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