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This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
The show that takes the titans of the antiques trade, | 0:00:05 | 0:00:10 | |
-and pitches them against each other... -Mwuh! | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
to see who can make the most money from buying and selling. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:16 | |
That's amazing. Truly amazing. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:18 | |
Buckle up, and get ready for the ride of your life. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:22 | |
It's the Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is showdown, | 0:00:22 | 0:00:25 | |
the greatest challenge our experts have faced yet. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:28 | |
Two heavyweights of the antiques world, | 0:00:28 | 0:00:30 | |
will be tested to their limit as they're challenged to dig deep | 0:00:30 | 0:00:34 | |
at four different events to find antiques and collectibles they can | 0:00:34 | 0:00:38 | |
sell on for maximum profit. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
Coming up, our experts reveal | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
why you should always try before you buy... | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
Just watch this. Are you ready? | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
Nice feature, isn't it? | 0:00:49 | 0:00:51 | |
Why you should always ensure | 0:00:51 | 0:00:52 | |
you look for items in the right places... | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
-Ah, good, you speak English. -Yes. -Thank you, I'm saved. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
And, how an auction can bring together the fiercest of foes. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:02 | |
That's really good, John. Well done. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:04 | |
-Thanks, Phil. -Rat. Absolute rat. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:07 | |
It promises to be a right royal rumble, as our antiques experts | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
go head-to-head for the title every dealer craves, | 0:01:10 | 0:01:14 | |
the Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Champion. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:18 | |
This is the Showdown, where our two finely-honed antiques gladiators | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
compete for the ultimate prize. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
Today's show isn't just about packing powerful profits, | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
it's their one chance for supreme victory over their opponent. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:46 | |
Our duelling duo are two of Britain's most renowned auctioneers. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:49 | |
The highly-revered gavel master from Worcester, | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
Phil "The Fox" Serrell, | 0:01:52 | 0:01:53 | |
versus Portsmouth's auction hawk, | 0:01:53 | 0:01:55 | |
John "The Hammer" Cameron. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:58 | |
This is a challenge like no other. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:00 | |
It will test their knowledge, stamina, and contacts books | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
to the absolute limit. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:05 | |
Let's find out what's in store. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:07 | |
-Young Philip... -I'm liking it. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:11 | |
Let's see what we've got. Our final challenge. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:14 | |
"Welcome to your final and biggest challenge yet, the showdown. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
"You must each buy eight items, during your regular challenges. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:21 | |
"You can spend up to £1,000 of your own spondoolies." | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
"You can each sell up to four items, wherever you want. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
"The remaining items will go to auction." That's our territory. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:31 | |
Well, you would think(!) | 0:02:31 | 0:02:32 | |
"Your auction will be in Dorset, | 0:02:32 | 0:02:34 | |
"in direct competition with your opponent. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:36 | |
"Choose your items wisely. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:38 | |
"The winner will be the one who makes the most profit." | 0:02:38 | 0:02:41 | |
OK, got that bit straight. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:42 | |
Come what may, Dorset's a very nice part of the world, isn't it? | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
-We'll have some fun. Good luck, mate. -Good luck. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
The game is on. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
Both our antiques giants have £1,000 of their own money to spend. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:54 | |
That must include any restoration repairs, and buying fees. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:58 | |
It's a cut-throat competition. There's only one winner. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:02 | |
The man who makes the most profit. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:04 | |
Our fierce fighters must make their purchases | 0:03:04 | 0:03:07 | |
in the usual hunting grounds. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:08 | |
An auction, a car boot sale, and at two antiques markets. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:13 | |
One in Britain, and one abroad. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
Each location has challenges of its own. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
But the overall aim remains to choose pieces with profit potential | 0:03:18 | 0:03:23 | |
they know they can sell on. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
But, with the added twist of the showdown auction | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
It's strategy every step of the way. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:30 | |
Our warriors are raring to go, | 0:03:30 | 0:03:33 | |
as they step onto their first battleground. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
Round one is the auction at the Norcote Salerooms in Cirencester. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:39 | |
They must each find two items here. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
So, with thousands of gems hidden away, our confident contenders | 0:03:41 | 0:03:46 | |
better get cracking. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
The clock is ticking, because the auction starts soon, | 0:03:48 | 0:03:51 | |
and the place is packed with prospective bidders. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:55 | |
Our eagle-eyed experts waste no time, plunge right in, | 0:03:55 | 0:03:59 | |
sifting and scouring for the best profit-busters. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
Canny Cameron's on the hunt, and thinks he has an advantage | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
over Phil the Fox. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:05 | |
The nice thing is, when we sell them at the auction, | 0:04:05 | 0:04:08 | |
I'll be closer to home, down in Dorset. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:10 | |
I'm only in the next county, in Hampshire. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
Nevertheless, I need to find something. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:15 | |
Going to auction, you're in the hands of the gods. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:17 | |
There may be some luck involved, | 0:04:17 | 0:04:19 | |
but shrewd Cyril's convinced the key to winning is all about location. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:23 | |
What I have to try and do is think what might sell well down there. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:28 | |
If I could find a map of Dorset in Gloucestershire, | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
it's logical to think it'll make more in Dorset | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
than it will in Gloucestershire. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:35 | |
That's the kind of edge you're looking for. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
While the Fox's clever strategy | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
will work for the auction sales in Dorset, | 0:04:40 | 0:04:42 | |
he must remember up to half his items will be sold privately, | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
using nothing more than his brains, and contacts book. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:49 | |
And, he better look sharp, because the Hammer's wasted no time, | 0:04:49 | 0:04:53 | |
and his first potential purchase has got him all starry-eyed. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
It's a framed set of Wedgwood Jasperware dishes. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
Very unpopular these days, and very important | 0:04:59 | 0:05:02 | |
in British ceramic history. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:04 | |
The only ceramic body Wedgwood invented. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 | |
He fiercely guarded the secrets. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:08 | |
What I like about these is the fact it features the 12 zodiac signs. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
I have a specific person in mind for that. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
The problem with buying something so specific is if they don't want it, | 0:05:14 | 0:05:18 | |
you get lumbered. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:20 | |
Sounds like Mr C has a plan. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:22 | |
The auction's a tough gig, and our experts are under pressure | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
to wheedle the winners out of the woodwork. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:28 | |
The Fox soon abandons his plan of buying for the Dorset market, | 0:05:28 | 0:05:31 | |
and pounces on a glazed cabinet. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
This here, in my view, is off another piece of furniture. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
If you can look at the bottom, just below the door, | 0:05:37 | 0:05:41 | |
it actually wants a little plinth put on there, | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
that comes out like a moulding edge, all the way round. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:47 | |
That way, you'll lose the fact that it is just the top off something, | 0:05:47 | 0:05:51 | |
and it might just look a bit better. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
Viewing time is soon over, and the auction under way. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
Bidding starts on the Wedgwood zodiac plates. | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
Will John be the first to bag a showdown item? | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
£45, £75. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:05 | |
£80. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:07 | |
£85, £90. Any advance, now? | 0:06:07 | 0:06:09 | |
Last chance at £90, we're selling at £90. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
That's cost me a lot more than I wanted to pay, | 0:06:12 | 0:06:15 | |
but the more I saw it, the more I liked it. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:17 | |
It's purely the subject matter I'm interested in. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:21 | |
The signs of the zodiac. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:22 | |
Yes, the Hammer delivers the first blow in this epic battle. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:26 | |
Including auction costs, he pays just over £106 for the Wedgwood set. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
But, is a profit written in the stars? | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
The cabinet Foxy spotted earlier is next in the ring. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:36 | |
But, it's been combined with a bookcase to make one lot. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:40 | |
So, if Phil's the highest bidder, he'll score them both. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:44 | |
£75, £80. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:46 | |
£85, £90. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:47 | |
£95, £100. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:48 | |
£110. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
£120, £130. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
But Phil suddenly has no competition from the lady beside him. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
No. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:57 | |
At £160, here £170, now. | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
That is double that I'd marked it for. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
£160, all done. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:03 | |
The man from Malvern has been scuppered, but he won't give up | 0:07:04 | 0:07:07 | |
without a fight. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:09 | |
He's straight over to his rival bidder to see if she'll do a deal | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
on the cabinet. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:14 | |
-I only came for that one. -I'll give you a tenner for it. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:17 | |
-Give me a tenner, then. -I'll give you a tenner. Done. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
I have been. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:22 | |
The Fox gets what he wants. The cabinet's his for just £10. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:26 | |
Of course, in this case, no fees apply. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
Nifty. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
But, the Hammer is ready to strike back. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 | |
He's spotted a Victorian chair. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:34 | |
At £30. £30, I'm bid. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:35 | |
£35. £40. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:38 | |
£45. £50. £55. £60. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:40 | |
£65. £70. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
At £70, sitting on my left. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
At £70. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
After auction fees, the Hammer picks up the chair for just under £83, | 0:07:47 | 0:07:51 | |
and he couldn't be happier. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
It's actually upholstered in green suede. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:56 | |
I think this is a great thing. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:58 | |
Really do think I can get a profit out of this. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:01 | |
The frame's good, colour not the best. But structure's sound. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:04 | |
Foxy now needs to find HIS second purchase. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
And, he's having a stab at more furniture. This time, | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
a revolving mahogany bookcase. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:12 | |
£120, £130, now. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:15 | |
£120, £130, £140. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:16 | |
£150. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:17 | |
£150, on my right. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:20 | |
At £150. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:22 | |
Fees take the price up to £177, | 0:08:22 | 0:08:25 | |
but is the bookcase all it's cracked up to be? | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
There's good revolving bookcases, | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
and there's not-so-good revolving bookcases. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
Let me just give you a bit of a clue. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:36 | |
Just watch this. Are you ready? | 0:08:36 | 0:08:38 | |
Nice feature, isn't it? | 0:08:38 | 0:08:39 | |
It's an Edwardian piece of furniture. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
If you come and look closely here, | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
this nice, thick, shellacy, horrible varnish | 0:08:44 | 0:08:49 | |
is coming off under my fingernails. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:51 | |
Another particularly fine selling feature(!) | 0:08:51 | 0:08:53 | |
So, what I have to do, when I get this home, | 0:08:53 | 0:08:55 | |
somebody has to tighten the column up for me, | 0:08:55 | 0:08:58 | |
somebody has to sort this top for me, | 0:08:58 | 0:09:00 | |
and I think, potentially, that's a £200 to £400 thing. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:04 | |
Well, I hope so. Otherwise, I'm in trouble, aren't I? | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
You might be. That concludes round one. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:09 | |
Time to find out how the piggy bank is looking. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
Their total showdown budget is £1,000. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:15 | |
So far, Phil the Fox has spent just £187, | 0:09:15 | 0:09:20 | |
leaving him £813 for the rest of the showdown battle. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
John "The Hammer" Cameron has spent almost exactly the same, | 0:09:23 | 0:09:28 | |
nearly £189, meaning he has just over £811 still to spend. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:34 | |
It's now round two of our epic challenge, | 0:09:34 | 0:09:36 | |
the antiques fair. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:39 | |
They're at the Lincolnshire Antiques and Home Show, | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
looking for two more items each. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:44 | |
And, there's 2,500 stalls to trawl. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
The Fox is keen to strike early, and straightaway sniffs out an item | 0:09:47 | 0:09:51 | |
he hopes will steer him in the right direction. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:55 | |
It's a mahogany ship's rudder. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:56 | |
I think that's a really cool thing. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:59 | |
If you find a pub called The Ship, or The Anchor, | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
with a nautical theme, they can decorate these. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
It's a daft thing to buy, and I do like daft things. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:08 | |
Come and stand here, you. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:10 | |
-How much? -£45. -Get out of here. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:14 | |
What would it date from? 1910? | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
I think it's 25 quid's worth. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:18 | |
I think it's 35 quid's worth. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
There's a compromise coming, isn't there? | 0:10:21 | 0:10:24 | |
-There is. -£28. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:26 | |
-All right, then. -Go on, you're a gentleman. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:30 | |
Great start for the Fox, | 0:10:30 | 0:10:32 | |
but the Hammer has unearthed an item with Middle Eastern charm. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:36 | |
I'm really unsure about it, I'm unsure about it. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:39 | |
It's quite interesting. It certainly looks Islamic to me. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:41 | |
And this could be early, or it could be much later. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:45 | |
It's hard to tell with these things when traditions are passed down, | 0:10:45 | 0:10:49 | |
and pots and techniques don't change too much in the area. | 0:10:49 | 0:10:51 | |
It's not hard to do really good copies. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:53 | |
I think it may have had some restoration, possibly, | 0:10:53 | 0:10:57 | |
around the base, but there's something very intriguing about it. | 0:10:57 | 0:11:02 | |
I really, really don't know with that piece, and I'll be taking a complete chance. | 0:11:02 | 0:11:06 | |
So, our bold bruiser forks out a massive £150. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:11 | |
But, will the risk pay off? | 0:11:11 | 0:11:13 | |
John and Philip each need another item | 0:11:13 | 0:11:15 | |
and it's the Fox who has a glint in his eye. | 0:11:15 | 0:11:18 | |
He's found a rather nice piece of treen. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:20 | |
This is, for want of a better word, | 0:11:20 | 0:11:23 | |
a 19th-century boxwood cartridge filler. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:26 | |
And the 16 there refers to the bore of the cartridge. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:30 | |
That comes apart. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
You just fit your cartridge in there like that, | 0:11:32 | 0:11:35 | |
then you put your powder in, and then you put some wadding in, | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
and then you put the little steel balls in, | 0:11:38 | 0:11:41 | |
and this just fits on there and crimps the top down. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:45 | |
I think that's a really beautiful thing. This was priced at £45. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:49 | |
And I've just bought it for £35. That could do really, really well. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:54 | |
The wily one makes a confident finish to the round | 0:11:54 | 0:11:57 | |
while the Hammer closes things up with a final purchase for £35. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:01 | |
It's a little, well, | 0:12:01 | 0:12:02 | |
white metal is all we can call it at the moment, wine taster. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:06 | |
It does have the engraving on the front say 1857, | 0:12:06 | 0:12:09 | |
and it would literally be for tasting wine. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
There are some marks on the back, slightly rubbed. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:14 | |
I can't say that's an English hallmark, certainly not. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:17 | |
It's possibly continental. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:19 | |
And that wraps up round two. Let's take a look at the bank balances. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:25 | |
Both our boys started out with a £1,000 budget. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:29 | |
Phil spent £252, leaving him with a very comfortable £748 to spare. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:35 | |
But, John has been more lavish with his cash. | 0:12:36 | 0:12:39 | |
He's spent nearly £374, leaving him with more than £626. | 0:12:39 | 0:12:43 | |
This epic encounter continues. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:48 | |
For round three, our warriors find themselves | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
at the Denham giant car boot sale in Buckinghamshire. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:54 | |
They circle the stalls like wary prizefighters, but John's the first to close a deal. | 0:12:54 | 0:12:58 | |
£2 for a porcelain whisky bottle. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:00 | |
I think it's nice, and I like the colours to that. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
You could actually turn that into a lamp. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:06 | |
Drill a little hole in the bottom. Bargain! | 0:13:06 | 0:13:09 | |
The Prince of Portsmouth is always looking to maximise his profit. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:13 | |
Meanwhile, the Man from Malvern is on a mission | 0:13:13 | 0:13:15 | |
and he's found a wooden chest that holds his attention. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:20 | |
-I'll give you 30 quid for it. -35. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:23 | |
Can I toss you for 30 or 35? | 0:13:23 | 0:13:26 | |
Yeah. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:27 | |
-All right? So, you can call, ready? -Ready. Tails. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:31 | |
so, you're calling tails. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:33 | |
I'm calling tails. | 0:13:33 | 0:13:35 | |
Tails it's 35 quid, heads, it's 30 quid. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
Get in there! | 0:13:38 | 0:13:39 | |
FANFARE | 0:13:39 | 0:13:41 | |
Lady Luck smiles on the Fox, and the chest is his for just £30. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:46 | |
in the 19th century, your young Army officer, in this case, | 0:13:46 | 0:13:51 | |
second lieutenant A de B Adam. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:55 | |
So, if I can find out who he is, and perhaps locate his family, | 0:13:55 | 0:14:00 | |
that might be really, really interesting. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:03 | |
But it's a really good quality trunk. | 0:14:03 | 0:14:06 | |
It's out of mahogany, I think, but you can get that polished up | 0:14:06 | 0:14:09 | |
and I think it's going to look a million dollars. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:12 | |
But will it make a million dollars? That's the question, Foxy! | 0:14:12 | 0:14:15 | |
In no time at all, Phil is straight on to purchase number two | 0:14:15 | 0:14:18 | |
at the car boot - a modern Chinese bronze censor. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:22 | |
I think it's a really decorative thing. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:24 | |
For £15, you can't go wrong, can you? | 0:14:24 | 0:14:28 | |
We'll see, Phil, we'll see. | 0:14:28 | 0:14:31 | |
The Fox is first over the car-boot finishing line, but the Hammer is hot on his heels. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:35 | |
£100 buys him a silver watch. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:38 | |
Got ourselves a 19th-century, silver, open-faced pocket watch. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:42 | |
Nice enamelled dial with Roman numerals, | 0:14:42 | 0:14:44 | |
and a little, subsidiary seconds dial. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:46 | |
It's working, we've tried it. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:48 | |
There's a good heartbeat there, and the chap even threw in the key. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:52 | |
And what's better, | 0:14:52 | 0:14:53 | |
I've got the original Victorian silver Albert chain on there. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:56 | |
That's John bought up, as well. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:00 | |
Both our bargain-busters have come through unscathed, | 0:15:00 | 0:15:03 | |
so, with just one round left, how much have they got to spend? | 0:15:03 | 0:15:07 | |
Our boys both started this mighty challenge with a budget of £1,000. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:12 | |
Philip's been careful, parting with just £297 so far, | 0:15:12 | 0:15:15 | |
meaning he's got £703 left to enjoy. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:19 | |
John, meanwhile, has spent just under £476, | 0:15:21 | 0:15:25 | |
leaving him with more than £524. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:28 | |
And here we go with the final round of our epic battle, | 0:15:29 | 0:15:34 | |
the foreign antiques market. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:35 | |
Our sparring Spartans have crossed the Channel to enjoy | 0:15:35 | 0:15:38 | |
the delights of the Saint Ouen market in Paris. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:41 | |
They need to overcome language barriers, | 0:15:41 | 0:15:43 | |
because this place is crucial. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:45 | |
It's their last chance to home in on a hidden gem and swing the game. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:50 | |
But, there's plenty to choose from. | 0:15:50 | 0:15:52 | |
This place is a labyrinth of collectables, with thousands of shops and stalls. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:57 | |
I've got a couple of things I think I can get a profit on, | 0:15:57 | 0:15:59 | |
something perhaps decorative that will appeal in the auction house. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:03 | |
But what I'm going to try and remember is that I would rather make a small profit than a big loss. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:07 | |
But, as he has more money left to spend, Phil can afford | 0:16:09 | 0:16:12 | |
to take some risks, and he's quick to home in on a shabby chic chair. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:16 | |
it's actually leather cloth, isn't it? | 0:16:16 | 0:16:20 | |
But I think that's a really cool chair. How old? | 0:16:20 | 0:16:25 | |
Um, 1940, I would say. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:29 | |
So, it's pre-1950. Because in England, we're not allowed | 0:16:29 | 0:16:33 | |
to sell things made after 1950 that are upholstered, unless they have a fire label. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:38 | |
-Can I make you an offer? -250 is the best price. -Can you do 200 euros? | 0:16:38 | 0:16:44 | |
200 euros? No. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:45 | |
Hmmm. Since the French dealer won't budge on price, the Fox walks away. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:50 | |
But, while Phil seeks something to spend his money on, | 0:16:50 | 0:16:53 | |
Canny Cameron has hunted down his first potential purchase. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
-Hello. How are you? -Fine, and you? -I'm good. You speak English? -Yes. | 0:16:56 | 0:17:02 | |
Thank you, I'm saved! | 0:17:02 | 0:17:04 | |
Your screen here, how much is the screen? | 0:17:04 | 0:17:07 | |
This one is for 150. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:10 | |
But, for you, I can do you 130. | 0:17:10 | 0:17:14 | |
If I get out £120 now, can I buy it? | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
120? That's OK. No problem. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:21 | |
Somebody up there loves me! | 0:17:21 | 0:17:23 | |
In his excitement, Mr C got confused with his pounds and his euros. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:27 | |
He pays the equivalent of just over £109 for the fire screen. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:31 | |
When I saw this, I thought, straight away, of a certain period, | 0:17:31 | 0:17:34 | |
about 1870. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:35 | |
The actual framework is simulated bamboo, and it's been gilded, | 0:17:35 | 0:17:39 | |
and that crane against that black background, that black satin background. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:42 | |
It is a bit shabby. Structurally, though, it's sound. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:46 | |
I may need to glue one of those joints. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:48 | |
This satin has perished, but it's in original condition. I like that. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:51 | |
So, the Hammer hopes he's got a money-maker. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:55 | |
Now, our Fox can't resist that leather chair, | 0:17:55 | 0:17:57 | |
and he's back to make one last punt on the price. | 0:17:57 | 0:18:00 | |
-We went down to 240 before, didn't we? You said 240? -240, yes. -Right. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:05 | |
-Can I do it for 220? -No, no. -I'll pay you now. -No, no. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:12 | |
Let me see what else you've got, see if I can buy something off you. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:17 | |
Phil tries another strategy, a job lot to push the dealer into a deal. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:21 | |
-What is the best you can do for that, please? -50. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:25 | |
-So, if I bought the two, what would the best be for the two? -280. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:32 | |
280 for the two, I'll take them. Good man. Thank you very much. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:38 | |
And he pulls it off. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:39 | |
The Fox gets the armchair for little more than £218, | 0:18:39 | 0:18:43 | |
and a rugby ball butter dish for just over £36. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:48 | |
Phil's showdown stash is complete. He's all bought up. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:53 | |
But, it's getting late, and the Hammer still needs one more purchase. | 0:18:53 | 0:18:57 | |
He spots an iconic German chair that needs restoring, | 0:18:57 | 0:19:00 | |
but the dealer's another tough cookie. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:02 | |
One more, one euro more. It's a nice price. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:09 | |
It's a nice chair, it's a good chair, | 0:19:09 | 0:19:11 | |
but it does require some work. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
I've got 150 if you'll take it, 150 euros. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:17 | |
150, OK, because I close my shop. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:20 | |
And the Hammer gets his chair for just over £136. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:23 | |
So, we now know what's in both our boys' epic arsenals. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:29 | |
Who has shown some winning tactics? Only time will tell. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:32 | |
Let's tot up the totals and see who's spent what. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:35 | |
Our duelling duo both started with £1,000 of their own cash. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:40 | |
Phil the Fox has spent a little more than half his money nearly £552. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:45 | |
But, John the Hammer has been boldly splashing his cash, | 0:19:46 | 0:19:50 | |
spending just over £721. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:52 | |
So, before they turn their attention to selling, | 0:19:53 | 0:19:56 | |
there's one last chance to size up each other's wares. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:59 | |
-So you spent 120 euros on that, and 150 on the chair? -270. | 0:19:59 | 0:20:06 | |
I spent 280. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:07 | |
Ah, you've done me again! | 0:20:07 | 0:20:10 | |
I mean, this was 240 euros. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:13 | |
And it's OK, | 0:20:13 | 0:20:14 | |
but I have just discovered there was one spring that just... | 0:20:14 | 0:20:19 | |
Just catches you nicely! | 0:20:19 | 0:20:21 | |
And my little rugby ball, I love that. | 0:20:21 | 0:20:23 | |
My favourite thing of the whole lot is, you know that cartridge filler? | 0:20:23 | 0:20:27 | |
-Yes. -I love that. That's my favourite item. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:30 | |
-And what's your favourite bit? -Mine? I love that bowl I bought. -Yeah. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:35 | |
That Persian bowl. 10th century, a lot of history. I love ceramics. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:40 | |
Still not huge profits in that. I might make £100-£200 on it. I do like it, though. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:45 | |
Our wheeler-dealer warriors head home to perfect their plans, | 0:20:47 | 0:20:51 | |
because, now, it's time to show what they're really made of, | 0:20:51 | 0:20:55 | |
by triumphing in the art of selling. | 0:20:55 | 0:20:57 | |
They've emerged from four gruelling battlegrounds | 0:20:57 | 0:21:00 | |
slightly bruised, but who will be beaten in the profit war? | 0:21:00 | 0:21:04 | |
The winner will reign victorious. The loser will see their reputation ripped to shreds. | 0:21:04 | 0:21:10 | |
Because this is no ordinary contest. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
It's the mighty Showdown, | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
which means that at least half the items must be sold at auction. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:18 | |
Both our bargain brutes are auctioneers by trade, | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
so you'd think they would feel right at home. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:23 | |
But, that couldn't be further from the truth. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:26 | |
They're used to being on the other side of the gavel. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:29 | |
Here, they could lose absolutely everything, | 0:21:29 | 0:21:31 | |
so which items have they chosen to sell privately | 0:21:31 | 0:21:35 | |
and which have they bravely sent into auction? | 0:21:35 | 0:21:38 | |
This fire screen here that I bought in Paris, I think, commercially, that's great. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:43 | |
There's an aesthetic movement, great demand for decorative art in that particular style. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:47 | |
It's original condition, it's shabby but it's chic, | 0:21:47 | 0:21:51 | |
and that should do well at auction. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:53 | |
On the other hand, I've got my silver pocket watch here, | 0:21:53 | 0:21:56 | |
which I paid £100 for. I think that's on the money. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:59 | |
I've got my whisky bottle I bought at the car boot for £2. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:02 | |
Commercially, that's desirable. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:04 | |
It's a whisky collectable, it's drinking-related, | 0:22:04 | 0:22:07 | |
I think I should make a profit on that at auction. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
My pottery bowl here, I paid £150 for that, | 0:22:10 | 0:22:13 | |
but I still need to do more research, | 0:22:13 | 0:22:15 | |
so, I'm not going to take a chance, selling that into auction, just yet. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:19 | |
My astrological plates, I bought with a specific person in mind, | 0:22:19 | 0:22:22 | |
who I've now found out is going away on holiday. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:25 | |
So, no time to set up a deal. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:26 | |
All I can do is let him know when the auction is, | 0:22:26 | 0:22:29 | |
and hope he wants them enough to leave a bid. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:32 | |
And so, that just leaves my little wine-taster, which, I think, | 0:22:32 | 0:22:35 | |
I'm going to send that to auction, as well. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:37 | |
And the Hammer's still sitting very comfortably on his two chairs. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:41 | |
The one with the mahogany frame, and the rocking chair. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:44 | |
He's decided to sell both of those privately. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:47 | |
Our Fox is fast off the mark. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:49 | |
He's already had some work done to spruce up his cabinet and bookcase. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:53 | |
He's gone one better than John Cameron by getting advice from the auctioneer | 0:22:53 | 0:22:57 | |
who will actually be selling their lots. | 0:22:57 | 0:23:00 | |
I've got to make a decision, haven't I? | 0:23:00 | 0:23:02 | |
-So, that, you think, might make £100, plus? -Yes. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:05 | |
Right, you've got that to sell. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:07 | |
-That, you think might make, I don't know, £50-£80? -There or thereabouts. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:12 | |
Right, you've got that to sell. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:14 | |
That's a daft bit of fun, | 0:23:14 | 0:23:16 | |
and it will be interesting for all of us to see what that goes for. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:19 | |
My rudder, you don't have too much hope for it, | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
but having said that do you get a lot of retired sea people down here? | 0:23:22 | 0:23:27 | |
You know, within half an hour, we're right down on the coast, so, yeah. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:31 | |
So, that's that. And that, what did you think that might make? | 0:23:31 | 0:23:35 | |
Between £60-£100. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:36 | |
Right. Well, I think you've got all that lot, | 0:23:36 | 0:23:38 | |
and I think I shall take my rugby ball home, don't you? | 0:23:38 | 0:23:41 | |
I think that would be a good deal. | 0:23:41 | 0:23:43 | |
Richard, you're a star. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:44 | |
Phil goes off to plan a private sale for that rugby ball butter dish, | 0:23:44 | 0:23:48 | |
as well as his leather armchair and the revolving bookcase. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:51 | |
So, who will overcome the awesome auction? | 0:23:51 | 0:23:54 | |
We'll find out later in the show. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:56 | |
First, our gargantuan gladiators have to put in some early legwork, | 0:23:56 | 0:24:01 | |
and find homes for the other items. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:03 | |
But, remember, until they've shaken on it, | 0:24:03 | 0:24:07 | |
and the money has changed hands, no deal is truly sealed. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:09 | |
Phil the Fox keeps up his early pace | 0:24:11 | 0:24:14 | |
and lines up the first potential sale. | 0:24:14 | 0:24:16 | |
He spins over to Upton-upon-Severn with his revolving bookcase | 0:24:16 | 0:24:19 | |
to see Lee, who's an old client. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:21 | |
Phil spent £10 having the top polished, | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
taking his total spent to £187. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:29 | |
When I bought this at auction, I thought it was 1900-1905. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:33 | |
And it isn't, it's later. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:36 | |
-Yes. -It's later. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:37 | |
-But it's a good-looking thing. -yes, I like it, I like the inlay. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:40 | |
This sort of satinwood. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:42 | |
I tell you what I'd take for it, I'd take 240 quid. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:45 | |
£230. | 0:24:45 | 0:24:46 | |
And you've got a deal. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:48 | |
Go on, take it. Thank you. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:50 | |
So, that's one item down. The book-case does the business, | 0:24:50 | 0:24:53 | |
making a good starting profit of £43. | 0:24:53 | 0:24:57 | |
Now, Mr C is champing at the bit to get going. | 0:24:57 | 0:25:01 | |
He paid £83 for the mahogany chair. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:03 | |
He's called in our favour from a mate with a glue gun, | 0:25:03 | 0:25:05 | |
but, will doing that helped sell it to Ross, who runs a pub in Southsea? | 0:25:05 | 0:25:09 | |
I'm good, I'm good, what do you think? | 0:25:09 | 0:25:13 | |
Oh! | 0:25:13 | 0:25:14 | |
It is very comfy, actually, because it's got a deep seat, hasn't it? | 0:25:14 | 0:25:17 | |
It's lovely. It's part of a Victorian suite. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:21 | |
Would've been part of a parlour suite, | 0:25:21 | 0:25:23 | |
you'd have had a chaise longue with it, or perhaps a sofa, | 0:25:23 | 0:25:26 | |
or a lady's open chair, like a spoon-back chair, | 0:25:26 | 0:25:29 | |
so, you wouldn't have had this on the lady's chair, | 0:25:29 | 0:25:31 | |
because of the big bustly dresses they used to wear. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
Probably 1860s, 1870s. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:36 | |
If you bought that in an antique shop, you wouldn't get change out of 500 quid. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:40 | |
I'm looking for something more like 250, something like that. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:44 | |
If we could get down to below the 200 mark, we probably would have a deal. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:47 | |
What's the best price you can do? Seriously, the best price? | 0:25:47 | 0:25:51 | |
I wouldn't have any hesitation at offering you 180 for it. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:53 | |
-200, can we round it off? -Go on, then, yeah. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:56 | |
Good, good man. | 0:25:56 | 0:25:58 | |
The Hammer falls and John storms ahead. | 0:25:58 | 0:26:00 | |
He is sitting pretty with a profit of more than £117. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:05 | |
But, Phil is determined to get back out in front | 0:26:05 | 0:26:07 | |
and take the chequered flag. | 0:26:07 | 0:26:09 | |
He's got his own armchair to ship, the leather one | 0:26:09 | 0:26:13 | |
that cost him just over £218 in the Parisian market. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:16 | |
The Fox has already lined up a potential sale, | 0:26:16 | 0:26:18 | |
but he almost ruins it before it even starts. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:21 | |
Those of you who know me, this will not come as a great surprise, but I'm late. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:25 | |
The worst thing you can do when trying to have a deal with someone is be late. | 0:26:25 | 0:26:29 | |
I'm meeting Simon in there, who I've known for a long time. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:32 | |
He buys retro and vintage furniture off me, | 0:26:32 | 0:26:34 | |
and he's going to be so fed up that I'm late. Ugh! | 0:26:34 | 0:26:39 | |
Hello, how are you? | 0:26:39 | 0:26:41 | |
Not very professional, kid, but never mind. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:44 | |
I know, I know, it's just time, time, time, isn't it? | 0:26:44 | 0:26:47 | |
But you've been taking a relaxing sort of... | 0:26:47 | 0:26:50 | |
Yes, it's comfortable enough. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:52 | |
And I think it's quite a trendy chair, isn't it? | 0:26:52 | 0:26:55 | |
I suppose a priced one if the condition had been a bit better. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:58 | |
The base is a bit knackered, isn't it? | 0:26:58 | 0:27:01 | |
It looks like it's been dog-loved. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:03 | |
And the arms are a bit cracked as well, aren't they? | 0:27:03 | 0:27:06 | |
A bit more polishing. And a little bit of sewing around that rim there, | 0:27:06 | 0:27:10 | |
you could have a really cool chair that you could sell to someone. | 0:27:10 | 0:27:15 | |
Yeah, time's money, isn't it, Phil? How much is it going to be? | 0:27:15 | 0:27:18 | |
I was hoping I would get 275 for it. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:21 | |
Condition is everything, usually. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:23 | |
195, really. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:27 | |
Get out of here! I can't lose money on it. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:30 | |
No, that ain't going to work. 265. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:34 | |
240. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:36 | |
I tell you what I'll, I'll have a deal with you at £250. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
-All right. -You're a gentleman. Thank you. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:41 | |
Yes, Serrell strikes again. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:43 | |
The leather chair brings him a comfortable profit of nearly £32. | 0:27:43 | 0:27:47 | |
And, as if they haven't sold enough chairs for one day, | 0:27:47 | 0:27:50 | |
Big C comes back with his very own rocker that cost him just over £136. | 0:27:50 | 0:27:56 | |
He stays in Southsea | 0:27:56 | 0:27:58 | |
and takes it to see Ian, an antiques and collectables dealer. | 0:27:58 | 0:28:01 | |
Here we are, you know what it is. | 0:28:01 | 0:28:03 | |
-Yes. -Thonet Brothers. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:05 | |
Came out around 1880. The patent was from about 1860. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:11 | |
More popular in America than they proved to be in Europe. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:14 | |
I quite like the style. | 0:28:14 | 0:28:16 | |
It works well, and it'll work well in a modern house. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:19 | |
How do you see it? | 0:28:19 | 0:28:21 | |
Really, John, I've got to reupholster it, I think. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:25 | |
150 quid, I'm looking at. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:26 | |
I was hoping for something more like two and a half? | 0:28:26 | 0:28:30 | |
No, I don't think so, John. It's nice, but it's not that nice. | 0:28:30 | 0:28:34 | |
-170, there you go. -170. | 0:28:34 | 0:28:35 | |
Can we do, right... | 0:28:35 | 0:28:39 | |
John, that smile. OK. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:43 | |
A simple sale, and John rocks off almost £44 in profit. | 0:28:43 | 0:28:47 | |
Our Fox has got big ideas for his rugby ball-shaped butter dish. | 0:28:49 | 0:28:52 | |
He's brought it to the home of his local rugby team, | 0:28:52 | 0:28:55 | |
Worcester Warriors. | 0:28:55 | 0:28:57 | |
But, can our prize-fighter convert a profit | 0:28:57 | 0:28:59 | |
out of the club's commercial director, Cathy? | 0:28:59 | 0:29:02 | |
I bought this in France and I thought it was really wicked cos it looks | 0:29:02 | 0:29:06 | |
-like a 1920s rugby ball. -It does. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:09 | |
But you open it up and it's just... | 0:29:09 | 0:29:12 | |
the leather has been bound on this China, sort of, base. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:17 | |
-So, it's not big enough for butter, is it? -No, is it leather, then? | 0:29:17 | 0:29:21 | |
Yeah, it is. | 0:29:21 | 0:29:22 | |
But it's got a little stamp on here which says Longchamps, France. | 0:29:22 | 0:29:26 | |
I think it's a really fun thing and it's got to go to a rugby fan, hasn't it? | 0:29:26 | 0:29:30 | |
-Don't you think so? I was hoping to get 80 quid for it? -£80! | 0:29:30 | 0:29:36 | |
£80! A real rugby ball would only cost me £18. | 0:29:36 | 0:29:40 | |
Actually isn't quite the reaction I was looking for. | 0:29:40 | 0:29:43 | |
-It was about £36 or something like that. -OK, then, 40. | 0:29:43 | 0:29:47 | |
-You get the profit! 40! -No. More. Try again. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:51 | |
I'll give you one last best shot and I'm going to give you a clue. | 0:29:51 | 0:29:54 | |
(50 quid and it's yours!) | 0:29:54 | 0:29:56 | |
OK? | 0:29:56 | 0:29:58 | |
-50 quid. -Done deal. | 0:29:58 | 0:30:00 | |
The Fox's wily whispering scores the try! | 0:30:00 | 0:30:04 | |
The ball kicks home a profit of almost £14. | 0:30:04 | 0:30:07 | |
John the Hammer's a straightforward sort of guy. | 0:30:07 | 0:30:10 | |
You always know where you are with this man-of-the-people, but for some reason, | 0:30:10 | 0:30:14 | |
he's decided to sell his pocket watch in a motor bike shop. Why, John, why? | 0:30:14 | 0:30:19 | |
I've sold to Trevor the owner on a number of occasions. | 0:30:19 | 0:30:22 | |
Basically, he loves clocks, watches, and anything mechanical. | 0:30:22 | 0:30:26 | |
Let's just hope we're both synced on hammer time. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:30 | |
The watch cost John £100 so will he wind up with a profit? | 0:30:30 | 0:30:34 | |
The nice thing about it, the case is good, the movement is good, | 0:30:36 | 0:30:39 | |
the dial's good, even this glass is original. No chips or anything. | 0:30:39 | 0:30:43 | |
A tiny little dent in one side of the case, other than that, | 0:30:43 | 0:30:46 | |
it's pretty good. And for an open-face pocket watch, that's pretty good. | 0:30:46 | 0:30:50 | |
-Hairline crack on the dial? -Tiny one in the face. | 0:30:50 | 0:30:53 | |
-Your eyes are good, Trevor, aren't they? -Very good. The price? | 0:30:53 | 0:30:59 | |
-I am looking 180 for it. -No way. | 0:30:59 | 0:31:01 | |
-We're miles away. -Where do you see it? -120. | 0:31:01 | 0:31:05 | |
-170? -No. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:07 | |
-155. -No. Too much. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:11 | |
Come on, you can do a better price than that. | 0:31:11 | 0:31:13 | |
140, that is my final offer. | 0:31:13 | 0:31:16 | |
-145. -No, 140, that's it. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:19 | |
-140. That is your final offer? -It is. | 0:31:19 | 0:31:23 | |
I know you, Trevor, so I'd better take your offer. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:27 | |
Trevor drives a hard deal | 0:31:27 | 0:31:29 | |
but John still scoots off with a decent profit of £40. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:33 | |
That brings us to the halfway point in this ferocious flexing of antiques muscle. | 0:31:33 | 0:31:38 | |
Let's find out how our champion wrestlers are getting on. | 0:31:38 | 0:31:41 | |
Phil the Fox was first onto the track. | 0:31:41 | 0:31:44 | |
He sold three items for a profit of just over £88. | 0:31:44 | 0:31:49 | |
But he is being lapped by John the Hammer, who's also sold | 0:31:49 | 0:31:52 | |
three items but is way out in front with more than £201 profit. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:57 | |
And that's where private enterprise must come to an end. | 0:31:57 | 0:32:01 | |
Our boys each have five items to put into their Showdown auction, | 0:32:01 | 0:32:05 | |
including that Persian bowl John couldn't make his mind up about earlier. | 0:32:05 | 0:32:10 | |
As we approach the climax of our epic challenge, | 0:32:10 | 0:32:13 | |
Phil and John eye up each other's purchases one last time. | 0:32:13 | 0:32:16 | |
You heard of shabby-chic. | 0:32:16 | 0:32:18 | |
Well, actually, I think this is quite a good thing. | 0:32:18 | 0:32:22 | |
It's aesthetic movement and if people pick up on that, | 0:32:22 | 0:32:26 | |
I think, sickeningly, it's going to do rather well. | 0:32:26 | 0:32:30 | |
I really, really like this. Great little piece with crossover appeal. | 0:32:30 | 0:32:34 | |
It is turned wood of some sort, known as treen, | 0:32:34 | 0:32:37 | |
a collecting field in its own right. | 0:32:37 | 0:32:39 | |
It's a useful thing too, a shotgun cartridge loader. | 0:32:39 | 0:32:43 | |
As a clay shooter myself, I think that's a wonderful little object. Really love it. | 0:32:43 | 0:32:47 | |
-What do you think? -I don't understand this stuff at all. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:51 | |
I think that's a great decoration, isn't it, and you can see how | 0:32:51 | 0:32:55 | |
really early things influence everything we have today. That's either 50 quid | 0:32:55 | 0:33:00 | |
or 300, there's no middle ground with it. | 0:33:00 | 0:33:03 | |
Look how this has polished up. | 0:33:03 | 0:33:05 | |
Bought this for £30 at the car boot and I'll be disappointed | 0:33:05 | 0:33:08 | |
if this doesn't make me a three figure profit. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:11 | |
I bought this little whisky bottle for £2 at the car boot sale | 0:33:11 | 0:33:15 | |
and I think it's great. As a Scotsman's son, of course I was going to be drawn towards it. | 0:33:15 | 0:33:19 | |
It's whiskey and it's got a beautiful panoramic scene of stags in the great outdoors. | 0:33:19 | 0:33:24 | |
Everybody is allowed a blind spot | 0:33:24 | 0:33:27 | |
and I think this just might be Johns. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:30 | |
I' m trying to work out if he's Mystic Meg or Crafty Cameron. | 0:33:30 | 0:33:34 | |
We'll find out soon, Foxy, because the sale room is ready. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:37 | |
Our experts haven't been allowed to put reserve prices on their lots, | 0:33:39 | 0:33:43 | |
so their items must sell at this auction. There'll be no more chances. | 0:33:43 | 0:33:47 | |
The novelty whisky bottle John bought for £2 is their opening lot. | 0:33:47 | 0:33:53 | |
Straight in here at £15, I have. Thank you. 15, 20, 5, | 0:33:53 | 0:33:57 | |
30, 5, 40. At £40. | 0:33:57 | 0:34:00 | |
-Wow! -That's a turn up, isn't it? | 0:34:00 | 0:34:03 | |
Seated bid at £40. Last chance going at 40... Bidder number two. | 0:34:03 | 0:34:08 | |
-I'd have bought five of them. -I am a bit shocked. I liked it. | 0:34:08 | 0:34:11 | |
At 40 quid, I'm really pleased with that. £40, in the room as well. | 0:34:11 | 0:34:16 | |
John gets off to a flying start. After the auction costs, | 0:34:16 | 0:34:19 | |
the whisky bottle knocks back a profit of nearly £29, | 0:34:19 | 0:34:22 | |
nearly 15 times what he paid for it. | 0:34:22 | 0:34:26 | |
And the Hammer's got the next lot as well, the Zodiac dishes Phil can't stand. | 0:34:26 | 0:34:31 | |
They cost just over £106, so have John's powers of prediction | 0:34:31 | 0:34:35 | |
found him a profit maker? | 0:34:35 | 0:34:37 | |
Straight in here at £50. I have at 50, 60, 70, | 0:34:37 | 0:34:42 | |
80, 90, 100, 110... | 0:34:42 | 0:34:45 | |
-You're away! -120, 130... | 0:34:45 | 0:34:48 | |
..130.. it's my bid... 140, | 0:34:48 | 0:34:50 | |
150, 150... it's my bid... | 0:34:50 | 0:34:52 | |
..160, ladies bid, now, seated, at £160 I have... | 0:34:52 | 0:34:58 | |
-Try not to smile, try hard not to smile. -I'm nervous, Phil! | 0:34:58 | 0:35:02 | |
-£160. -How did you sell those for £160? | 0:35:02 | 0:35:06 | |
The dishes leave both our bruisers slightly stunned. | 0:35:06 | 0:35:09 | |
After costs, John makes a small fortune of almost £21. | 0:35:09 | 0:35:13 | |
Next up, is the piece that's been worrying John, his Persian bowl. | 0:35:13 | 0:35:18 | |
I think this is make or break. | 0:35:18 | 0:35:21 | |
But I got a sneaking feeling you are going to come out of this, smelling of Persian roses. | 0:35:21 | 0:35:26 | |
I hope you're right, mate, I've got a lot riding on it. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:30 | |
I stand to make a considerable loss. I paid 150 for it. | 0:35:30 | 0:35:33 | |
I tell you what, though, I'm quite nervous. | 0:35:33 | 0:35:35 | |
The Persian bowl. Lot of interest in this. | 0:35:35 | 0:35:38 | |
Straight in here at £120. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:41 | |
-Still below my... -130, 140, | 0:35:41 | 0:35:44 | |
150, 160, 170, 180, 190, at £190, now... | 0:35:44 | 0:35:49 | |
..200, 220, 240, | 0:35:49 | 0:35:52 | |
260, 280, 300, 320, | 0:35:52 | 0:35:57 | |
340, | 0:35:57 | 0:35:58 | |
360, | 0:35:58 | 0:35:59 | |
380, | 0:35:59 | 0:36:00 | |
400, 420, 450, | 0:36:00 | 0:36:04 | |
480, 500, and 20, | 0:36:04 | 0:36:08 | |
550, at £550, the bid is on my left at £550 now. | 0:36:08 | 0:36:13 | |
£550 selling at 550, bid is on my far left at £550... | 0:36:13 | 0:36:18 | |
-Tell you what, well done, you. -I am so relieved. | 0:36:18 | 0:36:22 | |
Yes, that is what you call a result. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:24 | |
The Persian pottery pots an enormous profit, close to £290. | 0:36:24 | 0:36:30 | |
-I'm shocked. -Pleased for you. Really good. That is good, John. | 0:36:30 | 0:36:35 | |
-Really good. Well done. -Thanks, Phil. -(Rat, absolute rat!) | 0:36:35 | 0:36:39 | |
But, Foxy shouldn't be fazed. He takes comfort from John's next lot, | 0:36:39 | 0:36:43 | |
the £35 silver wine-taster he bought at the antiques fair. | 0:36:43 | 0:36:47 | |
It only makes £40 and after costs, that notches | 0:36:47 | 0:36:50 | |
up our first loss of the day, more £4 down. | 0:36:50 | 0:36:54 | |
At last, Phil's first item comes up for sale. | 0:36:54 | 0:36:56 | |
It is the Chinese bronze censer he paid £15 for. | 0:36:56 | 0:37:00 | |
Straight in here at £15. I have 15. £15 I have now. | 0:37:00 | 0:37:04 | |
-15 quid? -Yeah. | 0:37:04 | 0:37:06 | |
25, 30, 5, £35, commission bid, here with me... | 0:37:06 | 0:37:10 | |
..35. I have it away, now... 40, on the internet, internet bid at £40... | 0:37:10 | 0:37:15 | |
..on the internet, selling away... | 0:37:15 | 0:37:18 | |
Done, going away at 40, 40 and five, £45, last chance at 45, | 0:37:18 | 0:37:23 | |
fair warning, selling at 45... | 0:37:23 | 0:37:27 | |
-There you go. -Quite pleased with that. -£45, yeah? | 0:37:27 | 0:37:30 | |
And Mr Serrell's off the mark. | 0:37:30 | 0:37:32 | |
The censer makes a decent start, nearly £20 profit after costs. | 0:37:32 | 0:37:37 | |
-Could we get a smile? -It is not quite the grimace that we had earlier. | 0:37:37 | 0:37:43 | |
-I'm getting over it, now. -Start of good things. You got some good lots coming up. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:47 | |
I wouldn't want to be a sore loser. | 0:37:47 | 0:37:49 | |
But then it all comes tumbling down | 0:37:49 | 0:37:51 | |
as Phil loses almost everything he's just made. | 0:37:51 | 0:37:54 | |
The rudder steers him in the wrong direction. He bought it for £30. | 0:37:54 | 0:37:59 | |
It sells for just 20. | 0:37:59 | 0:38:00 | |
With auction costs, that's a hefty loss of nearly £19. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:06 | |
But surely Phil's wooden cartridge filler will give him something to smile about? | 0:38:06 | 0:38:10 | |
Both our boys love it. It cost him £35. | 0:38:10 | 0:38:14 | |
Lovely bit of treen here. Straight in here at £10. | 0:38:14 | 0:38:18 | |
15, 20, 5, | 0:38:18 | 0:38:21 | |
30, 5, 40... at £40, I have it away now. | 0:38:21 | 0:38:24 | |
Against you, sir, at £40. Last chance going away at 40... | 0:38:24 | 0:38:30 | |
That's a loss, isn't it? | 0:38:30 | 0:38:32 | |
I'm sort of, disappointed. | 0:38:32 | 0:38:34 | |
Foxy! The cartridge filler fires off another loss | 0:38:34 | 0:38:37 | |
and leaves Phil more than £4 down. | 0:38:37 | 0:38:41 | |
But surely Phil can't go wrong with his next item, the glazed cabinet he paid just £10 for? | 0:38:41 | 0:38:46 | |
For an extra £30 he's had it restored, | 0:38:46 | 0:38:48 | |
but will the saleroom see its selling points? | 0:38:48 | 0:38:52 | |
£50, please, thank you, straight in at £50. | 0:38:52 | 0:38:56 | |
50, 60, 70, at £70 and away now... | 0:38:56 | 0:38:58 | |
Last chance, going away and selling at 70... | 0:38:58 | 0:39:04 | |
It's a profit. Not a big one, but a profit. Piling up the pressure on the last one, though, isn't it? | 0:39:04 | 0:39:09 | |
Every little helps. The cabinet closes a profit of very nearly £15. | 0:39:09 | 0:39:14 | |
So, we're down to the last two lots, John's fire screen and Phil's trunk. | 0:39:14 | 0:39:19 | |
Can Cameron consolidate his lead, or will Serrell spin it around to his advantage? | 0:39:19 | 0:39:24 | |
In the Put Your Money Showdown anything can happen. | 0:39:24 | 0:39:28 | |
First up, it's the Hammer's shabby-chic screen that cost him £109 in Paris. | 0:39:28 | 0:39:32 | |
Tell you, sort of day you're having, mate, you're going to make about 1,800 quid. | 0:39:32 | 0:39:37 | |
50, and away for it. I have 20 bid. | 0:39:37 | 0:39:40 | |
-JOHN MOUTHS -Ouch! | 0:39:40 | 0:39:42 | |
20, 5, 30, 5, 35, 40, £40. | 0:39:42 | 0:39:46 | |
Your bid, sir, at 40, 5, 50, 60, 70... | 0:39:46 | 0:39:51 | |
Your bid, Sir, outside at 70... | 0:39:51 | 0:39:53 | |
Done, going away and selling at 70... | 0:39:53 | 0:39:56 | |
I think it was a nice thing. | 0:39:56 | 0:39:59 | |
-I think that should have made over £100. -You're right. | 0:39:59 | 0:40:03 | |
The screen couldn't shield John from that clunking great loss. | 0:40:03 | 0:40:06 | |
Including fees, it leaves him more than £54 down. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:10 | |
So, it all rests with Phil's passenger chest. Can he carry off a whopping great profit? | 0:40:10 | 0:40:15 | |
Realistically, I needed to make 200-odd pounds, £250 plus. | 0:40:15 | 0:40:21 | |
Realistically, it's going to make 150? | 0:40:21 | 0:40:24 | |
Straight in here at £50. 50 bid, thank you. | 0:40:24 | 0:40:28 | |
50, I have, now, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, | 0:40:28 | 0:40:32 | |
100, 110, 120, | 0:40:32 | 0:40:35 | |
130, 140, 150, | 0:40:35 | 0:40:38 | |
160, 170, 180, 190, | 0:40:38 | 0:40:41 | |
-200, and 20, 240... Your bid at £240, now. -Close. | 0:40:41 | 0:40:47 | |
Done, going away at 240... | 0:40:47 | 0:40:50 | |
-That did brilliantly. -You know what, I'm really pleased. | 0:40:50 | 0:40:55 | |
I was actually getting rinsed by you earlier. | 0:40:55 | 0:40:58 | |
It's nice to see you smile! | 0:40:58 | 0:41:00 | |
The chest provides a thrilling climax to our brutal contest. | 0:41:00 | 0:41:03 | |
After costs, it packs a massive profit more than £161. | 0:41:03 | 0:41:09 | |
So, is it enough to balance the bruising encounter in Phil's direction? | 0:41:09 | 0:41:13 | |
We'll find out in just a moment. | 0:41:13 | 0:41:15 | |
The Showdown is the toughest of challenges. | 0:41:15 | 0:41:18 | |
Both our experts started out with £1,000 of their own money to spend, | 0:41:18 | 0:41:22 | |
at four different antiques events. | 0:41:22 | 0:41:24 | |
After costs and currency conversions, | 0:41:24 | 0:41:26 | |
Phil the Fox spent nearly £592. | 0:41:26 | 0:41:30 | |
But, John "The Hammer" Cameron forked out much more, over £721. | 0:41:30 | 0:41:35 | |
All the money Phil and John made from today's challenge will be going to a charity of their choice. | 0:41:35 | 0:41:40 | |
So, without further ado, it's time to find out | 0:41:40 | 0:41:43 | |
who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Champion! | 0:41:43 | 0:41:47 | |
-John, how are you? -I am good, Philip, how are you? | 0:41:47 | 0:41:50 | |
Tell you what, you still flushed with success over that bowl? | 0:41:50 | 0:41:53 | |
I took a gamble and it paid off. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:55 | |
Nearly sold that privately, but last minute, it went in the auction and I got lucky. | 0:41:55 | 0:41:59 | |
What we need to do now is find out what our showdown total is, | 0:41:59 | 0:42:03 | |
which is the bits we sold at the auction and the bits we sold privately. | 0:42:03 | 0:42:06 | |
-I'll count us in. -Ready. -Three, two, one... | 0:42:06 | 0:42:11 | |
-Look at that! -That's a real whippin' again! | 0:42:11 | 0:42:14 | |
It is not a whipping, I got lucky with the bowl! | 0:42:14 | 0:42:16 | |
So, a convincing win for Mr Cameron. | 0:42:16 | 0:42:20 | |
Over £220 more profit than Mr Serrell. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:23 | |
But our two titans have been building up their profit pots over a week of challenges | 0:42:23 | 0:42:28 | |
and it's now time to find out how much they've made in total. | 0:42:28 | 0:42:32 | |
I'll count is in. Three, two, one, go! | 0:42:32 | 0:42:36 | |
-Look at that! -That is fantastic, isn't it? -You haven't done badly yourself, Phil. | 0:42:36 | 0:42:40 | |
No, but that's really well done. More importantly, I've had a thoroughly enjoyable week with you | 0:42:40 | 0:42:45 | |
and two charities are better off to the tune of about £3,500. | 0:42:45 | 0:42:49 | |
-Spoken like a true gentleman. -Bar? -I think so! Good call! | 0:42:49 | 0:42:52 | |
Both our experts have made enormous profits and all that money now goes to their good causes. | 0:42:52 | 0:42:58 | |
My chosen charity is Naomi House Children's Hospice | 0:42:58 | 0:43:01 | |
which provides invaluable care to children with life-shortening illnesses, | 0:43:01 | 0:43:05 | |
not just in the last days, but through their lives. | 0:43:05 | 0:43:07 | |
My chosen charity is the Wooden Spoon Society, | 0:43:07 | 0:43:10 | |
and that's based all around Rugby. | 0:43:10 | 0:43:13 | |
I've been a mad keen rugby man all my life. | 0:43:13 | 0:43:15 | |
It's a charity that supports disadvantaged children. | 0:43:15 | 0:43:18 | |
It's been a week of no-holds-barred combat. | 0:43:18 | 0:43:21 | |
Phil and John have Put Their Money Where Their Mouths are, | 0:43:21 | 0:43:25 | |
proving they can make a convincing profit from antiques when their own money's on the line. | 0:43:25 | 0:43:30 | |
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