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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 | 0:00:07 | |
and pitches them against each other | 0:00:07 | 0:00:10 | |
to see who can make the most money | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
from buying and selling. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:15 | |
That's amazing. Truly amazing. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:18 | |
Today's all-out battle for profit pitches antiques powerhouse | 0:00:18 | 0:00:22 | |
James Lewis against super-smoothie Jonty Hearnden. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:26 | |
Coming up, | 0:00:26 | 0:00:28 | |
a page one lesson for buying under the hammer... | 0:00:28 | 0:00:32 | |
Yeah, there is one major rule when buying at auction. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
And that is to make sure you look at it. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
..we find out how curious little gems can hold weighty profits... | 0:00:37 | 0:00:42 | |
So for £60 investment, there or thereabouts, | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
it has to be a profit because gold is so expensive now. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:49 | |
..and Jonty kicks the opposition into touch. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:52 | |
Yes! | 0:00:52 | 0:00:53 | |
This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:56 | |
Today, we've got two juggernauts of the trade | 0:01:08 | 0:01:12 | |
battling it out across the auction room. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
It's the man with the golden gavel, | 0:01:15 | 0:01:17 | |
James 'The Lionheart' Lewis, | 0:01:17 | 0:01:19 | |
versus the smooth-talking fancier of furniture, | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
Jonty 'The Hitman' Hearnden. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
Prepare to be astounded as this duelling duo attempt to outdo each other | 0:01:25 | 0:01:30 | |
with their dealing-derring-do! | 0:01:30 | 0:01:32 | |
In one corner, our highly competitive expert in fine art auctioneering. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:38 | |
That should show a great profit. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:40 | |
And in the other, our supreme sophisticate dealer, | 0:01:40 | 0:01:44 | |
a man who started in the business over 30 years ago as an auction room porter. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:49 | |
-Bric-a-brac. -Hello. -Yes? | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
Today, the gavel is falling at Tring market auctions in Hertfordshire, | 0:01:52 | 0:01:56 | |
where our brave boys are really going to have to be on their toes. | 0:01:56 | 0:02:00 | |
Five different auctions and three different auctioneers will be | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
kicking off at different times throughout the day. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
So Jonty and James are going to have to be on fire to bag the best bargains. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:11 | |
They've each stumped up £1,000 of their own money | 0:02:11 | 0:02:15 | |
and every penny of profit goes to their chosen charities. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
James Lewis and Jonty Hearnden, | 0:02:18 | 0:02:20 | |
it's time to put your money where your mouth is! | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
-Jonty, how are you? -Good. How are you, James? -Very well. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
Well, here we are in Tring, at the auctions. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
Yeah, have you got that £1,000 burning holes in your pocket? | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
As well you know, it's not exactly £1,000 because there is a buyers' premium. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
-Ah, yeah. 850-ish. -Yes, there or thereabouts. So what are your plans? | 0:02:35 | 0:02:39 | |
Absolutely everything. I am not going to limit myself to anything at all. How about you? | 0:02:39 | 0:02:44 | |
Well, there's an awful lot here. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:46 | |
-I think there's what, four rooms? -About 2,000 lots. -Quite, quite a lot. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
Well, you have two rooms. I'll have the best two rooms and good hunting! | 0:02:50 | 0:02:55 | |
Time here is of the essence. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:58 | |
The first auction starts in less than 45 minutes. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:01 | |
But four more will start soon after, simultaneously selling jewellery, furniture and miscellanea. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:07 | |
There's even an outside auction of garden furniture, | 0:03:07 | 0:03:11 | |
so our boys need to use every second of this crucial viewing time. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:15 | |
There's quite a lot to deal with today. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
Over 2,000 lots, four rooms and, what's more, Jonty the Hitman. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:23 | |
If it wasn't difficult enough, I've got him to deal with. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
Determined to seize the advantage, | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
James is first to spot a potential profit-maker. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:31 | |
Here we have something that's quite interesting. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
We have a set of four early 20th-century coaching prints. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:38 | |
Here we have scenes from Dickens. So we have Nicholas Nickleby. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
We have David Copperfield, arriving at the Blue Boar. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
And two more down at the bottom here. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
These are original, from about 1910, 1915, something like that. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:52 | |
OK, who might buy these? | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
First of all, you've got the equestrian interest and the coaching interest. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
But then you've also got maybe a Saracen's Head pub. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:01 | |
But also anybody interested in Charles Dickens. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
At an estimate of £50 for four, they're worth a go. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
It's a good first spot from the Lionheart but, | 0:04:08 | 0:04:11 | |
in order to walk away with any one of the items that take his fancy, | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
he's not only got to outbid the hundreds of other buyers circling the best goods, | 0:04:14 | 0:04:19 | |
he's also got to fend off the Hitman who, not surprisingly, is focusing on the furniture. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:24 | |
Tables like this were always designed to be folded away. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
That's the reason why you've got the tabletop sitting on its side, like so. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:33 | |
It has been repolished, the top, | 0:04:33 | 0:04:35 | |
and you can tell that because the patina is all too even. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
But it's mahogany. And look at the base here. It's really quite attractive. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:41 | |
It's in good condition. What have we got in the catalogue? | 0:04:41 | 0:04:44 | |
80 quid, lower end estimate. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:46 | |
So if I get it around that sort of price, that's absolutely fine. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:49 | |
The boys have to buy low and sell high to ensure a hefty profit margin but, | 0:04:49 | 0:04:54 | |
with all sorts of weird and wonderful miscellanea packing the shelves, | 0:04:54 | 0:04:59 | |
that's going to be no mean feat. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:01 | |
A toilet. Just what everybody needs, a second-hand toilet(!) | 0:05:01 | 0:05:04 | |
Carving through the rooms with total focus, | 0:05:04 | 0:05:07 | |
the Hitman homes in on an item with bags of character. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:11 | |
Now this is a travelling trunk. We've got the initials EEB on the top. That was obviously the owner. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:16 | |
But look at all these labels on the side here. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
Tavistock, Exmouth, so somebody who travelled to the West Country. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:23 | |
We've got these straps on the top here, | 0:05:23 | 0:05:25 | |
designed to protect the top because the actual carcass is a fabric. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
Estimate in the catalogue - 50 quid. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
Not bad. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:33 | |
Possibility. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:36 | |
Hm, Jonty's got the bit between his teeth and soon finds | 0:05:36 | 0:05:40 | |
a ripe little pine chest that ticks all the right boxes. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:44 | |
Now this is what you should be looking for when you're trying to deal. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:48 | |
This is a Victorian chest of drawers. Classic proportion. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
It's been painted but underneath this is a pine carcass, | 0:05:51 | 0:05:56 | |
so this is absolutely ideal to sell on to a dealer that just deals in painted furniture. | 0:05:56 | 0:06:02 | |
Estimate in the catalogue - 30 quid. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:05 | |
Don't tell James. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:07 | |
Our undercover Hitman has covertly marked up three potential furniture purchases but, | 0:06:07 | 0:06:12 | |
as he moves through the lots, | 0:06:12 | 0:06:13 | |
like a profit predator, the Lionheart, isn't far behind. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:17 | |
He's rooted out a piece which really speaks to him. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:21 | |
What we have here is a 19th-century sculpture that somebody | 0:06:21 | 0:06:25 | |
would have brought back as a tourist souvenir and this one is signed, | 0:06:25 | 0:06:29 | |
and inscribed, "Napoli", Naples, "1889". | 0:06:29 | 0:06:34 | |
And even with a tiny bit of damage like that, | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
it's worth the auction estimate of 100 to 180. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:40 | |
If it makes that, it's worth a bash. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:42 | |
Much more - I think I'll have to drop out. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:46 | |
In the main room, the first auction has begun | 0:06:46 | 0:06:49 | |
and the place is full to bursting. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
Our antiques moguls now need to get in there and get bidding on their favourite items. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:57 | |
The Lionheart is gearing up to strike. | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
His coloured prints are one of the first lots to come up. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
£55? 60, five, 70. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:05 | |
Five? £70 it is. £70. 70, are we all done? | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
Sold! Number 649. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:10 | |
It's a quick and decisive first buy for James. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
The set of early 20th century coloured prints | 0:07:13 | 0:07:16 | |
cost him just under £83, including fees. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:20 | |
But what of the Hitman? | 0:07:20 | 0:07:22 | |
He's tucked away in a different room where auction number two, | 0:07:22 | 0:07:26 | |
the furniture auction, is now getting under way. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
Our stone-cold predator is waiting silently for his Georgian occasional table to come up. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:35 | |
113 - a Georgian mahogany tripod table, £50. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:38 | |
I'm bid five and 60, five and 70. Five? | 0:07:38 | 0:07:41 | |
£75. I'm bid 80, 90, 100. £100, I'm bid. 10 anywhere else? | 0:07:41 | 0:07:45 | |
£100, are we all done? Selling it, then. All done at 100. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
Cooking on gas, the Hitman snaps up the | 0:07:48 | 0:07:52 | |
Georgian occasional table for £118, including fees. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:56 | |
But he can't rest on his laurels because the dome-topped trunk | 0:07:56 | 0:08:00 | |
he looked at earlier is next. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
40, I'm bid. £40, I'm bid. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:03 | |
42, 45, 48, £50. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:06 | |
And five, and 60, and five, 70. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:10 | |
Selling at £65. At £65, are we all done, then? | 0:08:10 | 0:08:14 | |
Selling at 65 quid. All done at 65. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:16 | |
I'm pleased. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:18 | |
Like a pro, Jonty's stuck to the items that he's had the chance to assess up close. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:23 | |
He's bagged the trunk for just under £77, including costs, | 0:08:23 | 0:08:27 | |
meaning he's now got two major buys under his belt. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
But, while the Hitman commands the furniture room, | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
the Lionheart is also sticking close to what he knows. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:36 | |
He's spotted a miscellaneous box that just might earn a profit, | 0:08:36 | 0:08:42 | |
but how much is he willing to pay for it? | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
Any advance on 25? | 0:08:44 | 0:08:46 | |
28, 30, five. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
Any advance on 35? | 0:08:48 | 0:08:50 | |
38. Any advance on £38, then? | 0:08:50 | 0:08:53 | |
Sold, then, at £38. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:56 | |
Cool as a calculating cucumber, | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
James snaps up the miscellaneous box for just under £45, including fees. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:03 | |
I'm happy with that. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:05 | |
Great! | 0:09:05 | 0:09:06 | |
And, while the Lionheart waits to pounce on his next treasure, | 0:09:08 | 0:09:12 | |
the Hitman's holed up in the furniture room and his pine chest is up next. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:15 | |
80 for it? 90, 5, 100, 10. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:18 | |
£105? 10, 15. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
£110, chest at £110. Have we got 110, then? | 0:09:21 | 0:09:24 | |
Here, sir. 115, 120? | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
All done, then. Selling at 115. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
The pine chest costs him just under £136, with fees. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:33 | |
It's more than he bargained for but he'll be hoping | 0:09:33 | 0:09:35 | |
that it will still turn a healthy profit. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
Both our boys are on fire but the antiques action isn't confined to indoors. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:44 | |
The garden furniture auction has started outside and, | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
like the profit predators they are, | 0:09:47 | 0:09:50 | |
both Jonty and James have sniffed out the fresh fare. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:53 | |
I don't think I've actually seen an outside sale for at least 20 years but here he is, | 0:09:53 | 0:09:58 | |
he's standing on the top of a garden bench with a clipboard in his hand, banging a gavel. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:03 | |
But my first lot is coming up right away. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:06 | |
James has got his cat-like eyes on a fire grate and the guide price is £20. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:12 | |
I'm bid £10. 12, I'll take now. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:14 | |
15, 18, 20, 2, 5, 8, 30, 5, 40? | 0:10:14 | 0:10:18 | |
£35 here. £35, it's only a cheap lot. £35, 40 now? | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
£35, 40, are you going back? No. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:24 | |
£35, I'm going to sell it, then. All done at 35. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:26 | |
-649. -649, thank you, sir. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
That's great. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
James bags his third impulse buy | 0:10:32 | 0:10:34 | |
of the day for just over £41, including fees. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:39 | |
And our fearless warrior wastes no time racing back inside to | 0:10:39 | 0:10:43 | |
tie down his fourth purchase of the day. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:45 | |
He snaps up a pair of leather riding boots for just under £65, | 0:10:45 | 0:10:49 | |
including costs. | 0:10:49 | 0:10:50 | |
There's one lot in the main auction room that James cannot miss, | 0:10:50 | 0:10:54 | |
the bronze figure. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
It's a firm favourite from earlier in the day and its estimate is £180. | 0:10:56 | 0:11:00 | |
But will the lion claim his prize? | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
160 bid, 170 bid, 80 bid. 90? | 0:11:03 | 0:11:07 | |
No. 220, then. You're out. I sell away from you at £220... | 0:11:07 | 0:11:11 | |
Thank you. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:14 | |
It's a massive spend at just under £260, including fees, | 0:11:14 | 0:11:18 | |
for the bronze, a whopping £80 more than the estimate. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:22 | |
But the all-knowing James is certain of profit. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
I think I might get four for it. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:28 | |
I might get five. We'll have to wait and see. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:30 | |
Jonty and James started the day with £1,000 of their own cash. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:35 | |
It's been a manic morning and James has forked out just over £495, | 0:11:37 | 0:11:42 | |
including fees, on a mighty five items, | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
leaving him just under £507 for the rest of the auction. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:50 | |
Jonty, on the other hand, has been more cautious. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:53 | |
He's only bought three items, spending just over £330, including | 0:11:53 | 0:11:57 | |
fees, leaving him a handsome amount of just under £670 still to spend. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:03 | |
It's a mammoth battleground today with five auctions all | 0:12:05 | 0:12:09 | |
racing along simultaneously and several thousand items up for grabs, | 0:12:09 | 0:12:14 | |
from big bits of furniture to precious pieces of silver. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:17 | |
But the action isn't always where the gavel is | 0:12:17 | 0:12:21 | |
and the Lionheart is busy seeking out his next potential target. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:25 | |
People often say that Georgian furniture is expensive | 0:12:25 | 0:12:28 | |
and something only for the rich, but here we look at a... | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
-Bric-a-brac. -Hello. -Yes? | 0:12:31 | 0:12:34 | |
-Why are you looking at bric-a-brac? -No, I'm looking at the table. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:37 | |
-The table? -I think it's all right. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:39 | |
-Well, you're missing the middle bit and the other end, James. -I know. | 0:12:39 | 0:12:42 | |
-You realise that? -Yeah. But it's still a Georgian side table. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:46 | |
It's worth £500, £600, isn't it? | 0:12:46 | 0:12:48 | |
Not quite sure about that. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
The reason why I wouldn't go for a table like this is, | 0:12:51 | 0:12:53 | |
-the colour on the top, it's really quite difficult to get that type of colour. -Yeah. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:57 | |
The only thing you can do that with that is, sadly, | 0:12:57 | 0:13:00 | |
splatter it with paint, which is a huge pity. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:02 | |
But, at the right price, it's absolutely fine. | 0:13:02 | 0:13:05 | |
-I think £30 is the right price. -Yes! | 0:13:05 | 0:13:08 | |
Hmm, furniture expert Jonty has slammed the side table. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:11 | |
But, in a game like this, that could just as likely be a ruse | 0:13:11 | 0:13:14 | |
to put James off the scent of a potential hawker. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:18 | |
The Hitman's next call is the miscellaneous lots room. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
But he's approaching with the real caution. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
This is full of house clearances, so we've got trays, boxes of objects. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:28 | |
And it just doesn't excite me. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:30 | |
I'm going to have a look for those bargains but, funnily enough, | 0:13:30 | 0:13:34 | |
it just doesn't turn me on. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:35 | |
Fuelled by a steely determination to come out on top, | 0:13:37 | 0:13:40 | |
the Hitman begins the arduous process of rifling through | 0:13:40 | 0:13:44 | |
the lots to root out that star piece that really hits the spot. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:48 | |
It's like finding a needle in a haystack but, | 0:13:54 | 0:13:56 | |
as the auction races along around him, | 0:13:56 | 0:14:00 | |
the Hitman targets a silver caddy spoon that's just his cup of tea. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:04 | |
He bags it for just under £12, including fees, | 0:14:04 | 0:14:08 | |
and he reckons he's onto a winner. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:10 | |
It's dated about 1820, 1830. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:14 | |
One can tell that by the Greek key pattern that runs around the outside of the spoon. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:19 | |
The pierced decoration has been done at a later date. | 0:14:19 | 0:14:21 | |
It's just a quirky, fun item. Not bad, huh? I like that. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:26 | |
Hmm, it's all systems go here! | 0:14:26 | 0:14:28 | |
And, with at least two auctions going on at any given time, neither | 0:14:28 | 0:14:32 | |
of our antiques giants are taking their eye off the ball for a second. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:36 | |
Excuse me, please. Thank you. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:38 | |
The Lionheart has entered the furniture auction. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:40 | |
He's determined to have a go at the side table that Jonty tried to put him off earlier on. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:45 | |
20? I'm bid. Do I take it now? £20, I'm bid. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:49 | |
£20 only, I'm going to sell it. Are you all done? Last time at 20... | 0:14:51 | 0:14:55 | |
It's worth £100 to £150 any day, so that should show a great profit. | 0:14:55 | 0:15:03 | |
James bags the mahogany side table for just under £24, including fees. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:08 | |
That is his sixth purchase of the day. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:11 | |
Jonty may have called it a dud but James wasn't about to be put off. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:15 | |
Jonty's staked a spot in the main auction room and | 0:15:15 | 0:15:18 | |
he's launched into a rapid-fire buying spree of silver and gold. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:22 | |
He ties down a silver cat figure bookmark for just under £26, | 0:15:22 | 0:15:26 | |
including costs. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:28 | |
£35, thank you. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:30 | |
And then a pair of silver knife rests for just over £41, with fees. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:35 | |
Jonty's buying straight from the catalogue, | 0:15:38 | 0:15:41 | |
ticking them off as he goes. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:42 | |
Next up is a gold horseshoe-shaped vinaigrette, | 0:15:42 | 0:15:46 | |
which is estimated around £100. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:49 | |
110 from madam and 20 from sir. 120 from sir. At 120 I'm selling it. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:54 | |
Going at £120... | 0:15:54 | 0:15:57 | |
The vinaigrette sets Jonty back just under £142, including costs, | 0:15:57 | 0:16:02 | |
and he's delighted with it. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:04 | |
This is one of the tiniest investments I've ever made. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:08 | |
Now vinaigrettes were very fashionable in the 18th and 19th century. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:13 | |
And, essentially, they were there for smelling salts, | 0:16:13 | 0:16:17 | |
to cover up bad smells that you would certainly have | 0:16:17 | 0:16:21 | |
out in the big, bustling streets of major cities. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:25 | |
I think it's beautiful. It's gold. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:28 | |
£120, plus premium. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:31 | |
It's all the money but if you want to find something different, | 0:16:31 | 0:16:34 | |
if you want to find something that's class, you've got to pay for it. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:38 | |
Jonty completes his buying spree by scooping up | 0:16:38 | 0:16:41 | |
a white gold and blue stone ring for £59, including costs. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:46 | |
Light on his feet, the Hitman is constantly adapting his buying as this auction progresses. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:51 | |
He's moved off the furniture to chalk up four trinkets, meaning he's now got eight purchases to his name. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:58 | |
James has taken pole position in the main room. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:01 | |
Like his opponent, he's buying blind from the catalogue and he's spotted a Japanese plate. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:06 | |
Five now. Eight? | 0:17:06 | 0:17:07 | |
I have 25, 8, is that £30? | 0:17:07 | 0:17:10 | |
And two. Five now, and eight now. | 0:17:10 | 0:17:13 | |
You're out. It's going, then. Sir has it. | 0:17:13 | 0:17:16 | |
Sir, thank you. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:18 | |
Well, that little bit of blue and white looked like Japanese from a distance. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:22 | |
I don't know if it's marked. I don't know if it's cracked. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:25 | |
But for £38 it's worth a gamble. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:27 | |
For better or for worse, James has won the Japanese plate | 0:17:27 | 0:17:31 | |
and it's set him back just over £41, including fees. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:34 | |
But the big test of a blind purchase like this is | 0:17:34 | 0:17:37 | |
what you make of it once it's in your hands. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:40 | |
Yeah, there is one major rule when buying at auction, | 0:17:40 | 0:17:44 | |
and that is to make sure you look at it. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:46 | |
And, if you don't, you might end up buying something | 0:17:46 | 0:17:49 | |
that's cracked or chipped, or completely worthless. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:52 | |
And, I'm afraid, well, that's what I've done here. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:55 | |
I bought a Japanese charger with a great big star crack in the back | 0:17:55 | 0:17:59 | |
and you flip it over and there it is, it comes all the way through into the front. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:03 | |
Well, it's not worthless but there's certainly no profit in it | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
and if I get my money back, I'll be happy. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:09 | |
Ooh, a crushing blow for the Lionheart, | 0:18:09 | 0:18:11 | |
but he's not about to roll over. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:14 | |
His keen eye has glimpsed an unusual pottery tea set that might just be a winning ticket. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:20 | |
It looks like a Clarice Cliff Celtic harvest. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:23 | |
Sir has it, then. I sell for £45. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:29 | |
James bags his eighth item of the day, | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
the tea set for just over £53, including fees. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:35 | |
As all five auctions hit their final leg, | 0:18:37 | 0:18:42 | |
it seems that the Hitman has decided to bow out of the bidding. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:45 | |
I'm completely and utterly spent up. | 0:18:45 | 0:18:48 | |
But James, the old Lionheart, bids on the second lot and he's still | 0:18:48 | 0:18:55 | |
in there somewhere bidding and I think we're up to 2,000 and something. | 0:18:55 | 0:18:59 | |
It's quite bizarre. The man is fixated! | 0:18:59 | 0:19:02 | |
Jonty's made the calculated decision that he's bought enough. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:06 | |
But the relentless buying machine that is James Lewis refuses to retire. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:11 | |
He's biding his time, waiting for that final purchase. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:15 | |
I have one lot left, and that's an old 17th-century chair that's been | 0:19:15 | 0:19:19 | |
reupholstered on the seat and on the back. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:22 | |
It's an estimate of £20-£30 so... | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
might as well just wait and see what happens. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:28 | |
Lot number 2170, the 18th-century oak chair. 30, I'm bid for it. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:32 | |
5, 40, I'm bid, and 5? | 0:19:32 | 0:19:34 | |
50, I'm bid. Are you 5? | 0:19:34 | 0:19:36 | |
And 60, I am bid. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:39 | |
55 on the... 60, I'm bid. And 5? | 0:19:39 | 0:19:41 | |
Out, then. I shall sell away from you. It's going at £60... | 0:19:41 | 0:19:45 | |
Sir, thank you. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:47 | |
James takes a chance on the oak chair which sets him back | 0:19:47 | 0:19:50 | |
just under £71, including costs. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:53 | |
I have to say I think this is probably the oldest | 0:19:53 | 0:19:56 | |
piece of furniture in today's auction. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:59 | |
It's had a few alterations. | 0:19:59 | 0:20:01 | |
This padding and this wouldn't originally have been here. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:04 | |
The top piece here - classic 1680. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:07 | |
1670, 1680. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:09 | |
There's open-mouthed dragons and the tongues come out and a spewing, fruiting vine. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:15 | |
It's got a great look to it. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:18 | |
If it was perfect, if the back panel was right, you'd be looking at £400. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:23 | |
Like this, I think it's worth 120 to 150. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:28 | |
The auction rooms have finally closed. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:31 | |
The final lot has been called, the last hammer has fallen | 0:20:31 | 0:20:34 | |
and the buyers are departing with their trophies. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:36 | |
Time for us to take a look at our boys have fared. | 0:20:36 | 0:20:40 | |
James and Jonty both started the day with £1,000 and, | 0:20:40 | 0:20:44 | |
for such a frantic clash, it's a pretty level playing field. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:48 | |
Including fees, James spent just over £682 on nine lots. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:54 | |
And Jonty spent just over £610 on eight items. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:59 | |
The race is just too close to call and, before they graduate | 0:20:59 | 0:21:03 | |
on to the next leg, our duelling dealers size up each other's wares. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:07 | |
-Best buy? -The best buy is the table that you quite rudely decided to diss. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:13 | |
I'm going to let you into a little secret now - I think that's a fabulous table. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:17 | |
-What did you pay for it? -£20. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:20 | |
I shouldn't have asked you that question because I was bidding in this room here. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:25 | |
I knew that I wanted to bid on that table as well. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
No, it's great. Well done. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:29 | |
-What's your best buy? -I have to say my little vinaigrette here. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:32 | |
-Look at that. -I love that. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:34 | |
-Really nice quality. -It's a really pretty little vinaigrette. -So tiny. | 0:21:34 | 0:21:38 | |
-Yeah. It's a good lot. I think you'll do well. -Very nice. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:42 | |
So this is not all your purchases, is it? | 0:21:42 | 0:21:44 | |
No, they're everywhere, strewn over all four salerooms, I think. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
On the walls, under tables, everywhere. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:50 | |
Well, I think it's time to do a bit of gathering up. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:52 | |
I think it's going to take a wee while to load up our vehicles, don't you think? | 0:21:52 | 0:21:56 | |
Well, you start off and I'm just going to rest. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:59 | |
-I'll, I'll guard your knife rests, I think. -You relax, my son. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:02 | |
Yeah, I will. Go on. Load my car, chap. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
JAMES LAUGHS | 0:22:05 | 0:22:07 | |
Our brave boys have negotiated the rushing rapids of buying | 0:22:07 | 0:22:11 | |
but they're as nothing compared to the raging sea of selling that now awaits. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:17 | |
Back at their respective bases, Jonty and James set to work, | 0:22:17 | 0:22:21 | |
planning out how to sell their wares for maximum possible profits. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:26 | |
In his Derbyshire den, the Lionheart ponders his artillery. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:31 | |
That Narcissus bronze is a wonderful piece of 19th-century sculpture | 0:22:31 | 0:22:35 | |
and I've still got enough money left to do the restoration. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:38 | |
That demi lune side table, almost 200 years old and, at less than £30, | 0:22:38 | 0:22:43 | |
if I can't make a profit out of that, there's something seriously wrong. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:47 | |
My favourite lot of all is the box of miscellaneous. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
In amongst all the real junk, and overlooked by an awful lot of people, | 0:22:50 | 0:22:55 | |
three little silver overlay scent bottles. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:59 | |
I hope I can sell the scent bottles alone for more than twice what I paid for the entire box. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:04 | |
James also has to sell four coloured prints, | 0:23:04 | 0:23:08 | |
a fire grate, | 0:23:08 | 0:23:10 | |
a pair of riding boots, | 0:23:10 | 0:23:12 | |
a Japanese charger, | 0:23:12 | 0:23:14 | |
and a carved oak chair. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:16 | |
That just leaves the Clarice Cliff tea set. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:19 | |
When James collected it after the auction, he discovered that | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
the salad servers were broken in transit so he got a refund of just under £80, | 0:23:22 | 0:23:26 | |
reducing the overall cost of the tea set to just over £35. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:32 | |
Over in Oxfordshire, Jonty is hard at work in his capacity | 0:23:32 | 0:23:36 | |
as coach for his local under 12s rugby team. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:40 | |
And, as you can see, the mind of the Hitman is never far from | 0:23:40 | 0:23:44 | |
the serious business of the total annihilation of his opposition. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:49 | |
And, once the Hitman's done beating his opponent into the beyond, he's got to sell... | 0:23:49 | 0:23:54 | |
a Georgian tripod table, | 0:23:54 | 0:23:56 | |
a dome-top trunk, | 0:23:56 | 0:23:58 | |
a painted pine chest, | 0:23:58 | 0:24:00 | |
a caddy spoon, | 0:24:00 | 0:24:03 | |
a silver cat bookmark, | 0:24:03 | 0:24:05 | |
a pair of silver table knife rests, | 0:24:05 | 0:24:08 | |
a horseshoe vinaigrette, | 0:24:08 | 0:24:11 | |
and a white gold and blue stone ring. | 0:24:11 | 0:24:14 | |
All's fair in love and antiques, James. | 0:24:14 | 0:24:16 | |
And now our two big hitters get down to it, bashing the phones, | 0:24:18 | 0:24:22 | |
pounding the pavements, dogged in their pursuit of pure profit. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:26 | |
But, until they've shaken on it, and the money's changed hands, | 0:24:26 | 0:24:30 | |
no deal is truly sealed. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:33 | |
First to spring from his lair is the Lionheart. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:36 | |
He's on a deadly mission to kill two birds with one stone. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:40 | |
When I first saw the chair and the iron fire grate at the auction, I had one man in mind. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:44 | |
And he's recently moved from a very small cottage into something slightly larger. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:49 | |
And, unlike most of my contacts with antiques, | 0:24:49 | 0:24:51 | |
I haven't met him through the auction world. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:54 | |
He's actually my vet. | 0:24:54 | 0:24:55 | |
Well, I told you he'd upsized a bit. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:02 | |
What better target could James have picked for his oak chair | 0:25:02 | 0:25:05 | |
and fire guard than the antiques-filled stately home of local vet Graham? | 0:25:05 | 0:25:10 | |
Remember, he paid just over £41 for the fire grate | 0:25:10 | 0:25:13 | |
and just under £71 for the chair. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:17 | |
-Now, I haven't done anything to this. -Have you sat on it? | 0:25:17 | 0:25:21 | |
No, well, if it'll take my weight, it'll take anybody's. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:23 | |
Let's give it a go. | 0:25:23 | 0:25:26 | |
-Yeah, that... -Ah, woah, woah, woah! | 0:25:26 | 0:25:29 | |
-That's fine! -It just got cheaper, didn't it? | 0:25:29 | 0:25:31 | |
This is a really interesting early piece of furniture. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:35 | |
Made around 1680, it's a chair that really is for a look rather than for use. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:40 | |
-It's nice. -Good. -And I think it fits in well in this location. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:45 | |
-So you like it? -Yes. -How much do you like it? | 0:25:45 | 0:25:49 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:25:49 | 0:25:50 | |
I was hoping for towards 200. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:53 | |
Mm-hm. You've always been a really hopeful sort of guy, haven't you? | 0:25:53 | 0:25:57 | |
Oh, 150? | 0:25:57 | 0:26:00 | |
Let's think on that and look at this one. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:03 | |
-It's 20th century. -Yes. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:05 | |
And it's made in the Gothic style. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:09 | |
I mean... I can give you 100 quid for that. | 0:26:09 | 0:26:11 | |
That shows me a profit. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:14 | |
-Yeah? -That shows me a profit. You've got a deal. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:17 | |
I'm not going to argue with you. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:19 | |
Yes! Our silver-tongued soldier pulls off a stomping | 0:26:19 | 0:26:22 | |
great profit of just under £138 for both items. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:27 | |
# There's a voice that keeps on calling me... # | 0:26:27 | 0:26:30 | |
Oxfordshire's baddest furniture bandit is also out of the traps | 0:26:30 | 0:26:34 | |
like a well-dressed whippet, taking the dome-top trunk | 0:26:34 | 0:26:38 | |
he bought for just under £77 to old contact Niall in nearby Wallingford. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:42 | |
That's if he can muster the strength to actually get it there. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:46 | |
# Maybe tomorrow I'll want to settle down | 0:26:46 | 0:26:49 | |
# Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on... # | 0:26:49 | 0:26:53 | |
There we go. If you look on the outside, | 0:26:53 | 0:26:55 | |
we've got these fabulous travel labels as well. What have you got? | 0:26:55 | 0:26:59 | |
Exmouth, Tavistock and East Budleigh. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:01 | |
-Not quite Mauritius or exotic places. -Well, how exotic can you get? -Yeah, no, absolutely. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:05 | |
-Can I have a look inside? -Certainly. | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
-There we go. -OK. | 0:27:08 | 0:27:11 | |
So it's been relined at some point but it's clean. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:14 | |
Price to you, sir - £230. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:17 | |
-230? -Yes. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:19 | |
I was hoping more sort of 180 mark. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:21 | |
Can we sort of, like, meet in the middle there somewhere, something like 200? | 0:27:21 | 0:27:25 | |
I'm sure we can meet in the middle and 200 sounds very fair, actually. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
-£200? -200. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:30 | |
-Excellent. Thank you, sir. -OK. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:32 | |
That's a great start for Jonty, landing a profit of just over £123. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:37 | |
The Lionheart is on a mission to get a sale for his four prints | 0:27:37 | 0:27:41 | |
of the Charles Dickens scenes which cost him nearly £83. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:46 | |
Featured in one of them is a pub called the Saracen's Head, | 0:27:46 | 0:27:49 | |
so no prizes for guessing why James is headed to this particular hotel to meet owner David. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:54 | |
# Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name... # | 0:27:56 | 0:28:01 | |
They're a tad loose. | 0:28:01 | 0:28:03 | |
Yeah, I can see that. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:04 | |
But the thing is, what I always like to do is leave them exactly how I found them, | 0:28:04 | 0:28:08 | |
unless there's something significantly wrong with them. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:11 | |
Wouldn't they look fabulous along that wall? Two either side of that clock. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:15 | |
What sort of money are you looking for them? | 0:28:15 | 0:28:18 | |
I think, individually, in a shop, they would have price tickets of about £75 each on them. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:22 | |
-Yes. -Something like that. -Yes. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:24 | |
So would it be possible for you to do the...the work on them? | 0:28:24 | 0:28:28 | |
-The tissue? -The tissuing and the... -Yeah, I could do that. | 0:28:28 | 0:28:31 | |
£75 each, times four, that's £220, isn't it? Is that right? | 0:28:31 | 0:28:35 | |
-75... -Times four... -..is 300, isn't it?! | 0:28:35 | 0:28:39 | |
Oh, my dear! Well, I was never very good at maths. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:42 | |
-Yes, I'll give you that for them. -Would you really? -Yes, indeed. | 0:28:42 | 0:28:46 | |
-I was expecting a bit of a haggle from you. -No, not at all. | 0:28:46 | 0:28:49 | |
-Are you sure? -I like them. -Gosh. Fantastic! | 0:28:49 | 0:28:52 | |
And back home, James recruits his dad to help him with the restoration. | 0:28:52 | 0:28:57 | |
Oh, they're not going to see the crease! | 0:28:57 | 0:29:00 | |
-Well, I see the crease. -Sorry. | 0:29:00 | 0:29:02 | |
They always say, never work with animals...or your dad! | 0:29:02 | 0:29:06 | |
It's a nightmare! Nothing's ever good enough. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:09 | |
He spends just five pounds from his remaining budget on paper and tape, | 0:29:09 | 0:29:13 | |
leaving him with a thumping great profit of just over £212. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:19 | |
In Oxfordshire, Jonty is about to tempt dealer contact Peter | 0:29:19 | 0:29:23 | |
with his painted chest of drawers that cost just under £136. | 0:29:23 | 0:29:28 | |
225. | 0:29:28 | 0:29:30 | |
It's more than I'd want to pay. | 0:29:30 | 0:29:32 | |
-Well, there's a surprise. -There's a surprise, yes. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:35 | |
What about 150? | 0:29:35 | 0:29:37 | |
200 is the death, really. | 0:29:37 | 0:29:39 | |
-OK, because the sun's shining. -Brilliant! It's yours, sir. -OK. | 0:29:39 | 0:29:44 | |
-Thank you very much. -All right. | 0:29:44 | 0:29:46 | |
When it comes to a chest, Jonty's one of the best. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:49 | |
The Hitman banked just over £64 profit. | 0:29:49 | 0:29:53 | |
When I bought that chest of drawers, I knew exactly who I could sell it to. | 0:29:55 | 0:29:59 | |
It's all about connections, James. Connections. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:01 | |
# Gonna get myself Gonna get myself connected... # | 0:30:01 | 0:30:04 | |
Yes, the Hitman's full of fighting talk | 0:30:04 | 0:30:07 | |
but the Lionheart's not a man short of connections of his own. | 0:30:07 | 0:30:10 | |
He's invited some of his contacts round to his saleroom to | 0:30:10 | 0:30:13 | |
take a look at some of the pieces from his box of miscellanea, | 0:30:13 | 0:30:16 | |
purchased for just under £45. | 0:30:16 | 0:30:19 | |
First up is the chamber candlestick. | 0:30:19 | 0:30:23 | |
I'm thinking of buying it for my husband for a wedding anniversary present. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:26 | |
Oh, right! How much do you love your husband? | 0:30:26 | 0:30:30 | |
Well, that's a very good question! | 0:30:30 | 0:30:33 | |
I'm hoping you love him an awful lot. How about £40? | 0:30:33 | 0:30:36 | |
Oh, that's a lot of love! | 0:30:36 | 0:30:40 | |
It's not that much love! | 0:30:40 | 0:30:42 | |
I hope he's not going to watch this! | 0:30:42 | 0:30:45 | |
-Well, how about 35, then? -I'll take it. Thank you. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:49 | |
# Love is in the air... # | 0:30:49 | 0:30:50 | |
That's one item sold and £35 in the bag. | 0:30:50 | 0:30:53 | |
And our collectables carnivore goes on to sell | 0:30:53 | 0:30:57 | |
his blue glass carafe to glass collector Ray for £115. | 0:30:57 | 0:31:01 | |
-That's great. I'm happy with that. -That's perfect. -Lovely. | 0:31:01 | 0:31:05 | |
That's two items from the box sold and ten to go, | 0:31:05 | 0:31:07 | |
but our James has already made just over £105 profit. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:12 | |
With the bit between his teeth, James corners collector Martin with his Japanese charger. | 0:31:12 | 0:31:17 | |
He paid just over £41 for it | 0:31:17 | 0:31:19 | |
but will the crack he found damage his sale? | 0:31:19 | 0:31:23 | |
It's got a crack in it, it's late 19th century. I don't know, 40 quid? | 0:31:23 | 0:31:28 | |
-That, instantly, is below what I paid for it. -Right, OK. | 0:31:28 | 0:31:32 | |
50? | 0:31:32 | 0:31:34 | |
-The 50 is above what I paid for it. -OK. | 0:31:34 | 0:31:37 | |
-But I paid too much for it. -Right, OK. | 0:31:38 | 0:31:41 | |
I want £30 for it. | 0:31:41 | 0:31:43 | |
Well, you can have... you can have £30. | 0:31:43 | 0:31:45 | |
-Because I think that's what it's worth. -Fab. | 0:31:45 | 0:31:47 | |
No, I'll, I'll be very happy to take that home at £30. | 0:31:47 | 0:31:50 | |
What a fine, upstanding chap he is, our James. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:54 | |
He takes a loss of just over £11 on the chin. | 0:31:54 | 0:31:57 | |
I've made a loss but Martin's got a charger. It's worth £30. He's happy. | 0:31:57 | 0:32:02 | |
So am I. | 0:32:02 | 0:32:04 | |
Hmm, and you can bet next time that he'll check before he buys. | 0:32:04 | 0:32:09 | |
James is surging away but his opponent is hot on his heels. | 0:32:09 | 0:32:14 | |
# And it's hi ho silver lining... # | 0:32:14 | 0:32:17 | |
Morning, boys. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:18 | |
Jonty is in Wallingford, bringing his four smaller pieces - | 0:32:18 | 0:32:21 | |
the cat bookmark, a pair of knife rests, the horseshoe vinaigrette, | 0:32:21 | 0:32:26 | |
and the blue stone ring - to precious metals dealer Andy. | 0:32:26 | 0:32:29 | |
All four items together cost him just under £268. | 0:32:29 | 0:32:33 | |
I'm looking for 80 quid for that, | 0:32:33 | 0:32:37 | |
the knife rests - 60, bookmark - 45, | 0:32:37 | 0:32:40 | |
and my vinaigrette - 300. | 0:32:40 | 0:32:43 | |
Let's start with the worst. | 0:32:43 | 0:32:46 | |
This ring is obviously made in the Far East somewhere. | 0:32:46 | 0:32:50 | |
-It's only worth the scrap value. -Yes, I bought it as such because I find it really quite a hideous ring. | 0:32:50 | 0:32:56 | |
We're looking at about £20 for the stone, £20 for the gold. | 0:32:56 | 0:33:01 | |
£40 is the most I can give you on that. | 0:33:01 | 0:33:04 | |
Oh, dear! That would be a loss of £19. | 0:33:04 | 0:33:08 | |
-Knife rests. Now... -60 quid is what I'm hoping for. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:11 | |
-I guess if we said what, £40 for the pair? -OK, OK. | 0:33:11 | 0:33:17 | |
Hmm, that's just over a one pound loss. | 0:33:17 | 0:33:20 | |
The little cat/bear - I'm intrigued with this fellow. | 0:33:20 | 0:33:24 | |
I can take an offer on that, obviously. | 0:33:24 | 0:33:27 | |
-Well, what about 30? -OK. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:29 | |
-OK. -Yep. | 0:33:29 | 0:33:30 | |
What about my piece of resistance? I mean, I think that's beautiful. | 0:33:30 | 0:33:34 | |
I'm looking for 300 for that. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:36 | |
This is a Victorian piece. Beautiful handwork. All hand-engraved. | 0:33:36 | 0:33:41 | |
In their heyday, these things were worn around the waist or on a chain, | 0:33:41 | 0:33:45 | |
to be close at hand if, you know, a lady was overcome with emotion. | 0:33:45 | 0:33:51 | |
-I'm sure this sort of thing might be handy for you! -Er, yes. | 0:33:51 | 0:33:54 | |
Because we all know you're the housewives' favourite. | 0:33:54 | 0:33:58 | |
-Yeah, you know how emotional I get! -Swooning ladies. 200? | 0:33:58 | 0:34:01 | |
No. | 0:34:01 | 0:34:03 | |
Er, I need a bit more, really. | 0:34:03 | 0:34:05 | |
-What about 250? -Yeah, that's splitting the difference, isn't it? | 0:34:05 | 0:34:08 | |
-Yeah. -Yeah, OK, 250. -250? | 0:34:08 | 0:34:10 | |
-Deal? -You're on. Thank you very much, sir. -You're welcome. -That's brilliant. | 0:34:10 | 0:34:14 | |
Yes! The day is saved. | 0:34:14 | 0:34:17 | |
A whopping profit of just over £108 on the vinaigrette sees | 0:34:17 | 0:34:21 | |
the Oxfordshire Don reap just over £92 profit across the four items. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:26 | |
-Can you melt that down as quick as you possibly can? -I will, don't worry! | 0:34:26 | 0:34:30 | |
So far, our boys have been engaged in a selling frenzy, | 0:34:30 | 0:34:34 | |
with sales flying left, right and centre. | 0:34:34 | 0:34:37 | |
Lethal assassin Jonty has sold six of his eight items so far | 0:34:37 | 0:34:41 | |
and has a respectable profit of just under £280 to his name. | 0:34:41 | 0:34:46 | |
Roaring Lionheart James has shifted six items, including two items from | 0:34:46 | 0:34:51 | |
his job lot box, netting him a profit of just over £444. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:54 | |
But we're only halfway through the race | 0:34:54 | 0:34:57 | |
and everything could still change. | 0:34:57 | 0:34:59 | |
The bell rings out for round two of this almighty selling challenge. | 0:35:01 | 0:35:06 | |
James has had his favourite buy, the bronze statue of Narcissus, | 0:35:06 | 0:35:09 | |
restored for the sum of £65, | 0:35:09 | 0:35:12 | |
bringing the total cost of the piece to just under £325. | 0:35:12 | 0:35:16 | |
It's a huge investment and he's desperately hoping his gamble | 0:35:16 | 0:35:19 | |
pays off as he visits bronze collector Andrew in Nottingham. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:23 | |
I have to say, this is my favourite lot that I bought at the auction. | 0:35:23 | 0:35:27 | |
I absolutely love it! | 0:35:27 | 0:35:29 | |
I'd much rather just have him on my sideboard at home! | 0:35:29 | 0:35:32 | |
But I've got to sell him! I've got to sell him. | 0:35:32 | 0:35:34 | |
-It's certainly superb. -It's great, isn't it? -I mean, what sort of age? | 0:35:34 | 0:35:38 | |
1889. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:39 | |
-I do like him. -Good. Excellent. -Yeah, yeah. | 0:35:39 | 0:35:42 | |
-I would like to own him but... -Good. | 0:35:42 | 0:35:44 | |
I have a figure in mind that I thought this was worth. | 0:35:44 | 0:35:48 | |
I would think I'd be looking somewhere in the region of about 500. | 0:35:48 | 0:35:53 | |
That's low. | 0:35:55 | 0:35:57 | |
That's low. I think he's worth considerably more. | 0:35:57 | 0:36:00 | |
Hm, that's not the best of starts but we'll find out | 0:36:00 | 0:36:03 | |
whether James was able to get a better deal later on. | 0:36:03 | 0:36:06 | |
In Oxford, his opponent is taking the caddy spoon he purchased | 0:36:09 | 0:36:14 | |
for just under £12 to Stephen, an expert in tea and coffee blending. | 0:36:14 | 0:36:18 | |
# With tea for two And two for tea... # | 0:36:18 | 0:36:23 | |
Have a look at that spoon there. | 0:36:23 | 0:36:25 | |
I've had it tested to discover that it's solid silver. So do you like it? | 0:36:25 | 0:36:29 | |
I do. It's very ornamental. | 0:36:29 | 0:36:31 | |
I'm looking for £35 for it, which is not too bad, I hope, for a silver spoon | 0:36:31 | 0:36:37 | |
-Could we make it 25? -Oh, I just need a bit more than that. What about 30? | 0:36:37 | 0:36:41 | |
-29. -Oh! 29. | 0:36:41 | 0:36:44 | |
I tell you what, you're on for 29, as long as you make me a nice cup of tea. | 0:36:44 | 0:36:48 | |
-Right. -We've got a sale but, yeah, let's do some tasting. Fabulous! | 0:36:48 | 0:36:54 | |
That's just over £17 in the pot for the Hitman. | 0:36:54 | 0:36:58 | |
-Now, how about a nice cup of tea? -Cheers. | 0:36:58 | 0:37:01 | |
The Lionheart is gearing up to launch a one-man assault | 0:37:05 | 0:37:10 | |
on an antiques arcade. | 0:37:10 | 0:37:12 | |
First, he shows his scent bottles to dealer Ann. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:15 | |
-Let's start at 150 for the three. -I'm not going to haggle. | 0:37:15 | 0:37:18 | |
-That shows me a great profit and I'm pleased with that. -Good. | 0:37:18 | 0:37:22 | |
Deal. That's three job lot items sold and nine to go. | 0:37:22 | 0:37:25 | |
So far, James is just over £255 in profit on his box of delights. | 0:37:25 | 0:37:30 | |
So far, so good. | 0:37:30 | 0:37:33 | |
But James comes a cropper when he tries to interest dealer Dennis | 0:37:33 | 0:37:36 | |
in the riding boots he paid just under £65 for. | 0:37:36 | 0:37:40 | |
-No?! -I'm terribly sorry. -Righty ho. Bloody boots! | 0:37:40 | 0:37:44 | |
Hmm, it definitely a tally-no! | 0:37:44 | 0:37:46 | |
But, just as he thought all was lost, James bumps into customer Charlotte. | 0:37:46 | 0:37:50 | |
I'm doing some costumes for a Tom Jones for a play we're doing, so this might be useful. | 0:37:50 | 0:37:55 | |
-What are you asking for them? -100 quid. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:57 | |
-I'd only want to pay 50 for them. -70 quid and you've got a deal. | 0:37:57 | 0:38:01 | |
-60 and a kiss. -65 and a kiss. -All right, then. | 0:38:01 | 0:38:05 | |
-OK. -Thank you. Lovely. -I've just bought a pair of boots. -Yaaaay! -For goodness' sake. -Brilliant. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:10 | |
It's a 10p profit and who knew the Lionheart was such a babe magnet?! | 0:38:10 | 0:38:16 | |
Two happy buyers and I'm thrilled. | 0:38:16 | 0:38:18 | |
Furniture guru Jonty has just one item left to sell and | 0:38:18 | 0:38:23 | |
he's in Gloucestershire to see if he can persuade his friend Steve | 0:38:23 | 0:38:28 | |
to shell out for the Georgian table that set him back £118. | 0:38:28 | 0:38:32 | |
The beautiful, mahogany, George III, occasional table, dated 1790. | 0:38:32 | 0:38:39 | |
-You think this is the original top? -It is. It's absolutely in proportion. | 0:38:39 | 0:38:43 | |
-OK. -Price tag for this table is £450. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:48 | |
I was thinking something in the region of 350. | 0:38:48 | 0:38:52 | |
But I would be happy to sit somewhere in the middle. What about 400? | 0:38:52 | 0:38:56 | |
OK, I don't like around numbers. | 0:38:56 | 0:38:59 | |
And I'll feel as if I've got a bargain if we said 395. | 0:38:59 | 0:39:04 | |
-You've got a deal. -Excellent. Good. I'm thrilled! | 0:39:04 | 0:39:07 | |
And that's an incredible £277 profit for | 0:39:07 | 0:39:10 | |
the smooth-talking table-trader and that's it! | 0:39:10 | 0:39:13 | |
He's over the finishing line. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:15 | |
Unaware his rival is home and dry, | 0:39:17 | 0:39:20 | |
the Lionheart is gearing up for his final push. | 0:39:20 | 0:39:23 | |
He's also table-trading and he's taken his mahogany sidetable, | 0:39:23 | 0:39:27 | |
purchased for just under £24, to hotel owner Tim. | 0:39:27 | 0:39:31 | |
It's a good, practical 18th-century lump, something that is so solid, | 0:39:31 | 0:39:35 | |
that I think you could just about chuck it off a cliff and it would last. | 0:39:35 | 0:39:40 | |
-Yeah. -Which is why it's still here, I guess, 200 years later. | 0:39:40 | 0:39:44 | |
What about this? | 0:39:44 | 0:39:46 | |
Yeah. I mean, somebody has put a hot plate down at some stage but, | 0:39:46 | 0:39:50 | |
you know, it's a practical piece of furniture. | 0:39:50 | 0:39:53 | |
It's not a Chippendale museum piece. I'd like to have £170 for it. | 0:39:53 | 0:39:57 | |
-But you can haggle. -Yeah, I think I probably will. | 0:39:57 | 0:40:00 | |
Yeah, I think you probably might! | 0:40:00 | 0:40:02 | |
I mean, it looks like £100 to me. | 0:40:02 | 0:40:05 | |
-What about 160? -What about 110? | 0:40:05 | 0:40:08 | |
-Ooh! -You don't need the money. | 0:40:10 | 0:40:12 | |
-150? -135 and you've got a deal. | 0:40:12 | 0:40:17 | |
You've got a deal. Well done. | 0:40:17 | 0:40:19 | |
Hmm, could Jonty's furniture crown be under threat? | 0:40:19 | 0:40:23 | |
That's just over £111 profit. | 0:40:23 | 0:40:26 | |
Last stop for the Lionheart is to take his tea set, which cost him | 0:40:26 | 0:40:30 | |
just over £35, to Tony, a dealer who trades in Clarice Cliff. | 0:40:30 | 0:40:34 | |
I have to say I'm slightly embarrassed about bringing you | 0:40:34 | 0:40:38 | |
-what is not exactly not the best of Clarice Cliff's work. -No, I agree. | 0:40:38 | 0:40:42 | |
-I think they're fun. -I'll give you 70 and that's my final. | 0:40:42 | 0:40:46 | |
How about 80? | 0:40:46 | 0:40:48 | |
No, I can't do it. | 0:40:50 | 0:40:52 | |
-I'll split it with you, 75. -Deal. | 0:40:52 | 0:40:55 | |
Deal. Thank you. | 0:40:55 | 0:40:57 | |
James pockets a profit of just under £40 and our determined | 0:40:57 | 0:41:01 | |
Derbyshire dandy manages to sell more items from his job lot, | 0:41:01 | 0:41:06 | |
leaving him with an outstanding overall profit of just under £355. | 0:41:06 | 0:41:12 | |
And, with that, the Lionheart storms home | 0:41:12 | 0:41:15 | |
and this frantic selling frenzy is over. | 0:41:15 | 0:41:18 | |
Our gladiators have given their all today. | 0:41:20 | 0:41:23 | |
They both started out with £1,000 of their own money. | 0:41:23 | 0:41:26 | |
Hitman Jonty spent just over £610 on his eight purchases. | 0:41:26 | 0:41:31 | |
James the Lionheart went one further, buying nine lots, | 0:41:31 | 0:41:34 | |
and spending a total of just over £734, | 0:41:34 | 0:41:38 | |
including restoration costs, but now it's all about profit. | 0:41:38 | 0:41:43 | |
All of the money that James and Jonty have made from today's challenge | 0:41:43 | 0:41:47 | |
will be going to a charity of their choice. | 0:41:47 | 0:41:50 | |
So, without further ado, it's time to find out who is today's | 0:41:50 | 0:41:53 | |
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:56 | |
-Hi, James. -Jonty, how are you? | 0:41:56 | 0:41:58 | |
Now, auctions - that's your patch, isn't it? Your turf. | 0:41:58 | 0:42:01 | |
No, completely the opposite. | 0:42:01 | 0:42:05 | |
If I'm in an auction room, I want to be on the rostrum. | 0:42:05 | 0:42:07 | |
I do not want to be down there bidding. I'm just useless at it. | 0:42:07 | 0:42:11 | |
-What were the highlights for you? -I think the best thing that either of us bought | 0:42:11 | 0:42:15 | |
was that wonderful vinaigrette that you got. | 0:42:15 | 0:42:18 | |
Oh, yes. Lovely. Really lovely. | 0:42:18 | 0:42:21 | |
I was hoping to find somebody that would take it away | 0:42:21 | 0:42:23 | |
-and spend lots of money but I managed to get it away well. -Good. | 0:42:23 | 0:42:27 | |
-Right. -Shall we see? -Moment of truth. -Go on, then. | 0:42:27 | 0:42:29 | |
On the count of three. Three, two, one. | 0:42:29 | 0:42:32 | |
Ohhh! James, you've done it again! | 0:42:32 | 0:42:36 | |
Hats off to you, young man. | 0:42:36 | 0:42:40 | |
But was it Narcissus that helped swing that landslide victory for James? | 0:42:40 | 0:42:45 | |
How about 750? | 0:42:45 | 0:42:47 | |
700. | 0:42:49 | 0:42:50 | |
I'm not going to argue any more. You have a deal. | 0:42:50 | 0:42:54 | |
-Brilliant. -Thank you. -Thank you. | 0:42:54 | 0:42:56 | |
Andrew fell in love with the mythological figure | 0:42:56 | 0:42:59 | |
which saw the Lionheart to a phenomenal profit of just over £375. | 0:42:59 | 0:43:04 | |
I was so pleased to see that Narcissus bronze | 0:43:04 | 0:43:07 | |
transformed from something that was damaged | 0:43:07 | 0:43:10 | |
and unsaleable into a beautiful work of art. | 0:43:10 | 0:43:13 | |
James has a habit of foraging in boxes and I just can't do it. | 0:43:13 | 0:43:17 | |
I just can't go there. | 0:43:17 | 0:43:19 | |
James stormed this round but, next time, it could be Jonty's turn | 0:43:19 | 0:43:24 | |
as our duelling dealers cross swords at Saint Ouen antiques market in Paris. | 0:43:24 | 0:43:29 | |
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