0:00:02 > 0:00:04This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is -
0:00:04 > 0:00:08the show that takes the titans of the antiques trade
0:00:08 > 0:00:11and pitches them against each other
0:00:11 > 0:00:16to see who can make the most money from buying and selling.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18It's amazing, truly amazing!
0:00:18 > 0:00:24Today, Phil Serrell takes on John Cameron in an all-out battle
0:00:24 > 0:00:28for profit, giving you the inside view on the secrets of the trade.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32Coming up, Phil Serrell meets his match on the streets of Paris.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34- Voila!- Thank you.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40The language barrier proves a little awkward for John Cameron.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Bit of a conflab going on here,
0:00:41 > 0:00:45not sure what's going on here, but I'm hopeful.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48And why you should always study your items carefully.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51- How old do you think the hand is? - 20s' or 30s' isn't it?
0:00:51 > 0:00:54When was the Phillips screw invented?
0:00:54 > 0:00:56- Very early in France!- Very early!
0:00:56 > 0:00:59This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Today, two veterans of the antiques trade
0:01:14 > 0:01:18are battling it out in La Belle France.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22First up, with 35 years experience as an auctioneer,
0:01:22 > 0:01:23it's the Maitre du Malvern.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25It's Phil "The Fox" Serrell.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27He's up against his arch-enemy,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30who started trading at the tender age of 15.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32It's the Premier du Portsmouth,
0:01:32 > 0:01:35it's John "The Hammer" Cameron.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39They've each got £750 of their own money in their pockets,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42and their task is simple to buy antiques and collectables
0:01:42 > 0:01:45and sell them for the biggest profit.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48They'll be let loose in a French antiques market.
0:01:48 > 0:01:49Woo! Woo!
0:01:49 > 0:01:51But will they come undone?
0:01:51 > 0:01:54I've got precious time left to spend my money
0:01:54 > 0:01:56and I'm not getting anywhere.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Today's battleground is Saint Ouen in Paris,
0:01:59 > 0:02:03where literally thousands of antique stores and shops fill the streets.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07There's all sorts of foreign treasure waiting to be snapped up
0:02:07 > 0:02:10and sold for a profit by our eager experts.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15But, which man is master of the market, and which is just a tinker of the trade?
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Philip Serrell and John Cameron,
0:02:17 > 0:02:21it's time to put your money where your mouth is.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- Bonjour!- Bonjour, Philippe!- Full-up!
0:02:26 > 0:02:30So, here we are in sunny Saint Ouen. You ever been here before?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32I'm very much a Parisian virgin.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35I've been to France, but not here. What's your strategy today?
0:02:35 > 0:02:38It's a glorious day and there seem to be stalls everywhere,
0:02:38 > 0:02:43so if I've got a plan, I'm just going to take a broad view
0:02:43 > 0:02:47and find the cheap end of the market and buy what takes my eye. You?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49I'm looking for things with a bit of impact.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53But also trying to match those items with potential purchasers back home.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56We've got £750 worth of euros, haven't we?
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Yep, but I do have a plan, first.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01- There's a couple of places I want to head straight away to.- Go on?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Cafe bars!
0:03:03 > 0:03:07No time to sit around in cafes, Foxy, you're here to buy, buy, buy.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09It's a market of huge proportions
0:03:09 > 0:03:14and our best of British dealers only have a few hours.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Le Fox is looking for cheap items,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19whereas Monsieur Cameron wants some wow factor
0:03:19 > 0:03:23for the potential buyers in contacts book.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Two very different strategies, but who has the winning formula?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28With thousands of antiques, collectables
0:03:28 > 0:03:31and vintage fashion on offer, there's a lot of ground to cover,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34and there's no telling how the dealers work en France.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39Before long, the Hammer closes in on his first deal, a fireman's helmet.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43- Would you do 20 euro?- Non.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47How much, best price? Special prix.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Split the difference, 25?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- 25? 25.- C'est pas moi. Big boss.
0:03:52 > 0:03:5425. Shake?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- 25!- Well done, 25!
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Well done, 25 euros. OK, thank you.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Ah! A little hug to seal the deal.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04Mr C might not speak French,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07but he certainly knows the language of dealing.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12He bags the helmet for 25 euros, just under £23.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Not a huge profit in this, but I do know a fireman
0:04:14 > 0:04:17that may be prepared to buy this as a present for his son.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21First purchase of the day, and already, I'm on fire.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24# I'm on fire... #
0:04:24 > 0:04:27With a buyer already lined up for his first deal,
0:04:27 > 0:04:32he's on fire and bang on strategy, but, hot on his heels is Mr Serrell.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35There are 3,500 stalls to sift through here in Paris
0:04:35 > 0:04:38and he's staking out this market like a pro.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42The real thing about this is, in a market of this size,
0:04:42 > 0:04:47there's going to be a handful of really, seriously cheap items here.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50There's going to be an absolute bargain.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52The issue is, you've got to try and find it.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55With Foxy on the hunt for those cracking bargains,
0:04:55 > 0:04:59the Hammer is, true to form, talking tactics.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Well, trying to think about my own plan here on buying,
0:05:02 > 0:05:04and I'm looking for things with quick sales in mind.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09I did ask Philip what he planned to do today, and he said "just chill".
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Well, we've got a few items to buy today and a big wad of cash
0:05:12 > 0:05:14burning a hole in our pocket and I think,
0:05:14 > 0:05:18in this blazing sunshine, the last thing he's going to do is chill.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Clever Cameron is all too aware of the Fox's sly tactics,
0:05:22 > 0:05:24to lull him into a false sense of security.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29He is no fool, and he knows that, beneath the soft exterior,
0:05:29 > 0:05:31a cunning fox lies.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34This competition is hotting up, and Phil, the hero of haggling,
0:05:34 > 0:05:36sniffs out a potential deal.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40This is an Edwardian centre table, marble top.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47200 euros, that's about £190, £180, I don't think that's dear.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49One and a half?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Dernier prix, prix marchand - deux cents.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57With the stallholder insisting on 200 euros, it's a stand-off.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01Moi, j'ai paye plus cher que ca.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04There are times like this when I wish I knew what he was saying to me.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07He looks a lovely man, and I don't think he's insulting me.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Dernier, dernier - deux cents. On peut pas, moi.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Man of steel. Man of steel.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Moi? Qu'est-ce que c'est ca?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Um, you don't give.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24The language barrier has presented a problem.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27And Phil's banter isn't working.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Donnez-moi 200 euros. Il est beau.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34Here, here. 150?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- No, no, that's all. - You don't budge?- Je peux pas!
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Looks like Phil's met his French equivalent.
0:06:40 > 0:06:41Neither of them is backing down.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45I can feel myself getting completely kippered here.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49The stand-off continuing, Phil tries an old trick. Feel the money!
0:06:58 > 0:07:00No? More?
0:07:00 > 0:07:01NON!
0:07:01 > 0:07:03I think that means "no".
0:07:03 > 0:07:06The feel of 150 fresh euros in his hand
0:07:06 > 0:07:09is not persuading the French dealer.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12All right, all right.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Toi, comme ca, moi...
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Son envelope!
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Oui, mais j'arrive pas.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Hopla!
0:07:22 > 0:07:24THEY LAUGH
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Oui, on rigole.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Ha! That's it finished!
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Je peux pas. 200 euros.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Je peux pas le faire. Ah!
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Do I get the hat?
0:07:40 > 0:07:44Unable to use his patter on his French friend, Phil is stumped.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47The language barrier has undone him, and he's ended up
0:07:47 > 0:07:52paying 200 euros, or just under £182, for the Edwardian stand.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Woo! Woo!
0:07:58 > 0:08:01And he didn't even get the hat thrown in!
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Now, Mr Cameron has his strategy foremost in his mind.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08He thinks he may have a buyer for his next potential purchase.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11I do know somebody back in Emsworth that actually collects
0:08:11 > 0:08:13and deals in old telephones.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15So, this could be something I could buy
0:08:15 > 0:08:19and get an instant profit on, but price is going to be key, here.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22We've seen Phil struggle with the lingo.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Now, ladies and gentlemen, Monsieur Cameron.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Excusez-moi, do you speak English? None at all?
0:08:28 > 0:08:34OK. Can I see this telephone? Oui?
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Not content with just the phone, our eagle-eyed expert
0:08:37 > 0:08:40has also spotted some old film reel holders.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44S'il vous plait. Please?
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Now, this is where some schoolboy French would come in handy.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51I feel a total Philistine here. I speak absolutely no French.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55I'm going to make it my business this year to learn a second language.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Bet he wishes he'd thought about that last year!
0:08:57 > 0:09:02These, too. And these.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04Yeah?
0:09:05 > 0:09:09The Hammer resorts to good old-fashioned pen and paper
0:09:09 > 0:09:12and puts an offer on the table of 75 euros.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18I'd like to buy them, but I've got to think about profit.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Big boss, big boss!
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Bonjour!
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Ce serait pour les boites et pour le telephone.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30John's offer was 75, but the big boss wants 90 euros.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33But, with no great British banter,
0:09:33 > 0:09:35will John be able to bargain for the right price?
0:09:35 > 0:09:38- Quatre-vingts et pour...- Non.- No?
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Non, on a deja fait un peu au depart, plus encore dix pour cent.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44The dealer refuses to meet John in the middle.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46He's sticking to his price of 90 euros.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Looks like the Hammer has met his match.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52I'm sure this gentleman is justifying his reluctance
0:09:52 > 0:09:56to come down in price, but sadly, it's wasted on me, I'm a bit of a Philistine.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02OK. I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet here.
0:10:02 > 0:10:0790 euros, I just hope I can get a profit out of this.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09John's come up against an immovable dealer,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11and reluctantly he forks out the full price
0:10:11 > 0:10:13for the reels and the phone.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17He apportions it as 40 euros for the reels, that's just over £36,
0:10:17 > 0:10:23and 50 euros for the phone, which is just over £45.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28I've got a friend back in Hayling Island who is building
0:10:28 > 0:10:31a cinema room in his house, I'm hoping he's going to see
0:10:31 > 0:10:34these as a potential decorative object for the cinema.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38I've got two items that I bought specifically with people in mind.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40The Hammer's cooking on gas,
0:10:40 > 0:10:44and with three items hot to trot he's ready for more bargains.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47He doesn't speak the lingo, but he's bagging the booty,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49and he's got buyers in mind.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51The Fox, on the other hand, only has one item,
0:10:51 > 0:10:54and even with tens of thousands of treasures on sale,
0:10:54 > 0:10:56it's a hard shop.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58These are a real fascinating thing, these.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02It's a travelling vanity case, and people see these in auction,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05and they buy them because they think they are really cool
0:11:05 > 0:11:08and wicked, and then they take them home, and they close them up,
0:11:08 > 0:11:12and they put them under the bed, and leave them there for five years, and then they think
0:11:12 > 0:11:15"I haven't done anything with that, I might as well sell it."
0:11:15 > 0:11:17So they put them into auction, and people see them,
0:11:17 > 0:11:21and they think they are really cool, and they take them home, and just on it goes.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25That cunning Fox knows what to buy, and what to leave on the shelf.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29He's fighting his corner to get the right bargains into his basket,
0:11:29 > 0:11:31not an easy feat at home or abroad.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34But, before long he sniffs out an unusual item,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36that's right up his street.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39I mean, this is just a real old-fashioned
0:11:39 > 0:11:41antique dealer's lot, really.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44It's not an oversized cup that I'm looking for a saucer for,
0:11:44 > 0:11:48it's just a pewter, child's chamber pot.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51I think that's a sweet little thing.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53It's not in bad condition.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55The pewter, watch this, is very, very soft.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58You can almost, just, push it back to how it was.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02At 20 euros, £18, I think that's really cool.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05He's bagged his second item, the chamber pot which cost him
0:12:05 > 0:12:0820 euros, just over £18.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10It's been an epic morning in the Parisian market,
0:12:10 > 0:12:14but who is the daddy of dealing?
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Time for a midday refreshment, French stylee.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Let's see if our big boys are going to give anything away.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21I'm enjoying the sun, you know.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23It's been absolutely glorious, I'm loving it here,
0:12:23 > 0:12:27really loving it, but under a bit of pressure to buy, what about you?
0:12:27 > 0:12:30What I like, and what I'm trying to adopt,
0:12:30 > 0:12:32is this sort of Parisian lifestyle.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34You know, you sit out, you chill, you don't rush,
0:12:34 > 0:12:36it's the way forward, I think.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38I'd like to think so, but we've still got a few items to buy,
0:12:38 > 0:12:43- and some money to spend, Philip. - Now you come to mention it, we are under the cosh a little bit.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Indeed. We've a couple of hours left before they start packing up.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51- What's your plan this afternoon? What are you going to buy? - Things I can make a profit on.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54I'd like to stop over here, I think it's really nice.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Yes, once again, Foxy tries to pull the wool over his enemy's eyes.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Don't let his laid-back manner fool you,
0:13:01 > 0:13:02he's a fox on the hunt for success.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07Both our boys started the day with 825 euros,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10that's £750 of their own cash.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Phil "The Fox" Serrell has yet to reach top gear, he's spent exactly
0:13:14 > 0:13:20£200 on just two items, leaving him £550 for this afternoon's shop.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23That means John "The Hammer" Cameron is ahead.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27He's bought three items, spending less than £105,
0:13:27 > 0:13:31leaving him with just over £645.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38It's time for the second half. Both our Brits abroad
0:13:38 > 0:13:42have struggled with the French language so far, so this round is crucial.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Old Foxy cannot afford to be laid-back now.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48He's zooming round the market like a torpedo on target,
0:13:48 > 0:13:52and it looks like his ship might have just come in.
0:13:54 > 0:13:55Combien, monsieur?
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Quatre-vingts-dix euros.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06- 90.- 90 euros?- Yes, but is made...
0:14:06 > 0:14:12- Not old? It's new?- Non, non, non. Ca c'est 1970 a peu pres.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Our antiques maestros have had a tough time
0:14:15 > 0:14:18with the dealers here today, but now Phil is on a roll,
0:14:18 > 0:14:20and he's taking no prisoners.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22It's just a cool little coffee table, isn't it?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Le dernier prix, monsieur?
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Soixante-dix.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35- The dealer asks 70 euros for the table.- 50 euros.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37You are my first...
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Customer?
0:14:39 > 0:14:42..customer, and a nice price, I will ask 60.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- 60 euros, your best?- Yes.
0:14:45 > 0:14:51- Not to be outdone twice in one morning, Phil holds firm.- 50 euros?
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- OK, cash, money. - Gentleman, you're a gentleman.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00Because you're the first customer of the day. Really, I open my shop.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04It's anchors away. The captain of collectables has reeled in his third
0:15:04 > 0:15:06item of the day, the boat shaped table
0:15:06 > 0:15:09for 50 euros, just over £45.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11You can either put a light in there,
0:15:11 > 0:15:13or you could fill it with dried flowers,
0:15:13 > 0:15:16but you can actually make that quite a cool looking thing.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Our antiques heroes are rising to the challenge,
0:15:19 > 0:15:23but it's not long before The Hammer seals his next sweet smelling deal.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Great little decorator's object,
0:15:25 > 0:15:28could either sell that to a perfume bottle collector,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31or somebody just wants to put impact in a room.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35He paid 40 euros for the retro perfume bottle,
0:15:35 > 0:15:36that's just over £36.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Phil is on his tail, determined not to let old Hammer beat him,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44he blazes a trail through the streets of Paris,
0:15:44 > 0:15:46in the hunt for bargain buys.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50But The Hammer charges ahead to the next potential purchase.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52He's found a sofa that looks like it's on fire.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55I actually saw two sofas like this the other day, not one,
0:15:55 > 0:15:56but they were longer.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00They properly came to about here, and they were in a house I was doing,
0:16:00 > 0:16:03a deceased estate, and there was one either side of this fireplace.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05They were obviously very, very expensive.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Sadly we couldn't take them to auction
0:16:08 > 0:16:11because they are completely upholstered,
0:16:11 > 0:16:15and they pre-date, in our country, the conditions that you have
0:16:15 > 0:16:18to have fire labels on items in order to be able to sell them.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21So we couldn't take this to auction, they had to go out.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25To have them reupholstered would cost thousands and thousands of pounds.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29Great visually, but legally, in the UK, we couldn't sell it.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33So, it's a no-no from Mr Cameron,
0:16:33 > 0:16:35and with no time to waste
0:16:35 > 0:16:38he's off like a bullet out of the gun for his next deal,
0:16:38 > 0:16:40but the cunning Fox outruns him.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44He's found an item that just might come in handy.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46I just think this is a really wicked thing,
0:16:46 > 0:16:49because it makes me laugh, but it's also quite useful if someone
0:16:49 > 0:16:53does want, in an art life class, practise drawing the human hand.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57But I've got to be quite clinical about this,
0:16:57 > 0:16:58and think who am I going to sell to
0:16:58 > 0:17:00and, at the minute, I haven't got a clue.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Another one bites the dust.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07Unsure of who might buy it, Phil leaves the hand on the shelf.
0:17:07 > 0:17:12Mr C is desperate for victory, but the only thing he's bought
0:17:12 > 0:17:14all afternoon is the perfume bottle,
0:17:14 > 0:17:16and he's starting to feel the pressure.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20Following my chat with Philip a little bit earlier,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22I'm feeling a little deflated.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24I'm seeing lots and lots of very nice things,
0:17:24 > 0:17:28but it's all out of my price range, or the money they are asking for it
0:17:28 > 0:17:31would definitely not leave me any room for profit,
0:17:31 > 0:17:35so I haven't made any headway since our lunch this afternoon.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37But his worries are short lived.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40The well polished Hammer soon spots a tasty collection.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44He's found a set of 12 fish plates, and serving dish.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49Excuse me, Madame, how much is the fish set?
0:17:49 > 0:17:53- 100.- 100 is the best price on there. That's the best price?
0:17:54 > 0:17:59- 100 is not expensive.- Oh, he could have his work cut out with this one.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Could you do 80, for me?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- 80 euros?- 80 euros, OK.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- Yeah, OK. 80.- Yes.- Thank you.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14Yes. He's done it. The well-honed antiques gladiator
0:18:14 > 0:18:16reels in the fish plates
0:18:16 > 0:18:19for less than £73, buy number five.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Back outside, Monsieur Cyril packs a double blow.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25He's gone back to buy the wooden hand
0:18:25 > 0:18:26for just under £91,
0:18:26 > 0:18:27and he's picked up
0:18:27 > 0:18:29a nice little earner along the way.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32And urn, for just over £45.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36I really like my little hand here, and it was 100 euros, 90 quid.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39What have I bought a hand for!?
0:18:39 > 0:18:44And this! This lump, it looks like it's been stolen of someone's grave.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47That was 50 euros. I think I've lost it here.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52The Fox is furiously burrowing away his buys like there's
0:18:52 > 0:18:56no tomorrow, but his nemesis is determined to win.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59John's battery pack may be running low
0:18:59 > 0:19:03but, before long, his steely determination pays off.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06His well-trained eye soon spots soon a coat rack,
0:19:06 > 0:19:08and the good news is, he's found a translator.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13- What's the best price? - Vingt euro.- 20 euros.
0:19:13 > 0:19:14- 20 euros for me.- Oui.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17For me, you've been very kind, 20 euros, yeah?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19- Non.- Yes, yes, 20.- Vingt, oui.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23Yeah, yeah, yeah. OK. I'll buy that for 20 euros.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Still a bit of confusion there, but the deal is done.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30The retro coat hook is bought for just over £18.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32John's sixth item of the day.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35It's not over till it's over, and with minutes to go
0:19:35 > 0:19:38before the market packs up, the wily one is still prowling around.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43He's found a mysterious wooden carving with a metal hook,
0:19:43 > 0:19:44which has Fox appeal.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Can I give you 100 euros for that?
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- Yes, yes.- Given that neither of us knows what it is or what it does.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59- I quite like that. How old do you think it is?- 19th-century.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- Not earlier?- Perhaps.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Go on, 100 euros.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06The mysterious hook
0:20:06 > 0:20:08has set Phil back by just under £91.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Good luck with a buyer for that!
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Mr C never did find any more items,
0:20:13 > 0:20:17so, as the boys from Blighty's day outing in gay Paris
0:20:17 > 0:20:21comes to a close, let's have a roundup of who spent what.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26Both our experts started the day with £750 worth of euros.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Phil "The Fox" Serrell ended up digging deep,
0:20:29 > 0:20:32spending just under £473 on six items,
0:20:32 > 0:20:36but John "The Hammer" Cameron was less lavish with his cash,
0:20:36 > 0:20:40the same amount of items, but he spent just under £232.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46It's been a hectic day in Paris, but what have the old boys made of it?
0:20:46 > 0:20:49I had a very chilled day, maybe too chilled,
0:20:49 > 0:20:51I haven't got the first idea how much I've spent.
0:20:51 > 0:20:57Well, everything I looked at today, it was either 400-500 euros,
0:20:57 > 0:21:00or it was cheap. I couldn't find any middle ground there.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03So, anything I wanted to buy I couldn't get near it.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05I've ended up making a couple of rash purchases,
0:21:05 > 0:21:08so, I think, some easy sales, but not a lot of profit.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10I think, say what you like about the French,
0:21:10 > 0:21:12they do know how to charge, don't they?
0:21:12 > 0:21:16- All I want to do now Phil is go home.- I'll drink to that, mate.
0:21:19 > 0:21:24As our channel hopping challengers bid au revoir to France,
0:21:24 > 0:21:28they now focus their minds on the ferocious fight ahead.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32They tested their supreme antiques knowledge to the limit by buying,
0:21:32 > 0:21:35but this is where the real work begins -
0:21:35 > 0:21:39the struggle to sell their wares back on the trusty turf of beautiful Britain.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45And if there's one thing that sharpens a dealer's mind more
0:21:45 > 0:21:48than a lust for lucre, and a craving for cash, it's an all-out,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51persistently punishing passion to win.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Back in the familiar surroundings of wonderful Worcester,
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Foxy is reliving the hard work of the Parisian perusal.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01The continental market, I found really tough,
0:22:01 > 0:22:05not because the things weren't there, they were there in abundance,
0:22:05 > 0:22:09and there were some fantastic things there, at some fantastic prices.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11I bought the wooden corbel, with the little metal spike.
0:22:11 > 0:22:16There was the green marble urn, the hand, the boat table,
0:22:16 > 0:22:20that you could make a lovely little coffee table, the chamber pot
0:22:20 > 0:22:24and the marble topped table. But will I make a profit?
0:22:24 > 0:22:27In Portsmouth, The Hammer is relieved to have traded
0:22:27 > 0:22:29the Seine for the Spinnaker Tower.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33I found the buying at Saint Ouen, in Paris, pretty difficult.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36I got a fireman's helmet, some film reel cans,
0:22:36 > 0:22:41a 1960s' period French telephone, a 1990s' aftershave bottle,
0:22:41 > 0:22:45a fish serving set, I'm really going to have to think outside the box with that one,
0:22:45 > 0:22:47and I've got a retro set of coathangers.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51How do I feel from my mixed bag? Pretty mixed up, actually.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56Make no mistake, this is the most testing challenge our antiques masters have had to confront.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59They'll either sink or swim.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03But, if anyone can survive, it's these two trading titans.
0:23:03 > 0:23:08It's the battle of profit prowess, and there's not a second to lose.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Minutes mean money.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Serrell and Cameron crack into their contacts box,
0:23:12 > 0:23:15and fish out their phones, but until they shake on it,
0:23:15 > 0:23:19and the money has changed hands, no deal is truly sealed.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23The countdown to some spectacular sales is on,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26and it's John Cameron who gets in on the action first.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30With his name up in lights, he takes on the lead role, and sets off
0:23:30 > 0:23:33for the Hampshire haven of Hayling Island,
0:23:33 > 0:23:36but can he reel in a sale for his £36 film cans?
0:23:38 > 0:23:42I'm off to meet my friend Katia, to see if I can sell these film cans
0:23:42 > 0:23:43that I picked up in Paris.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46They're installing a cinema room in their house, so I'm hoping
0:23:46 > 0:23:50these are going to be a nice decorative object for that room.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Katia has worked on some big blockbuster films in New York,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56so this could be an interesting sale.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Now, usually when I go and see somebody they're asking me
0:23:59 > 0:24:02questions about the item, but, in this instance,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04I'm hoping you're going to educate me,
0:24:04 > 0:24:08because with your filmmaking background, you know all about these.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12They're still used, but not once their rusted like this,
0:24:12 > 0:24:15they wouldn't be used, because they would just damage the film.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Nowadays they are plastic, most of them,
0:24:18 > 0:24:22and actually, if you're screening in the theatre in film,
0:24:22 > 0:24:25they get delivered to the movie theatres in big cans.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29I wonder whether you would polish them, or paint them?
0:24:29 > 0:24:31- Would you leave them as is? - I think I would,
0:24:31 > 0:24:34because I think the charm is that they look old and rustic.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37We got five of them there, I was looking for about £25 each.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Around £125 for the lot. How does that sound to you?
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- How about 100?- £100, you give me 100 for them.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Katia, with eyes like that, how could I say no?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49- How could I possibly say no? - Yes, it's a deal.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Well, that may not have been a blockbuster performance,
0:24:52 > 0:24:55but I certainly brought in the money for the box office.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Yes, that's the ticket, movie man.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02The film cans reel in a profit of almost £64.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04The Hammer races off to plan his smashing sequel.
0:25:04 > 0:25:09But who will be the best boy at the end of this all-action shoot-em-up?
0:25:09 > 0:25:11The Fox is riding his own wave
0:25:11 > 0:25:15and hopes the £45 boat table will be travelling back overseas.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Michael is a dealer all the way from New Zealand.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20They meet in Phil's sale room.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23This is the little beast I've got for you.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Somebody must have told you what sort of thing I like.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31It would make a great coffee table. You could light it and illuminate it.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34You could turn it that way up, put some shelves in
0:25:34 > 0:25:36and you've got a great corner shelf.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39I thought there was some mileage in it, albeit nautical mileage.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42We need a bit of history, Phil. What is it, where did it come from?
0:25:42 > 0:25:44I bought it in a market in France.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49- It's plank-built, or clinker, don't they call it?- Yeah, clinker built.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Clinker built, where the timbers or the planks overlap.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53There's no great age to it.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56I was hoping I could get, like,
0:25:56 > 0:25:58£110, £120 for it.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01People at home would go, "Man, I'd never sell that."
0:26:01 > 0:26:05I think we could probably talk round about 65 for something like that.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06- No, no, no.- No?
0:26:06 > 0:26:08I do like your style. No.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10£80.
0:26:10 > 0:26:1270 quid and we've got a deal.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- You're on, mate.- OK! - I like the way the hand came out.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19I had no option but to shake it then, did I? Yeah, go on, fair enough.
0:26:19 > 0:26:20Oh, a crafty trick there,
0:26:20 > 0:26:25but the boat sails off and Phil anchors a profit of nearly £25.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28That's a great way to do a deal.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31He shook my hand. I thought we were shaking on 75,
0:26:31 > 0:26:33and we were shaking on 70.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35So it's cost me a fiver.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37But he's taught me a new trick. I like that. Never mind.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Both our heroic hawks are off and running,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43but no time to rest on their laurels.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46They need to build on their early sale success.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48John Cameron has the slightest of leads
0:26:48 > 0:26:51but he's determined to hammer home the advantage.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56MUSIC: "Hanging on the Telephone" by Blondie.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59I've come to an antiques centre in Emsworth
0:26:59 > 0:27:02to see a guy called Andrew who specialises in...
0:27:02 > 0:27:03vintage telephones.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06When I saw that lot, I thought, "French telephone."
0:27:06 > 0:27:10Maybe, just maybe, I'll do a sale. Wish me luck.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Oh, all right then. Good luck.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15John had a hard-going haggle with the French trader
0:27:15 > 0:27:18but was still forced to fork out just over £45
0:27:18 > 0:27:22and the phone will need rewiring to work in the UK.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25- I suspect you've seen this before. - Yes, the classic French number.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27- Do you want to have a look?- Yeah.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32- The U43, designed literally straight after war, hence 43.- OK...
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Very common, this model. But it's a nice one. Nice and clean.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37- The condition's good, isn't it? - Yeah.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40The main thing with Bakelite is, it gets chips off it.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44It all seems to be there, and that's straight. It sometimes gets snapped.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Is this something you think you could sell?
0:27:46 > 0:27:48I'd certainly be able to sell it on.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Obviously, it depends what price you're looking at.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53I'm looking for about £100 for this phone.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57- Right, we're at two opposite ends of the scale here.- Are we?- Yes.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59I'd normally pay about £40 for these.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03I paid more for that in France. Could you go to £80 for it?
0:28:03 > 0:28:05The highest I could possibly go to,
0:28:05 > 0:28:07and it leaves me pennies in profit,
0:28:07 > 0:28:09- would be £60.- £60...
0:28:09 > 0:28:13I can see this reselling at about £65.
0:28:13 > 0:28:14£70?
0:28:16 > 0:28:20- I can't. 65.- 65's your best offer.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24£65, you've got a deal. I've made no profit,
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- but at least it's a sale. - Exactly.- £65, OK.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Our muscle man hasn't quite got into the swing of things.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33The phone hangs up a profit of less than £20
0:28:33 > 0:28:36but the Portsmouth pugilist takes it in his stride.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38I knew when I bought my telephone in Paris
0:28:38 > 0:28:41that there wasn't going to be a huge profit in it.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44I did manage a sale. I could have tried going elsewhere
0:28:44 > 0:28:46but somebody once told me,
0:28:46 > 0:28:50the first profit is the best profit, no matter how small.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53That's the spirit, JC. He's a chipper chappie
0:28:53 > 0:28:56but the Fox isn't feeling quite so chirpy.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00In fact, Mr Serrell is having some sinister sensations.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03And it's all because of the rather spooky urn
0:29:03 > 0:29:05that he bought for around £45.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09Just outside Worcester, he visits Steve the stonemason.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13But will the urn turn Steve's head or give Phil some grief?
0:29:13 > 0:29:17It slowly dawned on me that what I think I bought is off somebody's...
0:29:17 > 0:29:19I think that's off a grave, isn't it?
0:29:19 > 0:29:21- Could well be.- Yeah, I thought it was. And I thought,
0:29:21 > 0:29:25there's only one man who can get me out of trouble with this,
0:29:25 > 0:29:26or I'll die with that.
0:29:26 > 0:29:31- Marble?- Yeah, I think it's Verde Fraye, Italian.- Yeah.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33It's definitely off a grave.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36- Oh, great.- I would say so, an ashes urn or something.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39- I've got to sell you this, haven't I?- You can try.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42What would one of those cost you new?
0:29:42 > 0:29:46I would say you'd be looking at about £150, £160.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Just out of curiosity,
0:29:48 > 0:29:50could you carve something like that?
0:29:50 > 0:29:52- Yeah.- Or is that done on a lathe?
0:29:52 > 0:29:57Old ones would have been carved by hand, all new ones are on a lathe.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01So that would be on a lathe, spinning round at millions of miles an hour
0:30:01 > 0:30:03and you'd get a chisel, would you?
0:30:03 > 0:30:05- Yeah, a chisel. - And you'd work it as it spun round
0:30:05 > 0:30:08and how long would it take you to make that?
0:30:08 > 0:30:10To make that, by hand? Hmm.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Probably a day and a half.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16- Really?- That size.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18You said it would cost you 150 quid new
0:30:18 > 0:30:20so that's got to be a starting price.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Yeah, if I had a buyer for it.
0:30:22 > 0:30:23I'll give you 80.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Actually, do you know what?
0:30:25 > 0:30:27I'm not going to ask you for any more
0:30:27 > 0:30:30cos I thought I was going to die with this, so if you want to buy it...
0:30:30 > 0:30:32What on earth will you do with it?
0:30:32 > 0:30:33- I don't know.- Really?- No. Keep it.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35Well, that's put a smile on his face.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38The wily one can't believe his luck.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42The urn fires home a profit of almost £35.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44It's a close-run thing so far.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47Neither of our cunning contenders can build up a convincing lead
0:30:47 > 0:30:51and the Hammer now turns his attention to his panic buy,
0:30:51 > 0:30:54the set of fish plates from the early 20th century
0:30:54 > 0:30:56that he bought for nearly £73.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59He said he'd have to think outside the box on this one
0:30:59 > 0:31:02and he's got a glint in his eye.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04He thinks he's come up trumps.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10The other day when I was visiting my local butcher and fishmonger,
0:31:10 > 0:31:11I had an inspiration.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15I had a nibble on the line. Let's see if I'll get the fish in the net.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18This is what they traditionally would call a supper set.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21In the evening, as I often walk past,
0:31:21 > 0:31:22the window's bare.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26Oh, I see what you're saying. Are you trying to flog me these, then?
0:31:26 > 0:31:27What do you think of them?
0:31:27 > 0:31:31I like them. They're pretty good, to be fair. What are we talking, then?
0:31:31 > 0:31:34- Well, you've got a complete set here.- Yeah.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38- And the gilding's not rubbed.- Is that important?- Yes, very important.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41- I'm not too au fait with gilding. - A common mistake people make today
0:31:41 > 0:31:44is they put things like this in dishwashers.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46When you're decorating porcelain,
0:31:46 > 0:31:50they apply the layers of enamel, all the colours,
0:31:50 > 0:31:54with the ones that need firing at the highest temperatures first,
0:31:54 > 0:31:56then put the colours on in reverse order.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59With these transfer printed, you would have just put that on once.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03If it was hand-painted, they'd do it in reverse. That's your gilding.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07- Wow. You've blown me away with your knowledge.- Don't be too baffled.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10That's why when you put it in dishwashers, the gilding comes off.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12So do you know when they were made?
0:32:12 > 0:32:15- Yeah, these would be early 20th century.- Yeah?
0:32:15 > 0:32:19- So they're kind of getting on for 100 years old now.- Really? Blimey.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- As a set, I'm looking for a couple of hundred quid.- What about...
0:32:23 > 0:32:26- 140? - Can you do any better than that?
0:32:26 > 0:32:28I tell you what, why don't we do...150?
0:32:28 > 0:32:30Is that your best price?
0:32:30 > 0:32:32- I reckon it's a fair price.- Yeah?
0:32:32 > 0:32:34Yeah, they look beautiful, so yeah.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36150 quid?
0:32:36 > 0:32:37Cash?
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Cash. Good man.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42He shoots, he scores.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Never mind nibbling, Paul bites his hand off for the fish plates
0:32:45 > 0:32:49and John nets himself a tasty profit of more than £77.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52As we mount our midway milestone, let's see how well
0:32:52 > 0:32:54our wheeler-dealers are doing.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Phil the Fox has only sold two of his items
0:32:57 > 0:33:01but he's cranked up a profit a nudge over £59.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04John the Hammer is making more headway.
0:33:04 > 0:33:09Three items down and a healthy profit, more than £160.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12The Worcester wanderer finds himself in the danger zone.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14Hang on in there, Foxy.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18Pick yourself up, dust yourself down and plough on with the planning.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22At this point in the game, it's every man for himself.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24One false move and you're finished.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28John is a massive £100 out in front,
0:33:28 > 0:33:30but he needs to tread carefully
0:33:30 > 0:33:33or his early success could all fall down around his ears.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35But the Hammer is red hot
0:33:35 > 0:33:39and heads straight to his local fire station to meet fireman Paul.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42Whilst he is with him, our profit rocket fans the flames
0:33:42 > 0:33:46with his French helmet, which cost nearly £23.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48So what do you think of it?
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Yeah, this is very similar to our old helmet, the Cork style.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54But looking at this one, it looks like...
0:33:54 > 0:33:56a bit of a toy.
0:33:56 > 0:33:57A toy? Well,
0:33:57 > 0:34:01it is made of a resin, yeah? You can see that.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04And it does have a name there. Petitcollin Paris.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07So, interesting you should say that about a toy
0:34:07 > 0:34:09because that actual company,
0:34:09 > 0:34:12founded by Nicholas Petitcollin in the 1890s,
0:34:12 > 0:34:16was a toy manufacturer making celluloid dolls and things like that
0:34:16 > 0:34:20into the 20th century. However, in the 1960s,
0:34:20 > 0:34:24they were commissioned to make the official French helmet.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27Even if it was a toy, you could buy this for your little boy Ellis.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29Yeah, that's a good idea, yeah.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32- So do you like it?- What sort of price are we looking at?
0:34:32 > 0:34:35I'm looking for about £70 for it.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38That's possibly a little bit steep for me.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40- What about £50?- £50?
0:34:40 > 0:34:42- Best you can do? - That's the best offer.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45I'll take your money, then. All right, nice one.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49Mr Cameron seals the deal by almost doubling his money.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53He's hot to trot, and does so with more than £27 profit.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Paul, I've always wanted to be a fireman, and I do quite envy you.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59- I don't suppose you could give me a bit of a crash course?- Certainly.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Reckon you can work with me?
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Definitely, you could fit into the watch.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07It's every boy's dream but can the Hammer hack it?
0:35:07 > 0:35:10# But you came along and moved me, honey... #
0:35:10 > 0:35:13I'll be on that pin-up calendar, Serrell, just you watch me!
0:35:13 > 0:35:17# ..Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire! #
0:35:17 > 0:35:19But the real heroes think he's too big for his boots
0:35:19 > 0:35:21and give him a cold shower!
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Whoo-oh-ho-ho!
0:35:23 > 0:35:26And now is the moment for the Worcester Warrior
0:35:26 > 0:35:29to stage his right-royal recovery.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32He's come to Herefordshire to push for a bumper sale.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35He's brought his two wooden items - the hand
0:35:35 > 0:35:40and the carving with the hook, that together cost him nearly £182.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42I really loved these when I bought them in France.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44I know I paid all the money for them
0:35:44 > 0:35:46but I think they're really good objects
0:35:46 > 0:35:48and I'm in Leominster at the antiques centre
0:35:48 > 0:35:50to see an old mate, Ben Cooper.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53I just hope that he shares the same amount of enthusiasm for them,
0:35:53 > 0:35:55that I do.
0:35:55 > 0:35:56Phil meets his contact, Ben
0:35:56 > 0:36:00but does he have FAITH he's found SOMEBODY TO LOVE his prize pieces?
0:36:00 > 0:36:04- It's a corbel, isn't it... - Yeah.- ..that would rest on a wall?
0:36:04 > 0:36:07I think someone's whacked that in there.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09But I think it's quite good fun now,
0:36:09 > 0:36:11cos it's like a pricket candlestick.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15And this, which is... These are artists' lay hands -
0:36:15 > 0:36:17I think they're really fun things.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19I'm hoping to get for them...
0:36:19 > 0:36:21sort of like, £250.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25- How old do you think the hand is?- I was thinking '20s or '30s, isn't it?
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Do you know when the Phillips screw was invented?
0:36:27 > 0:36:30- Very early in France, very early. - Was it very early?
0:36:30 > 0:36:32'20s or '30s? Ben, what are you trying to tell me?
0:36:32 > 0:36:35- Give me a look. - Nice, little, shiny Phillips screw.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39Oh, Philip, has the revival hit a rut in the road?
0:36:39 > 0:36:41You can try and convince yourself, Phil,
0:36:41 > 0:36:45but I'd go... '60s, maybe even into the '70s.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48I was hoping to get £250. Do you think I'm way off the beam?
0:36:48 > 0:36:51- I'll be nice, cos I quite like that. - Which, that?
0:36:51 > 0:36:54No, the hand. They always amuse me.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56I'll bung another £20 in, £220.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59I think you're being really fair, actually,
0:36:59 > 0:37:03cos I hadn't spotted that that wasn't as old as I thought it was.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07What's the expression? I know when my bread's buttered and I'm going to cut and run.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10- You're a gentleman. - There you go.- Thanks, Ben.
0:37:10 > 0:37:11WHAM!
0:37:11 > 0:37:13A bumpy bit of business
0:37:13 > 0:37:16but Phil hands himself a profit of over £38.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Useful money but he's still got a long way to go.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22John Cameron remains in pole position but -
0:37:22 > 0:37:26could his coat hook that cost £18 make the wheels come off?
0:37:26 > 0:37:29I'm back in Southsea at the heart of the vintage clothing scene
0:37:29 > 0:37:30to see a friend Lucy,
0:37:30 > 0:37:33to see if she wants buy these coat hooks that I bought in France.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37The sort of thing she'd sell in her shop and that she collects herself,
0:37:37 > 0:37:40so I might be able to get a good profit out of them.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Whatever I do, as long as I get a profit, I'll be off the hook,
0:37:43 > 0:37:44that's for sure.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47- I found this in Paris.- Ooh!
0:37:47 > 0:37:51- What d'you think of that? - I like it! Yeah!
0:37:51 > 0:37:52What d'you think...
0:37:52 > 0:37:56There's some theories about when these balls came around and why.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58You see them on so much '50s furniture.
0:37:58 > 0:37:59Yeah.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02There's a theory that it came out of the splitting of the atom
0:38:02 > 0:38:07and physics, space exploration with the planets and the solar system.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Yeah. I do like this sort of thing.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11We have a lot of it in the house.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- I'm looking for £60 for them, Luce. - I'll have to haggle a bit.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18- I'll give you £50.- £50 sounds like music to my ears...- Deal!
0:38:18 > 0:38:20- You've got yourself a deal. - Just for you.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22An easy sale, Cameron knows his customers.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25He bought the coat hook with Lucy in mind
0:38:25 > 0:38:29and it's paid off - a profit of nearly £32.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32The Fox has one last chance to boost his profit
0:38:32 > 0:38:35and this is where things get exciting.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39Our wily wheeler-dealer has saved his best items till last.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41The Parisian haggle over the marble table
0:38:41 > 0:38:45almost made him lose his own marbles and it was his priciest purchase.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47He's bundled it together with his chamber pot
0:38:47 > 0:38:51and is back in Leominster to meet Andrew who's also a dealer.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55So, will he make a mighty manoeuvre on the Hammer?
0:38:55 > 0:38:57- These are my last two bits from the market in France.- OK.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Ben said you might be able to help me.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03- That banding is missing off there... - Mm-hm.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05..and a quick fix is to take the other three off,
0:39:05 > 0:39:07- stain that up and sell it as it is. - Yeah.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10It's got the little sabot feet. Those there.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15And I've got those four. So I'll put those there.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17I think it's a nice marble top,
0:39:17 > 0:39:19I notice you've got a bit of marble over there.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22- That's a nice one! - Oh, behave!
0:39:22 > 0:39:24- ANDREW LAUGHS - Behave.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29I think it's sort of... down to price really, Phil.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31I think what you've got to look at with this
0:39:31 > 0:39:34is what the finished article's going to be and it's cost.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36I think that's absolutely fantastic.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- I think that's really sweet, I like that.- Isn't it lovely?
0:39:39 > 0:39:41- I must ask, have you got the saucer? - I have.- Well done!
0:39:41 > 0:39:43It's fantastic, isn't it?
0:39:43 > 0:39:45It's probably out the carriage, isn't it?
0:39:45 > 0:39:47I would think so, yeah.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Mm, Andrew looks like a man who knows what he wants.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52So, will he help Phil walk away the winner?
0:39:52 > 0:39:54All will be revealed later in the show.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56John has racked up some good sales
0:39:56 > 0:40:00and has got a whiff of the sweet smell of success.
0:40:00 > 0:40:01He's hoping his last item -
0:40:01 > 0:40:05the giant aftershave bottle that cost him just over £36 -
0:40:05 > 0:40:07will see him home and dry.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Although my shop display aftershave bottle
0:40:09 > 0:40:13was designed and sold in the 1980s and early 1990s,
0:40:13 > 0:40:15the actual design of the piece and indeed the name,
0:40:15 > 0:40:18is firmly rooted in the age of jazz,
0:40:18 > 0:40:22the '20s and '30s when cocktail parties were in full swing.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24So what better place to try and sell it
0:40:24 > 0:40:27than to a dealer that specialises amongst other things...
0:40:27 > 0:40:29in Art Deco items?
0:40:30 > 0:40:33- Now, I described this to you on the telephone.- Mm-hm.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36I'm wondering if this is what you had in mind, but this is the item.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39- It's a lot bigger than I thought it'd be.- Like it?
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Yeah, it's lovely, yeah.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44- Well, as I'm a plastic freak.- D'you like it?- I love Perspex and plastic.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Yeah, I do, I really like it.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Well, I'm looking for £80 for it.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53Mm. You couldn't come down a little bit...
0:40:53 > 0:40:55to £70?
0:40:55 > 0:40:58- £70 - you've got yourself a new perfume bottle.- Oh, thank you!
0:40:58 > 0:41:01- Thanks, John.- Jenny's weakness gives John another edge.
0:41:01 > 0:41:06He wraps up the contest with a pungent profit of nearly £34!
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Our titanic trade-off
0:41:08 > 0:41:09has turned full circle.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13It's been relentless but only one of our experts will emerge triumphant.
0:41:13 > 0:41:18They both arrived in Paris with £750 worth of euros to spend.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22The Fox bought six items and spent nearly £473.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25The Hammer also made six purchases
0:41:25 > 0:41:32but he spent less than half of Phil's total, just under £232.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36Buying and selling is one thing, it's the profit that really counts.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39All the money that Phil and John made from today's challenge
0:41:39 > 0:41:41will go to a charity of their choice.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44So, without further ado, it's time to find out who is today's
0:41:44 > 0:41:47Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50- John, how are you? - Phil, much better for seeing you.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52A long time since France, isn't it?
0:41:52 > 0:41:56I found the buying really tough and the selling, not much easier.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59If buying's tough, selling's going to be so much harder, isn't it?
0:41:59 > 0:42:01I mean, for me...
0:42:01 > 0:42:04Oh, it sort of bandjaxed me.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06I haven't got good feelings about this.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Well, you spent a lot more money so I conceded defeat to you on the day.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11- I'll do three, two, one.- OK.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14- Three, two, one. Bang! Uh!- Oh!
0:42:14 > 0:42:16- Unbelievable!- I'd accepted it.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18You're excited, aren't you?
0:42:18 > 0:42:20- Well, Phil...- You are!
0:42:20 > 0:42:22I really thought on the day, I hadn't spent enough
0:42:22 > 0:42:25and you're going to beat me on the turnover alone.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27I think it's time you bought me a beer.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Yes, a convincing win for Mr Cameron,
0:42:30 > 0:42:33so what did happen with Phil's prize pieces -
0:42:33 > 0:42:35the marble table and the chamber pot?
0:42:35 > 0:42:39- I want to sell the two together, all right?- Mm-hm.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42And I'm not even... I'm just going to ask you for one bid.
0:42:42 > 0:42:43Give me your best shot.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45- Two and a half.- I'll take it.- OK.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47I think you've been really fair with me.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49I want to shake you by the hand.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52£250 was good but it wasn't enough.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56The table and the pot made Phil a profit of bang on £50.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00And so the French market proved too much for the British Fox.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04I found the continental market really, really tough.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08I could find lots of things to buy that I would have quite liked owning
0:43:08 > 0:43:11but you know, that's not what this game's about.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15At the end of the day, turnover's one thing but profit's another.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19So although it was a surprise, it was a pleasant surprise.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21No time for our boys to relax,
0:43:21 > 0:43:24they must get in training for tomorrow's monumental trial.
0:43:24 > 0:43:28It's the challenge to end all challenges - the showdown!
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