Christina Trevanion and Philip Serrell - Car Boot Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts

against each other in an all-out battle for profit

-and gives you the insider's view of the trade.

-I'm on the case!

Each week, one pair of duelling dealers will face a different daily challenge....

-I'm a cheeky chancer.

-..putting their reputations on the line and giving their top tips

on how to make the most money from buying and selling.

-Let's go and spend some money!

-Get in there!

Today, cool queen of jewellery Christina Trevanion takes on the venerable voyager of valuables

Mr Philip Serrell.

Coming up:

-Phil puts his fate in the hands of Lady Luck.

-Can we toss for it?

This is the old routine here.

Christina shows you the terrifying lengths she'll go to for profit.

Wow!

And Phil is pushed to his limit when he meets his nemesis...

a 13-year-old.

I'm feeling very confident. I have a few tricks up my sleeve.

This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.

Ready yourselves for a raucous ride as our brilliant buckaroos of antiques

take part in a dosado for the biggest profits.

Swinging through the saloon doors is auction great Phil "The Fox" Serrell.

Three quid? It's two quid too much.

Striding down Main Street, ready to lasso anything shiny

is new gal and ace auctioneer Christina "The Magpie" Trevanion.

I would love to find a good, meaty piece of jewellery.

It's daybreak and our two wranglers are all fired up and ready to risk their own money

in a bid to be boss of the booter. Today's arena is Battersea Car Boot Sale in London

and both our brave broncos will be tracking for treasure to sell on.

They've each got £250 of their own money to spend and all the profit goes to their chosen charities.

Phil Serrell and Christina Trevanion, it's time to put your money where your mouth is.

-How are you?

-Really well.

-Here we are in Battersea.

-I missed one!

-Oh!

-This is an unreal world for me.

It's quite competitive, isn't it?

I've done about four car boots in my life and I don't...

-It's manic. Absolutely manic.

-What's your plan?

-We've got £250.

-We have.

-So I think my plan is try to spend some of it! Have you got one?

-I think get round quickly.

-By the people flooding in, we haven't got long.

-Better get on. Good luck.

-Take care.

Now don't be deceived by this show of friendship. They're ready to tussle for triumph

in the wild south-west of London.

This colossal car boot is a rough, tough environment and only hardened hagglers will survive,

but Christina is in her element and comes out shooting from the hip.

Hey, the plan is there's a lot of people here and a lot of stalls, so we'll go as quickly as possible,

scope it all out, see what's here and hopefully buy some stuff. Wish me luck.

Christina is getting used to the eclectic mix on offer.

-If you wanted a hamster cage, I've seen four!

-But can she draw on her survival skills to strike gold?

-Maybe.

-And how's Mr Serrell saddling up?

This is really scary stuff. I'm so far out of my comfort zone it's not true. People everywhere!

It's scary. After you.

So Phil may be feeling fainthearted, but this doesn't stop him being quick on the draw.

He targets familiar territory - antiques. And a trivet is his first potential trophy.

These things are really from a bygone age. It's a trivet.

Basically, this would have rested on a hearth. You put a kettle or a saucepan on there.

When I started in this business, and I refuse to tell you how long ago that was,

copper kettles made £90 and warming pans were 110. You can now buy a kettle for £5 or £10.

So this, which is late 19th-century,

these things are like £10 or £15.

Phil's not letting this bygone go by as he moves in for the kill.

What's the best you can do on that?

-Er, £17.50.

-I'll give you 15 quid for it.

-OK.

-You're a gentleman, sir. Let me find some money.

That's my first purchase. We're on the way!

Yes, it's one in the saddlebag for Serrell. Oblivious to Phil's lead,

Christina is confidently striding the car boot savannah, eagle-eyed, expert brain running at full pelt

-and hoping her nemesis is nervous.

-I'm not entirely sure how comfortable Phil is at car boots,

so we'll see how he gets on. I think he's more used to antiques fairs and smart hotels,

so he might be a fish out of water. I might see him at the tea van looking panicked, but we'll see.

Christina should be in seventh heaven because, you know, I've spent a bit of time with her now

and she is some sort of a shopper, particularly for clothes.

Look everywhere here and there's clothes. She should be in seventh heaven!

A lady who loves shopping?! Can it be true?

Oh, that's nice.

Oh, I collect these. ..Oh!

Oh, there we go. Oh!

Oh! Oh!

Oh, look at that. Isn't that pretty?

And while Christina's in browsing bliss, Scarface Serrell eyeballs his next potential prize -

an Al Pacino movie poster. As the Don of dealing, he's ready to turn up the heat.

-I'll give you a fiver for it.

-A tenner.

-No, a fiver.

-15?

-No, a fiver's all I've got for that.

-Tenner.

-No. I'll put him back at that.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, put him back or yeah to a fiver?

-Put him back.

-Take care. Have a good day.

-All right.

-I think it's a cool thing, but you've got to go and sell it

You can't ask more than £10 or £15. His price is quite fair for selling to someone who's going to keep it.

But for me, who's trying to make a shilling, it's all the money.

Yes, for now it's no deal for Phil, but that's not going to bother Christina,

whose magpie eyes have spotted a silver-plated condiment set with a unique selling point.

-It's jolly shiny! Is that your sales line?

-It's well polished.

Well... Would you think about maybe five?

-No.

-Go on.

-Eight.

-A fiver.

-How about seven?

-No, I'm five on that one, I'm afraid.

Oh, all right.

-Shall we shake on it?

-Go on.

-Thank you very much.

-Yes, she's a tough negotiator. Canny Christina brings the score to one all.

-I bought this for £5.

That can't be bad, can it? A little condiment set stamped EPNS, electro-plated nickel silver.

Overall, the actual condiment pieces are in very good condition.

What really appealed to me was that two pieces - the mustard and salt - still have the blue glass liners,

which are so often missing. Date-wise, we're probably looking at the mid-20th century. Not old old,

but very much in the Victorian style.

Overall, very pleased with that. Now excuse me, I'm going to get some lunch.

Driving a hard bargain is hungry work, but Phil is not stopping.

He's back for another shot at the Al Pacino poster.

-Can I throw myself at your mercy?

-Yes.

-I want to buy it, but can I have it cheap? A fiver?

-Call it eight.

-I tell you what, can I toss you for it?

-Yeah, go on.

-OK. Here we go.

This is the old routine here. You call, you call.

-If you win, it's eight quid. If I win, it's a fiver.

-Fine.

The fox is a sly one. He's using an old dealer's tactic to win the prize.

-Let's hope Lady Luck is on his side.

-Right.

-Heads.

You can look first.

Get in there!

-£5. You're a gentleman. Thank you, sir.

-He's won it fair and square and rides into the lead.

Hoo-wah!

Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon.

Why buy this? There's a demand and a market for retro things.

And in a way this is probably easier to sell than a Victorian watercolour.

That market's really gone. This is dated 1975.

Originally, this would have been from a large film poster.

The guy who I bought it from bought it from a memorabilia shop

and paid £25 for it. I bought it for a fiver.

I'm just hoping I can ask what he paid for it and there's got to be a good profit there.

You can't see Phil for dust as he snaps up his third item, a leather satchel for £10.

Thank you very, very much.

In terms of age, I think I'm older than this.

You come to a car boot sale and clearly it's not going to be stacked out with antiques.

You've got to think laterally. This is a really cool thing.

Ideal for carting your laptop around in. It cost me £10.

I reckon if you were to go on the high street and buy that, it would cost you £50-£100.

-I'm hopeful that there's got to be £20 or £30 profit in it.

-But watch out, Phil, it's not in the bag yet.

Christina's about to make a play for your crown. She's scoured the car boot and is on a charm offensive.

How much is your trunk at the end, darling?

-Oh, my trunk? That's £50, that one. It's a Victorian Ottoman humpback.

-It's lovely, isn't it?

-Lovely.

-30?

-£40 and you can have it.

-35?

-40.

-Go on - 35.

-40.

-The sun's shining!

-£40 is a great price.

-Yeah? Shake. 40.

-No...35 I'd pay.

-£5 to you is not much more. For me, it's a lot.

-It's a lot to me!

I haven't even had a cup of tea all morning. £40.

-£35 and I'll buy you a cup of tea.

-38 and you've got a deal.

-All right. Thank you very much.

-It's lovely. I better give you some money now.

-I think you should.

Yes, our new girl's no pushover so for £38 and the price of a cuppa,

Cool Hand Christina's cut her second deal.

I'm now the proud owner of this rather lovely leather-bound trunk.

I really like the colour combination. Black here and leather corners here to stop it knocking.

There is a bit of damage. We're missing some straps and the lock's a bit bashed,

but it's a great decorator's piece. I love it.

We're probably looking at late-Victorian, early 20th century. Absolutely fabulous.

If only it could talk and tell us stories of where it has been.

£38 and a cup of tea. Can't be bad.

But there's no time for drinking tea while Phil's in town.

Our very own wild thing is on a roll and snaps up his next buy - a leather wallet for £10.

In this business, if you can buy something with a name, you're halfway there.

Cartier, Asprey's,

Dunhill.

I bought this over there and it's just a little wallet, perhaps for your credit cards,

but for me it's got two things going for it. One is the name and the other are these corners.

They're nine-carat gold. I paid £10 and if I just threw the corners in a melting pot I'll make a profit!

Well, with that golden purchase bringing Phil's total to four, it's time to let the dust settle

and see how our rivals are doing.

Christina and Phil each started the day with £250 of their own money.

Christina means business, but has so far only managed two deals,

spending £43.80, leaving her with £206.20 yet to spend.

Phil has scored a sizzling four deals, but has only spent £40,

leaving him with £210 in his kitty.

Before they battle bravely on, our foes have time to say a quick "Howdy, pardner!"

-What sort of shopping trip is this?

-I'm looking for a new scarf for you.

-No, that's far too colourful.

-It'll go with your zip.

-No, no.

-How are you getting on?

-All right. I could have bought a hamster cage.

If you want a second-hand pair of trainers, this is the place. I've never seen so many shoes.

-And clothes. Maybe we need to look at more clothes.

-I don't know.

-It's quite bizarre.

-People are still coming in...

-Plonking cases down.

-Just randomly.

-Happy days. Good luck.

-Thank you.

I might need it. I'm thinking this is quite fetching. Christmas, maybe?

And without so much as a "so long", both gunslingers rush off for more sharpshooting.

The pressure is at fever pitch. Is this car boot big enough for the both of them?

I'm starting to feel a bit anxious. It's getting slightly later.

-It'll be fine. Think positive. Let's go this way.

-And with that, a re-energised, positive Christina

-charges towards her next target.

-Just spotted this. Malmesbury Abbey.

A little hand-coloured lithograph or print, something like that.

We've got a date here of...1780. "London. Published as the Act directs, 21st December, 1780."

But I think it's much later. It looks like it's been antiqued, but still a nice, decorative print.

So it should...it should be quite nice. It may have been reframed in this modern, rather nasty frame,

but let's see what we want for it.

-Hi, there. How much did you want for...?

-£4.

£4?

-Three?

-Four.

-You're determined.

-I am. £4 is the lowest we can go.

I thought if we started reasonably then I was making a fair deal.

-OK.

-I can give you a little history lesson as well.

-Go on, then.

It comes from a town called Malmesbury, which is in Wiltshire.

It's the oldest town in England. The first king of all England, King Athelstan, is buried there.

-OK.

-So...

-Is this still here?

-Yes, the abbey is there and in its full form.

-And you want £4 for it?

-Yes.

-OK, go on then. Let's shake on it.

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much.

So Christina is galloping to glory as she snaps up purchase number three

and there's no stopping her now as she heads straight for a fourth. Something she'd had an eye on.

My tea and coffee service is there, but someone is looking at it.

-I'm hoping they don't buy it!

-She's going in for the kill.

Still here. It's waiting for me. How are we for £40 on that?

-45 is...

-Is that your absolute limit?

-Basically, that's what I paid for it.

I could give you 40 now, right now, to take it off your hands.

Then you've got more space.

45 and then, yes, I would.

-I can't nudge you down a little bit more?

-It's exactly what I paid.

-So you'd be making a loss.

-I'll be evens.

-You'll be evens.

All right, lovely. 45. Thank you very much, sir.

She's done it. As Christina draws breath and draws level on four buys,

Phil fights back, taking aim at a photo album filled with movie glitterati.

-20 quid for the lot.

-OK, then.

-You're an angel. Thank you. I'm really pleased with that.

Come on, Phil. Spill the beans.

I am really pleased with this. It's an album of photographs from the Cannes Film Festival.

There's some really good people here. Gina Lollobrigida, Edward G Robinson, Jack Lemmon.

Michael Douglas. And I don't know who he is, but that's half the fun.

I've paid £20 for it.

I think there's got to be someone who collects that sort of vintage, retro type thing.

There's a market out there. I've got to find it. I think there's a really good profit in these.

Despite having movie stars in the palm of his hand, Phil still has first night jitters.

We're not in complete, full-on panic mode yet,

but we are having a minor wobble to try to find one more thing to buy.

Mmm. No such stage fright from superstar Christina,

who has found a possible lifesaver in potential purchase number five, some vintage medical equipment.

-35 for all of that?

-Yes.

-Brilliant. We've got a deal there. Thank you very much, madam.

I'm really pleased with this little lot of medical equipment.

I paid £35 for them and we've got quite a few separate items here.

Some reflex hammers there,

a pump and some various bits and bobs. Very pleased with them.

I wanted to buy something a little bit wacky, quirky. These fit the bill perfectly.

And now I'm going to sit back and enjoy the sunshine. I am done.

As Christina kicks off her boots, Phil has one last prowl around the car boot prairie

and makes his final strategic move, picking up a chess set for £6.

People have been playing chess since very nearly the dawn of time,

so chess sets are really quite collectable. And the key thing is two castles, two knights,

two bishops, a king and a queen and eight pawns.

Multiply that by two and that gives you 32 pieces. Always make sure you've got a complete set.

I've just bought this for £6. If that had a name to it, it could be £50-£80.

But as it is, there's got to be £10 or £15 profit in it.

And I just hope I haven't got it wrong or that is checkmate.

Our rootin', tootin', rummaging ranchers are saddle-sore and ready to drop

so let's tot up their totals and reveal what they spent.

Our two antiques outlaws each started the day with £250 of their own money to spend.

Cowgirl Christina haggled like a good 'un, making five purchases,

spending a grand total of £127.80.

Phil the Fox lived up to his nickname and craftily kept his nose ahead,

buying six items for £66.

So before our hopalong heroes ride off into the sunset,

Phil has some burning questions.

That was some sort of a day. What a learning curve.

I feel like I've been surrounded by thousands of people all day.

-Buying shoes and trainers.

-Yeah.

-Unreal. I find it an alien environment, but you've done OK.

Out of all your bits, which is your most favouritest thing?

It's got to be my trunk. Definitely. It's a little bit bashed,

-but it's a stylish thing.

-I love the colour. Fantastic.

-Yeah.

-With some serious age to it.

-Anything you wish you hadn't bought?

-I paid enough for that.

-What did you pay?

-45.

-But it's quite rare to get it altogether and with a tray.

-You should be all right.

-You usually see just the tea set rather than the tray as well.

-How about you?

-I love this photograph album.

It was £20. I'm looking forward to finding out the people in there. I think it's lovely.

-And illustrative of a fantastic era.

-Yeah. What I'm not sure about is the chess set.

It was only six quid. I don't think it's dear

and they can make lots of money, but it won't.

-Shall we go? Come on.

-Ice cream time!

Our rivals must now take stock as they swap shopping for strategy

because this is where the going gets really tough.

Buying their items was just the beginning. Now our duo must shift up a gear as they race for a profit.

They'll need their wits about them and if they're to win, they'll have to be quick off the mark.

At Trevanion Towers, a delighted Christina is surveying her treasure.

I love this. I love the design of this tea set.

1960s, 1970s, Picquot ware.

It's very stylish, very attractive.

The reproduction print here of Malmesbury Abbey is lovely and nicely framed and ready to hang.

The medical equipment, we'll probably find a collector of vintage 1950s medical equipment.

Then we've got the condiment set here, which I only paid a fiver for, so can't be bad. George III style.

Very much 21st century. And my piece de resistance was this rather beautiful trunk,

which would make a really nice interior design piece. So let's see how we get on.

She may be new to this challenge, but our magpie has almost a decade of auctioneering experience

and she's determined to secure profit with a capital P.

Over in his Worcestershire den, Phil is feeling the heat.

You see loads and loads of stuff, yet I struggled to find things.

I think perhaps I'm too picky, but I've got my Al Pacino poster and I should be all right with that.

The trivet is a real good old-fashioned antique dealer's lot.

15-20 years ago, that was probably £50-worth, but not any longer.

The chess set, I can't see how I'll fail to get a profit. It was £6.

And I love this album. I've had great fun going through that.

But the real stars of the show were the wallet with the gold mounts and the briefcase here.

They've cost me a tenner each. I hope to get £60-£80 for the two.

So our rivals swiftly get stuck in, scouring their contacts books

and leaving no stone unturned as they strive for maximum profit.

Our dealers get ready to launch themselves out into the unknown,

but until they've shaken on it and the money has changed hands,

no deal is truly sealed.

It's Phil who's first to focus on a potential target.

He's brought the celebrity photo album, which cost him £20, to his friend, photographer Richard,

to see if the snaps develop into a profit.

-I've brought you this. You don't need rocket science to see this is the Cannes Film Festival.

-Yeah.

And these date from '46 to '96 because it says it on that label. There's about 35 of them.

If we flip through - Errol Flynn, Edward G Robinson, Randolph Scott.

There's Orson Welles. Cary Grant.

Gina Lollobrigida. I fell in love with her when I was about 11.

It wasn't returned.

And there's Mr Spielberg.

Mr Hoffman. There's just a ruck of these.

-Are they of interest to you?

-Yes, I think they're very nice.

I like black and white photos and these are a nice old selection.

-What will you do with them?

-I would probably frame some up and hang them.

-Flog some?

-Flog some.

-Keep some.

-Right. So we've established that you're interested and would like to buy them.

-Now the tricky bit.

-Haggling.

-Yes.

-Are they worth...three quid apiece? How much is that?

-That's almost £100.

-Really?

-Yeah, in old money.

-Your maths is sharp.

-I went to a good school, you see.

-Three quid each?

No.

You're such a rat!

If I gave you...£75, would that be a good...?

Yeah, actually. I'm not even going to... That's a really good deal.

-You're a gentleman. Thank you.

-Thank you.

And, quick as a flash, Phil's first sale has captured a profit of £55.

Meanwhile, Christina has brought her £35 vintage medical set to London and is hoping

to make a healthy sum.

I've come to see a gentleman who hires out scientific equipment for film sets.

I was expecting a bit of glamour. Lights, camera, action.

And I'm on an industrial estate in West London. It's hardly the Hollywood hills.

-It's not what's on the outside that counts.

-This is better, isn't it?

Christina's entering a weird world of medical movie mayhem.

Aaaargh!

Wow.

-Hi, David.

-Christina, hi.

-What an Aladdin's cave!

-There's a lot of stuff here.

A lot of stuff. It's amazing. From a very plain warehouse exterior we've got a Victorian, Edwardian...?

-We're in the Victorian operating theatre.

-Oh, my goodness. And this was used in a film?

-This has been used in many music videos, films...

-Oh, has it?

-Music videos?

-Yeah.

-Wow.

-There's been some horror films and stuff like that.

I've brought you some very meagre little offerings, but I found these at a car boot sale in Battersea.

I wondered whether you might be interested in them.

You've got a little collection there. The majority of this would be

from a midwife's set.

-Not terribly old.

-Right.

Mid-20th century?

I'd probably go a little bit later. I'd say 19... It could be 1960s.

-And would it be the kind of thing you're interested in buying?

-We can always hire this out.

-OK.

-And it's quite popular, this era. 1950s, 1960s.

-OK.

If I looked at the individual items and then evaluated them on that basis, I'd give you 40 quid.

40 quid. I can't push you for any more?

-It is quite a popular era, so another fiver.

-£45?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-That seems fair. I think that's a good deal. Thank you, David.

-Thanks a lot.

-Thank you.

So Christina scrubs up and injects her profit pot with £10.

And there's no holding her back as she quickly scores a hat-trick,

selling her George III-style condiment set to colleague Derek...

£12. You're a star. Thanks, Derek.

..making a £7 profit.

And her Malmesbury Abbey print to pub landlords Paul and Dave for £25.

Brilliant. It's a deal. Thanks.

That is over six times what she paid, netting her a £21 profit.

Oblivious to Christina's selling frenzy, Phil is brimming with schoolboy confidence

as he dusts off his short trousers and takes his chess set on a jaunt into his past.

I'm at the best school in Worcester, the Royal Grammar School, and I was a pupil here.

I've got my £6 chess set, which I'm going to sell. So there you are. Check...mate.

Nigel, thank you for letting me borrow a chess board. There it is.

-Have you ever seen a finer set?

-Yes.

-Oh, OK.

-Many times.

-That doesn't help too much. But can't the school do with one of these?

-It hasn't got one of these.

We've got some good chess sets. This is wood. Cheap wood, isn't it?

Well, I reckon this is one of the finest quality antique sort of possibly chess sets.

-It's 1960s or '70s, which is antique today.

-What are you looking for?

-I'd like 30 or 40 quid for it.

-Pounds?!

-Yeah.

-English pounds? Not Greek drachma?

-No, no, no.

£40.

Well, it must have cost you...

-£5?

-No. Six quid.

-A very poorly octopus.

-OK, OK.

-Sick squid.

-I got that, yeah.

I thought it was worthwhile labouring on that one.

OK, let's go for...£10.

-Let's not.

-OK.

Let's go for...

£20.

Would you play one of our boys? Would you play the best chess player in the school?

For £35.

-If you win. £25 if you lose.

-OK, you're on.

-Bring him on. Is it one of this lot?

-Who's the best chess player here?

ALL: Ben!

Oh, Lord!

Help!

-Hi, Ben. I'm Phil. How are you?

-Fine, thank you.

-You any good?

-Yeah.

-Fantastic(!)

I'm feeling very confident. I've got a few tricks.

I've been kippered here.

The tension is palpable.

Phil is using all of his cunning.

But Ben goes in for the kill.

Checkmate.

Beaten by a 13-year-old.

Well, Nigel. At least no one is ever going to know about this.

-Nobody will know. Did we say 15?

-No, we said 25.

-25 it is.

Yes, Phil may have been a pawn in this game, but he's still the king of profit

and walks away a respectable £19 up.

So after this spurt of selling, let's see how our duelling duo are doing in the race to rack up money.

Confident Christina has so far sold three items, turning a profit of £38.

Phil has only sold two items, but is out in front with £74 in his profit pocket.

So the final stage of this gruelling challenge gets underway.

Phil is desperate to hang on to his lead. He's taken the 19th-century brass trivet that cost him £15

-to beautiful Herefordshire to show vintage shop owner Nick.

-Nick?

-Hiya!

-Where is he?

How are you doing? Good to see you.

-How's business?

-Good. Excellent.

What I love about these places is two words - vintage and retro.

-Old stuff that's not antique yet!

-It encompasses everything.

But what I find interesting about this business is that steel filing cabinets and stuff like that

-now is commercial and desirable. But these things, nobody wants them.

-They're not very saleable.

I bought this in Battersea. What I love about these...

This used to sit in an old... You'd rest your kettle or saucepan on there.

And you've got your fire irons.

-When it wasn't in use, you just took them off and they sat by the side.

-Hidden away.

Yeah. Will they ever come back? Will that market come good?

-Everything comes round in time.

-But will you and I live long enough?

-I might!

On that note... It's gone up!

I'd like to get 40 quid for that. Is it any good to you?

-Yeah, I am interested. Not at 40, though.

-Make me your best offer and I won't argue with you.

-I'd be happy at 30.

-Deal done. I'm really pleased with that.

I've doubled my money and the thing is I know that isn't the easiest thing in the world to sell.

-No, but we'll get it away.

-Show me round. Thanks ever so much.

He's doubled his money, adding £15 to his pot.

15 quid is not the biggest profit in the world, but it is double my money. If I did that on everything,

I'd be in quite a good position.

On to the next.

That's exactly what he does and triples his money selling the gold-edged leather wallet

-to fellow dealer Steve for £30 profit.

-Thank you.

-OK.

-I'm really pleased.

Phil's on a winning streak, so Christina has her work cut out if she's to catch her enemy.

But our girl has a trick up her sleeve. Or, more specifically, in her late-Victorian trunk.

She's lugged it to Oswestry in Shropshire and hopes museum curator Mark will think it's worth

more than the £38.80 she paid for it.

-Mark, you've just opened up the Oswestry Town Museum.

-Yes.

I see there's quite a strong military presence in the museum.

There is. The museum was set up to tell the history of the town

and Oswestry's had a strong military presence through the Royal Artillery and the Junior Leaders,

-right from way back.

-So I'm hoping that you like my trunk.

-If you were to buy it, what would you use it for?

-One thing we've set up is a children's activity room.

One thing we will have is quite a large handling collection. This trunk would be ideal.

Brilliant. That's fantastic. Well, money-wise,

I was hoping to get in the region of 60 or 70 quid for it. What's your thoughts about that?

We've got an acquisition fund and we were thinking

-that for us to use it in the children's activity room, we'd pay £60.

-Wow. Fantastic.

-That would be wonderful. Thank you very much. That sounds like a deal.

-Brilliant.

All you need now is some pirates.

-And to fill it up with treasure.

-Thank you very much.

So Christina closes the case and packs a profit of £21.20.

At this stage, every penny counts.

Back in Worcester, Phil feels starry-eyed about the 1975 Dog Day Afternoon poster he bought for £5.

Film memorabilia can be massively collectable and in this film Al Pacino tried to have it away

with a whole load of money. I'm hoping I can do the same.

He's brought it along to art shop owner Keith and is ready to give the performance of his life.

-You've always dealt with film ephemera, haven't you?

-We've had quite a bit over the time.

-It's massively collectable.

-Very.

-Are you still in the market for stuff?

-I am. Always after a bargain.

You won't get that here! I hope you don't get it here.

-It's quite a moody poster.

-Yeah.

-And it's 1970s, I would think.

-I would have thought so, yes. '75.

What I really want to do is try to get around 50 quid for it.

Why is it wherever I go people look like they're sucking lemons?

-"Oh, that was bitter."

-But 50 quid.

I haven't seen them film, have I? To get a profit, I'd probably be looking about 30 to you.

I'll split the difference with you. Look at the look on his face.

-40.

-You're a gentleman. I'll take that. Thank you.

-Thank you, Phil.

And Phil exits frame with an Oscar-worthy profit of £35,

but he hasn't finished there. Oh, no.

Phil is unstoppable. Still in Worcester, he's arranged to show the £10 leather satchel

to his dapper mate Andy and he's determined to bag a smart profit.

-Andy, how are you doing?

-Philip.

-You well? Still as busy as ever?

-Always!

I bought this in Battersea at the car boot sale.

-Leather bag, look.

-Nice.

-And I thought for somebody whose office is on the go,

-you could get a laptop in there.

-But not your sandwiches.

-Easy. I'll do the gags.

-But you'd get a laptop in there.

-Yeah.

-And other bits and bobs.

I just thought it was a useful, cool bit of kit. What do you reckon?

Nice. Very retro. I'd get all my stuff in there.

That's the thing with age. You think it's retro and I thought it was quite modern.

-No, I like it, Phil.

-I'd like to get as close to 40, 45 quid for it.

-What do you reckon?

-I think there's a deal to be done somewhere.

-Is this going to be a long, drawn-out affair?

-I don't know.

-I want a deal.

-30 quid?

Have another think.

35 cos the glue's going to cost me a few quid.

-35?

-Andy, you're a star. Thanks, matey. 35 quid.

-I think that's all right.

-I think it's great. I'll be using it on my next trip down to London.

And Phil carries home a profit of £25. He is all sold up,

but his arch-enemy Christina has one crucial, final deal to make.

Behind her sunny exterior lies a core of pure steel.

Christina's £45 tea service is her last item and she's convinced she'll blow Phil out of the water.

This tea service epitomises 1970s cool. Here in Brighton, I know of a B&B where it should fit right in.

Well, let's see if owner Tony agrees.

So Tony, this isn't your kind of typical net curtain guest house, B&B that you'd expect, is it?

-No, we got rid of those when we moved in!

-Did you?

-Yeah.

-I love the way you've decorated. It's amazing.

-Thank you.

-What was your inspiration?

-Two things.

We wanted to do something different and unique and make it stand out.

-Brighton's got a lot of fantastic places, but we wanted to...

-Be a bit more unique.

-Definitely.

So what do you think of my Picquot ware tea service?

Immediately, it kind of fits in. We like things that are authentic.

-Very happy with seeing a little knock or a scratch here and there.

-Good!

-Which adds to the authenticity.

-Adds to the character.

-Absolutely.

It's all about that. There's so many reproduction things about.

It's not snobbish, but it's more about finding the genuine, original piece.

There probably have been a fair few cups of tea made in this one, judging by the staining inside.

-Have you cleaned it?

-No! That is exactly how I bought it.

I was hoping to get somewhere in the region of about 80 quid for it.

What's your thoughts about that?

Em...let me have a closer inspection here.

-See what you're buying. A nice name.

-Authentic.

OK. It would lend itself nicely to the B&B.

-I think 80's a bit too much, really.

-OK.

What's your thoughts?

-I'd be happy to pay 65.

-65.

-Oh, goodness me...

-Christina's pushing hard, but can she brew up the profit she needs to beat Phil?

All will be revealed.

Our duelling duo both had £250 of their own money to spend.

At the car boot, Christina "The Magpie" Trevanion made five purchases and spent £127.80.

Phil "The Fox" Serrell did six deals, spending a total of £66.

But the only thing that matters now is who's made the most profit.

All the money they have made today will go to charities of their choice, so without further ado,

who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion?

-Cor blimey!

-Come on, Phil, you can do it.

-I've been doing the gardening.

-I'm very impressed.

-How are you?

-Oh, car boot!

-I found that so hard.

-It was a bit tough, wasn't it?

-It was good fun, but it was tough. I bought some... You remember the medical goods?

-Yes.

The stethoscope and things. Sold that to a prop warehouse in London, which was fantastic.

-Yeah.

-It was just great to have a root through there.

-They had lots of film sets and a mortuary.

-Really?

-Yeah! Good fun. How about you?

Well, I enjoyed it. I bought a really cool film photo album of some stills.

-Oh, yeah, the celebrities.

-Yeah. And I sold that to a guy

who's really into his photography. He was quite keen to find out who was what, when, where and why.

-Brilliant.

-We'd better see how we got on.

-OK.

-Who's going to count?

-I'm a bit nervous.

-3, 2, 1, go!

-Oh, well done.

-But I had some luck, though, honestly.

-Really?

-Yeah.

I think I bought well on one stall. Anyway, let me show you my rhododendrons...

-I've heard enough about them!

-Yeah!

So Christina lost out today, although she did sell the tea set.

How about 75?

-I think I'd rather stick to 65.

-Let's meet in the middle and go 70.

-OK, done.

-Yay! Thank you very much.

-All right.

-Brilliant.

But the £25 she made just wasn't enough to beat the Fox this time.

That was a really good car boot for me, but all things come at a price.

It was the public humiliation by my new chess mate.

Even though I made profits on every item, it wasn't quite enough to pip Philip to the post.

Tomorrow, Christina gets the chance to fight back when our fearless foes head to France

to battle it out at a Parisian street market.

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