Jonty Hearnden v Christina Trevanion - Foreign Antiques Market Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

STEPHEN TAYLOR WOODROW: This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,

the show that pitches TV's best loved antiques experts against each

other in an all-out battle for profit.

Let's make hay while that sun shines.

And gives you the insider's view of the trade.

Who's there?

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

-challenge.

-The original cheeky chappies.

-Lovely!

-Putting their reputations on the line.

-And I'm truly rocking.

(WOLF-WHISTLE)

And giving you their top tips

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

-Get in there!

-HE LAUGHS

Today, furniture fanatic Jonty Hearnden goes head-to-head with ace

auctioneer Christina Trevanion as they break down borders

for a continental clash.

Coming up, Christina has a French fancy.

-Oh, my God!

-SHE LAUGHS

That's the French way of doing things, apparently.

While Jonty judders to a halt.

-I, really... No, that really doesn't fit.

-That's not for you. OK.

No, that's not for...

And Christina shares her secrets for successful buying.

Make sure that you have a really, really good look around.

Suss out what's here before you commit to anything.

This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.

Ah, bonjour and bienvenue.

A great big greeting as the Put Your Money Express steams into Paris.

This feast of French finery sees two terrific traders put their haggling

handiwork to the test in the land of culture,

croissants and creme de menthe.

And this is no straightforward task.

As well as finding prime pieces in Paris, our dynamic duo must also deal

with a foreign currency and the French lingo.

Tricky.

Today, we have two colossal competitors.

First up, a man who can translate a profit into any language.

We can wheel and deal worldwide

and lets no border be a block to his brilliant bargaining.

He packs a premium punch and the ladies love him.

I'm not here to clown around. Am I?

His impressive opponent is a woman

who'll strike a dynamite deal in any dialect.

She can pick out her prey at 1,000 paces

and tiptop transactions are her tour de force.

She makes the steeliest stallholders weep. Grown men fall at her feet.

I'm completely in my element.

Our Gallic gladiators are slugging it out at the Porte de Vanves flea

market in central Paris.

They've each brought the euro equivalent of £750 of their own money

to spend and all the profits they make

will go straight to their chosen charities.

Zut alors! On your marks, Jonty Hearnden.

Get set, Christina Trevanion.

It's now time to put your money where "euro" mouth is.

-Ah, bonjour.

-Bonjour. How you doing?

-Very well. How are you?

I understand you've been here before. Porte de Vanves.

Porte de Vanves. Yeah, it's just heaven, isn't it? Yes, I have.

-I have to confess. Have you?

-Yeah, no.

Never been here before, so you've got one over me.

-Now, we've got £750 to spend.

-Yeah. Lots of pennies.

Which is lots of money, which is great. Gives us lots of flexibility.

-Yeah.

-What are you going to be buying?

That would be telling, wouldn't it?

I like the look of what's coming out at the moment.

-Looks good.

-Good. We've got a lot to get through, so best of luck.

-And to you.

-Or not.

-SHE LAUGHS

Cor, these two are cool and calm today,

and they're keeping their cards close to their chests.

No snippets of strategy at all.

For Christina, it's a case of deja vu.

So will her tactical advantage of knowing the market aid her campaign?

My strategy today is to get these purchases in really quickly.

It's really early in the morning.

As soon as the tourists start waking up and have their breakfast,

they'll come here and everything good is gonna go. So let's get going.

The last thing you want is a tussle with a tourist.

Jonty may be on unknown territory, but he's totally at ease

and actually thrilled to be here.

All the dealers are open with their goodies.

It's such a wonderful time to be here in a market. I'm so excited.

MUSIC: "I'm So Excited" by the Pointer Sisters.

VOICEOVER: Clear the way, people. Our eager experts are off.

This market is a mine of magnificent merchandise for our heroic hunters,

and just moments into our challenge, the Magpie swoops.

My eye was drawn to this. It's very Parisian,

very, very Art Deco, this lady with her dog here.

The only thing that's putting me off slightly is there appears to be

the remnant of some sort of French critter stuck in there,

which has actually marked the paper.

Unfazed by her flattened friend, Christina does a deal at 70 euros.

Converting it back into sterling, it costs her £63.64.

The Magpie said she wanted to be quick and the early bird catches the,

well, dead insect trapped in a frame, actually.

Just screams Art Deco.

You've got this wonderful lady walking her dog through a park

and just so happens to come across her beautiful Rolls-Royce car.

The fact that it's got a limited edition number, so...

And we've also got a nice signature down there.

And we've even got a free French critter in there.

I think before I try and sell this on,

I might have to remove him, sadly, but there we go.

While Christina's picture features a very British car,

Jonty's spotted an item that's unmistakeably French.

Polar opposite game play from our bargain battlers.

The Hitman's looking at a set of calendar plates.

There's some children's plates.

Very popular in the UK, but they have every month of the year.

The stallholder is asking 50 euros for it,

and the problem I'm having is that there's one chip on the plate here -

the April has a chip - and the fact that actually

the months are, of course, in French, not English,

and it's really difficult to translate from France

back into English when you're trying to make sales.

What is your best price?

-I can make you 45 euros.

-SHE LAUGHS

-That's not my best price. Would you do 30 euros?

-Uh, 30 euros... Yes.

-If you want.

-OK?

-OK.

-Brilliant.

So Jonty's plates - no, not plaits, plates - cost him £27.27.

Can he cook up a cordon bleu campaign to sell these dishes back at home?

Now, this is in the style of Lucie Mabel Attwell,

which is very popular back home in the UK.

And so these styles were very popular in the 1930s through

until the 1950s, and I think that if I can find the right buyer,

I'm spot on already.

Both our buying buccaneers are off the mark and running,

but the momentum needs to be maintained maintenant.

And a display board promoting a 1950s Hollywood musical

has caught Christina's eye.

That's fantastic.

-Monsieur, how much is this?

-80.

-80 euro?

-80. Oui.

-OK.

-50 euros would be my tops.

-OK.

-50 euros?

-OK.

-Ah, you're a gentleman!

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Well, no arguments from the stallholder.

The cinematic cut-out cost Christina £45.45 and it's got her toes tapping.

I've just bought this wonderful wooden cut-out painted

figure from the film An American in Paris. This is Gene Kelly.

I think ballroom dancing and dancing in general has had such

a resurgence in recent years due to various television programmes.

I just think it's fabulous. The movement in it is phenomenal.

Love it. Absolutely love it.

I think she loves it. Yes, our Magpie is flying high in the Parisian sky.

Now, the French capital is often called the City of Light,

and Jonty is finding it quite illuminating.

Back home in the UK, lights like this, French lights, are very,

very desirable, and the style that people really want now is not

the 19th century look. They want the retro look.

So when you look at lights like this, this is absolutely superb

because you've got the chrome frame and then you've got frosted glass,

clear glass as well, and if you see on the inside here,

it's got definite age to it as well.

Now, the dealer's asking 150 euros for it,

so if I can get a better price, that's fine,

but I think that's a really, really decorative lamp.

THEY SPEAK FRENCH

The price instantly drops to 120 euros?

-Uh, cent?

-And Jonty offers 100 euros.

-Oui?

-Oui.

-OK.

-OK.

-Merci, monsieur.

-Merci.

Yes, he's done it. A third off the original price.

Jonty pays the equivalent of £90.91 and he's lit up.

A short walk down the straight and it's clear that our two titanic

traders have the same laser beam focus.

Look at this. It's Christina!

Look, it's Jonty in about ten years' time. I can see him with his pipe.

SHE LAUGHS

Yeah, funny how they didn't spot the ones of themselves, isn't it?

Anyway, enough of the mickey-taking. The stall scouring must continue.

If they don't pile up enough Parisian purchases,

they'll stand no chance of a punchy profit.

The Hitman is on the case and he picks up a picture from the 1960s.

-It's a signed print here, and it's got a...

-It's an engraving.

It's an engr... an engraving.

So it's actually pressed onto the paper.

And we have a printer's mark just here.

It says "Paris" which is really nice,

but the owner doesn't know who this signature is.

So it's only going to be sold as a decorative piece.

-Give me a good price.

-45.

I'll give you... OK. I'll give you 40.

-No, it's 45.

-Yeah, I give you 40.

-No.

Here's 40 for you. He's a strong man.

Jonty's bartering comes to absolutely nothing and he pays the full whack.

It costs him £40.91.

While Jonty's a man on a mission,

Christina thinks she deserves a short spell on her derierre.

But don't question her commitment.

It's all in the name of a deal.

Leather is very, very, very in vogue at the moment.

Leather sort of arm club tub chairs. It is quite worn, though.

We've got a bit of an issue there. See what price tag we've got on it.

-Monsieur?

-Hmm. This could be a tricky conversation.

What Christina needs is her impeccable French.

-Monsieur, erm, the armchair... The chair.

-Yeah.

-C'est combien?

150 one, 200 two.

150 for one or 200 for the two. Ah, translator. Brilliant.

What do they need a translator for?

-They've given up on the French and are 'aggling in English.

-Ah!

-One piece, 150.

-Yes.

-Two piece, 200.

-OK. What about 80 for one?

-Oh, no.

-See, he understands! He doesn't need you.

-When he needs to...

-SHE LAUGHS

-Yeah, when he needs to.

Translator or not, that offer didn't go down well.

Christina sits down to reconsider her position.

The charm about this is that it's worn, it's shabby,

it feels like it's been sat in.

That's quite in vogue.

-I'm not entirely sure how popular the mould will be.

-Very well...

If flirting in France can't pin down a purchase,

-then what's the world coming to?

-85.

-No, 90.

-No, Stefan. No. No.

-85.

-No, 90.

-85 or I'll walk away.

-Oh, no. No.

-Go on. 85.

-Come on. Come on. Come on, Stefan. You can do it.

-85. Yes.

-Yes. Yes?

-Yes.

-Yeah! Thank you. Shake my hand.

Surely there's a rule about French kissing on the furniture.

That's the French way of doing things, apparently.

Having bought the first chair for a bargain price,

Christina then gets the second for much, much less - 39 euros.

-Now, that's the way to do a deal.

-Yay! Thank you.

She lands both leather lounges for a combined price of £112.73.

Christina is in her element having a fantastic time finding her

fodder for flogging.

The Hitman, on the other hand, is not happy.

I haven't found too much here that's really tickled my fancy,

and it's quite extraordinary because there are tons and tons of stuff.

So I've gone all the way to the end. I'm now going back.

I'm getting a little nervous there's not enough stuff here for me,

so I've got to really, really concentrate.

Well, Jonty must jettison his jitters

if he's going to pinpoint some prime Parisian prizes.

As he heads off to put aside his panic,

let's tot up the tallies for our bargain-busting duo.

They both arrived in Paris with £750 worth of euros to spend.

Jonty has jumped at three items so far.

Just over £159 spent, leaving him with almost £591 to play with.

Christina is also ploughing through the purchases.

She's done three deals as well but spent more, almost £222,

meaning there's just over £528 left in her kitty.

Before the match resumes,

-our French fighters take time out to size each other up.

-There she is.

-Hello.

-How you doing?

-I'm alright.

There's some quite nice things there.

-HE LAUGHS

-How you doing?

-I'm good. Yeah.

-Yeah?

-Bought a few things.

-Have you? Well done.

-Yes.

-Yeah, I'm loving it.

-I know. It's a great market. Lovely market.

The French are just so expressive, aren't they? It's just, ooh.

There's a lot of this and a lot of that and a lot of, "Oh, no, madame!"

What have you bought? What's your favourite?

Probably my favourite thing is this wonderful sort of cut-out of some dancers.

-What about you?

-Um, I think...

Probably my first purchase of the day, actually.

It was a set of plates, starts January through to December.

-Oh, lovely.

-A whole set of 12.

-And there's all of them?

-They're all there. Lots more to buy, though, for me.

-Oh, really?

-Oh, yes.

-So what's your plan now?

I'm going to see this side of the market cos

-when I arrived first of all, when we first arrived...

-Yeah.

They hadn't really stalled out at all.

There's so much come out just in the last half hour.

-It's got really busy all of a sudden.

-Yeah, absolutely.

Well, I was heading off that way too.

-So am I.

-I'll race you.

-THEY LAUGH

Our battle-hardened bargainers may both be neck and neck on the numbers

of acquisitions, but as Jonty hits the stalls, Christina refuels.

So it sounds like Jonty's still got quite a lot of work left to do

and I feel pretty relaxed.

I've been buying and buying and buying, probably not great stuff

but I'm still buying and buying.

So there's always time for a chocolate crepe.

Mmm! The Magpie thinks she's playing a better game than the Hitman.

But he could have thrown her a red herring.

In reality, he's full of enthusiasm and raring for a rarity.

People have arrived and stalled out which is great,

so there's still so much more to see,

so have a look down here cos this is where I'm heading.

Jonty's joie de vivre leads him away as like a gift from the gods a whole

new load of items is being brought out on to the stalls.

But it's his nemesis who pounces first. Christina's clocked a mirror.

I like this. It's obviously a mirror. A gilt-framed mirror.

But it's got a really, really good solid back.

It's not going anywhere and it's jolly heavy.

It looks like it's the original mirror plate as well.

So how will Christina's famous Franglais cope with a vendor who

doesn't speak a word of English?

Le mirror... C'est combien? 120?

Yes, she decides to ditch the French

and pulls out her calculator to communicate.

-Oh!

-SHE LAUGHS

What? No, that's just gone up by 30 euros. No. Let's try 70.

The numero negotiation goes on for some time.

Eventually they agree a price of euro 82.50,

so let's see if Christina can at least count out the cash in French.

-Ten...

-SHE ATTEMPTS FRENCH NUMBERS

Oh, that was just painful.

So let's not bother with her counting the change.

The currency conversion means she's just spent £75.

Despite the nil point for her Francaise,

the Magpie has got the measure of the market.

I've noticed that although there is the most fantastic selection

here in Paris, that there are quite a few of the stalls that are selling

very, very similar things.

So I would suggest that if you are coming shopping into Paris,

make sure that you have a really good look around,

suss out what's here before you commit to anything.

Ah, mais oui. A handy tip there, viewers.

Christina's not notched up four purchases

and Jonty soon matches that milestone.

Away from the cameras he pays 20 euros or £18.18 for a pair of tongs.

I've just bought from the gentleman off this stall here at the back

a lovely silver 19th century sugar tongs,

and I think the detail is really quite superb,

so we've got sort of claws as sugar tongs,

and you've got lots of sea scrolls that go round the outside,

and that's how one can easily tell

whether something is 19th century as opposed to the 20th century.

Somebody's going to snap those up.

Yes, Jonty clearly thinks he's got a nice little earner there,

and he's showing no signs of stopping.

He soon works his magic on an Art Deco bronze pheasant.

He plucks it off the stall for 100 euros or £90.91.

So here is my pheasant in all of his finery and glory.

He's on a lovely black marble plinth and the casting is just superb.

That's the reason why I was taken by him.

And if you look at his crest and the tips of his wings, they're gilded,

and those would have been a lot finer in colour.

There would have been a lot more depth in colour.

Date-wise is 1930s. I think he is a cracking investment.

Our dealers are working at breakneck speed now, and it's just as well.

Those tourists have turned up by the truckload.

Christina soon does her next deal. £13.64 buys a vintage matinee jacket.

I'm absolutely thrilled to have bought some genuine French clothing.

I mean, it's the most beautiful, delicate little matinee jacket.

Just gorgeous.

And also, vintage textiles and clothing are very, very in vogue at

the moment, so I'm really thrilled and I just think it's beautiful.

Man, that's made her smile even wider.

Both out excellent experts are bounding along loving the French

market, and they've managed it all without resorting to

jokes about tired old French stereotypes.

Well done, everyone.

I have a feeling it's going beret, beret well.

Yes, there's always one, isn't there?

Christina's clearly relaxed about operation objet d'art,

as is the Hitman.

What on earth is he doing,

trying to woo the French public with his famously British Dad dancing?

What does he look like?

Yes, that's quite enough of that, thank you.

Across the market, Christina's found something quintessentially British.

She's attempting a deal on a toy double decker bus.

-I... The best, ten.

-SHE BREATHES IN

Sure? Is that your best...

-You have very nice eyes, but...

-SHE LAUGHS

I will buy it from you, sir, for £10... Or ten euros.

-No, pound.

-No, euros.

Hmm. Currency confusion aside,

Christina just about pulls it back from the brink.

The bus fare at this fare costs £9.09.

Great make. Dinky Toys, which is obviously a great collector's name

to have if you're going to collect diecast vehicles.

And also, the quite important point is that he's still

got his driver in the front cab here.

Often they got lost or missing. I don't think it's particularly old.

I think we may be looking at maybe 1970s, 1980s.

Not a huge amount of age in it, but it's still a nice thing.

So after a busload of bargaining,

Christina decides that her work here is done.

But as she bids adieu to her mission, the Hitman is still completing his.

Just feels like we've just arrived, and look.

They're all going home and I've got items to buy. Help!

Yes, time is running out, Hitman. These French people need their lunch.

But Jonty has a hunger of his own,

one last killer blow to take on the might of the Magpie.

I've actually spotted in the corner there an hors d'oeuvre dish,

which is fantastically French

and of course an hors d'oeuvre dish works really well at home as well.

There we go. So you just need to check that it's all in good order.

Make sure the glass is in good order,

and that's absolutely perfect.

So at the right price, that's fine.

Monsieur, c'est combien?

The stallholder wants 40 euros and after a little back and forth,

they settle on 35 euros.

-OK, monsieur. Mon dieu.

-Mon dieu.

-Merci.

And that works out at £31.82.

So that's my last purchase of the day.

Now I've got somewhere to put my lunch and my peanuts.

Well, a man always needs somewhere to pop his peanuts, so that's it.

We're all done.

But before we take a look at what Jonty

and Christina's Parisian promenade has produced, let's do the numbers.

They both began the day with £750 worth of their own euros to spend.

After a lot of hard haggling, Jonty leaves with six purchases,

having spent bang on £300.

Christina also did six deals but spent a little bit more - £319.55.

So neither came close to spending even half their budgets.

Before they go their separate ways, though, they size up their stock.

-Well, look at this.

-I know. Our spoils of the day.

-I know.

-These chairs are comfy.

-Yeah.

They've got a bit of a funny smell now that we've got them over here.

SHE LAUGHS

I'm gonna have to seriously stick some air freshener over them.

-You've found a bit of London in Paris.

-Exactly.

I felt I had to take it home with us. It's rude to leave it here.

It's lost here, isn't it?

-This is cool.

-I love the lamp. Really very nice.

-Yeah. Love this.

I really like my print. I don't know the artist's signature

but we have a really lovely seal mark from the printers.

Well, I think we've got a wonderful, eclectic group of rather fun things.

-I think we certainly deserve a bit of cafe au lait.

-Do you think so?

GAVEL BANGS

VOICEOVER: With the French shopping spree over,

our dealers exchange their leftover euros

and head home to plot their selling strategies.

And this is where the challenge shifts up a gear.

The pressure is on to purge their contents

and find the very best buyers.

The ultimate aim is to sell everything for maximum profit,

and whoever makes the most money will be today's champion.

Remember, until they've shaken on it and the money's changed hands,

no deal is ever sealed.

Back in Oxfordshire, Hitman Hearnden is eyeing up his wares

and he likes what he sees.

My first purchase was my set of plates.

Now, I think they're great fun. They're the set of 12.

We've got one per month. So will I sell them, will I make a profit?

Not quite sure about that.

But one thing I am definitely, positively sure

I'm going to make a massive great big profit on

is my wonderful French pheasant. He is so handsome.

I have my chandelier, my French light fitting, which is great cos

I know there's always buyers for those sorts of things.

Now, something that I might need to do a bit more

research on is my limited edition print.

See where I go with that.

The hors d'oeuvre dish was possibly my only purchase that

I made in haste.

My sugar tongs were an absolute bargain at 20 euros.

Now all I've got to do is get on and sell it.

Indeed you do, sir. So, what of Christina?

She's back in Shropshire at Trevanion HQ and she's equally pleased.

I absolutely loved shopping in Paris. I can't tell you how much.

And I went out there thinking,

"Right, I'll go and buy really typically Parisian things

"that will translate back in the UK really well,"

and I ended up buying a London bus, which you might argue is not

particularly Parisian, and you'd be right.

I also bought this rather beautiful great coloured Art Deco print.

Also, a gorgeous pair of leather tub chairs. Well, I say a pair.

Not really a pair, but they are both leather and as far as I'm concerned,

the more worn leather, the better.

The matinee jacket is typically French.

Absolutely beautiful and very delicate, so very pleased with that.

And of course the American In Paris film advertising board there.

It's a 1950s film and I love that.

And also, of course,

the gesso framed mirror there which is jolly heavy.

It's incredibly well made.

I'm hoping that I can find somebody

with a wall that's strong enough to take it. So this is my hoard.

Let's hope it was euros well spent and that we can turn it into some

cold, hard Great British pounds and beat Jonty Hearnden.

Yes, that's fighting talk.

She may be a lady but she'll scrap like the best of them.

And it's the Magpie who flies the nest first.

She's off to the theatre with her matinee jacket.

I brought this jacket all the way from Paris to

Kemberton in Shropshire to a theatre group where I'm hoping it will find

a starring new role in their next production.

The jacket owes Christina a little more than £13.

This theatre group has been going for over 30 years

and Christina is here to meet its founder and director, Caroline.

I've just brought this jacket with me, and I rather sort of thought of

you guys because I've been to one of your performances before and you use

a lot of vintage textiles and antique costume, don't you?

-Yes, we do. Yes.

-I mean, I just think it's really rather beautiful.

It's very reminiscent of an era when ladies would sort of laze in bed in

the morning having their breakfast with their matinee jacket on.

But I love the embroidery. It's just so detailed. So you like it?

You think you might be able to find a home for it?

We could certainly. And it would get used as well.

Down to the nitty gritty,

I was hoping for something in the region of maybe £25-30 for it.

-I think £25 would be very fair.

-That sounds like a very good deal to me.

Thank you.

Yes, give that girl a standing ovation.

Christina leaves with a show-stopping first profit of £11.36,

and that's a good new costume for the group.

I could not be happier

and I'm hoping that they'll get loads of use out of it.

I'm sure they will.

Our Magpie is off to a flying start,

determined to conquer this colossal competition.

And from one bird to another - Jonty's pheasant.

The Hitman is in Henley on Thames for his first potential sale,

meeting one of his contacts, Philip.

The bronze bird stands him at nearly £91.

Here's my pheasant, but I also understand that you're building

a home and so you need objects to sit in the house, is that correct?

We are. Things like this would go very well in the library.

Date-wise, it's Art Deco, it's French,

so we're looking at late '20s at best, but quite possibly 1930s.

But the casting is really superb.

It's a stylised look

and that's the reason why you can certainly call it Art Deco

because anything before this period,

it would be an absolute likeness of a pheasant.

Now, the whole point of Art Deco is heavily influenced by the Egyptian

look. It's a bargain. It's £400.

-£300 worth and I don't really want to go any higher than that.

-OK.

Do you know what? I'm not going to go any further than that.

I know that you like it and £300 is fine for me, so let's shake on it.

-Got it. Good one, Jonty.

-Thank you very much.

Jonty spreads his wings.

That's a magnificent start,

and he soars off with a superb profit of £209.09.

Wow. What a great result. I'm so glad he loved that pheasant.

Now, talking of birds, I wonder how that magpie is getting on?

Well, to be honest, she's got a great

big game of catch-up ahead of her. But she's not worried.

She thinks she's got her next sale all lined up.

I'm here in Whitchurch to meet restaurateur and chef Andrew

who runs this restaurant here.

Do you remember when I was in Paris,

I bought that big gilt-framed wall mirror?

Well, I had these guys in mind when I bought it,

so let's just hope that we're all singing from the same hymn sheet.

Well, let's hope so. Now, it's a very heavy item,

so Christina's already had the mirror delivered to chef Andrew.

-It cost her £75.

-What do you think? What's the first impressions?

-It's definitely an antique, anyway.

-SHE LAUGHS

No, it's beautiful.

-You like it?

-It's a very, very nice mirror, yeah.

I bought it in Paris

and I think it probably dates to the early part of the 20th century.

These gesso plasterwork here is very much an early 20th century design,

but it's got this nice what we call silvering effect down here,

-which shows it's an antique piece.

-Yeah.

It's not a brand-new mirror plate

that's been put into an old frame.

-So what's your thoughts?

-I think it's lovely.

We just have to discuss a price for it.

I'd like to see it fetch somewhere in the region of about £150.

I was thinking more around the £100 mark.

-If I come down slightly, like £145 maybe?

-£115.

-Can we say £125, maybe?

-£125 if you make my lunch for me.

-Lunch?

-Yep. If you make my lunch for me, I'll give you £125 for it.

-OK.

What do you want for lunch?

-Pizza.

-A pizza? OK. All right. Well, will you show me how to make...

I've never made a pizza in my life.

-I'll show you how to make it but you have to cook it.

-OK, all right.

-It's a deal. £125 and lunch.

-Fantastic. Kitchen's this way.

-Let's go.

-Have you got a pinny?

-I do, of course. Come on.

-SHE LAUGHS

That's a man who's got his head screwed on the right way.

Christina pockets a very helpful profit of £50,

but she does have to make lunch for a hungry chef.

True to character, she rolls up her sleeves and gets stuck in.

-OK.

-Flip it like that.

-Flip it.

THEY LAUGH

Sprinkling. Right. So what happens now?

-Get it in the oven.

-OK, cool. Let's do it.

-Oh, that looks good. That looks really good.

-Lovely.

-Yeah.

Thank you very much. I'm in a hurry.

-I've got to have my lunch, sorry.

-Oh. Oh...

-Oh, charming.

-What are you moping for?

You had a chocolate crepe earlier. There's no time for pizza anyway.

If she wants a big slice of the profits, she needs to get back

on the road to hunt down the buyers because Jonty is doing just that.

He's hot-footed it to Gerrards Cross to a shop

that deals mainly in deco ceramics.

But the Hitman wants to try his luck with his deco light fitting that cost

nearly £91. He's meeting the shop's owner, Becky.

-Oh, Becky!

-Hi.

-How you doing?

-Good to see you. I'm fine, thank you.

-Look what I've brought you.

-Oh, wow, yes.

-Now, I sent you the picture.

-Yeah, you did.

-I really love the style of this,

and I originally thought that this was pre the war. What's your hunch?

When I saw the photo, I actually did think it was more likely to

be 1950s, but actually I'm wondering if you might be right, actually.

I think it might be more likely to be 1930s.

Of course it needs rewiring, but I really like it.

-So it sounds like you do too.

-Yeah.

-There might even be a customer I have in mind, actually.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-How about 180 quid?

-Ooh, OK. I was thinking a bit lower.

-Sort of around the £120 mark?

-Oh, no, that's...

-Is that too low?

-I'll come down a bit. £160 is fine for me.

-OK. Maybe £150.

-HE LAUGHS

-Lovely.

-Sounds fine.

-Brilliant.

Jonty lights up a profit of £59.09.

So as the Hitman heads off to plan his next attack, let's see

who's in the selling spotlight and who's left themselves in the dark.

Jonty has struck two deals so far,

and along the way he's pocketed an impressive profit of £268.18,

but it is worth pointing out he's now sold his two most expensive items.

Christina has also tucked away two sales.

Her profit, though, is less than a quarter of Jonty's total,

just £61.36.

But there's a long way to go and anything could happen.

And young Miss Trevanion soon knocks off her next sale.

Staying near Whitchurch, she sells her two battered leather chairs to

the owner of Iscoyd Park, the place where Christina got married.

-What do you think?

-Well, they're quite comfortable.

They're jolly comfy, aren't they? Very, very comfy.

-And I quite like the shape.

-Mm-hm.

-Quite a lot of work that needs to be doing, though.

-What?

-Shabby chic's cool.

-What sort of figure were you thinking?

-A couple hundred quid.

-What about £150?

You do need to do a lot of work to them.

-I do need to do a lot of work to them.

-OK. £150 is agreed.

-Great.

-Deal.

-Well done. It's a deal. Thank you very much.

-Thanks.

No French kiss like she got when she bought the chairs,

but Christina does leave £37.20 better off.

Over in Oxfordshire, Jonty's on the hunt for more money.

He's in Watlington to meet interior designer Harriet.

He's bought her his collection of monthly plates,

so will they serve up a tasty profit?

We've got 12 plates here

and of course we've got different months of the year,

and the reason why I was so taken by these is

because if you look at all the characters, they have that have that

sort of Mabel Lucie Attwell sort of feel about them.

-So they have that sort of 1920s, 1930s feel.

-Playful.

-Yeah.

I thought they were maybe sort of '50s, actually,

when I first saw them.

-I sort of think that they probably are.

-Yes.

-Not too expensive.

-I want £80 for the whole set.

-£80?

-Yes.

-How about £50?

-50 quid?

-Yeah.

-No, that's too low.

-I'll come down to £70.

-Come on. Meet me halfway.

-I said £50, you said £70. I say tomato, you say... £60.

-I say £60.

All right? Deal.

Jonty holds his ground and fills up on a decent profit, £32.73.

Christina is still playing catch-up,

but she's hoping to pull out all the stops with her next item.

Remember her print with a vintage car on it?

Well, following some top flight research,

our Magpie thinks she might be about to accelerate up the scoreboard.

I'm here in the grounds of Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire

where every year they have a huge motor sport event

involving classic cars.

So I'm hoping that the subject of this picture might be of interest.

And look.

Lucy the events manager has a lovely car all ready and waiting,

but will the picture be any good for a motor racing event?

Christina certainly hopes so. It cost her almost £64.

It's very Art Deco. Very 1920s, 1930s,

and it's not a painting as such,

although it looks like a pencil sketch.

It's actually a limited edition print.

Is that something that you might be able to use?

I think we'd definitely be able to use it.

I think we could either use it as a class prize,

maybe for the winner of the fastest lap in a classic car.

Oh, brilliant. OK.

So I was hoping to get somewhere in the region of £250-300 for it, OK?

I was thinking perhaps more £150.

Yeah, I think £200 would be my absolute bottom line on it.

-I think we could probably go for £200.

-Brilliant.

Well, £200 and a spin in the rather beautiful car outside the castle?

-Go on, then.

-Brilliant.

Yes, the girl done good.

She more than triples her money and nets a profit of £136.36

and she's right back in the game.

She celebrates with a lap of honour

around the course of the castle's racetrack.

And Christina sticks with her transport theme.

She sells her Dinky double decker to an antiques shop in Shrewsbury

for £10. But that brings in a rather dinky profit - 91 pence.

But a profit's a profit and every last penny counts in this game.

Jonty is also on the road,

motoring all the way to Golders Green in North London.

I have my French abstract print that I bought in Paris with me,

and I've come to see Neil.

Now, Neil is a print specialist

and I buy a lot of works of art from him.

But the question is, will I be able to make a sale to him?

Because this could be a first.

So the print's outcome all hangs on Neil's expert opinion.

Jonty bought the artwork for a shade under £41.

-Wow!

-Here's the print.

For me, though, I've been able to find no

-information about this at all, and I sent you a picture.

-Sure.

And I sent you a picture of the signature here.

Have you been able to find anything about this at all?

-To be honest, no.

-HE LAUGHS

I mean, the problem with this sort of print is essentially it's

a decorative print. It's very pretty. It's very nice.

It probably dates from the '70s or '80s. There is a blind stamp.

I quite like that, though. Do you know anything about the print,

-because this would be the printer's, wouldn't it?

-Yes, indeed.

Alloys is, I guess, it's a small printer.

To be honest, I've never actually heard of them before.

So, yes, a decorative print only, but it's a bargain, I think,

an absolute steal, at 120 quid.

It's not really worth 120 quid. I can't say it is.

But seeing as you bought so much from me

and you always make me laugh, I'll offer you £100 for it.

-How does that sound?

-100 quid?

Yeah, how does that sound?

Well, you made me laugh now, so that's great. Thank you.

And Jonty laughs all the way to the bank to

deposit his profit of £59.09.

But he doesn't have the same luck

when he attempts a double deal with his hors d'oeuvre dish and tongs.

He tries his luck with Sue,

the landlady of a pub in the Oxfordshire village of Harwell.

I really... No. That really doesn't fit what we do. No.

-That's not for you. OK.

-No, that's not for us. Those I really like.

-I could do £35, I'd have those.

-Can't do.

-I think in that case I'm going to have to say no.

-You're saying no.

-Yes, I'm sorry.

-Okey-dokey.

Well, that was a hurdle,

but our speedy athlete did eventually manage to get a sale.

A jewellers in Wallingford bought both items for £80,

giving Jonty a profit of £30 exactly.

Well, that's Jonty all sold up, so Christina's last sale is crucial -

her musical film advertising board.

Our Magpie ventures out of her rural habitat

and all the way to the big smoke.

So will she make it a grand finale?

I'm here in North London to visit a lady called Deborah Wolf who runs

a vintage clothing and accessories shop.

I've sent a photograph of this and she seemed quite keen,

so let's go and see if she's still as keen.

Yes, will Deborah make a song and dance for the board?

The tension is palpable.

Deborah, thank you so much for having us in your shop.

I've literally just arrived with this wonderful film -

-I don't know what to call it, really - poster.

-Yes, display board.

-Display board. Yes, exactly. So what's your initial thoughts?

-Um.

-I love it. I love the colours.

-Mm-hm.

And it's really evocative cos this was the image used on the posters.

-Right. Cos it's from the film An American In Paris, isn't it?

-Yes.

-Which was released in...?

-1951.

-This I bought in Paris and I loved it.

I just thought it was so sort of wonderfully overt and fabulous

and the colours, like you say...

But I don't really understand,

because I would imagine at that time they were printing advertising

wares for films, but this is very much hand-painted.

I mean, it's a strong, bold piece. It says it straight away.

-And do you like it?

-I do. I do. I really like it.

-So it is something that you could potentially use.

-Yes.

-But it all comes down to price, doesn't it?

-Yes, it does.

-OK.

-So I was hoping for maybe £60-70.

-OK.

-What's your thoughts on that?

-£55?

-£55. OK. Is that your absolute top line?

-Um, well, I love it. I could go to £60.

-Could you?

-Yep.

-Brilliant.

-I'm very happy at that.

-You're welcome.

-Thank you so much.

Christina scrapes out an extra fiver - vital game play from our Magpie.

And she dances away £14.55 better off. So has she done enough?

Will she be called back for an encore?

We'll find out in just a moment.

Both our experts started the day with the equivalent of £750 of their own

money. Jonty made six purchases in total and spent exactly £300.

Christina also did six deals in Paris and spent a tiny bit more,

just shy of £320.

So neither of them made massive investments,

but who's made the most profit?

All of the money that Jonty and Christina have made from today's challenge

will go to charities of their choice, so let's find out who is today's

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.

-Hello.

-Hi.

Gosh, it feels a long time

-since we were strolling down the boulevards of Paris.

-I know.

-Slightly different than today, eh?

-Very different than today.

-Yeah.

-Good sales?

-Yeah, I think so. Yeah.

Do you remember that lovely sort of print of that Art Deco lady?

Sold that quite well. So I was really pleased with that.

-How about you?

-Yeah, yeah. I think my biggest, best sale was...

Do you remember my lovely pheasant?

-Yes.

-Did quite well with him.

-Yeah, your strutting pheasant.

-Yeah, yeah, and that was good.

-Right.

-Really?

-Moment of truth.

-Go on, then.

-You ready? Go on. Ready. Together.

-Oh, Jonty.

-THEY LAUGH

£250. Well done. My goodness.

-That's a large sum.

-That is a large sum. It's not as large as that.

Oh, deary me.

Yes, Jonty walks away the winner and it all came down to one item, really.

His bronze pheasant did the business.

What a fabulous, fabulous market that was.

I really enjoyed the selling.

Every single thing that I sold I managed to sell really well.

I really enjoyed buying in Paris. What could be better?

It was just beautiful.

And I made some good, healthy profits as well,

but still not enough to beat that pesky Hearnden.

But Christina mustn't fret.

She gets another chance to take down the Hitman tomorrow,

and it's all to play for at a car boot sale in Essex.