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For the country's super-wealthy,

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there's only one man to turn to when it comes to good taste.

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I think I've got what the antique trade

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and the dealers call "the eye".

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There's no question. I've got to buy all three.

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I've got a very defined and, some would say, refined sense of taste.

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What's extraordinary is how beautiful it is in this room.

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Gordon Watson is one of the world's leading

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authorities on 20th-century design...

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-7,500 and we are friends.

-OK, thanks very much.

-OK.

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..turning his passion for collecting into a multimillion-pound business.

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At £4,250,000...

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Sold.

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It's a mania. It's not natural how much I buy, and how much I need...

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I NEED to buy.

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Oh, my God, this is so exciting.

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Always on the hunt for the most desirable pieces to buy...

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Been a long time.

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..he's charming his way into the grandest of homes,

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gambling he'll make the deal of a lifetime.

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-Very nice to see you.

-I've a feeling it's going to be an easy sell

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and I'll make a lot of money.

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I'm hoping.

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Art dealer Gordon Watson lives and breathes

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20th-century furniture and antiques,

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especially at home.

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This is my house.

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This is how I like to live -

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surrounded by beautiful things that I've chosen.

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Everything here...

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I mean, it wouldn't be here if I didn't love it

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and be passionate about it.

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But everything here is for sale. Everything here has a stock number.

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Everything would have a price if somebody was interested.

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If I really loved it, I might make the price so ridiculous that

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nobody would ever buy it, but, in theory, it's all for sale.

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I love them because they rock. Do you see?

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Ooh. There's a bit of a creak.

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It just calms you down, you know, it takes the edge off the day.

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His passion for collecting is also his business,

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founded on his exclusive black book of clients,

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which he dips into when he wants to broker deals.

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Today, he's meeting a wealthy friend,

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who he knows from the London party scene.

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I'm going to meet a good friend of mine called Gela Nash-Taylor.

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She's one of the top businesswomen in America,

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and is incredibly talented.

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LA-based clothes-designer Gela was the co-founder of

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multimillion-dollar global super-brand Juicy Couture.

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Did you smell them? They smell like chocolate.

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Gela, a committed Anglophile, loved England

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so much she decided to purchase one of Britain's finest Tudor homes.

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But her love affair with all things British began

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long before she bought the country mansion.

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She married one of our pop idols.

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She married John Taylor from Duran Duran,

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hence her name, Gela Nash-Taylor.

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I'm a total Anglophile. I'm married to an Englishman.

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It affects the way I think about design.

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Sometimes what I like and what appeals to me...

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I can go vintage shopping here for days and days.

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I collect things that reflect a certain period of history, that

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just somehow are cool and exciting, and kind of get me in a certain way.

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And that's what I like about collecting.

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So, I could go crazy if it's girandoles, or if it's chinoiserie,

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or it can be china, it can be all kinds of different things.

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I just want to sit down and have a good old gossip

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and find out what's making her tick, what she's interested in,

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if there's any business we can do,

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if there's anything I can find for her.

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Gordon is meeting Gela at one of London's

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most exclusive hotels, in the heart of Mayfair.

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Here, suites can cost more than £5,000 a night.

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It's a chance to dig deeper - to work out what he could sell to Gela.

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Oh, you're opening the door yourself!

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-So, you're in my favourite apartment in the whole of London.

-It's insane.

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-Yeah. Is this your normal residence...?

-Kind of, yeah.

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-Look at it. It's made for you.

-It was made for me.

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-You've been busy in the kitchen.

-SHE LAUGHS

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Serious.

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High tea is a chance to catch up.

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-It's just so chic. Cheers.

-Oh, cheers.

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Delicious.

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Everyone, even my ma, who was in her 80s-

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she's now 90s - wanted one of your suits.

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Everyone was wearing Juicy Couture.

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-I remember Madonna wearing...

-Right.

-Beyonce... They all, everyone...

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-And now there's a new company.

-There's a new one.

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-There's a new vision, there's a new project.

-Yeah.

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This is like cardboard.

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Let's just see.

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Oh, very nice. Lovely.

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Sorry, not cardboard. Mmm.

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-Not cardboard at all.

-So, what happened...

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I saw you got these rave reviews, you and your partner Pamela.

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Pam. We're showing everything with tribal jewellery.

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And people are going crazy for it.

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-Where did you get into this Moroccan tribal jewellery?

-I got into this when we went to Morocco.

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John and I went to Morocco -

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I'd never been there. The jewellery was insane. And I was like,

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"Hmm. Take me to your leader."

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-I went crazy.

-You must have kept the economy going for a month there.

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Six months. I just want some of this, as they say.

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I want some of this. Business is OK, but nothing like you.

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That's why I'm saying everything you touch...

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OK. I'm off, dear.

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-I always forget the two.

-The twos are sometimes three. Bye.

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-Thank you for everything.

-Bye.

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Catching up with Gela has given Gordon an inkling as to what

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he might be able to sell to her.

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She likes her funky jewellery for the business,

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so maybe that's what I've got to do,

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is check out my funky jewellery pieces.

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But rather than looking through his existing stock,

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Gordon can't resist the excuse to go shopping.

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And in Mayfair, he knows a jeweller's

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so exclusive it doesn't even have a shopfront.

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-'Good morning.'

-Morning. It's Gordon Watson, I'm coming up.

-'OK.'

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I've known him for probably about six years.

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He's a very wonderful, big,

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expensive, charismatic person with a lot of taste and flair.

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Sue Ollemans is one of the world's leading experts in

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Indian antique jewellery.

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-It's good to see you. God, I only ever see you at fairs.

-That's right.

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-This is my first time in the...

-In the hidey-hole.

-Yes.

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Jewellery is culturally significant in India,

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and is seen as a store of wealth.

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Sue's rarest and most expensive pieces date from the 17th century.

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I can't even say hello to you without looking.

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Well, there is lots to see.

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This is a piece from Jaipur. It's a 19th-century piece.

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So, these were worn at marriages, predominantly.

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They represent the jasmine bud, or the champa flower.

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This enamel piece from Rajasthan in Northern India, is decorated

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with pearls and spinels, commonly mistaken to be rubies.

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-Yeah, it's got a bit of pizzazz, hasn't it?

-Yes.

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I'm trying to find something that looks fabulous and has real quality.

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Could you put this on for me?

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And I don't think she'll have seen beautiful antique pieces.

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-Excuse me for peering at your breasts.

-That's all right.

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-It does hang very beautifully...

-It does, yes.

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Let's see...if maybe there's a deal to be done.

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-The necklace was 12.

-I can go to nine, but that's really sort of...

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Can't go below that, I'm afraid.

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Just think of helping me.

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-Well, it's getting dangerously close to what I paid for it.

-Is it?

-Yes.

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Oh, no, we all have to make a bit of profit, but...

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I would buy it for £8,000.

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-All right. You have a deal.

-OK. Thank you very much indeed.

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-Thank you so much.

-That was a bit too quick, wasn't it? I should've said seven.

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No, I'm very happy. I know you...

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I've seen you, and I know what a reputation you have.

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-I'll see you soon and we'll be in contact.

-Perfect.

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Gordon's taking an £8,000 gamble, which he hopes will

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pay off with a sale.

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I've really taken a punt here.

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If she doesn't buy that necklace,

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I don't know what I'm going to do, actually.

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Wear it... I can't think.

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But Gela isn't the only super-rich customer in Gordon's sights.

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In London's exclusive Chelsea,

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preparations are underway for the opening of the most important

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art and design sale of the year - the Masterpiece Fair.

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For ten days, over 150 dealers show their finest wares to the uber-rich.

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It's the world's fanciest pop-up shop.

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-Put these somewhere. How are you?

-I'm very well.

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It looks fabulous.

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This event is so exclusive that only the finest of dealers

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are allowed to exhibit here.

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Luckily for Gordon, this will be the fifth year that he's hosted a stand.

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This costs twice as much as the rent of the shop -

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for ten days, as opposed to 12 months.

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That's how important this fair is to me.

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-Nicolala, these aren't good enough.

-No?

-No.

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I'd rather have this on the stand. OK?

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People come here to spend money.

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They don't know what they want to spend money on,

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but when they come, I want to be here to grab them,

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to make sure that that cheque and credit card comes to me first.

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Oh. Ohh. Nicola...

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-You want a fan?

-Yep.

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With an eye-watering £60,000 outlay,

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and £1 million's worth of stock for sale,

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the pressure is on for Gordon to make sales.

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The doors open to the first of the fair's 40,000 visitors.

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So, it's like a one-stop fair where you can buy a house,

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furnish the house, then buy a boat

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and get some jewellery for your girlfriend.

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In just one week, over £100 million will be spent on art,

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furniture and jewellery.

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Gordon has some serious competition for the big spenders.

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We've got a pair of pastels by Claude Monet.

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We're asking £1.4 million for them.

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I unfortunately fell in love with a beautiful painting for £650,000.

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This is a work by the Orphist painter Robert Delaunay,

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and we're asking 5 million.

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5 million is over £3 million.

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But even at that price,

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the painting isn't the most expensive thing on offer.

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That honour goes to a 114-carat yellow diamond,

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priced at over £10 million.

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Amazingly beautiful. And it's so sparkly it almost hurt my eyes.

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Could you put my lucky bracelet on, please?

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Say a little prayer.

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Thank you very much.

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We sit and wait.

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The horror of horrors is if it's really busy and lots of people are running around,

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and they're not stopping on the stand. I have that moment -

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"This is the fair where I won't sell anything."

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It's a bit quiet, isn't it, Nicola?

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It'll pick up. It always does.

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I'm hysterical when I'm here.

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I mean, every minute there's not somebody looking or asking,

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I feel as though I'm invalid and, "Why am I here?"

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The fair is busy, but so far Gordon hasn't made a sale.

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He can't afford to take a break.

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Look what I've got. This is my lunch.

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I don't want to go anywhere and miss a client,

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so I nibble very elegantly when no-one's around.

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What would they do if they found you eating it?

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I'm not sure. I don't want to think about it.

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I don't want to think of what the consequences could be.

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-You've never been caught.

-Not yet. After this I will be.

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It's probably the end of my career.

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The end of my having a stand at Masterpiece.

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As the fair heats up,

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Gordon ventures from the safety of his desk when he spots

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a client he knows has recently commissioned a luxury yacht.

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It's good to see you. That was fun the other night.

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-It was really fun, yes.

-That music was fabulous, wasn't it?

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Oh, my God, I must have lost two kilos from that.

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The wife of a millionaire financier, she's looking to furnish

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the interior of their new bespoke mega-yacht.

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This dining table, this is American. It's called Masterwork. It's bronze.

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It comes with these chairs that are the most... Sit in it.

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You've got to be a bit of a psychological master.

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So, the table is £35,000. And look at the thickness of this glass.

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-It's amazing.

-Yeah.

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It's just understanding people, reading them.

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Are they in a mood to buy?

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The only issue is that it's to go on a boat.

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I'm sure, for a boat, they could drill it,

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so this could be absolutely installed.

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Look at the glass, it's like the colour of the sea

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when you see it from the side.

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I've broken down the barriers,

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and they are then ready to buy beautiful things.

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The stool is 1960s, '70s.

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-Great for a boat. How much was the stool?

-£4,000.

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£4,000? Seems cheap.

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Was it expensive?!

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Gordon's super-rich clientele rarely pull out their credit cards.

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Most sales are completed discreetly by e-mail.

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So, we'll send that now, to Janine? Thank you.

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With details of the goods being sent off to the yacht designer,

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Gordon's feeling buoyant.

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She's one of my better clients. I adore her.

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I would say we're 90% there, it's just if it fits.

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He'll have to wait and see

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if the table gets the nod from the yacht's interior designer.

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Until then, it's back to fishing in the stream of the mega-rich

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floating past his stand to see if he can land any more big sales.

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When not on show at design fairs, most of Gordon's £4 million

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worth of art and furniture is boxed up in a south-east London warehouse.

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All of this is yours, up to there. You're here.

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And this is your bay as well. To the top.

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Gordon has storage space the equivalent to the size of

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-two double-decker buses.

-All you.

-All of this is me, look at this.

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Gordon Watson, Gordon Watson, Gordon Watson.

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How many of these Renaissance Dutch 17th-century cabinets have I got?

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I just like buying, that's the problem.

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This is the physical manifestation of my malady, which is shopping.

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He's currently got 200 cubic metres of storage...

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Oh, dear God!

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..and we've got hundreds of clients, and he's in our top five.

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This is depressing. I should be trying to sell them.

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No-one's going to appreciate them in here but the mice, I'd imagine.

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Hollywood entrepreneur Gela Nash-Taylor

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is expecting to see just a few specially chosen items,

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but Gordon can't resist going through his back catalogue.

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-So, I think, a bird cage.

-OK.

-I'd love that one if we can find it.

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Thanks, James.

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As she's never been into my shop and she's never

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at any of the antique fairs, I've decided that I'm going to take the

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bull by the horns. I'm choosing items which I'm going to

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put on the van, and Nicola and I are going to go down with one

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of the guys from here to her country house and I am going to say hi...

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HE KISSES

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..and then I'm going to open the doors

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and I'll have 20 or 30 or 40 pieces and

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I don't how she's going to wriggle out and not buy something from me.

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Gordon's Aladdin's cave has given him plenty of ideas to

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increase his chances of a sale

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and fill Gela's very English country pile.

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She loved Downton Abbey, and she came to England

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to try and buy a Downton Abbey. I mean, how mad is that?

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And she ended up with this house, which is 100 times

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more beautiful than Downton Abbey.

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But she was completely sold on the dream of the English country house.

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It's amazing. This house was built in 14-something.

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It's crazy. To think like that, it's crazy.

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This is the mermaid, the most beautiful object I possess.

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JAMES LAUGHS

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And Gela will not be able to live without it.

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-OK.

-Be delicate.

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These were conversation pieces from the late 19th century.

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You'd pay your farthing to come in and have a look at...

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And they'd invent a whole story about how

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she was captured in a net in Madagascar.

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It's not real! No, it's not real.

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What this is, is it's the head of a monkey

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and then the lower part of a big fish.

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I see nothing but beauty.

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-James, just put your face there.

-Beauty!

-I mean, separated at birth!

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THEY LAUGH

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With so much in a storage, Gordon is spoilt for choice.

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He's already pulled out over 100 pieces.

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He's going to need a lorry to take them all to Gela's country house.

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Actually, I'd like to take the 2,000 items that I probably own here

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and then pitch them, but that might be a little excessive.

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So I'll edit a bit.

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I want her to have fun, but I don't want her to be horrified.

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Today, Gordon is going to try and sell his wares to Gela.

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While he and personal assistant Nicola

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travel in first-class comfort,

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fine arts removers James and Wayne

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are hitting the motorway in a packed van.

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Gordon is definitely missing out on this trip.

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He's missing out on Revels.

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He won't get these in first class.

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Definitely not.

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Gordon's pricing things up.

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Not sure how many pieces there are.

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-Um, yes, there are quite a few pieces.

-60, 70, 80.

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SHE LAUGHS

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-There's more.

-That's the single detail...

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-There's probably more than that.

-There's about 200 pieces!

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There's probably more than 100 pieces.

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And she's expecting me to bring one thing.

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This is going to be a bloody disaster.

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I think I might have overplayed it.

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Because this would be my dream thing, you know?

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I'd have a country house

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and somebody would a load a van and just bring all their things.

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So I think I was projecting what I would love onto Gela,

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and I don't think she's going to like this.

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From our point of view, looking in to their world,

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it can look a little bit like a bring-and-buy sale.

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But...artwork and everything is a personal choice.

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And what one person likes, another person won't.

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Well, you see, in this industry, paintings that look like they've

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been painted by a dolphin with a paintbrush in its mouth

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and you can't believe that someone

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would maybe pay millions of pounds for it.

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That's their personal taste.

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-Thanks very much.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-Have a good day.

-You too.

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-Can you put my lucky bracelet on, please?

-Yes, I can.

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Because I think we might need it.

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Gela's Grade I listed home is set in 260 acres, with ten bedrooms,

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five cottages, a cricket ground and a stone summerhouse.

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Now we go right.

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Aren't they lovely?

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-The peacocks.

-Well, you've made it.

-I made it, babe.

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How are you, in your country outfit?

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-It's so fantastic!

-Have you met lovely Nicola?

-Hi, nice to meet you.

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This is where the dinners for 40, 50 people

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on long tables... I mean, it seems unbelievable that

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-you could cram...

-Cram, yeah, that's exactly what we did.

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-All right, come this way.

-Oh, I love that Flemish mirror.

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Isn't that beautiful? That's flattering.

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-Exactly!

-It's the best mirror I've ever seen.

-Perfect.

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The house was built in 1399.

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Come on, Nicolala.

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And it's rumoured that the large drawing room was where

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Sir Walter Raleigh smoked the first tobacco in England.

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How amazing in daylight.

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Oh, that's right! You've never been here in the day!

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No, I've only ever seen it with candles and champagne and...

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-That's so crazy.

-..and really cute boys with aprons.

-Really cute.

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Gela employed highly respected designers to renovate

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the historic house, using the finest fabrics

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and furniture from across three centuries.

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What was this room like when you saw it?

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-You know, when you came to view?

-Well, it was empty. This was empty.

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-Totally empty, no furniture?

-No furniture.

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The Jacobean fireplace is one of the highlights of the house...

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Have you ever seen a fireplace like this?

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..and is believed to be one of the finest in the country.

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How incredible. This is your dressing room?

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-This is my dressing room.

-Oh, God.

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Oh, the things I could have bought you, madam!

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-You like a nice feather boa, don't you, dear?

-I do.

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Yeah, she likes a boa!

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Knowing Gela's love of fashion,

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Gordon's hoping his couture hats might be a safe bet.

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These bicorn hats are one-offs, designed by British icon

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and spearhead of '70s punk fashion, Vivienne Westwood.

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But these are Vivienne Westwood couture that

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I bought a collection of.

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-LAUGHING:

-That is insane!

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Aren't they?

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-Who knew...

-Oh, my God.

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-Extraordinary, no?

-That is unbelievable.

-Yeah.

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-And it's from...

-SHE LAUGHS

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-So, so...

-That is...

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-Oh, wow.

-That's the most famous one.

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People in Japan go crazy, so it's called the pirate hat.

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And do you remember, she did that whole collection.

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-This is incredible.

-Isn't it?

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-I think this one's better than that one.

-Yeah. I mean, that's the...

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-This is the one.

-This is fun.

-That's just wacky.

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But you don't think this would look lovely on...

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-This looks as though it belongs here.

-I think this one's...

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-I like this one better than that one.

-OK.

-It's amazing.

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-Well, they're both not bad, are they?

-They're very incredible.

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OK. So, let's take this away. Let's try and be...

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-And this is a travel blanket of wolf skin.

-This is incredible.

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-It's over 100 years old.

-It's amazing.

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-Pulse racing.

-Pulse racing.

-OK.

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Having warmed Gela up with the wolf fur,

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he's setting up for the main sell.

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For Gordon, it's a step up from when he first became a teenage salesman.

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When I was about 14 or 15,

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a family friend had a factory making coats.

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I sold all the seconds on markets.

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And I found then I was a great salesman.

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I mean, literally, at 14, I could sell anything.

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I was the best salesman they had.

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So, then I was earning 10, 15, £20.

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I was really earning money, cos I got a set fee

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and then I got commissions on every coat that I sold.

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With his stall fully laid out,

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Gordon is open for business.

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Nicolala, could you go and find Gela?

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Oh, my God!

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SHE LAUGHS

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Whoa.

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-Wow.

-Few things.

-Well...

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These instantly speak to me.

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-Ethiopian, they're ankle bracelets that are so rare.

-Those are amazing.

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That I bought in Italy about 15 years ago.

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I think I'm scared of what's under there.

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That should probably stay there, cos I think I saw teeth.

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-I might not show you that.

-Don't show me that.

-You might object.

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Let's keep that. I saw teeth.

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When you're on, it's like being on stage. You're a showman.

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You're working out, as you're talking, which way to go.

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-And this, have you seen these before?

-No.

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So, this is for crushed ice. It's late Victorian, Edwardian.

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The ice goes in there and it's perfect for you, dear,

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because it's for full bottles of tequila.

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SHE LAUGHS

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-Fantastic.

-OK.

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Generally it works, but when you've hooked them

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and they're interested, you can't be desperate.

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Did you make these stands?

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Yes. We have a man. We've got a great man who can make these.

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Isn't that great?

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Nicola will give you the details afterwards,

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only if you buy something.

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-Oh, no, I didn't say that.

-SHE LAUGHS

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She's a businesswoman foremost. A collector second.

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It doesn't make me feel like a man.

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-It's all insane and gorgeous.

-OK.

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-And crazy. It's just...

-Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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I need a cup of tea, or, after that I'm exhausted, a glass of wine.

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It's getting late. And then the reveal of treasures.

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-So, cheers.

-Cheers.

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Thank you for welcoming me.

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-I hope I haven't driven you crazy.

-You have not driven me crazy.

-OK.

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Now, as we're sitting here, it just so happens,

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for your supreme delight,

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-I have a few little things to show you.

-Oh, God.

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SHE LAUGHS

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-Cos I thought, if all else fails...

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Revert.

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..revert to the thing that girls love most of all.

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-And what do girls love most of all?

-Jewellery.

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I wish I could give it to you, darling, cos you deserve it.

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-Wow.

-And it's 19th century, Jaipur, as original as it possibly can be.

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-It's really beautiful.

-And it just sits here like a...

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It's really beautiful.

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-You don't have a mirror in this room, do you, darling?

-I don't.

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Isn't that weird? It's that one room without one.

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I'm going to see the reflection in your eyes.

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-Well, my eyes are just filled with lust, love.

-They're lighting up.

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I mean, I think I'm changing my sexuality. I mean, you look hot.

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-It's amazing.

-Yeah.

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That's gorgeous. It's crazy gorgeous.

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-We don't need to discuss price.

-SHE SIGHS

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-I want you to think about it.

-All right.

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What shall we do? Shall I let you... I know you're...

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You just need to let me think.

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-There's three things that I'm thinking about.

-OK.

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-The cuffs, the fur and the Vivienne Westwood hat.

-OK.

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-What did we think about the necklace?

-Well, that's major.

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So, you know...

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Gordon, this is to your eye, because it's all about the eye,

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and you've got an impeccable eye.

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-To you.

-To me. Thank you very much.

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After a busy day plying his trade...

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My precious cargo.

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..Gordon's feeling hopeful.

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Can't wait for that phone call tomorrow.

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I think I've sold three things,

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and I'm hoping that one of the pieces of jewellery,

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but I've just got to be discreet and see what the lay of the land is.

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