Jonty Hearnden v Christina Trevanion - Auction Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

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Today's auction room action pits the Baron of Bidding,

Jonty Hearnden, against the Doyenne of Dealing, Christina Trevanion.

Coming up, both our battlers hit crisis point.

-I am a tense magpie right now.

-I am beginning to panic.

Jonty has a tough lesson in pricing.

-Looking for a couple of hundred quid.

-Retail price, dear, retail!

-And a damaged item damages Christina.

-David, what should I do?

God knows!

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This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.

Friends, rummagers, antiques addicts,

prepare yourselves for a supreme stand-off.

Today, we find ourselves in the Roman town of Colchester in Essex,

for an awesome auction between two centurions of the sale room.

And the lots will be coming thick and fast

so there is no room for reticence.

If your hand is not in the air, it is thumbs down.

So, first to vie for your favour is a cultural coliseum of a man.

He employs encyclopaedic knowledge to uncover

the most intriguing of items and he is also a bit of a charmer.

It is the furniture fancier himself, it is Jonty "the Hitman" Hearnden.

Let battle commence.

But our captain of collectables starts at a disadvantage.

His contender is an auctioneer by trade

so can read the room with pinpoint precision.

Surmounting the sale room is second nature to her.

This goddess of the gavel loves anything that sparkles.

It is Christina "the Magpie" Trevanion.

The Magpie strikes again.

Today's battlefield is the Reeman Dansie auction in Colchester

and this place has everything a dealer could wish for,

from ornate jewellery to classic cars.

Our two titans of the trade have £1,000 of their own money to spend.

But that must include the auction commission and fees,

so mental arithmetic comes into play as well.

Once they have sold their stash,

any profit they make will go to charities of their choice.

So who will be best at bidding?

Only one person can win and these fearsome fighters

will definitely need some tricks up their tunics.

Jonty Hearnden and Christina Trevanion, helmets on,

it's time to Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.

-Good morning.

-Good morning, how are you?

-I'm smiling.

-You are smiling?

-Have you seen the diamonds?

-The diamonds, just up your street.

-It is, what a brilliant sale.

-Now this is a two-day sale as well.

You're smiling, I'm crying.

Because behind me is all the furniture which I can't buy.

-That is tomorrow.

-I know, and we're not here.

-Now, we have £1,000 to spend.

-We have, £1,000.

I've definitely got to stop looking at diamonds

-and expand my horizons a little bit.

-Yes, I think this is a cracking sale,

so I'm looking forward to it.

The only problem is we have the room to deal with

-and the internet buyers as well.

-And the internet.

So, Jonty, it is us against the world!

-Best of luck.

-Good luck.

Yes, it is all smiles and laughter now

but that won't last long when the bidding begins.

And Jonty is well outside his comfort zone.

Not only is he up against a saleroom supremo,

but with all the furniture being sold tomorrow,

his favourite fallback option has been ripped from under his feet.

My strategy is to look at everything possible that is on offer

in this part of the sale.

And I have to, have to keep the hands off the furniture.

Yes, good luck with that, Hitman.

So, this is a walk in the park for Christina

and she must be crammed with confidence.

Jonty thinks I will be looking at all the jewellery today

and I have to be honest, it's incredibly distracting.

There are some beautiful pieces over there.

But I don't want to put all my eggs in one basket so I'm going to have a look around.

There are some lovely quirky things here.

Is anyone OK to look after my car just while I...

Pull the other one, Christina, but that bluffing bravado is key

if she is to bag the best bargains.

She heads for a good look at the lots but whilst ROMAN around,

Jonty has already spotted something Italian.

This is effectively a paperweight.

But it's no ordinary paperweight. Because look at that.

Everything you see there is hand-cut marble.

This is known as pietra dura which is Italian for hard stone.

And there is every likelihood that this small paperweight

originally came from Italy in the mid-19th century.

In the catalogue this is estimated I think at £40-£60.

If I can get it for that, now that is an absolute bargain.

And the Hitman isn't the only expert weighing up

the desktop paraphernalia.

Christina has found something that looks far more threatening.

This may look like a gun but actually, it's totally harmless.

You have the barrels there which unscrew and you have a wonderful pen

and then in the barrels there you have a bullet which is your inkwell.

So your own travelling writing set. I love it.

I don't think it has a huge amount of age to it,

probably mid-20th century, but it is still quirky and a bit of fun.

I love it.

Yes, and it's also nice and shiny, no wonder the Magpie is drawn to it.

Now, duelling Jonty has found what he hopes will be another

hit for Team Hearnden.

What we are looking at here is a beautiful Edwardian silver

picture frame.

It also has a cabochon or an amethyst attached to the top here,

which is just a really good quality touch.

Great hallmarks on the side just here.

The estimate in the catalogue is £150-£200.

If I can get it for around that sort of money,

then that is a really good investment.

Christina has stepped away from the shiny stuff and found a jug.

This is an early 19th-century, probably around 1820,

commemorative jug.

It is not porcelain,

pottery, and it is a type of pottery we call pearlware.

So we know it's pottery as opposed to porcelain

because we have this blue pooling around the areas of high relief.

So next time you see this, you will know it's pearlware.

This particular lot has quite a lot of interest for me.

General Hill or Lord Hill, as we know him in Shropshire,

was a Shropshire soldier and fought with Wellington

and was a very prominent soldier in the Battle of Waterloo.

A really interesting lot and really, because he's from Shropshire,

I think he needs to go back home to Shropshire.

And so the time has come. Silence descends over the room.

The punters settle in. It is lights, camera, auction.

And this is where a level head is crucial.

But the magnitude of the competition is unsettling our experts.

OK, the auction has just started.

And the auctioneer announced at the beginning of the auction sale

that he has registered with him over 300 bidders online.

So not only am I up against Jonty,

I am up against the world on the internet.

And also I have noticed they have roped in pretty much

every member of staff to do telephone bids.

I'm very nervous.

Yes, nerves are fraying but if anyone can triumph, it is

our two tussling titans.

Christina throws herself into the firefight early on,

bidding on that 19th century jug with the Shropshire soldier.

-But it is not to be.

-200...

I was really hoping to get a quick first lot under my belt.

But as I suspected, it went a lot higher than I was prepared to pay.

Actually I went a bit more than even I wanted to pay.

I have feeling that it will be a tough day.

She's rattled.

She may be battle-scarred already but Christina licks her wounds

-and sets her sights on jug number two.

-Do I have 30 with me?

32, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40.

42, at £40 bid, 42 on the internet, 44.

In the room, 46. Against you. 48, 50.

First she was runner-up on the internet

and now she is battling a bidder in the room.

£75. Latest bid. All done?

GAVEL

The first ones under my belt. Phew!

And look at the relief on her face.

Add in the commission and the price rises again. Christina pays £90.76.

I've just bought this rather magnificent Worcester,

what we call in the trade, cabbage leaf moulded jug,

because it looks like it is moulded with cabbage leaves.

And we also call them mask-headed jugs

because the spout is actually modelled as a mask or a head here.

I did look at it before.

We have got a bit of a condition issue going on down here.

It is what we call stapled, just to reinforce the body. But it is 1770.

That is over 230, 40 years old. It has got to be worth that, hasn't it?

Back on the floor and the global interest in today's auction

soon becomes clear.

They are selling a rare 19th-century teapot by legendary designer

Christopher Dresser.

Sadly for Jonty and Christina,

their budgets don't stretch anywhere near.

The hammer price is a staggering £19,000.

That is top whack for a teapot.

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So does that take the pressure off our dazzling dealers?

Not on your Nelly.

They are still bidding against lots of people

with masses of cash to splash.

It is all going for too much money! I'm a tense magpie right now.

Yes, tricky times for our terrific twosome.

But in our battle for gavel glory,

Jonty is the one who should worry. The Hitman has had no hits at all.

-Jonty, have you bought anything?

-No, have you?

-Maybe.

Yes, Jonty's playing it cool but after another 15 minutes,

he's still got nowhere.

I'm beginning to panic.

While Jonty's head is spinning, the Magpie swoops in again.

She bids for a pair of silver Edwardian photo frames.

At £40, 42, 44, 46, I'm out now. 46, 48, 50.

Sold at 55.

-Oh, the Hitman is in for the kill.

-60, 65.

65, 70, 75. At 75, 80.

Oh, you blighter!

£80, all done, I'll sell at 80.

That's why they call him the Hitman, isn't it? The Hitman hit me.

Look at him. Cool as a cucumber sat there.

I could have got those for 50 quid.

Tactics, tactics.

That's vintage Hearnden.

He runs his rival right-up and, after fees, Christina pays £96.80.

Really nice that you got a pair. Often they were split.

We've got a nice clear hallmark at the bottom here which tells us

they were made in London in 1905. So Edwardian period.

Typical of the Edwardian period having scrawling foliage

and flowers here.

Very pretty, quite feminine really, and I'm hoping quite saleable.

So Christina's got two purchases under her belt.

Jonty's belt is so under-filled, his trousers could plummet at any time.

But that large silver photo frame he was so keen on soon comes up.

Could this be his turning point?

-Bids online quickly take it up to £200.

-On the internet, 210.

At 210 in the room now, 210, 220. 230, 240, I'll sell at 240...

GAVEL

Now, let's get going.

Yes, he's finally off.

The Edwardian frame sets him back £290.40 including fees.

And silverware could be the name of Jonty's game.

Just a few lots later, a silver Victorian casket

and Edwardian box come up together and he's straight in there.

55, 60, 5, 70, 5 and I'm out.

80, 85, 90, 5. No?

95, still seated then at 95.

And that's purchase number two, add in the fees, the lot cost £114.96.

So here are my two boxes. Let's have a look at the large one first.

Just looking at this box from 20 paces, you can tell it's Victorian,

simply because it's smothered in decoration.

So therefore, it's also late 19th century as well.

It was the fashion at the time, everything was very busy.

And if I open the lid, we can see just how clean it is.

Somebody must have professionally cleaned this.

There is no dirt ingrained there at all.

And one would expect to see dirt

because this box is a good 100 years old.

Here's my other one.

It's complementary. This one is slightly later.

Therefore, this is Edwardian, it is not Victorian.

We have a moulded glass base to it.

This is a little trinket box which would have sat

on an Edwardian lady's dressing table.

I should, if I'm clever, double my money.

Yes, the Hitman is well and truly back in the game.

At two buys each, our brave bidders are standing shoulder to shoulder.

But maybe not for long.

The Magpie's eagle eye has landed on something shiny.

So 235 is coming up now. It's the silver easel mirror.

-Very beautiful.

-110 is bid. 110 is bid, 130, 140, I'm out now.

-At £140.

-Ha-ha!

Silver, silver everywhere.

The auction fees take the cost of the mirror up to £169.40.

Yes, it's a little bit worn but it dates from 1902.

We've got hallmark down here which tells us that.

And we've also got a contemporary inscription up here.

It says, "To dear Mother, with best love from Clarissa, Fred

"and Isidore. 24th October 1902."

Some buyers might not like that

but it would be possible to have that taken out.

Look at the size of it. It's beautiful.

You don't get them this size.

Yes, she's clearly delighted.

Let's leave Christina reflecting on her sizeable acquisition

and take stock of the tally so far.

Both gavelling gladiators started the day

with £1,000 of their own money.

Christina has raced out in front buying three lots

for very nearly £357, leaving just over £643 for the rest of the day.

But Jonty is playing a good game of catch up.

Just two purchases so far but he has spent more, over £405.

That leaves just shy of £595 in his kitty.

But this is only the halfway stage.

There's plenty more aggressive auctioneering ahead.

If anyone can hack it, it's these two dealing dynamos.

-Hi, sunshine.

-Oh, my word.

-Oh?

-So expensive.

-It's a bit pricey, isn't it?

-How are you doing?

-You look bit flushed.

-I feel a bit flushed.

-Flushed with confidence?

-No, no...

-Bidding up your fellow competitors?

-Oh, excuse me.

-Yes, thanks for that. Love you too.

-You were framed.

-Ha-ha.

-Yeah, I feel it.

-How do you think the auction's going?

-It's pricey, isn't it? It's difficult to buy.

-Back to work.

Back to work. Have fun.

Don't get too dazed by all the noughts going on!

This is clearly one of the toughest buying days in Put Your Money

history but both our contenders have accepted the challenge.

There's no going back now.

I'm genuinely relieved that Christina is finding it hard to bid

in this auction room, because it is such good quality here

and good quality attracts good buyers, which means the competition

is even stiffer and as a consequence, it is really tough out here.

But the Magpie could now seize the advantage.

The auction is moving into her specialist subject, sparkly things.

Now we are in the jewellery section.

I'm not sure he is a blingy kind of guy.

I think he might be quite quiet over the jewellery, at least,

-I am hoping so.

-No, you're probably right.

He will steer well away from the jewellery.

What's this he's interested in?

Cultured pearl necklace, always commercial.

So that would be jewellery then.

Yes, don't underestimate the Hitman, Christina.

He may not be the king of bling, but he is a businessman.

The necklace also comes with an Edwardian brooch

-but will the money be right?

-At 55, 60 anywhere else?

£55, 60, thank you. 65, 70. At £70 in the room. 75 on the internet.

80, 85, a fresh place in the room. 90.

95, 100, £100.

GAVEL

Taking the fees into account, the necklace

and brooch set cost Jonty £121.

The reason why I bought this as a set is

because I can get two for the price of one.

The reason why my eye went to this one

is because the pearls are graduated.

And what I mean by graduated is they are bigger in the bottom

and then they graduate to smaller ones at the top.

I also really, really like the 15 carat gold clasp.

Again, a touch of style, a touch of quality.

But also I have this really intriguing brooch here.

It is in the form of a knot with a tiny pearl in the middle.

And if you look at the style, that is

very typical of a brooch that would have been made about 100 years ago.

Well, the Hitman has trampled all over Christina's territory.

Every item she bids on, the price flies higher than the Magpie can go.

She's trying, but troubled. It's not going her way.

Jonty held back but is now having a high old time.

Christina needs some fancy footwork from here on in.

The Hitman is treading on her toes again.

He's got a taste for all that glitters.

So I am now going to have a bid on a bracelet in the shape

of a serpent, nine carat gold.

It is nice and decorative, slightly different.

The estimate in the catalogue was £80-100.

At £90, 95, 100.

110, 120, sir.

120 the room now, 130 anywhere?

GAVEL

This is great now.

This is a proper game of snakes and ladders in this auction room.

I think I'm on the up.

So, more jewellery for Jonty means Christina will be hissing.

With fees, the snake bracelet cost £145.20.

Date wise, my hunch is that we are looking at an object which is

pre-Second World War, so possibly 1930s in date.

All I need to find is some unsuspecting Eve

to place my temptation underneath her nose.

So Jonty has slithered out in front

but at this stage absolutely anything could happen

and while the Hitman settles into his bidding,

Christina is still finding it hard to relax.

Old Hitman Hearnden down there is looking pretty cool, pretty calm, pretty relaxed.

And I'm fairly sure he's bought a lot more than me.

I've got some serious buying to do.

Yes, time to focus the mind, Christina,

as Jonty soon pounces again.

He buys a silver Victorian sovereign case,

complete with a profile bust of the Queen herself inside.

But it costs him dear, £133.10 with fees.

It's too much money.

The Magpie has got to catch up and catch up fast.

She's looking at everything the auction has to offer

but has no chance to spread her wings.

Jonty, meanwhile, is on dazzling form. There's no stopping him.

He bids again and walks away with a hand-decorated Victorian cane.

Including the fees, he pays £90.76 for it.

It's extraordinary.

In the 19th-century, the Victorians made everything look so stylish.

If we look at the handle, it is almost like a stylised lizard skin.

It's quite extraordinary.

We can see that we're actually looking at a piece of bamboo

and then it is capped, down at the bottom there,

and this is where one has to be quite careful,

because this is where an awful lot of wear takes place, naturally,

down at the base. A great object.

And with six purchases in the bag, Jonty decides to walk.

And that ups the pressure on Christina even more.

She's still got over £640 burning a hole in her pocket,

but still no more purchases.

An hour passes.

120 lots come and 120 lots go.

The Magpie's sparkle has flown the nest

and her place in the gavel graveyard edges closer. But then...

-This is lot 530, which is two inros.

-80 I'm bid, five...

90, new bidder, 95, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140,

150, 160, at 160,

lady's bid there.

170 bidding online, 170, new bidder. 180, back in the room.

190, back on the line, 200 in the room, and 10.

At 210, 220, at 220.

GAVEL

Cor, that was hard work! Jolly hard work.

It certainly was.

The Japanese inros end up Christina's most expensive purchase

of the day, £266.20 with fees.

Inro basically is the equivalent of a Japanese man bag, if you like.

Basically, they would have been used to hold little spices

or herbal remedies.

The Japanese at this time weren't allowed to display their wealth

overtly. So they would use these.

The finer quality, the more wealthy you were.

These guys date from the late 19th century which is

when the merchant class was developing in Japan.

So they are not as good a quality

but there is certainly a market for them and the really nice thing

for me is this one is even signed,

so we can trace who actually made this.

And that could be quite important.

Yes, sounds like she's ended on a high.

It has been an intense day for Jonty and Christina,

fighting against a lot of big spenders worldwide.

So how have our battle-weary boffins fared?

They both started the day with £1,000 of their own money.

Jonty faltered at first but then flew into action.

He struck six times and forked out more than £895.

Christina made a bold start but then struggled later on.

She leaves with only four lots costing just over £623.

So, with a cash chasm between them,

it's time for our dealers to size up each other's treasures.

-Lots of frames going on here.

-Lots of frames.

You've brought more bling than I have though, haven't you?

-A bit of bling.

-It was really pricey today.

-I struggled, I really struggled.

-Oh, goodness me, I know.

-I love this.

-Oh, so do I!

-So jealous.

-But it has cost me just under £300.

There is still money on that.

Where are you going to find your profits in this?

-I think my bargain of the day is my mirror.

-It was a tough day.

-It was.

I think it is going to be even tougher to make a profit.

You might be right.

-Go on, I will give you a ride home in my new wheels.

-Oh, perfect.

Our plucky purchasers must now become superlative sellers.

It is time for them to take their hard-bought items

and sell them on for prime profits, to contacts, collectors

and anyone who will offer the highest price possible.

Remember, until they have shaken on it

and the money has changed hands, no deal is truly sealed.

And once all is said and sold,

whoever has made the most profit will be the champion.

Jonty has got more to sell than Christina but that's no bad thing.

More possibilities for profit.

And he's convinced he's got some big hitters.

Now they say big is best, but sometimes, small is a beautiful.

Now, my big star, which is the lovely picture frame.

This is incredibly commercial

so I'm very happy that I've brought this back home with me.

My Victorian caskets, both silver,

but one has a cut glass bottom to it. Very saleable, very commercial.

I have a really good quality bracelet.

It's not particularly old, but it's lovely gold.

There should be a buyer for that. Have a look at this sovereign case.

Collectors for sovereign cases, it's really, really good quality.

My pearl necklace, now, that is great.

Not only is the clasp a really good quality, but look at this

delicate little brooch here, a beautiful Edwardian object.

So that's Edwardian. But have a look at my majestic Victorian cane.

Gents are always looking for objects like this.

So I know somewhere there is going to be a buyer.

I am about to ruffle my opponent's feathers.

Yes, the Magpie had a testing time in Colchester.

But in what is proving to be her toughest challenge yet,

Christina is sure she will sell supremely well.

I have to say, I really found it quite difficult buying at the auction.

I'm relatively pleased with what I bought.

I got a little pair of Edwardian silver photograph frames here,

which dear Jonty I think also went for as well,

so I did pay quite top end for those.

I also bought, this is probably my favourite item, a beautiful

silver-framed dressing table mirror which is just a great size.

I think I got it quite cheaply. This I love.

This is a really early 18th-century Worcester jug, which is

a proper genuine antique. And I love that.

Bearing in mind I only paid about £90 for it, I'm pleased.

The Japanese inros here,

Chinese works are very in vogue at the moment,

Japanese is very much an emerging market.

I have to say, it was a tough day and I am slightly nervous.

The Magpie wastes no time with meekness.

Our retailing raven plumps up her feathers

and gets straight into selling.

She dives in with the 18th-century jug that cost her nearly £91.

I'm here in Shrewsbury to meet up with an ex-colleague of mine,

Jeremy Lamond, who is also an 18th-century porcelain collector.

I'm hoping he might be able to find space in his collection

for this little beauty.

-Hello, you.

-Hello, how are you? Nice to see you. What have you got here?

Well, I thought, 18th-century porcelain, Jeremy Lamond

-is the man to come to.

-Well, look at this. Blue and white.

-Yes.

-Worcester.

-Yes.

-Parrot-pecking fruit pattern, for obvious reasons.

-Yes.

Robert Hancock print, taken from The Ladies Amusement, about 1775.

A nice clear mark on there.

Well, at least somebody has repaired it so you can sell it.

Do you know what, I always remember you telling me that repairs,

or cracks, are more forgivable than restoration for a collector.

-That's when I was selling things, not buying them!

-Oh, right!

235-40 years old. That has got to make it worth a few hundred quid, hasn't it?

-Well, it looks to me like a couple of hundred quid.

-220?

-220.

-220, it's a deal.

-Done.

-Brilliant.

Well, that's a cracking price for a cracked piece.

She more than doubles her money, a profit of £129.24

gets the Magpie airborne and puts paid to those nasty nerves.

While Christina reaches for the sky,

Jonty is down by the water in Oxfordshire.

I'm here on the banks of the River Thames in Henley-on-Thames

and I'm here to meet Jackie to sell her my trinket boxes.

Now, Jackie is a very stylish lady,

and it's quite unusual for her to be this late.

Jackie is in no hurry and why would she be?

What a lovely way to spend the day,

messing about on the river in the most glamorous way.

Coo-ee!

-Hi, Jonty.

-Hello!

-Welcome aboard!

See, I told you she was a stylish lady.

Jonty hops on with the boxes that cost our captain nearly £115.

So, will he sail away with a profit?

Well, I knew you would come in style but this is ridiculous, Jackie.

-On your own launch, on the Thames.

-One of them!

HE LAUGHS

I'm here, very serious business, to show you my lovely trinket boxes.

-I can't wait to see.

-Would you like to have a look? The nicest one first.

This is all silver.

And it really is in mint condition.

We have the hallmarks just on the inside there. And that's 1898.

So the box is over 100 years old.

Ultimately, this would have been designed for a late 19th-century,

a Victorian lady or gent to be able to initial it, to personalise it,

but it's never been done so.

But you do have that option.

So have a look at this one, too. You have hallmarks on the top.

The lid comes obviously completely off. But this is cut glass.

And it's really important to make sure that the glass

is in really good condition.

It's nice quality.

So you've got the two. But they come as a pair.

So collectively we are looking at £230 for the two.

-Would you settle for 200?

-Jackie, that's not a problem.

£200, I'm very, very happy with.

We have a deal. Thank you, darling.

Trips on the River Thames with glamorous ladies,

and making a profit, call it work?

Jonty's jaunt down the river anchors him a profitable start, £85.04.

But that's still some way behind the Magpie

who's planning to build her nest egg.

The Hitman is playing to win as well.

His Edwardian photo frame was far and away his priciest piece.

Over £290 he spent!

He has brought it to Beaconsfield to meet Nigel in his antiques shop.

-How are you, dear boy?

-I'm very well. How are you?

-Nice to see you.

Nice to be back in your shop.

Now, you expressed an interest in having a look at my beautiful frame.

-I love the amethyst at the top there.

-A cabochon amethyst.

Isn't that good? What's your impression?

It's Edwardian, but it doesn't look Edwardian.

It's a very contemporary feel to it. That's what I like about it.

Hallmarks here on the side. 1908. So, enough to entice you?

I think it is. It's really price-dependent, Jonty.

475 is what I am looking for.

I would like to buy that for £400.

-It's yours at £400.

-Oh, all right then! Thank you.

Perhaps... I'm now regretting that.

I'm absolutely regretting that, but it's yours.

Wow, this really is a big-money game.

Jonty pockets a picture-perfect profit of £109.60.

Do you know, being a dealer, it's wonderful to be the custodian

of fantastic objects and that picture frame was one of them.

It's even more pleasing when you make profits out of it too.

Yes, so it's Christina's turn to flog her frames.

She's got two of them, also Edwardian, also silver.

They cost nearly £97 at auction.

So, I'm here at Iscoyd Park and I know for a fact

they are doing out a couple of their bedrooms at the moment

and are looking for some really nice pieces to go in,

so let's go inside and see if these cut the mustard.

This place is a wedding venue

and Christina actually got married here herself,

but she will have to haggle hard with owner, Phil,

who shows her one of the rooms that has just been redecorated.

These are antique silver photograph frames.

We've got the silver hallmark on the bottom here,

so we know that they are assayed in Birmingham in 1905.

Do you like them?

I do like them and I think they would suit this room very well.

I was sort of thinking somewhere in the region of about,

sort of, £160 or £170, something like that.

-I mean, I was hoping more for sort of...£80.

-What?!

No. They are worth more than £80. They're beautiful!

I'd be unwilling to go less than £140 for them.

Honestly, 120, I think, is as far as I can go.

-Can I push you a little bit more? Please!

-I don't think you can.

-OK...

-OK, 120...

-No, go on!

-Go on, go on!

-125.

I'll take 125. That's a very fair price, thank you very much.

So, a tough day gets even tougher for Christina.

She scrapes in an extra fiver at the end, but makes just £28.20 profit.

With only two lots left to sell, she needs full concentration

and gutsy determination to push past The Hitman.

But Jonty has raised the bar even higher.

His sovereign case is bought by a jeweller's shop in Wallingford.

They paid £200 and Jonty coins a profit of £66.90.

And with that, let's have a gander

at what our dealers' gavel gains have given so far.

Jonty "The Hitman" Hearnden has charged ahead.

Three sales done and a profit of £261.54.

Christina "The Magpie" Trevanion has only done two deals,

but she's making decent money.

£157.44.

So, can The Magpie make good or will The Hitman have a howling success?

One thing is for sure, there is a battle and a half ahead.

Jonty is off to jettison his jewellery

and is hoping for a double deal.

He's brought the necklace and brooch

and the nine-carat gold snake bracelet to Brenda,

who runs an antiques centre near Bambury.

In total, the items stand him at more than £266.

Brenda, I had no idea you could fit so many objects in such small spaces.

-This is unbelievable!

-Oh, there's always room for more, Jonty!

-I've got over one million items in the shop.

-One million items?!

One million items! It's fantastic.

Have a look at that necklace, though,

because they need a proper examination.

Now, what really struck me about this,

I thought the clasp was really charming.

15-carat gold, which is very...

-So it's continental then?

-Yes.

-Not old-old, but it's got a little bit of age to it.

-Absolutely, yes.

Whereas this matching brooch, which is probably not even matching,

but the similarity is the fact that we have a pearl there.

There's no hallmarks on there as such, but where I got this from,

they claimed it to be possibly Russian

and, to me, it looks Edwardian,

so I would suspect that that is a lot older than the pearl necklace.

-OK.

-So, my lovely set there, for the two,

-I'm looking for a couple of hundred quid.

-Are you? By golly!

What do you mean, by golly? I thought that was a really nice price.

That's retail price, dear. Retail!

Well, let's hold that thought

-and have a look at this nine-carat gold bracelet.

-OK.

OK, it's hallmarked on the inside of the head. Price for this is 180.

Oh, very expensive. I think I would like to be more on the 140 mark.

170, I can do.

I can go up a little bit. 150.

160?

155. Go on, then.

-155.

-That's yours.

-That's mine, OK?

Now have a look at this lovely set.

-200 for that.

-Well, that is ridiculous.

-Seeing as you've been kind on that, I will do 150 on these.

-180.

-Come on, do better than that, Jonty.

-170.

-Yes, we will do 170. Thank you.

-Thank you, darling.

Thank you very much.

Oh! Brenda gave Jonty a run for his money there,

but add all that together

and Jonty walks away with a total profit of £58.80,

about half what he was hoping for, which is a boon for Christina.

She is determined to give her Japanese inros

everything she's got, taking them all the way to London.

They cost £266 and she only has one man in mind.

I'm here to see a chap called David Bowden

who is a specialist in Chinese and Japanese art,

so I'm hoping he is the guy to take these off my hands.

-David.

-Hello, how are you?

-Hi, I'm Christina Trevanion.

Very well, how are you?

-I'm fine, thanks.

-Good. I bought these little pieces at auction.

-Oh, right, yes.

-I believe they are Japanese inro.

-That's right.

-Can you enlighten me

as to what possibly they could have been used for?

-I thought for herbs and spices?

-Yes, they're little medicine boxes.

-OK.

And they used to put their ink powders in as well.

-These are lacquer, gold lacquer...

-Right.

..which, unfortunately, they have got quite a bit of damage on them.

So, of course, consequently, it takes the price right down.

So, what sort of dates do you think they are? What sort of era?

-Well, these are Meiji.

-Meiji period, so 1868 to 1912?

-Yes.

It is a great shame because they are very nice,

but the damage on them, they are not worth very much at all.

-David, what shall I do?

-God knows!

CHRISTINA LAUGHS

I'd give you 200, but that is the best I'll do.

-Is there any more that I can get out of you?

-No.

-At all?

-Definitely, that is it.

-That's your top level?

-That's the lot.

Look, I know you'll give me a fair price.

I will shake your hand at that.

Oh, dear! That wasn't meant to happen!

There we go, I made a loss.

David has given me a fair price,

so there is an incredibly valuable lesson to be learned.

Stick to what you know.

Oh, Christina! She's lost her sparkle.

The loss is significant - £66.20.

She took a risk and suffered a mortal blow.

So, The Magpie slopes off to lick her wounds

and focus on winning it all back on her final item.

Unaware of his foe's failure, Jonty journeys on,

all the way to Battlesbridge in Essex.

I have my silver-topped walking cane with me

and I'm going to show it to Jim.

Now, he is part of this antiques centre here and I hope that

he might just be the right person to purchase it from me.

Let's go and find out.

-Ah, you must be Jim.

-Jonty, you must be Jonty.

-I must be!

-How are you doing?

-Fine, thanks very much.

-Walking cane.

-You expressed an interest in having a look at this.

-Yes.

Now, what's your first impressions?

-Do you like it?

-Yes, it's a lovely item.

Now, the reason why I bought this is because it's such great condition.

It has a sense of...

There's no sort of scratches,

there's no indentations at the top here, for instance.

If you look at the Malacca cane and you look at the tip there,

that looks like it's almost hardly ever been used.

It's lovely.

Date wise, very late 19th century, so 1897, I think it is,

assay marked there. Assayed in London.

And, again, in particular, I love the stylised head here.

It has that sort of reptilian, scaly feel to it.

This, to you, sir, is £175.

-It would be more like £120 for me.

-No, that's not really enough.

-What about 150?

-140 would be the best price.

-You can't do another fiver?

No.

JONTY LAUGHS

-It's yours then.

-OK.

The Hitman has a happy ending,

walking away with a final profit of £49.24

and so it all comes down to one last item

and it is Christina's favourite.

Can the mirror turn it all around for her? It cost very nearly £170.

From her home in the county of Shropshire,

she nips over the border to Wales.

I'm here in the beautiful Powys countryside just outside Welshpool,

to see a chap called Clive Phillips

who is an antiques dealer and also a silver specialist,

so I'm hoping that he may take this off my hands.

-Hi, Clive.

-Hello.

-How are you? Are you well, my love? Nice to see you.

-What do you think?

-Yes, very impressive!

Do you know what, in over a decade of doing silver and jewellery,

I've never seen a mirror of this kind of scale.

-There is a mark down here.

-Where's the hallmark?

-Just down here, which I think... Henry Matthews.

-Henry Matthews, yes.

And then we've got a nice Birmingham hallmark, obviously, the anchor.

Then the date letter, C, which is for 1902.

The only thing I would say, which I was a little bit dubious about

at the time, when I bought it, is this engraving here.

I know from a resale perspective,

it makes it quite difficult to have engravings, doesn't it?

I really like it as it is, actually. I think it just adds to

-the character of the piece.

-Oh, good! There we go. I like it.

CHRISTINA LAUGHS

Price wise, I was hoping somewhere in the region of about £300 for it.

300, I think it is a little too dear for me.

I mean, I'll be looking to buy at around 240-ish.

280? 270?

-250. I'd be happy at 250.

-Would you?

-Mm.

I'm happy at 250.

-I'm very happy at 250.

-Deal done.

-Thank you very much.

Yes, a fantastic final flourish for our feathered friend.

A shiny profit of £80.60, so has it been enough?

Should Jonty have jitters?

Well, we'll find out in just a moment, but before that,

let's remind ourselves of how much they spent.

Both our bidders went to auction with £1,000.

Jonty Hearnden bought six items and spent £895.42.

Christina Trevanion battled to buy just four items

and spent £623.16.

All the profit made by Jonty and Christina will go to

charities of their choice, so after a brilliant battle,

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

-Hello.

-Hello, how are you doing?

-Very well. How are you?

-I'm very well indeed.

-Good, good, good.

So, how was it for you?

Well, I thought the auction was probably

the most expensive auction I had ever been to,

so I wasn't expecting to make any profits at all,

but I managed to sell quite a few things. Well, everything.

How about you?

Yeah, like you, I struggled buying, but selling, I think, was all right.

Most successful item, I think, would probably...

-Do you remember the silver-framed mirror?

-Oh, yes, that was good.

-That was lovely, so I think I made a bit of profit on that.

-Yes.

How about your beautiful frame? How did you do with that? I loved that.

-I sold that pretty well. The silver did well for us?

-It did.

-Shall we see what else did well for us?

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Ready, ready, ready?

-OK.

-OK.

BOTH: Ooooh!

Well done! My goodness, you annihilated me completely!

Do you want to swap?

THEY LAUGH

Thanks!

It wasn't a total annihilation, Christina.

Well, actually, it was.

Jonty wiped the floor with her. He really was the king of bling.

I did find the auction really quite tough,

it was really quite a hard buying environment.

However, I still made some good healthy profits,

especially on that beautiful jug.

But the inros were the ones that really killed it for me,

sadly, but, hey, you learn something new every day.

I loved the auction sale

and I loved all the items that I bought in the sale,

including my beautiful picture frame.

How lovely was that?!

So, will our queen of collectables reign victorious tomorrow?

Our pair of prize fighters go in search of princely profit

at an antiques fair in Malvern.