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We're open for business!

Open for business! Open for business!

Please come in. (LAUGHS)

NARRATOR: This time... Oh...

...Johnny finds love in an unusual place...

You had me at hello.

...before facing up to some home truths.

The shop's unprepared. It's not ready.

That's the honest truth.

Bev lets her hair down.

Ten minutes later, you'll be sat with an ice cream. (LAUGHS)

And Vikki takes Vintage Vegas global.

We've gone international.

Der-der-der-der! First sale abroad.

I said good day, sir! (LAUGHS)

Last year, after a lifetime collecting antiques and curios...

Who doesn't want a marzipan Indiana Jones?

The Thirsty Bear! (THEY LAUGH)

...actor and comedian Johnny Vegas finally took the plunge...

Oh, it's happened again!

...and fulfilled his dream of opening his own antiques and collectibles shop.

Vintage Vegas is opening for business.

It proved a smash hit with customers...

You'll pay 900 for it? In your face!

...and gave Johnny confidence in his eye for a good buy

and his ability to sell eclectic items.

I'm a dealer.

Get me.

Now, he and lifelong friend and assistant Bev are back...

I knew we were coming home with a badger.

...dreaming bigger... Will it fit in the van?

This is an absolute disaster.

...and better...

(GASPS) Look at this.

...hoping business will boom and the shop will go from pop-up to permanent.

This time round, I don't want it to finish when the cameras go home. (BLEATS)

With Johnny's girlfriend, Vikki, joining the team...

You'll stretch the leather! I'll stretch your leather in a minute.

...they're hitting the road in search of new stock.

Hello, Mr Bond.

Hello, you creepy little chappie.

So can Johnny turn from lifelong dreamer...

I'm a bit concerned, opening today.

Got a price in mind. Too low, mate.

...to full-time dealer...

That might be me naughty purchase.

You've got a deal. He's so my boy.

...with his Little Shop of Antiques?

There we go!

Look at him, he's back in the groove.

I'm trying to play it calm, but I've just had a little wee. (DEALER LAUGHS)

(SHOP SIGN CREAKS)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

I hate to say goodbye, but somebody should get some love from that.

A year into his journey, and Johnny's business is expanding.

His partner Vikki has been hard at work...

That's better.

...getting the Vintage Vegas online store ready to go live for the first time.

- Hey. - Hey.

Website.(GASPS) Let me show you what I've done.

Yeah, okay.

So I'm really excited.

- Hello! - So basically, this is what we're gonna dofor everything,

Like the font. A little bit playful, but it's not Comic Sans.

- Lovely, clear shot. - Yeah.

So we'll do a little write-up of it with sizes.

And they've all got their own stock numbers and then instructions on how to purchase. So, what do you think?

- Love it. - So you're happyfor us to go with that?

Just get live on it. Shall we go live now? Get selling. Yeah.

I'm gonna go live!

Fab! That's all I needed to hear.

We have now opened ourselves up to the World Wide Web.

You know what I mean? We can sell anywhere, everywhere.

Going online is a big step up for Johnny's growing business.

We are...

proper dealers.

But the online market is different to his usual shop trade.

We now build our reputation.

We can present higher-value items to genuine high-end collectors.

I can afford to take a risk on some of the more niche items.

I also want to buy stuff that proves that I know what I'm doing.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

So with a high-end item for the international market on the shopping list,

Johnny and assistant Bev head off on another buying trip.

Oh, what a gorgeous day.

Wonderful day for sunstroke. (CHUCKLES)

It's a Bank Holiday weekend, and Britain is basking in record-breaking temperatures.

It's hot. Oh, my God, yeah.

It's gonna be hot today. I'm not good in heat, me.

Should have brought a hat.

I don't like the heat. Have you got tea out of a straw?

It was put in there like that.

Gonna get scalded.

Lost the run of yourself, you, drinking tea out of a straw.

I didn't ask for tea with a straw! Urgh, I think it's got sugar in. Oh, no.(RETCHES)

Today, they are travelling over a hundred miles south for some fun in the sun

at the Cirencester Decorative Home & Salvage Show.

It's the same people who you absolutely loved last year

and you've got some really nice quality items, so.

Oh, aye, yeah, course.

Excited for this, just wandering around having a mooch.

Ten minutes later, you'll be sat with an ice cream. (LAUGHS)

Well, you know that's a given. Or a cream scone. It's a cream scone and an ice cream kind of day for me.

But Cirencester's like a county, innit? It's massive.

It's the capital of the Cotswolds, apparently.

Cirencester Park is 3,000 acres of manicured parkland

and the ancestral home of the Earl of Bathurst.

This looks nice. I always like these little lodges. Look at that.

Oh, what an entrance.

Is he walking in a three-piece suit?

They're looking determined. "We're off to get an antique bargain."

The stately surroundings

draw the trade's most serious dealers and their very best stock.

- There is higher-end stuff here as well. - Out of the budget.

The people who sell know to come here and they bring all their best stuff here.

- And the best stuff doesn't come cheap. - Yeah.

Rock and roll. Oh, well.

Right. Well, job number one: sunscreen.

Always look after your skin.

As a human being, I'm a gift,

but you want to wrap it as best you can.

(CHUCKLES)

Now then, Johnny.

- Factor? Fifty. - Good.

- Rub it in properly. I know. - Thoroughly.

Bloody 55! (LAUGHS)

I'm not a kid at t'beach who doesn't wanna wear it.

It's my ears. They're like solar panels. (LAUGHS)

Protection on,

it's time for Johnny to enter the arena.

Off to battle we go.

It's not battle, it's... it's jousting, but fun.

Jousting. You don't know what jousting is.

Yeah, I do. Two blokes on a horse in knights' armour...

On one horse? Two horses, one each.

This is why we won't get membership to the polo club.

The high-end items he needs to entice online interest

won't come cheap, so getting his selection right is crucial.

Big-ticket items stand a better chance online.

I've got to think about my clientele.

Think what they expect. If you're not selling, you can't be buying.

That's what most dealers will tell you.

Johnny's plan of attack is straightforward:

one full lap to assess everything on offer

before buying anything big.

If I go mad and blow all my money on t'first five stalls,

then that's it. The budget's blown

and you just go, 'Have a think, and by the time you've walked around,

if you can't get it out of your mind, you'll come back.'

So, strategy in place, Johnny gets to work,

and with more than 50 stalls to get around,

there's a lot to take in.

There's a temporary sensory overload,

and then I get half afraid of missing out on summat.

It's where to start.

As part of your ADHD therapy, we're gonna take you somewhere

where there's loads of stuff to look at

and you're easily distracted.

Look at these! Teeth!

I've been thinking of making my own.

I'm sick of paying dentist prices.

PRODUCER:

I would imagine they're enamel. I'd have to lick 'em,

and I'm not willing to do that on camera.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

The fair is full of experienced and savvy traders

all hunting for deals of their own,

and they're not about to make It easy for Johnny.

That's very nice, isn't it? It's actually for a shop piece.

- Venetian. - Oh, Venetian.

There's a little bit of writing still in there.

Oh, yeah, you can see.

This antique Venetian shop front

is typical of the decorative and architectural salvage on offer here.

And it's all at the top end of Johnny's budget.

It's about 300.

Three hundred, that's...? Honestly, that's trade.

Okay, mate.

All right, all right.

Let me have a think on it. I'm not shaking. I can't shake on it.

No, I know, I'm shaking going, I appreciate the...

I'm shaking 'cause I want a sale. (LAUGHS)

I'll get it wrapped, yeah? (LAUGHS)

You're relentless. I am.

He's a good salesman, in't he?

I've got a feeling if I don't buy that off him, I'll wake up

and he'll be at the end of me bed going, "Here y'are, delivered it an' all."

This time, at 300 quid, it was an offer Johnny could refuse.

But the items on his maybe pile are soon stacking up.

I like that, the Swan Soap. What's on it?

I can do 350.

Right.

I love it. I've just got to think on it.

- Is that all right? - All right.

I want the quality stuff.

You just need... need to keep doing laps.

Lovely. Are they Victorian?

What would you do for the pair?

Four-fifty for the pair.

Once again, I'm gonna have a think. (LAUGHS)

How much is the Post Office?

DEALER:

Love that sign.

Stuff like that sells.

I am gonna pat myself on the back.

I've walked past so many signs today that a few years ago,

they'd have all been in the back of the van.

No, no, no. Be good.

I'm proud of myself.

So far, Johnny's sticking to the plan.

He hasn't spent a penny all morning.

When did common sense get in the way of just going buck wild and just buying?

While Johnny wrestles with his more sensible approach,

Bev's having all the fun of the fair.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Oh, this is a gorgeous fair.

I mean, there's really high ticket price items here.

So, you know, there's things that are definitely gonna appeal to Johnny.

I can't wait to see what he gets from here.

With his first lap of the fair almost complete,

decision time is approaching for Johnny.

I am gonna have to start like, making my mind up and pulling the trigger

'cause I'm gonna do nine laps and I'll end up with an egg cup.

- Oh! - He's great, isn't he?

Oh! (GASPS)

(EXHALES HEAVILY)

He's naughty.

Well, they told us he was in the middle of a fairground, an old fairground wheel.

I've just had a chat over there about buyer's restraint.

After holding back all morning,

is Johnny about to be undone by a papier mache head?

What's... what's your best on that?

Ooh, stopped me in my tracks, that though.

It's great, isn't it? They're the ones, ain't they?

So can I have a think on it, buddy? Right, I'll see you in a... see you in a little while.

What's happened to me?

I've lost my trigger finger. Can't make my mind up.

So I don't know. I don't know.

The heat has taken the excitement of walking around somewhere like this for me.

So my energy feels low.

And yet, my admiration for everything here is, is pfff.

I've just got to get buying.

It's a first for me to actually tell myself off...

for not buying.

Mr Punch, he's definitely top of the pops right now.

But will anybody see in that what I see in it?

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Johnny is at the Cirencester trade fair, hunting big-ticket showpieces

needed for his online shop to give it international appeal.

No, no, no. Be good.

But after a morning spent keeping his powder dry, he hit a wall.

It's a first for me to actually tell myself off

for not buying.

And now he's fallen in love with an unusual item...

Oh!

He's naughty.

...that he just can't shake.

I can't get the terrifying French papier mache doll out my head.

But is it the wisest buy?

I suppose I gotta make my mind up, haven't I?

What was this again?

It was 199.

I could do 150 on him.

We did have two. We've sold the other one.

He's been on my mind since I saw him.

One fifty is like almost half price of what we sold the other one. Yeah?

Johnny's taken the plunge on the first buy of the day.

Handmade papier mache fairground pieces like this

are hugely sought after in the French market.

I just think it's fabulous. It's just one of them pieces that you can't quite describe.

We're in love. We're gonna abscond.

You had me at hello.

And then he had to make it weird.

And the papier mache head

isn't the only item that's caught Johnny's attention.

What can we do on the squirrels?

I mean, I'll ask ya...

One-twenty-five.

Stop making me buy stuff.

Yeah, go on. Yeah? 125. Cool. Thank you.

Johnny's off the mark

with not just one, but two expensive big-ticket items in the bag.

Look at him, he's back in the groove!

The lad's got his mojo.

He ain't messing around anymore.

He's shaking hands.

Things are happening.

And now the spending has started,

the floodgates are open and Johnny can't stop.

Suddenly, I've got trade fair fever.

What was it on the telephone sign again?

I've got 180 on it.

Do you a bit of a deal on it.

How good a deal?150.

Because I've already spent...

I'll do 150 on that, 'cause I like the box as well. Don't know how I missed that earlier.

What would you do on both?

One-eighty?

Thank you, mate. Ta.

Johnny strikes a double deal:

a traditional French harvest basket known as a trug,

to go alongside the original enamel telephone sign he saw earlier.

This is my Bermuda Triangle.

Money goes missing here.

After a slow start, the trade fair has turned into a spending bonanza.

From nought to 60.

A lot of pondering, a lot of watching,

and then just went stir crazy.

Be madness to buy him, wouldn't it?

How much papier mache can one man have?

- Can I try it on? - Absolutely. - Of course you can.

Well, you see, the beauty with this is

I can walk round and do deals in this and they won't go,

"It's that Johnny Vegas. He's got money to burn."

They'll go, "Isn't that that President of France?"

For the second time today, Johnny is swept off his feet by a papier mache bust,

which he's decided is the spitting image of French President Emmanuel Macron.

Ooh, I like him.

He's got very bold eyes, but a nice femininity to the lips.

How much was he again?

Very best I could do is 50.

- That's fair. - Thank you, sir.

Done.

How often are you gonna find a head like that?

(SINGS) I'm in a papier mache mood.

Buying big heads makes me feel real good.

Johnny came with a plan to buy a few high-end items for his online shop,

but he's leaving with a vanful and his wallet over �1200 lighter.

So I probably went double over the budget.

But I'm still thinking I'll get back and do the maths

and then decide if I've been a silly boy.

Nice haul so far.

Gonna get the rest? Yeah.

Now, remember, lift with your legs.(LAUGHS)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Back at Dagfields, before any of it can earn its keep,

the haul has to be priced up.

With the help of partner Vikki,

it's time to find out if Johnny's spending spree will pay off.

- Oh, I love this. That's lovely. - Yeah.

French wooden box, �30.

Fifty, and then take an offer.

- Oh! - We've got the gorgeoustelephone sign.

This is beautiful. That's gorgeous.

- That's quality. Oh, it's double-sided. - Yeah.

You paid 150.

Oh, I want 250 on this. Yeah.

The post office used to run both Britain's phone network and postage until 1981,

when it was split into Royal Mail and British Telecom.

Signs like this one that predate that split are highly collectible.

You've got some lovely stuff from Cirencester.

Like real, sort of like decorative features, aren't they?

This antique butcher's block is priced up at �275.

You have to try and create the kind of shop that would make me go,

"We've got to go in here and have a look."

I would go in here, I would have a look,

and I would buy something. Genuinely.

(GASPS)

(FRENCH ACCENT) Hello, my old friend. Haw-haw-haw.

How was the trip over? (FRENCH ACCENT) It was okay, thank you.

(NORMAL VOICE) How much was he? Fifty quid.

- Oh, God, he's got to be 150, all day long. - Yeah.

Papier mache means chewed paper.

Despite the French name,

the technique originated in ancient China

before spreading to Europe centuries later.

He's a handsome devil, in't he? Oh, he's a keeper.

He's going in the window. In the window.

If he doesn't set your stall out, nothing does.

It's affordable, if you want to play It's a Knockout in your garden, innit?

'Ey, were banging through this today. Normally...

This is one of the favourite items.

Vikki and I love this.

This was my big buy of the day.

I loved it at the fair and I thought you're coming home with that for sure.

So you paid 150 for him. What a steal.

I've got to start pricing things what I'd pay for them.

Feels genuine. It looks genuine.

- That should be 350. - Okay. - And he deserves it.

Johnny set out to find distinctive big-ticket pieces,

and despite going over-budget, the potential profits look healthy.

It's unique. Show me another. Yeah.

Never seen one. Probably never will again.

It'll be hard to part with.

- I'm taking it you want the squirrels in the stuffed animal corner?

- Oh! - Look at them.

They're red squirrels.

There's very few left in the country.

They're just brilliant.

So, with everything priced up, it's time to get the shop looking its best.

That's a bargain, that, at 50 quid, I think.

What drew you to the sexy gnome, Johnny?

The fact that he looked like he wanted me.(LAUGHS)

Just gonna pop outside and see how he looks.

Yes, I'm liking that window now.

Oh, Macron's just superb.

Gloria and Macron.

I feel like she is the one that got away.

Two star-crossed lovers.

"Hello there, Gloria.

How did the nuclear testing go?"

With the standout items priced and displayed,

it should be time to open the shop, but Johnny is stalling.

God, it's feeling really empty. Really, really empty.

It's just not looking that exciting.

All the bottom shelves are looking...

half-arsed.

We have not got enough walk-out items.

We haven't really got any smalls out.

Johnny and Bev came back from Cirencester with plenty of showstoppers,

but not the small, affordable pieces that keep a shop ticking over.

There's a big danger of looking like you're just resting on your laurels.

People who came last week are gonna come back,

and if they don't see enough change in the shop and they don't see enough new stock,

they can very quickly lose interest.

I don't want to open the door, to be quite honest.

I want to get back out, get in the van, get more stuff, get it in there.

With the shop half empty,

Johnny has decided not to open for business.

The shop's unprepared.

It looks unprepared.

So the door's staying shut 'til we get more stuff.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Johnny Vegas and assistant Bev are back on the road.

Bit off the beaten track. It is a bit, isn't it?

Or are you just driving me to one of them places where they kill folk?(LAUGHS)

Wondered why there was a shovel in the back.

Johnny came away from his last trip

with a haul of high-end expensive items,

but none of the small, affordable buys he needs to keep the till ticking over.

And what I'm learning is

I do love the antique fairs.

I absolutely love them. Yeah.

But it's not easy to come away with a lot of smalls.

left with a half-empty antiques shop,

for the first time ever, he decided not to open for business.

It's not ready.

That's the honest truth.

Oh, this definitely looks like your type of place.

To get the shop back open, they urgently need to find

the small, lower-cost stock they are missing.

So they've come to Kingfisher Farm in Leicester.

Oh, I like the look of this.

It's a treasure trove of antiques, collectibles and salvage items.

Dead leg. Jesus!

Ooh!

That was a dramatic exit, weren't it?

Well, it's nothing if not eclectic. (LAUGHS)

Well, we need stock.

We've got empty shelves.

- Hiya, mate. - Hello, young man.

You've got some nice stuff. Lots to look at.

Paul Taylor has been running Kingfisher Farm for eight years.

Oh, my word.

You need to look high and low, because... Yeah, yeah, definitely.

Tonnes of stuff in here. There's even a big burger over there.

What were you saying? (THEY LAUGH)

Today's plan: buy in bulk, move fast and strike a deal,

trader to trader.

If there is a deal to be done, I'll do it with you.

There's always movement in the price, especially if you buy a few items.

There's always a reduction at the end.

Well, that's what I'm depending on.

- Shall we make a start? - Yeah.

Supermarket Sweep.

We've got empty shelves to fill, and I think Johnny can get a lot of smalls here.

(GASPS) Hoo-hoo!

Take those three, buddy.

I think I will put a bundle of tins together

because we know that they've all... they've sold at the shop before.

He's got so many... smalls.

- Oh! - He's found summat else. - I have.

- Do you remember 'em when you were a kid? - Yeah.

Profit margins on small items, like this 1950s spinning top and these vintage tins, are slim.

So it's all about quantity.

Think we're gonna need a bigger box.

(CHUCKLES WHEEZILY)

I'm definitely having that.

But it wouldn't be a Vintage Vegas buying trip

without a few unusual finds along the way.

That doesn't work, does it?

Yeah, it's brand new. In the box.

A Karma Chameleon phone.

Oh, yeah, put that in the pile, mate.

Please take a song that I carefully crafted

and turn it into a telephone in the shape of a chameleon.

This animatronic tribute to Culture Club's hit "Karma Chameleon"

isn't the only character catching Johnny's eye.

I don't know owt about garden ornaments, but...

I just kind of like 'em.

With Johnny stocking up on smalls as fast as he can,

back at Dagfields, the shop is still closed.

And now it's down to Vikki to get the new online side of the business moving.

I'm just getting high-ticket items online.

The high-ticket items hopefully will sell quicker online than they will people coming in.

Sometimes Johnny will walk in from one of his buying trips

with things like this, and my heart drops,

and I'm like, oh, God, we'll be stuck with this now for ages.

I'm hoping somebody who collects this kind of thing

is gonna go online,

see this huge head of Macron and Punch and go, "They're for me. I've got to have them."

So, yeah, fingers crossed

there's some wacky person out there who wants them.

Meanwhile, in Leicester, the supermarket sweep is complete

and it's time to find out if Johnny can strike a deal on a job lot.

A lot of the smalls, the tins, if I can get them at a good price.

We're buying a fair bit and I think I'll get a dealer's rate.

Well, we've got that down at 428 for all them bits.

So is this what you've priced up inclusive of everything?

That's everything there, yeah.

Plus the bit of discount I've give you as well.

- Deal done, mate. - Thank you.

That's great, that. Thank you. What a day.

I was in the zone today.

Everything that's coming with me today,

I have 100% confidence in selling in the shop.

I've got loads of smalls.

I've got some really, really quirky items,

and I've got some beautiful art.

What's not to love about this game, eh?

Back at Dagfields,

it's time to unload and get the new items on display

so they can finally open up for the day's trading.

- Let's get the stock out there. Let's get selling. - Right.

A haul of smalls. A haul of smalls.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

Spinning top, let me tell you...

You paid 15.

Er, 25.

Have you put a price on Sketch Master?

No. You paid five for it. Oh, 15.

Fifteen on that one.

Smalls, smalls, smalls.

Walk-out items keep you ticking over.

The shelves are filling up, and Johnny's favourites will take pride of place.

Oh, my God. The fun piece of the day.

- Good Lord. - Oh, my...�

This is your Karma Chameleon.

Karma Chameleon fully-animated telephone.

I can't believe you got this.

Has anybody ever looked less happy at endorsing a product

than Boy George on that picture?

When it was launched, the novelty Karma Chameleon phone was an overnight sensation.

Over 50,000 inquiries were made in a single day.

And nostalgia for the era means there's still a market for them now.

Karma Chameleon, 30.

It's a bit of kitsch.

I want at least 80.

- What about your garden statues? - Ooh!

Our first foray into garden ornaments.

How much did you pay for them?

Thirty-five for both, you paid. Oh, fabulous.

Er, 50 quid.

Fifty quid each, yeah? Yeah.

Do you not mind if I just put one out for now,

'cause I'm tempted to keep the other.

Very satisfying coming back from a buying trip

and seeing the shelves fill up again...

...and the anticipation of what might shift and what might not.

And Johnny has one more idea up his sleeve

to complete the revamp and get the place buzzing.

This looks like it's gonna fall apart as soon as I... Oh, Vik....unwrap it.

A new chance for an old favourite.

It's a gorgeous bit of honeycomb nastiness.

Johnny bought the preserved wasps' nest for �25 a year ago.

This, er, kind of makes no sense, but I want it.

So far, it's failed to attract the swarm of customers Johnny had been hoping for.

Well, let's put it on the base and put it over here under Fox and Quack Quack.

How many... how many people does it take to move a wasps' nest? (LAUGHS)

Come on, join the club. Try it on your head.

(LAUGHS)

It might be quirky, but Johnny hopes its new position at the front of the shop...

(EXCLAIMS)

...will tempt a customer to part with �75.

Look at that!

Right, er, we haven't priced this, have we?

We haven't. You paid �10.

- Twenty-five. Yeah. - Okay.

Can you do Morris dancing with it?

(LAUGHTER)

Slow Morris dance.

We're open for business, open for business, open for business.

Please come in. They'll all scatter.

(LAUGHS)

Johnny's finally ready to open, so will it be worth the wait?

- Did we open? - Yeah. - Hiya. Sorry.

Always the last to know.

With a steady stream of punters through the door, just as Johnny predicted,

it's the smalls that get the sales started.

- Five on that one. Is it cash or card? - Card.

Yeah, yeah. They are dead handy, aren't they, the lovely vintage tins.

I just can't resist 'em. They're gorgeous.

Cheers, mate. Thank you.

Nice to meet you.

- Afternoon. All right? You all right? Hiya, mate. Yeah. - All right?

We just saw this and thought... Gotta get it, yeah.

There's a bit of vintage to 'em. How much?

Twenty-five. Oh, yeah, sound. Cash.

(LAUGHS)

Yeah, I'll take those.

Wonderful. Great.

Johnny's decision to stock up is paying off.

It's another validation that, um, bought right.

Well, these are cool, aren't they?

- What's your tipple? A bit of tequila. - A bit of tequila.

Hey. Good morning. Sales have been good.

Think we've earned a lunch.

But while the shop has been busy,

Johnny's yet to shift a single big-ticket item,

and the biggest gamble of the week has been completely ignored.

Nobody has shown the slightest bit of interest in that head.

But Johnny's keeping the faith.

I am absolutely 100% positive

that will shift

as soon as overseas buyers see it.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

After empty shelves forced Johnny to shut up shop,

the doors are open again for the first time this week.

I love it. Yeah, thank you.

Are you all right with that?

It's just beautiful, innit? Yeah, it's gorgeous.

Pride of place that'll take. Oh, lovely.

This antique wooden harvest basket,

bought from the Cirencester antiques fair,

returns a healthy profit.

And his haul of smalls from Kingfisher Farm is flying off the shelves.

Oh! I'm thri... She's lovely, though.

- They don't look like your standard garden ornamentation. - No.

Yeah, I think 50 is...

- Yeah? - It's up to you.

That...

We'll do the deal on that.

- Fifty. - Thank you. - Thank you very much.

The statue, a female figure in despair,

is a popular garden motif

echoing Auguste Rodin's famous "Eve",

the French sculptor's 19th-century masterpiece

depicting Eve after she gave in to temptation in the Garden of Eden.

The fact that we put it out this morning and you've took it now.

Temptation of a different kind awaits Eve in her new home.

We've got a man and he's the same as that.

- So you're bringing a lady home for your man. - He's made up.

Tonight's date night. You've got to dim the lights in the garden. Next thing, you'll wake up,

you'll have 40 gnomes. (LAUGHS)

- Are you sure? - Thank you. Take care. - Cheers. Take care.

I sold my first ever bit of garden ornamentation and it flew out.

It went straight away.

The busy shop is also a chance

for some of Johnny's bigger buys to get noticed.

It's a bit of all right, in't it? Mmm.

Johnny is looking for �250

for this vintage sign he picked up at Cirencester's antiques fair.

I like to do a deal.

I like to do a deal.

I thought I'd like to do a deal when I priced it up.

- Yeah. - Why? What do you thinkit's gonna cost me?

I'd be at 200.

No.

No. The very, very lowest is 235.

I paid up on this 'cause I liked it.

I know you're gonna hit me again. I was gonna meet you in the middle.

Two-fifty, 200, 225.

Two-thirty, you've got a deal.

- Two-thirty. - Okay.

- Thank you very much. - Superb.

That's how you do a deal, isn't it? It is.

After holding his own against a determined buyer,

Johnny's banked an �80 profit.

Post Office sign has sold.

Kind of... not being arrogant, knew it would.

Signs sell. They just sell.

There's collectors for them everywhere.

And now Johnny's turning to the next part of the plan -

getting online and finding a market

for his more eclectic buys, including two papier mache heads.

The Macron head and the Punch head from the fairground,

they're niche pieces.

But you know what? With niche pieces, you buy 'em on instinct.

And they like... they're at "wait and see."

Can't wait to prove people wrong, if they sell.

For now, a healthy balance of smalls and bigger ticket items is keeping the till ticking.

All right? Oh, thank you.

So Johnny finds time for a catch-up...

Is this the new hot hangout? It is. This the new hot hangout, mate.

...with his mentor and fellow Dagfields dealer, Jon.

So how's it going, generally?

- Really well. - Really well? - Really, really well.

Different from last year? Different feeling? More confident dealing with dealers.

I've noticed that. If you've got passion and confidence

in yourself and your items, the people coming in the shop

pick that up, and that helps you sell massively.

What's unpredictable is it's the same as me buying, is what can shift.

Some days you'll shift like, really high-ticket items that you're thinking,

"Will I sit on that forever?" And then another day it's just smalls,

you just can't keep 'em on the shelves.

And that's a formula that I wish we could crack,

'cause then we'd all... we'd all be millionaires.

But the new part of his business might have the answer.

I've started online, and it's starting to generate a load of interest.

So that's the new tool in the toolbox.

And that makes me feel better about buying something that's high end. If it sits in the shop,

it looks like I haven't got a clue. If it sells online, people are going,

"I want to keep an eye on that site."

Every day is a school day.

Every day is a... is a learning day.

Whether it's a position you're putting things, a dead area, a hot area.

The way people are moving through the shop.

Every day is a learning day.

Johnny's plans for the future are taking shape,

but today it's something from the past

that's caught a customer's attention.

Guys, can I interru... I'm stopping now.

I've sold the wasps' nest.

Get in! (LAUGHS)

Sorry. We're having a moment. You sold the wasps' nest!

They said it would never happen.

"What are you doing buying a wasps' nest?"

Because there's method in my madness.

I saw that last season, and the more I look at it, the more I'm going, mmm.

Oh, you've made me so happy. I want to do a victory lap.

Sold the wasps' nest.

I knew there'd be something in it for somebody.

That wasps' nest just had to go.

Just presenting it in a different place, it just worked, and it caught their eye.

And it's gone. What a day.

Hat is off.

You sold the wasps' nest. I did.

Well done.

Bev has now got something over me for the next year.

Wasps' nest. Bev's done the sale of the century.

Wasps' nest is gone.

If there was an award for eclectic, we'd be sitting there at the table, drumming our fingers, going,

"I think we're in with a chance of a win this year."

- You're wonderful, wonderful people. Cheers, pal. - Thank you.- Take care.

Cheers. Take care. Safe home. Take care. Bye.

A rollercoaster week is drawing to a close.

Do you like budgies? Not particularly.

We killed ours. My mum went away for the weekend to Blackpool and then she rang us up

and said, "Has anybody fed the bird?" So I asked my sisters and none of us had fed it.

So I said, "Yeah, we fed the bird", and it was dead in the bottom of the cage.

So we had to go and try and find one.

While Johnny and Bev are taking a trip down memory lane...

They're not that hard to match. They come in blue, yellow or green.

...Vikki has some news.

Guys, we've had our first enquiry! Ooh, from our tech department?

And guess where it's from?

- Go on. - France.(GASPS)

- From France! - Get in!

And they want...

Macron. (GASPS)

And they also want...

The Punch puppet? ...the Punch puppet!

Didn't I say going online...

Didn't I say it would turn things around?

�500 for both. Brilliant.

What a day. What a day. What a day! I told you, didn't I?

If you buy right, you'll sell right. You'll sell right.

And he's going home! Au revoir, Macron.

We've gone international. We've gone international.

- Der-der-der-der! First sale abroad. - Yeah.

�500 for the pair. Asking price.

They've paid the asking price. Fantastic.

There's no quibbling. As long as they cover, I mean...

You keep saying, "They've got to cover post." Of course they do.

The papier mache heads cost Johnny a combined �200.

So he's walking away

�300 up.

Plus postage and packaging, of course.

Oh, that's great. I'm so chuffed.

Well done, everybody.

I've been saying, banging on about let's get online, let's get online.

This is what all the dealers are doing.

And two items that possibly we might not have shifted here

have gone, and they're going home. They're going back to France.

We've gone international. We've gone global.

And if somebody from France is looking on the site, who knows who else is looking on?

From a little shop here in Dagfields in Nantwich,

we're catching the attention of the world.

What a feeling, man.

And doing summat we love.

Right, best get back in.

Get some more things photographed. Get 'em online.

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