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This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
the show that takes the titans of the antiques trade | 0:00:04 | 0:00:08 | |
and pitches them against each other | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
to see who can make the most money from buying and selling. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:15 | |
That's amazing, truly amazing. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
Today Queen Of Cunning, Catherine Southon, | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
takes on King Of Charisma, Charlie Ross in a battle for profit, | 0:00:22 | 0:00:26 | |
giving you the inside view on the secrets of the trade. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:30 | |
Coming up, our dealers go to battle in their biggest market yet. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:35 | |
It's hard to focus out here. Thousands and thousands of stalls. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:41 | |
They're dazzled by the sheer quality on offer. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:44 | |
What a wonderful picture. Is that original? | 0:00:44 | 0:00:47 | |
And Roscoe faces the big guns. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
It's not for sale. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:53 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:00:53 | 0:00:54 | |
Would you take an offer? | 0:00:54 | 0:00:56 | |
This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
MUSIC: "Galloping Home" by Denis King | 0:01:11 | 0:01:13 | |
Today, our dealers are saddling up for an antiques steeplechase of epic proportions, | 0:01:13 | 0:01:17 | |
pitching our veteran thoroughbred Charlie "The Charmer" Ross... | 0:01:17 | 0:01:22 | |
I was rather hoping to buy that and sell it to an auctioneer, | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
but auctioneers are notoriously tight. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
..Against that fiery filly, "Cunning" Catherine Southon. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:31 | |
Can we do 125 and I'll feel a bit happier? | 0:01:31 | 0:01:34 | |
And they're trotting off to Newark Antiques and Collectors Fair, | 0:01:34 | 0:01:38 | |
one of the largest events of its kind in Europe, | 0:01:38 | 0:01:42 | |
with over 4,000 stalls attracting buyers from all over the world. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:46 | |
Our champion steeplechasers are armed with £750 of their own money | 0:01:48 | 0:01:52 | |
to spend but there's a long course ahead with plenty of obstacles | 0:01:52 | 0:01:56 | |
and they need to bag the buys with the most profit potential, | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
if they want to revel in the glory of the winners' enclosure. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:03 | |
Catherine Southon and Charlie Ross, | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
it's time to put your money where your mouth is. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
-Charlie! -How are you? | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
-Lovely to see you again. -And, you. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:17 | |
-Welcome to lovely Newark. -This must be heaven for you. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
Absolutely, I love this place. It's absolutely vast. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
The real problem here is I'm going to be spent up, | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
I've got £750 to spend and I could spend that in an hour. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:31 | |
-Half an hour! -Yes. Don't peak too soon. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:34 | |
No, I'm going to try and look at as much as possible before I make any decisions. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:39 | |
It's so easy, you spend your money, | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
and then, two hours later, you see something | 0:02:41 | 0:02:43 | |
with a thumping profit in it and you haven't got any money left. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
-I know. -But you're wiser than that, aren't you? -I don't know about that. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
The key is to pace yourself, Charlie. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
When have I ever been any good at that? | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
-Good luck. May the best man win. -Man(?) | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
And they are off! The race is on for the perfect profit maker | 0:02:59 | 0:03:02 | |
and it's Catherine Southon staying on the outside, | 0:03:02 | 0:03:05 | |
while Charlie Ross clings to the inside rail. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:07 | |
Charlie Ross is inching ahead. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:09 | |
Yes, Charlie is the first to find a potential purchase, | 0:03:09 | 0:03:12 | |
an ebony elephant ornament. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:14 | |
-Did you ever read the Babar stories? Babar The Elephant? -No, no. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
It was before my time. I'm not quite that. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:03:22 | 0:03:24 | |
I've never seen that format. I really, really like the base. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:28 | |
You quite often see them carved ivory but, of course, we can't deal in that. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:32 | |
No, I wouldn't. I wouldn't expect you to. It's really, really nice. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:36 | |
-I would in fact pay you £100 for that. -Would you? -On a chance. Yes. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:40 | |
-What do you reckon? -It's not enough. -What! | 0:03:40 | 0:03:44 | |
-You'd snap my hand off. -Not at all. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
Scrape up a little bit. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
120? | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
You are getting closer. 135. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
-130 quid. -Go on, then. | 0:03:56 | 0:03:59 | |
Yes, the seller bids so long to his memento from Ceylon, | 0:03:59 | 0:04:04 | |
as Charlie snaps it up for £130. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:06 | |
That's the first item in the trunk for The Charmer. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:10 | |
Charlie's setting the early pace here | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
but Catherine has yet to make a purchase. Is she finding the going rough already? | 0:04:13 | 0:04:18 | |
This place is fabulous. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
It is actually swarming with some really nice pieces. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
There is so much to see, I'm like a rabbit in the headlights. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:27 | |
I'm running around. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:29 | |
I've seen some really nice things. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:32 | |
I'm quite happy that we're here. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:34 | |
# Run rabbit, run rabbit | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
# Run, run, run. # | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
Well, once a rabbit gets out of the headlights, it can be pretty speedy. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:44 | |
So, get going! | 0:04:44 | 0:04:45 | |
As Catherine keeps looking, chippy Charlie's captured another couple of bargains. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:52 | |
With a nod and a wink, the sly old charmer has extended his lead over the cunning one. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:58 | |
Two more purchases for Ross. One bought, almost purely on price. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:04 | |
A really attractive mahogany and satinwood inlaid cigar box. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:09 | |
All you need to do there is to find someone with a smart yacht | 0:05:09 | 0:05:13 | |
that likes cigars and frankly, at 30 quid you can't go wrong. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:18 | |
I quite like it. And it's got some age. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:22 | |
It's got to be, certainly, Edwardian. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
It's the best part of 100 years old. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:27 | |
This, however, is much more interesting. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:30 | |
In so much, it's pub advertising ware. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:34 | |
The Encore whisky, I have never heard of Encore whisky. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:39 | |
As a whisky drinker, this has to be rare. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:42 | |
I think it's rare because I can name 100 whiskys | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
but I've never heard of Encore. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
There's a bit of a bonus here because it is... | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
BELL RINGS | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
..a desk ring. Actually, I would like to think of it as a bar ring. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
This was £60. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
It's got a couple of small cracks in it but it's Fielding's. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:02 | |
A good Stoke manufacturer. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:04 | |
I think there's a profit-ette in these two things. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:07 | |
Yes, it's Charlie three, Catherine nil. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:11 | |
The cunning one isn't used to tasting defeat. She prefers the sweet smell of success | 0:06:11 | 0:06:16 | |
and soon sniffs out a potential bargain. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:19 | |
I started off my career in the area of collectables. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:22 | |
I've seen something, a little teddy bear. I'm going to hone on him. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:27 | |
This is a Schuco perfume bottle. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
I'm hoping that there's a little perfume bottle inside. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:34 | |
If we lift his head up. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:36 | |
Sadly, he's without his perfume bottle. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
But, he would have had a tiny scent bottle in there. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
Lift up the head, dab it on. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
That would have been perfect. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:47 | |
I thought it was too good to be true! | 0:06:47 | 0:06:48 | |
What a shame, the teddy turns out to be a stinker | 0:06:48 | 0:06:52 | |
but Catherine soon makes amends by bagging her first bargain for £35. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:57 | |
Nicely done, Catherine, but what an earth is it? | 0:06:57 | 0:07:01 | |
No, it's not a normal, boring piece of wood. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
If you turn it over, you can see it's a biscuit mould. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:08 | |
I think it's absolutely beautiful. These things are very collectable. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:12 | |
What I like about this one is it's really beautifully carved. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:16 | |
I actually collect these myself, but, sadly, this one won't be for me. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:21 | |
I love the way that the scales on the fish have been carved. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:25 | |
It's absolutely brilliant, really nice quality. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
I'm very happy with this. It was marked up £48 and I got it for £35. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:33 | |
I don't think that's too expensive. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:35 | |
I'd be very happy to pay that if it was mine. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:38 | |
Stand back, Cunning Catherine is in the race | 0:07:38 | 0:07:41 | |
and while our lady takes the biscuit, The Charmer is unfazed. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:45 | |
His keen mind racing through tactics to gain the upper hand. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:49 | |
Once you've bought something, one or two things, | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
keep something in your hands. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
It's proof to anybody that you've already spent some money | 0:07:54 | 0:07:58 | |
so when you go up to a stall and you're looking at something, | 0:07:58 | 0:08:01 | |
they know you're not just a time waster and a looker. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:04 | |
They really get fed up with people just looking at things and never spending. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:08 | |
If you got something under your arm, which proves you've spent money, they know you are here to buy. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:14 | |
Useful tip. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:15 | |
Thanks for that, Roscoe. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
With three buys in the bag, Charlie is surging ahead | 0:08:17 | 0:08:21 | |
and this war horse is showing no signs of flagging. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
25 quid. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:26 | |
GONG SOUNDS | 0:08:26 | 0:08:27 | |
Next come he picks up a gong for a song at £25. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:31 | |
Charlie's seemingly unstoppable but don't rule out the cunning one | 0:08:31 | 0:08:35 | |
who seems to be finally hitting her stride. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
She sets her sights on a telescope and takes it for £50. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:42 | |
I saw this earlier and I went back for it. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
A brass, refracting telescope. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:47 | |
Two different types of telescopes, reflecting and refracting. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:51 | |
This is the refracting, with the drawers that come out. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:55 | |
This one is quite a bog standard one but the reason I went for it is the name, Dolland. | 0:08:55 | 0:08:59 | |
Dolland is a name that people will recognise, | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
a good maker of optical instruments. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
This is going to date it between mid to late 19th century. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
I'm sure I can make a profit on that one. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:12 | |
Having exhausted the inside stalls, our veteran auctioneer moves outdoors. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:16 | |
He's like lightning. A ball of energy. A hammer of the gods. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:19 | |
THUNDER CLAPS | 0:09:19 | 0:09:21 | |
Tools of my trade. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
That's got a really nice handle on it which looks like a bit of yew. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:27 | |
That's very, very attractive. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
I can sell that to an auctioneer like Knocker Knowles or Philip Serrell, do you think? | 0:09:32 | 0:09:37 | |
-So how much is your gavel? -It's 40 quid. -Oh, it's not? Crumbs! | 0:09:37 | 0:09:43 | |
I was rather hoping to buy that and sell it to an auctioneer | 0:09:43 | 0:09:47 | |
but auctioneers are notoriously tight. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:49 | |
-I'll go 30 quid. -Will you? | 0:09:49 | 0:09:53 | |
That would be a definite. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:55 | |
Yes, I think 30 quid. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:59 | |
Sold! | 0:09:59 | 0:10:00 | |
# Hit me baby, one more time. # | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
This is where every gavel should be, in the hands of an auctioneer. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:08 | |
I know a lot of auctioneers who would like this gavel | 0:10:08 | 0:10:10 | |
because it's not only got a great head, | 0:10:10 | 0:10:13 | |
which I think is boxwood, but it's this shaft, the handle, | 0:10:13 | 0:10:17 | |
which is yew wood, which really stands it above an average gavel. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:23 | |
After all, when I get the right man, it will be going once, | 0:10:23 | 0:10:27 | |
going twice, going three times. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
Sold. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:31 | |
The Charmer is sitting pretty. In the first half of this epic race, he's been in control of the course, | 0:10:31 | 0:10:38 | |
but let's see how those scorecards are stacking up. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:41 | |
Charlie and Catherine both started out with £750 of their own | 0:10:41 | 0:10:45 | |
money to spend. | 0:10:45 | 0:10:47 | |
The Charmer is in peak condition and racing away. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
He's bought five items for £275, leaving him with £475 in his kitty. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:57 | |
Catherine is clinging on in Charlie's wake. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
So far she's bought just two items and spent £85 | 0:11:01 | 0:11:04 | |
leaving her with £665, still to spend. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:08 | |
So it's back to the race | 0:11:10 | 0:11:12 | |
and right now the results are just impossible to forecast. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:16 | |
The Charmer's out there desperately trying to extend his lead. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:20 | |
Cunning Catherine's desperate to find the pieces that will close the gap. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:24 | |
Right, which way? | 0:11:24 | 0:11:26 | |
Take heart, Catherine, with plenty of pounds still to play with, the only way is up. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:32 | |
# The only way is up, baby. # | 0:11:32 | 0:11:35 | |
That way? That way. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
That way. That way. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:39 | |
And, it's not long before Catherine finds something to write home about. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:43 | |
I know this chap that buys up writing slopes, does them all up | 0:11:44 | 0:11:48 | |
and restores them and sells them on. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:50 | |
He's looking for some really, nice examples. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:54 | |
This one here is quite nice because, | 0:11:54 | 0:11:57 | |
unlike a lot of the writing slopes that have the tray here, | 0:11:57 | 0:12:01 | |
for the pens and the ink, this one has got the drawer underneath. | 0:12:01 | 0:12:06 | |
It's slightly earlier. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:08 | |
It probably Georgian, perhaps 1830, around that date. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:11 | |
-What is your very best you can do on this? -140. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
Can we do 125 and I'll feel a bit happier? | 0:12:14 | 0:12:18 | |
-Go on, then. -Thank you. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:19 | |
Catherine takes the writing slope for £125, signed, sealed and delivered. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:25 | |
# Signed, sealed and delivered, I'm yours! # | 0:12:25 | 0:12:28 | |
It seems Charming Charlie's taking a leaf out of Catherine's book of cunning. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:32 | |
He's spotted an item for which he, too, may already have a buyer. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:36 | |
Ah-ha! | 0:12:36 | 0:12:38 | |
Now I do have an order for kitchenalia, as they call it. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:43 | |
I would love to buy an enamel bread bin. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:48 | |
I think they are so, so visual. I think they're great. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:52 | |
The problem is I've just asked the chap if they are for sale | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
and he has somebody that he hopes is going to turn up today | 0:12:55 | 0:12:59 | |
and he's promised them to him. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:01 | |
The whole lot. He wanted five bread bins and for flour bins. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:06 | |
He has said if he isn't here by the end of the day, | 0:13:06 | 0:13:10 | |
I can buy one for 20 quid. | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
There wouldn't be a huge profit in it, but there'd be a fiver | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
and, after all, if you can buy something at 20 quid and sell it five minutes later for 25, | 0:13:16 | 0:13:20 | |
why wouldn't you? So, I'll be coming back to this stall later on. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:25 | |
While Charlie waits to see if there's dough to be made from the bread bins, | 0:13:25 | 0:13:29 | |
Catherine's really picking up the pace. She's purchased a tantalis set for £220 | 0:13:29 | 0:13:35 | |
and she's delighted. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:36 | |
This one is really nice because it's made from mahogany. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:41 | |
It's got lovely shaped ends, either side. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:44 | |
Also, I love this satinwood cross banding. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:48 | |
It's a really nice quality one. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:50 | |
It's Edwardian in date, so probably 1900, 1902, that sort of date. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:56 | |
I really like this. I think it has got a wonderful look. | 0:13:56 | 0:14:01 | |
Looking around, I think this is probably the best one I've seen. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:04 | |
Yes, that's a nifty know-how from Catherine | 0:14:04 | 0:14:08 | |
but it's Charlie who is running with the cunning today. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:11 | |
The Charmer's armed with a gong he purchased earlier for £25 | 0:14:11 | 0:14:14 | |
and has come up with yet another angle to gain an advantage. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:18 | |
The great thing about a fair is there are many buyers and sellers. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:24 | |
If you buy something cheap and this was cheap, | 0:14:24 | 0:14:26 | |
you stand every chance of selling it the same day. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
I think I've got just the man for this. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:31 | |
Do you like it? | 0:14:31 | 0:14:32 | |
With Queen Victoria and Britannia, on the back. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:36 | |
Royal coat of arms on the top. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:40 | |
To you, £50. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
40? | 0:14:45 | 0:14:47 | |
45. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:49 | |
-OK. -Yes! Sale! | 0:14:49 | 0:14:53 | |
That cheeky Charlie's negotiated a deal with another stallholder, | 0:14:53 | 0:14:57 | |
making him an instant £20 profit, before buying is even over. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:02 | |
Going, going, gone. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:04 | |
Fairs aren't just about buying, they're also about selling. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:07 | |
And if you get it right, you can buy | 0:15:07 | 0:15:09 | |
and five minutes later sell the same thing and make a profit. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:13 | |
It's too easy, Miss Southon. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:14 | |
He's on fire! And with the sun beating down on Newark, | 0:15:14 | 0:15:18 | |
our bargain-battling behemoths snatch a second's respite | 0:15:18 | 0:15:22 | |
to assess each other's progress. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:24 | |
-This fair is enormous. -So, how many items have you bought? | 0:15:26 | 0:15:29 | |
I'm not going to tell you but a substantial number. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:33 | |
I did have a coup. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:34 | |
I bought something for 25 quid and sold it for 45. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:37 | |
-So, you've sold an item already? -Mmm-hmm. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:39 | |
-Is that what you're going to do? -I'm hoping to sell everything, this afternoon. | 0:15:39 | 0:15:43 | |
I've just really been in one area | 0:15:43 | 0:15:44 | |
but I'm worried I haven't really explored | 0:15:44 | 0:15:47 | |
so I think that's what I need to do now. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:49 | |
Oh, the cunning one is looking concerned. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:51 | |
That little chat will have done nothing for her confidence. | 0:15:51 | 0:15:54 | |
She ploughs straight into the stalls that she hasn't yet looked at. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:58 | |
The Charmer, meanwhile, | 0:15:58 | 0:16:00 | |
has decided to go back to the stallholder with the breadbins. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
Luckily for Charlie, the buyer those items were reserved for hasn't turned up | 0:16:03 | 0:16:08 | |
so the seller's prepared to let Charlie take one. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:11 | |
What we need is a lady, don't we? So that we can choose one. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:14 | |
Er, there is a lady here. | 0:16:14 | 0:16:16 | |
The master tactician will use every ounce of his charm to ensure he gets the very best bargain. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:23 | |
Now, I need some advice here as to which one a lady would like. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:27 | |
Right, well, I always go for the writing. That's quite nice. This one's nicer. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:32 | |
That's got crazy... Would that bother you? | 0:16:32 | 0:16:34 | |
No, I'd see that as a positive cos I like things with character. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:38 | |
If I'm going for something old, I don't want it to look new. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:40 | |
No, that's fair enough. Chris, you're the man for bottoms. Is that a good bottom? | 0:16:40 | 0:16:45 | |
It is, yes. It's better than that one. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:47 | |
I suppose it's more important, that we have, if there is damage, up the top rather than at the bottom. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:52 | |
Yes, it is. It's character. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:54 | |
-Sold! Character. -Much obliged to you. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:57 | |
-Very good, sir. 20 quid? -20 quid. -Marvellous. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:00 | |
Buying bargains is our Charlie's bread and butter | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
and he proves it here by taking the breadbin for £20. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:07 | |
Well, well, it's now Charlie - 6, Catherine - 4, | 0:17:07 | 0:17:12 | |
which means our lady needs to buy, buy, buy | 0:17:12 | 0:17:15 | |
otherwise it's bye-bye, Catherine. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:17 | |
As she returns to the inside market, | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
she immediately spots a cracking collectable. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:22 | |
Tell me a bit about these, because you obviously know a lot more than I do about jelly moulds. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:27 | |
-What about this number here - CM45...? -Some of those are the sizes. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:31 | |
Some of them are also numbers that they would have in a Victorian kitchen or a big kitchen. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:38 | |
-Oh, right. -A lot of them were numbered | 0:17:38 | 0:17:40 | |
and in the very early Victorian ones, | 0:17:40 | 0:17:43 | |
they have the owner's initials on them, presumably to stop pilfering. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:48 | |
Why are the copper ones so much more collectable than the ceramic ones? | 0:17:48 | 0:17:53 | |
Because they're more common. Every household had jelly moulds. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:58 | |
-Fabulous, isn't it? -So if you lived in a cottage, you had a pot one | 0:17:58 | 0:18:02 | |
and later on you had the glass ones. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:05 | |
Those were always for the grand houses. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:08 | |
Now, you've got 145 on it. What can you do on that? | 0:18:08 | 0:18:13 | |
What's your absolute best? | 0:18:13 | 0:18:15 | |
Please. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:16 | |
-THEY LAUGH Desperation. -It's always the crucial thing. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:21 | |
-Er...well I would have liked 110 but I would go to 100. -Would you? | 0:18:21 | 0:18:26 | |
But couldn't do it any better. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:27 | |
-I'm going to have that. -Thank you very much indeed. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:30 | |
So, Catherine narrows the gap once again | 0:18:30 | 0:18:33 | |
but is there enough time left today for her to catch up | 0:18:33 | 0:18:37 | |
and overtake her charming opponent? | 0:18:37 | 0:18:39 | |
He's just spotted a piece with some real age. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:42 | |
What a wonderful picture. Is that original? Looks very old. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:48 | |
Come on, Rossco, back to business. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:50 | |
With his finely-honed antiques radar pulsing, | 0:18:50 | 0:18:54 | |
it's not long before Charlie alights on a shiny delight. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:57 | |
Fantastic quality. Now, I think that could be the Royal Yacht Club. | 0:18:57 | 0:19:00 | |
It's a vesta case, by the way. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:02 | |
Put your little matches in there | 0:19:02 | 0:19:04 | |
and then the striking on the bottom there. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:08 | |
You strike them. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:09 | |
Before going in for the kill, | 0:19:09 | 0:19:10 | |
eagle-eyed Charlie spots a potential second deal on the same stall - | 0:19:10 | 0:19:15 | |
a silver powder compact. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:17 | |
That's fantastic quality. I love the engine turn decoration. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:20 | |
It's got loads of weight. The enamelling is good. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:24 | |
Royal Horse Artillery. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:25 | |
I need just to find someone in the Royal Horse Artillery, don't I? | 0:19:25 | 0:19:29 | |
The Charmer seals the deal at £180 for the two pieces. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:32 | |
Thank you very much indeed. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:34 | |
They're in tremendous condition | 0:19:34 | 0:19:36 | |
and I think there's a profit there to the right people. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:40 | |
Never mind silver, Charlie has now bought all his items | 0:19:40 | 0:19:44 | |
and he's looking to take gold. | 0:19:44 | 0:19:46 | |
Well, well, well. I'm bought out. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:50 | |
And I am just going to hang Catherine out to dry. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:55 | |
Yes, that's fighting talk from the charmer but perhaps he shouldn't be resting on his laurels just yet | 0:19:55 | 0:20:00 | |
because, shopping inside the last-chance saloon is Cunning Catherine | 0:20:00 | 0:20:04 | |
and she's spotted another gem. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:07 | |
I quite like this - a nice little novelty piece of silver. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:11 | |
I like the tennis racket on the end. It's been engraved there. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:14 | |
So, hallmarked on the back - Birmingham, 1926. | 0:20:14 | 0:20:19 | |
Will you do £10 on that? Bit of fun. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:22 | |
-Tenner. -£10. There's your money. You're a good sport. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:26 | |
Yes, and Catherine's over the finishing line too, | 0:20:26 | 0:20:29 | |
as she buys her final bargain of the day for £10. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:33 | |
And as our prize-winning thoroughbreds catch their breath, | 0:20:33 | 0:20:37 | |
it's time for us to check the scorecards | 0:20:37 | 0:20:39 | |
and find out who spent what. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:41 | |
They both started the day with £750 of their own money to spend. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:47 | |
Charlie bagged a bountiful eight items buy he only spent £475. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:52 | |
Catherine was chasing hard all the way. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:57 | |
She only bought six items but spent more in total - £540. | 0:20:57 | 0:21:03 | |
After a long, hard slog spending their pennies, | 0:21:04 | 0:21:08 | |
it's time for our rivals to feast their beady eyes | 0:21:08 | 0:21:10 | |
on each other's wares. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:12 | |
So, Charlie, we've done it, finally. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:16 | |
You've bought a lot of things. How much money have you spent? | 0:21:16 | 0:21:20 | |
-About 550, 540, something like that. -More than me! | 0:21:20 | 0:21:24 | |
I know, that makes a change, doesn't it? | 0:21:24 | 0:21:27 | |
I thought I was spending hundreds but I've spent less than £500. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
The problem is with all my pieces, I PAID a lot for them. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:36 | |
But you've got to, in this day and age, pay real money for real things, haven't you? | 0:21:36 | 0:21:40 | |
-Yeah. I love this. -My bell. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:42 | |
I bought that because it's pub memorabilia | 0:21:42 | 0:21:46 | |
but I've never heard of Encore whisky, so I'm going to research it. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:50 | |
No, but it's a fabulous piece. It's got a great look about it. That will do very well. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:54 | |
-I think we did really well. -We did. -I am exhausted. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:57 | |
Do you know what we're going to do? | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
-HE RINGS BELL -Two beers, please, waiter. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:03 | |
SHE LAUGHS You're priceless, Charlie! | 0:22:03 | 0:22:07 | |
The good work at Newark has set our sterling soldiers in good stead | 0:22:10 | 0:22:14 | |
for the spectacle of selling which now awaits. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:18 | |
Like conquering heroes, they return to their home counties, | 0:22:18 | 0:22:21 | |
The Charmer to the heart of Oxfordshire | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
and Cunning Catherine to Kent - the garden of England. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:27 | |
There's no time to lose | 0:22:27 | 0:22:28 | |
and straightaway The Charmer is assessing his mighty haul. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
The advertising bell was lovely and it was in good condition | 0:22:31 | 0:22:35 | |
and it was advertising a whisky I've never heard of | 0:22:35 | 0:22:38 | |
so it's got to be old. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:39 | |
The gavel was nice, wasn't it? Just a good, quality item. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:42 | |
And the two best bits were the two items of silver - | 0:22:42 | 0:22:45 | |
the vesta box and the compact. They were fabulous quality. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:50 | |
Rossco will also need to shift his train of elephants, | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
his breadbin and cigar box in the shape of a boat. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:57 | |
And what of Catherine? | 0:22:57 | 0:22:58 | |
How does the Queen of Cunning rate the weapons in her armoury? | 0:22:58 | 0:23:01 | |
The jelly mould was lovely. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
I love it. I've always been interested in copper jelly moulds | 0:23:04 | 0:23:08 | |
and I thought this was a lovely, authentic Victorian piece. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
The silver tennis spoon is a really cute little piece. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:15 | |
The biscuit mould is absolutely beautiful. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:18 | |
I'm slightly biased because I do like interesting pieces of kitchenalia. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:22 | |
Being a bit of a science buff, I am instantly drawn towards telescopes. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:28 | |
My best buy of the day - my favourite - was the Tantalus. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:32 | |
The decanters are original with really nice stoppers | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
and it is perfect. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
And, last but not least, Catherine will also have to sell her writing slope. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:42 | |
Our two determined dealers must now hit the phones | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
and go all out to find buyers for their items. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
But, until they've shaken on it and the money has changed hands, | 0:23:47 | 0:23:52 | |
no deal is truly sealed. | 0:23:52 | 0:23:54 | |
Now, The Charmer is a veteran of the game | 0:23:56 | 0:23:58 | |
and he knows that it isn't always about rushing in for the first sale. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:02 | |
Sometimes, to get the best price, a little extra investment is needed. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:06 | |
Just look at how shiny my bell is. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
My bell has been re-silvered and it looks magnificent. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:15 | |
My Encore advertising bell is now so much more saleable than it was. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:20 | |
Cost £60, restoration £10, total cost £70. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:26 | |
I know just the man who's going to buy this. | 0:24:26 | 0:24:28 | |
That man is reclamation yard owner, Russell. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
The charmer gives him a BELL | 0:24:31 | 0:24:33 | |
and arranges to brrring his bar bell over. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:36 | |
# You can ring my be-e-ell | 0:24:36 | 0:24:40 | |
# Ring my bell... # | 0:24:40 | 0:24:42 | |
-Russell, how are you? -Good, you? -Doing well. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:48 | |
Here is the moment you've been waiting for, Russell, all your life. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:52 | |
I'm intrigued. It looks a bit small. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:55 | |
What size d'you expect a bar bell to be? | 0:24:56 | 0:24:58 | |
I was just expecting something a little bit more...grand. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:02 | |
Oh, it's grand! | 0:25:02 | 0:25:03 | |
And, it's less than a grand. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:06 | |
Ready? Ta-da! | 0:25:07 | 0:25:09 | |
Potpourri! | 0:25:09 | 0:25:10 | |
-Potpourri! -That's nice, isn't it? | 0:25:10 | 0:25:14 | |
BELL RINGS | 0:25:14 | 0:25:15 | |
-Oh, you ring it like that? -You ring it like that. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:18 | |
You expect to bang the top of it. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:20 | |
And it rings either way. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:21 | |
That way, or that way. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:24 | |
I've not heard of Encore before. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:26 | |
-It IS nice. -It's a nice thing, isn't it? | 0:25:26 | 0:25:30 | |
You'd love to buy it, wouldn't you? | 0:25:30 | 0:25:32 | |
Am I going to bid you on this, | 0:25:32 | 0:25:34 | |
or will I you tell me some extortionate price? | 0:25:34 | 0:25:38 | |
I'm not going to tell you an extortionate price. 150 quid. | 0:25:38 | 0:25:42 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:25:42 | 0:25:44 | |
Don't laugh! | 0:25:44 | 0:25:47 | |
95 quid. I got a bit of profit, you got a bit? | 0:25:47 | 0:25:49 | |
100 quid. Come on, Russell! | 0:25:49 | 0:25:51 | |
-Go on, I'll give you 100 quid. -Thank you VERY much. -Thank you. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:55 | |
Ding dong! The Charmer makes a sale. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:57 | |
He rings out a profit of £30 on the bar bell. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:01 | |
It's not a massive profit, is it? | 0:26:04 | 0:26:06 | |
But you know the secret with dealing? | 0:26:06 | 0:26:08 | |
Leave a profit in it for the next man, | 0:26:08 | 0:26:10 | |
because he'll ALWAYS buy off you again. | 0:26:10 | 0:26:13 | |
Yes, sage advice from The Charmer. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:15 | |
Almost a lesson in life itself. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:18 | |
But, Cunning Catherine's in no mood | 0:26:18 | 0:26:21 | |
to let a penny of potential profit pass her by. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
She's visiting Clive, | 0:26:24 | 0:26:25 | |
chairman of her local tennis club. | 0:26:25 | 0:26:28 | |
She's armed with her tennis-themed silver spoon, | 0:26:28 | 0:26:31 | |
and limbering up for one almighty match of trading tennis. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:34 | |
Did you have a figure in mind that you wanted to pay? | 0:26:36 | 0:26:39 | |
I have a figure in mind I'd like to get. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:41 | |
I sort of had a clutch at a figure | 0:26:41 | 0:26:44 | |
of sort of £15-ish. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:46 | |
A powerful serve from Clive. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:48 | |
-£15? -Belted right back by Catherine. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
I was hoping for a lot more than that. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:54 | |
Cos it's probably worth that in silver. | 0:26:54 | 0:26:56 | |
OK. Perhaps we can move towards £20? | 0:26:56 | 0:26:59 | |
Met and returned by Clive. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:02 | |
Could we move towards £40? | 0:27:02 | 0:27:04 | |
Lobbed high by Catherine. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:06 | |
Do £30? | 0:27:06 | 0:27:07 | |
Really happy with £40, to be honest, Clive. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:09 | |
£32? | 0:27:09 | 0:27:11 | |
-£40? -£38? | 0:27:11 | 0:27:13 | |
Ooh! And she's holding her own against the champ! | 0:27:13 | 0:27:16 | |
£40? | 0:27:16 | 0:27:17 | |
-How can I refuse you? -Oh! You are a gentleman! | 0:27:17 | 0:27:20 | |
You're an absolute gentleman. Thank you very much indeed. | 0:27:20 | 0:27:23 | |
The pleasure's almost mine. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:25 | |
Oh, and she's done it! | 0:27:25 | 0:27:27 | |
Catherine nets £30 profit from that 'ace' of a deal. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:30 | |
Shiny silver sure is successful so far today. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:38 | |
And Charlie's hotfooting it down to our grand capital city. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:42 | |
He's armed with his silver vesta case. | 0:27:42 | 0:27:45 | |
He's looking for an historic profit. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
I'm here in Burlington Arcade, | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
one of London's premier shopping arcades, | 0:27:51 | 0:27:55 | |
built in 1820. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:56 | |
Next to the Royal Academy. The shops here are fantastic. | 0:27:56 | 0:27:59 | |
I'm here with my silver vesta. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:02 | |
Hopefully, I'm going to sell it to Daniel Bexfield, | 0:28:02 | 0:28:04 | |
who LOVES high quality silver. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:06 | |
Fingers crossed. | 0:28:06 | 0:28:07 | |
I have a vesta, | 0:28:12 | 0:28:14 | |
which you've seen an image of. | 0:28:14 | 0:28:17 | |
It's actually a nice gauge silver. | 0:28:17 | 0:28:20 | |
The enamel's had a couple of knocks, but it's not broken. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:23 | |
It's an attractive vesta case. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:25 | |
They're for long safety matches. You strike them on the bottom. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:29 | |
The spring is good, as well. | 0:28:29 | 0:28:30 | |
If this had been carried round in a pocket, | 0:28:30 | 0:28:34 | |
with a sovereign case, a penknife, or a pencil, | 0:28:34 | 0:28:37 | |
these things get normally knocked around, dented, damaged. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:40 | |
You haven't got that. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:42 | |
It's not been to a silversmith, so that's nice. | 0:28:42 | 0:28:44 | |
The colour's good. The hallmarks are nice. | 0:28:44 | 0:28:47 | |
You're saying the right things. I'm feeling optimistic. | 0:28:47 | 0:28:49 | |
Maybe I should be really nasty about it! | 0:28:49 | 0:28:53 | |
I do like it. I think it's good. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:56 | |
And the marks are nice. | 0:28:56 | 0:28:57 | |
Do you want me to make an offer, or give me your price? | 0:28:57 | 0:29:00 | |
No, I'll ask you a price. | 0:29:00 | 0:29:02 | |
£200 for it. | 0:29:02 | 0:29:03 | |
You're being very fair. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:05 | |
Really? Bother! | 0:29:05 | 0:29:07 | |
Now you've got it! | 0:29:07 | 0:29:09 | |
I'm very happy to buy that at £200. | 0:29:09 | 0:29:12 | |
I think that's very good. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:13 | |
-Let's shake, Charlie. -Thank you very much indeed, Daniel. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:17 | |
Well, Charlie, it's great to have your judgement | 0:29:17 | 0:29:20 | |
backed by a specialist in his field but, strike a light, | 0:29:20 | 0:29:23 | |
you could have pushed for more on that one. | 0:29:23 | 0:29:26 | |
Charlie bought the vesta case | 0:29:26 | 0:29:27 | |
together with a compact for £180, | 0:29:27 | 0:29:31 | |
so on that £200 sale alone, | 0:29:31 | 0:29:33 | |
he's made £20 profit on the lot, | 0:29:33 | 0:29:35 | |
and he still has the compact to sell. | 0:29:35 | 0:29:38 | |
Back in Kent, Catherine is facing her moment of truth. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:44 | |
In Newark, she spent a whopping £220 on a tantalus, | 0:29:44 | 0:29:48 | |
which she purchased with someone specific in mind. | 0:29:48 | 0:29:52 | |
That someone is Linda. | 0:29:52 | 0:29:53 | |
It's time to find out whether she'll like it, | 0:29:53 | 0:29:56 | |
or not. | 0:29:56 | 0:29:57 | |
Linda, I feel an immense amount of pressure at the moment. | 0:29:57 | 0:30:00 | |
You said to me you'd quite like a tantalus, | 0:30:00 | 0:30:04 | |
and I've bought you one. | 0:30:04 | 0:30:06 | |
I hope, actually I pray, that it's something you like. | 0:30:06 | 0:30:10 | |
Are you ready? | 0:30:10 | 0:30:14 | |
-Ah! -Is it what you wanted? -Yes. | 0:30:14 | 0:30:17 | |
Because it's not the very pale oak. What age d'you reckon this is? | 0:30:17 | 0:30:21 | |
I think it's probably Edwardian. It's certainly got that look, anyway. | 0:30:21 | 0:30:25 | |
If you saw this in a shop, you'd probably be looking at about £400. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:31 | |
So, how does £300 sound? | 0:30:31 | 0:30:33 | |
I hate it when you're silent! | 0:30:37 | 0:30:41 | |
-You're NEVER silent, Linda! -No, I know I'm not. | 0:30:41 | 0:30:43 | |
That's the figure I thought we'd be talking about. | 0:30:47 | 0:30:50 | |
Let's keep it at that, then! | 0:30:50 | 0:30:52 | |
Cos I'm quite happy to keep it £300. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:55 | |
-Yes. -That's fantastic. Thank you, Linda. | 0:30:55 | 0:31:00 | |
Oh, what a result! Catherine's fears proved groundless, | 0:31:00 | 0:31:03 | |
and she nets a profit of £80. | 0:31:03 | 0:31:05 | |
Well, THAT couldn't have gone any better. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:09 | |
As soon as I walked into Linda's house, | 0:31:09 | 0:31:11 | |
and saw the rest of her furniture, | 0:31:11 | 0:31:13 | |
I knew that tantalus was going to fit perfectly. | 0:31:13 | 0:31:17 | |
And Linda was more than happy to pay £300 for it. | 0:31:17 | 0:31:21 | |
Charlie Ross, eat your heart out. | 0:31:21 | 0:31:24 | |
Our great lady isn't done there. | 0:31:24 | 0:31:26 | |
She zooms across to nearby Bexleyheath | 0:31:26 | 0:31:29 | |
to see her contact, Bulent. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:31 | |
I'm about to go to see a gentleman who has a restaurant. | 0:31:31 | 0:31:35 | |
It's called a Victorian restaurant. | 0:31:35 | 0:31:39 | |
I've looked it up | 0:31:39 | 0:31:42 | |
and apparently he has the biggest collection | 0:31:42 | 0:31:45 | |
of copper kitchenalia in the country, | 0:31:45 | 0:31:48 | |
but I have absolutely no idea how this will go. | 0:31:48 | 0:31:50 | |
Oh, my word. | 0:31:56 | 0:31:58 | |
Wow! | 0:31:58 | 0:32:00 | |
You must be Bulent. | 0:32:02 | 0:32:03 | |
Lovely to meet you. I'm Catherine Southon. | 0:32:03 | 0:32:06 | |
-Ready for this? -Yes. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:08 | |
We have a beautiful, highly collectible Victorian jelly mould. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:13 | |
What d'you think? | 0:32:13 | 0:32:17 | |
-Perfect. -Perfect? -REALLY nice. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:20 | |
These were quite important at the time. People treasured these. | 0:32:21 | 0:32:24 | |
The Victorians used something like this, not necessarily for jelly. | 0:32:24 | 0:32:28 | |
They'd perhaps use it for blancmange. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:31 | |
Jelly wouldn't be a sweet jelly, it could be a savoury jelly. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:34 | |
Oh, yeah. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:36 | |
As long as it has the gelatine in. | 0:32:36 | 0:32:39 | |
They'd often place this in the middle of their grand table. | 0:32:39 | 0:32:43 | |
It was quite ostentatious. | 0:32:43 | 0:32:45 | |
Now, on to...money. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:49 | |
How about.... How does £200 sound to you? | 0:32:52 | 0:32:55 | |
A bit too much for this one. | 0:32:55 | 0:32:58 | |
Say £160, and be friends? | 0:32:58 | 0:32:59 | |
£155. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:01 | |
Go on, then. I love a five. | 0:33:01 | 0:33:02 | |
£155. Go on, then. | 0:33:02 | 0:33:04 | |
We'll be best friends. | 0:33:04 | 0:33:07 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:33:07 | 0:33:08 | |
Nicely handled, Catherine. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:11 | |
Never mind the copper, she's piling up the pounds. | 0:33:11 | 0:33:14 | |
That's a cracking £55 profit. | 0:33:14 | 0:33:16 | |
Beat that, Charmer. | 0:33:18 | 0:33:20 | |
And so, we hit the mid point in today's selling, | 0:33:21 | 0:33:24 | |
with both our dealers slugging it out, toe to toe. | 0:33:24 | 0:33:27 | |
The proof of the pudding lies in the profit, | 0:33:27 | 0:33:29 | |
so let's see how they're doing. | 0:33:29 | 0:33:31 | |
Once again, Charlie The Charmer set the early pace, | 0:33:31 | 0:33:35 | |
selling his first item while still at Newark. | 0:33:35 | 0:33:38 | |
He's sold four pieces so far, and has a profit of £70 to show for it. | 0:33:38 | 0:33:42 | |
Cunning Catherine has sold three items, | 0:33:45 | 0:33:47 | |
but has managed to make more money. | 0:33:47 | 0:33:49 | |
Her total profit stands at £165. | 0:33:49 | 0:33:53 | |
With Cunning Catherine surging ahead, | 0:33:56 | 0:33:58 | |
Charlie knows he needs to ramp up the pace. | 0:33:58 | 0:34:01 | |
This is the real deal, not a rehearsal. | 0:34:01 | 0:34:03 | |
So, armed with a gavel he purchased for £30, | 0:34:03 | 0:34:07 | |
we find The Charmer lurking outside Her Majesty's Theatre in Haymarket. | 0:34:07 | 0:34:12 | |
What am I doing outside a stage door? | 0:34:12 | 0:34:15 | |
Looking for a part? Not likely to get one of those. | 0:34:15 | 0:34:18 | |
I'm waiting for John Griffiths, my old friend, | 0:34:18 | 0:34:21 | |
who played the auctioneer in Phantom Of The Opera 20 years ago. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:27 | |
Played it for three years. | 0:34:27 | 0:34:28 | |
He's looking for a new gavel. | 0:34:28 | 0:34:31 | |
Go for it, Charlie. | 0:34:31 | 0:34:33 | |
Well, Mr Griffiths. | 0:34:33 | 0:34:35 | |
How many years since you were going in and out of this door? | 0:34:35 | 0:34:38 | |
I can barely remember, but I think it's 20, Mr Ross. | 0:34:38 | 0:34:41 | |
And I was here for three years. | 0:34:41 | 0:34:43 | |
Playing the role of the auctioneer? | 0:34:43 | 0:34:46 | |
That's right. At that time, Phantom was the number one show in London. | 0:34:46 | 0:34:50 | |
It so happens, Mr Ross, I have the very gavel here. | 0:34:50 | 0:34:53 | |
You can see that sometimes, | 0:34:53 | 0:34:55 | |
through over-enthusiasm, it gets damaged. | 0:34:55 | 0:34:59 | |
I've got JUST the replacement for you. Close your eyes, sir. | 0:34:59 | 0:35:02 | |
-Hold out your right hand. -My RIGHT hand, yes. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:05 | |
-Try that, sir. -I say, sir. That's magnificent. | 0:35:05 | 0:35:08 | |
-What's you best price? -60 quid. | 0:35:08 | 0:35:10 | |
I was thinking somewhere in the range of £40, sir. | 0:35:10 | 0:35:13 | |
Were you? Griffiths, what about doing the old ham-fisted arrangement | 0:35:13 | 0:35:17 | |
-where we add the two up, and divide by two? -Yes. | 0:35:17 | 0:35:20 | |
-50 quid? -£45, sir. | 0:35:20 | 0:35:22 | |
Oh, you HARD man! | 0:35:22 | 0:35:25 | |
-Sold. -£45. Thank you. | 0:35:25 | 0:35:27 | |
POSH VOICE: Oh, well DONE, sir! | 0:35:27 | 0:35:30 | |
Charlie bangs out a profit of £15, | 0:35:30 | 0:35:33 | |
then follows it up with a £10 profit on his bread bin. | 0:35:33 | 0:35:37 | |
Catherine isn't one for looking back over her shoulder. | 0:35:39 | 0:35:42 | |
She only looks ahead, | 0:35:42 | 0:35:44 | |
to find a suitable buyer for the telescope | 0:35:44 | 0:35:48 | |
she purchased for £50. | 0:35:48 | 0:35:49 | |
She finds a shop in Sussex that sells telescopes, | 0:35:49 | 0:35:53 | |
and in no time she's hotfooting it over to meet Peter. | 0:35:53 | 0:35:56 | |
I've bought you this rather nice hand-held telescope. | 0:35:56 | 0:36:00 | |
That's rather nice, isn't it? | 0:36:00 | 0:36:02 | |
D'you have any idea of the age? | 0:36:02 | 0:36:06 | |
Probably mid 19th century. Maybe about 1860. | 0:36:06 | 0:36:09 | |
It's a lovely piece. It's nice to see something of that age | 0:36:09 | 0:36:14 | |
that's survived without being tampered with in any way. | 0:36:14 | 0:36:17 | |
-No, it hasn't. -What are you looking for? | 0:36:17 | 0:36:20 | |
What am I looking for? | 0:36:20 | 0:36:21 | |
How does £150 sound to you? | 0:36:21 | 0:36:23 | |
Happy for £100. | 0:36:23 | 0:36:25 | |
£100? | 0:36:25 | 0:36:27 | |
Say £110, just for a little bit more? | 0:36:27 | 0:36:28 | |
£105? | 0:36:28 | 0:36:30 | |
-£105! -£105, done. | 0:36:30 | 0:36:33 | |
£105! | 0:36:33 | 0:36:35 | |
£105, that's brilliant. Thank you! | 0:36:36 | 0:36:38 | |
Catherine's taken a £55 profit, | 0:36:38 | 0:36:43 | |
but it's not all roses. | 0:36:43 | 0:36:45 | |
Our lady takes a small step | 0:36:45 | 0:36:47 | |
backwards when she makes a £35 loss | 0:36:47 | 0:36:49 | |
on her writing slope. | 0:36:49 | 0:36:51 | |
But, as she drives to London, | 0:36:52 | 0:36:54 | |
armed with a biscuit mould she purchased for £35, | 0:36:54 | 0:36:59 | |
surely Catherine can sniff the sweet smell of success. | 0:36:59 | 0:37:02 | |
Or maybe it's the sweet smell of sugar, flour, butter and eggs, | 0:37:04 | 0:37:08 | |
as she visits Sarah, who runs a biscuit factory. | 0:37:08 | 0:37:11 | |
Wow, this place is AMAZING! | 0:37:11 | 0:37:15 | |
But, before bargaining begins, | 0:37:15 | 0:37:18 | |
it seems our Catherine can't resist a quick tour. | 0:37:18 | 0:37:21 | |
That smell is absolutely delicious. | 0:37:22 | 0:37:25 | |
Fantastic. | 0:37:26 | 0:37:28 | |
Wonderful. | 0:37:28 | 0:37:30 | |
These look wonderful. | 0:37:30 | 0:37:31 | |
Come on, Catherine. Down to business. | 0:37:31 | 0:37:34 | |
Will Sarah like the biscuit mould? | 0:37:34 | 0:37:36 | |
-Wow, that looks amazing. -It's absolutely beautiful, isn't it? | 0:37:38 | 0:37:41 | |
It'll make beautiful biscuits. I'd just love to have a go using it. | 0:37:41 | 0:37:46 | |
Is it something you'd probably use here to make biscuits? | 0:37:48 | 0:37:51 | |
I think perhaps we'd make some biscuits, not to eat, | 0:37:51 | 0:37:54 | |
but to have a look at how it works. | 0:37:54 | 0:37:57 | |
So, we come down to price. | 0:37:57 | 0:38:00 | |
-How does £80 sound? -I think £70 sounds better. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:03 | |
Would you say £75, in the middle? | 0:38:03 | 0:38:05 | |
-OK, £75. -£75 for a lovely piece of history. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:09 | |
Cunning Catherine takes a big bite of profit. She's just made £40. | 0:38:09 | 0:38:14 | |
Like his opponent, Charlie's facing some ups and downs. | 0:38:14 | 0:38:17 | |
There's bad news when he puts his boat-shaped cigar box into auction. | 0:38:17 | 0:38:22 | |
It makes a loss of £13.60. | 0:38:22 | 0:38:26 | |
But, good news when he sells his elephant ornament for a £40 profit. | 0:38:26 | 0:38:30 | |
I think it's terrific! | 0:38:30 | 0:38:32 | |
Charlie knows he's lagging behind, | 0:38:32 | 0:38:34 | |
and the only option left | 0:38:34 | 0:38:35 | |
is to bring out the big guns. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:39 | |
Namely, his silver compact case. | 0:38:39 | 0:38:42 | |
He bought his two pieces of silver for £180, | 0:38:42 | 0:38:45 | |
and has already sold the first for £200. | 0:38:45 | 0:38:47 | |
Whatever money he can get now will be pure profit. | 0:38:47 | 0:38:51 | |
We join our hero in a taxi, | 0:38:51 | 0:38:53 | |
speeding his way through London. | 0:38:53 | 0:38:56 | |
This is my powder compact. | 0:38:56 | 0:38:59 | |
Solid silver, enamel decorated. | 0:38:59 | 0:39:01 | |
Not the most trendy of items today, | 0:39:01 | 0:39:04 | |
but, what does it say on the top? | 0:39:04 | 0:39:07 | |
"Royal Horse Artillery". | 0:39:07 | 0:39:08 | |
Where am I going? | 0:39:08 | 0:39:10 | |
The St John's Wood Barracks, | 0:39:10 | 0:39:12 | |
to see Matthew Sykes, who I think wants to buy it for his wife. | 0:39:12 | 0:39:16 | |
What a charming gesture. | 0:39:16 | 0:39:18 | |
And what a wonderful bonus for Mr Ross, if he buys it. | 0:39:18 | 0:39:22 | |
Go for it, Charlie! | 0:39:24 | 0:39:26 | |
-Major General Sykes, is that correct? -That's my name. -Good! | 0:39:27 | 0:39:30 | |
Matthew Sykes, I prefer. Thank you. | 0:39:30 | 0:39:32 | |
Before I cut to the chase as to why I'm here, | 0:39:32 | 0:39:36 | |
can you tell me about the gun? | 0:39:36 | 0:39:39 | |
This gun is a 13-punder gun. We use it for ceremonial purposes. | 0:39:39 | 0:39:43 | |
This particular gun was used for the state funeral | 0:39:43 | 0:39:48 | |
of the Princess Of Wales. | 0:39:48 | 0:39:51 | |
-Was it? -A really special gun. | 0:39:51 | 0:39:55 | |
VERY special gun, indeed. | 0:39:55 | 0:39:57 | |
And it's not for sale. | 0:39:57 | 0:40:00 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:40:00 | 0:40:02 | |
-Would you take a little offer for this gun(?) -Can't help you there. | 0:40:02 | 0:40:05 | |
I sent you an image of a powder compact. | 0:40:05 | 0:40:07 | |
Which you liked? | 0:40:07 | 0:40:09 | |
I like the idea of it, yes. | 0:40:09 | 0:40:10 | |
I won't waste any more of your time. | 0:40:10 | 0:40:13 | |
You can pass comment on the object. | 0:40:13 | 0:40:17 | |
It's hallmarked silver. | 0:40:17 | 0:40:19 | |
It's a king's cipher. | 0:40:19 | 0:40:23 | |
Royal Horse Artillery cipher. | 0:40:23 | 0:40:26 | |
The GR in the middle is George Rex, rather than current, | 0:40:26 | 0:40:30 | |
so that ages it a bit. | 0:40:30 | 0:40:32 | |
It's a lovely object. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:35 | |
It has engine-turned decoration. | 0:40:35 | 0:40:37 | |
It's made by JW Benson, | 0:40:37 | 0:40:39 | |
very famous makers in Ludgate Hill, | 0:40:39 | 0:40:43 | |
who made pocket watches. Can I interest you? | 0:40:43 | 0:40:47 | |
I AM interested in this, definitely. What are you looking for? | 0:40:47 | 0:40:51 | |
£200? | 0:40:51 | 0:40:52 | |
£200? | 0:40:52 | 0:40:54 | |
That's a mighty opening price. | 0:40:54 | 0:40:57 | |
We'll find out if 'Roscoe' can get close to that shortly. | 0:40:57 | 0:41:00 | |
Let's remind ourselves what our two great maestros have spent. | 0:41:00 | 0:41:04 | |
Our associates of antiquities have acquitted themselves adeptly. | 0:41:06 | 0:41:10 | |
They each started the day with £750 of their own money. | 0:41:10 | 0:41:14 | |
Charlie spent £485 on 8 items, including restoration and costs. | 0:41:14 | 0:41:19 | |
Catherine bought 6 items, spending £540. | 0:41:19 | 0:41:25 | |
But now, it's all about profit. | 0:41:25 | 0:41:28 | |
All the money they've made from today's challenge | 0:41:28 | 0:41:31 | |
will be going to a charity of their choice. | 0:41:31 | 0:41:34 | |
Let's find out who is today's | 0:41:34 | 0:41:37 | |
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion. | 0:41:37 | 0:41:40 | |
Charlie! | 0:41:40 | 0:41:42 | |
How are you? | 0:41:42 | 0:41:45 | |
You are looking far too chipper. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:48 | |
You've made too much money, haven't you? | 0:41:48 | 0:41:50 | |
I think you did quite well. You found some nice things. | 0:41:50 | 0:41:53 | |
Found some really nice silver. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:57 | |
I was really jealous of those. | 0:41:57 | 0:41:58 | |
One of them had a motif on it relating to the Army, | 0:41:58 | 0:42:01 | |
and I found JUST the man to sell it to, | 0:42:01 | 0:42:03 | |
at the barracks in St John's Wood. | 0:42:03 | 0:42:05 | |
-Really? -Isn't that exciting? -Well done, you. | 0:42:05 | 0:42:08 | |
And I got a good profit. | 0:42:08 | 0:42:10 | |
I bet you did. They were smart buys, Charlie. | 0:42:10 | 0:42:13 | |
Come on, let's have a look. | 0:42:13 | 0:42:16 | |
-I've done you this time. -Have you? -Mm. -I'm not so sure. | 0:42:16 | 0:42:19 | |
-One. -Two. -Three. | 0:42:19 | 0:42:22 | |
Oh! You have, as well! | 0:42:22 | 0:42:24 | |
What's the 40p all about? | 0:42:24 | 0:42:26 | |
That's a secret, Miss Southon. | 0:42:26 | 0:42:30 | |
It's the odd 40p that sometimes helps. | 0:42:30 | 0:42:32 | |
-Well done, Charlie. -It'll buy you a bun. | 0:42:32 | 0:42:36 | |
Charlie pips Catherine to the post in the final yards of the race. | 0:42:36 | 0:42:40 | |
He must have got a great price for his silver compact. | 0:42:40 | 0:42:44 | |
I'd be happy to buy it for £175. | 0:42:44 | 0:42:47 | |
I'm happy to shake on that. Thank you very much. | 0:42:47 | 0:42:50 | |
Thank you, Charlie. | 0:42:50 | 0:42:51 | |
That's a whopping £175 profit. Great work, Charlie! | 0:42:51 | 0:42:55 | |
I was thrilled with the overall result. | 0:42:57 | 0:42:59 | |
Actually, Catherine did pretty well. | 0:42:59 | 0:43:01 | |
But not quite well enough, Miss Southon. | 0:43:01 | 0:43:06 | |
I'm rather disappointed about Newark. | 0:43:06 | 0:43:09 | |
I thought I might have won that one. But Charlie came up trumps. | 0:43:09 | 0:43:13 | |
I think it was because of those two really smashing pieces of silver. | 0:43:13 | 0:43:18 | |
Charlie can't revel in his victory for long, because tomorrow we're | 0:43:18 | 0:43:23 | |
sending our dealers to Belgium, to fight it out at an antiques market. | 0:43:23 | 0:43:27 | |
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