0:00:02 > 0:00:04For the country's super-wealthy,
0:00:04 > 0:00:08there's only one man to turn to when it comes to good taste.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11I think I've got what the antique trade
0:00:11 > 0:00:13and the dealers call "the eye".
0:00:13 > 0:00:16There's no question. I've got to buy all three.
0:00:16 > 0:00:22I've got a very defined and, some would say, refined sense of taste.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26What's extraordinary is how beautiful it is in this room.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Gordon Watson is one of the world's leading
0:00:28 > 0:00:31authorities on 20th-century design...
0:00:31 > 0:00:34- 7,500 and we are friends. - OK, thanks very much.- OK.
0:00:34 > 0:00:39..turning his passion for collecting into a multimillion-pound business.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41At £4,250,000...
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Sold.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46It's a mania. It's not natural how much I buy, and how much I need...
0:00:46 > 0:00:48I NEED to buy.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49Oh, my God, this is so exciting.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53Always on the hunt for the most desirable pieces to buy...
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Been a long time.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57..he's charming his way into the grandest of homes,
0:00:57 > 0:01:01gambling he'll make the deal of a lifetime.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- Very nice to see you.- I've a feeling it's going to be an easy sell
0:01:04 > 0:01:06and I'll make a lot of money.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07I'm hoping.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Art dealer Gordon Watson lives and breathes
0:01:23 > 0:01:2520th-century furniture and antiques,
0:01:25 > 0:01:27especially at home.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28This is my house.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30This is how I like to live -
0:01:30 > 0:01:33surrounded by beautiful things that I've chosen.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Everything here...
0:01:35 > 0:01:37I mean, it wouldn't be here if I didn't love it
0:01:37 > 0:01:39and be passionate about it.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42But everything here is for sale. Everything here has a stock number.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Everything would have a price if somebody was interested.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48If I really loved it, I might make the price so ridiculous that
0:01:48 > 0:01:52nobody would ever buy it, but, in theory, it's all for sale.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55I love them because they rock. Do you see?
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Ooh. There's a bit of a creak.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03It just calms you down, you know, it takes the edge off the day.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06His passion for collecting is also his business,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09founded on his exclusive black book of clients,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12which he dips into when he wants to broker deals.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Today, he's meeting a wealthy friend,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20who he knows from the London party scene.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25I'm going to meet a good friend of mine called Gela Nash-Taylor.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28She's one of the top businesswomen in America,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31and is incredibly talented.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36LA-based clothes-designer Gela was the co-founder of
0:02:36 > 0:02:41multimillion-dollar global super-brand Juicy Couture.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Did you smell them? They smell like chocolate.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Gela, a committed Anglophile, loved England
0:02:49 > 0:02:55so much she decided to purchase one of Britain's finest Tudor homes.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58But her love affair with all things British began
0:02:58 > 0:03:01long before she bought the country mansion.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03She married one of our pop idols.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06She married John Taylor from Duran Duran,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09hence her name, Gela Nash-Taylor.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15I'm a total Anglophile. I'm married to an Englishman.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17It affects the way I think about design.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Sometimes what I like and what appeals to me...
0:03:21 > 0:03:25I can go vintage shopping here for days and days.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29I collect things that reflect a certain period of history, that
0:03:29 > 0:03:34just somehow are cool and exciting, and kind of get me in a certain way.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37And that's what I like about collecting.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41So, I could go crazy if it's girandoles, or if it's chinoiserie,
0:03:41 > 0:03:45or it can be china, it can be all kinds of different things.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48I just want to sit down and have a good old gossip
0:03:48 > 0:03:51and find out what's making her tick, what she's interested in,
0:03:51 > 0:03:53if there's any business we can do,
0:03:53 > 0:03:55if there's anything I can find for her.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Gordon is meeting Gela at one of London's
0:04:00 > 0:04:04most exclusive hotels, in the heart of Mayfair.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Here, suites can cost more than £5,000 a night.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15It's a chance to dig deeper - to work out what he could sell to Gela.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Oh, you're opening the door yourself!
0:04:19 > 0:04:23- So, you're in my favourite apartment in the whole of London.- It's insane.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- Yeah. Is this your normal residence...?- Kind of, yeah.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- Look at it. It's made for you. - It was made for me.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33- You've been busy in the kitchen. - SHE LAUGHS
0:04:33 > 0:04:34Serious.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36High tea is a chance to catch up.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- It's just so chic. Cheers. - Oh, cheers.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Delicious.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Everyone, even my ma, who was in her 80s-
0:04:44 > 0:04:47she's now 90s - wanted one of your suits.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Everyone was wearing Juicy Couture.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53- I remember Madonna wearing...- Right. - Beyonce... They all, everyone...
0:04:53 > 0:04:57- And now there's a new company. - There's a new one.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- There's a new vision, there's a new project.- Yeah.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02This is like cardboard.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Let's just see.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Oh, very nice. Lovely.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Sorry, not cardboard. Mmm.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- Not cardboard at all. - So, what happened...
0:05:14 > 0:05:19I saw you got these rave reviews, you and your partner Pamela.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Pam. We're showing everything with tribal jewellery.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24And people are going crazy for it.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28- Where did you get into this Moroccan tribal jewellery?- I got into this when we went to Morocco.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30John and I went to Morocco -
0:05:30 > 0:05:33I'd never been there. The jewellery was insane. And I was like,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35"Hmm. Take me to your leader."
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- I went crazy.- You must have kept the economy going for a month there.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Six months. I just want some of this, as they say.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46I want some of this. Business is OK, but nothing like you.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48That's why I'm saying everything you touch...
0:05:48 > 0:05:51OK. I'm off, dear.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- I always forget the two. - The twos are sometimes three. Bye.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- Thank you for everything.- Bye.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Catching up with Gela has given Gordon an inkling as to what
0:06:00 > 0:06:02he might be able to sell to her.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04She likes her funky jewellery for the business,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06so maybe that's what I've got to do,
0:06:06 > 0:06:09is check out my funky jewellery pieces.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15But rather than looking through his existing stock,
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Gordon can't resist the excuse to go shopping.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21And in Mayfair, he knows a jeweller's
0:06:21 > 0:06:25so exclusive it doesn't even have a shopfront.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29- 'Good morning.'- Morning. It's Gordon Watson, I'm coming up.- 'OK.'
0:06:29 > 0:06:32I've known him for probably about six years.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35He's a very wonderful, big,
0:06:35 > 0:06:40expensive, charismatic person with a lot of taste and flair.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Sue Ollemans is one of the world's leading experts in
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Indian antique jewellery.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- It's good to see you. God, I only ever see you at fairs.- That's right.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- This is my first time in the... - In the hidey-hole.- Yes.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Jewellery is culturally significant in India,
0:06:55 > 0:06:58and is seen as a store of wealth.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03Sue's rarest and most expensive pieces date from the 17th century.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06I can't even say hello to you without looking.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Well, there is lots to see.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13This is a piece from Jaipur. It's a 19th-century piece.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17So, these were worn at marriages, predominantly.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21They represent the jasmine bud, or the champa flower.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27This enamel piece from Rajasthan in Northern India, is decorated
0:07:27 > 0:07:31with pearls and spinels, commonly mistaken to be rubies.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- Yeah, it's got a bit of pizzazz, hasn't it?- Yes.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41I'm trying to find something that looks fabulous and has real quality.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Could you put this on for me?
0:07:43 > 0:07:47And I don't think she'll have seen beautiful antique pieces.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- Excuse me for peering at your breasts.- That's all right.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- It does hang very beautifully... - It does, yes.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Let's see...if maybe there's a deal to be done.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03- The necklace was 12.- I can go to nine, but that's really sort of...
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Can't go below that, I'm afraid.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Just think of helping me.
0:08:07 > 0:08:13- Well, it's getting dangerously close to what I paid for it.- Is it?- Yes.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Oh, no, we all have to make a bit of profit, but...
0:08:15 > 0:08:17I would buy it for £8,000.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- All right. You have a deal.- OK. Thank you very much indeed.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24- Thank you so much. - That was a bit too quick, wasn't it? I should've said seven.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26No, I'm very happy. I know you...
0:08:26 > 0:08:29I've seen you, and I know what a reputation you have.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31- I'll see you soon and we'll be in contact.- Perfect.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Gordon's taking an £8,000 gamble, which he hopes will
0:08:35 > 0:08:36pay off with a sale.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38I've really taken a punt here.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40If she doesn't buy that necklace,
0:08:40 > 0:08:43I don't know what I'm going to do, actually.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Wear it... I can't think.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51But Gela isn't the only super-rich customer in Gordon's sights.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58In London's exclusive Chelsea,
0:08:58 > 0:09:02preparations are underway for the opening of the most important
0:09:02 > 0:09:06art and design sale of the year - the Masterpiece Fair.
0:09:06 > 0:09:12For ten days, over 150 dealers show their finest wares to the uber-rich.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15It's the world's fanciest pop-up shop.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- Put these somewhere. How are you?- I'm very well.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19It looks fabulous.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23This event is so exclusive that only the finest of dealers
0:09:23 > 0:09:25are allowed to exhibit here.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Luckily for Gordon, this will be the fifth year that he's hosted a stand.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32This costs twice as much as the rent of the shop -
0:09:32 > 0:09:35for ten days, as opposed to 12 months.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37That's how important this fair is to me.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41- Nicolala, these aren't good enough. - No?- No.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43I'd rather have this on the stand. OK?
0:09:43 > 0:09:45People come here to spend money.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47They don't know what they want to spend money on,
0:09:47 > 0:09:50but when they come, I want to be here to grab them,
0:09:50 > 0:09:55to make sure that that cheque and credit card comes to me first.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Oh. Ohh. Nicola...
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- You want a fan?- Yep.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04With an eye-watering £60,000 outlay,
0:10:04 > 0:10:08and £1 million's worth of stock for sale,
0:10:08 > 0:10:11the pressure is on for Gordon to make sales.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19The doors open to the first of the fair's 40,000 visitors.
0:10:19 > 0:10:25So, it's like a one-stop fair where you can buy a house,
0:10:25 > 0:10:27furnish the house, then buy a boat
0:10:27 > 0:10:30and get some jewellery for your girlfriend.
0:10:30 > 0:10:36In just one week, over £100 million will be spent on art,
0:10:36 > 0:10:38furniture and jewellery.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Gordon has some serious competition for the big spenders.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46We've got a pair of pastels by Claude Monet.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49We're asking £1.4 million for them.
0:10:49 > 0:10:55I unfortunately fell in love with a beautiful painting for £650,000.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59This is a work by the Orphist painter Robert Delaunay,
0:10:59 > 0:11:02and we're asking 5 million.
0:11:02 > 0:11:055 million is over £3 million.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07But even at that price,
0:11:07 > 0:11:11the painting isn't the most expensive thing on offer.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15That honour goes to a 114-carat yellow diamond,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18priced at over £10 million.
0:11:18 > 0:11:24Amazingly beautiful. And it's so sparkly it almost hurt my eyes.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Could you put my lucky bracelet on, please?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Say a little prayer.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33Thank you very much.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35We sit and wait.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40The horror of horrors is if it's really busy and lots of people are running around,
0:11:40 > 0:11:42and they're not stopping on the stand. I have that moment -
0:11:42 > 0:11:45"This is the fair where I won't sell anything."
0:11:45 > 0:11:48It's a bit quiet, isn't it, Nicola?
0:11:48 > 0:11:51It'll pick up. It always does.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53I'm hysterical when I'm here.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56I mean, every minute there's not somebody looking or asking,
0:11:56 > 0:12:00I feel as though I'm invalid and, "Why am I here?"
0:12:00 > 0:12:05The fair is busy, but so far Gordon hasn't made a sale.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07He can't afford to take a break.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Look what I've got. This is my lunch.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12I don't want to go anywhere and miss a client,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15so I nibble very elegantly when no-one's around.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25What would they do if they found you eating it?
0:12:25 > 0:12:28I'm not sure. I don't want to think about it.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30I don't want to think of what the consequences could be.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34- You've never been caught.- Not yet. After this I will be.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38It's probably the end of my career.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41The end of my having a stand at Masterpiece.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45As the fair heats up,
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Gordon ventures from the safety of his desk when he spots
0:12:49 > 0:12:52a client he knows has recently commissioned a luxury yacht.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57It's good to see you. That was fun the other night.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01- It was really fun, yes.- That music was fabulous, wasn't it?
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Oh, my God, I must have lost two kilos from that.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08The wife of a millionaire financier, she's looking to furnish
0:13:08 > 0:13:11the interior of their new bespoke mega-yacht.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16This dining table, this is American. It's called Masterwork. It's bronze.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20It comes with these chairs that are the most... Sit in it.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24You've got to be a bit of a psychological master.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29So, the table is £35,000. And look at the thickness of this glass.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31- It's amazing.- Yeah.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34It's just understanding people, reading them.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Are they in a mood to buy?
0:13:35 > 0:13:39The only issue is that it's to go on a boat.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41I'm sure, for a boat, they could drill it,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44so this could be absolutely installed.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Look at the glass, it's like the colour of the sea
0:13:46 > 0:13:48when you see it from the side.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50I've broken down the barriers,
0:13:50 > 0:13:54and they are then ready to buy beautiful things.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57The stool is 1960s, '70s.
0:13:59 > 0:14:04- Great for a boat. How much was the stool?- £4,000.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05£4,000? Seems cheap.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Was it expensive?!
0:14:08 > 0:14:13Gordon's super-rich clientele rarely pull out their credit cards.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Most sales are completed discreetly by e-mail.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19So, we'll send that now, to Janine? Thank you.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22With details of the goods being sent off to the yacht designer,
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Gordon's feeling buoyant.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27She's one of my better clients. I adore her.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31I would say we're 90% there, it's just if it fits.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33He'll have to wait and see
0:14:33 > 0:14:37if the table gets the nod from the yacht's interior designer.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42Until then, it's back to fishing in the stream of the mega-rich
0:14:42 > 0:14:47floating past his stand to see if he can land any more big sales.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59When not on show at design fairs, most of Gordon's £4 million
0:14:59 > 0:15:04worth of art and furniture is boxed up in a south-east London warehouse.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09All of this is yours, up to there. You're here.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12And this is your bay as well. To the top.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Gordon has storage space the equivalent to the size of
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- two double-decker buses.- All you. - All of this is me, look at this.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Gordon Watson, Gordon Watson, Gordon Watson.
0:15:21 > 0:15:27How many of these Renaissance Dutch 17th-century cabinets have I got?
0:15:27 > 0:15:29I just like buying, that's the problem.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34This is the physical manifestation of my malady, which is shopping.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39He's currently got 200 cubic metres of storage...
0:15:39 > 0:15:40Oh, dear God!
0:15:40 > 0:15:45..and we've got hundreds of clients, and he's in our top five.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48This is depressing. I should be trying to sell them.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51No-one's going to appreciate them in here but the mice, I'd imagine.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Hollywood entrepreneur Gela Nash-Taylor
0:15:54 > 0:15:57is expecting to see just a few specially chosen items,
0:15:57 > 0:16:01but Gordon can't resist going through his back catalogue.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06- So, I think, a bird cage.- OK. - I'd love that one if we can find it.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Thanks, James.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12As she's never been into my shop and she's never
0:16:12 > 0:16:15at any of the antique fairs, I've decided that I'm going to take the
0:16:15 > 0:16:18bull by the horns. I'm choosing items which I'm going to
0:16:18 > 0:16:22put on the van, and Nicola and I are going to go down with one
0:16:22 > 0:16:26of the guys from here to her country house and I am going to say hi...
0:16:26 > 0:16:28HE KISSES
0:16:28 > 0:16:31..and then I'm going to open the doors
0:16:31 > 0:16:34and I'll have 20 or 30 or 40 pieces and
0:16:34 > 0:16:37I don't how she's going to wriggle out and not buy something from me.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Gordon's Aladdin's cave has given him plenty of ideas to
0:16:44 > 0:16:46increase his chances of a sale
0:16:46 > 0:16:49and fill Gela's very English country pile.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56She loved Downton Abbey, and she came to England
0:16:56 > 0:16:59to try and buy a Downton Abbey. I mean, how mad is that?
0:16:59 > 0:17:02And she ended up with this house, which is 100 times
0:17:02 > 0:17:04more beautiful than Downton Abbey.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08But she was completely sold on the dream of the English country house.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14It's amazing. This house was built in 14-something.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17It's crazy. To think like that, it's crazy.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20This is the mermaid, the most beautiful object I possess.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22JAMES LAUGHS
0:17:22 > 0:17:24And Gela will not be able to live without it.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28- OK.- Be delicate.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32These were conversation pieces from the late 19th century.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35You'd pay your farthing to come in and have a look at...
0:17:35 > 0:17:38And they'd invent a whole story about how
0:17:38 > 0:17:41she was captured in a net in Madagascar.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44It's not real! No, it's not real.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47What this is, is it's the head of a monkey
0:17:47 > 0:17:50and then the lower part of a big fish.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52I see nothing but beauty.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56- James, just put your face there. - Beauty!- I mean, separated at birth!
0:17:56 > 0:17:58THEY LAUGH
0:17:58 > 0:18:01With so much in a storage, Gordon is spoilt for choice.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04He's already pulled out over 100 pieces.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08He's going to need a lorry to take them all to Gela's country house.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12Actually, I'd like to take the 2,000 items that I probably own here
0:18:12 > 0:18:15and then pitch them, but that might be a little excessive.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17So I'll edit a bit.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21I want her to have fun, but I don't want her to be horrified.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Today, Gordon is going to try and sell his wares to Gela.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36While he and personal assistant Nicola
0:18:36 > 0:18:38travel in first-class comfort,
0:18:38 > 0:18:41fine arts removers James and Wayne
0:18:41 > 0:18:45are hitting the motorway in a packed van.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Gordon is definitely missing out on this trip.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52He's missing out on Revels.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54He won't get these in first class.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Definitely not.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Gordon's pricing things up.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Not sure how many pieces there are.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06- Um, yes, there are quite a few pieces.- 60, 70, 80.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09SHE LAUGHS
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- There's more. - That's the single detail...
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- There's probably more than that. - There's about 200 pieces!
0:19:15 > 0:19:18There's probably more than 100 pieces.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20And she's expecting me to bring one thing.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22This is going to be a bloody disaster.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25I think I might have overplayed it.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Because this would be my dream thing, you know?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30I'd have a country house
0:19:30 > 0:19:33and somebody would a load a van and just bring all their things.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37So I think I was projecting what I would love onto Gela,
0:19:37 > 0:19:40and I don't think she's going to like this.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43From our point of view, looking in to their world,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46it can look a little bit like a bring-and-buy sale.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50But...artwork and everything is a personal choice.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53And what one person likes, another person won't.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57Well, you see, in this industry, paintings that look like they've
0:19:57 > 0:20:03been painted by a dolphin with a paintbrush in its mouth
0:20:03 > 0:20:05and you can't believe that someone
0:20:05 > 0:20:08would maybe pay millions of pounds for it.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11That's their personal taste.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- Thanks very much.- Thank you. - Thank you.- Have a good day.- You too.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- Can you put my lucky bracelet on, please?- Yes, I can.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Because I think we might need it.
0:20:27 > 0:20:33Gela's Grade I listed home is set in 260 acres, with ten bedrooms,
0:20:33 > 0:20:38five cottages, a cricket ground and a stone summerhouse.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Now we go right.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Aren't they lovely?
0:20:44 > 0:20:48- The peacocks.- Well, you've made it. - I made it, babe.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50How are you, in your country outfit?
0:20:50 > 0:20:54- It's so fantastic!- Have you met lovely Nicola?- Hi, nice to meet you.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59This is where the dinners for 40, 50 people
0:20:59 > 0:21:01on long tables... I mean, it seems unbelievable that
0:21:01 > 0:21:05- you could cram...- Cram, yeah, that's exactly what we did.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- All right, come this way. - Oh, I love that Flemish mirror.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Isn't that beautiful? That's flattering.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- Exactly!- It's the best mirror I've ever seen.- Perfect.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15The house was built in 1399.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Come on, Nicolala.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20And it's rumoured that the large drawing room was where
0:21:20 > 0:21:24Sir Walter Raleigh smoked the first tobacco in England.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26How amazing in daylight.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Oh, that's right! You've never been here in the day!
0:21:29 > 0:21:32No, I've only ever seen it with candles and champagne and...
0:21:32 > 0:21:35- That's so crazy.- ..and really cute boys with aprons.- Really cute.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Gela employed highly respected designers to renovate
0:21:40 > 0:21:43the historic house, using the finest fabrics
0:21:43 > 0:21:47and furniture from across three centuries.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49What was this room like when you saw it?
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- You know, when you came to view? - Well, it was empty. This was empty.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- Totally empty, no furniture? - No furniture.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00The Jacobean fireplace is one of the highlights of the house...
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Have you ever seen a fireplace like this?
0:22:03 > 0:22:07..and is believed to be one of the finest in the country.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20How incredible. This is your dressing room?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23- This is my dressing room. - Oh, God.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Oh, the things I could have bought you, madam!
0:22:26 > 0:22:29- You like a nice feather boa, don't you, dear?- I do.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Yeah, she likes a boa!
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Knowing Gela's love of fashion,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Gordon's hoping his couture hats might be a safe bet.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42These bicorn hats are one-offs, designed by British icon
0:22:42 > 0:22:47and spearhead of '70s punk fashion, Vivienne Westwood.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51But these are Vivienne Westwood couture that
0:22:51 > 0:22:54I bought a collection of.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56- LAUGHING:- That is insane!
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Aren't they?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00- Who knew...- Oh, my God.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- Extraordinary, no? - That is unbelievable.- Yeah.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- And it's from... - SHE LAUGHS
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- So, so...- That is...
0:23:12 > 0:23:14- Oh, wow.- That's the most famous one.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18People in Japan go crazy, so it's called the pirate hat.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20And do you remember, she did that whole collection.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22- This is incredible.- Isn't it?
0:23:22 > 0:23:25- I think this one's better than that one.- Yeah. I mean, that's the...
0:23:25 > 0:23:27- This is the one.- This is fun. - That's just wacky.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29But you don't think this would look lovely on...
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- This looks as though it belongs here.- I think this one's...
0:23:32 > 0:23:35- I like this one better than that one.- OK.- It's amazing.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38- Well, they're both not bad, are they?- They're very incredible.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41OK. So, let's take this away. Let's try and be...
0:23:41 > 0:23:46- And this is a travel blanket of wolf skin.- This is incredible.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48- It's over 100 years old. - It's amazing.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50- Pulse racing.- Pulse racing.- OK.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Having warmed Gela up with the wolf fur,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56he's setting up for the main sell.
0:23:58 > 0:24:03For Gordon, it's a step up from when he first became a teenage salesman.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06When I was about 14 or 15,
0:24:06 > 0:24:09a family friend had a factory making coats.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12I sold all the seconds on markets.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15And I found then I was a great salesman.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18I mean, literally, at 14, I could sell anything.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20I was the best salesman they had.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22So, then I was earning 10, 15, £20.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25I was really earning money, cos I got a set fee
0:24:25 > 0:24:28and then I got commissions on every coat that I sold.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31With his stall fully laid out,
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Gordon is open for business.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Nicolala, could you go and find Gela?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Oh, my God!
0:24:41 > 0:24:42SHE LAUGHS
0:24:42 > 0:24:43Whoa.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47- Wow.- Few things.- Well...
0:24:47 > 0:24:51These instantly speak to me.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56- Ethiopian, they're ankle bracelets that are so rare.- Those are amazing.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00That I bought in Italy about 15 years ago.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04I think I'm scared of what's under there.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07That should probably stay there, cos I think I saw teeth.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- I might not show you that.- Don't show me that.- You might object.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Let's keep that. I saw teeth.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16When you're on, it's like being on stage. You're a showman.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20You're working out, as you're talking, which way to go.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- And this, have you seen these before?- No.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25So, this is for crushed ice. It's late Victorian, Edwardian.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27The ice goes in there and it's perfect for you, dear,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29because it's for full bottles of tequila.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31SHE LAUGHS
0:25:31 > 0:25:32- Fantastic.- OK.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Generally it works, but when you've hooked them
0:25:35 > 0:25:39and they're interested, you can't be desperate.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40Did you make these stands?
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Yes. We have a man. We've got a great man who can make these.
0:25:43 > 0:25:44Isn't that great?
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Nicola will give you the details afterwards,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48only if you buy something.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50- Oh, no, I didn't say that. - SHE LAUGHS
0:25:50 > 0:25:53She's a businesswoman foremost. A collector second.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54It doesn't make me feel like a man.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- It's all insane and gorgeous.- OK.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- And crazy. It's just... - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03I need a cup of tea, or, after that I'm exhausted, a glass of wine.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06It's getting late. And then the reveal of treasures.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12- So, cheers.- Cheers.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Thank you for welcoming me.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18- I hope I haven't driven you crazy. - You have not driven me crazy.- OK.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Now, as we're sitting here, it just so happens,
0:26:22 > 0:26:25for your supreme delight,
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- I have a few little things to show you.- Oh, God.
0:26:28 > 0:26:29SHE LAUGHS
0:26:29 > 0:26:33- Cos I thought, if all else fails... - Yeah.- OK.- Revert.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36..revert to the thing that girls love most of all.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- And what do girls love most of all? - Jewellery.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42I wish I could give it to you, darling, cos you deserve it.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47- Wow.- And it's 19th century, Jaipur, as original as it possibly can be.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- It's really beautiful. - And it just sits here like a...
0:26:50 > 0:26:52It's really beautiful.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- You don't have a mirror in this room, do you, darling?- I don't.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Isn't that weird? It's that one room without one.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03I'm going to see the reflection in your eyes.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- Well, my eyes are just filled with lust, love.- They're lighting up.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10I mean, I think I'm changing my sexuality. I mean, you look hot.
0:27:10 > 0:27:11- It's amazing.- Yeah.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14That's gorgeous. It's crazy gorgeous.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18- We don't need to discuss price. - SHE SIGHS
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- I want you to think about it. - All right.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24What shall we do? Shall I let you... I know you're...
0:27:24 > 0:27:26You just need to let me think.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- There's three things that I'm thinking about.- OK.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- The cuffs, the fur and the Vivienne Westwood hat.- OK.
0:27:35 > 0:27:40- What did we think about the necklace?- Well, that's major.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41So, you know...
0:27:41 > 0:27:45Gordon, this is to your eye, because it's all about the eye,
0:27:45 > 0:27:47and you've got an impeccable eye.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49- To you.- To me. Thank you very much.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00After a busy day plying his trade...
0:28:00 > 0:28:02My precious cargo.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04..Gordon's feeling hopeful.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Can't wait for that phone call tomorrow.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10I think I've sold three things,
0:28:10 > 0:28:13and I'm hoping that one of the pieces of jewellery,
0:28:13 > 0:28:17but I've just got to be discreet and see what the lay of the land is.