0:00:00 > 0:00:03This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,
0:00:03 > 0:00:07the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts
0:00:07 > 0:00:12against each other in an all-out battle for profit.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15And gives you the insider's view of the trade!
0:00:15 > 0:00:17I'm on the case.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Woo-hoo!
0:00:19 > 0:00:24Each week, duelling dealers will face a different daily challenge.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26- I'm a cheeky chancer. - Lovely!
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Putting their reputations on the line
0:00:29 > 0:00:31and giving you top tips and savvy secrets
0:00:31 > 0:00:36on how to make the most money from buying and selling.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37Let's go and spend some money!
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Get in there!
0:00:39 > 0:00:44Today, Durham's ultimate auction hero David Harper
0:00:44 > 0:00:48takes on Morecambe's daringly dapper Paul Hayes.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Coming up, Paul's overcome with auction angst.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54He seems very professional, doesn't he, David? Very serious.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Very good at his job. I'm a bit worried, to be honest.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00David is humbled by a schoolboy error.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Reading between the lines, you missed the lot, didn't you?
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- I missed the lot, yeah! - I'll let you concentrate, good luck.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Thanks, Paul. That's a great help(!)
0:01:09 > 0:01:13And we are given a masterclass in not giving up.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16- 475.- 400 quid.- 470.- 420.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19- For the sake of £40, you're going to walk away.- It's not £40.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Ah, the lovely British countryside!
0:01:38 > 0:01:43The first golden rays of the dawn sun are peaking through the trees,
0:01:43 > 0:01:46painting picturesque English villages with colours
0:01:46 > 0:01:50straight from mother nature's majestic palette.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52But get ready to run for cover, folks,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55because the heavens are about to open
0:01:55 > 0:02:01as two giants of the antiques trade appear glowering like storm-clouds on the horizon.
0:02:01 > 0:02:07First up, the sky darkens as 'Devilish' David Harper appears.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12God of lightning purchasing and reigning monarch of profit.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Next, a low rumbling heralds the arrival
0:02:15 > 0:02:18of Paul 'Mr Morecambe' Hayes.
0:02:18 > 0:02:24The trim tempest who pin-points his targets and bags them faster than a bolt from the blue.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29Today, these storming giants will be battling it out to see who ends up with the greatest profit.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33They've descended on Wotton Auction Rooms in Gloucestershire
0:02:33 > 0:02:37to see who can gather the best bargains and prove themselves the better dealer.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40They've each got £1,000 of their own money to spend
0:02:40 > 0:02:44and all the profits go to their chosen charities.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46David Harper and Paul Hayes,
0:02:46 > 0:02:50it's time to put your money where your mouth is.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- Good morning, David. - Good morning, Paul.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54What a lovely, beautiful morning.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Isn't this fantastic? It's quite a way for me and you.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Quite a way. A nice part of the world, Gloucestershire.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- Have you got a strategy? - Not really. Same as ever.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Seat of my pants, Paul.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Turn up with a bit of money and do the best you possibly can.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12- But I have a cunning plan. - What is that?- I am not going to reveal it to you.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- Really?- Good luck, David. - See you in a bit.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18These two may be all sunny smiles and breezy backslapping
0:03:18 > 0:03:19but don't let that fool you.
0:03:19 > 0:03:25The forecast today shows there's a perfect bidding storm heading this way.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Our boys bluster their way into the auction room and begin to hunt down the best lots.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Behind that charming veneer, Paul is quietly determined.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Believe it or not, I do have a little strategy.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40I've found from experience, when you come to an auction house like this,
0:03:40 > 0:03:42where everything is online,
0:03:42 > 0:03:47there will be a job lot of items which they can't describe.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51I'm looking for a hidden gem amongst the bric-a-brac.
0:03:51 > 0:03:57And so Paul begins methodically rifling through every nook and cranny for hidden delights,
0:03:57 > 0:03:58but what of David?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Is his fortune-finding strategy
0:04:01 > 0:04:04really as frivolous as he's making out?
0:04:04 > 0:04:08I can tell you, honestly, my strategy really is seat of my pants.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11That is the only way you can do it.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16You can't go out with a shopping list, you've got to be open minded.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19That's quite enough about your pants, David.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23It's not long until our two competitors must clash on the auction floor,
0:04:23 > 0:04:24and every second counts
0:04:24 > 0:04:28when it comes to pin-pointing those potential purchases.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Paul is the first to spot a pair of pop-art prints.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35These two items - I spotted these online.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38They are by Michael English, 1972.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41He had a place on King's Road in London.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42It was a big nightclub
0:04:42 > 0:04:45and these used to adorn that nightclub as part of a series.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47What you have to watch with prints,
0:04:47 > 0:04:52or anything with a frame, is to make sure it's not damp.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Make sure the veneer hasn't lifted off the top.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59I'll put my toe in the water and have a go at this one.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Always one to shoe in an old joke is our Paul.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04He's first to mark his catalogue,
0:05:04 > 0:05:08but David has spotted something he'd be honoured to walk away with.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12This is the great thing about this business, you never stop learning.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Some things make you do a double take
0:05:14 > 0:05:17and start to wonder and scratch your head.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Take that! MBE. What do you think of? Member of the British Empire?
0:05:21 > 0:05:25No, surely there can't be a medal in there?
0:05:25 > 0:05:30But here we are, handling I believe an MBE!
0:05:30 > 0:05:34It's from Garrard & Co, silversmiths to the King.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38It's got instructions here on how to wear your MBE
0:05:38 > 0:05:40and it's the kind of thing
0:05:40 > 0:05:43that could take you on a very interesting journey.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47The MBE has got David's patriotic heart pounding,
0:05:47 > 0:05:50but he isn't the only one getting regal.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53This is a really interesting item.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58This commemorates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee of 1897.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59Isn't that beautiful?
0:05:59 > 0:06:03It tells the story of one of the most lavish parades
0:06:03 > 0:06:05that ever was for our dear Queen.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10You'd think these two were after knighthoods, the way they're carrying on.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12They're both vying for glory in this competition
0:06:12 > 0:06:16and it looks like Paul's psychological warfare is having an effect.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Paul Hayes says he's got a plan!
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Oh, come on, I haven't met anyone in my life that has a plan.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26I've never, ever had a plan. Let's see if he has a plan.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29I don't think he does and if he does, I bet it's rubbish.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32That's fighting talk from the devilish one
0:06:32 > 0:06:35but will his own lack of tactics pay off
0:06:35 > 0:06:37or turn out to be his Achilles heel?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Unfazed by his opponent,
0:06:39 > 0:06:44Paul uncovers his next noteworthy item.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48These are pianola rolls. I love these things, look at that.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52You can have all sorts of classical music playing away there.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Nowadays, you can have these remade,
0:06:54 > 0:06:58so people are making them with more contemporary tunes.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02What I like about these is that they are all music of the day,
0:07:02 > 0:07:07dance halls, classical things from the early 1900s, late nineteenth century.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Mechanical music, I'm interested in that, so we'll have a go at them.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15£50 for 70 of them. If I sell them for £1 each, I'm doing all right.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19With bidding about to begin, our two tornados of antiques expertise
0:07:19 > 0:07:23find their places and hunker down for the buying blizzard ahead.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27But who will be the first to get things started?
0:07:27 > 0:07:31It's Paul as he bids on a Victorian floral jardiniere
0:07:31 > 0:07:34with an estimated price of £60-80.
0:07:34 > 0:07:3840 I'm bid, 45 I'm bid, 50, £50 I'm bid.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Anybody moving it along? Are you all happy with that? £50 this time.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44I think I know just the place that's going to want that.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47I don't like it when he's buying and I'm not.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50After fees, the jardiniere costs Paul £60
0:07:50 > 0:07:54but is he as pleased when he gets to take a closer look?
0:07:54 > 0:07:57I bought a late-19th-century jardiniere.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00The problem is, it has had a little damage on the bottom.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04But on a size this big, who cares? It's such a visual item to have.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07But it has been decorated in the impasto style,
0:08:07 > 0:08:10which is a very thick slip decoration,
0:08:10 > 0:08:12where the flowers almost seem real.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16I might invest another tenner and put an aspidistra in there.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18I think you've got a great visual item.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22With that first purchase, Paul takes control of the game.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25David's waiting to strike back but before he has a chance,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Paul's bidding for item number two.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32While I was looking round, there was a pottery jug of Widdicombe Fair.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37At 15, at 18 I'm bid. 20 I'm bid, 22.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- 25, 28, 30. - Go on, Paul, I know you want it.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43At £32 I am bid. At the back at £32 I am bid.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Anybody moving in at £32?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Sold at 32. 1376.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51The musical ale jug was estimated at £30-£40.
0:08:51 > 0:08:56It's Paul's for £38.40 after fees and our boy's delighted with it.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02There we are, so what I've bought is a fantastic 1920s musical jug.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Unfortunately, the movement doesn't seem to be working
0:09:06 > 0:09:08but I think it might need a bit of TLC.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10But I would love to find out more about the Widdicombe Fair
0:09:10 > 0:09:12and it rings a bell.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Wasn't there an ex-politician called Widdecombe?
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Answer your phone, Ann, I've got just the thing for you.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Let's hope she hasn't blocked your number, Paul.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25With his jardiniere and musical jug, Paul's taken an early lead,
0:09:25 > 0:09:28but David has got a sniff of his first prey.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32With an estimated price of £20-£25,
0:09:32 > 0:09:35it's a Yorkshire-made ashtray that's gone astray.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Now it's an interesting one. This is a Mouseman-carved ashtray.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Here we are in the south-west of England.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45It was made in the north-east of England,
0:09:45 > 0:09:48not far from me, and I want to take him home.
0:09:48 > 0:09:5332, 35, 38, 40, 45.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57At £45. 50, 55, 60.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59And five, £65 at the back of the room.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Any advance on £65? Standing at the back at 65.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07David catches the Mouseman ashtray for £78.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10He's gaining ground but can he make it even
0:10:10 > 0:10:12by winning that MBE that he so desperately wants?
0:10:15 > 0:10:19What is all this about? This is what I like about this business.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23This is what gets me going. Exciting, interesting things. Here we are.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25But then disaster strikes!
0:10:28 > 0:10:30David was so busy talking,
0:10:30 > 0:10:33he failed to look up before the hammer came down,
0:10:33 > 0:10:37meaning he's missed the lot and his opportunity to get an MBE.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42No! I can't believe it, the MBE badge, I've lost it, I've missed it.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Didn't even get a chance to bid on it.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Paul, I'm not going to go for that MBE badge now.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52- Right, oh, why?- I don't know. Gone off it.- I quite liked it actually.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56- Did you?- I thought it was cheap. - No. You find them everywhere, charity shops.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59I thought there's no point in me having something
0:10:59 > 0:11:00that everybody else has got,
0:11:00 > 0:11:04so I thought I'll just leave it and went into a daydream.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Reading between the lines, you missed the lot, didn't you?
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- I missed the lot, yeah. - I'll let you concentrate.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Thanks, Paul. Thanks a lot(!) Great help, thank you.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Having torn straight through David's tissue of lies,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Paul remains in the lead in this bidding battle.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20But next up is a vintage watch
0:11:20 > 0:11:24from a maker favoured by a certain gentleman spy.
0:11:24 > 0:11:30Estimated at £300-£350, David could be in double-o-heaven
0:11:30 > 0:11:33if he manages to get it for the right price.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38One of my many interests in this business is vintage watches.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40I absolutely adore them.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44Coming up is a real classic. It's an Omega Seamaster.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47First produced in 1947 and still being produced
0:11:47 > 0:11:52and made famous in the 1990s by James Bond when he dumped his Rolex.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56At £300-£350, it is a lot of money but I want it.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01Wish myself some luck here. I will try and concentrate.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05At 220, 240, 260, 280, 300.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Any bidding over £300?
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Go on, give it to me. Give it to me.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Thank you very much. £300. Marvellous.
0:12:13 > 0:12:20The watch winds up with David for a sizeable £360 including costs.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23He's impressed with his purchase.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24It's got the silvered face.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Got the date which is absolutely brilliant.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31It has got the original winder and a non-original strap
0:12:31 > 0:12:32and it's called the Seamaster
0:12:32 > 0:12:35because it's meant to go deep-sea diving.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37It's all boys adventure territory.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40That is a real sports watch
0:12:40 > 0:12:44but very tastefully done indeed.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46She's a beauty.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51Well, it's not often you see a grown man kissing his ticker.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54We're half way through the day's bidding and what a start.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56With the trauma of David's missing MBE
0:12:56 > 0:12:59and some punchy purchases from Paul,
0:12:59 > 0:13:01our boys come together to compare notes.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05- Oh, look at you, looking all studious.- I'm doing my homework.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- Hiya, how's it going?- I need all the help I can get.- Me too.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Lot 27, my career, no bids.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Have you got your eye on something?
0:13:13 > 0:13:16A few things but as ever, things come and go.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17They are too expensive.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20I don't know what's wrong with my brain. It's not firing, Paul.
0:13:20 > 0:13:25- Do you know what you need?- What? - A nice cup of tea and a piece of Victoria sponge.- Seriously?
0:13:25 > 0:13:29While the boys take tea and cake, let's find out who's riding high on cloud nine
0:13:29 > 0:13:32and who's left feeling under the weather.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37David and Paul each started the day with £1,000 of their own money.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42David has bought two items so far, spending £438.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46This leaves him with £562 still to spend.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Paul got off to a flying start but has spent less,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53£98.40 on two lots,
0:13:53 > 0:13:57leaving him with £901.60 to play with.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01It's the eye of the storm and time for our two titanic traders
0:14:01 > 0:14:05to blow back inside for yet more bidding and buying.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Keen to take the lead, David is quick off the mark,
0:14:08 > 0:14:11when a little bird catches his eye
0:14:11 > 0:14:14with an estimated value of £50-£60.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19Coming up is a quirky novelty, interesting little thing.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22It's an inkwell but it is more than an inkwell,
0:14:22 > 0:14:24it is in the shape of a song bird
0:14:24 > 0:14:27which makes it sweet and interesting.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Got to be CHEEP, I'm going to have a go.
0:14:29 > 0:14:3332, 35, 38. 40 I'm bid. 42.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Everybody wants it. I can't believe it.
0:14:36 > 0:14:3945 I'm bid. 48. 50 I'm bid.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40At £50 I'm bid, back row.
0:14:40 > 0:14:4450 quid for an odd little songbird but he is really sweet.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Give it to me. Marvellous, marvellous, marvellous, marvellous!
0:14:48 > 0:14:52David cages the bird for £60 including costs
0:14:52 > 0:14:56but will he fly away with a soaring profit when he comes to sell it?
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Don't you think he is gorgeous? No fantastic age -
0:14:59 > 0:15:03I can tell by its weight and the casting. It feels still sharp.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06But well-detailed in his feathers.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Probably French or German.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11No markings on him. Absolutely delicious.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15I have no idea who I'm going to sell him to.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19With the inkwell bird, David flies into the lead
0:15:19 > 0:15:24and his newly-found focus is beginning to give his rival cause for concern.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27He seems like a professional, doesn't he, David? Very serious.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31Very good at his job. I'm a bit worried, to be honest.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32And worried he should be
0:15:32 > 0:15:37because it's not long before David bags a vintage car headlamp.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39After fees it costs him £120
0:15:39 > 0:15:43but will it light the way in this competition?
0:15:43 > 0:15:48This is the vintage Ford model 666.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53Ha, ha, ha! Mr Harper's favourite figure.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55A devilish number there.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Made by E&J Detroit, Michigan.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01That is just screaming 1920s, 1930s.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04That would make a great table piece.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06The lamp puts David ahead
0:16:06 > 0:16:10and he leaps further into the lead with a job lot of animal ornaments.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15A frog prince and a pair of decorative deer are added to his haul,
0:16:15 > 0:16:20costing David £78 after fees, so what attracted him to them?
0:16:22 > 0:16:27Check this little lot out for a pair of major contrasts.
0:16:27 > 0:16:34We have got a really pretty Art Deco bronze deer with her fawn
0:16:34 > 0:16:37and then behind we have got the monstrosity
0:16:37 > 0:16:40of a Prince frog with his crown on.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Again he falls into the category of being so ugly,
0:16:44 > 0:16:46he's sort of attractive.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49The Art Deco piece. Doesn't everybody love Art Deco?
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Don't you love Art Deco?
0:16:51 > 0:16:55I need to find someone who really loves Art Deco.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58So Paul's not the only one with anxieties it seems!
0:16:58 > 0:17:02Mr Morecambe is determined to claw the game back.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04He's focussing on a new target,
0:17:04 > 0:17:08a stereoscopic viewer with an estimated value of £50-£60.
0:17:08 > 0:17:1365, 70 there. Five, at 75 at the back of the room.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18- 1376 at £75. Your bid, sir. - Yeah, I got one.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21The stereoscopic viewer costs Paul £90
0:17:21 > 0:17:23and the blue-eyed boy is chuffed!
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Do you know what?
0:17:24 > 0:17:28I think these are the most under-rated items you can find.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32When you go back to the 19th century, they really were a novelty.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35It was the first time you could capture a real image.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Lots of amateur photographers used to do that.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40They would have a special camera
0:17:40 > 0:17:42which would take a picture in stereo.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44The camera would have two lenses,
0:17:44 > 0:17:46they would be at slightly different angles apart.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Takes the same view but when you put them through a viewer,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52they seem to be in stereo, or three dimensions.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55It's one of those antiques which is useable.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59I haven't shown you the marvellous rosewood 19th-century viewer.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02The idea is that you'd hold it up to the window
0:18:02 > 0:18:04and using this contraption here,
0:18:04 > 0:18:07it reflects the mirror to give the eyes more light.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10I'm going to have great fun going through them
0:18:10 > 0:18:13and seeing these images from a time gone by.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18Snap-happy Paul is catching up but David's fighting back.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22Having missed the MBE when it went under the hammer earlier,
0:18:22 > 0:18:27the Devilish One has brought about a breath-taking reversal of fortune.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31This is the object that I missed out on in the saleroom
0:18:31 > 0:18:33and I haven't just borrowed it,
0:18:33 > 0:18:35I now own it.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Luckily for me, the guy that bought it, I found out who it was,
0:18:39 > 0:18:46and I've just bought an original MBE for £140.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48I'm very proud to have such a thing
0:18:48 > 0:18:52and I will wear it on special occasions
0:18:52 > 0:18:56with great pride and great honour, until I sell it.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Arise, Sir David, decorated at last!
0:19:00 > 0:19:03He might be resting on his laurels
0:19:03 > 0:19:08but young pretender Paul is bidding for the set of pianola rolls
0:19:08 > 0:19:09estimated at £50-£60.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14Any advance on 22? 25, 28, 30. five.
0:19:14 > 0:19:19But Paul's got competition, a rival bidder is also after the rolls.
0:19:19 > 0:19:2270, five. 80, five.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27At 85 at the back, any advance on £85? 1376.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29All that music of generations
0:19:29 > 0:19:32ready to be played on the very first CD player.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34I think it's fantastic.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36It's music to Paul's ears
0:19:36 > 0:19:40when he gets the pianola rolls for £102 including costs.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Paul's on a roll and also snaps up the pair of 1970s pictures
0:19:44 > 0:19:48he spotted earlier, setting him back £72.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52I put my toe in the water.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Good to see that you're recycling the jokes, Paul.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59And as the sun starts to slowly sink in the sky,
0:19:59 > 0:20:03David sets his sights on a pair of early-19th-century silhouettes,
0:20:03 > 0:20:06estimated at £100-£120.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Take a chance. 50 I'm only bid. 55, 60, 65.
0:20:09 > 0:20:1170, 75.
0:20:11 > 0:20:1480, the pair I'm bid. At £80.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17You're finished with them all at £80?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19I like them, they were cheap.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22The silhouette miniatures cost £96 after fees
0:20:22 > 0:20:26but, on closer inspection, will they raise David's profile?
0:20:26 > 0:20:29You know, they always say it's better to have good pair
0:20:29 > 0:20:33and here is a great example of a super pair
0:20:33 > 0:20:37of early-19th-century silhouettes in their original frame
0:20:37 > 0:20:40with the oak-leaf brass ormolu hanging mounts.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41Again, all intact.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Remaining together is absolutely fantastic.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48There has to be a profit, probably 50% profit,
0:20:48 > 0:20:53because there are always people looking for silhouettes
0:20:53 > 0:20:55and especially a pair.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58With time running out before the final hammer falls,
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Paul decides to make a play for the commemorative Queen Victoria
0:21:01 > 0:21:05diamond jubilee book that's estimated at £15-£20.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09The next lot is the London Illustrated News,
0:21:09 > 0:21:13the commemorative for Queen Victoria 1897, her diamond jubilee.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16OK, I think I'll have a go at this,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18in at £15-£20 which sounds a bargain.
0:21:18 > 0:21:2120, 22, 25, 28, 30.
0:21:21 > 0:21:2332. Five? £35 this time.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27So I bought that and it's a real piece of history.
0:21:27 > 0:21:291897, sounds a good lot that.
0:21:29 > 0:21:35The book costs Paul the princely sum of £40.83 including fees.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Both our boys have fought hard at today's auction
0:21:38 > 0:21:41but it's Paul who makes the final purchase
0:21:41 > 0:21:44to bring this whirlwind of bidding to a close.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Our two challengers each started the day
0:21:47 > 0:21:49with £1,000 of their own money to spend.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52David Harper said he would be flying by the seat of his pants
0:21:52 > 0:21:58and finishes with seven items, almost blowing his budget at £932.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Paul Hayes went in with a clear strategy and ends the day
0:22:01 > 0:22:06with six items costing him a much more modest £403.23.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09But it's not about who's spent the most.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13It's about who can make the biggest profit.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16After the dust settles from the avalanche of auctioneering,
0:22:16 > 0:22:20our bargain hurricanes settle to compare their day's haul.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25If there ever was a time where I'd like to swap some items...
0:22:25 > 0:22:29- Oh, stop it. Stop being modest. - Would you like 70 pianola rolls?
0:22:29 > 0:22:32That is quite amazing, that is one collection.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34I wanted to ask you, though, I thought you didn't buy the MBE?
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- What's going on? - No, no, there's a story there.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40I don't know whether it's legal but I've awarded myself an MBE.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Does that mean I have to call you Sir David now?
0:22:42 > 0:22:46- Well, why not.- Or Sir Harper? - Sir Harper will do, MBE.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48What's your favourite object?
0:22:48 > 0:22:52My favourite object probably... The jardiniere, we won't mention that.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55- I love it!- But I do like these stereoscopic viewers,
0:22:55 > 0:22:56I've always loved these items.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59My favourite buy has to be the pianola rolls.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01You're not going to sing to them by any chance?
0:23:01 > 0:23:05I can sing two songs. I can sing badly or somewhere else!
0:23:05 > 0:23:07- Somewhere else. - Good luck to you, mate.- Thank you.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13The sky's clear with the buying over
0:23:13 > 0:23:15but there's a cold front moving in
0:23:15 > 0:23:18as the selling storm is set to descend.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22The frantic bidding is now a distant memory
0:23:22 > 0:23:24and pales in comparison
0:23:24 > 0:23:25to the out-and-out effort
0:23:25 > 0:23:28that must go into the second half of this competition,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31when it's the biggest profit that will secure a win.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Hayes and Harper now head home to assess their acquisitions.
0:23:36 > 0:23:43Back in Morecambe, how is Paul predicting his purchases will fare?
0:23:43 > 0:23:46On the whole, I'm delighted with what I've brought back.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49The pianola rolls, I think these are fantastic bits of musical history.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53The jardiniere, I know somebody that has a very large Victorian parlour
0:23:53 > 0:23:56which is a very similar colour to this.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58These are a little bit out of my comfort zone,
0:23:58 > 0:24:01this sort of modern retro 1970s era.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04But that does tend to be where the market is.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07The Widdicombe jug, hopefully I can go to Widdicombe.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Stereoscopic viewers, a thing of the past. We're in a 3D age now,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14but these were fascinating items when they first came out.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Lastly, the book, which is a celebration
0:24:17 > 0:24:20of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, 1897.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23You've got two collectors there, people that collect books
0:24:23 > 0:24:26and people that are interested in Royal memorabilia.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31I've gone from 1897 to 1977 all in one shop, how fantastic is that?
0:24:31 > 0:24:33So Paul is feeling positive
0:24:33 > 0:24:37but how's David doing in his County Durham digs?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Well, I think that's quite a good selection.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42The MBE badge is absolutely fascinating.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Early-20th-century car lamp,
0:24:44 > 0:24:47that I'm hoping will take me on a nice interesting journey.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Mouseman, well, he's back home.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51The two miniatures, fantastic.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55Proper Georgian pieces. I've got an idea of where they might go.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58The bird I think is hilarious.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01The watch, you know I absolutely adore watches.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04The two pieces together, the two bronzes,
0:25:04 > 0:25:06the period Art Deco style, very traditional.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08And then the wild and funky frog.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11When I first saw him I thought he was absolutely monstrous
0:25:11 > 0:25:13and he did remind me of Paul Hayes, bizarrely!
0:25:13 > 0:25:19So, to sum up, a great collection and not one pianola roll in sight.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Fighting talk from David there
0:25:21 > 0:25:24but which of our tussling tornados will make enough money
0:25:24 > 0:25:26to elevate them to victory?
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Remember, no deal is truly sealed until the money is in their hands!
0:25:32 > 0:25:33DUCK QUACKS
0:25:33 > 0:25:35David is the first to make a move
0:25:35 > 0:25:39when he invites good contact and fierce barterer, Anthony,
0:25:39 > 0:25:41to his shop, hoping to wind up in profit
0:25:41 > 0:25:46by selling the vintage wristwatch that cost him £360.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- '70s? '60s? - Well done, it's the '60s.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Non-restored, it's never been restored.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55And the crown has a stamp as well, so it is the original crown.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59- And not a fake?- Oh, please, please!
0:25:59 > 0:26:03Right. David, I like the watch. Let's do a deal, David, please.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06- 480.- No, 400 and that's it.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10- I'm not going higher.- I can't. - You can do this, David. £400.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12- 475.- No, £400.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- 475.- £400.- 470?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17- 420.- 465.- 420.
0:26:17 > 0:26:22- 465.- 425 and we're done.- 460. - No, that's too much.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25For the sake of £40 you're going to walk away?
0:26:25 > 0:26:29It's not £40. All right, 440 and let's compromise on it now.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Yes, you can have it for 440. You can.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36But you can't have the box because I can sell than for £25.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- Take the box out... - Oh, no, David, you can't do that.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Box gone, forget the box. You have the watch, 440.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45I tell you what, why don't you take the innards out
0:26:45 > 0:26:47and just give me the shell?
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- 450, there's profit in that.- 450. - Good man, thank you very much.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Oh, my. Let me sit down.
0:26:52 > 0:26:57After a colossal price war, David makes a profit of £90 for the watch.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00But he can't rest on his laurels for long.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Paul is next up, as he tries to make a Royal profit
0:27:04 > 0:27:07from the Queen Victoria jubilee book.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11Take a page out of my book, these sort of books are really collectable
0:27:11 > 0:27:14and I've brought it along to a Royal memorabilia collector
0:27:14 > 0:27:16here in Chorley in Lancashire.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Paul paid £40.83 for the book and hopes that collector Neil
0:27:21 > 0:27:23will be suitably impressed with it.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29It's very nice because it's got the leather which makes it look nicer.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32The gilt on the side is very still, very strong.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35And there's no big splits. What tends to happen...
0:27:35 > 0:27:38And also the hinges inside, I always look at the hinges just inside.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42When you see these illustrations and take a look at the skill,
0:27:42 > 0:27:45it's just superb, isn't it? Look at that.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48So, could you see maybe £70 for that?
0:27:48 > 0:27:50- No, that's a little bit too much. - Is it?
0:27:50 > 0:27:53I'd be looking to pay somewhere around £55 for it.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- How does that..? - 55? I'm trying to do the maths here.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59I wonder how much £55 was in 1897?
0:27:59 > 0:28:01A fortune. You could buy a house.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03You can't make it around £60?
0:28:04 > 0:28:06- Because it is the 60 years of reign. - Yeah.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10- Does that sound good? - I'll go to £60.- Thank you so much.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15The handshake secures Paul a profit of £19.17.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18David isn't one to be overtaken,
0:28:18 > 0:28:22as he drives to North Yorkshire hoping to flog the car headlamp.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26Well, this car lamp, I've got to tell you, is fascinating.
0:28:26 > 0:28:31My research has told me that it's actually much earlier than I thought.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34The early years of the 20th century, made for Ford,
0:28:34 > 0:28:39but made for one of the world's most iconic cars ever.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41It's the Ford Model T.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44What I've done, I've contacted a Ford Model T owner
0:28:44 > 0:28:46here in Hawes in North Yorkshire
0:28:46 > 0:28:49who's interested in looking at this thing
0:28:49 > 0:28:52and he has an exceptionally beautiful Ford Model T.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54HORN HONKS
0:28:54 > 0:28:59At auction, David paid £120 for the headlamp so will it shine out enough
0:28:59 > 0:29:02to convince Ford-Model-T-owner Geoff to buy it?
0:29:03 > 0:29:05- Geoff.- Good to see you.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Good to see you as well but even better,
0:29:07 > 0:29:09good to see that Ford Model T.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11- Isn't she beautiful? - She's a grand car.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14I bought this in auction, what do you know about that?
0:29:14 > 0:29:18- This is an original lamp. I mean, they do reproduce...- Do they?
0:29:18 > 0:29:20..another lamp exactly the same as this.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22So, how much are you going to ask me then?
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Well, I thought a couple of hundred quid-ish. Maybe 220?
0:29:25 > 0:29:28- About 160, I think.- Ooh, ouch!
0:29:28 > 0:29:31- 210.- 170.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37- Meet me in the middle, 190. - 170, we'll split it.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39- 180.- Deal.- Good man.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43It's gone to a good home and that's just as important as anything else.
0:29:43 > 0:29:48David drives a hard bargain and the headlamp brings in a profit of £60
0:29:48 > 0:29:51and he gets a lift back in time thrown in for free.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Well, this is absolutely marvellous.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56It's the first time I've ever been in a Model T
0:29:56 > 0:30:00and all down to that lovely lamp and made a bit of money too.
0:30:00 > 0:30:05This is something straight out of a 1920s movie.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Or Laurel and Hardy even! Laurel, take it away.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11LAUREL AND HARDY THEME TUNE PLAYS
0:30:12 > 0:30:15Paul's also harking back to a bygone era
0:30:15 > 0:30:19as he heads to a vintage postcard and print shop in Brighton
0:30:19 > 0:30:23to see whether shop owner, Robert, will buy his stereoscopic viewer
0:30:23 > 0:30:26and slides, which cost him £90.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30How desirable are these? Have a look through those, I'll hold this.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33I'll have a quick look. These are a little bit earlier than postcards
0:30:33 > 0:30:37and mostly Victorian. They do go into the Edwardian time as well.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40They did come with this particular viewer, and that's in with the parcel.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44Would somebody come looking for this or would they have this already?
0:30:44 > 0:30:46- I think most collectors would have a viewer.- OK.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50There are collectors of the actual viewers.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54- I feel about £70, I'd probably pay. - Right.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57- That's without the viewer. - Oh, right. OK.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00- So shall we shake on that? - Shall we shake on that?
0:31:00 > 0:31:03That sounds fine to me, thank you very much.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Paul sells the slides for £70
0:31:05 > 0:31:09but despite some painstaking research into selling the lot,
0:31:09 > 0:31:13only manages to add another £20 when he sells the viewer,
0:31:13 > 0:31:16meaning he ends up nearly breaking even.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Keen to push up his profits, Paul steps up a gear
0:31:22 > 0:31:26and sells the Victorian jardiniere to a buyer looking to sell it on
0:31:26 > 0:31:30and watches his £60 investment blossom into a £15 profit.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35David is also doing well.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40When he bought the Art Deco deer and bronze frog he paid £78.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44He speedily sells the deer to a shop customer for £100,
0:31:44 > 0:31:48proving the price he paid certainly wasn't TOO DEAR!
0:31:48 > 0:31:52Next he turns his attention to the frog prince.
0:31:52 > 0:31:53Isn't he handsome, don't you think?
0:31:53 > 0:31:57Really good-looking fella. Frog's not too bad either.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00He's got a crown on his head there. He's made out of solid bronze.
0:32:00 > 0:32:06He is drawing the attention from a very young art dealer from London,
0:32:06 > 0:32:09called Catalina, and she's on her way to see him.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12But will the ugly frog serve up a handsome profit?
0:32:12 > 0:32:17Now, Catalina, have you ever seen anything so wonderful as that?
0:32:17 > 0:32:19I don't think I have.
0:32:19 > 0:32:24- You've seen a picture of him.- Yes, I have, but in real life I'm amazed.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27- Really? Is that in a good way or a bad way?- A really good way.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31- I think he is the Frog Prince.- He is, that's why I came up to see him.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33Oh, he is, definitely.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Now, price-wise, around £80-ish.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38I was thinking 50.
0:32:39 > 0:32:44How can someone who loves something so much only pay £50 for it?
0:32:44 > 0:32:46- 70.- No.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48What do you mean?
0:32:48 > 0:32:52- 60.- £60. Marvellous. Thank you very much.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58Selling the frog for £60 brings the total profit for the lot
0:32:58 > 0:33:03to an impressive £82, meaning Paul needs to do some catching up.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Unfortunately, he only manages to make
0:33:06 > 0:33:08a £3 profit on his 1970s posters
0:33:08 > 0:33:12when he sells them to retro- furniture-shop owners, Ben and Emma.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19Paul's latest sale brings us to the halfway point
0:33:19 > 0:33:21of this daring display of salesmanship,
0:33:21 > 0:33:24so let's find out who's racking up a princely profit
0:33:24 > 0:33:28and who's serving up a pauper's portion.
0:33:28 > 0:33:33David Harper has so far made four sales making a profit of £232.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Paul Hayes has also done four deals
0:33:36 > 0:33:40but his profit margin is a mere £37.17.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Paul badly needs to sell, sell, sell,
0:33:46 > 0:33:49but it's David who gets going next.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52He sells his Georgian silhouette miniatures to collector Roger
0:33:52 > 0:33:57for £150, making a handsome profit of £54.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59And there's no stopping him now!
0:33:59 > 0:34:03One of David's regulars, Ronnie, has seen the bird inkwell
0:34:03 > 0:34:06and he wants it but when it comes to doing a haggle, he's away,
0:34:06 > 0:34:10so his mother-in-law Lynette has stepped in.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13- So, Lynette, are you in charge of Ronnie's money?- Always.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17Ho-ho! The mother-in-law, eh! What do you think of the dicky?
0:34:17 > 0:34:21I think its gorgeous. Very detailed, very pretty.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24So, Lynette, what do you reckon?
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Never having seen one before, I think maybe...
0:34:29 > 0:34:33- ..85.- Oh, my gosh! Where did that come from? That's a bombshell.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Seriously?
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Well, yeah, well, OK.
0:34:37 > 0:34:3895.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42Because it's you, 110?
0:34:44 > 0:34:46- OK.- Happy?- Yes.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Lynette, thank you very much.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51The bird inkwell pecks up a perky profit of £50,
0:34:51 > 0:34:54meaning David's squealing with delight.
0:34:54 > 0:34:55CHEERS
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Full of confidence, he returns to Barnard Castle
0:35:00 > 0:35:03where he's hoping decorative-arts-dealer John
0:35:03 > 0:35:07will like his £78 wooden ashtray enough to provide a profit.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09# Oh, yeah. #
0:35:09 > 0:35:11He's nice, isn't he? Really nice.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15Looking at this, I think, you know, it's not very old,
0:35:15 > 0:35:16about seven years old I believe.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20Obviously, I think we'll be going down to some money transaction.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23- Are you trying to..? - Of course. £100.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25£100. David, I'll put you right.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27I've got some Mouseman ashtrays in the window
0:35:27 > 0:35:30- and I'm retailing them at 75.- Oh.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33So, I've got to come lower than that.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35I'm looking at about 50.
0:35:35 > 0:35:36- What?!- 50.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39I would like to see one of these £75-ers in the window.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41I want to compare my beauty to those.
0:35:41 > 0:35:47OK, I would say mine has a more glorious colour.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50You can see the raise. I think it's a nicer cut of oak,
0:35:50 > 0:35:54I've got a bigger mouse. He's a well-fed mouse compared to
0:35:54 > 0:35:55your skinny little number here.
0:35:55 > 0:36:01Obviously your price and my price, so I'll push it up to 65.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05Make it 80, which is my money back and a couple of pounds.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07OK, 70, then. That's me losing money, you know.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10You're losing money but things happen that way.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12There's winners and losers in life.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Look at you with that big grin on your face.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18David makes a loss of £8 on the ashtray but,
0:36:18 > 0:36:23being no stranger to risk, it will take more than this to get him down.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26You've just got to take the losses and get on
0:36:26 > 0:36:29and make sure you make more profits than losses.
0:36:31 > 0:36:35Over in Gloucester, Paul has used his expertise to locate
0:36:35 > 0:36:36the perfect man to assess
0:36:36 > 0:36:39his purchase of the antique pianola rolls -
0:36:39 > 0:36:44Keith Harding, who owns a shop and museum specialising in mechanical music.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47How do they actually work? How do they get the piano to work?
0:36:47 > 0:36:51The best way is to show you. There's a thing here called a tracker bar.
0:36:51 > 0:36:56Basically there are 88 holes so that when a hole in the tracker bar
0:36:56 > 0:37:01is uncovered by a hole in the music, those are the notes, you see?
0:37:01 > 0:37:05When air can be sucked through the hole it operates a little motor
0:37:05 > 0:37:09which hits the hammers onto the strings...
0:37:09 > 0:37:11And magically plays the piano.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15That's amazing. Right, so this is the moment of truth.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18It's the first time in 80 years and it'll be wonderful to hear
0:37:18 > 0:37:20what it sounded like.
0:37:24 > 0:37:29Whilst he's there, chancer Paul has a go at flogging the rolls to Keith.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33We're not looking to buy large quantities ourselves
0:37:33 > 0:37:35because we've already got plenty.
0:37:35 > 0:37:36How many do you have in stock?
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Oh, several thousand I should think!
0:37:40 > 0:37:41No joy there then.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Undeterred, Paul sets about searching
0:37:44 > 0:37:47and researching for a buyer to provide a profit.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49But in spite of his best efforts,
0:37:49 > 0:37:53he eventually has to settle with a price of £50 from a collector,
0:37:53 > 0:37:57meaning he makes a catastrophic loss of £52.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00But Paul is a true trooper
0:38:00 > 0:38:04and whilst he's in Gloucester tries for his next musical sale.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Now then, do you remember this Widdicombe Fair jug?
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Well, it's now fully working,
0:38:08 > 0:38:10I managed to get the movement working,
0:38:10 > 0:38:13so it's a great complete 1920s musical jug.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15I mentioned it to a friend of mine
0:38:15 > 0:38:17who has a stall in this antique centre here.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20She's very interested in it but she is a little bit camera shy
0:38:20 > 0:38:24so her friend Ruth, hopefully, is going to act on her behalf
0:38:24 > 0:38:26and buy it for her, with a bit of luck.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29Paul bought the ale jug for £38.40
0:38:29 > 0:38:33and is hoping for a Widdicombe Fair profit on the sale.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38- So has she left you any instructions?- She has.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- Right, go on. - Do you know how old it is?
0:38:40 > 0:38:43- About 1920.- Right, OK. - I was hoping for around £50.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46OK, right. She hasn't left me £50.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50- Well, she has left me £45. - That's what she had in mind?
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Erm, do you know what? There's a saying in this job
0:38:53 > 0:38:56that one bid is worth a thousand lookers on.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59If she wants it for that and you're happy to act on her behalf...
0:38:59 > 0:39:02- Yes, absolutely.- We shall shake on that then. Thank you very much.
0:39:02 > 0:39:07Paul makes a modest profit of £6.60 on the jug.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12David is down to his final crucial item - the MBE.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Now, as you know, this really threw me.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20Seeing an MBE in an auction, to me, just felt not quite right.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23I didn't know very much about this particular medal,
0:39:23 > 0:39:26so I've called in a colleague of mine, Andrew, who's a specialist
0:39:26 > 0:39:29and I'm meeting him here for a coffee.
0:39:29 > 0:39:35The MBE set David back £140, but will medal specialist Andrew
0:39:35 > 0:39:39want to buy it and award David a profit?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42- Andrew, great to see you again. - David, good to see you again.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45Thanks for coming and you know what I've brought for you.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49- A medal...of some sort. - Of some sort, an MBE.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53What kind of person might have been awarded this particular MBE?
0:39:53 > 0:39:58This was awarded to a lady in 1918 of thereabouts
0:39:58 > 0:40:02for service, probably, on the home front.
0:40:02 > 0:40:08It was the first time, actually, that women had been able
0:40:08 > 0:40:11to be part of an award such as this.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14So there you go, different times altogether.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17What'll be the difference between a male and a female MBE?
0:40:17 > 0:40:20The male has a different type of ribbon which isn't a bow like that.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24- Really?- The difficulty is we don't know who that was awarded to.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28- Why is that?- Unlike war medals from the First World War,
0:40:28 > 0:40:30which were named around the rim,
0:40:30 > 0:40:33traditionally there was no name put on the medal.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37- Would you be interested in buying it? - Yes, I would be interested.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40I think it's a nice thing, it reflects the history of the time
0:40:40 > 0:40:42and it's an interesting object.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44It cost me 140.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47If you had rung me up, as you were about to buy this,
0:40:47 > 0:40:50and said, "What's an MBE worth,
0:40:50 > 0:40:54"do you think, on the specialist market?"
0:40:54 > 0:40:56I would have said, "£80-£100."
0:40:56 > 0:41:01The most I'd be able to offer you would be £120.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05I'd be happy with 140.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10Not to make any profit. Would you be happy at that?
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Yes. We'll go for that, shall we?
0:41:12 > 0:41:16- I'll be very happy if you are.- Shall we shake on that?- Shake on that.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21David walks away from the deal MB-Even,
0:41:21 > 0:41:23having made nothing on the medal,
0:41:23 > 0:41:27which brings us to the end of this almighty war,
0:41:27 > 0:41:30but, when all is said and done, who will be victorious?
0:41:30 > 0:41:32All will soon be revealed.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38Our duelling duo each started with £1,000 of their own money.
0:41:38 > 0:41:43David Harper bagged seven lots and spent a whopping £932.
0:41:43 > 0:41:48Paul Hayes bought six lots, spending less at £403.23.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52But the only thing that matters now is who has made the most profit.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55All the money that David and Paul have made
0:41:55 > 0:41:57will go to the charities of their choice.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01So, without further ado, let's find out who is today's
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion!
0:42:05 > 0:42:08- Ah, David, how are you? Are you well?- Paul, great to see you.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11- How did the auction go? - Bit of a disaster.- Really?
0:42:11 > 0:42:15- I've got two words for you. - What's that?- Pianola rolls.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18- What about yourself? - Two very interesting objects.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22- The car lamp I discovered was for a Model T Ford.- Wow!
0:42:22 > 0:42:24- Fantastic.- That's amazing!
0:42:24 > 0:42:26But the MBE, I learned loads,
0:42:26 > 0:42:29met a very interesting expert and collector,
0:42:29 > 0:42:33spent lots of time and made no money at all.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36But what I learned is absolutely invaluable for the future.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39- So, there you go.- Right. - Interesting journey.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Don't worry, I think you've definitely...
0:42:41 > 0:42:43- Do you reckon? - Unless you've had a disaster.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45- Three...- Two.- ..One.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48- Oh, Paul!- This is becoming a recurrence. Look at that!
0:42:48 > 0:42:51- What went wrong?- I'll tell you all about it over a cup of tea.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55- Will you?- Pianola rolls, mate. Pianola rolls, don't mention it.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59Both Paul and I have been on some very interesting journeys.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Paul with his pianola, he adores music,
0:43:01 > 0:43:05and me with that MBE, absolutely fascinating.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Not all about the money but it's nice to win.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12My mistake was buying something that's a very specialised market.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15Nobody else really wants them unless you have a pianola.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19You may have won this one though, David, but the war's not over yet.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22So David walks away the winner today
0:43:22 > 0:43:26but tomorrow Paul has a chance to fight back as they go head-to-head
0:43:26 > 0:43:29at an indoor car-boot sale in North Shields.
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