(dramatic upbeat music) - [Zaraah] Meet the Secret Dealers.

Their mission: To make money out of your possessions.

(dramatic upbeat music continuing) (notes rustling) (lively music) Today, the secret dealers will be scrambling over each other to bag the hoard of treasure inside this tiny terrace.

Nothing in here would look out of place in a stately home, especially the wonderful collection of clocks and a gallery of Victorian pictures.

So will it be the Louis XVI marble clock, the painting by the renowned artist Charles Hunt, or the French ornate mantle clock our dealers want most today?

- I think there's gonna be a bidding battle for that.

- [Zaraah] And it's about to get up close and personal.

- I can feel war about to take place here.

- Got a problem?

- Homeowners David and Penny are rightly proud of their home.

- I would describe this house as being uncommon (clock chiming) in a very uncommon part of Staffordshire.

- Another clock went off then.

- [Zaraah] To get their hands on anything, the dealers will have to tempt them with some big bids.

- It's all going to come down to, at the end of the day, if they offer the right amount of money, we sell; if they don't, we don't sell.

(dramatic upbeat music) - [Zaraah] Well, that's the battleground.

And the dealers that are going head-to-head in David and Penny's home are Christopher, David, and Mike.

- There isn't a dealer in the country that worries me, so the dealers I'm bidding against certainly don't.

- I'll spend whatever it takes to buy it if I want it.

- When it comes to the bidding war, if there's something I want, then I don't take prisoners.

- [Zaraah] While David and Penny are away, the dealers have just one hour alone in the house to place their sealed and secret bids on anything they want to buy.

So they'd better get cracking.

(lively music) - Here we are, gentlemen.

- Upsadaisy.

Hey, this is, oh!

- Good morning.

- [Mike] Another day.

- Clock.

- You've clocked the clock, as he says.

- Right, let's go.

(lively music continuing) - [Zaraah] Chris is the first dealer to discover the treasure trove that is the back room.

- Right.

I suppose I'd better concentrate.

You constantly feel under pressure during a rummage.

What's the next room got?

How much time can I spend here?

Walls full of pictures.

There's an oil painting here by Charles Hunt.

He specialized in mostly these amusing domestic scenes.

There's a family of Hunts, the most famous of all, Edgar Hunt.

In the good days, you could sell Edgar Hunts for 20, 30,000.

That was then, and this is now.

And this is Charles Hunt.

(lively music) - [Zaraah] So it's not the right brother, but it is the first bid down.

Just outside, David's drawn to a mahogany wall clock.

- With my beady eye, I can spot pretty quickly if this is gonna be a house for me.

Little 19th century, 1880s, wall clock.

Quite nice.

Roman numerals.

Gunton of Norwich.

Little country clock.

I'll make an offer for that.

We'll start with that.

- [Zaraah] So whilst David and Chris have landed the first punch, what's heavyweight Mike Melody up to?

- Well, well, well.

I like these little houses.

This will take a bit of looking over this.

- [Zaraah] And what catches Mike's eye is one of the many 19th century mantle clocks in the house.

- I've got to figure out whether that's spelt or a bronze.

The reason that I'm leaving a price on this clock here is because the Chinese are in town, and they've wiped me out of all me French clocks.

And if get that, I'll get wiped out again, won't I?

Eh?

- [Zaraah] Confident he'll find a Chinese buyer, Mike puts down his first bid on the clock.

It probably won't be the last, not in this house, but can he throw the other dealers off the scent?

- Do you like the clock?

- Which clock?

- Up there.

Looks nice.

- Nah.

- It's not your cup of tea?

- If I get away with it, I will.

- Say, what do I want to give for a clock like that?

- [Zaraah] And you'd better not dally, David, because Mike's already onto the mahogany clock you liked earlier.

- You see, these things, unlike the pictures, I do understand.

You know, I know to the penny what I can get for that.

- [Zaraah] So Mike makes a second bid in as many minutes for the mahogany wall clock.

Chris is getting in on the clock action too.

- There's a very handsome French mantle clock here, made in Paris.

This is typically neoclassical, dating from the 1880s.

I'll leave a bid on it.

- [Zaraah] Chris leaves a bid on the Louis XVI marble clock, and one on the French on ornate clock next to it, which is bound to wind up Mike Melody.

A picture's caught David's eye in the hallway.

- A certain charm, hasn't it?

- [Zaraah] And he places bids on some more, guess what?

Clocks.

Christopher, meanwhile, is still hogging the back room.

- The best things, in fact, were in that room.

I'd say neither Michael or I could get in there for a while.

We only have an hour.

- [Zaraah] But it does mean the outside is beginning to look a bit more like God's waiting room.

- Nothing like being a geriatric, is there?

- No.

Well, you'd know, Michael.

- I know.

Well, I'm the main man now.

- [Zaraah] But Chris isn't finished just yet.

- Here is a large Victorian oil painting by an artist called Alfred Clint.

I think I've seen this at auction within the last year or two.

I'm gonna be quite hard about the price I'm gonna leave on this, very hard.

- [Zaraah] With Chris finally done, - [Chris] David, I'll leave you to it.

- [Zaraah] David gets his chance to get into that room, and the Charles Hunt painting grabs his attention.

- I quite like the subject, the chap.

You know, a rustic sort of chappy.

The billy goat looks as though he is about to attack him, but he's got his boot up, just in case.

Let's, let's make an offer for this Charles Hunt.

- [Zaraah] So that's two bids for the Charles Hunt.

And if you bid on one picture, David, why not bid on two?

- It's St Michael's Mount.

I've actually got some friends who live there, and I wonder if they'd be interested in buying that from me should I buy it.

So maybe I've got an edge.

- [Zaraah] So David's bid joins Chris's, making it two bids on the Clint.

- Oh ho!

Hello, David.

- Ha.

Here we go again.

Lot of pictures.

- [Zaraah] But it's not the pictures that are getting Mike's attention first, of course.

It's those clocks.

- We'll start on this one here.

This is the best quality one.

It's ormolu mounted, bronze, dates about probably 1860, 1880.

In vogue.

Working.

Can't go wrong, really, if I buy it at the right money.

So now we'll go on to this one here.

You can see this has being either scrubbed and redone, or it's just not gold.

So I'm gonna price that one accordingly.

- [Zaraah] So Mike places bids on both the Louis XVI and the French ornate clocks, giving them both two bids each.

Now, what about the paintings, Mike?

- Don't like that.

Hate them things.

That Chris is a picture dealer and I'm a general dealer, and I think there's a lot of pictures in that front room.

- [Zaraah] No flies on you, Mike.

- What about peg leg here?

Is he putting on his artificial leg, do you reckon?

It's probably signed somewhere.

Charles Hunt, "A Wayside Confront", oh, I get it.

Oh, he's scared of the goat.

Big smudge.

Big smudges, art (indistinct).

Right, go on then.

(lively music) - [Zaraah] That's all three dealers now bid on the Charles Hunt.

And Mike's clocked the Clint oil painting too.

- I know where that is.

I were there the other week.

I were parked just here!

- [Zaraah] And he duly parks a bid.

So there are three on that picture too.

- So with that, I retire.

- [Zaraah] With no time to retire, upstairs, Chris is placing bids everywhere.

And downstairs, David's got back into that back room.

Cue the final countdown.

- Just a beautiful example.

(clocks chiming) At least they're all keeping good time, aren't they, these clocks?

(chuckling) They're all striking together.

That's a good thing.

Let's have a go.

- [Zaraah] So David puts bids on both the Louis XVI and the French ormolu clocks.

And now both have attracted bids from all three dealers.

And that's time, gentlemen, please.

- Okay, let's go and get a cup of tea.

(lively music) - [Zaraah] The Secret Dealers are about to go head-to-head in a fight to buy the wonderful antique pictures and clocks David and Penny have collected.

There's going to be a right royal battle over this Louis XVI clock.

- I do understand clocks, as I've only dealt in them for 40 years.

- [Zaraah] And this picture by renowned Victorian artist, Charles Hunt.

- It's a nice painting.

I'd like to buy that if I can get it at the right price.

- [Zaraah] But they're not only battling each other.

Penny and David know how much their collection is worth.

- I mean, if we sold everything, we would want about 30, 35,000, something like that.

On the other hand, we might sell nothing at all, because if they don't offer enough money, we won't be letting them have it, let's put it that way.

(lively music) - [Zaraah] To make sure they get a fair price, they also have the backup of our secret valuer.

So exactly how much of the Secret Dealers' cash could David and Penny reap today?

- In this envelope is the amount you could make today.

- Thank you.

Golly, £14,560.

I've got a sweat on now.

(David Ford laughing) - [Zaraah] Wow, that's a huge five-figure sum.

Were David and Penny expecting that kind of figure?

- I was quite aghast, really.

I didn't think it'd come to that much.

And I thought to myself secretly, "I wonder what they've bid such lot of money on?"

- [Zaraah] Well, we're all about to find out, as first up is the stunning French ormolu clock.

(lively music) - I'd like to buy that.

Of all the clocks, it's maybe the one I'd most like to own.

- This clock is very commercial.

- [Zaraah] No words from Mike Melody yet, which is always worrying.

- David, we're looking at a French clock.

What would you date that, 1820, 1830?

- Something like that, yes.

- It's quality-- - A good maker.

- It's quality, isn't it?

- Yeah.

- [Mike] And it hasn't had the dial tickled.

- No, I've nothing-- - No, no, it's okay.

- Everything's original in it.

- I'm going to go first, 'cause I know, I know that mine is going to be the lowest bid: £480.

- [David Ford] My offer is 720.

- [Mike] And my offer is £655.

- So at the moment, I'm the winning bid.

- You are, yes.

- I'll give you a proper profit.

Nine hundred pound.

(light suspenseful music) - How about £920?

- It's tempting.

- [David] I paid for it.

- Yes.

- Don't start arguing.

- Oh, you paid for it, yes.

- We're all having a nice time here today.

(laughing) - I think I can, I can feel war about to take place here, so I'm going to bow out.

- Which leaves me at 930.

- 950.

- 960.

- It's such a struggle, you know, when you're standing there and you've got to £950, and then Michael comes in with the odd tenner, and you just wonder where you're gonna stop.

- I'm using me own money.

In fact, I'm using me kid's inheritance, so I've got to be correct.

(light suspenseful music) - I'm out.

- Don't even look at that valuation.

Here's me hand, David.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Now you can show us.

- Now let's have a look.

See if I've done the right thing.

- [Mike] Of course you have.

Rocking.

- Well done, Michael.

- Thank you.

- Very nicely done.

- Yes.

- Mike has bought it, and I'm quite certain he'll be selling it for a decent profit very easily.

- The clock I bought, I'm happy with.

That's all I'm saying.

(lively music) - [Zaraah] Well, that's a confident start.

Homeowner David didn't even look at the secret valuation until the deal was done, and it seems like he knew what he was doing.

Next up is the Clint oil canvas, which David has high hopes for.

- Hopefully, I'm the best bidder and I'm gonna get it.

- [Zaraah] But will Chris, a fine art buyer, stand in his way?

- My bid is gonna be what this picture would fetch at auction.

- I've been to that St Michael's Mount.

I liked it.

Had and ice cream looking at it.

So I thought, well, I recognize it, so I'll have a punt at it.

And it's a big smudge, and it'd fill a big hole in me wall.

(David and Mike laughing) So I'll start off with my price.

And my price is £575, Sir.

- Well, I'm afraid mine's lower than that.

Mine is £300.

(light suspenseful music) - [David] Well, mine's a little higher.

A thousand pounds for your painting.

- Gosh.

You must have a private client lined up for this, David.

- Er, yes.

- That's well, well in excess of what it would fetch at auction, in my opinion.

- I would disagree with that, actually.

- Would you?

- I most certainly would.

- I'm not going to bid anymore, because to me it's a wall filler.

So I'm counting meself out.

- I've only been dealing in pictures for 40 years, so I'm still learning.

My honest advice to you, Sir, is take the money and run.

- Well, how do you feel about that, David?

Take the money and run.

- Yeah.

A bit disappointed at the price you've come up with.

(low suspenseful music) What do you think, love?

Should we go for it?

- I think we should go for it.

- Right, love.

Let's just check this before we accept it, shall we?

- [Zaraah] David's just creeped into the lower end of the secret valuation, but is it enough to tempt David and Penny?

- So is your hand coming out to shake my hand?

- Yes.

- Wonderful.

Thank you, David.

- You got the right price too.

- Thank you, Penny.

Bottom estimate.

Okay.

- Spot on, David.

- Mm.

- Mm.

- [David] /\Do you know what I paid for it?

- I think we'd all like to know.

- £386, including fees.

- So that's a good margin, isn't it?

- Very good margin, yes.

(David laughing) (lively music) - I'm sorry, this Alfred Clint was not a £1,000 painter.

- Thrilled to buy it, and I'm pleased to be the owner.

And at a thousand pounds, I think it's a steal.

- [Zaraah] Next up came the Victorian mahogany wall clock, and Mike Melody was taking no prisoners.

- There's only gonna be one buyer of the wall clock.

It'll be me.

- [Zaraah] And true to his word, he did just that, buying it for £500.

- Okay, Mike, you've got a deal.

- Alright.

Thank you, David.

I love it.

- [Zaraah] Mike also managed to buy a couple more clocks from David and Penny's collection, including a Victorian drop dial wall clock for £810 and a French mantle clock for £595.

But Mike didn't have it all his own way on the clocks, as David Ford bought some as well, including this 1930s oak grandmother clock for £160.

That not only left Chris timeless, he's not managed to buy one thing so far.

However, he's back on more familiar territory with the Victorian Charles Hunt painting.

- Christopher will like that painting.

That's his cup of tea, and it's his kind of genre.

It's the kind of picture he goes for.

- That picture is probably gonna end up in the back of my car.

- [Zaraah] But will our sellers have realistic expectations?

- I did buy the Charles Hunt painting at a really good price, but I would be happy to sell it if I made a reasonable profit on it, in which case I could go and buy an even better one in the future.

(lively music) - I don't want to do disservice to your picture, but my offer for your painting is £670.

- My offer for your Charles Hunt is £750 pounds.

- [Chris] My offer is £700.

- £760.

You've sold it to me.

- 770.

- Well, I like your Charles Hunt.

I'll bid you £800 pounds for it.

- [Mike] I'll go 820.

- 830.

- 850.

- 860.

- 880.

- 900.

- 910.

- 20.

- Now getting quite marginal, this.

950.

- I think I'll opt out.

- 960.

- [David Ford] I'll give you £1,000 for your painting.

- I'll give you 1,020.

Would you like to share the valuation with us, David?

- [Zaraah] Chris's latest bid has gone over the top valuation, but will David and Penny think it's enough?

- I like this picture, but I think, at 1,020, I'm going to step down.

Thank you.

- Thank you, David.

- There we are, £1,020 pounds I'm offering you.

How do you feel?

(low suspenseful music) - Shall we?

- Yes.

- Yes.

- Well, let's have a deal.

- Thank you, Christopher.

- Thank you.

Thanks, David.

Penny.

(lively music) - Maybe I should have tried a bit harder and given him a bit more of a run for his money.

- I know that I have paid top valuation on the picture.

- Yeah, he might be good at art, but he's no good at anything else.

(chuckling) - [Zaraah] Ouch.

Well, Penny and David seem to know their art, because they only paid £500 for that picture at auction, so they've doubled their money.

And they haven't yet dealt on their biggest potential moneymaker.

(notes rustling) (lively music) It's time for the final item now, the Louis XVI marble and gilt clock.

- I think there's gonna be a bidding battle for that.

- I think probably we will all be fighting to take that clock home with us, yes.

- [Zaraah] But what about Time Lord, Mike Melody?

- I'm not that fussed about it.

I mean, I'll have a go at it.

- [Zaraah] Well, you don't fool anyone, Mike.

(chuckling) - How did it become part of your collection?

- I really wanted a top quality clock.

The estimate wasn't too high.

I went along, and I had to bid right to the top of my original estimate as I put on the clock.

But thrilled to bits to get it.

- It's got two problems for me.

One, the dial, means I've got to re-enamel it, and it's lacking some of it's original gilding.

But that's not a problem.

It could be re-gilded.

So my price is £725.

- I'm not there at the moment, £420.

- [David Ford] Well, I'm at £850 pounds.

- I think we ought to stop the bidding now, because you're absolutely nowhere in the same ballpark.

So I think I'd like to look at the valuation.

That's more like it.

That's what we want for it.

- [Mike] Mm, I don't blame you.

(low suspenseful music) - [Zaraah] The dealers are nowhere near that valuation.

They're going to have to seriously up their bids if they want that clock to chime for them.

- I think I'll just test the water with £1200.

- Nowhere near.

I'd like what this valuer put on it.

- That is a valuation based upon what it would fetch in a general auction.

- Are you out?

- No.

No, I'm not out.

- Well, there we go then.

- 1250.

- I actually paid more than the top valuation here.

- Did you?

- Yes.

- Did you?

- In this case, I'm gonna get nowhere near the price.

I'm not knocking what you paid for it.

- No, no.

I understand.

- So I'll bow out.

Thank you.

- Okay.

- I'll try £1300.

- I'm sorry.

Even double that wouldn't buy it.

- [Chris] Well, you never know till you know.

1800.

There you are.

- No.

Sorry.

- [Zaraah] Despite quadrupling his original bid, Christopher is nowhere near what Penny and David want.

How high are these dealers prepared to go?

(lively music) The Secret Dealers are in a bidding war for David and Penny's Louis XVI French mantle clock.

Mike Melody has dropped out of the race, leaving Chris and David to fight it out.

So far, Chris has placed the highest bid: £1,800.

But that's still well below the secret valuation and what David and Penny want.

- 1900.

- No.

- 2,000.

Ah!

- You're starting now - Ah!

- There's a glimmer.

- There's a glimmer.

Yeah, I could see them hesitate.

"Shall we?

Shan't we?"

I thought, "This is gonna be mine."

2,000.

- Not 2,000.

No.

- 21.

- I thought you were out.

- I've just come back.

(David laughing) - Michael Melody, have you no shame?

- None whatsoever.

- 2200.

- Is anybody going to go to 2500?

- I'll put 'em both on the plate.

24.

(suspenseful music) - At £2,400, I'm out.

- I think we've done you a good turn here.

We've sucked Michael back in for you.

- Yes, you have.

- I'll bow out as well.

- Right.

- I think I've done meself a great turn.

David?

- You have.

You've done yourself a-- - Thank you very, very much.

- Let me think before I shake.

(all laughing) - I like it.

- Squeeze another hundred out.

Go on.

- No, I'll... Go on.

- Thank you, David.

- You've only got that though because I've made a little bit on the paintings.

- Fabulous.

(lively music) - [Zaraah] Mike Melody, you little trickster you.

- Eh, I snuck back in that deal.

- Mike Melody, what are you doing?

Not pleased.

- (laughing) He's got a lot to learn, I'm telling you.

- [Zaraah] But Mike's winning bid was still below the secret valuation.

Did David and Penny have a game plan?

- Yes, I played a little bit of a game with them, and we got somewhere near the right price at the end.

- [Zaraah] The dealers have hopefully made David and Penny's day.

So just how much of their cash will they be pocketing?

- [Mike] I've got a lump of money to give you.

- Oh.

- Here's £10,735.

- Well, it's been-- - It's been great fun.

- a real pleasure to see you all.

We've really enjoyed it.

And that's the bonus.

- [Zaraah] That's a whopping payout for Penny and David.

No wonder they're pleased.

David's had a tough time against Chris and Mike, and he's not likely to find it any easier against Karen and Simon in our next house.

- I suppose I'm a bit of a jack of all trades.

I'll have a go on anything.

But don't you worry, I'll give 'em all a run for their money.

- I will pay top money for the right items.

(lively music) - [Zaraah] Lynn's home in Lincolnshire is filled with all kinds of shiny, precious metals our magpie dealers will love.

They'll all want to win this large silver cup, and there's a hunk of a gold bracelet they'll all want to throw on the scales.

And to get them, they'll have to win over homeowner Lynn.

But does she have any tactics to get the most out of the dealers?

- Tactics?

Hmm.

No.

Should I have?

- [Zaraah] Against this canny lot?

It's probably best, Lynn.

- Bring it on.

(lively music) Come on then, guys.

Off we go.

- [Zaraah] Indeed.

Off we go again.

- Hello?

- [Zaraah] Another house, another hour for the dealers to find and bid on anything they want to buy from Lynn.

- I just hope I can buy that.

Oh, it's really got my juices flowing!

- David is the first to spot some potential profit in the lounge, from a motorbike racing trophy.

- The Aggregate Challenge Cup.

It's always a problem when things like this are engraved, because to make this commercial, 'cause it's a lovely looking trophy, isn't it, sort of Adam's style, you've really gotta take out that engraving.

And you take out the engraving, and it then becomes very thin, and less saleable.

But still, it's quite nice.

I'll just think I'll stick that on my scales.

(lively music) - Let's have a rummage.

I'm frightened to death that I'm gonna miss something.

Worse still, they're gonna find it and I'm gonna miss out.

That's quite interesting, actually.

Sort of Persian design.

Nice bit of pottery.

Might leave a bid on that one.

I don't think there's any great value to it, but I just think, for a decorator, that's quite a good look.

- [Zaraah] That's one bid on the vase.

And back in the lounge, David's weighed up his chances with the silver cup.

- So, first bid.

And it's down.

- [Zaraah] So that's a bid each from Karen and David.

And upstairs, Simon's found the end of the rainbow.

- Aha.

This is more the sort of thing I'm looking for today.

I'm looking for things that are easy to sell, things that look nice and will make me a bomb.

So we've got some jewelry here.

Okay, well, I'm going to sort this gold out into carets, and I'm going to weigh it up and leave my first bid on it.

So I've got to concentrate for a second.

- [Zaraah] But it's not only the gold rings that grab his attention.

- This is like a rose gold.

They make rose gold by putting a bit of copper into the mix when they fire it.

- [Zaraah] After calculating his melting pot margins, Simon places bids on the bracelet and the gold rings.

- Nothing wrong with that.

I'm always keen to buy a bit of gold.

I'm not gonna start going through the drawers, 'cause I think they'd have left anything out if it was... And you never know what's in people's drawers.

They might not like me looking in them.

I mean, I'd hate it if anyone went through my drawers at home.

- [Zaraah] I don't think anyone would want to, Simon.

Downstairs, David's got his hands on a famous French pair.

- A couple of miniatures here, Napoleon and Josephine.

They're just over-painted prints.

They're probably on ivory.

Can't really tell unless you take them out.

Well, I will make a bid for those two.

- [Zaraah] While he's putting down his bid, Karen gets pushy.

- I'm going.

I'm going.

- Were you?

Just checking.

- Just making sure I haven't missed anything.

- Right, our David's left a bid on these two little miniatures.

For me, the subjects are what make them attractive.

They're probably sort of '40s, '50s, something like that.

As far as I'm concerned, they're old enough, and the subjects are good.

So, like David, I'm gonna be tempted to put a little bid on those.

- [Zaraah] That's two bids for Napoleon and Josephine.

And that vase in the cupboard might just be getting its second bid too.

- Quite like that.

Certain amount of charm.

I think a little bid for it anyway.

- [Zaraah] Despite what he said earlier, Simon's still rifling through Lynn's drawers.

- Oh, it's really got my juices flowing!

- [Zaraah] But Karen has got her hands on the silver cup.

- It's solid silver.

I'm just doing some maths, 'cause I haven't got my calculator with me.

- [Zaraah] Maths done, that's two bids on the trophy.

- [Karen] It sounds like a herd of elephants upstairs, doesn't it?

- [Zaraah] It's David, making a camp entrance.

- And we come to the bedroom, where I hope we are gonna find all the jewels, and the gold, and the treasures.

Oh look, he's had a heyday here, that Simon, hasn't he?

Wow.

I'll settle down.

(lively music) - [Zaraah] The clock's ticking, So David wastes little time in putting down bids on various pots of gold, including the gold rings and that bracelet.

- I like that it.

It's sort of rose gold, and probably part of an Albert.

Yes, like to buy that.

- [Zaraah] Back downstairs, Simon's found a cup, but for once he's not thinking of the melting pot.

- Funnily enough, more people will melt down trophies than anything else, whereas I do actually have a customer that that buys them.

Gonna leave a bid on this now.

- [Zaraah] That's now three bids on the cup.

And by the look of it, Simon's after every bit of silverware in the house.

Upstairs, Karen has adorned herself with diamond rings.

And she places her bids for all the jewelry, making it a trio of bids for the rings and the bracelet.

(lively music continuing) Time, as they say, is running out, and David and Simon are making last-minute bids around the house.

- That's certainly Napoleon, isn't he, looking very grand.

I wonder why always had his hand in his pocket like that.

- [Zaraah] Well, unlike you, Simon, he was probably reaching for his wallet.

- I can see both Karen and David like those.

I think they might like them a bit more than I do, but I'm gonna leave a bid on them anyway.

- So Napoleon and Josephine have now grabbed trois bids.

And with the clock ticking, Simon attempts to take out the competition-- - Have you ever found any of those collector's glove stretchers?

Oh!

(chuckling) - [Zaraah] before getting the third bid in for the decorative vase.

And, dealers, your hour is up.

(upbeat music) - Cup of tea (gasping) is called for.

- [Zaraah] Yes.

Take a moment to relax.

The Secret Dealers have scattered their sealed bids all over Lynn's house, and it looks as though there's gonna be a bidding war on a number of key items.

- Oh, the bidding's so nerve-wracking.

Half the time, it's not against price.

It's about testosterone on the boys.

- If I really want it, I'll buy it.

- [Zaraah] The hot items the dealers are sure to fight over all have a little sparkle about them, including this large and elegant silver trophy, and a rose gold bracelet from an Albert chain.

Nothing will come cheap, because whatever Lynn earns today is funding someone's future.

- The money that we raise today will go towards the pot that I'm trying to collect for my son's Masters.

- [Zaraah] Time to reveal how much cash the dealers are prepared to stump up if Lynn accepts their top bids.

(lively music) - Wow.

Sounds good.

- You got a smile.

- Sounds good.

£3,929.

- [Zaraah] The amount of cash will go a long way to fund Lynn's son's university course.

She must be pleased.

- Quite excited, actually, seeing as what I wanted the money for.

It was quite interesting as well.

I like the idea that people actually wanted some of my things.

- [Zaraah] Indeed they do.

And first up is the elegant silver trophy.

Simon's an eager beaver.

- I've got a client in mind for it.

I wanna buy it.

- [Zaraah] But he might have some competition if he wants to win it.

- It's a nice trophy.

Nice shape.

Too good to scrap.

- I'm not gonna walk away from a silver trophy.

- What's the story?

How did you come to own that?

'Cause it's a bit early for you.

I think the last date on it's 1930.

- Just a little, yes.

It was my father-in-law's.

- Oh, I see.

- [Lynn] He used to ride motorcycles.

- So should we, shall I go first?

- Why not.

- For your little trophy, £150.

- Okay.

- Well.

145.

- Close.

(Karen laughing) - £160.

- Very close.

- All very close, aren't they?

- [David Ford] They're all very close.

- I will melt most things down, but I have actually got a customer for trophies, so I wouldn't melt it down in this case.

- Well, I'll go another fiver on your figure then, Simon.

165 then, Lynn.

- I'll go another fiver, £170 for your trophy.

- Well, I'd better say 175 then.

- I think I'm going to drop out, because I don't know how confident I am that there's profit left.

- 180.

- 185.

- Must be a very strong trophy buyer you've got.

190.

- You must have the same customer, David.

195.

(light suspenseful music) - Round figures, £200.

- And five.

- Oh!

- He's beaten me.

I'm out.

- You're out.

Okay, let's see what the expert has to tell me.

- [Zaraah] Simon's bid well over the top valuation, but Lynn's not gonna let him know that.

- 205 is the top?

- It is.

- Not just a little bit more?

- I do think that's a really fair price, to be honest with you.

£205?

- You can have it.

- Shake my hand.

Thank you very much indeed.

- Would you like to see?

- [David Ford] Yes.

- Fair dos.

(lively music) I've got a client in mind for the trophy.

I'd like to have bought it for a little bit less, but one has to pay for these things with those rotten dealers bidding against you!

- So Simon's saying he's got a trophy buyer, and he's not going to melt it.

And we all believe him, don't we?

Not.

- [Zaraah] We'll find out what Simon does with the cup later, but right now, the dealers have a date with Josephine and Bony.

- Pretty normal.

See 'em every day.

I'm not really bothered.

- I'm pretty sure they're colored prints.

- [Zaraah] Well, the boys don't rate them.

What about Karen?

- I mean, Napoleon, you can't go wrong.

Not the quality, but I'll have go.

- How on earth do you own Napoleon and Josephine?

- I have no idea.

It's one of those things I've just picked up on the way.

- Should we put Lynn out of her misery?

- Yes.

I'll go.

£65.

- Well, I have put £90.

- You like them more than I do.

I put £80.

If anyone wants to beat Karen, they'd have to go over £90.

I'm not sure I do, to be perfectly honest.

So I think I might rule myself out now.

- Okay.

- Davido?

- No, I don't like them enough to want to offer more, I think.

- [Karen] So what does the valuer think, Lynn?

- [Lynn] Let's have a look.

- [Zaraah] Karen sneaks inside the secret valuation, but the offer isn't enough, and Lynn knows this.

- [Lynn] But that's not enough.

- Don't trust her, Karen.

She's a good poker player.

- Do you know, I'm not, I was just about to say to you she's a good bluffer, this girl.

You can see it, can't you?

I'll go up another fiver just to sweeten the pot, 95.

Well, there you go.

What are you moaning at?

- [David Ford] Slap bang in the middle.

- I'm £15 over the bottom one.

(laughing) - Not coming in at the top one?

- Let me look at the bottom one, Karen.

Give her a bit more.

Don't be mean.

- Karen, you really like Napoleana.

- You do.

So sell lots of them.

You said so.

- Oh, £100.

Stick your hand out, Lynn.

We got a deal?

- Yeah.

- Good girl.

(laughing) (lively music) - [Zaraah] Well, Karen offered much more than the boys for Mr And Mrs Napoleon, so has she hit her very own Waterloo?

- Well, I let the boys go on about them, thinking they were paintings, little prints and painted over, but I'd actually spotted a signature on one of them.

So yeah, no, they're an easy sell.

- [Zaraah] She's a very clever girl, Karen, but she lost out when it came to the six gold rings.

Lynn turned down a cracking offer from her.

- 1,280.

- [Zaraah] Which was even higher than the secret valuation.

But it wasn't enough for Lynn.

- Oh, well.

- The one that got away.

- Sentimental value, you can never purchase that.

- [Zaraah] Simon had better luck with the vase, - I'm suddenly the best buyer.

(laughing) - [Zaraah] snapping it up for £60.

And then Lynn sold him a silver trophy bowl, again, for £60.

Not one to be left out, Karen bought a silver Pocket watch for £35.

But so far, David hasn't bought anything in Lynn's house.

- Maybe I should have bid a bit more.

Who knows?

- [Zaraah] Well, he has one more chance to grab a slice of the action, and it's come down to the last item, the rose gold bracelet.

- Yes.

Like to buy that.

- [Zaraah] But he won't have a clear run.

- I'll have a go on it, yep.

- I'm always keen to buy a bit of gold.

- [Zaraah] Give it your best, David.

- Well, we all like it.

It's nine caret gold, I think, and it's a sort of rose gold.

It's that nice coppery color.

- Should we see where the money is?

- Come on, let's do that.

- Lynn, £240.

Oh.

Didn't look very impressed, did she?

- Well, she didn't.

You got the bottom lip job then, didn't you?

I can't, but it must be-- - But it wasn't trembling.

- It must be a good bid.

- Long time since I made a woman tremble, David.

(David Ford chuckling) - [Karen] 225.

- [David Ford] 230.

- 270.

- 275.

- 280.

- [Simon] 285.

- [Karen] I'm out.

- [Zaraah] Well, David's seen one dealer off.

- It's no good paying too much money.

He just won't make any profit.

- [Zaraah] Can he see off Simon?

(light suspenseful music) - £290.

I quite like your little bracelet.

- You've got to speculate to accumulate.

£295.

- £300.

- And five.

- £310.

- Sometimes words just come out my mouth and I don't know why.

315.

- [David Ford] You do that, don't you?

Why?

- Basically, to wind you up.

(all laughing) - Keep winding.

Keep winding.

- Yes.

Lynn likes this.

£325, Lynn.

Have I bought your little bracelet?

- Let me check the valuation.

- [David Ford] You're gonna be pleased with my offer.

- [Lynn] How much did you say it was again?

- £4.10.

- [Lynn] 300 and?

- £320.

(suspenseful music) - I'll accept that.

- I knew you would.

Thank you very much, indeed.

- [Zaraah] Well done, David, for finally getting a deal.

But have you paid too much?

- [Karen] Go on then.

Show us, Lynn.

Yes.

- [David] We were right in the first place.

(all chuckling) (lively music) - I think Lynn should be saying thank you to me for bidding up her bracelet.

- I had to fight for that.

I hope I can sell it.

(lively music) - [Zaraah] Well, it's time to find out how much of a cash windfall Lynn has bagged herself today.

- Lynn, thanks so much for having us in your lovely house today.

We haven't spent quite as much money as we would've liked to have done, but we have managed to part with £1,104.

There we are.

- Fantastic.

- That's all yours.

- Thank you very much.

My son will be very happy.

That goes towards his university fund.

- [Zaraah] That's a nice bit of cash to invest in her son's future.

(notes rustling) Our Secret Dealers had to work hard today, but when it comes to turning their buys into profit, it's a story of highs and lows.

Mike started off well when he struck a 70-pound profit selling the mahogany wall clock.

- You see, these things, unlike the pictures, I do understand.

- [Zaraah] That gave him high hopes for the Louis XVI the 16th and French ormolu clocks he bought for nearly £3,500.

- The Chinese are in town, and they've wiped me out of all me French clocks.

- [Zaraah] Well, so far, the Chinese don't give a yen for them, and they remain unsold.

- Tell you what.

I'm pig sick.

- [Zaraah] Christopher had lofty ambitions for the Charles Hunt painting he paid a little over £1,000 for.

- There's going to be a profit in that picture.

- [Zaraah] But so far, it's not got off the ground, as it remains unsold.

Karen was thrilled she got one over on the boys with the Napoleon and Josephine miniatures.

- I'd actually spotted a signature on one of them.

No, they're an easy sell.

- [Zaraah] And she's on cloud nine after finding a buyer who paid £130 for them.

Simon was able to lift that silver trophy high in celebration when he sold it for a 45-pound profit.

But the Persian design vase still sits on the bottom shelf, waiting for a buyer.

(gasping) Finally, it's David Ford.

He managed to sell the rose gold bracelet for a 70-pound profit.

But what about the Clint oil painting he forked out a lot of money for?

- £1,000, I think it's a steal.

- [Zaraah] Christopher talked it down.

- I'm sorry, this Alfred Clint was not a £1,000 painter.

- [Zaraah] So who was right?

Well, David was.

The painting now hangs high on a buyer's wall for £1200.

Anything to say, David?

(hands rubbing together) Enough said.

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