0:00:02 > 0:00:06This programme contains some strong language
0:00:06 > 0:00:08All over Britain,
0:00:08 > 0:00:11a unique breed of entrepreneur is on the make.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14It's just become 100 years old, so it has just become an antique.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16HORN BLARES
0:00:16 > 0:00:19The flames are beautiful. This will be so easy to sell.
0:00:19 > 0:00:24For these real-life Del Boys, everything and anything is for sale.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27What do you think of that? You know who it is, don't you?
0:00:27 > 0:00:31For fresh stock, they head to a very particular type of auction house...
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Mickey Mouse. Three, four. Four.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Anybody else want the bag of earmuffs for six quid?
0:00:38 > 0:00:41..sifting through the junk in search of buried treasure.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45If that's a genuine Rolex watch...!
0:00:45 > 0:00:48He's bought a Porsche, hasn't he?!
0:00:48 > 0:00:52- It's moody, isn't it? I can tell by your face.- Yeah.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55But will any of these dealers discover the lot that will
0:00:55 > 0:00:57make the millionaires?
0:00:57 > 0:01:00- If it was authentic, you know... - £200,000?
0:01:00 > 0:01:02HE LAUGHS
0:01:02 > 0:01:05I hope I find a nice something that's worth millions of pounds
0:01:05 > 0:01:07and I can never work again.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18Lot 76.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Blimey O'Reilly, look at that, eh?
0:01:23 > 0:01:25The Bolton Auction Rooms is an Aladdin's cave
0:01:25 > 0:01:28of the weird and wonderful.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31257, a mobility walker.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34This is one of Britain's so-called trash-and-treasure auctions,
0:01:34 > 0:01:38where literally everything is up for grabs.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42A Buddha, a cash register and a pencil sharpener.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44A geisha's pillow, constructed in bamboo.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Where would you like to be? £20 for it?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49It's a mecca for wheelers and dealers,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51all hoping to strike it rich.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57They come and have a browse round. They go through the boxes,
0:01:57 > 0:01:58open it to find the treasure.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01And it has happened on quite a few occasions.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04You know, like I say, this literally came in today.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06This is... We don't know where it's going to go.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09It could make ten quid, it could make £200.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12We've had some really, really good achievements.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15You know, not everything goes for 10, 20 quid.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19We've had literally thousands of pounds on one item.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- INTERVIEWER:- What have you got there?
0:02:25 > 0:02:29I've got a Newfoundland moose from 1892 that my mum inherited.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32I'm hoping to sell it, yeah, on behalf of my mother, yeah,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34see what I can get for it.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Most of the lots at the auction come from private vendors,
0:02:38 > 0:02:40hoping to earn some extra cash.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47It is a nice piece, yeah. It's a nice big lump.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51My wife wouldn't even go in the spare bedroom while it was there!
0:02:52 > 0:02:54She wanted rid of it.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- INTERVIEWER:- Who buys this stuff? - Who knows, who knows?
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Each to their own, isn't it?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02I mean, it's not my cup of tea, exactly, but, you know...
0:03:02 > 0:03:06There are buyers for it. We've sold them before, actually.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Normally, if they are a bit scruffy and a bit scraggy, I won't normally
0:03:09 > 0:03:13take them, but that is just a good one, so yes, I think she'll do OK.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16VENDOR CALLS TO CUSTOMERS
0:03:18 > 0:03:20All you guys looking for a bargain, look no further.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Right, here it is today.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27One of Bolton Auction's most experienced customers
0:03:27 > 0:03:29is lifelong dealer Danny.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33I feel that I'm quite a good trader, you know, in whatever commodity.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Come on! Who's next? Hey, lovely.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40'I've got style. Character. Charm.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44'Charisma. I've got all them, erm...'
0:03:44 > 0:03:45qualities.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48That's lovely. Thank you very much.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51There's another happy customer. There's another happy customer.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Danny buys stock up north and sells on at car-boot sales
0:03:55 > 0:03:59in the wealthier parts of London, like this one in Chiswick.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03A bricklayer's tools is a trowel, and my tools is cash.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08Whoa, you be careful, now. All breakages must be paid for.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12Every week, I'm going to auctions, I'm buying, so just get it, put
0:04:12 > 0:04:15a little bit of profit on it, move it on, and get onto the next thing.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Hey, hold on. Left my frying pan on.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Ooh. PAN SIZZLES
0:04:22 > 0:04:26Got to make sure you look after yourself, eat a bit of food.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29When he was growing up, Danny regularly went to auctions
0:04:29 > 0:04:30with his mum.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33But things changed when he was aged 14.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35My dad died when I was very young.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39You know, after my dad died, I went off the rails a little bit,
0:04:39 > 0:04:40you know.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45A couple of years after that, you know, I'd sort of got myself in trouble with the law as well.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49I suppose what was at the forefront of my mind was, you know, the good
0:04:49 > 0:04:53old days when I used to be at the auction with my mum and so forth.
0:04:53 > 0:04:58You know, I got back into auctions and buying and selling, and I've never looked back since.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Danny's now been crisscrossing the country, buying and selling,
0:05:03 > 0:05:04for more than ten years.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- Where's my brew, man?- Coming!
0:05:08 > 0:05:12When he's not on the road, home is Clitheroe, Lancashire,
0:05:12 > 0:05:15where he lives with Jo, their five-year-old, Kiona,
0:05:15 > 0:05:17and Jo's two daughters.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Eat up, Kiona, eat up.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23One week I'm up here, the other week I'm not up here -
0:05:23 > 0:05:25I'm down south or I'm on the road.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28I'm on the road quite a lot and I sort of trade in London.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- INTERVIEWER:- Would you rather he was here all the time?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Um, no - I don't think I'd rather he'd be here all the time.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35It would probably be a bit too much,
0:05:35 > 0:05:39especially with the kids being teenagers and the clash
0:05:39 > 0:05:42of personalities, because he's a bit of a kid at heart, really.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Eat. Eat.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47He does my head in, a bit.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48It's his high-pitched voice. Like...
0:05:48 > 0:05:50SHE IMITATES DANNY
0:05:50 > 0:05:54You be a good girl, are you listening? You listening?
0:05:54 > 0:05:59- He comes and goes when he pleases. - When he needs to go, he needs to go.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06I don't lose on anything, really. I just don't lose.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09I think I'm quite good, you know,
0:06:09 > 0:06:13in spotting a bargain, knowing a bargain and moving it on.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16It's the pre-auction viewing -
0:06:16 > 0:06:20a chance for punters to check out the lots before the next sale.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23And Danny's on the hunt.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29We all want to find something, every one of us, you know.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Bag of gold, or Rolex watch...
0:06:31 > 0:06:33We're all know after it, you know,
0:06:33 > 0:06:35and I want it as much as the next man.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52Impressive, isn't it? It's impressive. It's quite nice.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Quite a big... The ears are a bit...
0:06:55 > 0:06:58If the antlers were symmetrical, it'd be nice.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00If it was symmetrical...
0:07:00 > 0:07:02It looks more pretty if they're symmetrical.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Yeah, it does look nice.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12Yeah, probably too nice, you know. Probably too nice, really.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Probably find that, you know...
0:07:14 > 0:07:18everybody's really going to be on it. That's what you might find.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26In Pontypridd, South Wales, two young wheeler-dealers
0:07:26 > 0:07:28are also hoping to get lucky.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31INDISTINCT
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Always check to see if there's any writing on the bellies and stuff,
0:07:36 > 0:07:39because I've bought toys in the past where you look at them,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42you think, "Oh, that's really nice, they're all brand-new,"
0:07:42 > 0:07:45so you kind of just quickly bid on them, move on. Later on,
0:07:45 > 0:07:49you buy them and it's got something like "Happy 21st", or "Happy 18th",
0:07:49 > 0:07:52so then you're restricted to the sort of one market.
0:07:52 > 0:07:5724-year-old Ieuan and 17-year-old sidekick Kern
0:07:57 > 0:08:00deal in low-value items from their local auction house.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04They'd be quite cool as picture frames or something.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Put a back on the back, there.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07"Blue crate including irons,
0:08:07 > 0:08:10"kettles, phone and a toaster."
0:08:10 > 0:08:11You have a little one by there...
0:08:11 > 0:08:14And you could have picture frames, then, all along your wall.
0:08:14 > 0:08:1812 iPhone 5, and 12 iPhone 4 cases.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21The lads began trading together six months ago to top up their wages
0:08:21 > 0:08:23from the local supermarket.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Lot 64, Red Arrows picture. Two to start.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Two, thank you. Three. Four, four. Five, five.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34Six? Five by the door. Looking for £6. £5.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Five for eight.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40'Some people were born with, you know... Mum and Dad are loaded,
0:08:40 > 0:08:43'so they never actually have to earn the money that they get.
0:08:43 > 0:08:44'Other people,'
0:08:44 > 0:08:48like me and Kern, we've had to start from the bottom, with nothing.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Buying and selling crisps, chocolate and that,
0:08:50 > 0:08:53and then building yourself up from there.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57There's nothing like the feeling of getting money.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00I think working for your money and getting out there
0:09:00 > 0:09:03and learning what you do in life is the best way to be.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05DOG BARKS
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- INTERVIEWER:- Do you think this is how Alan Sugar started out?
0:09:08 > 0:09:11I'd like to think so.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Yes, I imagine this is how he started off.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Yeah, I'd love to be a millionaire.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Get a nice house, nice wife, maybe a holiday once or twice a year.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22The things that I didn't have when I was a kid.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24I never went on holiday when I was a kid.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28Do you mind if I take your radiator and have a quick delve in the skip?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Help yourself.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33We'll have that away for starters, Kern.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Grab that a sec.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36Oh, I can't really...
0:09:38 > 0:09:40It's not massive, like, but it all adds up.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45With low returns on their current stock,
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Ieuan and Kern are now looking to up their profit margin.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52They're planning a trip to a London auction house,
0:09:52 > 0:09:54which could transform their business.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59'Obviously, I'm never going to become a millionaire
0:09:59 > 0:10:03'if I just keep selling stuff at the table-top sales,'
0:10:03 > 0:10:08you know, selling Christmas cards, birthday cards, shoes...
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Greasby's Auctioneers is well known amongst traders for selling
0:10:13 > 0:10:16unclaimed suitcases and lost property.
0:10:17 > 0:10:23One guy paid £40 for a bag and found £1,000 worth of silver coins.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27So you think, "Well, if he can do it, so can I."
0:10:27 > 0:10:32Here we go. First lot of 852.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Armed with a catalogue for the next auction,
0:10:35 > 0:10:39Ieuan and Kern are targeting brand-name luggage.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44'You're more likely to find hidden treasure inside a designer suitcase.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47'If it's designer, people tend to have a lot more money.'
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Samsonite is an expensive make, see.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52There's another good make, John Lewis.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55I might find a Ming vase that's worth a couple of million pound.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58You just don't know what treasure you're going to find.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03It's 6am and the lads are off to catch the early coach.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12I've got my luggage scales, I've got my scales for jewellery, I've got...
0:11:14 > 0:11:18I've got my list of designer bags to look out for. So I've prepared
0:11:18 > 0:11:23as good as I can, and I've brought as much money and as I've got, so...
0:11:24 > 0:11:27While Ieuan's been to London once, on a school trip,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Kern's never visited before.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34My mum's excited for me to come down to London.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36You know what mothers are like.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38"Tuck your shirt in, put your shoelaces in."
0:11:38 > 0:11:42Pat your hair down. She's been nervous, but she's excited for me.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50520 in the room?
0:11:50 > 0:11:54- Room has it at 520. 530?- 540.- 540.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58It's the auction in Bolton, and there are 300 lots up for sale.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02- 530?- 540.- 540. 560.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Marvellous.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08It's a full house, and prices are high.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12There we go, it's straight in at £800. And 20?
0:12:12 > 0:12:15At £800.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20One of the last items on the list is the antique caribou's head.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24'It might be just what somebody's looking for.'
0:12:24 > 0:12:28You know, to go above their fireplace, you know.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33The one they've got has got one ear, you know, and this one's...
0:12:33 > 0:12:37pretty much pristine. You've got to take a punt in this game!
0:12:37 > 0:12:41If you don't take chances and gambles in this game, you ain't going to
0:12:41 > 0:12:44make it! You're just going to be another...bod who...
0:12:44 > 0:12:47"Oh, yeah, I bought that for two quid and I sold it for eight."
0:12:50 > 0:12:53I think you can trade that and get a healthy profit.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59The bigger, the better. The bigger, the better. So...
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Just see how it goes. See how it goes.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07Here you go. This is one I think you've been waiting for. A caribou.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Mentioned being once in the possession of the British Museum.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14It must have been on loan there.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18It's very well mounted, and a very rare opportunity to purchase.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23Let's say, what, £300 for it? 300?
0:13:23 > 0:13:26SILENCE
0:13:27 > 0:13:30I don't know where you'd buy another. There's none in B&Q.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32At £300?
0:13:34 > 0:13:35No?
0:13:38 > 0:13:42280, I dare say? Neck on the block now at 280, for the caribou.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44At 280.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46270.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52- 270.- Yeah, go on. - Expected a lot of interest in this.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54There has been a lot of interest expressed.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56280.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59No, you can't find room in your home for him?
0:14:01 > 0:14:02It's here to be sold.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06It's with you.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09That's a good day's work, even as a novice. It's got to be.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10That's a good day's work.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13I thought, to be quite honest with you, that it was going to go...
0:14:13 > 0:14:16He even said, didn't he, "There's plenty of interest," eh?
0:14:16 > 0:14:19When I'm about...
0:14:21 > 0:14:24With the auctioneer's commission, and tax,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Danny's paid £319 for the caribou's head.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34Ooh-woargh! I can feel some money on the end of this. I can feel it.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Without a doubt, I've got one over this place.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41I've got one over here, you know. They've... I can't believe it.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42They have give this...
0:14:42 > 0:14:44They've given me this for chicken feed.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Mind your tops. There you go.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51In the hunt for hidden treasure,
0:14:51 > 0:14:56some of Bolton's traders search in the unlikeliest of places.
0:14:56 > 0:15:01Somebody bought a box of bric-a-brac and what it had,
0:15:01 > 0:15:05it was valued at over £700, and he only paid about a fiver for the box.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10Mum-of-three Val bids on boxes of bric-a-brac in the hope
0:15:10 > 0:15:13of finding undiscovered riches.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16My daughter goes mad at me. "Why are you going in there again for?"
0:15:16 > 0:15:19But she don't mind when, you know, I buy something
0:15:19 > 0:15:23and gain a good price and it pays for her holiday. What is it, that?
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- Truncheon.- How do you know it's not a rounders bat?
0:15:26 > 0:15:29For all we know, there could be a diamond ring
0:15:29 > 0:15:32at the bottom of that box. And you won't know till you get home.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38All sorts of bits and bobs there...
0:15:40 > 0:15:43For the past 12 months, Val's been an auction regular,
0:15:43 > 0:15:46and she never misses the weekly sale.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Fiver for it, surely. £5 the box.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51£5. It needs to be sold.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Indian tea set.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56I don't know anything about it, it's just nice.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58It's an addiction.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02I'm always on Facebook, eBay, Gumtree,
0:16:02 > 0:16:04I go to the auction once a week.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07I go car-booting when I can. You know, it's got to be done.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14I've spent a fortune and I don't know what I've bought!
0:16:14 > 0:16:18Although yet to unearth anything of real value,
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Val's amassed a varied collection of stock.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23I know it's an American.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25And it dances like that.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28I paid about 20 quid for it,
0:16:28 > 0:16:32and I've been told it's valued about 90 quid now.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37I think it's a 1920s, maybe earlier, German doll.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40It's got the markings at the back.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42There you go.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46What do you think of that? You know who it is, don't you?
0:16:46 > 0:16:51One day, I will buy something and I'll make a bloody fortune.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Val lives on her own in a flat just outside Bolton.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04She sells her stock at local car-boot sales
0:17:04 > 0:17:07but dreams of bigger things.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10I'd like to have a little shop, sell a few antiques.
0:17:10 > 0:17:16They don't have to be that valuable, just nice. I'd like a little shop.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17I think I'd love that.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Somebody'll buy this.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24With sports memorabilia going for high prices,
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Val's hoping a print of a '70s footballer,
0:17:26 > 0:17:31bought at a car-boot sale, might be the thing to set her on her way.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32This is Willie Morgan.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35- SHE CHUCKLES - Don't make me laugh.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42- But I remember when he used to play for Bolton, cos I used to fancy him. - SHE LAUGHS
0:17:42 > 0:17:45I think it is a collectable thing.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49It's signed, and I'm going to see how much I can get for it.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57To find out how much the print might be worth,
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Val's turning to the auction house.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06Val is one of our regular clients. A very colourful character.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Lovely, lovely lady.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Hang on.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11She is learning very, very quickly, actually.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16I've given her a few reference books just to check things on, and...
0:18:17 > 0:18:19I try to help her in any way we can.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26I do tell her what to look for, and... Well, basically,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29I tell her now, anything she can put in her pocket,
0:18:29 > 0:18:30rather than anything big.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34Morning.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Oh, my word.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Oh, don't say it's bloody crap.
0:18:42 > 0:18:47- What do you think of this? - Oh, my word.- Is it a good 'un?
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Yeah, it's OK. It's, erm...
0:18:53 > 0:18:57It's obviously a print, obviously. You know that.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01- How much have you paid for it? - A tenner.- A tenner?
0:19:01 > 0:19:05- You've done very well. You've done very well.- I thought that.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Do you want the good news, or the bad news?
0:19:10 > 0:19:14- It's what we call a facsimile, so it's a print.- Yeah.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- It's part of the print.- Yeah. - It's not actually been signed by...
0:19:17 > 0:19:21- Right.- If we put that in at auction, you'd probably get 20 quid for it.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- Get lost! No, no. - AUCTIONEER LAUGHS
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Here, put it on its side.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28- It easier to carry.- I know it is.
0:19:28 > 0:19:29Huh?
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Oh, he's hard work.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- See you, Alan! See you, Kaylee! - See you, Val. Bye!- Bye!
0:19:39 > 0:19:43'I think, to a Bolton fan, I think it'll be worth a bit more.'
0:19:43 > 0:19:47You know, a true Bolton fan. It'll mean a lot to somebody, this.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49And what I sell it, I'll let you know.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52I'll tell you how much profit I've made.
0:19:57 > 0:20:02In London, Ieuan and Kern have arrived for the auction viewing day.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06Right, we're in Leicester Square now. If we go down to Trafalgar Square,
0:20:06 > 0:20:08then, we'll pass Go, collect £200...
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- Hopefully we don't land on a hotel! - Yeah!
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Just don't end up in prison.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Whoa, it's an M&M's World!
0:20:16 > 0:20:19There's an M&M World. We didn't look that up.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Ah, man!
0:20:23 > 0:20:28The auction house is six miles away from central London,
0:20:28 > 0:20:30on the other side of the River Thames.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32I've never been to London before this. It's, um...
0:20:34 > 0:20:37It's like stepping into a new world, isn't it?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39I haven't got a clue what none of this is.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44If we find Victoria Station and work our way from it.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48- No, we're not... We're nowhere near Buckingham Palace, Kern.- Ain't we?
0:20:48 > 0:20:53No. I think we'd notice if we were next to Buckingham Palace.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Look by there, street down there. Look by there, street down there.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Look there, street, street, street. It's like you're in the middle
0:20:59 > 0:21:01of a maze and you've got to try and decipher how to get back out.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- INTERVIEWER:- Are you feeling a bit lost?- Yeah, lost.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Definitely the word to describe it. A small fish in a big pond, yeah.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10I don't like it.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12I like to feel that I'm in charge of the pond.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18The lads are trying to find Greasby's,
0:21:18 > 0:21:22a south London auction house run by auctioneer Christine.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27I don't think when I was about 14 I envisaged doing this at 62.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29SHE CHUCKLES
0:21:29 > 0:21:34Greasby's specialise in house clearances, police seizures
0:21:34 > 0:21:35and repossessed stock.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Years ago, we had an artificial leg come in.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41Marble genitalia.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45We sold a dog. A greyhound.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49But the lots which attract the most interest, and which have enticed
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Ieuan and Kern up from Wales, are the bags and suitcases.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56INTERVIEWER: Why is it people come down and buy them, Christine?
0:21:56 > 0:21:57What do you make of it?
0:21:57 > 0:22:01I don't know. Some of the suitcases are quite nice.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04You could get quite a good suitcase cheap if you didn't want
0:22:04 > 0:22:08the contents, and it's the gamble for what the contents hold anyway.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13Right, there we go. Look, it's Trafalgar Square, Kern.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Right, that's... Something to do with someone's column or something,
0:22:16 > 0:22:17I think that's called.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21Kern, one day, we might even find a painting, in an auction or something,
0:22:21 > 0:22:23that'll end up in that National Gallery.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26It could be some long-lost... I don't know, Mona Lisa, or,
0:22:26 > 0:22:29it could be Mona Lisa's sister, like, the fit one.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31End up in there, look.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Because we're going to find something worth millions and...
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Well, it'd have to be trillions, wouldn't it?
0:22:38 > 0:22:41The suitcases have been left behind at airports, and are sent
0:22:41 > 0:22:45to the auction house after being unclaimed for three months.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48We get the same buyers every auction, with the lost luggage.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51We get lots of enquiries for it.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56You get lots of people that really need to supplement their income.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59I think people do think that they're going to open the suitcase
0:22:59 > 0:23:01and find a pot of gold in there.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05Well, how about we try this way, look, and then if we want,
0:23:05 > 0:23:06we'll come back. So...
0:23:08 > 0:23:10What are you doing, man?
0:23:10 > 0:23:13- It's that way, isn't it?- That way. - That way.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18After two hours, Ieuan and Kern
0:23:18 > 0:23:21have arrived at the auction house for the viewing.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29With a plan to target designer luggage in the following day's
0:23:29 > 0:23:32auction, they're keen to check out the lots.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Yeah, I'm getting a feel for the place.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42There's definitely plenty here.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45You never know what you're going to find - gold, silver, platinum,
0:23:45 > 0:23:46you know.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49There's a bit of excitement in me, thinking,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52"I might find something today that no-one else has spotted."
0:23:52 > 0:23:54There's a lot of weight in that. There's a lot of weight.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57And the fact that I can't feel no shoes...
0:23:59 > 0:24:02I've got an idea of what I'd like to pay for them,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04but I don't want to write down a load of numbers and someone's
0:24:04 > 0:24:09looking over my shoulder and seeing, "Oh, right, I'll bid him up."
0:24:11 > 0:24:16Can I open the luggage and go through it, or there's only...
0:24:16 > 0:24:20No, no, you're not allowed to, mate. No, no.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24I mean, obviously, all there is in them is just...clothes.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Oh, I don't know now.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30They're already gone through three times before we get them,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33So... There's no electricals or nothing like that.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35It's just basically clothes, mate, yeah.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39The new stuff that is pulled out is hanging up in the plastic bags
0:24:39 > 0:24:40that we got on the ceilings,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43so they're taken out suitcases and they're put into plastic bags,
0:24:43 > 0:24:45new stuff with the tags on.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48I don't know now, I don't know.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Because I was coming here on the assumption that the luggage
0:24:52 > 0:24:56was literally brought in and just marked up straightaway.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59I didn't realise that it was gone through by customs
0:24:59 > 0:25:01and people like that, so...
0:25:04 > 0:25:07In theory, three people have gone through the same bag I want to go through,
0:25:07 > 0:25:10so the chance that they've missed something, not likely at all.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16If they're to avoid being out of pocket, the lads are going to
0:25:16 > 0:25:19have to come up with a new strategy before the next day's sale.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26Half-time, if it was London v Wales, at the moment, London are probably...
0:25:26 > 0:25:29winning by about ten points, I reckon.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Come on, then, you know what time it is!
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Get on with it!
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- Chill out.- In Clitheroe, Danny's introducing Jo and the kids to
0:25:44 > 0:25:46the latest addition to the family.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Shut that door, I'll tell you when to open it.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55THEY LAUGH
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- What are you laughing at? - That's disgusting!
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Not like that! Get out! Just stroke him nicely!
0:26:05 > 0:26:09It cost me about 300 quid, really, about 300 quid.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11I like live animals better.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19After having paid £319 for the caribou's head,
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Danny is taking it for a valuation.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25The auctioneer was bigging it up,
0:26:25 > 0:26:28"It's this, it's that, it's been in the Royal Museum,"
0:26:28 > 0:26:30and all the rest of it,
0:26:30 > 0:26:33so let's just hope that this specialist in taxidermy
0:26:33 > 0:26:37has got the same respect for it as what the auctioneer had.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45'Don't really know how I'm going to play it yet, to be honest. Um...
0:26:45 > 0:26:47'One thing is for sure.
0:26:47 > 0:26:53'I shall be making out I paid more money for it than what I did.'
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Sometimes you've got to act dumb to catch the wise, you know?
0:26:57 > 0:27:00'Date on it, 1894, I mean, that's over 100 years old,
0:27:00 > 0:27:04'so it's definitely an antique, and it's a big piece.'
0:27:05 > 0:27:10In all honesty, in taxidermy, I don't know a lot.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13I know that's a fox and it's dead.
0:27:13 > 0:27:14All right...
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Hello. Norman?
0:27:17 > 0:27:20The Weird & Wonderful store in Accrington
0:27:20 > 0:27:22specialises in rare taxidermy.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24- Nice to meet you.- Danny. Pleasure.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Just thought I'd bring it to you, really,
0:27:26 > 0:27:31just get a professional, um, you know, view on it, really.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34It's certainly got some age to it.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Is that authentic, do you think, the date?
0:27:37 > 0:27:39With these, you can certainly tell the age,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42by usually the feel of the fur.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44It's pretty obvious you know your onions!
0:27:44 > 0:27:48It's pretty obvious, you know, so I'm not going to hold it as gospel,
0:27:48 > 0:27:52but where am I at? Price-wise?
0:27:52 > 0:27:58Top end value, I'd see being at 3,000, I'd have thought.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59DANNY CLAPS
0:28:00 > 0:28:02HE CACKLES
0:28:03 > 0:28:07That's a jackpot, that's a good hit, that. That is a good hit, you know.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Cooking with gas, aren't I?
0:28:09 > 0:28:14I'm cooking with gas because it's really gone higher
0:28:14 > 0:28:17than the estimation that I thought, a lot higher, really.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20I did know that it's a good thing, it's got the provenance.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24It's worth about two, I thought, maximum,
0:28:24 > 0:28:27but it's obviously worth a bit more than that,
0:28:27 > 0:28:29in fact a lot more than that,
0:28:29 > 0:28:33so it's great news, you know, it's fantastic, really.
0:28:33 > 0:28:34I'm over the moon.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Just to be certain, the owner wants a second opinion.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42CAMERA CLICKS
0:28:42 > 0:28:45He's a big antler collector. I'm going to e-mail him some pictures.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48- Yeah.- And he's going to give me a fair valuation of it.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52- I can work with that. - We'll see what he says.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55CAMERA CLICKS
0:28:57 > 0:29:02In Bolton, Val's still looking for a buyer for her Willie Morgan print.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Bolton Wanderers...
0:29:07 > 0:29:10She first started trading after her mum, Betty, passed away.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16When she died, and we were clearing her flat out.
0:29:16 > 0:29:21I got so much stuff, me, I had to sell some of it.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25I did a car-boot sale. I sold some of it at the car-boot sale.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28I sent some to the Salvation Army
0:29:28 > 0:29:30and, um...
0:29:30 > 0:29:35One or two bits I thought were good stuff, I took to auction.
0:29:37 > 0:29:42'For two year I was a mess, with the stress of losing my mum,'
0:29:42 > 0:29:46you know, I'd hate for to go through that again.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48I had a breakdown.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53'Buying and selling has helped me get back on my feet,
0:29:53 > 0:29:56'it gave me a new focus on life, and I'm a stronger person now.'
0:29:56 > 0:30:01I'm happy, I'm doing all this and I love it. I'm happy.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07This is me, my mum, my daughter and my granddaughter.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11This is one of the last pictures we had done with my mum before she died.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14I'll always treasure it
0:30:14 > 0:30:17and I know she's always with me.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Needs a good clean this, actually.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21But...
0:30:21 > 0:30:25She's always with me. She's looking over me now.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27- INTERVIEWER:- Watching your trading?
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Yeah, she's watching me trading and she's smiling down on me.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35In a bid to try and sell her latest purchase,
0:30:35 > 0:30:38Val is doing some extra research.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44This is the home of William Morgan's new website.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Former Scottish international Willie Morgan
0:30:53 > 0:30:57played on the wing for Manchester United and Bolton in the 1970s.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00- COMMENTATOR:- Following in the footsteps of Genius George...
0:31:00 > 0:31:03He were a good footballer, nice looking,
0:31:03 > 0:31:05he had everything a woman wanted,
0:31:05 > 0:31:07and a body to die for.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Good bum and all!
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Val's found an e-mail address for Willie from his website.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19"Hi, Willie, it's Val here.
0:31:19 > 0:31:24"I've a nice pic here of you playing for Bolton, I guess around '76-'78.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27"Would you like to see the pic? It's over five foot tall
0:31:27 > 0:31:29"with your signature on and looking really good."
0:31:29 > 0:31:32He might want it on his bedroom wall, in his living room,
0:31:32 > 0:31:35even for his grandchildren, if he's got grandchildren,
0:31:35 > 0:31:39maybe they'd like it, so he might buy it for one of his grandchildren.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43I've put "kiss kiss". I'd better not put a kiss in. He might have a wife.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Bloody hell.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- Got any news?- Not yet. I'm just texting to see
0:31:54 > 0:31:57- if he's going to ring me back. - Come on, chase him up, chase him up!
0:32:00 > 0:32:02PHONE RINGS
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Is that our man?
0:32:04 > 0:32:06OK, so have you had a look at the pictures?
0:32:06 > 0:32:10'Yes, I have. I've had a chance to have a look at the photographs
0:32:10 > 0:32:11'that you sent to me.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14'It's a very nice head.
0:32:14 > 0:32:20'It's good that it's actually got the taxidermist's labels on it.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24'It adds a bit of extra dimension to it.'
0:32:24 > 0:32:27OK, so do you have an idea of what it's worth?
0:32:28 > 0:32:35'Yeah, I would say that you could be asking around about 750 for it.'
0:32:35 > 0:32:38OK, that's a little less than I thought it was worth.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42'Right. Yeah, it's simply due to the size and the dimension
0:32:42 > 0:32:43'of the antlers as well.'
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Thank you for that.
0:32:45 > 0:32:50- 'No problem at all.'- OK, speak to you soon.- 'Take care, Norman.'- Bye.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- So there you go, there's the expert's valuation.- Yeah.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56You've took me right up and he's dropped me right down!
0:32:58 > 0:33:00'That price of seven and a half
0:33:00 > 0:33:03'is down to a collector who knows exactly what he's dealing with,
0:33:03 > 0:33:05'but to Joe Public,
0:33:05 > 0:33:08'who just wants it as a decorative piece in a shop, in a restaurant,
0:33:08 > 0:33:12'and then it's just down to what the person wants to pay.'
0:33:12 > 0:33:16I'll definitely get a good profit, that's without a doubt,
0:33:16 > 0:33:18I'll definitely get a good profit,
0:33:18 > 0:33:22but it would be nice to be up there, a bag of sand, £1,000,
0:33:22 > 0:33:26that would be, you know, I'm kind of looking for it now.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36It's auction day in south London,
0:33:36 > 0:33:38and the Welsh Del Boys are up early.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44After discovering all valuables are removed from the suitcases,
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Ieuan has come up with a new plan.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51'Instead now of thinking, we'll spend £40, £50 on one case,'
0:33:51 > 0:33:54we'll try and get four or five lots for the same price.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57Once they've snapped up as many cheap bags as possible,
0:33:57 > 0:34:02they'll then sell on the second-hand clothes back in Pontypridd.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06- INTERVIEWER:- How are you deciding which cases are interesting?
0:34:06 > 0:34:07Gut instinct.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13Confident he can take on the London dealers in their own back yard,
0:34:13 > 0:34:15it's time to register for bidding.
0:34:21 > 0:34:22Thank you very much. Ta.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26That has just cost me £100.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29My bidding card is a £100 deposit.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32Back in Ponty, we'd only pay a fiver for a deposit.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35And I don't think they'd be too worried about it
0:34:35 > 0:34:38if they didn't get it back. I don't think they'd come hunting you down
0:34:38 > 0:34:40but here, he'll have the dogs set on him
0:34:40 > 0:34:42if he doesn't bring the card back.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44The people in London must be loaded.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46You know, what sort of prices are they going to go to
0:34:46 > 0:34:49'if they charge you £100 just for a deposit?'
0:34:54 > 0:34:59Lot 248, two trolley cases of gents' clothing, 20 I have.
0:35:00 > 0:35:0222, 24, 26,
0:35:02 > 0:35:0428, 30.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Too expensive.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12249 is the black Sub-0-G trolley case.
0:35:12 > 0:35:1320 I have.
0:35:13 > 0:35:1550.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19In Wales, the lads rarely bid more than £10 on one item.
0:35:19 > 0:35:2160, 65, 70.
0:35:23 > 0:35:28Lot 250, two trolley cases of ladies' and children's clothing.
0:35:28 > 0:35:3340, 45, 50, 55.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36Wasted trip, isn't it?
0:35:36 > 0:35:37Wasted trip.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43Lot 252 is a Cadiz 4 tent.
0:35:43 > 0:35:44£10.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Some of the baggage, you know, I've written down like £10, £12.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50"I can start you with 20, 22, 24..."
0:35:50 > 0:35:51And it's boom, boom, boom,
0:35:51 > 0:35:53and next thing you know it's 36, 38 quid.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56It's ridiculous.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59People are so used to paying like £5, £6 a pint
0:35:59 > 0:36:03that they don't bat their eyelids at paying £20 or £30 for a suitcase.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07Where back home you'd go to a local Poundstretcher,
0:36:07 > 0:36:09you could pick up a suitcase for £9, £15.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11That's brand-new.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14We've sort of come here thinking it's easy. But it's not.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17It's cost me a fortune to come and find out that it's false.
0:36:24 > 0:36:25No takers at ten?
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Six?
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Things are going a lot cheaper now.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33So it's really thin in here, now. So we'll see what happens.
0:36:35 > 0:36:40843, ten various coats and jackets. One pair of work trousers.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42That last bundle. A tenner?
0:36:42 > 0:36:45- Six.- Six is offered.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48SHE BANGS THE GAVEL
0:36:48 > 0:36:50With the suitcases all sold,
0:36:50 > 0:36:53it's time for the bargain lots at the end of the auction.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58Anybody else want a bag of earmuffs for six quid?
0:37:00 > 0:37:02How many bags do you want?
0:37:02 > 0:37:04- The two.- Two?
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Oh, man. Not a bad day.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12You know, we just seen the price tags on those earmuffs.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14£3.95 each.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Maybe I'll ask £2 each.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19There's about £30, £40 there - profit.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22The suits...I've got a couple of people in mind, actually,
0:37:22 > 0:37:24for the suits. So...
0:37:24 > 0:37:25Kern(!)
0:37:26 > 0:37:28It's been an experience, it's been a laugh.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30I've got some earmuffs, you know.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33I got some suits.
0:37:33 > 0:37:34Once we get to the coach,
0:37:34 > 0:37:38I can just dump all this underneath the coach,
0:37:38 > 0:37:40where they keep all the luggage and that.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44It's been a good 48 hours.
0:37:44 > 0:37:45I haven't got much sleep
0:37:45 > 0:37:49but there's plenty of time to sleep when you're dead. So...
0:37:56 > 0:37:59We're going to see Willie Morgan this morning.
0:37:59 > 0:38:00I've been up since four o'clock.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04I don't know why, probably nerves. I don't know.
0:38:08 > 0:38:09Willie Morgan's been in touch
0:38:09 > 0:38:12and he's agreed to take a look at Val's picture.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16She's enlisted a friend to drive her round to his house.
0:38:16 > 0:38:21It'd be good if Willie, you know, bought the picture.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24I know it'd be going to a good home
0:38:24 > 0:38:27and it'll bring memories to him.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30You know, if he gives me a good price for it, I'll be buzzing.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Say he offered me £200,
0:38:32 > 0:38:34I'd give him a bloody kiss and all!
0:38:36 > 0:38:37I am looking forward to it.
0:38:39 > 0:38:44Back in his playing days, Willie Morgan was so well-known
0:38:44 > 0:38:47that a tribute song was recorded.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49# Let's go down the football ground
0:38:49 > 0:38:52# To see United play
0:38:52 > 0:38:54# Once inside we join the crowd... #
0:38:54 > 0:38:57I thought it would have been a bit posher than this.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59# Who's the one we're going to shout for? #
0:38:59 > 0:39:02Me heart's going like that. Can you not hear it?
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Bloody hell, look at the size of the house!
0:39:04 > 0:39:06# Here comes Willie Morgan
0:39:06 > 0:39:09# Willie, Willie Morgan
0:39:09 > 0:39:12# Willie Morgan on the wing... #
0:39:12 > 0:39:14- Hiya,- Hello. How are you?
0:39:14 > 0:39:18- I'm all right, thank you. - Val, isn't it?- I used to fancy you.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20You used to fancy me!
0:39:20 > 0:39:23- Come on through. - You've got a lovely home.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26You know, I've been up since four o'clock this morning.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30I were like that, meeting you. I'll be honest with you.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Cos I've never met anybody famous. I mean, to me you're famous.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37- I just started going to car-boot sales, doing car-boot sales.- OK.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40Going to auctions, doing a bit of selling
0:39:40 > 0:39:43- and dealing and whatever.- OK.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46- That was made... - You look like George Best in that.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48He looked like me!
0:39:48 > 0:39:52This was made for my testimonial.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54- Oh, right!- And some dinners that they were doing.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57It was in my house five years ago
0:39:57 > 0:40:00and my wife, she said,
0:40:00 > 0:40:01"I don't want that in the house!"
0:40:01 > 0:40:03So we put it in the skip!
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Well, I bet it's been about then, hasn't it!
0:40:05 > 0:40:07I've no idea where it's been!
0:40:07 > 0:40:10I'm trying to sell it, if you're interested.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14- Well, as I said, it was me that put it away.- Well...
0:40:14 > 0:40:16So...the house is not...
0:40:16 > 0:40:20- We don't have a house big enough. - I know.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23Well, if you're not interested in buying it, can I ask you a favour?
0:40:23 > 0:40:26- Yes, of course.- Would you sign it again for me?- Of course.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Oh, you good'un!
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Oh, I'll not want to sell it now!
0:40:34 > 0:40:38- Thank you very much.- Thank you. - Thanks for having us.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41- I hope you make a few bob on it. - I do. See you!- OK.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48I realised they weren't going to buy it
0:40:48 > 0:40:51when he told me he put it in a skip when they moved house.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55But I thought he might have felt a bit sorry for me and bought it.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58But I thought he were going to put the kettle on.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00But he didn't.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03But you've still got to keep going. That's my motto - just keep going.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07One day, you watch this space, I will buy something
0:41:07 > 0:41:09and then you'll know about it.
0:41:11 > 0:41:12See you!
0:41:18 > 0:41:22"Very, very, very large and handsome.
0:41:22 > 0:41:23"Very large.
0:41:23 > 0:41:28"In fantastic...condition."
0:41:28 > 0:41:31Danny's preparing to sell the caribou's head.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34But it means another trip back down to London.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37Which is... Oh, yeah, that's nice.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40I'm doing everything else while Dan is doing his selling.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Everything else is up to me to do.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45The children, the cleaning, the cooking.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48And I don't feel like I'm appreciated.
0:41:48 > 0:41:54Jo wants me to live a normal family life,
0:41:54 > 0:41:55I suppose, really.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58We're all up here as a family, we're all up here as one unit.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01I suppose ultimately that is what Jo wants.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04I think I am a bit of a free spirit. Yes, I am. Yeah, yeah.
0:42:04 > 0:42:10You know, I've got a lot of time, feelings, respect, love for Jo
0:42:10 > 0:42:12and her family
0:42:12 > 0:42:16but ultimately, I am a bit of a free spirit.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18And Jo appreciates that.
0:42:19 > 0:42:20You want the truth?
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Pretty miffed today. Pretty miffed.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29I'm just wondering whether we can stuff Danny
0:42:29 > 0:42:31and put him on t'wall
0:42:31 > 0:42:35cos he's going that way at the minute.
0:42:35 > 0:42:36It's cos they love me, you see.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38Once they get a piece of me, they want all of me!
0:42:38 > 0:42:41They're not happy with a bit of me. They want the whole bloody lot.
0:42:41 > 0:42:42The full shebang!
0:42:42 > 0:42:46- DOOR CLOSES AND DANNY SINGS - Here he is, singing.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Ooh. HE LAUGHS
0:42:53 > 0:42:55I like...I want you to make money.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59Of course you do, you want more champagne!
0:42:59 > 0:43:02Piss off about your bloody champagne.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04That's the only backup you've got.
0:43:04 > 0:43:05"Oh, she likes a glass of champagne."
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Who doesn't like a bloody glass of champagne?
0:43:08 > 0:43:13- Do you know, I'm not even going there. I'm getting out of here. - HE CACKLES
0:43:13 > 0:43:15What do I say to that, eh?
0:43:15 > 0:43:16What I say is...
0:43:20 > 0:43:22You know how I roll.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25MUSIC: "Love Man" by Otis Redding
0:43:31 > 0:43:33HE SINGS ALONG
0:43:36 > 0:43:39A little bit pissed off.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45HE CONTINUES SINGING ALONG
0:43:48 > 0:43:52There's always the thrill of going back down south
0:43:52 > 0:43:56because going back down south, that's where I'm getting me bread.
0:43:56 > 0:43:58That's where I'm earning the money, you know?
0:43:58 > 0:44:01I've located a game dealer,
0:44:01 > 0:44:03a game auction, really.
0:44:03 > 0:44:08It sells country stuff and taxidermy, guns.
0:44:08 > 0:44:12He's got to be talking really, realistically...
0:44:12 > 0:44:15talking the £1,000 mark.
0:44:15 > 0:44:16What more do you want?
0:44:16 > 0:44:19It's been exhibited in the...
0:44:19 > 0:44:22Royal History of... Royal Museum of History.
0:44:22 > 0:44:26Royal History Museum. I mean, flipping hell.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29You know, how nice is that to have hanging in your wall, you know,
0:44:29 > 0:44:32when your friends come round after a shoot?
0:44:32 > 0:44:35I don't really want to be hearing 500, 600.
0:44:40 > 0:44:43This is an absolute fantastic place, Nick.
0:44:43 > 0:44:44You're going to love it.
0:44:44 > 0:44:48You're going to love it, Nick. I know you are.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53Nick Holt runs a prestigious hunting auction
0:44:53 > 0:44:55and has agreed to sell the caribou's head.
0:44:58 > 0:44:59But before Danny commits
0:44:59 > 0:45:02he wants to make sure he'll get the best price.
0:45:03 > 0:45:07- Quite a good-looking beast, isn't it?- It is, yeah.- Yeah.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10- Do you know much about caribou? - Not a great deal.
0:45:10 > 0:45:13- I know it looks a bit like a moose. - A bit like a moose, yeah.
0:45:13 > 0:45:17Well, caribou, as we can see here, Canadian.
0:45:17 > 0:45:19- Sure.- Newfoundland.
0:45:19 > 0:45:23Newfoundland, by the way, was our first colony...
0:45:23 > 0:45:26- Great Britain.- Right.- OK.
0:45:26 > 0:45:30Natural History Depot, right.
0:45:30 > 0:45:31James Gardner.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33He had the Royal warrant.
0:45:33 > 0:45:36- Any good?- Well, go on, he got the...
0:45:36 > 0:45:38Got the Royal warrant!
0:45:38 > 0:45:40So really, what are we saying?
0:45:40 > 0:45:42Are we saying this is the creme de la creme?
0:45:42 > 0:45:43Are we talking, here,
0:45:43 > 0:45:46something that is a fantastic specimen?
0:45:46 > 0:45:48Now, I know you're trying to make a mark-up here
0:45:48 > 0:45:51so therefore you're looking for a bit of the old profit,
0:45:51 > 0:45:54which there's nothing wrong in that. That's what dealers do.
0:45:54 > 0:45:58I'm just, you know, I'm being straight with you.
0:45:58 > 0:46:01Taxidermy is not that easy to sell.
0:46:01 > 0:46:05I'm finding that taxidermy, at the present, is on fire.
0:46:05 > 0:46:06Well, that's great to hear.
0:46:06 > 0:46:10The estimate I would recommend for this would be...
0:46:11 > 0:46:13600-800.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16- That should be worth more money than that!- You can see...
0:46:16 > 0:46:19You might sell it to someone in Newfoundland or New Zealand.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22- Well, hey!- I wanted you to say, really, "I can see that selling..."
0:46:22 > 0:46:25You know, "I wouldn't be surprised whatsoever
0:46:25 > 0:46:27"if it made four figures." That's what I wanted to hear.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29You know, if I put it on the internet,
0:46:29 > 0:46:31am I going to get £1,000?
0:46:31 > 0:46:36- I think I will. - Well, look, this is...
0:46:36 > 0:46:39At the end of the day, what you must remember
0:46:39 > 0:46:41is you do get one chance.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44And that is up to you,
0:46:44 > 0:46:46whatever chance you take.
0:46:52 > 0:46:56With a decision to make, it's back up north for Danny.
0:47:01 > 0:47:03But when he gets too tired to drive,
0:47:03 > 0:47:04there's always the van.
0:47:08 > 0:47:12This is me crib. So I've got me seats, which fold up.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14It folds back down and then I've got, luckily enough,
0:47:14 > 0:47:18a flight case which is the same height as the chair,
0:47:18 > 0:47:19which makes it like a single bed.
0:47:19 > 0:47:23Put a bit of wood down and then we're in, we're cooking with gas.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25I've got me gas fire and all.
0:47:25 > 0:47:26That's it.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29- INTERVIEWER:- You did that with your foot!- Oh, you've got to.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31The metal's too cold.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33It ain't so bad.
0:47:33 > 0:47:35Brings me back to my youth when I were camping.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39You're quite tall, though, aren't you?
0:47:39 > 0:47:42I've got to, sort of, you know, bend.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44And it's not very comfortable, to be honest.
0:47:44 > 0:47:48I've got my alarm to set on, make sure I wake up.
0:47:48 > 0:47:51- 'Rodney, Rodney!' - Cor, bloody hell, they've started.
0:47:51 > 0:47:55- 'Wake up, you dipstick!' - Shut up, you! Shut up!
0:47:55 > 0:47:57ALARM BLARES
0:47:57 > 0:47:59That's me alarm clock.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01It's got old Rodney boy shouting in the back.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03Just a little...
0:48:03 > 0:48:06It's an alarm clock, really.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08Oh, it's worth it.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10Better will come.
0:48:10 > 0:48:14So, you know, a bit of hopeful and wishful thinking, you know.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16A bit of luck will drop in me lap, so to speak.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20'Rodney, wake up, you dipstick!'
0:48:29 > 0:48:32Obviously I didn't check them, even in London.
0:48:32 > 0:48:36The next day I was showing someone, a potential customer.
0:48:36 > 0:48:38And they said, "Oh, I'm not buying them." I said, "Why not?"
0:48:38 > 0:48:40"The security tag's on them."
0:48:40 > 0:48:42I'm lucky that they're not ink ones
0:48:42 > 0:48:45so when I break them they're not going to damage.
0:48:45 > 0:48:49They're easy enough to break. Sort of just...
0:48:49 > 0:48:51Clip, boom, off.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53I'm going to go down to Pontypridd Rugby Club
0:48:53 > 0:48:56cos there's going to be a lot of people there,
0:48:56 > 0:49:00a lot of cold people I'm hoping, that need some earmuffs.
0:49:01 > 0:49:04- INTERVIEWER:- What did you do to your ankle?- I fell off a kerb.
0:49:04 > 0:49:06Just tore my ligaments in my ankle
0:49:06 > 0:49:09so I've got to keep this on for a few weeks.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12Obviously I'm not going to let my ankle stop me for today.
0:49:14 > 0:49:17I've hired myself a chauffeur for the day.
0:49:19 > 0:49:21I know there's a load of women supporters
0:49:21 > 0:49:23of the Pontypridd Rugby Club so...
0:49:23 > 0:49:26Hopefully get down there
0:49:26 > 0:49:29and that's going to be my target market for today.
0:49:29 > 0:49:33Kate Moss might turn up today and try a pair of these on.
0:49:37 > 0:49:40Sorted! Right then, off we go.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46WIND HOWLS Whoa!
0:49:46 > 0:49:50That's what I want to see, Kern. Lovely and windy.
0:49:50 > 0:49:52What happens when it's windy? People get cold.
0:49:52 > 0:49:54And when people get cold, boom, they need earmuffs.
0:49:54 > 0:49:56Kern, the windier the better.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59As long as this rain holds off, but, we'll be laughing.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02Oh, Kern, go to the top, you nut.
0:50:02 > 0:50:03Kern!
0:50:03 > 0:50:05Is that...?
0:50:05 > 0:50:06Oh, oh!
0:50:10 > 0:50:11Today's match is a cup game
0:50:11 > 0:50:15between home team Pontypridd and local rivals Newport.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19Right, look at it, man. It's full.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22It's full already. It's about an hour before kickoff.
0:50:22 > 0:50:27The 28 pairs of earmuffs cost Ieuan and Kern 50p each.
0:50:27 > 0:50:31They're hoping to sell them off, targeting women and children,
0:50:31 > 0:50:33at £3 a pair.
0:50:33 > 0:50:36- You try them on. - They don't fit on my head really.
0:50:36 > 0:50:39- Do you want to hold a few? - Those three?
0:50:40 > 0:50:45Our aim is to sort of just sell them all and that's...
0:50:45 > 0:50:47Well, just sell them all, isn't it?
0:50:47 > 0:50:48That's the whole idea of it.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50Anyone want to buy some earmuffs, lads?
0:50:50 > 0:50:53Keep you nice and warm while you're watching rugby.
0:50:53 > 0:50:54Matching colours, lads!
0:50:54 > 0:50:56His and his!
0:50:57 > 0:50:58Kate Moss wears them, boys.
0:50:58 > 0:51:02If it's good enough for Kate Moss, it's good enough for you lot.
0:51:02 > 0:51:03I've just realised,
0:51:03 > 0:51:06there's probably going to be a lot more men than women.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09Every person that's walking by so far has been a man.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14At this rate, we won't even have bus fare to get home.
0:51:21 > 0:51:23HE WHISTLES
0:51:23 > 0:51:26Back in Clitheroe, Danny's entered the caribou's head
0:51:26 > 0:51:28into an online auction.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31- What's the matter?- I don't like it!
0:51:31 > 0:51:32He's all right. Don't be ridiculous!
0:51:32 > 0:51:35We're going to start specialising in this stuff.
0:51:35 > 0:51:38- You're going to see a lot more. - He's ugly.
0:51:38 > 0:51:42I just hope that somebody finds it, you know, on the internet.
0:51:42 > 0:51:45They find it. Cos once they find it and it's what they're looking for,
0:51:45 > 0:51:47you're not going to get a better specimen.
0:51:47 > 0:51:48Don't worry about that!
0:51:48 > 0:51:52You know, it's just getting the right person to say to me, you know,
0:51:52 > 0:51:54"Can you end it early?
0:51:54 > 0:51:56"We'll give you five grand!"
0:51:57 > 0:52:01With a reserve price of £750,
0:52:01 > 0:52:04the family have gathered to watch the bidding countdown.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07I think with this game, you know, this internet,
0:52:07 > 0:52:09you can go mad in the last minute.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12You know? You never know, we might be lucky.
0:52:14 > 0:52:18There are 30 minutes until the auction closes.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23199 watchers, now. Well, lookers.
0:52:23 > 0:52:26People that have viewed the page, you know.
0:52:26 > 0:52:28So as we're counting down,
0:52:28 > 0:52:31there's more people looking at this page.
0:52:31 > 0:52:32Don't worry!
0:52:36 > 0:52:3918 minutes and counting.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41I mean, a minute ago it was about 23.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43It just keeps on going down now.
0:52:43 > 0:52:47HE MUTTERS
0:52:48 > 0:52:51I've got my adrenaline rolling!
0:52:53 > 0:52:55- Refresh it.- Refresh it, yeah.
0:53:00 > 0:53:04All of a sudden, we're rolling at 6 minutes 21 seconds.
0:53:04 > 0:53:07Like, it seems like 5 minutes ago it was at 20 minutes,
0:53:07 > 0:53:08which I thought was too long.
0:53:08 > 0:53:10But now six minutes sounds too short.
0:53:14 > 0:53:16There's only three minutes left.
0:53:16 > 0:53:19Oh, I'll have a bit of a drink.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21We're going to have to have it here if it doesn't sell!
0:53:21 > 0:53:25- I'm not having it here. - It might have to be here for a bit.
0:53:25 > 0:53:28- You should put it there. - I'll put it in your room, Mum.
0:53:28 > 0:53:31Time check is 1:25.
0:53:34 > 0:53:35I'm getting anxious!
0:53:35 > 0:53:38- You can see the sweat on your forehead.- I know!
0:53:48 > 0:53:50It's still with me.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52Well, that's the way it goes.
0:53:52 > 0:53:54You know, still got my moose with me.
0:53:54 > 0:53:59It could also be seasonal, you know, something like a moose head,
0:53:59 > 0:54:01- you know, Christmas...- Yeah.
0:54:01 > 0:54:06..might be a bit more favourable than selling that, you know...
0:54:06 > 0:54:07HE STAMMERS
0:54:07 > 0:54:10..something that looks a bit like a reindeer,
0:54:10 > 0:54:13so it might be a bit more favourable selling it around the Christmas time
0:54:13 > 0:54:18of year than what it is, you know, in the summer.
0:54:18 > 0:54:21- The mirror is going. - Get rid of that.
0:54:21 > 0:54:25- Charming.- Eh?- Charming.
0:54:26 > 0:54:28It's going to bring in strong money, I know that,
0:54:28 > 0:54:33I've got 100% confidence that it's going to sell.
0:54:33 > 0:54:35I tell you what, it can stop here for now,
0:54:35 > 0:54:37but it's not here for the long term.
0:54:37 > 0:54:42You're going to have to find a new hoose for this moose, OK?
0:54:42 > 0:54:45And when it does sell, I want strong money for it, you know,
0:54:45 > 0:54:47simple as that.
0:54:47 > 0:54:48Right, give him a kiss.
0:54:51 > 0:54:55You be careful with that now, Gracie, a lot of money's worth here.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57Don't go banging it and thumping it.
0:54:58 > 0:55:02Don't go patting and thumping it and mucking about with it too much.
0:55:07 > 0:55:10Earmuffs keep you nice and warm when you're watching the rugby.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12With quarter of an hour until kickoff,
0:55:12 > 0:55:16Ieuan and Kern still haven't sold any of the earmuffs.
0:55:16 > 0:55:18There's a couple of potential women customers
0:55:18 > 0:55:22have walked down on the other side, so I think if we go closer
0:55:22 > 0:55:25to the entrance, we'll have a better chance of selling some.
0:55:25 > 0:55:27Got it?
0:55:27 > 0:55:29Get the van out(!)
0:55:31 > 0:55:34You get some knockdowns, but you've got to get back up fighting.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37If you're having a really bad day, then that person you're trying
0:55:37 > 0:55:38to sell to is going to think,
0:55:38 > 0:55:40"I'm not going to go to him, he's miserable."
0:55:40 > 0:55:42Ladies, can I interest you in some earmuffs?
0:55:42 > 0:55:44Match your colours, £3 a pair.
0:55:44 > 0:55:47Here you are, the dog as well. Do you two pairs for a fiver?
0:55:47 > 0:55:49- The dog can have a pair as well. - No, thank you.
0:55:49 > 0:55:51Excuse me, madam, can I interest you in some earmuffs?
0:55:51 > 0:55:54- Keep you nice and warm when you're watching the rugby.- No, thank you.
0:55:54 > 0:55:58- £3 a pair.- All right. - Brilliant. Thank you very much, ta.
0:55:58 > 0:56:03Bigger ones. There you are. Thank you very much. Cheers, enjoy the game.
0:56:03 > 0:56:08It all about sort of coming across being positive, erm, a bit of charm,
0:56:08 > 0:56:10throw a few compliments out.
0:56:10 > 0:56:12£3 a pair.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14Madam at the back, don't think I haven't seen you.
0:56:14 > 0:56:15Can I interest you in a pair of earmuffs?
0:56:15 > 0:56:19That will draw people into it, you know. People go for the charm.
0:56:19 > 0:56:22Kern, Kern, it's Kate Moss. Hello, madam, now I've got your attention,
0:56:22 > 0:56:25can I interest you in some earmuffs? £3 a pair.
0:56:25 > 0:56:26Keep yourselves lovely and warm
0:56:26 > 0:56:28- when you're watching the rugby. - No, thank you.
0:56:28 > 0:56:31You sure? Can I have your autograph, then, seeing as Kate Moss is here?
0:56:31 > 0:56:33Can I have your autograph? No?
0:56:34 > 0:56:38- I tell you what, love, these nice pink ones.- Are you sure?- Brilliant.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40That's £3, then, please.
0:56:40 > 0:56:42You can have two for a fiver if you want.
0:56:42 > 0:56:45Thank you. Cheers. Bye.
0:56:45 > 0:56:49Sold about ten pairs. I've taken £30.
0:56:49 > 0:56:51Out of that £30, £15 of it is profit
0:56:51 > 0:56:55so two hours' work, £7.50 an hour. It's not too bad.
0:56:55 > 0:56:58I am an actual optimist, yeah, you know, you have to be.
0:56:58 > 0:57:02- INTERVIEWER:- Do you believe one day you're going to be a millionaire?
0:57:02 > 0:57:05One day, I reckon I'll be a millionaire, of course I do.
0:57:05 > 0:57:09I'll be sat in some meeting somewhere or going to some business
0:57:09 > 0:57:12convention, shaking hands with Richard Branson
0:57:12 > 0:57:17and Lord Alan Sugar, you know, and maybe even buy him a pint.
0:57:17 > 0:57:20So I feel... # Rolling, rolling, rolling... #
0:57:20 > 0:57:22No, go past him, he wants.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26I may even make enough money that I can give all my family
0:57:26 > 0:57:32and friends some as well, so that's what we live for - hope.
0:57:34 > 0:57:37- This time next year, we'll be back.- Yeah.
0:57:39 > 0:57:41HE CHUCKLES
0:57:41 > 0:57:44You actually mentioned it, that it looked like a Rolex.
0:57:44 > 0:57:47If this proves to be genuine, a real Rolex watch,
0:57:47 > 0:57:50then you're looking at roughly about £5,000.
0:57:50 > 0:57:54One pound, one pound, one pound, one pound, one pound, two.
0:57:54 > 0:57:55I want to be more of a businesswoman
0:57:55 > 0:57:59and not just a... someone who's playing with it.
0:57:59 > 0:58:01Over the top!
0:58:01 > 0:58:04House auction on Saturday, mate. House auction on Saturday.
0:58:04 > 0:58:07I'll be the auctioneer, don't worry about that.
0:58:07 > 0:58:08We're going to go with lot number one.
0:58:08 > 0:58:09- Where's- lot...
0:58:09 > 0:58:11Lot number one, Jo.