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