0:00:02 > 0:00:04'This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,
0:00:04 > 0:00:07'the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts
0:00:07 > 0:00:11'against each other in an all-out battle for profit.'
0:00:11 > 0:00:16- Whey-hey!- 'And gives you the insider's view of the trade.'
0:00:16 > 0:00:18I'm on the case.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21- Whee!- 'Each week, one pair of duelling dealers
0:00:21 > 0:00:24'will face a different daily challenge.'
0:00:24 > 0:00:27- I'm a cheeky chancer.- 'Lovely!
0:00:27 > 0:00:29'Putting their reputations on the line
0:00:29 > 0:00:32'and giving you top tips and savvy secrets
0:00:32 > 0:00:36'on how to make the most money from buying and selling.'
0:00:36 > 0:00:39- Let's go and spend some money. - Get in there!
0:00:40 > 0:00:45'Today, preeminent princess of purchasing Christina Trevanion
0:00:45 > 0:00:50'battles it out with that brilliant behemoth of the bargain, Phil Serrell.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53'Coming up, Phil struggles to find things to his taste.'
0:00:53 > 0:00:59That is just about the worst thing I have ever seen in my life.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02'Christina shows you how to drive a hard bargain
0:01:02 > 0:01:06'while keeping people on side.'
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- 45.- 50.- 45. Go on. Go on!
0:01:09 > 0:01:12'And Phil's got his work cut out selling for big money.'
0:01:12 > 0:01:15- Give me 150 quid for the four.- No.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17- Is that the end of it?- That's the end of it. You can go now.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20250 quid for it, that's what I'd like to get.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23'This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41'Prepare yourselves for a gargantuan intergalactic fight of epic proportions.
0:01:41 > 0:01:46'Two mythical antiques experts with monumental and mysterious powers
0:01:46 > 0:01:51'have landed on the little bit of planet Earth they call Paris.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54'These duelling superheroes of the deal will stop at nothing
0:01:54 > 0:01:57'in a bitter battle for profit.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00'First up, is it a bird? Is it a plane?
0:02:00 > 0:02:03'Great Scot, it's Christina The Magpie Trevanion.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05'This wonderful warrior woman of the skies
0:02:05 > 0:02:09'will take deadly aim at any trinket she spies.'
0:02:09 > 0:02:13I'm loving it here. There's just so much to look at, it's brilliant. I'm like a child in a sweet shop.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17'Pitted against her, it's the saviour of the universe.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20'Saints alive, it's Phil The Fox Serrell!
0:02:20 > 0:02:22'With his sensational super powers,
0:02:22 > 0:02:27'our scarfed crusader will scour the market for the sale that means he'll reign supreme.'
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Is that for sale? For sale?
0:02:30 > 0:02:35'Our tremendous antiques twosome will traverse the streets of gay Paris
0:02:35 > 0:02:37'at the Porte De Vanves flea market
0:02:37 > 0:02:43'as they engage in the most colossal conflict over collectables the world has ever surely witnessed.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45'They're on a quest to plunder the top purchases
0:02:45 > 0:02:48'and purloin the most prodigious profit.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52'They've each got £750 worth of their own Euros to spend
0:02:52 > 0:02:54'and all the profit goes to their chosen charities.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58'Christina Trevanion and Phil Serrell,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01'it's time to put your money where your mouth is.'
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- Bonjour!- Bonjour! How are you?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08- Very well. How are you?- I feel a little bit intimidated this morning.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11- Why?- Je ne pas parle Francais.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15- La plume de ma tante.- Whoa! SHE LAUGHS
0:03:15 > 0:03:18I haven't got a clue what I'm doing here but I love these markets.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- It's great fun. There is a real buzz about it.- Have you got a plan?
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Well, we are kind of in the birthplace of the Art Deco, Art Nouveau movement.
0:03:24 > 0:03:30We might see a bit of it. So keep my nose to the ground and see if there's anything about.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32- Oh, right.- Yeah. What about you?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35I'm going to try and buy stuff that you can't put a price on.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38We've got £750 worth of Euro, so...
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- If you can't put a price on it, how are you going to buy it?- Ah.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- SHE LAUGHS - Come on, which way are we going to go?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Let's both go this way, shall we? Come on.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51'Yes, don't be afraid, mes ami.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53'Despite possessing powers beyond imagination,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56'our purchasing predators come in peace to France
0:03:56 > 0:03:59'and mean no harm to earthlings.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03'They'll reserve their mighty rage for each other in this epic battle for profit.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06'And Phil is raring to go.'
0:04:06 > 0:04:09This looks like a really good market
0:04:09 > 0:04:12and the thing about it is, you're in a foreign country,
0:04:12 > 0:04:15you've got to look round here with a completely different set of eyes.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18So I want to try and find things that you can't put a price on
0:04:18 > 0:04:22and things that hopefully I can sell for a good profit when I get home.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24'So while Phil looks around with new eyes,
0:04:24 > 0:04:28'Christina's heart is set on art.'
0:04:28 > 0:04:30I'm loving this market. It's got a real buzz about it,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33which is quite nice. My dream has come true slightly
0:04:33 > 0:04:37in that there seems to be a lot of very Art Deco, very Art Nouveau things,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40which is wonderful to see, but we are a bit spoilt for choice,
0:04:40 > 0:04:44so it's thinking what will translate well back in the UK as well as in France.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47'Yes, this is a lady who knows what she wants and her X-ray specs
0:04:47 > 0:04:50'have already zoomed in on something she likes the look of.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53'A shabby chic cabinet.'
0:04:53 > 0:04:56I'm quite drawn to this cos it's a miniature armoire, which is lovely,
0:04:56 > 0:05:00but it is fairly crude. It's got a bit of a woodworm problem.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05And she wants 60 Euros for it. We'll bear it in mind but I'm not convinced.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08'And while Christina ponders over her cabinet,
0:05:08 > 0:05:10'our Super Serrell has some sage advice.'
0:05:10 > 0:05:14If you're going to come to a foreign market, you've got to get your foreign market head on.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17This is not like looking around an antique fair in England.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21So you've got to get used to what you're going to see.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24And it's just a question of familiarising yourself of your surroundings
0:05:24 > 0:05:27before you really dive in and start buying.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30'And Phil promptly fails to follow his own advice
0:05:30 > 0:05:33'and heads straight towards a novelty box.'
0:05:33 > 0:05:35How about 40 Euros?
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- OK. - SHE SPEAKS FRENCH
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Oh, is that good? 40 Euros.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44I think these are really cool. They'll make a great desk accessory.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48It looks like it's three books, but you open it up
0:05:48 > 0:05:50and it's a box for putting your knick-knacks in.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55No great age to it, probably 40, 50 years old,
0:05:55 > 0:05:57but it's got a really good look to it.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01And I think I've got someone who might just be interested in buying that when I get home.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04But we're on the way! We've started shopping! Isn't that good?
0:06:04 > 0:06:08'It certainly is. Phil's booked himself into first place,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11'nabbing the box for £34.19.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14'Christina has been thinking hard about that armoire
0:06:14 > 0:06:18'and heads back to the stall to see if she can get the price knocked down.'
0:06:18 > 0:06:23- I do really like this. - Yes.- But I think you said 60 Euros, didn't you?- Yes.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26- Would you say 40? - Oh, no, 40, I can't.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31- I can make, er, 50 if you want. - 50 Euros?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- Yes.- OK, I'm happy with that.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- Is that a deal?- OK. - Brilliant. Thank you very much.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38'And Christina's off the mark, cutting a deal
0:06:38 > 0:06:42'on the mid-20th century armoire for £42.74.
0:06:42 > 0:06:47'Razor-sharp Phil makes sure his finger is firmly on the purchasing pulse
0:06:47 > 0:06:51'before he makes his next move on a set of funky chairs.'
0:06:51 > 0:06:55You see, the thing about this business is, there's four chairs over there
0:06:55 > 0:06:57that have come from a factory or a warehouse,
0:06:57 > 0:07:01and 20 years ago, you'd have quite quietly confined them to the skip.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05But life changes and they've now become uber trendy.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07'Yes, this fox knows how to hunt the funk
0:07:07 > 0:07:10'and begins to circle his prey.'
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Er, monsieur. Bonjour. Combien?
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Cent-cinquant.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19- Cent-cinquant. A hundred and... - Er, 50.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21150 Euros.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25That's sort of reasonable. It's basically, I think,
0:07:25 > 0:07:27the full retail value back home.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29I'll perhaps bear it in mind for later.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34'And while Phil is contemplating the hip and trendy,
0:07:34 > 0:07:38'Christina's contemplating something else.'
0:07:38 > 0:07:41I think someone must've been looking at Phil and sketching this.'
0:07:41 > 0:07:46'Oh, mais oui, madame! With her eye firmly back on the prize,
0:07:46 > 0:07:49'Christina homes in on some more tasteful pictures.'
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- How much are these?- 20 each.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- So we've got the circa 1900 ones. - Yes, yes.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- And then the 1950s ones.- 57.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00But it is, er,
0:08:00 > 0:08:03150 for ten if you want.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07- If I had four pictures...- Yes? - ..how much would that be?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- HE SIGHS - You're hard with me.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- SHE LAUGHS - 60 if you want. The same price for ten, yes.- OK.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Thank you, that's wonderful. I'll have a look through and see what I can find. Thank you very much.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21- So you want all these? - Well, is that classed as four?
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- Cos we've got one, two, three, four. - Yes.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Ah! So we said 40.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- No, we said 60 for that.- 60.- Yes.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32OK. Thank you very much. That's brilliant.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35'And with her stylish purchasing powers,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38'Christina bags the prints for £51.28.'
0:08:40 > 0:08:44I'm really pleased with these. They just epitomise for me everything that's French.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47And I love the fashion atelier.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Everything here, the fashion plate, it's just absolutely beautiful.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52My plan is to frame them
0:08:52 > 0:08:58and then hopefully find a bit of a fashion expert or a fashionista
0:08:58 > 0:09:00that will be interested in displaying them.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03'This dynamo diva is two-one up,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06'meaning Monsieur Serrell has got some catching up to do.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08'And his mind has been in overdrive.'
0:09:08 > 0:09:12I really like those chairs. They're not even 15 years old.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15They're 150 Euros, that's about £135.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20I'm going to go and see if I can buy them for 120, 130 Euros.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24Who on earth am I going to sell them to? But I think they're really cool things.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27One, two, zero.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31THEY LAUGH
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- Yeah? Is that all right? - Yeah.- Thank you.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37So I've just bought these chairs for 120 Euros.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Quite what I'm going to do with them, I don't know, but I think they're really cool things.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43'He hunted the funk and snared the snazzy.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47'Our hipster swipes the chairs for £102.56.'
0:09:47 > 0:09:51I've got a 28-year-old daughter and I think I'm going to have to sell these to one of her mates,
0:09:51 > 0:09:57cos I can't see any of my friends putting them round their Victorian mahogany dining table.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02'Hip Phil thinks he's onto a winner, but cool cat Christina is moving up a gear.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04'She's formulated a very definite battle plan.'
0:10:04 > 0:10:08Having weighed up what I've seen, I think on my wish list now
0:10:08 > 0:10:11is going to be a bronze, a piece of really nice glass
0:10:11 > 0:10:14or an Art Deco light fitting.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17'Confident Christina has her shopping list all worked out
0:10:17 > 0:10:19'and her strategy has her nemesis nervous.'
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Christina's plan to look at Art Deco and Art Nouveau,
0:10:22 > 0:10:26I think she's going to do well with that because it's absolutely everywhere.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Perhaps that's what I should be looking at.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34'Christina's single-minded determination has confounded her enemy
0:10:34 > 0:10:38'and her laser-beam focus has targeted an Art Deco sculpture.'
0:10:39 > 0:10:41This is absolutely beautiful.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44But can you do anything on the price at all?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46- The price?- Yeah. It's 500 Euros.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49And is it genuine Art Deco? It looks...
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- Yeah, I think it's from 1900. - 1900? That early?
0:10:53 > 0:10:57- I would've said 1920, 1930. - 1900 to 1920.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Yeah, exactly.
0:10:59 > 0:11:04But price-wise, can you do anything on that?
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- If I say 450?- Oh, it's heavy! - It's quite heavy.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11It's very heavy and it's got ceramics by it, which is terrifying. SHE LAUGHS
0:11:13 > 0:11:15450 is your best price?
0:11:15 > 0:11:19- I hope to get 450.- OK.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21I'm going to keep wandering down there, but I like it a lot.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- Can you put it back for me?- I'll put it back.- Thank you. Brilliant.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29'But hang on, Christina, wasn't that exactly what you were looking for?'
0:11:29 > 0:11:32I absolutely love that bronze, the swallows diving.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36I think it's just beautiful and the movement in it is fabulous.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40The only thing that worries me is that when I looked at the bottom of it,
0:11:40 > 0:11:44the screws on the bottom looked quite new, as if they were either a replacement
0:11:44 > 0:11:48or that it was newer than it was purporting to be.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52It looked very 1920s, very Art Nouveau-Art Deco transition.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55So I think we'll keep on walking but give it some thought.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58'And while Christina ponders her predicament,
0:11:58 > 0:12:01'let's turn our attention to their tallies.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05'Both our antiques avengers started the day
0:12:05 > 0:12:08'with £750 worth of their own Euros to spend.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11'Christina has captured two treasures,
0:12:11 > 0:12:13'spending £94.02,
0:12:13 > 0:12:16'leaving her £655.98.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20'Mr Serrell has also tethered two trophies,
0:12:20 > 0:12:24'spending £136.75,
0:12:24 > 0:12:28'leaving £613.25 in his kitty.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33'So before part two gathers a pace that's faster than a speeding bullet,
0:12:33 > 0:12:36'our dynamic duo pause to refuel.'
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- I am...- This all looks very relaxed! - Look what I've bought!
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Do you think there's a profit in that?
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- How are you getting on? - Well, fantastic! Look! Absolutely brilliant!
0:12:44 > 0:12:50- Food aside.- I'm going to spend my £750 in Euros on these, cos these are fantastic
0:12:50 > 0:12:52and I'm sure if I can keep these warm till I get home,
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- there's going to be a massive... I can double my money.- Brilliant!
0:12:55 > 0:12:59- There's a plan.- How have you got on? - Yeah, it's good, isn't it?
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- I haven't bought much yet, but there's just so much to see!- Yeah.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06Art Deco, Art... That's sort of an Art Deco shaped fan crepe, isn't it?
0:13:06 > 0:13:11- You're a happy man, aren't you? - I'm going to go and enjoy this somewhere quiet.- OK.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14'Mr Serrell, we hereby dub you the creped crusader.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18'And with a swoosh and a swallow, he's resumed hostilities,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21'spotting a metal decorative plaque with a sporting motif.'
0:13:21 > 0:13:24I think that's a stylish thing. He's asking me...
0:13:24 > 0:13:27He's written 30 Euros.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30And I'm going to offer him 20 Euros
0:13:30 > 0:13:33cos you've sort of got to make a spirited offer.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35I think they're good things.
0:13:35 > 0:13:40- Monsieur.- Non. - HE SPEAKS FRENCH
0:13:40 > 0:13:44I have to try! I have to try!
0:13:44 > 0:13:47I'm going to buy that cos I think that's really cool.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49'Yes, it's another cool deal for Phil,
0:13:49 > 0:13:52'but he doesn't manage to minimise the asking price,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55'picking up the plaque for £25.64.'
0:13:55 > 0:13:58I'm really pleased with that.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02I mean, the trick is going to be to find out who Mr Contaux is down here.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07But I just think that's a really good image. Actually, what would look good
0:14:07 > 0:14:11is if you got a glass or Perspex frame
0:14:11 > 0:14:14and mounted it in that, that would look really cool.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18'That Olympian effort spurs Phil on to his fourth buy,
0:14:18 > 0:14:21'an early 20th century English copper milk churn
0:14:21 > 0:14:25'to take back to the mother country for £128.21.'
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Oh, thank you.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Well, this is called repatriation.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33I've come all the way from England to France
0:14:33 > 0:14:35to buy an English milk churn and take it back again.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39It's cost me 150 Euros, but I'm quite pleased with that.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43'Phil's super-sonic spending spree means that Christina needs to up her game
0:14:43 > 0:14:48'and she quickly responds when a French letterbox tickles her fancy.'
0:14:48 > 0:14:53- How much is it?- It's very expensive. It's 80 Euros.- 80 Euros?- Yes.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57- Why so expensive? - Because you can't find anymore.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- You can't find them? - No. It's very difficult.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- It is lovely, but...- 60 if you want.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05I would be looking at 40 max.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- No.- No. You can't do it for 40?
0:15:08 > 0:15:11- No, because I love it. - You don't want to sell it.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- THEY LAUGH You want to take it home. - Yes, probably!
0:15:14 > 0:15:18I think it's gorgeous but it's too expensive at that, I think.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Sadly. Beautiful.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- 45?- 50.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25- 45.- 50.- 45.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- Go on! Go on!- Yes.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30'Yes, and she does it. Our bionic woman
0:15:30 > 0:15:32'sends herself into the stratosphere,
0:15:32 > 0:15:36'snaffling the vintage letterbox for £38.46.'
0:15:37 > 0:15:40I'm really pleased with that! We started off at 80 Euros
0:15:40 > 0:15:42and I just bartered down to 45, so I'm really pleased with that.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47A good deal. Lovely little French enamelled metalwork letterbox.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50I'm not quite sure how it's going to be received back in the UK,
0:15:50 > 0:15:54but I'm really pleased with it and I think it's absolutely charming.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58'Yes, c'est formidable! And there's no stopping this determined lady now
0:15:58 > 0:16:03'as she unswervingly swoops on a pair of 1930s Art Deco china doves.'
0:16:03 > 0:16:0570? Would you?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Yay! Thank you very much, that's fantastic!
0:16:07 > 0:16:10I love it! That's brilliant! Thank you very much!
0:16:10 > 0:16:13'And snatches them for £59.83.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16'Her super strategy seems to be working.'
0:16:16 > 0:16:20So, I promised myself something Art Deco today and here it is.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23I love it and it really appeals to the inner romantic in me,
0:16:23 > 0:16:27this rather beautiful dove sheltering his companion here.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29It's very stylised, very Art Deco
0:16:29 > 0:16:32and I think rather lovely.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34'Fantastique.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37'Our antiques adversaries are level with four buys a piece
0:16:37 > 0:16:40'and Phil has a theory about his rival.'
0:16:40 > 0:16:44I think one of the joys of this business is that Christina and I can both look at the same stall
0:16:44 > 0:16:47and we've got two completely different sets of eyes.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51So what I might see, she wouldn't, and she will see, I wouldn't.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54And in a way, I think that all makes it so much more interesting.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57'And moments later, that rings true.'
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Look at this! It's awesome!
0:17:00 > 0:17:04What every girl needs, a velour telephone cover.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Very Austin Powers.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11That is just about the worst thing I have ever seen in my life.
0:17:13 > 0:17:19'Different eyes indeed. But there are certain things where our rivals are on exactly the same page.'
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Vintage booze. Now you are talking!
0:17:23 > 0:17:27If only I weren't pregnant, I'd take about four or five of these crates home.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33'Phil tears himself away from the tipple in time to target purchase number five,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36'a little case for £12.82.'
0:17:36 > 0:17:41Whether this is for cigars or whether it's for spectacles, I don't know.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44But it looks to me like it's quite a good quality leather case.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46And you never know, if I've really won the lottery,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49they might even be gold mounts.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52'Stranger things have happened, Phil. But wait!
0:17:53 > 0:17:58'Holy metal swallows! Christina's been mulling over the Art Deco bronze she saw earlier
0:17:58 > 0:18:01'and now has her sights firmly set on it.
0:18:01 > 0:18:06'Our super heroine flies back to the stall and she's ready for a fight!'
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- What is your best, best price on it? - Er, I said 450,
0:18:09 > 0:18:12but this is not the best price.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- Would 400...- What would you offer?
0:18:15 > 0:18:19- Well... 200?- No. - THEY LAUGH
0:18:19 > 0:18:25- Is 400 OK?- I'm just slightly concerned that that looks like a very new screw.- I know.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Do you think it's just been tightened up and it's just had a new screw
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- to replace...- I think so, yeah. Probably the model was broken
0:18:31 > 0:18:36- and they changed it, I don't know. - OK. Would 350 be too far away?
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- 400.- 380?
0:18:39 > 0:18:41- 380, OK.- Brilliant!
0:18:41 > 0:18:45Thank you very much. That's a deal! Fantastic!
0:18:45 > 0:18:48'Jumping jellyfish, this iron lady won't be beaten!
0:18:48 > 0:18:53'She's won her fifth prize, bagging the bronze for £324.79.'
0:18:57 > 0:19:01This has just cost me a huge amount of money, 380 Euros,
0:19:01 > 0:19:05which was marked up at 500, but I couldn't get it out of my mind all day
0:19:05 > 0:19:08and I'm really glad that I went back to get it. I just think it's beautiful,
0:19:08 > 0:19:10and for me, epitomises everything that is French.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14It's just... The movement in it is beautiful, it's a beautiful piece.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17You can have it in the middle of a room because both sides are beautiful and I love it.
0:19:17 > 0:19:22'Ooh-la-la! Our foes are neck and neck in this ferocious French fray.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26'With everything still to play for, Phil is going to have his work cut out.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29'He cunningly ventures onto Christina's turf
0:19:29 > 0:19:32'and moves in for the kill on an Art Nouveau cabinet.'
0:19:32 > 0:19:35THEY SPEAK FRENCH
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- 250.- 250 Euros. OK.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41I would like to buy this, but the price...
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- It's not expensive. - It's very expensive.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Can I make you an offer?
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- 200.- Oh, no, I can't.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55What's your very, very best?
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- 230.- 220 and I'll buy it.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- Let me get the money out.- OK.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08You're a gentleman. Thank you very much.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12'The cabinet costs £188.03
0:20:12 > 0:20:14'and Phil is delighted.'
0:20:14 > 0:20:18I think it's really cheap. Whether there's a profit or not, I don't know, but it's really cheap.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22There's just a little tip that I was once told many years ago.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25If you see a cabinet and it's got glazed doors,
0:20:25 > 0:20:29you automatically think it might be a display cabinet, but what I was told was that
0:20:29 > 0:20:32glazed doors, solid side is a bookcase,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35glazed doors, glazed side is a display cabinet.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38It'll be whatever the buyer wants it to be.
0:20:39 > 0:20:44'So, time is up and the Parisian stallholders begin to pack away.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47'As the sun sets over the beautiful boulevards of the French capital,
0:20:47 > 0:20:53'let's see who's soaring skyward and who is plunging to the ground.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58'Christina and Phil started the day with £750 worth of their own Euros to spend.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01'Christina has totalled five buys
0:21:01 > 0:21:04'and laid out £517.10.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07'Phil has swiped six buys,
0:21:07 > 0:21:10'spending slightly less, £491.45.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14'But from here on in, it's all about profit.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19'So, before our sparring superheroes swoosh home and hang up their capes,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22'there's just time to compare their wares.'
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- There was some stuff there, wasn't there?- There really was!
0:21:25 > 0:21:28I could've spent an absolute fortune and bought tons of stuff.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31I just loved it. Everything there was brilliant.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34What's your best bit? There's a bit of a bird theme going on here.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Yeah, I went a bit oiseau crazy today, didn't I?
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Yeah. I love the Art Deco or Art Nouveau bronze.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44- I love your milk churn! - It's fantastic!- It's nice that you're repatriating it.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48I'm taking it back home! It's been captured by the French.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- How considerate of you. - This was my last thing I bought
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- and I love it. - It's beautiful. I love the inlay.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58- I really, really like it. So, we've had a good time, haven't we? - I've had a brilliant time!
0:22:00 > 0:22:04'This monumental challenge is just about to ramp up several gears.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09'Our battle-hardened hagglers now need to focus with pinpoint precision
0:22:09 > 0:22:12'as they race back to Britain to baton down the hatches
0:22:12 > 0:22:14'and start their selling sprees.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17'From this point on, profit is king.
0:22:17 > 0:22:24'That demands a precise plan of action to orchestrate energetic advances on their finest contacts.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27'There's no time to waste. They must line up their weapons
0:22:27 > 0:22:30'and choose their targets with the utmost care,
0:22:30 > 0:22:34'because one foot wrong could bring their whole campaign crashing down.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37'Christina The Magpie swoops back to Shropshire
0:22:37 > 0:22:40'to survey her feast of finery.'
0:22:40 > 0:22:45I'll start with these fashion pictures over here, which are actually dated 1904 and 1905,
0:22:45 > 0:22:51so a really early insight into what was happening at the turn of the century with women's fashions.
0:22:51 > 0:22:58And then we go on to the rather beautiful Art Nouveau-Art Deco transitional swallow sculpture.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01I just think that's beautiful. The fluidity in that water
0:23:01 > 0:23:03is just stunning. Love it.
0:23:03 > 0:23:08And then we've got the Art Deco doves, 1930s, 1940s.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12I'm hoping that I've got a private buyer in mind for that.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15And then this wonderful 1940s
0:23:15 > 0:23:20fairly utilitarian letterbox, but quite shabby chic.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24And then slightly obscurely, bought the armoire, which was a bit of fun, really, bit frivolous.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27But it is a slightly later reproduction
0:23:27 > 0:23:30of a French armoire, a miniature one.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35So all in all, I'm very happy with what I've bought in France. I just need to find some buyers.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38'Yes, you're not the only one. Down in Worcestershire,
0:23:38 > 0:23:40'Phil The Fox retreats to his lair
0:23:40 > 0:23:42'and he's pretty pleased with himself.'
0:23:42 > 0:23:48Now, these chairs, I think they're fantastic, they're really funky, cool, retro, vintage, warehouse.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52But are they Malvern? I mean, therein might lie a problem for me.
0:23:52 > 0:23:57And this Art Nouveau cabinet, which I think is a fantastic thing.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02Do you know, in my memory, it was, like, this wide and this high.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06So I think I might have been perhaps over-egging the price on that.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10I love this plaque and that's my real Olympic gold medal hope.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Hopefully I should do quite well with that.
0:24:12 > 0:24:17The barrel, what I'm going to try and do, it's got the dairy that owned it impressed onto the top
0:24:17 > 0:24:21and I'm going to try and trace them to see if they want to buy a bit of their ancient history back.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25And these two little bits of leather here, they're really desk accessories
0:24:25 > 0:24:28and I think they'll do OK. So fingers crossed.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32'Our antiques supremos seem cool and calm,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35'but the heat is on, the pressure is building.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37'They must steam their way through their contacts
0:24:37 > 0:24:42'and research the best buyers to make as much money as they possibly can.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46'They can set up all the potential sales they like, but a deal counts for nothing
0:24:46 > 0:24:48'until that all-important handshake.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50'It's Phil who hits the road first.
0:24:50 > 0:24:55'He kicks off with a short hop, skip and a jump to Upton-upon-Severn.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59'The Art Nouveau cabinet that cost just over £188 is quite heavy,
0:24:59 > 0:25:04'so he's already had it delivered to an antiques shop owned by one of his regular buyers, Lee.'
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Now, I think this is a really good quality thing.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12What it does need is a bit of TLC, cos I wouldn't think this has seen any polish in a long while.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15And I think that, fantastic quality rosewood in my eyes.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19And what I love about it is the fact that you've got
0:25:19 > 0:25:24the sides, which you wouldn't ordinarily see, are just as good as the front.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28So if someone's taken time... These bevelled plates I love.
0:25:28 > 0:25:34The hinges are great. And just open it up and look at the strap that runs all the way down the door.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38Look at that. Even that locking plate. I think that's fantastic quality.
0:25:38 > 0:25:43- When would you date this to?- Er, it's certainly sort of Art Nouveau,
0:25:43 > 0:25:461900, 1910, something like that.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49- So it's a good piece of French furniture, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51What you going to give me for it?
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Erm, well, I think, allowing for the work,
0:25:53 > 0:25:58a good polish, it would probably be in the region of £200, I would say.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00- Really?- Yeah. That'd be nice.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03I think you've got to come closer to £300, Lee.
0:26:03 > 0:26:09Erm, no, I think I'm just about there at that, Phil.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12I think, at a push, probably 220.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16You bid me 260 and I'll do a deal with you here and now.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20- Absolute death on it would be 230, Phil.- 250.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23240.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- Is that the end of it?- That's the end of it. You can go now.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31I'm going to. You've really put me through the mincer there.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34'Yes, Phil met his match there.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36'He does as he's told and leaves licking his wounds.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40'But it's sweetened with a profit of £51.97.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44'Will Christina meet her haggling match with her first potential sale,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47'the doves that cost just under £60?
0:26:47 > 0:26:50'The Magpie flies south to Shifnal near Telford
0:26:50 > 0:26:53'to meet Sue, who adores all things Art Deco,
0:26:53 > 0:26:56'and she has quite the collection.'
0:26:59 > 0:27:03- So, I guess it's French. - Yes..- Yes, French.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- Very Parisian. I actually bought it in Paris, as well.- Oh, right.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11- It's about late 1920, early 30s. - I should say, yeah.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13- About 30s or something.- Yeah.
0:27:13 > 0:27:19- Crackle glaze.- Yeah, exactly. - And a pair of doves.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- There is a little chip on the back of the tail there.- A-ha. Oh, I can see.
0:27:22 > 0:27:27I think it's probably quite an old one, cos it's a little bit dirty.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- And Le Jan. It's signed.- Oh, yes.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34Le Jan was actually a collaboration between a chap called Andre Fau
0:27:34 > 0:27:36and another chap called Marcel Guillard.
0:27:36 > 0:27:41And they established this company and they were famous for this crackle glaze,
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- so it's very characteristic of the company.- I like it.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Oh, good. Brilliant. Cos it's quite a powerful sculpture, isn't it?
0:27:47 > 0:27:51It is. It is. And I like the way that it's not symmetrical.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55- Yeah, it's slightly off-centre. - This one wing is doing that.
0:27:55 > 0:28:00- So...- I was hoping to get in the region of about £150 for him.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- I was going towards 90. - OK, all right.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07- So how do you feel?- Could we meet somewhere in the middle, maybe?
0:28:08 > 0:28:11I can go up to 100. 100?
0:28:11 > 0:28:13A bit more in the middle! THEY LAUGH
0:28:13 > 0:28:18Erm, 115.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21115. Would you stretch to 120?
0:28:23 > 0:28:27120. I'm happy with 120, yes. I think that's a fair price.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30- Fantastic! So £120. - Thank you!- It's a deal!
0:28:30 > 0:28:32THEY LAUGH
0:28:32 > 0:28:35'Birds are clearly Christina's thing.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38'The Magpie flaps her wings and takes flight,
0:28:38 > 0:28:42'doubling her money with a profit of £60.17.'
0:28:42 > 0:28:44One down, one to tick off the list.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46A lot more to go.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49'Our tip-top traders are almost level pegging at this early stage,
0:28:49 > 0:28:53'Christina just slightly ahead on profit.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56'But The Fox is hoping to raise the bar with the high-jumper plaque
0:28:56 > 0:28:58'that cost more than £25.
0:28:58 > 0:29:03'His next port of call is further up the River Severn at Worcester.'
0:29:03 > 0:29:07I've been umming and ahhing whether to sell this as it is or get it framed up,
0:29:07 > 0:29:11and I've come to the conclusion, if I can get a good price for it, it's got to go.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14So I'm going to go and see an old regular customer of mine
0:29:14 > 0:29:17and just see where we go.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21'He's here to meet Gabrielle, a dealer he's sold to many times before.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25'She really knows her stuff, so can The Fox wheedle out a profit?'
0:29:25 > 0:29:28- I've been to France.- Uh-huh.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30I was a little bit hamstrung
0:29:30 > 0:29:33because the dealer I was speaking to, and I think I got this right,
0:29:33 > 0:29:36he was clearing a factory and he found in this factory
0:29:36 > 0:29:39a whole load of these plaques.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42And I looked up Mr Contaux,
0:29:42 > 0:29:47a Georges Contaux, and he was apparently a late 19th century French foundry worker
0:29:47 > 0:29:49who won a medal in the 20s.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52He did a wide variety of things.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55He did animals, masks, all sorts of different things,
0:29:55 > 0:29:58but I just thought that had a really good look
0:29:58 > 0:30:00and a really good sporting interest.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02- So, you know... - You're doing a good sell.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04I know. So you're interested in it?
0:30:04 > 0:30:08- I think it's lovely, yes.- I don't really know what to ask for it.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12But I've got a feeling I should be trying to get £100, £120 for it
0:30:12 > 0:30:16- or something like that, cos I think it is a good thing. - I think you've done very well.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19Blimey! Praise indeed! That is praise indeed, trust me!
0:30:19 > 0:30:22- I'm not a haggler.- No, I know. - You know that.- Go on, best price.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26- Best price, one off, £100. - Thank you.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28'Our own little athlete clears the jump first time
0:30:28 > 0:30:33'and the plaque powers in a profit of £74.36.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35'Phil is gathering momentum. Also in Worcester,
0:30:35 > 0:30:40'he sells his glasses case to an optician's shop for £15,
0:30:40 > 0:30:42'making a profit of £2.18.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46'Might need a magnifying glass instead of specs to see that one.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49'But our magpie is flying above the clouds.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53'She swiftly sells the brass swallows to an antiques shop in Shrewsbury,
0:30:53 > 0:30:57'agreeing a price of £375.'
0:30:57 > 0:31:00- Perfect.- Thank you very much. - Thank you, Mark. Thanks.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04'And giving a profit of £50.21.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07'Then our bird woman swans over to Whitchurch to visit a shop
0:31:07 > 0:31:10'specialising in shabby chic items.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13'Christina's hoping to tempt the owner, Jane, with the armoire
0:31:13 > 0:31:15'that cost nearly £43.'
0:31:15 > 0:31:20- What's your thoughts?- Yeah, it's very cute. Can I have a look inside? - Yeah, course, go for it.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Oh, look, it's even got little areas for shelves.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27- I don't think it's particularly old. - Right. I was just about to ask the age.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30I think it's probably mid-20th century.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34- It's not going to be hugely old. - I could see jewellery in here,
0:31:34 > 0:31:37smaller things I can see in here, little scarves and things.
0:31:37 > 0:31:42So price-wise, I was really hoping to get somewhere in the region of maybe £70 or £80 for it.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Well, I'm just thinking as a shop display thing,
0:31:45 > 0:31:48I would probably go for 65.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51- 65?- 65, 70?
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- 70, if you could stretch to 70, would be brilliant.- Mm-hm.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57- 70 would be fine. - Brilliant! It's a deal!- Excellent!
0:31:57 > 0:31:59And I'm so pleased it's going to be used.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02And I'm delighted. You'll have to pop in and see what we fill it with.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06I'll probably be buying what's on it next time I come in. THEY LAUGH
0:32:06 > 0:32:10'Yes, beneath that hard-nosed business exterior,
0:32:10 > 0:32:12'Christina Trevanion is a girl who likes to shop.
0:32:12 > 0:32:17'The armoire makes her a profit of £27.26.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19'It's going great guns so far.
0:32:19 > 0:32:24'Whilst our selling soldiers take stock of their strategy, let's see how the money's working out.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28'Christina The Magpie Trevanion is chirping along very merrily.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32'Three items sold and £137.64 profit.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35'But Phil Serrell is stalking close behind.
0:32:35 > 0:32:41'He's also sold three items, tucking away a profit of £128.51
0:32:41 > 0:32:44'So there's just £9 in it.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48'Our wandering warriors must buckle down and work up a selling sweat
0:32:48 > 0:32:50'because anything could happen.
0:32:50 > 0:32:55'Christina has a clear selling strategy and hits the phones once more.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57'Our Phil usually has a steely determination,
0:32:57 > 0:33:00'but he's turned his attention to the things he's least keen on.
0:33:00 > 0:33:05'The four metal chairs that cost him a little over £102.'
0:33:06 > 0:33:08# What a feeling
0:33:10 > 0:33:12# Being's believing
0:33:14 > 0:33:18'So, who in Malvern will flash the cash for the industrial chairs?
0:33:18 > 0:33:21'Simon deals in 20th century items
0:33:21 > 0:33:24'and meets Phil at Fox HQ.'
0:33:24 > 0:33:27- Simon, these are they. These are they.- Oh, right.
0:33:27 > 0:33:32- Now...- These aren't exactly what you usually buy, are they, Phil?
0:33:32 > 0:33:35No, but I love them. I think they're really good, trendy things.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37I bought these cos I like them.
0:33:37 > 0:33:42- Well, antique-wise, they're not... They're not, are they?- No.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46I mean, they're barely vintage. But I wouldn't underestimate them
0:33:46 > 0:33:50- cos I think they've got a look, haven't they? - How old do you think they are?
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Not very old. It might be an older frame
0:33:52 > 0:33:55and somebody's spot-welded them on.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Upcycled them, I think the word is these days, isn't it?
0:33:58 > 0:34:00I was sort of hoping that they might make £40 to £50 a chair.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03- Make me an offer.- 110.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05- How much?- 110.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08That's £27.50 each.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12Yeah, well, that's trade price.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15- Give me 150 quid for the four.- No.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18- Oh, right. Do you want to think about it?- No.
0:34:18 > 0:34:24My end price, my very, very end price, is £118.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28My end price is £122.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32- £120.- £122, because then that gives me 20 quid profit.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37Look at this. Oh, you're a gentleman!
0:34:37 > 0:34:39# What a feeling
0:34:39 > 0:34:41'Yes, it's not quite £20 profit, Philip.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44'£19.44 to be precise.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48'Mr Serrell soldiers on.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51'Back in Worcester, he sells the novelty book box to an estate agency
0:34:51 > 0:34:55'looking to decorate their meeting room. The box makes £90.'
0:34:55 > 0:34:57- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00'Giving a profit of £55.81.
0:35:00 > 0:35:06'Phil's quick wits and cunning have opened up a clear lead over his flighty rival.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09'But our magpie won't let that ruffle her feathers.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12'She flies the coop and dips and darts her way over to Chester
0:35:12 > 0:35:15'with her letterbox that cost just under £39.
0:35:15 > 0:35:20'Appropriately, she's heading to a French restaurant to meet the owner.'
0:35:20 > 0:35:22There we go, Jason.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24- What do you think?- Very old.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28- It is quite old, isn't it?- Authentic. - But it's authentic, exactly.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31I like it. You can see what I'm seeing.
0:35:31 > 0:35:36But I thought of you when I bought this. It would make a perfect comments box for a restaurant.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39Well, it's certainly the right size for a comments box
0:35:39 > 0:35:42and it's got a lovely authentic feel about it.
0:35:42 > 0:35:47- Just, again, the fact that it's real and it just makes a funny noise. - Yeah.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51And a little bit of rust on there, which I think, again,
0:35:51 > 0:35:54- just shows that it's actually been used.- Yeah. Exactly.
0:35:54 > 0:35:59- I would say it's probably, what, 60 years old.- Maybe a bit older.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02- Yeah, 1930s, 1940s. - Yeah, 20s, 30s, I think.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06Yeah. It's lovely, isn't it? Might it be the kind of thing that you would use?
0:36:06 > 0:36:08Certainly, I think, for a comments box,
0:36:08 > 0:36:12especially if we had it near the front door, because it gives the illusion of letters by the door.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16So I suppose the only thing we need to talk about now really is the money.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- Cold, hard cash.- Bring on the cash! - SHE LAUGHS
0:36:19 > 0:36:23But I was hoping to get maybe £70 or £80 for it.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26BOX SQUEAKS And you get the free squeak.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29- That's not free! - THEY LAUGH
0:36:29 > 0:36:33I would be happy to pay £60 for it.
0:36:33 > 0:36:39£60. OK. Can I just nudge you slightly more than that?
0:36:39 > 0:36:42- 61, maybe? - THEY LAUGH
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Oh, you're a generous man. Go on, meet me in the middle.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49- So 65. - Only cos you brought it here for me.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Ah, brilliant. Is it a deal at 65?
0:36:51 > 0:36:55- It's a deal at 65.- Brilliant! Thank you very much. That's fantastic.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57'Yes, another deal done and dusted.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00'The letterbox posts a profit of £26.54.'
0:37:01 > 0:37:05Ah! Perfect comments card box, perfect profit!
0:37:05 > 0:37:08'Our sly fox still rules the roost for now,
0:37:08 > 0:37:10'but he's down to his last item,
0:37:10 > 0:37:13'the milk churn he spent more than £128 on.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19COW MOOS # Old MacDonald had a farm
0:37:19 > 0:37:22# Ee-ay-ee-ay-oh
0:37:22 > 0:37:25'Phil's brought the churn to a farm near Droitwich where owner Mike
0:37:25 > 0:37:28'and daughter Gillian make ice cream.'
0:37:28 > 0:37:31This was on the pavement and I thought, "That's ridiculous."
0:37:31 > 0:37:34It's Wincanton Dairies or Dairy Products,
0:37:34 > 0:37:39and apparently this was used in a chateau somewhere in the regions of Paris.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43And I just think it's a real cool thing. Would it have been used as a milk churn?
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Oh, I'm sure it would've been used as a milk churn, certainly.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Here's the marking here for the number of gallons and so on.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51It's just a bit of an upmarket churn, I'd say.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54Only the best for you, Mike.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58- But when did milk churns go out, then?- Around here, about 1982.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01I thought this would've been 1920s.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04Oh, well, my grandfather used churns like this.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08He'd have taken two churns to Droitwich with horse and trap to sell milk round the houses.
0:38:08 > 0:38:13I would like to get somewhere between 200 and 250 quid for it.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17- That's what I'd like to get. - I'd have to sell a lot of ice cream for that.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Yeah, but it'll make your ice cream taste better.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22What would you give me for it?
0:38:22 > 0:38:25- 150?- You've got to try a bit harder than that.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29- What do you think? - Oh, I don't know. 180?
0:38:31 > 0:38:36- It's up towards 200.- Give me 190 quid and I'll shake your hand and give you a kiss. How's that?
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- Go on.- That sounds good to me. - There you are.- That'll do.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42'And a kiss seals the deal.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45'Phil churns up a profit of £61.79
0:38:45 > 0:38:48'and that gives him a very clear lead.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52'But Christina is waiting in the wings with her last sale.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55'And no-one should underestimate The Magpie,
0:38:55 > 0:38:57'as she is a shrewd operator.
0:38:57 > 0:39:02'Everything rests on her French fashion prints from the early years of the 20th century.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04'They cost her just over £51,
0:39:04 > 0:39:07'and Christina's pulling out all the stops
0:39:07 > 0:39:10'with a three-hour journey to the capital.'
0:39:10 > 0:39:13When I saw these in Paris, I completely fell in love with them.
0:39:13 > 0:39:18I just thought they were beautiful and so representative of their time. But there were quite a lot of them.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22So I've brought them to London in the hope that they'll be slightly more scarce
0:39:22 > 0:39:24and therefore more sought after.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27'Christina has come to see fashionista Kal,
0:39:27 > 0:39:31'whose company in Marylebone sells second-hand designer labels.'
0:39:32 > 0:39:36So, Kal, you're obviously a lover of quite contemporary fashions.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Are you also a lover of vintage fashions?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42I'm a lover of anything that's beautiful.
0:39:42 > 0:39:47So whether that's a dress that was made this season
0:39:47 > 0:39:51or a vintage dress, I think it's more a case of being in love with fashion.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53So what really struck me when I first saw them
0:39:53 > 0:39:56was that even though they look quite similar,
0:39:56 > 0:40:00every little bit of detail is different and they're so beautifully made
0:40:00 > 0:40:03and constructed to fit so beautifully.
0:40:03 > 0:40:08Er, I mean, they're sort of 1904, 1905.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12So are these part of a collection, then? Since they're numbered?
0:40:12 > 0:40:15The fashion tailor would have issued this book
0:40:15 > 0:40:19which then tailors would have shown their clients, their lady clients,
0:40:19 > 0:40:24and a lady would have gone through and said, "Right, OK, I like the sleeves on this one,
0:40:24 > 0:40:28"I like this style of jacket, these buttons."
0:40:28 > 0:40:30And it would've been custom-made to fit her.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34These would've been, I suppose, the fashion shows of their day.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37- Something they presented to buyers? - Yeah, exactly.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42I was sort of hoping for maybe £30 or £40 for each of these.
0:40:42 > 0:40:47And then maybe £25, £30 for these. Something like that.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50I mean, sort of £100 to £150 would be brilliant.
0:40:50 > 0:40:55'So, what will Kal say? Are the prints the geese that lay the golden eggs,
0:40:55 > 0:41:00'or is Christina just a sitting duck? We'll find out in a moment.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04'Both our hardened hagglers started the day with £750 to spend.
0:41:04 > 0:41:09'Christina The Magpie made five purchases for £517.10.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12'Phil The Fox bought more and spent less,
0:41:12 > 0:41:15'six items for £491.45.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19'All of the profit that Phil and Christina have made from today's challenge
0:41:19 > 0:41:23'will be going to a charity of their choice. So, without further ado,
0:41:23 > 0:41:27'it's time to find out who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.'
0:41:27 > 0:41:31Good to see you. Well, Paris.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35Oh, gay Paris. I loved it. I loved Paris. It was just fantastic.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38- And I loved what I bought.- What did you buy? What was your best bit?
0:41:38 > 0:41:40My best bit, it all got a bit birdie, didn't it?
0:41:40 > 0:41:43- Yeah.- So I bought the doves and the swallows
0:41:43 > 0:41:46- and I think those are probably my favourite pieces.- Did they fly?
0:41:46 > 0:41:48I made a profit on them, I don't know whether they flew.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51- But how about you?- Well, I really...
0:41:51 > 0:41:55The milk churn was great cos I took it to people who made ice cream.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58- Oh, well done. - Some farmer friends. And they bought that, which was fantastic.
0:41:58 > 0:42:03- We'd better have a look, do you think?- Are you brave enough?
0:42:03 > 0:42:05- I'm not looking forward to this. On a count of three?- Yep.
0:42:05 > 0:42:09One, two, three! What have you done? What did I do?
0:42:09 > 0:42:13- Oh, well done!- Blimey! Oh, that's not too bad, is it?
0:42:13 > 0:42:17- Well, oh, you won. Well done.- Yeah, but it doesn't happen very often.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21- You want to watch this programme. Come on. Drink time.- Definitely.
0:42:21 > 0:42:27'So, no dressing it up, the fashion prints clearly ended in disappointment for Christina.'
0:42:27 > 0:42:30I'll offer you 70 for it, because I think we could...
0:42:30 > 0:42:33SHE SIGHS Can we go a little bit more?
0:42:33 > 0:42:36- 75.- Is that absolutely flatly it?
0:42:36 > 0:42:41- 76.- Deal.- Yay! THEY LAUGH
0:42:41 > 0:42:45'The prints make a profit of £24.72,
0:42:45 > 0:42:48'but Phil outsmarted Christina overall.'
0:42:48 > 0:42:51I absolutely loved Paris, really enjoyed the experience.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53And I happily would've kept everything that I bought.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56And even though I made consistent profits on everything I bought,
0:42:56 > 0:42:59sadly it just wasn't quite enough to beat Philip.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Well, I had some luck there, didn't I?
0:43:01 > 0:43:03What are the odds on going to Paris
0:43:03 > 0:43:06and finding an English milk churn on the pavement,
0:43:06 > 0:43:11buying it, and bringing it back home and selling it to some people who make ice cream?
0:43:11 > 0:43:13That, and my Olympic high-jumper,
0:43:13 > 0:43:15I think they saw me into the gold medal position.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19'Yes, he wins today, but will The Fox take gold again tomorrow
0:43:19 > 0:43:24'as our two beasts of the bargain lock horns at an auction in Cirencester?'
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