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Across Britain,

behind the doors of homes of all
shapes and sizes,

lie astonishing hoards of potential
treasures.

We're not collectors.

We are... Hoarders.

We are actually hoarders.

The extraordinary owners

have crammed their rooms with items
they've acquired and curated...

I remember counting 600 dresses long
ago.

Is there a space anywhere?

I believe more is more, is more.

..or obsessively collected.

I seem to keep buying cars.

But faced with challenging times...

There's definitely been things that
have kept us awake at night.

The walls are falling down.

We're absolutely desperate for
money.

..will a valuable item amongst their
hoard

provide the windfall they desperately
need?

I think there might be hidden
treasures here

that we're really unaware of.

It's exciting.

Now, the best in the world of
antiques and collectables...

People do call me Mr. Miscellaneous,

because I just love all sorts of
objects.

..will use their experience...

As a pawnbroker,

I see a variety of objects every
single day

and I do know the best way to get
the best price for them.

..expert eye...

For me, it's all about creating a
look

and that's what really sells.

..and contacts...

Rock stars, A-listers - they're all
in my little black book.

..to identify the treasures...

Whoever thought these were a great
idea?

..and sell them for much needed
funds.

They're insane! I'm so happy.

But will the hoards deliver the
goods?

I've got some bad news.

No value whatsoever.

And will these extreme collectors

be able to part with their beloved
possessions...

You see, I wouldn't sell that one.

It's my favourite.

..to change their lives for the
better?

Sold!

Wow. You bought very well. Yeah.

I have to ask the million dollar
question.

A million is not far from the
dollar.

Oh, my God.

It's a new week in East London,

and Ronnie has gathered the team

to discuss a call that's come in

asking for their help.

I've been contacted by,

what sounds like, a very interesting
couple.

They're artists.

Their house is full of stuff

that they've collected over decades.

Wow. Oh, wow.

Are they are quite elderly, are
they?

In their 70s.

So they've got 50 years of
collecting.

Wow.

PAULA: And did he say the house was
crammed?

That's what she said. She said she
can't move for all the stuff.

Wow.

These two sound very, very
interesting.

We're accumulators.

We accumulate things.

I just need to fill every space.

Objects that come into the house,

well, they only come in here
because,

because we like them or we love
them.

You just end up with all this stuff,
which you have to put somewhere.

Before retirement, dress designer,
Carole,

and sculptor, Roger,

filled their nine-bedroom Georgian
pile,

which includes four reception rooms
and a guest house,

with artefacts from all over the
world.

This is a Day of the Dead.

He's playing his guitar and smoking
a spliff.

Now, we got that in New York.

He came from Newark and

these all came from Goa.

We'd collect anything.

Being artists, we love them all

and everything has got a story.

I don't like those.

I think they're really creepy.

Well, you can't throw it away, can
you?

Hmm.

But I'm the one that gets the way,
aren't I?

What comes in and what goes out?

Well, if I want something... Oh, if
you want something, sure. ..you
have, you have to say yes.

Don't you? Oh, yeah. Yeah, always.
Yes.

When Carole and Roger bought the
property in Grantham 36 years ago,

they made sure the interior design

matched their eccentric tastes.

Our wonderful friend, who's a
kitchen designer,

he made all our kitchens and
bathrooms.

Beautifully painted by an artist.

But their property is in dire need of
repair.

Do have a problem with the wiring.

An estimate is £2,000.

Cos it's not just the materials for
the wiring, is it?

I mean there's, half the house is
not usable

because the drains are not
functioning properly or at all.

If we could just make enough money
to do some desperate repairs.

You're talking about

£20,000,

just to keep the house safe.

Now they're retired and living on a
state pension,

the couple have no cash to cover
costs.

That's the problem now,

trying to raise some money to keep
the house safe

and carry on living here, basically.

I think it's actually in danger of
falling down

if we don't get some money spent on
it.

I think there might be hidden
treasures here,

which, you know, we're really
unaware of

and it's wait and see.

Get some fresh eyes here,

somebody who's got the right eye
too, the right taste.

It's exciting.

There you go. Shove those away.

With 40 years of experience

dealing in all things quirky and
collectable,

Ronnie is the expert for the job...

I can see some very interesting
sculpture in the window there.

..and will be looking for three or
four saleable items,

that could free up the £20,000 cash

Roger and Carole need.

Hello. Hello.

I'm Roger. How do you do?

Pleased to meet you. Pleased to meet
you.

Wow.

I don't know what to look at first.

Well, let's head this way.

Oh, my word!

Carole used to make these. Dresses?
Yeah.

So these are all your creations?
Mm-hmm.

So that's what you are, a fashion
designer?

That's why the house is like this.

A collector extraordinaire? Yeah.

This is our white room, Ronnie.

I don't know where to look first.

When I walked through Carole and
Roger's door,

it was like an assault on the visual
senses,

but in a really good way.

Ganesh's everywhere.

I love this one here.

I was feeling like a child in a
sweet shop.

That table is amazing... Yeah.

..with the hand supports on the
chairs to go with them.

They're, they're carved wood? Yes.

We think it's sweet chestnut.

Cor, all these Palissy crabs and
lobsters and crayfish.

I love the crabs.

And they're, all the detail in
Palissy is what I love.

I mean, it's just so intense

and I know the early Palissy is very
collectable and quite valuable.

These to me look 20th century.

Oh yeah, definitely. Um...

Not high value on its own.

What else have you got?

Oh, God. There's rooms and rooms and
rooms.

Show me. Shall we head on through?
Show me. Show me.

So, once I've got over the
excitement of seeing all this stuff,

I then have to focus and think,
"Right, now I've got to scan."

You've got thousands of objects.

You've got to pick out the jewel.

Oh, what's that?

I'd know what that was from 100
yards.

That's a transcriber vinyl-playing
record deck.

Hasn't played a record for a long
time.

This is one where the needle is on
the lid

and the deck moves. Slides sideways.

Yeah. Yeah, you got it. Yeah.

When I first saw the transcriber
record deck

I was a little frisson of
excitement,

because it's something I've always
wanted myself, actually.

I love things that I've always
wanted.

I can be passionate about them.

So, where did you get this?

We saw it in this hi-fi shop, way
back in the '70s

and it was just so different. Yeah.

Well, the funny thing is, we didn't
have any money.

Probably, actually didn't have any
dinner that week.

It was, when we were living in
London back in the '60s.

Mm. Yeah, late '60s. You don't look
old enough.

We...
LAUGHING

..left art school in '68.

We... Which art school were you at?

Hornsey. We were both at Hornsey. I
was at Hornsey.

You never? I was.

Is this in working order?

It could do with a new belt. Apart
from that, I think it's fine.

Well, with a little bit of research,
we could sell it for you, I think.
Yeah.

For about 1,500.

If it's something you're prepared
to sell?

Well, this poor thing has to live
underneath the settee.

It doesn't really suit the home. I
know.

They don't want this thing.

It's past its sell by date for them,
but not for a collector.

That's a thrill to find a piece like
that.

The transcriber is Ronnie's first
item

that could free up some cash towards
their house repairs.

Look at that tapestry over there.

This is amazing, this thing.

It's the frame, you know.

I think...this is carved wood.

That is such a decorator's piece.

It does need restoring, but it's
superficial.

I can see the moulding round the
top.

I think that came off when, when we
had it delivered. Yeah.

This is something that, I think, an
auction

would value at between £5,000 and
£10,000.

Well, I wouldn't part with it for
less than 20.

Well...

The amount that Carole wanted for
the tapestry was just too much.

The issue is they love everything,

every single pin in their house
they, they adore

and they're attached to.

Do you like weak, strong?

Builders with a little milk. Same
please, Carole.

With half a sugar.

I need to find out exactly how many
of Roger and Carole's treasured
possessions

they're willing to let go and sell.

I need to understand them better.

I mean, we don't particularly want
to really get rid of anything, do
we?

I mean, everything here is stuff we,
we like, treasure...

No, well I understand that. ..has a
story.

I'm similar. I've been a collector.

I've had to sell collections, you
know, to pay big bills.

My roof blew off

and I had to sell things to pay for
that because

it's no point ruining your home
because you don't wanna sell
something.

I think that's exactly the situation
that we're in.

But did you regret losing the
collections?

I would have regretted not having a
roof more. OK.

Yeah. You've got to prioritise.

Yes, but it's something we've never
done.

It's a barrier we've got to break.
Yeah. Yeah.

When you've sold something, it's
gone and that's it

and your money will disappear on
something like paying the
electricity.

The money doesn't disappear.

The money is replaced by security.

By a sound home.

By less worry.

I agree with you, Ronnie, actually.

Good. I get what you're saying. Got
someone on my side. Carole doesn't,
cos, I mean, this is...

She's, she's very attached.

..this is an ongoing argument. She's
got attachment syndrome,

which we're going to work on.

But because I've been through the
experience myself,

maybe I can help you go through
yours.

You are putting a whole different,
um...

That's what I'm here to do. ..slant
on everything. Yes.

I'm hoping what I'm saying is
helpful.

I understand the retentive syndrome
that they have

because I have it to some degree

and I think, "I really don't want to
let this go," and, you know,

"Do I starve or do I sell it?

"I think I'll starve."

And that's what they're doing.

It's a challenge, but I'm rising to
it.

It's not putting me off.

It's making me more determined.

Love this lamp bowl here.

In Grantham,

Ronnie's on the hunt for two or three
saleable items

to help raise £20,000 cash

for Carole and Roger's house repairs.

This is like visual acrobatics.

It's overwhelming.

Their collecting is like a runaway
train.

It's made me realise, very quickly
actually,

this isn't a one man job.

To help find the treasures to sell,

he's called on Paula for support.

Oh, hello. Hello.

Hi. You must be Carole.

And you must be Paula. Hello.

Lovely to meet you. And Ronnie...
Come in.

My whole work is about vintage
lifestyle,

vintage fashion, interiors.

And so I think Ronnie knew that I
would be the person to come

and be as enthusiastic as he is.

Paula, if you don't mind, I'm going
to show you something. Mm.

Ronnie was so excited to show me a
cupboard filled with shoes.

I'm just going to slip this one out.

They were stuffed in, they were
tumbling on top of each other.

Straight away, you could see the
iconic shapes and the iconic colours

of Salvatore Ferragamo.

This is like suede fish scales...
Wow! ..and mirrored glass heel.

Oh, my goodness. Those are
exquisite.

And these are your tiny little feet,
are they, Carole?

No, no, I just used to collect them.

Salvatore Ferragamo was a famous
shoe designer in the 1930s,

known for dressing the feet of
Hollywood stars.

A lot of these shoes were featured
in films.

Marilyn Monroe had about 40 pairs.

The thing that's most saleable about
these is that they are iconic
brands.

If you get the right buyer, they
will pay anything for those items.

So, it just depends on the
authenticity of the shoe,

but also on the condition that
they're in.

Would you sell them?

I'd have to think about it.

My eye is quite honed into seeing
the shapes, the textures and the
colours of things.

So, I kind of know what I'm looking
for, really.

And actually, this is beautiful.

This is a bronze head.

Probably around 1920s, 1930s
and I think it's Varnier.

It's not meant to look beautiful
or pretty.

It's meant to look...there's drama
happening.

These I've seen will go for around,
between 800 and I'd say 1500.

This is the sort of money that if
you get a few pieces like this,
you're starting to be helpful.

So, as Paula finds another potential
item for Carole and Roger's sale pot,

over in East London,

the rest of the team are also
on the hunt.

Have you seen my loop?

Got it here on the desk, Rachel.

Oh, thank you.

It always gets away from me. There
we go. Hooray.

What have you got on at the moment,
then? I've got a lovely lady up
North.

She's contacted me to say that
she's got quite a lot of jewellery

that she'd like me to come up and
take a look at.

She said she's been collecting
for years and years and years.

Sounds like a worthwhile trip,
anyway. Oh, 100%.

I cannot wait to go.

I'm sure there's going to be
something really exciting in there.

I've got, like, a hoarding gene.

I'm not a minimalist person.

I believe more is more.

I mean, it is, right. Isn't it?

More is more, is more.

I've loved jewellery for as long
as I can remember.

It's just who I'm, who I am. I think
it's in my DNA.

Probably my happiest childhood
memories were spent with my grandma.

What we used to do together is we
used to

look through all her jewellery

and I think because that is my
happiest memory,

it's kind of linked in.

And then when my grandma passed
away,

I didn't actually do jewellery for a
little while.

For a couple of years I didn't buy
anything.

It was too raw for me because I
associate it so closely with her.

And then I guess when I'd, kind
of, finished grieving,

I just jumped in with both feet.

That's when there was a sea change

and I really, really started buying
jewellery.

43-year-old Emma loves collecting
so much,

she's made her obsession into a
full-time profession.

Quit my job as a lawyer

and went full time for my own
jewellery business.

The first two years' cash flow
is hugely difficult

and to bring a product to the
market, which I'm learning for the
first time,

it's actually a really expensive
process.

So £5,000, that would help me get my
line launched.

I have put everything that my
grandparents left to me

into my business.

I've gotta make it work.

So this money to me is critical.

Oh, hi! Hello. Come on in.

Hiya. I'm Rachel. Nice to meet you.
Hi. Lovely to meet you.

I keep most of the things in the top
room on my granny's dresser. OK.

You clearly have a rather large
collection. I do.

When I saw her jewellery collection,
I was quite jealous, quite frankly.

There was just so much volume there.

This one, I'll do a little bit more
research,

but just from looking at it it's a,
it's an amethyst in there, it's 18
carat gold.

It could be around the £1,000 mark,
I'd say. Oh!

Fantastic. It's lovely.

How did you come across it? Oh, a
boyfriend gave it to me.

He was probably the best jewellery
giver that I've had.

Maybe I shouldn't have got rid of
him.

THEY LAUGH

I think I'd probably rather sell
less high-value items,

than lots of little ones. Ok. Yeah.

Does that make sense? No, that's...
Yeah.

Yeah.

I'm not sure, other than the
Tiffany,

if there's going to be any kind of
great singular value...

Yeah. ..in, in, in any of these
pieces. OK.

This one potentially,

cos you've got the big cabochon
garnet there. Fantastic condition.

I love that one.

You see, I wouldn't sell that one.

It's my favourite.

Sorry. This was...yeah.

At least I'm clear. Yeah.

I wanna find that one, sort of,
that pow piece

that you're going to instantly go,
"OK, that's it, we're there.

"We've got her," you know, "We've
got her the money."

That's all we need to do.

Whilst Rachel continues her search,

100 miles away,

Ronnie and Paula are on the lookout
for one more big value item.

Oh, look at this.

Very familiar.

Wow.

When I saw the bowl,

I knew what it was.

I go to myself,

"Bingo!"

Carole?

Yes? Yes? Oh, there you are.

Um, I found something that I want to
talk to you about.

Really? Yeah, it's in the kitchen.

It's, it's your fruit bowl.

This is by William De Morgan.

He was a potter and designer.

He's the darling of the arts and
crafts potters,

you know, best friend of William
Morris.

He got two brothers that helped him
design.

It was Fred and Charles Passenger

and this one is Fred Passenger...

Oh. ..and that is a really nice
bowl.

And this bowl was probably made in
about 1900.

It's just my mother's. Yeah.

It was your mother's? Mm.

There's a big bowl as well. Oh,
really?

It's like a, it's like a dish.
Bigger than this? Mm.

Oh, I can't wait to see that. You've
got it here in the house?

Yes. Well, I inherited it so, yeah.

Oh. It's in the music room.

Oh, my gosh.

This is a brilliant, brilliant
example. So, that's the...

That's CP.

So, that's FP. Oh, that was FP.

This is Charles Passenger. Oh.

I thought that bowl was fantastic,
which it is,

but this is on another level above
that.

It's a glorious thing.

You've grown up with it, but I've
just discovered it

and to me, this is very, very
exciting.

I can get you a fantastic price for
this

and it's many thousands, believe me.

I know that bowl is worth between 10
and 20,000

and that can make a huge difference.

This could solve all your financial
problems,

these two bowls, if you were
prepared to let them go.

So, we found the shoes.

We found the bronze.

We found the transcriptor.

We found these wonderful bits of
De Morgan.

So, do you think we can take
them today?

Yes. Yeah. Yeah. OK.

So, I was taking on the transcriptor
and the pottery

and Paula - the shoes and the
bronze.

Ronnie doesn't waste any time.

He wants to show the vintage record
player to auctioneer, Martin
Hughes...

Isn't that great? I've never seen
anything like it.

..who specialises in music
memorabilia.

Purchased new? Purchased by my
client in the '70s. Yeah.

I think there's worldwide appeal for
this.

Well, I hope so.

Now, I've got to sell it for someone
and I feel responsible

and very conscientious about getting
the best price.

So that's what we've got to talk
about.

Reserve.

Let's talk about it.

So, is there a figure in mind that
you'd like to get for this item?

I'd like to get at least £2,000 for
it.

You know, just being straight...
Mm-hmm.

..and I originally thought a reserve
of about 1,500.

I think it's a bit high.

I would half it.

I think 750 is where I would have
the reserve,

but obviously I would like you to be
happy with the 750.

No, I'm not. I'm not happy with the
750.

It's a bit too scary for me. That's
half of what I expect.

750 reserve in our auctions is never
disclosed.

The reserve is never disclosed to
anybody.

That makes me feel a bit more
comfortable.

It's a fallback point if I have to
go there to try and get the bidding
going.

But I'm really hoping that we don't
even have to go near that.

I think I'm comfortable, more
comfortable now

you've explained it that way to me.

Yeah, I'm confident that it will
make the money I hope it would.

OK. The pressure's on, but I reckon
I can do it. Yeah.

We're gonna put the money into the
photography.

They're going to show this and make
it look

like someone's going to imagine it
on their own shelf. Yeah.

And I'll do my bit.

And I've got a couple of people
that might be interested in it.

Good.

I'm a little anxious. I want it to
make all the money,

of course I do.

We'll see.

Now we've got to sell it.

In Yorkshire...

Oh, wow.

..Rachel is still searching for a
hidden gem

that can unlock the £5,000 Emma needs
for her jewellery business.

Yeah. This is amazing.

I feel really embarrassed.

No, please don't be. This is my
dream come true.

There was a lot of things that
caught my eye,

so it really was trying to put the
blinkers on

and just looking for something, you
know, that I saw the most value in.

Oh, this has got a lovely
inscription.

Has it? Wow. I didn't know that.

A memory of

A, possibly B, W, J?

December 16th, 1896.

Whoa! 230 years old. 1896 to
January,

January 14th, 1897.

Oh, this sounds really horrible,
but that's only a year on there.

So, maybe it was a baby.

Oh, my goodness. Which is... Oh, I
hadn't realised that. No.

I've got something else.

Oh, Alice.

Oh, don't. You're gonna make me cry?

That's my sister's name.

That's, um... Oh, now I feel
horrible now. Yeah.

Well, you're giving it a good home.

So, I've got one more thing.

I bought it on an online auction
site. Mm.

I bought this as paste. OK.

Oh! What do you think? Do you like
it?

I think it's modern.

It looks modern, doesn't it?

I don't think it could be an emerald
cos of what I paid for it.

I only paid £3,000.

Oh, it's an emerald.

Oh?

Because it has these lovely
inclusions,

that's characteristic of emerald.

Is this something you'd consider
selling?

Yeah, I think so, because I collect
antiques

and it's not an antique piece.

Maybe there's a chance that I might
make a profit.

Yeah, potentially.

When I saw the emerald it was very
exciting,

because it was quite substantial
in size

and it was just in a gorgeous
setting.

Absolute stunner.

What do you think it might be worth?

Uh, there was a earring and a
necklace set, uh,

auction house's sale that went, I
mean, hundreds of thousands of
pounds... Oh, wow!

..above the estimates. Ah, because
it's all bout what somebody is
willing to pay.

Exactly.

To prove the ring is a rare emerald

and not made from less valuable paste
or glass,

as Emma was told when she bought it,

Rachel will need to get it
authenticated by a gemmologist.

The thing with an emerald of that
size,

in order for us to be able to get
the best buyer,

you're going to want a certificate
with it.

Gonna take it to a lab.

Fingers crossed, if it comes back
as Colombian,

they're very, very sought after.

Should we be excited?

I think we should be.

To help towards the £20,000 Carole
and Roger need for the house repairs,

Paula is keen to find out if the
Salvatore Ferragamo shoes

are desirable in the vintage fashion
market.

This is fantastic. It's like a fake
snakeskin effect.

She's meeting vintage shop owner,
Fiona Stuart.

So, Carole has gathered up this
collection.

She's been collecting since her
youth

and she's actually a designer
herself.

Carole needs to, sort of, find some
funds.

So, what about the condition
of the shoes?

They're not to be worn. They'd fall
apart.

That's the thing about shoes this
age,

the glue's just, they're just meant,
not meant to last that long, are
they? Absolutely.

So, in terms of your shop, would you
have, sort of, like a customer here
who'd want to buy this?

No, this is not the right place for
them.

If you, sort of, put them up on a
shelf, you know, they just look like
old shoes.

No-one would really understand
the provenance of them.

They need a specific audience.

They do need to be looked at, not
worn

and I do think they need to be in a
museum, an exhib...

I want to go to an exhibition and
see these shoes. And see these
on display. Yes.

And if you, if you start restoring,
repairing them,

they're actually going to lose their
value a little bit at this level

of this kind of age of item and
history.

So, they lose their authenticity
if you restore them

because you make them too new.

Too perfect. Too perfect. Yes. Yeah.

So, the right thing to do really
would be to keep them as they are

and then hope that a museum would be
interested in buying them as a job
lot. That's right.

At this stage, going to museum is
just not the right avenue.

It's, it's a bit of a dead end.

We don't know how long it will take.
It's a long process.

It's an arduous process.

Roger and Carole need money now.

I think when it comes to the shoes,
we've come to the end of the road.

With the shoes off the list,

Ronnie is having better luck with
Carole and Roger's transcriber record
player.

1500 straight in going to China
at the moment.

It's already exceeded the reserve
of £750.

Straight in. We're there already.

At £1,500 my gavel is raised.

Sold at 1,500.

Thank you. We got there.

It did make the top part of the
estimate.

So, I'm well pleased.

Finally, with some cash raised
towards Carole and Roger's house
repairs...

Can you run us up to the West
End, please? Yeah, no worries.

..Ronnie turns his attention to the
pottery.

He's meeting with auctioneer,
Caroline Lay,

to get a second opinion on the
piece's market value

and find out if she has any possible
buyers.

If I go to Carole saying, "Oh, I've
got this offer,"

she's gonna say, "Well, could you
have got another offer?

"Have you talked to anybody else?"

And I'll be able to say, "Yes,"

"and what we're now bringing
to you is the best there is."

And I can do that with someone else
helping me.

Someone like Caroline

and she's brilliant at this.

She really knows her onions.

Ronnie, hello. How are you doing?

So good to see you.

You too.

So exciting.

I think they're the best bits of De
Morgan

I've ever had the pleasure of
handling.

They're so beautiful, aren't they?

They really are. Look at the size.

Oh, my gosh. Look at it in
comparison to that coin. Yeah.

There you go. Huge.

And this one's signed CP.

So, that's Charles Passenger.

This one here is Fred.

So, what are we, what are you
thinking money wise?

For auction I'd,

given a free hand, I'd probably
suggest

something in the region of 8 to
12,000 for this piece...

Yes, we're talking the same
language. Yeah? Yeah.

..and maybe 5 to 10,000 for the
footed bowl.

I think that's over 20,000. Yeah.

I think it's a great time to sell
this sort of thing.

I've definitely seen a revival of
interest in arts and crafts,

in really choice pieces, which is
exactly what we have here.

So, I think, you know, the market
is strong.

I think what will help to reassure
Carole

that we're gonna get the best price
for her

is if I contact a few people that I
know,

that may be interested in the two
pieces,

and see what figures they can put
forward.

Yeah, that's great.

With a record player the only item
sold so far...

Just through here.

..Paula hopes to raise more home
repair funds for Carole and Roger

with her final item, the Rene Andre
Varnier bronze.

She's invited experienced Art Deco
dealer, Jeroen Markies,

to make an offer.

It's French, about 1920,

and it's signed here.

Good, strong movement.

Loads of anguish. Yeah. Mm.

Mm. I like it.

Uh, there is a market, definitely.
Um...

This is a very, sort of, energetic
bronze.

Unfortunately, male bronzes, male
heads, aren't that popular in terms
of,

of saleability. Now, why, why is
that?

I wish I knew.

I think it's something to do with
the, sort of,

connotations of 1920s and 1930s
Germany. Right.

Values, however, are not that
high...

Right. OK. ..as a...

..and they should be higher.

And this is a genuine '20s piece. I
love the patination,

it's been stroked many, many times.

Not a lot's known about this artist.

He did dogs that fetch a bit more,
funnily enough -

£3,000 or £4,000 for the dog
sculptures.

But a head like this, um, a bit
less.

What does a bit less mean? Um...

I hope I'm not going to offend, but

around the £800 mark.

Could we go a little bit higher?

I mean, we're looking to get around
1200. I'll be honest.

This is, this is what we're... Yeah,
so that's more

getting close to the retail, um...

I would go to

£1,000.

I mean, are you interested enough to
say you would purchase this for
1,000? I would make an offer, yeah.

I would make an offer for £1,000.
OK, brilliant.

Well, ultimately, it's in Roger and
Carole's hands. OK.

So I'll definitely be back in touch
with you.

PHONE RINGING

OVER PHONE: Hello? Hello, Carole.

Yes? Hello, it's Paula. Oh, Paula.

I'm calling with some, with some
positive news.

We've got a very firm offer, but the
ball is in your court now

because the offer is £1,000 for the
bronze.

I'll have a little think about it,

but I think it'll probably be a no.

We've actually missed him on the
mantelpiece.

Oh. There's a bare space there.

I do, I do understand.

I do understand, Carole.

I mean, £1,000 is a fair offer in
this market,

but at the end of the day, it has to
work for you and Roger, doesn't it?

It does. I mean, it's something to
think of in the future anyway.

Absolutely.

Take care. OK. Bye-bye.

OK. Bye-bye. Bye.

I'm not surprised.

I know that they've been missing
that beautiful bronze on their
mantelpiece.

It means more to them than just
money

and so it had to take the right
offer.

And that right offer for them

was probably higher than market
price at the moment.

So, you win some, you lose some.

Pawnbroker, Rachel, has arranged to
meet her colleagues

to discuss the lab results that have
come back for the ring

Emma bought as glass.

Rachel believes the stone could be a
much more valuable emerald.

Guess what I've got?

What...Oh, it's back.

Is it an emerald?

Definitely an emerald.

Definitely an emerald.

So, it is 13 carats.

Oh? Oh, that's good.

Oh, better than we thought. Better
than we thought, yeah.

Hopefully it's from South America,

which is where the best ones come
from.

Brazil, so nice. Nice. Very nice.

Have a look for yourself. Thank you.

From Brazil. It's still definitely
desirable.

Has been oiled. Well, all emeralds
are old.

Emeralds are old. We know that.

But what it does is they put them,
the oil chemicals, inside.

It plugs up in inclusions and all
gaps and that sort of thing and does
enhance the colour,

hence, you know, the term
enhancement,

cos it is improving the stone, but
it is a manmade addition,

rather than natural, as it's come
out of the ground.

But it does improve the price, of
course.

There's always gonna be a market
for stone like this.

It's, it's a lovely size, got a
lovely colour

and with that enhancement, it does
really make it look fantastic.

What a result. How exciting.

I still think it's gonna be good
money.

Hopefully we can make your
customer's day. Yeah.

Oh, I'm, I think that will.

I'm over the moon with that, quite
frankly. That's great.

After rinsing their contacts books,

Ronnie and Caroline have found a
serious buyer

who's prepared to make an exciting
offer

for Carole's pottery.

I'm quite excited about today
because today is a big day

because I've invited the very best
that they could ever hope to meet

concerning those two bowls.

Martin Levy... Ronnie. ..is a
high-end antiques dealer,

who works with collectors around the
world.

I'm looking forward to you meeting
Roger and Carole.

They actually went to the same art
school as I did. Oh, did they?
Yeah.

As a rule of thumb,

I never buy De Morgan without going
to see it,

because photographs can be very
deceptive. Yeah.

But the proof of the pudding is
going to be when we actually

stand in front of the bowl and the
charger and... Hold them. ..hold
them. Yes.

Hello? Hello.

Hi. Hello. Hello, Ronnie.

This is my friend Martin.

Good to meet you.

Hello, Roger. Roger.

Oh, my goodness.

That is absolutely beautiful.

When I saw photographs, I just
thought it was a punch bowl,

I didn't realise it was a footed
bowl

and so the form of this is actually
much more interesting.

The lustre's beautifully applied
here and the colours are very even.

But, you know, when you really
handle a piece of this perfection,

it sort of makes the hairs on the
back of your neck stand up. Oh,
you're making me tearful now.

I sort of love it so much.

You're meant to love it, but it's...
Well, it would be, it's an
inheritance, isn't it?

Well, I can find you another one to
look at.

As if this wasn't enough. I'd love
to.

This is extraordinarily beautiful
and actually, I think quite unusual,

the form of it.

But this edge is so, so beautifully
done.

I think so.

Oh, my goodness.

This is so beautiful.

I'm absolutely blown away by the
gorgeousness of it.

It's larger than they normally are.

It's deeper. It's really a bowl, not
a, not a wall charger or a plate.

It's beautifully painted

and there, it's movement.

There really is movement. As well,
you know, I think it's fantastic.

You can feel them dashing past,
can't you?

Exactly. You actually, you can. You
can feel them running.

I'd expected to see something
lovely,

but this is, this exceeds anything
that I might have hoped to see.

I think, completely gorgeous pieces
and I'm thrilled.

It's made my day.

Well, thank you, Martin.

What do you think? I think these are
exceptional examples of William
De Morgan's work.

I would love to own them.

The market for William De Morgan

has been on an up recently.

So, I think that Carole should not
part with both these pieces

for less than £20,000. Mm.

And if that were sort of agreeable
to her... For the two?

For the two pieces.

The one thing I need to do, Ronnie,
is just to make sure that the
condition is good, so...

Let's ring.

That's what you want to hear. Mm.

That's very nice.

And let's just try this one.

That sounds a bit dead.

This has got a crack. Mm.

And in the world of ceramics,
that...

here it is.

There's a crack all the way down
there.

I can feel it.

I had no idea that that bowl

would end up having a hairline crack
in it.

That was very disappointing.

Now, this has a serious impact on
its desirability in the market.

In Grantham,

Ronnie's buyer, Martin, has just
discovered a crack

in one of the De Morgan pottery
bowls.

I really can't, in all conscience,
make an offer for this piece

because it is damaged.

But what I would like to do

is to make, what I think, is
probably a generous offer

of £8,000 for the bowl.

I love it.

I'd be sad to leave empty handed

and I hope that that will be a fair
outcome

and one that will make them happy.

I'll go and have that conversation
with her.

Thank you.

So, the dealer has offered £1,000
for the bronze

and it's not enough. I understand
that.

We sold the transcriber for £1,500
at auction, that was quite a good
price for that.

I'm, I'm happy with that.

Now, we've got the De Morgan to talk
about.

There's good news and bad news where
that's concerned.

Unfortunately, there's a hairline
crack in the big bowl. Right.

And prior to testing it for cracks,

Martin had offered £20,000. No?

That's a lot of money and really
could go a long way to help you.

Because it's cracked, I'm afraid he
can't buy it,

but he can buy the other one

and he's made a generous offer on
the other one. Mm-hmm?

And so he's prepared to give £8,000
for the footed bowl,

which I think is a very good, very
generous offer.

That with the money from the, the
transcriber

brings nearly £10,000.

I actually think you're in a great
position,

because you weren't sure about
selling or keeping.

You now will keep the big one,

because it's very hard to sell
something with a hairline.

You've been offered 8,000 for the
other one,

which is a very good offer, believe
me.

Amazing, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Well, it's something very, very
serious to think about.

Yeah, you can think about that and
let me know.

It is something that I could live
without.

It's not something that I look at
every day.

And you'll call me?

Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah, of course.

I do believe I've started those cogs
turning.

They'll talk this over, they'll
think it over

and they will sell that bowl for
£8,000.

There's hundreds of thousands of
pounds worth of stuff here.

They've got my email. They can call
me whenever they want

and it would be a delight to talk to
them

and come up here and see them again.

So, once they've got the money,

they can give the attention to the
house that protects the things they
love.

Hi. Hello. Lovely to see you again.

With a certificate secured for Emma's
emerald ring,

Rachel has found a potential buyer.

Hi. Hi. How are you?

Hi. This is Emma.

Hi. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet
you too.

Have a seat.

Susannah Lovis owns a high-end
jewellery boutique

on London's exclusive Bond Street.

That's the bad boy? Yeah, this is
the big one.

I've got the results back from the
lab regarding it.

Emma has not seen these yet, so I'm
hoping... So cruel!

..you're gonna be excited.

Let me just have a look. Um, so...

What I really want to know is, is it
Colombian?

It's Brazilian. It's Brazilian. Oh!
So, close.

Close. Close, but no cigar. Yes.

So, um, let me have a look at it.

Wow. It's actually much nicer than
I thought it was gonna be.

It's the sheer size and the colour,
which is so amazing.

Can I ask where you got it from? I
bought it at an auction in Europe.

Oh, did you? Mm.

It was listed as a paste.
SHE GASPS

Was it? Mm.

Can I ask you what you paid for it?

Uh, yeah. After fees,

um, just short of £3,000.

Wow. It's everyone's dream, really.

Is it something that you'd be
looking to purchase from her?

Pop in your window?

Well, I would love to have this in
the window, um,

because it's nice and big and, you
know,

it's the sort of thing we love to be
able to sell,

particularly with the certificate.

Well, how would you price it?

I put a figure of,

let me just calculate the price
per carat,

I could achieve 35,000 in my window
for this.

OK.

Wow.

More than you're expecting?

Yeah.

THEY LAUGH

It's not often I'm lost for words,

I have to say, it really isn't.

You bought very well.

You've done really well.

I mean, you know, it's not a great
surprise that I'm speechless

because it's just mind blowing.

So, would that be on a commission
sale?

Yes, it would.

So, because we're selling it, we do
the work, we've got the customers,

we've got the location, we would
charge you a commission.

So we put a figure of £35,000
on it,

but we would take 25% of that as our
commission

for doing the sale, for cleaning,
repairing, sizing,

guaranteeing it after the sale.

Then you would receive,

I think it's about 26,000. 26,000
let me see...

Um...

Minus 45%.

£26,250.

All right. That's amazing.

Emma is walking away with five times
what she needed

for her new jewellery lines.

Wow.

It's what dreams are made of.

It secures my brand for the future,

that's what it does.

Who wouldn't want that on their
finger?

It goes quite well with your, uh...
Yes, it does. ..your green attire.

It's like you're dressed for it.

Fabulous.

Oh, it fits! Oh, wow.

Lordy, me.

I think Rachel did amazingly to
pinpoint what was a needle in a
haystack

and know that it was something
special.

Yeah, I've just got to be incredibly
grateful to her for her expertise
and knowledge.

And it's just so incredible.

I think that went amazingly.

That is a result for Emma that I
could only dream of.

It's nice to know that I've helped
her on her way

with getting her, her brand to the
next level

and I'll be excited to follow her
career and see where this takes her.

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