.
0:29:21 > 0:29:26If you look at the quality of the printing, it's not bad. It's not bad at all.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28I think they're very crisp.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30- Yeah.- And the frames are very nice.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32What are you looking to gain, Eric?
0:29:32 > 0:29:40If I was to ask you for sort of £60 for the four, you could come back and tell me what you think.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42That's bold of Eric, £60!
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Four times what he paid for them!
0:29:44 > 0:29:49- How does £40 grab you?- £10 each.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53I know I'm... Oh, Eric, thank you so much.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56- No, £40 and a... Mwah! Mwah! - Oh, thank you!
0:29:56 > 0:29:59I hate this job, I really hate it(!)
0:29:59 > 0:30:00Mwah, mwah. What a result!
0:30:00 > 0:30:05Eric has more than double his money and made £25 of profit,
0:30:05 > 0:30:08and Knocker makes another fiver when he sells the biscuit tin,
0:30:08 > 0:30:14wine funnel and ceramics book he picked up for a song at the car boot.
0:30:15 > 0:30:21Phil's final buy was the small rocking chair he paid a cheeky £2 for just as the car boot was closing.
0:30:21 > 0:30:26And look, here's the Fox's prospective buyer!
0:30:26 > 0:30:31My daughter has got a friend who has got a son called Archie, who is about a year,
0:30:31 > 0:30:3518 months old, and I think that little rocker was absolutely made for him.
0:30:42 > 0:30:43Aw, how good is that!
0:30:43 > 0:30:47- I think he likes it!- I hope he does!
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Do you like this chair?
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Would you like your mum to buy this chair?
0:30:51 > 0:30:54- I think that's a yes! - Will this go in his bedroom?
0:30:54 > 0:30:56- Yes, it will, yep. - Really?- Brilliant!
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- We've got to talk money now, haven't we?- Yes, we have.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02£30.
0:31:02 > 0:31:03How about five?
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Phil has got his work cut out here!
0:31:06 > 0:31:09What? You can have it for 20. Because Archie is getting
0:31:09 > 0:31:13ever so upset, because he thinks you're not going to buy this. £20.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17- I'll go at ten.- Your mum is being very mean to me, Archie!
0:31:20 > 0:31:25- Are you going to sit in here? - Let's have a go.
0:31:25 > 0:31:30- Have we got a deal?- We've bought it for £15.- 15, go on, you're a star.- Brilliant!
0:31:30 > 0:31:34Nice going, Phil. A little rocker for a little rocker,
0:31:34 > 0:31:37and a tidy profit of £13.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43And the Fox racked up more profit on two other items he managed to sell -
0:31:43 > 0:31:49a healthy £20 on the modern hall table that he bought for a fiver,
0:31:49 > 0:31:53and £5 on his two glass coronation plates.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00So, as this mighty battle rages on, which of our warring warriors is
0:32:00 > 0:32:04on course for victory, and who needs to pull back from potential defeat?
0:32:08 > 0:32:12So far, Knocker Knowles has sold £162 worth of car-boot goods
0:32:12 > 0:32:16and banked a profit of £42.
0:32:17 > 0:32:24Rival Phil the Fox has sold £80 worth of goods, netting a profit of £53.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28It's too close to call, but with plenty of sales to come,
0:32:28 > 0:32:30this battle is far from over.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Knocker is back on the road.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39He's still got seven items to sell, and next on his quest for profit is
0:32:39 > 0:32:47the 19th-century bowl he snapped up at the car boot for the audacious sum of just £2.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51People are always asking me for advice and tips, and here's one for you.
0:32:51 > 0:32:59If you find a 130-year-old Chinese bowl for less than a fiver, then buy it. Then bring it along
0:32:59 > 0:33:04to a top antiques centre like this and see if you can make a profit.
0:33:04 > 0:33:09Now, Knocker's little problem is that the bowl is damaged, and being the man of integrity
0:33:09 > 0:33:13we know and love, he fesses up to his would-be buyer straightaway.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15It's had a hard life.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17It's just the scallop there.
0:33:17 > 0:33:22You have a good old fondle, because that's what it really needs. I know, the birds, aren't they...?
0:33:22 > 0:33:26I love the birds, and there's something really joyous about it.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28I was concerned, and I thought, "Hmm."
0:33:28 > 0:33:32Normally I wouldn't touch things that have got damage.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34The damage is reflected...
0:33:34 > 0:33:36..in the price!
0:33:36 > 0:33:40Yes, it is! I mean, you know, I know full well and you know
0:33:40 > 0:33:44that if this had been perfect I would be asking £300 at least,
0:33:44 > 0:33:50- because it's decorative, and I'm almost giving it away by asking for £60 on that, you know?- Right.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54That doesn't really leave anything in it, I don't think, for me.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57- OK.- So I was thinking nearer 40, actually.
0:33:57 > 0:34:0240? Well, on that basis, I'll say yes to £40. OK?
0:34:02 > 0:34:04- You're on, thank you!- All right.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Nicely handled, Eric. That's a cracking profit of £38
0:34:08 > 0:34:12on a damaged bowl that cost you just a couple of pounds.
0:34:12 > 0:34:19The Fox still has five items to sell, and central to his plan for profit is his £10 leather screen,
0:34:19 > 0:34:24so lovingly buffed to its former glory in order to maximise potential profit.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28When I bought this, I knew there was a profit in it,
0:34:28 > 0:34:35and now I want to turn that into a really good, healthy profit and condemn Knowles to a pottery grave.
0:34:39 > 0:34:44Come on, Phil, press on! The Fox is targeting a contact of his who's an interior designer,
0:34:44 > 0:34:49and her verdict on the screen could make or break his entire game.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51That looks a bit better, doesn't it!
0:34:51 > 0:34:53- Remember what it looked like?- Yeah.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55That saddle soap's made a world of difference!
0:34:55 > 0:34:57I just think that's an amazing difference!
0:34:57 > 0:34:59It's a designer's dream.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02You can break up rooms with screens, can't you?
0:35:02 > 0:35:06Absolutely. We use screens an awful lot in spatial layouts, yeah.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10It's a really good way of changing how a room feels.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12I think it's very saleable,
0:35:12 > 0:35:16and with a bit more work... I'd want to smarten it up a bit.
0:35:16 > 0:35:21I think this finished could be four, five, £600.
0:35:21 > 0:35:26Blimey! A whopping profit like that would blow Knocker out of the water.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29We'll find out shortly what Phil manages to get for the screen,
0:35:29 > 0:35:34because our Eric, the self-confessed pot-aholic, is
0:35:34 > 0:35:41about to have a life-changing experience in what can only be described as pottery heaven.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49How many pots have you got?
0:35:49 > 0:35:51There's in excess of half a million.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54- No!- It's an amazing sight!
0:35:54 > 0:35:57There can't be many places like this, there really can't!
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Knocker can hardly contain himself!
0:36:00 > 0:36:04This massive porcelain megastore has him in raptures.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08Chinasearch provides replacement pieces for sets of china,
0:36:08 > 0:36:13and Eric reckons it's the ideal place to try and sell his car-boot pieces.
0:36:13 > 0:36:18- What have we got here?- Well, this is Royal Albert Old Country Roses.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22All this looks to be in nice order.
0:36:22 > 0:36:23Let's start with the teapot.
0:36:23 > 0:36:28It's very important that the quality is superb as far as we're concerned,
0:36:28 > 0:36:34so on teapots, are they sound at the lip of the spout?
0:36:34 > 0:36:41Is the lid sound? It is. You look to be on form today - this is in good condition.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45So far, so good in pottery heaven, but the rapture of Eric
0:36:45 > 0:36:47could be about to take a knock.
0:36:47 > 0:36:52The gilding has come away, and it is therefore not saleable.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55You ought to tell me what you're looking for.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59I was looking for around about £80 in total.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03I would have thought much more 65.
0:37:03 > 0:37:0665? Are you sure this is not of any commercial value?
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Because £70, and I'd throw that one in, you know.
0:37:09 > 0:37:1470 and throw that one in? So I sell it with my thumb over the one piece?
0:37:14 > 0:37:18- No, I'll ink that in for you before I go.- £70.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20All right, OK.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22- Well, that's sound business. - Well done, Eric!
0:37:22 > 0:37:26Our favourite pot-aholic has netted £30 profit for his tea set,
0:37:26 > 0:37:30and he's not about to stop there.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32- Thank you very much indeed, Eric.- Lovely.
0:37:32 > 0:37:37He makes another £30 on his Hornsey pottery pieces.
0:37:37 > 0:37:43The only blemish on Knocker's spotless ceramic-selling record is a loss of just over £12
0:37:43 > 0:37:44on his bisque porcelain figures,
0:37:44 > 0:37:50including Mrs Bardell and the Poole Pottery dolphin. And that's it.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53Knocker's done it! He's sold up...
0:37:54 > 0:37:59..leaving the Fox to try and execute his most audacious sale so far.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02His bulging contacts book has brought him to Oxfordshire,
0:38:02 > 0:38:08where he is hoping he can persuade champion racehorse trainer Henrietta Knight to buy his car-boot tack.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11He paid £30 for it.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15The only problem is, it's made to fit a pony, not a horse.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17- You must be Hen. How are you? - Hello, Phil.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19I'm just going to plonk this down.
0:38:19 > 0:38:25- The much awaited-for tack.- Oh, yes, very valuable tack, isn't it, look? - We hope so, but you hope so!
0:38:25 > 0:38:29We'll have to see if it fits him, won't we?
0:38:29 > 0:38:34Right, well, this bit is the bit that goes around his middle, is it?
0:38:34 > 0:38:39We put this here. You're lucky we've got a pony here, or I'd never be buying it off you.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43Well, this wouldn't fit this pony, you see, because it's too short.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- The reins then would come back through here.- Yes.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49The person behind would then be sitting in the cart and steering.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56It's too small for him, isn't it? Do you want to buy it?
0:38:56 > 0:38:57Yes, at the right price.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00I reckon it's got to be worth 80 quid.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Oh, no, not in this condition!
0:39:02 > 0:39:04- 50.- Is that the best you can do?
0:39:04 > 0:39:09- He says that's enough. He said 50 and that's it!- Get out of here!
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Good boy! Clever boy! That's it.
0:39:12 > 0:39:13I haven't got a chance!
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Go on, 50 quid. How can I beat these three?!
0:39:16 > 0:39:20My word, the Fox outfoxed by a pony!
0:39:20 > 0:39:22If only he'd made a pony on the deal!
0:39:22 > 0:39:28But he's come up just short, with a profit of £20.
0:39:28 > 0:39:33Phil keeps selling, and makes a £10 profit on his old tools.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37Ten the pressure's on to make money on his final batch of goods -
0:39:37 > 0:39:40the two soda siphons he picked up for £1
0:39:40 > 0:39:44and that cocktail shaker, bought for the rather ludicrous sum of ten pence!
0:39:44 > 0:39:46So, what's the asking price?
0:39:46 > 0:39:49That's 30 quid, and you can have those two for nothing.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52Too much.
0:39:52 > 0:39:5425 quid for the three.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56It's still too much. 15?
0:39:56 > 0:39:58You're getting closer to it.
0:39:58 > 0:40:0015.50?
0:40:00 > 0:40:02£18.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04You've got a deal.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06£18 and I'll do it.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Go on, then. You're a good man.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12Ooh! That's a profit of over 1,600%,
0:40:12 > 0:40:17which must rank up there as one of the Fox's all-time greats.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20So, has the Fox done enough to beat Knocker?
0:40:20 > 0:40:25Time to tot up the totals and reveal who's made the most cash.
0:40:25 > 0:40:30Our duelling duo had £250 of their own money to spend
0:40:30 > 0:40:32at the car-boot sale.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Eric spent a healthy £203,
0:40:34 > 0:40:40whilst rival Phil took the road of less risk and spent just £83.10.
0:40:42 > 0:40:47Over a week of challenges, all the profit Eric and Phil make will go to a charity of their choice.
0:40:47 > 0:40:54So, without further ado, let's find out who is today's car-boot Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.
0:40:54 > 0:41:00Car boots - see yourself getting out of bed at 5:00 in the morning on a regular basis?
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Absolutely, definitely no. I mean, I was struggling until I found
0:41:03 > 0:41:06my leather screen, and I love that. How about you, Knocker?
0:41:06 > 0:41:09To be frank, one of the best things I bought was damaged.
0:41:09 > 0:41:15It was a Chinese bowl. I wanted to keep it, but hey-ho, it had to go!
0:41:15 > 0:41:19- Shall we do a "Three, two, one" moment?- One, two, three...
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Yeah! Ho ho! Get in there!
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Trounced me!
0:41:23 > 0:41:28Good one. So I think, if I can say it, the drinks are on thee!
0:41:28 > 0:41:32The Fox stands victorious, and here's why.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35The centrepiece of his selling strategy, his leather screen,
0:41:35 > 0:41:39delivered the biggest profit for a single item managed by either dealer.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42130 quid and it's yours.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45125 and you've got yourself a deal.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48- Go on!- Oh, go on, then!
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Phil's impressive three-figure profit on the screen made the difference
0:41:51 > 0:41:56between crushing defeat and sublime victory!
0:41:56 > 0:41:58In life, there are winners
0:41:58 > 0:42:06and there are losers. And today, the car-boot amateur has beaten the car-boot pro!
0:42:06 > 0:42:10The Fox takes the spoils!
0:42:10 > 0:42:15I can't believe it! Beaten by a car-boot novice?! It was all to do with that screen.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18He bought for what?! And sold it for what?!
0:42:18 > 0:42:22Well, I'll tell you what, I couldn't sleep with that on my conscience,
0:42:22 > 0:42:25but at least I've discovered the animal that I'm dealing with -
0:42:25 > 0:42:27a sly, cunning Fox!
0:42:28 > 0:42:33Don't worry, it ain't over till it's over. We'll see who banks the most profit.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37Tomorrow, our dealers face off at auction.
0:42:37 > 0:42:42That Phil Serrell, If I get my way, he's going to be one Fox on the run today!
0:42:42 > 0:42:4430, sir? 32?
0:42:44 > 0:42:47That's Eric, isn't it? Yeah!
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